id sid tid token lemma pos 1662 1 1 The the DT 1662 1 2 1997 1997 CD 1662 1 3 CIA CIA NNP 1662 1 4 World World NNP 1662 1 5 Factbook Factbook NNP 1662 1 6 TABLE TABLE NNP 1662 1 7 OF of IN 1662 1 8 CONTENTS content NNS 1662 1 9 Introduction introduction NN 1662 1 10 A a DT 1662 1 11 Brief brief JJ 1662 1 12 History history NN 1662 1 13 of of IN 1662 1 14 Basic Basic NNP 1662 1 15 Intelligence Intelligence NNP 1662 1 16 and and CC 1662 1 17 the the DT 1662 1 18 World World NNP 1662 1 19 Factbook Factbook NNP 1662 1 20 Notes Notes NNPS 1662 1 21 and and CC 1662 1 22 Definitions definition NNS 1662 1 23 Guide Guide NNP 1662 1 24 to to IN 1662 1 25 Country country NN 1662 1 26 Profiles Profiles NNPS 1662 1 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1 28 Categories Categories NNPS 1662 1 29 , , , 1662 1 30 Fields Fields NNPS 1662 1 31 and and CC 1662 1 32 Subfields Subfields NNPS 1662 1 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1 34 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 1 35 Albania Albania NNP 1662 1 36 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 1 37 American American NNP 1662 1 38 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 1 39 Andorra Andorra NNP 1662 1 40 Angola Angola NNP 1662 1 41 Anguilla Anguilla NNP 1662 1 42 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 1 43 Antigua Antigua NNP 1662 1 44 and and CC 1662 1 45 Barbuda Barbuda NNP 1662 1 46 Arctic Arctic NNP 1662 1 47 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1 48 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 1 49 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 1 50 Aruba Aruba NNP 1662 1 51 Ashmore Ashmore NNP 1662 1 52 and and CC 1662 1 53 Cartier Cartier NNP 1662 1 54 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 1 55 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1 56 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1 57 Australia Australia NNP 1662 1 58 Austria Austria NNP 1662 1 59 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 1 60 The the DT 1662 1 61 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 1 62 Bahrain Bahrain NNP 1662 1 63 Baker Baker NNP 1662 1 64 Island Island NNP 1662 1 65 Bangladesh Bangladesh NNP 1662 1 66 Barbados Barbados NNP 1662 1 67 Bassas Bassas NNP 1662 1 68 da da NNP 1662 1 69 India India NNP 1662 1 70 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 1 71 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 1 72 Belize Belize NNP 1662 1 73 Benin Benin NNP 1662 1 74 Bermuda Bermuda NNP 1662 1 75 Bhutan Bhutan NNP 1662 1 76 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 1 77 Bosnia Bosnia NNP 1662 1 78 and and CC 1662 1 79 Herzegovina Herzegovina NNP 1662 1 80 Botswana Botswana NNP 1662 1 81 Bouvet Bouvet NNP 1662 1 82 Island Island NNP 1662 1 83 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 1 84 British British NNP 1662 1 85 Indian Indian NNP 1662 1 86 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1 87 Territory territory NN 1662 1 88 British british JJ 1662 1 89 Virgin Virgin NNP 1662 1 90 Islands Islands NNP 1662 1 91 Brunei Brunei NNP 1662 1 92 Bulgaria Bulgaria NNP 1662 1 93 Burkina Burkina NNP 1662 1 94 Faso Faso NNP 1662 1 95 Burma Burma NNP 1662 1 96 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 1 97 Cambodia Cambodia NNP 1662 1 98 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 1 99 Canada Canada NNP 1662 1 100 Cape Cape NNP 1662 1 101 Verde Verde NNP 1662 1 102 Cayman Cayman NNP 1662 1 103 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 1 104 Central Central NNP 1662 1 105 African African NNP 1662 1 106 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1 107 Chad Chad NNP 1662 1 108 Chile Chile NNP 1662 1 109 China China NNP 1662 1 110 Christmas Christmas NNP 1662 1 111 Island Island NNP 1662 1 112 Clipperton Clipperton NNP 1662 1 113 Island Island NNP 1662 1 114 Cocos Cocos NNP 1662 1 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1 116 Keeling Keeling NNP 1662 1 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1 118 Islands Islands NNP 1662 1 119 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 1 120 Comoros Comoros NNP 1662 1 121 Congo Congo NNP 1662 1 122 , , , 1662 1 123 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1 124 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1 125 of of IN 1662 1 126 the the DT 1662 1 127 Congo Congo NNP 1662 1 128 , , , 1662 1 129 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1 130 of of IN 1662 1 131 the the DT 1662 1 132 Cook Cook NNP 1662 1 133 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 1 134 Coral Coral NNP 1662 1 135 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1 136 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 1 137 Costa Costa NNP 1662 1 138 Rica Rica NNP 1662 1 139 Cote Cote NNP 1662 1 140 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 1 141 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 1 142 Cuba Cuba NNP 1662 1 143 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 1 144 Czech Czech NNP 1662 1 145 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1 146 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 1 147 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 1 148 Dominica Dominica NNP 1662 1 149 Dominican Dominican NNP 1662 1 150 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1 151 Ecuador Ecuador NNP 1662 1 152 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 1 153 El El NNP 1662 1 154 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 1 155 Equatorial Equatorial NNP 1662 1 156 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 1 157 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 1 158 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 1 159 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 1 160 Europa Europa NNP 1662 1 161 Island Island NNP 1662 1 162 Falkland Falkland NNP 1662 1 163 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 1 164 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1 165 Islas Islas NNP 1662 1 166 Malvinas Malvinas NNP 1662 1 167 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1 168 Faroe Faroe NNP 1662 1 169 Islands Islands NNP 1662 1 170 Fiji Fiji NNP 1662 1 171 Finland Finland NNP 1662 1 172 France France NNP 1662 1 173 French French NNP 1662 1 174 Guiana Guiana NNP 1662 1 175 French French NNP 1662 1 176 Polynesia Polynesia NNP 1662 1 177 French French NNP 1662 1 178 Southern Southern NNP 1662 1 179 and and CC 1662 1 180 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 1 181 Lands Lands NNPS 1662 1 182 Gabon Gabon NNP 1662 1 183 The the DT 1662 1 184 Gambia Gambia NNP 1662 1 185 Gaza Gaza NNP 1662 1 186 Strip Strip NNP 1662 1 187 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 1 188 Germany Germany NNP 1662 1 189 Ghana Ghana NNP 1662 1 190 Gibraltar Gibraltar NNP 1662 1 191 Glorioso Glorioso NNP 1662 1 192 Islands Islands NNP 1662 1 193 Greece Greece NNP 1662 1 194 Greenland Greenland NNP 1662 1 195 Grenada Grenada NNP 1662 1 196 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe NNP 1662 1 197 Guam Guam NNP 1662 1 198 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 1 199 Guernsey Guernsey NNP 1662 1 200 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 1 201 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 1 202 - - HYPH 1662 1 203 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 1 204 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 1 205 Haiti Haiti NNP 1662 1 206 Heard Heard NNP 1662 1 207 Island Island NNP 1662 1 208 and and CC 1662 1 209 McDonald McDonald NNP 1662 1 210 Islands Islands NNP 1662 1 211 Holy Holy NNP 1662 1 212 See see VB 1662 1 213 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1 214 Vatican Vatican NNP 1662 1 215 City City NNP 1662 1 216 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1 217 Honduras hondura VBZ 1662 1 218 Hong Hong NNP 1662 1 219 Kong Kong NNP 1662 1 220 Howland Howland NNP 1662 1 221 Island Island NNP 1662 1 222 Hungary Hungary NNP 1662 1 223 Iceland Iceland NNP 1662 1 224 India India NNP 1662 1 225 Indian Indian NNP 1662 1 226 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1 227 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 1 228 Iran Iran NNP 1662 1 229 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 1 230 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 1 231 Israel Israel NNP 1662 1 232 Italy Italy NNP 1662 1 233 Jamaica Jamaica NNP 1662 1 234 Jan Jan NNP 1662 1 235 Mayen Mayen NNP 1662 1 236 Japan Japan NNP 1662 1 237 Jarvis Jarvis NNP 1662 1 238 Island Island NNP 1662 1 239 Jersey Jersey NNP 1662 1 240 Johnston Johnston NNP 1662 1 241 Atoll Atoll NNP 1662 1 242 Jordan Jordan NNP 1662 1 243 Juan Juan NNP 1662 1 244 de de NNP 1662 1 245 Nova Nova NNP 1662 1 246 Island Island NNP 1662 1 247 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 1 248 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 1 249 Kingman Kingman NNP 1662 1 250 Reef Reef NNP 1662 1 251 Kiribati Kiribati NNP 1662 1 252 Korea Korea NNP 1662 1 253 , , , 1662 1 254 North North NNP 1662 1 255 Korea Korea NNP 1662 1 256 , , , 1662 1 257 South South NNP 1662 1 258 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 1 259 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan NNP 1662 1 260 Laos Laos NNP 1662 1 261 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 1 262 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 1662 1 263 Lesotho Lesotho NNP 1662 1 264 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 1 265 Libya Libya NNP 1662 1 266 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein NNP 1662 1 267 Lithuania Lithuania NNP 1662 1 268 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 1 269 Macau Macau NNP 1662 1 270 Macedonia Macedonia NNP 1662 1 271 , , , 1662 1 272 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 1 273 Malawi Malawi NNP 1662 1 274 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 1 275 Maldives Maldives NNP 1662 1 276 Mali Mali NNP 1662 1 277 Malta Malta NNP 1662 1 278 Man Man NNP 1662 1 279 , , , 1662 1 280 Isle Isle NNP 1662 1 281 of of IN 1662 1 282 Marshall Marshall NNP 1662 1 283 Islands Islands NNP 1662 1 284 Martinique Martinique NNP 1662 1 285 Mauritania Mauritania NNP 1662 1 286 Mauritius Mauritius NNP 1662 1 287 Mayotte Mayotte NNP 1662 1 288 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 1 289 Micronesia Micronesia NNP 1662 1 290 , , , 1662 1 291 Federated Federated NNP 1662 1 292 States States NNP 1662 1 293 of of IN 1662 1 294 Midway Midway NNP 1662 1 295 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 1 296 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 1 297 Monaco Monaco NNP 1662 1 298 Mongolia Mongolia NNP 1662 1 299 Montserrat Montserrat NNP 1662 1 300 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 1 301 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 1 302 Namibia Namibia NNP 1662 1 303 Nauru Nauru NNP 1662 1 304 Navassa Navassa NNP 1662 1 305 Island Island NNP 1662 1 306 Nepal Nepal NNP 1662 1 307 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 1 308 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 1 309 Antilles antille VBZ 1662 1 310 New New NNP 1662 1 311 Caledonia Caledonia NNP 1662 1 312 New New NNP 1662 1 313 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 1 314 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 1 315 Niger Niger NNP 1662 1 316 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 1 317 Niue Niue NNP 1662 1 318 Norfolk Norfolk NNP 1662 1 319 Island Island NNP 1662 1 320 Northern Northern NNP 1662 1 321 Mariana Mariana NNP 1662 1 322 Islands Islands NNP 1662 1 323 Norway Norway NNP 1662 1 324 Oman Oman NNP 1662 1 325 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 1 326 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1 327 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 1 328 Palau Palau NNP 1662 1 329 Palmyra Palmyra NNP 1662 1 330 Atoll Atoll NNP 1662 1 331 Panama Panama NNP 1662 1 332 Papua Papua NNP 1662 1 333 New New NNP 1662 1 334 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 1 335 Paracel Paracel NNP 1662 1 336 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 1 337 Paraguay Paraguay NNP 1662 1 338 Peru Peru NNP 1662 1 339 Philippines Philippines NNP 1662 1 340 Pitcairn Pitcairn NNP 1662 1 341 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 1 342 Poland Poland NNP 1662 1 343 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 1 344 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 1 345 Rico Rico NNP 1662 1 346 Qatar Qatar NNP 1662 1 347 Reunion Reunion NNP 1662 1 348 Romania Romania NNP 1662 1 349 Russia Russia NNP 1662 1 350 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 1 351 Saint Saint NNP 1662 1 352 Helena Helena NNP 1662 1 353 Saint Saint NNP 1662 1 354 Kitts Kitts NNP 1662 1 355 and and CC 1662 1 356 Nevis Nevis NNP 1662 1 357 Saint Saint NNP 1662 1 358 Lucia Lucia NNP 1662 1 359 Saint Saint NNP 1662 1 360 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 1 361 and and CC 1662 1 362 Miquelon Miquelon NNP 1662 1 363 Saint Saint NNP 1662 1 364 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 1 365 and and CC 1662 1 366 the the DT 1662 1 367 Grenadines Grenadines NNP 1662 1 368 San San NNP 1662 1 369 Marino Marino NNP 1662 1 370 Sao Sao NNP 1662 1 371 Tome Tome NNP 1662 1 372 and and CC 1662 1 373 Principe Principe NNP 1662 1 374 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 1 375 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 1 376 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 1 377 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 1 378 and and CC 1662 1 379 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 1 380 Seychelles Seychelles NNP 1662 1 381 Sierra Sierra NNP 1662 1 382 Leone Leone NNP 1662 1 383 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 1 384 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 1 385 Slovenia Slovenia NNP 1662 1 386 Solomon Solomon NNP 1662 1 387 Islands Islands NNP 1662 1 388 Somalia Somalia NNP 1662 1 389 South South NNP 1662 1 390 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1 391 South South NNP 1662 1 392 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 1 393 and and CC 1662 1 394 the the DT 1662 1 395 Spain Spain NNP 1662 1 396 Spratly Spratly NNP 1662 1 397 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 1 398 Sri Sri NNP 1662 1 399 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 1 400 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 1 401 Suriname Suriname NNP 1662 1 402 Svalbard Svalbard NNP 1662 1 403 Swaziland Swaziland NNP 1662 1 404 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 1 405 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 1 406 Syria Syria NNP 1662 1 407 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 1 408 Tajikistan Tajikistan NNP 1662 1 409 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 1 410 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 1 411 Togo Togo NNP 1662 1 412 Tokelau Tokelau NNP 1662 1 413 Tonga Tonga NNP 1662 1 414 Trinidad Trinidad NNP 1662 1 415 and and CC 1662 1 416 Tobago Tobago NNP 1662 1 417 Tromelin Tromelin NNP 1662 1 418 Island Island NNP 1662 1 419 Tunisia Tunisia NNP 1662 1 420 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 1 421 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 1662 1 422 Turks Turks NNPS 1662 1 423 and and CC 1662 1 424 Caicos Caicos NNP 1662 1 425 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 1 426 Tuvalu Tuvalu NNP 1662 1 427 Uganda Uganda NNP 1662 1 428 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 1 429 United United NNP 1662 1 430 Arab Arab NNP 1662 1 431 Emirates Emirates NNP 1662 1 432 United United NNP 1662 1 433 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 1 434 United United NNP 1662 1 435 States States NNP 1662 1 436 Uruguay Uruguay NNP 1662 1 437 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 1662 1 438 Vanuatu Vanuatu NNP 1662 1 439 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 1 440 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 1 441 Virgin Virgin NNP 1662 1 442 Islands Islands NNP 1662 1 443 Wake Wake NNP 1662 1 444 Island Island NNP 1662 1 445 Wallis Wallis NNP 1662 1 446 and and CC 1662 1 447 Futuna Futuna NNP 1662 1 448 West West NNP 1662 1 449 Bank Bank NNP 1662 1 450 Western Western NNP 1662 1 451 Sahara Sahara NNP 1662 1 452 Western Western NNP 1662 1 453 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 1 454 World World NNP 1662 1 455 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 1 456 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 1 457 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 1 458 _ _ NNP 1662 1 459 _ _ NNP 1662 1 460 _ _ NNP 1662 1 461 _ _ NNP 1662 1 462 _ _ NNP 1662 1 463 _ _ NNP 1662 1 464 _ _ NNP 1662 1 465 _ _ NNP 1662 1 466 _ _ NNP 1662 1 467 _ _ NNP 1662 1 468 _ _ NNP 1662 1 469 _ _ NNP 1662 1 470 _ _ NNP 1662 1 471 _ _ NNP 1662 1 472 _ _ NNP 1662 1 473 _ _ NNP 1662 1 474 _ _ NNP 1662 1 475 _ _ NNP 1662 1 476 _ _ NNP 1662 1 477 _ _ NNP 1662 1 478 _ _ NNP 1662 1 479 _ _ NNP 1662 1 480 _ _ NNP 1662 1 481 _ _ NNP 1662 1 482 _ _ NNP 1662 1 483 _ _ NNP 1662 1 484 _ _ NNP 1662 1 485 _ _ NNP 1662 1 486 _ _ NNP 1662 1 487 _ _ NNP 1662 1 488 _ _ NNP 1662 1 489 _ _ NNP 1662 1 490 _ _ NNP 1662 1 491 _ _ NNP 1662 1 492 _ _ NNP 1662 1 493 _ _ NNP 1662 1 494 _ _ NNP 1662 1 495 _ _ NNP 1662 1 496 _ _ NNP 1662 1 497 _ _ NNP 1662 1 498 _ _ NNP 1662 1 499 _ _ NNP 1662 1 500 _ _ NNP 1662 1 501 _ _ NNP 1662 1 502 _ _ NNP 1662 1 503 _ _ NNP 1662 1 504 _ _ NNP 1662 1 505 _ _ NNP 1662 1 506 _ _ NNP 1662 1 507 _ _ NNP 1662 1 508 _ _ NNP 1662 1 509 _ _ NNP 1662 1 510 _ _ NNP 1662 1 511 _ _ NNP 1662 1 512 _ _ NNP 1662 1 513 _ _ NNP 1662 1 514 _ _ NNP 1662 1 515 _ _ NNP 1662 1 516 _ _ NNP 1662 1 517 _ _ NNP 1662 1 518 _ _ NNP 1662 1 519 _ _ NNP 1662 1 520 _ _ NNP 1662 1 521 _ _ NNP 1662 1 522 _ _ NNP 1662 1 523 _ _ NNP 1662 1 524 _ _ NNP 1662 1 525 _ _ NNP 1662 1 526 _ _ NNP 1662 1 527 _ _ NNP 1662 1 528 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION NNP 1662 1 529 The the DT 1662 1 530 World World NNP 1662 1 531 Factbook Factbook NNP 1662 1 532 is be VBZ 1662 1 533 prepared prepare VBN 1662 1 534 by by IN 1662 1 535 the the DT 1662 1 536 Central Central NNP 1662 1 537 Intelligence Intelligence NNP 1662 1 538 Agency Agency NNP 1662 1 539 for for IN 1662 1 540 the the DT 1662 1 541 use use NN 1662 1 542 of of IN 1662 1 543 US US NNP 1662 1 544 Government Government NNP 1662 1 545 officials official NNS 1662 1 546 , , , 1662 1 547 and and CC 1662 1 548 the the DT 1662 1 549 style style NN 1662 1 550 , , , 1662 1 551 format format NN 1662 1 552 , , , 1662 1 553 coverage coverage NN 1662 1 554 , , , 1662 1 555 and and CC 1662 1 556 content content NN 1662 1 557 are be VBP 1662 1 558 designed design VBN 1662 1 559 to to TO 1662 1 560 meet meet VB 1662 1 561 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1 562 specific specific JJ 1662 1 563 requirements requirement NNS 1662 1 564 . . . 1662 2 1 Information information NN 1662 2 2 was be VBD 1662 2 3 provided provide VBN 1662 2 4 by by IN 1662 2 5 the the DT 1662 2 6 American American NNP 1662 2 7 Geophysical Geophysical NNP 1662 2 8 Union Union NNP 1662 2 9 , , , 1662 2 10 Bureau Bureau NNP 1662 2 11 of of IN 1662 2 12 the the DT 1662 2 13 Census Census NNP 1662 2 14 , , , 1662 2 15 Central Central NNP 1662 2 16 Intelligence Intelligence NNP 1662 2 17 Agency Agency NNP 1662 2 18 , , , 1662 2 19 Defense Defense NNP 1662 2 20 Intelligence Intelligence NNP 1662 2 21 Agency Agency NNP 1662 2 22 , , , 1662 2 23 Defense Defense NNP 1662 2 24 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 2 25 Agency Agency NNP 1662 2 26 , , , 1662 2 27 Department Department NNP 1662 2 28 of of IN 1662 2 29 State State NNP 1662 2 30 , , , 1662 2 31 Foreign Foreign NNP 1662 2 32 Broadcast Broadcast NNP 1662 2 33 Information Information NNP 1662 2 34 Service Service NNP 1662 2 35 , , , 1662 2 36 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2 37 Administration Administration NNP 1662 2 38 , , , 1662 2 39 National National NNP 1662 2 40 Imagery Imagery NNP 1662 2 41 and and CC 1662 2 42 Mapping Mapping NNP 1662 2 43 Agency Agency NNP 1662 2 44 , , , 1662 2 45 National National NNP 1662 2 46 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2 47 Intelligence Intelligence NNP 1662 2 48 Center Center NNP 1662 2 49 , , , 1662 2 50 National National NNP 1662 2 51 Science Science NNP 1662 2 52 Foundation Foundation NNP 1662 2 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2 54 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 2 55 Sciences Sciences NNPS 1662 2 56 Section Section NNP 1662 2 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2 58 , , , 1662 2 59 Office Office NNP 1662 2 60 of of IN 1662 2 61 Insular Insular NNP 1662 2 62 Affairs Affairs NNPS 1662 2 63 , , , 1662 2 64 US US NNP 1662 2 65 Board Board NNP 1662 2 66 on on IN 1662 2 67 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2 68 Names Names NNP 1662 2 69 , , , 1662 2 70 US US NNP 1662 2 71 Coast Coast NNP 1662 2 72 Guard Guard NNP 1662 2 73 , , , 1662 2 74 and and CC 1662 2 75 other other JJ 1662 2 76 public public JJ 1662 2 77 and and CC 1662 2 78 private private JJ 1662 2 79 sources source NNS 1662 2 80 . . . 1662 3 1 The the DT 1662 3 2 Factbook Factbook NNP 1662 3 3 is be VBZ 1662 3 4 in in IN 1662 3 5 the the DT 1662 3 6 public public JJ 1662 3 7 domain domain NN 1662 3 8 . . . 1662 4 1 Accordingly accordingly RB 1662 4 2 , , , 1662 4 3 it -PRON- PRP 1662 4 4 may may MD 1662 4 5 be be VB 1662 4 6 copied copy VBN 1662 4 7 freely freely RB 1662 4 8 without without IN 1662 4 9 permission permission NN 1662 4 10 of of IN 1662 4 11 the the DT 1662 4 12 Central Central NNP 1662 4 13 Intelligence Intelligence NNP 1662 4 14 Agency Agency NNP 1662 4 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4 16 CIA CIA NNP 1662 4 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4 18 . . . 1662 5 1 The the DT 1662 5 2 official official JJ 1662 5 3 seal seal NN 1662 5 4 of of IN 1662 5 5 the the DT 1662 5 6 CIA CIA NNP 1662 5 7 , , , 1662 5 8 however however RB 1662 5 9 , , , 1662 5 10 may may MD 1662 5 11 NOT not RB 1662 5 12 be be VB 1662 5 13 copied copy VBN 1662 5 14 without without IN 1662 5 15 permission permission NN 1662 5 16 as as IN 1662 5 17 required require VBN 1662 5 18 by by IN 1662 5 19 the the DT 1662 5 20 CIA CIA NNP 1662 5 21 Act Act NNP 1662 5 22 of of IN 1662 5 23 1949 1949 CD 1662 5 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5 25 50 50 CD 1662 5 26 U.S.C. 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process NN 1662 8 122 by by IN 1662 8 123 which which WDT 1662 8 124 information information NN 1662 8 125 is be VBZ 1662 8 126 acquired acquire VBN 1662 8 127 , , , 1662 8 128 converted convert VBN 1662 8 129 into into IN 1662 8 130 intelligence intelligence NN 1662 8 131 , , , 1662 8 132 and and CC 1662 8 133 made make VBD 1662 8 134 available available JJ 1662 8 135 to to IN 1662 8 136 policymakers policymaker NNS 1662 8 137 . . . 1662 9 1 Information information NN 1662 9 2 is be VBZ 1662 9 3 raw raw JJ 1662 9 4 data datum NNS 1662 9 5 from from IN 1662 9 6 any any DT 1662 9 7 source source NN 1662 9 8 that that WDT 1662 9 9 may may MD 1662 9 10 be be VB 1662 9 11 fragmentary fragmentary JJ 1662 9 12 , , , 1662 9 13 contradictory contradictory JJ 1662 9 14 , , , 1662 9 15 unreliable unreliable JJ 1662 9 16 , , , 1662 9 17 ambiguous ambiguous JJ 1662 9 18 , , , 1662 9 19 deceptive deceptive JJ 1662 9 20 , , , 1662 9 21 or or CC 1662 9 22 wrong wrong JJ 1662 9 23 . . . 1662 10 1 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dollar NN 1662 193 50 level level NN 1662 193 51 of of IN 1662 193 52 Russian russian JJ 1662 193 53 or or CC 1662 193 54 Japanese japanese JJ 1662 193 55 military military JJ 1662 193 56 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 193 57 . . . 1662 194 1 Note note VB 1662 194 2 : : : 1662 194 3 the the DT 1662 194 4 numbers number NNS 1662 194 5 for for IN 1662 194 6 GDP GDP NNP 1662 194 7 and and CC 1662 194 8 other other JJ 1662 194 9 economic economic JJ 1662 194 10 data datum NNS 1662 194 11 can can MD 1662 194 12 not not RB 1662 194 13 be be VB 1662 194 14 chained chain VBN 1662 194 15 together together RB 1662 194 16 from from IN 1662 194 17 successive successive JJ 1662 194 18 volumes volume NNS 1662 194 19 of of IN 1662 194 20 the the DT 1662 194 21 Factbook Factbook NNP 1662 194 22 because because IN 1662 194 23 of of IN 1662 194 24 changes change NNS 1662 194 25 in in IN 1662 194 26 the the DT 1662 194 27 US US NNP 1662 194 28 dollar dollar NN 1662 194 29 measuring measure VBG 1662 194 30 rod rod NN 1662 194 31 , , , 1662 194 32 revisions revision NNS 1662 194 33 of of IN 1662 194 34 data datum NNS 1662 194 35 by by IN 1662 194 36 statistical statistical JJ 1662 194 37 agencies agency NNS 1662 194 38 , , , 1662 194 39 use use NN 1662 194 40 of of IN 1662 194 41 new new JJ 1662 194 42 or or CC 1662 194 43 different different JJ 1662 194 44 sources source NNS 1662 194 45 of of IN 1662 194 46 information information NN 1662 194 47 , , , 1662 194 48 and and CC 1662 194 49 changes change NNS 1662 194 50 in in IN 1662 194 51 national national JJ 1662 194 52 statistical statistical JJ 1662 194 53 methods method NNS 1662 194 54 and and CC 1662 194 55 practices practice NNS 1662 194 56 . . . 1662 195 1 For for IN 1662 195 2 statistical statistical JJ 1662 195 3 series series NN 1662 195 4 on on IN 1662 195 5 GDP GDP NNP 1662 195 6 and and CC 1662 195 7 other other JJ 1662 195 8 economic economic JJ 1662 195 9 variables variable NNS 1662 195 10 , , , 1662 195 11 see see VB 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NN 1662 198 12 on on IN 1662 198 13 an an DT 1662 198 14 annual annual JJ 1662 198 15 basis basis NN 1662 198 16 adjusted adjust VBN 1662 198 17 for for IN 1662 198 18 inflation inflation NN 1662 198 19 and and CC 1662 198 20 expressed express VBD 1662 198 21 as as IN 1662 198 22 a a DT 1662 198 23 percent percent NN 1662 198 24 . . . 1662 199 1 Geographic geographic JJ 1662 199 2 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 199 3 : : : 1662 199 4 This this DT 1662 199 5 entry entry NN 1662 199 6 includes include VBZ 1662 199 7 rounded rounded JJ 1662 199 8 latitude latitude NN 1662 199 9 and and CC 1662 199 10 longitude longitude NN 1662 199 11 for for IN 1662 199 12 finding find VBG 1662 199 13 purposes purpose NNS 1662 199 14 of of IN 1662 199 15 the the DT 1662 199 16 approximate approximate JJ 1662 199 17 geographic geographic JJ 1662 199 18 center center NN 1662 199 19 of of IN 1662 199 20 the the DT 1662 199 21 country country NN 1662 199 22 and and CC 1662 199 23 is be VBZ 1662 199 24 based base VBN 1662 199 25 on on IN 1662 199 26 the the DT 1662 199 27 Gazetteer Gazetteer NNP 1662 199 28 of of IN 1662 199 29 Conventional Conventional NNP 1662 199 30 Names Names NNPS 1662 199 31 , , , 1662 199 32 Third Third NNP 1662 199 33 Edition Edition NNP 1662 199 34 , , , 1662 199 35 August August NNP 1662 199 36 1988 1988 CD 1662 199 37 , , , 1662 199 38 US US NNP 1662 199 39 Board Board NNP 1662 199 40 on on IN 1662 199 41 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 199 42 Names Names NNP 1662 199 43 and and CC 1662 199 44 on on IN 1662 199 45 other other JJ 1662 199 46 sources source NNS 1662 199 47 . . . 1662 200 1 Geographic geographic JJ 1662 200 2 names name NNS 1662 200 3 : : : 1662 200 4 This this DT 1662 200 5 information information NN 1662 200 6 is be VBZ 1662 200 7 presented present VBN 1662 200 8 in in IN 1662 200 9 Appendix Appendix NNP 1662 200 10 H H NNP 1662 200 11 : : : 1662 200 12 Cross Cross NNP 1662 200 13 - - NNP 1662 200 14 Reference Reference NNP 1662 200 15 List List 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entity NNS 1662 200 52 -- -- : 1662 200 53 can can MD 1662 200 54 be be VB 1662 200 55 found find VBN 1662 200 56 in in IN 1662 200 57 The the DT 1662 200 58 World World NNP 1662 200 59 Factbook Factbook NNP 1662 200 60 . . . 1662 201 1 Spellings spelling NNS 1662 201 2 are be VBP 1662 201 3 normally normally RB 1662 201 4 , , , 1662 201 5 but but CC 1662 201 6 not not RB 1662 201 7 always always RB 1662 201 8 , , , 1662 201 9 those those DT 1662 201 10 approved approve VBN 1662 201 11 by by IN 1662 201 12 the the DT 1662 201 13 US US NNP 1662 201 14 Board Board NNP 1662 201 15 on on IN 1662 201 16 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 201 17 Names Names NNP 1662 201 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 201 19 BGN BGN NNP 1662 201 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 201 21 . . . 1662 202 1 Alternate alternate JJ 1662 202 2 names name NNS 1662 202 3 are be VBP 1662 202 4 included include VBN 1662 202 5 in in IN 1662 202 6 parentheses parenthesis NNS 1662 202 7 , , , 1662 202 8 while while IN 1662 202 9 additional additional JJ 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world NN 1662 210 27 product product NN 1662 210 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 210 29 GWP GWP NNP 1662 210 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 210 31 or or CC 1662 210 32 aggregate aggregate JJ 1662 210 33 value value NN 1662 210 34 of of IN 1662 210 35 all all DT 1662 210 36 final final JJ 1662 210 37 goods good NNS 1662 210 38 and and CC 1662 210 39 services service NNS 1662 210 40 produced produce VBN 1662 210 41 worldwide worldwide RB 1662 210 42 in in IN 1662 210 43 a a DT 1662 210 44 given give VBN 1662 210 45 year year NN 1662 210 46 . . . 1662 211 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 211 2 : : : 1662 211 3 This this DT 1662 211 4 entry entry NN 1662 211 5 gives give VBZ 1662 211 6 the the DT 1662 211 7 total total JJ 1662 211 8 number number NN 1662 211 9 of of IN 1662 211 10 helicopter helicopter NN 1662 211 11 takeoff takeoff NN 1662 211 12 and and CC 1662 211 13 landing landing NN 1662 211 14 sites site NNS 1662 211 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 211 16 which which WDT 1662 211 17 may may MD 1662 211 18 or or CC 1662 211 19 may may MD 1662 211 20 not not RB 1662 211 21 have have VB 1662 211 22 fuel fuel NN 1662 211 23 or or CC 1662 211 24 other other JJ 1662 211 25 services service NNS 1662 211 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 211 27 . . . 1662 212 1 Highways highway NNS 1662 212 2 : : : 1662 212 3 This this DT 1662 212 4 entry entry NN 1662 212 5 includes include VBZ 1662 212 6 the the DT 1662 212 7 total total JJ 1662 212 8 length length NN 1662 212 9 of of IN 1662 212 10 the the DT 1662 212 11 highway highway NN 1662 212 12 system system NN 1662 212 13 as as RB 1662 212 14 well well RB 1662 212 15 as as IN 1662 212 16 the the DT 1662 212 17 length length NN 1662 212 18 of of IN 1662 212 19 the the DT 1662 212 20 paved paved JJ 1662 212 21 and and CC 1662 212 22 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 212 23 components component NNS 1662 212 24 . . . 1662 213 1 Historical historical JJ 1662 213 2 perspective perspective NN 1662 213 3 : : : 1662 213 4 This this DT 1662 213 5 entry entry NN 1662 213 6 contains contain VBZ 1662 213 7 a a DT 1662 213 8 brief brief JJ 1662 213 9 summary summary NN 1662 213 10 of of IN 1662 213 11 the the DT 1662 213 12 background background NN 1662 213 13 information information NN 1662 213 14 necessary necessary JJ 1662 213 15 to to TO 1662 213 16 understand understand VB 1662 213 17 the the DT 1662 213 18 current current JJ 1662 213 19 situation situation NN 1662 213 20 in in IN 1662 213 21 a a DT 1662 213 22 country country NN 1662 213 23 . . . 1662 214 1 The the DT 1662 214 2 entry entry NN 1662 214 3 appears appear VBZ 1662 214 4 for for IN 1662 214 5 only only RB 1662 214 6 a a DT 1662 214 7 few few JJ 1662 214 8 countries country NNS 1662 214 9 at at IN 1662 214 10 the the DT 1662 214 11 present present JJ 1662 214 12 time time NN 1662 214 13 , , , 1662 214 14 but but CC 1662 214 15 will will MD 1662 214 16 be be VB 1662 214 17 added add VBN 1662 214 18 to to IN 1662 214 19 all all DT 1662 214 20 countries country NNS 1662 214 21 in in IN 1662 214 22 the the DT 1662 214 23 future future NN 1662 214 24 . . . 1662 215 1 Illicit illicit JJ 1662 215 2 drugs drug VBZ 1662 215 3 : : : 1662 215 4 This this DT 1662 215 5 entry entry NN 1662 215 6 gives give VBZ 1662 215 7 information information NN 1662 215 8 on on IN 1662 215 9 the the DT 1662 215 10 five five CD 1662 215 11 categories category NNS 1662 215 12 of of IN 1662 215 13 illicit illicit JJ 1662 215 14 drugs drug NNS 1662 215 15 -- -- : 1662 215 16 narcotics narcotic NNS 1662 215 17 , , , 1662 215 18 stimulants stimulant NNS 1662 215 19 , , , 1662 215 20 depressants depressant NNS 1662 215 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 215 22 sedatives sedative NNS 1662 215 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 215 24 , , , 1662 215 25 hallucinogens hallucinogens NNP 1662 215 26 , , , 1662 215 27 and and CC 1662 215 28 cannabis cannabi NNS 1662 215 29 . . . 1662 216 1 These these DT 1662 216 2 categories category NNS 1662 216 3 include include VBP 1662 216 4 many many JJ 1662 216 5 drugs drug NNS 1662 216 6 legally legally RB 1662 216 7 produced produce VBN 1662 216 8 and and CC 1662 216 9 prescribed prescribe VBN 1662 216 10 by by IN 1662 216 11 doctors doctor NNS 1662 216 12 as as RB 1662 216 13 well well RB 1662 216 14 as as IN 1662 216 15 those those DT 1662 216 16 illegally illegally RB 1662 216 17 produced produce VBN 1662 216 18 and and CC 1662 216 19 sold sell VBN 1662 216 20 outside outside RB 1662 216 21 of of IN 1662 216 22 medical medical JJ 1662 216 23 channels channel NNS 1662 216 24 . . . 1662 217 1 Cannabis Cannabis NNP 1662 217 2 ( ( -LRB- 1662 217 3 Cannabis Cannabis NNP 1662 217 4 sativa sativa NN 1662 217 5 ) ) -RRB- 1662 217 6 is be VBZ 1662 217 7 the the DT 1662 217 8 common common JJ 1662 217 9 hemp hemp NNP 1662 217 10 plant plant NN 1662 217 11 , , , 1662 217 12 which which WDT 1662 217 13 provides provide VBZ 1662 217 14 hallucinogens hallucinogen NNS 1662 217 15 with with IN 1662 217 16 some some DT 1662 217 17 sedative sedative JJ 1662 217 18 properties property NNS 1662 217 19 , , , 1662 217 20 and 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7 is be VBZ 1662 218 8 a a DT 1662 218 9 bush bush NN 1662 218 10 with with IN 1662 218 11 leaves leave NNS 1662 218 12 that that WDT 1662 218 13 contain contain VBP 1662 218 14 the the DT 1662 218 15 stimulant stimulant NN 1662 218 16 used use VBN 1662 218 17 to to TO 1662 218 18 make make VB 1662 218 19 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 218 20 . . . 1662 219 1 Coca Coca NNP 1662 219 2 is be VBZ 1662 219 3 not not RB 1662 219 4 to to TO 1662 219 5 be be VB 1662 219 6 confused confuse VBN 1662 219 7 with with IN 1662 219 8 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 219 9 , , , 1662 219 10 which which WDT 1662 219 11 comes come VBZ 1662 219 12 from from IN 1662 219 13 cacao cacao NNP 1662 219 14 seeds seed NNS 1662 219 15 and and CC 1662 219 16 is be VBZ 1662 219 17 used use VBN 1662 219 18 in in IN 1662 219 19 making make VBG 1662 219 20 chocolate chocolate NN 1662 219 21 , , , 1662 219 22 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 219 23 , , , 1662 219 24 and and CC 1662 219 25 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 219 26 butter butter NN 1662 219 27 . . . 1662 220 1 Cocaine cocaine NN 1662 220 2 is be VBZ 1662 220 3 a a DT 1662 220 4 stimulant stimulant NN 1662 220 5 derived derive VBN 1662 220 6 from from IN 1662 220 7 the the DT 1662 220 8 leaves leave NNS 1662 220 9 of of IN 1662 220 10 the the DT 1662 220 11 coca coca NNP 1662 220 12 bush bush NNP 1662 220 13 . . . 1662 221 1 Depressants depressant NNS 1662 221 2 ( ( -LRB- 1662 221 3 sedatives sedative NNS 1662 221 4 ) ) -RRB- 1662 221 5 are be VBP 1662 221 6 drugs drug NNS 1662 221 7 that that WDT 1662 221 8 reduce reduce VBP 1662 221 9 tension tension NN 1662 221 10 and and CC 1662 221 11 anxiety anxiety NN 1662 221 12 and and CC 1662 221 13 include include VBP 1662 221 14 chloral chloral JJ 1662 221 15 hydrate hydrate NN 1662 221 16 , , , 1662 221 17 barbiturates barbiturate NNS 1662 221 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 221 19 Amytal Amytal NNP 1662 221 20 , , , 1662 221 21 Nembutal Nembutal NNP 1662 221 22 , , , 1662 221 23 Seconal seconal JJ 1662 221 24 , , , 1662 221 25 phenobarbital phenobarbital NN 1662 221 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 221 27 , , , 1662 221 28 benzodiazepines benzodiazepine NNS 1662 221 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 221 30 Librium Librium NNP 1662 221 31 , , , 1662 221 32 Valium Valium NNP 1662 221 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 221 34 , , , 1662 221 35 methaqualone methaqualone NN 1662 221 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 221 37 Quaalude Quaalude NNP 1662 221 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 221 39 , , , 1662 221 40 glutethimide glutethimide NN 1662 221 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 221 42 Doriden Doriden NNP 1662 221 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 221 44 , , , 1662 221 45 and and CC 1662 221 46 others other NNS 1662 221 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 221 48 Equanil Equanil NNP 1662 221 49 , , , 1662 221 50 Placidyl Placidyl NNP 1662 221 51 , , , 1662 221 52 Valmid Valmid NNP 1662 221 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 221 54 . . . 1662 222 1 Drugs drug NNS 1662 222 2 are be VBP 1662 222 3 any any DT 1662 222 4 chemical chemical JJ 1662 222 5 substances substance NNS 1662 222 6 that that WDT 1662 222 7 effect effect VBP 1662 222 8 a a DT 1662 222 9 physical physical JJ 1662 222 10 , , , 1662 222 11 mental mental JJ 1662 222 12 , , , 1662 222 13 emotional emotional JJ 1662 222 14 , , , 1662 222 15 or or CC 1662 222 16 behavioral behavioral JJ 1662 222 17 change change NN 1662 222 18 in in IN 1662 222 19 an an DT 1662 222 20 individual individual NN 1662 222 21 . . . 1662 223 1 Drug drug NN 1662 223 2 abuse abuse NN 1662 223 3 is be VBZ 1662 223 4 the the DT 1662 223 5 use use NN 1662 223 6 of of IN 1662 223 7 any any DT 1662 223 8 licit licit JJ 1662 223 9 or or CC 1662 223 10 illicit illicit JJ 1662 223 11 chemical chemical NN 1662 223 12 substance substance NN 1662 223 13 that that WDT 1662 223 14 results result VBZ 1662 223 15 in in IN 1662 223 16 physical physical JJ 1662 223 17 , , , 1662 223 18 mental mental JJ 1662 223 19 , , , 1662 223 20 emotional emotional JJ 1662 223 21 , , , 1662 223 22 or or CC 1662 223 23 behavioral behavioral JJ 1662 223 24 impairment impairment NN 1662 223 25 in in IN 1662 223 26 an an DT 1662 223 27 individual individual NN 1662 223 28 . . . 1662 224 1 Hallucinogens hallucinogen NNS 1662 224 2 are be VBP 1662 224 3 drugs drug NNS 1662 224 4 that that WDT 1662 224 5 affect affect VBP 1662 224 6 sensation sensation NN 1662 224 7 , , , 1662 224 8 thinking thinking NN 1662 224 9 , , , 1662 224 10 self self NN 1662 224 11 - - HYPH 1662 224 12 awareness awareness NN 1662 224 13 , , , 1662 224 14 and and CC 1662 224 15 emotion emotion NN 1662 224 16 . . . 1662 225 1 Hallucinogens hallucinogen NNS 1662 225 2 include include VBP 1662 225 3 LSD lsd NN 1662 225 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 225 5 acid acid NN 1662 225 6 , , , 1662 225 7 microdot microdot NNP 1662 225 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 225 9 , , , 1662 225 10 mescaline mescaline NNP 1662 225 11 and and CC 1662 225 12 peyote peyote NN 1662 225 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 225 14 mexc mexc NNP 1662 225 15 , , , 1662 225 16 buttons button NNS 1662 225 17 , , , 1662 225 18 cactus cactus NN 1662 225 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 225 20 , , , 1662 225 21 amphetamine amphetamine NN 1662 225 22 variants variant NNS 1662 225 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 225 24 PMA PMA NNP 1662 225 25 , , , 1662 225 26 STP STP NNP 1662 225 27 , , , 1662 225 28 DOB DOB NNP 1662 225 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 225 30 , , , 1662 225 31 phencyclidine phencyclidine NN 1662 225 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 225 33 PCP PCP NNP 1662 225 34 , , , 1662 225 35 angel angel NN 1662 225 36 dust dust NN 1662 225 37 , , , 1662 225 38 hog hog NNP 1662 225 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 225 40 , , , 1662 225 41 phencyclidine phencyclidine NNP 1662 225 42 analogues analogue NNS 1662 225 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 225 44 PCE PCE NNP 1662 225 45 , , , 1662 225 46 PCPy PCPy NNS 1662 225 47 , , , 1662 225 48 TCP TCP NNP 1662 225 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 225 50 , , , 1662 225 51 and and CC 1662 225 52 others other NNS 1662 225 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 225 54 psilocybin psilocybin NN 1662 225 55 , , , 1662 225 56 psilocyn psilocyn NNP 1662 225 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 225 58 . . . 1662 226 1 Hashish Hashish NNP 1662 226 2 is be VBZ 1662 226 3 the the DT 1662 226 4 resinous resinous JJ 1662 226 5 exudate exudate NN 1662 226 6 of of IN 1662 226 7 the the DT 1662 226 8 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 226 9 or or CC 1662 226 10 hemp hemp NN 1662 226 11 plant plant NN 1662 226 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 226 13 Cannabis Cannabis NNP 1662 226 14 sativa sativa NN 1662 226 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 226 16 . . . 1662 227 1 Heroin Heroin NNP 1662 227 2 is be VBZ 1662 227 3 a a DT 1662 227 4 semisynthetic semisynthetic JJ 1662 227 5 derivative derivative NN 1662 227 6 of of IN 1662 227 7 morphine morphine NN 1662 227 8 . . . 1662 228 1 Mandrax Mandrax NNP 1662 228 2 is be VBZ 1662 228 3 a a DT 1662 228 4 trade trade NN 1662 228 5 name name NN 1662 228 6 for for IN 1662 228 7 methaqualone methaqualone NN 1662 228 8 , , , 1662 228 9 a a DT 1662 228 10 pharmaceutical pharmaceutical JJ 1662 228 11 depressant depressant NN 1662 228 12 . . . 1662 229 1 Marijuana Marijuana NNP 1662 229 2 is be VBZ 1662 229 3 the the DT 1662 229 4 dried dry VBN 1662 229 5 leaves leave NNS 1662 229 6 of of IN 1662 229 7 the the DT 1662 229 8 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 229 9 or or CC 1662 229 10 hemp hemp NN 1662 229 11 plant plant NN 1662 229 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 229 13 Cannabis Cannabis NNP 1662 229 14 sativa sativa NN 1662 229 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 229 16 . . . 1662 230 1 Methaqualone methaqualone NN 1662 230 2 is be VBZ 1662 230 3 a a DT 1662 230 4 pharmaceutical pharmaceutical JJ 1662 230 5 depressant depressant NN 1662 230 6 , , , 1662 230 7 referred refer VBD 1662 230 8 to to IN 1662 230 9 as as IN 1662 230 10 mandrax mandrax NN 1662 230 11 in in IN 1662 230 12 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 230 13 Asia Asia NNP 1662 230 14 . . . 1662 231 1 Narcotics narcotic NNS 1662 231 2 are be VBP 1662 231 3 drugs drug NNS 1662 231 4 that that WDT 1662 231 5 relieve relieve VBP 1662 231 6 pain pain NN 1662 231 7 , , , 1662 231 8 often often RB 1662 231 9 induce induce VBP 1662 231 10 sleep sleep NN 1662 231 11 , , , 1662 231 12 and and CC 1662 231 13 refer refer VB 1662 231 14 to to IN 1662 231 15 opium opium NN 1662 231 16 , , , 1662 231 17 opium opium NN 1662 231 18 derivatives derivative NNS 1662 231 19 , , , 1662 231 20 and and CC 1662 231 21 synthetic synthetic JJ 1662 231 22 substitutes substitute NNS 1662 231 23 . . . 1662 232 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 232 2 narcotics narcotic NNS 1662 232 3 include include VBP 1662 232 4 opium opium NN 1662 232 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 232 6 paregoric paregoric NN 1662 232 7 , , , 1662 232 8 parepectolin parepectolin NNP 1662 232 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 232 10 , , , 1662 232 11 morphine morphine NNP 1662 232 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 232 13 MS MS NNP 1662 232 14 - - HYPH 1662 232 15 Contin Contin NNP 1662 232 16 , , , 1662 232 17 Roxanol Roxanol NNP 1662 232 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 232 19 , , , 1662 232 20 codeine codeine NN 1662 232 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 232 22 Tylenol Tylenol NNP 1662 232 23 with with IN 1662 232 24 codeine codeine NN 1662 232 25 , , , 1662 232 26 Empirin Empirin NNP 1662 232 27 with with IN 1662 232 28 codeine codeine NN 1662 232 29 , , , 1662 232 30 Robitussan Robitussan NNP 1662 232 31 AC AC NNP 1662 232 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 232 33 , , , 1662 232 34 and and CC 1662 232 35 thebaine thebaine NN 1662 232 36 . . . 1662 233 1 Semisynthetic semisynthetic JJ 1662 233 2 narcotics narcotic NNS 1662 233 3 include include VBP 1662 233 4 heroin heroin NN 1662 233 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 233 6 horse horse NN 1662 233 7 , , , 1662 233 8 smack smack RB 1662 233 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 233 10 , , , 1662 233 11 and and CC 1662 233 12 hydromorphone hydromorphone NNP 1662 233 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 233 14 Dilaudid Dilaudid NNP 1662 233 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 233 16 . . . 1662 234 1 Synthetic synthetic JJ 1662 234 2 narcotics narcotic NNS 1662 234 3 include include VBP 1662 234 4 meperidine meperidine NN 1662 234 5 or or CC 1662 234 6 Pethidine Pethidine NNP 1662 234 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 234 8 Demerol Demerol NNP 1662 234 9 , , , 1662 234 10 Mepergan Mepergan NNP 1662 234 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 234 12 , , , 1662 234 13 methadone methadone NN 1662 234 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 234 15 Dolophine Dolophine 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the DT 1662 236 12 natural natural JJ 1662 236 13 and and CC 1662 236 14 semisynthetic semisynthetic JJ 1662 236 15 narcotics narcotic NNS 1662 236 16 . . . 1662 237 1 Poppy poppy JJ 1662 237 2 straw straw NN 1662 237 3 concentrate concentrate NN 1662 237 4 is be VBZ 1662 237 5 the the DT 1662 237 6 alkaloid alkaloid RB 1662 237 7 derived derive VBN 1662 237 8 from from IN 1662 237 9 the the DT 1662 237 10 mature mature JJ 1662 237 11 dried dry VBN 1662 237 12 opium opium NN 1662 237 13 poppy poppy JJ 1662 237 14 . . . 1662 238 1 Qat Qat NNP 1662 238 2 ( ( -LRB- 1662 238 3 kat kat NNP 1662 238 4 , , , 1662 238 5 khat khat NNP 1662 238 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 238 7 is be VBZ 1662 238 8 a a DT 1662 238 9 stimulant stimulant NN 1662 238 10 from from IN 1662 238 11 the the DT 1662 238 12 buds bud NNS 1662 238 13 or or CC 1662 238 14 leaves leave NNS 1662 238 15 of of IN 1662 238 16 Catha Catha NNP 1662 238 17 edulis eduli NNS 1662 238 18 that that WDT 1662 238 19 is be VBZ 1662 238 20 chewed chew 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IN 1662 245 11 the the DT 1662 245 12 most most RBS 1662 245 13 important important JJ 1662 245 14 and and CC 1662 245 15 sometimes sometimes RB 1662 245 16 includes include VBZ 1662 245 17 the the DT 1662 245 18 percent percent NN 1662 245 19 of of IN 1662 245 20 dollar dollar NN 1662 245 21 value value NN 1662 245 22 . . . 1662 246 1 Independence independence NN 1662 246 2 : : : 1662 246 3 This this DT 1662 246 4 entry entry NN 1662 246 5 gives give VBZ 1662 246 6 the the DT 1662 246 7 date date NN 1662 246 8 that that DT 1662 246 9 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 246 10 was be VBD 1662 246 11 achieved achieve VBN 1662 246 12 and and CC 1662 246 13 from from IN 1662 246 14 what what WDT 1662 246 15 nation nation NN 1662 246 16 . . . 1662 247 1 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 247 2 production production NN 1662 247 3 growth growth NN 1662 247 4 rate rate NN 1662 247 5 : : : 1662 247 6 This this DT 1662 247 7 entry entry NN 1662 247 8 gives give VBZ 1662 247 9 the the DT 1662 247 10 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249 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 249 3 rate rate NN 1662 249 4 : : : 1662 249 5 This this DT 1662 249 6 entry entry NN 1662 249 7 gives give VBZ 1662 249 8 the the DT 1662 249 9 number number NN 1662 249 10 of of IN 1662 249 11 deaths death NNS 1662 249 12 of of IN 1662 249 13 infants infant NNS 1662 249 14 under under IN 1662 249 15 one one CD 1662 249 16 year year NN 1662 249 17 old old JJ 1662 249 18 in in IN 1662 249 19 a a DT 1662 249 20 given give VBN 1662 249 21 year year NN 1662 249 22 per per IN 1662 249 23 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 249 24 live live JJ 1662 249 25 births birth NNS 1662 249 26 occurring occur VBG 1662 249 27 in in IN 1662 249 28 the the DT 1662 249 29 same same JJ 1662 249 30 year year NN 1662 249 31 . . . 1662 250 1 The the DT 1662 250 2 infant infant NN 1662 250 3 mortality mortality NN 1662 250 4 rate rate NN 1662 250 5 is be VBZ 1662 250 6 often often RB 1662 250 7 used use VBN 1662 250 8 an an DT 1662 250 9 indicator indicator NN 1662 250 10 of of IN 1662 250 11 the the DT 1662 250 12 level level NN 1662 250 13 of of IN 1662 250 14 health health NN 1662 250 15 in in IN 1662 250 16 a a DT 1662 250 17 country country NN 1662 250 18 . . . 1662 251 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 251 2 rate rate NN 1662 251 3 - - HYPH 1662 251 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 251 5 price price NN 1662 251 6 index index NN 1662 251 7 : : : 1662 251 8 This this DT 1662 251 9 entry entry NN 1662 251 10 furnishes furnish VBZ 1662 251 11 the the DT 1662 251 12 annual annual JJ 1662 251 13 percent percent NN 1662 251 14 change change NN 1662 251 15 in in IN 1662 251 16 consumer consumer NN 1662 251 17 prices price NNS 1662 251 18 compared compare VBN 1662 251 19 with with IN 1662 251 20 the the DT 1662 251 21 previous previous JJ 1662 251 22 year year NN 1662 251 23 's 's POS 1662 251 24 consumer consumer NN 1662 251 25 prices price NNS 1662 251 26 . . . 1662 252 1 International international JJ 1662 252 2 disputes dispute NNS 1662 252 3 : : : 1662 252 4 see see VB 1662 252 5 Disputes dispute NNS 1662 252 6 -- -- : 1662 252 7 international international JJ 1662 252 8 International international JJ 1662 252 9 organization organization NN 1662 252 10 participation participation NN 1662 252 11 : : : 1662 252 12 This this DT 1662 252 13 entry entry NN 1662 252 14 lists list VBZ 1662 252 15 in in IN 1662 252 16 alphabetical alphabetical JJ 1662 252 17 order order NN 1662 252 18 by by IN 1662 252 19 abbreviation abbreviation NN 1662 252 20 those those DT 1662 252 21 international international JJ 1662 252 22 organizations organization NNS 1662 252 23 in in IN 1662 252 24 which which WDT 1662 252 25 the the DT 1662 252 26 subject subject JJ 1662 252 27 country country NN 1662 252 28 is be VBZ 1662 252 29 a a DT 1662 252 30 member member NN 1662 252 31 or or CC 1662 252 32 participates participate NNS 1662 252 33 in in IN 1662 252 34 some some DT 1662 252 35 other other JJ 1662 252 36 way way NN 1662 252 37 . . . 1662 253 1 International international JJ 1662 253 2 organizations organization NNS 1662 253 3 : : : 1662 253 4 This this DT 1662 253 5 information information NN 1662 253 6 is be VBZ 1662 253 7 presented present VBN 1662 253 8 in in IN 1662 253 9 Appendix Appendix NNP 1662 253 10 C C NNP 1662 253 11 : : : 1662 253 12 International International NNP 1662 253 13 Organizations Organizations NNPS 1662 253 14 and and CC 1662 253 15 Groups Groups NNPS 1662 253 16 which which WDT 1662 253 17 includes include VBZ 1662 253 18 the the DT 1662 253 19 name name NN 1662 253 20 , , , 1662 253 21 abbreviation abbreviation NN 1662 253 22 , , , 1662 253 23 address address NN 1662 253 24 , , , 1662 253 25 telephone telephone NN 1662 253 26 , , , 1662 253 27 FAX FAX NNP 1662 253 28 , , , 1662 253 29 date date NN 1662 253 30 established establish VBN 1662 253 31 , , , 1662 253 32 aim aim NN 1662 253 33 , , , 1662 253 34 and and CC 1662 253 35 members member NNS 1662 253 36 by by IN 1662 253 37 category category NN 1662 253 38 . . . 1662 254 1 Introduction introduction NN 1662 254 2 : : : 1662 254 3 This this DT 1662 254 4 category category NN 1662 254 5 includes include VBZ 1662 254 6 two two CD 1662 254 7 entries entry NNS 1662 254 8 -- -- : 1662 254 9 Current current JJ 1662 254 10 issues issue NNS 1662 254 11 and and CC 1662 254 12 Historical historical JJ 1662 254 13 perspective perspective NN 1662 254 14 . . . 1662 255 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 255 2 land land NN 1662 255 3 : : : 1662 255 4 This this DT 1662 255 5 entry entry NN 1662 255 6 gives give VBZ 1662 255 7 the the DT 1662 255 8 number number NN 1662 255 9 of of IN 1662 255 10 square square JJ 1662 255 11 kilometers kilometer NNS 1662 255 12 of of IN 1662 255 13 land land NN 1662 255 14 area area NN 1662 255 15 that that WDT 1662 255 16 is be VBZ 1662 255 17 artificially artificially RB 1662 255 18 supplied supply VBN 1662 255 19 with with IN 1662 255 20 water water NN 1662 255 21 . . . 1662 256 1 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 256 2 branch branch NN 1662 256 3 : : : 1662 256 4 This this DT 1662 256 5 entry entry NN 1662 256 6 contains contain VBZ 1662 256 7 the the DT 1662 256 8 name(s name(s NN 1662 256 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 256 10 of of IN 1662 256 11 the the DT 1662 256 12 highest high JJS 1662 256 13 court(s court(s NN 1662 256 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 256 15 and and CC 1662 256 16 a a DT 1662 256 17 brief brief JJ 1662 256 18 description description NN 1662 256 19 of of IN 1662 256 20 the the DT 1662 256 21 selection selection NN 1662 256 22 process process NN 1662 256 23 for for IN 1662 256 24 members member NNS 1662 256 25 . . . 1662 257 1 Labor labor NN 1662 257 2 force force NN 1662 257 3 : : : 1662 257 4 This this DT 1662 257 5 entry entry NN 1662 257 6 contains contain VBZ 1662 257 7 the the DT 1662 257 8 total total JJ 1662 257 9 labor labor NN 1662 257 10 force force NN 1662 257 11 figure figure NN 1662 257 12 and and CC 1662 257 13 a a DT 1662 257 14 rank rank NN 1662 257 15 ordering ordering NN 1662 257 16 of of IN 1662 257 17 component 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680 east east NN 1662 390 681 of of IN 1662 390 682 Iran Iran NNP 1662 390 683 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 390 684 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 390 685 : : : 1662 390 686 33 33 CD 1662 390 687 00 00 CD 1662 390 688 N n CD 1662 390 689 , , , 1662 390 690 65 65 CD 1662 390 691 00 00 CD 1662 390 692 E e NN 1662 390 693 Map Map NNP 1662 390 694 references reference NNS 1662 390 695 : : : 1662 390 696 Asia Asia NNP 1662 390 697 Area Area NNP 1662 390 698 : : : 1662 390 699 total total NN 1662 390 700 : : : 1662 390 701 647,500 647,500 CD 1662 390 702 sq sq NN 1662 390 703 km km NNP 1662 390 704 land land NN 1662 390 705 : : : 1662 390 706 647,500 647,500 CD 1662 390 707 sq sq NNP 1662 390 708 km km NNP 1662 390 709 water water NN 1662 390 710 : : : 1662 390 711 0 0 NFP 1662 390 712 sq sq NN 1662 390 713 km km NNP 1662 390 714 Area area NN 1662 390 715 - - HYPH 1662 390 716 comparative comparative JJ 1662 390 717 : : : 1662 390 718 slightly slightly RB 1662 390 719 smaller small JJR 1662 390 720 than than IN 1662 390 721 Texas Texas NNP 1662 390 722 Land Land NNP 1662 390 723 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 390 724 : : : 1662 390 725 total total JJ 1662 390 726 : : : 1662 390 727 5,529 5,529 CD 1662 390 728 km km NN 1662 390 729 border border NN 1662 390 730 countries country NNS 1662 390 731 : : : 1662 390 732 China China NNP 1662 390 733 76 76 CD 1662 390 734 km km NN 1662 390 735 , , , 1662 390 736 Iran Iran NNP 1662 390 737 936 936 CD 1662 390 738 km km NNS 1662 390 739 , , , 1662 390 740 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 390 741 2,430 2,430 CD 1662 390 742 km km NNS 1662 390 743 , , , 1662 390 744 Tajikistan Tajikistan NNP 1662 390 745 1,206 1,206 CD 1662 390 746 km km NN 1662 390 747 , , , 1662 390 748 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 1662 390 749 744 744 CD 1662 390 750 km km NNS 1662 390 751 , , , 1662 390 752 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 1662 390 753 137 137 CD 1662 390 754 km km NN 1662 390 755 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 390 756 : : : 1662 390 757 0 0 CD 1662 390 758 km km NN 1662 390 759 ( ( -LRB- 1662 390 760 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 390 761 ) ) -RRB- 1662 390 762 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 390 763 claims claim VBZ 1662 390 764 : : : 1662 390 765 none none NN 1662 390 766 ( ( -LRB- 1662 390 767 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 390 768 ) ) -RRB- 1662 390 769 Climate climate NN 1662 390 770 : : : 1662 390 771 arid arid NNP 1662 390 772 to to IN 1662 390 773 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 390 774 ; ; : 1662 390 775 cold cold JJ 1662 390 776 winters winter NNS 1662 390 777 and and CC 1662 390 778 hot hot JJ 1662 390 779 summers summer NNS 1662 390 780 Terrain terrain NN 1662 390 781 : : : 1662 390 782 mostly mostly RB 1662 390 783 rugged rugged JJ 1662 390 784 mountains mountain NNS 1662 390 785 ; ; : 1662 390 786 plains plain NNS 1662 390 787 in in IN 1662 390 788 north north NN 1662 390 789 and and CC 1662 390 790 southwest southwest NNP 1662 390 791 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 390 792 extremes extreme NNS 1662 390 793 : : : 1662 390 794 lowest low JJS 1662 390 795 point point NN 1662 390 796 : : : 1662 390 797 Amu Amu NNP 1662 390 798 Darya Darya NNP 1662 390 799 258 258 CD 1662 390 800 m m CD 1662 390 801 highest high JJS 1662 390 802 point point NN 1662 390 803 : : : 1662 390 804 Nowshak Nowshak NNP 1662 390 805 7,485 7,485 CD 1662 390 806 m m NNP 1662 390 807 Natural natural JJ 1662 390 808 resources resource NNS 1662 390 809 : : : 1662 390 810 natural natural JJ 1662 390 811 gas gas NN 1662 390 812 , , , 1662 390 813 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 390 814 , , , 1662 390 815 coal coal NN 1662 390 816 , , , 1662 390 817 copper copper NN 1662 390 818 , , , 1662 390 819 talc talc NN 1662 390 820 , , , 1662 390 821 barites barite NNS 1662 390 822 , , , 1662 390 823 sulfur sulfur NN 1662 390 824 , , , 1662 390 825 lead lead NN 1662 390 826 , , , 1662 390 827 zinc zinc NN 1662 390 828 , , , 1662 390 829 iron iron NN 1662 390 830 ore ore NN 1662 390 831 , , , 1662 390 832 salt salt NN 1662 390 833 , , , 1662 390 834 precious precious JJ 1662 390 835 and and CC 1662 390 836 semiprecious semiprecious JJ 1662 390 837 stones stone NNS 1662 390 838 Land Land NNP 1662 390 839 use use NN 1662 390 840 : : : 1662 390 841 arable arable JJ 1662 390 842 land land NN 1662 390 843 : : : 1662 390 844 12 12 CD 1662 390 845 % % NN 1662 390 846 permanent permanent JJ 1662 390 847 crops crop NNS 1662 390 848 : : : 1662 390 849 0 0 CD 1662 390 850 % % NN 1662 390 851 permanent permanent JJ 1662 390 852 pastures pasture NNS 1662 390 853 : : : 1662 390 854 46 46 CD 1662 390 855 % % NN 1662 390 856 forests forest NNS 1662 390 857 and and CC 1662 390 858 woodland woodland NN 1662 390 859 : : : 1662 390 860 3 3 CD 1662 390 861 % % NN 1662 390 862 other other JJ 1662 390 863 : : : 1662 390 864 39 39 CD 1662 390 865 % % NN 1662 390 866 ( ( -LRB- 1662 390 867 1993 1993 CD 1662 390 868 est est NNP 1662 390 869 . . . 1662 390 870 ) ) -RRB- 1662 391 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 391 2 land land NN 1662 391 3 : : : 1662 391 4 30,000 30,000 CD 1662 391 5 sq sq NNP 1662 391 6 km km NNP 1662 391 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 391 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 391 9 est est NNP 1662 391 10 . . . 1662 391 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 392 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 392 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 392 3 : : : 1662 392 4 damaging damage VBG 1662 392 5 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 392 6 occur occur VB 1662 392 7 in in IN 1662 392 8 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 392 9 Kush Kush NNP 1662 392 10 mountains mountain NNS 1662 392 11 ; ; : 1662 392 12 flooding flood VBG 1662 392 13 Environment Environment NNP 1662 392 14 - - HYPH 1662 392 15 current current JJ 1662 392 16 issues issue NNS 1662 392 17 : : : 1662 392 18 soil soil NN 1662 392 19 degradation degradation NN 1662 392 20 ; ; , 1662 392 21 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 392 22 ; ; : 1662 392 23 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 392 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 392 25 much much JJ 1662 392 26 of of IN 1662 392 27 the the DT 1662 392 28 remaining remain VBG 1662 392 29 forests forest NNS 1662 392 30 are be VBP 1662 392 31 being be VBG 1662 392 32 cut cut VBN 1662 392 33 down down RP 1662 392 34 for for IN 1662 392 35 fuel fuel NN 1662 392 36 and and CC 1662 392 37 building building NN 1662 392 38 materials material NNS 1662 392 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 392 40 ; ; : 1662 392 41 desertification desertification NN 1662 392 42 Environment Environment NNP 1662 392 43 - - HYPH 1662 392 44 international international JJ 1662 392 45 agreements agreement NNS 1662 392 46 : : : 1662 392 47 party party NN 1662 392 48 to to IN 1662 392 49 : : : 1662 392 50 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 392 51 , , , 1662 392 52 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 392 53 Species Species NNPS 1662 392 54 , , , 1662 392 55 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 392 56 Modification Modification NNP 1662 392 57 , , , 1662 392 58 Marine Marine NNP 1662 392 59 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 392 60 , , , 1662 392 61 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 392 62 Test Test NNP 1662 392 63 Ban Ban NNP 1662 392 64 signed sign VBD 1662 392 65 , , , 1662 392 66 but but CC 1662 392 67 not not RB 1662 392 68 ratified ratified JJ 1662 392 69 : : : 1662 392 70 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 392 71 , , , 1662 392 72 Climate climate NN 1662 392 73 Change Change NNP 1662 392 74 , , , 1662 392 75 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 392 76 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 392 77 , , , 1662 392 78 Law Law NNP 1662 392 79 of of IN 1662 392 80 the the DT 1662 392 81 Sea Sea NNP 1662 392 82 , , , 1662 392 83 Marine Marine NNP 1662 392 84 Life Life NNP 1662 392 85 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 392 86 Geography Geography NNP 1662 392 87 - - HYPH 1662 392 88 note note NN 1662 392 89 : : : 1662 392 90 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 392 91 @Afghanistan @Afghanistan NNP 1662 392 92 : : : 1662 392 93 People People NNP 1662 392 94 Population Population NNP 1662 392 95 : : : 1662 392 96 23,738,085 23,738,085 CD 1662 392 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 392 98 July July NNP 1662 392 99 1997 1997 CD 1662 392 100 est est NNP 1662 392 101 . . . 1662 392 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 393 1 Age age NN 1662 393 2 structure structure NN 1662 393 3 : : : 1662 393 4 0 0 CD 1662 393 5 - - HYPH 1662 393 6 14 14 CD 1662 393 7 years year NNS 1662 393 8 : : : 1662 393 9 43 43 CD 1662 393 10 % % NN 1662 393 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 393 12 male male JJ 1662 393 13 5,201,585 5,201,585 CD 1662 393 14 ; ; : 1662 393 15 female female JJ 1662 393 16 5,003,503 5,003,503 CD 1662 393 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 393 18 15 15 CD 1662 393 19 - - SYM 1662 393 20 64 64 CD 1662 393 21 years year NNS 1662 393 22 : : : 1662 393 23 54 54 CD 1662 393 24 % % NN 1662 393 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 393 26 male male JJ 1662 393 27 6,680,687 6,680,687 CD 1662 393 28 ; ; : 1662 393 29 female female JJ 1662 393 30 6,208,463 6,208,463 CD 1662 393 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 393 32 65 65 CD 1662 393 33 years year NNS 1662 393 34 and and CC 1662 393 35 over over IN 1662 393 36 : : : 1662 393 37 3 3 CD 1662 393 38 % % NN 1662 393 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 393 40 male male JJ 1662 393 41 341,301 341,301 CD 1662 393 42 ; ; : 1662 393 43 female female JJ 1662 393 44 302,546 302,546 CD 1662 393 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 393 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 393 47 July July NNP 1662 393 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 393 49 est est NNP 1662 393 50 . . . 1662 393 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 394 1 Population population NN 1662 394 2 growth growth NN 1662 394 3 rate rate NN 1662 394 4 : : : 1662 394 5 4.48 4.48 CD 1662 394 6 % % NN 1662 394 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 394 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 394 9 est est NNP 1662 394 10 . . . 1662 394 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 395 1 note note VB 1662 395 2 : : : 1662 395 3 this this DT 1662 395 4 rate rate NN 1662 395 5 reflects reflect VBZ 1662 395 6 the the DT 1662 395 7 continued continue VBN 1662 395 8 return return NN 1662 395 9 of of IN 1662 395 10 refugees refugee NNS 1662 395 11 Birth Birth NNP 1662 395 12 rate rate NN 1662 395 13 : : : 1662 395 14 42.72 42.72 CD 1662 395 15 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 395 16 population population NN 1662 395 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 395 18 1997 1997 CD 1662 395 19 est est NNP 1662 395 20 . . . 1662 395 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 396 1 Death death NN 1662 396 2 rate rate NN 1662 396 3 : : : 1662 396 4 17.78 17.78 CD 1662 396 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 396 6 population population NN 1662 396 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 396 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 396 9 est est NNP 1662 396 10 . . . 1662 396 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 397 1 Net net JJ 1662 397 2 migration migration NN 1662 397 3 rate rate NN 1662 397 4 : : : 1662 397 5 19.9 19.9 CD 1662 397 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 397 7 population population NN 1662 397 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 397 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 397 10 est est NNP 1662 397 11 . . . 1662 397 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 398 1 Sex sex NN 1662 398 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 398 3 : : : 1662 398 4 at at IN 1662 398 5 birth birth NN 1662 398 6 : : : 1662 398 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 398 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 398 9 under under IN 1662 398 10 15 15 CD 1662 398 11 years year NNS 1662 398 12 : : : 1662 398 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 398 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 398 15 15 15 CD 1662 398 16 - - HYPH 1662 398 17 64 64 CD 1662 398 18 years year NNS 1662 398 19 : : : 1662 398 20 1.08 1.08 CD 1662 398 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 398 22 65 65 CD 1662 398 23 years year NNS 1662 398 24 and and CC 1662 398 25 over over IN 1662 398 26 : : : 1662 398 27 1.13 1.13 CD 1662 398 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 398 29 total total JJ 1662 398 30 population population NN 1662 398 31 : : : 1662 398 32 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 398 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 398 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 398 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 398 36 est e JJS 1662 398 37 . . . 1662 398 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 399 1 Infant infant NN 1662 399 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 399 3 rate rate NN 1662 399 4 : : : 1662 399 5 146.7 146.7 CD 1662 399 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 399 7 live live JJ 1662 399 8 births birth NNS 1662 399 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 399 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 399 11 est est NNP 1662 399 12 . . . 1662 399 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 400 1 Life life NN 1662 400 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 400 3 at at IN 1662 400 4 birth birth NN 1662 400 5 : : : 1662 400 6 total total JJ 1662 400 7 population population NN 1662 400 8 : : : 1662 400 9 46.34 46.34 CD 1662 400 10 years year NNS 1662 400 11 male male NN 1662 400 12 : : : 1662 400 13 46.89 46.89 CD 1662 400 14 years year NNS 1662 400 15 female female JJ 1662 400 16 : : : 1662 400 17 45.76 45.76 CD 1662 400 18 years year NNS 1662 400 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 400 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 400 21 est est NNP 1662 400 22 . . . 1662 400 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 401 1 Total total JJ 1662 401 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 401 3 rate rate NN 1662 401 4 : : : 1662 401 5 6.07 6.07 CD 1662 401 6 children child NNS 1662 401 7 born bear VBN 1662 401 8 / / SYM 1662 401 9 woman woman NN 1662 401 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 401 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 401 12 est est NNP 1662 401 13 . . . 1662 401 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 402 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 402 2 : : : 1662 402 3 noun noun NNP 1662 402 4 : : : 1662 402 5 Afghan(s Afghan(s NNP 1662 402 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 402 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 402 8 : : : 1662 402 9 Afghan afghan JJ 1662 402 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 402 11 groups group NNS 1662 402 12 : : : 1662 402 13 Pashtun pashtun NN 1662 402 14 38 38 CD 1662 402 15 % % NN 1662 402 16 , , , 1662 402 17 Tajik tajik NN 1662 402 18 25 25 CD 1662 402 19 % % NN 1662 402 20 , , , 1662 402 21 Uzbek Uzbek NNP 1662 402 22 6 6 CD 1662 402 23 % % NN 1662 402 24 , , , 1662 402 25 Hazara Hazara NNP 1662 402 26 19 19 CD 1662 402 27 % % NN 1662 402 28 , , , 1662 402 29 minor minor JJ 1662 402 30 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 402 31 groups group NNS 1662 402 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 402 33 Aimaks Aimaks NNP 1662 402 34 , , , 1662 402 35 Turkmen Turkmen NNP 1662 402 36 , , , 1662 402 37 Baloch Baloch NNP 1662 402 38 , , , 1662 402 39 and and CC 1662 402 40 others other NNS 1662 402 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 402 42 Religions religion NNS 1662 402 43 : : : 1662 402 44 Sunni Sunni NNP 1662 402 45 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 402 46 84 84 CD 1662 402 47 % % NN 1662 402 48 , , , 1662 402 49 Shi'a Shi'a : 1662 402 50 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 402 51 15 15 CD 1662 402 52 % % NN 1662 402 53 , , , 1662 402 54 other other JJ 1662 402 55 1 1 CD 1662 402 56 % % NN 1662 402 57 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 402 58 : : : 1662 402 59 Pashtu Pashtu NNP 1662 402 60 35 35 CD 1662 402 61 % % NN 1662 402 62 , , , 1662 402 63 Afghan Afghan NNP 1662 402 64 Persian Persian NNP 1662 402 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 402 66 Dari Dari NNP 1662 402 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 402 68 50 50 CD 1662 402 69 % % NN 1662 402 70 , , , 1662 402 71 Turkic Turkic NNP 1662 402 72 languages language NNS 1662 402 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 402 74 primarily primarily RB 1662 402 75 Uzbek Uzbek NNPS 1662 402 76 and and CC 1662 402 77 Turkmen Turkmen NNP 1662 402 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 402 79 11 11 CD 1662 402 80 % % NN 1662 402 81 , , , 1662 402 82 30 30 CD 1662 402 83 minor minor JJ 1662 402 84 languages language NNS 1662 402 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 402 86 primarily primarily RB 1662 402 87 Balochi Balochi NNP 1662 402 88 and and CC 1662 402 89 Pashai Pashai NNP 1662 402 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 402 91 4 4 CD 1662 402 92 % % NN 1662 402 93 , , , 1662 402 94 much much JJ 1662 402 95 bilingualism bilingualism NN 1662 402 96 Literacy literacy NN 1662 402 97 : : : 1662 402 98 definition definition NN 1662 402 99 : : : 1662 402 100 age age NN 1662 402 101 15 15 CD 1662 402 102 and and CC 1662 402 103 over over RB 1662 402 104 can can MD 1662 402 105 read read VB 1662 402 106 and and CC 1662 402 107 write write VB 1662 402 108 total total JJ 1662 402 109 population population NN 1662 402 110 : : : 1662 402 111 31.5 31.5 CD 1662 402 112 % % NN 1662 402 113 male male NN 1662 402 114 : : : 1662 402 115 47.2 47.2 CD 1662 402 116 % % NN 1662 402 117 female female NN 1662 402 118 : : : 1662 402 119 15 15 CD 1662 402 120 % % NN 1662 402 121 ( ( -LRB- 1662 402 122 1995 1995 CD 1662 402 123 est est NNP 1662 402 124 . . . 1662 402 125 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 1 @Afghanistan @Afghanistan NNP 1662 403 2 : : : 1662 403 3 Government Government NNP 1662 403 4 Country Country NNP 1662 403 5 name name NN 1662 403 6 : : : 1662 403 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 403 8 long long JJ 1662 403 9 form form NN 1662 403 10 : : : 1662 403 11 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 403 12 State State NNP 1662 403 13 of of IN 1662 403 14 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 403 15 conventional conventional JJ 1662 403 16 short short JJ 1662 403 17 form form NN 1662 403 18 : : : 1662 403 19 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 403 20 local local JJ 1662 403 21 long long JJ 1662 403 22 form form NN 1662 403 23 : : : 1662 403 24 Dowlat Dowlat NNP 1662 403 25 - - HYPH 1662 403 26 e e NNP 1662 403 27 Eslami Eslami NNP 1662 403 28 - - HYPH 1662 403 29 ye ye NNP 1662 403 30 Afghanestan Afghanestan NNP 1662 403 31 local local JJ 1662 403 32 short short JJ 1662 403 33 form form NN 1662 403 34 : : : 1662 403 35 Afghanestan Afghanestan NNP 1662 403 36 former former JJ 1662 403 37 : : : 1662 403 38 Republic Republic NNP 1662 403 39 of of IN 1662 403 40 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 403 41 Data Data NNP 1662 403 42 code code NN 1662 403 43 : : : 1662 403 44 AF AF NNP 1662 403 45 Government Government NNP 1662 403 46 type type NN 1662 403 47 : : : 1662 403 48 transitional transitional JJ 1662 403 49 government government NN 1662 403 50 National national JJ 1662 403 51 capital capital NN 1662 403 52 : : : 1662 403 53 Kabul Kabul NNP 1662 403 54 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 403 55 divisions division NNS 1662 403 56 : : : 1662 403 57 30 30 CD 1662 403 58 provinces province NNS 1662 403 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 60 velayat velayat NN 1662 403 61 , , , 1662 403 62 singular singular JJ 1662 403 63 - - HYPH 1662 403 64 velayat velayat NN 1662 403 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 66 ; ; : 1662 403 67 Badakhshan Badakhshan NNP 1662 403 68 , , , 1662 403 69 Badghis Badghis NNP 1662 403 70 , , , 1662 403 71 Baghlan Baghlan NNP 1662 403 72 , , , 1662 403 73 Balkh Balkh NNP 1662 403 74 , , , 1662 403 75 Bamian Bamian NNP 1662 403 76 , , , 1662 403 77 Farah Farah NNP 1662 403 78 , , , 1662 403 79 Faryab Faryab NNP 1662 403 80 , , , 1662 403 81 Ghazni Ghazni NNP 1662 403 82 , , , 1662 403 83 Ghowr Ghowr NNP 1662 403 84 , , , 1662 403 85 Helmand Helmand NNP 1662 403 86 , , , 1662 403 87 Herat Herat NNP 1662 403 88 , , , 1662 403 89 Jowzjan Jowzjan NNP 1662 403 90 , , , 1662 403 91 Kabol Kabol NNP 1662 403 92 , , , 1662 403 93 Kandahar Kandahar NNP 1662 403 94 , , , 1662 403 95 Kapisa Kapisa NNP 1662 403 96 , , , 1662 403 97 Konar Konar NNP 1662 403 98 , , , 1662 403 99 Kondoz Kondoz NNP 1662 403 100 , , , 1662 403 101 Laghman Laghman NNP 1662 403 102 , , , 1662 403 103 Lowgar Lowgar NNP 1662 403 104 , , , 1662 403 105 Nangarhar Nangarhar NNP 1662 403 106 , , , 1662 403 107 Nimruz Nimruz NNP 1662 403 108 , , , 1662 403 109 Oruzgan Oruzgan NNP 1662 403 110 , , , 1662 403 111 Paktia Paktia NNP 1662 403 112 , , , 1662 403 113 Paktika Paktika NNP 1662 403 114 , , , 1662 403 115 Parvan Parvan NNP 1662 403 116 , , , 1662 403 117 Samangan Samangan NNP 1662 403 118 , , , 1662 403 119 Sar Sar NNP 1662 403 120 - - HYPH 1662 403 121 e e NNP 1662 403 122 Pol Pol NNP 1662 403 123 , , , 1662 403 124 Takhar Takhar NNP 1662 403 125 , , , 1662 403 126 Vardak Vardak NNP 1662 403 127 , , , 1662 403 128 Zabol Zabol NNP 1662 403 129 note note NN 1662 403 130 : : : 1662 403 131 there there EX 1662 403 132 may may MD 1662 403 133 be be VB 1662 403 134 two two CD 1662 403 135 new new JJ 1662 403 136 provinces province NNS 1662 403 137 of of IN 1662 403 138 Nurestan Nurestan NNP 1662 403 139 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 140 Nuristan Nuristan NNP 1662 403 141 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 142 and and CC 1662 403 143 Khowst Khowst NNP 1662 403 144 Independence Independence NNP 1662 403 145 : : : 1662 403 146 19 19 CD 1662 403 147 August August NNP 1662 403 148 1919 1919 CD 1662 403 149 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 150 from from IN 1662 403 151 UK UK NNP 1662 403 152 control control NN 1662 403 153 over over IN 1662 403 154 Afghan afghan JJ 1662 403 155 foreign foreign JJ 1662 403 156 affairs affair NNS 1662 403 157 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 158 National national JJ 1662 403 159 holiday holiday NN 1662 403 160 : : : 1662 403 161 Victory victory NN 1662 403 162 of of IN 1662 403 163 the the DT 1662 403 164 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 403 165 Nation Nation NNP 1662 403 166 , , , 1662 403 167 28 28 CD 1662 403 168 April April NNP 1662 403 169 ; ; : 1662 403 170 Remembrance Remembrance NNP 1662 403 171 Day Day NNP 1662 403 172 for for IN 1662 403 173 Martyrs Martyrs NNPS 1662 403 174 and and CC 1662 403 175 Disabled Disabled NNP 1662 403 176 , , , 1662 403 177 4 4 CD 1662 403 178 May May NNP 1662 403 179 ; ; : 1662 403 180 Independence Independence NNP 1662 403 181 Day Day NNP 1662 403 182 , , , 1662 403 183 19 19 CD 1662 403 184 August August NNP 1662 403 185 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 403 186 : : : 1662 403 187 none none NN 1662 403 188 Legal legal JJ 1662 403 189 system system NN 1662 403 190 : : : 1662 403 191 a a DT 1662 403 192 new new JJ 1662 403 193 legal legal JJ 1662 403 194 system system NN 1662 403 195 has have VBZ 1662 403 196 not not RB 1662 403 197 been be VBN 1662 403 198 adopted adopt VBN 1662 403 199 but but CC 1662 403 200 all all DT 1662 403 201 factions faction NNS 1662 403 202 tacitly tacitly RB 1662 403 203 agree agree VBP 1662 403 204 they -PRON- PRP 1662 403 205 will will MD 1662 403 206 follow follow VB 1662 403 207 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 403 208 law law NN 1662 403 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 210 Shari'a Shari'a NNP 1662 403 211 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 212 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 403 213 : : : 1662 403 214 undetermined undetermined JJ 1662 403 215 ; ; : 1662 403 216 previously previously RB 1662 403 217 males male VBZ 1662 403 218 15 15 CD 1662 403 219 - - HYPH 1662 403 220 50 50 CD 1662 403 221 years year NNS 1662 403 222 of of IN 1662 403 223 age age NN 1662 403 224 Executive executive JJ 1662 403 225 branch branch NN 1662 403 226 : : : 1662 403 227 on on IN 1662 403 228 27 27 CD 1662 403 229 September September NNP 1662 403 230 1996 1996 CD 1662 403 231 , , , 1662 403 232 the the DT 1662 403 233 ruling rule VBG 1662 403 234 members member NNS 1662 403 235 of of IN 1662 403 236 the the DT 1662 403 237 Afghan Afghan NNP 1662 403 238 Government Government NNP 1662 403 239 were be VBD 1662 403 240 displaced displace VBN 1662 403 241 by by IN 1662 403 242 members member NNS 1662 403 243 of of IN 1662 403 244 the the DT 1662 403 245 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 403 246 Taliban Taliban NNP 1662 403 247 movement movement NN 1662 403 248 ; ; : 1662 403 249 the the DT 1662 403 250 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 403 251 State State NNP 1662 403 252 of of IN 1662 403 253 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 403 254 has have VBZ 1662 403 255 no no DT 1662 403 256 functioning function VBG 1662 403 257 government government NN 1662 403 258 at at IN 1662 403 259 this this DT 1662 403 260 time time NN 1662 403 261 , , , 1662 403 262 and and CC 1662 403 263 the the DT 1662 403 264 country country NN 1662 403 265 remains remain VBZ 1662 403 266 divided divide VBN 1662 403 267 among among IN 1662 403 268 fighting fight VBG 1662 403 269 factions faction NNS 1662 403 270 note note VBP 1662 403 271 : : : 1662 403 272 the the DT 1662 403 273 Taliban Taliban NNP 1662 403 274 have have VBP 1662 403 275 declared declare VBN 1662 403 276 themselves -PRON- PRP 1662 403 277 the the DT 1662 403 278 legitimate legitimate JJ 1662 403 279 government government NN 1662 403 280 of of IN 1662 403 281 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 403 282 ; ; : 1662 403 283 the the DT 1662 403 284 UN UN NNP 1662 403 285 has have VBZ 1662 403 286 deferred defer VBN 1662 403 287 a a DT 1662 403 288 decision decision NN 1662 403 289 on on IN 1662 403 290 credentials credential NNS 1662 403 291 and and CC 1662 403 292 the the DT 1662 403 293 Organization Organization NNP 1662 403 294 of of IN 1662 403 295 the the DT 1662 403 296 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 403 297 Conference Conference NNP 1662 403 298 has have VBZ 1662 403 299 left leave VBN 1662 403 300 the the DT 1662 403 301 Afghan afghan JJ 1662 403 302 seat seat NN 1662 403 303 vacant vacant JJ 1662 403 304 until until IN 1662 403 305 the the DT 1662 403 306 question question NN 1662 403 307 of of IN 1662 403 308 legitimacy legitimacy NN 1662 403 309 can can MD 1662 403 310 be be VB 1662 403 311 resolved resolve VBN 1662 403 312 through through IN 1662 403 313 negotiations negotiation NNS 1662 403 314 among among IN 1662 403 315 the the DT 1662 403 316 warring war VBG 1662 403 317 factions faction NNS 1662 403 318 ; ; : 1662 403 319 the the DT 1662 403 320 country country NN 1662 403 321 is be VBZ 1662 403 322 essentially essentially RB 1662 403 323 divided divide VBN 1662 403 324 along along IN 1662 403 325 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 403 326 lines line NNS 1662 403 327 ; ; : 1662 403 328 the the DT 1662 403 329 Taliban Taliban NNP 1662 403 330 controls control VBZ 1662 403 331 the the DT 1662 403 332 capital capital NN 1662 403 333 of of IN 1662 403 334 Kabul Kabul NNP 1662 403 335 and and CC 1662 403 336 approximately approximately RB 1662 403 337 two two CD 1662 403 338 - - HYPH 1662 403 339 thirds third NNS 1662 403 340 of of IN 1662 403 341 the the DT 1662 403 342 country country NN 1662 403 343 including include VBG 1662 403 344 the the DT 1662 403 345 predominately predominately RB 1662 403 346 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 403 347 Pashtun pashtun JJ 1662 403 348 areas area NNS 1662 403 349 in in IN 1662 403 350 southern southern JJ 1662 403 351 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 403 352 ; ; : 1662 403 353 opposing oppose VBG 1662 403 354 factions faction NNS 1662 403 355 have have VB 1662 403 356 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 403 357 stonghold stonghold NN 1662 403 358 in in IN 1662 403 359 the the DT 1662 403 360 ethnically ethnically RB 1662 403 361 diverse diverse JJ 1662 403 362 north north NN 1662 403 363 - - HYPH 1662 403 364 General General NNP 1662 403 365 DOSTAM DOSTAM NNP 1662 403 366 's 's POS 1662 403 367 National National NNP 1662 403 368 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 403 369 Movement Movement NNP 1662 403 370 controls control VBZ 1662 403 371 several several JJ 1662 403 372 northcentral northcentral JJ 1662 403 373 provinces province NNS 1662 403 374 and and CC 1662 403 375 Commander Commander NNP 1662 403 376 MASOOD MASOOD NNP 1662 403 377 controls control VBZ 1662 403 378 the the DT 1662 403 379 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 403 380 Tajik tajik NN 1662 403 381 majority majority NN 1662 403 382 areas area NNS 1662 403 383 of of IN 1662 403 384 the the DT 1662 403 385 northeast northeast JJ 1662 403 386 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 403 387 branch branch NN 1662 403 388 : : : 1662 403 389 non non JJ 1662 403 390 - - JJ 1662 403 391 functioning functioning JJ 1662 403 392 as as IN 1662 403 393 of of IN 1662 403 394 June June NNP 1662 403 395 1993 1993 CD 1662 403 396 Judicial Judicial NNP 1662 403 397 branch branch NN 1662 403 398 : : : 1662 403 399 non non JJ 1662 403 400 - - JJ 1662 403 401 functioning functioning JJ 1662 403 402 as as IN 1662 403 403 of of IN 1662 403 404 March March NNP 1662 403 405 1995 1995 CD 1662 403 406 , , , 1662 403 407 although although IN 1662 403 408 there there EX 1662 403 409 are be VBP 1662 403 410 local local JJ 1662 403 411 Shari'a Shari'a NNP 1662 403 412 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 413 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 403 414 law law NN 1662 403 415 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 416 courts court VBZ 1662 403 417 throughout throughout IN 1662 403 418 the the DT 1662 403 419 country country NN 1662 403 420 Political political JJ 1662 403 421 parties party NNS 1662 403 422 and and CC 1662 403 423 leaders leader NNS 1662 403 424 : : : 1662 403 425 Taliban Taliban NNP 1662 403 426 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 427 Religious Religious NNP 1662 403 428 Students Students NNPS 1662 403 429 Movement Movement NNP 1662 403 430 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 431 , , , 1662 403 432 Mohammad Mohammad NNP 1662 403 433 OMAR OMAR NNP 1662 403 434 ; ; : 1662 403 435 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 403 436 Defense Defense NNP 1662 403 437 Council Council NNP 1662 403 438 of of IN 1662 403 439 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 403 440 [ [ -LRB- 1662 403 441 comprised comprise VBN 1662 403 442 of of IN 1662 403 443 Jumbesh Jumbesh NNP 1662 403 444 - - HYPH 1662 403 445 i i NNP 1662 403 446 - - HYPH 1662 403 447 Melli Melli NNP 1662 403 448 Islami Islami NNP 1662 403 449 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 450 National National NNP 1662 403 451 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 403 452 Movement Movement NNP 1662 403 453 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 454 , , , 1662 403 455 Abdul Abdul NNP 1662 403 456 Rashid Rashid NNP 1662 403 457 DOSTAM DOSTAM NNP 1662 403 458 ; ; : 1662 403 459 Jamiat Jamiat NNP 1662 403 460 - - HYPH 1662 403 461 i i NNP 1662 403 462 - - HYPH 1662 403 463 Islami Islami NNP 1662 403 464 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 465 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 403 466 Society Society NNP 1662 403 467 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 468 , , , 1662 403 469 Burhanuddin Burhanuddin NNP 1662 403 470 RABBANI RABBANI NNP 1662 403 471 and and CC 1662 403 472 Ahmad Ahmad NNP 1662 403 473 Shah Shah NNP 1662 403 474 MASOOD MASOOD NNP 1662 403 475 ; ; : 1662 403 476 and and CC 1662 403 477 Hizbi 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Khalis Khalis NNP 1662 403 514 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 515 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 403 516 Party Party NNP 1662 403 517 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 518 , , , 1662 403 519 Yunis Yunis NNP 1662 403 520 KHALIS KHALIS NNP 1662 403 521 faction faction NN 1662 403 522 ; ; : 1662 403 523 Ittihad Ittihad NNP 1662 403 524 - - HYPH 1662 403 525 i i PRP 1662 403 526 - - HYPH 1662 403 527 Islami Islami NNP 1662 403 528 Barai Barai NNP 1662 403 529 Azadi Azadi NNP 1662 403 530 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 403 531 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 532 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 403 533 Union Union NNP 1662 403 534 for for IN 1662 403 535 the the DT 1662 403 536 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 403 537 of of IN 1662 403 538 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 403 539 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 540 , , , 1662 403 541 Abdul Abdul NNP 1662 403 542 Rasul Rasul NNP 1662 403 543 SAYYAF SAYYAF NNP 1662 403 544 ; ; : 1662 403 545 Harakat Harakat NNP 1662 403 546 - - HYPH 1662 403 547 Inqilab Inqilab NNP 1662 403 548 - - HYPH 1662 403 549 i i PRP 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1662 403 622 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 623 , , , 1662 403 624 Mohammed Mohammed NNP 1662 403 625 Asif Asif NNP 1662 403 626 MOHSENI MOHSENI NNP 1662 403 627 Political political JJ 1662 403 628 pressure pressure NN 1662 403 629 groups group NNS 1662 403 630 and and CC 1662 403 631 leaders leader NNS 1662 403 632 : : : 1662 403 633 tribal tribal JJ 1662 403 634 elders elder NNS 1662 403 635 represent represent VBP 1662 403 636 traditional traditional JJ 1662 403 637 Pashtun pashtun JJ 1662 403 638 leadership leadership NN 1662 403 639 ; ; : 1662 403 640 Afghan afghan JJ 1662 403 641 refugees refugee NNS 1662 403 642 in in IN 1662 403 643 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 403 644 , , , 1662 403 645 Australia Australia NNP 1662 403 646 , , , 1662 403 647 US US NNP 1662 403 648 , , , 1662 403 649 and and CC 1662 403 650 elsewhere elsewhere RB 1662 403 651 have have VBP 1662 403 652 organized organize VBN 1662 403 653 politically politically RB 1662 403 654 ; ; : 1662 403 655 Peshawar Peshawar NNP 1662 403 656 , , , 1662 403 657 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 403 658 - - HYPH 1662 403 659 based base VBN 1662 403 660 groups group NNS 1662 403 661 such such JJ 1662 403 662 as as IN 1662 403 663 the the DT 1662 403 664 Coordination Coordination NNP 1662 403 665 Council Council NNP 1662 403 666 for for IN 1662 403 667 National National NNP 1662 403 668 Unity Unity NNP 1662 403 669 and and CC 1662 403 670 Understanding Understanding NNP 1662 403 671 in in IN 1662 403 672 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 403 673 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 674 CUNUA CUNUA NNP 1662 403 675 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 676 , , , 1662 403 677 Ishaq Ishaq NNP 1662 403 678 GAILANI GAILANI NNP 1662 403 679 ; ; : 1662 403 680 Writers Writers NNP 1662 403 681 Union Union NNP 1662 403 682 of of IN 1662 403 683 Free Free NNP 1662 403 684 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 403 685 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 686 WUFA WUFA NNP 1662 403 687 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 688 , , , 1662 403 689 A. a. NN 1662 403 690 Rasul Rasul NNP 1662 403 691 AMIN AMIN NNP 1662 403 692 ; ; : 1662 403 693 Mellat Mellat NNP 1662 403 694 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 695 Social Social NNP 1662 403 696 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 403 697 Party Party NNP 1662 403 698 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 699 , , , 1662 403 700 leader leader NN 1662 403 701 NA NA NNP 1662 403 702 International international JJ 1662 403 703 organization organization NN 1662 403 704 participation participation NN 1662 403 705 : : : 1662 403 706 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 403 707 , , , 1662 403 708 CP CP NNP 1662 403 709 , , , 1662 403 710 ECO ECO NNP 1662 403 711 , , , 1662 403 712 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 403 713 , , , 1662 403 714 FAO FAO NNP 1662 403 715 , , , 1662 403 716 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 403 717 , , , 1662 403 718 IAEA iaea NN 1662 403 719 , , , 1662 403 720 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 403 721 , , , 1662 403 722 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 403 723 , , , 1662 403 724 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 403 725 , , , 1662 403 726 IDA IDA NNP 1662 403 727 , , , 1662 403 728 IDB IDB NNP 1662 403 729 , , , 1662 403 730 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 403 731 , , , 1662 403 732 IFC IFC NNP 1662 403 733 , , , 1662 403 734 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 403 735 , , , 1662 403 736 ILO ILO NNP 1662 403 737 , , , 1662 403 738 IMF IMF NNP 1662 403 739 , , , 1662 403 740 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 403 741 , , , 1662 403 742 IOC IOC NNP 1662 403 743 , , , 1662 403 744 IOM IOM NNP 1662 403 745 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 746 observer observer NN 1662 403 747 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 748 , , , 1662 403 749 ITU ITU NNP 1662 403 750 , , , 1662 403 751 NAM NAM NNP 1662 403 752 , , , 1662 403 753 OIC OIC NNP 1662 403 754 , , , 1662 403 755 UN UN NNP 1662 403 756 , , , 1662 403 757 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 403 758 , , , 1662 403 759 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 403 760 , , , 1662 403 761 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 403 762 , , , 1662 403 763 UPU UPU NNP 1662 403 764 , , , 1662 403 765 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 403 766 , , , 1662 403 767 WHO who WP 1662 403 768 , , , 1662 403 769 WMO WMO NNP 1662 403 770 , , , 1662 403 771 WToO WToO VBD 1662 403 772 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 403 773 representation representation NN 1662 403 774 in in IN 1662 403 775 the the DT 1662 403 776 US US NNP 1662 403 777 : : : 1662 403 778 chief chief NN 1662 403 779 of of IN 1662 403 780 mission mission NN 1662 403 781 : : : 1662 403 782 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 403 783 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 784 vacant vacant JJ 1662 403 785 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 786 ; ; : 1662 403 787 Charge charge NN 1662 403 788 d'Affaires d'Affaires NNP 1662 403 789 Yar Yar NNP 1662 403 790 Mohammed Mohammed NNP 1662 403 791 MOHABBAT MOHABBAT NNP 1662 403 792 chancery chancery NN 1662 403 793 : : : 1662 403 794 2341 2341 CD 1662 403 795 Wyoming Wyoming NNP 1662 403 796 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 403 797 NW NW NNP 1662 403 798 , , , 1662 403 799 Washington Washington NNP 1662 403 800 , , , 1662 403 801 DC DC NNP 1662 403 802 20008 20008 CD 1662 403 803 telephone telephone NN 1662 403 804 : : : 1662 403 805 [ [ -LRB- 1662 403 806 1 1 CD 1662 403 807 ] ] -RRB- 1662 403 808 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 809 202 202 CD 1662 403 810 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 811 234 234 CD 1662 403 812 - - SYM 1662 403 813 3770 3770 CD 1662 403 814 , , , 1662 403 815 3771 3771 CD 1662 403 816 FAX FAX NNP 1662 403 817 : : : 1662 403 818 [ [ -LRB- 1662 403 819 1 1 CD 1662 403 820 ] ] -RRB- 1662 403 821 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 822 202 202 CD 1662 403 823 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 824 328 328 CD 1662 403 825 - - HYPH 1662 403 826 3516 3516 CD 1662 403 827 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 403 828 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 829 general general NN 1662 403 830 : : : 1662 403 831 New New NNP 1662 403 832 York York NNP 1662 403 833 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 403 834 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 835 : : : 1662 403 836 Washington Washington NNP 1662 403 837 , , , 1662 403 838 DC DC NNP 1662 403 839 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 403 840 representation representation NN 1662 403 841 from from IN 1662 403 842 the the DT 1662 403 843 US US NNP 1662 403 844 : : : 1662 403 845 the the DT 1662 403 846 US US NNP 1662 403 847 embassy embassy NN 1662 403 848 in in IN 1662 403 849 Kabul Kabul NNP 1662 403 850 has have VBZ 1662 403 851 been be VBN 1662 403 852 closed close VBN 1662 403 853 since since IN 1662 403 854 January January NNP 1662 403 855 1989 1989 CD 1662 403 856 due due IN 1662 403 857 to to IN 1662 403 858 security security NN 1662 403 859 concerns concern NNS 1662 403 860 Flag flag NN 1662 403 861 description description NN 1662 403 862 : : : 1662 403 863 three three CD 1662 403 864 equal equal JJ 1662 403 865 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 403 866 bands band NNS 1662 403 867 of of IN 1662 403 868 green green JJ 1662 403 869 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 870 top top NN 1662 403 871 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 872 , , , 1662 403 873 white white JJ 1662 403 874 , , , 1662 403 875 and and CC 1662 403 876 black black JJ 1662 403 877 with with IN 1662 403 878 a a DT 1662 403 879 gold gold NN 1662 403 880 emblem emblem NN 1662 403 881 centered center VBN 1662 403 882 on on IN 1662 403 883 the the DT 1662 403 884 three three CD 1662 403 885 bands band NNS 1662 403 886 ; ; : 1662 403 887 the the DT 1662 403 888 emblem emblem NN 1662 403 889 features feature VBZ 1662 403 890 a a DT 1662 403 891 temple temple NN 1662 403 892 - - HYPH 1662 403 893 like like JJ 1662 403 894 structure structure NN 1662 403 895 with with IN 1662 403 896 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 403 897 inscriptions inscription NNS 1662 403 898 above above IN 1662 403 899 and and CC 1662 403 900 below below RB 1662 403 901 , , , 1662 403 902 encircled encircle VBN 1662 403 903 by by IN 1662 403 904 a a DT 1662 403 905 wreath wreath NN 1662 403 906 on on IN 1662 403 907 the the DT 1662 403 908 left left NN 1662 403 909 and and CC 1662 403 910 right right JJ 1662 403 911 and and CC 1662 403 912 by by IN 1662 403 913 a a DT 1662 403 914 bolder bold JJR 1662 403 915 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 403 916 inscription inscription NN 1662 403 917 above above IN 1662 403 918 , , , 1662 403 919 all all DT 1662 403 920 of of IN 1662 403 921 which which WDT 1662 403 922 are be VBP 1662 403 923 encircled encircle VBN 1662 403 924 by by IN 1662 403 925 two two CD 1662 403 926 crossed cross VBN 1662 403 927 scimitars scimitar NNS 1662 403 928 Economy Economy NNP 1662 403 929 Economy Economy NNP 1662 403 930 - - HYPH 1662 403 931 overview overview NN 1662 403 932 : : : 1662 403 933 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 403 934 is be VBZ 1662 403 935 an an DT 1662 403 936 extremely extremely RB 1662 403 937 poor poor JJ 1662 403 938 , , , 1662 403 939 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 403 940 country country NN 1662 403 941 , , , 1662 403 942 highly highly RB 1662 403 943 dependent dependent JJ 1662 403 944 on on IN 1662 403 945 farming farming NN 1662 403 946 and and CC 1662 403 947 livestock livestock NN 1662 403 948 raising raising NN 1662 403 949 ( ( -LRB- 1662 403 950 sheep sheep NNS 1662 403 951 and and CC 1662 403 952 goats goat NNS 1662 403 953 ) ) -RRB- 1662 403 954 . . . 1662 404 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 404 2 considerations consideration NNS 1662 404 3 have have VBP 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the the DT 1662 405 9 population population NN 1662 405 10 fled flee VBD 1662 405 11 the the DT 1662 405 12 country country NN 1662 405 13 , , , 1662 405 14 with with IN 1662 405 15 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 405 16 and and CC 1662 405 17 Iran Iran NNP 1662 405 18 sheltering shelter VBG 1662 405 19 a a DT 1662 405 20 combined combine VBN 1662 405 21 peak peak NN 1662 405 22 of of IN 1662 405 23 more more JJR 1662 405 24 than than IN 1662 405 25 6 6 CD 1662 405 26 million million CD 1662 405 27 refugees refugee NNS 1662 405 28 . . . 1662 406 1 Now now RB 1662 406 2 , , , 1662 406 3 only only RB 1662 406 4 750,000 750,000 CD 1662 406 5 registered register VBN 1662 406 6 Afghan afghan JJ 1662 406 7 refugees refugee NNS 1662 406 8 remain remain VBP 1662 406 9 in in IN 1662 406 10 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 406 11 and and CC 1662 406 12 about about RB 1662 406 13 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 406 14 million million CD 1662 406 15 in in IN 1662 406 16 Iran Iran NNP 1662 406 17 . . . 1662 407 1 Another another DT 1662 407 2 1 1 CD 1662 407 3 million million CD 1662 407 4 have have VBP 1662 407 5 probably probably RB 1662 407 6 moved move VBN 1662 407 7 into into IN 1662 407 8 and and CC 1662 407 9 around around IN 1662 407 10 urban urban JJ 1662 407 11 areas area NNS 1662 407 12 within within IN 1662 407 13 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 407 14 . . . 1662 408 1 Gross gross JJ 1662 408 2 domestic domestic JJ 1662 408 3 product product NN 1662 408 4 has have VBZ 1662 408 5 fallen fall VBN 1662 408 6 substantially substantially RB 1662 408 7 over over IN 1662 408 8 the the DT 1662 408 9 past past JJ 1662 408 10 17 17 CD 1662 408 11 years year NNS 1662 408 12 because because IN 1662 408 13 of of IN 1662 408 14 the the DT 1662 408 15 loss loss NN 1662 408 16 of of IN 1662 408 17 labor labor NN 1662 408 18 and and CC 1662 408 19 capital capital NN 1662 408 20 and and CC 1662 408 21 the the DT 1662 408 22 disruption disruption NN 1662 408 23 of of IN 1662 408 24 trade trade NN 1662 408 25 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410 19 in in IN 1662 410 20 Kabul Kabul NNP 1662 410 21 in in IN 1662 410 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 410 23 . . . 1662 411 1 Numerical numerical JJ 1662 411 2 data datum NNS 1662 411 3 are be VBP 1662 411 4 likely likely JJ 1662 411 5 to to TO 1662 411 6 be be VB 1662 411 7 either either CC 1662 411 8 unavailable unavailable JJ 1662 411 9 or or CC 1662 411 10 unreliable unreliable JJ 1662 411 11 . . . 1662 412 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 412 2 : : : 1662 412 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 412 4 power power NN 1662 412 5 parity parity NN 1662 412 6 - - : 1662 412 7 $ $ $ 1662 412 8 18.1 18.1 CD 1662 412 9 billion billion CD 1662 412 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 412 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 412 12 est est NNP 1662 412 13 . . . 1662 412 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 413 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 413 2 - - HYPH 1662 413 3 real real JJ 1662 413 4 growth growth NN 1662 413 5 rate rate NN 1662 413 6 : : : 1662 413 7 NA% NA% `` 1662 413 8 GDP gdp NN 1662 413 9 - - HYPH 1662 413 10 per per FW 1662 413 11 capita capita NN 1662 413 12 : : : 1662 413 13 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 413 14 power power NN 1662 413 15 parity parity NN 1662 413 16 - - : 1662 413 17 $ $ $ 1662 413 18 800 800 CD 1662 413 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 413 20 1996 1996 CD 1662 413 21 est est NNP 1662 413 22 . . . 1662 413 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 414 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 414 2 - - HYPH 1662 414 3 composition composition NN 1662 414 4 by by IN 1662 414 5 sector sector NN 1662 414 6 : : : 1662 414 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 414 8 : : : 1662 414 9 56 56 CD 1662 414 10 % % NN 1662 414 11 industry industry NN 1662 414 12 : : : 1662 414 13 15 15 CD 1662 414 14 % % NN 1662 414 15 services service NNS 1662 414 16 : : : 1662 414 17 29 29 CD 1662 414 18 % % NN 1662 414 19 Inflation inflation NN 1662 414 20 rate rate NN 1662 414 21 - - HYPH 1662 414 22 consumer consumer NN 1662 414 23 price price NN 1662 414 24 index index NN 1662 414 25 : : : 1662 414 26 240 240 CD 1662 414 27 % % NN 1662 414 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 414 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 414 30 est est NNP 1662 414 31 . . . 1662 414 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 415 1 Labor labor NN 1662 415 2 force force NN 1662 415 3 : : : 1662 415 4 total total NN 1662 415 5 : : : 1662 415 6 7.1 7.1 CD 1662 415 7 million million CD 1662 415 8 by by IN 1662 415 9 occupation occupation NN 1662 415 10 : : : 1662 415 11 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 415 12 and and CC 1662 415 13 animal animal NN 1662 415 14 husbandry husbandry NN 1662 415 15 67.8 67.8 CD 1662 415 16 % % NN 1662 415 17 , , , 1662 415 18 industry industry NN 1662 415 19 10.2 10.2 CD 1662 415 20 % % NN 1662 415 21 , , , 1662 415 22 construction construction NN 1662 415 23 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 415 24 % % NN 1662 415 25 , , , 1662 415 26 commerce commerce NN 1662 415 27 5.0 5.0 CD 1662 415 28 % % NN 1662 415 29 , , , 1662 415 30 services service NNS 1662 415 31 and and CC 1662 415 32 other other JJ 1662 415 33 10.7 10.7 CD 1662 415 34 % % NN 1662 415 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 415 36 1980 1980 CD 1662 415 37 est est NNP 1662 415 38 . . . 1662 415 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 416 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 416 2 rate rate NN 1662 416 3 : : : 1662 416 4 8 8 CD 1662 416 5 % % NN 1662 416 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 416 7 1995 1995 CD 1662 416 8 est est NNP 1662 416 9 . . . 1662 416 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 417 1 Budget budget NN 1662 417 2 : : : 1662 417 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 417 4 : : : 1662 417 5 $ $ $ 1662 417 6 NA na NN 1662 417 7 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 417 8 : : : 1662 417 9 $ $ $ 1662 417 10 NA na NN 1662 417 11 , , , 1662 417 12 including include VBG 1662 417 13 capital capital NN 1662 417 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 417 15 of of IN 1662 417 16 $ $ $ 1662 417 17 NA NA NNP 1662 417 18 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 417 19 : : : 1662 417 20 small small JJ 1662 417 21 - - HYPH 1662 417 22 scale scale NN 1662 417 23 production production NN 1662 417 24 of of IN 1662 417 25 textiles textile NNS 1662 417 26 , , , 1662 417 27 soap soap NN 1662 417 28 , , , 1662 417 29 furniture furniture NN 1662 417 30 , , , 1662 417 31 shoes shoe NNS 1662 417 32 , , , 1662 417 33 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 417 34 , , , 1662 417 35 and and CC 1662 417 36 cement cement NN 1662 417 37 ; ; : 1662 417 38 handwoven handwoven JJ 1662 417 39 carpets carpet NNS 1662 417 40 ; ; , 1662 417 41 natural natural JJ 1662 417 42 gas gas NN 1662 417 43 , , , 1662 417 44 oil oil NN 1662 417 45 , , , 1662 417 46 coal coal NN 1662 417 47 , , , 1662 417 48 copper copper NN 1662 417 49 Electricity electricity NN 1662 417 50 - - HYPH 1662 417 51 capacity capacity NN 1662 417 52 : : : 1662 417 53 371,000 371,000 CD 1662 417 54 kW kw NN 1662 417 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 417 56 1993 1993 CD 1662 417 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 417 58 Electricity electricity NN 1662 417 59 - - HYPH 1662 417 60 production production NN 1662 417 61 : : : 1662 417 62 670 670 CD 1662 417 63 million million CD 1662 417 64 kWh kWh NNS 1662 417 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 417 66 1994 1994 CD 1662 417 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 417 68 Electricity electricity NN 1662 417 69 - - HYPH 1662 417 70 consumption consumption NN 1662 417 71 per per IN 1662 417 72 capita capita NN 1662 417 73 : : : 1662 417 74 35 35 CD 1662 417 75 kWh kWh NNS 1662 417 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 417 77 1995 1995 CD 1662 417 78 est est NNP 1662 417 79 . . . 1662 417 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 418 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 418 2 - - HYPH 1662 418 3 products product NNS 1662 418 4 : : : 1662 418 5 wheat wheat NN 1662 418 6 , , , 1662 418 7 fruits fruit NNS 1662 418 8 , , , 1662 418 9 nuts nuts NNP 1662 418 10 , , , 1662 418 11 karakul karakul NNP 1662 418 12 pelts pelt NNS 1662 418 13 ; ; : 1662 418 14 wool wool NN 1662 418 15 , , , 1662 418 16 mutton mutton NN 1662 418 17 Exports export NNS 1662 418 18 : : : 1662 418 19 total total JJ 1662 418 20 value value NN 1662 418 21 : : : 1662 418 22 $ $ $ 1662 418 23 80 80 CD 1662 418 24 million million CD 1662 418 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 418 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 418 27 est est NNP 1662 418 28 . . . 1662 418 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 419 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 419 2 : : : 1662 419 3 fruits fruit NNS 1662 419 4 and and CC 1662 419 5 nuts nut NNS 1662 419 6 , , , 1662 419 7 handwoven handwoven JJ 1662 419 8 carpets carpet NNS 1662 419 9 , , , 1662 419 10 wool wool NN 1662 419 11 , , , 1662 419 12 cotton cotton NN 1662 419 13 , , , 1662 419 14 hides hide NNS 1662 419 15 and and CC 1662 419 16 pelts pelt NNS 1662 419 17 , , , 1662 419 18 precious precious JJ 1662 419 19 and and CC 1662 419 20 semi semi JJ 1662 419 21 - - JJ 1662 419 22 precious precious JJ 1662 419 23 gems gem NNS 1662 419 24 partners partner NNS 1662 419 25 : : : 1662 419 26 FSU FSU NNP 1662 419 27 , , , 1662 419 28 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 419 29 , , , 1662 419 30 Iran Iran NNP 1662 419 31 , , , 1662 419 32 Germany Germany NNP 1662 419 33 , , , 1662 419 34 India India NNP 1662 419 35 , , , 1662 419 36 UK UK NNP 1662 419 37 , , , 1662 419 38 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 419 39 , , , 1662 419 40 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 419 41 , , , 1662 419 42 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia NNP 1662 419 43 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 419 44 : : : 1662 419 45 total total JJ 1662 419 46 value value NN 1662 419 47 : : : 1662 419 48 $ $ $ 1662 419 49 150 150 CD 1662 419 50 million million CD 1662 419 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 419 52 1996 1996 CD 1662 419 53 est est NNP 1662 419 54 . . . 1662 419 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 420 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 420 2 : : : 1662 420 3 food food NN 1662 420 4 and and CC 1662 420 5 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 420 6 products product NNS 1662 420 7 ; ; , 1662 420 8 most most JJS 1662 420 9 consumer consumer NN 1662 420 10 goods good NNS 1662 420 11 partners partner NNS 1662 420 12 : : : 1662 420 13 FSU FSU NNP 1662 420 14 , , , 1662 420 15 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 420 16 , , , 1662 420 17 Iran Iran NNP 1662 420 18 , , , 1662 420 19 Japan Japan NNP 1662 420 20 , , , 1662 420 21 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 420 22 , , , 1662 420 23 India India NNP 1662 420 24 , , , 1662 420 25 South South NNP 1662 420 26 Korea Korea NNP 1662 420 27 , , , 1662 420 28 Germany Germany NNP 1662 420 29 Debt Debt NNP 1662 420 30 - - HYPH 1662 420 31 external external JJ 1662 420 32 : : : 1662 420 33 $ $ $ 1662 420 34 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 420 35 billion billion CD 1662 420 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 420 37 March March NNP 1662 420 38 1991 1991 CD 1662 420 39 est est NNP 1662 420 40 . . . 1662 420 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 421 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 421 2 aid aid NN 1662 421 3 : : : 1662 421 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 421 5 : : : 1662 421 6 ODA oda NN 1662 421 7 ; ; : 1662 421 8 about about RB 1662 421 9 $ $ $ 1662 421 10 56 56 CD 1662 421 11 million million CD 1662 421 12 in in IN 1662 421 13 UN UN NNP 1662 421 14 aid aid NN 1662 421 15 plus plus CC 1662 421 16 additional additional JJ 1662 421 17 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 421 18 aid aid NN 1662 421 19 and and CC 1662 421 20 aid aid NN 1662 421 21 in in IN 1662 421 22 kind kind NN 1662 421 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 421 24 1996 1996 CD 1662 421 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 421 26 note note NN 1662 421 27 : : : 1662 421 28 US US NNP 1662 421 29 provided provide VBD 1662 421 30 $ $ $ 1662 421 31 450 450 CD 1662 421 32 million million CD 1662 421 33 in in IN 1662 421 34 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 421 35 assistance assistance NN 1662 421 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 421 37 1985 1985 CD 1662 421 38 - - SYM 1662 421 39 93 93 CD 1662 421 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 421 41 ; ; : 1662 421 42 US US NNP 1662 421 43 continues continue VBZ 1662 421 44 to to TO 1662 421 45 contribute contribute VB 1662 421 46 to to IN 1662 421 47 multilateral multilateral JJ 1662 421 48 assistance assistance NN 1662 421 49 through through IN 1662 421 50 the the DT 1662 421 51 UN UN NNP 1662 421 52 programs program NNS 1662 421 53 of of IN 1662 421 54 food food NN 1662 421 55 aid aid NN 1662 421 56 , , , 1662 421 57 immunization immunization NN 1662 421 58 , , , 1662 421 59 land land NN 1662 421 60 mine mine NN 1662 421 61 removal removal NN 1662 421 62 , , , 1662 421 63 and and CC 1662 421 64 a a DT 1662 421 65 wide wide JJ 1662 421 66 range range NN 1662 421 67 of of IN 1662 421 68 aid aid NN 1662 421 69 to to IN 1662 421 70 refugees refugee NNS 1662 421 71 and and CC 1662 421 72 displaced displace VBN 1662 421 73 persons person NNS 1662 421 74 Currency Currency NNP 1662 421 75 : : : 1662 421 76 1 1 CD 1662 421 77 afghani afghani NNP 1662 421 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 421 79 AF AF NNP 1662 421 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 421 81 = = NFP 1662 421 82 100 100 CD 1662 421 83 puls pul NNS 1662 421 84 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 421 85 rates rate NNS 1662 421 86 : : : 1662 421 87 afghanis afghanis NNP 1662 421 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 421 89 Af Af NNP 1662 421 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 421 91 per per IN 1662 421 92 US$ us$ $ 1662 421 93 1 1 CD 1662 421 94 - - SYM 1662 421 95 17,000 17,000 CD 1662 421 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 421 97 December December NNP 1662 421 98 1996 1996 CD 1662 421 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 421 100 , , , 1662 421 101 7,000 7,000 CD 1662 421 102 ( ( -LRB- 1662 421 103 January January NNP 1662 421 104 1995 1995 CD 1662 421 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 421 106 , , , 1662 421 107 1,900 1,900 CD 1662 421 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 421 109 January January NNP 1662 421 110 1994 1994 CD 1662 421 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 421 112 , , , 1662 421 113 1,019 1,019 CD 1662 421 114 ( ( -LRB- 1662 421 115 March March NNP 1662 421 116 1993 1993 CD 1662 421 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 421 118 , , , 1662 421 119 850 850 CD 1662 421 120 ( ( -LRB- 1662 421 121 1991 1991 CD 1662 421 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 421 123 ; ; : 1662 421 124 note note VB 1662 421 125 - - : 1662 421 126 these these DT 1662 421 127 rates rate NNS 1662 421 128 reflect reflect VBP 1662 421 129 the the DT 1662 421 130 free free JJ 1662 421 131 market market NN 1662 421 132 exchange exchange NN 1662 421 133 rates rate NNS 1662 421 134 rather rather RB 1662 421 135 than than IN 1662 421 136 the the DT 1662 421 137 official official JJ 1662 421 138 exchange exchange NN 1662 421 139 rate rate NN 1662 421 140 , , , 1662 421 141 which which WDT 1662 421 142 is be VBZ 1662 421 143 a a DT 1662 421 144 fixed fix VBN 1662 421 145 rate rate NN 1662 421 146 of of IN 1662 421 147 50.600 50.600 CD 1662 421 148 afghanis afghani NNS 1662 421 149 to to IN 1662 421 150 the the DT 1662 421 151 dollar dollar NN 1662 421 152 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 421 153 year year NN 1662 421 154 : : : 1662 421 155 21 21 CD 1662 421 156 March March NNP 1662 421 157 - - HYPH 1662 421 158 20 20 CD 1662 421 159 March March NNP 1662 421 160 @Afghanistan @Afghanistan NNP 1662 421 161 : : : 1662 421 162 Communications Communications NNP 1662 421 163 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 421 164 : : : 1662 421 165 31,200 31,200 CD 1662 421 166 ( ( -LRB- 1662 421 167 1983 1983 CD 1662 421 168 est est NNP 1662 421 169 . . . 1662 421 170 ) ) -RRB- 1662 422 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 422 2 system system NN 1662 422 3 : : : 1662 422 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 422 5 : : : 1662 422 6 very very RB 1662 422 7 limited limited JJ 1662 422 8 telephone telephone NN 1662 422 9 and and CC 1662 422 10 telegraph telegraph NNP 1662 422 11 service service NNP 1662 422 12 international international NNP 1662 422 13 : : : 1662 422 14 satellite satellite NN 1662 422 15 earth earth NN 1662 422 16 stations station NNS 1662 422 17 - - , 1662 422 18 1 1 CD 1662 422 19 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 422 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 422 21 Indian Indian NNP 1662 422 22 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 422 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 422 24 linked link VBN 1662 422 25 only only RB 1662 422 26 to to IN 1662 422 27 Iran Iran NNP 1662 422 28 and and CC 1662 422 29 1 1 CD 1662 422 30 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 422 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 422 32 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 422 33 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 422 34 Region Region NNP 1662 422 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 422 36 Radio radio NN 1662 422 37 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 422 38 stations station NNS 1662 422 39 : : : 1662 422 40 AM am VBP 1662 422 41 6 6 CD 1662 422 42 , , , 1662 422 43 FM FM NNP 1662 422 44 0 0 CD 1662 422 45 , , , 1662 422 46 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 422 47 2 2 CD 1662 422 48 Radios radio NNS 1662 422 49 : : : 1662 422 50 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 422 51 million million CD 1662 422 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 422 53 1996 1996 CD 1662 422 54 est est NNP 1662 422 55 . . . 1662 423 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 423 2 ; ; : 1662 423 3 note note NN 1662 423 4 - - HYPH 1662 423 5 about about RB 1662 423 6 60 60 CD 1662 423 7 % % NN 1662 423 8 of of IN 1662 423 9 families family NNS 1662 423 10 own own VBP 1662 423 11 a a DT 1662 423 12 radio radio NN 1662 423 13 Television Television NNP 1662 423 14 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 423 15 stations station NNS 1662 423 16 : : : 1662 423 17 NA na TO 1662 423 18 note note VB 1662 423 19 : : : 1662 423 20 one one CD 1662 423 21 television television NN 1662 423 22 station station NN 1662 423 23 run run VBN 1662 423 24 by by IN 1662 423 25 Jumbesh Jumbesh NNP 1662 423 26 faction faction NN 1662 423 27 provides provide VBZ 1662 423 28 intermittent intermittent JJ 1662 423 29 service service NN 1662 423 30 Televisions television NNS 1662 423 31 : : : 1662 423 32 100,000 100,000 CD 1662 423 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 423 34 1993 1993 CD 1662 423 35 est est NNP 1662 423 36 . . . 1662 423 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 424 1 @Afghanistan @Afghanistan NNP 1662 424 2 : : : 1662 424 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 424 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 424 5 : : : 1662 424 6 total total NN 1662 424 7 : : : 1662 424 8 24.6 24.6 CD 1662 424 9 km km NN 1662 424 10 broad broad JJ 1662 424 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 424 12 : : : 1662 424 13 9.6 9.6 CD 1662 424 14 km km NN 1662 424 15 1.524-m 1.524-m CD 1662 424 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 424 17 from from IN 1662 424 18 Gushgy Gushgy NNP 1662 424 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 424 20 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 1662 424 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 424 22 to to IN 1662 424 23 Towraghondi Towraghondi NNP 1662 424 24 ; ; : 1662 424 25 15 15 CD 1662 424 26 km km NN 1662 424 27 1,524-m 1,524-m CD 1662 424 28 gauge gauge NN 1662 424 29 from from IN 1662 424 30 Termiz Termiz NNP 1662 424 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 424 32 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 1662 424 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 424 34 to to TO 1662 424 35 Kheyrabad kheyrabad VB 1662 424 36 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 424 37 point point NN 1662 424 38 on on IN 1662 424 39 south south NNP 1662 424 40 bank bank NN 1662 424 41 of of IN 1662 424 42 Amu Amu NNP 1662 424 43 Darya Darya NNP 1662 424 44 Highways Highways NNPS 1662 424 45 : : : 1662 424 46 total total NN 1662 424 47 : : : 1662 424 48 21,000 21,000 CD 1662 424 49 km km NN 1662 424 50 paved pave VBN 1662 424 51 : : : 1662 424 52 2,793 2,793 CD 1662 424 53 km km NN 1662 424 54 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 424 55 : : : 1662 424 56 18,207 18,207 CD 1662 424 57 km km NNS 1662 424 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 424 59 1995 1995 CD 1662 424 60 est est NNP 1662 424 61 . . . 1662 424 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 425 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 425 2 : : : 1662 425 3 1,200 1,200 CD 1662 425 4 km km NN 1662 425 5 ; ; : 1662 425 6 chiefly chiefly RB 1662 425 7 Amu Amu NNP 1662 425 8 Darya Darya NNP 1662 425 9 , , , 1662 425 10 which which WDT 1662 425 11 handles handle VBZ 1662 425 12 vessels vessel NNS 1662 425 13 up up RB 1662 425 14 to to IN 1662 425 15 about about IN 1662 425 16 500 500 CD 1662 425 17 DWT DWT NNP 1662 425 18 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 425 19 : : : 1662 425 20 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 425 21 products product NNS 1662 425 22 - - : 1662 425 23 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 1662 425 24 to to IN 1662 425 25 Bagram Bagram NNP 1662 425 26 and and CC 1662 425 27 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 1662 425 28 to to IN 1662 425 29 Shindand Shindand NNP 1662 425 30 ; ; : 1662 425 31 natural natural JJ 1662 425 32 gas gas NN 1662 425 33 180 180 CD 1662 425 34 km km NNS 1662 425 35 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 425 36 and and CC 1662 425 37 harbors harbor NNS 1662 425 38 : : : 1662 425 39 Kheyrabad Kheyrabad NNP 1662 425 40 , , , 1662 425 41 Shir Shir NNP 1662 425 42 Khan Khan NNP 1662 425 43 Airports Airports NNPS 1662 425 44 : : : 1662 425 45 33 33 CD 1662 425 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 425 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 425 48 est est NNP 1662 425 49 . . . 1662 425 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 426 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 426 2 - - , 1662 426 3 with with IN 1662 426 4 paved paved JJ 1662 426 5 runways runway NNS 1662 426 6 : : : 1662 426 7 total total NN 1662 426 8 : : : 1662 426 9 16 16 CD 1662 426 10 over over IN 1662 426 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 426 12 m m NN 1662 426 13 : : : 1662 426 14 3 3 CD 1662 426 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 426 16 to to IN 1662 426 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 426 18 m m NN 1662 426 19 : : : 1662 426 20 4 4 CD 1662 426 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 426 22 to to TO 1662 426 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 426 24 m m NN 1662 426 25 : : : 1662 426 26 2 2 CD 1662 426 27 under under IN 1662 426 28 914 914 CD 1662 426 29 m m NN 1662 426 30 : : : 1662 426 31 7 7 CD 1662 426 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 426 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 426 34 est est NNP 1662 426 35 . . . 1662 426 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 427 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 427 2 - - , 1662 427 3 with with IN 1662 427 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 427 5 runways runway NNS 1662 427 6 : : : 1662 427 7 total total NN 1662 427 8 : : : 1662 427 9 17 17 CD 1662 427 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 427 11 to to TO 1662 427 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 427 13 m m NN 1662 427 14 : : : 1662 427 15 3 3 CD 1662 427 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 427 17 to to TO 1662 427 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 427 19 m m NN 1662 427 20 : : : 1662 427 21 12 12 CD 1662 427 22 914 914 CD 1662 427 23 to to TO 1662 427 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 427 25 m m NN 1662 427 26 : : : 1662 427 27 2 2 CD 1662 427 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 427 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 427 30 est est NNP 1662 427 31 . . . 1662 427 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 428 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 428 2 : : : 1662 428 3 3 3 CD 1662 428 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 428 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 428 6 est est NNP 1662 428 7 . . . 1662 428 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 429 1 Military military JJ 1662 429 2 Military military JJ 1662 429 3 branches branch NNS 1662 429 4 : : : 1662 429 5 NA na XX 1662 429 6 ; ; : 1662 429 7 note note VB 1662 429 8 - - : 1662 429 9 the the DT 1662 429 10 military military NN 1662 429 11 does do VBZ 1662 429 12 not not RB 1662 429 13 exist exist VB 1662 429 14 on on IN 1662 429 15 a a DT 1662 429 16 national national JJ 1662 429 17 basis basis NN 1662 429 18 ; ; : 1662 429 19 some some DT 1662 429 20 elements element NNS 1662 429 21 of of IN 1662 429 22 the the DT 1662 429 23 former former JJ 1662 429 24 Army Army NNP 1662 429 25 , , , 1662 429 26 Air Air NNP 1662 429 27 and and CC 1662 429 28 Air Air NNP 1662 429 29 Defense Defense NNP 1662 429 30 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 429 31 , , , 1662 429 32 National National NNP 1662 429 33 Guard Guard NNP 1662 429 34 , , , 1662 429 35 Border Border NNP 1662 429 36 Guard Guard NNP 1662 429 37 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 429 38 , , , 1662 429 39 National National NNP 1662 429 40 Police Police NNP 1662 429 41 Force Force NNP 1662 429 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 429 43 Sarandoi Sarandoi NNP 1662 429 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 429 45 , , , 1662 429 46 and and CC 1662 429 47 tribal tribal JJ 1662 429 48 militias militia NNS 1662 429 49 still still RB 1662 429 50 exist exist VBP 1662 429 51 but but CC 1662 429 52 are be VBP 1662 429 53 factionalized factionalize VBN 1662 429 54 among among IN 1662 429 55 the the DT 1662 429 56 various various JJ 1662 429 57 groups group NNS 1662 429 58 Military Military NNP 1662 429 59 manpower manpower NN 1662 429 60 - - HYPH 1662 429 61 military military NN 1662 429 62 age age NN 1662 429 63 : : : 1662 429 64 22 22 CD 1662 429 65 years year NNS 1662 429 66 of of IN 1662 429 67 age age NN 1662 429 68 Military military JJ 1662 429 69 manpower manpower NN 1662 429 70 - - HYPH 1662 429 71 availability availability NN 1662 429 72 : : : 1662 429 73 males male NNS 1662 429 74 age age NNP 1662 429 75 15 15 CD 1662 429 76 - - HYPH 1662 429 77 49 49 CD 1662 429 78 : : : 1662 429 79 5,813,298 5,813,298 CD 1662 429 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 429 81 1997 1997 CD 1662 429 82 est est NNP 1662 429 83 . . . 1662 429 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 430 1 Military military JJ 1662 430 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 430 3 - - HYPH 1662 430 4 fit fit NN 1662 430 5 for for IN 1662 430 6 military military JJ 1662 430 7 service service NN 1662 430 8 : : : 1662 430 9 males male NNS 1662 430 10 : : : 1662 430 11 3,118,004 3,118,004 CD 1662 430 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 430 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 430 14 est est NNP 1662 430 15 . . . 1662 430 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 431 1 Military military JJ 1662 431 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 431 3 - - HYPH 1662 431 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 431 5 military military JJ 1662 431 6 age age NN 1662 431 7 annually annually RB 1662 431 8 : : : 1662 431 9 males male NNS 1662 431 10 : : : 1662 431 11 231,250 231,250 CD 1662 431 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 431 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 431 14 est est NNP 1662 431 15 . . . 1662 431 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 432 1 Military military JJ 1662 432 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 432 3 - - HYPH 1662 432 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 432 5 figure figure NN 1662 432 6 : : : 1662 432 7 $ $ $ 1662 432 8 NA NA NNP 1662 432 9 Military military JJ 1662 432 10 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 432 11 - - : 1662 432 12 percent percent NN 1662 432 13 of of IN 1662 432 14 GDP GDP NNP 1662 432 15 : : : 1662 432 16 NA% NA% `` 1662 432 17 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 432 18 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 432 19 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 432 20 - - : 1662 432 21 international international RB 1662 432 22 : : : 1662 432 23 some some DT 1662 432 24 support support NN 1662 432 25 from from IN 1662 432 26 RABBANI RABBANI NNP 1662 432 27 and and CC 1662 432 28 MASOOD MASOOD NNP 1662 432 29 to to IN 1662 432 30 anti anti JJ 1662 432 31 - - JJ 1662 432 32 government government JJ 1662 432 33 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 432 34 fighters fighter NNS 1662 432 35 in in IN 1662 432 36 Tajikistan Tajikistan NNP 1662 432 37 's 's POS 1662 432 38 civil civil JJ 1662 432 39 war war NN 1662 432 40 ; ; : 1662 432 41 support support NN 1662 432 42 to to IN 1662 432 43 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 432 44 militants militant NNS 1662 432 45 worldwide worldwide RB 1662 432 46 by by IN 1662 432 47 some some DT 1662 432 48 factions faction NNS 1662 432 49 ; ; : 1662 432 50 question question VB 1662 432 51 over over IN 1662 432 52 which which WDT 1662 432 53 group group NN 1662 432 54 should should MD 1662 432 55 hold hold VB 1662 432 56 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 432 57 's 's POS 1662 432 58 seat seat NN 1662 432 59 at at IN 1662 432 60 the the DT 1662 432 61 UN UN NNP 1662 432 62 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 432 63 drugs drug NNS 1662 432 64 : : : 1662 432 65 world world NN 1662 432 66 's 's POS 1662 432 67 second second RB 1662 432 68 - - HYPH 1662 432 69 largest large JJS 1662 432 70 illicit illicit JJ 1662 432 71 opium opium NN 1662 432 72 producer producer NN 1662 432 73 after after IN 1662 432 74 Burma Burma NNP 1662 432 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 432 76 1,230 1,230 CD 1662 432 77 metric metric JJ 1662 432 78 tons ton NNS 1662 432 79 in in IN 1662 432 80 1996 1996 CD 1662 432 81 - - SYM 1662 432 82 down down RB 1662 432 83 2 2 CD 1662 432 84 % % NN 1662 432 85 from from IN 1662 432 86 1995 1995 CD 1662 432 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 432 88 and and CC 1662 432 89 a a DT 1662 432 90 major major JJ 1662 432 91 source source NN 1662 432 92 of of IN 1662 432 93 hashish hashish NNP 1662 432 94 _ _ NNP 1662 432 95 _ _ NNP 1662 432 96 _ _ NNP 1662 432 97 _ _ NNP 1662 432 98 _ _ NNP 1662 432 99 _ _ NNP 1662 432 100 _ _ NNP 1662 432 101 _ _ NNP 1662 432 102 _ _ NNP 1662 432 103 _ _ NNP 1662 432 104 _ _ NNP 1662 432 105 _ _ NNP 1662 432 106 _ _ NNP 1662 432 107 _ _ NNP 1662 432 108 _ _ NNP 1662 432 109 _ _ NNP 1662 432 110 _ _ NNP 1662 432 111 _ _ NNP 1662 432 112 _ _ NNP 1662 432 113 _ _ NNP 1662 432 114 _ _ NNP 1662 432 115 _ _ NNP 1662 432 116 _ _ NNP 1662 432 117 _ _ NNP 1662 432 118 _ _ NNP 1662 432 119 _ _ NNP 1662 432 120 _ _ NNP 1662 432 121 _ _ NNP 1662 432 122 _ _ NNP 1662 432 123 _ _ NNP 1662 432 124 _ _ NNP 1662 432 125 _ _ NNP 1662 432 126 _ _ NNP 1662 432 127 _ _ NNP 1662 432 128 _ _ NNP 1662 432 129 _ _ NNP 1662 432 130 _ _ NNP 1662 432 131 _ _ NNP 1662 432 132 _ _ NNP 1662 432 133 _ _ NNP 1662 432 134 _ _ NNP 1662 432 135 _ _ NNP 1662 432 136 _ _ NNP 1662 432 137 _ _ NNP 1662 432 138 _ _ NNP 1662 432 139 _ _ NNP 1662 432 140 _ _ NNP 1662 432 141 _ _ NNP 1662 432 142 _ _ NNP 1662 432 143 _ _ NNP 1662 432 144 _ _ NNP 1662 432 145 _ _ NNP 1662 432 146 _ _ NNP 1662 432 147 _ _ NNP 1662 432 148 _ _ NNP 1662 432 149 _ _ NNP 1662 432 150 _ _ NNP 1662 432 151 _ _ NNP 1662 432 152 _ _ NNP 1662 432 153 _ _ NNP 1662 432 154 _ _ NNP 1662 432 155 _ _ NNP 1662 432 156 _ _ NNP 1662 432 157 _ _ NNP 1662 432 158 _ _ NNP 1662 432 159 _ _ NNP 1662 432 160 _ _ NNP 1662 432 161 _ _ NNP 1662 432 162 _ _ NNP 1662 432 163 _ _ NNP 1662 432 164 ALBANIA ALBANIA NNP 1662 432 165 @Albania @Albania NNP 1662 432 166 : : : 1662 432 167 Geography Geography NNP 1662 432 168 Location Location NNP 1662 432 169 : : : 1662 432 170 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 432 171 Europe Europe NNP 1662 432 172 , , , 1662 432 173 bordering border VBG 1662 432 174 the the DT 1662 432 175 Adriatic Adriatic NNP 1662 432 176 Sea Sea NNP 1662 432 177 and and CC 1662 432 178 Ionian Ionian NNP 1662 432 179 Sea Sea NNP 1662 432 180 , , , 1662 432 181 between between IN 1662 432 182 Greece Greece NNP 1662 432 183 and and CC 1662 432 184 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 432 185 and and CC 1662 432 186 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 432 187 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 432 188 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 432 189 : : : 1662 432 190 41 41 CD 1662 432 191 00 00 CD 1662 432 192 N n CD 1662 432 193 , , , 1662 432 194 20 20 CD 1662 432 195 00 00 NFP 1662 432 196 E e NN 1662 432 197 Map Map NNP 1662 432 198 references reference NNS 1662 432 199 : : : 1662 432 200 Europe Europe NNP 1662 432 201 Area Area NNP 1662 432 202 : : : 1662 432 203 total total NN 1662 432 204 : : : 1662 432 205 28,750 28,750 CD 1662 432 206 sq sq IN 1662 432 207 km km NNP 1662 432 208 land land NN 1662 432 209 : : : 1662 432 210 27,400 27,400 CD 1662 432 211 sq sq RB 1662 432 212 km km NNP 1662 432 213 water water NN 1662 432 214 : : : 1662 432 215 1,350 1,350 CD 1662 432 216 sq sq NNP 1662 432 217 km km NNP 1662 432 218 Area Area NNP 1662 432 219 - - HYPH 1662 432 220 comparative comparative JJ 1662 432 221 : : : 1662 432 222 slightly slightly RB 1662 432 223 smaller small JJR 1662 432 224 than than IN 1662 432 225 Maryland Maryland NNP 1662 432 226 Land Land NNP 1662 432 227 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 432 228 : : : 1662 432 229 total total JJ 1662 432 230 : : : 1662 432 231 720 720 CD 1662 432 232 km km NN 1662 432 233 border border NN 1662 432 234 countries country NNS 1662 432 235 : : : 1662 432 236 Greece Greece NNP 1662 432 237 282 282 CD 1662 432 238 km km NNS 1662 432 239 , , , 1662 432 240 The the DT 1662 432 241 Former Former NNP 1662 432 242 Yugoslav Yugoslav NNP 1662 432 243 Republic Republic NNP 1662 432 244 of of IN 1662 432 245 Macedonia Macedonia NNP 1662 432 246 151 151 CD 1662 432 247 km km NNS 1662 432 248 , , , 1662 432 249 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 432 250 and and CC 1662 432 251 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 432 252 287 287 CD 1662 432 253 km km NN 1662 432 254 ( ( -LRB- 1662 432 255 114 114 CD 1662 432 256 km km NN 1662 432 257 with with IN 1662 432 258 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 432 259 , , , 1662 432 260 173 173 CD 1662 432 261 km km NN 1662 432 262 with with IN 1662 432 263 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 432 264 ) ) -RRB- 1662 432 265 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 432 266 : : : 1662 432 267 362 362 CD 1662 432 268 km km NN 1662 432 269 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 432 270 claims claim VBZ 1662 432 271 : : : 1662 432 272 continental continental NNP 1662 432 273 shelf shelf NNP 1662 432 274 : : : 1662 432 275 200-m 200-m CD 1662 432 276 depth depth NN 1662 432 277 or or CC 1662 432 278 to to IN 1662 432 279 the the DT 1662 432 280 depth depth NN 1662 432 281 of of IN 1662 432 282 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 432 283 territorial territorial JJ 1662 432 284 sea sea NN 1662 432 285 : : : 1662 432 286 12 12 CD 1662 432 287 nm nm NNP 1662 432 288 Climate climate NN 1662 432 289 : : : 1662 432 290 mild mild JJ 1662 432 291 temperate temperate NN 1662 432 292 ; ; : 1662 432 293 cool cool UH 1662 432 294 , , , 1662 432 295 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 432 296 , , , 1662 432 297 wet wet JJ 1662 432 298 winters winter NNS 1662 432 299 ; ; : 1662 432 300 hot hot JJ 1662 432 301 , , , 1662 432 302 clear clear JJ 1662 432 303 , , , 1662 432 304 dry dry JJ 1662 432 305 summers summer NNS 1662 432 306 ; ; : 1662 432 307 interior interior NNP 1662 432 308 is be VBZ 1662 432 309 cooler cool JJR 1662 432 310 and and CC 1662 432 311 wetter wetter VB 1662 432 312 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 432 313 : : : 1662 432 314 mostly mostly RB 1662 432 315 mountains mountain NNS 1662 432 316 and and CC 1662 432 317 hills hill NNS 1662 432 318 ; ; , 1662 432 319 small small JJ 1662 432 320 plains plain NNS 1662 432 321 along along IN 1662 432 322 coast coast NNP 1662 432 323 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 432 324 extremes extreme NNS 1662 432 325 : : : 1662 432 326 lowest low JJS 1662 432 327 point point NN 1662 432 328 : : : 1662 432 329 Adriatic Adriatic NNP 1662 432 330 Sea Sea NNP 1662 432 331 0 0 NFP 1662 432 332 m m DT 1662 432 333 highest high JJS 1662 432 334 point point NN 1662 432 335 : : : 1662 432 336 Maja Maja NNP 1662 432 337 e e NNP 1662 432 338 Korabit Korabit NNP 1662 432 339 2,753 2,753 CD 1662 432 340 m m NNP 1662 432 341 Natural Natural NNP 1662 432 342 resources resource NNS 1662 432 343 : : : 1662 432 344 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 432 345 , , , 1662 432 346 natural natural JJ 1662 432 347 gas gas NN 1662 432 348 , , , 1662 432 349 coal coal NN 1662 432 350 , , , 1662 432 351 chromium chromium NN 1662 432 352 , , , 1662 432 353 copper copper NN 1662 432 354 , , , 1662 432 355 timber timber NN 1662 432 356 , , , 1662 432 357 nickel nickel NN 1662 432 358 Land Land NNP 1662 432 359 use use NN 1662 432 360 : : : 1662 432 361 arable arable JJ 1662 432 362 land land NN 1662 432 363 : : : 1662 432 364 21 21 CD 1662 432 365 % % NN 1662 432 366 permanent permanent JJ 1662 432 367 crops crop NNS 1662 432 368 : : : 1662 432 369 5 5 CD 1662 432 370 % % NN 1662 432 371 permanent permanent JJ 1662 432 372 pastures pasture NNS 1662 432 373 : : : 1662 432 374 15 15 CD 1662 432 375 % % NN 1662 432 376 forests forest NNS 1662 432 377 and and CC 1662 432 378 woodland woodland JJ 1662 432 379 : : : 1662 432 380 38 38 CD 1662 432 381 % % NN 1662 432 382 other other JJ 1662 432 383 : : : 1662 432 384 21 21 CD 1662 432 385 % % NN 1662 432 386 ( ( -LRB- 1662 432 387 1993 1993 CD 1662 432 388 est est NNP 1662 432 389 . . . 1662 432 390 ) ) -RRB- 1662 433 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 433 2 land land NN 1662 433 3 : : : 1662 433 4 3,410 3,410 CD 1662 433 5 sq sq NNP 1662 433 6 km km NNP 1662 433 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 433 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 433 9 est est NNP 1662 433 10 . . . 1662 433 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 434 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 434 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 434 3 : : : 1662 434 4 destructive destructive JJ 1662 434 5 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 434 6 ; ; : 1662 434 7 tsunamis tsunamis NNP 1662 434 8 occur occur VBP 1662 434 9 along along IN 1662 434 10 southwestern southwestern JJ 1662 434 11 coast coast NNP 1662 434 12 Environment Environment NNP 1662 434 13 - - HYPH 1662 434 14 current current JJ 1662 434 15 issues issue NNS 1662 434 16 : : : 1662 434 17 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 434 18 ; ; , 1662 434 19 soil soil NN 1662 434 20 erosion erosion NN 1662 434 21 ; ; : 1662 434 22 water water NN 1662 434 23 pollution pollution NN 1662 434 24 from from IN 1662 434 25 industrial industrial JJ 1662 434 26 and and CC 1662 434 27 domestic domestic JJ 1662 434 28 effluents effluent NNS 1662 434 29 Environment Environment NNP 1662 434 30 - - HYPH 1662 434 31 international international JJ 1662 434 32 agreements agreement NNS 1662 434 33 : : : 1662 434 34 party party NN 1662 434 35 to to TO 1662 434 36 : : : 1662 434 37 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 434 38 , , , 1662 434 39 Climate Climate NNP 1662 434 40 Change Change NNP 1662 434 41 , , , 1662 434 42 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 434 43 signed sign VBD 1662 434 44 , , , 1662 434 45 but but CC 1662 434 46 not not RB 1662 434 47 ratified ratified JJ 1662 434 48 : : : 1662 434 49 none none NN 1662 434 50 of of IN 1662 434 51 the the DT 1662 434 52 selected select VBN 1662 434 53 agreements agreement NNS 1662 434 54 Geography Geography NNP 1662 434 55 - - HYPH 1662 434 56 note note NNP 1662 434 57 : : : 1662 434 58 strategic strategic JJ 1662 434 59 location location NN 1662 434 60 along along IN 1662 434 61 Strait Strait NNP 1662 434 62 of of IN 1662 434 63 Otranto Otranto NNP 1662 434 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 434 65 links link NNS 1662 434 66 Adriatic Adriatic NNP 1662 434 67 Sea Sea NNP 1662 434 68 to to IN 1662 434 69 Ionian Ionian NNP 1662 434 70 Sea Sea NNP 1662 434 71 and and CC 1662 434 72 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 434 73 Sea Sea NNP 1662 434 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 434 75 @Albania @Albania NFP 1662 434 76 : : : 1662 434 77 People People NNP 1662 434 78 Population Population NNP 1662 434 79 : : : 1662 434 80 3,299,757 3,299,757 CD 1662 434 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 434 82 July July NNP 1662 434 83 1997 1997 CD 1662 434 84 est est NNP 1662 434 85 . . . 1662 434 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 435 1 Age age NN 1662 435 2 structure structure NN 1662 435 3 : : : 1662 435 4 0 0 CD 1662 435 5 - - HYPH 1662 435 6 14 14 CD 1662 435 7 years year NNS 1662 435 8 : : : 1662 435 9 34 34 CD 1662 435 10 % % NN 1662 435 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 435 12 male male JJ 1662 435 13 575,087 575,087 CD 1662 435 14 ; ; : 1662 435 15 female female JJ 1662 435 16 534,618 534,618 CD 1662 435 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 435 18 15 15 CD 1662 435 19 - - SYM 1662 435 20 64 64 CD 1662 435 21 years year NNS 1662 435 22 : : : 1662 435 23 60 60 CD 1662 435 24 % % NN 1662 435 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 435 26 male male JJ 1662 435 27 927,791 927,791 CD 1662 435 28 ; ; : 1662 435 29 female female JJ 1662 435 30 1,068,922 1,068,922 CD 1662 435 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 435 32 65 65 CD 1662 435 33 years year NNS 1662 435 34 and and CC 1662 435 35 over over IN 1662 435 36 : : : 1662 435 37 6 6 CD 1662 435 38 % % NN 1662 435 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 435 40 male male NN 1662 435 41 80,135 80,135 CD 1662 435 42 ; ; : 1662 435 43 female female JJ 1662 435 44 113,204 113,204 CD 1662 435 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 435 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 435 47 July July NNP 1662 435 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 435 49 est est NNP 1662 435 50 . . . 1662 435 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 436 1 Population population NN 1662 436 2 growth growth NN 1662 436 3 rate rate NN 1662 436 4 : : : 1662 436 5 0.9 0.9 CD 1662 436 6 % % NN 1662 436 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 436 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 436 9 est est NNP 1662 436 10 . . . 1662 436 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 437 1 Birth birth NN 1662 437 2 rate rate NN 1662 437 3 : : : 1662 437 4 21.96 21.96 CD 1662 437 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 437 6 population population NN 1662 437 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 437 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 437 9 est est NNP 1662 437 10 . . . 1662 437 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 438 1 Death death NN 1662 438 2 rate rate NN 1662 438 3 : : : 1662 438 4 7.54 7.54 CD 1662 438 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 438 6 population population NN 1662 438 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 438 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 438 9 est est NNP 1662 438 10 . . . 1662 438 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 439 1 Net net JJ 1662 439 2 migration migration NN 1662 439 3 rate rate NN 1662 439 4 : : : 1662 439 5 -5.46 -5.46 NFP 1662 439 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 439 7 population population NN 1662 439 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 439 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 439 10 est est NNP 1662 439 11 . . . 1662 439 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 440 1 Sex sex NN 1662 440 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 440 3 : : : 1662 440 4 at at IN 1662 440 5 birth birth NN 1662 440 6 : : : 1662 440 7 1.08 1.08 CD 1662 440 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 440 9 under under IN 1662 440 10 15 15 CD 1662 440 11 years year NNS 1662 440 12 : : : 1662 440 13 1.08 1.08 CD 1662 440 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 440 15 15 15 CD 1662 440 16 - - HYPH 1662 440 17 64 64 CD 1662 440 18 years year NNS 1662 440 19 : : : 1662 440 20 0.87 0.87 CD 1662 440 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 440 22 65 65 CD 1662 440 23 years year NNS 1662 440 24 and and CC 1662 440 25 over over IN 1662 440 26 : : : 1662 440 27 0.71 0.71 CD 1662 440 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 440 29 total total JJ 1662 440 30 population population NN 1662 440 31 : : : 1662 440 32 0.92 0.92 CD 1662 440 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 440 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 440 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 440 36 est est NNP 1662 440 37 . . . 1662 440 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 441 1 Infant infant NN 1662 441 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 441 3 rate rate NN 1662 441 4 : : : 1662 441 5 47.1 47.1 CD 1662 441 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 441 7 live live JJ 1662 441 8 births birth NNS 1662 441 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 441 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 441 11 est est NNP 1662 441 12 . . . 1662 441 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 442 1 Life life NN 1662 442 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 442 3 at at IN 1662 442 4 birth birth NN 1662 442 5 : : : 1662 442 6 total total JJ 1662 442 7 population population NN 1662 442 8 : : : 1662 442 9 68.28 68.28 CD 1662 442 10 years year NNS 1662 442 11 male male NN 1662 442 12 : : : 1662 442 13 65.24 65.24 CD 1662 442 14 years year NNS 1662 442 15 female female JJ 1662 442 16 : : : 1662 442 17 71.55 71.55 CD 1662 442 18 years year NNS 1662 442 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 442 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 442 21 est est NNP 1662 442 22 . . . 1662 442 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 443 1 Total total JJ 1662 443 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 443 3 rate rate NN 1662 443 4 : : : 1662 443 5 2.64 2.64 CD 1662 443 6 children child NNS 1662 443 7 born bear VBN 1662 443 8 / / SYM 1662 443 9 woman woman NN 1662 443 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 443 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 443 12 est est NNP 1662 443 13 . . . 1662 443 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 444 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 444 2 : : : 1662 444 3 noun noun NNP 1662 444 4 : : : 1662 444 5 Albanian(s Albanian(s NNP 1662 444 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 444 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 444 8 : : : 1662 444 9 Albanian albanian JJ 1662 444 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 444 11 groups group NNS 1662 444 12 : : : 1662 444 13 Albanian albanian JJ 1662 444 14 95 95 CD 1662 444 15 % % NN 1662 444 16 , , , 1662 444 17 Greeks Greeks NNPS 1662 444 18 3 3 CD 1662 444 19 % % NN 1662 444 20 , , , 1662 444 21 other other JJ 1662 444 22 2 2 CD 1662 444 23 % % NN 1662 444 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 444 25 Vlachs Vlachs NNP 1662 444 26 , , , 1662 444 27 Gypsies Gypsies NNPS 1662 444 28 , , , 1662 444 29 Serbs Serbs NNPS 1662 444 30 , , , 1662 444 31 and and CC 1662 444 32 Bulgarians Bulgarians NNPS 1662 444 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 444 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 444 35 1989 1989 CD 1662 444 36 est est NNP 1662 444 37 . . . 1662 444 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 445 1 note note NN 1662 445 2 : : : 1662 445 3 in in IN 1662 445 4 1989 1989 CD 1662 445 5 , , , 1662 445 6 other other JJ 1662 445 7 estimates estimate NNS 1662 445 8 of of IN 1662 445 9 the the DT 1662 445 10 Greek greek JJ 1662 445 11 population population NN 1662 445 12 ranged range VBD 1662 445 13 from from IN 1662 445 14 1 1 CD 1662 445 15 % % NN 1662 445 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 445 17 official official JJ 1662 445 18 Albanian albanian JJ 1662 445 19 statistics statistic NNS 1662 445 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 445 21 to to IN 1662 445 22 12 12 CD 1662 445 23 % % NN 1662 445 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 445 25 from from IN 1662 445 26 a a DT 1662 445 27 Greek greek JJ 1662 445 28 organization organization NN 1662 445 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 445 30 Religions religion NNS 1662 445 31 : : : 1662 445 32 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 445 33 70 70 CD 1662 445 34 % % NN 1662 445 35 , , , 1662 445 36 Albanian Albanian NNP 1662 445 37 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 445 38 20 20 CD 1662 445 39 % % NN 1662 445 40 , , , 1662 445 41 Roman roman JJ 1662 445 42 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 445 43 10 10 CD 1662 445 44 % % NN 1662 445 45 note note NN 1662 445 46 : : : 1662 445 47 all all DT 1662 445 48 mosques mosque NNS 1662 445 49 and and CC 1662 445 50 churches church NNS 1662 445 51 were be VBD 1662 445 52 closed close VBN 1662 445 53 in in IN 1662 445 54 1967 1967 CD 1662 445 55 and and CC 1662 445 56 religious religious JJ 1662 445 57 observances observance NNS 1662 445 58 prohibited prohibit VBD 1662 445 59 ; ; : 1662 445 60 in in IN 1662 445 61 November November NNP 1662 445 62 1990 1990 CD 1662 445 63 , , , 1662 445 64 Albania Albania NNP 1662 445 65 began begin VBD 1662 445 66 allowing allow VBG 1662 445 67 private private JJ 1662 445 68 religious religious JJ 1662 445 69 practice practice NN 1662 445 70 Languages language NNS 1662 445 71 : : : 1662 445 72 Albanian Albanian NNP 1662 445 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 445 74 Tosk Tosk NNP 1662 445 75 is be VBZ 1662 445 76 the the DT 1662 445 77 official official JJ 1662 445 78 dialect dialect NN 1662 445 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 445 80 , , , 1662 445 81 Greek Greek NNP 1662 445 82 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 445 83 : : : 1662 445 84 definition definition NN 1662 445 85 : : : 1662 445 86 age age NN 1662 445 87 9 9 CD 1662 445 88 and and CC 1662 445 89 over over RB 1662 445 90 can can MD 1662 445 91 read read VB 1662 445 92 and and CC 1662 445 93 write write VB 1662 445 94 total total JJ 1662 445 95 population population NN 1662 445 96 : : : 1662 445 97 72 72 CD 1662 445 98 % % NN 1662 445 99 male male NN 1662 445 100 : : : 1662 445 101 80 80 CD 1662 445 102 % % NN 1662 445 103 female female NN 1662 445 104 : : : 1662 445 105 63 63 CD 1662 445 106 % % NN 1662 445 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 445 108 1955 1955 CD 1662 445 109 est est NNP 1662 445 110 . . . 1662 445 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 1 @Albania @albania LS 1662 446 2 : : : 1662 446 3 Government Government NNP 1662 446 4 Country Country NNP 1662 446 5 name name NN 1662 446 6 : : : 1662 446 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 446 8 long long JJ 1662 446 9 form form NN 1662 446 10 : : : 1662 446 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 446 12 of of IN 1662 446 13 Albania Albania NNP 1662 446 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 446 15 short short JJ 1662 446 16 form form NN 1662 446 17 : : : 1662 446 18 Albania albania JJ 1662 446 19 local local JJ 1662 446 20 long long JJ 1662 446 21 form form NN 1662 446 22 : : : 1662 446 23 Republika Republika NNP 1662 446 24 e e VBZ 1662 446 25 Shqiperise Shqiperise NNP 1662 446 26 local local JJ 1662 446 27 short short JJ 1662 446 28 form form NN 1662 446 29 : : : 1662 446 30 Shqiperia Shqiperia NNP 1662 446 31 former former NN 1662 446 32 : : : 1662 446 33 People People NNS 1662 446 34 's 's POS 1662 446 35 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 446 36 Republic Republic NNP 1662 446 37 of of IN 1662 446 38 Albania Albania NNP 1662 446 39 Data Data NNP 1662 446 40 code code NN 1662 446 41 : : : 1662 446 42 AL AL NNP 1662 446 43 Government Government NNP 1662 446 44 type type NN 1662 446 45 : : : 1662 446 46 emerging emerge VBG 1662 446 47 democracy democracy NN 1662 446 48 National national JJ 1662 446 49 capital capital NN 1662 446 50 : : : 1662 446 51 Tirane Tirane NNP 1662 446 52 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 446 53 divisions division NNS 1662 446 54 : : : 1662 446 55 26 26 CD 1662 446 56 districts district NNS 1662 446 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 446 58 rrethe rrethe NN 1662 446 59 , , , 1662 446 60 singular singular JJ 1662 446 61 - - HYPH 1662 446 62 rreth rreth NN 1662 446 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 64 ; ; : 1662 446 65 Berat Berat NNP 1662 446 66 , , , 1662 446 67 Dibre Dibre NNP 1662 446 68 , , , 1662 446 69 Durres Durres NNP 1662 446 70 , , , 1662 446 71 Elbasan Elbasan NNP 1662 446 72 , , , 1662 446 73 Fier Fier NNP 1662 446 74 , , , 1662 446 75 Gjirokaster Gjirokaster NNP 1662 446 76 , , , 1662 446 77 Gramsh Gramsh NNP 1662 446 78 , , , 1662 446 79 Kolonje Kolonje NNP 1662 446 80 , , , 1662 446 81 Korce Korce NNP 1662 446 82 , , , 1662 446 83 Kruje Kruje NNP 1662 446 84 , , , 1662 446 85 Kukes Kukes NNP 1662 446 86 , , , 1662 446 87 Lezhe Lezhe NNP 1662 446 88 , , , 1662 446 89 Librazhd Librazhd NNP 1662 446 90 , , , 1662 446 91 Lushnje Lushnje NNP 1662 446 92 , , , 1662 446 93 Mat Mat NNP 1662 446 94 , , , 1662 446 95 Mirdite Mirdite NNP 1662 446 96 , , , 1662 446 97 Permet Permet NNP 1662 446 98 , , , 1662 446 99 Pogradec Pogradec NNP 1662 446 100 , , , 1662 446 101 Puke Puke NNP 1662 446 102 , , , 1662 446 103 Sarande Sarande NNP 1662 446 104 , , , 1662 446 105 Shkoder Shkoder NNP 1662 446 106 , , , 1662 446 107 Skrapar Skrapar NNP 1662 446 108 , , , 1662 446 109 Tepelene Tepelene NNP 1662 446 110 , , , 1662 446 111 Tirane Tirane NNP 1662 446 112 , , , 1662 446 113 Tropoje Tropoje NNP 1662 446 114 , , , 1662 446 115 Vlore Vlore NNP 1662 446 116 note note NN 1662 446 117 : : : 1662 446 118 some some DT 1662 446 119 new new JJ 1662 446 120 administrative administrative JJ 1662 446 121 units unit NNS 1662 446 122 may may MD 1662 446 123 have have VB 1662 446 124 been be VBN 1662 446 125 created create VBN 1662 446 126 Independence Independence NNP 1662 446 127 : : : 1662 446 128 28 28 CD 1662 446 129 November November NNP 1662 446 130 1912 1912 CD 1662 446 131 ( ( -LRB- 1662 446 132 from from IN 1662 446 133 Ottoman Ottoman NNP 1662 446 134 Empire Empire NNP 1662 446 135 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 136 National national JJ 1662 446 137 holiday holiday NN 1662 446 138 : : : 1662 446 139 Independence Independence NNP 1662 446 140 Day Day NNP 1662 446 141 , , , 1662 446 142 28 28 CD 1662 446 143 November November NNP 1662 446 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 446 145 1912 1912 CD 1662 446 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 147 Constitution constitution NN 1662 446 148 : : : 1662 446 149 an an DT 1662 446 150 interim interim JJ 1662 446 151 basic basic JJ 1662 446 152 law law NN 1662 446 153 was be VBD 1662 446 154 approved approve VBN 1662 446 155 by by IN 1662 446 156 the the DT 1662 446 157 People People NNPS 1662 446 158 's 's POS 1662 446 159 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 446 160 on on IN 1662 446 161 29 29 CD 1662 446 162 April April NNP 1662 446 163 1991 1991 CD 1662 446 164 ; ; : 1662 446 165 a a DT 1662 446 166 draft draft NN 1662 446 167 constitution constitution NN 1662 446 168 was be VBD 1662 446 169 rejected reject VBN 1662 446 170 by by IN 1662 446 171 popular popular JJ 1662 446 172 referendum referendum NN 1662 446 173 in in IN 1662 446 174 the the DT 1662 446 175 fall fall NN 1662 446 176 of of IN 1662 446 177 1994 1994 CD 1662 446 178 and and CC 1662 446 179 a a DT 1662 446 180 new new JJ 1662 446 181 draft draft NN 1662 446 182 is be VBZ 1662 446 183 pending pende VBG 1662 446 184 Legal legal JJ 1662 446 185 system system NN 1662 446 186 : : : 1662 446 187 has have VBZ 1662 446 188 not not RB 1662 446 189 accepted accept VBN 1662 446 190 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 446 191 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 446 192 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 446 193 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 446 194 : : : 1662 446 195 18 18 CD 1662 446 196 years year NNS 1662 446 197 of of IN 1662 446 198 age age NN 1662 446 199 ; ; : 1662 446 200 universal universal JJ 1662 446 201 and and CC 1662 446 202 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 446 203 Executive Executive NNP 1662 446 204 branch branch NN 1662 446 205 : : : 1662 446 206 chief chief NN 1662 446 207 of of IN 1662 446 208 state state NN 1662 446 209 : : : 1662 446 210 President President NNP 1662 446 211 of of IN 1662 446 212 the the DT 1662 446 213 Republic Republic NNP 1662 446 214 Sali Sali NNP 1662 446 215 BERISHA BERISHA NNP 1662 446 216 ( ( -LRB- 1662 446 217 since since IN 1662 446 218 9 9 CD 1662 446 219 April April NNP 1662 446 220 1992 1992 CD 1662 446 221 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 222 head head NN 1662 446 223 of of IN 1662 446 224 government government NN 1662 446 225 : : : 1662 446 226 Prime Prime NNP 1662 446 227 Minister Minister NNP 1662 446 228 of of IN 1662 446 229 the the DT 1662 446 230 interim interim JJ 1662 446 231 National National NNP 1662 446 232 Reconciliation Reconciliation NNP 1662 446 233 Government Government NNP 1662 446 234 Bashkim Bashkim NNP 1662 446 235 FINO FINO NNP 1662 446 236 ( ( -LRB- 1662 446 237 since since IN 1662 446 238 12 12 CD 1662 446 239 March March NNP 1662 446 240 1997 1997 CD 1662 446 241 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 242 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 446 243 : : : 1662 446 244 Council Council NNP 1662 446 245 of of IN 1662 446 246 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 446 247 appointed appoint VBN 1662 446 248 by by IN 1662 446 249 the the DT 1662 446 250 president president NNP 1662 446 251 elections election NNS 1662 446 252 : : : 1662 446 253 president president NNP 1662 446 254 elected elect VBN 1662 446 255 by by IN 1662 446 256 the the DT 1662 446 257 People People NNPS 1662 446 258 's 's POS 1662 446 259 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 446 260 for for IN 1662 446 261 a a DT 1662 446 262 five five CD 1662 446 263 - - HYPH 1662 446 264 year year NN 1662 446 265 term term NN 1662 446 266 ; ; : 1662 446 267 election election NN 1662 446 268 last last JJ 1662 446 269 held hold VBN 1662 446 270 NA NA NNP 1662 446 271 1992 1992 CD 1662 446 272 ( ( -LRB- 1662 446 273 next next JJ 1662 446 274 to to TO 1662 446 275 be be VB 1662 446 276 held hold VBN 1662 446 277 NA NA NNP 1662 446 278 March March NNP 1662 446 279 1997 1997 CD 1662 446 280 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 281 ; ; : 1662 446 282 prime prime NNP 1662 446 283 minister minister NN 1662 446 284 appointed appoint VBN 1662 446 285 by by IN 1662 446 286 the the DT 1662 446 287 president president NNP 1662 446 288 election election NN 1662 446 289 results result NNS 1662 446 290 : : : 1662 446 291 Sali Sali NNP 1662 446 292 BERISHA BERISHA NNP 1662 446 293 elected elect VBD 1662 446 294 president president NN 1662 446 295 ; ; , 1662 446 296 percent percent NN 1662 446 297 of of IN 1662 446 298 People People NNPS 1662 446 299 's 's POS 1662 446 300 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 446 301 vote vote NN 1662 446 302 - - HYPH 1662 446 303 NA NA NNP 1662 446 304 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 446 305 branch branch NN 1662 446 306 : : : 1662 446 307 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 446 308 People People NNPS 1662 446 309 's 's POS 1662 446 310 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 446 311 or or CC 1662 446 312 Kuvendi Kuvendi NNP 1662 446 313 Popullor Popullor NNP 1662 446 314 ( ( -LRB- 1662 446 315 140 140 CD 1662 446 316 seats seat NNS 1662 446 317 ; ; : 1662 446 318 most most JJS 1662 446 319 members member NNS 1662 446 320 are be VBP 1662 446 321 elected elect VBN 1662 446 322 by by IN 1662 446 323 direct direct JJ 1662 446 324 popular popular JJ 1662 446 325 vote vote NN 1662 446 326 and and CC 1662 446 327 some some DT 1662 446 328 by by IN 1662 446 329 proportional proportional JJ 1662 446 330 vote vote NN 1662 446 331 for for IN 1662 446 332 four four CD 1662 446 333 - - HYPH 1662 446 334 year year NN 1662 446 335 terms term NNS 1662 446 336 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 337 elections election NNS 1662 446 338 : : : 1662 446 339 last last RB 1662 446 340 held hold VBD 1662 446 341 26 26 CD 1662 446 342 May May NNP 1662 446 343 1996 1996 CD 1662 446 344 ( ( -LRB- 1662 446 345 next next JJ 1662 446 346 tentatively tentatively RB 1662 446 347 scheduled schedule VBN 1662 446 348 for for IN 1662 446 349 29 29 CD 1662 446 350 June June NNP 1662 446 351 1997 1997 CD 1662 446 352 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 353 election election NN 1662 446 354 results result NNS 1662 446 355 : : : 1662 446 356 percent percent NN 1662 446 357 of of IN 1662 446 358 vote vote NN 1662 446 359 by by IN 1662 446 360 party party NN 1662 446 361 - - HYPH 1662 446 362 NA NA NNP 1662 446 363 ; ; , 1662 446 364 seats seat NNS 1662 446 365 by by IN 1662 446 366 party party NN 1662 446 367 - - HYPH 1662 446 368 DP DP NNP 1662 446 369 122 122 CD 1662 446 370 , , , 1662 446 371 PS PS NNP 1662 446 372 10 10 CD 1662 446 373 , , , 1662 446 374 RP RP NNP 1662 446 375 3 3 CD 1662 446 376 , , , 1662 446 377 UHP UHP NNP 1662 446 378 3 3 CD 1662 446 379 , , , 1662 446 380 Balli Balli NNP 1662 446 381 Kombetar Kombetar NNP 1662 446 382 2 2 CD 1662 446 383 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 446 384 branch branch NN 1662 446 385 : : : 1662 446 386 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 446 387 Court Court NNP 1662 446 388 , , , 1662 446 389 chairman chairman NN 1662 446 390 of of IN 1662 446 391 the the DT 1662 446 392 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 446 393 Court Court NNP 1662 446 394 is be VBZ 1662 446 395 elected elect VBN 1662 446 396 by by IN 1662 446 397 the the DT 1662 446 398 People People NNPS 1662 446 399 's 's POS 1662 446 400 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 446 401 Political political JJ 1662 446 402 parties party NNS 1662 446 403 and and CC 1662 446 404 leaders leader NNS 1662 446 405 : : : 1662 446 406 Albanian albanian JJ 1662 446 407 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 446 408 Party Party NNP 1662 446 409 or or CC 1662 446 410 PS PS NNP 1662 446 411 ( ( -LRB- 1662 446 412 formerly formerly RB 1662 446 413 the the DT 1662 446 414 Albania Albania NNP 1662 446 415 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 446 416 Party Party NNP 1662 446 417 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 418 [ [ -LRB- 1662 446 419 Fatos Fatos NNP 1662 446 420 NANO NANO NNP 1662 446 421 , , , 1662 446 422 chairman chairman NN 1662 446 423 ] ] -RRB- 1662 446 424 ; ; : 1662 446 425 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 446 426 Party Party NNP 1662 446 427 or or CC 1662 446 428 PD PD NNP 1662 446 429 [ [ -LRB- 1662 446 430 Tritan Tritan NNP 1662 446 431 SHEHU SHEHU NNP 1662 446 432 ] ] -RRB- 1662 446 433 ; ; : 1662 446 434 Albanian Albanian NNP 1662 446 435 Republican Republican NNP 1662 446 436 Party Party NNP 1662 446 437 or or CC 1662 446 438 PR PR NNP 1662 446 439 [ [ -LRB- 1662 446 440 Sabri Sabri NNP 1662 446 441 GODO GODO NNP 1662 446 442 ] ] -RRB- 1662 446 443 ; ; : 1662 446 444 Social Social NNP 1662 446 445 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 446 446 Party Party NNP 1662 446 447 or or CC 1662 446 448 SDP SDP NNP 1662 446 449 [ [ -LRB- 1662 446 450 Skender Skender NNP 1662 446 451 GJINUSHI GJINUSHI NNP 1662 446 452 ] ] -RRB- 1662 446 453 ; ; : 1662 446 454 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 446 455 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 446 456 Party Party NNP 1662 446 457 or or CC 1662 446 458 DAP DAP NNP 1662 446 459 [ [ -LRB- 1662 446 460 Neritan Neritan NNP 1662 446 461 CEKA CEKA NNP 1662 446 462 , , , 1662 446 463 chairman chairman NN 1662 446 464 ] ] -RRB- 1662 446 465 ; ; : 1662 446 466 Unity Unity NNP 1662 446 467 for for IN 1662 446 468 Human Human NNP 1662 446 469 Rights Rights NNPS 1662 446 470 Party Party NNP 1662 446 471 or or CC 1662 446 472 PBDNJ PBDNJ NNP 1662 446 473 [ [ -LRB- 1662 446 474 Vasil Vasil NNP 1662 446 475 MELO MELO NNP 1662 446 476 , , , 1662 446 477 chairman chairman NN 1662 446 478 ] ] -RRB- 1662 446 479 ; ; : 1662 446 480 Movement Movement NNP 1662 446 481 for for IN 1662 446 482 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 446 483 Party Party NNP 1662 446 484 or or CC 1662 446 485 LDP LDP NNP 1662 446 486 [ [ -LRB- 1662 446 487 ruled rule VBN 1662 446 488 by by IN 1662 446 489 committee committee NN 1662 446 490 of of IN 1662 446 491 Genc Genc NNP 1662 446 492 RULI RULI NNP 1662 446 493 , , , 1662 446 494 Alfred Alfred NNP 1662 446 495 SERREQI SERREQI NNP 1662 446 496 , , , 1662 446 497 Dashimir Dashimir NNP 1662 446 498 SHEHI SHEHI NNP 1662 446 499 , , , 1662 446 500 Maksim Maksim NNP 1662 446 501 KONOMI KONOMI NNP 1662 446 502 ] ] -RRB- 1662 446 503 ; ; : 1662 446 504 Balli Balli NNP 1662 446 505 Kombetar Kombetar NNP 1662 446 506 [ [ -LRB- 1662 446 507 Hysen Hysen NNP 1662 446 508 SELFO SELFO NNP 1662 446 509 ] ] -RRB- 1662 446 510 International international JJ 1662 446 511 organization organization NN 1662 446 512 participation participation NN 1662 446 513 : : : 1662 446 514 BSEC BSEC NNP 1662 446 515 , , , 1662 446 516 CCC CCC NNP 1662 446 517 , , , 1662 446 518 CE CE NNP 1662 446 519 , , , 1662 446 520 CEI CEI NNP 1662 446 521 , , , 1662 446 522 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 446 523 , , , 1662 446 524 ECE ECE NNP 1662 446 525 , , , 1662 446 526 EU EU NNP 1662 446 527 ( ( -LRB- 1662 446 528 applicant applicant NN 1662 446 529 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 530 , , , 1662 446 531 FAO FAO NNP 1662 446 532 , , , 1662 446 533 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 446 534 , , , 1662 446 535 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 446 536 , , , 1662 446 537 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 446 538 , , , 1662 446 539 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 446 540 , , , 1662 446 541 IDA IDA NNP 1662 446 542 , , , 1662 446 543 IDB IDB NNP 1662 446 544 , , , 1662 446 545 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 446 546 , , , 1662 446 547 IFC IFC NNP 1662 446 548 , , , 1662 446 549 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 446 550 , , , 1662 446 551 ILO ILO NNP 1662 446 552 , , , 1662 446 553 IMF IMF NNP 1662 446 554 , , , 1662 446 555 IMO imo RB 1662 446 556 , , , 1662 446 557 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 446 558 ( ( -LRB- 1662 446 559 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 446 560 user user NN 1662 446 561 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 562 , , , 1662 446 563 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 446 564 , , , 1662 446 565 IOC IOC NNP 1662 446 566 , , , 1662 446 567 IOM IOM NNP 1662 446 568 , , , 1662 446 569 ISO ISO NNP 1662 446 570 , , , 1662 446 571 ITU ITU NNP 1662 446 572 , , , 1662 446 573 NACC NACC NNP 1662 446 574 , , , 1662 446 575 OIC OIC NNP 1662 446 576 , , , 1662 446 577 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 446 578 , , , 1662 446 579 PFP PFP NNP 1662 446 580 , , , 1662 446 581 UN UN NNP 1662 446 582 , , , 1662 446 583 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 446 584 , , , 1662 446 585 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 446 586 , , , 1662 446 587 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 446 588 , , , 1662 446 589 UNOMIG UNOMIG NNP 1662 446 590 , , , 1662 446 591 UPU UPU NNP 1662 446 592 , , , 1662 446 593 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 446 594 , , , 1662 446 595 WHO who WP 1662 446 596 , , , 1662 446 597 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 446 598 , , , 1662 446 599 WMO WMO NNP 1662 446 600 , , , 1662 446 601 WToO wtoo FW 1662 446 602 , , , 1662 446 603 WTrO wtro VB 1662 446 604 ( ( -LRB- 1662 446 605 applicant applicant NN 1662 446 606 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 607 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 446 608 representation representation NN 1662 446 609 in in IN 1662 446 610 the the DT 1662 446 611 US US NNP 1662 446 612 : : : 1662 446 613 chief chief NN 1662 446 614 of of IN 1662 446 615 mission mission NN 1662 446 616 : : : 1662 446 617 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 446 618 Lublin Lublin NNP 1662 446 619 DILJA DILJA NNP 1662 446 620 chancery chancery NN 1662 446 621 : : : 1662 446 622 Suite suite NN 1662 446 623 1000 1000 CD 1662 446 624 , , , 1662 446 625 1511 1511 CD 1662 446 626 K K NNP 1662 446 627 Street Street NNP 1662 446 628 NW NW NNP 1662 446 629 , , , 1662 446 630 Washington Washington NNP 1662 446 631 , , , 1662 446 632 DC DC NNP 1662 446 633 20005 20005 CD 1662 446 634 telephone telephone NN 1662 446 635 : : : 1662 446 636 [ [ -LRB- 1662 446 637 1 1 CD 1662 446 638 ] ] -RRB- 1662 446 639 ( ( -LRB- 1662 446 640 202 202 CD 1662 446 641 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 642 223 223 CD 1662 446 643 - - SYM 1662 446 644 4942 4942 CD 1662 446 645 , , , 1662 446 646 8187 8187 CD 1662 446 647 FAX FAX NNP 1662 446 648 : : : 1662 446 649 [ [ -LRB- 1662 446 650 1 1 CD 1662 446 651 ] ] -RRB- 1662 446 652 ( ( -LRB- 1662 446 653 202 202 CD 1662 446 654 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 655 628 628 CD 1662 446 656 - - SYM 1662 446 657 7342 7342 CD 1662 446 658 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 446 659 representation representation NN 1662 446 660 from from IN 1662 446 661 the the DT 1662 446 662 US US NNP 1662 446 663 : : : 1662 446 664 chief chief NN 1662 446 665 of of IN 1662 446 666 mission mission NN 1662 446 667 : : : 1662 446 668 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 446 669 Marisa Marisa NNP 1662 446 670 R. R. NNP 1662 446 671 LINO LINO NNP 1662 446 672 ( ( -LRB- 1662 446 673 15 15 CD 1662 446 674 July July NNP 1662 446 675 1996 1996 CD 1662 446 676 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 677 embassy embassy NN 1662 446 678 : : : 1662 446 679 Rruga Rruga NNP 1662 446 680 E. E. NNP 1662 446 681 Labinoti Labinoti NNP 1662 446 682 103 103 CD 1662 446 683 , , , 1662 446 684 Tirane Tirane NNP 1662 446 685 mailing mailing NN 1662 446 686 address address NN 1662 446 687 : : : 1662 446 688 PSC psc NN 1662 446 689 59 59 CD 1662 446 690 , , , 1662 446 691 Box Box NNP 1662 446 692 100 100 CD 1662 446 693 ( ( -LRB- 1662 446 694 A a NN 1662 446 695 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 696 , , , 1662 446 697 APO APO NNP 1662 446 698 AE AE NNP 1662 446 699 09624 09624 CD 1662 446 700 telephone telephone NN 1662 446 701 : : : 1662 446 702 [ [ -LRB- 1662 446 703 355 355 CD 1662 446 704 ] ] -RRB- 1662 446 705 ( ( -LRB- 1662 446 706 42 42 CD 1662 446 707 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 708 328 328 CD 1662 446 709 - - SYM 1662 446 710 75 75 CD 1662 446 711 , , , 1662 446 712 335 335 CD 1662 446 713 - - SYM 1662 446 714 20 20 CD 1662 446 715 FAX fax NN 1662 446 716 : : : 1662 446 717 [ [ -LRB- 1662 446 718 355 355 CD 1662 446 719 ] ] -RRB- 1662 446 720 ( ( -LRB- 1662 446 721 42 42 CD 1662 446 722 ) ) -RRB- 1662 446 723 322 322 CD 1662 446 724 - 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- HYPH 1662 446 764 market market NN 1662 446 765 economy economy NN 1662 446 766 . . . 1662 447 1 The the DT 1662 447 2 economy economy NN 1662 447 3 rebounded rebound VBD 1662 447 4 in in IN 1662 447 5 1993 1993 CD 1662 447 6 - - SYM 1662 447 7 95 95 CD 1662 447 8 after after IN 1662 447 9 a a DT 1662 447 10 severe severe JJ 1662 447 11 depression depression NN 1662 447 12 accompanying accompany VBG 1662 447 13 the the DT 1662 447 14 collapse collapse NN 1662 447 15 of of IN 1662 447 16 the the DT 1662 447 17 previous previous JJ 1662 447 18 centrally centrally RB 1662 447 19 planned plan VBN 1662 447 20 system system NN 1662 447 21 in in IN 1662 447 22 1990 1990 CD 1662 447 23 and and CC 1662 447 24 1991 1991 CD 1662 447 25 . . . 1662 448 1 However however RB 1662 448 2 , , , 1662 448 3 a a DT 1662 448 4 weakening weakening NN 1662 448 5 of of IN 1662 448 6 government government NN 1662 448 7 resolve resolve VB 1662 448 8 to to TO 1662 448 9 maintain maintain VB 1662 448 10 stabilization stabilization NN 1662 448 11 policies policy NNS 1662 448 12 in in IN 1662 448 13 the the DT 1662 448 14 election election NN 1662 448 15 year year NN 1662 448 16 of of IN 1662 448 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 448 18 contributed contribute VBD 1662 448 19 to to IN 1662 448 20 renewal renewal NN 1662 448 21 of of IN 1662 448 22 inflationary inflationary JJ 1662 448 23 pressures pressure NNS 1662 448 24 , , , 1662 448 25 spurred spur VBN 1662 448 26 by by IN 1662 448 27 the the DT 1662 448 28 budget budget NN 1662 448 29 deficit deficit NN 1662 448 30 which which WDT 1662 448 31 exceeded exceed VBD 1662 448 32 12 12 CD 1662 448 33 % % NN 1662 448 34 . . . 1662 449 1 The the DT 1662 449 2 collapse collapse NN 1662 449 3 of of IN 1662 449 4 financial financial JJ 1662 449 5 pyramid pyramid JJ 1662 449 6 schemes scheme NNS 1662 449 7 in in IN 1662 449 8 early early JJ 1662 449 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 449 10 - - : 1662 449 11 which which WDT 1662 449 12 had have VBD 1662 449 13 attracted attract VBN 1662 449 14 deposits deposit NNS 1662 449 15 from from IN 1662 449 16 a a DT 1662 449 17 substantial substantial JJ 1662 449 18 portion portion NN 1662 449 19 of of IN 1662 449 20 Albania Albania NNP 1662 449 21 's 's POS 1662 449 22 adult adult NN 1662 449 23 population population NN 1662 449 24 - - HYPH 1662 449 25 triggered trigger VBN 1662 449 26 unrest unrest NN 1662 449 27 in in IN 1662 449 28 much much JJ 1662 449 29 of of IN 1662 449 30 the the DT 1662 449 31 south south NN 1662 449 32 in in IN 1662 449 33 early early JJ 1662 449 34 1997 1997 CD 1662 449 35 . . . 1662 450 1 The the DT 1662 450 2 economy economy NN 1662 450 3 continues continue VBZ 1662 450 4 to to TO 1662 450 5 be be VB 1662 450 6 buoyed buoy VBN 1662 450 7 by by IN 1662 450 8 remittances remittance NNS 1662 450 9 of of IN 1662 450 10 some some DT 1662 450 11 20 20 CD 1662 450 12 % % NN 1662 450 13 of of IN 1662 450 14 the the DT 1662 450 15 labor labor NN 1662 450 16 force force NN 1662 450 17 which which WDT 1662 450 18 works work VBZ 1662 450 19 abroad abroad RB 1662 450 20 , , , 1662 450 21 mostly mostly RB 1662 450 22 in in IN 1662 450 23 Greece Greece NNP 1662 450 24 and and CC 1662 450 25 Italy Italy NNP 1662 450 26 . . . 1662 451 1 These these DT 1662 451 2 remittances remittance NNS 1662 451 3 supplement supplement VBP 1662 451 4 GDP gdp NN 1662 451 5 and and CC 1662 451 6 help help NN 1662 451 7 offset offset VB 1662 451 8 the the DT 1662 451 9 large large JJ 1662 451 10 foreign foreign JJ 1662 451 11 trade trade NN 1662 451 12 deficit deficit NN 1662 451 13 . . . 1662 452 1 Most Most JJS 1662 452 2 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 452 3 land land NN 1662 452 4 was be VBD 1662 452 5 privatized privatize VBN 1662 452 6 in in IN 1662 452 7 1992 1992 CD 1662 452 8 , , , 1662 452 9 substantially substantially RB 1662 452 10 improving improve VBG 1662 452 11 peasant peasant NN 1662 452 12 incomes income NNS 1662 452 13 . . . 1662 453 1 Overall overall JJ 1662 453 2 economic economic JJ 1662 453 3 performance performance NN 1662 453 4 is be VBZ 1662 453 5 likely likely JJ 1662 453 6 to to TO 1662 453 7 be be VB 1662 453 8 substantially substantially RB 1662 453 9 worse bad JJR 1662 453 10 in in IN 1662 453 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 453 12 ; ; : 1662 453 13 inflation inflation NN 1662 453 14 will will MD 1662 453 15 easily easily RB 1662 453 16 top top VB 1662 453 17 50 50 CD 1662 453 18 % % NN 1662 453 19 and and CC 1662 453 20 GDP GDP NNP 1662 453 21 may may MD 1662 453 22 drop drop VB 1662 453 23 by by IN 1662 453 24 5 5 CD 1662 453 25 % % NN 1662 453 26 or or CC 1662 453 27 more more JJR 1662 453 28 . . . 1662 454 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 454 2 : : : 1662 454 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 454 4 power power NN 1662 454 5 parity parity NN 1662 454 6 - - : 1662 454 7 $ $ $ 1662 454 8 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 454 9 billion billion CD 1662 454 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 454 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 454 12 est est NNP 1662 454 13 . . . 1662 454 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 455 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 455 2 - - HYPH 1662 455 3 real real JJ 1662 455 4 growth growth NN 1662 455 5 rate rate NN 1662 455 6 : : : 1662 455 7 5 5 CD 1662 455 8 % % NN 1662 455 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 455 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 455 11 est est NNP 1662 455 12 . . . 1662 455 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 456 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 456 2 - - HYPH 1662 456 3 per per FW 1662 456 4 capita capita NN 1662 456 5 : : : 1662 456 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 456 7 power power NN 1662 456 8 parity parity NN 1662 456 9 - - : 1662 456 10 $ $ $ 1662 456 11 1,290 1,290 CD 1662 456 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 456 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 456 14 est est NNP 1662 456 15 . . . 1662 456 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 457 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 457 2 - - HYPH 1662 457 3 composition composition NN 1662 457 4 by by IN 1662 457 5 sector sector NN 1662 457 6 : : : 1662 457 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 457 8 : : : 1662 457 9 56 56 CD 1662 457 10 % % NN 1662 457 11 industry industry NN 1662 457 12 : : : 1662 457 13 21 21 CD 1662 457 14 % % NN 1662 457 15 services service NNS 1662 457 16 : : : 1662 457 17 23 23 CD 1662 457 18 % % NN 1662 457 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 457 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 457 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 457 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 457 23 rate rate NN 1662 457 24 - - HYPH 1662 457 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 457 26 price price NN 1662 457 27 index index NN 1662 457 28 : : : 1662 457 29 17.4 17.4 CD 1662 457 30 % % NN 1662 457 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 457 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 457 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 457 34 Labor labor NN 1662 457 35 force force NN 1662 457 36 : : : 1662 457 37 total total NN 1662 457 38 : : : 1662 457 39 1.692 1.692 CD 1662 457 40 million million CD 1662 457 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 457 42 1994 1994 CD 1662 457 43 est est NNP 1662 457 44 . . . 1662 457 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 458 1 ( ( -LRB- 1662 458 2 including include VBG 1662 458 3 352,000 352,000 CD 1662 458 4 emigrant emigrant NN 1662 458 5 workers worker NNS 1662 458 6 and and CC 1662 458 7 261,000 261,000 CD 1662 458 8 domestically domestically RB 1662 458 9 unemployed unemployed JJ 1662 458 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 458 11 by by IN 1662 458 12 occupation occupation NN 1662 458 13 : : : 1662 458 14 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 458 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 458 16 nearly nearly RB 1662 458 17 all all DT 1662 458 18 private private JJ 1662 458 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 458 20 49.5 49.5 CD 1662 458 21 % % NN 1662 458 22 , , , 1662 458 23 private private JJ 1662 458 24 sector sector NN 1662 458 25 22.2 22.2 CD 1662 458 26 % % NN 1662 458 27 , , , 1662 458 28 state state NN 1662 458 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 458 30 nonfarm nonfarm NNP 1662 458 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 458 32 sector sector NN 1662 458 33 28.3 28.3 CD 1662 458 34 % % NN 1662 458 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 458 36 including include VBG 1662 458 37 state state NN 1662 458 38 - - HYPH 1662 458 39 owned own VBN 1662 458 40 industry industry NN 1662 458 41 7.8 7.8 CD 1662 458 42 % % NN 1662 458 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 458 44 ; ; : 1662 458 45 note note NN 1662 458 46 - - : 1662 458 47 includes include VBZ 1662 458 48 only only RB 1662 458 49 those those DT 1662 458 50 domestically domestically RB 1662 458 51 employed employ VBN 1662 458 52 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 458 53 rate rate NN 1662 458 54 : : : 1662 458 55 13 13 CD 1662 458 56 % % NN 1662 458 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 458 58 1996 1996 CD 1662 458 59 est est NNP 1662 458 60 . . . 1662 458 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 459 1 Budget budget NN 1662 459 2 : : : 1662 459 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 459 4 : : : 1662 459 5 $ $ $ 1662 459 6 624 624 CD 1662 459 7 million million CD 1662 459 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 459 9 : : : 1662 459 10 $ $ $ 1662 459 11 996 996 CD 1662 459 12 million million CD 1662 459 13 , , , 1662 459 14 including include VBG 1662 459 15 capital capital NN 1662 459 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 459 17 of of IN 1662 459 18 $ $ $ 1662 459 19 NA NA NNP 1662 459 20 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 459 21 : : : 1662 459 22 food food NN 1662 459 23 processing processing NN 1662 459 24 , , , 1662 459 25 textiles textile NNS 1662 459 26 and and CC 1662 459 27 clothing clothing NN 1662 459 28 ; ; : 1662 459 29 lumber lumber NN 1662 459 30 , , , 1662 459 31 oil oil NN 1662 459 32 , , , 1662 459 33 cement cement NN 1662 459 34 , , , 1662 459 35 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 459 36 , , , 1662 459 37 mining mining NN 1662 459 38 , , , 1662 459 39 basic basic JJ 1662 459 40 metals metal NNS 1662 459 41 , , , 1662 459 42 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 459 43 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 459 44 production production NN 1662 459 45 growth growth NN 1662 459 46 rate rate NN 1662 459 47 : : : 1662 459 48 6 6 CD 1662 459 49 % % NN 1662 459 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 459 51 1995 1995 CD 1662 459 52 est est NNP 1662 459 53 . . . 1662 459 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 460 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 460 2 - - HYPH 1662 460 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 460 4 : : : 1662 460 5 1.533 1.533 CD 1662 460 6 million million CD 1662 460 7 kW kW NNP 1662 460 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 460 9 1995 1995 CD 1662 460 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 460 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 460 12 - - HYPH 1662 460 13 production production NN 1662 460 14 : : : 1662 460 15 3.86 3.86 CD 1662 460 16 billion billion CD 1662 460 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 460 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 460 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 460 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 460 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 460 22 - - HYPH 1662 460 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 460 24 per per IN 1662 460 25 capita capita NN 1662 460 26 : : : 1662 460 27 1,221 1,221 CD 1662 460 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 460 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 460 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 460 31 est est NNP 1662 460 32 . . . 1662 460 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 461 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 461 2 - - HYPH 1662 461 3 products product NNS 1662 461 4 : : : 1662 461 5 wide wide JJ 1662 461 6 range range NN 1662 461 7 of of IN 1662 461 8 temperate temperate NN 1662 461 9 - - HYPH 1662 461 10 zone zone NN 1662 461 11 crops crop NNS 1662 461 12 and and CC 1662 461 13 livestock livestock NN 1662 461 14 Exports export NNS 1662 461 15 : : : 1662 461 16 total total JJ 1662 461 17 value value NN 1662 461 18 : : : 1662 461 19 $ $ $ 1662 461 20 205 205 CD 1662 461 21 million million CD 1662 461 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 461 23 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 461 24 . . NNP 1662 461 25 , , , 1662 461 26 1995 1995 CD 1662 461 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 461 28 commodities commodity NNS 1662 461 29 : : : 1662 461 30 asphalt asphalt NN 1662 461 31 , , , 1662 461 32 metals metal NNS 1662 461 33 and and CC 1662 461 34 metallic metallic JJ 1662 461 35 ores ore NNS 1662 461 36 , , , 1662 461 37 electricity electricity NN 1662 461 38 , , , 1662 461 39 crude crude JJ 1662 461 40 oil oil NN 1662 461 41 , , , 1662 461 42 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 461 43 , , , 1662 461 44 fruits fruit NNS 1662 461 45 , , , 1662 461 46 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 461 47 partners partner NNS 1662 461 48 : : : 1662 461 49 Italy Italy NNP 1662 461 50 , , , 1662 461 51 US US NNP 1662 461 52 , , , 1662 461 53 Greece Greece NNP 1662 461 54 , , , 1662 461 55 The the DT 1662 461 56 Former Former NNP 1662 461 57 Yugoslav Yugoslav NNP 1662 461 58 Republic Republic NNP 1662 461 59 of of IN 1662 461 60 Macedonia Macedonia NNP 1662 461 61 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 461 62 : : : 1662 461 63 total total JJ 1662 461 64 value value NN 1662 461 65 : : : 1662 461 66 $ $ $ 1662 461 67 680 680 CD 1662 461 68 million million CD 1662 461 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 461 70 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 461 71 . . NNP 1662 461 72 , , , 1662 461 73 1995 1995 CD 1662 461 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 461 75 commodities commodity NNS 1662 461 76 : : : 1662 461 77 machinery machinery NN 1662 461 78 , , , 1662 461 79 consumer consumer NN 1662 461 80 goods good NNS 1662 461 81 , , , 1662 461 82 grains grain VBZ 1662 461 83 partners partner NNS 1662 461 84 : : : 1662 461 85 Italy Italy NNP 1662 461 86 , , , 1662 461 87 Greece Greece NNP 1662 461 88 , , , 1662 461 89 Bulgaria Bulgaria NNP 1662 461 90 , , , 1662 461 91 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 461 92 , , , 1662 461 93 The the DT 1662 461 94 Former Former NNP 1662 461 95 Yugoslav Yugoslav NNP 1662 461 96 Republic Republic NNP 1662 461 97 of of IN 1662 461 98 Macedonia Macedonia NNP 1662 461 99 Debt Debt NNP 1662 461 100 - - HYPH 1662 461 101 external external JJ 1662 461 102 : : : 1662 461 103 $ $ $ 1662 461 104 500 500 CD 1662 461 105 million million CD 1662 461 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 461 107 1994 1994 CD 1662 461 108 est est NNP 1662 461 109 . . . 1662 461 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 462 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 462 2 aid aid NN 1662 462 3 : : : 1662 462 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 462 5 : : : 1662 462 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 462 7 , , , 1662 462 8 $ $ $ 1662 462 9 NA NA NNP 1662 462 10 Currency currency NN 1662 462 11 : : : 1662 462 12 1 1 CD 1662 462 13 lek lek NNP 1662 462 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 462 15 L L NNP 1662 462 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 462 17 = = SYM 1662 462 18 100 100 CD 1662 462 19 qintars qintar NNS 1662 462 20 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 462 21 rates rate NNS 1662 462 22 : : : 1662 462 23 leke leke NN 1662 462 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 462 25 L L NNP 1662 462 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 462 27 per per IN 1662 462 28 US$ us$ $ 1662 462 29 1 1 CD 1662 462 30 - - SYM 1662 462 31 150.00 150.00 CD 1662 462 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 462 33 May May NNP 1662 462 34 1997 1997 CD 1662 462 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 462 36 , , , 1662 462 37 104.50 104.50 CD 1662 462 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 462 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 462 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 462 41 , , , 1662 462 42 92.70 92.70 CD 1662 462 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 462 44 1995 1995 CD 1662 462 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 462 46 , , , 1662 462 47 94.62 94.62 CD 1662 462 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 462 49 1994 1994 CD 1662 462 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 462 51 , , , 1662 462 52 102.06 102.06 CD 1662 462 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 462 54 1993 1993 CD 1662 462 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 462 56 , , , 1662 462 57 75.03 75.03 CD 1662 462 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 462 59 1992 1992 CD 1662 462 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 462 61 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 462 62 year year NN 1662 462 63 : : : 1662 462 64 calendar calendar NNP 1662 462 65 year year NN 1662 462 66 @Albania @Albania NNP 1662 462 67 : : : 1662 462 68 Communications Communications NNP 1662 462 69 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 462 70 : : : 1662 462 71 55,000 55,000 CD 1662 462 72 Telephone telephone NN 1662 462 73 system system NN 1662 462 74 : : : 1662 462 75 domestic domestic JJ 1662 462 76 : : : 1662 462 77 obsolete obsolete JJ 1662 462 78 wire wire NN 1662 462 79 system system NN 1662 462 80 ; ; : 1662 462 81 no no RB 1662 462 82 longer longer RB 1662 462 83 provides provide VBZ 1662 462 84 a a DT 1662 462 85 telephone telephone NN 1662 462 86 for for IN 1662 462 87 every every DT 1662 462 88 village village NN 1662 462 89 ; ; : 1662 462 90 in in IN 1662 462 91 1992 1992 CD 1662 462 92 , , , 1662 462 93 following follow VBG 1662 462 94 the the DT 1662 462 95 fall fall NN 1662 462 96 of of IN 1662 462 97 the the DT 1662 462 98 communist communist JJ 1662 462 99 government government NN 1662 462 100 , , , 1662 462 101 peasants peasant NNS 1662 462 102 cut cut VBD 1662 462 103 the the DT 1662 462 104 wire wire NN 1662 462 105 to to IN 1662 462 106 about about IN 1662 462 107 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 462 108 villages village NNS 1662 462 109 and and CC 1662 462 110 used use VBD 1662 462 111 it -PRON- PRP 1662 462 112 to to TO 1662 462 113 build build VB 1662 462 114 fences fence NNS 1662 462 115 international international JJ 1662 462 116 : : : 1662 462 117 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 462 118 ; ; : 1662 462 119 international international JJ 1662 462 120 traffic traffic NN 1662 462 121 carried carry VBN 1662 462 122 by by IN 1662 462 123 microwave microwave JJ 1662 462 124 radio radio NN 1662 462 125 relay relay NN 1662 462 126 from from IN 1662 462 127 the the DT 1662 462 128 Tirane Tirane NNP 1662 462 129 exchange exchange NN 1662 462 130 to to IN 1662 462 131 Italy Italy NNP 1662 462 132 and and CC 1662 462 133 Greece Greece NNP 1662 462 134 Radio Radio NNP 1662 462 135 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 462 136 stations station NNS 1662 462 137 : : : 1662 462 138 AM am VBP 1662 462 139 17 17 CD 1662 462 140 , , , 1662 462 141 FM FM NNP 1662 462 142 1 1 CD 1662 462 143 , , , 1662 462 144 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 462 145 0 0 CD 1662 462 146 Radios radio NNS 1662 462 147 : : : 1662 462 148 577,000 577,000 CD 1662 462 149 ( ( -LRB- 1662 462 150 1991 1991 CD 1662 462 151 est est NNP 1662 462 152 . . . 1662 462 153 ) ) -RRB- 1662 463 1 Television television NN 1662 463 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 463 3 stations station NNS 1662 463 4 : : : 1662 463 5 9 9 CD 1662 463 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 463 7 : : : 1662 463 8 300,000 300,000 CD 1662 463 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 463 10 1993 1993 CD 1662 463 11 est est NNP 1662 463 12 . . . 1662 463 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 464 1 @Albania @albania LS 1662 464 2 : : : 1662 464 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 464 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 464 5 : : : 1662 464 6 total total NN 1662 464 7 : : : 1662 464 8 670 670 CD 1662 464 9 km km NN 1662 464 10 standard standard JJ 1662 464 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 464 12 : : : 1662 464 13 670 670 CD 1662 464 14 km km NN 1662 464 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 464 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 464 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 464 18 1995 1995 CD 1662 464 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 464 20 Highways highway NNS 1662 464 21 : : : 1662 464 22 total total NN 1662 464 23 : : : 1662 464 24 15,500 15,500 CD 1662 464 25 km km NN 1662 464 26 paved pave VBN 1662 464 27 : : : 1662 464 28 4,650 4,650 CD 1662 464 29 km km NNP 1662 464 30 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 464 31 : : : 1662 464 32 10,850 10,850 CD 1662 464 33 km km NNS 1662 464 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 464 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 464 36 est est NNP 1662 464 37 . . . 1662 464 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 465 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 465 2 : : : 1662 465 3 43 43 CD 1662 465 4 km km NN 1662 465 5 plus plus CC 1662 465 6 Albanian albanian JJ 1662 465 7 sections section NNS 1662 465 8 of of IN 1662 465 9 Lake Lake NNP 1662 465 10 Scutari Scutari NNP 1662 465 11 , , , 1662 465 12 Lake Lake NNP 1662 465 13 Ohrid Ohrid NNP 1662 465 14 , , , 1662 465 15 and and CC 1662 465 16 Lake Lake NNP 1662 465 17 Prespa Prespa NNP 1662 465 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 465 19 1990 1990 CD 1662 465 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 465 21 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 465 22 : : : 1662 465 23 crude crude JJ 1662 465 24 oil oil NN 1662 465 25 145 145 CD 1662 465 26 km km NN 1662 465 27 ; ; : 1662 465 28 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 465 29 products product NNS 1662 465 30 55 55 CD 1662 465 31 km km NN 1662 465 32 ; ; : 1662 465 33 natural natural JJ 1662 465 34 gas gas NN 1662 465 35 64 64 CD 1662 465 36 km km NNS 1662 465 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 465 38 1991 1991 CD 1662 465 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 465 40 Ports port NNS 1662 465 41 and and CC 1662 465 42 harbors harbor NNS 1662 465 43 : : : 1662 465 44 Durres durre NNS 1662 465 45 , , , 1662 465 46 Sarande Sarande NNP 1662 465 47 , , , 1662 465 48 Shengjin Shengjin NNP 1662 465 49 , , , 1662 465 50 Vlore Vlore NNP 1662 465 51 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 465 52 marine marine NN 1662 465 53 : : : 1662 465 54 total total NN 1662 465 55 : : : 1662 465 56 8 8 CD 1662 465 57 cargo cargo NN 1662 465 58 ships ship NNS 1662 465 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 465 60 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 465 61 GRT GRT NNP 1662 465 62 or or CC 1662 465 63 over over RB 1662 465 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 465 65 totaling total VBG 1662 465 66 39,201 39,201 CD 1662 465 67 GRT/57,938 GRT/57,938 NNP 1662 465 68 DWT DWT NNP 1662 465 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 465 70 1996 1996 CD 1662 465 71 est est NNP 1662 465 72 . . . 1662 465 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 466 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 466 2 : : : 1662 466 3 11 11 CD 1662 466 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 466 5 1994 1994 CD 1662 466 6 est est NNP 1662 466 7 . . . 1662 466 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 467 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 467 2 - - , 1662 467 3 with with IN 1662 467 4 paved paved JJ 1662 467 5 runways runway NNS 1662 467 6 : : : 1662 467 7 total total NN 1662 467 8 : : : 1662 467 9 5 5 CD 1662 467 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 467 11 to to TO 1662 467 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 467 13 m m NN 1662 467 14 : : : 1662 467 15 3 3 CD 1662 467 16 914 914 CD 1662 467 17 to to TO 1662 467 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 467 19 m m NN 1662 467 20 : : : 1662 467 21 2 2 CD 1662 467 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 467 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 467 24 est est NNP 1662 467 25 . . . 1662 467 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 468 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 468 2 - - , 1662 468 3 with with IN 1662 468 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 468 5 runways runway NNS 1662 468 6 : : : 1662 468 7 total total NN 1662 468 8 : : : 1662 468 9 6 6 CD 1662 468 10 over over IN 1662 468 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 468 12 m m NN 1662 468 13 : : : 1662 468 14 2 2 CD 1662 468 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 468 16 to to TO 1662 468 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 468 18 m m NN 1662 468 19 : : : 1662 468 20 1 1 CD 1662 468 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 468 22 to to TO 1662 468 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 468 24 m m NN 1662 468 25 : : : 1662 468 26 1 1 CD 1662 468 27 914 914 CD 1662 468 28 to to TO 1662 468 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 468 30 m m NN 1662 468 31 : : : 1662 468 32 2 2 CD 1662 468 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 468 34 1994 1994 CD 1662 468 35 est est NNP 1662 468 36 . . . 1662 468 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 469 1 Military military JJ 1662 469 2 Military military JJ 1662 469 3 branches branch NNS 1662 469 4 : : : 1662 469 5 Army Army NNP 1662 469 6 , , , 1662 469 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 469 8 , , , 1662 469 9 Air Air NNP 1662 469 10 and and CC 1662 469 11 Air Air NNP 1662 469 12 Defense Defense NNP 1662 469 13 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 469 14 , , , 1662 469 15 Interior Interior NNP 1662 469 16 Ministry Ministry NNP 1662 469 17 Troops Troops NNPS 1662 469 18 , , , 1662 469 19 Border Border NNP 1662 469 20 Guards Guards NNPS 1662 469 21 Military Military NNP 1662 469 22 manpower manpower NN 1662 469 23 - - HYPH 1662 469 24 military military NN 1662 469 25 age age NN 1662 469 26 : : : 1662 469 27 19 19 CD 1662 469 28 years year NNS 1662 469 29 of of IN 1662 469 30 age age NN 1662 469 31 Military military JJ 1662 469 32 manpower manpower NN 1662 469 33 - - HYPH 1662 469 34 availability availability NN 1662 469 35 : : : 1662 469 36 males male NNS 1662 469 37 age age NNP 1662 469 38 15 15 CD 1662 469 39 - - HYPH 1662 469 40 49 49 CD 1662 469 41 : : : 1662 469 42 738,082 738,082 CD 1662 469 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 469 44 1997 1997 CD 1662 469 45 est est NNP 1662 469 46 . . . 1662 469 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 470 1 Military military JJ 1662 470 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 470 3 - - HYPH 1662 470 4 fit fit NN 1662 470 5 for for IN 1662 470 6 military military JJ 1662 470 7 service service NN 1662 470 8 : : : 1662 470 9 males male NNS 1662 470 10 : : : 1662 470 11 600,403 600,403 CD 1662 470 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 470 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 470 14 est est NNP 1662 470 15 . . . 1662 470 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 471 1 Military military JJ 1662 471 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 471 3 - - HYPH 1662 471 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 471 5 military military JJ 1662 471 6 age age NN 1662 471 7 annually annually RB 1662 471 8 : : : 1662 471 9 males male NNS 1662 471 10 : : : 1662 471 11 31,823 31,823 CD 1662 471 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 471 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 471 14 est e JJS 1662 471 15 . . . 1662 471 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 472 1 Military military JJ 1662 472 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 472 3 - - HYPH 1662 472 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 472 5 figure figure NN 1662 472 6 : : : 1662 472 7 $ $ $ 1662 472 8 42 42 CD 1662 472 9 million million CD 1662 472 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 472 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 472 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 472 13 Military military JJ 1662 472 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 472 15 - - : 1662 472 16 percent percent NN 1662 472 17 of of IN 1662 472 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 472 19 : : : 1662 472 20 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 472 21 % % NN 1662 472 22 to to IN 1662 472 23 2.0 2.0 CD 1662 472 24 % % NN 1662 472 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 472 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 472 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 472 28 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 472 29 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 472 30 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 472 31 - - : 1662 472 32 international international RB 1662 472 33 : : : 1662 472 34 the the DT 1662 472 35 Albanian Albanian NNP 1662 472 36 Government Government NNP 1662 472 37 supports support VBZ 1662 472 38 protection protection NN 1662 472 39 of of IN 1662 472 40 the the DT 1662 472 41 rights right NNS 1662 472 42 of of IN 1662 472 43 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 472 44 Albanians Albanians NNPS 1662 472 45 outside outside IN 1662 472 46 of of IN 1662 472 47 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 472 48 borders border NNS 1662 472 49 ; ; , 1662 472 50 Albanian albanian JJ 1662 472 51 majority majority NN 1662 472 52 in in IN 1662 472 53 Kosovo Kosovo NNP 1662 472 54 seeks seek VBZ 1662 472 55 independence independence NN 1662 472 56 from from IN 1662 472 57 Serbian Serbian NNP 1662 472 58 Republic Republic NNP 1662 472 59 ; ; : 1662 472 60 Albanians Albanians NNPS 1662 472 61 in in IN 1662 472 62 Macedonia Macedonia NNP 1662 472 63 claim claim VBP 1662 472 64 discrimination discrimination NN 1662 472 65 in in IN 1662 472 66 education education NN 1662 472 67 , , , 1662 472 68 access access NN 1662 472 69 to to IN 1662 472 70 public public JJ 1662 472 71 - - HYPH 1662 472 72 sector sector NN 1662 472 73 jobs job NNS 1662 472 74 and and CC 1662 472 75 representation representation NN 1662 472 76 in in IN 1662 472 77 government government NN 1662 472 78 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 472 79 drugs drug VBZ 1662 472 80 : : : 1662 472 81 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 472 82 active active JJ 1662 472 83 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 472 84 point point NN 1662 472 85 for for IN 1662 472 86 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 472 87 Asian asian JJ 1662 472 88 opiates opiate NNS 1662 472 89 , , , 1662 472 90 hashish hashish NN 1662 472 91 , , , 1662 472 92 and and CC 1662 472 93 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 472 94 transiting transit VBG 1662 472 95 the the DT 1662 472 96 Balkan balkan JJ 1662 472 97 route route NN 1662 472 98 and and CC 1662 472 99 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 472 100 from from IN 1662 472 101 South South NNP 1662 472 102 America America NNP 1662 472 103 destined destine VBD 1662 472 104 for for IN 1662 472 105 Western Western NNP 1662 472 106 Europe Europe NNP 1662 472 107 ; ; : 1662 472 108 limited limited JJ 1662 472 109 opium opium NN 1662 472 110 and and CC 1662 472 111 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 472 112 production production NN 1662 472 113 ; ; : 1662 472 114 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 472 115 Albanian albanian JJ 1662 472 116 narcotrafficking narcotrafficking NN 1662 472 117 organizations organization NNS 1662 472 118 active active JJ 1662 472 119 in in IN 1662 472 120 Central Central NNP 1662 472 121 and and CC 1662 472 122 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 472 123 Europe Europe NNP 1662 472 124 _ _ NNP 1662 472 125 _ _ NNP 1662 472 126 _ _ NNP 1662 472 127 _ _ NNP 1662 472 128 _ _ NNP 1662 472 129 _ _ NNP 1662 472 130 _ _ NNP 1662 472 131 _ _ NNP 1662 472 132 _ _ NNP 1662 472 133 _ _ NNP 1662 472 134 _ _ NNP 1662 472 135 _ _ NNP 1662 472 136 _ _ NNP 1662 472 137 _ _ NNP 1662 472 138 _ _ NNP 1662 472 139 _ _ NNP 1662 472 140 _ _ NNP 1662 472 141 _ _ NNP 1662 472 142 _ _ NNP 1662 472 143 _ _ NNP 1662 472 144 _ _ NNP 1662 472 145 _ _ NNP 1662 472 146 _ _ NNP 1662 472 147 _ _ NNP 1662 472 148 _ _ NNP 1662 472 149 _ _ NNP 1662 472 150 _ _ NNP 1662 472 151 _ _ NNP 1662 472 152 _ _ NNP 1662 472 153 _ _ NNP 1662 472 154 _ _ NNP 1662 472 155 _ _ NNP 1662 472 156 _ _ NNP 1662 472 157 _ _ NNP 1662 472 158 _ _ NNP 1662 472 159 _ _ NNP 1662 472 160 _ _ NNP 1662 472 161 _ _ NNP 1662 472 162 _ _ NNP 1662 472 163 _ _ NNP 1662 472 164 _ _ NNP 1662 472 165 _ _ NNP 1662 472 166 _ _ NNP 1662 472 167 _ _ NNP 1662 472 168 _ _ NNP 1662 472 169 _ _ NNP 1662 472 170 _ _ NNP 1662 472 171 _ _ NNP 1662 472 172 _ _ NNP 1662 472 173 _ _ NNP 1662 472 174 _ _ NNP 1662 472 175 _ _ NNP 1662 472 176 _ _ NNP 1662 472 177 _ _ NNP 1662 472 178 _ _ NNP 1662 472 179 _ _ NNP 1662 472 180 _ _ NNP 1662 472 181 _ _ NNP 1662 472 182 _ _ NNP 1662 472 183 _ _ NNP 1662 472 184 _ _ NNP 1662 472 185 _ _ NNP 1662 472 186 _ _ NNP 1662 472 187 _ _ NNP 1662 472 188 _ _ NNP 1662 472 189 _ _ NNP 1662 472 190 _ _ NNP 1662 472 191 _ _ NNP 1662 472 192 _ _ NNP 1662 472 193 _ _ NNP 1662 472 194 ALGERIA ALGERIA NNP 1662 472 195 @Algeria @algeria XX 1662 472 196 : : : 1662 472 197 Geography Geography NNP 1662 472 198 Location Location NNP 1662 472 199 : : : 1662 472 200 Northern Northern NNP 1662 472 201 Africa Africa NNP 1662 472 202 , , , 1662 472 203 bordering border VBG 1662 472 204 the the DT 1662 472 205 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 472 206 Sea Sea NNP 1662 472 207 , , , 1662 472 208 between between IN 1662 472 209 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 472 210 and and CC 1662 472 211 Tunisia Tunisia NNP 1662 472 212 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 472 213 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 472 214 : : : 1662 472 215 28 28 CD 1662 472 216 00 00 CD 1662 472 217 N n CD 1662 472 218 , , , 1662 472 219 3 3 CD 1662 472 220 00 00 CD 1662 472 221 E e NN 1662 472 222 Map Map NNP 1662 472 223 references reference NNS 1662 472 224 : : : 1662 472 225 Africa Africa NNP 1662 472 226 Area Area NNP 1662 472 227 : : : 1662 472 228 total total NN 1662 472 229 : : : 1662 472 230 2,381,740 2,381,740 CD 1662 472 231 sq sq IN 1662 472 232 km km NNP 1662 472 233 land land NN 1662 472 234 : : : 1662 472 235 2,381,740 2,381,740 CD 1662 472 236 sq sq IN 1662 472 237 km km NN 1662 472 238 water water NN 1662 472 239 : : : 1662 472 240 0 0 NFP 1662 472 241 sq sq NN 1662 472 242 km km NNP 1662 472 243 Area area NN 1662 472 244 - - HYPH 1662 472 245 comparative comparative JJ 1662 472 246 : : : 1662 472 247 slightly slightly RB 1662 472 248 less less JJR 1662 472 249 than than IN 1662 472 250 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 472 251 times time NNS 1662 472 252 the the DT 1662 472 253 size size NN 1662 472 254 of of IN 1662 472 255 Texas Texas NNP 1662 472 256 Land Land NNP 1662 472 257 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 472 258 : : : 1662 472 259 total total JJ 1662 472 260 : : : 1662 472 261 6,343 6,343 CD 1662 472 262 km km NN 1662 472 263 border border NN 1662 472 264 countries country NNS 1662 472 265 : : : 1662 472 266 Libya Libya NNP 1662 472 267 982 982 CD 1662 472 268 km km NNS 1662 472 269 , , , 1662 472 270 Mali Mali NNP 1662 472 271 1,376 1,376 CD 1662 472 272 km km NN 1662 472 273 , , , 1662 472 274 Mauritania Mauritania NNP 1662 472 275 463 463 CD 1662 472 276 km km NN 1662 472 277 , , , 1662 472 278 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 472 279 1,559 1,559 CD 1662 472 280 km km NN 1662 472 281 , , , 1662 472 282 Niger Niger NNP 1662 472 283 956 956 CD 1662 472 284 km km NNS 1662 472 285 , , , 1662 472 286 Tunisia Tunisia NNP 1662 472 287 965 965 CD 1662 472 288 km km NN 1662 472 289 , , , 1662 472 290 Western Western NNP 1662 472 291 Sahara Sahara NNP 1662 472 292 42 42 CD 1662 472 293 km km NN 1662 472 294 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 472 295 : : : 1662 472 296 998 998 CD 1662 472 297 km km NN 1662 472 298 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 472 299 claims claim VBZ 1662 472 300 : : : 1662 472 301 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 472 302 fishing fishing NN 1662 472 303 zone zone NN 1662 472 304 : : : 1662 472 305 32 32 CD 1662 472 306 - - SYM 1662 472 307 52 52 CD 1662 472 308 nm nm NNP 1662 472 309 territorial territorial JJ 1662 472 310 sea sea NN 1662 472 311 : : : 1662 472 312 12 12 CD 1662 472 313 nm nm NNP 1662 472 314 Climate Climate NNP 1662 472 315 : : : 1662 472 316 arid arid NNP 1662 472 317 to to IN 1662 472 318 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 472 319 ; ; , 1662 472 320 mild mild JJ 1662 472 321 , , , 1662 472 322 wet wet JJ 1662 472 323 winters winter NNS 1662 472 324 with with IN 1662 472 325 hot hot JJ 1662 472 326 , , , 1662 472 327 dry dry JJ 1662 472 328 summers summer NNS 1662 472 329 along along IN 1662 472 330 coast coast NN 1662 472 331 ; ; , 1662 472 332 drier dry JJR 1662 472 333 with with IN 1662 472 334 cold cold JJ 1662 472 335 winters winter NNS 1662 472 336 and and CC 1662 472 337 hot hot JJ 1662 472 338 summers summer NNS 1662 472 339 on on IN 1662 472 340 high high JJ 1662 472 341 plateau plateau NN 1662 472 342 ; ; : 1662 472 343 sirocco sirocco NN 1662 472 344 is be VBZ 1662 472 345 a a DT 1662 472 346 hot hot JJ 1662 472 347 , , , 1662 472 348 dust dust NN 1662 472 349 / / HYPH 1662 472 350 sand sand NN 1662 472 351 - - HYPH 1662 472 352 laden laden JJ 1662 472 353 wind wind NN 1662 472 354 especially especially RB 1662 472 355 common common JJ 1662 472 356 in in IN 1662 472 357 summer summer NN 1662 472 358 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 472 359 : : : 1662 472 360 mostly mostly RB 1662 472 361 high high JJ 1662 472 362 plateau plateau NN 1662 472 363 and and CC 1662 472 364 desert desert NN 1662 472 365 ; ; : 1662 472 366 some some DT 1662 472 367 mountains mountain NNS 1662 472 368 ; ; : 1662 472 369 narrow narrow JJ 1662 472 370 , , , 1662 472 371 discontinuous discontinuous JJ 1662 472 372 coastal coastal JJ 1662 472 373 plain plain JJ 1662 472 374 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 472 375 extremes extreme NNS 1662 472 376 : : : 1662 472 377 lowest low JJS 1662 472 378 point point NN 1662 472 379 : : : 1662 472 380 Chott Chott NNP 1662 472 381 Melrhir Melrhir NNP 1662 472 382 -40 -40 NNP 1662 472 383 m m DT 1662 472 384 highest high JJS 1662 472 385 point point NN 1662 472 386 : : : 1662 472 387 Tahat tahat NN 1662 472 388 3,003 3,003 CD 1662 472 389 m m CD 1662 472 390 Natural natural JJ 1662 472 391 resources resource NNS 1662 472 392 : : : 1662 472 393 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 472 394 , , , 1662 472 395 natural natural JJ 1662 472 396 gas gas NN 1662 472 397 , , , 1662 472 398 iron iron NN 1662 472 399 ore ore NN 1662 472 400 , , , 1662 472 401 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 472 402 , , , 1662 472 403 uranium uranium NN 1662 472 404 , , , 1662 472 405 lead lead NN 1662 472 406 , , , 1662 472 407 zinc zinc NN 1662 472 408 Land Land NNP 1662 472 409 use use NN 1662 472 410 : : : 1662 472 411 arable arable JJ 1662 472 412 land land NN 1662 472 413 : : : 1662 472 414 3 3 CD 1662 472 415 % % NN 1662 472 416 permanent permanent JJ 1662 472 417 crops crop NNS 1662 472 418 : : : 1662 472 419 0 0 CD 1662 472 420 % % NN 1662 472 421 permanent permanent JJ 1662 472 422 pastures pasture NNS 1662 472 423 : : : 1662 472 424 13 13 CD 1662 472 425 % % NN 1662 472 426 forests forest NNS 1662 472 427 and and CC 1662 472 428 woodland woodland NN 1662 472 429 : : : 1662 472 430 2 2 CD 1662 472 431 % % NN 1662 472 432 other other JJ 1662 472 433 : : : 1662 472 434 82 82 CD 1662 472 435 % % NN 1662 472 436 ( ( -LRB- 1662 472 437 1993 1993 CD 1662 472 438 est est NNP 1662 472 439 . . . 1662 472 440 ) ) -RRB- 1662 473 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 473 2 land land NN 1662 473 3 : : : 1662 473 4 5,550 5,550 CD 1662 473 5 sq sq NNP 1662 473 6 km km NNP 1662 473 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 473 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 473 9 est est NNP 1662 473 10 . . . 1662 473 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 474 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 474 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 474 3 : : : 1662 474 4 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 474 5 areas area NNS 1662 474 6 subject subject JJ 1662 474 7 to to IN 1662 474 8 severe severe JJ 1662 474 9 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 474 10 ; ; : 1662 474 11 mud mud NN 1662 474 12 slides slide VBZ 1662 474 13 Environment Environment NNP 1662 474 14 - - HYPH 1662 474 15 current current JJ 1662 474 16 issues issue NNS 1662 474 17 : : : 1662 474 18 soil soil NN 1662 474 19 erosion erosion NN 1662 474 20 from from IN 1662 474 21 overgrazing overgraze VBG 1662 474 22 and and CC 1662 474 23 other other JJ 1662 474 24 poor poor JJ 1662 474 25 farming farming NN 1662 474 26 practices practice NNS 1662 474 27 ; ; : 1662 474 28 desertification desertification NN 1662 474 29 ; ; : 1662 474 30 dumping dumping NN 1662 474 31 of of IN 1662 474 32 raw raw JJ 1662 474 33 sewage sewage NN 1662 474 34 , , , 1662 474 35 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 474 36 refining refining NN 1662 474 37 wastes waste NNS 1662 474 38 , , , 1662 474 39 and and CC 1662 474 40 other other JJ 1662 474 41 industrial industrial JJ 1662 474 42 effluents effluent NNS 1662 474 43 is be VBZ 1662 474 44 leading lead VBG 1662 474 45 to to IN 1662 474 46 the the DT 1662 474 47 pollution pollution NN 1662 474 48 of of IN 1662 474 49 rivers river NNS 1662 474 50 and and CC 1662 474 51 coastal coastal JJ 1662 474 52 waters water NNS 1662 474 53 ; ; : 1662 474 54 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 474 55 Sea Sea NNP 1662 474 56 , , , 1662 474 57 in in IN 1662 474 58 particular particular JJ 1662 474 59 , , , 1662 474 60 becoming become VBG 1662 474 61 polluted polluted JJ 1662 474 62 from from IN 1662 474 63 oil oil NN 1662 474 64 wastes waste NNS 1662 474 65 , , , 1662 474 66 soil soil NN 1662 474 67 erosion erosion NN 1662 474 68 , , , 1662 474 69 and and CC 1662 474 70 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 474 71 runoff runoff NN 1662 474 72 ; ; , 1662 474 73 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 474 74 supplies supply NNS 1662 474 75 of of IN 1662 474 76 potable potable JJ 1662 474 77 water water NN 1662 474 78 Environment Environment NNP 1662 474 79 - - HYPH 1662 474 80 international international JJ 1662 474 81 agreements agreement NNS 1662 474 82 : : : 1662 474 83 party party NN 1662 474 84 to to TO 1662 474 85 : : : 1662 474 86 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 474 87 , , , 1662 474 88 Climate Climate NNP 1662 474 89 Change Change NNP 1662 474 90 , , , 1662 474 91 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 474 92 , , , 1662 474 93 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 474 94 Species Species NNPS 1662 474 95 , , , 1662 474 96 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 474 97 Modification Modification NNP 1662 474 98 , , , 1662 474 99 Law Law NNP 1662 474 100 of of IN 1662 474 101 the the DT 1662 474 102 Sea Sea NNP 1662 474 103 , , , 1662 474 104 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 474 105 Layer Layer NNP 1662 474 106 Protection Protection NNP 1662 474 107 , , , 1662 474 108 Ship Ship NNP 1662 474 109 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 474 110 , , , 1662 474 111 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 474 112 signed sign VBD 1662 474 113 , , , 1662 474 114 but but CC 1662 474 115 not not RB 1662 474 116 ratified ratified JJ 1662 474 117 : : : 1662 474 118 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 474 119 Test Test NNP 1662 474 120 Ban Ban NNP 1662 474 121 Geography Geography NNP 1662 474 122 - - HYPH 1662 474 123 note note NNP 1662 474 124 : : : 1662 474 125 second second RB 1662 474 126 - - HYPH 1662 474 127 largest large JJS 1662 474 128 country country NN 1662 474 129 in in IN 1662 474 130 Africa Africa NNP 1662 474 131 ( ( -LRB- 1662 474 132 after after IN 1662 474 133 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 474 134 ) ) -RRB- 1662 474 135 @Algeria @algeria NN 1662 474 136 : : : 1662 474 137 People People NNS 1662 474 138 Population Population NNP 1662 474 139 : : : 1662 474 140 29,830,370 29,830,370 CD 1662 474 141 ( ( -LRB- 1662 474 142 July July NNP 1662 474 143 1997 1997 CD 1662 474 144 est est NNP 1662 474 145 . . . 1662 474 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 475 1 Age age NN 1662 475 2 structure structure NN 1662 475 3 : : : 1662 475 4 0 0 CD 1662 475 5 - - HYPH 1662 475 6 14 14 CD 1662 475 7 years year NNS 1662 475 8 : : : 1662 475 9 39 39 CD 1662 475 10 % % NN 1662 475 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 475 12 male male JJ 1662 475 13 5,923,391 5,923,391 CD 1662 475 14 ; ; : 1662 475 15 female female JJ 1662 475 16 5,712,088 5,712,088 CD 1662 475 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 475 18 15 15 CD 1662 475 19 - - HYPH 1662 475 20 64 64 CD 1662 475 21 years year NNS 1662 475 22 : : : 1662 475 23 57 57 CD 1662 475 24 % % NN 1662 475 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 475 26 male male JJ 1662 475 27 8,619,009 8,619,009 CD 1662 475 28 ; ; : 1662 475 29 female female JJ 1662 475 30 8,450,774 8,450,774 CD 1662 475 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 475 32 65 65 CD 1662 475 33 years year NNS 1662 475 34 and and CC 1662 475 35 over over IN 1662 475 36 : : : 1662 475 37 4 4 CD 1662 475 38 % % NN 1662 475 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 475 40 male male JJ 1662 475 41 525,556 525,556 CD 1662 475 42 ; ; : 1662 475 43 female female JJ 1662 475 44 599,552 599,552 CD 1662 475 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 475 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 475 47 July July NNP 1662 475 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 475 49 est est NNP 1662 475 50 . . . 1662 475 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 476 1 Population population NN 1662 476 2 growth growth NN 1662 476 3 rate rate NN 1662 476 4 : : : 1662 476 5 2.18 2.18 CD 1662 476 6 % % NN 1662 476 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 476 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 476 9 est est NNP 1662 476 10 . . . 1662 476 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 477 1 Birth birth NN 1662 477 2 rate rate NN 1662 477 3 : : : 1662 477 4 28.01 28.01 CD 1662 477 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 477 6 population population NN 1662 477 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 477 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 477 9 est est NNP 1662 477 10 . . . 1662 477 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 478 1 Death death NN 1662 478 2 rate rate NN 1662 478 3 : : : 1662 478 4 5.76 5.76 CD 1662 478 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 478 6 population population NN 1662 478 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 478 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 478 9 est est NNP 1662 478 10 . . . 1662 478 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 479 1 Net net JJ 1662 479 2 migration migration NN 1662 479 3 rate rate NN 1662 479 4 : : : 1662 479 5 -0.49 -0.49 NFP 1662 479 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 479 7 population population NN 1662 479 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 479 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 479 10 est est NNP 1662 479 11 . . . 1662 479 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 480 1 Sex sex NN 1662 480 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 480 3 : : : 1662 480 4 at at IN 1662 480 5 birth birth NN 1662 480 6 : : : 1662 480 7 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 480 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 480 9 under under IN 1662 480 10 15 15 CD 1662 480 11 years year NNS 1662 480 12 : : : 1662 480 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 480 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 480 15 15 15 CD 1662 480 16 - - HYPH 1662 480 17 64 64 CD 1662 480 18 years year NNS 1662 480 19 : : : 1662 480 20 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 480 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 480 22 65 65 CD 1662 480 23 years year NNS 1662 480 24 and and CC 1662 480 25 over over IN 1662 480 26 : : : 1662 480 27 0.88 0.88 CD 1662 480 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 480 29 total total JJ 1662 480 30 population population NN 1662 480 31 : : : 1662 480 32 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 480 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 480 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 480 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 480 36 est e JJS 1662 480 37 . . . 1662 480 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 481 1 Infant infant NN 1662 481 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 481 3 rate rate NN 1662 481 4 : : : 1662 481 5 47.1 47.1 CD 1662 481 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 481 7 live live JJ 1662 481 8 births birth NNS 1662 481 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 481 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 481 11 est est NNP 1662 481 12 . . . 1662 481 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 482 1 Life life NN 1662 482 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 482 3 at at IN 1662 482 4 birth birth NN 1662 482 5 : : : 1662 482 6 total total JJ 1662 482 7 population population NN 1662 482 8 : : : 1662 482 9 68.62 68.62 CD 1662 482 10 years year NNS 1662 482 11 male male JJ 1662 482 12 : : : 1662 482 13 67.5 67.5 CD 1662 482 14 years year NNS 1662 482 15 female female JJ 1662 482 16 : : : 1662 482 17 69.79 69.79 CD 1662 482 18 years year NNS 1662 482 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 482 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 482 21 est est NNP 1662 482 22 . . . 1662 482 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 483 1 Total total JJ 1662 483 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 483 3 rate rate NN 1662 483 4 : : : 1662 483 5 3.48 3.48 CD 1662 483 6 children child NNS 1662 483 7 born bear VBN 1662 483 8 / / SYM 1662 483 9 woman woman NN 1662 483 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 483 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 483 12 est est NNP 1662 483 13 . . . 1662 483 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 484 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 484 2 : : : 1662 484 3 noun noun NNP 1662 484 4 : : : 1662 484 5 Algerian(s Algerian(s NNP 1662 484 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 484 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 484 8 : : : 1662 484 9 Algerian algerian JJ 1662 484 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 484 11 groups group NNS 1662 484 12 : : : 1662 484 13 Arab arab JJ 1662 484 14 - - HYPH 1662 484 15 Berber berber NN 1662 484 16 99 99 CD 1662 484 17 % % NN 1662 484 18 , , , 1662 484 19 European european JJ 1662 484 20 less less JJR 1662 484 21 than than IN 1662 484 22 1 1 CD 1662 484 23 % % NN 1662 484 24 Religions religion NNS 1662 484 25 : : : 1662 484 26 Sunni Sunni NNP 1662 484 27 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 484 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 484 29 state state NN 1662 484 30 religion religion NN 1662 484 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 484 32 99 99 CD 1662 484 33 % % NN 1662 484 34 , , , 1662 484 35 Christian christian JJ 1662 484 36 and and CC 1662 484 37 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 484 38 1 1 CD 1662 484 39 % % NN 1662 484 40 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 484 41 : : : 1662 484 42 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 484 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 484 44 official official JJ 1662 484 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 484 46 , , , 1662 484 47 French French NNP 1662 484 48 , , , 1662 484 49 Berber Berber NNP 1662 484 50 dialects dialect VBZ 1662 484 51 Literacy literacy NN 1662 484 52 : : : 1662 484 53 definition definition NN 1662 484 54 : : : 1662 484 55 age age NN 1662 484 56 15 15 CD 1662 484 57 and and CC 1662 484 58 over over RB 1662 484 59 can can MD 1662 484 60 read read VB 1662 484 61 and and CC 1662 484 62 write write VB 1662 484 63 total total JJ 1662 484 64 population population NN 1662 484 65 : : : 1662 484 66 61.6 61.6 CD 1662 484 67 % % NN 1662 484 68 male male NN 1662 484 69 : : : 1662 484 70 73.9 73.9 CD 1662 484 71 % % NN 1662 484 72 female female NN 1662 484 73 : : : 1662 484 74 49 49 CD 1662 484 75 % % NN 1662 484 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 484 77 1995 1995 CD 1662 484 78 est est NNP 1662 484 79 . . . 1662 484 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 1 @Algeria @algeria XX 1662 485 2 : : : 1662 485 3 Government Government NNP 1662 485 4 Country Country NNP 1662 485 5 name name NN 1662 485 6 : : : 1662 485 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 485 8 long long JJ 1662 485 9 form form NN 1662 485 10 : : : 1662 485 11 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 485 12 and and CC 1662 485 13 Popular Popular NNP 1662 485 14 Republic Republic NNP 1662 485 15 of of IN 1662 485 16 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 485 17 conventional conventional JJ 1662 485 18 short short JJ 1662 485 19 form form NN 1662 485 20 : : : 1662 485 21 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 485 22 local local JJ 1662 485 23 long long JJ 1662 485 24 form form NN 1662 485 25 : : : 1662 485 26 Al Al NNP 1662 485 27 Jumhuriyah Jumhuriyah NNP 1662 485 28 al al NNP 1662 485 29 Jaza'iriyah Jaza'iriyah NNP 1662 485 30 ad ad NN 1662 485 31 Dimuqratiyah Dimuqratiyah NNP 1662 485 32 ash ash NNP 1662 485 33 Shabiyah Shabiyah NNP 1662 485 34 local local JJ 1662 485 35 short short JJ 1662 485 36 form form NN 1662 485 37 : : : 1662 485 38 Al Al NNP 1662 485 39 Jaza'ir Jaza'ir NNP 1662 485 40 Data Data NNP 1662 485 41 code code NN 1662 485 42 : : : 1662 485 43 AG AG NNP 1662 485 44 Government Government NNP 1662 485 45 type type NN 1662 485 46 : : : 1662 485 47 republic republic NNP 1662 485 48 National national JJ 1662 485 49 capital capital NN 1662 485 50 : : : 1662 485 51 Algiers Algiers NNP 1662 485 52 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 485 53 divisions division NNS 1662 485 54 : : : 1662 485 55 48 48 CD 1662 485 56 provinces province NNS 1662 485 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 58 wilayas wilayas JJ 1662 485 59 , , , 1662 485 60 singular singular NNP 1662 485 61 - - HYPH 1662 485 62 wilaya wilaya NN 1662 485 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 64 ; ; : 1662 485 65 Adrar Adrar NNP 1662 485 66 , , , 1662 485 67 Ain Ain NNP 1662 485 68 Defla Defla NNP 1662 485 69 , , , 1662 485 70 Ain Ain NNP 1662 485 71 Temouchent Temouchent NNP 1662 485 72 , , , 1662 485 73 Alger Alger NNP 1662 485 74 , , , 1662 485 75 Annaba Annaba NNP 1662 485 76 , , , 1662 485 77 Batna Batna NNP 1662 485 78 , , , 1662 485 79 Bechar Bechar NNP 1662 485 80 , , , 1662 485 81 Bejaia Bejaia NNP 1662 485 82 , , , 1662 485 83 Biskra Biskra NNP 1662 485 84 , , , 1662 485 85 Blida Blida NNP 1662 485 86 , , , 1662 485 87 Bordj Bordj NNP 1662 485 88 Bou Bou NNP 1662 485 89 Arreridj Arreridj NNP 1662 485 90 , , , 1662 485 91 Bouira Bouira NNP 1662 485 92 , , , 1662 485 93 Boumerdes Boumerdes NNP 1662 485 94 , , , 1662 485 95 Chlef Chlef NNP 1662 485 96 , , , 1662 485 97 Constantine Constantine NNP 1662 485 98 , , , 1662 485 99 Djelfa Djelfa NNP 1662 485 100 , , , 1662 485 101 El El NNP 1662 485 102 Bayadh Bayadh NNP 1662 485 103 , , , 1662 485 104 El El NNP 1662 485 105 Oued Oued NNP 1662 485 106 , , , 1662 485 107 El El NNP 1662 485 108 Tarf Tarf NNP 1662 485 109 , , , 1662 485 110 Ghardaia Ghardaia NNP 1662 485 111 , , , 1662 485 112 Guelma Guelma NNP 1662 485 113 , , , 1662 485 114 Illizi Illizi NNP 1662 485 115 , , , 1662 485 116 Jijel Jijel NNP 1662 485 117 , , , 1662 485 118 Khenchela Khenchela NNP 1662 485 119 , , , 1662 485 120 Laghouat Laghouat NNP 1662 485 121 , , , 1662 485 122 Mascara Mascara NNP 1662 485 123 , , , 1662 485 124 Medea Medea NNP 1662 485 125 , , , 1662 485 126 Mila Mila NNP 1662 485 127 , , , 1662 485 128 Mostaganem Mostaganem NNP 1662 485 129 , , , 1662 485 130 M'Sila M'Sila NNP 1662 485 131 , , , 1662 485 132 Naama Naama NNP 1662 485 133 , , , 1662 485 134 Oran Oran NNP 1662 485 135 , , , 1662 485 136 Ouargla Ouargla NNP 1662 485 137 , , , 1662 485 138 Oum Oum NNP 1662 485 139 el el NNP 1662 485 140 Bouaghi Bouaghi NNP 1662 485 141 , , , 1662 485 142 Relizane Relizane NNP 1662 485 143 , , , 1662 485 144 Saida Saida NNP 1662 485 145 , , , 1662 485 146 Setif Setif NNP 1662 485 147 , , , 1662 485 148 Sidi Sidi NNP 1662 485 149 Bel Bel NNP 1662 485 150 Abbes Abbes NNPS 1662 485 151 , , , 1662 485 152 Skikda Skikda NNP 1662 485 153 , , , 1662 485 154 Souk Souk NNP 1662 485 155 Ahras Ahras NNP 1662 485 156 , , , 1662 485 157 Tamanghasset Tamanghasset NNP 1662 485 158 , , , 1662 485 159 Tebessa Tebessa NNP 1662 485 160 , , , 1662 485 161 Tiaret Tiaret NNP 1662 485 162 , , , 1662 485 163 Tindouf Tindouf NNPS 1662 485 164 , , , 1662 485 165 Tipaza Tipaza NNP 1662 485 166 , , , 1662 485 167 Tissemsilt Tissemsilt NNP 1662 485 168 , , , 1662 485 169 Tizi Tizi NNP 1662 485 170 Ouzou Ouzou NNP 1662 485 171 , , , 1662 485 172 Tlemcen Tlemcen NNP 1662 485 173 Independence Independence NNP 1662 485 174 : : : 1662 485 175 5 5 CD 1662 485 176 July July NNP 1662 485 177 1962 1962 CD 1662 485 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 179 from from IN 1662 485 180 France France NNP 1662 485 181 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 182 National national JJ 1662 485 183 holiday holiday NN 1662 485 184 : : : 1662 485 185 Anniversary anniversary NN 1662 485 186 of of IN 1662 485 187 the the DT 1662 485 188 Revolution Revolution NNP 1662 485 189 , , , 1662 485 190 1 1 CD 1662 485 191 November November NNP 1662 485 192 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 193 1954 1954 CD 1662 485 194 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 195 Constitution constitution NN 1662 485 196 : : : 1662 485 197 19 19 CD 1662 485 198 November November NNP 1662 485 199 1976 1976 CD 1662 485 200 , , , 1662 485 201 effective effective JJ 1662 485 202 22 22 CD 1662 485 203 November November NNP 1662 485 204 1976 1976 CD 1662 485 205 ; ; : 1662 485 206 revised revise VBD 1662 485 207 3 3 CD 1662 485 208 November November NNP 1662 485 209 1988 1988 CD 1662 485 210 , , , 1662 485 211 23 23 CD 1662 485 212 February February NNP 1662 485 213 1989 1989 CD 1662 485 214 , , , 1662 485 215 and and CC 1662 485 216 28 28 CD 1662 485 217 November November NNP 1662 485 218 1996 1996 CD 1662 485 219 ; ; : 1662 485 220 note note NN 1662 485 221 - - HYPH 1662 485 222 referendum referendum NN 1662 485 223 approving approve VBG 1662 485 224 the the DT 1662 485 225 revisions revision NNS 1662 485 226 of of IN 1662 485 227 28 28 CD 1662 485 228 November November NNP 1662 485 229 1996 1996 CD 1662 485 230 was be VBD 1662 485 231 signed sign VBN 1662 485 232 into into IN 1662 485 233 law law NN 1662 485 234 7 7 CD 1662 485 235 December December NNP 1662 485 236 1996 1996 CD 1662 485 237 Legal legal JJ 1662 485 238 system system NN 1662 485 239 : : : 1662 485 240 socialist socialist JJ 1662 485 241 , , , 1662 485 242 based base VBN 1662 485 243 on on IN 1662 485 244 French french JJ 1662 485 245 and and CC 1662 485 246 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 485 247 law law NN 1662 485 248 ; ; : 1662 485 249 judicial judicial JJ 1662 485 250 review review NN 1662 485 251 of of IN 1662 485 252 legislative legislative JJ 1662 485 253 acts act NNS 1662 485 254 in in IN 1662 485 255 ad ad FW 1662 485 256 hoc hoc FW 1662 485 257 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 485 258 Council Council NNP 1662 485 259 composed compose VBN 1662 485 260 of of IN 1662 485 261 various various JJ 1662 485 262 public public JJ 1662 485 263 officials official NNS 1662 485 264 , , , 1662 485 265 including include VBG 1662 485 266 several several JJ 1662 485 267 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 485 268 Court Court NNP 1662 485 269 justices justice NNS 1662 485 270 ; ; : 1662 485 271 has have VBZ 1662 485 272 not not RB 1662 485 273 accepted accept VBN 1662 485 274 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 485 275 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 485 276 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 485 277 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 485 278 : : : 1662 485 279 18 18 CD 1662 485 280 years year NNS 1662 485 281 of of IN 1662 485 282 age age NN 1662 485 283 ; ; : 1662 485 284 universal universal JJ 1662 485 285 Executive Executive NNP 1662 485 286 branch branch NN 1662 485 287 : : : 1662 485 288 chief chief NN 1662 485 289 of of IN 1662 485 290 state state NN 1662 485 291 : : : 1662 485 292 President President NNP 1662 485 293 Liamine Liamine NNP 1662 485 294 ZEROUAL ZEROUAL NNP 1662 485 295 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 296 appointed appoint VBN 1662 485 297 president president NNP 1662 485 298 31 31 CD 1662 485 299 January January NNP 1662 485 300 1994 1994 CD 1662 485 301 , , , 1662 485 302 elected elect VBN 1662 485 303 president president NN 1662 485 304 16 16 CD 1662 485 305 November November NNP 1662 485 306 1995 1995 CD 1662 485 307 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 308 head head NN 1662 485 309 of of IN 1662 485 310 government government NN 1662 485 311 : : : 1662 485 312 Prime Prime NNP 1662 485 313 Minister Minister NNP 1662 485 314 Ahmed Ahmed NNP 1662 485 315 OUYAHIA OUYAHIA NNP 1662 485 316 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 317 since since IN 1662 485 318 31 31 CD 1662 485 319 December December NNP 1662 485 320 1995 1995 CD 1662 485 321 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 322 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 485 323 : : : 1662 485 324 Council Council NNP 1662 485 325 of of IN 1662 485 326 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 485 327 appointed appoint VBN 1662 485 328 by by IN 1662 485 329 the the DT 1662 485 330 prime prime NNP 1662 485 331 minister minister NNP 1662 485 332 elections election NNS 1662 485 333 : : : 1662 485 334 president president NNP 1662 485 335 elected elect VBN 1662 485 336 by by IN 1662 485 337 popular popular JJ 1662 485 338 vote vote NN 1662 485 339 for for IN 1662 485 340 a a DT 1662 485 341 five five CD 1662 485 342 - - HYPH 1662 485 343 year year NN 1662 485 344 term term NN 1662 485 345 ; ; : 1662 485 346 election election NN 1662 485 347 last last JJ 1662 485 348 held hold VBD 1662 485 349 16 16 CD 1662 485 350 November November NNP 1662 485 351 1995 1995 CD 1662 485 352 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 353 next next JJ 1662 485 354 to to TO 1662 485 355 be be VB 1662 485 356 held hold VBN 1662 485 357 NA NA NNP 1662 485 358 2000 2000 CD 1662 485 359 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 360 ; ; : 1662 485 361 prime prime NNP 1662 485 362 minister minister NN 1662 485 363 appointed appoint VBN 1662 485 364 by by IN 1662 485 365 the the DT 1662 485 366 president president NNP 1662 485 367 election election NN 1662 485 368 results result NNS 1662 485 369 : : : 1662 485 370 Liamine Liamine NNP 1662 485 371 ZEROUAL ZEROUAL NNP 1662 485 372 elected elect VBD 1662 485 373 president president NN 1662 485 374 ; ; , 1662 485 375 percent percent NN 1662 485 376 of of IN 1662 485 377 vote vote NN 1662 485 378 - - HYPH 1662 485 379 Liamine Liamine NNP 1662 485 380 ZEROUAL ZEROUAL NNP 1662 485 381 61.3 61.3 CD 1662 485 382 % % NN 1662 485 383 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 485 384 branch branch NN 1662 485 385 : : : 1662 485 386 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 485 387 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 485 388 consists consist VBZ 1662 485 389 of of IN 1662 485 390 the the DT 1662 485 391 National National NNP 1662 485 392 People People NNPS 1662 485 393 's 's POS 1662 485 394 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 485 395 or or CC 1662 485 396 Al Al NNP 1662 485 397 - - HYPH 1662 485 398 Majlis Majlis NNP 1662 485 399 Ech Ech NNP 1662 485 400 - - HYPH 1662 485 401 Chaabi Chaabi NNP 1662 485 402 Al Al NNP 1662 485 403 - - HYPH 1662 485 404 Watani Watani NNP 1662 485 405 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 406 380 380 CD 1662 485 407 seats seat NNS 1662 485 408 ; ; : 1662 485 409 members member NNS 1662 485 410 elected elect VBN 1662 485 411 by by IN 1662 485 412 popular popular JJ 1662 485 413 vote vote NN 1662 485 414 to to TO 1662 485 415 serve serve VB 1662 485 416 four four CD 1662 485 417 - - HYPH 1662 485 418 year year NN 1662 485 419 terms term NNS 1662 485 420 ; ; , 1662 485 421 suspended suspend VBN 1662 485 422 since since IN 1662 485 423 1992 1992 CD 1662 485 424 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 425 and and CC 1662 485 426 the the DT 1662 485 427 Council Council NNP 1662 485 428 of of IN 1662 485 429 Nations Nations NNP 1662 485 430 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 431 144 144 CD 1662 485 432 seats seat NNS 1662 485 433 ; ; : 1662 485 434 one one CD 1662 485 435 - - HYPH 1662 485 436 third third NN 1662 485 437 of of IN 1662 485 438 the the DT 1662 485 439 members member NNS 1662 485 440 appointed appoint VBN 1662 485 441 by by IN 1662 485 442 the the DT 1662 485 443 president president NN 1662 485 444 , , , 1662 485 445 two two CD 1662 485 446 - - HYPH 1662 485 447 thirds third NNS 1662 485 448 elected elect VBN 1662 485 449 by by IN 1662 485 450 indirect indirect JJ 1662 485 451 vote vote NN 1662 485 452 ; ; : 1662 485 453 members member NNS 1662 485 454 serve serve VBP 1662 485 455 six six CD 1662 485 456 - - HYPH 1662 485 457 year year NN 1662 485 458 terms term NNS 1662 485 459 ; ; , 1662 485 460 created create VBN 1662 485 461 as as IN 1662 485 462 a a DT 1662 485 463 result result NN 1662 485 464 of of IN 1662 485 465 the the DT 1662 485 466 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 485 467 revision revision NN 1662 485 468 of of IN 1662 485 469 November November NNP 1662 485 470 1996 1996 CD 1662 485 471 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 472 elections election NNS 1662 485 473 : : : 1662 485 474 National National NNP 1662 485 475 People People NNPS 1662 485 476 's 's POS 1662 485 477 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 485 478 - - HYPH 1662 485 479 first first JJ 1662 485 480 - - HYPH 1662 485 481 round round NN 1662 485 482 held hold VBN 1662 485 483 26 26 CD 1662 485 484 December December NNP 1662 485 485 1991 1991 CD 1662 485 486 ; ; : 1662 485 487 second second JJ 1662 485 488 round round NN 1662 485 489 canceled cancel VBN 1662 485 490 by by IN 1662 485 491 the the DT 1662 485 492 military military NN 1662 485 493 after after IN 1662 485 494 President President NNP 1662 485 495 BENDJEDID BENDJEDID NNP 1662 485 496 resigned resign VBD 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485 534 of of IN 1662 485 535 the the DT 1662 485 536 231 231 CD 1662 485 537 seats seat NNS 1662 485 538 contested contest VBN 1662 485 539 in in IN 1662 485 540 the the DT 1662 485 541 first first JJ 1662 485 542 round round NN 1662 485 543 of of IN 1662 485 544 the the DT 1662 485 545 1991 1991 CD 1662 485 546 elections election NNS 1662 485 547 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 485 548 branch branch NN 1662 485 549 : : : 1662 485 550 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 485 551 Court Court NNP 1662 485 552 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 553 Cour Cour NNP 1662 485 554 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 485 555 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 556 Political political JJ 1662 485 557 parties party NNS 1662 485 558 and and CC 1662 485 559 leaders leader NNS 1662 485 560 : : : 1662 485 561 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 485 562 Salvation Salvation NNP 1662 485 563 Front Front NNP 1662 485 564 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 565 FIS FIS NNP 1662 485 566 , , , 1662 485 567 outlawed outlaw VBN 1662 485 568 April April NNP 1662 485 569 1992 1992 CD 1662 485 570 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 571 , , , 1662 485 572 Ali Ali NNP 1662 485 573 BELHADJ BELHADJ NNP 1662 485 574 , , , 1662 485 575 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 485 576 Abassi Abassi NNP 1662 485 577 MADANI MADANI NNP 1662 485 578 , , , 1662 485 579 Rabeh Rabeh NNP 1662 485 580 KEBIR KEBIR NNP 1662 485 581 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 582 self self NN 1662 485 583 - - HYPH 1662 485 584 exile exile NN 1662 485 585 in in IN 1662 485 586 Germany Germany NNP 1662 485 587 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 588 ; ; : 1662 485 589 National National NNP 1662 485 590 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 485 591 Front Front NNP 1662 485 592 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 593 FLN FLN NNP 1662 485 594 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 595 , , , 1662 485 596 Boualem Boualem NNP 1662 485 597 BENHAMOUDA BENHAMOUDA NNP 1662 485 598 , , , 1662 485 599 secretary secretary NN 1662 485 600 general general NN 1662 485 601 ; ; : 1662 485 602 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 485 603 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 485 604 Front Front NNP 1662 485 605 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 606 FFS FFS NNP 1662 485 607 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 608 , , , 1662 485 609 Hocine Hocine NNP 1662 485 610 Ait Ait NNP 1662 485 611 AHMED AHMED NNP 1662 485 612 , , , 1662 485 613 secretary secretary NN 1662 485 614 general general NN 1662 485 615 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 616 self self NN 1662 485 617 - - HYPH 1662 485 618 exile exile NN 1662 485 619 in in IN 1662 485 620 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 485 621 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 622 ; ; : 1662 485 623 Movement movement NN 1662 485 624 of of IN 1662 485 625 a a DT 1662 485 626 Peaceful Peaceful NNP 1662 485 627 Society Society NNP 1662 485 628 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 629 Hamas Hamas NNP 1662 485 630 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 631 , , , 1662 485 632 Mahfoud Mahfoud NNP 1662 485 633 NAHNAH NAHNAH NNP 1662 485 634 , , , 1662 485 635 chairman chairman NN 1662 485 636 ; ; : 1662 485 637 Rally Rally NNP 1662 485 638 for for IN 1662 485 639 Culture Culture NNP 1662 485 640 and and CC 1662 485 641 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 485 642 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 643 RCD RCD NNP 1662 485 644 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 645 , , , 1662 485 646 Said say VBD 1662 485 647 SAADI SAADI NNP 1662 485 648 , , , 1662 485 649 secretary secretary NN 1662 485 650 general general NN 1662 485 651 ; ; : 1662 485 652 Algerian Algerian NNP 1662 485 653 Renewal Renewal NNP 1662 485 654 Party Party NNP 1662 485 655 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 656 PRA PRA NNP 1662 485 657 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 658 , , , 1662 485 659 Noureddine Noureddine NNP 1662 485 660 BOUKROUH BOUKROUH NNP 1662 485 661 , , , 1662 485 662 chairman chairman NN 1662 485 663 ; ; : 1662 485 664 Nahda Nahda NNP 1662 485 665 Movement Movement NNP 1662 485 666 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 667 Al Al NNP 1662 485 668 Nahda Nahda NNP 1662 485 669 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 670 , , , 1662 485 671 Abdallah Abdallah NNP 1662 485 672 DJABALLAH DJABALLAH NNP 1662 485 673 , , , 1662 485 674 president president NN 1662 485 675 ; ; : 1662 485 676 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 485 677 National National NNP 1662 485 678 Rally Rally NNP 1662 485 679 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 680 RND RND NNP 1662 485 681 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 682 , , , 1662 485 683 Abdelkader Abdelkader NNP 1662 485 684 BENSALAH BENSALAH NNP 1662 485 685 , , , 1662 485 686 chairman chairman NN 1662 485 687 ; ; : 1662 485 688 Movement Movement NNP 1662 485 689 for for IN 1662 485 690 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 485 691 in in IN 1662 485 692 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 485 693 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 694 MDA MDA NNP 1662 485 695 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 696 , , , 1662 485 697 Ahmed Ahmed NNP 1662 485 698 Ben Ben NNP 1662 485 699 BELLA BELLA NNP 1662 485 700 note note NN 1662 485 701 : : : 1662 485 702 the the DT 1662 485 703 government government NN 1662 485 704 established establish VBD 1662 485 705 a a DT 1662 485 706 multiparty multiparty NN 1662 485 707 system system NN 1662 485 708 in in IN 1662 485 709 September September NNP 1662 485 710 1989 1989 CD 1662 485 711 and and CC 1662 485 712 , , , 1662 485 713 as as IN 1662 485 714 of of IN 1662 485 715 31 31 CD 1662 485 716 December December NNP 1662 485 717 1990 1990 CD 1662 485 718 , , , 1662 485 719 over over IN 1662 485 720 50 50 CD 1662 485 721 legal legal JJ 1662 485 722 parties party NNS 1662 485 723 existed exist VBD 1662 485 724 ; ; : 1662 485 725 a a DT 1662 485 726 new new JJ 1662 485 727 party party NN 1662 485 728 law law NN 1662 485 729 was be VBD 1662 485 730 enacted enact VBN 1662 485 731 in in IN 1662 485 732 March March NNP 1662 485 733 1997 1997 CD 1662 485 734 International International NNP 1662 485 735 organization organization NN 1662 485 736 participation participation NN 1662 485 737 : : : 1662 485 738 ABEDA ABEDA NNP 1662 485 739 , , , 1662 485 740 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 485 741 , , , 1662 485 742 AFESD AFESD NNP 1662 485 743 , , , 1662 485 744 AL AL NNP 1662 485 745 , , , 1662 485 746 AMF AMF NNP 1662 485 747 , , , 1662 485 748 AMU AMU NNP 1662 485 749 , , , 1662 485 750 CCC CCC NNP 1662 485 751 , , , 1662 485 752 ECA ECA NNP 1662 485 753 , , , 1662 485 754 FAO FAO NNP 1662 485 755 , , , 1662 485 756 G-15 g-15 CD 1662 485 757 , , , 1662 485 758 G-19 g-19 CD 1662 485 759 , , , 1662 485 760 G-24 g-24 CD 1662 485 761 , , , 1662 485 762 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 485 763 , , , 1662 485 764 IAEA iaea NN 1662 485 765 , , , 1662 485 766 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 485 767 , , , 1662 485 768 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 485 769 , , , 1662 485 770 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 485 771 , , , 1662 485 772 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 485 773 , , , 1662 485 774 IDA IDA NNP 1662 485 775 , , , 1662 485 776 IDB IDB NNP 1662 485 777 , , , 1662 485 778 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 485 779 , , , 1662 485 780 IFC IFC NNP 1662 485 781 , , , 1662 485 782 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 485 783 , , , 1662 485 784 IHO IHO NNP 1662 485 785 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 786 pending pende VBG 1662 485 787 member member NN 1662 485 788 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 789 , , , 1662 485 790 ILO ILO NNP 1662 485 791 , , , 1662 485 792 IMF IMF NNP 1662 485 793 , , , 1662 485 794 IMO imo RB 1662 485 795 , , , 1662 485 796 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 485 797 , , , 1662 485 798 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 485 799 , , , 1662 485 800 Interpol Interpol 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843 UPU UPU NNP 1662 485 844 , , , 1662 485 845 WCL WCL NNP 1662 485 846 , , , 1662 485 847 WHO WHO NNP 1662 485 848 , , , 1662 485 849 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 485 850 , , , 1662 485 851 WMO WMO NNP 1662 485 852 , , , 1662 485 853 WToO wtoo FW 1662 485 854 , , , 1662 485 855 WTrO wtro VB 1662 485 856 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 857 applicant applicant NN 1662 485 858 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 859 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 485 860 representation representation NN 1662 485 861 in in IN 1662 485 862 the the DT 1662 485 863 US US NNP 1662 485 864 : : : 1662 485 865 chief chief NN 1662 485 866 of of IN 1662 485 867 mission mission NN 1662 485 868 : : : 1662 485 869 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 485 870 Ramtane Ramtane NNP 1662 485 871 LAMAMRA LAMAMRA NNP 1662 485 872 chancery chancery NN 1662 485 873 : : : 1662 485 874 2118 2118 CD 1662 485 875 Kalorama Kalorama NNP 1662 485 876 Road Road NNP 1662 485 877 NW NW NNP 1662 485 878 , , , 1662 485 879 Washington Washington NNP 1662 485 880 , , , 1662 485 881 DC DC NNP 1662 485 882 20008 20008 CD 1662 485 883 telephone telephone NN 1662 485 884 : : : 1662 485 885 [ [ -LRB- 1662 485 886 1 1 CD 1662 485 887 ] ] -RRB- 1662 485 888 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 889 202 202 CD 1662 485 890 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 891 265 265 CD 1662 485 892 - - HYPH 1662 485 893 2800 2800 CD 1662 485 894 FAX FAX NNP 1662 485 895 : : : 1662 485 896 [ [ -LRB- 1662 485 897 1 1 CD 1662 485 898 ] ] -RRB- 1662 485 899 ( ( -LRB- 1662 485 900 202 202 CD 1662 485 901 ) ) -RRB- 1662 485 902 667 667 CD 1662 485 903 - - HYPH 1662 485 904 2174 2174 CD 1662 485 905 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 485 906 representation representation NN 1662 485 907 from from IN 1662 485 908 the the DT 1662 485 909 US US NNP 1662 485 910 : : : 1662 485 911 chief chief NN 1662 485 912 of of IN 1662 485 913 mission mission NN 1662 485 914 : : : 1662 485 915 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 485 916 Ronald Ronald NNP 1662 485 917 E. E. NNP 1662 485 918 NEUMANN NEUMANN NNP 1662 485 919 embassy embassy NN 1662 485 920 : : : 1662 485 921 4 4 CD 1662 485 922 Chemin Chemin NNP 1662 485 923 Cheikh Cheikh NNP 1662 485 924 Bachir Bachir NNP 1662 485 925 El El NNP 1662 485 926 - - HYPH 1662 485 927 Ibrahimi Ibrahimi NNP 1662 485 928 , , , 1662 485 929 Algiers Algiers NNP 1662 485 930 mailing mail VBG 1662 485 931 address address NN 1662 485 932 : : : 1662 485 933 B. B. NNP 1662 485 934 P. P. 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- HYPH 1662 487 12 supported support VBN 1662 487 13 program program NN 1662 487 14 to to TO 1662 487 15 achieve achieve VB 1662 487 16 economic economic JJ 1662 487 17 stabilization stabilization NN 1662 487 18 and and CC 1662 487 19 to to TO 1662 487 20 introduce introduce VB 1662 487 21 market market NN 1662 487 22 mechanisms mechanism NNS 1662 487 23 into into IN 1662 487 24 the the DT 1662 487 25 economy economy NN 1662 487 26 . . . 1662 488 1 Despite despite IN 1662 488 2 substantial substantial JJ 1662 488 3 progress progress NN 1662 488 4 toward toward IN 1662 488 5 economic economic JJ 1662 488 6 adjustment adjustment NN 1662 488 7 , , , 1662 488 8 in in IN 1662 488 9 1992 1992 CD 1662 488 10 the the DT 1662 488 11 reform reform NN 1662 488 12 drive drive NN 1662 488 13 stalled stall VBN 1662 488 14 as as IN 1662 488 15 Algiers Algiers NNP 1662 488 16 became become VBD 1662 488 17 embroiled embroil VBN 1662 488 18 in in IN 1662 488 19 political political JJ 1662 488 20 turmoil turmoil NN 1662 488 21 . . . 1662 489 1 In in IN 1662 489 2 September September NNP 1662 489 3 1993 1993 CD 1662 489 4 , , , 1662 489 5 a a DT 1662 489 6 new new JJ 1662 489 7 government government NN 1662 489 8 was be VBD 1662 489 9 formed form VBN 1662 489 10 , , , 1662 489 11 and and CC 1662 489 12 one one CD 1662 489 13 priority priority NN 1662 489 14 was be VBD 1662 489 15 the the DT 1662 489 16 resumption resumption NN 1662 489 17 and and CC 1662 489 18 acceleration acceleration NN 1662 489 19 of of IN 1662 489 20 the the DT 1662 489 21 structural structural JJ 1662 489 22 adjustment adjustment NN 1662 489 23 process process NN 1662 489 24 . . . 1662 490 1 Buffeted buffet VBN 1662 490 2 by by IN 1662 490 3 the the DT 1662 490 4 slump slump NN 1662 490 5 in in IN 1662 490 6 world world NN 1662 490 7 oil oil NN 1662 490 8 prices price NNS 1662 490 9 and and CC 1662 490 10 burdened burden VBD 1662 490 11 with with IN 1662 490 12 a a DT 1662 490 13 heavy heavy JJ 1662 490 14 foreign foreign JJ 1662 490 15 debt debt NN 1662 490 16 , , , 1662 490 17 Algiers Algiers NNP 1662 490 18 concluded conclude VBD 1662 490 19 a a DT 1662 490 20 one one CD 1662 490 21 - - HYPH 1662 490 22 year year NN 1662 490 23 standby standby NN 1662 490 24 arrangement arrangement NN 1662 490 25 with with IN 1662 490 26 the the DT 1662 490 27 IMF IMF NNP 1662 490 28 in in IN 1662 490 29 April April NNP 1662 490 30 1994 1994 CD 1662 490 31 . . . 1662 491 1 Following follow VBG 1662 491 2 a a DT 1662 491 3 Paris Paris NNP 1662 491 4 Club Club NNP 1662 491 5 debt debt NN 1662 491 6 rescheduling reschedule VBG 1662 491 7 in in IN 1662 491 8 1995 1995 CD 1662 491 9 , , , 1662 491 10 a a DT 1662 491 11 robust robust JJ 1662 491 12 harvest harvest NN 1662 491 13 , , , 1662 491 14 and and CC 1662 491 15 elevated elevated JJ 1662 491 16 oil oil NN 1662 491 17 prices price NNS 1662 491 18 , , , 1662 491 19 the the DT 1662 491 20 economy economy NN 1662 491 21 experienced experience VBD 1662 491 22 a a DT 1662 491 23 strong strong JJ 1662 491 24 recovery recovery NN 1662 491 25 and and CC 1662 491 26 key key JJ 1662 491 27 economic economic JJ 1662 491 28 improvements improvement NNS 1662 491 29 . . . 1662 492 1 Recent recent JJ 1662 492 2 and and CC 1662 492 3 planned plan VBN 1662 492 4 investments investment NNS 1662 492 5 in in IN 1662 492 6 developing develop VBG 1662 492 7 hydrocarbon hydrocarbon NN 1662 492 8 resources resource NNS 1662 492 9 are be VBP 1662 492 10 likely likely JJ 1662 492 11 to to TO 1662 492 12 increase increase VB 1662 492 13 growth growth NN 1662 492 14 and and CC 1662 492 15 export export NN 1662 492 16 earnings earning NNS 1662 492 17 . . . 1662 493 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 493 2 : : : 1662 493 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 493 4 power power NN 1662 493 5 parity parity NN 1662 493 6 - - : 1662 493 7 $ $ $ 1662 493 8 115.9 115.9 CD 1662 493 9 billion billion CD 1662 493 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 493 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 493 12 est est NNP 1662 493 13 . . . 1662 493 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 494 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 494 2 - - HYPH 1662 494 3 real real JJ 1662 494 4 growth growth NN 1662 494 5 rate rate NN 1662 494 6 : : : 1662 494 7 4 4 CD 1662 494 8 % % NN 1662 494 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 494 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 494 11 est est NNP 1662 494 12 . . . 1662 494 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 495 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 495 2 - - HYPH 1662 495 3 per per FW 1662 495 4 capita capita NN 1662 495 5 : : : 1662 495 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 495 7 power power NN 1662 495 8 parity parity NN 1662 495 9 - - : 1662 495 10 $ $ $ 1662 495 11 4,000 4,000 CD 1662 495 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 495 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 495 14 est est NNP 1662 495 15 . . . 1662 495 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 496 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 496 2 - - HYPH 1662 496 3 composition composition NN 1662 496 4 by by IN 1662 496 5 sector sector NN 1662 496 6 : : : 1662 496 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 496 8 : : : 1662 496 9 12 12 CD 1662 496 10 % % NN 1662 496 11 industry industry NN 1662 496 12 : : : 1662 496 13 50 50 CD 1662 496 14 % % NN 1662 496 15 services service NNS 1662 496 16 : : : 1662 496 17 38 38 CD 1662 496 18 % % NN 1662 496 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 496 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 496 21 est est NNP 1662 496 22 . . . 1662 496 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 497 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 497 2 rate rate NN 1662 497 3 - - HYPH 1662 497 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 497 5 price price NN 1662 497 6 index index NN 1662 497 7 : : : 1662 497 8 19.8 19.8 CD 1662 497 9 % % NN 1662 497 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 497 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 497 12 est est NNP 1662 497 13 . . . 1662 497 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 498 1 Labor labor NN 1662 498 2 force force NN 1662 498 3 : : : 1662 498 4 total total NN 1662 498 5 : : : 1662 498 6 7.8 7.8 CD 1662 498 7 million million CD 1662 498 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 498 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 498 10 est est NNP 1662 498 11 . . . 1662 498 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 499 1 by by IN 1662 499 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 499 3 : : : 1662 499 4 government government NN 1662 499 5 29.5 29.5 CD 1662 499 6 % % NN 1662 499 7 , , , 1662 499 8 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 499 9 22 22 CD 1662 499 10 % % NN 1662 499 11 , , , 1662 499 12 construction construction NN 1662 499 13 and and CC 1662 499 14 public public JJ 1662 499 15 works work VBZ 1662 499 16 16.2 16.2 CD 1662 499 17 % % NN 1662 499 18 , , , 1662 499 19 industry industry NN 1662 499 20 13.6 13.6 CD 1662 499 21 % % NN 1662 499 22 , , , 1662 499 23 commerce commerce NN 1662 499 24 and and CC 1662 499 25 services service NNS 1662 499 26 13.5 13.5 CD 1662 499 27 % % NN 1662 499 28 , , , 1662 499 29 transportation transportation NN 1662 499 30 and and CC 1662 499 31 communication communication NN 1662 499 32 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 499 33 % % NN 1662 499 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 499 35 1989 1989 CD 1662 499 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 499 37 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 499 38 rate rate NN 1662 499 39 : : : 1662 499 40 28 28 CD 1662 499 41 % % NN 1662 499 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 499 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 499 44 est est NNP 1662 499 45 . . . 1662 499 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 500 1 Budget budget NN 1662 500 2 : : : 1662 500 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 500 4 : : : 1662 500 5 $ $ $ 1662 500 6 14.3 14.3 CD 1662 500 7 billion billion CD 1662 500 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 500 9 : : : 1662 500 10 $ $ $ 1662 500 11 17.9 17.9 CD 1662 500 12 billion billion CD 1662 500 13 , , , 1662 500 14 including include VBG 1662 500 15 capital capital NN 1662 500 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 500 17 of of IN 1662 500 18 $ $ $ 1662 500 19 NA na NN 1662 500 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 500 21 1995 1995 CD 1662 500 22 est est NNP 1662 500 23 . . . 1662 500 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 501 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 501 2 : : : 1662 501 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 501 4 , , , 1662 501 5 light light JJ 1662 501 6 industries industry NNS 1662 501 7 , , , 1662 501 8 natural natural JJ 1662 501 9 gas gas NN 1662 501 10 , , , 1662 501 11 mining mining NN 1662 501 12 , , , 1662 501 13 electrical electrical JJ 1662 501 14 , , , 1662 501 15 petrochemical petrochemical NN 1662 501 16 , , , 1662 501 17 food food NN 1662 501 18 processing process VBG 1662 501 19 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 501 20 production production NN 1662 501 21 growth growth NN 1662 501 22 rate rate NN 1662 501 23 : : : 1662 501 24 NA% NA% `` 1662 501 25 Electricity electricity NN 1662 501 26 - - HYPH 1662 501 27 capacity capacity NN 1662 501 28 : : : 1662 501 29 6.01 6.01 CD 1662 501 30 million million CD 1662 501 31 kW kW NNP 1662 501 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 501 33 1994 1994 CD 1662 501 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 501 35 Electricity electricity NN 1662 501 36 - - HYPH 1662 501 37 production production NN 1662 501 38 : : : 1662 501 39 18.7 18.7 CD 1662 501 40 billion billion CD 1662 501 41 kWh kWh NNS 1662 501 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 501 43 1994 1994 CD 1662 501 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 501 45 Electricity electricity NN 1662 501 46 - - HYPH 1662 501 47 consumption consumption NN 1662 501 48 per per IN 1662 501 49 capita capita NN 1662 501 50 : : : 1662 501 51 583 583 CD 1662 501 52 kWh kWh NNS 1662 501 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 501 54 1995 1995 CD 1662 501 55 est est NNP 1662 501 56 . . . 1662 501 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 502 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 502 2 - - HYPH 1662 502 3 products product NNS 1662 502 4 : : : 1662 502 5 wheat wheat NN 1662 502 6 , , , 1662 502 7 barley barley NN 1662 502 8 , , , 1662 502 9 oats oats NNP 1662 502 10 , , , 1662 502 11 grapes grape NNS 1662 502 12 , , , 1662 502 13 olives olive NNS 1662 502 14 , , , 1662 502 15 citrus citrus NN 1662 502 16 , , , 1662 502 17 fruits fruit NNS 1662 502 18 ; ; , 1662 502 19 sheep sheep NNS 1662 502 20 , , , 1662 502 21 cattle cattle NNS 1662 502 22 Exports export NNS 1662 502 23 : : : 1662 502 24 total total JJ 1662 502 25 value value NN 1662 502 26 : : : 1662 502 27 $ $ $ 1662 502 28 11 11 CD 1662 502 29 billion billion CD 1662 502 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 502 31 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 502 32 . . NNP 1662 502 33 , , , 1662 502 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 502 35 est est NNP 1662 502 36 . . . 1662 502 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 503 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 503 2 : : : 1662 503 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 503 4 and and CC 1662 503 5 natural natural JJ 1662 503 6 gas gas NN 1662 503 7 97 97 CD 1662 503 8 % % NN 1662 503 9 partners partner NNS 1662 503 10 : : : 1662 503 11 Italy Italy NNP 1662 503 12 18.8 18.8 CD 1662 503 13 % % NN 1662 503 14 , , , 1662 503 15 US US NNP 1662 503 16 14.8 14.8 CD 1662 503 17 % % NN 1662 503 18 , , , 1662 503 19 France France NNP 1662 503 20 11.8 11.8 CD 1662 503 21 % % NN 1662 503 22 , , , 1662 503 23 Spain Spain NNP 1662 503 24 8 8 CD 1662 503 25 % % NN 1662 503 26 , , , 1662 503 27 Germany Germany NNP 1662 503 28 7.9 7.9 CD 1662 503 29 % % NN 1662 503 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 503 31 1995 1995 CD 1662 503 32 est est NNP 1662 503 33 . . . 1662 503 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 504 1 Imports import NNS 1662 504 2 : : : 1662 504 3 total total JJ 1662 504 4 value value NN 1662 504 5 : : : 1662 504 6 $ $ $ 1662 504 7 10.5 10.5 CD 1662 504 8 billion billion CD 1662 504 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 504 10 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 504 11 . . NNP 1662 504 12 , , , 1662 504 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 504 14 est est NNP 1662 504 15 . . . 1662 504 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 505 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 505 2 : : : 1662 505 3 capital capital NN 1662 505 4 goods good NNS 1662 505 5 , , , 1662 505 6 food food NN 1662 505 7 and and CC 1662 505 8 beverages beverage NNS 1662 505 9 , , , 1662 505 10 consumer consumer NN 1662 505 11 goods good NNS 1662 505 12 partners partner NNS 1662 505 13 : : : 1662 505 14 France France NNP 1662 505 15 29 29 CD 1662 505 16 % % NN 1662 505 17 , , , 1662 505 18 Spain Spain NNP 1662 505 19 10.5 10.5 CD 1662 505 20 % % NN 1662 505 21 , , , 1662 505 22 Italy Italy NNP 1662 505 23 8.2 8.2 CD 1662 505 24 % % NN 1662 505 25 , , , 1662 505 26 US US NNP 1662 505 27 8 8 CD 1662 505 28 % % NN 1662 505 29 , , , 1662 505 30 Germany Germany NNP 1662 505 31 5.6 5.6 CD 1662 505 32 % % NN 1662 505 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 505 34 1995 1995 CD 1662 505 35 est est NNP 1662 505 36 . . . 1662 505 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 506 1 Debt debt NN 1662 506 2 - - HYPH 1662 506 3 external external JJ 1662 506 4 : : : 1662 506 5 $ $ $ 1662 506 6 32 32 CD 1662 506 7 billion billion CD 1662 506 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 506 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 506 10 est est NNP 1662 506 11 . . . 1662 506 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 507 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 507 2 aid aid NN 1662 507 3 : : : 1662 507 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 507 5 : : : 1662 507 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 507 7 , , , 1662 507 8 $ $ $ 1662 507 9 420 420 CD 1662 507 10 million million CD 1662 507 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 507 12 1996 1996 CD 1662 507 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 507 14 Currency currency NN 1662 507 15 : : : 1662 507 16 1 1 CD 1662 507 17 Algerian algerian JJ 1662 507 18 dinar dinar NN 1662 507 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 507 20 DA DA NNP 1662 507 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 507 22 = = NFP 1662 507 23 100 100 CD 1662 507 24 centimes centime NNS 1662 507 25 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 507 26 rates rate NNS 1662 507 27 : : : 1662 507 28 Algerian algerian JJ 1662 507 29 dinars dinar NNS 1662 507 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 507 31 DA DA NNP 1662 507 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 507 33 per per IN 1662 507 34 US$ us$ $ 1662 507 35 1 1 CD 1662 507 36 - - HYPH 1662 507 37 57.136 57.136 CD 1662 507 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 507 39 January January NNP 1662 507 40 1997 1997 CD 1662 507 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 507 42 , , , 1662 507 43 54.749 54.749 CD 1662 507 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 507 45 1996 1996 CD 1662 507 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 507 47 , , , 1662 507 48 47.663 47.663 CD 1662 507 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 507 50 1995 1995 CD 1662 507 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 507 52 , , , 1662 507 53 35.059 35.059 CD 1662 507 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 507 55 1994 1994 CD 1662 507 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 507 57 , , , 1662 507 58 23.345 23.345 CD 1662 507 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 507 60 1993 1993 CD 1662 507 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 507 62 , , , 1662 507 63 21.836 21.836 CD 1662 507 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 507 65 1992 1992 CD 1662 507 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 507 67 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 507 68 year year NN 1662 507 69 : : : 1662 507 70 calendar calendar NNP 1662 507 71 year year NNP 1662 507 72 @Algeria @Algeria NNP 1662 507 73 : : : 1662 507 74 Communications Communications NNP 1662 507 75 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 507 76 : : : 1662 507 77 862,000 862,000 CD 1662 507 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 507 79 1991 1991 CD 1662 507 80 est est NNP 1662 507 81 . . . 1662 507 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 508 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 508 2 system system NN 1662 508 3 : : : 1662 508 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 508 5 : : : 1662 508 6 excellent excellent JJ 1662 508 7 service service NN 1662 508 8 in in IN 1662 508 9 north north NNP 1662 508 10 but but CC 1662 508 11 sparse sparse RB 1662 508 12 in in IN 1662 508 13 south south JJ 1662 508 14 ; ; , 1662 508 15 domestic domestic JJ 1662 508 16 satellite satellite NN 1662 508 17 system system NN 1662 508 18 with with IN 1662 508 19 12 12 CD 1662 508 20 earth earth NN 1662 508 21 stations station NNS 1662 508 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 508 23 20 20 CD 1662 508 24 additional additional JJ 1662 508 25 domestic domestic JJ 1662 508 26 earth earth NN 1662 508 27 stations station NNS 1662 508 28 are be VBP 1662 508 29 planned plan VBN 1662 508 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 508 31 international international JJ 1662 508 32 : : : 1662 508 33 5 5 CD 1662 508 34 submarine submarine NN 1662 508 35 cables cable NNS 1662 508 36 ; ; : 1662 508 37 microwave microwave NN 1662 508 38 radio radio NN 1662 508 39 relay relay NN 1662 508 40 to to IN 1662 508 41 Italy Italy NNP 1662 508 42 , , , 1662 508 43 France France NNP 1662 508 44 , , , 1662 508 45 Spain Spain NNP 1662 508 46 , , , 1662 508 47 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 508 48 , , , 1662 508 49 and and CC 1662 508 50 Tunisia Tunisia NNP 1662 508 51 ; ; : 1662 508 52 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 508 53 cable cable NN 1662 508 54 to to IN 1662 508 55 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 508 56 and and CC 1662 508 57 Tunisia Tunisia NNP 1662 508 58 ; ; : 1662 508 59 participant participant NN 1662 508 60 in in IN 1662 508 61 Medarabtel Medarabtel NNP 1662 508 62 ; ; : 1662 508 63 satellite satellite NN 1662 508 64 earth earth NN 1662 508 65 stations station NNS 1662 508 66 - - , 1662 508 67 2 2 CD 1662 508 68 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 508 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 508 70 1 1 CD 1662 508 71 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 508 72 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 508 73 and and CC 1662 508 74 1 1 CD 1662 508 75 Indian Indian NNP 1662 508 76 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 508 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 508 78 , , , 1662 508 79 1 1 CD 1662 508 80 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 508 81 , , , 1662 508 82 and and CC 1662 508 83 1 1 CD 1662 508 84 Arabsat Arabsat NNP 1662 508 85 Radio Radio NNP 1662 508 86 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 508 87 stations station NNS 1662 508 88 : : : 1662 508 89 AM AM NNP 1662 508 90 26 26 CD 1662 508 91 , , , 1662 508 92 FM FM NNP 1662 508 93 0 0 NFP 1662 508 94 , , , 1662 508 95 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 508 96 0 0 CD 1662 508 97 Radios radio NNS 1662 508 98 : : : 1662 508 99 6 6 CD 1662 508 100 million million CD 1662 508 101 ( ( -LRB- 1662 508 102 1991 1991 CD 1662 508 103 est est NNP 1662 508 104 . . . 1662 508 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 509 1 Television television NN 1662 509 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 509 3 stations station NNS 1662 509 4 : : : 1662 509 5 18 18 CD 1662 509 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 509 7 : : : 1662 509 8 2 2 CD 1662 509 9 million million CD 1662 509 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 509 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 509 12 est est NNP 1662 509 13 . . . 1662 509 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 510 1 @Algeria @algeria XX 1662 510 2 : : : 1662 510 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 510 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 510 5 : : : 1662 510 6 total total NN 1662 510 7 : : : 1662 510 8 4,772 4,772 CD 1662 510 9 km km NN 1662 510 10 standard standard JJ 1662 510 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 510 12 : : : 1662 510 13 3,616 3,616 CD 1662 510 14 km km NN 1662 510 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 510 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 510 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 510 18 301 301 CD 1662 510 19 km km NN 1662 510 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 510 21 ; ; : 1662 510 22 215 215 CD 1662 510 23 km km NN 1662 510 24 double double JJ 1662 510 25 track track NN 1662 510 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 510 27 narrow narrow JJ 1662 510 28 gauge gauge NN 1662 510 29 : : : 1662 510 30 1,156 1,156 CD 1662 510 31 km km NN 1662 510 32 1.055-m 1.055-m CD 1662 510 33 gauge gauge NN 1662 510 34 Highways highway NNS 1662 510 35 : : : 1662 510 36 total total NN 1662 510 37 : : : 1662 510 38 102,424 102,424 CD 1662 510 39 km km NN 1662 510 40 paved pave VBN 1662 510 41 : : : 1662 510 42 70,570 70,570 CD 1662 510 43 km km NNS 1662 510 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 510 45 including include VBG 1662 510 46 6,080 6,080 CD 1662 510 47 km km NNS 1662 510 48 of of IN 1662 510 49 expressways expressway NNS 1662 510 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 510 51 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 510 52 : : : 1662 510 53 31,854 31,854 CD 1662 510 54 km km NNS 1662 510 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 510 56 1995 1995 CD 1662 510 57 est est NNP 1662 510 58 . . . 1662 510 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 511 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 511 2 : : : 1662 511 3 crude crude JJ 1662 511 4 oil oil NN 1662 511 5 6,612 6,612 CD 1662 511 6 km km NN 1662 511 7 ; ; : 1662 511 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 511 9 products product NNS 1662 511 10 298 298 CD 1662 511 11 km km NN 1662 511 12 ; ; : 1662 511 13 natural natural JJ 1662 511 14 gas gas NN 1662 511 15 2,948 2,948 CD 1662 511 16 km km NN 1662 511 17 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 511 18 and and CC 1662 511 19 harbors harbor NNS 1662 511 20 : : : 1662 511 21 Algiers Algiers NNP 1662 511 22 , , , 1662 511 23 Annaba Annaba NNP 1662 511 24 , , , 1662 511 25 Arzew Arzew NNP 1662 511 26 , , , 1662 511 27 Bejaia Bejaia NNP 1662 511 28 , , , 1662 511 29 Beni Beni NNP 1662 511 30 Saf Saf NNP 1662 511 31 , , , 1662 511 32 Dellys Dellys NNP 1662 511 33 , , , 1662 511 34 Djendjene Djendjene NNP 1662 511 35 , , , 1662 511 36 Ghazaouet Ghazaouet NNP 1662 511 37 , , , 1662 511 38 Jijel Jijel NNP 1662 511 39 , , , 1662 511 40 Mostaganem Mostaganem NNP 1662 511 41 , , , 1662 511 42 Oran Oran NNP 1662 511 43 , , , 1662 511 44 Skikda Skikda NNP 1662 511 45 , , , 1662 511 46 Tenes Tenes NNP 1662 511 47 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 511 48 marine marine NN 1662 511 49 : : : 1662 511 50 total total NN 1662 511 51 : : : 1662 511 52 78 78 CD 1662 511 53 ships ship NNS 1662 511 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 511 55 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 511 56 GRT GRT NNP 1662 511 57 or or CC 1662 511 58 over over RB 1662 511 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 511 60 totaling total VBG 1662 511 61 925,261 925,261 CD 1662 511 62 GRT/1,094,281 GRT/1,094,281 VBN 1662 511 63 DWT dwt NN 1662 511 64 ships ship NNS 1662 511 65 by by IN 1662 511 66 type type NN 1662 511 67 : : : 1662 511 68 bulk bulk NNP 1662 511 69 9 9 CD 1662 511 70 , , , 1662 511 71 cargo cargo NN 1662 511 72 27 27 CD 1662 511 73 , , , 1662 511 74 chemical chemical NN 1662 511 75 tanker tanker NN 1662 511 76 7 7 CD 1662 511 77 , , , 1662 511 78 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 511 79 gas gas NN 1662 511 80 tanker tanker NN 1662 511 81 11 11 CD 1662 511 82 , , , 1662 511 83 oil oil NN 1662 511 84 tanker tanker NN 1662 511 85 5 5 CD 1662 511 86 , , , 1662 511 87 roll roll NN 1662 511 88 - - HYPH 1662 511 89 on on IN 1662 511 90 / / SYM 1662 511 91 roll roll NN 1662 511 92 - - HYPH 1662 511 93 off off RP 1662 511 94 cargo cargo NN 1662 511 95 13 13 CD 1662 511 96 , , , 1662 511 97 short short JJ 1662 511 98 - - HYPH 1662 511 99 sea sea NN 1662 511 100 passenger passenger NN 1662 511 101 5 5 CD 1662 511 102 , , , 1662 511 103 specialized specialized JJ 1662 511 104 tanker tanker NN 1662 511 105 1 1 CD 1662 511 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 511 107 1996 1996 CD 1662 511 108 est est NNP 1662 511 109 . . . 1662 511 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 512 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 512 2 : : : 1662 512 3 119 119 CD 1662 512 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 512 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 512 6 est est NNP 1662 512 7 . . . 1662 512 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 513 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 513 2 - - , 1662 513 3 with with IN 1662 513 4 paved paved JJ 1662 513 5 runways runway NNS 1662 513 6 : : : 1662 513 7 total total NN 1662 513 8 : : : 1662 513 9 66 66 CD 1662 513 10 over over IN 1662 513 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 513 12 m m NN 1662 513 13 : : : 1662 513 14 8 8 CD 1662 513 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 513 16 to to TO 1662 513 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 513 18 m m CD 1662 513 19 : : : 1662 513 20 24 24 CD 1662 513 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 513 22 to to TO 1662 513 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 513 24 m m NN 1662 513 25 : : : 1662 513 26 13 13 CD 1662 513 27 914 914 CD 1662 513 28 to to TO 1662 513 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 513 30 m m NN 1662 513 31 : : : 1662 513 32 4 4 CD 1662 513 33 under under IN 1662 513 34 914 914 CD 1662 513 35 m m NN 1662 513 36 : : : 1662 513 37 17 17 CD 1662 513 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 513 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 513 40 est est NNP 1662 513 41 . . . 1662 513 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 514 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 514 2 - - , 1662 514 3 with with IN 1662 514 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 514 5 runways runway NNS 1662 514 6 : : : 1662 514 7 total total NN 1662 514 8 : : : 1662 514 9 53 53 CD 1662 514 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 514 11 to to TO 1662 514 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 514 13 m m NN 1662 514 14 : : : 1662 514 15 3 3 CD 1662 514 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 514 17 to to TO 1662 514 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 514 19 m m NN 1662 514 20 : : : 1662 514 21 19 19 CD 1662 514 22 914 914 CD 1662 514 23 to to TO 1662 514 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 514 25 m m NN 1662 514 26 : : : 1662 514 27 31 31 CD 1662 514 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 514 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 514 30 est est NNP 1662 514 31 . . . 1662 514 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 515 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 515 2 : : : 1662 515 3 1 1 CD 1662 515 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 515 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 515 6 est est NNP 1662 515 7 . . . 1662 515 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 516 1 Military military JJ 1662 516 2 Military military JJ 1662 516 3 branches branch NNS 1662 516 4 : : : 1662 516 5 National National NNP 1662 516 6 Popular Popular NNP 1662 516 7 Army Army NNP 1662 516 8 , , , 1662 516 9 Navy Navy NNP 1662 516 10 , , , 1662 516 11 Air Air NNP 1662 516 12 Force Force NNP 1662 516 13 , , , 1662 516 14 Territorial Territorial NNP 1662 516 15 Air Air NNP 1662 516 16 Defense Defense NNP 1662 516 17 , , , 1662 516 18 National National NNP 1662 516 19 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 516 20 Military Military NNP 1662 516 21 manpower manpower NN 1662 516 22 - - HYPH 1662 516 23 military military NN 1662 516 24 age age NN 1662 516 25 : : : 1662 516 26 19 19 CD 1662 516 27 years year NNS 1662 516 28 of of IN 1662 516 29 age age NN 1662 516 30 Military military JJ 1662 516 31 manpower manpower NN 1662 516 32 - - HYPH 1662 516 33 availability availability NN 1662 516 34 : : : 1662 516 35 males male NNS 1662 516 36 age age NNP 1662 516 37 15 15 CD 1662 516 38 - - HYPH 1662 516 39 49 49 CD 1662 516 40 : : : 1662 516 41 7,666,961 7,666,961 CD 1662 516 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 516 43 1997 1997 CD 1662 516 44 est est NNP 1662 516 45 . . . 1662 516 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 517 1 Military military JJ 1662 517 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 517 3 - - HYPH 1662 517 4 fit fit NN 1662 517 5 for for IN 1662 517 6 military military JJ 1662 517 7 service service NN 1662 517 8 : : : 1662 517 9 males male NNS 1662 517 10 : : : 1662 517 11 4,700,502 4,700,502 CD 1662 517 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 517 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 517 14 est est NNP 1662 517 15 . . . 1662 517 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 518 1 Military military JJ 1662 518 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 518 3 - - HYPH 1662 518 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 518 5 military military JJ 1662 518 6 age age NN 1662 518 7 annually annually RB 1662 518 8 : : : 1662 518 9 males male NNS 1662 518 10 : : : 1662 518 11 337,630 337,630 CD 1662 518 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 518 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 518 14 est est NNP 1662 518 15 . . . 1662 518 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 519 1 Military military JJ 1662 519 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 519 3 - - HYPH 1662 519 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 519 5 figure figure NN 1662 519 6 : : : 1662 519 7 $ $ $ 1662 519 8 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 519 9 billion billion CD 1662 519 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 519 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 519 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 519 13 Military military JJ 1662 519 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 519 15 - - : 1662 519 16 percent percent NN 1662 519 17 of of IN 1662 519 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 519 19 : : : 1662 519 20 2.7 2.7 CD 1662 519 21 % % NN 1662 519 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 519 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 519 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 519 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 519 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 519 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 519 28 - - HYPH 1662 519 29 international international JJ 1662 519 30 : : : 1662 519 31 part part NN 1662 519 32 of of IN 1662 519 33 southeastern southeastern JJ 1662 519 34 region region NN 1662 519 35 claimed claim VBN 1662 519 36 by by IN 1662 519 37 Libya Libya NNP 1662 519 38 ; ; : 1662 519 39 land land NN 1662 519 40 boundary boundary JJ 1662 519 41 dispute dispute NN 1662 519 42 with with IN 1662 519 43 Tunisia Tunisia NNP 1662 519 44 settled settle VBN 1662 519 45 in in IN 1662 519 46 1993 1993 CD 1662 519 47 _ _ NNP 1662 519 48 _ _ NNP 1662 519 49 _ _ NNP 1662 519 50 _ _ NNP 1662 519 51 _ _ NNP 1662 519 52 _ _ NNP 1662 519 53 _ _ NNP 1662 519 54 _ _ NNP 1662 519 55 _ _ NNP 1662 519 56 _ _ NNP 1662 519 57 _ _ NNP 1662 519 58 _ _ NNP 1662 519 59 _ _ NNP 1662 519 60 _ _ NNP 1662 519 61 _ _ NNP 1662 519 62 _ _ NNP 1662 519 63 _ _ NNP 1662 519 64 _ _ NNP 1662 519 65 _ _ NNP 1662 519 66 _ _ NNP 1662 519 67 _ _ NNP 1662 519 68 _ _ NNP 1662 519 69 _ _ NNP 1662 519 70 _ _ NNP 1662 519 71 _ _ NNP 1662 519 72 _ _ NNP 1662 519 73 _ _ NNP 1662 519 74 _ _ NNP 1662 519 75 _ _ NNP 1662 519 76 _ _ NNP 1662 519 77 _ _ NNP 1662 519 78 _ _ NNP 1662 519 79 _ _ NNP 1662 519 80 _ _ NNP 1662 519 81 _ _ NNP 1662 519 82 _ _ NNP 1662 519 83 _ _ NNP 1662 519 84 _ _ NNP 1662 519 85 _ _ NNP 1662 519 86 _ _ NNP 1662 519 87 _ _ NNP 1662 519 88 _ _ NNP 1662 519 89 _ _ NNP 1662 519 90 _ _ NNP 1662 519 91 _ _ NNP 1662 519 92 _ _ NNP 1662 519 93 _ _ NNP 1662 519 94 _ _ NNP 1662 519 95 _ _ NNP 1662 519 96 _ _ NNP 1662 519 97 _ _ NNP 1662 519 98 _ _ NNP 1662 519 99 _ _ NNP 1662 519 100 _ _ NNP 1662 519 101 _ _ NNP 1662 519 102 _ _ NNP 1662 519 103 _ _ NNP 1662 519 104 _ _ NNP 1662 519 105 _ _ NNP 1662 519 106 _ _ NNP 1662 519 107 _ _ NNP 1662 519 108 _ _ NNP 1662 519 109 _ _ NNP 1662 519 110 _ _ NNP 1662 519 111 _ _ NNP 1662 519 112 _ _ NNP 1662 519 113 _ _ NNP 1662 519 114 _ _ NNP 1662 519 115 _ _ NNP 1662 519 116 _ _ NNP 1662 519 117 AMERICAN AMERICAN NNP 1662 519 118 SAMOA SAMOA NNP 1662 519 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 519 120 territory territory NN 1662 519 121 of of IN 1662 519 122 the the DT 1662 519 123 US US NNP 1662 519 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 519 125 @American @American NNP 1662 519 126 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 519 127 : : : 1662 519 128 Geography Geography NNP 1662 519 129 Location Location NNP 1662 519 130 : : : 1662 519 131 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 519 132 , , , 1662 519 133 group group NN 1662 519 134 of of IN 1662 519 135 islands island NNS 1662 519 136 in in IN 1662 519 137 the the DT 1662 519 138 South South NNP 1662 519 139 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 519 140 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 519 141 , , , 1662 519 142 about about RB 1662 519 143 one one CD 1662 519 144 - - HYPH 1662 519 145 half half NN 1662 519 146 of of IN 1662 519 147 the the DT 1662 519 148 way way NN 1662 519 149 from from IN 1662 519 150 Hawaii Hawaii NNP 1662 519 151 to to IN 1662 519 152 New New NNP 1662 519 153 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 519 154 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 519 155 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 519 156 : : : 1662 519 157 14 14 CD 1662 519 158 20 20 CD 1662 519 159 S s NN 1662 519 160 , , , 1662 519 161 170 170 CD 1662 519 162 00 00 NFP 1662 519 163 W W NNP 1662 519 164 Map Map NNP 1662 519 165 references reference NNS 1662 519 166 : : : 1662 519 167 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 519 168 Area Area NNP 1662 519 169 : : : 1662 519 170 total total NN 1662 519 171 : : : 1662 519 172 199 199 CD 1662 519 173 sq sq NNP 1662 519 174 km km NNP 1662 519 175 land land NN 1662 519 176 : : : 1662 519 177 199 199 CD 1662 519 178 sq sq NNP 1662 519 179 km km NNP 1662 519 180 water water NN 1662 519 181 : : : 1662 519 182 0 0 NFP 1662 519 183 sq sq NNP 1662 519 184 km km NNP 1662 519 185 note note NN 1662 519 186 : : : 1662 519 187 includes include VBZ 1662 519 188 Rose Rose NNP 1662 519 189 Island Island NNP 1662 519 190 and and CC 1662 519 191 Swains Swains NNP 1662 519 192 Island Island NNP 1662 519 193 Area Area NNP 1662 519 194 - - HYPH 1662 519 195 comparative comparative NNP 1662 519 196 : : : 1662 519 197 slightly slightly RB 1662 519 198 larger large JJR 1662 519 199 than than IN 1662 519 200 Washington Washington NNP 1662 519 201 , , , 1662 519 202 DC DC NNP 1662 519 203 Land Land NNP 1662 519 204 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 519 205 : : : 1662 519 206 0 0 LS 1662 519 207 km km NN 1662 519 208 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 519 209 : : : 1662 519 210 116 116 CD 1662 519 211 km km NN 1662 519 212 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 519 213 claims claim VBZ 1662 519 214 : : : 1662 519 215 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 519 216 economic economic JJ 1662 519 217 zone zone NN 1662 519 218 : : : 1662 519 219 200 200 CD 1662 519 220 nm nm CD 1662 519 221 territorial territorial JJ 1662 519 222 sea sea NN 1662 519 223 : : : 1662 519 224 12 12 CD 1662 519 225 nm nm NNP 1662 519 226 Climate Climate NNP 1662 519 227 : : : 1662 519 228 tropical tropical JJ 1662 519 229 marine marine NN 1662 519 230 , , , 1662 519 231 moderated moderate VBN 1662 519 232 by by IN 1662 519 233 southeast southeast JJ 1662 519 234 trade trade NN 1662 519 235 winds wind NNS 1662 519 236 ; ; , 1662 519 237 annual annual JJ 1662 519 238 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 519 239 averages average NNS 1662 519 240 124 124 CD 1662 519 241 inches inch NNS 1662 519 242 ; ; , 1662 519 243 rainy rainy JJ 1662 519 244 season season NN 1662 519 245 from from IN 1662 519 246 November November NNP 1662 519 247 to to IN 1662 519 248 April April NNP 1662 519 249 , , , 1662 519 250 dry dry JJ 1662 519 251 season season NN 1662 519 252 from from IN 1662 519 253 May May NNP 1662 519 254 to to IN 1662 519 255 October October NNP 1662 519 256 ; ; : 1662 519 257 little little JJ 1662 519 258 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 519 259 temperature temperature NN 1662 519 260 variation variation NN 1662 519 261 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 519 262 : : : 1662 519 263 five five CD 1662 519 264 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 519 265 islands island NNS 1662 519 266 with with IN 1662 519 267 rugged rugged JJ 1662 519 268 peaks peak NNS 1662 519 269 and and CC 1662 519 270 limited limited JJ 1662 519 271 coastal coastal JJ 1662 519 272 plains plain NNS 1662 519 273 , , , 1662 519 274 two two CD 1662 519 275 coral coral JJ 1662 519 276 atolls atoll NNS 1662 519 277 ( ( -LRB- 1662 519 278 Rose Rose NNP 1662 519 279 Island Island NNP 1662 519 280 , , , 1662 519 281 Swains Swains NNP 1662 519 282 Island Island NNP 1662 519 283 ) ) -RRB- 1662 519 284 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 519 285 extremes extreme NNS 1662 519 286 : : : 1662 519 287 lowest low JJS 1662 519 288 point point NN 1662 519 289 : : : 1662 519 290 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 519 291 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 519 292 0 0 NFP 1662 519 293 m m DT 1662 519 294 highest high JJS 1662 519 295 point point NN 1662 519 296 : : : 1662 519 297 Lata Lata NNP 1662 519 298 966 966 CD 1662 519 299 m m NNP 1662 519 300 Natural natural JJ 1662 519 301 resources resource NNS 1662 519 302 : : : 1662 519 303 pumice pumice NN 1662 519 304 , , , 1662 519 305 pumicite pumicite JJ 1662 519 306 Land Land NNP 1662 519 307 use use NN 1662 519 308 : : : 1662 519 309 arable arable JJ 1662 519 310 land land NN 1662 519 311 : : : 1662 519 312 5 5 CD 1662 519 313 % % NN 1662 519 314 permanent permanent JJ 1662 519 315 crops crop NNS 1662 519 316 : : : 1662 519 317 10 10 CD 1662 519 318 % % NN 1662 519 319 permanent permanent JJ 1662 519 320 pastures pasture NNS 1662 519 321 : : : 1662 519 322 0 0 CD 1662 519 323 % % NN 1662 519 324 forests forest NNS 1662 519 325 and and CC 1662 519 326 woodland woodland NN 1662 519 327 : : : 1662 519 328 70 70 CD 1662 519 329 % % NN 1662 519 330 other other JJ 1662 519 331 : : : 1662 519 332 15 15 CD 1662 519 333 % % NN 1662 519 334 ( ( -LRB- 1662 519 335 1993 1993 CD 1662 519 336 est est NNP 1662 519 337 . . . 1662 519 338 ) ) -RRB- 1662 520 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 520 2 land land NN 1662 520 3 : : : 1662 520 4 NA NA NNP 1662 520 5 sq sq RB 1662 520 6 km km VB 1662 520 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 520 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 520 9 : : : 1662 520 10 typhoons typhoon NNS 1662 520 11 common common JJ 1662 520 12 from from IN 1662 520 13 December December NNP 1662 520 14 to to IN 1662 520 15 March March NNP 1662 520 16 Environment Environment NNP 1662 520 17 - - HYPH 1662 520 18 current current JJ 1662 520 19 issues issue NNS 1662 520 20 : : : 1662 520 21 limited limit VBN 1662 520 22 natural natural JJ 1662 520 23 fresh fresh JJ 1662 520 24 water water NN 1662 520 25 resources resource NNS 1662 520 26 ; ; : 1662 520 27 the the DT 1662 520 28 water water NN 1662 520 29 division division NN 1662 520 30 of of IN 1662 520 31 the the DT 1662 520 32 government government NN 1662 520 33 has have VBZ 1662 520 34 spent spend VBN 1662 520 35 substantial substantial JJ 1662 520 36 funds fund NNS 1662 520 37 in in IN 1662 520 38 the the DT 1662 520 39 past past JJ 1662 520 40 few few JJ 1662 520 41 years year NNS 1662 520 42 to to TO 1662 520 43 improve improve VB 1662 520 44 water water NN 1662 520 45 catchments catchment NNS 1662 520 46 and and CC 1662 520 47 pipelines pipeline VBZ 1662 520 48 Environment Environment NNP 1662 520 49 - - HYPH 1662 520 50 international international JJ 1662 520 51 agreements agreement NNS 1662 520 52 : : : 1662 520 53 party party NN 1662 520 54 to to IN 1662 520 55 : : : 1662 520 56 NA NA NNP 1662 520 57 signed sign VBN 1662 520 58 , , , 1662 520 59 but but CC 1662 520 60 not not RB 1662 520 61 ratified ratified JJ 1662 520 62 : : : 1662 520 63 NA NA NNP 1662 520 64 Geography Geography NNP 1662 520 65 - - HYPH 1662 520 66 note note NN 1662 520 67 : : : 1662 520 68 Pago Pago NNP 1662 520 69 Pago Pago NNP 1662 520 70 has have VBZ 1662 520 71 one one CD 1662 520 72 of of IN 1662 520 73 the the DT 1662 520 74 best good JJS 1662 520 75 natural natural JJ 1662 520 76 deepwater deepwater NN 1662 520 77 harbors harbor NNS 1662 520 78 in in IN 1662 520 79 the the DT 1662 520 80 South South NNP 1662 520 81 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 520 82 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 520 83 , , , 1662 520 84 sheltered shelter VBN 1662 520 85 by by IN 1662 520 86 shape shape NN 1662 520 87 from from IN 1662 520 88 rough rough JJ 1662 520 89 seas sea NNS 1662 520 90 and and CC 1662 520 91 protected protect VBN 1662 520 92 by by IN 1662 520 93 peripheral peripheral JJ 1662 520 94 mountains mountain NNS 1662 520 95 from from IN 1662 520 96 high high JJ 1662 520 97 winds wind NNS 1662 520 98 ; ; , 1662 520 99 strategic strategic JJ 1662 520 100 location location NN 1662 520 101 in in IN 1662 520 102 the the DT 1662 520 103 South South NNP 1662 520 104 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 520 105 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 520 106 @American @American NNP 1662 520 107 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 520 108 : : : 1662 520 109 People People NNP 1662 520 110 Population Population NNP 1662 520 111 : : : 1662 520 112 61,819 61,819 CD 1662 520 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 520 114 July July NNP 1662 520 115 1997 1997 CD 1662 520 116 est est NNP 1662 520 117 . . . 1662 520 118 ) ) -RRB- 1662 521 1 Age age NN 1662 521 2 structure structure NN 1662 521 3 : : : 1662 521 4 0 0 CD 1662 521 5 - - HYPH 1662 521 6 14 14 CD 1662 521 7 years year NNS 1662 521 8 : : : 1662 521 9 NA NA NNP 1662 521 10 15 15 CD 1662 521 11 - - SYM 1662 521 12 64 64 CD 1662 521 13 years year NNS 1662 521 14 : : : 1662 521 15 NA na IN 1662 521 16 65 65 CD 1662 521 17 years year NNS 1662 521 18 and and CC 1662 521 19 over over RB 1662 521 20 : : : 1662 521 21 NA NA NNP 1662 521 22 Population Population NNP 1662 521 23 growth growth NN 1662 521 24 rate rate NN 1662 521 25 : : : 1662 521 26 3.72 3.72 CD 1662 521 27 % % NN 1662 521 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 521 29 1997 1997 CD 1662 521 30 est est NNP 1662 521 31 . . . 1662 521 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 522 1 Birth birth NN 1662 522 2 rate rate NN 1662 522 3 : : : 1662 522 4 35.23 35.23 CD 1662 522 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 522 6 population population NN 1662 522 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 522 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 522 9 est est NNP 1662 522 10 . . . 1662 522 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 523 1 Death death NN 1662 523 2 rate rate NN 1662 523 3 : : : 1662 523 4 4.01 4.01 CD 1662 523 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 523 6 population population NN 1662 523 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 523 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 523 9 est est NNP 1662 523 10 . . . 1662 523 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 524 1 Net net JJ 1662 524 2 migration migration NN 1662 524 3 rate rate NN 1662 524 4 : : : 1662 524 5 6 6 CD 1662 524 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 524 7 population population NN 1662 524 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 524 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 524 10 est est NNP 1662 524 11 . . . 1662 524 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 525 1 Sex sex NN 1662 525 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 525 3 : : : 1662 525 4 at at IN 1662 525 5 birth birth NN 1662 525 6 : : : 1662 525 7 NA NA NNP 1662 525 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 525 9 under under IN 1662 525 10 15 15 CD 1662 525 11 years year NNS 1662 525 12 : : : 1662 525 13 NA NA NNP 1662 525 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 525 15 15 15 CD 1662 525 16 - - SYM 1662 525 17 64 64 CD 1662 525 18 years year NNS 1662 525 19 : : : 1662 525 20 NA NA NNP 1662 525 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 525 22 65 65 CD 1662 525 23 years year NNS 1662 525 24 and and CC 1662 525 25 over over RB 1662 525 26 : : : 1662 525 27 NA NA NNP 1662 525 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 525 29 total total JJ 1662 525 30 population population NN 1662 525 31 : : : 1662 525 32 NA NA NNP 1662 525 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 525 34 Infant Infant NNP 1662 525 35 mortality mortality NN 1662 525 36 rate rate NN 1662 525 37 : : : 1662 525 38 18.78 18.78 CD 1662 525 39 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 525 40 live live JJ 1662 525 41 births birth NNS 1662 525 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 525 43 1997 1997 CD 1662 525 44 est est NNP 1662 525 45 . . . 1662 525 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 526 1 Life life NN 1662 526 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 526 3 at at IN 1662 526 4 birth birth NN 1662 526 5 : : : 1662 526 6 total total JJ 1662 526 7 population population NN 1662 526 8 : : : 1662 526 9 72.91 72.91 CD 1662 526 10 years year NNS 1662 526 11 male male JJ 1662 526 12 : : : 1662 526 13 71.03 71.03 CD 1662 526 14 years year NNS 1662 526 15 female female JJ 1662 526 16 : : : 1662 526 17 74.85 74.85 CD 1662 526 18 years year NNS 1662 526 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 526 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 526 21 est est NNP 1662 526 22 . . . 1662 526 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 527 1 Total total JJ 1662 527 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 527 3 rate rate NN 1662 527 4 : : : 1662 527 5 4.16 4.16 CD 1662 527 6 children child NNS 1662 527 7 born bear VBN 1662 527 8 / / SYM 1662 527 9 woman woman NN 1662 527 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 527 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 527 12 est est NNP 1662 527 13 . . . 1662 527 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 528 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 528 2 : : : 1662 528 3 noun noun NN 1662 528 4 : : : 1662 528 5 American american JJ 1662 528 6 Samoan(s samoan(s NN 1662 528 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 528 8 adjective adjective NN 1662 528 9 : : : 1662 528 10 American American NNP 1662 528 11 Samoan Samoan NNP 1662 528 12 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 528 13 groups group NNS 1662 528 14 : : : 1662 528 15 Samoan Samoan NNP 1662 528 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 528 17 Polynesian Polynesian NNP 1662 528 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 528 19 89 89 CD 1662 528 20 % % NN 1662 528 21 , , , 1662 528 22 Caucasian caucasian JJ 1662 528 23 2 2 CD 1662 528 24 % % NN 1662 528 25 , , , 1662 528 26 Tongan Tongan NNP 1662 528 27 4 4 CD 1662 528 28 % % NN 1662 528 29 , , , 1662 528 30 other other JJ 1662 528 31 5 5 CD 1662 528 32 % % NN 1662 528 33 Religions religion NNS 1662 528 34 : : : 1662 528 35 Christian Christian NNP 1662 528 36 Congregationalist Congregationalist NNP 1662 528 37 50 50 CD 1662 528 38 % % NN 1662 528 39 , , , 1662 528 40 Roman Roman NNP 1662 528 41 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 528 42 20 20 CD 1662 528 43 % % NN 1662 528 44 , , , 1662 528 45 Protestant protestant JJ 1662 528 46 denominations denomination NNS 1662 528 47 and and CC 1662 528 48 other other JJ 1662 528 49 30 30 CD 1662 528 50 % % NN 1662 528 51 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 528 52 : : : 1662 528 53 Samoan Samoan NNP 1662 528 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 528 55 closely closely RB 1662 528 56 related related JJ 1662 528 57 to to IN 1662 528 58 Hawaiian hawaiian JJ 1662 528 59 and and CC 1662 528 60 other other JJ 1662 528 61 Polynesian polynesian JJ 1662 528 62 languages language NNS 1662 528 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 528 64 , , , 1662 528 65 English English NNP 1662 528 66 note note NN 1662 528 67 : : : 1662 528 68 most most JJS 1662 528 69 people people NNS 1662 528 70 are be VBP 1662 528 71 bilingual bilingual JJ 1662 528 72 Literacy literacy NN 1662 528 73 : : : 1662 528 74 definition definition NN 1662 528 75 : : : 1662 528 76 age age NN 1662 528 77 15 15 CD 1662 528 78 and and CC 1662 528 79 over over RB 1662 528 80 can can MD 1662 528 81 read read VB 1662 528 82 and and CC 1662 528 83 write write VB 1662 528 84 total total JJ 1662 528 85 population population NN 1662 528 86 : : : 1662 528 87 97 97 CD 1662 528 88 % % NN 1662 528 89 male male NN 1662 528 90 : : : 1662 528 91 98 98 CD 1662 528 92 % % NN 1662 528 93 female female NN 1662 528 94 : : : 1662 528 95 97 97 CD 1662 528 96 % % NN 1662 528 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 528 98 1980 1980 CD 1662 528 99 est est NNP 1662 528 100 . . . 1662 528 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 1 @American @American NNP 1662 529 2 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 529 3 : : : 1662 529 4 Government Government NNP 1662 529 5 Country Country NNP 1662 529 6 name name NN 1662 529 7 : : : 1662 529 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 529 9 long long JJ 1662 529 10 form form NN 1662 529 11 : : : 1662 529 12 Territory territory NN 1662 529 13 of of IN 1662 529 14 American american JJ 1662 529 15 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 529 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 529 17 short short JJ 1662 529 18 form form NN 1662 529 19 : : : 1662 529 20 American american JJ 1662 529 21 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 529 22 abbreviation abbreviation NN 1662 529 23 : : : 1662 529 24 AS AS NNP 1662 529 25 Data Data NNP 1662 529 26 code code NN 1662 529 27 : : : 1662 529 28 AQ AQ NNP 1662 529 29 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 529 30 status status NN 1662 529 31 : : : 1662 529 32 unincorporated unincorporated JJ 1662 529 33 and and CC 1662 529 34 unorganized unorganized JJ 1662 529 35 territory territory NN 1662 529 36 of of IN 1662 529 37 the the DT 1662 529 38 US US NNP 1662 529 39 ; ; : 1662 529 40 administered administer VBN 1662 529 41 by by IN 1662 529 42 the the DT 1662 529 43 US US NNP 1662 529 44 Department Department NNP 1662 529 45 of of IN 1662 529 46 Interior Interior NNP 1662 529 47 , , , 1662 529 48 Office Office NNP 1662 529 49 of of IN 1662 529 50 Territorial Territorial NNP 1662 529 51 and and CC 1662 529 52 International International NNP 1662 529 53 Affairs Affairs NNPS 1662 529 54 Government Government NNP 1662 529 55 type type NN 1662 529 56 : : : 1662 529 57 NA NA NNP 1662 529 58 National national JJ 1662 529 59 capital capital NN 1662 529 60 : : : 1662 529 61 Pago Pago NNP 1662 529 62 Pago Pago NNP 1662 529 63 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 529 64 divisions division NNS 1662 529 65 : : : 1662 529 66 none none NN 1662 529 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 68 territory territory NN 1662 529 69 of of IN 1662 529 70 the the DT 1662 529 71 US US NNP 1662 529 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 73 Independence independence NN 1662 529 74 : : : 1662 529 75 none none NN 1662 529 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 77 territory territory NN 1662 529 78 of of IN 1662 529 79 the the DT 1662 529 80 US US NNP 1662 529 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 82 National national JJ 1662 529 83 holiday holiday NN 1662 529 84 : : : 1662 529 85 Territorial Territorial NNP 1662 529 86 Flag Flag NNP 1662 529 87 Day Day NNP 1662 529 88 , , , 1662 529 89 17 17 CD 1662 529 90 April April NNP 1662 529 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 92 1900 1900 CD 1662 529 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 94 Constitution constitution NN 1662 529 95 : : : 1662 529 96 ratified ratified JJ 1662 529 97 1966 1966 CD 1662 529 98 , , , 1662 529 99 in in IN 1662 529 100 effect effect NN 1662 529 101 1967 1967 CD 1662 529 102 Legal legal JJ 1662 529 103 system system NN 1662 529 104 : : : 1662 529 105 NA NA NNP 1662 529 106 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 529 107 : : : 1662 529 108 18 18 CD 1662 529 109 years year NNS 1662 529 110 of of IN 1662 529 111 age age NN 1662 529 112 ; ; : 1662 529 113 universal universal JJ 1662 529 114 Executive Executive NNP 1662 529 115 branch branch NN 1662 529 116 : : : 1662 529 117 chief chief NN 1662 529 118 of of IN 1662 529 119 state state NN 1662 529 120 : : : 1662 529 121 President President NNP 1662 529 122 of of IN 1662 529 123 the the DT 1662 529 124 US US NNP 1662 529 125 William William NNP 1662 529 126 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 1662 529 127 CLINTON CLINTON NNP 1662 529 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 129 since since IN 1662 529 130 20 20 CD 1662 529 131 January January NNP 1662 529 132 1993 1993 CD 1662 529 133 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 134 and and CC 1662 529 135 Vice Vice NNP 1662 529 136 President President NNP 1662 529 137 Albert Albert NNP 1662 529 138 GORE GORE NNP 1662 529 139 , , , 1662 529 140 Jr. Jr. NNP 1662 529 141 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 142 since since IN 1662 529 143 20 20 CD 1662 529 144 January January NNP 1662 529 145 1993 1993 CD 1662 529 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 147 head head NN 1662 529 148 of of IN 1662 529 149 government government NN 1662 529 150 : : : 1662 529 151 Governor Governor NNP 1662 529 152 Tauese Tauese NNP 1662 529 153 P. P. NNP 1662 529 154 SUNIA SUNIA NNP 1662 529 155 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 156 since since IN 1662 529 157 3 3 CD 1662 529 158 January January NNP 1662 529 159 1997 1997 CD 1662 529 160 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 161 and and CC 1662 529 162 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 1662 529 163 Governor Governor NNP 1662 529 164 Togiola Togiola NNP 1662 529 165 Tulafono Tulafono NNP 1662 529 166 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 167 since since IN 1662 529 168 3 3 CD 1662 529 169 January January NNP 1662 529 170 1997 1997 CD 1662 529 171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 172 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 529 173 : : : 1662 529 174 NA NA NNP 1662 529 175 elections election NNS 1662 529 176 : : : 1662 529 177 governor governor NN 1662 529 178 and and CC 1662 529 179 lieutenant lieutenant NN 1662 529 180 governor governor NN 1662 529 181 elected elect VBD 1662 529 182 on on IN 1662 529 183 the the DT 1662 529 184 same same JJ 1662 529 185 ticket ticket NN 1662 529 186 by by IN 1662 529 187 popular popular JJ 1662 529 188 vote vote NN 1662 529 189 for for IN 1662 529 190 four four CD 1662 529 191 - - HYPH 1662 529 192 year year NN 1662 529 193 terms term NNS 1662 529 194 ; ; : 1662 529 195 election election NN 1662 529 196 last last JJ 1662 529 197 held hold VBD 1662 529 198 3 3 CD 1662 529 199 November November NNP 1662 529 200 1996 1996 CD 1662 529 201 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 202 next next JJ 1662 529 203 to to TO 1662 529 204 be be VB 1662 529 205 held hold VBN 1662 529 206 7 7 CD 1662 529 207 November November NNP 1662 529 208 2000 2000 CD 1662 529 209 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 210 election election NN 1662 529 211 results result NNS 1662 529 212 : : : 1662 529 213 Tauese Tauese NNP 1662 529 214 P. P. NNP 1662 529 215 SUNIA SUNIA NNP 1662 529 216 elected elect VBN 1662 529 217 governor governor NN 1662 529 218 of of IN 1662 529 219 American American NNP 1662 529 220 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 529 221 ; ; : 1662 529 222 percent percent NN 1662 529 223 of of IN 1662 529 224 vote vote NN 1662 529 225 - - HYPH 1662 529 226 Tauese tauese NN 1662 529 227 P. P. NNP 1662 529 228 SUNIA SUNIA NNP 1662 529 229 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 230 Democrat Democrat NNP 1662 529 231 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 232 51 51 CD 1662 529 233 % % NN 1662 529 234 , , , 1662 529 235 Peter Peter NNP 1662 529 236 REID REID NNP 1662 529 237 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 238 Independent Independent NNP 1662 529 239 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 240 49 49 CD 1662 529 241 % % NN 1662 529 242 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 529 243 branch branch NN 1662 529 244 : : : 1662 529 245 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 529 246 Fono Fono NNP 1662 529 247 or or CC 1662 529 248 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 529 249 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 529 250 consists consist VBZ 1662 529 251 of of IN 1662 529 252 the the DT 1662 529 253 House House NNP 1662 529 254 of of IN 1662 529 255 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 529 256 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 257 21 21 CD 1662 529 258 seats seat NNS 1662 529 259 - - : 1662 529 260 20 20 CD 1662 529 261 of of IN 1662 529 262 which which WDT 1662 529 263 are be VBP 1662 529 264 elected elect VBN 1662 529 265 by by IN 1662 529 266 popular popular JJ 1662 529 267 vote vote NN 1662 529 268 and and CC 1662 529 269 1 1 CD 1662 529 270 is be VBZ 1662 529 271 an an DT 1662 529 272 appointed appoint VBN 1662 529 273 , , , 1662 529 274 nonvoting nonvote VBG 1662 529 275 delegate delegate NN 1662 529 276 from from IN 1662 529 277 Swains Swains NNP 1662 529 278 Island Island NNP 1662 529 279 ; ; : 1662 529 280 members member NNS 1662 529 281 serve serve VBP 1662 529 282 two two CD 1662 529 283 - - HYPH 1662 529 284 year year NN 1662 529 285 terms term NNS 1662 529 286 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 287 and and CC 1662 529 288 the the DT 1662 529 289 Senate Senate NNP 1662 529 290 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 291 18 18 CD 1662 529 292 seats seat NNS 1662 529 293 ; ; : 1662 529 294 members member NNS 1662 529 295 are be VBP 1662 529 296 elected elect VBN 1662 529 297 from from IN 1662 529 298 local local JJ 1662 529 299 chiefs chief NNS 1662 529 300 who who WP 1662 529 301 serve serve VBP 1662 529 302 four four CD 1662 529 303 - - HYPH 1662 529 304 year year NN 1662 529 305 terms term NNS 1662 529 306 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 307 elections election NNS 1662 529 308 : : : 1662 529 309 House House NNP 1662 529 310 of of IN 1662 529 311 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 529 312 - - HYPH 1662 529 313 last last RB 1662 529 314 held hold VBN 1662 529 315 5 5 CD 1662 529 316 November November NNP 1662 529 317 1996 1996 CD 1662 529 318 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 319 next next JJ 1662 529 320 to to TO 1662 529 321 be be VB 1662 529 322 held hold VBN 1662 529 323 NA NA NNP 1662 529 324 November November NNP 1662 529 325 1998 1998 CD 1662 529 326 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 327 ; ; : 1662 529 328 Senate Senate NNP 1662 529 329 - - HYPH 1662 529 330 last last RB 1662 529 331 held hold VBD 1662 529 332 3 3 CD 1662 529 333 November November NNP 1662 529 334 1996 1996 CD 1662 529 335 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 336 next next JJ 1662 529 337 to to TO 1662 529 338 be be VB 1662 529 339 held hold VBN 1662 529 340 7 7 CD 1662 529 341 November November NNP 1662 529 342 2000 2000 CD 1662 529 343 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 344 election election NN 1662 529 345 results result NNS 1662 529 346 : : : 1662 529 347 House House NNP 1662 529 348 of of IN 1662 529 349 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 529 350 - - HYPH 1662 529 351 percent percent NN 1662 529 352 of of IN 1662 529 353 vote vote NN 1662 529 354 by by IN 1662 529 355 party party NN 1662 529 356 - - HYPH 1662 529 357 NA NA NNP 1662 529 358 ; ; , 1662 529 359 seats seat NNS 1662 529 360 by by IN 1662 529 361 party party NN 1662 529 362 - - HYPH 1662 529 363 NA NA NNP 1662 529 364 ; ; : 1662 529 365 Senate Senate NNP 1662 529 366 - - HYPH 1662 529 367 percent percent NN 1662 529 368 of of IN 1662 529 369 vote vote NN 1662 529 370 by by IN 1662 529 371 party party NN 1662 529 372 - - HYPH 1662 529 373 NA NA NNP 1662 529 374 ; ; , 1662 529 375 seats seat NNS 1662 529 376 by by IN 1662 529 377 party party NN 1662 529 378 - - HYPH 1662 529 379 NA NA NNP 1662 529 380 note note NN 1662 529 381 : : : 1662 529 382 American American NNP 1662 529 383 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 529 384 elects elect VBZ 1662 529 385 one one CD 1662 529 386 delegate delegate NN 1662 529 387 to to IN 1662 529 388 the the DT 1662 529 389 US US NNP 1662 529 390 House House NNP 1662 529 391 of of IN 1662 529 392 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 529 393 ; ; : 1662 529 394 elections election NNS 1662 529 395 last last RB 1662 529 396 held hold VBD 1662 529 397 5 5 CD 1662 529 398 November November NNP 1662 529 399 1996 1996 CD 1662 529 400 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 401 next next JJ 1662 529 402 to to TO 1662 529 403 be be VB 1662 529 404 held hold VBN 1662 529 405 NA NA NNP 1662 529 406 November November NNP 1662 529 407 1998 1998 CD 1662 529 408 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 409 ; ; : 1662 529 410 results result NNS 1662 529 411 - - : 1662 529 412 Eni Eni NNP 1662 529 413 R. R. NNP 1662 529 414 F. F. NNP 1662 529 415 H. H. NNP 1662 529 416 FALEOMAVAEGA FALEOMAVAEGA NNP 1662 529 417 reelected reelect VBD 1662 529 418 as as IN 1662 529 419 delegate delegate NN 1662 529 420 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 529 421 branch branch NN 1662 529 422 : : : 1662 529 423 High High NNP 1662 529 424 Court Court NNP 1662 529 425 , , , 1662 529 426 chief chief JJ 1662 529 427 justice justice NN 1662 529 428 and and CC 1662 529 429 associate associate JJ 1662 529 430 justices justice NNS 1662 529 431 are be VBP 1662 529 432 appointed appoint VBN 1662 529 433 by by IN 1662 529 434 the the DT 1662 529 435 US US NNP 1662 529 436 Secretary Secretary NNP 1662 529 437 of of IN 1662 529 438 the the DT 1662 529 439 Interior Interior NNP 1662 529 440 Political political JJ 1662 529 441 parties party NNS 1662 529 442 and and CC 1662 529 443 leaders leader NNS 1662 529 444 : : : 1662 529 445 NA NA NNP 1662 529 446 International international JJ 1662 529 447 organization organization NN 1662 529 448 participation participation NN 1662 529 449 : : : 1662 529 450 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 529 451 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 452 associate associate NN 1662 529 453 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 454 , , , 1662 529 455 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 529 456 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 457 subbureau subbureau NNP 1662 529 458 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 459 , , , 1662 529 460 IOC IOC NNP 1662 529 461 , , , 1662 529 462 SPC SPC NNP 1662 529 463 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 529 464 representation representation NN 1662 529 465 in in IN 1662 529 466 the the DT 1662 529 467 US US NNP 1662 529 468 : : : 1662 529 469 none none NN 1662 529 470 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 471 territory territory NN 1662 529 472 of of IN 1662 529 473 the the DT 1662 529 474 US US NNP 1662 529 475 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 476 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 529 477 representation representation NN 1662 529 478 from from IN 1662 529 479 the the DT 1662 529 480 US US NNP 1662 529 481 : : : 1662 529 482 none none NN 1662 529 483 ( ( -LRB- 1662 529 484 territory territory NN 1662 529 485 of of IN 1662 529 486 the the DT 1662 529 487 US US NNP 1662 529 488 ) ) -RRB- 1662 529 489 Flag flag NN 1662 529 490 description description NN 1662 529 491 : : : 1662 529 492 blue blue JJ 1662 529 493 with with IN 1662 529 494 a a DT 1662 529 495 white white JJ 1662 529 496 triangle triangle NN 1662 529 497 edged edge VBD 1662 529 498 in in IN 1662 529 499 red red NN 1662 529 500 that that WDT 1662 529 501 is be VBZ 1662 529 502 based base VBN 1662 529 503 on on IN 1662 529 504 the the DT 1662 529 505 outer outer JJ 1662 529 506 side side NN 1662 529 507 and and CC 1662 529 508 extends extend VBZ 1662 529 509 to to IN 1662 529 510 the the DT 1662 529 511 hoist hoist NN 1662 529 512 side side NN 1662 529 513 ; ; : 1662 529 514 a a DT 1662 529 515 brown brown JJ 1662 529 516 and and CC 1662 529 517 white white JJ 1662 529 518 American american JJ 1662 529 519 bald bald JJ 1662 529 520 eagle eagle NNP 1662 529 521 flying fly VBG 1662 529 522 toward toward IN 1662 529 523 the the DT 1662 529 524 hoist hoist NN 1662 529 525 side side NN 1662 529 526 is be VBZ 1662 529 527 carrying carry VBG 1662 529 528 two two CD 1662 529 529 traditional traditional JJ 1662 529 530 Samoan Samoan NNP 1662 529 531 symbols symbol NNS 1662 529 532 of of IN 1662 529 533 authority authority NN 1662 529 534 , , , 1662 529 535 a a DT 1662 529 536 staff staff NN 1662 529 537 and and CC 1662 529 538 a a DT 1662 529 539 war war NN 1662 529 540 club club NN 1662 529 541 Economy Economy NNP 1662 529 542 Economy Economy NNP 1662 529 543 - - HYPH 1662 529 544 overview overview NN 1662 529 545 : : : 1662 529 546 Economic economic JJ 1662 529 547 activity activity NN 1662 529 548 is be VBZ 1662 529 549 strongly strongly RB 1662 529 550 linked link VBN 1662 529 551 to to IN 1662 529 552 the the DT 1662 529 553 US US NNP 1662 529 554 , , , 1662 529 555 with with IN 1662 529 556 which which WDT 1662 529 557 American American NNP 1662 529 558 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 529 559 conducts conduct VBZ 1662 529 560 the the DT 1662 529 561 great great JJ 1662 529 562 bulk bulk NN 1662 529 563 of of IN 1662 529 564 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 529 565 foreign foreign JJ 1662 529 566 trade trade NN 1662 529 567 . . . 1662 530 1 Tuna tuna NN 1662 530 2 fishing fishing NN 1662 530 3 and and CC 1662 530 4 tuna tuna NN 1662 530 5 processing processing NN 1662 530 6 plants plant NNS 1662 530 7 are be VBP 1662 530 8 the the DT 1662 530 9 backbone backbone NN 1662 530 10 of of IN 1662 530 11 the the DT 1662 530 12 private private JJ 1662 530 13 sector sector NN 1662 530 14 , , , 1662 530 15 with with IN 1662 530 16 canned canned JJ 1662 530 17 tuna tuna NN 1662 530 18 the the DT 1662 530 19 primary primary JJ 1662 530 20 export export NN 1662 530 21 . . . 1662 531 1 The the DT 1662 531 2 tuna tuna NN 1662 531 3 canneries cannery NNS 1662 531 4 and and CC 1662 531 5 the the DT 1662 531 6 government government NN 1662 531 7 are be VBP 1662 531 8 by by IN 1662 531 9 far far RB 1662 531 10 the the DT 1662 531 11 two two CD 1662 531 12 largest large JJS 1662 531 13 employers employer NNS 1662 531 14 . . . 1662 532 1 Other other JJ 1662 532 2 economic economic JJ 1662 532 3 activities activity NNS 1662 532 4 include include VBP 1662 532 5 a a DT 1662 532 6 slowly slowly RB 1662 532 7 developing develop VBG 1662 532 8 tourist tourist NN 1662 532 9 industry industry NN 1662 532 10 . . . 1662 533 1 Transfers transfer NNS 1662 533 2 from from IN 1662 533 3 the the DT 1662 533 4 US US NNP 1662 533 5 Government Government NNP 1662 533 6 add add VB 1662 533 7 substantially substantially RB 1662 533 8 to to IN 1662 533 9 American American NNP 1662 533 10 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 533 11 's 's POS 1662 533 12 economic economic JJ 1662 533 13 well well NN 1662 533 14 - - HYPH 1662 533 15 being being NN 1662 533 16 . . . 1662 534 1 According accord VBG 1662 534 2 to to IN 1662 534 3 one one CD 1662 534 4 observer observer NN 1662 534 5 , , , 1662 534 6 attempts attempt NNS 1662 534 7 by by IN 1662 534 8 the the DT 1662 534 9 government government NN 1662 534 10 to to TO 1662 534 11 develop develop VB 1662 534 12 a a DT 1662 534 13 larger large JJR 1662 534 14 and and CC 1662 534 15 broader broad JJR 1662 534 16 economy economy NN 1662 534 17 are be VBP 1662 534 18 restrained restrain VBN 1662 534 19 by by IN 1662 534 20 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 534 21 's 's POS 1662 534 22 remote remote JJ 1662 534 23 location location NN 1662 534 24 , , , 1662 534 25 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 534 26 limited limited JJ 1662 534 27 transportation transportation NN 1662 534 28 , , , 1662 534 29 and and CC 1662 534 30 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 534 31 devastating devastating JJ 1662 534 32 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 534 33 . . . 1662 535 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 535 2 : : : 1662 535 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 535 4 power power NN 1662 535 5 parity parity NN 1662 535 6 - - : 1662 535 7 $ $ $ 1662 535 8 128 128 CD 1662 535 9 million million CD 1662 535 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 535 11 1991 1991 CD 1662 535 12 est est NNP 1662 535 13 . . . 1662 535 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 536 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 536 2 - - HYPH 1662 536 3 real real JJ 1662 536 4 growth growth NN 1662 536 5 rate rate NN 1662 536 6 : : : 1662 536 7 NA% NA% `` 1662 536 8 GDP gdp NN 1662 536 9 - - HYPH 1662 536 10 per per FW 1662 536 11 capita capita NN 1662 536 12 : : : 1662 536 13 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 536 14 power power NN 1662 536 15 parity parity NN 1662 536 16 - - : 1662 536 17 $ $ $ 1662 536 18 2,600 2,600 CD 1662 536 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 536 20 1991 1991 CD 1662 536 21 est est NNP 1662 536 22 . . . 1662 536 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 537 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 537 2 - - HYPH 1662 537 3 composition composition NN 1662 537 4 by by IN 1662 537 5 sector sector NN 1662 537 6 : : : 1662 537 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 537 8 : : : 1662 537 9 NA% na% LS 1662 537 10 industry industry NN 1662 537 11 : : : 1662 537 12 NA% NA% NNS 1662 537 13 services service NNS 1662 537 14 : : : 1662 537 15 NA% NA% `` 1662 537 16 Inflation inflation NN 1662 537 17 rate rate NN 1662 537 18 - 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NNP 1662 538 36 , , , 1662 538 37 1989 1989 CD 1662 538 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 538 39 commodities commodity NNS 1662 538 40 : : : 1662 538 41 canned can VBN 1662 538 42 tuna tuna NN 1662 538 43 93 93 CD 1662 538 44 % % NN 1662 538 45 partners partner NNS 1662 538 46 : : : 1662 538 47 US US NNP 1662 538 48 99.6 99.6 CD 1662 538 49 % % NN 1662 538 50 Imports import NNS 1662 538 51 : : : 1662 538 52 total total JJ 1662 538 53 value value NN 1662 538 54 : : : 1662 538 55 $ $ $ 1662 538 56 360.3 360.3 CD 1662 538 57 million million CD 1662 538 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 538 59 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 538 60 . . NNP 1662 538 61 , , , 1662 538 62 1989 1989 CD 1662 538 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 538 64 commodities commodity NNS 1662 538 65 : : : 1662 538 66 materials material NNS 1662 538 67 for for IN 1662 538 68 canneries cannery NNS 1662 538 69 56 56 CD 1662 538 70 % % NN 1662 538 71 , , , 1662 538 72 food food NN 1662 538 73 8 8 CD 1662 538 74 % % NN 1662 538 75 , , , 1662 538 76 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 538 77 products product NNS 1662 538 78 7 7 CD 1662 538 79 % % NN 1662 538 80 , , , 1662 538 81 machinery machinery NN 1662 538 82 and and CC 1662 538 83 parts part NNS 1662 538 84 6 6 CD 1662 538 85 % % NN 1662 538 86 partners partner NNS 1662 538 87 : : : 1662 538 88 US US NNP 1662 538 89 62 62 CD 1662 538 90 % % NN 1662 538 91 , , , 1662 538 92 Japan Japan NNP 1662 538 93 9 9 CD 1662 538 94 % % NN 1662 538 95 , , , 1662 538 96 NZ NZ NNP 1662 538 97 7 7 CD 1662 538 98 % % NN 1662 538 99 , , , 1662 538 100 Australia Australia NNP 1662 538 101 11 11 CD 1662 538 102 % % NN 1662 538 103 , , , 1662 538 104 Fiji Fiji NNP 1662 538 105 4 4 CD 1662 538 106 % % NN 1662 538 107 , , , 1662 538 108 other other JJ 1662 538 109 7 7 CD 1662 538 110 % % NN 1662 538 111 Debt Debt NNP 1662 538 112 - - HYPH 1662 538 113 external external JJ 1662 538 114 : : : 1662 538 115 $ $ $ 1662 538 116 NA na JJ 1662 538 117 Economic economic JJ 1662 538 118 aid aid NN 1662 538 119 : : : 1662 538 120 recipient recipient NN 1662 538 121 : : : 1662 538 122 ODA ODA NNP 1662 538 123 , , , 1662 538 124 $ $ $ 1662 538 125 NA NA NNP 1662 538 126 note note VB 1662 538 127 : : : 1662 538 128 important important JJ 1662 538 129 financial financial JJ 1662 538 130 support support NN 1662 538 131 from from IN 1662 538 132 the the DT 1662 538 133 US US NNP 1662 538 134 Currency Currency NNP 1662 538 135 : : : 1662 538 136 1 1 CD 1662 538 137 US US NNP 1662 538 138 dollar dollar NN 1662 538 139 ( ( -LRB- 1662 538 140 US$ us$ $ 1662 538 141 ) ) -RRB- 1662 538 142 = = NFP 1662 538 143 100 100 CD 1662 538 144 cents cent NNS 1662 538 145 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 538 146 rates rate NNS 1662 538 147 : : : 1662 538 148 US US NNP 1662 538 149 currency currency NN 1662 538 150 is be VBZ 1662 538 151 used use VBN 1662 538 152 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 538 153 year year NN 1662 538 154 : : : 1662 538 155 1 1 CD 1662 538 156 October October NNP 1662 538 157 - - HYPH 1662 538 158 30 30 CD 1662 538 159 September September NNP 1662 538 160 @American @American NNP 1662 538 161 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 538 162 : : : 1662 538 163 Communications Communications NNP 1662 538 164 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 538 165 : : : 1662 538 166 9,000 9,000 CD 1662 538 167 ( ( -LRB- 1662 538 168 1994 1994 CD 1662 538 169 est est NNP 1662 538 170 . . . 1662 538 171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 539 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 539 2 system system NN 1662 539 3 : : : 1662 539 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 539 5 : : : 1662 539 6 good good JJ 1662 539 7 telex telex NN 1662 539 8 , , , 1662 539 9 telegraph telegraph NN 1662 539 10 , , , 1662 539 11 facsimile facsimile JJ 1662 539 12 and and CC 1662 539 13 cellular cellular JJ 1662 539 14 phone phone NN 1662 539 15 services service NNS 1662 539 16 ; ; : 1662 539 17 domestic domestic JJ 1662 539 18 satellite satellite NN 1662 539 19 system system NN 1662 539 20 with with IN 1662 539 21 1 1 CD 1662 539 22 Comsat Comsat NNP 1662 539 23 earth earth NN 1662 539 24 station station NN 1662 539 25 international international NNP 1662 539 26 : : : 1662 539 27 satellite satellite NN 1662 539 28 earth earth NNP 1662 539 29 station station NNP 1662 539 30 - - : 1662 539 31 1 1 CD 1662 539 32 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 539 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 539 34 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 539 35 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 539 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 539 37 Radio radio NN 1662 539 38 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 539 39 stations station NNS 1662 539 40 : : : 1662 539 41 AM AM NNP 1662 539 42 1 1 CD 1662 539 43 , , , 1662 539 44 FM FM NNP 1662 539 45 1 1 CD 1662 539 46 , , , 1662 539 47 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 539 48 0 0 CD 1662 539 49 Radios radio NNS 1662 539 50 : : : 1662 539 51 NA NA NNP 1662 539 52 Television Television NNP 1662 539 53 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 539 54 stations station NNS 1662 539 55 : : : 1662 539 56 1 1 CD 1662 539 57 Televisions television NNS 1662 539 58 : : : 1662 539 59 8,000 8,000 CD 1662 539 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 539 61 1993 1993 CD 1662 539 62 est est NNP 1662 539 63 . . . 1662 539 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 540 1 @American @American NNP 1662 540 2 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 540 3 : : : 1662 540 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 540 5 Railways railway NNS 1662 540 6 : : : 1662 540 7 0 0 LS 1662 540 8 km km NN 1662 540 9 Highways highway NNS 1662 540 10 : : : 1662 540 11 total total NN 1662 540 12 : : : 1662 540 13 350 350 CD 1662 540 14 km km NN 1662 540 15 paved pave VBN 1662 540 16 : : : 1662 540 17 150 150 CD 1662 540 18 km km NN 1662 540 19 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 540 20 : : : 1662 540 21 200 200 CD 1662 540 22 km km NN 1662 540 23 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 540 24 and and CC 1662 540 25 harbors harbor NNS 1662 540 26 : : : 1662 540 27 Aunu'u Aunu'u NNP 1662 540 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 540 29 new new JJ 1662 540 30 construction construction NN 1662 540 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 540 32 , , , 1662 540 33 Auasi Auasi NNP 1662 540 34 , , , 1662 540 35 Faleosao Faleosao NNP 1662 540 36 , , , 1662 540 37 Ofu Ofu NNP 1662 540 38 , , , 1662 540 39 Pago Pago NNP 1662 540 40 Pago Pago NNP 1662 540 41 , , , 1662 540 42 Ta'u ta'u ADD 1662 540 43 Merchant merchant NN 1662 540 44 marine marine NN 1662 540 45 : : : 1662 540 46 none none NN 1662 540 47 Airports airport NNS 1662 540 48 : : : 1662 540 49 3 3 CD 1662 540 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 540 51 1996 1996 CD 1662 540 52 est est NNP 1662 540 53 . . . 1662 540 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 541 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 541 2 - - , 1662 541 3 with with IN 1662 541 4 paved paved JJ 1662 541 5 runways runway NNS 1662 541 6 : : : 1662 541 7 total total NN 1662 541 8 : : : 1662 541 9 3 3 CD 1662 541 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 541 11 to to TO 1662 541 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 541 13 m m NN 1662 541 14 : : : 1662 541 15 1 1 CD 1662 541 16 under under IN 1662 541 17 914 914 CD 1662 541 18 m m NN 1662 541 19 : : : 1662 541 20 2 2 CD 1662 541 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 541 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 541 23 est est NNP 1662 541 24 . . . 1662 541 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 542 1 Military military JJ 1662 542 2 Military Military NNP 1662 542 3 - - HYPH 1662 542 4 note note NN 1662 542 5 : : : 1662 542 6 defense defense NN 1662 542 7 is be VBZ 1662 542 8 the the DT 1662 542 9 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 542 10 of of IN 1662 542 11 the the DT 1662 542 12 US US NNP 1662 542 13 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 542 14 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 542 15 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 542 16 - - : 1662 542 17 international international RB 1662 542 18 : : : 1662 542 19 none none NN 1662 542 20 _ _ NNP 1662 542 21 _ _ NNP 1662 542 22 _ _ NNP 1662 542 23 _ _ NNP 1662 542 24 _ _ NNP 1662 542 25 _ _ NNP 1662 542 26 _ _ NNP 1662 542 27 _ _ NNP 1662 542 28 _ _ NNP 1662 542 29 _ _ NNP 1662 542 30 _ _ NNP 1662 542 31 _ _ NNP 1662 542 32 _ _ NNP 1662 542 33 _ _ NNP 1662 542 34 _ _ NNP 1662 542 35 _ _ NNP 1662 542 36 _ _ NNP 1662 542 37 _ _ NNP 1662 542 38 _ _ NNP 1662 542 39 _ _ NNP 1662 542 40 _ _ NNP 1662 542 41 _ _ NNP 1662 542 42 _ _ NNP 1662 542 43 _ _ NNP 1662 542 44 _ _ NNP 1662 542 45 _ _ NNP 1662 542 46 _ _ NNP 1662 542 47 _ _ NNP 1662 542 48 _ _ NNP 1662 542 49 _ _ NNP 1662 542 50 _ _ NNP 1662 542 51 _ _ NNP 1662 542 52 _ _ NNP 1662 542 53 _ _ NNP 1662 542 54 _ _ NNP 1662 542 55 _ _ NNP 1662 542 56 _ _ NNP 1662 542 57 _ _ NNP 1662 542 58 _ _ NNP 1662 542 59 _ _ NNP 1662 542 60 _ _ NNP 1662 542 61 _ _ NNP 1662 542 62 _ _ NNP 1662 542 63 _ _ NNP 1662 542 64 _ _ NNP 1662 542 65 _ _ NNP 1662 542 66 _ _ NNP 1662 542 67 _ _ NNP 1662 542 68 _ _ NNP 1662 542 69 _ _ NNP 1662 542 70 _ _ NNP 1662 542 71 _ _ NNP 1662 542 72 _ _ NNP 1662 542 73 _ _ NNP 1662 542 74 _ _ NNP 1662 542 75 _ _ NNP 1662 542 76 _ _ NNP 1662 542 77 _ _ NNP 1662 542 78 _ _ NNP 1662 542 79 _ _ NNP 1662 542 80 _ _ NNP 1662 542 81 _ _ NNP 1662 542 82 _ _ NNP 1662 542 83 _ _ NNP 1662 542 84 _ _ NNP 1662 542 85 _ _ NNP 1662 542 86 _ _ NNP 1662 542 87 _ _ NNP 1662 542 88 _ _ NNP 1662 542 89 _ _ NNP 1662 542 90 ANDORRA ANDORRA NNP 1662 542 91 @Andorra @Andorra NNP 1662 542 92 : : : 1662 542 93 Geography Geography NNP 1662 542 94 Location Location NNP 1662 542 95 : : : 1662 542 96 Southwestern Southwestern NNP 1662 542 97 Europe Europe NNP 1662 542 98 , , , 1662 542 99 between between IN 1662 542 100 France France NNP 1662 542 101 and and CC 1662 542 102 Spain Spain NNP 1662 542 103 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 542 104 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 542 105 : : : 1662 542 106 42 42 CD 1662 542 107 30 30 CD 1662 542 108 N n CD 1662 542 109 , , , 1662 542 110 1 1 CD 1662 542 111 30 30 CD 1662 542 112 E e NN 1662 542 113 Map Map NNP 1662 542 114 references reference NNS 1662 542 115 : : : 1662 542 116 Europe Europe NNP 1662 542 117 Area Area NNP 1662 542 118 : : : 1662 542 119 total total NN 1662 542 120 : : : 1662 542 121 450 450 CD 1662 542 122 sq sq RB 1662 542 123 km km NNP 1662 542 124 land land NN 1662 542 125 : : : 1662 542 126 450 450 CD 1662 542 127 sq sq RB 1662 542 128 km km NNP 1662 542 129 water water NN 1662 542 130 : : : 1662 542 131 0 0 NFP 1662 542 132 sq sq NN 1662 542 133 km km NNP 1662 542 134 Area area NN 1662 542 135 - - HYPH 1662 542 136 comparative comparative JJ 1662 542 137 : : : 1662 542 138 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 542 139 times time NNS 1662 542 140 the the DT 1662 542 141 size size NN 1662 542 142 of of IN 1662 542 143 Washington Washington NNP 1662 542 144 , , , 1662 542 145 DC DC NNP 1662 542 146 Land Land NNP 1662 542 147 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 542 148 : : : 1662 542 149 total total JJ 1662 542 150 : : : 1662 542 151 125 125 CD 1662 542 152 km km NN 1662 542 153 border border NN 1662 542 154 countries country NNS 1662 542 155 : : : 1662 542 156 France France NNP 1662 542 157 60 60 CD 1662 542 158 km km NNS 1662 542 159 , , , 1662 542 160 Spain Spain NNP 1662 542 161 65 65 CD 1662 542 162 km km NN 1662 542 163 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 542 164 : : : 1662 542 165 0 0 CD 1662 542 166 km km NN 1662 542 167 ( ( -LRB- 1662 542 168 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 542 169 ) ) -RRB- 1662 542 170 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 542 171 claims claim VBZ 1662 542 172 : : : 1662 542 173 none none NN 1662 542 174 ( ( -LRB- 1662 542 175 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 542 176 ) ) -RRB- 1662 542 177 Climate climate NN 1662 542 178 : : : 1662 542 179 temperate temperate VB 1662 542 180 ; ; : 1662 542 181 snowy snowy JJ 1662 542 182 , , , 1662 542 183 cold cold JJ 1662 542 184 winters winter NNS 1662 542 185 and and CC 1662 542 186 warm warm JJ 1662 542 187 , , , 1662 542 188 dry dry JJ 1662 542 189 summers summer NNS 1662 542 190 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 542 191 : : : 1662 542 192 rugged rugged JJ 1662 542 193 mountains mountain NNS 1662 542 194 dissected dissect VBN 1662 542 195 by by IN 1662 542 196 narrow narrow JJ 1662 542 197 valleys valley NNS 1662 542 198 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 542 199 extremes extreme NNS 1662 542 200 : : : 1662 542 201 lowest low JJS 1662 542 202 point point NN 1662 542 203 : : : 1662 542 204 Riu Riu NNP 1662 542 205 Valira Valira NNP 1662 542 206 840 840 CD 1662 542 207 m m DT 1662 542 208 highest high JJS 1662 542 209 point point NN 1662 542 210 : : : 1662 542 211 Coma Coma NNP 1662 542 212 Pedrosa Pedrosa NNP 1662 542 213 2,946 2,946 CD 1662 542 214 m m NNP 1662 542 215 Natural natural JJ 1662 542 216 resources resource NNS 1662 542 217 : : : 1662 542 218 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 542 219 , , , 1662 542 220 mineral mineral NN 1662 542 221 water water NN 1662 542 222 , , , 1662 542 223 timber timber NN 1662 542 224 , , , 1662 542 225 iron iron NN 1662 542 226 ore ore NN 1662 542 227 , , , 1662 542 228 lead lead JJ 1662 542 229 Land Land NNP 1662 542 230 use use NN 1662 542 231 : : : 1662 542 232 arable arable JJ 1662 542 233 land land NN 1662 542 234 : : : 1662 542 235 2 2 CD 1662 542 236 % % NN 1662 542 237 permanent permanent JJ 1662 542 238 crops crop NNS 1662 542 239 : : : 1662 542 240 0 0 CD 1662 542 241 % % NN 1662 542 242 permanent permanent JJ 1662 542 243 pastures pasture NNS 1662 542 244 : : : 1662 542 245 56 56 CD 1662 542 246 % % NN 1662 542 247 forests forest NNS 1662 542 248 and and CC 1662 542 249 woodland woodland NN 1662 542 250 : : : 1662 542 251 22 22 CD 1662 542 252 % % NN 1662 542 253 other other JJ 1662 542 254 : : : 1662 542 255 20 20 CD 1662 542 256 % % NN 1662 542 257 ( ( -LRB- 1662 542 258 1993 1993 CD 1662 542 259 est est NNP 1662 542 260 . . . 1662 542 261 ) ) -RRB- 1662 543 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 543 2 land land NN 1662 543 3 : : : 1662 543 4 NA NA NNP 1662 543 5 sq sq RB 1662 543 6 km km VB 1662 543 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 543 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 543 9 : : : 1662 543 10 snowslides snowslide NNS 1662 543 11 , , , 1662 543 12 avalanches avalanche VBZ 1662 543 13 Environment Environment NNP 1662 543 14 - - HYPH 1662 543 15 current current JJ 1662 543 16 issues issue NNS 1662 543 17 : : : 1662 543 18 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 543 19 ; ; , 1662 543 20 overgrazing overgraze VBG 1662 543 21 of of IN 1662 543 22 mountain mountain NN 1662 543 23 meadows meadow NNS 1662 543 24 contributes contribute VBZ 1662 543 25 to to TO 1662 543 26 soil soil NN 1662 543 27 erosion erosion NN 1662 543 28 Environment Environment NNP 1662 543 29 - - HYPH 1662 543 30 international international JJ 1662 543 31 agreements agreement NNS 1662 543 32 : : : 1662 543 33 party party NNP 1662 543 34 to to TO 1662 543 35 : : : 1662 543 36 none none NN 1662 543 37 of of IN 1662 543 38 the the DT 1662 543 39 selected select VBN 1662 543 40 agreements agreement NNS 1662 543 41 signed sign VBD 1662 543 42 , , , 1662 543 43 but but CC 1662 543 44 not not RB 1662 543 45 ratified ratified JJ 1662 543 46 : : : 1662 543 47 none none NN 1662 543 48 of of IN 1662 543 49 the the DT 1662 543 50 selected select VBN 1662 543 51 agreements agreement NNS 1662 543 52 Geography Geography NNP 1662 543 53 - - HYPH 1662 543 54 note note NN 1662 543 55 : : : 1662 543 56 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 543 57 @Andorra @Andorra NNP 1662 543 58 : : : 1662 543 59 People People NNP 1662 543 60 Population Population NNP 1662 543 61 : : : 1662 543 62 64,000 64,000 CD 1662 543 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 543 64 July July NNP 1662 543 65 1997 1997 CD 1662 543 66 est est NNP 1662 543 67 . . . 1662 543 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 544 1 Age age NN 1662 544 2 structure structure NN 1662 544 3 : : : 1662 544 4 0 0 CD 1662 544 5 - - HYPH 1662 544 6 14 14 CD 1662 544 7 years year NNS 1662 544 8 : : : 1662 544 9 14 14 CD 1662 544 10 % % NN 1662 544 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 544 12 male male JJ 1662 544 13 4,788 4,788 CD 1662 544 14 ; ; : 1662 544 15 female female JJ 1662 544 16 4,452 4,452 CD 1662 544 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 544 18 15 15 CD 1662 544 19 - - HYPH 1662 544 20 64 64 CD 1662 544 21 years year NNS 1662 544 22 : : : 1662 544 23 74 74 CD 1662 544 24 % % NN 1662 544 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 544 26 male male JJ 1662 544 27 25,291 25,291 CD 1662 544 28 ; ; : 1662 544 29 female female JJ 1662 544 30 21,807 21,807 CD 1662 544 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 544 32 65 65 CD 1662 544 33 years year NNS 1662 544 34 and and CC 1662 544 35 over over RB 1662 544 36 : : : 1662 544 37 12 12 CD 1662 544 38 % % NN 1662 544 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 544 40 male male JJ 1662 544 41 3,903 3,903 CD 1662 544 42 ; ; : 1662 544 43 female female JJ 1662 544 44 3,759 3,759 CD 1662 544 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 544 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 544 47 July July NNP 1662 544 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 544 49 est est NNP 1662 544 50 . . . 1662 544 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 545 1 Population population NN 1662 545 2 growth growth NN 1662 545 3 rate rate NN 1662 545 4 : : : 1662 545 5 0.72 0.72 CD 1662 545 6 % % NN 1662 545 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 545 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 545 9 est est NNP 1662 545 10 . . . 1662 545 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 546 1 Birth birth NN 1662 546 2 rate rate NN 1662 546 3 : : : 1662 546 4 10.67 10.67 CD 1662 546 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 546 6 population population NN 1662 546 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 546 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 546 9 est est NNP 1662 546 10 . . . 1662 546 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 547 1 Death death NN 1662 547 2 rate rate NN 1662 547 3 : : : 1662 547 4 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 547 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 547 6 population population NN 1662 547 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 547 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 547 9 est est NNP 1662 547 10 . . . 1662 547 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 548 1 Net net JJ 1662 548 2 migration migration NN 1662 548 3 rate rate NN 1662 548 4 : : : 1662 548 5 1.77 1.77 CD 1662 548 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 548 7 population population NN 1662 548 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 548 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 548 10 est est NNP 1662 548 11 . . . 1662 548 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 549 1 Sex sex NN 1662 549 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 549 3 : : : 1662 549 4 at at IN 1662 549 5 birth birth NN 1662 549 6 : : : 1662 549 7 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 549 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 549 9 under under IN 1662 549 10 15 15 CD 1662 549 11 years year NNS 1662 549 12 : : : 1662 549 13 1.08 1.08 CD 1662 549 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 549 15 15 15 CD 1662 549 16 - - HYPH 1662 549 17 64 64 CD 1662 549 18 years year NNS 1662 549 19 : : : 1662 549 20 1.16 1.16 CD 1662 549 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 549 22 65 65 CD 1662 549 23 years year NNS 1662 549 24 and and CC 1662 549 25 over over IN 1662 549 26 : : : 1662 549 27 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 549 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 549 29 total total JJ 1662 549 30 population population NN 1662 549 31 : : : 1662 549 32 1.13 1.13 CD 1662 549 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 549 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 549 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 549 36 est e JJS 1662 549 37 . . . 1662 549 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 550 1 Infant infant NN 1662 550 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 550 3 rate rate NN 1662 550 4 : : : 1662 550 5 4.1 4.1 CD 1662 550 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 550 7 live live JJ 1662 550 8 births birth NNS 1662 550 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 550 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 550 11 est est NNP 1662 550 12 . . . 1662 550 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 551 1 Life life NN 1662 551 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 551 3 at at IN 1662 551 4 birth birth NN 1662 551 5 : : : 1662 551 6 total total JJ 1662 551 7 population population NN 1662 551 8 : : : 1662 551 9 83.45 83.45 CD 1662 551 10 years year NNS 1662 551 11 male male JJ 1662 551 12 : : : 1662 551 13 80.53 80.53 CD 1662 551 14 years year NNS 1662 551 15 female female JJ 1662 551 16 : : : 1662 551 17 86.53 86.53 CD 1662 551 18 years year NNS 1662 551 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 551 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 551 21 est est NNP 1662 551 22 . . . 1662 551 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 552 1 Total total JJ 1662 552 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 552 3 rate rate NN 1662 552 4 : : : 1662 552 5 1.21 1.21 CD 1662 552 6 children child NNS 1662 552 7 born bear VBN 1662 552 8 / / SYM 1662 552 9 woman woman NN 1662 552 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 552 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 552 12 est est NNP 1662 552 13 . . . 1662 552 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 553 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 553 2 : : : 1662 553 3 noun noun NNP 1662 553 4 : : : 1662 553 5 Andorran(s andorran(s LS 1662 553 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 553 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 553 8 : : : 1662 553 9 Andorran Andorran NNP 1662 553 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 553 11 groups group NNS 1662 553 12 : : : 1662 553 13 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 553 14 61 61 CD 1662 553 15 % % NN 1662 553 16 , , , 1662 553 17 Andorran Andorran NNP 1662 553 18 30 30 CD 1662 553 19 % % NN 1662 553 20 , , , 1662 553 21 French French NNP 1662 553 22 6 6 CD 1662 553 23 % % NN 1662 553 24 , , , 1662 553 25 other other JJ 1662 553 26 3 3 CD 1662 553 27 % % NN 1662 553 28 Religions religion NNS 1662 553 29 : : : 1662 553 30 Roman Roman NNP 1662 553 31 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 553 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 553 33 predominant predominant NN 1662 553 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 553 35 Languages language NNS 1662 553 36 : : : 1662 553 37 Catalan Catalan NNP 1662 553 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 553 39 official official NN 1662 553 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 553 41 , , , 1662 553 42 French french JJ 1662 553 43 , , , 1662 553 44 Castilian castilian JJ 1662 553 45 Literacy literacy NN 1662 553 46 : : : 1662 553 47 NA NA NNP 1662 553 48 @Andorra @Andorra NNP 1662 553 49 : : : 1662 553 50 Government Government NNP 1662 553 51 Country Country NNP 1662 553 52 name name NN 1662 553 53 : : : 1662 553 54 conventional conventional JJ 1662 553 55 long long JJ 1662 553 56 form form NN 1662 553 57 : : : 1662 553 58 Principality principality NN 1662 553 59 of of IN 1662 553 60 Andorra Andorra NNP 1662 553 61 conventional conventional JJ 1662 553 62 short short JJ 1662 553 63 form form NN 1662 553 64 : : : 1662 553 65 Andorra Andorra NNP 1662 553 66 local local JJ 1662 553 67 long long JJ 1662 553 68 form form NN 1662 553 69 : : : 1662 553 70 Principat principat JJ 1662 553 71 d'Andorra d'Andorra NNP 1662 553 72 local local JJ 1662 553 73 short short JJ 1662 553 74 form form NN 1662 553 75 : : : 1662 553 76 Andorra Andorra NNP 1662 553 77 Data Data NNP 1662 553 78 code code NN 1662 553 79 : : : 1662 553 80 AN an DT 1662 553 81 Government Government NNP 1662 553 82 type type NN 1662 553 83 : : : 1662 553 84 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 553 85 democracy democracy NN 1662 553 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 553 87 since since IN 1662 553 88 March March NNP 1662 553 89 1993 1993 CD 1662 553 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 553 91 that that WDT 1662 553 92 retains retain VBZ 1662 553 93 as as IN 1662 553 94 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 553 95 heads head NNS 1662 553 96 of of IN 1662 553 97 state state NN 1662 553 98 a a DT 1662 553 99 coprincipality coprincipality NN 1662 553 100 ; ; : 1662 553 101 the the DT 1662 553 102 two two CD 1662 553 103 princes prince NNS 1662 553 104 are be VBP 1662 553 105 the the DT 1662 553 106 president president NN 1662 553 107 of of IN 1662 553 108 France France NNP 1662 553 109 and and CC 1662 553 110 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 553 111 bishop bishop NN 1662 553 112 of of IN 1662 553 113 Seo Seo NNP 1662 553 114 de de IN 1662 553 115 Urgel Urgel NNP 1662 553 116 , , , 1662 553 117 who who WP 1662 553 118 are be VBP 1662 553 119 represented represent VBN 1662 553 120 locally locally RB 1662 553 121 by by IN 1662 553 122 officials official NNS 1662 553 123 called call VBD 1662 553 124 veguers veguer NNS 1662 553 125 National national JJ 1662 553 126 capital capital NN 1662 553 127 : : : 1662 553 128 Andorra Andorra NNP 1662 553 129 la la NNP 1662 553 130 Vella Vella NNP 1662 553 131 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 553 132 divisions division NNS 1662 553 133 : : : 1662 553 134 7 7 CD 1662 553 135 parishes parish NNS 1662 553 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 553 137 parroquies parroquie NNS 1662 553 138 , , , 1662 553 139 singular singular NNP 1662 553 140 - - HYPH 1662 553 141 parroquia parroquia NN 1662 553 142 ) ) -RRB- 1662 553 143 ; ; : 1662 553 144 Andorra Andorra NNP 1662 553 145 , , , 1662 553 146 Canillo Canillo NNP 1662 553 147 , , , 1662 553 148 Encamp Encamp NNP 1662 553 149 , , , 1662 553 150 La La NNP 1662 553 151 Massana Massana NNP 1662 553 152 , , , 1662 553 153 Les Les NNP 1662 553 154 Escaldes Escaldes NNP 1662 553 155 , , , 1662 553 156 Ordino Ordino NNP 1662 553 157 , , , 1662 553 158 Sant Sant NNP 1662 553 159 Julia Julia NNP 1662 553 160 de de NNP 1662 553 161 Loria Loria NNP 1662 553 162 Independence Independence NNP 1662 553 163 : : : 1662 553 164 1278 1278 CD 1662 553 165 National national JJ 1662 553 166 holiday holiday NN 1662 553 167 : : : 1662 553 168 Mare Mare NNP 1662 553 169 de de NNP 1662 553 170 Deu Deu NNP 1662 553 171 de de FW 1662 553 172 Meritxell Meritxell NNP 1662 553 173 , , , 1662 553 174 8 8 CD 1662 553 175 September September NNP 1662 553 176 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 553 177 : : : 1662 553 178 Andorra Andorra NNP 1662 553 179 's 's POS 1662 553 180 first first JJ 1662 553 181 written write VBN 1662 553 182 constitution constitution NN 1662 553 183 was be VBD 1662 553 184 drafted draft VBN 1662 553 185 in in IN 1662 553 186 1991 1991 CD 1662 553 187 ; ; : 1662 553 188 adopted 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1662 553 225 branch branch NN 1662 553 226 : : : 1662 553 227 chief chief NN 1662 553 228 of of IN 1662 553 229 state state NN 1662 553 230 : : : 1662 553 231 French french JJ 1662 553 232 Coprince Coprince NNP 1662 553 233 Jacques Jacques NNP 1662 553 234 CHIRAC CHIRAC NNP 1662 553 235 ( ( -LRB- 1662 553 236 since since IN 1662 553 237 17 17 CD 1662 553 238 May May NNP 1662 553 239 1995 1995 CD 1662 553 240 ) ) -RRB- 1662 553 241 and and CC 1662 553 242 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 553 243 Episcopal Episcopal NNP 1662 553 244 Coprince Coprince NNP 1662 553 245 Monseigneur Monseigneur NNP 1662 553 246 Juan Juan NNP 1662 553 247 MARTI MARTI NNP 1662 553 248 Alanis Alanis NNP 1662 553 249 ( ( -LRB- 1662 553 250 since since IN 1662 553 251 31 31 CD 1662 553 252 January January NNP 1662 553 253 1971 1971 CD 1662 553 254 ) ) -RRB- 1662 553 255 ; ; : 1662 553 256 note note VB 1662 553 257 - - : 1662 553 258 each each DT 1662 553 259 coprince coprince NN 1662 553 260 is be VBZ 1662 553 261 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- HYPH 1662 563 118 products product NNS 1662 563 119 : : : 1662 563 120 small small JJ 1662 563 121 quantities quantity NNS 1662 563 122 of of IN 1662 563 123 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 563 124 , , , 1662 563 125 rye rye NN 1662 563 126 , , , 1662 563 127 wheat wheat NN 1662 563 128 , , , 1662 563 129 barley barley NN 1662 563 130 , , , 1662 563 131 oats oat NNS 1662 563 132 , , , 1662 563 133 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 563 134 ; ; , 1662 563 135 sheep sheep NNS 1662 563 136 raising raise VBG 1662 563 137 Exports export NNS 1662 563 138 : : : 1662 563 139 total total JJ 1662 563 140 value value NN 1662 563 141 : : : 1662 563 142 $ $ $ 1662 563 143 47 47 CD 1662 563 144 million million CD 1662 563 145 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 146 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 563 147 . . NNP 1662 563 148 , , , 1662 563 149 1995 1995 CD 1662 563 150 ) ) -RRB- 1662 563 151 commodities commodity NNS 1662 563 152 : : : 1662 563 153 electricity electricity NN 1662 563 154 , , , 1662 563 155 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 563 156 products product NNS 1662 563 157 , , , 1662 563 158 furniture furniture NN 1662 563 159 partners partner NNS 1662 563 160 : : : 1662 563 161 France France NNP 1662 563 162 49 49 CD 1662 563 163 % % NN 1662 563 164 , , , 1662 563 165 Spain Spain NNP 1662 563 166 47 47 CD 1662 563 167 % % NN 1662 563 168 Imports import NNS 1662 563 169 : : : 1662 563 170 total total JJ 1662 563 171 value value NN 1662 563 172 : : : 1662 563 173 $ $ $ 1662 563 174 1 1 CD 1662 563 175 billion billion CD 1662 563 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 177 1995 1995 CD 1662 563 178 ) ) -RRB- 1662 563 179 commodities commodity NNS 1662 563 180 : : : 1662 563 181 consumer consumer NN 1662 563 182 goods good NNS 1662 563 183 , , , 1662 563 184 food food NN 1662 563 185 partners partner NNS 1662 563 186 : : : 1662 563 187 France France NNP 1662 563 188 , , , 1662 563 189 Spain Spain NNP 1662 563 190 , , , 1662 563 191 US US NNP 1662 563 192 4.2 4.2 CD 1662 563 193 % % NN 1662 563 194 Debt debt NN 1662 563 195 - - HYPH 1662 563 196 external external JJ 1662 563 197 : : : 1662 563 198 $ $ $ 1662 563 199 NA na JJ 1662 563 200 Economic economic JJ 1662 563 201 aid aid NN 1662 563 202 : : : 1662 563 203 none none NN 1662 563 204 Currency currency NN 1662 563 205 : : : 1662 563 206 1 1 CD 1662 563 207 French french JJ 1662 563 208 franc franc NN 1662 563 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 210 F f NN 1662 563 211 ) ) -RRB- 1662 563 212 = = NFP 1662 563 213 100 100 CD 1662 563 214 centimes centime NNS 1662 563 215 ; ; : 1662 563 216 1 1 CD 1662 563 217 peseta peseta NN 1662 563 218 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 219 Pta Pta NNP 1662 563 220 ) ) -RRB- 1662 563 221 = = NFP 1662 563 222 100 100 CD 1662 563 223 centimos centimo NNS 1662 563 224 ; ; : 1662 563 225 the the DT 1662 563 226 French french JJ 1662 563 227 and and CC 1662 563 228 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 563 229 currencies currency NNS 1662 563 230 are be VBP 1662 563 231 used use VBN 1662 563 232 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 563 233 rates rate NNS 1662 563 234 : : : 1662 563 235 French french JJ 1662 563 236 francs franc NNS 1662 563 237 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 238 F f NN 1662 563 239 ) ) -RRB- 1662 563 240 per per IN 1662 563 241 US$ us$ $ 1662 563 242 1 1 CD 1662 563 243 - - SYM 1662 563 244 5.4169 5.4169 CD 1662 563 245 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 246 January January NNP 1662 563 247 1997 1997 CD 1662 563 248 ) ) -RRB- 1662 563 249 , , , 1662 563 250 5.1155 5.1155 CD 1662 563 251 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 252 1996 1996 CD 1662 563 253 ) ) -RRB- 1662 563 254 , , , 1662 563 255 4.9915 4.9915 CD 1662 563 256 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 257 1995 1995 CD 1662 563 258 ) ) -RRB- 1662 563 259 , , , 1662 563 260 5.5520 5.5520 CD 1662 563 261 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 262 1994 1994 CD 1662 563 263 ) ) -RRB- 1662 563 264 , , , 1662 563 265 5.6632 5.6632 CD 1662 563 266 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 267 1993 1993 CD 1662 563 268 ) ) -RRB- 1662 563 269 , , , 1662 563 270 5.2938 5.2938 CD 1662 563 271 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 272 1992 1992 CD 1662 563 273 ) ) -RRB- 1662 563 274 ; ; : 1662 563 275 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 563 276 pesetas peseta NNS 1662 563 277 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 278 Ptas Ptas NNP 1662 563 279 ) ) -RRB- 1662 563 280 per per IN 1662 563 281 US$ us$ $ 1662 563 282 1 1 CD 1662 563 283 - - SYM 1662 563 284 134.77 134.77 CD 1662 563 285 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 286 January January NNP 1662 563 287 1997 1997 CD 1662 563 288 ) ) -RRB- 1662 563 289 , , , 1662 563 290 126.66 126.66 CD 1662 563 291 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 292 1996 1996 CD 1662 563 293 ) ) -RRB- 1662 563 294 , , , 1662 563 295 124.69 124.69 CD 1662 563 296 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 297 1995 1995 CD 1662 563 298 ) ) -RRB- 1662 563 299 , , , 1662 563 300 133.96 133.96 CD 1662 563 301 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 302 1994 1994 CD 1662 563 303 ) ) -RRB- 1662 563 304 , , , 1662 563 305 127.26 127.26 CD 1662 563 306 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 307 1993 1993 CD 1662 563 308 ) ) -RRB- 1662 563 309 , , , 1662 563 310 102.38 102.38 CD 1662 563 311 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 312 1992 1992 CD 1662 563 313 ) ) -RRB- 1662 563 314 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 563 315 year year NN 1662 563 316 : : : 1662 563 317 calendar calendar NNP 1662 563 318 year year NN 1662 563 319 @Andorra @Andorra NNP 1662 563 320 : : : 1662 563 321 Communications Communications NNP 1662 563 322 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 563 323 : : : 1662 563 324 21,258 21,258 CD 1662 563 325 ( ( -LRB- 1662 563 326 1983 1983 CD 1662 563 327 est est NNP 1662 563 328 . . . 1662 563 329 ) ) -RRB- 1662 564 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 564 2 system system NN 1662 564 3 : : : 1662 564 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 564 5 : : : 1662 564 6 modern modern JJ 1662 564 7 system system NN 1662 564 8 with with IN 1662 564 9 microwave microwave NN 1662 564 10 radio radio NN 1662 564 11 relay relay NN 1662 564 12 connections connection NNS 1662 564 13 between between IN 1662 564 14 exchanges exchange NNS 1662 564 15 international international JJ 1662 564 16 : : : 1662 564 17 landline landline NN 1662 564 18 circuits circuit VBZ 1662 564 19 to to IN 1662 564 20 France France NNP 1662 564 21 and and CC 1662 564 22 Spain Spain NNP 1662 564 23 Radio Radio NNP 1662 564 24 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 564 25 stations station NNS 1662 564 26 : : : 1662 564 27 AM AM NNP 1662 564 28 1 1 CD 1662 564 29 , , , 1662 564 30 FM FM NNP 1662 564 31 0 0 CD 1662 564 32 , , , 1662 564 33 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 564 34 0 0 CD 1662 564 35 Radios radio NNS 1662 564 36 : : : 1662 564 37 10,000 10,000 CD 1662 564 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 564 39 1993 1993 CD 1662 564 40 est est NNP 1662 564 41 . . . 1662 564 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 565 1 Television television NN 1662 565 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 565 3 stations station NNS 1662 565 4 : : : 1662 565 5 0 0 NFP 1662 565 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 565 7 : : : 1662 565 8 7,000 7,000 CD 1662 565 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 565 10 1991 1991 CD 1662 565 11 est est NNP 1662 565 12 . . . 1662 565 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 566 1 @Andorra @Andorra NNP 1662 566 2 : : : 1662 566 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 566 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 566 5 : : : 1662 566 6 0 0 LS 1662 566 7 km km NN 1662 566 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 566 9 : : : 1662 566 10 total total NN 1662 566 11 : : : 1662 566 12 269 269 CD 1662 566 13 km km NNS 1662 566 14 paved pave VBN 1662 566 15 : : : 1662 566 16 198 198 CD 1662 566 17 km km NN 1662 566 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 566 19 : : : 1662 566 20 71 71 CD 1662 566 21 km km NNS 1662 566 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 566 23 1991 1991 CD 1662 566 24 est est NNP 1662 566 25 . . . 1662 566 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 567 1 Ports port NNS 1662 567 2 and and CC 1662 567 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 567 4 : : : 1662 567 5 none none NN 1662 567 6 Airports airport NNS 1662 567 7 : : : 1662 567 8 none none NN 1662 567 9 Military Military NNP 1662 567 10 Military Military NNP 1662 567 11 - - HYPH 1662 567 12 note note NN 1662 567 13 : : : 1662 567 14 defense defense NN 1662 567 15 is be VBZ 1662 567 16 the the DT 1662 567 17 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 567 18 of of IN 1662 567 19 France France NNP 1662 567 20 and and CC 1662 567 21 Spain Spain NNP 1662 567 22 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 567 23 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 567 24 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 567 25 - - : 1662 567 26 international international RB 1662 567 27 : : : 1662 567 28 none none NN 1662 567 29 _ _ NNP 1662 567 30 _ _ NNP 1662 567 31 _ _ NNP 1662 567 32 _ _ NNP 1662 567 33 _ _ NNP 1662 567 34 _ _ NNP 1662 567 35 _ _ NNP 1662 567 36 _ _ NNP 1662 567 37 _ _ NNP 1662 567 38 _ _ NNP 1662 567 39 _ _ NNP 1662 567 40 _ _ NNP 1662 567 41 _ _ NNP 1662 567 42 _ _ NNP 1662 567 43 _ _ NNP 1662 567 44 _ _ NNP 1662 567 45 _ _ NNP 1662 567 46 _ _ NNP 1662 567 47 _ _ NNP 1662 567 48 _ _ NNP 1662 567 49 _ _ NNP 1662 567 50 _ _ NNP 1662 567 51 _ _ NNP 1662 567 52 _ _ NNP 1662 567 53 _ _ NNP 1662 567 54 _ _ NNP 1662 567 55 _ _ NNP 1662 567 56 _ _ NNP 1662 567 57 _ _ NNP 1662 567 58 _ _ NNP 1662 567 59 _ _ NNP 1662 567 60 _ _ NNP 1662 567 61 _ _ NNP 1662 567 62 _ _ NNP 1662 567 63 _ _ NNP 1662 567 64 _ _ NNP 1662 567 65 _ _ NNP 1662 567 66 _ _ NNP 1662 567 67 _ _ NNP 1662 567 68 _ _ NNP 1662 567 69 _ _ NNP 1662 567 70 _ _ NNP 1662 567 71 _ _ NNP 1662 567 72 _ _ NNP 1662 567 73 _ _ NNP 1662 567 74 _ _ NNP 1662 567 75 _ _ NNP 1662 567 76 _ _ NNP 1662 567 77 _ _ NNP 1662 567 78 _ _ NNP 1662 567 79 _ _ NNP 1662 567 80 _ _ NNP 1662 567 81 _ _ NNP 1662 567 82 _ _ NNP 1662 567 83 _ _ NNP 1662 567 84 _ _ NNP 1662 567 85 _ _ NNP 1662 567 86 _ _ NNP 1662 567 87 _ _ NNP 1662 567 88 _ _ NNP 1662 567 89 _ _ NNP 1662 567 90 _ _ NNP 1662 567 91 _ _ NNP 1662 567 92 _ _ NNP 1662 567 93 _ _ NNP 1662 567 94 _ _ NNP 1662 567 95 _ _ NNP 1662 567 96 _ _ NNP 1662 567 97 _ _ NNP 1662 567 98 _ _ NNP 1662 567 99 ANGOLA ANGOLA NNP 1662 567 100 Introduction Introduction NNP 1662 567 101 Current current JJ 1662 567 102 issues issue NNS 1662 567 103 : : : 1662 567 104 Civil civil JJ 1662 567 105 war war NN 1662 567 106 has have VBZ 1662 567 107 been be VBN 1662 567 108 the the DT 1662 567 109 norm norm NN 1662 567 110 since since IN 1662 567 111 independence independence NN 1662 567 112 from from IN 1662 567 113 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 567 114 on on IN 1662 567 115 11 11 CD 1662 567 116 November November NNP 1662 567 117 1975 1975 CD 1662 567 118 . . . 1662 568 1 A a DT 1662 568 2 cease cease NN 1662 568 3 - - HYPH 1662 568 4 fire fire NN 1662 568 5 lasted last VBD 1662 568 6 from from IN 1662 568 7 31 31 CD 1662 568 8 May May NNP 1662 568 9 1991 1991 CD 1662 568 10 until until IN 1662 568 11 October October NNP 1662 568 12 1992 1992 CD 1662 568 13 when when WRB 1662 568 14 the the DT 1662 568 15 insurgent insurgent NNP 1662 568 16 National National NNP 1662 568 17 Union Union NNP 1662 568 18 for for IN 1662 568 19 the the DT 1662 568 20 Total total JJ 1662 568 21 Independence Independence NNP 1662 568 22 of of IN 1662 568 23 Angola Angola NNP 1662 568 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 568 25 UNITA UNITA NNP 1662 568 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 568 27 refused refuse VBD 1662 568 28 to to TO 1662 568 29 accept accept VB 1662 568 30 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 568 31 defeat defeat NN 1662 568 32 in in IN 1662 568 33 internationally internationally RB 1662 568 34 monitored monitor VBN 1662 568 35 elections election NNS 1662 568 36 and and CC 1662 568 37 fighting fighting NN 1662 568 38 resumed resume VBD 1662 568 39 throughout throughout IN 1662 568 40 much much JJ 1662 568 41 of of IN 1662 568 42 the the DT 1662 568 43 countryside countryside NN 1662 568 44 . . . 1662 569 1 The the DT 1662 569 2 two two CD 1662 569 3 sides side NNS 1662 569 4 signed sign VBD 1662 569 5 another another DT 1662 569 6 peace peace NN 1662 569 7 accord accord NN 1662 569 8 on on IN 1662 569 9 20 20 CD 1662 569 10 November November NNP 1662 569 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 569 12 and and CC 1662 569 13 the the DT 1662 569 14 cease cease NN 1662 569 15 - - HYPH 1662 569 16 fire fire NN 1662 569 17 is be VBZ 1662 569 18 generally generally RB 1662 569 19 holding hold VBG 1662 569 20 , , , 1662 569 21 but but CC 1662 569 22 military military JJ 1662 569 23 tensions tension NNS 1662 569 24 persist persist VBP 1662 569 25 and and CC 1662 569 26 banditry banditry NN 1662 569 27 is be VBZ 1662 569 28 increasing increase VBG 1662 569 29 . . . 1662 570 1 In in IN 1662 570 2 order order NN 1662 570 3 to to TO 1662 570 4 bring bring VB 1662 570 5 armed armed JJ 1662 570 6 insurgents insurgent NNS 1662 570 7 under under IN 1662 570 8 government government NN 1662 570 9 control control VBP 1662 570 10 the the DT 1662 570 11 peace peace NN 1662 570 12 accord accord NN 1662 570 13 of of IN 1662 570 14 20 20 CD 1662 570 15 November November NNP 1662 570 16 1994 1994 CD 1662 570 17 provided provide VBN 1662 570 18 for for IN 1662 570 19 the the DT 1662 570 20 integration integration NN 1662 570 21 of of IN 1662 570 22 former former JJ 1662 570 23 UNITA UNITA NNP 1662 570 24 insurgents insurgent NNS 1662 570 25 into into IN 1662 570 26 the the DT 1662 570 27 Angolan angolan JJ 1662 570 28 armed armed JJ 1662 570 29 forces force NNS 1662 570 30 . . . 1662 571 1 Military military JJ 1662 571 2 integration integration NN 1662 571 3 began begin VBD 1662 571 4 in in IN 1662 571 5 June June NNP 1662 571 6 1996 1996 CD 1662 571 7 and and CC 1662 571 8 a a DT 1662 571 9 Government Government NNP 1662 571 10 of of IN 1662 571 11 National National NNP 1662 571 12 Unity Unity NNP 1662 571 13 and and CC 1662 571 14 Reconciliation Reconciliation NNP 1662 571 15 was be VBD 1662 571 16 installed instal VBN 1662 571 17 in in IN 1662 571 18 April April NNP 1662 571 19 1997 1997 CD 1662 571 20 . . . 1662 572 1 Efforts effort NNS 1662 572 2 which which WDT 1662 572 3 began begin VBD 1662 572 4 in in IN 1662 572 5 May May NNP 1662 572 6 1997 1997 CD 1662 572 7 to to TO 1662 572 8 extend extend VB 1662 572 9 government government NN 1662 572 10 into into IN 1662 572 11 UNITA UNITA NNP 1662 572 12 - - HYPH 1662 572 13 occupied occupy VBN 1662 572 14 areas area NNS 1662 572 15 are be VBP 1662 572 16 proceeding proceed VBG 1662 572 17 slowly slowly RB 1662 572 18 . . . 1662 573 1 The the DT 1662 573 2 original original JJ 1662 573 3 7,200-man 7,200-man CD 1662 573 4 UN UN NNP 1662 573 5 peacekeeping peacekeeping NN 1662 573 6 force force NN 1662 573 7 began begin VBD 1662 573 8 a a DT 1662 573 9 phased phase VBN 1662 573 10 drawdown drawdown NN 1662 573 11 in in IN 1662 573 12 late late JJ 1662 573 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 573 14 . . . 1662 574 1 All all DT 1662 574 2 UN UN NNP 1662 574 3 peacekeepers peacekeeper NNS 1662 574 4 are be VBP 1662 574 5 scheduled schedule VBN 1662 574 6 to to TO 1662 574 7 depart depart VB 1662 574 8 by by IN 1662 574 9 September September NNP 1662 574 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 574 11 but but CC 1662 574 12 a a DT 1662 574 13 small small JJ 1662 574 14 UN UN NNP 1662 574 15 military military JJ 1662 574 16 observer observer NN 1662 574 17 force force NN 1662 574 18 will will MD 1662 574 19 probably probably RB 1662 574 20 remain remain VB 1662 574 21 in in IN 1662 574 22 Angola Angola NNP 1662 574 23 through through IN 1662 574 24 1998 1998 CD 1662 574 25 . . . 1662 575 1 @Angola @Angola NFP 1662 575 2 : : : 1662 575 3 Geography Geography NNP 1662 575 4 Location Location NNP 1662 575 5 : : : 1662 575 6 Southern Southern NNP 1662 575 7 Africa Africa NNP 1662 575 8 , , , 1662 575 9 bordering border VBG 1662 575 10 the the DT 1662 575 11 South South NNP 1662 575 12 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 575 13 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 575 14 , , , 1662 575 15 between between IN 1662 575 16 Namibia Namibia NNP 1662 575 17 and and CC 1662 575 18 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 575 19 Republic Republic NNP 1662 575 20 of of IN 1662 575 21 the the DT 1662 575 22 Congo Congo NNP 1662 575 23 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 575 24 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 575 25 : : : 1662 575 26 12 12 CD 1662 575 27 30 30 CD 1662 575 28 S s NN 1662 575 29 , , , 1662 575 30 18 18 CD 1662 575 31 30 30 CD 1662 575 32 E e NN 1662 575 33 Map Map NNP 1662 575 34 references reference NNS 1662 575 35 : : : 1662 575 36 Africa Africa NNP 1662 575 37 Area Area NNP 1662 575 38 : : : 1662 575 39 total total NN 1662 575 40 : : : 1662 575 41 1,246,700 1,246,700 CD 1662 575 42 sq sq RB 1662 575 43 km km NNP 1662 575 44 land land NN 1662 575 45 : : : 1662 575 46 1,246,700 1,246,700 CD 1662 575 47 sq sq NN 1662 575 48 km km NNP 1662 575 49 water water NN 1662 575 50 : : : 1662 575 51 0 0 NFP 1662 575 52 sq sq NN 1662 575 53 km km NNP 1662 575 54 Area area NN 1662 575 55 - - HYPH 1662 575 56 comparative comparative JJ 1662 575 57 : : : 1662 575 58 slightly slightly RB 1662 575 59 less less JJR 1662 575 60 than than IN 1662 575 61 twice twice RB 1662 575 62 the the DT 1662 575 63 size size NN 1662 575 64 of of IN 1662 575 65 Texas Texas NNP 1662 575 66 Land Land NNP 1662 575 67 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 575 68 : : : 1662 575 69 total total NN 1662 575 70 : : : 1662 575 71 5,198 5,198 CD 1662 575 72 km km NN 1662 575 73 border border NN 1662 575 74 countries country NNS 1662 575 75 : : : 1662 575 76 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 575 77 Republic Republic NNP 1662 575 78 of of IN 1662 575 79 the the DT 1662 575 80 Congo Congo NNP 1662 575 81 2,511 2,511 CD 1662 575 82 km km NNS 1662 575 83 of of IN 1662 575 84 which which WDT 1662 575 85 220 220 CD 1662 575 86 km km NN 1662 575 87 is be VBZ 1662 575 88 the the DT 1662 575 89 boundary boundary JJ 1662 575 90 of of IN 1662 575 91 discontiguous discontiguous JJ 1662 575 92 Cabinda Cabinda NNP 1662 575 93 province province NN 1662 575 94 , , , 1662 575 95 Republic Republic NNP 1662 575 96 of of IN 1662 575 97 the the DT 1662 575 98 Congo Congo NNP 1662 575 99 201 201 CD 1662 575 100 km km NNS 1662 575 101 , , , 1662 575 102 Namibia Namibia NNP 1662 575 103 1,376 1,376 CD 1662 575 104 km km NN 1662 575 105 , , , 1662 575 106 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 575 107 1,110 1,110 CD 1662 575 108 km km NN 1662 575 109 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 575 110 : : : 1662 575 111 1,600 1,600 CD 1662 575 112 km km NN 1662 575 113 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 575 114 claims claim VBZ 1662 575 115 : : : 1662 575 116 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 575 117 fishing fishing NN 1662 575 118 zone zone NN 1662 575 119 : : : 1662 575 120 200 200 CD 1662 575 121 nm nm CD 1662 575 122 territorial territorial JJ 1662 575 123 sea sea NN 1662 575 124 : : : 1662 575 125 20 20 CD 1662 575 126 nm nm NNP 1662 575 127 Climate climate NN 1662 575 128 : : : 1662 575 129 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 575 130 in in IN 1662 575 131 south south NNP 1662 575 132 and and CC 1662 575 133 along along IN 1662 575 134 coast coast NN 1662 575 135 to to IN 1662 575 136 Luanda Luanda NNP 1662 575 137 ; ; : 1662 575 138 north north NN 1662 575 139 has have VBZ 1662 575 140 cool cool JJ 1662 575 141 , , , 1662 575 142 dry dry JJ 1662 575 143 season season NN 1662 575 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 575 145 May May NNP 1662 575 146 to to IN 1662 575 147 October October NNP 1662 575 148 ) ) -RRB- 1662 575 149 and and CC 1662 575 150 hot hot JJ 1662 575 151 , , , 1662 575 152 rainy rainy JJ 1662 575 153 season season NN 1662 575 154 ( ( -LRB- 1662 575 155 November November NNP 1662 575 156 to to IN 1662 575 157 April April NNP 1662 575 158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 575 159 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 575 160 : : : 1662 575 161 narrow narrow JJ 1662 575 162 coastal coastal JJ 1662 575 163 plain plain NN 1662 575 164 rises rise VBZ 1662 575 165 abruptly abruptly RB 1662 575 166 to to IN 1662 575 167 vast vast JJ 1662 575 168 interior interior JJ 1662 575 169 plateau plateau NN 1662 575 170 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 575 171 extremes extreme NNS 1662 575 172 : : : 1662 575 173 lowest low JJS 1662 575 174 point point NN 1662 575 175 : : : 1662 575 176 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 575 177 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 575 178 0 0 NFP 1662 575 179 m m DT 1662 575 180 highest high JJS 1662 575 181 point point NN 1662 575 182 : : : 1662 575 183 Morro Morro NNP 1662 575 184 de de NNP 1662 575 185 Moco Moco NNP 1662 575 186 2,620 2,620 CD 1662 575 187 m m NNP 1662 575 188 Natural natural JJ 1662 575 189 resources resource NNS 1662 575 190 : : : 1662 575 191 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 575 192 , , , 1662 575 193 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 575 194 , , , 1662 575 195 iron iron NN 1662 575 196 ore ore NN 1662 575 197 , , , 1662 575 198 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 575 199 , , , 1662 575 200 copper copper NN 1662 575 201 , , , 1662 575 202 feldspar feldspar NN 1662 575 203 , , , 1662 575 204 gold gold NN 1662 575 205 , , , 1662 575 206 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 575 207 , , , 1662 575 208 uranium uranium NN 1662 575 209 Land land NN 1662 575 210 use use NN 1662 575 211 : : : 1662 575 212 arable arable JJ 1662 575 213 land land NN 1662 575 214 : : : 1662 575 215 2 2 CD 1662 575 216 % % NN 1662 575 217 permanent permanent JJ 1662 575 218 crops crop NNS 1662 575 219 : : : 1662 575 220 0 0 CD 1662 575 221 % % NN 1662 575 222 permanent permanent JJ 1662 575 223 pastures pasture NNS 1662 575 224 : : : 1662 575 225 23 23 CD 1662 575 226 % % NN 1662 575 227 forests forest NNS 1662 575 228 and and CC 1662 575 229 woodland woodland JJ 1662 575 230 : : : 1662 575 231 43 43 CD 1662 575 232 % % NN 1662 575 233 other other JJ 1662 575 234 : : : 1662 575 235 32 32 CD 1662 575 236 % % NN 1662 575 237 ( ( -LRB- 1662 575 238 1993 1993 CD 1662 575 239 est est NNP 1662 575 240 . . . 1662 575 241 ) ) -RRB- 1662 576 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 576 2 land land NN 1662 576 3 : : : 1662 576 4 750 750 CD 1662 576 5 sq sq NNP 1662 576 6 km km NNP 1662 576 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 576 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 576 9 est est NNP 1662 576 10 . . . 1662 576 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 577 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 577 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 577 3 : : : 1662 577 4 locally locally RB 1662 577 5 heavy heavy JJ 1662 577 6 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 577 7 causes cause VBZ 1662 577 8 periodic periodic JJ 1662 577 9 flooding flooding NN 1662 577 10 on on IN 1662 577 11 the the DT 1662 577 12 plateau plateau NN 1662 577 13 Environment Environment NNP 1662 577 14 - - HYPH 1662 577 15 current current JJ 1662 577 16 issues issue NNS 1662 577 17 : : : 1662 577 18 the the DT 1662 577 19 overuse overuse NN 1662 577 20 of of IN 1662 577 21 pastures pasture NNS 1662 577 22 and and CC 1662 577 23 subsequent subsequent JJ 1662 577 24 soil soil NN 1662 577 25 erosion erosion NN 1662 577 26 attributable attributable JJ 1662 577 27 to to IN 1662 577 28 population population NN 1662 577 29 pressures pressure NNS 1662 577 30 ; ; , 1662 577 31 desertification desertification NN 1662 577 32 ; ; : 1662 577 33 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 577 34 of of IN 1662 577 35 tropical tropical JJ 1662 577 36 rain rain NN 1662 577 37 forest forest NN 1662 577 38 , , , 1662 577 39 in in IN 1662 577 40 response response NN 1662 577 41 to to IN 1662 577 42 both both DT 1662 577 43 international international JJ 1662 577 44 demand demand NN 1662 577 45 for for IN 1662 577 46 tropical tropical JJ 1662 577 47 timber timber NN 1662 577 48 and and CC 1662 577 49 to to IN 1662 577 50 domestic domestic JJ 1662 577 51 use use NN 1662 577 52 as as IN 1662 577 53 fuel fuel NN 1662 577 54 , , , 1662 577 55 resulting result VBG 1662 577 56 in in IN 1662 577 57 loss loss NN 1662 577 58 of of IN 1662 577 59 biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 577 60 ; ; , 1662 577 61 soil soil NN 1662 577 62 erosion erosion NN 1662 577 63 contributing contribute VBG 1662 577 64 to to IN 1662 577 65 water water NN 1662 577 66 pollution pollution NN 1662 577 67 and and CC 1662 577 68 siltation siltation NN 1662 577 69 of of IN 1662 577 70 rivers river NNS 1662 577 71 and and CC 1662 577 72 dams dam NNS 1662 577 73 ; ; , 1662 577 74 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 577 75 supplies supply NNS 1662 577 76 of of IN 1662 577 77 potable potable JJ 1662 577 78 water water NN 1662 577 79 Environment Environment NNP 1662 577 80 - - HYPH 1662 577 81 international international JJ 1662 577 82 agreements agreement NNS 1662 577 83 : : : 1662 577 84 party party NN 1662 577 85 to to TO 1662 577 86 : : : 1662 577 87 Law Law NNP 1662 577 88 of of IN 1662 577 89 the the DT 1662 577 90 Sea Sea NNP 1662 577 91 signed sign VBD 1662 577 92 , , , 1662 577 93 but but CC 1662 577 94 not not RB 1662 577 95 ratified ratified JJ 1662 577 96 : : : 1662 577 97 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 577 98 , , , 1662 577 99 Climate Climate NNP 1662 577 100 Change Change NNP 1662 577 101 , , , 1662 577 102 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 577 103 Geography Geography NNP 1662 577 104 - - HYPH 1662 577 105 note note NN 1662 577 106 : : : 1662 577 107 Cabinda Cabinda NNP 1662 577 108 is be VBZ 1662 577 109 separated separate VBN 1662 577 110 from from IN 1662 577 111 rest rest NN 1662 577 112 of of IN 1662 577 113 country country NN 1662 577 114 by by IN 1662 577 115 Congo Congo NNP 1662 577 116 ( ( -LRB- 1662 577 117 Kinshasa Kinshasa NNP 1662 577 118 ) ) -RRB- 1662 577 119 @Angola @Angola NFP 1662 577 120 : : : 1662 577 121 People People NNP 1662 577 122 Population Population NNP 1662 577 123 : : : 1662 577 124 10,548,847 10,548,847 CD 1662 577 125 ( ( -LRB- 1662 577 126 July July NNP 1662 577 127 1997 1997 CD 1662 577 128 est est NNP 1662 577 129 . . . 1662 577 130 ) ) -RRB- 1662 578 1 Age age NN 1662 578 2 structure structure NN 1662 578 3 : : : 1662 578 4 0 0 CD 1662 578 5 - - HYPH 1662 578 6 14 14 CD 1662 578 7 years year NNS 1662 578 8 : : : 1662 578 9 45 45 CD 1662 578 10 % % NN 1662 578 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 578 12 male male JJ 1662 578 13 2,393,009 2,393,009 CD 1662 578 14 ; ; : 1662 578 15 female female JJ 1662 578 16 2,327,186 2,327,186 CD 1662 578 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 578 18 15 15 CD 1662 578 19 - - SYM 1662 578 20 64 64 CD 1662 578 21 years year NNS 1662 578 22 : : : 1662 578 23 52 52 CD 1662 578 24 % % NN 1662 578 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 578 26 male male JJ 1662 578 27 2,793,038 2,793,038 CD 1662 578 28 ; ; : 1662 578 29 female female JJ 1662 578 30 2,753,624 2,753,624 CD 1662 578 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 578 32 65 65 CD 1662 578 33 years year NNS 1662 578 34 and and CC 1662 578 35 over over IN 1662 578 36 : : : 1662 578 37 3 3 CD 1662 578 38 % % NN 1662 578 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 578 40 male male JJ 1662 578 41 131,720 131,720 CD 1662 578 42 ; ; : 1662 578 43 female female JJ 1662 578 44 150,270 150,270 CD 1662 578 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 578 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 578 47 July July NNP 1662 578 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 578 49 est est NNP 1662 578 50 . . . 1662 578 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 579 1 Population population NN 1662 579 2 growth growth NN 1662 579 3 rate rate NN 1662 579 4 : : : 1662 579 5 3.06 3.06 CD 1662 579 6 % % NN 1662 579 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 579 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 579 9 est est NNP 1662 579 10 . . . 1662 579 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 580 1 Birth birth NN 1662 580 2 rate rate NN 1662 580 3 : : : 1662 580 4 44.11 44.11 CD 1662 580 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 580 6 population population NN 1662 580 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 580 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 580 9 est est NNP 1662 580 10 . . . 1662 580 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 581 1 Death death NN 1662 581 2 rate rate NN 1662 581 3 : : : 1662 581 4 17.24 17.24 CD 1662 581 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 581 6 population population NN 1662 581 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 581 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 581 9 est est NNP 1662 581 10 . . . 1662 581 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 582 1 Net net JJ 1662 582 2 migration migration NN 1662 582 3 rate rate NN 1662 582 4 : : : 1662 582 5 3.69 3.69 CD 1662 582 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 582 7 population population NN 1662 582 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 582 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 582 10 est est NNP 1662 582 11 . . . 1662 582 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 583 1 Sex sex NN 1662 583 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 583 3 : : : 1662 583 4 at at IN 1662 583 5 birth birth NN 1662 583 6 : : : 1662 583 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 583 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 583 9 under under IN 1662 583 10 15 15 CD 1662 583 11 years year NNS 1662 583 12 : : : 1662 583 13 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 583 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 583 15 15 15 CD 1662 583 16 - - HYPH 1662 583 17 64 64 CD 1662 583 18 years year NNS 1662 583 19 : : : 1662 583 20 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 583 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 583 22 65 65 CD 1662 583 23 years year NNS 1662 583 24 and and CC 1662 583 25 over over IN 1662 583 26 : : : 1662 583 27 0.88 0.88 CD 1662 583 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 583 29 total total JJ 1662 583 30 population population NN 1662 583 31 : : : 1662 583 32 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 583 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 583 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 583 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 583 36 est e JJS 1662 583 37 . . . 1662 583 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 584 1 Infant infant NN 1662 584 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 584 3 rate rate NN 1662 584 4 : : : 1662 584 5 135.7 135.7 CD 1662 584 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 584 7 live live JJ 1662 584 8 births birth NNS 1662 584 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 584 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 584 11 est est NNP 1662 584 12 . . . 1662 584 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 585 1 Life life NN 1662 585 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 585 3 at at IN 1662 585 4 birth birth NN 1662 585 5 : : : 1662 585 6 total total JJ 1662 585 7 population population NN 1662 585 8 : : : 1662 585 9 47.32 47.32 CD 1662 585 10 years year NNS 1662 585 11 male male NN 1662 585 12 : : : 1662 585 13 45.12 45.12 CD 1662 585 14 years year NNS 1662 585 15 female female JJ 1662 585 16 : : : 1662 585 17 49.64 49.64 CD 1662 585 18 years year NNS 1662 585 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 585 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 585 21 est est NNP 1662 585 22 . . . 1662 585 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 586 1 Total total JJ 1662 586 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 586 3 rate rate NN 1662 586 4 : : : 1662 586 5 6.27 6.27 CD 1662 586 6 children child NNS 1662 586 7 born bear VBN 1662 586 8 / / SYM 1662 586 9 woman woman NN 1662 586 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 586 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 586 12 est est NNP 1662 586 13 . . . 1662 586 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 587 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 587 2 : : : 1662 587 3 noun noun NNP 1662 587 4 : : : 1662 587 5 Angolan(s Angolan(s NNP 1662 587 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 587 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 587 8 : : : 1662 587 9 Angolan angolan JJ 1662 587 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 587 11 groups group NNS 1662 587 12 : : : 1662 587 13 Ovimbundu Ovimbundu NNP 1662 587 14 37 37 CD 1662 587 15 % % NN 1662 587 16 , , , 1662 587 17 Kimbundu Kimbundu NNP 1662 587 18 25 25 CD 1662 587 19 % % NN 1662 587 20 , , , 1662 587 21 Bakongo Bakongo NNP 1662 587 22 13 13 CD 1662 587 23 % % NN 1662 587 24 , , , 1662 587 25 mestico mestico NNP 1662 587 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 587 27 mixed mixed JJ 1662 587 28 European european JJ 1662 587 29 and and CC 1662 587 30 Native native JJ 1662 587 31 African African NNP 1662 587 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 587 33 2 2 CD 1662 587 34 % % NN 1662 587 35 , , , 1662 587 36 European European NNP 1662 587 37 1 1 CD 1662 587 38 % % NN 1662 587 39 , , , 1662 587 40 other other JJ 1662 587 41 22 22 CD 1662 587 42 % % NN 1662 587 43 Religions religion NNS 1662 587 44 : : : 1662 587 45 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 587 46 beliefs belief NNS 1662 587 47 47 47 CD 1662 587 48 % % NN 1662 587 49 , , , 1662 587 50 Roman Roman NNP 1662 587 51 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 587 52 38 38 CD 1662 587 53 % % NN 1662 587 54 , , , 1662 587 55 Protestant protestant NN 1662 587 56 15 15 CD 1662 587 57 % % NN 1662 587 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 587 59 est est NNP 1662 587 60 . . . 1662 587 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 588 1 Languages language NNS 1662 588 2 : : : 1662 588 3 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 588 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 588 5 official official NN 1662 588 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 588 7 , , , 1662 588 8 Bantu Bantu NNP 1662 588 9 and and CC 1662 588 10 other other JJ 1662 588 11 African african JJ 1662 588 12 languages language NNS 1662 588 13 Literacy literacy NN 1662 588 14 : : : 1662 588 15 definition definition NN 1662 588 16 : : : 1662 588 17 age age NN 1662 588 18 15 15 CD 1662 588 19 and and CC 1662 588 20 over over RB 1662 588 21 can can MD 1662 588 22 read read VB 1662 588 23 and and CC 1662 588 24 write write VB 1662 588 25 total total JJ 1662 588 26 population population NN 1662 588 27 : : : 1662 588 28 42 42 CD 1662 588 29 % % NN 1662 588 30 male male NN 1662 588 31 : : : 1662 588 32 56 56 CD 1662 588 33 % % NN 1662 588 34 female female NN 1662 588 35 : : : 1662 588 36 28 28 CD 1662 588 37 % % NN 1662 588 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 588 39 1990 1990 CD 1662 588 40 est est NNP 1662 588 41 . . . 1662 588 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 589 1 @Angola @Angola NFP 1662 589 2 : : : 1662 589 3 Government Government NNP 1662 589 4 Country Country NNP 1662 589 5 name name NN 1662 589 6 : : : 1662 589 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 589 8 long long JJ 1662 589 9 form form NN 1662 589 10 : : : 1662 589 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 589 12 of of IN 1662 589 13 Angola Angola NNP 1662 589 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 589 15 short short JJ 1662 589 16 form form NN 1662 589 17 : : : 1662 589 18 Angola angola JJ 1662 589 19 local local JJ 1662 589 20 long long JJ 1662 589 21 form form NN 1662 589 22 : : : 1662 589 23 Republica Republica NNP 1662 589 24 de de IN 1662 589 25 Angola Angola NNP 1662 589 26 local local JJ 1662 589 27 short short JJ 1662 589 28 form form NN 1662 589 29 : : : 1662 589 30 Angola Angola NNP 1662 589 31 former former JJ 1662 589 32 : : : 1662 589 33 People People NNPS 1662 589 34 's 's POS 1662 589 35 Republic Republic NNP 1662 589 36 of of IN 1662 589 37 Angola Angola NNP 1662 589 38 Data Data NNP 1662 589 39 code code NN 1662 589 40 : : : 1662 589 41 AO AO NNP 1662 589 42 Government Government NNP 1662 589 43 type type NN 1662 589 44 : : : 1662 589 45 transitional transitional JJ 1662 589 46 government government NN 1662 589 47 , , , 1662 589 48 nominally nominally RB 1662 589 49 a a DT 1662 589 50 multiparty multiparty JJ 1662 589 51 democracy democracy NN 1662 589 52 with with IN 1662 589 53 a a DT 1662 589 54 strong strong JJ 1662 589 55 presidential presidential JJ 1662 589 56 system system NN 1662 589 57 National national JJ 1662 589 58 capital capital NN 1662 589 59 : : : 1662 589 60 Luanda Luanda NNP 1662 589 61 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 589 62 divisions division NNS 1662 589 63 : : : 1662 589 64 18 18 CD 1662 589 65 provinces province NNS 1662 589 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 589 67 provincias provincia NNS 1662 589 68 , , , 1662 589 69 singular singular JJ 1662 589 70 - - HYPH 1662 589 71 provincia provincia NN 1662 589 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 589 73 ; ; : 1662 589 74 Bengo Bengo NNP 1662 589 75 , , , 1662 589 76 Benguela Benguela NNP 1662 589 77 , , , 1662 589 78 Bie Bie NNP 1662 589 79 , , , 1662 589 80 Cabinda Cabinda NNP 1662 589 81 , , , 1662 589 82 Cuando Cuando NNP 1662 589 83 Cubango Cubango NNP 1662 589 84 , , , 1662 589 85 Cuanza Cuanza NNP 1662 589 86 Norte Norte NNP 1662 589 87 , , , 1662 589 88 Cuanza Cuanza NNP 1662 589 89 Sul Sul NNP 1662 589 90 , , , 1662 589 91 Cunene Cunene NNP 1662 589 92 , , , 1662 589 93 Huambo Huambo NNP 1662 589 94 , , , 1662 589 95 Huila Huila NNP 1662 589 96 , , , 1662 589 97 Luanda Luanda NNP 1662 589 98 , , , 1662 589 99 Lunda Lunda NNP 1662 589 100 Norte Norte NNP 1662 589 101 , , , 1662 589 102 Lunda Lunda NNP 1662 589 103 Sul Sul NNP 1662 589 104 , , , 1662 589 105 Malanje Malanje NNP 1662 589 106 , , , 1662 589 107 Moxico Moxico NNP 1662 589 108 , , , 1662 589 109 Namibe Namibe NNP 1662 589 110 , , , 1662 589 111 Uige Uige NNP 1662 589 112 , , , 1662 589 113 Zaire Zaire NNP 1662 589 114 Independence Independence NNP 1662 589 115 : : : 1662 589 116 11 11 CD 1662 589 117 November November NNP 1662 589 118 1975 1975 CD 1662 589 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 589 120 from from IN 1662 589 121 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 589 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 589 123 National national JJ 1662 589 124 holiday holiday NN 1662 589 125 : : : 1662 589 126 Independence Independence NNP 1662 589 127 Day Day NNP 1662 589 128 , , , 1662 589 129 11 11 CD 1662 589 130 November November NNP 1662 589 131 ( ( -LRB- 1662 589 132 1975 1975 CD 1662 589 133 ) ) -RRB- 1662 589 134 Constitution constitution NN 1662 589 135 : : : 1662 589 136 11 11 CD 1662 589 137 November November NNP 1662 589 138 1975 1975 CD 1662 589 139 ; ; : 1662 589 140 revised revise VBN 1662 589 141 7 7 CD 1662 589 142 January January NNP 1662 589 143 1978 1978 CD 1662 589 144 , , , 1662 589 145 11 11 CD 1662 589 146 August August NNP 1662 589 147 1980 1980 CD 1662 589 148 , , , 1662 589 149 6 6 CD 1662 589 150 March March NNP 1662 589 151 1991 1991 CD 1662 589 152 , , , 1662 589 153 and and CC 1662 589 154 26 26 CD 1662 589 155 August August NNP 1662 589 156 1992 1992 CD 1662 589 157 Legal legal JJ 1662 589 158 system system NN 1662 589 159 : : : 1662 589 160 based base VBN 1662 589 161 on on IN 1662 589 162 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 589 163 civil civil JJ 1662 589 164 law law NN 1662 589 165 system system NN 1662 589 166 and and CC 1662 589 167 customary customary JJ 1662 589 168 law law NN 1662 589 169 ; ; : 1662 589 170 recently recently RB 1662 589 171 modified modify VBN 1662 589 172 to to TO 1662 589 173 accommodate accommodate VB 1662 589 174 political political JJ 1662 589 175 pluralism pluralism NN 1662 589 176 and and CC 1662 589 177 increased increase VBN 1662 589 178 use use NN 1662 589 179 of of IN 1662 589 180 free free JJ 1662 589 181 markets market NNS 1662 589 182 Suffrage Suffrage NNP 1662 589 183 : : : 1662 589 184 18 18 CD 1662 589 185 years year NNS 1662 589 186 of of IN 1662 589 187 age age NN 1662 589 188 ; ; : 1662 589 189 universal universal JJ 1662 589 190 Executive Executive NNP 1662 589 191 branch branch NN 1662 589 192 : : : 1662 589 193 chief chief NN 1662 589 194 of of IN 1662 589 195 state state NN 1662 589 196 : : : 1662 589 197 President President NNP 1662 589 198 Jose Jose NNP 1662 589 199 Eduardo Eduardo NNP 1662 589 200 DOS DOS NNP 1662 589 201 SANTOS SANTOS NNP 1662 589 202 ( ( -LRB- 1662 589 203 since since IN 1662 589 204 21 21 CD 1662 589 205 September September NNP 1662 589 206 1979 1979 CD 1662 589 207 ) ) -RRB- 1662 589 208 head head NN 1662 589 209 of of IN 1662 589 210 government government NN 1662 589 211 : : : 1662 589 212 Prime Prime NNP 1662 589 213 Minister Minister NNP 1662 589 214 Fernando Fernando NNP 1662 589 215 Jose Jose NNP 1662 589 216 de de NNP 1662 589 217 Franca Franca NNP 1662 589 218 Vieira Vieira NNP 1662 589 219 Dias Dias NNP 1662 589 220 VAN VAN NNP 1662 589 221 DUNEM DUNEM NNP 1662 589 222 ( ( -LRB- 1662 589 223 since since IN 1662 589 224 8 8 CD 1662 589 225 June June NNP 1662 589 226 1996 1996 CD 1662 589 227 ) ) -RRB- 1662 589 228 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 589 229 : : : 1662 589 230 Council Council NNP 1662 589 231 of of IN 1662 589 232 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 589 233 appointed appoint VBN 1662 589 234 by by IN 1662 589 235 the the DT 1662 589 236 president president NNP 1662 589 237 elections election NNS 1662 589 238 : : : 1662 589 239 President President NNP 1662 589 240 DOS DOS NNP 1662 589 241 SANTOS SANTOS NNP 1662 589 242 originally originally RB 1662 589 243 elected elect VBN 1662 589 244 without without IN 1662 589 245 opposition opposition NN 1662 589 246 under under IN 1662 589 247 a a DT 1662 589 248 one one CD 1662 589 249 - - HYPH 1662 589 250 party party NN 1662 589 251 system system NN 1662 589 252 and and CC 1662 589 253 stood stand VBD 1662 589 254 for for IN 1662 589 255 reelection reelection NN 1662 589 256 in in IN 1662 589 257 Angola Angola NNP 1662 589 258 's 's POS 1662 589 259 first first JJ 1662 589 260 multiparty multiparty JJ 1662 589 261 elections election NNS 1662 589 262 in in IN 1662 589 263 28 28 CD 1662 589 264 - - SYM 1662 589 265 29 29 CD 1662 589 266 September September NNP 1662 589 267 1992 1992 CD 1662 589 268 , , , 1662 589 269 the the DT 1662 589 270 last last JJ 1662 589 271 elections election NNS 1662 589 272 to to TO 1662 589 273 be be VB 1662 589 274 held hold VBN 1662 589 275 , , , 1662 589 276 ( ( -LRB- 1662 589 277 next next JJ 1662 589 278 to to TO 1662 589 279 be be VB 1662 589 280 held hold VBN 1662 589 281 NA NA NNP 1662 589 282 ) ) -RRB- 1662 589 283 ; ; : 1662 589 284 prime prime NNP 1662 589 285 minister minister NN 1662 589 286 appointed appoint VBN 1662 589 287 by by IN 1662 589 288 the the DT 1662 589 289 president president NN 1662 589 290 and and CC 1662 589 291 answerable answerable JJ 1662 589 292 to to IN 1662 589 293 the the DT 1662 589 294 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 589 295 election election NN 1662 589 296 results result NNS 1662 589 297 : : : 1662 589 298 DOS DOS NNP 1662 589 299 SANTOS SANTOS NNP 1662 589 300 received receive VBD 1662 589 301 49.6 49.6 CD 1662 589 302 % % NN 1662 589 303 of of IN 1662 589 304 the the DT 1662 589 305 total total JJ 1662 589 306 vote vote NN 1662 589 307 , , , 1662 589 308 making make VBG 1662 589 309 a a DT 1662 589 310 run run VB 1662 589 311 - - HYPH 1662 589 312 off off RP 1662 589 313 election election NN 1662 589 314 necessary necessary JJ 1662 589 315 between between IN 1662 589 316 him -PRON- PRP 1662 589 317 and and CC 1662 589 318 second second JJ 1662 589 319 - - HYPH 1662 589 320 place place NN 1662 589 321 Jonas Jonas NNP 1662 589 322 SAVIMBI savimbi NN 1662 589 323 ; ; : 1662 589 324 the the DT 1662 589 325 run run NN 1662 589 326 - - HYPH 1662 589 327 off off NN 1662 589 328 was be VBD 1662 589 329 not not RB 1662 589 330 held hold VBN 1662 589 331 and and CC 1662 589 332 SAVIMBI SAVIMBI NNP 1662 589 333 's 's POS 1662 589 334 National National NNP 1662 589 335 Union Union NNP 1662 589 336 for for IN 1662 589 337 the the DT 1662 589 338 Total total JJ 1662 589 339 Independence Independence NNP 1662 589 340 of of IN 1662 589 341 Angola Angola NNP 1662 589 342 ( ( -LRB- 1662 589 343 UNITA UNITA NNP 1662 589 344 ) ) -RRB- 1662 589 345 disputed dispute VBD 1662 589 346 the the DT 1662 589 347 results result NNS 1662 589 348 of of IN 1662 589 349 the the DT 1662 589 350 first first JJ 1662 589 351 election election NN 1662 589 352 ; ; : 1662 589 353 the the DT 1662 589 354 civil civil JJ 1662 589 355 war war NN 1662 589 356 was be VBD 1662 589 357 resumed resume VBN 1662 589 358 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 589 359 branch branch NN 1662 589 360 : : : 1662 589 361 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 589 362 National National NNP 1662 589 363 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 589 364 or or CC 1662 589 365 Assembleia Assembleia NNP 1662 589 366 Nacional Nacional NNP 1662 589 367 ( ( -LRB- 1662 589 368 223 223 CD 1662 589 369 seats seat NNS 1662 589 370 ; ; : 1662 589 371 members member NNS 1662 589 372 elected elect VBN 1662 589 373 by by IN 1662 589 374 proportional proportional JJ 1662 589 375 vote vote NN 1662 589 376 to to TO 1662 589 377 serve serve VB 1662 589 378 four four CD 1662 589 379 - - HYPH 1662 589 380 year year NN 1662 589 381 terms term NNS 1662 589 382 ) ) -RRB- 1662 589 383 elections election NNS 1662 589 384 : : : 1662 589 385 last last RB 1662 589 386 held hold VBN 1662 589 387 29 29 CD 1662 589 388 - - SYM 1662 589 389 30 30 CD 1662 589 390 September September NNP 1662 589 391 1992 1992 CD 1662 589 392 ( ( -LRB- 1662 589 393 next next JJ 1662 589 394 to to TO 1662 589 395 be be VB 1662 589 396 held hold VBN 1662 589 397 NA NA NNP 1662 589 398 ) ) -RRB- 1662 589 399 election election NN 1662 589 400 results result NNS 1662 589 401 : : : 1662 589 402 percent percent NN 1662 589 403 of of IN 1662 589 404 vote vote NN 1662 589 405 by by IN 1662 589 406 party party NN 1662 589 407 - - HYPH 1662 589 408 MPLA mpla NN 1662 589 409 54 54 CD 1662 589 410 % % NN 1662 589 411 , , , 1662 589 412 UNITA UNITA NNP 1662 589 413 34 34 CD 1662 589 414 % % NN 1662 589 415 , , , 1662 589 416 others other NNS 1662 589 417 12 12 CD 1662 589 418 % % NN 1662 589 419 ; ; , 1662 589 420 seats seat NNS 1662 589 421 by by IN 1662 589 422 party party NN 1662 589 423 - - HYPH 1662 589 424 NA NA NNP 1662 589 425 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 589 426 branch branch NN 1662 589 427 : : : 1662 589 428 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 589 429 Court Court NNP 1662 589 430 or or CC 1662 589 431 Tribunal Tribunal NNP 1662 589 432 da da NNP 1662 589 433 Relacao Relacao NNP 1662 589 434 , , , 1662 589 435 judges judge NNS 1662 589 436 of of IN 1662 589 437 the the DT 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- HYPH 1662 603 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 603 5 price price NN 1662 603 6 index index NN 1662 603 7 : : : 1662 603 8 1,700 1,700 CD 1662 603 9 % % NN 1662 603 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 603 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 603 12 est est NNP 1662 603 13 . . . 1662 603 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 604 1 Labor labor NN 1662 604 2 force force NN 1662 604 3 : : : 1662 604 4 total total NN 1662 604 5 : : : 1662 604 6 2.783 2.783 CD 1662 604 7 million million CD 1662 604 8 economically economically RB 1662 604 9 active active JJ 1662 604 10 by by IN 1662 604 11 occupation occupation NN 1662 604 12 : : : 1662 604 13 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 604 14 85 85 CD 1662 604 15 % % NN 1662 604 16 , , , 1662 604 17 industry industry NN 1662 604 18 15 15 CD 1662 604 19 % % NN 1662 604 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 604 21 1985 1985 CD 1662 604 22 est est NNP 1662 604 23 . . . 1662 604 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 605 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 605 2 rate rate NN 1662 605 3 : : : 1662 605 4 extensive extensive JJ 1662 605 5 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 605 6 and and CC 1662 605 7 underemployment underemployment NN 1662 605 8 affecting affect VBG 1662 605 9 more more JJR 1662 605 10 than than IN 1662 605 11 half half PDT 1662 605 12 the the DT 1662 605 13 population population NN 1662 605 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 605 15 1994 1994 CD 1662 605 16 est est NNP 1662 605 17 . . . 1662 605 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 606 1 Budget budget NN 1662 606 2 : : : 1662 606 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 606 4 : : : 1662 606 5 $ $ $ 1662 606 6 928 928 CD 1662 606 7 million million CD 1662 606 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 606 9 : : : 1662 606 10 $ $ $ 1662 606 11 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 606 12 billion billion CD 1662 606 13 , , , 1662 606 14 including include VBG 1662 606 15 capital capital NN 1662 606 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 606 17 of of IN 1662 606 18 $ $ $ 1662 606 19 963 963 CD 1662 606 20 million million CD 1662 606 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 606 22 1992 1992 CD 1662 606 23 est est NNP 1662 606 24 . . . 1662 606 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 607 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 607 2 : : : 1662 607 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 607 4 ; ; : 1662 607 5 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 607 6 , , , 1662 607 7 iron iron NN 1662 607 8 ore ore NN 1662 607 9 , , , 1662 607 10 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 607 11 , , , 1662 607 12 feldspar feldspar NN 1662 607 13 , , , 1662 607 14 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 607 15 , , , 1662 607 16 uranium uranium NN 1662 607 17 , , , 1662 607 18 and and CC 1662 607 19 gold gold NN 1662 607 20 ; ; : 1662 607 21 cement cement NN 1662 607 22 ; ; , 1662 607 23 basic basic JJ 1662 607 24 metal metal NN 1662 607 25 products product NNS 1662 607 26 ; ; , 1662 607 27 fish fish NN 1662 607 28 processing processing NN 1662 607 29 ; ; : 1662 607 30 food food NN 1662 607 31 processing processing NN 1662 607 32 ; ; : 1662 607 33 brewing brewing NN 1662 607 34 ; ; : 1662 607 35 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 607 36 products product NNS 1662 607 37 ; ; , 1662 607 38 sugar sugar NN 1662 607 39 ; ; : 1662 607 40 textiles textile NNS 1662 607 41 ; ; : 1662 607 42 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 607 43 production production NN 1662 607 44 growth growth NN 1662 607 45 rate rate NN 1662 607 46 : : : 1662 607 47 NA% NA% `` 1662 607 48 Electricity electricity NN 1662 607 49 - - HYPH 1662 607 50 capacity capacity NN 1662 607 51 : : : 1662 607 52 620,000 620,000 CD 1662 607 53 kW kw NN 1662 607 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 607 55 1994 1994 CD 1662 607 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 607 57 Electricity electricity NN 1662 607 58 - - HYPH 1662 607 59 production production NN 1662 607 60 : : : 1662 607 61 1.82 1.82 CD 1662 607 62 billion billion CD 1662 607 63 kWh kWh NNS 1662 607 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 607 65 1994 1994 CD 1662 607 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 607 67 Electricity electricity NN 1662 607 68 - - HYPH 1662 607 69 consumption consumption NN 1662 607 70 per per IN 1662 607 71 capita capita NN 1662 607 72 : : : 1662 607 73 171 171 CD 1662 607 74 kWh kWh NNS 1662 607 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 607 76 1995 1995 CD 1662 607 77 est est NNP 1662 607 78 . . . 1662 607 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 608 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 608 2 - - HYPH 1662 608 3 products product NNS 1662 608 4 : : : 1662 608 5 bananas banana NNS 1662 608 6 , , , 1662 608 7 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 608 8 , , , 1662 608 9 coffee coffee NN 1662 608 10 , , , 1662 608 11 sisal sisal NNP 1662 608 12 , , , 1662 608 13 corn corn NN 1662 608 14 , , , 1662 608 15 cotton cotton NN 1662 608 16 , , , 1662 608 17 manioc manioc NNP 1662 608 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 608 19 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 608 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 608 21 , , , 1662 608 22 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 608 23 , , , 1662 608 24 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 608 25 , , , 1662 608 26 plantains plantain NNS 1662 608 27 ; ; : 1662 608 28 livestock livestock NN 1662 608 29 ; ; , 1662 608 30 forest forest NN 1662 608 31 products product NNS 1662 608 32 ; ; , 1662 608 33 fish fish NN 1662 608 34 Exports export NNS 1662 608 35 : : : 1662 608 36 total total JJ 1662 608 37 value value NN 1662 608 38 : : : 1662 608 39 $ $ $ 1662 608 40 4 4 CD 1662 608 41 billion billion CD 1662 608 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 608 43 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 608 44 . . NNP 1662 608 45 , , , 1662 608 46 1996 1996 CD 1662 608 47 est est NNP 1662 608 48 . . . 1662 608 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 609 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 609 2 : : : 1662 609 3 crude crude JJ 1662 609 4 oil oil NN 1662 609 5 90 90 CD 1662 609 6 % % NN 1662 609 7 , , , 1662 609 8 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 609 9 , , , 1662 609 10 refined refined JJ 1662 609 11 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 609 12 products product NNS 1662 609 13 , , , 1662 609 14 gas gas NN 1662 609 15 , , , 1662 609 16 coffee coffee NN 1662 609 17 , , , 1662 609 18 sisal sisal NNP 1662 609 19 , , , 1662 609 20 fish fish NN 1662 609 21 and and CC 1662 609 22 fish fish NN 1662 609 23 products product NNS 1662 609 24 , , , 1662 609 25 timber timber NN 1662 609 26 , , , 1662 609 27 cotton cotton NN 1662 609 28 partners partner NNS 1662 609 29 : : : 1662 609 30 US US NNP 1662 609 31 70 70 CD 1662 609 32 % % NN 1662 609 33 , , , 1662 609 34 EU EU NNP 1662 609 35 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 609 36 : : : 1662 609 37 total total JJ 1662 609 38 value value NN 1662 609 39 : : : 1662 609 40 $ $ $ 1662 609 41 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 609 42 billion billion CD 1662 609 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 609 44 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 609 45 . . NNP 1662 609 46 , , , 1662 609 47 1995 1995 CD 1662 609 48 est est NNP 1662 609 49 . . . 1662 609 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 610 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 610 2 : : : 1662 610 3 capital capital NN 1662 610 4 equipment equipment NNP 1662 610 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 610 6 machinery machinery NN 1662 610 7 and and CC 1662 610 8 electrical electrical JJ 1662 610 9 equipment equipment NN 1662 610 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 610 11 , , , 1662 610 12 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 610 13 and and CC 1662 610 14 spare spare JJ 1662 610 15 parts part NNS 1662 610 16 ; ; : 1662 610 17 medicines medicine NNS 1662 610 18 , , , 1662 610 19 food food NN 1662 610 20 , , , 1662 610 21 textiles textile NNS 1662 610 22 and and CC 1662 610 23 clothing clothing NN 1662 610 24 ; ; : 1662 610 25 substantial substantial JJ 1662 610 26 military military JJ 1662 610 27 supplies supply NNS 1662 610 28 partners partner NNS 1662 610 29 : : : 1662 610 30 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 610 31 , , , 1662 610 32 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 610 33 , , , 1662 610 34 US US NNP 1662 610 35 , , , 1662 610 36 France France NNP 1662 610 37 , , , 1662 610 38 Spain Spain NNP 1662 610 39 Debt Debt NNP 1662 610 40 - - HYPH 1662 610 41 external external JJ 1662 610 42 : : : 1662 610 43 $ $ $ 1662 610 44 12.5 12.5 CD 1662 610 45 billion billion CD 1662 610 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 610 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 610 48 est est NNP 1662 610 49 . . . 1662 610 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 611 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 611 2 aid aid NN 1662 611 3 : : : 1662 611 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 611 5 : : : 1662 611 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 611 7 , , , 1662 611 8 $ $ $ 1662 611 9 451 451 CD 1662 611 10 million million CD 1662 611 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 611 12 1994 1994 CD 1662 611 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 611 14 Currency currency NN 1662 611 15 : : : 1662 611 16 1 1 CD 1662 611 17 new new NNP 1662 611 18 kwanza kwanza NNP 1662 611 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 611 20 NKz NKz NNP 1662 611 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 611 22 = = NFP 1662 611 23 100 100 CD 1662 611 24 lwei lwei JJ 1662 611 25 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 611 26 rates rate NNS 1662 611 27 : : : 1662 611 28 new new NNP 1662 611 29 kwanza kwanza NNP 1662 611 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 611 31 NKz NKz NNP 1662 611 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 611 33 per per IN 1662 611 34 US$ us$ $ 1662 611 35 1 1 CD 1662 611 36 - - SYM 1662 611 37 201,994 201,994 CD 1662 611 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 611 39 November November NNP 1662 611 40 1996 1996 CD 1662 611 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 611 42 , , , 1662 611 43 900,000 900,000 CD 1662 611 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 611 45 25 25 CD 1662 611 46 April April NNP 1662 611 47 1995 1995 CD 1662 611 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 611 49 , , , 1662 611 50 600,000 600,000 CD 1662 611 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 611 52 10 10 CD 1662 611 53 January January NNP 1662 611 54 1995 1995 CD 1662 611 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 611 56 , , , 1662 611 57 90,000 90,000 CD 1662 611 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 611 59 1 1 CD 1662 611 60 June June NNP 1662 611 61 1994 1994 CD 1662 611 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 611 63 , , , 1662 611 64 7,000 7,000 CD 1662 611 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 611 66 16 16 CD 1662 611 67 December December NNP 1662 611 68 1993 1993 CD 1662 611 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 611 70 , , , 1662 611 71 3.884 3.884 CD 1662 611 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 611 73 July July NNP 1662 611 74 1993 1993 CD 1662 611 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 611 76 , , , 1662 611 77 550 550 CD 1662 611 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 611 79 April April NNP 1662 611 80 1992 1992 CD 1662 611 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 611 82 note note NN 1662 611 83 : : : 1662 611 84 black black JJ 1662 611 85 market market NN 1662 611 86 rates rate NNS 1662 611 87 - - : 1662 611 88 new new JJ 1662 611 89 Kwanza Kwanza NNP 1662 611 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 611 91 NKz NKz NNP 1662 611 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 611 93 per per IN 1662 611 94 US$ us$ $ 1662 611 95 1 1 CD 1662 611 96 - - SYM 1662 611 97 1,900,000 1,900,000 CD 1662 611 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 611 99 6 6 CD 1662 611 100 April April NNP 1662 611 101 1995 1995 CD 1662 611 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 611 103 , , , 1662 611 104 180,000 180,000 CD 1662 611 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 611 106 1 1 CD 1662 611 107 June June NNP 1662 611 108 1994 1994 CD 1662 611 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 611 110 , , , 1662 611 111 50,000 50,000 CD 1662 611 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 611 113 16 16 CD 1662 611 114 December December NNP 1662 611 115 1993 1993 CD 1662 611 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 611 117 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 611 118 year year NN 1662 611 119 : : : 1662 611 120 calendar calendar NNP 1662 611 121 year year NN 1662 611 122 @Angola @Angola NNP 1662 611 123 : : : 1662 611 124 Communications Communications NNP 1662 611 125 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 611 126 : : : 1662 611 127 78,000 78,000 CD 1662 611 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 611 129 1991 1991 CD 1662 611 130 est est NNP 1662 611 131 . . . 1662 611 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 612 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 612 2 system system NN 1662 612 3 : : : 1662 612 4 telephone telephone NN 1662 612 5 service service NN 1662 612 6 limited limit VBD 1662 612 7 mostly mostly RB 1662 612 8 to to IN 1662 612 9 government government NN 1662 612 10 and and CC 1662 612 11 business business NN 1662 612 12 use use NN 1662 612 13 ; ; : 1662 612 14 HF HF NNP 1662 612 15 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 612 16 used use VBD 1662 612 17 extensively extensively RB 1662 612 18 for for IN 1662 612 19 military military JJ 1662 612 20 links link NNS 1662 612 21 domestic domestic JJ 1662 612 22 : : : 1662 612 23 limited limited JJ 1662 612 24 system system NN 1662 612 25 of of IN 1662 612 26 wire wire NN 1662 612 27 , , , 1662 612 28 microwave microwave NN 1662 612 29 radio radio NN 1662 612 30 relay relay NN 1662 612 31 , , , 1662 612 32 and and CC 1662 612 33 tropospheric tropospheric NNP 1662 612 34 scatter scatter NN 1662 612 35 international international NNP 1662 612 36 : : : 1662 612 37 satellite satellite NN 1662 612 38 earth earth NN 1662 612 39 stations station NNS 1662 612 40 - - , 1662 612 41 2 2 CD 1662 612 42 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 612 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 612 44 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 612 45 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 612 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 612 47 Radio radio NN 1662 612 48 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 612 49 stations station NNS 1662 612 50 : : : 1662 612 51 AM am VBP 1662 612 52 17 17 CD 1662 612 53 , , , 1662 612 54 FM FM NNP 1662 612 55 13 13 CD 1662 612 56 , , , 1662 612 57 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 612 58 0 0 CD 1662 612 59 Radios radio NNS 1662 612 60 : : : 1662 612 61 NA NA NNP 1662 612 62 Television Television NNP 1662 612 63 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 612 64 stations station NNS 1662 612 65 : : : 1662 612 66 6 6 CD 1662 612 67 Televisions television NNS 1662 612 68 : : : 1662 612 69 50,000 50,000 CD 1662 612 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 612 71 1993 1993 CD 1662 612 72 est est NNP 1662 612 73 . . . 1662 612 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 613 1 @Angola @Angola NFP 1662 613 2 : : : 1662 613 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 613 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 613 5 : : : 1662 613 6 total total NN 1662 613 7 : : : 1662 613 8 2,952 2,952 CD 1662 613 9 km km NN 1662 613 10 limited limited JJ 1662 613 11 trackage trackage NN 1662 613 12 in in IN 1662 613 13 use use NN 1662 613 14 because because IN 1662 613 15 of of IN 1662 613 16 land land NN 1662 613 17 mines mine NNS 1662 613 18 still still RB 1662 613 19 in in IN 1662 613 20 place place NN 1662 613 21 from from IN 1662 613 22 the the DT 1662 613 23 civil civil JJ 1662 613 24 war war NN 1662 613 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 613 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 613 27 1997 1997 CD 1662 613 28 est est NNP 1662 613 29 . . . 1662 613 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 614 1 narrow narrow JJ 1662 614 2 gauge gauge NN 1662 614 3 : : : 1662 614 4 2,798 2,798 CD 1662 614 5 km km NN 1662 614 6 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 614 7 gauge gauge NN 1662 614 8 ; ; : 1662 614 9 154 154 CD 1662 614 10 km km NN 1662 614 11 0.600-m 0.600-m CD 1662 614 12 gauge gauge NN 1662 614 13 Highways highway NNS 1662 614 14 : : : 1662 614 15 total total NN 1662 614 16 : : : 1662 614 17 72,626 72,626 CD 1662 614 18 km km NN 1662 614 19 paved pave VBN 1662 614 20 : : : 1662 614 21 18,157 18,157 CD 1662 614 22 km km NN 1662 614 23 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 614 24 : : : 1662 614 25 54,469 54,469 CD 1662 614 26 km km NNS 1662 614 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 614 28 1995 1995 CD 1662 614 29 est est NNP 1662 614 30 . . . 1662 614 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 615 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 615 2 : : : 1662 615 3 1,295 1,295 CD 1662 615 4 km km NN 1662 615 5 navigable navigable JJ 1662 615 6 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 615 7 : : : 1662 615 8 crude crude JJ 1662 615 9 oil oil NN 1662 615 10 179 179 CD 1662 615 11 km km NN 1662 615 12 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 615 13 and and CC 1662 615 14 harbors harbor NNS 1662 615 15 : : : 1662 615 16 Ambriz Ambriz NNP 1662 615 17 , , , 1662 615 18 Cabinda Cabinda NNP 1662 615 19 , , , 1662 615 20 Lobito Lobito NNP 1662 615 21 , , , 1662 615 22 Luanda Luanda NNP 1662 615 23 , , , 1662 615 24 Malogo Malogo NNP 1662 615 25 , , , 1662 615 26 Namibe Namibe NNP 1662 615 27 , , , 1662 615 28 Porto Porto NNP 1662 615 29 Amboim Amboim NNP 1662 615 30 , , , 1662 615 31 Soyo Soyo NNP 1662 615 32 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 615 33 marine marine NN 1662 615 34 : : : 1662 615 35 total total NN 1662 615 36 : : : 1662 615 37 11 11 CD 1662 615 38 ships ship NNS 1662 615 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 615 40 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 615 41 GRT GRT NNP 1662 615 42 or or CC 1662 615 43 over over RB 1662 615 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 615 45 totaling total VBG 1662 615 46 55,255 55,255 CD 1662 615 47 GRT/86,886 grt/86,886 NN 1662 615 48 DWT dwt NN 1662 615 49 ships ship NNS 1662 615 50 by by IN 1662 615 51 type type NN 1662 615 52 : : : 1662 615 53 cargo cargo NN 1662 615 54 10 10 CD 1662 615 55 , , , 1662 615 56 oil oil NN 1662 615 57 tanker tanker NN 1662 615 58 1 1 CD 1662 615 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 615 60 1996 1996 CD 1662 615 61 est est NNP 1662 615 62 . . . 1662 615 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 616 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 616 2 : : : 1662 616 3 144 144 CD 1662 616 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 616 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 616 6 est est NNP 1662 616 7 . . . 1662 616 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 617 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 617 2 - - , 1662 617 3 with with IN 1662 617 4 paved paved JJ 1662 617 5 runways runway NNS 1662 617 6 : : : 1662 617 7 total total NN 1662 617 8 : : : 1662 617 9 67 67 CD 1662 617 10 over over IN 1662 617 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 617 12 m m NN 1662 617 13 : : : 1662 617 14 3 3 CD 1662 617 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 617 16 to to IN 1662 617 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 617 18 m m NN 1662 617 19 : : : 1662 617 20 9 9 CD 1662 617 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 617 22 to to TO 1662 617 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 617 24 m m CD 1662 617 25 : : : 1662 617 26 11 11 CD 1662 617 27 914 914 CD 1662 617 28 to to TO 1662 617 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 617 30 m m NN 1662 617 31 : : : 1662 617 32 4 4 CD 1662 617 33 under under IN 1662 617 34 914 914 CD 1662 617 35 m m NN 1662 617 36 : : : 1662 617 37 40 40 CD 1662 617 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 617 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 617 40 est est NNP 1662 617 41 . . . 1662 617 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 618 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 618 2 - - , 1662 618 3 with with IN 1662 618 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 618 5 runways runway NNS 1662 618 6 : : : 1662 618 7 total total NN 1662 618 8 : : : 1662 618 9 77 77 CD 1662 618 10 over over IN 1662 618 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 618 12 m m NN 1662 618 13 : : : 1662 618 14 1 1 CD 1662 618 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 618 16 to to IN 1662 618 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 618 18 m m NN 1662 618 19 : : : 1662 618 20 4 4 CD 1662 618 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 618 22 to to TO 1662 618 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 618 24 m m CD 1662 618 25 : : : 1662 618 26 24 24 CD 1662 618 27 914 914 CD 1662 618 28 to to TO 1662 618 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 618 30 m m NN 1662 618 31 : : : 1662 618 32 48 48 CD 1662 618 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 618 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 618 35 est est NNP 1662 618 36 . . . 1662 618 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 619 1 Military military JJ 1662 619 2 Military military JJ 1662 619 3 branches branch NNS 1662 619 4 : : : 1662 619 5 Army Army NNP 1662 619 6 , , , 1662 619 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 619 8 , , , 1662 619 9 Air Air NNP 1662 619 10 and and CC 1662 619 11 Air Air NNP 1662 619 12 Defense Defense NNP 1662 619 13 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 619 14 , , , 1662 619 15 National National NNP 1662 619 16 Police Police NNPS 1662 619 17 Force Force NNP 1662 619 18 Military Military NNP 1662 619 19 manpower manpower NN 1662 619 20 - - HYPH 1662 619 21 military military NN 1662 619 22 age age NN 1662 619 23 : : : 1662 619 24 18 18 CD 1662 619 25 years year NNS 1662 619 26 of of IN 1662 619 27 age age NN 1662 619 28 Military military JJ 1662 619 29 manpower manpower NN 1662 619 30 - - HYPH 1662 619 31 availability availability NN 1662 619 32 : : : 1662 619 33 males male NNS 1662 619 34 age age NNP 1662 619 35 15 15 CD 1662 619 36 - - HYPH 1662 619 37 49 49 CD 1662 619 38 : : : 1662 619 39 2,412,445 2,412,445 CD 1662 619 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 619 41 1997 1997 CD 1662 619 42 est est NNP 1662 619 43 . . . 1662 619 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 620 1 Military military JJ 1662 620 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 620 3 - - HYPH 1662 620 4 fit fit NN 1662 620 5 for for IN 1662 620 6 military military JJ 1662 620 7 service service NN 1662 620 8 : : : 1662 620 9 males male NNS 1662 620 10 : : : 1662 620 11 1,213,988 1,213,988 CD 1662 620 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 620 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 620 14 est est NNP 1662 620 15 . . . 1662 620 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 621 1 Military military JJ 1662 621 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 621 3 - - HYPH 1662 621 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 621 5 military military JJ 1662 621 6 age age NN 1662 621 7 annually annually RB 1662 621 8 : : : 1662 621 9 males male NNS 1662 621 10 : : : 1662 621 11 102,712 102,712 CD 1662 621 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 621 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 621 14 est est NNP 1662 621 15 . . . 1662 621 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 622 1 Military military JJ 1662 622 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 622 3 - - HYPH 1662 622 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 622 5 figure figure NN 1662 622 6 : : : 1662 622 7 $ $ $ 1662 622 8 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 622 9 billion billion CD 1662 622 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 622 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 622 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 622 13 Military military JJ 1662 622 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 622 15 - - : 1662 622 16 percent percent NN 1662 622 17 of of IN 1662 622 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 622 19 : : : 1662 622 20 31 31 CD 1662 622 21 % % NN 1662 622 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 622 23 1993 1993 CD 1662 622 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 622 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 622 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 622 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 622 28 - - : 1662 622 29 international international RB 1662 622 30 : : : 1662 622 31 none none NN 1662 622 32 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 622 33 drugs drug VBZ 1662 622 34 : : : 1662 622 35 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 622 36 used use VBN 1662 622 37 as as IN 1662 622 38 a a DT 1662 622 39 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 622 40 point point NN 1662 622 41 for for IN 1662 622 42 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 622 43 and and CC 1662 622 44 heroin heroin NN 1662 622 45 destined destine VBN 1662 622 46 for for IN 1662 622 47 Western Western NNP 1662 622 48 Europe Europe NNP 1662 622 49 and and CC 1662 622 50 other other JJ 1662 622 51 African african JJ 1662 622 52 states state NNS 1662 622 53 _ _ NNP 1662 622 54 _ _ NNP 1662 622 55 _ _ NNP 1662 622 56 _ _ NNP 1662 622 57 _ _ NNP 1662 622 58 _ _ NNP 1662 622 59 _ _ NNP 1662 622 60 _ _ NNP 1662 622 61 _ _ NNP 1662 622 62 _ _ NNP 1662 622 63 _ _ NNP 1662 622 64 _ _ NNP 1662 622 65 _ _ NNP 1662 622 66 _ _ NNP 1662 622 67 _ _ NNP 1662 622 68 _ _ NNP 1662 622 69 _ _ NNP 1662 622 70 _ _ NNP 1662 622 71 _ _ NNP 1662 622 72 _ _ NNP 1662 622 73 _ _ NNP 1662 622 74 _ _ NNP 1662 622 75 _ _ NNP 1662 622 76 _ _ NNP 1662 622 77 _ _ NNP 1662 622 78 _ _ NNP 1662 622 79 _ _ NNP 1662 622 80 _ _ NNP 1662 622 81 _ _ NNP 1662 622 82 _ _ NNP 1662 622 83 _ _ NNP 1662 622 84 _ _ NNP 1662 622 85 _ _ NNP 1662 622 86 _ _ NNP 1662 622 87 _ _ NNP 1662 622 88 _ _ NNP 1662 622 89 _ _ NNP 1662 622 90 _ _ NNP 1662 622 91 _ _ NNP 1662 622 92 _ _ NNP 1662 622 93 _ _ NNP 1662 622 94 _ _ NNP 1662 622 95 _ _ NNP 1662 622 96 _ _ NNP 1662 622 97 _ _ NNP 1662 622 98 _ _ NNP 1662 622 99 _ _ NNP 1662 622 100 _ _ NNP 1662 622 101 _ _ NNP 1662 622 102 _ _ NNP 1662 622 103 _ _ NNP 1662 622 104 _ _ NNP 1662 622 105 _ _ NNP 1662 622 106 _ _ NNP 1662 622 107 _ _ NNP 1662 622 108 _ _ NNP 1662 622 109 _ _ NNP 1662 622 110 _ _ NNP 1662 622 111 _ _ NNP 1662 622 112 _ _ NNP 1662 622 113 _ _ NNP 1662 622 114 _ _ NNP 1662 622 115 _ _ NNP 1662 622 116 _ _ NNP 1662 622 117 _ _ NNP 1662 622 118 _ _ NNP 1662 622 119 _ _ NNP 1662 622 120 _ _ NNP 1662 622 121 _ _ NNP 1662 622 122 _ _ NNP 1662 622 123 ANGUILLA ANGUILLA NNP 1662 622 124 ( ( -LRB- 1662 622 125 dependent dependent JJ 1662 622 126 territory territory NN 1662 622 127 of of IN 1662 622 128 the the DT 1662 622 129 UK UK NNP 1662 622 130 ) ) -RRB- 1662 622 131 @Anguilla @anguilla NN 1662 622 132 : : : 1662 622 133 Geography Geography NNP 1662 622 134 Location Location NNP 1662 622 135 : : : 1662 622 136 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 622 137 , , , 1662 622 138 island island NN 1662 622 139 in in IN 1662 622 140 the the DT 1662 622 141 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 622 142 Sea Sea NNP 1662 622 143 , , , 1662 622 144 east east NN 1662 622 145 of of IN 1662 622 146 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 622 147 Rico Rico NNP 1662 622 148 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 622 149 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 622 150 : : : 1662 622 151 18 18 CD 1662 622 152 15 15 CD 1662 622 153 N n CD 1662 622 154 , , , 1662 622 155 63 63 CD 1662 622 156 10 10 CD 1662 622 157 W W NNP 1662 622 158 Map Map NNP 1662 622 159 references reference NNS 1662 622 160 : : : 1662 622 161 Central Central NNP 1662 622 162 America America NNP 1662 622 163 and and CC 1662 622 164 the the DT 1662 622 165 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 622 166 Area Area NNP 1662 622 167 : : : 1662 622 168 total total NN 1662 622 169 : : : 1662 622 170 91 91 CD 1662 622 171 sq sq NN 1662 622 172 km km NNP 1662 622 173 land land NN 1662 622 174 : : : 1662 622 175 91 91 CD 1662 622 176 sq sq NN 1662 622 177 km km NNP 1662 622 178 water water NN 1662 622 179 : : : 1662 622 180 0 0 NFP 1662 622 181 sq sq NN 1662 622 182 km km NNP 1662 622 183 Area area NN 1662 622 184 - - HYPH 1662 622 185 comparative comparative JJ 1662 622 186 : : : 1662 622 187 about about RB 1662 622 188 half half PDT 1662 622 189 the the DT 1662 622 190 size size NN 1662 622 191 of of IN 1662 622 192 Washington Washington NNP 1662 622 193 , , , 1662 622 194 DC DC NNP 1662 622 195 Land Land NNP 1662 622 196 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 622 197 : : : 1662 622 198 0 0 LS 1662 622 199 km km NN 1662 622 200 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 622 201 : : : 1662 622 202 61 61 CD 1662 622 203 km km NN 1662 622 204 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 622 205 claims claim VBZ 1662 622 206 : : : 1662 622 207 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 622 208 fishing fishing NN 1662 622 209 zone zone NN 1662 622 210 : : : 1662 622 211 200 200 CD 1662 622 212 nm nm CD 1662 622 213 territorial territorial JJ 1662 622 214 sea sea NN 1662 622 215 : : : 1662 622 216 3 3 CD 1662 622 217 nm nm NNP 1662 622 218 Climate Climate NNP 1662 622 219 : : : 1662 622 220 tropical tropical JJ 1662 622 221 ; ; : 1662 622 222 moderated moderate VBN 1662 622 223 by by IN 1662 622 224 northeast northeast JJ 1662 622 225 trade trade NN 1662 622 226 winds wind NNS 1662 622 227 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 622 228 : : : 1662 622 229 flat flat JJ 1662 622 230 and and CC 1662 622 231 low low RB 1662 622 232 - - HYPH 1662 622 233 lying lie VBG 1662 622 234 island island NN 1662 622 235 of of IN 1662 622 236 coral coral NN 1662 622 237 and and CC 1662 622 238 limestone limestone NN 1662 622 239 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 622 240 extremes extreme NNS 1662 622 241 : : : 1662 622 242 lowest low JJS 1662 622 243 point point NN 1662 622 244 : : : 1662 622 245 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 622 246 Sea Sea NNP 1662 622 247 0 0 NFP 1662 622 248 m m DT 1662 622 249 highest high JJS 1662 622 250 point point NN 1662 622 251 : : : 1662 622 252 Crocus Crocus NNP 1662 622 253 Hill Hill NNP 1662 622 254 65 65 CD 1662 622 255 m m NNP 1662 622 256 Natural natural JJ 1662 622 257 resources resource NNS 1662 622 258 : : : 1662 622 259 salt salt NN 1662 622 260 , , , 1662 622 261 fish fish NN 1662 622 262 , , , 1662 622 263 lobster lobster NN 1662 622 264 Land land NN 1662 622 265 use use NN 1662 622 266 : : : 1662 622 267 arable arable JJ 1662 622 268 land land NN 1662 622 269 : : : 1662 622 270 NA% NA% `` 1662 622 271 permanent permanent JJ 1662 622 272 crops crop NNS 1662 622 273 : : : 1662 622 274 NA% na% IN 1662 622 275 permanent permanent JJ 1662 622 276 pastures pasture NNS 1662 622 277 : : : 1662 622 278 NA% NA% NNS 1662 622 279 forests forest NNS 1662 622 280 and and CC 1662 622 281 woodland woodland NN 1662 622 282 : : : 1662 622 283 NA% NA% NNS 1662 622 284 other other JJ 1662 622 285 : : : 1662 622 286 100 100 CD 1662 622 287 % % NN 1662 622 288 ( ( -LRB- 1662 622 289 mostly mostly RB 1662 622 290 rock rock VB 1662 622 291 with with IN 1662 622 292 sparse sparse NNP 1662 622 293 scrub scrub NN 1662 622 294 oak oak NNP 1662 622 295 , , , 1662 622 296 few few JJ 1662 622 297 trees tree NNS 1662 622 298 , , , 1662 622 299 some some DT 1662 622 300 commercial commercial JJ 1662 622 301 salt salt NN 1662 622 302 ponds pond NNS 1662 622 303 ) ) -RRB- 1662 622 304 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 622 305 land land NN 1662 622 306 : : : 1662 622 307 NA NA NNP 1662 622 308 sq sq RB 1662 622 309 km km VB 1662 622 310 Natural natural JJ 1662 622 311 hazards hazard NNS 1662 622 312 : : : 1662 622 313 frequent frequent JJ 1662 622 314 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 622 315 and and CC 1662 622 316 other other JJ 1662 622 317 tropical tropical JJ 1662 622 318 storms storm NNS 1662 622 319 ( ( -LRB- 1662 622 320 July July NNP 1662 622 321 to to IN 1662 622 322 October October NNP 1662 622 323 ) ) -RRB- 1662 622 324 Environment environment NN 1662 622 325 - - HYPH 1662 622 326 current current JJ 1662 622 327 issues issue NNS 1662 622 328 : : : 1662 622 329 supplies supply NNS 1662 622 330 of of IN 1662 622 331 potable potable JJ 1662 622 332 water water NN 1662 622 333 sometimes sometimes RB 1662 622 334 can can MD 1662 622 335 not not RB 1662 622 336 meet meet VB 1662 622 337 increasing increase VBG 1662 622 338 demand demand NN 1662 622 339 largely largely RB 1662 622 340 because because IN 1662 622 341 of of IN 1662 622 342 poor poor JJ 1662 622 343 distribution distribution NN 1662 622 344 system system NN 1662 622 345 Environment Environment NNP 1662 622 346 - - HYPH 1662 622 347 international international JJ 1662 622 348 agreements agreement NNS 1662 622 349 : : : 1662 622 350 party party NN 1662 622 351 to to IN 1662 622 352 : : : 1662 622 353 NA NA NNP 1662 622 354 signed sign VBN 1662 622 355 , , , 1662 622 356 but but CC 1662 622 357 not not RB 1662 622 358 ratified ratified JJ 1662 622 359 : : : 1662 622 360 NA NA NNP 1662 622 361 @Anguilla @anguilla NN 1662 622 362 : : : 1662 622 363 People People NNPS 1662 622 364 Population Population NNP 1662 622 365 : : : 1662 622 366 10,785 10,785 CD 1662 622 367 ( ( -LRB- 1662 622 368 July July NNP 1662 622 369 1997 1997 CD 1662 622 370 est est NNP 1662 622 371 . . . 1662 622 372 ) ) -RRB- 1662 623 1 Age age NN 1662 623 2 structure structure NN 1662 623 3 : : : 1662 623 4 0 0 CD 1662 623 5 - - HYPH 1662 623 6 14 14 CD 1662 623 7 years year NNS 1662 623 8 : : : 1662 623 9 28 28 CD 1662 623 10 % % NN 1662 623 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 623 12 male male JJ 1662 623 13 1,527 1,527 CD 1662 623 14 ; ; : 1662 623 15 female female JJ 1662 623 16 1,483 1,483 CD 1662 623 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 623 18 15 15 CD 1662 623 19 - - SYM 1662 623 20 64 64 CD 1662 623 21 years year NNS 1662 623 22 : : : 1662 623 23 65 65 CD 1662 623 24 % % NN 1662 623 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 623 26 male male JJ 1662 623 27 3,563 3,563 CD 1662 623 28 ; ; : 1662 623 29 female female JJ 1662 623 30 3,407 3,407 CD 1662 623 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 623 32 65 65 CD 1662 623 33 years year NNS 1662 623 34 and and CC 1662 623 35 over over IN 1662 623 36 : : : 1662 623 37 7 7 CD 1662 623 38 % % NN 1662 623 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 623 40 male male JJ 1662 623 41 351 351 CD 1662 623 42 ; ; : 1662 623 43 female female JJ 1662 623 44 454 454 CD 1662 623 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 623 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 623 47 July July NNP 1662 623 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 623 49 est est NNP 1662 623 50 . . . 1662 623 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 624 1 Population population NN 1662 624 2 growth growth NN 1662 624 3 rate rate NN 1662 624 4 : : : 1662 624 5 3.36 3.36 CD 1662 624 6 % % NN 1662 624 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 624 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 624 9 est est NNP 1662 624 10 . . . 1662 624 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 625 1 Birth birth NN 1662 625 2 rate rate NN 1662 625 3 : : : 1662 625 4 17.43 17.43 CD 1662 625 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 625 6 population population NN 1662 625 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 625 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 625 9 est est NNP 1662 625 10 . . . 1662 625 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 626 1 Death death NN 1662 626 2 rate rate NN 1662 626 3 : : : 1662 626 4 5.47 5.47 CD 1662 626 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 626 6 population population NN 1662 626 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 626 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 626 9 est est NNP 1662 626 10 . . . 1662 626 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 627 1 Net net JJ 1662 627 2 migration migration NN 1662 627 3 rate rate NN 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territory territory NN 1662 633 26 of of IN 1662 633 27 the the DT 1662 633 28 UK UK NNP 1662 633 29 Government Government NNP 1662 633 30 type type NN 1662 633 31 : : : 1662 633 32 NA NA NNP 1662 633 33 National national JJ 1662 633 34 capital capital NN 1662 633 35 : : : 1662 633 36 The the DT 1662 633 37 Valley Valley NNP 1662 633 38 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 633 39 divisions division NNS 1662 633 40 : : : 1662 633 41 none none NN 1662 633 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 633 43 dependent dependent JJ 1662 633 44 territory territory NN 1662 633 45 of of IN 1662 633 46 the the DT 1662 633 47 UK UK NNP 1662 633 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 633 49 Independence independence NN 1662 633 50 : : : 1662 633 51 none none NN 1662 633 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 633 53 dependent dependent JJ 1662 633 54 territory territory NN 1662 633 55 of of IN 1662 633 56 the the DT 1662 633 57 UK UK NNP 1662 633 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 633 59 National national JJ 1662 633 60 holiday holiday NN 1662 633 61 : : : 1662 633 62 Anguilla Anguilla NNP 1662 633 63 Day Day NNP 1662 633 64 , , , 1662 633 65 30 30 CD 1662 633 66 May May NNP 1662 633 67 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 633 68 : : : 1662 633 69 Anguilla anguilla JJ 1662 633 70 Constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 633 71 Order order NN 1662 633 72 1 1 CD 1662 633 73 April April NNP 1662 633 74 1982 1982 CD 1662 633 75 ; ; : 1662 633 76 amended amend VBN 1662 633 77 1990 1990 CD 1662 633 78 Legal legal JJ 1662 633 79 system system NN 1662 633 80 : : : 1662 633 81 based base VBN 1662 633 82 on on IN 1662 633 83 English English NNP 1662 633 84 common common JJ 1662 633 85 law law NN 1662 633 86 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 633 87 : : : 1662 633 88 18 18 CD 1662 633 89 years year NNS 1662 633 90 of of IN 1662 633 91 age age NN 1662 633 92 ; ; : 1662 633 93 universal universal JJ 1662 633 94 Executive Executive NNP 1662 633 95 branch branch NN 1662 633 96 : : : 1662 633 97 chief chief NN 1662 633 98 of of IN 1662 633 99 state state NN 1662 633 100 : : : 1662 633 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633 175 minister minister NN 1662 633 176 appointed appoint VBN 1662 633 177 by by IN 1662 633 178 the the DT 1662 633 179 governor governor NN 1662 633 180 from from IN 1662 633 181 among among IN 1662 633 182 the the DT 1662 633 183 members member NNS 1662 633 184 of of IN 1662 633 185 the the DT 1662 633 186 House House NNP 1662 633 187 of of IN 1662 633 188 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 633 189 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 633 190 branch branch NN 1662 633 191 : : : 1662 633 192 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 633 193 House House NNP 1662 633 194 of of IN 1662 633 195 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 633 196 ( ( -LRB- 1662 633 197 11 11 CD 1662 633 198 seats seat NNS 1662 633 199 total total NN 1662 633 200 , , , 1662 633 201 7 7 CD 1662 633 202 elected elect VBN 1662 633 203 by by IN 1662 633 204 direct direct JJ 1662 633 205 popular popular JJ 1662 633 206 vote vote NN 1662 633 207 ; ; : 1662 633 208 members member NNS 1662 633 209 serve serve VBP 1662 633 210 five five CD 1662 633 211 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1662 633 252 2 2 CD 1662 633 253 , , , 1662 633 254 independent independent JJ 1662 633 255 1 1 CD 1662 633 256 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 633 257 branch branch NN 1662 633 258 : : : 1662 633 259 High High NNP 1662 633 260 Court Court NNP 1662 633 261 , , , 1662 633 262 judge judge NN 1662 633 263 provided provide VBN 1662 633 264 by by IN 1662 633 265 Eastern eastern JJ 1662 633 266 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 633 267 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 633 268 Court Court NNP 1662 633 269 Political political JJ 1662 633 270 parties party NNS 1662 633 271 and and CC 1662 633 272 leaders leader NNS 1662 633 273 : : : 1662 633 274 Anguilla Anguilla NNP 1662 633 275 National National NNP 1662 633 276 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 633 277 or or CC 1662 633 278 ANA ANA NNP 1662 633 279 [ [ -LRB- 1662 633 280 Osbourne Osbourne NNP 1662 633 281 FLEMING FLEMING NNP 1662 633 282 ] ] -RRB- 1662 633 283 ; ; : 1662 633 284 Anguilla Anguilla NNP 1662 633 285 United United NNP 1662 633 286 Party Party NNP 1662 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_ _ NNP 1662 651 49 _ _ NNP 1662 651 50 _ _ NNP 1662 651 51 _ _ NNP 1662 651 52 _ _ NNP 1662 651 53 _ _ NNP 1662 651 54 _ _ NNP 1662 651 55 _ _ NNP 1662 651 56 _ _ NNP 1662 651 57 _ _ NNP 1662 651 58 _ _ NNP 1662 651 59 _ _ NNP 1662 651 60 _ _ NNP 1662 651 61 _ _ NNP 1662 651 62 _ _ NNP 1662 651 63 _ _ NNP 1662 651 64 _ _ NNP 1662 651 65 _ _ NNP 1662 651 66 _ _ NNP 1662 651 67 _ _ NNP 1662 651 68 _ _ NNP 1662 651 69 _ _ NNP 1662 651 70 _ _ NNP 1662 651 71 _ _ NNP 1662 651 72 _ _ NNP 1662 651 73 _ _ NNP 1662 651 74 _ _ NNP 1662 651 75 _ _ NNP 1662 651 76 _ _ NNP 1662 651 77 _ _ NNP 1662 651 78 _ _ NNP 1662 651 79 _ _ NNP 1662 651 80 _ _ NNP 1662 651 81 _ _ NNP 1662 651 82 _ _ NNP 1662 651 83 _ _ NNP 1662 651 84 _ _ NNP 1662 651 85 _ _ NNP 1662 651 86 _ _ NNP 1662 651 87 _ _ NNP 1662 651 88 _ _ NNP 1662 651 89 _ _ NNP 1662 651 90 ANTARCTICA ANTARCTICA NNP 1662 651 91 @Antarctica @Antarctica NNP 1662 651 92 : : : 1662 651 93 Geography Geography NNP 1662 651 94 Location Location NNP 1662 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, 1662 652 506 Germany Germany NNP 1662 652 507 32 32 CD 1662 652 508 , , , 1662 652 509 Greenpeace Greenpeace NNP 1662 652 510 12 12 CD 1662 652 511 , , , 1662 652 512 India India NNP 1662 652 513 60 60 CD 1662 652 514 , , , 1662 652 515 Italy Italy NNP 1662 652 516 210 210 CD 1662 652 517 , , , 1662 652 518 Japan Japan NNP 1662 652 519 59 59 CD 1662 652 520 , , , 1662 652 521 South South NNP 1662 652 522 Korea Korea NNP 1662 652 523 14 14 CD 1662 652 524 , , , 1662 652 525 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 652 526 10 10 CD 1662 652 527 , , , 1662 652 528 NZ NZ NNP 1662 652 529 264 264 CD 1662 652 530 , , , 1662 652 531 Norway Norway NNP 1662 652 532 23 23 CD 1662 652 533 , , , 1662 652 534 Peru Peru NNP 1662 652 535 39 39 CD 1662 652 536 , , , 1662 652 537 Poland Poland NNP 1662 652 538 NA NA NNP 1662 652 539 , , , 1662 652 540 South South NNP 1662 652 541 Africa Africa NNP 1662 652 542 79 79 CD 1662 652 543 , , , 1662 652 544 Spain Spain NNP 1662 652 545 43 43 CD 1662 652 546 , , , 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652 587 Chile Chile NNP 1662 652 588 73 73 CD 1662 652 589 , , , 1662 652 590 China China NNP 1662 652 591 NA NA NNP 1662 652 592 , , , 1662 652 593 France France NNP 1662 652 594 33 33 CD 1662 652 595 , , , 1662 652 596 Germany Germany NNP 1662 652 597 19 19 CD 1662 652 598 , , , 1662 652 599 Greenpeace Greenpeace NNP 1662 652 600 5 5 CD 1662 652 601 , , , 1662 652 602 India India NNP 1662 652 603 1 1 CD 1662 652 604 , , , 1662 652 605 Japan Japan NNP 1662 652 606 38 38 CD 1662 652 607 , , , 1662 652 608 South South NNP 1662 652 609 Korea Korea NNP 1662 652 610 14 14 CD 1662 652 611 , , , 1662 652 612 NZ NZ NNP 1662 652 613 11 11 CD 1662 652 614 , , , 1662 652 615 Poland Poland NNP 1662 652 616 NA NA NNP 1662 652 617 , , , 1662 652 618 South South NNP 1662 652 619 Africa Africa NNP 1662 652 620 12 12 CD 1662 652 621 , , , 1662 652 622 UK UK NNP 1662 652 623 69 69 CD 1662 652 624 , , , 1662 652 625 Uruguay Uruguay NNP 1662 652 626 NA NA NNP 1662 652 627 , , , 1662 652 628 US US NNP 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country country NN 1662 658 26 was be VBD 1662 658 27 an an DT 1662 658 28 original original JJ 1662 658 29 1959 1959 CD 1662 658 30 treaty treaty NN 1662 658 31 signatory signatory NN 1662 658 32 . . . 1662 659 1 Claimant claimant JJ 1662 659 2 nations nation NNS 1662 659 3 are be VBP 1662 659 4 - - : 1662 659 5 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 659 6 , , , 1662 659 7 Australia Australia NNP 1662 659 8 , , , 1662 659 9 Chile Chile NNP 1662 659 10 , , , 1662 659 11 France France NNP 1662 659 12 , , , 1662 659 13 New New NNP 1662 659 14 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 659 15 , , , 1662 659 16 Norway Norway NNP 1662 659 17 , , , 1662 659 18 and and CC 1662 659 19 the the DT 1662 659 20 UK UK NNP 1662 659 21 . . . 1662 660 1 Nonclaimant nonclaimant JJ 1662 660 2 consultative consultative JJ 1662 660 3 nations nation NNS 1662 660 4 are be VBP 1662 660 5 - - : 1662 660 6 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 660 7 , , , 1662 660 8 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 660 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 660 10 1983 1983 CD 1662 660 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 660 12 , , , 1662 660 13 China China NNP 1662 660 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 660 15 1985 1985 CD 1662 660 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 660 17 , , , 1662 660 18 Ecuador Ecuador NNP 1662 660 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 660 20 1990 1990 CD 1662 660 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 660 22 , , , 1662 660 23 Finland Finland NNP 1662 660 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 660 25 1989 1989 CD 1662 660 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 660 27 , , , 1662 660 28 Germany Germany NNP 1662 660 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 660 30 1981 1981 CD 1662 660 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 660 32 , , , 1662 660 33 India India NNP 1662 660 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 660 35 1983 1983 CD 1662 660 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 660 37 , , , 1662 660 38 Italy Italy NNP 1662 660 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 660 40 1987 1987 CD 1662 660 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 660 42 , , , 1662 660 43 Japan Japan NNP 1662 660 44 , , , 1662 660 45 South South NNP 1662 660 46 Korea Korea NNP 1662 660 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 660 48 1989 1989 CD 1662 660 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 660 50 , , , 1662 660 51 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 660 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 660 53 1990 1990 CD 1662 660 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 660 55 , , , 1662 660 56 Peru Peru NNP 1662 660 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 660 58 1989 1989 CD 1662 660 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 660 60 , , , 1662 660 61 Poland Poland NNP 1662 660 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 660 63 1977 1977 CD 1662 660 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 660 65 , , , 1662 660 66 South South NNP 1662 660 67 Africa Africa NNP 1662 660 68 , , , 1662 660 69 Spain Spain NNP 1662 660 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 660 71 1988 1988 CD 1662 660 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 660 73 , , , 1662 660 74 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 660 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 660 76 1988 1988 CD 1662 660 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 660 78 , , , 1662 660 79 Uruguay Uruguay NNP 1662 660 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 660 81 1985 1985 CD 1662 660 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 660 83 , , , 1662 660 84 the the DT 1662 660 85 US US NNP 1662 660 86 , , , 1662 660 87 and and CC 1662 660 88 Russia Russia NNP 1662 660 89 . . . 1662 661 1 Acceding acceding NN 1662 661 2 ( ( -LRB- 1662 661 3 nonvoting nonvoting NN 1662 661 4 ) ) -RRB- 1662 661 5 members member NNS 1662 661 6 , , , 1662 661 7 with 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Switzerland NNP 1662 661 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 661 92 1990 1990 CD 1662 661 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 661 94 , , , 1662 661 95 and and CC 1662 661 96 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 661 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 661 98 1992 1992 CD 1662 661 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 661 100 . . . 1662 662 1 Article article NN 1662 662 2 1 1 CD 1662 662 3 - - HYPH 1662 662 4 area area NN 1662 662 5 to to TO 1662 662 6 be be VB 1662 662 7 used use VBN 1662 662 8 for for IN 1662 662 9 peaceful peaceful JJ 1662 662 10 purposes purpose NNS 1662 662 11 only only RB 1662 662 12 ; ; : 1662 662 13 military military JJ 1662 662 14 activity activity NN 1662 662 15 , , , 1662 662 16 such such JJ 1662 662 17 as as IN 1662 662 18 weapons weapon NNS 1662 662 19 testing testing NN 1662 662 20 , , , 1662 662 21 is be VBZ 1662 662 22 prohibited prohibit VBN 1662 662 23 , , , 1662 662 24 but but CC 1662 662 25 military military JJ 1662 662 26 personnel personnel NNS 1662 662 27 and and CC 1662 662 28 equipment equipment NN 1662 662 29 may may MD 1662 662 30 be be VB 1662 662 31 used use VBN 1662 662 32 for for IN 1662 662 33 scientific scientific JJ 1662 662 34 research research NN 1662 662 35 or or CC 1662 662 36 any any DT 1662 662 37 other other JJ 1662 662 38 peaceful peaceful JJ 1662 662 39 purpose purpose NN 1662 662 40 ; ; : 1662 662 41 Article article NN 1662 662 42 2 2 CD 1662 662 43 - - HYPH 1662 662 44 freedom freedom NN 1662 662 45 of of IN 1662 662 46 scientific scientific JJ 1662 662 47 investigation investigation NN 1662 662 48 and and CC 1662 662 49 cooperation cooperation NN 1662 662 50 shall shall MD 1662 662 51 continue continue VB 1662 662 52 ; ; : 1662 662 53 Article article NN 1662 662 54 3 3 CD 1662 662 55 - - HYPH 1662 662 56 free free JJ 1662 662 57 exchange exchange NN 1662 662 58 of of IN 1662 662 59 information information NN 1662 662 60 and and CC 1662 662 61 personnel personnel NNS 1662 662 62 in in IN 1662 662 63 cooperation cooperation NN 1662 662 64 with with IN 1662 662 65 the the DT 1662 662 66 UN UN 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178 - - SYM 1662 662 179 allows allow VBZ 1662 662 180 for for IN 1662 662 181 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 662 182 over over IN 1662 662 183 observers observer NNS 1662 662 184 and and CC 1662 662 185 scientists scientist NNS 1662 662 186 by by IN 1662 662 187 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 662 188 own own JJ 1662 662 189 states state NNS 1662 662 190 ; ; : 1662 662 191 Article article NN 1662 662 192 9 9 CD 1662 662 193 - - HYPH 1662 662 194 frequent frequent JJ 1662 662 195 consultative consultative JJ 1662 662 196 meetings meeting NNS 1662 662 197 take take VB 1662 662 198 place place NN 1662 662 199 among among IN 1662 662 200 member member NN 1662 662 201 nations nation NNS 1662 662 202 ; ; : 1662 662 203 Article article NN 1662 662 204 10 10 CD 1662 662 205 - - HYPH 1662 662 206 treaty treaty NN 1662 662 207 states state NNS 1662 662 208 will will MD 1662 662 209 discourage discourage VB 1662 662 210 activities activity NNS 1662 662 211 by by IN 1662 662 212 any any DT 1662 662 213 country country NN 1662 662 214 in in IN 1662 662 215 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 662 216 that that WDT 1662 662 217 are be VBP 1662 662 218 contrary contrary JJ 1662 662 219 to to IN 1662 662 220 the the DT 1662 662 221 treaty treaty NN 1662 662 222 ; ; : 1662 662 223 Article article NN 1662 662 224 11 11 CD 1662 662 225 - - HYPH 1662 662 226 disputes dispute NNS 1662 662 227 to to TO 1662 662 228 be be VB 1662 662 229 settled settle VBN 1662 662 230 peacefully peacefully RB 1662 662 231 by by IN 1662 662 232 the the DT 1662 662 233 parties party NNS 1662 662 234 concerned concern VBN 1662 662 235 or or CC 1662 662 236 , , , 1662 662 237 ultimately ultimately RB 1662 662 238 , , , 1662 662 239 by by IN 1662 662 240 the the DT 1662 662 241 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 662 242 ; ; : 1662 662 243 Articles Articles NNP 1662 662 244 12 12 CD 1662 662 245 , , , 1662 662 246 13 13 CD 1662 662 247 , , , 1662 662 248 14 14 CD 1662 662 249 - - HYPH 1662 662 250 deal deal NN 1662 662 251 with with IN 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NN 1662 662 322 resources resource NNS 1662 662 323 agreement agreement NN 1662 662 324 was be VBD 1662 662 325 signed sign VBN 1662 662 326 in in IN 1662 662 327 1988 1988 CD 1662 662 328 but but CC 1662 662 329 was be VBD 1662 662 330 subsequently subsequently RB 1662 662 331 rejected reject VBN 1662 662 332 ; ; : 1662 662 333 in in IN 1662 662 334 1991 1991 CD 1662 662 335 the the DT 1662 662 336 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 662 337 on on IN 1662 662 338 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 662 339 Protection Protection NNP 1662 662 340 to to IN 1662 662 341 the the DT 1662 662 342 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 662 343 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 662 344 was be VBD 1662 662 345 signed sign VBN 1662 662 346 and and CC 1662 662 347 awaits await VBZ 1662 662 348 ratification ratification NN 1662 662 349 ; ; : 1662 662 350 this this DT 1662 662 351 agreement agreement NN 1662 662 352 provides provide VBZ 1662 662 353 for for IN 1662 662 354 the the DT 1662 662 355 protection protection NN 1662 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1662 662 391 mineral mineral JJ 1662 662 392 resources resource NNS 1662 662 393 except except IN 1662 662 394 scientific scientific JJ 1662 662 395 research research NN 1662 662 396 ; ; : 1662 662 397 21 21 CD 1662 662 398 parties party NNS 1662 662 399 have have VBP 1662 662 400 ratified ratify VBN 1662 662 401 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 662 402 as as IN 1662 662 403 of of IN 1662 662 404 April April NNP 1662 662 405 1996 1996 CD 1662 662 406 Legal legal JJ 1662 662 407 system system NN 1662 662 408 : : : 1662 662 409 US US NNP 1662 662 410 law law NN 1662 662 411 , , , 1662 662 412 including include VBG 1662 662 413 certain certain JJ 1662 662 414 criminal criminal JJ 1662 662 415 offenses offense NNS 1662 662 416 by by IN 1662 662 417 or or CC 1662 662 418 against against IN 1662 662 419 US US NNP 1662 662 420 nationals national NNS 1662 662 421 , , , 1662 662 422 such such JJ 1662 662 423 as as IN 1662 662 424 murder murder NN 1662 662 425 , , , 1662 662 426 may may MD 1662 662 427 apply apply VB 1662 662 428 to to IN 1662 662 429 areas area NNS 1662 662 430 not not RB 1662 662 431 under under IN 1662 662 432 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 662 433 of of IN 1662 662 434 other other JJ 1662 662 435 countries country NNS 1662 662 436 . . . 1662 663 1 Some some DT 1662 663 2 US US NNP 1662 663 3 laws law NNS 1662 663 4 directly directly RB 1662 663 5 apply apply VBP 1662 663 6 to to IN 1662 663 7 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 663 8 . . . 1662 664 1 For for IN 1662 664 2 example example NN 1662 664 3 , , , 1662 664 4 the the DT 1662 664 5 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 664 6 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 664 7 Act Act NNP 1662 664 8 , , , 1662 664 9 16 16 CD 1662 664 10 U.S.C. 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1662 668 12 of of IN 1662 668 13 1978 1978 CD 1662 668 14 , , , 1662 668 15 requires require VBZ 1662 668 16 expeditions expedition NNS 1662 668 17 from from IN 1662 668 18 the the DT 1662 668 19 US US NNP 1662 668 20 to to IN 1662 668 21 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 668 22 to to TO 1662 668 23 notify notify VB 1662 668 24 , , , 1662 668 25 in in IN 1662 668 26 advance advance NN 1662 668 27 , , , 1662 668 28 the the DT 1662 668 29 Office Office NNP 1662 668 30 of of IN 1662 668 31 Oceans Oceans NNPS 1662 668 32 and and CC 1662 668 33 Polar Polar NNP 1662 668 34 Affairs Affairs NNPS 1662 668 35 , , , 1662 668 36 Room Room NNP 1662 668 37 5801 5801 CD 1662 668 38 , , , 1662 668 39 Department Department NNP 1662 668 40 of of IN 1662 668 41 State State NNP 1662 668 42 , , , 1662 668 43 Washington Washington NNP 1662 668 44 , , , 1662 668 45 DC DC NNP 1662 668 46 20520 20520 CD 1662 668 47 , , , 1662 668 48 which which WDT 1662 668 49 reports report VBZ 1662 668 50 such such JJ 1662 668 51 plans plan NNS 1662 668 52 to to IN 1662 668 53 other other JJ 1662 668 54 nations nation NNS 1662 668 55 as as IN 1662 668 56 required require VBN 1662 668 57 by by IN 1662 668 58 the the DT 1662 668 59 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 668 60 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 668 61 . . . 1662 669 1 For for IN 1662 669 2 more more JJR 1662 669 3 information information NN 1662 669 4 contact contact NN 1662 669 5 Permit Permit NNP 1662 669 6 Office Office NNP 1662 669 7 , , , 1662 669 8 Office Office NNP 1662 669 9 of of IN 1662 669 10 Polar Polar NNP 1662 669 11 Programs Programs NNP 1662 669 12 , , , 1662 669 13 National National NNP 1662 669 14 Science Science NNP 1662 669 15 Foundation Foundation NNP 1662 669 16 , , , 1662 669 17 Arlington Arlington NNP 1662 669 18 , , , 1662 669 19 Virginia Virginia NNP 1662 669 20 22230 22230 CD 1662 669 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 669 22 703 703 CD 1662 669 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 669 24 306 306 CD 1662 669 25 - - SYM 1662 669 26 1031 1031 CD 1662 669 27 . . . 1662 670 1 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672 175 _ _ NNP 1662 672 176 _ _ NNP 1662 672 177 _ _ NNP 1662 672 178 _ _ NNP 1662 672 179 _ _ NNP 1662 672 180 _ _ NNP 1662 672 181 _ _ NNP 1662 672 182 _ _ NNP 1662 672 183 _ _ NNP 1662 672 184 _ _ NNP 1662 672 185 _ _ NNP 1662 672 186 _ _ NNP 1662 672 187 _ _ NNP 1662 672 188 _ _ NNP 1662 672 189 _ _ NNP 1662 672 190 _ _ NNP 1662 672 191 _ _ NNP 1662 672 192 _ _ NNP 1662 672 193 _ _ NNP 1662 672 194 _ _ NNP 1662 672 195 _ _ NNP 1662 672 196 _ _ NNP 1662 672 197 _ _ NNP 1662 672 198 _ _ NNP 1662 672 199 _ _ NNP 1662 672 200 _ _ NNP 1662 672 201 _ _ NNP 1662 672 202 _ _ NNP 1662 672 203 _ _ NNP 1662 672 204 _ _ NNP 1662 672 205 _ _ NNP 1662 672 206 _ _ NNP 1662 672 207 _ _ NNP 1662 672 208 _ _ NNP 1662 672 209 _ _ NNP 1662 672 210 _ _ NNP 1662 672 211 _ _ NNP 1662 672 212 _ _ NNP 1662 672 213 _ _ NNP 1662 672 214 _ _ NNP 1662 672 215 _ _ NNP 1662 672 216 _ _ NNP 1662 672 217 _ _ NNP 1662 672 218 _ _ NNP 1662 672 219 _ _ NNP 1662 672 220 _ _ NNP 1662 672 221 _ _ NNP 1662 672 222 _ _ 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include VBZ 1662 672 301 Redonda Redonda NNP 1662 672 302 Area Area NNP 1662 672 303 - - HYPH 1662 672 304 comparative comparative NNP 1662 672 305 : : : 1662 672 306 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 672 307 times time NNS 1662 672 308 the the DT 1662 672 309 size size NN 1662 672 310 of of IN 1662 672 311 Washington Washington NNP 1662 672 312 , , , 1662 672 313 DC DC NNP 1662 672 314 Land Land NNP 1662 672 315 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 672 316 : : : 1662 672 317 0 0 LS 1662 672 318 km km NN 1662 672 319 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 672 320 : : : 1662 672 321 153 153 CD 1662 672 322 km km NN 1662 672 323 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 672 324 claims claim VBZ 1662 672 325 : : : 1662 672 326 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 672 327 zone zone NN 1662 672 328 : : : 1662 672 329 24 24 CD 1662 672 330 nm nm NNP 1662 672 331 continental continental JJ 1662 672 332 shelf shelf NNP 1662 672 333 : : : 1662 672 334 200 200 CD 1662 672 335 nm nm CD 1662 672 336 or or CC 1662 672 337 to to IN 1662 672 338 the the DT 1662 672 339 edge edge NN 1662 672 340 of of IN 1662 672 341 the the DT 1662 672 342 continental continental JJ 1662 672 343 margin margin NN 1662 672 344 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 672 345 economic economic JJ 1662 672 346 zone zone NN 1662 672 347 : : : 1662 672 348 200 200 CD 1662 672 349 nm nm CD 1662 672 350 territorial territorial JJ 1662 672 351 sea sea NN 1662 672 352 : : : 1662 672 353 12 12 CD 1662 672 354 nm nm NNP 1662 672 355 Climate Climate NNP 1662 672 356 : : : 1662 672 357 tropical tropical JJ 1662 672 358 marine marine NN 1662 672 359 ; ; : 1662 672 360 little little JJ 1662 672 361 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 672 362 temperature temperature NN 1662 672 363 variation variation NN 1662 672 364 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 672 365 : : : 1662 672 366 mostly mostly RB 1662 672 367 low low RB 1662 672 368 - - HYPH 1662 672 369 lying lie VBG 1662 672 370 limestone limestone NN 1662 672 371 and and CC 1662 672 372 coral coral JJ 1662 672 373 islands island NNS 1662 672 374 with 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18 18 CD 1662 672 412 % % NN 1662 672 413 permanent permanent JJ 1662 672 414 crops crop NNS 1662 672 415 : : : 1662 672 416 0 0 CD 1662 672 417 % % NN 1662 672 418 permanent permanent JJ 1662 672 419 pastures pasture NNS 1662 672 420 : : : 1662 672 421 9 9 CD 1662 672 422 % % NN 1662 672 423 forests forest NNS 1662 672 424 and and CC 1662 672 425 woodland woodland NN 1662 672 426 : : : 1662 672 427 11 11 CD 1662 672 428 % % NN 1662 672 429 other other JJ 1662 672 430 : : : 1662 672 431 62 62 CD 1662 672 432 % % NN 1662 672 433 ( ( -LRB- 1662 672 434 1993 1993 CD 1662 672 435 est est NNP 1662 672 436 . . . 1662 672 437 ) ) -RRB- 1662 673 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 673 2 land land NN 1662 673 3 : : : 1662 673 4 NA NA NNP 1662 673 5 sq sq RB 1662 673 6 km km VB 1662 673 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 673 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 673 9 : : : 1662 673 10 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 673 11 and and CC 1662 673 12 tropical tropical JJ 1662 673 13 storms storm NNS 1662 673 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 673 15 July July NNP 1662 673 16 to to IN 1662 673 17 October October NNP 1662 673 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 673 19 ; ; : 1662 673 20 periodic periodic JJ 1662 673 21 droughts drought VBZ 1662 673 22 Environment environment NN 1662 673 23 - - HYPH 1662 673 24 current current JJ 1662 673 25 issues issue NNS 1662 673 26 : : : 1662 673 27 water water NN 1662 673 28 management management NN 1662 673 29 - - : 1662 673 30 a a DT 1662 673 31 major major JJ 1662 673 32 concern concern NN 1662 673 33 because because IN 1662 673 34 of of IN 1662 673 35 limited limited JJ 1662 673 36 natural natural JJ 1662 673 37 fresh fresh JJ 1662 673 38 water water NN 1662 673 39 resources resource NNS 1662 673 40 - - : 1662 673 41 is be VBZ 1662 673 42 further far RBR 1662 673 43 hampered hamper VBN 1662 673 44 by by IN 1662 673 45 the the DT 1662 673 46 clearing clearing NN 1662 673 47 of of IN 1662 673 48 trees tree NNS 1662 673 49 to to TO 1662 673 50 increase increase VB 1662 673 51 crop crop NN 1662 673 52 production production NN 1662 673 53 , , , 1662 673 54 causing cause VBG 1662 673 55 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 673 56 to to TO 1662 673 57 run run VB 1662 673 58 off off RP 1662 673 59 quickly quickly RB 1662 673 60 Environment Environment NNP 1662 673 61 - - HYPH 1662 673 62 international international JJ 1662 673 63 agreements agreement NNS 1662 673 64 : : : 1662 673 65 party party NN 1662 673 66 to to TO 1662 673 67 : : : 1662 673 68 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 673 69 , , , 1662 673 70 Climate climate NN 1662 673 71 Change change NN 1662 673 72 , , , 1662 673 73 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 673 74 Modification Modification NNP 1662 673 75 , , , 1662 673 76 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 673 77 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 673 78 , , , 1662 673 79 Law Law NNP 1662 673 80 of of IN 1662 673 81 the the DT 1662 673 82 Sea Sea NNP 1662 673 83 , , , 1662 673 84 Marine Marine NNP 1662 673 85 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 673 86 , , , 1662 673 87 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 673 88 Test Test NNP 1662 673 89 Ban Ban NNP 1662 673 90 , , , 1662 673 91 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 673 92 Layer Layer NNP 1662 673 93 Protection Protection NNP 1662 673 94 , , , 1662 673 95 Ship Ship NNP 1662 673 96 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 673 97 , , , 1662 673 98 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 673 99 signed sign VBD 1662 673 100 , , , 1662 673 101 but but CC 1662 673 102 not not RB 1662 673 103 ratified ratified JJ 1662 673 104 : : : 1662 673 105 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 673 106 @Antigua @Antigua NNP 1662 673 107 and and CC 1662 673 108 Barbuda Barbuda NNP 1662 673 109 : : : 1662 673 110 People People NNP 1662 673 111 Population population NN 1662 673 112 : : : 1662 673 113 63,739 63,739 CD 1662 673 114 ( ( -LRB- 1662 673 115 July July NNP 1662 673 116 1997 1997 CD 1662 673 117 est est NNP 1662 673 118 . . . 1662 673 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 674 1 Age age NN 1662 674 2 structure structure NN 1662 674 3 : : : 1662 674 4 0 0 CD 1662 674 5 - - HYPH 1662 674 6 14 14 CD 1662 674 7 years year NNS 1662 674 8 : : : 1662 674 9 26 26 CD 1662 674 10 % % NN 1662 674 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 674 12 male male JJ 1662 674 13 8,514 8,514 CD 1662 674 14 ; ; : 1662 674 15 female female JJ 1662 674 16 8,221 8,221 CD 1662 674 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 674 18 15 15 CD 1662 674 19 - - HYPH 1662 674 20 64 64 CD 1662 674 21 years year NNS 1662 674 22 : : : 1662 674 23 68 68 CD 1662 674 24 % % NN 1662 674 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 674 26 male male JJ 1662 674 27 21,499 21,499 CD 1662 674 28 ; ; : 1662 674 29 female female JJ 1662 674 30 21,891 21,891 CD 1662 674 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 674 32 65 65 CD 1662 674 33 years year NNS 1662 674 34 and and CC 1662 674 35 over over IN 1662 674 36 : : : 1662 674 37 6 6 CD 1662 674 38 % % NN 1662 674 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 674 40 male male JJ 1662 674 41 1,571 1,571 CD 1662 674 42 ; ; : 1662 674 43 female female JJ 1662 674 44 2,043 2,043 CD 1662 674 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 674 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 674 47 July July NNP 1662 674 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 674 49 est est NNP 1662 674 50 . . . 1662 674 51 ) ) 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population population NN 1662 678 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 678 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 678 10 est est NNP 1662 678 11 . . . 1662 678 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 679 1 Sex sex NN 1662 679 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 679 3 : : : 1662 679 4 at at IN 1662 679 5 birth birth NN 1662 679 6 : : : 1662 679 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 679 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 679 9 under under IN 1662 679 10 15 15 CD 1662 679 11 years year NNS 1662 679 12 : : : 1662 679 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 679 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 679 15 15 15 CD 1662 679 16 - - HYPH 1662 679 17 64 64 CD 1662 679 18 years year NNS 1662 679 19 : : : 1662 679 20 0.98 0.98 CD 1662 679 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 679 22 65 65 CD 1662 679 23 years year NNS 1662 679 24 and and CC 1662 679 25 over over IN 1662 679 26 : : : 1662 679 27 0.77 0.77 CD 1662 679 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 679 29 total total JJ 1662 679 30 population population NN 1662 679 31 : : : 1662 679 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 679 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 679 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 679 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 679 36 est e JJS 1662 679 37 . . . 1662 679 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 680 1 Infant infant NN 1662 680 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 680 3 rate rate NN 1662 680 4 : : : 1662 680 5 22 22 CD 1662 680 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 680 7 live live JJ 1662 680 8 births birth NNS 1662 680 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 680 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 680 11 est est NNP 1662 680 12 . . . 1662 680 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 681 1 Life life NN 1662 681 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 681 3 at at IN 1662 681 4 birth birth NN 1662 681 5 : : : 1662 681 6 total total JJ 1662 681 7 population population NN 1662 681 8 : : : 1662 681 9 70.93 70.93 CD 1662 681 10 years year NNS 1662 681 11 male male JJ 1662 681 12 : : : 1662 681 13 68.58 68.58 CD 1662 681 14 years year NNS 1662 681 15 female female JJ 1662 681 16 : : : 1662 681 17 73.4 73.4 CD 1662 681 18 years year NNS 1662 681 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 681 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 681 21 est est NNP 1662 681 22 . . . 1662 681 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 682 1 Total total JJ 1662 682 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 682 3 rate rate NN 1662 682 4 : : : 1662 682 5 1.76 1.76 CD 1662 682 6 children child NNS 1662 682 7 born bear VBN 1662 682 8 / / SYM 1662 682 9 woman woman NN 1662 682 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 682 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 682 12 est est NNP 1662 682 13 . . . 1662 682 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 683 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 683 2 : : : 1662 683 3 noun noun NNP 1662 683 4 : : : 1662 683 5 Antiguan(s Antiguan(s NNP 1662 683 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 683 7 , , , 1662 683 8 Barbudan(s Barbudan(s NNP 1662 683 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 683 10 adjective adjective NN 1662 683 11 : : : 1662 683 12 Antiguan Antiguan NNP 1662 683 13 , , , 1662 683 14 Barbudan Barbudan NNP 1662 683 15 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 683 16 groups group NNS 1662 683 17 : : : 1662 683 18 black black JJ 1662 683 19 , , , 1662 683 20 British british JJ 1662 683 21 , , , 1662 683 22 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 683 23 , , , 1662 683 24 Lebanese lebanese JJ 1662 683 25 , , , 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years year NNS 1662 683 64 of of IN 1662 683 65 schooling school VBG 1662 683 66 total total JJ 1662 683 67 population population NN 1662 683 68 : : : 1662 683 69 89 89 CD 1662 683 70 % % NN 1662 683 71 male male NN 1662 683 72 : : : 1662 683 73 90 90 CD 1662 683 74 % % NN 1662 683 75 female female NN 1662 683 76 : : : 1662 683 77 88 88 CD 1662 683 78 % % NN 1662 683 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 683 80 1960 1960 CD 1662 683 81 est est NNP 1662 683 82 . . . 1662 683 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 684 1 @Antigua @Antigua NNP 1662 684 2 and and CC 1662 684 3 Barbuda Barbuda NNP 1662 684 4 : : : 1662 684 5 Government Government NNP 1662 684 6 Country Country NNP 1662 684 7 name name NN 1662 684 8 : : : 1662 684 9 conventional conventional JJ 1662 684 10 long long JJ 1662 684 11 form form NN 1662 684 12 : : : 1662 684 13 none none NN 1662 684 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 684 15 short short JJ 1662 684 16 form form NN 1662 684 17 : : : 1662 684 18 Antigua Antigua NNP 1662 684 19 and and CC 1662 684 20 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Saint Saint NNP 1662 684 59 Mary Mary NNP 1662 684 60 , , , 1662 684 61 Saint Saint NNP 1662 684 62 Paul Paul NNP 1662 684 63 , , , 1662 684 64 Saint Saint NNP 1662 684 65 Peter Peter NNP 1662 684 66 , , , 1662 684 67 Saint Saint NNP 1662 684 68 Philip Philip NNP 1662 684 69 Independence Independence NNP 1662 684 70 : : : 1662 684 71 1 1 CD 1662 684 72 November November NNP 1662 684 73 1981 1981 CD 1662 684 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 684 75 from from IN 1662 684 76 UK UK NNP 1662 684 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 684 78 National national JJ 1662 684 79 holiday holiday NN 1662 684 80 : : : 1662 684 81 Independence Independence NNP 1662 684 82 Day Day NNP 1662 684 83 , , , 1662 684 84 1 1 CD 1662 684 85 November November NNP 1662 684 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 684 87 1981 1981 CD 1662 684 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 684 89 Constitution constitution NN 1662 684 90 : : : 1662 684 91 1 1 CD 1662 684 92 November November NNP 1662 684 93 1981 1981 CD 1662 684 94 Legal legal JJ 1662 684 95 system system NN 1662 684 96 : : : 1662 684 97 based base VBN 1662 684 98 on on IN 1662 684 99 English English NNP 1662 684 100 common common JJ 1662 684 101 law law NN 1662 684 102 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 684 103 : : : 1662 684 104 18 18 CD 1662 684 105 years year NNS 1662 684 106 of of IN 1662 684 107 age age NN 1662 684 108 ; ; : 1662 684 109 universal universal JJ 1662 684 110 Executive Executive NNP 1662 684 111 branch branch NN 1662 684 112 : : : 1662 684 113 chief chief NN 1662 684 114 of of IN 1662 684 115 state state NN 1662 684 116 : : : 1662 684 117 Queen Queen NNP 1662 684 118 ELIZABETH ELIZABETH NNP 1662 684 119 II ii CD 1662 684 120 of of IN 1662 684 121 the the DT 1662 684 122 UK UK NNP 1662 684 123 ( ( -LRB- 1662 684 124 since since IN 1662 684 125 6 6 CD 1662 684 126 February February NNP 1662 684 127 1952 1952 CD 1662 684 128 ) ) -RRB- 1662 684 129 , , , 1662 684 130 represented represent VBN 1662 684 131 by by IN 1662 684 132 Governor Governor NNP 1662 684 133 General General NNP 1662 684 134 James James NNP 1662 684 135 B. B. 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% % NN 1662 698 39 Debt debt NN 1662 698 40 - - HYPH 1662 698 41 external external JJ 1662 698 42 : : : 1662 698 43 $ $ $ 1662 698 44 435 435 CD 1662 698 45 million million CD 1662 698 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 698 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 698 48 est est NNP 1662 698 49 . . . 1662 698 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 699 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 699 2 aid aid NN 1662 699 3 : : : 1662 699 4 $ $ $ 1662 699 5 NA NA NNP 1662 699 6 Currency currency NN 1662 699 7 : : : 1662 699 8 1 1 CD 1662 699 9 EC EC NNP 1662 699 10 dollar dollar NN 1662 699 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 699 12 EC$ EC$ NNP 1662 699 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 699 14 = = NFP 1662 699 15 100 100 CD 1662 699 16 cents cent NNS 1662 699 17 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 699 18 rates rate NNS 1662 699 19 : : : 1662 699 20 East east JJ 1662 699 21 Caribbean caribbean JJ 1662 699 22 dollars dollar NNS 1662 699 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 699 24 EC$ EC$ NNP 1662 699 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 699 26 per per IN 1662 699 27 US$ us$ $ 1662 699 28 1 1 CD 1662 699 29 - - SYM 1662 699 30 2.70 2.70 CD 1662 699 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 699 32 February February NNP 1662 699 33 1997 1997 CD 1662 699 34 ; ; : 1662 699 35 fixed fix VBN 1662 699 36 rate rate NN 1662 699 37 since since IN 1662 699 38 1976 1976 CD 1662 699 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 699 40 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 699 41 year year NN 1662 699 42 : : : 1662 699 43 1 1 CD 1662 699 44 April April NNP 1662 699 45 - - HYPH 1662 699 46 31 31 CD 1662 699 47 March March NNP 1662 699 48 @Antigua @Antigua NNP 1662 699 49 and and CC 1662 699 50 Barbuda Barbuda NNP 1662 699 51 : : : 1662 699 52 Communications Communications NNP 1662 699 53 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 699 54 : : : 1662 699 55 6,700 6,700 CD 1662 699 56 Telephone telephone NN 1662 699 57 system system NN 1662 699 58 : : : 1662 699 59 domestic domestic JJ 1662 699 60 : : : 1662 699 61 good good JJ 1662 699 62 automatic automatic JJ 1662 699 63 telephone telephone NN 1662 699 64 system system NN 1662 699 65 international international JJ 1662 699 66 : : : 1662 699 67 1 1 CD 1662 699 68 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 699 69 submarine submarine NN 1662 699 70 cable cable NN 1662 699 71 ; ; : 1662 699 72 satellite satellite NN 1662 699 73 earth earth NN 1662 699 74 station station NN 1662 699 75 - - : 1662 699 76 1 1 CD 1662 699 77 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 699 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 699 79 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 699 80 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 699 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 699 82 ; ; : 1662 699 83 tropospheric tropospheric JJ 1662 699 84 scatter scatter NN 1662 699 85 to to IN 1662 699 86 Saba Saba NNP 1662 699 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 699 88 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 699 89 Antilles Antilles NNPS 1662 699 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 699 91 and and CC 1662 699 92 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe NNP 1662 699 93 Radio Radio NNP 1662 699 94 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 699 95 stations station NNS 1662 699 96 : : : 1662 699 97 AM am VBP 1662 699 98 4 4 CD 1662 699 99 , , , 1662 699 100 FM FM NNP 1662 699 101 2 2 CD 1662 699 102 , , , 1662 699 103 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 699 104 2 2 CD 1662 699 105 Radios radio NNS 1662 699 106 : : : 1662 699 107 NA NA NNP 1662 699 108 Television Television NNP 1662 699 109 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 699 110 stations station NNS 1662 699 111 : : : 1662 699 112 2 2 CD 1662 699 113 Televisions television NNS 1662 699 114 : : : 1662 699 115 28,000 28,000 CD 1662 699 116 ( ( -LRB- 1662 699 117 1993 1993 CD 1662 699 118 est est NNP 1662 699 119 . . . 1662 699 120 ) ) -RRB- 1662 700 1 @Antigua @Antigua NNP 1662 700 2 and and CC 1662 700 3 Barbuda Barbuda NNP 1662 700 4 : : : 1662 700 5 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 700 6 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 700 7 : : : 1662 700 8 total total NN 1662 700 9 : : : 1662 700 10 77 77 CD 1662 700 11 km km NN 1662 700 12 narrow narrow JJ 1662 700 13 gauge gauge NN 1662 700 14 : : : 1662 700 15 64 64 CD 1662 700 16 km km NN 1662 700 17 0.760-m 0.760-m NN 1662 700 18 gauge gauge NN 1662 700 19 ; ; : 1662 700 20 13 13 CD 1662 700 21 km km NN 1662 700 22 0.610-m 0.610-m NN 1662 700 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 700 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 700 25 used use VBN 1662 700 26 almost almost RB 1662 700 27 exclusively exclusively RB 1662 700 28 for for IN 1662 700 29 handling handle VBG 1662 700 30 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 700 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 700 32 Highways highway NNS 1662 700 33 : : : 1662 700 34 total total NN 1662 700 35 : : : 1662 700 36 245 245 CD 1662 700 37 km km NNS 1662 700 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 700 39 1995 1995 CD 1662 700 40 est est NNP 1662 700 41 . . . 1662 700 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 701 1 paved pave VBN 1662 701 2 : : : 1662 701 3 NA NA NNP 1662 701 4 km km PRP 1662 701 5 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 701 6 : : : 1662 701 7 NA NA NNP 1662 701 8 km km VB 1662 701 9 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 701 10 and and CC 1662 701 11 harbors harbor NNS 1662 701 12 : : : 1662 701 13 Saint Saint NNP 1662 701 14 John John NNP 1662 701 15 's 's POS 1662 701 16 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 701 17 marine marine NN 1662 701 18 : : : 1662 701 19 total total NN 1662 701 20 : : : 1662 701 21 419 419 CD 1662 701 22 ships ship NNS 1662 701 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 701 24 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 701 25 GRT GRT NNP 1662 701 26 or or CC 1662 701 27 over over RB 1662 701 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 701 29 totaling total VBG 1662 701 30 1,965,180 1,965,180 CD 1662 701 31 GRT/2,637,644 GRT/2,637,644 JJS 1662 701 32 DWT dwt NN 1662 701 33 ships ship NNS 1662 701 34 by by IN 1662 701 35 type type NN 1662 701 36 : : : 1662 701 37 bulk bulk NNP 1662 701 38 9 9 CD 1662 701 39 , , , 1662 701 40 cargo cargo NN 1662 701 41 285 285 CD 1662 701 42 , , , 1662 701 43 chemical chemical NN 1662 701 44 tanker tanker NN 1662 701 45 6 6 CD 1662 701 46 , , , 1662 701 47 combination combination NN 1662 701 48 bulk bulk NN 1662 701 49 1 1 CD 1662 701 50 , , , 1662 701 51 container container NN 1662 701 52 83 83 CD 1662 701 53 , , , 1662 701 54 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 701 55 gas gas NN 1662 701 56 tanker tanker NN 1662 701 57 1 1 CD 1662 701 58 , , , 1662 701 59 oil oil NN 1662 701 60 tanker tanker NN 1662 701 61 4 4 CD 1662 701 62 , , , 1662 701 63 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 701 64 cargo cargo NN 1662 701 65 11 11 CD 1662 701 66 , , , 1662 701 67 roll roll NN 1662 701 68 - - HYPH 1662 701 69 on on IN 1662 701 70 / / SYM 1662 701 71 roll roll NN 1662 701 72 - - HYPH 1662 701 73 off off RP 1662 701 74 cargo cargo NN 1662 701 75 19 19 CD 1662 701 76 note note NN 1662 701 77 : : : 1662 701 78 a a DT 1662 701 79 flag flag NN 1662 701 80 of of IN 1662 701 81 convenience convenience NN 1662 701 82 registry registry NN 1662 701 83 : : : 1662 701 84 Germany Germany NNP 1662 701 85 owns own VBZ 1662 701 86 13 13 CD 1662 701 87 ships ship NNS 1662 701 88 , , , 1662 701 89 Slovenia Slovenia NNP 1662 701 90 3 3 CD 1662 701 91 , , , 1662 701 92 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 701 93 1 1 CD 1662 701 94 , , , 1662 701 95 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 701 96 1 1 CD 1662 701 97 , , , 1662 701 98 and and CC 1662 701 99 US US NNP 1662 701 100 1 1 CD 1662 701 101 ( ( -LRB- 1662 701 102 1996 1996 CD 1662 701 103 est est NNP 1662 701 104 . . . 1662 701 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 702 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 702 2 : : : 1662 702 3 3 3 CD 1662 702 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 702 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 702 6 est est NNP 1662 702 7 . . . 1662 702 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 703 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 703 2 - - , 1662 703 3 with with IN 1662 703 4 paved paved JJ 1662 703 5 runways runway NNS 1662 703 6 : : : 1662 703 7 total total NN 1662 703 8 : : : 1662 703 9 3 3 CD 1662 703 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 703 11 to to TO 1662 703 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 703 13 m m NN 1662 703 14 : : : 1662 703 15 1 1 CD 1662 703 16 under under IN 1662 703 17 914 914 CD 1662 703 18 m m NN 1662 703 19 : : : 1662 703 20 2 2 CD 1662 703 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 703 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 703 23 est est NNP 1662 703 24 . . . 1662 703 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 704 1 Military military JJ 1662 704 2 Military military JJ 1662 704 3 branches branch NNS 1662 704 4 : : : 1662 704 5 Royal Royal NNP 1662 704 6 Antigua Antigua NNP 1662 704 7 and and CC 1662 704 8 Barbuda Barbuda NNP 1662 704 9 Defense Defense NNP 1662 704 10 Force Force NNP 1662 704 11 , , , 1662 704 12 Royal Royal NNP 1662 704 13 Antigua Antigua NNP 1662 704 14 and and CC 1662 704 15 Barbuda Barbuda NNP 1662 704 16 Police Police NNP 1662 704 17 Force Force NNP 1662 704 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 704 19 includes include VBZ 1662 704 20 the the DT 1662 704 21 Coast Coast NNP 1662 704 22 Guard Guard NNP 1662 704 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 704 24 Military military JJ 1662 704 25 manpower manpower NN 1662 704 26 - - HYPH 1662 704 27 availability availability NN 1662 704 28 : : : 1662 704 29 males male NNS 1662 704 30 age age NNP 1662 704 31 15 15 CD 1662 704 32 - - SYM 1662 704 33 49 49 CD 1662 704 34 : : : 1662 704 35 NA NA NNP 1662 704 36 Military military JJ 1662 704 37 manpower manpower NN 1662 704 38 - - HYPH 1662 704 39 fit fit NN 1662 704 40 for for IN 1662 704 41 military military JJ 1662 704 42 service service NN 1662 704 43 : : : 1662 704 44 males male NNS 1662 704 45 : : : 1662 704 46 NA NA NNP 1662 704 47 Military military JJ 1662 704 48 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 704 49 - - HYPH 1662 704 50 dollar dollar NN 1662 704 51 figure figure NN 1662 704 52 : : : 1662 704 53 $ $ $ 1662 704 54 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 704 55 million million CD 1662 704 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 704 57 FY90/91 fy90/91 CD 1662 704 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 704 59 Military military JJ 1662 704 60 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 704 61 - - : 1662 704 62 percent percent NN 1662 704 63 of of IN 1662 704 64 GDP GDP NNP 1662 704 65 : : : 1662 704 66 1 1 CD 1662 704 67 % % NN 1662 704 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 704 69 FY90/91 fy90/91 CD 1662 704 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 704 71 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 704 72 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 704 73 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 704 74 - - : 1662 704 75 international international RB 1662 704 76 : : : 1662 704 77 none none NN 1662 704 78 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 704 79 drugs drug VBZ 1662 704 80 : : : 1662 704 81 considered consider VBN 1662 704 82 a a DT 1662 704 83 long long JJ 1662 704 84 - - HYPH 1662 704 85 time time NN 1662 704 86 but but CC 1662 704 87 relatively relatively RB 1662 704 88 minor minor JJ 1662 704 89 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 704 90 point point NN 1662 704 91 for for IN 1662 704 92 narcotics narcotic NNS 1662 704 93 bound bind VBN 1662 704 94 for for IN 1662 704 95 the the DT 1662 704 96 US US NNP 1662 704 97 and and CC 1662 704 98 Europe Europe NNP 1662 704 99 and and CC 1662 704 100 recent recent JJ 1662 704 101 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 704 102 point point NN 1662 704 103 for for IN 1662 704 104 heroin heroin NN 1662 704 105 from from IN 1662 704 106 Europe Europe NNP 1662 704 107 to to IN 1662 704 108 the the DT 1662 704 109 US US NNP 1662 704 110 ; ; : 1662 704 111 potentially potentially RB 1662 704 112 more more RBR 1662 704 113 significant significant JJ 1662 704 114 as as IN 1662 704 115 a a DT 1662 704 116 drug drug NN 1662 704 117 money money NN 1662 704 118 - - HYPH 1662 704 119 laundering launder VBG 1662 704 120 center center NN 1662 704 121 _ _ NNP 1662 704 122 _ _ NNP 1662 704 123 _ _ NNP 1662 704 124 _ _ NNP 1662 704 125 _ _ NNP 1662 704 126 _ _ NNP 1662 704 127 _ _ NNP 1662 704 128 _ _ NNP 1662 704 129 _ _ NNP 1662 704 130 _ _ NNP 1662 704 131 _ _ NNP 1662 704 132 _ _ NNP 1662 704 133 _ _ NNP 1662 704 134 _ _ NNP 1662 704 135 _ _ NNP 1662 704 136 _ _ NNP 1662 704 137 _ _ NNP 1662 704 138 _ _ NNP 1662 704 139 _ _ NNP 1662 704 140 _ _ NNP 1662 704 141 _ _ NNP 1662 704 142 _ _ NNP 1662 704 143 _ _ NNP 1662 704 144 _ _ NNP 1662 704 145 _ _ NNP 1662 704 146 _ _ NNP 1662 704 147 _ _ NNP 1662 704 148 _ _ NNP 1662 704 149 _ _ NNP 1662 704 150 _ _ NNP 1662 704 151 _ _ NNP 1662 704 152 _ _ NNP 1662 704 153 _ _ NNP 1662 704 154 _ _ NNP 1662 704 155 _ _ NNP 1662 704 156 _ _ NNP 1662 704 157 _ _ NNP 1662 704 158 _ _ NNP 1662 704 159 _ _ NNP 1662 704 160 _ _ NNP 1662 704 161 _ _ NNP 1662 704 162 _ _ NNP 1662 704 163 _ _ NNP 1662 704 164 _ _ NNP 1662 704 165 _ _ NNP 1662 704 166 _ _ NNP 1662 704 167 _ _ NNP 1662 704 168 _ _ NNP 1662 704 169 _ _ NNP 1662 704 170 _ _ NNP 1662 704 171 _ _ NNP 1662 704 172 _ _ NNP 1662 704 173 _ _ NNP 1662 704 174 _ _ NNP 1662 704 175 _ _ NNP 1662 704 176 _ _ NNP 1662 704 177 _ _ NNP 1662 704 178 _ _ NNP 1662 704 179 _ _ NNP 1662 704 180 _ _ NNP 1662 704 181 _ _ NNP 1662 704 182 _ _ NNP 1662 704 183 _ _ NNP 1662 704 184 _ _ NNP 1662 704 185 _ _ NNP 1662 704 186 _ _ NNP 1662 704 187 _ _ NNP 1662 704 188 _ _ NNP 1662 704 189 _ _ NNP 1662 704 190 _ _ NNP 1662 704 191 ARCTIC ARCTIC NNP 1662 704 192 OCEAN ocean NN 1662 704 193 [ [ -LRB- 1662 704 194 Map Map NNP 1662 704 195 of of IN 1662 704 196 Arctic Arctic NNP 1662 704 197 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 704 198 ] ] -RRB- 1662 704 199 @Arctic @Arctic NNP 1662 704 200 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 704 201 : : : 1662 704 202 Geography Geography NNP 1662 704 203 Location location NN 1662 704 204 : : : 1662 704 205 body body NN 1662 704 206 of of IN 1662 704 207 water water NN 1662 704 208 mostly mostly RB 1662 704 209 north north RB 1662 704 210 of of IN 1662 704 211 the the DT 1662 704 212 Arctic Arctic NNP 1662 704 213 Circle Circle NNP 1662 704 214 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 704 215 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 704 216 : : : 1662 704 217 90 90 CD 1662 704 218 00 00 CD 1662 704 219 N n CD 1662 704 220 , , , 1662 704 221 0 0 CD 1662 704 222 00 00 NFP 1662 704 223 E e NN 1662 704 224 Map Map NNP 1662 704 225 references reference NNS 1662 704 226 : : : 1662 704 227 Arctic Arctic NNP 1662 704 228 Region Region NNP 1662 704 229 Area Area NNP 1662 704 230 : : : 1662 704 231 total total NN 1662 704 232 : : : 1662 704 233 14.056 14.056 CD 1662 704 234 million million CD 1662 704 235 sq sq NNP 1662 704 236 km km NNP 1662 704 237 note note NN 1662 704 238 : : : 1662 704 239 includes include VBZ 1662 704 240 Baffin Baffin NNP 1662 704 241 Bay Bay NNP 1662 704 242 , , , 1662 704 243 Barents Barents NNP 1662 704 244 Sea Sea NNP 1662 704 245 , , , 1662 704 246 Beaufort Beaufort NNP 1662 704 247 Sea Sea NNP 1662 704 248 , , , 1662 704 249 Chukchi Chukchi NNP 1662 704 250 Sea Sea NNP 1662 704 251 , , , 1662 704 252 East East NNP 1662 704 253 Siberian Siberian NNP 1662 704 254 Sea Sea NNP 1662 704 255 , , , 1662 704 256 Greenland Greenland NNP 1662 704 257 Sea Sea NNP 1662 704 258 , , , 1662 704 259 Hudson Hudson NNP 1662 704 260 Bay Bay NNP 1662 704 261 , , , 1662 704 262 Hudson Hudson NNP 1662 704 263 Strait Strait NNP 1662 704 264 , , , 1662 704 265 Kara Kara NNP 1662 704 266 Sea Sea NNP 1662 704 267 , , , 1662 704 268 Laptev Laptev NNP 1662 704 269 Sea Sea NNP 1662 704 270 , , , 1662 704 271 Northwest Northwest NNP 1662 704 272 Passage Passage NNP 1662 704 273 , , , 1662 704 274 and and CC 1662 704 275 other other JJ 1662 704 276 tributary tributary JJ 1662 704 277 water water NN 1662 704 278 bodies body NNS 1662 704 279 Area area NN 1662 704 280 - - HYPH 1662 704 281 comparative comparative JJ 1662 704 282 : : : 1662 704 283 slightly slightly RB 1662 704 284 less less JJR 1662 704 285 than than IN 1662 704 286 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 704 287 times time NNS 1662 704 288 the the DT 1662 704 289 size size NN 1662 704 290 of of IN 1662 704 291 the the DT 1662 704 292 US US NNP 1662 704 293 ; ; : 1662 704 294 smallest small JJS 1662 704 295 of of IN 1662 704 296 the the DT 1662 704 297 world world NN 1662 704 298 's 's POS 1662 704 299 four four CD 1662 704 300 oceans ocean NNS 1662 704 301 ( ( -LRB- 1662 704 302 after after IN 1662 704 303 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 704 304 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 704 305 , , , 1662 704 306 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 704 307 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 704 308 , , , 1662 704 309 and and CC 1662 704 310 Indian Indian NNP 1662 704 311 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 704 312 ) ) -RRB- 1662 704 313 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 704 314 : : : 1662 704 315 45,389 45,389 CD 1662 704 316 km km NN 1662 704 317 Climate climate NN 1662 704 318 : : : 1662 704 319 polar polar JJ 1662 704 320 climate climate NN 1662 704 321 characterized characterize VBN 1662 704 322 by by IN 1662 704 323 persistent persistent JJ 1662 704 324 cold cold NN 1662 704 325 and and CC 1662 704 326 relatively relatively RB 1662 704 327 narrow narrow JJ 1662 704 328 annual annual JJ 1662 704 329 temperature temperature NN 1662 704 330 ranges range NNS 1662 704 331 ; ; : 1662 704 332 winters winter NNS 1662 704 333 characterized characterize VBN 1662 704 334 by by IN 1662 704 335 continuous continuous JJ 1662 704 336 darkness darkness NN 1662 704 337 , , , 1662 704 338 cold cold JJ 1662 704 339 and and CC 1662 704 340 stable stable JJ 1662 704 341 weather weather NN 1662 704 342 conditions condition NNS 1662 704 343 , , , 1662 704 344 and and CC 1662 704 345 clear clear JJ 1662 704 346 skies sky NNS 1662 704 347 ; ; : 1662 704 348 summers summer NNS 1662 704 349 characterized characterize VBN 1662 704 350 by by IN 1662 704 351 continuous continuous JJ 1662 704 352 daylight daylight NN 1662 704 353 , , , 1662 704 354 damp damp NN 1662 704 355 and and CC 1662 704 356 foggy foggy JJ 1662 704 357 weather weather NN 1662 704 358 , , , 1662 704 359 and and CC 1662 704 360 weak weak JJ 1662 704 361 cyclones cyclone NNS 1662 704 362 with with IN 1662 704 363 rain rain NN 1662 704 364 or or CC 1662 704 365 snow snow NN 1662 704 366 Terrain terrain NN 1662 704 367 : : : 1662 704 368 central central JJ 1662 704 369 surface surface NN 1662 704 370 covered cover VBN 1662 704 371 by by IN 1662 704 372 a a DT 1662 704 373 perennial perennial JJ 1662 704 374 drifting drifting JJ 1662 704 375 polar polar NN 1662 704 376 icepack icepack NN 1662 704 377 that that WDT 1662 704 378 averages average VBZ 1662 704 379 about about IN 1662 704 380 3 3 CD 1662 704 381 meters meter NNS 1662 704 382 in in IN 1662 704 383 thickness thickness NN 1662 704 384 , , , 1662 704 385 although although IN 1662 704 386 pressure pressure NN 1662 704 387 ridges ridge NNS 1662 704 388 may may MD 1662 704 389 be be VB 1662 704 390 three three CD 1662 704 391 times time NNS 1662 704 392 that that DT 1662 704 393 size size NN 1662 704 394 ; ; : 1662 704 395 clockwise clockwise NNP 1662 704 396 drift drift NN 1662 704 397 pattern pattern NN 1662 704 398 in in IN 1662 704 399 the the DT 1662 704 400 Beaufort Beaufort NNP 1662 704 401 Gyral Gyral NNP 1662 704 402 Stream Stream NNP 1662 704 403 , , , 1662 704 404 but but CC 1662 704 405 nearly nearly RB 1662 704 406 straight straight JJ 1662 704 407 line line NN 1662 704 408 movement movement NN 1662 704 409 from from IN 1662 704 410 the the DT 1662 704 411 New New NNP 1662 704 412 Siberian siberian JJ 1662 704 413 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 704 414 ( ( -LRB- 1662 704 415 Russia Russia NNP 1662 704 416 ) ) -RRB- 1662 704 417 to to IN 1662 704 418 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 704 419 Strait Strait NNP 1662 704 420 ( ( -LRB- 1662 704 421 between between IN 1662 704 422 Greenland Greenland NNP 1662 704 423 and and CC 1662 704 424 Iceland Iceland NNP 1662 704 425 ) ) -RRB- 1662 704 426 ; ; : 1662 704 427 the the DT 1662 704 428 icepack icepack NN 1662 704 429 is be VBZ 1662 704 430 surrounded surround VBN 1662 704 431 by by IN 1662 704 432 open open JJ 1662 704 433 seas sea NNS 1662 704 434 during during IN 1662 704 435 the the DT 1662 704 436 summer summer NN 1662 704 437 , , , 1662 704 438 but but CC 1662 704 439 more more RBR 1662 704 440 than than IN 1662 704 441 doubles double NNS 1662 704 442 in in IN 1662 704 443 size size NN 1662 704 444 during during IN 1662 704 445 the the DT 1662 704 446 winter winter NN 1662 704 447 and and CC 1662 704 448 extends extend VBZ 1662 704 449 to to IN 1662 704 450 the the DT 1662 704 451 encircling encircle VBG 1662 704 452 land land NN 1662 704 453 masses masse NNS 1662 704 454 ; ; : 1662 704 455 the the DT 1662 704 456 ocean ocean NN 1662 704 457 floor floor NN 1662 704 458 is be VBZ 1662 704 459 about about RB 1662 704 460 50 50 CD 1662 704 461 % % NN 1662 704 462 continental continental JJ 1662 704 463 shelf shelf NNP 1662 704 464 ( ( -LRB- 1662 704 465 highest high JJS 1662 704 466 percentage percentage NN 1662 704 467 of of IN 1662 704 468 any any DT 1662 704 469 ocean ocean NN 1662 704 470 ) ) -RRB- 1662 704 471 with with IN 1662 704 472 the the DT 1662 704 473 remainder remainder NN 1662 704 474 a a DT 1662 704 475 central central JJ 1662 704 476 basin basin NN 1662 704 477 interrupted interrupt VBN 1662 704 478 by by IN 1662 704 479 three three CD 1662 704 480 submarine submarine NN 1662 704 481 ridges ridge NNS 1662 704 482 ( ( -LRB- 1662 704 483 Alpha Alpha NNP 1662 704 484 Cordillera Cordillera NNP 1662 704 485 , , , 1662 704 486 Nansen Nansen NNP 1662 704 487 Cordillera Cordillera NNP 1662 704 488 , , , 1662 704 489 and and CC 1662 704 490 Lomonsov Lomonsov NNP 1662 704 491 Ridge Ridge NNP 1662 704 492 ) ) -RRB- 1662 704 493 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 704 494 extremes extreme NNS 1662 704 495 : : : 1662 704 496 lowest low JJS 1662 704 497 point point NN 1662 704 498 : : : 1662 704 499 Fram Fram NNP 1662 704 500 Basin Basin NNP 1662 704 501 -4,665 -4,665 , 1662 704 502 m m NNP 1662 704 503 highest high JJS 1662 704 504 point point NN 1662 704 505 : : : 1662 704 506 sea sea NN 1662 704 507 level level NN 1662 704 508 0 0 CD 1662 704 509 m m NNP 1662 704 510 Natural natural JJ 1662 704 511 resources resource NNS 1662 704 512 : : : 1662 704 513 sand sand NN 1662 704 514 and and CC 1662 704 515 gravel gravel NN 1662 704 516 aggregates aggregate NNS 1662 704 517 , , , 1662 704 518 placer placer NN 1662 704 519 deposits deposit NNS 1662 704 520 , , , 1662 704 521 polymetallic polymetallic JJ 1662 704 522 nodules nodule NNS 1662 704 523 , , , 1662 704 524 oil oil NN 1662 704 525 and and CC 1662 704 526 gas gas NN 1662 704 527 fields field NNS 1662 704 528 , , , 1662 704 529 fish fish NN 1662 704 530 , , , 1662 704 531 marine marine JJ 1662 704 532 mammals mammal NNS 1662 704 533 ( ( -LRB- 1662 704 534 seals seal NNS 1662 704 535 and and CC 1662 704 536 whales whale NNS 1662 704 537 ) ) -RRB- 1662 704 538 Natural natural JJ 1662 704 539 hazards hazard NNS 1662 704 540 : : : 1662 704 541 ice ice NN 1662 704 542 islands island NNS 1662 704 543 occasionally occasionally RB 1662 704 544 break break VBP 1662 704 545 away away RB 1662 704 546 from from IN 1662 704 547 northern northern JJ 1662 704 548 Ellesmere Ellesmere NNP 1662 704 549 Island Island NNP 1662 704 550 ; ; , 1662 704 551 icebergs iceberg NNS 1662 704 552 calved calve VBN 1662 704 553 from from IN 1662 704 554 glaciers glacier NNS 1662 704 555 in in IN 1662 704 556 western western JJ 1662 704 557 Greenland Greenland NNP 1662 704 558 and and CC 1662 704 559 extreme extreme JJ 1662 704 560 northeastern northeastern JJ 1662 704 561 Canada Canada NNP 1662 704 562 ; ; : 1662 704 563 permafrost permafrost NN 1662 704 564 in in IN 1662 704 565 islands island NNS 1662 704 566 ; ; : 1662 704 567 virtually virtually RB 1662 704 568 icelocked icelocke VBN 1662 704 569 from from IN 1662 704 570 October October NNP 1662 704 571 to to IN 1662 704 572 June June NNP 1662 704 573 ; ; : 1662 704 574 ships ship NNS 1662 704 575 subject subject JJ 1662 704 576 to to IN 1662 704 577 superstructure superstructure NN 1662 704 578 icing ice VBG 1662 704 579 from from IN 1662 704 580 October October NNP 1662 704 581 to to IN 1662 704 582 May May NNP 1662 704 583 Environment Environment NNP 1662 704 584 - - HYPH 1662 704 585 current current JJ 1662 704 586 issues issue NNS 1662 704 587 : : : 1662 704 588 endangered endanger VBN 1662 704 589 marine marine JJ 1662 704 590 species specie NNS 1662 704 591 include include VBP 1662 704 592 walruses walrus NNS 1662 704 593 and and CC 1662 704 594 whales whale NNS 1662 704 595 ; ; , 1662 704 596 fragile fragile JJ 1662 704 597 ecosystem ecosystem NN 1662 704 598 slow slow JJ 1662 704 599 to to TO 1662 704 600 change change VB 1662 704 601 and and CC 1662 704 602 slow slow VB 1662 704 603 to to TO 1662 704 604 recover recover VB 1662 704 605 from from IN 1662 704 606 disruptions disruption NNS 1662 704 607 or or CC 1662 704 608 damage damage NN 1662 704 609 Environment Environment NNP 1662 704 610 - - HYPH 1662 704 611 international international JJ 1662 704 612 agreements agreement NNS 1662 704 613 : : : 1662 704 614 party party NNP 1662 704 615 to to TO 1662 704 616 : : : 1662 704 617 none none NN 1662 704 618 of of IN 1662 704 619 the the DT 1662 704 620 selected select VBN 1662 704 621 agreements agreement NNS 1662 704 622 signed sign VBD 1662 704 623 , , , 1662 704 624 but but CC 1662 704 625 not not RB 1662 704 626 ratified ratified JJ 1662 704 627 : : : 1662 704 628 none none NN 1662 704 629 of of IN 1662 704 630 the the DT 1662 704 631 selected select VBN 1662 704 632 agreements agreement NNS 1662 704 633 Geography Geography NNP 1662 704 634 - - HYPH 1662 704 635 note note NNP 1662 704 636 : : : 1662 704 637 major major JJ 1662 704 638 chokepoint chokepoint NN 1662 704 639 is be VBZ 1662 704 640 the the DT 1662 704 641 southern southern JJ 1662 704 642 Chukchi Chukchi NNP 1662 704 643 Sea Sea NNP 1662 704 644 ( ( -LRB- 1662 704 645 northern northern JJ 1662 704 646 access access NN 1662 704 647 to to IN 1662 704 648 the the DT 1662 704 649 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 704 650 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 704 651 via via IN 1662 704 652 the the DT 1662 704 653 Bering Bering NNP 1662 704 654 Strait Strait NNP 1662 704 655 ) ) -RRB- 1662 704 656 ; ; : 1662 704 657 strategic strategic JJ 1662 704 658 location location NN 1662 704 659 between between IN 1662 704 660 North North NNP 1662 704 661 America America NNP 1662 704 662 and and CC 1662 704 663 Russia Russia NNP 1662 704 664 ; ; , 1662 704 665 shortest short JJS 1662 704 666 marine marine JJ 1662 704 667 link link NN 1662 704 668 between between IN 1662 704 669 the the DT 1662 704 670 extremes extreme NNS 1662 704 671 of of IN 1662 704 672 eastern eastern JJ 1662 704 673 and and CC 1662 704 674 western western JJ 1662 704 675 Russia Russia NNP 1662 704 676 , , , 1662 704 677 floating float VBG 1662 704 678 research research NN 1662 704 679 stations station NNS 1662 704 680 operated operate VBN 1662 704 681 by by IN 1662 704 682 the the DT 1662 704 683 US US NNP 1662 704 684 and and CC 1662 704 685 Russia Russia NNP 1662 704 686 ; ; , 1662 704 687 maximum maximum JJ 1662 704 688 snow snow NN 1662 704 689 cover cover NN 1662 704 690 in in IN 1662 704 691 March March NNP 1662 704 692 or or CC 1662 704 693 April April NNP 1662 704 694 about about IN 1662 704 695 20 20 CD 1662 704 696 to to TO 1662 704 697 50 50 CD 1662 704 698 centimeters centimeter NNS 1662 704 699 over over IN 1662 704 700 the the DT 1662 704 701 frozen frozen JJ 1662 704 702 ocean ocean NN 1662 704 703 ; ; : 1662 704 704 snow snow NN 1662 704 705 cover cover NN 1662 704 706 lasts last VBZ 1662 704 707 about about IN 1662 704 708 10 10 CD 1662 704 709 months month NNS 1662 704 710 @Arctic @Arctic NNP 1662 704 711 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 704 712 : : : 1662 704 713 Government Government NNP 1662 704 714 Data Data NNP 1662 704 715 code code NN 1662 704 716 : : : 1662 704 717 none none NN 1662 704 718 ; ; : 1662 704 719 the the DT 1662 704 720 US US NNP 1662 704 721 Government Government NNP 1662 704 722 has have VBZ 1662 704 723 not not RB 1662 704 724 approved approve VBN 1662 704 725 a a DT 1662 704 726 standard standard NN 1662 704 727 for for IN 1662 704 728 hydrographic hydrographic JJ 1662 704 729 codes code NNS 1662 704 730 - - : 1662 704 731 see see VB 1662 704 732 the the DT 1662 704 733 Cross Cross NNP 1662 704 734 - - NNP 1662 704 735 Reference Reference NNP 1662 704 736 List List NNP 1662 704 737 of of IN 1662 704 738 Hydrographic Hydrographic NNP 1662 704 739 Data Data NNP 1662 704 740 Codes Codes NNPS 1662 704 741 appendix appendix NNP 1662 704 742 Economy Economy NNP 1662 704 743 Economy Economy NNP 1662 704 744 - - HYPH 1662 704 745 overview overview NN 1662 704 746 : : : 1662 704 747 Economic economic JJ 1662 704 748 activity activity NN 1662 704 749 is be VBZ 1662 704 750 limited limit VBN 1662 704 751 to to IN 1662 704 752 the the DT 1662 704 753 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 704 754 of of IN 1662 704 755 natural natural JJ 1662 704 756 resources resource NNS 1662 704 757 , , , 1662 704 758 including include VBG 1662 704 759 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 704 760 , , , 1662 704 761 natural natural JJ 1662 704 762 gas gas NN 1662 704 763 , , , 1662 704 764 fish fish NN 1662 704 765 , , , 1662 704 766 and and CC 1662 704 767 seals seal NNS 1662 704 768 . . . 1662 705 1 @Arctic @Arctic NNP 1662 705 2 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 705 3 : : : 1662 705 4 Communications Communications NNP 1662 705 5 Telephone Telephone NNP 1662 705 6 system system NN 1662 705 7 : : : 1662 705 8 international international JJ 1662 705 9 : : : 1662 705 10 no no DT 1662 705 11 submarine submarine NN 1662 705 12 cables cable VBZ 1662 705 13 @Arctic @Arctic NNP 1662 705 14 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 705 15 : : : 1662 705 16 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 705 17 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 705 18 and and CC 1662 705 19 harbors harbor NNS 1662 705 20 : : : 1662 705 21 Churchill Churchill NNP 1662 705 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 705 23 Canada Canada NNP 1662 705 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 705 25 , , , 1662 705 26 Murmansk Murmansk NNP 1662 705 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 705 28 Russia Russia NNP 1662 705 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 705 30 , , , 1662 705 31 Prudhoe Prudhoe NNP 1662 705 32 Bay Bay NNP 1662 705 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 705 34 US US NNP 1662 705 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 705 36 Transportation transportation NN 1662 705 37 - - HYPH 1662 705 38 note note NN 1662 705 39 : : : 1662 705 40 sparse sparse NNP 1662 705 41 network network NN 1662 705 42 of of IN 1662 705 43 air air NN 1662 705 44 , , , 1662 705 45 ocean ocean NN 1662 705 46 , , , 1662 705 47 river river NN 1662 705 48 , , , 1662 705 49 and and CC 1662 705 50 land land NN 1662 705 51 routes route NNS 1662 705 52 ; ; : 1662 705 53 the the DT 1662 705 54 Northwest Northwest NNP 1662 705 55 Passage Passage NNP 1662 705 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 705 57 North North NNP 1662 705 58 America America NNP 1662 705 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 705 60 and and CC 1662 705 61 Northern Northern NNP 1662 705 62 Sea Sea NNP 1662 705 63 Route Route NNP 1662 705 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 705 65 Eurasia Eurasia NNP 1662 705 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 705 67 are be VBP 1662 705 68 important important JJ 1662 705 69 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 705 70 waterways waterway NNS 1662 705 71 Military military NN 1662 705 72 : : : 1662 705 73 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 705 74 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 705 75 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 705 76 - - : 1662 705 77 international international RB 1662 705 78 : : : 1662 705 79 some some DT 1662 705 80 maritime maritime JJ 1662 705 81 disputes dispute NNS 1662 705 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 705 83 see see VB 1662 705 84 littoral littoral JJ 1662 705 85 states state NNS 1662 705 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 705 87 ; ; : 1662 705 88 Svalbard Svalbard NNP 1662 705 89 is be VBZ 1662 705 90 the the DT 1662 705 91 focus focus NN 1662 705 92 of of IN 1662 705 93 a a DT 1662 705 94 maritime maritime JJ 1662 705 95 boundary boundary JJ 1662 705 96 dispute dispute NN 1662 705 97 between between IN 1662 705 98 Norway Norway NNP 1662 705 99 and and CC 1662 705 100 Russia Russia NNP 1662 705 101 _ _ NNP 1662 705 102 _ _ NNP 1662 705 103 _ _ NNP 1662 705 104 _ _ NNP 1662 705 105 _ _ NNP 1662 705 106 _ _ NNP 1662 705 107 _ _ NNP 1662 705 108 _ _ NNP 1662 705 109 _ _ NNP 1662 705 110 _ _ NNP 1662 705 111 _ _ NNP 1662 705 112 _ _ NNP 1662 705 113 _ _ NNP 1662 705 114 _ _ NNP 1662 705 115 _ _ NNP 1662 705 116 _ _ NNP 1662 705 117 _ _ NNP 1662 705 118 _ _ NNP 1662 705 119 _ _ NNP 1662 705 120 _ _ NNP 1662 705 121 _ _ NNP 1662 705 122 _ _ NNP 1662 705 123 _ _ NNP 1662 705 124 _ _ NNP 1662 705 125 _ _ NNP 1662 705 126 _ _ NNP 1662 705 127 _ _ NNP 1662 705 128 _ _ NNP 1662 705 129 _ _ NNP 1662 705 130 _ _ NNP 1662 705 131 _ _ NNP 1662 705 132 _ _ NNP 1662 705 133 _ _ NNP 1662 705 134 _ _ NNP 1662 705 135 _ _ NNP 1662 705 136 _ _ NNP 1662 705 137 _ _ NNP 1662 705 138 _ _ NNP 1662 705 139 _ _ NNP 1662 705 140 _ _ NNP 1662 705 141 _ _ NNP 1662 705 142 _ _ NNP 1662 705 143 _ _ NNP 1662 705 144 _ _ NNP 1662 705 145 _ _ NNP 1662 705 146 _ _ NNP 1662 705 147 _ _ NNP 1662 705 148 _ _ NNP 1662 705 149 _ _ NNP 1662 705 150 _ _ NNP 1662 705 151 _ _ NNP 1662 705 152 _ _ NNP 1662 705 153 _ _ NNP 1662 705 154 _ _ NNP 1662 705 155 _ _ NNP 1662 705 156 _ _ NNP 1662 705 157 _ _ NNP 1662 705 158 _ _ NNP 1662 705 159 _ _ NNP 1662 705 160 _ _ NNP 1662 705 161 _ _ NNP 1662 705 162 _ _ NNP 1662 705 163 _ _ NNP 1662 705 164 _ _ NNP 1662 705 165 _ _ NNP 1662 705 166 _ _ NNP 1662 705 167 _ _ NNP 1662 705 168 _ _ NNP 1662 705 169 _ _ NNP 1662 705 170 _ _ NNP 1662 705 171 ARGENTINA ARGENTINA NNP 1662 705 172 @Argentina @Argentina NNP 1662 705 173 : : : 1662 705 174 Geography Geography NNP 1662 705 175 Location Location NNP 1662 705 176 : : : 1662 705 177 Southern Southern NNP 1662 705 178 South South NNP 1662 705 179 America America NNP 1662 705 180 , , , 1662 705 181 bordering border VBG 1662 705 182 the the DT 1662 705 183 South South NNP 1662 705 184 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 705 185 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 705 186 , , , 1662 705 187 between between IN 1662 705 188 Chile Chile NNP 1662 705 189 and and CC 1662 705 190 Uruguay Uruguay NNP 1662 705 191 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 705 192 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 705 193 : : : 1662 705 194 34 34 CD 1662 705 195 00 00 CD 1662 705 196 S s NN 1662 705 197 , , , 1662 705 198 64 64 CD 1662 705 199 00 00 NFP 1662 705 200 W W NNP 1662 705 201 Map Map NNP 1662 705 202 references reference NNS 1662 705 203 : : : 1662 705 204 South South NNP 1662 705 205 America America NNP 1662 705 206 Area Area NNP 1662 705 207 : : : 1662 705 208 total total NN 1662 705 209 : : : 1662 705 210 2,766,890 2,766,890 CD 1662 705 211 sq sq IN 1662 705 212 km km NNP 1662 705 213 land land NN 1662 705 214 : : : 1662 705 215 2,736,690 2,736,690 CD 1662 705 216 sq sq IN 1662 705 217 km km NNP 1662 705 218 water water NN 1662 705 219 : : : 1662 705 220 30,200 30,200 CD 1662 705 221 sq sq NN 1662 705 222 km km NNP 1662 705 223 Area area NN 1662 705 224 - - HYPH 1662 705 225 comparative comparative JJ 1662 705 226 : : : 1662 705 227 slightly slightly RB 1662 705 228 less less JJR 1662 705 229 than than IN 1662 705 230 three three CD 1662 705 231 - - HYPH 1662 705 232 tenths tenth NNS 1662 705 233 the the DT 1662 705 234 size size NN 1662 705 235 of of IN 1662 705 236 the the DT 1662 705 237 US US NNP 1662 705 238 Land Land NNP 1662 705 239 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 705 240 : : : 1662 705 241 total total JJ 1662 705 242 : : : 1662 705 243 9,665 9,665 CD 1662 705 244 km km NN 1662 705 245 border border NN 1662 705 246 countries country NNS 1662 705 247 : : : 1662 705 248 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 705 249 832 832 CD 1662 705 250 km km NNS 1662 705 251 , , , 1662 705 252 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 705 253 1,224 1,224 CD 1662 705 254 km km NNS 1662 705 255 , , , 1662 705 256 Chile Chile NNP 1662 705 257 5,150 5,150 CD 1662 705 258 km km NN 1662 705 259 , , , 1662 705 260 Paraguay Paraguay NNP 1662 705 261 1,880 1,880 CD 1662 705 262 km km NN 1662 705 263 , , , 1662 705 264 Uruguay Uruguay NNP 1662 705 265 579 579 CD 1662 705 266 km km NN 1662 705 267 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 705 268 : : : 1662 705 269 4,989 4,989 CD 1662 705 270 km km NN 1662 705 271 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 705 272 claims claim VBZ 1662 705 273 : : : 1662 705 274 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 705 275 zone zone NN 1662 705 276 : : : 1662 705 277 24 24 CD 1662 705 278 nm nm NNP 1662 705 279 continental continental JJ 1662 705 280 shelf shelf NNP 1662 705 281 : : : 1662 705 282 200 200 CD 1662 705 283 nm nm CD 1662 705 284 or or CC 1662 705 285 to to IN 1662 705 286 the the DT 1662 705 287 edge edge NN 1662 705 288 of of IN 1662 705 289 the the DT 1662 705 290 continental continental JJ 1662 705 291 margin margin NN 1662 705 292 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 705 293 economic economic JJ 1662 705 294 zone zone NN 1662 705 295 : : : 1662 705 296 200 200 CD 1662 705 297 nm nm CD 1662 705 298 territorial territorial JJ 1662 705 299 sea sea NN 1662 705 300 : : : 1662 705 301 12 12 CD 1662 705 302 nm nm NNP 1662 705 303 Climate Climate NNP 1662 705 304 : : : 1662 705 305 mostly mostly RB 1662 705 306 temperate temperate VB 1662 705 307 ; ; : 1662 705 308 arid arid VB 1662 705 309 in in IN 1662 705 310 southeast southeast NNP 1662 705 311 ; ; : 1662 705 312 subantarctic subantarctic NNP 1662 705 313 in in IN 1662 705 314 southwest southwest JJ 1662 705 315 Terrain terrain NN 1662 705 316 : : : 1662 705 317 rich rich JJ 1662 705 318 plains plain NNS 1662 705 319 of of IN 1662 705 320 the the DT 1662 705 321 Pampas Pampas NNPS 1662 705 322 in in IN 1662 705 323 northern northern JJ 1662 705 324 half half NN 1662 705 325 , , , 1662 705 326 flat flat JJ 1662 705 327 to to IN 1662 705 328 rolling roll VBG 1662 705 329 plateau plateau NN 1662 705 330 of of IN 1662 705 331 Patagonia Patagonia NNP 1662 705 332 in in IN 1662 705 333 south south NNP 1662 705 334 , , , 1662 705 335 rugged rugged JJ 1662 705 336 Andes Andes NNP 1662 705 337 along along IN 1662 705 338 western western JJ 1662 705 339 border border NN 1662 705 340 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 705 341 extremes extreme NNS 1662 705 342 : : : 1662 705 343 lowest low JJS 1662 705 344 point point NN 1662 705 345 : : : 1662 705 346 Salinas Salinas NNP 1662 705 347 Chicas Chicas NNP 1662 705 348 -40 -40 NNP 1662 705 349 m m DT 1662 705 350 highest high JJS 1662 705 351 point point NN 1662 705 352 : : : 1662 705 353 Cerro Cerro NNP 1662 705 354 Aconcagua Aconcagua NNP 1662 705 355 6,962 6,962 CD 1662 705 356 m m NNP 1662 705 357 Natural natural JJ 1662 705 358 resources resource NNS 1662 705 359 : : : 1662 705 360 fertile fertile JJ 1662 705 361 plains plain NNS 1662 705 362 of of IN 1662 705 363 the the DT 1662 705 364 pampas pampa NNS 1662 705 365 , , , 1662 705 366 lead lead NN 1662 705 367 , , , 1662 705 368 zinc zinc NN 1662 705 369 , , , 1662 705 370 tin tin NN 1662 705 371 , , , 1662 705 372 copper copper NN 1662 705 373 , , , 1662 705 374 iron iron NN 1662 705 375 ore ore NN 1662 705 376 , , , 1662 705 377 manganese manganese JJ 1662 705 378 , , , 1662 705 379 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 705 380 , , , 1662 705 381 uranium uranium NN 1662 705 382 Land Land NNP 1662 705 383 use use NN 1662 705 384 : : : 1662 705 385 arable arable JJ 1662 705 386 land land NN 1662 705 387 : : : 1662 705 388 9 9 CD 1662 705 389 % % NN 1662 705 390 permanent permanent JJ 1662 705 391 crops crop NNS 1662 705 392 : : : 1662 705 393 1 1 CD 1662 705 394 % % NN 1662 705 395 permanent permanent JJ 1662 705 396 pastures pasture NNS 1662 705 397 : : : 1662 705 398 52 52 CD 1662 705 399 % % NN 1662 705 400 forests forest NNS 1662 705 401 and and CC 1662 705 402 woodland woodland NN 1662 705 403 : : : 1662 705 404 19 19 CD 1662 705 405 % % NN 1662 705 406 other other JJ 1662 705 407 : : : 1662 705 408 19 19 CD 1662 705 409 % % NN 1662 705 410 ( ( -LRB- 1662 705 411 1993 1993 CD 1662 705 412 est est NNP 1662 705 413 . . . 1662 705 414 ) ) -RRB- 1662 706 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 706 2 land land NN 1662 706 3 : : : 1662 706 4 17,000 17,000 CD 1662 706 5 sq sq NNP 1662 706 6 km km NNP 1662 706 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 706 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 706 9 est est NNP 1662 706 10 . . . 1662 706 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 707 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 707 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 707 3 : : : 1662 707 4 San San NNP 1662 707 5 Miguel Miguel NNP 1662 707 6 de de NNP 1662 707 7 Tucuman Tucuman NNP 1662 707 8 and and CC 1662 707 9 Mendoza Mendoza NNP 1662 707 10 areas area NNS 1662 707 11 in in IN 1662 707 12 the the DT 1662 707 13 Andes Andes NNP 1662 707 14 subject subject NN 1662 707 15 to to IN 1662 707 16 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 707 17 ; ; : 1662 707 18 pamperos pampero NNS 1662 707 19 are be VBP 1662 707 20 violent violent JJ 1662 707 21 windstorms windstorm NNS 1662 707 22 that that WDT 1662 707 23 can can MD 1662 707 24 strike strike VB 1662 707 25 the the DT 1662 707 26 Pampas Pampas NNPS 1662 707 27 and and CC 1662 707 28 northeast northeast NN 1662 707 29 ; ; , 1662 707 30 heavy heavy JJ 1662 707 31 flooding flooding NN 1662 707 32 Environment Environment NNP 1662 707 33 - - HYPH 1662 707 34 current current JJ 1662 707 35 issues issue NNS 1662 707 36 : : : 1662 707 37 erosion erosion NN 1662 707 38 results result NNS 1662 707 39 from from IN 1662 707 40 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 707 41 flood flood NN 1662 707 42 controls control NNS 1662 707 43 and and CC 1662 707 44 improper improper JJ 1662 707 45 land land NN 1662 707 46 use use NN 1662 707 47 practices practice NNS 1662 707 48 ; ; , 1662 707 49 irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 707 50 soil soil NN 1662 707 51 degradation degradation NN 1662 707 52 ; ; , 1662 707 53 desertification desertification NN 1662 707 54 ; ; : 1662 707 55 air air NN 1662 707 56 pollution pollution NN 1662 707 57 in in IN 1662 707 58 Buenos Buenos NNP 1662 707 59 Aires Aires NNP 1662 707 60 and and CC 1662 707 61 other other JJ 1662 707 62 major major JJ 1662 707 63 cities city NNS 1662 707 64 ; ; : 1662 707 65 water water NN 1662 707 66 pollution pollution NN 1662 707 67 in in IN 1662 707 68 urban urban JJ 1662 707 69 areas area NNS 1662 707 70 ; ; : 1662 707 71 rivers river NNS 1662 707 72 becoming become VBG 1662 707 73 polluted polluted JJ 1662 707 74 due due IN 1662 707 75 to to IN 1662 707 76 increased increase VBN 1662 707 77 pesticide pesticide NN 1662 707 78 and and CC 1662 707 79 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 707 80 use use VBP 1662 707 81 Environment Environment NNP 1662 707 82 - - HYPH 1662 707 83 international international JJ 1662 707 84 agreements agreement NNS 1662 707 85 : : : 1662 707 86 party party NN 1662 707 87 to to TO 1662 707 88 : : : 1662 707 89 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 707 90 - - HYPH 1662 707 91 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 707 92 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 707 93 , , , 1662 707 94 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 707 95 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 707 96 , , , 1662 707 97 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 707 98 , , , 1662 707 99 Climate Climate NNP 1662 707 100 Change Change NNP 1662 707 101 , , , 1662 707 102 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 707 103 Species Species NNPS 1662 707 104 , , , 1662 707 105 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 707 106 Modification Modification NNP 1662 707 107 , , , 1662 707 108 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 707 109 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 707 110 , , , 1662 707 111 Law Law NNP 1662 707 112 of of IN 1662 707 113 the the DT 1662 707 114 Sea Sea NNP 1662 707 115 , , , 1662 707 116 Marine Marine NNP 1662 707 117 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 707 118 , , , 1662 707 119 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 707 120 Test Test NNP 1662 707 121 Ban Ban NNP 1662 707 122 , , , 1662 707 123 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 707 124 Layer Layer NNP 1662 707 125 Protection Protection NNP 1662 707 126 , , , 1662 707 127 Ship Ship NNP 1662 707 128 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 707 129 , , , 1662 707 130 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 707 131 signed sign VBD 1662 707 132 , , , 1662 707 133 but but CC 1662 707 134 not not RB 1662 707 135 ratified ratified JJ 1662 707 136 : : : 1662 707 137 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 707 138 , , , 1662 707 139 Marine Marine NNP 1662 707 140 Life Life NNP 1662 707 141 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 707 142 Geography Geography NNP 1662 707 143 - - HYPH 1662 707 144 note note NNP 1662 707 145 : : : 1662 707 146 second second RB 1662 707 147 - - HYPH 1662 707 148 largest large JJS 1662 707 149 country country NN 1662 707 150 in in IN 1662 707 151 South South NNP 1662 707 152 America America NNP 1662 707 153 ( ( -LRB- 1662 707 154 after after IN 1662 707 155 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 707 156 ) ) -RRB- 1662 707 157 ; ; : 1662 707 158 strategic strategic JJ 1662 707 159 location location NN 1662 707 160 relative relative JJ 1662 707 161 to to IN 1662 707 162 sea sea NN 1662 707 163 lanes lane NNS 1662 707 164 between between IN 1662 707 165 South South NNP 1662 707 166 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 707 167 and and CC 1662 707 168 South South NNP 1662 707 169 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 707 170 Oceans Oceans NNPS 1662 707 171 ( ( -LRB- 1662 707 172 Strait Strait NNP 1662 707 173 of of IN 1662 707 174 Magellan Magellan NNP 1662 707 175 , , , 1662 707 176 Beagle Beagle NNP 1662 707 177 Channel Channel NNP 1662 707 178 , , , 1662 707 179 Drake Drake NNP 1662 707 180 Passage Passage NNP 1662 707 181 ) ) -RRB- 1662 707 182 @Argentina @argentina NN 1662 707 183 : : : 1662 707 184 People People NNP 1662 707 185 Population Population NNP 1662 707 186 : : : 1662 707 187 35,797,985 35,797,985 CD 1662 707 188 ( ( -LRB- 1662 707 189 July July NNP 1662 707 190 1997 1997 CD 1662 707 191 est est NNP 1662 707 192 . . . 1662 707 193 ) ) -RRB- 1662 708 1 Age age NN 1662 708 2 structure structure NN 1662 708 3 : : : 1662 708 4 0 0 CD 1662 708 5 - - HYPH 1662 708 6 14 14 CD 1662 708 7 years year NNS 1662 708 8 : : : 1662 708 9 28 28 CD 1662 708 10 % % NN 1662 708 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 708 12 male male JJ 1662 708 13 5,042,521 5,042,521 CD 1662 708 14 ; ; : 1662 708 15 female female JJ 1662 708 16 4,855,874 4,855,874 CD 1662 708 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 708 18 15 15 CD 1662 708 19 - - SYM 1662 708 20 64 64 CD 1662 708 21 years year NNS 1662 708 22 : : : 1662 708 23 62 62 CD 1662 708 24 % % NN 1662 708 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 708 26 male male JJ 1662 708 27 11,133,884 11,133,884 CD 1662 708 28 ; ; : 1662 708 29 female female JJ 1662 708 30 11,155,104 11,155,104 CD 1662 708 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 708 32 65 65 CD 1662 708 33 years year NNS 1662 708 34 and and CC 1662 708 35 over over IN 1662 708 36 : : : 1662 708 37 10 10 CD 1662 708 38 % % NN 1662 708 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 708 40 male male JJ 1662 708 41 1,499,538 1,499,538 CD 1662 708 42 ; ; : 1662 708 43 female female JJ 1662 708 44 2,111,064 2,111,064 CD 1662 708 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 708 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 708 47 July July NNP 1662 708 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 708 49 est est NNP 1662 708 50 . . . 1662 708 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 709 1 Population population NN 1662 709 2 growth growth NN 1662 709 3 rate rate NN 1662 709 4 : : : 1662 709 5 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 709 6 % % NN 1662 709 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 709 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 709 9 est est NNP 1662 709 10 . . . 1662 709 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 710 1 Birth birth NN 1662 710 2 rate rate NN 1662 710 3 : : : 1662 710 4 20.01 20.01 CD 1662 710 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 710 6 population population NN 1662 710 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 710 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 710 9 est est NNP 1662 710 10 . . . 1662 710 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 711 1 Death death NN 1662 711 2 rate rate NN 1662 711 3 : : : 1662 711 4 7.68 7.68 CD 1662 711 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 711 6 population population NN 1662 711 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 711 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 711 9 est est NNP 1662 711 10 . . . 1662 711 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 712 1 Net net JJ 1662 712 2 migration migration NN 1662 712 3 rate rate NN 1662 712 4 : : : 1662 712 5 0.67 0.67 CD 1662 712 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 712 7 population population NN 1662 712 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 712 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 712 10 est est NNP 1662 712 11 . . . 1662 712 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 713 1 Sex sex NN 1662 713 2 ratio ratio NN 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714 3 rate rate NN 1662 714 4 : : : 1662 714 5 19.6 19.6 CD 1662 714 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 714 7 live live JJ 1662 714 8 births birth NNS 1662 714 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 714 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 714 11 est est NNP 1662 714 12 . . . 1662 714 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 715 1 Life life NN 1662 715 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 715 3 at at IN 1662 715 4 birth birth NN 1662 715 5 : : : 1662 715 6 total total JJ 1662 715 7 population population NN 1662 715 8 : : : 1662 715 9 74.31 74.31 CD 1662 715 10 years year NNS 1662 715 11 male male NN 1662 715 12 : : : 1662 715 13 70.67 70.67 CD 1662 715 14 years year NNS 1662 715 15 female female JJ 1662 715 16 : : : 1662 715 17 78.12 78.12 CD 1662 715 18 years year NNS 1662 715 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 715 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 715 21 est est NNP 1662 715 22 . . . 1662 715 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 716 1 Total total JJ 1662 716 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 716 3 rate rate NN 1662 716 4 : : : 1662 716 5 2.69 2.69 CD 1662 716 6 children child NNS 1662 716 7 born bear VBN 1662 716 8 / / SYM 1662 716 9 woman woman NN 1662 716 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 716 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 716 12 est est NNP 1662 716 13 . . . 1662 716 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 717 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 717 2 : : : 1662 717 3 noun noun NNP 1662 717 4 : : : 1662 717 5 Argentine(s argentine(s CD 1662 717 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 717 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 717 8 : : : 1662 717 9 Argentine argentine JJ 1662 717 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 717 11 groups group NNS 1662 717 12 : : : 1662 717 13 white white JJ 1662 717 14 85 85 CD 1662 717 15 % % NN 1662 717 16 , , , 1662 717 17 mestizo mestizo NN 1662 717 18 , , , 1662 717 19 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 717 20 , , , 1662 717 21 or or CC 1662 717 22 other other JJ 1662 717 23 nonwhite nonwhite JJ 1662 717 24 groups group NNS 1662 717 25 15 15 CD 1662 717 26 % % NN 1662 717 27 Religions religion NNS 1662 717 28 : : : 1662 717 29 nominally nominally RB 1662 717 30 Roman Roman NNP 1662 717 31 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 717 32 90 90 CD 1662 717 33 % % NN 1662 717 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 717 35 less less JJR 1662 717 36 than than IN 1662 717 37 20 20 CD 1662 717 38 % % NN 1662 717 39 practicing practicing NN 1662 717 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 717 41 , , , 1662 717 42 Protestant protestant NN 1662 717 43 2 2 CD 1662 717 44 % % NN 1662 717 45 , , , 1662 717 46 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 717 47 2 2 CD 1662 717 48 % % NN 1662 717 49 , , , 1662 717 50 other other JJ 1662 717 51 6 6 CD 1662 717 52 % % NN 1662 717 53 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 717 54 : : : 1662 717 55 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 717 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 717 57 official official NN 1662 717 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 717 59 , , , 1662 717 60 English English NNP 1662 717 61 , , , 1662 717 62 Italian italian JJ 1662 717 63 , , , 1662 717 64 German german JJ 1662 717 65 , , , 1662 717 66 French french JJ 1662 717 67 Literacy literacy NN 1662 717 68 : : : 1662 717 69 definition definition NN 1662 717 70 : : : 1662 717 71 age age NN 1662 717 72 15 15 CD 1662 717 73 and and CC 1662 717 74 over over RB 1662 717 75 can can MD 1662 717 76 read read VB 1662 717 77 and and CC 1662 717 78 write write VB 1662 717 79 total total JJ 1662 717 80 population population NN 1662 717 81 : : : 1662 717 82 96.2 96.2 CD 1662 717 83 % % NN 1662 717 84 male male NN 1662 717 85 : : : 1662 717 86 96.2 96.2 CD 1662 717 87 % % NN 1662 717 88 female female NN 1662 717 89 : : : 1662 717 90 96.2 96.2 CD 1662 717 91 % % NN 1662 717 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 717 93 1995 1995 CD 1662 717 94 est est NNP 1662 717 95 . . . 1662 717 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 1 @Argentina @Argentina NNP 1662 718 2 : : : 1662 718 3 Government Government NNP 1662 718 4 Country Country NNP 1662 718 5 name name NN 1662 718 6 : : : 1662 718 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 718 8 long long JJ 1662 718 9 form form NN 1662 718 10 : : : 1662 718 11 Argentine Argentine NNP 1662 718 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 718 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 718 14 short short JJ 1662 718 15 form form NN 1662 718 16 : : : 1662 718 17 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 718 18 local local JJ 1662 718 19 long long JJ 1662 718 20 form form NN 1662 718 21 : : : 1662 718 22 Republica Republica NNP 1662 718 23 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 718 24 local local JJ 1662 718 25 short short JJ 1662 718 26 form form NN 1662 718 27 : : : 1662 718 28 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 718 29 Data Data NNP 1662 718 30 code code NN 1662 718 31 : : : 1662 718 32 AR AR NNP 1662 718 33 Government Government NNP 1662 718 34 type type NN 1662 718 35 : : : 1662 718 36 republic republic NNP 1662 718 37 National national JJ 1662 718 38 capital capital NN 1662 718 39 : : : 1662 718 40 Buenos Buenos NNP 1662 718 41 Aires air VBZ 1662 718 42 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 718 43 divisions division NNS 1662 718 44 : : : 1662 718 45 23 23 CD 1662 718 46 provinces province NNS 1662 718 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 48 provincias provincia NNS 1662 718 49 , , , 1662 718 50 singular singular NNP 1662 718 51 - - HYPH 1662 718 52 provincia provincia NN 1662 718 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 54 , , , 1662 718 55 and and CC 1662 718 56 1 1 CD 1662 718 57 federal federal JJ 1662 718 58 district district NN 1662 718 59 * * NFP 1662 718 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 61 distrito distrito NNP 1662 718 62 federal federal NNP 1662 718 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 64 ; ; : 1662 718 65 Buenos Buenos NNP 1662 718 66 Aires aire NNS 1662 718 67 ; ; : 1662 718 68 Catamarca Catamarca NNP 1662 718 69 ; ; : 1662 718 70 Chaco Chaco NNP 1662 718 71 ; ; : 1662 718 72 Chubut Chubut NNP 1662 718 73 ; ; : 1662 718 74 Cordoba Cordoba NNP 1662 718 75 ; ; : 1662 718 76 Corrientes corriente NNS 1662 718 77 ; ; : 1662 718 78 Distrito Distrito NNP 1662 718 79 Federal Federal NNP 1662 718 80 * * NFP 1662 718 81 ; ; : 1662 718 82 Entre Entre NNP 1662 718 83 Rios Rios NNPS 1662 718 84 ; ; : 1662 718 85 Formosa Formosa NNP 1662 718 86 ; ; : 1662 718 87 Jujuy Jujuy NNP 1662 718 88 ; ; : 1662 718 89 La La NNP 1662 718 90 Pampa Pampa NNP 1662 718 91 ; ; : 1662 718 92 La La NNP 1662 718 93 Rioja Rioja NNP 1662 718 94 ; ; : 1662 718 95 Mendoza Mendoza NNP 1662 718 96 ; ; : 1662 718 97 Misiones Misiones NNP 1662 718 98 ; ; : 1662 718 99 Neuquen Neuquen NNP 1662 718 100 ; ; : 1662 718 101 Rio Rio NNP 1662 718 102 Negro Negro NNP 1662 718 103 ; ; : 1662 718 104 Salta Salta NNP 1662 718 105 ; ; : 1662 718 106 San San NNP 1662 718 107 Juan Juan NNP 1662 718 108 ; ; : 1662 718 109 San San NNP 1662 718 110 Luis Luis NNP 1662 718 111 ; ; : 1662 718 112 Santa Santa NNP 1662 718 113 Cruz Cruz NNP 1662 718 114 ; ; : 1662 718 115 Santa Santa NNP 1662 718 116 Fe Fe NNP 1662 718 117 ; ; : 1662 718 118 Santiago Santiago NNP 1662 718 119 del del NNP 1662 718 120 Estero Estero NNP 1662 718 121 ; ; : 1662 718 122 Tierra Tierra NNP 1662 718 123 del del NNP 1662 718 124 Fuego Fuego NNP 1662 718 125 , , , 1662 718 126 Antartida Antartida NNP 1662 718 127 e e POS 1662 718 128 Islas Islas NNP 1662 718 129 del del NNP 1662 718 130 Atlantico Atlantico NNP 1662 718 131 Sur Sur NNP 1662 718 132 ; ; : 1662 718 133 Tucuman Tucuman NNP 1662 718 134 note note NN 1662 718 135 : : : 1662 718 136 the the DT 1662 718 137 US US NNP 1662 718 138 does do VBZ 1662 718 139 not not RB 1662 718 140 recognize recognize VB 1662 718 141 any any DT 1662 718 142 claims claim NNS 1662 718 143 to to IN 1662 718 144 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 718 145 Independence Independence NNP 1662 718 146 : : : 1662 718 147 9 9 CD 1662 718 148 July July NNP 1662 718 149 1816 1816 CD 1662 718 150 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 151 from from IN 1662 718 152 Spain Spain NNP 1662 718 153 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 154 National national JJ 1662 718 155 holiday holiday NN 1662 718 156 : : : 1662 718 157 Revolution revolution NN 1662 718 158 Day Day NNP 1662 718 159 , , , 1662 718 160 25 25 CD 1662 718 161 May May NNP 1662 718 162 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 163 1810 1810 CD 1662 718 164 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 165 Constitution constitution NN 1662 718 166 : : : 1662 718 167 1 1 CD 1662 718 168 May May NNP 1662 718 169 1853 1853 CD 1662 718 170 ; ; , 1662 718 171 revised revise VBN 1662 718 172 August August NNP 1662 718 173 1994 1994 CD 1662 718 174 Legal legal JJ 1662 718 175 system system NN 1662 718 176 : : : 1662 718 177 mixture mixture NN 1662 718 178 of of IN 1662 718 179 US US NNP 1662 718 180 and and CC 1662 718 181 West west JJ 1662 718 182 European european JJ 1662 718 183 legal legal JJ 1662 718 184 systems system NNS 1662 718 185 ; ; : 1662 718 186 has have VBZ 1662 718 187 not not RB 1662 718 188 accepted accept VBN 1662 718 189 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 718 190 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 718 191 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 718 192 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 718 193 : : : 1662 718 194 18 18 CD 1662 718 195 years year NNS 1662 718 196 of of IN 1662 718 197 age age NN 1662 718 198 ; ; : 1662 718 199 universal universal JJ 1662 718 200 Executive Executive NNP 1662 718 201 branch branch NN 1662 718 202 : : : 1662 718 203 chief chief NN 1662 718 204 of of IN 1662 718 205 state state NN 1662 718 206 : : : 1662 718 207 President President NNP 1662 718 208 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 718 209 Saul Saul NNP 1662 718 210 MENEM MENEM NNP 1662 718 211 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 212 since since IN 1662 718 213 8 8 CD 1662 718 214 July July NNP 1662 718 215 1989 1989 CD 1662 718 216 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 217 ; ; : 1662 718 218 Vice Vice NNP 1662 718 219 President President NNP 1662 718 220 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 718 221 RUCKAUF RUCKAUF NNP 1662 718 222 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 223 since since IN 1662 718 224 8 8 CD 1662 718 225 July July NNP 1662 718 226 1995 1995 CD 1662 718 227 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 228 ; ; : 1662 718 229 note note VB 1662 718 230 - - : 1662 718 231 the the DT 1662 718 232 president president NN 1662 718 233 is be VBZ 1662 718 234 both both CC 1662 718 235 the the DT 1662 718 236 chief chief NN 1662 718 237 of of IN 1662 718 238 state state NN 1662 718 239 and and CC 1662 718 240 head head NN 1662 718 241 of of IN 1662 718 242 government government NN 1662 718 243 head head NN 1662 718 244 of of IN 1662 718 245 government government NN 1662 718 246 : : : 1662 718 247 President President NNP 1662 718 248 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 718 249 Saul Saul NNP 1662 718 250 MENEM MENEM NNP 1662 718 251 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 252 since since IN 1662 718 253 8 8 CD 1662 718 254 July July NNP 1662 718 255 1989 1989 CD 1662 718 256 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 257 ; ; : 1662 718 258 Vice Vice NNP 1662 718 259 President President NNP 1662 718 260 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 718 261 RUCKAUF RUCKAUF NNP 1662 718 262 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 263 since since IN 1662 718 264 8 8 CD 1662 718 265 July July NNP 1662 718 266 1995 1995 CD 1662 718 267 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 268 ; ; : 1662 718 269 note note VB 1662 718 270 - - : 1662 718 271 the the DT 1662 718 272 president president NN 1662 718 273 is be VBZ 1662 718 274 both both CC 1662 718 275 the the DT 1662 718 276 chief chief NN 1662 718 277 of of IN 1662 718 278 state state NN 1662 718 279 and and CC 1662 718 280 head head NN 1662 718 281 of of IN 1662 718 282 government government NN 1662 718 283 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 718 284 : : : 1662 718 285 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 718 286 appointed appoint VBN 1662 718 287 by by IN 1662 718 288 the the DT 1662 718 289 president president NNP 1662 718 290 elections election NNS 1662 718 291 : : : 1662 718 292 president president NN 1662 718 293 and and CC 1662 718 294 vice vice NN 1662 718 295 president president NN 1662 718 296 elected elect VBD 1662 718 297 on on IN 1662 718 298 the the DT 1662 718 299 same same JJ 1662 718 300 ticket ticket NN 1662 718 301 by by IN 1662 718 302 popular popular JJ 1662 718 303 vote vote NN 1662 718 304 for for IN 1662 718 305 four four CD 1662 718 306 - - HYPH 1662 718 307 year year NN 1662 718 308 terms term NNS 1662 718 309 ; ; : 1662 718 310 election election NN 1662 718 311 last last JJ 1662 718 312 held hold VBN 1662 718 313 14 14 CD 1662 718 314 May May NNP 1662 718 315 1995 1995 CD 1662 718 316 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 317 next next JJ 1662 718 318 to to TO 1662 718 319 be be VB 1662 718 320 held hold VBN 1662 718 321 May May NNP 1662 718 322 1999 1999 CD 1662 718 323 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 324 election election NN 1662 718 325 results result NNS 1662 718 326 : : : 1662 718 327 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 718 328 Saul Saul NNP 1662 718 329 MENEM MENEM NNP 1662 718 330 reelected reelect VBD 1662 718 331 president president NN 1662 718 332 ; ; : 1662 718 333 percent percent NN 1662 718 334 of of IN 1662 718 335 vote vote NN 1662 718 336 - - HYPH 1662 718 337 NA NA NNP 1662 718 338 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 718 339 branch branch NN 1662 718 340 : : : 1662 718 341 bicameral bicameral NNP 1662 718 342 National National NNP 1662 718 343 Congress Congress NNP 1662 718 344 or or CC 1662 718 345 Congreso Congreso NNP 1662 718 346 Nacional Nacional NNP 1662 718 347 consists consist VBZ 1662 718 348 of of IN 1662 718 349 the the DT 1662 718 350 Senate Senate NNP 1662 718 351 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 352 72 72 CD 1662 718 353 seats seat NNS 1662 718 354 ; ; : 1662 718 355 three three CD 1662 718 356 members member NNS 1662 718 357 appointed appoint VBN 1662 718 358 by by IN 1662 718 359 each each DT 1662 718 360 of of IN 1662 718 361 the the DT 1662 718 362 provincial provincial JJ 1662 718 363 legislatures legislature NNS 1662 718 364 , , , 1662 718 365 one one CD 1662 718 366 - - HYPH 1662 718 367 third third NN 1662 718 368 of of IN 1662 718 369 the the DT 1662 718 370 members member NNS 1662 718 371 appointed appoint VBD 1662 718 372 every every DT 1662 718 373 three three CD 1662 718 374 years year NNS 1662 718 375 to to IN 1662 718 376 a a DT 1662 718 377 9-year 9-year CD 1662 718 378 term term NN 1662 718 379 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 380 and and CC 1662 718 381 the the DT 1662 718 382 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 718 383 of of IN 1662 718 384 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 718 385 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 386 257 257 CD 1662 718 387 seats seat NNS 1662 718 388 ; ; : 1662 718 389 one one CD 1662 718 390 - - HYPH 1662 718 391 half half NN 1662 718 392 of of IN 1662 718 393 the the DT 1662 718 394 members member NNS 1662 718 395 elected elect VBD 1662 718 396 every every DT 1662 718 397 two two CD 1662 718 398 years year NNS 1662 718 399 to to IN 1662 718 400 four four CD 1662 718 401 - - HYPH 1662 718 402 year year NN 1662 718 403 terms term NNS 1662 718 404 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 405 elections election NNS 1662 718 406 : : : 1662 718 407 Senate Senate NNP 1662 718 408 - - HYPH 1662 718 409 last last RB 1662 718 410 held hold VBN 1662 718 411 NA NA NNP 1662 718 412 May May NNP 1662 718 413 1995 1995 CD 1662 718 414 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 415 next next JJ 1662 718 416 to to TO 1662 718 417 be be VB 1662 718 418 held hold VBN 1662 718 419 NA NA NNP 1662 718 420 1998 1998 CD 1662 718 421 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 422 ; ; : 1662 718 423 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 718 424 of of IN 1662 718 425 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 718 426 - - , 1662 718 427 last last RB 1662 718 428 held hold VBN 1662 718 429 14 14 CD 1662 718 430 May May NNP 1662 718 431 1995 1995 CD 1662 718 432 ; ; : 1662 718 433 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 434 next next JJ 1662 718 435 to to TO 1662 718 436 be be VB 1662 718 437 held hold VBN 1662 718 438 NA NA NNP 1662 718 439 October October NNP 1662 718 440 1997 1997 CD 1662 718 441 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 442 election election NN 1662 718 443 results result NNS 1662 718 444 : : : 1662 718 445 Senate Senate NNP 1662 718 446 - - HYPH 1662 718 447 percent percent NN 1662 718 448 of of IN 1662 718 449 vote vote NN 1662 718 450 by by IN 1662 718 451 party party NN 1662 718 452 - - HYPH 1662 718 453 NA NA NNP 1662 718 454 ; ; , 1662 718 455 seats seat NNS 1662 718 456 by by IN 1662 718 457 party party NN 1662 718 458 - - HYPH 1662 718 459 PJ PJ NNP 1662 718 460 38 38 CD 1662 718 461 , , , 1662 718 462 others other NNS 1662 718 463 34 34 CD 1662 718 464 ; ; : 1662 718 465 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 718 466 of of IN 1662 718 467 Deputies Deputies NNP 1662 718 468 - - HYPH 1662 718 469 percent percent NN 1662 718 470 of of IN 1662 718 471 vote vote NN 1662 718 472 by by IN 1662 718 473 party party NN 1662 718 474 - - HYPH 1662 718 475 NA NA NNP 1662 718 476 ; ; , 1662 718 477 seats seat NNS 1662 718 478 by by IN 1662 718 479 party party NN 1662 718 480 - - HYPH 1662 718 481 PJ PJ NNP 1662 718 482 132 132 CD 1662 718 483 , , , 1662 718 484 UCR UCR NNP 1662 718 485 68 68 CD 1662 718 486 , , , 1662 718 487 Frepaso Frepaso NNP 1662 718 488 26 26 CD 1662 718 489 , , , 1662 718 490 other other JJ 1662 718 491 31 31 CD 1662 718 492 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 718 493 branch branch NN 1662 718 494 : : : 1662 718 495 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 718 496 Court Court NNP 1662 718 497 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 498 Corte Corte NNP 1662 718 499 Suprema Suprema NNP 1662 718 500 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 501 , , , 1662 718 502 the the DT 1662 718 503 nine nine CD 1662 718 504 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 718 505 Court Court NNP 1662 718 506 judges judge NNS 1662 718 507 are be VBP 1662 718 508 appointed appoint VBN 1662 718 509 by by IN 1662 718 510 the the DT 1662 718 511 president president NN 1662 718 512 with with IN 1662 718 513 approval approval NN 1662 718 514 of of IN 1662 718 515 the the DT 1662 718 516 Senate Senate NNP 1662 718 517 Political Political NNP 1662 718 518 parties party NNS 1662 718 519 and and CC 1662 718 520 leaders leader NNS 1662 718 521 : : : 1662 718 522 Justicialist Justicialist NNP 1662 718 523 Party Party NNP 1662 718 524 or or CC 1662 718 525 PJ PJ NNP 1662 718 526 [ [ -LRB- 1662 718 527 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 718 528 Saul Saul NNP 1662 718 529 MENEM MENEM NNP 1662 718 530 ] ] -RRB- 1662 718 531 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 532 Peronist peronist NN 1662 718 533 umbrella umbrella NN 1662 718 534 political political JJ 1662 718 535 organization organization NN 1662 718 536 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 537 ; ; : 1662 718 538 Radical Radical NNP 1662 718 539 Civic Civic NNP 1662 718 540 Union Union NNP 1662 718 541 or or CC 1662 718 542 UCR UCR NNP 1662 718 543 [ [ -LRB- 1662 718 544 Rodolfo Rodolfo NNP 1662 718 545 TERRAGNO TERRAGNO NNP 1662 718 546 ] ] -RRB- 1662 718 547 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 548 moderately moderately RB 1662 718 549 left left JJ 1662 718 550 - - HYPH 1662 718 551 of of IN 1662 718 552 - - HYPH 1662 718 553 center center NN 1662 718 554 party party NN 1662 718 555 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 556 ; ; : 1662 718 557 Union Union NNP 1662 718 558 of of IN 1662 718 559 the the DT 1662 718 560 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 718 561 Center Center NNP 1662 718 562 or or CC 1662 718 563 UCD UCD NNP 1662 718 564 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 565 conservative conservative JJ 1662 718 566 party party NN 1662 718 567 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 568 ; ; : 1662 718 569 Dignity dignity NN 1662 718 570 and and CC 1662 718 571 Independence Independence NNP 1662 718 572 Political Political NNP 1662 718 573 Party Party NNP 1662 718 574 or or CC 1662 718 575 MODIN MODIN NNP 1662 718 576 [ [ -LRB- 1662 718 577 Aldo Aldo NNP 1662 718 578 RICO RICO NNP 1662 718 579 ] ] -RRB- 1662 718 580 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 581 right right JJ 1662 718 582 - - HYPH 1662 718 583 wing wing NN 1662 718 584 party party NN 1662 718 585 ) ) -RRB- 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: 1662 718 656 business business NN 1662 718 657 organizations organization NNS 1662 718 658 ; ; : 1662 718 659 students student NNS 1662 718 660 ; ; : 1662 718 661 the the DT 1662 718 662 Roman Roman NNP 1662 718 663 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 718 664 Church Church NNP 1662 718 665 ; ; : 1662 718 666 the the DT 1662 718 667 Armed Armed NNP 1662 718 668 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 718 669 International International NNP 1662 718 670 organization organization NN 1662 718 671 participation participation NN 1662 718 672 : : : 1662 718 673 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 718 674 , , , 1662 718 675 AG AG NNP 1662 718 676 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 677 observer observer NN 1662 718 678 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 679 , , , 1662 718 680 Australia Australia NNP 1662 718 681 Group Group NNP 1662 718 682 , , , 1662 718 683 BCIE BCIE NNP 1662 718 684 , , , 1662 718 685 CCC CCC NNP 1662 718 686 , , , 1662 718 687 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 718 688 , , , 1662 718 689 FAO FAO NNP 1662 718 690 , , , 1662 718 691 G- G- NNP 1662 718 692 6 6 CD 1662 718 693 , , , 1662 718 694 G-11 g-11 CD 1662 718 695 , , , 1662 718 696 G-15 g-15 CD 1662 718 697 , , , 1662 718 698 G-19 g-19 CD 1662 718 699 , , , 1662 718 700 G-24 g-24 CD 1662 718 701 , , , 1662 718 702 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 718 703 , , , 1662 718 704 IADB IADB NNP 1662 718 705 , , , 1662 718 706 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 718 707 , , , 1662 718 708 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 718 709 , , , 1662 718 710 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 718 711 , , , 1662 718 712 ICC ICC NNP 1662 718 713 , , , 1662 718 714 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 718 715 , , , 1662 718 716 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 718 717 , , , 1662 718 718 IDA IDA NNP 1662 718 719 , , , 1662 718 720 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 718 721 , , , 1662 718 722 IFC IFC NNP 1662 718 723 , , , 1662 718 724 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 718 725 , , , 1662 718 726 IHO IHO NNP 1662 718 727 , , , 1662 718 728 ILO ILO NNP 1662 718 729 , , , 1662 718 730 IMF IMF NNP 1662 718 731 , , , 1662 718 732 IMO imo RB 1662 718 733 , , , 1662 718 734 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 718 735 , , , 1662 718 736 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 718 737 , , , 1662 718 738 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 718 739 , , , 1662 718 740 IOC IOC NNP 1662 718 741 , , , 1662 718 742 IOM IOM NNP 1662 718 743 , , , 1662 718 744 ISO ISO NNP 1662 718 745 , , , 1662 718 746 ITU ITU NNP 1662 718 747 , , , 1662 718 748 LAES LAES NNP 1662 718 749 , , , 1662 718 750 LAIA LAIA NNP 1662 718 751 , , , 1662 718 752 Mercosur Mercosur NNP 1662 718 753 , , , 1662 718 754 MINURSO MINURSO NNP 1662 718 755 , , , 1662 718 756 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 718 757 , , , 1662 718 758 NSG NSG NNP 1662 718 759 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 760 observer observer NN 1662 718 761 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 762 , , , 1662 718 763 OAS OAS NNP 1662 718 764 , , , 1662 718 765 OPANAL OPANAL NNP 1662 718 766 , , , 1662 718 767 PCA PCA NNP 1662 718 768 , , , 1662 718 769 RG RG NNP 1662 718 770 , , , 1662 718 771 UN UN NNP 1662 718 772 , , , 1662 718 773 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 718 774 III III NNP 1662 718 775 , , , 1662 718 776 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 718 777 , , , 1662 718 778 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 718 779 , , , 1662 718 780 UNFICYP UNFICYP NNP 1662 718 781 , , , 1662 718 782 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 718 783 , , , 1662 718 784 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 718 785 , , , 1662 718 786 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 718 787 , , , 1662 718 788 UNITAR UNITAR NNP 1662 718 789 , , , 1662 718 790 UNMIBH UNMIBH NNP 1662 718 791 , , , 1662 718 792 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 718 793 , , , 1662 718 794 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 718 795 , , , 1662 718 796 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 718 797 , , , 1662 718 798 UNTSO UNTSO NNP 1662 718 799 , , , 1662 718 800 UNU UNU NNP 1662 718 801 , , , 1662 718 802 UPU UPU NNP 1662 718 803 , , , 1662 718 804 WCL WCL NNP 1662 718 805 , , , 1662 718 806 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 718 807 , , , 1662 718 808 WHO who WP 1662 718 809 , , , 1662 718 810 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 718 811 , , , 1662 718 812 WMO WMO NNP 1662 718 813 , , , 1662 718 814 WToO wtoo FW 1662 718 815 , , , 1662 718 816 WTrO wtro VB 1662 718 817 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 718 818 representation representation NN 1662 718 819 in in IN 1662 718 820 the the DT 1662 718 821 US US NNP 1662 718 822 : : : 1662 718 823 chief chief NN 1662 718 824 of of IN 1662 718 825 mission mission NN 1662 718 826 : : : 1662 718 827 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 718 828 Raul Raul NNP 1662 718 829 Enrique Enrique NNP 1662 718 830 GRANILLO GRANILLO NNP 1662 718 831 OCAMPO OCAMPO NNP 1662 718 832 chancery chancery NN 1662 718 833 : : : 1662 718 834 1600 1600 CD 1662 718 835 New New NNP 1662 718 836 Hampshire Hampshire NNP 1662 718 837 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 718 838 NW NW NNP 1662 718 839 , , , 1662 718 840 Washington Washington NNP 1662 718 841 , , , 1662 718 842 DC DC NNP 1662 718 843 20009 20009 CD 1662 718 844 telephone telephone NN 1662 718 845 : : : 1662 718 846 [ [ -LRB- 1662 718 847 1 1 CD 1662 718 848 ] ] -RRB- 1662 718 849 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 850 202 202 CD 1662 718 851 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 852 939 939 CD 1662 718 853 - - SYM 1662 718 854 6400 6400 CD 1662 718 855 through through IN 1662 718 856 6403 6403 CD 1662 718 857 FAX FAX NNP 1662 718 858 : : : 1662 718 859 [ [ -LRB- 1662 718 860 1 1 CD 1662 718 861 ] ] -RRB- 1662 718 862 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 863 202 202 CD 1662 718 864 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 865 332 332 CD 1662 718 866 - - HYPH 1662 718 867 3171 3171 CD 1662 718 868 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 718 869 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 870 general general NN 1662 718 871 : : : 1662 718 872 Atlanta Atlanta NNP 1662 718 873 , , , 1662 718 874 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 718 875 , , , 1662 718 876 Houston Houston NNP 1662 718 877 , , , 1662 718 878 Los Los NNP 1662 718 879 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 718 880 , , , 1662 718 881 Miami Miami NNP 1662 718 882 , , , 1662 718 883 New New NNP 1662 718 884 Orleans Orleans NNP 1662 718 885 , , , 1662 718 886 New New NNP 1662 718 887 York York NNP 1662 718 888 , , , 1662 718 889 San San NNP 1662 718 890 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 718 891 , , , 1662 718 892 and and CC 1662 718 893 San San NNP 1662 718 894 Juan Juan NNP 1662 718 895 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 896 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 718 897 Rico Rico NNP 1662 718 898 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 899 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 718 900 representation representation NN 1662 718 901 from from IN 1662 718 902 the the DT 1662 718 903 US US NNP 1662 718 904 : : : 1662 718 905 chief chief NN 1662 718 906 of of IN 1662 718 907 mission mission NN 1662 718 908 : : : 1662 718 909 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 718 910 James James NNP 1662 718 911 R. R. NNP 1662 718 912 CHEEK CHEEK NNP 1662 718 913 has have VBZ 1662 718 914 returned return VBN 1662 718 915 to to IN 1662 718 916 Washington Washington NNP 1662 718 917 ; ; : 1662 718 918 replacement replacement NN 1662 718 919 not not RB 1662 718 920 yet yet RB 1662 718 921 appointed appoint VBN 1662 718 922 embassy embassy NN 1662 718 923 : : : 1662 718 924 4300 4300 CD 1662 718 925 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 718 926 , , , 1662 718 927 1425 1425 CD 1662 718 928 Buenos Buenos NNP 1662 718 929 Aires Aires NNP 1662 718 930 mailing mail VBG 1662 718 931 address address NN 1662 718 932 : : : 1662 718 933 Unit unit NN 1662 718 934 4334 4334 CD 1662 718 935 , , , 1662 718 936 APO APO NNP 1662 718 937 AA AA NNP 1662 718 938 34034 34034 CD 1662 718 939 telephone telephone NN 1662 718 940 : : : 1662 718 941 [ [ -LRB- 1662 718 942 54 54 CD 1662 718 943 ] ] -RRB- 1662 718 944 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 945 1 1 CD 1662 718 946 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 947 777 777 CD 1662 718 948 - - SYM 1662 718 949 4533 4533 CD 1662 718 950 , , , 1662 718 951 4534 4534 CD 1662 718 952 FAX FAX NNP 1662 718 953 : : : 1662 718 954 [ [ -LRB- 1662 718 955 54 54 CD 1662 718 956 ] ] -RRB- 1662 718 957 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 958 1 1 CD 1662 718 959 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 960 777 777 CD 1662 718 961 - - HYPH 1662 718 962 0197 0197 CD 1662 718 963 Flag flag NN 1662 718 964 description description NN 1662 718 965 : : : 1662 718 966 three three CD 1662 718 967 equal equal JJ 1662 718 968 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 718 969 bands band NNS 1662 718 970 of of IN 1662 718 971 light light JJ 1662 718 972 blue blue JJ 1662 718 973 ( ( -LRB- 1662 718 974 top top NNP 1662 718 975 ) ) -RRB- 1662 718 976 , , , 1662 718 977 white white JJ 1662 718 978 , , , 1662 718 979 and and CC 1662 718 980 light light NN 1662 718 981 blue blue NN 1662 718 982 ; ; , 1662 718 983 centered center VBN 1662 718 984 in in IN 1662 718 985 the the DT 1662 718 986 white white JJ 1662 718 987 band band NN 1662 718 988 is be VBZ 1662 718 989 a a DT 1662 718 990 radiant radiant JJ 1662 718 991 yellow yellow JJ 1662 718 992 sun sun NN 1662 718 993 with with IN 1662 718 994 a a DT 1662 718 995 human human JJ 1662 718 996 face face NN 1662 718 997 known know VBN 1662 718 998 as as IN 1662 718 999 the the DT 1662 718 1000 Sun Sun NNP 1662 718 1001 of of IN 1662 718 1002 May May NNP 1662 718 1003 Economy Economy NNP 1662 718 1004 Economy Economy NNP 1662 718 1005 - - HYPH 1662 718 1006 overview overview NN 1662 718 1007 : : : 1662 718 1008 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 718 1009 benefits benefit VBZ 1662 718 1010 from from IN 1662 718 1011 rich rich JJ 1662 718 1012 natural natural JJ 1662 718 1013 resources resource NNS 1662 718 1014 , , , 1662 718 1015 a a DT 1662 718 1016 highly highly RB 1662 718 1017 literate literate JJ 1662 718 1018 population population NN 1662 718 1019 , , , 1662 718 1020 an an DT 1662 718 1021 export export NN 1662 718 1022 - - HYPH 1662 718 1023 oriented orient VBN 1662 718 1024 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 718 1025 sector sector NN 1662 718 1026 , , , 1662 718 1027 and and CC 1662 718 1028 a a DT 1662 718 1029 diversified diversify VBN 1662 718 1030 industrial industrial JJ 1662 718 1031 base base NN 1662 718 1032 . . . 1662 719 1 Nevertheless nevertheless RB 1662 719 2 , , , 1662 719 3 following follow VBG 1662 719 4 decades decade NNS 1662 719 5 of of IN 1662 719 6 mismanagement mismanagement NN 1662 719 7 and and CC 1662 719 8 statist statist JJ 1662 719 9 policies policy NNS 1662 719 10 , , , 1662 719 11 the the DT 1662 719 12 economy economy NN 1662 719 13 in in IN 1662 719 14 the the DT 1662 719 15 late late JJ 1662 719 16 1980s 1980 NNS 1662 719 17 was be VBD 1662 719 18 plagued plague VBN 1662 719 19 with with IN 1662 719 20 huge huge JJ 1662 719 21 external external JJ 1662 719 22 debts debt NNS 1662 719 23 and and CC 1662 719 24 recurring recur VBG 1662 719 25 bouts bout NNS 1662 719 26 of of IN 1662 719 27 hyperinflation hyperinflation NN 1662 719 28 . . . 1662 720 1 Elected elect VBN 1662 720 2 in in IN 1662 720 3 1989 1989 CD 1662 720 4 , , , 1662 720 5 in in IN 1662 720 6 the the DT 1662 720 7 depths depth NNS 1662 720 8 of of IN 1662 720 9 recession recession NN 1662 720 10 , , , 1662 720 11 President President NNP 1662 720 12 MENEM MENEM NNP 1662 720 13 has have VBZ 1662 720 14 implemented implement VBN 1662 720 15 a a DT 1662 720 16 comprehensive comprehensive JJ 1662 720 17 economic economic JJ 1662 720 18 restructuring restructuring NN 1662 720 19 program program NN 1662 720 20 that that WDT 1662 720 21 shows show VBZ 1662 720 22 signs sign NNS 1662 720 23 of of IN 1662 720 24 putting put VBG 1662 720 25 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 720 26 on on IN 1662 720 27 a a DT 1662 720 28 path path NN 1662 720 29 of of IN 1662 720 30 stable stable JJ 1662 720 31 , , , 1662 720 32 sustainable sustainable JJ 1662 720 33 growth growth NN 1662 720 34 . . . 1662 721 1 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 721 2 's 's POS 1662 721 3 currency currency NN 1662 721 4 has have VBZ 1662 721 5 traded trade VBN 1662 721 6 at at IN 1662 721 7 par par NN 1662 721 8 with with IN 1662 721 9 the the DT 1662 721 10 US US NNP 1662 721 11 dollar dollar NN 1662 721 12 since since IN 1662 721 13 April April NNP 1662 721 14 1991 1991 CD 1662 721 15 , , , 1662 721 16 and and CC 1662 721 17 inflation inflation NN 1662 721 18 has have VBZ 1662 721 19 fallen fall VBN 1662 721 20 to to IN 1662 721 21 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 721 22 lowest low JJS 1662 721 23 level level NN 1662 721 24 in in IN 1662 721 25 50 50 CD 1662 721 26 years year NNS 1662 721 27 . . . 1662 722 1 Argentines argentine NNS 1662 722 2 have have VBP 1662 722 3 responded respond VBN 1662 722 4 to to TO 1662 722 5 price price NN 1662 722 6 stability stability NN 1662 722 7 by by IN 1662 722 8 repatriating repatriate VBG 1662 722 9 capital capital NN 1662 722 10 and and CC 1662 722 11 investing invest VBG 1662 722 12 in in IN 1662 722 13 domestic domestic JJ 1662 722 14 industry industry NN 1662 722 15 . . . 1662 723 1 Growth growth NN 1662 723 2 averaged average VBD 1662 723 3 more more JJR 1662 723 4 than than IN 1662 723 5 8 8 CD 1662 723 6 % % NN 1662 723 7 between between IN 1662 723 8 1991 1991 CD 1662 723 9 and and CC 1662 723 10 1994 1994 CD 1662 723 11 , , , 1662 723 12 then then RB 1662 723 13 fell fall VBD 1662 723 14 to to IN 1662 723 15 4.6 4.6 CD 1662 723 16 % % NN 1662 723 17 in in IN 1662 723 18 1995 1995 CD 1662 723 19 , , , 1662 723 20 largely largely RB 1662 723 21 in in IN 1662 723 22 reaction reaction NN 1662 723 23 to to IN 1662 723 24 the the DT 1662 723 25 Mexican mexican JJ 1662 723 26 peso peso JJ 1662 723 27 crisis crisis NN 1662 723 28 . . . 1662 724 1 The the DT 1662 724 2 economy economy NN 1662 724 3 grew grow VBD 1662 724 4 at at IN 1662 724 5 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 724 6 % % NN 1662 724 7 in in IN 1662 724 8 1996 1996 CD 1662 724 9 , , , 1662 724 10 with with IN 1662 724 11 the the DT 1662 724 12 strongest strong JJS 1662 724 13 growth growth NN 1662 724 14 occurring occur VBG 1662 724 15 in in IN 1662 724 16 the the DT 1662 724 17 second second JJ 1662 724 18 half half NN 1662 724 19 of of IN 1662 724 20 the the DT 1662 724 21 year year NN 1662 724 22 . . . 1662 725 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 725 2 increased increase VBD 1662 725 3 slightly slightly RB 1662 725 4 - - HYPH 1662 725 5 to to IN 1662 725 6 over over IN 1662 725 7 17 17 CD 1662 725 8 % % NN 1662 725 9 - - , 1662 725 10 and and CC 1662 725 11 Buenos Buenos NNP 1662 725 12 Aires Aires NNP 1662 725 13 was be VBD 1662 725 14 forced force VBN 1662 725 15 to to TO 1662 725 16 renegotiate renegotiate VB 1662 725 17 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 725 18 targets target NNS 1662 725 19 with with IN 1662 725 20 the the DT 1662 725 21 IMF IMF NNP 1662 725 22 . . . 1662 726 1 Although although IN 1662 726 2 the the DT 1662 726 3 economy economy NN 1662 726 4 is be VBZ 1662 726 5 expected expect VBN 1662 726 6 to to TO 1662 726 7 grow grow VB 1662 726 8 by by IN 1662 726 9 at at RB 1662 726 10 least least RBS 1662 726 11 5 5 CD 1662 726 12 % % NN 1662 726 13 in in IN 1662 726 14 1997 1997 CD 1662 726 15 , , , 1662 726 16 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 726 17 and and CC 1662 726 18 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 726 19 concerns concern NNS 1662 726 20 will will MD 1662 726 21 continue continue VB 1662 726 22 to to TO 1662 726 23 challenge challenge VB 1662 726 24 the the DT 1662 726 25 MENEM MENEM NNP 1662 726 26 administration administration NN 1662 726 27 . . . 1662 727 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 727 2 : : : 1662 727 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 727 4 power power NN 1662 727 5 parity parity NN 1662 727 6 - - : 1662 727 7 $ $ $ 1662 727 8 296.9 296.9 CD 1662 727 9 billion billion CD 1662 727 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 727 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 727 12 est est NNP 1662 727 13 . . . 1662 727 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 728 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 728 2 - - HYPH 1662 728 3 real real JJ 1662 728 4 growth growth NN 1662 728 5 rate rate NN 1662 728 6 : : : 1662 728 7 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 728 8 % % NN 1662 728 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 728 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 728 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 728 12 GDP gdp NN 1662 728 13 - - HYPH 1662 728 14 per per FW 1662 728 15 capita capita NN 1662 728 16 : : : 1662 728 17 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 728 18 power power NN 1662 728 19 parity parity NN 1662 728 20 - - : 1662 728 21 $ $ $ 1662 728 22 8,600 8,600 CD 1662 728 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 728 24 1996 1996 CD 1662 728 25 est est NNP 1662 728 26 . . . 1662 728 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 729 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 729 2 - - HYPH 1662 729 3 composition composition NN 1662 729 4 by by IN 1662 729 5 sector sector NN 1662 729 6 : : : 1662 729 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 729 8 : : : 1662 729 9 7 7 CD 1662 729 10 % % NN 1662 729 11 industry industry NN 1662 729 12 : : : 1662 729 13 29 29 CD 1662 729 14 % % NN 1662 729 15 services service NNS 1662 729 16 : : : 1662 729 17 64 64 CD 1662 729 18 % % NN 1662 729 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 729 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 729 21 est est NNP 1662 729 22 . . . 1662 729 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 730 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 730 2 rate rate NN 1662 730 3 - - HYPH 1662 730 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 730 5 price price NN 1662 730 6 index index NN 1662 730 7 : : : 1662 730 8 0.1 0.1 CD 1662 730 9 % % NN 1662 730 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 730 11 yearend yearend VB 1662 730 12 1996 1996 CD 1662 730 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 730 14 Labor labor NN 1662 730 15 force force NN 1662 730 16 : : : 1662 730 17 total total NN 1662 730 18 : : : 1662 730 19 14.5 14.5 CD 1662 730 20 million million CD 1662 730 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 730 22 1995 1995 CD 1662 730 23 est est NNP 1662 730 24 . . . 1662 730 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 731 1 by by IN 1662 731 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 731 3 : : : 1662 731 4 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 731 5 12 12 CD 1662 731 6 % % NN 1662 731 7 , , , 1662 731 8 industry industry NN 1662 731 9 31 31 CD 1662 731 10 % % NN 1662 731 11 , , , 1662 731 12 services service NNS 1662 731 13 57 57 CD 1662 731 14 % % NN 1662 731 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 731 16 1985 1985 CD 1662 731 17 est est NNP 1662 731 18 . . . 1662 731 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 732 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 732 2 rate rate NN 1662 732 3 : : : 1662 732 4 17.3 17.3 CD 1662 732 5 % % NN 1662 732 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 732 7 October October NNP 1662 732 8 1996 1996 CD 1662 732 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 732 10 Budget budget NN 1662 732 11 : : : 1662 732 12 revenues revenue NNS 1662 732 13 : : : 1662 732 14 $ $ $ 1662 732 15 50.3 50.3 CD 1662 732 16 billion billion CD 1662 732 17 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 732 18 : : : 1662 732 19 $ $ $ 1662 732 20 51.7 51.7 CD 1662 732 21 billion billion CD 1662 732 22 , , , 1662 732 23 including include VBG 1662 732 24 capital capital NN 1662 732 25 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 732 26 of of IN 1662 732 27 $ $ $ 1662 732 28 3.2 3.2 CD 1662 732 29 billion billion CD 1662 732 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 732 31 1995 1995 CD 1662 732 32 est est NNP 1662 732 33 . . . 1662 732 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 733 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 733 2 : : : 1662 733 3 food food NN 1662 733 4 processing processing NN 1662 733 5 , , , 1662 733 6 motor motor NN 1662 733 7 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 733 8 , , , 1662 733 9 consumer consumer NN 1662 733 10 durables durable NNS 1662 733 11 , , , 1662 733 12 textiles textile NNS 1662 733 13 , , , 1662 733 14 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 733 15 and and CC 1662 733 16 petrochemicals petrochemical NNS 1662 733 17 , , , 1662 733 18 printing printing NN 1662 733 19 , , , 1662 733 20 metallurgy metallurgy NN 1662 733 21 , , , 1662 733 22 steel steel NN 1662 733 23 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 733 24 production production NN 1662 733 25 growth growth NN 1662 733 26 rate rate NN 1662 733 27 : : : 1662 733 28 5 5 CD 1662 733 29 % % NN 1662 733 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 733 31 1996 1996 CD 1662 733 32 est est NNP 1662 733 33 . . . 1662 733 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 734 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 734 2 - - HYPH 1662 734 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 734 4 : : : 1662 734 5 20.207 20.207 CD 1662 734 6 million million CD 1662 734 7 kW kW NNP 1662 734 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 734 9 1995 1995 CD 1662 734 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 734 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 734 12 - - HYPH 1662 734 13 production production NN 1662 734 14 : : : 1662 734 15 67.369 67.369 CD 1662 734 16 billion billion CD 1662 734 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 734 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 734 19 1995 1995 CD 1662 734 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 734 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 734 22 - - HYPH 1662 734 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 734 24 per per IN 1662 734 25 capita capita NN 1662 734 26 : : : 1662 734 27 1,606 1,606 CD 1662 734 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 734 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 734 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 734 31 est est NNP 1662 734 32 . . . 1662 734 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 735 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 735 2 - - HYPH 1662 735 3 products product NNS 1662 735 4 : : : 1662 735 5 wheat wheat NN 1662 735 6 , , , 1662 735 7 corn corn NN 1662 735 8 , , , 1662 735 9 sorghum sorghum NN 1662 735 10 , , , 1662 735 11 soybeans soybean NNS 1662 735 12 , , , 1662 735 13 sugar sugar NN 1662 735 14 beets beet NNS 1662 735 15 ; ; , 1662 735 16 livestock livestock NN 1662 735 17 Exports export NNS 1662 735 18 : : : 1662 735 19 total total JJ 1662 735 20 value value NN 1662 735 21 : : : 1662 735 22 $ $ $ 1662 735 23 23.8 23.8 CD 1662 735 24 billion billion CD 1662 735 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 735 26 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 735 27 . . NNP 1662 735 28 , , , 1662 735 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 735 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 735 31 commodities commodity NNS 1662 735 32 : : : 1662 735 33 meat meat NN 1662 735 34 , , , 1662 735 35 wheat wheat NN 1662 735 36 , , , 1662 735 37 corn corn NN 1662 735 38 , , , 1662 735 39 oilseed oilseed NN 1662 735 40 , , , 1662 735 41 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 735 42 , , , 1662 735 43 fuels fuel NNS 1662 735 44 partners partner NNS 1662 735 45 : : : 1662 735 46 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 735 47 26.1 26.1 CD 1662 735 48 % % NN 1662 735 49 , , , 1662 735 50 US US NNP 1662 735 51 8.5 8.5 CD 1662 735 52 % % NN 1662 735 53 , , , 1662 735 54 Chile Chile NNP 1662 735 55 7.0 7.0 CD 1662 735 56 % % NN 1662 735 57 , , , 1662 735 58 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 735 59 5.7 5.7 CD 1662 735 60 % % NN 1662 735 61 , , , 1662 735 62 Italy Italy NNP 1662 735 63 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 735 64 % % NN 1662 735 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 735 66 1995 1995 CD 1662 735 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 735 68 Imports import NNS 1662 735 69 : : : 1662 735 70 total total JJ 1662 735 71 value value NN 1662 735 72 : : : 1662 735 73 $ $ $ 1662 735 74 23.7 23.7 CD 1662 735 75 billion billion CD 1662 735 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 735 77 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 735 78 . . NNP 1662 735 79 , , , 1662 735 80 1996 1996 CD 1662 735 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 735 82 commodities commodity NNS 1662 735 83 : : : 1662 735 84 machinery machinery NN 1662 735 85 and and CC 1662 735 86 equipment equipment NN 1662 735 87 , , , 1662 735 88 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 735 89 , , , 1662 735 90 metals metal NNS 1662 735 91 , , , 1662 735 92 transport transport NN 1662 735 93 equipment equipment NN 1662 735 94 , , , 1662 735 95 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 735 96 products product NNS 1662 735 97 partners partner NNS 1662 735 98 : : : 1662 735 99 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 735 100 20.8 20.8 CD 1662 735 101 % % NN 1662 735 102 , , , 1662 735 103 US US NNP 1662 735 104 20.7 20.7 CD 1662 735 105 % % NN 1662 735 106 , , , 1662 735 107 Italy Italy NNP 1662 735 108 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 735 109 % % NN 1662 735 110 , , , 1662 735 111 Germany Germany NNP 1662 735 112 6.2 6.2 CD 1662 735 113 % % NN 1662 735 114 , , , 1662 735 115 France France NNP 1662 735 116 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 735 117 % % NN 1662 735 118 ( ( -LRB- 1662 735 119 1995 1995 CD 1662 735 120 ) ) -RRB- 1662 735 121 Debt debt NN 1662 735 122 - - HYPH 1662 735 123 external external JJ 1662 735 124 : : : 1662 735 125 $ $ $ 1662 735 126 95 95 CD 1662 735 127 billion billion CD 1662 735 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 735 129 1996 1996 CD 1662 735 130 est est NNP 1662 735 131 . . . 1662 735 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 736 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 736 2 aid aid NN 1662 736 3 : : : 1662 736 4 $ $ $ 1662 736 5 NA NA NNP 1662 736 6 Currency currency NN 1662 736 7 : : : 1662 736 8 1 1 CD 1662 736 9 nuevo nuevo JJ 1662 736 10 peso peso NN 1662 736 11 argentino argentino NN 1662 736 12 = = SYM 1662 736 13 100 100 CD 1662 736 14 centavos centavos NNP 1662 736 15 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 736 16 rates rate NNS 1662 736 17 : : : 1662 736 18 pesos peso NNS 1662 736 19 per per IN 1662 736 20 US$ us$ $ 1662 736 21 1 1 CD 1662 736 22 - - HYPH 1662 736 23 0.99950 0.99950 CD 1662 736 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 736 25 January January NNP 1662 736 26 1997 1997 CD 1662 736 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 736 28 , , , 1662 736 29 0.99966 0.99966 CD 1662 736 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 736 31 1996 1996 CD 1662 736 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 736 33 , , , 1662 736 34 0.99975 0.99975 CD 1662 736 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 736 36 1995 1995 CD 1662 736 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 736 38 , , , 1662 736 39 0.99901 0.99901 CD 1662 736 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 736 41 1994 1994 CD 1662 736 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 736 43 , , , 1662 736 44 0.99895 0.99895 CD 1662 736 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 736 46 1993 1993 CD 1662 736 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 736 48 , , , 1662 736 49 0.99064 0.99064 CD 1662 736 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 736 51 1992 1992 CD 1662 736 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 736 53 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 736 54 year year NN 1662 736 55 : : : 1662 736 56 calendar calendar NNP 1662 736 57 year year NN 1662 736 58 @Argentina @Argentina NNP 1662 736 59 : : : 1662 736 60 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 736 61 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 736 62 : : : 1662 736 63 4.6 4.6 CD 1662 736 64 million million CD 1662 736 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 736 66 1990 1990 CD 1662 736 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 736 68 Telephone telephone NN 1662 736 69 system system NN 1662 736 70 : : : 1662 736 71 12,000 12,000 CD 1662 736 72 public public JJ 1662 736 73 telephones telephone NNS 1662 736 74 ; ; , 1662 736 75 extensive extensive JJ 1662 736 76 modern modern JJ 1662 736 77 system system NN 1662 736 78 but but CC 1662 736 79 many many JJ 1662 736 80 families family NNS 1662 736 81 do do VBP 1662 736 82 not not RB 1662 736 83 have have VB 1662 736 84 telephones telephone NNS 1662 736 85 ; ; : 1662 736 86 despite despite IN 1662 736 87 extensive extensive JJ 1662 736 88 use use NN 1662 736 89 of of IN 1662 736 90 microwave microwave NN 1662 736 91 radio radio NN 1662 736 92 relay relay NN 1662 736 93 , , , 1662 736 94 the the DT 1662 736 95 telephone telephone NN 1662 736 96 system system NN 1662 736 97 frequently frequently RB 1662 736 98 grounds ground VBZ 1662 736 99 out out RP 1662 736 100 during during IN 1662 736 101 rainstorms rainstorm NNS 1662 736 102 , , , 1662 736 103 even even RB 1662 736 104 in in IN 1662 736 105 Buenos Buenos NNP 1662 736 106 Aires Aires NNP 1662 736 107 domestic domestic JJ 1662 736 108 : : : 1662 736 109 microwave microwave NN 1662 736 110 radio radio NN 1662 736 111 relay relay NN 1662 736 112 and and CC 1662 736 113 a a DT 1662 736 114 domestic domestic JJ 1662 736 115 satellite satellite NN 1662 736 116 system system NN 1662 736 117 with with IN 1662 736 118 40 40 CD 1662 736 119 earth earth NN 1662 736 120 stations station NNS 1662 736 121 serve serve VBP 1662 736 122 the the DT 1662 736 123 trunk trunk NN 1662 736 124 network network NN 1662 736 125 international international NNP 1662 736 126 : : : 1662 736 127 satellite satellite NN 1662 736 128 earth earth NN 1662 736 129 stations station NNS 1662 736 130 - - , 1662 736 131 2 2 CD 1662 736 132 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 736 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 736 134 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 736 135 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 736 136 ) ) -RRB- 1662 736 137 Radio radio NN 1662 736 138 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 736 139 stations station NNS 1662 736 140 : : : 1662 736 141 AM AM NNP 1662 736 142 171 171 CD 1662 736 143 , , , 1662 736 144 FM FM NNP 1662 736 145 0 0 CD 1662 736 146 , , , 1662 736 147 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 736 148 13 13 CD 1662 736 149 Radios radio NNS 1662 736 150 : : : 1662 736 151 22.3 22.3 CD 1662 736 152 million million CD 1662 736 153 ( ( -LRB- 1662 736 154 1991 1991 CD 1662 736 155 est est NNP 1662 736 156 . . . 1662 736 157 ) ) -RRB- 1662 737 1 Television television NN 1662 737 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 737 3 stations station NNS 1662 737 4 : : : 1662 737 5 231 231 CD 1662 737 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 737 7 : : : 1662 737 8 7.165 7.165 CD 1662 737 9 million million CD 1662 737 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 737 11 1991 1991 CD 1662 737 12 est est NNP 1662 737 13 . . . 1662 737 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 738 1 @Argentina @Argentina NNP 1662 738 2 : : : 1662 738 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 738 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 738 5 : : : 1662 738 6 total total NN 1662 738 7 : : : 1662 738 8 37,910 37,910 CD 1662 738 9 km km NN 1662 738 10 broad broad JJ 1662 738 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 738 12 : : : 1662 738 13 24,124 24,124 CD 1662 738 14 km km NN 1662 738 15 1.676-m 1.676-m CD 1662 738 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 738 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 738 18 142 142 CD 1662 738 19 km km NN 1662 738 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 738 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 738 22 standard standard JJ 1662 738 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 738 24 : : : 1662 738 25 2,765 2,765 CD 1662 738 26 km km NN 1662 738 27 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 738 28 gauge gauge VB 1662 738 29 narrow narrow JJ 1662 738 30 gauge gauge NN 1662 738 31 : : : 1662 738 32 11,021 11,021 CD 1662 738 33 km km NN 1662 738 34 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 738 35 gauge gauge NN 1662 738 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 738 37 26 26 CD 1662 738 38 km km NN 1662 738 39 electrified electrify VBN 1662 738 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 738 41 Highways highway NNS 1662 738 42 : : : 1662 738 43 total total NN 1662 738 44 : : : 1662 738 45 216,100 216,100 CD 1662 738 46 km km NN 1662 738 47 paved pave VBN 1662 738 48 : : : 1662 738 49 61,589 61,589 CD 1662 738 50 km km NNS 1662 738 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 738 52 including include VBG 1662 738 53 600 600 CD 1662 738 54 km km NNS 1662 738 55 of of IN 1662 738 56 expressways expressway NNS 1662 738 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 738 58 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 738 59 : : : 1662 738 60 154,511 154,511 CD 1662 738 61 km km NNS 1662 738 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 738 63 1995 1995 CD 1662 738 64 est est NNP 1662 738 65 . . . 1662 738 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 739 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 739 2 : : : 1662 739 3 11,000 11,000 CD 1662 739 4 km km NNS 1662 739 5 navigable navigable JJ 1662 739 6 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 739 7 : : : 1662 739 8 crude crude JJ 1662 739 9 oil oil NN 1662 739 10 4,090 4,090 CD 1662 739 11 km km NN 1662 739 12 ; ; : 1662 739 13 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 739 14 products product NNS 1662 739 15 2,900 2,900 CD 1662 739 16 km km NN 1662 739 17 ; ; : 1662 739 18 natural natural JJ 1662 739 19 gas gas NN 1662 739 20 9,918 9,918 CD 1662 739 21 km km NN 1662 739 22 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 739 23 and and CC 1662 739 24 harbors harbor NNS 1662 739 25 : : : 1662 739 26 Bahia Bahia NNP 1662 739 27 Blanca Blanca NNP 1662 739 28 , , , 1662 739 29 Buenos Buenos NNP 1662 739 30 Aires Aires NNP 1662 739 31 , , , 1662 739 32 Comodoro Comodoro NNP 1662 739 33 Rivadavia Rivadavia NNP 1662 739 34 , , , 1662 739 35 Concepcion Concepcion NNP 1662 739 36 del del NNP 1662 739 37 Uruguay Uruguay NNP 1662 739 38 , , , 1662 739 39 La La NNP 1662 739 40 Plata Plata NNP 1662 739 41 , , , 1662 739 42 Mar Mar NNP 1662 739 43 del del NNP 1662 739 44 Plata Plata NNP 1662 739 45 , , , 1662 739 46 Necochea Necochea NNP 1662 739 47 , , , 1662 739 48 Rio Rio NNP 1662 739 49 Gallegos Gallegos NNP 1662 739 50 , , , 1662 739 51 Rosario Rosario NNP 1662 739 52 , , , 1662 739 53 Santa Santa NNP 1662 739 54 Fe Fe NNP 1662 739 55 , , , 1662 739 56 Ushuaia Ushuaia NNP 1662 739 57 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 739 58 marine marine NN 1662 739 59 : : : 1662 739 60 total total NN 1662 739 61 : : : 1662 739 62 36 36 CD 1662 739 63 ships ship NNS 1662 739 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 739 65 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 739 66 GRT GRT NNP 1662 739 67 or or CC 1662 739 68 over over RB 1662 739 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 739 70 totaling total VBG 1662 739 71 263,266 263,266 CD 1662 739 72 GRT/385,211 GRT/385,211 NNP 1662 739 73 DWT DWT NNP 1662 739 74 ships ship NNS 1662 739 75 by by IN 1662 739 76 type type NN 1662 739 77 : : : 1662 739 78 cargo cargo NN 1662 739 79 11 11 CD 1662 739 80 , , , 1662 739 81 chemical chemical NN 1662 739 82 tanker tanker NN 1662 739 83 1 1 CD 1662 739 84 , , , 1662 739 85 container container NN 1662 739 86 2 2 CD 1662 739 87 , , , 1662 739 88 oil oil NN 1662 739 89 tanker tanker NN 1662 739 90 14 14 CD 1662 739 91 , , , 1662 739 92 railcar railcar NN 1662 739 93 carrier carrier NN 1662 739 94 1 1 CD 1662 739 95 , , , 1662 739 96 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 739 97 cargo cargo NN 1662 739 98 6 6 CD 1662 739 99 , , , 1662 739 100 roll roll NN 1662 739 101 - - HYPH 1662 739 102 on on IN 1662 739 103 / / SYM 1662 739 104 roll roll NN 1662 739 105 - - HYPH 1662 739 106 off off RP 1662 739 107 cargo cargo NN 1662 739 108 1 1 CD 1662 739 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 739 110 1996 1996 CD 1662 739 111 est est NNP 1662 739 112 . . . 1662 739 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 740 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 740 2 : : : 1662 740 3 1,202 1,202 CD 1662 740 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 740 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 740 6 est est NNP 1662 740 7 . . . 1662 740 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 741 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 741 2 - - , 1662 741 3 with with IN 1662 741 4 paved paved JJ 1662 741 5 runways runway NNS 1662 741 6 : : : 1662 741 7 total total NN 1662 741 8 : : : 1662 741 9 598 598 CD 1662 741 10 over over IN 1662 741 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 741 12 m m NN 1662 741 13 : : : 1662 741 14 5 5 CD 1662 741 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 741 16 to to TO 1662 741 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 741 18 m m NN 1662 741 19 : : : 1662 741 20 25 25 CD 1662 741 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 741 22 to to TO 1662 741 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 741 24 m m CD 1662 741 25 : : : 1662 741 26 55 55 CD 1662 741 27 914 914 CD 1662 741 28 to to TO 1662 741 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 741 30 m m NN 1662 741 31 : : : 1662 741 32 44 44 CD 1662 741 33 under under IN 1662 741 34 914 914 CD 1662 741 35 m m NN 1662 741 36 : : : 1662 741 37 469 469 CD 1662 741 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 741 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 741 40 est est NNP 1662 741 41 . . . 1662 741 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 742 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 742 2 - - , 1662 742 3 with with IN 1662 742 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 742 5 runways runway NNS 1662 742 6 : : : 1662 742 7 total total NN 1662 742 8 : : : 1662 742 9 604 604 CD 1662 742 10 over over IN 1662 742 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 742 12 m m NN 1662 742 13 : : : 1662 742 14 1 1 CD 1662 742 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 742 16 to to IN 1662 742 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 742 18 m m NN 1662 742 19 : : : 1662 742 20 2 2 CD 1662 742 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 742 22 to to TO 1662 742 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 742 24 m m NN 1662 742 25 : : : 1662 742 26 59 59 CD 1662 742 27 914 914 CD 1662 742 28 to to TO 1662 742 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 742 30 m m NN 1662 742 31 : : : 1662 742 32 542 542 CD 1662 742 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 742 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 742 35 est est NNP 1662 742 36 . . . 1662 742 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 743 1 Military military JJ 1662 743 2 Military military JJ 1662 743 3 branches branch NNS 1662 743 4 : : : 1662 743 5 Argentine Argentine NNP 1662 743 6 Army Army NNP 1662 743 7 , , , 1662 743 8 Navy Navy NNP 1662 743 9 of of IN 1662 743 10 the the DT 1662 743 11 Argentine Argentine NNP 1662 743 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 743 13 , , , 1662 743 14 Argentine Argentine NNP 1662 743 15 Air Air NNP 1662 743 16 Force Force NNP 1662 743 17 , , , 1662 743 18 National National NNP 1662 743 19 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 743 20 , , , 1662 743 21 Argentine Argentine NNP 1662 743 22 Naval Naval NNP 1662 743 23 Prefecture Prefecture NNP 1662 743 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 743 25 Coast Coast NNP 1662 743 26 Guard Guard NNP 1662 743 27 only only RB 1662 743 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 743 29 , , , 1662 743 30 National National NNP 1662 743 31 Aeronautical Aeronautical NNP 1662 743 32 Police Police NNP 1662 743 33 Force Force NNP 1662 743 34 Military Military NNP 1662 743 35 manpower manpower NN 1662 743 36 - - HYPH 1662 743 37 military military NN 1662 743 38 age age NN 1662 743 39 : : : 1662 743 40 20 20 CD 1662 743 41 years year NNS 1662 743 42 of of IN 1662 743 43 age age NN 1662 743 44 Military military JJ 1662 743 45 manpower manpower NN 1662 743 46 - - HYPH 1662 743 47 availability availability NN 1662 743 48 : : : 1662 743 49 males male NNS 1662 743 50 age age NNP 1662 743 51 15 15 CD 1662 743 52 - - HYPH 1662 743 53 49 49 CD 1662 743 54 : : SYM 1662 743 55 8,932,491 8,932,491 CD 1662 743 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 743 57 1997 1997 CD 1662 743 58 est est NNP 1662 743 59 . . . 1662 743 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 744 1 Military military JJ 1662 744 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 744 3 - - HYPH 1662 744 4 fit fit NN 1662 744 5 for for IN 1662 744 6 military military JJ 1662 744 7 service service NN 1662 744 8 : : : 1662 744 9 males male NNS 1662 744 10 : : : 1662 744 11 7,244,682 7,244,682 CD 1662 744 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 744 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 744 14 est est NNP 1662 744 15 . . . 1662 744 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 745 1 Military military JJ 1662 745 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 745 3 - - HYPH 1662 745 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 745 5 military military JJ 1662 745 6 age age NN 1662 745 7 annually annually RB 1662 745 8 : : : 1662 745 9 males male NNS 1662 745 10 : : : 1662 745 11 321,345 321,345 CD 1662 745 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 745 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 745 14 est est NNP 1662 745 15 . . . 1662 745 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 746 1 Military military JJ 1662 746 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 746 3 - - HYPH 1662 746 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 746 5 figure figure NN 1662 746 6 : : : 1662 746 7 $ $ $ 1662 746 8 4.6 4.6 CD 1662 746 9 billion billion CD 1662 746 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 746 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 746 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 746 13 Military military JJ 1662 746 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 746 15 - - : 1662 746 16 percent percent NN 1662 746 17 of of IN 1662 746 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 746 19 : : : 1662 746 20 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 746 21 % % NN 1662 746 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 746 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 746 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 746 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 746 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 746 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 746 28 - - HYPH 1662 746 29 international international JJ 1662 746 30 : : : 1662 746 31 short short JJ 1662 746 32 section section NN 1662 746 33 of of IN 1662 746 34 the the DT 1662 746 35 boundary boundary NN 1662 746 36 with with IN 1662 746 37 Chile Chile NNP 1662 746 38 is be VBZ 1662 746 39 indefinite indefinite JJ 1662 746 40 ; ; : 1662 746 41 claims claim VBZ 1662 746 42 British British NNP 1662 746 43 - - HYPH 1662 746 44 administered administer VBN 1662 746 45 Falkland Falkland NNP 1662 746 46 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 746 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 746 48 Islas Islas NNP 1662 746 49 Malvinas Malvinas NNP 1662 746 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 746 51 ; ; : 1662 746 52 claims claim VBZ 1662 746 53 British British NNP 1662 746 54 - - HYPH 1662 746 55 administered administer VBN 1662 746 56 South South NNP 1662 746 57 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 746 58 and and CC 1662 746 59 the the DT 1662 746 60 South South NNP 1662 746 61 Sandwich Sandwich NNP 1662 746 62 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 746 63 ; ; , 1662 746 64 territorial territorial JJ 1662 746 65 claim claim NN 1662 746 66 in in IN 1662 746 67 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 746 68 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 746 69 drugs drug VBZ 1662 746 70 : : : 1662 746 71 increasing increase VBG 1662 746 72 use use NN 1662 746 73 as as IN 1662 746 74 a a DT 1662 746 75 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 746 76 country country NN 1662 746 77 for for IN 1662 746 78 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 746 79 headed head VBN 1662 746 80 for for IN 1662 746 81 Europe Europe NNP 1662 746 82 and and CC 1662 746 83 the the DT 1662 746 84 US US NNP 1662 746 85 _ _ NNP 1662 746 86 _ _ NNP 1662 746 87 _ _ NNP 1662 746 88 _ _ NNP 1662 746 89 _ _ NNP 1662 746 90 _ _ NNP 1662 746 91 _ _ NNP 1662 746 92 _ _ NNP 1662 746 93 _ _ NNP 1662 746 94 _ _ NNP 1662 746 95 _ _ NNP 1662 746 96 _ _ NNP 1662 746 97 _ _ NNP 1662 746 98 _ _ NNP 1662 746 99 _ _ NNP 1662 746 100 _ _ NNP 1662 746 101 _ _ NNP 1662 746 102 _ _ NNP 1662 746 103 _ _ NNP 1662 746 104 _ _ NNP 1662 746 105 _ _ NNP 1662 746 106 _ _ NNP 1662 746 107 _ _ NNP 1662 746 108 _ _ NNP 1662 746 109 _ _ NNP 1662 746 110 _ _ NNP 1662 746 111 _ _ NNP 1662 746 112 _ _ NNP 1662 746 113 _ _ NNP 1662 746 114 _ _ NNP 1662 746 115 _ _ NNP 1662 746 116 _ _ NNP 1662 746 117 _ _ NNP 1662 746 118 _ _ NNP 1662 746 119 _ _ NNP 1662 746 120 _ _ NNP 1662 746 121 _ _ NNP 1662 746 122 _ _ NNP 1662 746 123 _ _ NNP 1662 746 124 _ _ NNP 1662 746 125 _ _ NNP 1662 746 126 _ _ NNP 1662 746 127 _ _ NNP 1662 746 128 _ _ NNP 1662 746 129 _ _ NNP 1662 746 130 _ _ NNP 1662 746 131 _ _ NNP 1662 746 132 _ _ NNP 1662 746 133 _ _ NNP 1662 746 134 _ _ NNP 1662 746 135 _ _ NNP 1662 746 136 _ _ NNP 1662 746 137 _ _ NNP 1662 746 138 _ _ NNP 1662 746 139 _ _ NNP 1662 746 140 _ _ NNP 1662 746 141 _ _ NNP 1662 746 142 _ _ NNP 1662 746 143 _ _ NNP 1662 746 144 _ _ NNP 1662 746 145 _ _ NNP 1662 746 146 _ _ NNP 1662 746 147 _ _ NNP 1662 746 148 _ _ NNP 1662 746 149 _ _ NNP 1662 746 150 _ _ NNP 1662 746 151 _ _ NNP 1662 746 152 _ _ NNP 1662 746 153 _ _ NNP 1662 746 154 _ _ NNP 1662 746 155 ARMENIA ARMENIA NNP 1662 746 156 Introduction Introduction NNP 1662 746 157 Current current JJ 1662 746 158 issues issue NNS 1662 746 159 : : : 1662 746 160 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 746 161 's 's POS 1662 746 162 leaders leader NNS 1662 746 163 remain remain VBP 1662 746 164 preoccupied preoccupy VBN 1662 746 165 by by IN 1662 746 166 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 746 167 's 's POS 1662 746 168 nine nine CD 1662 746 169 - - HYPH 1662 746 170 year year NN 1662 746 171 old old JJ 1662 746 172 conflict conflict NN 1662 746 173 with with IN 1662 746 174 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 746 175 over over IN 1662 746 176 the the DT 1662 746 177 Nagorno Nagorno NNP 1662 746 178 - - HYPH 1662 746 179 Karabakh Karabakh NNP 1662 746 180 enclave enclave NN 1662 746 181 . . . 1662 747 1 Although although IN 1662 747 2 a a DT 1662 747 3 cease cease NN 1662 747 4 - - HYPH 1662 747 5 fire fire NN 1662 747 6 has have VBZ 1662 747 7 been be VBN 1662 747 8 in in IN 1662 747 9 effect effect NN 1662 747 10 since since IN 1662 747 11 May May NNP 1662 747 12 1994 1994 CD 1662 747 13 , , , 1662 747 14 the the DT 1662 747 15 sides side NNS 1662 747 16 have have VBP 1662 747 17 not not RB 1662 747 18 made make VBN 1662 747 19 substantial substantial JJ 1662 747 20 progress progress NN 1662 747 21 toward toward IN 1662 747 22 a a DT 1662 747 23 peaceful peaceful JJ 1662 747 24 resolution resolution NN 1662 747 25 . . . 1662 748 1 President President NNP 1662 748 2 TER TER NNP 1662 748 3 - - HYPH 1662 748 4 PETROSSIAN PETROSSIAN NNP 1662 748 5 's 's POS 1662 748 6 latitude latitude NN 1662 748 7 on on IN 1662 748 8 the the DT 1662 748 9 issue issue NN 1662 748 10 may may MD 1662 748 11 be be VB 1662 748 12 further further RB 1662 748 13 constrained constrain VBN 1662 748 14 by by IN 1662 748 15 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 748 16 controversial controversial JJ 1662 748 17 reelection reelection NN 1662 748 18 in in IN 1662 748 19 September September NNP 1662 748 20 1996 1996 CD 1662 748 21 . . . 1662 749 1 When when WRB 1662 749 2 supporters supporter NNS 1662 749 3 of of IN 1662 749 4 the the DT 1662 749 5 main main JJ 1662 749 6 opposition opposition NN 1662 749 7 candidate candidate NN 1662 749 8 stormed storm VBD 1662 749 9 the the DT 1662 749 10 parliament parliament NN 1662 749 11 following follow VBG 1662 749 12 the the DT 1662 749 13 announcement announcement NN 1662 749 14 of of IN 1662 749 15 TER TER NNP 1662 749 16 - - HYPH 1662 749 17 PETROSSIAN PETROSSIAN NNP 1662 749 18 's 's POS 1662 749 19 victory victory NN 1662 749 20 , , , 1662 749 21 MVD MVD NNP 1662 749 22 forces force NNS 1662 749 23 were be VBD 1662 749 24 called call VBN 1662 749 25 in in RP 1662 749 26 to to TO 1662 749 27 restore restore VB 1662 749 28 order order NN 1662 749 29 . . . 1662 750 1 The the DT 1662 750 2 subsequent subsequent JJ 1662 750 3 political political JJ 1662 750 4 standoff standoff NN 1662 750 5 between between IN 1662 750 6 government government NN 1662 750 7 and and CC 1662 750 8 opposition opposition NN 1662 750 9 supporters supporter NNS 1662 750 10 diminished diminish VBN 1662 750 11 in in IN 1662 750 12 late late JJ 1662 750 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 750 14 as as IN 1662 750 15 the the DT 1662 750 16 government government NN 1662 750 17 has have VBZ 1662 750 18 gradually gradually RB 1662 750 19 attempted attempt VBN 1662 750 20 reconciliation reconciliation NN 1662 750 21 . . . 1662 751 1 Despite despite IN 1662 751 2 these these DT 1662 751 3 political political JJ 1662 751 4 problems problem NNS 1662 751 5 , , , 1662 751 6 the the DT 1662 751 7 Armenian armenian JJ 1662 751 8 government government NN 1662 751 9 has have VBZ 1662 751 10 been be VBN 1662 751 11 pursuing pursue VBG 1662 751 12 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 751 13 aggressive aggressive JJ 1662 751 14 economic economic JJ 1662 751 15 reform reform NN 1662 751 16 program program NN 1662 751 17 , , , 1662 751 18 although although IN 1662 751 19 implementation implementation NN 1662 751 20 of of IN 1662 751 21 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 751 22 privatization privatization NN 1662 751 23 program program NN 1662 751 24 stalled stall VBN 1662 751 25 in in IN 1662 751 26 late late JJ 1662 751 27 1996 1996 CD 1662 751 28 . . . 1662 752 1 @Armenia @armenia LS 1662 752 2 : : : 1662 752 3 Geography Geography NNP 1662 752 4 Location Location NNP 1662 752 5 : : : 1662 752 6 Southwestern Southwestern NNP 1662 752 7 Asia Asia NNP 1662 752 8 , , , 1662 752 9 east east NN 1662 752 10 of of IN 1662 752 11 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 752 12 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 752 13 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 752 14 : : : 1662 752 15 40 40 CD 1662 752 16 00 00 CD 1662 752 17 N n CD 1662 752 18 , , , 1662 752 19 45 45 CD 1662 752 20 00 00 CD 1662 752 21 E e NN 1662 752 22 Map Map NNP 1662 752 23 references reference NNS 1662 752 24 : : : 1662 752 25 Commonwealth Commonwealth NNP 1662 752 26 of of IN 1662 752 27 Independent Independent NNP 1662 752 28 States States NNPS 1662 752 29 Area Area NNP 1662 752 30 : : : 1662 752 31 total total NN 1662 752 32 : : : 1662 752 33 29,800 29,800 CD 1662 752 34 sq sq IN 1662 752 35 km km NNP 1662 752 36 land land NN 1662 752 37 : : : 1662 752 38 28,400 28,400 CD 1662 752 39 sq sq IN 1662 752 40 km km NNP 1662 752 41 water water NN 1662 752 42 : : : 1662 752 43 1,400 1,400 CD 1662 752 44 sq sq NNP 1662 752 45 km km NNP 1662 752 46 Area Area NNP 1662 752 47 - - HYPH 1662 752 48 comparative comparative JJ 1662 752 49 : : : 1662 752 50 slightly slightly RB 1662 752 51 smaller small JJR 1662 752 52 than than IN 1662 752 53 Maryland Maryland NNP 1662 752 54 Land Land NNP 1662 752 55 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 752 56 : : : 1662 752 57 total total JJ 1662 752 58 : : : 1662 752 59 1,254 1,254 CD 1662 752 60 km km NN 1662 752 61 border border NN 1662 752 62 countries country NNS 1662 752 63 : : : 1662 752 64 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 752 65 - - HYPH 1662 752 66 proper proper NNP 1662 752 67 566 566 CD 1662 752 68 km km NNS 1662 752 69 , , , 1662 752 70 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 752 71 - - HYPH 1662 752 72 Naxcivan Naxcivan NNP 1662 752 73 exclave exclave VBP 1662 752 74 221 221 CD 1662 752 75 km km NNS 1662 752 76 , , , 1662 752 77 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 752 78 164 164 CD 1662 752 79 km km NN 1662 752 80 , , , 1662 752 81 Iran Iran NNP 1662 752 82 35 35 CD 1662 752 83 km km NN 1662 752 84 , , , 1662 752 85 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 752 86 268 268 CD 1662 752 87 km km NN 1662 752 88 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 752 89 : : : 1662 752 90 0 0 CD 1662 752 91 km km NN 1662 752 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 752 93 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 752 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 752 95 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 752 96 claims claim VBZ 1662 752 97 : : : 1662 752 98 none none NN 1662 752 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 752 100 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 752 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 752 102 Climate climate NN 1662 752 103 : : : 1662 752 104 highland highland NNP 1662 752 105 continental continental NNP 1662 752 106 , , , 1662 752 107 hot hot JJ 1662 752 108 summers summer NNS 1662 752 109 , , , 1662 752 110 cold cold JJ 1662 752 111 winters winter NNS 1662 752 112 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 752 113 : : : 1662 752 114 high high JJ 1662 752 115 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 752 116 Plateau Plateau NNP 1662 752 117 with with IN 1662 752 118 mountains mountain NNS 1662 752 119 ; ; : 1662 752 120 little little JJ 1662 752 121 forest forest NN 1662 752 122 land land NN 1662 752 123 ; ; , 1662 752 124 fast fast JJ 1662 752 125 flowing flow VBG 1662 752 126 rivers river NNS 1662 752 127 ; ; , 1662 752 128 good good JJ 1662 752 129 soil soil NN 1662 752 130 in in IN 1662 752 131 Aras Aras NNP 1662 752 132 River River NNP 1662 752 133 valley valley NN 1662 752 134 Elevation elevation NN 1662 752 135 extremes extreme NNS 1662 752 136 : : : 1662 752 137 lowest low JJS 1662 752 138 point point NN 1662 752 139 : : : 1662 752 140 Debed Debed NNP 1662 752 141 River River NNP 1662 752 142 400 400 CD 1662 752 143 m m NN 1662 752 144 highest high JJS 1662 752 145 point point NN 1662 752 146 : : : 1662 752 147 Aragats Aragats NNP 1662 752 148 Lerr Lerr NNP 1662 752 149 4,095 4,095 CD 1662 752 150 m m NNP 1662 752 151 Natural natural JJ 1662 752 152 resources resource NNS 1662 752 153 : : : 1662 752 154 small small JJ 1662 752 155 deposits deposit NNS 1662 752 156 of of IN 1662 752 157 gold gold NN 1662 752 158 , , , 1662 752 159 copper copper NN 1662 752 160 , , , 1662 752 161 molybdenum molybdenum NNP 1662 752 162 , , , 1662 752 163 zinc zinc NN 1662 752 164 , , , 1662 752 165 alumina alumina NNP 1662 752 166 Land Land NNP 1662 752 167 use use NN 1662 752 168 : : : 1662 752 169 arable arable JJ 1662 752 170 land land NN 1662 752 171 : : : 1662 752 172 17 17 CD 1662 752 173 % % NN 1662 752 174 permanent permanent JJ 1662 752 175 crops crop NNS 1662 752 176 : : : 1662 752 177 3 3 CD 1662 752 178 % % NN 1662 752 179 permanent permanent JJ 1662 752 180 pastures pasture NNS 1662 752 181 : : : 1662 752 182 24 24 CD 1662 752 183 % % NN 1662 752 184 forests forest NNS 1662 752 185 and and CC 1662 752 186 woodland woodland NN 1662 752 187 : : : 1662 752 188 15 15 CD 1662 752 189 % % NN 1662 752 190 other other JJ 1662 752 191 : : : 1662 752 192 41 41 CD 1662 752 193 % % NN 1662 752 194 ( ( -LRB- 1662 752 195 1993 1993 CD 1662 752 196 est est NNP 1662 752 197 . . . 1662 752 198 ) ) -RRB- 1662 753 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 753 2 land land NN 1662 753 3 : : : 1662 753 4 2,870 2,870 CD 1662 753 5 sq sq NNP 1662 753 6 km km NNP 1662 753 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 753 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 753 9 est est NNP 1662 753 10 . . . 1662 753 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 754 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 754 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 754 3 : : : 1662 754 4 occasionally occasionally RB 1662 754 5 severe severe JJ 1662 754 6 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 754 7 ; ; , 1662 754 8 droughts drought VBZ 1662 754 9 Environment environment NN 1662 754 10 - - HYPH 1662 754 11 current current JJ 1662 754 12 issues issue NNS 1662 754 13 : : : 1662 754 14 soil soil NN 1662 754 15 pollution pollution NN 1662 754 16 from from IN 1662 754 17 toxic toxic JJ 1662 754 18 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 754 19 such such JJ 1662 754 20 as as IN 1662 754 21 DDT DDT NNP 1662 754 22 ; ; , 1662 754 23 energy energy NN 1662 754 24 blockade blockade NN 1662 754 25 , , , 1662 754 26 the the DT 1662 754 27 result result NN 1662 754 28 of of IN 1662 754 29 conflict conflict NN 1662 754 30 with with IN 1662 754 31 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 754 32 , , , 1662 754 33 has have VBZ 1662 754 34 led lead VBN 1662 754 35 to to IN 1662 754 36 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 754 37 when when WRB 1662 754 38 citizens citizen NNS 1662 754 39 scavenged scavenge VBD 1662 754 40 for for IN 1662 754 41 firewood firewood NN 1662 754 42 ; ; : 1662 754 43 pollution pollution NN 1662 754 44 of of IN 1662 754 45 Hrazdan Hrazdan NNP 1662 754 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 754 47 Razdan Razdan NNP 1662 754 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 754 49 and and CC 1662 754 50 Aras Aras NNP 1662 754 51 Rivers Rivers NNPS 1662 754 52 ; ; : 1662 754 53 the the DT 1662 754 54 draining draining NN 1662 754 55 of of IN 1662 754 56 Sevana Sevana NNP 1662 754 57 Lich Lich NNP 1662 754 58 , , , 1662 754 59 a a DT 1662 754 60 result result NN 1662 754 61 of of IN 1662 754 62 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 754 63 use use NN 1662 754 64 as as IN 1662 754 65 a a DT 1662 754 66 source source NN 1662 754 67 for for IN 1662 754 68 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 754 69 , , , 1662 754 70 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 754 71 drinking drinking NN 1662 754 72 water water NN 1662 754 73 supplies supply NNS 1662 754 74 ; ; : 1662 754 75 restart restart NN 1662 754 76 of of IN 1662 754 77 Metsamor Metsamor NNP 1662 754 78 nuclear nuclear JJ 1662 754 79 power power NN 1662 754 80 plant plant NN 1662 754 81 without without IN 1662 754 82 adequate adequate JJ 1662 754 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 754 84 IAEA iaea NN 1662 754 85 - - HYPH 1662 754 86 recommended recommend VBN 1662 754 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 754 88 safety safety NN 1662 754 89 and and CC 1662 754 90 backup backup NN 1662 754 91 systems system NNS 1662 754 92 Environment Environment NNP 1662 754 93 - - HYPH 1662 754 94 international international JJ 1662 754 95 agreements agreement NNS 1662 754 96 : : : 1662 754 97 party party NN 1662 754 98 to to TO 1662 754 99 : : : 1662 754 100 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 754 101 , , , 1662 754 102 Climate climate NN 1662 754 103 Change Change NNP 1662 754 104 , , , 1662 754 105 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 754 106 Test Test NNP 1662 754 107 Ban Ban NNP 1662 754 108 , , , 1662 754 109 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 754 110 signed sign VBD 1662 754 111 , , , 1662 754 112 but but CC 1662 754 113 not not RB 1662 754 114 ratified ratified JJ 1662 754 115 : : : 1662 754 116 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 754 117 Geography Geography NNP 1662 754 118 - - HYPH 1662 754 119 note note NN 1662 754 120 : : : 1662 754 121 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 754 122 @Armenia @armenia NN 1662 754 123 : : : 1662 754 124 People People NNPS 1662 754 125 Population Population NNP 1662 754 126 : : : 1662 754 127 3,433,629 3,433,629 CD 1662 754 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 754 129 July July NNP 1662 754 130 1997 1997 CD 1662 754 131 est est NNP 1662 754 132 . . . 1662 754 133 ) ) -RRB- 1662 755 1 Age age NN 1662 755 2 structure structure NN 1662 755 3 : : : 1662 755 4 0 0 CD 1662 755 5 - - HYPH 1662 755 6 14 14 CD 1662 755 7 years year NNS 1662 755 8 : : : 1662 755 9 27 27 CD 1662 755 10 % % NN 1662 755 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 755 12 male male JJ 1662 755 13 476,375 476,375 CD 1662 755 14 ; ; : 1662 755 15 female female JJ 1662 755 16 456,723 456,723 CD 1662 755 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 755 18 15 15 CD 1662 755 19 - - HYPH 1662 755 20 64 64 CD 1662 755 21 years year NNS 1662 755 22 : : : 1662 755 23 65 65 CD 1662 755 24 % % NN 1662 755 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 755 26 male male JJ 1662 755 27 1,088,103 1,088,103 CD 1662 755 28 ; ; : 1662 755 29 female female JJ 1662 755 30 1,134,649 1,134,649 CD 1662 755 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 755 32 65 65 CD 1662 755 33 years year NNS 1662 755 34 and and CC 1662 755 35 over over IN 1662 755 36 : : : 1662 755 37 8 8 CD 1662 755 38 % % NN 1662 755 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 755 40 male male JJ 1662 755 41 115,135 115,135 CD 1662 755 42 ; ; : 1662 755 43 female female JJ 1662 755 44 162,644 162,644 CD 1662 755 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 755 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 755 47 July July NNP 1662 755 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 755 49 est est NNP 1662 755 50 . . . 1662 755 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 756 1 Population population NN 1662 756 2 growth growth NN 1662 756 3 rate rate NN 1662 756 4 : : : 1662 756 5 -0.33 -0.33 CD 1662 756 6 % % NN 1662 756 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 756 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 756 9 est est NNP 1662 756 10 . . . 1662 756 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 757 1 Birth birth NN 1662 757 2 rate rate NN 1662 757 3 : : : 1662 757 4 13.59 13.59 CD 1662 757 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NNP 1662 757 6 population population NN 1662 757 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 757 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 757 9 est est NNP 1662 757 10 . . . 1662 757 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 758 1 Death death NN 1662 758 2 rate rate NN 1662 758 3 : : : 1662 758 4 8.6 8.6 CD 1662 758 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 758 6 population population NN 1662 758 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 758 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 758 9 est est NNP 1662 758 10 . . . 1662 758 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 759 1 Net net JJ 1662 759 2 migration migration NN 1662 759 3 rate rate NN 1662 759 4 : : : 1662 759 5 -8.32 -8.32 NFP 1662 759 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 FW 1662 759 7 population population NN 1662 759 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 759 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 759 10 est est NNP 1662 759 11 . . . 1662 759 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 760 1 Sex sex NN 1662 760 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 760 3 : : : 1662 760 4 at at IN 1662 760 5 birth birth NN 1662 760 6 : : : 1662 760 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 760 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 760 9 under under IN 1662 760 10 15 15 CD 1662 760 11 years year NNS 1662 760 12 : : : 1662 760 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 760 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 760 15 15 15 CD 1662 760 16 - - HYPH 1662 760 17 64 64 CD 1662 760 18 years year NNS 1662 760 19 : : : 1662 760 20 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 760 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 760 22 65 65 CD 1662 760 23 years year NNS 1662 760 24 and and CC 1662 760 25 over over IN 1662 760 26 : : : 1662 760 27 0.71 0.71 CD 1662 760 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 760 29 total total JJ 1662 760 30 population population NN 1662 760 31 : : : 1662 760 32 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 760 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 760 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 760 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 760 36 est e JJS 1662 760 37 . . . 1662 760 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 761 1 Infant infant NN 1662 761 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 761 3 rate rate NN 1662 761 4 : : : 1662 761 5 40.4 40.4 CD 1662 761 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 CD 1662 761 7 live live JJ 1662 761 8 births birth NNS 1662 761 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 761 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 761 11 est est NNP 1662 761 12 . . . 1662 761 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 762 1 Life life NN 1662 762 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 762 3 at at IN 1662 762 4 birth birth NN 1662 762 5 : : : 1662 762 6 total total JJ 1662 762 7 population population NN 1662 762 8 : : : 1662 762 9 66.9 66.9 CD 1662 762 10 years year NNS 1662 762 11 male male NN 1662 762 12 : : : 1662 762 13 62.69 62.69 CD 1662 762 14 years year NNS 1662 762 15 female female JJ 1662 762 16 : : : 1662 762 17 71.32 71.32 CD 1662 762 18 years year NNS 1662 762 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 762 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 762 21 est est NNP 1662 762 22 . . . 1662 762 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 763 1 Total total JJ 1662 763 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 763 3 rate rate NN 1662 763 4 : : : 1662 763 5 1.71 1.71 CD 1662 763 6 children child NNS 1662 763 7 born bear VBN 1662 763 8 / / SYM 1662 763 9 woman woman NN 1662 763 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 763 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 763 12 est est NNP 1662 763 13 . . . 1662 763 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 764 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 764 2 : : : 1662 764 3 noun noun NNP 1662 764 4 : : : 1662 764 5 Armenian(s Armenian(s NNP 1662 764 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 764 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 764 8 : : : 1662 764 9 Armenian armenian JJ 1662 764 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 764 11 groups group NNS 1662 764 12 : : : 1662 764 13 Armenian armenian JJ 1662 764 14 93 93 CD 1662 764 15 % % NN 1662 764 16 , , , 1662 764 17 Azeri Azeri NNP 1662 764 18 3 3 CD 1662 764 19 % % NN 1662 764 20 , , , 1662 764 21 Russian russian JJ 1662 764 22 2 2 CD 1662 764 23 % % NN 1662 764 24 , , , 1662 764 25 other other JJ 1662 764 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 764 27 mostly mostly RB 1662 764 28 Yezidi Yezidi NNP 1662 764 29 Kurds Kurds NNPS 1662 764 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 764 31 2 2 CD 1662 764 32 % % NN 1662 764 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 764 34 1989 1989 CD 1662 764 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 764 36 note note NN 1662 764 37 : : : 1662 764 38 as as IN 1662 764 39 of of IN 1662 764 40 the the DT 1662 764 41 end end NN 1662 764 42 of of IN 1662 764 43 1993 1993 CD 1662 764 44 , , , 1662 764 45 virtually virtually RB 1662 764 46 all all DT 1662 764 47 Azeris Azeris NNP 1662 764 48 had have VBD 1662 764 49 emigrated emigrate VBN 1662 764 50 from from IN 1662 764 51 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 764 52 Religions Religions NNPS 1662 764 53 : : : 1662 764 54 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 764 55 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 764 56 94 94 CD 1662 764 57 % % NN 1662 764 58 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 764 59 : : : 1662 764 60 Armenian armenian JJ 1662 764 61 96 96 CD 1662 764 62 % % NN 1662 764 63 , , , 1662 764 64 Russian russian JJ 1662 764 65 2 2 CD 1662 764 66 % % NN 1662 764 67 , , , 1662 764 68 other other JJ 1662 764 69 2 2 CD 1662 764 70 % % NN 1662 764 71 Literacy literacy NN 1662 764 72 : : : 1662 764 73 definition definition NN 1662 764 74 : : : 1662 764 75 age age NN 1662 764 76 15 15 CD 1662 764 77 and and CC 1662 764 78 over over RB 1662 764 79 can can MD 1662 764 80 read read VB 1662 764 81 and and CC 1662 764 82 write write VB 1662 764 83 total total JJ 1662 764 84 population population NN 1662 764 85 : : : 1662 764 86 99 99 CD 1662 764 87 % % NN 1662 764 88 male male NN 1662 764 89 : : : 1662 764 90 99 99 CD 1662 764 91 % % NN 1662 764 92 female female NN 1662 764 93 : : : 1662 764 94 98 98 CD 1662 764 95 % % NN 1662 764 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 764 97 1989 1989 CD 1662 764 98 est est NNP 1662 764 99 . . . 1662 764 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 1 @Armenia @armenia LS 1662 765 2 : : : 1662 765 3 Government Government NNP 1662 765 4 Country Country NNP 1662 765 5 name name NN 1662 765 6 : : : 1662 765 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 765 8 long long JJ 1662 765 9 form form NN 1662 765 10 : : : 1662 765 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 765 12 of of IN 1662 765 13 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 765 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 765 15 short short JJ 1662 765 16 form form NN 1662 765 17 : : : 1662 765 18 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 765 19 local local JJ 1662 765 20 long long JJ 1662 765 21 form form NN 1662 765 22 : : : 1662 765 23 Hayastani Hayastani NNP 1662 765 24 Hanrapetut'yun Hanrapetut'yun NNP 1662 765 25 local local JJ 1662 765 26 short short JJ 1662 765 27 form form NN 1662 765 28 : : : 1662 765 29 Hayastan Hayastan NNP 1662 765 30 former former JJ 1662 765 31 : : : 1662 765 32 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 765 33 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 765 34 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 765 35 Republic Republic NNP 1662 765 36 ; ; : 1662 765 37 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 765 38 Republic Republic NNP 1662 765 39 Data Data NNP 1662 765 40 code code NN 1662 765 41 : : : 1662 765 42 AM AM NNP 1662 765 43 Government Government NNP 1662 765 44 type type NN 1662 765 45 : : : 1662 765 46 republic republic NNP 1662 765 47 National national JJ 1662 765 48 capital capital NN 1662 765 49 : : : 1662 765 50 Yerevan Yerevan NNP 1662 765 51 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 765 52 divisions division NNS 1662 765 53 : : : 1662 765 54 10 10 CD 1662 765 55 provinces province NNS 1662 765 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 57 marzer marzer NNP 1662 765 58 , , , 1662 765 59 singular singular NNP 1662 765 60 - - HYPH 1662 765 61 marz marz NNP 1662 765 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 63 and and CC 1662 765 64 1 1 CD 1662 765 65 city city NN 1662 765 66 * * NFP 1662 765 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 68 k'aghak'ner k'aghak'ner NNP 1662 765 69 , , , 1662 765 70 singular singular JJ 1662 765 71 - - HYPH 1662 765 72 k'aghak k'aghak NN 1662 765 73 ' ' '' 1662 765 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 75 ; ; : 1662 765 76 Aragatsotn Aragatsotn NNP 1662 765 77 , , , 1662 765 78 Ararat Ararat NNP 1662 765 79 , , , 1662 765 80 Armavir Armavir NNP 1662 765 81 , , , 1662 765 82 Geghark'unik Geghark'unik NNP 1662 765 83 ' ' '' 1662 765 84 , , , 1662 765 85 Kotayk Kotayk NNP 1662 765 86 ' ' '' 1662 765 87 , , , 1662 765 88 Lorri Lorri NNP 1662 765 89 , , , 1662 765 90 Shirak Shirak NNP 1662 765 91 , , , 1662 765 92 Syunik Syunik NNP 1662 765 93 ' ' '' 1662 765 94 , , , 1662 765 95 Tavush Tavush NNP 1662 765 96 , , , 1662 765 97 Vayots Vayots NNP 1662 765 98 ' ' POS 1662 765 99 Dzor Dzor NNP 1662 765 100 , , , 1662 765 101 Yerevan Yerevan NNP 1662 765 102 * * NFP 1662 765 103 Independence independence NN 1662 765 104 : : : 1662 765 105 28 28 CD 1662 765 106 May May NNP 1662 765 107 1918 1918 CD 1662 765 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 109 First First NNP 1662 765 110 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 765 111 Republic Republic NNP 1662 765 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 113 ; ; : 1662 765 114 23 23 CD 1662 765 115 September September NNP 1662 765 116 1991 1991 CD 1662 765 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 118 from from IN 1662 765 119 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 765 120 Union Union NNP 1662 765 121 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 122 National national JJ 1662 765 123 holiday holiday NN 1662 765 124 : : : 1662 765 125 Referendum Referendum NNP 1662 765 126 Day Day NNP 1662 765 127 , , , 1662 765 128 21 21 CD 1662 765 129 September September NNP 1662 765 130 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 765 131 : : : 1662 765 132 adopted adopt VBN 1662 765 133 by by IN 1662 765 134 nationwide nationwide JJ 1662 765 135 referendum referendum NN 1662 765 136 5 5 CD 1662 765 137 July July NNP 1662 765 138 1995 1995 CD 1662 765 139 Legal legal JJ 1662 765 140 system system NN 1662 765 141 : : : 1662 765 142 based base VBN 1662 765 143 on on IN 1662 765 144 civil civil JJ 1662 765 145 law law NN 1662 765 146 system system NN 1662 765 147 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 765 148 : : : 1662 765 149 18 18 CD 1662 765 150 years year NNS 1662 765 151 of of IN 1662 765 152 age age NN 1662 765 153 ; ; : 1662 765 154 universal universal JJ 1662 765 155 Executive Executive NNP 1662 765 156 branch branch NN 1662 765 157 : : : 1662 765 158 chief chief NN 1662 765 159 of of IN 1662 765 160 state state NN 1662 765 161 : : : 1662 765 162 President President NNP 1662 765 163 Levon Levon NNP 1662 765 164 Akopovich Akopovich NNP 1662 765 165 TER TER NNP 1662 765 166 - - HYPH 1662 765 167 PETROSSIAN PETROSSIAN NNP 1662 765 168 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 169 since since IN 1662 765 170 NA NA NNP 1662 765 171 October October NNP 1662 765 172 1991 1991 CD 1662 765 173 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 174 ; ; : 1662 765 175 note note VB 1662 765 176 - - HYPH 1662 765 177 prior prior RB 1662 765 178 to to IN 1662 765 179 becoming become VBG 1662 765 180 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 765 181 's 's POS 1662 765 182 first first JJ 1662 765 183 president president NN 1662 765 184 , , , 1662 765 185 TER TER NNP 1662 765 186 - - HYPH 1662 765 187 PETROSSIAN PETROSSIAN NNP 1662 765 188 was be VBD 1662 765 189 chairman chairman NN 1662 765 190 of of IN 1662 765 191 the the DT 1662 765 192 Armenian armenian JJ 1662 765 193 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 765 194 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 765 195 since since IN 1662 765 196 4 4 CD 1662 765 197 August August NNP 1662 765 198 1990 1990 CD 1662 765 199 head head NN 1662 765 200 of of IN 1662 765 201 government government NN 1662 765 202 : : : 1662 765 203 Prime Prime NNP 1662 765 204 Minister Minister NNP 1662 765 205 Robert Robert NNP 1662 765 206 KOCHARIAN KOCHARIAN NNP 1662 765 207 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 208 since since IN 1662 765 209 20 20 CD 1662 765 210 March March NNP 1662 765 211 1997 1997 CD 1662 765 212 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 213 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 765 214 : : : 1662 765 215 Council Council NNP 1662 765 216 of of IN 1662 765 217 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 765 218 appointed appoint VBN 1662 765 219 by by IN 1662 765 220 the the DT 1662 765 221 president president NNP 1662 765 222 elections election NNS 1662 765 223 : : : 1662 765 224 president president NNP 1662 765 225 elected elect VBN 1662 765 226 by by IN 1662 765 227 popular popular JJ 1662 765 228 vote vote NN 1662 765 229 for for IN 1662 765 230 a a DT 1662 765 231 five five CD 1662 765 232 - - HYPH 1662 765 233 year year NN 1662 765 234 term term NN 1662 765 235 ; ; : 1662 765 236 election election NN 1662 765 237 last last JJ 1662 765 238 held hold VBD 1662 765 239 22 22 CD 1662 765 240 September September NNP 1662 765 241 1996 1996 CD 1662 765 242 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 243 next next JJ 1662 765 244 to to TO 1662 765 245 be be VB 1662 765 246 held hold VBN 1662 765 247 NA NA NNP 1662 765 248 September September NNP 1662 765 249 2001 2001 CD 1662 765 250 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 251 ; ; : 1662 765 252 prime prime NNP 1662 765 253 minister minister NNP 1662 765 254 appointed appoint VBN 1662 765 255 by by IN 1662 765 256 the the DT 1662 765 257 president president NNP 1662 765 258 election election NN 1662 765 259 results result NNS 1662 765 260 : : : 1662 765 261 Levon Levon NNP 1662 765 262 Akopovich Akopovich NNP 1662 765 263 TER TER NNP 1662 765 264 - - HYPH 1662 765 265 PETROSSIAN PETROSSIAN NNP 1662 765 266 elected elect VBN 1662 765 267 president president NN 1662 765 268 ; ; , 1662 765 269 percent percent NN 1662 765 270 of of IN 1662 765 271 vote vote NN 1662 765 272 - - HYPH 1662 765 273 Levon Levon NNP 1662 765 274 Akopovich Akopovich NNP 1662 765 275 TER TER NNP 1662 765 276 - - HYPH 1662 765 277 PETROSSIAN PETROSSIAN NNP 1662 765 278 52 52 CD 1662 765 279 % % NN 1662 765 280 , , , 1662 765 281 Vazgen Vazgen NNP 1662 765 282 MANUKYAN MANUKYAN NNP 1662 765 283 41 41 CD 1662 765 284 % % NN 1662 765 285 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 765 286 branch branch NN 1662 765 287 : : : 1662 765 288 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 765 289 National National NNP 1662 765 290 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 765 291 or or CC 1662 765 292 Azgayin Azgayin NNP 1662 765 293 Zhoghov Zhoghov NNP 1662 765 294 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 295 190 190 CD 1662 765 296 seats seat NNS 1662 765 297 ; ; : 1662 765 298 members member NNS 1662 765 299 serve serve VBP 1662 765 300 five five CD 1662 765 301 - - HYPH 1662 765 302 year year NN 1662 765 303 terms term NNS 1662 765 304 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 305 elections election NNS 1662 765 306 : : : 1662 765 307 last last RB 1662 765 308 held hold VBD 1662 765 309 5 5 CD 1662 765 310 July July NNP 1662 765 311 1995 1995 CD 1662 765 312 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 313 next next JJ 1662 765 314 to to TO 1662 765 315 be be VB 1662 765 316 held hold VBN 1662 765 317 NA NA NNP 1662 765 318 2000 2000 CD 1662 765 319 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 320 election election NN 1662 765 321 results result NNS 1662 765 322 : : : 1662 765 323 percent percent NN 1662 765 324 of of IN 1662 765 325 vote vote NN 1662 765 326 by by IN 1662 765 327 party party NN 1662 765 328 - - HYPH 1662 765 329 NA NA NNP 1662 765 330 ; ; , 1662 765 331 seats seat NNS 1662 765 332 by by IN 1662 765 333 party party NN 1662 765 334 - - HYPH 1662 765 335 Republican Republican NNP 1662 765 336 Bloc Bloc NNP 1662 765 337 159 159 CD 1662 765 338 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 339 ANM ANM NNP 1662 765 340 63 63 CD 1662 765 341 , , , 1662 765 342 DLP DLP NNP 1662 765 343 - - HYPH 1662 765 344 Hanrapetutyun Hanrapetutyun NNP 1662 765 345 Bloc Bloc NNP 1662 765 346 6 6 CD 1662 765 347 , , , 1662 765 348 Republic Republic NNP 1662 765 349 Party Party NNP 1662 765 350 4 4 CD 1662 765 351 , , , 1662 765 352 CDU CDU NNP 1662 765 353 3 3 CD 1662 765 354 , , , 1662 765 355 Intellectual Intellectual NNP 1662 765 356 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 765 357 3 3 CD 1662 765 358 , , , 1662 765 359 Social Social NNP 1662 765 360 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 765 361 Party Party NNP 1662 765 362 2 2 CD 1662 765 363 , , , 1662 765 364 independents independent NNS 1662 765 365 78 78 CD 1662 765 366 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 367 , , , 1662 765 368 SWM SWM NNP 1662 765 369 8 8 CD 1662 765 370 , , , 1662 765 371 ACP ACP NNP 1662 765 372 7 7 CD 1662 765 373 , , , 1662 765 374 NDU NDU NNP 1662 765 375 5 5 CD 1662 765 376 , , , 1662 765 377 NSDU NSDU NNP 1662 765 378 3 3 CD 1662 765 379 , , , 1662 765 380 DLP DLP NNP 1662 765 381 1 1 CD 1662 765 382 , , , 1662 765 383 ARF ARF NNP 1662 765 384 1 1 CD 1662 765 385 , , , 1662 765 386 other other JJ 1662 765 387 4 4 CD 1662 765 388 , , , 1662 765 389 vacant vacant JJ 1662 765 390 2 2 CD 1662 765 391 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 765 392 branch branch NN 1662 765 393 : : : 1662 765 394 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 765 395 Court Court NNP 1662 765 396 ; ; : 1662 765 397 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 765 398 Court Court NNP 1662 765 399 Political political JJ 1662 765 400 parties party NNS 1662 765 401 and and CC 1662 765 402 leaders leader NNS 1662 765 403 : : : 1662 765 404 Republic Republic NNP 1662 765 405 Bloc Bloc NNP 1662 765 406 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 407 Hanrapetoutioun Hanrapetoutioun NNP 1662 765 408 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 409 : : : 1662 765 410 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 765 411 National National NNP 1662 765 412 Movement Movement NNP 1662 765 413 or or CC 1662 765 414 ANM ANM NNP 1662 765 415 [ [ -LRB- 1662 765 416 Husik Husik NNP 1662 765 417 LAZARIAN LAZARIAN NNP 1662 765 418 , , , 1662 765 419 chairman chairman NN 1662 765 420 ] ] -RRB- 1662 765 421 ; ; : 1662 765 422 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 765 423 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 765 424 Party Party NNP 1662 765 425 [ [ -LRB- 1662 765 426 Orthosis orthosis NN 1662 765 427 GYONJIAN gyonjian NN 1662 765 428 , , , 1662 765 429 chairman chairman NN 1662 765 430 ] ] -RRB- 1662 765 431 ; ; : 1662 765 432 Republican Republican NNP 1662 765 433 Party Party NNP 1662 765 434 [ [ -LRB- 1662 765 435 Ashot Ashot NNP 1662 765 436 NAVARSARDIAN NAVARSARDIAN NNP 1662 765 437 , , , 1662 765 438 chairman chairman NN 1662 765 439 ] ] -RRB- 1662 765 440 ; ; : 1662 765 441 Christian Christian NNP 1662 765 442 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 765 443 Union Union NNP 1662 765 444 or or CC 1662 765 445 CDU CDU NNP 1662 765 446 [ [ -LRB- 1662 765 447 Azat Azat NNP 1662 765 448 ARSHAKIAN ARSHAKIAN NNP 1662 765 449 , , , 1662 765 450 chairman chairman NN 1662 765 451 ] ] -RRB- 1662 765 452 ; ; : 1662 765 453 Intellectual Intellectual NNP 1662 765 454 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 765 455 [ [ -LRB- 1662 765 456 H. H. NNP 1662 765 457 TOKMAJIAN TOKMAJIAN NNP 1662 765 458 ] ] -RRB- 1662 765 459 ; ; : 1662 765 460 Social Social NNP 1662 765 461 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 765 462 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 463 Hnchakian Hnchakian NNP 1662 765 464 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 465 Party Party NNP 1662 765 466 [ [ -LRB- 1662 765 467 Yeghia Yeghia NNP 1662 765 468 NAJARIAN NAJARIAN NNP 1662 765 469 ] ] -RRB- 1662 765 470 opposition opposition NN 1662 765 471 parties party NNS 1662 765 472 : : : 1662 765 473 Shamiram Shamiram NNP 1662 765 474 Women Women NNP 1662 765 475 's 's POS 1662 765 476 Movement Movement NNP 1662 765 477 or or CC 1662 765 478 SWM SWM NNP 1662 765 479 [ [ -LRB- 1662 765 480 Shoger Shoger NNP 1662 765 481 MATEVOSIAN MATEVOSIAN NNP 1662 765 482 ] ] -RRB- 1662 765 483 ; ; : 1662 765 484 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 765 485 Communist Communist NNP 1662 765 486 Party Party NNP 1662 765 487 or or CC 1662 765 488 ACP ACP NNP 1662 765 489 [ [ -LRB- 1662 765 490 Sergey Sergey NNP 1662 765 491 BADALYAN BADALYAN NNP 1662 765 492 ] ] -RRB- 1662 765 493 ; ; : 1662 765 494 National National NNP 1662 765 495 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 765 496 Union Union NNP 1662 765 497 or or CC 1662 765 498 NDU NDU NNP 1662 765 499 [ [ -LRB- 1662 765 500 Davit Davit NNP 1662 765 501 VARDANIAN VARDANIAN NNP 1662 765 502 and and CC 1662 765 503 Vasgen Vasgen NNP 1662 765 504 MANUKIAN MANUKIAN NNP 1662 765 505 ] ] -RRB- 1662 765 506 ; ; : 1662 765 507 Union Union NNP 1662 765 508 of of IN 1662 765 509 National National NNP 1662 765 510 Self Self NNP 1662 765 511 - - HYPH 1662 765 512 Determination Determination NNP 1662 765 513 or or CC 1662 765 514 NSDU NSDU NNP 1662 765 515 [ [ -LRB- 1662 765 516 Paruir Paruir NNP 1662 765 517 HAIRIKIAN HAIRIKIAN NNP 1662 765 518 , , , 1662 765 519 chairman chairman NN 1662 765 520 ] ] -RRB- 1662 765 521 ; ; : 1662 765 522 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 765 523 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 765 524 Party Party NNP 1662 765 525 or or CC 1662 765 526 DLP DLP NNP 1662 765 527 [ [ -LRB- 1662 765 528 Rouben Rouben NNP 1662 765 529 MIRZAKHANIAN MIRZAKHANIAN NNP 1662 765 530 , , , 1662 765 531 chairman chairman NN 1662 765 532 ] ] -RRB- 1662 765 533 ; ; : 1662 765 534 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 765 535 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 765 536 Federation Federation NNP 1662 765 537 or or CC 1662 765 538 ARF ARF NNP 1662 765 539 [ [ -LRB- 1662 765 540 Rouben Rouben NNP 1662 765 541 HAKOBIAN HAKOBIAN NNP 1662 765 542 , , , 1662 765 543 chairman chairman NN 1662 765 544 ] ] -RRB- 1662 765 545 International international JJ 1662 765 546 organization organization NN 1662 765 547 participation participation NN 1662 765 548 : : : 1662 765 549 BSEC BSEC NNP 1662 765 550 , , , 1662 765 551 CCC CCC NNP 1662 765 552 , , , 1662 765 553 CE CE NNP 1662 765 554 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 555 guest guest NNP 1662 765 556 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 557 , , , 1662 765 558 CIS CIS NNP 1662 765 559 , , , 1662 765 560 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 765 561 , , , 1662 765 562 ECE ECE NNP 1662 765 563 , , , 1662 765 564 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 765 565 , , , 1662 765 566 FAO FAO NNP 1662 765 567 , , , 1662 765 568 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 765 569 , , , 1662 765 570 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 765 571 , , , 1662 765 572 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 765 573 , , , 1662 765 574 IDA IDA NNP 1662 765 575 , , , 1662 765 576 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 765 577 , , , 1662 765 578 IFC IFC NNP 1662 765 579 , , , 1662 765 580 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 765 581 , , , 1662 765 582 ILO ILO NNP 1662 765 583 , , , 1662 765 584 IMF IMF NNP 1662 765 585 , , , 1662 765 586 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 765 587 , , , 1662 765 588 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 765 589 , , , 1662 765 590 IOC IOC NNP 1662 765 591 , , , 1662 765 592 IOM IOM NNP 1662 765 593 , , , 1662 765 594 ISO ISO NNP 1662 765 595 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 596 correspondent correspondent NN 1662 765 597 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 598 , , , 1662 765 599 ITU ITU NNP 1662 765 600 , , , 1662 765 601 NACC NACC NNP 1662 765 602 , , , 1662 765 603 NAM NAM NNP 1662 765 604 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 605 observer observer NNP 1662 765 606 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 607 , , , 1662 765 608 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 765 609 , , , 1662 765 610 PFP PFP NNP 1662 765 611 , , , 1662 765 612 UN UN NNP 1662 765 613 , , , 1662 765 614 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 765 615 , , , 1662 765 616 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 765 617 , , , 1662 765 618 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 765 619 , , , 1662 765 620 UPU UPU NNP 1662 765 621 , , , 1662 765 622 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 765 623 , , , 1662 765 624 WHO who WP 1662 765 625 , , , 1662 765 626 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 765 627 , , , 1662 765 628 WMO WMO NNP 1662 765 629 , , , 1662 765 630 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 765 631 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 632 applicant applicant NN 1662 765 633 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 634 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 765 635 representation representation NN 1662 765 636 in in IN 1662 765 637 the the DT 1662 765 638 US US NNP 1662 765 639 : : : 1662 765 640 chief chief NN 1662 765 641 of of IN 1662 765 642 mission mission NN 1662 765 643 : : : 1662 765 644 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 765 645 Ruben Ruben NNP 1662 765 646 SHUGARIAN SHUGARIAN NNP 1662 765 647 chancery chancery NN 1662 765 648 : : : 1662 765 649 2225 2225 CD 1662 765 650 R R NNP 1662 765 651 Street Street NNP 1662 765 652 NW NW NNP 1662 765 653 , , , 1662 765 654 Washington Washington NNP 1662 765 655 , , , 1662 765 656 DC DC NNP 1662 765 657 20008 20008 CD 1662 765 658 telephone telephone NN 1662 765 659 : : : 1662 765 660 [ [ -LRB- 1662 765 661 1 1 CD 1662 765 662 ] ] -RRB- 1662 765 663 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 664 202 202 CD 1662 765 665 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 666 319 319 CD 1662 765 667 - - SYM 1662 765 668 1976 1976 CD 1662 765 669 FAX fax NN 1662 765 670 : : : 1662 765 671 [ [ -LRB- 1662 765 672 1 1 CD 1662 765 673 ] ] -RRB- 1662 765 674 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 675 202 202 CD 1662 765 676 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 677 319 319 CD 1662 765 678 - - SYM 1662 765 679 2982 2982 CD 1662 765 680 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 765 681 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 682 general general NN 1662 765 683 : : : 1662 765 684 Los Los NNP 1662 765 685 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 765 686 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 765 687 representation representation NN 1662 765 688 from from IN 1662 765 689 the the DT 1662 765 690 US US NNP 1662 765 691 : : : 1662 765 692 chief chief NN 1662 765 693 of of IN 1662 765 694 mission mission NN 1662 765 695 : : : 1662 765 696 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 765 697 Peter Peter NNP 1662 765 698 TOMSEN TOMSEN NNP 1662 765 699 embassy embassy NN 1662 765 700 : : : 1662 765 701 18 18 CD 1662 765 702 Gen Gen NNP 1662 765 703 Bagramian Bagramian NNP 1662 765 704 , , , 1662 765 705 Yerevan Yerevan NNP 1662 765 706 mailing mail VBG 1662 765 707 address address NN 1662 765 708 : : : 1662 765 709 use use NNP 1662 765 710 embassy embassy NNP 1662 765 711 street street NNP 1662 765 712 address address NN 1662 765 713 telephone telephone NNP 1662 765 714 : : : 1662 765 715 [ [ -LRB- 1662 765 716 374 374 CD 1662 765 717 ] ] -RRB- 1662 765 718 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 719 2 2 CD 1662 765 720 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 721 151 151 CD 1662 765 722 - - HYPH 1662 765 723 144 144 CD 1662 765 724 , , , 1662 765 725 524 524 CD 1662 765 726 - - SYM 1662 765 727 661 661 CD 1662 765 728 FAX fax NN 1662 765 729 : : : 1662 765 730 [ [ -LRB- 1662 765 731 374 374 CD 1662 765 732 ] ] -RRB- 1662 765 733 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 734 2 2 CD 1662 765 735 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 736 151 151 CD 1662 765 737 - - HYPH 1662 765 738 550 550 CD 1662 765 739 Flag flag NN 1662 765 740 description description NN 1662 765 741 : : : 1662 765 742 three three CD 1662 765 743 equal equal JJ 1662 765 744 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 765 745 bands band NNS 1662 765 746 of of IN 1662 765 747 red red JJ 1662 765 748 ( ( -LRB- 1662 765 749 top top NNP 1662 765 750 ) ) -RRB- 1662 765 751 , , , 1662 765 752 blue blue JJ 1662 765 753 , , , 1662 765 754 and and CC 1662 765 755 gold gold NN 1662 765 756 Economy Economy NNP 1662 765 757 Economy Economy NNP 1662 765 758 - - HYPH 1662 765 759 overview overview NN 1662 765 760 : : : 1662 765 761 Under under IN 1662 765 762 the the DT 1662 765 763 old old JJ 1662 765 764 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 765 765 central central JJ 1662 765 766 planning planning NN 1662 765 767 system system NN 1662 765 768 , , , 1662 765 769 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 765 770 had have VBD 1662 765 771 developed develop VBN 1662 765 772 a a DT 1662 765 773 modern modern JJ 1662 765 774 industrial industrial JJ 1662 765 775 sector sector NN 1662 765 776 , , , 1662 765 777 supplying supply VBG 1662 765 778 machine machine NN 1662 765 779 building building NN 1662 765 780 tools tool NNS 1662 765 781 , , , 1662 765 782 textiles textile NNS 1662 765 783 , , , 1662 765 784 and and CC 1662 765 785 other other JJ 1662 765 786 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 765 787 goods good NNS 1662 765 788 to to IN 1662 765 789 sister sister NN 1662 765 790 republics republic NNS 1662 765 791 in in IN 1662 765 792 exchange exchange NN 1662 765 793 for for IN 1662 765 794 raw raw JJ 1662 765 795 materials material NNS 1662 765 796 and and CC 1662 765 797 energy energy NN 1662 765 798 . . . 1662 766 1 Since since IN 1662 766 2 the the DT 1662 766 3 implosion implosion NN 1662 766 4 of of IN 1662 766 5 the the DT 1662 766 6 USSR USSR NNP 1662 766 7 in in IN 1662 766 8 December December NNP 1662 766 9 1991 1991 CD 1662 766 10 , , , 1662 766 11 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 766 12 has have VBZ 1662 766 13 switched switch VBN 1662 766 14 to to IN 1662 766 15 small small JJ 1662 766 16 - - HYPH 1662 766 17 scale scale NN 1662 766 18 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 766 19 away away RB 1662 766 20 from from IN 1662 766 21 the the DT 1662 766 22 large large JJ 1662 766 23 agroindustrial agroindustrial JJ 1662 766 24 complexes complex NNS 1662 766 25 of of IN 1662 766 26 the the DT 1662 766 27 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 766 28 area area NN 1662 766 29 . . . 1662 767 1 The the DT 1662 767 2 privatization privatization NN 1662 767 3 of of IN 1662 767 4 industry industry NN 1662 767 5 has have VBZ 1662 767 6 been be VBN 1662 767 7 at at IN 1662 767 8 a a DT 1662 767 9 much much RB 1662 767 10 slower slow JJR 1662 767 11 pace pace NN 1662 767 12 . . . 1662 768 1 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 768 2 is be VBZ 1662 768 3 a a DT 1662 768 4 food food NN 1662 768 5 importer importer NN 1662 768 6 and and CC 1662 768 7 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 768 8 mineral mineral NN 1662 768 9 deposits deposit NNS 1662 768 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 768 11 gold gold NN 1662 768 12 , , , 1662 768 13 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 768 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 768 15 are be VBP 1662 768 16 small small JJ 1662 768 17 . . . 1662 769 1 The the DT 1662 769 2 ongoing ongoing JJ 1662 769 3 conflict conflict NN 1662 769 4 with with IN 1662 769 5 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 769 6 over over IN 1662 769 7 the the DT 1662 769 8 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 769 9 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 769 10 - - HYPH 1662 769 11 dominated dominate VBN 1662 769 12 region region NN 1662 769 13 of of IN 1662 769 14 Nagorno Nagorno NNP 1662 769 15 - - HYPH 1662 769 16 Karabakh Karabakh NNP 1662 769 17 and and CC 1662 769 18 the the DT 1662 769 19 embargoes embargo NNS 1662 769 20 imposed impose VBN 1662 769 21 by by IN 1662 769 22 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 769 23 and and CC 1662 769 24 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 769 25 contributed contribute VBD 1662 769 26 to to IN 1662 769 27 a a DT 1662 769 28 severe severe JJ 1662 769 29 economic economic JJ 1662 769 30 decline decline NN 1662 769 31 in in IN 1662 769 32 the the DT 1662 769 33 early early JJ 1662 769 34 1990s 1990 NNS 1662 769 35 . . . 1662 770 1 By by IN 1662 770 2 1994 1994 CD 1662 770 3 , , , 1662 770 4 however however RB 1662 770 5 , , , 1662 770 6 the the DT 1662 770 7 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 770 8 Government Government NNP 1662 770 9 had have VBD 1662 770 10 launched launch VBN 1662 770 11 an an DT 1662 770 12 ambitious ambitious JJ 1662 770 13 IMF IMF NNP 1662 770 14 - - HYPH 1662 770 15 sponsored sponsor VBN 1662 770 16 economic economic JJ 1662 770 17 program program NN 1662 770 18 that that WDT 1662 770 19 has have VBZ 1662 770 20 resulted result VBN 1662 770 21 in in IN 1662 770 22 positive positive JJ 1662 770 23 growth growth NN 1662 770 24 rates rate NNS 1662 770 25 in in IN 1662 770 26 1995 1995 CD 1662 770 27 and and CC 1662 770 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 770 29 . . . 1662 771 1 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 771 2 also also RB 1662 771 3 managed manage VBD 1662 771 4 to to TO 1662 771 5 slash slash VB 1662 771 6 inflation inflation NN 1662 771 7 and and CC 1662 771 8 to to TO 1662 771 9 privatize privatize VB 1662 771 10 most most JJS 1662 771 11 small small JJ 1662 771 12 and and CC 1662 771 13 medium medium JJ 1662 771 14 - - HYPH 1662 771 15 sized sized JJ 1662 771 16 enterprises enterprise NNS 1662 771 17 . . . 1662 772 1 The the DT 1662 772 2 chronic chronic JJ 1662 772 3 energy energy NN 1662 772 4 shortages shortage NNS 1662 772 5 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 772 6 suffered suffer VBD 1662 772 7 in in IN 1662 772 8 recent recent JJ 1662 772 9 years year NNS 1662 772 10 has have VBZ 1662 772 11 been be VBN 1662 772 12 partially partially RB 1662 772 13 offset offset VBN 1662 772 14 by by IN 1662 772 15 the the DT 1662 772 16 energy energy NN 1662 772 17 supplied supply VBN 1662 772 18 by by IN 1662 772 19 one one CD 1662 772 20 of of IN 1662 772 21 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 772 22 nuclear nuclear JJ 1662 772 23 power power NN 1662 772 24 plants plant NNS 1662 772 25 at at IN 1662 772 26 Metsamor Metsamor NNP 1662 772 27 , , , 1662 772 28 which which WDT 1662 772 29 in in IN 1662 772 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 772 31 supplied supply VBD 1662 772 32 about about RB 1662 772 33 40 40 CD 1662 772 34 % % NN 1662 772 35 of of IN 1662 772 36 the the DT 1662 772 37 country country NN 1662 772 38 's 's POS 1662 772 39 energy energy NN 1662 772 40 needs need NNS 1662 772 41 , , , 1662 772 42 according accord VBG 1662 772 43 to to IN 1662 772 44 the the DT 1662 772 45 Armenian armenian JJ 1662 772 46 Government Government NNP 1662 772 47 . . . 1662 773 1 Moreover moreover RB 1662 773 2 , , , 1662 773 3 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 773 4 is be VBZ 1662 773 5 expanding expand VBG 1662 773 6 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 773 7 energy energy NN 1662 773 8 imports import NNS 1662 773 9 from from IN 1662 773 10 Iran Iran NNP 1662 773 11 . . . 1662 774 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 774 2 : : : 1662 774 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 774 4 power power NN 1662 774 5 parity parity NN 1662 774 6 - - : 1662 774 7 $ $ $ 1662 774 8 9.7 9.7 CD 1662 774 9 billion billion CD 1662 774 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 774 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 774 12 estimate estimate NN 1662 774 13 as as IN 1662 774 14 extrapolated extrapolate VBN 1662 774 15 from from IN 1662 774 16 World World NNP 1662 774 17 Bank Bank NNP 1662 774 18 estimate estimate NN 1662 774 19 for for IN 1662 774 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 774 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 774 22 GDP gdp NN 1662 774 23 - - HYPH 1662 774 24 real real JJ 1662 774 25 growth growth NN 1662 774 26 rate rate NN 1662 774 27 : : : 1662 774 28 4 4 CD 1662 774 29 % % NN 1662 774 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 774 31 1996 1996 CD 1662 774 32 est est NNP 1662 774 33 . . . 1662 774 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 775 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 775 2 - - HYPH 1662 775 3 per per FW 1662 775 4 capita capita NN 1662 775 5 : : : 1662 775 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 775 7 power power NN 1662 775 8 parity parity NN 1662 775 9 - - : 1662 775 10 $ $ $ 1662 775 11 2,800 2,800 CD 1662 775 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 775 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 775 14 est est NNP 1662 775 15 . . . 1662 775 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 776 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 776 2 - - HYPH 1662 776 3 composition composition NN 1662 776 4 by by IN 1662 776 5 sector sector NN 1662 776 6 : : : 1662 776 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 776 8 : : : 1662 776 9 35 35 CD 1662 776 10 % % NN 1662 776 11 industry industry NN 1662 776 12 : : : 1662 776 13 35 35 CD 1662 776 14 % % NN 1662 776 15 services service NNS 1662 776 16 : : : 1662 776 17 30 30 CD 1662 776 18 % % NN 1662 776 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 776 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 776 21 est est NNP 1662 776 22 . . . 1662 776 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 777 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 777 2 rate rate NN 1662 777 3 - - HYPH 1662 777 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 777 5 price price NN 1662 777 6 index index NN 1662 777 7 : : : 1662 777 8 5.7 5.7 CD 1662 777 9 % % NN 1662 777 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 777 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 777 12 est est NNP 1662 777 13 . . . 1662 777 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 778 1 Labor labor NN 1662 778 2 force force NN 1662 778 3 : : : 1662 778 4 total total NN 1662 778 5 : : : 1662 778 6 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 778 7 million million CD 1662 778 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 778 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 778 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 778 11 by by IN 1662 778 12 occupation occupation NN 1662 778 13 : : : 1662 778 14 industry industry NN 1662 778 15 and and CC 1662 778 16 construction construction NN 1662 778 17 23 23 CD 1662 778 18 % % NN 1662 778 19 , , , 1662 778 20 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 778 21 38 38 CD 1662 778 22 % % NN 1662 778 23 , , , 1662 778 24 services service NNS 1662 778 25 37 37 CD 1662 778 26 % % NN 1662 778 27 , , , 1662 778 28 other other JJ 1662 778 29 2 2 CD 1662 778 30 % % NN 1662 778 31 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 778 32 rate rate NN 1662 778 33 : : : 1662 778 34 7.4 7.4 CD 1662 778 35 % % NN 1662 778 36 officially officially RB 1662 778 37 registered register VBN 1662 778 38 unemployed unemployed JJ 1662 778 39 , , , 1662 778 40 but but CC 1662 778 41 large large JJ 1662 778 42 numbers number NNS 1662 778 43 of of IN 1662 778 44 underemployed underemployed JJ 1662 778 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 778 46 December December NNP 1662 778 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 778 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 778 49 Budget budget NN 1662 778 50 : : : 1662 778 51 revenues revenue NNS 1662 778 52 : : : 1662 778 53 $ $ $ 1662 778 54 NA na NN 1662 778 55 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 778 56 : : : 1662 778 57 $ $ $ 1662 778 58 NA na NN 1662 778 59 , , , 1662 778 60 including include VBG 1662 778 61 capital capital NN 1662 778 62 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 778 63 of of IN 1662 778 64 $ $ $ 1662 778 65 NA NA NNP 1662 778 66 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 778 67 : : : 1662 778 68 much much JJ 1662 778 69 of of IN 1662 778 70 industry industry NN 1662 778 71 is be VBZ 1662 778 72 shut shut VBN 1662 778 73 down down RP 1662 778 74 ; ; : 1662 778 75 metal metal NN 1662 778 76 - - HYPH 1662 778 77 cutting cut VBG 1662 778 78 machine machine NN 1662 778 79 tools tool NNS 1662 778 80 , , , 1662 778 81 forging forge VBG 1662 778 82 - - HYPH 1662 778 83 pressing press VBG 1662 778 84 machines machine NNS 1662 778 85 , , , 1662 778 86 electric electric JJ 1662 778 87 motors motor NNS 1662 778 88 , , , 1662 778 89 tires tire NNS 1662 778 90 , , , 1662 778 91 knitted knitted JJ 1662 778 92 wear wear NN 1662 778 93 , , , 1662 778 94 hosiery hosiery NN 1662 778 95 , , , 1662 778 96 shoes shoe NNS 1662 778 97 , , , 1662 778 98 silk silk NN 1662 778 99 fabric fabric NN 1662 778 100 , , , 1662 778 101 washing washing NN 1662 778 102 machines machine NNS 1662 778 103 , , , 1662 778 104 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 778 105 , , , 1662 778 106 trucks truck NNS 1662 778 107 , , , 1662 778 108 watches watch NNS 1662 778 109 , , , 1662 778 110 instruments instrument NNS 1662 778 111 , , , 1662 778 112 microelectronics microelectronic VBZ 1662 778 113 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 778 114 production production NN 1662 778 115 growth growth NN 1662 778 116 rate rate NN 1662 778 117 : : : 1662 778 118 1 1 CD 1662 778 119 % % NN 1662 778 120 ( ( -LRB- 1662 778 121 1996 1996 CD 1662 778 122 est est NNP 1662 778 123 . . . 1662 778 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 779 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 779 2 - - HYPH 1662 779 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 779 4 : : : 1662 779 5 2.77 2.77 CD 1662 779 6 million million CD 1662 779 7 kW kW NNP 1662 779 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 779 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 779 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 779 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 779 12 - - HYPH 1662 779 13 production production NN 1662 779 14 : : : 1662 779 15 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 779 16 billion billion CD 1662 779 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 779 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 779 19 1996 1996 CD 1662 779 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 779 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 779 22 - - HYPH 1662 779 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 779 24 per per IN 1662 779 25 capita capita NN 1662 779 26 : : : 1662 779 27 1,462 1,462 CD 1662 779 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 779 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 779 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 779 31 est est NNP 1662 779 32 . . . 1662 779 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 780 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 780 2 - - HYPH 1662 780 3 products product NNS 1662 780 4 : : : 1662 780 5 fruit fruit NNP 1662 780 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 780 7 especially especially RB 1662 780 8 grapes grape NNS 1662 780 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 780 10 , , , 1662 780 11 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 780 12 ; ; , 1662 780 13 vineyards vineyard NNS 1662 780 14 near near IN 1662 780 15 Yerevan Yerevan NNP 1662 780 16 are be VBP 1662 780 17 famous famous JJ 1662 780 18 for for IN 1662 780 19 brandy brandy NN 1662 780 20 and and CC 1662 780 21 other other JJ 1662 780 22 liqueurs liqueurs NNPS 1662 780 23 ; ; : 1662 780 24 minor minor JJ 1662 780 25 livestock livestock NN 1662 780 26 sector sector NN 1662 780 27 Exports export NNS 1662 780 28 : : : 1662 780 29 total total JJ 1662 780 30 value value NN 1662 780 31 : : : 1662 780 32 $ $ $ 1662 780 33 273 273 CD 1662 780 34 million million CD 1662 780 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 780 36 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 780 37 . . NNP 1662 780 38 , , , 1662 780 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 780 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 780 41 commodities commodity NNS 1662 780 42 : : : 1662 780 43 gold gold NN 1662 780 44 and and CC 1662 780 45 jewelry jewelry NN 1662 780 46 , , , 1662 780 47 aluminum aluminum NN 1662 780 48 , , , 1662 780 49 transport transport NN 1662 780 50 equipment equipment NN 1662 780 51 , , , 1662 780 52 electrical electrical JJ 1662 780 53 equipment equipment NN 1662 780 54 , , , 1662 780 55 scrap scrap NN 1662 780 56 metal metal NN 1662 780 57 partners partner NNS 1662 780 58 : : : 1662 780 59 Iran Iran NNP 1662 780 60 , , , 1662 780 61 Russia Russia NNP 1662 780 62 , , , 1662 780 63 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 1662 780 64 , , , 1662 780 65 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 780 66 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 780 67 : : : 1662 780 68 total total JJ 1662 780 69 value value NN 1662 780 70 : : : 1662 780 71 $ $ $ 1662 780 72 830 830 CD 1662 780 73 million million CD 1662 780 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 780 75 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 780 76 . . NNP 1662 780 77 , , , 1662 780 78 1996 1996 CD 1662 780 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 780 80 commodities commodity NNS 1662 780 81 : : : 1662 780 82 grain grain NN 1662 780 83 , , , 1662 780 84 other other JJ 1662 780 85 foods food NNS 1662 780 86 , , , 1662 780 87 fuel fuel NN 1662 780 88 , , , 1662 780 89 other other JJ 1662 780 90 energy energy NN 1662 780 91 partners partner NNS 1662 780 92 : : : 1662 780 93 Iran Iran NNP 1662 780 94 , , , 1662 780 95 Russia Russia NNP 1662 780 96 , , , 1662 780 97 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 1662 780 98 , , , 1662 780 99 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 780 100 , , , 1662 780 101 US US NNP 1662 780 102 , , , 1662 780 103 EU EU NNP 1662 780 104 Debt Debt NNP 1662 780 105 - - HYPH 1662 780 106 external external JJ 1662 780 107 : : : 1662 780 108 $ $ $ 1662 780 109 850 850 CD 1662 780 110 million million CD 1662 780 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 780 112 of of IN 1662 780 113 which which WDT 1662 780 114 $ $ $ 1662 780 115 75 75 CD 1662 780 116 million million CD 1662 780 117 to to IN 1662 780 118 Russia Russia NNP 1662 780 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 780 120 ( ( -LRB- 1662 780 121 1995 1995 CD 1662 780 122 est est NNP 1662 780 123 . . . 1662 780 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 781 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 781 2 aid aid NN 1662 781 3 : : : 1662 781 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 781 5 : : : 1662 781 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 781 7 , , , 1662 781 8 $ $ $ 1662 781 9 NA NA NNP 1662 781 10 note note VB 1662 781 11 : : : 1662 781 12 commitments commitment NNS 1662 781 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 781 14 excluding exclude VBG 1662 781 15 Russia Russia NNP 1662 781 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 781 17 , , , 1662 781 18 $ $ $ 1662 781 19 1,385 1,385 CD 1662 781 20 million million CD 1662 781 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 781 22 $ $ $ 1662 781 23 675 675 CD 1662 781 24 million million CD 1662 781 25 in in IN 1662 781 26 disbursements disbursement NNS 1662 781 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 781 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 781 29 1992 1992 CD 1662 781 30 - - SYM 1662 781 31 95 95 CD 1662 781 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 781 33 Currency currency NN 1662 781 34 : : : 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Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 781 76 year year NN 1662 781 77 : : : 1662 781 78 calendar calendar NNP 1662 781 79 year year NNP 1662 781 80 @Armenia @armenia XX 1662 781 81 : : : 1662 781 82 Communications communication NNS 1662 781 83 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 781 84 : : : 1662 781 85 650,000 650,000 CD 1662 781 86 Telephone telephone NN 1662 781 87 system system NN 1662 781 88 : : : 1662 781 89 joint joint JJ 1662 781 90 venture venture NN 1662 781 91 agreement agreement NN 1662 781 92 to to TO 1662 781 93 install install VB 1662 781 94 fiber fiber NN 1662 781 95 - - HYPH 1662 781 96 optic optic NN 1662 781 97 cable cable NN 1662 781 98 and and CC 1662 781 99 construct construct VB 1662 781 100 facilities facility NNS 1662 781 101 for for IN 1662 781 102 cellular cellular JJ 1662 781 103 telephone telephone NN 1662 781 104 service service NN 1662 781 105 is be VBZ 1662 781 106 in in IN 1662 781 107 the the DT 1662 781 108 implementation implementation NN 1662 781 109 phase phase NN 1662 781 110 domestic domestic RB 1662 781 111 : : : 1662 781 112 NA NA NNP 1662 781 113 international international JJ 1662 781 114 : : : 1662 781 115 international international JJ 1662 781 116 connections connection NNS 1662 781 117 to to IN 1662 781 118 other other JJ 1662 781 119 former former JJ 1662 781 120 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 781 121 republics republic NNS 1662 781 122 are be VBP 1662 781 123 by by IN 1662 781 124 landline landline NN 1662 781 125 or or CC 1662 781 126 microwave microwave VB 1662 781 127 radio radio NN 1662 781 128 relay relay NN 1662 781 129 and and CC 1662 781 130 to to IN 1662 781 131 other other JJ 1662 781 132 countries country NNS 1662 781 133 by by IN 1662 781 134 satellite satellite NN 1662 781 135 and and CC 1662 781 136 by by IN 1662 781 137 leased lease VBN 1662 781 138 connection connection NN 1662 781 139 through through IN 1662 781 140 the the DT 1662 781 141 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 781 142 international international JJ 1662 781 143 gateway gateway NN 1662 781 144 switch switch NN 1662 781 145 ; ; , 1662 781 146 satellite satellite NN 1662 781 147 earth earth NN 1662 781 148 station station NN 1662 781 149 - - : 1662 781 150 1 1 CD 1662 781 151 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 781 152 Radio Radio NNP 1662 781 153 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 781 154 stations station NNS 1662 781 155 : : : 1662 781 156 AM AM NNP 1662 781 157 10 10 CD 1662 781 158 , , , 1662 781 159 FM FM NNP 1662 781 160 3 3 CD 1662 781 161 , , , 1662 781 162 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 781 163 NA NA NNP 1662 781 164 ( ( -LRB- 1662 781 165 1991 1991 CD 1662 781 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 781 167 Radios radio NNS 1662 781 168 : : : 1662 781 169 NA NA NNP 1662 781 170 Television Television NNP 1662 781 171 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 781 172 stations station NNS 1662 781 173 : : : 1662 781 174 1 1 CD 1662 781 175 note note NN 1662 781 176 : : : 1662 781 177 100 100 CD 1662 781 178 % % NN 1662 781 179 of of IN 1662 781 180 population population NN 1662 781 181 receives receive VBZ 1662 781 182 Armenian armenian JJ 1662 781 183 and and CC 1662 781 184 Russian russian JJ 1662 781 185 TV tv NN 1662 781 186 programs program NNS 1662 781 187 Televisions television NNS 1662 781 188 : : : 1662 781 189 NA NA NNP 1662 781 190 @Armenia @armenia XX 1662 781 191 : : : 1662 781 192 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 781 193 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 781 194 : : : 1662 781 195 total total NN 1662 781 196 : : : 1662 781 197 825 825 CD 1662 781 198 km km NNS 1662 781 199 in in IN 1662 781 200 common common JJ 1662 781 201 carrier carrier NN 1662 781 202 service service NN 1662 781 203 ; ; : 1662 781 204 does do VBZ 1662 781 205 not not RB 1662 781 206 include include VB 1662 781 207 industrial industrial JJ 1662 781 208 lines line NNS 1662 781 209 broad broad JJ 1662 781 210 gauge gauge NN 1662 781 211 : : : 1662 781 212 825 825 CD 1662 781 213 km km NN 1662 781 214 1.520-m 1.520-m NN 1662 781 215 gauge gauge NN 1662 781 216 ( ( -LRB- 1662 781 217 1992 1992 CD 1662 781 218 ) ) -RRB- 1662 781 219 Highways highway NNS 1662 781 220 : : : 1662 781 221 total total NN 1662 781 222 : : : 1662 781 223 7,720 7,720 CD 1662 781 224 km km NN 1662 781 225 paved pave VBN 1662 781 226 : : : 1662 781 227 7,496 7,496 CD 1662 781 228 km km NN 1662 781 229 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 781 230 : : : 1662 781 231 224 224 CD 1662 781 232 km km NNS 1662 781 233 ( ( -LRB- 1662 781 234 1995 1995 CD 1662 781 235 est est NNP 1662 781 236 . . . 1662 781 237 ) ) -RRB- 1662 782 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 782 2 : : : 1662 782 3 NA NA NNP 1662 782 4 km km POS 1662 782 5 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 782 6 : : : 1662 782 7 natural natural JJ 1662 782 8 gas gas NN 1662 782 9 900 900 CD 1662 782 10 km km NNS 1662 782 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 782 12 1991 1991 CD 1662 782 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 782 14 Ports port NNS 1662 782 15 and and CC 1662 782 16 harbors harbor NNS 1662 782 17 : : : 1662 782 18 none none NN 1662 782 19 Airports airport NNS 1662 782 20 : : : 1662 782 21 11 11 CD 1662 782 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 782 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 782 24 est est NNP 1662 782 25 . . . 1662 782 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 783 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 783 2 - - , 1662 783 3 with with IN 1662 783 4 paved paved JJ 1662 783 5 runways runway NNS 1662 783 6 : : : 1662 783 7 total total NN 1662 783 8 : : : 1662 783 9 5 5 CD 1662 783 10 over over IN 1662 783 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 783 12 m m NN 1662 783 13 : : : 1662 783 14 2 2 CD 1662 783 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 783 16 to to TO 1662 783 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 783 18 m m NN 1662 783 19 : : : 1662 783 20 1 1 CD 1662 783 21 914 914 CD 1662 783 22 to to TO 1662 783 23 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 783 24 m m NN 1662 783 25 : : : 1662 783 26 2 2 CD 1662 783 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 783 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 783 29 est est NNP 1662 783 30 . . . 1662 783 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 784 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 784 2 - - , 1662 784 3 with with IN 1662 784 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 784 5 runways runway NNS 1662 784 6 : : : 1662 784 7 total total NN 1662 784 8 : : : 1662 784 9 6 6 CD 1662 784 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 784 11 to to TO 1662 784 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 784 13 m m NN 1662 784 14 : : : 1662 784 15 2 2 CD 1662 784 16 914 914 CD 1662 784 17 to to TO 1662 784 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 784 19 m m NN 1662 784 20 : : : 1662 784 21 3 3 CD 1662 784 22 under under IN 1662 784 23 914 914 CD 1662 784 24 m m NN 1662 784 25 : : : 1662 784 26 1 1 CD 1662 784 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 784 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 784 29 est est NNP 1662 784 30 . . . 1662 784 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 785 1 Military military JJ 1662 785 2 Military military JJ 1662 785 3 branches branch NNS 1662 785 4 : : : 1662 785 5 Army Army NNP 1662 785 6 , , , 1662 785 7 Air Air NNP 1662 785 8 Force Force NNP 1662 785 9 , , , 1662 785 10 Air Air NNP 1662 785 11 Defense Defense NNP 1662 785 12 Force Force NNP 1662 785 13 , , , 1662 785 14 Security Security NNP 1662 785 15 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 785 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 785 17 internal internal JJ 1662 785 18 and and CC 1662 785 19 border border NN 1662 785 20 troops troop NNS 1662 785 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 785 22 Military military JJ 1662 785 23 manpower manpower NN 1662 785 24 - - HYPH 1662 785 25 military military NN 1662 785 26 age age NN 1662 785 27 : : : 1662 785 28 18 18 CD 1662 785 29 years year NNS 1662 785 30 of of IN 1662 785 31 age age NN 1662 785 32 Military military JJ 1662 785 33 manpower manpower NN 1662 785 34 - - HYPH 1662 785 35 availability availability NN 1662 785 36 : : : 1662 785 37 males male NNS 1662 785 38 age age NNP 1662 785 39 15 15 CD 1662 785 40 - - HYPH 1662 785 41 49 49 CD 1662 785 42 : : : 1662 785 43 907,579 907,579 CD 1662 785 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 785 45 1997 1997 CD 1662 785 46 est est NNP 1662 785 47 . . . 1662 785 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 786 1 Military military JJ 1662 786 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 786 3 - - HYPH 1662 786 4 fit fit NN 1662 786 5 for for IN 1662 786 6 military military JJ 1662 786 7 service service NN 1662 786 8 : : : 1662 786 9 males male NNS 1662 786 10 : : : 1662 786 11 722,715 722,715 CD 1662 786 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 786 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 786 14 est est NNP 1662 786 15 . . . 1662 786 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 787 1 Military military JJ 1662 787 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 787 3 - - HYPH 1662 787 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 787 5 military military JJ 1662 787 6 age age NN 1662 787 7 annually annually RB 1662 787 8 : : : 1662 787 9 males male NNS 1662 787 10 : : : 1662 787 11 30,942 30,942 CD 1662 787 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 787 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 787 14 est est NNP 1662 787 15 . . . 1662 787 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 788 1 Military military JJ 1662 788 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 788 3 - - HYPH 1662 788 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 788 5 figure figure NN 1662 788 6 : : : 1662 788 7 $ $ $ 1662 788 8 75 75 CD 1662 788 9 million million CD 1662 788 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 788 11 1992 1992 CD 1662 788 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 788 13 Military military JJ 1662 788 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 788 15 - - : 1662 788 16 percent percent NN 1662 788 17 of of IN 1662 788 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 788 19 : : : 1662 788 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 788 21 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 788 22 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 788 23 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 788 24 - - : 1662 788 25 international international JJ 1662 788 26 : : : 1662 788 27 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 788 28 supports support VBZ 1662 788 29 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 788 30 Armenians Armenians NNPS 1662 788 31 in in IN 1662 788 32 the the DT 1662 788 33 Nagorno Nagorno NNP 1662 788 34 - - HYPH 1662 788 35 Karabakh Karabakh NNP 1662 788 36 region region NN 1662 788 37 of of IN 1662 788 38 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 788 39 in in IN 1662 788 40 the the DT 1662 788 41 longstanding longstanding JJ 1662 788 42 , , , 1662 788 43 separatist separatist JJ 1662 788 44 conflict conflict NN 1662 788 45 against against IN 1662 788 46 the the DT 1662 788 47 Azerbaijani Azerbaijani NNP 1662 788 48 Government Government NNP 1662 788 49 ; ; : 1662 788 50 traditional traditional JJ 1662 788 51 demands demand NNS 1662 788 52 on on IN 1662 788 53 former former JJ 1662 788 54 Armenian armenian JJ 1662 788 55 lands land NNS 1662 788 56 in in IN 1662 788 57 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 788 58 have have VBP 1662 788 59 subsided subside VBN 1662 788 60 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 788 61 drugs drug NNS 1662 788 62 : : : 1662 788 63 illicit illicit JJ 1662 788 64 cultivator cultivator NN 1662 788 65 of of IN 1662 788 66 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 788 67 mostly mostly RB 1662 788 68 for for IN 1662 788 69 domestic domestic JJ 1662 788 70 consumption consumption NN 1662 788 71 ; ; , 1662 788 72 used use VBN 1662 788 73 as as IN 1662 788 74 a a DT 1662 788 75 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 788 76 point point NN 1662 788 77 for for IN 1662 788 78 illicit illicit JJ 1662 788 79 drugs drug NNS 1662 788 80 to to IN 1662 788 81 Western Western NNP 1662 788 82 Europe Europe NNP 1662 788 83 and and CC 1662 788 84 the the DT 1662 788 85 US US NNP 1662 788 86 _ _ NNP 1662 788 87 _ _ NNP 1662 788 88 _ _ NNP 1662 788 89 _ _ NNP 1662 788 90 _ _ NNP 1662 788 91 _ _ NNP 1662 788 92 _ _ NNP 1662 788 93 _ _ NNP 1662 788 94 _ _ NNP 1662 788 95 _ _ NNP 1662 788 96 _ _ NNP 1662 788 97 _ _ NNP 1662 788 98 _ _ NNP 1662 788 99 _ _ NNP 1662 788 100 _ _ NNP 1662 788 101 _ _ NNP 1662 788 102 _ _ NNP 1662 788 103 _ _ NNP 1662 788 104 _ _ NNP 1662 788 105 _ _ NNP 1662 788 106 _ _ NNP 1662 788 107 _ _ NNP 1662 788 108 _ _ NNP 1662 788 109 _ _ NNP 1662 788 110 _ _ NNP 1662 788 111 _ _ NNP 1662 788 112 _ _ NNP 1662 788 113 _ _ NNP 1662 788 114 _ _ NNP 1662 788 115 _ _ NNP 1662 788 116 _ _ NNP 1662 788 117 _ _ NNP 1662 788 118 _ _ NNP 1662 788 119 _ _ NNP 1662 788 120 _ _ NNP 1662 788 121 _ _ NNP 1662 788 122 _ _ NNP 1662 788 123 _ _ NNP 1662 788 124 _ _ NNP 1662 788 125 _ _ NNP 1662 788 126 _ _ NNP 1662 788 127 _ _ NNP 1662 788 128 _ _ NNP 1662 788 129 _ _ NNP 1662 788 130 _ _ NNP 1662 788 131 _ _ NNP 1662 788 132 _ _ NNP 1662 788 133 _ _ NNP 1662 788 134 _ _ NNP 1662 788 135 _ _ NNP 1662 788 136 _ _ NNP 1662 788 137 _ _ NNP 1662 788 138 _ _ NNP 1662 788 139 _ _ NNP 1662 788 140 _ _ NNP 1662 788 141 _ _ NNP 1662 788 142 _ _ NNP 1662 788 143 _ _ NNP 1662 788 144 _ _ NNP 1662 788 145 _ _ NNP 1662 788 146 _ _ NNP 1662 788 147 _ _ NNP 1662 788 148 _ _ NNP 1662 788 149 _ _ NNP 1662 788 150 _ _ NNP 1662 788 151 _ _ NNP 1662 788 152 _ _ NNP 1662 788 153 _ _ NNP 1662 788 154 _ _ NNP 1662 788 155 _ _ NNP 1662 788 156 ARUBA ARUBA NNP 1662 788 157 ( ( -LRB- 1662 788 158 part part NN 1662 788 159 of of IN 1662 788 160 the the DT 1662 788 161 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 788 162 of of IN 1662 788 163 the the DT 1662 788 164 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 788 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 788 166 @Aruba @aruba NN 1662 788 167 : : : 1662 788 168 Geography Geography NNP 1662 788 169 Location Location NNP 1662 788 170 : : : 1662 788 171 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 788 172 , , , 1662 788 173 island island NN 1662 788 174 in in IN 1662 788 175 the the DT 1662 788 176 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 788 177 Sea Sea NNP 1662 788 178 , , , 1662 788 179 north north NN 1662 788 180 of of IN 1662 788 181 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 788 182 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 788 183 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 788 184 : : : 1662 788 185 12 12 CD 1662 788 186 30 30 CD 1662 788 187 N n CD 1662 788 188 , , , 1662 788 189 69 69 CD 1662 788 190 58 58 CD 1662 788 191 W W NNP 1662 788 192 Map Map NNP 1662 788 193 references reference NNS 1662 788 194 : : : 1662 788 195 Central Central NNP 1662 788 196 America America NNP 1662 788 197 and and CC 1662 788 198 the the DT 1662 788 199 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 788 200 Area Area NNP 1662 788 201 : : : 1662 788 202 total total NN 1662 788 203 : : : 1662 788 204 193 193 CD 1662 788 205 sq sq NN 1662 788 206 km km NNP 1662 788 207 land land NN 1662 788 208 : : : 1662 788 209 193 193 CD 1662 788 210 sq sq RB 1662 788 211 km km NNP 1662 788 212 water water NN 1662 788 213 : : : 1662 788 214 0 0 NFP 1662 788 215 sq sq NN 1662 788 216 km km NNP 1662 788 217 Area area NN 1662 788 218 - - HYPH 1662 788 219 comparative comparative JJ 1662 788 220 : : : 1662 788 221 slightly slightly RB 1662 788 222 larger large JJR 1662 788 223 than than IN 1662 788 224 Washington Washington NNP 1662 788 225 , , , 1662 788 226 DC DC NNP 1662 788 227 Land Land NNP 1662 788 228 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 788 229 : : : 1662 788 230 0 0 LS 1662 788 231 km km NN 1662 788 232 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 788 233 : : : 1662 788 234 68.5 68.5 CD 1662 788 235 km km NN 1662 788 236 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 788 237 claims claim VBZ 1662 788 238 : : : 1662 788 239 territorial territorial JJ 1662 788 240 sea sea NN 1662 788 241 : : : 1662 788 242 12 12 CD 1662 788 243 nm nm NNP 1662 788 244 Climate Climate NNP 1662 788 245 : : : 1662 788 246 tropical tropical JJ 1662 788 247 marine marine NN 1662 788 248 ; ; : 1662 788 249 little little JJ 1662 788 250 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 788 251 temperature temperature NN 1662 788 252 variation variation NN 1662 788 253 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 788 254 : : : 1662 788 255 flat flat JJ 1662 788 256 with with IN 1662 788 257 a a DT 1662 788 258 few few JJ 1662 788 259 hills hill NNS 1662 788 260 ; ; , 1662 788 261 scant scant JJ 1662 788 262 vegetation vegetation NN 1662 788 263 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 788 264 extremes extreme NNS 1662 788 265 : : : 1662 788 266 lowest low JJS 1662 788 267 point point NN 1662 788 268 : : : 1662 788 269 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 788 270 Sea Sea NNP 1662 788 271 0 0 NFP 1662 788 272 m m DT 1662 788 273 highest high JJS 1662 788 274 point point NN 1662 788 275 : : : 1662 788 276 Mount Mount NNP 1662 788 277 Jamanota Jamanota NNP 1662 788 278 188 188 CD 1662 788 279 m m NNP 1662 788 280 Natural natural JJ 1662 788 281 resources resource NNS 1662 788 282 : : : 1662 788 283 negligible negligible JJ 1662 788 284 ; ; : 1662 788 285 white white JJ 1662 788 286 sandy sandy JJ 1662 788 287 beaches beach NNS 1662 788 288 Land Land NNP 1662 788 289 use use NN 1662 788 290 : : : 1662 788 291 arable arable JJ 1662 788 292 land land NN 1662 788 293 : : : 1662 788 294 11 11 CD 1662 788 295 % % NN 1662 788 296 permanent permanent JJ 1662 788 297 crops crop NNS 1662 788 298 : : : 1662 788 299 NA% na% IN 1662 788 300 permanent permanent JJ 1662 788 301 pastures pasture NNS 1662 788 302 : : : 1662 788 303 NA% NA% NNS 1662 788 304 forests forest NNS 1662 788 305 and and CC 1662 788 306 woodland woodland NN 1662 788 307 : : : 1662 788 308 NA% NA% NNS 1662 788 309 other other JJ 1662 788 310 : : : 1662 788 311 89 89 CD 1662 788 312 % % NN 1662 788 313 ( ( -LRB- 1662 788 314 1993 1993 CD 1662 788 315 est est NNP 1662 788 316 . . . 1662 788 317 ) ) -RRB- 1662 789 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 789 2 land land NN 1662 789 3 : : : 1662 789 4 NA NA NNP 1662 789 5 sq sq RB 1662 789 6 km km VB 1662 789 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 789 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 789 9 : : : 1662 789 10 lies lie NNS 1662 789 11 outside outside IN 1662 789 12 the the DT 1662 789 13 Caribbean caribbean JJ 1662 789 14 hurricane hurricane NN 1662 789 15 belt belt NN 1662 789 16 Environment Environment NNP 1662 789 17 - - HYPH 1662 789 18 current current JJ 1662 789 19 issues issue NNS 1662 789 20 : : : 1662 789 21 NA NA NNP 1662 789 22 Environment Environment NNP 1662 789 23 - - HYPH 1662 789 24 international international JJ 1662 789 25 agreements agreement NNS 1662 789 26 : : : 1662 789 27 party party NN 1662 789 28 to to IN 1662 789 29 : : : 1662 789 30 NA NA NNP 1662 789 31 signed sign VBN 1662 789 32 , , , 1662 789 33 but but CC 1662 789 34 not not RB 1662 789 35 ratified ratified JJ 1662 789 36 : : : 1662 789 37 NA NA NNP 1662 789 38 @Aruba @aruba DT 1662 789 39 : : : 1662 789 40 People People NNS 1662 789 41 Population Population NNP 1662 789 42 : : : 1662 789 43 68,031 68,031 CD 1662 789 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 789 45 July July NNP 1662 789 46 1997 1997 CD 1662 789 47 est est NNP 1662 789 48 . . . 1662 789 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 790 1 Age age NN 1662 790 2 structure structure NN 1662 790 3 : : : 1662 790 4 0 0 CD 1662 790 5 - - HYPH 1662 790 6 14 14 CD 1662 790 7 years year NNS 1662 790 8 : : : 1662 790 9 22 22 CD 1662 790 10 % % NN 1662 790 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 790 12 male male NNP 1662 790 13 7,814 7,814 CD 1662 790 14 ; ; : 1662 790 15 female female JJ 1662 790 16 7,127 7,127 CD 1662 790 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 790 18 15 15 CD 1662 790 19 - - SYM 1662 790 20 64 64 CD 1662 790 21 years year NNS 1662 790 22 : : : 1662 790 23 69 69 CD 1662 790 24 % % NN 1662 790 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 790 26 male male JJ 1662 790 27 22,544 22,544 CD 1662 790 28 ; ; : 1662 790 29 female female JJ 1662 790 30 24,656 24,656 CD 1662 790 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 790 32 65 65 CD 1662 790 33 years year NNS 1662 790 34 and and CC 1662 790 35 over over IN 1662 790 36 : : : 1662 790 37 9 9 CD 1662 790 38 % % NN 1662 790 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 790 40 male male JJ 1662 790 41 2,433 2,433 CD 1662 790 42 ; ; : 1662 790 43 female female JJ 1662 790 44 3,457 3,457 CD 1662 790 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 790 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 790 47 July July NNP 1662 790 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 790 49 est est NNP 1662 790 50 . . . 1662 790 51 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H. NNP 1662 799 251 EMAN EMAN NNP 1662 799 252 ( ( -LRB- 1662 799 253 since since IN 1662 799 254 29 29 CD 1662 799 255 July July NNP 1662 799 256 1994 1994 CD 1662 799 257 ) ) -RRB- 1662 799 258 and and CC 1662 799 259 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 799 260 Prime Prime NNP 1662 799 261 Minister Minister NNP 1662 799 262 Glenbert Glenbert NNP 1662 799 263 F. F. 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H. NNP 1662 799 336 EMAN EMAN NNP 1662 799 337 elected elect VBD 1662 799 338 prime prime JJ 1662 799 339 minister minister NN 1662 799 340 ; ; : 1662 799 341 percent percent NN 1662 799 342 of of IN 1662 799 343 legislative legislative JJ 1662 799 344 vote vote NN 1662 799 345 - - HYPH 1662 799 346 NA NA NNP 1662 799 347 ; ; : 1662 799 348 Glenbert Glenbert NNP 1662 799 349 F. F. 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H. 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- HYPH 1662 799 612 pointed point VBN 1662 799 613 star star NN 1662 799 614 outlined outline VBN 1662 799 615 in in IN 1662 799 616 white white NNP 1662 799 617 in in IN 1662 799 618 the the DT 1662 799 619 upper upper JJ 1662 799 620 hoist hoist NN 1662 799 621 - - HYPH 1662 799 622 side side NN 1662 799 623 corner corner NN 1662 799 624 Economy Economy NNP 1662 799 625 Economy Economy NNP 1662 799 626 - - HYPH 1662 799 627 overview overview NN 1662 799 628 : : : 1662 799 629 Tourism tourism NN 1662 799 630 is be VBZ 1662 799 631 the the DT 1662 799 632 mainstay mainstay NN 1662 799 633 of of IN 1662 799 634 the the DT 1662 799 635 Aruban Aruban NNP 1662 799 636 economy economy NN 1662 799 637 , , , 1662 799 638 although although IN 1662 799 639 offshore offshore JJ 1662 799 640 banking banking NN 1662 799 641 and and CC 1662 799 642 oil oil NN 1662 799 643 refining refining NN 1662 799 644 and and CC 1662 799 645 storage storage NN 1662 799 646 are be VBP 1662 799 647 also also RB 1662 799 648 important important JJ 1662 799 649 . . . 1662 800 1 The the DT 1662 800 2 rapid rapid JJ 1662 800 3 growth growth NN 1662 800 4 of of IN 1662 800 5 the the DT 1662 800 6 tourism tourism NN 1662 800 7 sector sector NN 1662 800 8 over over IN 1662 800 9 the the DT 1662 800 10 last last JJ 1662 800 11 decade decade NN 1662 800 12 has have VBZ 1662 800 13 resulted result VBN 1662 800 14 in in IN 1662 800 15 a a DT 1662 800 16 substantial substantial JJ 1662 800 17 expansion expansion NN 1662 800 18 of of IN 1662 800 19 other other JJ 1662 800 20 activities activity NNS 1662 800 21 . . . 1662 801 1 Construction construction NN 1662 801 2 has have VBZ 1662 801 3 boomed boom VBN 1662 801 4 , , , 1662 801 5 with with IN 1662 801 6 hotel hotel NN 1662 801 7 capacity capacity NN 1662 801 8 five five CD 1662 801 9 times time NNS 1662 801 10 the the DT 1662 801 11 1985 1985 CD 1662 801 12 level level NN 1662 801 13 . . . 1662 802 1 In in IN 1662 802 2 addition addition NN 1662 802 3 , , , 1662 802 4 the the DT 1662 802 5 reopening reopen VBG 1662 802 6 of of IN 1662 802 7 the the DT 1662 802 8 country country NN 1662 802 9 's 's POS 1662 802 10 oil oil NN 1662 802 11 refinery refinery NN 1662 802 12 in in IN 1662 802 13 1993 1993 CD 1662 802 14 , , , 1662 802 15 a a DT 1662 802 16 major major JJ 1662 802 17 source source NN 1662 802 18 of of IN 1662 802 19 employment employment NN 1662 802 20 and and CC 1662 802 21 foreign foreign JJ 1662 802 22 exchange exchange NN 1662 802 23 earnings earning NNS 1662 802 24 , , , 1662 802 25 has have VBZ 1662 802 26 further further RB 1662 802 27 spurred spur VBN 1662 802 28 growth growth NN 1662 802 29 . . . 1662 803 1 Aruba Aruba NNP 1662 803 2 's 's POS 1662 803 3 small small JJ 1662 803 4 labor labor NN 1662 803 5 force force NN 1662 803 6 and and CC 1662 803 7 less less JJR 1662 803 8 than than IN 1662 803 9 1 1 CD 1662 803 10 % % NN 1662 803 11 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 803 12 rate rate NN 1662 803 13 have have VBP 1662 803 14 led lead VBN 1662 803 15 to to IN 1662 803 16 a a DT 1662 803 17 large large JJ 1662 803 18 number number NN 1662 803 19 of of IN 1662 803 20 unfilled unfilled JJ 1662 803 21 job job NN 1662 803 22 vacancies vacancy NNS 1662 803 23 despite despite IN 1662 803 24 sharp sharp JJ 1662 803 25 rises rise NNS 1662 803 26 in in IN 1662 803 27 wage wage NN 1662 803 28 rates rate NNS 1662 803 29 in in IN 1662 803 30 recent recent JJ 1662 803 31 years year NNS 1662 803 32 . . . 1662 804 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 804 2 : : : 1662 804 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 804 4 power power NN 1662 804 5 parity parity NN 1662 804 6 - - : 1662 804 7 $ $ $ 1662 804 8 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 804 9 billion billion CD 1662 804 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 804 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 804 12 est est NNP 1662 804 13 . . . 1662 804 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 805 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 805 2 - - HYPH 1662 805 3 real real JJ 1662 805 4 growth growth NN 1662 805 5 rate rate NN 1662 805 6 : : : 1662 805 7 5 5 CD 1662 805 8 % % NN 1662 805 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 805 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 805 11 est est NNP 1662 805 12 . . . 1662 805 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 806 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 806 2 - - HYPH 1662 806 3 per per FW 1662 806 4 capita capita NN 1662 806 5 : : : 1662 806 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 806 7 power power NN 1662 806 8 parity parity NN 1662 806 9 - - : 1662 806 10 $ $ $ 1662 806 11 21,000 21,000 CD 1662 806 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 806 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 806 14 est est NNP 1662 806 15 . . . 1662 806 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 807 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 807 2 - - HYPH 1662 807 3 composition composition NN 1662 807 4 by by IN 1662 807 5 sector sector NN 1662 807 6 : : : 1662 807 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 807 8 : : : 1662 807 9 NA% na% LS 1662 807 10 industry industry NN 1662 807 11 : : : 1662 807 12 NA% NA% NNS 1662 807 13 services service NNS 1662 807 14 : : : 1662 807 15 NA% NA% `` 1662 807 16 Inflation inflation NN 1662 807 17 rate rate NN 1662 807 18 - - HYPH 1662 807 19 consumer consumer NN 1662 807 20 price price NN 1662 807 21 index index NN 1662 807 22 : : : 1662 807 23 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 807 24 % % NN 1662 807 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 807 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 807 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 807 28 Labor labor NN 1662 807 29 force force NN 1662 807 30 : : : 1662 807 31 NA na NN 1662 807 32 by by IN 1662 807 33 occupation occupation NN 1662 807 34 : : : 1662 807 35 most most JJS 1662 807 36 employment employment NN 1662 807 37 is be VBZ 1662 807 38 in in IN 1662 807 39 the the DT 1662 807 40 tourist tourist NN 1662 807 41 industry industry NN 1662 807 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 807 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 807 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 807 45 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 807 46 rate rate NN 1662 807 47 : : : 1662 807 48 0.5 0.5 CD 1662 807 49 % % NN 1662 807 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 807 51 1994 1994 CD 1662 807 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 807 53 Budget budget NN 1662 807 54 : : : 1662 807 55 revenues revenue NNS 1662 807 56 : : : 1662 807 57 $ $ $ 1662 807 58 145 145 CD 1662 807 59 million million CD 1662 807 60 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 807 61 : : : 1662 807 62 $ $ $ 1662 807 63 185 185 CD 1662 807 64 million million CD 1662 807 65 , , , 1662 807 66 including include VBG 1662 807 67 capital capital NN 1662 807 68 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 807 69 of of IN 1662 807 70 $ $ $ 1662 807 71 42 42 CD 1662 807 72 million million CD 1662 807 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 807 74 1988 1988 CD 1662 807 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 807 76 Industries industry NNS 1662 807 77 : : : 1662 807 78 tourism tourism NN 1662 807 79 , , , 1662 807 80 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 807 81 facilities facility NNS 1662 807 82 , , , 1662 807 83 oil oil NN 1662 807 84 refining refine VBG 1662 807 85 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 807 86 production production NN 1662 807 87 growth growth NN 1662 807 88 rate rate NN 1662 807 89 : : : 1662 807 90 NA% NA% `` 1662 807 91 Electricity electricity NN 1662 807 92 - - HYPH 1662 807 93 capacity capacity NN 1662 807 94 : : : 1662 807 95 NA NA NNP 1662 807 96 kW kW NNP 1662 807 97 Electricity electricity NN 1662 807 98 - - HYPH 1662 807 99 production production NN 1662 807 100 : : : 1662 807 101 NA na IN 1662 807 102 kWh kwh ADD 1662 807 103 Electricity electricity NN 1662 807 104 - - HYPH 1662 807 105 consumption consumption NN 1662 807 106 per per IN 1662 807 107 capita capita NN 1662 807 108 : : : 1662 807 109 NA NA NNP 1662 807 110 kWh kwh ADD 1662 807 111 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 807 112 - - HYPH 1662 807 113 products product NNS 1662 807 114 : : : 1662 807 115 aloes aloe NNS 1662 807 116 ; ; : 1662 807 117 livestock livestock NN 1662 807 118 ; ; , 1662 807 119 fishing fishing NN 1662 807 120 Exports export NNS 1662 807 121 : : : 1662 807 122 total total JJ 1662 807 123 value value NN 1662 807 124 : : : 1662 807 125 $ $ $ 1662 807 126 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 807 127 billion billion CD 1662 807 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 807 129 including include VBG 1662 807 130 oil oil NN 1662 807 131 re re NNS 1662 807 132 - - NNS 1662 807 133 exports export NNS 1662 807 134 ) ) -RRB- 1662 807 135 ( ( -LRB- 1662 807 136 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 807 137 . . 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NNP 1662 807 165 , , , 1662 807 166 1995 1995 CD 1662 807 167 ) ) -RRB- 1662 807 168 commodities commodity NNS 1662 807 169 : : : 1662 807 170 food food NN 1662 807 171 , , , 1662 807 172 consumer consumer NN 1662 807 173 goods good NNS 1662 807 174 , , , 1662 807 175 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 807 176 , , , 1662 807 177 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 807 178 products product NNS 1662 807 179 , , , 1662 807 180 crude crude JJ 1662 807 181 oil oil NN 1662 807 182 for for IN 1662 807 183 refining refining NN 1662 807 184 and and CC 1662 807 185 reexport reexport NN 1662 807 186 partners partner NNS 1662 807 187 : : : 1662 807 188 US US NNP 1662 807 189 8 8 CD 1662 807 190 % % NN 1662 807 191 , , , 1662 807 192 EU EU NNP 1662 807 193 Debt Debt NNP 1662 807 194 - - HYPH 1662 807 195 external external JJ 1662 807 196 : : : 1662 807 197 $ $ $ 1662 807 198 669 669 CD 1662 807 199 million million CD 1662 807 200 ( ( -LRB- 1662 807 201 December December NNP 1662 807 202 1995 1995 CD 1662 807 203 ) ) -RRB- 1662 807 204 Economic economic JJ 1662 807 205 aid aid NN 1662 807 206 : : : 1662 807 207 the the DT 1662 807 208 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 807 209 provided provide VBD 1662 807 210 a a DT 1662 807 211 1996 1996 CD 1662 807 212 aid aid NN 1662 807 213 package package NN 1662 807 214 of of IN 1662 807 215 $ $ $ 1662 807 216 224 224 CD 1662 807 217 million million CD 1662 807 218 to to IN 1662 807 219 Aruba Aruba NNP 1662 807 220 , , , 1662 807 221 the the DT 1662 807 222 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 807 223 Antilles Antilles NNPS 1662 807 224 , , , 1662 807 225 and and CC 1662 807 226 Suriname Suriname NNP 1662 807 227 Currency Currency NNP 1662 807 228 : : : 1662 807 229 1 1 CD 1662 807 230 Aruban Aruban NNP 1662 807 231 florin florin NN 1662 807 232 ( ( -LRB- 1662 807 233 Af af UH 1662 807 234 . . . 1662 807 235 ) ) -RRB- 1662 808 1 = = NFP 1662 808 2 100 100 CD 1662 808 3 cents cent NNS 1662 808 4 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 808 5 rates rate NNS 1662 808 6 : : : 1662 808 7 Aruban aruban JJ 1662 808 8 florins florin NNS 1662 808 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 808 10 Af af UH 1662 808 11 . . . 1662 808 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 809 1 per per IN 1662 809 2 US$ us$ $ 1662 809 3 1 1 CD 1662 809 4 - - SYM 1662 809 5 1.7900 1.7900 CD 1662 809 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 809 7 fixed fix VBN 1662 809 8 rate rate NN 1662 809 9 since since IN 1662 809 10 1986 1986 CD 1662 809 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 809 12 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 809 13 year year NN 1662 809 14 : : : 1662 809 15 calendar calendar NNP 1662 809 16 year year NN 1662 809 17 @Aruba @Aruba NNP 1662 809 18 : : : 1662 809 19 Communications communication NNS 1662 809 20 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 809 21 : : : 1662 809 22 22,922 22,922 CD 1662 809 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 809 24 1993 1993 CD 1662 809 25 est est NNP 1662 809 26 . . . 1662 809 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 810 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 810 2 system system NN 1662 810 3 : : : 1662 810 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 810 5 : : : 1662 810 6 more more JJR 1662 810 7 than than IN 1662 810 8 adequate adequate JJ 1662 810 9 international international JJ 1662 810 10 : : : 1662 810 11 1 1 CD 1662 810 12 submarine submarine NN 1662 810 13 cable cable NN 1662 810 14 to to IN 1662 810 15 Sint Sint NNP 1662 810 16 Maarten Maarten NNP 1662 810 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 810 18 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 810 19 Antilles Antilles NNPS 1662 810 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 810 21 ; ; : 1662 810 22 extensive extensive JJ 1662 810 23 interisland interisland NN 1662 810 24 microwave microwave JJ 1662 810 25 radio radio NN 1662 810 26 relay relay NN 1662 810 27 links link NNS 1662 810 28 Radio radio NN 1662 810 29 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 810 30 stations station NNS 1662 810 31 : : : 1662 810 32 AM am VBP 1662 810 33 4 4 CD 1662 810 34 , , , 1662 810 35 FM FM NNP 1662 810 36 4 4 CD 1662 810 37 , , , 1662 810 38 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 810 39 0 0 CD 1662 810 40 Radios radio NNS 1662 810 41 : : : 1662 810 42 NA NA NNP 1662 810 43 Television Television NNP 1662 810 44 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 810 45 stations station NNS 1662 810 46 : : : 1662 810 47 1 1 CD 1662 810 48 Televisions television NNS 1662 810 49 : : : 1662 810 50 19,000 19,000 CD 1662 810 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 810 52 1993 1993 CD 1662 810 53 est est NNP 1662 810 54 . . . 1662 810 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 811 1 @Aruba @aruba NN 1662 811 2 : : : 1662 811 3 Transportation transportation NN 1662 811 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 811 5 : : : 1662 811 6 0 0 LS 1662 811 7 km km NN 1662 811 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 811 9 : : : 1662 811 10 total total NN 1662 811 11 : : : 1662 811 12 NA NA NNP 1662 811 13 km km PRP 1662 811 14 paved pave VBN 1662 811 15 : : : 1662 811 16 NA NA NNP 1662 811 17 km km PRP 1662 811 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 811 19 : : : 1662 811 20 NA NA NNP 1662 811 21 km km NNP 1662 811 22 note note NN 1662 811 23 : : : 1662 811 24 most most JJS 1662 811 25 coastal coastal JJ 1662 811 26 roads road NNS 1662 811 27 are be VBP 1662 811 28 paved pave VBN 1662 811 29 , , , 1662 811 30 while while IN 1662 811 31 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 811 32 roads road NNS 1662 811 33 serve serve VBP 1662 811 34 large large JJ 1662 811 35 tracts tract NNS 1662 811 36 of of IN 1662 811 37 the the DT 1662 811 38 interior interior JJ 1662 811 39 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 811 40 and and CC 1662 811 41 harbors harbor NNS 1662 811 42 : : : 1662 811 43 Barcadera Barcadera NNP 1662 811 44 , , , 1662 811 45 Oranjestad Oranjestad NNP 1662 811 46 , , , 1662 811 47 Sint Sint NNP 1662 811 48 Nicolaas Nicolaas NNP 1662 811 49 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 811 50 marine marine NN 1662 811 51 : : : 1662 811 52 total total NN 1662 811 53 : : : 1662 811 54 4 4 CD 1662 811 55 ships ship NNS 1662 811 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 811 57 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 811 58 GRT GRT NNP 1662 811 59 or or CC 1662 811 60 over over RB 1662 811 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 811 62 totaling total VBG 1662 811 63 7,274 7,274 CD 1662 811 64 GRT/ GRT/ NNP 1662 811 65 10,130 10,130 CD 1662 811 66 DWT DWT NNP 1662 811 67 ships ship NNS 1662 811 68 by by IN 1662 811 69 type type NN 1662 811 70 : : : 1662 811 71 bulk bulk NNP 1662 811 72 1 1 CD 1662 811 73 , , , 1662 811 74 cargo cargo NN 1662 811 75 3 3 CD 1662 811 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 811 77 1996 1996 CD 1662 811 78 est est NNP 1662 811 79 . . . 1662 811 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 812 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 812 2 : : : 1662 812 3 2 2 CD 1662 812 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 812 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 812 6 est est NNP 1662 812 7 . . . 1662 812 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 813 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 813 2 - - , 1662 813 3 with with IN 1662 813 4 paved paved JJ 1662 813 5 runways runway NNS 1662 813 6 : : : 1662 813 7 total total NN 1662 813 8 : : : 1662 813 9 2 2 CD 1662 813 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 813 11 to to TO 1662 813 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 813 13 m m NN 1662 813 14 : : : 1662 813 15 1 1 CD 1662 813 16 914 914 CD 1662 813 17 to to TO 1662 813 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 813 19 m m NN 1662 813 20 : : : 1662 813 21 1 1 CD 1662 813 22 Military Military NNP 1662 813 23 Military Military NNP 1662 813 24 - - HYPH 1662 813 25 note note NN 1662 813 26 : : : 1662 813 27 defense defense NN 1662 813 28 is be VBZ 1662 813 29 the the DT 1662 813 30 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 813 31 of of IN 1662 813 32 the the DT 1662 813 33 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 813 34 of of IN 1662 813 35 the the DT 1662 813 36 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 813 37 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 813 38 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 813 39 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 813 40 - - : 1662 813 41 international international RB 1662 813 42 : : : 1662 813 43 none none NN 1662 813 44 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 813 45 drugs drug VBZ 1662 813 46 : : : 1662 813 47 drug drug NN 1662 813 48 money money NN 1662 813 49 - - HYPH 1662 813 50 laundering launder VBG 1662 813 51 center center NN 1662 813 52 and and CC 1662 813 53 transit transit NN 1662 813 54 point point NN 1662 813 55 for for IN 1662 813 56 narcotics narcotic NNS 1662 813 57 bound bind VBN 1662 813 58 for for IN 1662 813 59 the the DT 1662 813 60 US US NNP 1662 813 61 and and CC 1662 813 62 Europe Europe NNP 1662 813 63 ; ; : 1662 813 64 added add VBN 1662 813 65 to to IN 1662 813 66 the the DT 1662 813 67 US US NNP 1662 813 68 list list NN 1662 813 69 of of IN 1662 813 70 major major JJ 1662 813 71 drug drug NN 1662 813 72 producing producing NN 1662 813 73 or or CC 1662 813 74 drug drug NN 1662 813 75 transit transit NN 1662 813 76 countries country NNS 1662 813 77 in in IN 1662 813 78 December December NNP 1662 813 79 1996 1996 CD 1662 813 80 _ _ NNP 1662 813 81 _ _ NNP 1662 813 82 _ _ NNP 1662 813 83 _ _ NNP 1662 813 84 _ _ NNP 1662 813 85 _ _ NNP 1662 813 86 _ _ NNP 1662 813 87 _ _ NNP 1662 813 88 _ _ NNP 1662 813 89 _ _ NNP 1662 813 90 _ _ NNP 1662 813 91 _ _ NNP 1662 813 92 _ _ NNP 1662 813 93 _ _ NNP 1662 813 94 _ _ NNP 1662 813 95 _ _ NNP 1662 813 96 _ _ NNP 1662 813 97 _ _ NNP 1662 813 98 _ _ NNP 1662 813 99 _ _ NNP 1662 813 100 _ _ NNP 1662 813 101 _ _ NNP 1662 813 102 _ _ NNP 1662 813 103 _ _ NNP 1662 813 104 _ _ NNP 1662 813 105 _ _ NNP 1662 813 106 _ _ NNP 1662 813 107 _ _ NNP 1662 813 108 _ _ NNP 1662 813 109 _ _ NNP 1662 813 110 _ _ NNP 1662 813 111 _ _ NNP 1662 813 112 _ _ NNP 1662 813 113 _ _ NNP 1662 813 114 _ _ NNP 1662 813 115 _ _ NNP 1662 813 116 _ _ NNP 1662 813 117 _ _ NNP 1662 813 118 _ _ NNP 1662 813 119 _ _ NNP 1662 813 120 _ _ NNP 1662 813 121 _ _ NNP 1662 813 122 _ _ NNP 1662 813 123 _ _ NNP 1662 813 124 _ _ NNP 1662 813 125 _ _ NNP 1662 813 126 _ _ NNP 1662 813 127 _ _ NNP 1662 813 128 _ _ NNP 1662 813 129 _ _ NNP 1662 813 130 _ _ NNP 1662 813 131 _ _ NNP 1662 813 132 _ _ NNP 1662 813 133 _ _ NNP 1662 813 134 _ _ NNP 1662 813 135 _ _ NNP 1662 813 136 _ _ NNP 1662 813 137 _ _ NNP 1662 813 138 _ _ NNP 1662 813 139 _ _ NNP 1662 813 140 _ _ NNP 1662 813 141 _ _ NNP 1662 813 142 _ _ NNP 1662 813 143 _ _ NNP 1662 813 144 _ _ NNP 1662 813 145 _ _ NNP 1662 813 146 _ _ NNP 1662 813 147 _ _ NNP 1662 813 148 _ _ NNP 1662 813 149 _ _ NNP 1662 813 150 ASHMORE ASHMORE NNP 1662 813 151 AND and CC 1662 813 152 CARTIER cartier JJ 1662 813 153 ISLANDS island NNS 1662 813 154 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 813 155 ] ] -RRB- 1662 813 156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 813 157 territory territory NN 1662 813 158 of of IN 1662 813 159 Australia Australia NNP 1662 813 160 ) ) -RRB- 1662 813 161 @Ashmore @ashmore IN 1662 813 162 and and CC 1662 813 163 Cartier Cartier NNP 1662 813 164 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 813 165 : : : 1662 813 166 Geography Geography NNP 1662 813 167 Location Location NNP 1662 813 168 : : : 1662 813 169 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 813 170 Asia Asia NNP 1662 813 171 , , , 1662 813 172 islands island NNS 1662 813 173 in in IN 1662 813 174 the the DT 1662 813 175 Indian Indian NNP 1662 813 176 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 813 177 , , , 1662 813 178 northwest northwest RB 1662 813 179 of of IN 1662 813 180 Australia Australia NNP 1662 813 181 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 813 182 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 813 183 : : : 1662 813 184 12 12 CD 1662 813 185 14 14 CD 1662 813 186 S s NN 1662 813 187 , , , 1662 813 188 123 123 CD 1662 813 189 05 05 CD 1662 813 190 E e NN 1662 813 191 Map Map NNP 1662 813 192 references reference NNS 1662 813 193 : : : 1662 813 194 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 813 195 Asia Asia NNP 1662 813 196 Area Area NNP 1662 813 197 : : : 1662 813 198 total total NN 1662 813 199 : : : 1662 813 200 5 5 CD 1662 813 201 sq sq IN 1662 813 202 km km NNP 1662 813 203 land land NN 1662 813 204 : : : 1662 813 205 5 5 CD 1662 813 206 sq sq NN 1662 813 207 km km NNP 1662 813 208 water water NN 1662 813 209 : : : 1662 813 210 0 0 NFP 1662 813 211 sq sq NNP 1662 813 212 km km NNP 1662 813 213 note note NN 1662 813 214 : : : 1662 813 215 includes include VBZ 1662 813 216 Ashmore Ashmore NNP 1662 813 217 Reef Reef NNP 1662 813 218 ( ( -LRB- 1662 813 219 West West NNP 1662 813 220 , , , 1662 813 221 Middle Middle NNP 1662 813 222 , , , 1662 813 223 and and CC 1662 813 224 East East NNP 1662 813 225 Islets Islets NNPS 1662 813 226 ) ) -RRB- 1662 813 227 and and CC 1662 813 228 Cartier Cartier NNP 1662 813 229 Island Island NNP 1662 813 230 Area Area NNP 1662 813 231 - - HYPH 1662 813 232 comparative comparative NNP 1662 813 233 : : : 1662 813 234 about about IN 1662 813 235 eight eight CD 1662 813 236 times time NNS 1662 813 237 the the DT 1662 813 238 size size NN 1662 813 239 of of IN 1662 813 240 The the DT 1662 813 241 Mall Mall NNP 1662 813 242 in in IN 1662 813 243 Washington Washington NNP 1662 813 244 , , , 1662 813 245 DC DC NNP 1662 813 246 Land Land NNP 1662 813 247 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 813 248 : : : 1662 813 249 0 0 LS 1662 813 250 km km NN 1662 813 251 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 813 252 : : : 1662 813 253 74.1 74.1 CD 1662 813 254 km km NN 1662 813 255 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 813 256 claims claim VBZ 1662 813 257 : : : 1662 813 258 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 813 259 zone zone NN 1662 813 260 : : : 1662 813 261 12 12 CD 1662 813 262 nm nm NNP 1662 813 263 continental continental NNP 1662 813 264 shelf shelf NNP 1662 813 265 : : : 1662 813 266 200-m 200-m CD 1662 813 267 depth depth NN 1662 813 268 or or CC 1662 813 269 to to IN 1662 813 270 the the DT 1662 813 271 depth depth NN 1662 813 272 of of IN 1662 813 273 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 813 274 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 813 275 fishing fishing NN 1662 813 276 zone zone NN 1662 813 277 : : : 1662 813 278 200 200 CD 1662 813 279 nm nm CD 1662 813 280 territorial territorial JJ 1662 813 281 sea sea NN 1662 813 282 : : : 1662 813 283 3 3 CD 1662 813 284 nm nm NNP 1662 813 285 Climate Climate NNP 1662 813 286 : : : 1662 813 287 tropical tropical JJ 1662 813 288 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 813 289 : : : 1662 813 290 low low JJ 1662 813 291 with with IN 1662 813 292 sand sand NN 1662 813 293 and and CC 1662 813 294 coral coral JJ 1662 813 295 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 813 296 extremes extreme NNS 1662 813 297 : : : 1662 813 298 lowest low JJS 1662 813 299 point point NN 1662 813 300 : : : 1662 813 301 Indian Indian NNP 1662 813 302 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 813 303 0 0 NFP 1662 813 304 m m DT 1662 813 305 highest high JJS 1662 813 306 point point NN 1662 813 307 : : : 1662 813 308 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 813 309 location location NN 1662 813 310 3 3 CD 1662 813 311 m m NNP 1662 813 312 Natural natural JJ 1662 813 313 resources resource NNS 1662 813 314 : : : 1662 813 315 fish fish VB 1662 813 316 Land land NN 1662 813 317 use use NN 1662 813 318 : : : 1662 813 319 arable arable JJ 1662 813 320 land land NN 1662 813 321 : : : 1662 813 322 0 0 CD 1662 813 323 % % NN 1662 813 324 permanent permanent JJ 1662 813 325 crops crop NNS 1662 813 326 : : : 1662 813 327 0 0 CD 1662 813 328 % % NN 1662 813 329 permanent permanent JJ 1662 813 330 pastures pasture NNS 1662 813 331 : : : 1662 813 332 0 0 CD 1662 813 333 % % NN 1662 813 334 forests forest NNS 1662 813 335 and and CC 1662 813 336 woodland woodland JJ 1662 813 337 : : : 1662 813 338 0 0 CD 1662 813 339 % % NN 1662 813 340 other other JJ 1662 813 341 : : : 1662 813 342 100 100 CD 1662 813 343 % % NN 1662 813 344 ( ( -LRB- 1662 813 345 all all DT 1662 813 346 grass grass NN 1662 813 347 and and CC 1662 813 348 sand sand NN 1662 813 349 ) ) -RRB- 1662 813 350 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 813 351 land land NN 1662 813 352 : : : 1662 813 353 0 0 NFP 1662 813 354 sq sq NNP 1662 813 355 km km NNP 1662 813 356 ( ( -LRB- 1662 813 357 1993 1993 CD 1662 813 358 ) ) -RRB- 1662 813 359 Natural natural JJ 1662 813 360 hazards hazard NNS 1662 813 361 : : : 1662 813 362 surrounded surround VBN 1662 813 363 by by IN 1662 813 364 shoals shoal NNS 1662 813 365 and and CC 1662 813 366 reefs reef NNS 1662 813 367 that that WDT 1662 813 368 can can MD 1662 813 369 pose pose VB 1662 813 370 maritime maritime JJ 1662 813 371 hazards hazard NNS 1662 813 372 Environment environment NN 1662 813 373 - - HYPH 1662 813 374 current current JJ 1662 813 375 issues issue NNS 1662 813 376 : : : 1662 813 377 NA NA NNP 1662 813 378 Environment Environment NNP 1662 813 379 - - HYPH 1662 813 380 international international JJ 1662 813 381 agreements agreement NNS 1662 813 382 : : : 1662 813 383 party party NN 1662 813 384 to to IN 1662 813 385 : : : 1662 813 386 NA NA NNP 1662 813 387 signed sign VBN 1662 813 388 , , , 1662 813 389 but but CC 1662 813 390 not not RB 1662 813 391 ratified ratified JJ 1662 813 392 : : : 1662 813 393 NA NA NNP 1662 813 394 Geography Geography NNP 1662 813 395 - - HYPH 1662 813 396 note note NN 1662 813 397 : : : 1662 813 398 Ashmore Ashmore NNP 1662 813 399 Reef Reef NNP 1662 813 400 National National NNP 1662 813 401 Nature Nature NNP 1662 813 402 Reserve Reserve NNP 1662 813 403 established establish VBN 1662 813 404 in in IN 1662 813 405 August August NNP 1662 813 406 1983 1983 CD 1662 813 407 @Ashmore @ashmore IN 1662 813 408 and and CC 1662 813 409 Cartier Cartier NNP 1662 813 410 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 813 411 : : : 1662 813 412 People People NNPS 1662 813 413 Population Population NNP 1662 813 414 : : : 1662 813 415 no no DT 1662 813 416 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 813 417 inhabitants inhabitant NNS 1662 813 418 note note VBP 1662 813 419 : : : 1662 813 420 there there EX 1662 813 421 are be VBP 1662 813 422 only only RB 1662 813 423 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 813 424 caretakers caretaker NNS 1662 813 425 @Ashmore @ashmore RB 1662 813 426 and and CC 1662 813 427 Cartier Cartier NNP 1662 813 428 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 813 429 : : : 1662 813 430 Government Government NNP 1662 813 431 Country Country NNP 1662 813 432 name name NN 1662 813 433 : : : 1662 813 434 conventional conventional JJ 1662 813 435 long long JJ 1662 813 436 form form NN 1662 813 437 : : : 1662 813 438 Territory territory NN 1662 813 439 of of IN 1662 813 440 Ashmore Ashmore NNP 1662 813 441 and and CC 1662 813 442 Cartier Cartier NNP 1662 813 443 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 813 444 conventional conventional JJ 1662 813 445 short short JJ 1662 813 446 form form NN 1662 813 447 : : : 1662 813 448 Ashmore Ashmore NNP 1662 813 449 and and CC 1662 813 450 Cartier Cartier NNP 1662 813 451 Islands Islands NNP 1662 813 452 Data Data NNP 1662 813 453 code code NN 1662 813 454 : : : 1662 813 455 AT at IN 1662 813 456 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 813 457 status status NN 1662 813 458 : : : 1662 813 459 territory territory NN 1662 813 460 of of IN 1662 813 461 Australia Australia NNP 1662 813 462 ; ; : 1662 813 463 administered administer VBN 1662 813 464 by by IN 1662 813 465 the the DT 1662 813 466 Australian Australian NNP 1662 813 467 Ministry Ministry NNP 1662 813 468 for for IN 1662 813 469 Sport Sport NNP 1662 813 470 , , , 1662 813 471 Territories Territories NNPS 1662 813 472 , , , 1662 813 473 and and CC 1662 813 474 Local Local NNP 1662 813 475 Government Government NNP 1662 813 476 National National NNP 1662 813 477 capital capital NN 1662 813 478 : : : 1662 813 479 none none NN 1662 813 480 ; ; , 1662 813 481 administered administer VBN 1662 813 482 from from IN 1662 813 483 Canberra Canberra NNP 1662 813 484 , , , 1662 813 485 Australia Australia NNP 1662 813 486 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 813 487 divisions division NNS 1662 813 488 : : : 1662 813 489 none none NN 1662 813 490 ( ( -LRB- 1662 813 491 territory territory NN 1662 813 492 of of IN 1662 813 493 Australia Australia NNP 1662 813 494 ) ) -RRB- 1662 813 495 Independence independence NN 1662 813 496 : : : 1662 813 497 none none NN 1662 813 498 ( ( -LRB- 1662 813 499 territory territory NN 1662 813 500 of of IN 1662 813 501 Australia Australia NNP 1662 813 502 ) ) -RRB- 1662 813 503 Legal legal JJ 1662 813 504 system system NN 1662 813 505 : : : 1662 813 506 relevant relevant JJ 1662 813 507 laws law NNS 1662 813 508 of of IN 1662 813 509 the the DT 1662 813 510 Northern Northern NNP 1662 813 511 Territory Territory NNP 1662 813 512 of of IN 1662 813 513 Australia Australia NNP 1662 813 514 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 813 515 representation representation NN 1662 813 516 in in IN 1662 813 517 the the DT 1662 813 518 US US NNP 1662 813 519 : : : 1662 813 520 none none NN 1662 813 521 ( ( -LRB- 1662 813 522 territory territory NN 1662 813 523 of of IN 1662 813 524 Australia Australia NNP 1662 813 525 ) ) -RRB- 1662 813 526 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 813 527 representation representation NN 1662 813 528 from from IN 1662 813 529 the the DT 1662 813 530 US US NNP 1662 813 531 : : : 1662 813 532 none none NN 1662 813 533 ( ( -LRB- 1662 813 534 territory territory NN 1662 813 535 of of IN 1662 813 536 Australia Australia NNP 1662 813 537 ) ) -RRB- 1662 813 538 Flag flag NN 1662 813 539 description description NN 1662 813 540 : : : 1662 813 541 the the DT 1662 813 542 flag flag NN 1662 813 543 of of IN 1662 813 544 Australia Australia NNP 1662 813 545 is be VBZ 1662 813 546 used use VBN 1662 813 547 Economy Economy NNP 1662 813 548 Economy Economy NNP 1662 813 549 - - HYPH 1662 813 550 overview overview NN 1662 813 551 : : : 1662 813 552 no no DT 1662 813 553 economic economic JJ 1662 813 554 activity activity NN 1662 813 555 @Ashmore @ashmore IN 1662 813 556 and and CC 1662 813 557 Cartier Cartier NNP 1662 813 558 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 813 559 : : : 1662 813 560 Transportation transportation NN 1662 813 561 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 813 562 and and CC 1662 813 563 harbors harbor NNS 1662 813 564 : : : 1662 813 565 none none NN 1662 813 566 ; ; : 1662 813 567 offshore offshore RB 1662 813 568 anchorage anchorage VBP 1662 813 569 only only JJ 1662 813 570 Military Military NNP 1662 813 571 Military Military NNP 1662 813 572 - - HYPH 1662 813 573 note note NN 1662 813 574 : : : 1662 813 575 defense defense NN 1662 813 576 is be VBZ 1662 813 577 the the DT 1662 813 578 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 813 579 of of IN 1662 813 580 Australia Australia NNP 1662 813 581 ; ; : 1662 813 582 periodic periodic JJ 1662 813 583 visits visit NNS 1662 813 584 by by IN 1662 813 585 the the DT 1662 813 586 Royal Royal NNP 1662 813 587 Australian Australian NNP 1662 813 588 Navy Navy NNP 1662 813 589 and and CC 1662 813 590 Royal Royal NNP 1662 813 591 Australian Australian NNP 1662 813 592 Air Air NNP 1662 813 593 Force Force NNP 1662 813 594 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 813 595 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 813 596 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 813 597 - - : 1662 813 598 international international RB 1662 813 599 : : : 1662 813 600 none none NN 1662 813 601 _ _ NNP 1662 813 602 _ _ NNP 1662 813 603 _ _ NNP 1662 813 604 _ _ NNP 1662 813 605 _ _ NNP 1662 813 606 _ _ NNP 1662 813 607 _ _ NNP 1662 813 608 _ _ NNP 1662 813 609 _ _ NNP 1662 813 610 _ _ NNP 1662 813 611 _ _ NNP 1662 813 612 _ _ NNP 1662 813 613 _ _ NNP 1662 813 614 _ _ NNP 1662 813 615 _ _ NNP 1662 813 616 _ _ NNP 1662 813 617 _ _ NNP 1662 813 618 _ _ NNP 1662 813 619 _ _ NNP 1662 813 620 _ _ NNP 1662 813 621 _ _ NNP 1662 813 622 _ _ NNP 1662 813 623 _ _ NNP 1662 813 624 _ _ NNP 1662 813 625 _ _ NNP 1662 813 626 _ _ NNP 1662 813 627 _ _ NNP 1662 813 628 _ _ NNP 1662 813 629 _ _ NNP 1662 813 630 _ _ NNP 1662 813 631 _ _ NNP 1662 813 632 _ _ NNP 1662 813 633 _ _ NNP 1662 813 634 _ _ NNP 1662 813 635 _ _ NNP 1662 813 636 _ _ NNP 1662 813 637 _ _ NNP 1662 813 638 _ _ NNP 1662 813 639 _ _ NNP 1662 813 640 _ _ NNP 1662 813 641 _ _ NNP 1662 813 642 _ _ NNP 1662 813 643 _ _ NNP 1662 813 644 _ _ NNP 1662 813 645 _ _ NNP 1662 813 646 _ _ NNP 1662 813 647 _ _ NNP 1662 813 648 _ _ NNP 1662 813 649 _ _ NNP 1662 813 650 _ _ NNP 1662 813 651 _ _ NNP 1662 813 652 _ _ NNP 1662 813 653 _ _ NNP 1662 813 654 _ _ NNP 1662 813 655 _ _ NNP 1662 813 656 _ _ NNP 1662 813 657 _ _ NNP 1662 813 658 _ _ NNP 1662 813 659 _ _ NNP 1662 813 660 _ _ NNP 1662 813 661 _ _ NNP 1662 813 662 _ _ NNP 1662 813 663 _ _ NNP 1662 813 664 _ _ NNP 1662 813 665 _ _ NNP 1662 813 666 _ _ NNP 1662 813 667 _ _ NNP 1662 813 668 _ _ NNP 1662 813 669 _ _ NNP 1662 813 670 _ _ NNP 1662 813 671 ATLANTIC ATLANTIC NNP 1662 813 672 OCEAN OCEAN NNP 1662 813 673 [ [ -LRB- 1662 813 674 Map Map NNP 1662 813 675 of of IN 1662 813 676 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 813 677 ] ] -RRB- 1662 813 678 @Atlantic @Atlantic NNP 1662 813 679 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 813 680 : : : 1662 813 681 Geography Geography NNP 1662 813 682 Location location NN 1662 813 683 : : : 1662 813 684 body body NN 1662 813 685 of of IN 1662 813 686 water water NN 1662 813 687 between between IN 1662 813 688 Africa Africa NNP 1662 813 689 , , , 1662 813 690 Europe Europe NNP 1662 813 691 , , , 1662 813 692 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 813 693 , , , 1662 813 694 and and CC 1662 813 695 the the DT 1662 813 696 Western western JJ 1662 813 697 Hemisphere Hemisphere NNP 1662 813 698 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 813 699 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 813 700 : : : 1662 813 701 0 0 NFP 1662 813 702 00 00 CD 1662 813 703 N n CD 1662 813 704 , , , 1662 813 705 25 25 CD 1662 813 706 00 00 NFP 1662 813 707 W W NNP 1662 813 708 Map Map NNP 1662 813 709 references reference NNS 1662 813 710 : : : 1662 813 711 World World NNP 1662 813 712 Area Area NNP 1662 813 713 : : : 1662 813 714 total total NN 1662 813 715 : : : 1662 813 716 82.217 82.217 CD 1662 813 717 million million CD 1662 813 718 sq sq NNP 1662 813 719 km km NNP 1662 813 720 note note NN 1662 813 721 : : : 1662 813 722 includes include VBZ 1662 813 723 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 813 724 Sea Sea NNP 1662 813 725 , , , 1662 813 726 Black Black NNP 1662 813 727 Sea Sea NNP 1662 813 728 , , , 1662 813 729 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 813 730 Sea Sea NNP 1662 813 731 , , , 1662 813 732 Davis Davis NNP 1662 813 733 Strait Strait NNP 1662 813 734 , , , 1662 813 735 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 813 736 Strait Strait NNP 1662 813 737 , , , 1662 813 738 Drake Drake NNP 1662 813 739 Passage Passage NNP 1662 813 740 , , , 1662 813 741 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 813 742 of of IN 1662 813 743 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 813 744 , , , 1662 813 745 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 813 746 Sea Sea NNP 1662 813 747 , , , 1662 813 748 North North NNP 1662 813 749 Sea Sea NNP 1662 813 750 , , , 1662 813 751 Norwegian Norwegian NNP 1662 813 752 Sea Sea NNP 1662 813 753 , , , 1662 813 754 Scotia Scotia NNP 1662 813 755 Sea Sea NNP 1662 813 756 , , , 1662 813 757 Weddell Weddell NNP 1662 813 758 Sea Sea NNP 1662 813 759 , , , 1662 813 760 and and CC 1662 813 761 other other JJ 1662 813 762 tributary tributary JJ 1662 813 763 water water NN 1662 813 764 bodies body NNS 1662 813 765 Area area NN 1662 813 766 - - HYPH 1662 813 767 comparative comparative JJ 1662 813 768 : : : 1662 813 769 slightly slightly RB 1662 813 770 less less JJR 1662 813 771 than than IN 1662 813 772 nine nine CD 1662 813 773 times time NNS 1662 813 774 the the DT 1662 813 775 size size NN 1662 813 776 of of IN 1662 813 777 the the DT 1662 813 778 US US NNP 1662 813 779 ; ; : 1662 813 780 second second RB 1662 813 781 - - HYPH 1662 813 782 largest large JJS 1662 813 783 of of IN 1662 813 784 the the DT 1662 813 785 world world NN 1662 813 786 's 's POS 1662 813 787 four four CD 1662 813 788 oceans ocean NNS 1662 813 789 ( ( -LRB- 1662 813 790 after after IN 1662 813 791 the the DT 1662 813 792 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 813 793 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 813 794 , , , 1662 813 795 but but CC 1662 813 796 larger large JJR 1662 813 797 than than IN 1662 813 798 Indian Indian NNP 1662 813 799 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 813 800 or or CC 1662 813 801 Arctic Arctic NNP 1662 813 802 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 813 803 ) ) -RRB- 1662 813 804 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 813 805 : : : 1662 813 806 111,866 111,866 CD 1662 813 807 km km NN 1662 813 808 Climate climate NN 1662 813 809 : : : 1662 813 810 tropical tropical JJ 1662 813 811 cyclones cyclone NNS 1662 813 812 ( ( -LRB- 1662 813 813 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 813 814 ) ) -RRB- 1662 813 815 develop develop VBP 1662 813 816 off off IN 1662 813 817 the the DT 1662 813 818 coast coast NN 1662 813 819 of of IN 1662 813 820 Africa Africa NNP 1662 813 821 near near IN 1662 813 822 Cape Cape NNP 1662 813 823 Verde Verde NNP 1662 813 824 and and CC 1662 813 825 move move VB 1662 813 826 westward westward RB 1662 813 827 into into IN 1662 813 828 the the DT 1662 813 829 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 813 830 Sea Sea NNP 1662 813 831 ; ; : 1662 813 832 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 813 833 can can MD 1662 813 834 occur occur VB 1662 813 835 from from IN 1662 813 836 May May NNP 1662 813 837 to to IN 1662 813 838 December December NNP 1662 813 839 , , , 1662 813 840 but but CC 1662 813 841 are be VBP 1662 813 842 most most RBS 1662 813 843 frequent frequent JJ 1662 813 844 from from IN 1662 813 845 August August NNP 1662 813 846 to to IN 1662 813 847 November November NNP 1662 813 848 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 813 849 : : : 1662 813 850 surface surface NN 1662 813 851 usually usually RB 1662 813 852 covered cover VBN 1662 813 853 with with IN 1662 813 854 sea sea NN 1662 813 855 ice ice NN 1662 813 856 in in IN 1662 813 857 Labrador Labrador NNP 1662 813 858 Sea Sea NNP 1662 813 859 , , , 1662 813 860 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 813 861 Strait Strait NNP 1662 813 862 , , , 1662 813 863 and and CC 1662 813 864 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 813 865 Sea Sea NNP 1662 813 866 from from IN 1662 813 867 October October NNP 1662 813 868 to to IN 1662 813 869 June June NNP 1662 813 870 ; ; : 1662 813 871 clockwise clockwise JJ 1662 813 872 warm warm JJ 1662 813 873 water water NN 1662 813 874 gyre gyre NN 1662 813 875 ( ( -LRB- 1662 813 876 broad broad JJ 1662 813 877 , , , 1662 813 878 circular circular JJ 1662 813 879 system system NN 1662 813 880 of of IN 1662 813 881 currents current NNS 1662 813 882 ) ) -RRB- 1662 813 883 in in IN 1662 813 884 the the DT 1662 813 885 northern northern JJ 1662 813 886 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 813 887 , , , 1662 813 888 counterclockwise counterclockwise VB 1662 813 889 warm warm JJ 1662 813 890 water water NN 1662 813 891 gyre gyre NN 1662 813 892 in in IN 1662 813 893 the the DT 1662 813 894 southern southern JJ 1662 813 895 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 813 896 ; ; : 1662 813 897 the the DT 1662 813 898 ocean ocean NN 1662 813 899 floor floor NN 1662 813 900 is be VBZ 1662 813 901 dominated dominate VBN 1662 813 902 by by IN 1662 813 903 the the DT 1662 813 904 Mid Mid NNP 1662 813 905 - - NNP 1662 813 906 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 813 907 Ridge Ridge NNP 1662 813 908 , , , 1662 813 909 a a DT 1662 813 910 rugged rugged JJ 1662 813 911 north north NN 1662 813 912 - - HYPH 1662 813 913 south south NN 1662 813 914 centerline centerline NN 1662 813 915 for for IN 1662 813 916 the the DT 1662 813 917 entire entire JJ 1662 813 918 Atlantic atlantic JJ 1662 813 919 basin basin NN 1662 813 920 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 813 921 extremes extreme NNS 1662 813 922 : : : 1662 813 923 lowest low JJS 1662 813 924 point point NN 1662 813 925 : : : 1662 813 926 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 813 927 Rico Rico NNP 1662 813 928 Trench Trench NNP 1662 813 929 -8,605 -8,605 . 1662 813 930 m m DT 1662 813 931 highest high JJS 1662 813 932 point point NN 1662 813 933 : : : 1662 813 934 sea sea NN 1662 813 935 level level NN 1662 813 936 0 0 CD 1662 813 937 m m NN 1662 813 938 Natural natural JJ 1662 813 939 resources resource NNS 1662 813 940 : : : 1662 813 941 oil oil NN 1662 813 942 and and CC 1662 813 943 gas gas NN 1662 813 944 fields field NNS 1662 813 945 , , , 1662 813 946 fish fish NN 1662 813 947 , , , 1662 813 948 marine marine JJ 1662 813 949 mammals mammal NNS 1662 813 950 ( ( -LRB- 1662 813 951 seals seal NNS 1662 813 952 and and CC 1662 813 953 whales whale NNS 1662 813 954 ) ) -RRB- 1662 813 955 , , , 1662 813 956 sand sand NN 1662 813 957 and and CC 1662 813 958 gravel gravel NN 1662 813 959 aggregates aggregate NNS 1662 813 960 , , , 1662 813 961 placer placer NN 1662 813 962 deposits deposit NNS 1662 813 963 , , , 1662 813 964 polymetallic polymetallic JJ 1662 813 965 nodules nodule NNS 1662 813 966 , , , 1662 813 967 precious precious JJ 1662 813 968 stones stone NNS 1662 813 969 Natural natural JJ 1662 813 970 hazards hazard NNS 1662 813 971 : : : 1662 813 972 icebergs iceberg NNS 1662 813 973 common common JJ 1662 813 974 in in IN 1662 813 975 Davis Davis NNP 1662 813 976 Strait Strait NNP 1662 813 977 , , , 1662 813 978 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 813 979 Strait Strait NNP 1662 813 980 , , , 1662 813 981 and and CC 1662 813 982 the the DT 1662 813 983 northwestern northwestern JJ 1662 813 984 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 813 985 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 813 986 from from IN 1662 813 987 February February NNP 1662 813 988 to to IN 1662 813 989 August August NNP 1662 813 990 and and CC 1662 813 991 have have VBP 1662 813 992 been be VBN 1662 813 993 spotted spot VBN 1662 813 994 as as IN 1662 813 995 far far RB 1662 813 996 south south RB 1662 813 997 as as IN 1662 813 998 Bermuda Bermuda NNP 1662 813 999 and and CC 1662 813 1000 the the DT 1662 813 1001 Madeira Madeira NNP 1662 813 1002 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 813 1003 ; ; , 1662 813 1004 icebergs iceberg NNS 1662 813 1005 from from IN 1662 813 1006 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 813 1007 occur occur VBP 1662 813 1008 in in IN 1662 813 1009 the the DT 1662 813 1010 extreme extreme JJ 1662 813 1011 southern southern JJ 1662 813 1012 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 813 1013 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 813 1014 ; ; : 1662 813 1015 ships ship NNS 1662 813 1016 subject subject JJ 1662 813 1017 to to IN 1662 813 1018 superstructure superstructure NN 1662 813 1019 icing ice VBG 1662 813 1020 in in IN 1662 813 1021 extreme extreme JJ 1662 813 1022 northern northern JJ 1662 813 1023 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 813 1024 from from IN 1662 813 1025 October October NNP 1662 813 1026 to to IN 1662 813 1027 May May NNP 1662 813 1028 and and CC 1662 813 1029 extreme extreme JJ 1662 813 1030 southern southern JJ 1662 813 1031 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 813 1032 from from IN 1662 813 1033 May May NNP 1662 813 1034 to to IN 1662 813 1035 October October NNP 1662 813 1036 ; ; : 1662 813 1037 persistent persistent JJ 1662 813 1038 fog fog NN 1662 813 1039 can can MD 1662 813 1040 be be VB 1662 813 1041 a a DT 1662 813 1042 maritime maritime JJ 1662 813 1043 hazard hazard NN 1662 813 1044 from from IN 1662 813 1045 May May NNP 1662 813 1046 to to IN 1662 813 1047 September September NNP 1662 813 1048 Environment Environment NNP 1662 813 1049 - - HYPH 1662 813 1050 current current JJ 1662 813 1051 issues issue NNS 1662 813 1052 : : : 1662 813 1053 endangered endanger VBN 1662 813 1054 marine marine JJ 1662 813 1055 species specie NNS 1662 813 1056 include include VBP 1662 813 1057 the the DT 1662 813 1058 manatee manatee NN 1662 813 1059 , , , 1662 813 1060 seals seal NNS 1662 813 1061 , , , 1662 813 1062 sea sea NN 1662 813 1063 lions lion NNS 1662 813 1064 , , , 1662 813 1065 turtles turtle NNS 1662 813 1066 , , , 1662 813 1067 and and CC 1662 813 1068 whales whale NNS 1662 813 1069 ; ; , 1662 813 1070 drift drift NN 1662 813 1071 net net JJ 1662 813 1072 fishing fishing NN 1662 813 1073 is be VBZ 1662 813 1074 hastening hasten VBG 1662 813 1075 the the DT 1662 813 1076 decline decline NN 1662 813 1077 of of IN 1662 813 1078 fish fish NN 1662 813 1079 stocks stock NNS 1662 813 1080 and and CC 1662 813 1081 contributing contribute VBG 1662 813 1082 to to IN 1662 813 1083 international international JJ 1662 813 1084 disputes dispute NNS 1662 813 1085 ; ; , 1662 813 1086 municipal municipal JJ 1662 813 1087 sludge sludge NN 1662 813 1088 pollution pollution NN 1662 813 1089 off off IN 1662 813 1090 eastern eastern JJ 1662 813 1091 US US NNP 1662 813 1092 , , , 1662 813 1093 southern southern JJ 1662 813 1094 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 813 1095 , , , 1662 813 1096 and and CC 1662 813 1097 eastern eastern JJ 1662 813 1098 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 813 1099 ; ; : 1662 813 1100 oil oil NN 1662 813 1101 pollution pollution NN 1662 813 1102 in in IN 1662 813 1103 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 813 1104 Sea Sea NNP 1662 813 1105 , , , 1662 813 1106 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 813 1107 of of IN 1662 813 1108 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 813 1109 , , , 1662 813 1110 Lake Lake NNP 1662 813 1111 Maracaibo Maracaibo NNP 1662 813 1112 , , , 1662 813 1113 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 813 1114 Sea Sea NNP 1662 813 1115 , , , 1662 813 1116 and and CC 1662 813 1117 North North NNP 1662 813 1118 Sea Sea NNP 1662 813 1119 ; ; : 1662 813 1120 industrial industrial JJ 1662 813 1121 waste waste NN 1662 813 1122 and and CC 1662 813 1123 municipal municipal JJ 1662 813 1124 sewage sewage NN 1662 813 1125 pollution pollution NN 1662 813 1126 in in IN 1662 813 1127 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 813 1128 Sea Sea NNP 1662 813 1129 , , , 1662 813 1130 North North NNP 1662 813 1131 Sea Sea NNP 1662 813 1132 , , , 1662 813 1133 and and CC 1662 813 1134 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 813 1135 Sea Sea NNP 1662 813 1136 Environment Environment NNP 1662 813 1137 - - HYPH 1662 813 1138 international international JJ 1662 813 1139 agreements agreement NNS 1662 813 1140 : : : 1662 813 1141 party party NNP 1662 813 1142 to to TO 1662 813 1143 : : : 1662 813 1144 none none NN 1662 813 1145 of of IN 1662 813 1146 the the DT 1662 813 1147 selected select VBN 1662 813 1148 agreements agreement NNS 1662 813 1149 signed sign VBD 1662 813 1150 , , , 1662 813 1151 but but CC 1662 813 1152 not not RB 1662 813 1153 ratified ratified JJ 1662 813 1154 : : : 1662 813 1155 none none NN 1662 813 1156 of of IN 1662 813 1157 the the DT 1662 813 1158 selected select VBN 1662 813 1159 agreements agreement NNS 1662 813 1160 Geography Geography NNP 1662 813 1161 - - HYPH 1662 813 1162 note note NNP 1662 813 1163 : : : 1662 813 1164 major major JJ 1662 813 1165 choke choke NN 1662 813 1166 points point NNS 1662 813 1167 include include VBP 1662 813 1168 the the DT 1662 813 1169 Dardanelles Dardanelles NNPS 1662 813 1170 , , , 1662 813 1171 Strait Strait NNP 1662 813 1172 of of IN 1662 813 1173 Gibraltar Gibraltar NNP 1662 813 1174 , , , 1662 813 1175 access access NN 1662 813 1176 to to IN 1662 813 1177 the the DT 1662 813 1178 Panama Panama NNP 1662 813 1179 and and CC 1662 813 1180 Suez Suez NNP 1662 813 1181 Canals Canals NNP 1662 813 1182 ; ; : 1662 813 1183 strategic strategic JJ 1662 813 1184 straits strait NNS 1662 813 1185 include include VBP 1662 813 1186 the the DT 1662 813 1187 Strait Strait NNP 1662 813 1188 of of IN 1662 813 1189 Dover Dover NNP 1662 813 1190 , , , 1662 813 1191 Straits Straits NNPS 1662 813 1192 of of IN 1662 813 1193 Florida Florida NNP 1662 813 1194 , , , 1662 813 1195 Mona Mona NNP 1662 813 1196 Passage Passage NNP 1662 813 1197 , , , 1662 813 1198 The the DT 1662 813 1199 Sound sound NN 1662 813 1200 ( ( -LRB- 1662 813 1201 Oresund Oresund NNP 1662 813 1202 ) ) -RRB- 1662 813 1203 , , , 1662 813 1204 and and CC 1662 813 1205 Windward Windward NNP 1662 813 1206 Passage Passage NNP 1662 813 1207 ; ; : 1662 813 1208 the the DT 1662 813 1209 Equator equator NN 1662 813 1210 divides divide VBZ 1662 813 1211 the the DT 1662 813 1212 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 813 1213 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 813 1214 into into IN 1662 813 1215 the the DT 1662 813 1216 North North NNP 1662 813 1217 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 813 1218 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 813 1219 and and CC 1662 813 1220 South South NNP 1662 813 1221 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 813 1222 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 813 1223 @Atlantic @Atlantic NNP 1662 813 1224 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 813 1225 : : : 1662 813 1226 Government Government NNP 1662 813 1227 Data Data NNP 1662 813 1228 code code NN 1662 813 1229 : : : 1662 813 1230 none none NN 1662 813 1231 ; ; : 1662 813 1232 the the DT 1662 813 1233 US US NNP 1662 813 1234 Government Government NNP 1662 813 1235 has have VBZ 1662 813 1236 not not RB 1662 813 1237 approved approve VBN 1662 813 1238 a a DT 1662 813 1239 standard standard NN 1662 813 1240 for for IN 1662 813 1241 hydrographic hydrographic JJ 1662 813 1242 codes code NNS 1662 813 1243 - - : 1662 813 1244 see see VB 1662 813 1245 the the DT 1662 813 1246 Cross Cross NNP 1662 813 1247 - - NNP 1662 813 1248 Reference Reference NNP 1662 813 1249 List List NNP 1662 813 1250 of of IN 1662 813 1251 Hydrographic Hydrographic NNP 1662 813 1252 Data Data NNP 1662 813 1253 Codes Codes NNPS 1662 813 1254 appendix appendix NNP 1662 813 1255 Economy Economy NNP 1662 813 1256 Economy Economy NNP 1662 813 1257 - - HYPH 1662 813 1258 overview overview NN 1662 813 1259 : : : 1662 813 1260 The the DT 1662 813 1261 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 813 1262 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 813 1263 provides provide VBZ 1662 813 1264 some some DT 1662 813 1265 of of IN 1662 813 1266 the the DT 1662 813 1267 world world NN 1662 813 1268 's 's POS 1662 813 1269 most most RBS 1662 813 1270 heavily heavily RB 1662 813 1271 trafficked traffic VBN 1662 813 1272 sea sea NN 1662 813 1273 routes route NNS 1662 813 1274 , , , 1662 813 1275 between between IN 1662 813 1276 and and CC 1662 813 1277 within within IN 1662 813 1278 the the DT 1662 813 1279 Eastern eastern JJ 1662 813 1280 and and CC 1662 813 1281 Western western JJ 1662 813 1282 Hemispheres hemisphere NNS 1662 813 1283 . . . 1662 814 1 Other other JJ 1662 814 2 economic economic JJ 1662 814 3 activity activity NN 1662 814 4 includes include VBZ 1662 814 5 the the DT 1662 814 6 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 814 7 of of IN 1662 814 8 natural natural JJ 1662 814 9 resources resource NNS 1662 814 10 , , , 1662 814 11 e.g. e.g. RB 1662 814 12 , , , 1662 814 13 fishing fishing NN 1662 814 14 , , , 1662 814 15 the the DT 1662 814 16 dredging dredging NN 1662 814 17 of of IN 1662 814 18 aragonite aragonite JJ 1662 814 19 sands sand NNS 1662 814 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 814 21 The the DT 1662 814 22 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 814 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 814 24 , , , 1662 814 25 and and CC 1662 814 26 production production NN 1662 814 27 of of IN 1662 814 28 crude crude JJ 1662 814 29 oil oil NN 1662 814 30 and and CC 1662 814 31 natural natural JJ 1662 814 32 gas gas NN 1662 814 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 814 34 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 814 35 Sea Sea NNP 1662 814 36 , , , 1662 814 37 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 814 38 of of IN 1662 814 39 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 814 40 , , , 1662 814 41 and and CC 1662 814 42 North North NNP 1662 814 43 Sea Sea NNP 1662 814 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 814 45 . . . 1662 815 1 @Atlantic @Atlantic NNP 1662 815 2 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 815 3 : : : 1662 815 4 Communications Communications NNP 1662 815 5 Telephone Telephone NNP 1662 815 6 system system NN 1662 815 7 : : : 1662 815 8 international international JJ 1662 815 9 : : : 1662 815 10 numerous numerous JJ 1662 815 11 submarine submarine NN 1662 815 12 cables cable NNS 1662 815 13 with with IN 1662 815 14 most most JJS 1662 815 15 between between IN 1662 815 16 continental continental JJ 1662 815 17 Europe Europe NNP 1662 815 18 and and CC 1662 815 19 the the DT 1662 815 20 UK UK NNP 1662 815 21 , , , 1662 815 22 between between IN 1662 815 23 North North NNP 1662 815 24 America America NNP 1662 815 25 and and CC 1662 815 26 the the DT 1662 815 27 UK UK NNP 1662 815 28 , , , 1662 815 29 and and CC 1662 815 30 in in IN 1662 815 31 the the DT 1662 815 32 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 815 33 ; ; : 1662 815 34 numerous numerous JJ 1662 815 35 direct direct JJ 1662 815 36 links link NNS 1662 815 37 across across IN 1662 815 38 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 815 39 via via IN 1662 815 40 satellite satellite NN 1662 815 41 networks network NNS 1662 815 42 @Atlantic @Atlantic NNP 1662 815 43 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 815 44 : : : 1662 815 45 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 815 46 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 815 47 and and CC 1662 815 48 harbors harbor NNS 1662 815 49 : : : 1662 815 50 Alexandria Alexandria NNP 1662 815 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 52 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 815 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 54 , , , 1662 815 55 Algiers Algiers NNP 1662 815 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 57 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 815 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 59 , , , 1662 815 60 Antwerp Antwerp NNP 1662 815 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 62 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 815 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 64 , , , 1662 815 65 Barcelona Barcelona NNP 1662 815 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 67 Spain Spain NNP 1662 815 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 69 , , , 1662 815 70 Buenos Buenos NNP 1662 815 71 Aires Aires NNP 1662 815 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 73 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 815 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 75 , , , 1662 815 76 Casablanca Casablanca NNP 1662 815 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 78 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 815 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 80 , , , 1662 815 81 Colon Colon NNP 1662 815 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 83 Panama Panama NNP 1662 815 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 85 , , , 1662 815 86 Copenhagen Copenhagen NNP 1662 815 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 88 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 815 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 90 , , , 1662 815 91 Dakar Dakar NNP 1662 815 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 93 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 815 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 95 , , , 1662 815 96 Gdansk Gdansk NNP 1662 815 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 98 Poland Poland NNP 1662 815 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 100 , , , 1662 815 101 Hamburg Hamburg NNP 1662 815 102 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 103 Germany Germany NNP 1662 815 104 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 105 , , , 1662 815 106 Helsinki Helsinki NNP 1662 815 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 108 Finland Finland NNP 1662 815 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 110 , , , 1662 815 111 Las Las NNP 1662 815 112 Palmas Palmas NNP 1662 815 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 114 Canary Canary NNP 1662 815 115 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 815 116 , , , 1662 815 117 Spain Spain NNP 1662 815 118 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 119 , , , 1662 815 120 Le Le NNP 1662 815 121 Havre Havre NNP 1662 815 122 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 123 France France NNP 1662 815 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 125 , , , 1662 815 126 Lisbon Lisbon NNP 1662 815 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 128 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 815 129 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 130 , , , 1662 815 131 London London NNP 1662 815 132 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 133 UK UK NNP 1662 815 134 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 135 , , , 1662 815 136 Marseille Marseille NNP 1662 815 137 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 138 France France NNP 1662 815 139 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 140 , , , 1662 815 141 Montevideo Montevideo NNP 1662 815 142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 143 Uruguay Uruguay NNP 1662 815 144 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 145 , , , 1662 815 146 Montreal Montreal NNP 1662 815 147 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 148 Canada Canada NNP 1662 815 149 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 150 , , , 1662 815 151 Naples Naples NNP 1662 815 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 153 Italy Italy NNP 1662 815 154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 155 , , , 1662 815 156 New New NNP 1662 815 157 Orleans Orleans NNP 1662 815 158 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 159 US US NNP 1662 815 160 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 161 , , , 1662 815 162 New New NNP 1662 815 163 York York NNP 1662 815 164 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 165 US US NNP 1662 815 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 167 , , , 1662 815 168 Oran Oran NNP 1662 815 169 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 170 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 815 171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 172 , , , 1662 815 173 Oslo Oslo NNP 1662 815 174 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 175 Norway Norway NNP 1662 815 176 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 177 , , , 1662 815 178 Piraeus Piraeus NNP 1662 815 179 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 180 Greece Greece NNP 1662 815 181 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 182 , , , 1662 815 183 Rio Rio NNP 1662 815 184 de de NNP 1662 815 185 Janeiro Janeiro NNP 1662 815 186 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 187 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 815 188 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 189 , , , 1662 815 190 Rotterdam Rotterdam NNP 1662 815 191 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 192 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 815 193 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 194 , , , 1662 815 195 Saint Saint NNP 1662 815 196 Petersburg Petersburg NNP 1662 815 197 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 198 Russia Russia NNP 1662 815 199 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 200 , , , 1662 815 201 Stockholm Stockholm NNP 1662 815 202 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 203 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 815 204 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 205 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 815 206 - - HYPH 1662 815 207 note note NN 1662 815 208 : : : 1662 815 209 Kiel Kiel NNP 1662 815 210 Canal Canal NNP 1662 815 211 and and CC 1662 815 212 Saint Saint NNP 1662 815 213 Lawrence Lawrence NNP 1662 815 214 Seaway Seaway NNP 1662 815 215 are be VBP 1662 815 216 two two CD 1662 815 217 important important JJ 1662 815 218 waterways waterway NNS 1662 815 219 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 815 220 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 815 221 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 815 222 - - : 1662 815 223 international international RB 1662 815 224 : : : 1662 815 225 some some DT 1662 815 226 maritime maritime JJ 1662 815 227 disputes dispute NNS 1662 815 228 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 229 see see VB 1662 815 230 littoral littoral JJ 1662 815 231 states state NNS 1662 815 232 ) ) -RRB- 1662 815 233 _ _ NNP 1662 815 234 _ _ NNP 1662 815 235 _ _ NNP 1662 815 236 _ _ NNP 1662 815 237 _ _ NNP 1662 815 238 _ _ NNP 1662 815 239 _ _ NNP 1662 815 240 _ _ NNP 1662 815 241 _ _ NNP 1662 815 242 _ _ NNP 1662 815 243 _ _ NNP 1662 815 244 _ _ NNP 1662 815 245 _ _ NNP 1662 815 246 _ _ NNP 1662 815 247 _ _ NNP 1662 815 248 _ _ NNP 1662 815 249 _ _ NNP 1662 815 250 _ _ NNP 1662 815 251 _ _ NNP 1662 815 252 _ _ NNP 1662 815 253 _ _ NNP 1662 815 254 _ _ NNP 1662 815 255 _ _ NNP 1662 815 256 _ _ NNP 1662 815 257 _ _ NNP 1662 815 258 _ _ NNP 1662 815 259 _ _ NNP 1662 815 260 _ _ NNP 1662 815 261 _ _ NNP 1662 815 262 _ _ NNP 1662 815 263 _ _ NNP 1662 815 264 _ _ NNP 1662 815 265 _ _ NNP 1662 815 266 _ _ NNP 1662 815 267 _ _ NNP 1662 815 268 _ _ NNP 1662 815 269 _ _ NNP 1662 815 270 _ _ NNP 1662 815 271 _ _ NNP 1662 815 272 _ _ NNP 1662 815 273 _ _ NNP 1662 815 274 _ _ NNP 1662 815 275 _ _ NNP 1662 815 276 _ _ NNP 1662 815 277 _ _ NNP 1662 815 278 _ _ NNP 1662 815 279 _ _ NNP 1662 815 280 _ _ NNP 1662 815 281 _ _ NNP 1662 815 282 _ _ NNP 1662 815 283 _ _ NNP 1662 815 284 _ _ NNP 1662 815 285 _ _ NNP 1662 815 286 _ _ NNP 1662 815 287 _ _ NNP 1662 815 288 _ _ NNP 1662 815 289 _ _ NNP 1662 815 290 _ _ NNP 1662 815 291 _ _ NNP 1662 815 292 _ _ NNP 1662 815 293 _ _ NNP 1662 815 294 _ _ NNP 1662 815 295 _ _ NNP 1662 815 296 _ _ NNP 1662 815 297 _ _ NNP 1662 815 298 _ _ NNP 1662 815 299 _ _ NNP 1662 815 300 _ _ NNP 1662 815 301 _ _ NNP 1662 815 302 _ _ NNP 1662 815 303 AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA NNP 1662 815 304 @Australia @Australia NFP 1662 815 305 : : : 1662 815 306 Geography Geography NNP 1662 815 307 Location Location NNP 1662 815 308 : : : 1662 815 309 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 815 310 , , , 1662 815 311 continent continent NN 1662 815 312 between between IN 1662 815 313 the the DT 1662 815 314 Indian Indian NNP 1662 815 315 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 815 316 and and CC 1662 815 317 the the DT 1662 815 318 South South NNP 1662 815 319 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 815 320 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 815 321 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 815 322 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 815 323 : : : 1662 815 324 27 27 CD 1662 815 325 00 00 NFP 1662 815 326 S s NN 1662 815 327 , , , 1662 815 328 133 133 CD 1662 815 329 00 00 CD 1662 815 330 E e NN 1662 815 331 Map Map NNP 1662 815 332 references reference NNS 1662 815 333 : : : 1662 815 334 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 815 335 Area Area NNP 1662 815 336 : : : 1662 815 337 total total NN 1662 815 338 : : : 1662 815 339 7,686,850 7,686,850 CD 1662 815 340 sq sq NN 1662 815 341 km km NNP 1662 815 342 land land NN 1662 815 343 : : : 1662 815 344 7,617,930 7,617,930 CD 1662 815 345 sq sq IN 1662 815 346 km km NNP 1662 815 347 water water NN 1662 815 348 : : : 1662 815 349 68,920 68,920 CD 1662 815 350 sq sq IN 1662 815 351 km km NNP 1662 815 352 note note NN 1662 815 353 : : : 1662 815 354 includes include VBZ 1662 815 355 Lord Lord NNP 1662 815 356 Howe Howe NNP 1662 815 357 Island Island NNP 1662 815 358 and and CC 1662 815 359 Macquarie Macquarie NNP 1662 815 360 Island Island NNP 1662 815 361 Area Area NNP 1662 815 362 - - HYPH 1662 815 363 comparative comparative NNP 1662 815 364 : : : 1662 815 365 slightly slightly RB 1662 815 366 smaller small JJR 1662 815 367 than than IN 1662 815 368 the the DT 1662 815 369 US US NNP 1662 815 370 Land Land NNP 1662 815 371 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 815 372 : : : 1662 815 373 0 0 LS 1662 815 374 km km NN 1662 815 375 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 815 376 : : : 1662 815 377 25,760 25,760 CD 1662 815 378 km km NN 1662 815 379 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 815 380 claims claim VBZ 1662 815 381 : : : 1662 815 382 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 815 383 zone zone NN 1662 815 384 : : : 1662 815 385 24 24 CD 1662 815 386 nm nm NNP 1662 815 387 continental continental JJ 1662 815 388 shelf shelf NNP 1662 815 389 : : : 1662 815 390 200 200 CD 1662 815 391 nm nm CD 1662 815 392 or or CC 1662 815 393 to to IN 1662 815 394 the the DT 1662 815 395 edge edge NN 1662 815 396 of of IN 1662 815 397 the the DT 1662 815 398 continental continental JJ 1662 815 399 margin margin NN 1662 815 400 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 815 401 economic economic JJ 1662 815 402 zone zone NN 1662 815 403 : : : 1662 815 404 200 200 CD 1662 815 405 nm nm CD 1662 815 406 territorial territorial JJ 1662 815 407 sea sea NN 1662 815 408 : : : 1662 815 409 12 12 CD 1662 815 410 nm nm NNP 1662 815 411 Climate Climate NNP 1662 815 412 : : : 1662 815 413 generally generally RB 1662 815 414 arid arid JJ 1662 815 415 to to IN 1662 815 416 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 815 417 ; ; : 1662 815 418 temperate temperate VB 1662 815 419 in in IN 1662 815 420 south south NNP 1662 815 421 and and CC 1662 815 422 east east NN 1662 815 423 ; ; , 1662 815 424 tropical tropical JJ 1662 815 425 in in IN 1662 815 426 north north JJ 1662 815 427 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 815 428 : : : 1662 815 429 mostly mostly RB 1662 815 430 low low JJ 1662 815 431 plateau plateau NN 1662 815 432 with with IN 1662 815 433 deserts desert NNS 1662 815 434 ; ; : 1662 815 435 fertile fertile JJ 1662 815 436 plain plain NN 1662 815 437 in in IN 1662 815 438 southeast southeast JJ 1662 815 439 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 815 440 extremes extreme NNS 1662 815 441 : : : 1662 815 442 lowest low JJS 1662 815 443 point point NN 1662 815 444 : : : 1662 815 445 Lake Lake NNP 1662 815 446 Eyre Eyre NNP 1662 815 447 -15 -15 NNP 1662 815 448 m m DT 1662 815 449 highest high JJS 1662 815 450 point point NN 1662 815 451 : : : 1662 815 452 Mount Mount NNP 1662 815 453 Kosciusko Kosciusko NNP 1662 815 454 2,229 2,229 CD 1662 815 455 m m NNP 1662 815 456 Natural natural JJ 1662 815 457 resources resource NNS 1662 815 458 : : : 1662 815 459 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 815 460 , , , 1662 815 461 coal coal NN 1662 815 462 , , , 1662 815 463 iron iron NN 1662 815 464 ore ore NN 1662 815 465 , , , 1662 815 466 copper copper NN 1662 815 467 , , , 1662 815 468 tin tin NN 1662 815 469 , , , 1662 815 470 silver silver NN 1662 815 471 , , , 1662 815 472 uranium uranium NN 1662 815 473 , , , 1662 815 474 nickel nickel NN 1662 815 475 , , , 1662 815 476 tungsten tungsten NN 1662 815 477 , , , 1662 815 478 mineral mineral NN 1662 815 479 sands sand NNS 1662 815 480 , , , 1662 815 481 lead lead NN 1662 815 482 , , , 1662 815 483 zinc zinc NN 1662 815 484 , , , 1662 815 485 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 815 486 , , , 1662 815 487 natural natural JJ 1662 815 488 gas gas NN 1662 815 489 , , , 1662 815 490 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 815 491 Land Land NNP 1662 815 492 use use NN 1662 815 493 : : : 1662 815 494 arable arable JJ 1662 815 495 land land NN 1662 815 496 : : : 1662 815 497 6 6 CD 1662 815 498 % % NN 1662 815 499 permanent permanent JJ 1662 815 500 crops crop NNS 1662 815 501 : : : 1662 815 502 0 0 CD 1662 815 503 % % NN 1662 815 504 permanent permanent JJ 1662 815 505 pastures pasture NNS 1662 815 506 : : : 1662 815 507 54 54 CD 1662 815 508 % % NN 1662 815 509 forests forest NNS 1662 815 510 and and CC 1662 815 511 woodland woodland NN 1662 815 512 : : : 1662 815 513 19 19 CD 1662 815 514 % % NN 1662 815 515 other other JJ 1662 815 516 : : : 1662 815 517 21 21 CD 1662 815 518 % % NN 1662 815 519 ( ( -LRB- 1662 815 520 1993 1993 CD 1662 815 521 est est NNP 1662 815 522 . . . 1662 815 523 ) ) -RRB- 1662 816 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 816 2 land land NN 1662 816 3 : : : 1662 816 4 21,070 21,070 CD 1662 816 5 sq sq NN 1662 816 6 km km NNP 1662 816 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 816 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 816 9 est est NNP 1662 816 10 . . . 1662 816 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 817 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 817 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 817 3 : : : 1662 817 4 cyclones cyclone NNS 1662 817 5 along along IN 1662 817 6 the the DT 1662 817 7 coast coast NN 1662 817 8 ; ; , 1662 817 9 severe severe JJ 1662 817 10 droughts drought VBZ 1662 817 11 Environment environment NN 1662 817 12 - - HYPH 1662 817 13 current current JJ 1662 817 14 issues issue NNS 1662 817 15 : : : 1662 817 16 soil soil NN 1662 817 17 erosion erosion NN 1662 817 18 from from IN 1662 817 19 overgrazing overgraze VBG 1662 817 20 , , , 1662 817 21 industrial industrial JJ 1662 817 22 development development NN 1662 817 23 , , , 1662 817 24 urbanization urbanization NN 1662 817 25 , , , 1662 817 26 and and CC 1662 817 27 poor poor JJ 1662 817 28 farming farming NN 1662 817 29 practices practice NNS 1662 817 30 ; ; , 1662 817 31 soil soil NN 1662 817 32 salinity salinity NN 1662 817 33 rising rise VBG 1662 817 34 due due IN 1662 817 35 to to IN 1662 817 36 the the DT 1662 817 37 use use NN 1662 817 38 of of IN 1662 817 39 poor poor JJ 1662 817 40 quality quality NN 1662 817 41 water water NN 1662 817 42 ; ; , 1662 817 43 desertification desertification NN 1662 817 44 ; ; : 1662 817 45 clearing clear VBG 1662 817 46 for for IN 1662 817 47 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 817 48 purposes purpose NNS 1662 817 49 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 817 50 the the DT 1662 817 51 natural natural JJ 1662 817 52 habitat habitat NN 1662 817 53 of of IN 1662 817 54 many many JJ 1662 817 55 unique unique JJ 1662 817 56 animal animal NN 1662 817 57 and and CC 1662 817 58 plant plant NN 1662 817 59 species specie NNS 1662 817 60 ; ; : 1662 817 61 the the DT 1662 817 62 Great Great NNP 1662 817 63 Barrier Barrier NNP 1662 817 64 Reef Reef NNP 1662 817 65 off off IN 1662 817 66 the the DT 1662 817 67 northeast northeast NNP 1662 817 68 coast coast NN 1662 817 69 , , , 1662 817 70 the the DT 1662 817 71 largest large JJS 1662 817 72 coral coral JJ 1662 817 73 reef reef NN 1662 817 74 in in IN 1662 817 75 the the DT 1662 817 76 world world NN 1662 817 77 , , , 1662 817 78 is be VBZ 1662 817 79 threatened threaten VBN 1662 817 80 by by IN 1662 817 81 increased increase VBN 1662 817 82 shipping shipping NN 1662 817 83 and and CC 1662 817 84 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 817 85 popularity popularity NN 1662 817 86 as as IN 1662 817 87 a a DT 1662 817 88 tourist tourist NN 1662 817 89 site site NN 1662 817 90 ; ; , 1662 817 91 limited limited JJ 1662 817 92 natural natural JJ 1662 817 93 fresh fresh JJ 1662 817 94 water water NN 1662 817 95 resources resource NNS 1662 817 96 Environment Environment NNP 1662 817 97 - - HYPH 1662 817 98 international international JJ 1662 817 99 agreements agreement NNS 1662 817 100 : : : 1662 817 101 party party NN 1662 817 102 to to TO 1662 817 103 : : : 1662 817 104 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 817 105 - - HYPH 1662 817 106 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 817 107 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 817 108 , , , 1662 817 109 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 817 110 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 817 111 , , , 1662 817 112 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 817 113 , , , 1662 817 114 Climate Climate NNP 1662 817 115 Change Change NNP 1662 817 116 , , , 1662 817 117 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 817 118 Species Species NNPS 1662 817 119 , , , 1662 817 120 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 817 121 Modification Modification NNP 1662 817 122 , , , 1662 817 123 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 817 124 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 817 125 , , , 1662 817 126 Law Law NNP 1662 817 127 of of IN 1662 817 128 the the DT 1662 817 129 Sea Sea NNP 1662 817 130 , , , 1662 817 131 Marine Marine NNP 1662 817 132 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 817 133 , , , 1662 817 134 Marine Marine NNP 1662 817 135 Life Life NNP 1662 817 136 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 817 137 , , , 1662 817 138 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 817 139 Test Test NNP 1662 817 140 Ban Ban NNP 1662 817 141 , , , 1662 817 142 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 817 143 Layer Layer NNP 1662 817 144 Protection Protection NNP 1662 817 145 , , , 1662 817 146 Ship Ship NNP 1662 817 147 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 817 148 , , , 1662 817 149 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 817 150 Timber Timber NNP 1662 817 151 83 83 CD 1662 817 152 , , , 1662 817 153 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 817 154 Timber Timber NNP 1662 817 155 94 94 CD 1662 817 156 , , , 1662 817 157 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 817 158 signed sign VBD 1662 817 159 , , , 1662 817 160 but but CC 1662 817 161 not not RB 1662 817 162 ratified ratified JJ 1662 817 163 : : : 1662 817 164 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 817 165 Geography Geography NNP 1662 817 166 - - HYPH 1662 817 167 note note NN 1662 817 168 : : : 1662 817 169 world world NN 1662 817 170 's 's POS 1662 817 171 smallest small JJS 1662 817 172 continent continent NN 1662 817 173 but but CC 1662 817 174 sixth sixth RB 1662 817 175 - - HYPH 1662 817 176 largest large JJS 1662 817 177 country country NN 1662 817 178 ; ; : 1662 817 179 population population NN 1662 817 180 concentrated concentrate VBD 1662 817 181 along along IN 1662 817 182 the the DT 1662 817 183 eastern eastern JJ 1662 817 184 and and CC 1662 817 185 southeastern southeastern JJ 1662 817 186 coasts coast NNS 1662 817 187 ; ; , 1662 817 188 regular regular JJ 1662 817 189 , , , 1662 817 190 tropical tropical JJ 1662 817 191 , , , 1662 817 192 invigorating invigorating NN 1662 817 193 , , , 1662 817 194 sea sea NN 1662 817 195 breeze breeze NN 1662 817 196 known know VBN 1662 817 197 as as IN 1662 817 198 " " `` 1662 817 199 the the DT 1662 817 200 Doctor doctor NN 1662 817 201 " " '' 1662 817 202 occurs occur VBZ 1662 817 203 along along IN 1662 817 204 the the DT 1662 817 205 west west NNP 1662 817 206 coast coast NNP 1662 817 207 in in IN 1662 817 208 the the DT 1662 817 209 summer summer NN 1662 817 210 @Australia @Australia NNP 1662 817 211 : : : 1662 817 212 People People NNP 1662 817 213 Population Population NNP 1662 817 214 : : : 1662 817 215 18,438,824 18,438,824 CD 1662 817 216 ( ( -LRB- 1662 817 217 July July NNP 1662 817 218 1997 1997 CD 1662 817 219 est est NNP 1662 817 220 . . . 1662 817 221 ) ) -RRB- 1662 818 1 Age age NN 1662 818 2 structure structure NN 1662 818 3 : : : 1662 818 4 0 0 CD 1662 818 5 - - HYPH 1662 818 6 14 14 CD 1662 818 7 years year NNS 1662 818 8 : : : 1662 818 9 22 22 CD 1662 818 10 % % NN 1662 818 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 818 12 male male JJ 1662 818 13 2,018,363 2,018,363 CD 1662 818 14 ; ; : 1662 818 15 female female JJ 1662 818 16 1,921,252 1,921,252 CD 1662 818 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 818 18 15 15 CD 1662 818 19 - - SYM 1662 818 20 64 64 CD 1662 818 21 years year NNS 1662 818 22 : : : 1662 818 23 66 66 CD 1662 818 24 % % NN 1662 818 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 818 26 male male JJ 1662 818 27 6,188,476 6,188,476 CD 1662 818 28 ; ; : 1662 818 29 female female JJ 1662 818 30 6,041,173 6,041,173 CD 1662 818 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 818 32 65 65 CD 1662 818 33 years year NNS 1662 818 34 and and CC 1662 818 35 over over RB 1662 818 36 : : : 1662 818 37 12 12 CD 1662 818 38 % % NN 1662 818 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 818 40 male male JJ 1662 818 41 987,092 987,092 CD 1662 818 42 ; ; : 1662 818 43 female female JJ 1662 818 44 1,282,468 1,282,468 CD 1662 818 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 818 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 818 47 July July NNP 1662 818 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 818 49 est est NNP 1662 818 50 . . . 1662 818 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 819 1 Population population NN 1662 819 2 growth growth NN 1662 819 3 rate rate NN 1662 819 4 : : : 1662 819 5 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 819 6 % % NN 1662 819 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 819 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 819 9 est est NNP 1662 819 10 . . . 1662 819 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 820 1 Birth birth NN 1662 820 2 rate rate NN 1662 820 3 : : : 1662 820 4 13.73 13.73 CD 1662 820 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 820 6 population population NN 1662 820 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 820 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 820 9 est est NNP 1662 820 10 . . . 1662 820 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 821 1 Death death NN 1662 821 2 rate rate NN 1662 821 3 : : : 1662 821 4 6.89 6.89 CD 1662 821 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 821 6 population population NN 1662 821 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 821 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 821 9 est est NNP 1662 821 10 . . . 1662 821 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 822 1 Net net JJ 1662 822 2 migration migration NN 1662 822 3 rate rate NN 1662 822 4 : : : 1662 822 5 2.71 2.71 CD 1662 822 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 822 7 population population NN 1662 822 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 822 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 822 10 est est NNP 1662 822 11 . . . 1662 822 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 823 1 Sex sex NN 1662 823 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 823 3 : : : 1662 823 4 at at IN 1662 823 5 birth birth NN 1662 823 6 : : : 1662 823 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 823 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 823 9 under under IN 1662 823 10 15 15 CD 1662 823 11 years year NNS 1662 823 12 : : : 1662 823 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 823 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 823 15 15 15 CD 1662 823 16 - - HYPH 1662 823 17 64 64 CD 1662 823 18 years year NNS 1662 823 19 : : : 1662 823 20 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 823 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 823 22 65 65 CD 1662 823 23 years year NNS 1662 823 24 and and CC 1662 823 25 over over IN 1662 823 26 : : : 1662 823 27 0.77 0.77 CD 1662 823 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 823 29 total total JJ 1662 823 30 population population NN 1662 823 31 : : : 1662 823 32 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 823 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 823 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 823 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 823 36 est est NNP 1662 823 37 . . . 1662 823 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 824 1 Infant infant NN 1662 824 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 824 3 rate rate NN 1662 824 4 : : : 1662 824 5 5.4 5.4 CD 1662 824 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 824 7 live live JJ 1662 824 8 births birth NNS 1662 824 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 824 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 824 11 est est NNP 1662 824 12 . . . 1662 824 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 825 1 Life life NN 1662 825 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 825 3 at at IN 1662 825 4 birth birth NN 1662 825 5 : : : 1662 825 6 total total JJ 1662 825 7 population population NN 1662 825 8 : : : 1662 825 9 79.64 79.64 CD 1662 825 10 years year NNS 1662 825 11 male male JJ 1662 825 12 : : : 1662 825 13 76.69 76.69 CD 1662 825 14 years year NNS 1662 825 15 female female JJ 1662 825 16 : : : 1662 825 17 82.74 82.74 CD 1662 825 18 years year NNS 1662 825 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 825 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 825 21 est est NNP 1662 825 22 . . . 1662 825 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 826 1 Total total JJ 1662 826 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 826 3 rate rate NN 1662 826 4 : : : 1662 826 5 1.83 1.83 CD 1662 826 6 children child NNS 1662 826 7 born bear VBN 1662 826 8 / / SYM 1662 826 9 woman woman NN 1662 826 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 826 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 826 12 est est NNP 1662 826 13 . . . 1662 826 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 827 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 827 2 : : : 1662 827 3 noun noun NNP 1662 827 4 : : : 1662 827 5 Australian(s australian(s LS 1662 827 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 827 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 827 8 : : : 1662 827 9 Australian australian JJ 1662 827 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 827 11 groups group NNS 1662 827 12 : : : 1662 827 13 Caucasian caucasian JJ 1662 827 14 95 95 CD 1662 827 15 % % NN 1662 827 16 , , , 1662 827 17 Asian Asian NNP 1662 827 18 4 4 CD 1662 827 19 % % NN 1662 827 20 , , , 1662 827 21 aboriginal aboriginal JJ 1662 827 22 and and CC 1662 827 23 other other JJ 1662 827 24 1 1 CD 1662 827 25 % % NN 1662 827 26 Religions religion NNS 1662 827 27 : : : 1662 827 28 Anglican anglican JJ 1662 827 29 26.1 26.1 CD 1662 827 30 % % NN 1662 827 31 , , , 1662 827 32 Roman Roman NNP 1662 827 33 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 827 34 26 26 CD 1662 827 35 % % NN 1662 827 36 , , , 1662 827 37 other other JJ 1662 827 38 Christian Christian NNP 1662 827 39 24.3 24.3 CD 1662 827 40 % % NN 1662 827 41 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 827 42 : : : 1662 827 43 English English NNP 1662 827 44 , , , 1662 827 45 native native JJ 1662 827 46 languages language NNS 1662 827 47 Literacy literacy NN 1662 827 48 : : : 1662 827 49 definition definition NN 1662 827 50 : : : 1662 827 51 age age NN 1662 827 52 15 15 CD 1662 827 53 and and CC 1662 827 54 over over RB 1662 827 55 can can MD 1662 827 56 read read VB 1662 827 57 and and CC 1662 827 58 write write VB 1662 827 59 total total JJ 1662 827 60 population population NN 1662 827 61 : : : 1662 827 62 100 100 CD 1662 827 63 % % NN 1662 827 64 male male NN 1662 827 65 : : : 1662 827 66 100 100 CD 1662 827 67 % % NN 1662 827 68 female female NN 1662 827 69 : : : 1662 827 70 100 100 CD 1662 827 71 % % NN 1662 827 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 827 73 1980 1980 CD 1662 827 74 est est NNP 1662 827 75 . . . 1662 827 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 828 1 @Australia @australia LS 1662 828 2 : : : 1662 828 3 Government Government NNP 1662 828 4 Country Country NNP 1662 828 5 name name NN 1662 828 6 : : : 1662 828 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 828 8 long long JJ 1662 828 9 form form NN 1662 828 10 : : : 1662 828 11 Commonwealth Commonwealth NNP 1662 828 12 of of IN 1662 828 13 Australia Australia NNP 1662 828 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 828 15 short short JJ 1662 828 16 form form NN 1662 828 17 : : : 1662 828 18 Australia Australia NNP 1662 828 19 Data Data NNP 1662 828 20 code code NN 1662 828 21 : : : 1662 828 22 AS AS NNP 1662 828 23 Government Government NNP 1662 828 24 type type NN 1662 828 25 : : : 1662 828 26 federal federal JJ 1662 828 27 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 828 28 state state NN 1662 828 29 National national JJ 1662 828 30 capital capital NN 1662 828 31 : : : 1662 828 32 Canberra Canberra NNP 1662 828 33 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 828 34 divisions division NNS 1662 828 35 : : : 1662 828 36 6 6 CD 1662 828 37 states state NNS 1662 828 38 and and CC 1662 828 39 2 2 CD 1662 828 40 territories territory NNS 1662 828 41 * * NFP 1662 828 42 ; ; : 1662 828 43 Australian australian JJ 1662 828 44 Capital Capital NNP 1662 828 45 Territory Territory NNP 1662 828 46 * * NFP 1662 828 47 , , , 1662 828 48 New New NNP 1662 828 49 South South NNP 1662 828 50 Wales Wales NNP 1662 828 51 , , , 1662 828 52 Northern Northern NNP 1662 828 53 Territory Territory NNP 1662 828 54 * * NFP 1662 828 55 , , , 1662 828 56 Queensland Queensland NNP 1662 828 57 , , , 1662 828 58 South South NNP 1662 828 59 Australia Australia NNP 1662 828 60 , , , 1662 828 61 Tasmania Tasmania NNP 1662 828 62 , , , 1662 828 63 Victoria Victoria NNP 1662 828 64 , , , 1662 828 65 Western Western NNP 1662 828 66 Australia Australia NNP 1662 828 67 Dependent dependent JJ 1662 828 68 areas area NNS 1662 828 69 : : : 1662 828 70 Ashmore Ashmore NNP 1662 828 71 and and CC 1662 828 72 Cartier Cartier NNP 1662 828 73 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 828 74 , , , 1662 828 75 Christmas Christmas NNP 1662 828 76 Island Island NNP 1662 828 77 , , , 1662 828 78 Cocos Cocos NNP 1662 828 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 828 80 Keeling Keeling NNP 1662 828 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 828 82 Islands Islands NNP 1662 828 83 , , , 1662 828 84 Coral Coral NNP 1662 828 85 Sea Sea NNP 1662 828 86 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 828 87 , , , 1662 828 88 Heard Heard NNP 1662 828 89 Island Island NNP 1662 828 90 and and CC 1662 828 91 McDonald McDonald NNP 1662 828 92 Islands Islands NNP 1662 828 93 , , , 1662 828 94 Norfolk Norfolk NNP 1662 828 95 Island Island NNP 1662 828 96 Independence Independence NNP 1662 828 97 : : : 1662 828 98 1 1 CD 1662 828 99 January January NNP 1662 828 100 1901 1901 CD 1662 828 101 ( ( -LRB- 1662 828 102 federation federation NN 1662 828 103 of of IN 1662 828 104 UK UK NNP 1662 828 105 colonies colony NNS 1662 828 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 828 107 National national JJ 1662 828 108 holiday holiday NN 1662 828 109 : : : 1662 828 110 Australia Australia NNP 1662 828 111 Day Day NNP 1662 828 112 , , , 1662 828 113 26 26 CD 1662 828 114 January January NNP 1662 828 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 828 116 1788 1788 CD 1662 828 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 828 118 Constitution constitution NN 1662 828 119 : : : 1662 828 120 9 9 CD 1662 828 121 July July NNP 1662 828 122 1900 1900 CD 1662 828 123 , , , 1662 828 124 effective effective JJ 1662 828 125 1 1 CD 1662 828 126 January January NNP 1662 828 127 1901 1901 CD 1662 828 128 Legal legal JJ 1662 828 129 system system NN 1662 828 130 : : : 1662 828 131 based base VBN 1662 828 132 on on IN 1662 828 133 English English NNP 1662 828 134 common common JJ 1662 828 135 law law NN 1662 828 136 ; ; : 1662 828 137 accepts accept VBZ 1662 828 138 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 828 139 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 828 140 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 828 141 , , , 1662 828 142 with with IN 1662 828 143 reservations reservation NNS 1662 828 144 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 828 145 : : : 1662 828 146 18 18 CD 1662 828 147 years year NNS 1662 828 148 of of IN 1662 828 149 age age NN 1662 828 150 ; ; : 1662 828 151 universal universal JJ 1662 828 152 and and CC 1662 828 153 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 828 154 Executive Executive NNP 1662 828 155 branch branch NN 1662 828 156 : : : 1662 828 157 chief chief NN 1662 828 158 of of IN 1662 828 159 state state NN 1662 828 160 : : : 1662 828 161 Queen Queen NNP 1662 828 162 ELIZABETH ELIZABETH NNP 1662 828 163 II ii CD 1662 828 164 of of IN 1662 828 165 the the DT 1662 828 166 UK UK NNP 1662 828 167 ( ( -LRB- 1662 828 168 since since IN 1662 828 169 6 6 CD 1662 828 170 February February NNP 1662 828 171 1952 1952 CD 1662 828 172 ) ) -RRB- 1662 828 173 , , , 1662 828 174 represented represent VBN 1662 828 175 by by IN 1662 828 176 Governor Governor NNP 1662 828 177 General General NNP 1662 828 178 Sir Sir NNP 1662 828 179 William William NNP 1662 828 180 DEANE DEANE NNP 1662 828 181 ( ( -LRB- 1662 828 182 since since IN 1662 828 183 16 16 CD 1662 828 184 February February NNP 1662 828 185 1996 1996 CD 1662 828 186 ) ) -RRB- 1662 828 187 head head NN 1662 828 188 of of IN 1662 828 189 government government NN 1662 828 190 : : : 1662 828 191 Prime Prime NNP 1662 828 192 Minister Minister NNP 1662 828 193 John John NNP 1662 828 194 Winston Winston NNP 1662 828 195 HOWARD HOWARD NNP 1662 828 196 ( ( -LRB- 1662 828 197 since since IN 1662 828 198 11 11 CD 1662 828 199 March March NNP 1662 828 200 1996 1996 CD 1662 828 201 ) ) -RRB- 1662 828 202 ; ; : 1662 828 203 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 828 204 Prime Prime NNP 1662 828 205 Minister Minister NNP 1662 828 206 Timothy Timothy NNP 1662 828 207 Andrew Andrew NNP 1662 828 208 FISCHER FISCHER NNP 1662 828 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 828 210 since since IN 1662 828 211 11 11 CD 1662 828 212 March March NNP 1662 828 213 1996 1996 CD 1662 828 214 ) ) -RRB- 1662 828 215 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 828 216 : : : 1662 828 217 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 828 218 selected select VBD 1662 828 219 from from IN 1662 828 220 among among IN 1662 828 221 the the DT 1662 828 222 members member NNS 1662 828 223 of of IN 1662 828 224 Federal Federal NNP 1662 828 225 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 828 226 by by IN 1662 828 227 the the DT 1662 828 228 governor governor NN 1662 828 229 general general NN 1662 828 230 on on IN 1662 828 231 the the DT 1662 828 232 advice advice NN 1662 828 233 of of IN 1662 828 234 the the DT 1662 828 235 prime prime NNP 1662 828 236 minister minister NNP 1662 828 237 elections election NNS 1662 828 238 : : : 1662 828 239 none none NN 1662 828 240 ; ; : 1662 828 241 the the DT 1662 828 242 queen queen NN 1662 828 243 is be VBZ 1662 828 244 a a DT 1662 828 245 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 828 246 monarch monarch NN 1662 828 247 ; ; : 1662 828 248 governor governor NN 1662 828 249 general general NNP 1662 828 250 appointed appoint VBN 1662 828 251 by by IN 1662 828 252 the the DT 1662 828 253 queen queen NN 1662 828 254 ; ; , 1662 828 255 following follow VBG 1662 828 256 legislative legislative JJ 1662 828 257 elections election NNS 1662 828 258 , , , 1662 828 259 the the DT 1662 828 260 leader leader NN 1662 828 261 of of IN 1662 828 262 the the DT 1662 828 263 majority majority NNP 1662 828 264 party party NN 1662 828 265 or or CC 1662 828 266 leader leader NN 1662 828 267 of of IN 1662 828 268 a a DT 1662 828 269 majority majority NN 1662 828 270 coalition coalition NN 1662 828 271 is be VBZ 1662 828 272 usually usually RB 1662 828 273 appointed appoint VBN 1662 828 274 prime prime NNP 1662 828 275 minister minister NN 1662 828 276 by by IN 1662 828 277 the the DT 1662 828 278 governor governor NN 1662 828 279 general general NN 1662 828 280 for for IN 1662 828 281 a a DT 1662 828 282 three three CD 1662 828 283 - - HYPH 1662 828 284 year year NN 1662 828 285 term term NN 1662 828 286 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 828 287 branch branch NN 1662 828 288 : : : 1662 828 289 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 828 290 Federal Federal NNP 1662 828 291 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 828 292 consists consist VBZ 1662 828 293 of of IN 1662 828 294 the the DT 1662 828 295 Senate Senate NNP 1662 828 296 ( ( -LRB- 1662 828 297 76 76 CD 1662 828 298 seats seat NNS 1662 828 299 - - : 1662 828 300 12 12 CD 1662 828 301 from from IN 1662 828 302 each each DT 1662 828 303 of of IN 1662 828 304 the the DT 1662 828 305 six six CD 1662 828 306 states state NNS 1662 828 307 and and CC 1662 828 308 two two CD 1662 828 309 from from IN 1662 828 310 each each DT 1662 828 311 of of IN 1662 828 312 the the DT 1662 828 313 two two CD 1662 828 314 territories territory NNS 1662 828 315 ; ; : 1662 828 316 one one CD 1662 828 317 - - HYPH 1662 828 318 half half NN 1662 828 319 of of IN 1662 828 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RB 1662 828 395 held hold VBN 1662 828 396 2 2 CD 1662 828 397 March March NNP 1662 828 398 1996 1996 CD 1662 828 399 ( ( -LRB- 1662 828 400 next next JJ 1662 828 401 to to TO 1662 828 402 be be VB 1662 828 403 held hold VBN 1662 828 404 NA NA NNP 1662 828 405 1999 1999 CD 1662 828 406 ) ) -RRB- 1662 828 407 election election NN 1662 828 408 results result NNS 1662 828 409 : : : 1662 828 410 Senate Senate NNP 1662 828 411 - - HYPH 1662 828 412 percent percent NN 1662 828 413 of of IN 1662 828 414 vote vote NN 1662 828 415 by by IN 1662 828 416 party party NN 1662 828 417 - - HYPH 1662 828 418 NA NA NNP 1662 828 419 ; ; , 1662 828 420 seats seat NNS 1662 828 421 by by IN 1662 828 422 party party NN 1662 828 423 - - HYPH 1662 828 424 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 828 425 - - HYPH 1662 828 426 National National NNP 1662 828 427 37 37 CD 1662 828 428 , , , 1662 828 429 Labor Labor NNP 1662 828 430 29 29 CD 1662 828 431 , , , 1662 828 432 Australian Australian NNP 1662 828 433 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 828 434 8 8 CD 1662 828 435 , , , 1662 828 436 Greens Greens NNP 1662 828 437 1 1 CD 1662 828 438 , , , 1662 828 439 independent independent JJ 1662 828 440 1 1 CD 1662 828 441 ; ; : 1662 828 442 note note NN 1662 828 443 - - HYPH 1662 828 444 subsequent subsequent JJ 1662 828 445 to to IN 1662 828 446 the the DT 1662 828 447 election election NN 1662 828 448 , , , 1662 828 449 there there EX 1662 828 450 has have VBZ 1662 828 451 been be VBN 1662 828 452 a a DT 1662 828 453 change change NN 1662 828 454 in in IN 1662 828 455 the the DT 1662 828 456 distribution distribution NN 1662 828 457 of of IN 1662 828 458 seats seat NNS 1662 828 459 ; ; : 1662 828 460 the the DT 1662 828 461 new new JJ 1662 828 462 distribution distribution NN 1662 828 463 is be VBZ 1662 828 464 as as IN 1662 828 465 follows follow VBZ 1662 828 466 - - : 1662 828 467 Liberal liberal JJ 1662 828 468 - - HYPH 1662 828 469 National National NNP 1662 828 470 37 37 CD 1662 828 471 , , , 1662 828 472 Labor Labor NNP 1662 828 473 28 28 CD 1662 828 474 , , , 1662 828 475 Australian australian JJ 1662 828 476 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 828 477 7 7 CD 1662 828 478 , , , 1662 828 479 Greens Greens NNP 1662 828 480 2 2 CD 1662 828 481 , , , 1662 828 482 independents independent NNS 1662 828 483 2 2 CD 1662 828 484 ; ; : 1662 828 485 House House NNP 1662 828 486 of of IN 1662 828 487 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 828 488 - - HYPH 1662 828 489 percent percent NN 1662 828 490 of of IN 1662 828 491 vote vote NN 1662 828 492 by by IN 1662 828 493 party party NN 1662 828 494 - - HYPH 1662 828 495 NA NA NNP 1662 828 496 ; ; , 1662 828 497 seats seat NNS 1662 828 498 by by IN 1662 828 499 party party NN 1662 828 500 - - HYPH 1662 828 501 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 828 502 - - HYPH 1662 828 503 National National NNP 1662 828 504 94 94 CD 1662 828 505 , , , 1662 828 506 Labor Labor NNP 1662 828 507 49 49 CD 1662 828 508 , , , 1662 828 509 independent independent JJ 1662 828 510 5 5 CD 1662 828 511 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 828 512 branch branch NN 1662 828 513 : : : 1662 828 514 High High NNP 1662 828 515 Court Court NNP 1662 828 516 , , , 1662 828 517 the the DT 1662 828 518 Chief Chief NNP 1662 828 519 Justice Justice NNP 1662 828 520 and and CC 1662 828 521 six six CD 1662 828 522 other other JJ 1662 828 523 justices justice NNS 1662 828 524 are be VBP 1662 828 525 appointed appoint VBN 1662 828 526 by by IN 1662 828 527 the the DT 1662 828 528 governor governor NN 1662 828 529 general general JJ 1662 828 530 Political political JJ 1662 828 531 parties party NNS 1662 828 532 and and CC 1662 828 533 leaders leader NNS 1662 828 534 : : : 1662 828 535 government government NN 1662 828 536 : : : 1662 828 537 coalition coalition NN 1662 828 538 of of IN 1662 828 539 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 828 540 Party Party NNP 1662 828 541 , , , 1662 828 542 John John NNP 1662 828 543 Winston Winston NNP 1662 828 544 HOWARD HOWARD NNP 1662 828 545 , , , 1662 828 546 and and CC 1662 828 547 National National NNP 1662 828 548 Party Party NNP 1662 828 549 , , , 1662 828 550 Timothy Timothy NNP 1662 828 551 Andrew Andrew NNP 1662 828 552 FISCHER FISCHER NNP 1662 828 553 opposition opposition NN 1662 828 554 : : : 1662 828 555 Australian Australian NNP 1662 828 556 Labor Labor NNP 1662 828 557 Party Party NNP 1662 828 558 , , , 1662 828 559 Kim Kim NNP 1662 828 560 BEAZLEY BEAZLEY NNP 1662 828 561 ; ; : 1662 828 562 Australian Australian NNP 1662 828 563 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 828 564 Party Party NNP 1662 828 565 , , , 1662 828 566 Cheryl Cheryl NNP 1662 828 567 KERNOT KERNOT NNP 1662 828 568 ; ; : 1662 828 569 Green Green NNP 1662 828 570 Party Party NNP 1662 828 571 , , , 1662 828 572 Bob Bob NNP 1662 828 573 BROWN BROWN NNP 1662 828 574 Political political JJ 1662 828 575 pressure pressure NN 1662 828 576 groups group NNS 1662 828 577 and and CC 1662 828 578 leaders leader NNS 1662 828 579 : : : 1662 828 580 Australian Australian NNP 1662 828 581 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615 ANZUS ANZUS NNP 1662 828 616 , , , 1662 828 617 APEC APEC NNP 1662 828 618 , , , 1662 828 619 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 828 620 , , , 1662 828 621 Australia Australia NNP 1662 828 622 Group Group NNP 1662 828 623 , , , 1662 828 624 BIS BIS NNP 1662 828 625 , , , 1662 828 626 C C NNP 1662 828 627 , , , 1662 828 628 CCC CCC NNP 1662 828 629 , , , 1662 828 630 CP CP NNP 1662 828 631 , , , 1662 828 632 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 828 633 , , , 1662 828 634 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 828 635 , , , 1662 828 636 FAO FAO NNP 1662 828 637 , , , 1662 828 638 G- G- NNP 1662 828 639 8 8 CD 1662 828 640 , , , 1662 828 641 IAEA iaea NN 1662 828 642 , , , 1662 828 643 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 828 644 , , , 1662 828 645 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 828 646 , , , 1662 828 647 ICC ICC NNP 1662 828 648 , , , 1662 828 649 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 828 650 , , , 1662 828 651 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 828 652 , , , 1662 828 653 IDA IDA NNP 1662 828 654 , , , 1662 828 655 IEA IEA NNP 1662 828 656 , , , 1662 828 657 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 828 658 , , , 1662 828 659 IFC IFC NNP 1662 828 660 , , , 1662 828 661 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 828 662 , , , 1662 828 663 IHO IHO NNP 1662 828 664 , , , 1662 828 665 ILO ILO NNP 1662 828 666 , , , 1662 828 667 IMF IMF NNP 1662 828 668 , , , 1662 828 669 IMO imo RB 1662 828 670 , , , 1662 828 671 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 828 672 , , , 1662 828 673 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 828 674 , , , 1662 828 675 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 828 676 , , , 1662 828 677 IOC IOC NNP 1662 828 678 , , , 1662 828 679 IOM IOM NNP 1662 828 680 , , , 1662 828 681 ISO ISO NNP 1662 828 682 , , , 1662 828 683 ITU ITU NNP 1662 828 684 , , , 1662 828 685 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 828 686 , , , 1662 828 687 NAM NAM NNP 1662 828 688 ( ( -LRB- 1662 828 689 guest guest NNP 1662 828 690 ) ) -RRB- 1662 828 691 , , , 1662 828 692 NEA NEA NNP 1662 828 693 , , , 1662 828 694 NSG NSG NNP 1662 828 695 , , , 1662 828 696 OECD OECD NNP 1662 828 697 , , , 1662 828 698 PCA PCA NNP 1662 828 699 , , , 1662 828 700 Sparteca Sparteca NNP 1662 828 701 , , , 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chief chief NN 1662 828 744 of of IN 1662 828 745 mission mission NN 1662 828 746 : : : 1662 828 747 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 828 748 Andrew Andrew NNP 1662 828 749 Sharp Sharp NNP 1662 828 750 PEACOCK peacock NN 1662 828 751 chancery chancery NN 1662 828 752 : : : 1662 828 753 1601 1601 CD 1662 828 754 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 828 755 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 828 756 NW NW NNP 1662 828 757 , , , 1662 828 758 Washington Washington NNP 1662 828 759 , , , 1662 828 760 DC DC NNP 1662 828 761 20036 20036 CD 1662 828 762 telephone telephone NN 1662 828 763 : : : 1662 828 764 [ [ -LRB- 1662 828 765 1 1 CD 1662 828 766 ] ] -RRB- 1662 828 767 ( ( -LRB- 1662 828 768 202 202 CD 1662 828 769 ) ) -RRB- 1662 828 770 797 797 CD 1662 828 771 - - HYPH 1662 828 772 3000 3000 CD 1662 828 773 FAX fax NN 1662 828 774 : : : 1662 828 775 [ [ -LRB- 1662 828 776 1 1 CD 1662 828 777 ] ] -RRB- 1662 828 778 ( ( -LRB- 1662 828 779 202 202 CD 1662 828 780 ) ) -RRB- 1662 828 781 797 797 CD 1662 828 782 - - HYPH 1662 828 783 3168 3168 CD 1662 828 784 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 828 785 ) ) -RRB- 1662 828 786 general general NN 1662 828 787 : : : 1662 828 788 Atlanta Atlanta NNP 1662 828 789 , , , 1662 828 790 Honolulu Honolulu NNP 1662 828 791 , , , 1662 828 792 Los Los NNP 1662 828 793 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 828 794 , , , 1662 828 795 New New NNP 1662 828 796 York York NNP 1662 828 797 , , , 1662 828 798 and and CC 1662 828 799 San San NNP 1662 828 800 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 828 801 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 828 802 representation representation NN 1662 828 803 from from IN 1662 828 804 the the DT 1662 828 805 US US NNP 1662 828 806 : : : 1662 828 807 chief chief NN 1662 828 808 of of IN 1662 828 809 mission mission NN 1662 828 810 : : : 1662 828 811 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 828 812 Genta Genta NNP 1662 828 813 Hawkins Hawkins NNP 1662 828 814 HOLMES HOLMES NNP 1662 828 815 embassy embassy NN 1662 828 816 : : : 1662 828 817 Moonah Moonah NNP 1662 828 818 Place Place NNP 1662 828 819 , , , 1662 828 820 Yarralumla Yarralumla NNP 1662 828 821 , , , 1662 828 822 Canberra Canberra NNP 1662 828 823 , , , 1662 828 824 Australian Australian NNP 1662 828 825 Capital Capital NNP 1662 828 826 Territory Territory NNP 1662 828 827 2600 2600 CD 1662 828 828 mailing mail VBG 1662 828 829 address address NN 1662 828 830 : : : 1662 828 831 APO APO NNP 1662 828 832 AP AP NNP 1662 828 833 96549 96549 CD 1662 828 834 telephone telephone NN 1662 828 835 : : : 1662 828 836 [ [ -LRB- 1662 828 837 61 61 CD 1662 828 838 ] ] -RRB- 1662 828 839 ( ( -LRB- 1662 828 840 6 6 CD 1662 828 841 ) ) -RRB- 1662 828 842 270 270 CD 1662 828 843 - - HYPH 1662 828 844 5000 5000 CD 1662 828 845 FAX fax NN 1662 828 846 : : : 1662 828 847 [ [ -LRB- 1662 828 848 61 61 CD 1662 828 849 ] ] -RRB- 1662 828 850 ( ( -LRB- 1662 828 851 6 6 CD 1662 828 852 ) ) -RRB- 1662 828 853 270 270 CD 1662 828 854 - - SYM 1662 828 855 5970 5970 CD 1662 828 856 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 828 857 ) ) -RRB- 1662 828 858 general general NN 1662 828 859 : : : 1662 828 860 Melbourne Melbourne NNP 1662 828 861 , , , 1662 828 862 Perth Perth NNP 1662 828 863 , , , 1662 828 864 and and CC 1662 828 865 Sydney Sydney NNP 1662 828 866 Flag Flag NNP 1662 828 867 description description NN 1662 828 868 : : : 1662 828 869 blue blue JJ 1662 828 870 with with IN 1662 828 871 the the DT 1662 828 872 flag flag NN 1662 828 873 of of IN 1662 828 874 the the DT 1662 828 875 UK UK NNP 1662 828 876 in in IN 1662 828 877 the the DT 1662 828 878 upper upper JJ 1662 828 879 hoist hoist NN 1662 828 880 - - HYPH 1662 828 881 side side NN 1662 828 882 quadrant quadrant NN 1662 828 883 and and CC 1662 828 884 a a DT 1662 828 885 large large JJ 1662 828 886 seven seven CD 1662 828 887 - - HYPH 1662 828 888 pointed point VBN 1662 828 889 star star NN 1662 828 890 in in IN 1662 828 891 the the DT 1662 828 892 lower low JJR 1662 828 893 hoist hoist NN 1662 828 894 - - HYPH 1662 828 895 side side NN 1662 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agricultural JJ 1662 829 13 products product NNS 1662 829 14 , , , 1662 829 15 minerals mineral NNS 1662 829 16 , , , 1662 829 17 metals metal NNS 1662 829 18 , , , 1662 829 19 and and CC 1662 829 20 fossil fossil JJ 1662 829 21 fuels fuel NNS 1662 829 22 . . . 1662 830 1 Commodities commodity NNS 1662 830 2 account account VBP 1662 830 3 for for IN 1662 830 4 about about RB 1662 830 5 60 60 CD 1662 830 6 % % NN 1662 830 7 of of IN 1662 830 8 the the DT 1662 830 9 value value NN 1662 830 10 of of IN 1662 830 11 total total JJ 1662 830 12 exports export NNS 1662 830 13 , , , 1662 830 14 so so IN 1662 830 15 that that IN 1662 830 16 a a DT 1662 830 17 downturn downturn NN 1662 830 18 in in IN 1662 830 19 world world NN 1662 830 20 commodity commodity NN 1662 830 21 prices price NNS 1662 830 22 can can MD 1662 830 23 have have VB 1662 830 24 a a DT 1662 830 25 big big JJ 1662 830 26 impact impact NN 1662 830 27 on on IN 1662 830 28 the the DT 1662 830 29 economy economy NN 1662 830 30 . . . 1662 831 1 The the DT 1662 831 2 government government NN 1662 831 3 is be VBZ 1662 831 4 pushing push VBG 1662 831 5 for for IN 1662 831 6 increased increased JJ 1662 831 7 exports export NNS 1662 831 8 of of IN 1662 831 9 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 831 10 goods good NNS 1662 831 11 , , , 1662 831 12 but but CC 1662 831 13 competition competition NN 1662 831 14 in in IN 1662 831 15 international international JJ 1662 831 16 markets market NNS 1662 831 17 continues continue VBZ 1662 831 18 to to TO 1662 831 19 be be VB 1662 831 20 severe severe JJ 1662 831 21 . . . 1662 832 1 Australia Australia NNP 1662 832 2 has have VBZ 1662 832 3 suffered suffer VBN 1662 832 4 from from IN 1662 832 5 the the DT 1662 832 6 low low JJ 1662 832 7 growth growth NN 1662 832 8 and and CC 1662 832 9 high high JJ 1662 832 10 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 832 11 characterizing characterize VBG 1662 832 12 the the DT 1662 832 13 OECD OECD NNP 1662 832 14 countries country NNS 1662 832 15 in in IN 1662 832 16 the the DT 1662 832 17 early early JJ 1662 832 18 1990s 1990 NNS 1662 832 19 , , , 1662 832 20 but but CC 1662 832 21 the the DT 1662 832 22 economy economy NN 1662 832 23 has have VBZ 1662 832 24 expanded expand VBN 1662 832 25 at at IN 1662 832 26 reasonably reasonably RB 1662 832 27 steady steady JJ 1662 832 28 rates rate NNS 1662 832 29 in in IN 1662 832 30 recent recent JJ 1662 832 31 years year NNS 1662 832 32 . . . 1662 833 1 In in IN 1662 833 2 addition addition NN 1662 833 3 to to IN 1662 833 4 high high JJ 1662 833 5 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 833 6 , , , 1662 833 7 short short JJ 1662 833 8 - - HYPH 1662 833 9 term term NN 1662 833 10 economic economic JJ 1662 833 11 problems problem NNS 1662 833 12 include include VBP 1662 833 13 a a DT 1662 833 14 balancing balancing NN 1662 833 15 of of IN 1662 833 16 output output NN 1662 833 17 growth growth NN 1662 833 18 and and CC 1662 833 19 inflationary inflationary JJ 1662 833 20 pressures pressure NNS 1662 833 21 and and CC 1662 833 22 the the DT 1662 833 23 stimulation stimulation NN 1662 833 24 of of IN 1662 833 25 exports export NNS 1662 833 26 to to TO 1662 833 27 offset offset VB 1662 833 28 rising rise VBG 1662 833 29 imports import NNS 1662 833 30 . . . 1662 834 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 834 2 : : : 1662 834 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 834 4 power power NN 1662 834 5 parity parity NN 1662 834 6 - - : 1662 834 7 $ $ $ 1662 834 8 430.5 430.5 CD 1662 834 9 billion billion CD 1662 834 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 834 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 834 12 est est NNP 1662 834 13 . . . 1662 834 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 835 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 835 2 - - HYPH 1662 835 3 real real JJ 1662 835 4 growth growth NN 1662 835 5 rate rate NN 1662 835 6 : : : 1662 835 7 3.6 3.6 CD 1662 835 8 % % NN 1662 835 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 835 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 835 11 est est NNP 1662 835 12 . . . 1662 835 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 836 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 836 2 - - HYPH 1662 836 3 per per FW 1662 836 4 capita capita NN 1662 836 5 : : : 1662 836 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 836 7 power power NN 1662 836 8 parity parity NN 1662 836 9 - - : 1662 836 10 $ $ $ 1662 836 11 23,600 23,600 CD 1662 836 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 836 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 836 14 est est NNP 1662 836 15 . . . 1662 836 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 837 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 837 2 - - HYPH 1662 837 3 composition composition NN 1662 837 4 by by IN 1662 837 5 sector sector NN 1662 837 6 : : : 1662 837 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 837 8 : : : 1662 837 9 3.1 3.1 CD 1662 837 10 % % NN 1662 837 11 industry industry NN 1662 837 12 : : : 1662 837 13 27.7 27.7 CD 1662 837 14 % % NN 1662 837 15 services service NNS 1662 837 16 : : : 1662 837 17 69.2 69.2 CD 1662 837 18 % % NN 1662 837 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 837 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 837 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 837 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 837 23 rate rate NN 1662 837 24 - - HYPH 1662 837 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 837 26 price price NN 1662 837 27 index index NN 1662 837 28 : : : 1662 837 29 3.1 3.1 CD 1662 837 30 % % NN 1662 837 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 837 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 837 33 est est NNP 1662 837 34 . . . 1662 837 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 838 1 Labor labor NN 1662 838 2 force force NN 1662 838 3 : : : 1662 838 4 total total NN 1662 838 5 : : : 1662 838 6 8.4 8.4 CD 1662 838 7 million million CD 1662 838 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 838 9 December December NNP 1662 838 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 838 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 838 12 by by IN 1662 838 13 occupation occupation NN 1662 838 14 : : : 1662 838 15 finance finance NN 1662 838 16 and and CC 1662 838 17 services service NNS 1662 838 18 34 34 CD 1662 838 19 % % NN 1662 838 20 , , , 1662 838 21 public public NN 1662 838 22 and and CC 1662 838 23 community community NN 1662 838 24 services service NNS 1662 838 25 23 23 CD 1662 838 26 % % NN 1662 838 27 , , , 1662 838 28 wholesale wholesale JJ 1662 838 29 and and CC 1662 838 30 retail retail JJ 1662 838 31 trade trade NN 1662 838 32 20 20 CD 1662 838 33 % % NN 1662 838 34 , , , 1662 838 35 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 838 36 and and CC 1662 838 37 industry industry NN 1662 838 38 17 17 CD 1662 838 39 % % NN 1662 838 40 , , , 1662 838 41 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 838 42 6 6 CD 1662 838 43 % % NN 1662 838 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 838 45 1987 1987 CD 1662 838 46 est est NNP 1662 838 47 . . . 1662 838 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 839 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 839 2 rate rate NN 1662 839 3 : : : 1662 839 4 8.5 8.5 CD 1662 839 5 % % NN 1662 839 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 839 7 1996 1996 CD 1662 839 8 est est NNP 1662 839 9 . . . 1662 839 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 840 1 Budget budget NN 1662 840 2 : : : 1662 840 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 840 4 : : : 1662 840 5 $ $ $ 1662 840 6 95.69 95.69 CD 1662 840 7 billion billion CD 1662 840 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 840 9 : : : 1662 840 10 $ $ $ 1662 840 11 95.15 95.15 CD 1662 840 12 billion billion CD 1662 840 13 , , , 1662 840 14 including include VBG 1662 840 15 capital capital NN 1662 840 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 840 17 of of IN 1662 840 18 $ $ $ 1662 840 19 NA na NN 1662 840 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 840 21 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 840 22 est est NN 1662 840 23 . . . 1662 840 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 841 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 841 2 : : : 1662 841 3 mining mining NN 1662 841 4 , , , 1662 841 5 industrial industrial JJ 1662 841 6 and and CC 1662 841 7 transportation transportation NN 1662 841 8 equipment equipment NN 1662 841 9 , , , 1662 841 10 food food NN 1662 841 11 processing processing NN 1662 841 12 , , , 1662 841 13 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 841 14 , , , 1662 841 15 steel steel NN 1662 841 16 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 841 17 production production NN 1662 841 18 growth growth NN 1662 841 19 rate rate NN 1662 841 20 : : : 1662 841 21 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 841 22 % % NN 1662 841 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 841 24 1995 1995 CD 1662 841 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 841 26 Electricity electricity NN 1662 841 27 - - HYPH 1662 841 28 capacity capacity NN 1662 841 29 : : : 1662 841 30 38.83 38.83 CD 1662 841 31 million million CD 1662 841 32 kW kW NNP 1662 841 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 841 34 1994 1994 CD 1662 841 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 841 36 Electricity electricity NN 1662 841 37 - - HYPH 1662 841 38 production production NN 1662 841 39 : : : 1662 841 40 173 173 CD 1662 841 41 billion billion CD 1662 841 42 kWh kWh NNS 1662 841 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 841 44 1995 1995 CD 1662 841 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 841 46 Electricity electricity NN 1662 841 47 - - HYPH 1662 841 48 consumption consumption NN 1662 841 49 per per IN 1662 841 50 capita capita NN 1662 841 51 : : : 1662 841 52 8,278 8,278 CD 1662 841 53 kWh kWh NNS 1662 841 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 841 55 1995 1995 CD 1662 841 56 est est NNP 1662 841 57 . . . 1662 841 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 842 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 842 2 - - HYPH 1662 842 3 products product NNS 1662 842 4 : : : 1662 842 5 wheat wheat NN 1662 842 6 , , , 1662 842 7 barley barley NN 1662 842 8 , , , 1662 842 9 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 842 10 , , , 1662 842 11 fruits fruit NNS 1662 842 12 ; ; : 1662 842 13 cattle cattle NNS 1662 842 14 , , , 1662 842 15 sheep sheep NN 1662 842 16 , , , 1662 842 17 poultry poultry NN 1662 842 18 Exports export NNS 1662 842 19 : : : 1662 842 20 total total JJ 1662 842 21 value value NN 1662 842 22 : : : 1662 842 23 $ $ $ 1662 842 24 59.5 59.5 CD 1662 842 25 billion billion CD 1662 842 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 842 27 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 842 28 . . NNP 1662 842 29 , , , 1662 842 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 842 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 842 32 commodities commodity NNS 1662 842 33 : : : 1662 842 34 coal coal NN 1662 842 35 , , , 1662 842 36 gold gold NN 1662 842 37 , , , 1662 842 38 meat meat NN 1662 842 39 , , , 1662 842 40 wool wool NN 1662 842 41 , , , 1662 842 42 alumina alumina NNP 1662 842 43 , , , 1662 842 44 iron iron NN 1662 842 45 ore ore NN 1662 842 46 , , , 1662 842 47 wheat wheat NN 1662 842 48 , , , 1662 842 49 machinery machinery NN 1662 842 50 and and CC 1662 842 51 transport transport NN 1662 842 52 equipment equipment NN 1662 842 53 partners partner NNS 1662 842 54 : : : 1662 842 55 Japan Japan NNP 1662 842 56 24 24 CD 1662 842 57 % % NN 1662 842 58 , , , 1662 842 59 South South NNP 1662 842 60 Korea Korea NNP 1662 842 61 8 8 CD 1662 842 62 % % NN 1662 842 63 , , , 1662 842 64 NZ NZ NNP 1662 842 65 7 7 CD 1662 842 66 % % NN 1662 842 67 , , , 1662 842 68 US US NNP 1662 842 69 7 7 CD 1662 842 70 % % NN 1662 842 71 , , , 1662 842 72 UK UK NNP 1662 842 73 , , , 1662 842 74 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 842 75 , , , 1662 842 76 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 842 77 , , , 1662 842 78 Hong Hong NNP 1662 842 79 Kong Kong NNP 1662 842 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 842 81 1994/95 1994/95 CD 1662 842 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 842 83 Imports import NNS 1662 842 84 : : : 1662 842 85 total total JJ 1662 842 86 value value NN 1662 842 87 : : : 1662 842 88 $ $ $ 1662 842 89 59.7 59.7 CD 1662 842 90 billion billion CD 1662 842 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 842 92 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 842 93 . . NNP 1662 842 94 , , , 1662 842 95 1996 1996 CD 1662 842 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 842 97 commodities commodity NNS 1662 842 98 : : : 1662 842 99 machinery machinery NN 1662 842 100 and and CC 1662 842 101 transport transport NN 1662 842 102 equipment equipment NN 1662 842 103 , , , 1662 842 104 computers computer NNS 1662 842 105 and and CC 1662 842 106 office office NN 1662 842 107 machines machine NNS 1662 842 108 , , , 1662 842 109 telecommunication telecommunication NN 1662 842 110 equipment equipment NN 1662 842 111 and and CC 1662 842 112 parts part NNS 1662 842 113 ; ; , 1662 842 114 crude crude JJ 1662 842 115 oil oil NN 1662 842 116 and and CC 1662 842 117 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 842 118 products product NNS 1662 842 119 partners partner NNS 1662 842 120 : : : 1662 842 121 US US NNP 1662 842 122 22 22 CD 1662 842 123 % % NN 1662 842 124 , , , 1662 842 125 Japan Japan NNP 1662 842 126 17 17 CD 1662 842 127 % % NN 1662 842 128 , , , 1662 842 129 UK UK NNP 1662 842 130 6 6 CD 1662 842 131 % % NN 1662 842 132 , , , 1662 842 133 China China NNP 1662 842 134 5 5 CD 1662 842 135 % % NN 1662 842 136 , , , 1662 842 137 NZ NZ NNP 1662 842 138 5 5 CD 1662 842 139 % % NN 1662 842 140 ( ( -LRB- 1662 842 141 1994/95 1994/95 CD 1662 842 142 ) ) -RRB- 1662 842 143 Debt debt NN 1662 842 144 - - HYPH 1662 842 145 external external JJ 1662 842 146 : : : 1662 842 147 $ $ $ 1662 842 148 134 134 CD 1662 842 149 billion billion CD 1662 842 150 ( ( -LRB- 1662 842 151 June June NNP 1662 842 152 1996 1996 CD 1662 842 153 ) ) -RRB- 1662 842 154 Economic economic JJ 1662 842 155 aid aid NN 1662 842 156 : : : 1662 842 157 donor donor NN 1662 842 158 : : : 1662 842 159 ODA ODA NNP 1662 842 160 , , , 1662 842 161 $ $ $ 1662 842 162 1.25 1.25 CD 1662 842 163 billion billion CD 1662 842 164 ( ( -LRB- 1662 842 165 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 842 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 842 167 Currency currency NN 1662 842 168 : : : 1662 842 169 1 1 CD 1662 842 170 Australian australian JJ 1662 842 171 dollar dollar NN 1662 842 172 ( ( -LRB- 1662 842 173 $ $ $ 1662 842 174 A a NN 1662 842 175 ) ) -RRB- 1662 842 176 = = SYM 1662 842 177 100 100 CD 1662 842 178 cents cent NNS 1662 842 179 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 842 180 rates rate NNS 1662 842 181 : : : 1662 842 182 Australian australian JJ 1662 842 183 dollars dollar NNS 1662 842 184 ( ( -LRB- 1662 842 185 $ $ $ 1662 842 186 A a NN 1662 842 187 ) ) -RRB- 1662 842 188 per per IN 1662 842 189 US$ us$ $ 1662 842 190 1 1 CD 1662 842 191 - - SYM 1662 842 192 1.2835 1.2835 CD 1662 842 193 ( ( -LRB- 1662 842 194 January January NNP 1662 842 195 1997 1997 CD 1662 842 196 ) ) -RRB- 1662 842 197 , , , 1662 842 198 1.2773 1.2773 CD 1662 842 199 ( ( -LRB- 1662 842 200 1996 1996 CD 1662 842 201 ) ) -RRB- 1662 842 202 , , , 1662 842 203 1.3486 1.3486 CD 1662 842 204 ( ( -LRB- 1662 842 205 1995 1995 CD 1662 842 206 ) ) -RRB- 1662 842 207 , , , 1662 842 208 1.3668 1.3668 CD 1662 842 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 842 210 1994 1994 CD 1662 842 211 ) ) -RRB- 1662 842 212 , , , 1662 842 213 1.4704 1.4704 CD 1662 842 214 ( ( -LRB- 1662 842 215 1993 1993 CD 1662 842 216 ) ) -RRB- 1662 842 217 , , , 1662 842 218 1.3600 1.3600 CD 1662 842 219 ( ( -LRB- 1662 842 220 1992 1992 CD 1662 842 221 ) ) -RRB- 1662 842 222 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 842 223 year year NN 1662 842 224 : : : 1662 842 225 1 1 CD 1662 842 226 July July NNP 1662 842 227 - - HYPH 1662 842 228 30 30 CD 1662 842 229 June June NNP 1662 842 230 @Australia @australia NN 1662 842 231 : : : 1662 842 232 Communications communication NNS 1662 842 233 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 842 234 : : : 1662 842 235 8.7 8.7 CD 1662 842 236 million million CD 1662 842 237 ( ( -LRB- 1662 842 238 1987 1987 CD 1662 842 239 est est NNP 1662 842 240 . . . 1662 842 241 ) ) -RRB- 1662 843 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 843 2 system system NN 1662 843 3 : : : 1662 843 4 good good JJ 1662 843 5 domestic domestic JJ 1662 843 6 and and CC 1662 843 7 international international JJ 1662 843 8 service service NN 1662 843 9 domestic domestic NN 1662 843 10 : : : 1662 843 11 domestic domestic JJ 1662 843 12 satellite satellite NN 1662 843 13 system system NN 1662 843 14 international international JJ 1662 843 15 : : : 1662 843 16 submarine submarine NN 1662 843 17 cables cable NNS 1662 843 18 to to IN 1662 843 19 New New NNP 1662 843 20 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 843 21 , , , 1662 843 22 Papua Papua NNP 1662 843 23 New New NNP 1662 843 24 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 843 25 , , , 1662 843 26 and and CC 1662 843 27 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 843 28 ; ; : 1662 843 29 satellite satellite NN 1662 843 30 earth earth NN 1662 843 31 stations station NNS 1662 843 32 - - , 1662 843 33 10 10 CD 1662 843 34 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 843 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 843 36 4 4 CD 1662 843 37 Indian Indian NNP 1662 843 38 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 843 39 and and CC 1662 843 40 6 6 CD 1662 843 41 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 843 42 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 843 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 843 44 , , , 1662 843 45 2 2 CD 1662 843 46 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 843 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 843 48 Indian Indian NNP 1662 843 49 and and CC 1662 843 50 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 843 51 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 843 52 Regions Regions NNPS 1662 843 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 843 54 Radio radio NN 1662 843 55 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 843 56 stations station NNS 1662 843 57 : : : 1662 843 58 AM AM NNP 1662 843 59 258 258 CD 1662 843 60 , , , 1662 843 61 FM FM NNP 1662 843 62 67 67 CD 1662 843 63 , , , 1662 843 64 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 843 65 0 0 CD 1662 843 66 Radios radio NNS 1662 843 67 : : : 1662 843 68 NA NA NNP 1662 843 69 Television Television NNP 1662 843 70 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 843 71 stations station NNS 1662 843 72 : : : 1662 843 73 134 134 CD 1662 843 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 843 75 1987 1987 CD 1662 843 76 est est NNP 1662 843 77 . . . 1662 843 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 844 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 844 2 : : : 1662 844 3 9.2 9.2 CD 1662 844 4 million million CD 1662 844 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 844 6 1992 1992 CD 1662 844 7 est est NNP 1662 844 8 . . . 1662 844 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 845 1 @Australia @Australia NNP 1662 845 2 : : : 1662 845 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 845 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 845 5 : : : 1662 845 6 total total NN 1662 845 7 : : : 1662 845 8 38,563 38,563 CD 1662 845 9 km km NNS 1662 845 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 845 11 2,914 2,914 CD 1662 845 12 km km NN 1662 845 13 electrified electrify VBN 1662 845 14 ; ; : 1662 845 15 172 172 CD 1662 845 16 km km NN 1662 845 17 dual dual JJ 1662 845 18 gauge gauge NN 1662 845 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 845 20 broad broad JJ 1662 845 21 gauge gauge NN 1662 845 22 : : : 1662 845 23 6,083 6,083 CD 1662 845 24 km km NN 1662 845 25 1.600-m 1.600-m CD 1662 845 26 gauge gauge VB 1662 845 27 standard standard JJ 1662 845 28 gauge gauge NN 1662 845 29 : : : 1662 845 30 16,752 16,752 CD 1662 845 31 km km NN 1662 845 32 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 845 33 gauge gauge NN 1662 845 34 narrow narrow JJ 1662 845 35 gauge gauge NN 1662 845 36 : : : 1662 845 37 15,728 15,728 CD 1662 845 38 km km NN 1662 845 39 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 845 40 gauge gauge NN 1662 845 41 Highways highway NNS 1662 845 42 : : : 1662 845 43 total total NN 1662 845 44 : : : 1662 845 45 895,030 895,030 CD 1662 845 46 km km NNS 1662 845 47 paved pave VBN 1662 845 48 : : : 1662 845 49 345,482 345,482 CD 1662 845 50 km km NN 1662 845 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 845 52 including include VBG 1662 845 53 1,330 1,330 CD 1662 845 54 km km NNS 1662 845 55 of of IN 1662 845 56 expressways expressway NNS 1662 845 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 845 58 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 845 59 : : : 1662 845 60 549,548 549,548 CD 1662 845 61 km km NNP 1662 845 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 845 63 1995 1995 CD 1662 845 64 est est NNP 1662 845 65 . . . 1662 845 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 846 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 846 2 : : : 1662 846 3 8,368 8,368 CD 1662 846 4 km km NNS 1662 846 5 ; ; : 1662 846 6 mainly mainly RB 1662 846 7 by by IN 1662 846 8 small small JJ 1662 846 9 , , , 1662 846 10 shallow shallow JJ 1662 846 11 - - HYPH 1662 846 12 draft draft NN 1662 846 13 craft craft NN 1662 846 14 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 846 15 : : : 1662 846 16 crude crude JJ 1662 846 17 oil oil NN 1662 846 18 2,500 2,500 CD 1662 846 19 km km NN 1662 846 20 ; ; : 1662 846 21 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 846 22 products product NNS 1662 846 23 500 500 CD 1662 846 24 km km NNS 1662 846 25 ; ; : 1662 846 26 natural natural JJ 1662 846 27 gas gas NN 1662 846 28 5,600 5,600 CD 1662 846 29 km km NN 1662 846 30 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 846 31 and and CC 1662 846 32 harbors harbor NNS 1662 846 33 : : : 1662 846 34 Adelaide Adelaide NNP 1662 846 35 , , , 1662 846 36 Brisbane Brisbane NNP 1662 846 37 , , , 1662 846 38 Cairns Cairns NNP 1662 846 39 , , , 1662 846 40 Darwin Darwin NNP 1662 846 41 , , , 1662 846 42 Devonport Devonport NNP 1662 846 43 , , , 1662 846 44 Fremantle Fremantle NNP 1662 846 45 , , , 1662 846 46 Geelong Geelong NNP 1662 846 47 , , , 1662 846 48 Hobart Hobart NNP 1662 846 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 846 50 Tasmania Tasmania NNP 1662 846 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 846 52 , , , 1662 846 53 Launceton Launceton NNP 1662 846 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 846 55 Tasmania Tasmania NNP 1662 846 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 846 57 , , , 1662 846 58 Mackay Mackay NNP 1662 846 59 , , , 1662 846 60 Melbourne Melbourne NNP 1662 846 61 , , , 1662 846 62 Sydney Sydney NNP 1662 846 63 , , , 1662 846 64 Townsville Townsville NNP 1662 846 65 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 846 66 marine marine NN 1662 846 67 : : : 1662 846 68 total total NN 1662 846 69 : : : 1662 846 70 69 69 CD 1662 846 71 ships ship NNS 1662 846 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 846 73 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 846 74 GRT GRT NNP 1662 846 75 or or CC 1662 846 76 over over RB 1662 846 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 846 78 totaling total VBG 1662 846 79 2,282,084 2,282,084 CD 1662 846 80 GRT/3,326,092 GRT/3,326,092 -RRB- 1662 846 81 DWT dwt NN 1662 846 82 ships ship NNS 1662 846 83 by by IN 1662 846 84 type type NN 1662 846 85 : : : 1662 846 86 bulk bulk NNP 1662 846 87 30 30 CD 1662 846 88 , , , 1662 846 89 cargo cargo NN 1662 846 90 4 4 CD 1662 846 91 , , , 1662 846 92 chemical chemical NN 1662 846 93 tanker tanker NN 1662 846 94 3 3 CD 1662 846 95 , , , 1662 846 96 combination combination NN 1662 846 97 bulk bulk NN 1662 846 98 1 1 CD 1662 846 99 , , , 1662 846 100 container container NN 1662 846 101 5 5 CD 1662 846 102 , , , 1662 846 103 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 846 104 gas gas NN 1662 846 105 tanker tanker NN 1662 846 106 4 4 CD 1662 846 107 , , , 1662 846 108 oil oil NN 1662 846 109 tanker tanker NN 1662 846 110 14 14 CD 1662 846 111 , , , 1662 846 112 roll roll NN 1662 846 113 - - HYPH 1662 846 114 on on IN 1662 846 115 / / SYM 1662 846 116 roll roll NN 1662 846 117 - - HYPH 1662 846 118 off off RP 1662 846 119 cargo cargo NN 1662 846 120 7 7 CD 1662 846 121 , , , 1662 846 122 short short JJ 1662 846 123 - - HYPH 1662 846 124 sea sea NN 1662 846 125 passenger passenger NN 1662 846 126 1 1 CD 1662 846 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 846 128 1996 1996 CD 1662 846 129 est est NNP 1662 846 130 . . . 1662 846 131 ) ) -RRB- 1662 847 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 847 2 : : : 1662 847 3 443 443 CD 1662 847 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 847 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 847 6 est est NNP 1662 847 7 . . . 1662 847 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 848 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 848 2 - - , 1662 848 3 with with IN 1662 848 4 paved paved JJ 1662 848 5 runways runway NNS 1662 848 6 : : : 1662 848 7 total total NN 1662 848 8 : : : 1662 848 9 275 275 CD 1662 848 10 over over IN 1662 848 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 848 12 m m NN 1662 848 13 : : : 1662 848 14 9 9 CD 1662 848 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 848 16 to to IN 1662 848 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 848 18 m m NN 1662 848 19 : : : 1662 848 20 13 13 CD 1662 848 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 848 22 to to TO 1662 848 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 848 24 m m NN 1662 848 25 : : : 1662 848 26 106 106 CD 1662 848 27 914 914 CD 1662 848 28 to to TO 1662 848 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 848 30 m m NN 1662 848 31 : : : 1662 848 32 116 116 CD 1662 848 33 under under IN 1662 848 34 914 914 CD 1662 848 35 m m NN 1662 848 36 : : : 1662 848 37 31 31 CD 1662 848 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 848 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 848 40 est est NNP 1662 848 41 . . . 1662 848 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 849 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 849 2 - - , 1662 849 3 with with IN 1662 849 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 849 5 runways runway NNS 1662 849 6 : : : 1662 849 7 total total NN 1662 849 8 : : : 1662 849 9 168 168 CD 1662 849 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 849 11 to to TO 1662 849 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 849 13 m m NN 1662 849 14 : : : 1662 849 15 22 22 CD 1662 849 16 914 914 CD 1662 849 17 to to TO 1662 849 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 849 19 m m NN 1662 849 20 : : : 1662 849 21 146 146 CD 1662 849 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 849 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 849 24 est est NNP 1662 849 25 . . . 1662 849 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 850 1 Military military JJ 1662 850 2 Military military JJ 1662 850 3 branches branch NNS 1662 850 4 : : : 1662 850 5 Australian Australian NNP 1662 850 6 Army Army NNP 1662 850 7 , , , 1662 850 8 Royal Royal NNP 1662 850 9 Australian Australian NNP 1662 850 10 Navy Navy NNP 1662 850 11 , , , 1662 850 12 Royal Royal NNP 1662 850 13 Australian Australian NNP 1662 850 14 Air Air NNP 1662 850 15 Force Force NNP 1662 850 16 Military Military NNP 1662 850 17 manpower manpower NN 1662 850 18 - - HYPH 1662 850 19 military military NN 1662 850 20 age age NN 1662 850 21 : : : 1662 850 22 17 17 CD 1662 850 23 years year NNS 1662 850 24 of of IN 1662 850 25 age age NN 1662 850 26 Military military JJ 1662 850 27 manpower manpower NN 1662 850 28 - - HYPH 1662 850 29 availability availability NN 1662 850 30 : : : 1662 850 31 males male NNS 1662 850 32 age age NNP 1662 850 33 15 15 CD 1662 850 34 - - HYPH 1662 850 35 49 49 CD 1662 850 36 : : : 1662 850 37 4,863,007 4,863,007 CD 1662 850 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 850 39 1997 1997 CD 1662 850 40 est est NNP 1662 850 41 . . . 1662 850 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 851 1 Military military JJ 1662 851 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 851 3 - - HYPH 1662 851 4 fit fit NN 1662 851 5 for for IN 1662 851 6 military military JJ 1662 851 7 service service NN 1662 851 8 : : : 1662 851 9 males male NNS 1662 851 10 : : : 1662 851 11 4,200,090 4,200,090 CD 1662 851 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 851 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 851 14 est est NNP 1662 851 15 . . . 1662 851 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 852 1 Military military JJ 1662 852 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 852 3 - - HYPH 1662 852 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 852 5 military military JJ 1662 852 6 age age NN 1662 852 7 annually annually RB 1662 852 8 : : : 1662 852 9 males male NNS 1662 852 10 : : : 1662 852 11 127,508 127,508 CD 1662 852 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 852 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 852 14 est est NNP 1662 852 15 . . . 1662 852 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 853 1 Military military JJ 1662 853 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 853 3 - - HYPH 1662 853 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 853 5 figure figure NN 1662 853 6 : : : 1662 853 7 $ $ $ 1662 853 8 7.9 7.9 CD 1662 853 9 billion billion CD 1662 853 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 853 11 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 853 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 853 13 Military military JJ 1662 853 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 853 15 - - : 1662 853 16 percent percent NN 1662 853 17 of of IN 1662 853 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 853 19 : : : 1662 853 20 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 853 21 % % NN 1662 853 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 853 23 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 853 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 853 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 853 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 853 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 853 28 - - : 1662 853 29 international international RB 1662 853 30 : : : 1662 853 31 territorial territorial JJ 1662 853 32 claim claim NN 1662 853 33 in in IN 1662 853 34 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 853 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 853 36 Australian Australian NNP 1662 853 37 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 853 38 Territory Territory NNP 1662 853 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 853 40 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 853 41 drugs drug VBZ 1662 853 42 : : : 1662 853 43 Tasmania Tasmania NNP 1662 853 44 is be VBZ 1662 853 45 one one CD 1662 853 46 of of IN 1662 853 47 the the DT 1662 853 48 world world NN 1662 853 49 's 's POS 1662 853 50 major major JJ 1662 853 51 suppliers supplier NNS 1662 853 52 of of IN 1662 853 53 licit licit NNP 1662 853 54 opiate opiate NNP 1662 853 55 products product NNS 1662 853 56 ; ; , 1662 853 57 government government NN 1662 853 58 maintains maintain VBZ 1662 853 59 strict strict JJ 1662 853 60 controls control NNS 1662 853 61 over over IN 1662 853 62 areas area NNS 1662 853 63 of of IN 1662 853 64 opium opium NN 1662 853 65 poppy poppy JJ 1662 853 66 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 853 67 and and CC 1662 853 68 output output NN 1662 853 69 of of IN 1662 853 70 poppy poppy JJ 1662 853 71 straw straw NN 1662 853 72 concentrate concentrate NNP 1662 853 73 _ _ NNP 1662 853 74 _ _ NNP 1662 853 75 _ _ NNP 1662 853 76 _ _ NNP 1662 853 77 _ _ NNP 1662 853 78 _ _ NNP 1662 853 79 _ _ NNP 1662 853 80 _ _ NNP 1662 853 81 _ _ NNP 1662 853 82 _ _ NNP 1662 853 83 _ _ NNP 1662 853 84 _ _ NNP 1662 853 85 _ _ NNP 1662 853 86 _ _ NNP 1662 853 87 _ _ NNP 1662 853 88 _ _ NNP 1662 853 89 _ _ NNP 1662 853 90 _ _ NNP 1662 853 91 _ _ NNP 1662 853 92 _ _ NNP 1662 853 93 _ _ NNP 1662 853 94 _ _ NNP 1662 853 95 _ _ NNP 1662 853 96 _ _ NNP 1662 853 97 _ _ NNP 1662 853 98 _ _ NNP 1662 853 99 _ _ NNP 1662 853 100 _ _ NNP 1662 853 101 _ _ NNP 1662 853 102 _ _ NNP 1662 853 103 _ _ NNP 1662 853 104 _ _ NNP 1662 853 105 _ _ NNP 1662 853 106 _ _ NNP 1662 853 107 _ _ NNP 1662 853 108 _ _ NNP 1662 853 109 _ _ NNP 1662 853 110 _ _ NNP 1662 853 111 _ _ NNP 1662 853 112 _ _ NNP 1662 853 113 _ _ NNP 1662 853 114 _ _ NNP 1662 853 115 _ _ NNP 1662 853 116 _ _ NNP 1662 853 117 _ _ NNP 1662 853 118 _ _ NNP 1662 853 119 _ _ NNP 1662 853 120 _ _ NNP 1662 853 121 _ _ NNP 1662 853 122 _ _ NNP 1662 853 123 _ _ NNP 1662 853 124 _ _ NNP 1662 853 125 _ _ NNP 1662 853 126 _ _ NNP 1662 853 127 _ _ NNP 1662 853 128 _ _ NNP 1662 853 129 _ _ NNP 1662 853 130 _ _ NNP 1662 853 131 _ _ NNP 1662 853 132 _ _ NNP 1662 853 133 _ _ NNP 1662 853 134 _ _ NNP 1662 853 135 _ _ NNP 1662 853 136 _ _ NNP 1662 853 137 _ _ NNP 1662 853 138 _ _ NNP 1662 853 139 _ _ NNP 1662 853 140 _ _ NNP 1662 853 141 _ _ NNP 1662 853 142 _ _ NNP 1662 853 143 AUSTRIA AUSTRIA NNP 1662 853 144 @Austria @Austria NFP 1662 853 145 : : : 1662 853 146 Geography Geography NNP 1662 853 147 Location Location NNP 1662 853 148 : : : 1662 853 149 Central Central NNP 1662 853 150 Europe Europe NNP 1662 853 151 , , , 1662 853 152 north north NN 1662 853 153 of of IN 1662 853 154 Italy Italy NNP 1662 853 155 and and CC 1662 853 156 Slovenia Slovenia NNP 1662 853 157 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 853 158 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 853 159 : : : 1662 853 160 47 47 CD 1662 853 161 20 20 CD 1662 853 162 N n CD 1662 853 163 , , , 1662 853 164 13 13 CD 1662 853 165 20 20 CD 1662 853 166 E e NN 1662 853 167 Map Map NNP 1662 853 168 references reference NNS 1662 853 169 : : : 1662 853 170 Europe Europe NNP 1662 853 171 Area Area NNP 1662 853 172 : : : 1662 853 173 total total NN 1662 853 174 : : : 1662 853 175 83,850 83,850 CD 1662 853 176 sq sq RB 1662 853 177 km km NNP 1662 853 178 land land NN 1662 853 179 : : : 1662 853 180 82,730 82,730 CD 1662 853 181 sq sq NNP 1662 853 182 km km NNP 1662 853 183 water water NN 1662 853 184 : : : 1662 853 185 1,120 1,120 CD 1662 853 186 sq sq NN 1662 853 187 km km NNP 1662 853 188 Area area NN 1662 853 189 - - HYPH 1662 853 190 comparative comparative JJ 1662 853 191 : : : 1662 853 192 slightly slightly RB 1662 853 193 smaller small JJR 1662 853 194 than than IN 1662 853 195 Maine Maine NNP 1662 853 196 Land Land NNP 1662 853 197 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 853 198 : : : 1662 853 199 total total JJ 1662 853 200 : : : 1662 853 201 2,564 2,564 CD 1662 853 202 km km NN 1662 853 203 border border NN 1662 853 204 countries country NNS 1662 853 205 : : : 1662 853 206 Czech Czech NNP 1662 853 207 Republic Republic NNP 1662 853 208 362 362 CD 1662 853 209 km km NNS 1662 853 210 , , , 1662 853 211 Germany Germany NNP 1662 853 212 784 784 CD 1662 853 213 km km NNS 1662 853 214 , , , 1662 853 215 Hungary Hungary NNP 1662 853 216 366 366 CD 1662 853 217 km km NN 1662 853 218 , , , 1662 853 219 Italy Italy NNP 1662 853 220 430 430 CD 1662 853 221 km km NNS 1662 853 222 , , , 1662 853 223 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein NNP 1662 853 224 37 37 CD 1662 853 225 km km NN 1662 853 226 , , , 1662 853 227 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 853 228 91 91 CD 1662 853 229 km km NNS 1662 853 230 , , , 1662 853 231 Slovenia Slovenia NNP 1662 853 232 330 330 CD 1662 853 233 km km NNS 1662 853 234 , , , 1662 853 235 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 853 236 164 164 CD 1662 853 237 km km NN 1662 853 238 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 853 239 : : : 1662 853 240 0 0 CD 1662 853 241 km km NN 1662 853 242 ( ( -LRB- 1662 853 243 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 853 244 ) ) -RRB- 1662 853 245 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 853 246 claims claim VBZ 1662 853 247 : : : 1662 853 248 none none NN 1662 853 249 ( ( -LRB- 1662 853 250 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 853 251 ) ) -RRB- 1662 853 252 Climate climate NN 1662 853 253 : : : 1662 853 254 temperate temperate NN 1662 853 255 ; ; : 1662 853 256 continental continental NNP 1662 853 257 , , , 1662 853 258 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 853 259 ; ; : 1662 853 260 cold cold JJ 1662 853 261 winters winter NNS 1662 853 262 with with IN 1662 853 263 frequent frequent JJ 1662 853 264 rain rain NN 1662 853 265 in in IN 1662 853 266 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 853 267 and and CC 1662 853 268 snow snow NN 1662 853 269 in in IN 1662 853 270 mountains mountain NNS 1662 853 271 ; ; , 1662 853 272 cool cool JJ 1662 853 273 summers summer NNS 1662 853 274 with with IN 1662 853 275 occasional occasional JJ 1662 853 276 showers shower NNS 1662 853 277 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 853 278 : : : 1662 853 279 in in IN 1662 853 280 the the DT 1662 853 281 west west NN 1662 853 282 and and CC 1662 853 283 south south NN 1662 853 284 mostly mostly RB 1662 853 285 mountains mountain NNS 1662 853 286 ( ( -LRB- 1662 853 287 Alps Alps NNP 1662 853 288 ) ) -RRB- 1662 853 289 ; ; : 1662 853 290 along along IN 1662 853 291 the the DT 1662 853 292 eastern eastern JJ 1662 853 293 and and CC 1662 853 294 northern northern JJ 1662 853 295 margins margin NNS 1662 853 296 mostly mostly RB 1662 853 297 flat flat JJ 1662 853 298 or or CC 1662 853 299 gently gently RB 1662 853 300 sloping slope VBG 1662 853 301 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 853 302 extremes extreme NNS 1662 853 303 : : : 1662 853 304 lowest low JJS 1662 853 305 point point NN 1662 853 306 : : : 1662 853 307 Neusiedler Neusiedler NNP 1662 853 308 See See NNP 1662 853 309 115 115 CD 1662 853 310 m m DT 1662 853 311 highest high JJS 1662 853 312 point point NN 1662 853 313 : : : 1662 853 314 Grossglockner grossglockner NN 1662 853 315 3,797 3,797 CD 1662 853 316 m m CD 1662 853 317 Natural natural JJ 1662 853 318 resources resource NNS 1662 853 319 : : : 1662 853 320 iron iron NN 1662 853 321 ore ore NN 1662 853 322 , , , 1662 853 323 oil oil NN 1662 853 324 , , , 1662 853 325 timber timber NN 1662 853 326 , , , 1662 853 327 magnesite magnesite NN 1662 853 328 , , , 1662 853 329 lead lead NN 1662 853 330 , , , 1662 853 331 coal coal NN 1662 853 332 , , , 1662 853 333 lignite lignite NN 1662 853 334 , , , 1662 853 335 copper copper NN 1662 853 336 , , , 1662 853 337 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 853 338 Land Land NNP 1662 853 339 use use NN 1662 853 340 : : : 1662 853 341 arable arable JJ 1662 853 342 land land NN 1662 853 343 : : : 1662 853 344 17 17 CD 1662 853 345 % % NN 1662 853 346 permanent permanent JJ 1662 853 347 crops crop NNS 1662 853 348 : : : 1662 853 349 1 1 CD 1662 853 350 % % NN 1662 853 351 permanent permanent JJ 1662 853 352 pastures pasture NNS 1662 853 353 : : : 1662 853 354 24 24 CD 1662 853 355 % % NN 1662 853 356 forests forest NNS 1662 853 357 and and CC 1662 853 358 woodland woodland NN 1662 853 359 : : : 1662 853 360 39 39 CD 1662 853 361 % % NN 1662 853 362 other other JJ 1662 853 363 : : : 1662 853 364 19 19 CD 1662 853 365 % % NN 1662 853 366 ( ( -LRB- 1662 853 367 1993 1993 CD 1662 853 368 est est NNP 1662 853 369 . . . 1662 853 370 ) ) -RRB- 1662 854 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 854 2 land land NN 1662 854 3 : : : 1662 854 4 40 40 CD 1662 854 5 sq sq NNP 1662 854 6 km km NNP 1662 854 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 854 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 854 9 est est NNP 1662 854 10 . . . 1662 854 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 855 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 855 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 855 3 : : : 1662 855 4 NA NA NNP 1662 855 5 Environment environment NN 1662 855 6 - - HYPH 1662 855 7 current current JJ 1662 855 8 issues issue NNS 1662 855 9 : : : 1662 855 10 some some DT 1662 855 11 forest forest NN 1662 855 12 degradation degradation NN 1662 855 13 caused cause VBN 1662 855 14 by by IN 1662 855 15 air air NN 1662 855 16 and and CC 1662 855 17 soil soil NN 1662 855 18 pollution pollution NN 1662 855 19 ; ; , 1662 855 20 soil soil NN 1662 855 21 pollution pollution NN 1662 855 22 results result NNS 1662 855 23 from from IN 1662 855 24 the the DT 1662 855 25 use use NN 1662 855 26 of of IN 1662 855 27 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 855 28 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 855 29 ; ; : 1662 855 30 air air NN 1662 855 31 pollution pollution NN 1662 855 32 results result NNS 1662 855 33 from from IN 1662 855 34 emissions emission NNS 1662 855 35 by by IN 1662 855 36 coal- coal- NN 1662 855 37 and and CC 1662 855 38 oil oil NN 1662 855 39 - - HYPH 1662 855 40 fired fire VBN 1662 855 41 power power NN 1662 855 42 stations station NNS 1662 855 43 and and CC 1662 855 44 industrial industrial JJ 1662 855 45 plants plant NNS 1662 855 46 and and CC 1662 855 47 from from IN 1662 855 48 trucks truck NNS 1662 855 49 transiting transit VBG 1662 855 50 Austria Austria NNP 1662 855 51 between between IN 1662 855 52 northern northern JJ 1662 855 53 and and CC 1662 855 54 southern southern JJ 1662 855 55 Europe Europe NNP 1662 855 56 Environment Environment NNP 1662 855 57 - - HYPH 1662 855 58 international international JJ 1662 855 59 agreements agreement NNS 1662 855 60 : : : 1662 855 61 party party NN 1662 855 62 to to TO 1662 855 63 : : : 1662 855 64 Air Air NNP 1662 855 65 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 855 66 , , , 1662 855 67 Air Air NNP 1662 855 68 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 855 69 - - HYPH 1662 855 70 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 855 71 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 855 72 , , , 1662 855 73 Air Air NNP 1662 855 74 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 855 75 - - HYPH 1662 855 76 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 855 77 85 85 CD 1662 855 78 , , , 1662 855 79 Air Air NNP 1662 855 80 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 855 81 - - HYPH 1662 855 82 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 855 83 Organic Organic NNP 1662 855 84 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 855 85 , , , 1662 855 86 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 855 87 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 855 88 , , , 1662 855 89 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 855 90 , , , 1662 855 91 Climate Climate NNP 1662 855 92 Change Change NNP 1662 855 93 , , , 1662 855 94 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 855 95 Species Species NNPS 1662 855 96 , , , 1662 855 97 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 855 98 Modification Modification NNP 1662 855 99 , , , 1662 855 100 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 855 101 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 855 102 , , , 1662 855 103 Law Law NNP 1662 855 104 of of IN 1662 855 105 the the DT 1662 855 106 Sea Sea NNP 1662 855 107 , , , 1662 855 108 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 855 109 Test Test NNP 1662 855 110 Ban Ban NNP 1662 855 111 , , , 1662 855 112 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 855 113 Layer Layer NNP 1662 855 114 Protection Protection NNP 1662 855 115 , , , 1662 855 116 Ship Ship NNP 1662 855 117 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 855 118 , , , 1662 855 119 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 855 120 Timber Timber NNP 1662 855 121 83 83 CD 1662 855 122 , , , 1662 855 123 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 855 124 , , , 1662 855 125 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 855 126 signed sign VBD 1662 855 127 , , , 1662 855 128 but but CC 1662 855 129 not not RB 1662 855 130 ratified ratified JJ 1662 855 131 : : : 1662 855 132 Air Air NNP 1662 855 133 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 855 134 - - HYPH 1662 855 135 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 855 136 94 94 CD 1662 855 137 , , , 1662 855 138 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 855 139 - - HYPH 1662 855 140 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 855 141 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 855 142 , , , 1662 855 143 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 855 144 Timber Timber NNP 1662 855 145 94 94 CD 1662 855 146 Geography Geography NNP 1662 855 147 - - HYPH 1662 855 148 note note NN 1662 855 149 : : : 1662 855 150 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 855 151 ; ; : 1662 855 152 strategic strategic JJ 1662 855 153 location location NN 1662 855 154 at at IN 1662 855 155 the the DT 1662 855 156 crossroads crossroad NNS 1662 855 157 of of IN 1662 855 158 central central JJ 1662 855 159 Europe Europe NNP 1662 855 160 with with IN 1662 855 161 many many JJ 1662 855 162 easily easily RB 1662 855 163 traversable traversable JJ 1662 855 164 Alpine Alpine NNP 1662 855 165 passes pass VBZ 1662 855 166 and and CC 1662 855 167 valleys valley NNS 1662 855 168 ; ; , 1662 855 169 major major JJ 1662 855 170 river river NN 1662 855 171 is be VBZ 1662 855 172 the the DT 1662 855 173 Danube Danube NNP 1662 855 174 ; ; : 1662 855 175 population population NN 1662 855 176 is be VBZ 1662 855 177 concentrated concentrate VBN 1662 855 178 on on IN 1662 855 179 eastern eastern JJ 1662 855 180 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 855 181 because because IN 1662 855 182 of of IN 1662 855 183 steep steep JJ 1662 855 184 slopes slope NNS 1662 855 185 , , , 1662 855 186 poor poor JJ 1662 855 187 soils soil NNS 1662 855 188 , , , 1662 855 189 and and CC 1662 855 190 low low JJ 1662 855 191 temperatures temperature NNS 1662 855 192 elsewhere elsewhere RB 1662 855 193 @Austria @austria JJ 1662 855 194 : : : 1662 855 195 People People NNPS 1662 855 196 Population Population NNP 1662 855 197 : : : 1662 855 198 8,132,505 8,132,505 CD 1662 855 199 ( ( -LRB- 1662 855 200 July July NNP 1662 855 201 1997 1997 CD 1662 855 202 est est NNP 1662 855 203 . . . 1662 855 204 ) ) -RRB- 1662 856 1 Age age NN 1662 856 2 structure structure NN 1662 856 3 : : : 1662 856 4 0 0 CD 1662 856 5 - - HYPH 1662 856 6 14 14 CD 1662 856 7 years year NNS 1662 856 8 : : : 1662 856 9 17 17 CD 1662 856 10 % % NN 1662 856 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 856 12 male male JJ 1662 856 13 717,989 717,989 CD 1662 856 14 ; ; : 1662 856 15 female female JJ 1662 856 16 681,897 681,897 CD 1662 856 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 856 18 15 15 CD 1662 856 19 - - SYM 1662 856 20 64 64 CD 1662 856 21 years year NNS 1662 856 22 : : : 1662 856 23 68 68 CD 1662 856 24 % % NN 1662 856 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 856 26 male male JJ 1662 856 27 2,777,525 2,777,525 CD 1662 856 28 ; ; : 1662 856 29 female female JJ 1662 856 30 2,703,296 2,703,296 CD 1662 856 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 856 32 65 65 CD 1662 856 33 years year NNS 1662 856 34 and and CC 1662 856 35 over over RB 1662 856 36 : : : 1662 856 37 15 15 CD 1662 856 38 % % NN 1662 856 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 856 40 male male NNP 1662 856 41 464,802 464,802 CD 1662 856 42 ; ; : 1662 856 43 female female JJ 1662 856 44 786,996 786,996 CD 1662 856 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 856 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 856 47 July July NNP 1662 856 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 856 49 est est NNP 1662 856 50 . . . 1662 856 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 857 1 Population population NN 1662 857 2 growth growth NN 1662 857 3 rate rate NN 1662 857 4 : : : 1662 857 5 -0.02 -0.02 CD 1662 857 6 % % NN 1662 857 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 857 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 857 9 est est NNP 1662 857 10 . . . 1662 857 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 858 1 Birth birth NN 1662 858 2 rate rate NN 1662 858 3 : : : 1662 858 4 10.17 10.17 CD 1662 858 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 858 6 population population NN 1662 858 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 858 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 858 9 est est NNP 1662 858 10 . . . 1662 858 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 859 1 Death death NN 1662 859 2 rate rate NN 1662 859 3 : : : 1662 859 4 10.05 10.05 CD 1662 859 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 859 6 population population NN 1662 859 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 859 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 859 9 est est NNP 1662 859 10 . . . 1662 859 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 860 1 Net net JJ 1662 860 2 migration migration NN 1662 860 3 rate rate NN 1662 860 4 : : : 1662 860 5 -0.34 -0.34 NFP 1662 860 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 860 7 population population NN 1662 860 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 860 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 860 10 est est NNP 1662 860 11 . . . 1662 860 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 861 1 Sex sex NN 1662 861 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 861 3 : : : 1662 861 4 at at IN 1662 861 5 birth birth NN 1662 861 6 : : : 1662 861 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 861 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 861 9 under under IN 1662 861 10 15 15 CD 1662 861 11 years year NNS 1662 861 12 : : : 1662 861 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 861 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 861 15 15 15 CD 1662 861 16 - - HYPH 1662 861 17 64 64 CD 1662 861 18 years year NNS 1662 861 19 : : : 1662 861 20 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 861 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 861 22 65 65 CD 1662 861 23 years year NNS 1662 861 24 and and CC 1662 861 25 over over IN 1662 861 26 : : : 1662 861 27 0.59 0.59 CD 1662 861 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 861 29 total total JJ 1662 861 30 population population NN 1662 861 31 : : : 1662 861 32 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 861 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 861 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 861 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 861 36 est est NNP 1662 861 37 . . . 1662 861 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 862 1 Infant infant NN 1662 862 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 862 3 rate rate NN 1662 862 4 : : : 1662 862 5 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 862 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 862 7 live live JJ 1662 862 8 births birth NNS 1662 862 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 862 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 862 11 est est NNP 1662 862 12 . . . 1662 862 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 863 1 Life life NN 1662 863 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 863 3 at at IN 1662 863 4 birth birth NN 1662 863 5 : : : 1662 863 6 total total JJ 1662 863 7 population population NN 1662 863 8 : : : 1662 863 9 77.15 77.15 CD 1662 863 10 years year NNS 1662 863 11 male male JJ 1662 863 12 : : : 1662 863 13 73.96 73.96 CD 1662 863 14 years year NNS 1662 863 15 female female JJ 1662 863 16 : : : 1662 863 17 80.51 80.51 CD 1662 863 18 years year NNS 1662 863 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 863 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 863 21 est est NNP 1662 863 22 . . . 1662 863 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 864 1 Total total JJ 1662 864 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 864 3 rate rate NN 1662 864 4 : : : 1662 864 5 1.37 1.37 CD 1662 864 6 children child NNS 1662 864 7 born bear VBN 1662 864 8 / / SYM 1662 864 9 woman woman NN 1662 864 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 864 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 864 12 est est NNP 1662 864 13 . . . 1662 864 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 865 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 865 2 : : : 1662 865 3 noun noun NNP 1662 865 4 : : : 1662 865 5 Austrian(s austrian(s LS 1662 865 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 865 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 865 8 : : : 1662 865 9 Austrian austrian JJ 1662 865 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 865 11 groups group NNS 1662 865 12 : : : 1662 865 13 German german JJ 1662 865 14 99.4 99.4 CD 1662 865 15 % % NN 1662 865 16 , , , 1662 865 17 Croatian Croatian NNP 1662 865 18 0.3 0.3 CD 1662 865 19 % % NN 1662 865 20 , , , 1662 865 21 Slovene Slovene NNP 1662 865 22 0.2 0.2 CD 1662 865 23 % % NN 1662 865 24 , , , 1662 865 25 other other JJ 1662 865 26 0.1 0.1 CD 1662 865 27 % % NN 1662 865 28 Religions religion NNS 1662 865 29 : : : 1662 865 30 Roman Roman NNP 1662 865 31 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 865 32 85 85 CD 1662 865 33 % % NN 1662 865 34 , , , 1662 865 35 Protestant protestant NN 1662 865 36 6 6 CD 1662 865 37 % % NN 1662 865 38 , , , 1662 865 39 other other JJ 1662 865 40 9 9 CD 1662 865 41 % % NN 1662 865 42 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 865 43 : : : 1662 865 44 German german JJ 1662 865 45 Literacy literacy NN 1662 865 46 : : : 1662 865 47 definition definition NN 1662 865 48 : : : 1662 865 49 age age NN 1662 865 50 15 15 CD 1662 865 51 and and CC 1662 865 52 over over RB 1662 865 53 can can MD 1662 865 54 read read VB 1662 865 55 and and CC 1662 865 56 write write VB 1662 865 57 total total JJ 1662 865 58 population population NN 1662 865 59 : : : 1662 865 60 99 99 CD 1662 865 61 % % NN 1662 865 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 865 63 1974 1974 CD 1662 865 64 est est NNP 1662 865 65 . . . 1662 865 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 866 1 male male NN 1662 866 2 : : : 1662 866 3 NA% NA% NNP 1662 866 4 female female NNP 1662 866 5 : : : 1662 866 6 NA% NA% `` 1662 866 7 @Austria @Austria NNP 1662 866 8 : : : 1662 866 9 Government Government NNP 1662 866 10 Country Country NNP 1662 866 11 name name NN 1662 866 12 : : : 1662 866 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 866 14 long long JJ 1662 866 15 form form NN 1662 866 16 : : : 1662 866 17 Republic Republic NNP 1662 866 18 of of IN 1662 866 19 Austria Austria NNP 1662 866 20 conventional conventional JJ 1662 866 21 short short JJ 1662 866 22 form form NN 1662 866 23 : : : 1662 866 24 Austria Austria NNP 1662 866 25 local local JJ 1662 866 26 long long JJ 1662 866 27 form form NN 1662 866 28 : : : 1662 866 29 Republik Republik NNP 1662 866 30 Oesterreich Oesterreich NNP 1662 866 31 local local JJ 1662 866 32 short short JJ 1662 866 33 form form NN 1662 866 34 : : : 1662 866 35 Oesterreich Oesterreich NNP 1662 866 36 Data Data NNP 1662 866 37 code code NN 1662 866 38 : : : 1662 866 39 AU AU NNP 1662 866 40 Government Government NNP 1662 866 41 type type NN 1662 866 42 : : : 1662 866 43 federal federal NNP 1662 866 44 republic republic NNP 1662 866 45 National National NNP 1662 866 46 capital capital NN 1662 866 47 : : : 1662 866 48 Vienna Vienna NNP 1662 866 49 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 866 50 divisions division NNS 1662 866 51 : : : 1662 866 52 9 9 CD 1662 866 53 states state NNS 1662 866 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 866 55 Bundeslaender Bundeslaender NNP 1662 866 56 , , , 1662 866 57 singular singular NNP 1662 866 58 - - HYPH 1662 866 59 Bundesland Bundesland NNP 1662 866 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 866 61 ; ; : 1662 866 62 Burgenland Burgenland NNP 1662 866 63 , , , 1662 866 64 Kaernten Kaernten NNP 1662 866 65 , , , 1662 866 66 Niederoesterreich Niederoesterreich NNP 1662 866 67 , , , 1662 866 68 Oberoesterreich Oberoesterreich NNP 1662 866 69 , , , 1662 866 70 Salzburg Salzburg NNP 1662 866 71 , , , 1662 866 72 Steiermark Steiermark NNP 1662 866 73 , , , 1662 866 74 Tirol Tirol NNP 1662 866 75 , , , 1662 866 76 Vorarlberg Vorarlberg NNP 1662 866 77 , , , 1662 866 78 Wien Wien NNP 1662 866 79 Independence Independence NNP 1662 866 80 : : : 1662 866 81 1156 1156 CD 1662 866 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 866 83 from from IN 1662 866 84 Bavaria Bavaria NNP 1662 866 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 866 86 National national JJ 1662 866 87 holiday holiday NN 1662 866 88 : : : 1662 866 89 National National NNP 1662 866 90 Day Day NNP 1662 866 91 , , , 1662 866 92 26 26 CD 1662 866 93 October October NNP 1662 866 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 866 95 1955 1955 CD 1662 866 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 866 97 Constitution constitution NN 1662 866 98 : : : 1662 866 99 1920 1920 CD 1662 866 100 ; ; : 1662 866 101 revised revise VBN 1662 866 102 1929 1929 CD 1662 866 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 866 104 reinstated reinstate VBN 1662 866 105 1 1 CD 1662 866 106 May May NNP 1662 866 107 1945 1945 CD 1662 866 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 866 109 Legal legal JJ 1662 866 110 system system NN 1662 866 111 : : : 1662 866 112 civil civil JJ 1662 866 113 law law NN 1662 866 114 system system NN 1662 866 115 with with IN 1662 866 116 Roman roman JJ 1662 866 117 law law NN 1662 866 118 origin origin NN 1662 866 119 ; ; : 1662 866 120 judicial judicial JJ 1662 866 121 review review NN 1662 866 122 of of IN 1662 866 123 legislative legislative JJ 1662 866 124 acts act NNS 1662 866 125 by by IN 1662 866 126 the the DT 1662 866 127 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 866 128 Court Court NNP 1662 866 129 ; ; : 1662 866 130 separate separate JJ 1662 866 131 administrative administrative JJ 1662 866 132 and and CC 1662 866 133 civil civil JJ 1662 866 134 / / SYM 1662 866 135 penal penal JJ 1662 866 136 supreme supreme NNP 1662 866 137 courts court NNS 1662 866 138 ; ; : 1662 866 139 has have VBZ 1662 866 140 not not RB 1662 866 141 accepted accept VBN 1662 866 142 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 866 143 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 866 144 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 866 145 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 866 146 : : : 1662 866 147 18 18 CD 1662 866 148 years year NNS 1662 866 149 of of IN 1662 866 150 age age NN 1662 866 151 ; ; : 1662 866 152 universal universal JJ 1662 866 153 ; ; : 1662 866 154 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 866 155 for for IN 1662 866 156 presidential presidential JJ 1662 866 157 elections election NNS 1662 866 158 Executive Executive NNP 1662 866 159 branch branch NN 1662 866 160 : : : 1662 866 161 chief chief NN 1662 866 162 of of IN 1662 866 163 state state NN 1662 866 164 : : : 1662 866 165 President President NNP 1662 866 166 Thomas Thomas NNP 1662 866 167 KLESTIL KLESTIL NNP 1662 866 168 ( ( -LRB- 1662 866 169 since since IN 1662 866 170 8 8 CD 1662 866 171 July July NNP 1662 866 172 1992 1992 CD 1662 866 173 ) ) -RRB- 1662 866 174 head head NN 1662 866 175 of of IN 1662 866 176 government government NN 1662 866 177 : : : 1662 866 178 Chancellor Chancellor NNP 1662 866 179 Viktor Viktor NNP 1662 866 180 KLIMA KLIMA NNP 1662 866 181 ( ( -LRB- 1662 866 182 since since IN 1662 866 183 28 28 CD 1662 866 184 January January NNP 1662 866 185 1997 1997 CD 1662 866 186 ) ) -RRB- 1662 866 187 ; ; : 1662 866 188 Vice Vice NNP 1662 866 189 Chancellor Chancellor NNP 1662 866 190 Wolfgang Wolfgang NNP 1662 866 191 SCHUESSEL SCHUESSEL NNP 1662 866 192 ( ( -LRB- 1662 866 193 since since IN 1662 866 194 22 22 CD 1662 866 195 April April NNP 1662 866 196 1995 1995 CD 1662 866 197 ) ) -RRB- 1662 866 198 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 866 199 : : : 1662 866 200 Council Council NNP 1662 866 201 of of IN 1662 866 202 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 866 203 chosen choose VBN 1662 866 204 by by IN 1662 866 205 the the DT 1662 866 206 president president NN 1662 866 207 on on IN 1662 866 208 the the DT 1662 866 209 advice advice NN 1662 866 210 of of IN 1662 866 211 the the DT 1662 866 212 chancellor chancellor NNP 1662 866 213 elections election NNS 1662 866 214 : : : 1662 866 215 president president NNP 1662 866 216 elected elect VBN 1662 866 217 by by IN 1662 866 218 popular popular JJ 1662 866 219 vote vote NN 1662 866 220 for for IN 1662 866 221 a a DT 1662 866 222 six six CD 1662 866 223 - - HYPH 1662 866 224 year year NN 1662 866 225 term term NN 1662 866 226 ; ; , 1662 866 227 presidential presidential JJ 1662 866 228 election election NN 1662 866 229 last last RB 1662 866 230 held hold VBD 1662 866 231 24 24 CD 1662 866 232 May May NNP 1662 866 233 1992 1992 CD 1662 866 234 ( ( -LRB- 1662 866 235 next next JJ 1662 866 236 to to TO 1662 866 237 be be VB 1662 866 238 held hold VBN 1662 866 239 NA NA NNP 1662 866 240 1998 1998 CD 1662 866 241 ) ) -RRB- 1662 866 242 ; ; : 1662 866 243 chancellor chancellor NNP 1662 866 244 chosen choose VBN 1662 866 245 by by IN 1662 866 246 the the DT 1662 866 247 president president NN 1662 866 248 from from IN 1662 866 249 the the DT 1662 866 250 majority majority NN 1662 866 251 party party NN 1662 866 252 in in IN 1662 866 253 the the DT 1662 866 254 National National NNP 1662 866 255 Council Council NNP 1662 866 256 ; ; : 1662 866 257 vice vice NN 1662 866 258 chancellor chancellor NNP 1662 866 259 chosen choose VBN 1662 866 260 by by IN 1662 866 261 the the DT 1662 866 262 president president NN 1662 866 263 on on IN 1662 866 264 the the DT 1662 866 265 advice advice NN 1662 866 266 of of IN 1662 866 267 the the DT 1662 866 268 chancellor chancellor NNP 1662 866 269 election election NN 1662 866 270 results result NNS 1662 866 271 : : : 1662 866 272 Thomas Thomas NNP 1662 866 273 KLESTIL KLESTIL NNP 1662 866 274 elected elect VBD 1662 866 275 president president NN 1662 866 276 ; ; , 1662 866 277 percent percent NN 1662 866 278 of of IN 1662 866 279 vote vote NN 1662 866 280 , , , 1662 866 281 second second JJ 1662 866 282 ballot ballot NN 1662 866 283 - - HYPH 1662 866 284 Thomas Thomas NNP 1662 866 285 KLESTIL KLESTIL NNP 1662 866 286 57 57 CD 1662 866 287 % % NN 1662 866 288 , , , 1662 866 289 Rudolf Rudolf NNP 1662 866 290 STREICHER STREICHER NNP 1662 866 291 43 43 CD 1662 866 292 % % NN 1662 866 293 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 866 294 branch branch NN 1662 866 295 : : : 1662 866 296 bicameral bicameral NNP 1662 866 297 Federal Federal NNP 1662 866 298 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 866 299 or or CC 1662 866 300 Bundesversammlung Bundesversammlung NNP 1662 866 301 consists consist VBZ 1662 866 302 of of IN 1662 866 303 Federal Federal NNP 1662 866 304 Council Council NNP 1662 866 305 or or CC 1662 866 306 Bundesrat Bundesrat NNP 1662 866 307 ( ( -LRB- 1662 866 308 63 63 CD 1662 866 309 members member NNS 1662 866 310 ; ; : 1662 866 311 members member NNS 1662 866 312 represent represent VBP 1662 866 313 each each DT 1662 866 314 of of IN 1662 866 315 the the DT 1662 866 316 provinces province NNS 1662 866 317 on on IN 1662 866 318 the the DT 1662 866 319 basis basis NN 1662 866 320 of of IN 1662 866 321 population population NN 1662 866 322 , , , 1662 866 323 but but CC 1662 866 324 with with IN 1662 866 325 each each DT 1662 866 326 province province NN 1662 866 327 having have VBG 1662 866 328 at at RB 1662 866 329 least least RBS 1662 866 330 three three CD 1662 866 331 representatives representative NNS 1662 866 332 ) ) -RRB- 1662 866 333 and and CC 1662 866 334 the the DT 1662 866 335 National National NNP 1662 866 336 Council Council NNP 1662 866 337 or or CC 1662 866 338 Nationalrat Nationalrat NNP 1662 866 339 ( ( -LRB- 1662 866 340 183 183 CD 1662 866 341 seats seat NNS 1662 866 342 ; ; : 1662 866 343 members member NNS 1662 866 344 elected elect VBN 1662 866 345 by by IN 1662 866 346 direct direct JJ 1662 866 347 popular popular JJ 1662 866 348 vote vote NN 1662 866 349 to to TO 1662 866 350 serve serve VB 1662 866 351 four four CD 1662 866 352 - - HYPH 1662 866 353 year year NN 1662 866 354 terms term NNS 1662 866 355 ) ) -RRB- 1662 866 356 elections election NNS 1662 866 357 : : : 1662 866 358 National National NNP 1662 866 359 Council Council NNP 1662 866 360 - - HYPH 1662 866 361 last last RB 1662 866 362 held hold VBD 1662 866 363 17 17 CD 1662 866 364 December December NNP 1662 866 365 1995 1995 CD 1662 866 366 ( ( -LRB- 1662 866 367 next next JJ 1662 866 368 to to TO 1662 866 369 be be VB 1662 866 370 held hold VBN 1662 866 371 Fall Fall NNP 1662 866 372 1999 1999 CD 1662 866 373 ) ) -RRB- 1662 866 374 election election NN 1662 866 375 results result NNS 1662 866 376 : : : 1662 866 377 National National NNP 1662 866 378 Council Council NNP 1662 866 379 - - HYPH 1662 866 380 percent percent NN 1662 866 381 of of IN 1662 866 382 vote vote NN 1662 866 383 by by IN 1662 866 384 party party NN 1662 866 385 - - HYPH 1662 866 386 SPOe SPOe NNP 1662 866 387 38.3 38.3 CD 1662 866 388 % % NN 1662 866 389 , , , 1662 866 390 OeVP OeVP NNP 1662 866 391 28.3 28.3 CD 1662 866 392 % % NN 1662 866 393 , , , 1662 866 394 FPOe FPOe NNS 1662 866 395 22.1 22.1 CD 1662 866 396 % % NN 1662 866 397 , , , 1662 866 398 Greens Greens NNP 1662 866 399 4.6 4.6 CD 1662 866 400 % % NN 1662 866 401 , , , 1662 866 402 LF LF NNP 1662 866 403 5.3 5.3 CD 1662 866 404 % % NN 1662 866 405 , , , 1662 866 406 other other JJ 1662 866 407 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 866 408 % % NN 1662 866 409 ; ; , 1662 866 410 seats seat NNS 1662 866 411 by by IN 1662 866 412 party party NN 1662 866 413 - - HYPH 1662 866 414 SPOe SPOe NNP 1662 866 415 71 71 CD 1662 866 416 , , , 1662 866 417 OeVP OeVP NNP 1662 866 418 53 53 CD 1662 866 419 , , , 1662 866 420 FPOe FPOe NNPS 1662 866 421 40 40 CD 1662 866 422 , , , 1662 866 423 Greens Greens NNP 1662 866 424 9 9 CD 1662 866 425 , , , 1662 866 426 LF LF NNP 1662 866 427 10 10 CD 1662 866 428 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 866 429 branch branch NN 1662 866 430 : : : 1662 866 431 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 866 432 Judicial Judicial NNP 1662 866 433 Court Court NNP 1662 866 434 or or CC 1662 866 435 Oberster Oberster NNP 1662 866 436 Gerichtshof Gerichtshof NNP 1662 866 437 ; ; : 1662 866 438 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 866 439 Court Court NNP 1662 866 440 or or CC 1662 866 441 Verwaltungsgerichtshof Verwaltungsgerichtshof NNP 1662 866 442 ; ; : 1662 866 443 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 866 444 Court Court NNP 1662 866 445 or or CC 1662 866 446 Verfassungsgerichtshof Verfassungsgerichtshof NNP 1662 866 447 Political political JJ 1662 866 448 parties party NNS 1662 866 449 and and CC 1662 866 450 leaders leader NNS 1662 866 451 : : : 1662 866 452 Social Social NNP 1662 866 453 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 866 454 Party Party NNP 1662 866 455 of of IN 1662 866 456 Austria Austria NNP 1662 866 457 or or CC 1662 866 458 SPOe SPOe NNPS 1662 866 459 [ [ -LRB- 1662 866 460 Viktor Viktor NNP 1662 866 461 KLIMA KLIMA NNP 1662 866 462 , , , 1662 866 463 chairman chairman NN 1662 866 464 ] ] -RRB- 1662 866 465 ; ; : 1662 866 466 Austrian Austrian NNP 1662 866 467 People People NNPS 1662 866 468 's 's POS 1662 866 469 Party Party NNP 1662 866 470 or or CC 1662 866 471 OeVP OeVP NNP 1662 866 472 [ [ -LRB- 1662 866 473 Wolfgang Wolfgang NNP 1662 866 474 SCHUESSEL SCHUESSEL NNP 1662 866 475 , , , 1662 866 476 chairman chairman NN 1662 866 477 ] ] -RRB- 1662 866 478 ; ; : 1662 866 479 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 866 480 Movement Movement NNP 1662 866 481 or or CC 1662 866 482 FPOe FPOe NNPS 1662 866 483 ( ( -LRB- 1662 866 484 formerly formerly RB 1662 866 485 the the DT 1662 866 486 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 866 487 Party Party NNP 1662 866 488 of of IN 1662 866 489 Austria Austria NNP 1662 866 490 or or CC 1662 866 491 FPOe FPOe NNPS 1662 866 492 [ [ -LRB- 1662 866 493 Joerg Joerg NNP 1662 866 494 HAIDER HAIDER NNP 1662 866 495 , , , 1662 866 496 chairman chairman NN 1662 866 497 ] ] -RRB- 1662 866 498 ; ; : 1662 866 499 Communist Communist NNP 1662 866 500 Party Party NNP 1662 866 501 or or CC 1662 866 502 KPOe KPOe NNPS 1662 866 503 [ [ -LRB- 1662 866 504 Walter Walter NNP 1662 866 505 SILBERMAYER SILBERMAYER NNP 1662 866 506 , , , 1662 866 507 chairman chairman NN 1662 866 508 ] ] -RRB- 1662 866 509 ; ; : 1662 866 510 The the DT 1662 866 511 Greens Greens NNP 1662 866 512 [ [ -LRB- 1662 866 513 Madeleine Madeleine NNP 1662 866 514 PETROVIC PETROVIC NNP 1662 866 515 ] ] -RRB- 1662 866 516 ; ; : 1662 866 517 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 866 518 Forum Forum NNP 1662 866 519 or or CC 1662 866 520 LF LF NNP 1662 866 521 [ [ -LRB- 1662 866 522 Heide heide NN 1662 866 523 SCHMIDT schmidt NN 1662 866 524 ] ] -RRB- 1662 866 525 Political political JJ 1662 866 526 pressure pressure NN 1662 866 527 groups group NNS 1662 866 528 and and CC 1662 866 529 leaders leader NNS 1662 866 530 : : : 1662 866 531 Federal Federal NNP 1662 866 532 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 866 533 of of IN 1662 866 534 Trade Trade NNP 1662 866 535 and and CC 1662 866 536 Commerce Commerce NNP 1662 866 537 ; ; : 1662 866 538 Austrian Austrian NNP 1662 866 539 Trade Trade NNP 1662 866 540 Union Union NNP 1662 866 541 Federation Federation NNP 1662 866 542 ( ( -LRB- 1662 866 543 primarily primarily RB 1662 866 544 Socialist socialist JJ 1662 866 545 ) ) -RRB- 1662 866 546 or or CC 1662 866 547 OeGB oegb NN 1662 866 548 ; ; : 1662 866 549 three three CD 1662 866 550 composite composite JJ 1662 866 551 leagues league NNS 1662 866 552 of of IN 1662 866 553 the the DT 1662 866 554 Austrian Austrian NNP 1662 866 555 People People NNPS 1662 866 556 's 's POS 1662 866 557 Party Party NNP 1662 866 558 or or CC 1662 866 559 OeVP OeVP NNP 1662 866 560 representing representing NN 1662 866 561 business business NN 1662 866 562 , , , 1662 866 563 labor labor NN 1662 866 564 , , , 1662 866 565 and and CC 1662 866 566 farmers farmer NNS 1662 866 567 ; ; : 1662 866 568 OeVP OeVP NNP 1662 866 569 - - HYPH 1662 866 570 oriented orient VBN 1662 866 571 League League NNP 1662 866 572 of of IN 1662 866 573 Austrian Austrian NNP 1662 866 574 Industrialists Industrialists NNPS 1662 866 575 or or CC 1662 866 576 VOeI VOeI NNP 1662 866 577 ; ; : 1662 866 578 Roman Roman NNP 1662 866 579 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 866 580 Church Church NNP 1662 866 581 , , , 1662 866 582 including include VBG 1662 866 583 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 866 584 chief chief JJ 1662 866 585 lay lay NN 1662 866 586 organization organization NN 1662 866 587 , , , 1662 866 588 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 866 589 Action Action NNP 1662 866 590 International International NNP 1662 866 591 organization organization NN 1662 866 592 participation participation NN 1662 866 593 : : : 1662 866 594 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 866 595 , , , 1662 866 596 AG AG NNP 1662 866 597 ( ( -LRB- 1662 866 598 observer observer NNP 1662 866 599 ) ) -RRB- 1662 866 600 , , , 1662 866 601 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 866 602 , , , 1662 866 603 Australia Australia NNP 1662 866 604 Group Group NNP 1662 866 605 , , , 1662 866 606 BIS BIS NNP 1662 866 607 , , , 1662 866 608 CCC CCC NNP 1662 866 609 , , , 1662 866 610 CE CE NNP 1662 866 611 , , , 1662 866 612 CEI CEI NNP 1662 866 613 , , , 1662 866 614 CERN CERN NNP 1662 866 615 , , , 1662 866 616 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 866 617 , , , 1662 866 618 ECE ECE NNP 1662 866 619 , , , 1662 866 620 EIB EIB NNP 1662 866 621 , , , 1662 866 622 ESA ESA NNP 1662 866 623 , , , 1662 866 624 EU EU NNP 1662 866 625 , , , 1662 866 626 FAO FAO NNP 1662 866 627 , , , 1662 866 628 G- G- NNP 1662 866 629 9 9 CD 1662 866 630 , , , 1662 866 631 IADB IADB NNP 1662 866 632 , , , 1662 866 633 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 866 634 , , , 1662 866 635 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 866 636 , , , 1662 866 637 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 866 638 , , , 1662 866 639 ICC ICC NNP 1662 866 640 , , , 1662 866 641 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 866 642 , , , 1662 866 643 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 866 644 , , , 1662 866 645 IDA IDA NNP 1662 866 646 , , , 1662 866 647 IEA IEA NNP 1662 866 648 , , , 1662 866 649 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 866 650 , , , 1662 866 651 IFC IFC NNP 1662 866 652 , , , 1662 866 653 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 866 654 , , , 1662 866 655 ILO ILO NNP 1662 866 656 , , , 1662 866 657 IMF IMF NNP 1662 866 658 , , , 1662 866 659 IMO imo RB 1662 866 660 , , , 1662 866 661 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 866 662 , , , 1662 866 663 Interpol Interpol NNP 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895 CD 1662 866 787 - - SYM 1662 866 788 6700 6700 CD 1662 866 789 FAX FAX NNP 1662 866 790 : : : 1662 866 791 [ [ -LRB- 1662 866 792 1 1 CD 1662 866 793 ] ] -RRB- 1662 866 794 ( ( -LRB- 1662 866 795 202 202 CD 1662 866 796 ) ) -RRB- 1662 866 797 895 895 CD 1662 866 798 - - SYM 1662 866 799 6750 6750 CD 1662 866 800 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 866 801 ) ) -RRB- 1662 866 802 general general NN 1662 866 803 : : : 1662 866 804 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 866 805 , , , 1662 866 806 Los Los NNP 1662 866 807 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 866 808 , , , 1662 866 809 and and CC 1662 866 810 New New NNP 1662 866 811 York York NNP 1662 866 812 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 866 813 representation representation NN 1662 866 814 from from IN 1662 866 815 the the DT 1662 866 816 US US NNP 1662 866 817 : : : 1662 866 818 chief chief NN 1662 866 819 of of IN 1662 866 820 mission mission NN 1662 866 821 : : : 1662 866 822 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 866 823 Swanee Swanee NNP 1662 866 824 G. G. NNP 1662 866 825 HUNT HUNT NNP 1662 866 826 embassy embassy NN 1662 866 827 : : : 1662 866 828 Boltzmanngasse Boltzmanngasse NNP 1662 866 829 16 16 CD 1662 866 830 , , , 1662 866 831 A-1091 a-1091 CD 1662 866 832 , , , 1662 866 833 Vienna Vienna NNP 1662 866 834 mailing mail VBG 1662 866 835 address address NN 1662 866 836 : : : 1662 866 837 use use VB 1662 866 838 embassy embassy NNP 1662 866 839 street street NNP 1662 866 840 address address NN 1662 866 841 telephone telephone NNP 1662 866 842 : : : 1662 866 843 [ [ -LRB- 1662 866 844 43 43 CD 1662 866 845 ] ] -RRB- 1662 866 846 ( ( -LRB- 1662 866 847 1 1 CD 1662 866 848 ) ) -RRB- 1662 866 849 313 313 CD 1662 866 850 - - SYM 1662 866 851 39 39 CD 1662 866 852 FAX fax NN 1662 866 853 : : : 1662 866 854 [ [ -LRB- 1662 866 855 43 43 CD 1662 866 856 ] ] -RRB- 1662 866 857 ( ( -LRB- 1662 866 858 1 1 CD 1662 866 859 ) ) -RRB- 1662 866 860 310 310 CD 1662 866 861 - - HYPH 1662 866 862 0682 0682 CD 1662 866 863 Flag flag NN 1662 866 864 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868 1 Since since IN 1662 868 2 the the DT 1662 868 3 early early JJ 1662 868 4 1980s 1980s CD 1662 868 5 , , , 1662 868 6 the the DT 1662 868 7 Austrian austrian JJ 1662 868 8 economy economy NN 1662 868 9 has have VBZ 1662 868 10 experienced experience VBN 1662 868 11 stable stable JJ 1662 868 12 growth growth NN 1662 868 13 . . . 1662 869 1 EU EU NNP 1662 869 2 membership membership NN 1662 869 3 has have VBZ 1662 869 4 had have VBN 1662 869 5 a a DT 1662 869 6 positive positive JJ 1662 869 7 impact impact NN 1662 869 8 on on IN 1662 869 9 foreign foreign JJ 1662 869 10 investment investment NN 1662 869 11 and and CC 1662 869 12 has have VBZ 1662 869 13 helped help VBN 1662 869 14 to to TO 1662 869 15 lower lower VB 1662 869 16 inflation inflation NN 1662 869 17 . . . 1662 870 1 In in IN 1662 870 2 April April NNP 1662 870 3 1996 1996 CD 1662 870 4 , , , 1662 870 5 the the DT 1662 870 6 government government NN 1662 870 7 passed pass VBD 1662 870 8 a a DT 1662 870 9 two two CD 1662 870 10 - - HYPH 1662 870 11 year year NN 1662 870 12 austerity austerity NN 1662 870 13 budget budget NN 1662 870 14 - - , 1662 870 15 including include VBG 1662 870 16 cuts cut NNS 1662 870 17 in in IN 1662 870 18 social social JJ 1662 870 19 allowances allowance NNS 1662 870 20 , , , 1662 870 21 a a DT 1662 870 22 freeze freeze NN 1662 870 23 on on IN 1662 870 24 civil civil JJ 1662 870 25 servants servant NNS 1662 870 26 ' ' POS 1662 870 27 wages wage NNS 1662 870 28 , , , 1662 870 29 and and CC 1662 870 30 new new JJ 1662 870 31 energy energy NN 1662 870 32 and and CC 1662 870 33 capital capital NN 1662 870 34 gains gain NNS 1662 870 35 taxes taxis NNS 1662 870 36 - - HYPH 1662 870 37 designed design VBN 1662 870 38 to to TO 1662 870 39 bring bring VB 1662 870 40 the the DT 1662 870 41 economy economy NN 1662 870 42 in in IN 1662 870 43 line line NN 1662 870 44 with with IN 1662 870 45 the the DT 1662 870 46 Maastricht Maastricht NNP 1662 870 47 criteria criterion NNS 1662 870 48 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term term NN 1662 872 17 challenges challenge NNS 1662 872 18 ; ; : 1662 872 19 for for IN 1662 872 20 example example NN 1662 872 21 , , , 1662 872 22 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 872 23 tightening tightening NN 1662 872 24 is be VBZ 1662 872 25 constraining constrain VBG 1662 872 26 expected expect VBN 1662 872 27 growth growth NN 1662 872 28 , , , 1662 872 29 and and CC 1662 872 30 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 872 31 is be VBZ 1662 872 32 expected expect VBN 1662 872 33 to to TO 1662 872 34 increase increase VB 1662 872 35 . . . 1662 873 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 873 2 : : : 1662 873 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 873 4 power power NN 1662 873 5 parity parity NN 1662 873 6 - - : 1662 873 7 $ $ $ 1662 873 8 157.6 157.6 CD 1662 873 9 billion billion CD 1662 873 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 873 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 873 12 est est NNP 1662 873 13 . . . 1662 873 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 874 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 874 2 - - HYPH 1662 874 3 real real JJ 1662 874 4 growth growth NN 1662 874 5 rate rate NN 1662 874 6 : : : 1662 874 7 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 874 8 % % NN 1662 874 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 874 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 874 11 est est NNP 1662 874 12 . . . 1662 874 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 875 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 875 2 - - HYPH 1662 875 3 per per FW 1662 875 4 capita capita NN 1662 875 5 : : : 1662 875 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 875 7 power power NN 1662 875 8 parity parity NN 1662 875 9 - - : 1662 875 10 $ $ $ 1662 875 11 19,700 19,700 CD 1662 875 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 875 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 875 14 est est NNP 1662 875 15 . . . 1662 875 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 876 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 876 2 - - HYPH 1662 876 3 composition composition NN 1662 876 4 by by IN 1662 876 5 sector sector NN 1662 876 6 : : : 1662 876 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 876 8 : : : 1662 876 9 3 3 CD 1662 876 10 % % NN 1662 876 11 industry industry NN 1662 876 12 : : : 1662 876 13 27 27 CD 1662 876 14 % % NN 1662 876 15 services service NNS 1662 876 16 : : : 1662 876 17 70 70 CD 1662 876 18 % % NN 1662 876 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 876 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 876 21 est est NNP 1662 876 22 . . . 1662 876 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 877 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 877 2 rate rate NN 1662 877 3 - - HYPH 1662 877 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 877 5 price price NN 1662 877 6 index index NN 1662 877 7 : : : 1662 877 8 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 877 9 % % NN 1662 877 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 877 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 877 12 est est NNP 1662 877 13 . . . 1662 877 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 878 1 Labor labor NN 1662 878 2 force force NN 1662 878 3 : : : 1662 878 4 total total NN 1662 878 5 : : : 1662 878 6 3.648 3.648 CD 1662 878 7 million million CD 1662 878 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 878 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 878 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 878 11 by by IN 1662 878 12 occupation occupation NN 1662 878 13 : : : 1662 878 14 services service NNS 1662 878 15 56.4 56.4 CD 1662 878 16 % % NN 1662 878 17 , , , 1662 878 18 industry industry NN 1662 878 19 and and CC 1662 878 20 crafts craft NNS 1662 878 21 35.4 35.4 CD 1662 878 22 % % NN 1662 878 23 , , , 1662 878 24 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 878 25 and and CC 1662 878 26 forestry forestry NN 1662 878 27 8.1 8.1 CD 1662 878 28 % % NN 1662 878 29 note note NN 1662 878 30 : : : 1662 878 31 an an DT 1662 878 32 estimated estimated JJ 1662 878 33 200,000 200,000 CD 1662 878 34 Austrians austrian NNS 1662 878 35 are be VBP 1662 878 36 employed employ VBN 1662 878 37 in in IN 1662 878 38 other other JJ 1662 878 39 European european JJ 1662 878 40 countries country NNS 1662 878 41 ; ; , 1662 878 42 foreign foreign JJ 1662 878 43 laborers laborer NNS 1662 878 44 in in IN 1662 878 45 Austria Austria NNP 1662 878 46 number number NN 1662 878 47 177,840 177,840 CD 1662 878 48 , , , 1662 878 49 about about RB 1662 878 50 5 5 CD 1662 878 51 % % NN 1662 878 52 of of IN 1662 878 53 labor labor NN 1662 878 54 force force NN 1662 878 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 878 56 1988 1988 CD 1662 878 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 878 58 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 878 59 rate rate NN 1662 878 60 : : : 1662 878 61 6.2 6.2 CD 1662 878 62 % % NN 1662 878 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 878 64 December December NNP 1662 878 65 1996 1996 CD 1662 878 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 878 67 Budget budget NN 1662 878 68 : : : 1662 878 69 revenues revenue NNS 1662 878 70 : : : 1662 878 71 $ $ $ 1662 878 72 61.2 61.2 CD 1662 878 73 billion billion CD 1662 878 74 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 878 75 : : : 1662 878 76 $ $ $ 1662 878 77 71 71 CD 1662 878 78 billion billion CD 1662 878 79 , , , 1662 878 80 including include VBG 1662 878 81 capital capital NN 1662 878 82 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 878 83 of of IN 1662 878 84 $ $ $ 1662 878 85 NA NA NNP 1662 878 86 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 878 87 : : : 1662 878 88 food food NN 1662 878 89 , , , 1662 878 90 iron iron NN 1662 878 91 and and CC 1662 878 92 steel steel NN 1662 878 93 , , , 1662 878 94 machines machine NNS 1662 878 95 , , , 1662 878 96 textiles textile NNS 1662 878 97 , , , 1662 878 98 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 878 99 , , , 1662 878 100 electrical electrical JJ 1662 878 101 , , , 1662 878 102 paper paper NN 1662 878 103 and and CC 1662 878 104 pulp pulp NN 1662 878 105 , , , 1662 878 106 tourism tourism NN 1662 878 107 , , , 1662 878 108 mining mining NN 1662 878 109 , , , 1662 878 110 motor motor NN 1662 878 111 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 878 112 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 878 113 production production NN 1662 878 114 growth growth NN 1662 878 115 rate rate NN 1662 878 116 : : : 1662 878 117 0.6 0.6 CD 1662 878 118 % % NN 1662 878 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 878 120 1996 1996 CD 1662 878 121 est est NNP 1662 878 122 . . . 1662 878 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 879 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 879 2 - - HYPH 1662 879 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 879 4 : : : 1662 879 5 17.43 17.43 CD 1662 879 6 million million CD 1662 879 7 kW kW NNP 1662 879 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 879 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 879 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 879 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 879 12 - - HYPH 1662 879 13 production production NN 1662 879 14 : : : 1662 879 15 56.5 56.5 CD 1662 879 16 billion billion CD 1662 879 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 879 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 879 19 1995 1995 CD 1662 879 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 879 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 879 22 - - HYPH 1662 879 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 879 24 per per IN 1662 879 25 capita capita NN 1662 879 26 : : : 1662 879 27 5,960 5,960 CD 1662 879 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 879 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 879 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 879 31 est est NNP 1662 879 32 . . . 1662 879 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 880 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 880 2 - - HYPH 1662 880 3 products product NNS 1662 880 4 : : : 1662 880 5 grains grain NNS 1662 880 6 , , , 1662 880 7 fruit fruit NN 1662 880 8 , , , 1662 880 9 potatoes potato NNS 1662 880 10 , , , 1662 880 11 sugar sugar NN 1662 880 12 beets beet NNS 1662 880 13 ; ; , 1662 880 14 cattle cattle NNS 1662 880 15 , , , 1662 880 16 pigs pig NNS 1662 880 17 , , , 1662 880 18 poultry poultry NN 1662 880 19 ; ; : 1662 880 20 sawn sawn VB 1662 880 21 wood wood NN 1662 880 22 Exports export NNS 1662 880 23 : : : 1662 880 24 total total JJ 1662 880 25 value value NN 1662 880 26 : : : 1662 880 27 $ $ $ 1662 880 28 55.5 55.5 CD 1662 880 29 billion billion CD 1662 880 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 880 31 1996 1996 CD 1662 880 32 est est NNP 1662 880 33 . . . 1662 880 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 881 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 881 2 : : : 1662 881 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 881 4 and and CC 1662 881 5 equipment equipment NN 1662 881 6 , , , 1662 881 7 iron iron NN 1662 881 8 and and CC 1662 881 9 steel steel NN 1662 881 10 , , , 1662 881 11 lumber lumber NN 1662 881 12 , , , 1662 881 13 textiles textile NNS 1662 881 14 , , , 1662 881 15 paper paper NN 1662 881 16 products product NNS 1662 881 17 , , , 1662 881 18 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 881 19 partners partner NNS 1662 881 20 : : : 1662 881 21 EU EU NNP 1662 881 22 64.8 64.8 CD 1662 881 23 % % NN 1662 881 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 881 25 Germany Germany NNP 1662 881 26 38.1 38.1 CD 1662 881 27 % % NN 1662 881 28 , , , 1662 881 29 Italy Italy NNP 1662 881 30 8.1 8.1 CD 1662 881 31 % % NN 1662 881 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 881 33 , , , 1662 881 34 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 881 35 Europe Europe NNP 1662 881 36 11.8 11.8 CD 1662 881 37 % % NN 1662 881 38 , , , 1662 881 39 Japan Japan NNP 1662 881 40 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 881 41 % % NN 1662 881 42 , , , 1662 881 43 US US NNP 1662 881 44 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 881 45 % % NN 1662 881 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 881 47 1994 1994 CD 1662 881 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 881 49 Imports import NNS 1662 881 50 : : : 1662 881 51 total total JJ 1662 881 52 value value NN 1662 881 53 : : : 1662 881 54 $ $ $ 1662 881 55 65.8 65.8 CD 1662 881 56 billion billion CD 1662 881 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 881 58 1996 1996 CD 1662 881 59 est est NNP 1662 881 60 . . . 1662 881 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 882 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 882 2 : : : 1662 882 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 882 4 , , , 1662 882 5 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 882 6 , , , 1662 882 7 machinery machinery NN 1662 882 8 and and CC 1662 882 9 equipment equipment NN 1662 882 10 , , , 1662 882 11 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 882 12 , , , 1662 882 13 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 882 14 , , , 1662 882 15 textiles textile NNS 1662 882 16 and and CC 1662 882 17 clothing clothing NN 1662 882 18 , , , 1662 882 19 pharmaceuticals pharmaceutical NNS 1662 882 20 partners partner NNS 1662 882 21 : : : 1662 882 22 EU EU NNP 1662 882 23 68.4 68.4 CD 1662 882 24 % % NN 1662 882 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 882 26 Germany Germany NNP 1662 882 27 40 40 CD 1662 882 28 % % NN 1662 882 29 , , , 1662 882 30 Italy Italy NNP 1662 882 31 8.8 8.8 CD 1662 882 32 % % NN 1662 882 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 882 34 , , , 1662 882 35 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 882 36 Europe Europe NNP 1662 882 37 6.55 6.55 CD 1662 882 38 % % NN 1662 882 39 , , , 1662 882 40 Japan Japan NNP 1662 882 41 4.3 4.3 CD 1662 882 42 % % NN 1662 882 43 , , , 1662 882 44 US US NNP 1662 882 45 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 882 46 % % NN 1662 882 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 882 48 1994 1994 CD 1662 882 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 882 50 Debt debt NN 1662 882 51 - - HYPH 1662 882 52 external external JJ 1662 882 53 : : : 1662 882 54 $ $ $ 1662 882 55 30.2 30.2 CD 1662 882 56 billion billion CD 1662 882 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 882 58 1996 1996 CD 1662 882 59 est est NNP 1662 882 60 . . . 1662 882 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 883 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 883 2 aid aid NN 1662 883 3 : : : 1662 883 4 donor donor NN 1662 883 5 : : : 1662 883 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 883 7 , , , 1662 883 8 $ $ $ 1662 883 9 544 544 CD 1662 883 10 million million CD 1662 883 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 883 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 883 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 883 14 Currency currency NN 1662 883 15 : : : 1662 883 16 1 1 CD 1662 883 17 Austrian austrian JJ 1662 883 18 schilling schille VBG 1662 883 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 883 20 AS AS NNP 1662 883 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 883 22 = = NFP 1662 883 23 100 100 CD 1662 883 24 groschen groschen NNP 1662 883 25 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 883 26 rates rate NNS 1662 883 27 : : : 1662 883 28 Austrian austrian JJ 1662 883 29 schillings schilling NNS 1662 883 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 883 31 AS AS NNP 1662 883 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 883 33 per per IN 1662 883 34 US$ us$ $ 1662 883 35 1 1 CD 1662 883 36 - - 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1662 883 77 3.47 3.47 CD 1662 883 78 million million CD 1662 883 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 883 80 1986 1986 CD 1662 883 81 est est NNP 1662 883 82 . . . 1662 883 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 884 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 884 2 system system NN 1662 884 3 : : : 1662 884 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 884 5 : : : 1662 884 6 highly highly RB 1662 884 7 developed developed JJ 1662 884 8 and and CC 1662 884 9 efficient efficient JJ 1662 884 10 international international JJ 1662 884 11 : : : 1662 884 12 satellite satellite NN 1662 884 13 earth earth NN 1662 884 14 stations station NNS 1662 884 15 - - , 1662 884 16 2 2 CD 1662 884 17 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 884 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 884 19 1 1 CD 1662 884 20 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 884 21 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 884 22 and and CC 1662 884 23 1 1 CD 1662 884 24 Indian Indian NNP 1662 884 25 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 884 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 884 27 and and CC 1662 884 28 2 2 CD 1662 884 29 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNP 1662 884 30 Radio Radio NNP 1662 884 31 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 884 32 stations station NNS 1662 884 33 : : : 1662 884 34 AM am VBP 1662 884 35 6 6 CD 1662 884 36 , , , 1662 884 37 FM FM NNP 1662 884 38 21 21 CD 1662 884 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 884 40 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 884 41 545 545 CD 1662 884 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 884 43 , , , 1662 884 44 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 884 45 0 0 CD 1662 884 46 Radios radio NNS 1662 884 47 : : : 1662 884 48 NA NA NNP 1662 884 49 Television Television NNP 1662 884 50 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 884 51 stations station NNS 1662 884 52 : : : 1662 884 53 47 47 CD 1662 884 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 884 55 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 884 56 870 870 CD 1662 884 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 884 58 Televisions television NNS 1662 884 59 : : : 1662 884 60 2,418,584 2,418,584 CD 1662 884 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 884 62 1984 1984 CD 1662 884 63 est e JJS 1662 884 64 . . . 1662 884 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 885 1 @Austria @austria LS 1662 885 2 : : : 1662 885 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 885 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 885 5 : : : 1662 885 6 total total NN 1662 885 7 : : : 1662 885 8 5,624 5,624 CD 1662 885 9 km km NN 1662 885 10 standard standard JJ 1662 885 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 885 12 : : : 1662 885 13 5,269 5,269 CD 1662 885 14 km km NN 1662 885 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 885 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 885 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 885 18 3,263 3,263 CD 1662 885 19 km km NNS 1662 885 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 885 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 885 22 narrow narrow JJ 1662 885 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 885 24 : : : 1662 885 25 355 355 CD 1662 885 26 km km NN 1662 885 27 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 885 28 and and CC 1662 885 29 0.760-m 0.760-m NN 1662 885 30 gauge gauge NN 1662 885 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 885 32 86 86 CD 1662 885 33 km km NN 1662 885 34 electrified electrify VBN 1662 885 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 885 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 885 37 1995 1995 CD 1662 885 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 885 39 Highways highway NNS 1662 885 40 : : : 1662 885 41 200,000 200,000 CD 1662 885 42 km km NN 1662 885 43 paved pave VBN 1662 885 44 : : : 1662 885 45 200,000 200,000 CD 1662 885 46 km km NNS 1662 885 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 885 48 including include VBG 1662 885 49 1,596 1,596 CD 1662 885 50 km km NNS 1662 885 51 of of IN 1662 885 52 expressways expressway NNS 1662 885 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 885 54 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 885 55 : : : 1662 885 56 0 0 CD 1662 885 57 km km NNS 1662 885 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 885 59 1995 1995 CD 1662 885 60 est est NNP 1662 885 61 . . . 1662 885 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 886 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 886 2 : : : 1662 886 3 446 446 CD 1662 886 4 km km NN 1662 886 5 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 886 6 : : : 1662 886 7 crude crude JJ 1662 886 8 oil oil NN 1662 886 9 554 554 CD 1662 886 10 km km NN 1662 886 11 ; ; : 1662 886 12 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 886 13 products product NNS 1662 886 14 171 171 CD 1662 886 15 km km NN 1662 886 16 ; ; : 1662 886 17 natural natural JJ 1662 886 18 gas gas NN 1662 886 19 2,611 2,611 CD 1662 886 20 km km NN 1662 886 21 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 886 22 and and CC 1662 886 23 harbors harbor NNS 1662 886 24 : : : 1662 886 25 Linz Linz NNP 1662 886 26 , , , 1662 886 27 Vienna Vienna NNP 1662 886 28 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 886 29 marine marine NN 1662 886 30 : : : 1662 886 31 total total NN 1662 886 32 : : : 1662 886 33 28 28 CD 1662 886 34 ships ship NNS 1662 886 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 886 36 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 886 37 GRT GRT NNP 1662 886 38 or or CC 1662 886 39 over over RB 1662 886 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 886 41 totaling total VBG 1662 886 42 84,623 84,623 CD 1662 886 43 GRT/116,682 GRT/116,682 NNP 1662 886 44 DWT DWT NNP 1662 886 45 ships ship NNS 1662 886 46 by by IN 1662 886 47 type type NN 1662 886 48 : : : 1662 886 49 bulk bulk NNP 1662 886 50 1 1 CD 1662 886 51 , , , 1662 886 52 cargo cargo NN 1662 886 53 22 22 CD 1662 886 54 , , , 1662 886 55 combination combination NN 1662 886 56 bulk bulk NN 1662 886 57 2 2 CD 1662 886 58 , , , 1662 886 59 container container NN 1662 886 60 1 1 CD 1662 886 61 , , , 1662 886 62 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 886 63 cargo cargo NN 1662 886 64 2 2 CD 1662 886 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 886 66 1996 1996 CD 1662 886 67 est est NNP 1662 886 68 . . . 1662 886 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 887 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 887 2 : : : 1662 887 3 55 55 CD 1662 887 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 887 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 887 6 est est NNP 1662 887 7 . . . 1662 887 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 888 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 888 2 - - , 1662 888 3 with with IN 1662 888 4 paved paved JJ 1662 888 5 runways runway NNS 1662 888 6 : : : 1662 888 7 total total NN 1662 888 8 : : : 1662 888 9 51 51 CD 1662 888 10 over over IN 1662 888 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 888 12 m m NN 1662 888 13 : : : 1662 888 14 1 1 CD 1662 888 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 888 16 to to IN 1662 888 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 888 18 m m NN 1662 888 19 : : : 1662 888 20 5 5 CD 1662 888 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 888 22 to to TO 1662 888 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 888 24 m m NN 1662 888 25 : : : 1662 888 26 1 1 CD 1662 888 27 914 914 CD 1662 888 28 to to TO 1662 888 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 888 30 m m NN 1662 888 31 : : : 1662 888 32 3 3 CD 1662 888 33 under under IN 1662 888 34 914 914 CD 1662 888 35 m m NN 1662 888 36 : : : 1662 888 37 41 41 CD 1662 888 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 888 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 888 40 est est NNP 1662 888 41 . . . 1662 888 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 889 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 889 2 - - , 1662 889 3 with with IN 1662 889 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 889 5 runways runway NNS 1662 889 6 : : : 1662 889 7 total total NN 1662 889 8 : : : 1662 889 9 4 4 CD 1662 889 10 914 914 CD 1662 889 11 to to TO 1662 889 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 889 13 m m NN 1662 889 14 : : : 1662 889 15 4 4 CD 1662 889 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 889 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 889 18 est est NNP 1662 889 19 . . . 1662 889 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 890 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 890 2 : : : 1662 890 3 1 1 CD 1662 890 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 890 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 890 6 est est NNP 1662 890 7 . . . 1662 890 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 891 1 Military military JJ 1662 891 2 Military military JJ 1662 891 3 branches branch NNS 1662 891 4 : : : 1662 891 5 Army Army NNP 1662 891 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 891 7 includes include VBZ 1662 891 8 Flying Flying NNP 1662 891 9 Division Division NNP 1662 891 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 891 11 Military military JJ 1662 891 12 manpower manpower NN 1662 891 13 - - HYPH 1662 891 14 military military NN 1662 891 15 age age NN 1662 891 16 : : : 1662 891 17 19 19 CD 1662 891 18 years year NNS 1662 891 19 of of IN 1662 891 20 age age NN 1662 891 21 Military military JJ 1662 891 22 manpower manpower NN 1662 891 23 - - HYPH 1662 891 24 availability availability NN 1662 891 25 : : : 1662 891 26 males male NNS 1662 891 27 age age NNP 1662 891 28 15 15 CD 1662 891 29 - - HYPH 1662 891 30 49 49 CD 1662 891 31 : : : 1662 891 32 2,107,905 2,107,905 CD 1662 891 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 891 34 1997 1997 CD 1662 891 35 est est NNP 1662 891 36 . . . 1662 891 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 892 1 Military military JJ 1662 892 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 892 3 - - HYPH 1662 892 4 fit fit NN 1662 892 5 for for IN 1662 892 6 military military JJ 1662 892 7 service service NN 1662 892 8 : : : 1662 892 9 males male NNS 1662 892 10 : : : 1662 892 11 1,754,823 1,754,823 CD 1662 892 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 892 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 892 14 est est NNP 1662 892 15 . . . 1662 892 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 893 1 Military military JJ 1662 893 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 893 3 - - HYPH 1662 893 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 893 5 military military JJ 1662 893 6 age age NN 1662 893 7 annually annually RB 1662 893 8 : : : 1662 893 9 males male NNS 1662 893 10 : : : 1662 893 11 46,298 46,298 CD 1662 893 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 893 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 893 14 est est NNP 1662 893 15 . . . 1662 893 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 894 1 Military military JJ 1662 894 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 894 3 - - HYPH 1662 894 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 894 5 figure figure NN 1662 894 6 : : : 1662 894 7 $ $ $ 1662 894 8 2.1 2.1 CD 1662 894 9 billion billion CD 1662 894 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 894 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 894 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 894 13 Military military JJ 1662 894 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 894 15 - - : 1662 894 16 percent percent NN 1662 894 17 of of IN 1662 894 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 894 19 : : : 1662 894 20 1 1 CD 1662 894 21 % % NN 1662 894 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 894 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 894 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 894 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 894 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 894 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 894 28 - - : 1662 894 29 international international RB 1662 894 30 : : : 1662 894 31 none none NN 1662 894 32 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 894 33 drugs drug VBZ 1662 894 34 : : : 1662 894 35 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 894 36 point point NN 1662 894 37 for for IN 1662 894 38 Southwest southwest JJ 1662 894 39 Asian asian JJ 1662 894 40 heroin heroin NN 1662 894 41 and and CC 1662 894 42 South south JJ 1662 894 43 American american JJ 1662 894 44 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 894 45 destined destine VBN 1662 894 46 for for IN 1662 894 47 Western Western NNP 1662 894 48 Europe Europe NNP 1662 894 49 _ _ NNP 1662 894 50 _ _ NNP 1662 894 51 _ _ NNP 1662 894 52 _ _ NNP 1662 894 53 _ _ NNP 1662 894 54 _ _ NNP 1662 894 55 _ _ NNP 1662 894 56 _ _ NNP 1662 894 57 _ _ NNP 1662 894 58 _ _ NNP 1662 894 59 _ _ NNP 1662 894 60 _ _ NNP 1662 894 61 _ _ NNP 1662 894 62 _ _ NNP 1662 894 63 _ _ NNP 1662 894 64 _ _ NNP 1662 894 65 _ _ NNP 1662 894 66 _ _ NNP 1662 894 67 _ _ NNP 1662 894 68 _ _ NNP 1662 894 69 _ _ NNP 1662 894 70 _ _ NNP 1662 894 71 _ _ NNP 1662 894 72 _ _ NNP 1662 894 73 _ _ NNP 1662 894 74 _ _ NNP 1662 894 75 _ _ NNP 1662 894 76 _ _ NNP 1662 894 77 _ _ NNP 1662 894 78 _ _ NNP 1662 894 79 _ _ NNP 1662 894 80 _ _ NNP 1662 894 81 _ _ NNP 1662 894 82 _ _ NNP 1662 894 83 _ _ NNP 1662 894 84 _ _ NNP 1662 894 85 _ _ NNP 1662 894 86 _ _ NNP 1662 894 87 _ _ NNP 1662 894 88 _ _ NNP 1662 894 89 _ _ NNP 1662 894 90 _ _ NNP 1662 894 91 _ _ NNP 1662 894 92 _ _ NNP 1662 894 93 _ _ NNP 1662 894 94 _ _ NNP 1662 894 95 _ _ NNP 1662 894 96 _ _ NNP 1662 894 97 _ _ NNP 1662 894 98 _ _ NNP 1662 894 99 _ _ NNP 1662 894 100 _ _ NNP 1662 894 101 _ _ NNP 1662 894 102 _ _ NNP 1662 894 103 _ _ NNP 1662 894 104 _ _ NNP 1662 894 105 _ _ NNP 1662 894 106 _ _ NNP 1662 894 107 _ _ NNP 1662 894 108 _ _ NNP 1662 894 109 _ _ NNP 1662 894 110 _ _ NNP 1662 894 111 _ _ NNP 1662 894 112 _ _ NNP 1662 894 113 _ _ NNP 1662 894 114 _ _ NNP 1662 894 115 _ _ NNP 1662 894 116 _ _ NNP 1662 894 117 _ _ NNP 1662 894 118 _ _ NNP 1662 894 119 AZERBAIJAN AZERBAIJAN NNP 1662 894 120 Introduction Introduction NNP 1662 894 121 Current current JJ 1662 894 122 issues issue NNS 1662 894 123 : : : 1662 894 124 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 894 125 continues continue VBZ 1662 894 126 to to TO 1662 894 127 be be VB 1662 894 128 plagued plague VBN 1662 894 129 by by IN 1662 894 130 an an DT 1662 894 131 unresolved unresolved JJ 1662 894 132 nine nine CD 1662 894 133 - - HYPH 1662 894 134 year year NN 1662 894 135 - - HYPH 1662 894 136 old old JJ 1662 894 137 conflict conflict NN 1662 894 138 with with IN 1662 894 139 Armenian armenian JJ 1662 894 140 separatists separatist NNS 1662 894 141 over over IN 1662 894 142 its 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896 5 observed observe VBN 1662 896 6 a a DT 1662 896 7 Russian Russian NNP 1662 896 8 - - HYPH 1662 896 9 mediated mediate VBN 1662 896 10 cease cease NN 1662 896 11 - - HYPH 1662 896 12 fire fire NN 1662 896 13 in in IN 1662 896 14 place place NN 1662 896 15 since since IN 1662 896 16 May May NNP 1662 896 17 1994 1994 CD 1662 896 18 , , , 1662 896 19 and and CC 1662 896 20 support support VB 1662 896 21 the the DT 1662 896 22 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 896 23 - - HYPH 1662 896 24 mediated mediate VBN 1662 896 25 peace peace NN 1662 896 26 process process NN 1662 896 27 , , , 1662 896 28 now now RB 1662 896 29 entering enter VBG 1662 896 30 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 896 31 fifth fifth JJ 1662 896 32 year year NN 1662 896 33 . . . 1662 897 1 Nevertheless nevertheless RB 1662 897 2 , , , 1662 897 3 Baku Baku NNP 1662 897 4 and and CC 1662 897 5 Xankandi Xankandi NNP 1662 897 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 897 7 Stepanakert Stepanakert NNP 1662 897 8 , , , 1662 897 9 Nagorno Nagorno NNP 1662 897 10 - - HYPH 1662 897 11 Karabakh Karabakh NNP 1662 897 12 region region NN 1662 897 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 897 14 remain remain VBP 1662 897 15 far far RB 1662 897 16 apart apart RB 1662 897 17 on on IN 1662 897 18 most most JJS 1662 897 19 substantive substantive JJ 1662 897 20 issues issue NNS 1662 897 21 from from IN 1662 897 22 the the DT 1662 897 23 placement placement NN 1662 897 24 and and CC 1662 897 25 composition composition NN 1662 897 26 of of IN 1662 897 27 a a DT 1662 897 28 peacekeeping peacekeeping NN 1662 897 29 force force NN 1662 897 30 to to IN 1662 897 31 the the DT 1662 897 32 enclave enclave NN 1662 897 33 's 's POS 1662 897 34 ultimate ultimate JJ 1662 897 35 political political JJ 1662 897 36 status status NN 1662 897 37 , , , 1662 897 38 and and CC 1662 897 39 prospects prospect NNS 1662 897 40 for for IN 1662 897 41 a a DT 1662 897 42 negotiated negotiate VBN 1662 897 43 settlement settlement NN 1662 897 44 remain remain VBP 1662 897 45 dim dim JJ 1662 897 46 . . . 1662 898 1 @Azerbaijan @azerbaijan XX 1662 898 2 : : : 1662 898 3 Geography Geography NNP 1662 898 4 Location Location NNP 1662 898 5 : : : 1662 898 6 Southwestern Southwestern NNP 1662 898 7 Asia Asia NNP 1662 898 8 , , , 1662 898 9 bordering border VBG 1662 898 10 the the DT 1662 898 11 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 898 12 Sea Sea NNP 1662 898 13 , , , 1662 898 14 between between IN 1662 898 15 Iran Iran NNP 1662 898 16 and and CC 1662 898 17 Russia Russia NNP 1662 898 18 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 898 19 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 898 20 : : : 1662 898 21 40 40 CD 1662 898 22 30 30 CD 1662 898 23 N n CD 1662 898 24 , , , 1662 898 25 47 47 CD 1662 898 26 30 30 CD 1662 898 27 E e NN 1662 898 28 Map Map NNP 1662 898 29 references reference NNS 1662 898 30 : : : 1662 898 31 Commonwealth Commonwealth NNP 1662 898 32 of of IN 1662 898 33 Independent Independent NNP 1662 898 34 States States NNPS 1662 898 35 Area Area NNP 1662 898 36 : : : 1662 898 37 total total NN 1662 898 38 : : : 1662 898 39 86,600 86,600 CD 1662 898 40 sq sq IN 1662 898 41 km km NNP 1662 898 42 land land NN 1662 898 43 : : : 1662 898 44 86,100 86,100 CD 1662 898 45 sq sq IN 1662 898 46 km km NNP 1662 898 47 water water NN 1662 898 48 : : : 1662 898 49 500 500 CD 1662 898 50 sq sq NNP 1662 898 51 km km NNP 1662 898 52 note note NN 1662 898 53 : : : 1662 898 54 includes include VBZ 1662 898 55 the the DT 1662 898 56 exclave exclave NN 1662 898 57 of of IN 1662 898 58 Naxcivan Naxcivan NNP 1662 898 59 Autonomous Autonomous NNP 1662 898 60 Republic Republic NNP 1662 898 61 and and CC 1662 898 62 the the DT 1662 898 63 Nagorno Nagorno NNP 1662 898 64 - - HYPH 1662 898 65 Karabakh Karabakh NNP 1662 898 66 region region NN 1662 898 67 ; ; : 1662 898 68 the the DT 1662 898 69 region region NN 1662 898 70 's 's POS 1662 898 71 autonomy autonomy NN 1662 898 72 was be VBD 1662 898 73 abolished abolish VBN 1662 898 74 by by IN 1662 898 75 Azerbaijani Azerbaijani NNP 1662 898 76 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 898 77 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 898 78 on on IN 1662 898 79 26 26 CD 1662 898 80 November November NNP 1662 898 81 1991 1991 CD 1662 898 82 Area area NN 1662 898 83 - - HYPH 1662 898 84 comparative comparative JJ 1662 898 85 : : : 1662 898 86 slightly slightly RB 1662 898 87 smaller small JJR 1662 898 88 than than IN 1662 898 89 Maine Maine NNP 1662 898 90 Land Land NNP 1662 898 91 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 898 92 : : : 1662 898 93 total total JJ 1662 898 94 : : : 1662 898 95 2,013 2,013 CD 1662 898 96 km km NN 1662 898 97 border border NN 1662 898 98 countries country NNS 1662 898 99 : : : 1662 898 100 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 898 101 ( ( -LRB- 1662 898 102 with with IN 1662 898 103 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 898 104 - - HYPH 1662 898 105 proper proper NNP 1662 898 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 898 107 566 566 CD 1662 898 108 km km NN 1662 898 109 , , , 1662 898 110 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 898 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 898 112 with with IN 1662 898 113 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 898 114 - - HYPH 1662 898 115 Naxcivan Naxcivan NNP 1662 898 116 exclave exclave NN 1662 898 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 898 118 221 221 CD 1662 898 119 km km NN 1662 898 120 , , , 1662 898 121 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 898 122 322 322 CD 1662 898 123 km km NN 1662 898 124 , , , 1662 898 125 Iran Iran NNP 1662 898 126 ( ( -LRB- 1662 898 127 with with IN 1662 898 128 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 898 129 - - HYPH 1662 898 130 proper proper NNP 1662 898 131 ) ) -RRB- 1662 898 132 432 432 CD 1662 898 133 km km NN 1662 898 134 , , , 1662 898 135 Iran Iran NNP 1662 898 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 898 137 with with IN 1662 898 138 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 898 139 - - HYPH 1662 898 140 Naxcivan Naxcivan NNP 1662 898 141 exclave exclave NN 1662 898 142 ) ) -RRB- 1662 898 143 179 179 CD 1662 898 144 km km NNS 1662 898 145 , , , 1662 898 146 Russia Russia NNP 1662 898 147 284 284 CD 1662 898 148 km km NNS 1662 898 149 , , , 1662 898 150 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 898 151 9 9 CD 1662 898 152 km km NN 1662 898 153 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 898 154 : : : 1662 898 155 0 0 CD 1662 898 156 km km NN 1662 898 157 ( ( -LRB- 1662 898 158 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 898 159 ) ) -RRB- 1662 898 160 note note NN 1662 898 161 : : : 1662 898 162 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 898 163 borders border VBZ 1662 898 164 the the DT 1662 898 165 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 898 166 Sea Sea NNP 1662 898 167 ( ( -LRB- 1662 898 168 800 800 CD 1662 898 169 km km NNS 1662 898 170 , , , 1662 898 171 est est NNP 1662 898 172 . . . 1662 898 173 ) ) -RRB- 1662 899 1 Maritime maritime JJ 1662 899 2 claims claim VBZ 1662 899 3 : : : 1662 899 4 none none NN 1662 899 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 899 6 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 899 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 899 8 Climate climate NN 1662 899 9 : : : 1662 899 10 dry dry JJ 1662 899 11 , , , 1662 899 12 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 899 13 steppe steppe NNP 1662 899 14 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 899 15 : : : 1662 899 16 large large JJ 1662 899 17 , , , 1662 899 18 flat flat JJ 1662 899 19 Kur Kur NNP 1662 899 20 - - HYPH 1662 899 21 Araz Araz NNP 1662 899 22 Lowland Lowland NNP 1662 899 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 899 24 much much JJ 1662 899 25 of of IN 1662 899 26 it -PRON- PRP 1662 899 27 below below IN 1662 899 28 sea sea NN 1662 899 29 level level NN 1662 899 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 899 31 with with IN 1662 899 32 Great Great NNP 1662 899 33 Caucasus Caucasus NNP 1662 899 34 Mountains Mountains NNPS 1662 899 35 to to IN 1662 899 36 the the DT 1662 899 37 north north NN 1662 899 38 , , , 1662 899 39 Qarabag Qarabag NNP 1662 899 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 899 41 Karabakh Karabakh NNP 1662 899 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 899 43 Upland Upland NNP 1662 899 44 in in IN 1662 899 45 west west NN 1662 899 46 ; ; : 1662 899 47 Baku Baku NNP 1662 899 48 lies lie VBZ 1662 899 49 on on IN 1662 899 50 Abseron Abseron NNP 1662 899 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 899 52 Apsheron Apsheron NNP 1662 899 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 899 54 Peninsula Peninsula NNP 1662 899 55 that that WDT 1662 899 56 juts jut VBZ 1662 899 57 into into IN 1662 899 58 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 899 59 Sea Sea NNP 1662 899 60 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 899 61 extremes extreme NNS 1662 899 62 : : : 1662 899 63 lowest low JJS 1662 899 64 point point NN 1662 899 65 : : : 1662 899 66 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 899 67 Sea Sea NNP 1662 899 68 -28 -28 NNP 1662 899 69 m m DT 1662 899 70 highest high JJS 1662 899 71 point point NN 1662 899 72 : : : 1662 899 73 Bazarduzu Bazarduzu NNP 1662 899 74 Dagi Dagi NNP 1662 899 75 4,485 4,485 CD 1662 899 76 m m CD 1662 899 77 Natural natural JJ 1662 899 78 resources resource NNS 1662 899 79 : : : 1662 899 80 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 899 81 , , , 1662 899 82 natural natural JJ 1662 899 83 gas gas NN 1662 899 84 , , , 1662 899 85 iron iron NN 1662 899 86 ore ore NN 1662 899 87 , , , 1662 899 88 nonferrous nonferrous JJ 1662 899 89 metals metal NNS 1662 899 90 , , , 1662 899 91 alumina alumina NNP 1662 899 92 Land Land NNP 1662 899 93 use use NN 1662 899 94 : : : 1662 899 95 arable arable JJ 1662 899 96 land land NN 1662 899 97 : : : 1662 899 98 18 18 CD 1662 899 99 % % NN 1662 899 100 permanent permanent JJ 1662 899 101 crops crop NNS 1662 899 102 : : : 1662 899 103 5 5 CD 1662 899 104 % % NN 1662 899 105 permanent permanent JJ 1662 899 106 pastures pasture NNS 1662 899 107 : : : 1662 899 108 25 25 CD 1662 899 109 % % NN 1662 899 110 forests forest NNS 1662 899 111 and and CC 1662 899 112 woodland woodland NN 1662 899 113 : : : 1662 899 114 11 11 CD 1662 899 115 % % NN 1662 899 116 other other JJ 1662 899 117 : : : 1662 899 118 41 41 CD 1662 899 119 % % NN 1662 899 120 ( ( -LRB- 1662 899 121 1993 1993 CD 1662 899 122 est est NNP 1662 899 123 . . . 1662 899 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 900 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 900 2 land land NN 1662 900 3 : : : 1662 900 4 10,000 10,000 CD 1662 900 5 sq sq NNP 1662 900 6 km km NNP 1662 900 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 900 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 900 9 est est NNP 1662 900 10 . . . 1662 900 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 901 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 901 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 901 3 : : : 1662 901 4 droughts drought NNS 1662 901 5 ; ; , 1662 901 6 some some DT 1662 901 7 lowland lowland NN 1662 901 8 areas area NNS 1662 901 9 threatened threaten VBN 1662 901 10 by by IN 1662 901 11 rising rise VBG 1662 901 12 levels level NNS 1662 901 13 of of IN 1662 901 14 the the DT 1662 901 15 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 901 16 Sea Sea NNP 1662 901 17 Environment Environment NNP 1662 901 18 - - HYPH 1662 901 19 current current JJ 1662 901 20 issues issue NNS 1662 901 21 : : : 1662 901 22 local local JJ 1662 901 23 scientists scientist NNS 1662 901 24 consider consider VBP 1662 901 25 the the DT 1662 901 26 Abseron Abseron NNP 1662 901 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 901 28 Apsheron Apsheron NNP 1662 901 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 901 30 Peninsula Peninsula NNP 1662 901 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 901 32 including include VBG 1662 901 33 Baku Baku NNP 1662 901 34 and and CC 1662 901 35 Sumqayit Sumqayit NNP 1662 901 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 901 37 and and CC 1662 901 38 the the DT 1662 901 39 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 901 40 Sea Sea NNP 1662 901 41 to to TO 1662 901 42 be be VB 1662 901 43 the the DT 1662 901 44 ecologically ecologically RB 1662 901 45 most most RBS 1662 901 46 devastated devastated JJ 1662 901 47 area area NN 1662 901 48 in in IN 1662 901 49 the the DT 1662 901 50 world world NN 1662 901 51 because because IN 1662 901 52 of of IN 1662 901 53 severe severe JJ 1662 901 54 air air NN 1662 901 55 , , , 1662 901 56 water water NN 1662 901 57 , , , 1662 901 58 and and CC 1662 901 59 soil soil NN 1662 901 60 pollution pollution NN 1662 901 61 ; ; , 1662 901 62 soil soil NN 1662 901 63 pollution pollution NN 1662 901 64 results result NNS 1662 901 65 from from IN 1662 901 66 the the DT 1662 901 67 use use NN 1662 901 68 of of IN 1662 901 69 DDT DDT NNP 1662 901 70 as as IN 1662 901 71 a a DT 1662 901 72 pesticide pesticide NN 1662 901 73 and and CC 1662 901 74 also also RB 1662 901 75 from from IN 1662 901 76 toxic toxic JJ 1662 901 77 defoliants defoliant NNS 1662 901 78 used use VBN 1662 901 79 in in IN 1662 901 80 the the DT 1662 901 81 production production NN 1662 901 82 of of IN 1662 901 83 cotton cotton NN 1662 901 84 Environment Environment NNP 1662 901 85 - - HYPH 1662 901 86 international international JJ 1662 901 87 agreements agreement NNS 1662 901 88 : : : 1662 901 89 party party NN 1662 901 90 to to TO 1662 901 91 : : : 1662 901 92 Climate climate NN 1662 901 93 Change change NN 1662 901 94 , , , 1662 901 95 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 901 96 Layer Layer NNP 1662 901 97 Protection Protection NNP 1662 901 98 signed sign VBD 1662 901 99 , , , 1662 901 100 but but CC 1662 901 101 not not RB 1662 901 102 ratified ratified JJ 1662 901 103 : : : 1662 901 104 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 901 105 Geography Geography NNP 1662 901 106 - - HYPH 1662 901 107 note note NN 1662 901 108 : : : 1662 901 109 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 901 110 @Azerbaijan @Azerbaijan NNP 1662 901 111 : : : 1662 901 112 People People NNP 1662 901 113 Population Population NNP 1662 901 114 : : : 1662 901 115 7,797,476 7,797,476 CD 1662 901 116 ( ( -LRB- 1662 901 117 July July NNP 1662 901 118 1997 1997 CD 1662 901 119 est est NNP 1662 901 120 . . . 1662 901 121 ) ) -RRB- 1662 902 1 Age age NN 1662 902 2 structure structure NN 1662 902 3 : : : 1662 902 4 0 0 CD 1662 902 5 - - HYPH 1662 902 6 14 14 CD 1662 902 7 years year NNS 1662 902 8 : : : 1662 902 9 33 33 CD 1662 902 10 % % NN 1662 902 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 902 12 male male JJ 1662 902 13 1,302,759 1,302,759 CD 1662 902 14 ; ; : 1662 902 15 female female JJ 1662 902 16 1,247,868 1,247,868 CD 1662 902 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 902 18 15 15 CD 1662 902 19 - - SYM 1662 902 20 64 64 CD 1662 902 21 years year NNS 1662 902 22 : : : 1662 902 23 61 61 CD 1662 902 24 % % NN 1662 902 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 902 26 male male JJ 1662 902 27 2,315,272 2,315,272 CD 1662 902 28 ; ; : 1662 902 29 female female JJ 1662 902 30 2,446,087 2,446,087 CD 1662 902 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 902 32 65 65 CD 1662 902 33 years year NNS 1662 902 34 and and CC 1662 902 35 over over IN 1662 902 36 : : : 1662 902 37 6 6 CD 1662 902 38 % % NN 1662 902 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 902 40 male male JJ 1662 902 41 186,699 186,699 CD 1662 902 42 ; ; : 1662 902 43 female female JJ 1662 902 44 298,791 298,791 CD 1662 902 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 902 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 902 47 July July NNP 1662 902 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 902 49 est est NNP 1662 902 50 . . . 1662 902 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 903 1 Population population NN 1662 903 2 growth growth NN 1662 903 3 rate rate NN 1662 903 4 : : : 1662 903 5 0.78 0.78 CD 1662 903 6 % % NN 1662 903 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 903 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 903 9 est est NNP 1662 903 10 . . . 1662 903 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 904 1 Birth birth NN 1662 904 2 rate rate NN 1662 904 3 : : : 1662 904 4 22.89 22.89 CD 1662 904 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 904 6 population population NN 1662 904 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 904 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 904 9 est est NNP 1662 904 10 . . . 1662 904 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 905 1 Death death NN 1662 905 2 rate rate NN 1662 905 3 : : : 1662 905 4 9.32 9.32 CD 1662 905 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 905 6 population population NN 1662 905 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 905 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 905 9 est est NNP 1662 905 10 . . . 1662 905 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 906 1 Net net JJ 1662 906 2 migration migration NN 1662 906 3 rate rate NN 1662 906 4 : : : 1662 906 5 -5.75 -5.75 NFP 1662 906 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 906 7 population population NN 1662 906 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 906 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 906 10 est est NNP 1662 906 11 . . . 1662 906 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 907 1 Sex sex NN 1662 907 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 907 3 : : : 1662 907 4 at at IN 1662 907 5 birth birth NN 1662 907 6 : : : 1662 907 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 907 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 907 9 under under IN 1662 907 10 15 15 CD 1662 907 11 years year NNS 1662 907 12 : : : 1662 907 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 907 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 907 15 15 15 CD 1662 907 16 - - HYPH 1662 907 17 64 64 CD 1662 907 18 years year NNS 1662 907 19 : : : 1662 907 20 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 907 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 907 22 65 65 CD 1662 907 23 years year NNS 1662 907 24 and and CC 1662 907 25 over over IN 1662 907 26 : : : 1662 907 27 0.62 0.62 CD 1662 907 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 907 29 total total JJ 1662 907 30 population population NN 1662 907 31 : : : 1662 907 32 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 907 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 907 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 907 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 907 36 est est NNP 1662 907 37 . . . 1662 907 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 908 1 Infant infant NN 1662 908 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 908 3 rate rate NN 1662 908 4 : : : 1662 908 5 80.7 80.7 CD 1662 908 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 CD 1662 908 7 live live JJ 1662 908 8 births birth NNS 1662 908 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 908 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 908 11 est est NNP 1662 908 12 . . . 1662 908 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 909 1 Life life NN 1662 909 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 909 3 at at IN 1662 909 4 birth birth NN 1662 909 5 : : : 1662 909 6 total total JJ 1662 909 7 population population NN 1662 909 8 : : : 1662 909 9 63.52 63.52 CD 1662 909 10 years year NNS 1662 909 11 male male JJ 1662 909 12 : : : 1662 909 13 59.27 59.27 CD 1662 909 14 years year NNS 1662 909 15 female female JJ 1662 909 16 : : : 1662 909 17 67.99 67.99 CD 1662 909 18 years year NNS 1662 909 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 909 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 909 21 est est NNP 1662 909 22 . . . 1662 909 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 910 1 Total total JJ 1662 910 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 910 3 rate rate NN 1662 910 4 : : : 1662 910 5 2.77 2.77 CD 1662 910 6 children child NNS 1662 910 7 born bear VBN 1662 910 8 / / SYM 1662 910 9 woman woman NN 1662 910 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 910 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 910 12 est est NNP 1662 910 13 . . . 1662 910 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 911 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 911 2 : : : 1662 911 3 noun noun NNP 1662 911 4 : : : 1662 911 5 Azerbaijani(s azerbaijani(s LS 1662 911 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 911 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 911 8 : : : 1662 911 9 Azerbaijani Azerbaijani NNP 1662 911 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 911 11 groups group NNS 1662 911 12 : : : 1662 911 13 Azeri Azeri NNP 1662 911 14 90 90 CD 1662 911 15 % % NN 1662 911 16 , , , 1662 911 17 Dagestani Dagestani NNP 1662 911 18 Peoples Peoples NNP 1662 911 19 3.2 3.2 CD 1662 911 20 % % NN 1662 911 21 , , , 1662 911 22 Russian russian JJ 1662 911 23 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 911 24 % % NN 1662 911 25 , , , 1662 911 26 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 911 27 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 911 28 % % NN 1662 911 29 , , , 1662 911 30 other other JJ 1662 911 31 2 2 CD 1662 911 32 % % NN 1662 911 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 911 34 1995 1995 CD 1662 911 35 est est NNP 1662 911 36 . . . 1662 911 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 912 1 note note VB 1662 912 2 : : : 1662 912 3 almost almost RB 1662 912 4 all all DT 1662 912 5 Armenians Armenians NNPS 1662 912 6 live live VBP 1662 912 7 in in IN 1662 912 8 the the DT 1662 912 9 separatist separatist JJ 1662 912 10 Nagorno Nagorno NNP 1662 912 11 - - HYPH 1662 912 12 Karabakh Karabakh NNP 1662 912 13 region region NN 1662 912 14 Religions religion NNS 1662 912 15 : : : 1662 912 16 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 912 17 93.4 93.4 CD 1662 912 18 % % NN 1662 912 19 , , , 1662 912 20 Russian russian JJ 1662 912 21 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 912 22 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 912 23 % % NN 1662 912 24 , , , 1662 912 25 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 912 26 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 912 27 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 912 28 % % NN 1662 912 29 , , , 1662 912 30 other other JJ 1662 912 31 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 912 32 % % NN 1662 912 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 912 34 1995 1995 CD 1662 912 35 est est NNP 1662 912 36 . . . 1662 912 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 913 1 note note VB 1662 913 2 : : : 1662 913 3 religious religious JJ 1662 913 4 affiliation affiliation NN 1662 913 5 is be VBZ 1662 913 6 still still RB 1662 913 7 nominal nominal JJ 1662 913 8 in in IN 1662 913 9 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 913 10 ; ; : 1662 913 11 actual actual JJ 1662 913 12 practicing practicing NN 1662 913 13 adherents adherent NNS 1662 913 14 are be VBP 1662 913 15 much much RB 1662 913 16 lower low JJR 1662 913 17 Languages language NNS 1662 913 18 : : : 1662 913 19 Azeri Azeri NNP 1662 913 20 89 89 CD 1662 913 21 % % NN 1662 913 22 , , , 1662 913 23 Russian Russian NNP 1662 913 24 3 3 CD 1662 913 25 % % NN 1662 913 26 , , , 1662 913 27 Armenian armenian JJ 1662 913 28 2 2 CD 1662 913 29 % % NN 1662 913 30 , , , 1662 913 31 other other JJ 1662 913 32 6 6 CD 1662 913 33 % % NN 1662 913 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 913 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 913 36 est est NNP 1662 913 37 . . . 1662 913 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 914 1 Literacy literacy NN 1662 914 2 : : : 1662 914 3 definition definition NN 1662 914 4 : : : 1662 914 5 age age NN 1662 914 6 15 15 CD 1662 914 7 and and CC 1662 914 8 over over RB 1662 914 9 can can MD 1662 914 10 read read VB 1662 914 11 and and CC 1662 914 12 write write VB 1662 914 13 total total JJ 1662 914 14 population population NN 1662 914 15 : : : 1662 914 16 97 97 CD 1662 914 17 % % NN 1662 914 18 male male NN 1662 914 19 : : : 1662 914 20 99 99 CD 1662 914 21 % % NN 1662 914 22 female female NN 1662 914 23 : : : 1662 914 24 96 96 CD 1662 914 25 % % NN 1662 914 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 914 27 1989 1989 CD 1662 914 28 est est NNP 1662 914 29 . . . 1662 914 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 1 @Azerbaijan @azerbaijan XX 1662 915 2 : : : 1662 915 3 Government Government NNP 1662 915 4 Country Country NNP 1662 915 5 name name NN 1662 915 6 : : : 1662 915 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 915 8 long long JJ 1662 915 9 form form NN 1662 915 10 : : : 1662 915 11 Azerbaijani Azerbaijani NNP 1662 915 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 915 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 915 14 short short JJ 1662 915 15 form form NN 1662 915 16 : : : 1662 915 17 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 915 18 local local JJ 1662 915 19 long long JJ 1662 915 20 form form NN 1662 915 21 : : : 1662 915 22 Azarbaycan Azarbaycan NNP 1662 915 23 Respublikasi Respublikasi NNP 1662 915 24 local local JJ 1662 915 25 short short JJ 1662 915 26 form form NN 1662 915 27 : : : 1662 915 28 none none NN 1662 915 29 former former JJ 1662 915 30 : : : 1662 915 31 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 915 32 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 915 33 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 915 34 Republic Republic NNP 1662 915 35 Data Data NNP 1662 915 36 code code NN 1662 915 37 : : : 1662 915 38 AJ AJ NNP 1662 915 39 Government Government NNP 1662 915 40 type type NN 1662 915 41 : : : 1662 915 42 republic republic NNP 1662 915 43 National national JJ 1662 915 44 capital capital NN 1662 915 45 : : : 1662 915 46 Baku Baku NNP 1662 915 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 48 Baki Baki NNP 1662 915 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 50 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 915 51 divisions division NNS 1662 915 52 : : : 1662 915 53 59 59 CD 1662 915 54 rayons rayon NNS 1662 915 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 56 rayonlar rayonlar NN 1662 915 57 ; ; : 1662 915 58 rayon rayon NN 1662 915 59 - - HYPH 1662 915 60 singular singular JJ 1662 915 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 62 , , , 1662 915 63 11 11 CD 1662 915 64 cities city NNS 1662 915 65 * * NFP 1662 915 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 67 saharlar saharlar JJ 1662 915 68 ; ; : 1662 915 69 sahar sahar NN 1662 915 70 - - HYPH 1662 915 71 singular singular NNP 1662 915 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 73 , , , 1662 915 74 1 1 CD 1662 915 75 autonomous autonomous NNP 1662 915 76 republic republic NNP 1662 915 77 * * NFP 1662 915 78 * * NFP 1662 915 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 80 muxtar muxtar NNP 1662 915 81 respublika respublika NNP 1662 915 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 83 ; ; : 1662 915 84 Abseron Abseron NNP 1662 915 85 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 86 , , , 1662 915 87 Agcabadi Agcabadi NNP 1662 915 88 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 89 , , , 1662 915 90 Agdam Agdam NNP 1662 915 91 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 92 , , , 1662 915 93 Agdas Agdas NNP 1662 915 94 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 95 , , , 1662 915 96 Agstafa Agstafa NNP 1662 915 97 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 98 , , , 1662 915 99 Agsu Agsu NNP 1662 915 100 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 101 , , , 1662 915 102 AliBayramli AliBayramli NNP 1662 915 103 Sahari sahari JJ 1662 915 104 * * NFP 1662 915 105 , , , 1662 915 106 Astara Astara NNP 1662 915 107 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 108 , , , 1662 915 109 Baki Baki NNP 1662 915 110 Sahari sahari JJ 1662 915 111 * * NFP 1662 915 112 , , , 1662 915 113 Balakan Balakan NNP 1662 915 114 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 115 , , , 1662 915 116 Barda Barda NNP 1662 915 117 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 118 , , , 1662 915 119 Beylaqan Beylaqan NNP 1662 915 120 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 121 , , , 1662 915 122 Bilasuvar Bilasuvar NNP 1662 915 123 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 124 , , , 1662 915 125 Cabrayil Cabrayil NNP 1662 915 126 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 127 , , , 1662 915 128 Calilabad Calilabad NNP 1662 915 129 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 130 , , , 1662 915 131 Daskasan Daskasan NNP 1662 915 132 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 133 , , , 1662 915 134 Davaci Davaci NNP 1662 915 135 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 136 , , , 1662 915 137 Fuzuli Fuzuli NNP 1662 915 138 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 139 , , , 1662 915 140 Gadabay Gadabay NNP 1662 915 141 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 142 , , , 1662 915 143 Ganca Ganca NNP 1662 915 144 Sahari sahari JJ 1662 915 145 * * NFP 1662 915 146 , , , 1662 915 147 Goranboy Goranboy NNP 1662 915 148 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 149 , , , 1662 915 150 Goycay Goycay NNP 1662 915 151 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 152 , , , 1662 915 153 Haciqabul Haciqabul NNP 1662 915 154 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 155 , , , 1662 915 156 Imisli Imisli NNP 1662 915 157 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 158 , , , 1662 915 159 Ismayilli Ismayilli NNP 1662 915 160 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 161 , , , 1662 915 162 Kalbacar Kalbacar NNP 1662 915 163 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 164 , , , 1662 915 165 Kurdamir Kurdamir NNP 1662 915 166 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 167 , , , 1662 915 168 Lacin Lacin NNP 1662 915 169 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 170 , , , 1662 915 171 Lankaran Lankaran NNP 1662 915 172 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 173 , , , 1662 915 174 Lankaran Lankaran NNP 1662 915 175 Sahari Sahari NNP 1662 915 176 * * NFP 1662 915 177 , , , 1662 915 178 Lerik Lerik NNP 1662 915 179 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 180 , , , 1662 915 181 Masalli Masalli NNP 1662 915 182 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 183 , , , 1662 915 184 Mingacevir Mingacevir NNP 1662 915 185 Sahari Sahari NNP 1662 915 186 * * NFP 1662 915 187 , , , 1662 915 188 Naftalan Naftalan NNP 1662 915 189 Sahari Sahari NNP 1662 915 190 * * NFP 1662 915 191 , , , 1662 915 192 Naxcivan Naxcivan NNP 1662 915 193 Muxtar Muxtar NNP 1662 915 194 Respublikasi Respublikasi NNP 1662 915 195 * * NFP 1662 915 196 * * NFP 1662 915 197 , , , 1662 915 198 Neftcala Neftcala NNP 1662 915 199 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 200 , , , 1662 915 201 Oguz Oguz NNP 1662 915 202 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 203 , , , 1662 915 204 Qabala Qabala NNP 1662 915 205 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 206 , , , 1662 915 207 Qax Qax NNP 1662 915 208 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 209 , , , 1662 915 210 Qazax Qazax NNP 1662 915 211 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 212 , , , 1662 915 213 Qobustan Qobustan NNP 1662 915 214 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 215 , , , 1662 915 216 Quba Quba NNP 1662 915 217 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 218 , , , 1662 915 219 Qubadli Qubadli NNP 1662 915 220 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 221 , , , 1662 915 222 Qusar Qusar NNP 1662 915 223 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 224 , , , 1662 915 225 Saatli Saatli NNP 1662 915 226 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 227 , , , 1662 915 228 Sabirabad Sabirabad NNP 1662 915 229 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 230 , , , 1662 915 231 Saki Saki NNP 1662 915 232 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 233 , , , 1662 915 234 Saki saki VB 1662 915 235 Sahari sahari JJ 1662 915 236 * * NFP 1662 915 237 , , , 1662 915 238 Salyan Salyan NNP 1662 915 239 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 240 , , , 1662 915 241 Samaxi Samaxi NNP 1662 915 242 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 243 , , , 1662 915 244 Samkir Samkir NNP 1662 915 245 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 246 , , , 1662 915 247 Samux Samux NNP 1662 915 248 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 249 , , , 1662 915 250 Siyazan Siyazan NNP 1662 915 251 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 252 , , , 1662 915 253 Sumqayit Sumqayit NNP 1662 915 254 Sahari Sahari NNP 1662 915 255 * * NFP 1662 915 256 , , , 1662 915 257 Susa Susa NNP 1662 915 258 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 259 , , , 1662 915 260 Susa Susa NNP 1662 915 261 Sahari Sahari NNP 1662 915 262 * * NFP 1662 915 263 , , , 1662 915 264 Tartar Tartar NNP 1662 915 265 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 266 , , , 1662 915 267 Tovuz Tovuz NNP 1662 915 268 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 269 , , , 1662 915 270 Ucar Ucar NNP 1662 915 271 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 272 , , , 1662 915 273 Xacmaz Xacmaz NNP 1662 915 274 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 275 , , , 1662 915 276 Xankandi Xankandi NNP 1662 915 277 Sahari Sahari NNP 1662 915 278 * * NFP 1662 915 279 , , , 1662 915 280 Xanlar Xanlar NNP 1662 915 281 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 282 , , , 1662 915 283 Xizi Xizi NNP 1662 915 284 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 285 , , , 1662 915 286 Xocali Xocali NNP 1662 915 287 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 288 , , , 1662 915 289 Xocavand Xocavand NNP 1662 915 290 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 291 , , , 1662 915 292 Yardimli Yardimli NNP 1662 915 293 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 294 , , , 1662 915 295 Yevlax Yevlax NNP 1662 915 296 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 297 , , , 1662 915 298 Yevlax Yevlax NNP 1662 915 299 Sahari Sahari NNP 1662 915 300 * * NFP 1662 915 301 , , , 1662 915 302 Zangilan Zangilan NNP 1662 915 303 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 304 , , , 1662 915 305 Zaqatala Zaqatala NNP 1662 915 306 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 307 , , , 1662 915 308 Zardab Zardab NNP 1662 915 309 Rayonu Rayonu NNP 1662 915 310 Independence Independence NNP 1662 915 311 : : : 1662 915 312 30 30 CD 1662 915 313 August August NNP 1662 915 314 1991 1991 CD 1662 915 315 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 316 from from IN 1662 915 317 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 915 318 Union Union NNP 1662 915 319 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 320 National national JJ 1662 915 321 holiday holiday NN 1662 915 322 : : : 1662 915 323 Independence Independence NNP 1662 915 324 Day Day NNP 1662 915 325 , , , 1662 915 326 28 28 CD 1662 915 327 May May NNP 1662 915 328 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 915 329 : : : 1662 915 330 adopted adopt VBN 1662 915 331 12 12 CD 1662 915 332 November November NNP 1662 915 333 1995 1995 CD 1662 915 334 Legal legal JJ 1662 915 335 system system NN 1662 915 336 : : : 1662 915 337 based base VBN 1662 915 338 on on IN 1662 915 339 civil civil JJ 1662 915 340 law law NN 1662 915 341 system system NN 1662 915 342 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 915 343 : : : 1662 915 344 18 18 CD 1662 915 345 years year NNS 1662 915 346 of of IN 1662 915 347 age age NN 1662 915 348 ; ; : 1662 915 349 universal universal JJ 1662 915 350 Executive Executive NNP 1662 915 351 branch branch NN 1662 915 352 : : : 1662 915 353 chief chief NN 1662 915 354 of of IN 1662 915 355 state state NN 1662 915 356 : : : 1662 915 357 President President NNP 1662 915 358 Heydar Heydar NNP 1662 915 359 ALIYEV ALIYEV NNP 1662 915 360 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 361 since since IN 1662 915 362 18 18 CD 1662 915 363 June June NNP 1662 915 364 1993 1993 CD 1662 915 365 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 366 head head NN 1662 915 367 of of IN 1662 915 368 government government NN 1662 915 369 : : : 1662 915 370 Prime Prime NNP 1662 915 371 Minister Minister NNP 1662 915 372 Artur Artur NNP 1662 915 373 RASIZADE RASIZADE NNP 1662 915 374 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 375 since since IN 1662 915 376 NA NA NNP 1662 915 377 November November NNP 1662 915 378 1996 1996 CD 1662 915 379 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 380 ; ; : 1662 915 381 First First NNP 1662 915 382 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 915 383 Prime Prime NNP 1662 915 384 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 915 385 Abbas Abbas NNP 1662 915 386 ABBASOV ABBASOV NNP 1662 915 387 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 388 since since IN 1662 915 389 NA NA NNP 1662 915 390 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 391 , , , 1662 915 392 Samed Samed NNP 1662 915 393 SADYKOV SADYKOV NNP 1662 915 394 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 395 since since IN 1662 915 396 NA NA NNP 1662 915 397 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 398 , , , 1662 915 399 Vahid Vahid NNP 1662 915 400 AKHMEDOV AKHMEDOV NNP 1662 915 401 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 402 since since IN 1662 915 403 NA NA NNP 1662 915 404 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 405 , , , 1662 915 406 Elchin Elchin NNP 1662 915 407 EFENDIYEV EFENDIYEV NNP 1662 915 408 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 409 since since IN 1662 915 410 NA NA NNP 1662 915 411 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 412 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 915 413 : : : 1662 915 414 Council Council NNP 1662 915 415 of of IN 1662 915 416 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 915 417 appointed appoint VBN 1662 915 418 by by IN 1662 915 419 the the DT 1662 915 420 president president NN 1662 915 421 and and CC 1662 915 422 confirmed confirm VBD 1662 915 423 by by IN 1662 915 424 the the DT 1662 915 425 National National NNP 1662 915 426 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 915 427 elections election NNS 1662 915 428 : : : 1662 915 429 president president NN 1662 915 430 elected elect VBN 1662 915 431 by by IN 1662 915 432 popular popular JJ 1662 915 433 vote vote NN 1662 915 434 to to IN 1662 915 435 a a DT 1662 915 436 five five CD 1662 915 437 - - HYPH 1662 915 438 year year NN 1662 915 439 term term NN 1662 915 440 ; ; : 1662 915 441 election election NN 1662 915 442 last last JJ 1662 915 443 held hold VBD 1662 915 444 3 3 CD 1662 915 445 October October NNP 1662 915 446 1993 1993 CD 1662 915 447 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 448 next next JJ 1662 915 449 to to TO 1662 915 450 be be VB 1662 915 451 held hold VBN 1662 915 452 NA NA NNP 1662 915 453 1998 1998 CD 1662 915 454 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 455 ; ; : 1662 915 456 prime prime NNP 1662 915 457 minister minister NNP 1662 915 458 and and CC 1662 915 459 first first JJ 1662 915 460 deputy deputy JJ 1662 915 461 prime prime JJ 1662 915 462 ministers minister NNS 1662 915 463 appointed appoint VBN 1662 915 464 by by IN 1662 915 465 the the DT 1662 915 466 president president NN 1662 915 467 and and CC 1662 915 468 confirmed confirm VBD 1662 915 469 by by IN 1662 915 470 the the DT 1662 915 471 National National NNP 1662 915 472 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 915 473 election election NN 1662 915 474 results result NNS 1662 915 475 : : : 1662 915 476 Heydar Heydar NNP 1662 915 477 ALIYEV ALIYEV NNP 1662 915 478 elected elect VBN 1662 915 479 president president NN 1662 915 480 ; ; , 1662 915 481 percent percent NN 1662 915 482 of of IN 1662 915 483 vote vote NN 1662 915 484 - - HYPH 1662 915 485 Heydar Heydar NNP 1662 915 486 ALIYEV ALIYEV VBD 1662 915 487 97 97 CD 1662 915 488 % % NN 1662 915 489 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 915 490 branch branch NN 1662 915 491 : : : 1662 915 492 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 915 493 National National NNP 1662 915 494 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 915 495 or or CC 1662 915 496 Milli Milli NNP 1662 915 497 Mejlis Mejlis NNP 1662 915 498 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 499 125 125 CD 1662 915 500 seats seat NNS 1662 915 501 ; ; : 1662 915 502 members member NNS 1662 915 503 serve serve VBP 1662 915 504 five five CD 1662 915 505 - - HYPH 1662 915 506 year year NN 1662 915 507 terms term NNS 1662 915 508 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 509 elections election NNS 1662 915 510 : : : 1662 915 511 last last RB 1662 915 512 held hold VBD 1662 915 513 12 12 CD 1662 915 514 and and CC 1662 915 515 26 26 CD 1662 915 516 November November NNP 1662 915 517 1995 1995 CD 1662 915 518 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 519 next next JJ 1662 915 520 to to TO 1662 915 521 be be VB 1662 915 522 held hold VBN 1662 915 523 NA NA NNP 1662 915 524 2000 2000 CD 1662 915 525 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 526 election election NN 1662 915 527 results result NNS 1662 915 528 : : : 1662 915 529 percent percent NN 1662 915 530 of of IN 1662 915 531 vote vote NN 1662 915 532 by by IN 1662 915 533 party party NN 1662 915 534 - - HYPH 1662 915 535 NA NA NNP 1662 915 536 ; ; , 1662 915 537 seats seat NNS 1662 915 538 by by IN 1662 915 539 party party NN 1662 915 540 - - HYPH 1662 915 541 NA NA NNP 1662 915 542 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 915 543 branch branch NN 1662 915 544 : : : 1662 915 545 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 915 546 Court Court NNP 1662 915 547 Political political JJ 1662 915 548 parties party NNS 1662 915 549 and and CC 1662 915 550 leaders leader NNS 1662 915 551 : : : 1662 915 552 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 915 553 Popular Popular NNP 1662 915 554 Front Front NNP 1662 915 555 or or CC 1662 915 556 APF APF NNP 1662 915 557 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 558 Ebulfez Ebulfez NNP 1662 915 559 ELCIBEY ELCIBEY NNP 1662 915 560 , , , 1662 915 561 chairman chairman NN 1662 915 562 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 563 ; ; : 1662 915 564 Musavat Musavat NNP 1662 915 565 Party Party NNP 1662 915 566 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 567 Isa Isa NNP 1662 915 568 GAMBAR GAMBAR NNP 1662 915 569 , , , 1662 915 570 chairman chairman NN 1662 915 571 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 572 ; ; : 1662 915 573 National National NNP 1662 915 574 Independence Independence NNP 1662 915 575 Party Party NNP 1662 915 576 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 577 Etibar Etibar NNP 1662 915 578 MAMEDOV MAMEDOV NNP 1662 915 579 , , , 1662 915 580 chairman chairman NN 1662 915 581 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 582 ; ; : 1662 915 583 Social Social NNP 1662 915 584 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 915 585 Party Party NNP 1662 915 586 or or CC 1662 915 587 SDP SDP NNP 1662 915 588 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 589 Araz Araz NNP 1662 915 590 ALIZADE ALIZADE NNP 1662 915 591 , , , 1662 915 592 chairman chairman NN 1662 915 593 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 594 ; ; : 1662 915 595 Communist Communist NNP 1662 915 596 Party Party NNP 1662 915 597 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 598 Ramiz Ramiz NNP 1662 915 599 AKHMEDOV AKHMEDOV NNP 1662 915 600 , , , 1662 915 601 chairman chairman NN 1662 915 602 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 603 ; ; : 1662 915 604 People People NNPS 1662 915 605 's 's POS 1662 915 606 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 915 607 Party Party NNP 1662 915 608 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 609 Yunus Yunus NNP 1662 915 610 OGUZ OGUZ NNP 1662 915 611 , , , 1662 915 612 chairman chairman NN 1662 915 613 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 614 ; ; : 1662 915 615 Independent Independent NNP 1662 915 616 Social Social NNP 1662 915 617 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 915 618 Party Party NNP 1662 915 619 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 620 Arif Arif NNP 1662 915 621 YUNUSOV YUNUSOV NNP 1662 915 622 and and CC 1662 915 623 Leila Leila NNP 1662 915 624 YUNOSOVA YUNOSOVA NNP 1662 915 625 , , , 1662 915 626 cochairmen cochairman NNS 1662 915 627 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 628 ; ; : 1662 915 629 New New NNP 1662 915 630 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 915 631 Party Party NNP 1662 915 632 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 633 Heydar Heydar NNP 1662 915 634 ALIYEV ALIYEV NNP 1662 915 635 , , , 1662 915 636 chairman chairman NN 1662 915 637 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 638 ; ; : 1662 915 639 Boz Boz NNP 1662 915 640 Gurd Gurd NNP 1662 915 641 Party Party NNP 1662 915 642 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 643 Iskander Iskander NNP 1662 915 644 HAMIDOV HAMIDOV NNP 1662 915 645 , , , 1662 915 646 chairman chairman NN 1662 915 647 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 648 ; ; : 1662 915 649 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 915 650 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 915 651 Independence Independence NNP 1662 915 652 Party Party NNP 1662 915 653 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 654 Qabil Qabil NNP 1662 915 655 HUSEYNLI HUSEYNLI NNP 1662 915 656 , , , 1662 915 657 chairman chairman NN 1662 915 658 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 659 ; ; : 1662 915 660 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 915 661 Party Party NNP 1662 915 662 of of IN 1662 915 663 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 915 664 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 665 Ali Ali NNP 1662 915 666 Akram Akram NNP 1662 915 667 , , , 1662 915 668 chairman chairman NN 1662 915 669 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 670 ; ; : 1662 915 671 Ana Ana NNP 1662 915 672 Veten Veten NNP 1662 915 673 Party Party NNP 1662 915 674 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 675 Fazail Fazail NNP 1662 915 676 AGAMALIYEV agamaliyev NN 1662 915 677 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 678 ; ; : 1662 915 679 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 915 680 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 915 681 Party Party NNP 1662 915 682 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 683 Sardar Sardar NNP 1662 915 684 Jalaloglu Jalaloglu NNP 1662 915 685 MAMEDOV MAMEDOV NNP 1662 915 686 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 687 ; ; : 1662 915 688 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 915 689 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 915 690 Party Party NNP 1662 915 691 of of IN 1662 915 692 Proprietors Proprietors NNPS 1662 915 693 or or CC 1662 915 694 DPOP DPOP NNP 1662 915 695 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 696 Makhmud Makhmud NNP 1662 915 697 MAMEDOV MAMEDOV NNP 1662 915 698 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 699 ; ; : 1662 915 700 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 915 701 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 915 702 Solidarity Solidarity NNP 1662 915 703 Party Party NNP 1662 915 704 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 705 Sabir Sabir NNP 1662 915 706 RUSTAMHANLI rustamhanli NN 1662 915 707 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 708 ; ; : 1662 915 709 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 915 710 Republic Republic NNP 1662 915 711 Reform Reform NNP 1662 915 712 Party Party NNP 1662 915 713 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 714 Fuad Fuad NNP 1662 915 715 ASADOV asadov NN 1662 915 716 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 717 ; ; : 1662 915 718 Communist Communist NNP 1662 915 719 Party Party NNP 1662 915 720 of of IN 1662 915 721 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 915 722 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 723 unregistered unregistere VBN 1662 915 724 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 725 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 726 Sayad Sayad NNP 1662 915 727 SAYADOV SAYADOV NNP 1662 915 728 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 729 ; ; : 1662 915 730 Equality equality NN 1662 915 731 of of IN 1662 915 732 the the DT 1662 915 733 Peoples Peoples NNPS 1662 915 734 Party Party NNP 1662 915 735 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 736 Faukhraddin Faukhraddin NNP 1662 915 737 AYDAYEV AYDAYEV NNP 1662 915 738 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 739 ; ; : 1662 915 740 Independent Independent NNP 1662 915 741 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 915 742 Party Party NNP 1662 915 743 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 744 Nizami Nizami NNP 1662 915 745 SULEYMANOV SULEYMANOV NNP 1662 915 746 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 747 ; ; : 1662 915 748 Labor Labor NNP 1662 915 749 Party Party NNP 1662 915 750 of of IN 1662 915 751 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 915 752 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 753 Sabutai Sabutai NNP 1662 915 754 HAJIYEV HAJIYEV NNP 1662 915 755 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 756 ; ; : 1662 915 757 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 915 758 - - HYPH 1662 915 759 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 915 760 Party Party NNP 1662 915 761 of of IN 1662 915 762 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 915 763 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 764 Lyudmila Lyudmila NNP 1662 915 765 NIKOLAYEVNA NIKOLAYEVNA NNP 1662 915 766 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 767 ; ; : 1662 915 768 National National NNP 1662 915 769 Enlightenment Enlightenment NNP 1662 915 770 Party Party NNP 1662 915 771 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 772 Hajy Hajy NNP 1662 915 773 Osman Osman NNP 1662 915 774 EFENDIYEV EFENDIYEV NNP 1662 915 775 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 776 ; ; : 1662 915 777 National National NNP 1662 915 778 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 915 779 Party Party NNP 1662 915 780 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 781 Panak panak JJ 1662 915 782 SHAKHSEVEV SHAKHSEVEV NNS 1662 915 783 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 784 ; ; : 1662 915 785 Peasant Peasant NNP 1662 915 786 Party Party NNP 1662 915 787 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 788 Firuz Firuz NNP 1662 915 789 MUSTAFAYEV MUSTAFAYEV NNP 1662 915 790 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 791 ; ; : 1662 915 792 Radical Radical NNP 1662 915 793 Party Party NNP 1662 915 794 of of IN 1662 915 795 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 915 796 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 797 Malik Malik NNP 1662 915 798 SHARIFOV SHARIFOV NNP 1662 915 799 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 800 ; ; : 1662 915 801 United United NNP 1662 915 802 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 915 803 Party Party NNP 1662 915 804 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 805 Kerrar Kerrar NNP 1662 915 806 ABILOV ABILOV NNP 1662 915 807 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 808 ; ; : 1662 915 809 Vetan Vetan NNP 1662 915 810 Adzhagy Adzhagy NNP 1662 915 811 Party Party NNP 1662 915 812 [ [ -LRB- 1662 915 813 Zakir Zakir NNP 1662 915 814 TAGIYEV TAGIYEV NNP 1662 915 815 ] ] -RRB- 1662 915 816 Political political JJ 1662 915 817 pressure pressure NN 1662 915 818 groups group NNS 1662 915 819 and and CC 1662 915 820 leaders leader NNS 1662 915 821 : : : 1662 915 822 self self NN 1662 915 823 - - HYPH 1662 915 824 proclaimed proclaim VBN 1662 915 825 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 915 826 Nagorno Nagorno NNP 1662 915 827 - - HYPH 1662 915 828 Karabakh Karabakh NNP 1662 915 829 Republic Republic NNP 1662 915 830 ; ; : 1662 915 831 Talysh Talysh NNP 1662 915 832 independence independence NN 1662 915 833 movement movement NN 1662 915 834 ; ; : 1662 915 835 Sadval Sadval NNP 1662 915 836 , , , 1662 915 837 Lezgin Lezgin NNP 1662 915 838 movement movement NN 1662 915 839 International International NNP 1662 915 840 organization organization NN 1662 915 841 participation participation NN 1662 915 842 : : : 1662 915 843 BSEC BSEC NNP 1662 915 844 , , , 1662 915 845 CCC CCC NNP 1662 915 846 , , , 1662 915 847 CE CE NNP 1662 915 848 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 849 guest guest NNP 1662 915 850 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 851 , , , 1662 915 852 CIS CIS NNP 1662 915 853 , , , 1662 915 854 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 915 855 , , , 1662 915 856 ECE ECE NNP 1662 915 857 , , , 1662 915 858 ECO ECO NNP 1662 915 859 , , , 1662 915 860 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 915 861 , , , 1662 915 862 FAO FAO NNP 1662 915 863 , , , 1662 915 864 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 915 865 , , , 1662 915 866 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 915 867 , , , 1662 915 868 IDA IDA NNP 1662 915 869 , , , 1662 915 870 IDB IDB NNP 1662 915 871 , , , 1662 915 872 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 915 873 , , , 1662 915 874 IFC IFC NNP 1662 915 875 , , , 1662 915 876 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 915 877 , , , 1662 915 878 ILO ILO NNP 1662 915 879 , , , 1662 915 880 IMF IMF NNP 1662 915 881 , , , 1662 915 882 IMO imo RB 1662 915 883 , , , 1662 915 884 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 915 885 , , , 1662 915 886 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 915 887 , , , 1662 915 888 IOC IOC NNP 1662 915 889 , , , 1662 915 890 ITU ITU NNP 1662 915 891 , , , 1662 915 892 NACC NACC NNP 1662 915 893 , , , 1662 915 894 NAM NAM NNP 1662 915 895 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 896 observer observer NN 1662 915 897 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 898 , , , 1662 915 899 OIC OIC NNP 1662 915 900 , , , 1662 915 901 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 915 902 , , , 1662 915 903 PFP PFP NNP 1662 915 904 , , , 1662 915 905 UN UN NNP 1662 915 906 , , , 1662 915 907 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 915 908 , , , 1662 915 909 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 915 910 , , , 1662 915 911 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 915 912 , , , 1662 915 913 UPU UPU NNP 1662 915 914 , , , 1662 915 915 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 915 916 , , , 1662 915 917 WHO who WP 1662 915 918 , , , 1662 915 919 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 915 920 , , , 1662 915 921 WMO WMO NNP 1662 915 922 , , , 1662 915 923 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 915 924 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 925 observer observer NN 1662 915 926 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 927 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 915 928 representation representation NN 1662 915 929 in in IN 1662 915 930 the the DT 1662 915 931 US US NNP 1662 915 932 : : : 1662 915 933 chief chief NN 1662 915 934 of of IN 1662 915 935 mission mission NN 1662 915 936 : : : 1662 915 937 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 915 938 Hafiz Hafiz NNP 1662 915 939 Mir Mir NNP 1662 915 940 Jalal Jalal NNP 1662 915 941 PASHAYEV PASHAYEV NNP 1662 915 942 chancery chancery NN 1662 915 943 : : : 1662 915 944 ( ( -LRB- 1662 915 945 temporary temporary JJ 1662 915 946 ) ) -RRB- 1662 915 947 Suite Suite NNP 1662 915 948 700 700 CD 1662 915 949 , , , 1662 915 950 927 927 CD 1662 915 951 15th 15th JJ 1662 915 952 Street Street NNP 1662 915 953 NW NW NNP 1662 915 954 , , , 1662 915 955 Washington Washington NNP 1662 915 956 , , , 1662 915 957 DC DC NNP 1662 915 958 20005 20005 CD 1662 915 959 or or CC 1662 915 960 P. P. NNP 1662 915 961 O. O. NNP 1662 916 1 Box Box NNP 1662 916 2 28790 28790 CD 1662 916 3 , , , 1662 916 4 Washington Washington NNP 1662 916 5 , , , 1662 916 6 DC DC NNP 1662 916 7 20038 20038 CD 1662 916 8 - - SYM 1662 916 9 8790 8790 CD 1662 916 10 telephone telephone NN 1662 916 11 : : : 1662 916 12 [ [ -LRB- 1662 916 13 1 1 CD 1662 916 14 ] ] -RRB- 1662 916 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 916 16 202 202 CD 1662 916 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 916 18 842 842 CD 1662 916 19 - - HYPH 1662 916 20 0001 0001 CD 1662 916 21 FAX fax NN 1662 916 22 : : : 1662 916 23 [ [ -LRB- 1662 916 24 1 1 CD 1662 916 25 ] ] -RRB- 1662 916 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 916 27 202 202 CD 1662 916 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 916 29 842 842 CD 1662 916 30 - - HYPH 1662 916 31 0004 0004 CD 1662 916 32 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 916 33 representation representation NN 1662 916 34 from from IN 1662 916 35 the the DT 1662 916 36 US US NNP 1662 916 37 : : : 1662 916 38 chief chief NN 1662 916 39 of of IN 1662 916 40 mission mission NN 1662 916 41 : : : 1662 916 42 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 916 43 Richard Richard NNP 1662 916 44 D. D. NNP 1662 916 45 KAUZLARICH KAUZLARICH NNP 1662 916 46 embassy embassy NN 1662 916 47 : : : 1662 916 48 Azadliq Azadliq NNP 1662 916 49 Prospekti Prospekti NNP 1662 916 50 83 83 CD 1662 916 51 , , , 1662 916 52 Baku Baku NNP 1662 916 53 mailing mail VBG 1662 916 54 address address NN 1662 916 55 : : : 1662 916 56 use use VB 1662 916 57 embassy embassy NNP 1662 916 58 street street NNP 1662 916 59 address address NN 1662 916 60 telephone telephone NNP 1662 916 61 : : : 1662 916 62 [ [ -LRB- 1662 916 63 9 9 CD 1662 916 64 ] ] -RRB- 1662 916 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 916 66 9412 9412 CD 1662 916 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 916 68 96 96 CD 1662 916 69 - - HYPH 1662 916 70 03 03 CD 1662 916 71 - - HYPH 1662 916 72 35 35 CD 1662 916 73 FAX fax NN 1662 916 74 : : : 1662 916 75 [ [ -LRB- 1662 916 76 9 9 CD 1662 916 77 ] ] -RRB- 1662 916 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 916 79 9412 9412 CD 1662 916 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 916 81 96 96 CD 1662 916 82 - - HYPH 1662 916 83 04 04 CD 1662 916 84 - - SYM 1662 916 85 69 69 CD 1662 916 86 Flag flag NN 1662 916 87 description description NN 1662 916 88 : : : 1662 916 89 three three CD 1662 916 90 equal equal JJ 1662 916 91 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 916 92 bands band NNS 1662 916 93 of of IN 1662 916 94 blue blue JJ 1662 916 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 916 96 top top NNP 1662 916 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 916 98 , , , 1662 916 99 red red NN 1662 916 100 , , , 1662 916 101 and and CC 1662 916 102 green green JJ 1662 916 103 ; ; : 1662 916 104 a a DT 1662 916 105 crescent crescent NN 1662 916 106 and and CC 1662 916 107 eight eight CD 1662 916 108 - - HYPH 1662 916 109 pointed point VBN 1662 916 110 star star NN 1662 916 111 in in IN 1662 916 112 white white NNP 1662 916 113 are be VBP 1662 916 114 centered center VBN 1662 916 115 in in IN 1662 916 116 red red JJ 1662 916 117 band band NN 1662 916 118 Economy Economy NNP 1662 916 119 Economy Economy NNP 1662 916 120 - - HYPH 1662 916 121 overview overview NN 1662 916 122 : : : 1662 916 123 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 916 124 is be VBZ 1662 916 125 less less RBR 1662 916 126 developed develop VBN 1662 916 127 industrially industrially RB 1662 916 128 than than IN 1662 916 129 either either CC 1662 916 130 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 916 131 or or CC 1662 916 132 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 916 133 , , , 1662 916 134 the the DT 1662 916 135 other other JJ 1662 916 136 Transcaucasian transcaucasian JJ 1662 916 137 states state NNS 1662 916 138 . . . 1662 917 1 It -PRON- PRP 1662 917 2 resembles resemble VBZ 1662 917 3 the the DT 1662 917 4 Central central JJ 1662 917 5 Asian asian JJ 1662 917 6 states state NNS 1662 917 7 in in IN 1662 917 8 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 917 9 majority majority NN 1662 917 10 nominally nominally RB 1662 917 11 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 917 12 population population NN 1662 917 13 , , , 1662 917 14 high high JJ 1662 917 15 structural structural JJ 1662 917 16 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 917 17 , , , 1662 917 18 and and CC 1662 917 19 low low JJ 1662 917 20 standard standard NN 1662 917 21 of of IN 1662 917 22 living living NN 1662 917 23 . . . 1662 918 1 The the DT 1662 918 2 economy economy NN 1662 918 3 's 's POS 1662 918 4 most most RBS 1662 918 5 prominent prominent JJ 1662 918 6 products product NNS 1662 918 7 are be VBP 1662 918 8 oil oil NN 1662 918 9 , , , 1662 918 10 cotton cotton NN 1662 918 11 , , , 1662 918 12 and and CC 1662 918 13 gas gas NN 1662 918 14 . . . 1662 919 1 Production production NN 1662 919 2 from from IN 1662 919 3 the the DT 1662 919 4 Caspian caspian JJ 1662 919 5 oil oil NN 1662 919 6 and and CC 1662 919 7 gas gas NN 1662 919 8 field field NN 1662 919 9 has have VBZ 1662 919 10 been be VBN 1662 919 11 in in IN 1662 919 12 decline decline NN 1662 919 13 for for IN 1662 919 14 several several JJ 1662 919 15 years year NNS 1662 919 16 , , , 1662 919 17 but but CC 1662 919 18 the the DT 1662 919 19 November November NNP 1662 919 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 919 21 ratification ratification NN 1662 919 22 of of IN 1662 919 23 the the DT 1662 919 24 $ $ $ 1662 919 25 7.5 7.5 CD 1662 919 26 billion billion CD 1662 919 27 oil oil NN 1662 919 28 deal deal NN 1662 919 29 with with IN 1662 919 30 a a DT 1662 919 31 consortium consortium NN 1662 919 32 of of IN 1662 919 33 Western western JJ 1662 919 34 companies company NNS 1662 919 35 should should MD 1662 919 36 generate generate VB 1662 919 37 the the DT 1662 919 38 funds fund NNS 1662 919 39 needed need VBN 1662 919 40 to to TO 1662 919 41 spur spur VB 1662 919 42 future future JJ 1662 919 43 industrial industrial JJ 1662 919 44 development development NN 1662 919 45 . . . 1662 920 1 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 920 2 shares share VBZ 1662 920 3 all all PDT 1662 920 4 the the DT 1662 920 5 formidable formidable JJ 1662 920 6 problems problem NNS 1662 920 7 of of IN 1662 920 8 the the DT 1662 920 9 ex ex JJ 1662 920 10 - - JJ 1662 920 11 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 920 12 republics republic NNS 1662 920 13 in in IN 1662 920 14 making make VBG 1662 920 15 the the DT 1662 920 16 transition transition NN 1662 920 17 from from IN 1662 920 18 a a DT 1662 920 19 command command NN 1662 920 20 to to IN 1662 920 21 a a DT 1662 920 22 market market NN 1662 920 23 economy economy NN 1662 920 24 , , , 1662 920 25 but but CC 1662 920 26 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 920 27 considerable considerable JJ 1662 920 28 energy energy NN 1662 920 29 resources resource NNS 1662 920 30 brighten brighten VBP 1662 920 31 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 920 32 long long JJ 1662 920 33 - - HYPH 1662 920 34 term term NN 1662 920 35 prospects prospect NNS 1662 920 36 . . . 1662 921 1 Baku Baku NNP 1662 921 2 has have VBZ 1662 921 3 only only RB 1662 921 4 recently recently RB 1662 921 5 begun begin VBN 1662 921 6 making make VBG 1662 921 7 progress progress NN 1662 921 8 on on IN 1662 921 9 economic economic JJ 1662 921 10 reform reform NN 1662 921 11 , , , 1662 921 12 and and CC 1662 921 13 old old JJ 1662 921 14 economic economic JJ 1662 921 15 ties tie NNS 1662 921 16 and and CC 1662 921 17 structures structure NNS 1662 921 18 are be VBP 1662 921 19 slowly slowly RB 1662 921 20 being be VBG 1662 921 21 replaced replace VBN 1662 921 22 . . . 1662 922 1 A a DT 1662 922 2 major major JJ 1662 922 3 short short JJ 1662 922 4 - - HYPH 1662 922 5 term term NN 1662 922 6 obstacle obstacle NN 1662 922 7 to to IN 1662 922 8 economic economic JJ 1662 922 9 progress progress NN 1662 922 10 , , , 1662 922 11 including include VBG 1662 922 12 stepped step VBN 1662 922 13 up up RP 1662 922 14 foreign foreign JJ 1662 922 15 investment investment NN 1662 922 16 , , , 1662 922 17 is be VBZ 1662 922 18 the the DT 1662 922 19 continuing continue VBG 1662 922 20 conflict conflict NN 1662 922 21 with with IN 1662 922 22 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 922 23 over over IN 1662 922 24 the the DT 1662 922 25 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 922 26 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 922 27 - - HYPH 1662 922 28 dominated dominate VBN 1662 922 29 region region NN 1662 922 30 of of IN 1662 922 31 Nagorno Nagorno NNP 1662 922 32 - - HYPH 1662 922 33 Karabakh Karabakh NNP 1662 922 34 . . . 1662 923 1 Trade trade NN 1662 923 2 with with IN 1662 923 3 Russia Russia NNP 1662 923 4 and and CC 1662 923 5 the the DT 1662 923 6 other other JJ 1662 923 7 former former JJ 1662 923 8 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 923 9 republics republic NNS 1662 923 10 is be VBZ 1662 923 11 declining decline VBG 1662 923 12 in in IN 1662 923 13 importance importance NN 1662 923 14 while while IN 1662 923 15 trade trade NN 1662 923 16 is be VBZ 1662 923 17 building build VBG 1662 923 18 up up RP 1662 923 19 with with IN 1662 923 20 the the DT 1662 923 21 nations nation NNS 1662 923 22 of of IN 1662 923 23 Europe Europe NNP 1662 923 24 , , , 1662 923 25 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 923 26 , , , 1662 923 27 Iran Iran NNP 1662 923 28 and and CC 1662 923 29 the the DT 1662 923 30 UAE UAE NNP 1662 923 31 . . . 1662 924 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 924 2 : : : 1662 924 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 924 4 power power NN 1662 924 5 parity parity NN 1662 924 6 - - : 1662 924 7 $ $ $ 1662 924 8 11.9 11.9 CD 1662 924 9 billion billion CD 1662 924 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 924 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 924 12 estimate estimate NN 1662 924 13 as as IN 1662 924 14 extrapolated extrapolate VBN 1662 924 15 from from IN 1662 924 16 World World NNP 1662 924 17 Bank Bank NNP 1662 924 18 estimate estimate NN 1662 924 19 for for IN 1662 924 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 924 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 924 22 GDP gdp NN 1662 924 23 - - HYPH 1662 924 24 real real JJ 1662 924 25 growth growth NN 1662 924 26 rate rate NN 1662 924 27 : : : 1662 924 28 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 924 29 % % NN 1662 924 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 924 31 1996 1996 CD 1662 924 32 est est NNP 1662 924 33 . . . 1662 924 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 925 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 925 2 - - HYPH 1662 925 3 per per FW 1662 925 4 capita capita NN 1662 925 5 : : : 1662 925 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 925 7 power power NN 1662 925 8 parity parity NN 1662 925 9 - - : 1662 925 10 $ $ $ 1662 925 11 1,550 1,550 CD 1662 925 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 925 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 925 14 est est NNP 1662 925 15 . . . 1662 925 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 926 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 926 2 - - HYPH 1662 926 3 composition composition NN 1662 926 4 by by IN 1662 926 5 sector sector NN 1662 926 6 : : : 1662 926 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 926 8 : : : 1662 926 9 26 26 CD 1662 926 10 % % NN 1662 926 11 industry industry NN 1662 926 12 : : : 1662 926 13 30 30 CD 1662 926 14 % % NN 1662 926 15 services service NNS 1662 926 16 : : : 1662 926 17 44 44 CD 1662 926 18 % % NN 1662 926 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 926 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 926 21 est est NNP 1662 926 22 . . . 1662 926 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 927 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 927 2 rate rate NN 1662 927 3 - - HYPH 1662 927 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 927 5 price price NN 1662 927 6 index index NN 1662 927 7 : : : 1662 927 8 20 20 CD 1662 927 9 % % NN 1662 927 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 927 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 927 12 est est NNP 1662 927 13 . . . 1662 927 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 928 1 Labor labor NN 1662 928 2 force force NN 1662 928 3 : : : 1662 928 4 total total NN 1662 928 5 : : : 1662 928 6 2.789 2.789 CD 1662 928 7 million million CD 1662 928 8 by by IN 1662 928 9 occupation occupation NN 1662 928 10 : : : 1662 928 11 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 928 12 and and CC 1662 928 13 forestry forestry NN 1662 928 14 32 32 CD 1662 928 15 % % NN 1662 928 16 , , , 1662 928 17 industry industry NN 1662 928 18 and and CC 1662 928 19 construction construction NN 1662 928 20 26 26 CD 1662 928 21 % % NN 1662 928 22 , , , 1662 928 23 other other JJ 1662 928 24 42 42 CD 1662 928 25 % % NN 1662 928 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 928 27 1990 1990 CD 1662 928 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 928 29 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 928 30 rate rate NN 1662 928 31 : : : 1662 928 32 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 928 33 % % NN 1662 928 34 includes include VBZ 1662 928 35 officially officially RB 1662 928 36 registered register VBN 1662 928 37 unemployed unemployed JJ 1662 928 38 ; ; : 1662 928 39 also also RB 1662 928 40 large large JJ 1662 928 41 numbers number NNS 1662 928 42 of of IN 1662 928 43 unregistered unregistere VBN 1662 928 44 unemployed unemployed JJ 1662 928 45 and and CC 1662 928 46 underemployed underemployed JJ 1662 928 47 workers worker NNS 1662 928 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 928 49 December December NNP 1662 928 50 1996 1996 CD 1662 928 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 928 52 Budget budget NN 1662 928 53 : : : 1662 928 54 revenues revenue NNS 1662 928 55 : : : 1662 928 56 $ $ $ 1662 928 57 565 565 CD 1662 928 58 million million CD 1662 928 59 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 928 60 : : : 1662 928 61 $ $ $ 1662 928 62 682 682 CD 1662 928 63 million million CD 1662 928 64 , , , 1662 928 65 including include VBG 1662 928 66 capital capital NN 1662 928 67 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 928 68 of of IN 1662 928 69 $ $ $ 1662 928 70 NA na NN 1662 928 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 928 72 1996 1996 CD 1662 928 73 est est NNP 1662 928 74 . . . 1662 928 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 929 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 929 2 : : : 1662 929 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 929 4 and and CC 1662 929 5 natural natural JJ 1662 929 6 gas gas NN 1662 929 7 , , , 1662 929 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 929 9 products product NNS 1662 929 10 , , , 1662 929 11 oilfield oilfield NN 1662 929 12 equipment equipment NN 1662 929 13 ; ; : 1662 929 14 steel steel NN 1662 929 15 , , , 1662 929 16 iron iron NN 1662 929 17 ore ore NN 1662 929 18 , , , 1662 929 19 cement cement NN 1662 929 20 ; ; : 1662 929 21 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 929 22 and and CC 1662 929 23 petrochemicals petrochemical NNS 1662 929 24 ; ; , 1662 929 25 textiles textile VBZ 1662 929 26 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 929 27 production production NN 1662 929 28 growth growth NN 1662 929 29 rate rate NN 1662 929 30 : : : 1662 929 31 -8 -8 . 1662 929 32 % % NN 1662 929 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 929 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 929 35 est est NNP 1662 929 36 . . . 1662 929 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 930 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 930 2 - - HYPH 1662 930 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 930 4 : : : 1662 930 5 5.24 5.24 CD 1662 930 6 million million CD 1662 930 7 kW kW NNP 1662 930 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 930 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 930 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 930 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 930 12 - - HYPH 1662 930 13 production production NN 1662 930 14 : : : 1662 930 15 16.63 16.63 CD 1662 930 16 billion billion CD 1662 930 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 930 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 930 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 930 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 930 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 930 22 - - HYPH 1662 930 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 930 24 per per IN 1662 930 25 capita capita NN 1662 930 26 : : : 1662 930 27 2,200 2,200 CD 1662 930 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 930 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 930 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 930 31 est est NNP 1662 930 32 . . . 1662 930 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 931 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 931 2 - - HYPH 1662 931 3 products product NNS 1662 931 4 : : : 1662 931 5 cotton cotton NN 1662 931 6 , , , 1662 931 7 grain grain NN 1662 931 8 , , , 1662 931 9 rice rice NN 1662 931 10 , , , 1662 931 11 grapes grape NNS 1662 931 12 , , , 1662 931 13 fruit fruit NN 1662 931 14 , , , 1662 931 15 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 931 16 , , , 1662 931 17 tea tea NN 1662 931 18 , , , 1662 931 19 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 931 20 ; ; : 1662 931 21 cattle cattle NNS 1662 931 22 , , , 1662 931 23 pigs pig NNS 1662 931 24 , , , 1662 931 25 sheep sheep NNS 1662 931 26 , , , 1662 931 27 goats goat NNS 1662 931 28 Exports export NNS 1662 931 29 : : : 1662 931 30 total total JJ 1662 931 31 value value NN 1662 931 32 : : : 1662 931 33 $ $ $ 1662 931 34 700 700 CD 1662 931 35 million million CD 1662 931 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 931 37 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 931 38 . . NNP 1662 931 39 , , , 1662 931 40 1996 1996 CD 1662 931 41 est est NNP 1662 931 42 . . . 1662 931 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 932 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 932 2 : : : 1662 932 3 oil oil NN 1662 932 4 and and CC 1662 932 5 gas gas NN 1662 932 6 , , , 1662 932 7 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 932 8 , , , 1662 932 9 oilfield oilfield NN 1662 932 10 equipment equipment NN 1662 932 11 , , , 1662 932 12 textiles textile NNS 1662 932 13 , , , 1662 932 14 cotton cotton NN 1662 932 15 partners partner NNS 1662 932 16 : : : 1662 932 17 CIS CIS NNP 1662 932 18 , , , 1662 932 19 European european JJ 1662 932 20 countries country NNS 1662 932 21 , , , 1662 932 22 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 932 23 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 932 24 : : : 1662 932 25 total total JJ 1662 932 26 value value NN 1662 932 27 : : : 1662 932 28 $ $ $ 1662 932 29 900 900 CD 1662 932 30 million million CD 1662 932 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 932 32 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 932 33 . . NNP 1662 932 34 , , , 1662 932 35 1996 1996 CD 1662 932 36 est est NNP 1662 932 37 . . . 1662 932 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 933 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 933 2 : : : 1662 933 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 933 4 and and CC 1662 933 5 parts part NNS 1662 933 6 , , , 1662 933 7 consumer consumer NN 1662 933 8 durables durable NNS 1662 933 9 , , , 1662 933 10 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 933 11 , , , 1662 933 12 textiles textile VBZ 1662 933 13 partners partner NNS 1662 933 14 : : : 1662 933 15 CIS CIS NNP 1662 933 16 , , , 1662 933 17 European european JJ 1662 933 18 countries country NNS 1662 933 19 , , , 1662 933 20 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 933 21 Debt Debt NNP 1662 933 22 - - HYPH 1662 933 23 external external JJ 1662 933 24 : : : 1662 933 25 $ $ $ 1662 933 26 100 100 CD 1662 933 27 million million CD 1662 933 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 933 29 of of IN 1662 933 30 which which WDT 1662 933 31 $ $ $ 1662 933 32 75 75 CD 1662 933 33 million million CD 1662 933 34 to to IN 1662 933 35 Russia Russia NNP 1662 933 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 933 37 Economic economic JJ 1662 933 38 aid aid NN 1662 933 39 : : : 1662 933 40 recipient recipient NN 1662 933 41 : : : 1662 933 42 ODA ODA NNP 1662 933 43 , , , 1662 933 44 $ $ $ 1662 933 45 14 14 CD 1662 933 46 million million CD 1662 933 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 933 48 1993 1993 CD 1662 933 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 933 50 note note NN 1662 933 51 : : : 1662 933 52 commitments commitment NNS 1662 933 53 , , , 1662 933 54 1992 1992 CD 1662 933 55 - - SYM 1662 933 56 95 95 CD 1662 933 57 , , , 1662 933 58 $ $ $ 1662 933 59 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 933 60 million million CD 1662 933 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 933 62 $ $ $ 1662 933 63 185 185 CD 1662 933 64 million million CD 1662 933 65 in in IN 1662 933 66 disbursements disbursement NNS 1662 933 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 933 68 ; ; : 1662 933 69 wheat wheat NN 1662 933 70 from from IN 1662 933 71 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 933 72 Currency Currency NNP 1662 933 73 : : : 1662 933 74 1 1 CD 1662 933 75 manat manat NNP 1662 933 76 = = SYM 1662 933 77 100 100 CD 1662 933 78 gopik gopik NN 1662 933 79 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 933 80 rates rate NNS 1662 933 81 : : : 1662 933 82 manats manat NNS 1662 933 83 per per IN 1662 933 84 US$ us$ $ 1662 933 85 1 1 CD 1662 933 86 - - SYM 1662 933 87 4,230 4,230 CD 1662 933 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 933 89 November November NNP 1662 933 90 1996 1996 CD 1662 933 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 933 92 , , , 1662 933 93 4,375 4,375 CD 1662 933 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 933 95 April April NNP 1662 933 96 1996 1996 CD 1662 933 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 933 98 , , , 1662 933 99 4,500 4,500 CD 1662 933 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 933 101 April April NNP 1662 933 102 1995 1995 CD 1662 933 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 933 104 , , , 1662 933 105 4,168 4,168 CD 1662 933 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 933 107 end end NN 1662 933 108 of of IN 1662 933 109 December December NNP 1662 933 110 1994 1994 CD 1662 933 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 933 112 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 933 113 year year NN 1662 933 114 : : : 1662 933 115 calendar calendar NNP 1662 933 116 year year NN 1662 933 117 @Azerbaijan @Azerbaijan NNP 1662 933 118 : : : 1662 933 119 Communications Communications NNP 1662 933 120 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 933 121 : : : 1662 933 122 710,000 710,000 CD 1662 933 123 ( ( -LRB- 1662 933 124 1991 1991 CD 1662 933 125 est est NNP 1662 933 126 . . . 1662 933 127 ) ) -RRB- 1662 934 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 934 2 system system NN 1662 934 3 : : : 1662 934 4 202,000 202,000 CD 1662 934 5 persons person NNS 1662 934 6 waiting wait VBG 1662 934 7 for for IN 1662 934 8 telephone telephone NN 1662 934 9 installations installation NNS 1662 934 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 934 11 January January NNP 1662 934 12 1991 1991 CD 1662 934 13 est est NNP 1662 934 14 . . . 1662 934 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 935 1 domestic domestic JJ 1662 935 2 : : : 1662 935 3 telephone telephone NN 1662 935 4 service service NN 1662 935 5 is be VBZ 1662 935 6 of of IN 1662 935 7 poor poor JJ 1662 935 8 quality quality NN 1662 935 9 and and CC 1662 935 10 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 935 11 ; ; : 1662 935 12 a a DT 1662 935 13 joint joint JJ 1662 935 14 venture venture NN 1662 935 15 to to TO 1662 935 16 establish establish VB 1662 935 17 a a DT 1662 935 18 cellular cellular JJ 1662 935 19 telephone telephone NN 1662 935 20 system system NN 1662 935 21 in in IN 1662 935 22 the the DT 1662 935 23 Baku Baku NNP 1662 935 24 area area NN 1662 935 25 is be VBZ 1662 935 26 operational operational JJ 1662 935 27 international international JJ 1662 935 28 : : : 1662 935 29 cable cable NN 1662 935 30 and and CC 1662 935 31 microwave microwave NN 1662 935 32 radio radio NN 1662 935 33 relay relay NN 1662 935 34 connections connection NNS 1662 935 35 to to IN 1662 935 36 former former JJ 1662 935 37 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 935 38 republics republic NNS 1662 935 39 ; ; : 1662 935 40 connection connection NN 1662 935 41 through through IN 1662 935 42 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 935 43 international international JJ 1662 935 44 gateway gateway NN 1662 935 45 switch switch NN 1662 935 46 to to IN 1662 935 47 other other JJ 1662 935 48 countries country NNS 1662 935 49 ; ; , 1662 935 50 satellite satellite NN 1662 935 51 earth earth NN 1662 935 52 stations station NNS 1662 935 53 - - , 1662 935 54 1 1 CD 1662 935 55 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 935 56 and and CC 1662 935 57 1 1 CD 1662 935 58 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 935 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 935 60 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 935 61 provides provide VBZ 1662 935 62 service service NN 1662 935 63 to to IN 1662 935 64 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 935 65 and and CC 1662 935 66 through through IN 1662 935 67 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 935 68 to to IN 1662 935 69 200 200 CD 1662 935 70 more more JJR 1662 935 71 countries country NNS 1662 935 72 ; ; : 1662 935 73 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 935 74 provides provide VBZ 1662 935 75 direct direct JJ 1662 935 76 service service NN 1662 935 77 to to IN 1662 935 78 New New NNP 1662 935 79 York York NNP 1662 935 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 935 81 Radio Radio NNP 1662 935 82 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 935 83 stations station NNS 1662 935 84 : : : 1662 935 85 1 1 CD 1662 935 86 state state NN 1662 935 87 - - HYPH 1662 935 88 owned own VBN 1662 935 89 radio radio NN 1662 935 90 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 935 91 station station NN 1662 935 92 Radios radio NNS 1662 935 93 : : : 1662 935 94 NA NA NNP 1662 935 95 Television Television NNP 1662 935 96 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 935 97 stations station NNS 1662 935 98 : : : 1662 935 99 2 2 CD 1662 935 100 note note NN 1662 935 101 : : : 1662 935 102 domestic domestic JJ 1662 935 103 and and CC 1662 935 104 Russian russian JJ 1662 935 105 TV tv NN 1662 935 106 programs program NNS 1662 935 107 are be VBP 1662 935 108 received receive VBN 1662 935 109 locally locally RB 1662 935 110 and and CC 1662 935 111 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 935 112 and and CC 1662 935 113 Iranian iranian JJ 1662 935 114 TV TV NNP 1662 935 115 is be VBZ 1662 935 116 received receive VBN 1662 935 117 from from IN 1662 935 118 an an DT 1662 935 119 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 935 120 satellite satellite NN 1662 935 121 through through IN 1662 935 122 a a DT 1662 935 123 receive receive VB 1662 935 124 - - HYPH 1662 935 125 only only RB 1662 935 126 earth earth NN 1662 935 127 station station NN 1662 935 128 Televisions television NNS 1662 935 129 : : : 1662 935 130 NA NA NNP 1662 935 131 @Azerbaijan @Azerbaijan NNP 1662 935 132 : : : 1662 935 133 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 935 134 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 935 135 : : : 1662 935 136 total total NN 1662 935 137 : : : 1662 935 138 2,125 2,125 CD 1662 935 139 km km NN 1662 935 140 in in IN 1662 935 141 common common JJ 1662 935 142 carrier carrier NN 1662 935 143 service service NN 1662 935 144 ; ; : 1662 935 145 does do VBZ 1662 935 146 not not RB 1662 935 147 include include VB 1662 935 148 industrial industrial JJ 1662 935 149 lines line NNS 1662 935 150 broad broad JJ 1662 935 151 gauge gauge NN 1662 935 152 : : : 1662 935 153 2,125 2,125 CD 1662 935 154 km km NN 1662 935 155 1.520-m 1.520-m NN 1662 935 156 gauge gauge NN 1662 935 157 ( ( -LRB- 1662 935 158 1,278 1,278 CD 1662 935 159 km km NN 1662 935 160 electrified electrify VBN 1662 935 161 ) ) -RRB- 1662 935 162 ( ( -LRB- 1662 935 163 1993 1993 CD 1662 935 164 ) ) -RRB- 1662 935 165 Highways highway NNS 1662 935 166 : : : 1662 935 167 total total NN 1662 935 168 : : : 1662 935 169 57,770 57,770 CD 1662 935 170 km km NNS 1662 935 171 paved pave VBN 1662 935 172 : : : 1662 935 173 54,188 54,188 CD 1662 935 174 km km NN 1662 935 175 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 935 176 : : : 1662 935 177 3,582 3,582 CD 1662 935 178 km km NNS 1662 935 179 ( ( -LRB- 1662 935 180 1995 1995 CD 1662 935 181 est est NNP 1662 935 182 . . . 1662 935 183 ) ) -RRB- 1662 936 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 936 2 : : : 1662 936 3 crude crude JJ 1662 936 4 oil oil NN 1662 936 5 1,130 1,130 CD 1662 936 6 km km NN 1662 936 7 ; ; : 1662 936 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 936 9 products product NNS 1662 936 10 630 630 CD 1662 936 11 km km NNS 1662 936 12 ; ; : 1662 936 13 natural natural JJ 1662 936 14 gas gas NN 1662 936 15 1,240 1,240 CD 1662 936 16 km km NN 1662 936 17 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 936 18 and and CC 1662 936 19 harbors harbor NNS 1662 936 20 : : : 1662 936 21 Baku Baku NNP 1662 936 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 936 23 Baki Baki NNP 1662 936 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 936 25 Airports airport NNS 1662 936 26 : : : 1662 936 27 69 69 CD 1662 936 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 936 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 936 30 est est NNP 1662 936 31 . . . 1662 936 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 937 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 937 2 - - , 1662 937 3 with with IN 1662 937 4 paved paved JJ 1662 937 5 runways runway NNS 1662 937 6 : : : 1662 937 7 total total NN 1662 937 8 : : : 1662 937 9 29 29 CD 1662 937 10 over over IN 1662 937 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 937 12 m m NN 1662 937 13 : : : 1662 937 14 2 2 CD 1662 937 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 937 16 to to TO 1662 937 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 937 18 m m NN 1662 937 19 : : : 1662 937 20 6 6 CD 1662 937 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 937 22 to to TO 1662 937 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 937 24 m m NN 1662 937 25 : : : 1662 937 26 17 17 CD 1662 937 27 914 914 CD 1662 937 28 to to TO 1662 937 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 937 30 m m NN 1662 937 31 : : : 1662 937 32 3 3 CD 1662 937 33 under under IN 1662 937 34 914 914 CD 1662 937 35 m m NN 1662 937 36 : : : 1662 937 37 1 1 CD 1662 937 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 937 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 937 40 est est NNP 1662 937 41 . . . 1662 937 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 938 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 938 2 - - , 1662 938 3 with with IN 1662 938 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 938 5 runways runway NNS 1662 938 6 : : : 1662 938 7 total total NN 1662 938 8 : : : 1662 938 9 40 40 CD 1662 938 10 914 914 CD 1662 938 11 to to TO 1662 938 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 938 13 m m NN 1662 938 14 : : : 1662 938 15 7 7 CD 1662 938 16 under under IN 1662 938 17 914 914 CD 1662 938 18 m m NN 1662 938 19 : : : 1662 938 20 33 33 CD 1662 938 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 938 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 938 23 est est NNP 1662 938 24 . . . 1662 938 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 939 1 Military military JJ 1662 939 2 Military military JJ 1662 939 3 branches branch NNS 1662 939 4 : : : 1662 939 5 Army Army NNP 1662 939 6 , , , 1662 939 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 939 8 , , , 1662 939 9 Air Air NNP 1662 939 10 and and CC 1662 939 11 Air Air NNP 1662 939 12 Defense Defense NNP 1662 939 13 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 939 14 , , , 1662 939 15 Border Border NNP 1662 939 16 Guards Guards NNPS 1662 939 17 Military Military NNP 1662 939 18 manpower manpower NN 1662 939 19 - - HYPH 1662 939 20 military military NN 1662 939 21 age age NN 1662 939 22 : : : 1662 939 23 18 18 CD 1662 939 24 years year NNS 1662 939 25 of of IN 1662 939 26 age age NN 1662 939 27 Military military JJ 1662 939 28 manpower manpower NN 1662 939 29 - - HYPH 1662 939 30 availability availability NN 1662 939 31 : : : 1662 939 32 males male NNS 1662 939 33 age age NNP 1662 939 34 15 15 CD 1662 939 35 - - HYPH 1662 939 36 49 49 CD 1662 939 37 : : : 1662 939 38 1,982,747 1,982,747 CD 1662 939 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 939 40 1997 1997 CD 1662 939 41 est est NNP 1662 939 42 . . . 1662 939 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 940 1 Military military JJ 1662 940 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 940 3 - - HYPH 1662 940 4 fit fit NN 1662 940 5 for for IN 1662 940 6 military military JJ 1662 940 7 service service NN 1662 940 8 : : : 1662 940 9 males male NNS 1662 940 10 : : : 1662 940 11 1,596,087 1,596,087 CD 1662 940 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 940 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 940 14 est est NNP 1662 940 15 . . . 1662 940 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 941 1 Military military JJ 1662 941 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 941 3 - - HYPH 1662 941 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 941 5 military military JJ 1662 941 6 age age NN 1662 941 7 annually annually RB 1662 941 8 : : : 1662 941 9 males male NNS 1662 941 10 : : : 1662 941 11 69,524 69,524 CD 1662 941 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 941 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 941 14 est e JJS 1662 941 15 . . . 1662 941 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 942 1 Military military JJ 1662 942 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 942 3 - - HYPH 1662 942 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 942 5 figure figure NN 1662 942 6 : : : 1662 942 7 33.5 33.5 CD 1662 942 8 billion billion CD 1662 942 9 manats manat NNS 1662 942 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 942 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 942 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 942 13 ; ; : 1662 942 14 note note NN 1662 942 15 - - HYPH 1662 942 16 conversion conversion NN 1662 942 17 of of IN 1662 942 18 defense defense NN 1662 942 19 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 942 20 into into IN 1662 942 21 US US NNP 1662 942 22 dollars dollar NNS 1662 942 23 using use VBG 1662 942 24 the the DT 1662 942 25 current current JJ 1662 942 26 exchange exchange NN 1662 942 27 rate rate NN 1662 942 28 could could MD 1662 942 29 produce produce VB 1662 942 30 misleading misleading JJ 1662 942 31 results result NNS 1662 942 32 Military military JJ 1662 942 33 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 942 34 - - : 1662 942 35 percent percent NN 1662 942 36 of of IN 1662 942 37 GDP GDP NNP 1662 942 38 : : : 1662 942 39 NA% NA% `` 1662 942 40 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 942 41 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 942 42 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 942 43 - - : 1662 942 44 international international JJ 1662 942 45 : : : 1662 942 46 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 942 47 supports support VBZ 1662 942 48 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 942 49 Armenians Armenians NNPS 1662 942 50 in in IN 1662 942 51 the the DT 1662 942 52 Nagorno Nagorno NNP 1662 942 53 - - HYPH 1662 942 54 Karabakh Karabakh NNP 1662 942 55 region region NN 1662 942 56 of of IN 1662 942 57 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 942 58 in in IN 1662 942 59 the the DT 1662 942 60 longstanding longstanding JJ 1662 942 61 , , , 1662 942 62 separatist separatist JJ 1662 942 63 conflict conflict NN 1662 942 64 against against IN 1662 942 65 the the DT 1662 942 66 Azerbaijani Azerbaijani NNP 1662 942 67 Government Government NNP 1662 942 68 ; ; : 1662 942 69 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 942 70 Sea Sea NNP 1662 942 71 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 942 72 are be VBP 1662 942 73 not not RB 1662 942 74 yet yet RB 1662 942 75 determined determine VBN 1662 942 76 among among IN 1662 942 77 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 942 78 , , , 1662 942 79 Iran Iran NNP 1662 942 80 , , , 1662 942 81 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 942 82 , , , 1662 942 83 Russia Russia NNP 1662 942 84 , , , 1662 942 85 and and CC 1662 942 86 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 1662 942 87 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 942 88 drugs drug VBZ 1662 942 89 : : : 1662 942 90 limited limited JJ 1662 942 91 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 942 92 of of IN 1662 942 93 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 942 94 and and CC 1662 942 95 opium opium NN 1662 942 96 poppy poppy NNP 1662 942 97 , , , 1662 942 98 mostly mostly RB 1662 942 99 for for IN 1662 942 100 CIS CIS NNP 1662 942 101 consumption consumption NN 1662 942 102 ; ; : 1662 942 103 limited limited JJ 1662 942 104 government government NN 1662 942 105 eradication eradication NN 1662 942 106 program program NN 1662 942 107 ; ; , 1662 942 108 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 942 109 point point NN 1662 942 110 for for IN 1662 942 111 opiates opiate NNS 1662 942 112 to to IN 1662 942 113 Western Western NNP 1662 942 114 Europe Europe NNP 1662 942 115 _ _ NNP 1662 942 116 _ _ NNP 1662 942 117 _ _ NNP 1662 942 118 _ _ NNP 1662 942 119 _ _ NNP 1662 942 120 _ _ NNP 1662 942 121 _ _ NNP 1662 942 122 _ _ NNP 1662 942 123 _ _ NNP 1662 942 124 _ _ NNP 1662 942 125 _ _ NNP 1662 942 126 _ _ NNP 1662 942 127 _ _ NNP 1662 942 128 _ _ NNP 1662 942 129 _ _ NNP 1662 942 130 _ _ NNP 1662 942 131 _ _ NNP 1662 942 132 _ _ NNP 1662 942 133 _ _ NNP 1662 942 134 _ _ NNP 1662 942 135 _ _ NNP 1662 942 136 _ _ NNP 1662 942 137 _ _ NNP 1662 942 138 _ _ NNP 1662 942 139 _ _ NNP 1662 942 140 _ _ NNP 1662 942 141 _ _ NNP 1662 942 142 _ _ NNP 1662 942 143 _ _ NNP 1662 942 144 _ _ NNP 1662 942 145 _ _ NNP 1662 942 146 _ _ NNP 1662 942 147 _ _ NNP 1662 942 148 _ _ NNP 1662 942 149 _ _ NNP 1662 942 150 _ _ NNP 1662 942 151 _ _ NNP 1662 942 152 _ _ NNP 1662 942 153 _ _ NNP 1662 942 154 _ _ NNP 1662 942 155 _ _ NNP 1662 942 156 _ _ NNP 1662 942 157 _ _ NNP 1662 942 158 _ _ NNP 1662 942 159 _ _ NNP 1662 942 160 _ _ NNP 1662 942 161 _ _ NNP 1662 942 162 _ _ NNP 1662 942 163 _ _ NNP 1662 942 164 _ _ NNP 1662 942 165 _ _ NNP 1662 942 166 _ _ NNP 1662 942 167 _ _ NNP 1662 942 168 _ _ NNP 1662 942 169 _ _ NNP 1662 942 170 _ _ NNP 1662 942 171 _ _ NNP 1662 942 172 _ _ NNP 1662 942 173 _ _ NNP 1662 942 174 _ _ NNP 1662 942 175 _ _ NNP 1662 942 176 _ _ NNP 1662 942 177 _ _ NNP 1662 942 178 _ _ NNP 1662 942 179 _ _ NNP 1662 942 180 _ _ NNP 1662 942 181 _ _ NNP 1662 942 182 _ _ NNP 1662 942 183 _ _ NNP 1662 942 184 _ _ NNP 1662 942 185 THE the DT 1662 942 186 BAHAMAS BAHAMAS NNP 1662 942 187 @The @the ADD 1662 942 188 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 942 189 : : : 1662 942 190 Geography Geography NNP 1662 942 191 Location Location NNP 1662 942 192 : : : 1662 942 193 Caribbean caribbean JJ 1662 942 194 , , , 1662 942 195 chain chain NN 1662 942 196 of of IN 1662 942 197 islands island NNS 1662 942 198 in in IN 1662 942 199 the the DT 1662 942 200 North North NNP 1662 942 201 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 942 202 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 942 203 , , , 1662 942 204 southeast southeast NN 1662 942 205 of of IN 1662 942 206 Florida Florida NNP 1662 942 207 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 942 208 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 942 209 : : : 1662 942 210 24 24 CD 1662 942 211 15 15 CD 1662 942 212 N n CD 1662 942 213 , , , 1662 942 214 76 76 CD 1662 942 215 00 00 NFP 1662 942 216 W W NNP 1662 942 217 Map Map NNP 1662 942 218 references reference NNS 1662 942 219 : : : 1662 942 220 Central Central NNP 1662 942 221 America America NNP 1662 942 222 and and CC 1662 942 223 the the DT 1662 942 224 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 942 225 Area Area NNP 1662 942 226 : : : 1662 942 227 total total NN 1662 942 228 : : : 1662 942 229 13,940 13,940 CD 1662 942 230 sq sq NN 1662 942 231 km km NNP 1662 942 232 land land NN 1662 942 233 : : : 1662 942 234 10,070 10,070 CD 1662 942 235 sq sq NNP 1662 942 236 km km NNP 1662 942 237 water water NN 1662 942 238 : : : 1662 942 239 3,870 3,870 CD 1662 942 240 sq sq NNP 1662 942 241 km km NNP 1662 942 242 Area area NN 1662 942 243 - - HYPH 1662 942 244 comparative comparative JJ 1662 942 245 : : : 1662 942 246 slightly slightly RB 1662 942 247 smaller small JJR 1662 942 248 than than IN 1662 942 249 Connecticut Connecticut NNP 1662 942 250 Land Land NNP 1662 942 251 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 942 252 : : : 1662 942 253 0 0 LS 1662 942 254 km km NN 1662 942 255 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 942 256 : : : 1662 942 257 3,542 3,542 CD 1662 942 258 km km NN 1662 942 259 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 942 260 claims claim VBZ 1662 942 261 : : : 1662 942 262 continental continental NNP 1662 942 263 shelf shelf NNP 1662 942 264 : : : 1662 942 265 200-m 200-m CD 1662 942 266 depth depth NN 1662 942 267 or or CC 1662 942 268 to to IN 1662 942 269 the the DT 1662 942 270 depth depth NN 1662 942 271 of of IN 1662 942 272 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 942 273 ( ( -LRB- 1662 942 274 measured measure VBN 1662 942 275 from from IN 1662 942 276 the the DT 1662 942 277 archipelagic archipelagic JJ 1662 942 278 straight straight JJ 1662 942 279 baselines baseline NNS 1662 942 280 ) ) -RRB- 1662 942 281 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 942 282 economic economic JJ 1662 942 283 zone zone NN 1662 942 284 : : : 1662 942 285 200 200 CD 1662 942 286 nm nm CD 1662 942 287 territorial territorial JJ 1662 942 288 sea sea NN 1662 942 289 : : : 1662 942 290 12 12 CD 1662 942 291 nm nm NNP 1662 942 292 Climate Climate NNP 1662 942 293 : : : 1662 942 294 tropical tropical JJ 1662 942 295 marine marine NN 1662 942 296 ; ; , 1662 942 297 moderated moderate VBN 1662 942 298 by by IN 1662 942 299 warm warm JJ 1662 942 300 waters water NNS 1662 942 301 of of IN 1662 942 302 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 942 303 Stream Stream NNP 1662 942 304 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 942 305 : : : 1662 942 306 long long JJ 1662 942 307 , , , 1662 942 308 flat flat JJ 1662 942 309 coral coral JJ 1662 942 310 formations formation NNS 1662 942 311 with with IN 1662 942 312 some some DT 1662 942 313 low low JJ 1662 942 314 rounded rounded JJ 1662 942 315 hills hill NNS 1662 942 316 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 942 317 extremes extreme NNS 1662 942 318 : : : 1662 942 319 lowest low JJS 1662 942 320 point point NN 1662 942 321 : : : 1662 942 322 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 942 323 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 942 324 0 0 NFP 1662 942 325 m m DT 1662 942 326 highest high JJS 1662 942 327 point point NN 1662 942 328 : : : 1662 942 329 Mount Mount NNP 1662 942 330 Alvernia Alvernia NNP 1662 942 331 63 63 CD 1662 942 332 m m NNP 1662 942 333 Natural natural JJ 1662 942 334 resources resource NNS 1662 942 335 : : : 1662 942 336 salt salt NN 1662 942 337 , , , 1662 942 338 aragonite aragonite NNP 1662 942 339 , , , 1662 942 340 timber timber NN 1662 942 341 Land land NN 1662 942 342 use use NN 1662 942 343 : : : 1662 942 344 arable arable JJ 1662 942 345 land land NN 1662 942 346 : : : 1662 942 347 1 1 CD 1662 942 348 % % NN 1662 942 349 permanent permanent JJ 1662 942 350 crops crop NNS 1662 942 351 : : : 1662 942 352 0 0 CD 1662 942 353 % % NN 1662 942 354 permanent permanent JJ 1662 942 355 pastures pasture NNS 1662 942 356 : : : 1662 942 357 0 0 CD 1662 942 358 % % NN 1662 942 359 forests forest NNS 1662 942 360 and and CC 1662 942 361 woodland woodland NN 1662 942 362 : : : 1662 942 363 32 32 CD 1662 942 364 % % NN 1662 942 365 other other JJ 1662 942 366 : : : 1662 942 367 67 67 CD 1662 942 368 % % NN 1662 942 369 ( ( -LRB- 1662 942 370 1993 1993 CD 1662 942 371 est est NNP 1662 942 372 . . . 1662 942 373 ) ) -RRB- 1662 943 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 943 2 land land NN 1662 943 3 : : : 1662 943 4 NA NA NNP 1662 943 5 sq sq RB 1662 943 6 km km VB 1662 943 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 943 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 943 9 : : : 1662 943 10 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 943 11 and and CC 1662 943 12 other other JJ 1662 943 13 tropical tropical JJ 1662 943 14 storms storm NNS 1662 943 15 that that WDT 1662 943 16 cause cause VBP 1662 943 17 extensive extensive JJ 1662 943 18 flood flood NN 1662 943 19 and and CC 1662 943 20 wind wind NN 1662 943 21 damage damage NN 1662 943 22 Environment environment NN 1662 943 23 - - HYPH 1662 943 24 current current JJ 1662 943 25 issues issue NNS 1662 943 26 : : : 1662 943 27 coral coral JJ 1662 943 28 reef reef NNP 1662 943 29 decay decay NNP 1662 943 30 Environment Environment NNP 1662 943 31 - - HYPH 1662 943 32 international international JJ 1662 943 33 agreements agreement NNS 1662 943 34 : : : 1662 943 35 party party NN 1662 943 36 to to TO 1662 943 37 : : : 1662 943 38 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 943 39 , , , 1662 943 40 Climate Climate NNP 1662 943 41 Change Change NNP 1662 943 42 , , , 1662 943 43 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 943 44 Species Species NNPS 1662 943 45 , , , 1662 943 46 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 943 47 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 943 48 , , , 1662 943 49 Law Law NNP 1662 943 50 of of IN 1662 943 51 the the DT 1662 943 52 Sea Sea NNP 1662 943 53 , , , 1662 943 54 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 943 55 Test Test NNP 1662 943 56 Ban Ban NNP 1662 943 57 , , , 1662 943 58 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 943 59 Layer Layer NNP 1662 943 60 Protection Protection NNP 1662 943 61 , , , 1662 943 62 Ship Ship NNP 1662 943 63 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 943 64 , , , 1662 943 65 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 943 66 signed sign VBD 1662 943 67 , , , 1662 943 68 but but CC 1662 943 69 not not RB 1662 943 70 ratified ratified JJ 1662 943 71 : : : 1662 943 72 none none NN 1662 943 73 of of IN 1662 943 74 the the DT 1662 943 75 selected select VBN 1662 943 76 agreements agreement NNS 1662 943 77 Geography Geography NNP 1662 943 78 - - HYPH 1662 943 79 note note NNP 1662 943 80 : : : 1662 943 81 strategic strategic JJ 1662 943 82 location location NN 1662 943 83 adjacent adjacent JJ 1662 943 84 to to IN 1662 943 85 US US NNP 1662 943 86 and and CC 1662 943 87 Cuba Cuba NNP 1662 943 88 ; ; : 1662 943 89 extensive extensive JJ 1662 943 90 island island NN 1662 943 91 chain chain NN 1662 943 92 @The @the ADD 1662 943 93 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 943 94 : : : 1662 943 95 People People NNPS 1662 943 96 Population Population NNP 1662 943 97 : : : 1662 943 98 275,941 275,941 CD 1662 943 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 943 100 July July NNP 1662 943 101 1997 1997 CD 1662 943 102 est est NNP 1662 943 103 . . . 1662 943 104 ) ) -RRB- 1662 944 1 Age age NN 1662 944 2 structure structure NN 1662 944 3 : : : 1662 944 4 0 0 CD 1662 944 5 - - HYPH 1662 944 6 14 14 CD 1662 944 7 years year NNS 1662 944 8 : : : 1662 944 9 28 28 CD 1662 944 10 % % NN 1662 944 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 944 12 male male JJ 1662 944 13 39,280 39,280 CD 1662 944 14 ; ; : 1662 944 15 female female JJ 1662 944 16 38,755 38,755 CD 1662 944 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 944 18 15 15 CD 1662 944 19 - - SYM 1662 944 20 64 64 CD 1662 944 21 years year NNS 1662 944 22 : : : 1662 944 23 66 66 CD 1662 944 24 % % NN 1662 944 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 944 26 male male NN 1662 944 27 89,483 89,483 CD 1662 944 28 ; ; : 1662 944 29 female female JJ 1662 944 30 93,479 93,479 CD 1662 944 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 944 32 65 65 CD 1662 944 33 years year NNS 1662 944 34 and and CC 1662 944 35 over over IN 1662 944 36 : : : 1662 944 37 6 6 CD 1662 944 38 % % NN 1662 944 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 944 40 male male NN 1662 944 41 6,209 6,209 CD 1662 944 42 ; ; : 1662 944 43 female female JJ 1662 944 44 8,735 8,735 CD 1662 944 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 944 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 944 47 July July NNP 1662 944 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 944 49 est est NNP 1662 944 50 . . . 1662 944 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 945 1 Population population NN 1662 945 2 growth growth NN 1662 945 3 rate rate NN 1662 945 4 : : : 1662 945 5 1.41 1.41 CD 1662 945 6 % % NN 1662 945 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 945 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 945 9 est est NNP 1662 945 10 . . . 1662 945 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 946 1 Birth birth NN 1662 946 2 rate rate NN 1662 946 3 : : : 1662 946 4 21.47 21.47 CD 1662 946 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 946 6 population population NN 1662 946 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 946 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 946 9 est est NNP 1662 946 10 . . . 1662 946 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 947 1 Death death NN 1662 947 2 rate rate NN 1662 947 3 : : : 1662 947 4 5.45 5.45 CD 1662 947 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 947 6 population population NN 1662 947 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 947 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 947 9 est est NNP 1662 947 10 . . . 1662 947 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 948 1 Net net JJ 1662 948 2 migration migration NN 1662 948 3 rate rate NN 1662 948 4 : : : 1662 948 5 -1.88 -1.88 NFP 1662 948 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 948 7 population population NN 1662 948 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 948 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 948 10 est est NNP 1662 948 11 . . . 1662 948 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 949 1 Sex sex NN 1662 949 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 949 3 : : : 1662 949 4 at at IN 1662 949 5 birth birth NN 1662 949 6 : : : 1662 949 7 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 949 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 949 9 under under IN 1662 949 10 15 15 CD 1662 949 11 years year NNS 1662 949 12 : : : 1662 949 13 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 949 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 949 15 15 15 CD 1662 949 16 - - HYPH 1662 949 17 64 64 CD 1662 949 18 years year NNS 1662 949 19 : : : 1662 949 20 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 949 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 949 22 65 65 CD 1662 949 23 years year NNS 1662 949 24 and and CC 1662 949 25 over over IN 1662 949 26 : : : 1662 949 27 0.71 0.71 CD 1662 949 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 949 29 total total JJ 1662 949 30 population population NN 1662 949 31 : : : 1662 949 32 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 949 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 949 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 949 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 949 36 est e JJS 1662 949 37 . . . 1662 949 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 950 1 Infant infant NN 1662 950 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 950 3 rate rate NN 1662 950 4 : : : 1662 950 5 19.6 19.6 CD 1662 950 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 950 7 live live JJ 1662 950 8 births birth NNS 1662 950 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 950 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 950 11 est est NNP 1662 950 12 . . . 1662 950 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 951 1 Life life NN 1662 951 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 951 3 at at IN 1662 951 4 birth birth NN 1662 951 5 : : : 1662 951 6 total total JJ 1662 951 7 population population NN 1662 951 8 : : : 1662 951 9 73.75 73.75 CD 1662 951 10 years year NNS 1662 951 11 male male JJ 1662 951 12 : : : 1662 951 13 70.36 70.36 CD 1662 951 14 years year NNS 1662 951 15 female female JJ 1662 951 16 : : : 1662 951 17 77.2 77.2 CD 1662 951 18 years year NNS 1662 951 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 951 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 951 21 est est NNP 1662 951 22 . . . 1662 951 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 952 1 Total total JJ 1662 952 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 952 3 rate rate NN 1662 952 4 : : : 1662 952 5 2.36 2.36 CD 1662 952 6 children child NNS 1662 952 7 born bear VBN 1662 952 8 / / SYM 1662 952 9 woman woman NN 1662 952 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 952 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 952 12 est est NNP 1662 952 13 . . . 1662 952 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 953 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 953 2 : : : 1662 953 3 noun noun NNP 1662 953 4 : : : 1662 953 5 Bahamian(s Bahamian(s NNP 1662 953 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 953 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 953 8 : : : 1662 953 9 Bahamian bahamian JJ 1662 953 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 953 11 groups group NNS 1662 953 12 : : : 1662 953 13 black black JJ 1662 953 14 85 85 CD 1662 953 15 % % NN 1662 953 16 , , , 1662 953 17 white white JJ 1662 953 18 15 15 CD 1662 953 19 % % NN 1662 953 20 Religions religion NNS 1662 953 21 : : : 1662 953 22 Baptist baptist NN 1662 953 23 32 32 CD 1662 953 24 % % NN 1662 953 25 , , , 1662 953 26 Anglican Anglican NNP 1662 953 27 20 20 CD 1662 953 28 % % NN 1662 953 29 , , , 1662 953 30 Roman roman JJ 1662 953 31 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 953 32 19 19 CD 1662 953 33 % % NN 1662 953 34 , , , 1662 953 35 Methodist Methodist NNP 1662 953 36 6 6 CD 1662 953 37 % % NN 1662 953 38 , , , 1662 953 39 Church Church NNP 1662 953 40 of of IN 1662 953 41 God God NNP 1662 953 42 6 6 CD 1662 953 43 % % NN 1662 953 44 , , , 1662 953 45 other other JJ 1662 953 46 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 953 47 12 12 CD 1662 953 48 % % NN 1662 953 49 , , , 1662 953 50 none none NN 1662 953 51 or or CC 1662 953 52 unknown unknown JJ 1662 953 53 3 3 CD 1662 953 54 % % NN 1662 953 55 , , , 1662 953 56 other other JJ 1662 953 57 2 2 CD 1662 953 58 % % NN 1662 953 59 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 953 60 : : : 1662 953 61 English English NNP 1662 953 62 , , , 1662 953 63 Creole Creole NNP 1662 953 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 953 65 among among IN 1662 953 66 Haitian haitian JJ 1662 953 67 immigrants immigrant NNS 1662 953 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 953 69 Literacy literacy NN 1662 953 70 : : : 1662 953 71 definition definition NN 1662 953 72 : : : 1662 953 73 age age NN 1662 953 74 15 15 CD 1662 953 75 and and CC 1662 953 76 over over RB 1662 953 77 can can MD 1662 953 78 read read VB 1662 953 79 and and CC 1662 953 80 write write VB 1662 953 81 but but CC 1662 953 82 definition definition NN 1662 953 83 of of IN 1662 953 84 literacy literacy NN 1662 953 85 not not RB 1662 953 86 available available JJ 1662 953 87 total total JJ 1662 953 88 population population NN 1662 953 89 : : : 1662 953 90 98.2 98.2 CD 1662 953 91 % % NN 1662 953 92 male male NN 1662 953 93 : : : 1662 953 94 98.5 98.5 CD 1662 953 95 % % NN 1662 953 96 female female NN 1662 953 97 : : : 1662 953 98 98 98 CD 1662 953 99 % % NN 1662 953 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 953 101 1995 1995 CD 1662 953 102 est est NNP 1662 953 103 . . . 1662 953 104 ) ) -RRB- 1662 954 1 @The @The NFP 1662 954 2 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 954 3 : : : 1662 954 4 Government Government NNP 1662 954 5 Country Country NNP 1662 954 6 name name NN 1662 954 7 : : : 1662 954 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 954 9 long long JJ 1662 954 10 form form NN 1662 954 11 : : : 1662 954 12 Commonwealth Commonwealth NNP 1662 954 13 of of IN 1662 954 14 The the DT 1662 954 15 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 954 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 954 17 short short JJ 1662 954 18 form form NN 1662 954 19 : : : 1662 954 20 The the DT 1662 954 21 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 954 22 Data Data NNP 1662 954 23 code code NN 1662 954 24 : : : 1662 954 25 BF BF NNP 1662 954 26 Government Government NNP 1662 954 27 type type NN 1662 954 28 : : : 1662 954 29 commonwealth commonwealth NNP 1662 954 30 National national JJ 1662 954 31 capital capital NN 1662 954 32 : : : 1662 954 33 Nassau Nassau NNP 1662 954 34 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 954 35 divisions division NNS 1662 954 36 : : : 1662 954 37 21 21 CD 1662 954 38 districts district NNS 1662 954 39 ; ; : 1662 954 40 Acklins acklin NNS 1662 954 41 and and CC 1662 954 42 Crooked Crooked NNP 1662 954 43 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 954 44 , , , 1662 954 45 Bimini Bimini NNP 1662 954 46 , , , 1662 954 47 Cat Cat NNP 1662 954 48 Island Island NNP 1662 954 49 , , , 1662 954 50 Exuma Exuma NNP 1662 954 51 , , , 1662 954 52 Freeport Freeport NNP 1662 954 53 , , , 1662 954 54 Fresh Fresh NNP 1662 954 55 Creek Creek NNP 1662 954 56 , , , 1662 954 57 Governor Governor NNP 1662 954 58 's 's POS 1662 954 59 Harbour Harbour NNP 1662 954 60 , , , 1662 954 61 Green Green NNP 1662 954 62 Turtle Turtle NNP 1662 954 63 Cay Cay NNP 1662 954 64 , , , 1662 954 65 Harbour Harbour NNP 1662 954 66 Island Island NNP 1662 954 67 , , , 1662 954 68 High High NNP 1662 954 69 Rock Rock NNP 1662 954 70 , , , 1662 954 71 Inagua Inagua NNP 1662 954 72 , , , 1662 954 73 Kemps Kemps NNP 1662 954 74 Bay Bay NNP 1662 954 75 , , , 1662 954 76 Long Long NNP 1662 954 77 Island Island NNP 1662 954 78 , , , 1662 954 79 Marsh Marsh NNP 1662 954 80 Harbour Harbour NNP 1662 954 81 , , , 1662 954 82 Mayaguana Mayaguana NNP 1662 954 83 , , , 1662 954 84 New New NNP 1662 954 85 Providence Providence NNP 1662 954 86 , , , 1662 954 87 Nicholls Nicholls NNP 1662 954 88 Town Town NNP 1662 954 89 and and CC 1662 954 90 Berry Berry NNP 1662 954 91 Islands Islands NNP 1662 954 92 , , , 1662 954 93 Ragged Ragged NNP 1662 954 94 Island Island NNP 1662 954 95 , , , 1662 954 96 Rock Rock NNP 1662 954 97 Sound Sound NNP 1662 954 98 , , , 1662 954 99 Sandy Sandy NNP 1662 954 100 Point Point NNP 1662 954 101 , , , 1662 954 102 San San NNP 1662 954 103 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 954 104 and and CC 1662 954 105 Rum Rum NNP 1662 954 106 Cay Cay NNP 1662 954 107 Independence Independence NNP 1662 954 108 : : : 1662 954 109 10 10 CD 1662 954 110 July July NNP 1662 954 111 1973 1973 CD 1662 954 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 954 113 from from IN 1662 954 114 UK UK NNP 1662 954 115 ) ) -RRB- 1662 954 116 National national JJ 1662 954 117 holiday holiday NN 1662 954 118 : : : 1662 954 119 National National NNP 1662 954 120 Day Day NNP 1662 954 121 , , , 1662 954 122 10 10 CD 1662 954 123 July July NNP 1662 954 124 ( ( -LRB- 1662 954 125 1973 1973 CD 1662 954 126 ) ) -RRB- 1662 954 127 Constitution constitution NN 1662 954 128 : : : 1662 954 129 10 10 CD 1662 954 130 July July NNP 1662 954 131 1973 1973 CD 1662 954 132 Legal legal JJ 1662 954 133 system system NN 1662 954 134 : : : 1662 954 135 based base VBN 1662 954 136 on on IN 1662 954 137 English English NNP 1662 954 138 common common JJ 1662 954 139 law law NN 1662 954 140 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 954 141 : : : 1662 954 142 18 18 CD 1662 954 143 years year NNS 1662 954 144 of of IN 1662 954 145 age age NN 1662 954 146 ; ; : 1662 954 147 universal universal JJ 1662 954 148 Executive Executive NNP 1662 954 149 branch branch NN 1662 954 150 : : : 1662 954 151 chief chief NN 1662 954 152 of of IN 1662 954 153 state state NN 1662 954 154 : : : 1662 954 155 Queen Queen NNP 1662 954 156 ELIZABETH ELIZABETH NNP 1662 954 157 II ii CD 1662 954 158 of of IN 1662 954 159 the the DT 1662 954 160 UK UK NNP 1662 954 161 ( ( -LRB- 1662 954 162 since since IN 1662 954 163 6 6 CD 1662 954 164 February February NNP 1662 954 165 1952 1952 CD 1662 954 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 954 167 , , , 1662 954 168 represented represent VBN 1662 954 169 by by IN 1662 954 170 Governor Governor NNP 1662 954 171 General General NNP 1662 954 172 Sir Sir NNP 1662 954 173 Orville Orville NNP 1662 954 174 TURNQUEST TURNQUEST NNP 1662 954 175 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NNP 1662 968 84 , , , 1662 968 85 1995 1995 CD 1662 968 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 968 87 commodities commodity NNS 1662 968 88 : : : 1662 968 89 pharmaceuticals pharmaceutical NNS 1662 968 90 , , , 1662 968 91 cement cement NN 1662 968 92 , , , 1662 968 93 rum rum NN 1662 968 94 , , , 1662 968 95 crawfish crawfish NN 1662 968 96 , , , 1662 968 97 refined refined JJ 1662 968 98 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 968 99 products product NNS 1662 968 100 partners partner NNS 1662 968 101 : : : 1662 968 102 US US NNP 1662 968 103 24 24 CD 1662 968 104 % % NN 1662 968 105 , , , 1662 968 106 Spain Spain NNP 1662 968 107 14 14 CD 1662 968 108 % % NN 1662 968 109 , , , 1662 968 110 UK UK NNP 1662 968 111 7 7 CD 1662 968 112 % % NN 1662 968 113 , , , 1662 968 114 Norway Norway NNP 1662 968 115 7 7 CD 1662 968 116 % % NN 1662 968 117 , , , 1662 968 118 France France NNP 1662 968 119 6 6 CD 1662 968 120 % % NN 1662 968 121 , , , 1662 968 122 Italy Italy NNP 1662 968 123 5 5 CD 1662 968 124 % % NN 1662 968 125 ( ( -LRB- 1662 968 126 1995 1995 CD 1662 968 127 est est NNP 1662 968 128 . . . 1662 968 129 ) ) -RRB- 1662 969 1 Imports import NNS 1662 969 2 : : : 1662 969 3 total total JJ 1662 969 4 value value NN 1662 969 5 : : : 1662 969 6 $ $ $ 1662 969 7 1.17 1.17 CD 1662 969 8 billion billion CD 1662 969 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 969 10 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 969 11 . . NNP 1662 969 12 , , , 1662 969 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 969 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 969 15 commodities commodity NNS 1662 969 16 : : : 1662 969 17 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 969 18 , , , 1662 969 19 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 969 20 goods good NNS 1662 969 21 , , , 1662 969 22 crude crude JJ 1662 969 23 oil oil NN 1662 969 24 , , , 1662 969 25 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 969 26 , , , 1662 969 27 electronics electronic NNS 1662 969 28 partners partner NNS 1662 969 29 : : : 1662 969 30 US US NNP 1662 969 31 29 29 CD 1662 969 32 % % NN 1662 969 33 , , , 1662 969 34 Finland Finland NNP 1662 969 35 10 10 CD 1662 969 36 % % NN 1662 969 37 , , , 1662 969 38 Iran Iran NNP 1662 969 39 10 10 CD 1662 969 40 % % NN 1662 969 41 , , , 1662 969 42 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 969 43 8 8 CD 1662 969 44 % % NN 1662 969 45 Debt debt NN 1662 969 46 - - HYPH 1662 969 47 external external JJ 1662 969 48 : : : 1662 969 49 $ $ $ 1662 969 50 393 393 CD 1662 969 51 million million CD 1662 969 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 969 53 1995 1995 CD 1662 969 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 969 55 Economic economic JJ 1662 969 56 aid aid NN 1662 969 57 : : : 1662 969 58 $ $ $ 1662 969 59 NA NA NNP 1662 969 60 Currency currency NN 1662 969 61 : : : 1662 969 62 1 1 CD 1662 969 63 Bahamian bahamian JJ 1662 969 64 dollar dollar NN 1662 969 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 969 66 B$ B$ NNP 1662 969 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 969 68 = = NFP 1662 969 69 100 100 CD 1662 969 70 cents cent NNS 1662 969 71 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 969 72 rates rate NNS 1662 969 73 : : : 1662 969 74 Bahamian bahamian JJ 1662 969 75 dollar dollar NN 1662 969 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 969 77 B$ B$ NNP 1662 969 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 969 79 per per IN 1662 969 80 US$ us$ $ 1662 969 81 1 1 CD 1662 969 82 - - SYM 1662 969 83 1.00 1.00 CD 1662 969 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 969 85 February February NNP 1662 969 86 1997 1997 CD 1662 969 87 ; ; : 1662 969 88 fixed fix VBN 1662 969 89 rate rate NN 1662 969 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 969 91 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 969 92 year year NN 1662 969 93 : : : 1662 969 94 1 1 CD 1662 969 95 July July NNP 1662 969 96 - - HYPH 1662 969 97 30 30 CD 1662 969 98 June June NNP 1662 969 99 @The @the ADD 1662 969 100 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 969 101 : : : 1662 969 102 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 969 103 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 969 104 : : : 1662 969 105 119,000 119,000 CD 1662 969 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 969 107 1987 1987 CD 1662 969 108 est est NNP 1662 969 109 . . . 1662 969 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 970 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 970 2 system system NN 1662 970 3 : : : 1662 970 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 970 5 : : : 1662 970 6 totally totally RB 1662 970 7 automatic automatic JJ 1662 970 8 system system NN 1662 970 9 ; ; : 1662 970 10 highly highly RB 1662 970 11 developed develop VBN 1662 970 12 international international JJ 1662 970 13 : : : 1662 970 14 tropospheric tropospheric NN 1662 970 15 scatter scatter NN 1662 970 16 and and CC 1662 970 17 submarine submarine NN 1662 970 18 cable cable NN 1662 970 19 to to IN 1662 970 20 Florida Florida NNP 1662 970 21 ; ; : 1662 970 22 3 3 CD 1662 970 23 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 970 24 submarine submarine NN 1662 970 25 cables cable NNS 1662 970 26 ; ; : 1662 970 27 satellite satellite NN 1662 970 28 earth earth NN 1662 970 29 station station NN 1662 970 30 - - : 1662 970 31 1 1 CD 1662 970 32 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 970 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 970 34 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 970 35 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 970 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 970 37 Radio radio NN 1662 970 38 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 970 39 stations station NNS 1662 970 40 : : : 1662 970 41 AM am VBP 1662 970 42 3 3 CD 1662 970 43 , , , 1662 970 44 FM FM NNP 1662 970 45 2 2 CD 1662 970 46 , , , 1662 970 47 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 970 48 0 0 CD 1662 970 49 Radios radio NNS 1662 970 50 : : : 1662 970 51 200,000 200,000 CD 1662 970 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 970 53 1993 1993 CD 1662 970 54 est est NNP 1662 970 55 . . . 1662 970 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 971 1 Television television NN 1662 971 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 971 3 stations station NNS 1662 971 4 : : : 1662 971 5 1 1 CD 1662 971 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 971 7 1986 1986 CD 1662 971 8 est est NNP 1662 971 9 . . . 1662 971 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 972 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 972 2 : : : 1662 972 3 60,000 60,000 CD 1662 972 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 972 5 1993 1993 CD 1662 972 6 est est NNP 1662 972 7 . . . 1662 972 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 973 1 @The @The NFP 1662 973 2 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 973 3 : : : 1662 973 4 Transportation transportation NN 1662 973 5 Railways railway NNS 1662 973 6 : : : 1662 973 7 0 0 LS 1662 973 8 km km NN 1662 973 9 Highways highway NNS 1662 973 10 : : : 1662 973 11 total total NN 1662 973 12 : : : 1662 973 13 2,450 2,450 CD 1662 973 14 km km NN 1662 973 15 paved pave VBN 1662 973 16 : : : 1662 973 17 1,406 1,406 CD 1662 973 18 km km NN 1662 973 19 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 973 20 : : : 1662 973 21 1,044 1,044 CD 1662 973 22 km km NNS 1662 973 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 973 24 1995 1995 CD 1662 973 25 est est NNP 1662 973 26 . . . 1662 973 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 974 1 Ports port NNS 1662 974 2 and and CC 1662 974 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 974 4 : : : 1662 974 5 Freeport Freeport NNP 1662 974 6 , , , 1662 974 7 Matthew Matthew NNP 1662 974 8 Town Town NNP 1662 974 9 , , , 1662 974 10 Nassau Nassau NNP 1662 974 11 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 974 12 marine marine NN 1662 974 13 : : : 1662 974 14 total total NN 1662 974 15 : : : 1662 974 16 988 988 CD 1662 974 17 ships ship NNS 1662 974 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 974 19 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 974 20 GRT GRT NNP 1662 974 21 or or CC 1662 974 22 over over RB 1662 974 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 974 24 totaling total VBG 1662 974 25 23,690,478 23,690,478 CD 1662 974 26 GRT/37,428,826 grt/37,428,826 CD 1662 974 27 DWT dwt NN 1662 974 28 ships ship NNS 1662 974 29 by by IN 1662 974 30 type type NN 1662 974 31 : : : 1662 974 32 bulk bulk NNP 1662 974 33 176 176 CD 1662 974 34 , , , 1662 974 35 cargo cargo NN 1662 974 36 205 205 CD 1662 974 37 , , , 1662 974 38 chemical chemical NNP 1662 974 39 tanker tanker NN 1662 974 40 41 41 CD 1662 974 41 , , , 1662 974 42 combination combination NN 1662 974 43 bulk bulk NN 1662 974 44 7 7 CD 1662 974 45 , , , 1662 974 46 combination combination NN 1662 974 47 ore ore NN 1662 974 48 / / SYM 1662 974 49 oil oil NN 1662 974 50 23 23 CD 1662 974 51 , , , 1662 974 52 container container NN 1662 974 53 56 56 CD 1662 974 54 , , , 1662 974 55 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 974 56 gas gas NN 1662 974 57 tanker tanker NN 1662 974 58 21 21 CD 1662 974 59 , , , 1662 974 60 oil oil NN 1662 974 61 tanker tanker NN 1662 974 62 184 184 CD 1662 974 63 , , , 1662 974 64 passenger passenger NN 1662 974 65 47 47 CD 1662 974 66 , , , 1662 974 67 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 974 68 cargo cargo NN 1662 974 69 150 150 CD 1662 974 70 , , , 1662 974 71 roll roll NN 1662 974 72 - - HYPH 1662 974 73 on on IN 1662 974 74 / / SYM 1662 974 75 roll roll NN 1662 974 76 - - HYPH 1662 974 77 off off RP 1662 974 78 cargo cargo NN 1662 974 79 53 53 CD 1662 974 80 , , , 1662 974 81 short short JJ 1662 974 82 - - HYPH 1662 974 83 sea sea NN 1662 974 84 passenger passenger NN 1662 974 85 11 11 CD 1662 974 86 , , , 1662 974 87 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 974 88 carrier carrier NN 1662 974 89 14 14 CD 1662 974 90 note note NN 1662 974 91 : : : 1662 974 92 a a DT 1662 974 93 flag flag NN 1662 974 94 of of IN 1662 974 95 convenience convenience NN 1662 974 96 registry registry NN 1662 974 97 ; ; : 1662 974 98 includes include VBZ 1662 974 99 ships ship NNS 1662 974 100 from from IN 1662 974 101 46 46 CD 1662 974 102 countries country NNS 1662 974 103 among among IN 1662 974 104 which which WDT 1662 974 105 are be VBP 1662 974 106 Norway Norway NNP 1662 974 107 157 157 CD 1662 974 108 , , , 1662 974 109 Greece Greece NNP 1662 974 110 146 146 CD 1662 974 111 , , , 1662 974 112 UK UK NNP 1662 974 113 128 128 CD 1662 974 114 , , , 1662 974 115 US US NNP 1662 974 116 69 69 CD 1662 974 117 , , , 1662 974 118 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 974 119 51 51 CD 1662 974 120 , , , 1662 974 121 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 974 122 34 34 CD 1662 974 123 , , , 1662 974 124 Finland Finland NNP 1662 974 125 32 32 CD 1662 974 126 , , , 1662 974 127 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 974 128 29 29 CD 1662 974 129 , , , 1662 974 130 Japan Japan NNP 1662 974 131 27 27 CD 1662 974 132 , , , 1662 974 133 and and CC 1662 974 134 Monaco Monaco NNP 1662 974 135 27 27 CD 1662 974 136 ; ; : 1662 974 137 Bahamas Bahamas NNP 1662 974 138 owns own VBZ 1662 974 139 10 10 CD 1662 974 140 additional additional JJ 1662 974 141 ships ship NNS 1662 974 142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 974 143 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 974 144 GRT GRT NNP 1662 974 145 or or CC 1662 974 146 over over RB 1662 974 147 ) ) -RRB- 1662 974 148 totaling total VBG 1662 974 149 256,379 256,379 CD 1662 974 150 DWT DWT NNP 1662 974 151 that that WDT 1662 974 152 operate operate VBP 1662 974 153 under under IN 1662 974 154 Panamanian panamanian JJ 1662 974 155 and and CC 1662 974 156 Cypriot cypriot JJ 1662 974 157 registry registry NN 1662 974 158 ( ( -LRB- 1662 974 159 1996 1996 CD 1662 974 160 est est NNP 1662 974 161 . . . 1662 974 162 ) ) -RRB- 1662 975 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 975 2 : : : 1662 975 3 54 54 CD 1662 975 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 975 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 975 6 est est NNP 1662 975 7 . . . 1662 975 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 976 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 976 2 - - , 1662 976 3 with with IN 1662 976 4 paved paved JJ 1662 976 5 runways runway NNS 1662 976 6 : : : 1662 976 7 total total NN 1662 976 8 : : : 1662 976 9 47 47 CD 1662 976 10 over over IN 1662 976 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 976 12 m m NN 1662 976 13 : : : 1662 976 14 2 2 CD 1662 976 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 976 16 to to TO 1662 976 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 976 18 m m NN 1662 976 19 : : : 1662 976 20 1 1 CD 1662 976 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 976 22 to to TO 1662 976 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 976 24 m m NN 1662 976 25 : : : 1662 976 26 15 15 CD 1662 976 27 914 914 CD 1662 976 28 to to TO 1662 976 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 976 30 m m NN 1662 976 31 : : : 1662 976 32 12 12 CD 1662 976 33 under under IN 1662 976 34 914 914 CD 1662 976 35 m m NN 1662 976 36 : : : 1662 976 37 17 17 CD 1662 976 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 976 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 976 40 est est NNP 1662 976 41 . . . 1662 976 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 977 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 977 2 - - , 1662 977 3 with with IN 1662 977 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 977 5 runways runway NNS 1662 977 6 : : : 1662 977 7 total total NN 1662 977 8 : : : 1662 977 9 7 7 CD 1662 977 10 914 914 CD 1662 977 11 to to TO 1662 977 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 977 13 m m NN 1662 977 14 : : : 1662 977 15 7 7 CD 1662 977 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 977 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 977 18 est est NNP 1662 977 19 . . . 1662 977 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 978 1 Military military JJ 1662 978 2 Military military JJ 1662 978 3 branches branch NNS 1662 978 4 : : : 1662 978 5 Royal Royal NNP 1662 978 6 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 978 7 Defense Defense NNP 1662 978 8 Force Force NNP 1662 978 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 978 10 Coast Coast NNP 1662 978 11 Guard Guard NNP 1662 978 12 only only RB 1662 978 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 978 14 , , , 1662 978 15 Royal Royal NNP 1662 978 16 Bahamas Bahamas NNP 1662 978 17 Police Police NNP 1662 978 18 Force Force NNP 1662 978 19 Military Military NNP 1662 978 20 manpower manpower NN 1662 978 21 - - HYPH 1662 978 22 availability availability NN 1662 978 23 : : : 1662 978 24 males male NNS 1662 978 25 age age NNP 1662 978 26 15 15 CD 1662 978 27 - - SYM 1662 978 28 49 49 CD 1662 978 29 : : : 1662 978 30 NA NA NNP 1662 978 31 Military military JJ 1662 978 32 manpower manpower NN 1662 978 33 - - HYPH 1662 978 34 fit fit NN 1662 978 35 for for IN 1662 978 36 military military JJ 1662 978 37 service service NN 1662 978 38 : : : 1662 978 39 males male NNS 1662 978 40 : : : 1662 978 41 NA NA NNP 1662 978 42 Military military JJ 1662 978 43 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 978 44 - - HYPH 1662 978 45 dollar dollar NN 1662 978 46 figure figure NN 1662 978 47 : : : 1662 978 48 $ $ $ 1662 978 49 20 20 CD 1662 978 50 million million CD 1662 978 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 978 52 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 978 53 ) ) 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m DT 1662 978 295 highest high JJS 1662 978 296 point point NN 1662 978 297 : : : 1662 978 298 Jabal Jabal NNP 1662 978 299 ad ad NN 1662 978 300 Dukhan Dukhan NNP 1662 978 301 122 122 CD 1662 978 302 m m NNP 1662 978 303 Natural natural JJ 1662 978 304 resources resource NNS 1662 978 305 : : : 1662 978 306 oil oil NN 1662 978 307 , , , 1662 978 308 associated associate VBN 1662 978 309 and and CC 1662 978 310 nonassociated nonassociate VBN 1662 978 311 natural natural JJ 1662 978 312 gas gas NN 1662 978 313 , , , 1662 978 314 fish fish NN 1662 978 315 Land land NN 1662 978 316 use use NN 1662 978 317 : : : 1662 978 318 arable arable JJ 1662 978 319 land land NN 1662 978 320 : : : 1662 978 321 1 1 CD 1662 978 322 % % NN 1662 978 323 permanent permanent JJ 1662 978 324 crops crop NNS 1662 978 325 : : : 1662 978 326 1 1 CD 1662 978 327 % % NN 1662 978 328 permanent permanent JJ 1662 978 329 pastures pasture NNS 1662 978 330 : : : 1662 978 331 6 6 CD 1662 978 332 % % NN 1662 978 333 forests forest NNS 1662 978 334 and and CC 1662 978 335 woodland woodland JJ 1662 978 336 : : : 1662 978 337 0 0 CD 1662 978 338 % % NN 1662 978 339 other other JJ 1662 978 340 : : : 1662 978 341 92 92 CD 1662 978 342 % % NN 1662 978 343 ( ( -LRB- 1662 978 344 1993 1993 CD 1662 978 345 est est NNP 1662 978 346 . . . 1662 978 347 ) ) -RRB- 1662 979 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 979 2 land land NN 1662 979 3 : : : 1662 979 4 10 10 CD 1662 979 5 sq sq NNP 1662 979 6 km km NNP 1662 979 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 979 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 979 9 est est NNP 1662 979 10 . . . 1662 979 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 980 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 980 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 980 3 : : : 1662 980 4 periodic periodic JJ 1662 980 5 droughts drought NNS 1662 980 6 ; ; : 1662 980 7 dust dust NN 1662 980 8 storms storm NNS 1662 980 9 Environment Environment NNP 1662 980 10 - - HYPH 1662 980 11 current current JJ 1662 980 12 issues issue NNS 1662 980 13 : : : 1662 980 14 desertification desertification NN 1662 980 15 resulting result VBG 1662 980 16 from from IN 1662 980 17 the the DT 1662 980 18 degradation degradation NN 1662 980 19 of of IN 1662 980 20 limited limited JJ 1662 980 21 arable arable JJ 1662 980 22 land land NN 1662 980 23 , , , 1662 980 24 periods period NNS 1662 980 25 of of IN 1662 980 26 drought drought NN 1662 980 27 , , , 1662 980 28 and and CC 1662 980 29 dust dust NN 1662 980 30 storms storm NNS 1662 980 31 ; ; : 1662 980 32 coastal coastal JJ 1662 980 33 degradation degradation NN 1662 980 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 980 35 damage damage NN 1662 980 36 to to IN 1662 980 37 coastlines coastline NNS 1662 980 38 , , , 1662 980 39 coral coral JJ 1662 980 40 reefs reef NNS 1662 980 41 , , , 1662 980 42 and and CC 1662 980 43 sea sea NN 1662 980 44 vegetation vegetation NN 1662 980 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 980 46 resulting result VBG 1662 980 47 from from IN 1662 980 48 oil oil NN 1662 980 49 spills spill NNS 1662 980 50 and and CC 1662 980 51 other other JJ 1662 980 52 discharges discharge NNS 1662 980 53 from from IN 1662 980 54 large large JJ 1662 980 55 tankers tanker NNS 1662 980 56 , , , 1662 980 57 oil oil NN 1662 980 58 refineries refinery NNS 1662 980 59 , , , 1662 980 60 and and CC 1662 980 61 distribution distribution NN 1662 980 62 stations station NNS 1662 980 63 ; ; : 1662 980 64 no no DT 1662 980 65 natural natural JJ 1662 980 66 fresh fresh JJ 1662 980 67 water water NN 1662 980 68 resources resource NNS 1662 980 69 so so IN 1662 980 70 that that DT 1662 980 71 groundwater groundwater NN 1662 980 72 and and CC 1662 980 73 sea sea NN 1662 980 74 water water NN 1662 980 75 are be VBP 1662 980 76 the the DT 1662 980 77 only only JJ 1662 980 78 sources source NNS 1662 980 79 for for IN 1662 980 80 all all DT 1662 980 81 water water NN 1662 980 82 needs need VBZ 1662 980 83 Environment Environment NNP 1662 980 84 - - HYPH 1662 980 85 international international JJ 1662 980 86 agreements agreement NNS 1662 980 87 : : : 1662 980 88 party party NN 1662 980 89 to to TO 1662 980 90 : : : 1662 980 91 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 980 92 , , , 1662 980 93 Climate climate NN 1662 980 94 Change Change NNP 1662 980 95 , , , 1662 980 96 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 980 97 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 980 98 , , , 1662 980 99 Law Law NNP 1662 980 100 of of IN 1662 980 101 the the DT 1662 980 102 Sea Sea NNP 1662 980 103 , , , 1662 980 104 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 980 105 Layer Layer NNP 1662 980 106 Protection Protection NNP 1662 980 107 signed sign VBD 1662 980 108 , , , 1662 980 109 but but CC 1662 980 110 not not RB 1662 980 111 ratified ratified JJ 1662 980 112 : : : 1662 980 113 none none NN 1662 980 114 of of IN 1662 980 115 the the DT 1662 980 116 selected select VBN 1662 980 117 agreements agreement NNS 1662 980 118 Geography Geography NNP 1662 980 119 - - HYPH 1662 980 120 note note NNP 1662 980 121 : : : 1662 980 122 close close RB 1662 980 123 to to IN 1662 980 124 primary primary JJ 1662 980 125 Middle middle JJ 1662 980 126 Eastern eastern JJ 1662 980 127 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 980 128 sources source NNS 1662 980 129 ; ; : 1662 980 130 strategic strategic JJ 1662 980 131 location location NN 1662 980 132 in in IN 1662 980 133 Persian Persian NNP 1662 980 134 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 980 135 which which WDT 1662 980 136 much much JJ 1662 980 137 of of IN 1662 980 138 Western western JJ 1662 980 139 world world NN 1662 980 140 's 's POS 1662 980 141 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 980 142 must must MD 1662 980 143 transit transit VB 1662 980 144 to to TO 1662 980 145 reach reach VB 1662 980 146 open open JJ 1662 980 147 ocean ocean NN 1662 980 148 @Bahrain @Bahrain NNP 1662 980 149 : : : 1662 980 150 People People NNP 1662 980 151 Population Population NNP 1662 980 152 : : : 1662 980 153 603,318 603,318 CD 1662 980 154 ( ( -LRB- 1662 980 155 July July NNP 1662 980 156 1997 1997 CD 1662 980 157 est est NNP 1662 980 158 . . . 1662 980 159 ) ) -RRB- 1662 981 1 note note NN 1662 981 2 : : : 1662 981 3 includes include VBZ 1662 981 4 221,182 221,182 CD 1662 981 5 non non NNS 1662 981 6 - - NNS 1662 981 7 nationals nationals JJ 1662 981 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 981 9 July July NNP 1662 981 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 981 11 est est NNP 1662 981 12 . . . 1662 981 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 982 1 Age age NN 1662 982 2 structure structure NN 1662 982 3 : : : 1662 982 4 0 0 CD 1662 982 5 - - HYPH 1662 982 6 14 14 CD 1662 982 7 years year NNS 1662 982 8 : : : 1662 982 9 31 31 CD 1662 982 10 % % NN 1662 982 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 982 12 male male NN 1662 982 13 94,330 94,330 CD 1662 982 14 ; ; : 1662 982 15 female female JJ 1662 982 16 91,532 91,532 CD 1662 982 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 982 18 15 15 CD 1662 982 19 - - SYM 1662 982 20 64 64 CD 1662 982 21 years year NNS 1662 982 22 : : : 1662 982 23 66 66 CD 1662 982 24 % % NN 1662 982 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 982 26 male male JJ 1662 982 27 240,496 240,496 CD 1662 982 28 ; ; : 1662 982 29 female female JJ 1662 982 30 160,662 160,662 CD 1662 982 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 982 32 65 65 CD 1662 982 33 years year NNS 1662 982 34 and and CC 1662 982 35 over over IN 1662 982 36 : : : 1662 982 37 3 3 CD 1662 982 38 % % NN 1662 982 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 982 40 male male JJ 1662 982 41 8,375 8,375 CD 1662 982 42 ; ; : 1662 982 43 female female JJ 1662 982 44 7,923 7,923 CD 1662 982 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 982 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 982 47 July July NNP 1662 982 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 982 49 est est NNP 1662 982 50 . . . 1662 982 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 983 1 Population population NN 1662 983 2 growth growth NN 1662 983 3 rate rate NN 1662 983 4 : : : 1662 983 5 2.18 2.18 CD 1662 983 6 % % NN 1662 983 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 983 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 983 9 est est NNP 1662 983 10 . . . 1662 983 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 984 1 Birth birth NN 1662 984 2 rate rate NN 1662 984 3 : : : 1662 984 4 23.01 23.01 CD 1662 984 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 984 6 population population NN 1662 984 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 984 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 984 9 est est NNP 1662 984 10 . . . 1662 984 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 985 1 Death death NN 1662 985 2 rate rate NN 1662 985 3 : : : 1662 985 4 3.27 3.27 CD 1662 985 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 985 6 population population NN 1662 985 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 985 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 985 9 est est NNP 1662 985 10 . . . 1662 985 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 986 1 Net net JJ 1662 986 2 migration migration NN 1662 986 3 rate rate NN 1662 986 4 : : : 1662 986 5 2.07 2.07 CD 1662 986 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 986 7 population population NN 1662 986 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 986 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 986 10 est est NNP 1662 986 11 . . . 1662 986 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 987 1 Sex sex NN 1662 987 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 987 3 : : : 1662 987 4 at at IN 1662 987 5 birth birth NN 1662 987 6 : : : 1662 987 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 987 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 987 9 under under IN 1662 987 10 15 15 CD 1662 987 11 years year NNS 1662 987 12 : : : 1662 987 13 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 987 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 987 15 15 15 CD 1662 987 16 - - HYPH 1662 987 17 64 64 CD 1662 987 18 years year NNS 1662 987 19 : : : 1662 987 20 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 987 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 987 22 65 65 CD 1662 987 23 years year NNS 1662 987 24 and and CC 1662 987 25 over over IN 1662 987 26 : : : 1662 987 27 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 987 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 987 29 total total JJ 1662 987 30 population population NN 1662 987 31 : : : 1662 987 32 1.32 1.32 CD 1662 987 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 987 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 987 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 987 36 est e JJS 1662 987 37 . . . 1662 987 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 988 1 Infant infant NN 1662 988 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 988 3 rate rate NN 1662 988 4 : : : 1662 988 5 16.4 16.4 CD 1662 988 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 CD 1662 988 7 live live JJ 1662 988 8 births birth NNS 1662 988 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 988 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 988 11 est est NNP 1662 988 12 . . . 1662 988 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 989 1 Life life NN 1662 989 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 989 3 at at IN 1662 989 4 birth birth NN 1662 989 5 : : : 1662 989 6 total total JJ 1662 989 7 population population NN 1662 989 8 : : : 1662 989 9 74.63 74.63 CD 1662 989 10 years year NNS 1662 989 11 male male NN 1662 989 12 : : : 1662 989 13 72.1 72.1 CD 1662 989 14 years year NNS 1662 989 15 female female JJ 1662 989 16 : : : 1662 989 17 77.24 77.24 CD 1662 989 18 years year NNS 1662 989 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 989 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 989 21 est est NNP 1662 989 22 . . . 1662 989 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 990 1 Total total JJ 1662 990 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 990 3 rate rate NN 1662 990 4 : : : 1662 990 5 3.04 3.04 CD 1662 990 6 children child NNS 1662 990 7 born bear VBN 1662 990 8 / / SYM 1662 990 9 woman woman NN 1662 990 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 990 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 990 12 est est NNP 1662 990 13 . . . 1662 990 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 991 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 991 2 : : : 1662 991 3 noun noun NNP 1662 991 4 : : : 1662 991 5 Bahraini(s Bahraini(s NNP 1662 991 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 991 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 991 8 : : : 1662 991 9 Bahraini bahraini JJ 1662 991 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 991 11 groups group NNS 1662 991 12 : : : 1662 991 13 Bahraini bahraini NN 1662 991 14 63 63 CD 1662 991 15 % % NN 1662 991 16 , , , 1662 991 17 Asian Asian NNP 1662 991 18 13 13 CD 1662 991 19 % % NN 1662 991 20 , , , 1662 991 21 other other JJ 1662 991 22 Arab Arab NNP 1662 991 23 10 10 CD 1662 991 24 % % NN 1662 991 25 , , , 1662 991 26 Iranian iranian JJ 1662 991 27 8 8 CD 1662 991 28 % % NN 1662 991 29 , , , 1662 991 30 other other JJ 1662 991 31 6 6 CD 1662 991 32 % % NN 1662 991 33 Religions religion NNS 1662 991 34 : : : 1662 991 35 Shi'a Shi'a NNP 1662 991 36 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 991 37 75 75 CD 1662 991 38 % % NN 1662 991 39 , , , 1662 991 40 Sunni Sunni NNP 1662 991 41 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 991 42 25 25 CD 1662 991 43 % % NN 1662 991 44 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 991 45 : : : 1662 991 46 Arabic arabic JJ 1662 991 47 , , , 1662 991 48 English English NNP 1662 991 49 , , , 1662 991 50 Farsi Farsi NNP 1662 991 51 , , , 1662 991 52 Urdu Urdu NNP 1662 991 53 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 991 54 : : : 1662 991 55 definition definition NN 1662 991 56 : : : 1662 991 57 age age NN 1662 991 58 15 15 CD 1662 991 59 and and CC 1662 991 60 over over RB 1662 991 61 can can MD 1662 991 62 read read VB 1662 991 63 and and CC 1662 991 64 write write VB 1662 991 65 total total JJ 1662 991 66 population population NN 1662 991 67 : : : 1662 991 68 85.2 85.2 CD 1662 991 69 % % NN 1662 991 70 male male NN 1662 991 71 : : : 1662 991 72 89.1 89.1 CD 1662 991 73 % % NN 1662 991 74 female female NN 1662 991 75 : : : 1662 991 76 79.4 79.4 CD 1662 991 77 % % NN 1662 991 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 991 79 1995 1995 CD 1662 991 80 est est NNP 1662 991 81 . . . 1662 991 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 992 1 @Bahrain @bahrain LS 1662 992 2 : : : 1662 992 3 Government Government NNP 1662 992 4 Country Country NNP 1662 992 5 name name NN 1662 992 6 : : : 1662 992 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 992 8 long long JJ 1662 992 9 form form NN 1662 992 10 : : : 1662 992 11 State state NN 1662 992 12 of of IN 1662 992 13 Bahrain Bahrain NNP 1662 992 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 992 15 short short JJ 1662 992 16 form form NN 1662 992 17 : : : 1662 992 18 Bahrain Bahrain NNP 1662 992 19 local local JJ 1662 992 20 long long JJ 1662 992 21 form form NN 1662 992 22 : : : 1662 992 23 Dawlat Dawlat NNP 1662 992 24 al al NNP 1662 992 25 Bahrayn Bahrayn NNP 1662 992 26 local local JJ 1662 992 27 short short JJ 1662 992 28 form form NN 1662 992 29 : : : 1662 992 30 Al Al NNP 1662 992 31 Bahrayn Bahrayn NNP 1662 992 32 Data Data NNP 1662 992 33 code code NN 1662 992 34 : : : 1662 992 35 BA BA NNP 1662 992 36 Government Government NNP 1662 992 37 type type NN 1662 992 38 : : : 1662 992 39 traditional traditional JJ 1662 992 40 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 992 41 National national JJ 1662 992 42 capital capital NN 1662 992 43 : : : 1662 992 44 Manama Manama NNP 1662 992 45 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 992 46 divisions division NNS 1662 992 47 : : : 1662 992 48 12 12 CD 1662 992 49 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 992 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 992 51 manatiq manatiq NNP 1662 992 52 , , , 1662 992 53 singular singular NNP 1662 992 54 - - HYPH 1662 992 55 mintaqah mintaqah NNP 1662 992 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 992 57 ; ; : 1662 992 58 Al Al NNP 1662 992 59 Hadd Hadd NNP 1662 992 60 , , , 1662 992 61 Al Al NNP 1662 992 62 Manamah Manamah NNP 1662 992 63 , , , 1662 992 64 Al Al NNP 1662 992 65 Mintaqah Mintaqah NNP 1662 992 66 al al NNP 1662 992 67 Gharbiyah Gharbiyah NNP 1662 992 68 , , , 1662 992 69 Al Al NNP 1662 992 70 Mintaqah Mintaqah NNP 1662 992 71 al al NNP 1662 992 72 Wusta Wusta NNP 1662 992 73 , , , 1662 992 74 Al Al NNP 1662 992 75 Mintaqah Mintaqah NNP 1662 992 76 ash ash NN 1662 992 77 Shamaliyah Shamaliyah NNP 1662 992 78 , , , 1662 992 79 Al Al NNP 1662 992 80 Muharraq Muharraq NNP 1662 992 81 , , , 1662 992 82 Ar Ar NNP 1662 992 83 Rifa'wa Rifa'wa NNP 1662 992 84 al al NNP 1662 992 85 Mintaqah Mintaqah NNP 1662 992 86 al al NNP 1662 992 87 Janubiyah Janubiyah NNP 1662 992 88 , , , 1662 992 89 Jidd Jidd NNP 1662 992 90 Hafs Hafs NNP 1662 992 91 , , , 1662 992 92 Madinat Madinat NNP 1662 992 93 Hamad Hamad NNP 1662 992 94 , , , 1662 992 95 Madinat Madinat NNP 1662 992 96 ' ' POS 1662 992 97 Isa Isa NNP 1662 992 98 , , , 1662 992 99 Juzur Juzur NNP 1662 992 100 Hawar Hawar NNP 1662 992 101 , , , 1662 992 102 Sitrah Sitrah NNP 1662 992 103 note note NN 1662 992 104 : : : 1662 992 105 all all DT 1662 992 106 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 992 107 administered administer VBN 1662 992 108 from from IN 1662 992 109 Manama Manama NNP 1662 992 110 Independence Independence NNP 1662 992 111 : : : 1662 992 112 15 15 CD 1662 992 113 August August NNP 1662 992 114 1971 1971 CD 1662 992 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 992 116 from from IN 1662 992 117 UK UK NNP 1662 992 118 ) ) -RRB- 1662 992 119 National national JJ 1662 992 120 holiday holiday NN 1662 992 121 : : : 1662 992 122 Independence Independence NNP 1662 992 123 Day Day NNP 1662 992 124 , , , 1662 992 125 16 16 CD 1662 992 126 December December NNP 1662 992 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 992 128 1971 1971 CD 1662 992 129 ) ) -RRB- 1662 992 130 Constitution constitution NN 1662 992 131 : : : 1662 992 132 26 26 CD 1662 992 133 May May NNP 1662 992 134 1973 1973 CD 1662 992 135 , , , 1662 992 136 effective effective JJ 1662 992 137 6 6 CD 1662 992 138 December December NNP 1662 992 139 1973 1973 CD 1662 992 140 Legal legal JJ 1662 992 141 system system NN 1662 992 142 : : : 1662 992 143 based base VBN 1662 992 144 on on IN 1662 992 145 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 992 146 law law NN 1662 992 147 and and CC 1662 992 148 English english JJ 1662 992 149 common common JJ 1662 992 150 law law NN 1662 992 151 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 992 152 : : : 1662 992 153 none none NN 1662 992 154 Executive executive JJ 1662 992 155 branch branch NN 1662 992 156 : : : 1662 992 157 chief chief NN 1662 992 158 of of IN 1662 992 159 state state NN 1662 992 160 : : : 1662 992 161 Amir Amir NNP 1662 992 162 ISA ISA NNP 1662 992 163 bin bin NNP 1662 992 164 Salman Salman NNP 1662 992 165 Al Al NNP 1662 992 166 Khalifa Khalifa NNP 1662 992 167 ( ( -LRB- 1662 992 168 since since IN 1662 992 169 2 2 CD 1662 992 170 November November NNP 1662 992 171 1961 1961 CD 1662 992 172 ) ) -RRB- 1662 992 173 ; ; : 1662 992 174 Heir Heir NNP 1662 992 175 Apparent Apparent NNP 1662 992 176 HAMAD HAMAD NNP 1662 992 177 bin bin NNP 1662 992 178 Isa Isa NNP 1662 992 179 bin bin NNP 1662 992 180 Salman Salman NNP 1662 992 181 Al Al NNP 1662 992 182 Khalifa Khalifa NNP 1662 992 183 ( ( -LRB- 1662 992 184 son son NN 1662 992 185 of of IN 1662 992 186 the the DT 1662 992 187 Amir Amir NNP 1662 992 188 , , , 1662 992 189 born bear VBN 1662 992 190 28 28 CD 1662 992 191 January January NNP 1662 992 192 1949 1949 CD 1662 992 193 ) ) -RRB- 1662 992 194 head head NN 1662 992 195 of of IN 1662 992 196 government government NN 1662 992 197 : : : 1662 992 198 Prime Prime NNP 1662 992 199 Minister Minister NNP 1662 992 200 KHALIFA KHALIFA NNP 1662 992 201 bin bin NNP 1662 992 202 Salman Salman NNP 1662 992 203 Al Al NNP 1662 992 204 Khalifa Khalifa NNP 1662 992 205 ( ( -LRB- 1662 992 206 since since IN 1662 992 207 19 19 CD 1662 992 208 January January NNP 1662 992 209 1970 1970 CD 1662 992 210 ) ) -RRB- 1662 992 211 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 992 212 : : : 1662 992 213 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 992 214 appointed appoint VBN 1662 992 215 by by IN 1662 992 216 the the DT 1662 992 217 amir amir NNP 1662 992 218 elections election NNS 1662 992 219 : : : 1662 992 220 none none NN 1662 992 221 ; ; : 1662 992 222 the the DT 1662 992 223 amir amir NNP 1662 992 224 is be VBZ 1662 992 225 a a DT 1662 992 226 traditional traditional JJ 1662 992 227 Arab arab JJ 1662 992 228 monarch monarch NN 1662 992 229 ; ; : 1662 992 230 prime prime NNP 1662 992 231 minister minister NNP 1662 992 232 appointed appoint VBN 1662 992 233 by by IN 1662 992 234 the the DT 1662 992 235 amir amir NNP 1662 992 236 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 992 237 branch branch NN 1662 992 238 : : : 1662 992 239 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 992 240 National National NNP 1662 992 241 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 992 242 was be VBD 1662 992 243 dissolved dissolve VBN 1662 992 244 26 26 CD 1662 992 245 August August NNP 1662 992 246 1975 1975 CD 1662 992 247 and and CC 1662 992 248 legislative legislative JJ 1662 992 249 powers power NNS 1662 992 250 were be VBD 1662 992 251 assumed assume VBN 1662 992 252 by by IN 1662 992 253 the the DT 1662 992 254 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 992 255 ; ; : 1662 992 256 appointed appoint VBD 1662 992 257 Advisory Advisory NNP 1662 992 258 Council Council NNP 1662 992 259 established establish VBD 1662 992 260 16 16 CD 1662 992 261 December December NNP 1662 992 262 1992 1992 CD 1662 992 263 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 992 264 branch branch NN 1662 992 265 : : : 1662 992 266 High high JJ 1662 992 267 Civil Civil NNP 1662 992 268 Appeals Appeals NNPS 1662 992 269 Court Court NNP 1662 992 270 Political political JJ 1662 992 271 parties party NNS 1662 992 272 and and CC 1662 992 273 leaders leader NNS 1662 992 274 : : : 1662 992 275 political political JJ 1662 992 276 parties party NNS 1662 992 277 prohibited prohibit VBD 1662 992 278 Political political JJ 1662 992 279 pressure pressure NN 1662 992 280 groups group NNS 1662 992 281 and and CC 1662 992 282 leaders leader NNS 1662 992 283 : : : 1662 992 284 several several JJ 1662 992 285 small small JJ 1662 992 286 , , , 1662 992 287 clandestine clandestine JJ 1662 992 288 leftist leftist JJ 1662 992 289 and and CC 1662 992 290 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 992 291 fundamentalist fundamentalist JJ 1662 992 292 groups group NNS 1662 992 293 are be VBP 1662 992 294 active active JJ 1662 992 295 ; ; : 1662 992 296 following follow VBG 1662 992 297 the the DT 1662 992 298 arrest arrest NN 1662 992 299 of of IN 1662 992 300 a a DT 1662 992 301 popular popular JJ 1662 992 302 Shi'a Shi'a NNP 1662 992 303 cleric cleric NN 1662 992 304 , , , 1662 992 305 Shi'a Shi'a : 1662 992 306 activists activist NNS 1662 992 307 have have VBP 1662 992 308 fomented foment VBN 1662 992 309 unrest unrest NN 1662 992 310 sporadically sporadically RB 1662 992 311 since since IN 1662 992 312 late late JJ 1662 992 313 1994 1994 CD 1662 992 314 , , , 1662 992 315 demanding demand VBG 1662 992 316 the the DT 1662 992 317 return return NN 1662 992 318 of of IN 1662 992 319 an an DT 1662 992 320 elected elect VBN 1662 992 321 National National NNP 1662 992 322 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 992 323 and and CC 1662 992 324 an an DT 1662 992 325 end end NN 1662 992 326 to to IN 1662 992 327 unemployment unemployment VB 1662 992 328 International international JJ 1662 992 329 organization organization NN 1662 992 330 participation participation NN 1662 992 331 : : : 1662 992 332 ABEDA ABEDA NNP 1662 992 333 , , , 1662 992 334 AFESD afesd NN 1662 992 335 , , , 1662 992 336 AL AL NNP 1662 992 337 , , , 1662 992 338 AMF AMF NNP 1662 992 339 , , , 1662 992 340 ESCWA ESCWA NNP 1662 992 341 , , , 1662 992 342 FAO FAO NNP 1662 992 343 , , , 1662 992 344 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 992 345 , , , 1662 992 346 GCC GCC NNP 1662 992 347 , , , 1662 992 348 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 992 349 , , , 1662 992 350 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 992 351 , , , 1662 992 352 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 992 353 , , , 1662 992 354 IDB IDB NNP 1662 992 355 , , , 1662 992 356 IFC IFC NNP 1662 992 357 , , , 1662 992 358 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 992 359 , , , 1662 992 360 IHO IHO NNP 1662 992 361 , , , 1662 992 362 ILO ILO NNP 1662 992 363 , , , 1662 992 364 IMF IMF NNP 1662 992 365 , , , 1662 992 366 IMO imo RB 1662 992 367 , , , 1662 992 368 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 992 369 , , , 1662 992 370 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 992 371 , , , 1662 992 372 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 992 373 , , , 1662 992 374 IOC IOC NNP 1662 992 375 , , , 1662 992 376 ISO ISO NNP 1662 992 377 ( ( -LRB- 1662 992 378 correspondent correspondent NN 1662 992 379 ) ) -RRB- 1662 992 380 , , , 1662 992 381 ITU ITU NNP 1662 992 382 , , , 1662 992 383 NAM NAM NNP 1662 992 384 , , , 1662 992 385 OAPEC OAPEC NNP 1662 992 386 , , , 1662 992 387 OIC OIC NNP 1662 992 388 , , , 1662 992 389 UN UN NNP 1662 992 390 , , , 1662 992 391 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 992 392 , , , 1662 992 393 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 992 394 , , , 1662 992 395 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 992 396 , , , 1662 992 397 UPU UPU NNP 1662 992 398 , , , 1662 992 399 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 992 400 , , , 1662 992 401 WHO who WP 1662 992 402 , , , 1662 992 403 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 992 404 , , , 1662 992 405 WMO WMO NNP 1662 992 406 , , , 1662 992 407 WTrO wtro VB 1662 992 408 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 992 409 representation representation NN 1662 992 410 in in IN 1662 992 411 the the DT 1662 992 412 US US NNP 1662 992 413 : : : 1662 992 414 chief chief NN 1662 992 415 of of IN 1662 992 416 mission mission NN 1662 992 417 : : : 1662 992 418 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 992 419 Muhammad Muhammad NNP 1662 992 420 ABD ABD NNP 1662 992 421 AL AL NNP 1662 992 422 - - HYPH 1662 992 423 GHAFFAR GHAFFAR NNP 1662 992 424 Abdallah Abdallah NNP 1662 992 425 chancery chancery NN 1662 992 426 : : : 1662 992 427 3502 3502 CD 1662 992 428 International International NNP 1662 992 429 Drive Drive NNP 1662 992 430 NW NW NNP 1662 992 431 , , , 1662 992 432 Washington Washington NNP 1662 992 433 , , , 1662 992 434 DC DC NNP 1662 992 435 20008 20008 CD 1662 992 436 telephone telephone NN 1662 992 437 : : : 1662 992 438 [ [ -LRB- 1662 992 439 1 1 CD 1662 992 440 ] ] -RRB- 1662 992 441 ( ( -LRB- 1662 992 442 202 202 CD 1662 992 443 ) ) -RRB- 1662 992 444 342 342 CD 1662 992 445 - - HYPH 1662 992 446 0741 0741 CD 1662 992 447 , , , 1662 992 448 342 342 CD 1662 992 449 - - HYPH 1662 992 450 0742 0742 CD 1662 992 451 FAX fax NN 1662 992 452 : : : 1662 992 453 [ [ -LRB- 1662 992 454 1 1 CD 1662 992 455 ] ] -RRB- 1662 992 456 ( ( -LRB- 1662 992 457 202 202 CD 1662 992 458 ) ) -RRB- 1662 992 459 362 362 CD 1662 992 460 - - HYPH 1662 992 461 2192 2192 CD 1662 992 462 consulate(s 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M. NNP 1662 992 481 RANSOM RANSOM NNP 1662 992 482 ( ( -LRB- 1662 992 483 scheduled schedule VBN 1662 992 484 to to TO 1662 992 485 depart depart VB 1662 992 486 in in IN 1662 992 487 June June NNP 1662 992 488 1997 1997 CD 1662 992 489 ) ) -RRB- 1662 992 490 embassy embassy NN 1662 992 491 : : : 1662 992 492 Building build VBG 1662 992 493 No no UH 1662 992 494 . . . 1662 993 1 979 979 CD 1662 993 2 , , , 1662 993 3 Road Road NNP 1662 993 4 3119 3119 CD 1662 993 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 993 6 next next JJ 1662 993 7 to to IN 1662 993 8 Al Al NNP 1662 993 9 - - HYPH 1662 993 10 Ahli Ahli NNP 1662 993 11 Sports Sports NNPS 1662 993 12 Club Club NNP 1662 993 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 993 14 , , , 1662 993 15 Zinj Zinj NNP 1662 993 16 District District NNP 1662 993 17 , , , 1662 993 18 Manama Manama NNP 1662 993 19 mailing mailing NN 1662 993 20 address address NN 1662 993 21 : : : 1662 993 22 FPO FPO NNP 1662 993 23 AE AE NNP 1662 993 24 09834 09834 CD 1662 993 25 - - SYM 1662 993 26 5100 5100 CD 1662 993 27 ; ; : 1662 993 28 International International NNP 1662 993 29 Mail Mail NNP 1662 993 30 Box Box NNP 1662 993 31 26431 26431 CD 1662 993 32 , , , 1662 993 33 Manama Manama NNP 1662 993 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 993 35 International International NNP 1662 993 36 Mail Mail NNP 1662 993 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 993 38 telephone telephone NN 1662 993 39 : : : 1662 993 40 [ [ -LRB- 1662 993 41 973 973 CD 1662 993 42 ] ] -RRB- 1662 993 43 273 273 CD 1662 993 44 - 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- HYPH 1662 998 22 term term NN 1662 998 23 economic economic JJ 1662 998 24 problems problem NNS 1662 998 25 . . . 1662 999 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 999 2 : : : 1662 999 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 999 4 power power NN 1662 999 5 parity parity NN 1662 999 6 - - : 1662 999 7 $ $ $ 1662 999 8 7.7 7.7 CD 1662 999 9 billion billion CD 1662 999 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 999 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 999 12 est est NNP 1662 999 13 . . . 1662 999 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1000 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1000 2 - - HYPH 1662 1000 3 real real JJ 1662 1000 4 growth growth NN 1662 1000 5 rate rate NN 1662 1000 6 : : : 1662 1000 7 3 3 CD 1662 1000 8 % % NN 1662 1000 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1000 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 1000 11 est est NNP 1662 1000 12 . . . 1662 1000 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1001 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1001 2 - - HYPH 1662 1001 3 per per FW 1662 1001 4 capita capita NN 1662 1001 5 : : : 1662 1001 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1001 7 power power NN 1662 1001 8 parity parity NN 1662 1001 9 - - : 1662 1001 10 $ $ $ 1662 1001 11 13,000 13,000 CD 1662 1001 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1001 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 1001 14 est est NNP 1662 1001 15 . . . 1662 1001 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1002 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1002 2 - - HYPH 1662 1002 3 composition composition NN 1662 1002 4 by by IN 1662 1002 5 sector sector NN 1662 1002 6 : : : 1662 1002 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1002 8 : : : 1662 1002 9 1 1 CD 1662 1002 10 % % NN 1662 1002 11 industry industry NN 1662 1002 12 : : : 1662 1002 13 38 38 CD 1662 1002 14 % % NN 1662 1002 15 services service NNS 1662 1002 16 : : : 1662 1002 17 61 61 CD 1662 1002 18 % % NN 1662 1002 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1002 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 1002 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1002 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 1002 23 rate rate NN 1662 1002 24 - - HYPH 1662 1002 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 1002 26 price price NN 1662 1002 27 index index NN 1662 1002 28 : : : 1662 1002 29 0 0 CD 1662 1002 30 % % NN 1662 1002 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1002 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 1002 33 est est NNP 1662 1002 34 . . . 1662 1002 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1003 1 Labor labor NN 1662 1003 2 force force NN 1662 1003 3 : : : 1662 1003 4 total total NN 1662 1003 5 : : : 1662 1003 6 140,000 140,000 CD 1662 1003 7 by by IN 1662 1003 8 occupation occupation NN 1662 1003 9 : : : 1662 1003 10 industry industry NN 1662 1003 11 and and CC 1662 1003 12 commerce commerce NN 1662 1003 13 85 85 CD 1662 1003 14 % % NN 1662 1003 15 , , , 1662 1003 16 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1003 17 5 5 CD 1662 1003 18 % % NN 1662 1003 19 , , , 1662 1003 20 services service NNS 1662 1003 21 5 5 CD 1662 1003 22 % % NN 1662 1003 23 , , , 1662 1003 24 government government NN 1662 1003 25 3 3 CD 1662 1003 26 % % NN 1662 1003 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1003 28 1982 1982 CD 1662 1003 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1003 30 note note NN 1662 1003 31 : : : 1662 1003 32 44.39 44.39 CD 1662 1003 33 % % NN 1662 1003 34 of of IN 1662 1003 35 the the DT 1662 1003 36 population population NN 1662 1003 37 in in IN 1662 1003 38 the the DT 1662 1003 39 15 15 CD 1662 1003 40 - 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NNP 1662 1007 49 , , , 1662 1007 50 1996 1996 CD 1662 1007 51 est est NNP 1662 1007 52 . . . 1662 1007 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1008 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1008 2 : : : 1662 1008 3 nonoil nonoil NN 1662 1008 4 63 63 CD 1662 1008 5 % % NN 1662 1008 6 , , , 1662 1008 7 crude crude JJ 1662 1008 8 oil oil NN 1662 1008 9 37 37 CD 1662 1008 10 % % NN 1662 1008 11 partners partner NNS 1662 1008 12 : : : 1662 1008 13 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 1008 14 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 1008 15 40 40 CD 1662 1008 16 % % NN 1662 1008 17 , , , 1662 1008 18 US US NNP 1662 1008 19 13 13 CD 1662 1008 20 % % NN 1662 1008 21 , , , 1662 1008 22 UK UK NNP 1662 1008 23 7 7 CD 1662 1008 24 % % NN 1662 1008 25 , , , 1662 1008 26 Japan Japan NNP 1662 1008 27 5 5 CD 1662 1008 28 % % NN 1662 1008 29 , , , 1662 1008 30 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 1008 31 5 5 CD 1662 1008 32 % % NN 1662 1008 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1008 34 1995 1995 CD 1662 1008 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1008 36 Debt debt NN 1662 1008 37 - - HYPH 1662 1008 38 external 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) ) -RRB- 1662 1008 79 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1008 80 year year NN 1662 1008 81 : : : 1662 1008 82 calendar calendar NNP 1662 1008 83 year year NN 1662 1008 84 @Bahrain @Bahrain NNP 1662 1008 85 : : : 1662 1008 86 Communications Communications NNP 1662 1008 87 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 1008 88 : : : 1662 1008 89 73,552 73,552 CD 1662 1008 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1008 91 1987 1987 CD 1662 1008 92 est est NNP 1662 1008 93 . . . 1662 1008 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1009 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1009 2 system system NN 1662 1009 3 : : : 1662 1009 4 modern modern JJ 1662 1009 5 system system NN 1662 1009 6 ; ; : 1662 1009 7 good good JJ 1662 1009 8 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1009 9 services service NNS 1662 1009 10 and and CC 1662 1009 11 excellent excellent JJ 1662 1009 12 international international JJ 1662 1009 13 connections connection NNS 1662 1009 14 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1009 15 : : : 1662 1009 16 NA NA NNP 1662 1009 17 international international JJ 1662 1009 18 : : : 1662 1009 19 tropospheric tropospheric JJ 1662 1009 20 scatter scatter NN 1662 1009 21 to to IN 1662 1009 22 Qatar Qatar NNP 1662 1009 23 and and CC 1662 1009 24 UAE UAE NNP 1662 1009 25 ; ; : 1662 1009 26 microwave microwave NN 1662 1009 27 radio radio NN 1662 1009 28 relay relay NN 1662 1009 29 to to IN 1662 1009 30 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 1009 31 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 1009 32 ; ; : 1662 1009 33 submarine submarine NN 1662 1009 34 cable cable NN 1662 1009 35 to to IN 1662 1009 36 Qatar Qatar NNP 1662 1009 37 , , , 1662 1009 38 UAE UAE NNP 1662 1009 39 , , , 1662 1009 40 and and CC 1662 1009 41 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 1009 42 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 1009 43 ; ; : 1662 1009 44 satellite satellite NN 1662 1009 45 earth earth NN 1662 1009 46 stations station NNS 1662 1009 47 - - , 1662 1009 48 2 2 CD 1662 1009 49 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1009 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1009 51 1 1 CD 1662 1009 52 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1009 53 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1009 54 and and CC 1662 1009 55 1 1 CD 1662 1009 56 Indian Indian NNP 1662 1009 57 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1009 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1009 59 and and CC 1662 1009 60 1 1 CD 1662 1009 61 Arabsat Arabsat NNP 1662 1009 62 Radio Radio NNP 1662 1009 63 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1009 64 stations station NNS 1662 1009 65 : : : 1662 1009 66 AM AM NNP 1662 1009 67 2 2 CD 1662 1009 68 , , , 1662 1009 69 FM FM NNP 1662 1009 70 3 3 CD 1662 1009 71 , , , 1662 1009 72 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 1009 73 0 0 CD 1662 1009 74 Radios radio NNS 1662 1009 75 : : : 1662 1009 76 320,000 320,000 CD 1662 1009 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1009 78 1993 1993 CD 1662 1009 79 est est NNP 1662 1009 80 . . . 1662 1009 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1010 1 Television television NN 1662 1010 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1010 3 stations station NNS 1662 1010 4 : : : 1662 1010 5 2 2 CD 1662 1010 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1010 7 1988 1988 CD 1662 1010 8 est est NNP 1662 1010 9 . . . 1662 1010 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1011 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 1011 2 : : : 1662 1011 3 270,000 270,000 CD 1662 1011 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1011 5 1993 1993 CD 1662 1011 6 est est NNP 1662 1011 7 . . . 1662 1011 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1012 1 @Bahrain @bahrain LS 1662 1012 2 : : : 1662 1012 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1012 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1012 5 : : : 1662 1012 6 0 0 LS 1662 1012 7 km km NN 1662 1012 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 1012 9 : : : 1662 1012 10 total total NN 1662 1012 11 : : : 1662 1012 12 2,740 2,740 CD 1662 1012 13 km km NN 1662 1012 14 paved pave VBN 1662 1012 15 : : : 1662 1012 16 2,159 2,159 CD 1662 1012 17 km km NN 1662 1012 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1012 19 : : : 1662 1012 20 581 581 CD 1662 1012 21 km km NNS 1662 1012 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1012 23 1992 1992 CD 1662 1012 24 est est NNP 1662 1012 25 . . . 1662 1012 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1013 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 1013 2 : : : 1662 1013 3 crude crude JJ 1662 1013 4 oil oil NN 1662 1013 5 56 56 CD 1662 1013 6 km km NN 1662 1013 7 ; ; : 1662 1013 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1013 9 products product NNS 1662 1013 10 16 16 CD 1662 1013 11 km km NN 1662 1013 12 ; ; : 1662 1013 13 natural natural JJ 1662 1013 14 gas gas NN 1662 1013 15 32 32 CD 1662 1013 16 km km NN 1662 1013 17 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 1013 18 and and CC 1662 1013 19 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1013 20 : : : 1662 1013 21 Manama Manama NNP 1662 1013 22 , , , 1662 1013 23 Mina Mina NNP 1662 1013 24 ' ' POS 1662 1013 25 Salman Salman NNP 1662 1013 26 , , , 1662 1013 27 Sitrah Sitrah NNP 1662 1013 28 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 1013 29 marine marine NN 1662 1013 30 : : : 1662 1013 31 total total NN 1662 1013 32 : : : 1662 1013 33 6 6 CD 1662 1013 34 ships ship NNS 1662 1013 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1013 36 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1013 37 GRT GRT NNP 1662 1013 38 or or CC 1662 1013 39 over over RB 1662 1013 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1013 41 totaling total VBG 1662 1013 42 117,060 117,060 CD 1662 1013 43 GRT/194,061 GRT/194,061 NNP 1662 1013 44 DWT DWT NNP 1662 1013 45 ships ship NNS 1662 1013 46 by by IN 1662 1013 47 type type NN 1662 1013 48 : : : 1662 1013 49 bulk bulk NNP 1662 1013 50 1 1 CD 1662 1013 51 , , , 1662 1013 52 cargo cargo NN 1662 1013 53 3 3 CD 1662 1013 54 , , , 1662 1013 55 chemical chemical NN 1662 1013 56 tanker tanker NN 1662 1013 57 1 1 CD 1662 1013 58 , , , 1662 1013 59 oil oil NN 1662 1013 60 tanker tanker NN 1662 1013 61 1 1 CD 1662 1013 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1013 63 1996 1996 CD 1662 1013 64 est est NNP 1662 1013 65 . . . 1662 1013 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1014 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1014 2 : : : 1662 1014 3 3 3 CD 1662 1014 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1014 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1014 6 est est NNP 1662 1014 7 . . . 1662 1014 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1015 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1015 2 - - , 1662 1015 3 with with IN 1662 1015 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1015 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1015 6 : : : 1662 1015 7 total total NN 1662 1015 8 : : : 1662 1015 9 2 2 CD 1662 1015 10 over over IN 1662 1015 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1015 12 m m NN 1662 1015 13 : : : 1662 1015 14 2 2 CD 1662 1015 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1015 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 1015 17 est est NNP 1662 1015 18 . . . 1662 1015 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1016 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1016 2 - - , 1662 1016 3 with with IN 1662 1016 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1016 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1016 6 : : : 1662 1016 7 total total NN 1662 1016 8 : : : 1662 1016 9 1 1 CD 1662 1016 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1016 11 to to TO 1662 1016 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1016 13 m m NN 1662 1016 14 : : : 1662 1016 15 1 1 CD 1662 1016 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1016 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 1016 18 est est NNP 1662 1016 19 . . . 1662 1016 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1017 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 1017 2 : : : 1662 1017 3 1 1 CD 1662 1017 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1017 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1017 6 est est NNP 1662 1017 7 . . . 1662 1017 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1018 1 Military military JJ 1662 1018 2 Military military JJ 1662 1018 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1018 4 : : : 1662 1018 5 Ground Ground NNP 1662 1018 6 Force Force NNP 1662 1018 7 , , , 1662 1018 8 Navy Navy NNP 1662 1018 9 , , , 1662 1018 10 Air Air NNP 1662 1018 11 Force Force NNP 1662 1018 12 , , , 1662 1018 13 Coast Coast NNP 1662 1018 14 Guard Guard NNP 1662 1018 15 , , , 1662 1018 16 Internal Internal NNP 1662 1018 17 Security Security NNP 1662 1018 18 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 1018 19 Military Military NNP 1662 1018 20 manpower manpower NN 1662 1018 21 - - HYPH 1662 1018 22 military military NN 1662 1018 23 age age NN 1662 1018 24 : : : 1662 1018 25 15 15 CD 1662 1018 26 years year NNS 1662 1018 27 of of IN 1662 1018 28 age age NN 1662 1018 29 Military military JJ 1662 1018 30 manpower manpower NN 1662 1018 31 - - HYPH 1662 1018 32 availability availability NN 1662 1018 33 : : : 1662 1018 34 males male NNS 1662 1018 35 age age NNP 1662 1018 36 15 15 CD 1662 1018 37 - - HYPH 1662 1018 38 49 49 CD 1662 1018 39 : : : 1662 1018 40 216,444 216,444 CD 1662 1018 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1018 42 1997 1997 CD 1662 1018 43 est est NNP 1662 1018 44 . . . 1662 1018 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1019 1 Military military JJ 1662 1019 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1019 3 - - HYPH 1662 1019 4 fit fit NN 1662 1019 5 for for IN 1662 1019 6 military military JJ 1662 1019 7 service service NN 1662 1019 8 : : : 1662 1019 9 males male NNS 1662 1019 10 : : : 1662 1019 11 119,781 119,781 CD 1662 1019 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1019 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1019 14 est est NNP 1662 1019 15 . . . 1662 1019 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1020 1 Military military JJ 1662 1020 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1020 3 - - HYPH 1662 1020 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1020 5 figure figure NN 1662 1020 6 : : : 1662 1020 7 $ $ $ 1662 1020 8 256 256 CD 1662 1020 9 million million CD 1662 1020 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1020 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 1020 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1020 13 Military military JJ 1662 1020 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1020 15 - - : 1662 1020 16 percent percent NN 1662 1020 17 of of IN 1662 1020 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1020 19 : : : 1662 1020 20 6.4 6.4 CD 1662 1020 21 % % NN 1662 1020 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1020 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 1020 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1020 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1020 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1020 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1020 28 - - : 1662 1020 29 international international JJ 1662 1020 30 : : : 1662 1020 31 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1020 32 dispute dispute NN 1662 1020 33 with with IN 1662 1020 34 Qatar Qatar NNP 1662 1020 35 over over IN 1662 1020 36 the the DT 1662 1020 37 Hawar Hawar NNP 1662 1020 38 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 1020 39 ; ; : 1662 1020 40 maritime maritime JJ 1662 1020 41 boundary boundary NN 1662 1020 42 with with IN 1662 1020 43 Qatar Qatar NNP 1662 1020 44 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 45 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 46 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 47 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 48 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 49 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 50 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 51 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 52 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 53 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 54 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 55 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 56 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 57 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 58 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 59 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 60 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 61 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 62 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 63 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 64 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 65 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 66 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 67 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 68 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 69 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 70 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 71 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 72 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 73 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 74 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 75 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 76 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 77 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 78 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 79 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 80 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 81 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 82 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 83 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 84 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 85 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 86 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 87 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 94 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 95 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 96 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 97 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 98 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 99 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 100 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 101 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 102 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 103 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 104 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 105 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 106 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 107 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 108 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 109 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 110 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 111 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 112 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 113 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 114 BAKER BAKER NNP 1662 1020 115 ISLAND ISLAND NNP 1662 1020 116 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1020 117 territory territory NN 1662 1020 118 of of IN 1662 1020 119 the the DT 1662 1020 120 US US NNP 1662 1020 121 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1020 122 @Baker @Baker NNP 1662 1020 123 Island Island NNP 1662 1020 124 : : : 1662 1020 125 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1020 126 Location Location NNP 1662 1020 127 : : : 1662 1020 128 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 1020 129 , , , 1662 1020 130 atoll atoll NN 1662 1020 131 in in IN 1662 1020 132 the the DT 1662 1020 133 North North NNP 1662 1020 134 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 1020 135 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1020 136 , , , 1662 1020 137 about about RB 1662 1020 138 one one CD 1662 1020 139 - - HYPH 1662 1020 140 half half NN 1662 1020 141 of of IN 1662 1020 142 the the DT 1662 1020 143 way way NN 1662 1020 144 from from IN 1662 1020 145 Hawaii Hawaii NNP 1662 1020 146 to to IN 1662 1020 147 Australia Australia NNP 1662 1020 148 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1020 149 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1020 150 : : : 1662 1020 151 0 0 CD 1662 1020 152 13 13 CD 1662 1020 153 N n CD 1662 1020 154 , , , 1662 1020 155 176 176 CD 1662 1020 156 31 31 CD 1662 1020 157 W W NNP 1662 1020 158 Map Map NNP 1662 1020 159 references reference NNS 1662 1020 160 : : : 1662 1020 161 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 1020 162 Area Area NNP 1662 1020 163 : : : 1662 1020 164 total total NN 1662 1020 165 : : : 1662 1020 166 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 1020 167 sq sq NN 1662 1020 168 km km NNP 1662 1020 169 land land NN 1662 1020 170 : : : 1662 1020 171 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 1020 172 sq sq NNP 1662 1020 173 km km NNP 1662 1020 174 water water NN 1662 1020 175 : : : 1662 1020 176 0 0 NFP 1662 1020 177 sq sq NN 1662 1020 178 km km NNP 1662 1020 179 Area area NN 1662 1020 180 - - HYPH 1662 1020 181 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1020 182 : : : 1662 1020 183 about about IN 1662 1020 184 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 1020 185 times time NNS 1662 1020 186 the the DT 1662 1020 187 size size NN 1662 1020 188 of of IN 1662 1020 189 The the DT 1662 1020 190 Mall Mall NNP 1662 1020 191 in in IN 1662 1020 192 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1020 193 , , , 1662 1020 194 DC DC NNP 1662 1020 195 Land Land NNP 1662 1020 196 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1020 197 : : : 1662 1020 198 0 0 LS 1662 1020 199 km km NN 1662 1020 200 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1020 201 : : : 1662 1020 202 4.8 4.8 CD 1662 1020 203 km km NN 1662 1020 204 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1020 205 claims claim VBZ 1662 1020 206 : : : 1662 1020 207 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 1020 208 economic economic JJ 1662 1020 209 zone zone NN 1662 1020 210 : : : 1662 1020 211 200 200 CD 1662 1020 212 nm nm CD 1662 1020 213 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1020 214 sea sea NN 1662 1020 215 : : : 1662 1020 216 12 12 CD 1662 1020 217 nm nm NNP 1662 1020 218 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1020 219 : : : 1662 1020 220 equatorial equatorial JJ 1662 1020 221 ; ; : 1662 1020 222 scant scant JJ 1662 1020 223 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 1020 224 , , , 1662 1020 225 constant constant JJ 1662 1020 226 wind wind NN 1662 1020 227 , , , 1662 1020 228 burning burn VBG 1662 1020 229 sun sun NN 1662 1020 230 Terrain terrain NN 1662 1020 231 : : : 1662 1020 232 low low JJ 1662 1020 233 , , , 1662 1020 234 nearly nearly RB 1662 1020 235 level level NN 1662 1020 236 coral coral JJ 1662 1020 237 island island NN 1662 1020 238 surrounded surround VBN 1662 1020 239 by by IN 1662 1020 240 a a DT 1662 1020 241 narrow narrow JJ 1662 1020 242 fringing fringing NN 1662 1020 243 reef reef NN 1662 1020 244 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1020 245 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1020 246 : : : 1662 1020 247 lowest low JJS 1662 1020 248 point point NN 1662 1020 249 : : : 1662 1020 250 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 1020 251 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1020 252 0 0 NFP 1662 1020 253 m m DT 1662 1020 254 highest high JJS 1662 1020 255 point point NN 1662 1020 256 : : : 1662 1020 257 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 1020 258 location location NN 1662 1020 259 8 8 CD 1662 1020 260 m m NNP 1662 1020 261 Natural natural JJ 1662 1020 262 resources resource NNS 1662 1020 263 : : : 1662 1020 264 guano guano NNP 1662 1020 265 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1020 266 deposits deposit NNS 1662 1020 267 worked work VBD 1662 1020 268 until until IN 1662 1020 269 1891 1891 CD 1662 1020 270 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1020 271 Land land NN 1662 1020 272 use use NN 1662 1020 273 : : : 1662 1020 274 arable arable JJ 1662 1020 275 land land NN 1662 1020 276 : : : 1662 1020 277 0 0 CD 1662 1020 278 % % NN 1662 1020 279 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1020 280 crops crop NNS 1662 1020 281 : : : 1662 1020 282 0 0 CD 1662 1020 283 % % NN 1662 1020 284 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1020 285 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1020 286 : : : 1662 1020 287 0 0 CD 1662 1020 288 % % NN 1662 1020 289 forests forest NNS 1662 1020 290 and and CC 1662 1020 291 woodland woodland JJ 1662 1020 292 : : : 1662 1020 293 0 0 CD 1662 1020 294 % % NN 1662 1020 295 other other JJ 1662 1020 296 : : : 1662 1020 297 100 100 CD 1662 1020 298 % % NN 1662 1020 299 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1020 300 land land NN 1662 1020 301 : : : 1662 1020 302 0 0 LS 1662 1020 303 sq sq NNP 1662 1020 304 km km NNP 1662 1020 305 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1020 306 1993 1993 CD 1662 1020 307 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1020 308 Natural natural JJ 1662 1020 309 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1020 310 : : : 1662 1020 311 the the DT 1662 1020 312 narrow narrow JJ 1662 1020 313 fringing fringing NN 1662 1020 314 reef reef NN 1662 1020 315 surrounding surround VBG 1662 1020 316 the the DT 1662 1020 317 island island NN 1662 1020 318 can can MD 1662 1020 319 be be VB 1662 1020 320 a a DT 1662 1020 321 maritime maritime JJ 1662 1020 322 hazard hazard NN 1662 1020 323 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1020 324 - - HYPH 1662 1020 325 current current JJ 1662 1020 326 issues issue NNS 1662 1020 327 : : : 1662 1020 328 no no DT 1662 1020 329 natural natural JJ 1662 1020 330 fresh fresh JJ 1662 1020 331 water water NN 1662 1020 332 resources resource NNS 1662 1020 333 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1020 334 - - HYPH 1662 1020 335 international international JJ 1662 1020 336 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1020 337 : : : 1662 1020 338 party party NN 1662 1020 339 to to IN 1662 1020 340 : : : 1662 1020 341 NA NA NNP 1662 1020 342 signed sign VBN 1662 1020 343 , , , 1662 1020 344 but but CC 1662 1020 345 not not RB 1662 1020 346 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1020 347 : : : 1662 1020 348 NA NA NNP 1662 1020 349 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1020 350 - - HYPH 1662 1020 351 note note NN 1662 1020 352 : : : 1662 1020 353 treeless treeless NN 1662 1020 354 , , , 1662 1020 355 sparse sparse JJ 1662 1020 356 , , , 1662 1020 357 and and CC 1662 1020 358 scattered scatter VBN 1662 1020 359 vegetation vegetation NN 1662 1020 360 consisting consist VBG 1662 1020 361 of of IN 1662 1020 362 grasses grass NNS 1662 1020 363 , , , 1662 1020 364 prostrate prostrate NN 1662 1020 365 vines vine NNS 1662 1020 366 , , , 1662 1020 367 and and CC 1662 1020 368 low low JJ 1662 1020 369 growing grow VBG 1662 1020 370 shrubs shrub NNS 1662 1020 371 ; ; : 1662 1020 372 primarily primarily RB 1662 1020 373 a a DT 1662 1020 374 nesting nesting NN 1662 1020 375 , , , 1662 1020 376 roosting roosting NN 1662 1020 377 , , , 1662 1020 378 and and CC 1662 1020 379 foraging forage VBG 1662 1020 380 habitat habitat NN 1662 1020 381 for for IN 1662 1020 382 seabirds seabird NNS 1662 1020 383 , , , 1662 1020 384 shorebirds shorebird NNS 1662 1020 385 , , , 1662 1020 386 and and CC 1662 1020 387 marine marine JJ 1662 1020 388 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 1020 389 @Baker @Baker NNP 1662 1020 390 Island Island NNP 1662 1020 391 : : : 1662 1020 392 People People NNP 1662 1020 393 Population Population NNP 1662 1020 394 : : : 1662 1020 395 uninhabited uninhabited JJ 1662 1020 396 note note NN 1662 1020 397 : : : 1662 1020 398 American american JJ 1662 1020 399 civilians civilian NNS 1662 1020 400 evacuated evacuate VBN 1662 1020 401 in in IN 1662 1020 402 1942 1942 CD 1662 1020 403 after after IN 1662 1020 404 Japanese japanese JJ 1662 1020 405 air air NN 1662 1020 406 and and CC 1662 1020 407 naval naval JJ 1662 1020 408 attacks attack NNS 1662 1020 409 during during IN 1662 1020 410 World World NNP 1662 1020 411 War War NNP 1662 1020 412 II II NNP 1662 1020 413 ; ; , 1662 1020 414 occupied occupy VBN 1662 1020 415 by by IN 1662 1020 416 US US NNP 1662 1020 417 military military NN 1662 1020 418 during during IN 1662 1020 419 World World NNP 1662 1020 420 War War NNP 1662 1020 421 II II NNP 1662 1020 422 , , , 1662 1020 423 but but CC 1662 1020 424 abandoned abandon VBN 1662 1020 425 after after IN 1662 1020 426 the the DT 1662 1020 427 war war NN 1662 1020 428 ; ; , 1662 1020 429 public public JJ 1662 1020 430 entry entry NN 1662 1020 431 is be VBZ 1662 1020 432 by by IN 1662 1020 433 special special JJ 1662 1020 434 - - HYPH 1662 1020 435 use use NN 1662 1020 436 permit permit NN 1662 1020 437 only only RB 1662 1020 438 and and CC 1662 1020 439 generally generally RB 1662 1020 440 restricted restrict VBN 1662 1020 441 to to IN 1662 1020 442 scientists scientist NNS 1662 1020 443 and and CC 1662 1020 444 educators educator NNS 1662 1020 445 ; ; : 1662 1020 446 a a DT 1662 1020 447 cemetery cemetery NN 1662 1020 448 and and CC 1662 1020 449 cemetery cemetery NN 1662 1020 450 ruins ruin NNS 1662 1020 451 are be VBP 1662 1020 452 located locate VBN 1662 1020 453 near near IN 1662 1020 454 the the DT 1662 1020 455 middle middle NN 1662 1020 456 of of IN 1662 1020 457 the the DT 1662 1020 458 west west NNP 1662 1020 459 coast coast NNP 1662 1020 460 @Baker @Baker NNP 1662 1020 461 Island Island NNP 1662 1020 462 : : : 1662 1020 463 Government Government NNP 1662 1020 464 Country Country NNP 1662 1020 465 name name NN 1662 1020 466 : : : 1662 1020 467 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1020 468 long long JJ 1662 1020 469 form form NN 1662 1020 470 : : : 1662 1020 471 none none NN 1662 1020 472 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1020 473 short short JJ 1662 1020 474 form form NN 1662 1020 475 : : : 1662 1020 476 Baker Baker NNP 1662 1020 477 Island Island NNP 1662 1020 478 Data Data NNP 1662 1020 479 code code NN 1662 1020 480 : : : 1662 1020 481 FQ FQ NNP 1662 1020 482 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 1020 483 status status NN 1662 1020 484 : : : 1662 1020 485 unincorporated unincorporated JJ 1662 1020 486 territory territory NN 1662 1020 487 of of IN 1662 1020 488 the the DT 1662 1020 489 US US NNP 1662 1020 490 ; ; : 1662 1020 491 administered administer VBN 1662 1020 492 by by IN 1662 1020 493 the the DT 1662 1020 494 Fish Fish NNP 1662 1020 495 and and CC 1662 1020 496 Wildlife Wildlife NNP 1662 1020 497 Service Service NNP 1662 1020 498 of of IN 1662 1020 499 the the DT 1662 1020 500 US US NNP 1662 1020 501 Department Department NNP 1662 1020 502 of of IN 1662 1020 503 the the DT 1662 1020 504 Interior Interior NNP 1662 1020 505 as as IN 1662 1020 506 part part NN 1662 1020 507 of of IN 1662 1020 508 the the DT 1662 1020 509 National National NNP 1662 1020 510 Wildlife Wildlife NNP 1662 1020 511 Refuge Refuge NNP 1662 1020 512 system system NN 1662 1020 513 National national JJ 1662 1020 514 capital capital NN 1662 1020 515 : : : 1662 1020 516 none none NN 1662 1020 517 ; ; , 1662 1020 518 administered administer VBN 1662 1020 519 from from IN 1662 1020 520 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1020 521 , , , 1662 1020 522 DC DC NNP 1662 1020 523 Flag Flag NNP 1662 1020 524 description description NN 1662 1020 525 : : : 1662 1020 526 the the DT 1662 1020 527 flag flag NN 1662 1020 528 of of IN 1662 1020 529 the the DT 1662 1020 530 US US NNP 1662 1020 531 is be VBZ 1662 1020 532 used use VBN 1662 1020 533 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1020 534 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1020 535 - - HYPH 1662 1020 536 overview overview NN 1662 1020 537 : : : 1662 1020 538 no no DT 1662 1020 539 economic economic JJ 1662 1020 540 activity activity NN 1662 1020 541 @Baker @Baker NNP 1662 1020 542 Island Island NNP 1662 1020 543 : : : 1662 1020 544 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1020 545 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 1020 546 and and CC 1662 1020 547 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1020 548 : : : 1662 1020 549 none none NN 1662 1020 550 ; ; : 1662 1020 551 offshore offshore RB 1662 1020 552 anchorage anchorage VB 1662 1020 553 only only RB 1662 1020 554 ; ; : 1662 1020 555 note note VB 1662 1020 556 - - : 1662 1020 557 there there EX 1662 1020 558 is be VBZ 1662 1020 559 one one CD 1662 1020 560 boat boat NN 1662 1020 561 landing landing NN 1662 1020 562 area area NN 1662 1020 563 along along IN 1662 1020 564 the the DT 1662 1020 565 middle middle NN 1662 1020 566 of of IN 1662 1020 567 the the DT 1662 1020 568 west west NNP 1662 1020 569 coast coast NNP 1662 1020 570 Airports Airports NNPS 1662 1020 571 : : : 1662 1020 572 1 1 CD 1662 1020 573 abandoned abandon VBN 1662 1020 574 World World NNP 1662 1020 575 War War NNP 1662 1020 576 II II NNP 1662 1020 577 runway runway NN 1662 1020 578 of of IN 1662 1020 579 1,665 1,665 CD 1662 1020 580 m m NNP 1662 1020 581 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1020 582 - - HYPH 1662 1020 583 note note NN 1662 1020 584 : : : 1662 1020 585 there there EX 1662 1020 586 is be VBZ 1662 1020 587 a a DT 1662 1020 588 day day NN 1662 1020 589 beacon beacon NN 1662 1020 590 near near IN 1662 1020 591 the the DT 1662 1020 592 middle middle NN 1662 1020 593 of of IN 1662 1020 594 the the DT 1662 1020 595 west west NNP 1662 1020 596 coast coast NNP 1662 1020 597 Military Military NNP 1662 1020 598 Military Military NNP 1662 1020 599 - - HYPH 1662 1020 600 note note NN 1662 1020 601 : : : 1662 1020 602 defense defense NN 1662 1020 603 is be VBZ 1662 1020 604 the the DT 1662 1020 605 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 1020 606 of of IN 1662 1020 607 the the DT 1662 1020 608 US US NNP 1662 1020 609 ; ; : 1662 1020 610 visited visit VBN 1662 1020 611 annually annually RB 1662 1020 612 by by IN 1662 1020 613 the the DT 1662 1020 614 US US NNP 1662 1020 615 Coast Coast NNP 1662 1020 616 Guard Guard NNP 1662 1020 617 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1020 618 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1020 619 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 1020 620 - - : 1662 1020 621 international international RB 1662 1020 622 : : : 1662 1020 623 none none NN 1662 1020 624 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 625 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 626 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 627 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 628 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 629 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 630 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 631 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 632 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 633 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 634 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 635 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 636 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 637 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 638 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 639 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 640 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 641 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 642 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 643 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 644 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 645 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 646 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 647 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 648 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 649 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 650 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 651 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 652 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 653 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 654 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 655 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 656 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 657 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 658 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 659 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 660 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 661 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 662 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 663 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 664 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 665 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 666 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 667 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 668 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 669 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 670 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 671 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 672 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 673 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 674 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 675 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 676 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 677 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 678 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 679 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 680 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 681 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 682 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 683 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 684 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 685 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 686 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 687 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 688 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 689 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 690 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 691 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 692 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 693 _ _ NNP 1662 1020 694 BANGLADESH BANGLADESH NNP 1662 1020 695 @Bangladesh @bangladesh NN 1662 1020 696 : : : 1662 1020 697 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1020 698 Location Location NNP 1662 1020 699 : : : 1662 1020 700 Southern Southern NNP 1662 1020 701 Asia Asia NNP 1662 1020 702 , , , 1662 1020 703 bordering border VBG 1662 1020 704 the the DT 1662 1020 705 Bay Bay NNP 1662 1020 706 of of IN 1662 1020 707 Bengal Bengal NNP 1662 1020 708 , , , 1662 1020 709 between between IN 1662 1020 710 Burma Burma NNP 1662 1020 711 and and CC 1662 1020 712 India India NNP 1662 1020 713 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1020 714 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1020 715 : : : 1662 1020 716 24 24 CD 1662 1020 717 00 00 NFP 1662 1020 718 N n CD 1662 1020 719 , , , 1662 1020 720 90 90 CD 1662 1020 721 00 00 CD 1662 1020 722 E e NN 1662 1020 723 Map Map NNP 1662 1020 724 references reference NNS 1662 1020 725 : : : 1662 1020 726 Asia Asia NNP 1662 1020 727 Area Area NNP 1662 1020 728 : : : 1662 1020 729 total total NN 1662 1020 730 : : : 1662 1020 731 144,000 144,000 CD 1662 1020 732 sq sq NN 1662 1020 733 km km NNP 1662 1020 734 land land NN 1662 1020 735 : : : 1662 1020 736 133,910 133,910 CD 1662 1020 737 sq sq NN 1662 1020 738 km km NNP 1662 1020 739 water water NN 1662 1020 740 : : : 1662 1020 741 10,090 10,090 CD 1662 1020 742 sq sq NN 1662 1020 743 km km NNP 1662 1020 744 Area area NN 1662 1020 745 - - HYPH 1662 1020 746 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1020 747 : : : 1662 1020 748 slightly slightly RB 1662 1020 749 smaller small JJR 1662 1020 750 than than IN 1662 1020 751 Wisconsin Wisconsin NNP 1662 1020 752 Land Land NNP 1662 1020 753 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1020 754 : : : 1662 1020 755 total total NN 1662 1020 756 : : : 1662 1020 757 4,246 4,246 CD 1662 1020 758 km km NN 1662 1020 759 border border NN 1662 1020 760 countries country NNS 1662 1020 761 : : : 1662 1020 762 Burma Burma NNP 1662 1020 763 193 193 CD 1662 1020 764 km km NNS 1662 1020 765 , , , 1662 1020 766 India India NNP 1662 1020 767 4,053 4,053 CD 1662 1020 768 km km NN 1662 1020 769 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1020 770 : : : 1662 1020 771 580 580 CD 1662 1020 772 km km NN 1662 1020 773 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1020 774 claims claim VBZ 1662 1020 775 : : : 1662 1020 776 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 1020 777 zone zone NN 1662 1020 778 : : : 1662 1020 779 18 18 CD 1662 1020 780 nm nm NNP 1662 1020 781 continental continental JJ 1662 1020 782 shelf shelf NNP 1662 1020 783 : : : 1662 1020 784 up up IN 1662 1020 785 to to IN 1662 1020 786 the the DT 1662 1020 787 outer outer JJ 1662 1020 788 limits limit NNS 1662 1020 789 of of IN 1662 1020 790 the the DT 1662 1020 791 continental continental JJ 1662 1020 792 margin margin NN 1662 1020 793 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 1020 794 economic economic JJ 1662 1020 795 zone zone NN 1662 1020 796 : : : 1662 1020 797 200 200 CD 1662 1020 798 nm nm CD 1662 1020 799 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1020 800 sea sea NN 1662 1020 801 : : : 1662 1020 802 12 12 CD 1662 1020 803 nm nm NNP 1662 1020 804 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1020 805 : : : 1662 1020 806 tropical tropical JJ 1662 1020 807 ; ; : 1662 1020 808 cool cool JJ 1662 1020 809 , , , 1662 1020 810 dry dry JJ 1662 1020 811 winter winter NN 1662 1020 812 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1020 813 October October NNP 1662 1020 814 to to IN 1662 1020 815 March March NNP 1662 1020 816 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1020 817 ; ; : 1662 1020 818 hot hot JJ 1662 1020 819 , , , 1662 1020 820 humid humid JJ 1662 1020 821 summer summer NN 1662 1020 822 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1020 823 March March NNP 1662 1020 824 to to IN 1662 1020 825 June June NNP 1662 1020 826 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1020 827 ; ; : 1662 1020 828 cool cool UH 1662 1020 829 , , , 1662 1020 830 rainy rainy JJ 1662 1020 831 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 1020 832 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1020 833 June June NNP 1662 1020 834 to to IN 1662 1020 835 October October NNP 1662 1020 836 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1020 837 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1020 838 : : : 1662 1020 839 mostly mostly RB 1662 1020 840 flat flat JJ 1662 1020 841 alluvial alluvial JJ 1662 1020 842 plain plain NN 1662 1020 843 ; ; : 1662 1020 844 hilly hilly RB 1662 1020 845 in in IN 1662 1020 846 southeast southeast JJ 1662 1020 847 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1020 848 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1020 849 : : : 1662 1020 850 lowest low JJS 1662 1020 851 point point NN 1662 1020 852 : : : 1662 1020 853 Indian Indian NNP 1662 1020 854 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1020 855 0 0 NFP 1662 1020 856 m m DT 1662 1020 857 highest high JJS 1662 1020 858 point point NN 1662 1020 859 : : : 1662 1020 860 Reng Reng NNP 1662 1020 861 Tlang Tlang NNP 1662 1020 862 957 957 CD 1662 1020 863 m m NNP 1662 1020 864 Natural natural JJ 1662 1020 865 resources resource NNS 1662 1020 866 : : : 1662 1020 867 natural natural JJ 1662 1020 868 gas gas NN 1662 1020 869 , , , 1662 1020 870 arable arable JJ 1662 1020 871 land land NN 1662 1020 872 , , , 1662 1020 873 timber timber NN 1662 1020 874 Land land NN 1662 1020 875 use use NN 1662 1020 876 : : : 1662 1020 877 arable arable JJ 1662 1020 878 land land NN 1662 1020 879 : : : 1662 1020 880 73 73 CD 1662 1020 881 % % NN 1662 1020 882 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1020 883 crops crop NNS 1662 1020 884 : : : 1662 1020 885 2 2 CD 1662 1020 886 % % NN 1662 1020 887 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1020 888 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1020 889 : : : 1662 1020 890 5 5 CD 1662 1020 891 % % NN 1662 1020 892 forests forest NNS 1662 1020 893 and and CC 1662 1020 894 woodland woodland NN 1662 1020 895 : : : 1662 1020 896 15 15 CD 1662 1020 897 % % NN 1662 1020 898 other other JJ 1662 1020 899 : : : 1662 1020 900 5 5 CD 1662 1020 901 % % NN 1662 1020 902 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1020 903 1993 1993 CD 1662 1020 904 est est NNP 1662 1020 905 . . . 1662 1020 906 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1021 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1021 2 land land NN 1662 1021 3 : : : 1662 1021 4 31,000 31,000 CD 1662 1021 5 sq sq NNP 1662 1021 6 km km NNP 1662 1021 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1021 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1021 9 est est NNP 1662 1021 10 . . . 1662 1021 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1022 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1022 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1022 3 : : : 1662 1022 4 droughts drought NNS 1662 1022 5 , , , 1662 1022 6 cyclones cyclone NNS 1662 1022 7 ; ; : 1662 1022 8 much much JJ 1662 1022 9 of of IN 1662 1022 10 the the DT 1662 1022 11 country country NN 1662 1022 12 routinely routinely RB 1662 1022 13 flooded flood VBN 1662 1022 14 during during IN 1662 1022 15 the the DT 1662 1022 16 summer summer NN 1662 1022 17 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 1022 18 season season NN 1662 1022 19 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1022 20 - - HYPH 1662 1022 21 current current JJ 1662 1022 22 issues issue NNS 1662 1022 23 : : : 1662 1022 24 many many JJ 1662 1022 25 people people NNS 1662 1022 26 are be VBP 1662 1022 27 landless landless JJ 1662 1022 28 and and CC 1662 1022 29 forced force VBN 1662 1022 30 to to TO 1662 1022 31 live live VB 1662 1022 32 on on IN 1662 1022 33 and and CC 1662 1022 34 cultivate cultivate VB 1662 1022 35 flood flood NN 1662 1022 36 - - HYPH 1662 1022 37 prone prone JJ 1662 1022 38 land land NN 1662 1022 39 ; ; , 1662 1022 40 limited limited JJ 1662 1022 41 access access NN 1662 1022 42 to to IN 1662 1022 43 potable potable JJ 1662 1022 44 water water NN 1662 1022 45 ; ; : 1662 1022 46 water water NN 1662 1022 47 - - HYPH 1662 1022 48 borne bear VBN 1662 1022 49 diseases disease NNS 1662 1022 50 prevalent prevalent VBP 1662 1022 51 ; ; : 1662 1022 52 water water NN 1662 1022 53 pollution pollution NN 1662 1022 54 especially especially RB 1662 1022 55 of of IN 1662 1022 56 fishing fishing NN 1662 1022 57 areas area NNS 1662 1022 58 results result NNS 1662 1022 59 from from IN 1662 1022 60 the the DT 1662 1022 61 use use NN 1662 1022 62 of of IN 1662 1022 63 commercial commercial JJ 1662 1022 64 pesticides pesticide NNS 1662 1022 65 ; ; , 1662 1022 66 intermittent intermittent JJ 1662 1022 67 water water NN 1662 1022 68 shortages shortage NNS 1662 1022 69 because because IN 1662 1022 70 of of IN 1662 1022 71 falling fall VBG 1662 1022 72 water water NN 1662 1022 73 tables table NNS 1662 1022 74 in in IN 1662 1022 75 the the DT 1662 1022 76 northern northern JJ 1662 1022 77 and and CC 1662 1022 78 central central JJ 1662 1022 79 parts part NNS 1662 1022 80 of of IN 1662 1022 81 the the DT 1662 1022 82 country country NN 1662 1022 83 ; ; , 1662 1022 84 soil soil NN 1662 1022 85 degradation degradation NN 1662 1022 86 ; ; , 1662 1022 87 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 1022 88 ; ; , 1662 1022 89 severe severe JJ 1662 1022 90 overpopulation overpopulation NN 1662 1022 91 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1022 92 - - HYPH 1662 1022 93 international international JJ 1662 1022 94 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1022 95 : : : 1662 1022 96 party party NN 1662 1022 97 to to TO 1662 1022 98 : : : 1662 1022 99 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 1022 100 , , , 1662 1022 101 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1022 102 Change Change NNP 1662 1022 103 , , , 1662 1022 104 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 1022 105 , , , 1662 1022 106 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 1022 107 Species Species NNPS 1662 1022 108 , , , 1662 1022 109 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 1022 110 Modification Modification NNP 1662 1022 111 , , , 1662 1022 112 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 1022 113 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 1022 114 , , , 1662 1022 115 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 1022 116 Test Test NNP 1662 1022 117 Ban Ban NNP 1662 1022 118 , , , 1662 1022 119 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 1022 120 Layer Layer NNP 1662 1022 121 Protection Protection NNP 1662 1022 122 , , , 1662 1022 123 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 1022 124 signed sign VBD 1662 1022 125 , , , 1662 1022 126 but but CC 1662 1022 127 not not RB 1662 1022 128 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1022 129 : : : 1662 1022 130 Law Law NNP 1662 1022 131 of of IN 1662 1022 132 the the DT 1662 1022 133 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1022 134 @Bangladesh @bangladesh NN 1662 1022 135 : : : 1662 1022 136 People People NNPS 1662 1022 137 Population Population NNP 1662 1022 138 : : : 1662 1022 139 125,340,261 125,340,261 CD 1662 1022 140 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1022 141 July July NNP 1662 1022 142 1997 1997 CD 1662 1022 143 est est NNP 1662 1022 144 . . . 1662 1022 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1023 1 Age age NN 1662 1023 2 structure structure NN 1662 1023 3 : : : 1662 1023 4 0 0 CD 1662 1023 5 - - HYPH 1662 1023 6 14 14 CD 1662 1023 7 years year NNS 1662 1023 8 : : : 1662 1023 9 38 38 CD 1662 1023 10 % % NN 1662 1023 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1023 12 male male JJ 1662 1023 13 24,397,316 24,397,316 CD 1662 1023 14 ; ; : 1662 1023 15 female female JJ 1662 1023 16 23,417,919 23,417,919 CD 1662 1023 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1023 18 15 15 CD 1662 1023 19 - - SYM 1662 1023 20 64 64 CD 1662 1023 21 years year NNS 1662 1023 22 : : : 1662 1023 23 59 59 CD 1662 1023 24 % % NN 1662 1023 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1023 26 male male JJ 1662 1023 27 37,758,378 37,758,378 CD 1662 1023 28 ; ; : 1662 1023 29 female female JJ 1662 1023 30 35,715,343 35,715,343 CD 1662 1023 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1023 32 65 65 CD 1662 1023 33 years year NNS 1662 1023 34 and and CC 1662 1023 35 over over IN 1662 1023 36 : : : 1662 1023 37 3 3 CD 1662 1023 38 % % NN 1662 1023 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1023 40 male male JJ 1662 1023 41 2,204,445 2,204,445 CD 1662 1023 42 ; ; : 1662 1023 43 female female JJ 1662 1023 44 1,846,860 1,846,860 CD 1662 1023 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1023 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1023 47 July July NNP 1662 1023 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1023 49 est est NNP 1662 1023 50 . . . 1662 1023 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1024 1 Population population NN 1662 1024 2 growth growth NN 1662 1024 3 rate rate NN 1662 1024 4 : : : 1662 1024 5 1.82 1.82 CD 1662 1024 6 % % NN 1662 1024 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1024 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1024 9 est est NNP 1662 1024 10 . . . 1662 1024 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1025 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1025 2 rate rate NN 1662 1025 3 : : : 1662 1025 4 29.8 29.8 CD 1662 1025 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 1025 6 population population NN 1662 1025 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1025 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1025 9 est est NNP 1662 1025 10 . . . 1662 1025 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1026 1 Death death NN 1662 1026 2 rate rate NN 1662 1026 3 : : : 1662 1026 4 10.9 10.9 CD 1662 1026 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1026 6 population population NN 1662 1026 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1026 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1026 9 est est NNP 1662 1026 10 . . . 1662 1026 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1027 1 Net net JJ 1662 1027 2 migration migration NN 1662 1027 3 rate rate NN 1662 1027 4 : : : 1662 1027 5 -0.73 -0.73 NFP 1662 1027 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 1027 7 population population NN 1662 1027 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1027 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1027 10 est est NNP 1662 1027 11 . . . 1662 1027 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1028 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1028 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1028 3 : : : 1662 1028 4 at at IN 1662 1028 5 birth birth NN 1662 1028 6 : : : 1662 1028 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 1028 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1028 9 under under IN 1662 1028 10 15 15 CD 1662 1028 11 years year NNS 1662 1028 12 : : : 1662 1028 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 1028 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1028 15 15 15 CD 1662 1028 16 - - HYPH 1662 1028 17 64 64 CD 1662 1028 18 years year NNS 1662 1028 19 : : : 1662 1028 20 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 1028 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1028 22 65 65 CD 1662 1028 23 years year NNS 1662 1028 24 and and CC 1662 1028 25 over over IN 1662 1028 26 : : : 1662 1028 27 1.19 1.19 CD 1662 1028 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 1028 29 total total JJ 1662 1028 30 population population NN 1662 1028 31 : : : 1662 1028 32 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 1028 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1028 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1028 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1028 36 est e JJS 1662 1028 37 . . . 1662 1028 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1029 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1029 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1029 3 rate rate NN 1662 1029 4 : : : 1662 1029 5 100 100 CD 1662 1029 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1029 7 live live JJ 1662 1029 8 births birth NNS 1662 1029 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1029 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1029 11 est est NNP 1662 1029 12 . . . 1662 1029 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1030 1 Life life NN 1662 1030 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1030 3 at at IN 1662 1030 4 birth birth NN 1662 1030 5 : : : 1662 1030 6 total total JJ 1662 1030 7 population population NN 1662 1030 8 : : : 1662 1030 9 56.26 56.26 CD 1662 1030 10 years year NNS 1662 1030 11 male male JJ 1662 1030 12 : : : 1662 1030 13 56.35 56.35 CD 1662 1030 14 years year NNS 1662 1030 15 female female JJ 1662 1030 16 : : : 1662 1030 17 56.16 56.16 CD 1662 1030 18 years year NNS 1662 1030 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1030 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1030 21 est est NNP 1662 1030 22 . . . 1662 1030 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1031 1 Total total JJ 1662 1031 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1031 3 rate rate NN 1662 1031 4 : : : 1662 1031 5 3.45 3.45 CD 1662 1031 6 children child NNS 1662 1031 7 born bear VBN 1662 1031 8 / / SYM 1662 1031 9 woman woman NN 1662 1031 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1031 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1031 12 est est NNP 1662 1031 13 . . . 1662 1031 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1032 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1032 2 : : : 1662 1032 3 noun noun NNP 1662 1032 4 : : : 1662 1032 5 Bangladeshi(s Bangladeshi(s NNP 1662 1032 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1032 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 1032 8 : : : 1662 1032 9 Bangladesh Bangladesh NNP 1662 1032 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1032 11 groups group NNS 1662 1032 12 : : : 1662 1032 13 Bengali Bengali NNP 1662 1032 14 98 98 CD 1662 1032 15 % % NN 1662 1032 16 , , , 1662 1032 17 Biharis Biharis NNP 1662 1032 18 250,000 250,000 CD 1662 1032 19 , , , 1662 1032 20 tribals tribal NNS 1662 1032 21 less less JJR 1662 1032 22 than than IN 1662 1032 23 1 1 CD 1662 1032 24 million million CD 1662 1032 25 Religions religion NNS 1662 1032 26 : : : 1662 1032 27 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 1032 28 88.3 88.3 CD 1662 1032 29 % % NN 1662 1032 30 , , , 1662 1032 31 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 1032 32 10.5 10.5 CD 1662 1032 33 % % NN 1662 1032 34 , , , 1662 1032 35 other other JJ 1662 1032 36 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 1032 37 % % NN 1662 1032 38 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 1032 39 : : : 1662 1032 40 Bangla Bangla NNP 1662 1032 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1032 42 official official NN 1662 1032 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1032 44 , , , 1662 1032 45 English English NNP 1662 1032 46 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 1032 47 : : : 1662 1032 48 definition definition NN 1662 1032 49 : : : 1662 1032 50 age age NN 1662 1032 51 15 15 CD 1662 1032 52 and and CC 1662 1032 53 over over RB 1662 1032 54 can can MD 1662 1032 55 read read VB 1662 1032 56 and and CC 1662 1032 57 write write VB 1662 1032 58 total total JJ 1662 1032 59 population population NN 1662 1032 60 : : : 1662 1032 61 38.1 38.1 CD 1662 1032 62 % % NN 1662 1032 63 male male NN 1662 1032 64 : : : 1662 1032 65 49.4 49.4 CD 1662 1032 66 % % NN 1662 1032 67 female female NN 1662 1032 68 : : : 1662 1032 69 26.1 26.1 CD 1662 1032 70 % % NN 1662 1032 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1032 72 1995 1995 CD 1662 1032 73 est est NNP 1662 1032 74 . . . 1662 1032 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1033 1 @Bangladesh @bangladesh LS 1662 1033 2 : : : 1662 1033 3 Government Government NNP 1662 1033 4 Country Country NNP 1662 1033 5 name name NN 1662 1033 6 : : : 1662 1033 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1033 8 long long JJ 1662 1033 9 form form NN 1662 1033 10 : : : 1662 1033 11 People People NNS 1662 1033 12 's 's POS 1662 1033 13 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1033 14 of of IN 1662 1033 15 Bangladesh Bangladesh NNP 1662 1033 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1033 17 short short JJ 1662 1033 18 form form NN 1662 1033 19 : : : 1662 1033 20 Bangladesh Bangladesh NNP 1662 1033 21 former former JJ 1662 1033 22 : : : 1662 1033 23 East East NNP 1662 1033 24 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 1033 25 Data Data NNP 1662 1033 26 code code NN 1662 1033 27 : : : 1662 1033 28 BG BG NNP 1662 1033 29 Government Government NNP 1662 1033 30 type type NN 1662 1033 31 : : : 1662 1033 32 republic republic NNP 1662 1033 33 National national JJ 1662 1033 34 capital capital NN 1662 1033 35 : : : 1662 1033 36 Dhaka Dhaka NNP 1662 1033 37 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 1033 38 divisions division NNS 1662 1033 39 : : : 1662 1033 40 4 4 CD 1662 1033 41 divisions division NNS 1662 1033 42 ; ; : 1662 1033 43 Chittagong Chittagong NNP 1662 1033 44 , , , 1662 1033 45 Dhaka Dhaka NNP 1662 1033 46 , , , 1662 1033 47 Khulna Khulna NNP 1662 1033 48 , , , 1662 1033 49 Rajshahi Rajshahi NNP 1662 1033 50 note note VBP 1662 1033 51 : : : 1662 1033 52 there there EX 1662 1033 53 may may MD 1662 1033 54 be be VB 1662 1033 55 two two CD 1662 1033 56 new new JJ 1662 1033 57 divisions division NNS 1662 1033 58 named name VBN 1662 1033 59 Barisal Barisal NNP 1662 1033 60 and and CC 1662 1033 61 Sylhet Sylhet NNP 1662 1033 62 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1033 63 : : : 1662 1033 64 16 16 CD 1662 1033 65 December December NNP 1662 1033 66 1971 1971 CD 1662 1033 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1033 68 from from IN 1662 1033 69 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 1033 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1033 71 National national JJ 1662 1033 72 holiday holiday NN 1662 1033 73 : : : 1662 1033 74 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1033 75 Day Day NNP 1662 1033 76 , , , 1662 1033 77 26 26 CD 1662 1033 78 March March NNP 1662 1033 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1033 80 1971 1971 CD 1662 1033 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1033 82 Constitution constitution NN 1662 1033 83 : : : 1662 1033 84 4 4 CD 1662 1033 85 November November NNP 1662 1033 86 1972 1972 CD 1662 1033 87 , , , 1662 1033 88 effective effective JJ 1662 1033 89 16 16 CD 1662 1033 90 December December NNP 1662 1033 91 1972 1972 CD 1662 1033 92 , , , 1662 1033 93 suspended suspend VBD 1662 1033 94 following follow VBG 1662 1033 95 coup coup NN 1662 1033 96 of of IN 1662 1033 97 24 24 CD 1662 1033 98 March March NNP 1662 1033 99 1982 1982 CD 1662 1033 100 , , , 1662 1033 101 restored restore VBD 1662 1033 102 10 10 CD 1662 1033 103 November November NNP 1662 1033 104 1986 1986 CD 1662 1033 105 , , , 1662 1033 106 amended amend VBD 1662 1033 107 many many JJ 1662 1033 108 times time NNS 1662 1033 109 Legal legal JJ 1662 1033 110 system system NN 1662 1033 111 : : : 1662 1033 112 based base VBN 1662 1033 113 on on IN 1662 1033 114 English English NNP 1662 1033 115 common common JJ 1662 1033 116 law law NN 1662 1033 117 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 1033 118 : : : 1662 1033 119 18 18 CD 1662 1033 120 years year NNS 1662 1033 121 of of IN 1662 1033 122 age age NN 1662 1033 123 ; ; : 1662 1033 124 universal universal JJ 1662 1033 125 Executive Executive NNP 1662 1033 126 branch branch NN 1662 1033 127 : : : 1662 1033 128 chief chief NN 1662 1033 129 of of IN 1662 1033 130 state state NN 1662 1033 131 : : : 1662 1033 132 President President NNP 1662 1033 133 Shahabuddin Shahabuddin NNP 1662 1033 134 AHMED AHMED NNP 1662 1033 135 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1033 136 since since IN 1662 1033 137 9 9 CD 1662 1033 138 October October NNP 1662 1033 139 1996 1996 CD 1662 1033 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1033 141 ; ; : 1662 1033 142 note note VB 1662 1033 143 - - : 1662 1033 144 the the DT 1662 1033 145 president president NN 1662 1033 146 's 's POS 1662 1033 147 duties duty NNS 1662 1033 148 are be VBP 1662 1033 149 normally normally RB 1662 1033 150 ceremonial ceremonial JJ 1662 1033 151 , , , 1662 1033 152 but but CC 1662 1033 153 with with IN 1662 1033 154 the the DT 1662 1033 155 13th 13th JJ 1662 1033 156 amendment amendment NN 1662 1033 157 to to IN 1662 1033 158 the the DT 1662 1033 159 constitution constitution NN 1662 1033 160 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1033 161 " " `` 1662 1033 162 Caretaker Caretaker NNP 1662 1033 163 Government Government NNP 1662 1033 164 Amendment Amendment NNP 1662 1033 165 " " '' 1662 1033 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1033 167 , , , 1662 1033 168 the the DT 1662 1033 169 president president NN 1662 1033 170 's 's POS 1662 1033 171 role role NN 1662 1033 172 becomes become VBZ 1662 1033 173 significant significant JJ 1662 1033 174 at at IN 1662 1033 175 times time NNS 1662 1033 176 when when WRB 1662 1033 177 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 1033 178 is be VBZ 1662 1033 179 dissolved dissolve VBN 1662 1033 180 and and CC 1662 1033 181 a a DT 1662 1033 182 caretaker caretaker NN 1662 1033 183 government government NN 1662 1033 184 is be VBZ 1662 1033 185 installed instal VBN 1662 1033 186 - - HYPH 1662 1033 187 at at IN 1662 1033 188 presidential presidential JJ 1662 1033 189 direction direction NN 1662 1033 190 - - , 1662 1033 191 to to TO 1662 1033 192 supervise supervise VB 1662 1033 193 the the DT 1662 1033 194 elections election NNS 1662 1033 195 head head NN 1662 1033 196 of of IN 1662 1033 197 government government NN 1662 1033 198 : : : 1662 1033 199 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1033 200 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1033 201 Sheikh Sheikh NNP 1662 1033 202 Hasina Hasina NNP 1662 1033 203 WAJED WAJED NNP 1662 1033 204 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1033 205 since since IN 1662 1033 206 23 23 CD 1662 1033 207 June June NNP 1662 1033 208 1996 1996 CD 1662 1033 209 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1033 210 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1033 211 : : : 1662 1033 212 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 1033 213 selected select VBN 1662 1033 214 by by IN 1662 1033 215 the the DT 1662 1033 216 prime prime JJ 1662 1033 217 minister minister NN 1662 1033 218 and and CC 1662 1033 219 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1033 220 by by IN 1662 1033 221 the the DT 1662 1033 222 president president NNP 1662 1033 223 elections election NNS 1662 1033 224 : : : 1662 1033 225 president president NNP 1662 1033 226 elected elect VBN 1662 1033 227 by by IN 1662 1033 228 National National NNP 1662 1033 229 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 1033 230 for for IN 1662 1033 231 a a DT 1662 1033 232 five five CD 1662 1033 233 - - HYPH 1662 1033 234 year year NN 1662 1033 235 term term NN 1662 1033 236 ; ; : 1662 1033 237 election election NN 1662 1033 238 last last JJ 1662 1033 239 held hold VBD 1662 1033 240 24 24 CD 1662 1033 241 July July NNP 1662 1033 242 1996 1996 CD 1662 1033 243 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1033 244 next next JJ 1662 1033 245 to to TO 1662 1033 246 be be VB 1662 1033 247 held hold VBN 1662 1033 248 by by IN 1662 1033 249 NA NA NNP 1662 1033 250 October October NNP 1662 1033 251 2001 2001 CD 1662 1033 252 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1033 253 ; ; : 1662 1033 254 following follow VBG 1662 1033 255 legislative legislative JJ 1662 1033 256 elections election NNS 1662 1033 257 , , , 1662 1033 258 the the DT 1662 1033 259 leader leader NN 1662 1033 260 of of IN 1662 1033 261 the the DT 1662 1033 262 party party NN 1662 1033 263 that that WDT 1662 1033 264 wins win VBZ 1662 1033 265 the the DT 1662 1033 266 most most JJS 1662 1033 267 seats seat NNS 1662 1033 268 is be VBZ 1662 1033 269 usually usually RB 1662 1033 270 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1033 271 prime prime NNP 1662 1033 272 minister minister NNP 1662 1033 273 by by IN 1662 1033 274 the the DT 1662 1033 275 president president NNP 1662 1033 276 election election NN 1662 1033 277 results result NNS 1662 1033 278 : : : 1662 1033 279 Shahabuddin Shahabuddin NNP 1662 1033 280 AHMED AHMED NNP 1662 1033 281 elected elect VBD 1662 1033 282 president president NN 1662 1033 283 without without IN 1662 1033 284 opposition opposition NN 1662 1033 285 ; ; : 1662 1033 286 percent percent NN 1662 1033 287 of of IN 1662 1033 288 National National NNP 1662 1033 289 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 1033 290 vote vote NN 1662 1033 291 - - HYPH 1662 1033 292 NA NA NNP 1662 1033 293 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 1033 294 branch branch NN 1662 1033 295 : : : 1662 1033 296 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 1033 297 National National NNP 1662 1033 298 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 1033 299 or or CC 1662 1033 300 Jatiya Jatiya NNP 1662 1033 301 Sangsad Sangsad NNP 1662 1033 302 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1033 303 330 330 CD 1662 1033 304 seats seat NNS 1662 1033 305 ; ; : 1662 1033 306 300 300 CD 1662 1033 307 elected elect VBN 1662 1033 308 by by IN 1662 1033 309 popular popular JJ 1662 1033 310 vote vote NN 1662 1033 311 from from IN 1662 1033 312 single single JJ 1662 1033 313 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1033 314 constituencies constituency NNS 1662 1033 315 , , , 1662 1033 316 30 30 CD 1662 1033 317 seats seat NNS 1662 1033 318 reserved reserve VBN 1662 1033 319 for for IN 1662 1033 320 women woman NNS 1662 1033 321 ; ; : 1662 1033 322 members member NNS 1662 1033 323 serve serve VBP 1662 1033 324 five five CD 1662 1033 325 - - HYPH 1662 1033 326 year year NN 1662 1033 327 terms term NNS 1662 1033 328 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1033 329 elections election NNS 1662 1033 330 : : : 1662 1033 331 last last RB 1662 1033 332 held hold VBD 1662 1033 333 12 12 CD 1662 1033 334 June June NNP 1662 1033 335 1996 1996 CD 1662 1033 336 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1033 337 next next JJ 1662 1033 338 to to TO 1662 1033 339 be be VB 1662 1033 340 held hold VBN 1662 1033 341 NA NA NNP 1662 1033 342 2001 2001 CD 1662 1033 343 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1033 344 election election NN 1662 1033 345 results result NNS 1662 1033 346 : : : 1662 1033 347 percent percent NN 1662 1033 348 of of IN 1662 1033 349 vote vote NN 1662 1033 350 by by IN 1662 1033 351 party party NN 1662 1033 352 - - HYPH 1662 1033 353 AL AL NNP 1662 1033 354 33.87 33.87 CD 1662 1033 355 % % NN 1662 1033 356 , , , 1662 1033 357 BNP BNP NNP 1662 1033 358 30.87 30.87 CD 1662 1033 359 % % NN 1662 1033 360 ; ; , 1662 1033 361 seats seat NNS 1662 1033 362 by by IN 1662 1033 363 party party NN 1662 1033 364 - - HYPH 1662 1033 365 AL AL NNP 1662 1033 366 178 178 CD 1662 1033 367 , , , 1662 1033 368 BNP BNP NNP 1662 1033 369 113 113 CD 1662 1033 370 , , , 1662 1033 371 JP JP NNP 1662 1033 372 33 33 CD 1662 1033 373 , , , 1662 1033 374 JI JI NNP 1662 1033 375 3 3 CD 1662 1033 376 , , , 1662 1033 377 other other JJ 1662 1033 378 2 2 CD 1662 1033 379 , , , 1662 1033 380 election election NN 1662 1033 381 still still RB 1662 1033 382 to to TO 1662 1033 383 be be VB 1662 1033 384 held hold VBN 1662 1033 385 1 1 CD 1662 1033 386 ; ; : 1662 1033 387 note note VB 1662 1033 388 - - : 1662 1033 389 the the DT 1662 1033 390 elections election NNS 1662 1033 391 of of IN 1662 1033 392 12 12 CD 1662 1033 393 June June NNP 1662 1033 394 1996 1996 CD 1662 1033 395 brought bring VBD 1662 1033 396 to to IN 1662 1033 397 power power NN 1662 1033 398 an an DT 1662 1033 399 Awami Awami NNP 1662 1033 400 League League NNP 1662 1033 401 government government NN 1662 1033 402 for for IN 1662 1033 403 the the DT 1662 1033 404 first first JJ 1662 1033 405 time time NN 1662 1033 406 in in IN 1662 1033 407 twenty twenty CD 1662 1033 408 - - HYPH 1662 1033 409 one one CD 1662 1033 410 years year NNS 1662 1033 411 ; ; , 1662 1033 412 held hold VBN 1662 1033 413 under under IN 1662 1033 414 a a DT 1662 1033 415 neutral neutral JJ 1662 1033 416 , , , 1662 1033 417 caretaker caretaker NNP 1662 1033 418 administration administration NNP 1662 1033 419 , , , 1662 1033 420 the the DT 1662 1033 421 elections election NNS 1662 1033 422 were be VBD 1662 1033 423 characterized characterize VBN 1662 1033 424 by by IN 1662 1033 425 a a DT 1662 1033 426 peaceful peaceful JJ 1662 1033 427 , , , 1662 1033 428 orderly orderly JJ 1662 1033 429 process process NN 1662 1033 430 and and CC 1662 1033 431 massive massive JJ 1662 1033 432 voter voter NN 1662 1033 433 turnout turnout NN 1662 1033 434 , , , 1662 1033 435 ending end VBG 1662 1033 436 a a DT 1662 1033 437 bitter bitter JJ 1662 1033 438 two two CD 1662 1033 439 - - HYPH 1662 1033 440 year year NN 1662 1033 441 impasse impasse NN 1662 1033 442 between between IN 1662 1033 443 the the DT 1662 1033 444 former former JJ 1662 1033 445 BNP BNP NNP 1662 1033 446 and and CC 1662 1033 447 opposition opposition NN 1662 1033 448 parties party NNS 1662 1033 449 that that WDT 1662 1033 450 had have VBD 1662 1033 451 paralyzed paralyze VBN 1662 1033 452 National National NNP 1662 1033 453 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 1033 454 and and CC 1662 1033 455 led lead VBD 1662 1033 456 to to IN 1662 1033 457 widespread widespread JJ 1662 1033 458 street street NN 1662 1033 459 violence violence NN 1662 1033 460 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 1033 461 branch branch NN 1662 1033 462 : : : 1662 1033 463 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1033 464 Court Court NNP 1662 1033 465 , , , 1662 1033 466 the the DT 1662 1033 467 Chief Chief NNP 1662 1033 468 Justices Justices NNPS 1662 1033 469 and and CC 1662 1033 470 other other JJ 1662 1033 471 judges judge NNS 1662 1033 472 are be VBP 1662 1033 473 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1033 474 by by IN 1662 1033 475 the the DT 1662 1033 476 president president NN 1662 1033 477 Political political JJ 1662 1033 478 parties party NNS 1662 1033 479 and and CC 1662 1033 480 leaders leader NNS 1662 1033 481 : : : 1662 1033 482 Bangladesh Bangladesh NNP 1662 1033 483 Nationalist Nationalist NNP 1662 1033 484 Party Party NNP 1662 1033 485 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1033 486 BNP BNP NNP 1662 1033 487 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1033 488 , , , 1662 1033 489 Khaleda Khaleda NNP 1662 1033 490 ZIAur ZIAur NNP 1662 1033 491 RAHMAN RAHMAN NNP 1662 1033 492 ; ; : 1662 1033 493 Awami Awami NNP 1662 1033 494 League League NNP 1662 1033 495 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1033 496 AL AL NNP 1662 1033 497 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1033 498 , , , 1662 1033 499 Sheikh Sheikh NNP 1662 1033 500 Hasina Hasina NNP 1662 1033 501 WAJED WAJED NNP 1662 1033 502 ; ; : 1662 1033 503 Jatiyo Jatiyo NNP 1662 1033 504 Party Party NNP 1662 1033 505 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1033 506 JP JP NNP 1662 1033 507 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1033 508 , , , 1662 1033 509 Hussain Hussain NNP 1662 1033 510 Mohammad Mohammad NNP 1662 1033 511 ERSHAD ERSHAD NNP 1662 1033 512 ; ; : 1662 1033 513 Jamaat Jamaat NNP 1662 1033 514 - - HYPH 1662 1033 515 E E NNP 1662 1033 516 - - : 1662 1033 517 Islami Islami NNP 1662 1033 518 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1033 519 JI JI NNP 1662 1033 520 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1033 521 , , , 1662 1033 522 Motiur Motiur NNP 1662 1033 523 Rahman Rahman NNP 1662 1033 524 NIZAMI NIZAMI NNP 1662 1033 525 ; ; : 1662 1033 526 Bangladesh Bangladesh NNP 1662 1033 527 Communist Communist NNP 1662 1033 528 Party Party NNP 1662 1033 529 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1033 530 BCP BCP NNP 1662 1033 531 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1033 532 , , , 1662 1033 533 Saifuddin Saifuddin NNP 1662 1033 534 Ahmed Ahmed NNP 1662 1033 535 MANIK MANIK NNP 1662 1033 536 International International NNP 1662 1033 537 organization organization NN 1662 1033 538 participation participation NN 1662 1033 539 : : : 1662 1033 540 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 1033 541 , , , 1662 1033 542 C C NNP 1662 1033 543 , , , 1662 1033 544 CCC CCC NNP 1662 1033 545 , , , 1662 1033 546 CP CP NNP 1662 1033 547 , , , 1662 1033 548 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 1033 549 , , , 1662 1033 550 FAO FAO NNP 1662 1033 551 , , , 1662 1033 552 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 1033 553 , , , 1662 1033 554 IAEA iaea NN 1662 1033 555 , , , 1662 1033 556 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1033 557 , , , 1662 1033 558 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1033 559 , , , 1662 1033 560 ICC ICC NNP 1662 1033 561 , , , 1662 1033 562 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 1033 563 , , , 1662 1033 564 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 1033 565 , , , 1662 1033 566 IDA IDA NNP 1662 1033 567 , , , 1662 1033 568 IDB IDB NNP 1662 1033 569 , , , 1662 1033 570 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 1033 571 , , , 1662 1033 572 IFC IFC NNP 1662 1033 573 , , , 1662 1033 574 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 1033 575 , , , 1662 1033 576 ILO ILO NNP 1662 1033 577 , , , 1662 1033 578 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1033 579 , , , 1662 1033 580 IMO imo RB 1662 1033 581 , , , 1662 1033 582 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 1033 583 , , , 1662 1033 584 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1033 585 , , , 1662 1033 586 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 1033 587 , , , 1662 1033 588 IOC IOC NNP 1662 1033 589 , , , 1662 1033 590 IOM IOM NNP 1662 1033 591 , , , 1662 1033 592 ISO ISO NNP 1662 1033 593 , , , 1662 1033 594 ITU ITU NNP 1662 1033 595 , , , 1662 1033 596 MINURSO MINURSO NNP 1662 1033 597 , , , 1662 1033 598 NAM NAM NNP 1662 1033 599 , , , 1662 1033 600 OIC OIC NNP 1662 1033 601 , , , 1662 1033 602 SAARC SAARC NNP 1662 1033 603 , , , 1662 1033 604 UN UN NNP 1662 1033 605 , , , 1662 1033 606 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 1033 607 III III NNP 1662 1033 608 , , , 1662 1033 609 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 1033 610 , , , 1662 1033 611 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 1033 612 , , , 1662 1033 613 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 1033 614 , , , 1662 1033 615 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 1033 616 , , , 1662 1033 617 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 1033 618 , , , 1662 1033 619 UNMIBH UNMIBH NNP 1662 1033 620 , , , 1662 1033 621 UNMIH UNMIH NNP 1662 1033 622 , , , 1662 1033 623 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 1033 624 , , , 1662 1033 625 UNMOT UNMOT NNP 1662 1033 626 , , , 1662 1033 627 UNOMIG UNOMIG NNP 1662 1033 628 , , , 1662 1033 629 UNOMIL UNOMIL NNP 1662 1033 630 , , , 1662 1033 631 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 1033 632 , , , 1662 1033 633 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 1033 634 , , , 1662 1033 635 UNU UNU NNP 1662 1033 636 , , , 1662 1033 637 UPU UPU NNP 1662 1033 638 , , , 1662 1033 639 WCL WCL NNP 1662 1033 640 , , , 1662 1033 641 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 1033 642 , , , 1662 1033 643 WHO who WP 1662 1033 644 , , , 1662 1033 645 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 1033 646 , , , 1662 1033 647 WMO WMO NNP 1662 1033 648 , , , 1662 1033 649 WToO wtoo FW 1662 1033 650 , , , 1662 1033 651 WTrO wtro VB 1662 1033 652 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1033 653 representation representation NN 1662 1033 654 in in IN 1662 1033 655 the the DT 1662 1033 656 US US NNP 1662 1033 657 : : : 1662 1033 658 chief chief NN 1662 1033 659 of of IN 1662 1033 660 mission mission NN 1662 1033 661 : : : 1662 1033 662 Ambassador ambassador NN 1662 1033 663 - - HYPH 1662 1033 664 designate designate JJ 1662 1033 665 Khwaja Khwaja NNP 1662 1033 666 Mohammad Mohammad NNP 1662 1033 667 SHEHABUDDIN SHEHABUDDIN NNP 1662 1033 668 chancery chancery NN 1662 1033 669 : : : 1662 1033 670 2201 2201 CD 1662 1033 671 Wisconsin Wisconsin NNP 1662 1033 672 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 1033 673 NW NW NNP 1662 1033 674 , , , 1662 1033 675 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1033 676 , , , 1662 1033 677 DC DC NNP 1662 1033 678 20007 20007 CD 1662 1033 679 telephone telephone NN 1662 1033 680 : : : 1662 1033 681 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1033 682 1 1 CD 1662 1033 683 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1033 684 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1033 685 202 202 CD 1662 1033 686 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1033 687 342 342 CD 1662 1033 688 - - SYM 1662 1033 689 8372 8372 CD 1662 1033 690 through through IN 1662 1033 691 8376 8376 CD 1662 1033 692 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 1033 693 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1033 694 general general NN 1662 1033 695 : : : 1662 1033 696 Los Los NNP 1662 1033 697 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 1033 698 and and CC 1662 1033 699 New New NNP 1662 1033 700 York York NNP 1662 1033 701 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1033 702 representation representation NN 1662 1033 703 from from IN 1662 1033 704 the the DT 1662 1033 705 US US NNP 1662 1033 706 : : : 1662 1033 707 chief chief NN 1662 1033 708 of of IN 1662 1033 709 mission mission NN 1662 1033 710 : : : 1662 1033 711 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1033 712 David David NNP 1662 1033 713 N. N. NNP 1662 1033 714 MERRILL MERRILL NNP 1662 1033 715 embassy embassy NN 1662 1033 716 : : : 1662 1033 717 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1033 718 Enclave Enclave NNP 1662 1033 719 , , , 1662 1033 720 Madani Madani NNP 1662 1033 721 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 1033 722 , , , 1662 1033 723 Baridhara Baridhara NNP 1662 1033 724 , , , 1662 1033 725 Dhaka Dhaka NNP 1662 1033 726 1212 1212 CD 1662 1033 727 mailing mail VBG 1662 1033 728 address address NN 1662 1033 729 : : : 1662 1033 730 G.P.O. G.P.O. NNP 1662 1034 1 Box Box NNP 1662 1034 2 323 323 CD 1662 1034 3 , , , 1662 1034 4 Dhaka Dhaka NNP 1662 1034 5 1000 1000 CD 1662 1034 6 telephone telephone NN 1662 1034 7 : : : 1662 1034 8 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1034 9 880 880 CD 1662 1034 10 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1034 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1034 12 2 2 CD 1662 1034 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1034 14 884700 884700 CD 1662 1034 15 through through IN 1662 1034 16 884722 884722 CD 1662 1034 17 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1034 18 : : : 1662 1034 19 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1034 20 880 880 CD 1662 1034 21 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1034 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1034 23 2 2 CD 1662 1034 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1034 25 883 883 CD 1662 1034 26 - - CD 1662 1034 27 744 744 CD 1662 1034 28 Flag flag NN 1662 1034 29 description description NN 1662 1034 30 : : : 1662 1034 31 green green JJ 1662 1034 32 with with IN 1662 1034 33 a a DT 1662 1034 34 large large JJ 1662 1034 35 red red JJ 1662 1034 36 disk disk NN 1662 1034 37 slightly slightly RB 1662 1034 38 to to IN 1662 1034 39 the the DT 1662 1034 40 hoist hoist NN 1662 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world NN 1662 1034 76 's 's POS 1662 1034 77 poorest poor JJS 1662 1034 78 , , , 1662 1034 79 most most RBS 1662 1034 80 densely densely RB 1662 1034 81 populated populated JJ 1662 1034 82 , , , 1662 1034 83 and and CC 1662 1034 84 least least JJS 1662 1034 85 developed developed JJ 1662 1034 86 nations nation NNS 1662 1034 87 . . . 1662 1035 1 Annual annual JJ 1662 1035 2 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1035 3 growth growth NN 1662 1035 4 has have VBZ 1662 1035 5 averaged average VBN 1662 1035 6 over over IN 1662 1035 7 4 4 CD 1662 1035 8 % % NN 1662 1035 9 in in IN 1662 1035 10 recent recent JJ 1662 1035 11 years year NNS 1662 1035 12 from from IN 1662 1035 13 a a DT 1662 1035 14 low low JJ 1662 1035 15 base base NN 1662 1035 16 . . . 1662 1036 1 Its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1036 2 economy economy NN 1662 1036 3 is be VBZ 1662 1036 4 largely largely RB 1662 1036 5 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 1036 6 , , , 1662 1036 7 with with IN 1662 1036 8 the the DT 1662 1036 9 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 1036 10 of of IN 1662 1036 11 rice rice NN 1662 1036 12 the the DT 1662 1036 13 single single JJ 1662 1036 14 most most RBS 1662 1036 15 important important JJ 1662 1036 16 activity activity NN 1662 1036 17 in in IN 1662 1036 18 the the DT 1662 1036 19 economy economy NN 1662 1036 20 . . . 1662 1037 1 Major major JJ 1662 1037 2 impediments impediment NNS 1662 1037 3 to to IN 1662 1037 4 growth growth NN 1662 1037 5 include include VBP 1662 1037 6 frequent frequent JJ 1662 1037 7 cyclones cyclone NNS 1662 1037 8 and and CC 1662 1037 9 floods flood NNS 1662 1037 10 , , , 1662 1037 11 the the DT 1662 1037 12 inefficiency inefficiency NN 1662 1037 13 of of IN 1662 1037 14 state state NN 1662 1037 15 - - HYPH 1662 1037 16 owned own VBN 1662 1037 17 enterprises enterprise NNS 1662 1037 18 , , , 1662 1037 19 a a DT 1662 1037 20 rapidly rapidly RB 1662 1037 21 growing grow VBG 1662 1037 22 labor labor NN 1662 1037 23 force force NN 1662 1037 24 that that WDT 1662 1037 25 can can MD 1662 1037 26 not not RB 1662 1037 27 be be VB 1662 1037 28 absorbed absorb VBN 1662 1037 29 by by IN 1662 1037 30 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1037 31 , , , 1662 1037 32 delays delay NNS 1662 1037 33 in in IN 1662 1037 34 exploiting exploit VBG 1662 1037 35 energy energy NN 1662 1037 36 resources resource NNS 1662 1037 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1037 38 natural natural JJ 1662 1037 39 gas gas NN 1662 1037 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1037 41 , , , 1662 1037 42 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 1037 43 power power NN 1662 1037 44 supplies supply NNS 1662 1037 45 , , , 1662 1037 46 and and CC 1662 1037 47 slow slow JJ 1662 1037 48 implementation implementation NN 1662 1037 49 of of IN 1662 1037 50 economic economic JJ 1662 1037 51 reforms reform NNS 1662 1037 52 . . . 1662 1038 1 Frequent frequent JJ 1662 1038 2 strikes strike NNS 1662 1038 3 that that WDT 1662 1038 4 crippled cripple VBD 1662 1038 5 the the DT 1662 1038 6 economy economy NN 1662 1038 7 in in IN 1662 1038 8 1995 1995 CD 1662 1038 9 and and CC 1662 1038 10 early early JJ 1662 1038 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 1038 12 subsided subside VBD 1662 1038 13 after after IN 1662 1038 14 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1038 15 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1038 16 Sheikh Sheikh NNP 1662 1038 17 Hasina Hasina NNP 1662 1038 18 WAJED WAJED NNP 1662 1038 19 's 's POS 1662 1038 20 Awami Awami NNP 1662 1038 21 League League NNP 1662 1038 22 government government NN 1662 1038 23 assumed assume VBD 1662 1038 24 power power NN 1662 1038 25 in in IN 1662 1038 26 mid-1996 mid-1996 NN 1662 1038 27 , , , 1662 1038 28 allowing allow VBG 1662 1038 29 a a DT 1662 1038 30 return return NN 1662 1038 31 to to IN 1662 1038 32 normal normal JJ 1662 1038 33 economic economic JJ 1662 1038 34 activity activity NN 1662 1038 35 . . . 1662 1039 1 The the DT 1662 1039 2 current current JJ 1662 1039 3 government government NN 1662 1039 4 has have VBZ 1662 1039 5 made make VBN 1662 1039 6 some some DT 1662 1039 7 headway headway NN 1662 1039 8 improving improve VBG 1662 1039 9 the the DT 1662 1039 10 climate climate NN 1662 1039 11 for for IN 1662 1039 12 foreign foreign JJ 1662 1039 13 investors investor NNS 1662 1039 14 and and CC 1662 1039 15 liberalizing liberalize VBG 1662 1039 16 the the DT 1662 1039 17 capital capital NN 1662 1039 18 markets market NNS 1662 1039 19 ; ; : 1662 1039 20 for for IN 1662 1039 21 example example NN 1662 1039 22 , , , 1662 1039 23 it -PRON- PRP 1662 1039 24 has have VBZ 1662 1039 25 negotiated negotiate VBN 1662 1039 26 with with IN 1662 1039 27 foreign foreign JJ 1662 1039 28 firms firm NNS 1662 1039 29 for for IN 1662 1039 30 oil oil NN 1662 1039 31 and and CC 1662 1039 32 gas gas NN 1662 1039 33 exploration exploration NN 1662 1039 34 , , , 1662 1039 35 better well RBR 1662 1039 36 countrywide countrywide NN 1662 1039 37 distribution distribution NN 1662 1039 38 of of IN 1662 1039 39 cooking cook VBG 1662 1039 40 gas gas NN 1662 1039 41 , , , 1662 1039 42 and and CC 1662 1039 43 the the DT 1662 1039 44 construction construction NN 1662 1039 45 of of IN 1662 1039 46 natural natural JJ 1662 1039 47 gas gas NN 1662 1039 48 pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 1039 49 and and CC 1662 1039 50 power power NN 1662 1039 51 plants plant NNS 1662 1039 52 . . . 1662 1040 1 Progress progress VB 1662 1040 2 on on IN 1662 1040 3 other other JJ 1662 1040 4 economic economic JJ 1662 1040 5 reforms reform NNS 1662 1040 6 has have VBZ 1662 1040 7 been be VBN 1662 1040 8 halting halting JJ 1662 1040 9 because because IN 1662 1040 10 of of IN 1662 1040 11 opposition opposition NN 1662 1040 12 from from IN 1662 1040 13 the the DT 1662 1040 14 bureaucracy bureaucracy NN 1662 1040 15 , , , 1662 1040 16 public public JJ 1662 1040 17 sector sector NN 1662 1040 18 unions union NNS 1662 1040 19 , , , 1662 1040 20 and and CC 1662 1040 21 other other JJ 1662 1040 22 vested vested JJ 1662 1040 23 interest interest NN 1662 1040 24 groups group NNS 1662 1040 25 . . . 1662 1041 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1041 2 : : : 1662 1041 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1041 4 power power NN 1662 1041 5 parity parity NN 1662 1041 6 - - : 1662 1041 7 $ $ $ 1662 1041 8 155.1 155.1 CD 1662 1041 9 billion billion CD 1662 1041 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1041 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 1041 12 est est NNP 1662 1041 13 . . . 1662 1041 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1042 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1042 2 - - HYPH 1662 1042 3 real real JJ 1662 1042 4 growth growth NN 1662 1042 5 rate rate NN 1662 1042 6 : : : 1662 1042 7 4.7 4.7 CD 1662 1042 8 % % NN 1662 1042 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1042 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 1042 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1042 12 GDP gdp NN 1662 1042 13 - - HYPH 1662 1042 14 per per FW 1662 1042 15 capita capita NN 1662 1042 16 : : : 1662 1042 17 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1042 18 power power NN 1662 1042 19 parity parity NN 1662 1042 20 - - : 1662 1042 21 $ $ $ 1662 1042 22 1,260 1,260 CD 1662 1042 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1042 24 1996 1996 CD 1662 1042 25 est est NNP 1662 1042 26 . . . 1662 1042 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1043 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1043 2 - - HYPH 1662 1043 3 composition composition NN 1662 1043 4 by by IN 1662 1043 5 sector sector NN 1662 1043 6 : : : 1662 1043 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1043 8 : : : 1662 1043 9 31 31 CD 1662 1043 10 % % NN 1662 1043 11 industry industry NN 1662 1043 12 : : : 1662 1043 13 18 18 CD 1662 1043 14 % % NN 1662 1043 15 services service NNS 1662 1043 16 : : : 1662 1043 17 51 51 CD 1662 1043 18 % % NN 1662 1043 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1043 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 1043 21 est est NNP 1662 1043 22 . . . 1662 1043 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1044 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 1044 2 rate rate NN 1662 1044 3 - - HYPH 1662 1044 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 1044 5 price price NN 1662 1044 6 index index NN 1662 1044 7 : : : 1662 1044 8 4 4 CD 1662 1044 9 % % NN 1662 1044 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1044 11 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 1044 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1044 13 Labor labor NN 1662 1044 14 force force NN 1662 1044 15 : : : 1662 1044 16 total total NN 1662 1044 17 : : : 1662 1044 18 50.1 50.1 CD 1662 1044 19 million million CD 1662 1044 20 by by IN 1662 1044 21 occupation occupation NN 1662 1044 22 : : : 1662 1044 23 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1044 24 65 65 CD 1662 1044 25 % % NN 1662 1044 26 , , , 1662 1044 27 services service NNS 1662 1044 28 21 21 CD 1662 1044 29 % % NN 1662 1044 30 , , , 1662 1044 31 industry industry NN 1662 1044 32 and and CC 1662 1044 33 mining mining NN 1662 1044 34 14 14 CD 1662 1044 35 % % NN 1662 1044 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1044 37 1989 1989 CD 1662 1044 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1044 39 note note NN 1662 1044 40 : : : 1662 1044 41 extensive extensive JJ 1662 1044 42 export export NN 1662 1044 43 of of IN 1662 1044 44 labor labor NN 1662 1044 45 to to IN 1662 1044 46 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 1044 47 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 1044 48 , , , 1662 1044 49 UAE UAE NNP 1662 1044 50 , , , 1662 1044 51 and and CC 1662 1044 52 Oman Oman NNP 1662 1044 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1044 54 1991 1991 CD 1662 1044 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1044 56 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1044 57 rate rate NN 1662 1044 58 : : : 1662 1044 59 35.9 35.9 CD 1662 1044 60 % % NN 1662 1044 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1044 62 1996 1996 CD 1662 1044 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1044 64 Budget budget NN 1662 1044 65 : : : 1662 1044 66 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1044 67 : : : 1662 1044 68 $ $ $ 1662 1044 69 4.1 4.1 CD 1662 1044 70 billion billion CD 1662 1044 71 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1044 72 : : : 1662 1044 73 $ $ $ 1662 1044 74 6 6 CD 1662 1044 75 billion billion CD 1662 1044 76 , , , 1662 1044 77 including include VBG 1662 1044 78 capital capital NN 1662 1044 79 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1044 80 of of IN 1662 1044 81 $ $ $ 1662 1044 82 3 3 CD 1662 1044 83 billion billion CD 1662 1044 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1044 85 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 1044 86 est est NNP 1662 1044 87 . . . 1662 1044 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1045 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 1045 2 : : : 1662 1045 3 jute jute NN 1662 1045 4 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 1045 5 , , , 1662 1045 6 cotton cotton NN 1662 1045 7 textiles textile NNS 1662 1045 8 , , , 1662 1045 9 food food NN 1662 1045 10 processing processing NN 1662 1045 11 , , , 1662 1045 12 steel steel NN 1662 1045 13 , , , 1662 1045 14 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 1045 15 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 1045 16 production production NN 1662 1045 17 growth growth NN 1662 1045 18 rate rate NN 1662 1045 19 : : : 1662 1045 20 5.7 5.7 CD 1662 1045 21 % % NN 1662 1045 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1045 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 1045 24 est est NNP 1662 1045 25 . . . 1662 1045 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1046 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1046 2 - - HYPH 1662 1046 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 1046 4 : : : 1662 1046 5 2.98 2.98 CD 1662 1046 6 million million CD 1662 1046 7 kW kW NNP 1662 1046 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1046 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 1046 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1046 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1046 12 - - HYPH 1662 1046 13 production production NN 1662 1046 14 : : : 1662 1046 15 10.01 10.01 CD 1662 1046 16 billion billion CD 1662 1046 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1046 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1046 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 1046 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1046 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1046 22 - - HYPH 1662 1046 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 1046 24 per per IN 1662 1046 25 capita capita NN 1662 1046 26 : : : 1662 1046 27 76 76 CD 1662 1046 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1046 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1046 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 1046 31 est est NNP 1662 1046 32 . . . 1662 1046 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1047 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1047 2 - - HYPH 1662 1047 3 products product NNS 1662 1047 4 : : : 1662 1047 5 rice rice NN 1662 1047 6 , , , 1662 1047 7 jute jute NN 1662 1047 8 , , , 1662 1047 9 tea tea NN 1662 1047 10 , , , 1662 1047 11 wheat wheat NN 1662 1047 12 , , , 1662 1047 13 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 1047 14 , , , 1662 1047 15 potatoes potato NNS 1662 1047 16 ; ; : 1662 1047 17 beef beef NN 1662 1047 18 , , , 1662 1047 19 milk milk NN 1662 1047 20 , , , 1662 1047 21 poultry poultry NN 1662 1047 22 Exports export NNS 1662 1047 23 : : : 1662 1047 24 total total JJ 1662 1047 25 value value NN 1662 1047 26 : : : 1662 1047 27 $ $ $ 1662 1047 28 3.9 3.9 CD 1662 1047 29 billion billion CD 1662 1047 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1047 31 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 1047 32 est est NNP 1662 1047 33 . . . 1662 1047 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1048 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1048 2 : : : 1662 1048 3 garments garment NNS 1662 1048 4 , , , 1662 1048 5 jute jute NN 1662 1048 6 and and CC 1662 1048 7 jute jute NN 1662 1048 8 goods good NNS 1662 1048 9 , , , 1662 1048 10 leather leather NN 1662 1048 11 , , , 1662 1048 12 frozen frozen JJ 1662 1048 13 fish fish NN 1662 1048 14 and and CC 1662 1048 15 seafood seafood NN 1662 1048 16 partners partner NNS 1662 1048 17 : : : 1662 1048 18 Western Western NNP 1662 1048 19 Europe Europe NNP 1662 1048 20 42 42 CD 1662 1048 21 % % NN 1662 1048 22 , , , 1662 1048 23 US US NNP 1662 1048 24 30 30 CD 1662 1048 25 % % NN 1662 1048 26 , , , 1662 1048 27 Hong Hong NNP 1662 1048 28 Kong Kong NNP 1662 1048 29 4 4 CD 1662 1048 30 % % NN 1662 1048 31 , , , 1662 1048 32 Japan Japan NNP 1662 1048 33 3 3 CD 1662 1048 34 % % NN 1662 1048 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1048 36 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 1048 37 est est NNP 1662 1048 38 . . . 1662 1048 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1049 1 Imports import NNS 1662 1049 2 : : : 1662 1049 3 total total JJ 1662 1049 4 value value NN 1662 1049 5 : : : 1662 1049 6 $ $ $ 1662 1049 7 6.8 6.8 CD 1662 1049 8 billion billion CD 1662 1049 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1049 10 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 1049 11 est est NNP 1662 1049 12 . . . 1662 1049 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1050 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1050 2 : : : 1662 1050 3 capital capital NN 1662 1050 4 goods good NNS 1662 1050 5 , , , 1662 1050 6 textiles textile NNS 1662 1050 7 , , , 1662 1050 8 food food NN 1662 1050 9 , , , 1662 1050 10 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1050 11 products product NNS 1662 1050 12 partners partner NNS 1662 1050 13 : : : 1662 1050 14 India India NNP 1662 1050 15 21 21 CD 1662 1050 16 % % NN 1662 1050 17 , , , 1662 1050 18 China China NNP 1662 1050 19 10 10 CD 1662 1050 20 % % NN 1662 1050 21 , , , 1662 1050 22 Western Western NNP 1662 1050 23 Europe Europe NNP 1662 1050 24 8 8 CD 1662 1050 25 % % NN 1662 1050 26 , , , 1662 1050 27 Hong Hong NNP 1662 1050 28 Kong Kong NNP 1662 1050 29 7 7 CD 1662 1050 30 % % NN 1662 1050 31 , , , 1662 1050 32 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 1050 33 6 6 CD 1662 1050 34 % % NN 1662 1050 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1050 36 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 1050 37 est est NNP 1662 1050 38 . . . 1662 1050 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1051 1 Debt debt NN 1662 1051 2 - - HYPH 1662 1051 3 external external JJ 1662 1051 4 : : : 1662 1051 5 $ $ $ 1662 1051 6 17.1 17.1 CD 1662 1051 7 billion billion CD 1662 1051 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1051 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 1051 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1051 11 Economic economic JJ 1662 1051 12 aid aid NN 1662 1051 13 : : : 1662 1051 14 recipient recipient NN 1662 1051 15 : : : 1662 1051 16 $ $ $ 1662 1051 17 1.585 1.585 CD 1662 1051 18 billion billion CD 1662 1051 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1051 20 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 1051 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1051 22 Currency currency NN 1662 1051 23 : : : 1662 1051 24 1 1 CD 1662 1051 25 taka taka NN 1662 1051 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1051 27 Tk Tk NNP 1662 1051 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1051 29 = = NFP 1662 1051 30 100 100 CD 1662 1051 31 poiska poiska NNP 1662 1051 32 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1051 33 rates rate NNS 1662 1051 34 : : : 1662 1051 35 taka taka NNP 1662 1051 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1051 37 Tk tk NN 1662 1051 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1051 39 per per IN 1662 1051 40 US$ us$ $ 1662 1051 41 1 1 CD 1662 1051 42 - - SYM 1662 1051 43 42.450 42.450 CD 1662 1051 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1051 45 January January NNP 1662 1051 46 1997 1997 CD 1662 1051 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1051 48 , , , 1662 1051 49 41.794 41.794 CD 1662 1051 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1051 51 1996 1996 CD 1662 1051 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1051 53 , , , 1662 1051 54 40.278 40.278 CD 1662 1051 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1051 56 1995 1995 CD 1662 1051 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1051 58 , , , 1662 1051 59 40.212 40.212 CD 1662 1051 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1051 61 1994 1994 CD 1662 1051 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1051 63 , , , 1662 1051 64 39.567 39.567 CD 1662 1051 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1051 66 1993 1993 CD 1662 1051 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1051 68 , , , 1662 1051 69 38.951 38.951 CD 1662 1051 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1051 71 1992 1992 CD 1662 1051 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1051 73 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1051 74 year year NN 1662 1051 75 : : : 1662 1051 76 1 1 CD 1662 1051 77 July July NNP 1662 1051 78 - - HYPH 1662 1051 79 30 30 CD 1662 1051 80 June June NNP 1662 1051 81 @Bangladesh @bangladesh NN 1662 1051 82 : : : 1662 1051 83 Communications communication NNS 1662 1051 84 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 1051 85 : : : 1662 1051 86 249,800 249,800 CD 1662 1051 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1051 88 1994 1994 CD 1662 1051 89 est est NNP 1662 1051 90 . . . 1662 1051 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1052 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1052 2 system system NN 1662 1052 3 : : : 1662 1052 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1052 5 : : : 1662 1052 6 poor poor JJ 1662 1052 7 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1052 8 telephone telephone NN 1662 1052 9 service service NN 1662 1052 10 international international NNP 1662 1052 11 : : : 1662 1052 12 satellite satellite NN 1662 1052 13 earth earth NN 1662 1052 14 stations station NNS 1662 1052 15 - - , 1662 1052 16 2 2 CD 1662 1052 17 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1052 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1052 19 Indian Indian NNP 1662 1052 20 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1052 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1052 22 ; ; : 1662 1052 23 international international JJ 1662 1052 24 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 1052 25 communications communication NNS 1662 1052 26 and and CC 1662 1052 27 landline landline NN 1662 1052 28 service service NN 1662 1052 29 to to IN 1662 1052 30 neighboring neighboring NN 1662 1052 31 countries country NNS 1662 1052 32 Radio Radio NNP 1662 1052 33 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1052 34 stations station NNS 1662 1052 35 : : : 1662 1052 36 AM am VBP 1662 1052 37 9 9 CD 1662 1052 38 , , , 1662 1052 39 FM FM NNP 1662 1052 40 6 6 CD 1662 1052 41 , , , 1662 1052 42 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 1052 43 0 0 CD 1662 1052 44 Radios radio NNS 1662 1052 45 : : : 1662 1052 46 NA NA NNP 1662 1052 47 Television Television NNP 1662 1052 48 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1052 49 stations station NNS 1662 1052 50 : : : 1662 1052 51 11 11 CD 1662 1052 52 Televisions television NNS 1662 1052 53 : : : 1662 1052 54 350,000 350,000 CD 1662 1052 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1052 56 1993 1993 CD 1662 1052 57 est est NNP 1662 1052 58 . . . 1662 1052 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1053 1 @Bangladesh @bangladesh LS 1662 1053 2 : : : 1662 1053 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1053 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1053 5 : : : 1662 1053 6 total total NN 1662 1053 7 : : : 1662 1053 8 2,892 2,892 CD 1662 1053 9 km km NN 1662 1053 10 broad broad JJ 1662 1053 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 1053 12 : : : 1662 1053 13 978 978 CD 1662 1053 14 km km NN 1662 1053 15 1.676-m 1.676-m CD 1662 1053 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 1053 17 narrow narrow JJ 1662 1053 18 gauge gauge NN 1662 1053 19 : : : 1662 1053 20 1,914 1,914 CD 1662 1053 21 km km NN 1662 1053 22 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 1053 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 1053 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1053 25 1992 1992 CD 1662 1053 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1053 27 Highways highway NNS 1662 1053 28 : : : 1662 1053 29 total total NN 1662 1053 30 : : : 1662 1053 31 168,513 168,513 CD 1662 1053 32 km km NN 1662 1053 33 paved pave VBN 1662 1053 34 : : : 1662 1053 35 15,672 15,672 CD 1662 1053 36 km km NNS 1662 1053 37 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1053 38 : : : 1662 1053 39 152,841 152,841 CD 1662 1053 40 km km NNS 1662 1053 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1053 42 1995 1995 CD 1662 1053 43 est est NNP 1662 1053 44 . . . 1662 1053 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1054 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 1054 2 : : : 1662 1054 3 5,150 5,150 CD 1662 1054 4 - - SYM 1662 1054 5 8,046 8,046 CD 1662 1054 6 km km NN 1662 1054 7 navigable navigable JJ 1662 1054 8 waterways waterway NNS 1662 1054 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1054 10 includes include VBZ 1662 1054 11 2,575 2,575 CD 1662 1054 12 - - SYM 1662 1054 13 3,058 3,058 CD 1662 1054 14 km km NN 1662 1054 15 main main JJ 1662 1054 16 cargo cargo NN 1662 1054 17 routes route NNS 1662 1054 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1054 19 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 1054 20 : : : 1662 1054 21 natural natural JJ 1662 1054 22 gas gas NN 1662 1054 23 1,220 1,220 CD 1662 1054 24 km km NN 1662 1054 25 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 1054 26 and and CC 1662 1054 27 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1054 28 : : : 1662 1054 29 Chittagong Chittagong NNP 1662 1054 30 , , , 1662 1054 31 Dhaka Dhaka NNP 1662 1054 32 , , , 1662 1054 33 Chalna Chalna NNP 1662 1054 34 Port Port NNP 1662 1054 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1054 36 Mongla Mongla NNP 1662 1054 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1054 38 Merchant merchant NN 1662 1054 39 marine marine NN 1662 1054 40 : : : 1662 1054 41 total total NN 1662 1054 42 : : : 1662 1054 43 41 41 CD 1662 1054 44 ships ship NNS 1662 1054 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1054 46 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1054 47 GRT GRT NNP 1662 1054 48 or or CC 1662 1054 49 over over RB 1662 1054 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1054 51 totaling total VBG 1662 1054 52 323,057 323,057 CD 1662 1054 53 GRT/464,090 GRT/464,090 NNP 1662 1054 54 DWT DWT NNP 1662 1054 55 ships ship NNS 1662 1054 56 by by IN 1662 1054 57 type type NN 1662 1054 58 : : : 1662 1054 59 bulk bulk NNP 1662 1054 60 3 3 CD 1662 1054 61 , , , 1662 1054 62 cargo cargo NN 1662 1054 63 32 32 CD 1662 1054 64 , , , 1662 1054 65 oil oil NN 1662 1054 66 tanker tanker NN 1662 1054 67 2 2 CD 1662 1054 68 , , , 1662 1054 69 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 1054 70 cargo cargo NN 1662 1054 71 2 2 CD 1662 1054 72 , , , 1662 1054 73 roll roll NN 1662 1054 74 - - HYPH 1662 1054 75 on on IN 1662 1054 76 / / SYM 1662 1054 77 roll roll NN 1662 1054 78 - - HYPH 1662 1054 79 off off RP 1662 1054 80 cargo cargo NN 1662 1054 81 2 2 CD 1662 1054 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1054 83 1996 1996 CD 1662 1054 84 est est NNP 1662 1054 85 . . . 1662 1054 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1055 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1055 2 : : : 1662 1055 3 15 15 CD 1662 1055 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1055 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1055 6 est est NNP 1662 1055 7 . . . 1662 1055 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1056 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1056 2 - - , 1662 1056 3 with with IN 1662 1056 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1056 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1056 6 : : : 1662 1056 7 total total NN 1662 1056 8 : : : 1662 1056 9 14 14 CD 1662 1056 10 over over IN 1662 1056 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1056 12 m m NN 1662 1056 13 : : : 1662 1056 14 1 1 CD 1662 1056 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 1056 16 to to IN 1662 1056 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1056 18 m m NN 1662 1056 19 : : : 1662 1056 20 2 2 CD 1662 1056 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1056 22 to to TO 1662 1056 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1056 24 m m NN 1662 1056 25 : : : 1662 1056 26 4 4 CD 1662 1056 27 914 914 CD 1662 1056 28 to to TO 1662 1056 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1056 30 m m NN 1662 1056 31 : : : 1662 1056 32 1 1 CD 1662 1056 33 under under IN 1662 1056 34 914 914 CD 1662 1056 35 m m NN 1662 1056 36 : : : 1662 1056 37 6 6 CD 1662 1056 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1056 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 1056 40 est est NNP 1662 1056 41 . . . 1662 1056 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1057 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1057 2 - - , 1662 1057 3 with with IN 1662 1057 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1057 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1057 6 : : : 1662 1057 7 total total NN 1662 1057 8 : : : 1662 1057 9 1 1 CD 1662 1057 10 over over IN 1662 1057 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1057 12 m m NN 1662 1057 13 : : : 1662 1057 14 1 1 CD 1662 1057 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1057 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 1057 17 est est NNP 1662 1057 18 . . . 1662 1057 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1058 1 Military military JJ 1662 1058 2 Military military JJ 1662 1058 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1058 4 : : : 1662 1058 5 Army Army NNP 1662 1058 6 , , , 1662 1058 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 1058 8 , , , 1662 1058 9 Air Air NNP 1662 1058 10 Force Force NNP 1662 1058 11 , , , 1662 1058 12 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 1058 13 forces force NNS 1662 1058 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1058 15 includes include VBZ 1662 1058 16 Bangladesh Bangladesh NNP 1662 1058 17 Rifles Rifles NNPS 1662 1058 18 , , , 1662 1058 19 Bangladesh Bangladesh NNP 1662 1058 20 Ansars Ansars NNPS 1662 1058 21 , , , 1662 1058 22 Armed Armed NNP 1662 1058 23 Police Police NNPS 1662 1058 24 Reserve Reserve NNP 1662 1058 25 , , , 1662 1058 26 Village Village NNP 1662 1058 27 Defense Defense NNP 1662 1058 28 Parties Parties NNPS 1662 1058 29 , , , 1662 1058 30 National National NNP 1662 1058 31 Cadet Cadet NNP 1662 1058 32 Corps Corps NNP 1662 1058 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1058 34 Military military JJ 1662 1058 35 manpower manpower NN 1662 1058 36 - - HYPH 1662 1058 37 availability availability NN 1662 1058 38 : : : 1662 1058 39 males male NNS 1662 1058 40 age age NNP 1662 1058 41 15 15 CD 1662 1058 42 - - HYPH 1662 1058 43 49 49 CD 1662 1058 44 : : : 1662 1058 45 32,797,816 32,797,816 CD 1662 1058 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1058 47 1997 1997 CD 1662 1058 48 est est NNP 1662 1058 49 . . . 1662 1058 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1059 1 Military military JJ 1662 1059 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1059 3 - - HYPH 1662 1059 4 fit fit NN 1662 1059 5 for for IN 1662 1059 6 military military JJ 1662 1059 7 service service NN 1662 1059 8 : : : 1662 1059 9 males male NNS 1662 1059 10 : : : 1662 1059 11 19,406,790 19,406,790 CD 1662 1059 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1059 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1059 14 est est NNP 1662 1059 15 . . . 1662 1059 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1060 1 Military military JJ 1662 1060 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1060 3 - - HYPH 1662 1060 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1060 5 figure figure NN 1662 1060 6 : : : 1662 1060 7 $ $ $ 1662 1060 8 481 481 CD 1662 1060 9 million million CD 1662 1060 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1060 11 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 1060 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1060 13 Military military JJ 1662 1060 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1060 15 - - : 1662 1060 16 percent percent NN 1662 1060 17 of of IN 1662 1060 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1060 19 : : : 1662 1060 20 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 1060 21 % % NN 1662 1060 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1060 23 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 1060 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1060 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1060 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1060 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1060 28 - - : 1662 1060 29 international international RB 1662 1060 30 : : : 1662 1060 31 a a DT 1662 1060 32 portion portion NN 1662 1060 33 of of IN 1662 1060 34 the the DT 1662 1060 35 boundary boundary NN 1662 1060 36 with with IN 1662 1060 37 India India NNP 1662 1060 38 in in IN 1662 1060 39 dispute dispute NN 1662 1060 40 ; ; : 1662 1060 41 Bangladesh Bangladesh NNP 1662 1060 42 and and CC 1662 1060 43 India India NNP 1662 1060 44 signed sign VBD 1662 1060 45 a a DT 1662 1060 46 treaty treaty NN 1662 1060 47 12 12 CD 1662 1060 48 December December NNP 1662 1060 49 1996 1996 CD 1662 1060 50 to to TO 1662 1060 51 share share VB 1662 1060 52 water water NN 1662 1060 53 from from IN 1662 1060 54 the the DT 1662 1060 55 Ganges Ganges NNPS 1662 1060 56 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 1060 57 drugs drug NNS 1662 1060 58 : : : 1662 1060 59 transit transit NN 1662 1060 60 country country NN 1662 1060 61 for for IN 1662 1060 62 illegal illegal JJ 1662 1060 63 drugs drug NNS 1662 1060 64 produced produce VBN 1662 1060 65 in in IN 1662 1060 66 neighboring neighboring NN 1662 1060 67 countries country NNS 1662 1060 68 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 69 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 70 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 71 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 72 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 73 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 74 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 75 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 76 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 77 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 78 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 79 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 80 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 81 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 82 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 83 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 84 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 85 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 86 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 87 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 94 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 95 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 96 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 97 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 98 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 99 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 100 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 101 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 102 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 103 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 104 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 105 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 106 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 107 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 108 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 109 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 110 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 111 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 112 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 113 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 114 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 115 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 116 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 117 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 118 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 119 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 120 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 121 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 122 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 123 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 124 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 125 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 126 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 127 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 128 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 129 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 130 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 131 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 132 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 133 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 134 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 135 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 136 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 137 _ _ NNP 1662 1060 138 BARBADOS BARBADOS NNP 1662 1060 139 @Barbados @Barbados NNP 1662 1060 140 : : : 1662 1060 141 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1060 142 Location Location NNP 1662 1060 143 : : : 1662 1060 144 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 1060 145 , , , 1662 1060 146 island island NN 1662 1060 147 between between IN 1662 1060 148 the the DT 1662 1060 149 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 1060 150 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1060 151 and and CC 1662 1060 152 the the DT 1662 1060 153 North North NNP 1662 1060 154 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1060 155 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1060 156 , , , 1662 1060 157 northeast northeast NN 1662 1060 158 of of IN 1662 1060 159 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 1060 160 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1060 161 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1060 162 : : : 1662 1060 163 13 13 CD 1662 1060 164 10 10 CD 1662 1060 165 N n CD 1662 1060 166 , , , 1662 1060 167 59 59 CD 1662 1060 168 32 32 CD 1662 1060 169 W W NNP 1662 1060 170 Map Map NNP 1662 1060 171 references reference NNS 1662 1060 172 : : : 1662 1060 173 Central Central NNP 1662 1060 174 America America NNP 1662 1060 175 and and CC 1662 1060 176 the the DT 1662 1060 177 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 1060 178 Area Area NNP 1662 1060 179 : : : 1662 1060 180 total total NN 1662 1060 181 : : : 1662 1060 182 430 430 CD 1662 1060 183 sq sq RB 1662 1060 184 km km NNP 1662 1060 185 land land NN 1662 1060 186 : : : 1662 1060 187 430 430 CD 1662 1060 188 sq sq RB 1662 1060 189 km km NNP 1662 1060 190 water water NN 1662 1060 191 : : : 1662 1060 192 0 0 NFP 1662 1060 193 sq sq NN 1662 1060 194 km km NNP 1662 1060 195 Area area NN 1662 1060 196 - - HYPH 1662 1060 197 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1060 198 : : : 1662 1060 199 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 1060 200 times time NNS 1662 1060 201 the the DT 1662 1060 202 size size NN 1662 1060 203 of of IN 1662 1060 204 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1060 205 , , , 1662 1060 206 DC DC NNP 1662 1060 207 Land Land NNP 1662 1060 208 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1060 209 : : : 1662 1060 210 0 0 LS 1662 1060 211 km km NN 1662 1060 212 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1060 213 : : : 1662 1060 214 97 97 CD 1662 1060 215 km km NN 1662 1060 216 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1060 217 claims claim VBZ 1662 1060 218 : : : 1662 1060 219 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 1060 220 economic economic JJ 1662 1060 221 zone zone NN 1662 1060 222 : : : 1662 1060 223 200 200 CD 1662 1060 224 nm nm CD 1662 1060 225 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1060 226 sea sea NN 1662 1060 227 : : : 1662 1060 228 12 12 CD 1662 1060 229 nm nm NNP 1662 1060 230 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1060 231 : : : 1662 1060 232 tropical tropical JJ 1662 1060 233 ; ; : 1662 1060 234 rainy rainy JJ 1662 1060 235 season season NN 1662 1060 236 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1060 237 June June NNP 1662 1060 238 to to IN 1662 1060 239 October October NNP 1662 1060 240 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1060 241 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1060 242 : : : 1662 1060 243 relatively relatively RB 1662 1060 244 flat flat JJ 1662 1060 245 ; ; : 1662 1060 246 rises rise VBZ 1662 1060 247 gently gently RB 1662 1060 248 to to IN 1662 1060 249 central central NNP 1662 1060 250 highland highland NNP 1662 1060 251 region region NNP 1662 1060 252 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1060 253 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1060 254 : : : 1662 1060 255 lowest low JJS 1662 1060 256 point point NN 1662 1060 257 : : : 1662 1060 258 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1060 259 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1060 260 0 0 NFP 1662 1060 261 m m DT 1662 1060 262 highest high JJS 1662 1060 263 point point NN 1662 1060 264 : : : 1662 1060 265 Mount Mount NNP 1662 1060 266 Hillaby Hillaby NNP 1662 1060 267 336 336 CD 1662 1060 268 m m NNP 1662 1060 269 Natural natural JJ 1662 1060 270 resources resource NNS 1662 1060 271 : : : 1662 1060 272 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1060 273 , , , 1662 1060 274 fish fish NN 1662 1060 275 , , , 1662 1060 276 natural natural JJ 1662 1060 277 gas gas NN 1662 1060 278 Land land NN 1662 1060 279 use use NN 1662 1060 280 : : : 1662 1060 281 arable arable JJ 1662 1060 282 land land NN 1662 1060 283 : : : 1662 1060 284 37 37 CD 1662 1060 285 % % NN 1662 1060 286 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1060 287 crops crop NNS 1662 1060 288 : : : 1662 1060 289 0 0 CD 1662 1060 290 % % NN 1662 1060 291 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1060 292 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1060 293 : : : 1662 1060 294 5 5 CD 1662 1060 295 % % NN 1662 1060 296 forests forest NNS 1662 1060 297 and and CC 1662 1060 298 woodland woodland RB 1662 1060 299 : : : 1662 1060 300 12 12 CD 1662 1060 301 % % NN 1662 1060 302 other other JJ 1662 1060 303 : : : 1662 1060 304 46 46 CD 1662 1060 305 % % NN 1662 1060 306 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1060 307 1993 1993 CD 1662 1060 308 est est NNP 1662 1060 309 . . . 1662 1060 310 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1061 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1061 2 land land NN 1662 1061 3 : : : 1662 1061 4 NA NA NNP 1662 1061 5 sq sq RB 1662 1061 6 km km VB 1662 1061 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 1061 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1061 9 : : : 1662 1061 10 infrequent infrequent JJ 1662 1061 11 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 1061 12 ; ; , 1662 1061 13 periodic periodic JJ 1662 1061 14 landslides landslide NNS 1662 1061 15 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1061 16 - - HYPH 1662 1061 17 current current JJ 1662 1061 18 issues issue NNS 1662 1061 19 : : : 1662 1061 20 pollution pollution NN 1662 1061 21 of of IN 1662 1061 22 coastal coastal JJ 1662 1061 23 waters water NNS 1662 1061 24 from from IN 1662 1061 25 waste waste NN 1662 1061 26 disposal disposal NN 1662 1061 27 by by IN 1662 1061 28 ships ship NNS 1662 1061 29 ; ; : 1662 1061 30 soil soil NN 1662 1061 31 erosion erosion NN 1662 1061 32 ; ; , 1662 1061 33 illegal illegal JJ 1662 1061 34 solid solid JJ 1662 1061 35 waste waste NN 1662 1061 36 disposal disposal NN 1662 1061 37 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 1061 38 contamination contamination NN 1662 1061 39 of of IN 1662 1061 40 aquifers aquifer NNS 1662 1061 41 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1061 42 - - HYPH 1662 1061 43 international international JJ 1662 1061 44 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1061 45 : : : 1662 1061 46 party party NN 1662 1061 47 to to TO 1662 1061 48 : : : 1662 1061 49 Climate climate NN 1662 1061 50 Change Change NNP 1662 1061 51 , , , 1662 1061 52 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 1061 53 Species Species NNPS 1662 1061 54 , , , 1662 1061 55 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 1061 56 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 1061 57 , , , 1662 1061 58 Law Law NNP 1662 1061 59 of of IN 1662 1061 60 the the DT 1662 1061 61 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1061 62 , , , 1662 1061 63 Marine Marine NNP 1662 1061 64 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 1061 65 , , , 1662 1061 66 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 1061 67 Layer Layer NNP 1662 1061 68 Protection Protection NNP 1662 1061 69 , , , 1662 1061 70 Ship Ship NNP 1662 1061 71 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1061 72 , , , 1662 1061 73 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 1061 74 signed sign VBD 1662 1061 75 , , , 1662 1061 76 but but CC 1662 1061 77 not not RB 1662 1061 78 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1061 79 : : : 1662 1061 80 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 1061 81 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1061 82 - - HYPH 1662 1061 83 note note NN 1662 1061 84 : : : 1662 1061 85 easternmost easternmost JJ 1662 1061 86 Caribbean caribbean JJ 1662 1061 87 island island NN 1662 1061 88 @Barbados @barbados NN 1662 1061 89 : : : 1662 1061 90 People People NNP 1662 1061 91 Population Population NNP 1662 1061 92 : : : 1662 1061 93 258,756 258,756 CD 1662 1061 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1061 95 July July NNP 1662 1061 96 1997 1997 CD 1662 1061 97 est est NNP 1662 1061 98 . . . 1662 1061 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1062 1 Age age NN 1662 1062 2 structure structure NN 1662 1062 3 : : : 1662 1062 4 0 0 CD 1662 1062 5 - - HYPH 1662 1062 6 14 14 CD 1662 1062 7 years year NNS 1662 1062 8 : : : 1662 1062 9 24 24 CD 1662 1062 10 % % NN 1662 1062 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1062 12 male male JJ 1662 1062 13 31,025 31,025 CD 1662 1062 14 ; ; : 1662 1062 15 female female JJ 1662 1062 16 30,197 30,197 CD 1662 1062 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1062 18 15 15 CD 1662 1062 19 - - SYM 1662 1062 20 64 64 CD 1662 1062 21 years year NNS 1662 1062 22 : : : 1662 1062 23 66 66 CD 1662 1062 24 % % NN 1662 1062 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1062 26 male male JJ 1662 1062 27 83,977 83,977 CD 1662 1062 28 ; ; : 1662 1062 29 female female JJ 1662 1062 30 87,208 87,208 CD 1662 1062 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1062 32 65 65 CD 1662 1062 33 years year NNS 1662 1062 34 and and CC 1662 1062 35 over over IN 1662 1062 36 : : : 1662 1062 37 10 10 CD 1662 1062 38 % % NN 1662 1062 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1062 40 male male JJ 1662 1062 41 10,002 10,002 CD 1662 1062 42 ; ; : 1662 1062 43 female female JJ 1662 1062 44 16,347 16,347 CD 1662 1062 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1062 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1062 47 July July NNP 1662 1062 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1062 49 est est NNP 1662 1062 50 . . . 1662 1062 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1063 1 Population population NN 1662 1063 2 growth growth NN 1662 1063 3 rate rate NN 1662 1063 4 : : : 1662 1063 5 0.12 0.12 CD 1662 1063 6 % % NN 1662 1063 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1063 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1063 9 est est NNP 1662 1063 10 . . . 1662 1063 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1064 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1064 2 rate rate NN 1662 1064 3 : : : 1662 1064 4 15.35 15.35 CD 1662 1064 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 1064 6 population population NN 1662 1064 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1064 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1064 9 est est NNP 1662 1064 10 . . . 1662 1064 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1065 1 Death death NN 1662 1065 2 rate rate NN 1662 1065 3 : : : 1662 1065 4 8.25 8.25 CD 1662 1065 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1065 6 population population NN 1662 1065 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1065 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1065 9 est est NNP 1662 1065 10 . . . 1662 1065 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1066 1 Net net JJ 1662 1066 2 migration migration NN 1662 1066 3 rate rate NN 1662 1066 4 : : : 1662 1066 5 -5.87 -5.87 NFP 1662 1066 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 VBN 1662 1066 7 population population NN 1662 1066 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1066 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1066 10 est est NNP 1662 1066 11 . . . 1662 1066 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1067 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1067 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1067 3 : : : 1662 1067 4 at at IN 1662 1067 5 birth birth NN 1662 1067 6 : : : 1662 1067 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 1067 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1067 9 under under IN 1662 1067 10 15 15 CD 1662 1067 11 years year NNS 1662 1067 12 : : : 1662 1067 13 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 1067 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1067 15 15 15 CD 1662 1067 16 - - HYPH 1662 1067 17 64 64 CD 1662 1067 18 years year NNS 1662 1067 19 : : : 1662 1067 20 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 1067 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1067 22 65 65 CD 1662 1067 23 years year NNS 1662 1067 24 and and CC 1662 1067 25 over over IN 1662 1067 26 : : : 1662 1067 27 0.61 0.61 CD 1662 1067 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 1067 29 total total JJ 1662 1067 30 population population NN 1662 1067 31 : : : 1662 1067 32 0.94 0.94 CD 1662 1067 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1067 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1067 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1067 36 est e JJS 1662 1067 37 . . . 1662 1067 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1068 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1068 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1068 3 rate rate NN 1662 1068 4 : : : 1662 1068 5 17.8 17.8 CD 1662 1068 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1068 7 live live JJ 1662 1068 8 births birth NNS 1662 1068 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1068 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1068 11 est est NNP 1662 1068 12 . . . 1662 1068 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1069 1 Life life NN 1662 1069 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1069 3 at at IN 1662 1069 4 birth birth NN 1662 1069 5 : : : 1662 1069 6 total total JJ 1662 1069 7 population population NN 1662 1069 8 : : : 1662 1069 9 74.6 74.6 CD 1662 1069 10 years year NNS 1662 1069 11 male male JJ 1662 1069 12 : : : 1662 1069 13 71.84 71.84 CD 1662 1069 14 years year NNS 1662 1069 15 female female JJ 1662 1069 16 : : : 1662 1069 17 77.43 77.43 CD 1662 1069 18 years year NNS 1662 1069 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1069 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1069 21 est est NNP 1662 1069 22 . . . 1662 1069 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1070 1 Total total JJ 1662 1070 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1070 3 rate rate NN 1662 1070 4 : : : 1662 1070 5 1.88 1.88 CD 1662 1070 6 children child NNS 1662 1070 7 born bear VBN 1662 1070 8 / / SYM 1662 1070 9 woman woman NN 1662 1070 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1070 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1070 12 est est NNP 1662 1070 13 . . . 1662 1070 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1071 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1071 2 : : : 1662 1071 3 noun noun NNP 1662 1071 4 : : : 1662 1071 5 Barbadian(s Barbadian(s NNP 1662 1071 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1071 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 1071 8 : : : 1662 1071 9 Barbadian barbadian JJ 1662 1071 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1071 11 groups group NNS 1662 1071 12 : : : 1662 1071 13 black black JJ 1662 1071 14 80 80 CD 1662 1071 15 % % NN 1662 1071 16 , , , 1662 1071 17 white white JJ 1662 1071 18 4 4 CD 1662 1071 19 % % NN 1662 1071 20 , , , 1662 1071 21 other other JJ 1662 1071 22 16 16 CD 1662 1071 23 % % NN 1662 1071 24 Religions religion NNS 1662 1071 25 : : : 1662 1071 26 Protestant protestant NN 1662 1071 27 67 67 CD 1662 1071 28 % % NN 1662 1071 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1071 30 Anglican Anglican NNP 1662 1071 31 40 40 CD 1662 1071 32 % % NN 1662 1071 33 , , , 1662 1071 34 Pentecostal Pentecostal NNP 1662 1071 35 8 8 CD 1662 1071 36 % % NN 1662 1071 37 , , , 1662 1071 38 Methodist Methodist NNP 1662 1071 39 7 7 CD 1662 1071 40 % % NN 1662 1071 41 , , , 1662 1071 42 other other JJ 1662 1071 43 12 12 CD 1662 1071 44 % % NN 1662 1071 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1071 46 , , , 1662 1071 47 Roman Roman NNP 1662 1071 48 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 1071 49 4 4 CD 1662 1071 50 % % NN 1662 1071 51 , , , 1662 1071 52 none none NN 1662 1071 53 17 17 CD 1662 1071 54 % % NN 1662 1071 55 , , , 1662 1071 56 unknown unknown JJ 1662 1071 57 3 3 CD 1662 1071 58 % % NN 1662 1071 59 , , , 1662 1071 60 other other JJ 1662 1071 61 9 9 CD 1662 1071 62 % % NN 1662 1071 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1071 64 1980 1980 CD 1662 1071 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1071 66 Languages language NNS 1662 1071 67 : : : 1662 1071 68 English English NNP 1662 1071 69 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 1071 70 : : : 1662 1071 71 definition definition NN 1662 1071 72 : : : 1662 1071 73 age age NN 1662 1071 74 15 15 CD 1662 1071 75 and and CC 1662 1071 76 over over RB 1662 1071 77 has have VBZ 1662 1071 78 ever ever RB 1662 1071 79 attended attend VBN 1662 1071 80 school school NN 1662 1071 81 total total JJ 1662 1071 82 population population NN 1662 1071 83 : : : 1662 1071 84 97.4 97.4 CD 1662 1071 85 % % NN 1662 1071 86 male male NN 1662 1071 87 : : : 1662 1071 88 98 98 CD 1662 1071 89 % % NN 1662 1071 90 female female NN 1662 1071 91 : : : 1662 1071 92 96.8 96.8 CD 1662 1071 93 % % NN 1662 1071 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1071 95 1995 1995 CD 1662 1071 96 est est NNP 1662 1071 97 . . . 1662 1071 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1072 1 @Barbados @barbados LS 1662 1072 2 : : : 1662 1072 3 Government Government NNP 1662 1072 4 Country Country NNP 1662 1072 5 name name NN 1662 1072 6 : : : 1662 1072 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1072 8 long long JJ 1662 1072 9 form form NN 1662 1072 10 : : : 1662 1072 11 none none NN 1662 1072 12 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1072 13 short short JJ 1662 1072 14 form form NN 1662 1072 15 : : : 1662 1072 16 Barbados Barbados NNP 1662 1072 17 Data Data NNP 1662 1072 18 code code NN 1662 1072 19 : : : 1662 1072 20 BB BB NNP 1662 1072 21 Government Government NNP 1662 1072 22 type type NN 1662 1072 23 : : : 1662 1072 24 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 1072 25 democracy democracy NN 1662 1072 26 National national JJ 1662 1072 27 capital capital NN 1662 1072 28 : : : 1662 1072 29 Bridgetown Bridgetown NNP 1662 1072 30 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 1072 31 divisions division NNS 1662 1072 32 : : : 1662 1072 33 11 11 CD 1662 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145 represented represent VBN 1662 1072 146 by by IN 1662 1072 147 Governor Governor NNP 1662 1072 148 General General NNP 1662 1072 149 Sir Sir NNP 1662 1072 150 Clifford Clifford NNP 1662 1072 151 Straughn Straughn NNP 1662 1072 152 HUSBANDS husband NNS 1662 1072 153 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1072 154 since since IN 1662 1072 155 1 1 CD 1662 1072 156 June June NNP 1662 1072 157 1996 1996 CD 1662 1072 158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1072 159 head head NN 1662 1072 160 of of IN 1662 1072 161 government government NN 1662 1072 162 : : : 1662 1072 163 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1072 164 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1072 165 Owen Owen NNP 1662 1072 166 Seymour Seymour NNP 1662 1072 167 ARTHUR ARTHUR NNP 1662 1072 168 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1072 169 since since IN 1662 1072 170 6 6 CD 1662 1072 171 September September NNP 1662 1072 172 1994 1994 CD 1662 1072 173 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1072 174 ; ; : 1662 1072 175 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 1072 176 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1072 177 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1072 178 Billie Billie NNP 1662 1072 179 MILLER MILLER NNP 1662 1072 180 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1072 181 since since IN 1662 1072 182 6 6 CD 1662 1072 183 September September NNP 1662 1072 184 1994 1994 CD 1662 1072 185 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1072 186 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1072 187 : : : 1662 1072 188 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 1072 189 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1072 190 by by IN 1662 1072 191 the the DT 1662 1072 192 governor governor NN 1662 1072 193 general general NN 1662 1072 194 on on IN 1662 1072 195 the the DT 1662 1072 196 advice advice NN 1662 1072 197 of of IN 1662 1072 198 the the DT 1662 1072 199 prime prime NNP 1662 1072 200 minister minister NNP 1662 1072 201 elections election NNS 1662 1072 202 : : : 1662 1072 203 none none NN 1662 1072 204 ; ; : 1662 1072 205 the the DT 1662 1072 206 queen queen NN 1662 1072 207 is be VBZ 1662 1072 208 a a DT 1662 1072 209 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 1072 210 monarch monarch NN 1662 1072 211 ; ; : 1662 1072 212 governor governor NN 1662 1072 213 general general NNP 1662 1072 214 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1662 1072 427 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 1072 428 , , , 1662 1072 429 IADB IADB NNP 1662 1072 430 , , , 1662 1072 431 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1072 432 , , , 1662 1072 433 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1072 434 , , , 1662 1072 435 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 1072 436 , , , 1662 1072 437 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 1072 438 , , , 1662 1072 439 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 1072 440 , , , 1662 1072 441 IFC IFC NNP 1662 1072 442 , , , 1662 1072 443 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 1072 444 , , , 1662 1072 445 ILO ILO NNP 1662 1072 446 , , , 1662 1072 447 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1072 448 , , , 1662 1072 449 IMO imo RB 1662 1072 450 , , , 1662 1072 451 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1072 452 , , , 1662 1072 453 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 1072 454 , , , 1662 1072 455 IOC IOC NNP 1662 1072 456 , , , 1662 1072 457 ISO ISO NNP 1662 1072 458 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1072 459 correspondent correspondent NN 1662 1072 460 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1072 461 , , , 1662 1072 462 ITU ITU NNP 1662 1072 463 , , , 1662 1072 464 LAES LAES NNP 1662 1072 465 , , , 1662 1072 466 NAM NAM NNP 1662 1072 467 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N. NNP 1662 1072 504 BLACKMAN BLACKMAN NNP 1662 1072 505 chancery chancery NN 1662 1072 506 : : : 1662 1072 507 2144 2144 CD 1662 1072 508 Wyoming Wyoming NNP 1662 1072 509 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 1072 510 NW NW NNP 1662 1072 511 , , , 1662 1072 512 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1072 513 , , , 1662 1072 514 DC DC NNP 1662 1072 515 20008 20008 CD 1662 1072 516 telephone telephone NN 1662 1072 517 : : : 1662 1072 518 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1072 519 1 1 CD 1662 1072 520 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1072 521 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1072 522 202 202 CD 1662 1072 523 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1072 524 939 939 CD 1662 1072 525 - - SYM 1662 1072 526 9218 9218 CD 1662 1072 527 , , , 1662 1072 528 9219 9219 CD 1662 1072 529 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1072 530 : : : 1662 1072 531 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1072 532 1 1 CD 1662 1072 533 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1072 534 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1072 535 202 202 CD 1662 1072 536 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1072 537 332 332 CD 1662 1072 538 - - HYPH 1662 1072 539 7467 7467 CD 1662 1072 540 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 1072 541 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1072 542 general general NN 1662 1072 543 : : : 1662 1072 544 Miami Miami NNP 1662 1072 545 and and CC 1662 1072 546 New New NNP 1662 1072 547 York York NNP 1662 1072 548 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 1072 549 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1072 550 : : : 1662 1072 551 Los Los NNP 1662 1072 552 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 1072 553 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1072 554 representation representation NN 1662 1072 555 from from IN 1662 1072 556 the the DT 1662 1072 557 US US NNP 1662 1072 558 : : : 1662 1072 559 chief chief NN 1662 1072 560 of of IN 1662 1072 561 mission mission NN 1662 1072 562 : : : 1662 1072 563 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1072 564 Jeanette Jeanette NNP 1662 1072 565 W. 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1662 1086 149 per per IN 1662 1086 150 US$ us$ $ 1662 1086 151 1 1 CD 1662 1086 152 - - SYM 1662 1086 153 2.0113 2.0113 CD 1662 1086 154 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1086 155 fixed fix VBN 1662 1086 156 rate rate NN 1662 1086 157 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1086 158 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1086 159 year year NN 1662 1086 160 : : : 1662 1086 161 1 1 CD 1662 1086 162 April April NNP 1662 1086 163 - - HYPH 1662 1086 164 31 31 CD 1662 1086 165 March March NNP 1662 1086 166 @Barbados @barbados NN 1662 1086 167 : : : 1662 1086 168 Communications communication NNS 1662 1086 169 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 1086 170 : : : 1662 1086 171 87,343 87,343 CD 1662 1086 172 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1086 173 1991 1991 CD 1662 1086 174 est est NNP 1662 1086 175 . . . 1662 1086 176 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1087 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1087 2 system system NN 1662 1087 3 : : : 1662 1087 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1087 5 : : : 1662 1087 6 island island NN 1662 1087 7 wide wide JJ 1662 1087 8 automatic automatic JJ 1662 1087 9 telephone telephone NN 1662 1087 10 system system NN 1662 1087 11 international international JJ 1662 1087 12 : : : 1662 1087 13 satellite satellite NN 1662 1087 14 earth earth NNP 1662 1087 15 station station NNP 1662 1087 16 - - : 1662 1087 17 1 1 CD 1662 1087 18 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1087 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1087 20 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1087 21 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1087 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1087 23 ; ; : 1662 1087 24 tropospheric tropospheric JJ 1662 1087 25 scatter scatter NN 1662 1087 26 to to IN 1662 1087 27 Trinidad Trinidad NNP 1662 1087 28 and and CC 1662 1087 29 Saint Saint NNP 1662 1087 30 Lucia Lucia NNP 1662 1087 31 Radio Radio NNP 1662 1087 32 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1087 33 stations station NNS 1662 1087 34 : : : 1662 1087 35 AM am VBP 1662 1087 36 3 3 CD 1662 1087 37 , , , 1662 1087 38 FM FM NNP 1662 1087 39 2 2 CD 1662 1087 40 , , , 1662 1087 41 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 1087 42 0 0 CD 1662 1087 43 Radios radio NNS 1662 1087 44 : : : 1662 1087 45 NA NA NNP 1662 1087 46 Television Television NNP 1662 1087 47 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1087 48 stations station NNS 1662 1087 49 : : : 1662 1087 50 2 2 CD 1662 1087 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1087 52 1 1 CD 1662 1087 53 pay pay NN 1662 1087 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1087 55 Televisions television NNS 1662 1087 56 : : : 1662 1087 57 69,350 69,350 CD 1662 1087 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1087 59 1993 1993 CD 1662 1087 60 est est NNP 1662 1087 61 . . . 1662 1087 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1088 1 @Barbados @barbados LS 1662 1088 2 : : : 1662 1088 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1088 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1088 5 : : : 1662 1088 6 0 0 LS 1662 1088 7 km km NN 1662 1088 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 1088 9 : : : 1662 1088 10 total total NN 1662 1088 11 : : : 1662 1088 12 1,610 1,610 CD 1662 1088 13 km km NN 1662 1088 14 paved pave VBN 1662 1088 15 : : : 1662 1088 16 1,542 1,542 CD 1662 1088 17 km km NN 1662 1088 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1088 19 : : : 1662 1088 20 68 68 CD 1662 1088 21 km km NNS 1662 1088 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1088 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 1088 24 est est NNP 1662 1088 25 . . . 1662 1088 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1089 1 Ports port NNS 1662 1089 2 and and CC 1662 1089 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1089 4 : : : 1662 1089 5 Bridgetown Bridgetown NNP 1662 1089 6 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 1089 7 marine marine NN 1662 1089 8 : : : 1662 1089 9 total total NN 1662 1089 10 : : : 1662 1089 11 51 51 CD 1662 1089 12 ships ship NNS 1662 1089 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1089 14 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1089 15 GRT GRT NNP 1662 1089 16 or or CC 1662 1089 17 over over RB 1662 1089 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1089 19 totaling total VBG 1662 1089 20 453,828 453,828 CD 1662 1089 21 GRT/684,470 GRT/684,470 NNP 1662 1089 22 DWT DWT NNP 1662 1089 23 ships ship NNS 1662 1089 24 by by IN 1662 1089 25 type type NN 1662 1089 26 : : : 1662 1089 27 bulk bulk NNP 1662 1089 28 16 16 CD 1662 1089 29 , , , 1662 1089 30 cargo cargo NN 1662 1089 31 27 27 CD 1662 1089 32 , , , 1662 1089 33 combination combination NN 1662 1089 34 bulk bulk NN 1662 1089 35 4 4 CD 1662 1089 36 , , , 1662 1089 37 oil oil NN 1662 1089 38 tanker tanker NN 1662 1089 39 3 3 CD 1662 1089 40 , , , 1662 1089 41 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 1089 42 cargo cargo NN 1662 1089 43 1 1 CD 1662 1089 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1089 45 1996 1996 CD 1662 1089 46 est est NNP 1662 1089 47 . . . 1662 1089 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1090 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1090 2 : : : 1662 1090 3 1 1 CD 1662 1090 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1090 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1090 6 est est NNP 1662 1090 7 . . . 1662 1090 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1091 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1091 2 - - , 1662 1091 3 with with IN 1662 1091 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1091 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1091 6 : : : 1662 1091 7 total total NN 1662 1091 8 : : : 1662 1091 9 1 1 CD 1662 1091 10 over over IN 1662 1091 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1091 12 m m NN 1662 1091 13 : : : 1662 1091 14 1 1 CD 1662 1091 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1091 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 1091 17 est est NNP 1662 1091 18 . . . 1662 1091 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1092 1 Military military JJ 1662 1092 2 Military military JJ 1662 1092 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1092 4 : : : 1662 1092 5 Royal Royal NNP 1662 1092 6 Barbados Barbados NNP 1662 1092 7 Defense Defense NNP 1662 1092 8 Force Force NNP 1662 1092 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1092 10 includes include VBZ 1662 1092 11 Ground Ground NNP 1662 1092 12 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 1092 13 and and CC 1662 1092 14 Coast Coast NNP 1662 1092 15 Guard Guard NNP 1662 1092 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1092 17 , , , 1662 1092 18 Royal Royal NNP 1662 1092 19 Barbados Barbados NNP 1662 1092 20 Police Police NNP 1662 1092 21 Force Force NNP 1662 1092 22 Military Military NNP 1662 1092 23 manpower manpower NN 1662 1092 24 - - HYPH 1662 1092 25 availability availability NN 1662 1092 26 : : : 1662 1092 27 males male NNS 1662 1092 28 age age NNP 1662 1092 29 15 15 CD 1662 1092 30 - - HYPH 1662 1092 31 49 49 CD 1662 1092 32 : : : 1662 1092 33 71,547 71,547 CD 1662 1092 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1092 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1092 36 est e JJS 1662 1092 37 . . . 1662 1092 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1093 1 Military military JJ 1662 1093 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1093 3 - - HYPH 1662 1093 4 fit fit NN 1662 1093 5 for for IN 1662 1093 6 military military JJ 1662 1093 7 service service NN 1662 1093 8 : : : 1662 1093 9 males male NNS 1662 1093 10 : : : 1662 1093 11 49,446 49,446 CD 1662 1093 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1093 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1093 14 est est NNP 1662 1093 15 . . . 1662 1093 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1094 1 Military military JJ 1662 1094 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1094 3 - - HYPH 1662 1094 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1094 5 figure figure NN 1662 1094 6 : : : 1662 1094 7 $ $ $ 1662 1094 8 NA NA NNP 1662 1094 9 Military military JJ 1662 1094 10 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1094 11 - - : 1662 1094 12 percent percent NN 1662 1094 13 of of IN 1662 1094 14 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1094 15 : : : 1662 1094 16 NA% NA% `` 1662 1094 17 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1094 18 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1094 19 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1094 20 - - : 1662 1094 21 international international RB 1662 1094 22 : : : 1662 1094 23 none none NN 1662 1094 24 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 1094 25 drugs drug VBZ 1662 1094 26 : : : 1662 1094 27 one one CD 1662 1094 28 of of IN 1662 1094 29 many many JJ 1662 1094 30 Caribbean caribbean JJ 1662 1094 31 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 1094 32 points point NNS 1662 1094 33 for for IN 1662 1094 34 narcotics narcotic NNS 1662 1094 35 bound bind VBN 1662 1094 36 for for IN 1662 1094 37 the the DT 1662 1094 38 US US NNP 1662 1094 39 and and CC 1662 1094 40 Europe Europe NNP 1662 1094 41 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 42 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 43 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 44 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 45 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 46 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 47 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 48 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 49 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 50 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 51 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 52 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 53 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 54 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 55 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 56 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 57 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 58 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 59 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 60 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 61 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 62 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 63 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 64 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 65 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 66 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 67 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 68 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 69 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 70 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 71 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 72 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 73 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 74 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 75 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 76 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 77 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 78 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 79 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 80 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 81 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 82 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 83 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 84 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 85 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 86 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 87 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 94 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 95 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 96 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 97 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 98 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 99 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 100 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 101 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 102 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 103 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 104 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 105 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 106 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 107 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 108 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 109 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 110 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 111 BASSAS BASSAS NNP 1662 1094 112 DA DA NNP 1662 1094 113 INDIA INDIA NNP 1662 1094 114 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1094 115 possession possession NN 1662 1094 116 of of IN 1662 1094 117 France France NNP 1662 1094 118 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1094 119 @Bassas @Bassas NNP 1662 1094 120 da da NNP 1662 1094 121 India India NNP 1662 1094 122 : : : 1662 1094 123 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1094 124 Location Location NNP 1662 1094 125 : : : 1662 1094 126 Southern Southern NNP 1662 1094 127 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1094 128 , , , 1662 1094 129 islands island NNS 1662 1094 130 in in IN 1662 1094 131 the the DT 1662 1094 132 southern southern JJ 1662 1094 133 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 1094 134 Channel Channel NNP 1662 1094 135 , , , 1662 1094 136 about about RB 1662 1094 137 one one CD 1662 1094 138 - - HYPH 1662 1094 139 half half NN 1662 1094 140 of of IN 1662 1094 141 the the DT 1662 1094 142 way way NN 1662 1094 143 from from IN 1662 1094 144 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 1094 145 to to IN 1662 1094 146 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 1094 147 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1094 148 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1094 149 : : : 1662 1094 150 21 21 CD 1662 1094 151 30 30 CD 1662 1094 152 S s NN 1662 1094 153 , , , 1662 1094 154 39 39 CD 1662 1094 155 50 50 CD 1662 1094 156 E e NN 1662 1094 157 Map Map NNP 1662 1094 158 references reference NNS 1662 1094 159 : : : 1662 1094 160 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1094 161 Area Area NNP 1662 1094 162 : : : 1662 1094 163 total total NN 1662 1094 164 : : : 1662 1094 165 0.2 0.2 CD 1662 1094 166 sq sq RB 1662 1094 167 km km NNP 1662 1094 168 land land NN 1662 1094 169 : : : 1662 1094 170 0.2 0.2 CD 1662 1094 171 sq sq NNP 1662 1094 172 km km NNP 1662 1094 173 water water NN 1662 1094 174 : : : 1662 1094 175 0 0 NFP 1662 1094 176 sq sq NN 1662 1094 177 km km NNP 1662 1094 178 Area area NN 1662 1094 179 - - HYPH 1662 1094 180 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1094 181 : : : 1662 1094 182 about about RB 1662 1094 183 one one CD 1662 1094 184 - - HYPH 1662 1094 185 third third NN 1662 1094 186 the the DT 1662 1094 187 size size NN 1662 1094 188 of of IN 1662 1094 189 The the DT 1662 1094 190 Mall Mall NNP 1662 1094 191 in in IN 1662 1094 192 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1094 193 , , , 1662 1094 194 DC DC NNP 1662 1094 195 Land Land NNP 1662 1094 196 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1094 197 : : : 1662 1094 198 0 0 LS 1662 1094 199 km km NN 1662 1094 200 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1094 201 : : : 1662 1094 202 35.2 35.2 CD 1662 1094 203 km km NN 1662 1094 204 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1094 205 claims claim VBZ 1662 1094 206 : : : 1662 1094 207 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 1094 208 economic economic JJ 1662 1094 209 zone zone NN 1662 1094 210 : : : 1662 1094 211 200 200 CD 1662 1094 212 nm nm CD 1662 1094 213 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1094 214 sea sea NN 1662 1094 215 : : : 1662 1094 216 12 12 CD 1662 1094 217 nm nm NNP 1662 1094 218 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1094 219 : : : 1662 1094 220 tropical tropical JJ 1662 1094 221 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1094 222 : : : 1662 1094 223 a a DT 1662 1094 224 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 1094 225 rock rock NN 1662 1094 226 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 1094 227 meters meter NNS 1662 1094 228 high high JJ 1662 1094 229 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1094 230 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1094 231 : : : 1662 1094 232 lowest low JJS 1662 1094 233 point point NN 1662 1094 234 : : : 1662 1094 235 Indian Indian NNP 1662 1094 236 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1094 237 0 0 NFP 1662 1094 238 m m DT 1662 1094 239 highest high JJS 1662 1094 240 point point NN 1662 1094 241 : : : 1662 1094 242 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 1094 243 location location NN 1662 1094 244 3 3 CD 1662 1094 245 m m NNP 1662 1094 246 Natural natural JJ 1662 1094 247 resources resource NNS 1662 1094 248 : : : 1662 1094 249 none none NN 1662 1094 250 Land Land NNP 1662 1094 251 use use NN 1662 1094 252 : : : 1662 1094 253 arable arable JJ 1662 1094 254 land land NN 1662 1094 255 : : : 1662 1094 256 0 0 CD 1662 1094 257 % % NN 1662 1094 258 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1094 259 crops crop NNS 1662 1094 260 : : : 1662 1094 261 0 0 CD 1662 1094 262 % % NN 1662 1094 263 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1094 264 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1094 265 : : : 1662 1094 266 0 0 CD 1662 1094 267 % % NN 1662 1094 268 forests forest NNS 1662 1094 269 and and CC 1662 1094 270 woodland woodland JJ 1662 1094 271 : : : 1662 1094 272 0 0 CD 1662 1094 273 % % NN 1662 1094 274 other other JJ 1662 1094 275 : : : 1662 1094 276 100 100 CD 1662 1094 277 % % NN 1662 1094 278 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1094 279 all all DT 1662 1094 280 rock rock NN 1662 1094 281 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1094 282 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1094 283 land land NN 1662 1094 284 : : : 1662 1094 285 0 0 NFP 1662 1094 286 sq sq NNP 1662 1094 287 km km NNP 1662 1094 288 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1094 289 1993 1993 CD 1662 1094 290 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1094 291 Natural natural JJ 1662 1094 292 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1094 293 : : : 1662 1094 294 maritime maritime JJ 1662 1094 295 hazard hazard NN 1662 1094 296 since since IN 1662 1094 297 it -PRON- PRP 1662 1094 298 is be VBZ 1662 1094 299 usually usually RB 1662 1094 300 under under IN 1662 1094 301 water water NN 1662 1094 302 during during IN 1662 1094 303 high high JJ 1662 1094 304 tide tide NN 1662 1094 305 and and CC 1662 1094 306 surrounded surround VBN 1662 1094 307 by by IN 1662 1094 308 reefs reef NNS 1662 1094 309 ; ; : 1662 1094 310 subject subject JJ 1662 1094 311 to to IN 1662 1094 312 periodic periodic JJ 1662 1094 313 cyclones cyclone NNS 1662 1094 314 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1094 315 - - HYPH 1662 1094 316 current current JJ 1662 1094 317 issues issue NNS 1662 1094 318 : : : 1662 1094 319 NA NA NNP 1662 1094 320 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1094 321 - - HYPH 1662 1094 322 international international JJ 1662 1094 323 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1094 324 : : : 1662 1094 325 party party NN 1662 1094 326 to to IN 1662 1094 327 : : : 1662 1094 328 NA NA NNP 1662 1094 329 signed sign VBN 1662 1094 330 , , , 1662 1094 331 but but CC 1662 1094 332 not not RB 1662 1094 333 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1094 334 : : : 1662 1094 335 NA NA NNP 1662 1094 336 @Bassas @Bassas NNP 1662 1094 337 da da NNP 1662 1094 338 India India NNP 1662 1094 339 : : : 1662 1094 340 People People NNP 1662 1094 341 Population Population NNP 1662 1094 342 : : : 1662 1094 343 uninhabited uninhabited JJ 1662 1094 344 @Bassas @Bassas NNP 1662 1094 345 da da NNP 1662 1094 346 India India NNP 1662 1094 347 : : : 1662 1094 348 Government Government NNP 1662 1094 349 Country Country NNP 1662 1094 350 name name NN 1662 1094 351 : : : 1662 1094 352 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1094 353 long long JJ 1662 1094 354 form form NN 1662 1094 355 : : : 1662 1094 356 none none NN 1662 1094 357 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1094 358 short short JJ 1662 1094 359 form form NN 1662 1094 360 : : : 1662 1094 361 Bassas Bassas NNP 1662 1094 362 da da NNP 1662 1094 363 India India NNP 1662 1094 364 Data Data NNP 1662 1094 365 code code NN 1662 1094 366 : : : 1662 1094 367 BS BS NNP 1662 1094 368 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 1094 369 status status NN 1662 1094 370 : : : 1662 1094 371 possession possession NN 1662 1094 372 of of IN 1662 1094 373 France France NNP 1662 1094 374 ; ; : 1662 1094 375 administered administer VBN 1662 1094 376 by by IN 1662 1094 377 a a DT 1662 1094 378 high high JJ 1662 1094 379 commissioner commissioner NN 1662 1094 380 of of IN 1662 1094 381 the the DT 1662 1094 382 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1094 383 , , , 1662 1094 384 resident resident NN 1662 1094 385 in in IN 1662 1094 386 Reunion Reunion NNP 1662 1094 387 National National NNP 1662 1094 388 capital capital NN 1662 1094 389 : : : 1662 1094 390 none none NN 1662 1094 391 ; ; , 1662 1094 392 administered administer VBN 1662 1094 393 by by IN 1662 1094 394 France France NNP 1662 1094 395 from from IN 1662 1094 396 Reunion Reunion NNP 1662 1094 397 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1094 398 : : : 1662 1094 399 none none NN 1662 1094 400 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1094 401 possession possession NN 1662 1094 402 of of IN 1662 1094 403 France France NNP 1662 1094 404 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1094 405 Flag flag NN 1662 1094 406 description description NN 1662 1094 407 : : : 1662 1094 408 the the DT 1662 1094 409 flag flag NN 1662 1094 410 of of IN 1662 1094 411 France France NNP 1662 1094 412 is be VBZ 1662 1094 413 used use VBN 1662 1094 414 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1094 415 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1094 416 - - HYPH 1662 1094 417 overview overview NN 1662 1094 418 : : : 1662 1094 419 no no DT 1662 1094 420 economic economic JJ 1662 1094 421 activity activity NN 1662 1094 422 @Bassas @Bassas NNP 1662 1094 423 da da NNP 1662 1094 424 India India NNP 1662 1094 425 : : : 1662 1094 426 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1094 427 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 1094 428 and and CC 1662 1094 429 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1094 430 : : : 1662 1094 431 none none NN 1662 1094 432 ; ; : 1662 1094 433 offshore offshore RB 1662 1094 434 anchorage anchorage VBP 1662 1094 435 only only JJ 1662 1094 436 Military Military NNP 1662 1094 437 Military Military NNP 1662 1094 438 - - HYPH 1662 1094 439 note note NN 1662 1094 440 : : : 1662 1094 441 defense defense NN 1662 1094 442 is be VBZ 1662 1094 443 the the DT 1662 1094 444 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 1094 445 of of IN 1662 1094 446 France France NNP 1662 1094 447 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1094 448 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1094 449 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 1094 450 - - HYPH 1662 1094 451 international international JJ 1662 1094 452 : : : 1662 1094 453 claimed claim VBN 1662 1094 454 by by IN 1662 1094 455 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 1094 456 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 457 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 458 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 459 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 460 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 461 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 462 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 463 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 464 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 465 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 466 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 467 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 468 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 469 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 470 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 471 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 472 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 473 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 474 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 475 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 476 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 477 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 478 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 479 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 480 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 481 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 482 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 483 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 484 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 485 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 486 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 487 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 488 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 489 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 490 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 491 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 492 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 493 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 494 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 495 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 496 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 497 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 498 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 499 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 500 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 501 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 502 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 503 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 504 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 505 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 506 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 507 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 508 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 509 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 510 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 511 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 512 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 513 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 514 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 515 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 516 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 517 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 518 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 519 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 520 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 521 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 522 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 523 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 524 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 525 _ _ NNP 1662 1094 526 BELARUS BELARUS NNP 1662 1094 527 @Belarus @Belarus NNP 1662 1094 528 : : : 1662 1094 529 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1094 530 Location Location NNP 1662 1094 531 : : : 1662 1094 532 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 1094 533 Europe Europe NNP 1662 1094 534 , , , 1662 1094 535 east east NN 1662 1094 536 of of IN 1662 1094 537 Poland Poland NNP 1662 1094 538 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1094 539 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1094 540 : : : 1662 1094 541 53 53 CD 1662 1094 542 00 00 CD 1662 1094 543 N n CD 1662 1094 544 , , , 1662 1094 545 28 28 CD 1662 1094 546 00 00 CD 1662 1094 547 E e NN 1662 1094 548 Map Map NNP 1662 1094 549 references reference NNS 1662 1094 550 : : : 1662 1094 551 Commonwealth Commonwealth NNP 1662 1094 552 of of IN 1662 1094 553 Independent Independent NNP 1662 1094 554 States States NNPS 1662 1094 555 Area Area NNP 1662 1094 556 : : : 1662 1094 557 total total NN 1662 1094 558 : : : 1662 1094 559 207,600 207,600 CD 1662 1094 560 sq sq IN 1662 1094 561 km km NNP 1662 1094 562 land land NN 1662 1094 563 : : : 1662 1094 564 207,600 207,600 CD 1662 1094 565 sq sq IN 1662 1094 566 km km NNP 1662 1094 567 water water NN 1662 1094 568 : : : 1662 1094 569 0 0 NFP 1662 1094 570 sq sq NN 1662 1094 571 km km NNP 1662 1094 572 Area area NN 1662 1094 573 - - HYPH 1662 1094 574 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1094 575 : : : 1662 1094 576 slightly slightly RB 1662 1094 577 smaller small JJR 1662 1094 578 than than IN 1662 1094 579 Kansas Kansas NNP 1662 1094 580 Land Land NNP 1662 1094 581 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1094 582 : : : 1662 1094 583 total total JJ 1662 1094 584 : : : 1662 1094 585 3,098 3,098 CD 1662 1094 586 km km NN 1662 1094 587 border border NN 1662 1094 588 countries country NNS 1662 1094 589 : : : 1662 1094 590 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 1094 591 141 141 CD 1662 1094 592 km km NNS 1662 1094 593 , , , 1662 1094 594 Lithuania Lithuania NNP 1662 1094 595 502 502 CD 1662 1094 596 km km NNS 1662 1094 597 , , , 1662 1094 598 Poland Poland NNP 1662 1094 599 605 605 CD 1662 1094 600 km km NNS 1662 1094 601 , , , 1662 1094 602 Russia Russia NNP 1662 1094 603 959 959 CD 1662 1094 604 km km NN 1662 1094 605 , , , 1662 1094 606 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 1094 607 891 891 CD 1662 1094 608 km km NN 1662 1094 609 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1094 610 : : : 1662 1094 611 0 0 CD 1662 1094 612 km km NN 1662 1094 613 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1094 614 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 1094 615 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1094 616 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1094 617 claims claim VBZ 1662 1094 618 : : : 1662 1094 619 none none NN 1662 1094 620 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1094 621 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 1094 622 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1094 623 Climate climate NN 1662 1094 624 : : : 1662 1094 625 cold cold JJ 1662 1094 626 winters winter NNS 1662 1094 627 , , , 1662 1094 628 cool cool JJ 1662 1094 629 and and CC 1662 1094 630 moist moist JJ 1662 1094 631 summers summer NNS 1662 1094 632 ; ; , 1662 1094 633 transitional transitional JJ 1662 1094 634 between between IN 1662 1094 635 continental continental JJ 1662 1094 636 and and CC 1662 1094 637 maritime maritime JJ 1662 1094 638 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1094 639 : : : 1662 1094 640 generally generally RB 1662 1094 641 flat flat JJ 1662 1094 642 and and CC 1662 1094 643 contains contain VBZ 1662 1094 644 much much JJ 1662 1094 645 marshland marshland NNP 1662 1094 646 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1094 647 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1094 648 : : : 1662 1094 649 lowest low JJS 1662 1094 650 point point NN 1662 1094 651 : : : 1662 1094 652 Nyoman Nyoman NNP 1662 1094 653 River River NNP 1662 1094 654 90 90 CD 1662 1094 655 m m DT 1662 1094 656 highest high JJS 1662 1094 657 point point NN 1662 1094 658 : : : 1662 1094 659 Dzyarzhynskaya Dzyarzhynskaya NNP 1662 1094 660 Hara Hara NNP 1662 1094 661 346 346 CD 1662 1094 662 m m NNP 1662 1094 663 Natural natural JJ 1662 1094 664 resources resource NNS 1662 1094 665 : : : 1662 1094 666 forests forest NNS 1662 1094 667 , , , 1662 1094 668 peat peat NN 1662 1094 669 deposits deposit NNS 1662 1094 670 , , , 1662 1094 671 small small JJ 1662 1094 672 quantities quantity NNS 1662 1094 673 of of IN 1662 1094 674 oil oil NN 1662 1094 675 and and CC 1662 1094 676 natural natural JJ 1662 1094 677 gas gas NN 1662 1094 678 Land land NN 1662 1094 679 use use NN 1662 1094 680 : : : 1662 1094 681 arable arable JJ 1662 1094 682 land land NN 1662 1094 683 : : : 1662 1094 684 29 29 CD 1662 1094 685 % % NN 1662 1094 686 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1094 687 crops crop NNS 1662 1094 688 : : : 1662 1094 689 1 1 CD 1662 1094 690 % % NN 1662 1094 691 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1094 692 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1094 693 : : : 1662 1094 694 15 15 CD 1662 1094 695 % % NN 1662 1094 696 forests forest NNS 1662 1094 697 and and CC 1662 1094 698 woodland woodland JJ 1662 1094 699 : : : 1662 1094 700 34 34 CD 1662 1094 701 % % NN 1662 1094 702 other other JJ 1662 1094 703 : : : 1662 1094 704 21 21 CD 1662 1094 705 % % NN 1662 1094 706 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1094 707 1993 1993 CD 1662 1094 708 est est NNP 1662 1094 709 . . . 1662 1094 710 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1095 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1095 2 land land NN 1662 1095 3 : : : 1662 1095 4 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1095 5 sq sq NNP 1662 1095 6 km km NNP 1662 1095 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1095 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1095 9 est est NNP 1662 1095 10 . . . 1662 1095 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1096 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1096 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1096 3 : : : 1662 1096 4 NA NA NNP 1662 1096 5 Environment environment NN 1662 1096 6 - - HYPH 1662 1096 7 current current JJ 1662 1096 8 issues issue NNS 1662 1096 9 : : : 1662 1096 10 soil soil NN 1662 1096 11 pollution pollution NN 1662 1096 12 from from IN 1662 1096 13 pesticide pesticide NN 1662 1096 14 use use NN 1662 1096 15 ; ; : 1662 1096 16 southern southern JJ 1662 1096 17 part part NN 1662 1096 18 of of IN 1662 1096 19 the the DT 1662 1096 20 country country NN 1662 1096 21 contaminated contaminate VBD 1662 1096 22 with with IN 1662 1096 23 fallout fallout NN 1662 1096 24 from from IN 1662 1096 25 1986 1986 CD 1662 1096 26 nuclear nuclear JJ 1662 1096 27 reactor reactor NN 1662 1096 28 accident accident NN 1662 1096 29 at at IN 1662 1096 30 Chornobyl Chornobyl NNP 1662 1096 31 ' ' '' 1662 1096 32 in in IN 1662 1096 33 northern northern JJ 1662 1096 34 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 1096 35 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1096 36 - - HYPH 1662 1096 37 international international JJ 1662 1096 38 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1096 39 : : : 1662 1096 40 party party NN 1662 1096 41 to to TO 1662 1096 42 : : : 1662 1096 43 Air Air NNP 1662 1096 44 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1096 45 , , , 1662 1096 46 Air Air NNP 1662 1096 47 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1096 48 - - HYPH 1662 1096 49 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 1096 50 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 1096 51 , , , 1662 1096 52 Air Air NNP 1662 1096 53 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1096 54 - - HYPH 1662 1096 55 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 1096 56 85 85 CD 1662 1096 57 , , , 1662 1096 58 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 1096 59 , , , 1662 1096 60 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 1096 61 Modification Modification NNP 1662 1096 62 , , , 1662 1096 63 Marine Marine NNP 1662 1096 64 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 1096 65 , , , 1662 1096 66 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 1096 67 Test Test NNP 1662 1096 68 Ban Ban NNP 1662 1096 69 , , , 1662 1096 70 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 1096 71 Layer Layer NNP 1662 1096 72 Protection Protection NNP 1662 1096 73 signed sign VBD 1662 1096 74 , , , 1662 1096 75 but but CC 1662 1096 76 not not RB 1662 1096 77 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1096 78 : : : 1662 1096 79 Climate climate NN 1662 1096 80 Change Change NNP 1662 1096 81 , , , 1662 1096 82 Law Law NNP 1662 1096 83 of of IN 1662 1096 84 the the DT 1662 1096 85 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1096 86 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1096 87 - - HYPH 1662 1096 88 note note NNP 1662 1096 89 : : : 1662 1096 90 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 1096 91 @Belarus @belarus NN 1662 1096 92 : : : 1662 1096 93 People People NNS 1662 1096 94 Population Population NNP 1662 1096 95 : : : 1662 1096 96 10,412,219 10,412,219 CD 1662 1096 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1096 98 July July NNP 1662 1096 99 1997 1997 CD 1662 1096 100 est est NNP 1662 1096 101 . . . 1662 1096 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1097 1 Age age NN 1662 1097 2 structure structure NN 1662 1097 3 : : : 1662 1097 4 0 0 CD 1662 1097 5 - - HYPH 1662 1097 6 14 14 CD 1662 1097 7 years year NNS 1662 1097 8 : : : 1662 1097 9 21 21 CD 1662 1097 10 % % NN 1662 1097 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1097 12 male male JJ 1662 1097 13 1,092,760 1,092,760 CD 1662 1097 14 ; ; : 1662 1097 15 female female JJ 1662 1097 16 1,047,992 1,047,992 CD 1662 1097 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1097 18 15 15 CD 1662 1097 19 - - SYM 1662 1097 20 64 64 CD 1662 1097 21 years year NNS 1662 1097 22 : : : 1662 1097 23 66 66 CD 1662 1097 24 % % NN 1662 1097 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1097 26 male male JJ 1662 1097 27 3,346,111 3,346,111 CD 1662 1097 28 ; ; : 1662 1097 29 female female JJ 1662 1097 30 3,547,352 3,547,352 CD 1662 1097 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1097 32 65 65 CD 1662 1097 33 years year NNS 1662 1097 34 and and CC 1662 1097 35 over over IN 1662 1097 36 : : : 1662 1097 37 13 13 CD 1662 1097 38 % % NN 1662 1097 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1097 40 male male JJ 1662 1097 41 452,267 452,267 CD 1662 1097 42 ; ; : 1662 1097 43 female female JJ 1662 1097 44 925,737 925,737 CD 1662 1097 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1097 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1097 47 July July NNP 1662 1097 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1097 49 est est NNP 1662 1097 50 . . . 1662 1097 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1098 1 Population population NN 1662 1098 2 growth growth NN 1662 1098 3 rate rate NN 1662 1098 4 : : : 1662 1098 5 -0.01 -0.01 CD 1662 1098 6 % % NN 1662 1098 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1098 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1098 9 est est NNP 1662 1098 10 . . . 1662 1098 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1099 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1099 2 rate rate NN 1662 1099 3 : : : 1662 1099 4 9.75 9.75 CD 1662 1099 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 1099 6 population population NN 1662 1099 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1099 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1099 9 est est NNP 1662 1099 10 . . . 1662 1099 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1100 1 Death death NN 1662 1100 2 rate rate NN 1662 1100 3 : : : 1662 1100 4 13.23 13.23 CD 1662 1100 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1100 6 population population NN 1662 1100 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1100 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1100 9 est est NNP 1662 1100 10 . . . 1662 1100 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1101 1 Net net JJ 1662 1101 2 migration migration NN 1662 1101 3 rate rate NN 1662 1101 4 : : : 1662 1101 5 3.38 3.38 CD 1662 1101 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 1101 7 population population NN 1662 1101 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1101 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1101 10 est est NNP 1662 1101 11 . . . 1662 1101 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1102 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1102 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1102 3 : : : 1662 1102 4 at at IN 1662 1102 5 birth birth NN 1662 1102 6 : : : 1662 1102 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 1102 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1102 9 under under IN 1662 1102 10 15 15 CD 1662 1102 11 years year NNS 1662 1102 12 : : : 1662 1102 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 1102 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1102 15 15 15 CD 1662 1102 16 - - HYPH 1662 1102 17 64 64 CD 1662 1102 18 years year NNS 1662 1102 19 : : : 1662 1102 20 0.94 0.94 CD 1662 1102 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1102 22 65 65 CD 1662 1102 23 years year NNS 1662 1102 24 and and CC 1662 1102 25 over over IN 1662 1102 26 : : : 1662 1102 27 0.49 0.49 CD 1662 1102 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 1102 29 total total JJ 1662 1102 30 population population NN 1662 1102 31 : : : 1662 1102 32 0.89 0.89 CD 1662 1102 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1102 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1102 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1102 36 est e JJS 1662 1102 37 . . . 1662 1102 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1103 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1103 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1103 3 rate rate NN 1662 1103 4 : : : 1662 1103 5 13.9 13.9 CD 1662 1103 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1103 7 live live JJ 1662 1103 8 births birth NNS 1662 1103 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1103 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1103 11 est est NNP 1662 1103 12 . . . 1662 1103 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1104 1 Life life NN 1662 1104 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1104 3 at at IN 1662 1104 4 birth birth NN 1662 1104 5 : : : 1662 1104 6 total total JJ 1662 1104 7 population population NN 1662 1104 8 : : : 1662 1104 9 68.4 68.4 CD 1662 1104 10 years year NNS 1662 1104 11 male male JJ 1662 1104 12 : : : 1662 1104 13 62.48 62.48 CD 1662 1104 14 years year NNS 1662 1104 15 female female JJ 1662 1104 16 : : : 1662 1104 17 74.61 74.61 CD 1662 1104 18 years year NNS 1662 1104 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1104 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1104 21 est est NNP 1662 1104 22 . . . 1662 1104 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1105 1 Total total JJ 1662 1105 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1105 3 rate rate NN 1662 1105 4 : : : 1662 1105 5 1.35 1.35 CD 1662 1105 6 children child NNS 1662 1105 7 born bear VBN 1662 1105 8 / / SYM 1662 1105 9 woman woman NN 1662 1105 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1105 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1105 12 est est NNP 1662 1105 13 . . . 1662 1105 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1106 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1106 2 : : : 1662 1106 3 noun noun NNP 1662 1106 4 : : : 1662 1106 5 Belarusian(s Belarusian(s NNP 1662 1106 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1106 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 1106 8 : : : 1662 1106 9 Belarusian belarusian JJ 1662 1106 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1106 11 groups group NNS 1662 1106 12 : : : 1662 1106 13 Byelorussian byelorussian JJ 1662 1106 14 77.9 77.9 CD 1662 1106 15 % % NN 1662 1106 16 , , , 1662 1106 17 Russian russian JJ 1662 1106 18 13.2 13.2 CD 1662 1106 19 % % NN 1662 1106 20 , , , 1662 1106 21 Polish Polish NNP 1662 1106 22 4.1 4.1 CD 1662 1106 23 % % NN 1662 1106 24 , , , 1662 1106 25 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 1106 26 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 1106 27 % % NN 1662 1106 28 , , , 1662 1106 29 other other JJ 1662 1106 30 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 1106 31 % % NN 1662 1106 32 Religions religion NNS 1662 1106 33 : : : 1662 1106 34 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 1106 35 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 1106 36 80 80 CD 1662 1106 37 % % NN 1662 1106 38 , , , 1662 1106 39 other other JJ 1662 1106 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1106 41 including include VBG 1662 1106 42 Roman Roman NNP 1662 1106 43 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 1106 44 , , , 1662 1106 45 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 1106 46 , , , 1662 1106 47 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 1106 48 , , , 1662 1106 49 and and CC 1662 1106 50 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 1106 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1106 52 20 20 CD 1662 1106 53 % % NN 1662 1106 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1106 55 1997 1997 CD 1662 1106 56 est est NNP 1662 1106 57 . . . 1662 1106 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1107 1 Languages language NNS 1662 1107 2 : : : 1662 1107 3 Byelorussian Byelorussian NNP 1662 1107 4 , , , 1662 1107 5 Russian russian JJ 1662 1107 6 , , , 1662 1107 7 other other JJ 1662 1107 8 Literacy literacy NN 1662 1107 9 : : : 1662 1107 10 definition definition NN 1662 1107 11 : : : 1662 1107 12 age age NN 1662 1107 13 15 15 CD 1662 1107 14 and and CC 1662 1107 15 over over RB 1662 1107 16 can can MD 1662 1107 17 read read VB 1662 1107 18 and and CC 1662 1107 19 write write VB 1662 1107 20 total total JJ 1662 1107 21 population population NN 1662 1107 22 : : : 1662 1107 23 98 98 CD 1662 1107 24 % % NN 1662 1107 25 male male NN 1662 1107 26 : : : 1662 1107 27 99 99 CD 1662 1107 28 % % NN 1662 1107 29 female female NN 1662 1107 30 : : : 1662 1107 31 97 97 CD 1662 1107 32 % % NN 1662 1107 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1107 34 1989 1989 CD 1662 1107 35 est est NNP 1662 1107 36 . . . 1662 1107 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 1 @Belarus @belarus NN 1662 1108 2 : : : 1662 1108 3 Government Government NNP 1662 1108 4 Country Country NNP 1662 1108 5 name name NN 1662 1108 6 : : : 1662 1108 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1108 8 long long JJ 1662 1108 9 form form NN 1662 1108 10 : : : 1662 1108 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1108 12 of of IN 1662 1108 13 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 1108 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1108 15 short short JJ 1662 1108 16 form form NN 1662 1108 17 : : : 1662 1108 18 Belarus belarus VB 1662 1108 19 local local JJ 1662 1108 20 long long JJ 1662 1108 21 form form NN 1662 1108 22 : : : 1662 1108 23 Respublika Respublika NNP 1662 1108 24 Byelarus Byelarus NNP 1662 1108 25 ' ' POS 1662 1108 26 local local JJ 1662 1108 27 short short JJ 1662 1108 28 form form NN 1662 1108 29 : : : 1662 1108 30 none none NN 1662 1108 31 former former JJ 1662 1108 32 : : : 1662 1108 33 Belorussian Belorussian NNP 1662 1108 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 35 Byelorussian Byelorussian NNP 1662 1108 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 37 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 1108 38 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 1108 39 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1108 40 Data Data NNP 1662 1108 41 code code NN 1662 1108 42 : : : 1662 1108 43 BO BO NNP 1662 1108 44 Government Government NNP 1662 1108 45 type type NN 1662 1108 46 : : : 1662 1108 47 republic republic NNP 1662 1108 48 National national JJ 1662 1108 49 capital capital NN 1662 1108 50 : : : 1662 1108 51 Minsk Minsk NNP 1662 1108 52 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 1108 53 divisions division NNS 1662 1108 54 : : : 1662 1108 55 6 6 CD 1662 1108 56 voblastsi voblastsi NN 1662 1108 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 58 singular singular NN 1662 1108 59 - - HYPH 1662 1108 60 voblasts voblast NNS 1662 1108 61 ' ' '' 1662 1108 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 63 and and CC 1662 1108 64 one one CD 1662 1108 65 municipality municipality NN 1662 1108 66 * * NFP 1662 1108 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 68 harady harady NNP 1662 1108 69 , , , 1662 1108 70 singular singular NNP 1662 1108 71 - - HYPH 1662 1108 72 horad horad NN 1662 1108 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 74 ; ; : 1662 1108 75 Brestskaya Brestskaya NNP 1662 1108 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 77 Brest Brest NNP 1662 1108 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 79 , , , 1662 1108 80 Homyel'skaya Homyel'skaya NNP 1662 1108 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 82 Homyel Homyel NNP 1662 1108 83 ' ' '' 1662 1108 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 85 , , , 1662 1108 86 Horad Horad NNP 1662 1108 87 Minsk Minsk NNP 1662 1108 88 * * NFP 1662 1108 89 , , , 1662 1108 90 Hrodzyenskaya Hrodzyenskaya NNP 1662 1108 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 92 Hrodna Hrodna NNP 1662 1108 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 94 , , , 1662 1108 95 Mahilyowskaya Mahilyowskaya NNP 1662 1108 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 97 Mahilyow Mahilyow NNP 1662 1108 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 99 , , , 1662 1108 100 Minskaya Minskaya NNP 1662 1108 101 , , , 1662 1108 102 Vitsyebskaya Vitsyebskaya NNP 1662 1108 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 104 Vitsyebsk Vitsyebsk NNP 1662 1108 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 106 note note NN 1662 1108 107 : : : 1662 1108 108 administrative administrative JJ 1662 1108 109 divisions division NNS 1662 1108 110 have have VBP 1662 1108 111 the the DT 1662 1108 112 same same JJ 1662 1108 113 names name NNS 1662 1108 114 as as IN 1662 1108 115 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1108 116 administrative administrative JJ 1662 1108 117 centers center NNS 1662 1108 118 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 119 exceptions exception NNS 1662 1108 120 have have VBP 1662 1108 121 the the DT 1662 1108 122 administrative administrative JJ 1662 1108 123 center center NN 1662 1108 124 name name NN 1662 1108 125 following follow VBG 1662 1108 126 in in IN 1662 1108 127 parentheses parenthesis NNS 1662 1108 128 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 129 Independence independence NN 1662 1108 130 : : : 1662 1108 131 25 25 CD 1662 1108 132 August August NNP 1662 1108 133 1991 1991 CD 1662 1108 134 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 135 from from IN 1662 1108 136 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 1108 137 Union Union NNP 1662 1108 138 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 139 ; ; : 1662 1108 140 the the DT 1662 1108 141 Belarusian Belarusian NNP 1662 1108 142 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1108 143 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 1108 144 issued issue VBD 1662 1108 145 a a DT 1662 1108 146 proclamation proclamation NN 1662 1108 147 of of IN 1662 1108 148 independence independence NN 1662 1108 149 ; ; , 1662 1108 150 on on IN 1662 1108 151 17 17 CD 1662 1108 152 July July NNP 1662 1108 153 1990 1990 CD 1662 1108 154 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 1108 155 issued issue VBD 1662 1108 156 a a DT 1662 1108 157 declaration declaration NN 1662 1108 158 of of IN 1662 1108 159 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 1108 160 National national JJ 1662 1108 161 holiday holiday NN 1662 1108 162 : : : 1662 1108 163 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1108 164 Day Day NNP 1662 1108 165 , , , 1662 1108 166 3 3 CD 1662 1108 167 July July NNP 1662 1108 168 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 169 1990 1990 CD 1662 1108 170 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 171 ; ; : 1662 1108 172 note note NN 1662 1108 173 - - HYPH 1662 1108 174 date date NN 1662 1108 175 set set VBN 1662 1108 176 by by IN 1662 1108 177 referendum referendum NN 1662 1108 178 of of IN 1662 1108 179 November November NNP 1662 1108 180 1996 1996 CD 1662 1108 181 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 1108 182 : : : 1662 1108 183 referendum referendum NN 1662 1108 184 of of IN 1662 1108 185 27 27 CD 1662 1108 186 November November NNP 1662 1108 187 1996 1996 CD 1662 1108 188 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 189 declared declare VBN 1662 1108 190 illegitimate illegitimate JJ 1662 1108 191 by by IN 1662 1108 192 the the DT 1662 1108 193 international international JJ 1662 1108 194 community community NN 1662 1108 195 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 196 adopted adopt VBD 1662 1108 197 a a DT 1662 1108 198 new new JJ 1662 1108 199 constitution constitution NN 1662 1108 200 massing massing NN 1662 1108 201 power power NN 1662 1108 202 in in IN 1662 1108 203 the the DT 1662 1108 204 hands hand NNS 1662 1108 205 of of IN 1662 1108 206 the the DT 1662 1108 207 president president NN 1662 1108 208 ; ; , 1662 1108 209 signed sign VBN 1662 1108 210 into into IN 1662 1108 211 law law NN 1662 1108 212 on on IN 1662 1108 213 28 28 CD 1662 1108 214 November November NNP 1662 1108 215 1996 1996 CD 1662 1108 216 Legal legal JJ 1662 1108 217 system system NN 1662 1108 218 : : : 1662 1108 219 based base VBN 1662 1108 220 on on IN 1662 1108 221 civil civil JJ 1662 1108 222 law law NN 1662 1108 223 system system NN 1662 1108 224 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 1108 225 : : : 1662 1108 226 18 18 CD 1662 1108 227 years year NNS 1662 1108 228 of of IN 1662 1108 229 age age NN 1662 1108 230 ; ; : 1662 1108 231 universal universal JJ 1662 1108 232 Executive Executive NNP 1662 1108 233 branch branch NN 1662 1108 234 : : : 1662 1108 235 chief chief NN 1662 1108 236 of of IN 1662 1108 237 state state NN 1662 1108 238 : : : 1662 1108 239 President President NNP 1662 1108 240 Aleksandr Aleksandr NNP 1662 1108 241 LUKASHENKO LUKASHENKO NNP 1662 1108 242 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 243 since since IN 1662 1108 244 20 20 CD 1662 1108 245 July July NNP 1662 1108 246 1994 1994 CD 1662 1108 247 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 248 head head NN 1662 1108 249 of of IN 1662 1108 250 government government NN 1662 1108 251 : : : 1662 1108 252 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1108 253 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1108 254 Sergey Sergey NNP 1662 1108 255 LING LING NNP 1662 1108 256 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 257 acting act VBG 1662 1108 258 since since IN 1662 1108 259 NA NA NNP 1662 1108 260 November November NNP 1662 1108 261 1996 1996 CD 1662 1108 262 , , , 1662 1108 263 confirmed confirm VBD 1662 1108 264 NA NA NNP 1662 1108 265 February February NNP 1662 1108 266 1997 1997 CD 1662 1108 267 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 268 ; ; : 1662 1108 269 First First NNP 1662 1108 270 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 1108 271 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1108 272 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1108 273 Pyotr Pyotr NNP 1662 1108 274 PROKOPOVICH PROKOPOVICH NNP 1662 1108 275 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 276 since since IN 1662 1108 277 NA NA NNP 1662 1108 278 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 279 ; ; : 1662 1108 280 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 1108 281 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1108 282 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 1108 283 Vladimir Vladimir NNP 1662 1108 284 GARKUN GARKUN NNP 1662 1108 285 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 286 since since IN 1662 1108 287 NA NA NNP 1662 1108 288 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 289 , , , 1662 1108 290 Valeriy Valeriy NNP 1662 1108 291 KOKAREV KOKAREV NNP 1662 1108 292 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 293 since since IN 1662 1108 294 NA NA NNP 1662 1108 295 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 296 , , , 1662 1108 297 Vladimir Vladimir NNP 1662 1108 298 RUSAKEVICH RUSAKEVICH NNP 1662 1108 299 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 300 since since IN 1662 1108 301 NA NA NNP 1662 1108 302 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 303 , , , 1662 1108 304 Vasyl Vasyl NNP 1662 1108 305 DALGALYOV DALGALYOV NNP 1662 1108 306 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 307 since since IN 1662 1108 308 NA NA NNP 1662 1108 309 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 310 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1108 311 : : : 1662 1108 312 Council Council NNP 1662 1108 313 of of IN 1662 1108 314 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 1108 315 elections election NNS 1662 1108 316 : : : 1662 1108 317 president president NN 1662 1108 318 elected elect VBN 1662 1108 319 by by IN 1662 1108 320 popular popular JJ 1662 1108 321 vote vote NN 1662 1108 322 for for IN 1662 1108 323 a a DT 1662 1108 324 five five CD 1662 1108 325 - - HYPH 1662 1108 326 year year NN 1662 1108 327 term term NN 1662 1108 328 ; ; : 1662 1108 329 election election NN 1662 1108 330 last last JJ 1662 1108 331 held hold VBD 1662 1108 332 24 24 CD 1662 1108 333 June June NNP 1662 1108 334 and and CC 1662 1108 335 10 10 CD 1662 1108 336 July July NNP 1662 1108 337 1994 1994 CD 1662 1108 338 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 339 next next JJ 1662 1108 340 to to TO 1662 1108 341 be be VB 1662 1108 342 held hold VBN 1662 1108 343 NA NA NNP 1662 1108 344 2001 2001 CD 1662 1108 345 because because IN 1662 1108 346 of of IN 1662 1108 347 the the DT 1662 1108 348 additional additional JJ 1662 1108 349 two two CD 1662 1108 350 years year NNS 1662 1108 351 provided provide VBN 1662 1108 352 by by IN 1662 1108 353 the the DT 1662 1108 354 November November NNP 1662 1108 355 1996 1996 CD 1662 1108 356 referendum referendum NN 1662 1108 357 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 358 ; ; : 1662 1108 359 prime prime NNP 1662 1108 360 minister minister NNP 1662 1108 361 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1108 362 by by IN 1662 1108 363 the the DT 1662 1108 364 president president NNP 1662 1108 365 election election NN 1662 1108 366 results result NNS 1662 1108 367 : : : 1662 1108 368 Aleksandr aleksandr JJ 1662 1108 369 LUKASHENKO LUKASHENKO NNP 1662 1108 370 elected elect VBD 1662 1108 371 president president NN 1662 1108 372 ; ; , 1662 1108 373 percent percent NN 1662 1108 374 of of IN 1662 1108 375 vote vote NN 1662 1108 376 - - HYPH 1662 1108 377 Aleksandr Aleksandr NNP 1662 1108 378 LUKASHENKO LUKASHENKO NNP 1662 1108 379 85 85 CD 1662 1108 380 % % NN 1662 1108 381 , , , 1662 1108 382 Vyacheslav Vyacheslav NNP 1662 1108 383 KEBICH KEBICH NNP 1662 1108 384 15 15 CD 1662 1108 385 % % NN 1662 1108 386 note note NN 1662 1108 387 : : : 1662 1108 388 first first JJ 1662 1108 389 presidential presidential JJ 1662 1108 390 elections election NNS 1662 1108 391 took take VBD 1662 1108 392 place place NN 1662 1108 393 in in IN 1662 1108 394 June June NNP 1662 1108 395 - - HYPH 1662 1108 396 July July NNP 1662 1108 397 1994 1994 CD 1662 1108 398 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 1108 399 branch branch NN 1662 1108 400 : : : 1662 1108 401 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 1108 402 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 1108 403 established establish VBN 1662 1108 404 by by IN 1662 1108 405 the the DT 1662 1108 406 28 28 CD 1662 1108 407 November November NNP 1662 1108 408 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 1108 409 consists consist VBZ 1662 1108 410 of of IN 1662 1108 411 the the DT 1662 1108 412 Council Council NNP 1662 1108 413 of of IN 1662 1108 414 the the DT 1662 1108 415 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1108 416 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 417 64 64 CD 1662 1108 418 seats seat NNS 1662 1108 419 ; ; : 1662 1108 420 the the DT 1662 1108 421 president president NNP 1662 1108 422 appoints appoint VBZ 1662 1108 423 8 8 CD 1662 1108 424 and and CC 1662 1108 425 each each DT 1662 1108 426 oblast oblast NN 1662 1108 427 plus plus CC 1662 1108 428 the the DT 1662 1108 429 Minsk Minsk NNP 1662 1108 430 city city NN 1662 1108 431 government government NN 1662 1108 432 elect elect NN 1662 1108 433 8) 8) CD 1662 1108 434 and and CC 1662 1108 435 the the DT 1662 1108 436 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 1108 437 of of IN 1662 1108 438 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 1108 439 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 440 110 110 CD 1662 1108 441 seats seat NNS 1662 1108 442 ; ; : 1662 1108 443 note note NN 1662 1108 444 - - HYPH 1662 1108 445 present present NN 1662 1108 446 members member NNS 1662 1108 447 came come VBD 1662 1108 448 from from IN 1662 1108 449 the the DT 1662 1108 450 defunct defunct JJ 1662 1108 451 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1108 452 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 1108 453 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 454 elections election NNS 1662 1108 455 : : : 1662 1108 456 last last RB 1662 1108 457 held held JJ 1662 1108 458 May May NNP 1662 1108 459 and and CC 1662 1108 460 November November NNP 1662 1108 461 - - HYPH 1662 1108 462 December December NNP 1662 1108 463 1995 1995 CD 1662 1108 464 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 465 two two CD 1662 1108 466 rounds round NNS 1662 1108 467 , , , 1662 1108 468 each each DT 1662 1108 469 with with IN 1662 1108 470 a a DT 1662 1108 471 run run NN 1662 1108 472 - - HYPH 1662 1108 473 off off NN 1662 1108 474 ; ; : 1662 1108 475 next next JJ 1662 1108 476 to to TO 1662 1108 477 be be VB 1662 1108 478 held hold VBN 1662 1108 479 NA NA NNP 1662 1108 480 2000 2000 CD 1662 1108 481 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 482 election election NN 1662 1108 483 results result NNS 1662 1108 484 : : : 1662 1108 485 percent percent NN 1662 1108 486 of of IN 1662 1108 487 vote vote NN 1662 1108 488 by by IN 1662 1108 489 party party NN 1662 1108 490 - - HYPH 1662 1108 491 NA NA NNP 1662 1108 492 ; ; , 1662 1108 493 seats seat NNS 1662 1108 494 by by IN 1662 1108 495 party party NN 1662 1108 496 - - HYPH 1662 1108 497 KPB KPB NNP 1662 1108 498 42 42 CD 1662 1108 499 , , , 1662 1108 500 Agrarian Agrarian NNP 1662 1108 501 33 33 CD 1662 1108 502 , , , 1662 1108 503 CAB CAB NNP 1662 1108 504 9 9 CD 1662 1108 505 , , , 1662 1108 506 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 507 of of IN 1662 1108 508 People People NNPS 1662 1108 509 's 's POS 1662 1108 510 Concord Concord NNP 1662 1108 511 8 8 CD 1662 1108 512 , , , 1662 1108 513 UPNAZ upnaz NN 1662 1108 514 2 2 CD 1662 1108 515 , , , 1662 1108 516 SDPB SDPB NNP 1662 1108 517 2 2 CD 1662 1108 518 , , , 1662 1108 519 BPR BPR NNP 1662 1108 520 1 1 CD 1662 1108 521 , , , 1662 1108 522 Green Green NNP 1662 1108 523 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 524 1 1 CD 1662 1108 525 , , , 1662 1108 526 Republican Republican NNP 1662 1108 527 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 528 of of IN 1662 1108 529 Labor Labor NNP 1662 1108 530 and and CC 1662 1108 531 Justice Justice NNP 1662 1108 532 1 1 CD 1662 1108 533 , , , 1662 1108 534 BSP BSP NNP 1662 1108 535 1 1 CD 1662 1108 536 , , , 1662 1108 537 NFB NFB NNP 1662 1108 538 1 1 CD 1662 1108 539 , , , 1662 1108 540 Social Social NNP 1662 1108 541 and and CC 1662 1108 542 Sports Sports NNPS 1662 1108 543 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 544 1 1 CD 1662 1108 545 , , , 1662 1108 546 Ecological Ecological NNP 1662 1108 547 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 548 1 1 CD 1662 1108 549 , , , 1662 1108 550 independents independent NNS 1662 1108 551 95 95 CD 1662 1108 552 , , , 1662 1108 553 vacant vacant JJ 1662 1108 554 62 62 CD 1662 1108 555 ; ; : 1662 1108 556 note note VB 1662 1108 557 - - : 1662 1108 558 after after IN 1662 1108 559 the the DT 1662 1108 560 November November NNP 1662 1108 561 1996 1996 CD 1662 1108 562 referendum referendum NN 1662 1108 563 , , , 1662 1108 564 seats seat NNS 1662 1108 565 for for IN 1662 1108 566 the the DT 1662 1108 567 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 1108 568 of of IN 1662 1108 569 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 1108 570 were be VBD 1662 1108 571 filled fill VBN 1662 1108 572 by by IN 1662 1108 573 former former JJ 1662 1108 574 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1108 575 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 1108 576 members member NNS 1662 1108 577 as as IN 1662 1108 578 follows follow VBZ 1662 1108 579 : : : 1662 1108 580 PKB PKB NNP 1662 1108 581 24 24 CD 1662 1108 582 , , , 1662 1108 583 Agrarian Agrarian NNP 1662 1108 584 14 14 CD 1662 1108 585 , , , 1662 1108 586 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 587 of of IN 1662 1108 588 Peoples Peoples NNP 1662 1108 589 Concord Concord NNP 1662 1108 590 5 5 CD 1662 1108 591 , , , 1662 1108 592 LDPB LDPB NNP 1662 1108 593 1 1 CD 1662 1108 594 , , , 1662 1108 595 UPNAZ upnaz VB 1662 1108 596 1 1 CD 1662 1108 597 , , , 1662 1108 598 Green Green NNP 1662 1108 599 World World NNP 1662 1108 600 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 601 1 1 CD 1662 1108 602 , , , 1662 1108 603 Belarusian Belarusian NNP 1662 1108 604 Social Social NNP 1662 1108 605 Sports Sports NNPS 1662 1108 606 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 607 1 1 CD 1662 1108 608 , , , 1662 1108 609 Ecological Ecological NNP 1662 1108 610 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 611 1 1 CD 1662 1108 612 , , , 1662 1108 613 Republican Republican NNP 1662 1108 614 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 615 of of IN 1662 1108 616 Labor Labor NNP 1662 1108 617 and and CC 1662 1108 618 Justice Justice NNP 1662 1108 619 1 1 CD 1662 1108 620 , , , 1662 1108 621 independents independent NNS 1662 1108 622 60 60 CD 1662 1108 623 ; ; : 1662 1108 624 58 58 CD 1662 1108 625 of of IN 1662 1108 626 the the DT 1662 1108 627 64 64 CD 1662 1108 628 seats seat NNS 1662 1108 629 in in IN 1662 1108 630 the the DT 1662 1108 631 Council Council NNP 1662 1108 632 of of IN 1662 1108 633 the the DT 1662 1108 634 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1108 635 have have VBP 1662 1108 636 been be VBN 1662 1108 637 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1108 638 / / SYM 1662 1108 639 elected elect VBN 1662 1108 640 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 1108 641 branch branch NN 1662 1108 642 : : : 1662 1108 643 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1108 644 Court Court NNP 1662 1108 645 , , , 1662 1108 646 judges judge NNS 1662 1108 647 are be VBP 1662 1108 648 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1108 649 by by IN 1662 1108 650 the the DT 1662 1108 651 president president NN 1662 1108 652 ; ; : 1662 1108 653 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 1108 654 Court Court NNP 1662 1108 655 , , , 1662 1108 656 half half NN 1662 1108 657 of of IN 1662 1108 658 the the DT 1662 1108 659 judges judge NNS 1662 1108 660 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1108 661 by by IN 1662 1108 662 the the DT 1662 1108 663 president president NN 1662 1108 664 and and CC 1662 1108 665 half half NN 1662 1108 666 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1108 667 by by IN 1662 1108 668 the the DT 1662 1108 669 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 1108 670 of of IN 1662 1108 671 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 1108 672 Political political JJ 1662 1108 673 parties party NNS 1662 1108 674 and and CC 1662 1108 675 leaders leader NNS 1662 1108 676 : : : 1662 1108 677 Belarusian Belarusian NNP 1662 1108 678 Communist Communist NNP 1662 1108 679 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 680 or or CC 1662 1108 681 KPB KPB NNP 1662 1108 682 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 683 Yefrem Yefrem NNP 1662 1108 684 SOKOLOV SOKOLOV NNP 1662 1108 685 and and CC 1662 1108 686 Viktor viktor NN 1662 1108 687 CHIKIN CHIKIN NNP 1662 1108 688 , , , 1662 1108 689 chairmen chairman NNS 1662 1108 690 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 691 ; ; : 1662 1108 692 Agrarian Agrarian NNP 1662 1108 693 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 694 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 695 Aleksandr Aleksandr NNP 1662 1108 696 PAVLOV PAVLOV NNP 1662 1108 697 , , , 1662 1108 698 chairman chairman NN 1662 1108 699 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 700 ; ; : 1662 1108 701 Civic Civic NNP 1662 1108 702 Accord Accord NNP 1662 1108 703 Bloc Bloc NNP 1662 1108 704 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 705 United United NNP 1662 1108 706 Civic Civic NNP 1662 1108 707 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 708 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 709 or or CC 1662 1108 710 CAB cab NN 1662 1108 711 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 712 Stanislav Stanislav NNP 1662 1108 713 BOGDANKEVICH BOGDANKEVICH NNP 1662 1108 714 , , , 1662 1108 715 chairman chairman NN 1662 1108 716 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 717 ; ; : 1662 1108 718 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 719 of of IN 1662 1108 720 People People NNPS 1662 1108 721 's 's POS 1662 1108 722 Concord Concord NNP 1662 1108 723 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 724 Leonid Leonid NNP 1662 1108 725 SECHKO SECHKO NNP 1662 1108 726 , , , 1662 1108 727 chairman chairman NN 1662 1108 728 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 729 ; ; : 1662 1108 730 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 731 of of IN 1662 1108 732 All All NNP 1662 1108 733 - - HYPH 1662 1108 734 Belarusian Belarusian NNP 1662 1108 735 Unity Unity NNP 1662 1108 736 and and CC 1662 1108 737 Concord Concord NNP 1662 1108 738 or or CC 1662 1108 739 UPNAZ upnaz NN 1662 1108 740 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 741 Dmitriy Dmitriy NNP 1662 1108 742 BULAKOV BULAKOV NNP 1662 1108 743 , , , 1662 1108 744 chairman chairman NN 1662 1108 745 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 746 ; ; : 1662 1108 747 Belarusian Belarusian NNP 1662 1108 748 Social Social NNP 1662 1108 749 - - HYPH 1662 1108 750 Democrat Democrat NNP 1662 1108 751 Hramada Hramada NNP 1662 1108 752 or or CC 1662 1108 753 SDBP SDBP NNP 1662 1108 754 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 755 Nikolai Nikolai NNP 1662 1108 756 STATKEVICH STATKEVICH NNP 1662 1108 757 , , , 1662 1108 758 chairman chairman NN 1662 1108 759 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 760 ; ; : 1662 1108 761 Belarusian Belarusian NNP 1662 1108 762 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 1108 763 Movement Movement NNP 1662 1108 764 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 765 Belarusian Belarusian NNP 1662 1108 766 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 1108 767 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 768 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 769 or or CC 1662 1108 770 BPR BPR NNP 1662 1108 771 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 772 Anatol Anatol NNP 1662 1108 773 BARANKEVICH BARANKEVICH NNP 1662 1108 774 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 775 ; ; : 1662 1108 776 Green Green NNP 1662 1108 777 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 778 of of IN 1662 1108 779 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 1108 780 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 781 Nikolai Nikolai NNP 1662 1108 782 KARTASH KARTASH NNP 1662 1108 783 , , , 1662 1108 784 chairman chairman NN 1662 1108 785 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 786 ; ; : 1662 1108 787 Republican Republican NNP 1662 1108 788 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 789 of of IN 1662 1108 790 Labor Labor NNP 1662 1108 791 and and CC 1662 1108 792 Justice Justice NNP 1662 1108 793 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 794 Anatol Anatol NNP 1662 1108 795 NETYLKIN NETYLKIN NNP 1662 1108 796 , , , 1662 1108 797 chairman chairman NN 1662 1108 798 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 799 ; ; : 1662 1108 800 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 1108 801 Peasants Peasants NNPS 1662 1108 802 or or CC 1662 1108 803 BSP BSP NNP 1662 1108 804 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 805 Yevgeniy Yevgeniy NNP 1662 1108 806 LUGIN LUGIN NNP 1662 1108 807 , , , 1662 1108 808 chairman chairman NN 1662 1108 809 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 810 ; ; : 1662 1108 811 Belarusian Belarusian NNP 1662 1108 812 Popular Popular NNP 1662 1108 813 Front Front NNP 1662 1108 814 or or CC 1662 1108 815 NFB NFB NNP 1662 1108 816 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 817 Levon Levon NNP 1662 1108 818 BARSHEVSKIY BARSHEVSKIY NNP 1662 1108 819 , , , 1662 1108 820 acting act VBG 1662 1108 821 chairman chairman NN 1662 1108 822 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 823 ; ; : 1662 1108 824 Belarusian Belarusian NNP 1662 1108 825 Social Social NNP 1662 1108 826 Sports Sports NNPS 1662 1108 827 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 828 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 829 Aleksandr Aleksandr NNP 1662 1108 830 ALEKSANDROVICH ALEKSANDROVICH NNP 1662 1108 831 , , , 1662 1108 832 chairman chairman NN 1662 1108 833 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 834 ; ; : 1662 1108 835 Ecological Ecological NNP 1662 1108 836 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 837 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 838 Liudmila Liudmila NNP 1662 1108 839 YELIZAROVA YELIZAROVA NNP 1662 1108 840 , , , 1662 1108 841 chairman chairman NN 1662 1108 842 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 843 ; ; : 1662 1108 844 National National NNP 1662 1108 845 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1108 846 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 847 of of IN 1662 1108 848 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 1108 849 or or CC 1662 1108 850 NDPB NDPB NNP 1662 1108 851 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 852 Viktor Viktor NNP 1662 1108 853 NAUMENKO NAUMENKO NNP 1662 1108 854 , , , 1662 1108 855 chairman chairman NN 1662 1108 856 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 857 ; ; : 1662 1108 858 United United NNP 1662 1108 859 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1108 860 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 861 of of IN 1662 1108 862 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 1108 863 or or CC 1662 1108 864 ADPB ADPB NNP 1662 1108 865 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 866 Aleksandr aleksandr NN 1662 1108 867 DOBROVOLSKIY dobrovolskiy NN 1662 1108 868 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 869 ; ; : 1662 1108 870 Belarusian Belarusian NNP 1662 1108 871 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 1108 872 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 873 or or CC 1662 1108 874 SPB SPB NNP 1662 1108 875 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 876 Vyacheslav Vyacheslav NNP 1662 1108 877 KUZNETSOV KUZNETSOV NNP 1662 1108 878 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 879 ; ; : 1662 1108 880 Slavic Slavic NNP 1662 1108 881 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1108 882 or or CC 1662 1108 883 SAB SAB NNP 1662 1108 884 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 885 Nikolai Nikolai NNP 1662 1108 886 SYARECHEV SYARECHEV NNP 1662 1108 887 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 888 ; ; : 1662 1108 889 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 1108 890 - - HYPH 1662 1108 891 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1108 892 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 893 or or CC 1662 1108 894 LDPB LDPB NNP 1662 1108 895 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 896 Sergei Sergei NNP 1662 1108 897 GAIDUKEVICH GAIDUKEVICH NNP 1662 1108 898 , , , 1662 1108 899 chairman chairman NN 1662 1108 900 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 901 ; ; : 1662 1108 902 Belarusian Belarusian NNP 1662 1108 903 Christian Christian NNP 1662 1108 904 - - HYPH 1662 1108 905 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 1108 906 Unity unity NN 1662 1108 907 or or CC 1662 1108 908 BKDZ BKDZ NNP 1662 1108 909 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 910 Petr petr NN 1662 1108 911 SILKO SILKO NNP 1662 1108 912 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 913 ; ; : 1662 1108 914 Polish Polish NNP 1662 1108 915 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1108 916 Union Union NNP 1662 1108 917 or or CC 1662 1108 918 PDZ PDZ NNP 1662 1108 919 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 920 Konstantin Konstantin NNP 1662 1108 921 TARASEVICH TARASEVICH NNP 1662 1108 922 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 923 ; ; : 1662 1108 924 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 925 of of IN 1662 1108 926 Beer Beer NNP 1662 1108 927 Lovers Lovers NNPS 1662 1108 928 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 929 Yuriy yuriy NN 1662 1108 930 GONCHAR gonchar NN 1662 1108 931 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 932 ; ; : 1662 1108 933 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 934 of of IN 1662 1108 935 Communists Communists NNPS 1662 1108 936 Belarusian Belarusian NNP 1662 1108 937 or or CC 1662 1108 938 PKB PKB NNP 1662 1108 939 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 940 Sergei Sergei NNP 1662 1108 941 KALYAKIN KALYAKIN NNP 1662 1108 942 and and CC 1662 1108 943 Vasiliy Vasiliy NNP 1662 1108 944 NOVIKOV NOVIKOV NNP 1662 1108 945 , , , 1662 1108 946 chairmen chairman NNS 1662 1108 947 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 948 ; ; : 1662 1108 949 Belarusian Belarusian NNP 1662 1108 950 Labor Labor NNP 1662 1108 951 Party Party NNP 1662 1108 952 or or CC 1662 1108 953 BPP BPP NNP 1662 1108 954 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 955 Aleksandr Aleksandr NNP 1662 1108 956 BUKHVOSTOV BUKHVOSTOV NNP 1662 1108 957 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 958 International international JJ 1662 1108 959 organization organization NN 1662 1108 960 participation participation NN 1662 1108 961 : : : 1662 1108 962 BIS BIS NNP 1662 1108 963 , , , 1662 1108 964 CCC CCC NNP 1662 1108 965 , , , 1662 1108 966 CEI CEI NNP 1662 1108 967 , , , 1662 1108 968 CIS CIS NNP 1662 1108 969 , , , 1662 1108 970 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 1108 971 , , , 1662 1108 972 ECE ECE NNP 1662 1108 973 , , , 1662 1108 974 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 1108 975 , , , 1662 1108 976 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1108 977 , , , 1662 1108 978 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1108 979 , , , 1662 1108 980 IFC IFC NNP 1662 1108 981 , , , 1662 1108 982 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 1108 983 , , , 1662 1108 984 ILO ILO NNP 1662 1108 985 , , , 1662 1108 986 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1108 987 , , , 1662 1108 988 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 1108 989 , , , 1662 1108 990 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1108 991 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 992 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 1108 993 user user NN 1662 1108 994 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 995 , , , 1662 1108 996 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 1108 997 , , , 1662 1108 998 IOC IOC NNP 1662 1108 999 , , , 1662 1108 1000 IOM IOM NNP 1662 1108 1001 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 1002 observer observer NN 1662 1108 1003 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 1004 , , , 1662 1108 1005 ISO ISO NNP 1662 1108 1006 , , , 1662 1108 1007 ITU ITU NNP 1662 1108 1008 , , , 1662 1108 1009 NACC NACC NNP 1662 1108 1010 , , , 1662 1108 1011 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 1108 1012 , , , 1662 1108 1013 PCA PCA NNP 1662 1108 1014 , , , 1662 1108 1015 PFP PFP NNP 1662 1108 1016 , , , 1662 1108 1017 UN UN NNP 1662 1108 1018 , , , 1662 1108 1019 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 1108 1020 , , , 1662 1108 1021 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 1108 1022 , , , 1662 1108 1023 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 1108 1024 , , , 1662 1108 1025 UPU UPU NNP 1662 1108 1026 , , , 1662 1108 1027 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 1108 1028 , , , 1662 1108 1029 WHO who WP 1662 1108 1030 , , , 1662 1108 1031 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 1108 1032 , , , 1662 1108 1033 WMO WMO NNP 1662 1108 1034 , , , 1662 1108 1035 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 1108 1036 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 1037 applicant applicant NN 1662 1108 1038 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 1039 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1108 1040 representation representation NN 1662 1108 1041 in in IN 1662 1108 1042 the the DT 1662 1108 1043 US US NNP 1662 1108 1044 : : : 1662 1108 1045 chief chief NN 1662 1108 1046 of of IN 1662 1108 1047 mission mission NN 1662 1108 1048 : : : 1662 1108 1049 Ambassador ambassador NN 1662 1108 1050 - - HYPH 1662 1108 1051 designate designate NN 1662 1108 1052 Valeriy Valeriy NNP 1662 1108 1053 TSEPKALO TSEPKALO NNP 1662 1108 1054 chancery chancery NN 1662 1108 1055 : : : 1662 1108 1056 1619 1619 CD 1662 1108 1057 New New NNP 1662 1108 1058 Hampshire Hampshire NNP 1662 1108 1059 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 1108 1060 NW NW NNP 1662 1108 1061 , , , 1662 1108 1062 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1108 1063 , , , 1662 1108 1064 DC DC NNP 1662 1108 1065 20009 20009 CD 1662 1108 1066 telephone telephone NN 1662 1108 1067 : : : 1662 1108 1068 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 1069 1 1 CD 1662 1108 1070 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 1071 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 1072 202 202 CD 1662 1108 1073 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 1074 986 986 CD 1662 1108 1075 - - SYM 1662 1108 1076 1604 1604 CD 1662 1108 1077 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1108 1078 : : : 1662 1108 1079 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 1080 1 1 CD 1662 1108 1081 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 1082 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 1083 202 202 CD 1662 1108 1084 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 1085 986 986 CD 1662 1108 1086 - - SYM 1662 1108 1087 1805 1805 CD 1662 1108 1088 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 1108 1089 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 1090 general general NN 1662 1108 1091 : : : 1662 1108 1092 New New NNP 1662 1108 1093 York York NNP 1662 1108 1094 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1108 1095 representation representation NN 1662 1108 1096 from from IN 1662 1108 1097 the the DT 1662 1108 1098 US US NNP 1662 1108 1099 : : : 1662 1108 1100 chief chief NN 1662 1108 1101 of of IN 1662 1108 1102 mission mission NN 1662 1108 1103 : : : 1662 1108 1104 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1108 1105 Kenneth Kenneth NNP 1662 1108 1106 Spencer Spencer NNP 1662 1108 1107 YALOWITZ YALOWITZ NNP 1662 1108 1108 embassy embassy NN 1662 1108 1109 : : : 1662 1108 1110 Starovilenskaya Starovilenskaya NNP 1662 1108 1111 # # $ 1662 1108 1112 46 46 CD 1662 1108 1113 - - SYM 1662 1108 1114 220002 220002 CD 1662 1108 1115 , , , 1662 1108 1116 Minsk Minsk NNP 1662 1108 1117 mailing mail VBG 1662 1108 1118 address address NN 1662 1108 1119 : : : 1662 1108 1120 use use VB 1662 1108 1121 embassy embassy NNP 1662 1108 1122 street street NNP 1662 1108 1123 address address NN 1662 1108 1124 telephone telephone NNP 1662 1108 1125 : : : 1662 1108 1126 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 1127 375 375 CD 1662 1108 1128 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 1129 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 1130 172 172 CD 1662 1108 1131 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 1132 31 31 CD 1662 1108 1133 - - HYPH 1662 1108 1134 50 50 CD 1662 1108 1135 - - HYPH 1662 1108 1136 00 00 CD 1662 1108 1137 FAX fax NN 1662 1108 1138 : : : 1662 1108 1139 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1108 1140 375 375 CD 1662 1108 1141 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1108 1142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 1143 172 172 CD 1662 1108 1144 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 1145 34 34 CD 1662 1108 1146 - - HYPH 1662 1108 1147 78 78 CD 1662 1108 1148 - - HYPH 1662 1108 1149 53 53 CD 1662 1108 1150 Flag flag NN 1662 1108 1151 description description NN 1662 1108 1152 : : : 1662 1108 1153 red red JJ 1662 1108 1154 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 1108 1155 band band NN 1662 1108 1156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1108 1157 top top NNP 1662 1108 1158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1108 1159 and and CC 1662 1108 1160 green green JJ 1662 1108 1161 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 1108 1162 band band NN 1662 1108 1163 one one CD 1662 1108 1164 - - HYPH 1662 1108 1165 half half NN 1662 1108 1166 the the DT 1662 1108 1167 width width NN 1662 1108 1168 of of IN 1662 1108 1169 the the DT 1662 1108 1170 red red JJ 1662 1108 1171 band band NN 1662 1108 1172 ; ; : 1662 1108 1173 a a DT 1662 1108 1174 white white NNP 1662 1108 1175 vertical vertical JJ 1662 1108 1176 stripe stripe NN 1662 1108 1177 of of IN 1662 1108 1178 white white JJ 1662 1108 1179 on on IN 1662 1108 1180 the the DT 1662 1108 1181 hoist hoist NN 1662 1108 1182 side side NN 1662 1108 1183 bears bear NNS 1662 1108 1184 in in IN 1662 1108 1185 red red NN 1662 1108 1186 the the DT 1662 1108 1187 Belarusian belarusian JJ 1662 1108 1188 national national JJ 1662 1108 1189 ornament ornament 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reforms reform NNS 1662 1109 29 , , , 1662 1109 30 has have VBZ 1662 1109 31 resulted result VBN 1662 1109 32 in in IN 1662 1109 33 a a DT 1662 1109 34 sharp sharp JJ 1662 1109 35 economic economic JJ 1662 1109 36 decline decline NN 1662 1109 37 . . . 1662 1110 1 Privatization privatization NN 1662 1110 2 is be VBZ 1662 1110 3 virtually virtually RB 1662 1110 4 nonexistent nonexistent JJ 1662 1110 5 and and CC 1662 1110 6 the the DT 1662 1110 7 system system NN 1662 1110 8 of of IN 1662 1110 9 state state NN 1662 1110 10 orders order NNS 1662 1110 11 and and CC 1662 1110 12 distribution distribution NN 1662 1110 13 persists persist NNS 1662 1110 14 . . . 1662 1111 1 Although although IN 1662 1111 2 President President NNP 1662 1111 3 LUKASHENKO LUKASHENKO NNP 1662 1111 4 pronounces pronounce VBZ 1662 1111 5 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1111 6 1995 1995 CD 1662 1111 7 macro macro JJ 1662 1111 8 stabilization stabilization NN 1662 1111 9 policies policie VBZ 1662 1111 10 a a DT 1662 1111 11 success success NN 1662 1111 12 - - HYPH 1662 1111 13 annual annual JJ 1662 1111 14 inflation inflation NN 1662 1111 15 dropped drop VBD 1662 1111 16 from from IN 1662 1111 17 2,220 2,220 CD 1662 1111 18 % % NN 1662 1111 19 in in IN 1662 1111 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 1111 21 to to IN 1662 1111 22 244 244 CD 1662 1111 23 % % NN 1662 1111 24 in in IN 1662 1111 25 1995 1995 CD 1662 1111 26 - - , 1662 1111 27 the the DT 1662 1111 28 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1111 29 has have VBZ 1662 1111 30 criticized criticize VBN 1662 1111 31 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1111 32 exchange exchange NN 1662 1111 33 rate rate NN 1662 1111 34 policies policy NNS 1662 1111 35 and and CC 1662 1111 36 suspended suspend VBD 1662 1111 37 Minsk Minsk NNP 1662 1111 38 's 's POS 1662 1111 39 $ $ $ 1662 1111 40 300 300 CD 1662 1111 41 million million CD 1662 1111 42 standby standby NN 1662 1111 43 program program NN 1662 1111 44 in in IN 1662 1111 45 November November NNP 1662 1111 46 1995 1995 CD 1662 1111 47 . . . 1662 1112 1 The the 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1113 20 trade trade NN 1662 1113 21 practices practice NNS 1662 1113 22 to to TO 1662 1113 23 mirror mirror VB 1662 1113 24 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 1113 25 's 's POS 1662 1113 26 - - : 1662 1113 27 has have VBZ 1662 1113 28 resulted result VBN 1662 1113 29 in in IN 1662 1113 30 higher high JJR 1662 1113 31 import import NN 1662 1113 32 tariffs tariff NNS 1662 1113 33 for for IN 1662 1113 34 Belarusian belarusian JJ 1662 1113 35 consumers consumer NNS 1662 1113 36 ; ; : 1662 1113 37 tariffs tariff NNS 1662 1113 38 rose rise VBD 1662 1113 39 from from IN 1662 1113 40 5%-20 5%-20 CD 1662 1113 41 % % NN 1662 1113 42 to to IN 1662 1113 43 20%-40 20%-40 CD 1662 1113 44 % % NN 1662 1113 45 . . . 1662 1114 1 In in IN 1662 1114 2 general general JJ 1662 1114 3 , , , 1662 1114 4 as as IN 1662 1114 5 of of IN 1662 1114 6 the the DT 1662 1114 7 beginning beginning NN 1662 1114 8 of of IN 1662 1114 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1114 10 , , , 1662 1114 11 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 1114 12 has have VBZ 1662 1114 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NN 1662 1115 23 - - HYPH 1662 1115 24 real real JJ 1662 1115 25 growth growth NN 1662 1115 26 rate rate NN 1662 1115 27 : : : 1662 1115 28 3 3 CD 1662 1115 29 % % NN 1662 1115 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1115 31 1996 1996 CD 1662 1115 32 est est NNP 1662 1115 33 . . . 1662 1115 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1116 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1116 2 - - HYPH 1662 1116 3 per per FW 1662 1116 4 capita capita NN 1662 1116 5 : : : 1662 1116 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1116 7 power power NN 1662 1116 8 parity parity NN 1662 1116 9 - - : 1662 1116 10 $ $ $ 1662 1116 11 5,000 5,000 CD 1662 1116 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1116 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 1116 14 est est NNP 1662 1116 15 . . . 1662 1116 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1117 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1117 2 - - HYPH 1662 1117 3 composition composition NN 1662 1117 4 by by IN 1662 1117 5 sector sector NN 1662 1117 6 : : : 1662 1117 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1117 8 : : : 1662 1117 9 21 21 CD 1662 1117 10 % % NN 1662 1117 11 industry industry NN 1662 1117 12 : : : 1662 1117 13 49 49 CD 1662 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1662 1125 35 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1125 36 : : : 1662 1125 37 722 722 CD 1662 1125 38 km km NNS 1662 1125 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1125 40 1995 1995 CD 1662 1125 41 est est NNP 1662 1125 42 . . . 1662 1125 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1126 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 1126 2 : : : 1662 1126 3 NA NA NNP 1662 1126 4 km km PRP 1662 1126 5 ; ; : 1662 1126 6 note note VB 1662 1126 7 - - HYPH 1662 1126 8 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 1126 9 has have VBZ 1662 1126 10 extensive extensive JJ 1662 1126 11 and and CC 1662 1126 12 widely widely RB 1662 1126 13 used use VBN 1662 1126 14 canal canal NN 1662 1126 15 and and CC 1662 1126 16 river river NN 1662 1126 17 systems system NNS 1662 1126 18 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 1126 19 : : : 1662 1126 20 crude crude JJ 1662 1126 21 oil oil NN 1662 1126 22 1,470 1,470 CD 1662 1126 23 km km NN 1662 1126 24 ; ; : 1662 1126 25 refined refined JJ 1662 1126 26 products product NNS 1662 1126 27 1,100 1,100 CD 1662 1126 28 km km NN 1662 1126 29 ; ; : 1662 1126 30 natural natural JJ 1662 1126 31 gas gas NN 1662 1126 32 1,980 1,980 CD 1662 1126 33 km km NNS 1662 1126 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1126 35 1992 1992 CD 1662 1126 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1126 37 Ports port NNS 1662 1126 38 and and CC 1662 1126 39 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1126 40 : : : 1662 1126 41 Mazyr Mazyr NNP 1662 1126 42 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 1126 43 marine marine NN 1662 1126 44 : : : 1662 1126 45 note note NN 1662 1126 46 : : : 1662 1126 47 claims claim NNS 1662 1126 48 5 5 CD 1662 1126 49 % % NN 1662 1126 50 of of IN 1662 1126 51 former former JJ 1662 1126 52 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 1126 53 fleet fleet NN 1662 1126 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1126 55 1995 1995 CD 1662 1126 56 est est NNP 1662 1126 57 . . . 1662 1126 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1127 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1127 2 : : : 1662 1127 3 118 118 CD 1662 1127 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1127 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1127 6 est est NNP 1662 1127 7 . . . 1662 1127 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1128 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1128 2 - - , 1662 1128 3 with with IN 1662 1128 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1128 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1128 6 : : : 1662 1128 7 total total NN 1662 1128 8 : : : 1662 1128 9 36 36 CD 1662 1128 10 over over IN 1662 1128 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1128 12 m m NN 1662 1128 13 : : : 1662 1128 14 2 2 CD 1662 1128 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 1128 16 to to TO 1662 1128 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1128 18 m m NN 1662 1128 19 : : : 1662 1128 20 18 18 CD 1662 1128 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1128 22 to to TO 1662 1128 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1128 24 m m NN 1662 1128 25 : : : 1662 1128 26 5 5 CD 1662 1128 27 under under IN 1662 1128 28 914 914 CD 1662 1128 29 m m NN 1662 1128 30 : : : 1662 1128 31 11 11 CD 1662 1128 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1128 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 1128 34 est est NNP 1662 1128 35 . . . 1662 1128 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1129 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1129 2 - - , 1662 1129 3 with with IN 1662 1129 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1129 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1129 6 : : : 1662 1129 7 total total NN 1662 1129 8 : : : 1662 1129 9 82 82 CD 1662 1129 10 over over IN 1662 1129 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1129 12 m m NN 1662 1129 13 : : : 1662 1129 14 1 1 CD 1662 1129 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 1129 16 to to IN 1662 1129 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1129 18 m m NN 1662 1129 19 : : : 1662 1129 20 6 6 CD 1662 1129 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1129 22 to to TO 1662 1129 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1129 24 m m NN 1662 1129 25 : : : 1662 1129 26 4 4 CD 1662 1129 27 914 914 CD 1662 1129 28 to to TO 1662 1129 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1129 30 m m NN 1662 1129 31 : : : 1662 1129 32 9 9 CD 1662 1129 33 under under IN 1662 1129 34 914 914 CD 1662 1129 35 m m NN 1662 1129 36 : : : 1662 1129 37 62 62 CD 1662 1129 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1129 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 1129 40 est est NNP 1662 1129 41 . . . 1662 1129 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1130 1 Military military JJ 1662 1130 2 Military military JJ 1662 1130 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1130 4 : : : 1662 1130 5 Army Army NNP 1662 1130 6 , , , 1662 1130 7 Air Air NNP 1662 1130 8 Force Force NNP 1662 1130 9 , , , 1662 1130 10 Air Air NNP 1662 1130 11 Defense Defense NNP 1662 1130 12 Force Force NNP 1662 1130 13 , , , 1662 1130 14 Interior Interior NNP 1662 1130 15 Ministry Ministry NNP 1662 1130 16 Troops Troops NNPS 1662 1130 17 , , , 1662 1130 18 Border Border NNP 1662 1130 19 Guards Guards NNPS 1662 1130 20 Military Military NNP 1662 1130 21 manpower manpower NN 1662 1130 22 - - HYPH 1662 1130 23 military military NN 1662 1130 24 age age NN 1662 1130 25 : : : 1662 1130 26 18 18 CD 1662 1130 27 years year NNS 1662 1130 28 of of IN 1662 1130 29 age age NN 1662 1130 30 Military military JJ 1662 1130 31 manpower manpower NN 1662 1130 32 - - HYPH 1662 1130 33 availability availability NN 1662 1130 34 : : : 1662 1130 35 males male NNS 1662 1130 36 age age NNP 1662 1130 37 15 15 CD 1662 1130 38 - - HYPH 1662 1130 39 49 49 CD 1662 1130 40 : : SYM 1662 1130 41 2,659,236 2,659,236 CD 1662 1130 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1130 43 1997 1997 CD 1662 1130 44 est est NNP 1662 1130 45 . . . 1662 1130 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1131 1 Military military JJ 1662 1131 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1131 3 - - HYPH 1662 1131 4 fit fit NN 1662 1131 5 for for IN 1662 1131 6 military military JJ 1662 1131 7 service service NN 1662 1131 8 : : : 1662 1131 9 males male NNS 1662 1131 10 : : : 1662 1131 11 2,083,696 2,083,696 CD 1662 1131 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1131 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1131 14 est est NNP 1662 1131 15 . . . 1662 1131 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1132 1 Military military JJ 1662 1132 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1132 3 - - HYPH 1662 1132 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 1132 5 military military JJ 1662 1132 6 age age NN 1662 1132 7 annually annually RB 1662 1132 8 : : : 1662 1132 9 males male NNS 1662 1132 10 : : : 1662 1132 11 77,496 77,496 CD 1662 1132 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1132 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1132 14 est est NNP 1662 1132 15 . . . 1662 1132 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1133 1 Military military JJ 1662 1133 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1133 3 - - HYPH 1662 1133 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1133 5 figure figure NN 1662 1133 6 : : : 1662 1133 7 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 1133 8 trillion trillion CD 1662 1133 9 rubles ruble NNS 1662 1133 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1133 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1133 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1133 13 ; ; : 1662 1133 14 note note NN 1662 1133 15 - - HYPH 1662 1133 16 conversion conversion NN 1662 1133 17 of of IN 1662 1133 18 defense defense NN 1662 1133 19 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1133 20 into into IN 1662 1133 21 US US NNP 1662 1133 22 dollars dollar NNS 1662 1133 23 using use VBG 1662 1133 24 the the DT 1662 1133 25 current current JJ 1662 1133 26 exchange exchange NN 1662 1133 27 rate rate NN 1662 1133 28 could could MD 1662 1133 29 produce produce VB 1662 1133 30 misleading misleading JJ 1662 1133 31 results result NNS 1662 1133 32 Military military JJ 1662 1133 33 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1133 34 - - : 1662 1133 35 percent percent NN 1662 1133 36 of of IN 1662 1133 37 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1133 38 : : : 1662 1133 39 NA% NA% `` 1662 1133 40 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1133 41 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1133 42 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1133 43 - - HYPH 1662 1133 44 international international JJ 1662 1133 45 : : : 1662 1133 46 treaty treaty NN 1662 1133 47 with with IN 1662 1133 48 Lithuania Lithuania NNP 1662 1133 49 defining define VBG 1662 1133 50 the the DT 1662 1133 51 border border NN 1662 1133 52 awaits await VBZ 1662 1133 53 demarcation demarcation NN 1662 1133 54 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 1133 55 drugs drug VBZ 1662 1133 56 : : : 1662 1133 57 limited limited JJ 1662 1133 58 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 1133 59 of of IN 1662 1133 60 opium opium NN 1662 1133 61 poppy poppy JJ 1662 1133 62 and and CC 1662 1133 63 cannabis cannabi NNS 1662 1133 64 , , , 1662 1133 65 mostly mostly RB 1662 1133 66 for for IN 1662 1133 67 the the DT 1662 1133 68 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1133 69 market market NN 1662 1133 70 ; ; , 1662 1133 71 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 1133 72 point point NN 1662 1133 73 for for IN 1662 1133 74 illicit illicit JJ 1662 1133 75 drugs drug NNS 1662 1133 76 to to IN 1662 1133 77 Russia Russia NNP 1662 1133 78 and and CC 1662 1133 79 Western Western NNP 1662 1133 80 Europe Europe NNP 1662 1133 81 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 82 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 83 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 84 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 85 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 86 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 87 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 94 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 95 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 96 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 97 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 98 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 99 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 100 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 101 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 102 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 103 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 104 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 105 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 106 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 107 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 108 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 109 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 110 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 111 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 112 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 113 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 114 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 115 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 116 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 117 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 118 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 119 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 120 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 121 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 122 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 123 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 124 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 125 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 126 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 127 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 128 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 129 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 130 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 131 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 132 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 133 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 134 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 135 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 136 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 137 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 138 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 139 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 140 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 141 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 142 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 143 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 144 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 145 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 146 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 147 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 148 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 149 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 150 _ _ NNP 1662 1133 151 BELGIUM BELGIUM NNP 1662 1133 152 @Belgium @Belgium NNP 1662 1133 153 : : : 1662 1133 154 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1133 155 Location Location NNP 1662 1133 156 : : : 1662 1133 157 Western Western NNP 1662 1133 158 Europe Europe NNP 1662 1133 159 , , , 1662 1133 160 bordering border VBG 1662 1133 161 the the DT 1662 1133 162 North North NNP 1662 1133 163 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1133 164 , , , 1662 1133 165 between between IN 1662 1133 166 France France NNP 1662 1133 167 and and CC 1662 1133 168 the the DT 1662 1133 169 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 1133 170 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1133 171 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1133 172 : : : 1662 1133 173 50 50 CD 1662 1133 174 50 50 CD 1662 1133 175 N n CD 1662 1133 176 , , , 1662 1133 177 4 4 CD 1662 1133 178 00 00 CD 1662 1133 179 E e NN 1662 1133 180 Map Map NNP 1662 1133 181 references reference NNS 1662 1133 182 : : : 1662 1133 183 Europe Europe NNP 1662 1133 184 Area Area NNP 1662 1133 185 : : : 1662 1133 186 total total NN 1662 1133 187 : : : 1662 1133 188 30,510 30,510 CD 1662 1133 189 sq sq NN 1662 1133 190 km km NNP 1662 1133 191 land land NN 1662 1133 192 : : : 1662 1133 193 30,230 30,230 CD 1662 1133 194 sq sq NN 1662 1133 195 km km NNP 1662 1133 196 water water NN 1662 1133 197 : : : 1662 1133 198 280 280 CD 1662 1133 199 sq sq NN 1662 1133 200 km km NNP 1662 1133 201 Area area NN 1662 1133 202 - - HYPH 1662 1133 203 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1133 204 : : : 1662 1133 205 about about IN 1662 1133 206 the the DT 1662 1133 207 size size NN 1662 1133 208 of of IN 1662 1133 209 Maryland Maryland NNP 1662 1133 210 Land Land NNP 1662 1133 211 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1133 212 : : : 1662 1133 213 total total NN 1662 1133 214 : : : 1662 1133 215 1,385 1,385 CD 1662 1133 216 km km NN 1662 1133 217 border border NN 1662 1133 218 countries country NNS 1662 1133 219 : : : 1662 1133 220 France France NNP 1662 1133 221 620 620 CD 1662 1133 222 km km NNS 1662 1133 223 , , , 1662 1133 224 Germany Germany NNP 1662 1133 225 167 167 CD 1662 1133 226 km km NNS 1662 1133 227 , , , 1662 1133 228 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 1133 229 148 148 CD 1662 1133 230 km km NNS 1662 1133 231 , , , 1662 1133 232 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 1133 233 450 450 CD 1662 1133 234 km km NN 1662 1133 235 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1133 236 : : : 1662 1133 237 64 64 CD 1662 1133 238 km km NN 1662 1133 239 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1133 240 claims claim VBZ 1662 1133 241 : : : 1662 1133 242 continental continental NNP 1662 1133 243 shelf shelf NNP 1662 1133 244 : : : 1662 1133 245 median median JJ 1662 1133 246 line line NN 1662 1133 247 with with IN 1662 1133 248 neighbors neighbor NNS 1662 1133 249 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 1133 250 fishing fishing NN 1662 1133 251 zone zone NN 1662 1133 252 : : : 1662 1133 253 median median JJ 1662 1133 254 line line NN 1662 1133 255 with with IN 1662 1133 256 neighbors neighbor NNS 1662 1133 257 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1133 258 extends extend VBZ 1662 1133 259 about about RB 1662 1133 260 68 68 CD 1662 1133 261 km km NN 1662 1133 262 from from IN 1662 1133 263 coast coast NN 1662 1133 264 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1133 265 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1133 266 sea sea NN 1662 1133 267 : : : 1662 1133 268 12 12 CD 1662 1133 269 nm nm NNP 1662 1133 270 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1133 271 : : : 1662 1133 272 temperate temperate VB 1662 1133 273 ; ; : 1662 1133 274 mild mild JJ 1662 1133 275 winters winter NNS 1662 1133 276 , , , 1662 1133 277 cool cool JJ 1662 1133 278 summers summer NNS 1662 1133 279 ; ; , 1662 1133 280 rainy rainy JJ 1662 1133 281 , , , 1662 1133 282 humid humid JJ 1662 1133 283 , , , 1662 1133 284 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 1133 285 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1133 286 : : : 1662 1133 287 flat flat JJ 1662 1133 288 coastal coastal JJ 1662 1133 289 plains plain NNS 1662 1133 290 in in IN 1662 1133 291 northwest northwest NNP 1662 1133 292 , , , 1662 1133 293 central central JJ 1662 1133 294 rolling roll VBG 1662 1133 295 hills hill NNS 1662 1133 296 , , , 1662 1133 297 rugged rugged JJ 1662 1133 298 mountains mountain NNS 1662 1133 299 of of IN 1662 1133 300 Ardennes Ardennes NNP 1662 1133 301 Forest Forest NNP 1662 1133 302 in in IN 1662 1133 303 southeast southeast JJ 1662 1133 304 Elevation elevation NN 1662 1133 305 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1133 306 : : : 1662 1133 307 lowest low JJS 1662 1133 308 point point NN 1662 1133 309 : : : 1662 1133 310 North North NNP 1662 1133 311 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1133 312 0 0 NFP 1662 1133 313 m m DT 1662 1133 314 highest high JJS 1662 1133 315 point point NN 1662 1133 316 : : : 1662 1133 317 Signal Signal NNP 1662 1133 318 de de NNP 1662 1133 319 Botrange Botrange NNP 1662 1133 320 694 694 CD 1662 1133 321 m m NNP 1662 1133 322 Natural natural JJ 1662 1133 323 resources resource NNS 1662 1133 324 : : : 1662 1133 325 coal coal NN 1662 1133 326 , , , 1662 1133 327 natural natural JJ 1662 1133 328 gas gas NN 1662 1133 329 Land Land NNP 1662 1133 330 use use NN 1662 1133 331 : : : 1662 1133 332 arable arable JJ 1662 1133 333 land land NN 1662 1133 334 : : : 1662 1133 335 24 24 CD 1662 1133 336 % % NN 1662 1133 337 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1133 338 crops crop NNS 1662 1133 339 : : : 1662 1133 340 1 1 CD 1662 1133 341 % % NN 1662 1133 342 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1133 343 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1133 344 : : : 1662 1133 345 20 20 CD 1662 1133 346 % % NN 1662 1133 347 forests forest NNS 1662 1133 348 and and CC 1662 1133 349 woodland woodland NN 1662 1133 350 : : : 1662 1133 351 21 21 CD 1662 1133 352 % % NN 1662 1133 353 other other JJ 1662 1133 354 : : : 1662 1133 355 34 34 CD 1662 1133 356 % % NN 1662 1133 357 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1133 358 land land NN 1662 1133 359 : : : 1662 1133 360 10 10 CD 1662 1133 361 sq sq NN 1662 1133 362 km km NNP 1662 1133 363 including include VBG 1662 1133 364 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 1133 365 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1133 366 1993 1993 CD 1662 1133 367 est est NNP 1662 1133 368 . . . 1662 1133 369 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1134 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1134 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1134 3 : : : 1662 1134 4 flooding flooding NN 1662 1134 5 is be VBZ 1662 1134 6 a a DT 1662 1134 7 threat threat NN 1662 1134 8 in in IN 1662 1134 9 areas area NNS 1662 1134 10 of of IN 1662 1134 11 reclaimed reclaim VBN 1662 1134 12 coastal coastal JJ 1662 1134 13 land land NN 1662 1134 14 , , , 1662 1134 15 protected protect VBN 1662 1134 16 from from IN 1662 1134 17 the the DT 1662 1134 18 sea sea NN 1662 1134 19 by by IN 1662 1134 20 concrete concrete JJ 1662 1134 21 dikes dike VBZ 1662 1134 22 Environment environment NN 1662 1134 23 - - HYPH 1662 1134 24 current current JJ 1662 1134 25 issues issue NNS 1662 1134 26 : : : 1662 1134 27 Meuse Meuse NNP 1662 1134 28 River River NNP 1662 1134 29 , , , 1662 1134 30 a a DT 1662 1134 31 major major JJ 1662 1134 32 source source NN 1662 1134 33 of of IN 1662 1134 34 drinking drinking NN 1662 1134 35 water water NN 1662 1134 36 , , , 1662 1134 37 polluted pollute VBD 1662 1134 38 from from IN 1662 1134 39 steel steel NN 1662 1134 40 production production NN 1662 1134 41 wastes waste NNS 1662 1134 42 ; ; , 1662 1134 43 other other JJ 1662 1134 44 rivers river NNS 1662 1134 45 polluted pollute VBN 1662 1134 46 by by IN 1662 1134 47 animal animal NN 1662 1134 48 wastes waste NNS 1662 1134 49 and and CC 1662 1134 50 fertilizers fertilizer NNS 1662 1134 51 ; ; : 1662 1134 52 industrial industrial JJ 1662 1134 53 air air NN 1662 1134 54 pollution pollution NN 1662 1134 55 contributes contribute NNS 1662 1134 56 to to TO 1662 1134 57 acid acid JJ 1662 1134 58 rain rain NN 1662 1134 59 in in IN 1662 1134 60 neighboring neighboring NN 1662 1134 61 countries country NNS 1662 1134 62 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1134 63 - - HYPH 1662 1134 64 international international JJ 1662 1134 65 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1134 66 : : : 1662 1134 67 party party NN 1662 1134 68 to to TO 1662 1134 69 : : : 1662 1134 70 Air Air NNP 1662 1134 71 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1134 72 , , , 1662 1134 73 Air Air NNP 1662 1134 74 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1134 75 - - HYPH 1662 1134 76 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 1134 77 85 85 CD 1662 1134 78 , , , 1662 1134 79 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 1134 80 - - HYPH 1662 1134 81 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 1134 82 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 1134 83 , , , 1662 1134 84 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 1134 85 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 1134 86 , , , 1662 1134 87 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 1134 88 , , , 1662 1134 89 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1134 90 Change Change NNP 1662 1134 91 , , , 1662 1134 92 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 1134 93 Species Species NNPS 1662 1134 94 , , , 1662 1134 95 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 1134 96 Modification Modification NNP 1662 1134 97 , , , 1662 1134 98 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 1134 99 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 1134 100 , , , 1662 1134 101 Marine Marine NNP 1662 1134 102 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 1134 103 , , , 1662 1134 104 Marine Marine NNP 1662 1134 105 Life Life NNP 1662 1134 106 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 1134 107 , , , 1662 1134 108 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 1134 109 Test Test NNP 1662 1134 110 Ban Ban NNP 1662 1134 111 , , , 1662 1134 112 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 1134 113 Layer Layer NNP 1662 1134 114 Protection Protection NNP 1662 1134 115 , , , 1662 1134 116 Ship Ship NNP 1662 1134 117 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1134 118 , , , 1662 1134 119 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 1134 120 Timber Timber NNP 1662 1134 121 83 83 CD 1662 1134 122 , , , 1662 1134 123 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 1134 124 Timber Timber NNP 1662 1134 125 94 94 CD 1662 1134 126 , , , 1662 1134 127 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 1134 128 signed sign VBD 1662 1134 129 , , , 1662 1134 130 but but CC 1662 1134 131 not not RB 1662 1134 132 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1134 133 : : : 1662 1134 134 Air Air NNP 1662 1134 135 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1134 136 - - HYPH 1662 1134 137 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 1134 138 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 1134 139 , , , 1662 1134 140 Air Air NNP 1662 1134 141 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1134 142 - - HYPH 1662 1134 143 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 1134 144 94 94 CD 1662 1134 145 , , , 1662 1134 146 Air Air NNP 1662 1134 147 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1134 148 - - HYPH 1662 1134 149 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 1134 150 Organic Organic NNP 1662 1134 151 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 1134 152 , , , 1662 1134 153 Law Law NNP 1662 1134 154 of of IN 1662 1134 155 the the DT 1662 1134 156 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1134 157 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1134 158 - - HYPH 1662 1134 159 note note NNP 1662 1134 160 : : : 1662 1134 161 crossroads crossroad NNS 1662 1134 162 of of IN 1662 1134 163 Western Western NNP 1662 1134 164 Europe Europe NNP 1662 1134 165 ; ; : 1662 1134 166 majority majority NN 1662 1134 167 of of IN 1662 1134 168 West west JJ 1662 1134 169 European european JJ 1662 1134 170 capitals capital NNS 1662 1134 171 within within IN 1662 1134 172 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1134 173 km km NNS 1662 1134 174 of of IN 1662 1134 175 Brussels Brussels NNP 1662 1134 176 which which WDT 1662 1134 177 is be VBZ 1662 1134 178 the the DT 1662 1134 179 seat seat NN 1662 1134 180 of of IN 1662 1134 181 both both CC 1662 1134 182 the the DT 1662 1134 183 EU EU NNP 1662 1134 184 and and CC 1662 1134 185 NATO NATO NNP 1662 1134 186 @Belgium @Belgium NNP 1662 1134 187 : : : 1662 1134 188 People People NNP 1662 1134 189 Population Population NNP 1662 1134 190 : : : 1662 1134 191 10,165,059 10,165,059 CD 1662 1134 192 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1134 193 July July NNP 1662 1134 194 1997 1997 CD 1662 1134 195 est est NNP 1662 1134 196 . . . 1662 1134 197 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1135 1 Age age NN 1662 1135 2 structure structure NN 1662 1135 3 : : : 1662 1135 4 0 0 CD 1662 1135 5 - - HYPH 1662 1135 6 14 14 CD 1662 1135 7 years year NNS 1662 1135 8 : : : 1662 1135 9 17 17 CD 1662 1135 10 % % NN 1662 1135 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1135 12 male male NN 1662 1135 13 911,881 911,881 CD 1662 1135 14 ; ; : 1662 1135 15 female female JJ 1662 1135 16 868,361 868,361 CD 1662 1135 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1135 18 15 15 CD 1662 1135 19 - - SYM 1662 1135 20 64 64 CD 1662 1135 21 years year NNS 1662 1135 22 : : : 1662 1135 23 66 66 CD 1662 1135 24 % % NN 1662 1135 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1135 26 male male JJ 1662 1135 27 3,385,319 3,385,319 CD 1662 1135 28 ; ; : 1662 1135 29 female female JJ 1662 1135 30 3,318,940 3,318,940 CD 1662 1135 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1135 32 65 65 CD 1662 1135 33 years year NNS 1662 1135 34 and and CC 1662 1135 35 over over IN 1662 1135 36 : : : 1662 1135 37 17 17 CD 1662 1135 38 % % NN 1662 1135 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1135 40 male male JJ 1662 1135 41 681,432 681,432 CD 1662 1135 42 ; ; : 1662 1135 43 female female JJ 1662 1135 44 999,126 999,126 CD 1662 1135 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1135 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1135 47 July July NNP 1662 1135 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1135 49 est est NNP 1662 1135 50 . . . 1662 1135 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1136 1 Population population NN 1662 1136 2 growth growth NN 1662 1136 3 rate rate NN 1662 1136 4 : : : 1662 1136 5 0.11 0.11 CD 1662 1136 6 % % NN 1662 1136 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1136 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1136 9 est est NNP 1662 1136 10 . . . 1662 1136 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1137 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1137 2 rate rate NN 1662 1137 3 : : : 1662 1137 4 10.43 10.43 CD 1662 1137 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 1137 6 population population NN 1662 1137 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1137 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1137 9 est est NNP 1662 1137 10 . . . 1662 1137 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1138 1 Death death NN 1662 1138 2 rate rate NN 1662 1138 3 : : : 1662 1138 4 10.41 10.41 CD 1662 1138 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1138 6 population population NN 1662 1138 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1138 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1138 9 est est NNP 1662 1138 10 . . . 1662 1138 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1139 1 Net net JJ 1662 1139 2 migration migration NN 1662 1139 3 rate rate NN 1662 1139 4 : : : 1662 1139 5 1.08 1.08 CD 1662 1139 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 1139 7 population population NN 1662 1139 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1139 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1139 10 est est NNP 1662 1139 11 . . . 1662 1139 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1140 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1140 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1140 3 : : : 1662 1140 4 at at IN 1662 1140 5 birth birth NN 1662 1140 6 : : : 1662 1140 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 1140 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1140 9 under under IN 1662 1140 10 15 15 CD 1662 1140 11 years year NNS 1662 1140 12 : : : 1662 1140 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 1140 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1140 15 15 15 CD 1662 1140 16 - - HYPH 1662 1140 17 64 64 CD 1662 1140 18 years year NNS 1662 1140 19 : : : 1662 1140 20 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 1140 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1140 22 65 65 CD 1662 1140 23 years year NNS 1662 1140 24 and and CC 1662 1140 25 over over IN 1662 1140 26 : : : 1662 1140 27 0.68 0.68 NNP 1662 1140 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 1140 29 total total JJ 1662 1140 30 population population NN 1662 1140 31 : : : 1662 1140 32 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 1140 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1140 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1140 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1140 36 est e JJS 1662 1140 37 . . . 1662 1140 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1141 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1141 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1141 3 rate rate NN 1662 1141 4 : : : 1662 1141 5 6.4 6.4 CD 1662 1141 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1141 7 live live JJ 1662 1141 8 births birth NNS 1662 1141 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1141 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1141 11 est est NNP 1662 1141 12 . . . 1662 1141 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1142 1 Life life NN 1662 1142 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1142 3 at at IN 1662 1142 4 birth birth NN 1662 1142 5 : : : 1662 1142 6 total total JJ 1662 1142 7 population population NN 1662 1142 8 : : : 1662 1142 9 77.19 77.19 CD 1662 1142 10 years year NNS 1662 1142 11 male male NN 1662 1142 12 : : : 1662 1142 13 73.95 73.95 CD 1662 1142 14 years year NNS 1662 1142 15 female female JJ 1662 1142 16 : : : 1662 1142 17 80.59 80.59 CD 1662 1142 18 years year NNS 1662 1142 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1142 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1142 21 est est NNP 1662 1142 22 . . . 1662 1142 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1143 1 Total total JJ 1662 1143 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1143 3 rate rate NN 1662 1143 4 : : : 1662 1143 5 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 1143 6 children child NNS 1662 1143 7 born bear VBN 1662 1143 8 / / SYM 1662 1143 9 woman woman NN 1662 1143 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1143 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1143 12 est est NNP 1662 1143 13 . . . 1662 1143 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1144 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1144 2 : : : 1662 1144 3 noun noun NNP 1662 1144 4 : : : 1662 1144 5 Belgian(s Belgian(s NNP 1662 1144 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1144 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 1144 8 : : : 1662 1144 9 Belgian belgian JJ 1662 1144 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1144 11 groups group NNS 1662 1144 12 : : : 1662 1144 13 Fleming fleme VBG 1662 1144 14 55 55 CD 1662 1144 15 % % NN 1662 1144 16 , , , 1662 1144 17 Walloon Walloon NNP 1662 1144 18 33 33 CD 1662 1144 19 % % NN 1662 1144 20 , , , 1662 1144 21 mixed mixed JJ 1662 1144 22 or or CC 1662 1144 23 other other JJ 1662 1144 24 12 12 CD 1662 1144 25 % % NN 1662 1144 26 Religions religion NNS 1662 1144 27 : : : 1662 1144 28 Roman Roman NNP 1662 1144 29 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 1144 30 75 75 CD 1662 1144 31 % % NN 1662 1144 32 , , , 1662 1144 33 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 1144 34 or or CC 1662 1144 35 other other JJ 1662 1144 36 25 25 CD 1662 1144 37 % % NN 1662 1144 38 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 1144 39 : : : 1662 1144 40 Flemish flemish JJ 1662 1144 41 56 56 CD 1662 1144 42 % % NN 1662 1144 43 , , , 1662 1144 44 French French NNP 1662 1144 45 32 32 CD 1662 1144 46 % % NN 1662 1144 47 , , , 1662 1144 48 German German NNP 1662 1144 49 1 1 CD 1662 1144 50 % % NN 1662 1144 51 , , , 1662 1144 52 legally legally RB 1662 1144 53 bilingual bilingual JJ 1662 1144 54 11 11 CD 1662 1144 55 % % NN 1662 1144 56 Literacy literacy NN 1662 1144 57 : : : 1662 1144 58 definition definition NN 1662 1144 59 : : : 1662 1144 60 age age NN 1662 1144 61 15 15 CD 1662 1144 62 and and CC 1662 1144 63 over over RB 1662 1144 64 can can MD 1662 1144 65 read read VB 1662 1144 66 and and CC 1662 1144 67 write write VB 1662 1144 68 total total JJ 1662 1144 69 population population NN 1662 1144 70 : : : 1662 1144 71 99 99 CD 1662 1144 72 % % NN 1662 1144 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1144 74 1980 1980 CD 1662 1144 75 est est NNP 1662 1144 76 . . . 1662 1144 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1145 1 male male NN 1662 1145 2 : : : 1662 1145 3 NA% NA% NNP 1662 1145 4 female female NNP 1662 1145 5 : : : 1662 1145 6 NA% na% ADD 1662 1145 7 @Belgium @belgium NN 1662 1145 8 : : : 1662 1145 9 Government Government NNP 1662 1145 10 Country Country NNP 1662 1145 11 name name NN 1662 1145 12 : : : 1662 1145 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1145 14 long long JJ 1662 1145 15 form form NN 1662 1145 16 : : : 1662 1145 17 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 1145 18 of of IN 1662 1145 19 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 1145 20 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1145 21 short short JJ 1662 1145 22 form form NN 1662 1145 23 : : : 1662 1145 24 Belgium belgium NN 1662 1145 25 local local JJ 1662 1145 26 long long JJ 1662 1145 27 form form NN 1662 1145 28 : : : 1662 1145 29 Royaume Royaume NNP 1662 1145 30 de de FW 1662 1145 31 Belgique Belgique NNP 1662 1145 32 / / SYM 1662 1145 33 Koninkrijk Koninkrijk NNP 1662 1145 34 Belgie Belgie NNP 1662 1145 35 local local JJ 1662 1145 36 short short JJ 1662 1145 37 form form NN 1662 1145 38 : : : 1662 1145 39 Belgique Belgique NNP 1662 1145 40 / / SYM 1662 1145 41 Belgie Belgie NNP 1662 1145 42 Data Data NNP 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1145 77 , , , 1662 1145 78 singular singular NNP 1662 1145 79 - - HYPH 1662 1145 80 provincie provincie NN 1662 1145 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1145 82 ; ; : 1662 1145 83 Antwerpen antwerpen NN 1662 1145 84 , , , 1662 1145 85 Brabant Brabant NNP 1662 1145 86 , , , 1662 1145 87 Hainaut Hainaut NNP 1662 1145 88 , , , 1662 1145 89 Liege Liege NNP 1662 1145 90 , , , 1662 1145 91 Limburg Limburg NNP 1662 1145 92 , , , 1662 1145 93 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 1145 94 , , , 1662 1145 95 Namur Namur NNP 1662 1145 96 , , , 1662 1145 97 Oost Oost NNP 1662 1145 98 - - HYPH 1662 1145 99 Vlaanderen Vlaanderen NNP 1662 1145 100 , , , 1662 1145 101 West West NNP 1662 1145 102 - - HYPH 1662 1145 103 Vlaanderen Vlaanderen NNP 1662 1145 104 note note NN 1662 1145 105 : : : 1662 1145 106 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 1145 107 reforms reform NNS 1662 1145 108 passed pass VBN 1662 1145 109 by by IN 1662 1145 110 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 1145 111 in in IN 1662 1145 112 1993 1993 CD 1662 1145 113 theoretically theoretically RB 1662 1145 114 increased increase VBD 1662 1145 115 the the DT 1662 1145 116 number number NN 1662 1145 117 of of IN 1662 1145 118 provinces province NNS 1662 1145 119 to to IN 1662 1145 120 10 10 CD 1662 1145 121 by by IN 1662 1145 122 splitting split VBG 1662 1145 123 the the DT 1662 1145 124 province province NN 1662 1145 125 of of IN 1662 1145 126 Brabant Brabant NNP 1662 1145 127 into into IN 1662 1145 128 two two CD 1662 1145 129 new new JJ 1662 1145 130 provinces province NNS 1662 1145 131 , , , 1662 1145 132 Flemish Flemish NNP 1662 1145 133 Brabant Brabant NNP 1662 1145 134 and and CC 1662 1145 135 Walloon Walloon NNP 1662 1145 136 Brabant Brabant NNP 1662 1145 137 , , , 1662 1145 138 but but CC 1662 1145 139 this this DT 1662 1145 140 has have VBZ 1662 1145 141 not not RB 1662 1145 142 been be VBN 1662 1145 143 confirmed confirm VBN 1662 1145 144 by by IN 1662 1145 145 the the DT 1662 1145 146 US US NNP 1662 1145 147 Government Government NNP 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RB 1662 1145 184 revised revise VBN 1662 1145 185 14 14 CD 1662 1145 186 July July NNP 1662 1145 187 1993 1993 CD 1662 1145 188 ; ; : 1662 1145 189 parliament parliament NN 1662 1145 190 approved approve VBD 1662 1145 191 a a DT 1662 1145 192 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 1145 193 package package NN 1662 1145 194 creating create VBG 1662 1145 195 a a DT 1662 1145 196 federal federal JJ 1662 1145 197 state state NN 1662 1145 198 Legal legal JJ 1662 1145 199 system system NN 1662 1145 200 : : : 1662 1145 201 civil civil JJ 1662 1145 202 law law NN 1662 1145 203 system system NN 1662 1145 204 influenced influence VBN 1662 1145 205 by by IN 1662 1145 206 English english JJ 1662 1145 207 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 1145 208 theory theory NN 1662 1145 209 ; ; , 1662 1145 210 judicial judicial JJ 1662 1145 211 review review NN 1662 1145 212 of of IN 1662 1145 213 legislative legislative JJ 1662 1145 214 acts act NNS 1662 1145 215 ; ; : 1662 1145 216 accepts accept VBZ 1662 1145 217 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 1145 218 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 1145 219 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 1145 220 , , , 1662 1145 221 with with IN 1662 1145 222 reservations reservation NNS 1662 1145 223 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 1145 224 : : : 1662 1145 225 18 18 CD 1662 1145 226 years year NNS 1662 1145 227 of of IN 1662 1145 228 age age NN 1662 1145 229 ; ; : 1662 1145 230 universal universal JJ 1662 1145 231 and and CC 1662 1145 232 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 1145 233 Executive Executive NNP 1662 1145 234 branch branch NN 1662 1145 235 : : : 1662 1145 236 chief chief NN 1662 1145 237 of of IN 1662 1145 238 state state NN 1662 1145 239 : : : 1662 1145 240 King King NNP 1662 1145 241 ALBERT ALBERT NNP 1662 1145 242 II II NNP 1662 1145 243 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1145 244 since since IN 1662 1145 245 9 9 CD 1662 1145 246 August August NNP 1662 1145 247 1993 1993 CD 1662 1145 248 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1145 249 head head NN 1662 1145 250 of of IN 1662 1145 251 government government NN 1662 1145 252 : : : 1662 1145 253 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1145 254 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1145 255 Jean Jean NNP 1662 1145 256 - - HYPH 1662 1145 257 Luc Luc NNP 1662 1145 258 DEHAENE DEHAENE NNP 1662 1145 259 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1145 260 since since IN 1662 1145 261 6 6 CD 1662 1145 262 March March NNP 1662 1145 263 1992 1992 CD 1662 1145 264 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1145 265 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1145 266 : : : 1662 1145 267 Council Council NNP 1662 1145 268 of of IN 1662 1145 269 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 1145 270 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1145 271 by by IN 1662 1145 272 the the DT 1662 1145 273 king king NN 1662 1145 274 and and CC 1662 1145 275 approved approve VBN 1662 1145 276 by by IN 1662 1145 277 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 1145 278 elections election NNS 1662 1145 279 : : : 1662 1145 280 none none NN 1662 1145 281 ; ; : 1662 1145 282 the the DT 1662 1145 283 king king NN 1662 1145 284 is be VBZ 1662 1145 285 a a DT 1662 1145 286 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 1145 287 monarch monarch NN 1662 1145 288 ; ; : 1662 1145 289 prime prime NNP 1662 1145 290 minister minister NNP 1662 1145 291 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1145 292 by by IN 1662 1145 293 the the DT 1662 1145 294 king king NN 1662 1145 295 and and CC 1662 1145 296 then then RB 1662 1145 297 approved approve VBN 1662 1145 298 by by IN 1662 1145 299 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 1145 300 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 1145 301 branch branch NN 1662 1145 302 : : : 1662 1145 303 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 1145 304 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 1145 305 consists consist VBZ 1662 1145 306 of of IN 1662 1145 307 a a DT 1662 1145 308 Senate Senate NNP 1662 1145 309 or or CC 1662 1145 310 Senaat Senaat NNP 1662 1145 311 in in IN 1662 1145 312 Flemish Flemish NNP 1662 1145 313 , , , 1662 1145 314 Senat Senat NNP 1662 1145 315 in in IN 1662 1145 316 French French NNP 1662 1145 317 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1145 318 71 71 CD 1662 1145 319 seats seat NNS 1662 1145 320 ; ; : 1662 1145 321 40 40 CD 1662 1145 322 members member NNS 1662 1145 323 are be VBP 1662 1145 324 directly directly RB 1662 1145 325 elected elect VBN 1662 1145 326 , , , 1662 1145 327 31 31 CD 1662 1145 328 will will MD 1662 1145 329 be be VB 1662 1145 330 indirectly indirectly RB 1662 1145 331 elected elect VBN 1662 1145 332 at at IN 1662 1145 333 a a DT 1662 1145 334 later later JJ 1662 1145 335 date date NN 1662 1145 336 ; ; : 1662 1145 337 members member NNS 1662 1145 338 serve serve VBP 1662 1145 339 four four CD 1662 1145 340 - - HYPH 1662 1145 341 year year NN 1662 1145 342 terms term NNS 1662 1145 343 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1145 344 and and CC 1662 1145 345 a a DT 1662 1145 346 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 1145 347 of of IN 1662 1145 348 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 1145 349 or or CC 1662 1145 350 Kamer Kamer NNP 1662 1145 351 van van NNP 1662 1145 352 Volksvertegenwoordigers Volksvertegenwoordigers NNP 1662 1145 353 in in IN 1662 1145 354 Flemish Flemish NNP 1662 1145 355 , , , 1662 1145 356 Chambre Chambre NNP 1662 1145 357 des des NNP 1662 1145 358 Representants Representants NNPS 1662 1145 359 in in IN 1662 1145 360 French French NNP 1662 1145 361 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1145 362 150 150 CD 1662 1145 363 seats seat NNS 1662 1145 364 ; ; : 1662 1145 365 members member NNS 1662 1145 366 are be VBP 1662 1145 367 directly directly RB 1662 1145 368 elected elect VBN 1662 1145 369 by by IN 1662 1145 370 proportional proportional JJ 1662 1145 371 representation representation NN 1662 1145 372 to to TO 1662 1145 373 serve serve VB 1662 1145 374 four four CD 1662 1145 375 - - HYPH 1662 1145 376 year year NN 1662 1145 377 terms term NNS 1662 1145 378 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1145 379 elections election NNS 1662 1145 380 : : : 1662 1145 381 Senate Senate NNP 1662 1145 382 and and CC 1662 1145 383 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 1145 384 of of IN 1662 1145 385 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 1145 386 - - , 1662 1145 387 last last RB 1662 1145 388 held hold VBD 1662 1145 389 21 21 CD 1662 1145 390 May May NNP 1662 1145 391 1995 1995 CD 1662 1145 392 ( ( 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1662 1145 433 1 1 CD 1662 1145 434 , , , 1662 1145 435 VB VB NNP 1662 1145 436 3 3 CD 1662 1145 437 , , , 1662 1145 438 PS PS NNP 1662 1145 439 5 5 CD 1662 1145 440 , , , 1662 1145 441 PRL PRL NNP 1662 1145 442 5 5 CD 1662 1145 443 , , , 1662 1145 444 PSC psc NN 1662 1145 445 3 3 CD 1662 1145 446 , , , 1662 1145 447 ECOLO ecolo NN 1662 1145 448 2 2 CD 1662 1145 449 ; ; : 1662 1145 450 note note NN 1662 1145 451 - - : 1662 1145 452 before before IN 1662 1145 453 the the DT 1662 1145 454 1995 1995 CD 1662 1145 455 elections election NNS 1662 1145 456 , , , 1662 1145 457 there there EX 1662 1145 458 were be VBD 1662 1145 459 184 184 CD 1662 1145 460 seats seat NNS 1662 1145 461 ; ; : 1662 1145 462 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 1145 463 of of IN 1662 1145 464 Deputies Deputies NNP 1662 1145 465 - - HYPH 1662 1145 466 percent percent NN 1662 1145 467 of of IN 1662 1145 468 vote vote NN 1662 1145 469 by by IN 1662 1145 470 party party NNP 1662 1145 471 - - HYPH 1662 1145 472 CVP CVP NNP 1662 1145 473 17.2 17.2 CD 1662 1145 474 % % NN 1662 1145 475 , , , 1662 1145 476 PS PS NNP 1662 1145 477 11.9 11.9 CD 1662 1145 478 % % NN 1662 1145 479 , , , 1662 1145 480 SP SP NNP 1662 1145 481 12.6 12.6 CD 1662 1145 482 % % NN 1662 1145 483 , , , 1662 1145 484 VLD VLD NNP 1662 1145 485 13.1 13.1 CD 1662 1145 486 % % NN 1662 1145 487 , , , 1662 1145 488 PRL prl NN 1662 1145 489 10.3 10.3 CD 1662 1145 490 % % NN 1662 1145 491 , , , 1662 1145 492 PSC psc NN 1662 1145 493 7.7 7.7 CD 1662 1145 494 % % NN 1662 1145 495 , , , 1662 1145 496 VB VB NNP 1662 1145 497 7.8 7.8 CD 1662 1145 498 % % NN 1662 1145 499 , , , 1662 1145 500 VU vu NN 1662 1145 501 4.7 4.7 CD 1662 1145 502 % % NN 1662 1145 503 , , , 1662 1145 504 ECOLO ECOLO NNP 1662 1145 505 4.0 4.0 CD 1662 1145 506 % % NN 1662 1145 507 , , , 1662 1145 508 AGALEV AGALEV NNP 1662 1145 509 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 1145 510 % % NN 1662 1145 511 , , , 1662 1145 512 FN FN NNP 1662 1145 513 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 1145 514 % % NN 1662 1145 515 ; ; , 1662 1145 516 seats seat NNS 1662 1145 517 by by IN 1662 1145 518 party party NN 1662 1145 519 - - HYPH 1662 1145 520 CVP CVP NNP 1662 1145 521 29 29 CD 1662 1145 522 , , , 1662 1145 523 PS PS NNP 1662 1145 524 21 21 CD 1662 1145 525 , , , 1662 1145 526 SP SP NNP 1662 1145 527 20 20 CD 1662 1145 528 , , , 1662 1145 529 VLD VLD NNP 1662 1145 530 21 21 CD 1662 1145 531 , , , 1662 1145 532 PRL PRL NNP 1662 1145 533 18 18 CD 1662 1145 534 , , , 1662 1145 535 PSC PSC NNP 1662 1145 536 12 12 CD 1662 1145 537 , , , 1662 1145 538 VB VB NNP 1662 1145 539 11 11 CD 1662 1145 540 , , , 1662 1145 541 VU vu NN 1662 1145 542 5 5 CD 1662 1145 543 , , , 1662 1145 544 ECOLO ECOLO NNP 1662 1145 545 6 6 CD 1662 1145 546 , , , 1662 1145 547 AGALEV AGALEV NNP 1662 1145 548 5 5 CD 1662 1145 549 , , , 1662 1145 550 FN FN NNP 1662 1145 551 2 2 CD 1662 1145 552 ; ; : 1662 1145 553 note note NN 1662 1145 554 - - : 1662 1145 555 before before IN 1662 1145 556 the the DT 1662 1145 557 1995 1995 CD 1662 1145 558 elections election NNS 1662 1145 559 , , , 1662 1145 560 there there EX 1662 1145 561 were be VBD 1662 1145 562 212 212 CD 1662 1145 563 seats seat NNS 1662 1145 564 note note NN 1662 1145 565 : : : 1662 1145 566 as as IN 1662 1145 567 a a DT 1662 1145 568 result result NN 1662 1145 569 of of IN 1662 1145 570 the the DT 1662 1145 571 1993 1993 CD 1662 1145 572 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 1145 573 revision revision NN 1662 1145 574 that that WDT 1662 1145 575 furthered further VBD 1662 1145 576 devolution devolution NN 1662 1145 577 into into IN 1662 1145 578 a a DT 1662 1145 579 federal federal JJ 1662 1145 580 state state NN 1662 1145 581 , , , 1662 1145 582 there there EX 1662 1145 583 are be VBP 1662 1145 584 now now RB 1662 1145 585 three three CD 1662 1145 586 levels level NNS 1662 1145 587 of of IN 1662 1145 588 government government NN 1662 1145 589 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1145 590 federal federal JJ 1662 1145 591 , , , 1662 1145 592 regional regional JJ 1662 1145 593 , , , 1662 1145 594 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1662 1145 628 leaders leader NNS 1662 1145 629 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 1145 630 branch branch NN 1662 1145 631 : : : 1662 1145 632 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1145 633 Court Court NNP 1662 1145 634 of of IN 1662 1145 635 Justice Justice NNP 1662 1145 636 or or CC 1662 1145 637 Hof Hof NNP 1662 1145 638 van van NNP 1662 1145 639 Cassatie Cassatie NNP 1662 1145 640 in in IN 1662 1145 641 Flemish Flemish NNP 1662 1145 642 , , , 1662 1145 643 Cour Cour NNP 1662 1145 644 de de IN 1662 1145 645 Cassation Cassation NNP 1662 1145 646 in in IN 1662 1145 647 French French NNP 1662 1145 648 , , , 1662 1145 649 judges judge NNS 1662 1145 650 are be VBP 1662 1145 651 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1145 652 for for IN 1662 1145 653 life life NN 1662 1145 654 by by IN 1662 1145 655 the the DT 1662 1145 656 Belgian belgian JJ 1662 1145 657 monarch monarch NN 1662 1145 658 Political political JJ 1662 1145 659 parties party NNS 1662 1145 660 and and CC 1662 1145 661 leaders leader NNS 1662 1145 662 : : : 1662 1145 663 Flemish flemish JJ 1662 1145 664 Christian christian JJ 1662 1145 665 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 1145 666 or or CC 1662 1145 667 CVP CVP NNP 1662 1145 668 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1145 669 Christian Christian NNP 1662 1145 670 People People NNPS 1662 1145 671 's 's POS 1662 1145 672 Party Party NNP 1662 1145 673 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1145 674 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1145 675 Marc Marc NNP 1662 1145 676 VAN VAN NNP 1662 1145 677 PEEL PEEL NNP 1662 1145 678 , , , 1662 1145 679 president president NN 1662 1145 680 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1145 681 ; ; : 1662 1145 682 Francophone Francophone NNP 1662 1145 683 Christian christian JJ 1662 1145 684 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 1145 685 or or CC 1662 1145 686 PSC PSC NNP 1662 1145 687 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1145 688 Social Social NNP 1662 1145 689 Christian Christian NNP 1662 1145 690 Party Party NNP 1662 1145 691 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1145 692 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1145 693 Gerard Gerard NNP 1662 1145 694 DEPREZ DEPREZ NNP 1662 1145 695 , , , 1662 1145 696 president president NN 1662 1145 697 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1145 698 ; ; , 1662 1145 699 Flemish flemish JJ 1662 1145 700 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 1145 701 Party Party NNP 1662 1145 702 or or CC 1662 1145 703 SP SP NNP 1662 1145 704 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1145 705 Louis Louis NNP 1662 1145 706 TOBBACK TOBBACK NNP 1662 1145 707 , , , 1662 1145 708 president president NN 1662 1145 709 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1145 710 ; ; : 1662 1145 711 Francophone Francophone NNP 1662 1145 712 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 1145 713 Party Party NNP 1662 1145 714 or or CC 1662 1145 715 PS PS NNP 1662 1145 716 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1145 717 Philippe Philippe NNP 1662 1145 718 BUSQUIN BUSQUIN NNP 1662 1145 719 , , , 1662 1145 720 president president NN 1662 1145 721 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1145 722 ; ; , 1662 1145 723 Flemish flemish JJ 1662 1145 724 Liberal liberal JJ 1662 1145 725 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 1145 726 or or CC 1662 1145 727 VLD VLD NNP 1662 1145 728 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1145 729 Herman Herman NNP 1662 1145 730 DE DE NNP 1662 1145 731 CROO CROO NNP 1662 1145 732 , , , 1662 1145 733 president president NN 1662 1145 734 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1145 735 ; ; : 1662 1145 736 Francophone Francophone NNP 1662 1145 737 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 1145 738 Reformation Reformation NNP 1662 1145 739 Party Party NNP 1662 1145 740 or or CC 1662 1145 741 PRL PRL NNP 1662 1145 742 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1145 743 Louis Louis NNP 1662 1145 744 MICHEL MICHEL NNP 1662 1145 745 , , , 1662 1145 746 president president NN 1662 1145 747 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1145 748 ; ; : 1662 1145 749 Francophone Francophone NNP 1662 1145 750 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1145 751 Front Front NNP 1662 1145 752 or or CC 1662 1145 753 FDF FDF NNP 1662 1145 754 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1145 755 Olivier olivier NN 1662 1145 756 MAINGAIN MAINGAIN NNP 1662 1145 757 , , , 1662 1145 758 president president NN 1662 1145 759 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1145 760 ; ; : 1662 1145 761 Volksunie Volksunie NNP 1662 1145 762 or or CC 1662 1145 763 VU vu NN 1662 1145 764 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1145 765 Bert Bert NNP 1662 1145 766 ANCIAUX ANCIAUX NNP 1662 1145 767 , , , 1662 1145 768 president president NN 1662 1145 769 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1145 770 ; ; : 1662 1145 771 Vlaams Vlaams NNP 1662 1145 772 Blok Blok NNP 1662 1145 773 or or CC 1662 1145 774 VB VB NNP 1662 1145 775 ; ; : 1662 1145 776 National National NNP 1662 1145 777 Front Front NNP 1662 1145 778 or or CC 1662 1145 779 FN FN NNP 1662 1145 780 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1145 781 Frank Frank NNP 1662 1145 782 VANHECKE VANHECKE NNP 1662 1145 783 , , , 1662 1145 784 president president NN 1662 1145 785 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1145 786 ; ; : 1662 1145 787 AGALEV AGALEV NNP 1662 1145 788 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1145 789 Flemish Flemish NNP 1662 1145 790 Greens Greens NNP 1662 1145 791 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1145 792 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1145 793 no no DT 1662 1145 794 president president NN 1662 1145 795 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1145 796 ; ; , 1662 1145 797 ECOLO ECOLO NNP 1662 1145 798 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1145 799 Francophone Francophone NNP 1662 1145 800 Greens Greens NNP 1662 1145 801 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1145 802 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1145 803 no no DT 1662 1145 804 president president NN 1662 1145 805 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1145 806 ; ; : 1662 1145 807 other other JJ 1662 1145 808 minor minor JJ 1662 1145 809 parties party NNS 1662 1145 810 Political political JJ 1662 1145 811 pressure pressure NN 1662 1145 812 groups group NNS 1662 1145 813 and and CC 1662 1145 814 leaders leader NNS 1662 1145 815 : : : 1662 1145 816 Christian Christian NNP 1662 1145 817 and and CC 1662 1145 818 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 1145 819 Trade Trade NNP 1662 1145 820 Unions Unions NNPS 1662 1145 821 ; ; : 1662 1145 822 Federation Federation NNP 1662 1145 823 of of IN 1662 1145 824 Belgian Belgian NNP 1662 1145 825 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 1145 826 ; ; : 1662 1145 827 numerous numerous JJ 1662 1145 828 other other JJ 1662 1145 829 associations association NNS 1662 1145 830 representing represent VBG 1662 1145 831 bankers banker NNS 1662 1145 832 , , , 1662 1145 833 manufacturers manufacturer NNS 1662 1145 834 , , , 1662 1145 835 middle middle JJ 1662 1145 836 - - HYPH 1662 1145 837 class class NN 1662 1145 838 artisans artisan NNS 1662 1145 839 , , , 1662 1145 840 and and CC 1662 1145 841 the the DT 1662 1145 842 legal legal JJ 1662 1145 843 and and CC 1662 1145 844 medical medical JJ 1662 1145 845 professions profession NNS 1662 1145 846 ; ; : 1662 1145 847 various various JJ 1662 1145 848 organizations organization NNS 1662 1145 849 represent represent VBP 1662 1145 850 the the DT 1662 1145 851 cultural cultural JJ 1662 1145 852 interests interest NNS 1662 1145 853 of of IN 1662 1145 854 Flanders Flanders NNPS 1662 1145 855 and and CC 1662 1145 856 Wallonia Wallonia NNP 1662 1145 857 ; ; : 1662 1145 858 various various JJ 1662 1145 859 peace peace NN 1662 1145 860 groups group NNS 1662 1145 861 such such JJ 1662 1145 862 as as IN 1662 1145 863 the the DT 1662 1145 864 Flemish Flemish NNP 1662 1145 865 Action Action NNP 1662 1145 866 Committee Committee NNP 1662 1145 867 Against Against NNP 1662 1145 868 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 1145 869 Weapons Weapons NNPS 1662 1145 870 and and CC 1662 1145 871 Pax Pax NNP 1662 1145 872 Christi Christi NNP 1662 1145 873 International International NNP 1662 1145 874 organization organization NN 1662 1145 875 participation participation NN 1662 1145 876 : : : 1662 1145 877 ACCT acct JJ 1662 1145 878 , , , 1662 1145 879 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 1145 880 , , , 1662 1145 881 AG AG NNP 1662 1145 882 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1145 883 observer observer NNP 1662 1145 884 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1145 885 , , , 1662 1145 886 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 1145 887 , , , 1662 1145 888 Australia Australia NNP 1662 1145 889 Group Group NNP 1662 1145 890 , , , 1662 1145 891 Benelux Benelux NNP 1662 1145 892 , , , 1662 1145 893 BIS BIS NNP 1662 1145 894 , , , 1662 1145 895 CCC CCC NNP 1662 1145 896 , , , 1662 1145 897 CE CE NNP 1662 1145 898 , , , 1662 1145 899 CERN CERN NNP 1662 1145 900 , , , 1662 1145 901 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 1145 902 , , , 1662 1145 903 ECE ECE NNP 1662 1145 904 , , , 1662 1145 905 EIB EIB NNP 1662 1145 906 , , , 1662 1145 907 ESA ESA NNP 1662 1145 908 , , , 1662 1145 909 EU EU NNP 1662 1145 910 , , , 1662 1145 911 FAO FAO NNP 1662 1145 912 , , , 1662 1145 913 G- G- NNP 1662 1145 914 9 9 CD 1662 1145 915 , , , 1662 1145 916 G-10 g-10 CD 1662 1145 917 , , , 1662 1145 918 IADB IADB NNP 1662 1145 919 , , , 1662 1145 920 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 1145 921 , , , 1662 1145 922 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1145 923 , , , 1662 1145 924 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1145 925 , , , 1662 1145 926 ICC ICC NNP 1662 1145 927 , , , 1662 1145 928 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 1145 929 , , , 1662 1145 930 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 1145 931 , , , 1662 1145 932 IDA IDA NNP 1662 1145 933 , , , 1662 1145 934 IEA IEA NNP 1662 1145 935 , , , 1662 1145 936 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 1145 937 , , , 1662 1145 938 IFC IFC NNP 1662 1145 939 , , , 1662 1145 940 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 1145 941 , , , 1662 1145 942 IHO IHO NNP 1662 1145 943 , , , 1662 1145 944 ILO ILO NNP 1662 1145 945 , , , 1662 1145 946 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1145 947 , , , 1662 1145 948 IMO imo RB 1662 1145 949 , , , 1662 1145 950 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 1145 951 , , , 1662 1145 952 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1145 953 , , , 1662 1145 954 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 1145 955 , , , 1662 1145 956 IOC IOC NNP 1662 1145 957 , , , 1662 1145 958 IOM IOM NNP 1662 1145 959 , , , 1662 1145 960 ISO ISO NNP 1662 1145 961 , , , 1662 1145 962 ITU ITU NNP 1662 1145 963 , , , 1662 1145 964 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 1145 965 , , , 1662 1145 966 NACC NACC NNP 1662 1145 967 , , , 1662 1145 968 NATO NATO NNP 1662 1145 969 , , , 1662 1145 970 NEA NEA NNP 1662 1145 971 , , , 1662 1145 972 NSG NSG NNP 1662 1145 973 , , , 1662 1145 974 OAS OAS NNP 1662 1145 975 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1145 976 observer observer NNP 1662 1145 977 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1145 978 , , , 1662 1145 979 OECD OECD NNP 1662 1145 980 , , , 1662 1145 981 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 1145 982 , , , 1662 1145 983 PCA PCA NNP 1662 1145 984 , , , 1662 1145 985 UN UN NNP 1662 1145 986 , , , 1662 1145 987 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 1145 988 , , , 1662 1145 989 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 1145 990 , , , 1662 1145 991 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 1145 992 , , , 1662 1145 993 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 1145 994 , , , 1662 1145 995 UNMOGIP UNMOGIP NNP 1662 1145 996 , , , 1662 1145 997 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 1145 998 , , , 1662 1145 999 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 1145 1000 , , , 1662 1145 1001 UNRWA UNRWA NNP 1662 1145 1002 , , , 1662 1145 1003 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 1145 1004 , , , 1662 1145 1005 UNTSO UNTSO NNP 1662 1145 1006 , , , 1662 1145 1007 UPU UPU NNP 1662 1145 1008 , , , 1662 1145 1009 WCL WCL NNP 1662 1145 1010 , , , 1662 1145 1011 WEU WEU NNP 1662 1145 1012 , , , 1662 1145 1013 WHO who WP 1662 1145 1014 , , , 1662 1145 1015 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 1145 1016 , , , 1662 1145 1017 WMO WMO NNP 1662 1145 1018 , , , 1662 1145 1019 WToO wtoo FW 1662 1145 1020 , , , 1662 1145 1021 WTrO wtro VB 1662 1145 1022 , , , 1662 1145 1023 ZC ZC NNP 1662 1145 1024 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1145 1025 representation representation NN 1662 1145 1026 in in IN 1662 1145 1027 the the DT 1662 1145 1028 US US NNP 1662 1145 1029 : : : 1662 1145 1030 chief chief NN 1662 1145 1031 of of IN 1662 1145 1032 mission mission NN 1662 1145 1033 : : : 1662 1145 1034 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1145 1035 Andre Andre NNP 1662 1145 1036 ADAM ADAM NNP 1662 1145 1037 chancery chancery NN 1662 1145 1038 : : : 1662 1145 1039 3330 3330 CD 1662 1145 1040 Garfield Garfield NNP 1662 1145 1041 Street Street NNP 1662 1145 1042 NW NW NNP 1662 1145 1043 , , , 1662 1145 1044 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1145 1045 , , , 1662 1145 1046 DC DC NNP 1662 1145 1047 20008 20008 CD 1662 1145 1048 telephone telephone NN 1662 1145 1049 : : : 1662 1145 1050 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1145 1051 1 1 CD 1662 1145 1052 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1145 1053 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1145 1054 202 202 CD 1662 1145 1055 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1145 1056 333 333 CD 1662 1145 1057 - - HYPH 1662 1145 1058 6900 6900 CD 1662 1145 1059 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1145 1060 : : : 1662 1145 1061 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1145 1062 1 1 CD 1662 1145 1063 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1145 1064 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1145 1065 202 202 CD 1662 1145 1066 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1145 1067 333 333 CD 1662 1145 1068 - - HYPH 1662 1145 1069 3079 3079 CD 1662 1145 1070 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 1145 1071 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1145 1072 general general NN 1662 1145 1073 : : : 1662 1145 1074 Atlanta Atlanta NNP 1662 1145 1075 , , , 1662 1145 1076 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 1145 1077 , , , 1662 1145 1078 Los Los NNP 1662 1145 1079 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 1145 1080 , , , 1662 1145 1081 and and CC 1662 1145 1082 New New NNP 1662 1145 1083 York York NNP 1662 1145 1084 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1145 1085 representation representation NN 1662 1145 1086 from from IN 1662 1145 1087 the the DT 1662 1145 1088 US US NNP 1662 1145 1089 : : : 1662 1145 1090 chief chief NN 1662 1145 1091 of of IN 1662 1145 1092 mission mission NN 1662 1145 1093 : : : 1662 1145 1094 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1145 1095 Alan Alan NNP 1662 1145 1096 J. J. 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- HYPH 1662 1154 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 1154 26 price price NN 1662 1154 27 index index NN 1662 1154 28 : : : 1662 1154 29 2.1 2.1 CD 1662 1154 30 % % NN 1662 1154 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1154 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 1154 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1154 34 Labor labor NN 1662 1154 35 force force NN 1662 1154 36 : : : 1662 1154 37 total total NN 1662 1154 38 : : : 1662 1154 39 4.126 4.126 CD 1662 1154 40 million million CD 1662 1154 41 by by IN 1662 1154 42 occupation occupation NN 1662 1154 43 : : : 1662 1154 44 services service NNS 1662 1154 45 69.7 69.7 CD 1662 1154 46 % % NN 1662 1154 47 , , , 1662 1154 48 industry industry NN 1662 1154 49 27.7 27.7 CD 1662 1154 50 % % NN 1662 1154 51 , , , 1662 1154 52 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1154 53 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 1154 54 % % NN 1662 1154 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1154 56 1992 1992 CD 1662 1154 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1154 58 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1154 59 rate rate NN 1662 1154 60 : : : 1662 1154 61 14 14 CD 1662 1154 62 % % NN 1662 1154 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1154 64 1996 1996 CD 1662 1154 65 est est NNP 1662 1154 66 . . . 1662 1154 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1155 1 Budget budget NN 1662 1155 2 : : : 1662 1155 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1155 4 : : : 1662 1155 5 $ $ $ 1662 1155 6 NA na NN 1662 1155 7 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1155 8 : : : 1662 1155 9 $ $ $ 1662 1155 10 NA na NN 1662 1155 11 , , , 1662 1155 12 including include VBG 1662 1155 13 capital capital NN 1662 1155 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1155 15 of of IN 1662 1155 16 $ $ $ 1662 1155 17 NA NA NNP 1662 1155 18 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 1155 19 : : : 1662 1155 20 engineering engineering NN 1662 1155 21 and and CC 1662 1155 22 metal metal NN 1662 1155 23 products product NNS 1662 1155 24 , , , 1662 1155 25 motor motor NN 1662 1155 26 vehicle vehicle NNP 1662 1155 27 assembly assembly NNP 1662 1155 28 , , , 1662 1155 29 processed process VBD 1662 1155 30 food food NN 1662 1155 31 and and CC 1662 1155 32 beverages beverage NNS 1662 1155 33 , , , 1662 1155 34 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 1155 35 , , , 1662 1155 36 basic basic JJ 1662 1155 37 metals metal NNS 1662 1155 38 , , , 1662 1155 39 textiles textile NNS 1662 1155 40 , , , 1662 1155 41 glass glass NN 1662 1155 42 , , , 1662 1155 43 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1155 44 , , , 1662 1155 45 coal coal NN 1662 1155 46 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 1155 47 production production NN 1662 1155 48 growth growth NN 1662 1155 49 rate rate NN 1662 1155 50 : : : 1662 1155 51 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 1155 52 % % NN 1662 1155 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1155 54 1995 1995 CD 1662 1155 55 est est NNP 1662 1155 56 . . . 1662 1155 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1156 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1156 2 - 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Exchange NNP 1662 1158 26 rates rate NNS 1662 1158 27 : : : 1662 1158 28 Belgian belgian JJ 1662 1158 29 francs franc NNS 1662 1158 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1158 31 BF BF NNP 1662 1158 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1158 33 per per IN 1662 1158 34 US$ us$ $ 1662 1158 35 1 1 CD 1662 1158 36 - - SYM 1662 1158 37 33.067 33.067 CD 1662 1158 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1158 39 January January NNP 1662 1158 40 1997 1997 CD 1662 1158 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1158 42 , , , 1662 1158 43 30.962 30.962 CD 1662 1158 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1158 45 1996 1996 CD 1662 1158 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1158 47 , , , 1662 1158 48 29.480 29.480 CD 1662 1158 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1158 50 1995 1995 CD 1662 1158 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1158 52 , , , 1662 1158 53 33.456 33.456 CD 1662 1158 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1158 55 1994 1994 CD 1662 1158 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1158 57 , , , 1662 1158 58 34.597 34.597 CD 1662 1158 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1158 60 1993 1993 CD 1662 1158 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1158 62 , , , 1662 1158 63 32.150 32.150 CD 1662 1158 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1158 65 1992 1992 CD 1662 1158 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1158 67 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1158 68 year year NN 1662 1158 69 : : : 1662 1158 70 calendar calendar NN 1662 1158 71 year year NN 1662 1158 72 @Belgium @Belgium NNP 1662 1158 73 : : : 1662 1158 74 Communications Communications NNP 1662 1158 75 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 1158 76 : : : 1662 1158 77 5.691 5.691 CD 1662 1158 78 million million CD 1662 1158 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1158 80 1992 1992 CD 1662 1158 81 est est NNP 1662 1158 82 . . . 1662 1158 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1159 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1159 2 system system NN 1662 1159 3 : : : 1662 1159 4 highly highly RB 1662 1159 5 developed developed JJ 1662 1159 6 , , , 1662 1159 7 technologically technologically RB 1662 1159 8 advanced advanced JJ 1662 1159 9 , , , 1662 1159 10 and and CC 1662 1159 11 completely completely RB 1662 1159 12 automated automate VBN 1662 1159 13 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1159 14 and and CC 1662 1159 15 international international JJ 1662 1159 16 telephone telephone NN 1662 1159 17 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1159 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1159 52 and and CC 1662 1159 53 1 1 CD 1662 1159 54 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNP 1662 1159 55 Radio Radio NNP 1662 1159 56 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1159 57 stations station NNS 1662 1159 58 : : : 1662 1159 59 AM AM NNP 1662 1159 60 3 3 CD 1662 1159 61 , , , 1662 1159 62 FM FM NNP 1662 1159 63 39 39 CD 1662 1159 64 , , , 1662 1159 65 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 1159 66 0 0 CD 1662 1159 67 Radios radio NNS 1662 1159 68 : : : 1662 1159 69 100,000 100,000 CD 1662 1159 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1159 71 1992 1992 CD 1662 1159 72 est est NNP 1662 1159 73 . . . 1662 1159 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1160 1 Television television NN 1662 1160 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1160 3 stations station NNS 1662 1160 4 : : : 1662 1160 5 32 32 CD 1662 1160 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1160 7 1987 1987 CD 1662 1160 8 est est NNP 1662 1160 9 . . . 1662 1160 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1161 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 1161 2 : : : 1662 1161 3 3,315,662 3,315,662 CD 1662 1161 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1161 5 1993 1993 CD 1662 1161 6 est est NNP 1662 1161 7 . . . 1662 1161 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1162 1 @Belgium @belgium XX 1662 1162 2 : : : 1662 1162 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1162 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1162 5 : : : 1662 1162 6 total total NN 1662 1162 7 : : : 1662 1162 8 3,396 3,396 CD 1662 1162 9 km km NN 1662 1162 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1162 11 2,363 2,363 CD 1662 1162 12 km km NN 1662 1162 13 electrified electrify VBN 1662 1162 14 ; ; : 1662 1162 15 2,563 2,563 CD 1662 1162 16 km km NN 1662 1162 17 double double JJ 1662 1162 18 track track NN 1662 1162 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1162 20 standard standard JJ 1662 1162 21 gauge gauge NN 1662 1162 22 : : : 1662 1162 23 3,396 3,396 CD 1662 1162 24 km km NN 1662 1162 25 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 1162 26 gauge gauge NN 1662 1162 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1162 28 1995 1995 CD 1662 1162 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1162 30 Highways highway NNS 1662 1162 31 : : : 1662 1162 32 total total NN 1662 1162 33 : : : 1662 1162 34 142,563 142,563 CD 1662 1162 35 km km NN 1662 1162 36 paved pave VBN 1662 1162 37 : : : 1662 1162 38 142,563 142,563 CD 1662 1162 39 km km NN 1662 1162 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1162 41 including include VBG 1662 1162 42 1,667 1,667 CD 1662 1162 43 km km NNS 1662 1162 44 of of IN 1662 1162 45 expressways expressway NNS 1662 1162 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1162 47 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1162 48 : : : 1662 1162 49 0 0 CD 1662 1162 50 km km NNS 1662 1162 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1162 52 1995 1995 CD 1662 1162 53 est est NNP 1662 1162 54 . . . 1662 1162 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1163 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 1163 2 : : : 1662 1163 3 2,043 2,043 CD 1662 1163 4 km km NNS 1662 1163 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1163 6 1,528 1,528 CD 1662 1163 7 km km NN 1662 1163 8 in in IN 1662 1163 9 regular regular JJ 1662 1163 10 commercial commercial JJ 1662 1163 11 use use NN 1662 1163 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1163 13 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 1163 14 : : : 1662 1163 15 crude crude JJ 1662 1163 16 oil oil NN 1662 1163 17 161 161 CD 1662 1163 18 km km NN 1662 1163 19 ; ; : 1662 1163 20 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1163 21 products product NNS 1662 1163 22 1,167 1,167 CD 1662 1163 23 km km NN 1662 1163 24 ; ; : 1662 1163 25 natural natural JJ 1662 1163 26 gas gas NN 1662 1163 27 3,300 3,300 CD 1662 1163 28 km km NN 1662 1163 29 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 1163 30 and and CC 1662 1163 31 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1163 32 : : : 1662 1163 33 Antwerp Antwerp NNP 1662 1163 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1163 35 one one CD 1662 1163 36 of of IN 1662 1163 37 the the DT 1662 1163 38 world world NN 1662 1163 39 's 's POS 1662 1163 40 busiest busy JJS 1662 1163 41 ports port NNS 1662 1163 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1163 43 , , , 1662 1163 44 Brugge Brugge NNP 1662 1163 45 , , , 1662 1163 46 Gent Gent NNP 1662 1163 47 , , , 1662 1163 48 Hasselt Hasselt NNP 1662 1163 49 , , , 1662 1163 50 Liege Liege NNP 1662 1163 51 , , , 1662 1163 52 Mons Mons NNP 1662 1163 53 , , , 1662 1163 54 Namur Namur NNP 1662 1163 55 , , , 1662 1163 56 Oostende Oostende NNP 1662 1163 57 , , , 1662 1163 58 Zeebrugge Zeebrugge NNP 1662 1163 59 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 1163 60 marine marine NN 1662 1163 61 : : : 1662 1163 62 total total NN 1662 1163 63 : : : 1662 1163 64 25 25 CD 1662 1163 65 ships ship NNS 1662 1163 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1163 67 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1163 68 GRT GRT NNP 1662 1163 69 or or CC 1662 1163 70 over over RB 1662 1163 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1163 72 totaling total VBG 1662 1163 73 102,363 102,363 CD 1662 1163 74 GRT/152,951 GRT/152,951 NNP 1662 1163 75 DWT DWT NNP 1662 1163 76 ships ship NNS 1662 1163 77 by by IN 1662 1163 78 type type NN 1662 1163 79 : : : 1662 1163 80 bulk bulk NNP 1662 1163 81 1 1 CD 1662 1163 82 , , , 1662 1163 83 cargo cargo NN 1662 1163 84 7 7 CD 1662 1163 85 , , , 1662 1163 86 chemical chemical NN 1662 1163 87 tanker tanker NN 1662 1163 88 4 4 CD 1662 1163 89 , , , 1662 1163 90 combination combination NN 1662 1163 91 bulk bulk NN 1662 1163 92 2 2 CD 1662 1163 93 , , , 1662 1163 94 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 1163 95 gas gas NN 1662 1163 96 tanker tanker NN 1662 1163 97 1 1 CD 1662 1163 98 , , , 1662 1163 99 oil oil NN 1662 1163 100 tanker tanker NN 1662 1163 101 10 10 CD 1662 1163 102 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1163 103 1996 1996 CD 1662 1163 104 est est NNP 1662 1163 105 . . . 1662 1163 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1164 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1164 2 : : : 1662 1164 3 42 42 CD 1662 1164 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1164 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1164 6 est est NNP 1662 1164 7 . . . 1662 1164 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1165 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1165 2 - - , 1662 1165 3 with with IN 1662 1165 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1165 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1165 6 : : : 1662 1165 7 total total NN 1662 1165 8 : : : 1662 1165 9 39 39 CD 1662 1165 10 over over IN 1662 1165 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1165 12 m m NN 1662 1165 13 : : : 1662 1165 14 6 6 CD 1662 1165 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 1165 16 to to TO 1662 1165 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1165 18 m m NN 1662 1165 19 : : : 1662 1165 20 9 9 CD 1662 1165 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1165 22 to to TO 1662 1165 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1165 24 m m NN 1662 1165 25 : : : 1662 1165 26 2 2 CD 1662 1165 27 914 914 CD 1662 1165 28 to to TO 1662 1165 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1165 30 m m NN 1662 1165 31 : : : 1662 1165 32 1 1 CD 1662 1165 33 under under IN 1662 1165 34 914 914 CD 1662 1165 35 m m NN 1662 1165 36 : : : 1662 1165 37 21 21 CD 1662 1165 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1165 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 1165 40 est est NNP 1662 1165 41 . . . 1662 1165 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1166 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1166 2 - - , 1662 1166 3 with with IN 1662 1166 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1166 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1166 6 : : : 1662 1166 7 total total NN 1662 1166 8 : : : 1662 1166 9 3 3 CD 1662 1166 10 914 914 CD 1662 1166 11 to to TO 1662 1166 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1166 13 m m NN 1662 1166 14 : : : 1662 1166 15 3 3 CD 1662 1166 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1166 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 1166 18 est est NNP 1662 1166 19 . . . 1662 1166 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1167 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 1167 2 : : : 1662 1167 3 1 1 CD 1662 1167 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1167 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1167 6 est est NNP 1662 1167 7 . . . 1662 1167 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1168 1 Military military JJ 1662 1168 2 Military military JJ 1662 1168 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1168 4 : : : 1662 1168 5 Army Army NNP 1662 1168 6 , , , 1662 1168 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 1168 8 , , , 1662 1168 9 Air Air NNP 1662 1168 10 Force Force NNP 1662 1168 11 , , , 1662 1168 12 National National NNP 1662 1168 13 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 1168 14 Military Military NNP 1662 1168 15 manpower manpower NN 1662 1168 16 - - HYPH 1662 1168 17 military military NN 1662 1168 18 age age NN 1662 1168 19 : : : 1662 1168 20 19 19 CD 1662 1168 21 years year NNS 1662 1168 22 of of IN 1662 1168 23 age age NN 1662 1168 24 Military military JJ 1662 1168 25 manpower manpower NN 1662 1168 26 - - HYPH 1662 1168 27 availability availability NN 1662 1168 28 : : : 1662 1168 29 males male NNS 1662 1168 30 age age NNP 1662 1168 31 15 15 CD 1662 1168 32 - - HYPH 1662 1168 33 49 49 CD 1662 1168 34 : : : 1662 1168 35 2,559,951 2,559,951 CD 1662 1168 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1168 37 1997 1997 CD 1662 1168 38 est est NNP 1662 1168 39 . . . 1662 1168 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1169 1 Military military JJ 1662 1169 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1169 3 - - HYPH 1662 1169 4 fit fit NN 1662 1169 5 for for IN 1662 1169 6 military military JJ 1662 1169 7 service service NN 1662 1169 8 : : : 1662 1169 9 males male NNS 1662 1169 10 : : : 1662 1169 11 2,122,673 2,122,673 CD 1662 1169 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1169 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1169 14 est est NNP 1662 1169 15 . . . 1662 1169 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1170 1 Military military JJ 1662 1170 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1170 3 - - HYPH 1662 1170 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 1170 5 military military JJ 1662 1170 6 age age NN 1662 1170 7 annually annually RB 1662 1170 8 : : : 1662 1170 9 males male NNS 1662 1170 10 : : : 1662 1170 11 63,005 63,005 CD 1662 1170 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1170 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1170 14 est e JJS 1662 1170 15 . . . 1662 1170 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1171 1 Military military JJ 1662 1171 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1171 3 - - HYPH 1662 1171 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1171 5 figure figure NN 1662 1171 6 : : : 1662 1171 7 $ $ $ 1662 1171 8 4.6 4.6 CD 1662 1171 9 billion billion CD 1662 1171 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1171 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 1171 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1171 13 Military military JJ 1662 1171 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1171 15 - - : 1662 1171 16 percent percent NN 1662 1171 17 of of IN 1662 1171 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1171 19 : : : 1662 1171 20 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 1171 21 % % NN 1662 1171 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1171 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 1171 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1171 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1171 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1171 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1171 28 - - : 1662 1171 29 international international RB 1662 1171 30 : : : 1662 1171 31 none none NN 1662 1171 32 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 1171 33 drugs drug VBZ 1662 1171 34 : : : 1662 1171 35 source source NN 1662 1171 36 of of IN 1662 1171 37 precursor precursor NN 1662 1171 38 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 1171 39 for for IN 1662 1171 40 South south JJ 1662 1171 41 American american JJ 1662 1171 42 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 1171 43 processors processor NNS 1662 1171 44 ; ; , 1662 1171 45 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 1171 46 point point NN 1662 1171 47 for for IN 1662 1171 48 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 1171 49 , , , 1662 1171 50 heroin heroin NN 1662 1171 51 , , , 1662 1171 52 hashish hashish NN 1662 1171 53 , , , 1662 1171 54 and and CC 1662 1171 55 marijuana marijuana NNP 1662 1171 56 entering enter VBG 1662 1171 57 Western Western NNP 1662 1171 58 Europe Europe NNP 1662 1171 59 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 60 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 61 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 62 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 63 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 64 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 65 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 66 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 67 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 68 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 69 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 70 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 71 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 72 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 73 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 74 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 75 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 76 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 77 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 78 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 79 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 80 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 81 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 82 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 83 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 84 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 85 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 86 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 87 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 94 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 95 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 96 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 97 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 98 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 99 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 100 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 101 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 102 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 103 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 104 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 105 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 106 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 107 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 108 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 109 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 110 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 111 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 112 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 113 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 114 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 115 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 116 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 117 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 118 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 119 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 120 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 121 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 122 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 123 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 124 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 125 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 126 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 127 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 128 _ _ NNP 1662 1171 129 BELIZE BELIZE NNP 1662 1171 130 @Belize @belize NN 1662 1171 131 : : : 1662 1171 132 Geography geography NN 1662 1171 133 Location Location NNP 1662 1171 134 : : : 1662 1171 135 Middle Middle NNP 1662 1171 136 America America NNP 1662 1171 137 , , , 1662 1171 138 bordering border VBG 1662 1171 139 the the DT 1662 1171 140 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 1171 141 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1171 142 , , , 1662 1171 143 between between IN 1662 1171 144 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 1171 145 and and CC 1662 1171 146 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 1171 147 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1171 148 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1171 149 : : : 1662 1171 150 17 17 CD 1662 1171 151 15 15 CD 1662 1171 152 N n CD 1662 1171 153 , , , 1662 1171 154 88 88 CD 1662 1171 155 45 45 CD 1662 1171 156 W W NNP 1662 1171 157 Map Map NNP 1662 1171 158 references reference NNS 1662 1171 159 : : : 1662 1171 160 Central Central NNP 1662 1171 161 America America NNP 1662 1171 162 and and CC 1662 1171 163 the the DT 1662 1171 164 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 1171 165 Area Area NNP 1662 1171 166 : : : 1662 1171 167 total total NN 1662 1171 168 : : : 1662 1171 169 22,960 22,960 CD 1662 1171 170 sq sq NN 1662 1171 171 km km NNP 1662 1171 172 land land NN 1662 1171 173 : : : 1662 1171 174 22,800 22,800 CD 1662 1171 175 sq sq NN 1662 1171 176 km km NNP 1662 1171 177 water water NN 1662 1171 178 : : : 1662 1171 179 160 160 CD 1662 1171 180 sq sq NN 1662 1171 181 km km NNP 1662 1171 182 Area Area NNP 1662 1171 183 - - HYPH 1662 1171 184 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1171 185 : : : 1662 1171 186 slightly slightly RB 1662 1171 187 smaller small JJR 1662 1171 188 than than IN 1662 1171 189 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 1171 190 Land Land NNP 1662 1171 191 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1171 192 : : : 1662 1171 193 total total JJ 1662 1171 194 : : : 1662 1171 195 516 516 CD 1662 1171 196 km km NN 1662 1171 197 border border NN 1662 1171 198 countries country NNS 1662 1171 199 : : : 1662 1171 200 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 1171 201 266 266 CD 1662 1171 202 km km NNS 1662 1171 203 , , , 1662 1171 204 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 1171 205 250 250 CD 1662 1171 206 km km NN 1662 1171 207 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1171 208 : : : 1662 1171 209 386 386 CD 1662 1171 210 km km NN 1662 1171 211 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1171 212 claims claim VBZ 1662 1171 213 : : : 1662 1171 214 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 1171 215 economic economic JJ 1662 1171 216 zone zone NN 1662 1171 217 : : : 1662 1171 218 200 200 CD 1662 1171 219 nm nm CD 1662 1171 220 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1171 221 sea sea NN 1662 1171 222 : : : 1662 1171 223 12 12 CD 1662 1171 224 nm nm NN 1662 1171 225 in in IN 1662 1171 226 the the DT 1662 1171 227 north north NN 1662 1171 228 , , , 1662 1171 229 3 3 CD 1662 1171 230 nm nm UH 1662 1171 231 in in IN 1662 1171 232 the the DT 1662 1171 233 south south NN 1662 1171 234 ; ; : 1662 1171 235 note note VB 1662 1171 236 - - : 1662 1171 237 from from IN 1662 1171 238 the the DT 1662 1171 239 mouth mouth NN 1662 1171 240 of of IN 1662 1171 241 the the DT 1662 1171 242 Sarstoon Sarstoon NNP 1662 1171 243 River River NNP 1662 1171 244 to to IN 1662 1171 245 Ranguana Ranguana NNP 1662 1171 246 Cay Cay NNP 1662 1171 247 , , , 1662 1171 248 Belize Belize NNP 1662 1171 249 's 's POS 1662 1171 250 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1171 251 sea sea NN 1662 1171 252 is be VBZ 1662 1171 253 3 3 CD 1662 1171 254 nm nm CD 1662 1171 255 ; ; : 1662 1171 256 according accord VBG 1662 1171 257 to to IN 1662 1171 258 Belize Belize NNP 1662 1171 259 's 's POS 1662 1171 260 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1171 261 Areas Areas NNPS 1662 1171 262 Act Act NNP 1662 1171 263 , , , 1662 1171 264 1992 1992 CD 1662 1171 265 , , , 1662 1171 266 the the DT 1662 1171 267 purpose purpose NN 1662 1171 268 of of IN 1662 1171 269 this this DT 1662 1171 270 limitation limitation NN 1662 1171 271 is be VBZ 1662 1171 272 to to TO 1662 1171 273 provide provide VB 1662 1171 274 a a DT 1662 1171 275 framework framework NN 1662 1171 276 for for IN 1662 1171 277 the the DT 1662 1171 278 negotiation negotiation NN 1662 1171 279 of of IN 1662 1171 280 a a DT 1662 1171 281 definitive definitive JJ 1662 1171 282 agreement agreement NN 1662 1171 283 on on IN 1662 1171 284 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1171 285 differences difference NNS 1662 1171 286 with with IN 1662 1171 287 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 1171 288 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1171 289 : : : 1662 1171 290 tropical tropical JJ 1662 1171 291 ; ; : 1662 1171 292 very very RB 1662 1171 293 hot hot JJ 1662 1171 294 and and CC 1662 1171 295 humid humid JJ 1662 1171 296 ; ; , 1662 1171 297 rainy rainy JJ 1662 1171 298 season season NN 1662 1171 299 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1171 300 May May NNP 1662 1171 301 to to IN 1662 1171 302 February February NNP 1662 1171 303 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1171 304 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1171 305 : : : 1662 1171 306 flat flat JJ 1662 1171 307 , , , 1662 1171 308 swampy swampy JJ 1662 1171 309 coastal coastal JJ 1662 1171 310 plain plain NN 1662 1171 311 ; ; : 1662 1171 312 low low JJ 1662 1171 313 mountains mountain NNS 1662 1171 314 in in IN 1662 1171 315 south south JJ 1662 1171 316 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1171 317 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1171 318 : : : 1662 1171 319 lowest low JJS 1662 1171 320 point point NN 1662 1171 321 : : : 1662 1171 322 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 1171 323 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1171 324 0 0 NFP 1662 1171 325 m m DT 1662 1171 326 highest high JJS 1662 1171 327 point point NN 1662 1171 328 : : : 1662 1171 329 Victoria Victoria NNP 1662 1171 330 Peak Peak NNP 1662 1171 331 1,160 1,160 CD 1662 1171 332 m m CD 1662 1171 333 Natural natural JJ 1662 1171 334 resources resource NNS 1662 1171 335 : : : 1662 1171 336 arable arable JJ 1662 1171 337 land land NN 1662 1171 338 potential potential NN 1662 1171 339 , , , 1662 1171 340 timber timber NN 1662 1171 341 , , , 1662 1171 342 fish fish NN 1662 1171 343 Land land NN 1662 1171 344 use use NN 1662 1171 345 : : : 1662 1171 346 arable arable JJ 1662 1171 347 land land NN 1662 1171 348 : : : 1662 1171 349 2 2 CD 1662 1171 350 % % NN 1662 1171 351 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1171 352 crops crop NNS 1662 1171 353 : : : 1662 1171 354 1 1 CD 1662 1171 355 % % NN 1662 1171 356 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1171 357 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1171 358 : : : 1662 1171 359 2 2 CD 1662 1171 360 % % NN 1662 1171 361 forests forest NNS 1662 1171 362 and and CC 1662 1171 363 woodland woodland JJ 1662 1171 364 : : : 1662 1171 365 92 92 CD 1662 1171 366 % % NN 1662 1171 367 other other JJ 1662 1171 368 : : : 1662 1171 369 3 3 CD 1662 1171 370 % % NN 1662 1171 371 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1171 372 1993 1993 CD 1662 1171 373 est est NNP 1662 1171 374 . . . 1662 1171 375 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1172 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1172 2 land land NN 1662 1172 3 : : : 1662 1172 4 20 20 CD 1662 1172 5 sq sq NNP 1662 1172 6 km km NNP 1662 1172 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1172 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1172 9 est est NNP 1662 1172 10 . . . 1662 1172 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1173 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1173 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1173 3 : : : 1662 1173 4 frequent frequent JJ 1662 1173 5 , , , 1662 1173 6 devastating devastating JJ 1662 1173 7 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 1173 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1173 9 September September NNP 1662 1173 10 to to IN 1662 1173 11 December December NNP 1662 1173 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1173 13 and and CC 1662 1173 14 coastal coastal JJ 1662 1173 15 flooding flooding NN 1662 1173 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1173 17 especially especially RB 1662 1173 18 in in IN 1662 1173 19 south south NN 1662 1173 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1173 21 Environment environment NN 1662 1173 22 - - HYPH 1662 1173 23 current current JJ 1662 1173 24 issues issue NNS 1662 1173 25 : : : 1662 1173 26 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 1173 27 ; ; : 1662 1173 28 water water NN 1662 1173 29 pollution pollution NN 1662 1173 30 from from IN 1662 1173 31 sewage sewage NN 1662 1173 32 , , , 1662 1173 33 industrial industrial JJ 1662 1173 34 effluents effluent NNS 1662 1173 35 , , , 1662 1173 36 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 1173 37 runoff runoff NN 1662 1173 38 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1173 39 - - HYPH 1662 1173 40 international international JJ 1662 1173 41 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1173 42 : : : 1662 1173 43 party party NN 1662 1173 44 to to TO 1662 1173 45 : : : 1662 1173 46 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 1173 47 , , , 1662 1173 48 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1173 49 Change Change NNP 1662 1173 50 , , , 1662 1173 51 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 1173 52 Species Species NNPS 1662 1173 53 , , , 1662 1173 54 Law Law NNP 1662 1173 55 of of IN 1662 1173 56 the the DT 1662 1173 57 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1173 58 , , , 1662 1173 59 Marine Marine NNP 1662 1173 60 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 1173 61 , , , 1662 1173 62 Ship Ship NNP 1662 1173 63 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1173 64 , , , 1662 1173 65 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 1173 66 signed sign VBD 1662 1173 67 , , , 1662 1173 68 but but CC 1662 1173 69 not not RB 1662 1173 70 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1173 71 : : : 1662 1173 72 none none NN 1662 1173 73 of of IN 1662 1173 74 the the DT 1662 1173 75 selected select VBN 1662 1173 76 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1173 77 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1173 78 - - HYPH 1662 1173 79 note note NNP 1662 1173 80 : : : 1662 1173 81 national national JJ 1662 1173 82 capital capital NN 1662 1173 83 moved move VBD 1662 1173 84 80 80 CD 1662 1173 85 km km NNS 1662 1173 86 inland inland RB 1662 1173 87 from from IN 1662 1173 88 Belize Belize NNP 1662 1173 89 City City NNP 1662 1173 90 to to IN 1662 1173 91 Belmopan Belmopan NNP 1662 1173 92 because because IN 1662 1173 93 of of IN 1662 1173 94 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 1173 95 ; ; : 1662 1173 96 only only RB 1662 1173 97 country country NN 1662 1173 98 in in IN 1662 1173 99 Central Central NNP 1662 1173 100 America America NNP 1662 1173 101 without without IN 1662 1173 102 a a DT 1662 1173 103 coastline coastline NN 1662 1173 104 on on IN 1662 1173 105 the the DT 1662 1173 106 North North NNP 1662 1173 107 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 1173 108 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1173 109 @Belize @belize NN 1662 1173 110 : : : 1662 1173 111 People People NNS 1662 1173 112 Population Population NNP 1662 1173 113 : : : 1662 1173 114 224,663 224,663 CD 1662 1173 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1173 116 July July NNP 1662 1173 117 1997 1997 CD 1662 1173 118 est est NNP 1662 1173 119 . . . 1662 1173 120 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1174 1 Age age NN 1662 1174 2 structure structure NN 1662 1174 3 : : : 1662 1174 4 0 0 CD 1662 1174 5 - - HYPH 1662 1174 6 14 14 CD 1662 1174 7 years year NNS 1662 1174 8 : : : 1662 1174 9 43 43 CD 1662 1174 10 % % NN 1662 1174 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1174 12 male male JJ 1662 1174 13 48,921 48,921 CD 1662 1174 14 ; ; : 1662 1174 15 female female JJ 1662 1174 16 47,057 47,057 CD 1662 1174 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1174 18 15 15 CD 1662 1174 19 - - HYPH 1662 1174 20 64 64 CD 1662 1174 21 years year NNS 1662 1174 22 : : : 1662 1174 23 54 54 CD 1662 1174 24 % % NN 1662 1174 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1174 26 male male JJ 1662 1174 27 61,133 61,133 CD 1662 1174 28 ; ; : 1662 1174 29 female female JJ 1662 1174 30 59,466 59,466 CD 1662 1174 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1174 32 65 65 CD 1662 1174 33 years year NNS 1662 1174 34 and and CC 1662 1174 35 over over IN 1662 1174 36 : : : 1662 1174 37 3 3 CD 1662 1174 38 % % NN 1662 1174 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1174 40 male male JJ 1662 1174 41 3,965 3,965 CD 1662 1174 42 ; ; : 1662 1174 43 female female JJ 1662 1174 44 4,121 4,121 CD 1662 1174 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1174 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1174 47 July July NNP 1662 1174 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1174 49 est est NNP 1662 1174 50 . . . 1662 1174 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1175 1 Population population NN 1662 1175 2 growth growth NN 1662 1175 3 rate rate NN 1662 1175 4 : : : 1662 1175 5 2.42 2.42 CD 1662 1175 6 % % NN 1662 1175 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1175 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1175 9 est est NNP 1662 1175 10 . . . 1662 1175 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1176 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1176 2 rate rate NN 1662 1176 3 : : : 1662 1176 4 31.91 31.91 CD 1662 1176 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 1176 6 population population NN 1662 1176 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1176 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1176 9 est est NNP 1662 1176 10 . . . 1662 1176 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1177 1 Death death NN 1662 1177 2 rate rate NN 1662 1177 3 : : : 1662 1177 4 5.61 5.61 CD 1662 1177 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1177 6 population population NN 1662 1177 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1177 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1177 9 est est NNP 1662 1177 10 . . . 1662 1177 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1178 1 Net net JJ 1662 1178 2 migration migration NN 1662 1178 3 rate rate NN 1662 1178 4 : : : 1662 1178 5 -2.12 -2.12 NFP 1662 1178 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 1178 7 population population NN 1662 1178 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1178 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1178 10 est est NNP 1662 1178 11 . . . 1662 1178 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1179 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1179 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1179 3 : : : 1662 1179 4 at at IN 1662 1179 5 birth birth NN 1662 1179 6 : : : 1662 1179 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 1179 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1179 9 under under IN 1662 1179 10 15 15 CD 1662 1179 11 years year NNS 1662 1179 12 : : : 1662 1179 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 1179 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1179 15 15 15 CD 1662 1179 16 - - HYPH 1662 1179 17 64 64 CD 1662 1179 18 years year NNS 1662 1179 19 : : : 1662 1179 20 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 1179 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1179 22 65 65 CD 1662 1179 23 years year NNS 1662 1179 24 and and CC 1662 1179 25 over over IN 1662 1179 26 : : : 1662 1179 27 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 1179 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 1179 29 total total JJ 1662 1179 30 population population NN 1662 1179 31 : : : 1662 1179 32 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 1179 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1179 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1179 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1179 36 est e JJS 1662 1179 37 . . . 1662 1179 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1180 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1180 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1180 3 rate rate NN 1662 1180 4 : : : 1662 1180 5 33.2 33.2 CD 1662 1180 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1180 7 live live JJ 1662 1180 8 births birth NNS 1662 1180 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1180 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1180 11 est est NNP 1662 1180 12 . . . 1662 1180 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1181 1 Life life NN 1662 1181 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1181 3 at at IN 1662 1181 4 birth birth NN 1662 1181 5 : : : 1662 1181 6 total total JJ 1662 1181 7 population population NN 1662 1181 8 : : : 1662 1181 9 68.75 68.75 CD 1662 1181 10 years year NNS 1662 1181 11 male male JJ 1662 1181 12 : : : 1662 1181 13 66.8 66.8 CD 1662 1181 14 years year NNS 1662 1181 15 female female JJ 1662 1181 16 : : : 1662 1181 17 70.81 70.81 CD 1662 1181 18 years year NNS 1662 1181 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1181 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1181 21 est est NNP 1662 1181 22 . . . 1662 1181 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1182 1 Total total JJ 1662 1182 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1182 3 rate rate NN 1662 1182 4 : : : 1662 1182 5 3.99 3.99 CD 1662 1182 6 children child NNS 1662 1182 7 born bear VBN 1662 1182 8 / / SYM 1662 1182 9 woman woman NN 1662 1182 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1182 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1182 12 est est NNP 1662 1182 13 . . . 1662 1182 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1183 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1183 2 : : : 1662 1183 3 noun noun NNP 1662 1183 4 : : : 1662 1183 5 Belizean(s Belizean(s NNP 1662 1183 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1183 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 1183 8 : : : 1662 1183 9 Belizean belizean JJ 1662 1183 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1183 11 groups group NNS 1662 1183 12 : : : 1662 1183 13 mestizo mestizo NNP 1662 1183 14 44 44 CD 1662 1183 15 % % NN 1662 1183 16 , , , 1662 1183 17 Creole Creole NNP 1662 1183 18 30 30 CD 1662 1183 19 % % NN 1662 1183 20 , , , 1662 1183 21 Maya Maya NNP 1662 1183 22 11 11 CD 1662 1183 23 % % NN 1662 1183 24 , , , 1662 1183 25 Garifuna Garifuna NNP 1662 1183 26 7 7 CD 1662 1183 27 % % NN 1662 1183 28 , , , 1662 1183 29 other other JJ 1662 1183 30 8 8 CD 1662 1183 31 % % NN 1662 1183 32 Religions religion NNS 1662 1183 33 : : : 1662 1183 34 Roman Roman NNP 1662 1183 35 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 1183 36 62 62 CD 1662 1183 37 % % NN 1662 1183 38 , , , 1662 1183 39 Protestant protestant NN 1662 1183 40 30 30 CD 1662 1183 41 % % NN 1662 1183 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1183 43 Anglican Anglican NNP 1662 1183 44 12 12 CD 1662 1183 45 % % NN 1662 1183 46 , , , 1662 1183 47 Methodist Methodist NNP 1662 1183 48 6 6 CD 1662 1183 49 % % NN 1662 1183 50 , , , 1662 1183 51 Mennonite Mennonite NNP 1662 1183 52 4 4 CD 1662 1183 53 % % NN 1662 1183 54 , , , 1662 1183 55 Seventh Seventh NNP 1662 1183 56 - - HYPH 1662 1183 57 Day Day NNP 1662 1183 58 Adventist Adventist NNP 1662 1183 59 3 3 CD 1662 1183 60 % % NN 1662 1183 61 , , , 1662 1183 62 Pentecostal Pentecostal NNP 1662 1183 63 2 2 CD 1662 1183 64 % % NN 1662 1183 65 , , , 1662 1183 66 Jehovah Jehovah NNP 1662 1183 67 's 's POS 1662 1183 68 Witnesses Witnesses NNP 1662 1183 69 1 1 CD 1662 1183 70 % % NN 1662 1183 71 , , , 1662 1183 72 other other JJ 1662 1183 73 2 2 CD 1662 1183 74 % % NN 1662 1183 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1183 76 , , , 1662 1183 77 none none NN 1662 1183 78 2 2 CD 1662 1183 79 % % NN 1662 1183 80 , , , 1662 1183 81 other other JJ 1662 1183 82 6 6 CD 1662 1183 83 % % NN 1662 1183 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1183 85 1980 1980 CD 1662 1183 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1183 87 Languages language NNS 1662 1183 88 : : : 1662 1183 89 English English NNP 1662 1183 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1183 91 official official NN 1662 1183 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1183 93 , , , 1662 1183 94 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 1183 95 , , , 1662 1183 96 Mayan Mayan NNP 1662 1183 97 , , , 1662 1183 98 Garifuna Garifuna NNP 1662 1183 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1183 100 Carib Carib NNP 1662 1183 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1183 102 Literacy literacy NN 1662 1183 103 : : : 1662 1183 104 definition definition NN 1662 1183 105 : : : 1662 1183 106 age age NN 1662 1183 107 14 14 CD 1662 1183 108 and and CC 1662 1183 109 over over RB 1662 1183 110 has have VBZ 1662 1183 111 ever ever RB 1662 1183 112 attended attend VBN 1662 1183 113 school school NN 1662 1183 114 total total JJ 1662 1183 115 population population NN 1662 1183 116 : : : 1662 1183 117 70.3 70.3 CD 1662 1183 118 % % NN 1662 1183 119 male male NN 1662 1183 120 : : : 1662 1183 121 70.3 70.3 CD 1662 1183 122 % % NN 1662 1183 123 female female NN 1662 1183 124 : : : 1662 1183 125 70.3 70.3 CD 1662 1183 126 % % NN 1662 1183 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1183 128 1991 1991 CD 1662 1183 129 est est NNP 1662 1183 130 . . . 1662 1183 131 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1184 1 note note NN 1662 1184 2 : : : 1662 1184 3 other other JJ 1662 1184 4 sources source NNS 1662 1184 5 list list VBP 1662 1184 6 the the DT 1662 1184 7 literacy literacy NN 1662 1184 8 rate rate NN 1662 1184 9 as as RB 1662 1184 10 high high JJ 1662 1184 11 as as IN 1662 1184 12 75 75 CD 1662 1184 13 % % NN 1662 1184 14 @Belize @belize NN 1662 1184 15 : : : 1662 1184 16 Government Government NNP 1662 1184 17 Country Country NNP 1662 1184 18 name name NN 1662 1184 19 : : : 1662 1184 20 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1184 21 long long JJ 1662 1184 22 form form NN 1662 1184 23 : : : 1662 1184 24 none none NN 1662 1184 25 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1184 26 short short JJ 1662 1184 27 form form NN 1662 1184 28 : : : 1662 1184 29 Belize Belize NNP 1662 1184 30 former former JJ 1662 1184 31 : : : 1662 1184 32 British British NNP 1662 1184 33 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 1184 34 Data Data NNP 1662 1184 35 code code NN 1662 1184 36 : : : 1662 1184 37 BH BH NNP 1662 1184 38 Government Government NNP 1662 1184 39 type type NN 1662 1184 40 : : : 1662 1184 41 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 1184 42 democracy democracy NN 1662 1184 43 National national JJ 1662 1184 44 capital capital NN 1662 1184 45 : : : 1662 1184 46 Belmopan Belmopan NNP 1662 1184 47 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 1184 48 divisions division NNS 1662 1184 49 : : : 1662 1184 50 6 6 CD 1662 1184 51 districts district NNS 1662 1184 52 ; ; : 1662 1184 53 Belize Belize NNP 1662 1184 54 , , , 1662 1184 55 Cayo Cayo NNP 1662 1184 56 , , , 1662 1184 57 Corozal Corozal NNP 1662 1184 58 , , , 1662 1184 59 Orange Orange NNP 1662 1184 60 Walk Walk NNP 1662 1184 61 , , , 1662 1184 62 Stann Stann NNP 1662 1184 63 Creek Creek NNP 1662 1184 64 , , , 1662 1184 65 Toledo Toledo NNP 1662 1184 66 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1184 67 : : : 1662 1184 68 21 21 CD 1662 1184 69 September September NNP 1662 1184 70 1981 1981 CD 1662 1184 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1184 72 from from IN 1662 1184 73 UK UK NNP 1662 1184 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1184 75 National national JJ 1662 1184 76 holiday holiday NN 1662 1184 77 : : : 1662 1184 78 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1184 79 Day Day NNP 1662 1184 80 , , , 1662 1184 81 21 21 CD 1662 1184 82 September September NNP 1662 1184 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1184 84 1981 1981 CD 1662 1184 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1184 86 Constitution constitution NN 1662 1184 87 : : : 1662 1184 88 21 21 CD 1662 1184 89 September September NNP 1662 1184 90 1981 1981 CD 1662 1184 91 Legal legal JJ 1662 1184 92 system system NN 1662 1184 93 : : : 1662 1184 94 English english JJ 1662 1184 95 law law NN 1662 1184 96 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 1184 97 : : : 1662 1184 98 18 18 CD 1662 1184 99 years year NNS 1662 1184 100 of of IN 1662 1184 101 age age NN 1662 1184 102 ; ; : 1662 1184 103 universal universal JJ 1662 1184 104 Executive Executive NNP 1662 1184 105 branch branch NN 1662 1184 106 : : : 1662 1184 107 chief chief NN 1662 1184 108 of of IN 1662 1184 109 state state NN 1662 1184 110 : : : 1662 1184 111 Queen Queen NNP 1662 1184 112 ELIZABETH ELIZABETH NNP 1662 1184 113 II ii CD 1662 1184 114 of of IN 1662 1184 115 the the DT 1662 1184 116 UK UK NNP 1662 1184 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1184 118 since since IN 1662 1184 119 6 6 CD 1662 1184 120 February February NNP 1662 1184 121 1952 1952 CD 1662 1184 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1184 123 , , , 1662 1184 124 represented represent VBN 1662 1184 125 by by IN 1662 1184 126 Governor Governor NNP 1662 1184 127 General General NNP 1662 1184 128 Sir Sir NNP 1662 1184 129 Colville Colville NNP 1662 1184 130 YOUNG YOUNG NNP 1662 1184 131 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1184 132 since since IN 1662 1184 133 17 17 CD 1662 1184 134 November November NNP 1662 1184 135 1993 1993 CD 1662 1184 136 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1184 137 head head NN 1662 1184 138 of of IN 1662 1184 139 government government NN 1662 1184 140 : : : 1662 1184 141 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1184 142 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1184 143 Manuel Manuel NNP 1662 1184 144 ESQUIVEL ESQUIVEL NNP 1662 1184 145 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1184 146 since since IN 1662 1184 147 July July NNP 1662 1184 148 1993 1993 CD 1662 1184 149 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1184 150 ; ; : 1662 1184 151 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 1184 152 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1184 153 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1184 154 Dean Dean NNP 1662 1184 155 BARROW BARROW NNP 1662 1184 156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1184 157 since since IN 1662 1184 158 NA NA NNP 1662 1184 159 July July NNP 1662 1184 160 1993 1993 CD 1662 1184 161 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1184 162 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1184 163 : : : 1662 1184 164 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 1184 165 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1184 166 by by IN 1662 1184 167 the the DT 1662 1184 168 governor governor NN 1662 1184 169 general general NN 1662 1184 170 on on IN 1662 1184 171 the the DT 1662 1184 172 advice advice NN 1662 1184 173 of of IN 1662 1184 174 the the DT 1662 1184 175 prime prime NNP 1662 1184 176 minister minister NNP 1662 1184 177 elections election NNS 1662 1184 178 : : : 1662 1184 179 none none NN 1662 1184 180 ; ; : 1662 1184 181 the the DT 1662 1184 182 queen queen NN 1662 1184 183 is be VBZ 1662 1184 184 a a DT 1662 1184 185 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 1184 186 monarch monarch NN 1662 1184 187 ; ; : 1662 1184 188 governor governor NN 1662 1184 189 general general NNP 1662 1184 190 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1184 191 by by IN 1662 1184 192 the the DT 1662 1184 193 queen queen NN 1662 1184 194 ; ; : 1662 1184 195 prime prime NNP 1662 1184 196 minister minister NN 1662 1184 197 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1184 198 by by IN 1662 1184 199 the the DT 1662 1184 200 governor governor NN 1662 1184 201 general general JJ 1662 1184 202 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 1184 203 branch branch NN 1662 1184 204 : : : 1662 1184 205 bicameral bicameral NNP 1662 1184 206 National National NNP 1662 1184 207 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1184 208 consists consist VBZ 1662 1184 209 of of IN 1662 1184 210 the the DT 1662 1184 211 Senate Senate NNP 1662 1184 212 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1184 213 8 8 CD 1662 1184 214 members member NNS 1662 1184 215 ; ; : 1662 1184 216 members member NNS 1662 1184 217 are be VBP 1662 1184 218 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1184 219 for for IN 1662 1184 220 five five CD 1662 1184 221 - - HYPH 1662 1184 222 year year NN 1662 1184 223 terms term NNS 1662 1184 224 , , , 1662 1184 225 five five CD 1662 1184 226 on on IN 1662 1184 227 the the DT 1662 1184 228 advice advice NN 1662 1184 229 of of IN 1662 1184 230 the the DT 1662 1184 231 prime prime NNP 1662 1184 232 minister minister NN 1662 1184 233 , , , 1662 1184 234 two two CD 1662 1184 235 on on IN 1662 1184 236 the the DT 1662 1184 237 advice advice NN 1662 1184 238 of of IN 1662 1184 239 the the DT 1662 1184 240 leader leader NN 1662 1184 241 of of IN 1662 1184 242 the the DT 1662 1184 243 opposition opposition NN 1662 1184 244 , , , 1662 1184 245 and and CC 1662 1184 246 one one CD 1662 1184 247 after after IN 1662 1184 248 consultation consultation NN 1662 1184 249 with with IN 1662 1184 250 the the DT 1662 1184 251 Belize Belize NNP 1662 1184 252 Advisory Advisory NNP 1662 1184 253 Council Council NNP 1662 1184 254 - - : 1662 1184 255 this this DT 1662 1184 256 council council NN 1662 1184 257 serves serve VBZ 1662 1184 258 as as IN 1662 1184 259 an an DT 1662 1184 260 independent independent JJ 1662 1184 261 body body NN 1662 1184 262 to to TO 1662 1184 263 advise advise VB 1662 1184 264 the the DT 1662 1184 265 governor governor NN 1662 1184 266 general general JJ 1662 1184 267 with with IN 1662 1184 268 respect respect NN 1662 1184 269 to to IN 1662 1184 270 difficult difficult JJ 1662 1184 271 decisions decision NNS 1662 1184 272 such such JJ 1662 1184 273 as as IN 1662 1184 274 granting grant VBG 1662 1184 275 pardons pardon NNS 1662 1184 276 , , , 1662 1184 277 commutations commutation NNS 1662 1184 278 , , , 1662 1184 279 stays stay NNS 1662 1184 280 of of IN 1662 1184 281 execution execution NN 1662 1184 282 , , , 1662 1184 283 the the DT 1662 1184 284 removal removal NN 1662 1184 285 of of IN 1662 1184 286 justices justice NNS 1662 1184 287 of of IN 1662 1184 288 appeal appeal NN 1662 1184 289 who who WP 1662 1184 290 appear appear VBP 1662 1184 291 to to TO 1662 1184 292 be be VB 1662 1184 293 incompetent incompetent JJ 1662 1184 294 , , , 1662 1184 295 etc etc FW 1662 1184 296 . . . 1662 1184 297 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1185 1 and and CC 1662 1185 2 the the DT 1662 1185 3 National National NNP 1662 1185 4 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1185 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1185 6 29 29 CD 1662 1185 7 seats seat NNS 1662 1185 8 ; ; : 1662 1185 9 members member NNS 1662 1185 10 are be VBP 1662 1185 11 elected elect VBN 1662 1185 12 by by IN 1662 1185 13 direct direct JJ 1662 1185 14 popular popular JJ 1662 1185 15 vote vote NN 1662 1185 16 to to TO 1662 1185 17 serve serve VB 1662 1185 18 five five CD 1662 1185 19 - - HYPH 1662 1185 20 year year NN 1662 1185 21 terms term NNS 1662 1185 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1185 23 elections election NNS 1662 1185 24 : : : 1662 1185 25 National National NNP 1662 1185 26 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1185 27 - - : 1662 1185 28 last last RB 1662 1185 29 held hold VBD 1662 1185 30 30 30 CD 1662 1185 31 June June NNP 1662 1185 32 1993 1993 CD 1662 1185 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1185 34 next next JJ 1662 1185 35 to to TO 1662 1185 36 be be VB 1662 1185 37 held hold VBN 1662 1185 38 no no RB 1662 1185 39 later later RB 1662 1185 40 than than IN 1662 1185 41 September September NNP 1662 1185 42 1998 1998 CD 1662 1185 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1185 44 election election NN 1662 1185 45 results result NNS 1662 1185 46 : : : 1662 1185 47 percent percent NN 1662 1185 48 of of IN 1662 1185 49 vote vote NN 1662 1185 50 by by IN 1662 1185 51 party party NN 1662 1185 52 - - HYPH 1662 1185 53 NA NA NNP 1662 1185 54 ; ; , 1662 1185 55 seats seat NNS 1662 1185 56 by by IN 1662 1185 57 party party NN 1662 1185 58 - - HYPH 1662 1185 59 PUP PUP NNP 1662 1185 60 13 13 CD 1662 1185 61 , , , 1662 1185 62 UDP UDP NNP 1662 1185 63 15 15 CD 1662 1185 64 , , , 1662 1185 65 NABR NABR NNP 1662 1185 66 1 1 CD 1662 1185 67 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 1185 68 branch branch NN 1662 1185 69 : : : 1662 1185 70 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1185 71 Court Court NNP 1662 1185 72 , , , 1662 1185 73 the the DT 1662 1185 74 chief chief JJ 1662 1185 75 justice justice NN 1662 1185 76 is be VBZ 1662 1185 77 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1185 78 by by IN 1662 1185 79 the the DT 1662 1185 80 governor governor NN 1662 1185 81 general general NN 1662 1185 82 on on IN 1662 1185 83 advice advice NN 1662 1185 84 of of IN 1662 1185 85 the the DT 1662 1185 86 prime prime JJ 1662 1185 87 minister minister NN 1662 1185 88 Political political JJ 1662 1185 89 parties party NNS 1662 1185 90 and and CC 1662 1185 91 leaders leader NNS 1662 1185 92 : : : 1662 1185 93 People People NNS 1662 1185 94 's 's POS 1662 1185 95 United United NNP 1662 1185 96 Party Party NNP 1662 1185 97 or or CC 1662 1185 98 PUP PUP NNP 1662 1185 99 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1185 100 Said Said NNP 1662 1185 101 MUSA MUSA NNP 1662 1185 102 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1185 103 ; ; : 1662 1185 104 United United NNP 1662 1185 105 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1185 106 Party Party NNP 1662 1185 107 or or CC 1662 1185 108 UDP UDP NNP 1662 1185 109 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1185 110 Manuel Manuel NNP 1662 1185 111 ESQUIVEL ESQUIVEL NNP 1662 1185 112 , , , 1662 1185 113 Dean Dean NNP 1662 1185 114 BARROW BARROW NNP 1662 1185 115 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1185 116 ; ; : 1662 1185 117 National National NNP 1662 1185 118 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 1185 119 for for IN 1662 1185 120 Belizean Belizean NNP 1662 1185 121 Rights Rights NNPS 1662 1185 122 or or CC 1662 1185 123 NABR NABR NNP 1662 1185 124 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1185 125 Philip Philip NNP 1662 1185 126 GOLDSON GOLDSON NNP 1662 1185 127 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1185 128 Political political JJ 1662 1185 129 pressure pressure NN 1662 1185 130 groups group NNS 1662 1185 131 and and CC 1662 1185 132 leaders leader NNS 1662 1185 133 : : : 1662 1185 134 Society society NN 1662 1185 135 for for IN 1662 1185 136 the the DT 1662 1185 137 Promotion Promotion NNP 1662 1185 138 of of IN 1662 1185 139 Education Education NNP 1662 1185 140 and and CC 1662 1185 141 Research Research NNP 1662 1185 142 or or CC 1662 1185 143 SPEAR SPEAR NNP 1662 1185 144 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1185 145 Assad Assad NNP 1662 1185 146 SHOMAN SHOMAN NNP 1662 1185 147 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1185 148 ; ; : 1662 1185 149 United United NNP 1662 1185 150 Workers Workers NNP 1662 1185 151 Front Front NNP 1662 1185 152 International international JJ 1662 1185 153 organization organization NN 1662 1185 154 participation participation NN 1662 1185 155 : : : 1662 1185 156 ACP ACP NNP 1662 1185 157 , , , 1662 1185 158 C C NNP 1662 1185 159 , , , 1662 1185 160 Caricom Caricom NNP 1662 1185 161 , , , 1662 1185 162 CDB CDB NNP 1662 1185 163 , , , 1662 1185 164 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 1185 165 , , , 1662 1185 166 FAO FAO NNP 1662 1185 167 , , , 1662 1185 168 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 1185 169 , , , 1662 1185 170 IADB IADB NNP 1662 1185 171 , , , 1662 1185 172 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1185 173 , , , 1662 1185 174 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1185 175 , , , 1662 1185 176 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 1185 177 , , , 1662 1185 178 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 1185 179 , , , 1662 1185 180 IDA IDA NNP 1662 1185 181 , , , 1662 1185 182 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 1185 183 , , , 1662 1185 184 IFC IFC NNP 1662 1185 185 , , , 1662 1185 186 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 1185 187 , , , 1662 1185 188 ILO ILO NNP 1662 1185 189 , , , 1662 1185 190 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1185 191 , , , 1662 1185 192 IMO imo RB 1662 1185 193 , , , 1662 1185 194 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1185 195 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1185 196 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 1185 197 user user NN 1662 1185 198 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1185 199 , , , 1662 1185 200 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 1185 201 , , , 1662 1185 202 IOC IOC NNP 1662 1185 203 , , , 1662 1185 204 IOM IOM NNP 1662 1185 205 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1185 206 observer observer NN 1662 1185 207 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1185 208 , , , 1662 1185 209 ITU ITU NNP 1662 1185 210 , , , 1662 1185 211 LAES LAES NNP 1662 1185 212 , , , 1662 1185 213 NAM NAM NNP 1662 1185 214 , , , 1662 1185 215 OAS OAS NNP 1662 1185 216 , , , 1662 1185 217 OPANAL OPANAL NNP 1662 1185 218 , , , 1662 1185 219 UN UN NNP 1662 1185 220 , , , 1662 1185 221 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 1185 222 , , , 1662 1185 223 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 1185 224 , , , 1662 1185 225 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 1185 226 , , , 1662 1185 227 UPU UPU NNP 1662 1185 228 , , , 1662 1185 229 WCL WCL NNP 1662 1185 230 , , , 1662 1185 231 WHO WHO NNP 1662 1185 232 , , , 1662 1185 233 WMO WMO NNP 1662 1185 234 , , , 1662 1185 235 WTrO wtro VB 1662 1185 236 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1185 237 representation representation NN 1662 1185 238 in in IN 1662 1185 239 the the DT 1662 1185 240 US US NNP 1662 1185 241 : : : 1662 1185 242 chief chief NN 1662 1185 243 of of IN 1662 1185 244 mission mission NN 1662 1185 245 : : : 1662 1185 246 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1185 247 James James NNP 1662 1185 248 S. S. NNP 1662 1185 249 MURPHY MURPHY NNP 1662 1185 250 chancery chancery NN 1662 1185 251 : : : 1662 1185 252 2535 2535 CD 1662 1185 253 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 1185 254 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 1185 255 NW NW NNP 1662 1185 256 , , , 1662 1185 257 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1185 258 , , , 1662 1185 259 DC DC NNP 1662 1185 260 20008 20008 CD 1662 1185 261 telephone telephone NN 1662 1185 262 : : : 1662 1185 263 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1185 264 1 1 CD 1662 1185 265 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1185 266 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1185 267 202 202 CD 1662 1185 268 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1185 269 332 332 CD 1662 1185 270 - - HYPH 1662 1185 271 9636 9636 CD 1662 1185 272 FAX fax NN 1662 1185 273 : : : 1662 1185 274 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1185 275 1 1 CD 1662 1185 276 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1185 277 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1185 278 202 202 CD 1662 1185 279 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1185 280 332 332 CD 1662 1185 281 - - HYPH 1662 1185 282 6888 6888 CD 1662 1185 283 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 1185 284 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1185 285 general general NN 1662 1185 286 : : : 1662 1185 287 Los Los NNP 1662 1185 288 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 1185 289 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 1185 290 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1185 291 : : : 1662 1185 292 New New NNP 1662 1185 293 York York NNP 1662 1185 294 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1185 295 representation representation NN 1662 1185 296 from from IN 1662 1185 297 the the DT 1662 1185 298 US US NNP 1662 1185 299 : : : 1662 1185 300 chief chief NN 1662 1185 301 of of IN 1662 1185 302 mission mission NN 1662 1185 303 : : : 1662 1185 304 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1185 305 George George NNP 1662 1185 306 Charles Charles NNP 1662 1185 307 BRUNO BRUNO NNP 1662 1185 308 embassy embassy NN 1662 1185 309 : : : 1662 1185 310 Gabourel Gabourel NNP 1662 1185 311 Lane Lane NNP 1662 1185 312 and and CC 1662 1185 313 Hutson Hutson NNP 1662 1185 314 Street Street NNP 1662 1185 315 , , , 1662 1185 316 Belize Belize NNP 1662 1185 317 City City NNP 1662 1185 318 mailing mailing NN 1662 1185 319 address address NN 1662 1185 320 : : : 1662 1185 321 P. P. NNP 1662 1185 322 O. O. NNP 1662 1186 1 Box Box NNP 1662 1186 2 286 286 CD 1662 1186 3 , , , 1662 1186 4 Unit unit NN 1662 1186 5 7401 7401 CD 1662 1186 6 , , , 1662 1186 7 APO APO NNP 1662 1186 8 AA AA NNP 1662 1186 9 34025 34025 CD 1662 1186 10 telephone telephone NN 1662 1186 11 : : : 1662 1186 12 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1186 13 501 501 CD 1662 1186 14 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1186 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1186 16 2 2 CD 1662 1186 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1186 18 77161 77161 CD 1662 1186 19 through through IN 1662 1186 20 77163 77163 CD 1662 1186 21 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1186 22 : : : 1662 1186 23 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1186 24 501 501 CD 1662 1186 25 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1186 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1186 27 2 2 CD 1662 1186 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1186 29 30802 30802 CD 1662 1186 30 Flag flag NN 1662 1186 31 description description NN 1662 1186 32 : : : 1662 1186 33 blue blue JJ 1662 1186 34 with with IN 1662 1186 35 a a DT 1662 1186 36 narrow narrow JJ 1662 1186 37 red red JJ 1662 1186 38 stripe stripe NN 1662 1186 39 along along IN 1662 1186 40 the the DT 1662 1186 41 top top NN 1662 1186 42 and and CC 1662 1186 43 the the DT 1662 1186 44 bottom bottom JJ 1662 1186 45 edges edge NNS 1662 1186 46 ; ; , 1662 1186 47 centered center VBN 1662 1186 48 is be VBZ 1662 1186 49 a a DT 1662 1186 50 large large JJ 1662 1186 51 white white JJ 1662 1186 52 disk disk NN 1662 1186 53 bearing bearing NN 1662 1186 54 the the DT 1662 1186 55 coat coat NN 1662 1186 56 of of IN 1662 1186 57 arms arm NNS 1662 1186 58 ; ; : 1662 1186 59 the the DT 1662 1186 60 coat coat NN 1662 1186 61 of of IN 1662 1186 62 arms arm NNS 1662 1186 63 features feature VBZ 1662 1186 64 a a DT 1662 1186 65 shield shield NN 1662 1186 66 flanked flank VBN 1662 1186 67 by by IN 1662 1186 68 two two CD 1662 1186 69 workers worker NNS 1662 1186 70 in in IN 1662 1186 71 front front NN 1662 1186 72 of of IN 1662 1186 73 a a DT 1662 1186 74 mahogany mahogany NN 1662 1186 75 tree tree NN 1662 1186 76 with with IN 1662 1186 77 the the DT 1662 1186 78 related relate VBN 1662 1186 79 motto motto NN 1662 1186 80 SUB SUB NNP 1662 1186 81 UMBRA UMBRA NNP 1662 1186 82 FLOREO FLOREO NNP 1662 1186 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1186 84 I -PRON- PRP 1662 1186 85 Flourish flourish VBP 1662 1186 86 in in IN 1662 1186 87 the the DT 1662 1186 88 Shade Shade NNP 1662 1186 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1186 90 on on IN 1662 1186 91 a a DT 1662 1186 92 scroll scroll NN 1662 1186 93 at at IN 1662 1186 94 the the DT 1662 1186 95 bottom bottom NN 1662 1186 96 , , , 1662 1186 97 all all DT 1662 1186 98 encircled encircle VBN 1662 1186 99 by by IN 1662 1186 100 a a DT 1662 1186 101 green green JJ 1662 1186 102 garland garland NN 1662 1186 103 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1186 104 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1186 105 - - HYPH 1662 1186 106 overview overview NN 1662 1186 107 : : : 1662 1186 108 The the DT 1662 1186 109 small small JJ 1662 1186 110 , , , 1662 1186 111 essentially essentially RB 1662 1186 112 private private JJ 1662 1186 113 enterprise enterprise NN 1662 1186 114 economy economy NN 1662 1186 115 is be VBZ 1662 1186 116 based base VBN 1662 1186 117 primarily primarily RB 1662 1186 118 on on IN 1662 1186 119 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1186 120 , , , 1662 1186 121 agro agro NNP 1662 1186 122 - - HYPH 1662 1186 123 based base VBN 1662 1186 124 industry industry NN 1662 1186 125 , , , 1662 1186 126 and and CC 1662 1186 127 merchandising merchandising NN 1662 1186 128 , , , 1662 1186 129 with with IN 1662 1186 130 tourism tourism NN 1662 1186 131 and and CC 1662 1186 132 construction construction NN 1662 1186 133 assuming assume VBG 1662 1186 134 increasing increase VBG 1662 1186 135 importance importance NN 1662 1186 136 . . . 1662 1187 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1187 2 accounts account VBZ 1662 1187 3 for for IN 1662 1187 4 about about RB 1662 1187 5 20 20 CD 1662 1187 6 % % NN 1662 1187 7 of of IN 1662 1187 8 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1187 9 and and CC 1662 1187 10 provides provide VBZ 1662 1187 11 75 75 CD 1662 1187 12 % % NN 1662 1187 13 of of IN 1662 1187 14 export export NN 1662 1187 15 earnings earning NNS 1662 1187 16 , , , 1662 1187 17 while while IN 1662 1187 18 sugar sugar NN 1662 1187 19 , , , 1662 1187 20 the the DT 1662 1187 21 chief chief JJ 1662 1187 22 crop crop NN 1662 1187 23 , , , 1662 1187 24 accounts account VBZ 1662 1187 25 for for IN 1662 1187 26 almost almost RB 1662 1187 27 40 40 CD 1662 1187 28 % % NN 1662 1187 29 of of IN 1662 1187 30 hard hard JJ 1662 1187 31 currency currency NN 1662 1187 32 earnings earning NNS 1662 1187 33 . . . 1662 1188 1 The the DT 1662 1188 2 US US NNP 1662 1188 3 , , , 1662 1188 4 Belize Belize NNP 1662 1188 5 's 's POS 1662 1188 6 main main JJ 1662 1188 7 trading trading NN 1662 1188 8 partner partner NN 1662 1188 9 , , , 1662 1188 10 is be VBZ 1662 1188 11 assisting assist VBG 1662 1188 12 in in IN 1662 1188 13 efforts effort NNS 1662 1188 14 to to TO 1662 1188 15 reduce reduce VB 1662 1188 16 dependency dependency NN 1662 1188 17 on on IN 1662 1188 18 sugar sugar NN 1662 1188 19 with with IN 1662 1188 20 an an DT 1662 1188 21 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 1188 22 diversification diversification NN 1662 1188 23 program program NN 1662 1188 24 . . . 1662 1189 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1189 2 : : : 1662 1189 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1189 4 power power NN 1662 1189 5 parity parity NN 1662 1189 6 - - : 1662 1189 7 $ $ $ 1662 1189 8 649 649 CD 1662 1189 9 million million CD 1662 1189 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1189 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 1189 12 est est NNP 1662 1189 13 . . . 1662 1189 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1190 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1190 2 - - HYPH 1662 1190 3 real real JJ 1662 1190 4 growth growth NN 1662 1190 5 rate rate NN 1662 1190 6 : : : 1662 1190 7 3 3 CD 1662 1190 8 % % NN 1662 1190 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1190 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 1190 11 est est NNP 1662 1190 12 . . . 1662 1190 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1191 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1191 2 - - HYPH 1662 1191 3 per per FW 1662 1191 4 capita capita NN 1662 1191 5 : : : 1662 1191 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1191 7 power power NN 1662 1191 8 parity parity NN 1662 1191 9 - - : 1662 1191 10 $ $ $ 1662 1191 11 2,960 2,960 CD 1662 1191 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1191 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 1191 14 est est NNP 1662 1191 15 . . . 1662 1191 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1192 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1192 2 - - HYPH 1662 1192 3 composition composition NN 1662 1192 4 by by IN 1662 1192 5 sector sector NN 1662 1192 6 : : : 1662 1192 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1192 8 : : : 1662 1192 9 20 20 CD 1662 1192 10 % % NN 1662 1192 11 industry industry NN 1662 1192 12 : : : 1662 1192 13 27 27 CD 1662 1192 14 % % NN 1662 1192 15 services service NNS 1662 1192 16 : : : 1662 1192 17 53 53 CD 1662 1192 18 % % NN 1662 1192 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1192 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 1192 21 est est NNP 1662 1192 22 . . . 1662 1192 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1193 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 1193 2 rate rate NN 1662 1193 3 - - HYPH 1662 1193 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 1193 5 price price NN 1662 1193 6 index index NN 1662 1193 7 : : : 1662 1193 8 6.4 6.4 CD 1662 1193 9 % % NN 1662 1193 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1193 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 1193 12 est est NNP 1662 1193 13 . . . 1662 1193 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1194 1 Labor labor NN 1662 1194 2 force force NN 1662 1194 3 : : : 1662 1194 4 total total NN 1662 1194 5 : : : 1662 1194 6 51,500 51,500 CD 1662 1194 7 by by IN 1662 1194 8 occupation occupation NN 1662 1194 9 : : : 1662 1194 10 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1194 11 30 30 CD 1662 1194 12 % % NN 1662 1194 13 , , , 1662 1194 14 services service NNS 1662 1194 15 16 16 CD 1662 1194 16 % % NN 1662 1194 17 , , , 1662 1194 18 government government NN 1662 1194 19 15.4 15.4 CD 1662 1194 20 % % NN 1662 1194 21 , , , 1662 1194 22 commerce commerce NN 1662 1194 23 11.2 11.2 CD 1662 1194 24 % % NN 1662 1194 25 , , , 1662 1194 26 manufacturing manufacture VBG 1662 1194 27 10.3 10.3 CD 1662 1194 28 % % NN 1662 1194 29 note note NN 1662 1194 30 : : : 1662 1194 31 shortage shortage NN 1662 1194 32 of of IN 1662 1194 33 skilled skilled JJ 1662 1194 34 labor labor NN 1662 1194 35 and and CC 1662 1194 36 all all DT 1662 1194 37 types type NNS 1662 1194 38 of of IN 1662 1194 39 technical technical JJ 1662 1194 40 personnel personnel NNS 1662 1194 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1194 42 1985 1985 CD 1662 1194 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1194 44 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1194 45 rate rate NN 1662 1194 46 : : : 1662 1194 47 15 15 CD 1662 1194 48 % % NN 1662 1194 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1194 50 1996 1996 CD 1662 1194 51 est est NNP 1662 1194 52 . . . 1662 1194 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1195 1 Budget budget NN 1662 1195 2 : : : 1662 1195 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1195 4 : : : 1662 1195 5 $ $ $ 1662 1195 6 140 140 CD 1662 1195 7 million million CD 1662 1195 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1195 9 : : : 1662 1195 10 $ $ $ 1662 1195 11 180 180 CD 1662 1195 12 million million CD 1662 1195 13 , , , 1662 1195 14 including include VBG 1662 1195 15 capital capital NN 1662 1195 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1195 17 of of IN 1662 1195 18 NA NA NNP 1662 1195 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1195 20 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 1195 21 est est NNP 1662 1195 22 . . . 1662 1195 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1196 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 1196 2 : : : 1662 1196 3 garment garment NN 1662 1196 4 production production NN 1662 1196 5 , , , 1662 1196 6 food food NN 1662 1196 7 processing processing NN 1662 1196 8 , , , 1662 1196 9 tourism tourism NN 1662 1196 10 , , , 1662 1196 11 construction construction NN 1662 1196 12 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 1196 13 production production NN 1662 1196 14 growth growth NN 1662 1196 15 rate rate NN 1662 1196 16 : : : 1662 1196 17 3.7 3.7 CD 1662 1196 18 % % NN 1662 1196 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1196 20 1990 1990 CD 1662 1196 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1196 22 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1196 23 - - HYPH 1662 1196 24 capacity capacity NN 1662 1196 25 : : : 1662 1196 26 34,000 34,000 CD 1662 1196 27 kW kw NN 1662 1196 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1196 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 1196 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1196 31 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1196 32 - - HYPH 1662 1196 33 production production NN 1662 1196 34 : : : 1662 1196 35 NA na IN 1662 1196 36 kWh kwh ADD 1662 1196 37 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1196 38 - - HYPH 1662 1196 39 consumption consumption NN 1662 1196 40 per per IN 1662 1196 41 capita capita NN 1662 1196 42 : : : 1662 1196 43 NA NA NNP 1662 1196 44 kWh kwh ADD 1662 1196 45 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1196 46 - - HYPH 1662 1196 47 products product NNS 1662 1196 48 : : : 1662 1196 49 bananas banana NNS 1662 1196 50 , , , 1662 1196 51 coca coca NNP 1662 1196 52 , , , 1662 1196 53 citrus citrus NNP 1662 1196 54 , , , 1662 1196 55 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 1196 56 ; ; : 1662 1196 57 lumber lumber NN 1662 1196 58 ; ; : 1662 1196 59 fish fish NN 1662 1196 60 , , , 1662 1196 61 cultured cultured JJ 1662 1196 62 shrimp shrimp NN 1662 1196 63 Exports export NNS 1662 1196 64 : : : 1662 1196 65 total total JJ 1662 1196 66 value value NN 1662 1196 67 : : : 1662 1196 68 $ $ $ 1662 1196 69 204 204 CD 1662 1196 70 million million CD 1662 1196 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1196 72 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 1196 73 . . NNP 1662 1196 74 , , , 1662 1196 75 1996 1996 CD 1662 1196 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1196 77 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1196 78 : : : 1662 1196 79 sugar sugar NN 1662 1196 80 , , , 1662 1196 81 citrus citrus NN 1662 1196 82 fruits fruit NNS 1662 1196 83 , , , 1662 1196 84 bananas banana NNS 1662 1196 85 , , , 1662 1196 86 clothing clothing NN 1662 1196 87 , , , 1662 1196 88 fish fish NN 1662 1196 89 products product NNS 1662 1196 90 , , , 1662 1196 91 molasses molasse NNS 1662 1196 92 , , , 1662 1196 93 wood wood NN 1662 1196 94 partners partner NNS 1662 1196 95 : : : 1662 1196 96 US US NNP 1662 1196 97 38 38 CD 1662 1196 98 % % NN 1662 1196 99 , , , 1662 1196 100 UK UK NNP 1662 1196 101 , , , 1662 1196 102 other other JJ 1662 1196 103 EU EU NNP 1662 1196 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1196 105 1994 1994 CD 1662 1196 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1196 107 Imports import NNS 1662 1196 108 : : : 1662 1196 109 total total JJ 1662 1196 110 value value NN 1662 1196 111 : : : 1662 1196 112 $ $ $ 1662 1196 113 264 264 CD 1662 1196 114 million million CD 1662 1196 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1196 116 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 1196 117 . . NNP 1662 1196 118 , , , 1662 1196 119 1996 1996 CD 1662 1196 120 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1196 121 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1196 122 : : : 1662 1196 123 machinery machinery NN 1662 1196 124 and and CC 1662 1196 125 transportation transportation NN 1662 1196 126 equipment equipment NN 1662 1196 127 , , , 1662 1196 128 food food NN 1662 1196 129 , , , 1662 1196 130 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 1196 131 goods good NNS 1662 1196 132 , , , 1662 1196 133 fuels fuel NNS 1662 1196 134 , , , 1662 1196 135 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 1196 136 , , , 1662 1196 137 pharmaceuticals pharmaceutical NNS 1662 1196 138 partners partner NNS 1662 1196 139 : : : 1662 1196 140 US US NNP 1662 1196 141 53 53 CD 1662 1196 142 % % NN 1662 1196 143 , , , 1662 1196 144 UK UK NNP 1662 1196 145 , , , 1662 1196 146 other other JJ 1662 1196 147 EU EU NNP 1662 1196 148 , , , 1662 1196 149 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 1196 150 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1196 151 1994 1994 CD 1662 1196 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1196 153 Debt debt NN 1662 1196 154 - - HYPH 1662 1196 155 external external JJ 1662 1196 156 : : : 1662 1196 157 $ $ $ 1662 1196 158 192 192 CD 1662 1196 159 million million CD 1662 1196 160 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1196 161 1996 1996 CD 1662 1196 162 est est NNP 1662 1196 163 . . . 1662 1196 164 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1197 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 1197 2 aid aid NN 1662 1197 3 : : : 1662 1197 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 1197 5 : : : 1662 1197 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 1197 7 , , , 1662 1197 8 $ $ $ 1662 1197 9 NA NA NNP 1662 1197 10 Currency currency NN 1662 1197 11 : : : 1662 1197 12 1 1 CD 1662 1197 13 Belizean belizean JJ 1662 1197 14 dollar dollar NN 1662 1197 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1197 16 Bz$ bz$ NN 1662 1197 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1197 18 = = NFP 1662 1197 19 100 100 CD 1662 1197 20 cents cent NNS 1662 1197 21 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1197 22 rates rate NNS 1662 1197 23 : : : 1662 1197 24 Belizean belizean JJ 1662 1197 25 dollars dollar NNS 1662 1197 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1197 27 Bz$ bz$ FW 1662 1197 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1197 29 per per IN 1662 1197 30 US$ us$ $ 1662 1197 31 1 1 CD 1662 1197 32 - - SYM 1662 1197 33 2.00 2.00 CD 1662 1197 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1197 35 fixed fix VBN 1662 1197 36 rate rate NN 1662 1197 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1197 38 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1197 39 year year NN 1662 1197 40 : : : 1662 1197 41 1 1 CD 1662 1197 42 April April NNP 1662 1197 43 - - HYPH 1662 1197 44 31 31 CD 1662 1197 45 March March NNP 1662 1197 46 @Belize @belize NN 1662 1197 47 : : : 1662 1197 48 Communications communication NNS 1662 1197 49 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 1197 50 : : : 1662 1197 51 29,000 29,000 CD 1662 1197 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1197 53 1996 1996 CD 1662 1197 54 est est NNP 1662 1197 55 . . . 1662 1197 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1198 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1198 2 system system NN 1662 1198 3 : : : 1662 1198 4 above above IN 1662 1198 5 - - HYPH 1662 1198 6 average average JJ 1662 1198 7 system system NN 1662 1198 8 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1198 9 : : : 1662 1198 10 trunk trunk NN 1662 1198 11 network network NN 1662 1198 12 depends depend VBZ 1662 1198 13 primarily primarily RB 1662 1198 14 on on IN 1662 1198 15 microwave microwave NN 1662 1198 16 radio radio NN 1662 1198 17 relay relay NN 1662 1198 18 international international NNP 1662 1198 19 : : : 1662 1198 20 satellite satellite NN 1662 1198 21 earth earth NNP 1662 1198 22 station station NNP 1662 1198 23 - - : 1662 1198 24 1 1 CD 1662 1198 25 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1198 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1198 27 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1198 28 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1198 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1198 30 Radio radio NN 1662 1198 31 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1198 32 stations station NNS 1662 1198 33 : : : 1662 1198 34 AM am VBP 1662 1198 35 6 6 CD 1662 1198 36 , , , 1662 1198 37 FM FM NNP 1662 1198 38 8 8 CD 1662 1198 39 , , , 1662 1198 40 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 1198 41 1 1 CD 1662 1198 42 Radios radio NNS 1662 1198 43 : : : 1662 1198 44 NA NA NNP 1662 1198 45 Television Television NNP 1662 1198 46 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1198 47 stations station NNS 1662 1198 48 : : : 1662 1198 49 2 2 CD 1662 1198 50 Televisions television NNS 1662 1198 51 : : : 1662 1198 52 27,048 27,048 CD 1662 1198 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1198 54 1993 1993 CD 1662 1198 55 est est NNP 1662 1198 56 . . . 1662 1198 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1199 1 @Belize @belize NN 1662 1199 2 : : : 1662 1199 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1199 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1199 5 : : : 1662 1199 6 0 0 LS 1662 1199 7 km km NN 1662 1199 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 1199 9 : : : 1662 1199 10 total total NN 1662 1199 11 : : : 1662 1199 12 2,770 2,770 CD 1662 1199 13 km km NNS 1662 1199 14 paved pave VBN 1662 1199 15 : : : 1662 1199 16 521 521 CD 1662 1199 17 km km NNS 1662 1199 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1199 19 : : : 1662 1199 20 2,249 2,249 CD 1662 1199 21 km km NNS 1662 1199 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1199 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 1199 24 est est NNP 1662 1199 25 . . . 1662 1199 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1200 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 1200 2 : : : 1662 1200 3 825 825 CD 1662 1200 4 km km NNP 1662 1200 5 river river NN 1662 1200 6 network network NN 1662 1200 7 used use VBN 1662 1200 8 by by IN 1662 1200 9 shallow shallow JJ 1662 1200 10 - - HYPH 1662 1200 11 draft draft NN 1662 1200 12 craft craft NN 1662 1200 13 ; ; , 1662 1200 14 seasonally seasonally RB 1662 1200 15 navigable navigable JJ 1662 1200 16 Ports port NNS 1662 1200 17 and and CC 1662 1200 18 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1200 19 : : : 1662 1200 20 Belize Belize NNP 1662 1200 21 City City NNP 1662 1200 22 , , , 1662 1200 23 Big Big NNP 1662 1200 24 Creek Creek NNP 1662 1200 25 , , , 1662 1200 26 Corozol Corozol NNP 1662 1200 27 , , , 1662 1200 28 Punta Punta NNP 1662 1200 29 Gorda Gorda NNP 1662 1200 30 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 1200 31 marine marine NN 1662 1200 32 : : : 1662 1200 33 total total NN 1662 1200 34 : : : 1662 1200 35 166 166 CD 1662 1200 36 ships ship NNS 1662 1200 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1200 38 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1200 39 GRT GRT NNP 1662 1200 40 or or CC 1662 1200 41 over over RB 1662 1200 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1200 43 totaling total VBG 1662 1200 44 1,592,846 1,592,846 CD 1662 1200 45 GRT/1,087,555 GRT/1,087,555 . 1662 1200 46 DWT dwt NN 1662 1200 47 ships ship NNS 1662 1200 48 by by IN 1662 1200 49 type type NN 1662 1200 50 : : : 1662 1200 51 bulk bulk NNP 1662 1200 52 17 17 CD 1662 1200 53 , , , 1662 1200 54 cargo cargo NN 1662 1200 55 117 117 CD 1662 1200 56 , , , 1662 1200 57 chemical chemical NN 1662 1200 58 tanker tanker NN 1662 1200 59 1 1 CD 1662 1200 60 , , , 1662 1200 61 combination combination NN 1662 1200 62 bulk bulk NN 1662 1200 63 1 1 CD 1662 1200 64 , , , 1662 1200 65 container container NN 1662 1200 66 6 6 CD 1662 1200 67 , , , 1662 1200 68 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 1200 69 gas gas NN 1662 1200 70 tanker tanker NN 1662 1200 71 1 1 CD 1662 1200 72 , , , 1662 1200 73 oil oil NN 1662 1200 74 tanker tanker NN 1662 1200 75 13 13 CD 1662 1200 76 , , , 1662 1200 77 passenger passenger NN 1662 1200 78 - - HYPH 1662 1200 79 cargo cargo NN 1662 1200 80 1 1 CD 1662 1200 81 , , , 1662 1200 82 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 1200 83 cargo cargo NN 1662 1200 84 4 4 CD 1662 1200 85 , , , 1662 1200 86 roll roll NN 1662 1200 87 - - HYPH 1662 1200 88 on on IN 1662 1200 89 / / SYM 1662 1200 90 roll roll NN 1662 1200 91 - - HYPH 1662 1200 92 off off RP 1662 1200 93 cargo cargo NN 1662 1200 94 3 3 CD 1662 1200 95 , , , 1662 1200 96 specialized specialized NNP 1662 1200 97 tanker tanker NN 1662 1200 98 1 1 CD 1662 1200 99 , , , 1662 1200 100 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 1200 101 carrier carrier NN 1662 1200 102 1 1 CD 1662 1200 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1200 104 1996 1996 CD 1662 1200 105 est est NNP 1662 1200 106 . . . 1662 1200 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1201 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1201 2 : : : 1662 1201 3 35 35 CD 1662 1201 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1201 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1201 6 est est NNP 1662 1201 7 . . . 1662 1201 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1202 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1202 2 - - , 1662 1202 3 with with IN 1662 1202 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1202 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1202 6 : : : 1662 1202 7 total total NN 1662 1202 8 : : : 1662 1202 9 25 25 CD 1662 1202 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1202 11 to to TO 1662 1202 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1202 13 m m NN 1662 1202 14 : : : 1662 1202 15 1 1 CD 1662 1202 16 under under IN 1662 1202 17 914 914 CD 1662 1202 18 m m NN 1662 1202 19 : : : 1662 1202 20 24 24 CD 1662 1202 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1202 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 1202 23 est est NNP 1662 1202 24 . . . 1662 1202 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1203 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1203 2 - - , 1662 1203 3 with with IN 1662 1203 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1203 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1203 6 : : : 1662 1203 7 total total NN 1662 1203 8 : : : 1662 1203 9 10 10 CD 1662 1203 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 1203 11 to to TO 1662 1203 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1203 13 m m NN 1662 1203 14 : : : 1662 1203 15 1 1 CD 1662 1203 16 914 914 CD 1662 1203 17 to to TO 1662 1203 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1203 19 m m NN 1662 1203 20 : : : 1662 1203 21 9 9 CD 1662 1203 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1203 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 1203 24 est est NNP 1662 1203 25 . . . 1662 1203 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1204 1 Military military JJ 1662 1204 2 Military military JJ 1662 1204 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1204 4 : : : 1662 1204 5 Belize Belize NNP 1662 1204 6 Defense Defense NNP 1662 1204 7 Force Force NNP 1662 1204 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1204 9 includes include VBZ 1662 1204 10 Army Army NNP 1662 1204 11 , , , 1662 1204 12 Navy Navy NNP 1662 1204 13 , , , 1662 1204 14 Air Air NNP 1662 1204 15 Force Force NNP 1662 1204 16 , , , 1662 1204 17 and and CC 1662 1204 18 Volunteer Volunteer NNP 1662 1204 19 Guard Guard NNP 1662 1204 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1204 21 , , , 1662 1204 22 Belize Belize NNP 1662 1204 23 National National NNP 1662 1204 24 Police Police NNP 1662 1204 25 Military Military NNP 1662 1204 26 manpower manpower NN 1662 1204 27 - - HYPH 1662 1204 28 military military NN 1662 1204 29 age age NN 1662 1204 30 : : : 1662 1204 31 18 18 CD 1662 1204 32 years year NNS 1662 1204 33 of of IN 1662 1204 34 age age NN 1662 1204 35 Military military JJ 1662 1204 36 manpower manpower NN 1662 1204 37 - - HYPH 1662 1204 38 availability availability NN 1662 1204 39 : : : 1662 1204 40 males male NNS 1662 1204 41 age age NNP 1662 1204 42 15 15 CD 1662 1204 43 - - HYPH 1662 1204 44 49 49 CD 1662 1204 45 : : : 1662 1204 46 54,163 54,163 CD 1662 1204 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1204 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1204 49 est est NNP 1662 1204 50 . . . 1662 1204 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1205 1 Military military JJ 1662 1205 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1205 3 - - HYPH 1662 1205 4 fit fit NN 1662 1205 5 for for IN 1662 1205 6 military military JJ 1662 1205 7 service service NN 1662 1205 8 : : : 1662 1205 9 males male NNS 1662 1205 10 : : : 1662 1205 11 32,176 32,176 CD 1662 1205 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1205 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1205 14 est est NNP 1662 1205 15 . . . 1662 1205 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1206 1 Military military JJ 1662 1206 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1206 3 - - HYPH 1662 1206 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 1206 5 military military JJ 1662 1206 6 age age NN 1662 1206 7 annually annually RB 1662 1206 8 : : : 1662 1206 9 males male NNS 1662 1206 10 : : : 1662 1206 11 2,471 2,471 CD 1662 1206 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1206 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1206 14 est est NNP 1662 1206 15 . . . 1662 1206 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1207 1 Military military JJ 1662 1207 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1207 3 - - HYPH 1662 1207 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1207 5 figure figure NN 1662 1207 6 : : : 1662 1207 7 $ $ $ 1662 1207 8 8.1 8.1 CD 1662 1207 9 million million CD 1662 1207 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1207 11 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 1207 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1207 13 Military military JJ 1662 1207 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1207 15 - - : 1662 1207 16 percent percent NN 1662 1207 17 of of IN 1662 1207 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1207 19 : : : 1662 1207 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 1207 21 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1207 22 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1207 23 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1207 24 - - HYPH 1662 1207 25 international international JJ 1662 1207 26 : : : 1662 1207 27 border border NN 1662 1207 28 with with IN 1662 1207 29 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 1207 30 in in IN 1662 1207 31 dispute dispute NN 1662 1207 32 ; ; : 1662 1207 33 talks talk NNS 1662 1207 34 to to TO 1662 1207 35 resolve resolve VB 1662 1207 36 the the DT 1662 1207 37 dispute dispute NN 1662 1207 38 are be VBP 1662 1207 39 ongoing ongoing JJ 1662 1207 40 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 1207 41 drugs drug NNS 1662 1207 42 : : : 1662 1207 43 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 1207 44 point point NN 1662 1207 45 for for IN 1662 1207 46 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 1207 47 ; ; : 1662 1207 48 small small JJ 1662 1207 49 - - HYPH 1662 1207 50 scale scale NN 1662 1207 51 illicit illicit JJ 1662 1207 52 producer producer NN 1662 1207 53 of of IN 1662 1207 54 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 1207 55 for for IN 1662 1207 56 the the DT 1662 1207 57 international international JJ 1662 1207 58 drug drug NN 1662 1207 59 trade trade NN 1662 1207 60 ; ; , 1662 1207 61 minor minor JJ 1662 1207 62 money money NN 1662 1207 63 - - HYPH 1662 1207 64 laundering laundering NN 1662 1207 65 center center NN 1662 1207 66 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 67 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 68 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 69 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 70 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 71 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 72 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 73 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 74 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 75 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 76 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 77 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 78 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 79 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 80 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 81 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 82 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 83 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 84 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 85 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 86 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 87 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 94 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 95 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 96 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 97 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 98 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 99 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 100 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 101 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 102 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 103 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 104 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 105 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 106 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 107 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 108 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 109 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 110 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 111 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 112 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 113 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 114 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 115 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 116 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 117 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 118 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 119 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 120 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 121 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 122 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 123 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 124 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 125 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 126 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 127 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 128 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 129 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 130 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 131 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 132 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 133 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 134 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 135 _ _ NNP 1662 1207 136 BENIN BENIN NNP 1662 1207 137 @Benin @benin NN 1662 1207 138 : : : 1662 1207 139 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1207 140 Location Location NNP 1662 1207 141 : : : 1662 1207 142 Western Western NNP 1662 1207 143 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1207 144 , , , 1662 1207 145 bordering border VBG 1662 1207 146 the the DT 1662 1207 147 North North NNP 1662 1207 148 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1207 149 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1207 150 , , , 1662 1207 151 between between IN 1662 1207 152 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 1207 153 and and CC 1662 1207 154 Togo Togo NNP 1662 1207 155 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1207 156 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1207 157 : : : 1662 1207 158 9 9 CD 1662 1207 159 30 30 CD 1662 1207 160 N n CD 1662 1207 161 , , , 1662 1207 162 2 2 CD 1662 1207 163 15 15 CD 1662 1207 164 E e NN 1662 1207 165 Map Map NNP 1662 1207 166 references reference NNS 1662 1207 167 : : : 1662 1207 168 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1207 169 Area Area NNP 1662 1207 170 : : : 1662 1207 171 total total NN 1662 1207 172 : : : 1662 1207 173 112,620 112,620 CD 1662 1207 174 sq sq NN 1662 1207 175 km km NNP 1662 1207 176 land land NN 1662 1207 177 : : : 1662 1207 178 110,620 110,620 CD 1662 1207 179 sq sq NNP 1662 1207 180 km km NNP 1662 1207 181 water water NN 1662 1207 182 : : : 1662 1207 183 2,000 2,000 CD 1662 1207 184 sq sq RB 1662 1207 185 km km NNP 1662 1207 186 Area area NN 1662 1207 187 - - HYPH 1662 1207 188 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1207 189 : : : 1662 1207 190 slightly slightly RB 1662 1207 191 smaller small JJR 1662 1207 192 than than IN 1662 1207 193 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania NNP 1662 1207 194 Land Land NNP 1662 1207 195 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1207 196 : : : 1662 1207 197 total total NN 1662 1207 198 : : : 1662 1207 199 1,989 1,989 CD 1662 1207 200 km km NN 1662 1207 201 border border NN 1662 1207 202 countries country NNS 1662 1207 203 : : : 1662 1207 204 Burkina Burkina NNP 1662 1207 205 Faso Faso NNP 1662 1207 206 306 306 CD 1662 1207 207 km km NN 1662 1207 208 , , , 1662 1207 209 Niger Niger NNP 1662 1207 210 266 266 CD 1662 1207 211 km km NNS 1662 1207 212 , , , 1662 1207 213 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 1207 214 773 773 CD 1662 1207 215 km km NN 1662 1207 216 , , , 1662 1207 217 Togo Togo NNP 1662 1207 218 644 644 CD 1662 1207 219 km km NN 1662 1207 220 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1207 221 : : : 1662 1207 222 121 121 CD 1662 1207 223 km km NN 1662 1207 224 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1207 225 claims claim VBZ 1662 1207 226 : : : 1662 1207 227 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1207 228 sea sea NN 1662 1207 229 : : : 1662 1207 230 200 200 CD 1662 1207 231 nm nm NNP 1662 1207 232 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1207 233 : : : 1662 1207 234 tropical tropical JJ 1662 1207 235 ; ; : 1662 1207 236 hot hot JJ 1662 1207 237 , , , 1662 1207 238 humid humid JJ 1662 1207 239 in in IN 1662 1207 240 south south NNP 1662 1207 241 ; ; : 1662 1207 242 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 1207 243 in in IN 1662 1207 244 north north JJ 1662 1207 245 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1207 246 : : : 1662 1207 247 mostly mostly RB 1662 1207 248 flat flat JJ 1662 1207 249 to to IN 1662 1207 250 undulating undulate VBG 1662 1207 251 plain plain JJ 1662 1207 252 ; ; : 1662 1207 253 some some DT 1662 1207 254 hills hill NNS 1662 1207 255 and and CC 1662 1207 256 low low JJ 1662 1207 257 mountains mountain NNS 1662 1207 258 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1207 259 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1207 260 : : : 1662 1207 261 lowest low JJS 1662 1207 262 point point NN 1662 1207 263 : : : 1662 1207 264 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1207 265 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1207 266 0 0 NFP 1662 1207 267 m m DT 1662 1207 268 highest high JJS 1662 1207 269 point point NN 1662 1207 270 : : : 1662 1207 271 Mount Mount NNP 1662 1207 272 Tanekas Tanekas NNP 1662 1207 273 641 641 CD 1662 1207 274 m m NNP 1662 1207 275 Natural natural JJ 1662 1207 276 resources resource NNS 1662 1207 277 : : : 1662 1207 278 small small JJ 1662 1207 279 offshore offshore JJ 1662 1207 280 oil oil NN 1662 1207 281 deposits deposit NNS 1662 1207 282 , , , 1662 1207 283 limestone limestone NN 1662 1207 284 , , , 1662 1207 285 marble marble NN 1662 1207 286 , , , 1662 1207 287 timber timber NN 1662 1207 288 Land land NN 1662 1207 289 use use NN 1662 1207 290 : : : 1662 1207 291 arable arable JJ 1662 1207 292 land land NN 1662 1207 293 : : : 1662 1207 294 13 13 CD 1662 1207 295 % % NN 1662 1207 296 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1207 297 crops crop NNS 1662 1207 298 : : : 1662 1207 299 4 4 CD 1662 1207 300 % % NN 1662 1207 301 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1207 302 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1207 303 : : : 1662 1207 304 4 4 CD 1662 1207 305 % % NN 1662 1207 306 forests forest NNS 1662 1207 307 and and CC 1662 1207 308 woodland woodland JJ 1662 1207 309 : : : 1662 1207 310 31 31 CD 1662 1207 311 % % NN 1662 1207 312 other other JJ 1662 1207 313 : : : 1662 1207 314 48 48 CD 1662 1207 315 % % NN 1662 1207 316 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1207 317 1993 1993 CD 1662 1207 318 est est NNP 1662 1207 319 . . . 1662 1207 320 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1208 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1208 2 land land NN 1662 1208 3 : : : 1662 1208 4 100 100 CD 1662 1208 5 sq sq NNP 1662 1208 6 km km NNP 1662 1208 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1208 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1208 9 est est NNP 1662 1208 10 . . . 1662 1208 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1209 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1209 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1209 3 : : : 1662 1209 4 hot hot JJ 1662 1209 5 , , , 1662 1209 6 dry dry JJ 1662 1209 7 , , , 1662 1209 8 dusty dusty JJ 1662 1209 9 harmattan harmattan JJ 1662 1209 10 wind wind NN 1662 1209 11 may may MD 1662 1209 12 affect affect VB 1662 1209 13 north north RB 1662 1209 14 in in IN 1662 1209 15 winter winter NN 1662 1209 16 Environment environment NN 1662 1209 17 - - HYPH 1662 1209 18 current current JJ 1662 1209 19 issues issue NNS 1662 1209 20 : : : 1662 1209 21 recent recent JJ 1662 1209 22 droughts drought NNS 1662 1209 23 have have VBP 1662 1209 24 severely severely RB 1662 1209 25 affected affect VBN 1662 1209 26 marginal marginal JJ 1662 1209 27 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1209 28 in in IN 1662 1209 29 north north NN 1662 1209 30 ; ; , 1662 1209 31 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 1209 32 supplies supply NNS 1662 1209 33 of of IN 1662 1209 34 potable potable JJ 1662 1209 35 water water NN 1662 1209 36 ; ; , 1662 1209 37 poaching poach VBG 1662 1209 38 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 1209 39 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 1209 40 populations population NNS 1662 1209 41 ; ; , 1662 1209 42 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 1209 43 ; ; : 1662 1209 44 desertification desertification NN 1662 1209 45 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1209 46 - - HYPH 1662 1209 47 international international JJ 1662 1209 48 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1209 49 : : : 1662 1209 50 party party NN 1662 1209 51 to to TO 1662 1209 52 : : : 1662 1209 53 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 1209 54 , , , 1662 1209 55 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1209 56 Change Change NNP 1662 1209 57 , , , 1662 1209 58 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 1209 59 , , , 1662 1209 60 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 1209 61 Species Species NNPS 1662 1209 62 , , , 1662 1209 63 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 1209 64 Modification Modification NNP 1662 1209 65 , , , 1662 1209 66 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 1209 67 Test Test NNP 1662 1209 68 Ban Ban NNP 1662 1209 69 , , , 1662 1209 70 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 1209 71 Layer Layer NNP 1662 1209 72 Protection Protection NNP 1662 1209 73 signed sign VBD 1662 1209 74 , , , 1662 1209 75 but but CC 1662 1209 76 not not RB 1662 1209 77 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1209 78 : : : 1662 1209 79 Law Law NNP 1662 1209 80 of of IN 1662 1209 81 the the DT 1662 1209 82 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1209 83 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1209 84 - - HYPH 1662 1209 85 note note NN 1662 1209 86 : : : 1662 1209 87 no no DT 1662 1209 88 natural natural JJ 1662 1209 89 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1209 90 @Benin @benin NN 1662 1209 91 : : : 1662 1209 92 People People NNP 1662 1209 93 Population Population NNP 1662 1209 94 : : : 1662 1209 95 5,902,178 5,902,178 CD 1662 1209 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1209 97 July July NNP 1662 1209 98 1997 1997 CD 1662 1209 99 est est NNP 1662 1209 100 . . . 1662 1209 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1210 1 Age age NN 1662 1210 2 structure structure NN 1662 1210 3 : : : 1662 1210 4 0 0 CD 1662 1210 5 - - HYPH 1662 1210 6 14 14 CD 1662 1210 7 years year NNS 1662 1210 8 : : : 1662 1210 9 48 48 CD 1662 1210 10 % % NN 1662 1210 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1210 12 male male JJ 1662 1210 13 1,420,335 1,420,335 CD 1662 1210 14 ; ; : 1662 1210 15 female female JJ 1662 1210 16 1,411,160 1,411,160 CD 1662 1210 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1210 18 15 15 CD 1662 1210 19 - - SYM 1662 1210 20 64 64 CD 1662 1210 21 years year NNS 1662 1210 22 : : : 1662 1210 23 50 50 CD 1662 1210 24 % % NN 1662 1210 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1210 26 male male JJ 1662 1210 27 1,401,360 1,401,360 CD 1662 1210 28 ; ; : 1662 1210 29 female female JJ 1662 1210 30 1,530,626 1,530,626 CD 1662 1210 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1210 32 65 65 CD 1662 1210 33 years year NNS 1662 1210 34 and and CC 1662 1210 35 over over IN 1662 1210 36 : : : 1662 1210 37 2 2 CD 1662 1210 38 % % NN 1662 1210 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1210 40 male male JJ 1662 1210 41 60,704 60,704 CD 1662 1210 42 ; ; : 1662 1210 43 female female JJ 1662 1210 44 77,993 77,993 CD 1662 1210 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1210 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1210 47 July July NNP 1662 1210 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1210 49 est est NNP 1662 1210 50 . . . 1662 1210 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1211 1 Population population NN 1662 1211 2 growth growth NN 1662 1211 3 rate rate NN 1662 1211 4 : : : 1662 1211 5 3.31 3.31 CD 1662 1211 6 % % NN 1662 1211 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1211 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1211 9 est est NNP 1662 1211 10 . . . 1662 1211 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1212 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1212 2 rate rate NN 1662 1212 3 : : : 1662 1212 4 46.28 46.28 CD 1662 1212 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 1212 6 population population NN 1662 1212 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1212 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1212 9 est est NNP 1662 1212 10 . . . 1662 1212 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1213 1 Death death NN 1662 1213 2 rate rate NN 1662 1213 3 : : : 1662 1213 4 13.14 13.14 CD 1662 1213 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1213 6 population population NN 1662 1213 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1213 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1213 9 est est NNP 1662 1213 10 . . . 1662 1213 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1214 1 Net net JJ 1662 1214 2 migration migration NN 1662 1214 3 rate rate NN 1662 1214 4 : : : 1662 1214 5 0 0 NFP 1662 1214 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 1214 7 population population NN 1662 1214 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1214 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1214 10 est est NNP 1662 1214 11 . . . 1662 1214 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1215 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1215 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1215 3 : : : 1662 1215 4 at at IN 1662 1215 5 birth birth NN 1662 1215 6 : : : 1662 1215 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 1215 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1215 9 under under IN 1662 1215 10 15 15 CD 1662 1215 11 years year NNS 1662 1215 12 : : : 1662 1215 13 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 1215 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1215 15 15 15 CD 1662 1215 16 - - HYPH 1662 1215 17 64 64 CD 1662 1215 18 years year NNS 1662 1215 19 : : : 1662 1215 20 0.92 0.92 CD 1662 1215 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1215 22 65 65 CD 1662 1215 23 years year NNS 1662 1215 24 and and CC 1662 1215 25 over over IN 1662 1215 26 : : : 1662 1215 27 0.78 0.78 CD 1662 1215 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1215 29 total total JJ 1662 1215 30 population population NN 1662 1215 31 : : : 1662 1215 32 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 1215 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1215 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1215 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1215 36 est e JJS 1662 1215 37 . . . 1662 1215 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1216 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1216 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1216 3 rate rate NN 1662 1216 4 : : : 1662 1216 5 102.7 102.7 CD 1662 1216 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1216 7 live live JJ 1662 1216 8 births birth NNS 1662 1216 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1216 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1216 11 est est NNP 1662 1216 12 . . . 1662 1216 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1217 1 Life life NN 1662 1217 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1217 3 at at IN 1662 1217 4 birth birth NN 1662 1217 5 : : : 1662 1217 6 total total JJ 1662 1217 7 population population NN 1662 1217 8 : : : 1662 1217 9 53.15 53.15 CD 1662 1217 10 years year NNS 1662 1217 11 male male JJ 1662 1217 12 : : : 1662 1217 13 51.15 51.15 CD 1662 1217 14 years year NNS 1662 1217 15 female female JJ 1662 1217 16 : : : 1662 1217 17 55.21 55.21 CD 1662 1217 18 years year NNS 1662 1217 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1217 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1217 21 est est NNP 1662 1217 22 . . . 1662 1217 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1218 1 Total total JJ 1662 1218 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1218 3 rate rate NN 1662 1218 4 : : : 1662 1218 5 6.56 6.56 CD 1662 1218 6 children child NNS 1662 1218 7 born bear VBN 1662 1218 8 / / SYM 1662 1218 9 woman woman NN 1662 1218 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1218 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1218 12 est est NNP 1662 1218 13 . . . 1662 1218 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1219 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1219 2 : : : 1662 1219 3 noun noun NN 1662 1219 4 : : : 1662 1219 5 Beninese Beninese NNP 1662 1219 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1219 7 singular singular JJ 1662 1219 8 and and CC 1662 1219 9 plural plural JJ 1662 1219 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1219 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 1219 12 : : : 1662 1219 13 Beninese beninese JJ 1662 1219 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1219 15 groups group NNS 1662 1219 16 : : : 1662 1219 17 African african JJ 1662 1219 18 99 99 CD 1662 1219 19 % % NN 1662 1219 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1219 21 42 42 CD 1662 1219 22 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1219 23 groups group NNS 1662 1219 24 , , , 1662 1219 25 most most RBS 1662 1219 26 important important JJ 1662 1219 27 being be VBG 1662 1219 28 Fon Fon NNP 1662 1219 29 , , , 1662 1219 30 Adja Adja NNP 1662 1219 31 , , , 1662 1219 32 Yoruba Yoruba NNP 1662 1219 33 , , , 1662 1219 34 Bariba Bariba NNP 1662 1219 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1219 36 , , , 1662 1219 37 Europeans Europeans NNPS 1662 1219 38 5,500 5,500 CD 1662 1219 39 Religions religion NNS 1662 1219 40 : : : 1662 1219 41 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 1219 42 beliefs belief NNS 1662 1219 43 70 70 CD 1662 1219 44 % % NN 1662 1219 45 , , , 1662 1219 46 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 1219 47 15 15 CD 1662 1219 48 % % NN 1662 1219 49 , , , 1662 1219 50 Christian Christian NNP 1662 1219 51 15 15 CD 1662 1219 52 % % NN 1662 1219 53 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 1219 54 : : : 1662 1219 55 French French NNP 1662 1219 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1219 57 official official NN 1662 1219 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1219 59 , , , 1662 1219 60 Fon Fon NNP 1662 1219 61 and and CC 1662 1219 62 Yoruba Yoruba NNP 1662 1219 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1219 64 most most RBS 1662 1219 65 common common JJ 1662 1219 66 vernaculars vernacular NNS 1662 1219 67 in in IN 1662 1219 68 south south NNP 1662 1219 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1219 70 , , , 1662 1219 71 tribal tribal JJ 1662 1219 72 languages language NNS 1662 1219 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1219 74 at at IN 1662 1219 75 least least JJS 1662 1219 76 six six CD 1662 1219 77 major major JJ 1662 1219 78 ones one NNS 1662 1219 79 in in IN 1662 1219 80 north north NN 1662 1219 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1219 82 Literacy literacy NN 1662 1219 83 : : : 1662 1219 84 definition definition NN 1662 1219 85 : : : 1662 1219 86 age age NN 1662 1219 87 15 15 CD 1662 1219 88 and and CC 1662 1219 89 over over RB 1662 1219 90 can can MD 1662 1219 91 read read VB 1662 1219 92 and and CC 1662 1219 93 write write VB 1662 1219 94 total total JJ 1662 1219 95 population population NN 1662 1219 96 : : : 1662 1219 97 37 37 CD 1662 1219 98 % % NN 1662 1219 99 male male NN 1662 1219 100 : : : 1662 1219 101 48.7 48.7 CD 1662 1219 102 % % NN 1662 1219 103 female female NN 1662 1219 104 : : : 1662 1219 105 25.8 25.8 CD 1662 1219 106 % % NN 1662 1219 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1219 108 1995 1995 CD 1662 1219 109 est est NNP 1662 1219 110 . . . 1662 1219 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1220 1 @Benin @benin NN 1662 1220 2 : : : 1662 1220 3 Government Government NNP 1662 1220 4 Country Country NNP 1662 1220 5 name name NN 1662 1220 6 : : : 1662 1220 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1220 8 long long JJ 1662 1220 9 form form NN 1662 1220 10 : : : 1662 1220 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1220 12 of of IN 1662 1220 13 Benin Benin NNP 1662 1220 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1220 15 short short JJ 1662 1220 16 form form NN 1662 1220 17 : : : 1662 1220 18 Benin benin VB 1662 1220 19 local local JJ 1662 1220 20 long long JJ 1662 1220 21 form form NN 1662 1220 22 : : : 1662 1220 23 Republique Republique NNP 1662 1220 24 du du VBD 1662 1220 25 Benin Benin NNP 1662 1220 26 local local JJ 1662 1220 27 short short JJ 1662 1220 28 form form NN 1662 1220 29 : : : 1662 1220 30 Benin Benin NNP 1662 1220 31 former former JJ 1662 1220 32 : : : 1662 1220 33 Dahomey Dahomey NNP 1662 1220 34 Data Data NNP 1662 1220 35 code code NN 1662 1220 36 : : : 1662 1220 37 BN BN NNP 1662 1220 38 Government Government NNP 1662 1220 39 type type NN 1662 1220 40 : : : 1662 1220 41 republic republic NN 1662 1220 42 under under IN 1662 1220 43 multiparty multiparty NNP 1662 1220 44 democratic democratic JJ 1662 1220 45 rule rule NN 1662 1220 46 ; ; : 1662 1220 47 dropped drop VBD 1662 1220 48 Marxism Marxism NNP 1662 1220 49 - - HYPH 1662 1220 50 Leninism Leninism NNP 1662 1220 51 December December NNP 1662 1220 52 1989 1989 CD 1662 1220 53 ; ; : 1662 1220 54 democratic democratic JJ 1662 1220 55 reforms reform NNS 1662 1220 56 adopted adopt VBD 1662 1220 57 February February NNP 1662 1220 58 1990 1990 CD 1662 1220 59 ; ; : 1662 1220 60 transition transition NN 1662 1220 61 to to IN 1662 1220 62 multiparty multiparty NN 1662 1220 63 system system NN 1662 1220 64 completed complete VBD 1662 1220 65 4 4 CD 1662 1220 66 April April NNP 1662 1220 67 1991 1991 CD 1662 1220 68 National national JJ 1662 1220 69 capital capital NN 1662 1220 70 : : : 1662 1220 71 Porto Porto NNP 1662 1220 72 - - HYPH 1662 1220 73 Novo Novo NNP 1662 1220 74 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 1220 75 divisions division NNS 1662 1220 76 : : : 1662 1220 77 6 6 CD 1662 1220 78 provinces province NNS 1662 1220 79 ; ; : 1662 1220 80 Atakora Atakora NNP 1662 1220 81 , , , 1662 1220 82 Atlantique Atlantique NNP 1662 1220 83 , , , 1662 1220 84 Borgou Borgou NNP 1662 1220 85 , , , 1662 1220 86 Mono Mono NNP 1662 1220 87 , , , 1662 1220 88 Oueme Oueme NNP 1662 1220 89 , , , 1662 1220 90 Zou Zou NNP 1662 1220 91 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1220 92 : : : 1662 1220 93 1 1 CD 1662 1220 94 August August NNP 1662 1220 95 1960 1960 CD 1662 1220 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1220 97 from from IN 1662 1220 98 France France NNP 1662 1220 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1220 100 National national JJ 1662 1220 101 holiday holiday NN 1662 1220 102 : : : 1662 1220 103 National National NNP 1662 1220 104 Day Day NNP 1662 1220 105 , , , 1662 1220 106 1 1 CD 1662 1220 107 August August NNP 1662 1220 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1220 109 1990 1990 CD 1662 1220 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1220 111 Constitution constitution NN 1662 1220 112 : : : 1662 1220 113 2 2 CD 1662 1220 114 December December NNP 1662 1220 115 1990 1990 CD 1662 1220 116 Legal legal JJ 1662 1220 117 system system NN 1662 1220 118 : : : 1662 1220 119 based base VBN 1662 1220 120 on on IN 1662 1220 121 French french JJ 1662 1220 122 civil civil JJ 1662 1220 123 law law NN 1662 1220 124 and and CC 1662 1220 125 customary customary JJ 1662 1220 126 law law NN 1662 1220 127 ; ; : 1662 1220 128 has have VBZ 1662 1220 129 not not RB 1662 1220 130 accepted accept VBN 1662 1220 131 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 1220 132 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 1220 133 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 1220 134 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 1220 135 : : : 1662 1220 136 18 18 CD 1662 1220 137 years year NNS 1662 1220 138 of of IN 1662 1220 139 age age NN 1662 1220 140 ; ; : 1662 1220 141 universal universal JJ 1662 1220 142 Executive Executive NNP 1662 1220 143 branch branch NN 1662 1220 144 : : : 1662 1220 145 chief chief NN 1662 1220 146 of of IN 1662 1220 147 state state NN 1662 1220 148 : : : 1662 1220 149 President President NNP 1662 1220 150 Mathieu Mathieu NNP 1662 1220 151 KEREKOU KEREKOU NNP 1662 1220 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1220 153 since since IN 1662 1220 154 4 4 CD 1662 1220 155 April April NNP 1662 1220 156 1996 1996 CD 1662 1220 157 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1220 158 ; ; : 1662 1220 159 note note VB 1662 1220 160 - - : 1662 1220 161 the the DT 1662 1220 162 president president NN 1662 1220 163 is be VBZ 1662 1220 164 both both CC 1662 1220 165 the the DT 1662 1220 166 chief chief NN 1662 1220 167 of of IN 1662 1220 168 state state NN 1662 1220 169 and and CC 1662 1220 170 head head NN 1662 1220 171 of of IN 1662 1220 172 government government NN 1662 1220 173 head head NN 1662 1220 174 of of IN 1662 1220 175 government government NN 1662 1220 176 : : : 1662 1220 177 President President NNP 1662 1220 178 Mathieu Mathieu NNP 1662 1220 179 KEREKOU KEREKOU NNP 1662 1220 180 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1220 181 since since IN 1662 1220 182 4 4 CD 1662 1220 183 April April NNP 1662 1220 184 1996 1996 CD 1662 1220 185 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1220 186 ; ; : 1662 1220 187 note note VB 1662 1220 188 - - : 1662 1220 189 the the DT 1662 1220 190 president president NN 1662 1220 191 is be VBZ 1662 1220 192 both both CC 1662 1220 193 the the DT 1662 1220 194 chief chief NN 1662 1220 195 of of IN 1662 1220 196 state state NN 1662 1220 197 and and CC 1662 1220 198 head head NN 1662 1220 199 of of IN 1662 1220 200 government government NN 1662 1220 201 ; ; : 1662 1220 202 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1220 203 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1220 204 Adrien Adrien NNP 1662 1220 205 HOUNGBEDJI HOUNGBEDJI NNP 1662 1220 206 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1220 207 since since IN 1662 1220 208 9 9 CD 1662 1220 209 April April NNP 1662 1220 210 1996 1996 CD 1662 1220 211 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1220 212 acts act VBZ 1662 1220 213 as as IN 1662 1220 214 assistant assistant NN 1662 1220 215 to to IN 1662 1220 216 the the DT 1662 1220 217 president president NN 1662 1220 218 ; ; : 1662 1220 219 a a DT 1662 1220 220 prime prime JJ 1662 1220 221 minister minister NN 1662 1220 222 is be VBZ 1662 1220 223 not not RB 1662 1220 224 provided provide VBN 1662 1220 225 for for IN 1662 1220 226 in in IN 1662 1220 227 the the DT 1662 1220 228 constitution constitution NN 1662 1220 229 but but CC 1662 1220 230 was be VBD 1662 1220 231 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1220 232 by by IN 1662 1220 233 President President NNP 1662 1220 234 KEREKOU KEREKOU NNP 1662 1220 235 with with IN 1662 1220 236 the the DT 1662 1220 237 permission permission NN 1662 1220 238 of of IN 1662 1220 239 the the DT 1662 1220 240 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 1220 241 court court NN 1662 1220 242 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1220 243 : : : 1662 1220 244 Council Council NNP 1662 1220 245 of of IN 1662 1220 246 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 1220 247 headed head VBN 1662 1220 248 by by IN 1662 1220 249 the the DT 1662 1220 250 prime prime NNP 1662 1220 251 minister minister NN 1662 1220 252 ; ; : 1662 1220 253 all all DT 1662 1220 254 are be VBP 1662 1220 255 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1220 256 by by IN 1662 1220 257 the the DT 1662 1220 258 president president NNP 1662 1220 259 elections election NNS 1662 1220 260 : : : 1662 1220 261 president president NNP 1662 1220 262 elected elect VBN 1662 1220 263 by by IN 1662 1220 264 popular popular JJ 1662 1220 265 vote vote NN 1662 1220 266 for for IN 1662 1220 267 a a DT 1662 1220 268 five five CD 1662 1220 269 - - HYPH 1662 1220 270 year year NN 1662 1220 271 term term NN 1662 1220 272 ; ; : 1662 1220 273 election election NN 1662 1220 274 last last JJ 1662 1220 275 held hold VBD 1662 1220 276 18 18 CD 1662 1220 277 March March NNP 1662 1220 278 1996 1996 CD 1662 1220 279 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1220 280 next next JJ 1662 1220 281 to to TO 1662 1220 282 be be VB 1662 1220 283 held hold VBN 1662 1220 284 March March NNP 1662 1220 285 2001 2001 CD 1662 1220 286 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1220 287 election election NN 1662 1220 288 results result NNS 1662 1220 289 : : : 1662 1220 290 Mathieu Mathieu NNP 1662 1220 291 KEREKOU KEREKOU NNP 1662 1220 292 elected elect VBD 1662 1220 293 president president NN 1662 1220 294 ; ; , 1662 1220 295 percent percent NN 1662 1220 296 of of IN 1662 1220 297 vote vote NN 1662 1220 298 - - : 1662 1220 299 Mathieu Mathieu NNP 1662 1220 300 KEREKOU KEREKOU NNP 1662 1220 301 52.49 52.49 CD 1662 1220 302 % % NN 1662 1220 303 , , , 1662 1220 304 Nicephore Nicephore NNP 1662 1220 305 SOGLO SOGLO NNP 1662 1220 306 47.51 47.51 CD 1662 1220 307 % % NN 1662 1220 308 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 1220 309 branch branch NN 1662 1220 310 : : : 1662 1220 311 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 1220 312 National National NNP 1662 1220 313 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1220 314 or or CC 1662 1220 315 Assemblee Assemblee NNP 1662 1220 316 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 1220 317 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1220 318 83 83 CD 1662 1220 319 seats seat NNS 1662 1220 320 ; ; : 1662 1220 321 members member NNS 1662 1220 322 are be VBP 1662 1220 323 elected elect VBN 1662 1220 324 by by IN 1662 1220 325 direct direct JJ 1662 1220 326 popular popular JJ 1662 1220 327 vote vote NN 1662 1220 328 to to TO 1662 1220 329 serve serve VB 1662 1220 330 four four CD 1662 1220 331 - - HYPH 1662 1220 332 year year NN 1662 1220 333 terms term NNS 1662 1220 334 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1220 335 elections election NNS 1662 1220 336 : : : 1662 1220 337 last last RB 1662 1220 338 held hold VBD 1662 1220 339 28 28 CD 1662 1220 340 March March NNP 1662 1220 341 1995 1995 CD 1662 1220 342 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1220 343 next next JJ 1662 1220 344 to to TO 1662 1220 345 be be VB 1662 1220 346 held hold VBN 1662 1220 347 NA NA NNP 1662 1220 348 1999 1999 CD 1662 1220 349 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1220 350 election election NN 1662 1220 351 results result NNS 1662 1220 352 : : : 1662 1220 353 percent percent NN 1662 1220 354 of of IN 1662 1220 355 vote vote NN 1662 1220 356 by by IN 1662 1220 357 party party NN 1662 1220 358 - - HYPH 1662 1220 359 NA NA NNP 1662 1220 360 ; ; , 1662 1220 361 seats seat NNS 1662 1220 362 by by IN 1662 1220 363 party party NN 1662 1220 364 - - HYPH 1662 1220 365 RB RB NNP 1662 1220 366 20 20 CD 1662 1220 367 , , , 1662 1220 368 PRD PRD NNP 1662 1220 369 19 19 CD 1662 1220 370 , , , 1662 1220 371 FARD FARD NNP 1662 1220 372 - - HYPH 1662 1220 373 ALAFIA ALAFIA NNP 1662 1220 374 10 10 CD 1662 1220 375 , , , 1662 1220 376 PSD PSD NNP 1662 1220 377 7 7 CD 1662 1220 378 , , , 1662 1220 379 NCC NCC NNP 1662 1220 380 3 3 CD 1662 1220 381 , , , 1662 1220 382 RDL RDL NNP 1662 1220 383 - - HYPH 1662 1220 384 VIVOTEN VIVOTEN NNP 1662 1220 385 3 3 CD 1662 1220 386 , , , 1662 1220 387 Communist Communist NNP 1662 1220 388 Party Party NNP 1662 1220 389 2 2 CD 1662 1220 390 , , , 1662 1220 391 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 1220 392 Chameleon Chameleon NNP 1662 1220 393 1 1 CD 1662 1220 394 , , , 1662 1220 395 RDP RDP NNP 1662 1220 396 1 1 CD 1662 1220 397 , , , 1662 1220 398 other other JJ 1662 1220 399 17 17 CD 1662 1220 400 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 1220 401 branch branch NN 1662 1220 402 : : : 1662 1220 403 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 1220 404 Court Court NNP 1662 1220 405 or or CC 1662 1220 406 Cour Cour NNP 1662 1220 407 Constitutionnelle Constitutionnelle NNP 1662 1220 408 , , , 1662 1220 409 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1220 410 Court Court NNP 1662 1220 411 or or CC 1662 1220 412 Cour Cour NNP 1662 1220 413 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1220 414 , , , 1662 1220 415 High High NNP 1662 1220 416 Court Court NNP 1662 1220 417 of of IN 1662 1220 418 Justice Justice NNP 1662 1220 419 Political political JJ 1662 1220 420 parties party NNS 1662 1220 421 and and CC 1662 1220 422 leaders leader NNS 1662 1220 423 : : : 1662 1220 424 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 1220 425 of of IN 1662 1220 426 the the DT 1662 1220 427 National National NNP 1662 1220 428 Party Party NNP 1662 1220 429 for for IN 1662 1220 430 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 1220 431 and and CC 1662 1220 432 Development Development NNP 1662 1220 433 or or CC 1662 1220 434 PNDD PNDD NNP 1662 1220 435 and and CC 1662 1220 436 the the DT 1662 1220 437 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1220 438 Renewal Renewal NNP 1662 1220 439 Party Party NNP 1662 1220 440 or or CC 1662 1220 441 PRD PRD NNP 1662 1220 442 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1220 443 Pascal Pascal NNP 1662 1220 444 Chabi Chabi NNP 1662 1220 445 KAO KAO NNP 1662 1220 446 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1220 447 ; ; : 1662 1220 448 Action action NN 1662 1220 449 for for IN 1662 1220 450 Renewal Renewal NNP 1662 1220 451 and and CC 1662 1220 452 Development Development NNP 1662 1220 453 or or CC 1662 1220 454 FARD FARD NNP 1662 1220 455 - - HYPH 1662 1220 456 ALAFIA ALAFIA NNP 1662 1220 457 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1220 458 Mathieu Mathieu NNP 1662 1220 459 KEREKOU KEREKOU NNP 1662 1220 460 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1220 461 ; ; : 1662 1220 462 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 1220 463 of of IN 1662 1220 464 the the DT 1662 1220 465 Social Social NNP 1662 1220 466 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1220 467 Party Party NNP 1662 1220 468 or or CC 1662 1220 469 PSD PSD NNP 1662 1220 470 and and CC 1662 1220 471 the the DT 1662 1220 472 National National NNP 1662 1220 473 Union Union NNP 1662 1220 474 for for IN 1662 1220 475 Solidarity Solidarity NNP 1662 1220 476 and and CC 1662 1220 477 Progress Progress NNP 1662 1220 478 or or CC 1662 1220 479 UNSP UNSP NNP 1662 1220 480 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1220 481 Bruno Bruno NNP 1662 1220 482 AMOUSSOU AMOUSSOU NNP 1662 1220 483 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1220 484 ; ; : 1662 1220 485 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 1220 486 Chameleon Chameleon NNP 1662 1220 487 ; ; : 1662 1220 488 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 1220 489 for for IN 1662 1220 490 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 1220 491 and and CC 1662 1220 492 Progress Progress NNP 1662 1220 493 or or CC 1662 1220 494 ADP adp NN 1662 1220 495 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1220 496 Adekpedjon adekpedjon VBP 1662 1220 497 AKINDES AKINDES NNP 1662 1220 498 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1220 499 ; ; : 1662 1220 500 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 1220 501 for for IN 1662 1220 502 Social Social NNP 1662 1220 503 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 1220 504 or or CC 1662 1220 505 ASD ASD NNP 1662 1220 506 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1220 507 Robert Robert NNP 1662 1220 508 DOSSOU DOSSOU NNP 1662 1220 509 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1220 510 ; ; : 1662 1220 511 Assembly assembly NN 1662 1220 512 of of IN 1662 1220 513 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 1220 514 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 1220 515 for for IN 1662 1220 516 National National NNP 1662 1220 517 Reconstruction Reconstruction NNP 1662 1220 518 or or CC 1662 1220 519 RDL RDL NNP 1662 1220 520 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1220 521 Severin Severin NNP 1662 1220 522 ADJOVI ADJOVI NNP 1662 1220 523 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1220 524 ; ; : 1662 1220 525 Communist Communist NNP 1662 1220 526 Party Party NNP 1662 1220 527 of of IN 1662 1220 528 Benin Benin NNP 1662 1220 529 , , , 1662 1220 530 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1220 531 Pascal Pascal NNP 1662 1220 532 FATONDJI FATONDJI NNP 1662 1220 533 , , , 1662 1220 534 First First NNP 1662 1220 535 Secretary Secretary NNP 1662 1220 536 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1220 537 ; ; : 1662 1220 538 Our -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1220 539 Common common JJ 1662 1220 540 Cause cause NN 1662 1220 541 or or CC 1662 1220 542 NCC NCC NNP 1662 1220 543 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1220 544 Albert Albert NNP 1662 1220 545 TEVOEDJRE TEVOEDJRE NNP 1662 1220 546 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1220 547 ; ; : 1662 1220 548 Rally Rally NNP 1662 1220 549 for for IN 1662 1220 550 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 1220 551 and and CC 1662 1220 552 Progress Progress NNP 1662 1220 553 or or CC 1662 1220 554 RDP RDP NNP 1662 1220 555 ; ; : 1662 1220 556 The the DT 1662 1220 557 Renaissance Renaissance NNP 1662 1220 558 Party Party NNP 1662 1220 559 of of IN 1662 1220 560 Benin Benin NNP 1662 1220 561 or or CC 1662 1220 562 RB RB NNP 1662 1220 563 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1220 564 Nicephore Nicephore NNP 1662 1220 565 SOGLO SOGLO NNP 1662 1220 566 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1220 567 note note NN 1662 1220 568 : : : 1662 1220 569 as as IN 1662 1220 570 of of IN 1662 1220 571 February February NNP 1662 1220 572 1996 1996 CD 1662 1220 573 , , , 1662 1220 574 more more JJR 1662 1220 575 than than IN 1662 1220 576 80 80 CD 1662 1220 577 political political JJ 1662 1220 578 parties party NNS 1662 1220 579 were be VBD 1662 1220 580 officially officially RB 1662 1220 581 recognized recognize VBN 1662 1220 582 International International NNP 1662 1220 583 organization organization NN 1662 1220 584 participation participation NN 1662 1220 585 : : : 1662 1220 586 ACCT acct JJ 1662 1220 587 , , , 1662 1220 588 ACP ACP NNP 1662 1220 589 , , , 1662 1220 590 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 1220 591 , , , 1662 1220 592 ECA ECA NNP 1662 1220 593 , , , 1662 1220 594 ECOWAS ECOWAS NNP 1662 1220 595 , , , 1662 1220 596 Entente Entente NNP 1662 1220 597 , , , 1662 1220 598 FAO FAO NNP 1662 1220 599 , , , 1662 1220 600 FZ FZ NNP 1662 1220 601 , , , 1662 1220 602 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 1220 603 , , , 1662 1220 604 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1220 605 , , , 1662 1220 606 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1220 607 , , , 1662 1220 608 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 1220 609 , , , 1662 1220 610 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 1220 611 , , , 1662 1220 612 IDA IDA NNP 1662 1220 613 , , , 1662 1220 614 IDB IDB NNP 1662 1220 615 , , , 1662 1220 616 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 1220 617 , , , 1662 1220 618 IFC IFC NNP 1662 1220 619 , , , 1662 1220 620 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 1220 621 , , , 1662 1220 622 ILO ILO NNP 1662 1220 623 , , , 1662 1220 624 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1220 625 , , , 1662 1220 626 IMO imo RB 1662 1220 627 , , , 1662 1220 628 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1220 629 , , , 1662 1220 630 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 1220 631 , , , 1662 1220 632 IOC IOC NNP 1662 1220 633 , , , 1662 1220 634 ITU ITU NNP 1662 1220 635 , , , 1662 1220 636 NAM NAM NNP 1662 1220 637 , , , 1662 1220 638 OAU OAU NNP 1662 1220 639 , , , 1662 1220 640 OIC OIC NNP 1662 1220 641 , , , 1662 1220 642 UN UN NNP 1662 1220 643 , , , 1662 1220 644 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 1220 645 , , , 1662 1220 646 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 1220 647 , , , 1662 1220 648 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 1220 649 , , , 1662 1220 650 UPU upu NN 1662 1220 651 , , , 1662 1220 652 WADB WADB NNP 1662 1220 653 , , , 1662 1220 654 WCL WCL NNP 1662 1220 655 , , , 1662 1220 656 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 1220 657 , , , 1662 1220 658 WHO who WP 1662 1220 659 , , , 1662 1220 660 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 1220 661 , , , 1662 1220 662 WMO WMO NNP 1662 1220 663 , , , 1662 1220 664 WToO wtoo FW 1662 1220 665 , , , 1662 1220 666 WTrO wtro VB 1662 1220 667 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1220 668 representation representation NN 1662 1220 669 in in IN 1662 1220 670 the the DT 1662 1220 671 US US NNP 1662 1220 672 : : : 1662 1220 673 chief chief NN 1662 1220 674 of of IN 1662 1220 675 mission mission NN 1662 1220 676 : : : 1662 1220 677 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1220 678 Lucien Lucien NNP 1662 1220 679 Edgar Edgar NNP 1662 1220 680 TONOUKOUIN TONOUKOUIN NNP 1662 1220 681 chancery chancery NN 1662 1220 682 : : : 1662 1220 683 2737 2737 CD 1662 1220 684 Cathedral Cathedral NNP 1662 1220 685 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 1220 686 NW NW NNP 1662 1220 687 , , , 1662 1220 688 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1220 689 , , , 1662 1220 690 DC DC NNP 1662 1220 691 20008 20008 CD 1662 1220 692 telephone telephone NN 1662 1220 693 : : : 1662 1220 694 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1220 695 1 1 CD 1662 1220 696 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1220 697 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1220 698 202 202 CD 1662 1220 699 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1220 700 232 232 CD 1662 1220 701 - - SYM 1662 1220 702 6656 6656 CD 1662 1220 703 , , , 1662 1220 704 6657 6657 CD 1662 1220 705 , , , 1662 1220 706 6658 6658 CD 1662 1220 707 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1220 708 : : : 1662 1220 709 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1220 710 1 1 CD 1662 1220 711 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1220 712 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1220 713 202 202 CD 1662 1220 714 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1220 715 265 265 CD 1662 1220 716 - - HYPH 1662 1220 717 1996 1996 CD 1662 1220 718 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1220 719 representation representation NN 1662 1220 720 from from IN 1662 1220 721 the the DT 1662 1220 722 US US NNP 1662 1220 723 : : : 1662 1220 724 chief chief NN 1662 1220 725 of of IN 1662 1220 726 mission mission NN 1662 1220 727 : : : 1662 1220 728 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1220 729 John John NNP 1662 1220 730 M. M. NNP 1662 1220 731 YATES YATES NNP 1662 1220 732 embassy embassy NN 1662 1220 733 : : : 1662 1220 734 Rue Rue NNP 1662 1220 735 Caporal Caporal NNP 1662 1220 736 Bernard Bernard NNP 1662 1220 737 Anani Anani NNP 1662 1220 738 , , , 1662 1220 739 Cotonou Cotonou NNP 1662 1220 740 mailing mailing NN 1662 1220 741 address address NN 1662 1220 742 : : : 1662 1220 743 B. B. NNP 1662 1220 744 P. P. NNP 1662 1220 745 2012 2012 CD 1662 1220 746 , , , 1662 1220 747 Cotonou Cotonou NNP 1662 1220 748 telephone telephone NN 1662 1220 749 : : : 1662 1220 750 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1220 751 229 229 CD 1662 1220 752 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1220 753 30 30 CD 1662 1220 754 - - HYPH 1662 1220 755 06 06 CD 1662 1220 756 - - HYPH 1662 1220 757 50 50 CD 1662 1220 758 , , , 1662 1220 759 30 30 CD 1662 1220 760 - - HYPH 1662 1220 761 05 05 CD 1662 1220 762 - - SYM 1662 1220 763 13 13 CD 1662 1220 764 , , , 1662 1220 765 30 30 CD 1662 1220 766 - - SYM 1662 1220 767 17 17 CD 1662 1220 768 - - HYPH 1662 1220 769 92 92 CD 1662 1220 770 FAX fax NN 1662 1220 771 : : : 1662 1220 772 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1220 773 229 229 CD 1662 1220 774 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1220 775 30 30 CD 1662 1220 776 - - HYPH 1662 1220 777 14 14 CD 1662 1220 778 - - HYPH 1662 1220 779 39 39 CD 1662 1220 780 , , , 1662 1220 781 30 30 CD 1662 1220 782 - - SYM 1662 1220 783 19 19 CD 1662 1220 784 - - HYPH 1662 1220 785 74 74 CD 1662 1220 786 Flag flag NN 1662 1220 787 description description NN 1662 1220 788 : : : 1662 1220 789 two two CD 1662 1220 790 equal equal JJ 1662 1220 791 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 1220 792 bands band NNS 1662 1220 793 of of IN 1662 1220 794 yellow yellow JJ 1662 1220 795 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1220 796 top top NN 1662 1220 797 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1220 798 and and CC 1662 1220 799 red red JJ 1662 1220 800 with with IN 1662 1220 801 a a DT 1662 1220 802 vertical vertical JJ 1662 1220 803 green green JJ 1662 1220 804 band band NN 1662 1220 805 on on IN 1662 1220 806 the the DT 1662 1220 807 hoist hoist NN 1662 1220 808 side side NN 1662 1220 809 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1220 810 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1220 811 - - HYPH 1662 1220 812 overview overview NN 1662 1220 813 : : : 1662 1220 814 The the DT 1662 1220 815 economy economy NN 1662 1220 816 of of IN 1662 1220 817 Benin Benin NNP 1662 1220 818 remains remain VBZ 1662 1220 819 underdeveloped underdeveloped JJ 1662 1220 820 and and CC 1662 1220 821 dependent dependent JJ 1662 1220 822 on on IN 1662 1220 823 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 1220 824 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1220 825 , , , 1662 1220 826 cotton cotton NN 1662 1220 827 production production NN 1662 1220 828 , , , 1662 1220 829 and and CC 1662 1220 830 regional regional JJ 1662 1220 831 trade trade NN 1662 1220 832 . . . 1662 1221 1 Growth growth NN 1662 1221 2 in in IN 1662 1221 3 real real JJ 1662 1221 4 output output NN 1662 1221 5 , , , 1662 1221 6 which which WDT 1662 1221 7 had have VBD 1662 1221 8 averaged average VBN 1662 1221 9 a a DT 1662 1221 10 sound sound JJ 1662 1221 11 4 4 CD 1662 1221 12 % % NN 1662 1221 13 in in IN 1662 1221 14 1990 1990 CD 1662 1221 15 - - SYM 1662 1221 16 95 95 CD 1662 1221 17 , , , 1662 1221 18 rose rise VBD 1662 1221 19 to to IN 1662 1221 20 5.5 5.5 CD 1662 1221 21 % % NN 1662 1221 22 in in IN 1662 1221 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 1221 24 . . . 1662 1222 1 Rapid rapid JJ 1662 1222 2 population population NN 1662 1222 3 growth growth NN 1662 1222 4 offset offset VBD 1662 1222 5 much much JJ 1662 1222 6 of of IN 1662 1222 7 this this DT 1662 1222 8 growth growth NN 1662 1222 9 in in IN 1662 1222 10 output output NN 1662 1222 11 . . . 1662 1223 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 1223 2 jumped jump VBD 1662 1223 3 to to IN 1662 1223 4 55 55 CD 1662 1223 5 % % NN 1662 1223 6 in in IN 1662 1223 7 1994 1994 CD 1662 1223 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1223 9 compared compare VBN 1662 1223 10 to to IN 1662 1223 11 3 3 CD 1662 1223 12 % % NN 1662 1223 13 in in IN 1662 1223 14 1993 1993 CD 1662 1223 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1223 16 following follow VBG 1662 1223 17 the the DT 1662 1223 18 50 50 CD 1662 1223 19 % % NN 1662 1223 20 currency currency NN 1662 1223 21 devaluation devaluation NN 1662 1223 22 in in IN 1662 1223 23 January January NNP 1662 1223 24 1994 1994 CD 1662 1223 25 , , , 1662 1223 26 but but CC 1662 1223 27 has have VBZ 1662 1223 28 subsided subside VBN 1662 1223 29 gradually gradually RB 1662 1223 30 over over IN 1662 1223 31 the the DT 1662 1223 32 past past JJ 1662 1223 33 two two CD 1662 1223 34 years year NNS 1662 1223 35 , , , 1662 1223 36 with with IN 1662 1223 37 14.5 14.5 CD 1662 1223 38 % % NN 1662 1223 39 inflation inflation NN 1662 1223 40 in in IN 1662 1223 41 1995 1995 CD 1662 1223 42 and and CC 1662 1223 43 a a DT 1662 1223 44 target target NN 1662 1223 45 of of IN 1662 1223 46 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 1223 47 % % NN 1662 1223 48 inflation inflation NN 1662 1223 49 in in IN 1662 1223 50 1996 1996 CD 1662 1223 51 . . . 1662 1224 1 Commercial commercial JJ 1662 1224 2 and and CC 1662 1224 3 transport transport NN 1662 1224 4 activities activity NNS 1662 1224 5 , , , 1662 1224 6 which which WDT 1662 1224 7 make make VBP 1662 1224 8 up up RP 1662 1224 9 a a DT 1662 1224 10 large large JJ 1662 1224 11 part part NN 1662 1224 12 of of IN 1662 1224 13 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1224 14 , , , 1662 1224 15 are be VBP 1662 1224 16 extremely extremely RB 1662 1224 17 vulnerable vulnerable JJ 1662 1224 18 to to IN 1662 1224 19 developments development NNS 1662 1224 20 in in IN 1662 1224 21 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 1224 22 as as IN 1662 1224 23 evidenced evidence VBN 1662 1224 24 by by IN 1662 1224 25 decreased decrease VBN 1662 1224 26 reexport reexport NN 1662 1224 27 trade trade NN 1662 1224 28 in in IN 1662 1224 29 1994 1994 CD 1662 1224 30 due due IN 1662 1224 31 to to IN 1662 1224 32 a a DT 1662 1224 33 severe severe JJ 1662 1224 34 contraction contraction NN 1662 1224 35 in in IN 1662 1224 36 Nigerian nigerian JJ 1662 1224 37 demand demand NN 1662 1224 38 . . . 1662 1225 1 Support support NN 1662 1225 2 by by IN 1662 1225 3 the the DT 1662 1225 4 Paris Paris NNP 1662 1225 5 Club Club NNP 1662 1225 6 and and CC 1662 1225 7 official official JJ 1662 1225 8 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 1225 9 creditors creditor NNS 1662 1225 10 has have VBZ 1662 1225 11 eased ease VBN 1662 1225 12 the the DT 1662 1225 13 external external JJ 1662 1225 14 debt debt NN 1662 1225 15 situation situation NN 1662 1225 16 in in IN 1662 1225 17 recent recent JJ 1662 1225 18 years year NNS 1662 1225 19 . . . 1662 1226 1 The the DT 1662 1226 2 government government NN 1662 1226 3 , , , 1662 1226 4 still still RB 1662 1226 5 burdened burden VBN 1662 1226 6 with with IN 1662 1226 7 money money NN 1662 1226 8 - - HYPH 1662 1226 9 losing lose VBG 1662 1226 10 state state NN 1662 1226 11 enterprises enterprise NNS 1662 1226 12 and and CC 1662 1226 13 a a DT 1662 1226 14 bloated bloated JJ 1662 1226 15 civil civil JJ 1662 1226 16 service service NN 1662 1226 17 , , , 1662 1226 18 has have VBZ 1662 1226 19 been be VBN 1662 1226 20 gradually gradually RB 1662 1226 21 implementing implement VBG 1662 1226 22 a a DT 1662 1226 23 World World NNP 1662 1226 24 Bank Bank NNP 1662 1226 25 supported support VBD 1662 1226 26 structural structural JJ 1662 1226 27 adjustment adjustment NN 1662 1226 28 program program NN 1662 1226 29 since since IN 1662 1226 30 1991 1991 CD 1662 1226 31 . . . 1662 1227 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1227 2 : : : 1662 1227 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1227 4 power power NN 1662 1227 5 parity parity NN 1662 1227 6 - - : 1662 1227 7 $ $ $ 1662 1227 8 8.2 8.2 CD 1662 1227 9 billion billion CD 1662 1227 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1227 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 1227 12 est est NNP 1662 1227 13 . . . 1662 1227 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1228 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1228 2 - - HYPH 1662 1228 3 real real JJ 1662 1228 4 growth growth NN 1662 1228 5 rate rate NN 1662 1228 6 : : : 1662 1228 7 5.5 5.5 CD 1662 1228 8 % % NN 1662 1228 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1228 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 1228 11 est est NNP 1662 1228 12 . . . 1662 1228 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1229 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1229 2 - - HYPH 1662 1229 3 per per FW 1662 1229 4 capita capita NN 1662 1229 5 : : : 1662 1229 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1229 7 power power NN 1662 1229 8 parity parity NN 1662 1229 9 - - : 1662 1229 10 $ $ $ 1662 1229 11 1,440 1,440 CD 1662 1229 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1229 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 1229 14 est est NNP 1662 1229 15 . . . 1662 1229 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1230 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1230 2 - - HYPH 1662 1230 3 composition composition NN 1662 1230 4 by by IN 1662 1230 5 sector sector NN 1662 1230 6 : : : 1662 1230 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1230 8 : : : 1662 1230 9 36.8 36.8 CD 1662 1230 10 % % NN 1662 1230 11 industry industry NN 1662 1230 12 : : : 1662 1230 13 12.6 12.6 CD 1662 1230 14 % % NN 1662 1230 15 services service NNS 1662 1230 16 : : : 1662 1230 17 50.6 50.6 CD 1662 1230 18 % % NN 1662 1230 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1230 20 1993 1993 CD 1662 1230 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1230 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 1230 23 rate rate NN 1662 1230 24 - - HYPH 1662 1230 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 1230 26 price price NN 1662 1230 27 index index NN 1662 1230 28 : : : 1662 1230 29 14.5 14.5 CD 1662 1230 30 % % NN 1662 1230 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1230 32 1995 1995 CD 1662 1230 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1230 34 Labor labor NN 1662 1230 35 force force NN 1662 1230 36 : : : 1662 1230 37 NA NA NNP 1662 1230 38 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1230 39 rate rate NN 1662 1230 40 : : : 1662 1230 41 NA% NA% `` 1662 1230 42 Budget budget NN 1662 1230 43 : : : 1662 1230 44 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1230 45 : : : 1662 1230 46 $ $ $ 1662 1230 47 272 272 CD 1662 1230 48 million million CD 1662 1230 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1230 50 1993 1993 CD 1662 1230 51 est est NNP 1662 1230 52 . . . 1662 1230 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1231 1 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1231 2 : : : 1662 1231 3 $ $ $ 1662 1231 4 375 375 CD 1662 1231 5 million million CD 1662 1231 6 , , , 1662 1231 7 including include VBG 1662 1231 8 capital capital NN 1662 1231 9 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1231 10 of of IN 1662 1231 11 $ $ $ 1662 1231 12 84 84 CD 1662 1231 13 million million CD 1662 1231 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1231 15 1993 1993 CD 1662 1231 16 est est NNP 1662 1231 17 . . . 1662 1231 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1232 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 1232 2 : : : 1662 1232 3 textiles textile NNS 1662 1232 4 , , , 1662 1232 5 cigarettes cigarette NNS 1662 1232 6 ; ; : 1662 1232 7 beverages beverage NNS 1662 1232 8 , , , 1662 1232 9 food food NN 1662 1232 10 ; ; , 1662 1232 11 construction construction NN 1662 1232 12 materials material NNS 1662 1232 13 , , , 1662 1232 14 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1232 15 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 1232 16 production production NN 1662 1232 17 growth growth NN 1662 1232 18 rate rate NN 1662 1232 19 : : : 1662 1232 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 1232 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1232 22 - - HYPH 1662 1232 23 capacity capacity NN 1662 1232 24 : : : 1662 1232 25 28,000 28,000 CD 1662 1232 26 kW kw NN 1662 1232 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1232 28 1992 1992 CD 1662 1232 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1232 30 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1232 31 - - HYPH 1662 1232 32 production production NN 1662 1232 33 : : : 1662 1232 34 10 10 CD 1662 1232 35 million million CD 1662 1232 36 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1232 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1232 38 1994 1994 CD 1662 1232 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1232 40 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1232 41 - - HYPH 1662 1232 42 consumption consumption NN 1662 1232 43 per per IN 1662 1232 44 capita capita NN 1662 1232 45 : : : 1662 1232 46 45 45 CD 1662 1232 47 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1232 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1232 49 1994 1994 CD 1662 1232 50 est est NNP 1662 1232 51 . . . 1662 1232 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1233 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1233 2 - - HYPH 1662 1233 3 products product NNS 1662 1233 4 : : : 1662 1233 5 corn corn NN 1662 1233 6 , , , 1662 1233 7 sorghum sorghum NN 1662 1233 8 , , , 1662 1233 9 cassava cassava NNP 1662 1233 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1233 11 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 1233 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1233 13 , , , 1662 1233 14 yams yams NNP 1662 1233 15 , , , 1662 1233 16 beans bean NNS 1662 1233 17 , , , 1662 1233 18 rice rice NN 1662 1233 19 , , , 1662 1233 20 cotton cotton NN 1662 1233 21 , , , 1662 1233 22 palm palm NN 1662 1233 23 oil oil NN 1662 1233 24 , , , 1662 1233 25 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 1233 26 ; ; : 1662 1233 27 poultry poultry NN 1662 1233 28 , , , 1662 1233 29 livestock livestock NN 1662 1233 30 Exports export NNS 1662 1233 31 : : : 1662 1233 32 total total JJ 1662 1233 33 value value NN 1662 1233 34 : : : 1662 1233 35 $ $ $ 1662 1233 36 300 300 CD 1662 1233 37 million million CD 1662 1233 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1233 39 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 1233 40 . . NNP 1662 1233 41 , , , 1662 1233 42 1995 1995 CD 1662 1233 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1233 44 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1233 45 : : : 1662 1233 46 cotton cotton NN 1662 1233 47 , , , 1662 1233 48 crude crude JJ 1662 1233 49 oil oil NN 1662 1233 50 , , , 1662 1233 51 palm palm NN 1662 1233 52 products product NNS 1662 1233 53 , , , 1662 1233 54 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 1233 55 partners partner NNS 1662 1233 56 : : : 1662 1233 57 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 1233 58 18 18 CD 1662 1233 59 % % NN 1662 1233 60 , , , 1662 1233 61 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 1233 62 14 14 CD 1662 1233 63 % % NN 1662 1233 64 , , , 1662 1233 65 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 1233 66 , , , 1662 1233 67 Libya Libya NNP 1662 1233 68 , , , 1662 1233 69 France France NNP 1662 1233 70 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 1233 71 : : : 1662 1233 72 total total JJ 1662 1233 73 value value NN 1662 1233 74 : : : 1662 1233 75 $ $ $ 1662 1233 76 380 380 CD 1662 1233 77 million million CD 1662 1233 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1233 79 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 1233 80 . . NNP 1662 1233 81 , , , 1662 1233 82 1995 1995 CD 1662 1233 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1233 84 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1233 85 : : : 1662 1233 86 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 1233 87 , , , 1662 1233 88 beverages beverage NNS 1662 1233 89 , , , 1662 1233 90 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 1233 91 , , , 1662 1233 92 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1233 93 products product NNS 1662 1233 94 , , , 1662 1233 95 intermediate intermediate JJ 1662 1233 96 goods good NNS 1662 1233 97 , , , 1662 1233 98 capital capital NN 1662 1233 99 goods good NNS 1662 1233 100 , , , 1662 1233 101 light light JJ 1662 1233 102 consumer consumer NN 1662 1233 103 goods good NNS 1662 1233 104 partners partner NNS 1662 1233 105 : : : 1662 1233 106 France France NNP 1662 1233 107 27 27 CD 1662 1233 108 % % NN 1662 1233 109 , , , 1662 1233 110 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 1233 111 9 9 CD 1662 1233 112 % % NN 1662 1233 113 , , , 1662 1233 114 China China NNP 1662 1233 115 , , , 1662 1233 116 Hong Hong NNP 1662 1233 117 Kong Kong NNP 1662 1233 118 Debt Debt NNP 1662 1233 119 - - HYPH 1662 1233 120 external external JJ 1662 1233 121 : : : 1662 1233 122 $ $ $ 1662 1233 123 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 1233 124 billion billion CD 1662 1233 125 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1233 126 1994 1994 CD 1662 1233 127 est est NNP 1662 1233 128 . . . 1662 1233 129 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1234 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 1234 2 aid aid NN 1662 1234 3 : : : 1662 1234 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 1234 5 : : : 1662 1234 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 1234 7 , , , 1662 1234 8 $ $ $ 1662 1234 9 NA NA NNP 1662 1234 10 Currency currency NN 1662 1234 11 : : : 1662 1234 12 1 1 CD 1662 1234 13 Communaute Communaute NNP 1662 1234 14 Financiere Financiere NNP 1662 1234 15 Africaine Africaine NNP 1662 1234 16 franc franc NN 1662 1234 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1234 18 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 1234 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1234 20 = = SYM 1662 1234 21 100 100 CD 1662 1234 22 centimes centime NNS 1662 1234 23 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1234 24 rates rate NNS 1662 1234 25 : : : 1662 1234 26 CFA cfa NN 1662 1234 27 francs franc NNS 1662 1234 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1234 29 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 1234 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1234 31 per per IN 1662 1234 32 US$ us$ $ 1662 1234 33 1 1 CD 1662 1234 34 - - SYM 1662 1234 35 541.69 541.69 CD 1662 1234 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1234 37 January January NNP 1662 1234 38 1997 1997 CD 1662 1234 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1234 40 , , , 1662 1234 41 511.55 511.55 CD 1662 1234 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1234 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 1234 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1234 45 , , , 1662 1234 46 499.15 499.15 CD 1662 1234 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1234 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 1234 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1234 50 , , , 1662 1234 51 555.20 555.20 CD 1662 1234 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1234 53 1994 1994 CD 1662 1234 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1234 55 , , , 1662 1234 56 283.16 283.16 CD 1662 1234 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1234 58 1993 1993 CD 1662 1234 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1234 60 , , , 1662 1234 61 264.69 264.69 CD 1662 1234 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1234 63 1992 1992 CD 1662 1234 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1234 65 note note NN 1662 1234 66 : : : 1662 1234 67 beginning begin VBG 1662 1234 68 12 12 CD 1662 1234 69 January January NNP 1662 1234 70 1994 1994 CD 1662 1234 71 the the DT 1662 1234 72 CFA CFA NNP 1662 1234 73 franc franc NN 1662 1234 74 was be VBD 1662 1234 75 devalued devalue VBN 1662 1234 76 to to IN 1662 1234 77 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 1234 78 100 100 CD 1662 1234 79 per per IN 1662 1234 80 French french JJ 1662 1234 81 franc franc NN 1662 1234 82 from from IN 1662 1234 83 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 1234 84 50 50 CD 1662 1234 85 at at IN 1662 1234 86 which which WDT 1662 1234 87 it -PRON- PRP 1662 1234 88 had have VBD 1662 1234 89 been be VBN 1662 1234 90 fixed fix VBN 1662 1234 91 since since IN 1662 1234 92 1948 1948 CD 1662 1234 93 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1234 94 year year NN 1662 1234 95 : : : 1662 1234 96 calendar calendar NNP 1662 1234 97 year year NN 1662 1234 98 @Benin @benin NN 1662 1234 99 : : : 1662 1234 100 Communications Communications NNP 1662 1234 101 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 1234 102 : : : 1662 1234 103 16,200 16,200 CD 1662 1234 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1234 105 1986 1986 CD 1662 1234 106 est est NNP 1662 1234 107 . . . 1662 1234 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1235 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1235 2 system system NN 1662 1235 3 : : : 1662 1235 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1235 5 : : : 1662 1235 6 fair fair JJ 1662 1235 7 system system NN 1662 1235 8 of of IN 1662 1235 9 open open JJ 1662 1235 10 wire wire NN 1662 1235 11 and and CC 1662 1235 12 microwave microwave NN 1662 1235 13 radio radio NN 1662 1235 14 relay relay NN 1662 1235 15 international international NNP 1662 1235 16 : : : 1662 1235 17 satellite satellite NN 1662 1235 18 earth earth NNP 1662 1235 19 station station NNP 1662 1235 20 - - : 1662 1235 21 1 1 CD 1662 1235 22 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1235 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1235 24 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1235 25 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1235 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1235 27 ; ; : 1662 1235 28 submarine submarine NN 1662 1235 29 cable cable NN 1662 1235 30 Radio Radio NNP 1662 1235 31 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1235 32 stations station NNS 1662 1235 33 : : : 1662 1235 34 AM AM NNP 1662 1235 35 2 2 CD 1662 1235 36 , , , 1662 1235 37 FM FM NNP 1662 1235 38 2 2 CD 1662 1235 39 , , , 1662 1235 40 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 1235 41 0 0 CD 1662 1235 42 Radios radio NNS 1662 1235 43 : : : 1662 1235 44 NA NA NNP 1662 1235 45 Television Television NNP 1662 1235 46 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1235 47 stations station NNS 1662 1235 48 : : : 1662 1235 49 2 2 CD 1662 1235 50 Televisions television NNS 1662 1235 51 : : : 1662 1235 52 20,000 20,000 CD 1662 1235 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1235 54 1993 1993 CD 1662 1235 55 est est NNP 1662 1235 56 . . . 1662 1235 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1236 1 @Benin @benin NN 1662 1236 2 : : : 1662 1236 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1236 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1236 5 : : : 1662 1236 6 total total NN 1662 1236 7 : : : 1662 1236 8 578 578 CD 1662 1236 9 km km NN 1662 1236 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1236 11 single single JJ 1662 1236 12 track track NN 1662 1236 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1236 14 narrow narrow JJ 1662 1236 15 gauge gauge NN 1662 1236 16 : : : 1662 1236 17 578 578 CD 1662 1236 18 km km NN 1662 1236 19 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 1236 20 gauge gauge NN 1662 1236 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1236 22 1995 1995 CD 1662 1236 23 est est NNP 1662 1236 24 . . . 1662 1236 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1237 1 Highways highway NNS 1662 1237 2 : : : 1662 1237 3 total total NN 1662 1237 4 : : : 1662 1237 5 8,460 8,460 CD 1662 1237 6 km km NN 1662 1237 7 paved pave VBN 1662 1237 8 : : : 1662 1237 9 2,656 2,656 CD 1662 1237 10 km km NN 1662 1237 11 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1237 12 : : : 1662 1237 13 5,804 5,804 CD 1662 1237 14 km km NNS 1662 1237 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1237 16 1995 1995 CD 1662 1237 17 est est NNP 1662 1237 18 . . . 1662 1237 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1238 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 1238 2 : : : 1662 1238 3 navigable navigable JJ 1662 1238 4 along along IN 1662 1238 5 small small JJ 1662 1238 6 sections section NNS 1662 1238 7 , , , 1662 1238 8 important important JJ 1662 1238 9 only only RB 1662 1238 10 locally locally RB 1662 1238 11 Ports port NNS 1662 1238 12 and and CC 1662 1238 13 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1238 14 : : : 1662 1238 15 Cotonou Cotonou NNP 1662 1238 16 , , , 1662 1238 17 Porto Porto NNP 1662 1238 18 - - HYPH 1662 1238 19 Novo Novo NNP 1662 1238 20 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 1238 21 marine marine NN 1662 1238 22 : : : 1662 1238 23 none none NN 1662 1238 24 Airports airport NNS 1662 1238 25 : : : 1662 1238 26 5 5 CD 1662 1238 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1238 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 1238 29 est est NNP 1662 1238 30 . . . 1662 1238 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1239 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1239 2 - - , 1662 1239 3 with with IN 1662 1239 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1239 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1239 6 : : : 1662 1239 7 total total NN 1662 1239 8 : : : 1662 1239 9 2 2 CD 1662 1239 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 1239 11 to to TO 1662 1239 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1239 13 m m NN 1662 1239 14 : : : 1662 1239 15 2 2 CD 1662 1239 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1239 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 1239 18 est est NNP 1662 1239 19 . . . 1662 1239 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1240 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1240 2 - - , 1662 1240 3 with with IN 1662 1240 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1240 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1240 6 : : : 1662 1240 7 total total NN 1662 1240 8 : : : 1662 1240 9 3 3 CD 1662 1240 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1240 11 to to TO 1662 1240 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1240 13 m m NN 1662 1240 14 : : : 1662 1240 15 1 1 CD 1662 1240 16 914 914 CD 1662 1240 17 to to TO 1662 1240 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1240 19 m m NN 1662 1240 20 : : : 1662 1240 21 2 2 CD 1662 1240 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1240 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 1240 24 est est NNP 1662 1240 25 . . . 1662 1240 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1241 1 Military military JJ 1662 1241 2 Military military JJ 1662 1241 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1241 4 : : : 1662 1241 5 Armed Armed NNP 1662 1241 6 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 1241 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1241 8 includes include VBZ 1662 1241 9 Army Army NNP 1662 1241 10 , , , 1662 1241 11 Navy Navy NNP 1662 1241 12 , , , 1662 1241 13 Air Air NNP 1662 1241 14 Force Force NNP 1662 1241 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1241 16 , , , 1662 1241 17 National National NNP 1662 1241 18 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 1241 19 Military Military NNP 1662 1241 20 manpower manpower NN 1662 1241 21 - - HYPH 1662 1241 22 military military NN 1662 1241 23 age age NN 1662 1241 24 : : : 1662 1241 25 18 18 CD 1662 1241 26 years year NNS 1662 1241 27 of of IN 1662 1241 28 age age NN 1662 1241 29 Military military JJ 1662 1241 30 manpower manpower NN 1662 1241 31 - - HYPH 1662 1241 32 availability availability NN 1662 1241 33 : : : 1662 1241 34 males male NNS 1662 1241 35 age age NNP 1662 1241 36 15 15 CD 1662 1241 37 - - HYPH 1662 1241 38 49 49 CD 1662 1241 39 : : : 1662 1241 40 1,261,059 1,261,059 CD 1662 1241 41 females female NNS 1662 1241 42 age age NN 1662 1241 43 15 15 CD 1662 1241 44 - - HYPH 1662 1241 45 49 49 CD 1662 1241 46 : : : 1662 1241 47 1,333,966 1,333,966 CD 1662 1241 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1241 49 1997 1997 CD 1662 1241 50 est est NNP 1662 1241 51 . . . 1662 1241 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1242 1 note note VB 1662 1242 2 : : : 1662 1242 3 both both DT 1662 1242 4 sexes sex NNS 1662 1242 5 are be VBP 1662 1242 6 liable liable JJ 1662 1242 7 for for IN 1662 1242 8 military military JJ 1662 1242 9 service service NN 1662 1242 10 Military Military NNP 1662 1242 11 manpower manpower NN 1662 1242 12 - - HYPH 1662 1242 13 fit fit NN 1662 1242 14 for for IN 1662 1242 15 military military JJ 1662 1242 16 service service NN 1662 1242 17 : : : 1662 1242 18 males male NNS 1662 1242 19 : : : 1662 1242 20 645,660 645,660 CD 1662 1242 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1242 22 1997 1997 CD 1662 1242 23 est est NNP 1662 1242 24 . . . 1662 1242 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1243 1 females female NNS 1662 1243 2 : : : 1662 1243 3 675,243 675,243 CD 1662 1243 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1243 5 1997 1997 CD 1662 1243 6 est est NNP 1662 1243 7 . . . 1662 1243 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1244 1 Military military JJ 1662 1244 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1244 3 - - HYPH 1662 1244 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 1244 5 military military JJ 1662 1244 6 age age NN 1662 1244 7 annually annually RB 1662 1244 8 : : : 1662 1244 9 males male NNS 1662 1244 10 : : : 1662 1244 11 64,028 64,028 CD 1662 1244 12 females female NNS 1662 1244 13 : : : 1662 1244 14 63,056 63,056 CD 1662 1244 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1244 16 1997 1997 CD 1662 1244 17 est e JJS 1662 1244 18 . . . 1662 1244 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1245 1 Military military JJ 1662 1245 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1245 3 - - HYPH 1662 1245 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1245 5 figure figure NN 1662 1245 6 : : : 1662 1245 7 $ $ $ 1662 1245 8 33 33 CD 1662 1245 9 million million CD 1662 1245 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1245 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 1245 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1245 13 Military military JJ 1662 1245 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1245 15 - - : 1662 1245 16 percent percent NN 1662 1245 17 of of IN 1662 1245 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1245 19 : : : 1662 1245 20 3.2 3.2 CD 1662 1245 21 % % NN 1662 1245 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1245 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 1245 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1245 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1245 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1245 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1245 28 - - : 1662 1245 29 international international RB 1662 1245 30 : : : 1662 1245 31 none none NN 1662 1245 32 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 1245 33 drugs drug VBZ 1662 1245 34 : : : 1662 1245 35 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 1245 36 point point NN 1662 1245 37 for for IN 1662 1245 38 narcotics narcotic NNS 1662 1245 39 associated associate VBN 1662 1245 40 with with IN 1662 1245 41 Nigerian nigerian JJ 1662 1245 42 trafficking traffic VBG 1662 1245 43 organizations organization NNS 1662 1245 44 and and CC 1662 1245 45 most most RBS 1662 1245 46 commonly commonly RB 1662 1245 47 destined destine VBN 1662 1245 48 for for IN 1662 1245 49 Western Western NNP 1662 1245 50 Europe Europe NNP 1662 1245 51 and and CC 1662 1245 52 the the DT 1662 1245 53 US US NNP 1662 1245 54 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 55 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 56 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 57 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 58 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 59 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 60 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 61 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 62 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 63 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 64 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 65 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 66 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 67 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 68 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 69 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 70 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 71 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 72 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 73 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 74 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 75 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 76 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 77 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 78 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 79 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 80 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 81 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 82 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 83 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 84 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 85 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 86 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 87 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 94 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 95 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 96 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 97 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 98 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 99 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 100 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 101 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 102 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 103 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 104 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 105 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 106 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 107 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 108 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 109 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 110 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 111 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 112 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 113 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 114 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 115 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 116 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 117 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 118 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 119 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 120 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 121 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 122 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 123 _ _ NNP 1662 1245 124 BERMUDA BERMUDA NNP 1662 1245 125 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1245 126 dependent dependent JJ 1662 1245 127 territory territory NN 1662 1245 128 of of IN 1662 1245 129 the the DT 1662 1245 130 UK UK NNP 1662 1245 131 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1245 132 @Bermuda @bermuda NN 1662 1245 133 : : : 1662 1245 134 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1245 135 Location Location NNP 1662 1245 136 : : : 1662 1245 137 North North NNP 1662 1245 138 America America NNP 1662 1245 139 , , , 1662 1245 140 group group NN 1662 1245 141 of of IN 1662 1245 142 islands island NNS 1662 1245 143 in in IN 1662 1245 144 the the DT 1662 1245 145 North North NNP 1662 1245 146 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1245 147 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1245 148 , , , 1662 1245 149 east east NN 1662 1245 150 of of IN 1662 1245 151 North North NNP 1662 1245 152 Carolina Carolina NNP 1662 1245 153 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1245 154 US US NNP 1662 1245 155 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1245 156 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1245 157 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1245 158 : : : 1662 1245 159 32 32 CD 1662 1245 160 20 20 CD 1662 1245 161 N n CD 1662 1245 162 , , , 1662 1245 163 64 64 CD 1662 1245 164 45 45 CD 1662 1245 165 W W NNP 1662 1245 166 Map Map NNP 1662 1245 167 references reference NNS 1662 1245 168 : : : 1662 1245 169 North North NNP 1662 1245 170 America America NNP 1662 1245 171 Area Area NNP 1662 1245 172 : : : 1662 1245 173 total total NN 1662 1245 174 : : : 1662 1245 175 50 50 CD 1662 1245 176 sq sq RB 1662 1245 177 km km NNP 1662 1245 178 land land NN 1662 1245 179 : : : 1662 1245 180 50 50 CD 1662 1245 181 sq sq RB 1662 1245 182 km km NNP 1662 1245 183 water water NN 1662 1245 184 : : : 1662 1245 185 0 0 NFP 1662 1245 186 sq sq NN 1662 1245 187 km km NNP 1662 1245 188 Area area NN 1662 1245 189 - - HYPH 1662 1245 190 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1245 191 : : : 1662 1245 192 about about IN 1662 1245 193 0.3 0.3 CD 1662 1245 194 times time NNS 1662 1245 195 the the DT 1662 1245 196 size size NN 1662 1245 197 of of IN 1662 1245 198 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1245 199 , , , 1662 1245 200 DC DC NNP 1662 1245 201 Land Land NNP 1662 1245 202 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1245 203 : : : 1662 1245 204 0 0 LS 1662 1245 205 km km NN 1662 1245 206 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1245 207 : : : 1662 1245 208 103 103 CD 1662 1245 209 km km NN 1662 1245 210 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1245 211 claims claim VBZ 1662 1245 212 : : : 1662 1245 213 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 1245 214 fishing fishing NN 1662 1245 215 zone zone NN 1662 1245 216 : : : 1662 1245 217 200 200 CD 1662 1245 218 nm nm CD 1662 1245 219 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1245 220 sea sea NN 1662 1245 221 : : : 1662 1245 222 12 12 CD 1662 1245 223 nm nm NNP 1662 1245 224 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1245 225 : : : 1662 1245 226 subtropical subtropical JJ 1662 1245 227 ; ; : 1662 1245 228 mild mild JJ 1662 1245 229 , , , 1662 1245 230 humid humid JJ 1662 1245 231 ; ; : 1662 1245 232 gales gale NNS 1662 1245 233 , , , 1662 1245 234 strong strong JJ 1662 1245 235 winds wind NNS 1662 1245 236 common common JJ 1662 1245 237 in in IN 1662 1245 238 winter winter NN 1662 1245 239 Terrain terrain NN 1662 1245 240 : : : 1662 1245 241 low low JJ 1662 1245 242 hills hill NNS 1662 1245 243 separated separate VBN 1662 1245 244 by by IN 1662 1245 245 fertile fertile JJ 1662 1245 246 depressions depression NNS 1662 1245 247 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1245 248 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1245 249 : : : 1662 1245 250 lowest low JJS 1662 1245 251 point point NN 1662 1245 252 : : : 1662 1245 253 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1245 254 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1245 255 0 0 NFP 1662 1245 256 m m DT 1662 1245 257 highest high JJS 1662 1245 258 point point NN 1662 1245 259 : : : 1662 1245 260 Town Town NNP 1662 1245 261 Hill Hill NNP 1662 1245 262 76 76 CD 1662 1245 263 m m NNP 1662 1245 264 Natural natural JJ 1662 1245 265 resources resource NNS 1662 1245 266 : : : 1662 1245 267 limestone limestone NN 1662 1245 268 , , , 1662 1245 269 pleasant pleasant JJ 1662 1245 270 climate climate NN 1662 1245 271 fostering foster VBG 1662 1245 272 tourism tourism NN 1662 1245 273 Land Land NNP 1662 1245 274 use use NN 1662 1245 275 : : : 1662 1245 276 arable arable JJ 1662 1245 277 land land NN 1662 1245 278 : : : 1662 1245 279 NA% NA% `` 1662 1245 280 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1245 281 crops crop NNS 1662 1245 282 : : : 1662 1245 283 NA% na% IN 1662 1245 284 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1245 285 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1245 286 : : : 1662 1245 287 NA% NA% NNS 1662 1245 288 forests forest NNS 1662 1245 289 and and CC 1662 1245 290 woodland woodland RB 1662 1245 291 : : : 1662 1245 292 20 20 CD 1662 1245 293 % % NN 1662 1245 294 other other JJ 1662 1245 295 : : : 1662 1245 296 80 80 CD 1662 1245 297 % % NN 1662 1245 298 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1245 299 1993 1993 CD 1662 1245 300 est est NNP 1662 1245 301 . . . 1662 1245 302 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1246 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1246 2 land land NN 1662 1246 3 : : : 1662 1246 4 NA NA NNP 1662 1246 5 sq sq RB 1662 1246 6 km km VB 1662 1246 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 1246 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1246 9 : : : 1662 1246 10 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 1246 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1246 12 June June NNP 1662 1246 13 to to IN 1662 1246 14 November November NNP 1662 1246 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1246 16 Environment environment NN 1662 1246 17 - - HYPH 1662 1246 18 current current JJ 1662 1246 19 issues issue NNS 1662 1246 20 : : : 1662 1246 21 asbestos asbestos NN 1662 1246 22 disposal disposal NN 1662 1246 23 ; ; : 1662 1246 24 water water NN 1662 1246 25 pollution pollution NN 1662 1246 26 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1246 27 - - HYPH 1662 1246 28 international international JJ 1662 1246 29 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1246 30 : : : 1662 1246 31 party party NN 1662 1246 32 to to IN 1662 1246 33 : : : 1662 1246 34 NA NA NNP 1662 1246 35 signed sign VBN 1662 1246 36 , , , 1662 1246 37 but but CC 1662 1246 38 not not RB 1662 1246 39 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1246 40 : : : 1662 1246 41 NA NA NNP 1662 1246 42 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1246 43 - - HYPH 1662 1246 44 note note NN 1662 1246 45 : : : 1662 1246 46 consists consist VBZ 1662 1246 47 of of IN 1662 1246 48 about about RB 1662 1246 49 360 360 CD 1662 1246 50 small small JJ 1662 1246 51 coral coral JJ 1662 1246 52 islands island NNS 1662 1246 53 with with IN 1662 1246 54 ample ample JJ 1662 1246 55 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 1246 56 , , , 1662 1246 57 but but CC 1662 1246 58 no no DT 1662 1246 59 rivers river NNS 1662 1246 60 or or CC 1662 1246 61 freshwater freshwater NN 1662 1246 62 lakes lake NNS 1662 1246 63 ; ; , 1662 1246 64 some some DT 1662 1246 65 reclaimed reclaim VBN 1662 1246 66 land land NN 1662 1246 67 was be VBD 1662 1246 68 leased lease VBN 1662 1246 69 by by IN 1662 1246 70 US US NNP 1662 1246 71 Government Government NNP 1662 1246 72 from from IN 1662 1246 73 1941 1941 CD 1662 1246 74 to to IN 1662 1246 75 1995 1995 CD 1662 1246 76 @Bermuda @Bermuda NNP 1662 1246 77 : : : 1662 1246 78 People People NNP 1662 1246 79 Population Population NNP 1662 1246 80 : : : 1662 1246 81 62,569 62,569 CD 1662 1246 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1246 83 July July NNP 1662 1246 84 1997 1997 CD 1662 1246 85 est est NNP 1662 1246 86 . . . 1662 1246 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1247 1 Age age NN 1662 1247 2 structure structure NN 1662 1247 3 : : : 1662 1247 4 0 0 CD 1662 1247 5 - - HYPH 1662 1247 6 14 14 CD 1662 1247 7 years year NNS 1662 1247 8 : : : 1662 1247 9 NA NA NNP 1662 1247 10 15 15 CD 1662 1247 11 - - SYM 1662 1247 12 64 64 CD 1662 1247 13 years year NNS 1662 1247 14 : : : 1662 1247 15 NA na IN 1662 1247 16 65 65 CD 1662 1247 17 years year NNS 1662 1247 18 and and CC 1662 1247 19 over over RB 1662 1247 20 : : : 1662 1247 21 NA NA NNP 1662 1247 22 Population Population NNP 1662 1247 23 growth growth NN 1662 1247 24 rate rate NN 1662 1247 25 : : : 1662 1247 26 0.75 0.75 CD 1662 1247 27 % % NN 1662 1247 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1247 29 1997 1997 CD 1662 1247 30 est est NNP 1662 1247 31 . . . 1662 1247 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1248 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1248 2 rate rate NN 1662 1248 3 : : : 1662 1248 4 14.92 14.92 CD 1662 1248 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 1248 6 population population NN 1662 1248 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1248 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1248 9 est est NNP 1662 1248 10 . . . 1662 1248 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1249 1 Death death NN 1662 1249 2 rate rate NN 1662 1249 3 : : : 1662 1249 4 7.3 7.3 CD 1662 1249 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1249 6 population population NN 1662 1249 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1249 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1249 9 est est NNP 1662 1249 10 . . . 1662 1249 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1250 1 Net net JJ 1662 1250 2 migration migration NN 1662 1250 3 rate rate NN 1662 1250 4 : : : 1662 1250 5 -0.13 -0.13 NFP 1662 1250 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 1250 7 population population NN 1662 1250 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1250 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1250 10 est est NNP 1662 1250 11 . . . 1662 1250 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1251 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1251 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1251 3 : : : 1662 1251 4 at at IN 1662 1251 5 birth birth NN 1662 1251 6 : : : 1662 1251 7 NA NA NNP 1662 1251 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1251 9 under under IN 1662 1251 10 15 15 CD 1662 1251 11 years year NNS 1662 1251 12 : : : 1662 1251 13 NA NA NNP 1662 1251 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1251 15 15 15 CD 1662 1251 16 - - SYM 1662 1251 17 64 64 CD 1662 1251 18 years year NNS 1662 1251 19 : : : 1662 1251 20 NA NA NNP 1662 1251 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1251 22 65 65 CD 1662 1251 23 years year NNS 1662 1251 24 and and CC 1662 1251 25 over over RB 1662 1251 26 : : : 1662 1251 27 NA NA NNP 1662 1251 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 1251 29 total total JJ 1662 1251 30 population population NN 1662 1251 31 : : : 1662 1251 32 NA NA NNP 1662 1251 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1251 34 Infant Infant NNP 1662 1251 35 mortality mortality NN 1662 1251 36 rate rate NN 1662 1251 37 : : : 1662 1251 38 13.16 13.16 CD 1662 1251 39 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1251 40 live live JJ 1662 1251 41 births birth NNS 1662 1251 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1251 43 1997 1997 CD 1662 1251 44 est est NNP 1662 1251 45 . . . 1662 1251 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1252 1 Life life NN 1662 1252 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1252 3 at at IN 1662 1252 4 birth birth NN 1662 1252 5 : : : 1662 1252 6 total total JJ 1662 1252 7 population population NN 1662 1252 8 : : : 1662 1252 9 75.03 75.03 CD 1662 1252 10 years year NNS 1662 1252 11 male male NN 1662 1252 12 : : : 1662 1252 13 73.36 73.36 CD 1662 1252 14 years year NNS 1662 1252 15 female female JJ 1662 1252 16 : : : 1662 1252 17 76.97 76.97 CD 1662 1252 18 years year NNS 1662 1252 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1252 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1252 21 est est NNP 1662 1252 22 . . . 1662 1252 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1253 1 Total total JJ 1662 1253 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1253 3 rate rate NN 1662 1253 4 : : : 1662 1253 5 1.79 1.79 CD 1662 1253 6 children child NNS 1662 1253 7 born bear VBN 1662 1253 8 / / SYM 1662 1253 9 woman woman NN 1662 1253 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1253 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1253 12 est est NNP 1662 1253 13 . . . 1662 1253 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1254 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1254 2 : : : 1662 1254 3 noun noun NNP 1662 1254 4 : : : 1662 1254 5 Bermudian(s Bermudian(s NNP 1662 1254 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1254 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 1254 8 : : : 1662 1254 9 Bermudian bermudian JJ 1662 1254 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1254 11 groups group NNS 1662 1254 12 : : : 1662 1254 13 black black JJ 1662 1254 14 61 61 CD 1662 1254 15 % % NN 1662 1254 16 , , , 1662 1254 17 white white JJ 1662 1254 18 and and CC 1662 1254 19 other other JJ 1662 1254 20 39 39 CD 1662 1254 21 % % NN 1662 1254 22 Religions religion NNS 1662 1254 23 : : : 1662 1254 24 Anglican anglican JJ 1662 1254 25 28 28 CD 1662 1254 26 % % NN 1662 1254 27 , , , 1662 1254 28 Roman Roman NNP 1662 1254 29 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 1254 30 15 15 CD 1662 1254 31 % % NN 1662 1254 32 , , , 1662 1254 33 African African NNP 1662 1254 34 Methodist Methodist NNP 1662 1254 35 Episcopal Episcopal NNP 1662 1254 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1254 37 Zion Zion NNP 1662 1254 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1254 39 12 12 CD 1662 1254 40 % % NN 1662 1254 41 , , , 1662 1254 42 Seventh Seventh NNP 1662 1254 43 - - HYPH 1662 1254 44 Day Day NNP 1662 1254 45 Adventist Adventist NNP 1662 1254 46 6 6 CD 1662 1254 47 % % NN 1662 1254 48 , , , 1662 1254 49 Methodist Methodist NNP 1662 1254 50 5 5 CD 1662 1254 51 % % NN 1662 1254 52 , , , 1662 1254 53 other other JJ 1662 1254 54 34 34 CD 1662 1254 55 % % NN 1662 1254 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1254 57 1991 1991 CD 1662 1254 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1254 59 Languages language NNS 1662 1254 60 : : : 1662 1254 61 English English NNP 1662 1254 62 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 1254 63 : : : 1662 1254 64 definition definition NN 1662 1254 65 : : : 1662 1254 66 age age NN 1662 1254 67 15 15 CD 1662 1254 68 and and CC 1662 1254 69 over over RB 1662 1254 70 can can MD 1662 1254 71 read read VB 1662 1254 72 and and CC 1662 1254 73 write write VB 1662 1254 74 total total JJ 1662 1254 75 population population NN 1662 1254 76 : : : 1662 1254 77 98 98 CD 1662 1254 78 % % NN 1662 1254 79 male male NN 1662 1254 80 : : : 1662 1254 81 98 98 CD 1662 1254 82 % % NN 1662 1254 83 female female NN 1662 1254 84 : : : 1662 1254 85 99 99 CD 1662 1254 86 % % NN 1662 1254 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1254 88 1970 1970 CD 1662 1254 89 est est NNP 1662 1254 90 . . . 1662 1254 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1255 1 @Bermuda @Bermuda NNP 1662 1255 2 : : : 1662 1255 3 Government Government NNP 1662 1255 4 Country Country NNP 1662 1255 5 name name NN 1662 1255 6 : : : 1662 1255 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1255 8 long long JJ 1662 1255 9 form form NN 1662 1255 10 : : : 1662 1255 11 none none NN 1662 1255 12 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1255 13 short short JJ 1662 1255 14 form form NN 1662 1255 15 : : : 1662 1255 16 Bermuda Bermuda NNP 1662 1255 17 Data Data NNP 1662 1255 18 code code NN 1662 1255 19 : : : 1662 1255 20 BD BD NNP 1662 1255 21 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 1255 22 status status NN 1662 1255 23 : : : 1662 1255 24 dependent dependent JJ 1662 1255 25 territory territory NN 1662 1255 26 of of IN 1662 1255 27 the the DT 1662 1255 28 UK UK NNP 1662 1255 29 Government Government NNP 1662 1255 30 type type NN 1662 1255 31 : : : 1662 1255 32 NA NA NNP 1662 1255 33 National national JJ 1662 1255 34 capital capital NN 1662 1255 35 : : : 1662 1255 36 Hamilton Hamilton NNP 1662 1255 37 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 1255 38 divisions division NNS 1662 1255 39 : : : 1662 1255 40 9 9 CD 1662 1255 41 parishes parish NNS 1662 1255 42 and and CC 1662 1255 43 2 2 CD 1662 1255 44 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 1255 45 * * NFP 1662 1255 46 ; ; : 1662 1255 47 Devonshire Devonshire NNP 1662 1255 48 , , , 1662 1255 49 Hamilton Hamilton NNP 1662 1255 50 , , , 1662 1255 51 Hamilton Hamilton NNP 1662 1255 52 * * NFP 1662 1255 53 , , , 1662 1255 54 Paget Paget NNP 1662 1255 55 , , , 1662 1255 56 Pembroke Pembroke NNP 1662 1255 57 , , , 1662 1255 58 Saint Saint NNP 1662 1255 59 George George NNP 1662 1255 60 * * NFP 1662 1255 61 , , , 1662 1255 62 Saint Saint NNP 1662 1255 63 Georges Georges NNP 1662 1255 64 , , , 1662 1255 65 Sandys Sandys NNPS 1662 1255 66 , , , 1662 1255 67 Smiths Smiths NNPS 1662 1255 68 , , , 1662 1255 69 Southampton Southampton NNP 1662 1255 70 , , , 1662 1255 71 Warwick Warwick NNP 1662 1255 72 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1255 73 : : : 1662 1255 74 none none NN 1662 1255 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1255 76 dependent dependent JJ 1662 1255 77 territory territory NN 1662 1255 78 of of IN 1662 1255 79 the the DT 1662 1255 80 UK UK NNP 1662 1255 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1255 82 National national JJ 1662 1255 83 holiday holiday NN 1662 1255 84 : : : 1662 1255 85 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NNP 1662 1267 81 , , , 1662 1267 82 1995 1995 CD 1662 1267 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1267 84 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1267 85 : : : 1662 1267 86 semitropical semitropical JJ 1662 1267 87 produce produce NN 1662 1267 88 , , , 1662 1267 89 light light JJ 1662 1267 90 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 1267 91 , , , 1662 1267 92 reexports reexport NNS 1662 1267 93 of of IN 1662 1267 94 pharmaceuticals pharmaceutical NNS 1662 1267 95 partners partner NNS 1662 1267 96 : : : 1662 1267 97 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 1267 98 50 50 CD 1662 1267 99 % % NN 1662 1267 100 , , , 1662 1267 101 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 1267 102 13 13 CD 1662 1267 103 % % NN 1662 1267 104 , , , 1662 1267 105 Canada Canada NNP 1662 1267 106 6 6 CD 1662 1267 107 % % NN 1662 1267 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1267 109 1996 1996 CD 1662 1267 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1267 111 Imports import NNS 1662 1267 112 : : : 1662 1267 113 total total JJ 1662 1267 114 value value NN 1662 1267 115 : : : 1662 1267 116 $ $ $ 1662 1267 117 550 550 CD 1662 1267 118 million million CD 1662 1267 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1267 120 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 1267 121 . . NNP 1662 1267 122 , , , 1662 1267 123 1995 1995 CD 1662 1267 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1267 125 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1267 126 : : : 1662 1267 127 miscellaneous miscellaneous JJ 1662 1267 128 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 1267 129 articles article NNS 1662 1267 130 , , , 1662 1267 131 machinery machinery NN 1662 1267 132 and and CC 1662 1267 133 transport transport NN 1662 1267 134 equipment equipment NN 1662 1267 135 , , , 1662 1267 136 food food NN 1662 1267 137 and and CC 1662 1267 138 live live JJ 1662 1267 139 animals animal NNS 1662 1267 140 , , , 1662 1267 141 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 1267 142 partners partner NNS 1662 1267 143 : : : 1662 1267 144 US US NNP 1662 1267 145 73 73 CD 1662 1267 146 % % NN 1662 1267 147 , , , 1662 1267 148 UK UK NNP 1662 1267 149 5 5 CD 1662 1267 150 % % NN 1662 1267 151 , , , 1662 1267 152 Canada Canada NNP 1662 1267 153 5 5 CD 1662 1267 154 % % NN 1662 1267 155 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1267 156 1995 1995 CD 1662 1267 157 est est NNP 1662 1267 158 . . . 1662 1267 159 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1268 1 Debt debt NN 1662 1268 2 - - HYPH 1662 1268 3 external external JJ 1662 1268 4 : : : 1662 1268 5 $ $ $ 1662 1268 6 NA na JJ 1662 1268 7 Economic economic JJ 1662 1268 8 aid aid NN 1662 1268 9 : : : 1662 1268 10 $ $ $ 1662 1268 11 NA NA NNP 1662 1268 12 Currency currency NN 1662 1268 13 : : : 1662 1268 14 1 1 CD 1662 1268 15 Bermudian bermudian JJ 1662 1268 16 dollar dollar NN 1662 1268 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1268 18 Bd$ bd$ NN 1662 1268 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1268 20 = = NFP 1662 1268 21 100 100 CD 1662 1268 22 cents cent NNS 1662 1268 23 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1268 24 rates rate NNS 1662 1268 25 : : : 1662 1268 26 Bermudian bermudian JJ 1662 1268 27 dollar dollar NN 1662 1268 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1268 29 Bd$ bd$ NN 1662 1268 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1268 31 per per IN 1662 1268 32 US$ us$ $ 1662 1268 33 1 1 CD 1662 1268 34 - - SYM 1662 1268 35 1.0000 1.0000 CD 1662 1268 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1268 37 February February NNP 1662 1268 38 1997 1997 CD 1662 1268 39 ; ; : 1662 1268 40 fixed fix VBN 1662 1268 41 rate rate NN 1662 1268 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1268 43 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1268 44 year year NN 1662 1268 45 : : : 1662 1268 46 1 1 CD 1662 1268 47 April April NNP 1662 1268 48 - - HYPH 1662 1268 49 31 31 CD 1662 1268 50 March March NNP 1662 1268 51 @Bermuda @Bermuda NNP 1662 1268 52 : : : 1662 1268 53 Communications Communications NNP 1662 1268 54 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 1268 55 : : : 1662 1268 56 54,000 54,000 CD 1662 1268 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1268 58 1991 1991 CD 1662 1268 59 est est NNP 1662 1268 60 . . . 1662 1268 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1269 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1269 2 system system NN 1662 1269 3 : : : 1662 1269 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1269 5 : : : 1662 1269 6 modern modern JJ 1662 1269 7 , , , 1662 1269 8 fully fully RB 1662 1269 9 automatic automatic JJ 1662 1269 10 telephone telephone NN 1662 1269 11 system system NN 1662 1269 12 international international JJ 1662 1269 13 : : : 1662 1269 14 3 3 CD 1662 1269 15 submarine submarine NN 1662 1269 16 cables cable NNS 1662 1269 17 ; ; : 1662 1269 18 satellite satellite NN 1662 1269 19 earth earth NN 1662 1269 20 stations station NNS 1662 1269 21 - - , 1662 1269 22 2 2 CD 1662 1269 23 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1269 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1269 25 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1269 26 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1269 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1269 28 Radio radio NN 1662 1269 29 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1269 30 stations station NNS 1662 1269 31 : : : 1662 1269 32 AM AM NNP 1662 1269 33 5 5 CD 1662 1269 34 , , , 1662 1269 35 FM FM NNP 1662 1269 36 3 3 CD 1662 1269 37 , , , 1662 1269 38 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 1269 39 0 0 CD 1662 1269 40 Radios radio NNS 1662 1269 41 : : : 1662 1269 42 78,000 78,000 CD 1662 1269 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1269 44 1992 1992 CD 1662 1269 45 est est NNP 1662 1269 46 . . . 1662 1269 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1270 1 Television television NN 1662 1270 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1270 3 stations station NNS 1662 1270 4 : : : 1662 1270 5 3 3 CD 1662 1270 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 1270 7 : : : 1662 1270 8 57,000 57,000 CD 1662 1270 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1270 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 1270 11 est est NNP 1662 1270 12 . . . 1662 1270 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1271 1 @Bermuda @Bermuda NNP 1662 1271 2 : : : 1662 1271 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1271 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1271 5 : : : 1662 1271 6 0 0 LS 1662 1271 7 km km NN 1662 1271 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 1271 9 : : : 1662 1271 10 total total NN 1662 1271 11 : : : 1662 1271 12 225 225 CD 1662 1271 13 km km NNS 1662 1271 14 paved pave VBN 1662 1271 15 : : : 1662 1271 16 225 225 CD 1662 1271 17 km km NN 1662 1271 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1271 19 : : : 1662 1271 20 0 0 CD 1662 1271 21 km km NN 1662 1271 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1271 23 1997 1997 CD 1662 1271 24 est est NNP 1662 1271 25 . . . 1662 1271 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1272 1 note note NN 1662 1272 2 : : : 1662 1272 3 in in IN 1662 1272 4 addition addition NN 1662 1272 5 , , , 1662 1272 6 there there EX 1662 1272 7 are be VBP 1662 1272 8 400 400 CD 1662 1272 9 km km NNS 1662 1272 10 of of IN 1662 1272 11 paved paved JJ 1662 1272 12 and and CC 1662 1272 13 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1272 14 roads road NNS 1662 1272 15 that that WDT 1662 1272 16 are be VBP 1662 1272 17 privately privately RB 1662 1272 18 owned own VBN 1662 1272 19 Ports port NNS 1662 1272 20 and and CC 1662 1272 21 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1272 22 : : : 1662 1272 23 Hamilton Hamilton NNP 1662 1272 24 , , , 1662 1272 25 Saint Saint NNP 1662 1272 26 George George NNP 1662 1272 27 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 1272 28 marine marine NN 1662 1272 29 : : : 1662 1272 30 total total NN 1662 1272 31 : : : 1662 1272 32 76 76 CD 1662 1272 33 ships ship NNS 1662 1272 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1272 35 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1272 36 GRT GRT NNP 1662 1272 37 or or CC 1662 1272 38 over over RB 1662 1272 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1272 40 totaling total VBG 1662 1272 41 3,416,667 3,416,667 CD 1662 1272 42 GRT/5,163,435 GRT/5,163,435 NNS 1662 1272 43 DWT dwt NN 1662 1272 44 ships ship NNS 1662 1272 45 by by IN 1662 1272 46 type type NN 1662 1272 47 : : : 1662 1272 48 bulk bulk NNP 1662 1272 49 9 9 CD 1662 1272 50 , , , 1662 1272 51 cargo cargo NN 1662 1272 52 1 1 CD 1662 1272 53 , , , 1662 1272 54 container container NN 1662 1272 55 15 15 CD 1662 1272 56 , , , 1662 1272 57 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 1272 58 gas gas NN 1662 1272 59 tanker tanker NN 1662 1272 60 14 14 CD 1662 1272 61 , , , 1662 1272 62 oil oil NN 1662 1272 63 tanker tanker NN 1662 1272 64 16 16 CD 1662 1272 65 , , , 1662 1272 66 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 1272 67 cargo cargo NN 1662 1272 68 12 12 CD 1662 1272 69 , , , 1662 1272 70 roll roll NN 1662 1272 71 - - HYPH 1662 1272 72 on on IN 1662 1272 73 / / SYM 1662 1272 74 roll roll NN 1662 1272 75 - - HYPH 1662 1272 76 off off RP 1662 1272 77 cargo cargo NN 1662 1272 78 4 4 CD 1662 1272 79 , , , 1662 1272 80 short short JJ 1662 1272 81 - - HYPH 1662 1272 82 sea sea NN 1662 1272 83 passenger passenger NN 1662 1272 84 2 2 CD 1662 1272 85 , , , 1662 1272 86 specialized specialized NNP 1662 1272 87 tanker tanker NN 1662 1272 88 1 1 CD 1662 1272 89 , , , 1662 1272 90 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 1272 91 carrier carrier NN 1662 1272 92 1 1 CD 1662 1272 93 , , , 1662 1272 94 livestock livestock NN 1662 1272 95 carrier carrier NN 1662 1272 96 1 1 CD 1662 1272 97 note note NN 1662 1272 98 : : : 1662 1272 99 a a DT 1662 1272 100 flag flag NN 1662 1272 101 of of IN 1662 1272 102 convenience convenience NN 1662 1272 103 registry registry NN 1662 1272 104 ; ; : 1662 1272 105 includes include VBZ 1662 1272 106 ships ship NNS 1662 1272 107 from from IN 1662 1272 108 11 11 CD 1662 1272 109 countries country NNS 1662 1272 110 among among IN 1662 1272 111 which which WDT 1662 1272 112 are be VBP 1662 1272 113 UK UK NNP 1662 1272 114 26 26 CD 1662 1272 115 , , , 1662 1272 116 Canada Canada NNP 1662 1272 117 12 12 CD 1662 1272 118 , , , 1662 1272 119 US US NNP 1662 1272 120 9 9 CD 1662 1272 121 , , , 1662 1272 122 Norway Norway NNP 1662 1272 123 7 7 CD 1662 1272 124 , , , 1662 1272 125 Hong Hong NNP 1662 1272 126 Kong Kong NNP 1662 1272 127 4 4 CD 1662 1272 128 , , , 1662 1272 129 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 1272 130 4 4 CD 1662 1272 131 , , , 1662 1272 132 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 1272 133 4 4 CD 1662 1272 134 , , , 1662 1272 135 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 1272 136 2 2 CD 1662 1272 137 , , , 1662 1272 138 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 1272 139 1 1 CD 1662 1272 140 , , , 1662 1272 141 and and CC 1662 1272 142 Romania Romania NNP 1662 1272 143 1 1 CD 1662 1272 144 ; ; : 1662 1272 145 Bermuda Bermuda NNP 1662 1272 146 owns own VBZ 1662 1272 147 48 48 CD 1662 1272 148 additional additional JJ 1662 1272 149 ships ship NNS 1662 1272 150 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1272 151 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1272 152 GRT GRT NNP 1662 1272 153 or or CC 1662 1272 154 over over RB 1662 1272 155 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1272 156 totaling total VBG 1662 1272 157 5,911,678 5,911,678 CD 1662 1272 158 DWT dwt NN 1662 1272 159 that that WDT 1662 1272 160 operate operate VBP 1662 1272 161 under under IN 1662 1272 162 Australian australian JJ 1662 1272 163 , , , 1662 1272 164 Bahamian Bahamian NNP 1662 1272 165 , , , 1662 1272 166 Hong Hong NNP 1662 1272 167 Kong Kong NNP 1662 1272 168 , , , 1662 1272 169 Liberian Liberian NNP 1662 1272 170 , , , 1662 1272 171 Panamanian panamanian JJ 1662 1272 172 and and CC 1662 1272 173 Singaporean singaporean JJ 1662 1272 174 registry registry NN 1662 1272 175 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1272 176 1996 1996 CD 1662 1272 177 est est NNP 1662 1272 178 . . . 1662 1272 179 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1273 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1273 2 : : : 1662 1273 3 1 1 CD 1662 1273 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1273 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1273 6 est est NNP 1662 1273 7 . . . 1662 1273 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1274 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1274 2 - - , 1662 1274 3 with with IN 1662 1274 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1274 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1274 6 : : : 1662 1274 7 total total NN 1662 1274 8 : : : 1662 1274 9 1 1 CD 1662 1274 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 1274 11 to to IN 1662 1274 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1274 13 m m NN 1662 1274 14 : : : 1662 1274 15 1 1 CD 1662 1274 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1274 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 1274 18 est est NNP 1662 1274 19 . . . 1662 1274 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1275 1 Military military JJ 1662 1275 2 Military military JJ 1662 1275 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1275 4 : : : 1662 1275 5 Bermuda Bermuda NNP 1662 1275 6 Regiment Regiment NNP 1662 1275 7 , , , 1662 1275 8 Bermuda Bermuda NNP 1662 1275 9 Police Police NNPS 1662 1275 10 Force Force NNP 1662 1275 11 , , , 1662 1275 12 Bermuda Bermuda NNP 1662 1275 13 Reserve Reserve NNP 1662 1275 14 Constabulary Constabulary NNP 1662 1275 15 Military Military NNP 1662 1275 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1275 17 - - HYPH 1662 1275 18 dollar dollar NN 1662 1275 19 figure figure NN 1662 1275 20 : : : 1662 1275 21 $ $ $ 1662 1275 22 NA NA NNP 1662 1275 23 Military military JJ 1662 1275 24 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1275 25 - - : 1662 1275 26 percent percent NN 1662 1275 27 of of IN 1662 1275 28 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1275 29 : : : 1662 1275 30 NA% NA% NNP 1662 1275 31 Military Military NNP 1662 1275 32 - - HYPH 1662 1275 33 note note NN 1662 1275 34 : : : 1662 1275 35 defense defense NN 1662 1275 36 is be VBZ 1662 1275 37 the the DT 1662 1275 38 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 1275 39 of of IN 1662 1275 40 the the DT 1662 1275 41 UK UK NNP 1662 1275 42 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1275 43 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1275 44 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 1275 45 - - : 1662 1275 46 international international RB 1662 1275 47 : : : 1662 1275 48 none none NN 1662 1275 49 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 50 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 51 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 52 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 53 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 54 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 55 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 56 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 57 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 58 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 59 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 60 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 61 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 62 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 63 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 64 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 65 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 66 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 67 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 68 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 69 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 70 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 71 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 72 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 73 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 74 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 75 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 76 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 77 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 78 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 79 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 80 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 81 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 82 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 83 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 84 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 85 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 86 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 87 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 94 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 95 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 96 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 97 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 98 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 99 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 100 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 101 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 102 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 103 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 104 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 105 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 106 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 107 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 108 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 109 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 110 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 111 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 112 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 113 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 114 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 115 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 116 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 117 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 118 _ _ NNP 1662 1275 119 BHUTAN BHUTAN NNP 1662 1275 120 @Bhutan @Bhutan NNP 1662 1275 121 : : : 1662 1275 122 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1275 123 Location Location NNP 1662 1275 124 : : : 1662 1275 125 Southern Southern NNP 1662 1275 126 Asia Asia NNP 1662 1275 127 , , , 1662 1275 128 between between IN 1662 1275 129 China China NNP 1662 1275 130 and and CC 1662 1275 131 India India NNP 1662 1275 132 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1275 133 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1275 134 : : : 1662 1275 135 27 27 CD 1662 1275 136 30 30 CD 1662 1275 137 N n CD 1662 1275 138 , , , 1662 1275 139 90 90 CD 1662 1275 140 30 30 CD 1662 1275 141 E e NN 1662 1275 142 Map Map NNP 1662 1275 143 references reference NNS 1662 1275 144 : : : 1662 1275 145 Asia Asia NNP 1662 1275 146 Area Area NNP 1662 1275 147 : : : 1662 1275 148 total total NN 1662 1275 149 : : : 1662 1275 150 47,000 47,000 CD 1662 1275 151 sq sq . 1662 1275 152 km km NNP 1662 1275 153 land land NN 1662 1275 154 : : : 1662 1275 155 47,000 47,000 CD 1662 1275 156 sq sq NN 1662 1275 157 km km NNP 1662 1275 158 water water NN 1662 1275 159 : : : 1662 1275 160 0 0 NFP 1662 1275 161 sq sq NN 1662 1275 162 km km NNP 1662 1275 163 Area area NN 1662 1275 164 - - HYPH 1662 1275 165 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1275 166 : : : 1662 1275 167 about about RB 1662 1275 168 half half PDT 1662 1275 169 the the DT 1662 1275 170 size size NN 1662 1275 171 of of IN 1662 1275 172 Indiana Indiana NNP 1662 1275 173 Land Land NNP 1662 1275 174 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1275 175 : : : 1662 1275 176 total total JJ 1662 1275 177 : : : 1662 1275 178 1,075 1,075 CD 1662 1275 179 km km NN 1662 1275 180 border border NN 1662 1275 181 countries country NNS 1662 1275 182 : : : 1662 1275 183 China China NNP 1662 1275 184 470 470 CD 1662 1275 185 km km NN 1662 1275 186 , , , 1662 1275 187 India India NNP 1662 1275 188 605 605 CD 1662 1275 189 km km NN 1662 1275 190 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1275 191 : : : 1662 1275 192 0 0 CD 1662 1275 193 km km NN 1662 1275 194 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1275 195 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 1275 196 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1275 197 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1275 198 claims claim VBZ 1662 1275 199 : : : 1662 1275 200 none none NN 1662 1275 201 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1275 202 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 1275 203 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1275 204 Climate climate NN 1662 1275 205 : : : 1662 1275 206 varies varie NNS 1662 1275 207 ; ; , 1662 1275 208 tropical tropical JJ 1662 1275 209 in in IN 1662 1275 210 southern southern JJ 1662 1275 211 plains plain NNS 1662 1275 212 ; ; , 1662 1275 213 cool cool JJ 1662 1275 214 winters winter NNS 1662 1275 215 and and CC 1662 1275 216 hot hot JJ 1662 1275 217 summers summer NNS 1662 1275 218 in in IN 1662 1275 219 central central JJ 1662 1275 220 valleys valley NNS 1662 1275 221 ; ; , 1662 1275 222 severe severe JJ 1662 1275 223 winters winter NNS 1662 1275 224 and and CC 1662 1275 225 cool cool JJ 1662 1275 226 summers summer NNS 1662 1275 227 in in IN 1662 1275 228 Himalayas Himalayas NNP 1662 1275 229 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1275 230 : : : 1662 1275 231 mostly mostly RB 1662 1275 232 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 1275 233 with with IN 1662 1275 234 some some DT 1662 1275 235 fertile fertile JJ 1662 1275 236 valleys valley NNS 1662 1275 237 and and CC 1662 1275 238 savanna savanna VBD 1662 1275 239 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1275 240 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1275 241 : : : 1662 1275 242 lowest low JJS 1662 1275 243 point point NN 1662 1275 244 : : : 1662 1275 245 Dangme Dangme NNP 1662 1275 246 Chu Chu NNP 1662 1275 247 97 97 CD 1662 1275 248 m m DT 1662 1275 249 highest high JJS 1662 1275 250 point point NN 1662 1275 251 : : : 1662 1275 252 Khula Khula NNP 1662 1275 253 Kangri Kangri NNP 1662 1275 254 I I NNP 1662 1275 255 7,553 7,553 CD 1662 1275 256 m m CD 1662 1275 257 Natural natural JJ 1662 1275 258 resources resource NNS 1662 1275 259 : : : 1662 1275 260 timber timber NN 1662 1275 261 , , , 1662 1275 262 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 1275 263 , , , 1662 1275 264 gypsum gypsum NN 1662 1275 265 , , , 1662 1275 266 calcium calcium NN 1662 1275 267 carbide carbide NN 1662 1275 268 Land Land NNP 1662 1275 269 use use NN 1662 1275 270 : : : 1662 1275 271 arable arable JJ 1662 1275 272 land land NN 1662 1275 273 : : : 1662 1275 274 2 2 CD 1662 1275 275 % % NN 1662 1275 276 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1275 277 crops crop NNS 1662 1275 278 : : : 1662 1275 279 0 0 CD 1662 1275 280 % % NN 1662 1275 281 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1275 282 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1275 283 : : : 1662 1275 284 6 6 CD 1662 1275 285 % % NN 1662 1275 286 forests forest NNS 1662 1275 287 and and CC 1662 1275 288 woodland woodland NN 1662 1275 289 : : : 1662 1275 290 66 66 CD 1662 1275 291 % % NN 1662 1275 292 other other JJ 1662 1275 293 : : : 1662 1275 294 26 26 CD 1662 1275 295 % % NN 1662 1275 296 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1275 297 1993 1993 CD 1662 1275 298 est est NNP 1662 1275 299 . . . 1662 1275 300 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1276 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1276 2 land land NN 1662 1276 3 : : : 1662 1276 4 340 340 CD 1662 1276 5 sq sq NNP 1662 1276 6 km km NNP 1662 1276 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1276 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1276 9 est est NNP 1662 1276 10 . . . 1662 1276 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1277 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1277 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1277 3 : : : 1662 1277 4 violent violent JJ 1662 1277 5 storms storm NNS 1662 1277 6 coming come VBG 1662 1277 7 down down RP 1662 1277 8 from from IN 1662 1277 9 the the DT 1662 1277 10 Himalayas Himalayas NNP 1662 1277 11 are be VBP 1662 1277 12 the the DT 1662 1277 13 source source NN 1662 1277 14 of of IN 1662 1277 15 the the DT 1662 1277 16 country country NN 1662 1277 17 's 's POS 1662 1277 18 name name NN 1662 1277 19 which which WDT 1662 1277 20 translates translate VBZ 1662 1277 21 as as IN 1662 1277 22 Land Land NNP 1662 1277 23 of of IN 1662 1277 24 the the DT 1662 1277 25 Thunder Thunder NNP 1662 1277 26 Dragon Dragon NNP 1662 1277 27 ; ; : 1662 1277 28 frequent frequent JJ 1662 1277 29 landslides landslide NNS 1662 1277 30 during during IN 1662 1277 31 the the DT 1662 1277 32 rainy rainy JJ 1662 1277 33 season season NN 1662 1277 34 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1277 35 - - HYPH 1662 1277 36 current current JJ 1662 1277 37 issues issue NNS 1662 1277 38 : : : 1662 1277 39 soil soil NN 1662 1277 40 erosion erosion NN 1662 1277 41 ; ; , 1662 1277 42 limited limited JJ 1662 1277 43 access access NN 1662 1277 44 to to TO 1662 1277 45 potable potable VB 1662 1277 46 water water NN 1662 1277 47 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1277 48 - - HYPH 1662 1277 49 international international JJ 1662 1277 50 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1277 51 : : : 1662 1277 52 party party NN 1662 1277 53 to to TO 1662 1277 54 : : : 1662 1277 55 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 1277 56 , , , 1662 1277 57 Climate climate NN 1662 1277 58 Change Change NNP 1662 1277 59 , , , 1662 1277 60 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 1277 61 Test Test NNP 1662 1277 62 Ban Ban NNP 1662 1277 63 signed sign VBD 1662 1277 64 , , , 1662 1277 65 but but CC 1662 1277 66 not not RB 1662 1277 67 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1277 68 : : : 1662 1277 69 Law Law NNP 1662 1277 70 of of IN 1662 1277 71 the the DT 1662 1277 72 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1277 73 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1277 74 - - HYPH 1662 1277 75 note note NN 1662 1277 76 : : : 1662 1277 77 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 1277 78 ; ; : 1662 1277 79 strategic strategic JJ 1662 1277 80 location location NN 1662 1277 81 between between IN 1662 1277 82 China China NNP 1662 1277 83 and and CC 1662 1277 84 India India NNP 1662 1277 85 ; ; : 1662 1277 86 controls control NNS 1662 1277 87 several several JJ 1662 1277 88 key key JJ 1662 1277 89 Himalayan himalayan JJ 1662 1277 90 mountain mountain NN 1662 1277 91 passes pass VBZ 1662 1277 92 @Bhutan @Bhutan NNP 1662 1277 93 : : : 1662 1277 94 People People NNP 1662 1277 95 Population Population NNP 1662 1277 96 : : : 1662 1277 97 1,865,191 1,865,191 CD 1662 1277 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1277 99 July July NNP 1662 1277 100 1997 1997 CD 1662 1277 101 est est NNP 1662 1277 102 . . . 1662 1277 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1278 1 note note NN 1662 1278 2 : : : 1662 1278 3 other other JJ 1662 1278 4 estimates estimate NNS 1662 1278 5 range range VBP 1662 1278 6 as as RB 1662 1278 7 low low JJ 1662 1278 8 as as IN 1662 1278 9 600,000 600,000 CD 1662 1278 10 Age Age NNP 1662 1278 11 structure structure NN 1662 1278 12 : : : 1662 1278 13 0 0 CD 1662 1278 14 - - HYPH 1662 1278 15 14 14 CD 1662 1278 16 years year NNS 1662 1278 17 : : : 1662 1278 18 40 40 CD 1662 1278 19 % % NN 1662 1278 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1278 21 male male JJ 1662 1278 22 387,721 387,721 CD 1662 1278 23 ; ; : 1662 1278 24 female female JJ 1662 1278 25 359,857 359,857 CD 1662 1278 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1278 27 15 15 CD 1662 1278 28 - - HYPH 1662 1278 29 64 64 CD 1662 1278 30 years year NNS 1662 1278 31 : : : 1662 1278 32 56 56 CD 1662 1278 33 % % NN 1662 1278 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1278 35 male male JJ 1662 1278 36 536,797 536,797 CD 1662 1278 37 ; ; : 1662 1278 38 female female JJ 1662 1278 39 507,551 507,551 CD 1662 1278 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1278 41 65 65 CD 1662 1278 42 years year NNS 1662 1278 43 and and CC 1662 1278 44 over over IN 1662 1278 45 : : : 1662 1278 46 4 4 CD 1662 1278 47 % % NN 1662 1278 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1278 49 male male JJ 1662 1278 50 37,249 37,249 CD 1662 1278 51 ; ; : 1662 1278 52 female female JJ 1662 1278 53 36,016 36,016 CD 1662 1278 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1278 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1278 56 July July NNP 1662 1278 57 1997 1997 CD 1662 1278 58 est est NNP 1662 1278 59 . . . 1662 1278 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1279 1 Population population NN 1662 1279 2 growth growth NN 1662 1279 3 rate rate NN 1662 1279 4 : : : 1662 1279 5 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 1279 6 % % NN 1662 1279 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1279 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1279 9 est est NNP 1662 1279 10 . . . 1662 1279 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1280 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1280 2 rate rate NN 1662 1280 3 : : : 1662 1280 4 37.91 37.91 CD 1662 1280 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 1280 6 population population NN 1662 1280 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1280 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1280 9 est est NNP 1662 1280 10 . . . 1662 1280 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1281 1 Death death NN 1662 1281 2 rate rate NN 1662 1281 3 : : : 1662 1281 4 14.94 14.94 CD 1662 1281 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1281 6 population population NN 1662 1281 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1281 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1281 9 est est NNP 1662 1281 10 . . . 1662 1281 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1282 1 Net net JJ 1662 1282 2 migration migration NN 1662 1282 3 rate rate NN 1662 1282 4 : : : 1662 1282 5 0 0 NFP 1662 1282 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 1282 7 population population NN 1662 1282 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1282 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1282 10 est est NNP 1662 1282 11 . . . 1662 1282 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1283 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1283 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1283 3 : : : 1662 1283 4 at at IN 1662 1283 5 birth birth NN 1662 1283 6 : : : 1662 1283 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 1283 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1283 9 under under IN 1662 1283 10 15 15 CD 1662 1283 11 years year NNS 1662 1283 12 : : : 1662 1283 13 1.08 1.08 CD 1662 1283 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1283 15 15 15 CD 1662 1283 16 - - HYPH 1662 1283 17 64 64 CD 1662 1283 18 years year NNS 1662 1283 19 : : : 1662 1283 20 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 1283 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1283 22 65 65 CD 1662 1283 23 years year NNS 1662 1283 24 and and CC 1662 1283 25 over over IN 1662 1283 26 : : : 1662 1283 27 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 1283 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1283 29 total total JJ 1662 1283 30 population population NN 1662 1283 31 : : : 1662 1283 32 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 1283 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1283 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1283 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1283 36 est e JJS 1662 1283 37 . . . 1662 1283 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1284 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1284 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1284 3 rate rate NN 1662 1284 4 : : : 1662 1284 5 114 114 CD 1662 1284 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1284 7 live live JJ 1662 1284 8 births birth NNS 1662 1284 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1284 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1284 11 est est NNP 1662 1284 12 . . . 1662 1284 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1285 1 Life life NN 1662 1285 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1285 3 at at IN 1662 1285 4 birth birth NN 1662 1285 5 : : : 1662 1285 6 total total JJ 1662 1285 7 population population NN 1662 1285 8 : : : 1662 1285 9 51.88 51.88 CD 1662 1285 10 years year NNS 1662 1285 11 male male NN 1662 1285 12 : : : 1662 1285 13 52.37 52.37 CD 1662 1285 14 years year NNS 1662 1285 15 female female JJ 1662 1285 16 : : : 1662 1285 17 51.37 51.37 CD 1662 1285 18 years year NNS 1662 1285 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1285 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1285 21 est est NNP 1662 1285 22 . . . 1662 1285 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1286 1 Total total JJ 1662 1286 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1286 3 rate rate NN 1662 1286 4 : : : 1662 1286 5 5.27 5.27 CD 1662 1286 6 children child NNS 1662 1286 7 born bear VBN 1662 1286 8 / / SYM 1662 1286 9 woman woman NN 1662 1286 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1286 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1286 12 est est NNP 1662 1286 13 . . . 1662 1286 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1287 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1287 2 : : : 1662 1287 3 noun noun NN 1662 1287 4 : : : 1662 1287 5 Bhutanese bhutanese JJ 1662 1287 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1287 7 singular singular JJ 1662 1287 8 and and CC 1662 1287 9 plural plural JJ 1662 1287 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1287 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 1287 12 : : : 1662 1287 13 Bhutanese bhutanese JJ 1662 1287 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1287 15 groups group NNS 1662 1287 16 : : : 1662 1287 17 Bhote bhote IN 1662 1287 18 50 50 CD 1662 1287 19 % % NN 1662 1287 20 , , , 1662 1287 21 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1287 22 Nepalese Nepalese NNP 1662 1287 23 35 35 CD 1662 1287 24 % % NN 1662 1287 25 , , , 1662 1287 26 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 1287 27 or or CC 1662 1287 28 migrant migrant JJ 1662 1287 29 tribes tribe NNS 1662 1287 30 15 15 CD 1662 1287 31 % % NN 1662 1287 32 Religions religion NNS 1662 1287 33 : : : 1662 1287 34 Lamaistic Lamaistic NNP 1662 1287 35 Buddhism Buddhism NNP 1662 1287 36 75 75 CD 1662 1287 37 % % NN 1662 1287 38 , , , 1662 1287 39 Indian- Indian- NNP 1662 1287 40 and and CC 1662 1287 41 Nepalese Nepalese NNP 1662 1287 42 - - HYPH 1662 1287 43 influenced influence VBN 1662 1287 44 Hinduism Hinduism NNP 1662 1287 45 25 25 CD 1662 1287 46 % % NN 1662 1287 47 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 1287 48 : : : 1662 1287 49 Dzongkha Dzongkha NNP 1662 1287 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1287 51 official official NN 1662 1287 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1287 53 , , , 1662 1287 54 Bhotes bhote NNS 1662 1287 55 speak speak VBP 1662 1287 56 various various JJ 1662 1287 57 Tibetan tibetan JJ 1662 1287 58 dialects dialect NNS 1662 1287 59 , , , 1662 1287 60 Nepalese Nepalese NNPS 1662 1287 61 speak speak VBP 1662 1287 62 various various JJ 1662 1287 63 Nepalese nepalese JJ 1662 1287 64 dialects dialect VBZ 1662 1287 65 Literacy literacy NN 1662 1287 66 : : : 1662 1287 67 definition definition NN 1662 1287 68 : : : 1662 1287 69 age age NN 1662 1287 70 15 15 CD 1662 1287 71 and and CC 1662 1287 72 over over RB 1662 1287 73 can can MD 1662 1287 74 read read VB 1662 1287 75 and and CC 1662 1287 76 write write VB 1662 1287 77 total total JJ 1662 1287 78 population population NN 1662 1287 79 : : : 1662 1287 80 42.2 42.2 CD 1662 1287 81 % % NN 1662 1287 82 male male NN 1662 1287 83 : : : 1662 1287 84 56.2 56.2 CD 1662 1287 85 % % NN 1662 1287 86 female female NN 1662 1287 87 : : : 1662 1287 88 28.1 28.1 CD 1662 1287 89 % % NN 1662 1287 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1287 91 1995 1995 CD 1662 1287 92 est est NNP 1662 1287 93 . . . 1662 1287 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1288 1 People People NNS 1662 1288 2 - - HYPH 1662 1288 3 note note NN 1662 1288 4 : : : 1662 1288 5 refugee refugee NN 1662 1288 6 issue issue NN 1662 1288 7 over over IN 1662 1288 8 the the DT 1662 1288 9 presence presence NN 1662 1288 10 in in IN 1662 1288 11 Nepal Nepal NNP 1662 1288 12 of of IN 1662 1288 13 approximately approximately RB 1662 1288 14 100,000 100,000 CD 1662 1288 15 Bhutanese bhutanese JJ 1662 1288 16 refugees refugee NNS 1662 1288 17 , , , 1662 1288 18 90 90 CD 1662 1288 19 % % NN 1662 1288 20 of of IN 1662 1288 21 whom whom WP 1662 1288 22 are be VBP 1662 1288 23 in in IN 1662 1288 24 seven seven CD 1662 1288 25 United United NNP 1662 1288 26 Nations Nations NNP 1662 1288 27 Office Office NNP 1662 1288 28 of of IN 1662 1288 29 the the DT 1662 1288 30 High High NNP 1662 1288 31 Commissioner Commissioner NNP 1662 1288 32 for for IN 1662 1288 33 Refugees Refugees NNPS 1662 1288 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1288 35 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 1288 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1288 37 camps camp NNS 1662 1288 38 @Bhutan @Bhutan NNP 1662 1288 39 : : : 1662 1288 40 Government Government NNP 1662 1288 41 Country Country NNP 1662 1288 42 name name NN 1662 1288 43 : : : 1662 1288 44 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1288 45 long long JJ 1662 1288 46 form form NN 1662 1288 47 : : : 1662 1288 48 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 1288 49 of of IN 1662 1288 50 Bhutan Bhutan NNP 1662 1288 51 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1288 52 short short JJ 1662 1288 53 form form NN 1662 1288 54 : : : 1662 1288 55 Bhutan Bhutan NNP 1662 1288 56 Data Data NNP 1662 1288 57 code code NN 1662 1288 58 : : : 1662 1288 59 BT BT NNP 1662 1288 60 Government Government NNP 1662 1288 61 type type NN 1662 1288 62 : : : 1662 1288 63 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 1288 64 ; ; : 1662 1288 65 special special JJ 1662 1288 66 treaty treaty NN 1662 1288 67 relationship relationship NN 1662 1288 68 with with IN 1662 1288 69 India India NNP 1662 1288 70 National national JJ 1662 1288 71 capital capital NN 1662 1288 72 : : : 1662 1288 73 Thimphu thimphu JJ 1662 1288 74 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 1288 75 divisions division NNS 1662 1288 76 : : : 1662 1288 77 18 18 CD 1662 1288 78 districts district NNS 1662 1288 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1288 80 dzongkhag dzongkhag NNP 1662 1288 81 , , , 1662 1288 82 singular singular JJ 1662 1288 83 and and CC 1662 1288 84 plural plural JJ 1662 1288 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1288 86 ; ; : 1662 1288 87 Bumthang Bumthang NNP 1662 1288 88 , , , 1662 1288 89 Chhukha Chhukha NNP 1662 1288 90 , , , 1662 1288 91 Chirang Chirang NNP 1662 1288 92 , , , 1662 1288 93 Daga Daga NNP 1662 1288 94 , , , 1662 1288 95 Geylegphug Geylegphug NNP 1662 1288 96 , , , 1662 1288 97 Ha ha UH 1662 1288 98 , , , 1662 1288 99 Lhuntshi Lhuntshi NNP 1662 1288 100 , , , 1662 1288 101 Mongar Mongar NNP 1662 1288 102 , , , 1662 1288 103 Paro Paro NNP 1662 1288 104 , , , 1662 1288 105 Pemagatsel Pemagatsel NNP 1662 1288 106 , , , 1662 1288 107 Punakha Punakha NNP 1662 1288 108 , , , 1662 1288 109 Samchi Samchi NNP 1662 1288 110 , , , 1662 1288 111 Samdrup Samdrup NNP 1662 1288 112 Jongkhar Jongkhar NNP 1662 1288 113 , , , 1662 1288 114 Shemgang Shemgang NNP 1662 1288 115 , , , 1662 1288 116 Tashigang Tashigang NNP 1662 1288 117 , , , 1662 1288 118 Thimphu Thimphu NNP 1662 1288 119 , , , 1662 1288 120 Tongsa Tongsa NNP 1662 1288 121 , , , 1662 1288 122 Wangdi Wangdi NNP 1662 1288 123 Phodrang Phodrang NNP 1662 1288 124 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1288 125 : : : 1662 1288 126 8 8 CD 1662 1288 127 August August NNP 1662 1288 128 1949 1949 CD 1662 1288 129 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1288 130 from from IN 1662 1288 131 India India NNP 1662 1288 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1288 133 National national JJ 1662 1288 134 holiday holiday NN 1662 1288 135 : : : 1662 1288 136 National National NNP 1662 1288 137 Day Day NNP 1662 1288 138 , , , 1662 1288 139 17 17 CD 1662 1288 140 December December NNP 1662 1288 141 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1288 142 1907 1907 CD 1662 1288 143 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1288 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1288 145 Ugyen Ugyen NNP 1662 1288 146 WANGCHUCK WANGCHUCK NNP 1662 1288 147 became become VBD 1662 1288 148 first first JJ 1662 1288 149 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 1288 150 king king NN 1662 1288 151 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1288 152 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 1288 153 : : : 1662 1288 154 no no DT 1662 1288 155 written write VBN 1662 1288 156 constitution constitution NN 1662 1288 157 or or CC 1662 1288 158 bill bill NN 1662 1288 159 of of IN 1662 1288 160 rights right NNS 1662 1288 161 note note NN 1662 1288 162 : : : 1662 1288 163 Bhutan Bhutan NNP 1662 1288 164 uses use VBZ 1662 1288 165 1953 1953 CD 1662 1288 166 Royal Royal NNP 1662 1288 167 decree decree NN 1662 1288 168 for for IN 1662 1288 169 the the DT 1662 1288 170 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 1288 171 of of IN 1662 1288 172 the the DT 1662 1288 173 National National NNP 1662 1288 174 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1288 175 Legal Legal NNP 1662 1288 176 system system NN 1662 1288 177 : : : 1662 1288 178 based base VBN 1662 1288 179 on on IN 1662 1288 180 Indian indian JJ 1662 1288 181 law law NN 1662 1288 182 and and CC 1662 1288 183 English english JJ 1662 1288 184 common common JJ 1662 1288 185 law law NN 1662 1288 186 ; ; : 1662 1288 187 has have VBZ 1662 1288 188 not not RB 1662 1288 189 accepted accept VBN 1662 1288 190 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 1288 191 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 1288 192 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 1288 193 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 1288 194 : : : 1662 1288 195 each each DT 1662 1288 196 family family NN 1662 1288 197 has have VBZ 1662 1288 198 one one CD 1662 1288 199 vote vote NN 1662 1288 200 in in IN 1662 1288 201 village village NN 1662 1288 202 - - HYPH 1662 1288 203 level level NN 1662 1288 204 elections election NNS 1662 1288 205 Executive executive JJ 1662 1288 206 branch branch NN 1662 1288 207 : : : 1662 1288 208 chief chief NN 1662 1288 209 of of IN 1662 1288 210 state state NN 1662 1288 211 : : : 1662 1288 212 King King NNP 1662 1288 213 Jigme Jigme NNP 1662 1288 214 Singye Singye NNP 1662 1288 215 WANGCHUCK WANGCHUCK NNP 1662 1288 216 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1288 217 since since IN 1662 1288 218 24 24 CD 1662 1288 219 July July NNP 1662 1288 220 1972 1972 CD 1662 1288 221 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1288 222 ; ; : 1662 1288 223 note note VB 1662 1288 224 - - : 1662 1288 225 the the DT 1662 1288 226 king king NN 1662 1288 227 is be VBZ 1662 1288 228 both both CC 1662 1288 229 the the DT 1662 1288 230 chief chief NN 1662 1288 231 of of IN 1662 1288 232 state state NN 1662 1288 233 and and CC 1662 1288 234 head head NN 1662 1288 235 of of IN 1662 1288 236 government government NN 1662 1288 237 head head NN 1662 1288 238 of of IN 1662 1288 239 government government NN 1662 1288 240 : : : 1662 1288 241 King King NNP 1662 1288 242 Jigme Jigme NNP 1662 1288 243 Singye Singye NNP 1662 1288 244 WANGCHUCK WANGCHUCK NNP 1662 1288 245 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1288 246 since since IN 1662 1288 247 24 24 CD 1662 1288 248 July July NNP 1662 1288 249 1972 1972 CD 1662 1288 250 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1288 251 ; ; : 1662 1288 252 note note VB 1662 1288 253 - - : 1662 1288 254 the the DT 1662 1288 255 king king NN 1662 1288 256 is be VBZ 1662 1288 257 both both CC 1662 1288 258 the the DT 1662 1288 259 chief chief NN 1662 1288 260 of of IN 1662 1288 261 state state NN 1662 1288 262 and and CC 1662 1288 263 head head NN 1662 1288 264 of of IN 1662 1288 265 government government NN 1662 1288 266 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1288 267 : : : 1662 1288 268 Council Council NNP 1662 1288 269 of of IN 1662 1288 270 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 1288 271 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1288 272 Lhengye Lhengye NNP 1662 1288 273 Shungtsog Shungtsog NNP 1662 1288 274 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1288 275 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1288 276 by by IN 1662 1288 277 the the DT 1662 1288 278 king king NN 1662 1288 279 note note NN 1662 1288 280 : : : 1662 1288 281 there there EX 1662 1288 282 is be VBZ 1662 1288 283 also also RB 1662 1288 284 a a DT 1662 1288 285 Royal Royal NNP 1662 1288 286 Advisory Advisory NNP 1662 1288 287 Council Council NNP 1662 1288 288 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1288 289 Lodoi Lodoi NNP 1662 1288 290 Tsokde Tsokde NNP 1662 1288 291 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1288 292 , , , 1662 1288 293 members member NNS 1662 1288 294 nominated nominate VBN 1662 1288 295 by by IN 1662 1288 296 the the DT 1662 1288 297 king king NN 1662 1288 298 elections election NNS 1662 1288 299 : : : 1662 1288 300 none none NN 1662 1288 301 ; ; : 1662 1288 302 the the DT 1662 1288 303 king king NN 1662 1288 304 is be VBZ 1662 1288 305 a a DT 1662 1288 306 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 1288 307 monarch monarch NN 1662 1288 308 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 1288 309 branch branch NN 1662 1288 310 : : : 1662 1288 311 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 1288 312 National National NNP 1662 1288 313 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1288 314 or or CC 1662 1288 315 Tshogdu Tshogdu NNP 1662 1288 316 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1288 317 150 150 CD 1662 1288 318 seats seat NNS 1662 1288 319 ; ; : 1662 1288 320 105 105 CD 1662 1288 321 elected elect VBN 1662 1288 322 from from IN 1662 1288 323 village village NN 1662 1288 324 constituencies constituency NNS 1662 1288 325 , , , 1662 1288 326 12 12 CD 1662 1288 327 represent represent VBP 1662 1288 328 religious religious JJ 1662 1288 329 bodies body NNS 1662 1288 330 , , , 1662 1288 331 and and CC 1662 1288 332 33 33 CD 1662 1288 333 are be VBP 1662 1288 334 designated designate VBN 1662 1288 335 by by IN 1662 1288 336 the the DT 1662 1288 337 king king NN 1662 1288 338 to to TO 1662 1288 339 represent represent VB 1662 1288 340 government government NN 1662 1288 341 and and CC 1662 1288 342 other other JJ 1662 1288 343 secular secular JJ 1662 1288 344 interests interest NNS 1662 1288 345 ; ; : 1662 1288 346 members member NNS 1662 1288 347 serve serve VBP 1662 1288 348 three three CD 1662 1288 349 - - HYPH 1662 1288 350 year year NN 1662 1288 351 terms term NNS 1662 1288 352 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1288 353 elections election NNS 1662 1288 354 : : : 1662 1288 355 last last RB 1662 1288 356 held hold VBN 1662 1288 357 NA NA NNP 1662 1288 358 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1288 359 next next JJ 1662 1288 360 to to TO 1662 1288 361 be be VB 1662 1288 362 held hold VBN 1662 1288 363 NA NA NNP 1662 1288 364 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1288 365 election election NN 1662 1288 366 results result NNS 1662 1288 367 : : : 1662 1288 368 NA NA NNP 1662 1288 369 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 1288 370 branch branch NN 1662 1288 371 : : : 1662 1288 372 the the DT 1662 1288 373 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1288 374 Court Court NNP 1662 1288 375 of of IN 1662 1288 376 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 1288 377 is be VBZ 1662 1288 378 the the DT 1662 1288 379 king king NN 1662 1288 380 ; ; : 1662 1288 381 High High NNP 1662 1288 382 Court Court NNP 1662 1288 383 , , , 1662 1288 384 judges judge NNS 1662 1288 385 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1288 386 by by IN 1662 1288 387 the the DT 1662 1288 388 king king NN 1662 1288 389 Political political JJ 1662 1288 390 parties party NNS 1662 1288 391 and and CC 1662 1288 392 leaders leader NNS 1662 1288 393 : : : 1662 1288 394 no no DT 1662 1288 395 legal legal JJ 1662 1288 396 parties party NNS 1662 1288 397 Political political JJ 1662 1288 398 pressure pressure NN 1662 1288 399 groups group NNS 1662 1288 400 and and CC 1662 1288 401 leaders leader NNS 1662 1288 402 : : : 1662 1288 403 Buddhist buddhist JJ 1662 1288 404 clergy clergy NNS 1662 1288 405 ; ; , 1662 1288 406 Indian indian JJ 1662 1288 407 merchant merchant NN 1662 1288 408 community community NN 1662 1288 409 ; ; : 1662 1288 410 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1288 411 Nepalese nepalese JJ 1662 1288 412 organizations organization NNS 1662 1288 413 leading lead VBG 1662 1288 414 militant militant JJ 1662 1288 415 antigovernment antigovernment NN 1662 1288 416 campaign campaign NN 1662 1288 417 International international JJ 1662 1288 418 organization organization NN 1662 1288 419 participation participation NN 1662 1288 420 : : : 1662 1288 421 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 1288 422 , , , 1662 1288 423 CP CP NNP 1662 1288 424 , , , 1662 1288 425 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 1288 426 , , , 1662 1288 427 FAO FAO NNP 1662 1288 428 , , , 1662 1288 429 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 1288 430 , , , 1662 1288 431 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1288 432 , , , 1662 1288 433 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1288 434 , , , 1662 1288 435 IDA IDA NNP 1662 1288 436 , , , 1662 1288 437 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 1288 438 , , , 1662 1288 439 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1288 440 , , , 1662 1288 441 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1288 442 , , , 1662 1288 443 IOC IOC NNP 1662 1288 444 , , , 1662 1288 445 ITU ITU NNP 1662 1288 446 , , , 1662 1288 447 NAM NAM NNP 1662 1288 448 , , , 1662 1288 449 SAARC SAARC NNP 1662 1288 450 , , , 1662 1288 451 UN UN NNP 1662 1288 452 , , , 1662 1288 453 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 1288 454 , , , 1662 1288 455 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 1288 456 , , , 1662 1288 457 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 1288 458 , , , 1662 1288 459 UPU UPU NNP 1662 1288 460 , , , 1662 1288 461 WHO who WP 1662 1288 462 , , , 1662 1288 463 WIPO WIPO VBZ 1662 1288 464 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1288 465 representation representation NN 1662 1288 466 in in IN 1662 1288 467 the the DT 1662 1288 468 US US NNP 1662 1288 469 : : : 1662 1288 470 none none NN 1662 1288 471 ; ; : 1662 1288 472 note note VB 1662 1288 473 - - HYPH 1662 1288 474 Bhutan Bhutan NNP 1662 1288 475 has have VBZ 1662 1288 476 a a DT 1662 1288 477 Permanent permanent JJ 1662 1288 478 Mission Mission NNP 1662 1288 479 to to IN 1662 1288 480 the the DT 1662 1288 481 UN UN NNP 1662 1288 482 , , , 1662 1288 483 headed head VBN 1662 1288 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consular JJ 1662 1288 523 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 1288 524 in in IN 1662 1288 525 the the DT 1662 1288 526 US US NNP 1662 1288 527 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 1288 528 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1288 529 general general NN 1662 1288 530 : : : 1662 1288 531 New New NNP 1662 1288 532 York York NNP 1662 1288 533 honorary honorary JJ 1662 1288 534 consulate(s consulate(s NN 1662 1288 535 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1288 536 : : : 1662 1288 537 San San NNP 1662 1288 538 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 1288 539 ; ; : 1662 1288 540 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1288 541 , , , 1662 1288 542 DC DC NNP 1662 1288 543 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1288 544 representation representation NN 1662 1288 545 from from IN 1662 1288 546 the the DT 1662 1288 547 US US NNP 1662 1288 548 : : : 1662 1288 549 the the DT 1662 1288 550 US US NNP 1662 1288 551 and and CC 1662 1288 552 Bhutan Bhutan NNP 1662 1288 553 have have VBP 1662 1288 554 no no DT 1662 1288 555 formal formal JJ 1662 1288 556 diplomatic diplomatic JJ 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IN 1662 1293 12 Indian indian JJ 1662 1293 13 migrant migrant JJ 1662 1293 14 labor labor NN 1662 1293 15 . . . 1662 1294 1 Bhutan Bhutan NNP 1662 1294 2 's 's POS 1662 1294 3 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 1294 4 potential potential NN 1662 1294 5 and and CC 1662 1294 6 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1294 7 attraction attraction NN 1662 1294 8 for for IN 1662 1294 9 tourists tourist NNS 1662 1294 10 are be VBP 1662 1294 11 key key JJ 1662 1294 12 resources resource NNS 1662 1294 13 ; ; : 1662 1294 14 however however RB 1662 1294 15 , , , 1662 1294 16 the the DT 1662 1294 17 government government NN 1662 1294 18 limits limit VBZ 1662 1294 19 the the DT 1662 1294 20 number number NN 1662 1294 21 of of IN 1662 1294 22 tourists tourist NNS 1662 1294 23 to to IN 1662 1294 24 4,000 4,000 CD 1662 1294 25 per per IN 1662 1294 26 year year NN 1662 1294 27 to to TO 1662 1294 28 minimize minimize VB 1662 1294 29 foreign foreign JJ 1662 1294 30 influence influence NN 1662 1294 31 . . . 1662 1295 1 The the 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est est NNP 1662 1299 13 . . . 1662 1299 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1300 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1300 2 - - HYPH 1662 1300 3 real real JJ 1662 1300 4 growth growth NN 1662 1300 5 rate rate NN 1662 1300 6 : : : 1662 1300 7 6.9 6.9 CD 1662 1300 8 % % NN 1662 1300 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1300 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 1300 11 est est NNP 1662 1300 12 . . . 1662 1300 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1301 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1301 2 - - HYPH 1662 1301 3 per per FW 1662 1301 4 capita capita NN 1662 1301 5 : : : 1662 1301 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1301 7 power power NN 1662 1301 8 parity parity NN 1662 1301 9 - - : 1662 1301 10 $ $ $ 1662 1301 11 730 730 CD 1662 1301 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1301 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 1301 14 est est NNP 1662 1301 15 . . . 1662 1301 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1302 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1302 2 - - HYPH 1662 1302 3 composition composition NN 1662 1302 4 by by IN 1662 1302 5 sector sector NN 1662 1302 6 : : : 1662 1302 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1302 8 : : : 1662 1302 9 42 42 CD 1662 1302 10 % % NN 1662 1302 11 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11 poor poor JJ 1662 1309 12 with with IN 1662 1309 13 very very RB 1662 1309 14 few few JJ 1662 1309 15 telephones telephone NNS 1662 1309 16 in in IN 1662 1309 17 use use NN 1662 1309 18 international international JJ 1662 1309 19 : : : 1662 1309 20 international international JJ 1662 1309 21 telephone telephone NNP 1662 1309 22 and and CC 1662 1309 23 telegraph telegraph NN 1662 1309 24 service service NN 1662 1309 25 is be VBZ 1662 1309 26 by by IN 1662 1309 27 landline landline NN 1662 1309 28 through through IN 1662 1309 29 India India NNP 1662 1309 30 ; ; : 1662 1309 31 a a DT 1662 1309 32 satellite satellite NN 1662 1309 33 earth earth NN 1662 1309 34 station station NN 1662 1309 35 was be VBD 1662 1309 36 planned plan VBN 1662 1309 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1309 38 1990 1990 CD 1662 1309 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1309 40 Radio radio NN 1662 1309 41 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1309 42 stations station NNS 1662 1309 43 : : : 1662 1309 44 AM AM NNP 1662 1309 45 1 1 CD 1662 1309 46 , , , 1662 1309 47 FM FM NNP 1662 1309 48 1 1 CD 1662 1309 49 , , , 1662 1309 50 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 1309 51 0 0 CD 1662 1309 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1309 53 1990 1990 CD 1662 1309 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1309 55 Radios radio NNS 1662 1309 56 : : : 1662 1309 57 23,000 23,000 CD 1662 1309 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1309 59 1989 1989 CD 1662 1309 60 est est NNP 1662 1309 61 . . . 1662 1309 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1310 1 Television television NN 1662 1310 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1310 3 stations station NNS 1662 1310 4 : : : 1662 1310 5 0 0 CD 1662 1310 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1310 7 1990 1990 CD 1662 1310 8 est est NNP 1662 1310 9 . . . 1662 1310 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1311 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 1311 2 : : : 1662 1311 3 200 200 CD 1662 1311 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1311 5 1985 1985 CD 1662 1311 6 est est NNP 1662 1311 7 . . . 1662 1311 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1312 1 @Bhutan @Bhutan NNP 1662 1312 2 : : : 1662 1312 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1312 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1312 5 : : : 1662 1312 6 0 0 LS 1662 1312 7 km km NN 1662 1312 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 1312 9 : : : 1662 1312 10 total total NN 1662 1312 11 : : : 1662 1312 12 2,210 2,210 CD 1662 1312 13 km km NN 1662 1312 14 paved pave VBN 1662 1312 15 : : : 1662 1312 16 0 0 CD 1662 1312 17 km km NNP 1662 1312 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1312 19 : : : 1662 1312 20 2,210 2,210 CD 1662 1312 21 km km NNS 1662 1312 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1312 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 1312 24 est est NNP 1662 1312 25 . . . 1662 1312 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1313 1 Ports port NNS 1662 1313 2 and and CC 1662 1313 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1313 4 : : : 1662 1313 5 none none NN 1662 1313 6 Airports airport NNS 1662 1313 7 : : : 1662 1313 8 2 2 CD 1662 1313 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1313 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 1313 11 est est NNP 1662 1313 12 . . . 1662 1313 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1314 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1314 2 - - , 1662 1314 3 with with IN 1662 1314 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1314 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1314 6 : : : 1662 1314 7 total total NN 1662 1314 8 : : : 1662 1314 9 1 1 CD 1662 1314 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1314 11 to to TO 1662 1314 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1314 13 m m NN 1662 1314 14 : : : 1662 1314 15 1 1 CD 1662 1314 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1314 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 1314 18 est est NNP 1662 1314 19 . . . 1662 1314 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1315 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1315 2 - - , 1662 1315 3 with with IN 1662 1315 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1315 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1315 6 : : : 1662 1315 7 total total NN 1662 1315 8 : : : 1662 1315 9 1 1 CD 1662 1315 10 914 914 CD 1662 1315 11 to to TO 1662 1315 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1315 13 m m NN 1662 1315 14 : : : 1662 1315 15 1 1 CD 1662 1315 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1315 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 1315 18 est est NNP 1662 1315 19 . . . 1662 1315 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1316 1 Military military JJ 1662 1316 2 Military military JJ 1662 1316 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1316 4 : : : 1662 1316 5 Royal Royal NNP 1662 1316 6 Bhutan Bhutan NNP 1662 1316 7 Army Army NNP 1662 1316 8 , , , 1662 1316 9 Palace Palace NNP 1662 1316 10 Guard Guard NNP 1662 1316 11 , , , 1662 1316 12 Militia Militia NNP 1662 1316 13 Military Military NNP 1662 1316 14 manpower manpower NN 1662 1316 15 - - HYPH 1662 1316 16 military military NN 1662 1316 17 age age NN 1662 1316 18 : : : 1662 1316 19 18 18 CD 1662 1316 20 years year NNS 1662 1316 21 of of IN 1662 1316 22 age age NN 1662 1316 23 Military military JJ 1662 1316 24 manpower manpower NN 1662 1316 25 - - HYPH 1662 1316 26 availability availability NN 1662 1316 27 : : : 1662 1316 28 males male NNS 1662 1316 29 age age NNP 1662 1316 30 15 15 CD 1662 1316 31 - - HYPH 1662 1316 32 49 49 CD 1662 1316 33 : : : 1662 1316 34 455,556 455,556 CD 1662 1316 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1316 36 1997 1997 CD 1662 1316 37 est est NNP 1662 1316 38 . . . 1662 1316 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1317 1 Military military JJ 1662 1317 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1317 3 - - HYPH 1662 1317 4 fit fit NN 1662 1317 5 for for IN 1662 1317 6 military military JJ 1662 1317 7 service service NN 1662 1317 8 : : : 1662 1317 9 males male NNS 1662 1317 10 : : : 1662 1317 11 243,156 243,156 CD 1662 1317 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1317 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1317 14 est est NNP 1662 1317 15 . . . 1662 1317 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1318 1 Military military JJ 1662 1318 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1318 3 - - HYPH 1662 1318 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 1318 5 military military JJ 1662 1318 6 age age NN 1662 1318 7 annually annually RB 1662 1318 8 : : : 1662 1318 9 males male NNS 1662 1318 10 : : : 1662 1318 11 18,290 18,290 CD 1662 1318 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1318 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1318 14 est e JJS 1662 1318 15 . . . 1662 1318 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1319 1 Military military JJ 1662 1319 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1319 3 - - HYPH 1662 1319 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1319 5 figure figure NN 1662 1319 6 : : : 1662 1319 7 $ $ $ 1662 1319 8 NA NA NNP 1662 1319 9 Military military JJ 1662 1319 10 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1319 11 - - : 1662 1319 12 percent percent NN 1662 1319 13 of of IN 1662 1319 14 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1319 15 : : : 1662 1319 16 NA% NA% `` 1662 1319 17 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1319 18 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1319 19 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1319 20 - - : 1662 1319 21 international international RB 1662 1319 22 : : : 1662 1319 23 none none NN 1662 1319 24 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 25 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 26 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 27 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 28 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 29 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 30 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 31 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 32 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 33 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 34 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 35 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 36 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 37 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 38 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 39 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 40 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 41 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 42 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 43 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 44 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 45 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 46 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 47 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 48 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 49 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 50 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 51 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 52 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 53 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 54 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 55 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 56 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 57 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 58 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 59 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 60 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 61 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 62 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 63 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 64 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 65 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 66 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 67 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 68 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 69 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 70 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 71 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 72 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 73 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 74 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 75 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 76 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 77 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 78 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 79 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 80 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 81 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 82 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 83 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 84 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 85 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 86 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 87 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1319 94 BOLIVIA BOLIVIA NNP 1662 1319 95 @Bolivia @bolivia XX 1662 1319 96 : : : 1662 1319 97 Geography geography NN 1662 1319 98 Location Location NNP 1662 1319 99 : : : 1662 1319 100 Central Central NNP 1662 1319 101 South South NNP 1662 1319 102 America America NNP 1662 1319 103 , , , 1662 1319 104 southwest southwest NN 1662 1319 105 of of IN 1662 1319 106 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 1319 107 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1319 108 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1319 109 : : : 1662 1319 110 17 17 CD 1662 1319 111 00 00 CD 1662 1319 112 S s NN 1662 1319 113 , , , 1662 1319 114 65 65 CD 1662 1319 115 00 00 NFP 1662 1319 116 W W NNP 1662 1319 117 Map Map NNP 1662 1319 118 references reference NNS 1662 1319 119 : : : 1662 1319 120 South South NNP 1662 1319 121 America America NNP 1662 1319 122 Area Area NNP 1662 1319 123 : : : 1662 1319 124 total total NN 1662 1319 125 : : : 1662 1319 126 1,098,580 1,098,580 CD 1662 1319 127 sq sq RB 1662 1319 128 km km NNP 1662 1319 129 land land NN 1662 1319 130 : : : 1662 1319 131 1,084,390 1,084,390 CD 1662 1319 132 sq sq NNP 1662 1319 133 km km NNP 1662 1319 134 water water NN 1662 1319 135 : : : 1662 1319 136 14,190 14,190 CD 1662 1319 137 sq sq NN 1662 1319 138 km km NNP 1662 1319 139 Area area NN 1662 1319 140 - - HYPH 1662 1319 141 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1319 142 : : : 1662 1319 143 slightly slightly RB 1662 1319 144 less less JJR 1662 1319 145 than than IN 1662 1319 146 three three CD 1662 1319 147 times time NNS 1662 1319 148 the the DT 1662 1319 149 size size NN 1662 1319 150 of of IN 1662 1319 151 Montana Montana NNP 1662 1319 152 Land Land NNP 1662 1319 153 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1319 154 : : : 1662 1319 155 total total JJ 1662 1319 156 : : : 1662 1319 157 6,743 6,743 CD 1662 1319 158 km km NN 1662 1319 159 border border NN 1662 1319 160 countries country NNS 1662 1319 161 : : : 1662 1319 162 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 1319 163 832 832 CD 1662 1319 164 km km NNS 1662 1319 165 , , , 1662 1319 166 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 1319 167 3,400 3,400 CD 1662 1319 168 km km NN 1662 1319 169 , , , 1662 1319 170 Chile Chile NNP 1662 1319 171 861 861 CD 1662 1319 172 km km NNS 1662 1319 173 , , , 1662 1319 174 Paraguay Paraguay NNP 1662 1319 175 750 750 CD 1662 1319 176 km km NNS 1662 1319 177 , , , 1662 1319 178 Peru Peru NNP 1662 1319 179 900 900 CD 1662 1319 180 km km NN 1662 1319 181 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1319 182 : : : 1662 1319 183 0 0 CD 1662 1319 184 km km NN 1662 1319 185 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1319 186 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 1319 187 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1319 188 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1319 189 claims claim VBZ 1662 1319 190 : : : 1662 1319 191 none none NN 1662 1319 192 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1319 193 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 1319 194 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1319 195 Climate climate NN 1662 1319 196 : : : 1662 1319 197 varies vary VBZ 1662 1319 198 with with IN 1662 1319 199 altitude altitude NN 1662 1319 200 ; ; : 1662 1319 201 humid humid JJ 1662 1319 202 and and CC 1662 1319 203 tropical tropical JJ 1662 1319 204 to to IN 1662 1319 205 cold cold JJ 1662 1319 206 and and CC 1662 1319 207 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 1319 208 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1319 209 : : : 1662 1319 210 rugged rugged JJ 1662 1319 211 Andes Andes NNP 1662 1319 212 Mountains Mountains NNPS 1662 1319 213 with with IN 1662 1319 214 a a DT 1662 1319 215 highland highland NN 1662 1319 216 plateau plateau NN 1662 1319 217 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1319 218 Altiplano Altiplano NNP 1662 1319 219 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1319 220 , , , 1662 1319 221 hills hill NNS 1662 1319 222 , , , 1662 1319 223 lowland lowland VB 1662 1319 224 plains plain NNS 1662 1319 225 of of IN 1662 1319 226 the the DT 1662 1319 227 Amazon Amazon NNP 1662 1319 228 Basin Basin NNP 1662 1319 229 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1319 230 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1319 231 : : : 1662 1319 232 lowest low JJS 1662 1319 233 point point NN 1662 1319 234 : : : 1662 1319 235 Rio Rio NNP 1662 1319 236 Paraguay Paraguay NNP 1662 1319 237 90 90 CD 1662 1319 238 m m DT 1662 1319 239 highest high JJS 1662 1319 240 point point NN 1662 1319 241 : : : 1662 1319 242 Cerro Cerro NNP 1662 1319 243 Illimani Illimani NNP 1662 1319 244 6,882 6,882 CD 1662 1319 245 m m NNP 1662 1319 246 Natural natural JJ 1662 1319 247 resources resource NNS 1662 1319 248 : : : 1662 1319 249 tin tin NN 1662 1319 250 , , , 1662 1319 251 natural natural JJ 1662 1319 252 gas gas NN 1662 1319 253 , , , 1662 1319 254 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1319 255 , , , 1662 1319 256 zinc zinc NN 1662 1319 257 , , , 1662 1319 258 tungsten tungsten NN 1662 1319 259 , , , 1662 1319 260 antimony antimony NN 1662 1319 261 , , , 1662 1319 262 silver silver NN 1662 1319 263 , , , 1662 1319 264 iron iron NN 1662 1319 265 , , , 1662 1319 266 lead lead NN 1662 1319 267 , , , 1662 1319 268 gold gold NN 1662 1319 269 , , , 1662 1319 270 timber timber NN 1662 1319 271 Land land NN 1662 1319 272 use use NN 1662 1319 273 : : : 1662 1319 274 arable arable JJ 1662 1319 275 land land NN 1662 1319 276 : : : 1662 1319 277 2 2 CD 1662 1319 278 % % NN 1662 1319 279 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1319 280 crops crop NNS 1662 1319 281 : : : 1662 1319 282 0 0 CD 1662 1319 283 % % NN 1662 1319 284 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1319 285 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1319 286 : : : 1662 1319 287 24 24 CD 1662 1319 288 % % NN 1662 1319 289 forests forest NNS 1662 1319 290 and and CC 1662 1319 291 woodland woodland NN 1662 1319 292 : : : 1662 1319 293 53 53 CD 1662 1319 294 % % NN 1662 1319 295 other other JJ 1662 1319 296 : : : 1662 1319 297 21 21 CD 1662 1319 298 % % NN 1662 1319 299 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1319 300 1993 1993 CD 1662 1319 301 est est NNP 1662 1319 302 . . . 1662 1319 303 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1320 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1320 2 land land NN 1662 1320 3 : : : 1662 1320 4 1,750 1,750 CD 1662 1320 5 sq sq NNP 1662 1320 6 km km NNP 1662 1320 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1320 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1320 9 est est NNP 1662 1320 10 . . . 1662 1320 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1321 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1321 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1321 3 : : : 1662 1321 4 cold cold JJ 1662 1321 5 , , , 1662 1321 6 thin thin JJ 1662 1321 7 air air NN 1662 1321 8 of of IN 1662 1321 9 high high JJ 1662 1321 10 plateau plateau NN 1662 1321 11 is be VBZ 1662 1321 12 obstacle obstacle JJ 1662 1321 13 to to IN 1662 1321 14 efficient efficient JJ 1662 1321 15 fuel fuel NN 1662 1321 16 combustion combustion NN 1662 1321 17 , , , 1662 1321 18 as as RB 1662 1321 19 well well RB 1662 1321 20 as as IN 1662 1321 21 to to IN 1662 1321 22 physical physical JJ 1662 1321 23 activity activity NN 1662 1321 24 by by IN 1662 1321 25 those those DT 1662 1321 26 unaccustomed unaccustomed JJ 1662 1321 27 to to IN 1662 1321 28 it -PRON- PRP 1662 1321 29 from from IN 1662 1321 30 birth birth NN 1662 1321 31 ; ; : 1662 1321 32 flooding flooding NN 1662 1321 33 in in IN 1662 1321 34 the the DT 1662 1321 35 northeast northeast NN 1662 1321 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1321 37 March March NNP 1662 1321 38 - - HYPH 1662 1321 39 April April NNP 1662 1321 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1321 41 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1321 42 - - HYPH 1662 1321 43 current current JJ 1662 1321 44 issues issue NNS 1662 1321 45 : : : 1662 1321 46 the the DT 1662 1321 47 clearing clearing NN 1662 1321 48 of of IN 1662 1321 49 land land NN 1662 1321 50 for for IN 1662 1321 51 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 1321 52 purposes purpose NNS 1662 1321 53 and and CC 1662 1321 54 the the DT 1662 1321 55 international international JJ 1662 1321 56 demand demand NN 1662 1321 57 for for IN 1662 1321 58 tropical tropical JJ 1662 1321 59 timber timber NN 1662 1321 60 are be VBP 1662 1321 61 contributing contribute VBG 1662 1321 62 to to IN 1662 1321 63 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 1321 64 ; ; , 1662 1321 65 soil soil NN 1662 1321 66 erosion erosion NN 1662 1321 67 from from IN 1662 1321 68 overgrazing overgraze VBG 1662 1321 69 and and CC 1662 1321 70 poor poor JJ 1662 1321 71 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 1321 72 methods method NNS 1662 1321 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1321 74 including include VBG 1662 1321 75 slash slash VB 1662 1321 76 - - HYPH 1662 1321 77 and and CC 1662 1321 78 - - HYPH 1662 1321 79 burn burn VB 1662 1321 80 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1321 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1321 82 ; ; : 1662 1321 83 desertification desertification NN 1662 1321 84 ; ; : 1662 1321 85 loss loss NN 1662 1321 86 of of IN 1662 1321 87 biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 1321 88 ; ; , 1662 1321 89 industrial industrial JJ 1662 1321 90 pollution pollution NN 1662 1321 91 of of IN 1662 1321 92 water water NN 1662 1321 93 supplies supply NNS 1662 1321 94 used use VBN 1662 1321 95 for for IN 1662 1321 96 drinking drinking NN 1662 1321 97 and and CC 1662 1321 98 irrigation irrigation NN 1662 1321 99 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1321 100 - - HYPH 1662 1321 101 international international JJ 1662 1321 102 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1321 103 : : : 1662 1321 104 party party NN 1662 1321 105 to to TO 1662 1321 106 : : : 1662 1321 107 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 1321 108 , , , 1662 1321 109 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1321 110 Change Change NNP 1662 1321 111 , , , 1662 1321 112 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 1321 113 , , , 1662 1321 114 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 1321 115 Species Species NNPS 1662 1321 116 , , , 1662 1321 117 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 1321 118 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 1321 119 , , , 1662 1321 120 Law Law NNP 1662 1321 121 of of IN 1662 1321 122 the the DT 1662 1321 123 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1321 124 , , , 1662 1321 125 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 1321 126 Test Test NNP 1662 1321 127 Ban Ban NNP 1662 1321 128 , , , 1662 1321 129 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 1321 130 Timber Timber NNP 1662 1321 131 83 83 CD 1662 1321 132 , , , 1662 1321 133 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 1321 134 Timber Timber NNP 1662 1321 135 94 94 CD 1662 1321 136 , , , 1662 1321 137 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 1321 138 signed sign VBD 1662 1321 139 , , , 1662 1321 140 but but CC 1662 1321 141 not not RB 1662 1321 142 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1321 143 : : : 1662 1321 144 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 1321 145 Modification Modification NNP 1662 1321 146 , , , 1662 1321 147 Marine Marine NNP 1662 1321 148 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 1321 149 , , , 1662 1321 150 Marine Marine NNP 1662 1321 151 Life Life NNP 1662 1321 152 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 1321 153 , , , 1662 1321 154 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 1321 155 Layer Layer NNP 1662 1321 156 Protection Protection NNP 1662 1321 157 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1321 158 - - HYPH 1662 1321 159 note note NN 1662 1321 160 : : : 1662 1321 161 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 1321 162 ; ; : 1662 1321 163 shares share NNS 1662 1321 164 control control NN 1662 1321 165 of of IN 1662 1321 166 Lago Lago NNP 1662 1321 167 Titicaca Titicaca NNP 1662 1321 168 , , , 1662 1321 169 world world NN 1662 1321 170 's 's POS 1662 1321 171 highest high JJS 1662 1321 172 navigable navigable JJ 1662 1321 173 lake lake NN 1662 1321 174 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1321 175 elevation elevation NN 1662 1321 176 3,805 3,805 CD 1662 1321 177 m m NNP 1662 1321 178 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1321 179 , , , 1662 1321 180 with with IN 1662 1321 181 Peru Peru NNP 1662 1321 182 @Bolivia @bolivia IN 1662 1321 183 : : : 1662 1321 184 People People NNPS 1662 1321 185 Population Population NNP 1662 1321 186 : : : 1662 1321 187 7,669,868 7,669,868 CD 1662 1321 188 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1321 189 July July NNP 1662 1321 190 1997 1997 CD 1662 1321 191 est est NNP 1662 1321 192 . . . 1662 1321 193 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1322 1 Age age NN 1662 1322 2 structure structure NN 1662 1322 3 : : : 1662 1322 4 0 0 CD 1662 1322 5 - - HYPH 1662 1322 6 14 14 CD 1662 1322 7 years year NNS 1662 1322 8 : : : 1662 1322 9 40 40 CD 1662 1322 10 % % NN 1662 1322 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1322 12 male male JJ 1662 1322 13 1,543,641 1,543,641 CD 1662 1322 14 ; ; : 1662 1322 15 female female JJ 1662 1322 16 1,511,579 1,511,579 CD 1662 1322 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1322 18 15 15 CD 1662 1322 19 - - SYM 1662 1322 20 64 64 CD 1662 1322 21 years year NNS 1662 1322 22 : : : 1662 1322 23 56 56 CD 1662 1322 24 % % NN 1662 1322 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1322 26 male male JJ 1662 1322 27 2,081,792 2,081,792 CD 1662 1322 28 ; ; : 1662 1322 29 female female JJ 1662 1322 30 2,184,876 2,184,876 CD 1662 1322 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1322 32 65 65 CD 1662 1322 33 years year NNS 1662 1322 34 and and CC 1662 1322 35 over over IN 1662 1322 36 : : : 1662 1322 37 4 4 CD 1662 1322 38 % % NN 1662 1322 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1322 40 male male JJ 1662 1322 41 158,409 158,409 CD 1662 1322 42 ; ; : 1662 1322 43 female female JJ 1662 1322 44 189,571 189,571 CD 1662 1322 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1322 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1322 47 July July NNP 1662 1322 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1322 49 est est NNP 1662 1322 50 . . . 1662 1322 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1323 1 Population population NN 1662 1323 2 growth growth NN 1662 1323 3 rate rate NN 1662 1323 4 : : : 1662 1323 5 2.04 2.04 CD 1662 1323 6 % % NN 1662 1323 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1323 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1323 9 est est NNP 1662 1323 10 . . . 1662 1323 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1324 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1324 2 rate rate NN 1662 1324 3 : : : 1662 1324 4 32.14 32.14 CD 1662 1324 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 1324 6 population population NN 1662 1324 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1324 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1324 9 est est NNP 1662 1324 10 . . . 1662 1324 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1325 1 Death death NN 1662 1325 2 rate rate NN 1662 1325 3 : : : 1662 1325 4 10.18 10.18 CD 1662 1325 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1325 6 population population NN 1662 1325 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1325 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1325 9 est est NNP 1662 1325 10 . . . 1662 1325 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1326 1 Net net JJ 1662 1326 2 migration migration NN 1662 1326 3 rate rate NN 1662 1326 4 : : : 1662 1326 5 -1.56 -1.56 NFP 1662 1326 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 1326 7 population population NN 1662 1326 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1326 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1326 10 est est NNP 1662 1326 11 . . . 1662 1326 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1327 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1327 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1327 3 : : : 1662 1327 4 at at IN 1662 1327 5 birth birth NN 1662 1327 6 : : : 1662 1327 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 1327 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1327 9 under under IN 1662 1327 10 15 15 CD 1662 1327 11 years year NNS 1662 1327 12 : : : 1662 1327 13 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 1327 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1327 15 15 15 CD 1662 1327 16 - - HYPH 1662 1327 17 64 64 CD 1662 1327 18 years year NNS 1662 1327 19 : : : 1662 1327 20 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 1327 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1327 22 65 65 CD 1662 1327 23 years year NNS 1662 1327 24 and and CC 1662 1327 25 over over IN 1662 1327 26 : : : 1662 1327 27 0.84 0.84 CD 1662 1327 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 1327 29 total total JJ 1662 1327 30 population population NN 1662 1327 31 : : : 1662 1327 32 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 1327 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1327 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1327 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1327 36 est e JJS 1662 1327 37 . . . 1662 1327 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1328 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1328 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1328 3 rate rate NN 1662 1328 4 : : : 1662 1328 5 65.7 65.7 CD 1662 1328 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1328 7 live live JJ 1662 1328 8 births birth NNS 1662 1328 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1328 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1328 11 est est NNP 1662 1328 12 . . . 1662 1328 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1329 1 Life life NN 1662 1329 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1329 3 at at IN 1662 1329 4 birth birth NN 1662 1329 5 : : : 1662 1329 6 total total JJ 1662 1329 7 population population NN 1662 1329 8 : : : 1662 1329 9 60.34 60.34 CD 1662 1329 10 years year NNS 1662 1329 11 male male NN 1662 1329 12 : : : 1662 1329 13 57.46 57.46 CD 1662 1329 14 years year NNS 1662 1329 15 female female JJ 1662 1329 16 : : : 1662 1329 17 63.38 63.38 CD 1662 1329 18 years year NNS 1662 1329 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1329 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1329 21 est est NNP 1662 1329 22 . . . 1662 1329 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1330 1 Total total JJ 1662 1330 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1330 3 rate rate NN 1662 1330 4 : : : 1662 1330 5 4.18 4.18 CD 1662 1330 6 children child NNS 1662 1330 7 born bear VBN 1662 1330 8 / / SYM 1662 1330 9 woman woman NN 1662 1330 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1330 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1330 12 est est NNP 1662 1330 13 . . . 1662 1330 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1331 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1331 2 : : : 1662 1331 3 noun noun NNP 1662 1331 4 : : : 1662 1331 5 Bolivian(s bolivian(s 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1662 1331 44 Evangelical Evangelical NNP 1662 1331 45 Methodist Methodist NNP 1662 1331 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1331 47 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 1331 48 : : : 1662 1331 49 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 1331 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1331 51 official official NN 1662 1331 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1331 53 , , , 1662 1331 54 Quechua Quechua NNP 1662 1331 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1331 56 official official NN 1662 1331 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1331 58 , , , 1662 1331 59 Aymara Aymara NNP 1662 1331 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1331 61 official official JJ 1662 1331 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1331 63 Literacy literacy NN 1662 1331 64 : : : 1662 1331 65 definition definition NN 1662 1331 66 : : : 1662 1331 67 age age NN 1662 1331 68 15 15 CD 1662 1331 69 and and CC 1662 1331 70 over over RB 1662 1331 71 can can MD 1662 1331 72 read read VB 1662 1331 73 and and CC 1662 1331 74 write write VB 1662 1331 75 total total JJ 1662 1331 76 population population NN 1662 1331 77 : : : 1662 1331 78 83.1 83.1 CD 1662 1331 79 % % NN 1662 1331 80 male male NN 1662 1331 81 : : : 1662 1331 82 90.5 90.5 CD 1662 1331 83 % % NN 1662 1331 84 female female NN 1662 1331 85 : : : 1662 1331 86 76 76 CD 1662 1331 87 % % NN 1662 1331 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1331 89 1995 1995 CD 1662 1331 90 est est NNP 1662 1331 91 . . . 1662 1331 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 1 @Bolivia @bolivia LS 1662 1332 2 : : : 1662 1332 3 Government Government NNP 1662 1332 4 Country Country NNP 1662 1332 5 name name NN 1662 1332 6 : : : 1662 1332 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1332 8 long long JJ 1662 1332 9 form form NN 1662 1332 10 : : : 1662 1332 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1332 12 of of IN 1662 1332 13 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 1332 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1332 15 short short JJ 1662 1332 16 form form NN 1662 1332 17 : : : 1662 1332 18 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 1332 19 local local JJ 1662 1332 20 long long JJ 1662 1332 21 form form NN 1662 1332 22 : : : 1662 1332 23 Republica Republica NNP 1662 1332 24 de de IN 1662 1332 25 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 1332 26 local local JJ 1662 1332 27 short short JJ 1662 1332 28 form form NN 1662 1332 29 : : : 1662 1332 30 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 1332 31 Data Data NNP 1662 1332 32 code code NN 1662 1332 33 : : : 1662 1332 34 BL BL NNP 1662 1332 35 Government Government NNP 1662 1332 36 type type NN 1662 1332 37 : : : 1662 1332 38 republic republic NNP 1662 1332 39 National national JJ 1662 1332 40 capital capital NN 1662 1332 41 : : : 1662 1332 42 La La NNP 1662 1332 43 Paz Paz NNP 1662 1332 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 45 seat seat NN 1662 1332 46 of of IN 1662 1332 47 government government NN 1662 1332 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 49 ; ; : 1662 1332 50 Sucre Sucre NNP 1662 1332 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 52 legal legal JJ 1662 1332 53 capital capital NN 1662 1332 54 and and CC 1662 1332 55 seat seat NN 1662 1332 56 of of IN 1662 1332 57 judiciary judiciary NN 1662 1332 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 59 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 1332 60 divisions division NNS 1662 1332 61 : : : 1662 1332 62 9 9 CD 1662 1332 63 departments department NNS 1662 1332 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 65 departamentos departamento NNS 1662 1332 66 , , , 1662 1332 67 singular singular NNP 1662 1332 68 - - HYPH 1662 1332 69 departamento departamento NNP 1662 1332 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 71 ; ; : 1662 1332 72 Chuquisaca Chuquisaca NNP 1662 1332 73 , , , 1662 1332 74 Cochabamba Cochabamba NNP 1662 1332 75 , , , 1662 1332 76 Beni Beni NNP 1662 1332 77 , , , 1662 1332 78 La La NNP 1662 1332 79 Paz Paz NNP 1662 1332 80 , , , 1662 1332 81 Oruro Oruro NNP 1662 1332 82 , , , 1662 1332 83 Pando Pando NNP 1662 1332 84 , , , 1662 1332 85 Potosi Potosi NNP 1662 1332 86 , , , 1662 1332 87 Santa Santa NNP 1662 1332 88 Cruz Cruz NNP 1662 1332 89 , , , 1662 1332 90 Tarija Tarija NNP 1662 1332 91 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1332 92 : : : 1662 1332 93 6 6 CD 1662 1332 94 August August NNP 1662 1332 95 1825 1825 CD 1662 1332 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 97 from from IN 1662 1332 98 Spain Spain NNP 1662 1332 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 100 National national JJ 1662 1332 101 holiday holiday NN 1662 1332 102 : : : 1662 1332 103 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1332 104 Day Day NNP 1662 1332 105 , , , 1662 1332 106 6 6 CD 1662 1332 107 August August NNP 1662 1332 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 109 1825 1825 CD 1662 1332 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 111 Constitution constitution NN 1662 1332 112 : : : 1662 1332 113 2 2 CD 1662 1332 114 February February NNP 1662 1332 115 1967 1967 CD 1662 1332 116 ; ; : 1662 1332 117 revised revise VBN 1662 1332 118 in in IN 1662 1332 119 August August NNP 1662 1332 120 1994 1994 CD 1662 1332 121 Legal legal JJ 1662 1332 122 system system NN 1662 1332 123 : : : 1662 1332 124 based base VBN 1662 1332 125 on on IN 1662 1332 126 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 1332 127 law law NN 1662 1332 128 and and CC 1662 1332 129 Napoleonic Napoleonic NNP 1662 1332 130 Code Code NNP 1662 1332 131 ; ; : 1662 1332 132 has have VBZ 1662 1332 133 not not RB 1662 1332 134 accepted accept VBN 1662 1332 135 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 1332 136 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 1332 137 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 1332 138 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 1332 139 : : : 1662 1332 140 18 18 CD 1662 1332 141 years year NNS 1662 1332 142 of of IN 1662 1332 143 age age NN 1662 1332 144 , , , 1662 1332 145 universal universal JJ 1662 1332 146 and and CC 1662 1332 147 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 1332 148 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 149 married married NNP 1662 1332 150 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 151 ; ; : 1662 1332 152 21 21 CD 1662 1332 153 years year NNS 1662 1332 154 of of IN 1662 1332 155 age age NN 1662 1332 156 , , , 1662 1332 157 universal universal JJ 1662 1332 158 and and CC 1662 1332 159 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 1332 160 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 161 single single JJ 1662 1332 162 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 163 Executive executive JJ 1662 1332 164 branch branch NN 1662 1332 165 : : : 1662 1332 166 chief chief NN 1662 1332 167 of of IN 1662 1332 168 state state NN 1662 1332 169 : : : 1662 1332 170 President President NNP 1662 1332 171 Gonzalo Gonzalo NNP 1662 1332 172 SANCHEZ SANCHEZ NNP 1662 1332 173 DE DE NNP 1662 1332 174 LOZADA LOZADA NNP 1662 1332 175 Bustamente Bustamente NNP 1662 1332 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 177 since since IN 1662 1332 178 6 6 CD 1662 1332 179 August August NNP 1662 1332 180 1993 1993 CD 1662 1332 181 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 182 ; ; : 1662 1332 183 Vice Vice NNP 1662 1332 184 President President NNP 1662 1332 185 Victor Victor NNP 1662 1332 186 Hugo Hugo NNP 1662 1332 187 CARDENAS CARDENAS NNP 1662 1332 188 Conde Conde NNP 1662 1332 189 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 190 since since IN 1662 1332 191 6 6 CD 1662 1332 192 August August NNP 1662 1332 193 1993 1993 CD 1662 1332 194 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 195 ; ; : 1662 1332 196 note note VB 1662 1332 197 - - : 1662 1332 198 the the DT 1662 1332 199 president president NN 1662 1332 200 is be VBZ 1662 1332 201 both both CC 1662 1332 202 the the DT 1662 1332 203 chief chief NN 1662 1332 204 of of IN 1662 1332 205 state state NN 1662 1332 206 and and CC 1662 1332 207 head head NN 1662 1332 208 of of IN 1662 1332 209 government government NN 1662 1332 210 head head NN 1662 1332 211 of of IN 1662 1332 212 government government NN 1662 1332 213 : : : 1662 1332 214 President President NNP 1662 1332 215 Gonzalo Gonzalo NNP 1662 1332 216 SANCHEZ SANCHEZ NNP 1662 1332 217 DE DE NNP 1662 1332 218 LOZADA LOZADA NNP 1662 1332 219 Bustamente Bustamente NNP 1662 1332 220 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 221 since since IN 1662 1332 222 6 6 CD 1662 1332 223 August August NNP 1662 1332 224 1993 1993 CD 1662 1332 225 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 226 ; ; : 1662 1332 227 Vice Vice NNP 1662 1332 228 President President NNP 1662 1332 229 Victor Victor NNP 1662 1332 230 Hugo Hugo NNP 1662 1332 231 CARDENAS CARDENAS NNP 1662 1332 232 Conde Conde NNP 1662 1332 233 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 234 since since IN 1662 1332 235 6 6 CD 1662 1332 236 August August NNP 1662 1332 237 1993 1993 CD 1662 1332 238 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 239 ; ; : 1662 1332 240 note note VB 1662 1332 241 - - : 1662 1332 242 the the DT 1662 1332 243 president president NN 1662 1332 244 is be VBZ 1662 1332 245 both both CC 1662 1332 246 the the DT 1662 1332 247 chief chief NN 1662 1332 248 of of IN 1662 1332 249 state state NN 1662 1332 250 and and CC 1662 1332 251 head head NN 1662 1332 252 of of IN 1662 1332 253 government government NN 1662 1332 254 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1332 255 : : : 1662 1332 256 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 1332 257 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1332 258 by by IN 1662 1332 259 the the DT 1662 1332 260 president president NN 1662 1332 261 from from IN 1662 1332 262 a a DT 1662 1332 263 panel panel NN 1662 1332 264 of of IN 1662 1332 265 candidates candidate NNS 1662 1332 266 proposed propose VBN 1662 1332 267 by by IN 1662 1332 268 the the DT 1662 1332 269 Senate Senate NNP 1662 1332 270 elections election NNS 1662 1332 271 : : : 1662 1332 272 president president NN 1662 1332 273 and and CC 1662 1332 274 vice vice NN 1662 1332 275 president president NN 1662 1332 276 elected elect VBD 1662 1332 277 on on IN 1662 1332 278 the the DT 1662 1332 279 same same JJ 1662 1332 280 ticket ticket NN 1662 1332 281 by by IN 1662 1332 282 popular popular JJ 1662 1332 283 vote vote NN 1662 1332 284 for for IN 1662 1332 285 four four CD 1662 1332 286 - - HYPH 1662 1332 287 year year NN 1662 1332 288 terms term NNS 1662 1332 289 ; ; : 1662 1332 290 election election NN 1662 1332 291 last last JJ 1662 1332 292 held hold VBD 1662 1332 293 6 6 CD 1662 1332 294 June June NNP 1662 1332 295 1993 1993 CD 1662 1332 296 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 297 next next JJ 1662 1332 298 to to TO 1662 1332 299 be be VB 1662 1332 300 held hold VBN 1662 1332 301 June June NNP 1662 1332 302 1997 1997 CD 1662 1332 303 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 304 ; ; : 1662 1332 305 Constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 1332 306 reforms reform NNS 1662 1332 307 extend extend VBP 1662 1332 308 presidential presidential JJ 1662 1332 309 and and CC 1662 1332 310 vice vice JJ 1662 1332 311 presidential presidential JJ 1662 1332 312 terms term NNS 1662 1332 313 to to IN 1662 1332 314 5 5 CD 1662 1332 315 years year NNS 1662 1332 316 beginning begin VBG 1662 1332 317 in in IN 1662 1332 318 1997 1997 CD 1662 1332 319 election election NN 1662 1332 320 results result NNS 1662 1332 321 : : : 1662 1332 322 Gonzalo Gonzalo NNP 1662 1332 323 SANCHEZ SANCHEZ NNP 1662 1332 324 DE DE NNP 1662 1332 325 LOZADA LOZADA NNP 1662 1332 326 elected elect VBN 1662 1332 327 president president NN 1662 1332 328 ; ; , 1662 1332 329 percent percent NN 1662 1332 330 of of IN 1662 1332 331 vote vote NN 1662 1332 332 - - HYPH 1662 1332 333 Gonzalo Gonzalo NNP 1662 1332 334 SANCHEZ SANCHEZ NNP 1662 1332 335 DE DE NNP 1662 1332 336 LOZADA LOZADA NNP 1662 1332 337 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 338 MNR MNR NNP 1662 1332 339 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 340 34 34 CD 1662 1332 341 % % NN 1662 1332 342 , , , 1662 1332 343 Hugo Hugo NNP 1662 1332 344 BANZER BANZER NNP 1662 1332 345 Suarez Suarez NNP 1662 1332 346 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 347 ADN ADN NNP 1662 1332 348 / / SYM 1662 1332 349 MIR MIR NNP 1662 1332 350 alliance alliance NN 1662 1332 351 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 352 20 20 CD 1662 1332 353 % % NN 1662 1332 354 , , , 1662 1332 355 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 1332 356 PALENQUE PALENQUE NNP 1662 1332 357 Aviles Aviles NNP 1662 1332 358 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 359 CONDEPA CONDEPA NNP 1662 1332 360 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 361 14 14 CD 1662 1332 362 % % NN 1662 1332 363 , , , 1662 1332 364 Max Max NNP 1662 1332 365 FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ NNP 1662 1332 366 Rojas Rojas NNP 1662 1332 367 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 368 UCS UCS NNP 1662 1332 369 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 370 13 13 CD 1662 1332 371 % % NN 1662 1332 372 , , , 1662 1332 373 Antonio Antonio NNP 1662 1332 374 ARANIBAR ARANIBAR NNP 1662 1332 375 Quiroga Quiroga NNP 1662 1332 376 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 377 MBL MBL NNP 1662 1332 378 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 379 5 5 CD 1662 1332 380 % % NN 1662 1332 381 ; ; , 1662 1332 382 no no DT 1662 1332 383 candidate candidate NN 1662 1332 384 received receive VBD 1662 1332 385 a a DT 1662 1332 386 majority majority NN 1662 1332 387 of of IN 1662 1332 388 the the DT 1662 1332 389 popular popular JJ 1662 1332 390 vote vote NN 1662 1332 391 ; ; : 1662 1332 392 Gonzalo Gonzalo NNP 1662 1332 393 SANCHEZ SANCHEZ NNP 1662 1332 394 DE DE NNP 1662 1332 395 LOZADA LOZADA NNP 1662 1332 396 won win VBD 1662 1332 397 a a DT 1662 1332 398 congressional congressional JJ 1662 1332 399 runoff runoff NN 1662 1332 400 election election NN 1662 1332 401 on on IN 1662 1332 402 4 4 CD 1662 1332 403 August August NNP 1662 1332 404 1993 1993 CD 1662 1332 405 after after IN 1662 1332 406 forming form VBG 1662 1332 407 a a DT 1662 1332 408 coalition coalition NN 1662 1332 409 with with IN 1662 1332 410 Max Max NNP 1662 1332 411 FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ NNP 1662 1332 412 and and CC 1662 1332 413 Antonio Antonio NNP 1662 1332 414 ARANIBAR ARANIBAR NNP 1662 1332 415 ; ; : 1662 1332 416 FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ NNP 1662 1332 417 died die VBD 1662 1332 418 in in IN 1662 1332 419 a a DT 1662 1332 420 plane plane NN 1662 1332 421 crash crash NN 1662 1332 422 26 26 CD 1662 1332 423 November November NNP 1662 1332 424 1995 1995 CD 1662 1332 425 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 1332 426 branch branch NN 1662 1332 427 : : : 1662 1332 428 bicameral bicameral NNP 1662 1332 429 National National NNP 1662 1332 430 Congress Congress NNP 1662 1332 431 or or CC 1662 1332 432 Congreso Congreso NNP 1662 1332 433 Nacional Nacional NNP 1662 1332 434 consists consist VBZ 1662 1332 435 of of IN 1662 1332 436 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 1332 437 of of IN 1662 1332 438 Senators Senators NNPS 1662 1332 439 or or CC 1662 1332 440 Camara Camara NNP 1662 1332 441 de de NNP 1662 1332 442 Senadores Senadores NNP 1662 1332 443 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 444 27 27 CD 1662 1332 445 seats seat NNS 1662 1332 446 ; ; : 1662 1332 447 members member NNS 1662 1332 448 are be VBP 1662 1332 449 directly directly RB 1662 1332 450 elected elect VBN 1662 1332 451 by by IN 1662 1332 452 popular popular JJ 1662 1332 453 vote vote NN 1662 1332 454 to to TO 1662 1332 455 serve serve VB 1662 1332 456 four four CD 1662 1332 457 - - HYPH 1662 1332 458 year year NN 1662 1332 459 terms term NNS 1662 1332 460 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 461 and and CC 1662 1332 462 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 1332 463 of of IN 1662 1332 464 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 1332 465 or or CC 1662 1332 466 Camara Camara NNP 1662 1332 467 de de FW 1662 1332 468 Diputados Diputados NNP 1662 1332 469 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 470 130 130 CD 1662 1332 471 seats seat NNS 1662 1332 472 ; ; : 1662 1332 473 members member NNS 1662 1332 474 are be VBP 1662 1332 475 directly directly RB 1662 1332 476 elected elect VBN 1662 1332 477 by by IN 1662 1332 478 popular popular JJ 1662 1332 479 vote vote NN 1662 1332 480 to to TO 1662 1332 481 serve serve VB 1662 1332 482 four four CD 1662 1332 483 - - HYPH 1662 1332 484 year year NN 1662 1332 485 terms term NNS 1662 1332 486 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 487 elections election NNS 1662 1332 488 : : : 1662 1332 489 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 1332 490 of of IN 1662 1332 491 Senators Senators NNPS 1662 1332 492 and and CC 1662 1332 493 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 1332 494 of of IN 1662 1332 495 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 1332 496 - - , 1662 1332 497 last last RB 1662 1332 498 held hold VBN 1662 1332 499 6 6 CD 1662 1332 500 June June NNP 1662 1332 501 1993 1993 CD 1662 1332 502 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 503 next next JJ 1662 1332 504 to to TO 1662 1332 505 be be VB 1662 1332 506 held hold VBN 1662 1332 507 June June NNP 1662 1332 508 1997 1997 CD 1662 1332 509 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 510 ; ; : 1662 1332 511 Constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 1332 512 reforms reform NNS 1662 1332 513 extend extend VBP 1662 1332 514 congressional congressional JJ 1662 1332 515 terms term NNS 1662 1332 516 to to IN 1662 1332 517 5 5 CD 1662 1332 518 years year NNS 1662 1332 519 beginning begin VBG 1662 1332 520 in in IN 1662 1332 521 1997 1997 CD 1662 1332 522 election election NN 1662 1332 523 results result NNS 1662 1332 524 : : : 1662 1332 525 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 1332 526 of of IN 1662 1332 527 Senators Senators NNPS 1662 1332 528 - - HYPH 1662 1332 529 percent percent NN 1662 1332 530 of of IN 1662 1332 531 vote vote NN 1662 1332 532 by by IN 1662 1332 533 party party NN 1662 1332 534 - - HYPH 1662 1332 535 NA NA NNP 1662 1332 536 ; ; , 1662 1332 537 seats seat NNS 1662 1332 538 by by IN 1662 1332 539 party party NN 1662 1332 540 - - HYPH 1662 1332 541 MNR MNR NNP 1662 1332 542 17 17 CD 1662 1332 543 , , , 1662 1332 544 ADN ADN NNP 1662 1332 545 4 4 CD 1662 1332 546 , , , 1662 1332 547 MIR MIR NNP 1662 1332 548 4 4 CD 1662 1332 549 , , , 1662 1332 550 CONDEPA CONDEPA NNP 1662 1332 551 1 1 CD 1662 1332 552 , , , 1662 1332 553 UCS UCS NNP 1662 1332 554 1 1 CD 1662 1332 555 ; ; : 1662 1332 556 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 1332 557 of of IN 1662 1332 558 Deputies Deputies NNP 1662 1332 559 - - HYPH 1662 1332 560 percent percent NN 1662 1332 561 of of IN 1662 1332 562 vote vote NN 1662 1332 563 by by IN 1662 1332 564 party party NN 1662 1332 565 - - HYPH 1662 1332 566 NA NA NNP 1662 1332 567 ; ; , 1662 1332 568 seats seat NNS 1662 1332 569 by by IN 1662 1332 570 party party NN 1662 1332 571 - - HYPH 1662 1332 572 MNR MNR NNP 1662 1332 573 52 52 CD 1662 1332 574 , , , 1662 1332 575 UCS UCS NNP 1662 1332 576 20 20 CD 1662 1332 577 , , , 1662 1332 578 ADN ADN NNP 1662 1332 579 17 17 CD 1662 1332 580 , , , 1662 1332 581 MIR MIR NNP 1662 1332 582 17 17 CD 1662 1332 583 , , , 1662 1332 584 CONDEPA CONDEPA NNP 1662 1332 585 13 13 CD 1662 1332 586 , , , 1662 1332 587 MBL MBL NNP 1662 1332 588 7 7 CD 1662 1332 589 , , , 1662 1332 590 ARBOL ARBOL NNP 1662 1332 591 1 1 CD 1662 1332 592 , , , 1662 1332 593 ASD ASD NNP 1662 1332 594 1 1 CD 1662 1332 595 , , , 1662 1332 596 EJE EJE NNP 1662 1332 597 1 1 CD 1662 1332 598 , , , 1662 1332 599 PDC PDC NNP 1662 1332 600 1 1 CD 1662 1332 601 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 1332 602 branch branch NN 1662 1332 603 : : : 1662 1332 604 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1332 605 Court Court NNP 1662 1332 606 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 607 Corte Corte NNP 1662 1332 608 Suprema Suprema NNP 1662 1332 609 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 610 , , , 1662 1332 611 judges judge NNS 1662 1332 612 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1332 613 for for IN 1662 1332 614 a a DT 1662 1332 615 10-year 10-year CD 1662 1332 616 term term NN 1662 1332 617 by by IN 1662 1332 618 National National NNP 1662 1332 619 Congress Congress NNP 1662 1332 620 Political Political NNP 1662 1332 621 parties party NNS 1662 1332 622 and and CC 1662 1332 623 leaders leader NNS 1662 1332 624 : : : 1662 1332 625 Left left JJ 1662 1332 626 Parties party NNS 1662 1332 627 : : : 1662 1332 628 Free Free NNP 1662 1332 629 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 1332 630 Movement Movement NNP 1662 1332 631 or or CC 1662 1332 632 MBL MBL NNP 1662 1332 633 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 634 Antonio Antonio NNP 1662 1332 635 ARANIBAR ARANIBAR NNP 1662 1332 636 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 637 ; ; : 1662 1332 638 Patriotic patriotic JJ 1662 1332 639 Axis axis NN 1662 1332 640 of of IN 1662 1332 641 Convergence Convergence NNP 1662 1332 642 or or CC 1662 1332 643 EJE EJE NNP 1662 1332 644 - - HYPH 1662 1332 645 P p NN 1662 1332 646 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 647 Ramiro Ramiro NNP 1662 1332 648 BARRANECHEA BARRANECHEA NNP 1662 1332 649 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 650 ; ; : 1662 1332 651 April April NNP 1662 1332 652 9 9 CD 1662 1332 653 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 1332 654 Vanguard Vanguard NNP 1662 1332 655 or or CC 1662 1332 656 VR-9 VR-9 NNP 1662 1332 657 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 658 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 1332 659 SERRATE SERRATE NNP 1662 1332 660 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 661 ; ; : 1662 1332 662 Alternative alternative JJ 1662 1332 663 of of IN 1662 1332 664 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 1332 665 Socialism Socialism NNP 1662 1332 666 or or CC 1662 1332 667 ASD ASD NNP 1662 1332 668 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 669 Jerjes Jerjes NNP 1662 1332 670 JUSTINIANO JUSTINIANO NNP 1662 1332 671 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 672 ; ; : 1662 1332 673 Revolutionary revolutionary JJ 1662 1332 674 Front Front NNP 1662 1332 675 of of IN 1662 1332 676 the the DT 1662 1332 677 Left Left NNP 1662 1332 678 or or CC 1662 1332 679 FRI FRI NNP 1662 1332 680 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 681 Oscar Oscar NNP 1662 1332 682 ZAMORA ZAMORA NNP 1662 1332 683 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 684 ; ; : 1662 1332 685 Bolivian Bolivian NNP 1662 1332 686 Communist Communist NNP 1662 1332 687 Party Party NNP 1662 1332 688 or or CC 1662 1332 689 PCB PCB NNP 1662 1332 690 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 691 Marcos Marcos NNP 1662 1332 692 DOMIC DOMIC NNP 1662 1332 693 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 694 ; ; : 1662 1332 695 United United NNP 1662 1332 696 Left Left NNP 1662 1332 697 or or CC 1662 1332 698 IU IU NNP 1662 1332 699 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 700 Marcos Marcos NNP 1662 1332 701 DOMIC DOMIC NNP 1662 1332 702 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 703 ; ; : 1662 1332 704 Assembly assembly NN 1662 1332 705 for for IN 1662 1332 706 the the DT 1662 1332 707 Sovereignty Sovereignty NNP 1662 1332 708 of of IN 1662 1332 709 the the DT 1662 1332 710 People People NNPS 1662 1332 711 or or CC 1662 1332 712 ASP ASP NNP 1662 1332 713 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 714 Evo Evo NNP 1662 1332 715 MORALES MORALES NNP 1662 1332 716 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 717 ; ; : 1662 1332 718 Front front NN 1662 1332 719 of of IN 1662 1332 720 National National NNP 1662 1332 721 Salvation Salvation NNP 1662 1332 722 or or CC 1662 1332 723 FSN FSN NNP 1662 1332 724 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 725 Manual manual JJ 1662 1332 726 MORALES MORALES NNP 1662 1332 727 Davila Davila NNP 1662 1332 728 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 729 ; ; : 1662 1332 730 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 1332 731 Party Party NNP 1662 1332 732 One One NNP 1662 1332 733 or or CC 1662 1332 734 PS-1 PS-1 NNP 1662 1332 735 ; ; : 1662 1332 736 Bolivian bolivian JJ 1662 1332 737 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 1332 738 Falange Falange NNP 1662 1332 739 or or CC 1662 1332 740 FSB FSB NNP 1662 1332 741 ; ; : 1662 1332 742 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 1332 743 Unzaguista Unzaguista NNP 1662 1332 744 Movement Movement NNP 1662 1332 745 or or CC 1662 1332 746 MAS MAS NNP 1662 1332 747 Center Center NNP 1662 1332 748 - - HYPH 1662 1332 749 Left leave VBN 1662 1332 750 Parties Parties NNPS 1662 1332 751 : : : 1662 1332 752 Movement Movement NNP 1662 1332 753 of of IN 1662 1332 754 the the DT 1662 1332 755 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 1332 756 or or CC 1662 1332 757 MIR MIR NNP 1662 1332 758 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 759 Jaime Jaime NNP 1662 1332 760 PAZ PAZ NNP 1662 1332 761 ZAMORA ZAMORA NNP 1662 1332 762 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 763 ; ; : 1662 1332 764 Christian Christian NNP 1662 1332 765 Democrat Democrat NNP 1662 1332 766 or or CC 1662 1332 767 PDC PDC NNP 1662 1332 768 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 769 Benjamin Benjamin NNP 1662 1332 770 MIGUEL MIGUEL NNP 1662 1332 771 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 772 ; ; : 1662 1332 773 New New NNP 1662 1332 774 Youth Youth NNP 1662 1332 775 Force Force NNP 1662 1332 776 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 777 Alfonso Alfonso NNP 1662 1332 778 SAAVEDRA SAAVEDRA NNP 1662 1332 779 Bruno Bruno NNP 1662 1332 780 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 781 Center Center NNP 1662 1332 782 Party Party NNP 1662 1332 783 : : : 1662 1332 784 Nationalist Nationalist NNP 1662 1332 785 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 1332 786 Movement Movement NNP 1662 1332 787 or or CC 1662 1332 788 MNR MNR NNP 1662 1332 789 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 790 Gonzalo Gonzalo NNP 1662 1332 791 SANCHEZ SANCHEZ NNP 1662 1332 792 DE DE NNP 1662 1332 793 LOZADA LOZADA NNP 1662 1332 794 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 795 Center Center NNP 1662 1332 796 - - HYPH 1662 1332 797 Right Right NNP 1662 1332 798 Parties Parties NNPS 1662 1332 799 : : : 1662 1332 800 Nationalist Nationalist NNP 1662 1332 801 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1332 802 Action Action NNP 1662 1332 803 or or CC 1662 1332 804 ADN ADN NNP 1662 1332 805 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 806 Hugo Hugo NNP 1662 1332 807 BANZER BANZER NNP 1662 1332 808 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 809 ; ; : 1662 1332 810 New New NNP 1662 1332 811 Republican Republican NNP 1662 1332 812 Force Force NNP 1662 1332 813 or or CC 1662 1332 814 NFR NFR NNP 1662 1332 815 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 816 Manfred manfre VBN 1662 1332 817 REYES reyes JJ 1662 1332 818 VILLA villa NN 1662 1332 819 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 820 Populist populist JJ 1662 1332 821 Parties Parties NNPS 1662 1332 822 : : : 1662 1332 823 Civic Civic NNP 1662 1332 824 Solidarity Solidarity NNP 1662 1332 825 Union Union NNP 1662 1332 826 or or CC 1662 1332 827 UCS UCS NNP 1662 1332 828 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 829 Johnny Johnny NNP 1662 1332 830 FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ NNP 1662 1332 831 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 832 ; ; : 1662 1332 833 Conscience conscience NN 1662 1332 834 of of IN 1662 1332 835 the the DT 1662 1332 836 Fatherland Fatherland NNP 1662 1332 837 or or CC 1662 1332 838 CONDEPA CONDEPA NNP 1662 1332 839 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 840 Remedios remedio NNS 1662 1332 841 LOZA LOZA NNP 1662 1332 842 Alvarado Alvarado NNP 1662 1332 843 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 844 ; ; : 1662 1332 845 Solidarity Solidarity NNP 1662 1332 846 and and CC 1662 1332 847 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 1332 848 or or CC 1662 1332 849 SYD SYD NNP 1662 1332 850 ; ; : 1662 1332 851 Unity Unity NNP 1662 1332 852 and and CC 1662 1332 853 Progress Progress NNP 1662 1332 854 Movement Movement NNP 1662 1332 855 or or CC 1662 1332 856 MUP MUP NNP 1662 1332 857 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 858 Ivo Ivo NNP 1662 1332 859 KULJIS KULJIS NNP 1662 1332 860 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 861 ; ; : 1662 1332 862 Popular Popular NNP 1662 1332 863 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 1332 864 Movement Movement NNP 1662 1332 865 or or CC 1662 1332 866 MPP MPP NNP 1662 1332 867 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 868 Julio Julio NNP 1662 1332 869 MANTILLA MANTILLA NNP 1662 1332 870 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 871 Evangelical Evangelical NNP 1662 1332 872 Party Party NNP 1662 1332 873 : : : 1662 1332 874 Bolivian Bolivian NNP 1662 1332 875 Renovating Renovating NNP 1662 1332 876 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 1332 877 or or CC 1662 1332 878 ARBOL ARBOL NNP 1662 1332 879 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 880 Marcelo Marcelo NNP 1662 1332 881 FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ NNP 1662 1332 882 , , , 1662 1332 883 Hugo Hugo NNP 1662 1332 884 VILLEGAS VILLEGAS NNP 1662 1332 885 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 886 Indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 1332 887 Parties Parties NNPS 1662 1332 888 : : : 1662 1332 889 Tupac tupac VB 1662 1332 890 Katari Katari NNP 1662 1332 891 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 1332 892 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 1332 893 Movement Movement NNP 1662 1332 894 or or CC 1662 1332 895 MRTK MRTK NNP 1662 1332 896 - - HYPH 1662 1332 897 L L NNP 1662 1332 898 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 899 Victor Victor NNP 1662 1332 900 Hugo Hugo NNP 1662 1332 901 CARDENAS CARDENAS NNP 1662 1332 902 Conde Conde NNP 1662 1332 903 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 904 ; ; : 1662 1332 905 Nationalist Nationalist NNP 1662 1332 906 Katarista Katarista NNP 1662 1332 907 Movement Movement NNP 1662 1332 908 or or CC 1662 1332 909 MKN MKN NNP 1662 1332 910 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 911 Fernando Fernando NNP 1662 1332 912 UNTOJA UNTOJA NNP 1662 1332 913 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 914 ; ; : 1662 1332 915 Front front NN 1662 1332 916 of of IN 1662 1332 917 Katarista Katarista NNP 1662 1332 918 Unity Unity NNP 1662 1332 919 or or CC 1662 1332 920 FULKA FULKA NNP 1662 1332 921 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 922 Genaro Genaro NNP 1662 1332 923 FLORES FLORES NNP 1662 1332 924 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 925 ; ; : 1662 1332 926 Katarismo Katarismo NNP 1662 1332 927 National National NNP 1662 1332 928 Unity Unity NNP 1662 1332 929 or or CC 1662 1332 930 KND KND NNP 1662 1332 931 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 932 Filepe Filepe NNP 1662 1332 933 KITTELSON KITTELSON NNP 1662 1332 934 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 935 International international JJ 1662 1332 936 organization organization NN 1662 1332 937 participation participation NN 1662 1332 938 : : : 1662 1332 939 AG AG NNP 1662 1332 940 , , , 1662 1332 941 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 1332 942 , , , 1662 1332 943 FAO FAO NNP 1662 1332 944 , , , 1662 1332 945 G-11 g-11 CD 1662 1332 946 , , , 1662 1332 947 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 1332 948 , , , 1662 1332 949 IADB IADB NNP 1662 1332 950 , , , 1662 1332 951 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 1332 952 , , , 1662 1332 953 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1332 954 , , , 1662 1332 955 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1332 956 , , , 1662 1332 957 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 1332 958 , , , 1662 1332 959 IDA IDA NNP 1662 1332 960 , , , 1662 1332 961 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 1332 962 , , , 1662 1332 963 IFC IFC NNP 1662 1332 964 , , , 1662 1332 965 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 1332 966 , , , 1662 1332 967 ILO ILO NNP 1662 1332 968 , , , 1662 1332 969 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1332 970 , , , 1662 1332 971 IMO imo RB 1662 1332 972 , , , 1662 1332 973 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1332 974 , , , 1662 1332 975 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 1332 976 , , , 1662 1332 977 IOC IOC NNP 1662 1332 978 , , , 1662 1332 979 IOM IOM NNP 1662 1332 980 , , , 1662 1332 981 ISO ISO NNP 1662 1332 982 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 983 subscriber subscriber NN 1662 1332 984 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 985 , , , 1662 1332 986 ITU ITU NNP 1662 1332 987 , , , 1662 1332 988 LAES LAES NNP 1662 1332 989 , , , 1662 1332 990 LAIA LAIA NNP 1662 1332 991 , , , 1662 1332 992 NAM NAM NNP 1662 1332 993 , , , 1662 1332 994 OAS OAS NNP 1662 1332 995 , , , 1662 1332 996 OPANAL OPANAL NNP 1662 1332 997 , , , 1662 1332 998 PCA PCA NNP 1662 1332 999 , , , 1662 1332 1000 RG RG NNP 1662 1332 1001 , , , 1662 1332 1002 UN UN NNP 1662 1332 1003 , , , 1662 1332 1004 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 1332 1005 , , , 1662 1332 1006 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 1332 1007 , , , 1662 1332 1008 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 1332 1009 , , , 1662 1332 1010 UPU UPU NNP 1662 1332 1011 , , , 1662 1332 1012 WCL WCL NNP 1662 1332 1013 , , , 1662 1332 1014 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 1332 1015 , , , 1662 1332 1016 WHO who WP 1662 1332 1017 , , , 1662 1332 1018 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 1332 1019 , , , 1662 1332 1020 WMO WMO NNP 1662 1332 1021 , , , 1662 1332 1022 WToO wtoo FW 1662 1332 1023 , , , 1662 1332 1024 WTrO wtro VB 1662 1332 1025 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1332 1026 representation representation NN 1662 1332 1027 in in IN 1662 1332 1028 the the DT 1662 1332 1029 US US NNP 1662 1332 1030 : : : 1662 1332 1031 chief chief NN 1662 1332 1032 of of IN 1662 1332 1033 mission mission NN 1662 1332 1034 : : : 1662 1332 1035 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1332 1036 Fernando Fernando NNP 1662 1332 1037 Alvaro Alvaro NNP 1662 1332 1038 COSSIO COSSIO NNP 1662 1332 1039 chancery chancery NN 1662 1332 1040 : : : 1662 1332 1041 3014 3014 CD 1662 1332 1042 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 1332 1043 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 1332 1044 NW NW NNP 1662 1332 1045 , , , 1662 1332 1046 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1332 1047 , , , 1662 1332 1048 DC DC NNP 1662 1332 1049 20008 20008 CD 1662 1332 1050 telephone telephone NN 1662 1332 1051 : : : 1662 1332 1052 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 1053 1 1 CD 1662 1332 1054 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 1055 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 1056 202 202 CD 1662 1332 1057 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 1058 483 483 CD 1662 1332 1059 - - HYPH 1662 1332 1060 4410 4410 CD 1662 1332 1061 through through IN 1662 1332 1062 4412 4412 CD 1662 1332 1063 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1332 1064 : : : 1662 1332 1065 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1332 1066 1 1 CD 1662 1332 1067 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1332 1068 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1332 1069 202 202 CD 1662 1332 1070 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 1071 328 328 CD 1662 1332 1072 - - HYPH 1662 1332 1073 3712 3712 CD 1662 1332 1074 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 1332 1075 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1332 1076 general general NN 1662 1332 1077 : : : 1662 1332 1078 Los Los NNP 1662 1332 1079 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 1332 1080 , , , 1662 1332 1081 Miami Miami NNP 1662 1332 1082 , , , 1662 1332 1083 New New NNP 1662 1332 1084 York York NNP 1662 1332 1085 , , , 1662 1332 1086 and and CC 1662 1332 1087 San San NNP 1662 1332 1088 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 1332 1089 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1332 1090 representation representation NN 1662 1332 1091 from from IN 1662 1332 1092 the the DT 1662 1332 1093 US US NNP 1662 1332 1094 : : : 1662 1332 1095 chief chief NN 1662 1332 1096 of of IN 1662 1332 1097 mission mission NN 1662 1332 1098 : : : 1662 1332 1099 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1332 1100 Curtis Curtis NNP 1662 1332 1101 Warren Warren NNP 1662 1332 1102 KAMMAN KAMMAN NNP 1662 1332 1103 embassy embassy NN 1662 1332 1104 : : : 1662 1332 1105 Avenida Avenida NNP 1662 1332 1106 Arce Arce NNP 1662 1332 1107 2780 2780 CD 1662 1332 1108 , , , 1662 1332 1109 San San NNP 1662 1332 1110 Jorge Jorge NNP 1662 1332 1111 , , , 1662 1332 1112 La La NNP 1662 1332 1113 Paz Paz NNP 1662 1332 1114 mailing mail VBG 1662 1332 1115 address address NN 1662 1332 1116 : : : 1662 1332 1117 P. P. NNP 1662 1332 1118 O. O. NNP 1662 1333 1 Box Box NNP 1662 1333 2 425 425 CD 1662 1333 3 , , , 1662 1333 4 La La NNP 1662 1333 5 Paz Paz NNP 1662 1333 6 ; ; : 1662 1333 7 APO APO NNP 1662 1333 8 AA AA NNP 1662 1333 9 34032 34032 CD 1662 1333 10 telephone telephone NN 1662 1333 11 : : : 1662 1333 12 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1333 13 591 591 CD 1662 1333 14 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1333 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1333 16 2 2 CD 1662 1333 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1333 18 430251 430251 CD 1662 1333 19 FAX fax NN 1662 1333 20 : : : 1662 1333 21 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1333 22 591 591 CD 1662 1333 23 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1333 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1333 25 2 2 CD 1662 1333 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1333 27 433900 433900 CD 1662 1333 28 Flag flag NN 1662 1333 29 description description NN 1662 1333 30 : : : 1662 1333 31 three three CD 1662 1333 32 equal equal JJ 1662 1333 33 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 1333 34 bands band NNS 1662 1333 35 of of IN 1662 1333 36 red red JJ 1662 1333 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1333 38 top top NNP 1662 1333 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1333 40 , , , 1662 1333 41 yellow yellow NN 1662 1333 42 , , , 1662 1333 43 and and CC 1662 1333 44 green green JJ 1662 1333 45 with with IN 1662 1333 46 the the DT 1662 1333 47 coat coat NN 1662 1333 48 of of IN 1662 1333 49 arms arm NNS 1662 1333 50 centered center VBN 1662 1333 51 on on IN 1662 1333 52 the the DT 1662 1333 53 yellow yellow JJ 1662 1333 54 band band NN 1662 1333 55 ; ; : 1662 1333 56 similar similar JJ 1662 1333 57 to to IN 1662 1333 58 the the DT 1662 1333 59 flag flag NN 1662 1333 60 of of IN 1662 1333 61 Ghana Ghana NNP 1662 1333 62 , , , 1662 1333 63 which which WDT 1662 1333 64 has have VBZ 1662 1333 65 a a DT 1662 1333 66 large large JJ 1662 1333 67 black black JJ 1662 1333 68 five five CD 1662 1333 69 - - HYPH 1662 1333 70 pointed point VBN 1662 1333 71 star star NN 1662 1333 72 centered center VBN 1662 1333 73 in in IN 1662 1333 74 the the DT 1662 1333 75 yellow yellow JJ 1662 1333 76 band band NN 1662 1333 77 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1333 78 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1333 79 - - HYPH 1662 1333 80 overview overview NN 1662 1333 81 : : : 1662 1333 82 With with IN 1662 1333 83 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1333 84 long long JJ 1662 1333 85 history history NN 1662 1333 86 of of IN 1662 1333 87 semifeudal semifeudal JJ 1662 1333 88 social social JJ 1662 1333 89 controls control NNS 1662 1333 90 , , , 1662 1333 91 dependence dependence NN 1662 1333 92 on on IN 1662 1333 93 volatile volatile JJ 1662 1333 94 prices price NNS 1662 1333 95 for for IN 1662 1333 96 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1333 97 mineral mineral NN 1662 1333 98 exports export NNS 1662 1333 99 , , , 1662 1333 100 and and CC 1662 1333 101 bouts bout NNS 1662 1333 102 of of IN 1662 1333 103 hyperinflation hyperinflation NN 1662 1333 104 , , , 1662 1333 105 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 1333 106 has have VBZ 1662 1333 107 remained remain VBN 1662 1333 108 one one CD 1662 1333 109 of of IN 1662 1333 110 the the DT 1662 1333 111 poorest poor JJS 1662 1333 112 and and CC 1662 1333 113 least least JJS 1662 1333 114 developed develop VBD 1662 1333 115 Latin latin JJ 1662 1333 116 American american JJ 1662 1333 117 countries country NNS 1662 1333 118 . . . 1662 1334 1 However however RB 1662 1334 2 , , , 1662 1334 3 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 1334 4 has have VBZ 1662 1334 5 experienced experience VBN 1662 1334 6 generally generally RB 1662 1334 7 improving improve VBG 1662 1334 8 economic economic JJ 1662 1334 9 conditions condition NNS 1662 1334 10 since since IN 1662 1334 11 the the DT 1662 1334 12 PAZ PAZ NNP 1662 1334 13 Estenssoro Estenssoro NNP 1662 1334 14 administration administration NN 1662 1334 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1334 16 1985 1985 CD 1662 1334 17 - - SYM 1662 1334 18 89 89 CD 1662 1334 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1334 20 introduced introduce VBD 1662 1334 21 market market NN 1662 1334 22 - - HYPH 1662 1334 23 oriented orient VBN 1662 1334 24 policies policy NNS 1662 1334 25 which which WDT 1662 1334 26 reduced reduce VBD 1662 1334 27 inflation inflation NN 1662 1334 28 from from IN 1662 1334 29 11,700 11,700 CD 1662 1334 30 % % NN 1662 1334 31 in in IN 1662 1334 32 1985 1985 CD 1662 1334 33 to to IN 1662 1334 34 about about RB 1662 1334 35 20 20 CD 1662 1334 36 % % NN 1662 1334 37 in in IN 1662 1334 38 1988 1988 CD 1662 1334 39 . . . 1662 1335 1 PAZ PAZ NNP 1662 1335 2 Estenssoro Estenssoro NNP 1662 1335 3 was be VBD 1662 1335 4 followed follow VBN 1662 1335 5 as as IN 1662 1335 6 president president NN 1662 1335 7 by by IN 1662 1335 8 Jaime Jaime NNP 1662 1335 9 PAZ PAZ NNP 1662 1335 10 Zamora Zamora NNP 1662 1335 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1335 12 1989 1989 CD 1662 1335 13 - - SYM 1662 1335 14 93 93 CD 1662 1335 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1335 16 who who WP 1662 1335 17 continued continue VBD 1662 1335 18 the the DT 1662 1335 19 free free JJ 1662 1335 20 - - HYPH 1662 1335 21 market market NN 1662 1335 22 policies policy NNS 1662 1335 23 of of IN 1662 1335 24 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1335 25 predecessor predecessor NN 1662 1335 26 , , , 1662 1335 27 despite despite IN 1662 1335 28 opposition opposition NN 1662 1335 29 from from IN 1662 1335 30 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1335 31 own own JJ 1662 1335 32 party party NN 1662 1335 33 and and CC 1662 1335 34 from from IN 1662 1335 35 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 1335 36 's 's POS 1662 1335 37 once once RB 1662 1335 38 powerful powerful JJ 1662 1335 39 labor labor NN 1662 1335 40 movement movement NN 1662 1335 41 . . . 1662 1336 1 By by IN 1662 1336 2 maintaining maintain VBG 1662 1336 3 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1336 4 discipline discipline NN 1662 1336 5 , , , 1662 1336 6 PAZ PAZ NNP 1662 1336 7 Zamora Zamora NNP 1662 1336 8 helped help VBD 1662 1336 9 reduce reduce VB 1662 1336 10 inflation inflation NN 1662 1336 11 to to IN 1662 1336 12 9.3 9.3 CD 1662 1336 13 % % NN 1662 1336 14 in in IN 1662 1336 15 1993 1993 CD 1662 1336 16 , , , 1662 1336 17 while while IN 1662 1336 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1336 19 grew grow VBD 1662 1336 20 by by IN 1662 1336 21 an an DT 1662 1336 22 annual annual JJ 1662 1336 23 average average NN 1662 1336 24 of of IN 1662 1336 25 3.25 3.25 CD 1662 1336 26 % % NN 1662 1336 27 during during IN 1662 1336 28 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1336 29 tenure tenure NN 1662 1336 30 . . . 1662 1337 1 Inaugurated inaugurated JJ 1662 1337 2 in in IN 1662 1337 3 August August NNP 1662 1337 4 1993 1993 CD 1662 1337 5 , , , 1662 1337 6 President President NNP 1662 1337 7 SANCHEZ SANCHEZ NNP 1662 1337 8 DE DE NNP 1662 1337 9 LOZADA LOZADA NNP 1662 1337 10 has have VBZ 1662 1337 11 vowed vow VBN 1662 1337 12 to to TO 1662 1337 13 advance advance VB 1662 1337 14 the the DT 1662 1337 15 market market NN 1662 1337 16 - - HYPH 1662 1337 17 oriented orient VBN 1662 1337 18 economic economic JJ 1662 1337 19 reforms reform NNS 1662 1337 20 he -PRON- PRP 1662 1337 21 helped help VBD 1662 1337 22 launch launch VB 1662 1337 23 as as IN 1662 1337 24 PAZ PAZ NNP 1662 1337 25 Estenssoro Estenssoro NNP 1662 1337 26 's 's POS 1662 1337 27 planning planning NN 1662 1337 28 minister minister NN 1662 1337 29 . . . 1662 1338 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1338 2 successes success NNS 1662 1338 3 include include VBP 1662 1338 4 the the DT 1662 1338 5 signing signing NN 1662 1338 6 of of IN 1662 1338 7 a a DT 1662 1338 8 free free JJ 1662 1338 9 trade trade NN 1662 1338 10 agreement agreement NN 1662 1338 11 with with IN 1662 1338 12 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 1338 13 and and CC 1662 1338 14 the the DT 1662 1338 15 Southern Southern NNP 1662 1338 16 Cone Cone NNP 1662 1338 17 Common Common NNP 1662 1338 18 Market Market NNP 1662 1338 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1338 20 Mercosur Mercosur NNP 1662 1338 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1338 22 as as RB 1662 1338 23 well well RB 1662 1338 24 as as IN 1662 1338 25 the the DT 1662 1338 26 privatization privatization NN 1662 1338 27 of of IN 1662 1338 28 the the DT 1662 1338 29 state state NN 1662 1338 30 airline airline NN 1662 1338 31 , , , 1662 1338 32 phone phone NN 1662 1338 33 company company NN 1662 1338 34 , , , 1662 1338 35 railroad railroad NN 1662 1338 36 , , , 1662 1338 37 electric electric JJ 1662 1338 38 power power NN 1662 1338 39 company company NN 1662 1338 40 , , , 1662 1338 41 and and CC 1662 1338 42 oil oil NN 1662 1338 43 company company NN 1662 1338 44 . . . 1662 1339 1 Furthermore furthermore RB 1662 1339 2 , , , 1662 1339 3 SANCHEZ SANCHEZ NNP 1662 1339 4 DE DE NNP 1662 1339 5 LOZADA LOZADA NNP 1662 1339 6 sponsored sponsored JJ 1662 1339 7 legislation legislation NN 1662 1339 8 creating create VBG 1662 1339 9 private private JJ 1662 1339 10 social social JJ 1662 1339 11 security security NN 1662 1339 12 accounts account NNS 1662 1339 13 for for IN 1662 1339 14 all all DT 1662 1339 15 adult adult NN 1662 1339 16 Bolivians Bolivians NNPS 1662 1339 17 and and CC 1662 1339 18 capitalized capitalize VBD 1662 1339 19 these these DT 1662 1339 20 new new JJ 1662 1339 21 accounts account NNS 1662 1339 22 with with IN 1662 1339 23 the the DT 1662 1339 24 state state NN 1662 1339 25 's 's POS 1662 1339 26 remaining remain VBG 1662 1339 27 50 50 CD 1662 1339 28 % % NN 1662 1339 29 share share NN 1662 1339 30 in in IN 1662 1339 31 the the DT 1662 1339 32 privatized privatized JJ 1662 1339 33 companies company NNS 1662 1339 34 . . . 1662 1340 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1340 2 : : : 1662 1340 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1340 4 power power NN 1662 1340 5 parity parity NN 1662 1340 6 - 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- HYPH 1662 1343 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 1343 5 price price NN 1662 1343 6 index index NN 1662 1343 7 : : : 1662 1343 8 8 8 CD 1662 1343 9 % % NN 1662 1343 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1343 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 1343 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1343 13 Labor labor NN 1662 1343 14 force force NN 1662 1343 15 : : : 1662 1343 16 total total NN 1662 1343 17 : : : 1662 1343 18 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 1343 19 million million CD 1662 1343 20 by by IN 1662 1343 21 occupation occupation NN 1662 1343 22 : : : 1662 1343 23 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1343 24 NA% NA% NNS 1662 1343 25 , , , 1662 1343 26 services service NNS 1662 1343 27 and and CC 1662 1343 28 utilities utility NNS 1662 1343 29 NA% NA% NNS 1662 1343 30 , , , 1662 1343 31 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 1343 32 , , , 1662 1343 33 mining mining NN 1662 1343 34 and and CC 1662 1343 35 construction construction NN 1662 1343 36 NA% NA% `` 1662 1343 37 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1343 38 rate rate NN 1662 1343 39 : : : 1662 1343 40 18.8 18.8 CD 1662 1343 41 % % NN 1662 1343 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1343 43 1995 1995 CD 1662 1343 44 est est NNP 1662 1343 45 . . . 1662 1343 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1344 1 Budget budget NN 1662 1344 2 : : : 1662 1344 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1344 4 : : : 1662 1344 5 $ $ $ 1662 1344 6 3.75 3.75 CD 1662 1344 7 billion billion CD 1662 1344 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1344 9 : : : 1662 1344 10 $ $ $ 1662 1344 11 3.75 3.75 CD 1662 1344 12 billion billion CD 1662 1344 13 , , , 1662 1344 14 including include VBG 1662 1344 15 capital capital NN 1662 1344 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1344 17 of of IN 1662 1344 18 $ $ $ 1662 1344 19 556.2 556.2 CD 1662 1344 20 million million CD 1662 1344 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1344 22 1995 1995 CD 1662 1344 23 est est NNP 1662 1344 24 . . . 1662 1344 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1345 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 1345 2 : : : 1662 1345 3 mining mining NN 1662 1345 4 , , , 1662 1345 5 smelting smelting NN 1662 1345 6 , , , 1662 1345 7 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1345 8 , , , 1662 1345 9 food food NN 1662 1345 10 and and CC 1662 1345 11 beverages beverage NNS 1662 1345 12 , , , 1662 1345 13 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 1345 14 , , , 1662 1345 15 handicrafts handicraft NNS 1662 1345 16 , , , 1662 1345 17 clothing clothe VBG 1662 1345 18 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 1345 19 production production NN 1662 1345 20 growth growth NN 1662 1345 21 rate rate NN 1662 1345 22 : : : 1662 1345 23 4 4 CD 1662 1345 24 % % NN 1662 1345 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1345 26 1995 1995 CD 1662 1345 27 est est NNP 1662 1345 28 . . . 1662 1345 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1346 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1346 2 - 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NNP 1662 1347 31 , , , 1662 1347 32 1995 1995 CD 1662 1347 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1347 34 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1347 35 : : : 1662 1347 36 metals metal NNS 1662 1347 37 39 39 CD 1662 1347 38 % % NN 1662 1347 39 , , , 1662 1347 40 natural natural JJ 1662 1347 41 gas gas NN 1662 1347 42 9 9 CD 1662 1347 43 % % NN 1662 1347 44 , , , 1662 1347 45 soybeans soybean NNS 1662 1347 46 11 11 CD 1662 1347 47 % % NN 1662 1347 48 , , , 1662 1347 49 jewelry jewelry NN 1662 1347 50 11 11 CD 1662 1347 51 % % NN 1662 1347 52 , , , 1662 1347 53 wood wood NN 1662 1347 54 8 8 CD 1662 1347 55 % % NN 1662 1347 56 partners partner NNS 1662 1347 57 : : : 1662 1347 58 US US NNP 1662 1347 59 26 26 CD 1662 1347 60 % % NN 1662 1347 61 , , , 1662 1347 62 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 1347 63 17 17 CD 1662 1347 64 % % NN 1662 1347 65 , , , 1662 1347 66 UK UK NNP 1662 1347 67 15 15 CD 1662 1347 68 % % NN 1662 1347 69 , , , 1662 1347 70 Peru Peru NNP 1662 1347 71 14 14 CD 1662 1347 72 % % NN 1662 1347 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1347 74 1995 1995 CD 1662 1347 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1347 76 Imports import NNS 1662 1347 77 : : : 1662 1347 78 total total JJ 1662 1347 79 value value NN 1662 1347 80 : : : 1662 1347 81 $ $ $ 1662 1347 82 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 1347 83 billion billion CD 1662 1347 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1347 85 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 1347 86 . . NNP 1662 1347 87 , , , 1662 1347 88 1995 1995 CD 1662 1347 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1347 90 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1347 91 : : : 1662 1347 92 capital capital NN 1662 1347 93 goods good NNS 1662 1347 94 48 48 CD 1662 1347 95 % % NN 1662 1347 96 , , , 1662 1347 97 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 1347 98 11 11 CD 1662 1347 99 % % NN 1662 1347 100 , , , 1662 1347 101 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1347 102 5 5 CD 1662 1347 103 % % NN 1662 1347 104 , , , 1662 1347 105 food food NN 1662 1347 106 5 5 CD 1662 1347 107 % % NN 1662 1347 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1347 109 1993 1993 CD 1662 1347 110 est est NNP 1662 1347 111 . . . 1662 1347 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1348 1 partners partner NNS 1662 1348 2 : : : 1662 1348 3 US US NNP 1662 1348 4 18 18 CD 1662 1348 5 % % NN 1662 1348 6 , , , 1662 1348 7 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 1348 8 15 15 CD 1662 1348 9 % % NN 1662 1348 10 , , , 1662 1348 11 Japan Japan NNP 1662 1348 12 13 13 CD 1662 1348 13 % % NN 1662 1348 14 , , , 1662 1348 15 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 1348 16 8 8 CD 1662 1348 17 % % NN 1662 1348 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1348 19 1995 1995 CD 1662 1348 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1348 21 Debt debt NN 1662 1348 22 - - HYPH 1662 1348 23 external external JJ 1662 1348 24 : : : 1662 1348 25 $ $ $ 1662 1348 26 4.3 4.3 CD 1662 1348 27 billion billion CD 1662 1348 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1348 29 November November NNP 1662 1348 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 1348 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1348 32 Economic economic JJ 1662 1348 33 aid aid NN 1662 1348 34 : : : 1662 1348 35 recipient recipient NN 1662 1348 36 : : : 1662 1348 37 ODA ODA NNP 1662 1348 38 , , , 1662 1348 39 $ $ $ 1662 1348 40 362 362 CD 1662 1348 41 million million CD 1662 1348 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1348 43 1993 1993 CD 1662 1348 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1348 45 Currency currency NN 1662 1348 46 : : : 1662 1348 47 1 1 CD 1662 1348 48 boliviano boliviano NN 1662 1348 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1348 50 $ $ $ 1662 1348 51 B b NN 1662 1348 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1348 53 = = NFP 1662 1348 54 100 100 CD 1662 1348 55 centavos centavos NNP 1662 1348 56 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1348 57 rates rate NNS 1662 1348 58 : : : 1662 1348 59 bolivianos bolivianos NNP 1662 1348 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1348 61 $ $ $ 1662 1348 62 B b NN 1662 1348 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1348 64 per per IN 1662 1348 65 US$ us$ $ 1662 1348 66 1 1 CD 1662 1348 67 - - SYM 1662 1348 68 5.1720 5.1720 CD 1662 1348 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1348 70 November November NNP 1662 1348 71 1996 1996 CD 1662 1348 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1348 73 , , , 1662 1348 74 4.8003 4.8003 CD 1662 1348 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1348 76 1995 1995 CD 1662 1348 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1348 78 , , , 1662 1348 79 4.6205 4.6205 CD 1662 1348 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1348 81 1994 1994 CD 1662 1348 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1348 83 , , , 1662 1348 84 4.2651 4.2651 CD 1662 1348 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1348 86 1993 1993 CD 1662 1348 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1348 88 , , , 1662 1348 89 3.9005 3.9005 CD 1662 1348 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1348 91 1992 1992 CD 1662 1348 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1348 93 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1348 94 year year NN 1662 1348 95 : : : 1662 1348 96 calendar calendar NNP 1662 1348 97 year year NN 1662 1348 98 @Bolivia @bolivia XX 1662 1348 99 : : : 1662 1348 100 Communications Communications NNP 1662 1348 101 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 1348 102 : : : 1662 1348 103 144,300 144,300 CD 1662 1348 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1348 105 1987 1987 CD 1662 1348 106 est est NNP 1662 1348 107 . . . 1662 1348 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1349 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1349 2 system system NN 1662 1349 3 : : : 1662 1349 4 new new JJ 1662 1349 5 subscribers subscriber NNS 1662 1349 6 face face VBP 1662 1349 7 bureaucratic bureaucratic JJ 1662 1349 8 difficulties difficulty NNS 1662 1349 9 ; ; : 1662 1349 10 most most JJS 1662 1349 11 telephones telephone NNS 1662 1349 12 are be VBP 1662 1349 13 concentrated concentrate VBN 1662 1349 14 in in IN 1662 1349 15 La La NNP 1662 1349 16 Paz Paz NNP 1662 1349 17 and and CC 1662 1349 18 other other JJ 1662 1349 19 cities city NNS 1662 1349 20 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1349 21 : : : 1662 1349 22 microwave microwave NN 1662 1349 23 radio radio NN 1662 1349 24 relay relay NN 1662 1349 25 system system NN 1662 1349 26 being be VBG 1662 1349 27 expanded expand VBN 1662 1349 28 international international JJ 1662 1349 29 : : : 1662 1349 30 satellite satellite NN 1662 1349 31 earth earth NNP 1662 1349 32 station station NNP 1662 1349 33 - - : 1662 1349 34 1 1 CD 1662 1349 35 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1349 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1349 37 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1349 38 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1349 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1349 40 Radio radio NN 1662 1349 41 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1349 42 stations station NNS 1662 1349 43 : : : 1662 1349 44 AM AM NNP 1662 1349 45 129 129 CD 1662 1349 46 , , , 1662 1349 47 FM FM NNP 1662 1349 48 0 0 CD 1662 1349 49 , , , 1662 1349 50 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 1349 51 68 68 CD 1662 1349 52 Radios radio NNS 1662 1349 53 : : : 1662 1349 54 NA NA NNP 1662 1349 55 Television Television NNP 1662 1349 56 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1349 57 stations station NNS 1662 1349 58 : : : 1662 1349 59 43 43 CD 1662 1349 60 Televisions television NNS 1662 1349 61 : : : 1662 1349 62 500,000 500,000 CD 1662 1349 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1349 64 1993 1993 CD 1662 1349 65 est est NNP 1662 1349 66 . . . 1662 1349 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1350 1 @Bolivia @bolivia LS 1662 1350 2 : : : 1662 1350 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1350 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1350 5 : : : 1662 1350 6 total total NN 1662 1350 7 : : : 1662 1350 8 3,691 3,691 CD 1662 1350 9 km km JJ 1662 1350 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1350 11 single single JJ 1662 1350 12 track track NN 1662 1350 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1350 14 narrow narrow JJ 1662 1350 15 gauge gauge NN 1662 1350 16 : : : 1662 1350 17 3,652 3,652 CD 1662 1350 18 km km NN 1662 1350 19 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 1350 20 gauge gauge NN 1662 1350 21 ; ; : 1662 1350 22 39 39 CD 1662 1350 23 km km NN 1662 1350 24 0.760-m 0.760-m JJ 1662 1350 25 gauge gauge NN 1662 1350 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1350 27 13 13 CD 1662 1350 28 km km NN 1662 1350 29 electrified electrify VBN 1662 1350 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1350 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1350 32 1995 1995 CD 1662 1350 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1350 34 Highways highway NNS 1662 1350 35 : : : 1662 1350 36 total total JJ 1662 1350 37 : : : 1662 1350 38 55,487 55,487 CD 1662 1350 39 km km NN 1662 1350 40 paved pave VBN 1662 1350 41 : : : 1662 1350 42 2,663 2,663 CD 1662 1350 43 km km NNS 1662 1350 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1350 45 including include VBG 1662 1350 46 27 27 CD 1662 1350 47 km km NNS 1662 1350 48 of of IN 1662 1350 49 expressways expressway NNS 1662 1350 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1350 51 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1350 52 : : : 1662 1350 53 52,824 52,824 CD 1662 1350 54 km km NNS 1662 1350 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1350 56 1995 1995 CD 1662 1350 57 est est NNP 1662 1350 58 . . . 1662 1350 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1351 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 1351 2 : : : 1662 1351 3 10,000 10,000 CD 1662 1351 4 km km NNS 1662 1351 5 of of IN 1662 1351 6 commercially commercially RB 1662 1351 7 navigable navigable JJ 1662 1351 8 waterways waterway NNS 1662 1351 9 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 1351 10 : : : 1662 1351 11 crude crude JJ 1662 1351 12 oil oil NN 1662 1351 13 1,800 1,800 CD 1662 1351 14 km km NN 1662 1351 15 ; ; : 1662 1351 16 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1351 17 products product NNS 1662 1351 18 580 580 CD 1662 1351 19 km km NN 1662 1351 20 ; ; : 1662 1351 21 natural natural JJ 1662 1351 22 gas gas NN 1662 1351 23 1,495 1,495 CD 1662 1351 24 km km NN 1662 1351 25 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 1351 26 and and CC 1662 1351 27 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1351 28 : : : 1662 1351 29 none none NN 1662 1351 30 ; ; : 1662 1351 31 however however RB 1662 1351 32 , , , 1662 1351 33 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 1351 34 has have VBZ 1662 1351 35 free free JJ 1662 1351 36 port port NN 1662 1351 37 privileges privilege NNS 1662 1351 38 in in IN 1662 1351 39 the the DT 1662 1351 40 maritime maritime JJ 1662 1351 41 ports port NNS 1662 1351 42 of of IN 1662 1351 43 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 1351 44 , , , 1662 1351 45 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 1351 46 , , , 1662 1351 47 Chile Chile NNP 1662 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NNP 1662 1380 1058 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1380 1059 CAREVIC CAREVIC NNP 1662 1380 1060 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1380 1061 ; ; : 1662 1380 1062 Social Social NNP 1662 1380 1063 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 1380 1064 Party Party NNP 1662 1380 1065 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1380 1066 Miodrag Miodrag NNP 1662 1380 1067 ZIVANOVIC ZIVANOVIC NNP 1662 1380 1068 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1380 1069 ; ; : 1662 1380 1070 Serb Serb NNP 1662 1380 1071 Radical Radical NNP 1662 1380 1072 Party Party NNP 1662 1380 1073 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1380 1074 Miodrag Miodrag NNP 1662 1380 1075 RAKIC RAKIC NNP 1662 1380 1076 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1380 1077 ; ; : 1662 1380 1078 Serb Serb NNP 1662 1380 1079 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 1380 1080 Party Party NNP 1662 1380 1081 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1380 1082 Slavko Slavko NNP 1662 1380 1083 ZUPLJANIN ZUPLJANIN NNP 1662 1380 1084 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1380 1085 ; ; : 1662 1380 1086 Serb Serb NNP 1662 1380 1087 Homeland Homeland NNP 1662 1380 1088 Party Party NNP 1662 1380 1089 ; ; : 1662 1380 1090 Party Party NNP 1662 1380 1091 of of IN 1662 1380 1092 Serbian Serbian NNP 1662 1380 1093 Unity Unity NNP 1662 1380 1094 ; ; : 1662 1380 1095 Republik Republik NNP 1662 1380 1096 Srpska Srpska NNP 1662 1380 1097 Independent Independent NNP 1662 1380 1098 Social Social NNP 1662 1380 1099 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 1380 1100 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1380 1101 Branko Branko NNP 1662 1380 1102 DOKIC DOKIC NNP 1662 1380 1103 , , , 1662 1380 1104 president president NN 1662 1380 1105 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1380 1106 ; ; : 1662 1380 1107 Serb Serb NNP 1662 1380 1108 Party Party NNP 1662 1380 1109 of of IN 1662 1380 1110 Posavina Posavina NNP 1662 1380 1111 and and CC 1662 1380 1112 Krajina Krajina NNP 1662 1380 1113 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1380 1114 Predrag Predrag NNP 1662 1380 1115 LAZAREVIC LAZAREVIC NNP 1662 1380 1116 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1380 1117 ; ; : 1662 1380 1118 National National NNP 1662 1380 1119 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1380 1120 Union Union NNP 1662 1380 1121 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1380 1122 Fikret Fikret NNP 1662 1380 1123 ABDIC ABDIC NNP 1662 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1197 OIC OIC NNP 1662 1380 1198 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1380 1199 observer observer NN 1662 1380 1200 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1380 1201 , , , 1662 1380 1202 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 1380 1203 , , , 1662 1380 1204 UN UN NNP 1662 1380 1205 , , , 1662 1380 1206 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 1380 1207 , , , 1662 1380 1208 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 1380 1209 , , , 1662 1380 1210 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 1380 1211 , , , 1662 1380 1212 UPU UPU NNP 1662 1380 1213 , , , 1662 1380 1214 WHO who WP 1662 1380 1215 , , , 1662 1380 1216 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 1380 1217 , , , 1662 1380 1218 WMO WMO NNP 1662 1380 1219 , , , 1662 1380 1220 WToO WToO VBD 1662 1380 1221 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1380 1222 representation representation NN 1662 1380 1223 in in IN 1662 1380 1224 the the DT 1662 1380 1225 US US NNP 1662 1380 1226 : : : 1662 1380 1227 chief chief NN 1662 1380 1228 of of IN 1662 1380 1229 mission mission NN 1662 1380 1230 : : : 1662 1380 1231 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1380 1232 Sven Sven NNP 1662 1380 1233 ALKALAJ ALKALAJ NNP 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, , , 1662 1381 4 Sarajevo Sarajevo NNP 1662 1381 5 mailing mail VBG 1662 1381 6 address address NN 1662 1381 7 : : : 1662 1381 8 American American NNP 1662 1381 9 Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 1381 10 Sarajevo Sarajevo NNP 1662 1381 11 , , , 1662 1381 12 US US NNP 1662 1381 13 Department Department NNP 1662 1381 14 of of IN 1662 1381 15 State State NNP 1662 1381 16 , , , 1662 1381 17 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1381 18 , , , 1662 1381 19 DC DC NNP 1662 1381 20 20521 20521 CD 1662 1381 21 - - SYM 1662 1381 22 7130 7130 CD 1662 1381 23 telephone telephone NN 1662 1381 24 : : : 1662 1381 25 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1381 26 387 387 CD 1662 1381 27 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1381 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1381 29 71 71 CD 1662 1381 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1381 31 445 445 CD 1662 1381 32 - - SYM 1662 1381 33 700 700 CD 1662 1381 34 FAX fax NN 1662 1381 35 : : : 1662 1381 36 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1381 37 387 387 CD 1662 1381 38 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1381 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1381 40 71 71 CD 1662 1381 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1381 42 659 659 CD 1662 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24 . . . 1662 1401 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1401 2 : : : 1662 1401 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1401 4 power power NN 1662 1401 5 parity parity NN 1662 1401 6 - - : 1662 1401 7 $ $ $ 1662 1401 8 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 1401 9 billion billion CD 1662 1401 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1401 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 1401 12 est est NNP 1662 1401 13 . . . 1662 1401 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1402 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1402 2 - - HYPH 1662 1402 3 real real JJ 1662 1402 4 growth growth NN 1662 1402 5 rate rate NN 1662 1402 6 : : : 1662 1402 7 NA% NA% `` 1662 1402 8 GDP gdp NN 1662 1402 9 - - HYPH 1662 1402 10 per per FW 1662 1402 11 capita capita NN 1662 1402 12 : : : 1662 1402 13 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1402 14 power power NN 1662 1402 15 parity parity NN 1662 1402 16 - - : 1662 1402 17 $ $ $ 1662 1402 18 600 600 CD 1662 1402 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1402 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 1402 21 est est NNP 1662 1402 22 . . . 1662 1402 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1403 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1403 2 - - HYPH 1662 1403 3 composition composition NN 1662 1403 4 by by IN 1662 1403 5 sector sector NN 1662 1403 6 : : : 1662 1403 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1403 8 : : : 1662 1403 9 NA% na% LS 1662 1403 10 industry industry NN 1662 1403 11 : : : 1662 1403 12 NA% NA% NNS 1662 1403 13 services service NNS 1662 1403 14 : : : 1662 1403 15 NA% NA% `` 1662 1403 16 Inflation inflation NN 1662 1403 17 rate rate NN 1662 1403 18 - - HYPH 1662 1403 19 consumer consumer NN 1662 1403 20 price price NN 1662 1403 21 index index NN 1662 1403 22 : : : 1662 1403 23 NA% NA% `` 1662 1403 24 Labor labor NN 1662 1403 25 force force NN 1662 1403 26 : : : 1662 1403 27 total total NN 1662 1403 28 : : : 1662 1403 29 1,026,254 1,026,254 CD 1662 1403 30 by by IN 1662 1403 31 occupation occupation NN 1662 1403 32 : : : 1662 1403 33 NA% NA% `` 1662 1403 34 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1403 35 rate rate NN 1662 1403 36 : : : 1662 1403 37 officially officially RB 1662 1403 38 about about RB 1662 1403 39 70 70 CD 1662 1403 40 % % NN 1662 1403 41 but but CC 1662 1403 42 probably probably RB 1662 1403 43 much much RB 1662 1403 44 lower low JJR 1662 1403 45 , , , 1662 1403 46 perhaps perhaps RB 1662 1403 47 40%-50 40%-50 CD 1662 1403 48 % % NN 1662 1403 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1403 50 1996 1996 CD 1662 1403 51 est est NNP 1662 1403 52 . . . 1662 1403 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1404 1 Budget budget NN 1662 1404 2 : : : 1662 1404 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1404 4 : : : 1662 1404 5 $ $ $ 1662 1404 6 NA na NN 1662 1404 7 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1404 8 : : : 1662 1404 9 $ $ $ 1662 1404 10 NA na NN 1662 1404 11 , , , 1662 1404 12 including include VBG 1662 1404 13 capital capital NN 1662 1404 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1404 15 of of IN 1662 1404 16 $ $ $ 1662 1404 17 NA NA NNP 1662 1404 18 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 1404 19 : : : 1662 1404 20 steel steel NN 1662 1404 21 , , , 1662 1404 22 coal coal NN 1662 1404 23 , , , 1662 1404 24 iron iron NN 1662 1404 25 ore ore NN 1662 1404 26 , , , 1662 1404 27 lead lead NN 1662 1404 28 , , , 1662 1404 29 zinc zinc NN 1662 1404 30 , , , 1662 1404 31 manganese manganese JJ 1662 1404 32 , , , 1662 1404 33 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 1404 34 , , , 1662 1404 35 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 1404 36 assembly assembly NN 1662 1404 37 , , , 1662 1404 38 textiles textile NNS 1662 1404 39 , , , 1662 1404 40 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 1404 41 products product NNS 1662 1404 42 , , , 1662 1404 43 wooden wooden JJ 1662 1404 44 furniture furniture NN 1662 1404 45 , , , 1662 1404 46 tank tank NN 1662 1404 47 and and CC 1662 1404 48 aircraft aircraft NN 1662 1404 49 assembly assembly NN 1662 1404 50 , , , 1662 1404 51 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1404 52 appliances appliance NNS 1662 1404 53 , , , 1662 1404 54 oil oil NN 1662 1404 55 refining refining NN 1662 1404 56 ; ; : 1662 1404 57 much much JJ 1662 1404 58 of of IN 1662 1404 59 capacity capacity NN 1662 1404 60 damaged damage VBN 1662 1404 61 or or CC 1662 1404 62 shut shut VBN 1662 1404 63 down down RP 1662 1404 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1404 65 1995 1995 CD 1662 1404 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1404 67 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 1404 68 production production NN 1662 1404 69 growth growth NN 1662 1404 70 rate rate NN 1662 1404 71 : : : 1662 1404 72 NA% NA% `` 1662 1404 73 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1404 74 - - HYPH 1662 1404 75 capacity capacity NN 1662 1404 76 : : : 1662 1404 77 3.991 3.991 CD 1662 1404 78 million million CD 1662 1404 79 kW kw NN 1662 1404 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1404 81 1991 1991 CD 1662 1404 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1404 83 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1404 84 - - HYPH 1662 1404 85 production production NN 1662 1404 86 : : : 1662 1404 87 1.87 1.87 CD 1662 1404 88 billion billion CD 1662 1404 89 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1404 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1404 91 1994 1994 CD 1662 1404 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1404 93 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1404 94 - - HYPH 1662 1404 95 consumption consumption NN 1662 1404 96 per per IN 1662 1404 97 capita capita NN 1662 1404 98 : : : 1662 1404 99 475 475 CD 1662 1404 100 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1404 101 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1404 102 1995 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11 : : : 1662 1406 12 $ $ $ 1662 1406 13 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 1406 14 billion billion CD 1662 1406 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1406 16 1995 1995 CD 1662 1406 17 est est NNP 1662 1406 18 . . . 1662 1406 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1407 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1407 2 : : : 1662 1407 3 NA NA NNP 1662 1407 4 partners partner NNS 1662 1407 5 : : : 1662 1407 6 NA NA NNP 1662 1407 7 Debt debt NN 1662 1407 8 - - HYPH 1662 1407 9 external external JJ 1662 1407 10 : : : 1662 1407 11 $ $ $ 1662 1407 12 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 1407 13 billion billion CD 1662 1407 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1407 15 yearend yearend VB 1662 1407 16 1995 1995 CD 1662 1407 17 est est NNP 1662 1407 18 . . . 1662 1407 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1408 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 1408 2 aid aid NN 1662 1408 3 : : : 1662 1408 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 1408 5 : : : 1662 1408 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 1408 7 , , , 1662 1408 8 $ $ $ 1662 1408 9 600 600 CD 1662 1408 10 million million CD 1662 1408 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1408 12 1996 1996 CD 1662 1408 13 est est NNP 1662 1408 14 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39 currencies currency NNS 1662 1409 40 throughout throughout IN 1662 1409 41 Bosnia Bosnia NNP 1662 1409 42 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1409 43 rates rate NNS 1662 1409 44 : : : 1662 1409 45 NA NA NNP 1662 1409 46 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1409 47 year year NN 1662 1409 48 : : : 1662 1409 49 calendar calendar NNP 1662 1409 50 year year NNP 1662 1409 51 @Bosnia @Bosnia NNP 1662 1409 52 and and CC 1662 1409 53 Herzegovina Herzegovina NNP 1662 1409 54 : : : 1662 1409 55 Communications Communications NNP 1662 1409 56 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 1409 57 : : : 1662 1409 58 727,000 727,000 CD 1662 1409 59 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1409 60 system system NN 1662 1409 61 : : : 1662 1409 62 telephone telephone NN 1662 1409 63 and and CC 1662 1409 64 telegraph telegraph NN 1662 1409 65 network network NN 1662 1409 66 is be VBZ 1662 1409 67 in in IN 1662 1409 68 need need NN 1662 1409 69 of of IN 1662 1409 70 modernization modernization NN 1662 1409 71 and and CC 1662 1409 72 expansion expansion NN 1662 1409 73 ; ; : 1662 1409 74 many many JJ 1662 1409 75 urban urban JJ 1662 1409 76 areas area NNS 1662 1409 77 are be VBP 1662 1409 78 below below IN 1662 1409 79 average average JJ 1662 1409 80 when when WRB 1662 1409 81 compared compare VBN 1662 1409 82 with with IN 1662 1409 83 services service NNS 1662 1409 84 in in IN 1662 1409 85 other other JJ 1662 1409 86 former former JJ 1662 1409 87 Yugoslav yugoslav JJ 1662 1409 88 republics republic NNS 1662 1409 89 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1409 90 : : : 1662 1409 91 NA NA NNP 1662 1409 92 international international JJ 1662 1409 93 : : : 1662 1409 94 no no DT 1662 1409 95 satellite satellite NN 1662 1409 96 earth earth NN 1662 1409 97 stations station NNS 1662 1409 98 Radio radio NN 1662 1409 99 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1409 100 stations station NNS 1662 1409 101 : : : 1662 1409 102 AM am VBP 1662 1409 103 9 9 CD 1662 1409 104 , , , 1662 1409 105 FM FM NNP 1662 1409 106 2 2 CD 1662 1409 107 , , , 1662 1409 108 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 1409 109 0 0 CD 1662 1409 110 Radios radio NNS 1662 1409 111 : : : 1662 1409 112 840,000 840,000 CD 1662 1409 113 Television Television NNP 1662 1409 114 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1409 115 stations station NNS 1662 1409 116 : : : 1662 1409 117 6 6 CD 1662 1409 118 Televisions television NNS 1662 1409 119 : : : 1662 1409 120 1,012,094 1,012,094 CD 1662 1409 121 @Bosnia @bosnia NN 1662 1409 122 and and CC 1662 1409 123 Herzegovina Herzegovina NNP 1662 1409 124 : : : 1662 1409 125 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1409 126 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1409 127 : : : 1662 1409 128 total total NN 1662 1409 129 : : : 1662 1409 130 1,021 1,021 CD 1662 1409 131 km km NNS 1662 1409 132 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1409 133 electrified electrify VBN 1662 1409 134 795 795 CD 1662 1409 135 km km NNS 1662 1409 136 ; ; : 1662 1409 137 operating operate VBG 1662 1409 138 as as IN 1662 1409 139 diesel diesel NN 1662 1409 140 or or CC 1662 1409 141 steam steam NN 1662 1409 142 until until IN 1662 1409 143 grids grid NNS 1662 1409 144 are be VBP 1662 1409 145 repaired repair VBN 1662 1409 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1409 147 standard standard JJ 1662 1409 148 gauge gauge NN 1662 1409 149 : : : 1662 1409 150 1,021 1,021 CD 1662 1409 151 km km NN 1662 1409 152 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 1409 153 gauge gauge NN 1662 1409 154 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1409 155 1995 1995 CD 1662 1409 156 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1409 157 ; ; : 1662 1409 158 note note VB 1662 1409 159 - - HYPH 1662 1409 160 some some DT 1662 1409 161 segments segment NNS 1662 1409 162 need need VBP 1662 1409 163 repair repair NN 1662 1409 164 and/or and/or CC 1662 1409 165 reconstruction reconstruction NN 1662 1409 166 Highways highway NNS 1662 1409 167 : : : 1662 1409 168 total total NN 1662 1409 169 : : : 1662 1409 170 21,168 21,168 CD 1662 1409 171 km km NNS 1662 1409 172 paved pave VBN 1662 1409 173 : : : 1662 1409 174 11,436 11,436 CD 1662 1409 175 km km NNS 1662 1409 176 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1409 177 : : : 1662 1409 178 9,732 9,732 CD 1662 1409 179 km km NNS 1662 1409 180 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1409 181 1991 1991 CD 1662 1409 182 est est NNP 1662 1409 183 . . . 1662 1409 184 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1410 1 note note NN 1662 1410 2 : : : 1662 1410 3 roads road NNS 1662 1410 4 need need VBP 1662 1410 5 maintenance maintenance NN 1662 1410 6 and and CC 1662 1410 7 repair repair NN 1662 1410 8 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 1410 9 : : : 1662 1410 10 NA NA NNP 1662 1410 11 km km PRP 1662 1410 12 ; ; : 1662 1410 13 Sava Sava NNP 1662 1410 14 blocked block VBN 1662 1410 15 by by IN 1662 1410 16 downed down VBN 1662 1410 17 bridges bridge NNS 1662 1410 18 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 1410 19 : : : 1662 1410 20 crude crude JJ 1662 1410 21 oil oil NN 1662 1410 22 174 174 CD 1662 1410 23 km km NN 1662 1410 24 ; ; : 1662 1410 25 natural natural JJ 1662 1410 26 gas gas NN 1662 1410 27 90 90 CD 1662 1410 28 km km NNS 1662 1410 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1410 30 1992 1992 CD 1662 1410 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1410 32 ; ; : 1662 1410 33 note note NN 1662 1410 34 - - HYPH 1662 1410 35 pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 1410 36 now now RB 1662 1410 37 disrupted disrupt VBD 1662 1410 38 Ports port NNS 1662 1410 39 and and CC 1662 1410 40 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1410 41 : : : 1662 1410 42 Bosanski Bosanski NNP 1662 1410 43 Brod Brod NNP 1662 1410 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1410 45 access access NN 1662 1410 46 to to IN 1662 1410 47 Ploce Ploce NNP 1662 1410 48 , , , 1662 1410 49 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 1410 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1410 51 Merchant merchant NN 1662 1410 52 marine marine NN 1662 1410 53 : : : 1662 1410 54 none none NN 1662 1410 55 Airports airport NNS 1662 1410 56 : : : 1662 1410 57 24 24 CD 1662 1410 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1410 59 1996 1996 CD 1662 1410 60 est est NNP 1662 1410 61 . . . 1662 1410 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1411 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1411 2 - - , 1662 1411 3 with with IN 1662 1411 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1411 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1411 6 : : : 1662 1411 7 total total NN 1662 1411 8 : : : 1662 1411 9 14 14 CD 1662 1411 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 1411 11 to to 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1412 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1412 19 m m NN 1662 1412 20 : : : 1662 1412 21 9 9 CD 1662 1412 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1412 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 1412 24 est est NNP 1662 1412 25 . . . 1662 1412 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1413 1 Military military JJ 1662 1413 2 Military military JJ 1662 1413 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1413 4 : : : 1662 1413 5 Army Army NNP 1662 1413 6 Military Military NNP 1662 1413 7 manpower manpower NN 1662 1413 8 - - HYPH 1662 1413 9 military military NN 1662 1413 10 age age NN 1662 1413 11 : : : 1662 1413 12 19 19 CD 1662 1413 13 years year NNS 1662 1413 14 of of IN 1662 1413 15 age age NN 1662 1413 16 Military military JJ 1662 1413 17 manpower manpower NN 1662 1413 18 - - HYPH 1662 1413 19 availability availability NN 1662 1413 20 : : : 1662 1413 21 males male NNS 1662 1413 22 age age NNP 1662 1413 23 15 15 CD 1662 1413 24 - - HYPH 1662 1413 25 49 49 CD 1662 1413 26 : : : 1662 1413 27 865,763 865,763 CD 1662 1413 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1413 29 1997 1997 CD 1662 1413 30 est est NNP 1662 1413 31 . . . 1662 1413 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1414 1 Military military JJ 1662 1414 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1414 3 - - HYPH 1662 1414 4 fit fit NN 1662 1414 5 for for IN 1662 1414 6 military military JJ 1662 1414 7 service service NN 1662 1414 8 : : : 1662 1414 9 males male NNS 1662 1414 10 : : : 1662 1414 11 696,202 696,202 CD 1662 1414 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1414 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1414 14 est est NNP 1662 1414 15 . . . 1662 1414 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1415 1 Military military JJ 1662 1415 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1415 3 - - HYPH 1662 1415 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 1415 5 military military JJ 1662 1415 6 age age NN 1662 1415 7 annually annually RB 1662 1415 8 : : : 1662 1415 9 males male NNS 1662 1415 10 : : : 1662 1415 11 23,771 23,771 CD 1662 1415 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1415 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1415 14 est e JJS 1662 1415 15 . . . 1662 1415 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1416 1 Military military JJ 1662 1416 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1416 3 - - HYPH 1662 1416 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1416 5 figure figure NN 1662 1416 6 : : : 1662 1416 7 $ $ $ 1662 1416 8 NA NA NNP 1662 1416 9 Military military JJ 1662 1416 10 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1416 11 - - : 1662 1416 12 percent percent NN 1662 1416 13 of of IN 1662 1416 14 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1416 15 : : : 1662 1416 16 NA% NA% `` 1662 1416 17 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1416 18 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1416 19 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1416 20 - - : 1662 1416 21 international international JJ 1662 1416 22 : : : 1662 1416 23 disputes dispute NNS 1662 1416 24 with with IN 1662 1416 25 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 1416 26 over over IN 1662 1416 27 Serbian serbian JJ 1662 1416 28 populated populated JJ 1662 1416 29 areas area NNS 1662 1416 30 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 1416 31 drugs drug VBZ 1662 1416 32 : : : 1662 1416 33 transit transit NN 1662 1416 34 point point NN 1662 1416 35 for for IN 1662 1416 36 minor minor JJ 1662 1416 37 regional regional JJ 1662 1416 38 marijuana marijuana NN 1662 1416 39 trafficking traffic VBG 1662 1416 40 routes route NNS 1662 1416 41 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 42 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 43 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 44 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 45 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 46 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 47 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 48 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 49 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 50 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 51 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 52 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 53 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 54 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 55 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 56 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 57 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 58 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 59 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 60 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 61 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 62 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 63 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 64 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 65 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 66 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 67 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 68 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 69 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 70 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 71 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 72 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 73 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 74 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 75 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 76 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 77 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 78 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 79 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 80 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 81 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 82 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 83 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 84 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 85 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 86 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 87 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 94 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 95 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 96 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 97 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 98 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 99 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 100 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 101 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 102 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 103 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 104 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 105 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 106 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 107 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 108 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 109 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 110 _ _ NNP 1662 1416 111 BOTSWANA BOTSWANA NNP 1662 1416 112 @Botswana @botswana NN 1662 1416 113 : : : 1662 1416 114 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1416 115 Location Location NNP 1662 1416 116 : : : 1662 1416 117 Southern Southern NNP 1662 1416 118 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1416 119 , , , 1662 1416 120 north north RB 1662 1416 121 of of IN 1662 1416 122 South South NNP 1662 1416 123 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1416 124 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1416 125 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1416 126 : : : 1662 1416 127 22 22 CD 1662 1416 128 00 00 CD 1662 1416 129 S s NN 1662 1416 130 , , , 1662 1416 131 24 24 CD 1662 1416 132 00 00 CD 1662 1416 133 E e NN 1662 1416 134 Map Map NNP 1662 1416 135 references reference NNS 1662 1416 136 : : : 1662 1416 137 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1416 138 Area Area NNP 1662 1416 139 : : : 1662 1416 140 total total NN 1662 1416 141 : : : 1662 1416 142 600,370 600,370 CD 1662 1416 143 sq sq NN 1662 1416 144 km km NNP 1662 1416 145 land land NN 1662 1416 146 : : : 1662 1416 147 585,370 585,370 CD 1662 1416 148 sq sq NNP 1662 1416 149 km km NNP 1662 1416 150 water water NN 1662 1416 151 : : : 1662 1416 152 15,000 15,000 CD 1662 1416 153 sq sq NN 1662 1416 154 km km NNP 1662 1416 155 Area area NN 1662 1416 156 - - HYPH 1662 1416 157 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1416 158 : : : 1662 1416 159 slightly slightly RB 1662 1416 160 smaller small JJR 1662 1416 161 than than IN 1662 1416 162 Texas Texas NNP 1662 1416 163 Land Land NNP 1662 1416 164 boundaries boundary 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semiarid semiarid NN 1662 1416 202 ; ; , 1662 1416 203 warm warm JJ 1662 1416 204 winters winter NNS 1662 1416 205 and and CC 1662 1416 206 hot hot JJ 1662 1416 207 summers summer NNS 1662 1416 208 Terrain terrain NN 1662 1416 209 : : : 1662 1416 210 predominately predominately RB 1662 1416 211 flat flat JJ 1662 1416 212 to to IN 1662 1416 213 gently gently RB 1662 1416 214 rolling roll VBG 1662 1416 215 tableland tableland NN 1662 1416 216 ; ; : 1662 1416 217 Kalahari Kalahari NNP 1662 1416 218 Desert Desert NNP 1662 1416 219 in in IN 1662 1416 220 southwest southwest JJ 1662 1416 221 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1416 222 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1416 223 : : : 1662 1416 224 lowest low JJS 1662 1416 225 point point NN 1662 1416 226 : : : 1662 1416 227 junction junction NN 1662 1416 228 of of IN 1662 1416 229 the the DT 1662 1416 230 Limpopo Limpopo NNP 1662 1416 231 and and CC 1662 1416 232 Shashe Shashe NNP 1662 1416 233 Rivers Rivers NNP 1662 1416 234 513 513 CD 1662 1416 235 m m 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1416 274 crops crop NNS 1662 1416 275 : : : 1662 1416 276 0 0 CD 1662 1416 277 % % NN 1662 1416 278 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1416 279 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1416 280 : : : 1662 1416 281 46 46 CD 1662 1416 282 % % NN 1662 1416 283 forests forest NNS 1662 1416 284 and and CC 1662 1416 285 woodland woodland NN 1662 1416 286 : : : 1662 1416 287 47 47 CD 1662 1416 288 % % NN 1662 1416 289 other other JJ 1662 1416 290 : : : 1662 1416 291 6 6 CD 1662 1416 292 % % NN 1662 1416 293 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1416 294 1993 1993 CD 1662 1416 295 est est NNP 1662 1416 296 . . . 1662 1416 297 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1417 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1417 2 land land NN 1662 1417 3 : : : 1662 1417 4 20 20 CD 1662 1417 5 sq sq NNP 1662 1417 6 km km NNP 1662 1417 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1417 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1417 9 est est NNP 1662 1417 10 . . . 1662 1417 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1418 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1418 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1418 3 : : : 1662 1418 4 periodic periodic JJ 1662 1418 5 droughts drought NNS 1662 1418 6 ; ; , 1662 1418 7 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 1418 8 August August NNP 1662 1418 9 winds wind NNS 1662 1418 10 blow blow VBP 1662 1418 11 from from IN 1662 1418 12 the the DT 1662 1418 13 west west NN 1662 1418 14 , , , 1662 1418 15 carrying carry VBG 1662 1418 16 sand sand NN 1662 1418 17 and and CC 1662 1418 18 dust dust NN 1662 1418 19 across across IN 1662 1418 20 the the DT 1662 1418 21 country country NN 1662 1418 22 , , , 1662 1418 23 which which WDT 1662 1418 24 can can MD 1662 1418 25 obscure obscure VB 1662 1418 26 visibility visibility NN 1662 1418 27 Environment environment NN 1662 1418 28 - - HYPH 1662 1418 29 current current JJ 1662 1418 30 issues issue NNS 1662 1418 31 : : : 1662 1418 32 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 1418 33 ; ; : 1662 1418 34 desertification desertification NN 1662 1418 35 ; ; : 1662 1418 36 limited limited JJ 1662 1418 37 fresh fresh JJ 1662 1418 38 water water NN 1662 1418 39 resources resource NNS 1662 1418 40 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1418 41 - - HYPH 1662 1418 42 international international JJ 1662 1418 43 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1418 44 : : : 1662 1418 45 party party NN 1662 1418 46 to to TO 1662 1418 47 : : : 1662 1418 48 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 1418 49 , , , 1662 1418 50 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1418 51 Change Change NNP 1662 1418 52 , , , 1662 1418 53 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 1418 54 , , , 1662 1418 55 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 1418 56 Species Species NNPS 1662 1418 57 , , , 1662 1418 58 Law Law NNP 1662 1418 59 of of IN 1662 1418 60 the the DT 1662 1418 61 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1418 62 , , , 1662 1418 63 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 1418 64 Test Test NNP 1662 1418 65 Ban Ban NNP 1662 1418 66 , , , 1662 1418 67 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 1418 68 Layer Layer NNP 1662 1418 69 Protection Protection NNP 1662 1418 70 signed sign VBD 1662 1418 71 , , , 1662 1418 72 but but CC 1662 1418 73 not not RB 1662 1418 74 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1418 75 : : : 1662 1418 76 none none NN 1662 1418 77 of of IN 1662 1418 78 the the DT 1662 1418 79 selected select VBN 1662 1418 80 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1418 81 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1418 82 - - HYPH 1662 1418 83 note note NN 1662 1418 84 : : : 1662 1418 85 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 1418 86 ; ; : 1662 1418 87 population population NN 1662 1418 88 concentrated concentrate VBD 1662 1418 89 in in IN 1662 1418 90 eastern eastern JJ 1662 1418 91 part part NN 1662 1418 92 of of IN 1662 1418 93 the the DT 1662 1418 94 country country NN 1662 1418 95 @Botswana @botswana XX 1662 1418 96 : : : 1662 1418 97 People People NNPS 1662 1418 98 Population Population NNP 1662 1418 99 : : : 1662 1418 100 1,500,765 1,500,765 CD 1662 1418 101 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1418 102 July July NNP 1662 1418 103 1997 1997 CD 1662 1418 104 est est NNP 1662 1418 105 . . . 1662 1418 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1419 1 Age age NN 1662 1419 2 structure structure NN 1662 1419 3 : : : 1662 1419 4 0 0 CD 1662 1419 5 - - HYPH 1662 1419 6 14 14 CD 1662 1419 7 years year NNS 1662 1419 8 : : : 1662 1419 9 42 42 CD 1662 1419 10 % % NN 1662 1419 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1419 12 male male JJ 1662 1419 13 319,920 319,920 CD 1662 1419 14 ; ; : 1662 1419 15 female female JJ 1662 1419 16 312,104 312,104 CD 1662 1419 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1419 18 15 15 CD 1662 1419 19 - - SYM 1662 1419 20 64 64 CD 1662 1419 21 years year NNS 1662 1419 22 : : : 1662 1419 23 54 54 CD 1662 1419 24 % % NN 1662 1419 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1419 26 male male JJ 1662 1419 27 384,533 384,533 CD 1662 1419 28 ; ; : 1662 1419 29 female female JJ 1662 1419 30 428,157 428,157 CD 1662 1419 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1419 32 65 65 CD 1662 1419 33 years year NNS 1662 1419 34 and and CC 1662 1419 35 over over IN 1662 1419 36 : : : 1662 1419 37 4 4 CD 1662 1419 38 % % NN 1662 1419 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1419 40 male male JJ 1662 1419 41 21,949 21,949 CD 1662 1419 42 ; ; : 1662 1419 43 female female JJ 1662 1419 44 34,102 34,102 CD 1662 1419 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1419 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1419 47 July July NNP 1662 1419 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1419 49 est est NNP 1662 1419 50 . . . 1662 1419 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1420 1 Population population NN 1662 1420 2 growth growth NN 1662 1420 3 rate rate NN 1662 1420 4 : : : 1662 1420 5 1.48 1.48 CD 1662 1420 6 % % NN 1662 1420 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1420 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1420 9 est est NNP 1662 1420 10 . . . 1662 1420 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1421 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1421 2 rate rate NN 1662 1421 3 : : : 1662 1421 4 32.65 32.65 CD 1662 1421 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 1421 6 population population NN 1662 1421 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1421 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1421 9 est est NNP 1662 1421 10 . . . 1662 1421 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1422 1 Death death NN 1662 1422 2 rate rate NN 1662 1422 3 : : : 1662 1422 4 17.9 17.9 CD 1662 1422 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1422 6 population population NN 1662 1422 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1422 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1422 9 est est NNP 1662 1422 10 . . . 1662 1422 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1423 1 Net net JJ 1662 1423 2 migration migration NN 1662 1423 3 rate rate NN 1662 1423 4 : : : 1662 1423 5 0 0 NFP 1662 1423 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 1423 7 population population NN 1662 1423 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1423 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1423 10 est est NNP 1662 1423 11 . . . 1662 1423 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1424 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1424 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1424 3 : : : 1662 1424 4 at at IN 1662 1424 5 birth birth NN 1662 1424 6 : : : 1662 1424 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 1424 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1424 9 under under IN 1662 1424 10 15 15 CD 1662 1424 11 years year NNS 1662 1424 12 : : : 1662 1424 13 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 1424 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1424 15 15 15 CD 1662 1424 16 - - HYPH 1662 1424 17 64 64 CD 1662 1424 18 years year NNS 1662 1424 19 : : : 1662 1424 20 0.9 0.9 CD 1662 1424 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1424 22 65 65 CD 1662 1424 23 years year NNS 1662 1424 24 and and CC 1662 1424 25 over over IN 1662 1424 26 : : : 1662 1424 27 0.64 0.64 CD 1662 1424 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 1424 29 total total JJ 1662 1424 30 population population NN 1662 1424 31 : : : 1662 1424 32 0.94 0.94 CD 1662 1424 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1424 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1424 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1424 36 est e JJS 1662 1424 37 . . . 1662 1424 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1425 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1425 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1425 3 rate rate NN 1662 1425 4 : : : 1662 1425 5 54.9 54.9 CD 1662 1425 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1425 7 live live JJ 1662 1425 8 births birth NNS 1662 1425 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1425 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1425 11 est est NNP 1662 1425 12 . . . 1662 1425 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1426 1 Life life NN 1662 1426 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1426 3 at at IN 1662 1426 4 birth birth NN 1662 1426 5 : : : 1662 1426 6 total total JJ 1662 1426 7 population population NN 1662 1426 8 : : : 1662 1426 9 44.52 44.52 CD 1662 1426 10 years year NNS 1662 1426 11 male male JJ 1662 1426 12 : : : 1662 1426 13 43.52 43.52 CD 1662 1426 14 years year NNS 1662 1426 15 female female JJ 1662 1426 16 : : : 1662 1426 17 45.55 45.55 CD 1662 1426 18 years year NNS 1662 1426 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1426 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1426 21 est est NNP 1662 1426 22 . . . 1662 1426 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1427 1 Total total JJ 1662 1427 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1427 3 rate rate NN 1662 1427 4 : : : 1662 1427 5 4.14 4.14 CD 1662 1427 6 children child NNS 1662 1427 7 born bear VBN 1662 1427 8 / / SYM 1662 1427 9 woman woman NN 1662 1427 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1427 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1427 12 est est NNP 1662 1427 13 . . . 1662 1427 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1428 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1428 2 : : : 1662 1428 3 noun noun NN 1662 1428 4 : : : 1662 1428 5 Motswana Motswana NNP 1662 1428 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1428 7 singular singular NNP 1662 1428 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1428 9 , , , 1662 1428 10 Batswana Batswana NNP 1662 1428 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1428 12 plural plural JJ 1662 1428 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1428 14 adjective adjective NN 1662 1428 15 : : : 1662 1428 16 Motswana Motswana NNP 1662 1428 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1428 18 singular singular NNP 1662 1428 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1428 20 , , , 1662 1428 21 Batswana Batswana NNP 1662 1428 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1428 23 plural plural JJ 1662 1428 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1428 25 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1428 26 groups group NNS 1662 1428 27 : : : 1662 1428 28 Batswana Batswana NNP 1662 1428 29 95 95 CD 1662 1428 30 % % NN 1662 1428 31 , , , 1662 1428 32 Kalanga Kalanga NNP 1662 1428 33 , , , 1662 1428 34 Basarwa Basarwa NNP 1662 1428 35 , , , 1662 1428 36 and and CC 1662 1428 37 Kgalagadi Kgalagadi NNP 1662 1428 38 4 4 CD 1662 1428 39 % % NN 1662 1428 40 , , , 1662 1428 41 white white JJ 1662 1428 42 1 1 CD 1662 1428 43 % % NN 1662 1428 44 Religions religion NNS 1662 1428 45 : : : 1662 1428 46 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 1428 47 beliefs belief NNS 1662 1428 48 50 50 CD 1662 1428 49 % % NN 1662 1428 50 , , , 1662 1428 51 Christian Christian NNP 1662 1428 52 50 50 CD 1662 1428 53 % % NN 1662 1428 54 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 1428 55 : : : 1662 1428 56 English English NNP 1662 1428 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1428 58 official official NN 1662 1428 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1428 60 , , , 1662 1428 61 Setswana Setswana NNP 1662 1428 62 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 1428 63 : : : 1662 1428 64 definition definition NN 1662 1428 65 : : : 1662 1428 66 age age NN 1662 1428 67 15 15 CD 1662 1428 68 and and CC 1662 1428 69 over over RB 1662 1428 70 can can MD 1662 1428 71 read read VB 1662 1428 72 and and CC 1662 1428 73 write write VB 1662 1428 74 total total JJ 1662 1428 75 population population NN 1662 1428 76 : : : 1662 1428 77 69.8 69.8 CD 1662 1428 78 % % NN 1662 1428 79 male male NN 1662 1428 80 : : : 1662 1428 81 80.5 80.5 CD 1662 1428 82 % % NN 1662 1428 83 female female NN 1662 1428 84 : : : 1662 1428 85 59.9 59.9 CD 1662 1428 86 % % NN 1662 1428 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1428 88 1995 1995 CD 1662 1428 89 est est NNP 1662 1428 90 . . . 1662 1428 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1429 1 @Botswana @botswana LS 1662 1429 2 : : : 1662 1429 3 Government Government NNP 1662 1429 4 Country Country NNP 1662 1429 5 name name NN 1662 1429 6 : : : 1662 1429 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1429 8 long long JJ 1662 1429 9 form form NN 1662 1429 10 : : : 1662 1429 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1429 12 of of IN 1662 1429 13 Botswana Botswana NNP 1662 1429 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1429 15 short short JJ 1662 1429 16 form form NN 1662 1429 17 : : : 1662 1429 18 Botswana Botswana NNP 1662 1429 19 former former JJ 1662 1429 20 : : : 1662 1429 21 Bechuanaland Bechuanaland NNP 1662 1429 22 Data Data NNP 1662 1429 23 code code NN 1662 1429 24 : : : 1662 1429 25 BC BC NNP 1662 1429 26 Government Government NNP 1662 1429 27 type type NN 1662 1429 28 : : : 1662 1429 29 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 1429 30 republic republic NNP 1662 1429 31 National national JJ 1662 1429 32 capital capital NN 1662 1429 33 : : : 1662 1429 34 Gaborone Gaborone NNP 1662 1429 35 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 1429 36 divisions division NNS 1662 1429 37 : : : 1662 1429 38 10 10 CD 1662 1429 39 districts district NNS 1662 1429 40 and and CC 1662 1429 41 four four CD 1662 1429 42 town town NN 1662 1429 43 councils council NNS 1662 1429 44 * * NFP 1662 1429 45 ; ; : 1662 1429 46 Central Central NNP 1662 1429 47 , , , 1662 1429 48 Chobe Chobe NNP 1662 1429 49 , , , 1662 1429 50 Francistown Francistown NNP 1662 1429 51 * * NFP 1662 1429 52 , , , 1662 1429 53 Gaborone gaborone NN 1662 1429 54 * * NFP 1662 1429 55 , , , 1662 1429 56 Ghanzi Ghanzi NNP 1662 1429 57 , , , 1662 1429 58 Kgalagadi Kgalagadi NNP 1662 1429 59 , , , 1662 1429 60 Kgatleng Kgatleng NNP 1662 1429 61 , , , 1662 1429 62 Kweneng Kweneng NNP 1662 1429 63 , , , 1662 1429 64 Lobatse Lobatse NNP 1662 1429 65 * * NFP 1662 1429 66 , , , 1662 1429 67 Ngamiland Ngamiland NNP 1662 1429 68 , , , 1662 1429 69 North North NNP 1662 1429 70 - - HYPH 1662 1429 71 East East NNP 1662 1429 72 , , , 1662 1429 73 Selebi Selebi NNP 1662 1429 74 - - HYPH 1662 1429 75 Phikwe Phikwe NNP 1662 1429 76 * * NFP 1662 1429 77 , , , 1662 1429 78 South South NNP 1662 1429 79 - - HYPH 1662 1429 80 East East NNP 1662 1429 81 , , , 1662 1429 82 Southern Southern NNP 1662 1429 83 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1429 84 : : : 1662 1429 85 30 30 CD 1662 1429 86 September September NNP 1662 1429 87 1966 1966 CD 1662 1429 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1429 89 from from IN 1662 1429 90 UK UK NNP 1662 1429 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1429 92 National national JJ 1662 1429 93 holiday holiday NN 1662 1429 94 : : : 1662 1429 95 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1429 96 Day Day NNP 1662 1429 97 , , , 1662 1429 98 30 30 CD 1662 1429 99 September September NNP 1662 1429 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1429 101 1966 1966 CD 1662 1429 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1429 103 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 1429 104 : : : 1662 1429 105 March March NNP 1662 1429 106 1965 1965 CD 1662 1429 107 , , , 1662 1429 108 effective effective JJ 1662 1429 109 30 30 CD 1662 1429 110 September September NNP 1662 1429 111 1966 1966 CD 1662 1429 112 Legal legal JJ 1662 1429 113 system system NN 1662 1429 114 : : : 1662 1429 115 based base VBN 1662 1429 116 on on IN 1662 1429 117 Roman roman JJ 1662 1429 118 - - HYPH 1662 1429 119 Dutch dutch JJ 1662 1429 120 law law NN 1662 1429 121 and and CC 1662 1429 122 local local JJ 1662 1429 123 customary customary JJ 1662 1429 124 law law NN 1662 1429 125 ; ; : 1662 1429 126 judicial judicial JJ 1662 1429 127 review review NN 1662 1429 128 limited limit VBN 1662 1429 129 to to IN 1662 1429 130 matters matter NNS 1662 1429 131 of of IN 1662 1429 132 interpretation interpretation NN 1662 1429 133 ; ; : 1662 1429 134 has have VBZ 1662 1429 135 not not RB 1662 1429 136 accepted accept VBN 1662 1429 137 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 1429 138 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 1429 139 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 1429 140 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 1429 141 : : : 1662 1429 142 21 21 CD 1662 1429 143 years year NNS 1662 1429 144 of of IN 1662 1429 145 age age NN 1662 1429 146 ; ; : 1662 1429 147 universal universal JJ 1662 1429 148 Executive Executive NNP 1662 1429 149 branch branch NN 1662 1429 150 : : : 1662 1429 151 chief chief NN 1662 1429 152 of of IN 1662 1429 153 state state NN 1662 1429 154 : : : 1662 1429 155 President President NNP 1662 1429 156 Sir Sir NNP 1662 1429 157 Ketumile Ketumile NNP 1662 1429 158 MASIRE MASIRE NNP 1662 1429 159 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1429 160 since since IN 1662 1429 161 13 13 CD 1662 1429 162 July July NNP 1662 1429 163 1980 1980 CD 1662 1429 164 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1429 165 ; ; : 1662 1429 166 Vice Vice NNP 1662 1429 167 President President NNP 1662 1429 168 Festus Festus NNP 1662 1429 169 MOGAE MOGAE NNP 1662 1429 170 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1429 171 since since IN 1662 1429 172 9 9 CD 1662 1429 173 March March NNP 1662 1429 174 1992 1992 CD 1662 1429 175 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1429 176 ; ; : 1662 1429 177 note note VB 1662 1429 178 - - : 1662 1429 179 the the DT 1662 1429 180 president president NN 1662 1429 181 is be VBZ 1662 1429 182 both both CC 1662 1429 183 the the DT 1662 1429 184 chief chief NN 1662 1429 185 of of IN 1662 1429 186 state state NN 1662 1429 187 and and CC 1662 1429 188 head head NN 1662 1429 189 of of IN 1662 1429 190 government government NN 1662 1429 191 head head NN 1662 1429 192 of of IN 1662 1429 193 government government NN 1662 1429 194 : : : 1662 1429 195 President President NNP 1662 1429 196 Sir Sir NNP 1662 1429 197 Ketumile Ketumile NNP 1662 1429 198 MASIRE MASIRE NNP 1662 1429 199 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1429 200 since since IN 1662 1429 201 13 13 CD 1662 1429 202 July July NNP 1662 1429 203 1980 1980 CD 1662 1429 204 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1429 205 ; ; : 1662 1429 206 Vice Vice NNP 1662 1429 207 President President NNP 1662 1429 208 Festus Festus NNP 1662 1429 209 MOGAE MOGAE NNP 1662 1429 210 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1429 211 since since IN 1662 1429 212 9 9 CD 1662 1429 213 March March NNP 1662 1429 214 1992 1992 CD 1662 1429 215 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1429 216 ; ; : 1662 1429 217 note note VB 1662 1429 218 - - : 1662 1429 219 the the DT 1662 1429 220 president president NN 1662 1429 221 is be VBZ 1662 1429 222 both both CC 1662 1429 223 the the DT 1662 1429 224 chief chief NN 1662 1429 225 of of IN 1662 1429 226 state state NN 1662 1429 227 and and CC 1662 1429 228 head head NN 1662 1429 229 of of IN 1662 1429 230 government government NN 1662 1429 231 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1429 232 : : : 1662 1429 233 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 1429 234 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1429 235 by by IN 1662 1429 236 the the DT 1662 1429 237 president president NNP 1662 1429 238 elections election NNS 1662 1429 239 : : : 1662 1429 240 president president NNP 1662 1429 241 elected elect VBN 1662 1429 242 by by IN 1662 1429 243 the the DT 1662 1429 244 National National NNP 1662 1429 245 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1429 246 for for IN 1662 1429 247 a a DT 1662 1429 248 five five CD 1662 1429 249 - - HYPH 1662 1429 250 year year NN 1662 1429 251 term term NN 1662 1429 252 ; ; : 1662 1429 253 election election NN 1662 1429 254 last last JJ 1662 1429 255 held hold VBD 1662 1429 256 15 15 CD 1662 1429 257 October October NNP 1662 1429 258 1994 1994 CD 1662 1429 259 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1429 260 next next JJ 1662 1429 261 to to TO 1662 1429 262 be be VB 1662 1429 263 held hold VBN 1662 1429 264 NA NA NNP 1662 1429 265 October October NNP 1662 1429 266 1999 1999 CD 1662 1429 267 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1429 268 ; ; : 1662 1429 269 vice vice NN 1662 1429 270 president president NN 1662 1429 271 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1429 272 by by IN 1662 1429 273 the the DT 1662 1429 274 president president NNP 1662 1429 275 election election NN 1662 1429 276 results result NNS 1662 1429 277 : : : 1662 1429 278 Sir Sir NNP 1662 1429 279 Ketumile Ketumile NNP 1662 1429 280 MASIRE MASIRE NNP 1662 1429 281 elected elect VBD 1662 1429 282 president president NN 1662 1429 283 ; ; : 1662 1429 284 percent percent NN 1662 1429 285 of of IN 1662 1429 286 National National NNP 1662 1429 287 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1429 288 vote vote NN 1662 1429 289 - - HYPH 1662 1429 290 NA NA NNP 1662 1429 291 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 1429 292 branch branch NN 1662 1429 293 : : : 1662 1429 294 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 1429 295 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 1429 296 consists consist VBZ 1662 1429 297 of of IN 1662 1429 298 the the DT 1662 1429 299 House House NNP 1662 1429 300 of of IN 1662 1429 301 Chiefs Chiefs NNPS 1662 1429 302 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1429 303 a a DT 1662 1429 304 largely largely RB 1662 1429 305 advisory advisory JJ 1662 1429 306 15-member 15-member CD 1662 1429 307 body body NN 1662 1429 308 consisting consist VBG 1662 1429 309 of of IN 1662 1429 310 the the DT 1662 1429 311 chiefs chief NNS 1662 1429 312 of of IN 1662 1429 313 the the DT 1662 1429 314 eight eight CD 1662 1429 315 principal principal JJ 1662 1429 316 tribes tribe NNS 1662 1429 317 , , , 1662 1429 318 four four CD 1662 1429 319 elected elect VBN 1662 1429 320 subchiefs subchief NNS 1662 1429 321 , , , 1662 1429 322 and and CC 1662 1429 323 three three CD 1662 1429 324 members member NNS 1662 1429 325 selected select VBN 1662 1429 326 by by IN 1662 1429 327 the the DT 1662 1429 328 other other JJ 1662 1429 329 12 12 CD 1662 1429 330 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1429 331 and and CC 1662 1429 332 the the DT 1662 1429 333 National National NNP 1662 1429 334 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1429 335 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1429 336 44 44 CD 1662 1429 337 seats seat NNS 1662 1429 338 , , , 1662 1429 339 40 40 CD 1662 1429 340 members member NNS 1662 1429 341 are be VBP 1662 1429 342 directly directly RB 1662 1429 343 elected elect VBN 1662 1429 344 by by IN 1662 1429 345 popular popular JJ 1662 1429 346 vote vote NN 1662 1429 347 and and CC 1662 1429 348 4 4 CD 1662 1429 349 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1429 350 by by IN 1662 1429 351 the the DT 1662 1429 352 majority majority NNP 1662 1429 353 party party NNP 1662 1429 354 ; ; : 1662 1429 355 members member NNS 1662 1429 356 serve serve VBP 1662 1429 357 five five CD 1662 1429 358 - - HYPH 1662 1429 359 year year NN 1662 1429 360 terms term NNS 1662 1429 361 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1429 362 elections election NNS 1662 1429 363 : : : 1662 1429 364 National National NNP 1662 1429 365 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1429 366 - - HYPH 1662 1429 367 elections election NNS 1662 1429 368 last last RB 1662 1429 369 held hold VBD 1662 1429 370 15 15 CD 1662 1429 371 October October NNP 1662 1429 372 1994 1994 CD 1662 1429 373 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1429 374 next next JJ 1662 1429 375 to to TO 1662 1429 376 be be VB 1662 1429 377 held hold VBN 1662 1429 378 October October NNP 1662 1429 379 1999 1999 CD 1662 1429 380 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1429 381 election election NN 1662 1429 382 results result NNS 1662 1429 383 : : : 1662 1429 384 percent percent NN 1662 1429 385 of of IN 1662 1429 386 vote vote NN 1662 1429 387 by by IN 1662 1429 388 party party NN 1662 1429 389 - - HYPH 1662 1429 390 NA NA NNP 1662 1429 391 ; ; , 1662 1429 392 seats seat NNS 1662 1429 393 by by IN 1662 1429 394 party party NN 1662 1429 395 - - HYPH 1662 1429 396 BDP BDP NNP 1662 1429 397 27 27 CD 1662 1429 398 , , , 1662 1429 399 BNF BNF NNP 1662 1429 400 13 13 CD 1662 1429 401 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 1429 402 branch branch NN 1662 1429 403 : : : 1662 1429 404 High High NNP 1662 1429 405 Court Court NNP 1662 1429 406 ; ; : 1662 1429 407 Court Court NNP 1662 1429 408 of of IN 1662 1429 409 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 1429 410 Political political JJ 1662 1429 411 parties party NNS 1662 1429 412 and and CC 1662 1429 413 leaders leader NNS 1662 1429 414 : : : 1662 1429 415 Botswana Botswana NNP 1662 1429 416 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1429 417 Party Party NNP 1662 1429 418 or or CC 1662 1429 419 BDP BDP NNP 1662 1429 420 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1429 421 Sir Sir NNP 1662 1429 422 Ketumile Ketumile NNP 1662 1429 423 MASIRE MASIRE NNP 1662 1429 424 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1429 425 ; ; : 1662 1429 426 Botswana Botswana NNP 1662 1429 427 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 1429 428 Party Party NNP 1662 1429 429 or or CC 1662 1429 430 BFP BFP NNP 1662 1429 431 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1429 432 leader leader NN 1662 1429 433 NA NA NNP 1662 1429 434 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1429 435 ; ; 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469 : : : 1662 1429 470 ACP ACP NNP 1662 1429 471 , , , 1662 1429 472 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 1429 473 , , , 1662 1429 474 C C NNP 1662 1429 475 , , , 1662 1429 476 CCC CCC NNP 1662 1429 477 , , , 1662 1429 478 ECA ECA NNP 1662 1429 479 , , , 1662 1429 480 FAO FAO NNP 1662 1429 481 , , , 1662 1429 482 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 1429 483 , , , 1662 1429 484 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1429 485 , , , 1662 1429 486 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1429 487 , , , 1662 1429 488 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 1429 489 , , , 1662 1429 490 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 1429 491 , , , 1662 1429 492 IDA IDA NNP 1662 1429 493 , , , 1662 1429 494 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 1429 495 , , , 1662 1429 496 IFC IFC NNP 1662 1429 497 , , , 1662 1429 498 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 1429 499 , , , 1662 1429 500 ILO ILO NNP 1662 1429 501 , , , 1662 1429 502 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1429 503 , , , 1662 1429 504 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1429 505 , , , 1662 1429 506 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 1429 507 , , , 1662 1429 508 IOC IOC NNP 1662 1429 509 , , , 1662 1429 510 ITU ITU NNP 1662 1429 511 , , , 1662 1429 512 NAM NAM NNP 1662 1429 513 , , , 1662 1429 514 OAU OAU NNP 1662 1429 515 , , , 1662 1429 516 SACU SACU NNP 1662 1429 517 , , , 1662 1429 518 SADC SADC NNP 1662 1429 519 , , , 1662 1429 520 UN UN NNP 1662 1429 521 , , , 1662 1429 522 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 1429 523 , , , 1662 1429 524 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 1429 525 , , , 1662 1429 526 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 1429 527 , , , 1662 1429 528 UPU UPU NNP 1662 1429 529 , , , 1662 1429 530 WCL WCL NNP 1662 1429 531 , , , 1662 1429 532 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 1429 533 , , , 1662 1429 534 WHO who WP 1662 1429 535 , , , 1662 1429 536 WMO WMO NNP 1662 1429 537 , , , 1662 1429 538 WToO wtoo FW 1662 1429 539 , , , 1662 1429 540 WTrO wtro VB 1662 1429 541 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1429 542 representation representation NN 1662 1429 543 in in IN 1662 1429 544 the the DT 1662 1429 545 US US NNP 1662 1429 546 : : : 1662 1429 547 chief chief NN 1662 1429 548 of of IN 1662 1429 549 mission mission NN 1662 1429 550 : : : 1662 1429 551 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1429 552 Archibald Archibald NNP 1662 1429 553 Mooketsa Mooketsa NNP 1662 1429 554 MOGWE MOGWE NNP 1662 1429 555 chancery chancery NN 1662 1429 556 : : : 1662 1429 557 Suite suite NN 1662 1429 558 7 7 CD 1662 1429 559 M M NNP 1662 1429 560 , , , 1662 1429 561 3400 3400 CD 1662 1429 562 International International NNP 1662 1429 563 Drive Drive NNP 1662 1429 564 NW NW NNP 1662 1429 565 , , , 1662 1429 566 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1429 567 , , , 1662 1429 568 DC DC NNP 1662 1429 569 20008 20008 CD 1662 1429 570 telephone telephone NN 1662 1429 571 : : : 1662 1429 572 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1429 573 1 1 CD 1662 1429 574 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1429 575 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1429 576 202 202 CD 1662 1429 577 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1429 578 244 244 CD 1662 1429 579 - - SYM 1662 1429 580 4990 4990 CD 1662 1429 581 , , , 1662 1429 582 4991 4991 CD 1662 1429 583 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1429 584 : : : 1662 1429 585 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1429 586 1 1 CD 1662 1429 587 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1429 588 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1429 589 202 202 CD 1662 1429 590 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1429 591 244 244 CD 1662 1429 592 - - SYM 1662 1429 593 4164 4164 CD 1662 1429 594 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1429 595 representation representation NN 1662 1429 596 from from IN 1662 1429 597 the the DT 1662 1429 598 US US NNP 1662 1429 599 : : : 1662 1429 600 chief chief NN 1662 1429 601 of of IN 1662 1429 602 mission mission NN 1662 1429 603 : : : 1662 1429 604 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1429 605 Robert Robert NNP 1662 1429 606 C. C. NNP 1662 1429 607 KRUEGER KRUEGER NNP 1662 1429 608 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1429 609 14 14 CD 1662 1429 610 June June NNP 1662 1429 611 1996 1996 CD 1662 1429 612 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1429 613 embassy embassy NN 1662 1429 614 : : : 1662 1429 615 address address NN 1662 1429 616 NA NA NNP 1662 1429 617 , , , 1662 1429 618 Gaborone Gaborone NNP 1662 1429 619 mailing mail VBG 1662 1429 620 address address NN 1662 1429 621 : : : 1662 1429 622 P. P. NNP 1662 1429 623 O. O. NNP 1662 1430 1 Box Box NNP 1662 1430 2 90 90 CD 1662 1430 3 , , , 1662 1430 4 Gaborone Gaborone NNP 1662 1430 5 telephone telephone NN 1662 1430 6 : : : 1662 1430 7 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1430 8 267 267 CD 1662 1430 9 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1430 10 353982 353982 CD 1662 1430 11 FAX fax NN 1662 1430 12 : : : 1662 1430 13 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1430 14 267 267 CD 1662 1430 15 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1430 16 356947 356947 CD 1662 1430 17 Flag flag NN 1662 1430 18 description description NN 1662 1430 19 : : : 1662 1430 20 light light NN 1662 1430 21 blue blue NNP 1662 1430 22 with with IN 1662 1430 23 a a DT 1662 1430 24 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 1430 25 white white JJ 1662 1430 26 - - HYPH 1662 1430 27 edged edged JJ 1662 1430 28 black black JJ 1662 1430 29 stripe stripe NN 1662 1430 30 in in IN 1662 1430 31 the the DT 1662 1430 32 center center NN 1662 1430 33 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1430 34 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1430 35 - - HYPH 1662 1430 36 overview overview NN 1662 1430 37 : : : 1662 1430 38 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1430 39 still still RB 1662 1430 40 provides provide VBZ 1662 1430 41 a a DT 1662 1430 42 livelihood livelihood NN 1662 1430 43 for for IN 1662 1430 44 more more JJR 1662 1430 45 than than IN 1662 1430 46 80 80 CD 1662 1430 47 % % NN 1662 1430 48 of of IN 1662 1430 49 the the DT 1662 1430 50 population population NN 1662 1430 51 but but CC 1662 1430 52 supplies supply NNS 1662 1430 53 only only RB 1662 1430 54 about about RB 1662 1430 55 50 50 CD 1662 1430 56 % % NN 1662 1430 57 of of IN 1662 1430 58 food food NN 1662 1430 59 needs need NNS 1662 1430 60 and and CC 1662 1430 61 accounts account NNS 1662 1430 62 for for IN 1662 1430 63 only only RB 1662 1430 64 4 4 CD 1662 1430 65 % % NN 1662 1430 66 of of IN 1662 1430 67 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1430 68 . . . 1662 1431 1 Subsistence subsistence NN 1662 1431 2 farming farming NN 1662 1431 3 and and CC 1662 1431 4 cattle cattle NNS 1662 1431 5 raising raise VBG 1662 1431 6 predominate predominate NN 1662 1431 7 . . . 1662 1432 1 The the DT 1662 1432 2 sector sector NN 1662 1432 3 is be VBZ 1662 1432 4 plagued plague VBN 1662 1432 5 by by IN 1662 1432 6 erratic erratic JJ 1662 1432 7 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 1432 8 and and CC 1662 1432 9 poor poor JJ 1662 1432 10 soils soil NNS 1662 1432 11 . . . 1662 1433 1 Substantial substantial JJ 1662 1433 2 mineral mineral NN 1662 1433 3 deposits deposit NNS 1662 1433 4 were be VBD 1662 1433 5 found find VBN 1662 1433 6 in in IN 1662 1433 7 the the DT 1662 1433 8 1970s 1970 NNS 1662 1433 9 and and CC 1662 1433 10 the the DT 1662 1433 11 mining mining NN 1662 1433 12 sector sector NN 1662 1433 13 grew grow VBD 1662 1433 14 from from IN 1662 1433 15 25 25 CD 1662 1433 16 % % NN 1662 1433 17 of of IN 1662 1433 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1433 19 in in IN 1662 1433 20 1980 1980 CD 1662 1433 21 to to IN 1662 1433 22 33 33 CD 1662 1433 23 % % NN 1662 1433 24 in in IN 1662 1433 25 1995 1995 CD 1662 1433 26 . . . 1662 1434 1 The the DT 1662 1434 2 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1434 3 rate rate NN 1662 1434 4 remains remain VBZ 1662 1434 5 a a DT 1662 1434 6 problem problem NN 1662 1434 7 at at IN 1662 1434 8 21 21 CD 1662 1434 9 % % NN 1662 1434 10 . . . 1662 1435 1 On on IN 1662 1435 2 the the DT 1662 1435 3 plus plus JJ 1662 1435 4 side side NN 1662 1435 5 is be VBZ 1662 1435 6 the the DT 1662 1435 7 substantial substantial JJ 1662 1435 8 positive positive JJ 1662 1435 9 trade trade NN 1662 1435 10 balance balance NN 1662 1435 11 . . . 1662 1436 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1436 2 : : : 1662 1436 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1436 4 power power NN 1662 1436 5 parity parity NN 1662 1436 6 - - : 1662 1436 7 $ $ $ 1662 1436 8 4.6 4.6 CD 1662 1436 9 billion billion CD 1662 1436 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1436 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 1436 12 est est NNP 1662 1436 13 . . . 1662 1436 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1437 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1437 2 - - HYPH 1662 1437 3 real real JJ 1662 1437 4 growth growth NN 1662 1437 5 rate rate NN 1662 1437 6 : : : 1662 1437 7 5 5 CD 1662 1437 8 % % NN 1662 1437 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1437 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 1437 11 est est NNP 1662 1437 12 . . . 1662 1437 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1438 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1438 2 - - HYPH 1662 1438 3 per per FW 1662 1438 4 capita capita NN 1662 1438 5 : : : 1662 1438 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1438 7 power power NN 1662 1438 8 parity parity NN 1662 1438 9 - - : 1662 1438 10 $ $ $ 1662 1438 11 3,100 3,100 CD 1662 1438 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1438 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 1438 14 est est NNP 1662 1438 15 . . . 1662 1438 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1439 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1439 2 - - HYPH 1662 1439 3 composition composition NN 1662 1439 4 by by IN 1662 1439 5 sector sector NN 1662 1439 6 : : : 1662 1439 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1439 8 : : : 1662 1439 9 4 4 CD 1662 1439 10 % % NN 1662 1439 11 industry industry NN 1662 1439 12 : : : 1662 1439 13 43 43 CD 1662 1439 14 % % NN 1662 1439 15 services service NNS 1662 1439 16 : : : 1662 1439 17 53 53 CD 1662 1439 18 % % NN 1662 1439 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1439 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 1439 21 est est NNP 1662 1439 22 . . . 1662 1439 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1440 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 1440 2 rate rate NN 1662 1440 3 - - HYPH 1662 1440 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 1440 5 price price NN 1662 1440 6 index index NN 1662 1440 7 : : : 1662 1440 8 9.8 9.8 CD 1662 1440 9 % % NN 1662 1440 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1440 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 1440 12 est est NNP 1662 1440 13 . . . 1662 1440 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1441 1 Labor labor NN 1662 1441 2 force force NN 1662 1441 3 : : : 1662 1441 4 total total NN 1662 1441 5 : : : 1662 1441 6 428,000 428,000 CD 1662 1441 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1441 8 1992 1992 CD 1662 1441 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1441 10 by by IN 1662 1441 11 occupation occupation NN 1662 1441 12 : : : 1662 1441 13 220,000 220,000 CD 1662 1441 14 formal formal JJ 1662 1441 15 sector sector NN 1662 1441 16 employees employee NNS 1662 1441 17 , , , 1662 1441 18 including include VBG 1662 1441 19 14,300 14,300 CD 1662 1441 20 who who WP 1662 1441 21 are be VBP 1662 1441 22 employed employ VBN 1662 1441 23 in in IN 1662 1441 24 various various JJ 1662 1441 25 mines mine NNS 1662 1441 26 in in IN 1662 1441 27 South South NNP 1662 1441 28 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1441 29 ; ; : 1662 1441 30 most most JJS 1662 1441 31 others other NNS 1662 1441 32 are be VBP 1662 1441 33 engaged engage VBN 1662 1441 34 in in IN 1662 1441 35 cattle cattle NNS 1662 1441 36 raising raise VBG 1662 1441 37 and and CC 1662 1441 38 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 1441 39 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1441 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1441 41 1992 1992 CD 1662 1441 42 est est NNP 1662 1441 43 . . . 1662 1441 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1442 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1442 2 rate rate NN 1662 1442 3 : : : 1662 1442 4 21 21 CD 1662 1442 5 % % NN 1662 1442 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1442 7 1995 1995 CD 1662 1442 8 est est NNP 1662 1442 9 . . . 1662 1442 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1443 1 Budget budget NN 1662 1443 2 : : : 1662 1443 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1443 4 : : : 1662 1443 5 $ $ $ 1662 1443 6 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 1443 7 billion billion CD 1662 1443 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1443 9 : : : 1662 1443 10 $ $ $ 1662 1443 11 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 1443 12 billion billion CD 1662 1443 13 , , , 1662 1443 14 including include VBG 1662 1443 15 capital capital NN 1662 1443 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1443 17 of of IN 1662 1443 18 $ $ $ 1662 1443 19 613 613 CD 1662 1443 20 million million CD 1662 1443 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1443 22 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 1443 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1443 24 Industries industry NNS 1662 1443 25 : : : 1662 1443 26 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 1443 27 , , , 1662 1443 28 copper copper NN 1662 1443 29 , , , 1662 1443 30 nickel nickel NN 1662 1443 31 , , , 1662 1443 32 coal coal NN 1662 1443 33 , , , 1662 1443 34 salt salt NN 1662 1443 35 , , , 1662 1443 36 soda soda NNP 1662 1443 37 ash ash NN 1662 1443 38 , , , 1662 1443 39 potash potash NN 1662 1443 40 ; ; : 1662 1443 41 livestock livestock NN 1662 1443 42 processing process VBG 1662 1443 43 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 1443 44 production production NN 1662 1443 45 growth growth NN 1662 1443 46 rate rate NN 1662 1443 47 : : : 1662 1443 48 4.6 4.6 CD 1662 1443 49 % % NN 1662 1443 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1443 51 FY92/93 fy92/93 CD 1662 1443 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1443 53 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1443 54 - - HYPH 1662 1443 55 capacity capacity NN 1662 1443 56 : : : 1662 1443 57 197,000 197,000 CD 1662 1443 58 kW kw NN 1662 1443 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1443 60 1993 1993 CD 1662 1443 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1443 62 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1443 63 - - HYPH 1662 1443 64 production production NN 1662 1443 65 : : : 1662 1443 66 950 950 CD 1662 1443 67 million million CD 1662 1443 68 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1443 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1443 70 1994 1994 CD 1662 1443 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1443 72 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1443 73 - - HYPH 1662 1443 74 consumption consumption NN 1662 1443 75 per per IN 1662 1443 76 capita capita NN 1662 1443 77 : : : 1662 1443 78 747 747 CD 1662 1443 79 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1443 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1443 81 1993 1993 CD 1662 1443 82 est est NNP 1662 1443 83 . . . 1662 1443 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1444 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1444 2 - - HYPH 1662 1444 3 products product NNS 1662 1444 4 : : : 1662 1444 5 sorghum sorghum NN 1662 1444 6 , , , 1662 1444 7 maize maize NNP 1662 1444 8 , , , 1662 1444 9 millet millet NN 1662 1444 10 , , , 1662 1444 11 pulses pulse NNS 1662 1444 12 , , , 1662 1444 13 groundnuts groundnut NNS 1662 1444 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1444 15 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 1444 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1444 17 , , , 1662 1444 18 beans bean NNS 1662 1444 19 , , , 1662 1444 20 cowpeas cowpea NNS 1662 1444 21 , , , 1662 1444 22 sunflower sunflower NN 1662 1444 23 seed seed NN 1662 1444 24 ; ; : 1662 1444 25 livestock livestock NN 1662 1444 26 Exports export NNS 1662 1444 27 : : : 1662 1444 28 total total JJ 1662 1444 29 value value NN 1662 1444 30 : : : 1662 1444 31 $ $ $ 1662 1444 32 2.1 2.1 CD 1662 1444 33 billion billion CD 1662 1444 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1444 35 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 1444 36 . . . 1662 1445 1 1995 1995 CD 1662 1445 2 est est NNP 1662 1445 3 . . . 1662 1445 4 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1446 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1446 2 : : : 1662 1446 3 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 1446 4 71 71 CD 1662 1446 5 % % NN 1662 1446 6 , , , 1662 1446 7 copper copper NN 1662 1446 8 and and CC 1662 1446 9 nickel nickel NN 1662 1446 10 5 5 CD 1662 1446 11 % % NN 1662 1446 12 , , , 1662 1446 13 meat meat NN 1662 1446 14 3 3 CD 1662 1446 15 % % NN 1662 1446 16 partners partner NNS 1662 1446 17 : : : 1662 1446 18 Europe Europe NNP 1662 1446 19 81 81 CD 1662 1446 20 % % NN 1662 1446 21 , , , 1662 1446 22 Southern Southern NNP 1662 1446 23 African African NNP 1662 1446 24 Customs Customs NNP 1662 1446 25 Union Union NNP 1662 1446 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1446 27 SACU SACU NNP 1662 1446 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1446 29 14 14 CD 1662 1446 30 % % NN 1662 1446 31 , , , 1662 1446 32 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 1446 33 3 3 CD 1662 1446 34 % % NN 1662 1446 35 Imports import NNS 1662 1446 36 : : : 1662 1446 37 total total JJ 1662 1446 38 value value NN 1662 1446 39 : : : 1662 1446 40 $ $ $ 1662 1446 41 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 1446 42 billion billion CD 1662 1446 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1446 44 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 1446 45 . . NNP 1662 1446 46 , , , 1662 1446 47 1995 1995 CD 1662 1446 48 est est NNP 1662 1446 49 . . . 1662 1446 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1447 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1447 2 : : : 1662 1447 3 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 1447 4 , , , 1662 1447 5 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 1447 6 and and CC 1662 1447 7 transport transport NN 1662 1447 8 equipment equipment NN 1662 1447 9 , , , 1662 1447 10 textiles textile NNS 1662 1447 11 , , , 1662 1447 12 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1447 13 products product NNS 1662 1447 14 partners partner NNS 1662 1447 15 : : : 1662 1447 16 Southern Southern NNP 1662 1447 17 African African NNP 1662 1447 18 Customs Customs NNP 1662 1447 19 Union Union NNP 1662 1447 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1447 21 SACU SACU NNP 1662 1447 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1447 23 78 78 CD 1662 1447 24 % % NN 1662 1447 25 , , , 1662 1447 26 Europe Europe NNP 1662 1447 27 8 8 CD 1662 1447 28 % % NN 1662 1447 29 , , , 1662 1447 30 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 1447 31 6 6 CD 1662 1447 32 % % NN 1662 1447 33 Debt debt NN 1662 1447 34 - - HYPH 1662 1447 35 external external JJ 1662 1447 36 : : : 1662 1447 37 $ $ $ 1662 1447 38 691 691 CD 1662 1447 39 million million CD 1662 1447 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1447 41 1994 1994 CD 1662 1447 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1447 43 Economic economic JJ 1662 1447 44 aid aid NN 1662 1447 45 : : : 1662 1447 46 recipient recipient NN 1662 1447 47 : : : 1662 1447 48 ODA ODA NNP 1662 1447 49 , , , 1662 1447 50 $ $ $ 1662 1447 51 189 189 CD 1662 1447 52 million million CD 1662 1447 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1447 54 1993 1993 CD 1662 1447 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1447 56 Currency currency NN 1662 1447 57 : : : 1662 1447 58 1 1 CD 1662 1447 59 pula pula NN 1662 1447 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1447 61 P p NN 1662 1447 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1447 63 = = NFP 1662 1447 64 100 100 CD 1662 1447 65 thebe thebe NNP 1662 1447 66 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1447 67 rates rate NNS 1662 1447 68 : : : 1662 1447 69 pula pula NNP 1662 1447 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1447 71 P p NN 1662 1447 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1447 73 per per IN 1662 1447 74 US$ us$ $ 1662 1447 75 1 1 CD 1662 1447 76 - - SYM 1662 1447 77 3.6417 3.6417 CD 1662 1447 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1447 79 January January NNP 1662 1447 80 1997 1997 CD 1662 1447 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1447 82 , , , 1662 1447 83 3.3014 3.3014 CD 1662 1447 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1447 85 1996 1996 CD 1662 1447 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1447 87 , , , 1662 1447 88 2.7716 2.7716 CD 1662 1447 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1447 90 1995 1995 CD 1662 1447 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1447 92 , , , 1662 1447 93 2.6831 2.6831 CD 1662 1447 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1447 95 1994 1994 CD 1662 1447 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1447 97 , , , 1662 1447 98 2.4190 2.4190 CD 1662 1447 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1447 100 1993 1993 CD 1662 1447 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1447 102 , , , 1662 1447 103 2.1327 2.1327 CD 1662 1447 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1447 105 1992 1992 CD 1662 1447 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1447 107 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1447 108 year year NN 1662 1447 109 : : : 1662 1447 110 1 1 CD 1662 1447 111 April April NNP 1662 1447 112 - - HYPH 1662 1447 113 31 31 CD 1662 1447 114 March March NNP 1662 1447 115 @Botswana @botswana NN 1662 1447 116 : : : 1662 1447 117 Communications communication NNS 1662 1447 118 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 1447 119 : : : 1662 1447 120 19,109 19,109 CD 1662 1447 121 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1447 122 1985 1985 CD 1662 1447 123 est est NNP 1662 1447 124 . . . 1662 1447 125 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1448 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1448 2 system system NN 1662 1448 3 : : : 1662 1448 4 sparse sparse VB 1662 1448 5 system system NN 1662 1448 6 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1448 7 : : : 1662 1448 8 small small JJ 1662 1448 9 system system NN 1662 1448 10 of of IN 1662 1448 11 open open JJ 1662 1448 12 - - HYPH 1662 1448 13 wire wire NN 1662 1448 14 lines line NNS 1662 1448 15 , , , 1662 1448 16 microwave microwave NN 1662 1448 17 radio radio NN 1662 1448 18 relay relay NN 1662 1448 19 links link NNS 1662 1448 20 , , , 1662 1448 21 and and CC 1662 1448 22 a a DT 1662 1448 23 few few JJ 1662 1448 24 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 1448 25 communication communication NN 1662 1448 26 stations station NNS 1662 1448 27 international international RB 1662 1448 28 : : : 1662 1448 29 microwave microwave NN 1662 1448 30 radio radio NN 1662 1448 31 relay relay NN 1662 1448 32 links link NNS 1662 1448 33 to to IN 1662 1448 34 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 1448 35 , , , 1662 1448 36 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 1448 37 and and CC 1662 1448 38 South South NNP 1662 1448 39 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1448 40 ; ; : 1662 1448 41 satellite satellite NN 1662 1448 42 earth earth NN 1662 1448 43 station station NN 1662 1448 44 - - : 1662 1448 45 1 1 CD 1662 1448 46 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1448 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1448 48 Indian Indian NNP 1662 1448 49 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1448 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1448 51 Radio radio NN 1662 1448 52 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1448 53 stations station NNS 1662 1448 54 : : : 1662 1448 55 AM AM NNP 1662 1448 56 7 7 CD 1662 1448 57 , , , 1662 1448 58 FM FM NNP 1662 1448 59 13 13 CD 1662 1448 60 , , , 1662 1448 61 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 1448 62 0 0 CD 1662 1448 63 Radios radio NNS 1662 1448 64 : : : 1662 1448 65 NA NA NNP 1662 1448 66 Television Television NNP 1662 1448 67 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1448 68 stations station NNS 1662 1448 69 : : : 1662 1448 70 0 0 CD 1662 1448 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1448 72 1988 1988 CD 1662 1448 73 est est NNP 1662 1448 74 . . . 1662 1448 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1449 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 1449 2 : : : 1662 1449 3 13,800 13,800 CD 1662 1449 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1449 5 1993 1993 CD 1662 1449 6 est est NNP 1662 1449 7 . . . 1662 1449 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1450 1 @Botswana @botswana LS 1662 1450 2 : : : 1662 1450 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1450 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1450 5 : : : 1662 1450 6 total total NN 1662 1450 7 : : : 1662 1450 8 971 971 CD 1662 1450 9 km km NN 1662 1450 10 narrow narrow JJ 1662 1450 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 1450 12 : : : 1662 1450 13 971 971 CD 1662 1450 14 km km NN 1662 1450 15 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 1450 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 1450 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1450 18 1995 1995 CD 1662 1450 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1450 20 Highways highway NNS 1662 1450 21 : : : 1662 1450 22 total total NN 1662 1450 23 : : : 1662 1450 24 11,800 11,800 CD 1662 1450 25 km km NN 1662 1450 26 paved pave VBN 1662 1450 27 : : : 1662 1450 28 1,676 1,676 CD 1662 1450 29 km km NN 1662 1450 30 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1450 31 : : : 1662 1450 32 10,124 10,124 CD 1662 1450 33 km km NNS 1662 1450 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1450 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 1450 36 est est NNP 1662 1450 37 . . . 1662 1450 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1451 1 Ports port NNS 1662 1451 2 and and CC 1662 1451 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1451 4 : : : 1662 1451 5 none none NN 1662 1451 6 Airports airport NNS 1662 1451 7 : : : 1662 1451 8 80 80 CD 1662 1451 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1451 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 1451 11 est est NNP 1662 1451 12 . . . 1662 1451 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1452 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1452 2 - - , 1662 1452 3 with with IN 1662 1452 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1452 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1452 6 : : : 1662 1452 7 total total NN 1662 1452 8 : : : 1662 1452 9 34 34 CD 1662 1452 10 over over IN 1662 1452 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1452 12 m m NN 1662 1452 13 : : : 1662 1452 14 1 1 CD 1662 1452 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 1452 16 to to IN 1662 1452 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1452 18 m m NN 1662 1452 19 : : : 1662 1452 20 1 1 CD 1662 1452 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1452 22 to to TO 1662 1452 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1452 24 m m NN 1662 1452 25 : : : 1662 1452 26 9 9 CD 1662 1452 27 914 914 CD 1662 1452 28 to to TO 1662 1452 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1452 30 m m NN 1662 1452 31 : : : 1662 1452 32 1 1 CD 1662 1452 33 under under IN 1662 1452 34 914 914 CD 1662 1452 35 m m NN 1662 1452 36 : : : 1662 1452 37 22 22 CD 1662 1452 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1452 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 1452 40 est est NNP 1662 1452 41 . . . 1662 1452 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1453 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1453 2 - - , 1662 1453 3 with with IN 1662 1453 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1453 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1453 6 : : : 1662 1453 7 total total NN 1662 1453 8 : : : 1662 1453 9 46 46 CD 1662 1453 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1453 11 to to TO 1662 1453 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1453 13 m m NN 1662 1453 14 : : : 1662 1453 15 3 3 CD 1662 1453 16 914 914 CD 1662 1453 17 to to TO 1662 1453 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1453 19 m m NN 1662 1453 20 : : : 1662 1453 21 43 43 CD 1662 1453 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1453 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 1453 24 est est NNP 1662 1453 25 . . . 1662 1453 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1454 1 Military military JJ 1662 1454 2 Military military JJ 1662 1454 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1454 4 : : : 1662 1454 5 Botswana Botswana NNP 1662 1454 6 Defense Defense NNP 1662 1454 7 Force Force NNP 1662 1454 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1454 9 includes include VBZ 1662 1454 10 Army Army NNP 1662 1454 11 and and CC 1662 1454 12 Air Air NNP 1662 1454 13 Wing Wing NNP 1662 1454 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1454 15 , , , 1662 1454 16 Botswana Botswana NNP 1662 1454 17 National National NNP 1662 1454 18 Police Police NNP 1662 1454 19 Military Military NNP 1662 1454 20 manpower manpower NN 1662 1454 21 - - HYPH 1662 1454 22 military military NN 1662 1454 23 age age NN 1662 1454 24 : : : 1662 1454 25 18 18 CD 1662 1454 26 years year NNS 1662 1454 27 of of IN 1662 1454 28 age age NN 1662 1454 29 Military military JJ 1662 1454 30 manpower manpower NN 1662 1454 31 - - HYPH 1662 1454 32 availability availability NN 1662 1454 33 : : : 1662 1454 34 males male NNS 1662 1454 35 age age NNP 1662 1454 36 15 15 CD 1662 1454 37 - - HYPH 1662 1454 38 49 49 CD 1662 1454 39 : : : 1662 1454 40 343,929 343,929 CD 1662 1454 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1454 42 1997 1997 CD 1662 1454 43 est est NNP 1662 1454 44 . . . 1662 1454 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1455 1 Military military JJ 1662 1455 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1455 3 - - HYPH 1662 1455 4 fit fit NN 1662 1455 5 for for IN 1662 1455 6 military military JJ 1662 1455 7 service service NN 1662 1455 8 : : : 1662 1455 9 males male NNS 1662 1455 10 : : : 1662 1455 11 180,692 180,692 CD 1662 1455 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1455 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1455 14 est est NNP 1662 1455 15 . . . 1662 1455 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1456 1 Military military JJ 1662 1456 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1456 3 - - HYPH 1662 1456 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 1456 5 military military JJ 1662 1456 6 age age NN 1662 1456 7 annually annually RB 1662 1456 8 : : : 1662 1456 9 males male NNS 1662 1456 10 : : : 1662 1456 11 17,632 17,632 CD 1662 1456 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1456 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1456 14 est e JJS 1662 1456 15 . . . 1662 1456 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1457 1 Military military JJ 1662 1457 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1457 3 - - HYPH 1662 1457 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1457 5 figure figure NN 1662 1457 6 : : : 1662 1457 7 $ $ $ 1662 1457 8 199 199 CD 1662 1457 9 million million CD 1662 1457 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1457 11 FY93/94 fy93/94 CD 1662 1457 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1457 13 Military military JJ 1662 1457 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1457 15 - - : 1662 1457 16 percent percent NN 1662 1457 17 of of IN 1662 1457 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1457 19 : : : 1662 1457 20 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 1457 21 % % NN 1662 1457 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1457 23 FY93/94 fy93/94 CD 1662 1457 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1457 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1457 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1457 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1457 28 - - HYPH 1662 1457 29 international international JJ 1662 1457 30 : : : 1662 1457 31 quadripoint quadripoint NN 1662 1457 32 with with IN 1662 1457 33 Namibia Namibia NNP 1662 1457 34 , , , 1662 1457 35 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1457 36 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1457 37 of of IN 1662 1457 38 the the DT 1662 1457 39 Congo Congo NNP 1662 1457 40 , , , 1662 1457 41 and and CC 1662 1457 42 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 1457 43 is be VBZ 1662 1457 44 in in IN 1662 1457 45 disagreement disagreement NN 1662 1457 46 ; ; : 1662 1457 47 dispute dispute NN 1662 1457 48 with with IN 1662 1457 49 Namibia Namibia NNP 1662 1457 50 over over IN 1662 1457 51 uninhabited uninhabited JJ 1662 1457 52 Kasikili Kasikili NNP 1662 1457 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1457 54 Sidudu Sidudu NNP 1662 1457 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1457 56 Island Island NNP 1662 1457 57 in in IN 1662 1457 58 Linyanti Linyanti NNP 1662 1457 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1457 60 Chobe Chobe NNP 1662 1457 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1457 62 River River NNP 1662 1457 63 remained remain VBD 1662 1457 64 unresolved unresolved JJ 1662 1457 65 in in IN 1662 1457 66 January January NNP 1662 1457 67 1996 1996 CD 1662 1457 68 and and CC 1662 1457 69 the the DT 1662 1457 70 parties party NNS 1662 1457 71 have have VBP 1662 1457 72 agreed agree VBN 1662 1457 73 to to TO 1662 1457 74 refer refer VB 1662 1457 75 the the DT 1662 1457 76 matter matter NN 1662 1457 77 to to IN 1662 1457 78 the the DT 1662 1457 79 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 1457 80 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 81 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 82 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 83 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 84 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 85 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 86 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 87 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 94 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 95 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 96 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 97 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 98 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 99 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 100 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 101 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 102 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 103 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 104 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 105 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 106 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 107 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 108 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 109 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 110 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 111 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 112 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 113 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 114 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 115 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 116 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 117 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 118 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 119 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 120 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 121 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 122 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 123 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 124 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 125 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 126 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 127 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 128 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 129 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 130 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 131 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 132 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 133 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 134 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 135 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 136 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 137 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 138 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 139 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 140 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 141 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 142 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 143 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 144 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 145 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 146 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 147 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 148 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 149 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 150 BOUVET BOUVET NNP 1662 1457 151 ISLAND ISLAND NNP 1662 1457 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1457 153 territory territory NN 1662 1457 154 of of IN 1662 1457 155 Norway Norway NNP 1662 1457 156 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1457 157 @Bouvet @Bouvet NNP 1662 1457 158 Island Island NNP 1662 1457 159 : : : 1662 1457 160 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1457 161 Location Location NNP 1662 1457 162 : : : 1662 1457 163 Southern Southern NNP 1662 1457 164 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1457 165 , , , 1662 1457 166 island island NN 1662 1457 167 in in IN 1662 1457 168 the the DT 1662 1457 169 South South NNP 1662 1457 170 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1457 171 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1457 172 , , , 1662 1457 173 south south JJ 1662 1457 174 - - HYPH 1662 1457 175 southwest southwest NN 1662 1457 176 of of IN 1662 1457 177 the the DT 1662 1457 178 Cape Cape NNP 1662 1457 179 of of IN 1662 1457 180 Good Good NNP 1662 1457 181 Hope Hope NNP 1662 1457 182 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1457 183 South South NNP 1662 1457 184 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1457 185 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1457 186 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1457 187 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1457 188 : : : 1662 1457 189 54 54 CD 1662 1457 190 26 26 CD 1662 1457 191 S s NN 1662 1457 192 , , , 1662 1457 193 3 3 CD 1662 1457 194 24 24 CD 1662 1457 195 E E NNS 1662 1457 196 Map Map NNP 1662 1457 197 references reference NNS 1662 1457 198 : : : 1662 1457 199 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 1457 200 Region Region NNP 1662 1457 201 Area Area NNP 1662 1457 202 : : : 1662 1457 203 total total NN 1662 1457 204 : : : 1662 1457 205 58 58 CD 1662 1457 206 sq sq NN 1662 1457 207 km km NNP 1662 1457 208 land land NN 1662 1457 209 : : : 1662 1457 210 58 58 CD 1662 1457 211 sq sq NN 1662 1457 212 km km NNP 1662 1457 213 water water NN 1662 1457 214 : : : 1662 1457 215 0 0 NFP 1662 1457 216 sq sq NN 1662 1457 217 km km NNP 1662 1457 218 Area area NN 1662 1457 219 - - HYPH 1662 1457 220 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1457 221 : : : 1662 1457 222 about about IN 1662 1457 223 0.3 0.3 CD 1662 1457 224 times time NNS 1662 1457 225 the the DT 1662 1457 226 size size NN 1662 1457 227 of of IN 1662 1457 228 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1457 229 , , , 1662 1457 230 DC DC NNP 1662 1457 231 Land Land NNP 1662 1457 232 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1457 233 : : : 1662 1457 234 0 0 LS 1662 1457 235 km km NN 1662 1457 236 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1457 237 : : : 1662 1457 238 29.6 29.6 CD 1662 1457 239 km km NN 1662 1457 240 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1457 241 claims claim VBZ 1662 1457 242 : : : 1662 1457 243 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1457 244 sea sea NN 1662 1457 245 : : : 1662 1457 246 4 4 CD 1662 1457 247 nm nm NNP 1662 1457 248 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1457 249 : : : 1662 1457 250 antarctic antarctic JJ 1662 1457 251 Terrain terrain NN 1662 1457 252 : : : 1662 1457 253 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 1457 254 ; ; : 1662 1457 255 maximum maximum JJ 1662 1457 256 elevation elevation NN 1662 1457 257 about about IN 1662 1457 258 800 800 CD 1662 1457 259 meters meter NNS 1662 1457 260 ; ; : 1662 1457 261 coast coast NN 1662 1457 262 is be VBZ 1662 1457 263 mostly mostly RB 1662 1457 264 inaccessible inaccessible JJ 1662 1457 265 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1457 266 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1457 267 : : : 1662 1457 268 lowest low JJS 1662 1457 269 point point NN 1662 1457 270 : : : 1662 1457 271 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1457 272 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1457 273 0 0 NFP 1662 1457 274 m m DT 1662 1457 275 highest high JJS 1662 1457 276 point point NN 1662 1457 277 : : : 1662 1457 278 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 1457 279 location location NN 1662 1457 280 780 780 CD 1662 1457 281 m m NNP 1662 1457 282 Natural natural JJ 1662 1457 283 resources resource NNS 1662 1457 284 : : : 1662 1457 285 none none NN 1662 1457 286 Land Land NNP 1662 1457 287 use use NN 1662 1457 288 : : : 1662 1457 289 arable arable JJ 1662 1457 290 land land NN 1662 1457 291 : : : 1662 1457 292 0 0 CD 1662 1457 293 % % NN 1662 1457 294 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1457 295 crops crop NNS 1662 1457 296 : : : 1662 1457 297 0 0 CD 1662 1457 298 % % NN 1662 1457 299 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1457 300 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1457 301 : : : 1662 1457 302 0 0 CD 1662 1457 303 % % NN 1662 1457 304 forests forest NNS 1662 1457 305 and and CC 1662 1457 306 woodland woodland JJ 1662 1457 307 : : : 1662 1457 308 0 0 CD 1662 1457 309 % % NN 1662 1457 310 other other JJ 1662 1457 311 : : : 1662 1457 312 100 100 CD 1662 1457 313 % % NN 1662 1457 314 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1457 315 all all DT 1662 1457 316 ice ice NN 1662 1457 317 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1457 318 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1457 319 land land NN 1662 1457 320 : : : 1662 1457 321 0 0 NFP 1662 1457 322 sq sq NNP 1662 1457 323 km km NNP 1662 1457 324 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1457 325 1993 1993 CD 1662 1457 326 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1457 327 Natural natural JJ 1662 1457 328 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1457 329 : : : 1662 1457 330 NA NA NNP 1662 1457 331 Environment environment NN 1662 1457 332 - - HYPH 1662 1457 333 current current JJ 1662 1457 334 issues issue NNS 1662 1457 335 : : : 1662 1457 336 NA NA NNP 1662 1457 337 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1457 338 - - HYPH 1662 1457 339 international international JJ 1662 1457 340 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1457 341 : : : 1662 1457 342 party party NN 1662 1457 343 to to IN 1662 1457 344 : : : 1662 1457 345 NA NA NNP 1662 1457 346 signed sign VBN 1662 1457 347 , , , 1662 1457 348 but but CC 1662 1457 349 not not RB 1662 1457 350 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1457 351 : : : 1662 1457 352 NA NA NNP 1662 1457 353 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1457 354 - - HYPH 1662 1457 355 note note NN 1662 1457 356 : : : 1662 1457 357 covered cover VBN 1662 1457 358 by by IN 1662 1457 359 glacial glacial JJ 1662 1457 360 ice ice NNP 1662 1457 361 @Bouvet @Bouvet NNP 1662 1457 362 Island Island NNP 1662 1457 363 : : : 1662 1457 364 People People NNP 1662 1457 365 Population Population NNP 1662 1457 366 : : : 1662 1457 367 uninhabited uninhabited JJ 1662 1457 368 @Bouvet @Bouvet NNP 1662 1457 369 Island Island NNP 1662 1457 370 : : : 1662 1457 371 Government Government NNP 1662 1457 372 Country Country NNP 1662 1457 373 name name NN 1662 1457 374 : : : 1662 1457 375 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1457 376 long long JJ 1662 1457 377 form form NN 1662 1457 378 : : : 1662 1457 379 none none NN 1662 1457 380 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1457 381 short short JJ 1662 1457 382 form form NN 1662 1457 383 : : : 1662 1457 384 Bouvet Bouvet NNP 1662 1457 385 Island Island NNP 1662 1457 386 Data Data NNP 1662 1457 387 code code NN 1662 1457 388 : : : 1662 1457 389 BV BV NNP 1662 1457 390 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 1457 391 status status NN 1662 1457 392 : : : 1662 1457 393 territory territory NN 1662 1457 394 of of IN 1662 1457 395 Norway Norway NNP 1662 1457 396 Flag Flag NNP 1662 1457 397 description description NN 1662 1457 398 : : : 1662 1457 399 the the DT 1662 1457 400 flag flag NN 1662 1457 401 of of IN 1662 1457 402 Norway Norway NNP 1662 1457 403 is be VBZ 1662 1457 404 used use VBN 1662 1457 405 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1457 406 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1457 407 - - HYPH 1662 1457 408 overview overview NN 1662 1457 409 : : : 1662 1457 410 no no DT 1662 1457 411 economic economic JJ 1662 1457 412 activity activity NN 1662 1457 413 ; ; , 1662 1457 414 declared declare VBD 1662 1457 415 a a DT 1662 1457 416 nature nature NN 1662 1457 417 reserve reserve NNP 1662 1457 418 @Bouvet @Bouvet NNP 1662 1457 419 Island Island NNP 1662 1457 420 : : : 1662 1457 421 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 1457 422 Communications Communications NNP 1662 1457 423 - - HYPH 1662 1457 424 note note NN 1662 1457 425 : : : 1662 1457 426 automatic automatic JJ 1662 1457 427 meteorological meteorological JJ 1662 1457 428 station station NN 1662 1457 429 @Bouvet @Bouvet NNP 1662 1457 430 Island Island NNP 1662 1457 431 : : : 1662 1457 432 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1457 433 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 1457 434 and and CC 1662 1457 435 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1457 436 : : : 1662 1457 437 none none NN 1662 1457 438 ; ; : 1662 1457 439 offshore offshore RB 1662 1457 440 anchorage anchorage VBP 1662 1457 441 only only JJ 1662 1457 442 Military Military NNP 1662 1457 443 Military Military NNP 1662 1457 444 - - HYPH 1662 1457 445 note note NN 1662 1457 446 : : : 1662 1457 447 defense defense NN 1662 1457 448 is be VBZ 1662 1457 449 the the DT 1662 1457 450 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 1457 451 of of IN 1662 1457 452 Norway Norway NNP 1662 1457 453 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1457 454 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1457 455 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1457 456 - - : 1662 1457 457 international international RB 1662 1457 458 : : : 1662 1457 459 none none NN 1662 1457 460 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 461 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 462 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 463 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 464 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 465 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 466 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 467 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 468 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 469 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 470 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 471 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 472 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 473 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 474 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 475 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 476 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 477 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 478 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 479 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 480 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 481 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 482 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 483 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 484 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 485 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 486 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 487 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 488 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 489 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 490 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 491 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 492 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 493 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 494 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 495 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 496 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 497 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 498 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 499 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 500 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 501 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 502 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 503 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 504 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 505 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 506 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 507 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 508 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 509 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 510 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 511 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 512 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 513 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 514 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 515 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 516 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 517 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 518 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 519 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 520 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 521 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 522 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 523 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 524 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 525 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 526 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 527 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 528 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 529 _ _ NNP 1662 1457 530 BRAZIL BRAZIL NNP 1662 1457 531 @Brazil @brazil NN 1662 1457 532 : : : 1662 1457 533 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1457 534 Location Location NNP 1662 1457 535 : : : 1662 1457 536 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 1457 537 South South NNP 1662 1457 538 America America NNP 1662 1457 539 , , , 1662 1457 540 bordering border VBG 1662 1457 541 the the DT 1662 1457 542 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1457 543 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1457 544 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1457 545 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1457 546 : : : 1662 1457 547 10 10 CD 1662 1457 548 00 00 CD 1662 1457 549 S s NN 1662 1457 550 , , , 1662 1457 551 55 55 CD 1662 1457 552 00 00 NFP 1662 1457 553 W W NNP 1662 1457 554 Map Map NNP 1662 1457 555 references reference NNS 1662 1457 556 : : : 1662 1457 557 South South NNP 1662 1457 558 America America NNP 1662 1457 559 Area Area NNP 1662 1457 560 : : : 1662 1457 561 total total NN 1662 1457 562 : : : 1662 1457 563 8,511,965 8,511,965 CD 1662 1457 564 sq sq IN 1662 1457 565 km km NNP 1662 1457 566 land land NN 1662 1457 567 : : : 1662 1457 568 8,456,510 8,456,510 CD 1662 1457 569 sq sq IN 1662 1457 570 km km NNP 1662 1457 571 water water NN 1662 1457 572 : : : 1662 1457 573 55,455 55,455 CD 1662 1457 574 sq sq IN 1662 1457 575 km km NNP 1662 1457 576 note note NN 1662 1457 577 : : : 1662 1457 578 includes include VBZ 1662 1457 579 Arquipelago Arquipelago NNP 1662 1457 580 de de IN 1662 1457 581 Fernando Fernando NNP 1662 1457 582 de de IN 1662 1457 583 Noronha Noronha NNP 1662 1457 584 , , , 1662 1457 585 Atol Atol NNP 1662 1457 586 das das NNP 1662 1457 587 Rocas Rocas NNP 1662 1457 588 , , , 1662 1457 589 Ilha Ilha NNP 1662 1457 590 da da NNP 1662 1457 591 Trindade Trindade NNP 1662 1457 592 , , , 1662 1457 593 Ilhas Ilhas NNP 1662 1457 594 Martin Martin NNP 1662 1457 595 Vaz Vaz NNP 1662 1457 596 , , , 1662 1457 597 and and CC 1662 1457 598 Penedos Penedos NNP 1662 1457 599 de de NNP 1662 1457 600 Sao Sao NNP 1662 1457 601 Pedro Pedro NNP 1662 1457 602 e e POS 1662 1457 603 Sao Sao NNP 1662 1457 604 Paulo Paulo NNP 1662 1457 605 Area Area NNP 1662 1457 606 - - HYPH 1662 1457 607 comparative comparative NNP 1662 1457 608 : : : 1662 1457 609 slightly slightly RB 1662 1457 610 smaller small JJR 1662 1457 611 than than IN 1662 1457 612 the the DT 1662 1457 613 US US NNP 1662 1457 614 Land Land NNP 1662 1457 615 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1457 616 : : : 1662 1457 617 total total JJ 1662 1457 618 : : : 1662 1457 619 14,691 14,691 CD 1662 1457 620 km km NN 1662 1457 621 border border NN 1662 1457 622 countries country NNS 1662 1457 623 : : : 1662 1457 624 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 1457 625 1,224 1,224 CD 1662 1457 626 km km NNS 1662 1457 627 , , , 1662 1457 628 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 1457 629 3,400 3,400 CD 1662 1457 630 km km NN 1662 1457 631 , , , 1662 1457 632 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 1457 633 1,643 1,643 CD 1662 1457 634 km km NN 1662 1457 635 , , , 1662 1457 636 French French NNP 1662 1457 637 Guiana Guiana NNP 1662 1457 638 673 673 CD 1662 1457 639 km km NNS 1662 1457 640 , , , 1662 1457 641 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 1457 642 1,119 1,119 CD 1662 1457 643 km km NN 1662 1457 644 , , , 1662 1457 645 Paraguay Paraguay NNP 1662 1457 646 1,290 1,290 CD 1662 1457 647 km km NNS 1662 1457 648 , , , 1662 1457 649 Peru Peru NNP 1662 1457 650 1,560 1,560 CD 1662 1457 651 km km NNS 1662 1457 652 , , , 1662 1457 653 Suriname Suriname VBD 1662 1457 654 597 597 CD 1662 1457 655 km km NNS 1662 1457 656 , , , 1662 1457 657 Uruguay Uruguay NNP 1662 1457 658 985 985 CD 1662 1457 659 km km NNS 1662 1457 660 , , , 1662 1457 661 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 1457 662 2,200 2,200 CD 1662 1457 663 km km NN 1662 1457 664 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1457 665 : : : 1662 1457 666 7,491 7,491 CD 1662 1457 667 km km NN 1662 1457 668 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1457 669 claims claim VBZ 1662 1457 670 : : : 1662 1457 671 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 1457 672 zone zone NN 1662 1457 673 : : : 1662 1457 674 24 24 CD 1662 1457 675 nm nm NNP 1662 1457 676 continental continental JJ 1662 1457 677 shelf shelf NNP 1662 1457 678 : : : 1662 1457 679 200 200 CD 1662 1457 680 nm nm CC 1662 1457 681 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 1457 682 economic economic JJ 1662 1457 683 zone zone NN 1662 1457 684 : : : 1662 1457 685 200 200 CD 1662 1457 686 nm nm CD 1662 1457 687 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1457 688 sea sea NN 1662 1457 689 : : : 1662 1457 690 12 12 CD 1662 1457 691 nm nm NNP 1662 1457 692 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1457 693 : : : 1662 1457 694 mostly mostly RB 1662 1457 695 tropical tropical JJ 1662 1457 696 , , , 1662 1457 697 but but CC 1662 1457 698 temperate temperate VB 1662 1457 699 in in IN 1662 1457 700 south south JJ 1662 1457 701 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1457 702 : : : 1662 1457 703 mostly mostly RB 1662 1457 704 flat flat JJ 1662 1457 705 to to IN 1662 1457 706 rolling rolling JJ 1662 1457 707 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 1457 708 in in IN 1662 1457 709 north north NN 1662 1457 710 ; ; , 1662 1457 711 some some DT 1662 1457 712 plains plain NNS 1662 1457 713 , , , 1662 1457 714 hills hill NNS 1662 1457 715 , , , 1662 1457 716 mountains mountain NNS 1662 1457 717 , , , 1662 1457 718 and and CC 1662 1457 719 narrow narrow JJ 1662 1457 720 coastal coastal JJ 1662 1457 721 belt belt NN 1662 1457 722 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1457 723 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1457 724 : : : 1662 1457 725 lowest low JJS 1662 1457 726 point point NN 1662 1457 727 : : : 1662 1457 728 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1457 729 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1457 730 0 0 NFP 1662 1457 731 m m DT 1662 1457 732 highest high JJS 1662 1457 733 point point NN 1662 1457 734 : : : 1662 1457 735 Pico Pico NNP 1662 1457 736 da da NNP 1662 1457 737 Neblina Neblina NNP 1662 1457 738 3,014 3,014 CD 1662 1457 739 m m NNP 1662 1457 740 Natural natural JJ 1662 1457 741 resources resource NNS 1662 1457 742 : : : 1662 1457 743 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 1457 744 , , , 1662 1457 745 gold gold NN 1662 1457 746 , , , 1662 1457 747 iron iron NN 1662 1457 748 ore ore NN 1662 1457 749 , , , 1662 1457 750 manganese manganese JJ 1662 1457 751 , , , 1662 1457 752 nickel nickel NN 1662 1457 753 , , , 1662 1457 754 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 1457 755 , , , 1662 1457 756 platinum platinum NN 1662 1457 757 , , , 1662 1457 758 tin tin NN 1662 1457 759 , , , 1662 1457 760 uranium uranium NN 1662 1457 761 , , , 1662 1457 762 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1457 763 , , , 1662 1457 764 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 1457 765 , , , 1662 1457 766 timber timber NN 1662 1457 767 Land Land NNP 1662 1457 768 use use NN 1662 1457 769 : : : 1662 1457 770 arable arable JJ 1662 1457 771 land land NN 1662 1457 772 : : : 1662 1457 773 5 5 CD 1662 1457 774 % % NN 1662 1457 775 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1457 776 crops crop NNS 1662 1457 777 : : : 1662 1457 778 1 1 CD 1662 1457 779 % % NN 1662 1457 780 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1457 781 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1457 782 : : : 1662 1457 783 22 22 CD 1662 1457 784 % % NN 1662 1457 785 forests forest NNS 1662 1457 786 and and CC 1662 1457 787 woodland woodland RB 1662 1457 788 : : : 1662 1457 789 58 58 CD 1662 1457 790 % % NN 1662 1457 791 other other JJ 1662 1457 792 : : : 1662 1457 793 14 14 CD 1662 1457 794 % % NN 1662 1457 795 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1457 796 1993 1993 CD 1662 1457 797 est est NNP 1662 1457 798 . . . 1662 1457 799 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1458 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1458 2 land land NN 1662 1458 3 : : : 1662 1458 4 28,000 28,000 CD 1662 1458 5 sq sq IN 1662 1458 6 km km NNP 1662 1458 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1458 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1458 9 est est NNP 1662 1458 10 . . . 1662 1458 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1459 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1459 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1459 3 : : : 1662 1459 4 recurring recur VBG 1662 1459 5 droughts drought NNS 1662 1459 6 in in IN 1662 1459 7 northeast northeast NN 1662 1459 8 ; ; : 1662 1459 9 floods flood NNS 1662 1459 10 and and CC 1662 1459 11 occasional occasional JJ 1662 1459 12 frost frost NN 1662 1459 13 in in IN 1662 1459 14 south south JJ 1662 1459 15 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1459 16 - - HYPH 1662 1459 17 current current JJ 1662 1459 18 issues issue NNS 1662 1459 19 : : : 1662 1459 20 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 1459 21 in in IN 1662 1459 22 Amazon Amazon NNP 1662 1459 23 Basin Basin NNP 1662 1459 24 destroys destroy VBZ 1662 1459 25 the the DT 1662 1459 26 habitat habitat NN 1662 1459 27 and and CC 1662 1459 28 endangers endanger NNS 1662 1459 29 the the DT 1662 1459 30 existence existence NN 1662 1459 31 of of IN 1662 1459 32 a a DT 1662 1459 33 multitude multitude NN 1662 1459 34 of of IN 1662 1459 35 plant plant NN 1662 1459 36 and and CC 1662 1459 37 animal animal NN 1662 1459 38 species specie NNS 1662 1459 39 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 1459 40 to to IN 1662 1459 41 the the DT 1662 1459 42 area area NN 1662 1459 43 ; ; : 1662 1459 44 air air NN 1662 1459 45 and and CC 1662 1459 46 water water NN 1662 1459 47 pollution pollution NN 1662 1459 48 in in IN 1662 1459 49 Rio Rio NNP 1662 1459 50 de de NNP 1662 1459 51 Janeiro Janeiro NNP 1662 1459 52 , , , 1662 1459 53 Sao Sao NNP 1662 1459 54 Paulo Paulo NNP 1662 1459 55 , , , 1662 1459 56 and and CC 1662 1459 57 several several JJ 1662 1459 58 other other JJ 1662 1459 59 large large JJ 1662 1459 60 cities city NNS 1662 1459 61 ; ; : 1662 1459 62 land land NN 1662 1459 63 degradation degradation NN 1662 1459 64 and and CC 1662 1459 65 water water NN 1662 1459 66 pollution pollution NN 1662 1459 67 caused cause VBN 1662 1459 68 by by IN 1662 1459 69 improper improper JJ 1662 1459 70 mining mining NN 1662 1459 71 activities activity NNS 1662 1459 72 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1459 73 - - HYPH 1662 1459 74 international international JJ 1662 1459 75 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1459 76 : : : 1662 1459 77 party party NN 1662 1459 78 to to TO 1662 1459 79 : : : 1662 1459 80 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 1459 81 - - HYPH 1662 1459 82 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 1459 83 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 1459 84 , , , 1662 1459 85 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 1459 86 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 1459 87 , , , 1662 1459 88 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 1459 89 , , , 1662 1459 90 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1459 91 Change Change NNP 1662 1459 92 , , , 1662 1459 93 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 1459 94 Species Species NNPS 1662 1459 95 , , , 1662 1459 96 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 1459 97 Modification Modification NNP 1662 1459 98 , , , 1662 1459 99 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 1459 100 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 1459 101 , , , 1662 1459 102 Law Law NNP 1662 1459 103 of of IN 1662 1459 104 the the DT 1662 1459 105 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1459 106 , , , 1662 1459 107 Marine Marine NNP 1662 1459 108 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 1459 109 , , , 1662 1459 110 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 1459 111 Test Test NNP 1662 1459 112 Ban Ban NNP 1662 1459 113 , , , 1662 1459 114 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 1459 115 Layer Layer NNP 1662 1459 116 Protection Protection NNP 1662 1459 117 , , , 1662 1459 118 Ship Ship NNP 1662 1459 119 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1459 120 , , , 1662 1459 121 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 1459 122 Timber Timber NNP 1662 1459 123 83 83 CD 1662 1459 124 , , , 1662 1459 125 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 1459 126 , , , 1662 1459 127 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 1459 128 signed sign VBD 1662 1459 129 , , , 1662 1459 130 but but CC 1662 1459 131 not not RB 1662 1459 132 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1459 133 : : : 1662 1459 134 Desertification desertification NN 1662 1459 135 , , , 1662 1459 136 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 1459 137 Timber Timber NNP 1662 1459 138 94 94 CD 1662 1459 139 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1459 140 - - HYPH 1662 1459 141 note note NN 1662 1459 142 : : : 1662 1459 143 largest large JJS 1662 1459 144 country country NN 1662 1459 145 in in IN 1662 1459 146 South South NNP 1662 1459 147 America America NNP 1662 1459 148 ; ; : 1662 1459 149 shares share NNS 1662 1459 150 common common JJ 1662 1459 151 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1459 152 with with IN 1662 1459 153 every every DT 1662 1459 154 South south JJ 1662 1459 155 American american JJ 1662 1459 156 country country NN 1662 1459 157 except except IN 1662 1459 158 Chile Chile NNP 1662 1459 159 and and CC 1662 1459 160 Ecuador Ecuador NNP 1662 1459 161 @Brazil @brazil XX 1662 1459 162 : : : 1662 1459 163 People People NNPS 1662 1459 164 Population Population NNP 1662 1459 165 : : : 1662 1459 166 164,511,366 164,511,366 CD 1662 1459 167 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1459 168 July July NNP 1662 1459 169 1997 1997 CD 1662 1459 170 est est NNP 1662 1459 171 . . . 1662 1459 172 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1460 1 Age age NN 1662 1460 2 structure structure NN 1662 1460 3 : : : 1662 1460 4 0 0 CD 1662 1460 5 - - HYPH 1662 1460 6 14 14 CD 1662 1460 7 years year NNS 1662 1460 8 : : : 1662 1460 9 30 30 CD 1662 1460 10 % % NN 1662 1460 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1460 12 male male JJ 1662 1460 13 25,018,597 25,018,597 CD 1662 1460 14 ; ; , 1662 1460 15 female female JJ 1662 1460 16 24,164,894 24,164,894 CD 1662 1460 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1460 18 15 15 CD 1662 1460 19 - - SYM 1662 1460 20 64 64 CD 1662 1460 21 years year NNS 1662 1460 22 : : : 1662 1460 23 65 65 CD 1662 1460 24 % % NN 1662 1460 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1460 26 male male JJ 1662 1460 27 53,217,683 53,217,683 CD 1662 1460 28 ; ; : 1662 1460 29 female female JJ 1662 1460 30 54,215,461 54,215,461 CD 1662 1460 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1460 32 65 65 CD 1662 1460 33 years year NNS 1662 1460 34 and and CC 1662 1460 35 over over IN 1662 1460 36 : : : 1662 1460 37 5 5 CD 1662 1460 38 % % NN 1662 1460 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1460 40 male male JJ 1662 1460 41 3,181,539 3,181,539 CD 1662 1460 42 ; ; : 1662 1460 43 female female JJ 1662 1460 44 4,713,192 4,713,192 CD 1662 1460 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1460 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1460 47 July July NNP 1662 1460 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1460 49 est est NNP 1662 1460 50 . . . 1662 1460 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1461 1 Population population NN 1662 1461 2 growth growth NN 1662 1461 3 rate rate NN 1662 1461 4 : : : 1662 1461 5 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 1461 6 % % NN 1662 1461 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1461 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1461 9 est est NNP 1662 1461 10 . . . 1662 1461 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1462 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1462 2 rate rate NN 1662 1462 3 : : : 1662 1462 4 20.43 20.43 CD 1662 1462 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 1462 6 population population NN 1662 1462 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1462 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1462 9 est est NNP 1662 1462 10 . . . 1662 1462 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1463 1 Death death NN 1662 1463 2 rate rate NN 1662 1463 3 : : : 1662 1463 4 9.42 9.42 CD 1662 1463 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1463 6 population population NN 1662 1463 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1463 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1463 9 est est NNP 1662 1463 10 . . . 1662 1463 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1464 1 Net net JJ 1662 1464 2 migration migration NN 1662 1464 3 rate rate NN 1662 1464 4 : : : 1662 1464 5 0 0 NFP 1662 1464 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 1464 7 population population NN 1662 1464 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1464 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1464 10 est est NNP 1662 1464 11 . . . 1662 1464 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1465 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1465 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1465 3 : : : 1662 1465 4 at at IN 1662 1465 5 birth birth NN 1662 1465 6 : : : 1662 1465 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 1465 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1465 9 under under IN 1662 1465 10 15 15 CD 1662 1465 11 years year NNS 1662 1465 12 : : : 1662 1465 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 1465 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1465 15 15 15 CD 1662 1465 16 - - HYPH 1662 1465 17 64 64 CD 1662 1465 18 years year NNS 1662 1465 19 : : : 1662 1465 20 0.98 0.98 CD 1662 1465 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1465 22 65 65 CD 1662 1465 23 years year NNS 1662 1465 24 and and CC 1662 1465 25 over over IN 1662 1465 26 : : : 1662 1465 27 0.68 0.68 NNP 1662 1465 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 1465 29 total total JJ 1662 1465 30 population population NN 1662 1465 31 : : : 1662 1465 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 1465 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1465 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1465 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1465 36 est e JJS 1662 1465 37 . . . 1662 1465 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1466 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1466 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1466 3 rate rate NN 1662 1466 4 : : : 1662 1466 5 53.4 53.4 CD 1662 1466 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1466 7 live live JJ 1662 1466 8 births birth NNS 1662 1466 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1466 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1466 11 est est NNP 1662 1466 12 . . . 1662 1466 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1467 1 Life life NN 1662 1467 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1467 3 at at IN 1662 1467 4 birth birth NN 1662 1467 5 : : : 1662 1467 6 total total JJ 1662 1467 7 population population NN 1662 1467 8 : : : 1662 1467 9 61.42 61.42 CD 1662 1467 10 years year NNS 1662 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1662 1469 53 Roman Roman NNP 1662 1469 54 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 1469 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1469 56 nominal nominal NNP 1662 1469 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1469 58 70 70 CD 1662 1469 59 % % NN 1662 1469 60 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 1469 61 : : : 1662 1469 62 Portuguese Portuguese NNP 1662 1469 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1469 64 official official JJ 1662 1469 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1469 66 , , , 1662 1469 67 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 1469 68 , , , 1662 1469 69 English english JJ 1662 1469 70 , , , 1662 1469 71 French french JJ 1662 1469 72 Literacy literacy NN 1662 1469 73 : : : 1662 1469 74 definition definition NN 1662 1469 75 : : : 1662 1469 76 age age NN 1662 1469 77 15 15 CD 1662 1469 78 and and CC 1662 1469 79 over over RB 1662 1469 80 can can MD 1662 1469 81 read read VB 1662 1469 82 and and CC 1662 1469 83 write write VB 1662 1469 84 total total JJ 1662 1469 85 population population NN 1662 1469 86 : : : 1662 1469 87 83.3 83.3 CD 1662 1469 88 % % NN 1662 1469 89 male male NN 1662 1469 90 : : : 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VBP 1662 1470 27 Brasil Brasil NNP 1662 1470 28 local local JJ 1662 1470 29 short short JJ 1662 1470 30 form form NN 1662 1470 31 : : : 1662 1470 32 Brasil Brasil NNP 1662 1470 33 Data Data NNP 1662 1470 34 code code NN 1662 1470 35 : : : 1662 1470 36 BR BR NNP 1662 1470 37 Government Government NNP 1662 1470 38 type type NN 1662 1470 39 : : : 1662 1470 40 federal federal NNP 1662 1470 41 republic republic NNP 1662 1470 42 National National NNP 1662 1470 43 capital capital NN 1662 1470 44 : : : 1662 1470 45 Brasilia Brasilia NNP 1662 1470 46 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 1470 47 divisions division NNS 1662 1470 48 : : : 1662 1470 49 26 26 CD 1662 1470 50 states state NNS 1662 1470 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1470 52 estados estado NNS 1662 1470 53 , , , 1662 1470 54 singular singular NNP 1662 1470 55 - - HYPH 1662 1470 56 estado estado NN 1662 1470 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1470 58 and and CC 1662 1470 59 1 1 CD 1662 1470 60 federal federal JJ 1662 1470 61 district district NN 1662 1470 62 * * 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101 , , , 1662 1470 102 Para Para NNP 1662 1470 103 , , , 1662 1470 104 Paraiba Paraiba NNP 1662 1470 105 , , , 1662 1470 106 Parana Parana NNP 1662 1470 107 , , , 1662 1470 108 Pernambuco Pernambuco NNP 1662 1470 109 , , , 1662 1470 110 Piaui Piaui NNP 1662 1470 111 , , , 1662 1470 112 Rio Rio NNP 1662 1470 113 de de NNP 1662 1470 114 Janeiro Janeiro NNP 1662 1470 115 , , , 1662 1470 116 Rio Rio NNP 1662 1470 117 Grande Grande NNP 1662 1470 118 do do VBP 1662 1470 119 Norte Norte NNP 1662 1470 120 , , , 1662 1470 121 Rio Rio NNP 1662 1470 122 Grande Grande NNP 1662 1470 123 do do VBP 1662 1470 124 Sul Sul NNP 1662 1470 125 , , , 1662 1470 126 Rondonia Rondonia NNP 1662 1470 127 , , , 1662 1470 128 Roraima Roraima NNP 1662 1470 129 , , , 1662 1470 130 Santa Santa NNP 1662 1470 131 Catarina Catarina NNP 1662 1470 132 , , , 1662 1470 133 Sao Sao NNP 1662 1470 134 Paulo Paulo NNP 1662 1470 135 , , , 1662 1470 136 Sergipe Sergipe NNP 1662 1470 137 , , , 1662 1470 138 Tocantins tocantin VBZ 1662 1470 139 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1470 140 : : : 1662 1470 141 7 7 CD 1662 1470 142 September September NNP 1662 1470 143 1822 1822 CD 1662 1470 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1470 145 from from IN 1662 1470 146 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 1470 147 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1470 148 National national JJ 1662 1470 149 holiday holiday NN 1662 1470 150 : : : 1662 1470 151 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1470 152 Day Day NNP 1662 1470 153 , , , 1662 1470 154 7 7 CD 1662 1470 155 September September NNP 1662 1470 156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1470 157 1822 1822 CD 1662 1470 158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1470 159 Constitution constitution NN 1662 1470 160 : : : 1662 1470 161 5 5 CD 1662 1470 162 October October NNP 1662 1470 163 1988 1988 CD 1662 1470 164 Legal legal JJ 1662 1470 165 system system NN 1662 1470 166 : : : 1662 1470 167 based base VBN 1662 1470 168 on on IN 1662 1470 169 Roman roman JJ 1662 1470 170 codes code NNS 1662 1470 171 ; ; , 1662 1470 172 has have VBZ 1662 1470 173 not not RB 1662 1470 174 accepted accept VBN 1662 1470 175 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 1470 176 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 1470 177 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 1470 178 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 1470 179 : : : 1662 1470 180 voluntary voluntary JJ 1662 1470 181 between between IN 1662 1470 182 16 16 CD 1662 1470 183 and and CC 1662 1470 184 18 18 CD 1662 1470 185 years year NNS 1662 1470 186 of of IN 1662 1470 187 age age NN 1662 1470 188 and and CC 1662 1470 189 over over IN 1662 1470 190 70 70 CD 1662 1470 191 ; ; , 1662 1470 192 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 1470 193 over over IN 1662 1470 194 18 18 CD 1662 1470 195 and and CC 1662 1470 196 under under IN 1662 1470 197 70 70 CD 1662 1470 198 years year NNS 1662 1470 199 of of IN 1662 1470 200 age age NN 1662 1470 201 Executive executive JJ 1662 1470 202 branch branch NN 1662 1470 203 : : : 1662 1470 204 chief chief NN 1662 1470 205 of of IN 1662 1470 206 state state NN 1662 1470 207 : : : 1662 1470 208 President President NNP 1662 1470 209 Fernando Fernando 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246 government government NN 1662 1470 247 : : : 1662 1470 248 President President NNP 1662 1470 249 Fernando Fernando NNP 1662 1470 250 Henrique Henrique NNP 1662 1470 251 CARDOSO CARDOSO NNP 1662 1470 252 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1470 253 since since IN 1662 1470 254 1 1 CD 1662 1470 255 January January NNP 1662 1470 256 1995 1995 CD 1662 1470 257 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1470 258 ; ; : 1662 1470 259 Vice Vice NNP 1662 1470 260 President President NNP 1662 1470 261 Marco Marco NNP 1662 1470 262 MACIEL MACIEL NNP 1662 1470 263 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1470 264 since since IN 1662 1470 265 1 1 CD 1662 1470 266 January January NNP 1662 1470 267 1995 1995 CD 1662 1470 268 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1470 269 ; ; : 1662 1470 270 note note VB 1662 1470 271 - - : 1662 1470 272 the the DT 1662 1470 273 president president NN 1662 1470 274 is be VBZ 1662 1470 275 both both CC 1662 1470 276 the the DT 1662 1470 277 chief chief NN 1662 1470 278 of of IN 1662 1470 279 state state NN 1662 1470 280 and and CC 1662 1470 281 head head NN 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1662 1470 317 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1470 318 next next JJ 1662 1470 319 to to TO 1662 1470 320 be be VB 1662 1470 321 held hold VBN 1662 1470 322 NA NA NNP 1662 1470 323 October October NNP 1662 1470 324 1998 1998 CD 1662 1470 325 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1470 326 election election NN 1662 1470 327 results result NNS 1662 1470 328 : : : 1662 1470 329 Fernando Fernando NNP 1662 1470 330 Henrique Henrique NNP 1662 1470 331 CARDOSO CARDOSO NNP 1662 1470 332 elected elect VBD 1662 1470 333 president president NN 1662 1470 334 ; ; , 1662 1470 335 percent percent NN 1662 1470 336 of of IN 1662 1470 337 vote vote NN 1662 1470 338 - - HYPH 1662 1470 339 Fernando Fernando NNP 1662 1470 340 Henrique Henrique NNP 1662 1470 341 CARDOSO CARDOSO NNP 1662 1470 342 53 53 CD 1662 1470 343 % % NN 1662 1470 344 , , , 1662 1470 345 Luis Luis NNP 1662 1470 346 Inacio Inacio NNP 1662 1470 347 LULA LULA NNP 1662 1470 348 da da NNP 1662 1470 349 Silva Silva NNP 1662 1470 350 26 26 CD 1662 1470 351 % % NN 1662 1470 352 , , , 1662 1470 353 Eneas Eneas NNP 1662 1470 354 CARNEIRO CARNEIRO NNP 1662 1470 355 7 7 CD 1662 1470 356 % % NN 1662 1470 357 , , , 1662 1470 358 Orestes Orestes NNP 1662 1470 359 QUERCIA QUERCIA NNP 1662 1470 360 4 4 CD 1662 1470 361 % % NN 1662 1470 362 , , , 1662 1470 363 Leonel Leonel NNP 1662 1470 364 BRIZOLA BRIZOLA NNP 1662 1470 365 3 3 CD 1662 1470 366 % % NN 1662 1470 367 , , , 1662 1470 368 Espiridiao Espiridiao NNP 1662 1470 369 AMIN AMIN NNP 1662 1470 370 3 3 CD 1662 1470 371 % % NN 1662 1470 372 ; ; : 1662 1470 373 note note VB 1662 1470 374 - - HYPH 1662 1470 375 second second NN 1662 1470 376 direct direct JJ 1662 1470 377 presidential presidential JJ 1662 1470 378 election election NN 1662 1470 379 since since IN 1662 1470 380 1960 1960 CD 1662 1470 381 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 1470 382 branch branch NN 1662 1470 383 : : : 1662 1470 384 bicameral bicameral NNP 1662 1470 385 National National NNP 1662 1470 386 Congress Congress NNP 1662 1470 387 or or CC 1662 1470 388 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NNP 1662 1470 948 , , , 1662 1470 949 WCL WCL NNP 1662 1470 950 , , , 1662 1470 951 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 1470 952 , , , 1662 1470 953 WHO who WP 1662 1470 954 , , , 1662 1470 955 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 1470 956 , , , 1662 1470 957 WMO WMO NNP 1662 1470 958 , , , 1662 1470 959 WToO wtoo FW 1662 1470 960 , , , 1662 1470 961 WTrO wtro VB 1662 1470 962 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1470 963 representation representation NN 1662 1470 964 in in IN 1662 1470 965 the the DT 1662 1470 966 US US NNP 1662 1470 967 : : : 1662 1470 968 chief chief NN 1662 1470 969 of of IN 1662 1470 970 mission mission NN 1662 1470 971 : : : 1662 1470 972 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1470 973 Paulo Paulo NNP 1662 1470 974 Tarso Tarso NNP 1662 1470 975 FLECHA FLECHA NNP 1662 1470 976 de de IN 1662 1470 977 LIMA lima NN 1662 1470 978 chancery chancery NN 1662 1470 979 : : : 1662 1470 980 3006 3006 CD 1662 1470 981 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 1470 982 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 1470 983 NW NW NNP 1662 1470 984 , , , 1662 1470 985 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1470 986 , , , 1662 1470 987 DC DC NNP 1662 1470 988 20008 20008 CD 1662 1470 989 telephone telephone NN 1662 1470 990 : : : 1662 1470 991 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1470 992 1 1 CD 1662 1470 993 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1470 994 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1470 995 202 202 CD 1662 1470 996 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1470 997 238 238 CD 1662 1470 998 - - SYM 1662 1470 999 2700 2700 CD 1662 1470 1000 FAX fax NN 1662 1470 1001 : : : 1662 1470 1002 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1470 1003 1 1 CD 1662 1470 1004 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1470 1005 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1470 1006 202 202 CD 1662 1470 1007 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1470 1008 238 238 CD 1662 1470 1009 - - SYM 1662 1470 1010 2827 2827 CD 1662 1470 1011 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 1470 1012 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1470 1013 general general NN 1662 1470 1014 : : : 1662 1470 1015 Boston Boston NNP 1662 1470 1016 , , , 1662 1470 1017 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 1470 1018 , , , 1662 1470 1019 Houston Houston NNP 1662 1470 1020 , , , 1662 1470 1021 Los Los NNP 1662 1470 1022 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 1470 1023 , , , 1662 1470 1024 Miami Miami NNP 1662 1470 1025 , , , 1662 1470 1026 New New NNP 1662 1470 1027 York York NNP 1662 1470 1028 , , , 1662 1470 1029 San San NNP 1662 1470 1030 Juan Juan NNP 1662 1470 1031 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1470 1032 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 1470 1033 Rico Rico NNP 1662 1470 1034 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1470 1035 , , , 1662 1470 1036 and and CC 1662 1470 1037 San San NNP 1662 1470 1038 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 1470 1039 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1470 1040 representation representation NN 1662 1470 1041 from from IN 1662 1470 1042 the the DT 1662 1470 1043 US US NNP 1662 1470 1044 : : : 1662 1470 1045 chief chief NN 1662 1470 1046 of of IN 1662 1470 1047 mission mission NN 1662 1470 1048 : : : 1662 1470 1049 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1470 1050 Melvyn Melvyn NNP 1662 1470 1051 LEVITSKY LEVITSKY NNP 1662 1470 1052 embassy embassy NN 1662 1470 1053 : : : 1662 1470 1054 Avenida Avenida NNP 1662 1470 1055 das das NNP 1662 1470 1056 Nacoes Nacoes NNP 1662 1470 1057 , , , 1662 1470 1058 Lote Lote NNP 1662 1470 1059 3 3 CD 1662 1470 1060 , , , 1662 1470 1061 Brasilia Brasilia NNP 1662 1470 1062 , , , 1662 1470 1063 Distrito Distrito NNP 1662 1470 1064 Federal Federal NNP 1662 1470 1065 mailing mail VBG 1662 1470 1066 address address NN 1662 1470 1067 : : : 1662 1470 1068 Unit unit NN 1662 1470 1069 3500 3500 CD 1662 1470 1070 , , , 1662 1470 1071 APO APO NNP 1662 1470 1072 AA AA NNP 1662 1470 1073 34030 34030 CD 1662 1470 1074 telephone telephone NN 1662 1470 1075 : : : 1662 1470 1076 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1470 1077 55 55 CD 1662 1470 1078 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1470 1079 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1470 1080 61 61 CD 1662 1470 1081 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1470 1082 321 321 CD 1662 1470 1083 - - HYPH 1662 1470 1084 7272 7272 CD 1662 1470 1085 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1470 1086 : : : 1662 1470 1087 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1470 1088 55 55 CD 1662 1470 1089 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1470 1090 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1470 1091 61 61 CD 1662 1470 1092 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1470 1093 225 225 CD 1662 1470 1094 - - HYPH 1662 1470 1095 9136 9136 CD 1662 1470 1096 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 1470 1097 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1470 1098 general general NN 1662 1470 1099 : : : 1662 1470 1100 Rio Rio NNP 1662 1470 1101 de de NNP 1662 1470 1102 Janeiro Janeiro NNP 1662 1470 1103 , , , 1662 1470 1104 Sao Sao NNP 1662 1470 1105 Paulo Paulo NNP 1662 1470 1106 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 1470 1107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1470 1108 : : : 1662 1470 1109 Recife Recife NNP 1662 1470 1110 Flag Flag NNP 1662 1470 1111 description description NN 1662 1470 1112 : : : 1662 1470 1113 green green JJ 1662 1470 1114 with with IN 1662 1470 1115 a a DT 1662 1470 1116 large large JJ 1662 1470 1117 yellow yellow JJ 1662 1470 1118 diamond diamond NN 1662 1470 1119 in in IN 1662 1470 1120 the the DT 1662 1470 1121 center center NN 1662 1470 1122 bearing bear VBG 1662 1470 1123 a a DT 1662 1470 1124 blue blue JJ 1662 1470 1125 celestial celestial JJ 1662 1470 1126 globe globe NN 1662 1470 1127 with with IN 1662 1470 1128 27 27 CD 1662 1470 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1164 the the DT 1662 1470 1165 motto motto NN 1662 1470 1166 ORDEM ORDEM NNP 1662 1470 1167 E E NNP 1662 1470 1168 PROGRESSO PROGRESSO NNP 1662 1470 1169 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1470 1170 Order order NN 1662 1470 1171 and and CC 1662 1470 1172 Progress Progress NNP 1662 1470 1173 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1470 1174 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1470 1175 Economy economy NN 1662 1470 1176 - - HYPH 1662 1470 1177 overview overview NN 1662 1470 1178 : : : 1662 1470 1179 Possessing possess VBG 1662 1470 1180 large large JJ 1662 1470 1181 and and CC 1662 1470 1182 well well RB 1662 1470 1183 - - HYPH 1662 1470 1184 developed develop VBN 1662 1470 1185 agricultural agricultural NN 1662 1470 1186 , , , 1662 1470 1187 mining mining NN 1662 1470 1188 , , , 1662 1470 1189 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 1470 1190 , , , 1662 1470 1191 and and CC 1662 1470 1192 service service NN 1662 1470 1193 sectors sector NNS 1662 1470 1194 , , , 1662 1470 1195 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 1470 1196 's 's POS 1662 1470 1197 economy economy NN 1662 1470 1198 outweighs outweigh VBZ 1662 1470 1199 that that DT 1662 1470 1200 of of IN 1662 1470 1201 all all DT 1662 1470 1202 other other JJ 1662 1470 1203 South south JJ 1662 1470 1204 American american JJ 1662 1470 1205 countries country NNS 1662 1470 1206 and and CC 1662 1470 1207 is be VBZ 1662 1470 1208 expanding expand VBG 1662 1470 1209 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1470 1210 presence presence NN 1662 1470 1211 in in IN 1662 1470 1212 world world NN 1662 1470 1213 markets market NNS 1662 1470 1214 . . . 1662 1471 1 Prior prior RB 1662 1471 2 to to IN 1662 1471 3 the the DT 1662 1471 4 institution institution NN 1662 1471 5 of of IN 1662 1471 6 a a DT 1662 1471 7 stabilization stabilization NN 1662 1471 8 plan plan NN 1662 1471 9 - - : 1662 1471 10 the the DT 1662 1471 11 Plano Plano NNP 1662 1471 12 Real Real NNP 1662 1471 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1471 14 Real Real NNP 1662 1471 15 Plan plan NN 1662 1471 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1471 17 - - : 1662 1471 18 in in RP 1662 1471 19 mid-1994 mid-1994 NN 1662 1471 20 , , , 1662 1471 21 stratospheric stratospheric JJ 1662 1471 22 inflation inflation NN 1662 1471 23 rates rate NNS 1662 1471 24 had have VBD 1662 1471 25 disrupted disrupt VBN 1662 1471 26 economic economic JJ 1662 1471 27 activity activity NN 1662 1471 28 and and CC 1662 1471 29 discouraged discourage VBN 1662 1471 30 foreign foreign JJ 1662 1471 31 investment investment NN 1662 1471 32 . . . 1662 1472 1 Since since IN 1662 1472 2 then then RB 1662 1472 3 , , , 1662 1472 4 tight tight JJ 1662 1472 5 monetary monetary JJ 1662 1472 6 policy policy NN 1662 1472 7 has have VBZ 1662 1472 8 brought bring VBN 1662 1472 9 inflation inflation NN 1662 1472 10 under under IN 1662 1472 11 control control NN 1662 1472 12 - - HYPH 1662 1472 13 consumer consumer NN 1662 1472 14 prices price NNS 1662 1472 15 increased increase VBD 1662 1472 16 by by IN 1662 1472 17 only only RB 1662 1472 18 10 10 CD 1662 1472 19 % % NN 1662 1472 20 in in IN 1662 1472 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 1472 22 compared compare VBN 1662 1472 23 to to IN 1662 1472 24 more more JJR 1662 1472 25 than than IN 1662 1472 26 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1472 27 % % NN 1662 1472 28 in in IN 1662 1472 29 1994 1994 CD 1662 1472 30 . . . 1662 1473 1 At at IN 1662 1473 2 the the DT 1662 1473 3 same same JJ 1662 1473 4 time time NN 1662 1473 5 , , , 1662 1473 6 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1473 7 growth growth NN 1662 1473 8 slowed slow VBD 1662 1473 9 from from IN 1662 1473 10 5.7 5.7 CD 1662 1473 11 % % NN 1662 1473 12 in in IN 1662 1473 13 1994 1994 CD 1662 1473 14 to to IN 1662 1473 15 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 1473 16 % % NN 1662 1473 17 in in IN 1662 1473 18 1996 1996 CD 1662 1473 19 due due IN 1662 1473 20 to to IN 1662 1473 21 tighter tight JJR 1662 1473 22 credit credit NN 1662 1473 23 . . . 1662 1474 1 The the DT 1662 1474 2 steadily steadily RB 1662 1474 3 appreciating appreciate VBG 1662 1474 4 currency currency NN 1662 1474 5 has have VBZ 1662 1474 6 also also RB 1662 1474 7 encouraged encourage VBN 1662 1474 8 imports import NNS 1662 1474 9 , , , 1662 1474 10 contributing contribute VBG 1662 1474 11 to to IN 1662 1474 12 a a DT 1662 1474 13 growing grow VBG 1662 1474 14 trade trade NN 1662 1474 15 deficit deficit NN 1662 1474 16 , , , 1662 1474 17 and and CC 1662 1474 18 depressed depress VBN 1662 1474 19 export export NN 1662 1474 20 growth growth NN 1662 1474 21 . . . 1662 1475 1 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 1475 2 's 's POS 1662 1475 3 more more RBR 1662 1475 4 stable stable JJ 1662 1475 5 economy economy NN 1662 1475 6 allowed allow VBD 1662 1475 7 it -PRON- PRP 1662 1475 8 to to TO 1662 1475 9 weather weather VB 1662 1475 10 the the DT 1662 1475 11 fallout fallout NN 1662 1475 12 in in IN 1662 1475 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 1475 14 from from IN 1662 1475 15 the the DT 1662 1475 16 Mexican mexican JJ 1662 1475 17 peso peso JJ 1662 1475 18 crisis crisis NN 1662 1475 19 relatively relatively RB 1662 1475 20 well well RB 1662 1475 21 , , , 1662 1475 22 and and CC 1662 1475 23 record record NN 1662 1475 24 levels level NNS 1662 1475 25 of of IN 1662 1475 26 foreign foreign JJ 1662 1475 27 investment investment NN 1662 1475 28 have have VBP 1662 1475 29 since since IN 1662 1475 30 flowed flow VBN 1662 1475 31 in in IN 1662 1475 32 , , , 1662 1475 33 helping help VBG 1662 1475 34 to to TO 1662 1475 35 swell swell VB 1662 1475 36 official official JJ 1662 1475 37 foreign foreign JJ 1662 1475 38 exchange exchange NN 1662 1475 39 reserves reserve NNS 1662 1475 40 to to IN 1662 1475 41 $ $ $ 1662 1475 42 60 60 CD 1662 1475 43 billion billion CD 1662 1475 44 in in IN 1662 1475 45 1996 1996 CD 1662 1475 46 ; ; : 1662 1475 47 stock stock NN 1662 1475 48 markets market NNS 1662 1475 49 reflected reflect VBD 1662 1475 50 this this DT 1662 1475 51 increased increase VBN 1662 1475 52 investor investor NN 1662 1475 53 confidence confidence NN 1662 1475 54 , , , 1662 1475 55 gaining gain VBG 1662 1475 56 53 53 CD 1662 1475 57 % % NN 1662 1475 58 in in IN 1662 1475 59 dollar dollar NN 1662 1475 60 terms term NNS 1662 1475 61 . . . 1662 1476 1 President President NNP 1662 1476 2 CARDOSO CARDOSO NNP 1662 1476 3 remains remain VBZ 1662 1476 4 committed committed JJ 1662 1476 5 to to IN 1662 1476 6 further further RB 1662 1476 7 reducing reduce VBG 1662 1476 8 inflation inflation NN 1662 1476 9 in in IN 1662 1476 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1476 11 and and CC 1662 1476 12 putting put VBG 1662 1476 13 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 1476 14 on on IN 1662 1476 15 track track NN 1662 1476 16 for for IN 1662 1476 17 expanded expand VBN 1662 1476 18 economic economic JJ 1662 1476 19 growth growth NN 1662 1476 20 , , , 1662 1476 21 but but CC 1662 1476 22 he -PRON- PRP 1662 1476 23 faces face VBZ 1662 1476 24 several several JJ 1662 1476 25 key key JJ 1662 1476 26 challenges challenge NNS 1662 1476 27 . . . 1662 1477 1 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1477 2 reforms reform NNS 1662 1477 3 requiring require VBG 1662 1477 4 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 1477 5 amendments amendment NNS 1662 1477 6 are be VBP 1662 1477 7 stalled stall VBN 1662 1477 8 in in IN 1662 1477 9 the the DT 1662 1477 10 Brazilian brazilian JJ 1662 1477 11 legislature legislature NN 1662 1477 12 ; ; : 1662 1477 13 in in IN 1662 1477 14 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1477 15 absence absence NN 1662 1477 16 , , , 1662 1477 17 the the DT 1662 1477 18 government government NN 1662 1477 19 is be VBZ 1662 1477 20 continuing continue VBG 1662 1477 21 to to TO 1662 1477 22 run run VB 1662 1477 23 deficits deficit NNS 1662 1477 24 and and CC 1662 1477 25 has have VBZ 1662 1477 26 limited limited JJ 1662 1477 27 room room NN 1662 1477 28 to to TO 1662 1477 29 relax relax VB 1662 1477 30 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1477 31 interest interest NN 1662 1477 32 and and CC 1662 1477 33 exchange exchange NN 1662 1477 34 rate rate NN 1662 1477 35 policies policy NNS 1662 1477 36 much much RB 1662 1477 37 if if IN 1662 1477 38 it -PRON- PRP 1662 1477 39 wants want VBZ 1662 1477 40 to to TO 1662 1477 41 keep keep VB 1662 1477 42 inflation inflation NN 1662 1477 43 under under IN 1662 1477 44 control control NN 1662 1477 45 . . . 1662 1478 1 High high JJ 1662 1478 2 interest interest NN 1662 1478 3 rates rate NNS 1662 1478 4 have have VBP 1662 1478 5 made make VBN 1662 1478 6 servicing service VBG 1662 1478 7 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1478 8 debt debt NN 1662 1478 9 dramatically dramatically RB 1662 1478 10 more more RBR 1662 1478 11 burdensome burdensome JJ 1662 1478 12 for for IN 1662 1478 13 both both CC 1662 1478 14 public public JJ 1662 1478 15 and and CC 1662 1478 16 private private JJ 1662 1478 17 sector sector NN 1662 1478 18 entities entity NNS 1662 1478 19 , , , 1662 1478 20 contributing contribute VBG 1662 1478 21 to to IN 1662 1478 22 federal federal JJ 1662 1478 23 and and CC 1662 1478 24 state state NN 1662 1478 25 budget budget NN 1662 1478 26 problems problem NNS 1662 1478 27 and and CC 1662 1478 28 a a DT 1662 1478 29 surge surge NN 1662 1478 30 in in IN 1662 1478 31 bankruptcies bankruptcy NNS 1662 1478 32 . . . 1662 1479 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1479 2 : : : 1662 1479 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1479 4 power power NN 1662 1479 5 parity parity NN 1662 1479 6 - - : 1662 1479 7 $ $ $ 1662 1479 8 1.022 1.022 CD 1662 1479 9 trillion trillion CD 1662 1479 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1479 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 1479 12 est est NNP 1662 1479 13 . . . 1662 1479 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1480 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1480 2 - - HYPH 1662 1480 3 real real JJ 1662 1480 4 growth growth NN 1662 1480 5 rate rate NN 1662 1480 6 : : : 1662 1480 7 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 1480 8 % % NN 1662 1480 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1480 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 1480 11 est est NNP 1662 1480 12 . . . 1662 1480 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1481 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1481 2 - - HYPH 1662 1481 3 per per FW 1662 1481 4 capita capita NN 1662 1481 5 : : : 1662 1481 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1481 7 power power NN 1662 1481 8 parity parity NN 1662 1481 9 - - : 1662 1481 10 $ $ $ 1662 1481 11 6,300 6,300 CD 1662 1481 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1481 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 1481 14 est est NNP 1662 1481 15 . . . 1662 1481 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1482 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1482 2 - - HYPH 1662 1482 3 composition composition NN 1662 1482 4 by by IN 1662 1482 5 sector sector NN 1662 1482 6 : : : 1662 1482 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1482 8 : : : 1662 1482 9 13 13 CD 1662 1482 10 % % NN 1662 1482 11 industry industry NN 1662 1482 12 : : : 1662 1482 13 38 38 CD 1662 1482 14 % % NN 1662 1482 15 services service NNS 1662 1482 16 : : : 1662 1482 17 49 49 CD 1662 1482 18 % % NN 1662 1482 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1482 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 1482 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1482 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 1482 23 rate rate NN 1662 1482 24 - - HYPH 1662 1482 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 1482 26 price price NN 1662 1482 27 index index NN 1662 1482 28 : : : 1662 1482 29 10 10 CD 1662 1482 30 % % NN 1662 1482 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1482 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 1482 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1482 34 Labor labor NN 1662 1482 35 force force NN 1662 1482 36 : : : 1662 1482 37 total total NN 1662 1482 38 : : : 1662 1482 39 57 57 CD 1662 1482 40 million million CD 1662 1482 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1482 42 1989 1989 CD 1662 1482 43 est est NNP 1662 1482 44 . . . 1662 1482 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1483 1 by by IN 1662 1483 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 1483 3 : : : 1662 1483 4 services service NNS 1662 1483 5 42 42 CD 1662 1483 6 % % NN 1662 1483 7 , , , 1662 1483 8 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1483 9 31 31 CD 1662 1483 10 % % NN 1662 1483 11 , , , 1662 1483 12 industry industry NN 1662 1483 13 27 27 CD 1662 1483 14 % % NN 1662 1483 15 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1483 16 rate rate NN 1662 1483 17 : : : 1662 1483 18 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 1483 19 % % NN 1662 1483 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1483 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 1483 22 est est NNP 1662 1483 23 . . . 1662 1483 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1484 1 Budget budget NN 1662 1484 2 : : : 1662 1484 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1484 4 : : : 1662 1484 5 $ $ $ 1662 1484 6 86 86 CD 1662 1484 7 billion billion CD 1662 1484 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1484 9 : : : 1662 1484 10 $ $ $ 1662 1484 11 90 90 CD 1662 1484 12 billion billion CD 1662 1484 13 , , , 1662 1484 14 including include VBG 1662 1484 15 capital capital NN 1662 1484 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1484 17 of of IN 1662 1484 18 $ $ $ 1662 1484 19 NA na NN 1662 1484 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1484 21 1995 1995 CD 1662 1484 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1484 23 Industries industry NNS 1662 1484 24 : : : 1662 1484 25 textiles textile NNS 1662 1484 26 , , , 1662 1484 27 shoes shoe NNS 1662 1484 28 , , , 1662 1484 29 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 1484 30 , , , 1662 1484 31 cement cement NN 1662 1484 32 , , , 1662 1484 33 lumber lumber NN 1662 1484 34 , , , 1662 1484 35 iron iron NN 1662 1484 36 ore ore NN 1662 1484 37 , , , 1662 1484 38 tin tin NN 1662 1484 39 , , , 1662 1484 40 steel steel NN 1662 1484 41 , , , 1662 1484 42 aircraft aircraft NN 1662 1484 43 , , , 1662 1484 44 motor motor NN 1662 1484 45 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 1484 46 and and CC 1662 1484 47 parts part NNS 1662 1484 48 , , , 1662 1484 49 other other JJ 1662 1484 50 machinery machinery NN 1662 1484 51 and and CC 1662 1484 52 equipment equipment NN 1662 1484 53 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 1484 54 production production NN 1662 1484 55 growth growth NN 1662 1484 56 rate rate NN 1662 1484 57 : : : 1662 1484 58 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 1484 59 % % NN 1662 1484 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1484 61 1995 1995 CD 1662 1484 62 est est NNP 1662 1484 63 . . . 1662 1484 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1485 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1485 2 - - HYPH 1662 1485 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 1485 4 : : : 1662 1485 5 59.036 59.036 CD 1662 1485 6 million million CD 1662 1485 7 kW kW NNP 1662 1485 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1485 9 1995 1995 CD 1662 1485 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1485 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1485 12 - - HYPH 1662 1485 13 production production NN 1662 1485 14 : : : 1662 1485 15 268.874 268.874 CD 1662 1485 16 billion billion CD 1662 1485 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1485 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1485 19 1995 1995 CD 1662 1485 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1485 21 note note NN 1662 1485 22 : : : 1662 1485 23 imports import NNS 1662 1485 24 some some DT 1662 1485 25 electricity electricity NN 1662 1485 26 from from IN 1662 1485 27 Paraguay Paraguay NNP 1662 1485 28 Electricity Electricity NNP 1662 1485 29 - - HYPH 1662 1485 30 consumption consumption NN 1662 1485 31 per per IN 1662 1485 32 capita capita NN 1662 1485 33 : : : 1662 1485 34 1,572 1,572 CD 1662 1485 35 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1485 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1485 37 1995 1995 CD 1662 1485 38 est est NNP 1662 1485 39 . . . 1662 1485 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1486 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1486 2 - - HYPH 1662 1486 3 products product NNS 1662 1486 4 : : : 1662 1486 5 coffee coffee NN 1662 1486 6 , , , 1662 1486 7 soybeans soybean NNS 1662 1486 8 , , , 1662 1486 9 wheat wheat NN 1662 1486 10 , , , 1662 1486 11 rice rice NN 1662 1486 12 , , , 1662 1486 13 corn corn NN 1662 1486 14 , , , 1662 1486 15 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 1486 16 , , , 1662 1486 17 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 1486 18 , , , 1662 1486 19 citrus citrus NN 1662 1486 20 ; ; : 1662 1486 21 beef beef NN 1662 1486 22 Exports export NNS 1662 1486 23 : : : 1662 1486 24 total total JJ 1662 1486 25 value value NN 1662 1486 26 : : : 1662 1486 27 $ $ $ 1662 1486 28 47.7 47.7 CD 1662 1486 29 billion billion CD 1662 1486 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1486 31 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 1486 32 . . NNP 1662 1486 33 , , , 1662 1486 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 1486 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1486 36 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1486 37 : : : 1662 1486 38 iron iron NN 1662 1486 39 ore ore NNP 1662 1486 40 , , , 1662 1486 41 soybean soybean NN 1662 1486 42 bran bran NN 1662 1486 43 , , , 1662 1486 44 orange orange NNP 1662 1486 45 juice juice NNP 1662 1486 46 , , , 1662 1486 47 footwear footwear NN 1662 1486 48 , , , 1662 1486 49 coffee coffee NN 1662 1486 50 , , , 1662 1486 51 motor motor NN 1662 1486 52 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 1486 53 parts part NNS 1662 1486 54 partners partner NNS 1662 1486 55 : : : 1662 1486 56 EU EU NNP 1662 1486 57 26 26 CD 1662 1486 58 % % NN 1662 1486 59 , , , 1662 1486 60 Latin Latin NNP 1662 1486 61 America America NNP 1662 1486 62 22 22 CD 1662 1486 63 % % NN 1662 1486 64 , , , 1662 1486 65 US US NNP 1662 1486 66 23 23 CD 1662 1486 67 % % NN 1662 1486 68 , , , 1662 1486 69 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 1486 70 11 11 CD 1662 1486 71 % % NN 1662 1486 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1486 73 1995 1995 CD 1662 1486 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1486 75 Imports import NNS 1662 1486 76 : : : 1662 1486 77 total total JJ 1662 1486 78 value value NN 1662 1486 79 : : : 1662 1486 80 $ $ $ 1662 1486 81 53.3 53.3 CD 1662 1486 82 billion billion CD 1662 1486 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1486 84 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 1486 85 . . NNP 1662 1486 86 , , , 1662 1486 87 1996 1996 CD 1662 1486 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1486 89 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1486 90 : : : 1662 1486 91 crude crude JJ 1662 1486 92 oil oil NN 1662 1486 93 , , , 1662 1486 94 capital capital NN 1662 1486 95 goods good NNS 1662 1486 96 , , , 1662 1486 97 chemical chemical NN 1662 1486 98 products product NNS 1662 1486 99 , , , 1662 1486 100 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 1486 101 , , , 1662 1486 102 coal coal NN 1662 1486 103 partners partner NNS 1662 1486 104 : : : 1662 1486 105 EU EU NNP 1662 1486 106 26 26 CD 1662 1486 107 % % NN 1662 1486 108 , , , 1662 1486 109 US US NNP 1662 1486 110 24 24 CD 1662 1486 111 % % NN 1662 1486 112 , , , 1662 1486 113 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 1486 114 11 11 CD 1662 1486 115 % % NN 1662 1486 116 , , , 1662 1486 117 Japan Japan NNP 1662 1486 118 5 5 CD 1662 1486 119 % % NN 1662 1486 120 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1486 121 1995 1995 CD 1662 1486 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1486 123 Debt debt NN 1662 1486 124 - - HYPH 1662 1486 125 external external JJ 1662 1486 126 : : : 1662 1486 127 $ $ $ 1662 1486 128 176 176 CD 1662 1486 129 billion billion CD 1662 1486 130 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1486 131 December December NNP 1662 1486 132 1996 1996 CD 1662 1486 133 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1486 134 Economic economic JJ 1662 1486 135 aid aid NN 1662 1486 136 : : : 1662 1486 137 recipient recipient NN 1662 1486 138 : : : 1662 1486 139 ODA ODA NNP 1662 1486 140 , , , 1662 1486 141 $ $ $ 1662 1486 142 107 107 CD 1662 1486 143 million million CD 1662 1486 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1486 145 1993 1993 CD 1662 1486 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1486 147 Currency currency NN 1662 1486 148 : : : 1662 1486 149 1 1 CD 1662 1486 150 real real JJ 1662 1486 151 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1486 152 R$ R$ NNP 1662 1486 153 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1486 154 = = NFP 1662 1486 155 100 100 CD 1662 1486 156 centavos centavos NNP 1662 1486 157 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1486 158 rates rate NNS 1662 1486 159 : : : 1662 1486 160 R$ r$ $ 1662 1486 161 per per IN 1662 1486 162 US$ us$ $ 1662 1486 163 1 1 CD 1662 1486 164 - - SYM 1662 1486 165 1.043 1.043 CD 1662 1486 166 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1486 167 January January NNP 1662 1486 168 1997 1997 CD 1662 1486 169 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1486 170 , , , 1662 1486 171 1.005 1.005 CD 1662 1486 172 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1486 173 1996 1996 CD 1662 1486 174 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1486 175 , , , 1662 1486 176 0.918 0.918 CD 1662 1486 177 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1486 178 1995 1995 CD 1662 1486 179 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1486 180 , , , 1662 1486 181 0.639 0.639 CD 1662 1486 182 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1486 183 1994 1994 CD 1662 1486 184 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1486 185 ; ; : 1662 1486 186 CR$ cr$ $ 1662 1486 187 per per IN 1662 1486 188 US$ us$ $ 1662 1486 189 1 1 CD 1662 1486 190 - - SYM 1662 1486 191 390.845 390.845 CD 1662 1486 192 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1486 193 January January NNP 1662 1486 194 1994 1994 CD 1662 1486 195 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1486 196 , , , 1662 1486 197 88.449 88.449 CD 1662 1486 198 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1486 199 1993 1993 CD 1662 1486 200 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1486 201 , , , 1662 1486 202 4.513 4.513 CD 1662 1486 203 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1486 204 1992 1992 CD 1662 1486 205 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1486 206 note note NN 1662 1486 207 : : : 1662 1486 208 on on IN 1662 1486 209 1 1 CD 1662 1486 210 August August NNP 1662 1486 211 1993 1993 CD 1662 1486 212 the the DT 1662 1486 213 cruzeiro cruzeiro NNP 1662 1486 214 real real JJ 1662 1486 215 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1486 216 CR$ CR$ NNP 1662 1486 217 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1486 218 , , , 1662 1486 219 equal equal JJ 1662 1486 220 to to IN 1662 1486 221 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1486 222 cruzeiros cruzeiro NNS 1662 1486 223 , , , 1662 1486 224 was be VBD 1662 1486 225 introduced introduce VBN 1662 1486 226 ; ; : 1662 1486 227 another another DT 1662 1486 228 new new JJ 1662 1486 229 currency currency NN 1662 1486 230 , , , 1662 1486 231 the the DT 1662 1486 232 real real JJ 1662 1486 233 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1486 234 R$ R$ NNP 1662 1486 235 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1486 236 was be VBD 1662 1486 237 introduced introduce VBN 1662 1486 238 on on IN 1662 1486 239 1 1 CD 1662 1486 240 July July NNP 1662 1486 241 1994 1994 CD 1662 1486 242 , , , 1662 1486 243 equal equal JJ 1662 1486 244 to to IN 1662 1486 245 2,750 2,750 CD 1662 1486 246 cruzeiro cruzeiro NNP 1662 1486 247 reais reais JJ 1662 1486 248 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1486 249 year year NN 1662 1486 250 : : : 1662 1486 251 calendar calendar NNP 1662 1486 252 year year NN 1662 1486 253 @Brazil @brazil XX 1662 1486 254 : : : 1662 1486 255 Communications communication NNS 1662 1486 256 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 1486 257 : : : 1662 1486 258 14,426,673 14,426,673 CD 1662 1486 259 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1486 260 1992 1992 CD 1662 1486 261 est est NNP 1662 1486 262 . . . 1662 1486 263 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1487 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1487 2 system system NN 1662 1487 3 : : : 1662 1487 4 good good JJ 1662 1487 5 working working NN 1662 1487 6 system system NN 1662 1487 7 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1487 8 : : : 1662 1487 9 extensive extensive JJ 1662 1487 10 microwave microwave NN 1662 1487 11 radio radio NN 1662 1487 12 relay relay NN 1662 1487 13 system system NN 1662 1487 14 and and CC 1662 1487 15 a a DT 1662 1487 16 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1487 17 satellite satellite NN 1662 1487 18 system system NN 1662 1487 19 with with IN 1662 1487 20 64 64 CD 1662 1487 21 earth earth NN 1662 1487 22 stations station NNS 1662 1487 23 international international JJ 1662 1487 24 : : : 1662 1487 25 3 3 CD 1662 1487 26 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 1487 27 submarine submarine NN 1662 1487 28 cables cable NNS 1662 1487 29 ; ; : 1662 1487 30 satellite satellite NN 1662 1487 31 earth earth NN 1662 1487 32 stations station NNS 1662 1487 33 - - , 1662 1487 34 3 3 CD 1662 1487 35 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1487 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1487 37 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1487 38 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1487 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1487 40 , , , 1662 1487 41 1 1 CD 1662 1487 42 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 1487 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1487 44 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1487 45 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1487 46 Region Region NNP 1662 1487 47 East East NNP 1662 1487 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1487 49 Radio Radio NNP 1662 1487 50 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1487 51 stations station NNS 1662 1487 52 : : : 1662 1487 53 AM am VBP 1662 1487 54 1,223 1,223 CD 1662 1487 55 , , , 1662 1487 56 FM FM NNP 1662 1487 57 0 0 CD 1662 1487 58 , , , 1662 1487 59 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 1487 60 151 151 CD 1662 1487 61 Radios radio NNS 1662 1487 62 : : : 1662 1487 63 60 60 CD 1662 1487 64 million million CD 1662 1487 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1487 66 1993 1993 CD 1662 1487 67 est est NNP 1662 1487 68 . . . 1662 1487 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1488 1 Television television NN 1662 1488 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1488 3 stations station NNS 1662 1488 4 : : : 1662 1488 5 112 112 CD 1662 1488 6 note note NN 1662 1488 7 : : : 1662 1488 8 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 1488 9 has have VBZ 1662 1488 10 the the DT 1662 1488 11 world world NN 1662 1488 12 's 's POS 1662 1488 13 fourth fourth RB 1662 1488 14 largest large JJS 1662 1488 15 television television NN 1662 1488 16 broadcasting broadcasting NN 1662 1488 17 system system NN 1662 1488 18 Televisions Televisions NNP 1662 1488 19 : : : 1662 1488 20 30 30 CD 1662 1488 21 million million CD 1662 1488 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1488 23 1993 1993 CD 1662 1488 24 est est NNP 1662 1488 25 . . . 1662 1488 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1489 1 @Brazil @brazil LS 1662 1489 2 : : : 1662 1489 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1489 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1489 5 : : : 1662 1489 6 total total JJ 1662 1489 7 : : : 1662 1489 8 27,418 27,418 CD 1662 1489 9 km km NNS 1662 1489 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1489 11 1,750 1,750 CD 1662 1489 12 km km NN 1662 1489 13 electrified electrify VBN 1662 1489 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1489 15 broad broad JJ 1662 1489 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 1489 17 : : : 1662 1489 18 5,730 5,730 CD 1662 1489 19 km km NN 1662 1489 20 1.600-m 1.600-m CD 1662 1489 21 gauge gauge NN 1662 1489 22 standard standard JJ 1662 1489 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 1489 24 : : : 1662 1489 25 194 194 CD 1662 1489 26 km km NN 1662 1489 27 1.440-m 1.440-m CD 1662 1489 28 gauge gauge VB 1662 1489 29 narrow narrow JJ 1662 1489 30 gauge gauge NN 1662 1489 31 : : : 1662 1489 32 20,958 20,958 CD 1662 1489 33 km km NN 1662 1489 34 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 1489 35 gauge gauge NN 1662 1489 36 ; ; : 1662 1489 37 13 13 CD 1662 1489 38 km km NN 1662 1489 39 0.760-m 0.760-m NN 1662 1489 40 gauge gauge NN 1662 1489 41 dual dual JJ 1662 1489 42 gauge gauge NN 1662 1489 43 : : : 1662 1489 44 523 523 CD 1662 1489 45 km km NN 1662 1489 46 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 1489 47 and and CC 1662 1489 48 1.600-m 1.600-m NN 1662 1489 49 gauges gauge VBZ 1662 1489 50 Highways highway NNS 1662 1489 51 : : : 1662 1489 52 total total NN 1662 1489 53 : : : 1662 1489 54 1.939 1.939 CD 1662 1489 55 million million CD 1662 1489 56 km km NNS 1662 1489 57 paved pave VBN 1662 1489 58 : : : 1662 1489 59 178,388 178,388 CD 1662 1489 60 km km NN 1662 1489 61 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1489 62 : : : 1662 1489 63 1,760,612 1,760,612 CD 1662 1489 64 km km NNS 1662 1489 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1489 66 1995 1995 CD 1662 1489 67 est est NNP 1662 1489 68 . . . 1662 1489 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1490 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 1490 2 : : : 1662 1490 3 50,000 50,000 CD 1662 1490 4 km km NNS 1662 1490 5 navigable navigable JJ 1662 1490 6 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 1490 7 : : : 1662 1490 8 crude crude JJ 1662 1490 9 oil oil NN 1662 1490 10 2,000 2,000 CD 1662 1490 11 km km NN 1662 1490 12 ; ; : 1662 1490 13 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1490 14 products product NNS 1662 1490 15 3,804 3,804 CD 1662 1490 16 km km NN 1662 1490 17 ; ; : 1662 1490 18 natural natural JJ 1662 1490 19 gas gas NN 1662 1490 20 1,095 1,095 CD 1662 1490 21 km km NN 1662 1490 22 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 1490 23 and and CC 1662 1490 24 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1490 25 : : : 1662 1490 26 Belem Belem NNP 1662 1490 27 , , , 1662 1490 28 Fortaleza Fortaleza NNP 1662 1490 29 , , , 1662 1490 30 Ilheus Ilheus NNP 1662 1490 31 , , , 1662 1490 32 Imbituba Imbituba NNP 1662 1490 33 , , , 1662 1490 34 Manaus Manaus NNP 1662 1490 35 , , , 1662 1490 36 Paranagua Paranagua NNP 1662 1490 37 , , , 1662 1490 38 Porto Porto NNP 1662 1490 39 Alegre Alegre NNP 1662 1490 40 , , , 1662 1490 41 Recife Recife NNP 1662 1490 42 , , , 1662 1490 43 Rio Rio NNP 1662 1490 44 de de NNP 1662 1490 45 Janeiro Janeiro NNP 1662 1490 46 , , , 1662 1490 47 Rio Rio NNP 1662 1490 48 Grande Grande NNP 1662 1490 49 , , , 1662 1490 50 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 1490 51 , , , 1662 1490 52 Santos Santos NNP 1662 1490 53 , , , 1662 1490 54 Vitoria Vitoria NNP 1662 1490 55 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 1490 56 marine marine NN 1662 1490 57 : : : 1662 1490 58 total total NN 1662 1490 59 : : : 1662 1490 60 193 193 CD 1662 1490 61 ships ship NNS 1662 1490 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1490 63 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1490 64 GRT GRT NNP 1662 1490 65 or or CC 1662 1490 66 over over RB 1662 1490 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1490 68 totaling total VBG 1662 1490 69 4,475,748 4,475,748 CD 1662 1490 70 GRT/7,175,061 GRT/7,175,061 . 1662 1490 71 DWT dwt NN 1662 1490 72 ships ship NNS 1662 1490 73 by by IN 1662 1490 74 type type NN 1662 1490 75 : : : 1662 1490 76 bulk bulk NNP 1662 1490 77 42 42 CD 1662 1490 78 , , , 1662 1490 79 cargo cargo NN 1662 1490 80 26 26 CD 1662 1490 81 , , , 1662 1490 82 chemical chemical NN 1662 1490 83 tanker tanker NN 1662 1490 84 10 10 CD 1662 1490 85 , , , 1662 1490 86 combination combination NN 1662 1490 87 ore ore NN 1662 1490 88 / / SYM 1662 1490 89 oil oil NN 1662 1490 90 11 11 CD 1662 1490 91 , , , 1662 1490 92 container container NN 1662 1490 93 13 13 CD 1662 1490 94 , , , 1662 1490 95 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 1490 96 gas gas NN 1662 1490 97 tanker tanker NN 1662 1490 98 11 11 CD 1662 1490 99 , , , 1662 1490 100 multifunction multifunction NN 1662 1490 101 large large JJ 1662 1490 102 - - HYPH 1662 1490 103 load load NN 1662 1490 104 carrier carrier NN 1662 1490 105 1 1 CD 1662 1490 106 , , , 1662 1490 107 oil oil NN 1662 1490 108 tanker tanker NN 1662 1490 109 62 62 CD 1662 1490 110 , , , 1662 1490 111 passenger passenger NN 1662 1490 112 - - HYPH 1662 1490 113 cargo cargo NN 1662 1490 114 5 5 CD 1662 1490 115 , , , 1662 1490 116 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 1490 117 cargo cargo NN 1662 1490 118 1 1 CD 1662 1490 119 , , , 1662 1490 120 roll roll NN 1662 1490 121 - - HYPH 1662 1490 122 on on IN 1662 1490 123 / / SYM 1662 1490 124 roll roll NN 1662 1490 125 - - HYPH 1662 1490 126 off off RP 1662 1490 127 cargo cargo NN 1662 1490 128 11 11 CD 1662 1490 129 note note NN 1662 1490 130 : : : 1662 1490 131 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 1490 132 owns own VBZ 1662 1490 133 16 16 CD 1662 1490 134 additional additional JJ 1662 1490 135 ships ship NNS 1662 1490 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1490 137 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1490 138 GRT GRT NNP 1662 1490 139 or or CC 1662 1490 140 over over RB 1662 1490 141 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1490 142 totaling total VBG 1662 1490 143 1,270,275 1,270,275 CD 1662 1490 144 DWT DWT NNP 1662 1490 145 that that WDT 1662 1490 146 operate operate VBP 1662 1490 147 under under IN 1662 1490 148 Bahamian Bahamian NNP 1662 1490 149 , , , 1662 1490 150 Liberian liberian JJ 1662 1490 151 , , , 1662 1490 152 Panamanian Panamanian NNP 1662 1490 153 , , , 1662 1490 154 and and CC 1662 1490 155 St. St. NNP 1662 1490 156 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 1490 157 and and CC 1662 1490 158 the the DT 1662 1490 159 Grenadines Grenadines NNP 1662 1490 160 registry registry NN 1662 1490 161 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1490 162 1996 1996 CD 1662 1490 163 est est NNP 1662 1490 164 . . . 1662 1490 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1491 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1491 2 : : : 1662 1491 3 2,871 2,871 CD 1662 1491 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1491 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1491 6 est est NNP 1662 1491 7 . . . 1662 1491 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1492 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1492 2 - - , 1662 1492 3 with with IN 1662 1492 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1492 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1492 6 : : : 1662 1492 7 total total NN 1662 1492 8 : : : 1662 1492 9 1,658 1,658 CD 1662 1492 10 over over IN 1662 1492 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1492 12 m m NN 1662 1492 13 : : : 1662 1492 14 5 5 CD 1662 1492 15 2,438 2,438 CD 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16 914 914 CD 1662 1493 17 to to TO 1662 1493 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1493 19 m m NN 1662 1493 20 : : : 1662 1493 21 1,146 1,146 CD 1662 1493 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1493 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 1493 24 est est NNP 1662 1493 25 . . . 1662 1493 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1494 1 Military military JJ 1662 1494 2 Military military JJ 1662 1494 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1494 4 : : : 1662 1494 5 Brazilian brazilian JJ 1662 1494 6 Army Army NNP 1662 1494 7 , , , 1662 1494 8 Brazilian Brazilian NNP 1662 1494 9 Navy Navy NNP 1662 1494 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1494 11 includes include VBZ 1662 1494 12 Marines Marines NNPS 1662 1494 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1494 14 , , , 1662 1494 15 Brazilian Brazilian NNP 1662 1494 16 Air Air NNP 1662 1494 17 Force Force NNP 1662 1494 18 , , , 1662 1494 19 Federal Federal NNP 1662 1494 20 Police Police NNP 1662 1494 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1494 22 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 1494 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1494 24 Military military JJ 1662 1494 25 manpower manpower NN 1662 1494 26 - - HYPH 1662 1494 27 military military NN 1662 1494 28 age age NN 1662 1494 29 : : : 1662 1494 30 18 18 CD 1662 1494 31 years year NNS 1662 1494 32 of of IN 1662 1494 33 age age NN 1662 1494 34 Military military JJ 1662 1494 35 manpower manpower NN 1662 1494 36 - - HYPH 1662 1494 37 availability availability NN 1662 1494 38 : : : 1662 1494 39 males male NNS 1662 1494 40 age age NNP 1662 1494 41 15 15 CD 1662 1494 42 - - HYPH 1662 1494 43 49 49 CD 1662 1494 44 : : : 1662 1494 45 45,876,084 45,876,084 CD 1662 1494 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1494 47 1997 1997 CD 1662 1494 48 est est NNP 1662 1494 49 . . . 1662 1494 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1495 1 Military military JJ 1662 1495 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1495 3 - - HYPH 1662 1495 4 fit fit NN 1662 1495 5 for for IN 1662 1495 6 military military JJ 1662 1495 7 service service NN 1662 1495 8 : : : 1662 1495 9 males male NNS 1662 1495 10 : : : 1662 1495 11 30,843,947 30,843,947 CD 1662 1495 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1495 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1495 14 est est NNP 1662 1495 15 . . . 1662 1495 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1496 1 Military military JJ 1662 1496 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1496 3 - - HYPH 1662 1496 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 1496 5 military military JJ 1662 1496 6 age age NN 1662 1496 7 annually annually RB 1662 1496 8 : : : 1662 1496 9 males male NNS 1662 1496 10 : : : 1662 1496 11 1,756,732 1,756,732 CD 1662 1496 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1496 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1496 14 est est NNP 1662 1496 15 . . . 1662 1496 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1497 1 Military military JJ 1662 1497 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1497 3 - - HYPH 1662 1497 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1497 5 figure figure NN 1662 1497 6 : : : 1662 1497 7 $ $ $ 1662 1497 8 6.736 6.736 CD 1662 1497 9 billion billion CD 1662 1497 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1497 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 1497 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1497 13 Military military JJ 1662 1497 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1497 15 - - : 1662 1497 16 percent percent NN 1662 1497 17 of of IN 1662 1497 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1497 19 : : : 1662 1497 20 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 1497 21 % % 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212 _ _ NNP 1662 1497 213 _ _ NNP 1662 1497 214 _ _ NNP 1662 1497 215 _ _ NNP 1662 1497 216 _ _ NNP 1662 1497 217 _ _ NNP 1662 1497 218 _ _ NNP 1662 1497 219 _ _ NNP 1662 1497 220 _ _ NNP 1662 1497 221 _ _ NNP 1662 1497 222 BRITISH BRITISH NNP 1662 1497 223 INDIAN INDIAN NNP 1662 1497 224 OCEAN ocean NN 1662 1497 225 TERRITORY TERRITORY NNP 1662 1497 226 Territory territory NN 1662 1497 227 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1497 228 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1497 229 dependent dependent JJ 1662 1497 230 territory territory NN 1662 1497 231 of of IN 1662 1497 232 the the DT 1662 1497 233 UK UK NNP 1662 1497 234 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1497 235 @British @British NNP 1662 1497 236 Indian Indian NNP 1662 1497 237 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1497 238 Territory Territory NNP 1662 1497 239 : : : 1662 1497 240 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1497 241 Location Location NNP 1662 1497 242 : : : 1662 1497 243 Southern Southern NNP 1662 1497 244 Asia Asia NNP 1662 1497 245 , , , 1662 1497 246 archipelago archipelago NN 1662 1497 247 in in IN 1662 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1497 397 : : : 1662 1497 398 NA% na% IN 1662 1497 399 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1497 400 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1497 401 : : : 1662 1497 402 NA% NA% NNS 1662 1497 403 forests forest NNS 1662 1497 404 and and CC 1662 1497 405 woodland woodland NN 1662 1497 406 : : : 1662 1497 407 NA% NA% NNS 1662 1497 408 other other JJ 1662 1497 409 : : : 1662 1497 410 100 100 CD 1662 1497 411 % % NN 1662 1497 412 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1497 413 1993 1993 CD 1662 1497 414 est est NNP 1662 1497 415 . . . 1662 1497 416 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1498 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1498 2 land land NN 1662 1498 3 : : : 1662 1498 4 0 0 LS 1662 1498 5 sq sq NNP 1662 1498 6 km km NNP 1662 1498 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1498 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1498 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1498 10 Natural natural JJ 1662 1498 11 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1498 12 : : : 1662 1498 13 NA NA NNP 1662 1498 14 Environment environment NN 1662 1498 15 - - HYPH 1662 1498 16 current current JJ 1662 1498 17 issues issue NNS 1662 1498 18 : : : 1662 1498 19 NA NA NNP 1662 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1662 1498 56 in in IN 1662 1498 57 central central JJ 1662 1498 58 Indian Indian NNP 1662 1498 59 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1498 60 ; ; : 1662 1498 61 island island NN 1662 1498 62 is be VBZ 1662 1498 63 site site NN 1662 1498 64 of of IN 1662 1498 65 joint joint JJ 1662 1498 66 US US NNP 1662 1498 67 - - HYPH 1662 1498 68 UK UK NNP 1662 1498 69 military military JJ 1662 1498 70 facility facility NN 1662 1498 71 @British @british NN 1662 1498 72 Indian Indian NNP 1662 1498 73 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1498 74 Territory territory NN 1662 1498 75 : : : 1662 1498 76 People People NNP 1662 1498 77 Population Population NNP 1662 1498 78 : : : 1662 1498 79 no no DT 1662 1498 80 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 1498 81 inhabitants inhabitant NNS 1662 1498 82 note note VBP 1662 1498 83 : : : 1662 1498 84 there there EX 1662 1498 85 are be VBP 1662 1498 86 UK UK NNP 1662 1498 87 - - HYPH 1662 1498 88 US US NNP 1662 1498 89 military military JJ 1662 1498 90 personnel personnel NNS 1662 1498 91 and and CC 1662 1498 92 civilian civilian JJ 1662 1498 93 contractors contractor NNS 1662 1498 94 ; ; , 1662 1498 95 civilian civilian JJ 1662 1498 96 inhabitants inhabitant NNS 1662 1498 97 , , , 1662 1498 98 known know VBN 1662 1498 99 as as IN 1662 1498 100 the the DT 1662 1498 101 Ilois Ilois NNP 1662 1498 102 , , , 1662 1498 103 evacuated evacuate VBN 1662 1498 104 to to IN 1662 1498 105 Mauritius Mauritius NNP 1662 1498 106 before before IN 1662 1498 107 construction construction NN 1662 1498 108 of of IN 1662 1498 109 UK UK NNP 1662 1498 110 - - HYPH 1662 1498 111 US US NNP 1662 1498 112 military military JJ 1662 1498 113 facilities facility NNS 1662 1498 114 @British @british JJ 1662 1498 115 Indian Indian NNP 1662 1498 116 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1498 117 Territory territory NN 1662 1498 118 : : : 1662 1498 119 Government Government NNP 1662 1498 120 Country Country NNP 1662 1498 121 name name NN 1662 1498 122 : : : 1662 1498 123 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1498 124 long long JJ 1662 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1512 70 , , , 1662 1512 71 none none NN 1662 1512 72 2 2 CD 1662 1512 73 % % NN 1662 1512 74 , , , 1662 1512 75 other other JJ 1662 1512 76 6 6 CD 1662 1512 77 % % NN 1662 1512 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1512 79 1981 1981 CD 1662 1512 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1512 81 Languages language NNS 1662 1512 82 : : : 1662 1512 83 English English NNP 1662 1512 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1512 85 official official JJ 1662 1512 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1512 87 Literacy literacy NN 1662 1512 88 : : : 1662 1512 89 definition definition NN 1662 1512 90 : : : 1662 1512 91 age age NN 1662 1512 92 15 15 CD 1662 1512 93 and and CC 1662 1512 94 over over RB 1662 1512 95 can can MD 1662 1512 96 read read VB 1662 1512 97 and and CC 1662 1512 98 write write VB 1662 1512 99 total total JJ 1662 1512 100 population population NN 1662 1512 101 : : : 1662 1512 102 97.8 97.8 CD 1662 1512 103 % % NN 1662 1512 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1512 105 1991 1991 CD 1662 1512 106 est est NNP 1662 1512 107 . . . 1662 1512 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1513 1 male male NN 1662 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- HYPH 1662 1513 484 overview overview NN 1662 1513 485 : : : 1662 1513 486 The the DT 1662 1513 487 economy economy NN 1662 1513 488 , , , 1662 1513 489 one one CD 1662 1513 490 of of IN 1662 1513 491 the the DT 1662 1513 492 most most RBS 1662 1513 493 prosperous prosperous JJ 1662 1513 494 in in IN 1662 1513 495 the the DT 1662 1513 496 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 1513 497 , , , 1662 1513 498 is be VBZ 1662 1513 499 highly highly RB 1662 1513 500 dependent dependent JJ 1662 1513 501 on on IN 1662 1513 502 tourism tourism NN 1662 1513 503 , , , 1662 1513 504 which which WDT 1662 1513 505 generates generate VBZ 1662 1513 506 an an DT 1662 1513 507 estimated estimate VBN 1662 1513 508 45 45 CD 1662 1513 509 % % NN 1662 1513 510 of of IN 1662 1513 511 the the DT 1662 1513 512 national national JJ 1662 1513 513 income income NN 1662 1513 514 . . . 1662 1514 1 In in IN 1662 1514 2 1985 1985 CD 1662 1514 3 , , , 1662 1514 4 the the DT 1662 1514 5 government government NN 1662 1514 6 began begin VBD 1662 1514 7 offering offer VBG 1662 1514 8 offshore offshore JJ 1662 1514 9 registration registration NN 1662 1514 10 to to IN 1662 1514 11 companies company NNS 1662 1514 12 wishing wish VBG 1662 1514 13 to to TO 1662 1514 14 incorporate incorporate VB 1662 1514 15 in in IN 1662 1514 16 the the DT 1662 1514 17 islands island NNS 1662 1514 18 , , , 1662 1514 19 and and CC 1662 1514 20 incorporation incorporation NN 1662 1514 21 fees fee NNS 1662 1514 22 now now RB 1662 1514 23 generate generate VBP 1662 1514 24 substantial substantial JJ 1662 1514 25 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1514 26 . . . 1662 1515 1 The the DT 1662 1515 2 adoption adoption NN 1662 1515 3 of of IN 1662 1515 4 a a DT 1662 1515 5 comprehensive comprehensive JJ 1662 1515 6 insurance insurance NN 1662 1515 7 law law NN 1662 1515 8 in in IN 1662 1515 9 late late JJ 1662 1515 10 1994 1994 CD 1662 1515 11 , , , 1662 1515 12 which which WDT 1662 1515 13 provides provide VBZ 1662 1515 14 a a DT 1662 1515 15 blanket blanket NN 1662 1515 16 of of IN 1662 1515 17 confidentiality confidentiality NN 1662 1515 18 with with IN 1662 1515 19 regulated regulate VBN 1662 1515 20 statutory statutory JJ 1662 1515 21 gateways gateway NNS 1662 1515 22 for for IN 1662 1515 23 investigation investigation NN 1662 1515 24 of of IN 1662 1515 25 criminal criminal JJ 1662 1515 26 offenses offense NNS 1662 1515 27 , , , 1662 1515 28 is be VBZ 1662 1515 29 expected expect VBN 1662 1515 30 to to TO 1662 1515 31 make make VB 1662 1515 32 the the DT 1662 1515 33 British british JJ 1662 1515 34 Virgin Virgin NNP 1662 1515 35 Islands Islands NNP 1662 1515 36 even even RB 1662 1515 37 more more RBR 1662 1515 38 attractive attractive JJ 1662 1515 39 to to IN 1662 1515 40 international international JJ 1662 1515 41 business business NN 1662 1515 42 . . . 1662 1516 1 Livestock livestock NN 1662 1516 2 raising raising NN 1662 1516 3 is be VBZ 1662 1516 4 the the DT 1662 1516 5 most most RBS 1662 1516 6 important important JJ 1662 1516 7 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 1516 8 activity activity NN 1662 1516 9 ; ; , 1662 1516 10 poor poor JJ 1662 1516 11 soils soil NNS 1662 1516 12 limit limit VBP 1662 1516 13 the the DT 1662 1516 14 islands island NNS 1662 1516 15 ' ' POS 1662 1516 16 ability ability NN 1662 1516 17 to to TO 1662 1516 18 meet meet VB 1662 1516 19 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1516 20 food food NN 1662 1516 21 requirements requirement NNS 1662 1516 22 . . . 1662 1517 1 Because because IN 1662 1517 2 of of IN 1662 1517 3 traditional traditional JJ 1662 1517 4 close close JJ 1662 1517 5 links link NNS 1662 1517 6 with with IN 1662 1517 7 the the DT 1662 1517 8 US US NNP 1662 1517 9 Virgin Virgin NNP 1662 1517 10 Islands Islands NNP 1662 1517 11 , , , 1662 1517 12 the the DT 1662 1517 13 British british JJ 1662 1517 14 Virgin Virgin NNP 1662 1517 15 Islands Islands NNP 1662 1517 16 have have VBP 1662 1517 17 used use VBN 1662 1517 18 the the DT 1662 1517 19 dollar dollar NN 1662 1517 20 as as IN 1662 1517 21 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1517 22 currency currency NN 1662 1517 23 since since IN 1662 1517 24 1959 1959 CD 1662 1517 25 . . . 1662 1518 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1518 2 : : : 1662 1518 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1518 4 power power NN 1662 1518 5 parity parity NN 1662 1518 6 - - : 1662 1518 7 $ $ $ 1662 1518 8 135 135 CD 1662 1518 9 million million CD 1662 1518 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1518 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 1518 12 est est NNP 1662 1518 13 . . . 1662 1518 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1519 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1519 2 - - HYPH 1662 1519 3 real real JJ 1662 1519 4 growth growth NN 1662 1519 5 rate rate NN 1662 1519 6 : : : 1662 1519 7 4 4 CD 1662 1519 8 % % NN 1662 1519 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1519 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 1519 11 est est NNP 1662 1519 12 . . . 1662 1519 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1520 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1520 2 - - HYPH 1662 1520 3 per per FW 1662 1520 4 capita capita NN 1662 1520 5 : : : 1662 1520 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1520 7 power power NN 1662 1520 8 parity parity NN 1662 1520 9 - - : 1662 1520 10 $ $ $ 1662 1520 11 10,200 10,200 CD 1662 1520 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1520 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 1520 14 est est NNP 1662 1520 15 . . . 1662 1520 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1521 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1521 2 - - HYPH 1662 1521 3 composition composition NN 1662 1521 4 by by IN 1662 1521 5 sector sector NN 1662 1521 6 : : : 1662 1521 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1521 8 : : : 1662 1521 9 3 3 CD 1662 1521 10 % % NN 1662 1521 11 industry industry NN 1662 1521 12 : : : 1662 1521 13 14 14 CD 1662 1521 14 % % NN 1662 1521 15 services service NNS 1662 1521 16 : : : 1662 1521 17 83 83 CD 1662 1521 18 % % NN 1662 1521 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1521 20 1989 1989 CD 1662 1521 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1521 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 1521 23 rate rate NN 1662 1521 24 - - HYPH 1662 1521 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 1521 26 price price NN 1662 1521 27 index index NN 1662 1521 28 : : : 1662 1521 29 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 1521 30 % % NN 1662 1521 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1521 32 1990 1990 CD 1662 1521 33 est est NNP 1662 1521 34 . . . 1662 1521 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1522 1 Labor labor NN 1662 1522 2 force force NN 1662 1522 3 : : : 1662 1522 4 total total NN 1662 1522 5 : : : 1662 1522 6 4,911 4,911 CD 1662 1522 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1522 8 1980 1980 CD 1662 1522 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1522 10 by by IN 1662 1522 11 occupation occupation NN 1662 1522 12 : : : 1662 1522 13 tourism tourism NN 1662 1522 14 NA% na% IN 1662 1522 15 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1522 16 rate rate NN 1662 1522 17 : : : 1662 1522 18 3 3 CD 1662 1522 19 % % NN 1662 1522 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1522 21 1995 1995 CD 1662 1522 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1522 23 Budget budget NN 1662 1522 24 : : : 1662 1522 25 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1522 26 : : : 1662 1522 27 $ $ $ 1662 1522 28 77.1 77.1 CD 1662 1522 29 million million CD 1662 1522 30 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1522 31 : : : 1662 1522 32 $ $ $ 1662 1522 33 76.4 76.4 CD 1662 1522 34 million million CD 1662 1522 35 , , , 1662 1522 36 including include VBG 1662 1522 37 capital capital NN 1662 1522 38 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1522 39 of of IN 1662 1522 40 $ $ $ 1662 1522 41 NA na NN 1662 1522 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1522 43 FY93/94 fy93/94 CD 1662 1522 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1522 45 Industries industry NNS 1662 1522 46 : : : 1662 1522 47 tourism tourism NN 1662 1522 48 , , , 1662 1522 49 light light JJ 1662 1522 50 industry industry NN 1662 1522 51 , , , 1662 1522 52 construction construction NN 1662 1522 53 , , , 1662 1522 54 rum rum NN 1662 1522 55 , , , 1662 1522 56 concrete concrete JJ 1662 1522 57 block block NN 1662 1522 58 , , , 1662 1522 59 offshore offshore JJ 1662 1522 60 financial financial JJ 1662 1522 61 center center NN 1662 1522 62 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 1522 63 production production NN 1662 1522 64 growth growth NN 1662 1522 65 rate rate NN 1662 1522 66 : : : 1662 1522 67 4 4 CD 1662 1522 68 % % NN 1662 1522 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1522 70 1985 1985 CD 1662 1522 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1522 72 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1522 73 - - HYPH 1662 1522 74 capacity capacity NN 1662 1522 75 : : : 1662 1522 76 NA NA NNP 1662 1522 77 kW kW NNP 1662 1522 78 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1522 79 - - HYPH 1662 1522 80 production production NN 1662 1522 81 : : : 1662 1522 82 NA na IN 1662 1522 83 kWh kwh ADD 1662 1522 84 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1522 85 - - HYPH 1662 1522 86 consumption consumption NN 1662 1522 87 per per IN 1662 1522 88 capita capita NN 1662 1522 89 : : : 1662 1522 90 NA NA NNP 1662 1522 91 kWh kwh ADD 1662 1522 92 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1522 93 - - HYPH 1662 1522 94 products product NNS 1662 1522 95 : : : 1662 1522 96 fruits fruit NNS 1662 1522 97 , , , 1662 1522 98 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 1522 99 ; ; : 1662 1522 100 livestock livestock NN 1662 1522 101 , , , 1662 1522 102 poultry poultry NN 1662 1522 103 ; ; : 1662 1522 104 fish fish NN 1662 1522 105 Exports export NNS 1662 1522 106 : : : 1662 1522 107 total total JJ 1662 1522 108 value value NN 1662 1522 109 : : : 1662 1522 110 $ $ $ 1662 1522 111 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 1522 112 million million CD 1662 1522 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1522 114 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 1522 115 . . NNP 1662 1522 116 , , , 1662 1522 117 1990 1990 CD 1662 1522 118 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1522 119 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1522 120 : : : 1662 1522 121 rum rum NN 1662 1522 122 , , , 1662 1522 123 fresh fresh JJ 1662 1522 124 fish fish NN 1662 1522 125 , , , 1662 1522 126 fruits fruit NNS 1662 1522 127 , , , 1662 1522 128 animals animal NNS 1662 1522 129 ; ; : 1662 1522 130 gravel gravel NN 1662 1522 131 , , , 1662 1522 132 sand sand NN 1662 1522 133 partners partner NNS 1662 1522 134 : : : 1662 1522 135 Virgin Virgin NNP 1662 1522 136 Islands Islands NNP 1662 1522 137 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1522 138 US US NNP 1662 1522 139 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1522 140 , , , 1662 1522 141 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 1522 142 Rico Rico NNP 1662 1522 143 , , , 1662 1522 144 US US NNP 1662 1522 145 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 1522 146 : : : 1662 1522 147 total total JJ 1662 1522 148 value value NN 1662 1522 149 : : : 1662 1522 150 $ $ $ 1662 1522 151 11.5 11.5 CD 1662 1522 152 million million CD 1662 1522 153 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1522 154 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 1522 155 . . NNP 1662 1522 156 , , , 1662 1522 157 1988 1988 CD 1662 1522 158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1522 159 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1522 160 : : : 1662 1522 161 building building NN 1662 1522 162 materials material NNS 1662 1522 163 , , , 1662 1522 164 automobiles automobile NNS 1662 1522 165 , , , 1662 1522 166 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 1522 167 , , , 1662 1522 168 machinery machinery NN 1662 1522 169 partners partner NNS 1662 1522 170 : : : 1662 1522 171 Virgin Virgin NNP 1662 1522 172 Islands Islands NNP 1662 1522 173 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1522 174 US US NNP 1662 1522 175 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1522 176 , , , 1662 1522 177 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 1522 178 Rico Rico NNP 1662 1522 179 , , , 1662 1522 180 US US NNP 1662 1522 181 Debt debt NN 1662 1522 182 - - HYPH 1662 1522 183 external external JJ 1662 1522 184 : : : 1662 1522 185 $ $ $ 1662 1522 186 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 1522 187 million million CD 1662 1522 188 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1522 189 1985 1985 CD 1662 1522 190 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1522 191 Economic economic JJ 1662 1522 192 aid aid NN 1662 1522 193 : : : 1662 1522 194 $ $ $ 1662 1522 195 NA NA NNP 1662 1522 196 Currency currency NN 1662 1522 197 : : : 1662 1522 198 1 1 CD 1662 1522 199 United United NNP 1662 1522 200 States States NNP 1662 1522 201 dollar dollar NN 1662 1522 202 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1522 203 US$ us$ $ 1662 1522 204 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1522 205 = = NFP 1662 1522 206 100 100 CD 1662 1522 207 cents cent NNS 1662 1522 208 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1522 209 rates rate NNS 1662 1522 210 : : : 1662 1522 211 US US NNP 1662 1522 212 currency currency NN 1662 1522 213 is be VBZ 1662 1522 214 used use VBN 1662 1522 215 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1522 216 year year NN 1662 1522 217 : : : 1662 1522 218 1 1 CD 1662 1522 219 April April NNP 1662 1522 220 - - HYPH 1662 1522 221 31 31 CD 1662 1522 222 March March NNP 1662 1522 223 @British @British NNP 1662 1522 224 Virgin Virgin NNP 1662 1522 225 Islands Islands NNP 1662 1522 226 : : : 1662 1522 227 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 1522 228 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 1522 229 : : : 1662 1522 230 6,291 6,291 CD 1662 1522 231 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1522 232 1990 1990 CD 1662 1522 233 est est NNP 1662 1522 234 . . . 1662 1522 235 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1523 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1523 2 system system NN 1662 1523 3 : : : 1662 1523 4 worldwide worldwide JJ 1662 1523 5 telephone telephone NN 1662 1523 6 service service NN 1662 1523 7 domestic domestic NN 1662 1523 8 : : : 1662 1523 9 NA NA NNP 1662 1523 10 international international JJ 1662 1523 11 : : : 1662 1523 12 submarine submarine NN 1662 1523 13 cable cable NN 1662 1523 14 to to IN 1662 1523 15 Bermuda Bermuda NNP 1662 1523 16 Radio Radio NNP 1662 1523 17 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1523 18 stations station NNS 1662 1523 19 : : : 1662 1523 20 AM AM NNP 1662 1523 21 1 1 CD 1662 1523 22 , , , 1662 1523 23 FM FM NNP 1662 1523 24 3 3 CD 1662 1523 25 , , , 1662 1523 26 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 1523 27 0 0 CD 1662 1523 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1523 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 1523 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1523 31 Radios radio NNS 1662 1523 32 : : : 1662 1523 33 9,000 9,000 CD 1662 1523 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1523 35 1992 1992 CD 1662 1523 36 est est NNP 1662 1523 37 . . . 1662 1523 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1524 1 Television television NN 1662 1524 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1524 3 stations station NNS 1662 1524 4 : : : 1662 1524 5 1 1 CD 1662 1524 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 1524 7 : : : 1662 1524 8 4,000 4,000 CD 1662 1524 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1524 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 1524 11 est est NNP 1662 1524 12 . . . 1662 1524 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1525 1 @British @british JJ 1662 1525 2 Virgin Virgin NNP 1662 1525 3 Islands Islands NNP 1662 1525 4 : : : 1662 1525 5 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1525 6 Railways railway NNS 1662 1525 7 : : : 1662 1525 8 0 0 LS 1662 1525 9 km km NN 1662 1525 10 Highways highway NNS 1662 1525 11 : : : 1662 1525 12 total total NN 1662 1525 13 : : : 1662 1525 14 113 113 CD 1662 1525 15 km km NNS 1662 1525 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1525 17 1995 1995 CD 1662 1525 18 est est NNP 1662 1525 19 . . . 1662 1525 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1526 1 paved pave VBN 1662 1526 2 : : : 1662 1526 3 NA NA NNP 1662 1526 4 km km PRP 1662 1526 5 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1526 6 : : : 1662 1526 7 NA NA NNP 1662 1526 8 km km VB 1662 1526 9 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 1526 10 and and CC 1662 1526 11 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1526 12 : : : 1662 1526 13 Road Road NNP 1662 1526 14 Town Town NNP 1662 1526 15 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 1526 16 marine marine NN 1662 1526 17 : : : 1662 1526 18 none none NN 1662 1526 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1526 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 1526 21 est est NNP 1662 1526 22 . . . 1662 1526 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1527 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1527 2 : : : 1662 1527 3 3 3 CD 1662 1527 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1527 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1527 6 est est NNP 1662 1527 7 . . . 1662 1527 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1528 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1528 2 - - , 1662 1528 3 with with IN 1662 1528 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1528 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1528 6 : : : 1662 1528 7 total total NN 1662 1528 8 : : : 1662 1528 9 2 2 CD 1662 1528 10 914 914 CD 1662 1528 11 to to TO 1662 1528 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1528 13 m m NN 1662 1528 14 : : : 1662 1528 15 1 1 CD 1662 1528 16 under under IN 1662 1528 17 914 914 CD 1662 1528 18 m m NN 1662 1528 19 : : : 1662 1528 20 1 1 CD 1662 1528 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1528 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 1528 23 est est NNP 1662 1528 24 . . . 1662 1528 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1529 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1529 2 - - , 1662 1529 3 with with IN 1662 1529 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1529 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1529 6 : : : 1662 1529 7 total total NN 1662 1529 8 : : : 1662 1529 9 1 1 CD 1662 1529 10 914 914 CD 1662 1529 11 to to TO 1662 1529 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1529 13 m m NN 1662 1529 14 : : : 1662 1529 15 1 1 CD 1662 1529 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1529 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 1529 18 est est NNP 1662 1529 19 . . . 1662 1529 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1530 1 Military military JJ 1662 1530 2 Military Military NNP 1662 1530 3 - - HYPH 1662 1530 4 note note NN 1662 1530 5 : : : 1662 1530 6 defense defense NN 1662 1530 7 is be VBZ 1662 1530 8 the the DT 1662 1530 9 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 1530 10 of of IN 1662 1530 11 the the DT 1662 1530 12 UK UK NNP 1662 1530 13 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1530 14 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1530 15 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 1530 16 - - : 1662 1530 17 international international RB 1662 1530 18 : : : 1662 1530 19 none none NN 1662 1530 20 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 21 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 22 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 23 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 24 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 25 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 26 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 27 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 28 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 29 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 30 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 31 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 32 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 33 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 34 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 35 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 36 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 37 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 38 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 39 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 40 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 41 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 42 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 43 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 44 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 45 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 46 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 47 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 48 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 49 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 50 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 51 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 52 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 53 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 54 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 55 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 56 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 57 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 58 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 59 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 60 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 61 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 62 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 63 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 64 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 65 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 66 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 67 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 68 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 69 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 70 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 71 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 72 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 73 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 74 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 75 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 76 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 77 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 78 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 79 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 80 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 81 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 82 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 83 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 84 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 85 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 86 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 87 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1530 90 BRUNEI BRUNEI NNP 1662 1530 91 @Brunei @brunei NN 1662 1530 92 : : : 1662 1530 93 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1530 94 Location Location NNP 1662 1530 95 : : : 1662 1530 96 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 1530 97 Asia Asia NNP 1662 1530 98 , , , 1662 1530 99 bordering border VBG 1662 1530 100 the the DT 1662 1530 101 South South NNP 1662 1530 102 China China NNP 1662 1530 103 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1530 104 and and CC 1662 1530 105 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 1530 106 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1530 107 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1530 108 : : : 1662 1530 109 4 4 CD 1662 1530 110 30 30 CD 1662 1530 111 N n CD 1662 1530 112 , , , 1662 1530 113 114 114 CD 1662 1530 114 40 40 CD 1662 1530 115 E e NN 1662 1530 116 Map Map NNP 1662 1530 117 references reference NNS 1662 1530 118 : : : 1662 1530 119 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 1530 120 Asia Asia NNP 1662 1530 121 Area Area NNP 1662 1530 122 : : : 1662 1530 123 total total NN 1662 1530 124 : : : 1662 1530 125 5,770 5,770 CD 1662 1530 126 sq sq NNP 1662 1530 127 km km NNP 1662 1530 128 land land NN 1662 1530 129 : : : 1662 1530 130 5,270 5,270 CD 1662 1530 131 sq sq NNP 1662 1530 132 km km NNP 1662 1530 133 water water NN 1662 1530 134 : : : 1662 1530 135 500 500 CD 1662 1530 136 sq sq RB 1662 1530 137 km km NNP 1662 1530 138 Area Area NNP 1662 1530 139 - - HYPH 1662 1530 140 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1530 141 : : : 1662 1530 142 slightly slightly RB 1662 1530 143 smaller small JJR 1662 1530 144 than than IN 1662 1530 145 Delaware Delaware NNP 1662 1530 146 Land Land NNP 1662 1530 147 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1530 148 : : : 1662 1530 149 total total JJ 1662 1530 150 : : : 1662 1530 151 381 381 CD 1662 1530 152 km km NN 1662 1530 153 border border NN 1662 1530 154 countries country NNS 1662 1530 155 : : : 1662 1530 156 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 1530 157 381 381 CD 1662 1530 158 km km NN 1662 1530 159 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1530 160 : : : 1662 1530 161 161 161 CD 1662 1530 162 km km NN 1662 1530 163 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1530 164 claims claim VBZ 1662 1530 165 : : : 1662 1530 166 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 1530 167 economic economic JJ 1662 1530 168 zone zone NN 1662 1530 169 : : : 1662 1530 170 200 200 CD 1662 1530 171 nm nm CD 1662 1530 172 or or CC 1662 1530 173 to to IN 1662 1530 174 median median JJ 1662 1530 175 line line NN 1662 1530 176 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1530 177 sea sea NN 1662 1530 178 : : : 1662 1530 179 12 12 CD 1662 1530 180 nm nm NNP 1662 1530 181 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1530 182 : : : 1662 1530 183 tropical tropical JJ 1662 1530 184 ; ; : 1662 1530 185 hot hot JJ 1662 1530 186 , , , 1662 1530 187 humid humid JJ 1662 1530 188 , , , 1662 1530 189 rainy rainy JJ 1662 1530 190 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1530 191 : : : 1662 1530 192 flat flat JJ 1662 1530 193 coastal coastal JJ 1662 1530 194 plain plain NN 1662 1530 195 rises rise VBZ 1662 1530 196 to to IN 1662 1530 197 mountains mountain NNS 1662 1530 198 in in IN 1662 1530 199 east east NN 1662 1530 200 ; ; , 1662 1530 201 hilly hilly RB 1662 1530 202 lowland lowland VB 1662 1530 203 in in IN 1662 1530 204 west west NNP 1662 1530 205 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1530 206 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1530 207 : : : 1662 1530 208 lowest low JJS 1662 1530 209 point point NN 1662 1530 210 : : : 1662 1530 211 South South NNP 1662 1530 212 China China NNP 1662 1530 213 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1530 214 0 0 NFP 1662 1530 215 m m DT 1662 1530 216 highest high JJS 1662 1530 217 point point NN 1662 1530 218 : : : 1662 1530 219 Bukit Bukit NNP 1662 1530 220 Pagon Pagon NNP 1662 1530 221 1,850 1,850 CD 1662 1530 222 m m CD 1662 1530 223 Natural natural JJ 1662 1530 224 resources resource NNS 1662 1530 225 : : : 1662 1530 226 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1530 227 , , , 1662 1530 228 natural natural JJ 1662 1530 229 gas gas NN 1662 1530 230 , , , 1662 1530 231 timber timber NN 1662 1530 232 Land land NN 1662 1530 233 use use NN 1662 1530 234 : : : 1662 1530 235 arable arable JJ 1662 1530 236 land land NN 1662 1530 237 : : : 1662 1530 238 1 1 CD 1662 1530 239 % % NN 1662 1530 240 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1530 241 crops crop NNS 1662 1530 242 : : : 1662 1530 243 1 1 CD 1662 1530 244 % % NN 1662 1530 245 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1530 246 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1530 247 : : : 1662 1530 248 1 1 CD 1662 1530 249 % % NN 1662 1530 250 forests forest NNS 1662 1530 251 and and CC 1662 1530 252 woodland woodland JJ 1662 1530 253 : : : 1662 1530 254 85 85 CD 1662 1530 255 % % NN 1662 1530 256 other other JJ 1662 1530 257 : : : 1662 1530 258 12 12 CD 1662 1530 259 % % NN 1662 1530 260 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1530 261 1993 1993 CD 1662 1530 262 est est NNP 1662 1530 263 . . . 1662 1530 264 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1531 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1531 2 land land NN 1662 1531 3 : : : 1662 1531 4 10 10 CD 1662 1531 5 sq sq NNP 1662 1531 6 km km NNP 1662 1531 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1531 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1531 9 est est NNP 1662 1531 10 . . . 1662 1531 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1532 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1532 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1532 3 : : : 1662 1532 4 typhoons typhoon NNS 1662 1532 5 , , , 1662 1532 6 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 1532 7 , , , 1662 1532 8 and and CC 1662 1532 9 severe severe JJ 1662 1532 10 flooding flooding NN 1662 1532 11 are be VBP 1662 1532 12 very very RB 1662 1532 13 rare rare JJ 1662 1532 14 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1532 15 - - HYPH 1662 1532 16 current current JJ 1662 1532 17 issues issue NNS 1662 1532 18 : : : 1662 1532 19 NA NA NNP 1662 1532 20 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1532 21 - - HYPH 1662 1532 22 international international JJ 1662 1532 23 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1532 24 : : : 1662 1532 25 party party NN 1662 1532 26 to to TO 1662 1532 27 : : : 1662 1532 28 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 1532 29 Species Species NNPS 1662 1532 30 , , , 1662 1532 31 Law Law NNP 1662 1532 32 of of IN 1662 1532 33 the the DT 1662 1532 34 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1532 35 , , , 1662 1532 36 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 1532 37 Layer Layer NNP 1662 1532 38 Protection Protection NNP 1662 1532 39 , , , 1662 1532 40 Ship Ship NNP 1662 1532 41 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1532 42 , , , 1662 1532 43 Whaling Whaling NNP 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BX NNP 1662 1543 23 Government Government NNP 1662 1543 24 type type NN 1662 1543 25 : : : 1662 1543 26 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 1543 27 sultanate sultanate JJ 1662 1543 28 National national JJ 1662 1543 29 capital capital NN 1662 1543 30 : : : 1662 1543 31 Bandar Bandar NNP 1662 1543 32 Seri Seri NNP 1662 1543 33 Begawan Begawan NNP 1662 1543 34 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 1543 35 divisions division NNS 1662 1543 36 : : : 1662 1543 37 4 4 CD 1662 1543 38 districts district NNS 1662 1543 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1543 40 daerah daerah NNP 1662 1543 41 - - HYPH 1662 1543 42 daerah daerah NNP 1662 1543 43 , , , 1662 1543 44 singular singular NNP 1662 1543 45 - - HYPH 1662 1543 46 daerah daerah NNP 1662 1543 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1543 48 ; ; : 1662 1543 49 Belait Belait NNP 1662 1543 50 , , , 1662 1543 51 Brunei Brunei NNP 1662 1543 52 and and CC 1662 1543 53 Muara Muara NNP 1662 1543 54 , , , 1662 1543 55 Temburong Temburong NNP 1662 1543 56 , , , 1662 1543 57 Tutong Tutong 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Minister Minister NNP 1662 1543 165 His -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1543 166 Majesty Majesty NNP 1662 1543 167 Paduka Paduka NNP 1662 1543 168 Seri Seri NNP 1662 1543 169 Baginda Baginda NNP 1662 1543 170 Sultan Sultan NNP 1662 1543 171 Haji Haji NNP 1662 1543 172 HASSANAL HASSANAL NNP 1662 1543 173 Bolkiah Bolkiah NNP 1662 1543 174 Mu'izzaddin Mu'izzaddin NNP 1662 1543 175 Waddaulah Waddaulah NNP 1662 1543 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1543 177 since since IN 1662 1543 178 5 5 CD 1662 1543 179 October October NNP 1662 1543 180 1967 1967 CD 1662 1543 181 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1543 182 ; ; : 1662 1543 183 note note VB 1662 1543 184 - - : 1662 1543 185 the the DT 1662 1543 186 sultan sultan NN 1662 1543 187 is be VBZ 1662 1543 188 both both CC 1662 1543 189 the the DT 1662 1543 190 chief chief NN 1662 1543 191 of of IN 1662 1543 192 state state NN 1662 1543 193 and and CC 1662 1543 194 head head NN 1662 1543 195 of of IN 1662 1543 196 government government NN 1662 1543 197 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1543 198 : : : 1662 1543 199 Council Council NNP 1662 1543 200 of of IN 1662 1543 201 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 1543 202 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 1543 203 appointed appoint VBD 1662 1543 204 and and CC 1662 1543 205 presided preside VBD 1662 1543 206 over over RP 1662 1543 207 by by IN 1662 1543 208 the the DT 1662 1543 209 sultan sultan NN 1662 1543 210 ; ; : 1662 1543 211 deals deal NNS 1662 1543 212 with with IN 1662 1543 213 executive executive JJ 1662 1543 214 matters matter NNS 1662 1543 215 note note NN 1662 1543 216 : : : 1662 1543 217 there there EX 1662 1543 218 is be VBZ 1662 1543 219 also also RB 1662 1543 220 a a DT 1662 1543 221 Religious Religious NNP 1662 1543 222 Council Council NNP 1662 1543 223 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1543 224 members member NNS 1662 1543 225 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1543 226 by by IN 1662 1543 227 the the DT 1662 1543 228 sultan sultan NN 1662 1543 229 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1543 230 that that WDT 1662 1543 231 advises advise VBZ 1662 1543 232 on on IN 1662 1543 233 religious religious JJ 1662 1543 234 matters matter NNS 1662 1543 235 , , , 1662 1543 236 a a DT 1662 1543 237 Privy Privy NNP 1662 1543 238 Council Council NNP 1662 1543 239 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1543 240 members member NNS 1662 1543 241 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1543 242 by by IN 1662 1543 243 the the DT 1662 1543 244 sultan sultan NN 1662 1543 245 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1543 246 that that WDT 1662 1543 247 deals deal VBZ 1662 1543 248 with with IN 1662 1543 249 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 1543 250 matters matter NNS 1662 1543 251 , , , 1662 1543 252 and and CC 1662 1543 253 the the DT 1662 1543 254 Council Council NNP 1662 1543 255 of of IN 1662 1543 256 Succession Succession NNP 1662 1543 257 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1543 258 members member NNS 1662 1543 259 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1543 260 by by IN 1662 1543 261 the the DT 1662 1543 262 sultan sultan NN 1662 1543 263 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1543 264 that that WDT 1662 1543 265 determines determine VBZ 1662 1543 266 the the DT 1662 1543 267 succession 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NN 1662 1543 435 M. M. 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36 1994 1994 CD 1662 1563 37 est est NNP 1662 1563 38 . . . 1662 1563 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1564 1 Debt debt NN 1662 1564 2 - - HYPH 1662 1564 3 external external JJ 1662 1564 4 : : : 1662 1564 5 $ $ $ 1662 1564 6 0 0 CD 1662 1564 7 Economic economic JJ 1662 1564 8 aid aid NN 1662 1564 9 : : : 1662 1564 10 $ $ $ 1662 1564 11 NA NA NNP 1662 1564 12 Currency currency NN 1662 1564 13 : : : 1662 1564 14 1 1 CD 1662 1564 15 Bruneian bruneian JJ 1662 1564 16 dollar dollar NN 1662 1564 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1564 18 B$ B$ NNP 1662 1564 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1564 20 = = NFP 1662 1564 21 100 100 CD 1662 1564 22 cents cent NNS 1662 1564 23 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1564 24 rates rate NNS 1662 1564 25 : : : 1662 1564 26 Bruneian bruneian JJ 1662 1564 27 dollars dollar NNS 1662 1564 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1564 29 B$ B$ NNP 1662 1564 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1564 31 per per IN 1662 1564 32 US$ us$ $ 1662 1564 33 1 1 CD 1662 1564 34 - - SYM 1662 1564 35 1.4061 1.4061 CD 1662 1564 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1564 37 January January NNP 1662 1564 38 1997 1997 CD 1662 1564 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1564 40 , , , 1662 1564 41 1.4100 1.4100 CD 1662 1564 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1564 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 1564 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1564 45 , , , 1662 1564 46 1.4174 1.4174 CD 1662 1564 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1564 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 1564 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1564 50 , , , 1662 1564 51 1.5274 1.5274 CD 1662 1564 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1564 53 1994 1994 CD 1662 1564 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1564 55 , , , 1662 1564 56 1.6158 1.6158 CD 1662 1564 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1564 58 1993 1993 CD 1662 1564 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1564 60 , , , 1662 1564 61 1.6290 1.6290 CD 1662 1564 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1564 63 1992 1992 CD 1662 1564 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1564 65 ; ; : 1662 1564 66 note note VB 1662 1564 67 - - : 1662 1564 68 the the DT 1662 1564 69 Bruneian bruneian JJ 1662 1564 70 dollar dollar NN 1662 1564 71 is be VBZ 1662 1564 72 at at IN 1662 1564 73 par par NN 1662 1564 74 with with IN 1662 1564 75 the the DT 1662 1564 76 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 1564 77 dollar dollar NN 1662 1564 78 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1564 79 year year NN 1662 1564 80 : : : 1662 1564 81 calendar calendar NNP 1662 1564 82 year year NN 1662 1564 83 @Brunei @Brunei NNP 1662 1564 84 : : : 1662 1564 85 Communications Communications NNP 1662 1564 86 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 1564 87 : : : 1662 1564 88 76,900 76,900 CD 1662 1564 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1564 90 1993 1993 CD 1662 1564 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1564 92 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1564 93 system system NN 1662 1564 94 : : : 1662 1564 95 service service NN 1662 1564 96 throughout throughout IN 1662 1564 97 country country NN 1662 1564 98 is be VBZ 1662 1564 99 adequate adequate JJ 1662 1564 100 for for IN 1662 1564 101 present present JJ 1662 1564 102 needs need NNS 1662 1564 103 ; ; : 1662 1564 104 international international JJ 1662 1564 105 service service NN 1662 1564 106 good good JJ 1662 1564 107 to to IN 1662 1564 108 adjacent adjacent JJ 1662 1564 109 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 1564 110 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1564 111 : : : 1662 1564 112 NA NA NNP 1662 1564 113 international international JJ 1662 1564 114 : : : 1662 1564 115 satellite satellite NN 1662 1564 116 earth earth NN 1662 1564 117 stations station NNS 1662 1564 118 - - , 1662 1564 119 2 2 CD 1662 1564 120 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1564 121 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1564 122 1 1 CD 1662 1564 123 Indian Indian NNP 1662 1564 124 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1564 125 and and CC 1662 1564 126 1 1 CD 1662 1564 127 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 1564 128 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1564 129 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1564 130 Radio radio NN 1662 1564 131 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1564 132 stations station NNS 1662 1564 133 : : : 1662 1564 134 AM am VBP 1662 1564 135 4 4 CD 1662 1564 136 , , , 1662 1564 137 FM FM NNP 1662 1564 138 4 4 CD 1662 1564 139 , , , 1662 1564 140 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 1564 141 0 0 CD 1662 1564 142 Radios radio NNS 1662 1564 143 : : : 1662 1564 144 115,000 115,000 CD 1662 1564 145 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1564 146 1993 1993 CD 1662 1564 147 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1564 148 Television television NN 1662 1564 149 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1564 150 stations station NNS 1662 1564 151 : : : 1662 1564 152 1 1 CD 1662 1564 153 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1564 154 1984 1984 CD 1662 1564 155 est est NNP 1662 1564 156 . . . 1662 1564 157 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1565 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 1565 2 : : : 1662 1565 3 78,000 78,000 CD 1662 1565 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1565 5 1993 1993 CD 1662 1565 6 est est NNP 1662 1565 7 . . . 1662 1565 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1566 1 @Brunei @brunei NN 1662 1566 2 : : : 1662 1566 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1566 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1566 5 : : : 1662 1566 6 total total NN 1662 1566 7 : : : 1662 1566 8 13 13 CD 1662 1566 9 km km NN 1662 1566 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1566 11 private private JJ 1662 1566 12 line line NN 1662 1566 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1566 14 narrow narrow JJ 1662 1566 15 gauge gauge NN 1662 1566 16 : : : 1662 1566 17 13 13 CD 1662 1566 18 km km NN 1662 1566 19 0.610-m 0.610-m NN 1662 1566 20 gauge gauge NN 1662 1566 21 Highways highway NNS 1662 1566 22 : : : 1662 1566 23 total total NN 1662 1566 24 : : : 1662 1566 25 1,120 1,120 CD 1662 1566 26 km km NN 1662 1566 27 paved pave VBN 1662 1566 28 : : : 1662 1566 29 388 388 CD 1662 1566 30 km km NN 1662 1566 31 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1566 32 : : : 1662 1566 33 732 732 CD 1662 1566 34 km km NNS 1662 1566 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1566 36 1995 1995 CD 1662 1566 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1566 38 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 1566 39 : : : 1662 1566 40 209 209 CD 1662 1566 41 km km NNS 1662 1566 42 ; ; : 1662 1566 43 navigable navigable JJ 1662 1566 44 by by IN 1662 1566 45 craft craft NN 1662 1566 46 drawing draw VBG 1662 1566 47 less less JJR 1662 1566 48 than than IN 1662 1566 49 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 1566 50 m m NNP 1662 1566 51 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 1566 52 : : : 1662 1566 53 crude crude JJ 1662 1566 54 oil oil NN 1662 1566 55 135 135 CD 1662 1566 56 km km NN 1662 1566 57 ; ; : 1662 1566 58 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1566 59 products product NNS 1662 1566 60 418 418 CD 1662 1566 61 km km NN 1662 1566 62 ; ; : 1662 1566 63 natural natural JJ 1662 1566 64 gas gas NN 1662 1566 65 920 920 CD 1662 1566 66 km km NN 1662 1566 67 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 1566 68 and and CC 1662 1566 69 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1566 70 : : : 1662 1566 71 Bandar Bandar NNP 1662 1566 72 Seri Seri NNP 1662 1566 73 Begawan Begawan NNP 1662 1566 74 , , , 1662 1566 75 Kuala Kuala NNP 1662 1566 76 Belait Belait NNP 1662 1566 77 , , , 1662 1566 78 Muara Muara NNP 1662 1566 79 , , , 1662 1566 80 Seria Seria NNP 1662 1566 81 , , , 1662 1566 82 Tutong Tutong NNP 1662 1566 83 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 1566 84 marine marine NN 1662 1566 85 : : : 1662 1566 86 total total NN 1662 1566 87 : : : 1662 1566 88 7 7 CD 1662 1566 89 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 1566 90 gas gas NN 1662 1566 91 tankers tanker NNS 1662 1566 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1566 93 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1566 94 GRT GRT NNP 1662 1566 95 or or CC 1662 1566 96 over over RB 1662 1566 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1566 98 totaling total VBG 1662 1566 99 348,476 348,476 CD 1662 1566 100 GRT/340,635 GRT/340,635 NNP 1662 1566 101 DWT DWT NNP 1662 1566 102 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1566 103 1996 1996 CD 1662 1566 104 est est NNP 1662 1566 105 . . . 1662 1566 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1567 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1567 2 : : : 1662 1567 3 2 2 CD 1662 1567 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1567 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1567 6 est est NNP 1662 1567 7 . . . 1662 1567 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1568 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1568 2 - - , 1662 1568 3 with with IN 1662 1568 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1568 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1568 6 : : : 1662 1568 7 total total NN 1662 1568 8 : : : 1662 1568 9 1 1 CD 1662 1568 10 over over IN 1662 1568 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1568 12 m m NN 1662 1568 13 : : : 1662 1568 14 1 1 CD 1662 1568 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1568 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 1568 17 est est NNP 1662 1568 18 . . . 1662 1568 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1569 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1569 2 - - , 1662 1569 3 with with IN 1662 1569 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1569 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1569 6 : : : 1662 1569 7 total total NN 1662 1569 8 : : : 1662 1569 9 1 1 CD 1662 1569 10 914 914 CD 1662 1569 11 to to TO 1662 1569 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1569 13 m m NN 1662 1569 14 : : : 1662 1569 15 1 1 CD 1662 1569 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1569 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 1569 18 est est NNP 1662 1569 19 . . . 1662 1569 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1570 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 1570 2 : : : 1662 1570 3 3 3 CD 1662 1570 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1570 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1570 6 est est NNP 1662 1570 7 . . . 1662 1570 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1571 1 Military military JJ 1662 1571 2 Military military JJ 1662 1571 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1571 4 : : : 1662 1571 5 Land Land NNP 1662 1571 6 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 1571 7 , , , 1662 1571 8 Navy Navy NNP 1662 1571 9 , , , 1662 1571 10 Air Air NNP 1662 1571 11 Force Force NNP 1662 1571 12 , , , 1662 1571 13 Royal Royal NNP 1662 1571 14 Brunei Brunei NNP 1662 1571 15 Police Police NNP 1662 1571 16 Military Military NNP 1662 1571 17 manpower manpower NN 1662 1571 18 - - HYPH 1662 1571 19 military military NN 1662 1571 20 age age NN 1662 1571 21 : : : 1662 1571 22 18 18 CD 1662 1571 23 years year NNS 1662 1571 24 of of IN 1662 1571 25 age age NN 1662 1571 26 Military military JJ 1662 1571 27 manpower manpower NN 1662 1571 28 - - HYPH 1662 1571 29 availability availability NN 1662 1571 30 : : : 1662 1571 31 males male NNS 1662 1571 32 age age NNP 1662 1571 33 15 15 CD 1662 1571 34 - - HYPH 1662 1571 35 49 49 CD 1662 1571 36 : : SYM 1662 1571 37 85,327 85,327 CD 1662 1571 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1571 39 1997 1997 CD 1662 1571 40 est est NNP 1662 1571 41 . . . 1662 1571 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1572 1 Military military JJ 1662 1572 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1572 3 - - HYPH 1662 1572 4 fit fit NN 1662 1572 5 for for IN 1662 1572 6 military military JJ 1662 1572 7 service service NN 1662 1572 8 : : : 1662 1572 9 males male NNS 1662 1572 10 : : : 1662 1572 11 49,466 49,466 CD 1662 1572 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1572 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1572 14 est est NNP 1662 1572 15 . . . 1662 1572 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1573 1 Military military JJ 1662 1573 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1573 3 - - HYPH 1662 1573 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 1573 5 military military JJ 1662 1573 6 age age NN 1662 1573 7 annually annually RB 1662 1573 8 : : : 1662 1573 9 males male NNS 1662 1573 10 : : : 1662 1573 11 3,014 3,014 CD 1662 1573 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1573 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1573 14 est est NNP 1662 1573 15 . . . 1662 1573 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1574 1 Military military JJ 1662 1574 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1574 3 - - HYPH 1662 1574 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1574 5 figure figure NN 1662 1574 6 : : : 1662 1574 7 $ $ $ 1662 1574 8 312 312 CD 1662 1574 9 million million CD 1662 1574 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1574 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 1574 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1574 13 Military military JJ 1662 1574 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1574 15 - - : 1662 1574 16 percent percent NN 1662 1574 17 of of IN 1662 1574 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1574 19 : : : 1662 1574 20 6.2 6.2 CD 1662 1574 21 % % NN 1662 1574 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1574 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 1574 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1574 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1574 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1574 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1574 28 - - : 1662 1574 29 international international RB 1662 1574 30 : : : 1662 1574 31 may may MD 1662 1574 32 wish wish VB 1662 1574 33 to to TO 1662 1574 34 purchase purchase VB 1662 1574 35 the the DT 1662 1574 36 Malaysian malaysian JJ 1662 1574 37 salient salient NN 1662 1574 38 that that WDT 1662 1574 39 divides divide VBZ 1662 1574 40 the the DT 1662 1574 41 country country NN 1662 1574 42 ; ; : 1662 1574 43 all all DT 1662 1574 44 of of IN 1662 1574 45 the the DT 1662 1574 46 Spratly Spratly NNP 1662 1574 47 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 1574 48 are be VBP 1662 1574 49 claimed claim VBN 1662 1574 50 by by IN 1662 1574 51 China China NNP 1662 1574 52 , , , 1662 1574 53 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 1574 54 , , , 1662 1574 55 and and CC 1662 1574 56 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 1574 57 ; ; : 1662 1574 58 parts part NNS 1662 1574 59 of of IN 1662 1574 60 them -PRON- PRP 1662 1574 61 are be VBP 1662 1574 62 claimed claim VBN 1662 1574 63 by by IN 1662 1574 64 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 1574 65 and and CC 1662 1574 66 the the DT 1662 1574 67 Philippines Philippines NNPS 1662 1574 68 ; ; : 1662 1574 69 in in IN 1662 1574 70 1984 1984 CD 1662 1574 71 , , , 1662 1574 72 Brunei Brunei NNP 1662 1574 73 established establish VBD 1662 1574 74 an an DT 1662 1574 75 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 1574 76 fishing fishing NN 1662 1574 77 zone zone NN 1662 1574 78 that that WDT 1662 1574 79 encompasses encompass VBZ 1662 1574 80 Louisa Louisa NNP 1662 1574 81 Reef Reef NNP 1662 1574 82 , , , 1662 1574 83 but but CC 1662 1574 84 has have VBZ 1662 1574 85 not not RB 1662 1574 86 publicly publicly RB 1662 1574 87 claimed claim VBN 1662 1574 88 the the DT 1662 1574 89 island island NN 1662 1574 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 94 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 95 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 96 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 97 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 98 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 99 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 100 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 101 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 102 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 103 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 104 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 105 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 106 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 107 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 108 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 109 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 110 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 111 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 112 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 113 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 114 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 115 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 116 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 117 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 118 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 119 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 120 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 121 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 122 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 123 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 124 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 125 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 126 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 127 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 128 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 129 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 130 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 131 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 132 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 133 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 134 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 135 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 136 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 137 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 138 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 139 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 140 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 141 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 142 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 143 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 144 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 145 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 146 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 147 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 148 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 149 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 150 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 151 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 152 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 153 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 154 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 155 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 156 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 157 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 158 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 159 _ _ NNP 1662 1574 160 BULGARIA BULGARIA NNP 1662 1574 161 @Bulgaria @Bulgaria NNP 1662 1574 162 : : : 1662 1574 163 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1574 164 Location Location NNP 1662 1574 165 : : : 1662 1574 166 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 1574 167 Europe Europe NNP 1662 1574 168 , , , 1662 1574 169 bordering border VBG 1662 1574 170 the the DT 1662 1574 171 Black Black NNP 1662 1574 172 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1574 173 , , , 1662 1574 174 between between IN 1662 1574 175 Romania Romania NNP 1662 1574 176 and and CC 1662 1574 177 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 1574 178 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1574 179 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1574 180 : : : 1662 1574 181 43 43 CD 1662 1574 182 00 00 CD 1662 1574 183 N n CD 1662 1574 184 , , , 1662 1574 185 25 25 CD 1662 1574 186 00 00 CD 1662 1574 187 E e NN 1662 1574 188 Map Map NNP 1662 1574 189 references reference NNS 1662 1574 190 : : : 1662 1574 191 Europe Europe NNP 1662 1574 192 Area Area NNP 1662 1574 193 : : : 1662 1574 194 total total NN 1662 1574 195 : : : 1662 1574 196 110,910 110,910 CD 1662 1574 197 sq sq NN 1662 1574 198 km km NNP 1662 1574 199 land land NN 1662 1574 200 : : : 1662 1574 201 110,550 110,550 CD 1662 1574 202 sq sq NNP 1662 1574 203 km km NNP 1662 1574 204 water water NN 1662 1574 205 : : : 1662 1574 206 360 360 CD 1662 1574 207 sq sq NN 1662 1574 208 km km NNP 1662 1574 209 Area area NN 1662 1574 210 - - HYPH 1662 1574 211 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1574 212 : : : 1662 1574 213 slightly slightly RB 1662 1574 214 larger large JJR 1662 1574 215 than than IN 1662 1574 216 Tennessee Tennessee NNP 1662 1574 217 Land Land NNP 1662 1574 218 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1574 219 : : : 1662 1574 220 total total NN 1662 1574 221 : : : 1662 1574 222 1,808 1,808 CD 1662 1574 223 km km NN 1662 1574 224 border border NN 1662 1574 225 countries country NNS 1662 1574 226 : : : 1662 1574 227 Greece Greece NNP 1662 1574 228 494 494 CD 1662 1574 229 km km NN 1662 1574 230 , , , 1662 1574 231 The the DT 1662 1574 232 Former Former NNP 1662 1574 233 Yugoslav Yugoslav NNP 1662 1574 234 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1574 235 of of IN 1662 1574 236 Macedonia Macedonia NNP 1662 1574 237 148 148 CD 1662 1574 238 km km NNS 1662 1574 239 , , , 1662 1574 240 Romania Romania NNP 1662 1574 241 608 608 CD 1662 1574 242 km km NNS 1662 1574 243 , , , 1662 1574 244 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 1574 245 and and CC 1662 1574 246 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 1574 247 318 318 CD 1662 1574 248 km km NNS 1662 1574 249 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1574 250 all all RB 1662 1574 251 with with IN 1662 1574 252 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 1574 253 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1574 254 , , , 1662 1574 255 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 1574 256 240 240 CD 1662 1574 257 km km NN 1662 1574 258 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1574 259 : : : 1662 1574 260 354 354 CD 1662 1574 261 km km NN 1662 1574 262 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1574 263 claims claim VBZ 1662 1574 264 : : : 1662 1574 265 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 1574 266 zone zone NN 1662 1574 267 : : : 1662 1574 268 24 24 CD 1662 1574 269 nm nm IN 1662 1574 270 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 1574 271 economic economic JJ 1662 1574 272 zone zone NN 1662 1574 273 : : : 1662 1574 274 200 200 CD 1662 1574 275 nm nm CD 1662 1574 276 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1574 277 sea sea NN 1662 1574 278 : : : 1662 1574 279 12 12 CD 1662 1574 280 nm nm NNP 1662 1574 281 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1574 282 : : : 1662 1574 283 temperate temperate VB 1662 1574 284 ; ; : 1662 1574 285 cold cold JJ 1662 1574 286 , , , 1662 1574 287 damp damp JJ 1662 1574 288 winters winter NNS 1662 1574 289 ; ; : 1662 1574 290 hot hot JJ 1662 1574 291 , , , 1662 1574 292 dry dry JJ 1662 1574 293 summers summer NNS 1662 1574 294 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1574 295 : : : 1662 1574 296 mostly mostly RB 1662 1574 297 mountains mountain NNS 1662 1574 298 with with IN 1662 1574 299 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 1574 300 in in IN 1662 1574 301 north north NN 1662 1574 302 and and CC 1662 1574 303 southeast southeast JJ 1662 1574 304 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1574 305 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1574 306 : : : 1662 1574 307 lowest low JJS 1662 1574 308 point point NN 1662 1574 309 : : : 1662 1574 310 Black Black NNP 1662 1574 311 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1574 312 0 0 NFP 1662 1574 313 m m DT 1662 1574 314 highest high JJS 1662 1574 315 point point NN 1662 1574 316 : : : 1662 1574 317 Musala Musala NNP 1662 1574 318 2,925 2,925 CD 1662 1574 319 m m NNP 1662 1574 320 Natural natural JJ 1662 1574 321 resources resource NNS 1662 1574 322 : : : 1662 1574 323 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 1574 324 , , , 1662 1574 325 copper copper NN 1662 1574 326 , , , 1662 1574 327 lead lead NN 1662 1574 328 , , , 1662 1574 329 zinc zinc NN 1662 1574 330 , , , 1662 1574 331 coal coal NN 1662 1574 332 , , , 1662 1574 333 timber timber NN 1662 1574 334 , , , 1662 1574 335 arable arable JJ 1662 1574 336 land land NN 1662 1574 337 Land Land NNP 1662 1574 338 use use NN 1662 1574 339 : : : 1662 1574 340 arable arable JJ 1662 1574 341 land land NN 1662 1574 342 : : : 1662 1574 343 37 37 CD 1662 1574 344 % % NN 1662 1574 345 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1574 346 crops crop NNS 1662 1574 347 : : : 1662 1574 348 2 2 CD 1662 1574 349 % % NN 1662 1574 350 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1574 351 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1574 352 : : : 1662 1574 353 16 16 CD 1662 1574 354 % % NN 1662 1574 355 forests forest NNS 1662 1574 356 and and CC 1662 1574 357 woodland woodland JJ 1662 1574 358 : : : 1662 1574 359 35 35 CD 1662 1574 360 % % NN 1662 1574 361 other other JJ 1662 1574 362 : : : 1662 1574 363 10 10 CD 1662 1574 364 % % NN 1662 1574 365 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1574 366 1993 1993 CD 1662 1574 367 est est NNP 1662 1574 368 . . . 1662 1574 369 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1575 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1575 2 land land NN 1662 1575 3 : : : 1662 1575 4 12,370 12,370 CD 1662 1575 5 sq sq NNP 1662 1575 6 km km NNP 1662 1575 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1575 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1575 9 est est NNP 1662 1575 10 . . . 1662 1575 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1576 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1576 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1576 3 : : : 1662 1576 4 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 1576 5 , , , 1662 1576 6 landslides landslide VBZ 1662 1576 7 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1576 8 - - HYPH 1662 1576 9 current current JJ 1662 1576 10 issues issue NNS 1662 1576 11 : : : 1662 1576 12 air air NN 1662 1576 13 pollution pollution NN 1662 1576 14 from from IN 1662 1576 15 industrial industrial JJ 1662 1576 16 emissions emission NNS 1662 1576 17 ; ; , 1662 1576 18 rivers river NNS 1662 1576 19 polluted pollute VBD 1662 1576 20 from from IN 1662 1576 21 raw raw JJ 1662 1576 22 sewage sewage NN 1662 1576 23 , , , 1662 1576 24 heavy heavy JJ 1662 1576 25 metals metal NNS 1662 1576 26 , , , 1662 1576 27 detergents detergent NNS 1662 1576 28 ; ; : 1662 1576 29 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 1576 30 ; ; : 1662 1576 31 forest forest NN 1662 1576 32 damage damage NN 1662 1576 33 from from IN 1662 1576 34 air air NN 1662 1576 35 pollution pollution NN 1662 1576 36 and and CC 1662 1576 37 resulting result VBG 1662 1576 38 acid acid JJ 1662 1576 39 rain rain NN 1662 1576 40 ; ; , 1662 1576 41 soil soil NN 1662 1576 42 contamination contamination NN 1662 1576 43 from from IN 1662 1576 44 heavy heavy JJ 1662 1576 45 metals metal NNS 1662 1576 46 from from IN 1662 1576 47 metallurgical metallurgical JJ 1662 1576 48 plants plant NNS 1662 1576 49 and and CC 1662 1576 50 industrial industrial JJ 1662 1576 51 wastes waste NNS 1662 1576 52 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1576 53 - - HYPH 1662 1576 54 international international JJ 1662 1576 55 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1576 56 : : : 1662 1576 57 party party NN 1662 1576 58 to to TO 1662 1576 59 : : : 1662 1576 60 Air Air NNP 1662 1576 61 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1576 62 , , , 1662 1576 63 Air Air NNP 1662 1576 64 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1576 65 - - HYPH 1662 1576 66 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 1576 67 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 1576 68 , , , 1662 1576 69 Air Air NNP 1662 1576 70 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1576 71 - - HYPH 1662 1576 72 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 1576 73 85 85 CD 1662 1576 74 , , , 1662 1576 75 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 1576 76 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 1576 77 , , , 1662 1576 78 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 1576 79 , , , 1662 1576 80 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1576 81 Change Change NNP 1662 1576 82 , , , 1662 1576 83 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 1576 84 Species Species NNPS 1662 1576 85 , , , 1662 1576 86 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 1576 87 Modification Modification NNP 1662 1576 88 , , , 1662 1576 89 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 1576 90 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 1576 91 , , , 1662 1576 92 Law Law NNP 1662 1576 93 of of IN 1662 1576 94 the the DT 1662 1576 95 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1576 96 , , , 1662 1576 97 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 1576 98 Test Test NNP 1662 1576 99 Ban Ban NNP 1662 1576 100 , , , 1662 1576 101 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 1576 102 Layer Layer NNP 1662 1576 103 Protection Protection NNP 1662 1576 104 , , , 1662 1576 105 Ship Ship NNP 1662 1576 106 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1576 107 , , , 1662 1576 108 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 1576 109 signed sign VBD 1662 1576 110 , , , 1662 1576 111 but but CC 1662 1576 112 not not RB 1662 1576 113 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1576 114 : : : 1662 1576 115 Air Air NNP 1662 1576 116 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1576 117 - - HYPH 1662 1576 118 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 1576 119 94 94 CD 1662 1576 120 , , , 1662 1576 121 Air Air NNP 1662 1576 122 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1576 123 - - HYPH 1662 1576 124 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 1576 125 Organic Organic NNP 1662 1576 126 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 1576 127 , , , 1662 1576 128 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 1576 129 - - HYPH 1662 1576 130 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 1576 131 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 1576 132 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1576 133 - - HYPH 1662 1576 134 note note NNP 1662 1576 135 : : : 1662 1576 136 strategic strategic JJ 1662 1576 137 location location NN 1662 1576 138 near near IN 1662 1576 139 Turkish Turkish NNP 1662 1576 140 Straits Straits NNPS 1662 1576 141 ; ; : 1662 1576 142 controls control VBZ 1662 1576 143 key key JJ 1662 1576 144 land land NN 1662 1576 145 routes route NNS 1662 1576 146 from from IN 1662 1576 147 Europe Europe NNP 1662 1576 148 to to IN 1662 1576 149 Middle Middle NNP 1662 1576 150 East East NNP 1662 1576 151 and and CC 1662 1576 152 Asia Asia NNP 1662 1576 153 @Bulgaria @Bulgaria NFP 1662 1576 154 : : : 1662 1576 155 People People NNP 1662 1576 156 Population Population NNP 1662 1576 157 : : : 1662 1576 158 8,290,988 8,290,988 CD 1662 1576 159 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1576 160 July July NNP 1662 1576 161 1997 1997 CD 1662 1576 162 est est NNP 1662 1576 163 . . . 1662 1576 164 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1577 1 Age age NN 1662 1577 2 structure structure NN 1662 1577 3 : : : 1662 1577 4 0 0 CD 1662 1577 5 - - HYPH 1662 1577 6 14 14 CD 1662 1577 7 years year NNS 1662 1577 8 : : : 1662 1577 9 17 17 CD 1662 1577 10 % % NN 1662 1577 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1577 12 male male JJ 1662 1577 13 720,499 720,499 CD 1662 1577 14 ; ; : 1662 1577 15 female female JJ 1662 1577 16 685,258 685,258 CD 1662 1577 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1577 18 15 15 CD 1662 1577 19 - - HYPH 1662 1577 20 64 64 CD 1662 1577 21 years year NNS 1662 1577 22 : : : 1662 1577 23 67 67 CD 1662 1577 24 % % NN 1662 1577 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1577 26 male male JJ 1662 1577 27 2,769,288 2,769,288 CD 1662 1577 28 ; ; : 1662 1577 29 female female JJ 1662 1577 30 2,823,431 2,823,431 CD 1662 1577 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1577 32 65 65 CD 1662 1577 33 years year NNS 1662 1577 34 and and CC 1662 1577 35 over over RB 1662 1577 36 : : : 1662 1577 37 16 16 CD 1662 1577 38 % % NN 1662 1577 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1577 40 male male JJ 1662 1577 41 558,028 558,028 CD 1662 1577 42 ; ; : 1662 1577 43 female female JJ 1662 1577 44 734,484 734,484 CD 1662 1577 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1577 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1577 47 July July NNP 1662 1577 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1577 49 est est NNP 1662 1577 50 . . . 1662 1577 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1578 1 Population population NN 1662 1578 2 growth growth NN 1662 1578 3 rate rate NN 1662 1578 4 : : : 1662 1578 5 -0.63 -0.63 CD 1662 1578 6 % % NN 1662 1578 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1578 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1578 9 est est NNP 1662 1578 10 . . . 1662 1578 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1579 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1579 2 rate rate NN 1662 1579 3 : : : 1662 1579 4 8.05 8.05 CD 1662 1579 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 1579 6 population population NN 1662 1579 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1579 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1579 9 est est NNP 1662 1579 10 . . . 1662 1579 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1580 1 Death death NN 1662 1580 2 rate rate NN 1662 1580 3 : : : 1662 1580 4 13.38 13.38 CD 1662 1580 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1580 6 population population NN 1662 1580 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1580 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1580 9 est est NNP 1662 1580 10 . . . 1662 1580 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1581 1 Net net JJ 1662 1581 2 migration migration NN 1662 1581 3 rate rate NN 1662 1581 4 : : : 1662 1581 5 -0.94 -0.94 NFP 1662 1581 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 VBN 1662 1581 7 population population NN 1662 1581 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1581 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1581 10 est est NNP 1662 1581 11 . . . 1662 1581 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1582 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1582 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1582 3 : : : 1662 1582 4 at at IN 1662 1582 5 birth birth NN 1662 1582 6 : : : 1662 1582 7 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 1582 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1582 9 under under IN 1662 1582 10 15 15 CD 1662 1582 11 years year NNS 1662 1582 12 : : : 1662 1582 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 1582 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1582 15 15 15 CD 1662 1582 16 - - HYPH 1662 1582 17 64 64 CD 1662 1582 18 years year NNS 1662 1582 19 : : : 1662 1582 20 0.98 0.98 CD 1662 1582 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1582 22 65 65 CD 1662 1582 23 years year NNS 1662 1582 24 and and CC 1662 1582 25 over over IN 1662 1582 26 : : : 1662 1582 27 0.76 0.76 CD 1662 1582 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 1582 29 total total JJ 1662 1582 30 population population NN 1662 1582 31 : : : 1662 1582 32 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 1582 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1582 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1582 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1582 36 est est NNP 1662 1582 37 . . . 1662 1582 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1583 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1583 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1583 3 rate rate NN 1662 1583 4 : : : 1662 1583 5 13.2 13.2 CD 1662 1583 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1583 7 live live JJ 1662 1583 8 births birth NNS 1662 1583 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1583 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1583 11 est est NNP 1662 1583 12 . . . 1662 1583 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1584 1 Life life NN 1662 1584 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1584 3 at at IN 1662 1584 4 birth birth NN 1662 1584 5 : : : 1662 1584 6 total total JJ 1662 1584 7 population population NN 1662 1584 8 : : : 1662 1584 9 71.65 71.65 CD 1662 1584 10 years year NNS 1662 1584 11 male male JJ 1662 1584 12 : : : 1662 1584 13 68.06 68.06 CD 1662 1584 14 years year NNS 1662 1584 15 female female JJ 1662 1584 16 : : : 1662 1584 17 75.44 75.44 CD 1662 1584 18 years year NNS 1662 1584 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1584 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1584 21 est est NNP 1662 1584 22 . . . 1662 1584 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1585 1 Total total JJ 1662 1585 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1585 3 rate rate NN 1662 1585 4 : : : 1662 1585 5 1.14 1.14 CD 1662 1585 6 children child NNS 1662 1585 7 born bear VBN 1662 1585 8 / / SYM 1662 1585 9 woman woman NN 1662 1585 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1585 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1585 12 est est NNP 1662 1585 13 . . . 1662 1585 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1586 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1586 2 : : : 1662 1586 3 noun noun NNP 1662 1586 4 : : : 1662 1586 5 Bulgarian(s bulgarian(s ADD 1662 1586 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1586 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 1586 8 : : : 1662 1586 9 Bulgarian bulgarian JJ 1662 1586 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1586 11 groups group NNS 1662 1586 12 : : : 1662 1586 13 Bulgarian bulgarian JJ 1662 1586 14 85.3 85.3 CD 1662 1586 15 % % NN 1662 1586 16 , , , 1662 1586 17 Turk Turk NNP 1662 1586 18 8.5 8.5 CD 1662 1586 19 % % NN 1662 1586 20 , , , 1662 1586 21 Gypsy Gypsy NNP 1662 1586 22 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 1586 23 % % NN 1662 1586 24 , , , 1662 1586 25 Macedonian Macedonian NNP 1662 1586 26 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 1586 27 % % NN 1662 1586 28 , , , 1662 1586 29 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 1586 30 0.3 0.3 CD 1662 1586 31 % % NN 1662 1586 32 , , , 1662 1586 33 Russian Russian NNP 1662 1586 34 0.2 0.2 CD 1662 1586 35 % % NN 1662 1586 36 , , , 1662 1586 37 other other JJ 1662 1586 38 0.6 0.6 CD 1662 1586 39 % % NN 1662 1586 40 Religions religion NNS 1662 1586 41 : : : 1662 1586 42 Bulgarian Bulgarian NNP 1662 1586 43 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 1586 44 85 85 CD 1662 1586 45 % % NN 1662 1586 46 , , , 1662 1586 47 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 1586 48 13 13 CD 1662 1586 49 % % NN 1662 1586 50 , , , 1662 1586 51 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 1586 52 0.8 0.8 CD 1662 1586 53 % % NN 1662 1586 54 , , , 1662 1586 55 Roman Roman NNP 1662 1586 56 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 1586 57 0.5 0.5 CD 1662 1586 58 % % NN 1662 1586 59 , , , 1662 1586 60 Uniate Uniate NNP 1662 1586 61 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 1586 62 0.2 0.2 CD 1662 1586 63 % % NN 1662 1586 64 , , , 1662 1586 65 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 1586 66 , , , 1662 1586 67 Gregorian gregorian JJ 1662 1586 68 - - HYPH 1662 1586 69 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 1586 70 , , , 1662 1586 71 and and CC 1662 1586 72 other other JJ 1662 1586 73 0.5 0.5 CD 1662 1586 74 % % NN 1662 1586 75 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 1586 76 : : : 1662 1586 77 Bulgarian bulgarian JJ 1662 1586 78 , , , 1662 1586 79 secondary secondary JJ 1662 1586 80 languages language NNS 1662 1586 81 closely closely RB 1662 1586 82 correspond correspond VBP 1662 1586 83 to to IN 1662 1586 84 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1586 85 breakdown breakdown NN 1662 1586 86 Literacy literacy NN 1662 1586 87 : : : 1662 1586 88 definition definition NN 1662 1586 89 : : : 1662 1586 90 age age NN 1662 1586 91 15 15 CD 1662 1586 92 and and CC 1662 1586 93 over over RB 1662 1586 94 can can MD 1662 1586 95 read read VB 1662 1586 96 and and CC 1662 1586 97 write write VB 1662 1586 98 total total JJ 1662 1586 99 population population NN 1662 1586 100 : : : 1662 1586 101 98 98 CD 1662 1586 102 % % NN 1662 1586 103 male male NN 1662 1586 104 : : : 1662 1586 105 99 99 CD 1662 1586 106 % % NN 1662 1586 107 female female NN 1662 1586 108 : : : 1662 1586 109 97 97 CD 1662 1586 110 % % NN 1662 1586 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1586 112 1992 1992 CD 1662 1586 113 est est NNP 1662 1586 114 . . . 1662 1586 115 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 1 @Bulgaria @Bulgaria NFP 1662 1587 2 : : : 1662 1587 3 Government Government NNP 1662 1587 4 Country Country NNP 1662 1587 5 name name NN 1662 1587 6 : : : 1662 1587 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1587 8 long long JJ 1662 1587 9 form form NN 1662 1587 10 : : : 1662 1587 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1587 12 of of IN 1662 1587 13 Bulgaria Bulgaria NNP 1662 1587 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1587 15 short short JJ 1662 1587 16 form form NN 1662 1587 17 : : : 1662 1587 18 Bulgaria Bulgaria NNP 1662 1587 19 Data Data NNP 1662 1587 20 code code NN 1662 1587 21 : : : 1662 1587 22 BU BU NNP 1662 1587 23 Government Government NNP 1662 1587 24 type type NN 1662 1587 25 : : : 1662 1587 26 emerging emerge VBG 1662 1587 27 democracy democracy NN 1662 1587 28 National national JJ 1662 1587 29 capital capital NN 1662 1587 30 : : : 1662 1587 31 Sofia Sofia NNP 1662 1587 32 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 1587 33 divisions division NNS 1662 1587 34 : : : 1662 1587 35 9 9 CD 1662 1587 36 provinces province NNS 1662 1587 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 38 oblasti oblasti NNP 1662 1587 39 , , , 1662 1587 40 singular singular JJ 1662 1587 41 - - HYPH 1662 1587 42 oblast oblast NN 1662 1587 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 44 ; ; : 1662 1587 45 Burgas Burgas NNP 1662 1587 46 , , , 1662 1587 47 Grad Grad NNP 1662 1587 48 Sofiya Sofiya NNP 1662 1587 49 , , , 1662 1587 50 Khaskovo Khaskovo NNP 1662 1587 51 , , , 1662 1587 52 Lovech Lovech NNP 1662 1587 53 , , , 1662 1587 54 Montana Montana NNP 1662 1587 55 , , , 1662 1587 56 Plovdiv Plovdiv NNP 1662 1587 57 , , , 1662 1587 58 Ruse Ruse NNP 1662 1587 59 , , , 1662 1587 60 Sofiya Sofiya NNP 1662 1587 61 , , , 1662 1587 62 Varna Varna NNP 1662 1587 63 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1587 64 : : : 1662 1587 65 22 22 CD 1662 1587 66 September September NNP 1662 1587 67 1908 1908 CD 1662 1587 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 69 from from IN 1662 1587 70 Ottoman Ottoman NNP 1662 1587 71 Empire Empire NNP 1662 1587 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 73 National national JJ 1662 1587 74 holiday holiday NN 1662 1587 75 : : : 1662 1587 76 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1587 77 Day Day NNP 1662 1587 78 , , , 1662 1587 79 3 3 CD 1662 1587 80 March March NNP 1662 1587 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 82 1878 1878 CD 1662 1587 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 84 Constitution constitution NN 1662 1587 85 : : : 1662 1587 86 adopted adopt VBD 1662 1587 87 12 12 CD 1662 1587 88 July July NNP 1662 1587 89 1991 1991 CD 1662 1587 90 Legal legal JJ 1662 1587 91 system system NN 1662 1587 92 : : : 1662 1587 93 based base VBN 1662 1587 94 on on IN 1662 1587 95 civil civil JJ 1662 1587 96 law law NN 1662 1587 97 system system NN 1662 1587 98 with with IN 1662 1587 99 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 1587 100 law law NN 1662 1587 101 influence influence NN 1662 1587 102 ; ; : 1662 1587 103 accepts accept VBZ 1662 1587 104 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 1587 105 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 1587 106 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 1587 107 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 1587 108 : : : 1662 1587 109 18 18 CD 1662 1587 110 years year NNS 1662 1587 111 of of IN 1662 1587 112 age age NN 1662 1587 113 ; ; : 1662 1587 114 universal universal JJ 1662 1587 115 and and CC 1662 1587 116 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 1587 117 Executive Executive NNP 1662 1587 118 branch branch NN 1662 1587 119 : : : 1662 1587 120 chief chief NN 1662 1587 121 of of IN 1662 1587 122 state state NN 1662 1587 123 : : : 1662 1587 124 President President NNP 1662 1587 125 Petar Petar NNP 1662 1587 126 STOYANOV STOYANOV NNP 1662 1587 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 128 since since IN 1662 1587 129 22 22 CD 1662 1587 130 January January NNP 1662 1587 131 1997 1997 CD 1662 1587 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 133 ; ; : 1662 1587 134 Vice Vice NNP 1662 1587 135 President President NNP 1662 1587 136 Todor Todor NNP 1662 1587 137 KAVALDZHIEV KAVALDZHIEV NNP 1662 1587 138 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 139 since since IN 1662 1587 140 22 22 CD 1662 1587 141 January January NNP 1662 1587 142 1997 1997 CD 1662 1587 143 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 144 head head NN 1662 1587 145 of of IN 1662 1587 146 government government NN 1662 1587 147 : : : 1662 1587 148 Chairman chairman NN 1662 1587 149 of of IN 1662 1587 150 the the DT 1662 1587 151 Council Council NNP 1662 1587 152 of of IN 1662 1587 153 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 1587 154 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 155 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1587 156 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1587 157 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 158 Ivan Ivan NNP 1662 1587 159 Kostov Kostov NNP 1662 1587 160 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 161 since since IN 1662 1587 162 19 19 CD 1662 1587 163 May May NNP 1662 1587 164 1997 1997 CD 1662 1587 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 166 ; ; : 1662 1587 167 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 1587 168 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1587 169 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 1587 170 Aleksandur Aleksandur NNP 1662 1587 171 BOZHKOV BOZHKOV NNP 1662 1587 172 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 173 since since IN 1662 1587 174 12 12 CD 1662 1587 175 February February NNP 1662 1587 176 1997 1997 CD 1662 1587 177 Evgeniy Evgeniy NNP 1662 1587 178 BAKURDZHIEV BAKURDZHIEV NNP 1662 1587 179 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 180 since since IN 1662 1587 181 21 21 CD 1662 1587 182 May May NNP 1662 1587 183 1997 1997 CD 1662 1587 184 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 185 , , , 1662 1587 186 Veselin Veselin NNP 1662 1587 187 METODIEV METODIEV NNP 1662 1587 188 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 189 since since IN 1662 1587 190 21 21 CD 1662 1587 191 May May NNP 1662 1587 192 1997 1997 CD 1662 1587 193 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 194 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1587 195 : : : 1662 1587 196 Council Council NNP 1662 1587 197 of of IN 1662 1587 198 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 1587 199 elected elect VBN 1662 1587 200 by by IN 1662 1587 201 the the DT 1662 1587 202 National National NNP 1662 1587 203 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1587 204 elections election NNS 1662 1587 205 : : : 1662 1587 206 president president NN 1662 1587 207 and and CC 1662 1587 208 vice vice NN 1662 1587 209 president president NN 1662 1587 210 elected elect VBD 1662 1587 211 on on IN 1662 1587 212 the the DT 1662 1587 213 same same JJ 1662 1587 214 ticket ticket NN 1662 1587 215 by by IN 1662 1587 216 popular popular JJ 1662 1587 217 vote vote NN 1662 1587 218 for for IN 1662 1587 219 five five CD 1662 1587 220 - - HYPH 1662 1587 221 year year NN 1662 1587 222 terms term NNS 1662 1587 223 ; ; : 1662 1587 224 election election NN 1662 1587 225 last last JJ 1662 1587 226 held hold VBD 1662 1587 227 27 27 CD 1662 1587 228 October October NNP 1662 1587 229 and and CC 1662 1587 230 3 3 CD 1662 1587 231 November November NNP 1662 1587 232 1996 1996 CD 1662 1587 233 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 234 next next JJ 1662 1587 235 to to TO 1662 1587 236 be be VB 1662 1587 237 held hold VBN 1662 1587 238 NA NA NNP 1662 1587 239 2001 2001 CD 1662 1587 240 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 241 ; ; : 1662 1587 242 chairman chairman NN 1662 1587 243 of of IN 1662 1587 244 the the DT 1662 1587 245 Council Council NNP 1662 1587 246 of of IN 1662 1587 247 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 1587 248 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 249 prime prime NNP 1662 1587 250 minister minister NN 1662 1587 251 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 252 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1587 253 by by IN 1662 1587 254 the the DT 1662 1587 255 president president NNP 1662 1587 256 election election NN 1662 1587 257 results result NNS 1662 1587 258 : : : 1662 1587 259 Petar Petar NNP 1662 1587 260 STOYANOV STOYANOV NNP 1662 1587 261 elected elect VBD 1662 1587 262 president president NN 1662 1587 263 ; ; , 1662 1587 264 percent percent NN 1662 1587 265 of of IN 1662 1587 266 vote vote NN 1662 1587 267 - - HYPH 1662 1587 268 Petar Petar NNP 1662 1587 269 STOYANOV STOYANOV NNP 1662 1587 270 59.73 59.73 CD 1662 1587 271 % % NN 1662 1587 272 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 1587 273 branch branch NN 1662 1587 274 : : : 1662 1587 275 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 1587 276 National National NNP 1662 1587 277 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1587 278 or or CC 1662 1587 279 Narodno Narodno NNP 1662 1587 280 Sobranie Sobranie NNP 1662 1587 281 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 282 240 240 CD 1662 1587 283 seats seat NNS 1662 1587 284 ; ; : 1662 1587 285 members member NNS 1662 1587 286 are be VBP 1662 1587 287 popularly popularly RB 1662 1587 288 elected elect VBN 1662 1587 289 to to TO 1662 1587 290 serve serve VB 1662 1587 291 four four CD 1662 1587 292 - - HYPH 1662 1587 293 year year NN 1662 1587 294 terms term NNS 1662 1587 295 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 296 elections election NNS 1662 1587 297 : : : 1662 1587 298 last last RB 1662 1587 299 held hold VBD 1662 1587 300 19 19 CD 1662 1587 301 April April NNP 1662 1587 302 1997 1997 CD 1662 1587 303 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 304 next next JJ 1662 1587 305 to to TO 1662 1587 306 be be VB 1662 1587 307 held hold VBN 1662 1587 308 NA NA NNP 1662 1587 309 2001 2001 CD 1662 1587 310 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 311 election election NN 1662 1587 312 results result NNS 1662 1587 313 : : : 1662 1587 314 percent percent NN 1662 1587 315 of of IN 1662 1587 316 vote vote NN 1662 1587 317 by by IN 1662 1587 318 party party NN 1662 1587 319 - - HYPH 1662 1587 320 UDF UDF NNP 1662 1587 321 52 52 CD 1662 1587 322 % % NN 1662 1587 323 , , , 1662 1587 324 BSP BSP NNP 1662 1587 325 22 22 CD 1662 1587 326 % % NN 1662 1587 327 , , , 1662 1587 328 ANS ANS NNP 1662 1587 329 7 7 CD 1662 1587 330 % % NN 1662 1587 331 , , , 1662 1587 332 Euro Euro NNP 1662 1587 333 - - HYPH 1662 1587 334 left leave VBD 1662 1587 335 5.5 5.5 CD 1662 1587 336 % % NN 1662 1587 337 , , , 1662 1587 338 BBB BBB NNP 1662 1587 339 4.95 4.95 CD 1662 1587 340 % % NN 1662 1587 341 ; ; , 1662 1587 342 seats seat NNS 1662 1587 343 by by IN 1662 1587 344 party party NN 1662 1587 345 - - HYPH 1662 1587 346 UDF UDF NNP 1662 1587 347 137 137 CD 1662 1587 348 , , , 1662 1587 349 BSP BSP NNP 1662 1587 350 58 58 CD 1662 1587 351 , , , 1662 1587 352 ANS ANS NNP 1662 1587 353 19 19 CD 1662 1587 354 , , , 1662 1587 355 Euro Euro NNP 1662 1587 356 - - HYPH 1662 1587 357 left leave VBN 1662 1587 358 14 14 CD 1662 1587 359 , , , 1662 1587 360 BBB BBB NNP 1662 1587 361 12 12 CD 1662 1587 362 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 1587 363 branch branch NN 1662 1587 364 : : : 1662 1587 365 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1587 366 Court Court NNP 1662 1587 367 , , , 1662 1587 368 chairman chairman NN 1662 1587 369 appointed appoint VBD 1662 1587 370 for for IN 1662 1587 371 a a DT 1662 1587 372 seven seven CD 1662 1587 373 - - HYPH 1662 1587 374 year year NN 1662 1587 375 term term NN 1662 1587 376 by by IN 1662 1587 377 the the DT 1662 1587 378 president president NN 1662 1587 379 ; ; : 1662 1587 380 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 1587 381 Court Court NNP 1662 1587 382 , , , 1662 1587 383 12 12 CD 1662 1587 384 justices justice NNS 1662 1587 385 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1587 386 or or CC 1662 1587 387 elected elect VBN 1662 1587 388 for for IN 1662 1587 389 a a DT 1662 1587 390 nine nine CD 1662 1587 391 - - HYPH 1662 1587 392 year year NN 1662 1587 393 term term NN 1662 1587 394 Political political JJ 1662 1587 395 parties party NNS 1662 1587 396 and and CC 1662 1587 397 leaders leader NNS 1662 1587 398 : : : 1662 1587 399 Bulgarian bulgarian JJ 1662 1587 400 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 1587 401 Party Party NNP 1662 1587 402 or or CC 1662 1587 403 BSP BSP NNP 1662 1587 404 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1587 405 Georgi Georgi NNP 1662 1587 406 PURVANOV purvanov NN 1662 1587 407 , , , 1662 1587 408 chairman chairman NN 1662 1587 409 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1587 410 ; ; : 1662 1587 411 Union Union NNP 1662 1587 412 of of IN 1662 1587 413 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1587 414 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 1587 415 or or CC 1662 1587 416 UDF UDF NNP 1662 1587 417 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 418 an an DT 1662 1587 419 alliance alliance NN 1662 1587 420 of of IN 1662 1587 421 pro pro JJ 1662 1587 422 - - JJ 1662 1587 423 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 1587 424 parties party NNS 1662 1587 425 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 426 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1587 427 Ivan Ivan NNP 1662 1587 428 KOSTOV KOSTOV NNP 1662 1587 429 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1587 430 ; ; : 1662 1587 431 Euro euro NN 1662 1587 432 - - HYPH 1662 1587 433 left left JJ 1662 1587 434 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1587 435 Alexander Alexander NNP 1662 1587 436 TOMOV TOMOV NNP 1662 1587 437 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1587 438 ; ; : 1662 1587 439 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 1587 440 for for IN 1662 1587 441 National National NNP 1662 1587 442 Salvation Salvation NNP 1662 1587 443 or or CC 1662 1587 444 ANS ANS 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NNPS 1662 1587 513 of of IN 1662 1587 514 Bulgaria Bulgaria NNP 1662 1587 515 or or CC 1662 1587 516 KNSB KNSB NNP 1662 1587 517 ; ; : 1662 1587 518 Bulgarian bulgarian JJ 1662 1587 519 Agrarian Agrarian NNP 1662 1587 520 National National NNP 1662 1587 521 Union Union NNP 1662 1587 522 - - HYPH 1662 1587 523 United United NNP 1662 1587 524 or or CC 1662 1587 525 BZNS BZNS NNP 1662 1587 526 ; ; : 1662 1587 527 Bulgarian Bulgarian NNP 1662 1587 528 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1587 529 Center Center NNP 1662 1587 530 ; ; : 1662 1587 531 " " `` 1662 1587 532 Nikola Nikola NNP 1662 1587 533 Petkov Petkov NNP 1662 1587 534 " " '' 1662 1587 535 Bulgarian bulgarian JJ 1662 1587 536 Agrarian Agrarian NNP 1662 1587 537 National National NNP 1662 1587 538 Union Union NNP 1662 1587 539 ; ; : 1662 1587 540 Internal Internal NNP 1662 1587 541 Macedonian Macedonian NNP 1662 1587 542 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 1587 543 Organization Organization NNP 1662 1587 544 - - HYPH 1662 1587 545 Union Union NNP 1662 1587 546 of of IN 1662 1587 547 Macedonian Macedonian NNP 1662 1587 548 Societies Societies NNPS 1662 1587 549 or or CC 1662 1587 550 IMRO IMRO NNP 1662 1587 551 - - HYPH 1662 1587 552 UMS UMS NNP 1662 1587 553 ; ; : 1662 1587 554 numerous numerous JJ 1662 1587 555 regional regional JJ 1662 1587 556 , , , 1662 1587 557 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1587 558 , , , 1662 1587 559 and and CC 1662 1587 560 national national JJ 1662 1587 561 interest interest NN 1662 1587 562 groups group NNS 1662 1587 563 with with IN 1662 1587 564 various various JJ 1662 1587 565 agendas agenda NNS 1662 1587 566 International international JJ 1662 1587 567 organization organization NN 1662 1587 568 participation participation NN 1662 1587 569 : : : 1662 1587 570 ACCT acct JJ 1662 1587 571 , , , 1662 1587 572 BIS BIS NNP 1662 1587 573 , , , 1662 1587 574 BSEC BSEC NNP 1662 1587 575 , , , 1662 1587 576 CCC CCC NNP 1662 1587 577 , , , 1662 1587 578 CE CE NNP 1662 1587 579 , , , 1662 1587 580 CEI CEI NNP 1662 1587 581 , , , 1662 1587 582 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 1587 583 , , , 1662 1587 584 ECE ECE NNP 1662 1587 585 , , , 1662 1587 586 EU EU NNP 1662 1587 587 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 588 applicant applicant NN 1662 1587 589 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 590 , , , 1662 1587 591 FAO FAO NNP 1662 1587 592 , , , 1662 1587 593 G- G- NNP 1662 1587 594 9 9 CD 1662 1587 595 , , , 1662 1587 596 IAEA iaea NN 1662 1587 597 , , , 1662 1587 598 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1587 599 , , , 1662 1587 600 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1587 601 , , , 1662 1587 602 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 1587 603 , , , 1662 1587 604 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 1587 605 , , , 1662 1587 606 IFC IFC NNP 1662 1587 607 , , , 1662 1587 608 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 1587 609 , , , 1662 1587 610 IHO IHO NNP 1662 1587 611 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 612 pending pende VBG 1662 1587 613 member member NN 1662 1587 614 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 615 , , , 1662 1587 616 ILO ILO NNP 1662 1587 617 , , , 1662 1587 618 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1587 619 , , , 1662 1587 620 IMO imo RB 1662 1587 621 , , , 1662 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738 York York NNP 1662 1587 739 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1587 740 representation representation NN 1662 1587 741 from from IN 1662 1587 742 the the DT 1662 1587 743 US US NNP 1662 1587 744 : : : 1662 1587 745 chief chief NN 1662 1587 746 of of IN 1662 1587 747 mission mission NN 1662 1587 748 : : : 1662 1587 749 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1587 750 Avis Avis NNP 1662 1587 751 T. T. NNP 1662 1587 752 BOHLEN BOHLEN NNP 1662 1587 753 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 754 22 22 CD 1662 1587 755 July July NNP 1662 1587 756 1996 1996 CD 1662 1587 757 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 758 embassy embassy NN 1662 1587 759 : : : 1662 1587 760 1 1 CD 1662 1587 761 Saborna Saborna NNP 1662 1587 762 Street Street NNP 1662 1587 763 , , , 1662 1587 764 Sofia Sofia NNP 1662 1587 765 mailing mail VBG 1662 1587 766 address address NN 1662 1587 767 : : : 1662 1587 768 Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 1587 769 Sofia Sofia NNP 1662 1587 770 , , , 1662 1587 771 Department Department NNP 1662 1587 772 of of IN 1662 1587 773 State State NNP 1662 1587 774 , , , 1662 1587 775 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1587 776 , , , 1662 1587 777 DC DC NNP 1662 1587 778 50521 50521 CD 1662 1587 779 - - HYPH 1662 1587 780 5740 5740 CD 1662 1587 781 telephone telephone NN 1662 1587 782 : : : 1662 1587 783 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1587 784 359 359 CD 1662 1587 785 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1587 786 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1587 787 2 2 CD 1662 1587 788 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1587 789 980 980 CD 1662 1587 790 - 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- HYPH 1662 1599 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 1599 26 price price NN 1662 1599 27 index index NN 1662 1599 28 : : : 1662 1599 29 311 311 CD 1662 1599 30 % % NN 1662 1599 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1599 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 1599 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1599 34 Labor labor NN 1662 1599 35 force force NN 1662 1599 36 : : : 1662 1599 37 total total NN 1662 1599 38 : : : 1662 1599 39 3.57 3.57 CD 1662 1599 40 million million CD 1662 1599 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1599 42 1996 1996 CD 1662 1599 43 est est NNP 1662 1599 44 . . . 1662 1599 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1600 1 by by IN 1662 1600 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 1600 3 : : : 1662 1600 4 industry industry NN 1662 1600 5 41 41 CD 1662 1600 6 % % NN 1662 1600 7 , , , 1662 1600 8 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1600 9 18 18 CD 1662 1600 10 % % NN 1662 1600 11 , , , 1662 1600 12 other other JJ 1662 1600 13 41 41 CD 1662 1600 14 % % NN 1662 1600 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1600 16 1992 1992 CD 1662 1600 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1600 18 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1600 19 rate rate NN 1662 1600 20 : : : 1662 1600 21 12.5 12.5 CD 1662 1600 22 % % NN 1662 1600 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1600 24 1996 1996 CD 1662 1600 25 est est NNP 1662 1600 26 . . . 1662 1600 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1601 1 Budget budget NN 1662 1601 2 : : : 1662 1601 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1601 4 : : : 1662 1601 5 $ $ $ 1662 1601 6 3 3 CD 1662 1601 7 billion billion CD 1662 1601 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1601 9 : : : 1662 1601 10 $ $ $ 1662 1601 11 4.1 4.1 CD 1662 1601 12 billion billion CD 1662 1601 13 , , , 1662 1601 14 including include VBG 1662 1601 15 capital capital NN 1662 1601 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1601 17 of of IN 1662 1601 18 $ $ $ 1662 1601 19 NA na NN 1662 1601 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1601 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 1601 22 est est NNP 1662 1601 23 . . . 1662 1601 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1602 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 1602 2 : : : 1662 1602 3 machine machine NN 1662 1602 4 building building NN 1662 1602 5 and and CC 1662 1602 6 metal metal NN 1662 1602 7 working working NN 1662 1602 8 , , , 1662 1602 9 food food NN 1662 1602 10 processing processing NN 1662 1602 11 , , , 1662 1602 12 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 1602 13 , , , 1662 1602 14 textiles textile NNS 1662 1602 15 , , , 1662 1602 16 construction construction NN 1662 1602 17 materials material NNS 1662 1602 18 , , , 1662 1602 19 ferrous ferrous JJ 1662 1602 20 and and CC 1662 1602 21 nonferrous nonferrous JJ 1662 1602 22 metals metal NNS 1662 1602 23 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 1602 24 production production NN 1662 1602 25 growth growth NN 1662 1602 26 rate rate NN 1662 1602 27 : : : 1662 1602 28 -6.5 -6.5 NNP 1662 1602 29 % % NN 1662 1602 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1602 31 1996 1996 CD 1662 1602 32 est est NNP 1662 1602 33 . . . 1662 1602 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1603 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1603 2 - 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NNP 1662 1604 27 , , , 1662 1604 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 1604 29 est est NNP 1662 1604 30 . . . 1662 1604 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1605 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1605 2 : : : 1662 1605 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 1605 4 and and CC 1662 1605 5 equipment equipment NN 1662 1605 6 12.8 12.8 CD 1662 1605 7 % % NN 1662 1605 8 ; ; , 1662 1605 9 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1605 10 and and CC 1662 1605 11 food food NN 1662 1605 12 21.9 21.9 CD 1662 1605 13 % % NN 1662 1605 14 ; ; , 1662 1605 15 textiles textile NNS 1662 1605 16 and and CC 1662 1605 17 apparel apparel NN 1662 1605 18 14 14 CD 1662 1605 19 % % NN 1662 1605 20 ; ; , 1662 1605 21 metals metal NNS 1662 1605 22 and and CC 1662 1605 23 ores ore VBZ 1662 1605 24 19.7 19.7 CD 1662 1605 25 % % NN 1662 1605 26 ; ; : 1662 1605 27 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 1605 28 16.9 16.9 CD 1662 1605 29 % % NN 1662 1605 30 ; ; , 1662 1605 31 minerals mineral NNS 1662 1605 32 and and CC 1662 1605 33 fuels fuel NNS 1662 1605 34 9.3 9.3 CD 1662 1605 35 % % NN 1662 1605 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1605 37 1995 1995 CD 1662 1605 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1605 39 partners partner NNS 1662 1605 40 : : : 1662 1605 41 OECD OECD NNP 1662 1605 42 50.0 50.0 CD 1662 1605 43 % % NN 1662 1605 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1605 45 EU EU NNP 1662 1605 46 37.2 37.2 CD 1662 1605 47 % % NN 1662 1605 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1605 49 ; ; : 1662 1605 50 CIS CIS NNP 1662 1605 51 and and CC 1662 1605 52 Central Central NNP 1662 1605 53 and and CC 1662 1605 54 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 1605 55 Europe Europe NNP 1662 1605 56 32.4 32.4 CD 1662 1605 57 % % NN 1662 1605 58 ; ; : 1662 1605 59 Arab arab JJ 1662 1605 60 countries country NNS 1662 1605 61 5.8 5.8 CD 1662 1605 62 % % NN 1662 1605 63 ; ; , 1662 1605 64 other other JJ 1662 1605 65 11.8 11.8 CD 1662 1605 66 % % NN 1662 1605 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1605 68 1995 1995 CD 1662 1605 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1605 70 Imports import NNS 1662 1605 71 : : : 1662 1605 72 total total JJ 1662 1605 73 value value NN 1662 1605 74 : : : 1662 1605 75 $ $ $ 1662 1605 76 4.1 4.1 CD 1662 1605 77 billion billion CD 1662 1605 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1605 79 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 1605 80 . . NNP 1662 1605 81 , , , 1662 1605 82 1996 1996 CD 1662 1605 83 est est NNP 1662 1605 84 . . . 1662 1605 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1606 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1606 2 : : : 1662 1606 3 fuels fuel NNS 1662 1606 4 , , , 1662 1606 5 minerals mineral NNS 1662 1606 6 , , , 1662 1606 7 and and CC 1662 1606 8 raw raw JJ 1662 1606 9 materials material NNS 1662 1606 10 30.1 30.1 CD 1662 1606 11 % % NN 1662 1606 12 ; ; : 1662 1606 13 machinery machinery NN 1662 1606 14 and and CC 1662 1606 15 equipment equipment NN 1662 1606 16 23.6 23.6 CD 1662 1606 17 % % NN 1662 1606 18 ; ; , 1662 1606 19 textiles textile NNS 1662 1606 20 and and CC 1662 1606 21 apparel apparel NN 1662 1606 22 11.6 11.6 CD 1662 1606 23 % % NN 1662 1606 24 ; ; , 1662 1606 25 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 1606 26 products product NNS 1662 1606 27 10.8 10.8 CD 1662 1606 28 % % NN 1662 1606 29 ; ; , 1662 1606 30 metals metal NNS 1662 1606 31 and and CC 1662 1606 32 ores ore VBZ 1662 1606 33 6.8 6.8 CD 1662 1606 34 % % NN 1662 1606 35 ; ; : 1662 1606 36 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 1606 37 12.3 12.3 CD 1662 1606 38 % % NN 1662 1606 39 ; ; , 1662 1606 40 other other JJ 1662 1606 41 4.8 4.8 CD 1662 1606 42 % % NN 1662 1606 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1606 44 1995 1995 CD 1662 1606 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1606 46 partners partner NNS 1662 1606 47 : : : 1662 1606 48 OECD oecd VB 1662 1606 49 45.5 45.5 CD 1662 1606 50 % % NN 1662 1606 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1606 52 EU EU NNP 1662 1606 53 38.1 38.1 CD 1662 1606 54 % % NN 1662 1606 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1606 56 ; ; : 1662 1606 57 CIS CIS NNP 1662 1606 58 and and CC 1662 1606 59 Central Central NNP 1662 1606 60 and and CC 1662 1606 61 Eastern eastern JJ 1662 1606 62 European european JJ 1662 1606 63 countries country NNS 1662 1606 64 41.1 41.1 CD 1662 1606 65 % % NN 1662 1606 66 ; ; : 1662 1606 67 Arab arab JJ 1662 1606 68 countries country NNS 1662 1606 69 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 1606 70 % % NN 1662 1606 71 ; ; , 1662 1606 72 other other JJ 1662 1606 73 11.6 11.6 CD 1662 1606 74 % % NN 1662 1606 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1606 76 1995 1995 CD 1662 1606 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1606 78 Debt debt NN 1662 1606 79 - - HYPH 1662 1606 80 external external JJ 1662 1606 81 : : : 1662 1606 82 $ $ $ 1662 1606 83 9.3 9.3 CD 1662 1606 84 billion billion CD 1662 1606 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1606 86 1996 1996 CD 1662 1606 87 est est NNP 1662 1606 88 . . . 1662 1606 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1607 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 1607 2 aid aid NN 1662 1607 3 : : : 1662 1607 4 NA NA NNP 1662 1607 5 Currency currency NN 1662 1607 6 : : : 1662 1607 7 1 1 CD 1662 1607 8 lev lev NN 1662 1607 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1607 10 Lv Lv NNP 1662 1607 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1607 12 = = NFP 1662 1607 13 100 100 CD 1662 1607 14 stotinki stotinka NNS 1662 1607 15 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1607 16 rates rate NNS 1662 1607 17 : : : 1662 1607 18 leva leva NNP 1662 1607 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1607 20 Lv Lv NNP 1662 1607 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1607 22 per per IN 1662 1607 23 US$ us$ $ 1662 1607 24 1 1 CD 1662 1607 25 - - SYM 1662 1607 26 483.4 483.4 CD 1662 1607 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1607 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 1607 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1607 30 , , , 1662 1607 31 70.7 70.7 CD 1662 1607 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1607 33 1995 1995 CD 1662 1607 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1607 35 , , , 1662 1607 36 54.2 54.2 CD 1662 1607 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1607 38 1994 1994 CD 1662 1607 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1607 40 , , , 1662 1607 41 27.1 27.1 CD 1662 1607 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1607 43 1993 1993 CD 1662 1607 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1607 45 , , , 1662 1607 46 23.3 23.3 CD 1662 1607 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1607 48 1992 1992 CD 1662 1607 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1607 50 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1607 51 year year NN 1662 1607 52 : : : 1662 1607 53 calendar calendar NNP 1662 1607 54 year year NNP 1662 1607 55 @Bulgaria @Bulgaria NNP 1662 1607 56 : : : 1662 1607 57 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 1607 58 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 1607 59 : : : 1662 1607 60 2,773,293 2,773,293 CD 1662 1607 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1607 62 1993 1993 CD 1662 1607 63 est est NNP 1662 1607 64 . . . 1662 1607 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1608 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1608 2 system system NN 1662 1608 3 : : : 1662 1608 4 almost almost RB 1662 1608 5 two two CD 1662 1608 6 - - HYPH 1662 1608 7 thirds third NNS 1662 1608 8 of of IN 1662 1608 9 the the DT 1662 1608 10 lines line NNS 1662 1608 11 are be VBP 1662 1608 12 residential residential JJ 1662 1608 13 ; ; : 1662 1608 14 67 67 CD 1662 1608 15 % % NN 1662 1608 16 of of IN 1662 1608 17 Sofia Sofia NNP 1662 1608 18 households household NNS 1662 1608 19 have have VBP 1662 1608 20 telephones telephone NNS 1662 1608 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1608 22 November November NNP 1662 1608 23 1988 1988 CD 1662 1608 24 est est NNP 1662 1608 25 . . . 1662 1608 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1609 1 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1609 2 : : : 1662 1609 3 extensive extensive JJ 1662 1609 4 but but CC 1662 1609 5 antiquated antiquated JJ 1662 1609 6 transmission transmission NN 1662 1609 7 system system NN 1662 1609 8 of of IN 1662 1609 9 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 1609 10 cable cable NN 1662 1609 11 and and CC 1662 1609 12 microwave microwave NN 1662 1609 13 radio radio NN 1662 1609 14 relay relay NN 1662 1609 15 ; ; : 1662 1609 16 telephone telephone NN 1662 1609 17 service service NN 1662 1609 18 is be VBZ 1662 1609 19 available available JJ 1662 1609 20 in in IN 1662 1609 21 most most JJS 1662 1609 22 villages village NNS 1662 1609 23 international international JJ 1662 1609 24 : : : 1662 1609 25 direct direct JJ 1662 1609 26 dialing dialing NN 1662 1609 27 to to IN 1662 1609 28 36 36 CD 1662 1609 29 countries country NNS 1662 1609 30 ; ; : 1662 1609 31 satellite satellite NN 1662 1609 32 earth earth NN 1662 1609 33 stations station NNS 1662 1609 34 - - , 1662 1609 35 1 1 CD 1662 1609 36 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 1609 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1609 38 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1609 39 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1609 40 Region Region NNP 1662 1609 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1609 42 ; ; : 1662 1609 43 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1609 44 available available JJ 1662 1609 45 through through IN 1662 1609 46 a a DT 1662 1609 47 Greek greek JJ 1662 1609 48 earth earth NN 1662 1609 49 station station NN 1662 1609 50 Radio radio NN 1662 1609 51 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1609 52 stations station NNS 1662 1609 53 : : : 1662 1609 54 AM am VBP 1662 1609 55 20 20 CD 1662 1609 56 , , , 1662 1609 57 FM FM NNP 1662 1609 58 15 15 CD 1662 1609 59 , , , 1662 1609 60 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 1609 61 0 0 CD 1662 1609 62 Radios radio NNS 1662 1609 63 : : : 1662 1609 64 NA NA NNP 1662 1609 65 Television Television NNP 1662 1609 66 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1609 67 stations station NNS 1662 1609 68 : : : 1662 1609 69 29 29 CD 1662 1609 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1609 71 Russian russian JJ 1662 1609 72 repeater repeater NN 1662 1609 73 in in IN 1662 1609 74 Sofia Sofia NNP 1662 1609 75 1 1 CD 1662 1609 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1609 77 Televisions television NNS 1662 1609 78 : : : 1662 1609 79 2.1 2.1 CD 1662 1609 80 million million CD 1662 1609 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1609 82 May May NNP 1662 1609 83 1990 1990 CD 1662 1609 84 est est NNP 1662 1609 85 . . . 1662 1609 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1610 1 @Bulgaria @Bulgaria NFP 1662 1610 2 : : : 1662 1610 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1610 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1610 5 : : : 1662 1610 6 total total NN 1662 1610 7 : : : 1662 1610 8 4,292 4,292 CD 1662 1610 9 km km NN 1662 1610 10 standard standard JJ 1662 1610 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 1610 12 : : : 1662 1610 13 4,047 4,047 CD 1662 1610 14 km km NN 1662 1610 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 1610 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 1610 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1610 18 2,650 2,650 CD 1662 1610 19 km km NN 1662 1610 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 1610 21 ; ; : 1662 1610 22 917 917 CD 1662 1610 23 double double JJ 1662 1610 24 track track NN 1662 1610 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1610 26 other other JJ 1662 1610 27 gauge gauge NN 1662 1610 28 : : : 1662 1610 29 245 245 CD 1662 1610 30 km km NN 1662 1610 31 0.760-m 0.760-m JJ 1662 1610 32 gauge gauge NN 1662 1610 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1610 34 1995 1995 CD 1662 1610 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1610 36 Highways highway NNS 1662 1610 37 : : : 1662 1610 38 total total NN 1662 1610 39 : : : 1662 1610 40 36,777 36,777 CD 1662 1610 41 km km NN 1662 1610 42 paved pave VBN 1662 1610 43 : : : 1662 1610 44 33,798 33,798 CD 1662 1610 45 km km NNS 1662 1610 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1610 47 including include VBG 1662 1610 48 314 314 CD 1662 1610 49 km km NNS 1662 1610 50 of of IN 1662 1610 51 expressways expressway NNS 1662 1610 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1610 53 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1610 54 : : : 1662 1610 55 2,979 2,979 CD 1662 1610 56 km km NNS 1662 1610 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1610 58 1995 1995 CD 1662 1610 59 est est NNP 1662 1610 60 . . . 1662 1610 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1611 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 1611 2 : : : 1662 1611 3 470 470 CD 1662 1611 4 km km NN 1662 1611 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1611 6 1987 1987 CD 1662 1611 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1611 8 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 1611 9 : : : 1662 1611 10 crude crude JJ 1662 1611 11 oil oil NN 1662 1611 12 193 193 CD 1662 1611 13 km km NN 1662 1611 14 ; ; : 1662 1611 15 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1611 16 products product NNS 1662 1611 17 525 525 CD 1662 1611 18 km km NN 1662 1611 19 ; ; : 1662 1611 20 natural natural JJ 1662 1611 21 gas gas NN 1662 1611 22 1,400 1,400 CD 1662 1611 23 km km NN 1662 1611 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1611 25 1992 1992 CD 1662 1611 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1611 27 Ports port NNS 1662 1611 28 and and CC 1662 1611 29 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1611 30 : : : 1662 1611 31 Burgas Burgas NNP 1662 1611 32 , , , 1662 1611 33 Lom Lom NNP 1662 1611 34 , , , 1662 1611 35 Nesebur Nesebur NNP 1662 1611 36 , , , 1662 1611 37 Ruse Ruse NNP 1662 1611 38 , , , 1662 1611 39 Varna Varna NNP 1662 1611 40 , , , 1662 1611 41 Vidin Vidin NNP 1662 1611 42 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 1611 43 marine marine NN 1662 1611 44 : : : 1662 1611 45 total total NN 1662 1611 46 : : : 1662 1611 47 99 99 CD 1662 1611 48 ships ship NNS 1662 1611 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1611 50 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1611 51 GRT GRT NNP 1662 1611 52 or or CC 1662 1611 53 over over RB 1662 1611 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1611 55 totaling total VBG 1662 1611 56 1,063,367 1,063,367 CD 1662 1611 57 GRT/1,596,438 GRT/1,596,438 NNP 1662 1611 58 DWT dwt NN 1662 1611 59 ships ship NNS 1662 1611 60 by by IN 1662 1611 61 type type NN 1662 1611 62 : : : 1662 1611 63 bulk bulk NNP 1662 1611 64 45 45 CD 1662 1611 65 , , , 1662 1611 66 cargo cargo NN 1662 1611 67 25 25 CD 1662 1611 68 , , , 1662 1611 69 chemical chemical NN 1662 1611 70 tanker tanker NN 1662 1611 71 4 4 CD 1662 1611 72 , , , 1662 1611 73 container container NN 1662 1611 74 2 2 CD 1662 1611 75 , , , 1662 1611 76 oil oil NN 1662 1611 77 tanker tanker NN 1662 1611 78 12 12 CD 1662 1611 79 , , , 1662 1611 80 passenger passenger NN 1662 1611 81 - - HYPH 1662 1611 82 cargo cargo NN 1662 1611 83 1 1 CD 1662 1611 84 , , , 1662 1611 85 railcar railcar NN 1662 1611 86 carrier carrier NN 1662 1611 87 2 2 CD 1662 1611 88 , , , 1662 1611 89 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 1611 90 cargo cargo NN 1662 1611 91 1 1 CD 1662 1611 92 , , , 1662 1611 93 roll roll NN 1662 1611 94 - - HYPH 1662 1611 95 on on IN 1662 1611 96 / / SYM 1662 1611 97 roll roll NN 1662 1611 98 - - HYPH 1662 1611 99 off off RP 1662 1611 100 cargo cargo NN 1662 1611 101 6 6 CD 1662 1611 102 , , , 1662 1611 103 short short JJ 1662 1611 104 - - HYPH 1662 1611 105 sea sea NN 1662 1611 106 passenger passenger NN 1662 1611 107 1 1 CD 1662 1611 108 note note NN 1662 1611 109 : : : 1662 1611 110 Bulgaria Bulgaria NNP 1662 1611 111 owns own VBZ 1662 1611 112 an an DT 1662 1611 113 additional additional JJ 1662 1611 114 6 6 CD 1662 1611 115 ships ship NNS 1662 1611 116 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1611 117 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1611 118 GRT GRT NNP 1662 1611 119 or or CC 1662 1611 120 over over RB 1662 1611 121 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1611 122 totaling total VBG 1662 1611 123 151,855 151,855 CD 1662 1611 124 DWT dwt NN 1662 1611 125 operating operate VBG 1662 1611 126 under under IN 1662 1611 127 the the DT 1662 1611 128 registries registry NNS 1662 1611 129 of of IN 1662 1611 130 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 1611 131 and and CC 1662 1611 132 Malta Malta NNP 1662 1611 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1611 134 1996 1996 CD 1662 1611 135 est est NNP 1662 1611 136 . . . 1662 1611 137 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1612 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1612 2 : : : 1662 1612 3 355 355 CD 1662 1612 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1612 5 1994 1994 CD 1662 1612 6 est est NNP 1662 1612 7 . . . 1662 1612 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1613 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1613 2 - - , 1662 1613 3 with with IN 1662 1613 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1613 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1613 6 : : : 1662 1613 7 total total NN 1662 1613 8 : : : 1662 1613 9 116 116 CD 1662 1613 10 over over IN 1662 1613 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1613 12 m m NN 1662 1613 13 : : : 1662 1613 14 1 1 CD 1662 1613 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 1613 16 to to IN 1662 1613 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1613 18 m m NN 1662 1613 19 : : : 1662 1613 20 17 17 CD 1662 1613 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1613 22 to to TO 1662 1613 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1613 24 m m NN 1662 1613 25 : : : 1662 1613 26 10 10 CD 1662 1613 27 under under IN 1662 1613 28 914 914 CD 1662 1613 29 m m NN 1662 1613 30 : : : 1662 1613 31 88 88 CD 1662 1613 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1613 33 1994 1994 CD 1662 1613 34 est est NNP 1662 1613 35 . . . 1662 1613 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1614 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1614 2 - - , 1662 1614 3 with with IN 1662 1614 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1614 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1614 6 : : : 1662 1614 7 total total NN 1662 1614 8 : : : 1662 1614 9 239 239 CD 1662 1614 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 1614 11 to to TO 1662 1614 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1614 13 m m NN 1662 1614 14 : : : 1662 1614 15 2 2 CD 1662 1614 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1614 17 to to TO 1662 1614 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1614 19 m m NN 1662 1614 20 : : : 1662 1614 21 1 1 CD 1662 1614 22 914 914 CD 1662 1614 23 to to TO 1662 1614 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1614 25 m m NN 1662 1614 26 : : : 1662 1614 27 10 10 CD 1662 1614 28 under under IN 1662 1614 29 914 914 CD 1662 1614 30 m m NN 1662 1614 31 : : : 1662 1614 32 226 226 CD 1662 1614 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1614 34 1994 1994 CD 1662 1614 35 est est NNP 1662 1614 36 . . . 1662 1614 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1615 1 Military military JJ 1662 1615 2 Military military JJ 1662 1615 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1615 4 : : : 1662 1615 5 Army Army NNP 1662 1615 6 , , , 1662 1615 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 1615 8 , , , 1662 1615 9 Air Air NNP 1662 1615 10 and and CC 1662 1615 11 Air Air NNP 1662 1615 12 Defense Defense NNP 1662 1615 13 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 1615 14 , , , 1662 1615 15 Border border NN 1662 1615 16 Troops troop NNS 1662 1615 17 , , , 1662 1615 18 Internal Internal NNP 1662 1615 19 Troops Troops NNPS 1662 1615 20 Military Military NNP 1662 1615 21 manpower manpower NN 1662 1615 22 - - HYPH 1662 1615 23 military military NN 1662 1615 24 age age NN 1662 1615 25 : : : 1662 1615 26 19 19 CD 1662 1615 27 years year NNS 1662 1615 28 of of IN 1662 1615 29 age age NN 1662 1615 30 Military military JJ 1662 1615 31 manpower manpower NN 1662 1615 32 - - HYPH 1662 1615 33 availability availability NN 1662 1615 34 : : : 1662 1615 35 males male NNS 1662 1615 36 age age NNP 1662 1615 37 15 15 CD 1662 1615 38 - - HYPH 1662 1615 39 49 49 CD 1662 1615 40 : : : 1662 1615 41 2,052,731 2,052,731 CD 1662 1615 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1615 43 1997 1997 CD 1662 1615 44 est est NNP 1662 1615 45 . . . 1662 1615 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1616 1 Military military JJ 1662 1616 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1616 3 - - HYPH 1662 1616 4 fit fit NN 1662 1616 5 for for IN 1662 1616 6 military military JJ 1662 1616 7 service service NN 1662 1616 8 : : : 1662 1616 9 males male NNS 1662 1616 10 : : : 1662 1616 11 1,711,729 1,711,729 CD 1662 1616 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1616 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1616 14 est est NNP 1662 1616 15 . . . 1662 1616 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1617 1 Military military JJ 1662 1617 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1617 3 - - HYPH 1662 1617 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 1617 5 military military JJ 1662 1617 6 age age NN 1662 1617 7 annually annually RB 1662 1617 8 : : : 1662 1617 9 males male NNS 1662 1617 10 : : : 1662 1617 11 62,908 62,908 CD 1662 1617 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1617 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1617 14 est e JJS 1662 1617 15 . . . 1662 1617 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1618 1 Military military JJ 1662 1618 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1618 3 - - HYPH 1662 1618 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1618 5 figure figure NN 1662 1618 6 : : : 1662 1618 7 $ $ $ 1662 1618 8 418.6 418.6 CD 1662 1618 9 million million CD 1662 1618 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1618 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 1618 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1618 13 Military military JJ 1662 1618 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1618 15 - - : 1662 1618 16 percent percent NN 1662 1618 17 of of IN 1662 1618 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1618 19 : : : 1662 1618 20 2.0 2.0 CD 1662 1618 21 % % NN 1662 1618 22 to to IN 1662 1618 23 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 1618 24 % % NN 1662 1618 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1618 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 1618 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1618 28 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1618 29 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1618 30 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1618 31 - - : 1662 1618 32 international international RB 1662 1618 33 : : : 1662 1618 34 none none NN 1662 1618 35 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 1618 36 drugs drug VBZ 1662 1618 37 : : : 1662 1618 38 major major JJ 1662 1618 39 European european JJ 1662 1618 40 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 1618 41 point point NN 1662 1618 42 for for IN 1662 1618 43 Southwest southwest JJ 1662 1618 44 Asian asian JJ 1662 1618 45 heroin heroin NN 1662 1618 46 and and CC 1662 1618 47 , , , 1662 1618 48 to to IN 1662 1618 49 a a DT 1662 1618 50 lesser less JJR 1662 1618 51 degree degree NN 1662 1618 52 , , , 1662 1618 53 South south JJ 1662 1618 54 American american JJ 1662 1618 55 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 1618 56 for for IN 1662 1618 57 the the DT 1662 1618 58 European european JJ 1662 1618 59 market market NN 1662 1618 60 ; ; , 1662 1618 61 limited limited JJ 1662 1618 62 producer producer NN 1662 1618 63 of of IN 1662 1618 64 precursor precursor NN 1662 1618 65 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 1618 66 ; ; , 1662 1618 67 significant significant JJ 1662 1618 68 producer producer NN 1662 1618 69 of of IN 1662 1618 70 amphetamines amphetamine NNS 1662 1618 71 , , , 1662 1618 72 much much JJ 1662 1618 73 of of IN 1662 1618 74 which which WDT 1662 1618 75 are be VBP 1662 1618 76 consumed consume VBN 1662 1618 77 in in IN 1662 1618 78 the the DT 1662 1618 79 Middle Middle NNP 1662 1618 80 East East NNP 1662 1618 81 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 82 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 83 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 84 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 85 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 86 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 87 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 94 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 95 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 96 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 97 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 98 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 99 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 100 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 101 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 102 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 103 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 104 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 105 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 106 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 107 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 108 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 109 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 110 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 111 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 112 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 113 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 114 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 115 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 116 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 117 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 118 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 119 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 120 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 121 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 122 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 123 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 124 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 125 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 126 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 127 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 128 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 129 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 130 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 131 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 132 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 133 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 134 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 135 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 136 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 137 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 138 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 139 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 140 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 141 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 142 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 143 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 144 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 145 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 146 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 147 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 148 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 149 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 150 _ _ NNP 1662 1618 151 BURKINA BURKINA NNP 1662 1618 152 FASO FASO NNP 1662 1618 153 @Burkina @Burkina NNP 1662 1618 154 Faso Faso NNP 1662 1618 155 : : : 1662 1618 156 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1618 157 Location Location NNP 1662 1618 158 : : : 1662 1618 159 Western Western NNP 1662 1618 160 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1618 161 , , , 1662 1618 162 north north RB 1662 1618 163 of of IN 1662 1618 164 Ghana Ghana NNP 1662 1618 165 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1618 166 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1618 167 : : : 1662 1618 168 13 13 CD 1662 1618 169 00 00 CD 1662 1618 170 N n CD 1662 1618 171 , , , 1662 1618 172 2 2 CD 1662 1618 173 00 00 NFP 1662 1618 174 W W NNP 1662 1618 175 Map Map NNP 1662 1618 176 references reference NNS 1662 1618 177 : : : 1662 1618 178 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1618 179 Area Area NNP 1662 1618 180 : : : 1662 1618 181 total total NN 1662 1618 182 : : : 1662 1618 183 274,200 274,200 CD 1662 1618 184 sq sq IN 1662 1618 185 km km NNP 1662 1618 186 land land NN 1662 1618 187 : : : 1662 1618 188 273,800 273,800 CD 1662 1618 189 sq sq NNP 1662 1618 190 km km NNP 1662 1618 191 water water NN 1662 1618 192 : : : 1662 1618 193 400 400 CD 1662 1618 194 sq sq RB 1662 1618 195 km km NNP 1662 1618 196 Area Area NNP 1662 1618 197 - - HYPH 1662 1618 198 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1618 199 : : : 1662 1618 200 slightly slightly RB 1662 1618 201 larger large JJR 1662 1618 202 than than IN 1662 1618 203 Colorado Colorado NNP 1662 1618 204 Land Land NNP 1662 1618 205 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1618 206 : : : 1662 1618 207 total total JJ 1662 1618 208 : : : 1662 1618 209 3,192 3,192 CD 1662 1618 210 km km NN 1662 1618 211 border border NN 1662 1618 212 countries country NNS 1662 1618 213 : : : 1662 1618 214 Benin Benin NNP 1662 1618 215 306 306 CD 1662 1618 216 km km NN 1662 1618 217 , , , 1662 1618 218 Ghana Ghana NNP 1662 1618 219 548 548 CD 1662 1618 220 km km NN 1662 1618 221 , , , 1662 1618 222 Cote Cote NNP 1662 1618 223 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 1618 224 584 584 CD 1662 1618 225 km km NNS 1662 1618 226 , , , 1662 1618 227 Mali Mali NNP 1662 1618 228 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1618 229 km km NN 1662 1618 230 , , , 1662 1618 231 Niger Niger NNP 1662 1618 232 628 628 CD 1662 1618 233 km km NNS 1662 1618 234 , , , 1662 1618 235 Togo Togo NNP 1662 1618 236 126 126 CD 1662 1618 237 km km NN 1662 1618 238 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1618 239 : : : 1662 1618 240 0 0 CD 1662 1618 241 km km NN 1662 1618 242 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1618 243 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 1618 244 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1618 245 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1618 246 claims claim VBZ 1662 1618 247 : : : 1662 1618 248 none none NN 1662 1618 249 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1618 250 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 1618 251 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1618 252 Climate climate NN 1662 1618 253 : : : 1662 1618 254 tropical tropical JJ 1662 1618 255 ; ; : 1662 1618 256 warm warm JJ 1662 1618 257 , , , 1662 1618 258 dry dry JJ 1662 1618 259 winters winter NNS 1662 1618 260 ; ; : 1662 1618 261 hot hot JJ 1662 1618 262 , , , 1662 1618 263 wet wet JJ 1662 1618 264 summers summer NNS 1662 1618 265 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1618 266 : : : 1662 1618 267 mostly mostly RB 1662 1618 268 flat flat JJ 1662 1618 269 to to IN 1662 1618 270 dissected dissect VBN 1662 1618 271 , , , 1662 1618 272 undulating undulating NN 1662 1618 273 plains plain NNS 1662 1618 274 ; ; : 1662 1618 275 hills hill NNS 1662 1618 276 in in IN 1662 1618 277 west west NNP 1662 1618 278 and and CC 1662 1618 279 southeast southeast JJ 1662 1618 280 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1618 281 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1618 282 : : : 1662 1618 283 lowest low JJS 1662 1618 284 point point NN 1662 1618 285 : : : 1662 1618 286 Black Black NNP 1662 1618 287 Volta Volta NNP 1662 1618 288 River River NNP 1662 1618 289 200 200 CD 1662 1618 290 m m CD 1662 1618 291 highest high JJS 1662 1618 292 point point NN 1662 1618 293 : : : 1662 1618 294 Tena Tena NNP 1662 1618 295 Kourou Kourou NNP 1662 1618 296 749 749 CD 1662 1618 297 m m NNP 1662 1618 298 Natural natural JJ 1662 1618 299 resources resource NNS 1662 1618 300 : : : 1662 1618 301 manganese manganese NNP 1662 1618 302 , , , 1662 1618 303 limestone limestone NN 1662 1618 304 , , , 1662 1618 305 marble marble NN 1662 1618 306 ; ; : 1662 1618 307 small small JJ 1662 1618 308 deposits deposit NNS 1662 1618 309 of of IN 1662 1618 310 gold gold NN 1662 1618 311 , , , 1662 1618 312 antimony antimony NN 1662 1618 313 , , , 1662 1618 314 copper copper NN 1662 1618 315 , , , 1662 1618 316 nickel nickel NN 1662 1618 317 , , , 1662 1618 318 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 1618 319 , , , 1662 1618 320 lead lead NN 1662 1618 321 , , , 1662 1618 322 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 1618 323 , , , 1662 1618 324 zinc zinc NN 1662 1618 325 , , , 1662 1618 326 silver silver NN 1662 1618 327 Land Land NNP 1662 1618 328 use use NN 1662 1618 329 : : : 1662 1618 330 arable arable JJ 1662 1618 331 land land NN 1662 1618 332 : : : 1662 1618 333 13 13 CD 1662 1618 334 % % NN 1662 1618 335 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1618 336 crops crop NNS 1662 1618 337 : : : 1662 1618 338 0 0 CD 1662 1618 339 % % NN 1662 1618 340 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1618 341 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1618 342 : : : 1662 1618 343 22 22 CD 1662 1618 344 % % NN 1662 1618 345 forests forest NNS 1662 1618 346 and and CC 1662 1618 347 woodland woodland NN 1662 1618 348 : : : 1662 1618 349 50 50 CD 1662 1618 350 % % NN 1662 1618 351 other other JJ 1662 1618 352 : : : 1662 1618 353 15 15 CD 1662 1618 354 % % NN 1662 1618 355 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1618 356 1993 1993 CD 1662 1618 357 est est NNP 1662 1618 358 . . . 1662 1618 359 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1619 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1619 2 land land NN 1662 1619 3 : : : 1662 1619 4 200 200 CD 1662 1619 5 sq sq IN 1662 1619 6 km km NNP 1662 1619 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1619 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1619 9 est est NNP 1662 1619 10 . . . 1662 1619 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1620 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1620 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1620 3 : : : 1662 1620 4 recurring recur VBG 1662 1620 5 droughts drought VBZ 1662 1620 6 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1620 7 - - HYPH 1662 1620 8 current current JJ 1662 1620 9 issues issue NNS 1662 1620 10 : : : 1662 1620 11 recent recent JJ 1662 1620 12 droughts drought NNS 1662 1620 13 and and CC 1662 1620 14 desertification desertification NN 1662 1620 15 severely severely RB 1662 1620 16 affecting affect VBG 1662 1620 17 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 1620 18 activities activity NNS 1662 1620 19 , , , 1662 1620 20 population population NN 1662 1620 21 distribution distribution NN 1662 1620 22 , , , 1662 1620 23 and and CC 1662 1620 24 the the DT 1662 1620 25 economy economy NN 1662 1620 26 ; ; , 1662 1620 27 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 1620 28 ; ; : 1662 1620 29 soil soil NN 1662 1620 30 degradation degradation NN 1662 1620 31 ; ; , 1662 1620 32 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 1620 33 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1620 34 - - HYPH 1662 1620 35 international international JJ 1662 1620 36 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1620 37 : : : 1662 1620 38 party party NN 1662 1620 39 to to TO 1662 1620 40 : : : 1662 1620 41 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 1620 42 , , , 1662 1620 43 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1620 44 Change Change NNP 1662 1620 45 , , , 1662 1620 46 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 1620 47 , , , 1662 1620 48 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 1620 49 Species Species NNPS 1662 1620 50 , , , 1662 1620 51 Marine Marine NNP 1662 1620 52 Life Life NNP 1662 1620 53 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 1620 54 , , , 1662 1620 55 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 1620 56 Layer Layer NNP 1662 1620 57 Protection Protection NNP 1662 1620 58 , , , 1662 1620 59 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 1620 60 signed sign VBD 1662 1620 61 , , , 1662 1620 62 but but CC 1662 1620 63 not not RB 1662 1620 64 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1620 65 : : : 1662 1620 66 Law Law NNP 1662 1620 67 of of IN 1662 1620 68 the the DT 1662 1620 69 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1620 70 , , , 1662 1620 71 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 1620 72 Test Test NNP 1662 1620 73 Ban Ban NNP 1662 1620 74 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1620 75 - - HYPH 1662 1620 76 note note NN 1662 1620 77 : : : 1662 1620 78 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 1620 79 @Burkina @Burkina NNP 1662 1620 80 Faso Faso NNP 1662 1620 81 : : : 1662 1620 82 People People NNP 1662 1620 83 Population Population NNP 1662 1620 84 : : : 1662 1620 85 10,891,159 10,891,159 CD 1662 1620 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1620 87 July July NNP 1662 1620 88 1997 1997 CD 1662 1620 89 est est NNP 1662 1620 90 . . . 1662 1620 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1621 1 Age age NN 1662 1621 2 structure structure NN 1662 1621 3 : : : 1662 1621 4 0 0 CD 1662 1621 5 - - HYPH 1662 1621 6 14 14 CD 1662 1621 7 years year NNS 1662 1621 8 : : : 1662 1621 9 48 48 CD 1662 1621 10 % % NN 1662 1621 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1621 12 male male JJ 1662 1621 13 2,636,509 2,636,509 CD 1662 1621 14 ; ; : 1662 1621 15 female female JJ 1662 1621 16 2,602,984 2,602,984 CD 1662 1621 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1621 18 15 15 CD 1662 1621 19 - - SYM 1662 1621 20 64 64 CD 1662 1621 21 years year NNS 1662 1621 22 : : : 1662 1621 23 49 49 CD 1662 1621 24 % % NN 1662 1621 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1621 26 male male JJ 1662 1621 27 2,515,266 2,515,266 CD 1662 1621 28 ; ; : 1662 1621 29 female female JJ 1662 1621 30 2,799,542 2,799,542 CD 1662 1621 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1621 32 65 65 CD 1662 1621 33 years year NNS 1662 1621 34 and and CC 1662 1621 35 over over IN 1662 1621 36 : : : 1662 1621 37 3 3 CD 1662 1621 38 % % NN 1662 1621 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1621 40 male male JJ 1662 1621 41 146,267 146,267 CD 1662 1621 42 ; ; : 1662 1621 43 female female JJ 1662 1621 44 190,591 190,591 CD 1662 1621 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1621 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1621 47 July July NNP 1662 1621 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1621 49 est est NNP 1662 1621 50 . . . 1662 1621 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1622 1 Population population NN 1662 1622 2 growth growth NN 1662 1622 3 rate rate NN 1662 1622 4 : : : 1662 1622 5 2.45 2.45 CD 1662 1622 6 % % NN 1662 1622 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1622 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1622 9 est est NNP 1662 1622 10 . . . 1662 1622 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1623 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1623 2 rate rate NN 1662 1623 3 : : : 1662 1623 4 46.43 46.43 CD 1662 1623 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 1623 6 population population NN 1662 1623 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1623 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1623 9 est est NNP 1662 1623 10 . . . 1662 1623 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1624 1 Death death NN 1662 1624 2 rate rate NN 1662 1624 3 : : : 1662 1624 4 20.33 20.33 CD 1662 1624 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1624 6 population population NN 1662 1624 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1624 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1624 9 est est NNP 1662 1624 10 . . . 1662 1624 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1625 1 Net net JJ 1662 1625 2 migration migration NN 1662 1625 3 rate rate NN 1662 1625 4 : : : 1662 1625 5 -1.58 -1.58 NFP 1662 1625 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 1625 7 population population NN 1662 1625 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1625 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1625 10 est est NNP 1662 1625 11 . . . 1662 1625 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1626 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1626 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1626 3 : : : 1662 1626 4 at at IN 1662 1626 5 birth birth NN 1662 1626 6 : : : 1662 1626 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 1626 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1626 9 under under IN 1662 1626 10 15 15 CD 1662 1626 11 years year NNS 1662 1626 12 : : : 1662 1626 13 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 1626 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1626 15 15 15 CD 1662 1626 16 - - HYPH 1662 1626 17 64 64 CD 1662 1626 18 years year NNS 1662 1626 19 : : : 1662 1626 20 0.9 0.9 CD 1662 1626 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1626 22 65 65 CD 1662 1626 23 years year NNS 1662 1626 24 and and CC 1662 1626 25 over over IN 1662 1626 26 : : : 1662 1626 27 0.77 0.77 CD 1662 1626 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1626 29 total total JJ 1662 1626 30 population population NN 1662 1626 31 : : : 1662 1626 32 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 1626 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1626 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1626 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1626 36 est est NNP 1662 1626 37 . . . 1662 1626 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1627 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1627 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1627 3 rate rate NN 1662 1627 4 : : : 1662 1627 5 116.6 116.6 CD 1662 1627 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1627 7 live live JJ 1662 1627 8 births birth NNS 1662 1627 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1627 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1627 11 est est NNP 1662 1627 12 . . . 1662 1627 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1628 1 Life life NN 1662 1628 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1628 3 at at IN 1662 1628 4 birth birth NN 1662 1628 5 : : : 1662 1628 6 total total JJ 1662 1628 7 population population NN 1662 1628 8 : : : 1662 1628 9 42.29 42.29 CD 1662 1628 10 years year NNS 1662 1628 11 male male JJ 1662 1628 12 : : : 1662 1628 13 42.45 42.45 CD 1662 1628 14 years year NNS 1662 1628 15 female female JJ 1662 1628 16 : : : 1662 1628 17 42.12 42.12 CD 1662 1628 18 years year NNS 1662 1628 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1628 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1628 21 est est NNP 1662 1628 22 . . . 1662 1628 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1629 1 Total total JJ 1662 1629 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1629 3 rate rate NN 1662 1629 4 : : : 1662 1629 5 6.72 6.72 CD 1662 1629 6 children child NNS 1662 1629 7 born bear VBN 1662 1629 8 / / SYM 1662 1629 9 woman woman NN 1662 1629 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1629 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1629 12 est est NNP 1662 1629 13 . . . 1662 1629 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1630 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1630 2 : : : 1662 1630 3 noun noun NN 1662 1630 4 : : : 1662 1630 5 Burkinabe Burkinabe NNP 1662 1630 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1630 7 singular singular JJ 1662 1630 8 and and CC 1662 1630 9 plural plural JJ 1662 1630 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1630 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 1630 12 : : : 1662 1630 13 Burkinabe Burkinabe NNP 1662 1630 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1630 15 groups group NNS 1662 1630 16 : : : 1662 1630 17 Mossi mossi VB 1662 1630 18 about about RB 1662 1630 19 24 24 CD 1662 1630 20 % % NN 1662 1630 21 , , , 1662 1630 22 Gurunsi Gurunsi NNP 1662 1630 23 , , , 1662 1630 24 Senufo Senufo NNP 1662 1630 25 , , , 1662 1630 26 Lobi Lobi NNP 1662 1630 27 , , , 1662 1630 28 Bobo Bobo NNP 1662 1630 29 , , , 1662 1630 30 Mande Mande NNP 1662 1630 31 , , , 1662 1630 32 Fulani Fulani NNP 1662 1630 33 Religions Religions NNPS 1662 1630 34 : : : 1662 1630 35 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 1630 36 beliefs belief NNS 1662 1630 37 40 40 CD 1662 1630 38 % % NN 1662 1630 39 , , , 1662 1630 40 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 1630 41 50 50 CD 1662 1630 42 % % NN 1662 1630 43 , , , 1662 1630 44 Christian Christian NNP 1662 1630 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1630 46 mainly mainly RB 1662 1630 47 Roman Roman NNP 1662 1630 48 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 1630 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1630 50 10 10 CD 1662 1630 51 % % NN 1662 1630 52 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 1630 53 : : : 1662 1630 54 French French NNP 1662 1630 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1630 56 official official JJ 1662 1630 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1630 58 , , , 1662 1630 59 tribal tribal JJ 1662 1630 60 languages language NNS 1662 1630 61 belonging belong VBG 1662 1630 62 to to IN 1662 1630 63 Sudanic sudanic JJ 1662 1630 64 family family NN 1662 1630 65 , , , 1662 1630 66 spoken speak VBN 1662 1630 67 by by IN 1662 1630 68 90 90 CD 1662 1630 69 % % NN 1662 1630 70 of of IN 1662 1630 71 the the DT 1662 1630 72 population population NN 1662 1630 73 Literacy literacy NN 1662 1630 74 : : : 1662 1630 75 definition definition NN 1662 1630 76 : : : 1662 1630 77 age age NN 1662 1630 78 15 15 CD 1662 1630 79 and and CC 1662 1630 80 over over RB 1662 1630 81 can can MD 1662 1630 82 read read VB 1662 1630 83 and and CC 1662 1630 84 write write VB 1662 1630 85 total total JJ 1662 1630 86 population population NN 1662 1630 87 : : : 1662 1630 88 19.2 19.2 CD 1662 1630 89 % % NN 1662 1630 90 male male NN 1662 1630 91 : : : 1662 1630 92 29.5 29.5 CD 1662 1630 93 % % NN 1662 1630 94 female female NN 1662 1630 95 : : : 1662 1630 96 9.2 9.2 CD 1662 1630 97 % % NN 1662 1630 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1630 99 1995 1995 CD 1662 1630 100 est est NNP 1662 1630 101 . . . 1662 1630 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1631 1 @Burkina @Burkina NNP 1662 1631 2 Faso Faso NNP 1662 1631 3 : : : 1662 1631 4 Government Government NNP 1662 1631 5 Country Country NNP 1662 1631 6 name name NN 1662 1631 7 : : : 1662 1631 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1631 9 long long JJ 1662 1631 10 form form NN 1662 1631 11 : : : 1662 1631 12 none none NN 1662 1631 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1631 14 short short JJ 1662 1631 15 form form NN 1662 1631 16 : : : 1662 1631 17 Burkina Burkina NNP 1662 1631 18 Faso Faso NNP 1662 1631 19 former former RB 1662 1631 20 : : : 1662 1631 21 Upper Upper NNP 1662 1631 22 Volta Volta NNP 1662 1631 23 Data Data NNP 1662 1631 24 code code NN 1662 1631 25 : : : 1662 1631 26 UV UV NNP 1662 1631 27 Government Government NNP 1662 1631 28 type type NN 1662 1631 29 : : : 1662 1631 30 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 1631 31 National national JJ 1662 1631 32 capital capital NN 1662 1631 33 : : : 1662 1631 34 Ouagadougou Ouagadougou NNP 1662 1631 35 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 1631 36 divisions division NNS 1662 1631 37 : : : 1662 1631 38 30 30 CD 1662 1631 39 provinces province NNS 1662 1631 40 ; ; : 1662 1631 41 Bam Bam NNP 1662 1631 42 , , , 1662 1631 43 Bazega Bazega NNP 1662 1631 44 , , , 1662 1631 45 Bougouriba Bougouriba NNP 1662 1631 46 , , , 1662 1631 47 Boulgou Boulgou NNP 1662 1631 48 , , , 1662 1631 49 Boulkiemde Boulkiemde NNP 1662 1631 50 , , , 1662 1631 51 Ganzourgou Ganzourgou NNP 1662 1631 52 , , , 1662 1631 53 Gnagna Gnagna NNP 1662 1631 54 , , , 1662 1631 55 Gourma Gourma NNP 1662 1631 56 , , , 1662 1631 57 Houe Houe NNP 1662 1631 58 , , , 1662 1631 59 Kadiogo Kadiogo NNP 1662 1631 60 , , , 1662 1631 61 Kenedougou Kenedougou NNP 1662 1631 62 , , , 1662 1631 63 Komoe Komoe NNP 1662 1631 64 , , , 1662 1631 65 Kossi Kossi NNP 1662 1631 66 , , , 1662 1631 67 Kouritenga Kouritenga NNP 1662 1631 68 , , , 1662 1631 69 Mouhoun Mouhoun NNP 1662 1631 70 , , , 1662 1631 71 Namentenga Namentenga NNP 1662 1631 72 , , , 1662 1631 73 Naouri Naouri NNP 1662 1631 74 , , , 1662 1631 75 Oubritenga Oubritenga NNP 1662 1631 76 , , , 1662 1631 77 Oudalan Oudalan NNP 1662 1631 78 , , , 1662 1631 79 Passore Passore NNP 1662 1631 80 , , , 1662 1631 81 Poni Poni NNP 1662 1631 82 , , , 1662 1631 83 Sanguie Sanguie NNP 1662 1631 84 , , , 1662 1631 85 Sanmatenga Sanmatenga NNP 1662 1631 86 , , , 1662 1631 87 Seno Seno NNP 1662 1631 88 , , , 1662 1631 89 Sissili Sissili NNP 1662 1631 90 , , , 1662 1631 91 Soum Soum NNP 1662 1631 92 , , , 1662 1631 93 Sourou Sourou NNP 1662 1631 94 , , , 1662 1631 95 Tapoa Tapoa NNP 1662 1631 96 , , , 1662 1631 97 Yatenga Yatenga NNP 1662 1631 98 , , , 1662 1631 99 Zoundweogo Zoundweogo NNP 1662 1631 100 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1631 101 : : : 1662 1631 102 5 5 CD 1662 1631 103 August August NNP 1662 1631 104 1960 1960 CD 1662 1631 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1631 106 from from IN 1662 1631 107 France France NNP 1662 1631 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1631 109 National national JJ 1662 1631 110 holiday holiday NN 1662 1631 111 : : : 1662 1631 112 Anniversary anniversary NN 1662 1631 113 of of IN 1662 1631 114 the the DT 1662 1631 115 Revolution Revolution NNP 1662 1631 116 , , , 1662 1631 117 4 4 CD 1662 1631 118 August August NNP 1662 1631 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1631 120 1983 1983 CD 1662 1631 121 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1631 122 Constitution constitution NN 1662 1631 123 : : : 1662 1631 124 2 2 CD 1662 1631 125 June June NNP 1662 1631 126 1991 1991 CD 1662 1631 127 Legal legal JJ 1662 1631 128 system system NN 1662 1631 129 : : : 1662 1631 130 based base VBN 1662 1631 131 on on IN 1662 1631 132 French french JJ 1662 1631 133 civil civil JJ 1662 1631 134 law law NN 1662 1631 135 system system NN 1662 1631 136 and and CC 1662 1631 137 customary customary JJ 1662 1631 138 law law NN 1662 1631 139 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 1631 140 : : : 1662 1631 141 none none NN 1662 1631 142 Executive executive JJ 1662 1631 143 branch branch NN 1662 1631 144 : : : 1662 1631 145 chief chief NN 1662 1631 146 of of IN 1662 1631 147 state state NN 1662 1631 148 : : : 1662 1631 149 President President NNP 1662 1631 150 Captain Captain NNP 1662 1631 151 Blaise Blaise NNP 1662 1631 152 COMPAORE COMPAORE NNP 1662 1631 153 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1631 154 since since IN 1662 1631 155 15 15 CD 1662 1631 156 October October NNP 1662 1631 157 1987 1987 CD 1662 1631 158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1631 159 head head NN 1662 1631 160 of of IN 1662 1631 161 government government NN 1662 1631 162 : : : 1662 1631 163 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1631 164 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1631 165 Kadre Kadre NNP 1662 1631 166 ' ' POS 1662 1631 167 De'sire De'sire NNP 1662 1631 168 ' ' '' 1662 1631 169 OUE'DRAOGO oue'draogo CD 1662 1631 170 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1631 171 since since IN 1662 1631 172 6 6 CD 1662 1631 173 February February NNP 1662 1631 174 1996 1996 CD 1662 1631 175 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1631 176 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1631 177 : : : 1662 1631 178 Council Council NNP 1662 1631 179 of of IN 1662 1631 180 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 1631 181 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1631 182 by by IN 1662 1631 183 the the DT 1662 1631 184 president president NN 1662 1631 185 on on IN 1662 1631 186 the the DT 1662 1631 187 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 1631 188 of of IN 1662 1631 189 the the DT 1662 1631 190 prime prime JJ 1662 1631 191 minister minister NNP 1662 1631 192 elections election NNS 1662 1631 193 : : : 1662 1631 194 president president NNP 1662 1631 195 elected elect VBN 1662 1631 196 by by IN 1662 1631 197 popular popular JJ 1662 1631 198 vote vote NN 1662 1631 199 for for IN 1662 1631 200 a a DT 1662 1631 201 seven seven CD 1662 1631 202 - - HYPH 1662 1631 203 year year NN 1662 1631 204 term term NN 1662 1631 205 ; ; : 1662 1631 206 election election NN 1662 1631 207 last last JJ 1662 1631 208 held hold VBD 1662 1631 209 1 1 CD 1662 1631 210 December December NNP 1662 1631 211 1991 1991 CD 1662 1631 212 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1631 213 next next JJ 1662 1631 214 to to TO 1662 1631 215 be be VB 1662 1631 216 held hold VBN 1662 1631 217 NA NA NNP 1662 1631 218 1998 1998 CD 1662 1631 219 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1631 220 ; ; : 1662 1631 221 prime prime NNP 1662 1631 222 minister minister NN 1662 1631 223 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1631 224 by by IN 1662 1631 225 the the DT 1662 1631 226 president president NN 1662 1631 227 with with IN 1662 1631 228 the the DT 1662 1631 229 consent consent NN 1662 1631 230 of of IN 1662 1631 231 the the DT 1662 1631 232 legislature legislature NN 1662 1631 233 election election NN 1662 1631 234 results result NNS 1662 1631 235 : : : 1662 1631 236 Blaise blaise NN 1662 1631 237 COMPAORE COMPAORE NNP 1662 1631 238 elected elect VBD 1662 1631 239 president president NN 1662 1631 240 with with IN 1662 1631 241 90.4 90.4 CD 1662 1631 242 % % NN 1662 1631 243 percent percent NN 1662 1631 244 of of IN 1662 1631 245 the the DT 1662 1631 246 votes vote NNS 1662 1631 247 of of IN 1662 1631 248 those those DT 1662 1631 249 who who WP 1662 1631 250 voted vote VBD 1662 1631 251 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1631 252 the the DT 1662 1631 253 abstention abstention NN 1662 1631 254 rate rate NN 1662 1631 255 was be VBD 1662 1631 256 74.7 74.7 CD 1662 1631 257 % % NN 1662 1631 258 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1631 259 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 1631 260 branch branch NN 1662 1631 261 : : : 1662 1631 262 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 1631 263 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1631 264 of of IN 1662 1631 265 People People NNPS 1662 1631 266 's 's POS 1662 1631 267 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 1631 268 or or CC 1662 1631 269 Assemblee Assemblee NNP 1662 1631 270 des des NNP 1662 1631 271 Deputes Deputes NNP 1662 1631 272 Populaires Populaires NNP 1662 1631 273 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1631 274 111 111 CD 1662 1631 275 seats seat NNS 1662 1631 276 ; ; : 1662 1631 277 members member NNS 1662 1631 278 are be VBP 1662 1631 279 popularly popularly RB 1662 1631 280 elected elect VBN 1662 1631 281 to to TO 1662 1631 282 serve serve VB 1662 1631 283 five five CD 1662 1631 284 - - HYPH 1662 1631 285 year year NN 1662 1631 286 terms term NNS 1662 1631 287 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1631 288 elections election NNS 1662 1631 289 : : : 1662 1631 290 last last RB 1662 1631 291 held hold VBD 1662 1631 292 11 11 CD 1662 1631 293 May May NNP 1662 1631 294 1997 1997 CD 1662 1631 295 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1631 296 next next JJ 1662 1631 297 to to TO 1662 1631 298 be be VB 1662 1631 299 held hold VBN 1662 1631 300 NA NA NNP 1662 1631 301 2002 2002 CD 1662 1631 302 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1631 303 election election NN 1662 1631 304 results result NNS 1662 1631 305 : : : 1662 1631 306 percent percent NN 1662 1631 307 of of IN 1662 1631 308 vote vote NN 1662 1631 309 by by IN 1662 1631 310 party party NN 1662 1631 311 - - HYPH 1662 1631 312 NA NA NNP 1662 1631 313 ; ; , 1662 1631 314 seats seat NNS 1662 1631 315 by by IN 1662 1631 316 party party NNP 1662 1631 317 - - HYPH 1662 1631 318 CDP CDP NNP 1662 1631 319 97 97 CD 1662 1631 320 , , , 1662 1631 321 PDP PDP NNP 1662 1631 322 6 6 CD 1662 1631 323 , , , 1662 1631 324 RDA RDA NNP 1662 1631 325 2 2 CD 1662 1631 326 , , , 1662 1631 327 ADF ADF NNP 1662 1631 328 2 2 CD 1662 1631 329 ; ; : 1662 1631 330 note note NN 1662 1631 331 - - HYPH 1662 1631 332 4 4 CD 1662 1631 333 contested contest VBN 1662 1631 334 seats seat NNS 1662 1631 335 are be VBP 1662 1631 336 to to TO 1662 1631 337 be be VB 1662 1631 338 filled fill VBN 1662 1631 339 in in IN 1662 1631 340 special special JJ 1662 1631 341 election election NN 1662 1631 342 on on IN 1662 1631 343 19 19 CD 1662 1631 344 June June NNP 1662 1631 345 1997 1997 CD 1662 1631 346 by by IN 1662 1631 347 order order NN 1662 1631 348 of of IN 1662 1631 349 the the DT 1662 1631 350 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1631 351 Court Court NNP 1662 1631 352 note note NN 1662 1631 353 : : : 1662 1631 354 the the DT 1662 1631 355 current current JJ 1662 1631 356 law law NN 1662 1631 357 also also RB 1662 1631 358 provides provide VBZ 1662 1631 359 for for IN 1662 1631 360 a a DT 1662 1631 361 second second JJ 1662 1631 362 consultative consultative JJ 1662 1631 363 chamber chamber NN 1662 1631 364 , , , 1662 1631 365 which which WDT 1662 1631 366 has have VBZ 1662 1631 367 not not RB 1662 1631 368 been be VBN 1662 1631 369 formally formally RB 1662 1631 370 constituted constitute VBN 1662 1631 371 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 1631 372 branch branch NN 1662 1631 373 : : : 1662 1631 374 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1631 375 Court Court NNP 1662 1631 376 ; ; : 1662 1631 377 Appeals Appeals NNPS 1662 1631 378 Court Court NNP 1662 1631 379 Political political JJ 1662 1631 380 parties party NNS 1662 1631 381 and and CC 1662 1631 382 leaders leader NNS 1662 1631 383 : : : 1662 1631 384 Organization organization NN 1662 1631 385 for for IN 1662 1631 386 People People NNPS 1662 1631 387 's 's POS 1662 1631 388 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 1631 389 - - HYPH 1662 1631 390 Labor Labor NNP 1662 1631 391 Movement Movement NNP 1662 1631 392 or or CC 1662 1631 393 ODP ODP NNP 1662 1631 394 - - HYPH 1662 1631 395 MT MT NNP 1662 1631 396 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1631 397 ruling rule VBG 1662 1631 398 party party NN 1662 1631 399 at at IN 1662 1631 400 time time NN 1662 1631 401 of of IN 1662 1631 402 1992 1992 CD 1662 1631 403 elections election NNS 1662 1631 404 but but CC 1662 1631 405 was be VBD 1662 1631 406 subsumed subsume VBN 1662 1631 407 , , , 1662 1631 408 with with IN 1662 1631 409 about about RB 1662 1631 410 a a DT 1662 1631 411 dozen dozen NN 1662 1631 412 smaller small JJR 1662 1631 413 parties party NNS 1662 1631 414 , , , 1662 1631 415 into into IN 1662 1631 416 the the DT 1662 1631 417 powerful powerful JJ 1662 1631 418 CDP CDP NNP 1662 1631 419 in in IN 1662 1631 420 February February NNP 1662 1631 421 1996 1996 CD 1662 1631 422 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1631 423 ; ; : 1662 1631 424 African African NNP 1662 1631 425 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1631 426 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1631 427 or or CC 1662 1631 428 RDA RDA NNP 1662 1631 429 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1631 430 Gerard Gerard NNP 1662 1631 431 Kango Kango NNP 1662 1631 432 OUEDRAOGO OUEDRAOGO NNP 1662 1631 433 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1631 434 ; ; : 1662 1631 435 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 1631 436 for for IN 1662 1631 437 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 1631 438 and and CC 1662 1631 439 Federation Federation NNP 1662 1631 440 or or CC 1662 1631 441 ADF ADF NNP 1662 1631 442 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1631 443 Herman Herman NNP 1662 1631 444 YAMEOGO YAMEOGO NNP 1662 1631 445 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1631 446 ; ; : 1662 1631 447 Burkinabe Burkinabe NNP 1662 1631 448 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 1631 449 Bloc Bloc NNP 1662 1631 450 or or CC 1662 1631 451 BSB BSB NNP 1662 1631 452 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1631 453 Earnest Earnest NNP 1662 1631 454 Nongma Nongma NNP 1662 1631 455 OUEDRAOGO OUEDRAOGO NNP 1662 1631 456 , , , 1662 1631 457 president president NN 1662 1631 458 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1631 459 ; ; : 1662 1631 460 Burkinabe Burkinabe NNP 1662 1631 461 Environmentalist Environmentalist NNP 1662 1631 462 Party Party NNP 1662 1631 463 or or CC 1662 1631 464 UVDB UVDB NNP 1662 1631 465 ; ; : 1662 1631 466 Congress Congress NNP 1662 1631 467 for for IN 1662 1631 468 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 1631 469 and and CC 1662 1631 470 Progress Progress NNP 1662 1631 471 or or CC 1662 1631 472 CDP CDP NNP 1662 1631 473 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1631 474 Din din NN 1662 1631 475 Salif Salif NNP 1662 1631 476 SAWADAGO SAWADAGO NNP 1662 1631 477 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1631 478 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1631 479 the the DT 1662 1631 480 strongest strong JJS 1662 1631 481 party party NN 1662 1631 482 in in IN 1662 1631 483 the the DT 1662 1631 484 1997 1997 CD 1662 1631 485 legislative legislative JJ 1662 1631 486 elections election NNS 1662 1631 487 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1631 488 ; ; : 1662 1631 489 Front front NN 1662 1631 490 for for IN 1662 1631 491 Social Social NNP 1662 1631 492 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 1631 493 or or CC 1662 1631 494 FFS FFS NNP 1662 1631 495 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1631 496 Fide'le Fide'le NNP 1662 1631 497 KIENTEGA KIENTEGA NNP 1662 1631 498 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1631 499 ; ; : 1662 1631 500 National National NNP 1662 1631 501 Convention Convention NNP 1662 1631 502 of of IN 1662 1631 503 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 1631 504 Patriots Patriots NNP 1662 1631 505 - - HYPH 1662 1631 506 Social Social NNP 1662 1631 507 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1631 508 Party Party NNP 1662 1631 509 or or CC 1662 1631 510 CNPP CNPP NNP 1662 1631 511 - - HYPH 1662 1631 512 PSD PSD NNP 1662 1631 513 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1631 514 Moussa Moussa NNP 1662 1631 515 BOLY BOLY NNP 1662 1631 516 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1631 517 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1631 518 not not RB 1662 1631 519 prominent prominent JJ 1662 1631 520 in in IN 1662 1631 521 1997 1997 CD 1662 1631 522 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1631 523 ; ; : 1662 1631 524 Party Party NNP 1662 1631 525 for for IN 1662 1631 526 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 1631 527 and and CC 1662 1631 528 Progress Progress NNP 1662 1631 529 or or CC 1662 1631 530 PDP PDP NNP 1662 1631 531 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1631 532 Joseph Joseph NNP 1662 1631 533 KI KI NNP 1662 1631 534 - - HYPH 1662 1631 535 ZERBO ZERBO NNP 1662 1631 536 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1631 537 ; ; : 1662 1631 538 Party Party NNP 1662 1631 539 for for IN 1662 1631 540 Progress Progress NNP 1662 1631 541 and and CC 1662 1631 542 Social Social NNP 1662 1631 543 Development Development NNP 1662 1631 544 or or CC 1662 1631 545 PPDS PPDS NNP 1662 1631 546 ; ; : 1662 1631 547 Party Party NNP 1662 1631 548 for for IN 1662 1631 549 African african JJ 1662 1631 550 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1631 551 or or CC 1662 1631 552 PAI PAI NNP 1662 1631 553 Political political JJ 1662 1631 554 pressure pressure NN 1662 1631 555 groups group NNS 1662 1631 556 and and CC 1662 1631 557 leaders leader NNS 1662 1631 558 : : : 1662 1631 559 committees committee NNS 1662 1631 560 for for IN 1662 1631 561 the the DT 1662 1631 562 defense defense NN 1662 1631 563 of of IN 1662 1631 564 the the DT 1662 1631 565 revolution revolution NN 1662 1631 566 ; ; : 1662 1631 567 watchdog watchdog NN 1662 1631 568 / / SYM 1662 1631 569 political political JJ 1662 1631 570 action action NN 1662 1631 571 groups group NNS 1662 1631 572 throughout throughout IN 1662 1631 573 the the DT 1662 1631 574 country country NN 1662 1631 575 in in IN 1662 1631 576 both both DT 1662 1631 577 organizations organization NNS 1662 1631 578 and and CC 1662 1631 579 communities community NNS 1662 1631 580 International international JJ 1662 1631 581 organization organization NN 1662 1631 582 participation participation NN 1662 1631 583 : : : 1662 1631 584 ACCT acct JJ 1662 1631 585 , , , 1662 1631 586 ACP ACP NNP 1662 1631 587 , , , 1662 1631 588 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 1631 589 , , , 1662 1631 590 CCC CCC NNP 1662 1631 591 , , , 1662 1631 592 ECA ECA NNP 1662 1631 593 , , , 1662 1631 594 ECOWAS ECOWAS NNP 1662 1631 595 , , , 1662 1631 596 Entente Entente NNP 1662 1631 597 , , , 1662 1631 598 FAO FAO NNP 1662 1631 599 , , , 1662 1631 600 FZ FZ NNP 1662 1631 601 , , , 1662 1631 602 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 1631 603 , , , 1662 1631 604 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1631 605 , , , 1662 1631 606 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1631 607 , , , 1662 1631 608 ICC ICC NNP 1662 1631 609 , , , 1662 1631 610 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 1631 611 , , , 1662 1631 612 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 1631 613 , , , 1662 1631 614 IDA IDA NNP 1662 1631 615 , , , 1662 1631 616 IDB IDB NNP 1662 1631 617 , , , 1662 1631 618 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 1631 619 , , , 1662 1631 620 IFC IFC NNP 1662 1631 621 , , , 1662 1631 622 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 1631 623 , , , 1662 1631 624 ILO ILO NNP 1662 1631 625 , , , 1662 1631 626 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1631 627 , , , 1662 1631 628 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1631 629 , , , 1662 1631 630 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 1631 631 , , , 1662 1631 632 IOC IOC NNP 1662 1631 633 , , , 1662 1631 634 ITU ITU NNP 1662 1631 635 , , , 1662 1631 636 NAM NAM NNP 1662 1631 637 , , , 1662 1631 638 OAU OAU NNP 1662 1631 639 , , , 1662 1631 640 OIC OIC NNP 1662 1631 641 , , , 1662 1631 642 PCA PCA NNP 1662 1631 643 , , , 1662 1631 644 UN UN NNP 1662 1631 645 , , , 1662 1631 646 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 1631 647 , , , 1662 1631 648 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 1631 649 , , , 1662 1631 650 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 1631 651 , , , 1662 1631 652 UPU upu NN 1662 1631 653 , , , 1662 1631 654 WADB WADB NNP 1662 1631 655 , , , 1662 1631 656 WCL WCL NNP 1662 1631 657 , , , 1662 1631 658 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 1631 659 , , , 1662 1631 660 WHO who WP 1662 1631 661 , , , 1662 1631 662 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 1631 663 , , , 1662 1631 664 WMO WMO NNP 1662 1631 665 , , , 1662 1631 666 WToO wtoo FW 1662 1631 667 , , , 1662 1631 668 WTrO wtro VB 1662 1631 669 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1631 670 representation representation NN 1662 1631 671 in in IN 1662 1631 672 the the DT 1662 1631 673 US US NNP 1662 1631 674 : : : 1662 1631 675 chief chief NN 1662 1631 676 of of IN 1662 1631 677 mission mission NN 1662 1631 678 : : : 1662 1631 679 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1631 680 Gaetan Gaetan NNP 1662 1631 681 R. R. NNP 1662 1631 682 OUEDRAOGO OUEDRAOGO NNP 1662 1631 683 chancery chancery NN 1662 1631 684 : : : 1662 1631 685 2340 2340 CD 1662 1631 686 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 1631 687 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 1631 688 NW NW NNP 1662 1631 689 , , , 1662 1631 690 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1631 691 , , , 1662 1631 692 DC DC NNP 1662 1631 693 20008 20008 CD 1662 1631 694 telephone telephone NN 1662 1631 695 : : : 1662 1631 696 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1631 697 1 1 CD 1662 1631 698 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1631 699 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1631 700 202 202 CD 1662 1631 701 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1631 702 332 332 CD 1662 1631 703 - - HYPH 1662 1631 704 5577 5577 CD 1662 1631 705 , , , 1662 1631 706 6895 6895 CD 1662 1631 707 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1631 708 representation representation NN 1662 1631 709 from from IN 1662 1631 710 the the DT 1662 1631 711 US US NNP 1662 1631 712 : : : 1662 1631 713 chief chief NN 1662 1631 714 of of IN 1662 1631 715 mission mission NN 1662 1631 716 : : : 1662 1631 717 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1631 718 Sharon Sharon NNP 1662 1631 719 P. P. NNP 1662 1631 720 WILKINSON WILKINSON NNP 1662 1631 721 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1631 722 16 16 CD 1662 1631 723 July July NNP 1662 1631 724 1996 1996 CD 1662 1631 725 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1631 726 embassy embassy NN 1662 1631 727 : : : 1662 1631 728 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 1631 729 Raoul Raoul NNP 1662 1631 730 Follerau Follerau NNP 1662 1631 731 , , , 1662 1631 732 Ouagadougou Ouagadougou NNP 1662 1631 733 mailing mail VBG 1662 1631 734 address address NN 1662 1631 735 : : : 1662 1631 736 01 01 CD 1662 1631 737 B. B. NNP 1662 1631 738 P. P. NNP 1662 1631 739 35 35 CD 1662 1631 740 , , , 1662 1631 741 Ouagadougou Ouagadougou NNP 1662 1631 742 telephone telephone NN 1662 1631 743 : : : 1662 1631 744 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1631 745 226 226 CD 1662 1631 746 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1631 747 306723 306723 CD 1662 1631 748 through through IN 1662 1631 749 306725 306725 CD 1662 1631 750 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1631 751 : : : 1662 1631 752 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1631 753 226 226 CD 1662 1631 754 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1631 755 303890 303890 CD 1662 1631 756 Flag flag NN 1662 1631 757 description description NN 1662 1631 758 : : : 1662 1631 759 two two CD 1662 1631 760 equal equal JJ 1662 1631 761 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 1631 762 bands band NNS 1662 1631 763 of of IN 1662 1631 764 red red JJ 1662 1631 765 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1631 766 top top NNP 1662 1631 767 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1631 768 and and CC 1662 1631 769 green green JJ 1662 1631 770 with with IN 1662 1631 771 a a DT 1662 1631 772 yellow yellow JJ 1662 1631 773 five five CD 1662 1631 774 - - HYPH 1662 1631 775 pointed point VBN 1662 1631 776 star star NN 1662 1631 777 in in IN 1662 1631 778 the the DT 1662 1631 779 center center NN 1662 1631 780 ; ; : 1662 1631 781 uses use VBZ 1662 1631 782 the the DT 1662 1631 783 popular popular JJ 1662 1631 784 pan pan JJ 1662 1631 785 - - JJ 1662 1631 786 African african JJ 1662 1631 787 colors color NNS 1662 1631 788 of of IN 1662 1631 789 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 1631 790 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1631 791 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1631 792 - - HYPH 1662 1631 793 overview overview NN 1662 1631 794 : : : 1662 1631 795 One one CD 1662 1631 796 of of IN 1662 1631 797 the the DT 1662 1631 798 poorest poor JJS 1662 1631 799 countries country NNS 1662 1631 800 in in IN 1662 1631 801 the the DT 1662 1631 802 world world NN 1662 1631 803 , , , 1662 1631 804 landlocked landlocke VBD 1662 1631 805 Burkina Burkina NNP 1662 1631 806 Faso Faso NNP 1662 1631 807 has have VBZ 1662 1631 808 a a DT 1662 1631 809 high high JJ 1662 1631 810 population population NN 1662 1631 811 density density NN 1662 1631 812 and and CC 1662 1631 813 a a DT 1662 1631 814 high high JJ 1662 1631 815 population population NN 1662 1631 816 growth growth NN 1662 1631 817 rate rate NN 1662 1631 818 , , , 1662 1631 819 few few JJ 1662 1631 820 natural natural JJ 1662 1631 821 resources resource NNS 1662 1631 822 , , , 1662 1631 823 and and CC 1662 1631 824 a a DT 1662 1631 825 fragile fragile JJ 1662 1631 826 soil soil NN 1662 1631 827 . . . 1662 1632 1 Over over IN 1662 1632 2 80 80 CD 1662 1632 3 % % NN 1662 1632 4 of of IN 1662 1632 5 the the DT 1662 1632 6 population population NN 1662 1632 7 is be VBZ 1662 1632 8 engaged engage VBN 1662 1632 9 in in IN 1662 1632 10 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 1632 11 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1632 12 which which WDT 1662 1632 13 is be VBZ 1662 1632 14 highly highly RB 1662 1632 15 vulnerable vulnerable JJ 1662 1632 16 to to IN 1662 1632 17 variations variation NNS 1662 1632 18 in in IN 1662 1632 19 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 1632 20 . . . 1662 1633 1 Industry industry NN 1662 1633 2 remains remain VBZ 1662 1633 3 dominated dominate VBN 1662 1633 4 by by IN 1662 1633 5 unprofitable unprofitable JJ 1662 1633 6 government government NN 1662 1633 7 - - HYPH 1662 1633 8 controlled control VBN 1662 1633 9 corporations corporation NNS 1662 1633 10 . . . 1662 1634 1 Following follow VBG 1662 1634 2 the the DT 1662 1634 3 African african JJ 1662 1634 4 franc franc NN 1662 1634 5 currency currency NN 1662 1634 6 devaluation devaluation NN 1662 1634 7 in in IN 1662 1634 8 January January NNP 1662 1634 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 1634 10 the the DT 1662 1634 11 government government NN 1662 1634 12 updated update VBD 1662 1634 13 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1634 14 development development NN 1662 1634 15 program program NN 1662 1634 16 in in IN 1662 1634 17 conjunction conjunction NN 1662 1634 18 with with IN 1662 1634 19 international international JJ 1662 1634 20 agencies agency NNS 1662 1634 21 , , , 1662 1634 22 and and CC 1662 1634 23 exports export NNS 1662 1634 24 and and CC 1662 1634 25 economic economic JJ 1662 1634 26 growth growth NN 1662 1634 27 have have VBP 1662 1634 28 increased increase VBN 1662 1634 29 . . . 1662 1635 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1635 2 : : : 1662 1635 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1635 4 power power NN 1662 1635 5 parity parity NN 1662 1635 6 - 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- HYPH 1662 1639 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 1639 5 price price NN 1662 1639 6 index index NN 1662 1639 7 : : : 1662 1639 8 7.8 7.8 CD 1662 1639 9 % % NN 1662 1639 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1639 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 1639 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1639 13 Labor labor NN 1662 1639 14 force force NN 1662 1639 15 : : : 1662 1639 16 NA NA NNP 1662 1639 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1639 18 most most JJS 1662 1639 19 adults adult NNS 1662 1639 20 are be VBP 1662 1639 21 employed employ VBN 1662 1639 22 in in IN 1662 1639 23 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 1639 24 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1639 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1639 26 by by IN 1662 1639 27 occupation occupation NN 1662 1639 28 : : : 1662 1639 29 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1639 30 80 80 CD 1662 1639 31 % % NN 1662 1639 32 , , , 1662 1639 33 industry industry NN 1662 1639 34 15 15 CD 1662 1639 35 % % NN 1662 1639 36 , , , 1662 1639 37 commerce commerce NN 1662 1639 38 , , , 1662 1639 39 services service NNS 1662 1639 40 , , , 1662 1639 41 and and CC 1662 1639 42 government government NN 1662 1639 43 5 5 CD 1662 1639 44 % % NN 1662 1639 45 note note NN 1662 1639 46 : : : 1662 1639 47 20 20 CD 1662 1639 48 % % NN 1662 1639 49 of of IN 1662 1639 50 male male JJ 1662 1639 51 labor labor NN 1662 1639 52 force force NN 1662 1639 53 migrates migrate NNS 1662 1639 54 annually annually RB 1662 1639 55 to to IN 1662 1639 56 neighboring neighboring NN 1662 1639 57 countries country NNS 1662 1639 58 for for IN 1662 1639 59 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 1639 60 employment employment NN 1662 1639 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1639 62 1984 1984 CD 1662 1639 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1639 64 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1639 65 rate rate NN 1662 1639 66 : : : 1662 1639 67 NA% NA% `` 1662 1639 68 Budget budget NN 1662 1639 69 : : : 1662 1639 70 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1639 71 : : : 1662 1639 72 $ $ $ 1662 1639 73 483 483 CD 1662 1639 74 million million CD 1662 1639 75 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1639 76 : : : 1662 1639 77 $ $ $ 1662 1639 78 548 548 CD 1662 1639 79 million million CD 1662 1639 80 , , , 1662 1639 81 including include VBG 1662 1639 82 capital capital NN 1662 1639 83 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1639 84 of of IN 1662 1639 85 $ $ $ 1662 1639 86 189 189 CD 1662 1639 87 million million CD 1662 1639 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1639 89 1992 1992 CD 1662 1639 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1639 91 Industries industry NNS 1662 1639 92 : : : 1662 1639 93 cotton cotton NN 1662 1639 94 lint lint NN 1662 1639 95 , , , 1662 1639 96 beverages beverage NNS 1662 1639 97 , , , 1662 1639 98 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 1639 99 processing processing NN 1662 1639 100 , , , 1662 1639 101 soap soap NN 1662 1639 102 , , , 1662 1639 103 cigarettes cigarette NNS 1662 1639 104 , , , 1662 1639 105 textiles textile NNS 1662 1639 106 , , , 1662 1639 107 gold gold NN 1662 1639 108 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 1639 109 production production NN 1662 1639 110 growth growth NN 1662 1639 111 rate rate NN 1662 1639 112 : : : 1662 1639 113 1 1 CD 1662 1639 114 % % NN 1662 1639 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1639 116 1994 1994 CD 1662 1639 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1639 118 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1639 119 - - HYPH 1662 1639 120 capacity capacity NN 1662 1639 121 : : : 1662 1639 122 121,000 121,000 CD 1662 1639 123 kW kw NN 1662 1639 124 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1639 125 1991 1991 CD 1662 1639 126 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1639 127 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1639 128 - - HYPH 1662 1639 129 production production NN 1662 1639 130 : : : 1662 1639 131 320 320 CD 1662 1639 132 million million CD 1662 1639 133 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1639 134 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1639 135 1991 1991 CD 1662 1639 136 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1639 137 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1639 138 - - HYPH 1662 1639 139 consumption consumption NN 1662 1639 140 per per IN 1662 1639 141 capita capita NN 1662 1639 142 : : : 1662 1639 143 28 28 CD 1662 1639 144 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1639 145 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1639 146 1992 1992 CD 1662 1639 147 est est NNP 1662 1639 148 . . . 1662 1639 149 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1640 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1640 2 - - HYPH 1662 1640 3 products product NNS 1662 1640 4 : : : 1662 1640 5 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 1640 6 , , , 1662 1640 7 shea shea NNP 1662 1640 8 nuts nuts NNP 1662 1640 9 , , , 1662 1640 10 sesame sesame NNP 1662 1640 11 , , , 1662 1640 12 cotton cotton NN 1662 1640 13 , , , 1662 1640 14 sorghum sorghum NN 1662 1640 15 , , , 1662 1640 16 millet millet NN 1662 1640 17 , , , 1662 1640 18 corn corn NN 1662 1640 19 , , , 1662 1640 20 rice rice NN 1662 1640 21 ; ; , 1662 1640 22 livestock livestock NN 1662 1640 23 Exports export NNS 1662 1640 24 : : : 1662 1640 25 total total JJ 1662 1640 26 value value NN 1662 1640 27 : : : 1662 1640 28 $ $ $ 1662 1640 29 298 298 CD 1662 1640 30 million million CD 1662 1640 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1640 32 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 1640 33 . . NNP 1662 1640 34 , , , 1662 1640 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 1640 36 est est NNP 1662 1640 37 . . . 1662 1640 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1641 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1641 2 : : : 1662 1641 3 cotton cotton NN 1662 1641 4 , , , 1662 1641 5 gold gold NN 1662 1641 6 , , , 1662 1641 7 animal animal NN 1662 1641 8 products product NNS 1662 1641 9 partners partner NNS 1662 1641 10 : : : 1662 1641 11 Cote Cote NNP 1662 1641 12 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 1641 13 , , , 1662 1641 14 France France NNP 1662 1641 15 , , , 1662 1641 16 Italy Italy NNP 1662 1641 17 , , , 1662 1641 18 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 1641 19 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 1641 20 : : : 1662 1641 21 total total JJ 1662 1641 22 value value NN 1662 1641 23 : : : 1662 1641 24 $ $ $ 1662 1641 25 500 500 CD 1662 1641 26 million million CD 1662 1641 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1641 28 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 1641 29 . . NNP 1662 1641 30 , , , 1662 1641 31 1995 1995 CD 1662 1641 32 est est NNP 1662 1641 33 . . . 1662 1641 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1642 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1642 2 : : : 1662 1642 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 1642 4 , , , 1662 1642 5 food food NN 1662 1642 6 products product NNS 1662 1642 7 , , , 1662 1642 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1642 9 partners partner NNS 1662 1642 10 : : : 1662 1642 11 Cote Cote NNP 1662 1642 12 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 1642 13 , , , 1662 1642 14 France France NNP 1662 1642 15 , , , 1662 1642 16 Togo Togo NNP 1662 1642 17 , , , 1662 1642 18 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 1642 19 Debt Debt NNP 1662 1642 20 - - HYPH 1662 1642 21 external external JJ 1662 1642 22 : : : 1662 1642 23 $ $ $ 1662 1642 24 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 1642 25 billion billion CD 1662 1642 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1642 27 December December NNP 1662 1642 28 1994 1994 CD 1662 1642 29 est est NNP 1662 1642 30 . . . 1662 1642 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1643 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 1643 2 aid aid NN 1662 1643 3 : : : 1662 1643 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 1643 5 : : : 1662 1643 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 1643 7 , , , 1662 1643 8 $ $ $ 1662 1643 9 NA NA NNP 1662 1643 10 Currency currency NN 1662 1643 11 : : : 1662 1643 12 1 1 CD 1662 1643 13 Communaute Communaute NNP 1662 1643 14 Financiere Financiere NNP 1662 1643 15 Africaine Africaine NNP 1662 1643 16 franc franc NN 1662 1643 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1643 18 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 1643 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1643 20 = = SYM 1662 1643 21 100 100 CD 1662 1643 22 centimes centime NNS 1662 1643 23 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1643 24 rates rate NNS 1662 1643 25 : : : 1662 1643 26 CFA cfa NN 1662 1643 27 francs franc NNS 1662 1643 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1643 29 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 1643 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1643 31 per per IN 1662 1643 32 US$ us$ $ 1662 1643 33 1 1 CD 1662 1643 34 - - SYM 1662 1643 35 541.69 541.69 CD 1662 1643 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1643 37 January January NNP 1662 1643 38 1997 1997 CD 1662 1643 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1643 40 , , , 1662 1643 41 511.55 511.55 CD 1662 1643 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1643 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 1643 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1643 45 , , , 1662 1643 46 499.15 499.15 CD 1662 1643 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1643 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 1643 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1643 50 , , , 1662 1643 51 555.20 555.20 CD 1662 1643 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1643 53 1994 1994 CD 1662 1643 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1643 55 , , , 1662 1643 56 283.16 283.16 CD 1662 1643 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1643 58 1993 1993 CD 1662 1643 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1643 60 , , , 1662 1643 61 264.69 264.69 CD 1662 1643 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1643 63 1992 1992 CD 1662 1643 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1643 65 note note NN 1662 1643 66 : : : 1662 1643 67 beginning begin VBG 1662 1643 68 12 12 CD 1662 1643 69 January January NNP 1662 1643 70 1994 1994 CD 1662 1643 71 the the DT 1662 1643 72 CFA CFA NNP 1662 1643 73 franc franc NN 1662 1643 74 was be VBD 1662 1643 75 devalued devalue VBN 1662 1643 76 to to IN 1662 1643 77 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 1643 78 100 100 CD 1662 1643 79 per per IN 1662 1643 80 French french JJ 1662 1643 81 franc franc NN 1662 1643 82 from from IN 1662 1643 83 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 1643 84 50 50 CD 1662 1643 85 at at IN 1662 1643 86 which which WDT 1662 1643 87 it -PRON- PRP 1662 1643 88 had have VBD 1662 1643 89 been be VBN 1662 1643 90 fixed fix VBN 1662 1643 91 since since IN 1662 1643 92 1948 1948 CD 1662 1643 93 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1643 94 year year NN 1662 1643 95 : : : 1662 1643 96 calendar calendar NNP 1662 1643 97 year year NN 1662 1643 98 @Burkina @Burkina NNP 1662 1643 99 Faso Faso NNP 1662 1643 100 : : : 1662 1643 101 Communications Communications NNP 1662 1643 102 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 1643 103 : : : 1662 1643 104 21,000 21,000 CD 1662 1643 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1643 106 1993 1993 CD 1662 1643 107 est est NNP 1662 1643 108 . . . 1662 1643 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1644 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1644 2 system system NN 1662 1644 3 : : : 1662 1644 4 all all DT 1662 1644 5 services service NNS 1662 1644 6 only only RB 1662 1644 7 fair fair JJ 1662 1644 8 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1644 9 : : : 1662 1644 10 microwave microwave NN 1662 1644 11 radio radio NN 1662 1644 12 relay relay NN 1662 1644 13 , , , 1662 1644 14 open open JJ 1662 1644 15 wire wire NN 1662 1644 16 , , , 1662 1644 17 and and CC 1662 1644 18 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 1644 19 communication communication NN 1662 1644 20 stations station NNS 1662 1644 21 international international JJ 1662 1644 22 : : : 1662 1644 23 satellite satellite NN 1662 1644 24 earth earth NNP 1662 1644 25 station station NNP 1662 1644 26 - - : 1662 1644 27 1 1 CD 1662 1644 28 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1644 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1644 30 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1644 31 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1644 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1644 33 Radio radio NN 1662 1644 34 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1644 35 stations station NNS 1662 1644 36 : : : 1662 1644 37 AM AM NNP 1662 1644 38 2 2 CD 1662 1644 39 , , , 1662 1644 40 FM FM NNP 1662 1644 41 1 1 CD 1662 1644 42 , , , 1662 1644 43 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 1644 44 0 0 CD 1662 1644 45 Radios radio NNS 1662 1644 46 : : : 1662 1644 47 NA NA NNP 1662 1644 48 Television Television NNP 1662 1644 49 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1644 50 stations station NNS 1662 1644 51 : : : 1662 1644 52 2 2 CD 1662 1644 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1644 54 1987 1987 CD 1662 1644 55 est est NNP 1662 1644 56 . . . 1662 1644 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1645 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 1645 2 : : : 1662 1645 3 49,000 49,000 CD 1662 1645 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1645 5 1991 1991 CD 1662 1645 6 est est NNP 1662 1645 7 . . . 1662 1645 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1646 1 @Burkina @Burkina NNP 1662 1646 2 Faso Faso NNP 1662 1646 3 : : : 1662 1646 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1646 5 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1646 6 : : : 1662 1646 7 total total NN 1662 1646 8 : : : 1662 1646 9 622 622 CD 1662 1646 10 km km NNS 1662 1646 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1646 12 517 517 CD 1662 1646 13 km km NN 1662 1646 14 from from IN 1662 1646 15 Ouagadougou Ouagadougou NNP 1662 1646 16 to to IN 1662 1646 17 the the DT 1662 1646 18 Cote Cote NNP 1662 1646 19 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 1646 20 border border NN 1662 1646 21 and and CC 1662 1646 22 105 105 CD 1662 1646 23 km km NN 1662 1646 24 from from IN 1662 1646 25 Ouagadougou Ouagadougou NNP 1662 1646 26 to to IN 1662 1646 27 Kaya Kaya NNP 1662 1646 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1646 29 narrow narrow JJ 1662 1646 30 gauge gauge NN 1662 1646 31 : : : 1662 1646 32 622 622 CD 1662 1646 33 km km NN 1662 1646 34 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 1646 35 gauge gauge NN 1662 1646 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1646 37 1995 1995 CD 1662 1646 38 est est NNP 1662 1646 39 . . . 1662 1646 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1647 1 Highways highway NNS 1662 1647 2 : : : 1662 1647 3 total total NN 1662 1647 4 : : : 1662 1647 5 12,506 12,506 CD 1662 1647 6 km km NN 1662 1647 7 paved pave VBN 1662 1647 8 : : : 1662 1647 9 2,001 2,001 CD 1662 1647 10 km km NNP 1662 1647 11 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1647 12 : : : 1662 1647 13 10,505 10,505 CD 1662 1647 14 km km NNS 1662 1647 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1647 16 1995 1995 CD 1662 1647 17 est est NNP 1662 1647 18 . . . 1662 1647 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1648 1 Ports port NNS 1662 1648 2 and and CC 1662 1648 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1648 4 : : : 1662 1648 5 none none NN 1662 1648 6 Airports airport NNS 1662 1648 7 : : : 1662 1648 8 22 22 CD 1662 1648 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1648 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 1648 11 est est NNP 1662 1648 12 . . . 1662 1648 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1649 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1649 2 - - , 1662 1649 3 with with IN 1662 1649 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1649 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1649 6 : : : 1662 1649 7 total total NN 1662 1649 8 : : : 1662 1649 9 10 10 CD 1662 1649 10 over over IN 1662 1649 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1649 12 m m NN 1662 1649 13 : : : 1662 1649 14 1 1 CD 1662 1649 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 1649 16 to to IN 1662 1649 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1649 18 m m NN 1662 1649 19 : : : 1662 1649 20 1 1 CD 1662 1649 21 under under IN 1662 1649 22 914 914 CD 1662 1649 23 m m NN 1662 1649 24 : : : 1662 1649 25 8 8 CD 1662 1649 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1649 27 1996 1996 CD 1662 1649 28 est est NNP 1662 1649 29 . . . 1662 1649 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1650 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1650 2 - - , 1662 1650 3 with with IN 1662 1650 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1650 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1650 6 : : : 1662 1650 7 total total NN 1662 1650 8 : : : 1662 1650 9 12 12 CD 1662 1650 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1650 11 to to TO 1662 1650 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1650 13 m m NN 1662 1650 14 : : : 1662 1650 15 3 3 CD 1662 1650 16 914 914 CD 1662 1650 17 to to TO 1662 1650 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1650 19 m m NN 1662 1650 20 : : : 1662 1650 21 9 9 CD 1662 1650 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1650 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 1650 24 est est NNP 1662 1650 25 . . . 1662 1650 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1651 1 Military military JJ 1662 1651 2 Military military JJ 1662 1651 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1651 4 : : : 1662 1651 5 Army Army NNP 1662 1651 6 , , , 1662 1651 7 Air Air NNP 1662 1651 8 Force Force NNP 1662 1651 9 , , , 1662 1651 10 National National NNP 1662 1651 11 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 1651 12 , , , 1662 1651 13 National National NNP 1662 1651 14 Police Police NNPS 1662 1651 15 , , , 1662 1651 16 People People NNPS 1662 1651 17 's 's POS 1662 1651 18 Militia Militia NNP 1662 1651 19 Military Military NNP 1662 1651 20 manpower manpower NN 1662 1651 21 - - HYPH 1662 1651 22 availability availability NN 1662 1651 23 : : : 1662 1651 24 males male NNS 1662 1651 25 age age NNP 1662 1651 26 15 15 CD 1662 1651 27 - - HYPH 1662 1651 28 49 49 CD 1662 1651 29 : : : 1662 1651 30 2,219,544 2,219,544 CD 1662 1651 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1651 32 1997 1997 CD 1662 1651 33 est est NNP 1662 1651 34 . . . 1662 1651 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1652 1 Military military JJ 1662 1652 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1652 3 - - HYPH 1662 1652 4 fit fit NN 1662 1652 5 for for IN 1662 1652 6 military military JJ 1662 1652 7 service service NN 1662 1652 8 : : : 1662 1652 9 males male NNS 1662 1652 10 : : : 1662 1652 11 1,137,882 1,137,882 CD 1662 1652 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1652 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1652 14 est est NNP 1662 1652 15 . . . 1662 1652 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1653 1 Military military JJ 1662 1653 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1653 3 - - HYPH 1662 1653 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1653 5 figure figure NN 1662 1653 6 : : : 1662 1653 7 $ $ $ 1662 1653 8 104 104 CD 1662 1653 9 million million CD 1662 1653 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1653 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 1653 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1653 13 Military military JJ 1662 1653 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1653 15 - - : 1662 1653 16 percent percent NN 1662 1653 17 of of IN 1662 1653 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1653 19 : : : 1662 1653 20 6.4 6.4 CD 1662 1653 21 % % NN 1662 1653 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1653 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 1653 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1653 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1653 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1653 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1653 28 - - : 1662 1653 29 international international RB 1662 1653 30 : : : 1662 1653 31 none none NN 1662 1653 32 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 33 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 34 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 35 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 36 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 37 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 38 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 39 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 40 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 41 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 42 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 43 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 44 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 45 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 46 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 47 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 48 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 49 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 50 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 51 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 52 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 53 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 54 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 55 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 56 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 57 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 58 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 59 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 60 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 61 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 62 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 63 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 64 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 65 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 66 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 67 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 68 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 69 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 70 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 71 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 72 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 73 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 74 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 75 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 76 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 77 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 78 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 79 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 80 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 81 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 82 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 83 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 84 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 85 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 86 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 87 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 94 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 95 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 96 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 97 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 98 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 99 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 100 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 101 _ _ NNP 1662 1653 102 BURMA BURMA NNP 1662 1653 103 @Burma @Burma NNP 1662 1653 104 : : : 1662 1653 105 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1653 106 Location Location NNP 1662 1653 107 : : : 1662 1653 108 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 1653 109 Asia Asia NNP 1662 1653 110 , , , 1662 1653 111 bordering border VBG 1662 1653 112 the the DT 1662 1653 113 Andaman Andaman NNP 1662 1653 114 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1653 115 and and CC 1662 1653 116 the the DT 1662 1653 117 Bay Bay NNP 1662 1653 118 of of IN 1662 1653 119 Bengal Bengal NNP 1662 1653 120 , , , 1662 1653 121 between between IN 1662 1653 122 Bangladesh Bangladesh NNP 1662 1653 123 and and CC 1662 1653 124 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 1653 125 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1653 126 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1653 127 : : : 1662 1653 128 22 22 CD 1662 1653 129 00 00 CD 1662 1653 130 N n CD 1662 1653 131 , , , 1662 1653 132 98 98 CD 1662 1653 133 00 00 CD 1662 1653 134 E e NN 1662 1653 135 Map Map NNP 1662 1653 136 references reference NNS 1662 1653 137 : : : 1662 1653 138 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 1653 139 Asia Asia NNP 1662 1653 140 Area Area NNP 1662 1653 141 : : : 1662 1653 142 total total NN 1662 1653 143 : : : 1662 1653 144 678,500 678,500 CD 1662 1653 145 sq sq NNP 1662 1653 146 km km NNP 1662 1653 147 land land NN 1662 1653 148 : : : 1662 1653 149 657,740 657,740 CD 1662 1653 150 sq sq RB 1662 1653 151 km km NNP 1662 1653 152 water water NN 1662 1653 153 : : : 1662 1653 154 20,760 20,760 CD 1662 1653 155 sq sq NN 1662 1653 156 km km NNP 1662 1653 157 Area area NN 1662 1653 158 - - HYPH 1662 1653 159 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1653 160 : : : 1662 1653 161 slightly slightly RB 1662 1653 162 smaller small JJR 1662 1653 163 than than IN 1662 1653 164 Texas Texas NNP 1662 1653 165 Land Land NNP 1662 1653 166 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1653 167 : : : 1662 1653 168 total total JJ 1662 1653 169 : : : 1662 1653 170 5,876 5,876 CD 1662 1653 171 km km NN 1662 1653 172 border border NN 1662 1653 173 countries country NNS 1662 1653 174 : : : 1662 1653 175 Bangladesh Bangladesh NNP 1662 1653 176 193 193 CD 1662 1653 177 km km NN 1662 1653 178 , , , 1662 1653 179 China China NNP 1662 1653 180 2,185 2,185 CD 1662 1653 181 km km NNS 1662 1653 182 , , , 1662 1653 183 India India NNP 1662 1653 184 1,463 1,463 CD 1662 1653 185 km km NN 1662 1653 186 , , , 1662 1653 187 Laos Laos NNP 1662 1653 188 235 235 CD 1662 1653 189 km km NN 1662 1653 190 , , , 1662 1653 191 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 1653 192 1,800 1,800 CD 1662 1653 193 km km NN 1662 1653 194 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1653 195 : : : 1662 1653 196 1,930 1,930 CD 1662 1653 197 km km NN 1662 1653 198 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1653 199 claims claim VBZ 1662 1653 200 : : : 1662 1653 201 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 1653 202 zone zone NN 1662 1653 203 : : : 1662 1653 204 24 24 CD 1662 1653 205 nm nm NNP 1662 1653 206 continental continental JJ 1662 1653 207 shelf shelf NNP 1662 1653 208 : : : 1662 1653 209 200 200 CD 1662 1653 210 nm nm CD 1662 1653 211 or or CC 1662 1653 212 to to IN 1662 1653 213 the the DT 1662 1653 214 edge edge NN 1662 1653 215 of of IN 1662 1653 216 the the DT 1662 1653 217 continental continental JJ 1662 1653 218 margin margin NN 1662 1653 219 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 1653 220 economic economic JJ 1662 1653 221 zone zone NN 1662 1653 222 : : : 1662 1653 223 200 200 CD 1662 1653 224 nm nm CD 1662 1653 225 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1653 226 sea sea NN 1662 1653 227 : : : 1662 1653 228 12 12 CD 1662 1653 229 nm nm NNP 1662 1653 230 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1653 231 : : : 1662 1653 232 tropical tropical JJ 1662 1653 233 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 1653 234 ; ; , 1662 1653 235 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 1653 236 , , , 1662 1653 237 rainy rainy JJ 1662 1653 238 , , , 1662 1653 239 hot hot JJ 1662 1653 240 , , , 1662 1653 241 humid humid JJ 1662 1653 242 summers summer NNS 1662 1653 243 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1653 244 southwest southwest NNP 1662 1653 245 monsoon monsoon NNP 1662 1653 246 , , , 1662 1653 247 June June NNP 1662 1653 248 to to IN 1662 1653 249 September September NNP 1662 1653 250 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1653 251 ; ; : 1662 1653 252 less less RBR 1662 1653 253 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 1653 254 , , , 1662 1653 255 scant scant JJ 1662 1653 256 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 1653 257 , , , 1662 1653 258 mild mild JJ 1662 1653 259 temperatures temperature NNS 1662 1653 260 , , , 1662 1653 261 lower low JJR 1662 1653 262 humidity humidity NN 1662 1653 263 during during IN 1662 1653 264 winter winter NN 1662 1653 265 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1653 266 northeast northeast NNP 1662 1653 267 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 1653 268 , , , 1662 1653 269 December December NNP 1662 1653 270 to to IN 1662 1653 271 April April NNP 1662 1653 272 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1653 273 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1653 274 : : : 1662 1653 275 central central JJ 1662 1653 276 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 1653 277 ringed ring VBN 1662 1653 278 by by IN 1662 1653 279 steep steep JJ 1662 1653 280 , , , 1662 1653 281 rugged rugged JJ 1662 1653 282 highlands highland NNS 1662 1653 283 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1653 284 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1653 285 : : : 1662 1653 286 lowest low JJS 1662 1653 287 point point NN 1662 1653 288 : : : 1662 1653 289 Andaman Andaman NNP 1662 1653 290 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1653 291 0 0 NFP 1662 1653 292 m m DT 1662 1653 293 highest high JJS 1662 1653 294 point point NN 1662 1653 295 : : : 1662 1653 296 Hkakabo Hkakabo NNP 1662 1653 297 Razi Razi NNP 1662 1653 298 5,881 5,881 CD 1662 1653 299 m m NNP 1662 1653 300 Natural natural JJ 1662 1653 301 resources resource NNS 1662 1653 302 : : : 1662 1653 303 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1653 304 , , , 1662 1653 305 timber timber NN 1662 1653 306 , , , 1662 1653 307 tin tin NN 1662 1653 308 , , , 1662 1653 309 antimony antimony NN 1662 1653 310 , , , 1662 1653 311 zinc zinc NN 1662 1653 312 , , , 1662 1653 313 copper copper NN 1662 1653 314 , , , 1662 1653 315 tungsten tungsten NN 1662 1653 316 , , , 1662 1653 317 lead lead NN 1662 1653 318 , , , 1662 1653 319 coal coal NN 1662 1653 320 , , , 1662 1653 321 some some DT 1662 1653 322 marble marble NN 1662 1653 323 , , , 1662 1653 324 limestone limestone NN 1662 1653 325 , , , 1662 1653 326 precious precious JJ 1662 1653 327 stones stone NNS 1662 1653 328 , , , 1662 1653 329 natural natural JJ 1662 1653 330 gas gas NN 1662 1653 331 Land land NN 1662 1653 332 use use NN 1662 1653 333 : : : 1662 1653 334 arable arable JJ 1662 1653 335 land land NN 1662 1653 336 : : : 1662 1653 337 15 15 CD 1662 1653 338 % % NN 1662 1653 339 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1653 340 crops crop NNS 1662 1653 341 : : : 1662 1653 342 1 1 CD 1662 1653 343 % % NN 1662 1653 344 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1653 345 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1653 346 : : : 1662 1653 347 1 1 CD 1662 1653 348 % % NN 1662 1653 349 forests forest NNS 1662 1653 350 and and CC 1662 1653 351 woodland woodland NN 1662 1653 352 : : : 1662 1653 353 49 49 CD 1662 1653 354 % % NN 1662 1653 355 other other JJ 1662 1653 356 : : : 1662 1653 357 34 34 CD 1662 1653 358 % % NN 1662 1653 359 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1653 360 1993 1993 CD 1662 1653 361 est est NNP 1662 1653 362 . . . 1662 1653 363 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1654 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1654 2 land land NN 1662 1654 3 : : : 1662 1654 4 10,680 10,680 CD 1662 1654 5 sq sq NNP 1662 1654 6 km km NNP 1662 1654 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1654 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1654 9 est est NNP 1662 1654 10 . . . 1662 1654 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1655 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1655 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1655 3 : : : 1662 1655 4 destructive destructive JJ 1662 1655 5 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 1655 6 and and CC 1662 1655 7 cyclones cyclone NNS 1662 1655 8 ; ; : 1662 1655 9 flooding flooding NN 1662 1655 10 and and CC 1662 1655 11 landslides landslide VBZ 1662 1655 12 common common JJ 1662 1655 13 during during IN 1662 1655 14 rainy rainy JJ 1662 1655 15 season season NN 1662 1655 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1655 17 June June NNP 1662 1655 18 to to IN 1662 1655 19 September September NNP 1662 1655 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1655 21 ; ; : 1662 1655 22 periodic periodic JJ 1662 1655 23 droughts drought VBZ 1662 1655 24 Environment environment NN 1662 1655 25 - - HYPH 1662 1655 26 current current JJ 1662 1655 27 issues issue NNS 1662 1655 28 : : : 1662 1655 29 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 1655 30 ; ; , 1662 1655 31 industrial industrial JJ 1662 1655 32 pollution pollution NN 1662 1655 33 of of IN 1662 1655 34 air air NN 1662 1655 35 , , , 1662 1655 36 soil soil NN 1662 1655 37 , , , 1662 1655 38 and and CC 1662 1655 39 water water NN 1662 1655 40 ; ; , 1662 1655 41 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 1655 42 sanitation sanitation NN 1662 1655 43 and and CC 1662 1655 44 water water NN 1662 1655 45 treatment treatment NN 1662 1655 46 contribute contribute VBP 1662 1655 47 to to IN 1662 1655 48 disease disease NN 1662 1655 49 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1655 50 - - HYPH 1662 1655 51 international international JJ 1662 1655 52 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1655 53 : : : 1662 1655 54 party party NN 1662 1655 55 to to TO 1662 1655 56 : : : 1662 1655 57 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 1655 58 , , , 1662 1655 59 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1655 60 Change Change NNP 1662 1655 61 , , , 1662 1655 62 Law Law NNP 1662 1655 63 of of IN 1662 1655 64 the the DT 1662 1655 65 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1655 66 , , , 1662 1655 67 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 1655 68 Test Test NNP 1662 1655 69 Ban Ban NNP 1662 1655 70 , , , 1662 1655 71 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 1655 72 Layer Layer NNP 1662 1655 73 Protection Protection NNP 1662 1655 74 , , , 1662 1655 75 Ship Ship NNP 1662 1655 76 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1655 77 , , , 1662 1655 78 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 1655 79 Timber Timber NNP 1662 1655 80 83 83 CD 1662 1655 81 , , , 1662 1655 82 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 1655 83 Timber Timber NNP 1662 1655 84 94 94 CD 1662 1655 85 signed sign VBD 1662 1655 86 , , , 1662 1655 87 but but CC 1662 1655 88 not not RB 1662 1655 89 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1655 90 : : : 1662 1655 91 none none NN 1662 1655 92 of of IN 1662 1655 93 the the DT 1662 1655 94 selected select VBN 1662 1655 95 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1655 96 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1655 97 - - HYPH 1662 1655 98 note note NNP 1662 1655 99 : : : 1662 1655 100 strategic strategic JJ 1662 1655 101 location location NN 1662 1655 102 near near IN 1662 1655 103 major major JJ 1662 1655 104 Indian Indian NNP 1662 1655 105 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1655 106 shipping shipping NN 1662 1655 107 lanes lane NNS 1662 1655 108 @Burma @Burma NNP 1662 1655 109 : : : 1662 1655 110 People People NNPS 1662 1655 111 Population Population NNP 1662 1655 112 : : : 1662 1655 113 46,821,943 46,821,943 CD 1662 1655 114 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1655 115 July July NNP 1662 1655 116 1997 1997 CD 1662 1655 117 est est NNP 1662 1655 118 . . . 1662 1655 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1656 1 Age age NN 1662 1656 2 structure structure NN 1662 1656 3 : : : 1662 1656 4 0 0 CD 1662 1656 5 - - HYPH 1662 1656 6 14 14 CD 1662 1656 7 years year NNS 1662 1656 8 : : : 1662 1656 9 37 37 CD 1662 1656 10 % % NN 1662 1656 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1656 12 male male JJ 1662 1656 13 8,743,108 8,743,108 CD 1662 1656 14 ; ; , 1662 1656 15 female female JJ 1662 1656 16 8,410,224 8,410,224 CD 1662 1656 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1656 18 15 15 CD 1662 1656 19 - - SYM 1662 1656 20 64 64 CD 1662 1656 21 years year NNS 1662 1656 22 : : : 1662 1656 23 59 59 CD 1662 1656 24 % % NN 1662 1656 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1656 26 male male JJ 1662 1656 27 13,878,541 13,878,541 CD 1662 1656 28 ; ; , 1662 1656 29 female female JJ 1662 1656 30 13,859,783 13,859,783 CD 1662 1656 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1656 32 65 65 CD 1662 1656 33 years year NNS 1662 1656 34 and and CC 1662 1656 35 over over IN 1662 1656 36 : : : 1662 1656 37 4 4 CD 1662 1656 38 % % NN 1662 1656 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1656 40 male male JJ 1662 1656 41 873,670 873,670 CD 1662 1656 42 ; ; : 1662 1656 43 female female JJ 1662 1656 44 1,056,617 1,056,617 CD 1662 1656 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1656 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1656 47 July July NNP 1662 1656 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1656 49 est est NNP 1662 1656 50 . . . 1662 1656 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1657 1 Population population NN 1662 1657 2 growth growth NN 1662 1657 3 rate rate NN 1662 1657 4 : : : 1662 1657 5 1.81 1.81 CD 1662 1657 6 % % NN 1662 1657 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1657 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1657 9 est est NNP 1662 1657 10 . . . 1662 1657 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1658 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1658 2 rate rate NN 1662 1658 3 : : : 1662 1658 4 29.54 29.54 CD 1662 1658 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 1658 6 population population NN 1662 1658 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1658 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1658 9 est est NNP 1662 1658 10 . . . 1662 1658 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1659 1 Death death NN 1662 1659 2 rate rate NN 1662 1659 3 : : : 1662 1659 4 11.41 11.41 CD 1662 1659 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1659 6 population population NN 1662 1659 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1659 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1659 9 est est NNP 1662 1659 10 . . . 1662 1659 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1660 1 Net net JJ 1662 1660 2 migration migration NN 1662 1660 3 rate rate NN 1662 1660 4 : : : 1662 1660 5 0 0 NFP 1662 1660 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 1660 7 population population NN 1662 1660 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1660 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1660 10 est est NNP 1662 1660 11 . . . 1662 1660 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1661 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1661 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1661 3 : : : 1662 1661 4 at at IN 1662 1661 5 birth birth NN 1662 1661 6 : : : 1662 1661 7 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 1661 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1661 9 under under IN 1662 1661 10 15 15 CD 1662 1661 11 years year NNS 1662 1661 12 : : : 1662 1661 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 1661 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1661 15 15 15 CD 1662 1661 16 - - HYPH 1662 1661 17 64 64 CD 1662 1661 18 years year NNS 1662 1661 19 : : : 1662 1661 20 1 1 CD 1662 1661 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1661 22 65 65 CD 1662 1661 23 years year NNS 1662 1661 24 and and CC 1662 1661 25 over over IN 1662 1661 26 : : : 1662 1661 27 0.83 0.83 CD 1662 1661 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 1661 29 total total JJ 1662 1661 30 population population NN 1662 1661 31 : : : 1662 1661 32 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 1661 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1661 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1661 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1661 36 est e JJS 1662 1661 37 . . . 1662 1661 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1662 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1662 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1662 3 rate rate NN 1662 1662 4 : : : 1662 1662 5 78.5 78.5 CD 1662 1662 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1662 7 live live JJ 1662 1662 8 births birth NNS 1662 1662 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1662 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1662 11 est est NNP 1662 1662 12 . . . 1662 1662 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1663 1 Life life NN 1662 1663 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1663 3 at at IN 1662 1663 4 birth birth NN 1662 1663 5 : : : 1662 1663 6 total total JJ 1662 1663 7 population population NN 1662 1663 8 : : : 1662 1663 9 56.62 56.62 CD 1662 1663 10 years year NNS 1662 1663 11 male male JJ 1662 1663 12 : : : 1662 1663 13 54.89 54.89 CD 1662 1663 14 years year NNS 1662 1663 15 female female JJ 1662 1663 16 : : : 1662 1663 17 58.45 58.45 CD 1662 1663 18 years year NNS 1662 1663 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1663 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1663 21 est est NNP 1662 1663 22 . . . 1662 1663 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1664 1 Total total JJ 1662 1664 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1664 3 rate rate NN 1662 1664 4 : : : 1662 1664 5 3.76 3.76 CD 1662 1664 6 children child NNS 1662 1664 7 born bear VBN 1662 1664 8 / / SYM 1662 1664 9 woman woman NN 1662 1664 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1664 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1664 12 est est NNP 1662 1664 13 . . . 1662 1664 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1665 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1665 2 : : : 1662 1665 3 noun noun NN 1662 1665 4 : : : 1662 1665 5 Burmese Burmese NNP 1662 1665 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1665 7 singular singular JJ 1662 1665 8 and and CC 1662 1665 9 plural plural JJ 1662 1665 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1665 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 1665 12 : : : 1662 1665 13 Burmese burmese JJ 1662 1665 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1665 15 groups group NNS 1662 1665 16 : : : 1662 1665 17 Burman burman NN 1662 1665 18 68 68 CD 1662 1665 19 % % NN 1662 1665 20 , , , 1662 1665 21 Shan Shan NNP 1662 1665 22 9 9 CD 1662 1665 23 % % NN 1662 1665 24 , , , 1662 1665 25 Karen Karen NNP 1662 1665 26 7 7 CD 1662 1665 27 % % NN 1662 1665 28 , , , 1662 1665 29 Rakhine Rakhine NNP 1662 1665 30 4 4 CD 1662 1665 31 % % NN 1662 1665 32 , , , 1662 1665 33 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 1665 34 3 3 CD 1662 1665 35 % % NN 1662 1665 36 , , , 1662 1665 37 Mon Mon NNP 1662 1665 38 2 2 CD 1662 1665 39 % % NN 1662 1665 40 , , , 1662 1665 41 Indian indian JJ 1662 1665 42 2 2 CD 1662 1665 43 % % NN 1662 1665 44 , , , 1662 1665 45 other other JJ 1662 1665 46 5 5 CD 1662 1665 47 % % NN 1662 1665 48 Religions religion NNS 1662 1665 49 : : : 1662 1665 50 Buddhist buddhist VB 1662 1665 51 89 89 CD 1662 1665 52 % % NN 1662 1665 53 , , , 1662 1665 54 Christian Christian NNP 1662 1665 55 4 4 CD 1662 1665 56 % % NN 1662 1665 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1665 58 Baptist baptist NN 1662 1665 59 3 3 CD 1662 1665 60 % % NN 1662 1665 61 , , , 1662 1665 62 Roman roman JJ 1662 1665 63 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 1665 64 1 1 CD 1662 1665 65 % % NN 1662 1665 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1665 67 , , , 1662 1665 68 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 1665 69 4 4 CD 1662 1665 70 % % NN 1662 1665 71 , , , 1662 1665 72 animist animist NN 1662 1665 73 beliefs belief NNS 1662 1665 74 1 1 CD 1662 1665 75 % % NN 1662 1665 76 , , , 1662 1665 77 other other JJ 1662 1665 78 2 2 CD 1662 1665 79 % % NN 1662 1665 80 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 1665 81 : : : 1662 1665 82 Burmese Burmese NNP 1662 1665 83 , , , 1662 1665 84 minority minority NN 1662 1665 85 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1665 86 groups group NNS 1662 1665 87 have have VBP 1662 1665 88 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1665 89 own own JJ 1662 1665 90 languages language NNS 1662 1665 91 Literacy literacy NN 1662 1665 92 : : : 1662 1665 93 definition definition NN 1662 1665 94 : : : 1662 1665 95 age age NN 1662 1665 96 15 15 CD 1662 1665 97 and and CC 1662 1665 98 over over RB 1662 1665 99 can can MD 1662 1665 100 read read VB 1662 1665 101 and and CC 1662 1665 102 write write VB 1662 1665 103 total total JJ 1662 1665 104 population population NN 1662 1665 105 : : : 1662 1665 106 83.1 83.1 CD 1662 1665 107 % % NN 1662 1665 108 male male NN 1662 1665 109 : : : 1662 1665 110 88.7 88.7 CD 1662 1665 111 % % NN 1662 1665 112 female female NN 1662 1665 113 : : : 1662 1665 114 77.7 77.7 CD 1662 1665 115 % % NN 1662 1665 116 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1665 117 1995 1995 CD 1662 1665 118 est est NNP 1662 1665 119 . . . 1662 1665 120 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 1 @Burma @burma LS 1662 1666 2 : : : 1662 1666 3 Government Government NNP 1662 1666 4 Country Country NNP 1662 1666 5 name name NN 1662 1666 6 : : : 1662 1666 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1666 8 long long JJ 1662 1666 9 form form NN 1662 1666 10 : : : 1662 1666 11 Union Union NNP 1662 1666 12 of of IN 1662 1666 13 Burma Burma NNP 1662 1666 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1666 15 short short JJ 1662 1666 16 form form NN 1662 1666 17 : : : 1662 1666 18 Burma Burma NNP 1662 1666 19 local local JJ 1662 1666 20 long long JJ 1662 1666 21 form form NN 1662 1666 22 : : : 1662 1666 23 Pyidaungzu Pyidaungzu NNP 1662 1666 24 Myanma Myanma NNP 1662 1666 25 Naingngandaw Naingngandaw NNP 1662 1666 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 27 translated translate VBN 1662 1666 28 by by IN 1662 1666 29 the the DT 1662 1666 30 US US NNP 1662 1666 31 Government Government NNP 1662 1666 32 as as IN 1662 1666 33 Union Union NNP 1662 1666 34 of of IN 1662 1666 35 Myanma Myanma NNP 1662 1666 36 and and CC 1662 1666 37 by by IN 1662 1666 38 the the DT 1662 1666 39 Burmese Burmese NNP 1662 1666 40 as as IN 1662 1666 41 Union Union NNP 1662 1666 42 of of IN 1662 1666 43 Myanmar Myanmar NNP 1662 1666 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 45 local local JJ 1662 1666 46 short short JJ 1662 1666 47 form form NN 1662 1666 48 : : : 1662 1666 49 Myanma Myanma NNP 1662 1666 50 Naingngandaw Naingngandaw NNP 1662 1666 51 former former JJ 1662 1666 52 : : : 1662 1666 53 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 1666 54 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1666 55 of of IN 1662 1666 56 the the DT 1662 1666 57 Union Union NNP 1662 1666 58 of of IN 1662 1666 59 Burma Burma NNP 1662 1666 60 Data Data NNP 1662 1666 61 code code NN 1662 1666 62 : : : 1662 1666 63 BM BM NNP 1662 1666 64 Government Government NNP 1662 1666 65 type type NN 1662 1666 66 : : : 1662 1666 67 military military JJ 1662 1666 68 regime regime NN 1662 1666 69 National national JJ 1662 1666 70 capital capital NN 1662 1666 71 : : : 1662 1666 72 Rangoon rangoon NN 1662 1666 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 74 regime regime NN 1662 1666 75 refers refer VBZ 1662 1666 76 to to IN 1662 1666 77 the the DT 1662 1666 78 capital capital NN 1662 1666 79 as as IN 1662 1666 80 Yangon Yangon NNP 1662 1666 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 82 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 1666 83 divisions division NNS 1662 1666 84 : : : 1662 1666 85 7 7 CD 1662 1666 86 divisions division NNS 1662 1666 87 * * NFP 1662 1666 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 89 yin yin NNP 1662 1666 90 - - HYPH 1662 1666 91 mya mya NNP 1662 1666 92 , , , 1662 1666 93 singular singular NNP 1662 1666 94 - - HYPH 1662 1666 95 yin yin NN 1662 1666 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 97 and and CC 1662 1666 98 7 7 CD 1662 1666 99 states state NNS 1662 1666 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 101 pyine pyine NN 1662 1666 102 - - HYPH 1662 1666 103 mya mya NNP 1662 1666 104 , , , 1662 1666 105 singular singular JJ 1662 1666 106 - - HYPH 1662 1666 107 pyine pyine NN 1662 1666 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 109 ; ; : 1662 1666 110 Chin Chin NNP 1662 1666 111 State State NNP 1662 1666 112 , , , 1662 1666 113 Ayeyarwady Ayeyarwady NNP 1662 1666 114 * * NFP 1662 1666 115 , , , 1662 1666 116 Bago bago NN 1662 1666 117 * * NFP 1662 1666 118 , , , 1662 1666 119 Kachin Kachin NNP 1662 1666 120 State State NNP 1662 1666 121 , , , 1662 1666 122 Kayin Kayin NNP 1662 1666 123 State State NNP 1662 1666 124 , , , 1662 1666 125 Kayah Kayah NNP 1662 1666 126 State State NNP 1662 1666 127 , , , 1662 1666 128 Magway Magway NNP 1662 1666 129 * * NFP 1662 1666 130 , , , 1662 1666 131 Mandalay Mandalay NNP 1662 1666 132 * * NFP 1662 1666 133 , , , 1662 1666 134 Mon Mon NNP 1662 1666 135 State State NNP 1662 1666 136 , , , 1662 1666 137 Rakhine Rakhine NNP 1662 1666 138 State State NNP 1662 1666 139 , , , 1662 1666 140 Sagaing sagaing NN 1662 1666 141 * * NFP 1662 1666 142 , , , 1662 1666 143 Shan Shan NNP 1662 1666 144 State State NNP 1662 1666 145 , , , 1662 1666 146 Tanintharyi Tanintharyi NNP 1662 1666 147 * * NFP 1662 1666 148 , , , 1662 1666 149 Yangon Yangon NNP 1662 1666 150 * * NFP 1662 1666 151 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1666 152 : : : 1662 1666 153 4 4 CD 1662 1666 154 January January NNP 1662 1666 155 1948 1948 CD 1662 1666 156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 157 from from IN 1662 1666 158 UK UK NNP 1662 1666 159 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 160 National national JJ 1662 1666 161 holiday holiday NN 1662 1666 162 : : : 1662 1666 163 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1666 164 Day Day NNP 1662 1666 165 , , , 1662 1666 166 4 4 CD 1662 1666 167 January January NNP 1662 1666 168 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 169 1948 1948 CD 1662 1666 170 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 171 Constitution constitution NN 1662 1666 172 : : : 1662 1666 173 3 3 CD 1662 1666 174 January January NNP 1662 1666 175 1974 1974 CD 1662 1666 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 177 suspended suspend VBN 1662 1666 178 since since IN 1662 1666 179 18 18 CD 1662 1666 180 September September NNP 1662 1666 181 1988 1988 CD 1662 1666 182 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 183 ; ; : 1662 1666 184 national national JJ 1662 1666 185 convention convention NN 1662 1666 186 started start VBD 1662 1666 187 on on IN 1662 1666 188 9 9 CD 1662 1666 189 January January NNP 1662 1666 190 1993 1993 CD 1662 1666 191 to to TO 1662 1666 192 draft draft VB 1662 1666 193 a a DT 1662 1666 194 new new JJ 1662 1666 195 constitution constitution NN 1662 1666 196 ; ; : 1662 1666 197 chapter chapter NN 1662 1666 198 headings heading NNS 1662 1666 199 and and CC 1662 1666 200 three three CD 1662 1666 201 of of IN 1662 1666 202 15 15 CD 1662 1666 203 sections section NNS 1662 1666 204 have have VBP 1662 1666 205 been be VBN 1662 1666 206 approved approve VBN 1662 1666 207 Legal legal JJ 1662 1666 208 system system NN 1662 1666 209 : : : 1662 1666 210 does do VBZ 1662 1666 211 not not RB 1662 1666 212 accept accept VB 1662 1666 213 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 1666 214 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 1666 215 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 1666 216 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 1666 217 : : : 1662 1666 218 18 18 CD 1662 1666 219 years year NNS 1662 1666 220 of of IN 1662 1666 221 age age NN 1662 1666 222 ; ; : 1662 1666 223 universal universal JJ 1662 1666 224 Executive Executive NNP 1662 1666 225 branch branch NN 1662 1666 226 : : : 1662 1666 227 chief chief NN 1662 1666 228 of of IN 1662 1666 229 state state NN 1662 1666 230 : : : 1662 1666 231 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1666 232 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1666 233 and and CC 1662 1666 234 Chairman Chairman NNP 1662 1666 235 of of IN 1662 1666 236 the the DT 1662 1666 237 State State NNP 1662 1666 238 Law Law NNP 1662 1666 239 and and CC 1662 1666 240 Order Order NNP 1662 1666 241 Restoration Restoration NNP 1662 1666 242 Council Council NNP 1662 1666 243 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 1666 244 THAN than IN 1662 1666 245 SHWE SHWE NNP 1662 1666 246 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 247 since since IN 1662 1666 248 23 23 CD 1662 1666 249 April April NNP 1662 1666 250 1992 1992 CD 1662 1666 251 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 252 ; ; : 1662 1666 253 note note VB 1662 1666 254 - - : 1662 1666 255 the the DT 1662 1666 256 prime prime JJ 1662 1666 257 minister minister NN 1662 1666 258 is be VBZ 1662 1666 259 both both CC 1662 1666 260 the the DT 1662 1666 261 chief chief NN 1662 1666 262 of of IN 1662 1666 263 state state NN 1662 1666 264 and and CC 1662 1666 265 head head NN 1662 1666 266 of of IN 1662 1666 267 government government NN 1662 1666 268 head head NN 1662 1666 269 of of IN 1662 1666 270 government government NN 1662 1666 271 : : : 1662 1666 272 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1666 273 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1666 274 and and CC 1662 1666 275 Chairman Chairman NNP 1662 1666 276 of of IN 1662 1666 277 the the DT 1662 1666 278 State State NNP 1662 1666 279 Law Law NNP 1662 1666 280 and and CC 1662 1666 281 Order Order NNP 1662 1666 282 Restoration Restoration NNP 1662 1666 283 Council Council NNP 1662 1666 284 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 1666 285 THAN than IN 1662 1666 286 SHWE SHWE NNP 1662 1666 287 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 288 since since IN 1662 1666 289 23 23 CD 1662 1666 290 April April NNP 1662 1666 291 1992 1992 CD 1662 1666 292 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 293 ; ; : 1662 1666 294 note note VB 1662 1666 295 - - : 1662 1666 296 the the DT 1662 1666 297 prime prime JJ 1662 1666 298 minister minister NN 1662 1666 299 is be VBZ 1662 1666 300 both both CC 1662 1666 301 the the DT 1662 1666 302 chief chief NN 1662 1666 303 of of IN 1662 1666 304 state state NN 1662 1666 305 and and CC 1662 1666 306 head head NN 1662 1666 307 of of IN 1662 1666 308 government government NN 1662 1666 309 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1666 310 : : : 1662 1666 311 State State NNP 1662 1666 312 Law Law NNP 1662 1666 313 and and CC 1662 1666 314 Order Order NNP 1662 1666 315 Restoration Restoration NNP 1662 1666 316 Council Council NNP 1662 1666 317 ; ; : 1662 1666 318 military military JJ 1662 1666 319 junta junta NNP 1662 1666 320 which which WDT 1662 1666 321 assumed assume VBD 1662 1666 322 power power NN 1662 1666 323 18 18 CD 1662 1666 324 September September NNP 1662 1666 325 1988 1988 CD 1662 1666 326 elections election NNS 1662 1666 327 : : : 1662 1666 328 none none NN 1662 1666 329 ; ; : 1662 1666 330 the the DT 1662 1666 331 prime prime NNP 1662 1666 332 minister minister NN 1662 1666 333 assumed assume VBD 1662 1666 334 power power NN 1662 1666 335 upon upon IN 1662 1666 336 resignation resignation NN 1662 1666 337 of of IN 1662 1666 338 the the DT 1662 1666 339 former former JJ 1662 1666 340 prime prime JJ 1662 1666 341 minister minister NN 1662 1666 342 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 1666 343 branch branch NN 1662 1666 344 : : : 1662 1666 345 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 1666 346 People People NNPS 1662 1666 347 's 's POS 1662 1666 348 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1666 349 or or CC 1662 1666 350 Pyithu Pyithu NNP 1662 1666 351 Hluttaw Hluttaw NNP 1662 1666 352 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 353 485 485 CD 1662 1666 354 seats seat NNS 1662 1666 355 ; ; : 1662 1666 356 members member NNS 1662 1666 357 elected elect VBN 1662 1666 358 by by IN 1662 1666 359 popular popular JJ 1662 1666 360 vote vote NN 1662 1666 361 to to TO 1662 1666 362 serve serve VB 1662 1666 363 four four CD 1662 1666 364 - - HYPH 1662 1666 365 year year NN 1662 1666 366 terms term NNS 1662 1666 367 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 368 elections election NNS 1662 1666 369 : : : 1662 1666 370 last last RB 1662 1666 371 held hold VBD 1662 1666 372 27 27 CD 1662 1666 373 May May NNP 1662 1666 374 1990 1990 CD 1662 1666 375 , , , 1662 1666 376 but but CC 1662 1666 377 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1666 378 never never RB 1662 1666 379 convened convene VBD 1662 1666 380 election election NN 1662 1666 381 results result NNS 1662 1666 382 : : : 1662 1666 383 percent percent NN 1662 1666 384 of of IN 1662 1666 385 vote vote NN 1662 1666 386 by by IN 1662 1666 387 party party NNP 1662 1666 388 - - HYPH 1662 1666 389 NLD NLD NNP 1662 1666 390 82 82 CD 1662 1666 391 % % NN 1662 1666 392 ; ; , 1662 1666 393 seats seat NNS 1662 1666 394 by by IN 1662 1666 395 party party NNP 1662 1666 396 - - HYPH 1662 1666 397 NLD NLD NNP 1662 1666 398 396 396 CD 1662 1666 399 , , , 1662 1666 400 NUP NUP NNP 1662 1666 401 10 10 CD 1662 1666 402 , , , 1662 1666 403 other other JJ 1662 1666 404 79 79 CD 1662 1666 405 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 1666 406 branch branch NN 1662 1666 407 : : : 1662 1666 408 limited limited JJ 1662 1666 409 ; ; : 1662 1666 410 remnants remnant NNS 1662 1666 411 of of IN 1662 1666 412 the the DT 1662 1666 413 British british JJ 1662 1666 414 - - HYPH 1662 1666 415 era era NN 1662 1666 416 legal legal JJ 1662 1666 417 system system NN 1662 1666 418 in in IN 1662 1666 419 place place NN 1662 1666 420 , , , 1662 1666 421 but but CC 1662 1666 422 there there EX 1662 1666 423 is be VBZ 1662 1666 424 no no DT 1662 1666 425 guarantee guarantee NN 1662 1666 426 of of IN 1662 1666 427 a a DT 1662 1666 428 fair fair JJ 1662 1666 429 public public JJ 1662 1666 430 trial trial NN 1662 1666 431 ; ; : 1662 1666 432 the the DT 1662 1666 433 judiciary judiciary NN 1662 1666 434 is be VBZ 1662 1666 435 not not RB 1662 1666 436 independent independent JJ 1662 1666 437 of of IN 1662 1666 438 the the DT 1662 1666 439 executive executive JJ 1662 1666 440 Political political JJ 1662 1666 441 parties party NNS 1662 1666 442 and and CC 1662 1666 443 leaders leader NNS 1662 1666 444 : : : 1662 1666 445 Union Union NNP 1662 1666 446 Solidarity Solidarity NNP 1662 1666 447 and and CC 1662 1666 448 Development Development NNP 1662 1666 449 Association Association NNP 1662 1666 450 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 451 USDA USDA NNP 1662 1666 452 , , , 1662 1666 453 proregime proregime NN 1662 1666 454 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 455 , , , 1662 1666 456 THAN THAN NNP 1662 1666 457 AUNG AUNG NNP 1662 1666 458 , , , 1662 1666 459 general general JJ 1662 1666 460 secretary secretary NN 1662 1666 461 ; ; : 1662 1666 462 National National NNP 1662 1666 463 Unity Unity NNP 1662 1666 464 Party Party NNP 1662 1666 465 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 466 NUP NUP NNP 1662 1666 467 , , , 1662 1666 468 proregime proregime NN 1662 1666 469 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 470 , , , 1662 1666 471 THA THA NNP 1662 1666 472 KYAW KYAW NNP 1662 1666 473 ; ; : 1662 1666 474 National National NNP 1662 1666 475 League League NNP 1662 1666 476 for for IN 1662 1666 477 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 1666 478 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 479 NLD NLD NNP 1662 1666 480 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 481 , , , 1662 1666 482 AUNG AUNG NNP 1662 1666 483 SAN SAN NNP 1662 1666 484 SUU SUU NNP 1662 1666 485 KYI KYI NNP 1662 1666 486 , , , 1662 1666 487 general general JJ 1662 1666 488 secretary secretary NN 1662 1666 489 ; ; : 1662 1666 490 and and CC 1662 1666 491 eight eight CD 1662 1666 492 minor minor JJ 1662 1666 493 legal legal JJ 1662 1666 494 parties party NNS 1662 1666 495 Political political JJ 1662 1666 496 pressure pressure NN 1662 1666 497 groups group NNS 1662 1666 498 and and CC 1662 1666 499 leaders leader NNS 1662 1666 500 : : : 1662 1666 501 National National NNP 1662 1666 502 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 1666 503 Government Government NNP 1662 1666 504 of of IN 1662 1666 505 the the DT 1662 1666 506 Union Union NNP 1662 1666 507 of of IN 1662 1666 508 Burma Burma NNP 1662 1666 509 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 510 NCGUB NCGUB NNP 1662 1666 511 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 512 , , , 1662 1666 513 headed head VBN 1662 1666 514 by by IN 1662 1666 515 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 1666 516 SEIN SEIN NNP 1662 1666 517 WIN WIN NNP 1662 1666 518 - - HYPH 1662 1666 519 consists consist VBZ 1662 1666 520 of of IN 1662 1666 521 individuals individual NNS 1662 1666 522 legitimately legitimately RB 1662 1666 523 elected elect VBN 1662 1666 524 to to IN 1662 1666 525 the the DT 1662 1666 526 People People NNPS 1662 1666 527 's 's POS 1662 1666 528 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1666 529 but but CC 1662 1666 530 not not RB 1662 1666 531 recognized recognize VBN 1662 1666 532 by by IN 1662 1666 533 the the DT 1662 1666 534 military military JJ 1662 1666 535 regime regime NN 1662 1666 536 ; ; : 1662 1666 537 the the DT 1662 1666 538 group group NN 1662 1666 539 fled flee VBD 1662 1666 540 to to IN 1662 1666 541 a a DT 1662 1666 542 border border NN 1662 1666 543 area area NN 1662 1666 544 and and CC 1662 1666 545 joined join VBD 1662 1666 546 with with IN 1662 1666 547 insurgents insurgent NNS 1662 1666 548 in in IN 1662 1666 549 December December NNP 1662 1666 550 1990 1990 CD 1662 1666 551 to to TO 1662 1666 552 form form VB 1662 1666 553 a a DT 1662 1666 554 parallel parallel JJ 1662 1666 555 government government NN 1662 1666 556 ; ; : 1662 1666 557 Kachin Kachin NNP 1662 1666 558 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1666 559 Army Army NNP 1662 1666 560 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 561 KIA KIA NNP 1662 1666 562 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 563 ; ; : 1662 1666 564 United United NNP 1662 1666 565 Wa Wa NNP 1662 1666 566 State State NNP 1662 1666 567 Army Army NNP 1662 1666 568 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 569 UWSA UWSA NNP 1662 1666 570 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 571 ; ; : 1662 1666 572 Karen Karen NNP 1662 1666 573 National National NNP 1662 1666 574 Union Union NNP 1662 1666 575 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 576 KNU KNU NNP 1662 1666 577 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 578 ; ; : 1662 1666 579 several several JJ 1662 1666 580 Shan Shan NNP 1662 1666 581 factions faction NNS 1662 1666 582 , , , 1662 1666 583 including include VBG 1662 1666 584 the the DT 1662 1666 585 Mong Mong NNP 1662 1666 586 Tai Tai NNP 1662 1666 587 Army Army NNP 1662 1666 588 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 589 MTA MTA NNP 1662 1666 590 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 591 ; ; : 1662 1666 592 All all DT 1662 1666 593 Burma Burma NNP 1662 1666 594 Student Student NNP 1662 1666 595 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 1666 596 Front front NN 1662 1666 597 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 598 ABSDF ABSDF NNP 1662 1666 599 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 600 International international JJ 1662 1666 601 organization organization NN 1662 1666 602 participation participation NN 1662 1666 603 : : : 1662 1666 604 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 1666 605 , , , 1662 1666 606 ASEAN ASEAN NNP 1662 1666 607 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 608 observer observer NN 1662 1666 609 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 610 , , , 1662 1666 611 CCC CCC NNP 1662 1666 612 , , , 1662 1666 613 CP CP NNP 1662 1666 614 , , , 1662 1666 615 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 1666 616 , , , 1662 1666 617 FAO FAO NNP 1662 1666 618 , , , 1662 1666 619 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 1666 620 , , , 1662 1666 621 IAEA iaea NN 1662 1666 622 , , , 1662 1666 623 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1666 624 , , , 1662 1666 625 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1666 626 , , , 1662 1666 627 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 1666 628 , , , 1662 1666 629 IDA IDA NNP 1662 1666 630 , , , 1662 1666 631 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 1666 632 , , , 1662 1666 633 IFC IFC NNP 1662 1666 634 , , , 1662 1666 635 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 1666 636 , , , 1662 1666 637 ILO ILO NNP 1662 1666 638 , , , 1662 1666 639 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1666 640 , , , 1662 1666 641 IMO imo RB 1662 1666 642 , , , 1662 1666 643 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1666 644 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 645 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 1666 646 user user NN 1662 1666 647 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 648 , , , 1662 1666 649 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 1666 650 , , , 1662 1666 651 IOC IOC NNP 1662 1666 652 , , , 1662 1666 653 ITU ITU NNP 1662 1666 654 , , , 1662 1666 655 Mekong Mekong NNP 1662 1666 656 Group Group NNP 1662 1666 657 , , , 1662 1666 658 NAM NAM NNP 1662 1666 659 , , , 1662 1666 660 UN UN NNP 1662 1666 661 , , , 1662 1666 662 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 1666 663 , , , 1662 1666 664 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 1666 665 , , , 1662 1666 666 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 1666 667 , , , 1662 1666 668 UPU UPU NNP 1662 1666 669 , , , 1662 1666 670 WHO WHO NNP 1662 1666 671 , , , 1662 1666 672 WMO WMO NNP 1662 1666 673 , , , 1662 1666 674 WToO wtoo FW 1662 1666 675 , , , 1662 1666 676 WTrO wtro VB 1662 1666 677 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1666 678 representation representation NN 1662 1666 679 in in IN 1662 1666 680 the the DT 1662 1666 681 US US NNP 1662 1666 682 : : : 1662 1666 683 chief chief NN 1662 1666 684 of of IN 1662 1666 685 mission mission NN 1662 1666 686 : : : 1662 1666 687 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1666 688 TIN TIN NNP 1662 1666 689 WINN winn NN 1662 1666 690 chancery chancery NN 1662 1666 691 : : : 1662 1666 692 2300 2300 CD 1662 1666 693 S S NNP 1662 1666 694 Street Street NNP 1662 1666 695 NW NW NNP 1662 1666 696 , , , 1662 1666 697 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1666 698 , , , 1662 1666 699 DC DC NNP 1662 1666 700 20008 20008 CD 1662 1666 701 telephone telephone NN 1662 1666 702 : : : 1662 1666 703 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1666 704 1 1 CD 1662 1666 705 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1666 706 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 707 202 202 CD 1662 1666 708 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 709 332 332 CD 1662 1666 710 - - SYM 1662 1666 711 9044 9044 CD 1662 1666 712 , , , 1662 1666 713 9045 9045 CD 1662 1666 714 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1666 715 : : : 1662 1666 716 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1666 717 1 1 CD 1662 1666 718 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1666 719 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 720 202 202 CD 1662 1666 721 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 722 332 332 CD 1662 1666 723 - - HYPH 1662 1666 724 9046 9046 CD 1662 1666 725 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 1666 726 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 727 general general NN 1662 1666 728 : : : 1662 1666 729 New New NNP 1662 1666 730 York York NNP 1662 1666 731 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1666 732 representation representation NN 1662 1666 733 from from IN 1662 1666 734 the the DT 1662 1666 735 US US NNP 1662 1666 736 : : : 1662 1666 737 chief chief NN 1662 1666 738 of of IN 1662 1666 739 mission mission NN 1662 1666 740 : : : 1662 1666 741 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1666 742 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 743 vacant vacant JJ 1662 1666 744 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 745 ; ; : 1662 1666 746 Charge charge NN 1662 1666 747 d'Affaires d'Affaires NNP 1662 1666 748 Kent Kent NNP 1662 1666 749 M. M. NNP 1662 1666 750 WIEDEMANN WIEDEMANN NNP 1662 1666 751 embassy embassy NN 1662 1666 752 : : : 1662 1666 753 581 581 CD 1662 1666 754 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 1666 755 Street Street NNP 1662 1666 756 , , , 1662 1666 757 Rangoon Rangoon NNP 1662 1666 758 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 759 GPO GPO NNP 1662 1666 760 521 521 CD 1662 1666 761 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 762 mailing mail VBG 1662 1666 763 address address NN 1662 1666 764 : : : 1662 1666 765 Box Box NNP 1662 1666 766 B B NNP 1662 1666 767 , , , 1662 1666 768 APO APO NNP 1662 1666 769 AP AP NNP 1662 1666 770 96546 96546 CD 1662 1666 771 telephone telephone NN 1662 1666 772 : : : 1662 1666 773 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1666 774 95 95 CD 1662 1666 775 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1666 776 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 777 1 1 CD 1662 1666 778 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 779 282055 282055 CD 1662 1666 780 , , , 1662 1666 781 282182 282182 CD 1662 1666 782 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 783 operator operator NN 1662 1666 784 assistance assistance NN 1662 1666 785 required require VBN 1662 1666 786 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 787 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1666 788 : : : 1662 1666 789 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1666 790 95 95 CD 1662 1666 791 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1666 792 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1666 793 1 1 CD 1662 1666 794 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1666 795 280409 280409 CD 1662 1666 796 Flag flag NN 1662 1666 797 description description NN 1662 1666 798 : : : 1662 1666 799 red red JJ 1662 1666 800 with with IN 1662 1666 801 a a DT 1662 1666 802 blue blue JJ 1662 1666 803 rectangle rectangle NN 1662 1666 804 in in IN 1662 1666 805 the the DT 1662 1666 806 upper upper JJ 1662 1666 807 hoist hoist NN 1662 1666 808 - - HYPH 1662 1666 809 side side NN 1662 1666 810 corner corner NN 1662 1666 811 bearing bearing NN 1662 1666 812 , , , 1662 1666 813 all all DT 1662 1666 814 in in IN 1662 1666 815 white white JJ 1662 1666 816 , , , 1662 1666 817 14 14 CD 1662 1666 818 five five CD 1662 1666 819 - - HYPH 1662 1666 820 pointed pointed JJ 1662 1666 821 stars star NNS 1662 1666 822 encircling encircle VBG 1662 1666 823 a a DT 1662 1666 824 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858 , , , 1662 1666 859 and and CC 1662 1666 860 transport transport NN 1662 1666 861 , , , 1662 1666 862 and and CC 1662 1666 863 with with IN 1662 1666 864 substantial substantial JJ 1662 1666 865 state state NN 1662 1666 866 - - HYPH 1662 1666 867 controlled control VBN 1662 1666 868 activity activity NN 1662 1666 869 , , , 1662 1666 870 mainly mainly RB 1662 1666 871 in in IN 1662 1666 872 energy energy NN 1662 1666 873 , , , 1662 1666 874 heavy heavy JJ 1662 1666 875 industry industry NN 1662 1666 876 , , , 1662 1666 877 and and CC 1662 1666 878 the the DT 1662 1666 879 rice rice NN 1662 1666 880 trade trade NN 1662 1666 881 . . . 1662 1667 1 Government government NN 1662 1667 2 policy policy NN 1662 1667 3 in in IN 1662 1667 4 the the DT 1662 1667 5 last last JJ 1662 1667 6 eight eight CD 1662 1667 7 years year NNS 1662 1667 8 , , , 1662 1667 9 1989 1989 CD 1662 1667 10 - - SYM 1662 1667 11 96 96 CD 1662 1667 12 , , , 1662 1667 13 has have VBZ 1662 1667 14 aimed aim VBN 1662 1667 15 at at IN 1662 1667 16 revitalizing revitalize VBG 1662 1667 17 the the DT 1662 1667 18 economy economy NN 1662 1667 19 after after IN 1662 1667 20 three three CD 1662 1667 21 decades decade NNS 1662 1667 22 of of IN 1662 1667 23 tight tight JJ 1662 1667 24 central central JJ 1662 1667 25 planning planning NN 1662 1667 26 . . . 1662 1668 1 Thus thus RB 1662 1668 2 , , , 1662 1668 3 private private JJ 1662 1668 4 activity activity NN 1662 1668 5 has have VBZ 1662 1668 6 markedly markedly RB 1662 1668 7 increased increase VBN 1662 1668 8 ; ; : 1662 1668 9 foreign foreign JJ 1662 1668 10 investment investment NN 1662 1668 11 has have VBZ 1662 1668 12 been be VBN 1662 1668 13 encouraged encourage VBN 1662 1668 14 , , , 1662 1668 15 so so RB 1662 1668 16 far far RB 1662 1668 17 with with IN 1662 1668 18 moderate moderate JJ 1662 1668 19 success success NN 1662 1668 20 ; ; : 1662 1668 21 and and CC 1662 1668 22 efforts effort NNS 1662 1668 23 continue continue VBP 1662 1668 24 to to TO 1662 1668 25 increase increase VB 1662 1668 26 the the DT 1662 1668 27 efficiency efficiency NN 1662 1668 28 of of IN 1662 1668 29 state state NN 1662 1668 30 enterprises enterprise NNS 1662 1668 31 . . . 1662 1669 1 Published publish VBN 1662 1669 2 estimates estimate NNS 1662 1669 3 of of IN 1662 1669 4 Burma Burma NNP 1662 1669 5 's 's POS 1662 1669 6 foreign foreign JJ 1662 1669 7 trade trade NN 1662 1669 8 are be VBP 1662 1669 9 greatly greatly RB 1662 1669 10 understated understate VBN 1662 1669 11 because because IN 1662 1669 12 of of IN 1662 1669 13 the the DT 1662 1669 14 volume volume NN 1662 1669 15 of of IN 1662 1669 16 black black JJ 1662 1669 17 - - HYPH 1662 1669 18 market market NN 1662 1669 19 trade trade NN 1662 1669 20 . . . 1662 1670 1 A a DT 1662 1670 2 major major JJ 1662 1670 3 ongoing ongoing JJ 1662 1670 4 problem problem NN 1662 1670 5 is be VBZ 1662 1670 6 the the DT 1662 1670 7 failure failure NN 1662 1670 8 to to TO 1662 1670 9 achieve achieve VB 1662 1670 10 monetary monetary JJ 1662 1670 11 and and CC 1662 1670 12 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1670 13 stability stability NN 1662 1670 14 . . . 1662 1671 1 Although although IN 1662 1671 2 Burma Burma NNP 1662 1671 3 remains remain VBZ 1662 1671 4 a a DT 1662 1671 5 poor poor JJ 1662 1671 6 Asian asian JJ 1662 1671 7 country country NN 1662 1671 8 , , , 1662 1671 9 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1671 10 rich rich JJ 1662 1671 11 resources resource NNS 1662 1671 12 furnish furnish VBP 1662 1671 13 the the DT 1662 1671 14 potential potential NN 1662 1671 15 for for IN 1662 1671 16 substantial substantial JJ 1662 1671 17 long long JJ 1662 1671 18 - - HYPH 1662 1671 19 term term NN 1662 1671 20 increases increase NNS 1662 1671 21 in in IN 1662 1671 22 income income NN 1662 1671 23 , , , 1662 1671 24 exports export NNS 1662 1671 25 , , , 1662 1671 26 and and CC 1662 1671 27 living living NN 1662 1671 28 standards standard NNS 1662 1671 29 . . . 1662 1672 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1672 2 : : : 1662 1672 3 purchasing 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HYPH 1662 1675 3 composition composition NN 1662 1675 4 by by IN 1662 1675 5 sector sector NN 1662 1675 6 : : : 1662 1675 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1675 8 : : : 1662 1675 9 63 63 CD 1662 1675 10 % % NN 1662 1675 11 industry industry NN 1662 1675 12 : : : 1662 1675 13 9 9 CD 1662 1675 14 % % NN 1662 1675 15 services service NNS 1662 1675 16 : : : 1662 1675 17 28 28 CD 1662 1675 18 % % NN 1662 1675 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1675 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 1675 21 est est NNP 1662 1675 22 . . . 1662 1675 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1676 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 1676 2 rate rate NN 1662 1676 3 - - HYPH 1662 1676 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 1676 5 price price NN 1662 1676 6 index index NN 1662 1676 7 : : : 1662 1676 8 30%-40 30%-40 CD 1662 1676 9 % % NN 1662 1676 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1676 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 1676 12 est est NNP 1662 1676 13 . . . 1662 1676 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1677 1 Labor labor NN 1662 1677 2 force force NN 1662 1677 3 : : : 1662 1677 4 total total NN 1662 1677 5 : : : 1662 1677 6 16.007 16.007 CD 1662 1677 7 million million CD 1662 1677 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1677 9 1992 1992 CD 1662 1677 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1677 11 by by IN 1662 1677 12 occupation occupation NN 1662 1677 13 : : : 1662 1677 14 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1677 15 65.2 65.2 CD 1662 1677 16 % % NN 1662 1677 17 , , , 1662 1677 18 industry industry NN 1662 1677 19 14.3 14.3 CD 1662 1677 20 % % NN 1662 1677 21 , , , 1662 1677 22 trade trade NN 1662 1677 23 10.1 10.1 CD 1662 1677 24 % % NN 1662 1677 25 , , , 1662 1677 26 government government NN 1662 1677 27 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 1677 28 % % NN 1662 1677 29 , , , 1662 1677 30 other other JJ 1662 1677 31 4.1 4.1 CD 1662 1677 32 % % NN 1662 1677 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1677 34 FY88/89 fy88/89 CD 1662 1677 35 est est NNP 1662 1677 36 . . . 1662 1677 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1678 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1678 2 rate rate NN 1662 1678 3 : : : 1662 1678 4 NA% NA% `` 1662 1678 5 Budget budget NN 1662 1678 6 : : : 1662 1678 7 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1678 8 : : : 1662 1678 9 $ $ $ 1662 1678 10 5.3 5.3 CD 1662 1678 11 billion billion CD 1662 1678 12 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1678 13 : : : 1662 1678 14 $ $ $ 1662 1678 15 10 10 CD 1662 1678 16 billion billion CD 1662 1678 17 , , , 1662 1678 18 including include VBG 1662 1678 19 capital capital NN 1662 1678 20 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1678 21 of of IN 1662 1678 22 $ $ $ 1662 1678 23 3 3 CD 1662 1678 24 billion billion CD 1662 1678 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1678 26 1995 1995 CD 1662 1678 27 est est NNP 1662 1678 28 . . . 1662 1678 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1679 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 1679 2 : : : 1662 1679 3 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 1679 4 processing processing NN 1662 1679 5 ; ; : 1662 1679 6 textiles textile NNS 1662 1679 7 and and CC 1662 1679 8 footwear footwear NN 1662 1679 9 ; ; , 1662 1679 10 wood wood NN 1662 1679 11 and and CC 1662 1679 12 wood wood NN 1662 1679 13 products product NNS 1662 1679 14 ; ; : 1662 1679 15 copper copper NN 1662 1679 16 , , , 1662 1679 17 tin tin NN 1662 1679 18 , , , 1662 1679 19 tungsten tungsten NN 1662 1679 20 , , , 1662 1679 21 iron iron NN 1662 1679 22 ; ; : 1662 1679 23 construction construction NN 1662 1679 24 materials material NNS 1662 1679 25 ; ; , 1662 1679 26 pharmaceuticals pharmaceutical NNS 1662 1679 27 ; ; : 1662 1679 28 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 1679 29 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 1679 30 production production NN 1662 1679 31 growth growth NN 1662 1679 32 rate rate NN 1662 1679 33 : : : 1662 1679 34 8.9 8.9 CD 1662 1679 35 % % NN 1662 1679 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1679 37 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 1679 38 est est NNP 1662 1679 39 . . . 1662 1679 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1680 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1680 2 - - HYPH 1662 1680 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 1680 4 : : : 1662 1680 5 1.21 1.21 CD 1662 1680 6 million million CD 1662 1680 7 kW kW NNP 1662 1680 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1680 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 1680 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1680 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1680 12 - - HYPH 1662 1680 13 production production NN 1662 1680 14 : : : 1662 1680 15 3.37 3.37 CD 1662 1680 16 billion billion CD 1662 1680 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1680 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1680 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 1680 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1680 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1680 22 - - HYPH 1662 1680 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 1680 24 per per IN 1662 1680 25 capita capita NN 1662 1680 26 : : : 1662 1680 27 73 73 CD 1662 1680 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1680 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1680 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 1680 31 est est NNP 1662 1680 32 . . . 1662 1680 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1681 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1681 2 - - HYPH 1662 1681 3 products product NNS 1662 1681 4 : : : 1662 1681 5 paddy paddy NNP 1662 1681 6 rice rice NNP 1662 1681 7 , , , 1662 1681 8 corn corn NN 1662 1681 9 , , , 1662 1681 10 oilseed oilseed NN 1662 1681 11 , , , 1662 1681 12 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 1681 13 , , , 1662 1681 14 pulses pulse NNS 1662 1681 15 ; ; : 1662 1681 16 hardwood hardwood NN 1662 1681 17 Exports export NNS 1662 1681 18 : : : 1662 1681 19 total total JJ 1662 1681 20 value value NN 1662 1681 21 : : : 1662 1681 22 $ $ $ 1662 1681 23 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 1681 24 billion billion CD 1662 1681 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1681 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 1681 27 est est NNP 1662 1681 28 . . . 1662 1681 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1682 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1682 2 : : : 1662 1682 3 rice rice NN 1662 1682 4 , , , 1662 1682 5 pulses pulse NNS 1662 1682 6 and and CC 1662 1682 7 beans bean NNS 1662 1682 8 , , , 1662 1682 9 teak teak NN 1662 1682 10 , , , 1662 1682 11 rubber rubber NN 1662 1682 12 , , , 1662 1682 13 hardwood hardwood NN 1662 1682 14 partners partner NNS 1662 1682 15 : : : 1662 1682 16 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 1682 17 , , , 1662 1682 18 China China NNP 1662 1682 19 , , , 1662 1682 20 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 1682 21 , , , 1662 1682 22 Hong Hong NNP 1662 1682 23 Kong Kong NNP 1662 1682 24 , , , 1662 1682 25 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 1682 26 , , , 1662 1682 27 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 1682 28 , , , 1662 1682 29 Japan Japan NNP 1662 1682 30 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 1682 31 : : : 1662 1682 32 total total JJ 1662 1682 33 value value NN 1662 1682 34 : : : 1662 1682 35 $ $ $ 1662 1682 36 2 2 CD 1662 1682 37 billion billion CD 1662 1682 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1682 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 1682 40 est est NNP 1662 1682 41 . . . 1662 1682 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1683 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1683 2 : : : 1662 1683 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 1683 4 , , , 1662 1683 5 transport transport NN 1662 1683 6 equipment equipment NN 1662 1683 7 , , , 1662 1683 8 construction construction NN 1662 1683 9 materials material NNS 1662 1683 10 , , , 1662 1683 11 food food NN 1662 1683 12 products product NNS 1662 1683 13 , , , 1662 1683 14 consumer consumer NN 1662 1683 15 goods good NNS 1662 1683 16 partners partner NNS 1662 1683 17 : : : 1662 1683 18 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 1683 19 , , , 1662 1683 20 Hong Hong NNP 1662 1683 21 Kong Kong NNP 1662 1683 22 , , , 1662 1683 23 Japan Japan NNP 1662 1683 24 , , , 1662 1683 25 China China NNP 1662 1683 26 , , , 1662 1683 27 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 1683 28 , , , 1662 1683 29 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 1683 30 Debt Debt NNP 1662 1683 31 - - HYPH 1662 1683 32 external external JJ 1662 1683 33 : : : 1662 1683 34 $ $ $ 1662 1683 35 5.5 5.5 CD 1662 1683 36 billion billion CD 1662 1683 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1683 38 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 1683 39 est est NNP 1662 1683 40 . . . 1662 1683 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1684 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 1684 2 aid aid NN 1662 1684 3 : : : 1662 1684 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 1684 5 : : : 1662 1684 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 1684 7 , , , 1662 1684 8 $ $ $ 1662 1684 9 61 61 CD 1662 1684 10 million million CD 1662 1684 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1684 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 1684 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1684 14 Currency currency NN 1662 1684 15 : : : 1662 1684 16 1 1 CD 1662 1684 17 kyat kyat NNP 1662 1684 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1684 19 K K NNP 1662 1684 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1684 21 = = NFP 1662 1684 22 100 100 CD 1662 1684 23 pyas pyas JJ 1662 1684 24 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1684 25 rates rate NNS 1662 1684 26 : : : 1662 1684 27 kyats kyats NNP 1662 1684 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1684 29 K K NNP 1662 1684 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1684 31 per per IN 1662 1684 32 US$ us$ $ 1662 1684 33 1 1 CD 1662 1684 34 - - SYM 1662 1684 35 6.0600 6.0600 CD 1662 1684 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1684 37 1997 1997 CD 1662 1684 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1684 39 , , , 1662 1684 40 5.9176 5.9176 CD 1662 1684 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1684 42 1996 1996 CD 1662 1684 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1684 44 , , , 1662 1684 45 5.6670 5.6670 CD 1662 1684 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1684 47 1995 1995 CD 1662 1684 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1684 49 , , , 1662 1684 50 5.9749 5.9749 CD 1662 1684 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1684 52 1994 1994 CD 1662 1684 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1684 54 , , , 1662 1684 55 6.1570 6.1570 CD 1662 1684 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1684 57 1993 1993 CD 1662 1684 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1684 59 , , , 1662 1684 60 6.1045 6.1045 CD 1662 1684 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1684 62 1992 1992 CD 1662 1684 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1684 64 ; ; : 1662 1684 65 unofficial unofficial JJ 1662 1684 66 - - HYPH 1662 1684 67 160 160 CD 1662 1684 68 - - HYPH 1662 1684 69 170 170 CD 1662 1684 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1684 71 1996 1996 CD 1662 1684 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1684 73 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1684 74 year year NN 1662 1684 75 : : : 1662 1684 76 1 1 CD 1662 1684 77 April April NNP 1662 1684 78 - - HYPH 1662 1684 79 31 31 CD 1662 1684 80 March March NNP 1662 1684 81 @Burma @Burma NNP 1662 1684 82 : : : 1662 1684 83 Communications Communications NNP 1662 1684 84 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 1684 85 : : : 1662 1684 86 122,195 122,195 CD 1662 1684 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1684 88 1993 1993 CD 1662 1684 89 est est NNP 1662 1684 90 . . . 1662 1684 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1685 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1685 2 system system NN 1662 1685 3 : : : 1662 1685 4 meets meet VBZ 1662 1685 5 minimum minimum JJ 1662 1685 6 requirements requirement NNS 1662 1685 7 for for IN 1662 1685 8 local local JJ 1662 1685 9 and and CC 1662 1685 10 intercity intercity JJ 1662 1685 11 service service NN 1662 1685 12 for for IN 1662 1685 13 business business NN 1662 1685 14 and and CC 1662 1685 15 government government NN 1662 1685 16 ; ; : 1662 1685 17 international international JJ 1662 1685 18 service service NN 1662 1685 19 is be VBZ 1662 1685 20 good good JJ 1662 1685 21 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1685 22 : : : 1662 1685 23 NA NA NNP 1662 1685 24 international international JJ 1662 1685 25 : : : 1662 1685 26 satellite satellite NN 1662 1685 27 earth earth NNP 1662 1685 28 station station NNP 1662 1685 29 - - : 1662 1685 30 1 1 CD 1662 1685 31 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1685 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1685 33 Indian Indian NNP 1662 1685 34 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1685 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1685 36 Radio radio NN 1662 1685 37 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1685 38 stations station NNS 1662 1685 39 : : : 1662 1685 40 AM AM NNP 1662 1685 41 2 2 CD 1662 1685 42 , , , 1662 1685 43 FM FM NNP 1662 1685 44 1 1 CD 1662 1685 45 , , , 1662 1685 46 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 1685 47 0 0 CD 1662 1685 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1685 49 1985 1985 CD 1662 1685 50 est est NNP 1662 1685 51 . . . 1662 1685 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1686 1 note note VB 1662 1686 2 : : : 1662 1686 3 radiobroadcast radiobroadcast NN 1662 1686 4 coverage coverage NN 1662 1686 5 is be VBZ 1662 1686 6 limited limit VBN 1662 1686 7 to to IN 1662 1686 8 the the DT 1662 1686 9 most most RBS 1662 1686 10 populous populous JJ 1662 1686 11 areas area NNS 1662 1686 12 Radios radio NNS 1662 1686 13 : : : 1662 1686 14 NA NA NNP 1662 1686 15 Television Television NNP 1662 1686 16 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1686 17 stations station NNS 1662 1686 18 : : : 1662 1686 19 1 1 CD 1662 1686 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1686 21 1988 1988 CD 1662 1686 22 est est NNP 1662 1686 23 . . . 1662 1686 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1687 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 1687 2 : : : 1662 1687 3 88,000 88,000 CD 1662 1687 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1687 5 1992 1992 CD 1662 1687 6 est est NNP 1662 1687 7 . . . 1662 1687 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1688 1 @Burma @burma XX 1662 1688 2 : : : 1662 1688 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1688 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1688 5 : : : 1662 1688 6 total total NN 1662 1688 7 : : : 1662 1688 8 3,569 3,569 CD 1662 1688 9 km km NN 1662 1688 10 narrow narrow JJ 1662 1688 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 1688 12 : : : 1662 1688 13 3,569 3,569 CD 1662 1688 14 km km NN 1662 1688 15 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 1688 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 1688 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1688 18 1995 1995 CD 1662 1688 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1688 20 Highways highway NNS 1662 1688 21 : : : 1662 1688 22 total total NN 1662 1688 23 : : : 1662 1688 24 27,600 27,600 CD 1662 1688 25 km km NN 1662 1688 26 paved pave VBN 1662 1688 27 : : : 1662 1688 28 3,340 3,340 CD 1662 1688 29 km km NN 1662 1688 30 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1688 31 : : : 1662 1688 32 24,260 24,260 CD 1662 1688 33 km km NNS 1662 1688 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1688 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 1688 36 est est NNP 1662 1688 37 . . . 1662 1688 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1689 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 1689 2 : : : 1662 1689 3 12,800 12,800 CD 1662 1689 4 km km NN 1662 1689 5 ; ; : 1662 1689 6 3,200 3,200 CD 1662 1689 7 km km NN 1662 1689 8 navigable navigable JJ 1662 1689 9 by by IN 1662 1689 10 large large JJ 1662 1689 11 commercial commercial JJ 1662 1689 12 vessels vessel NNS 1662 1689 13 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 1689 14 : : : 1662 1689 15 crude crude JJ 1662 1689 16 oil oil NN 1662 1689 17 1,343 1,343 CD 1662 1689 18 km km NN 1662 1689 19 ; ; : 1662 1689 20 natural natural JJ 1662 1689 21 gas gas NN 1662 1689 22 330 330 CD 1662 1689 23 km km NN 1662 1689 24 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 1689 25 and and CC 1662 1689 26 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1689 27 : : : 1662 1689 28 Bassein Bassein NNP 1662 1689 29 , , , 1662 1689 30 Bhamo Bhamo NNP 1662 1689 31 , , , 1662 1689 32 Chauk Chauk NNP 1662 1689 33 , , , 1662 1689 34 Mandalay Mandalay NNP 1662 1689 35 , , , 1662 1689 36 Moulmein Moulmein NNP 1662 1689 37 , , , 1662 1689 38 Myitkyina Myitkyina NNP 1662 1689 39 , , , 1662 1689 40 Rangoon Rangoon NNP 1662 1689 41 , , , 1662 1689 42 Akyab Akyab NNP 1662 1689 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1689 44 Sittwe Sittwe NNP 1662 1689 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1689 46 , , , 1662 1689 47 Tavoy Tavoy NNP 1662 1689 48 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 1689 49 marine marine NN 1662 1689 50 : : : 1662 1689 51 total total NN 1662 1689 52 : : : 1662 1689 53 52 52 CD 1662 1689 54 ships ship NNS 1662 1689 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1689 56 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1689 57 GRT GRT NNP 1662 1689 58 or or CC 1662 1689 59 over over RB 1662 1689 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1689 61 totaling total VBG 1662 1689 62 657,498 657,498 CD 1662 1689 63 GRT/901,418 GRT/901,418 NNP 1662 1689 64 DWT DWT NNP 1662 1689 65 ships ship NNS 1662 1689 66 by by IN 1662 1689 67 type type NN 1662 1689 68 : : : 1662 1689 69 bulk bulk NNP 1662 1689 70 16 16 CD 1662 1689 71 , , , 1662 1689 72 cargo cargo NN 1662 1689 73 18 18 CD 1662 1689 74 , , , 1662 1689 75 chemical chemical NN 1662 1689 76 tanker tanker NN 1662 1689 77 5 5 CD 1662 1689 78 , , , 1662 1689 79 container container NN 1662 1689 80 2 2 CD 1662 1689 81 , , , 1662 1689 82 oil oil NN 1662 1689 83 tanker tanker NN 1662 1689 84 5 5 CD 1662 1689 85 , , , 1662 1689 86 passenger passenger NN 1662 1689 87 - - HYPH 1662 1689 88 cargo cargo NN 1662 1689 89 3 3 CD 1662 1689 90 , , , 1662 1689 91 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 1689 92 cargo cargo NN 1662 1689 93 1 1 CD 1662 1689 94 , , , 1662 1689 95 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 1689 96 carrier carrier NN 1662 1689 97 2 2 CD 1662 1689 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1689 99 1996 1996 CD 1662 1689 100 est est NNP 1662 1689 101 . . . 1662 1689 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1690 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1690 2 : : : 1662 1690 3 73 73 CD 1662 1690 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1690 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1690 6 est est NNP 1662 1690 7 . . . 1662 1690 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1691 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1691 2 - - , 1662 1691 3 with with IN 1662 1691 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1691 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1691 6 : : : 1662 1691 7 total total NN 1662 1691 8 : : : 1662 1691 9 54 54 CD 1662 1691 10 over over IN 1662 1691 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1691 12 m m NN 1662 1691 13 : : : 1662 1691 14 2 2 CD 1662 1691 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 1691 16 to to TO 1662 1691 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1691 18 m m NN 1662 1691 19 : : : 1662 1691 20 2 2 CD 1662 1691 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1691 22 to to TO 1662 1691 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1691 24 m m NN 1662 1691 25 : : : 1662 1691 26 13 13 CD 1662 1691 27 914 914 CD 1662 1691 28 to to TO 1662 1691 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1691 30 m m NN 1662 1691 31 : : : 1662 1691 32 9 9 CD 1662 1691 33 under under IN 1662 1691 34 914 914 CD 1662 1691 35 m m NN 1662 1691 36 : : : 1662 1691 37 28 28 CD 1662 1691 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1691 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 1691 40 est est NNP 1662 1691 41 . . . 1662 1691 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1692 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1692 2 - - , 1662 1692 3 with with IN 1662 1692 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1692 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1692 6 : : : 1662 1692 7 total total NN 1662 1692 8 : : : 1662 1692 9 19 19 CD 1662 1692 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1692 11 to to TO 1662 1692 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1692 13 m m NN 1662 1692 14 : : : 1662 1692 15 3 3 CD 1662 1692 16 914 914 CD 1662 1692 17 to to TO 1662 1692 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1692 19 m m NN 1662 1692 20 : : : 1662 1692 21 16 16 CD 1662 1692 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1692 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 1692 24 est est NNP 1662 1692 25 . . . 1662 1692 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1693 1 Military military JJ 1662 1693 2 Military military JJ 1662 1693 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1693 4 : : : 1662 1693 5 Army Army NNP 1662 1693 6 , , , 1662 1693 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 1693 8 , , , 1662 1693 9 Air Air NNP 1662 1693 10 Force Force NNP 1662 1693 11 Military Military NNP 1662 1693 12 manpower manpower NN 1662 1693 13 - - HYPH 1662 1693 14 military military NN 1662 1693 15 age age NN 1662 1693 16 : : : 1662 1693 17 18 18 CD 1662 1693 18 years year NNS 1662 1693 19 of of IN 1662 1693 20 age age NN 1662 1693 21 Military military JJ 1662 1693 22 manpower manpower NN 1662 1693 23 - - HYPH 1662 1693 24 availability availability NN 1662 1693 25 : : : 1662 1693 26 males male NNS 1662 1693 27 age age NNP 1662 1693 28 15 15 CD 1662 1693 29 - - HYPH 1662 1693 30 49 49 CD 1662 1693 31 : : : 1662 1693 32 12,037,009 12,037,009 CD 1662 1693 33 females female NNS 1662 1693 34 age age NN 1662 1693 35 15 15 CD 1662 1693 36 - - HYPH 1662 1693 37 49 49 CD 1662 1693 38 : : : 1662 1693 39 11,846,381 11,846,381 CD 1662 1693 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1693 41 1997 1997 CD 1662 1693 42 est est NNP 1662 1693 43 . . . 1662 1693 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1694 1 note note VB 1662 1694 2 : : : 1662 1694 3 both both DT 1662 1694 4 sexes sex NNS 1662 1694 5 liable liable JJ 1662 1694 6 for for IN 1662 1694 7 military military JJ 1662 1694 8 service service NN 1662 1694 9 Military Military NNP 1662 1694 10 manpower manpower NN 1662 1694 11 - - HYPH 1662 1694 12 fit fit NN 1662 1694 13 for for IN 1662 1694 14 military military JJ 1662 1694 15 service service NN 1662 1694 16 : : : 1662 1694 17 males male NNS 1662 1694 18 : : : 1662 1694 19 6,434,452 6,434,452 CD 1662 1694 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1694 21 1997 1997 CD 1662 1694 22 est e JJS 1662 1694 23 . . . 1662 1694 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1695 1 females female NNS 1662 1695 2 : : : 1662 1695 3 6,317,112 6,317,112 CD 1662 1695 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1695 5 1997 1997 CD 1662 1695 6 est est NNP 1662 1695 7 . . . 1662 1695 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1696 1 Military military JJ 1662 1696 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1696 3 - - HYPH 1662 1696 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 1696 5 military military JJ 1662 1696 6 age age NN 1662 1696 7 annually annually RB 1662 1696 8 : : : 1662 1696 9 males male NNS 1662 1696 10 : : : 1662 1696 11 480,893 480,893 CD 1662 1696 12 females female NNS 1662 1696 13 : : : 1662 1696 14 462,314 462,314 CD 1662 1696 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1696 16 1997 1997 CD 1662 1696 17 est est NNP 1662 1696 18 . . . 1662 1696 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1697 1 Military military JJ 1662 1697 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1697 3 - - HYPH 1662 1697 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1697 5 figure figure NN 1662 1697 6 : : : 1662 1697 7 $ $ $ 1662 1697 8 135 135 CD 1662 1697 9 million million CD 1662 1697 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1697 11 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 1697 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1697 13 Military military JJ 1662 1697 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1697 15 - - : 1662 1697 16 percent percent NN 1662 1697 17 of of IN 1662 1697 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1697 19 : : : 1662 1697 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 1697 21 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1697 22 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1697 23 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1697 24 - - : 1662 1697 25 international international RB 1662 1697 26 : : : 1662 1697 27 none none NN 1662 1697 28 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 1697 29 drugs drug VBZ 1662 1697 30 : : : 1662 1697 31 world world NN 1662 1697 32 's 's POS 1662 1697 33 largest large JJS 1662 1697 34 illicit illicit JJ 1662 1697 35 producer producer NN 1662 1697 36 of of IN 1662 1697 37 opium opium NN 1662 1697 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1697 39 2,560 2,560 CD 1662 1697 40 metric metric JJ 1662 1697 41 tons ton NNS 1662 1697 42 in in IN 1662 1697 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 1697 44 - - SYM 1662 1697 45 a a DT 1662 1697 46 9 9 CD 1662 1697 47 % % NN 1662 1697 48 increase increase NN 1662 1697 49 over over IN 1662 1697 50 1995 1995 CD 1662 1697 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1697 52 and and CC 1662 1697 53 a a DT 1662 1697 54 minor minor JJ 1662 1697 55 producer producer NN 1662 1697 56 of of IN 1662 1697 57 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 1697 58 for for IN 1662 1697 59 the the DT 1662 1697 60 international international JJ 1662 1697 61 drug drug NN 1662 1697 62 trade trade NN 1662 1697 63 ; ; : 1662 1697 64 surrender surrender NN 1662 1697 65 of of IN 1662 1697 66 drug drug NN 1662 1697 67 warlord warlord NNP 1662 1697 68 KHUN KHUN NNP 1662 1697 69 SA SA NNP 1662 1697 70 's 's POS 1662 1697 71 Mong Mong NNP 1662 1697 72 Tai Tai NNP 1662 1697 73 Army Army NNP 1662 1697 74 in in IN 1662 1697 75 January January NNP 1662 1697 76 1996 1996 CD 1662 1697 77 was be VBD 1662 1697 78 hailed hail VBN 1662 1697 79 by by IN 1662 1697 80 Rangoon Rangoon NNP 1662 1697 81 as as IN 1662 1697 82 a a DT 1662 1697 83 major major JJ 1662 1697 84 counternarcotics counternarcotic NNS 1662 1697 85 success success NN 1662 1697 86 , , , 1662 1697 87 but but CC 1662 1697 88 lack lack NN 1662 1697 89 of of IN 1662 1697 90 serious serious JJ 1662 1697 91 government government NN 1662 1697 92 commitment commitment NN 1662 1697 93 and and CC 1662 1697 94 resources resource NNS 1662 1697 95 continue continue VBP 1662 1697 96 to to TO 1662 1697 97 hinder hinder VB 1662 1697 98 the the DT 1662 1697 99 overall overall JJ 1662 1697 100 antidrug antidrug JJ 1662 1697 101 effort effort NN 1662 1697 102 ; ; : 1662 1697 103 growing grow VBG 1662 1697 104 role role NN 1662 1697 105 in in IN 1662 1697 106 the the DT 1662 1697 107 production production NN 1662 1697 108 of of IN 1662 1697 109 methamphetamines methamphetamine NNS 1662 1697 110 for for IN 1662 1697 111 regional regional JJ 1662 1697 112 consumption consumption NN 1662 1697 113 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 114 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 115 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 116 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 117 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 118 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 119 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 120 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 121 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 122 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 123 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 124 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 125 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 126 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 127 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 128 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 129 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 130 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 131 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 132 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 133 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 134 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 135 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 136 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 137 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 138 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 139 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 140 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 141 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 142 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 143 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 144 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 145 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 146 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 147 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 148 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 149 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 150 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 151 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 152 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 153 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 154 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 155 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 156 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 157 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 158 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 159 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 160 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 161 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 162 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 163 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 164 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 165 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 166 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 167 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 168 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 169 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 170 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 171 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 172 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 173 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 174 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 175 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 176 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 177 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 178 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 179 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 180 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 181 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 182 _ _ NNP 1662 1697 183 BURUNDI BURUNDI NNP 1662 1697 184 Introduction Introduction NNP 1662 1697 185 Current current JJ 1662 1697 186 issues issue NNS 1662 1697 187 : : : 1662 1697 188 in in IN 1662 1697 189 a a DT 1662 1697 190 number number NN 1662 1697 191 of of IN 1662 1697 192 waves wave NNS 1662 1697 193 since since IN 1662 1697 194 October October NNP 1662 1697 195 1993 1993 CD 1662 1697 196 , , , 1662 1697 197 hundreds hundred NNS 1662 1697 198 of of IN 1662 1697 199 thousands thousand NNS 1662 1697 200 of of IN 1662 1697 201 refugees refugee NNS 1662 1697 202 have have VBP 1662 1697 203 fled flee VBN 1662 1697 204 the the DT 1662 1697 205 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1697 206 violence violence NN 1662 1697 207 between between IN 1662 1697 208 the the DT 1662 1697 209 Hutu Hutu NNP 1662 1697 210 and and CC 1662 1697 211 Tutsi Tutsi NNP 1662 1697 212 factions faction NNS 1662 1697 213 in in IN 1662 1697 214 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 1697 215 and and CC 1662 1697 216 crossed cross VBD 1662 1697 217 into into IN 1662 1697 218 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 1697 219 , , , 1662 1697 220 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 1697 221 , , , 1662 1697 222 and and CC 1662 1697 223 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1697 224 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1697 225 of of IN 1662 1697 226 the the DT 1662 1697 227 Congo Congo NNP 1662 1697 228 , , , 1662 1697 229 formerly formerly RB 1662 1697 230 Zaire Zaire NNP 1662 1697 231 ; ; : 1662 1697 232 since since IN 1662 1697 233 October October NNP 1662 1697 234 1996 1996 CD 1662 1697 235 , , , 1662 1697 236 an an DT 1662 1697 237 estimated estimate VBN 1662 1697 238 92,000 92,000 CD 1662 1697 239 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 1697 240 Hutus Hutus NNP 1662 1697 241 who who WP 1662 1697 242 fled flee VBD 1662 1697 243 to to IN 1662 1697 244 Zaire Zaire NNP 1662 1697 245 have have VBP 1662 1697 246 been be VBN 1662 1697 247 forced force VBN 1662 1697 248 to to TO 1662 1697 249 return return VB 1662 1697 250 to to IN 1662 1697 251 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 1697 252 by by IN 1662 1697 253 Tutsi Tutsi NNP 1662 1697 254 rebel rebel JJ 1662 1697 255 forces force NNS 1662 1697 256 in in IN 1662 1697 257 Zaire Zaire NNP 1662 1697 258 , , , 1662 1697 259 leaving leave VBG 1662 1697 260 an an DT 1662 1697 261 estimated estimate VBN 1662 1697 262 35,000 35,000 CD 1662 1697 263 still still RB 1662 1697 264 dispersed disperse VBN 1662 1697 265 there there RB 1662 1697 266 ; ; : 1662 1697 267 in in IN 1662 1697 268 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 1697 269 , , , 1662 1697 270 the the DT 1662 1697 271 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1697 272 violence violence NN 1662 1697 273 between between IN 1662 1697 274 the the DT 1662 1697 275 Hutus Hutus NNP 1662 1697 276 and and CC 1662 1697 277 the the DT 1662 1697 278 Tutsis Tutsis NNP 1662 1697 279 continued continue VBD 1662 1697 280 in in IN 1662 1697 281 1996 1996 CD 1662 1697 282 , , , 1662 1697 283 causing cause VBG 1662 1697 284 an an DT 1662 1697 285 estimated estimate VBN 1662 1697 286 additional additional JJ 1662 1697 287 150,000 150,000 CD 1662 1697 288 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 1697 289 Hutus Hutus NNP 1662 1697 290 to to TO 1662 1697 291 flee flee VB 1662 1697 292 to to IN 1662 1697 293 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 1697 294 , , , 1662 1697 295 thus thus RB 1662 1697 296 raising raise VBG 1662 1697 297 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1697 298 numbers number NNS 1662 1697 299 in in IN 1662 1697 300 that that DT 1662 1697 301 country country NN 1662 1697 302 to to IN 1662 1697 303 about about IN 1662 1697 304 250,000 250,000 CD 1662 1697 305 @Burundi @burundi NN 1662 1697 306 : : : 1662 1697 307 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1697 308 Location Location NNP 1662 1697 309 : : : 1662 1697 310 Central Central NNP 1662 1697 311 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1697 312 , , , 1662 1697 313 east east NN 1662 1697 314 of of IN 1662 1697 315 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1697 316 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1697 317 of of IN 1662 1697 318 the the DT 1662 1697 319 Congo Congo NNP 1662 1697 320 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1697 321 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1697 322 : : : 1662 1697 323 3 3 CD 1662 1697 324 30 30 CD 1662 1697 325 S s NN 1662 1697 326 , , , 1662 1697 327 30 30 CD 1662 1697 328 00 00 CD 1662 1697 329 E e NN 1662 1697 330 Map Map NNP 1662 1697 331 references reference NNS 1662 1697 332 : : : 1662 1697 333 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1697 334 Area Area NNP 1662 1697 335 : : : 1662 1697 336 total total NN 1662 1697 337 : : : 1662 1697 338 27,830 27,830 CD 1662 1697 339 sq sq VB 1662 1697 340 km km NNP 1662 1697 341 land land NN 1662 1697 342 : : : 1662 1697 343 25,650 25,650 CD 1662 1697 344 sq sq NN 1662 1697 345 km km NNP 1662 1697 346 water water NN 1662 1697 347 : : : 1662 1697 348 2,180 2,180 CD 1662 1697 349 sq sq RB 1662 1697 350 km km NNP 1662 1697 351 Area area NN 1662 1697 352 - - HYPH 1662 1697 353 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1697 354 : : : 1662 1697 355 slightly slightly RB 1662 1697 356 smaller small JJR 1662 1697 357 than than IN 1662 1697 358 Maryland Maryland NNP 1662 1697 359 Land Land NNP 1662 1697 360 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1697 361 : : : 1662 1697 362 total total JJ 1662 1697 363 : : : 1662 1697 364 974 974 CD 1662 1697 365 km km NN 1662 1697 366 border border NN 1662 1697 367 countries country NNS 1662 1697 368 : : : 1662 1697 369 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1697 370 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1697 371 of of IN 1662 1697 372 the the DT 1662 1697 373 Congo Congo NNP 1662 1697 374 233 233 CD 1662 1697 375 km km NNS 1662 1697 376 , , , 1662 1697 377 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 1697 378 290 290 CD 1662 1697 379 km km NNS 1662 1697 380 , , , 1662 1697 381 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 1697 382 451 451 CD 1662 1697 383 km km NN 1662 1697 384 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1697 385 : : : 1662 1697 386 0 0 CD 1662 1697 387 km km NN 1662 1697 388 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1697 389 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 1697 390 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1697 391 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1697 392 claims claim VBZ 1662 1697 393 : : : 1662 1697 394 none none NN 1662 1697 395 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1697 396 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 1697 397 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1697 398 Climate climate NN 1662 1697 399 : : : 1662 1697 400 equatorial equatorial JJ 1662 1697 401 ; ; : 1662 1697 402 high high JJ 1662 1697 403 plateau plateau NN 1662 1697 404 with with IN 1662 1697 405 considerable considerable JJ 1662 1697 406 altitude altitude NN 1662 1697 407 variation variation NN 1662 1697 408 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1697 409 772 772 CD 1662 1697 410 m m CD 1662 1697 411 to to IN 1662 1697 412 2,760 2,760 CD 1662 1697 413 m m NN 1662 1697 414 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1697 415 ; ; : 1662 1697 416 average average JJ 1662 1697 417 annual annual JJ 1662 1697 418 temperature temperature NN 1662 1697 419 varies vary VBZ 1662 1697 420 with with IN 1662 1697 421 altitude altitude NN 1662 1697 422 from from IN 1662 1697 423 23 23 CD 1662 1697 424 to to TO 1662 1697 425 17 17 CD 1662 1697 426 degrees degree NNS 1662 1697 427 centigrade centigrade JJ 1662 1697 428 but but CC 1662 1697 429 is be VBZ 1662 1697 430 generally generally RB 1662 1697 431 moderate moderate JJ 1662 1697 432 as as IN 1662 1697 433 the the DT 1662 1697 434 average average JJ 1662 1697 435 altitude altitude NN 1662 1697 436 is be VBZ 1662 1697 437 about about RB 1662 1697 438 1,700 1,700 CD 1662 1697 439 m m CD 1662 1697 440 ; ; : 1662 1697 441 average average JJ 1662 1697 442 annual annual JJ 1662 1697 443 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 1697 444 is be VBZ 1662 1697 445 about about RB 1662 1697 446 150 150 CD 1662 1697 447 cm cm NNS 1662 1697 448 ; ; : 1662 1697 449 wet wet JJ 1662 1697 450 seasons season NNS 1662 1697 451 from from IN 1662 1697 452 February February NNP 1662 1697 453 to to IN 1662 1697 454 May May NNP 1662 1697 455 and and CC 1662 1697 456 September September NNP 1662 1697 457 to to IN 1662 1697 458 November November NNP 1662 1697 459 , , , 1662 1697 460 and and CC 1662 1697 461 dry dry JJ 1662 1697 462 seasons season NNS 1662 1697 463 from from IN 1662 1697 464 June June NNP 1662 1697 465 to to IN 1662 1697 466 August August NNP 1662 1697 467 and and CC 1662 1697 468 December December NNP 1662 1697 469 to to IN 1662 1697 470 January January NNP 1662 1697 471 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1697 472 : : : 1662 1697 473 hilly hilly RB 1662 1697 474 and and CC 1662 1697 475 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 1697 476 , , , 1662 1697 477 dropping drop VBG 1662 1697 478 to to IN 1662 1697 479 a a DT 1662 1697 480 plateau plateau NN 1662 1697 481 in in IN 1662 1697 482 east east NNP 1662 1697 483 , , , 1662 1697 484 some some DT 1662 1697 485 plains plain VBZ 1662 1697 486 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1697 487 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1697 488 : : : 1662 1697 489 lowest low JJS 1662 1697 490 point point NN 1662 1697 491 : : : 1662 1697 492 Lake Lake NNP 1662 1697 493 Tanganyika Tanganyika NNP 1662 1697 494 772 772 CD 1662 1697 495 m m DT 1662 1697 496 highest high JJS 1662 1697 497 point point NN 1662 1697 498 : : : 1662 1697 499 Mount Mount NNP 1662 1697 500 Heha Heha NNP 1662 1697 501 2,760 2,760 CD 1662 1697 502 m m NNP 1662 1697 503 Natural natural JJ 1662 1697 504 resources resource NNS 1662 1697 505 : : : 1662 1697 506 nickel nickel NN 1662 1697 507 , , , 1662 1697 508 uranium uranium NN 1662 1697 509 , , , 1662 1697 510 rare rare JJ 1662 1697 511 earth earth NN 1662 1697 512 oxides oxide NNS 1662 1697 513 , , , 1662 1697 514 peat peat NN 1662 1697 515 , , , 1662 1697 516 cobalt cobalt NN 1662 1697 517 , , , 1662 1697 518 copper copper NN 1662 1697 519 , , , 1662 1697 520 platinum platinum NN 1662 1697 521 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1697 522 not not RB 1662 1697 523 yet yet RB 1662 1697 524 exploited exploit VBN 1662 1697 525 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1697 526 , , , 1662 1697 527 vanadium vanadium NN 1662 1697 528 Land Land NNP 1662 1697 529 use use NN 1662 1697 530 : : : 1662 1697 531 arable arable JJ 1662 1697 532 land land NN 1662 1697 533 : : : 1662 1697 534 44 44 CD 1662 1697 535 % % NN 1662 1697 536 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1697 537 crops crop NNS 1662 1697 538 : : : 1662 1697 539 9 9 CD 1662 1697 540 % % NN 1662 1697 541 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1697 542 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1697 543 : : : 1662 1697 544 36 36 CD 1662 1697 545 % % NN 1662 1697 546 forests forest NNS 1662 1697 547 and and CC 1662 1697 548 woodland woodland NN 1662 1697 549 : : : 1662 1697 550 3 3 CD 1662 1697 551 % % NN 1662 1697 552 other other JJ 1662 1697 553 : : : 1662 1697 554 8 8 CD 1662 1697 555 % % NN 1662 1697 556 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1697 557 1993 1993 CD 1662 1697 558 est est NNP 1662 1697 559 . . . 1662 1697 560 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1698 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1698 2 land land NN 1662 1698 3 : : : 1662 1698 4 140 140 CD 1662 1698 5 sq sq NNP 1662 1698 6 km km NNP 1662 1698 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1698 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1698 9 est est NNP 1662 1698 10 . . . 1662 1698 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1699 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1699 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1699 3 : : : 1662 1699 4 flooding flooding NN 1662 1699 5 , , , 1662 1699 6 landslides landslide VBZ 1662 1699 7 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1699 8 - - HYPH 1662 1699 9 current current JJ 1662 1699 10 issues issue NNS 1662 1699 11 : : : 1662 1699 12 soil soil NN 1662 1699 13 erosion erosion NN 1662 1699 14 as as IN 1662 1699 15 a a DT 1662 1699 16 result result NN 1662 1699 17 of of IN 1662 1699 18 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 1699 19 and and CC 1662 1699 20 the the DT 1662 1699 21 expansion expansion NN 1662 1699 22 of of IN 1662 1699 23 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1699 24 into into IN 1662 1699 25 marginal marginal JJ 1662 1699 26 lands land NNS 1662 1699 27 ; ; : 1662 1699 28 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 1699 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1699 30 little little JJ 1662 1699 31 forested forested JJ 1662 1699 32 land land NN 1662 1699 33 remains remain VBZ 1662 1699 34 because because IN 1662 1699 35 of of IN 1662 1699 36 uncontrolled uncontrolled JJ 1662 1699 37 cutting cutting NN 1662 1699 38 of of IN 1662 1699 39 trees tree NNS 1662 1699 40 for for IN 1662 1699 41 fuel fuel NN 1662 1699 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1699 43 ; ; : 1662 1699 44 habitat habitat JJ 1662 1699 45 loss loss NN 1662 1699 46 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 1699 47 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 1699 48 populations population NNS 1662 1699 49 Environment environment NN 1662 1699 50 - - HYPH 1662 1699 51 international international JJ 1662 1699 52 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1699 53 : : : 1662 1699 54 party party NN 1662 1699 55 to to TO 1662 1699 56 : : : 1662 1699 57 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 1699 58 Species Species NNPS 1662 1699 59 signed sign VBD 1662 1699 60 , , , 1662 1699 61 but but CC 1662 1699 62 not not RB 1662 1699 63 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1699 64 : : : 1662 1699 65 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 1699 66 , , , 1662 1699 67 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1699 68 Change Change NNP 1662 1699 69 , , , 1662 1699 70 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 1699 71 , , , 1662 1699 72 Law Law NNP 1662 1699 73 of of IN 1662 1699 74 the the DT 1662 1699 75 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1699 76 , , , 1662 1699 77 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 1699 78 Test Test NNP 1662 1699 79 Ban Ban NNP 1662 1699 80 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1699 81 - - HYPH 1662 1699 82 note note NN 1662 1699 83 : : : 1662 1699 84 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 1699 85 ; ; : 1662 1699 86 straddles straddles NNP 1662 1699 87 crest crest NN 1662 1699 88 of of IN 1662 1699 89 the the DT 1662 1699 90 Nile Nile NNP 1662 1699 91 - - HYPH 1662 1699 92 Congo Congo NNP 1662 1699 93 watershed watershed NN 1662 1699 94 @Burundi @Burundi NNP 1662 1699 95 : : : 1662 1699 96 People People NNP 1662 1699 97 Population Population NNP 1662 1699 98 : : : 1662 1699 99 6,052,614 6,052,614 CD 1662 1699 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1699 101 July July NNP 1662 1699 102 1997 1997 CD 1662 1699 103 est est NNP 1662 1699 104 . . . 1662 1699 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1700 1 Age age NN 1662 1700 2 structure structure NN 1662 1700 3 : : : 1662 1700 4 0 0 CD 1662 1700 5 - - HYPH 1662 1700 6 14 14 CD 1662 1700 7 years year NNS 1662 1700 8 : : : 1662 1700 9 47 47 CD 1662 1700 10 % % NN 1662 1700 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1700 12 male male JJ 1662 1700 13 1,425,071 1,425,071 CD 1662 1700 14 ; ; : 1662 1700 15 female female JJ 1662 1700 16 1,418,957 1,418,957 CD 1662 1700 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1700 18 15 15 CD 1662 1700 19 - - HYPH 1662 1700 20 64 64 CD 1662 1700 21 years year NNS 1662 1700 22 : : : 1662 1700 23 50 50 CD 1662 1700 24 % % NN 1662 1700 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1700 26 male male JJ 1662 1700 27 1,490,426 1,490,426 CD 1662 1700 28 ; ; : 1662 1700 29 female female JJ 1662 1700 30 1,558,362 1,558,362 CD 1662 1700 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1700 32 65 65 CD 1662 1700 33 years year NNS 1662 1700 34 and and CC 1662 1700 35 over over IN 1662 1700 36 : : : 1662 1700 37 3 3 CD 1662 1700 38 % % NN 1662 1700 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1700 40 male male NN 1662 1700 41 63,225 63,225 CD 1662 1700 42 ; ; : 1662 1700 43 female female JJ 1662 1700 44 96,573 96,573 CD 1662 1700 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1700 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1700 47 July July NNP 1662 1700 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1700 49 est est NNP 1662 1700 50 . . . 1662 1700 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1701 1 Population population NN 1662 1701 2 growth growth NN 1662 1701 3 rate rate NN 1662 1701 4 : : : 1662 1701 5 2.11 2.11 CD 1662 1701 6 % % NN 1662 1701 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1701 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1701 9 est est NNP 1662 1701 10 . . . 1662 1701 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1702 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1702 2 rate rate NN 1662 1702 3 : : : 1662 1702 4 42.33 42.33 CD 1662 1702 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 1702 6 population population NN 1662 1702 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1702 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1702 9 est est NNP 1662 1702 10 . . . 1662 1702 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1703 1 Death death NN 1662 1703 2 rate rate NN 1662 1703 3 : : : 1662 1703 4 15.12 15.12 CD 1662 1703 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1703 6 population population NN 1662 1703 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1703 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1703 9 est est NNP 1662 1703 10 . . . 1662 1703 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1704 1 Net net JJ 1662 1704 2 migration migration NN 1662 1704 3 rate rate NN 1662 1704 4 : : : 1662 1704 5 -6.12 -6.12 NFP 1662 1704 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 1704 7 population population NN 1662 1704 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1704 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1704 10 est est NNP 1662 1704 11 . . . 1662 1704 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1705 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1705 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1705 3 : : : 1662 1705 4 at at IN 1662 1705 5 birth birth NN 1662 1705 6 : : : 1662 1705 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 1705 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1705 9 under under IN 1662 1705 10 15 15 CD 1662 1705 11 years year NNS 1662 1705 12 : : : 1662 1705 13 1 1 CD 1662 1705 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1705 15 15 15 CD 1662 1705 16 - - HYPH 1662 1705 17 64 64 CD 1662 1705 18 years year NNS 1662 1705 19 : : : 1662 1705 20 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 1705 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1705 22 65 65 CD 1662 1705 23 years year NNS 1662 1705 24 and and CC 1662 1705 25 over over IN 1662 1705 26 : : : 1662 1705 27 0.66 0.66 CD 1662 1705 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1705 29 total total JJ 1662 1705 30 population population NN 1662 1705 31 : : : 1662 1705 32 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 1705 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1705 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1705 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1705 36 est e JJS 1662 1705 37 . . . 1662 1705 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1706 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1706 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1706 3 rate rate NN 1662 1706 4 : : : 1662 1706 5 100.5 100.5 CD 1662 1706 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1706 7 live live JJ 1662 1706 8 births birth NNS 1662 1706 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1706 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1706 11 est est NNP 1662 1706 12 . . . 1662 1706 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1707 1 Life life NN 1662 1707 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1707 3 at at IN 1662 1707 4 birth birth NN 1662 1707 5 : : : 1662 1707 6 total total JJ 1662 1707 7 population population NN 1662 1707 8 : : : 1662 1707 9 49 49 CD 1662 1707 10 years year NNS 1662 1707 11 male male NN 1662 1707 12 : : : 1662 1707 13 47.91 47.91 CD 1662 1707 14 years year NNS 1662 1707 15 female female JJ 1662 1707 16 : : : 1662 1707 17 50.12 50.12 CD 1662 1707 18 years year NNS 1662 1707 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1707 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1707 21 est est NNP 1662 1707 22 . . . 1662 1707 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1708 1 Total total JJ 1662 1708 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1708 3 rate rate NN 1662 1708 4 : : : 1662 1708 5 6.48 6.48 CD 1662 1708 6 children child NNS 1662 1708 7 born bear VBN 1662 1708 8 / / SYM 1662 1708 9 woman woman NN 1662 1708 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1708 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1708 12 est est NNP 1662 1708 13 . . . 1662 1708 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1709 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1709 2 : : : 1662 1709 3 noun noun NNP 1662 1709 4 : : : 1662 1709 5 Burundian(s Burundian(s NNP 1662 1709 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1709 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 1709 8 : : : 1662 1709 9 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 1709 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1709 11 groups group NNS 1662 1709 12 : : : 1662 1709 13 Hutu Hutu NNP 1662 1709 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1709 15 Bantu Bantu NNP 1662 1709 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1709 17 85 85 CD 1662 1709 18 % % NN 1662 1709 19 , , , 1662 1709 20 Tutsi Tutsi NNP 1662 1709 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1709 22 Hamitic Hamitic NNP 1662 1709 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1709 24 14 14 CD 1662 1709 25 % % NN 1662 1709 26 , , , 1662 1709 27 Twa Twa NNP 1662 1709 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1709 29 Pygmy pygmy NN 1662 1709 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1709 31 1 1 CD 1662 1709 32 % % NN 1662 1709 33 , , , 1662 1709 34 Europeans Europeans NNPS 1662 1709 35 3,000 3,000 CD 1662 1709 36 , , , 1662 1709 37 South South NNP 1662 1709 38 Asians Asians NNPS 1662 1709 39 2,000 2,000 CD 1662 1709 40 Religions religion NNS 1662 1709 41 : : : 1662 1709 42 Christian Christian NNP 1662 1709 43 67 67 CD 1662 1709 44 % % NN 1662 1709 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1709 46 Roman roman JJ 1662 1709 47 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 1709 48 62 62 CD 1662 1709 49 % % NN 1662 1709 50 , , , 1662 1709 51 Protestant protestant NN 1662 1709 52 5 5 CD 1662 1709 53 % % NN 1662 1709 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1709 55 , , , 1662 1709 56 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 1709 57 beliefs belief NNS 1662 1709 58 32 32 CD 1662 1709 59 % % NN 1662 1709 60 , , , 1662 1709 61 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 1709 62 1 1 CD 1662 1709 63 % % NN 1662 1709 64 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 1709 65 : : : 1662 1709 66 Kirundi Kirundi NNP 1662 1709 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1709 68 official official NN 1662 1709 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1709 70 , , , 1662 1709 71 French French NNP 1662 1709 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1709 73 official official JJ 1662 1709 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1709 75 , , , 1662 1709 76 Swahili Swahili NNP 1662 1709 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1709 78 along along IN 1662 1709 79 Lake Lake NNP 1662 1709 80 Tanganyika Tanganyika NNP 1662 1709 81 and and CC 1662 1709 82 in in IN 1662 1709 83 the the DT 1662 1709 84 Bujumbura Bujumbura NNP 1662 1709 85 area area NN 1662 1709 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1709 87 Literacy literacy NN 1662 1709 88 : : : 1662 1709 89 definition definition NN 1662 1709 90 : : : 1662 1709 91 age age NN 1662 1709 92 15 15 CD 1662 1709 93 and and CC 1662 1709 94 over over RB 1662 1709 95 can can MD 1662 1709 96 read read VB 1662 1709 97 and and CC 1662 1709 98 write write VB 1662 1709 99 total total JJ 1662 1709 100 population population NN 1662 1709 101 : : : 1662 1709 102 35.3 35.3 CD 1662 1709 103 % % NN 1662 1709 104 male male NN 1662 1709 105 : : : 1662 1709 106 49.3 49.3 CD 1662 1709 107 % % NN 1662 1709 108 female female NN 1662 1709 109 : : : 1662 1709 110 22.5 22.5 CD 1662 1709 111 % % NN 1662 1709 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1709 113 1995 1995 CD 1662 1709 114 est est NNP 1662 1709 115 . . . 1662 1709 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1710 1 @Burundi @Burundi NNP 1662 1710 2 : : : 1662 1710 3 Government Government NNP 1662 1710 4 Country Country NNP 1662 1710 5 name name NN 1662 1710 6 : : : 1662 1710 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1710 8 long long JJ 1662 1710 9 form form NN 1662 1710 10 : : : 1662 1710 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1710 12 of of IN 1662 1710 13 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 1710 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1710 15 short short JJ 1662 1710 16 form form NN 1662 1710 17 : : : 1662 1710 18 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 1710 19 local local JJ 1662 1710 20 long long JJ 1662 1710 21 form form NN 1662 1710 22 : : : 1662 1710 23 Republika Republika NNP 1662 1710 24 y'u y'u VBP 1662 1710 25 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 1710 26 local local JJ 1662 1710 27 short short JJ 1662 1710 28 form form NN 1662 1710 29 : : : 1662 1710 30 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 1710 31 Data Data NNP 1662 1710 32 code code NN 1662 1710 33 : : : 1662 1710 34 BY by IN 1662 1710 35 Government Government NNP 1662 1710 36 type type NN 1662 1710 37 : : : 1662 1710 38 republic republic NNP 1662 1710 39 National national JJ 1662 1710 40 capital capital NN 1662 1710 41 : : : 1662 1710 42 Bujumbura Bujumbura NNP 1662 1710 43 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 1710 44 divisions division NNS 1662 1710 45 : : : 1662 1710 46 15 15 CD 1662 1710 47 provinces province NNS 1662 1710 48 ; ; : 1662 1710 49 Bubanza Bubanza NNP 1662 1710 50 , , , 1662 1710 51 Bujumbura Bujumbura NNP 1662 1710 52 , , , 1662 1710 53 Bururi Bururi NNP 1662 1710 54 , , , 1662 1710 55 Cankuzo Cankuzo NNP 1662 1710 56 , , , 1662 1710 57 Cibitoke Cibitoke NNP 1662 1710 58 , , , 1662 1710 59 Gitega Gitega NNP 1662 1710 60 , , , 1662 1710 61 Karuzi Karuzi NNP 1662 1710 62 , , , 1662 1710 63 Kayanza Kayanza NNP 1662 1710 64 , , , 1662 1710 65 Kirundo Kirundo NNP 1662 1710 66 , , , 1662 1710 67 Makamba Makamba NNP 1662 1710 68 , , , 1662 1710 69 Muramvya Muramvya NNP 1662 1710 70 , , , 1662 1710 71 Muyinga Muyinga NNP 1662 1710 72 , , , 1662 1710 73 Ngozi Ngozi NNP 1662 1710 74 , , , 1662 1710 75 Rutana Rutana NNP 1662 1710 76 , , , 1662 1710 77 Ruyigi Ruyigi NNP 1662 1710 78 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1710 79 : : : 1662 1710 80 1 1 CD 1662 1710 81 July July NNP 1662 1710 82 1962 1962 CD 1662 1710 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1710 84 from from IN 1662 1710 85 UN UN NNP 1662 1710 86 trusteeship trusteeship NN 1662 1710 87 under under IN 1662 1710 88 Belgian belgian JJ 1662 1710 89 administration administration NN 1662 1710 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1710 91 National national JJ 1662 1710 92 holiday holiday NN 1662 1710 93 : : : 1662 1710 94 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1710 95 Day Day NNP 1662 1710 96 , , , 1662 1710 97 1 1 CD 1662 1710 98 July July NNP 1662 1710 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1710 100 1962 1962 CD 1662 1710 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1710 102 Constitution constitution NN 1662 1710 103 : : : 1662 1710 104 13 13 CD 1662 1710 105 March March NNP 1662 1710 106 1992 1992 CD 1662 1710 107 ; ; : 1662 1710 108 provides provide VBZ 1662 1710 109 for for IN 1662 1710 110 establishment establishment NN 1662 1710 111 of of IN 1662 1710 112 a a DT 1662 1710 113 plural plural JJ 1662 1710 114 political political JJ 1662 1710 115 system system NN 1662 1710 116 Legal legal JJ 1662 1710 117 system system NN 1662 1710 118 : : : 1662 1710 119 based base VBN 1662 1710 120 on on IN 1662 1710 121 German german JJ 1662 1710 122 and and CC 1662 1710 123 Belgian belgian JJ 1662 1710 124 civil civil JJ 1662 1710 125 codes code NNS 1662 1710 126 and and CC 1662 1710 127 customary customary JJ 1662 1710 128 law law NN 1662 1710 129 ; ; : 1662 1710 130 does do VBZ 1662 1710 131 not not RB 1662 1710 132 accept accept VB 1662 1710 133 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 1710 134 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 1710 135 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 1710 136 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 1710 137 : : : 1662 1710 138 NA na CD 1662 1710 139 years year NNS 1662 1710 140 of of IN 1662 1710 141 age age NN 1662 1710 142 ; ; : 1662 1710 143 universal universal JJ 1662 1710 144 adult adult NN 1662 1710 145 Executive executive JJ 1662 1710 146 branch branch NN 1662 1710 147 : : : 1662 1710 148 chief chief NN 1662 1710 149 of of IN 1662 1710 150 state state NN 1662 1710 151 : : : 1662 1710 152 President President NNP 1662 1710 153 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 1710 154 BUYOYA BUYOYA NNP 1662 1710 155 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1710 156 interim interim JJ 1662 1710 157 president president NN 1662 1710 158 since since IN 1662 1710 159 27 27 CD 1662 1710 160 September September NNP 1662 1710 161 1996 1996 CD 1662 1710 162 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1710 163 note note NN 1662 1710 164 - - HYPH 1662 1710 165 former former JJ 1662 1710 166 President President NNP 1662 1710 167 NTIBANTUNGANYA NTIBANTUNGANYA NNP 1662 1710 168 was be VBD 1662 1710 169 overthrown overthrow VBN 1662 1710 170 in in IN 1662 1710 171 a a DT 1662 1710 172 coup coup NN 1662 1710 173 on on IN 1662 1710 174 25 25 CD 1662 1710 175 July July NNP 1662 1710 176 1996 1996 CD 1662 1710 177 and and CC 1662 1710 178 has have VBZ 1662 1710 179 taken take VBN 1662 1710 180 refuge refuge NN 1662 1710 181 in in IN 1662 1710 182 the the DT 1662 1710 183 US US NNP 1662 1710 184 ambassador ambassador NN 1662 1710 185 's 's POS 1662 1710 186 residence residence NN 1662 1710 187 in in IN 1662 1710 188 Bujumbura Bujumbura NNP 1662 1710 189 ; ; : 1662 1710 190 former former JJ 1662 1710 191 Major Major NNP 1662 1710 192 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1710 193 retired retire VBN 1662 1710 194 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1710 195 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 1710 196 BUYOYA BUYOYA NNP 1662 1710 197 has have VBZ 1662 1710 198 not not RB 1662 1710 199 been be VBN 1662 1710 200 recognized recognize VBN 1662 1710 201 as as IN 1662 1710 202 president president NN 1662 1710 203 of of IN 1662 1710 204 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 1710 205 by by IN 1662 1710 206 the the DT 1662 1710 207 US US NNP 1662 1710 208 or or CC 1662 1710 209 most most JJS 1662 1710 210 other other JJ 1662 1710 211 governments government NNS 1662 1710 212 head head NN 1662 1710 213 of of IN 1662 1710 214 government government NN 1662 1710 215 : : : 1662 1710 216 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1710 217 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1710 218 Pascal Pascal NNP 1662 1710 219 - - HYPH 1662 1710 220 Firmin Firmin NNP 1662 1710 221 NDIMIRA NDIMIRA NNP 1662 1710 222 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1710 223 since since IN 1662 1710 224 31 31 CD 1662 1710 225 July July NNP 1662 1710 226 1996 1996 CD 1662 1710 227 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1710 228 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1710 229 : : : 1662 1710 230 Council Council NNP 1662 1710 231 of of IN 1662 1710 232 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 1710 233 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1710 234 by by IN 1662 1710 235 prime prime NNP 1662 1710 236 minister minister NNP 1662 1710 237 elections election NNS 1662 1710 238 : : : 1662 1710 239 NA NA NNP 1662 1710 240 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 1710 241 branch branch NN 1662 1710 242 : : : 1662 1710 243 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 1710 244 National National NNP 1662 1710 245 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1710 246 or or CC 1662 1710 247 Assemblee Assemblee NNP 1662 1710 248 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 1710 249 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1710 250 81 81 CD 1662 1710 251 seats seat NNS 1662 1710 252 ; ; : 1662 1710 253 members member NNS 1662 1710 254 are be VBP 1662 1710 255 popularly popularly RB 1662 1710 256 elected elect VBN 1662 1710 257 on on IN 1662 1710 258 a a DT 1662 1710 259 proportional proportional JJ 1662 1710 260 basis basis NN 1662 1710 261 to to TO 1662 1710 262 serve serve VB 1662 1710 263 five five CD 1662 1710 264 - - HYPH 1662 1710 265 year year NN 1662 1710 266 terms term NNS 1662 1710 267 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1710 268 elections election NNS 1662 1710 269 : : : 1662 1710 270 last last RB 1662 1710 271 held hold VBD 1662 1710 272 29 29 CD 1662 1710 273 June June NNP 1662 1710 274 1993 1993 CD 1662 1710 275 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1710 276 next next JJ 1662 1710 277 to to TO 1662 1710 278 be be VB 1662 1710 279 held hold VBN 1662 1710 280 NA NA NNP 1662 1710 281 1998 1998 CD 1662 1710 282 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1710 283 election election NN 1662 1710 284 results result NNS 1662 1710 285 : : : 1662 1710 286 percent percent NN 1662 1710 287 of of IN 1662 1710 288 vote vote NN 1662 1710 289 by by IN 1662 1710 290 party party NNP 1662 1710 291 - - HYPH 1662 1710 292 FRODEBU FRODEBU NNP 1662 1710 293 71 71 CD 1662 1710 294 % % NN 1662 1710 295 , , , 1662 1710 296 UPRONA UPRONA NNP 1662 1710 297 21.4 21.4 CD 1662 1710 298 % % NN 1662 1710 299 ; ; , 1662 1710 300 seats seat NNS 1662 1710 301 by by IN 1662 1710 302 party party NN 1662 1710 303 - - , 1662 1710 304 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1710 305 81 81 CD 1662 1710 306 total total NN 1662 1710 307 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1710 308 FRODEBU FRODEBU NNP 1662 1710 309 65 65 CD 1662 1710 310 , , , 1662 1710 311 UPRONA UPRONA NNP 1662 1710 312 16 16 CD 1662 1710 313 ; ; : 1662 1710 314 other other JJ 1662 1710 315 parties party NNS 1662 1710 316 won win VBD 1662 1710 317 too too RB 1662 1710 318 small small JJ 1662 1710 319 shares share NNS 1662 1710 320 of of IN 1662 1710 321 the the DT 1662 1710 322 vote vote NN 1662 1710 323 to to TO 1662 1710 324 win win VB 1662 1710 325 seats seat NNS 1662 1710 326 in in IN 1662 1710 327 the the DT 1662 1710 328 assembly assembly NN 1662 1710 329 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 1710 330 branch branch NN 1662 1710 331 : : : 1662 1710 332 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1710 333 Court Court NNP 1662 1710 334 or or CC 1662 1710 335 Cour Cour NNP 1662 1710 336 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1710 337 Political political JJ 1662 1710 338 parties party NNS 1662 1710 339 and and CC 1662 1710 340 leaders leader NNS 1662 1710 341 : : : 1662 1710 342 Unity unity NN 1662 1710 343 for for IN 1662 1710 344 National National NNP 1662 1710 345 Progress Progress NNP 1662 1710 346 or or CC 1662 1710 347 UPRONA UPRONA NNP 1662 1710 348 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1710 349 Charles Charles NNP 1662 1710 350 MUKASI MUKASI NNP 1662 1710 351 , , , 1662 1710 352 president president NN 1662 1710 353 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1710 354 ; ; : 1662 1710 355 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 1710 356 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1710 357 Front Front NNP 1662 1710 358 or or CC 1662 1710 359 FRODEBU FRODEBU NNS 1662 1710 360 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1710 361 Jean Jean NNP 1662 1710 362 MINANI MINANI NNP 1662 1710 363 , , , 1662 1710 364 president president NN 1662 1710 365 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1710 366 ; ; : 1662 1710 367 Organization Organization NNP 1662 1710 368 of of IN 1662 1710 369 the the DT 1662 1710 370 People People NNS 1662 1710 371 of of IN 1662 1710 372 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 1710 373 or or CC 1662 1710 374 RPB RPB NNP 1662 1710 375 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1710 376 Sylvestre Sylvestre NNP 1662 1710 377 SINDAYIGAYA SINDAYIGAYA NNP 1662 1710 378 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1710 379 ; ; : 1662 1710 380 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 1710 381 Party Party NNP 1662 1710 382 of of IN 1662 1710 383 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 1710 384 or or CC 1662 1710 385 PSB PSB NNP 1662 1710 386 ; ; : 1662 1710 387 People People NNS 1662 1710 388 's 's POS 1662 1710 389 Reconciliation Reconciliation NNP 1662 1710 390 Party Party NNP 1662 1710 391 or or CC 1662 1710 392 PRP PRP NNP 1662 1710 393 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1710 394 Mathias Mathias NNP 1662 1710 395 HITIMANA HITIMANA NNP 1662 1710 396 , , , 1662 1710 397 leader leader NN 1662 1710 398 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1710 399 ; ; : 1662 1710 400 opposition opposition NN 1662 1710 401 parties party NNS 1662 1710 402 , , , 1662 1710 403 legalized legalize VBN 1662 1710 404 in in IN 1662 1710 405 March March NNP 1662 1710 406 1992 1992 CD 1662 1710 407 , , , 1662 1710 408 include include VBP 1662 1710 409 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 1710 410 African African NNP 1662 1710 411 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 1710 412 for for IN 1662 1710 413 the the DT 1662 1710 414 Salvation Salvation NNP 1662 1710 415 or or CC 1662 1710 416 ABASA ABASA NNP 1662 1710 417 , , , 1662 1710 418 Rally Rally NNP 1662 1710 419 for for IN 1662 1710 420 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 1710 421 and and CC 1662 1710 422 Economic Economic NNP 1662 1710 423 and and CC 1662 1710 424 Social Social NNP 1662 1710 425 Development Development NNP 1662 1710 426 or or CC 1662 1710 427 RADDES RADDES NNP 1662 1710 428 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1710 429 Cyrille Cyrille NNP 1662 1710 430 SIGEJEJE SIGEJEJE NNP 1662 1710 431 , , , 1662 1710 432 chairman chairman NN 1662 1710 433 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1710 434 , , , 1662 1710 435 and and CC 1662 1710 436 Party Party NNP 1662 1710 437 for for IN 1662 1710 438 National National NNP 1662 1710 439 Redress Redress NNP 1662 1710 440 or or CC 1662 1710 441 PARENA PARENA NNP 1662 1710 442 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1710 443 Jean Jean NNP 1662 1710 444 - - HYPH 1662 1710 445 Baptiste Baptiste NNP 1662 1710 446 BAGAZA bagaza NN 1662 1710 447 , , , 1662 1710 448 leader leader NN 1662 1710 449 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1710 450 Political political JJ 1662 1710 451 pressure pressure NN 1662 1710 452 groups group NNS 1662 1710 453 and and CC 1662 1710 454 leaders leader NNS 1662 1710 455 : : : 1662 1710 456 NA NA NNP 1662 1710 457 International international JJ 1662 1710 458 organization organization NN 1662 1710 459 participation participation NN 1662 1710 460 : : : 1662 1710 461 ACCT acct JJ 1662 1710 462 , , , 1662 1710 463 ACP ACP NNP 1662 1710 464 , , , 1662 1710 465 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 1710 466 , , , 1662 1710 467 CCC CCC NNP 1662 1710 468 , , , 1662 1710 469 CEEAC CEEAC NNP 1662 1710 470 , , , 1662 1710 471 CEPGL CEPGL NNP 1662 1710 472 , , , 1662 1710 473 ECA ECA NNP 1662 1710 474 , , , 1662 1710 475 FAO FAO NNP 1662 1710 476 , , , 1662 1710 477 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 1710 478 , , , 1662 1710 479 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1710 480 , , , 1662 1710 481 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1710 482 , , , 1662 1710 483 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 1710 484 , , , 1662 1710 485 IDA IDA NNP 1662 1710 486 , , , 1662 1710 487 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 1710 488 , , , 1662 1710 489 IFC IFC NNP 1662 1710 490 , , , 1662 1710 491 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 1710 492 , , , 1662 1710 493 ILO ILO NNP 1662 1710 494 , , , 1662 1710 495 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1710 496 , , , 1662 1710 497 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1710 498 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1710 499 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 1710 500 user user NN 1662 1710 501 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1710 502 , , , 1662 1710 503 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 1710 504 , , , 1662 1710 505 IOC IOC NNP 1662 1710 506 , , , 1662 1710 507 ISO ISO NNP 1662 1710 508 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1710 509 subscriber subscriber NN 1662 1710 510 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1710 511 , , , 1662 1710 512 ITU ITU NNP 1662 1710 513 , , , 1662 1710 514 NAM NAM NNP 1662 1710 515 , , , 1662 1710 516 OAU OAU NNP 1662 1710 517 , , , 1662 1710 518 UN UN NNP 1662 1710 519 , , , 1662 1710 520 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 1710 521 , , , 1662 1710 522 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 1710 523 , , , 1662 1710 524 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 1710 525 , , , 1662 1710 526 UPU UPU NNP 1662 1710 527 , , , 1662 1710 528 WHO who WP 1662 1710 529 , , , 1662 1710 530 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 1710 531 , , , 1662 1710 532 WMO WMO NNP 1662 1710 533 , , , 1662 1710 534 WToO wtoo FW 1662 1710 535 , , , 1662 1710 536 WTrO wtro VB 1662 1710 537 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1710 538 representation representation NN 1662 1710 539 in in IN 1662 1710 540 the the DT 1662 1710 541 US US NNP 1662 1710 542 : : : 1662 1710 543 chief chief NN 1662 1710 544 of of IN 1662 1710 545 mission mission NN 1662 1710 546 : : : 1662 1710 547 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1710 548 Severin Severin NNP 1662 1710 549 NTAHOMVUKIYE NTAHOMVUKIYE NNP 1662 1710 550 chancery chancery NN 1662 1710 551 : : : 1662 1710 552 Suite suite NN 1662 1710 553 212 212 CD 1662 1710 554 , , , 1662 1710 555 2233 2233 CD 1662 1710 556 Wisconsin Wisconsin NNP 1662 1710 557 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 1710 558 NW NW NNP 1662 1710 559 , , , 1662 1710 560 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1710 561 , , , 1662 1710 562 DC DC NNP 1662 1710 563 20007 20007 CD 1662 1710 564 telephone telephone NN 1662 1710 565 : : : 1662 1710 566 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1710 567 1 1 CD 1662 1710 568 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1710 569 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1710 570 202 202 CD 1662 1710 571 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1710 572 342 342 CD 1662 1710 573 - - HYPH 1662 1710 574 2574 2574 CD 1662 1710 575 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1710 576 representation representation NN 1662 1710 577 from from IN 1662 1710 578 the the DT 1662 1710 579 US US NNP 1662 1710 580 : : : 1662 1710 581 chief chief NN 1662 1710 582 of of IN 1662 1710 583 mission mission NN 1662 1710 584 : : : 1662 1710 585 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1710 586 Morris Morris NNP 1662 1710 587 N. N. NNP 1662 1710 588 HUGHES HUGHES NNP 1662 1710 589 , , , 1662 1710 590 Jr. Jr. NNP 1662 1710 591 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1710 592 27 27 CD 1662 1710 593 June June NNP 1662 1710 594 l996 l996 NN 1662 1710 595 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1710 596 embassy embassy NN 1662 1710 597 : : : 1662 1710 598 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 1710 599 des des FW 1662 1710 600 Etats Etats NNP 1662 1710 601 - - HYPH 1662 1710 602 Unis Unis NNP 1662 1710 603 , , , 1662 1710 604 Bujumbura Bujumbura NNP 1662 1710 605 mailing mail VBG 1662 1710 606 address address NN 1662 1710 607 : : : 1662 1710 608 B. B. NNP 1662 1710 609 P. P. NNP 1662 1710 610 1720 1720 CD 1662 1710 611 , , , 1662 1710 612 Bujumbura Bujumbura NNP 1662 1710 613 telephone telephone NN 1662 1710 614 : : : 1662 1710 615 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1710 616 257 257 CD 1662 1710 617 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1710 618 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1710 619 2 2 CD 1662 1710 620 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1710 621 23454 23454 CD 1662 1710 622 FAX fax NN 1662 1710 623 : : : 1662 1710 624 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1710 625 257 257 CD 1662 1710 626 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1710 627 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1710 628 2 2 CD 1662 1710 629 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1710 630 22926 22926 CD 1662 1710 631 Flag flag NN 1662 1710 632 description description NN 1662 1710 633 : : : 1662 1710 634 divided divide VBN 1662 1710 635 by by IN 1662 1710 636 a a DT 1662 1710 637 white white JJ 1662 1710 638 diagonal diagonal JJ 1662 1710 639 cross cross NN 1662 1710 640 into into IN 1662 1710 641 red red JJ 1662 1710 642 panels panel NNS 1662 1710 643 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1710 644 top top JJ 1662 1710 645 and and CC 1662 1710 646 bottom bottom NN 1662 1710 647 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1710 648 and and CC 1662 1710 649 green green JJ 1662 1710 650 panels panel NNS 1662 1710 651 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1710 652 hoist hoist NN 1662 1710 653 side side NN 1662 1710 654 and and CC 1662 1710 655 outer outer JJ 1662 1710 656 side side NN 1662 1710 657 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1710 658 with with IN 1662 1710 659 a a DT 1662 1710 660 white white JJ 1662 1710 661 disk disk NN 1662 1710 662 superimposed superimpose VBN 1662 1710 663 at at IN 1662 1710 664 the the DT 1662 1710 665 center center NN 1662 1710 666 bearing bear VBG 1662 1710 667 three three CD 1662 1710 668 red red JJ 1662 1710 669 six six CD 1662 1710 670 - 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- HYPH 1662 1715 12 based base VBN 1662 1715 13 violence violence NN 1662 1715 14 which which WDT 1662 1715 15 has have VBZ 1662 1715 16 resulted result VBN 1662 1715 17 in in IN 1662 1715 18 the the DT 1662 1715 19 death death NN 1662 1715 20 of of IN 1662 1715 21 perhaps perhaps RB 1662 1715 22 100,000 100,000 CD 1662 1715 23 persons person NNS 1662 1715 24 and and CC 1662 1715 25 the the DT 1662 1715 26 displacement displacement NN 1662 1715 27 of of IN 1662 1715 28 a a DT 1662 1715 29 million million CD 1662 1715 30 others other NNS 1662 1715 31 . . . 1662 1716 1 Production production NN 1662 1716 2 continued continue VBD 1662 1716 3 to to TO 1662 1716 4 fall fall VB 1662 1716 5 in in IN 1662 1716 6 1996 1996 CD 1662 1716 7 ; ; , 1662 1716 8 foods food NNS 1662 1716 9 , , , 1662 1716 10 medicines medicine NNS 1662 1716 11 , , , 1662 1716 12 and and CC 1662 1716 13 electricity electricity NN 1662 1716 14 are be VBP 1662 1716 15 in in IN 1662 1716 16 extremely extremely RB 1662 1716 17 short short JJ 1662 1716 18 supply supply NN 1662 1716 19 . . . 1662 1717 1 An an DT 1662 1717 2 impoverished impoverished JJ 1662 1717 3 and and CC 1662 1717 4 disorganized disorganized JJ 1662 1717 5 government government NN 1662 1717 6 can can MD 1662 1717 7 hardly hardly RB 1662 1717 8 implement implement VB 1662 1717 9 the the DT 1662 1717 10 needed need VBN 1662 1717 11 reform reform NN 1662 1717 12 programs program NNS 1662 1717 13 . . . 1662 1718 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1718 2 : : : 1662 1718 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1718 4 power power NN 1662 1718 5 parity parity NN 1662 1718 6 - - : 1662 1718 7 $ $ $ 1662 1718 8 4 4 CD 1662 1718 9 billion billion CD 1662 1718 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1718 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 1718 12 est est NNP 1662 1718 13 . . . 1662 1718 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1719 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1719 2 - - HYPH 1662 1719 3 real real JJ 1662 1719 4 growth growth NN 1662 1719 5 rate rate NN 1662 1719 6 : : : 1662 1719 7 -3.7 -3.7 NN 1662 1719 8 % % NN 1662 1719 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1719 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 1719 11 est est NNP 1662 1719 12 . . . 1662 1719 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1720 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1720 2 - - HYPH 1662 1720 3 per per FW 1662 1720 4 capita capita NN 1662 1720 5 : : : 1662 1720 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1720 7 power power NN 1662 1720 8 parity parity NN 1662 1720 9 - - : 1662 1720 10 $ $ $ 1662 1720 11 600 600 CD 1662 1720 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1720 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 1720 14 est est NNP 1662 1720 15 . . . 1662 1720 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1721 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1721 2 - - HYPH 1662 1721 3 composition composition NN 1662 1721 4 by by IN 1662 1721 5 sector sector NN 1662 1721 6 : : : 1662 1721 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1721 8 : : : 1662 1721 9 56 56 CD 1662 1721 10 % % NN 1662 1721 11 industry industry NN 1662 1721 12 : : : 1662 1721 13 18 18 CD 1662 1721 14 % % NN 1662 1721 15 services service NNS 1662 1721 16 : : : 1662 1721 17 26 26 CD 1662 1721 18 % % NN 1662 1721 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1721 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 1721 21 est est NNP 1662 1721 22 . . . 1662 1721 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1722 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 1722 2 rate rate NN 1662 1722 3 - - HYPH 1662 1722 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 1722 5 price price NN 1662 1722 6 index index NN 1662 1722 7 : : : 1662 1722 8 40 40 CD 1662 1722 9 % % NN 1662 1722 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1722 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 1722 12 est est NNP 1662 1722 13 . . . 1662 1722 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1723 1 Labor labor NN 1662 1723 2 force force NN 1662 1723 3 : : : 1662 1723 4 total total NN 1662 1723 5 : : : 1662 1723 6 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 1723 7 million million CD 1662 1723 8 by by IN 1662 1723 9 occupation occupation NN 1662 1723 10 : : : 1662 1723 11 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1723 12 93.0 93.0 CD 1662 1723 13 % % NN 1662 1723 14 , , , 1662 1723 15 government government NN 1662 1723 16 4.0 4.0 CD 1662 1723 17 % % NN 1662 1723 18 , , , 1662 1723 19 industry industry NN 1662 1723 20 and and CC 1662 1723 21 commerce commerce NN 1662 1723 22 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 1723 23 % % NN 1662 1723 24 , , , 1662 1723 25 services service NNS 1662 1723 26 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 1723 27 % % NN 1662 1723 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1723 29 1983 1983 CD 1662 1723 30 est est NNP 1662 1723 31 . . . 1662 1723 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1724 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1724 2 rate rate NN 1662 1724 3 : : : 1662 1724 4 NA% NA% `` 1662 1724 5 Budget budget NN 1662 1724 6 : : : 1662 1724 7 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1724 8 : : : 1662 1724 9 $ $ $ 1662 1724 10 222 222 CD 1662 1724 11 million million CD 1662 1724 12 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1724 13 : : : 1662 1724 14 $ $ $ 1662 1724 15 258 258 CD 1662 1724 16 million million CD 1662 1724 17 , , , 1662 1724 18 including include VBG 1662 1724 19 capital capital NN 1662 1724 20 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1724 21 of of IN 1662 1724 22 $ $ $ 1662 1724 23 92 92 CD 1662 1724 24 million million CD 1662 1724 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1724 26 1995 1995 CD 1662 1724 27 est est NNP 1662 1724 28 . . . 1662 1724 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1725 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 1725 2 : : : 1662 1725 3 light light JJ 1662 1725 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 1725 5 goods good NNS 1662 1725 6 such such JJ 1662 1725 7 as as IN 1662 1725 8 blankets blanket NNS 1662 1725 9 , , , 1662 1725 10 shoes shoe NNS 1662 1725 11 , , , 1662 1725 12 soap soap NN 1662 1725 13 ; ; , 1662 1725 14 assembly assembly NN 1662 1725 15 of of IN 1662 1725 16 imported import VBN 1662 1725 17 components component NNS 1662 1725 18 ; ; : 1662 1725 19 public public JJ 1662 1725 20 works work VBZ 1662 1725 21 construction construction NN 1662 1725 22 ; ; : 1662 1725 23 food food NN 1662 1725 24 processing process VBG 1662 1725 25 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 1725 26 production production NN 1662 1725 27 growth growth NN 1662 1725 28 rate rate NN 1662 1725 29 : : : 1662 1725 30 NA% NA% `` 1662 1725 31 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1725 32 - - HYPH 1662 1725 33 capacity capacity NN 1662 1725 34 : : : 1662 1725 35 55,000 55,000 CD 1662 1725 36 kW kw NN 1662 1725 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1725 38 1991 1991 CD 1662 1725 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1725 40 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1725 41 - - HYPH 1662 1725 42 production production NN 1662 1725 43 : : : 1662 1725 44 105 105 CD 1662 1725 45 million million CD 1662 1725 46 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1725 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1725 48 1991 1991 CD 1662 1725 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1725 50 note note NN 1662 1725 51 : : : 1662 1725 52 imports import NNS 1662 1725 53 some some DT 1662 1725 54 electricity electricity NN 1662 1725 55 from from IN 1662 1725 56 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1725 57 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1725 58 of of IN 1662 1725 59 the the DT 1662 1725 60 Congo Congo NNP 1662 1725 61 Electricity Electricity NNP 1662 1725 62 - - HYPH 1662 1725 63 consumption consumption NN 1662 1725 64 per per IN 1662 1725 65 capita capita NN 1662 1725 66 : : : 1662 1725 67 18 18 CD 1662 1725 68 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1725 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1725 70 1991 1991 CD 1662 1725 71 est est NNP 1662 1725 72 . . . 1662 1725 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1726 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1726 2 - - HYPH 1662 1726 3 products product NNS 1662 1726 4 : : : 1662 1726 5 coffee coffee NN 1662 1726 6 , , , 1662 1726 7 cotton cotton NN 1662 1726 8 , , , 1662 1726 9 tea tea NN 1662 1726 10 , , , 1662 1726 11 corn corn NN 1662 1726 12 , , , 1662 1726 13 sorghum sorghum NN 1662 1726 14 , , , 1662 1726 15 sweet sweet JJ 1662 1726 16 potatoes potato NNS 1662 1726 17 , , , 1662 1726 18 bananas banana NNS 1662 1726 19 , , , 1662 1726 20 manioc manioc NNP 1662 1726 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1726 22 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 1726 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1726 24 ; ; : 1662 1726 25 meat meat NN 1662 1726 26 , , , 1662 1726 27 milk milk NN 1662 1726 28 , , , 1662 1726 29 hides hide VBZ 1662 1726 30 Exports export NNS 1662 1726 31 : : : 1662 1726 32 total total JJ 1662 1726 33 value value NN 1662 1726 34 : : : 1662 1726 35 $ $ $ 1662 1726 36 117 117 CD 1662 1726 37 million million CD 1662 1726 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1726 39 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 1726 40 . . NNP 1662 1726 41 , , , 1662 1726 42 1995 1995 CD 1662 1726 43 est est NNP 1662 1726 44 . . . 1662 1726 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1727 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1727 2 : : : 1662 1727 3 coffee coffee NN 1662 1727 4 81 81 CD 1662 1727 5 % % NN 1662 1727 6 , , , 1662 1727 7 tea tea NN 1662 1727 8 , , , 1662 1727 9 cotton cotton NN 1662 1727 10 , , , 1662 1727 11 hides hide VBZ 1662 1727 12 partners partner NNS 1662 1727 13 : : : 1662 1727 14 EU EU NNP 1662 1727 15 60 60 CD 1662 1727 16 % % NN 1662 1727 17 , , , 1662 1727 18 US US NNP 1662 1727 19 7 7 CD 1662 1727 20 % % NN 1662 1727 21 , , , 1662 1727 22 Asia Asia NNP 1662 1727 23 1 1 CD 1662 1727 24 % % NN 1662 1727 25 Imports import NNS 1662 1727 26 : : : 1662 1727 27 total total JJ 1662 1727 28 value value NN 1662 1727 29 : : : 1662 1727 30 $ $ $ 1662 1727 31 234 234 CD 1662 1727 32 million million CD 1662 1727 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1727 34 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 1727 35 . . NNP 1662 1727 36 , , , 1662 1727 37 1995 1995 CD 1662 1727 38 est est NNP 1662 1727 39 . . . 1662 1727 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1728 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1728 2 : : : 1662 1728 3 capital capital NN 1662 1728 4 goods good NNS 1662 1728 5 26 26 CD 1662 1728 6 % % NN 1662 1728 7 , , , 1662 1728 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1728 9 products product NNS 1662 1728 10 , , , 1662 1728 11 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 1728 12 , , , 1662 1728 13 consumer consumer NN 1662 1728 14 goods good NNS 1662 1728 15 partners partner NNS 1662 1728 16 : : : 1662 1728 17 EU EU NNP 1662 1728 18 47 47 CD 1662 1728 19 % % NN 1662 1728 20 , , , 1662 1728 21 Asia Asia NNP 1662 1728 22 25 25 CD 1662 1728 23 % % NN 1662 1728 24 , , , 1662 1728 25 US US NNP 1662 1728 26 6 6 CD 1662 1728 27 % % NN 1662 1728 28 Debt debt NN 1662 1728 29 - - HYPH 1662 1728 30 external external JJ 1662 1728 31 : : : 1662 1728 32 $ $ $ 1662 1728 33 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 1728 34 billion billion CD 1662 1728 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1728 36 1995 1995 CD 1662 1728 37 est est NNP 1662 1728 38 . . . 1662 1728 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1729 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 1729 2 aid aid NN 1662 1729 3 : : : 1662 1729 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 1729 5 : : : 1662 1729 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 1729 7 , , , 1662 1729 8 $ $ $ 1662 1729 9 NA NA NNP 1662 1729 10 Currency currency NN 1662 1729 11 : : : 1662 1729 12 1 1 CD 1662 1729 13 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 1729 14 franc franc NN 1662 1729 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1729 16 FBu fbu NN 1662 1729 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1729 18 = = NFP 1662 1729 19 100 100 CD 1662 1729 20 centimes centime NNS 1662 1729 21 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1729 22 rates rate NNS 1662 1729 23 : : : 1662 1729 24 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 1729 25 francs franc NNS 1662 1729 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1729 27 FBu FBu NNS 1662 1729 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1729 29 per per IN 1662 1729 30 US$ us$ $ 1662 1729 31 1 1 CD 1662 1729 32 - - SYM 1662 1729 33 268.13 268.13 CD 1662 1729 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1729 35 November November NNP 1662 1729 36 1995 1995 CD 1662 1729 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1729 38 , , , 1662 1729 39 249.76 249.76 CD 1662 1729 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1729 41 1995 1995 CD 1662 1729 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1729 43 , , , 1662 1729 44 252.66 252.66 CD 1662 1729 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1729 46 1994 1994 CD 1662 1729 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1729 48 , , , 1662 1729 49 242.78 242.78 CD 1662 1729 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1729 51 1993 1993 CD 1662 1729 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1729 53 , , , 1662 1729 54 208.30 208.30 CD 1662 1729 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1729 56 1992 1992 CD 1662 1729 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1729 58 , , , 1662 1729 59 181.51 181.51 CD 1662 1729 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1729 61 1991 1991 CD 1662 1729 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1729 63 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1729 64 year year NN 1662 1729 65 : : : 1662 1729 66 calendar calendar NNP 1662 1729 67 year year NN 1662 1729 68 @Burundi @Burundi NNP 1662 1729 69 : : : 1662 1729 70 Communications Communications NNP 1662 1729 71 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 1729 72 : : : 1662 1729 73 7,200 7,200 CD 1662 1729 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1729 75 1987 1987 CD 1662 1729 76 est est NNP 1662 1729 77 . . . 1662 1729 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1730 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1730 2 system system NN 1662 1730 3 : : : 1662 1730 4 primitive primitive JJ 1662 1730 5 system system NN 1662 1730 6 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1730 7 : : : 1662 1730 8 sparse sparse JJ 1662 1730 9 system system NN 1662 1730 10 of of IN 1662 1730 11 open open JJ 1662 1730 12 wire wire NN 1662 1730 13 , , , 1662 1730 14 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 1730 15 communications communication NNS 1662 1730 16 , , , 1662 1730 17 and and CC 1662 1730 18 low low JJ 1662 1730 19 - - HYPH 1662 1730 20 capacity capacity NN 1662 1730 21 microwave microwave NN 1662 1730 22 radio radio NN 1662 1730 23 relay relay NN 1662 1730 24 international international NNP 1662 1730 25 : : : 1662 1730 26 satellite satellite NN 1662 1730 27 earth earth NNP 1662 1730 28 station station NNP 1662 1730 29 - - : 1662 1730 30 1 1 CD 1662 1730 31 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1730 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1730 33 Indian Indian NNP 1662 1730 34 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1730 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1730 36 Radio radio NN 1662 1730 37 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1730 38 stations station NNS 1662 1730 39 : : : 1662 1730 40 AM AM NNP 1662 1730 41 2 2 CD 1662 1730 42 , , , 1662 1730 43 FM FM NNP 1662 1730 44 2 2 CD 1662 1730 45 , , , 1662 1730 46 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 1730 47 0 0 CD 1662 1730 48 Radios radio NNS 1662 1730 49 : : : 1662 1730 50 NA NA NNP 1662 1730 51 Television Television NNP 1662 1730 52 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1730 53 stations station NNS 1662 1730 54 : : : 1662 1730 55 1 1 CD 1662 1730 56 Televisions television NNS 1662 1730 57 : : : 1662 1730 58 4,500 4,500 CD 1662 1730 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1730 60 1993 1993 CD 1662 1730 61 est est NNP 1662 1730 62 . . . 1662 1730 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1731 1 @Burundi @Burundi NNP 1662 1731 2 : : : 1662 1731 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1731 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1731 5 : : : 1662 1731 6 0 0 LS 1662 1731 7 km km NN 1662 1731 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 1731 9 : : : 1662 1731 10 total total NN 1662 1731 11 : : : 1662 1731 12 14,480 14,480 CD 1662 1731 13 km km NN 1662 1731 14 paved pave VBN 1662 1731 15 : : : 1662 1731 16 1,028 1,028 CD 1662 1731 17 km km NN 1662 1731 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1731 19 : : : 1662 1731 20 13,452 13,452 CD 1662 1731 21 km km NNS 1662 1731 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1731 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 1731 24 est est NNP 1662 1731 25 . . . 1662 1731 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1732 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 1732 2 : : : 1662 1732 3 Lake Lake NNP 1662 1732 4 Tanganyika Tanganyika NNP 1662 1732 5 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 1732 6 and and CC 1662 1732 7 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1732 8 : : : 1662 1732 9 Bujumbura Bujumbura NNP 1662 1732 10 Airports Airports NNPS 1662 1732 11 : : : 1662 1732 12 3 3 CD 1662 1732 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1732 14 1996 1996 CD 1662 1732 15 est est NNP 1662 1732 16 . . . 1662 1732 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1733 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1733 2 - - , 1662 1733 3 with with IN 1662 1733 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1733 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1733 6 : : : 1662 1733 7 total total NN 1662 1733 8 : : : 1662 1733 9 1 1 CD 1662 1733 10 over over IN 1662 1733 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1733 12 m m NN 1662 1733 13 : : : 1662 1733 14 1 1 CD 1662 1733 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1733 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 1733 17 est est NNP 1662 1733 18 . . . 1662 1733 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1734 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1734 2 - - , 1662 1734 3 with with IN 1662 1734 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1734 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1734 6 : : : 1662 1734 7 total total NN 1662 1734 8 : : : 1662 1734 9 2 2 CD 1662 1734 10 914 914 CD 1662 1734 11 to to TO 1662 1734 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1734 13 m m NN 1662 1734 14 : : : 1662 1734 15 2 2 CD 1662 1734 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1734 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 1734 18 est est NNP 1662 1734 19 . . . 1662 1734 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1735 1 Military military JJ 1662 1735 2 Military military JJ 1662 1735 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1735 4 : : : 1662 1735 5 Army Army NNP 1662 1735 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1735 7 includes include VBZ 1662 1735 8 naval naval JJ 1662 1735 9 and and CC 1662 1735 10 air air NN 1662 1735 11 units unit NNS 1662 1735 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1735 13 , , , 1662 1735 14 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 1735 15 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 1735 16 Military Military NNP 1662 1735 17 manpower manpower NN 1662 1735 18 - - HYPH 1662 1735 19 military military NN 1662 1735 20 age age NN 1662 1735 21 : : : 1662 1735 22 16 16 CD 1662 1735 23 years year NNS 1662 1735 24 of of IN 1662 1735 25 age age NN 1662 1735 26 Military military JJ 1662 1735 27 manpower manpower NN 1662 1735 28 - - HYPH 1662 1735 29 availability availability NN 1662 1735 30 : : : 1662 1735 31 males male NNS 1662 1735 32 age age NNP 1662 1735 33 15 15 CD 1662 1735 34 - - HYPH 1662 1735 35 49 49 CD 1662 1735 36 : : SYM 1662 1735 37 1,346,737 1,346,737 CD 1662 1735 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1735 39 1997 1997 CD 1662 1735 40 est est NNP 1662 1735 41 . . . 1662 1735 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1736 1 Military military JJ 1662 1736 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1736 3 - - HYPH 1662 1736 4 fit fit NN 1662 1736 5 for for IN 1662 1736 6 military military JJ 1662 1736 7 service service NN 1662 1736 8 : : : 1662 1736 9 males male NNS 1662 1736 10 : : : 1662 1736 11 700,914 700,914 CD 1662 1736 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1736 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1736 14 est est NNP 1662 1736 15 . . . 1662 1736 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1737 1 Military military JJ 1662 1737 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1737 3 - - HYPH 1662 1737 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 1737 5 military military JJ 1662 1737 6 age age NN 1662 1737 7 annually annually RB 1662 1737 8 : : : 1662 1737 9 males male NNS 1662 1737 10 : : : 1662 1737 11 70,013 70,013 CD 1662 1737 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1737 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1737 14 est e JJS 1662 1737 15 . . . 1662 1737 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1738 1 Military military JJ 1662 1738 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1738 3 - - HYPH 1662 1738 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1738 5 figure figure NN 1662 1738 6 : : : 1662 1738 7 $ $ $ 1662 1738 8 25 25 CD 1662 1738 9 million million CD 1662 1738 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1738 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 1738 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1738 13 Military military JJ 1662 1738 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1738 15 - - : 1662 1738 16 percent percent NN 1662 1738 17 of of IN 1662 1738 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1738 19 : : : 1662 1738 20 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 1738 21 % % NN 1662 1738 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1738 23 1993 1993 CD 1662 1738 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1738 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1738 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1738 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1738 28 - - : 1662 1738 29 international international RB 1662 1738 30 : : : 1662 1738 31 none none NN 1662 1738 32 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 33 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 34 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 35 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 36 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 37 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 38 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 39 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 40 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 41 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 42 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 43 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 44 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 45 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 46 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 47 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 48 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 49 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 50 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 51 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 52 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 53 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 54 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 55 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 56 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 57 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 58 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 59 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 60 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 61 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 62 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 63 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 64 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 65 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 66 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 67 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 68 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 69 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 70 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 71 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 72 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 73 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 74 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 75 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 76 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 77 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 78 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 79 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 80 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 81 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 82 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 83 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 84 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 85 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 86 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 87 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 94 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 95 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 96 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 97 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 98 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 99 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 100 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 101 _ _ NNP 1662 1738 102 CAMBODIA CAMBODIA NNP 1662 1738 103 @Cambodia @Cambodia NNP 1662 1738 104 : : : 1662 1738 105 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1738 106 Location Location NNP 1662 1738 107 : : : 1662 1738 108 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 1738 109 Asia Asia NNP 1662 1738 110 , , , 1662 1738 111 bordering border VBG 1662 1738 112 the the DT 1662 1738 113 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 1738 114 of of IN 1662 1738 115 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 1738 116 , , , 1662 1738 117 between between IN 1662 1738 118 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 1738 119 and and CC 1662 1738 120 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 1738 121 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1738 122 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1738 123 : : : 1662 1738 124 13 13 CD 1662 1738 125 00 00 CD 1662 1738 126 N n CD 1662 1738 127 , , , 1662 1738 128 105 105 CD 1662 1738 129 00 00 CD 1662 1738 130 E e NN 1662 1738 131 Map Map NNP 1662 1738 132 references reference NNS 1662 1738 133 : : : 1662 1738 134 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 1738 135 Asia Asia NNP 1662 1738 136 Area Area NNP 1662 1738 137 : : : 1662 1738 138 total total NN 1662 1738 139 : : : 1662 1738 140 181,040 181,040 CD 1662 1738 141 sq sq NN 1662 1738 142 km km NNP 1662 1738 143 land land NN 1662 1738 144 : : : 1662 1738 145 176,520 176,520 CD 1662 1738 146 sq sq NNP 1662 1738 147 km km NNP 1662 1738 148 water water NN 1662 1738 149 : : : 1662 1738 150 4,520 4,520 CD 1662 1738 151 sq sq RB 1662 1738 152 km km NNP 1662 1738 153 Area area NN 1662 1738 154 - - HYPH 1662 1738 155 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1738 156 : : : 1662 1738 157 slightly slightly RB 1662 1738 158 smaller small JJR 1662 1738 159 than than IN 1662 1738 160 Oklahoma Oklahoma NNP 1662 1738 161 Land Land NNP 1662 1738 162 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1738 163 : : : 1662 1738 164 total total JJ 1662 1738 165 : : : 1662 1738 166 2,572 2,572 CD 1662 1738 167 km km NN 1662 1738 168 border border NN 1662 1738 169 countries country NNS 1662 1738 170 : : : 1662 1738 171 Laos Laos NNP 1662 1738 172 541 541 CD 1662 1738 173 km km NN 1662 1738 174 , , , 1662 1738 175 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 1738 176 803 803 CD 1662 1738 177 km km NN 1662 1738 178 , , , 1662 1738 179 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 1738 180 1,228 1,228 CD 1662 1738 181 km km NN 1662 1738 182 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1738 183 : : : 1662 1738 184 443 443 CD 1662 1738 185 km km NN 1662 1738 186 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1738 187 claims claim VBZ 1662 1738 188 : : : 1662 1738 189 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 1738 190 zone zone NN 1662 1738 191 : : : 1662 1738 192 24 24 CD 1662 1738 193 nm nm NNP 1662 1738 194 continental continental JJ 1662 1738 195 shelf shelf NNP 1662 1738 196 : : : 1662 1738 197 200 200 CD 1662 1738 198 nm nm CC 1662 1738 199 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 1738 200 economic economic JJ 1662 1738 201 zone zone NN 1662 1738 202 : : : 1662 1738 203 200 200 CD 1662 1738 204 nm nm CD 1662 1738 205 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1738 206 sea sea NN 1662 1738 207 : : : 1662 1738 208 12 12 CD 1662 1738 209 nm nm NNP 1662 1738 210 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1738 211 : : : 1662 1738 212 tropical tropical JJ 1662 1738 213 ; ; : 1662 1738 214 rainy rainy NNP 1662 1738 215 , , , 1662 1738 216 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 1738 217 season season NN 1662 1738 218 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1738 219 May May NNP 1662 1738 220 to to IN 1662 1738 221 November November NNP 1662 1738 222 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1738 223 ; ; : 1662 1738 224 dry dry JJ 1662 1738 225 season season NN 1662 1738 226 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1738 227 December December NNP 1662 1738 228 to to IN 1662 1738 229 April April NNP 1662 1738 230 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1738 231 ; ; : 1662 1738 232 little little JJ 1662 1738 233 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 1738 234 temperature temperature NN 1662 1738 235 variation variation NN 1662 1738 236 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1738 237 : : : 1662 1738 238 mostly mostly RB 1662 1738 239 low low JJ 1662 1738 240 , , , 1662 1738 241 flat flat JJ 1662 1738 242 plains plain NNS 1662 1738 243 ; ; : 1662 1738 244 mountains mountain NNS 1662 1738 245 in in IN 1662 1738 246 southwest southwest NN 1662 1738 247 and and CC 1662 1738 248 north north JJ 1662 1738 249 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1738 250 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1738 251 : : : 1662 1738 252 lowest low JJS 1662 1738 253 point point NN 1662 1738 254 : : : 1662 1738 255 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 1738 256 of of IN 1662 1738 257 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 1738 258 0 0 NNP 1662 1738 259 m m DT 1662 1738 260 highest high JJS 1662 1738 261 point point NN 1662 1738 262 : : : 1662 1738 263 Phnum Phnum NNP 1662 1738 264 Aoral Aoral NNP 1662 1738 265 1,810 1,810 CD 1662 1738 266 m m CD 1662 1738 267 Natural natural JJ 1662 1738 268 resources resource NNS 1662 1738 269 : : : 1662 1738 270 timber timber NN 1662 1738 271 , , , 1662 1738 272 gemstones gemstone NNS 1662 1738 273 , , , 1662 1738 274 some some DT 1662 1738 275 iron iron NN 1662 1738 276 ore ore NN 1662 1738 277 , , , 1662 1738 278 manganese manganese JJ 1662 1738 279 , , , 1662 1738 280 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 1738 281 , , , 1662 1738 282 hydropower hydropower VBP 1662 1738 283 potential potential JJ 1662 1738 284 Land Land NNP 1662 1738 285 use use NN 1662 1738 286 : : : 1662 1738 287 arable arable JJ 1662 1738 288 land land NN 1662 1738 289 : : : 1662 1738 290 13 13 CD 1662 1738 291 % % NN 1662 1738 292 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1738 293 crops crop NNS 1662 1738 294 : : : 1662 1738 295 0 0 CD 1662 1738 296 % % NN 1662 1738 297 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1738 298 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1738 299 : : : 1662 1738 300 11 11 CD 1662 1738 301 % % NN 1662 1738 302 forests forest NNS 1662 1738 303 and and CC 1662 1738 304 woodland woodland NN 1662 1738 305 : : : 1662 1738 306 66 66 CD 1662 1738 307 % % NN 1662 1738 308 other other JJ 1662 1738 309 : : : 1662 1738 310 10 10 CD 1662 1738 311 % % NN 1662 1738 312 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1738 313 1993 1993 CD 1662 1738 314 est est NNP 1662 1738 315 . . . 1662 1738 316 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1739 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1739 2 land land NN 1662 1739 3 : : : 1662 1739 4 920 920 CD 1662 1739 5 sq sq IN 1662 1739 6 km km NNP 1662 1739 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1739 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1739 9 est est NNP 1662 1739 10 . . . 1662 1739 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1740 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1740 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1740 3 : : : 1662 1740 4 monsoonal monsoonal NN 1662 1740 5 rains rain NNS 1662 1740 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1740 7 June June NNP 1662 1740 8 to to IN 1662 1740 9 November November NNP 1662 1740 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1740 11 ; ; : 1662 1740 12 flooding flooding NN 1662 1740 13 ; ; : 1662 1740 14 occasional occasional JJ 1662 1740 15 droughts drought VBZ 1662 1740 16 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1740 17 - - HYPH 1662 1740 18 current current JJ 1662 1740 19 issues issue NNS 1662 1740 20 : : : 1662 1740 21 logging log VBG 1662 1740 22 activities activity NNS 1662 1740 23 throughout throughout IN 1662 1740 24 the the DT 1662 1740 25 country country NN 1662 1740 26 and and CC 1662 1740 27 strip strip NN 1662 1740 28 mining mining NN 1662 1740 29 for for IN 1662 1740 30 gems gem NNS 1662 1740 31 in in IN 1662 1740 32 the the DT 1662 1740 33 western western JJ 1662 1740 34 region region NN 1662 1740 35 along along IN 1662 1740 36 the the DT 1662 1740 37 border border NN 1662 1740 38 with with IN 1662 1740 39 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 1740 40 are be VBP 1662 1740 41 resulting result VBG 1662 1740 42 in in IN 1662 1740 43 habitat habitat JJ 1662 1740 44 loss loss NN 1662 1740 45 and and CC 1662 1740 46 declining decline VBG 1662 1740 47 biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 1740 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1740 49 in in IN 1662 1740 50 particular particular JJ 1662 1740 51 , , , 1662 1740 52 destruction destruction NN 1662 1740 53 of of IN 1662 1740 54 mangrove mangrove NN 1662 1740 55 swamps swamp NNS 1662 1740 56 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 1740 57 natural natural JJ 1662 1740 58 fisheries fishery NNS 1662 1740 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1740 60 ; ; : 1662 1740 61 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 1740 62 ; ; , 1662 1740 63 soil soil NN 1662 1740 64 erosion erosion NN 1662 1740 65 ; ; : 1662 1740 66 in in IN 1662 1740 67 rural rural JJ 1662 1740 68 areas area NNS 1662 1740 69 , , , 1662 1740 70 a a DT 1662 1740 71 majority majority NN 1662 1740 72 of of IN 1662 1740 73 the the DT 1662 1740 74 population population NN 1662 1740 75 does do VBZ 1662 1740 76 not not RB 1662 1740 77 have have VB 1662 1740 78 access access NN 1662 1740 79 to to TO 1662 1740 80 potable potable VB 1662 1740 81 water water NN 1662 1740 82 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1740 83 - - HYPH 1662 1740 84 international international JJ 1662 1740 85 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1740 86 : : : 1662 1740 87 party party NN 1662 1740 88 to to TO 1662 1740 89 : : : 1662 1740 90 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 1740 91 , , , 1662 1740 92 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1740 93 Change Change NNP 1662 1740 94 , , , 1662 1740 95 Marine Marine NNP 1662 1740 96 Life Life NNP 1662 1740 97 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 1740 98 , , , 1662 1740 99 Ship Ship NNP 1662 1740 100 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1740 101 , , , 1662 1740 102 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 1740 103 Timber Timber NNP 1662 1740 104 94 94 CD 1662 1740 105 signed sign VBD 1662 1740 106 , , , 1662 1740 107 but but CC 1662 1740 108 not not RB 1662 1740 109 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1740 110 : : : 1662 1740 111 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 1740 112 , , , 1662 1740 113 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 1740 114 Species Species NNPS 1662 1740 115 , , , 1662 1740 116 Law Law NNP 1662 1740 117 of of IN 1662 1740 118 the the DT 1662 1740 119 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1740 120 , , , 1662 1740 121 Marine Marine NNP 1662 1740 122 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 1740 123 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1740 124 - - HYPH 1662 1740 125 note note NN 1662 1740 126 : : : 1662 1740 127 a a DT 1662 1740 128 land land NN 1662 1740 129 of of IN 1662 1740 130 paddies paddy NNS 1662 1740 131 and and CC 1662 1740 132 forests forest NNS 1662 1740 133 dominated dominate VBN 1662 1740 134 by by IN 1662 1740 135 the the DT 1662 1740 136 Mekong Mekong NNP 1662 1740 137 River River NNP 1662 1740 138 and and CC 1662 1740 139 Tonle Tonle NNP 1662 1740 140 Sap Sap NNP 1662 1740 141 @Cambodia @cambodia NN 1662 1740 142 : : : 1662 1740 143 People People NNP 1662 1740 144 Population Population NNP 1662 1740 145 : : : 1662 1740 146 11,163,861 11,163,861 CD 1662 1740 147 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1740 148 July July NNP 1662 1740 149 1997 1997 CD 1662 1740 150 est est NNP 1662 1740 151 . . . 1662 1740 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1741 1 Age age NN 1662 1741 2 structure structure NN 1662 1741 3 : : : 1662 1741 4 0 0 CD 1662 1741 5 - - HYPH 1662 1741 6 14 14 CD 1662 1741 7 years year NNS 1662 1741 8 : : : 1662 1741 9 45 45 CD 1662 1741 10 % % NN 1662 1741 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1741 12 male male JJ 1662 1741 13 2,573,135 2,573,135 CD 1662 1741 14 ; ; : 1662 1741 15 female female JJ 1662 1741 16 2,497,776 2,497,776 CD 1662 1741 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1741 18 15 15 CD 1662 1741 19 - - SYM 1662 1741 20 64 64 CD 1662 1741 21 years year NNS 1662 1741 22 : : : 1662 1741 23 52 52 CD 1662 1741 24 % % NN 1662 1741 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1741 26 male male JJ 1662 1741 27 2,668,089 2,668,089 CD 1662 1741 28 ; ; : 1662 1741 29 female female JJ 1662 1741 30 3,084,009 3,084,009 CD 1662 1741 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1741 32 65 65 CD 1662 1741 33 years year NNS 1662 1741 34 and and CC 1662 1741 35 over over IN 1662 1741 36 : : : 1662 1741 37 3 3 CD 1662 1741 38 % % NN 1662 1741 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1741 40 male male JJ 1662 1741 41 144,001 144,001 CD 1662 1741 42 ; ; : 1662 1741 43 female female JJ 1662 1741 44 196,851 196,851 CD 1662 1741 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1741 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1741 47 July July NNP 1662 1741 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1741 49 est est NNP 1662 1741 50 . . . 1662 1741 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1742 1 Population population NN 1662 1742 2 growth growth NN 1662 1742 3 rate rate NN 1662 1742 4 : : : 1662 1742 5 2.72 2.72 CD 1662 1742 6 % % NN 1662 1742 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1742 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1742 9 est est NNP 1662 1742 10 . . . 1662 1742 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1743 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1743 2 rate rate NN 1662 1743 3 : : : 1662 1743 4 42.63 42.63 CD 1662 1743 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 1743 6 population population NN 1662 1743 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1743 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1743 9 est est NNP 1662 1743 10 . . . 1662 1743 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1744 1 Death death NN 1662 1744 2 rate rate NN 1662 1744 3 : : : 1662 1744 4 15.39 15.39 CD 1662 1744 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1744 6 population population NN 1662 1744 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1744 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1744 9 est est NNP 1662 1744 10 . . . 1662 1744 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1745 1 Net net JJ 1662 1745 2 migration migration NN 1662 1745 3 rate rate NN 1662 1745 4 : : : 1662 1745 5 0 0 NFP 1662 1745 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 1745 7 population population NN 1662 1745 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1745 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1745 10 est est NNP 1662 1745 11 . . . 1662 1745 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1746 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1746 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1746 3 : : : 1662 1746 4 at at IN 1662 1746 5 birth birth NN 1662 1746 6 : : : 1662 1746 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 1746 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1746 9 under under IN 1662 1746 10 15 15 CD 1662 1746 11 years year NNS 1662 1746 12 : : : 1662 1746 13 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 1746 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1746 15 15 15 CD 1662 1746 16 - - HYPH 1662 1746 17 64 64 CD 1662 1746 18 years year NNS 1662 1746 19 : : : 1662 1746 20 0.86 0.86 CD 1662 1746 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1746 22 65 65 CD 1662 1746 23 years year NNS 1662 1746 24 and and CC 1662 1746 25 over over IN 1662 1746 26 : : : 1662 1746 27 0.73 0.73 CD 1662 1746 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 1746 29 total total JJ 1662 1746 30 population population NN 1662 1746 31 : : : 1662 1746 32 0.93 0.93 CD 1662 1746 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1746 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1746 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1746 36 est e JJS 1662 1746 37 . . . 1662 1746 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1747 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1747 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1747 3 rate rate NN 1662 1747 4 : : : 1662 1747 5 106 106 CD 1662 1747 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1747 7 live live JJ 1662 1747 8 births birth NNS 1662 1747 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1747 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1747 11 est est NNP 1662 1747 12 . . . 1662 1747 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1748 1 Life life NN 1662 1748 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1748 3 at at IN 1662 1748 4 birth birth NN 1662 1748 5 : : : 1662 1748 6 total total JJ 1662 1748 7 population population NN 1662 1748 8 : : : 1662 1748 9 50.25 50.25 CD 1662 1748 10 years year NNS 1662 1748 11 male male JJ 1662 1748 12 : : : 1662 1748 13 48.79 48.79 CD 1662 1748 14 years year NNS 1662 1748 15 female female JJ 1662 1748 16 : : : 1662 1748 17 51.79 51.79 CD 1662 1748 18 years year NNS 1662 1748 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1748 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1748 21 est est NNP 1662 1748 22 . . . 1662 1748 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1749 1 Total total JJ 1662 1749 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1749 3 rate rate NN 1662 1749 4 : : : 1662 1749 5 5.81 5.81 CD 1662 1749 6 children child NNS 1662 1749 7 born bear VBN 1662 1749 8 / / SYM 1662 1749 9 woman woman NN 1662 1749 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1749 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1749 12 est est NNP 1662 1749 13 . . . 1662 1749 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1750 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1750 2 : : : 1662 1750 3 noun noun NNP 1662 1750 4 : : : 1662 1750 5 Cambodian(s Cambodian(s NNP 1662 1750 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1750 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 1750 8 : : : 1662 1750 9 Cambodian cambodian JJ 1662 1750 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1750 11 groups group NNS 1662 1750 12 : : : 1662 1750 13 Khmer Khmer NNP 1662 1750 14 90 90 CD 1662 1750 15 % % NN 1662 1750 16 , , , 1662 1750 17 Vietnamese Vietnamese NNP 1662 1750 18 5 5 CD 1662 1750 19 % % NN 1662 1750 20 , , , 1662 1750 21 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 1750 22 1 1 CD 1662 1750 23 % % NN 1662 1750 24 , , , 1662 1750 25 other other JJ 1662 1750 26 4 4 CD 1662 1750 27 % % NN 1662 1750 28 Religions religion NNS 1662 1750 29 : : : 1662 1750 30 Theravada Theravada NNP 1662 1750 31 Buddhism Buddhism NNP 1662 1750 32 95 95 CD 1662 1750 33 % % NN 1662 1750 34 , , , 1662 1750 35 other other JJ 1662 1750 36 5 5 CD 1662 1750 37 % % NN 1662 1750 38 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 1750 39 : : : 1662 1750 40 Khmer Khmer NNP 1662 1750 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1750 42 official official NN 1662 1750 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1750 44 , , , 1662 1750 45 French french JJ 1662 1750 46 Literacy literacy NN 1662 1750 47 : : : 1662 1750 48 definition definition NN 1662 1750 49 : : : 1662 1750 50 age age NN 1662 1750 51 15 15 CD 1662 1750 52 and and CC 1662 1750 53 over over RB 1662 1750 54 can can MD 1662 1750 55 read read VB 1662 1750 56 and and CC 1662 1750 57 write write VB 1662 1750 58 total total JJ 1662 1750 59 population population NN 1662 1750 60 : : : 1662 1750 61 35 35 CD 1662 1750 62 % % NN 1662 1750 63 male male NN 1662 1750 64 : : : 1662 1750 65 48 48 CD 1662 1750 66 % % NN 1662 1750 67 female female NN 1662 1750 68 : : : 1662 1750 69 22 22 CD 1662 1750 70 % % NN 1662 1750 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1750 72 1990 1990 CD 1662 1750 73 est est NNP 1662 1750 74 . . . 1662 1750 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 1 @Cambodia @cambodia LS 1662 1751 2 : : : 1662 1751 3 Government Government NNP 1662 1751 4 Country Country NNP 1662 1751 5 name name NN 1662 1751 6 : : : 1662 1751 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1751 8 long long JJ 1662 1751 9 form form NN 1662 1751 10 : : : 1662 1751 11 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 1751 12 of of IN 1662 1751 13 Cambodia Cambodia NNP 1662 1751 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1751 15 short short JJ 1662 1751 16 form form NN 1662 1751 17 : : : 1662 1751 18 Cambodia Cambodia NNP 1662 1751 19 local local JJ 1662 1751 20 long long JJ 1662 1751 21 form form NN 1662 1751 22 : : : 1662 1751 23 Preahreacheanachakr Preahreacheanachakr NNP 1662 1751 24 Kampuchea Kampuchea NNP 1662 1751 25 local local JJ 1662 1751 26 short short JJ 1662 1751 27 form form NN 1662 1751 28 : : : 1662 1751 29 Kampuchea Kampuchea NNP 1662 1751 30 Data Data NNP 1662 1751 31 code code NN 1662 1751 32 : : : 1662 1751 33 CB CB NNP 1662 1751 34 Government Government NNP 1662 1751 35 type type NN 1662 1751 36 : : : 1662 1751 37 multiparty multiparty JJ 1662 1751 38 liberal liberal JJ 1662 1751 39 democracy democracy NN 1662 1751 40 under under IN 1662 1751 41 a a DT 1662 1751 42 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 1751 43 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 1751 44 established establish VBN 1662 1751 45 in in IN 1662 1751 46 September September NNP 1662 1751 47 1993 1993 CD 1662 1751 48 National national JJ 1662 1751 49 capital capital NN 1662 1751 50 : : : 1662 1751 51 Phnom Phnom NNP 1662 1751 52 Penh Penh NNP 1662 1751 53 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 1751 54 divisions division NNS 1662 1751 55 : : : 1662 1751 56 22 22 CD 1662 1751 57 provinces province NNS 1662 1751 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 59 khett khett NNP 1662 1751 60 , , , 1662 1751 61 singular singular NNP 1662 1751 62 and and CC 1662 1751 63 plural plural JJ 1662 1751 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 65 and and CC 1662 1751 66 1 1 CD 1662 1751 67 municipality municipality NN 1662 1751 68 * * NFP 1662 1751 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 70 krong krong NNP 1662 1751 71 , , , 1662 1751 72 singular singular NNP 1662 1751 73 and and CC 1662 1751 74 plural plural JJ 1662 1751 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 76 ; ; : 1662 1751 77 Banteay Banteay NNP 1662 1751 78 Mean Mean NNP 1662 1751 79 Cheay Cheay NNP 1662 1751 80 , , , 1662 1751 81 Batdambang Batdambang NNP 1662 1751 82 , , , 1662 1751 83 Kampong Kampong NNP 1662 1751 84 Cham Cham NNP 1662 1751 85 , , , 1662 1751 86 Kampong Kampong NNP 1662 1751 87 Chhnang Chhnang NNP 1662 1751 88 , , , 1662 1751 89 Kampong Kampong NNP 1662 1751 90 Spoe Spoe NNP 1662 1751 91 , , , 1662 1751 92 Kampong Kampong NNP 1662 1751 93 Thum Thum NNP 1662 1751 94 , , , 1662 1751 95 Kampot Kampot NNP 1662 1751 96 , , , 1662 1751 97 Kandal Kandal NNP 1662 1751 98 , , , 1662 1751 99 Kaoh Kaoh NNP 1662 1751 100 Kong Kong NNP 1662 1751 101 , , , 1662 1751 102 Keb Keb NNP 1662 1751 103 * * NFP 1662 1751 104 , , , 1662 1751 105 Kracheh Kracheh NNP 1662 1751 106 , , , 1662 1751 107 Mondol Mondol NNP 1662 1751 108 Kiri Kiri NNP 1662 1751 109 , , , 1662 1751 110 Otdar Otdar NNP 1662 1751 111 Mean Mean NNP 1662 1751 112 Cheay Cheay NNP 1662 1751 113 , , , 1662 1751 114 Phnum Phnum NNP 1662 1751 115 Penh Penh NNP 1662 1751 116 , , , 1662 1751 117 Pouthisat Pouthisat NNP 1662 1751 118 , , , 1662 1751 119 Preah Preah NNP 1662 1751 120 Seihanu Seihanu NNP 1662 1751 121 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 122 Sihanoukville Sihanoukville NNP 1662 1751 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 124 , , , 1662 1751 125 Preah Preah NNP 1662 1751 126 Vihear Vihear NNP 1662 1751 127 , , , 1662 1751 128 Prey Prey NNP 1662 1751 129 Veng Veng NNP 1662 1751 130 , , , 1662 1751 131 Rotanah Rotanah NNP 1662 1751 132 Kiri Kiri NNP 1662 1751 133 , , , 1662 1751 134 Siem Siem NNP 1662 1751 135 Reab Reab NNP 1662 1751 136 , , , 1662 1751 137 Stoeng Stoeng NNP 1662 1751 138 Treng Treng NNP 1662 1751 139 , , , 1662 1751 140 Svay Svay NNP 1662 1751 141 Rieng Rieng NNP 1662 1751 142 , , , 1662 1751 143 Takev Takev NNP 1662 1751 144 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1751 145 : : : 1662 1751 146 9 9 CD 1662 1751 147 November November NNP 1662 1751 148 1949 1949 CD 1662 1751 149 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 150 from from IN 1662 1751 151 France France NNP 1662 1751 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 153 National national JJ 1662 1751 154 holiday holiday NN 1662 1751 155 : : : 1662 1751 156 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1751 157 Day Day NNP 1662 1751 158 , , , 1662 1751 159 9 9 CD 1662 1751 160 November November NNP 1662 1751 161 1949 1949 CD 1662 1751 162 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 1751 163 : : : 1662 1751 164 promulgated promulgate VBD 1662 1751 165 21 21 CD 1662 1751 166 September September NNP 1662 1751 167 1993 1993 CD 1662 1751 168 Legal legal JJ 1662 1751 169 system system NN 1662 1751 170 : : : 1662 1751 171 currently currently RB 1662 1751 172 being be VBG 1662 1751 173 defined define VBN 1662 1751 174 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 1751 175 : : : 1662 1751 176 18 18 CD 1662 1751 177 years year NNS 1662 1751 178 of of IN 1662 1751 179 age age NN 1662 1751 180 ; ; : 1662 1751 181 universal universal JJ 1662 1751 182 Executive Executive NNP 1662 1751 183 branch branch NN 1662 1751 184 : : : 1662 1751 185 chief chief NN 1662 1751 186 of of IN 1662 1751 187 state state NN 1662 1751 188 : : : 1662 1751 189 King King NNP 1662 1751 190 Norodom Norodom NNP 1662 1751 191 SIHANOUK SIHANOUK NNP 1662 1751 192 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 193 reinstated reinstate VBN 1662 1751 194 24 24 CD 1662 1751 195 September September NNP 1662 1751 196 1993 1993 CD 1662 1751 197 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 198 head head NN 1662 1751 199 of of IN 1662 1751 200 government government NN 1662 1751 201 : : : 1662 1751 202 power power NN 1662 1751 203 shared share VBN 1662 1751 204 between between IN 1662 1751 205 First first JJ 1662 1751 206 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1751 207 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1751 208 Prince Prince NNP 1662 1751 209 Norodom Norodom NNP 1662 1751 210 RANARIDDH RANARIDDH NNP 1662 1751 211 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 212 since since IN 1662 1751 213 NA NA NNP 1662 1751 214 1993 1993 CD 1662 1751 215 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 216 and and CC 1662 1751 217 Second second JJ 1662 1751 218 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1751 219 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1751 220 HUN HUN NNP 1662 1751 221 SEN SEN NNP 1662 1751 222 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 223 since since IN 1662 1751 224 NA NA NNP 1662 1751 225 1993 1993 CD 1662 1751 226 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 227 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1751 228 : : : 1662 1751 229 Council Council NNP 1662 1751 230 of of IN 1662 1751 231 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 1751 232 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1751 233 by by IN 1662 1751 234 the the DT 1662 1751 235 king king NN 1662 1751 236 elections election NNS 1662 1751 237 : : : 1662 1751 238 none none NN 1662 1751 239 ; ; : 1662 1751 240 the the DT 1662 1751 241 king king NN 1662 1751 242 is be VBZ 1662 1751 243 a a DT 1662 1751 244 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 1751 245 monarch monarch NN 1662 1751 246 ; ; : 1662 1751 247 prime prime JJ 1662 1751 248 ministers minister NNS 1662 1751 249 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1751 250 by by IN 1662 1751 251 the the DT 1662 1751 252 king king NN 1662 1751 253 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 1751 254 branch branch NN 1662 1751 255 : : : 1662 1751 256 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 1751 257 National National NNP 1662 1751 258 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1751 259 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 260 120 120 CD 1662 1751 261 seats seat NNS 1662 1751 262 ; ; : 1662 1751 263 members member NNS 1662 1751 264 elected elect VBN 1662 1751 265 by by IN 1662 1751 266 popular popular JJ 1662 1751 267 vote vote NN 1662 1751 268 to to TO 1662 1751 269 serve serve VB 1662 1751 270 five five CD 1662 1751 271 - - HYPH 1662 1751 272 year year NN 1662 1751 273 terms term NNS 1662 1751 274 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 275 elections election NNS 1662 1751 276 : : : 1662 1751 277 last last RB 1662 1751 278 held hold VBD 1662 1751 279 23 23 CD 1662 1751 280 May May NNP 1662 1751 281 1993 1993 CD 1662 1751 282 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 283 next next JJ 1662 1751 284 to to TO 1662 1751 285 be be VB 1662 1751 286 held hold VBN 1662 1751 287 NA NA NNP 1662 1751 288 1998 1998 CD 1662 1751 289 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 290 election election NN 1662 1751 291 results result NNS 1662 1751 292 : : : 1662 1751 293 percent percent NN 1662 1751 294 of of IN 1662 1751 295 vote vote NN 1662 1751 296 by by IN 1662 1751 297 party party NN 1662 1751 298 - - HYPH 1662 1751 299 NA NA NNP 1662 1751 300 ; ; , 1662 1751 301 seats seat NNS 1662 1751 302 by by IN 1662 1751 303 party party NN 1662 1751 304 - - HYPH 1662 1751 305 FUNCINPEC FUNCINPEC NNP 1662 1751 306 58 58 CD 1662 1751 307 , , , 1662 1751 308 CPP CPP NNP 1662 1751 309 51 51 CD 1662 1751 310 , , , 1662 1751 311 BLDP BLDP NNP 1662 1751 312 10 10 CD 1662 1751 313 , , , 1662 1751 314 MOLINAKA molinaka RB 1662 1751 315 1 1 CD 1662 1751 316 note note NN 1662 1751 317 : : : 1662 1751 318 the the DT 1662 1751 319 May May NNP 1662 1751 320 1993 1993 CD 1662 1751 321 elections election NNS 1662 1751 322 were be VBD 1662 1751 323 for for IN 1662 1751 324 the the DT 1662 1751 325 Constituent Constituent NNP 1662 1751 326 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1751 327 which which WDT 1662 1751 328 became become VBD 1662 1751 329 the the DT 1662 1751 330 National National NNP 1662 1751 331 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1751 332 after after IN 1662 1751 333 the the DT 1662 1751 334 new new JJ 1662 1751 335 constitution constitution NN 1662 1751 336 was be VBD 1662 1751 337 promulgated promulgate VBN 1662 1751 338 in in IN 1662 1751 339 September September NNP 1662 1751 340 1993 1993 CD 1662 1751 341 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 1751 342 branch branch NN 1662 1751 343 : : : 1662 1751 344 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1751 345 Court Court NNP 1662 1751 346 provided provide VBD 1662 1751 347 for for IN 1662 1751 348 by by IN 1662 1751 349 the the DT 1662 1751 350 constitution constitution NN 1662 1751 351 has have VBZ 1662 1751 352 not not RB 1662 1751 353 yet yet RB 1662 1751 354 been be VBN 1662 1751 355 established establish VBN 1662 1751 356 and and CC 1662 1751 357 the the DT 1662 1751 358 future future JJ 1662 1751 359 judicial judicial JJ 1662 1751 360 system system NN 1662 1751 361 is be VBZ 1662 1751 362 yet yet RB 1662 1751 363 to to TO 1662 1751 364 be be VB 1662 1751 365 defined define VBN 1662 1751 366 by by IN 1662 1751 367 law law NN 1662 1751 368 Political political JJ 1662 1751 369 parties party NNS 1662 1751 370 and and CC 1662 1751 371 leaders leader NNS 1662 1751 372 : : : 1662 1751 373 National National NNP 1662 1751 374 United United NNP 1662 1751 375 Front Front NNP 1662 1751 376 for for IN 1662 1751 377 an an DT 1662 1751 378 Independent Independent NNP 1662 1751 379 , , , 1662 1751 380 Neutral Neutral NNP 1662 1751 381 , , , 1662 1751 382 Peaceful Peaceful NNP 1662 1751 383 , , , 1662 1751 384 and and CC 1662 1751 385 Cooperative Cooperative NNP 1662 1751 386 Cambodia Cambodia NNP 1662 1751 387 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 388 FUNCINPEC FUNCINPEC NNP 1662 1751 389 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 390 , , , 1662 1751 391 Prince Prince NNP 1662 1751 392 NORODOM NORODOM NNP 1662 1751 393 RANARIDDH RANARIDDH NNP 1662 1751 394 ; ; : 1662 1751 395 Cambodian Cambodian NNP 1662 1751 396 Pracheachon Pracheachon NNP 1662 1751 397 Party Party NNP 1662 1751 398 or or CC 1662 1751 399 Cambodian Cambodian NNP 1662 1751 400 People People NNPS 1662 1751 401 's 's POS 1662 1751 402 Party Party NNP 1662 1751 403 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 404 CPP CPP NNP 1662 1751 405 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 406 , , , 1662 1751 407 CHEA CHEA NNP 1662 1751 408 SIM SIM NNP 1662 1751 409 ; ; : 1662 1751 410 Buddhist Buddhist NNP 1662 1751 411 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 1751 412 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1751 413 Party Party NNP 1662 1751 414 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 415 BLDP BLDP NNP 1662 1751 416 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 417 , , , 1662 1751 418 SON SON NNP 1662 1751 419 SANN SANN NNP 1662 1751 420 faction faction NN 1662 1751 421 ; ; : 1662 1751 422 Buddhist Buddhist NNP 1662 1751 423 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 1751 424 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1751 425 Party Party NNP 1662 1751 426 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 427 BLDP BLDP NNP 1662 1751 428 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 429 , , , 1662 1751 430 IENG IENG NNP 1662 1751 431 MOULY mouly NN 1662 1751 432 faction faction NN 1662 1751 433 ; ; : 1662 1751 434 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1751 435 Kampuchea Kampuchea NNP 1662 1751 436 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 437 DK DK NNP 1662 1751 438 , , , 1662 1751 439 also also RB 1662 1751 440 known know VBN 1662 1751 441 as as IN 1662 1751 442 the the DT 1662 1751 443 Khmer Khmer NNP 1662 1751 444 Rouge Rouge NNP 1662 1751 445 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 446 , , , 1662 1751 447 KHIEU KHIEU NNP 1662 1751 448 SAMPHAN SAMPHAN NNP 1662 1751 449 ; ; : 1662 1751 450 Movement Movement NNP 1662 1751 451 Pour Pour NNP 1662 1751 452 La La NNP 1662 1751 453 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 1751 454 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 1751 455 Khmere Khmere NNP 1662 1751 456 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 457 MOLINAKA MOLINAKA NNP 1662 1751 458 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 459 , , , 1662 1751 460 PROM PROM NNP 1662 1751 461 NEAKAREACH NEAKAREACH NNP 1662 1751 462 ; ; : 1662 1751 463 Khmer Khmer NNP 1662 1751 464 Nation Nation NNP 1662 1751 465 Party Party NNP 1662 1751 466 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 467 KNP KNP NNP 1662 1751 468 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 469 , , , 1662 1751 470 SAM SAM NNP 1662 1751 471 RAINSY RAINSY NNP 1662 1751 472 International International NNP 1662 1751 473 organization organization NN 1662 1751 474 participation participation NN 1662 1751 475 : : : 1662 1751 476 ACCT acct JJ 1662 1751 477 , , , 1662 1751 478 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 1751 479 , , , 1662 1751 480 ASEAN ASEAN NNP 1662 1751 481 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 482 observer observer NN 1662 1751 483 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 484 , , , 1662 1751 485 CP CP NNP 1662 1751 486 , , , 1662 1751 487 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 1751 488 , , , 1662 1751 489 FAO FAO NNP 1662 1751 490 , , , 1662 1751 491 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 1751 492 , , , 1662 1751 493 IAEA iaea NN 1662 1751 494 , , , 1662 1751 495 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1751 496 , , , 1662 1751 497 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1751 498 , , , 1662 1751 499 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 1751 500 , , , 1662 1751 501 IDA IDA NNP 1662 1751 502 , , , 1662 1751 503 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 1751 504 , , , 1662 1751 505 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 1751 506 , , , 1662 1751 507 ILO ILO NNP 1662 1751 508 , , , 1662 1751 509 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1751 510 , , , 1662 1751 511 IMO imo RB 1662 1751 512 , , , 1662 1751 513 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1751 514 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 515 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 1751 516 user user NN 1662 1751 517 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 518 , , , 1662 1751 519 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 1751 520 , , , 1662 1751 521 IOC IOC NNP 1662 1751 522 , , , 1662 1751 523 ISO ISO NNP 1662 1751 524 , , , 1662 1751 525 ITU ITU NNP 1662 1751 526 , , , 1662 1751 527 Mekong Mekong NNP 1662 1751 528 Group Group NNP 1662 1751 529 , , , 1662 1751 530 NAM NAM NNP 1662 1751 531 , , , 1662 1751 532 PCA PCA NNP 1662 1751 533 , , , 1662 1751 534 UN UN NNP 1662 1751 535 , , , 1662 1751 536 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 1751 537 , , , 1662 1751 538 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 1751 539 , , , 1662 1751 540 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 1751 541 , , , 1662 1751 542 UPU UPU NNP 1662 1751 543 , , , 1662 1751 544 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 1751 545 , , , 1662 1751 546 WHO who WP 1662 1751 547 , , , 1662 1751 548 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 1751 549 , , , 1662 1751 550 WMO WMO NNP 1662 1751 551 , , , 1662 1751 552 WToO wtoo FW 1662 1751 553 , , , 1662 1751 554 WTrO wtro VB 1662 1751 555 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 556 applicant applicant NN 1662 1751 557 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 558 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1751 559 representation representation NN 1662 1751 560 in in IN 1662 1751 561 the the DT 1662 1751 562 US US NNP 1662 1751 563 : : : 1662 1751 564 chief chief NN 1662 1751 565 of of IN 1662 1751 566 mission mission NN 1662 1751 567 : : : 1662 1751 568 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1751 569 VAR VAR NNP 1662 1751 570 HUOTH HUOTH NNP 1662 1751 571 chancery chancery NN 1662 1751 572 : : : 1662 1751 573 4500 4500 CD 1662 1751 574 16th 16th JJ 1662 1751 575 Street Street NNP 1662 1751 576 NW NW NNP 1662 1751 577 , , , 1662 1751 578 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1751 579 , , , 1662 1751 580 DC DC NNP 1662 1751 581 20011 20011 CD 1662 1751 582 telephone telephone NN 1662 1751 583 : : : 1662 1751 584 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1751 585 1 1 CD 1662 1751 586 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1751 587 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 588 202 202 CD 1662 1751 589 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 590 726 726 CD 1662 1751 591 - - SYM 1662 1751 592 7742 7742 CD 1662 1751 593 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1751 594 : : : 1662 1751 595 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1751 596 1 1 CD 1662 1751 597 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1751 598 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 599 202 202 CD 1662 1751 600 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 601 726 726 CD 1662 1751 602 - - HYPH 1662 1751 603 8381 8381 CD 1662 1751 604 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1751 605 representation representation NN 1662 1751 606 from from IN 1662 1751 607 the the DT 1662 1751 608 US US NNP 1662 1751 609 : : : 1662 1751 610 chief chief NN 1662 1751 611 of of IN 1662 1751 612 mission mission NN 1662 1751 613 : : : 1662 1751 614 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1751 615 Kenneth Kenneth NNP 1662 1751 616 M. M. NNP 1662 1751 617 QUINN QUINN NNP 1662 1751 618 embassy embassy NN 1662 1751 619 : : : 1662 1751 620 27 27 CD 1662 1751 621 EO EO NNP 1662 1751 622 Street Street NNP 1662 1751 623 240 240 CD 1662 1751 624 , , , 1662 1751 625 Phnom Phnom NNP 1662 1751 626 Penh Penh NNP 1662 1751 627 mailing mail VBG 1662 1751 628 address address NN 1662 1751 629 : : : 1662 1751 630 Box Box NNP 1662 1751 631 P P NNP 1662 1751 632 , , , 1662 1751 633 APO APO NNP 1662 1751 634 AP AP NNP 1662 1751 635 96546 96546 CD 1662 1751 636 telephone telephone NN 1662 1751 637 : : : 1662 1751 638 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1751 639 855 855 CD 1662 1751 640 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1751 641 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 642 23 23 CD 1662 1751 643 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 644 426436 426436 CD 1662 1751 645 , , , 1662 1751 646 426438 426438 CD 1662 1751 647 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1751 648 : : : 1662 1751 649 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1751 650 855 855 CD 1662 1751 651 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1751 652 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 653 23 23 CD 1662 1751 654 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 655 426811 426811 CD 1662 1751 656 Flag flag NN 1662 1751 657 description description NN 1662 1751 658 : : : 1662 1751 659 three three CD 1662 1751 660 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 1751 661 bands band NNS 1662 1751 662 of of IN 1662 1751 663 blue blue JJ 1662 1751 664 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 665 top top NNP 1662 1751 666 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 667 , , , 1662 1751 668 red red JJ 1662 1751 669 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1751 670 double double JJ 1662 1751 671 width width NN 1662 1751 672 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1751 673 , , , 1662 1751 674 and and CC 1662 1751 675 blue blue JJ 1662 1751 676 with with IN 1662 1751 677 a a DT 1662 1751 678 white white JJ 1662 1751 679 three three CD 1662 1751 680 - - HYPH 1662 1751 681 towered tower VBN 1662 1751 682 temple temple NN 1662 1751 683 representing represent VBG 1662 1751 684 Angkor Angkor NNP 1662 1751 685 Wat Wat NNP 1662 1751 686 outlined outline VBD 1662 1751 687 in in IN 1662 1751 688 black black NN 1662 1751 689 in in IN 1662 1751 690 the the DT 1662 1751 691 center center NN 1662 1751 692 of of IN 1662 1751 693 the the DT 1662 1751 694 red red JJ 1662 1751 695 band band NN 1662 1751 696 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1751 697 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1751 698 - - HYPH 1662 1751 699 overview overview NN 1662 1751 700 : : : 1662 1751 701 The the DT 1662 1751 702 Cambodian cambodian JJ 1662 1751 703 economy economy NN 1662 1751 704 - - , 1662 1751 705 virtually virtually RB 1662 1751 706 destroyed destroy VBN 1662 1751 707 by by IN 1662 1751 708 decades decade NNS 1662 1751 709 of of IN 1662 1751 710 war war NN 1662 1751 711 - - , 1662 1751 712 is be VBZ 1662 1751 713 slowly slowly RB 1662 1751 714 recovering recover VBG 1662 1751 715 . . . 1662 1752 1 Government government NN 1662 1752 2 leaders leader NNS 1662 1752 3 are be VBP 1662 1752 4 moving move VBG 1662 1752 5 toward toward IN 1662 1752 6 restoring restore VBG 1662 1752 7 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1752 8 and and CC 1662 1752 9 monetary monetary JJ 1662 1752 10 discipline discipline NN 1662 1752 11 and and CC 1662 1752 12 have have VBP 1662 1752 13 established establish VBN 1662 1752 14 good good JJ 1662 1752 15 working working NN 1662 1752 16 relations relation NNS 1662 1752 17 with with IN 1662 1752 18 international international JJ 1662 1752 19 financial financial JJ 1662 1752 20 institutions institution NNS 1662 1752 21 . . . 1662 1753 1 Growth growth NN 1662 1753 2 , , , 1662 1753 3 starting start VBG 1662 1753 4 from from IN 1662 1753 5 a a DT 1662 1753 6 low low JJ 1662 1753 7 base base NN 1662 1753 8 , , , 1662 1753 9 has have VBZ 1662 1753 10 been be VBN 1662 1753 11 strong strong JJ 1662 1753 12 in in IN 1662 1753 13 1991 1991 CD 1662 1753 14 - - SYM 1662 1753 15 96 96 CD 1662 1753 16 . . . 1662 1754 1 Despite despite IN 1662 1754 2 such such JJ 1662 1754 3 positive positive JJ 1662 1754 4 developments development NNS 1662 1754 5 , , , 1662 1754 6 the the DT 1662 1754 7 reconstruction reconstruction NN 1662 1754 8 effort effort NN 1662 1754 9 faces face VBZ 1662 1754 10 many many JJ 1662 1754 11 tough tough JJ 1662 1754 12 challenges challenge NNS 1662 1754 13 because because IN 1662 1754 14 of of IN 1662 1754 15 the the DT 1662 1754 16 persistence persistence NN 1662 1754 17 of of IN 1662 1754 18 internal internal JJ 1662 1754 19 political political JJ 1662 1754 20 divisions division NNS 1662 1754 21 and and CC 1662 1754 22 the the DT 1662 1754 23 related related JJ 1662 1754 24 lack lack NN 1662 1754 25 of of IN 1662 1754 26 confidence confidence NN 1662 1754 27 of of IN 1662 1754 28 foreign foreign JJ 1662 1754 29 investors investor NNS 1662 1754 30 . . . 1662 1755 1 Rural Rural NNP 1662 1755 2 Cambodia Cambodia NNP 1662 1755 3 , , , 1662 1755 4 where where WRB 1662 1755 5 90 90 CD 1662 1755 6 % % NN 1662 1755 7 of of IN 1662 1755 8 about about IN 1662 1755 9 9.5 9.5 CD 1662 1755 10 million million CD 1662 1755 11 Khmer Khmer NNP 1662 1755 12 live live NN 1662 1755 13 , , , 1662 1755 14 remains remain VBZ 1662 1755 15 mired mired JJ 1662 1755 16 in in IN 1662 1755 17 poverty poverty NN 1662 1755 18 . . . 1662 1756 1 The the DT 1662 1756 2 almost almost RB 1662 1756 3 total total JJ 1662 1756 4 lack lack NN 1662 1756 5 of of IN 1662 1756 6 basic basic JJ 1662 1756 7 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 1756 8 in in IN 1662 1756 9 the the DT 1662 1756 10 countryside countryside NN 1662 1756 11 will will MD 1662 1756 12 hinder hinder VB 1662 1756 13 development development NN 1662 1756 14 and and CC 1662 1756 15 will will MD 1662 1756 16 contribute contribute VB 1662 1756 17 to to IN 1662 1756 18 a a DT 1662 1756 19 growing grow VBG 1662 1756 20 imbalance imbalance NN 1662 1756 21 in in IN 1662 1756 22 growth growth NN 1662 1756 23 between between IN 1662 1756 24 urban urban JJ 1662 1756 25 and and CC 1662 1756 26 rural rural JJ 1662 1756 27 areas area NNS 1662 1756 28 over over IN 1662 1756 29 the the DT 1662 1756 30 near near JJ 1662 1756 31 term term NN 1662 1756 32 . . . 1662 1757 1 Moreover moreover RB 1662 1757 2 , , , 1662 1757 3 the the DT 1662 1757 4 government government NN 1662 1757 5 's 's POS 1662 1757 6 lack lack NN 1662 1757 7 of of IN 1662 1757 8 experience experience NN 1662 1757 9 in in IN 1662 1757 10 administering administer VBG 1662 1757 11 economic economic JJ 1662 1757 12 and and CC 1662 1757 13 technical technical JJ 1662 1757 14 assistance assistance NN 1662 1757 15 programs program NNS 1662 1757 16 and and CC 1662 1757 17 rampant rampant JJ 1662 1757 18 corruption corruption NN 1662 1757 19 among among IN 1662 1757 20 officials official NNS 1662 1757 21 will will MD 1662 1757 22 slow slow VB 1662 1757 23 the the DT 1662 1757 24 growth growth NN 1662 1757 25 of of IN 1662 1757 26 critical critical JJ 1662 1757 27 public public JJ 1662 1757 28 sector sector NN 1662 1757 29 investment investment NN 1662 1757 30 . . . 1662 1758 1 The the DT 1662 1758 2 decline decline NN 1662 1758 3 of of IN 1662 1758 4 inflation inflation NN 1662 1758 5 from from IN 1662 1758 6 the the DT 1662 1758 7 1992 1992 CD 1662 1758 8 rate rate NN 1662 1758 9 of of IN 1662 1758 10 more more JJR 1662 1758 11 than than IN 1662 1758 12 50 50 CD 1662 1758 13 % % NN 1662 1758 14 is be VBZ 1662 1758 15 one one CD 1662 1758 16 of of IN 1662 1758 17 the the DT 1662 1758 18 bright bright JJ 1662 1758 19 spots spot NNS 1662 1758 20 . . . 1662 1759 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1759 2 : : : 1662 1759 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1759 4 power power NN 1662 1759 5 parity parity NN 1662 1759 6 - - : 1662 1759 7 $ $ $ 1662 1759 8 7.7 7.7 CD 1662 1759 9 billion billion CD 1662 1759 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1759 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 1759 12 est est NNP 1662 1759 13 . . . 1662 1759 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1760 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1760 2 - - HYPH 1662 1760 3 real real JJ 1662 1760 4 growth growth NN 1662 1760 5 rate rate NN 1662 1760 6 : : : 1662 1760 7 7.4 7.4 CD 1662 1760 8 % % NN 1662 1760 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1760 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 1760 11 est est NNP 1662 1760 12 . . . 1662 1760 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1761 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1761 2 - - HYPH 1662 1761 3 per per FW 1662 1761 4 capita capita NN 1662 1761 5 : : : 1662 1761 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1761 7 power power NN 1662 1761 8 parity parity NN 1662 1761 9 - - : 1662 1761 10 $ $ $ 1662 1761 11 710 710 CD 1662 1761 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1761 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 1761 14 est est NNP 1662 1761 15 . . . 1662 1761 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1762 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1762 2 - - HYPH 1662 1762 3 composition composition NN 1662 1762 4 by by IN 1662 1762 5 sector sector NN 1662 1762 6 : : : 1662 1762 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1762 8 : : : 1662 1762 9 51 51 CD 1662 1762 10 % % NN 1662 1762 11 industry industry NN 1662 1762 12 : : : 1662 1762 13 14 14 CD 1662 1762 14 % % NN 1662 1762 15 services service NNS 1662 1762 16 : : : 1662 1762 17 35 35 CD 1662 1762 18 % % NN 1662 1762 19 Inflation inflation NN 1662 1762 20 rate rate NN 1662 1762 21 - - HYPH 1662 1762 22 consumer consumer NN 1662 1762 23 price price NN 1662 1762 24 index index NN 1662 1762 25 : : : 1662 1762 26 5 5 CD 1662 1762 27 % % NN 1662 1762 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1762 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 1762 30 est est NNP 1662 1762 31 . . . 1662 1762 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1763 1 Labor labor NN 1662 1763 2 force force NN 1662 1763 3 : : : 1662 1763 4 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 1763 5 million million CD 1662 1763 6 to to TO 1662 1763 7 3 3 CD 1662 1763 8 million million CD 1662 1763 9 by by IN 1662 1763 10 occupation occupation NN 1662 1763 11 : : : 1662 1763 12 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1763 13 80 80 CD 1662 1763 14 % % NN 1662 1763 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1763 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 1763 17 est est NNP 1662 1763 18 . . . 1662 1763 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1764 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1764 2 rate rate NN 1662 1764 3 : : : 1662 1764 4 NA% NA% `` 1662 1764 5 Budget budget NN 1662 1764 6 : : : 1662 1764 7 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1764 8 : : : 1662 1764 9 $ $ $ 1662 1764 10 261 261 CD 1662 1764 11 million million CD 1662 1764 12 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1764 13 : : : 1662 1764 14 $ $ $ 1662 1764 15 496 496 CD 1662 1764 16 million million CD 1662 1764 17 , , , 1662 1764 18 including include VBG 1662 1764 19 capital capital NN 1662 1764 20 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1764 21 of of IN 1662 1764 22 $ $ $ 1662 1764 23 NA na NN 1662 1764 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1764 25 1995 1995 CD 1662 1764 26 est est NNP 1662 1764 27 . . . 1662 1764 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1765 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 1765 2 : : : 1662 1765 3 rice rice NN 1662 1765 4 milling milling NN 1662 1765 5 , , , 1662 1765 6 fishing fishing NN 1662 1765 7 , , , 1662 1765 8 wood wood NN 1662 1765 9 and and CC 1662 1765 10 wood wood NN 1662 1765 11 products product NNS 1662 1765 12 , , , 1662 1765 13 rubber rubber NN 1662 1765 14 , , , 1662 1765 15 cement cement NN 1662 1765 16 , , , 1662 1765 17 gem gem NN 1662 1765 18 mining mining NN 1662 1765 19 , , , 1662 1765 20 textiles textile VBZ 1662 1765 21 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 1765 22 production production NN 1662 1765 23 growth growth NN 1662 1765 24 rate rate NN 1662 1765 25 : : : 1662 1765 26 7.9 7.9 CD 1662 1765 27 % % NN 1662 1765 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1765 29 1993 1993 CD 1662 1765 30 est est NNP 1662 1765 31 . . . 1662 1765 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1766 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1766 2 - - HYPH 1662 1766 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 1766 4 : : : 1662 1766 5 100,000 100,000 CD 1662 1766 6 kW kw NN 1662 1766 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1766 8 1995 1995 CD 1662 1766 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1766 10 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1766 11 - - HYPH 1662 1766 12 production production NN 1662 1766 13 : : : 1662 1766 14 180 180 CD 1662 1766 15 million million CD 1662 1766 16 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1766 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1766 18 1994 1994 CD 1662 1766 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1766 20 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1766 21 - - HYPH 1662 1766 22 consumption consumption NN 1662 1766 23 per per IN 1662 1766 24 capita capita NN 1662 1766 25 : : : 1662 1766 26 17 17 CD 1662 1766 27 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1766 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1766 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 1766 30 est est NNP 1662 1766 31 . . . 1662 1766 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1767 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1767 2 - - HYPH 1662 1767 3 products product NNS 1662 1767 4 : : : 1662 1767 5 rice rice NN 1662 1767 6 , , , 1662 1767 7 rubber rubber NN 1662 1767 8 , , , 1662 1767 9 corn corn NN 1662 1767 10 , , , 1662 1767 11 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 1767 12 Exports export NNS 1662 1767 13 : : : 1662 1767 14 total total JJ 1662 1767 15 value value NN 1662 1767 16 : : : 1662 1767 17 $ $ $ 1662 1767 18 464 464 CD 1662 1767 19 million million CD 1662 1767 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1767 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 1767 22 est est NNP 1662 1767 23 . . . 1662 1767 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1768 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1768 2 : : : 1662 1768 3 timber timber NN 1662 1768 4 , , , 1662 1768 5 rubber rubber NN 1662 1768 6 , , , 1662 1768 7 soybeans soybean NNS 1662 1768 8 , , , 1662 1768 9 sesame sesame NNP 1662 1768 10 partners partner NNS 1662 1768 11 : : : 1662 1768 12 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 1768 13 , , , 1662 1768 14 Japan Japan NNP 1662 1768 15 , , , 1662 1768 16 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 1768 17 , , , 1662 1768 18 Hong Hong NNP 1662 1768 19 Kong Kong NNP 1662 1768 20 , , , 1662 1768 21 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 1768 22 , , , 1662 1768 23 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 1768 24 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 1768 25 : : : 1662 1768 26 total total JJ 1662 1768 27 value value NN 1662 1768 28 : : : 1662 1768 29 $ $ $ 1662 1768 30 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 1768 31 billion billion CD 1662 1768 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1768 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 1768 34 est est NNP 1662 1768 35 . . . 1662 1768 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1769 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1769 2 : : : 1662 1769 3 cigarettes cigarette NNS 1662 1769 4 , , , 1662 1769 5 construction construction NN 1662 1769 6 materials material NNS 1662 1769 7 , , , 1662 1769 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1769 9 products product NNS 1662 1769 10 , , , 1662 1769 11 machinery machinery NN 1662 1769 12 , , , 1662 1769 13 motor motor NN 1662 1769 14 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 1769 15 partners partner NNS 1662 1769 16 : : : 1662 1769 17 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 1769 18 , , , 1662 1769 19 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 1769 20 , , , 1662 1769 21 Japan Japan NNP 1662 1769 22 , , , 1662 1769 23 Australia Australia NNP 1662 1769 24 , , , 1662 1769 25 Hong Hong NNP 1662 1769 26 Kong Kong NNP 1662 1769 27 , , , 1662 1769 28 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 1769 29 Debt Debt NNP 1662 1769 30 - - HYPH 1662 1769 31 external external JJ 1662 1769 32 : : : 1662 1769 33 $ $ $ 1662 1769 34 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 1769 35 billion billion CD 1662 1769 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1769 37 1994 1994 CD 1662 1769 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1769 39 Economic economic JJ 1662 1769 40 aid aid NN 1662 1769 41 : : : 1662 1769 42 recipient recipient NN 1662 1769 43 : : : 1662 1769 44 ODA ODA NNP 1662 1769 45 , , , 1662 1769 46 $ $ $ 1662 1769 47 NA NA NNP 1662 1769 48 note note NN 1662 1769 49 : : : 1662 1769 50 international international JJ 1662 1769 51 donors donor NNS 1662 1769 52 pledged pledge VBD 1662 1769 53 a a DT 1662 1769 54 total total NN 1662 1769 55 of of IN 1662 1769 56 $ $ $ 1662 1769 57 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 1769 58 billion billion CD 1662 1769 59 in in IN 1662 1769 60 1995 1995 CD 1662 1769 61 and and CC 1662 1769 62 1996 1996 CD 1662 1769 63 Currency Currency NNP 1662 1769 64 : : : 1662 1769 65 1 1 CD 1662 1769 66 new new NNP 1662 1769 67 riel riel NNP 1662 1769 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1769 69 CR CR NNP 1662 1769 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1769 71 = = NFP 1662 1769 72 100 100 CD 1662 1769 73 sen sen NNP 1662 1769 74 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1769 75 rates rate NNS 1662 1769 76 : : : 1662 1769 77 riels riel NNS 1662 1769 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1769 79 CR CR NNP 1662 1769 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1769 81 per per IN 1662 1769 82 US$ us$ $ 1662 1769 83 1 1 CD 1662 1769 84 - - SYM 1662 1769 85 2,723.0 2,723.0 CD 1662 1769 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1769 87 January January NNP 1662 1769 88 1997 1997 CD 1662 1769 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1769 90 , , , 1662 1769 91 2,624.1 2,624.1 CD 1662 1769 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1769 93 1996 1996 CD 1662 1769 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1769 95 , , , 1662 1769 96 2,450.8 2,450.8 CD 1662 1769 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1769 98 1995 1995 CD 1662 1769 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1769 100 , , , 1662 1769 101 2,545.3 2,545.3 CD 1662 1769 102 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1769 103 1994 1994 CD 1662 1769 104 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1769 105 , , , 1662 1769 106 2,689.0 2,689.0 CD 1662 1769 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1769 108 1993 1993 CD 1662 1769 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1769 110 , , , 1662 1769 111 1,266.6 1,266.6 CD 1662 1769 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1769 113 1992 1992 CD 1662 1769 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1769 115 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1769 116 year year NN 1662 1769 117 : : : 1662 1769 118 calendar calendar NNP 1662 1769 119 year year NNP 1662 1769 120 @Cambodia @Cambodia NNP 1662 1769 121 : : : 1662 1769 122 Communications Communications NNP 1662 1769 123 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 1769 124 : : : 1662 1769 125 7,000 7,000 CD 1662 1769 126 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1769 127 1981 1981 CD 1662 1769 128 est est NNP 1662 1769 129 . . . 1662 1769 130 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1770 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1770 2 system system NN 1662 1770 3 : : : 1662 1770 4 service service NN 1662 1770 5 barely barely RB 1662 1770 6 adequate adequate JJ 1662 1770 7 for for IN 1662 1770 8 government government NN 1662 1770 9 requirements requirement NNS 1662 1770 10 and and CC 1662 1770 11 virtually virtually RB 1662 1770 12 nonexistent nonexistent JJ 1662 1770 13 for for IN 1662 1770 14 general general JJ 1662 1770 15 public public JJ 1662 1770 16 domestic domestic NN 1662 1770 17 : : : 1662 1770 18 NA NA NNP 1662 1770 19 international international JJ 1662 1770 20 : : : 1662 1770 21 landline landline NNP 1662 1770 22 international international NNP 1662 1770 23 service service NNP 1662 1770 24 limited limit VBN 1662 1770 25 to to IN 1662 1770 26 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 1770 27 and and CC 1662 1770 28 other other JJ 1662 1770 29 adjacent adjacent JJ 1662 1770 30 countries country NNS 1662 1770 31 ; ; : 1662 1770 32 satellite satellite NN 1662 1770 33 earth earth NN 1662 1770 34 station station NN 1662 1770 35 - - : 1662 1770 36 1 1 CD 1662 1770 37 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 1770 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1770 39 Indian Indian NNP 1662 1770 40 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1770 41 Region Region NNP 1662 1770 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1770 43 Radio radio NN 1662 1770 44 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1770 45 stations station NNS 1662 1770 46 : : : 1662 1770 47 AM AM NNP 1662 1770 48 5 5 CD 1662 1770 49 , , , 1662 1770 50 FM FM NNP 1662 1770 51 0 0 CD 1662 1770 52 , , , 1662 1770 53 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 1770 54 0 0 CD 1662 1770 55 Radios radio NNS 1662 1770 56 : : : 1662 1770 57 NA NA NNP 1662 1770 58 Television Television NNP 1662 1770 59 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1770 60 stations station NNS 1662 1770 61 : : : 1662 1770 62 5 5 CD 1662 1770 63 Televisions television NNS 1662 1770 64 : : : 1662 1770 65 70,000 70,000 CD 1662 1770 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1770 67 1993 1993 CD 1662 1770 68 est est NNP 1662 1770 69 . . . 1662 1770 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1771 1 @Cambodia @cambodia XX 1662 1771 2 : : : 1662 1771 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1771 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1771 5 : : : 1662 1771 6 total total NN 1662 1771 7 : : : 1662 1771 8 603 603 CD 1662 1771 9 km km NN 1662 1771 10 narrow narrow JJ 1662 1771 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 1771 12 : : : 1662 1771 13 603 603 CD 1662 1771 14 km km NN 1662 1771 15 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 1771 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 1771 17 Highways highway NNS 1662 1771 18 : : : 1662 1771 19 total total NN 1662 1771 20 : : : 1662 1771 21 35,769 35,769 CD 1662 1771 22 km km NN 1662 1771 23 paved pave VBN 1662 1771 24 : : : 1662 1771 25 2,683 2,683 CD 1662 1771 26 km km NN 1662 1771 27 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1771 28 : : : 1662 1771 29 33,086 33,086 CD 1662 1771 30 km km NNS 1662 1771 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1771 32 1995 1995 CD 1662 1771 33 est est NNP 1662 1771 34 . . . 1662 1771 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1772 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 1772 2 : : : 1662 1772 3 3,700 3,700 CD 1662 1772 4 km km NNS 1662 1772 5 navigable navigable JJ 1662 1772 6 all all DT 1662 1772 7 year year NN 1662 1772 8 to to TO 1662 1772 9 craft craft VB 1662 1772 10 drawing draw VBG 1662 1772 11 0.6 0.6 CD 1662 1772 12 m m CD 1662 1772 13 ; ; : 1662 1772 14 282 282 CD 1662 1772 15 km km NN 1662 1772 16 navigable navigable JJ 1662 1772 17 to to TO 1662 1772 18 craft craft VB 1662 1772 19 drawing draw VBG 1662 1772 20 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 1772 21 m m NNP 1662 1772 22 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 1772 23 and and CC 1662 1772 24 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1772 25 : : : 1662 1772 26 Kampong Kampong NNP 1662 1772 27 Saom Saom NNP 1662 1772 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1772 29 Sihanoukville Sihanoukville NNP 1662 1772 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1772 31 , , , 1662 1772 32 Kampot Kampot NNP 1662 1772 33 , , , 1662 1772 34 Krong Krong NNP 1662 1772 35 Kaoh Kaoh NNP 1662 1772 36 Kong Kong NNP 1662 1772 37 , , , 1662 1772 38 Phnom Phnom NNP 1662 1772 39 Penh Penh NNP 1662 1772 40 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 1772 41 marine marine NN 1662 1772 42 : : : 1662 1772 43 total total NN 1662 1772 44 : : : 1662 1772 45 27 27 CD 1662 1772 46 ships ship NNS 1662 1772 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1772 48 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1772 49 GRT GRT NNP 1662 1772 50 or or CC 1662 1772 51 over over RB 1662 1772 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1772 53 totaling total VBG 1662 1772 54 187,652 187,652 CD 1662 1772 55 GRT/256,929 GRT/256,929 NNP 1662 1772 56 DWT DWT NNP 1662 1772 57 ships ship NNS 1662 1772 58 by by IN 1662 1772 59 type type NN 1662 1772 60 : : : 1662 1772 61 bulk bulk NN 1662 1772 62 4 4 CD 1662 1772 63 , , , 1662 1772 64 cargo cargo NN 1662 1772 65 20 20 CD 1662 1772 66 , , , 1662 1772 67 passenger passenger NN 1662 1772 68 - - HYPH 1662 1772 69 cargo cargo NN 1662 1772 70 1 1 CD 1662 1772 71 , , , 1662 1772 72 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 1772 73 cargo cargo NN 1662 1772 74 1 1 CD 1662 1772 75 , , , 1662 1772 76 roll roll NN 1662 1772 77 - - HYPH 1662 1772 78 on on IN 1662 1772 79 / / SYM 1662 1772 80 roll roll NN 1662 1772 81 - - HYPH 1662 1772 82 off off RP 1662 1772 83 cargo cargo NN 1662 1772 84 1 1 CD 1662 1772 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1772 86 1996 1996 CD 1662 1772 87 est est NNP 1662 1772 88 . . . 1662 1772 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1773 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1773 2 : : : 1662 1773 3 14 14 CD 1662 1773 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1773 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1773 6 est est NNP 1662 1773 7 . . . 1662 1773 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1774 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1774 2 - - , 1662 1774 3 with with IN 1662 1774 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1774 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1774 6 : : : 1662 1774 7 total total NN 1662 1774 8 : : : 1662 1774 9 6 6 CD 1662 1774 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 1774 11 to to TO 1662 1774 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1774 13 m m NN 1662 1774 14 : : : 1662 1774 15 2 2 CD 1662 1774 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1774 17 to to TO 1662 1774 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1774 19 m m NN 1662 1774 20 : : : 1662 1774 21 2 2 CD 1662 1774 22 914 914 CD 1662 1774 23 to to TO 1662 1774 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1774 25 m m NN 1662 1774 26 : : : 1662 1774 27 2 2 CD 1662 1774 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1774 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 1774 30 est est NNP 1662 1774 31 . . . 1662 1774 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1775 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1775 2 - - , 1662 1775 3 with with IN 1662 1775 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1775 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1775 6 : : : 1662 1775 7 total total NN 1662 1775 8 : : : 1662 1775 9 8 8 CD 1662 1775 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1775 11 to to TO 1662 1775 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1775 13 m m NN 1662 1775 14 : : : 1662 1775 15 1 1 CD 1662 1775 16 914 914 CD 1662 1775 17 to to TO 1662 1775 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1775 19 m m NN 1662 1775 20 : : : 1662 1775 21 7 7 CD 1662 1775 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1775 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 1775 24 est est NNP 1662 1775 25 . . . 1662 1775 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1776 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 1776 2 : : : 1662 1776 3 2 2 CD 1662 1776 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1776 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1776 6 est est NNP 1662 1776 7 . . . 1662 1776 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1777 1 Military military JJ 1662 1777 2 Military military JJ 1662 1777 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1777 4 : : : 1662 1777 5 Khmer Khmer NNP 1662 1777 6 Royal Royal NNP 1662 1777 7 Armed Armed NNP 1662 1777 8 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 1777 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1777 10 KRAF KRAF NNP 1662 1777 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1777 12 - - : 1662 1777 13 created create VBN 1662 1777 14 in in IN 1662 1777 15 1993 1993 CD 1662 1777 16 by by IN 1662 1777 17 the the DT 1662 1777 18 merger merger NN 1662 1777 19 of of IN 1662 1777 20 the the DT 1662 1777 21 Cambodian Cambodian NNP 1662 1777 22 People People NNPS 1662 1777 23 's 's POS 1662 1777 24 Armed Armed NNP 1662 1777 25 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 1777 26 and and CC 1662 1777 27 the the DT 1662 1777 28 two two CD 1662 1777 29 noncommunist noncommunist JJ 1662 1777 30 resistance resistance NN 1662 1777 31 armies army NNS 1662 1777 32 ; ; : 1662 1777 33 note note VB 1662 1777 34 - - : 1662 1777 35 the the DT 1662 1777 36 KRAF KRAF NNP 1662 1777 37 is be VBZ 1662 1777 38 also also RB 1662 1777 39 known know VBN 1662 1777 40 as as IN 1662 1777 41 the the DT 1662 1777 42 Royal Royal NNP 1662 1777 43 Cambodian Cambodian NNP 1662 1777 44 Armed Armed NNP 1662 1777 45 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 1777 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1777 47 RCAF RCAF NNP 1662 1777 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1777 49 ; ; : 1662 1777 50 Resistance resistance NN 1662 1777 51 forces force NNS 1662 1777 52 - - : 1662 1777 53 National National NNP 1662 1777 54 Army Army NNP 1662 1777 55 of of IN 1662 1777 56 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1777 57 Kampuchea Kampuchea NNP 1662 1777 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1777 59 Khmer Khmer NNP 1662 1777 60 Rouge Rouge NNP 1662 1777 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1777 62 Military military JJ 1662 1777 63 manpower manpower NN 1662 1777 64 - - HYPH 1662 1777 65 military military NN 1662 1777 66 age age NN 1662 1777 67 : : : 1662 1777 68 18 18 CD 1662 1777 69 years year NNS 1662 1777 70 of of IN 1662 1777 71 age age NN 1662 1777 72 Military military JJ 1662 1777 73 manpower manpower NN 1662 1777 74 - - HYPH 1662 1777 75 availability availability NN 1662 1777 76 : : : 1662 1777 77 males male NNS 1662 1777 78 age age NNP 1662 1777 79 15 15 CD 1662 1777 80 - - HYPH 1662 1777 81 49 49 CD 1662 1777 82 : : : 1662 1777 83 2,418,916 2,418,916 CD 1662 1777 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1777 85 1997 1997 CD 1662 1777 86 est est NNP 1662 1777 87 . . . 1662 1777 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1778 1 Military military JJ 1662 1778 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1778 3 - - HYPH 1662 1778 4 fit fit NN 1662 1778 5 for for IN 1662 1778 6 military military JJ 1662 1778 7 service service NN 1662 1778 8 : : : 1662 1778 9 males male NNS 1662 1778 10 : : : 1662 1778 11 1,348,065 1,348,065 CD 1662 1778 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1778 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1778 14 est est NNP 1662 1778 15 . . . 1662 1778 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1779 1 Military military JJ 1662 1779 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1779 3 - - HYPH 1662 1779 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 1779 5 military military JJ 1662 1779 6 age age NN 1662 1779 7 annually annually RB 1662 1779 8 : : : 1662 1779 9 males male NNS 1662 1779 10 : : : 1662 1779 11 97,361 97,361 CD 1662 1779 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1779 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1779 14 est e JJS 1662 1779 15 . . . 1662 1779 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1780 1 Military military JJ 1662 1780 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1780 3 - - HYPH 1662 1780 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1780 5 figure figure NN 1662 1780 6 : : : 1662 1780 7 $ $ $ 1662 1780 8 160 160 CD 1662 1780 9 million million CD 1662 1780 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1780 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 1780 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1780 13 Military military JJ 1662 1780 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1780 15 - - : 1662 1780 16 percent percent NN 1662 1780 17 of of IN 1662 1780 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1780 19 : : : 1662 1780 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 1780 21 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1780 22 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1780 23 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1780 24 - - HYPH 1662 1780 25 international international JJ 1662 1780 26 : : : 1662 1780 27 offshore offshore JJ 1662 1780 28 islands island NNS 1662 1780 29 and and CC 1662 1780 30 sections section NNS 1662 1780 31 of of IN 1662 1780 32 the the DT 1662 1780 33 boundary boundary NN 1662 1780 34 with with IN 1662 1780 35 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 1780 36 are be VBP 1662 1780 37 in in IN 1662 1780 38 dispute dispute NN 1662 1780 39 ; ; : 1662 1780 40 maritime maritime JJ 1662 1780 41 boundary boundary JJ 1662 1780 42 with with IN 1662 1780 43 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 1780 44 not not RB 1662 1780 45 defined define VBN 1662 1780 46 ; ; : 1662 1780 47 parts part NNS 1662 1780 48 of of IN 1662 1780 49 border border NN 1662 1780 50 with with IN 1662 1780 51 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 1780 52 in in IN 1662 1780 53 dispute dispute NN 1662 1780 54 ; ; : 1662 1780 55 maritime maritime JJ 1662 1780 56 boundary boundary JJ 1662 1780 57 with with IN 1662 1780 58 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 1780 59 not not RB 1662 1780 60 clearly clearly RB 1662 1780 61 defined define VBN 1662 1780 62 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 1780 63 drugs drug NNS 1662 1780 64 : : : 1662 1780 65 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 1780 66 country country NN 1662 1780 67 for for IN 1662 1780 68 Golden Golden NNP 1662 1780 69 Triangle Triangle NNP 1662 1780 70 heroin heroin NN 1662 1780 71 en en IN 1662 1780 72 route route NN 1662 1780 73 to to IN 1662 1780 74 West West NNP 1662 1780 75 ; ; : 1662 1780 76 possibly possibly RB 1662 1780 77 becoming become VBG 1662 1780 78 money money NN 1662 1780 79 - - HYPH 1662 1780 80 laundering launder VBG 1662 1780 81 center center NN 1662 1780 82 ; ; : 1662 1780 83 high high JJ 1662 1780 84 - - HYPH 1662 1780 85 level level NN 1662 1780 86 narcotics narcotic NNS 1662 1780 87 - - HYPH 1662 1780 88 related relate VBN 1662 1780 89 corruption corruption NN 1662 1780 90 reportedly reportedly RB 1662 1780 91 involving involve VBG 1662 1780 92 government government NN 1662 1780 93 , , , 1662 1780 94 military military NN 1662 1780 95 , , , 1662 1780 96 and and CC 1662 1780 97 police police NNS 1662 1780 98 ; ; , 1662 1780 99 possible possible JJ 1662 1780 100 small small JJ 1662 1780 101 - - HYPH 1662 1780 102 scale scale NN 1662 1780 103 opium opium NN 1662 1780 104 , , , 1662 1780 105 heroin heroin NN 1662 1780 106 , , , 1662 1780 107 and and CC 1662 1780 108 amphetamine amphetamine VB 1662 1780 109 production production NN 1662 1780 110 ; ; , 1662 1780 111 large large JJ 1662 1780 112 producer producer NN 1662 1780 113 of of IN 1662 1780 114 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 1780 115 for for IN 1662 1780 116 the the DT 1662 1780 117 international international JJ 1662 1780 118 market market NN 1662 1780 119 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 120 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 121 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 122 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 123 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 124 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 125 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 126 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 127 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 128 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 129 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 130 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 131 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 132 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 133 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 134 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 135 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 136 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 137 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 138 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 139 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 140 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 141 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 142 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 143 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 144 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 145 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 146 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 147 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 148 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 149 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 150 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 151 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 152 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 153 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 154 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 155 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 156 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 157 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 158 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 159 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 160 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 161 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 162 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 163 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 164 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 165 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 166 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 167 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 168 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 169 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 170 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 171 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 172 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 173 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 174 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 175 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 176 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 177 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 178 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 179 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 180 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 181 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 182 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 183 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 184 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 185 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 186 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 187 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 188 _ _ NNP 1662 1780 189 CAMEROON CAMEROON NNP 1662 1780 190 @Cameroon @cameroon NN 1662 1780 191 : : : 1662 1780 192 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1780 193 Location Location NNP 1662 1780 194 : : : 1662 1780 195 Western Western NNP 1662 1780 196 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1780 197 , , , 1662 1780 198 bordering border VBG 1662 1780 199 the the DT 1662 1780 200 Bight Bight NNP 1662 1780 201 of of IN 1662 1780 202 Biafra Biafra NNP 1662 1780 203 , , , 1662 1780 204 between between IN 1662 1780 205 Equatorial Equatorial NNP 1662 1780 206 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 1780 207 and and CC 1662 1780 208 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 1780 209 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1780 210 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1780 211 : : : 1662 1780 212 6 6 CD 1662 1780 213 00 00 CD 1662 1780 214 N n CD 1662 1780 215 , , , 1662 1780 216 12 12 CD 1662 1780 217 00 00 CD 1662 1780 218 E e NN 1662 1780 219 Map Map NNP 1662 1780 220 references reference NNS 1662 1780 221 : : : 1662 1780 222 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1780 223 Area Area NNP 1662 1780 224 : : : 1662 1780 225 total total NN 1662 1780 226 : : : 1662 1780 227 475,440 475,440 CD 1662 1780 228 sq sq NNP 1662 1780 229 km km NNP 1662 1780 230 land land NN 1662 1780 231 : : : 1662 1780 232 469,440 469,440 CD 1662 1780 233 sq sq NNP 1662 1780 234 km km NNP 1662 1780 235 water water NN 1662 1780 236 : : : 1662 1780 237 6,000 6,000 CD 1662 1780 238 sq sq NN 1662 1780 239 km km NNP 1662 1780 240 Area area NN 1662 1780 241 - - HYPH 1662 1780 242 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1780 243 : : : 1662 1780 244 slightly slightly RB 1662 1780 245 larger large JJR 1662 1780 246 than than IN 1662 1780 247 California California NNP 1662 1780 248 Land Land NNP 1662 1780 249 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1780 250 : : : 1662 1780 251 total total JJ 1662 1780 252 : : : 1662 1780 253 4,591 4,591 CD 1662 1780 254 km km NN 1662 1780 255 border border NN 1662 1780 256 countries country NNS 1662 1780 257 : : : 1662 1780 258 Central Central NNP 1662 1780 259 African African NNP 1662 1780 260 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1780 261 797 797 CD 1662 1780 262 km km NNS 1662 1780 263 , , , 1662 1780 264 Chad Chad NNP 1662 1780 265 1,094 1,094 CD 1662 1780 266 km km NNP 1662 1780 267 , , , 1662 1780 268 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1780 269 of of IN 1662 1780 270 the the DT 1662 1780 271 Congo Congo NNP 1662 1780 272 523 523 CD 1662 1780 273 km km NNS 1662 1780 274 , , , 1662 1780 275 Equatorial Equatorial NNP 1662 1780 276 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 1780 277 189 189 CD 1662 1780 278 km km NNS 1662 1780 279 , , , 1662 1780 280 Gabon Gabon NNP 1662 1780 281 298 298 CD 1662 1780 282 km km NN 1662 1780 283 , , , 1662 1780 284 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 1780 285 1,690 1,690 CD 1662 1780 286 km km NN 1662 1780 287 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1780 288 : : : 1662 1780 289 402 402 CD 1662 1780 290 km km NN 1662 1780 291 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1780 292 claims claim VBZ 1662 1780 293 : : : 1662 1780 294 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1780 295 sea sea NN 1662 1780 296 : : : 1662 1780 297 50 50 CD 1662 1780 298 nm nm IN 1662 1780 299 Climate climate NN 1662 1780 300 : : : 1662 1780 301 varies vary VBZ 1662 1780 302 with with IN 1662 1780 303 terrain terrain NN 1662 1780 304 , , , 1662 1780 305 from from IN 1662 1780 306 tropical tropical JJ 1662 1780 307 along along RB 1662 1780 308 coast coast NN 1662 1780 309 to to TO 1662 1780 310 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 1780 311 and and CC 1662 1780 312 hot hot JJ 1662 1780 313 in in IN 1662 1780 314 north north JJ 1662 1780 315 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1780 316 : : : 1662 1780 317 diverse diverse JJ 1662 1780 318 , , , 1662 1780 319 with with IN 1662 1780 320 coastal coastal JJ 1662 1780 321 plain plain NN 1662 1780 322 in in IN 1662 1780 323 southwest southwest NNP 1662 1780 324 , , , 1662 1780 325 dissected dissect VBD 1662 1780 326 plateau plateau NN 1662 1780 327 in in IN 1662 1780 328 center center NN 1662 1780 329 , , , 1662 1780 330 mountains mountain NNS 1662 1780 331 in in IN 1662 1780 332 west west NNP 1662 1780 333 , , , 1662 1780 334 plains plain VBZ 1662 1780 335 in in IN 1662 1780 336 north north NNP 1662 1780 337 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1780 338 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1780 339 : : : 1662 1780 340 lowest low JJS 1662 1780 341 point point NN 1662 1780 342 : : : 1662 1780 343 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1780 344 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1780 345 0 0 NFP 1662 1780 346 m m DT 1662 1780 347 highest high JJS 1662 1780 348 point point NN 1662 1780 349 : : : 1662 1780 350 Fako fako NN 1662 1780 351 4,095 4,095 CD 1662 1780 352 m m NNP 1662 1780 353 Natural natural JJ 1662 1780 354 resources resource NNS 1662 1780 355 : : : 1662 1780 356 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1780 357 , , , 1662 1780 358 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 1780 359 , , , 1662 1780 360 iron iron NN 1662 1780 361 ore ore NN 1662 1780 362 , , , 1662 1780 363 timber timber NN 1662 1780 364 , , , 1662 1780 365 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 1780 366 potential potential JJ 1662 1780 367 Land Land NNP 1662 1780 368 use use NN 1662 1780 369 : : : 1662 1780 370 arable arable JJ 1662 1780 371 land land NN 1662 1780 372 : : : 1662 1780 373 13 13 CD 1662 1780 374 % % NN 1662 1780 375 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1780 376 crops crop NNS 1662 1780 377 : : : 1662 1780 378 2 2 CD 1662 1780 379 % % NN 1662 1780 380 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1780 381 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1780 382 : : : 1662 1780 383 4 4 CD 1662 1780 384 % % NN 1662 1780 385 forests forest NNS 1662 1780 386 and and CC 1662 1780 387 woodland woodland JJ 1662 1780 388 : : : 1662 1780 389 78 78 CD 1662 1780 390 % % NN 1662 1780 391 other other JJ 1662 1780 392 : : : 1662 1780 393 3 3 CD 1662 1780 394 % % NN 1662 1780 395 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1780 396 1993 1993 CD 1662 1780 397 est est NNP 1662 1780 398 . . . 1662 1780 399 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1781 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1781 2 land land NN 1662 1781 3 : : : 1662 1781 4 210 210 CD 1662 1781 5 sq sq NNP 1662 1781 6 km km NNP 1662 1781 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1781 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1781 9 est est NNP 1662 1781 10 . . . 1662 1781 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1782 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1782 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1782 3 : : : 1662 1782 4 recent recent JJ 1662 1782 5 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 1782 6 activity activity NN 1662 1782 7 with with IN 1662 1782 8 release release NN 1662 1782 9 of of IN 1662 1782 10 poisonous poisonous JJ 1662 1782 11 gases gas NNS 1662 1782 12 Environment environment NN 1662 1782 13 - - HYPH 1662 1782 14 current current JJ 1662 1782 15 issues issue NNS 1662 1782 16 : : : 1662 1782 17 water water NN 1662 1782 18 - - HYPH 1662 1782 19 borne bear VBN 1662 1782 20 diseases disease NNS 1662 1782 21 are be VBP 1662 1782 22 prevalent prevalent JJ 1662 1782 23 ; ; : 1662 1782 24 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 1782 25 ; ; : 1662 1782 26 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 1782 27 ; ; : 1662 1782 28 desertification desertification NN 1662 1782 29 ; ; , 1662 1782 30 poaching poaching NN 1662 1782 31 ; ; : 1662 1782 32 overfishing overfishe VBG 1662 1782 33 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1782 34 - - HYPH 1662 1782 35 international international JJ 1662 1782 36 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1782 37 : : : 1662 1782 38 party party NN 1662 1782 39 to to TO 1662 1782 40 : : : 1662 1782 41 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 1782 42 , , , 1662 1782 43 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1782 44 Change Change NNP 1662 1782 45 , , , 1662 1782 46 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 1782 47 Species Species NNPS 1662 1782 48 , , , 1662 1782 49 Law Law NNP 1662 1782 50 of of IN 1662 1782 51 the the DT 1662 1782 52 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1782 53 , , , 1662 1782 54 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 1782 55 Layer Layer NNP 1662 1782 56 Protection Protection NNP 1662 1782 57 , , , 1662 1782 58 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 1782 59 Timber Timber NNP 1662 1782 60 83 83 CD 1662 1782 61 , , , 1662 1782 62 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 1782 63 Timber Timber NNP 1662 1782 64 94 94 CD 1662 1782 65 signed sign VBD 1662 1782 66 , , , 1662 1782 67 but but CC 1662 1782 68 not not RB 1662 1782 69 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1782 70 : : : 1662 1782 71 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 1782 72 , , , 1662 1782 73 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 1782 74 Test Test NNP 1662 1782 75 Ban Ban NNP 1662 1782 76 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1782 77 - - HYPH 1662 1782 78 note note NNP 1662 1782 79 : : : 1662 1782 80 sometimes sometimes RB 1662 1782 81 referred refer VBN 1662 1782 82 to to IN 1662 1782 83 as as IN 1662 1782 84 the the DT 1662 1782 85 hinge hinge NN 1662 1782 86 of of IN 1662 1782 87 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1782 88 @Cameroon @cameroon RB 1662 1782 89 : : : 1662 1782 90 People People NNS 1662 1782 91 Population Population NNP 1662 1782 92 : : : 1662 1782 93 14,677,510 14,677,510 CD 1662 1782 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1782 95 July July NNP 1662 1782 96 1997 1997 CD 1662 1782 97 est est NNP 1662 1782 98 . . . 1662 1782 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1783 1 Age age NN 1662 1783 2 structure structure NN 1662 1783 3 : : : 1662 1783 4 0 0 CD 1662 1783 5 - - HYPH 1662 1783 6 14 14 CD 1662 1783 7 years year NNS 1662 1783 8 : : : 1662 1783 9 46 46 CD 1662 1783 10 % % NN 1662 1783 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1783 12 male male JJ 1662 1783 13 3,387,450 3,387,450 CD 1662 1783 14 ; ; : 1662 1783 15 female female JJ 1662 1783 16 3,356,237 3,356,237 CD 1662 1783 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1783 18 15 15 CD 1662 1783 19 - - SYM 1662 1783 20 64 64 CD 1662 1783 21 years year NNS 1662 1783 22 : : : 1662 1783 23 51 51 CD 1662 1783 24 % % NN 1662 1783 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1783 26 male male JJ 1662 1783 27 3,712,809 3,712,809 CD 1662 1783 28 ; ; : 1662 1783 29 female female JJ 1662 1783 30 3,736,245 3,736,245 CD 1662 1783 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1783 32 65 65 CD 1662 1783 33 years year NNS 1662 1783 34 and and CC 1662 1783 35 over over IN 1662 1783 36 : : : 1662 1783 37 3 3 CD 1662 1783 38 % % NN 1662 1783 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1783 40 male male JJ 1662 1783 41 219,975 219,975 CD 1662 1783 42 ; ; : 1662 1783 43 female female JJ 1662 1783 44 264,894 264,894 CD 1662 1783 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1783 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1783 47 July July NNP 1662 1783 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1783 49 est est NNP 1662 1783 50 . . . 1662 1783 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1784 1 Population population NN 1662 1784 2 growth growth NN 1662 1784 3 rate rate NN 1662 1784 4 : : : 1662 1784 5 2.86 2.86 CD 1662 1784 6 % % NN 1662 1784 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1784 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1784 9 est est NNP 1662 1784 10 . . . 1662 1784 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1785 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1785 2 rate rate NN 1662 1785 3 : : : 1662 1785 4 42.22 42.22 CD 1662 1785 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 1785 6 population population NN 1662 1785 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1785 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1785 9 est est NNP 1662 1785 10 . . . 1662 1785 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1786 1 Death death NN 1662 1786 2 rate rate NN 1662 1786 3 : : : 1662 1786 4 13.64 13.64 CD 1662 1786 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1786 6 population population NN 1662 1786 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1786 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1786 9 est est NNP 1662 1786 10 . . . 1662 1786 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1787 1 Net net JJ 1662 1787 2 migration migration NN 1662 1787 3 rate rate NN 1662 1787 4 : : : 1662 1787 5 0 0 NFP 1662 1787 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 1787 7 population population NN 1662 1787 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1787 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1787 10 est est NNP 1662 1787 11 . . . 1662 1787 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1788 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1788 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1788 3 : : : 1662 1788 4 at at IN 1662 1788 5 birth birth NN 1662 1788 6 : : : 1662 1788 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 1788 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1788 9 under under IN 1662 1788 10 15 15 CD 1662 1788 11 years year NNS 1662 1788 12 : : : 1662 1788 13 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 1788 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1788 15 15 15 CD 1662 1788 16 - - HYPH 1662 1788 17 64 64 CD 1662 1788 18 years year NNS 1662 1788 19 : : : 1662 1788 20 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 1788 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1788 22 65 65 CD 1662 1788 23 years year NNS 1662 1788 24 and and CC 1662 1788 25 over over IN 1662 1788 26 : : : 1662 1788 27 0.83 0.83 CD 1662 1788 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 1788 29 total total JJ 1662 1788 30 population population NN 1662 1788 31 : : : 1662 1788 32 1 1 CD 1662 1788 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1788 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1788 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1788 36 est e JJS 1662 1788 37 . . . 1662 1788 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1789 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1789 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1789 3 rate rate NN 1662 1789 4 : : : 1662 1789 5 77.6 77.6 CD 1662 1789 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1789 7 live live JJ 1662 1789 8 births birth NNS 1662 1789 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1789 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1789 11 est est NNP 1662 1789 12 . . . 1662 1789 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1790 1 Life life NN 1662 1790 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1790 3 at at IN 1662 1790 4 birth birth NN 1662 1790 5 : : : 1662 1790 6 total total JJ 1662 1790 7 population population NN 1662 1790 8 : : : 1662 1790 9 52.27 52.27 CD 1662 1790 10 years year NNS 1662 1790 11 male male JJ 1662 1790 12 : : : 1662 1790 13 51.22 51.22 CD 1662 1790 14 years year NNS 1662 1790 15 female female JJ 1662 1790 16 : : : 1662 1790 17 53.35 53.35 CD 1662 1790 18 years year NNS 1662 1790 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1790 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1790 21 est est NNP 1662 1790 22 . . . 1662 1790 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1791 1 Total total JJ 1662 1791 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1791 3 rate rate NN 1662 1791 4 : : : 1662 1791 5 5.93 5.93 CD 1662 1791 6 children child NNS 1662 1791 7 born bear VBN 1662 1791 8 / / SYM 1662 1791 9 woman woman NN 1662 1791 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1791 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1791 12 est est NNP 1662 1791 13 . . . 1662 1791 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1792 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1792 2 : : : 1662 1792 3 noun noun NNP 1662 1792 4 : : : 1662 1792 5 Cameroonian(s Cameroonian(s NNP 1662 1792 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1792 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 1792 8 : : : 1662 1792 9 Cameroonian cameroonian JJ 1662 1792 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1792 11 groups group NNS 1662 1792 12 : : : 1662 1792 13 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 1792 14 Highlanders Highlanders NNP 1662 1792 15 31 31 CD 1662 1792 16 % % NN 1662 1792 17 , , , 1662 1792 18 Equatorial Equatorial NNP 1662 1792 19 Bantu Bantu NNP 1662 1792 20 19 19 CD 1662 1792 21 % % NN 1662 1792 22 , , , 1662 1792 23 Kirdi Kirdi NNP 1662 1792 24 11 11 CD 1662 1792 25 % % NN 1662 1792 26 , , , 1662 1792 27 Fulani Fulani NNP 1662 1792 28 10 10 CD 1662 1792 29 % % NN 1662 1792 30 , , , 1662 1792 31 Northwestern Northwestern NNP 1662 1792 32 Bantu Bantu NNP 1662 1792 33 8 8 CD 1662 1792 34 % % NN 1662 1792 35 , , , 1662 1792 36 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 1792 37 Nigritic Nigritic NNP 1662 1792 38 7 7 CD 1662 1792 39 % % NN 1662 1792 40 , , , 1662 1792 41 other other JJ 1662 1792 42 African african JJ 1662 1792 43 13 13 CD 1662 1792 44 % % NN 1662 1792 45 , , , 1662 1792 46 non non JJ 1662 1792 47 - - JJ 1662 1792 48 African african JJ 1662 1792 49 less less JJR 1662 1792 50 than than IN 1662 1792 51 1 1 CD 1662 1792 52 % % NN 1662 1792 53 Religions religion NNS 1662 1792 54 : : : 1662 1792 55 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 1792 56 beliefs belief NNS 1662 1792 57 51 51 CD 1662 1792 58 % % NN 1662 1792 59 , , , 1662 1792 60 Christian Christian NNP 1662 1792 61 33 33 CD 1662 1792 62 % % NN 1662 1792 63 , , , 1662 1792 64 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 1792 65 16 16 CD 1662 1792 66 % % NN 1662 1792 67 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 1792 68 : : : 1662 1792 69 24 24 CD 1662 1792 70 major major JJ 1662 1792 71 African african JJ 1662 1792 72 language language NN 1662 1792 73 groups group NNS 1662 1792 74 , , , 1662 1792 75 English English NNP 1662 1792 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1792 77 official official NN 1662 1792 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1792 79 , , , 1662 1792 80 French French NNP 1662 1792 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1792 82 official official JJ 1662 1792 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1792 84 Literacy literacy NN 1662 1792 85 : : : 1662 1792 86 definition definition NN 1662 1792 87 : : : 1662 1792 88 age age NN 1662 1792 89 15 15 CD 1662 1792 90 and and CC 1662 1792 91 over over RB 1662 1792 92 can can MD 1662 1792 93 read read VB 1662 1792 94 and and CC 1662 1792 95 write write VB 1662 1792 96 total total JJ 1662 1792 97 population population NN 1662 1792 98 : : : 1662 1792 99 63.4 63.4 CD 1662 1792 100 % % NN 1662 1792 101 male male NN 1662 1792 102 : : : 1662 1792 103 75 75 CD 1662 1792 104 % % NN 1662 1792 105 female female NN 1662 1792 106 : : : 1662 1792 107 52.1 52.1 CD 1662 1792 108 % % NN 1662 1792 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1792 110 1995 1995 CD 1662 1792 111 est est NNP 1662 1792 112 . . . 1662 1792 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1793 1 @Cameroon @cameroon LS 1662 1793 2 : : : 1662 1793 3 Government Government NNP 1662 1793 4 Country Country NNP 1662 1793 5 name name NN 1662 1793 6 : : : 1662 1793 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1793 8 long long JJ 1662 1793 9 form form NN 1662 1793 10 : : : 1662 1793 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1793 12 of of IN 1662 1793 13 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 1793 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1793 15 short short JJ 1662 1793 16 form form NN 1662 1793 17 : : : 1662 1793 18 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 1793 19 former former JJ 1662 1793 20 : : : 1662 1793 21 French French NNP 1662 1793 22 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 1793 23 Data Data NNP 1662 1793 24 code code NN 1662 1793 25 : : : 1662 1793 26 CM CM NNP 1662 1793 27 Government Government NNP 1662 1793 28 type type NN 1662 1793 29 : : : 1662 1793 30 unitary unitary NNP 1662 1793 31 republic republic NN 1662 1793 32 ; ; : 1662 1793 33 multiparty multiparty JJ 1662 1793 34 presidential presidential JJ 1662 1793 35 regime regime NN 1662 1793 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1793 37 opposition opposition NN 1662 1793 38 parties party NNS 1662 1793 39 legalized legalize VBD 1662 1793 40 1990 1990 CD 1662 1793 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1793 42 National national JJ 1662 1793 43 capital capital NN 1662 1793 44 : : : 1662 1793 45 Yaounde Yaounde NNP 1662 1793 46 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 1793 47 divisions division NNS 1662 1793 48 : : : 1662 1793 49 10 10 CD 1662 1793 50 provinces province NNS 1662 1793 51 ; ; : 1662 1793 52 Adamaoua Adamaoua NNP 1662 1793 53 , , , 1662 1793 54 Centre Centre NNP 1662 1793 55 , , , 1662 1793 56 Est Est NNP 1662 1793 57 , , , 1662 1793 58 Extreme Extreme NNP 1662 1793 59 - - HYPH 1662 1793 60 Nord Nord NNP 1662 1793 61 , , , 1662 1793 62 Littoral Littoral NNP 1662 1793 63 , , , 1662 1793 64 Nord Nord NNP 1662 1793 65 , , , 1662 1793 66 Nord Nord NNP 1662 1793 67 - - HYPH 1662 1793 68 Ouest Ouest NNP 1662 1793 69 , , , 1662 1793 70 Ouest Ouest NNP 1662 1793 71 , , , 1662 1793 72 Sud Sud NNP 1662 1793 73 , , , 1662 1793 74 Sud Sud NNP 1662 1793 75 - - HYPH 1662 1793 76 Ouest Ouest NNP 1662 1793 77 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1793 78 : : : 1662 1793 79 1 1 CD 1662 1793 80 January January NNP 1662 1793 81 1960 1960 CD 1662 1793 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1793 83 from from IN 1662 1793 84 UN UN NNP 1662 1793 85 trusteeship trusteeship NN 1662 1793 86 under under IN 1662 1793 87 French french JJ 1662 1793 88 administration administration NN 1662 1793 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1793 90 National national JJ 1662 1793 91 holiday holiday NN 1662 1793 92 : : : 1662 1793 93 National National NNP 1662 1793 94 Day Day NNP 1662 1793 95 , , , 1662 1793 96 20 20 CD 1662 1793 97 May May NNP 1662 1793 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1793 99 1972 1972 CD 1662 1793 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1793 101 Constitution constitution NN 1662 1793 102 : : : 1662 1793 103 20 20 CD 1662 1793 104 May May NNP 1662 1793 105 1972 1972 CD 1662 1793 106 Legal legal JJ 1662 1793 107 system system NN 1662 1793 108 : : : 1662 1793 109 based base VBN 1662 1793 110 on on IN 1662 1793 111 French french JJ 1662 1793 112 civil civil JJ 1662 1793 113 law law NN 1662 1793 114 system system NN 1662 1793 115 , , , 1662 1793 116 with with IN 1662 1793 117 common common JJ 1662 1793 118 law law NN 1662 1793 119 influence influence NN 1662 1793 120 ; ; : 1662 1793 121 does do VBZ 1662 1793 122 not not RB 1662 1793 123 accept accept VB 1662 1793 124 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 1793 125 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 1793 126 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 1793 127 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 1793 128 : : : 1662 1793 129 21 21 CD 1662 1793 130 years year NNS 1662 1793 131 of of IN 1662 1793 132 age age NN 1662 1793 133 ; ; : 1662 1793 134 universal universal JJ 1662 1793 135 Executive Executive NNP 1662 1793 136 branch branch NN 1662 1793 137 : : : 1662 1793 138 chief chief NN 1662 1793 139 of of IN 1662 1793 140 state state NN 1662 1793 141 : : : 1662 1793 142 President President NNP 1662 1793 143 Paul Paul NNP 1662 1793 144 BIYA BIYA NNP 1662 1793 145 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1793 146 since since IN 1662 1793 147 6 6 CD 1662 1793 148 November November NNP 1662 1793 149 1982 1982 CD 1662 1793 150 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1793 151 head head NN 1662 1793 152 of of IN 1662 1793 153 government government NN 1662 1793 154 : : : 1662 1793 155 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1793 156 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1793 157 Peter Peter NNP 1662 1793 158 Mafany Mafany NNP 1662 1793 159 MUSONGA MUSONGA NNP 1662 1793 160 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1793 161 since since IN 1662 1793 162 19 19 CD 1662 1793 163 September September NNP 1662 1793 164 1996 1996 CD 1662 1793 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1793 166 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1793 167 : : : 1662 1793 168 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 1793 169 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1793 170 by by IN 1662 1793 171 the the DT 1662 1793 172 president president NNP 1662 1793 173 elections election NNS 1662 1793 174 : : : 1662 1793 175 president president NNP 1662 1793 176 elected elect VBN 1662 1793 177 by by IN 1662 1793 178 popular popular JJ 1662 1793 179 vote vote NN 1662 1793 180 for for IN 1662 1793 181 a a DT 1662 1793 182 five five CD 1662 1793 183 - - HYPH 1662 1793 184 year year NN 1662 1793 185 term term NN 1662 1793 186 ; ; : 1662 1793 187 election election NN 1662 1793 188 last last JJ 1662 1793 189 held hold VBD 1662 1793 190 11 11 CD 1662 1793 191 October October NNP 1662 1793 192 1992 1992 CD 1662 1793 193 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1793 194 next next JJ 1662 1793 195 to to TO 1662 1793 196 be be VB 1662 1793 197 held hold VBN 1662 1793 198 NA NA NNP 1662 1793 199 October October NNP 1662 1793 200 1997 1997 CD 1662 1793 201 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1793 202 ; ; : 1662 1793 203 prime prime NNP 1662 1793 204 minister minister NN 1662 1793 205 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1793 206 by by IN 1662 1793 207 the the DT 1662 1793 208 president president NNP 1662 1793 209 election election NN 1662 1793 210 results result NNS 1662 1793 211 : : : 1662 1793 212 President President NNP 1662 1793 213 Paul Paul NNP 1662 1793 214 BIYA BIYA NNP 1662 1793 215 reelected reelect VBN 1662 1793 216 ; ; : 1662 1793 217 percent percent NN 1662 1793 218 of of IN 1662 1793 219 vote vote NN 1662 1793 220 - - HYPH 1662 1793 221 Paul Paul NNP 1662 1793 222 BIYA BIYA NNP 1662 1793 223 40 40 CD 1662 1793 224 % % NN 1662 1793 225 , , , 1662 1793 226 SDF SDF NNP 1662 1793 227 candidate candidate NN 1662 1793 228 John John NNP 1662 1793 229 FRU FRU NNP 1662 1793 230 NDI NDI NNP 1662 1793 231 36 36 CD 1662 1793 232 % % NN 1662 1793 233 , , , 1662 1793 234 UNDP UNDP NNP 1662 1793 235 candidate candidate NN 1662 1793 236 Bello Bello NNP 1662 1793 237 Bouba Bouba NNP 1662 1793 238 MAIGARI MAIGARI NNP 1662 1793 239 19 19 CD 1662 1793 240 % % NN 1662 1793 241 ; ; : 1662 1793 242 note note NN 1662 1793 243 - - HYPH 1662 1793 244 election election NN 1662 1793 245 held hold VBN 1662 1793 246 amid amid IN 1662 1793 247 widespread widespread JJ 1662 1793 248 allegations allegation NNS 1662 1793 249 of of IN 1662 1793 250 fraud fraud NN 1662 1793 251 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 1793 252 branch branch NN 1662 1793 253 : : : 1662 1793 254 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 1793 255 National National NNP 1662 1793 256 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1793 257 or or CC 1662 1793 258 Assemblee Assemblee NNP 1662 1793 259 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 1793 260 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1793 261 180 180 CD 1662 1793 262 seats seat NNS 1662 1793 263 ; ; : 1662 1793 264 members member NNS 1662 1793 265 are be VBP 1662 1793 266 elected elect VBN 1662 1793 267 by by IN 1662 1793 268 direct direct JJ 1662 1793 269 popular popular JJ 1662 1793 270 vote vote NN 1662 1793 271 to to TO 1662 1793 272 serve serve VB 1662 1793 273 five five CD 1662 1793 274 - - HYPH 1662 1793 275 year year NN 1662 1793 276 terms term NNS 1662 1793 277 ; ; : 1662 1793 278 note note VB 1662 1793 279 - - : 1662 1793 280 the the DT 1662 1793 281 president president NN 1662 1793 282 can can MD 1662 1793 283 either either CC 1662 1793 284 lengthen lengthen NN 1662 1793 285 or or CC 1662 1793 286 shorten shorten VB 1662 1793 287 the the DT 1662 1793 288 term term NN 1662 1793 289 of of IN 1662 1793 290 the the DT 1662 1793 291 legislature legislature NN 1662 1793 292 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1793 293 elections election NNS 1662 1793 294 : : : 1662 1793 295 last last RB 1662 1793 296 held hold VBD 1662 1793 297 11 11 CD 1662 1793 298 May May NNP 1662 1793 299 1997 1997 CD 1662 1793 300 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1793 301 next next JJ 1662 1793 302 to to TO 1662 1793 303 be be VB 1662 1793 304 held hold VBN 1662 1793 305 NA NA NNP 1662 1793 306 2002 2002 CD 1662 1793 307 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1793 308 election election NN 1662 1793 309 results result NNS 1662 1793 310 : : : 1662 1793 311 percent percent NN 1662 1793 312 of of IN 1662 1793 313 vote vote NN 1662 1793 314 by by IN 1662 1793 315 party party NN 1662 1793 316 - - HYPH 1662 1793 317 NA NA NNP 1662 1793 318 ; ; , 1662 1793 319 seats seat NNS 1662 1793 320 by by IN 1662 1793 321 party party NN 1662 1793 322 - - HYPH 1662 1793 323 CDPM CDPM NNP 1662 1793 324 109 109 CD 1662 1793 325 , , , 1662 1793 326 SDF SDF NNP 1662 1793 327 43 43 CD 1662 1793 328 , , , 1662 1793 329 UNDP UNDP NNP 1662 1793 330 13 13 CD 1662 1793 331 , , , 1662 1793 332 UDC UDC NNP 1662 1793 333 5 5 CD 1662 1793 334 , , , 1662 1793 335 UPC UPC NNP 1662 1793 336 - - HYPH 1662 1793 337 K K NNP 1662 1793 338 1 1 CD 1662 1793 339 , , , 1662 1793 340 MDR MDR NNP 1662 1793 341 1 1 CD 1662 1793 342 , , , 1662 1793 343 MLJC MLJC NNP 1662 1793 344 I -PRON- PRP 1662 1793 345 ; ; : 1662 1793 346 note note VB 1662 1793 347 - - HYPH 1662 1793 348 7 7 CD 1662 1793 349 contested contest VBN 1662 1793 350 seats seat NNS 1662 1793 351 will will MD 1662 1793 352 be be VB 1662 1793 353 filled fill VBN 1662 1793 354 in in IN 1662 1793 355 an an DT 1662 1793 356 election election NN 1662 1793 357 at at IN 1662 1793 358 a a DT 1662 1793 359 time time NN 1662 1793 360 to to TO 1662 1793 361 be be VB 1662 1793 362 set set VBN 1662 1793 363 by by IN 1662 1793 364 the the DT 1662 1793 365 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1793 366 Court Court NNP 1662 1793 367 Judicial Judicial NNP 1662 1793 368 branch branch NN 1662 1793 369 : : : 1662 1793 370 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1793 371 Court Court NNP 1662 1793 372 , , , 1662 1793 373 judges judge NNS 1662 1793 374 are be VBP 1662 1793 375 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1793 376 by by IN 1662 1793 377 the the DT 1662 1793 378 president president NN 1662 1793 379 Political political JJ 1662 1793 380 parties party NNS 1662 1793 381 and and CC 1662 1793 382 leaders leader NNS 1662 1793 383 : : : 1662 1793 384 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 1793 385 People People NNP 1662 1793 386 's 's POS 1662 1793 387 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1793 388 Movement Movement NNP 1662 1793 389 or or CC 1662 1793 390 CPDM CPDM NNP 1662 1793 391 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1793 392 government government NN 1662 1793 393 - - HYPH 1662 1793 394 controlled control VBN 1662 1793 395 and and CC 1662 1793 396 the the DT 1662 1793 397 only only JJ 1662 1793 398 party party NN 1662 1793 399 until until IN 1662 1793 400 legalization legalization NN 1662 1793 401 of of IN 1662 1793 402 opposition opposition NN 1662 1793 403 parties party NNS 1662 1793 404 in in IN 1662 1793 405 1990 1990 CD 1662 1793 406 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1793 407 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1793 408 Paul Paul NNP 1662 1793 409 BIYA BIYA NNP 1662 1793 410 , , , 1662 1793 411 president president NN 1662 1793 412 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1793 413 major major JJ 1662 1793 414 opposition opposition NN 1662 1793 415 parties party NNS 1662 1793 416 : : : 1662 1793 417 Cameroonian Cameroonian NNP 1662 1793 418 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1793 419 Union Union NNP 1662 1793 420 or or CC 1662 1793 421 UDC UDC NNP 1662 1793 422 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1793 423 Adamou Adamou NNP 1662 1793 424 NDAM NDAM NNP 1662 1793 425 NJOYA NJOYA NNP 1662 1793 426 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1793 427 ; ; : 1662 1793 428 Movement movement NN 1662 1793 429 for for IN 1662 1793 430 the the DT 1662 1793 431 Defense Defense NNP 1662 1793 432 of of IN 1662 1793 433 the the DT 1662 1793 434 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1793 435 or or CC 1662 1793 436 MDR MDR NNP 1662 1793 437 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1793 438 Dakole Dakole NNP 1662 1793 439 DAISSALA DAISSALA NNP 1662 1793 440 , , , 1662 1793 441 leader leader NN 1662 1793 442 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1793 443 ; ; : 1662 1793 444 National National NNP 1662 1793 445 Union Union NNP 1662 1793 446 for for IN 1662 1793 447 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 1793 448 and and CC 1662 1793 449 Progress Progress NNP 1662 1793 450 or or CC 1662 1793 451 UNDP UNDP NNP 1662 1793 452 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1793 453 Maigari Maigari NNP 1662 1793 454 BELLO BELLO NNP 1662 1793 455 BOUBA BOUBA NNP 1662 1793 456 , , , 1662 1793 457 chairman chairman NN 1662 1793 458 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1793 459 ; ; : 1662 1793 460 Social Social NNP 1662 1793 461 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1793 462 Front Front NNP 1662 1793 463 or or CC 1662 1793 464 SDF SDF NNP 1662 1793 465 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1793 466 John John NNP 1662 1793 467 FRU FRU NNP 1662 1793 468 NDI NDI NNP 1662 1793 469 , , , 1662 1793 470 leader leader NN 1662 1793 471 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1793 472 ; ; : 1662 1793 473 Union Union NNP 1662 1793 474 of of IN 1662 1793 475 Cameroonian Cameroonian NNP 1662 1793 476 Populations Populations NNPS 1662 1793 477 or or CC 1662 1793 478 UPC UPC NNP 1662 1793 479 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1793 480 Ndeh Ndeh NNP 1662 1793 481 NTUMAZAH NTUMAZAH NNP 1662 1793 482 , , , 1662 1793 483 leader leader NN 1662 1793 484 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1793 485 Political political JJ 1662 1793 486 pressure pressure NN 1662 1793 487 groups group NNS 1662 1793 488 and and CC 1662 1793 489 leaders leader NNS 1662 1793 490 : : : 1662 1793 491 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 1793 492 for for IN 1662 1793 493 Change Change NNP 1662 1793 494 or or CC 1662 1793 495 FAC FAC NNP 1662 1793 496 ; ; : 1662 1793 497 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 1793 498 Anglophone Anglophone NNP 1662 1793 499 Movement Movement NNP 1662 1793 500 or or CC 1662 1793 501 CAM CAM NNP 1662 1793 502 International International NNP 1662 1793 503 organization organization NN 1662 1793 504 participation participation NN 1662 1793 505 : : : 1662 1793 506 ACCT acct JJ 1662 1793 507 , , , 1662 1793 508 ACP ACP NNP 1662 1793 509 , , , 1662 1793 510 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 1793 511 , , , 1662 1793 512 BDEAC BDEAC NNP 1662 1793 513 , , , 1662 1793 514 C C NNP 1662 1793 515 , , , 1662 1793 516 CCC CCC NNP 1662 1793 517 , , , 1662 1793 518 CEEAC CEEAC NNP 1662 1793 519 , , , 1662 1793 520 ECA ECA NNP 1662 1793 521 , , , 1662 1793 522 FAO FAO NNP 1662 1793 523 , , , 1662 1793 524 FZ FZ NNP 1662 1793 525 , , , 1662 1793 526 G-19 g-19 CD 1662 1793 527 , , , 1662 1793 528 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 1793 529 , , , 1662 1793 530 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 1793 531 , , , 1662 1793 532 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1793 533 , , , 1662 1793 534 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1793 535 , , , 1662 1793 536 ICC ICC NNP 1662 1793 537 , , , 1662 1793 538 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 1793 539 , , , 1662 1793 540 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 1793 541 , , , 1662 1793 542 IDA IDA NNP 1662 1793 543 , , , 1662 1793 544 IDB IDB NNP 1662 1793 545 , , , 1662 1793 546 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 1793 547 , , , 1662 1793 548 IFC IFC NNP 1662 1793 549 , , , 1662 1793 550 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 1793 551 , , , 1662 1793 552 ILO ILO NNP 1662 1793 553 , , , 1662 1793 554 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1793 555 , , , 1662 1793 556 IMO imo RB 1662 1793 557 , , , 1662 1793 558 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 1793 559 , , , 1662 1793 560 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1793 561 , , , 1662 1793 562 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 1793 563 , , , 1662 1793 564 IOC IOC NNP 1662 1793 565 , , , 1662 1793 566 ITU ITU NNP 1662 1793 567 , , , 1662 1793 568 NAM NAM NNP 1662 1793 569 , , , 1662 1793 570 OAU OAU NNP 1662 1793 571 , , , 1662 1793 572 OIC OIC NNP 1662 1793 573 , , , 1662 1793 574 PCA PCA NNP 1662 1793 575 , , , 1662 1793 576 UDEAC UDEAC NNP 1662 1793 577 , , , 1662 1793 578 UN UN NNP 1662 1793 579 , , , 1662 1793 580 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 1793 581 , , , 1662 1793 582 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 1793 583 , , , 1662 1793 584 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 1793 585 , , , 1662 1793 586 UNITAR UNITAR NNP 1662 1793 587 , , , 1662 1793 588 UPU UPU NNP 1662 1793 589 , , , 1662 1793 590 WCL WCL NNP 1662 1793 591 , , , 1662 1793 592 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 1793 593 , , , 1662 1793 594 WHO who WP 1662 1793 595 , , , 1662 1793 596 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 1793 597 , , , 1662 1793 598 WMO WMO NNP 1662 1793 599 , , , 1662 1793 600 WToO wtoo FW 1662 1793 601 , , , 1662 1793 602 WTrO wtro VB 1662 1793 603 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1793 604 representation representation NN 1662 1793 605 in in IN 1662 1793 606 the the DT 1662 1793 607 US US NNP 1662 1793 608 : : : 1662 1793 609 chief chief NN 1662 1793 610 of of IN 1662 1793 611 mission mission NN 1662 1793 612 : : : 1662 1793 613 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1793 614 Jerome Jerome NNP 1662 1793 615 MENDOUGA MENDOUGA NNP 1662 1793 616 chancery chancery NN 1662 1793 617 : : : 1662 1793 618 2349 2349 CD 1662 1793 619 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 1793 620 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 1793 621 NW NW NNP 1662 1793 622 , , , 1662 1793 623 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1793 624 , , , 1662 1793 625 DC DC NNP 1662 1793 626 20008 20008 CD 1662 1793 627 telephone telephone NN 1662 1793 628 : : : 1662 1793 629 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1793 630 1 1 CD 1662 1793 631 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1793 632 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1793 633 202 202 CD 1662 1793 634 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1793 635 265 265 CD 1662 1793 636 - - HYPH 1662 1793 637 8790 8790 CD 1662 1793 638 through through IN 1662 1793 639 8794 8794 CD 1662 1793 640 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1793 641 representation representation NN 1662 1793 642 from from IN 1662 1793 643 the the DT 1662 1793 644 US US NNP 1662 1793 645 : : : 1662 1793 646 chief chief NN 1662 1793 647 of of IN 1662 1793 648 mission mission NN 1662 1793 649 : : : 1662 1793 650 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1793 651 Charles Charles NNP 1662 1793 652 H. H. NNP 1662 1793 653 TWINING TWINING NNP 1662 1793 654 embassy embassy NN 1662 1793 655 : : : 1662 1793 656 Rue Rue NNP 1662 1793 657 Nachtigal Nachtigal NNP 1662 1793 658 , , , 1662 1793 659 Yaounde Yaounde NNP 1662 1793 660 mailing mail VBG 1662 1793 661 address address NN 1662 1793 662 : : : 1662 1793 663 B. B. NNP 1662 1793 664 P. P. NNP 1662 1793 665 817 817 CD 1662 1793 666 , , , 1662 1793 667 Yaounde Yaounde NNP 1662 1793 668 ; ; : 1662 1793 669 Pouch Pouch NNP 1662 1793 670 American American NNP 1662 1793 671 Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 1793 672 DOS DOS NNP 1662 1793 673 , , , 1662 1793 674 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1793 675 , , , 1662 1793 676 DC DC NNP 1662 1793 677 20521 20521 CD 1662 1793 678 - - SYM 1662 1793 679 2520 2520 CD 1662 1793 680 telephone telephone NN 1662 1793 681 : : : 1662 1793 682 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1793 683 237 237 CD 1662 1793 684 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1793 685 23 23 CD 1662 1793 686 - - HYPH 1662 1793 687 40 40 CD 1662 1793 688 - - HYPH 1662 1793 689 14 14 CD 1662 1793 690 , , , 1662 1793 691 23 23 CD 1662 1793 692 - - HYPH 1662 1793 693 05 05 CD 1662 1793 694 - - HYPH 1662 1793 695 12 12 CD 1662 1793 696 FAX fax NN 1662 1793 697 : : : 1662 1793 698 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1793 699 237 237 CD 1662 1793 700 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1793 701 23 23 CD 1662 1793 702 - - HYPH 1662 1793 703 07 07 CD 1662 1793 704 - - HYPH 1662 1793 705 53 53 CD 1662 1793 706 Flag flag NN 1662 1793 707 description description NN 1662 1793 708 : : : 1662 1793 709 three three CD 1662 1793 710 equal equal JJ 1662 1793 711 vertical vertical JJ 1662 1793 712 bands band NNS 1662 1793 713 of of IN 1662 1793 714 green green JJ 1662 1793 715 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1793 716 hoist hoist NN 1662 1793 717 side side NN 1662 1793 718 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1793 719 , , , 1662 1793 720 red red NN 1662 1793 721 , , , 1662 1793 722 and and CC 1662 1793 723 yellow yellow JJ 1662 1793 724 with with IN 1662 1793 725 a a DT 1662 1793 726 yellow yellow JJ 1662 1793 727 five five CD 1662 1793 728 - - HYPH 1662 1793 729 pointed point VBN 1662 1793 730 star star NN 1662 1793 731 centered center VBN 1662 1793 732 in in IN 1662 1793 733 the the DT 1662 1793 734 red red JJ 1662 1793 735 band band NN 1662 1793 736 ; ; : 1662 1793 737 uses use VBZ 1662 1793 738 the the DT 1662 1793 739 popular popular JJ 1662 1793 740 pan pan JJ 1662 1793 741 - - JJ 1662 1793 742 African african JJ 1662 1793 743 colors color NNS 1662 1793 744 of of IN 1662 1793 745 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 1793 746 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1793 747 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1793 748 - - HYPH 1662 1793 749 overview overview NN 1662 1793 750 : : : 1662 1793 751 Because because IN 1662 1793 752 of of IN 1662 1793 753 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1793 754 offshore offshore JJ 1662 1793 755 oil oil NN 1662 1793 756 resources resource NNS 1662 1793 757 and and CC 1662 1793 758 favorable favorable JJ 1662 1793 759 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 1793 760 conditions condition NNS 1662 1793 761 , , , 1662 1793 762 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 1793 763 has have VBZ 1662 1793 764 one one CD 1662 1793 765 of of IN 1662 1793 766 the the DT 1662 1793 767 best well RBS 1662 1793 768 - - HYPH 1662 1793 769 endowed endow VBN 1662 1793 770 primary primary JJ 1662 1793 771 commodity commodity NN 1662 1793 772 economies economy NNS 1662 1793 773 in in IN 1662 1793 774 sub sub JJ 1662 1793 775 - - HYPH 1662 1793 776 Saharan Saharan NNP 1662 1793 777 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1793 778 . . . 1662 1794 1 Still still RB 1662 1794 2 , , , 1662 1794 3 it -PRON- PRP 1662 1794 4 faces face VBZ 1662 1794 5 many many JJ 1662 1794 6 of of IN 1662 1794 7 the the DT 1662 1794 8 serious serious JJ 1662 1794 9 problems problem NNS 1662 1794 10 facing face VBG 1662 1794 11 other other JJ 1662 1794 12 underdeveloped underdeveloped JJ 1662 1794 13 countries country NNS 1662 1794 14 , , , 1662 1794 15 such such JJ 1662 1794 16 as as IN 1662 1794 17 political political JJ 1662 1794 18 instability instability NN 1662 1794 19 , , , 1662 1794 20 a a DT 1662 1794 21 top top JJ 1662 1794 22 - - HYPH 1662 1794 23 heavy heavy JJ 1662 1794 24 civil civil JJ 1662 1794 25 service service NN 1662 1794 26 , , , 1662 1794 27 and and CC 1662 1794 28 a a DT 1662 1794 29 generally generally RB 1662 1794 30 unfavorable unfavorable JJ 1662 1794 31 climate climate NN 1662 1794 32 for for IN 1662 1794 33 business business NN 1662 1794 34 enterprise enterprise NN 1662 1794 35 . . . 1662 1795 1 The the DT 1662 1795 2 development development NN 1662 1795 3 of of IN 1662 1795 4 the the DT 1662 1795 5 oil oil NN 1662 1795 6 sector sector NN 1662 1795 7 led lead VBD 1662 1795 8 to to IN 1662 1795 9 rapid rapid JJ 1662 1795 10 economic economic JJ 1662 1795 11 growth growth NN 1662 1795 12 between between IN 1662 1795 13 1970 1970 CD 1662 1795 14 and and CC 1662 1795 15 1985 1985 CD 1662 1795 16 . . . 1662 1796 1 Growth growth NN 1662 1796 2 came come VBD 1662 1796 3 to to IN 1662 1796 4 an an DT 1662 1796 5 abrupt abrupt JJ 1662 1796 6 halt halt NN 1662 1796 7 in in IN 1662 1796 8 1986 1986 CD 1662 1796 9 , , , 1662 1796 10 precipitated precipitate VBN 1662 1796 11 by by IN 1662 1796 12 steep steep JJ 1662 1796 13 declines decline NNS 1662 1796 14 in in IN 1662 1796 15 the the DT 1662 1796 16 prices price NNS 1662 1796 17 of of IN 1662 1796 18 major major JJ 1662 1796 19 exports export NNS 1662 1796 20 : : : 1662 1796 21 coffee coffee NN 1662 1796 22 , , , 1662 1796 23 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 1796 24 , , , 1662 1796 25 and and CC 1662 1796 26 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1796 27 . . . 1662 1797 1 Export export NN 1662 1797 2 earnings earning NNS 1662 1797 3 were be VBD 1662 1797 4 cut cut VBN 1662 1797 5 by by IN 1662 1797 6 almost almost RB 1662 1797 7 one one CD 1662 1797 8 - - HYPH 1662 1797 9 third third NN 1662 1797 10 , , , 1662 1797 11 and and CC 1662 1797 12 inefficiencies inefficiency NNS 1662 1797 13 in in IN 1662 1797 14 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1797 15 management management NN 1662 1797 16 were be VBD 1662 1797 17 exposed expose VBN 1662 1797 18 . . . 1662 1798 1 Since since IN 1662 1798 2 1990 1990 CD 1662 1798 3 , , , 1662 1798 4 the the DT 1662 1798 5 government government NN 1662 1798 6 has have VBZ 1662 1798 7 embarked embark VBN 1662 1798 8 on on IN 1662 1798 9 various various JJ 1662 1798 10 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1798 11 and and CC 1662 1798 12 World World NNP 1662 1798 13 Bank Bank NNP 1662 1798 14 programs program NNS 1662 1798 15 designed design VBN 1662 1798 16 to to TO 1662 1798 17 spur spur VB 1662 1798 18 business business NN 1662 1798 19 investment investment NN 1662 1798 20 , , , 1662 1798 21 increase increase VB 1662 1798 22 efficiency efficiency NN 1662 1798 23 in in IN 1662 1798 24 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1798 25 , , , 1662 1798 26 improve improve VB 1662 1798 27 trade trade NN 1662 1798 28 and and CC 1662 1798 29 recapitalize recapitalize VB 1662 1798 30 the the DT 1662 1798 31 nation nation NN 1662 1798 32 's 's POS 1662 1798 33 banks bank NNS 1662 1798 34 . . . 1662 1799 1 Political political JJ 1662 1799 2 instability instability NN 1662 1799 3 , , , 1662 1799 4 following follow VBG 1662 1799 5 suspect suspect JJ 1662 1799 6 elections election NNS 1662 1799 7 in in IN 1662 1799 8 1992 1992 CD 1662 1799 9 , , , 1662 1799 10 has have VBZ 1662 1799 11 limited limit VBN 1662 1799 12 the the DT 1662 1799 13 effectiveness effectiveness NN 1662 1799 14 of of IN 1662 1799 15 aid aid NN 1662 1799 16 programs program NNS 1662 1799 17 . . . 1662 1800 1 Currently currently RB 1662 1800 2 , , , 1662 1800 3 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 1800 4 receives receive VBZ 1662 1800 5 only only RB 1662 1800 6 minimal minimal JJ 1662 1800 7 assistance assistance NN 1662 1800 8 from from IN 1662 1800 9 the the DT 1662 1800 10 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1800 11 and and CC 1662 1800 12 the the DT 1662 1800 13 World World NNP 1662 1800 14 Bank Bank NNP 1662 1800 15 . . . 1662 1801 1 Although although IN 1662 1801 2 the the DT 1662 1801 3 50 50 CD 1662 1801 4 % % NN 1662 1801 5 devaluation devaluation NN 1662 1801 6 of of IN 1662 1801 7 the the DT 1662 1801 8 currency currency NN 1662 1801 9 of of IN 1662 1801 10 12 12 CD 1662 1801 11 January January NNP 1662 1801 12 1994 1994 CD 1662 1801 13 improved improve VBD 1662 1801 14 the the DT 1662 1801 15 potential potential NN 1662 1801 16 for for IN 1662 1801 17 export export NN 1662 1801 18 growth growth NN 1662 1801 19 , , , 1662 1801 20 mismanagement mismanagement NN 1662 1801 21 remains remain VBZ 1662 1801 22 and and CC 1662 1801 23 is be VBZ 1662 1801 24 the the DT 1662 1801 25 main main JJ 1662 1801 26 barrier barrier NN 1662 1801 27 to to IN 1662 1801 28 economic economic JJ 1662 1801 29 improvement improvement NN 1662 1801 30 . . . 1662 1802 1 The the DT 1662 1802 2 devaluation devaluation NN 1662 1802 3 led lead VBD 1662 1802 4 to to IN 1662 1802 5 a a DT 1662 1802 6 spurt spurt NN 1662 1802 7 in in IN 1662 1802 8 inflation inflation NN 1662 1802 9 to to IN 1662 1802 10 48 48 CD 1662 1802 11 % % NN 1662 1802 12 in in IN 1662 1802 13 1994 1994 CD 1662 1802 14 , , , 1662 1802 15 but but CC 1662 1802 16 it -PRON- PRP 1662 1802 17 moderated moderate VBD 1662 1802 18 in in IN 1662 1802 19 1995 1995 CD 1662 1802 20 - - SYM 1662 1802 21 96 96 CD 1662 1802 22 . . . 1662 1803 1 Progress progress NN 1662 1803 2 toward toward IN 1662 1803 3 privatization privatization NN 1662 1803 4 of of IN 1662 1803 5 remaining remain VBG 1662 1803 6 state state NN 1662 1803 7 industry industry NN 1662 1803 8 remains remain VBZ 1662 1803 9 slow slow JJ 1662 1803 10 . . . 1662 1804 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1804 2 : : : 1662 1804 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1804 4 power power NN 1662 1804 5 parity parity NN 1662 1804 6 - - : 1662 1804 7 $ $ $ 1662 1804 8 17.5 17.5 CD 1662 1804 9 billion billion CD 1662 1804 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1804 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 1804 12 est est NNP 1662 1804 13 . . . 1662 1804 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1805 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1805 2 - - HYPH 1662 1805 3 real real JJ 1662 1805 4 growth growth NN 1662 1805 5 rate rate NN 1662 1805 6 : : : 1662 1805 7 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 1805 8 % % NN 1662 1805 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1805 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 1805 11 est est NNP 1662 1805 12 . . . 1662 1805 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1806 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1806 2 - - HYPH 1662 1806 3 per per FW 1662 1806 4 capita capita NN 1662 1806 5 : : : 1662 1806 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1806 7 power power NN 1662 1806 8 parity parity NN 1662 1806 9 - - : 1662 1806 10 $ $ $ 1662 1806 11 1,230 1,230 CD 1662 1806 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1806 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 1806 14 est est NNP 1662 1806 15 . . . 1662 1806 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1807 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1807 2 - - HYPH 1662 1807 3 composition composition NN 1662 1807 4 by by IN 1662 1807 5 sector sector NN 1662 1807 6 : : : 1662 1807 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1807 8 : : : 1662 1807 9 29 29 CD 1662 1807 10 % % NN 1662 1807 11 industry industry NN 1662 1807 12 : : : 1662 1807 13 25 25 CD 1662 1807 14 % % NN 1662 1807 15 services service NNS 1662 1807 16 : : : 1662 1807 17 46 46 CD 1662 1807 18 % % NN 1662 1807 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1807 20 1996 1996 CD 1662 1807 21 est est NNP 1662 1807 22 . . . 1662 1807 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1808 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 1808 2 rate rate NN 1662 1808 3 - - HYPH 1662 1808 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 1808 5 price price NN 1662 1808 6 index index NN 1662 1808 7 : : : 1662 1808 8 6 6 CD 1662 1808 9 % % NN 1662 1808 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1808 11 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 1808 12 est est NNP 1662 1808 13 . . . 1662 1808 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1809 1 Labor labor NN 1662 1809 2 force force NN 1662 1809 3 : : : 1662 1809 4 NA NA NNP 1662 1809 5 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1809 6 rate rate NN 1662 1809 7 : : : 1662 1809 8 NA% NA% `` 1662 1809 9 Budget budget NN 1662 1809 10 : : : 1662 1809 11 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1809 12 : : : 1662 1809 13 $ $ $ 1662 1809 14 2.23 2.23 CD 1662 1809 15 billion billion CD 1662 1809 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1809 17 : : : 1662 1809 18 $ $ $ 1662 1809 19 2.23 2.23 CD 1662 1809 20 billion billion CD 1662 1809 21 , , , 1662 1809 22 including include VBG 1662 1809 23 capital capital NN 1662 1809 24 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1809 25 of of IN 1662 1809 26 $ $ $ 1662 1809 27 NA NA NNP 1662 1809 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1809 29 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 1809 30 est est NNP 1662 1809 31 . . . 1662 1809 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1810 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 1810 2 : : : 1662 1810 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1810 4 production production NN 1662 1810 5 and and CC 1662 1810 6 refining refining NN 1662 1810 7 , , , 1662 1810 8 food food NN 1662 1810 9 processing processing NN 1662 1810 10 , , , 1662 1810 11 light light JJ 1662 1810 12 consumer consumer NN 1662 1810 13 goods good NNS 1662 1810 14 , , , 1662 1810 15 textiles textile NNS 1662 1810 16 , , , 1662 1810 17 lumber lumber NN 1662 1810 18 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 1810 19 production production NN 1662 1810 20 growth growth NN 1662 1810 21 rate rate NN 1662 1810 22 : : : 1662 1810 23 NA% NA% `` 1662 1810 24 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1810 25 - - HYPH 1662 1810 26 capacity capacity NN 1662 1810 27 : : : 1662 1810 28 630,000 630,000 CD 1662 1810 29 kW kw NN 1662 1810 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1810 31 1994 1994 CD 1662 1810 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1810 33 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1810 34 - - HYPH 1662 1810 35 production production NN 1662 1810 36 : : : 1662 1810 37 2.71 2.71 CD 1662 1810 38 billion billion CD 1662 1810 39 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1810 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1810 41 1994 1994 CD 1662 1810 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1810 43 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1810 44 - - HYPH 1662 1810 45 consumption consumption NN 1662 1810 46 per per IN 1662 1810 47 capita capita NN 1662 1810 48 : : : 1662 1810 49 186 186 CD 1662 1810 50 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1810 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1810 52 1995 1995 CD 1662 1810 53 est est NNP 1662 1810 54 . . . 1662 1810 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1811 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1811 2 - - HYPH 1662 1811 3 products product NNS 1662 1811 4 : : : 1662 1811 5 coffee coffee NN 1662 1811 6 , , , 1662 1811 7 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 1811 8 , , , 1662 1811 9 cotton cotton NN 1662 1811 10 , , , 1662 1811 11 rubber rubber NN 1662 1811 12 , , , 1662 1811 13 bananas banana NNS 1662 1811 14 , , , 1662 1811 15 oilseed oilseed NN 1662 1811 16 , , , 1662 1811 17 grains grain NNS 1662 1811 18 , , , 1662 1811 19 root root NN 1662 1811 20 starches starch NNS 1662 1811 21 ; ; : 1662 1811 22 livestock livestock NN 1662 1811 23 ; ; , 1662 1811 24 timber timber NN 1662 1811 25 Exports export NNS 1662 1811 26 : : : 1662 1811 27 total total JJ 1662 1811 28 value value NN 1662 1811 29 : : : 1662 1811 30 $ $ $ 1662 1811 31 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 1811 32 billion billion CD 1662 1811 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1811 34 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 1811 35 . . NNP 1662 1811 36 , , , 1662 1811 37 1995 1995 CD 1662 1811 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1811 39 commodities commoditie VBZ 1662 1811 40 : : : 1662 1811 41 crude crude JJ 1662 1811 42 oil oil NN 1662 1811 43 and and CC 1662 1811 44 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1811 45 products product NNS 1662 1811 46 , , , 1662 1811 47 lumber lumber NN 1662 1811 48 , , , 1662 1811 49 aluminum aluminum NN 1662 1811 50 , , , 1662 1811 51 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 1811 52 beans bean NNS 1662 1811 53 , , , 1662 1811 54 coffee coffee NN 1662 1811 55 , , , 1662 1811 56 cotton cotton NN 1662 1811 57 partners partner NNS 1662 1811 58 : : : 1662 1811 59 EU EU NNP 1662 1811 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1811 61 particularly particularly RB 1662 1811 62 France France NNP 1662 1811 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1811 64 about about IN 1662 1811 65 50 50 CD 1662 1811 66 % % NN 1662 1811 67 , , , 1662 1811 68 African african JJ 1662 1811 69 countries country NNS 1662 1811 70 Imports import NNS 1662 1811 71 : : : 1662 1811 72 total total JJ 1662 1811 73 value value NN 1662 1811 74 : : : 1662 1811 75 $ $ $ 1662 1811 76 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 1811 77 billion billion CD 1662 1811 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1811 79 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 1811 80 . . NNP 1662 1811 81 , , , 1662 1811 82 1995 1995 CD 1662 1811 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1811 84 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1811 85 : : : 1662 1811 86 machines machine NNS 1662 1811 87 and and CC 1662 1811 88 electrical electrical JJ 1662 1811 89 equipment equipment NN 1662 1811 90 , , , 1662 1811 91 food food NN 1662 1811 92 , , , 1662 1811 93 consumer consumer NN 1662 1811 94 goods good NNS 1662 1811 95 , , , 1662 1811 96 transport transport NN 1662 1811 97 equipment equipment NN 1662 1811 98 , , , 1662 1811 99 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1811 100 products product NNS 1662 1811 101 partners partner NNS 1662 1811 102 : : : 1662 1811 103 EU EU NNP 1662 1811 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1811 105 France France NNP 1662 1811 106 42 42 CD 1662 1811 107 % % NN 1662 1811 108 , , , 1662 1811 109 Germany Germany NNP 1662 1811 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1811 111 , , , 1662 1811 112 African african JJ 1662 1811 113 countries country NNS 1662 1811 114 , , , 1662 1811 115 US US NNP 1662 1811 116 4 4 CD 1662 1811 117 % % NN 1662 1811 118 Debt debt NN 1662 1811 119 - - HYPH 1662 1811 120 external external JJ 1662 1811 121 : : : 1662 1811 122 $ $ $ 1662 1811 123 8.2 8.2 CD 1662 1811 124 billion billion CD 1662 1811 125 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1811 126 1996 1996 CD 1662 1811 127 est est NNP 1662 1811 128 . . . 1662 1811 129 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1812 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 1812 2 aid aid NN 1662 1812 3 : : : 1662 1812 4 $ $ $ 1662 1812 5 NA NA NNP 1662 1812 6 Currency currency NN 1662 1812 7 : : : 1662 1812 8 1 1 CD 1662 1812 9 Communaute Communaute NNP 1662 1812 10 Financiere Financiere NNP 1662 1812 11 Africaine Africaine NNP 1662 1812 12 franc franc NN 1662 1812 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1812 14 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 1812 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1812 16 = = SYM 1662 1812 17 100 100 CD 1662 1812 18 centimes centime NNS 1662 1812 19 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1812 20 rates rate NNS 1662 1812 21 : : : 1662 1812 22 CFA cfa NN 1662 1812 23 francs franc NNS 1662 1812 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1812 25 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 1812 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1812 27 per per IN 1662 1812 28 US$ us$ $ 1662 1812 29 1 1 CD 1662 1812 30 - - SYM 1662 1812 31 541.69 541.69 CD 1662 1812 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1812 33 January January NNP 1662 1812 34 1997 1997 CD 1662 1812 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1812 36 , , , 1662 1812 37 511.55 511.55 CD 1662 1812 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1812 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 1812 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1812 41 , , , 1662 1812 42 499.15 499.15 CD 1662 1812 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1812 44 1995 1995 CD 1662 1812 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1812 46 , , , 1662 1812 47 555.20 555.20 CD 1662 1812 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1812 49 1994 1994 CD 1662 1812 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1812 51 , , , 1662 1812 52 283.16 283.16 CD 1662 1812 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1812 54 1993 1993 CD 1662 1812 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1812 56 , , , 1662 1812 57 264.69 264.69 CD 1662 1812 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1812 59 1992 1992 CD 1662 1812 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1812 61 , , , 1662 1812 62 282.11 282.11 CD 1662 1812 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1812 64 1991 1991 CD 1662 1812 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1812 66 note note NN 1662 1812 67 : : : 1662 1812 68 beginning begin VBG 1662 1812 69 12 12 CD 1662 1812 70 January January NNP 1662 1812 71 1994 1994 CD 1662 1812 72 , , , 1662 1812 73 the the DT 1662 1812 74 CFA CFA NNP 1662 1812 75 franc franc NN 1662 1812 76 was be VBD 1662 1812 77 devalued devalue VBN 1662 1812 78 to to IN 1662 1812 79 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 1812 80 100 100 CD 1662 1812 81 per per IN 1662 1812 82 French french JJ 1662 1812 83 franc franc NN 1662 1812 84 from from IN 1662 1812 85 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 1812 86 50 50 CD 1662 1812 87 at at IN 1662 1812 88 which which WDT 1662 1812 89 it -PRON- PRP 1662 1812 90 had have VBD 1662 1812 91 been be VBN 1662 1812 92 fixed fix VBN 1662 1812 93 since since IN 1662 1812 94 1948 1948 CD 1662 1812 95 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1812 96 year year NN 1662 1812 97 : : : 1662 1812 98 1 1 CD 1662 1812 99 July July NNP 1662 1812 100 - - HYPH 1662 1812 101 30 30 CD 1662 1812 102 June June NNP 1662 1812 103 @Cameroon @cameroon NN 1662 1812 104 : : : 1662 1812 105 Communications Communications NNP 1662 1812 106 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 1812 107 : : : 1662 1812 108 36,737 36,737 CD 1662 1812 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1812 110 1991 1991 CD 1662 1812 111 est est NNP 1662 1812 112 . . . 1662 1812 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1813 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1813 2 system system NN 1662 1813 3 : : : 1662 1813 4 available available JJ 1662 1813 5 only only RB 1662 1813 6 to to IN 1662 1813 7 business business NN 1662 1813 8 and and CC 1662 1813 9 government government NN 1662 1813 10 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1813 11 : : : 1662 1813 12 cable cable NN 1662 1813 13 , , , 1662 1813 14 microwave microwave NN 1662 1813 15 radio radio NN 1662 1813 16 relay relay NN 1662 1813 17 , , , 1662 1813 18 and and CC 1662 1813 19 tropospheric tropospheric NNP 1662 1813 20 scatter scatter NN 1662 1813 21 international international NNP 1662 1813 22 : : : 1662 1813 23 satellite satellite NN 1662 1813 24 earth earth NN 1662 1813 25 stations station NNS 1662 1813 26 - - , 1662 1813 27 2 2 CD 1662 1813 28 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1813 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1813 30 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1813 31 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1813 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1813 33 Radio radio NN 1662 1813 34 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1813 35 stations station NNS 1662 1813 36 : : : 1662 1813 37 AM am VBP 1662 1813 38 11 11 CD 1662 1813 39 , , , 1662 1813 40 FM FM NNP 1662 1813 41 11 11 CD 1662 1813 42 , , , 1662 1813 43 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 1813 44 0 0 CD 1662 1813 45 Radios radio NNS 1662 1813 46 : : : 1662 1813 47 2 2 CD 1662 1813 48 million million CD 1662 1813 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1813 50 1993 1993 CD 1662 1813 51 est est NNP 1662 1813 52 . . . 1662 1813 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1814 1 Television television NN 1662 1814 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1814 3 stations station NNS 1662 1814 4 : : : 1662 1814 5 1 1 CD 1662 1814 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1814 7 1995 1995 CD 1662 1814 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1814 9 Televisions television NNS 1662 1814 10 : : : 1662 1814 11 NA NA NNP 1662 1814 12 @Cameroon @cameroon RB 1662 1814 13 : : : 1662 1814 14 Transportation transportation NN 1662 1814 15 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1814 16 : : : 1662 1814 17 total total NN 1662 1814 18 : : : 1662 1814 19 1,104 1,104 CD 1662 1814 20 km km NN 1662 1814 21 narrow narrow JJ 1662 1814 22 gauge gauge NN 1662 1814 23 : : : 1662 1814 24 1,104 1,104 CD 1662 1814 25 km km NN 1662 1814 26 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 1814 27 gauge gauge NN 1662 1814 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1814 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 1814 30 est est NNP 1662 1814 31 . . . 1662 1814 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1815 1 Highways highway NNS 1662 1815 2 : : : 1662 1815 3 total total NN 1662 1815 4 : : : 1662 1815 5 34,300 34,300 CD 1662 1815 6 km km NN 1662 1815 7 paved pave VBN 1662 1815 8 : : : 1662 1815 9 4,288 4,288 CD 1662 1815 10 km km NN 1662 1815 11 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1815 12 : : : 1662 1815 13 30,012 30,012 CD 1662 1815 14 km km NNS 1662 1815 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1815 16 1995 1995 CD 1662 1815 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1815 18 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 1815 19 : : : 1662 1815 20 2,090 2,090 CD 1662 1815 21 km km NN 1662 1815 22 ; ; : 1662 1815 23 of of IN 1662 1815 24 decreasing decrease VBG 1662 1815 25 importance importance NN 1662 1815 26 Ports port NNS 1662 1815 27 and and CC 1662 1815 28 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1815 29 : : : 1662 1815 30 Bonaberi Bonaberi NNP 1662 1815 31 , , , 1662 1815 32 Douala Douala NNP 1662 1815 33 , , , 1662 1815 34 Garoua Garoua NNP 1662 1815 35 , , , 1662 1815 36 Kribi Kribi NNP 1662 1815 37 , , , 1662 1815 38 Tiko Tiko NNP 1662 1815 39 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 1815 40 marine marine NN 1662 1815 41 : : : 1662 1815 42 total total NN 1662 1815 43 : : : 1662 1815 44 2 2 CD 1662 1815 45 cargo cargo NN 1662 1815 46 ships ship NNS 1662 1815 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1815 48 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1815 49 GRT GRT NNP 1662 1815 50 or or CC 1662 1815 51 over over RB 1662 1815 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1815 53 totaling total VBG 1662 1815 54 24,122 24,122 CD 1662 1815 55 GRT/33,509 grt/33,509 NN 1662 1815 56 DWT dwt NN 1662 1815 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1815 58 1996 1996 CD 1662 1815 59 est est NNP 1662 1815 60 . . . 1662 1815 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1816 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1816 2 : : : 1662 1816 3 44 44 CD 1662 1816 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1816 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1816 6 est est NNP 1662 1816 7 . . . 1662 1816 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1817 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1817 2 - - , 1662 1817 3 with with IN 1662 1817 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1817 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1817 6 : : : 1662 1817 7 total total NN 1662 1817 8 : : : 1662 1817 9 22 22 CD 1662 1817 10 over over IN 1662 1817 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1817 12 m m NN 1662 1817 13 : : : 1662 1817 14 2 2 CD 1662 1817 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 1817 16 to to TO 1662 1817 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1817 18 m m NN 1662 1817 19 : : : 1662 1817 20 4 4 CD 1662 1817 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1817 22 to to TO 1662 1817 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1817 24 m m NN 1662 1817 25 : : : 1662 1817 26 3 3 CD 1662 1817 27 914 914 CD 1662 1817 28 to to TO 1662 1817 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1817 30 m m NN 1662 1817 31 : : : 1662 1817 32 1 1 CD 1662 1817 33 under under IN 1662 1817 34 914 914 CD 1662 1817 35 m m NN 1662 1817 36 : : : 1662 1817 37 12 12 CD 1662 1817 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1817 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 1817 40 est est NNP 1662 1817 41 . . . 1662 1817 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1818 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1818 2 - - , 1662 1818 3 with with IN 1662 1818 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1818 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1818 6 : : : 1662 1818 7 total total NN 1662 1818 8 : : : 1662 1818 9 22 22 CD 1662 1818 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1818 11 to to TO 1662 1818 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1818 13 m m NN 1662 1818 14 : : : 1662 1818 15 7 7 CD 1662 1818 16 914 914 CD 1662 1818 17 to to TO 1662 1818 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1818 19 m m NN 1662 1818 20 : : : 1662 1818 21 15 15 CD 1662 1818 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1818 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 1818 24 est est NNP 1662 1818 25 . . . 1662 1818 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1819 1 Military military JJ 1662 1819 2 Military military JJ 1662 1819 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1819 4 : : : 1662 1819 5 Army Army NNP 1662 1819 6 , , , 1662 1819 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 1819 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1819 9 includes include VBZ 1662 1819 10 Naval Naval NNP 1662 1819 11 Infantry Infantry NNP 1662 1819 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1819 13 , , , 1662 1819 14 Air Air NNP 1662 1819 15 Force Force NNP 1662 1819 16 , , , 1662 1819 17 National National NNP 1662 1819 18 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 1819 19 , , , 1662 1819 20 Presidential Presidential NNP 1662 1819 21 Guard Guard NNP 1662 1819 22 Military Military NNP 1662 1819 23 manpower manpower NN 1662 1819 24 - - HYPH 1662 1819 25 military military NN 1662 1819 26 age age NN 1662 1819 27 : : : 1662 1819 28 18 18 CD 1662 1819 29 years year NNS 1662 1819 30 of of IN 1662 1819 31 age age NN 1662 1819 32 Military military JJ 1662 1819 33 manpower manpower NN 1662 1819 34 - - HYPH 1662 1819 35 availability availability NN 1662 1819 36 : : : 1662 1819 37 males male NNS 1662 1819 38 age age NNP 1662 1819 39 15 15 CD 1662 1819 40 - - HYPH 1662 1819 41 49 49 CD 1662 1819 42 : : SYM 1662 1819 43 3,211,508 3,211,508 CD 1662 1819 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1819 45 1997 1997 CD 1662 1819 46 est est NNP 1662 1819 47 . . . 1662 1819 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1820 1 Military military JJ 1662 1820 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1820 3 - - HYPH 1662 1820 4 fit fit NN 1662 1820 5 for for IN 1662 1820 6 military military JJ 1662 1820 7 service service NN 1662 1820 8 : : : 1662 1820 9 males male NNS 1662 1820 10 : : : 1662 1820 11 1,623,228 1,623,228 CD 1662 1820 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1820 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1820 14 est est NNP 1662 1820 15 . . . 1662 1820 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1821 1 Military military JJ 1662 1821 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1821 3 - - HYPH 1662 1821 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 1821 5 military military JJ 1662 1821 6 age age NN 1662 1821 7 annually annually RB 1662 1821 8 : : : 1662 1821 9 males male NNS 1662 1821 10 : : : 1662 1821 11 156,208 156,208 CD 1662 1821 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1821 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1821 14 est est NNP 1662 1821 15 . . . 1662 1821 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1822 1 Military military JJ 1662 1822 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1822 3 - - HYPH 1662 1822 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1822 5 figure figure NN 1662 1822 6 : : : 1662 1822 7 $ $ $ 1662 1822 8 102 102 CD 1662 1822 9 million million CD 1662 1822 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1822 11 FY93/94 fy93/94 CD 1662 1822 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1822 13 Military military JJ 1662 1822 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1822 15 - - : 1662 1822 16 percent percent NN 1662 1822 17 of of IN 1662 1822 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1822 19 : : : 1662 1822 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 1822 21 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1822 22 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1822 23 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1822 24 - - HYPH 1662 1822 25 international international JJ 1662 1822 26 : : : 1662 1822 27 demarcation demarcation NN 1662 1822 28 of of IN 1662 1822 29 international international JJ 1662 1822 30 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1822 31 in in IN 1662 1822 32 vicinity vicinity NN 1662 1822 33 of of IN 1662 1822 34 Lake Lake NNP 1662 1822 35 Chad Chad NNP 1662 1822 36 , , , 1662 1822 37 the the DT 1662 1822 38 lack lack NN 1662 1822 39 of of IN 1662 1822 40 which which WDT 1662 1822 41 led lead VBD 1662 1822 42 to to IN 1662 1822 43 border border NN 1662 1822 44 incidents incident NNS 1662 1822 45 in in IN 1662 1822 46 the the DT 1662 1822 47 past past NN 1662 1822 48 , , , 1662 1822 49 is be VBZ 1662 1822 50 completed complete VBN 1662 1822 51 and and CC 1662 1822 52 awaits await VBZ 1662 1822 53 ratification ratification NN 1662 1822 54 by by IN 1662 1822 55 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 1822 56 , , , 1662 1822 57 Chad Chad NNP 1662 1822 58 , , , 1662 1822 59 Niger Niger NNP 1662 1822 60 , , , 1662 1822 61 and and CC 1662 1822 62 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 1822 63 ; ; : 1662 1822 64 dispute dispute NN 1662 1822 65 with with IN 1662 1822 66 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 1822 67 over over IN 1662 1822 68 land land NN 1662 1822 69 and and CC 1662 1822 70 maritime maritime NN 1662 1822 71 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1822 72 in in IN 1662 1822 73 the the DT 1662 1822 74 vicinity vicinity NN 1662 1822 75 of of IN 1662 1822 76 the the DT 1662 1822 77 Bakasi Bakasi NNP 1662 1822 78 Peninsula Peninsula NNP 1662 1822 79 has have VBZ 1662 1822 80 been be VBN 1662 1822 81 referred refer VBN 1662 1822 82 to to IN 1662 1822 83 the the DT 1662 1822 84 International International NNP 1662 1822 85 Court Court NNP 1662 1822 86 of of IN 1662 1822 87 Justice Justice NNP 1662 1822 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 94 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 95 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 96 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 97 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 98 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 99 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 100 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 101 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 102 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 103 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 104 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 105 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 106 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 107 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 108 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 109 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 110 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 111 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 112 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 113 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 114 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 115 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 116 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 117 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 118 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 119 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 120 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 121 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 122 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 123 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 124 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 125 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 126 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 127 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 128 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 129 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 130 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 131 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 132 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 133 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 134 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 135 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 136 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 137 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 138 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 139 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 140 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 141 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 142 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 143 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 144 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 145 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 146 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 147 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 148 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 149 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 150 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 151 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 152 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 153 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 154 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 155 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 156 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 157 _ _ NNP 1662 1822 158 CANADA CANADA NNP 1662 1822 159 @Canada @Canada NNP 1662 1822 160 : : : 1662 1822 161 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1822 162 Location Location NNP 1662 1822 163 : : : 1662 1822 164 Northern Northern NNP 1662 1822 165 North North NNP 1662 1822 166 America America NNP 1662 1822 167 , , , 1662 1822 168 bordering border VBG 1662 1822 169 the the DT 1662 1822 170 North North NNP 1662 1822 171 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1822 172 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1822 173 and and CC 1662 1822 174 North North NNP 1662 1822 175 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 1822 176 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1822 177 , , , 1662 1822 178 north north NN 1662 1822 179 of of IN 1662 1822 180 the the DT 1662 1822 181 conterminous conterminous JJ 1662 1822 182 US US NNP 1662 1822 183 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1822 184 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1822 185 : : : 1662 1822 186 60 60 CD 1662 1822 187 00 00 NFP 1662 1822 188 N n CD 1662 1822 189 , , , 1662 1822 190 95 95 CD 1662 1822 191 00 00 NFP 1662 1822 192 W w NN 1662 1822 193 Map Map NNP 1662 1822 194 references reference NNS 1662 1822 195 : : : 1662 1822 196 North North NNP 1662 1822 197 America America NNP 1662 1822 198 Area Area NNP 1662 1822 199 : : : 1662 1822 200 total total NN 1662 1822 201 : : : 1662 1822 202 9,976,140 9,976,140 CD 1662 1822 203 sq sq NN 1662 1822 204 km km NNP 1662 1822 205 land land NN 1662 1822 206 : : : 1662 1822 207 9,220,970 9,220,970 CD 1662 1822 208 sq sq NNP 1662 1822 209 km km NNP 1662 1822 210 water water NN 1662 1822 211 : : : 1662 1822 212 755,170 755,170 CD 1662 1822 213 sq sq NNP 1662 1822 214 km km NNP 1662 1822 215 Area Area NNP 1662 1822 216 - - HYPH 1662 1822 217 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1822 218 : : : 1662 1822 219 slightly slightly RB 1662 1822 220 larger large JJR 1662 1822 221 than than IN 1662 1822 222 US US NNP 1662 1822 223 Land Land NNP 1662 1822 224 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1822 225 : : : 1662 1822 226 total total JJ 1662 1822 227 : : : 1662 1822 228 8,893 8,893 CD 1662 1822 229 km km NN 1662 1822 230 border border NN 1662 1822 231 countries country NNS 1662 1822 232 : : : 1662 1822 233 US US NNP 1662 1822 234 8,893 8,893 CD 1662 1822 235 km km NNS 1662 1822 236 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1822 237 includes include VBZ 1662 1822 238 2,477 2,477 CD 1662 1822 239 km km NNS 1662 1822 240 with with IN 1662 1822 241 Alaska Alaska NNP 1662 1822 242 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1822 243 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1822 244 : : : 1662 1822 245 243,791 243,791 CD 1662 1822 246 km km NN 1662 1822 247 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1822 248 claims claim VBZ 1662 1822 249 : : : 1662 1822 250 continental continental NNP 1662 1822 251 shelf shelf NNP 1662 1822 252 : : : 1662 1822 253 200 200 CD 1662 1822 254 nm nm CD 1662 1822 255 or or CC 1662 1822 256 to to IN 1662 1822 257 the the DT 1662 1822 258 edge edge NN 1662 1822 259 of of IN 1662 1822 260 the the DT 1662 1822 261 continental continental JJ 1662 1822 262 margin margin NN 1662 1822 263 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 1822 264 fishing fishing NN 1662 1822 265 zone zone NN 1662 1822 266 : : : 1662 1822 267 200 200 CD 1662 1822 268 nm nm CD 1662 1822 269 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1822 270 sea sea NN 1662 1822 271 : : : 1662 1822 272 12 12 CD 1662 1822 273 nm nm NNP 1662 1822 274 Climate climate NN 1662 1822 275 : : : 1662 1822 276 varies varie NNS 1662 1822 277 from from IN 1662 1822 278 temperate temperate NN 1662 1822 279 in in IN 1662 1822 280 south south NN 1662 1822 281 to to IN 1662 1822 282 subarctic subarctic JJ 1662 1822 283 and and CC 1662 1822 284 arctic arctic JJ 1662 1822 285 in in IN 1662 1822 286 north north JJ 1662 1822 287 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1822 288 : : : 1662 1822 289 mostly mostly RB 1662 1822 290 plains plain VBZ 1662 1822 291 with with IN 1662 1822 292 mountains mountain NNS 1662 1822 293 in in IN 1662 1822 294 west west NN 1662 1822 295 and and CC 1662 1822 296 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 1822 297 in in IN 1662 1822 298 southeast southeast JJ 1662 1822 299 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1822 300 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1822 301 : : : 1662 1822 302 lowest low JJS 1662 1822 303 point point NN 1662 1822 304 : : : 1662 1822 305 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1822 306 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1822 307 0 0 NFP 1662 1822 308 m m DT 1662 1822 309 highest high JJS 1662 1822 310 point point NN 1662 1822 311 : : : 1662 1822 312 Mount Mount NNP 1662 1822 313 Logan Logan NNP 1662 1822 314 5,950 5,950 CD 1662 1822 315 m m NNP 1662 1822 316 Natural natural JJ 1662 1822 317 resources resource NNS 1662 1822 318 : : : 1662 1822 319 nickel nickel NN 1662 1822 320 , , , 1662 1822 321 zinc zinc NN 1662 1822 322 , , , 1662 1822 323 copper copper NN 1662 1822 324 , , , 1662 1822 325 gold gold NN 1662 1822 326 , , , 1662 1822 327 lead lead NN 1662 1822 328 , , , 1662 1822 329 molybdenum molybdenum NNP 1662 1822 330 , , , 1662 1822 331 potash potash NN 1662 1822 332 , , , 1662 1822 333 silver silver NN 1662 1822 334 , , , 1662 1822 335 fish fish NN 1662 1822 336 , , , 1662 1822 337 timber timber NN 1662 1822 338 , , , 1662 1822 339 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 1822 340 , , , 1662 1822 341 coal coal NN 1662 1822 342 , , , 1662 1822 343 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1822 344 , , , 1662 1822 345 natural natural JJ 1662 1822 346 gas gas NN 1662 1822 347 Land Land NNP 1662 1822 348 use use NN 1662 1822 349 : : : 1662 1822 350 arable arable JJ 1662 1822 351 land land NN 1662 1822 352 : : : 1662 1822 353 5 5 CD 1662 1822 354 % % NN 1662 1822 355 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1822 356 crops crop NNS 1662 1822 357 : : : 1662 1822 358 0 0 CD 1662 1822 359 % % NN 1662 1822 360 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1822 361 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1822 362 : : : 1662 1822 363 3 3 CD 1662 1822 364 % % NN 1662 1822 365 forests forest NNS 1662 1822 366 and and CC 1662 1822 367 woodland woodland JJ 1662 1822 368 : : : 1662 1822 369 54 54 CD 1662 1822 370 % % NN 1662 1822 371 other other JJ 1662 1822 372 : : : 1662 1822 373 38 38 CD 1662 1822 374 % % NN 1662 1822 375 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1822 376 1993 1993 CD 1662 1822 377 est est NNP 1662 1822 378 . . . 1662 1822 379 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1823 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1823 2 land land NN 1662 1823 3 : : : 1662 1823 4 7,100 7,100 CD 1662 1823 5 sq sq NNP 1662 1823 6 km km NNP 1662 1823 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1823 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1823 9 est est NNP 1662 1823 10 . . . 1662 1823 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1824 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1824 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1824 3 : : : 1662 1824 4 continuous continuous JJ 1662 1824 5 permafrost permafrost NN 1662 1824 6 in in IN 1662 1824 7 north north NN 1662 1824 8 is be VBZ 1662 1824 9 a a DT 1662 1824 10 serious serious JJ 1662 1824 11 obstacle obstacle NN 1662 1824 12 to to IN 1662 1824 13 development development NN 1662 1824 14 ; ; : 1662 1824 15 cyclonic cyclonic JJ 1662 1824 16 storms storm NNS 1662 1824 17 form form VBP 1662 1824 18 east east NN 1662 1824 19 of of IN 1662 1824 20 the the DT 1662 1824 21 Rocky Rocky NNP 1662 1824 22 Mountains Mountains NNPS 1662 1824 23 , , , 1662 1824 24 a a DT 1662 1824 25 result result NN 1662 1824 26 of of IN 1662 1824 27 the the DT 1662 1824 28 mixing mixing NN 1662 1824 29 of of IN 1662 1824 30 air air NN 1662 1824 31 masses masse NNS 1662 1824 32 from from IN 1662 1824 33 the the DT 1662 1824 34 Arctic Arctic NNP 1662 1824 35 , , , 1662 1824 36 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 1824 37 , , , 1662 1824 38 and and CC 1662 1824 39 North north JJ 1662 1824 40 American american JJ 1662 1824 41 interior interior NN 1662 1824 42 , , , 1662 1824 43 and and CC 1662 1824 44 produce produce VB 1662 1824 45 most most JJS 1662 1824 46 of of IN 1662 1824 47 the the DT 1662 1824 48 country country NN 1662 1824 49 's 's POS 1662 1824 50 rain rain NN 1662 1824 51 and and CC 1662 1824 52 snow snow NN 1662 1824 53 Environment environment NN 1662 1824 54 - - HYPH 1662 1824 55 current current JJ 1662 1824 56 issues issue NNS 1662 1824 57 : : : 1662 1824 58 air air NN 1662 1824 59 pollution pollution NN 1662 1824 60 and and CC 1662 1824 61 resulting result VBG 1662 1824 62 acid acid JJ 1662 1824 63 rain rain NN 1662 1824 64 severely severely RB 1662 1824 65 affecting affect VBG 1662 1824 66 lakes lake NNS 1662 1824 67 and and CC 1662 1824 68 damaging damaging JJ 1662 1824 69 forests forest NNS 1662 1824 70 ; ; : 1662 1824 71 metal metal NN 1662 1824 72 smelting smelting NN 1662 1824 73 , , , 1662 1824 74 coal coal NN 1662 1824 75 - - HYPH 1662 1824 76 burning burn VBG 1662 1824 77 utilities utility NNS 1662 1824 78 , , , 1662 1824 79 and and CC 1662 1824 80 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 1824 81 emissions emission NNS 1662 1824 82 impacting impact VBG 1662 1824 83 on on IN 1662 1824 84 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 1824 85 and and CC 1662 1824 86 forest forest NN 1662 1824 87 productivity productivity NN 1662 1824 88 ; ; : 1662 1824 89 ocean ocean NN 1662 1824 90 waters water NNS 1662 1824 91 becoming become VBG 1662 1824 92 contaminated contaminate VBN 1662 1824 93 due due JJ 1662 1824 94 to to IN 1662 1824 95 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 1824 96 , , , 1662 1824 97 industrial industrial JJ 1662 1824 98 , , , 1662 1824 99 mining mining NN 1662 1824 100 , , , 1662 1824 101 and and CC 1662 1824 102 forestry forestry NN 1662 1824 103 activities activity NNS 1662 1824 104 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1824 105 - - HYPH 1662 1824 106 international international JJ 1662 1824 107 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1824 108 : : : 1662 1824 109 party party NN 1662 1824 110 to to TO 1662 1824 111 : : : 1662 1824 112 Air Air NNP 1662 1824 113 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1824 114 , , , 1662 1824 115 Air Air NNP 1662 1824 116 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1824 117 - - HYPH 1662 1824 118 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 1824 119 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 1824 120 , , , 1662 1824 121 Air Air NNP 1662 1824 122 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1824 123 - - HYPH 1662 1824 124 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 1824 125 85 85 CD 1662 1824 126 , , , 1662 1824 127 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 1824 128 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 1824 129 , , , 1662 1824 130 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 1824 131 , , , 1662 1824 132 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1824 133 Change Change NNP 1662 1824 134 , , , 1662 1824 135 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 1824 136 , , , 1662 1824 137 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 1824 138 Species Species NNPS 1662 1824 139 , , , 1662 1824 140 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 1824 141 Modification Modification NNP 1662 1824 142 , , , 1662 1824 143 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 1824 144 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 1824 145 , , , 1662 1824 146 Marine Marine NNP 1662 1824 147 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 1824 148 , , , 1662 1824 149 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 1824 150 Test Test NNP 1662 1824 151 Ban Ban NNP 1662 1824 152 , , , 1662 1824 153 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 1824 154 Layer Layer NNP 1662 1824 155 Protection Protection NNP 1662 1824 156 , , , 1662 1824 157 Ship Ship NNP 1662 1824 158 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1824 159 , , , 1662 1824 160 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 1824 161 Timber Timber NNP 1662 1824 162 83 83 CD 1662 1824 163 , , , 1662 1824 164 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 1824 165 Timber Timber NNP 1662 1824 166 94 94 CD 1662 1824 167 , , , 1662 1824 168 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 1824 169 , , , 1662 1824 170 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 1824 171 signed sign VBD 1662 1824 172 , , , 1662 1824 173 but but CC 1662 1824 174 not not RB 1662 1824 175 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1824 176 : : : 1662 1824 177 Air Air NNP 1662 1824 178 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1824 179 - - HYPH 1662 1824 180 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 1824 181 94 94 CD 1662 1824 182 , , , 1662 1824 183 Air Air NNP 1662 1824 184 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 1824 185 - - HYPH 1662 1824 186 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 1824 187 Organic Organic NNP 1662 1824 188 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 1824 189 , , , 1662 1824 190 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 1824 191 - - HYPH 1662 1824 192 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 1824 193 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 1824 194 , , , 1662 1824 195 Law Law NNP 1662 1824 196 of of IN 1662 1824 197 the the DT 1662 1824 198 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1824 199 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1824 200 - - HYPH 1662 1824 201 note note NNP 1662 1824 202 : : : 1662 1824 203 second second RB 1662 1824 204 - - HYPH 1662 1824 205 largest large JJS 1662 1824 206 country country NN 1662 1824 207 in in IN 1662 1824 208 world world NN 1662 1824 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1824 210 after after IN 1662 1824 211 Russia Russia NNP 1662 1824 212 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1824 213 ; ; : 1662 1824 214 strategic strategic JJ 1662 1824 215 location location NN 1662 1824 216 between between IN 1662 1824 217 Russia Russia NNP 1662 1824 218 and and CC 1662 1824 219 US US NNP 1662 1824 220 via via IN 1662 1824 221 north north JJ 1662 1824 222 polar polar JJ 1662 1824 223 route route NN 1662 1824 224 ; ; : 1662 1824 225 nearly nearly RB 1662 1824 226 90 90 CD 1662 1824 227 % % NN 1662 1824 228 of of IN 1662 1824 229 the the DT 1662 1824 230 population population NN 1662 1824 231 is be VBZ 1662 1824 232 concentrated concentrate VBN 1662 1824 233 within within IN 1662 1824 234 161 161 CD 1662 1824 235 km km NNS 1662 1824 236 of of IN 1662 1824 237 the the DT 1662 1824 238 US US NNP 1662 1824 239 / / SYM 1662 1824 240 Canada Canada NNP 1662 1824 241 border border NN 1662 1824 242 @Canada @canada NN 1662 1824 243 : : : 1662 1824 244 People People NNP 1662 1824 245 Population Population NNP 1662 1824 246 : : : 1662 1824 247 30,337,334 30,337,334 CD 1662 1824 248 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1824 249 July July NNP 1662 1824 250 1997 1997 CD 1662 1824 251 est est NNP 1662 1824 252 . . . 1662 1824 253 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1825 1 Age age NN 1662 1825 2 structure structure NN 1662 1825 3 : : : 1662 1825 4 0 0 CD 1662 1825 5 - - HYPH 1662 1825 6 14 14 CD 1662 1825 7 years year NNS 1662 1825 8 : : : 1662 1825 9 20 20 CD 1662 1825 10 % % NN 1662 1825 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1825 12 male male JJ 1662 1825 13 3,101,968 3,101,968 CD 1662 1825 14 ; ; : 1662 1825 15 female female JJ 1662 1825 16 2,957,927 2,957,927 CD 1662 1825 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1825 18 15 15 CD 1662 1825 19 - - SYM 1662 1825 20 64 64 CD 1662 1825 21 years year NNS 1662 1825 22 : : : 1662 1825 23 68 68 CD 1662 1825 24 % % NN 1662 1825 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1825 26 male male JJ 1662 1825 27 10,333,085 10,333,085 CD 1662 1825 28 ; ; : 1662 1825 29 female female JJ 1662 1825 30 10,201,996 10,201,996 CD 1662 1825 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1825 32 65 65 CD 1662 1825 33 years year NNS 1662 1825 34 and and CC 1662 1825 35 over over RB 1662 1825 36 : : : 1662 1825 37 12 12 CD 1662 1825 38 % % NN 1662 1825 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1825 40 male male JJ 1662 1825 41 1,583,643 1,583,643 CD 1662 1825 42 ; ; : 1662 1825 43 female female JJ 1662 1825 44 2,158,715 2,158,715 CD 1662 1825 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1825 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1825 47 July July NNP 1662 1825 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1825 49 est est NNP 1662 1825 50 . . . 1662 1825 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1826 1 Population population NN 1662 1826 2 growth growth NN 1662 1826 3 rate rate NN 1662 1826 4 : : : 1662 1826 5 1.13 1.13 CD 1662 1826 6 % % NN 1662 1826 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1826 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1826 9 est est NNP 1662 1826 10 . . . 1662 1826 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1827 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1827 2 rate rate NN 1662 1827 3 : : : 1662 1827 4 12.4 12.4 CD 1662 1827 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 1827 6 population population NN 1662 1827 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1827 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1827 9 est est NNP 1662 1827 10 . . . 1662 1827 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1828 1 Death death NN 1662 1828 2 rate rate NN 1662 1828 3 : : : 1662 1828 4 7.23 7.23 CD 1662 1828 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1828 6 population population NN 1662 1828 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1828 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1828 9 est est NNP 1662 1828 10 . . . 1662 1828 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1829 1 Net net JJ 1662 1829 2 migration migration NN 1662 1829 3 rate rate NN 1662 1829 4 : : : 1662 1829 5 6.1 6.1 CD 1662 1829 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 1829 7 population population NN 1662 1829 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1829 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1829 10 est est NNP 1662 1829 11 . . . 1662 1829 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1830 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1830 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1830 3 : : : 1662 1830 4 at at IN 1662 1830 5 birth birth NN 1662 1830 6 : : : 1662 1830 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 1830 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1830 9 under under IN 1662 1830 10 15 15 CD 1662 1830 11 years year NNS 1662 1830 12 : : : 1662 1830 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 1830 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1830 15 15 15 CD 1662 1830 16 - - HYPH 1662 1830 17 64 64 CD 1662 1830 18 years year NNS 1662 1830 19 : : : 1662 1830 20 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 1830 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1830 22 65 65 CD 1662 1830 23 years year NNS 1662 1830 24 and and CC 1662 1830 25 over over IN 1662 1830 26 : : : 1662 1830 27 0.73 0.73 CD 1662 1830 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 1830 29 total total JJ 1662 1830 30 population population NN 1662 1830 31 : : : 1662 1830 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 1830 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1830 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1830 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1830 36 est e JJS 1662 1830 37 . . . 1662 1830 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1831 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1831 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1831 3 rate rate NN 1662 1831 4 : : : 1662 1831 5 5.7 5.7 CD 1662 1831 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1831 7 live live JJ 1662 1831 8 births birth NNS 1662 1831 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1831 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1831 11 est est NNP 1662 1831 12 . . . 1662 1831 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1832 1 Life life NN 1662 1832 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1832 3 at at IN 1662 1832 4 birth birth NN 1662 1832 5 : : : 1662 1832 6 total total JJ 1662 1832 7 population population NN 1662 1832 8 : : : 1662 1832 9 78.96 78.96 CD 1662 1832 10 years year NNS 1662 1832 11 male male JJ 1662 1832 12 : : : 1662 1832 13 75.61 75.61 CD 1662 1832 14 years year NNS 1662 1832 15 female female JJ 1662 1832 16 : : : 1662 1832 17 82.48 82.48 CD 1662 1832 18 years year NNS 1662 1832 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1832 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1832 21 est est NNP 1662 1832 22 . . . 1662 1832 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1833 1 Total total JJ 1662 1833 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1833 3 rate rate NN 1662 1833 4 : : : 1662 1833 5 1.66 1.66 CD 1662 1833 6 children child NNS 1662 1833 7 born bear VBN 1662 1833 8 / / SYM 1662 1833 9 woman woman NN 1662 1833 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1833 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1833 12 est est NNP 1662 1833 13 . . . 1662 1833 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1834 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1834 2 : : : 1662 1834 3 noun noun NNP 1662 1834 4 : : : 1662 1834 5 Canadian(s Canadian(s NNP 1662 1834 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1834 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 1834 8 : : : 1662 1834 9 Canadian canadian JJ 1662 1834 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1834 11 groups group NNS 1662 1834 12 : : : 1662 1834 13 British British NNP 1662 1834 14 Isles Isles NNPS 1662 1834 15 origin origin NN 1662 1834 16 40 40 CD 1662 1834 17 % % NN 1662 1834 18 , , , 1662 1834 19 French french JJ 1662 1834 20 origin origin NN 1662 1834 21 27 27 CD 1662 1834 22 % % NN 1662 1834 23 , , , 1662 1834 24 other other JJ 1662 1834 25 European european JJ 1662 1834 26 20 20 CD 1662 1834 27 % % NN 1662 1834 28 , , , 1662 1834 29 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 1834 30 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 1834 31 % % NN 1662 1834 32 , , , 1662 1834 33 other other JJ 1662 1834 34 , , , 1662 1834 35 mostly mostly RB 1662 1834 36 Asian asian JJ 1662 1834 37 11.5 11.5 CD 1662 1834 38 % % NN 1662 1834 39 Religions religion NNS 1662 1834 40 : : : 1662 1834 41 Roman Roman NNP 1662 1834 42 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 1834 43 45 45 CD 1662 1834 44 % % NN 1662 1834 45 , , , 1662 1834 46 United United NNP 1662 1834 47 Church Church NNP 1662 1834 48 12 12 CD 1662 1834 49 % % NN 1662 1834 50 , , , 1662 1834 51 Anglican Anglican NNP 1662 1834 52 8 8 CD 1662 1834 53 % % NN 1662 1834 54 , , , 1662 1834 55 other other JJ 1662 1834 56 35 35 CD 1662 1834 57 % % NN 1662 1834 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1834 59 1991 1991 CD 1662 1834 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1834 61 Languages language NNS 1662 1834 62 : : : 1662 1834 63 English English NNP 1662 1834 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1834 65 official official JJ 1662 1834 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1834 67 , , , 1662 1834 68 French French NNP 1662 1834 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1834 70 official official JJ 1662 1834 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1834 72 Literacy literacy NN 1662 1834 73 : : : 1662 1834 74 definition definition NN 1662 1834 75 : : : 1662 1834 76 age age NN 1662 1834 77 15 15 CD 1662 1834 78 and and CC 1662 1834 79 over over RB 1662 1834 80 can can MD 1662 1834 81 read read VB 1662 1834 82 and and CC 1662 1834 83 write write VB 1662 1834 84 total total JJ 1662 1834 85 population population NN 1662 1834 86 : : : 1662 1834 87 97 97 CD 1662 1834 88 % % NN 1662 1834 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1834 90 1986 1986 CD 1662 1834 91 est est NNP 1662 1834 92 . . . 1662 1834 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 1 male male NN 1662 1835 2 : : : 1662 1835 3 NA% NA% NNP 1662 1835 4 female female NNP 1662 1835 5 : : : 1662 1835 6 NA% na% ADD 1662 1835 7 @Canada @canada FW 1662 1835 8 : : : 1662 1835 9 Government Government NNP 1662 1835 10 Country Country NNP 1662 1835 11 name name NN 1662 1835 12 : : : 1662 1835 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1835 14 long long JJ 1662 1835 15 form form NN 1662 1835 16 : : : 1662 1835 17 none none NN 1662 1835 18 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1835 19 short short JJ 1662 1835 20 form form NN 1662 1835 21 : : : 1662 1835 22 Canada Canada NNP 1662 1835 23 Data Data NNP 1662 1835 24 code code NN 1662 1835 25 : : : 1662 1835 26 CA CA NNP 1662 1835 27 Government Government NNP 1662 1835 28 type type NN 1662 1835 29 : : : 1662 1835 30 confederation confederation NN 1662 1835 31 with with IN 1662 1835 32 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 1835 33 democracy democracy NN 1662 1835 34 National national JJ 1662 1835 35 capital capital NN 1662 1835 36 : : : 1662 1835 37 Ottawa Ottawa NNP 1662 1835 38 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 1835 39 divisions division NNS 1662 1835 40 : : : 1662 1835 41 10 10 CD 1662 1835 42 provinces province NNS 1662 1835 43 and and CC 1662 1835 44 2 2 CD 1662 1835 45 territories territory NNS 1662 1835 46 * * NFP 1662 1835 47 ; ; : 1662 1835 48 Alberta Alberta NNP 1662 1835 49 , , , 1662 1835 50 British British NNP 1662 1835 51 Columbia Columbia NNP 1662 1835 52 , , , 1662 1835 53 Manitoba Manitoba NNP 1662 1835 54 , , , 1662 1835 55 New New NNP 1662 1835 56 Brunswick Brunswick NNP 1662 1835 57 , , , 1662 1835 58 Newfoundland Newfoundland NNP 1662 1835 59 , , , 1662 1835 60 Northwest Northwest NNP 1662 1835 61 Territories Territories NNPS 1662 1835 62 * * NFP 1662 1835 63 , , , 1662 1835 64 Nova Nova NNP 1662 1835 65 Scotia Scotia NNP 1662 1835 66 , , , 1662 1835 67 Ontario Ontario NNP 1662 1835 68 , , , 1662 1835 69 Prince Prince NNP 1662 1835 70 Edward Edward NNP 1662 1835 71 Island Island NNP 1662 1835 72 , , , 1662 1835 73 Quebec Quebec NNP 1662 1835 74 , , , 1662 1835 75 Saskatchewan Saskatchewan NNP 1662 1835 76 , , , 1662 1835 77 Yukon Yukon NNP 1662 1835 78 Territory Territory NNP 1662 1835 79 * * NFP 1662 1835 80 note note NN 1662 1835 81 : : : 1662 1835 82 the the DT 1662 1835 83 Northwest Northwest NNP 1662 1835 84 Territories Territories NNPS 1662 1835 85 will will MD 1662 1835 86 be be VB 1662 1835 87 split split VBN 1662 1835 88 in in IN 1662 1835 89 two two CD 1662 1835 90 as as IN 1662 1835 91 of of IN 1662 1835 92 April April NNP 1662 1835 93 1999 1999 CD 1662 1835 94 ; ; : 1662 1835 95 the the DT 1662 1835 96 eastern eastern JJ 1662 1835 97 section section NN 1662 1835 98 will will MD 1662 1835 99 be be VB 1662 1835 100 renamed rename VBN 1662 1835 101 Nunavut Nunavut NNP 1662 1835 102 , , , 1662 1835 103 the the DT 1662 1835 104 west west NN 1662 1835 105 is be VBZ 1662 1835 106 as as RB 1662 1835 107 yet yet RB 1662 1835 108 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 1835 109 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1835 110 : : : 1662 1835 111 1 1 CD 1662 1835 112 July July NNP 1662 1835 113 1867 1867 CD 1662 1835 114 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1835 115 from from IN 1662 1835 116 UK UK NNP 1662 1835 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 118 National national JJ 1662 1835 119 holiday holiday NN 1662 1835 120 : : : 1662 1835 121 Canada Canada NNP 1662 1835 122 Day Day NNP 1662 1835 123 , , , 1662 1835 124 1 1 CD 1662 1835 125 July July NNP 1662 1835 126 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1835 127 1867 1867 CD 1662 1835 128 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 129 Constitution constitution NN 1662 1835 130 : : : 1662 1835 131 17 17 CD 1662 1835 132 April April NNP 1662 1835 133 1982 1982 CD 1662 1835 134 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1835 135 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 1835 136 Act Act NNP 1662 1835 137 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 138 ; ; : 1662 1835 139 originally originally RB 1662 1835 140 , , , 1662 1835 141 the the DT 1662 1835 142 machinery machinery NN 1662 1835 143 of of IN 1662 1835 144 the the DT 1662 1835 145 government government NN 1662 1835 146 was be VBD 1662 1835 147 set set VBN 1662 1835 148 up up RP 1662 1835 149 in in IN 1662 1835 150 the the DT 1662 1835 151 British British NNP 1662 1835 152 North North NNP 1662 1835 153 America America NNP 1662 1835 154 Act Act NNP 1662 1835 155 of of IN 1662 1835 156 1867 1867 CD 1662 1835 157 ; ; : 1662 1835 158 charter charter NN 1662 1835 159 of of IN 1662 1835 160 rights right NNS 1662 1835 161 and and CC 1662 1835 162 unwritten unwritten VB 1662 1835 163 customs custom NNS 1662 1835 164 Legal legal JJ 1662 1835 165 system system NN 1662 1835 166 : : : 1662 1835 167 based base VBN 1662 1835 168 on on IN 1662 1835 169 English English NNP 1662 1835 170 common common JJ 1662 1835 171 law law NN 1662 1835 172 , , , 1662 1835 173 except except IN 1662 1835 174 in in IN 1662 1835 175 Quebec Quebec NNP 1662 1835 176 , , , 1662 1835 177 where where WRB 1662 1835 178 civil civil JJ 1662 1835 179 law law NN 1662 1835 180 system system NN 1662 1835 181 based base VBN 1662 1835 182 on on IN 1662 1835 183 French french JJ 1662 1835 184 law law NN 1662 1835 185 prevails prevail VBZ 1662 1835 186 ; ; : 1662 1835 187 accepts accept VBZ 1662 1835 188 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 1835 189 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 1835 190 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 1835 191 , , , 1662 1835 192 with with IN 1662 1835 193 reservations reservation NNS 1662 1835 194 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 1835 195 : : : 1662 1835 196 18 18 CD 1662 1835 197 years year NNS 1662 1835 198 of of IN 1662 1835 199 age age NN 1662 1835 200 ; ; : 1662 1835 201 universal universal JJ 1662 1835 202 Executive Executive NNP 1662 1835 203 branch branch NN 1662 1835 204 : : : 1662 1835 205 chief chief NN 1662 1835 206 of of IN 1662 1835 207 state state NN 1662 1835 208 : : : 1662 1835 209 Queen Queen NNP 1662 1835 210 ELIZABETH ELIZABETH NNP 1662 1835 211 II ii CD 1662 1835 212 of of IN 1662 1835 213 the the DT 1662 1835 214 UK UK NNP 1662 1835 215 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1835 216 since since IN 1662 1835 217 6 6 CD 1662 1835 218 February February NNP 1662 1835 219 1952 1952 CD 1662 1835 220 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 221 , , , 1662 1835 222 represented represent VBN 1662 1835 223 by by IN 1662 1835 224 Governor Governor NNP 1662 1835 225 General General NNP 1662 1835 226 Romeo Romeo NNP 1662 1835 227 LeBLANC LeBLANC NNP 1662 1835 228 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1835 229 since since IN 1662 1835 230 8 8 CD 1662 1835 231 February February NNP 1662 1835 232 1995 1995 CD 1662 1835 233 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 234 head head NN 1662 1835 235 of of IN 1662 1835 236 government government NN 1662 1835 237 : : : 1662 1835 238 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1835 239 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1835 240 Jean Jean NNP 1662 1835 241 CHRETIEN CHRETIEN NNP 1662 1835 242 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1835 243 since since IN 1662 1835 244 4 4 CD 1662 1835 245 November November NNP 1662 1835 246 1993 1993 CD 1662 1835 247 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 248 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1835 249 : : : 1662 1835 250 Federal Federal NNP 1662 1835 251 Ministry Ministry NNP 1662 1835 252 chosen choose VBN 1662 1835 253 by by IN 1662 1835 254 the the DT 1662 1835 255 prime prime JJ 1662 1835 256 minister minister NN 1662 1835 257 from from IN 1662 1835 258 among among IN 1662 1835 259 the the DT 1662 1835 260 members member NNS 1662 1835 261 of of IN 1662 1835 262 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1835 263 own own JJ 1662 1835 264 party party NN 1662 1835 265 sitting sit VBG 1662 1835 266 in in IN 1662 1835 267 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 1835 268 elections election NNS 1662 1835 269 : : : 1662 1835 270 none none NN 1662 1835 271 ; ; : 1662 1835 272 the the DT 1662 1835 273 queen queen NN 1662 1835 274 is be VBZ 1662 1835 275 a a DT 1662 1835 276 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 1835 277 monarch monarch NN 1662 1835 278 ; ; : 1662 1835 279 governor governor NN 1662 1835 280 general general NNP 1662 1835 281 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1835 282 by by IN 1662 1835 283 the the DT 1662 1835 284 queen queen NN 1662 1835 285 on on IN 1662 1835 286 the the DT 1662 1835 287 advice advice NN 1662 1835 288 of of IN 1662 1835 289 the the DT 1662 1835 290 prime prime NNP 1662 1835 291 minister minister NN 1662 1835 292 ; ; : 1662 1835 293 following follow VBG 1662 1835 294 legislative legislative JJ 1662 1835 295 elections election NNS 1662 1835 296 , , , 1662 1835 297 the the DT 1662 1835 298 leader leader NN 1662 1835 299 of of IN 1662 1835 300 the the DT 1662 1835 301 majority majority NN 1662 1835 302 party party NN 1662 1835 303 in in IN 1662 1835 304 the the DT 1662 1835 305 House House NNP 1662 1835 306 of of IN 1662 1835 307 Commons Commons NNP 1662 1835 308 is be VBZ 1662 1835 309 automatically automatically RB 1662 1835 310 designated designate VBN 1662 1835 311 by by IN 1662 1835 312 the the DT 1662 1835 313 governor governor NN 1662 1835 314 general general JJ 1662 1835 315 to to TO 1662 1835 316 become become VB 1662 1835 317 prime prime JJ 1662 1835 318 minister minister NNP 1662 1835 319 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 1835 320 branch branch NN 1662 1835 321 : : : 1662 1835 322 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 1835 323 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 1835 324 or or CC 1662 1835 325 Parlement Parlement NNP 1662 1835 326 consists consist VBZ 1662 1835 327 of of IN 1662 1835 328 the the DT 1662 1835 329 Senate Senate NNP 1662 1835 330 or or CC 1662 1835 331 Senat Senat NNP 1662 1835 332 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1835 333 a a DT 1662 1835 334 body body NN 1662 1835 335 whose whose WP$ 1662 1835 336 members member NNS 1662 1835 337 are be VBP 1662 1835 338 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1835 339 to to TO 1662 1835 340 serve serve VB 1662 1835 341 until until IN 1662 1835 342 reaching reach VBG 1662 1835 343 75 75 CD 1662 1835 344 years year NNS 1662 1835 345 of of IN 1662 1835 346 age age NN 1662 1835 347 by by IN 1662 1835 348 the the DT 1662 1835 349 governor governor NN 1662 1835 350 general general NNP 1662 1835 351 and and CC 1662 1835 352 selected select VBD 1662 1835 353 on on IN 1662 1835 354 the the DT 1662 1835 355 advice advice NN 1662 1835 356 of of IN 1662 1835 357 the the DT 1662 1835 358 prime prime NNP 1662 1835 359 minister minister NN 1662 1835 360 ; ; : 1662 1835 361 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1835 362 normal normal JJ 1662 1835 363 limit limit NN 1662 1835 364 is be VBZ 1662 1835 365 104 104 CD 1662 1835 366 senators senator NNS 1662 1835 367 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 368 and and CC 1662 1835 369 the the DT 1662 1835 370 House House NNP 1662 1835 371 of of IN 1662 1835 372 Commons Commons NNP 1662 1835 373 or or CC 1662 1835 374 Chambre Chambre NNP 1662 1835 375 des des NNP 1662 1835 376 Communes Communes NNP 1662 1835 377 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1835 378 295 295 CD 1662 1835 379 seats seat NNS 1662 1835 380 ; ; : 1662 1835 381 note note NN 1662 1835 382 - - HYPH 1662 1835 383 number number NN 1662 1835 384 of of IN 1662 1835 385 seats seat NNS 1662 1835 386 will will MD 1662 1835 387 rise rise VB 1662 1835 388 to to IN 1662 1835 389 301 301 CD 1662 1835 390 at at IN 1662 1835 391 the the DT 1662 1835 392 time time NN 1662 1835 393 of of IN 1662 1835 394 the the DT 1662 1835 395 next next JJ 1662 1835 396 election election NN 1662 1835 397 ; ; , 1662 1835 398 members member NNS 1662 1835 399 elected elect VBN 1662 1835 400 by by IN 1662 1835 401 direct direct JJ 1662 1835 402 popular popular JJ 1662 1835 403 vote vote NN 1662 1835 404 to to TO 1662 1835 405 serve serve VB 1662 1835 406 five five CD 1662 1835 407 - - HYPH 1662 1835 408 year year NN 1662 1835 409 terms term NNS 1662 1835 410 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 411 elections election NNS 1662 1835 412 : : : 1662 1835 413 House House NNP 1662 1835 414 of of IN 1662 1835 415 Commons Commons NNP 1662 1835 416 - - HYPH 1662 1835 417 last last RB 1662 1835 418 held hold VBD 1662 1835 419 25 25 CD 1662 1835 420 October October NNP 1662 1835 421 1993 1993 CD 1662 1835 422 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1835 423 next next JJ 1662 1835 424 to to TO 1662 1835 425 be be VB 1662 1835 426 held hold VBN 1662 1835 427 by by IN 1662 1835 428 3 3 CD 1662 1835 429 November November NNP 1662 1835 430 1998 1998 CD 1662 1835 431 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 432 election election NN 1662 1835 433 results result NNS 1662 1835 434 : : : 1662 1835 435 percent percent NN 1662 1835 436 of of IN 1662 1835 437 votes vote NNS 1662 1835 438 by by IN 1662 1835 439 party party NN 1662 1835 440 - - HYPH 1662 1835 441 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 1835 442 Party Party NNP 1662 1835 443 41 41 CD 1662 1835 444 % % NN 1662 1835 445 , , , 1662 1835 446 Reform Reform NNP 1662 1835 447 Party Party NNP 1662 1835 448 19 19 CD 1662 1835 449 % % NN 1662 1835 450 , , , 1662 1835 451 Tories tory NNS 1662 1835 452 16 16 CD 1662 1835 453 % % NN 1662 1835 454 , , , 1662 1835 455 Bloc Bloc NNP 1662 1835 456 Quebecois Quebecois NNP 1662 1835 457 14 14 CD 1662 1835 458 % % NN 1662 1835 459 , , , 1662 1835 460 New New NNP 1662 1835 461 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1835 462 Party Party NNP 1662 1835 463 7 7 CD 1662 1835 464 % % NN 1662 1835 465 , , , 1662 1835 466 other other JJ 1662 1835 467 3 3 CD 1662 1835 468 % % NN 1662 1835 469 ; ; , 1662 1835 470 seats seat NNS 1662 1835 471 by by IN 1662 1835 472 party party NN 1662 1835 473 - - HYPH 1662 1835 474 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 1835 475 Party Party NNP 1662 1835 476 177 177 CD 1662 1835 477 , , , 1662 1835 478 Bloc Bloc NNP 1662 1835 479 Quebecois Quebecois NNP 1662 1835 480 53 53 CD 1662 1835 481 , , , 1662 1835 482 Reform Reform NNP 1662 1835 483 Party Party NNP 1662 1835 484 52 52 CD 1662 1835 485 , , , 1662 1835 486 New New NNP 1662 1835 487 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1835 488 Party Party NNP 1662 1835 489 9 9 CD 1662 1835 490 , , , 1662 1835 491 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 1835 492 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 1835 493 Party Party NNP 1662 1835 494 2 2 CD 1662 1835 495 , , , 1662 1835 496 independents independent VBZ 1662 1835 497 2 2 CD 1662 1835 498 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 1835 499 branch branch NN 1662 1835 500 : : : 1662 1835 501 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1835 502 Court Court NNP 1662 1835 503 , , , 1662 1835 504 judges judge NNS 1662 1835 505 are be VBP 1662 1835 506 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1835 507 by by IN 1662 1835 508 the the DT 1662 1835 509 prime prime NNP 1662 1835 510 minister minister NN 1662 1835 511 through through IN 1662 1835 512 the the DT 1662 1835 513 governor governor NN 1662 1835 514 general general JJ 1662 1835 515 Political political JJ 1662 1835 516 parties party NNS 1662 1835 517 and and CC 1662 1835 518 leaders leader NNS 1662 1835 519 : : : 1662 1835 520 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 1835 521 Party Party NNP 1662 1835 522 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1835 523 Jean Jean NNP 1662 1835 524 CHRETIEN CHRETIEN NNP 1662 1835 525 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1835 526 ; ; : 1662 1835 527 Bloc Bloc NNP 1662 1835 528 Quebecois Quebecois NNP 1662 1835 529 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1835 530 Michel Michel NNP 1662 1835 531 GAUTHIER GAUTHIER NNP 1662 1835 532 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1835 533 until until IN 1662 1835 534 March March NNP 1662 1835 535 1997 1997 CD 1662 1835 536 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 537 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1835 538 ; ; : 1662 1835 539 Reform Reform NNP 1662 1835 540 Party Party NNP 1662 1835 541 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1835 542 Preston Preston NNP 1662 1835 543 MANNING MANNING NNP 1662 1835 544 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1835 545 ; ; : 1662 1835 546 New New NNP 1662 1835 547 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1835 548 Party Party NNP 1662 1835 549 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1835 550 Alexa Alexa NNP 1662 1835 551 MCDONOUGH MCDONOUGH NNP 1662 1835 552 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1835 553 ; ; : 1662 1835 554 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 1835 555 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 1835 556 Party Party NNP 1662 1835 557 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1835 558 Jean Jean NNP 1662 1835 559 CHAREST CHAREST NNP 1662 1835 560 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1835 561 International international JJ 1662 1835 562 organization organization NN 1662 1835 563 participation participation NN 1662 1835 564 : : : 1662 1835 565 ACCT acct JJ 1662 1835 566 , , , 1662 1835 567 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 1835 568 , , , 1662 1835 569 AG AG NNP 1662 1835 570 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1835 571 observer observer NN 1662 1835 572 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 573 , , , 1662 1835 574 APEC APEC NNP 1662 1835 575 , , , 1662 1835 576 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 1835 577 , , , 1662 1835 578 Australia Australia NNP 1662 1835 579 Group Group NNP 1662 1835 580 , , , 1662 1835 581 BIS BIS NNP 1662 1835 582 , , , 1662 1835 583 C C NNP 1662 1835 584 , , , 1662 1835 585 CCC CCC NNP 1662 1835 586 , , , 1662 1835 587 CDB CDB NNP 1662 1835 588 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1835 589 non non JJ 1662 1835 590 - - JJ 1662 1835 591 regional regional JJ 1662 1835 592 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 593 , , , 1662 1835 594 CE CE NNP 1662 1835 595 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1835 596 observer observer NN 1662 1835 597 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 598 , , , 1662 1835 599 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 1835 600 , , , 1662 1835 601 ECE ECE NNP 1662 1835 602 , , , 1662 1835 603 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 1835 604 , , , 1662 1835 605 ESA ESA NNP 1662 1835 606 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1835 607 cooperating cooperate VBG 1662 1835 608 state state NN 1662 1835 609 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 610 , , , 1662 1835 611 FAO FAO NNP 1662 1835 612 , , , 1662 1835 613 G- G- NNP 1662 1835 614 7 7 CD 1662 1835 615 , , , 1662 1835 616 G- G- NNP 1662 1835 617 8 8 CD 1662 1835 618 , , , 1662 1835 619 G-10 g-10 CD 1662 1835 620 , , , 1662 1835 621 IADB IADB NNP 1662 1835 622 , , , 1662 1835 623 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 1835 624 , , , 1662 1835 625 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1835 626 , , , 1662 1835 627 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1835 628 , , , 1662 1835 629 ICC ICC NNP 1662 1835 630 , , , 1662 1835 631 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 1835 632 , , , 1662 1835 633 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 1835 634 , , , 1662 1835 635 IDA IDA NNP 1662 1835 636 , , , 1662 1835 637 IEA IEA NNP 1662 1835 638 , , , 1662 1835 639 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 1835 640 , , , 1662 1835 641 IFC IFC NNP 1662 1835 642 , , , 1662 1835 643 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 1835 644 , , , 1662 1835 645 IHO IHO NNP 1662 1835 646 , , , 1662 1835 647 ILO ILO NNP 1662 1835 648 , , , 1662 1835 649 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1835 650 , , , 1662 1835 651 IMO imo RB 1662 1835 652 , , , 1662 1835 653 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 1835 654 , , , 1662 1835 655 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1835 656 , , , 1662 1835 657 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 1835 658 , , , 1662 1835 659 IOC IOC NNP 1662 1835 660 , , , 1662 1835 661 IOM IOM NNP 1662 1835 662 , , , 1662 1835 663 ISO ISO NNP 1662 1835 664 , , , 1662 1835 665 ITU ITU NNP 1662 1835 666 , , , 1662 1835 667 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 1835 668 , , , 1662 1835 669 NACC NACC NNP 1662 1835 670 , , , 1662 1835 671 NAM NAM NNP 1662 1835 672 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1835 673 guest guest NNP 1662 1835 674 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 675 , , , 1662 1835 676 NATO NATO NNP 1662 1835 677 , , , 1662 1835 678 NEA NEA NNP 1662 1835 679 , , , 1662 1835 680 NSG NSG NNP 1662 1835 681 , , , 1662 1835 682 OAS OAS NNP 1662 1835 683 , , , 1662 1835 684 OECD OECD NNP 1662 1835 685 , , , 1662 1835 686 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 1835 687 , , , 1662 1835 688 PCA PCA NNP 1662 1835 689 , , , 1662 1835 690 UN UN NNP 1662 1835 691 , , , 1662 1835 692 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 1835 693 , , , 1662 1835 694 UNDOF UNDOF NNP 1662 1835 695 , , , 1662 1835 696 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 1835 697 , , , 1662 1835 698 UNFICYP UNFICYP NNP 1662 1835 699 , , , 1662 1835 700 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 1835 701 , , , 1662 1835 702 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 1835 703 , , , 1662 1835 704 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 1835 705 , , , 1662 1835 706 UNMIBH UNMIBH NNP 1662 1835 707 , , , 1662 1835 708 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 1835 709 , , , 1662 1835 710 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 1835 711 , , , 1662 1835 712 UNTSO UNTSO NNP 1662 1835 713 , , , 1662 1835 714 UNU UNU NNP 1662 1835 715 , , , 1662 1835 716 UPU UPU NNP 1662 1835 717 , , , 1662 1835 718 WCL WCL NNP 1662 1835 719 , , , 1662 1835 720 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 1835 721 , , , 1662 1835 722 WHO who WP 1662 1835 723 , , , 1662 1835 724 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 1835 725 , , , 1662 1835 726 WMO WMO NNP 1662 1835 727 , , , 1662 1835 728 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 1835 729 , , , 1662 1835 730 ZC ZC NNP 1662 1835 731 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1835 732 representation representation NN 1662 1835 733 in in IN 1662 1835 734 the the DT 1662 1835 735 US US NNP 1662 1835 736 : : : 1662 1835 737 chief chief NN 1662 1835 738 of of IN 1662 1835 739 mission mission NN 1662 1835 740 : : : 1662 1835 741 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1835 742 Raymond Raymond NNP 1662 1835 743 A. A. NNP 1662 1835 744 J. J. NNP 1662 1835 745 CHRETIEN CHRETIEN NNP 1662 1835 746 chancery chancery NN 1662 1835 747 : : : 1662 1835 748 501 501 CD 1662 1835 749 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania NNP 1662 1835 750 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 1835 751 NW NW NNP 1662 1835 752 , , , 1662 1835 753 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1835 754 , , , 1662 1835 755 DC DC NNP 1662 1835 756 20001 20001 CD 1662 1835 757 telephone telephone NN 1662 1835 758 : : : 1662 1835 759 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1835 760 1 1 CD 1662 1835 761 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1835 762 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1835 763 202 202 CD 1662 1835 764 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 765 682 682 CD 1662 1835 766 - - HYPH 1662 1835 767 1740 1740 CD 1662 1835 768 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1835 769 : : : 1662 1835 770 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1835 771 1 1 CD 1662 1835 772 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1835 773 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1835 774 202 202 CD 1662 1835 775 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 776 682 682 CD 1662 1835 777 - - HYPH 1662 1835 778 7726 7726 CD 1662 1835 779 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 1835 780 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 781 general general NN 1662 1835 782 : : : 1662 1835 783 Atlanta Atlanta NNP 1662 1835 784 , , , 1662 1835 785 Boston Boston NNP 1662 1835 786 , , , 1662 1835 787 Buffalo Buffalo NNP 1662 1835 788 , , , 1662 1835 789 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 1835 790 , , , 1662 1835 791 Dallas Dallas NNP 1662 1835 792 , , , 1662 1835 793 Detroit Detroit NNP 1662 1835 794 , , , 1662 1835 795 Los Los NNP 1662 1835 796 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 1835 797 , , , 1662 1835 798 Minneapolis Minneapolis NNP 1662 1835 799 , , , 1662 1835 800 New New NNP 1662 1835 801 York York NNP 1662 1835 802 , , , 1662 1835 803 and and CC 1662 1835 804 Seattle Seattle NNP 1662 1835 805 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 1835 806 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 807 : : : 1662 1835 808 Cincinnati Cincinnati NNP 1662 1835 809 , , , 1662 1835 810 Cleveland Cleveland NNP 1662 1835 811 , , , 1662 1835 812 Miami Miami NNP 1662 1835 813 , , , 1662 1835 814 Philadelphia Philadelphia NNP 1662 1835 815 , , , 1662 1835 816 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh NNP 1662 1835 817 , , , 1662 1835 818 Princeton Princeton NNP 1662 1835 819 , , , 1662 1835 820 San San NNP 1662 1835 821 Diego Diego NNP 1662 1835 822 , , , 1662 1835 823 San San NNP 1662 1835 824 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 1835 825 , , , 1662 1835 826 and and CC 1662 1835 827 San San NNP 1662 1835 828 Jose Jose NNP 1662 1835 829 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1835 830 representation representation NN 1662 1835 831 from from IN 1662 1835 832 the the DT 1662 1835 833 US US NNP 1662 1835 834 : : : 1662 1835 835 chief chief NN 1662 1835 836 of of IN 1662 1835 837 mission mission NN 1662 1835 838 : : : 1662 1835 839 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1835 840 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1835 841 vacant vacant JJ 1662 1835 842 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1835 843 embassy embassy NN 1662 1835 844 : : : 1662 1835 845 100 100 CD 1662 1835 846 Wellington Wellington NNP 1662 1835 847 Street Street NNP 1662 1835 848 , , , 1662 1835 849 K1P K1P NNP 1662 1835 850 5T1 5t1 CD 1662 1835 851 , , , 1662 1835 852 Ottawa Ottawa NNP 1662 1835 853 mailing mail VBG 1662 1835 854 address address NN 1662 1835 855 : : : 1662 1835 856 P. P. NNP 1662 1835 857 O. O. NNP 1662 1836 1 Box Box NNP 1662 1836 2 866 866 CD 1662 1836 3 , , , 1662 1836 4 Ogdensburg Ogdensburg NNP 1662 1836 5 , , , 1662 1836 6 NY NY NNP 1662 1836 7 13669 13669 CD 1662 1836 8 - - HYPH 1662 1836 9 0430 0430 CD 1662 1836 10 telephone telephone NN 1662 1836 11 : : : 1662 1836 12 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1836 13 1 1 CD 1662 1836 14 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1836 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1836 16 613 613 CD 1662 1836 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1836 18 238 238 CD 1662 1836 19 - - SYM 1662 1836 20 5335 5335 CD 1662 1836 21 , , , 1662 1836 22 4470 4470 CD 1662 1836 23 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1836 24 : : : 1662 1836 25 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1836 26 1 1 CD 1662 1836 27 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1836 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1836 29 613 613 CD 1662 1836 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1836 31 238 238 CD 1662 1836 32 - - SYM 1662 1836 33 5720 5720 CD 1662 1836 34 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 1836 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1836 36 general general NN 1662 1836 37 : : : 1662 1836 38 Calgary Calgary NNP 1662 1836 39 , , , 1662 1836 40 Halifax Halifax NNP 1662 1836 41 , , , 1662 1836 42 Montreal Montreal NNP 1662 1836 43 , , , 1662 1836 44 Quebec Quebec NNP 1662 1836 45 , , , 1662 1836 46 Toronto Toronto NNP 1662 1836 47 , , , 1662 1836 48 and and CC 1662 1836 49 Vancouver Vancouver NNP 1662 1836 50 Flag Flag NNP 1662 1836 51 description description NN 1662 1836 52 : : : 1662 1836 53 three three CD 1662 1836 54 vertical vertical JJ 1662 1836 55 bands band NNS 1662 1836 56 of of IN 1662 1836 57 red red JJ 1662 1836 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1836 59 hoist hoist NN 1662 1836 60 side side NN 1662 1836 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1836 62 , , , 1662 1836 63 white white JJ 1662 1836 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1836 65 double double JJ 1662 1836 66 width width NN 1662 1836 67 , , , 1662 1836 68 square square NN 1662 1836 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1836 70 , , , 1662 1836 71 and and CC 1662 1836 72 red red JJ 1662 1836 73 with with IN 1662 1836 74 a a DT 1662 1836 75 red red JJ 1662 1836 76 maple maple NN 1662 1836 77 leaf leaf NN 1662 1836 78 centered center VBN 1662 1836 79 in in IN 1662 1836 80 the the DT 1662 1836 81 white white NNP 1662 1836 82 band band NNP 1662 1836 83 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1836 84 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1836 85 - 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- : 1662 1839 12 especially especially RB 1662 1839 13 in in IN 1662 1839 14 Quebec Quebec NNP 1662 1839 15 and and CC 1662 1839 16 the the DT 1662 1839 17 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1839 18 Provinces Provinces NNPS 1662 1839 19 - - : 1662 1839 20 and and CC 1662 1839 21 a a DT 1662 1839 22 large large JJ 1662 1839 23 public public JJ 1662 1839 24 sector sector NN 1662 1839 25 debt debt NN 1662 1839 26 . . . 1662 1840 1 With with IN 1662 1840 2 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1840 3 great great JJ 1662 1840 4 natural natural JJ 1662 1840 5 resources resource NNS 1662 1840 6 , , , 1662 1840 7 skilled skilled JJ 1662 1840 8 labor labor NN 1662 1840 9 force force NN 1662 1840 10 , , , 1662 1840 11 and and CC 1662 1840 12 modern modern JJ 1662 1840 13 capital capital NN 1662 1840 14 plant plant NN 1662 1840 15 , , , 1662 1840 16 however however RB 1662 1840 17 , , , 1662 1840 18 Canada Canada NNP 1662 1840 19 will will MD 1662 1840 20 enjoy enjoy VB 1662 1840 21 better well JJR 1662 1840 22 economic economic JJ 1662 1840 23 prospects prospect NNS 1662 1840 24 in in IN 1662 1840 25 the the DT 1662 1840 26 future future NN 1662 1840 27 . . . 1662 1841 1 The the DT 1662 1841 2 continuing continue VBG 1662 1841 3 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 1841 4 impasse impasse NN 1662 1841 5 between between IN 1662 1841 6 English- English- NNP 1662 1841 7 and and CC 1662 1841 8 French French NNP 1662 1841 9 - 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NNP 1662 1847 51 , , , 1662 1847 52 1996 1996 CD 1662 1847 53 est est NNP 1662 1847 54 . . . 1662 1847 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1848 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1848 2 : : : 1662 1848 3 newsprint newsprint NN 1662 1848 4 , , , 1662 1848 5 wood wood NN 1662 1848 6 pulp pulp NN 1662 1848 7 , , , 1662 1848 8 timber timber NN 1662 1848 9 , , , 1662 1848 10 crude crude JJ 1662 1848 11 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1848 12 , , , 1662 1848 13 machinery machinery NN 1662 1848 14 , , , 1662 1848 15 natural natural JJ 1662 1848 16 gas gas NN 1662 1848 17 , , , 1662 1848 18 aluminum aluminum NN 1662 1848 19 , , , 1662 1848 20 motor motor NN 1662 1848 21 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 1848 22 and and CC 1662 1848 23 parts part NNS 1662 1848 24 ; ; : 1662 1848 25 telecommunications telecommunications NN 1662 1848 26 equipment equipment NN 1662 1848 27 partners partner NNS 1662 1848 28 : : : 1662 1848 29 US US NNP 1662 1848 30 , , , 1662 1848 31 Japan Japan NNP 1662 1848 32 , , , 1662 1848 33 UK UK NNP 1662 1848 34 , , , 1662 1848 35 Germany Germany NNP 1662 1848 36 , , , 1662 1848 37 South South NNP 1662 1848 38 Korea Korea NNP 1662 1848 39 , , , 1662 1848 40 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 1848 41 , , , 1662 1848 42 China China NNP 1662 1848 43 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 1848 44 : : : 1662 1848 45 total total JJ 1662 1848 46 value value NN 1662 1848 47 : : : 1662 1848 48 $ $ $ 1662 1848 49 169.5 169.5 CD 1662 1848 50 billion billion CD 1662 1848 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1848 52 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 1848 53 . . NNP 1662 1848 54 , , , 1662 1848 55 1996 1996 CD 1662 1848 56 est est NNP 1662 1848 57 . . . 1662 1848 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1849 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1849 2 : : : 1662 1849 3 crude crude JJ 1662 1849 4 oil oil NN 1662 1849 5 , , , 1662 1849 6 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 1849 7 , , , 1662 1849 8 motor motor NN 1662 1849 9 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 1849 10 and and CC 1662 1849 11 parts part NNS 1662 1849 12 , , , 1662 1849 13 durable durable JJ 1662 1849 14 consumer consumer NN 1662 1849 15 goods good NNS 1662 1849 16 , , , 1662 1849 17 electronic electronic JJ 1662 1849 18 computers computer NNS 1662 1849 19 ; ; : 1662 1849 20 telecommunications telecommunications NN 1662 1849 21 equipment equipment NN 1662 1849 22 and and CC 1662 1849 23 parts part NNS 1662 1849 24 partners partner NNS 1662 1849 25 : : : 1662 1849 26 US US NNP 1662 1849 27 , , , 1662 1849 28 Japan Japan NNP 1662 1849 29 , , , 1662 1849 30 UK UK NNP 1662 1849 31 , , , 1662 1849 32 Germany Germany NNP 1662 1849 33 , , , 1662 1849 34 France France NNP 1662 1849 35 , , , 1662 1849 36 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 1849 37 , , , 1662 1849 38 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 1849 39 , , , 1662 1849 40 South South NNP 1662 1849 41 Korea Korea NNP 1662 1849 42 Debt Debt NNP 1662 1849 43 - - HYPH 1662 1849 44 external external JJ 1662 1849 45 : : : 1662 1849 46 $ $ $ 1662 1849 47 253 253 CD 1662 1849 48 billion billion CD 1662 1849 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1849 50 1996 1996 CD 1662 1849 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1849 52 Economic economic JJ 1662 1849 53 aid aid NN 1662 1849 54 : : : 1662 1849 55 donor donor NN 1662 1849 56 : : : 1662 1849 57 ODA ODA NNP 1662 1849 58 , , , 1662 1849 59 $ $ $ 1662 1849 60 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 1849 61 billion billion CD 1662 1849 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1849 63 1995 1995 CD 1662 1849 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1849 65 note note NN 1662 1849 66 : : : 1662 1849 67 ODA ODA NNP 1662 1849 68 and and CC 1662 1849 69 OOF OOF NNP 1662 1849 70 commitments commitment NNS 1662 1849 71 , , , 1662 1849 72 $ $ $ 1662 1849 73 10.1 10.1 CD 1662 1849 74 billion billion CD 1662 1849 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1849 76 1986 1986 CD 1662 1849 77 - - SYM 1662 1849 78 91 91 CD 1662 1849 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1849 80 Currency currency NN 1662 1849 81 : : : 1662 1849 82 1 1 CD 1662 1849 83 Canadian canadian JJ 1662 1849 84 dollar dollar NN 1662 1849 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1849 86 Can$ Can$ NNP 1662 1849 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1849 88 = = NFP 1662 1849 89 100 100 CD 1662 1849 90 cents cent NNS 1662 1849 91 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1849 92 rates rate NNS 1662 1849 93 : : : 1662 1849 94 Canadian canadian JJ 1662 1849 95 dollars dollar NNS 1662 1849 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1849 97 Can$ Can$ NNP 1662 1849 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1849 99 per per IN 1662 1849 100 US$ us$ $ 1662 1849 101 1 1 CD 1662 1849 102 - - SYM 1662 1849 103 1.3486 1.3486 CD 1662 1849 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1849 105 January January NNP 1662 1849 106 1997 1997 CD 1662 1849 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1849 108 , , , 1662 1849 109 1.3635 1.3635 CD 1662 1849 110 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1849 111 1996 1996 CD 1662 1849 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1849 113 , , , 1662 1849 114 1.37241 1.37241 CD 1662 1849 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1849 116 1995 1995 CD 1662 1849 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1849 118 , , , 1662 1849 119 1.3656 1.3656 CD 1662 1849 120 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1849 121 1994 1994 CD 1662 1849 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1849 123 , , , 1662 1849 124 1.2901 1.2901 CD 1662 1849 125 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1849 126 1993 1993 CD 1662 1849 127 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1849 128 , , , 1662 1849 129 1.2087 1.2087 CD 1662 1849 130 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1849 131 1992 1992 CD 1662 1849 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1849 133 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1849 134 year year NN 1662 1849 135 : : : 1662 1849 136 1 1 CD 1662 1849 137 April April NNP 1662 1849 138 - - HYPH 1662 1849 139 31 31 CD 1662 1849 140 March March NNP 1662 1849 141 @Canada @Canada NNP 1662 1849 142 : : : 1662 1849 143 Communications communication NNS 1662 1849 144 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 1849 145 : : : 1662 1849 146 15.3 15.3 CD 1662 1849 147 million million CD 1662 1849 148 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1849 149 1990 1990 CD 1662 1849 150 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1849 151 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1849 152 system system NN 1662 1849 153 : : : 1662 1849 154 excellent excellent JJ 1662 1849 155 service service NN 1662 1849 156 provided provide VBN 1662 1849 157 by by IN 1662 1849 158 modern modern JJ 1662 1849 159 technology technology NN 1662 1849 160 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1849 161 : : : 1662 1849 162 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1849 163 satellite satellite NN 1662 1849 164 system system NN 1662 1849 165 with with IN 1662 1849 166 about about RB 1662 1849 167 300 300 CD 1662 1849 168 earth earth NN 1662 1849 169 stations station NNS 1662 1849 170 international international JJ 1662 1849 171 : : : 1662 1849 172 5 5 CD 1662 1849 173 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 1849 174 submarine submarine NN 1662 1849 175 cables cable NNS 1662 1849 176 ; ; : 1662 1849 177 satellite satellite NN 1662 1849 178 earth earth NN 1662 1849 179 stations station NNS 1662 1849 180 - - : 1662 1849 181 5 5 CD 1662 1849 182 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1849 183 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1849 184 4 4 CD 1662 1849 185 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1849 186 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1849 187 and and CC 1662 1849 188 1 1 CD 1662 1849 189 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 1849 190 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1849 191 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1849 192 and and CC 1662 1849 193 2 2 CD 1662 1849 194 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 1849 195 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1849 196 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1849 197 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1849 198 Region Region NNP 1662 1849 199 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1849 200 Radio radio NN 1662 1849 201 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1849 202 stations station NNS 1662 1849 203 : : : 1662 1849 204 AM am VBP 1662 1849 205 900 900 CD 1662 1849 206 , , , 1662 1849 207 FM FM NNP 1662 1849 208 29 29 CD 1662 1849 209 , , , 1662 1849 210 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 1849 211 0 0 CD 1662 1849 212 Radios radio NNS 1662 1849 213 : : : 1662 1849 214 NA NA NNP 1662 1849 215 Television Television NNP 1662 1849 216 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1849 217 stations station NNS 1662 1849 218 : : : 1662 1849 219 70 70 CD 1662 1849 220 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1849 221 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 1849 222 1,400 1,400 CD 1662 1849 223 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1849 224 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1849 225 1991 1991 CD 1662 1849 226 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1849 227 Televisions television NNS 1662 1849 228 : : : 1662 1849 229 11.53 11.53 CD 1662 1849 230 million million CD 1662 1849 231 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1849 232 1983 1983 CD 1662 1849 233 est est NNP 1662 1849 234 . . . 1662 1849 235 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1850 1 @Canada @canada LS 1662 1850 2 : : : 1662 1850 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1850 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1850 5 : : : 1662 1850 6 total total NN 1662 1850 7 : : : 1662 1850 8 70,176 70,176 CD 1662 1850 9 km km NN 1662 1850 10 ; ; : 1662 1850 11 note note VB 1662 1850 12 - - : 1662 1850 13 there there EX 1662 1850 14 are be VBP 1662 1850 15 two two CD 1662 1850 16 major major JJ 1662 1850 17 transcontinental transcontinental JJ 1662 1850 18 freight freight NN 1662 1850 19 railway railway NN 1662 1850 20 systems system NNS 1662 1850 21 : : : 1662 1850 22 Canadian Canadian NNP 1662 1850 23 National National NNP 1662 1850 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1850 25 privatized privatize VBN 1662 1850 26 November November NNP 1662 1850 27 1995 1995 CD 1662 1850 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1850 29 and and CC 1662 1850 30 Canadian Canadian NNP 1662 1850 31 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 1850 32 Railway Railway NNP 1662 1850 33 ; ; : 1662 1850 34 passenger passenger NN 1662 1850 35 service service NN 1662 1850 36 provided provide VBN 1662 1850 37 by by IN 1662 1850 38 government government NN 1662 1850 39 - - HYPH 1662 1850 40 operated operate VBN 1662 1850 41 firm firm NN 1662 1850 42 VIA VIA NNP 1662 1850 43 , , , 1662 1850 44 which which WDT 1662 1850 45 has have VBZ 1662 1850 46 no no DT 1662 1850 47 trackage trackage NN 1662 1850 48 of of IN 1662 1850 49 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1850 50 own own JJ 1662 1850 51 standard standard JJ 1662 1850 52 gauge gauge NN 1662 1850 53 : : : 1662 1850 54 70,000 70,000 CD 1662 1850 55 km km NNS 1662 1850 56 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 1850 57 gauge gauge NN 1662 1850 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1850 59 63 63 CD 1662 1850 60 km km NN 1662 1850 61 electrified electrify VBN 1662 1850 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1850 63 narrow narrow JJ 1662 1850 64 gauge gauge NN 1662 1850 65 : : : 1662 1850 66 176 176 CD 1662 1850 67 km km NN 1662 1850 68 0.914-m 0.914-m NN 1662 1850 69 gauge gauge NN 1662 1850 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1850 71 1995 1995 CD 1662 1850 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1850 73 Highways highway NNS 1662 1850 74 : : : 1662 1850 75 total total NN 1662 1850 76 : : : 1662 1850 77 1.021 1.021 CD 1662 1850 78 million million CD 1662 1850 79 km km NNS 1662 1850 80 paved pave VBN 1662 1850 81 : : : 1662 1850 82 358,371 358,371 CD 1662 1850 83 km km NNS 1662 1850 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1850 85 including include VBG 1662 1850 86 19,000 19,000 CD 1662 1850 87 km km NNS 1662 1850 88 of of IN 1662 1850 89 expressways expressway NNS 1662 1850 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1850 91 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1850 92 : : : 1662 1850 93 662,629 662,629 CD 1662 1850 94 km km NNS 1662 1850 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1850 96 1995 1995 CD 1662 1850 97 est est NNP 1662 1850 98 . . . 1662 1850 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1851 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 1851 2 : : : 1662 1851 3 3,000 3,000 CD 1662 1851 4 km km NNS 1662 1851 5 , , , 1662 1851 6 including include VBG 1662 1851 7 Saint Saint NNP 1662 1851 8 Lawrence Lawrence NNP 1662 1851 9 Seaway Seaway NNP 1662 1851 10 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 1851 11 : : : 1662 1851 12 crude crude JJ 1662 1851 13 and and CC 1662 1851 14 refined refined JJ 1662 1851 15 oil oil NN 1662 1851 16 23,564 23,564 CD 1662 1851 17 km km NN 1662 1851 18 ; ; , 1662 1851 19 natural natural JJ 1662 1851 20 gas gas NN 1662 1851 21 74,980 74,980 CD 1662 1851 22 km km NN 1662 1851 23 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 1851 24 and and CC 1662 1851 25 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1851 26 : : : 1662 1851 27 Becancour Becancour NNP 1662 1851 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1851 29 Quebec Quebec NNP 1662 1851 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1851 31 , , , 1662 1851 32 Churchill Churchill NNP 1662 1851 33 , , , 1662 1851 34 Halifax Halifax NNP 1662 1851 35 , , , 1662 1851 36 Montreal Montreal NNP 1662 1851 37 , , , 1662 1851 38 New New NNP 1662 1851 39 Westminister Westminister NNP 1662 1851 40 , , , 1662 1851 41 Prince Prince NNP 1662 1851 42 Rupert Rupert NNP 1662 1851 43 , , , 1662 1851 44 Quebec Quebec NNP 1662 1851 45 , , , 1662 1851 46 Saint Saint NNP 1662 1851 47 John John NNP 1662 1851 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1851 49 New New NNP 1662 1851 50 Brunswick Brunswick NNP 1662 1851 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1851 52 , , , 1662 1851 53 Saint Saint NNP 1662 1851 54 John John NNP 1662 1851 55 's 's POS 1662 1851 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1851 57 Newfoundland Newfoundland NNP 1662 1851 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1851 59 , , , 1662 1851 60 Seven seven CD 1662 1851 61 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 1851 62 , , , 1662 1851 63 Sydney Sydney NNP 1662 1851 64 , , , 1662 1851 65 Three three CD 1662 1851 66 Rivers Rivers NNPS 1662 1851 67 , , , 1662 1851 68 Thunder Thunder NNP 1662 1851 69 Bay Bay NNP 1662 1851 70 , , , 1662 1851 71 Toronto Toronto NNP 1662 1851 72 , , , 1662 1851 73 Vancouver Vancouver NNP 1662 1851 74 , , , 1662 1851 75 Windsor Windsor NNP 1662 1851 76 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 1851 77 marine marine NN 1662 1851 78 : : : 1662 1851 79 total total NN 1662 1851 80 : : : 1662 1851 81 60 60 CD 1662 1851 82 ships ship NNS 1662 1851 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1851 84 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1851 85 GRT GRT NNP 1662 1851 86 or or CC 1662 1851 87 over over RB 1662 1851 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1851 89 totaling total VBG 1662 1851 90 557,941 557,941 CD 1662 1851 91 GRT/775,391 GRT/775,391 NNP 1662 1851 92 DWT DWT NNP 1662 1851 93 ships ship NNS 1662 1851 94 by by IN 1662 1851 95 type type NN 1662 1851 96 : : : 1662 1851 97 bulk bulk NNP 1662 1851 98 14 14 CD 1662 1851 99 , , , 1662 1851 100 cargo cargo NN 1662 1851 101 9 9 CD 1662 1851 102 , , , 1662 1851 103 chemical chemical NN 1662 1851 104 tanker tanker NN 1662 1851 105 4 4 CD 1662 1851 106 , , , 1662 1851 107 oil oil NN 1662 1851 108 tanker tanker NN 1662 1851 109 15 15 CD 1662 1851 110 , , , 1662 1851 111 passenger passenger NN 1662 1851 112 2 2 CD 1662 1851 113 , , , 1662 1851 114 passenger passenger NN 1662 1851 115 - - HYPH 1662 1851 116 cargo cargo NN 1662 1851 117 1 1 CD 1662 1851 118 , , , 1662 1851 119 railcar railcar NN 1662 1851 120 carrier carrier NN 1662 1851 121 2 2 CD 1662 1851 122 , , , 1662 1851 123 roll roll NN 1662 1851 124 - - HYPH 1662 1851 125 on on IN 1662 1851 126 / / SYM 1662 1851 127 roll roll NN 1662 1851 128 - - HYPH 1662 1851 129 off off RP 1662 1851 130 cargo cargo NN 1662 1851 131 8 8 CD 1662 1851 132 , , , 1662 1851 133 short short JJ 1662 1851 134 - - HYPH 1662 1851 135 sea sea NN 1662 1851 136 passenger passenger NN 1662 1851 137 3 3 CD 1662 1851 138 , , , 1662 1851 139 specialized specialized NNP 1662 1851 140 tanker tanker NN 1662 1851 141 2 2 CD 1662 1851 142 note note NN 1662 1851 143 : : : 1662 1851 144 does do VBZ 1662 1851 145 not not RB 1662 1851 146 include include VB 1662 1851 147 ships ship NNS 1662 1851 148 used use VBN 1662 1851 149 exclusively exclusively RB 1662 1851 150 in in IN 1662 1851 151 the the DT 1662 1851 152 Great Great NNP 1662 1851 153 Lakes Lakes NNPS 1662 1851 154 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1851 155 1996 1996 CD 1662 1851 156 est est NNP 1662 1851 157 . . . 1662 1851 158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1852 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1852 2 : : : 1662 1852 3 1,139 1,139 CD 1662 1852 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1852 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1852 6 est est NNP 1662 1852 7 . . . 1662 1852 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1853 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1853 2 - - , 1662 1853 3 with with IN 1662 1853 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1853 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1853 6 : : : 1662 1853 7 total total NN 1662 1853 8 : : : 1662 1853 9 816 816 CD 1662 1853 10 over over IN 1662 1853 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1853 12 m m NN 1662 1853 13 : : : 1662 1853 14 17 17 CD 1662 1853 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 1853 16 to to TO 1662 1853 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1853 18 m m NN 1662 1853 19 : : : 1662 1853 20 15 15 CD 1662 1853 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1853 22 to to TO 1662 1853 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1853 24 m m CD 1662 1853 25 : : : 1662 1853 26 138 138 CD 1662 1853 27 914 914 CD 1662 1853 28 to to TO 1662 1853 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1853 30 m m NN 1662 1853 31 : : : 1662 1853 32 229 229 CD 1662 1853 33 under under IN 1662 1853 34 914 914 CD 1662 1853 35 m m NN 1662 1853 36 : : : 1662 1853 37 417 417 CD 1662 1853 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1853 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 1853 40 est est NNP 1662 1853 41 . . . 1662 1853 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1854 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1854 2 - - , 1662 1854 3 with with IN 1662 1854 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1854 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1854 6 : : : 1662 1854 7 total total NN 1662 1854 8 : : : 1662 1854 9 323 323 CD 1662 1854 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1854 11 to to TO 1662 1854 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1854 13 m m CD 1662 1854 14 : : : 1662 1854 15 55 55 CD 1662 1854 16 914 914 CD 1662 1854 17 to to TO 1662 1854 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1854 19 m m NN 1662 1854 20 : : : 1662 1854 21 268 268 CD 1662 1854 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1854 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 1854 24 est est NNP 1662 1854 25 . . . 1662 1854 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1855 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 1855 2 : : : 1662 1855 3 17 17 CD 1662 1855 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1855 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1855 6 est est NNP 1662 1855 7 . . . 1662 1855 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1856 1 Military military JJ 1662 1856 2 Military military JJ 1662 1856 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1856 4 : : : 1662 1856 5 Canadian Canadian NNP 1662 1856 6 Armed Armed NNP 1662 1856 7 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 1856 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1856 9 includes include VBZ 1662 1856 10 Land Land NNP 1662 1856 11 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 1856 12 Command Command NNP 1662 1856 13 or or CC 1662 1856 14 LC LC NNP 1662 1856 15 , , , 1662 1856 16 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1856 17 Command Command NNP 1662 1856 18 or or CC 1662 1856 19 MC MC NNP 1662 1856 20 , , , 1662 1856 21 Air Air NNP 1662 1856 22 Command Command NNP 1662 1856 23 or or CC 1662 1856 24 AC AC NNP 1662 1856 25 , , , 1662 1856 26 Communications Communications NNP 1662 1856 27 Command Command NNP 1662 1856 28 or or CC 1662 1856 29 CC CC NNP 1662 1856 30 , , , 1662 1856 31 Training Training NNP 1662 1856 32 Command Command NNP 1662 1856 33 or or CC 1662 1856 34 TC TC NNP 1662 1856 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1856 36 , , , 1662 1856 37 Royal Royal NNP 1662 1856 38 Canadian Canadian NNP 1662 1856 39 Mounted Mounted NNP 1662 1856 40 Police Police NNP 1662 1856 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1856 42 RCMP RCMP NNP 1662 1856 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1856 44 Military military JJ 1662 1856 45 manpower manpower NN 1662 1856 46 - - HYPH 1662 1856 47 military military NN 1662 1856 48 age age NN 1662 1856 49 : : : 1662 1856 50 17 17 CD 1662 1856 51 years year NNS 1662 1856 52 of of IN 1662 1856 53 age age NN 1662 1856 54 Military military JJ 1662 1856 55 manpower manpower NN 1662 1856 56 - - HYPH 1662 1856 57 availability availability NN 1662 1856 58 : : : 1662 1856 59 males male NNS 1662 1856 60 age age NNP 1662 1856 61 15 15 CD 1662 1856 62 - - HYPH 1662 1856 63 49 49 CD 1662 1856 64 : : : 1662 1856 65 8,160,914 8,160,914 CD 1662 1856 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1856 67 1997 1997 CD 1662 1856 68 est e JJS 1662 1856 69 . . . 1662 1856 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1857 1 Military military JJ 1662 1857 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1857 3 - - HYPH 1662 1857 4 fit fit NN 1662 1857 5 for for IN 1662 1857 6 military military JJ 1662 1857 7 service service NN 1662 1857 8 : : : 1662 1857 9 males male NNS 1662 1857 10 : : : 1662 1857 11 7,007,901 7,007,901 CD 1662 1857 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1857 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1857 14 est est NNP 1662 1857 15 . . . 1662 1857 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1858 1 Military military JJ 1662 1858 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1858 3 - - HYPH 1662 1858 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 1858 5 military military JJ 1662 1858 6 age age NN 1662 1858 7 annually annually RB 1662 1858 8 : : : 1662 1858 9 males male NNS 1662 1858 10 : : : 1662 1858 11 208,138 208,138 CD 1662 1858 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1858 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1858 14 est est NNP 1662 1858 15 . . . 1662 1858 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1859 1 Military military JJ 1662 1859 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1859 3 - - HYPH 1662 1859 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1859 5 figure figure NN 1662 1859 6 : : : 1662 1859 7 $ $ $ 1662 1859 8 9 9 CD 1662 1859 9 billion billion CD 1662 1859 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1859 11 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 1859 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1859 13 Military military JJ 1662 1859 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1859 15 - - : 1662 1859 16 percent percent NN 1662 1859 17 of of IN 1662 1859 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1859 19 : : : 1662 1859 20 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 1859 21 % % NN 1662 1859 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1859 23 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 1859 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1859 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1859 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1859 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1859 28 - - HYPH 1662 1859 29 international international JJ 1662 1859 30 : : : 1662 1859 31 maritime maritime JJ 1662 1859 32 boundary boundary JJ 1662 1859 33 disputes dispute NNS 1662 1859 34 with with IN 1662 1859 35 the the DT 1662 1859 36 US US NNP 1662 1859 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1859 38 Dixon Dixon NNP 1662 1859 39 Entrance Entrance NNP 1662 1859 40 , , , 1662 1859 41 Beaufort Beaufort NNP 1662 1859 42 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1859 43 , , , 1662 1859 44 Strait Strait NNP 1662 1859 45 of of IN 1662 1859 46 Juan Juan NNP 1662 1859 47 de de NNP 1662 1859 48 Fuca Fuca NNP 1662 1859 49 , , , 1662 1859 50 Machias Machias NNP 1662 1859 51 Seal Seal NNP 1662 1859 52 Island Island NNP 1662 1859 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1859 54 ; ; : 1662 1859 55 Saint Saint NNP 1662 1859 56 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 1859 57 and and CC 1662 1859 58 Miquelon Miquelon NNP 1662 1859 59 is be VBZ 1662 1859 60 focus focus NN 1662 1859 61 of of IN 1662 1859 62 maritime maritime JJ 1662 1859 63 boundary boundary JJ 1662 1859 64 dispute dispute NN 1662 1859 65 between between IN 1662 1859 66 Canada Canada NNP 1662 1859 67 and and CC 1662 1859 68 France France NNP 1662 1859 69 ; ; : 1662 1859 70 in in IN 1662 1859 71 1992 1992 CD 1662 1859 72 an an DT 1662 1859 73 arbitration arbitration NN 1662 1859 74 panel panel NN 1662 1859 75 awarded award VBD 1662 1859 76 the the DT 1662 1859 77 islands island NNS 1662 1859 78 an an DT 1662 1859 79 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 1859 80 economic economic JJ 1662 1859 81 zone zone NN 1662 1859 82 area area NN 1662 1859 83 of of IN 1662 1859 84 12,348 12,348 CD 1662 1859 85 sq sq XX 1662 1859 86 km km NNS 1662 1859 87 to to TO 1662 1859 88 settle settle VB 1662 1859 89 the the DT 1662 1859 90 dispute dispute NN 1662 1859 91 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 1859 92 drugs drug VBZ 1662 1859 93 : : : 1662 1859 94 illicit illicit JJ 1662 1859 95 producer producer NN 1662 1859 96 of of IN 1662 1859 97 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 1859 98 for for IN 1662 1859 99 the the DT 1662 1859 100 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1859 101 drug drug NN 1662 1859 102 market market NN 1662 1859 103 ; ; : 1662 1859 104 use use NN 1662 1859 105 of of IN 1662 1859 106 hydroponics hydroponic NNS 1662 1859 107 technology technology NN 1662 1859 108 permits permit VBZ 1662 1859 109 growers grower NNS 1662 1859 110 to to TO 1662 1859 111 plant plant VB 1662 1859 112 large large JJ 1662 1859 113 quantities quantity NNS 1662 1859 114 of of IN 1662 1859 115 high high JJ 1662 1859 116 - - HYPH 1662 1859 117 quality quality NN 1662 1859 118 marijuana marijuana NNP 1662 1859 119 indoors indoor NNS 1662 1859 120 ; ; : 1662 1859 121 growing grow VBG 1662 1859 122 role role NN 1662 1859 123 as as IN 1662 1859 124 a a DT 1662 1859 125 transit transit NN 1662 1859 126 point point NN 1662 1859 127 for for IN 1662 1859 128 heroin heroin NN 1662 1859 129 and and CC 1662 1859 130 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 1859 131 entering enter VBG 1662 1859 132 the the DT 1662 1859 133 US US NNP 1662 1859 134 market market NN 1662 1859 135 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 136 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 137 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 138 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 139 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 140 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 141 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 142 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 143 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 144 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 145 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 146 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 147 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 148 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 149 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 150 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 151 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 152 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 153 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 154 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 155 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 156 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 157 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 158 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 159 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 160 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 161 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 162 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 163 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 164 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 165 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 166 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 167 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 168 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 169 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 170 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 171 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 172 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 173 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 174 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 175 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 176 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 177 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 178 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 179 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 180 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 181 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 182 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 183 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 184 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 185 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 186 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 187 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 188 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 189 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 190 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 191 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 192 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 193 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 194 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 195 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 196 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 197 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 198 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 199 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 200 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 201 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 202 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 203 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 204 _ _ NNP 1662 1859 205 CAPE CAPE NNP 1662 1859 206 VERDE VERDE NNP 1662 1859 207 @Cape @cape NN 1662 1859 208 Verde Verde NNP 1662 1859 209 : : : 1662 1859 210 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1859 211 Location Location NNP 1662 1859 212 : : : 1662 1859 213 Western Western NNP 1662 1859 214 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1859 215 , , , 1662 1859 216 group group NN 1662 1859 217 of of IN 1662 1859 218 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 1859 219 in in IN 1662 1859 220 the the DT 1662 1859 221 North North NNP 1662 1859 222 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1859 223 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1859 224 , , , 1662 1859 225 west west NN 1662 1859 226 of of IN 1662 1859 227 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 1859 228 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1859 229 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1859 230 : : : 1662 1859 231 16 16 CD 1662 1859 232 00 00 CD 1662 1859 233 N n CD 1662 1859 234 , , , 1662 1859 235 24 24 CD 1662 1859 236 00 00 NFP 1662 1859 237 W W NNP 1662 1859 238 Map Map NNP 1662 1859 239 references reference NNS 1662 1859 240 : : : 1662 1859 241 World World NNP 1662 1859 242 Area Area NNP 1662 1859 243 : : : 1662 1859 244 total total NN 1662 1859 245 : : : 1662 1859 246 4,030 4,030 CD 1662 1859 247 sq sq NN 1662 1859 248 km km NNP 1662 1859 249 land land NN 1662 1859 250 : : : 1662 1859 251 4,030 4,030 CD 1662 1859 252 sq sq NNP 1662 1859 253 km km NNP 1662 1859 254 water water NN 1662 1859 255 : : : 1662 1859 256 0 0 NFP 1662 1859 257 sq sq NN 1662 1859 258 km km NNP 1662 1859 259 Area area NN 1662 1859 260 - - HYPH 1662 1859 261 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1859 262 : : : 1662 1859 263 slightly slightly RB 1662 1859 264 larger large JJR 1662 1859 265 than than IN 1662 1859 266 Rhode Rhode NNP 1662 1859 267 Island Island NNP 1662 1859 268 Land Land NNP 1662 1859 269 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1859 270 : : : 1662 1859 271 0 0 LS 1662 1859 272 km km NN 1662 1859 273 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1859 274 : : : 1662 1859 275 965 965 CD 1662 1859 276 km km NN 1662 1859 277 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1859 278 claims claim VBZ 1662 1859 279 : : : 1662 1859 280 measured measure VBN 1662 1859 281 from from IN 1662 1859 282 claimed claim VBN 1662 1859 283 archipelagic archipelagic JJ 1662 1859 284 baselines baseline NNS 1662 1859 285 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 1859 286 economic economic JJ 1662 1859 287 zone zone NN 1662 1859 288 : : : 1662 1859 289 200 200 CD 1662 1859 290 nm nm CD 1662 1859 291 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1859 292 sea sea NN 1662 1859 293 : : : 1662 1859 294 12 12 CD 1662 1859 295 nm nm NNP 1662 1859 296 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1859 297 : : : 1662 1859 298 temperate temperate VB 1662 1859 299 ; ; : 1662 1859 300 warm warm JJ 1662 1859 301 , , , 1662 1859 302 dry dry JJ 1662 1859 303 summer summer NN 1662 1859 304 ; ; : 1662 1859 305 precipitation precipitation NN 1662 1859 306 meager meager NNP 1662 1859 307 and and CC 1662 1859 308 very very RB 1662 1859 309 erratic erratic JJ 1662 1859 310 Terrain terrain NN 1662 1859 311 : : : 1662 1859 312 steep steep JJ 1662 1859 313 , , , 1662 1859 314 rugged rugged JJ 1662 1859 315 , , , 1662 1859 316 rocky rocky JJ 1662 1859 317 , , , 1662 1859 318 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 1859 319 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1859 320 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1859 321 : : : 1662 1859 322 lowest low JJS 1662 1859 323 point point NN 1662 1859 324 : : : 1662 1859 325 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1859 326 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1859 327 0 0 NFP 1662 1859 328 m m DT 1662 1859 329 highest high JJS 1662 1859 330 point point NN 1662 1859 331 : : : 1662 1859 332 Pico pico NN 1662 1859 333 2,829 2,829 CD 1662 1859 334 m m CD 1662 1859 335 Natural natural JJ 1662 1859 336 resources resource NNS 1662 1859 337 : : : 1662 1859 338 salt salt NN 1662 1859 339 , , , 1662 1859 340 basalt basalt NNP 1662 1859 341 rock rock NN 1662 1859 342 , , , 1662 1859 343 pozzuolana pozzuolana NNP 1662 1859 344 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1859 345 a a DT 1662 1859 346 siliceous siliceous JJ 1662 1859 347 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 1859 348 ash ash NN 1662 1859 349 used use VBN 1662 1859 350 to to TO 1662 1859 351 produce produce VB 1662 1859 352 hydraulic hydraulic JJ 1662 1859 353 cement cement NN 1662 1859 354 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1859 355 , , , 1662 1859 356 limestone limestone NNP 1662 1859 357 , , , 1662 1859 358 kaolin kaolin NNP 1662 1859 359 , , , 1662 1859 360 fish fish NN 1662 1859 361 Land land NN 1662 1859 362 use use NN 1662 1859 363 : : : 1662 1859 364 arable arable JJ 1662 1859 365 land land NN 1662 1859 366 : : : 1662 1859 367 11 11 CD 1662 1859 368 % % NN 1662 1859 369 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1859 370 crops crop NNS 1662 1859 371 : : : 1662 1859 372 0 0 CD 1662 1859 373 % % NN 1662 1859 374 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1859 375 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1859 376 : : : 1662 1859 377 6 6 CD 1662 1859 378 % % NN 1662 1859 379 forests forest NNS 1662 1859 380 and and CC 1662 1859 381 woodland woodland JJ 1662 1859 382 : : : 1662 1859 383 0 0 CD 1662 1859 384 % % NN 1662 1859 385 other other JJ 1662 1859 386 : : : 1662 1859 387 83 83 CD 1662 1859 388 % % NN 1662 1859 389 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1859 390 1993 1993 CD 1662 1859 391 est est NNP 1662 1859 392 . . . 1662 1859 393 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1860 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1860 2 land land NN 1662 1860 3 : : : 1662 1860 4 30 30 CD 1662 1860 5 sq sq NN 1662 1860 6 km km NNP 1662 1860 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1860 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1860 9 est est NNP 1662 1860 10 . . . 1662 1860 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1861 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1861 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1861 3 : : : 1662 1861 4 prolonged prolonged JJ 1662 1861 5 droughts drought NNS 1662 1861 6 ; ; , 1662 1861 7 harmattan harmattan JJ 1662 1861 8 wind wind NN 1662 1861 9 can can MD 1662 1861 10 obscure obscure VB 1662 1861 11 visibility visibility NN 1662 1861 12 ; ; : 1662 1861 13 volcanically volcanically RB 1662 1861 14 and and CC 1662 1861 15 seismically seismically RB 1662 1861 16 active active JJ 1662 1861 17 Environment environment NN 1662 1861 18 - - HYPH 1662 1861 19 current current JJ 1662 1861 20 issues issue NNS 1662 1861 21 : : : 1662 1861 22 overgrazing overgraze VBG 1662 1861 23 of of IN 1662 1861 24 livestock livestock NN 1662 1861 25 and and CC 1662 1861 26 improper improper JJ 1662 1861 27 land land NN 1662 1861 28 use use NN 1662 1861 29 such such JJ 1662 1861 30 as as IN 1662 1861 31 the the DT 1662 1861 32 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 1861 33 of of IN 1662 1861 34 crops crop NNS 1662 1861 35 on on IN 1662 1861 36 steep steep JJ 1662 1861 37 slopes slope NNS 1662 1861 38 has have VBZ 1662 1861 39 led lead VBN 1662 1861 40 to to IN 1662 1861 41 soil soil NN 1662 1861 42 erosion erosion NN 1662 1861 43 ; ; : 1662 1861 44 demand demand NN 1662 1861 45 for for IN 1662 1861 46 wood wood NN 1662 1861 47 used use VBN 1662 1861 48 as as IN 1662 1861 49 fuel fuel NN 1662 1861 50 has have VBZ 1662 1861 51 resulted result VBN 1662 1861 52 in in IN 1662 1861 53 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 1861 54 ; ; : 1662 1861 55 desertification desertification NN 1662 1861 56 ; ; : 1662 1861 57 environmental environmental JJ 1662 1861 58 damage damage NN 1662 1861 59 has have VBZ 1662 1861 60 threatened threaten VBN 1662 1861 61 several several JJ 1662 1861 62 species specie NNS 1662 1861 63 of of IN 1662 1861 64 birds bird NNS 1662 1861 65 and and CC 1662 1861 66 reptiles reptile NNS 1662 1861 67 ; ; , 1662 1861 68 overfishing overfishe VBG 1662 1861 69 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1861 70 - - HYPH 1662 1861 71 international international JJ 1662 1861 72 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1861 73 : : : 1662 1861 74 party party NN 1662 1861 75 to to TO 1662 1861 76 : : : 1662 1861 77 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 1861 78 , , , 1662 1861 79 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1861 80 Change Change NNP 1662 1861 81 , , , 1662 1861 82 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 1861 83 , , , 1662 1861 84 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 1861 85 Modification Modification NNP 1662 1861 86 , , , 1662 1861 87 Law Law NNP 1662 1861 88 of of IN 1662 1861 89 the the DT 1662 1861 90 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1861 91 , , , 1662 1861 92 Marine Marine NNP 1662 1861 93 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 1861 94 , , , 1662 1861 95 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 1861 96 Test Test NNP 1662 1861 97 Ban Ban NNP 1662 1861 98 signed sign VBD 1662 1861 99 , , , 1662 1861 100 but but CC 1662 1861 101 not not RB 1662 1861 102 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1861 103 : : : 1662 1861 104 none none NN 1662 1861 105 of of IN 1662 1861 106 the the DT 1662 1861 107 selected select VBN 1662 1861 108 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1861 109 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1861 110 - - HYPH 1662 1861 111 note note NNP 1662 1861 112 : : : 1662 1861 113 strategic strategic JJ 1662 1861 114 location location NN 1662 1861 115 500 500 CD 1662 1861 116 km km NNS 1662 1861 117 from from IN 1662 1861 118 west west JJ 1662 1861 119 coast coast NN 1662 1861 120 of of IN 1662 1861 121 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1861 122 near near IN 1662 1861 123 major major JJ 1662 1861 124 north north NN 1662 1861 125 - - HYPH 1662 1861 126 south south NN 1662 1861 127 sea sea NN 1662 1861 128 routes route NNS 1662 1861 129 ; ; , 1662 1861 130 important important JJ 1662 1861 131 communications communication NNS 1662 1861 132 station station NN 1662 1861 133 ; ; , 1662 1861 134 important important JJ 1662 1861 135 sea sea NN 1662 1861 136 and and CC 1662 1861 137 air air NN 1662 1861 138 refueling refueling NN 1662 1861 139 site site NN 1662 1861 140 @Cape @cape NN 1662 1861 141 Verde Verde NNP 1662 1861 142 : : : 1662 1861 143 People People NNP 1662 1861 144 Population Population NNP 1662 1861 145 : : : 1662 1861 146 393,943 393,943 CD 1662 1861 147 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1861 148 July July NNP 1662 1861 149 1997 1997 CD 1662 1861 150 est est NNP 1662 1861 151 . . . 1662 1861 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1862 1 Age age NN 1662 1862 2 structure structure NN 1662 1862 3 : : : 1662 1862 4 0 0 CD 1662 1862 5 - - HYPH 1662 1862 6 14 14 CD 1662 1862 7 years year NNS 1662 1862 8 : : : 1662 1862 9 46 46 CD 1662 1862 10 % % NN 1662 1862 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1862 12 male male NN 1662 1862 13 91,409 91,409 CD 1662 1862 14 ; ; : 1662 1862 15 female female JJ 1662 1862 16 89,810 89,810 CD 1662 1862 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1862 18 15 15 CD 1662 1862 19 - - HYPH 1662 1862 20 64 64 CD 1662 1862 21 years year NNS 1662 1862 22 : : : 1662 1862 23 48 48 CD 1662 1862 24 % % NN 1662 1862 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1862 26 male male JJ 1662 1862 27 87,868 87,868 CD 1662 1862 28 ; ; : 1662 1862 29 female female JJ 1662 1862 30 100,948 100,948 CD 1662 1862 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1862 32 65 65 CD 1662 1862 33 years year NNS 1662 1862 34 and and CC 1662 1862 35 over over IN 1662 1862 36 : : : 1662 1862 37 6 6 CD 1662 1862 38 % % NN 1662 1862 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1862 40 male male NN 1662 1862 41 9,594 9,594 CD 1662 1862 42 ; ; : 1662 1862 43 female female JJ 1662 1862 44 14,214 14,214 CD 1662 1862 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1862 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1862 47 July July NNP 1662 1862 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1862 49 est est NNP 1662 1862 50 . . . 1662 1862 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1863 1 Population population NN 1662 1863 2 growth growth NN 1662 1863 3 rate rate NN 1662 1863 4 : : : 1662 1863 5 1.54 1.54 CD 1662 1863 6 % % NN 1662 1863 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1863 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1863 9 est est NNP 1662 1863 10 . . . 1662 1863 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1864 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1864 2 rate rate NN 1662 1864 3 : : : 1662 1864 4 35.45 35.45 CD 1662 1864 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 1864 6 population population NN 1662 1864 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1864 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1864 9 est est NNP 1662 1864 10 . . . 1662 1864 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1865 1 Death death NN 1662 1865 2 rate rate NN 1662 1865 3 : : : 1662 1865 4 7.3 7.3 CD 1662 1865 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1865 6 population population NN 1662 1865 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1865 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1865 9 est est NNP 1662 1865 10 . . . 1662 1865 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1866 1 Net net JJ 1662 1866 2 migration migration NN 1662 1866 3 rate rate NN 1662 1866 4 : : : 1662 1866 5 -12.73 -12.73 . 1662 1866 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 1866 7 population population NN 1662 1866 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1866 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1866 10 est est NNP 1662 1866 11 . . . 1662 1866 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1867 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1867 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1867 3 : : : 1662 1867 4 at at IN 1662 1867 5 birth birth NN 1662 1867 6 : : : 1662 1867 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 1867 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1867 9 under under IN 1662 1867 10 15 15 CD 1662 1867 11 years year NNS 1662 1867 12 : : : 1662 1867 13 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 1867 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1867 15 15 15 CD 1662 1867 16 - - HYPH 1662 1867 17 64 64 CD 1662 1867 18 years year NNS 1662 1867 19 : : : 1662 1867 20 0.87 0.87 CD 1662 1867 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1867 22 65 65 CD 1662 1867 23 years year NNS 1662 1867 24 and and CC 1662 1867 25 over over IN 1662 1867 26 : : : 1662 1867 27 0.68 0.68 NNP 1662 1867 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 1867 29 total total JJ 1662 1867 30 population population NN 1662 1867 31 : : : 1662 1867 32 0.92 0.92 CD 1662 1867 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1867 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1867 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1867 36 est est NNP 1662 1867 37 . . . 1662 1867 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1868 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1868 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1868 3 rate rate NN 1662 1868 4 : : : 1662 1868 5 49.6 49.6 CD 1662 1868 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1868 7 live live JJ 1662 1868 8 births birth NNS 1662 1868 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1868 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1868 11 est est NNP 1662 1868 12 . . . 1662 1868 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1869 1 Life life NN 1662 1869 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1869 3 at at IN 1662 1869 4 birth birth NN 1662 1869 5 : : : 1662 1869 6 total total JJ 1662 1869 7 population population NN 1662 1869 8 : : : 1662 1869 9 70.04 70.04 CD 1662 1869 10 years year NNS 1662 1869 11 male male JJ 1662 1869 12 : : : 1662 1869 13 66.76 66.76 CD 1662 1869 14 years year NNS 1662 1869 15 female female JJ 1662 1869 16 : : : 1662 1869 17 73.42 73.42 CD 1662 1869 18 years year NNS 1662 1869 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1869 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1869 21 est est NNP 1662 1869 22 . . . 1662 1869 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1870 1 Total total JJ 1662 1870 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1870 3 rate rate NN 1662 1870 4 : : : 1662 1870 5 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 1870 6 children child NNS 1662 1870 7 born bear VBN 1662 1870 8 / / SYM 1662 1870 9 woman woman NN 1662 1870 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1870 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1870 12 est est NNP 1662 1870 13 . . . 1662 1870 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1871 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1871 2 : : : 1662 1871 3 noun noun NN 1662 1871 4 : : : 1662 1871 5 Cape Cape NNP 1662 1871 6 Verdean(s Verdean(s NNP 1662 1871 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1871 8 adjective adjective NN 1662 1871 9 : : : 1662 1871 10 Cape Cape NNP 1662 1871 11 Verdean Verdean NNP 1662 1871 12 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1871 13 groups group NNS 1662 1871 14 : : : 1662 1871 15 Creole Creole NNP 1662 1871 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1871 17 mulatto mulatto NN 1662 1871 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1871 19 71 71 CD 1662 1871 20 % % NN 1662 1871 21 , , , 1662 1871 22 African African NNP 1662 1871 23 28 28 CD 1662 1871 24 % % NN 1662 1871 25 , , , 1662 1871 26 European European NNP 1662 1871 27 1 1 CD 1662 1871 28 % % NN 1662 1871 29 Religions religion NNS 1662 1871 30 : : : 1662 1871 31 Roman Roman NNP 1662 1871 32 Catholicism Catholicism NNP 1662 1871 33 fused fuse VBN 1662 1871 34 with with IN 1662 1871 35 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 1871 36 beliefs belief NNS 1662 1871 37 Languages language NNS 1662 1871 38 : : : 1662 1871 39 Portuguese Portuguese NNP 1662 1871 40 , , , 1662 1871 41 Crioulo Crioulo NNP 1662 1871 42 , , , 1662 1871 43 a a DT 1662 1871 44 blend blend NN 1662 1871 45 of of IN 1662 1871 46 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 1871 47 and and CC 1662 1871 48 West west JJ 1662 1871 49 African african JJ 1662 1871 50 words word NNS 1662 1871 51 Literacy literacy NN 1662 1871 52 : : : 1662 1871 53 definition definition NN 1662 1871 54 : : : 1662 1871 55 age age NN 1662 1871 56 15 15 CD 1662 1871 57 and and CC 1662 1871 58 over over RB 1662 1871 59 can can MD 1662 1871 60 read read VB 1662 1871 61 and and CC 1662 1871 62 write write VB 1662 1871 63 total total JJ 1662 1871 64 population population NN 1662 1871 65 : : : 1662 1871 66 71.6 71.6 CD 1662 1871 67 % % NN 1662 1871 68 male male NN 1662 1871 69 : : : 1662 1871 70 81.4 81.4 CD 1662 1871 71 % % NN 1662 1871 72 female female NN 1662 1871 73 : : : 1662 1871 74 63.8 63.8 CD 1662 1871 75 % % NN 1662 1871 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1871 77 1995 1995 CD 1662 1871 78 est est NNP 1662 1871 79 . . . 1662 1871 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1872 1 @Cape @Cape NNP 1662 1872 2 Verde Verde NNP 1662 1872 3 : : : 1662 1872 4 Government Government NNP 1662 1872 5 Country Country NNP 1662 1872 6 name name NN 1662 1872 7 : : : 1662 1872 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1872 9 long long JJ 1662 1872 10 form form NN 1662 1872 11 : : : 1662 1872 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1872 13 of of IN 1662 1872 14 Cape Cape NNP 1662 1872 15 Verde Verde NNP 1662 1872 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1872 17 short short JJ 1662 1872 18 form form NN 1662 1872 19 : : : 1662 1872 20 Cape Cape NNP 1662 1872 21 Verde Verde NNP 1662 1872 22 local local JJ 1662 1872 23 long long JJ 1662 1872 24 form form NN 1662 1872 25 : : : 1662 1872 26 Republica Republica NNP 1662 1872 27 de de FW 1662 1872 28 Cabo Cabo NNP 1662 1872 29 Verde Verde NNP 1662 1872 30 local local JJ 1662 1872 31 short short JJ 1662 1872 32 form form NN 1662 1872 33 : : : 1662 1872 34 Cabo Cabo NNP 1662 1872 35 Verde Verde NNP 1662 1872 36 Data Data NNP 1662 1872 37 code code NN 1662 1872 38 : : : 1662 1872 39 CV CV NNP 1662 1872 40 Government Government NNP 1662 1872 41 type type NN 1662 1872 42 : : : 1662 1872 43 republic republic NNP 1662 1872 44 National national JJ 1662 1872 45 capital capital NN 1662 1872 46 : : : 1662 1872 47 Praia Praia NNP 1662 1872 48 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 1872 49 divisions division NNS 1662 1872 50 : : : 1662 1872 51 14 14 CD 1662 1872 52 districts district NNS 1662 1872 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1872 54 concelhos concelhos NN 1662 1872 55 , , , 1662 1872 56 singular singular JJ 1662 1872 57 - - HYPH 1662 1872 58 concelho concelho NN 1662 1872 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1872 60 ; ; : 1662 1872 61 Boa Boa NNP 1662 1872 62 Vista Vista NNP 1662 1872 63 , , , 1662 1872 64 Brava Brava NNP 1662 1872 65 , , , 1662 1872 66 Fogo Fogo NNP 1662 1872 67 , , , 1662 1872 68 Maio Maio NNP 1662 1872 69 , , , 1662 1872 70 Paul Paul NNP 1662 1872 71 , , , 1662 1872 72 Praia Praia NNP 1662 1872 73 , , , 1662 1872 74 Porto Porto NNP 1662 1872 75 Novo Novo NNP 1662 1872 76 , , , 1662 1872 77 Ribeira Ribeira NNP 1662 1872 78 Grande Grande NNP 1662 1872 79 , , , 1662 1872 80 Sal Sal NNP 1662 1872 81 , , , 1662 1872 82 Santa Santa NNP 1662 1872 83 Catarina Catarina NNP 1662 1872 84 , , , 1662 1872 85 Santa Santa NNP 1662 1872 86 Cruz Cruz NNP 1662 1872 87 , , , 1662 1872 88 Sao Sao NNP 1662 1872 89 Nicolau Nicolau NNP 1662 1872 90 , , , 1662 1872 91 Sao Sao NNP 1662 1872 92 Vicente Vicente NNP 1662 1872 93 , , , 1662 1872 94 Tarrafal Tarrafal NNP 1662 1872 95 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1872 96 : : : 1662 1872 97 5 5 CD 1662 1872 98 July July NNP 1662 1872 99 1975 1975 CD 1662 1872 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1872 101 from from IN 1662 1872 102 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 1872 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1872 104 National national JJ 1662 1872 105 holiday holiday NN 1662 1872 106 : : : 1662 1872 107 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1872 108 Day Day NNP 1662 1872 109 , , , 1662 1872 110 5 5 CD 1662 1872 111 July July NNP 1662 1872 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1872 113 1975 1975 CD 1662 1872 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1872 115 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 1872 116 : : : 1662 1872 117 new new JJ 1662 1872 118 constitution constitution NN 1662 1872 119 came come VBD 1662 1872 120 into into IN 1662 1872 121 force force NN 1662 1872 122 25 25 CD 1662 1872 123 September September NNP 1662 1872 124 1992 1992 CD 1662 1872 125 Legal legal JJ 1662 1872 126 system system NN 1662 1872 127 : : : 1662 1872 128 NA NA NNP 1662 1872 129 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 1872 130 : : : 1662 1872 131 18 18 CD 1662 1872 132 years year NNS 1662 1872 133 of of IN 1662 1872 134 age age NN 1662 1872 135 ; ; : 1662 1872 136 universal universal JJ 1662 1872 137 Executive Executive NNP 1662 1872 138 branch branch NN 1662 1872 139 : : : 1662 1872 140 chief chief NN 1662 1872 141 of of IN 1662 1872 142 state state NN 1662 1872 143 : : : 1662 1872 144 President President NNP 1662 1872 145 Antonio Antonio NNP 1662 1872 146 MASCARENHAS MASCARENHAS NNP 1662 1872 147 Monteiro Monteiro NNP 1662 1872 148 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1872 149 since since IN 1662 1872 150 22 22 CD 1662 1872 151 March March NNP 1662 1872 152 1991 1991 CD 1662 1872 153 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1872 154 head head NN 1662 1872 155 of of IN 1662 1872 156 government government NN 1662 1872 157 : : : 1662 1872 158 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1872 159 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1872 160 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 1872 161 Alberto Alberto NNP 1662 1872 162 Wahnon Wahnon NNP 1662 1872 163 de de NNP 1662 1872 164 Carvalho Carvalho NNP 1662 1872 165 VEIGA VEIGA NNP 1662 1872 166 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1872 167 since since IN 1662 1872 168 13 13 CD 1662 1872 169 January January NNP 1662 1872 170 1991 1991 CD 1662 1872 171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1872 172 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1872 173 : : : 1662 1872 174 Council Council NNP 1662 1872 175 of of IN 1662 1872 176 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 1872 177 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1872 178 by by IN 1662 1872 179 the the DT 1662 1872 180 prime prime JJ 1662 1872 181 minister minister NN 1662 1872 182 from from IN 1662 1872 183 among among IN 1662 1872 184 the the DT 1662 1872 185 members member NNS 1662 1872 186 of of IN 1662 1872 187 the the DT 1662 1872 188 People People NNPS 1662 1872 189 's 's POS 1662 1872 190 National National NNP 1662 1872 191 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1872 192 elections election NNS 1662 1872 193 : : : 1662 1872 194 president president NN 1662 1872 195 elected elect VBN 1662 1872 196 by by IN 1662 1872 197 popular popular JJ 1662 1872 198 vote vote NN 1662 1872 199 for for IN 1662 1872 200 a a DT 1662 1872 201 five five CD 1662 1872 202 - - HYPH 1662 1872 203 year year NN 1662 1872 204 term term NN 1662 1872 205 ; ; : 1662 1872 206 election election NN 1662 1872 207 last last JJ 1662 1872 208 held hold VBD 1662 1872 209 18 18 CD 1662 1872 210 February February NNP 1662 1872 211 1996 1996 CD 1662 1872 212 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1872 213 next next JJ 1662 1872 214 to to TO 1662 1872 215 be be VB 1662 1872 216 held hold VBN 1662 1872 217 NA NA NNP 1662 1872 218 February February NNP 1662 1872 219 2001 2001 CD 1662 1872 220 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1872 221 ; ; : 1662 1872 222 prime prime NNP 1662 1872 223 minister minister NNP 1662 1872 224 nominated nominate VBN 1662 1872 225 by by IN 1662 1872 226 the the DT 1662 1872 227 People People NNPS 1662 1872 228 's 's POS 1662 1872 229 National National NNP 1662 1872 230 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1872 231 and and CC 1662 1872 232 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1872 233 by by IN 1662 1872 234 the the DT 1662 1872 235 president president NNP 1662 1872 236 election election NN 1662 1872 237 results result NNS 1662 1872 238 : : : 1662 1872 239 Antonio Antonio NNP 1662 1872 240 MASCARENHAS MASCARENHAS NNP 1662 1872 241 Monteiro Monteiro NNP 1662 1872 242 elected elect VBD 1662 1872 243 president president NN 1662 1872 244 ; ; , 1662 1872 245 percent percent NN 1662 1872 246 of of IN 1662 1872 247 vote vote NN 1662 1872 248 - - HYPH 1662 1872 249 Antonio Antonio NNP 1662 1872 250 MASCARENHAS MASCARENHAS NNP 1662 1872 251 Monteiro Monteiro NNP 1662 1872 252 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1872 253 independent independent JJ 1662 1872 254 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1872 255 80.1 80.1 CD 1662 1872 256 % % NN 1662 1872 257 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 1872 258 branch branch NN 1662 1872 259 : : : 1662 1872 260 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 1872 261 People People NNPS 1662 1872 262 's 's POS 1662 1872 263 National National NNP 1662 1872 264 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1872 265 or or CC 1662 1872 266 Assembleia Assembleia NNP 1662 1872 267 Nacional Nacional NNP 1662 1872 268 Popular Popular NNP 1662 1872 269 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1872 270 72 72 CD 1662 1872 271 seats seat NNS 1662 1872 272 ; ; : 1662 1872 273 members member NNS 1662 1872 274 are be VBP 1662 1872 275 elected elect VBN 1662 1872 276 by by IN 1662 1872 277 popular popular JJ 1662 1872 278 vote vote NN 1662 1872 279 to to TO 1662 1872 280 serve serve VB 1662 1872 281 five five CD 1662 1872 282 - - HYPH 1662 1872 283 year year NN 1662 1872 284 terms term NNS 1662 1872 285 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1872 286 elections election NNS 1662 1872 287 : : : 1662 1872 288 last last RB 1662 1872 289 held hold VBD 1662 1872 290 17 17 CD 1662 1872 291 December December NNP 1662 1872 292 1995 1995 CD 1662 1872 293 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1872 294 next next JJ 1662 1872 295 to to TO 1662 1872 296 be be VB 1662 1872 297 held hold VBN 1662 1872 298 NA NA NNP 1662 1872 299 2000 2000 CD 1662 1872 300 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1872 301 election election NN 1662 1872 302 results result NNS 1662 1872 303 : : : 1662 1872 304 percent percent NN 1662 1872 305 of of IN 1662 1872 306 vote vote NN 1662 1872 307 by by IN 1662 1872 308 party party NN 1662 1872 309 - - HYPH 1662 1872 310 MPD MPD NNP 1662 1872 311 59 59 CD 1662 1872 312 % % NN 1662 1872 313 , , , 1662 1872 314 PAICV PAICV NNP 1662 1872 315 28 28 CD 1662 1872 316 % % NN 1662 1872 317 , , , 1662 1872 318 PCD PCD NNP 1662 1872 319 6 6 CD 1662 1872 320 % % NN 1662 1872 321 ; ; , 1662 1872 322 seats seat NNS 1662 1872 323 by by IN 1662 1872 324 party party NN 1662 1872 325 - - HYPH 1662 1872 326 MPD MPD NNP 1662 1872 327 50 50 CD 1662 1872 328 , , , 1662 1872 329 PAICV PAICV NNP 1662 1872 330 21 21 CD 1662 1872 331 , , , 1662 1872 332 PCD PCD NNP 1662 1872 333 1 1 CD 1662 1872 334 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 1872 335 branch branch NN 1662 1872 336 : : : 1662 1872 337 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1872 338 Tribunal Tribunal NNP 1662 1872 339 of of IN 1662 1872 340 Justice Justice NNP 1662 1872 341 or or CC 1662 1872 342 Supremo Supremo NNP 1662 1872 343 Tribunal Tribunal NNP 1662 1872 344 de de NNP 1662 1872 345 Justia Justia NNP 1662 1872 346 Political Political NNP 1662 1872 347 parties party NNS 1662 1872 348 and and CC 1662 1872 349 leaders leader NNS 1662 1872 350 : : : 1662 1872 351 Movement movement NN 1662 1872 352 for for IN 1662 1872 353 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 1872 354 or or CC 1662 1872 355 MPD MPD NNP 1662 1872 356 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1872 357 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1872 358 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1872 359 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 1872 360 VEIGA VEIGA NNP 1662 1872 361 , , , 1662 1872 362 founder founder NN 1662 1872 363 and and CC 1662 1872 364 chairman chairman NN 1662 1872 365 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1872 366 ; ; : 1662 1872 367 African African NNP 1662 1872 368 Party Party NNP 1662 1872 369 for for IN 1662 1872 370 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1872 371 of of IN 1662 1872 372 Cape Cape NNP 1662 1872 373 Verde Verde NNP 1662 1872 374 or or CC 1662 1872 375 PAICV PAICV NNP 1662 1872 376 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1872 377 Pedro Pedro NNP 1662 1872 378 Verona Verona NNP 1662 1872 379 Rodrigues Rodrigues NNP 1662 1872 380 PIRES PIRES NNP 1662 1872 381 , , , 1662 1872 382 chairman chairman NN 1662 1872 383 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1872 384 ; ; : 1662 1872 385 Party Party NNP 1662 1872 386 for for IN 1662 1872 387 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1872 388 Convergence Convergence NNP 1662 1872 389 or or CC 1662 1872 390 PCD PCD NNP 1662 1872 391 ; ; : 1662 1872 392 Social Social NNP 1662 1872 393 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1872 394 Party Party NNP 1662 1872 395 or or CC 1662 1872 396 PSD PSD NNP 1662 1872 397 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1872 398 leader leader NN 1662 1872 399 NA NA NNP 1662 1872 400 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1872 401 International international JJ 1662 1872 402 organization organization NN 1662 1872 403 participation participation NN 1662 1872 404 : : : 1662 1872 405 ACP ACP NNP 1662 1872 406 , , , 1662 1872 407 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 1872 408 , , , 1662 1872 409 CCC CCC NNP 1662 1872 410 , , , 1662 1872 411 ECA ECA NNP 1662 1872 412 , , , 1662 1872 413 ECOWAS ECOWAS NNP 1662 1872 414 , , , 1662 1872 415 FAO FAO NNP 1662 1872 416 , , , 1662 1872 417 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 1872 418 , , , 1662 1872 419 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1872 420 , , , 1662 1872 421 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1872 422 , , , 1662 1872 423 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 1872 424 , , , 1662 1872 425 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 1872 426 , , , 1662 1872 427 IDA IDA NNP 1662 1872 428 , , , 1662 1872 429 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 1872 430 , , , 1662 1872 431 IFC IFC NNP 1662 1872 432 , , , 1662 1872 433 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 1872 434 , , , 1662 1872 435 ILO ILO NNP 1662 1872 436 , , , 1662 1872 437 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1872 438 , , , 1662 1872 439 IMO imo RB 1662 1872 440 , , , 1662 1872 441 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1872 442 , , , 1662 1872 443 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 1872 444 , , , 1662 1872 445 IOC IOC NNP 1662 1872 446 , , , 1662 1872 447 IOM IOM NNP 1662 1872 448 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1872 449 observer observer NN 1662 1872 450 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1872 451 , , , 1662 1872 452 ITU ITU NNP 1662 1872 453 , , , 1662 1872 454 NAM NAM NNP 1662 1872 455 , , , 1662 1872 456 OAU OAU NNP 1662 1872 457 , , , 1662 1872 458 UN UN NNP 1662 1872 459 , , , 1662 1872 460 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 1872 461 , , , 1662 1872 462 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 1872 463 , , , 1662 1872 464 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 1872 465 , , , 1662 1872 466 UPU UPU NNP 1662 1872 467 , , , 1662 1872 468 WCL WCL NNP 1662 1872 469 , , , 1662 1872 470 WHO WHO NNP 1662 1872 471 , , , 1662 1872 472 WMO WMO NNP 1662 1872 473 , , , 1662 1872 474 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 1872 475 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1872 476 applicant applicant NN 1662 1872 477 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1872 478 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1872 479 representation representation NN 1662 1872 480 in in IN 1662 1872 481 the the DT 1662 1872 482 US US NNP 1662 1872 483 : : : 1662 1872 484 chief chief NN 1662 1872 485 of of IN 1662 1872 486 mission mission NN 1662 1872 487 : : : 1662 1872 488 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1872 489 Alberto Alberto NNP 1662 1872 490 Santos Santos NNP 1662 1872 491 SILVA SILVA NNP 1662 1872 492 CARLOS CARLOS NNP 1662 1872 493 chancery chancery NN 1662 1872 494 : : : 1662 1872 495 3415 3415 CD 1662 1872 496 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 1872 497 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 1872 498 NW NW NNP 1662 1872 499 , , , 1662 1872 500 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1872 501 , , , 1662 1872 502 DC DC NNP 1662 1872 503 20007 20007 CD 1662 1872 504 telephone telephone NN 1662 1872 505 : : : 1662 1872 506 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1872 507 1 1 CD 1662 1872 508 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1872 509 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1872 510 202 202 CD 1662 1872 511 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1872 512 965 965 CD 1662 1872 513 - - HYPH 1662 1872 514 6820 6820 CD 1662 1872 515 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1872 516 : : : 1662 1872 517 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1872 518 1 1 CD 1662 1872 519 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1872 520 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1872 521 202 202 CD 1662 1872 522 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1872 523 965 965 CD 1662 1872 524 - - HYPH 1662 1872 525 1207 1207 CD 1662 1872 526 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 1872 527 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1872 528 general general NN 1662 1872 529 : : : 1662 1872 530 Boston Boston NNP 1662 1872 531 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1872 532 representation representation NN 1662 1872 533 from from IN 1662 1872 534 the the DT 1662 1872 535 US US NNP 1662 1872 536 : : : 1662 1872 537 chief chief NN 1662 1872 538 of of IN 1662 1872 539 mission mission NN 1662 1872 540 : : : 1662 1872 541 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1872 542 Lawrence Lawrence NNP 1662 1872 543 Neal Neal NNP 1662 1872 544 BENEDICT BENEDICT NNP 1662 1872 545 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1872 546 17 17 CD 1662 1872 547 June June NNP 1662 1872 548 1996 1996 CD 1662 1872 549 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1872 550 embassy embassy NN 1662 1872 551 : : : 1662 1872 552 Rua Rua NNP 1662 1872 553 Abilio Abilio NNP 1662 1872 554 Macedo Macedo NNP 1662 1872 555 81 81 CD 1662 1872 556 , , , 1662 1872 557 Praia Praia NNP 1662 1872 558 mailing mail VBG 1662 1872 559 address address NN 1662 1872 560 : : : 1662 1872 561 C. C. NNP 1662 1872 562 P. P. NNP 1662 1872 563 201 201 CD 1662 1872 564 , , , 1662 1872 565 Praia Praia NNP 1662 1872 566 telephone telephone NN 1662 1872 567 : : : 1662 1872 568 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1872 569 238 238 CD 1662 1872 570 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1872 571 61 61 CD 1662 1872 572 56 56 CD 1662 1872 573 16 16 CD 1662 1872 574 FAX fax NN 1662 1872 575 : : : 1662 1872 576 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1872 577 238 238 CD 1662 1872 578 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1872 579 61 61 CD 1662 1872 580 13 13 CD 1662 1872 581 55 55 CD 1662 1872 582 Flag flag NN 1662 1872 583 description description NN 1662 1872 584 : : : 1662 1872 585 three three CD 1662 1872 586 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 1872 587 bands band NNS 1662 1872 588 of of IN 1662 1872 589 light light JJ 1662 1872 590 blue blue JJ 1662 1872 591 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1872 592 top top JJ 1662 1872 593 , , , 1662 1872 594 double double JJ 1662 1872 595 width width NN 1662 1872 596 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1872 597 , , , 1662 1872 598 white white JJ 1662 1872 599 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1872 600 with with IN 1662 1872 601 a a DT 1662 1872 602 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 1872 603 red red JJ 1662 1872 604 stripe stripe NN 1662 1872 605 in in IN 1662 1872 606 the the DT 1662 1872 607 middle middle JJ 1662 1872 608 third third RB 1662 1872 609 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1872 610 , , , 1662 1872 611 and and CC 1662 1872 612 light light NN 1662 1872 613 blue blue NNP 1662 1872 614 ; ; : 1662 1872 615 a a DT 1662 1872 616 circle circle NN 1662 1872 617 of of IN 1662 1872 618 10 10 CD 1662 1872 619 yellow yellow JJ 1662 1872 620 five five CD 1662 1872 621 - - HYPH 1662 1872 622 pointed point VBN 1662 1872 623 stars star NNS 1662 1872 624 is be VBZ 1662 1872 625 centered center VBN 1662 1872 626 on on IN 1662 1872 627 the the DT 1662 1872 628 hoist hoist JJ 1662 1872 629 end end NN 1662 1872 630 of of IN 1662 1872 631 the the DT 1662 1872 632 red red NNP 1662 1872 633 stripe stripe NNP 1662 1872 634 and and CC 1662 1872 635 extends extend VBZ 1662 1872 636 into into IN 1662 1872 637 the the DT 1662 1872 638 upper upper JJ 1662 1872 639 and and CC 1662 1872 640 lower low JJR 1662 1872 641 blue blue JJ 1662 1872 642 bands band NNS 1662 1872 643 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1872 644 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1872 645 - - HYPH 1662 1872 646 overview overview NN 1662 1872 647 : : : 1662 1872 648 Cape Cape NNP 1662 1872 649 Verde Verde NNP 1662 1872 650 's 's POS 1662 1872 651 low low JJ 1662 1872 652 per per IN 1662 1872 653 capita capita FW 1662 1872 654 GDP gdp NN 1662 1872 655 reflects reflect VBZ 1662 1872 656 a a DT 1662 1872 657 poor poor JJ 1662 1872 658 natural natural JJ 1662 1872 659 resource resource NN 1662 1872 660 base base NN 1662 1872 661 , , , 1662 1872 662 serious serious JJ 1662 1872 663 water water NN 1662 1872 664 shortages shortage NNS 1662 1872 665 exacerbated exacerbate VBN 1662 1872 666 by by IN 1662 1872 667 cycles cycle NNS 1662 1872 668 of of IN 1662 1872 669 long long JJ 1662 1872 670 - - HYPH 1662 1872 671 term term NN 1662 1872 672 drought drought NN 1662 1872 673 , , , 1662 1872 674 and and CC 1662 1872 675 a a DT 1662 1872 676 high high JJ 1662 1872 677 birthrate birthrate NN 1662 1872 678 . . . 1662 1873 1 The the DT 1662 1873 2 economy economy NN 1662 1873 3 is be VBZ 1662 1873 4 service service NN 1662 1873 5 oriented orient VBN 1662 1873 6 , , , 1662 1873 7 with with IN 1662 1873 8 commerce commerce NN 1662 1873 9 , , , 1662 1873 10 transport transport NN 1662 1873 11 , , , 1662 1873 12 and and CC 1662 1873 13 public public JJ 1662 1873 14 services service NNS 1662 1873 15 accounting account VBG 1662 1873 16 for for IN 1662 1873 17 almost almost RB 1662 1873 18 70 70 CD 1662 1873 19 % % NN 1662 1873 20 of of IN 1662 1873 21 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1873 22 . . . 1662 1874 1 Although although IN 1662 1874 2 nearly nearly RB 1662 1874 3 70 70 CD 1662 1874 4 % % NN 1662 1874 5 of of IN 1662 1874 6 the the DT 1662 1874 7 population population NN 1662 1874 8 lives live VBZ 1662 1874 9 in in IN 1662 1874 10 rural rural JJ 1662 1874 11 areas area NNS 1662 1874 12 , , , 1662 1874 13 the the DT 1662 1874 14 share share NN 1662 1874 15 of of IN 1662 1874 16 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1874 17 in in IN 1662 1874 18 GNP GNP NNP 1662 1874 19 is be VBZ 1662 1874 20 only only RB 1662 1874 21 14 14 CD 1662 1874 22 % % NN 1662 1874 23 , , , 1662 1874 24 of of IN 1662 1874 25 which which WDT 1662 1874 26 fishing fishing NN 1662 1874 27 accounts account VBZ 1662 1874 28 for for IN 1662 1874 29 4 4 CD 1662 1874 30 % % NN 1662 1874 31 . . . 1662 1875 1 About about RB 1662 1875 2 90 90 CD 1662 1875 3 % % NN 1662 1875 4 of of IN 1662 1875 5 food food NN 1662 1875 6 must must MD 1662 1875 7 be be VB 1662 1875 8 imported import VBN 1662 1875 9 . . . 1662 1876 1 The the DT 1662 1876 2 fishing fishing NN 1662 1876 3 potential potential NN 1662 1876 4 , , , 1662 1876 5 mostly mostly RB 1662 1876 6 lobster lobster NN 1662 1876 7 and and CC 1662 1876 8 tuna tuna NN 1662 1876 9 , , , 1662 1876 10 is be VBZ 1662 1876 11 not not RB 1662 1876 12 fully fully RB 1662 1876 13 exploited exploit VBN 1662 1876 14 . . . 1662 1877 1 Cape Cape NNP 1662 1877 2 Verde Verde NNP 1662 1877 3 annually annually RB 1662 1877 4 runs run VBZ 1662 1877 5 a a DT 1662 1877 6 high high JJ 1662 1877 7 trade trade NN 1662 1877 8 deficit deficit NN 1662 1877 9 , , , 1662 1877 10 financed finance VBN 1662 1877 11 by by IN 1662 1877 12 remittances remittance NNS 1662 1877 13 from from IN 1662 1877 14 emigrants emigrant NNS 1662 1877 15 and and CC 1662 1877 16 foreign foreign JJ 1662 1877 17 aid aid NN 1662 1877 18 , , , 1662 1877 19 which which WDT 1662 1877 20 form form VBP 1662 1877 21 important important JJ 1662 1877 22 supplements supplement NNS 1662 1877 23 to to IN 1662 1877 24 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1877 25 . . . 1662 1878 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 1878 2 reforms reform NNS 1662 1878 3 , , , 1662 1878 4 launched launch VBN 1662 1878 5 by by IN 1662 1878 6 the the DT 1662 1878 7 new new JJ 1662 1878 8 democratic democratic JJ 1662 1878 9 government government NN 1662 1878 10 in in IN 1662 1878 11 1991 1991 CD 1662 1878 12 , , , 1662 1878 13 are be VBP 1662 1878 14 aimed aim VBN 1662 1878 15 at at IN 1662 1878 16 developing develop VBG 1662 1878 17 the the DT 1662 1878 18 private private JJ 1662 1878 19 sector sector NN 1662 1878 20 and and CC 1662 1878 21 attracting attract VBG 1662 1878 22 foreign foreign JJ 1662 1878 23 investment investment NN 1662 1878 24 to to TO 1662 1878 25 diversify diversify VB 1662 1878 26 the the DT 1662 1878 27 economy economy NN 1662 1878 28 . . . 1662 1879 1 Prospects prospect NNS 1662 1879 2 for for IN 1662 1879 3 1997 1997 CD 1662 1879 4 depend depend VBP 1662 1879 5 heavily heavily RB 1662 1879 6 on on IN 1662 1879 7 the the DT 1662 1879 8 maintenance maintenance NN 1662 1879 9 of of IN 1662 1879 10 aid aid NN 1662 1879 11 flows flow NNS 1662 1879 12 , , , 1662 1879 13 remittances remittance NNS 1662 1879 14 , , , 1662 1879 15 and and CC 1662 1879 16 the the DT 1662 1879 17 momentum momentum NN 1662 1879 18 of of IN 1662 1879 19 the the DT 1662 1879 20 government government NN 1662 1879 21 's 's POS 1662 1879 22 development development NN 1662 1879 23 program program NN 1662 1879 24 . . . 1662 1880 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1880 2 : : : 1662 1880 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1880 4 power power NN 1662 1880 5 parity parity NN 1662 1880 6 - - : 1662 1880 7 $ $ $ 1662 1880 8 472 472 CD 1662 1880 9 million million CD 1662 1880 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1880 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 1880 12 est est NNP 1662 1880 13 . . . 1662 1880 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1881 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1881 2 - - HYPH 1662 1881 3 real real JJ 1662 1881 4 growth growth NN 1662 1881 5 rate rate NN 1662 1881 6 : : : 1662 1881 7 4.7 4.7 CD 1662 1881 8 % % NN 1662 1881 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1881 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 1881 11 est est NNP 1662 1881 12 . . . 1662 1881 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1882 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1882 2 - - HYPH 1662 1882 3 per per FW 1662 1882 4 capita capita NN 1662 1882 5 : : : 1662 1882 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1882 7 power power NN 1662 1882 8 parity parity NN 1662 1882 9 - - : 1662 1882 10 $ $ $ 1662 1882 11 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1882 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1882 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 1882 14 est est NNP 1662 1882 15 . . . 1662 1882 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1883 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1883 2 - - HYPH 1662 1883 3 composition composition NN 1662 1883 4 by by IN 1662 1883 5 sector sector NN 1662 1883 6 : : : 1662 1883 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1883 8 : : : 1662 1883 9 14 14 CD 1662 1883 10 % % NN 1662 1883 11 industry industry NN 1662 1883 12 : : : 1662 1883 13 17 17 CD 1662 1883 14 % % NN 1662 1883 15 services service NNS 1662 1883 16 : : : 1662 1883 17 69 69 CD 1662 1883 18 % % NN 1662 1883 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1883 20 1992 1992 CD 1662 1883 21 est est NNP 1662 1883 22 . . . 1662 1883 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1884 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 1884 2 rate rate NN 1662 1884 3 - - HYPH 1662 1884 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 1884 5 price price NN 1662 1884 6 index index NN 1662 1884 7 : : : 1662 1884 8 7.8 7.8 CD 1662 1884 9 % % NN 1662 1884 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1884 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 1884 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1884 13 Labor labor NN 1662 1884 14 force force NN 1662 1884 15 : : : 1662 1884 16 NA NA NNP 1662 1884 17 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1884 18 rate rate NN 1662 1884 19 : : : 1662 1884 20 NA NA NNP 1662 1884 21 % % NN 1662 1884 22 Budget budget NN 1662 1884 23 : : : 1662 1884 24 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1884 25 : : : 1662 1884 26 $ $ $ 1662 1884 27 253.7 253.7 CD 1662 1884 28 million million CD 1662 1884 29 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1884 30 : : : 1662 1884 31 $ $ $ 1662 1884 32 276 276 CD 1662 1884 33 million million CD 1662 1884 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1884 35 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 1884 36 est est NNP 1662 1884 37 . . . 1662 1884 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1885 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 1885 2 : : : 1662 1885 3 fish fish NN 1662 1885 4 processing processing NN 1662 1885 5 , , , 1662 1885 6 salt salt NN 1662 1885 7 mining mining NN 1662 1885 8 , , , 1662 1885 9 garments garment NNS 1662 1885 10 , , , 1662 1885 11 ship ship NN 1662 1885 12 repair repair NN 1662 1885 13 , , , 1662 1885 14 food food NN 1662 1885 15 and and CC 1662 1885 16 beverages beverage VBZ 1662 1885 17 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 1885 18 production production NN 1662 1885 19 growth growth NN 1662 1885 20 rate rate NN 1662 1885 21 : : : 1662 1885 22 NA% NA% `` 1662 1885 23 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1885 24 - - HYPH 1662 1885 25 capacity capacity NN 1662 1885 26 : : : 1662 1885 27 17,000 17,000 CD 1662 1885 28 kW kW NNP 1662 1885 29 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1885 30 - - HYPH 1662 1885 31 production production NN 1662 1885 32 : : : 1662 1885 33 15 15 CD 1662 1885 34 million million CD 1662 1885 35 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1885 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1885 37 1991 1991 CD 1662 1885 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1885 39 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1885 40 - - HYPH 1662 1885 41 consumption consumption NN 1662 1885 42 per per IN 1662 1885 43 capita capita NN 1662 1885 44 : : : 1662 1885 45 39 39 CD 1662 1885 46 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1885 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1885 48 1991 1991 CD 1662 1885 49 est est NNP 1662 1885 50 . . . 1662 1885 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1886 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1886 2 - - HYPH 1662 1886 3 products product NNS 1662 1886 4 : : : 1662 1886 5 bananas banana NNS 1662 1886 6 , , , 1662 1886 7 corn corn NN 1662 1886 8 , , , 1662 1886 9 beans bean NNS 1662 1886 10 , , , 1662 1886 11 sweet sweet JJ 1662 1886 12 potatoes potato NNS 1662 1886 13 , , , 1662 1886 14 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 1886 15 , , , 1662 1886 16 coffee coffee NN 1662 1886 17 , , , 1662 1886 18 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 1886 19 ; ; : 1662 1886 20 fish fish NN 1662 1886 21 Exports export NNS 1662 1886 22 : : : 1662 1886 23 total total JJ 1662 1886 24 value value NN 1662 1886 25 : : : 1662 1886 26 $ $ $ 1662 1886 27 10 10 CD 1662 1886 28 million million CD 1662 1886 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1886 30 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 1886 31 . . NNP 1662 1886 32 , , , 1662 1886 33 1995 1995 CD 1662 1886 34 est est NNP 1662 1886 35 . . . 1662 1886 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1887 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1887 2 : : : 1662 1887 3 fish fish NN 1662 1887 4 , , , 1662 1887 5 bananas banana NNS 1662 1887 6 , , , 1662 1887 7 fuels fuel NNS 1662 1887 8 , , , 1662 1887 9 basic basic JJ 1662 1887 10 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 1887 11 partners partner NNS 1662 1887 12 : : : 1662 1887 13 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 1887 14 , , , 1662 1887 15 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 1887 16 50 50 CD 1662 1887 17 % % NN 1662 1887 18 , , , 1662 1887 19 Angola Angola NNP 1662 1887 20 , , , 1662 1887 21 Spain Spain NNP 1662 1887 22 , , , 1662 1887 23 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 1887 24 , , , 1662 1887 25 UK UK NNP 1662 1887 26 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 1887 27 : : : 1662 1887 28 total total JJ 1662 1887 29 value value NN 1662 1887 30 : : : 1662 1887 31 $ $ $ 1662 1887 32 211.8 211.8 CD 1662 1887 33 million million CD 1662 1887 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1887 35 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 1887 36 . . NNP 1662 1887 37 , , , 1662 1887 38 1995 1995 CD 1662 1887 39 est est NNP 1662 1887 40 . . . 1662 1887 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1888 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1888 2 : : : 1662 1888 3 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 1888 4 , , , 1662 1888 5 consumer consumer NN 1662 1888 6 goods good NNS 1662 1888 7 , , , 1662 1888 8 industrial industrial JJ 1662 1888 9 products product NNS 1662 1888 10 , , , 1662 1888 11 transport transport NN 1662 1888 12 equipment equipment NN 1662 1888 13 , , , 1662 1888 14 fuels fuel NNS 1662 1888 15 partners partner NNS 1662 1888 16 : : : 1662 1888 17 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 1888 18 45 45 CD 1662 1888 19 % % NN 1662 1888 20 , , , 1662 1888 21 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 1888 22 , , , 1662 1888 23 Germany Germany NNP 1662 1888 24 , , , 1662 1888 25 Spain Spain NNP 1662 1888 26 , , , 1662 1888 27 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 1888 28 , , , 1662 1888 29 France France NNP 1662 1888 30 , , , 1662 1888 31 Cote Cote NNP 1662 1888 32 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 1888 33 Debt Debt NNP 1662 1888 34 - - HYPH 1662 1888 35 external external JJ 1662 1888 36 : : : 1662 1888 37 $ $ $ 1662 1888 38 170 170 CD 1662 1888 39 million million CD 1662 1888 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1888 41 1994 1994 CD 1662 1888 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1888 43 Economic economic JJ 1662 1888 44 aid aid NN 1662 1888 45 : : : 1662 1888 46 recipient recipient NN 1662 1888 47 : : : 1662 1888 48 ODA ODA NNP 1662 1888 49 , , , 1662 1888 50 $ $ $ 1662 1888 51 NA NA NNP 1662 1888 52 Currency currency NN 1662 1888 53 : : : 1662 1888 54 1 1 CD 1662 1888 55 Cape Cape NNP 1662 1888 56 Verdean Verdean NNP 1662 1888 57 escudo escudo NN 1662 1888 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1888 59 CVEsc CVEsc NNP 1662 1888 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1888 61 = = NFP 1662 1888 62 100 100 CD 1662 1888 63 centavos centavos NNP 1662 1888 64 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1888 65 rates rate NNS 1662 1888 66 : : : 1662 1888 67 Cape Cape NNP 1662 1888 68 Verdean Verdean NNP 1662 1888 69 escudos escudos NN 1662 1888 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1888 71 CVEsc CVEsc NNP 1662 1888 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1888 73 per per IN 1662 1888 74 US$ us$ $ 1662 1888 75 1 1 CD 1662 1888 76 - - SYM 1662 1888 77 84.770 84.770 CD 1662 1888 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1888 79 December December NNP 1662 1888 80 1996 1996 CD 1662 1888 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1888 82 , , , 1662 1888 83 82.591 82.591 CD 1662 1888 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1888 85 1996 1996 CD 1662 1888 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1888 87 , , , 1662 1888 88 76.853 76.853 CD 1662 1888 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1888 90 1995 1995 CD 1662 1888 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1888 92 , , , 1662 1888 93 81.891 81.891 CD 1662 1888 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1888 95 1994 1994 CD 1662 1888 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1888 97 , , , 1662 1888 98 80.427 80.427 CD 1662 1888 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1888 100 1993 1993 CD 1662 1888 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1888 102 , , , 1662 1888 103 68.018 68.018 CD 1662 1888 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1888 105 1992 1992 CD 1662 1888 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1888 107 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1888 108 year year NN 1662 1888 109 : : : 1662 1888 110 calendar calendar NN 1662 1888 111 year year NN 1662 1888 112 @Cape @cape NN 1662 1888 113 Verde Verde NNP 1662 1888 114 : : : 1662 1888 115 Communications Communications NNP 1662 1888 116 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 1888 117 : : : 1662 1888 118 1,740 1,740 CD 1662 1888 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1888 120 1987 1987 CD 1662 1888 121 est est NNP 1662 1888 122 . . . 1662 1888 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1889 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1889 2 system system NN 1662 1889 3 : : : 1662 1889 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1889 5 : : : 1662 1889 6 interisland interisland VB 1662 1889 7 microwave microwave NN 1662 1889 8 radio radio NN 1662 1889 9 relay relay NN 1662 1889 10 system system NN 1662 1889 11 international international NNP 1662 1889 12 : : : 1662 1889 13 2 2 CD 1662 1889 14 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 1889 15 submarine submarine NN 1662 1889 16 cables cable NNS 1662 1889 17 ; ; : 1662 1889 18 HF HF NNP 1662 1889 19 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 1889 20 to to IN 1662 1889 21 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 1889 22 and and CC 1662 1889 23 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 1889 24 - - HYPH 1662 1889 25 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 1889 26 ; ; : 1662 1889 27 satellite satellite NN 1662 1889 28 earth earth NN 1662 1889 29 station station NN 1662 1889 30 - - : 1662 1889 31 1 1 CD 1662 1889 32 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1889 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1889 34 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1889 35 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1889 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1889 37 Radio radio NN 1662 1889 38 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1889 39 stations station NNS 1662 1889 40 : : : 1662 1889 41 AM AM NNP 1662 1889 42 1 1 CD 1662 1889 43 , , , 1662 1889 44 FM FM NNP 1662 1889 45 6 6 CD 1662 1889 46 , , , 1662 1889 47 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 1889 48 0 0 CD 1662 1889 49 Radios radio NNS 1662 1889 50 : : : 1662 1889 51 NA NA NNP 1662 1889 52 Television Television NNP 1662 1889 53 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1889 54 stations station NNS 1662 1889 55 : : : 1662 1889 56 1 1 CD 1662 1889 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1889 58 1987 1987 CD 1662 1889 59 est est NNP 1662 1889 60 . . . 1662 1889 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1890 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 1890 2 : : : 1662 1890 3 7,000 7,000 CD 1662 1890 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1890 5 1991 1991 CD 1662 1890 6 est est NNP 1662 1890 7 . . . 1662 1890 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1891 1 @Cape @Cape NNP 1662 1891 2 Verde Verde NNP 1662 1891 3 : : : 1662 1891 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1891 5 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1891 6 : : : 1662 1891 7 0 0 LS 1662 1891 8 km km NN 1662 1891 9 Highways highway NNS 1662 1891 10 : : : 1662 1891 11 total total NN 1662 1891 12 : : : 1662 1891 13 1,100 1,100 CD 1662 1891 14 km km NN 1662 1891 15 paved pave VBN 1662 1891 16 : : : 1662 1891 17 858 858 CD 1662 1891 18 km km NN 1662 1891 19 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1891 20 : : : 1662 1891 21 242 242 CD 1662 1891 22 km km NNS 1662 1891 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1891 24 1995 1995 CD 1662 1891 25 est est NNP 1662 1891 26 . . . 1662 1891 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1892 1 Ports port NNS 1662 1892 2 and and CC 1662 1892 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1892 4 : : : 1662 1892 5 Mindelo Mindelo NNP 1662 1892 6 , , , 1662 1892 7 Praia Praia NNP 1662 1892 8 , , , 1662 1892 9 Tarrafal Tarrafal NNP 1662 1892 10 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 1892 11 marine marine NN 1662 1892 12 : : : 1662 1892 13 total total NN 1662 1892 14 : : : 1662 1892 15 3 3 CD 1662 1892 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1892 17 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1892 18 GRT GRT NNP 1662 1892 19 or or CC 1662 1892 20 over over RB 1662 1892 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1892 22 totaling total VBG 1662 1892 23 4,032 4,032 CD 1662 1892 24 GRT/5,966 GRT/5,966 NNP 1662 1892 25 DWT DWT NNP 1662 1892 26 ships ship NNS 1662 1892 27 by by IN 1662 1892 28 type type NN 1662 1892 29 : : : 1662 1892 30 cargo cargo NN 1662 1892 31 2 2 CD 1662 1892 32 , , , 1662 1892 33 chemical chemical NN 1662 1892 34 tanker tanker NN 1662 1892 35 1 1 CD 1662 1892 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1892 37 1996 1996 CD 1662 1892 38 est est NNP 1662 1892 39 . . . 1662 1892 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1893 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1893 2 : : : 1662 1893 3 6 6 CD 1662 1893 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1893 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1893 6 est est NNP 1662 1893 7 . . . 1662 1893 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1894 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1894 2 - - , 1662 1894 3 with with IN 1662 1894 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1894 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1894 6 : : : 1662 1894 7 total total NN 1662 1894 8 : : : 1662 1894 9 6 6 CD 1662 1894 10 over over IN 1662 1894 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1894 12 m m NN 1662 1894 13 : : : 1662 1894 14 1 1 CD 1662 1894 15 914 914 CD 1662 1894 16 to to TO 1662 1894 17 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1894 18 m m NN 1662 1894 19 : : : 1662 1894 20 5 5 CD 1662 1894 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1894 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 1894 23 est est NNP 1662 1894 24 . . . 1662 1894 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1895 1 Military military JJ 1662 1895 2 Military military JJ 1662 1895 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1895 4 : : : 1662 1895 5 People People NNS 1662 1895 6 's 's POS 1662 1895 7 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 1895 8 Armed Armed NNP 1662 1895 9 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 1895 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1895 11 FARP FARP NNP 1662 1895 12 ; ; : 1662 1895 13 includes include VBZ 1662 1895 14 Army Army NNP 1662 1895 15 and and CC 1662 1895 16 Navy Navy NNP 1662 1895 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1895 18 , , , 1662 1895 19 Security Security NNP 1662 1895 20 Service Service NNP 1662 1895 21 Military Military NNP 1662 1895 22 manpower manpower NN 1662 1895 23 - - HYPH 1662 1895 24 availability availability NN 1662 1895 25 : : : 1662 1895 26 males male NNS 1662 1895 27 age age NNP 1662 1895 28 15 15 CD 1662 1895 29 - - HYPH 1662 1895 30 49 49 CD 1662 1895 31 : : : 1662 1895 32 78,622 78,622 CD 1662 1895 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1895 34 1997 1997 CD 1662 1895 35 est est NNP 1662 1895 36 . . . 1662 1895 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1896 1 Military military JJ 1662 1896 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1896 3 - - HYPH 1662 1896 4 fit fit NN 1662 1896 5 for for IN 1662 1896 6 military military JJ 1662 1896 7 service service NN 1662 1896 8 : : : 1662 1896 9 males male NNS 1662 1896 10 : : : 1662 1896 11 44,870 44,870 CD 1662 1896 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1896 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1896 14 est est NNP 1662 1896 15 . . . 1662 1896 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1897 1 Military military JJ 1662 1897 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1897 3 - - HYPH 1662 1897 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1897 5 figure figure NN 1662 1897 6 : : : 1662 1897 7 $ $ $ 1662 1897 8 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 1897 9 million million CD 1662 1897 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1897 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 1897 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1897 13 Military military JJ 1662 1897 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1897 15 - - : 1662 1897 16 percent percent NN 1662 1897 17 of of IN 1662 1897 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1897 19 : : : 1662 1897 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 1897 21 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1897 22 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1897 23 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1897 24 - - : 1662 1897 25 international international RB 1662 1897 26 : : : 1662 1897 27 none none NN 1662 1897 28 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 1897 29 drugs drug VBZ 1662 1897 30 : : : 1662 1897 31 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 1897 32 used use VBN 1662 1897 33 as as IN 1662 1897 34 a a DT 1662 1897 35 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 1897 36 point point NN 1662 1897 37 for for IN 1662 1897 38 illicit illicit JJ 1662 1897 39 drugs drug NNS 1662 1897 40 moving move VBG 1662 1897 41 from from IN 1662 1897 42 Latin Latin NNP 1662 1897 43 America America NNP 1662 1897 44 and and CC 1662 1897 45 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1897 46 destined destine VBD 1662 1897 47 for for IN 1662 1897 48 Western Western NNP 1662 1897 49 Europe Europe NNP 1662 1897 50 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 51 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 52 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 53 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 54 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 55 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 56 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 57 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 58 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 59 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 60 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 61 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 62 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 63 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 64 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 65 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 66 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 67 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 68 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 69 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 70 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 71 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 72 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 73 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 74 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 75 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 76 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 77 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 78 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 79 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 80 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 81 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 82 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 83 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 84 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 85 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 86 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 87 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 94 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 95 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 96 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 97 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 98 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 99 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 100 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 101 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 102 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 103 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 104 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 105 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 106 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 107 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 108 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 109 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 110 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 111 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 112 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 113 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 114 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 115 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 116 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 117 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 118 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 119 _ _ NNP 1662 1897 120 CAYMAN CAYMAN NNP 1662 1897 121 ISLANDS ISLANDS NNP 1662 1897 122 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1897 123 dependent dependent JJ 1662 1897 124 territory territory NN 1662 1897 125 of of IN 1662 1897 126 the the DT 1662 1897 127 UK UK NNP 1662 1897 128 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1897 129 @Cayman @Cayman NNP 1662 1897 130 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 1897 131 : : : 1662 1897 132 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1897 133 Location Location NNP 1662 1897 134 : : : 1662 1897 135 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 1897 136 , , , 1662 1897 137 island island NN 1662 1897 138 group group NN 1662 1897 139 in in IN 1662 1897 140 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 1897 141 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1897 142 , , , 1662 1897 143 nearly nearly RB 1662 1897 144 one one CD 1662 1897 145 - - HYPH 1662 1897 146 half half NN 1662 1897 147 of of IN 1662 1897 148 the the DT 1662 1897 149 way way NN 1662 1897 150 from from IN 1662 1897 151 Cuba Cuba NNP 1662 1897 152 to to IN 1662 1897 153 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 1897 154 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1897 155 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1897 156 : : : 1662 1897 157 19 19 CD 1662 1897 158 30 30 CD 1662 1897 159 N n CD 1662 1897 160 , , , 1662 1897 161 80 80 CD 1662 1897 162 30 30 CD 1662 1897 163 W W NNP 1662 1897 164 Map Map NNP 1662 1897 165 references reference NNS 1662 1897 166 : : : 1662 1897 167 Central Central NNP 1662 1897 168 America America NNP 1662 1897 169 and and CC 1662 1897 170 the the DT 1662 1897 171 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 1897 172 Area Area NNP 1662 1897 173 : : : 1662 1897 174 total total NN 1662 1897 175 : : : 1662 1897 176 260 260 CD 1662 1897 177 sq sq IN 1662 1897 178 km km NNP 1662 1897 179 land land NN 1662 1897 180 : : : 1662 1897 181 260 260 CD 1662 1897 182 sq sq IN 1662 1897 183 km km NNP 1662 1897 184 water water NN 1662 1897 185 : : : 1662 1897 186 0 0 NFP 1662 1897 187 sq sq NN 1662 1897 188 km km NNP 1662 1897 189 Area area NN 1662 1897 190 - - HYPH 1662 1897 191 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1897 192 : : : 1662 1897 193 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 1897 194 times time NNS 1662 1897 195 the the DT 1662 1897 196 size size NN 1662 1897 197 of of IN 1662 1897 198 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1897 199 , , , 1662 1897 200 DC DC NNP 1662 1897 201 Land Land NNP 1662 1897 202 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1897 203 : : : 1662 1897 204 0 0 LS 1662 1897 205 km km NN 1662 1897 206 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1897 207 : : : 1662 1897 208 160 160 CD 1662 1897 209 km km NN 1662 1897 210 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1897 211 claims claim VBZ 1662 1897 212 : : : 1662 1897 213 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 1897 214 fishing fishing NN 1662 1897 215 zone zone NN 1662 1897 216 : : : 1662 1897 217 200 200 CD 1662 1897 218 nm nm CD 1662 1897 219 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1897 220 sea sea NN 1662 1897 221 : : : 1662 1897 222 12 12 CD 1662 1897 223 nm nm NNP 1662 1897 224 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1897 225 : : : 1662 1897 226 tropical tropical JJ 1662 1897 227 marine marine NN 1662 1897 228 ; ; , 1662 1897 229 warm warm JJ 1662 1897 230 , , , 1662 1897 231 rainy rainy JJ 1662 1897 232 summers summer NNS 1662 1897 233 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1897 234 May May NNP 1662 1897 235 to to IN 1662 1897 236 October October NNP 1662 1897 237 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1897 238 and and CC 1662 1897 239 cool cool JJ 1662 1897 240 , , , 1662 1897 241 relatively relatively RB 1662 1897 242 dry dry JJ 1662 1897 243 winters winter NNS 1662 1897 244 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1897 245 November November NNP 1662 1897 246 to to IN 1662 1897 247 April April NNP 1662 1897 248 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1897 249 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1897 250 : : : 1662 1897 251 low low RB 1662 1897 252 - - HYPH 1662 1897 253 lying lie VBG 1662 1897 254 limestone limestone NN 1662 1897 255 base base NN 1662 1897 256 surrounded surround VBN 1662 1897 257 by by IN 1662 1897 258 coral coral JJ 1662 1897 259 reefs reef NNS 1662 1897 260 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1897 261 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1897 262 : : : 1662 1897 263 lowest low JJS 1662 1897 264 point point NN 1662 1897 265 : : : 1662 1897 266 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 1897 267 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1897 268 0 0 NFP 1662 1897 269 m m DT 1662 1897 270 highest high JJS 1662 1897 271 point point NN 1662 1897 272 : : : 1662 1897 273 The the DT 1662 1897 274 Bluff Bluff NNP 1662 1897 275 43 43 CD 1662 1897 276 m m CD 1662 1897 277 Natural natural JJ 1662 1897 278 resources resource NNS 1662 1897 279 : : : 1662 1897 280 fish fish NN 1662 1897 281 , , , 1662 1897 282 climate climate NN 1662 1897 283 and and CC 1662 1897 284 beaches beach NNS 1662 1897 285 that that IN 1662 1897 286 foster foster VBP 1662 1897 287 tourism tourism NN 1662 1897 288 Land land NN 1662 1897 289 use use NN 1662 1897 290 : : : 1662 1897 291 arable arable JJ 1662 1897 292 land land NN 1662 1897 293 : : : 1662 1897 294 0 0 CD 1662 1897 295 % % NN 1662 1897 296 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1897 297 crops crop NNS 1662 1897 298 : : : 1662 1897 299 0 0 CD 1662 1897 300 % % NN 1662 1897 301 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1897 302 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1897 303 : : : 1662 1897 304 8 8 CD 1662 1897 305 % % NN 1662 1897 306 forests forest NNS 1662 1897 307 and and CC 1662 1897 308 woodland woodland NN 1662 1897 309 : : : 1662 1897 310 23 23 CD 1662 1897 311 % % NN 1662 1897 312 other other JJ 1662 1897 313 : : : 1662 1897 314 69 69 CD 1662 1897 315 % % NN 1662 1897 316 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1897 317 1993 1993 CD 1662 1897 318 est est NNP 1662 1897 319 . . . 1662 1897 320 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1898 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1898 2 land land NN 1662 1898 3 : : : 1662 1898 4 NA NA NNP 1662 1898 5 sq sq RB 1662 1898 6 km km VB 1662 1898 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 1898 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1898 9 : : : 1662 1898 10 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 1898 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1898 12 July July NNP 1662 1898 13 to to IN 1662 1898 14 November November NNP 1662 1898 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1898 16 Environment environment NN 1662 1898 17 - - HYPH 1662 1898 18 current current JJ 1662 1898 19 issues issue NNS 1662 1898 20 : : : 1662 1898 21 no no DT 1662 1898 22 natural natural JJ 1662 1898 23 fresh fresh JJ 1662 1898 24 water water NN 1662 1898 25 resources resource NNS 1662 1898 26 , , , 1662 1898 27 drinking drink VBG 1662 1898 28 water water NN 1662 1898 29 supplies supply NNS 1662 1898 30 must must MD 1662 1898 31 be be VB 1662 1898 32 met meet VBN 1662 1898 33 by by IN 1662 1898 34 rainwater rainwater NN 1662 1898 35 catchment catchment NN 1662 1898 36 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1898 37 - - HYPH 1662 1898 38 international international JJ 1662 1898 39 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1898 40 : : : 1662 1898 41 party party NN 1662 1898 42 to to IN 1662 1898 43 : : : 1662 1898 44 NA NA NNP 1662 1898 45 signed sign VBN 1662 1898 46 , , , 1662 1898 47 but but CC 1662 1898 48 not not RB 1662 1898 49 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1898 50 : : : 1662 1898 51 NA NA NNP 1662 1898 52 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1898 53 - - HYPH 1662 1898 54 note note NN 1662 1898 55 : : : 1662 1898 56 important important JJ 1662 1898 57 location location NN 1662 1898 58 between between IN 1662 1898 59 Cuba Cuba NNP 1662 1898 60 and and CC 1662 1898 61 Central Central NNP 1662 1898 62 America America NNP 1662 1898 63 @Cayman @Cayman NNP 1662 1898 64 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 1898 65 : : : 1662 1898 66 People People NNPS 1662 1898 67 Population Population NNP 1662 1898 68 : : : 1662 1898 69 36,153 36,153 CD 1662 1898 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1898 71 July July NNP 1662 1898 72 1997 1997 CD 1662 1898 73 est est NNP 1662 1898 74 . . . 1662 1898 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1899 1 Age age NN 1662 1899 2 structure structure NN 1662 1899 3 : : : 1662 1899 4 0 0 CD 1662 1899 5 - - HYPH 1662 1899 6 14 14 CD 1662 1899 7 years year NNS 1662 1899 8 : : : 1662 1899 9 NA NA NNP 1662 1899 10 15 15 CD 1662 1899 11 - - SYM 1662 1899 12 64 64 CD 1662 1899 13 years year NNS 1662 1899 14 : : : 1662 1899 15 NA na IN 1662 1899 16 65 65 CD 1662 1899 17 years year NNS 1662 1899 18 and and CC 1662 1899 19 over over RB 1662 1899 20 : : : 1662 1899 21 NA NA NNP 1662 1899 22 Population Population NNP 1662 1899 23 growth growth NN 1662 1899 24 rate rate NN 1662 1899 25 : : : 1662 1899 26 4.25 4.25 CD 1662 1899 27 % % NN 1662 1899 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1899 29 1997 1997 CD 1662 1899 30 est est NNP 1662 1899 31 . . . 1662 1899 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1900 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1900 2 rate rate NN 1662 1900 3 : : : 1662 1900 4 14.24 14.24 CD 1662 1900 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 1900 6 population population NN 1662 1900 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1900 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1900 9 est est NNP 1662 1900 10 . . . 1662 1900 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1901 1 Death death NN 1662 1901 2 rate rate NN 1662 1901 3 : : : 1662 1901 4 4.98 4.98 CD 1662 1901 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1901 6 population population NN 1662 1901 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1901 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1901 9 est est NNP 1662 1901 10 . . . 1662 1901 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1902 1 Net net JJ 1662 1902 2 migration migration NN 1662 1902 3 rate rate NN 1662 1902 4 : : : 1662 1902 5 33.2 33.2 CD 1662 1902 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 1902 7 population population NN 1662 1902 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1902 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1902 10 est est NNP 1662 1902 11 . . . 1662 1902 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1903 1 note note NN 1662 1903 2 : : : 1662 1903 3 major major JJ 1662 1903 4 destination destination NN 1662 1903 5 for for IN 1662 1903 6 Cubans Cubans NNPS 1662 1903 7 trying try VBG 1662 1903 8 to to TO 1662 1903 9 migrate migrate VB 1662 1903 10 to to IN 1662 1903 11 the the DT 1662 1903 12 US US NNP 1662 1903 13 Sex sex NN 1662 1903 14 ratio ratio NN 1662 1903 15 : : : 1662 1903 16 at at IN 1662 1903 17 birth birth NN 1662 1903 18 : : : 1662 1903 19 NA NA NNP 1662 1903 20 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1903 21 under under IN 1662 1903 22 15 15 CD 1662 1903 23 years year NNS 1662 1903 24 : : : 1662 1903 25 NA NA NNP 1662 1903 26 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1903 27 15 15 CD 1662 1903 28 - - SYM 1662 1903 29 64 64 CD 1662 1903 30 years year NNS 1662 1903 31 : : : 1662 1903 32 NA NA NNP 1662 1903 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1903 34 65 65 CD 1662 1903 35 years year NNS 1662 1903 36 and and CC 1662 1903 37 over over RB 1662 1903 38 : : : 1662 1903 39 NA NA NNP 1662 1903 40 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 1903 41 total total JJ 1662 1903 42 population population NN 1662 1903 43 : : : 1662 1903 44 NA NA NNP 1662 1903 45 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1903 46 Infant Infant NNP 1662 1903 47 mortality mortality NN 1662 1903 48 rate rate NN 1662 1903 49 : : : 1662 1903 50 8.4 8.4 CD 1662 1903 51 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1903 52 live live JJ 1662 1903 53 births birth NNS 1662 1903 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1903 55 1997 1997 CD 1662 1903 56 est est NNP 1662 1903 57 . . . 1662 1903 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1904 1 Life life NN 1662 1904 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1904 3 at at IN 1662 1904 4 birth birth NN 1662 1904 5 : : : 1662 1904 6 total total JJ 1662 1904 7 population population NN 1662 1904 8 : : : 1662 1904 9 77.1 77.1 CD 1662 1904 10 years year NNS 1662 1904 11 male male JJ 1662 1904 12 : : : 1662 1904 13 75.37 75.37 CD 1662 1904 14 years year NNS 1662 1904 15 female female JJ 1662 1904 16 : : : 1662 1904 17 78.81 78.81 CD 1662 1904 18 years year NNS 1662 1904 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1904 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1904 21 est est NNP 1662 1904 22 . . . 1662 1904 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1905 1 Total total JJ 1662 1905 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1905 3 rate rate NN 1662 1905 4 : : : 1662 1905 5 1.37 1.37 CD 1662 1905 6 children child NNS 1662 1905 7 born bear VBN 1662 1905 8 / / SYM 1662 1905 9 woman woman NN 1662 1905 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1905 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1905 12 est est NNP 1662 1905 13 . . . 1662 1905 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1906 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1906 2 : : : 1662 1906 3 noun noun NNP 1662 1906 4 : : : 1662 1906 5 Caymanian(s Caymanian(s NNP 1662 1906 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1906 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 1906 8 : : : 1662 1906 9 Caymanian caymanian JJ 1662 1906 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1906 11 groups group NNS 1662 1906 12 : : : 1662 1906 13 mixed mix VBN 1662 1906 14 40 40 CD 1662 1906 15 % % NN 1662 1906 16 , , , 1662 1906 17 white white JJ 1662 1906 18 20 20 CD 1662 1906 19 % % NN 1662 1906 20 , , , 1662 1906 21 black black JJ 1662 1906 22 20 20 CD 1662 1906 23 % % NN 1662 1906 24 , , , 1662 1906 25 expatriates expatriate NNS 1662 1906 26 of of IN 1662 1906 27 various various JJ 1662 1906 28 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1906 29 groups group NNS 1662 1906 30 20 20 CD 1662 1906 31 % % NN 1662 1906 32 Religions religion NNS 1662 1906 33 : : : 1662 1906 34 United United NNP 1662 1906 35 Church Church NNP 1662 1906 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1906 37 Presbyterian Presbyterian NNP 1662 1906 38 and and CC 1662 1906 39 Congregational Congregational NNP 1662 1906 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1906 41 , , , 1662 1906 42 Anglican Anglican NNP 1662 1906 43 , , , 1662 1906 44 Baptist Baptist NNP 1662 1906 45 , , , 1662 1906 46 Roman Roman NNP 1662 1906 47 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 1906 48 , , , 1662 1906 49 Church Church NNP 1662 1906 50 of of IN 1662 1906 51 God God NNP 1662 1906 52 , , , 1662 1906 53 other other JJ 1662 1906 54 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 1906 55 denominations denomination NNS 1662 1906 56 Languages language NNS 1662 1906 57 : : : 1662 1906 58 English English NNP 1662 1906 59 Literacy literacy NN 1662 1906 60 : : : 1662 1906 61 definition definition NN 1662 1906 62 : : : 1662 1906 63 age age NN 1662 1906 64 15 15 CD 1662 1906 65 and and CC 1662 1906 66 over over RB 1662 1906 67 has have VBZ 1662 1906 68 ever ever RB 1662 1906 69 attended attend VBN 1662 1906 70 school school NN 1662 1906 71 total total JJ 1662 1906 72 population population NN 1662 1906 73 : : : 1662 1906 74 98 98 CD 1662 1906 75 % % NN 1662 1906 76 male male NN 1662 1906 77 : : : 1662 1906 78 98 98 CD 1662 1906 79 % % NN 1662 1906 80 female female NN 1662 1906 81 : : : 1662 1906 82 98 98 CD 1662 1906 83 % % NN 1662 1906 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1906 85 1970 1970 CD 1662 1906 86 est est NNP 1662 1906 87 . . . 1662 1906 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1907 1 @Cayman @Cayman NNP 1662 1907 2 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 1907 3 : : : 1662 1907 4 Government Government NNP 1662 1907 5 Country Country NNP 1662 1907 6 name name NN 1662 1907 7 : : : 1662 1907 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1907 9 long long JJ 1662 1907 10 form form NN 1662 1907 11 : : : 1662 1907 12 none none NN 1662 1907 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1907 14 short short JJ 1662 1907 15 form form NN 1662 1907 16 : : : 1662 1907 17 Cayman Cayman NNP 1662 1907 18 Islands Islands NNP 1662 1907 19 Data Data NNP 1662 1907 20 code code NN 1662 1907 21 : : : 1662 1907 22 CJ CJ NNP 1662 1907 23 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 1907 24 status status NN 1662 1907 25 : : : 1662 1907 26 dependent dependent JJ 1662 1907 27 territory territory NN 1662 1907 28 of of IN 1662 1907 29 the the DT 1662 1907 30 UK UK NNP 1662 1907 31 Government Government NNP 1662 1907 32 type type NN 1662 1907 33 : : : 1662 1907 34 NA NA NNP 1662 1907 35 National national JJ 1662 1907 36 capital capital NN 1662 1907 37 : : : 1662 1907 38 George George NNP 1662 1907 39 Town Town NNP 1662 1907 40 Administrative Administrative 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: : 1662 1924 35 total total NN 1662 1924 36 : : : 1662 1924 37 42 42 CD 1662 1924 38 ships ship NNS 1662 1924 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1924 40 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1924 41 GRT GRT NNP 1662 1924 42 or or CC 1662 1924 43 over over RB 1662 1924 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1924 45 totaling total VBG 1662 1924 46 736,004 736,004 CD 1662 1924 47 GRT/1,153,058 grt/1,153,058 NN 1662 1924 48 DWT dwt NN 1662 1924 49 ships ship NNS 1662 1924 50 by by IN 1662 1924 51 type type NN 1662 1924 52 : : : 1662 1924 53 bulk bulk NNP 1662 1924 54 5 5 CD 1662 1924 55 , , , 1662 1924 56 cargo cargo NN 1662 1924 57 10 10 CD 1662 1924 58 , , , 1662 1924 59 chemical chemical NN 1662 1924 60 tanker tanker NN 1662 1924 61 2 2 CD 1662 1924 62 , , , 1662 1924 63 container container NN 1662 1924 64 4 4 CD 1662 1924 65 , , , 1662 1924 66 oil oil NN 1662 1924 67 tanker tanker NN 1662 1924 68 4 4 CD 1662 1924 69 , , , 1662 1924 70 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 1924 71 cargo cargo NN 1662 1924 72 11 11 CD 1662 1924 73 , , , 1662 1924 74 roll roll NN 1662 1924 75 - - HYPH 1662 1924 76 on on IN 1662 1924 77 / / SYM 1662 1924 78 roll roll NN 1662 1924 79 - - HYPH 1662 1924 80 off off RP 1662 1924 81 cargo cargo NN 1662 1924 82 5 5 CD 1662 1924 83 , , , 1662 1924 84 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 1924 85 carrier carrier NN 1662 1924 86 1 1 CD 1662 1924 87 note note NN 1662 1924 88 : : : 1662 1924 89 a a DT 1662 1924 90 flag flag NN 1662 1924 91 of of IN 1662 1924 92 convenience convenience NN 1662 1924 93 registry registry NN 1662 1924 94 ; ; : 1662 1924 95 Greece Greece NNP 1662 1924 96 owns own VBZ 1662 1924 97 7 7 CD 1662 1924 98 ships ship NNS 1662 1924 99 , , , 1662 1924 100 US US NNP 1662 1924 101 7 7 CD 1662 1924 102 , , , 1662 1924 103 UK UK NNP 1662 1924 104 5 5 CD 1662 1924 105 , , , 1662 1924 106 India India NNP 1662 1924 107 1 1 CD 1662 1924 108 , , , 1662 1924 109 Japan Japan NNP 1662 1924 110 1 1 CD 1662 1924 111 , , , 1662 1924 112 Norway Norway NNP 1662 1924 113 1 1 CD 1662 1924 114 , , , 1662 1924 115 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 1924 116 1 1 CD 1662 1924 117 , , , 1662 1924 118 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 1924 119 1 1 CD 1662 1924 120 , , , 1662 1924 121 and and CC 1662 1924 122 United United NNP 1662 1924 123 Arab Arab NNP 1662 1924 124 Emirates Emirates NNP 1662 1924 125 1 1 CD 1662 1924 126 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1924 127 1996 1996 CD 1662 1924 128 est est NNP 1662 1924 129 . . . 1662 1924 130 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1925 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1925 2 : : : 1662 1925 3 3 3 CD 1662 1925 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1925 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 1925 6 est est NNP 1662 1925 7 . . . 1662 1925 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1926 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1926 2 - - , 1662 1926 3 with with IN 1662 1926 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1926 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1926 6 : : : 1662 1926 7 total total NN 1662 1926 8 : : : 1662 1926 9 2 2 CD 1662 1926 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1926 11 to to TO 1662 1926 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1926 13 m m NN 1662 1926 14 : : : 1662 1926 15 2 2 CD 1662 1926 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1926 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 1926 18 est est NNP 1662 1926 19 . . . 1662 1926 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1927 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1927 2 - - , 1662 1927 3 with with IN 1662 1927 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1927 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1927 6 : : : 1662 1927 7 total total NN 1662 1927 8 : : : 1662 1927 9 1 1 CD 1662 1927 10 914 914 CD 1662 1927 11 to to TO 1662 1927 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1927 13 m m NN 1662 1927 14 : : : 1662 1927 15 1 1 CD 1662 1927 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1927 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 1927 18 est est NNP 1662 1927 19 . . . 1662 1927 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1928 1 Military military JJ 1662 1928 2 Military military JJ 1662 1928 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1928 4 : : : 1662 1928 5 Royal Royal NNP 1662 1928 6 Cayman Cayman NNP 1662 1928 7 Islands Islands NNP 1662 1928 8 Police Police NNPS 1662 1928 9 Force Force NNP 1662 1928 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1928 11 RCIPF RCIPF NNP 1662 1928 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1928 13 Military Military NNP 1662 1928 14 - - HYPH 1662 1928 15 note note NN 1662 1928 16 : : : 1662 1928 17 defense defense NN 1662 1928 18 is be VBZ 1662 1928 19 the the DT 1662 1928 20 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 1928 21 of of IN 1662 1928 22 the the DT 1662 1928 23 UK UK NNP 1662 1928 24 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1928 25 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1928 26 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 1928 27 - - : 1662 1928 28 international international RB 1662 1928 29 : : : 1662 1928 30 none none NN 1662 1928 31 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 1928 32 drugs drug VBZ 1662 1928 33 : : : 1662 1928 34 vulnerable vulnerable JJ 1662 1928 35 to to IN 1662 1928 36 drug drug NN 1662 1928 37 money money NN 1662 1928 38 - - HYPH 1662 1928 39 laundering laundering NN 1662 1928 40 and and CC 1662 1928 41 drug drug NN 1662 1928 42 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 1928 43 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 44 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 45 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 46 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 47 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 48 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 49 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 50 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 51 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 52 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 53 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 54 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 55 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 56 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 57 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 58 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 59 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 60 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 61 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 62 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 63 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 64 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 65 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 66 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 67 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 68 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 69 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 70 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 71 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 72 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 73 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 74 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 75 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 76 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 77 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 78 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 79 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 80 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 81 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 82 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 83 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 84 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 85 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 86 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 87 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 94 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 95 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 96 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 97 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 98 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 99 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 100 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 101 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 102 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 103 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 104 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 105 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 106 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 107 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 108 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 109 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 110 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 111 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 112 _ _ NNP 1662 1928 113 CENTRAL CENTRAL NNP 1662 1928 114 AFRICAN AFRICAN NNP 1662 1928 115 REPUBLIC REPUBLIC NNP 1662 1928 116 Introduction Introduction NNP 1662 1928 117 Current current JJ 1662 1928 118 issues issue NNS 1662 1928 119 : : : 1662 1928 120 in in IN 1662 1928 121 1996 1996 CD 1662 1928 122 the the DT 1662 1928 123 Central Central NNP 1662 1928 124 African African NNP 1662 1928 125 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1928 126 experienced experience VBD 1662 1928 127 three three CD 1662 1928 128 mutinies mutiny NNS 1662 1928 129 by by IN 1662 1928 130 dissident dissident JJ 1662 1928 131 elements element NNS 1662 1928 132 of of IN 1662 1928 133 the the DT 1662 1928 134 armed armed JJ 1662 1928 135 forces force NNS 1662 1928 136 which which WDT 1662 1928 137 demanded demand VBD 1662 1928 138 back back JJ 1662 1928 139 pay pay NN 1662 1928 140 as as RB 1662 1928 141 well well RB 1662 1928 142 as as IN 1662 1928 143 political political JJ 1662 1928 144 and and CC 1662 1928 145 military military JJ 1662 1928 146 reforms reform NNS 1662 1928 147 ; ; , 1662 1928 148 continuing continue VBG 1662 1928 149 violence violence NN 1662 1928 150 in in IN 1662 1928 151 1997 1997 CD 1662 1928 152 between between IN 1662 1928 153 the the DT 1662 1928 154 government government NN 1662 1928 155 and and CC 1662 1928 156 rebel rebel NN 1662 1928 157 military military JJ 1662 1928 158 and and CC 1662 1928 159 civilian civilian JJ 1662 1928 160 groups group NNS 1662 1928 161 over over IN 1662 1928 162 pay pay NN 1662 1928 163 issues issue NNS 1662 1928 164 , , , 1662 1928 165 living living NN 1662 1928 166 conditions condition NNS 1662 1928 167 , , , 1662 1928 168 and and CC 1662 1928 169 lack lack NN 1662 1928 170 of of IN 1662 1928 171 opposition opposition NN 1662 1928 172 party party NN 1662 1928 173 representation representation NN 1662 1928 174 in in IN 1662 1928 175 the the DT 1662 1928 176 government government NN 1662 1928 177 has have VBZ 1662 1928 178 destroyed destroy VBN 1662 1928 179 many many JJ 1662 1928 180 businesses business NNS 1662 1928 181 in in IN 1662 1928 182 the the DT 1662 1928 183 capital capital NN 1662 1928 184 , , , 1662 1928 185 reducing reduce VBG 1662 1928 186 tax tax NN 1662 1928 187 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1928 188 and and CC 1662 1928 189 exacerbating exacerbate VBG 1662 1928 190 the the DT 1662 1928 191 government government NN 1662 1928 192 's 's POS 1662 1928 193 problems problem NNS 1662 1928 194 in in IN 1662 1928 195 meeting meeting NN 1662 1928 196 expenses expense NNS 1662 1928 197 @Central @Central NNP 1662 1928 198 African African NNP 1662 1928 199 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1928 200 : : : 1662 1928 201 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1928 202 Location Location NNP 1662 1928 203 : : : 1662 1928 204 Central Central NNP 1662 1928 205 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1928 206 , , , 1662 1928 207 north north RB 1662 1928 208 of of IN 1662 1928 209 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1928 210 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1928 211 of of IN 1662 1928 212 the the DT 1662 1928 213 Congo Congo NNP 1662 1928 214 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1928 215 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1928 216 : : : 1662 1928 217 7 7 CD 1662 1928 218 00 00 CD 1662 1928 219 N n CD 1662 1928 220 , , , 1662 1928 221 21 21 CD 1662 1928 222 00 00 CD 1662 1928 223 E e NN 1662 1928 224 Map Map NNP 1662 1928 225 references reference NNS 1662 1928 226 : : : 1662 1928 227 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1928 228 Area Area NNP 1662 1928 229 : : : 1662 1928 230 total total NN 1662 1928 231 : : : 1662 1928 232 622,980 622,980 CD 1662 1928 233 sq sq NN 1662 1928 234 km km NNP 1662 1928 235 land land NN 1662 1928 236 : : : 1662 1928 237 622,980 622,980 CD 1662 1928 238 sq sq NNP 1662 1928 239 km km NNP 1662 1928 240 water water NN 1662 1928 241 : : : 1662 1928 242 0 0 NFP 1662 1928 243 sq sq NN 1662 1928 244 km km NNP 1662 1928 245 Area area NN 1662 1928 246 - - HYPH 1662 1928 247 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1928 248 : : : 1662 1928 249 slightly slightly RB 1662 1928 250 smaller small JJR 1662 1928 251 than than IN 1662 1928 252 Texas Texas NNP 1662 1928 253 Land Land NNP 1662 1928 254 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1928 255 : : : 1662 1928 256 total total JJ 1662 1928 257 : : : 1662 1928 258 5,203 5,203 CD 1662 1928 259 km km NN 1662 1928 260 border border NN 1662 1928 261 countries country NNS 1662 1928 262 : : : 1662 1928 263 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 1928 264 797 797 CD 1662 1928 265 km km NN 1662 1928 266 , , , 1662 1928 267 Chad Chad NNP 1662 1928 268 1,197 1,197 CD 1662 1928 269 km km NN 1662 1928 270 , , , 1662 1928 271 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1928 272 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1928 273 of of IN 1662 1928 274 the the DT 1662 1928 275 Congo Congo NNP 1662 1928 276 1,577 1,577 CD 1662 1928 277 km km NN 1662 1928 278 , , , 1662 1928 279 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1928 280 of of IN 1662 1928 281 the the DT 1662 1928 282 Congo Congo NNP 1662 1928 283 467 467 CD 1662 1928 284 km km NNS 1662 1928 285 , , , 1662 1928 286 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 1928 287 1,165 1,165 CD 1662 1928 288 km km NN 1662 1928 289 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1928 290 : : : 1662 1928 291 0 0 CD 1662 1928 292 km km NN 1662 1928 293 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1928 294 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 1928 295 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1928 296 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1928 297 claims claim VBZ 1662 1928 298 : : : 1662 1928 299 none none NN 1662 1928 300 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1928 301 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 1928 302 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1928 303 Climate climate NN 1662 1928 304 : : : 1662 1928 305 tropical tropical JJ 1662 1928 306 ; ; : 1662 1928 307 hot hot JJ 1662 1928 308 , , , 1662 1928 309 dry dry JJ 1662 1928 310 winters winter NNS 1662 1928 311 ; ; , 1662 1928 312 mild mild JJ 1662 1928 313 to to IN 1662 1928 314 hot hot JJ 1662 1928 315 , , , 1662 1928 316 wet wet JJ 1662 1928 317 summers summer NNS 1662 1928 318 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1928 319 : : : 1662 1928 320 vast vast JJ 1662 1928 321 , , , 1662 1928 322 flat flat JJ 1662 1928 323 to to IN 1662 1928 324 rolling rolling JJ 1662 1928 325 , , , 1662 1928 326 monotonous monotonous JJ 1662 1928 327 plateau plateau NN 1662 1928 328 ; ; : 1662 1928 329 scattered scatter VBN 1662 1928 330 hills hill NNS 1662 1928 331 in in IN 1662 1928 332 northeast northeast NNP 1662 1928 333 and and CC 1662 1928 334 southwest southwest NNP 1662 1928 335 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1928 336 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1928 337 : : : 1662 1928 338 lowest low JJS 1662 1928 339 point point NN 1662 1928 340 : : : 1662 1928 341 Oubangui Oubangui NNP 1662 1928 342 River River NNP 1662 1928 343 335 335 CD 1662 1928 344 m m DT 1662 1928 345 highest high JJS 1662 1928 346 point point NN 1662 1928 347 : : : 1662 1928 348 Mount Mount NNP 1662 1928 349 Gaou Gaou NNP 1662 1928 350 1,420 1,420 CD 1662 1928 351 m m NNP 1662 1928 352 Natural natural JJ 1662 1928 353 resources resource NNS 1662 1928 354 : : : 1662 1928 355 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 1928 356 , , , 1662 1928 357 uranium uranium NN 1662 1928 358 , , , 1662 1928 359 timber timber NN 1662 1928 360 , , , 1662 1928 361 gold gold NN 1662 1928 362 , , , 1662 1928 363 oil oil NN 1662 1928 364 Land land NN 1662 1928 365 use use NN 1662 1928 366 : : : 1662 1928 367 arable arable JJ 1662 1928 368 land land NN 1662 1928 369 : : : 1662 1928 370 3 3 CD 1662 1928 371 % % NN 1662 1928 372 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1928 373 crops crop NNS 1662 1928 374 : : : 1662 1928 375 0 0 CD 1662 1928 376 % % NN 1662 1928 377 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1928 378 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1928 379 : : : 1662 1928 380 5 5 CD 1662 1928 381 % % NN 1662 1928 382 forests forest NNS 1662 1928 383 and and CC 1662 1928 384 woodland woodland JJ 1662 1928 385 : : : 1662 1928 386 75 75 CD 1662 1928 387 % % NN 1662 1928 388 other other JJ 1662 1928 389 : : : 1662 1928 390 17 17 CD 1662 1928 391 % % NN 1662 1928 392 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1928 393 1993 1993 CD 1662 1928 394 est est NNP 1662 1928 395 . . . 1662 1928 396 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1929 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1929 2 land land NN 1662 1929 3 : : : 1662 1929 4 NA NA NNP 1662 1929 5 sq sq RB 1662 1929 6 km km VB 1662 1929 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 1929 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1929 9 : : : 1662 1929 10 hot hot JJ 1662 1929 11 , , , 1662 1929 12 dry dry JJ 1662 1929 13 , , , 1662 1929 14 dusty dusty JJ 1662 1929 15 harmattan harmattan NNP 1662 1929 16 winds wind NNS 1662 1929 17 affect affect VBP 1662 1929 18 northern northern JJ 1662 1929 19 areas area NNS 1662 1929 20 ; ; , 1662 1929 21 floods flood NNS 1662 1929 22 are be VBP 1662 1929 23 common common JJ 1662 1929 24 Environment environment NN 1662 1929 25 - - HYPH 1662 1929 26 current current JJ 1662 1929 27 issues issue NNS 1662 1929 28 : : : 1662 1929 29 tap tap NN 1662 1929 30 water water NN 1662 1929 31 is be VBZ 1662 1929 32 not not RB 1662 1929 33 potable potable JJ 1662 1929 34 ; ; : 1662 1929 35 poaching poaching NN 1662 1929 36 has have VBZ 1662 1929 37 diminished diminish VBN 1662 1929 38 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1929 39 reputation reputation NN 1662 1929 40 as as IN 1662 1929 41 one one CD 1662 1929 42 of of IN 1662 1929 43 the the DT 1662 1929 44 last last JJ 1662 1929 45 great great JJ 1662 1929 46 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 1929 47 refuges refuge VBZ 1662 1929 48 ; ; , 1662 1929 49 desertification desertification NN 1662 1929 50 ; ; : 1662 1929 51 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 1929 52 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1929 53 - - HYPH 1662 1929 54 international international JJ 1662 1929 55 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1929 56 : : : 1662 1929 57 party party NN 1662 1929 58 to to TO 1662 1929 59 : : : 1662 1929 60 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 1929 61 , , , 1662 1929 62 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1929 63 Change Change NNP 1662 1929 64 , , , 1662 1929 65 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 1929 66 , , , 1662 1929 67 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 1929 68 Species Species NNPS 1662 1929 69 , , , 1662 1929 70 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 1929 71 Test Test NNP 1662 1929 72 Ban Ban NNP 1662 1929 73 , , , 1662 1929 74 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 1929 75 Layer Layer NNP 1662 1929 76 Protection Protection NNP 1662 1929 77 signed sign VBD 1662 1929 78 , , , 1662 1929 79 but but CC 1662 1929 80 not not RB 1662 1929 81 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1929 82 : : : 1662 1929 83 Law Law NNP 1662 1929 84 of of IN 1662 1929 85 the the DT 1662 1929 86 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1929 87 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1929 88 - - HYPH 1662 1929 89 note note NN 1662 1929 90 : : : 1662 1929 91 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 1929 92 ; ; : 1662 1929 93 almost almost RB 1662 1929 94 the the DT 1662 1929 95 precise precise JJ 1662 1929 96 center center NN 1662 1929 97 of of IN 1662 1929 98 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1929 99 @Central @Central NNP 1662 1929 100 African African NNP 1662 1929 101 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1929 102 : : : 1662 1929 103 People People NNP 1662 1929 104 Population Population NNP 1662 1929 105 : : : 1662 1929 106 3,342,051 3,342,051 CD 1662 1929 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1929 108 July July NNP 1662 1929 109 1997 1997 CD 1662 1929 110 est est NNP 1662 1929 111 . . . 1662 1929 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1930 1 Age age NN 1662 1930 2 structure structure NN 1662 1930 3 : : : 1662 1930 4 0 0 CD 1662 1930 5 - - HYPH 1662 1930 6 14 14 CD 1662 1930 7 years year NNS 1662 1930 8 : : : 1662 1930 9 44 44 CD 1662 1930 10 % % NN 1662 1930 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1930 12 male male JJ 1662 1930 13 738,623 738,623 CD 1662 1930 14 ; ; : 1662 1930 15 female female JJ 1662 1930 16 731,163 731,163 CD 1662 1930 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1930 18 15 15 CD 1662 1930 19 - - SYM 1662 1930 20 64 64 CD 1662 1930 21 years year NNS 1662 1930 22 : : : 1662 1930 23 52 52 CD 1662 1930 24 % % NN 1662 1930 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1930 26 male male JJ 1662 1930 27 858,386 858,386 CD 1662 1930 28 ; ; , 1662 1930 29 female female JJ 1662 1930 30 894,695 894,695 CD 1662 1930 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1930 32 65 65 CD 1662 1930 33 years year NNS 1662 1930 34 and and CC 1662 1930 35 over over IN 1662 1930 36 : : : 1662 1930 37 4 4 CD 1662 1930 38 % % NN 1662 1930 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1930 40 male male NN 1662 1930 41 54,848 54,848 CD 1662 1930 42 ; ; : 1662 1930 43 female female JJ 1662 1930 44 64,336 64,336 CD 1662 1930 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1930 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1930 47 July July NNP 1662 1930 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1930 49 est est NNP 1662 1930 50 . . . 1662 1930 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1931 1 Population population NN 1662 1931 2 growth growth NN 1662 1931 3 rate rate NN 1662 1931 4 : : : 1662 1931 5 2.01 2.01 CD 1662 1931 6 % % NN 1662 1931 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1931 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1931 9 est est NNP 1662 1931 10 . . . 1662 1931 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1932 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1932 2 rate rate NN 1662 1932 3 : : : 1662 1932 4 39.52 39.52 CD 1662 1932 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 1932 6 population population NN 1662 1932 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1932 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1932 9 est est NNP 1662 1932 10 . . . 1662 1932 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1933 1 Death death NN 1662 1933 2 rate rate NN 1662 1933 3 : : : 1662 1933 4 17.94 17.94 CD 1662 1933 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1933 6 population population NN 1662 1933 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1933 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1933 9 est est NNP 1662 1933 10 . . . 1662 1933 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1934 1 Net net JJ 1662 1934 2 migration migration NN 1662 1934 3 rate rate NN 1662 1934 4 : : : 1662 1934 5 -1.5 -1.5 NFP 1662 1934 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 FW 1662 1934 7 population population NN 1662 1934 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1934 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1934 10 est est NNP 1662 1934 11 . . . 1662 1934 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1935 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1935 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1935 3 : : : 1662 1935 4 at at IN 1662 1935 5 birth birth NN 1662 1935 6 : : : 1662 1935 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 1935 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1935 9 under under IN 1662 1935 10 15 15 CD 1662 1935 11 years year NNS 1662 1935 12 : : : 1662 1935 13 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 1935 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1935 15 15 15 CD 1662 1935 16 - - HYPH 1662 1935 17 64 64 CD 1662 1935 18 years year NNS 1662 1935 19 : : : 1662 1935 20 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 1935 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1935 22 65 65 CD 1662 1935 23 years year NNS 1662 1935 24 and and CC 1662 1935 25 over over IN 1662 1935 26 : : : 1662 1935 27 0.85 0.85 CD 1662 1935 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1935 29 total total JJ 1662 1935 30 population population NN 1662 1935 31 : : : 1662 1935 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 1935 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1935 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1935 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1935 36 est e JJS 1662 1935 37 . . . 1662 1935 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1936 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1936 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1936 3 rate rate NN 1662 1936 4 : : : 1662 1936 5 110.2 110.2 CD 1662 1936 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1936 7 live live JJ 1662 1936 8 births birth NNS 1662 1936 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1936 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1936 11 est est NNP 1662 1936 12 . . . 1662 1936 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1937 1 Life life NN 1662 1937 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1937 3 at at IN 1662 1937 4 birth birth NN 1662 1937 5 : : : 1662 1937 6 total total JJ 1662 1937 7 population population NN 1662 1937 8 : : : 1662 1937 9 45.24 45.24 CD 1662 1937 10 years year NNS 1662 1937 11 male male JJ 1662 1937 12 : : : 1662 1937 13 44.4 44.4 CD 1662 1937 14 years year NNS 1662 1937 15 female female JJ 1662 1937 16 : : : 1662 1937 17 46.12 46.12 CD 1662 1937 18 years year NNS 1662 1937 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1937 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1937 21 est est NNP 1662 1937 22 . . . 1662 1937 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1938 1 Total total JJ 1662 1938 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1938 3 rate rate NN 1662 1938 4 : : : 1662 1938 5 5.35 5.35 CD 1662 1938 6 children child NNS 1662 1938 7 born bear VBN 1662 1938 8 / / SYM 1662 1938 9 woman woman NN 1662 1938 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1938 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1938 12 est est NNP 1662 1938 13 . . . 1662 1938 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1939 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1939 2 : : : 1662 1939 3 noun noun NN 1662 1939 4 : : : 1662 1939 5 Central central JJ 1662 1939 6 African(s african(s VB 1662 1939 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1939 8 adjective adjective NN 1662 1939 9 : : : 1662 1939 10 Central central JJ 1662 1939 11 African african JJ 1662 1939 12 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1939 13 groups group NNS 1662 1939 14 : : : 1662 1939 15 Baya baya VB 1662 1939 16 34 34 CD 1662 1939 17 % % NN 1662 1939 18 , , , 1662 1939 19 Banda Banda NNP 1662 1939 20 27 27 CD 1662 1939 21 % % NN 1662 1939 22 , , , 1662 1939 23 Sara Sara NNP 1662 1939 24 10 10 CD 1662 1939 25 % % NN 1662 1939 26 , , , 1662 1939 27 Mandjia Mandjia NNP 1662 1939 28 21 21 CD 1662 1939 29 % % NN 1662 1939 30 , , , 1662 1939 31 Mboum Mboum NNP 1662 1939 32 4 4 CD 1662 1939 33 % % NN 1662 1939 34 , , , 1662 1939 35 M'Baka M'Baka NNP 1662 1939 36 4 4 CD 1662 1939 37 % % NN 1662 1939 38 , , , 1662 1939 39 Europeans Europeans NNPS 1662 1939 40 6,500 6,500 CD 1662 1939 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1939 42 including include VBG 1662 1939 43 3,600 3,600 CD 1662 1939 44 French French NNP 1662 1939 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1939 46 Religions religion NNS 1662 1939 47 : : : 1662 1939 48 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 1939 49 beliefs belief NNS 1662 1939 50 24 24 CD 1662 1939 51 % % NN 1662 1939 52 , , , 1662 1939 53 Protestant protestant NN 1662 1939 54 25 25 CD 1662 1939 55 % % NN 1662 1939 56 , , , 1662 1939 57 Roman Roman NNP 1662 1939 58 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 1939 59 25 25 CD 1662 1939 60 % % NN 1662 1939 61 , , , 1662 1939 62 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 1939 63 15 15 CD 1662 1939 64 % % NN 1662 1939 65 , , , 1662 1939 66 other other JJ 1662 1939 67 11 11 CD 1662 1939 68 % % NN 1662 1939 69 note note NN 1662 1939 70 : : : 1662 1939 71 animistic animistic JJ 1662 1939 72 beliefs belief NNS 1662 1939 73 and and CC 1662 1939 74 practices practice NNS 1662 1939 75 strongly strongly RB 1662 1939 76 influence influence VBP 1662 1939 77 the the DT 1662 1939 78 Christian christian JJ 1662 1939 79 majority majority NN 1662 1939 80 Languages language NNS 1662 1939 81 : : : 1662 1939 82 French French NNP 1662 1939 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1939 84 official official NN 1662 1939 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1939 86 , , , 1662 1939 87 Sangho Sangho NNP 1662 1939 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1939 89 lingua lingua FW 1662 1939 90 franca franca JJ 1662 1939 91 and and CC 1662 1939 92 national national JJ 1662 1939 93 language language NN 1662 1939 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1939 95 , , , 1662 1939 96 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 1939 97 , , , 1662 1939 98 Hunsa Hunsa NNP 1662 1939 99 , , , 1662 1939 100 Swahili Swahili NNP 1662 1939 101 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 1939 102 : : : 1662 1939 103 definition definition NN 1662 1939 104 : : : 1662 1939 105 age age NN 1662 1939 106 15 15 CD 1662 1939 107 and and CC 1662 1939 108 over over RB 1662 1939 109 can can MD 1662 1939 110 read read VB 1662 1939 111 and and CC 1662 1939 112 write write VB 1662 1939 113 total total JJ 1662 1939 114 population population NN 1662 1939 115 : : : 1662 1939 116 60 60 CD 1662 1939 117 % % NN 1662 1939 118 male male NN 1662 1939 119 : : : 1662 1939 120 68.5 68.5 CD 1662 1939 121 % % NN 1662 1939 122 female female NN 1662 1939 123 : : : 1662 1939 124 52.4 52.4 CD 1662 1939 125 % % NN 1662 1939 126 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1939 127 1995 1995 CD 1662 1939 128 est est NNP 1662 1939 129 . . . 1662 1939 130 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1940 1 @Central @Central NNP 1662 1940 2 African African NNP 1662 1940 3 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1940 4 : : : 1662 1940 5 Government Government NNP 1662 1940 6 Country Country NNP 1662 1940 7 name name NN 1662 1940 8 : : : 1662 1940 9 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1940 10 long long JJ 1662 1940 11 form form NN 1662 1940 12 : : : 1662 1940 13 Central Central NNP 1662 1940 14 African African NNP 1662 1940 15 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1940 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1940 17 short short JJ 1662 1940 18 form form NN 1662 1940 19 : : : 1662 1940 20 none none NN 1662 1940 21 local local JJ 1662 1940 22 long long JJ 1662 1940 23 form form NN 1662 1940 24 : : : 1662 1940 25 Republique Republique NNP 1662 1940 26 Centrafricaine Centrafricaine NNP 1662 1940 27 local local JJ 1662 1940 28 short short JJ 1662 1940 29 form form NN 1662 1940 30 : : : 1662 1940 31 none none NN 1662 1940 32 former former JJ 1662 1940 33 : : : 1662 1940 34 Central central JJ 1662 1940 35 African African NNP 1662 1940 36 Empire Empire NNP 1662 1940 37 abbreviation abbreviation NN 1662 1940 38 : : : 1662 1940 39 CAR CAR NNP 1662 1940 40 Data Data NNP 1662 1940 41 code code NN 1662 1940 42 : : : 1662 1940 43 CT CT NNP 1662 1940 44 Government Government NNP 1662 1940 45 type type NN 1662 1940 46 : : : 1662 1940 47 republic republic NN 1662 1940 48 ; ; : 1662 1940 49 National national JJ 1662 1940 50 capital capital NN 1662 1940 51 : : : 1662 1940 52 Bangui Bangui NNP 1662 1940 53 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 1940 54 divisions division NNS 1662 1940 55 : : : 1662 1940 56 14 14 CD 1662 1940 57 prefectures prefecture NNS 1662 1940 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1940 59 prefectures prefecture NNS 1662 1940 60 , , , 1662 1940 61 singular singular JJ 1662 1940 62 - - HYPH 1662 1940 63 prefecture prefecture NN 1662 1940 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1940 65 , , , 1662 1940 66 2 2 CD 1662 1940 67 economic economic JJ 1662 1940 68 prefectures prefecture NNS 1662 1940 69 * * NFP 1662 1940 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1940 71 prefectures prefecture NNS 1662 1940 72 economiques economique NNS 1662 1940 73 , , , 1662 1940 74 singular singular JJ 1662 1940 75 - - HYPH 1662 1940 76 prefecture prefecture NN 1662 1940 77 economique economique NN 1662 1940 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1940 79 , , , 1662 1940 80 and and CC 1662 1940 81 1 1 CD 1662 1940 82 commune commune NN 1662 1940 83 * * NFP 1662 1940 84 * * NFP 1662 1940 85 ; ; : 1662 1940 86 Bamingui Bamingui NNP 1662 1940 87 - - HYPH 1662 1940 88 Bangoran Bangoran NNP 1662 1940 89 , , , 1662 1940 90 Bangui Bangui NNP 1662 1940 91 * * NFP 1662 1940 92 * * NFP 1662 1940 93 , , , 1662 1940 94 Basse Basse NNP 1662 1940 95 - - HYPH 1662 1940 96 Kotto Kotto NNP 1662 1940 97 , , , 1662 1940 98 Gribingui Gribingui NNP 1662 1940 99 * * NFP 1662 1940 100 , , , 1662 1940 101 Haute Haute NNP 1662 1940 102 - - HYPH 1662 1940 103 Kotto Kotto NNP 1662 1940 104 , , , 1662 1940 105 Haute Haute NNP 1662 1940 106 - - HYPH 1662 1940 107 Sangha Sangha NNP 1662 1940 108 , , , 1662 1940 109 Haut Haut NNP 1662 1940 110 - - HYPH 1662 1940 111 Mbomou Mbomou NNP 1662 1940 112 , , , 1662 1940 113 Kemo Kemo NNP 1662 1940 114 - - HYPH 1662 1940 115 Gribingui Gribingui NNP 1662 1940 116 , , , 1662 1940 117 Lobaye Lobaye NNP 1662 1940 118 , , , 1662 1940 119 Mbomou Mbomou NNP 1662 1940 120 , , , 1662 1940 121 Nana Nana NNP 1662 1940 122 - - HYPH 1662 1940 123 Mambere Mambere NNP 1662 1940 124 , , , 1662 1940 125 Ombella Ombella NNP 1662 1940 126 - - HYPH 1662 1940 127 Mpoko Mpoko NNP 1662 1940 128 , , , 1662 1940 129 Ouaka Ouaka NNP 1662 1940 130 , , , 1662 1940 131 Ouham Ouham NNP 1662 1940 132 , , , 1662 1940 133 Ouham Ouham NNP 1662 1940 134 - - HYPH 1662 1940 135 Pende Pende NNP 1662 1940 136 , , , 1662 1940 137 Sangha Sangha NNP 1662 1940 138 * * NFP 1662 1940 139 , , , 1662 1940 140 Vakaga Vakaga NNP 1662 1940 141 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1940 142 : : : 1662 1940 143 13 13 CD 1662 1940 144 August August NNP 1662 1940 145 1960 1960 CD 1662 1940 146 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1940 147 from from IN 1662 1940 148 France France NNP 1662 1940 149 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1940 150 National national JJ 1662 1940 151 holiday holiday NN 1662 1940 152 : : : 1662 1940 153 National National NNP 1662 1940 154 Day Day NNP 1662 1940 155 , , , 1662 1940 156 1 1 CD 1662 1940 157 December December NNP 1662 1940 158 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1940 159 1958 1958 CD 1662 1940 160 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1940 161 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1940 162 proclamation proclamation NN 1662 1940 163 of of IN 1662 1940 164 the the DT 1662 1940 165 republic republic NN 1662 1940 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1940 167 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 1940 168 : : : 1662 1940 169 passed pass VBN 1662 1940 170 by by IN 1662 1940 171 referendum referendum NN 1662 1940 172 29 29 CD 1662 1940 173 December December NNP 1662 1940 174 1994 1994 CD 1662 1940 175 ; ; : 1662 1940 176 adopted adopt VBD 1662 1940 177 7 7 CD 1662 1940 178 January January NNP 1662 1940 179 1995 1995 CD 1662 1940 180 Legal legal JJ 1662 1940 181 system system NN 1662 1940 182 : : : 1662 1940 183 based base VBN 1662 1940 184 on on IN 1662 1940 185 French french JJ 1662 1940 186 law law NN 1662 1940 187 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 1940 188 : : : 1662 1940 189 21 21 CD 1662 1940 190 years year NNS 1662 1940 191 of of IN 1662 1940 192 age age NN 1662 1940 193 ; ; : 1662 1940 194 universal universal JJ 1662 1940 195 Executive Executive NNP 1662 1940 196 branch branch NN 1662 1940 197 : : : 1662 1940 198 chief chief NN 1662 1940 199 of of IN 1662 1940 200 state state NN 1662 1940 201 : : : 1662 1940 202 President President NNP 1662 1940 203 Ange Ange NNP 1662 1940 204 PATASSE PATASSE NNP 1662 1940 205 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1940 206 since since IN 1662 1940 207 22 22 CD 1662 1940 208 October October NNP 1662 1940 209 1993 1993 CD 1662 1940 210 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1940 211 head head NN 1662 1940 212 of of IN 1662 1940 213 government government NN 1662 1940 214 : : : 1662 1940 215 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1940 216 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1940 217 Michel Michel NNP 1662 1940 218 GBEZERA GBEZERA NNP 1662 1940 219 - - HYPH 1662 1940 220 BRIA BRIA NNP 1662 1940 221 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1940 222 since since IN 1662 1940 223 January January NNP 1662 1940 224 1997 1997 CD 1662 1940 225 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1940 226 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1940 227 : : : 1662 1940 228 Council Council NNP 1662 1940 229 of of IN 1662 1940 230 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 1940 231 elections election NNS 1662 1940 232 : : : 1662 1940 233 president president NN 1662 1940 234 elected elect VBN 1662 1940 235 by by IN 1662 1940 236 popular popular JJ 1662 1940 237 vote vote NN 1662 1940 238 for for IN 1662 1940 239 a a DT 1662 1940 240 6-year 6-year CD 1662 1940 241 term term NN 1662 1940 242 ; ; : 1662 1940 243 election election NN 1662 1940 244 last last JJ 1662 1940 245 held hold VBD 1662 1940 246 19 19 CD 1662 1940 247 September September NNP 1662 1940 248 1993 1993 CD 1662 1940 249 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1940 250 next next JJ 1662 1940 251 to to TO 1662 1940 252 be be VB 1662 1940 253 held hold VBN 1662 1940 254 October October NNP 1662 1940 255 1999 1999 CD 1662 1940 256 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1940 257 ; ; : 1662 1940 258 prime prime NNP 1662 1940 259 minister minister NN 1662 1940 260 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1940 261 by by IN 1662 1940 262 the the DT 1662 1940 263 president president NNP 1662 1940 264 election election NN 1662 1940 265 results result NNS 1662 1940 266 : : : 1662 1940 267 Ange Ange NNP 1662 1940 268 PATASSE PATASSE NNP 1662 1940 269 elected elect VBD 1662 1940 270 president president NN 1662 1940 271 ; ; , 1662 1940 272 percent percent NN 1662 1940 273 of of IN 1662 1940 274 vote vote NN 1662 1940 275 - - HYPH 1662 1940 276 PATASSE patasse NN 1662 1940 277 52.45 52.45 CD 1662 1940 278 % % NN 1662 1940 279 , , , 1662 1940 280 Abel Abel NNP 1662 1940 281 GOUMBA GOUMBA NNP 1662 1940 282 45.62 45.62 CD 1662 1940 283 % % NN 1662 1940 284 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 1940 285 branch branch NN 1662 1940 286 : : : 1662 1940 287 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 1940 288 National National NNP 1662 1940 289 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1940 290 or or CC 1662 1940 291 Assemblee Assemblee NNP 1662 1940 292 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 1940 293 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1940 294 85 85 CD 1662 1940 295 seats seat NNS 1662 1940 296 ; ; : 1662 1940 297 members member NNS 1662 1940 298 are be VBP 1662 1940 299 elected elect VBN 1662 1940 300 by by IN 1662 1940 301 popular popular JJ 1662 1940 302 vote vote NN 1662 1940 303 to to TO 1662 1940 304 serve serve VB 1662 1940 305 five five CD 1662 1940 306 - - HYPH 1662 1940 307 year year NN 1662 1940 308 terms term NNS 1662 1940 309 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1940 310 elections election NNS 1662 1940 311 : : : 1662 1940 312 last last RB 1662 1940 313 held hold VBD 1662 1940 314 19 19 CD 1662 1940 315 September September NNP 1662 1940 316 1993 1993 CD 1662 1940 317 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1940 318 next next JJ 1662 1940 319 to to TO 1662 1940 320 be be VB 1662 1940 321 held hold VBN 1662 1940 322 October October NNP 1662 1940 323 1998 1998 CD 1662 1940 324 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1940 325 election election NN 1662 1940 326 results result NNS 1662 1940 327 : : : 1662 1940 328 percent percent NN 1662 1940 329 of of IN 1662 1940 330 vote vote NN 1662 1940 331 by by IN 1662 1940 332 party party NN 1662 1940 333 - - HYPH 1662 1940 334 NA NA NNP 1662 1940 335 ; ; , 1662 1940 336 seats seat NNS 1662 1940 337 by by IN 1662 1940 338 party party NNP 1662 1940 339 - - HYPH 1662 1940 340 MLPC MLPC NNP 1662 1940 341 34 34 CD 1662 1940 342 , , , 1662 1940 343 RDC RDC NNP 1662 1940 344 13 13 CD 1662 1940 345 , , , 1662 1940 346 PLD PLD NNP 1662 1940 347 7 7 CD 1662 1940 348 , , , 1662 1940 349 FPP FPP NNP 1662 1940 350 7 7 CD 1662 1940 351 , , , 1662 1940 352 ADP ADP NNP 1662 1940 353 6 6 CD 1662 1940 354 , , , 1662 1940 355 PSD PSD NNP 1662 1940 356 3 3 CD 1662 1940 357 , , , 1662 1940 358 CN CN NNP 1662 1940 359 3 3 CD 1662 1940 360 , , , 1662 1940 361 MDREC MDREC NNP 1662 1940 362 1 1 CD 1662 1940 363 , , , 1662 1940 364 PRC PRC NNP 1662 1940 365 1 1 CD 1662 1940 366 , , , 1662 1940 367 FC FC NNP 1662 1940 368 1 1 CD 1662 1940 369 , , , 1662 1940 370 MESAN MESAN NNP 1662 1940 371 1 1 CD 1662 1940 372 , , , 1662 1940 373 independents independent NNS 1662 1940 374 supporting support VBG 1662 1940 375 David David NNP 1662 1940 376 DACKO DACKO NNP 1662 1940 377 6 6 CD 1662 1940 378 , , , 1662 1940 379 independents independent NNS 1662 1940 380 2 2 CD 1662 1940 381 note note NN 1662 1940 382 : : : 1662 1940 383 the the DT 1662 1940 384 National National NNP 1662 1940 385 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1940 386 is be VBZ 1662 1940 387 advised advise VBN 1662 1940 388 by by IN 1662 1940 389 the the DT 1662 1940 390 Economic Economic NNP 1662 1940 391 and and CC 1662 1940 392 Regional Regional NNP 1662 1940 393 Council Council NNP 1662 1940 394 or or CC 1662 1940 395 Conseil Conseil NNP 1662 1940 396 Economique Economique NNP 1662 1940 397 et et NNP 1662 1940 398 Regional Regional NNP 1662 1940 399 ; ; : 1662 1940 400 when when WRB 1662 1940 401 they -PRON- PRP 1662 1940 402 sit sit VBP 1662 1940 403 together together RB 1662 1940 404 they -PRON- PRP 1662 1940 405 are be VBP 1662 1940 406 called call VBN 1662 1940 407 the the DT 1662 1940 408 Congress Congress NNP 1662 1940 409 or or CC 1662 1940 410 Congres Congres NNP 1662 1940 411 Judicial Judicial NNP 1662 1940 412 branch branch NN 1662 1940 413 : : : 1662 1940 414 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1940 415 Court Court NNP 1662 1940 416 or or CC 1662 1940 417 Cour Cour NNP 1662 1940 418 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1940 419 , , , 1662 1940 420 judges judge NNS 1662 1940 421 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1940 422 by by IN 1662 1940 423 the the DT 1662 1940 424 president president NN 1662 1940 425 ; ; : 1662 1940 426 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 1940 427 Court Court NNP 1662 1940 428 , , , 1662 1940 429 judges judge NNS 1662 1940 430 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1940 431 by by IN 1662 1940 432 the the DT 1662 1940 433 president president NN 1662 1940 434 Political political JJ 1662 1940 435 parties party NNS 1662 1940 436 and and CC 1662 1940 437 leaders leader NNS 1662 1940 438 : : : 1662 1940 439 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 1940 440 for for IN 1662 1940 441 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 1940 442 and and CC 1662 1940 443 Progress Progress NNP 1662 1940 444 or or CC 1662 1940 445 ADP ADP NNP 1662 1940 446 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1940 447 Tchapka Tchapka NNP 1662 1940 448 BREDE BREDE NNP 1662 1940 449 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1940 450 ; ; : 1662 1940 451 Central central JJ 1662 1940 452 African African NNP 1662 1940 453 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1940 454 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1940 455 or or CC 1662 1940 456 RDC RDC NNP 1662 1940 457 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1940 458 Andre Andre NNP 1662 1940 459 KOLINGBA KOLINGBA NNP 1662 1940 460 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1940 461 ; ; : 1662 1940 462 Central central JJ 1662 1940 463 African African NNP 1662 1940 464 Republican Republican NNP 1662 1940 465 Party Party NNP 1662 1940 466 or or CC 1662 1940 467 PRC PRC NNP 1662 1940 468 ; ; : 1662 1940 469 Civic Civic NNP 1662 1940 470 Forum Forum NNP 1662 1940 471 or or CC 1662 1940 472 FC FC NNP 1662 1940 473 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1940 474 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 1940 475 Timothee Timothee NNP 1662 1940 476 MALENDOMA MALENDOMA NNP 1662 1940 477 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1940 478 ; ; : 1662 1940 479 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1940 480 Movement Movement NNP 1662 1940 481 for for IN 1662 1940 482 the the DT 1662 1940 483 Renaissance Renaissance NNP 1662 1940 484 and and CC 1662 1940 485 Evolution Evolution NNP 1662 1940 486 of of IN 1662 1940 487 Central Central NNP 1662 1940 488 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1940 489 or or CC 1662 1940 490 MDREC MDREC NNP 1662 1940 491 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1940 492 Joseph Joseph NNP 1662 1940 493 BENDOUNGA BENDOUNGA NNP 1662 1940 494 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1940 495 ; ; : 1662 1940 496 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 1940 497 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1940 498 Party Party NNP 1662 1940 499 or or CC 1662 1940 500 PLD PLD NNP 1662 1940 501 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1940 502 Nestor Nestor NNP 1662 1940 503 KOMBO KOMBO NNP 1662 1940 504 - - HYPH 1662 1940 505 NAGUEMON NAGUEMON NNP 1662 1940 506 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1940 507 ; ; : 1662 1940 508 Movement movement NN 1662 1940 509 for for IN 1662 1940 510 the the DT 1662 1940 511 Liberation liberation NN 1662 1940 512 of of IN 1662 1940 513 the the DT 1662 1940 514 Central central JJ 1662 1940 515 African African NNP 1662 1940 516 People People NNPS 1662 1940 517 or or CC 1662 1940 518 MLPC MLPC NNP 1662 1940 519 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1940 520 the the DT 1662 1940 521 party party NN 1662 1940 522 of of IN 1662 1940 523 the the DT 1662 1940 524 president president NN 1662 1940 525 , , , 1662 1940 526 Ange Ange NNP 1662 1940 527 Felix Felix NNP 1662 1940 528 PATASSE PATASSE NNP 1662 1940 529 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1940 530 ; ; : 1662 1940 531 Movement Movement NNP 1662 1940 532 for for IN 1662 1940 533 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 1940 534 and and CC 1662 1940 535 Development Development NNP 1662 1940 536 or or CC 1662 1940 537 MDD MDD NNP 1662 1940 538 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1940 539 David David NNP 1662 1940 540 DACKO DACKO NNP 1662 1940 541 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1940 542 ; ; : 1662 1940 543 National National NNP 1662 1940 544 Convention Convention NNP 1662 1940 545 or or CC 1662 1940 546 CN CN NNP 1662 1940 547 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1940 548 David David NNP 1662 1940 549 GALIAMBO GALIAMBO NNP 1662 1940 550 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1940 551 ; ; : 1662 1940 552 Patriotic patriotic JJ 1662 1940 553 Front front NN 1662 1940 554 for for IN 1662 1940 555 Progress Progress NNP 1662 1940 556 or or CC 1662 1940 557 FPP FPP NNP 1662 1940 558 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1940 559 Abel Abel NNP 1662 1940 560 GOUMBA GOUMBA NNP 1662 1940 561 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1940 562 ; ; : 1662 1940 563 Social Social NNP 1662 1940 564 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1940 565 Party Party NNP 1662 1940 566 or or CC 1662 1940 567 PSD PSD NNP 1662 1940 568 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1940 569 Enoch Enoch NNP 1662 1940 570 Derant Derant NNP 1662 1940 571 LAKOUE LAKOUE NNP 1662 1940 572 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1940 573 ; ; : 1662 1940 574 Social Social NNP 1662 1940 575 Evolution Evolution NNP 1662 1940 576 Movement Movement NNP 1662 1940 577 of of IN 1662 1940 578 Black Black NNP 1662 1940 579 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1940 580 or or CC 1662 1940 581 MESAN MESAN NNP 1662 1940 582 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1940 583 Prosper Prosper NNP 1662 1940 584 LAVODRAMA LAVODRAMA NNP 1662 1940 585 and and CC 1662 1940 586 Joseph Joseph NNP 1662 1940 587 NGBANGADIBO NGBANGADIBO NNP 1662 1940 588 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1940 589 International international JJ 1662 1940 590 organization organization NN 1662 1940 591 participation participation NN 1662 1940 592 : : : 1662 1940 593 ACCT acct JJ 1662 1940 594 , , , 1662 1940 595 ACP ACP NNP 1662 1940 596 , , , 1662 1940 597 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 1940 598 , , , 1662 1940 599 BDEAC BDEAC NNP 1662 1940 600 , , , 1662 1940 601 CCC CCC NNP 1662 1940 602 , , , 1662 1940 603 CEEAC CEEAC NNP 1662 1940 604 , , , 1662 1940 605 ECA ECA NNP 1662 1940 606 , , , 1662 1940 607 FAO FAO NNP 1662 1940 608 , , , 1662 1940 609 FZ FZ NNP 1662 1940 610 , , , 1662 1940 611 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 1940 612 , , , 1662 1940 613 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1940 614 , , , 1662 1940 615 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1940 616 , , , 1662 1940 617 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 1940 618 , , , 1662 1940 619 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 1940 620 , , , 1662 1940 621 IDA IDA NNP 1662 1940 622 , , , 1662 1940 623 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 1940 624 , , , 1662 1940 625 IFC IFC NNP 1662 1940 626 , , , 1662 1940 627 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 1940 628 , , , 1662 1940 629 ILO ILO NNP 1662 1940 630 , , , 1662 1940 631 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1940 632 , , , 1662 1940 633 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1940 634 , , , 1662 1940 635 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 1940 636 , , , 1662 1940 637 IOC IOC NNP 1662 1940 638 , , , 1662 1940 639 ITU ITU NNP 1662 1940 640 , , , 1662 1940 641 NAM NAM NNP 1662 1940 642 , , , 1662 1940 643 OAU OAU NNP 1662 1940 644 , , , 1662 1940 645 OIC OIC NNP 1662 1940 646 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1940 647 observer observer NN 1662 1940 648 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1940 649 , , , 1662 1940 650 UDEAC UDEAC NNP 1662 1940 651 , , , 1662 1940 652 UN UN NNP 1662 1940 653 , , , 1662 1940 654 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 1940 655 , , , 1662 1940 656 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 1940 657 , , , 1662 1940 658 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 1940 659 , , , 1662 1940 660 UPU UPU NNP 1662 1940 661 , , , 1662 1940 662 WCL WCL NNP 1662 1940 663 , , , 1662 1940 664 WHO WHO NNP 1662 1940 665 , , , 1662 1940 666 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 1940 667 , , , 1662 1940 668 WMO WMO NNP 1662 1940 669 , , , 1662 1940 670 WToO wtoo FW 1662 1940 671 , , , 1662 1940 672 WTrO wtro VB 1662 1940 673 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1940 674 representation representation NN 1662 1940 675 in in IN 1662 1940 676 the the DT 1662 1940 677 US US NNP 1662 1940 678 : : : 1662 1940 679 chief chief NN 1662 1940 680 of of IN 1662 1940 681 mission mission NN 1662 1940 682 : : : 1662 1940 683 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1940 684 Henri Henri NNP 1662 1940 685 KOBA KOBA NNP 1662 1940 686 chancery chancery NN 1662 1940 687 : : : 1662 1940 688 1618 1618 CD 1662 1940 689 22nd 22nd NNP 1662 1940 690 Street Street NNP 1662 1940 691 NW NW NNP 1662 1940 692 , , , 1662 1940 693 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1940 694 , , , 1662 1940 695 DC DC NNP 1662 1940 696 20008 20008 CD 1662 1940 697 telephone telephone NN 1662 1940 698 : : : 1662 1940 699 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1940 700 1 1 CD 1662 1940 701 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1940 702 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1940 703 202 202 CD 1662 1940 704 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1940 705 483 483 CD 1662 1940 706 - - HYPH 1662 1940 707 7800 7800 CD 1662 1940 708 , , , 1662 1940 709 7801 7801 CD 1662 1940 710 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1940 711 : : : 1662 1940 712 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1940 713 1 1 CD 1662 1940 714 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1940 715 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1940 716 202 202 CD 1662 1940 717 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1940 718 332 332 CD 1662 1940 719 - - HYPH 1662 1940 720 9893 9893 CD 1662 1940 721 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1940 722 representation representation NN 1662 1940 723 from from IN 1662 1940 724 the the DT 1662 1940 725 US US NNP 1662 1940 726 : : : 1662 1940 727 chief chief NN 1662 1940 728 of of IN 1662 1940 729 mission mission NN 1662 1940 730 : : : 1662 1940 731 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1940 732 Mosina Mosina NNP 1662 1940 733 H. H. NNP 1662 1940 734 JORDAN JORDAN NNP 1662 1940 735 embassy embassy NN 1662 1940 736 : : : 1662 1940 737 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 1940 738 David David NNP 1662 1940 739 Dacko Dacko NNP 1662 1940 740 , , , 1662 1940 741 Bangui Bangui NNP 1662 1940 742 mailing mail VBG 1662 1940 743 address address NN 1662 1940 744 : : : 1662 1940 745 B. B. NNP 1662 1940 746 P. P. NNP 1662 1940 747 924 924 CD 1662 1940 748 , , , 1662 1940 749 Bangui Bangui NNP 1662 1940 750 telephone telephone NN 1662 1940 751 : : : 1662 1940 752 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1940 753 236 236 CD 1662 1940 754 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1940 755 61 61 CD 1662 1940 756 02 02 CD 1662 1940 757 00 00 CD 1662 1940 758 , , , 1662 1940 759 61 61 CD 1662 1940 760 25 25 CD 1662 1940 761 78 78 CD 1662 1940 762 , , , 1662 1940 763 61 61 CD 1662 1940 764 02 02 CD 1662 1940 765 10 10 CD 1662 1940 766 FAX fax NN 1662 1940 767 : : : 1662 1940 768 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1940 769 236 236 CD 1662 1940 770 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1940 771 61 61 CD 1662 1940 772 44 44 CD 1662 1940 773 94 94 CD 1662 1940 774 Flag flag NN 1662 1940 775 description description NN 1662 1940 776 : : : 1662 1940 777 four four CD 1662 1940 778 equal equal JJ 1662 1940 779 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 1940 780 bands band NNS 1662 1940 781 of of IN 1662 1940 782 blue blue JJ 1662 1940 783 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1940 784 top top NNP 1662 1940 785 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1940 786 , , , 1662 1940 787 white white JJ 1662 1940 788 , , , 1662 1940 789 green green JJ 1662 1940 790 , , , 1662 1940 791 and and CC 1662 1940 792 yellow yellow JJ 1662 1940 793 with with IN 1662 1940 794 a a DT 1662 1940 795 vertical vertical JJ 1662 1940 796 red red JJ 1662 1940 797 band band NN 1662 1940 798 in in IN 1662 1940 799 center center NN 1662 1940 800 ; ; : 1662 1940 801 there there EX 1662 1940 802 is be VBZ 1662 1940 803 a a DT 1662 1940 804 yellow yellow JJ 1662 1940 805 five five CD 1662 1940 806 - - HYPH 1662 1940 807 pointed point VBN 1662 1940 808 star star NN 1662 1940 809 on on IN 1662 1940 810 the the DT 1662 1940 811 hoist hoist NN 1662 1940 812 side side NN 1662 1940 813 of of IN 1662 1940 814 the the DT 1662 1940 815 blue blue JJ 1662 1940 816 band band NN 1662 1940 817 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1940 818 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1940 819 - - HYPH 1662 1940 820 overview overview NN 1662 1940 821 : : : 1662 1940 822 Subsistence subsistence NN 1662 1940 823 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1940 824 , , , 1662 1940 825 together together RB 1662 1940 826 with with IN 1662 1940 827 forestry forestry NN 1662 1940 828 , , , 1662 1940 829 remains remain VBZ 1662 1940 830 the the DT 1662 1940 831 backbone backbone NN 1662 1940 832 of of IN 1662 1940 833 the the DT 1662 1940 834 economy economy NN 1662 1940 835 of of IN 1662 1940 836 the the DT 1662 1940 837 Central Central NNP 1662 1940 838 African African NNP 1662 1940 839 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1940 840 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1940 841 CAR CAR NNP 1662 1940 842 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1940 843 , , , 1662 1940 844 with with IN 1662 1940 845 more more JJR 1662 1940 846 than than IN 1662 1940 847 70 70 CD 1662 1940 848 % % NN 1662 1940 849 of of IN 1662 1940 850 the the DT 1662 1940 851 population population NN 1662 1940 852 living live VBG 1662 1940 853 in in IN 1662 1940 854 outlying outlying JJ 1662 1940 855 areas area NNS 1662 1940 856 . . . 1662 1941 1 The the DT 1662 1941 2 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 1941 3 sector sector NN 1662 1941 4 generates generate VBZ 1662 1941 5 half half NN 1662 1941 6 of of IN 1662 1941 7 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1941 8 . . . 1662 1942 1 Timber Timber NNP 1662 1942 2 has have VBZ 1662 1942 3 accounted account VBN 1662 1942 4 for for IN 1662 1942 5 about about RB 1662 1942 6 16 16 CD 1662 1942 7 % % NN 1662 1942 8 of of IN 1662 1942 9 export export NN 1662 1942 10 earnings earning NNS 1662 1942 11 and and CC 1662 1942 12 the the DT 1662 1942 13 diamond diamond NN 1662 1942 14 industry industry NN 1662 1942 15 for for IN 1662 1942 16 nearly nearly RB 1662 1942 17 54 54 CD 1662 1942 18 % % NN 1662 1942 19 . . . 1662 1943 1 Important important JJ 1662 1943 2 constraints constraint NNS 1662 1943 3 to to IN 1662 1943 4 economic economic JJ 1662 1943 5 development development NN 1662 1943 6 include include VBP 1662 1943 7 the the DT 1662 1943 8 CAR CAR NNP 1662 1943 9 's 's POS 1662 1943 10 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 1943 11 position position NN 1662 1943 12 , , , 1662 1943 13 a a DT 1662 1943 14 poor poor JJ 1662 1943 15 transportation transportation NN 1662 1943 16 system system NN 1662 1943 17 , , , 1662 1943 18 a a DT 1662 1943 19 largely largely RB 1662 1943 20 unskilled unskilled JJ 1662 1943 21 work work NN 1662 1943 22 force force NN 1662 1943 23 , , , 1662 1943 24 and and CC 1662 1943 25 a a DT 1662 1943 26 legacy legacy NN 1662 1943 27 of of IN 1662 1943 28 misdirected misdirect VBN 1662 1943 29 macroeconomic macroeconomic JJ 1662 1943 30 policies policy NNS 1662 1943 31 . . . 1662 1944 1 The the DT 1662 1944 2 50 50 CD 1662 1944 3 % % NN 1662 1944 4 devaluation devaluation NN 1662 1944 5 of of IN 1662 1944 6 the the DT 1662 1944 7 currencies currency NNS 1662 1944 8 of of IN 1662 1944 9 14 14 CD 1662 1944 10 Francophone francophone JJ 1662 1944 11 African african JJ 1662 1944 12 nations nation NNS 1662 1944 13 on on IN 1662 1944 14 12 12 CD 1662 1944 15 January January NNP 1662 1944 16 1994 1994 CD 1662 1944 17 had have VBD 1662 1944 18 mixed mix VBN 1662 1944 19 effects effect NNS 1662 1944 20 on on IN 1662 1944 21 the the DT 1662 1944 22 CAR CAR NNP 1662 1944 23 's 's POS 1662 1944 24 economy economy NN 1662 1944 25 . . . 1662 1945 1 Diamond diamond NN 1662 1945 2 , , , 1662 1945 3 timber timber NN 1662 1945 4 , , , 1662 1945 5 coffee coffee NN 1662 1945 6 , , , 1662 1945 7 and and CC 1662 1945 8 cotton cotton NN 1662 1945 9 exports export NNS 1662 1945 10 increased increase VBD 1662 1945 11 , , , 1662 1945 12 leading lead VBG 1662 1945 13 an an DT 1662 1945 14 estimated estimate VBN 1662 1945 15 rise rise NN 1662 1945 16 of of IN 1662 1945 17 GDP gdp NN 1662 1945 18 of of IN 1662 1945 19 7 7 CD 1662 1945 20 % % NN 1662 1945 21 in in IN 1662 1945 22 1994 1994 CD 1662 1945 23 and and CC 1662 1945 24 nearly nearly RB 1662 1945 25 5 5 CD 1662 1945 26 % % NN 1662 1945 27 in in IN 1662 1945 28 1995 1995 CD 1662 1945 29 . . . 1662 1946 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 1946 2 , , , 1662 1946 3 however however RB 1662 1946 4 , , , 1662 1946 5 remains remain VBZ 1662 1946 6 a a DT 1662 1946 7 problem problem NN 1662 1946 8 . . . 1662 1947 1 Moreover moreover RB 1662 1947 2 , , , 1662 1947 3 ongoing ongoing JJ 1662 1947 4 violence violence NN 1662 1947 5 between between IN 1662 1947 6 the the DT 1662 1947 7 government government NN 1662 1947 8 and and CC 1662 1947 9 rebel rebel NN 1662 1947 10 military military JJ 1662 1947 11 and and CC 1662 1947 12 civilian civilian JJ 1662 1947 13 groups group NNS 1662 1947 14 over over IN 1662 1947 15 pay pay NN 1662 1947 16 issues issue NNS 1662 1947 17 , , , 1662 1947 18 living living NN 1662 1947 19 conditions condition NNS 1662 1947 20 , , , 1662 1947 21 and and CC 1662 1947 22 opposition opposition NN 1662 1947 23 party party NN 1662 1947 24 political political JJ 1662 1947 25 representation representation NN 1662 1947 26 has have VBZ 1662 1947 27 destroyed destroy VBN 1662 1947 28 many many JJ 1662 1947 29 businesses business NNS 1662 1947 30 in in IN 1662 1947 31 the the DT 1662 1947 32 capital capital NN 1662 1947 33 , , , 1662 1947 34 reducing reduce VBG 1662 1947 35 tax tax NN 1662 1947 36 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1947 37 for for IN 1662 1947 38 the the DT 1662 1947 39 government government NN 1662 1947 40 , , , 1662 1947 41 and and CC 1662 1947 42 delaying delay VBG 1662 1947 43 negotiations negotiation NNS 1662 1947 44 for for IN 1662 1947 45 an an DT 1662 1947 46 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1947 47 financial financial JJ 1662 1947 48 aid aid NN 1662 1947 49 agreement agreement NN 1662 1947 50 . . . 1662 1948 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1948 2 : : : 1662 1948 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1948 4 power power NN 1662 1948 5 parity parity NN 1662 1948 6 - - : 1662 1948 7 $ $ $ 1662 1948 8 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 1948 9 billion billion CD 1662 1948 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1948 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 1948 12 est est NNP 1662 1948 13 . . . 1662 1948 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1949 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1949 2 - - HYPH 1662 1949 3 real real JJ 1662 1949 4 growth growth NN 1662 1949 5 rate rate NN 1662 1949 6 : : : 1662 1949 7 4.8 4.8 CD 1662 1949 8 % % NN 1662 1949 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1949 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 1949 11 est est NNP 1662 1949 12 . . . 1662 1949 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1950 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1950 2 - - HYPH 1662 1950 3 per per FW 1662 1950 4 capita capita NN 1662 1950 5 : : : 1662 1950 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1950 7 power power NN 1662 1950 8 parity parity NN 1662 1950 9 - - : 1662 1950 10 $ $ $ 1662 1950 11 800 800 CD 1662 1950 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1950 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 1950 14 est est NNP 1662 1950 15 . . . 1662 1950 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1951 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1951 2 - - HYPH 1662 1951 3 composition composition NN 1662 1951 4 by by IN 1662 1951 5 sector sector NN 1662 1951 6 : : : 1662 1951 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1951 8 : : : 1662 1951 9 50 50 CD 1662 1951 10 % % NN 1662 1951 11 industry industry NN 1662 1951 12 : : : 1662 1951 13 14 14 CD 1662 1951 14 % % NN 1662 1951 15 services service NNS 1662 1951 16 : : : 1662 1951 17 36 36 CD 1662 1951 18 % % NN 1662 1951 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1951 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 1951 21 est est NNP 1662 1951 22 . . . 1662 1951 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1952 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 1952 2 rate rate NN 1662 1952 3 - - HYPH 1662 1952 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 1952 5 price price NN 1662 1952 6 index index NN 1662 1952 7 : : : 1662 1952 8 19.4 19.4 CD 1662 1952 9 % % NN 1662 1952 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1952 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 1952 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1952 13 Labor labor NN 1662 1952 14 force force NN 1662 1952 15 : : : 1662 1952 16 NA NA NNP 1662 1952 17 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1952 18 rate rate NN 1662 1952 19 : : : 1662 1952 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 1952 21 Budget budget NN 1662 1952 22 : : : 1662 1952 23 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1952 24 : : : 1662 1952 25 $ $ $ 1662 1952 26 638 638 CD 1662 1952 27 million million CD 1662 1952 28 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1952 29 : : : 1662 1952 30 $ $ $ 1662 1952 31 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 1952 32 billion billion CD 1662 1952 33 , , , 1662 1952 34 including include VBG 1662 1952 35 capital capital NN 1662 1952 36 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1952 37 of of IN 1662 1952 38 $ $ $ 1662 1952 39 888 888 CD 1662 1952 40 million million CD 1662 1952 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1952 42 1994 1994 CD 1662 1952 43 est est NNP 1662 1952 44 . . . 1662 1952 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1953 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 1953 2 : : : 1662 1953 3 diamond diamond NN 1662 1953 4 mining mining NN 1662 1953 5 , , , 1662 1953 6 sawmills sawmill NNS 1662 1953 7 , , , 1662 1953 8 breweries brewery NNS 1662 1953 9 , , , 1662 1953 10 textiles textile NNS 1662 1953 11 , , , 1662 1953 12 footwear footwear NN 1662 1953 13 , , , 1662 1953 14 assembly assembly NN 1662 1953 15 of of IN 1662 1953 16 bicycles bicycle NNS 1662 1953 17 and and CC 1662 1953 18 motorcycles motorcycle VBZ 1662 1953 19 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 1953 20 production production NN 1662 1953 21 growth growth NN 1662 1953 22 rate rate NN 1662 1953 23 : : : 1662 1953 24 NA% NA% `` 1662 1953 25 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1953 26 - - HYPH 1662 1953 27 capacity capacity NN 1662 1953 28 : : : 1662 1953 29 40,000 40,000 CD 1662 1953 30 kW kw NN 1662 1953 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1953 32 1991 1991 CD 1662 1953 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1953 34 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1953 35 - - HYPH 1662 1953 36 production production NN 1662 1953 37 : : : 1662 1953 38 95 95 CD 1662 1953 39 million million CD 1662 1953 40 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1953 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1953 42 1991 1991 CD 1662 1953 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1953 44 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1953 45 - - HYPH 1662 1953 46 consumption consumption NN 1662 1953 47 per per IN 1662 1953 48 capita capita NN 1662 1953 49 : : : 1662 1953 50 32 32 CD 1662 1953 51 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1953 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1953 53 1991 1991 CD 1662 1953 54 est est NNP 1662 1953 55 . . . 1662 1953 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1954 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1954 2 - - HYPH 1662 1954 3 products product NNS 1662 1954 4 : : : 1662 1954 5 cotton cotton NN 1662 1954 6 , , , 1662 1954 7 coffee coffee NN 1662 1954 8 , , , 1662 1954 9 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 1954 10 , , , 1662 1954 11 manioc manioc NNP 1662 1954 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1954 13 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 1954 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1954 15 , , , 1662 1954 16 yams yams NNP 1662 1954 17 , , , 1662 1954 18 millet millet NN 1662 1954 19 , , , 1662 1954 20 corn corn NN 1662 1954 21 , , , 1662 1954 22 bananas banana NNS 1662 1954 23 ; ; , 1662 1954 24 timber timber NN 1662 1954 25 Exports export NNS 1662 1954 26 : : : 1662 1954 27 total total JJ 1662 1954 28 value value NN 1662 1954 29 : : : 1662 1954 30 $ $ $ 1662 1954 31 181 181 CD 1662 1954 32 million million CD 1662 1954 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1954 34 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 1954 35 . . NNP 1662 1954 36 , , , 1662 1954 37 1995 1995 CD 1662 1954 38 est est NNP 1662 1954 39 . . . 1662 1954 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1955 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1955 2 : : : 1662 1955 3 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 1955 4 , , , 1662 1955 5 timber timber NN 1662 1955 6 , , , 1662 1955 7 cotton cotton NN 1662 1955 8 , , , 1662 1955 9 coffee coffee NN 1662 1955 10 , , , 1662 1955 11 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 1955 12 partners partner NNS 1662 1955 13 : : : 1662 1955 14 France France NNP 1662 1955 15 16 16 CD 1662 1955 16 % % NN 1662 1955 17 , , , 1662 1955 18 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 1955 19 - - HYPH 1662 1955 20 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 1955 21 40.1 40.1 CD 1662 1955 22 % % NN 1662 1955 23 , , , 1662 1955 24 Italy Italy NNP 1662 1955 25 , , , 1662 1955 26 Japan Japan NNP 1662 1955 27 , , , 1662 1955 28 US US NNP 1662 1955 29 , , , 1662 1955 30 Spain Spain NNP 1662 1955 31 , , , 1662 1955 32 Iran Iran NNP 1662 1955 33 , , , 1662 1955 34 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 1955 35 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1955 36 of of IN 1662 1955 37 the the DT 1662 1955 38 Congo Congo NNP 1662 1955 39 , , , 1662 1955 40 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1955 41 of of IN 1662 1955 42 the the DT 1662 1955 43 Congo Congo NNP 1662 1955 44 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 1955 45 : : : 1662 1955 46 total total JJ 1662 1955 47 value value NN 1662 1955 48 : : : 1662 1955 49 $ $ $ 1662 1955 50 176 176 CD 1662 1955 51 million million CD 1662 1955 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1955 53 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 1955 54 . . NNP 1662 1955 55 , , , 1662 1955 56 1995 1995 CD 1662 1955 57 est est NNP 1662 1955 58 . . . 1662 1955 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1956 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1956 2 : : : 1662 1956 3 food food NN 1662 1956 4 , , , 1662 1956 5 textiles textile NNS 1662 1956 6 , , , 1662 1956 7 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1956 8 products product NNS 1662 1956 9 , , , 1662 1956 10 machinery machinery NN 1662 1956 11 , , , 1662 1956 12 electrical electrical JJ 1662 1956 13 equipment equipment NN 1662 1956 14 , , , 1662 1956 15 motor motor NN 1662 1956 16 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 1956 17 , , , 1662 1956 18 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 1956 19 , , , 1662 1956 20 pharmaceuticals pharmaceutical NNS 1662 1956 21 , , , 1662 1956 22 consumer consumer NN 1662 1956 23 goods good NNS 1662 1956 24 , , , 1662 1956 25 industrial industrial JJ 1662 1956 26 products product NNS 1662 1956 27 partners partner NNS 1662 1956 28 : : : 1662 1956 29 France France NNP 1662 1956 30 37 37 CD 1662 1956 31 % % NN 1662 1956 32 , , , 1662 1956 33 other other JJ 1662 1956 34 EU EU NNP 1662 1956 35 countries country NNS 1662 1956 36 , , , 1662 1956 37 Japan Japan NNP 1662 1956 38 24 24 CD 1662 1956 39 % % NN 1662 1956 40 , , , 1662 1956 41 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 1956 42 , , , 1662 1956 43 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 1956 44 , , , 1662 1956 45 Namibia Namibia NNP 1662 1956 46 Debt Debt NNP 1662 1956 47 - - HYPH 1662 1956 48 external external JJ 1662 1956 49 : : : 1662 1956 50 $ $ $ 1662 1956 51 890 890 CD 1662 1956 52 million million CD 1662 1956 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1956 54 1994 1994 CD 1662 1956 55 est est NNP 1662 1956 56 . . . 1662 1956 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1957 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 1957 2 aid aid NN 1662 1957 3 : : : 1662 1957 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 1957 5 : : : 1662 1957 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 1957 7 , , , 1662 1957 8 $ $ $ 1662 1957 9 NA NA NNP 1662 1957 10 Currency currency NN 1662 1957 11 : : : 1662 1957 12 1 1 CD 1662 1957 13 Communaute Communaute NNP 1662 1957 14 Financiere Financiere NNP 1662 1957 15 Africaine Africaine NNP 1662 1957 16 franc franc NN 1662 1957 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1957 18 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 1957 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1957 20 = = SYM 1662 1957 21 100 100 CD 1662 1957 22 centimes centime NNS 1662 1957 23 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 1957 24 rates rate NNS 1662 1957 25 : : : 1662 1957 26 CFA cfa NN 1662 1957 27 francs franc NNS 1662 1957 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1957 29 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 1957 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1957 31 per per IN 1662 1957 32 US$ us$ $ 1662 1957 33 1 1 CD 1662 1957 34 - - SYM 1662 1957 35 541.69 541.69 CD 1662 1957 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1957 37 January January NNP 1662 1957 38 1997 1997 CD 1662 1957 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1957 40 , , , 1662 1957 41 511.55 511.55 CD 1662 1957 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1957 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 1957 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1957 45 , , , 1662 1957 46 499.15 499.15 CD 1662 1957 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1957 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 1957 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1957 50 , , , 1662 1957 51 555.20 555.20 CD 1662 1957 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1957 53 1994 1994 CD 1662 1957 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1957 55 , , , 1662 1957 56 283.16 283.16 CD 1662 1957 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1957 58 1993 1993 CD 1662 1957 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1957 60 , , , 1662 1957 61 264.69 264.69 CD 1662 1957 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1957 63 1992 1992 CD 1662 1957 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1957 65 note note NN 1662 1957 66 : : : 1662 1957 67 beginning begin VBG 1662 1957 68 12 12 CD 1662 1957 69 January January NNP 1662 1957 70 1994 1994 CD 1662 1957 71 , , , 1662 1957 72 the the DT 1662 1957 73 CFA CFA NNP 1662 1957 74 franc franc NN 1662 1957 75 was be VBD 1662 1957 76 devalued devalue VBN 1662 1957 77 to to IN 1662 1957 78 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 1957 79 100 100 CD 1662 1957 80 per per IN 1662 1957 81 French french JJ 1662 1957 82 franc franc NN 1662 1957 83 from from IN 1662 1957 84 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 1957 85 50 50 CD 1662 1957 86 at at IN 1662 1957 87 which which WDT 1662 1957 88 it -PRON- PRP 1662 1957 89 had have VBD 1662 1957 90 been be VBN 1662 1957 91 fixed fix VBN 1662 1957 92 since since IN 1662 1957 93 1948 1948 CD 1662 1957 94 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 1957 95 year year NN 1662 1957 96 : : : 1662 1957 97 calendar calendar NN 1662 1957 98 year year NN 1662 1957 99 @Central @Central NNP 1662 1957 100 African African NNP 1662 1957 101 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1957 102 : : : 1662 1957 103 Communications Communications NNP 1662 1957 104 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 1957 105 : : : 1662 1957 106 16,867 16,867 CD 1662 1957 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1957 108 1992 1992 CD 1662 1957 109 est est NNP 1662 1957 110 . . . 1662 1957 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1958 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 1958 2 system system NN 1662 1958 3 : : : 1662 1958 4 fair fair JJ 1662 1958 5 system system NN 1662 1958 6 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1958 7 : : : 1662 1958 8 network network NN 1662 1958 9 consists consist VBZ 1662 1958 10 principally principally RB 1662 1958 11 of of IN 1662 1958 12 microwave microwave NN 1662 1958 13 radio radio NN 1662 1958 14 relay relay NN 1662 1958 15 and and CC 1662 1958 16 low low JJ 1662 1958 17 - - HYPH 1662 1958 18 capacity capacity NN 1662 1958 19 , , , 1662 1958 20 low low RB 1662 1958 21 - - HYPH 1662 1958 22 powered power VBN 1662 1958 23 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 1958 24 communication communication NN 1662 1958 25 international international NNP 1662 1958 26 : : : 1662 1958 27 satellite satellite NN 1662 1958 28 earth earth NNP 1662 1958 29 station station NNP 1662 1958 30 - - : 1662 1958 31 1 1 CD 1662 1958 32 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1958 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1958 34 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 1958 35 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 1958 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1958 37 Radio radio NN 1662 1958 38 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1958 39 stations station NNS 1662 1958 40 : : : 1662 1958 41 AM AM NNP 1662 1958 42 1 1 CD 1662 1958 43 , , , 1662 1958 44 FM FM NNP 1662 1958 45 1 1 CD 1662 1958 46 , , , 1662 1958 47 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 1958 48 0 0 CD 1662 1958 49 Radios radio NNS 1662 1958 50 : : : 1662 1958 51 NA NA NNP 1662 1958 52 Television Television NNP 1662 1958 53 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 1958 54 stations station NNS 1662 1958 55 : : : 1662 1958 56 1 1 CD 1662 1958 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1958 58 1987 1987 CD 1662 1958 59 est est NNP 1662 1958 60 . . . 1662 1958 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1959 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 1959 2 : : : 1662 1959 3 7,500 7,500 CD 1662 1959 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1959 5 1993 1993 CD 1662 1959 6 est est NNP 1662 1959 7 . . . 1662 1959 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1960 1 @Central @Central NNP 1662 1960 2 African African NNP 1662 1960 3 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1960 4 : : : 1662 1960 5 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 1960 6 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 1960 7 : : : 1662 1960 8 0 0 LS 1662 1960 9 km km NN 1662 1960 10 Highways highway NNS 1662 1960 11 : : : 1662 1960 12 total total NN 1662 1960 13 : : : 1662 1960 14 23,810 23,810 CD 1662 1960 15 km km NNS 1662 1960 16 paved pave VBN 1662 1960 17 : : : 1662 1960 18 429 429 CD 1662 1960 19 km km NN 1662 1960 20 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1960 21 : : : 1662 1960 22 23,381 23,381 CD 1662 1960 23 km km NNS 1662 1960 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1960 25 1995 1995 CD 1662 1960 26 est est NNP 1662 1960 27 . . . 1662 1960 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1961 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 1961 2 : : : 1662 1961 3 800 800 CD 1662 1961 4 km km NN 1662 1961 5 ; ; , 1662 1961 6 traditional traditional JJ 1662 1961 7 trade trade NN 1662 1961 8 carried carry VBN 1662 1961 9 on on RP 1662 1961 10 by by IN 1662 1961 11 means mean NNS 1662 1961 12 of of IN 1662 1961 13 shallow shallow JJ 1662 1961 14 - - HYPH 1662 1961 15 draft draft NN 1662 1961 16 dugouts dugout NNS 1662 1961 17 ; ; : 1662 1961 18 Oubangui Oubangui NNP 1662 1961 19 is be VBZ 1662 1961 20 the the DT 1662 1961 21 most most RBS 1662 1961 22 important important JJ 1662 1961 23 river river NN 1662 1961 24 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 1961 25 and and CC 1662 1961 26 harbors harbor NNS 1662 1961 27 : : : 1662 1961 28 Bangui Bangui NNP 1662 1961 29 , , , 1662 1961 30 Nola Nola NNP 1662 1961 31 Airports Airports NNPS 1662 1961 32 : : : 1662 1961 33 43 43 CD 1662 1961 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1961 35 1996 1996 CD 1662 1961 36 est est NNP 1662 1961 37 . . . 1662 1961 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1962 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1962 2 - - , 1662 1962 3 with with IN 1662 1962 4 paved paved JJ 1662 1962 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1962 6 : : : 1662 1962 7 total total NN 1662 1962 8 : : : 1662 1962 9 11 11 CD 1662 1962 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 1962 11 to to IN 1662 1962 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1962 13 m m NN 1662 1962 14 : : : 1662 1962 15 1 1 CD 1662 1962 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1962 17 to to TO 1662 1962 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1962 19 m m NN 1662 1962 20 : : : 1662 1962 21 2 2 CD 1662 1962 22 under under IN 1662 1962 23 914 914 CD 1662 1962 24 m m NN 1662 1962 25 : : : 1662 1962 26 8 8 CD 1662 1962 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1962 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 1962 29 est est NNP 1662 1962 30 . . . 1662 1962 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1963 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 1963 2 - - , 1662 1963 3 with with IN 1662 1963 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 1963 5 runways runway NNS 1662 1963 6 : : : 1662 1963 7 total total NN 1662 1963 8 : : : 1662 1963 9 32 32 CD 1662 1963 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 1963 11 to to TO 1662 1963 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 1963 13 m m NN 1662 1963 14 : : : 1662 1963 15 1 1 CD 1662 1963 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 1963 17 to to TO 1662 1963 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 1963 19 m m NN 1662 1963 20 : : : 1662 1963 21 10 10 CD 1662 1963 22 914 914 CD 1662 1963 23 to to TO 1662 1963 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 1963 25 m m NN 1662 1963 26 : : : 1662 1963 27 21 21 CD 1662 1963 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1963 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 1963 30 est est NNP 1662 1963 31 . . . 1662 1963 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1964 1 Military military JJ 1662 1964 2 Military military JJ 1662 1964 3 branches branch NNS 1662 1964 4 : : : 1662 1964 5 Central central JJ 1662 1964 6 African African NNP 1662 1964 7 Army Army NNP 1662 1964 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1964 9 includes include VBZ 1662 1964 10 Republican Republican NNP 1662 1964 11 Guard Guard NNP 1662 1964 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1964 13 , , , 1662 1964 14 Air Air NNP 1662 1964 15 Force Force NNP 1662 1964 16 , , , 1662 1964 17 National National NNP 1662 1964 18 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 1964 19 , , , 1662 1964 20 Police Police NNP 1662 1964 21 Force Force NNP 1662 1964 22 Military Military NNP 1662 1964 23 manpower manpower NN 1662 1964 24 - - HYPH 1662 1964 25 availability availability NN 1662 1964 26 : : : 1662 1964 27 males male NNS 1662 1964 28 age age NNP 1662 1964 29 15 15 CD 1662 1964 30 - - HYPH 1662 1964 31 49 49 CD 1662 1964 32 : : : 1662 1964 33 755,441 755,441 CD 1662 1964 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1964 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1964 36 est est NNP 1662 1964 37 . . . 1662 1964 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1965 1 Military military JJ 1662 1965 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 1965 3 - - HYPH 1662 1965 4 fit fit NN 1662 1965 5 for for IN 1662 1965 6 military military JJ 1662 1965 7 service service NN 1662 1965 8 : : : 1662 1965 9 males male NNS 1662 1965 10 : : : 1662 1965 11 393,765 393,765 CD 1662 1965 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1965 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 1965 14 est est NNP 1662 1965 15 . . . 1662 1965 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1966 1 Military military JJ 1662 1966 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1966 3 - - HYPH 1662 1966 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 1966 5 figure figure NN 1662 1966 6 : : : 1662 1966 7 $ $ $ 1662 1966 8 30 30 CD 1662 1966 9 million million CD 1662 1966 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1966 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 1966 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1966 13 Military military JJ 1662 1966 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1966 15 - - : 1662 1966 16 percent percent NN 1662 1966 17 of of IN 1662 1966 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 1966 19 : : : 1662 1966 20 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 1966 21 % % NN 1662 1966 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1966 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 1966 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1966 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 1966 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 1966 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 1966 28 - - : 1662 1966 29 international international RB 1662 1966 30 : : : 1662 1966 31 none none NN 1662 1966 32 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 33 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 34 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 35 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 36 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 37 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 38 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 39 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 40 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 41 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 42 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 43 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 44 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 45 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 46 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 47 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 48 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 49 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 50 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 51 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 52 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 53 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 54 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 55 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 56 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 57 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 58 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 59 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 60 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 61 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 62 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 63 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 64 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 65 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 66 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 67 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 68 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 69 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 70 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 71 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 72 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 73 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 74 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 75 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 76 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 77 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 78 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 79 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 80 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 81 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 82 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 83 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 84 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 85 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 86 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 87 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 88 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 89 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 90 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 91 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 92 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 93 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 94 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 95 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 96 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 97 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 98 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 99 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 100 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 101 _ _ NNP 1662 1966 102 CHAD CHAD NNP 1662 1966 103 Introduction Introduction NNP 1662 1966 104 Historical historical JJ 1662 1966 105 perspective perspective NN 1662 1966 106 : : : 1662 1966 107 After after IN 1662 1966 108 enduring endure VBG 1662 1966 109 decades decade NNS 1662 1966 110 of of IN 1662 1966 111 civil civil JJ 1662 1966 112 warfare warfare NN 1662 1966 113 among among IN 1662 1966 114 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1966 115 groups group NNS 1662 1966 116 as as RB 1662 1966 117 well well RB 1662 1966 118 as as IN 1662 1966 119 invasions invasion NNS 1662 1966 120 by by IN 1662 1966 121 Libya Libya NNP 1662 1966 122 , , , 1662 1966 123 Chad Chad NNP 1662 1966 124 got get VBD 1662 1966 125 started start VBN 1662 1966 126 toward toward IN 1662 1966 127 a a DT 1662 1966 128 more more RBR 1662 1966 129 stable stable JJ 1662 1966 130 state state NN 1662 1966 131 with with IN 1662 1966 132 the the DT 1662 1966 133 seizure seizure NN 1662 1966 134 of of IN 1662 1966 135 the the DT 1662 1966 136 government government NN 1662 1966 137 in in IN 1662 1966 138 early early JJ 1662 1966 139 December December NNP 1662 1966 140 1990 1990 CD 1662 1966 141 by by IN 1662 1966 142 former former JJ 1662 1966 143 northern northern JJ 1662 1966 144 guerrilla guerrilla NN 1662 1966 145 leader leader NN 1662 1966 146 Idress Idress NNP 1662 1966 147 DEBY DEBY NNP 1662 1966 148 . . . 1662 1967 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1967 2 transitional transitional JJ 1662 1967 3 government government NN 1662 1967 4 eventually eventually RB 1662 1967 5 suppressed suppress VBD 1662 1967 6 armed armed JJ 1662 1967 7 rebellion rebellion NN 1662 1967 8 in in IN 1662 1967 9 all all DT 1662 1967 10 quarters quarter NNS 1662 1967 11 of of IN 1662 1967 12 the the DT 1662 1967 13 country country NN 1662 1967 14 , , , 1662 1967 15 settled settle VBD 1662 1967 16 the the DT 1662 1967 17 territorial territorial JJ 1662 1967 18 dispute dispute NN 1662 1967 19 with with IN 1662 1967 20 Libya Libya NNP 1662 1967 21 on on IN 1662 1967 22 terms term NNS 1662 1967 23 favorable favorable JJ 1662 1967 24 to to IN 1662 1967 25 Chad Chad NNP 1662 1967 26 , , , 1662 1967 27 produced produce VBD 1662 1967 28 a a DT 1662 1967 29 democratic democratic JJ 1662 1967 30 constitution constitution NN 1662 1967 31 which which WDT 1662 1967 32 was be VBD 1662 1967 33 ratified ratify VBN 1662 1967 34 by by IN 1662 1967 35 popular popular JJ 1662 1967 36 referendum referendum NN 1662 1967 37 in in IN 1662 1967 38 March March NNP 1662 1967 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 1967 40 , , , 1662 1967 41 held hold VBD 1662 1967 42 multiparty multiparty JJ 1662 1967 43 national national JJ 1662 1967 44 presidential presidential JJ 1662 1967 45 elections election NNS 1662 1967 46 in in IN 1662 1967 47 June June NNP 1662 1967 48 and and CC 1662 1967 49 July July NNP 1662 1967 50 1996 1996 CD 1662 1967 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1967 52 DEBY DEBY NNP 1662 1967 53 won win VBD 1662 1967 54 with with IN 1662 1967 55 67 67 CD 1662 1967 56 % % NN 1662 1967 57 of of IN 1662 1967 58 the the DT 1662 1967 59 vote vote NN 1662 1967 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1967 61 , , , 1662 1967 62 and and CC 1662 1967 63 held hold VBD 1662 1967 64 multiparty multiparty JJ 1662 1967 65 elections election NNS 1662 1967 66 to to IN 1662 1967 67 the the DT 1662 1967 68 National National NNP 1662 1967 69 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1967 70 in in IN 1662 1967 71 January January NNP 1662 1967 72 and and CC 1662 1967 73 February February NNP 1662 1967 74 1997 1997 CD 1662 1967 75 , , , 1662 1967 76 in in IN 1662 1967 77 which which WDT 1662 1967 78 Idress Idress NNP 1662 1967 79 DEBY DEBY NNP 1662 1967 80 's 's POS 1662 1967 81 party party NN 1662 1967 82 , , , 1662 1967 83 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 1967 84 Salvation Salvation NNP 1662 1967 85 Movement Movement NNP 1662 1967 86 or or CC 1662 1967 87 MPS MPS NNP 1662 1967 88 , , , 1662 1967 89 won win VBD 1662 1967 90 a a DT 1662 1967 91 majority majority NN 1662 1967 92 of of IN 1662 1967 93 the the DT 1662 1967 94 seats seat NNS 1662 1967 95 . . . 1662 1968 1 @Chad @Chad VBD 1662 1968 2 : : : 1662 1968 3 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1968 4 Location Location NNP 1662 1968 5 : : : 1662 1968 6 Central Central NNP 1662 1968 7 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1968 8 , , , 1662 1968 9 south south NN 1662 1968 10 of of IN 1662 1968 11 Libya Libya NNP 1662 1968 12 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 1968 13 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 1968 14 : : : 1662 1968 15 15 15 CD 1662 1968 16 00 00 CD 1662 1968 17 N n CD 1662 1968 18 , , , 1662 1968 19 19 19 CD 1662 1968 20 00 00 CD 1662 1968 21 E e NN 1662 1968 22 Map Map NNP 1662 1968 23 references reference NNS 1662 1968 24 : : : 1662 1968 25 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1968 26 Area Area NNP 1662 1968 27 : : : 1662 1968 28 total total NN 1662 1968 29 : : : 1662 1968 30 1.284 1.284 CD 1662 1968 31 million million CD 1662 1968 32 sq sq IN 1662 1968 33 km km NNP 1662 1968 34 land land NN 1662 1968 35 : : : 1662 1968 36 1,259,200 1,259,200 CD 1662 1968 37 sq sq NN 1662 1968 38 km km NNP 1662 1968 39 water water NN 1662 1968 40 : : : 1662 1968 41 24,800 24,800 CD 1662 1968 42 sq sq NN 1662 1968 43 km km NNP 1662 1968 44 Area area NN 1662 1968 45 - - HYPH 1662 1968 46 comparative comparative JJ 1662 1968 47 : : : 1662 1968 48 slightly slightly RB 1662 1968 49 more more JJR 1662 1968 50 than than IN 1662 1968 51 three three CD 1662 1968 52 times time NNS 1662 1968 53 the the DT 1662 1968 54 size size NN 1662 1968 55 of of IN 1662 1968 56 California California NNP 1662 1968 57 Land Land NNP 1662 1968 58 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 1968 59 : : : 1662 1968 60 total total NN 1662 1968 61 : : : 1662 1968 62 5,968 5,968 CD 1662 1968 63 km km NN 1662 1968 64 border border NN 1662 1968 65 countries country NNS 1662 1968 66 : : : 1662 1968 67 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 1968 68 1,094 1,094 CD 1662 1968 69 km km NN 1662 1968 70 , , , 1662 1968 71 Central Central NNP 1662 1968 72 African African NNP 1662 1968 73 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1968 74 1,197 1,197 CD 1662 1968 75 km km NN 1662 1968 76 , , , 1662 1968 77 Libya Libya NNP 1662 1968 78 1,055 1,055 CD 1662 1968 79 km km NN 1662 1968 80 , , , 1662 1968 81 Niger Niger NNP 1662 1968 82 1,175 1,175 CD 1662 1968 83 km km NN 1662 1968 84 , , , 1662 1968 85 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 1968 86 87 87 CD 1662 1968 87 km km NNS 1662 1968 88 , , , 1662 1968 89 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 1968 90 1,360 1,360 CD 1662 1968 91 km km NN 1662 1968 92 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 1968 93 : : : 1662 1968 94 0 0 CD 1662 1968 95 km km NN 1662 1968 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1968 97 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 1968 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1968 99 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 1968 100 claims claim VBZ 1662 1968 101 : : : 1662 1968 102 none none NN 1662 1968 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1968 104 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 1968 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1968 106 Climate climate NN 1662 1968 107 : : : 1662 1968 108 tropical tropical JJ 1662 1968 109 in in IN 1662 1968 110 south south NNP 1662 1968 111 , , , 1662 1968 112 desert desert NN 1662 1968 113 in in IN 1662 1968 114 north north JJ 1662 1968 115 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 1968 116 : : : 1662 1968 117 broad broad JJ 1662 1968 118 , , , 1662 1968 119 arid arid NNP 1662 1968 120 plains plain NNS 1662 1968 121 in in IN 1662 1968 122 center center NN 1662 1968 123 , , , 1662 1968 124 desert desert NN 1662 1968 125 in in IN 1662 1968 126 north north NN 1662 1968 127 , , , 1662 1968 128 mountains mountain NNS 1662 1968 129 in in IN 1662 1968 130 northwest northwest NN 1662 1968 131 , , , 1662 1968 132 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 1968 133 in in IN 1662 1968 134 south south JJ 1662 1968 135 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 1968 136 extremes extreme NNS 1662 1968 137 : : : 1662 1968 138 lowest low JJS 1662 1968 139 point point NN 1662 1968 140 : : : 1662 1968 141 Djourab Djourab NNP 1662 1968 142 Depression Depression NNP 1662 1968 143 175 175 CD 1662 1968 144 m m CD 1662 1968 145 highest high JJS 1662 1968 146 point point NN 1662 1968 147 : : : 1662 1968 148 Emi Emi NNP 1662 1968 149 Koussi Koussi NNP 1662 1968 150 3,415 3,415 CD 1662 1968 151 m m CD 1662 1968 152 Natural natural JJ 1662 1968 153 resources resource NNS 1662 1968 154 : : : 1662 1968 155 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1968 156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1968 157 unexploited unexploited JJ 1662 1968 158 but but CC 1662 1968 159 exploration exploration NN 1662 1968 160 under under IN 1662 1968 161 way way NN 1662 1968 162 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1968 163 , , , 1662 1968 164 uranium uranium NN 1662 1968 165 , , , 1662 1968 166 natron natron NNP 1662 1968 167 , , , 1662 1968 168 kaolin kaolin NNP 1662 1968 169 , , , 1662 1968 170 fish fish NNP 1662 1968 171 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1968 172 Lake Lake NNP 1662 1968 173 Chad Chad NNP 1662 1968 174 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1968 175 Land land NN 1662 1968 176 use use NN 1662 1968 177 : : : 1662 1968 178 arable arable JJ 1662 1968 179 land land NN 1662 1968 180 : : : 1662 1968 181 3 3 CD 1662 1968 182 % % NN 1662 1968 183 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1968 184 crops crop NNS 1662 1968 185 : : : 1662 1968 186 0 0 CD 1662 1968 187 % % NN 1662 1968 188 permanent permanent JJ 1662 1968 189 pastures pasture NNS 1662 1968 190 : : : 1662 1968 191 36 36 CD 1662 1968 192 % % NN 1662 1968 193 forests forest NNS 1662 1968 194 and and CC 1662 1968 195 woodland woodland NN 1662 1968 196 : : : 1662 1968 197 26 26 CD 1662 1968 198 % % NN 1662 1968 199 other other JJ 1662 1968 200 : : : 1662 1968 201 35 35 CD 1662 1968 202 % % NN 1662 1968 203 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1968 204 1993 1993 CD 1662 1968 205 est est NNP 1662 1968 206 . . . 1662 1968 207 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1969 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 1969 2 land land NN 1662 1969 3 : : : 1662 1969 4 140 140 CD 1662 1969 5 sq sq NNP 1662 1969 6 km km NNP 1662 1969 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1969 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 1969 9 est est NNP 1662 1969 10 . . . 1662 1969 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1970 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 1970 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 1970 3 : : : 1662 1970 4 hot hot JJ 1662 1970 5 , , , 1662 1970 6 dry dry JJ 1662 1970 7 , , , 1662 1970 8 dusty dusty JJ 1662 1970 9 harmattan harmattan JJ 1662 1970 10 winds wind NNS 1662 1970 11 occur occur VBP 1662 1970 12 in in IN 1662 1970 13 north north NN 1662 1970 14 ; ; : 1662 1970 15 periodic periodic JJ 1662 1970 16 droughts drought NNS 1662 1970 17 ; ; : 1662 1970 18 locust locust NN 1662 1970 19 plagues plague VBZ 1662 1970 20 Environment environment NN 1662 1970 21 - - HYPH 1662 1970 22 current current JJ 1662 1970 23 issues issue NNS 1662 1970 24 : : : 1662 1970 25 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 1970 26 supplies supply NNS 1662 1970 27 of of IN 1662 1970 28 potable potable JJ 1662 1970 29 water water NN 1662 1970 30 ; ; , 1662 1970 31 improper improper JJ 1662 1970 32 waste waste NN 1662 1970 33 disposal disposal NN 1662 1970 34 in in IN 1662 1970 35 rural rural JJ 1662 1970 36 areas area NNS 1662 1970 37 contributes contribute VBZ 1662 1970 38 to to TO 1662 1970 39 soil soil NN 1662 1970 40 and and CC 1662 1970 41 water water NN 1662 1970 42 pollution pollution NN 1662 1970 43 ; ; , 1662 1970 44 desertification desertification NN 1662 1970 45 Environment Environment NNP 1662 1970 46 - - HYPH 1662 1970 47 international international JJ 1662 1970 48 agreements agreement NNS 1662 1970 49 : : : 1662 1970 50 party party NN 1662 1970 51 to to TO 1662 1970 52 : : : 1662 1970 53 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 1970 54 , , , 1662 1970 55 Climate Climate NNP 1662 1970 56 Change Change NNP 1662 1970 57 , , , 1662 1970 58 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 1970 59 , , , 1662 1970 60 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 1970 61 Species Species NNPS 1662 1970 62 , , , 1662 1970 63 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 1970 64 Test Test NNP 1662 1970 65 Ban Ban NNP 1662 1970 66 , , , 1662 1970 67 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 1970 68 Layer Layer NNP 1662 1970 69 Protection Protection NNP 1662 1970 70 , , , 1662 1970 71 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 1970 72 signed sign VBD 1662 1970 73 , , , 1662 1970 74 but but CC 1662 1970 75 not not RB 1662 1970 76 ratified ratified JJ 1662 1970 77 : : : 1662 1970 78 Law Law NNP 1662 1970 79 of of IN 1662 1970 80 the the DT 1662 1970 81 Sea Sea NNP 1662 1970 82 , , , 1662 1970 83 Marine Marine NNP 1662 1970 84 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 1970 85 Geography Geography NNP 1662 1970 86 - - HYPH 1662 1970 87 note note NN 1662 1970 88 : : : 1662 1970 89 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 1970 90 ; ; : 1662 1970 91 Lake Lake NNP 1662 1970 92 Chad Chad NNP 1662 1970 93 is be VBZ 1662 1970 94 the the DT 1662 1970 95 most most RBS 1662 1970 96 significant significant JJ 1662 1970 97 water water NN 1662 1970 98 body body NN 1662 1970 99 in in IN 1662 1970 100 the the DT 1662 1970 101 Sahel Sahel NNP 1662 1970 102 @Chad @Chad VBD 1662 1970 103 : : : 1662 1970 104 People People NNS 1662 1970 105 Population Population NNP 1662 1970 106 : : : 1662 1970 107 7,166,023 7,166,023 CD 1662 1970 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1970 109 July July NNP 1662 1970 110 1997 1997 CD 1662 1970 111 est est NNP 1662 1970 112 . . . 1662 1970 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1971 1 Age age NN 1662 1971 2 structure structure NN 1662 1971 3 : : : 1662 1971 4 0 0 CD 1662 1971 5 - - HYPH 1662 1971 6 14 14 CD 1662 1971 7 years year NNS 1662 1971 8 : : : 1662 1971 9 44 44 CD 1662 1971 10 % % NN 1662 1971 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1971 12 male male JJ 1662 1971 13 1,586,873 1,586,873 CD 1662 1971 14 ; ; : 1662 1971 15 female female JJ 1662 1971 16 1,579,086 1,579,086 CD 1662 1971 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1971 18 15 15 CD 1662 1971 19 - - SYM 1662 1971 20 64 64 CD 1662 1971 21 years year NNS 1662 1971 22 : : : 1662 1971 23 53 53 CD 1662 1971 24 % % NN 1662 1971 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1971 26 male male JJ 1662 1971 27 1,854,645 1,854,645 CD 1662 1971 28 ; ; : 1662 1971 29 female female JJ 1662 1971 30 1,931,519 1,931,519 CD 1662 1971 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1971 32 65 65 CD 1662 1971 33 years year NNS 1662 1971 34 and and CC 1662 1971 35 over over IN 1662 1971 36 : : : 1662 1971 37 3 3 CD 1662 1971 38 % % NN 1662 1971 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1971 40 male male NN 1662 1971 41 94,516 94,516 CD 1662 1971 42 ; ; : 1662 1971 43 female female JJ 1662 1971 44 119,384 119,384 CD 1662 1971 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1971 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1971 47 July July NNP 1662 1971 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 1971 49 est est NNP 1662 1971 50 . . . 1662 1971 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1972 1 Population population NN 1662 1972 2 growth growth NN 1662 1972 3 rate rate NN 1662 1972 4 : : : 1662 1972 5 2.67 2.67 CD 1662 1972 6 % % NN 1662 1972 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1972 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1972 9 est est NNP 1662 1972 10 . . . 1662 1972 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1973 1 Birth birth NN 1662 1973 2 rate rate NN 1662 1973 3 : : : 1662 1973 4 43.85 43.85 CD 1662 1973 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 1973 6 population population NN 1662 1973 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1973 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1973 9 est est NNP 1662 1973 10 . . . 1662 1973 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1974 1 Death death NN 1662 1974 2 rate rate NN 1662 1974 3 : : : 1662 1974 4 17.15 17.15 CD 1662 1974 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1974 6 population population NN 1662 1974 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1974 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 1974 9 est est NNP 1662 1974 10 . . . 1662 1974 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1975 1 Net net JJ 1662 1975 2 migration migration NN 1662 1975 3 rate rate NN 1662 1975 4 : : : 1662 1975 5 0 0 NFP 1662 1975 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 1975 7 population population NN 1662 1975 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1975 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 1975 10 est est NNP 1662 1975 11 . . . 1662 1975 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1976 1 Sex sex NN 1662 1976 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 1976 3 : : : 1662 1976 4 at at IN 1662 1976 5 birth birth NN 1662 1976 6 : : : 1662 1976 7 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 1976 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1976 9 under under IN 1662 1976 10 15 15 CD 1662 1976 11 years year NNS 1662 1976 12 : : : 1662 1976 13 1 1 CD 1662 1976 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1976 15 15 15 CD 1662 1976 16 - - HYPH 1662 1976 17 64 64 CD 1662 1976 18 years year NNS 1662 1976 19 : : : 1662 1976 20 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 1976 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1976 22 65 65 CD 1662 1976 23 years year NNS 1662 1976 24 and and CC 1662 1976 25 over over IN 1662 1976 26 : : : 1662 1976 27 0.79 0.79 CD 1662 1976 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 1976 29 total total JJ 1662 1976 30 population population NN 1662 1976 31 : : : 1662 1976 32 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 1976 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 1976 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1976 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 1976 36 est e JJS 1662 1976 37 . . . 1662 1976 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1977 1 Infant infant NN 1662 1977 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 1977 3 rate rate NN 1662 1977 4 : : : 1662 1977 5 118.7 118.7 CD 1662 1977 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 1977 7 live live JJ 1662 1977 8 births birth NNS 1662 1977 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1977 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 1977 11 est est NNP 1662 1977 12 . . . 1662 1977 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1978 1 Life life NN 1662 1978 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 1978 3 at at IN 1662 1978 4 birth birth NN 1662 1978 5 : : : 1662 1978 6 total total JJ 1662 1978 7 population population NN 1662 1978 8 : : : 1662 1978 9 47.88 47.88 CD 1662 1978 10 years year NNS 1662 1978 11 male male JJ 1662 1978 12 : : : 1662 1978 13 45.49 45.49 CD 1662 1978 14 years year NNS 1662 1978 15 female female JJ 1662 1978 16 : : : 1662 1978 17 50.37 50.37 CD 1662 1978 18 years year NNS 1662 1978 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1978 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 1978 21 est est NNP 1662 1978 22 . . . 1662 1978 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1979 1 Total total JJ 1662 1979 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 1979 3 rate rate NN 1662 1979 4 : : : 1662 1979 5 5.79 5.79 CD 1662 1979 6 children child NNS 1662 1979 7 born bear VBN 1662 1979 8 / / SYM 1662 1979 9 woman woman NN 1662 1979 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1979 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 1979 12 est est NNP 1662 1979 13 . . . 1662 1979 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1980 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 1980 2 : : : 1662 1980 3 noun noun NNP 1662 1980 4 : : : 1662 1980 5 Chadian(s Chadian(s NNP 1662 1980 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1980 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 1980 8 : : : 1662 1980 9 Chadian chadian JJ 1662 1980 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 1980 11 groups group NNS 1662 1980 12 : : : 1662 1980 13 Muslims Muslims NNPS 1662 1980 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1980 15 Arabs Arabs NNPS 1662 1980 16 , , , 1662 1980 17 Toubou Toubou NNPS 1662 1980 18 , , , 1662 1980 19 Hadjerai Hadjerai NNP 1662 1980 20 , , , 1662 1980 21 Fulbe Fulbe NNP 1662 1980 22 , , , 1662 1980 23 Kotoko Kotoko NNP 1662 1980 24 , , , 1662 1980 25 Kanembou Kanembou NNP 1662 1980 26 , , , 1662 1980 27 Baguirmi Baguirmi NNP 1662 1980 28 , , , 1662 1980 29 Boulala Boulala NNP 1662 1980 30 , , , 1662 1980 31 Zaghawa Zaghawa NNP 1662 1980 32 , , , 1662 1980 33 and and CC 1662 1980 34 Maba Maba NNP 1662 1980 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1980 36 , , , 1662 1980 37 non non JJ 1662 1980 38 - - JJ 1662 1980 39 Muslims muslims JJ 1662 1980 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1980 41 Sara Sara NNP 1662 1980 42 , , , 1662 1980 43 Ngambaye Ngambaye NNP 1662 1980 44 , , , 1662 1980 45 Mbaye Mbaye NNP 1662 1980 46 , , , 1662 1980 47 Goulaye Goulaye NNP 1662 1980 48 , , , 1662 1980 49 Moundang Moundang NNP 1662 1980 50 , , , 1662 1980 51 Moussei Moussei NNP 1662 1980 52 , , , 1662 1980 53 Massa Massa NNP 1662 1980 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1980 55 , , , 1662 1980 56 nonindigenous nonindigenous JJ 1662 1980 57 150,000 150,000 CD 1662 1980 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1980 59 of of IN 1662 1980 60 whom whom WP 1662 1980 61 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 1980 62 are be VBP 1662 1980 63 French french JJ 1662 1980 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1980 65 Religions religion NNS 1662 1980 66 : : : 1662 1980 67 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 1980 68 50 50 CD 1662 1980 69 % % NN 1662 1980 70 , , , 1662 1980 71 Christian Christian NNP 1662 1980 72 25 25 CD 1662 1980 73 % % NN 1662 1980 74 , , , 1662 1980 75 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 1980 76 beliefs belief NNS 1662 1980 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1980 78 mostly mostly RB 1662 1980 79 animism animism NN 1662 1980 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1980 81 25 25 CD 1662 1980 82 % % NN 1662 1980 83 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 1980 84 : : : 1662 1980 85 French French NNP 1662 1980 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1980 87 official official JJ 1662 1980 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1980 89 , , , 1662 1980 90 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 1980 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1980 92 official official JJ 1662 1980 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1980 94 , , , 1662 1980 95 Sara Sara NNP 1662 1980 96 and and CC 1662 1980 97 Sango Sango NNP 1662 1980 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1980 99 in in IN 1662 1980 100 south south NNP 1662 1980 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1980 102 , , , 1662 1980 103 more more JJR 1662 1980 104 than than IN 1662 1980 105 100 100 CD 1662 1980 106 different different JJ 1662 1980 107 languages language NNS 1662 1980 108 and and CC 1662 1980 109 dialects dialect VBZ 1662 1980 110 Literacy literacy NN 1662 1980 111 : : : 1662 1980 112 definition definition NN 1662 1980 113 : : : 1662 1980 114 age age NN 1662 1980 115 15 15 CD 1662 1980 116 and and CC 1662 1980 117 over over RB 1662 1980 118 can can MD 1662 1980 119 read read VB 1662 1980 120 and and CC 1662 1980 121 write write VB 1662 1980 122 in in IN 1662 1980 123 French french JJ 1662 1980 124 or or CC 1662 1980 125 Arabic arabic JJ 1662 1980 126 total total JJ 1662 1980 127 population population NN 1662 1980 128 : : : 1662 1980 129 48.1 48.1 CD 1662 1980 130 % % NN 1662 1980 131 male male NN 1662 1980 132 : : : 1662 1980 133 62.1 62.1 CD 1662 1980 134 % % NN 1662 1980 135 female female NN 1662 1980 136 : : : 1662 1980 137 34.7 34.7 CD 1662 1980 138 % % NN 1662 1980 139 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1980 140 1995 1995 CD 1662 1980 141 est est NNP 1662 1980 142 . . . 1662 1980 143 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1981 1 @Chad @Chad VBD 1662 1981 2 : : : 1662 1981 3 Government Government NNP 1662 1981 4 Country Country NNP 1662 1981 5 name name NN 1662 1981 6 : : : 1662 1981 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1981 8 long long JJ 1662 1981 9 form form NN 1662 1981 10 : : : 1662 1981 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 1981 12 of of IN 1662 1981 13 Chad Chad NNP 1662 1981 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 1981 15 short short JJ 1662 1981 16 form form NN 1662 1981 17 : : : 1662 1981 18 Chad chad VB 1662 1981 19 local local JJ 1662 1981 20 long long JJ 1662 1981 21 form form NN 1662 1981 22 : : : 1662 1981 23 Republique Republique NNP 1662 1981 24 du du NNP 1662 1981 25 Tchad Tchad NNP 1662 1981 26 local local JJ 1662 1981 27 short short JJ 1662 1981 28 form form NN 1662 1981 29 : : : 1662 1981 30 Tchad Tchad NNP 1662 1981 31 Data Data NNP 1662 1981 32 code code NN 1662 1981 33 : : : 1662 1981 34 CD cd NN 1662 1981 35 Government Government NNP 1662 1981 36 type type NN 1662 1981 37 : : : 1662 1981 38 republic republic NNP 1662 1981 39 National National NNP 1662 1981 40 capital capital NN 1662 1981 41 : : : 1662 1981 42 N'Djamena N'Djamena NNP 1662 1981 43 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 1981 44 divisions division NNS 1662 1981 45 : : : 1662 1981 46 14 14 CD 1662 1981 47 prefectures prefecture NNS 1662 1981 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1981 49 prefectures prefecture NNS 1662 1981 50 , , , 1662 1981 51 singular singular JJ 1662 1981 52 - - HYPH 1662 1981 53 prefecture prefecture NN 1662 1981 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1981 55 ; ; : 1662 1981 56 Batha Batha NNP 1662 1981 57 , , , 1662 1981 58 Biltine Biltine NNP 1662 1981 59 , , , 1662 1981 60 Borkou Borkou NNP 1662 1981 61 - - HYPH 1662 1981 62 Ennedi Ennedi NNP 1662 1981 63 - - HYPH 1662 1981 64 Tibesti Tibesti NNP 1662 1981 65 , , , 1662 1981 66 Chari Chari NNP 1662 1981 67 - - HYPH 1662 1981 68 Baguirmi Baguirmi NNP 1662 1981 69 , , , 1662 1981 70 Guera Guera NNP 1662 1981 71 , , , 1662 1981 72 Kanem Kanem NNP 1662 1981 73 , , , 1662 1981 74 Lac Lac NNP 1662 1981 75 , , , 1662 1981 76 Logone Logone NNP 1662 1981 77 Occidental Occidental NNP 1662 1981 78 , , , 1662 1981 79 Logone Logone NNP 1662 1981 80 Oriental Oriental NNP 1662 1981 81 , , , 1662 1981 82 Mayo Mayo NNP 1662 1981 83 - - HYPH 1662 1981 84 Kebbi Kebbi NNP 1662 1981 85 , , , 1662 1981 86 Moyen Moyen NNP 1662 1981 87 - - HYPH 1662 1981 88 Chari Chari NNP 1662 1981 89 , , , 1662 1981 90 Ouaddai Ouaddai NNP 1662 1981 91 , , , 1662 1981 92 Salamat Salamat NNP 1662 1981 93 , , , 1662 1981 94 Tandjile Tandjile NNP 1662 1981 95 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1981 96 : : : 1662 1981 97 11 11 CD 1662 1981 98 August August NNP 1662 1981 99 1960 1960 CD 1662 1981 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1981 101 from from IN 1662 1981 102 France France NNP 1662 1981 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1981 104 National national JJ 1662 1981 105 holiday holiday NN 1662 1981 106 : : : 1662 1981 107 Independence Independence NNP 1662 1981 108 Day Day NNP 1662 1981 109 , , , 1662 1981 110 11 11 CD 1662 1981 111 August August NNP 1662 1981 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1981 113 1960 1960 CD 1662 1981 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1981 115 Constitution constitution NN 1662 1981 116 : : : 1662 1981 117 31 31 CD 1662 1981 118 March March NNP 1662 1981 119 1995 1995 CD 1662 1981 120 , , , 1662 1981 121 passed pass VBN 1662 1981 122 by by IN 1662 1981 123 referendum referendum NN 1662 1981 124 Legal legal JJ 1662 1981 125 system system NN 1662 1981 126 : : : 1662 1981 127 based base VBN 1662 1981 128 on on IN 1662 1981 129 French french JJ 1662 1981 130 civil civil JJ 1662 1981 131 law law NN 1662 1981 132 system system NN 1662 1981 133 and and CC 1662 1981 134 Chadian chadian JJ 1662 1981 135 customary customary JJ 1662 1981 136 law law NN 1662 1981 137 ; ; : 1662 1981 138 does do VBZ 1662 1981 139 not not RB 1662 1981 140 accept accept VB 1662 1981 141 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 1981 142 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 1981 143 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 1981 144 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 1981 145 : : : 1662 1981 146 18 18 CD 1662 1981 147 years year NNS 1662 1981 148 of of IN 1662 1981 149 age age NN 1662 1981 150 ; ; : 1662 1981 151 universal universal JJ 1662 1981 152 Executive Executive NNP 1662 1981 153 branch branch NN 1662 1981 154 : : : 1662 1981 155 chief chief NN 1662 1981 156 of of IN 1662 1981 157 state state NN 1662 1981 158 : : : 1662 1981 159 President President NNP 1662 1981 160 Lt Lt NNP 1662 1981 161 . . NNP 1662 1981 162 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 1981 163 Idriss Idriss NNP 1662 1981 164 DEBY DEBY NNP 1662 1981 165 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1981 166 since since IN 1662 1981 167 4 4 CD 1662 1981 168 December December NNP 1662 1981 169 1990 1990 CD 1662 1981 170 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1981 171 head head NN 1662 1981 172 of of IN 1662 1981 173 government government NN 1662 1981 174 : : : 1662 1981 175 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1981 176 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1981 177 Djimasta Djimasta NNP 1662 1981 178 KOIBLA KOIBLA NNP 1662 1981 179 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1981 180 since since IN 1662 1981 181 9 9 CD 1662 1981 182 April April NNP 1662 1981 183 1995 1995 CD 1662 1981 184 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1981 185 ; ; , 1662 1981 186 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1981 187 by by IN 1662 1981 188 the the DT 1662 1981 189 president president NNP 1662 1981 190 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 1981 191 : : : 1662 1981 192 Council Council NNP 1662 1981 193 of of IN 1662 1981 194 State State NNP 1662 1981 195 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1981 196 by by IN 1662 1981 197 the the DT 1662 1981 198 president president NN 1662 1981 199 on on IN 1662 1981 200 the the DT 1662 1981 201 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 1981 202 of of IN 1662 1981 203 the the DT 1662 1981 204 prime prime JJ 1662 1981 205 minister minister NNP 1662 1981 206 elections election NNS 1662 1981 207 : : : 1662 1981 208 the the DT 1662 1981 209 constitution constitution NN 1662 1981 210 provides provide VBZ 1662 1981 211 for for IN 1662 1981 212 the the DT 1662 1981 213 election election NN 1662 1981 214 of of IN 1662 1981 215 a a DT 1662 1981 216 president president NN 1662 1981 217 by by IN 1662 1981 218 direct direct JJ 1662 1981 219 popular popular JJ 1662 1981 220 vote vote NN 1662 1981 221 to to TO 1662 1981 222 serve serve VB 1662 1981 223 a a DT 1662 1981 224 term term NN 1662 1981 225 of of IN 1662 1981 226 five five CD 1662 1981 227 years year NNS 1662 1981 228 ; ; : 1662 1981 229 if if IN 1662 1981 230 no no DT 1662 1981 231 candidate candidate NN 1662 1981 232 receives receive VBZ 1662 1981 233 at at RB 1662 1981 234 least least RBS 1662 1981 235 50 50 CD 1662 1981 236 % % NN 1662 1981 237 of of IN 1662 1981 238 the the DT 1662 1981 239 total total JJ 1662 1981 240 vote vote NN 1662 1981 241 , , , 1662 1981 242 the the DT 1662 1981 243 two two CD 1662 1981 244 candidates candidate NNS 1662 1981 245 receiving receive VBG 1662 1981 246 the the DT 1662 1981 247 most most JJS 1662 1981 248 votes vote NNS 1662 1981 249 must must MD 1662 1981 250 stand stand VB 1662 1981 251 for for IN 1662 1981 252 a a DT 1662 1981 253 second second JJ 1662 1981 254 round round NN 1662 1981 255 of of IN 1662 1981 256 voting voting NN 1662 1981 257 ; ; : 1662 1981 258 last last RB 1662 1981 259 held hold VBD 1662 1981 260 2 2 CD 1662 1981 261 June June NNP 1662 1981 262 and and CC 1662 1981 263 11 11 CD 1662 1981 264 July July NNP 1662 1981 265 1996 1996 CD 1662 1981 266 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1981 267 next next JJ 1662 1981 268 to to TO 1662 1981 269 be be VB 1662 1981 270 held hold VBN 1662 1981 271 NA NA NNP 1662 1981 272 2001 2001 CD 1662 1981 273 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1981 274 ; ; : 1662 1981 275 the the DT 1662 1981 276 prime prime NNP 1662 1981 277 minister minister NN 1662 1981 278 is be VBZ 1662 1981 279 appointed appoint VBN 1662 1981 280 by by IN 1662 1981 281 the the DT 1662 1981 282 president president NNP 1662 1981 283 election election NN 1662 1981 284 results result NNS 1662 1981 285 : : : 1662 1981 286 in in IN 1662 1981 287 the the DT 1662 1981 288 first first JJ 1662 1981 289 round round NN 1662 1981 290 of of IN 1662 1981 291 voting vote VBG 1662 1981 292 none none NN 1662 1981 293 of of IN 1662 1981 294 the the DT 1662 1981 295 15 15 CD 1662 1981 296 candidates candidate NNS 1662 1981 297 received receive VBD 1662 1981 298 the the DT 1662 1981 299 required require VBN 1662 1981 300 50 50 CD 1662 1981 301 % % NN 1662 1981 302 of of IN 1662 1981 303 the the DT 1662 1981 304 total total JJ 1662 1981 305 vote vote NN 1662 1981 306 ; ; : 1662 1981 307 percent percent NN 1662 1981 308 of of IN 1662 1981 309 vote vote NN 1662 1981 310 , , , 1662 1981 311 first first JJ 1662 1981 312 round round NN 1662 1981 313 - - HYPH 1662 1981 314 Lt Lt NNP 1662 1981 315 . . NNP 1662 1981 316 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 1981 317 Idress Idress NNP 1662 1981 318 DEBY DEBY NNP 1662 1981 319 47.8 47.8 CD 1662 1981 320 % % NN 1662 1981 321 ; ; , 1662 1981 322 percent percent NN 1662 1981 323 of of IN 1662 1981 324 vote vote NN 1662 1981 325 , , , 1662 1981 326 second second JJ 1662 1981 327 round round NN 1662 1981 328 - - HYPH 1662 1981 329 Lt Lt NNP 1662 1981 330 . . NNP 1662 1981 331 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 1981 332 DEBY DEBY NNP 1662 1981 333 69.1 69.1 CD 1662 1981 334 % % NN 1662 1981 335 , , , 1662 1981 336 Wadal Wadal NNP 1662 1981 337 Abdelkader Abdelkader NNP 1662 1981 338 KAMOUGUE KAMOUGUE VBZ 1662 1981 339 30.9 30.9 CD 1662 1981 340 % % NN 1662 1981 341 ; ; : 1662 1981 342 President President NNP 1662 1981 343 DEBY DEBY NNP 1662 1981 344 reappointed reappointe VBD 1662 1981 345 Prime Prime NNP 1662 1981 346 Minister Minister NNP 1662 1981 347 Djimasta Djimasta NNP 1662 1981 348 KOIBLA KOIBLA NNP 1662 1981 349 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 1981 350 branch branch NN 1662 1981 351 : : : 1662 1981 352 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 1981 353 National National NNP 1662 1981 354 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1981 355 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1981 356 125 125 CD 1662 1981 357 seats seat NNS 1662 1981 358 ; ; : 1662 1981 359 members member NNS 1662 1981 360 serve serve VBP 1662 1981 361 four four CD 1662 1981 362 - - HYPH 1662 1981 363 year year NN 1662 1981 364 terms term NNS 1662 1981 365 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1981 366 ; ; : 1662 1981 367 replaces replace VBZ 1662 1981 368 the the DT 1662 1981 369 Higher Higher NNP 1662 1981 370 Transitional Transitional NNP 1662 1981 371 Council Council NNP 1662 1981 372 or or CC 1662 1981 373 the the DT 1662 1981 374 Conseil Conseil NNP 1662 1981 375 Superieur Superieur NNP 1662 1981 376 de de NNP 1662 1981 377 Transition Transition NNP 1662 1981 378 elections election NNS 1662 1981 379 : : : 1662 1981 380 National National NNP 1662 1981 381 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1981 382 - - : 1662 1981 383 last last RB 1662 1981 384 held hold VBN 1662 1981 385 in in IN 1662 1981 386 two two CD 1662 1981 387 rounds round NNS 1662 1981 388 on on IN 1662 1981 389 5 5 CD 1662 1981 390 January January NNP 1662 1981 391 and and CC 1662 1981 392 23 23 CD 1662 1981 393 February February NNP 1662 1981 394 1997 1997 CD 1662 1981 395 , , , 1662 1981 396 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1981 397 next next JJ 1662 1981 398 to to TO 1662 1981 399 be be VB 1662 1981 400 held hold VBN 1662 1981 401 NA NA NNP 1662 1981 402 2001 2001 CD 1662 1981 403 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1981 404 ; ; : 1662 1981 405 in in IN 1662 1981 406 the the DT 1662 1981 407 first first JJ 1662 1981 408 round round NN 1662 1981 409 of of IN 1662 1981 410 voting voting NN 1662 1981 411 on on IN 1662 1981 412 5 5 CD 1662 1981 413 January January NNP 1662 1981 414 1997 1997 CD 1662 1981 415 some some DT 1662 1981 416 candidates candidate NNS 1662 1981 417 won win VBD 1662 1981 418 clear clear JJ 1662 1981 419 victories victory NNS 1662 1981 420 by by IN 1662 1981 421 receiving receive VBG 1662 1981 422 50 50 CD 1662 1981 423 % % NN 1662 1981 424 or or CC 1662 1981 425 more more JJR 1662 1981 426 of of IN 1662 1981 427 the the DT 1662 1981 428 vote vote NN 1662 1981 429 ; ; : 1662 1981 430 where where WRB 1662 1981 431 that that DT 1662 1981 432 did do VBD 1662 1981 433 not not RB 1662 1981 434 happen happen VB 1662 1981 435 , , , 1662 1981 436 the the DT 1662 1981 437 two two CD 1662 1981 438 highest high JJS 1662 1981 439 scoring score VBG 1662 1981 440 candidates candidate NNS 1662 1981 441 stood stand VBD 1662 1981 442 for for IN 1662 1981 443 a a DT 1662 1981 444 second second JJ 1662 1981 445 round round NN 1662 1981 446 of of IN 1662 1981 447 voting voting NN 1662 1981 448 election election NN 1662 1981 449 results result NNS 1662 1981 450 : : : 1662 1981 451 percent percent NN 1662 1981 452 of of IN 1662 1981 453 vote vote NN 1662 1981 454 by by IN 1662 1981 455 party party NN 1662 1981 456 - - HYPH 1662 1981 457 NA NA NNP 1662 1981 458 ; ; , 1662 1981 459 seats seat NNS 1662 1981 460 by by IN 1662 1981 461 party party NN 1662 1981 462 - - HYPH 1662 1981 463 MPS MPS NNP 1662 1981 464 65 65 CD 1662 1981 465 , , , 1662 1981 466 URD URD NNP 1662 1981 467 29 29 CD 1662 1981 468 , , , 1662 1981 469 UNDR UNDR NNP 1662 1981 470 15 15 CD 1662 1981 471 , , , 1662 1981 472 RDP RDP NNP 1662 1981 473 3 3 CD 1662 1981 474 , , , 1662 1981 475 others other NNS 1662 1981 476 13 13 CD 1662 1981 477 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 1981 478 branch branch NN 1662 1981 479 : : : 1662 1981 480 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 1981 481 Court Court NNP 1662 1981 482 ; ; : 1662 1981 483 Court Court NNP 1662 1981 484 of of IN 1662 1981 485 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 1981 486 ; ; : 1662 1981 487 Criminal Criminal NNP 1662 1981 488 Courts Courts NNPS 1662 1981 489 ; ; : 1662 1981 490 Magistrate magistrate NN 1662 1981 491 Courts court NNS 1662 1981 492 Political political JJ 1662 1981 493 parties party NNS 1662 1981 494 and and CC 1662 1981 495 leaders leader NNS 1662 1981 496 : : : 1662 1981 497 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 1981 498 Salvation Salvation NNP 1662 1981 499 Movement Movement NNP 1662 1981 500 or or CC 1662 1981 501 MPS MPS NNP 1662 1981 502 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1981 503 Maldom Maldom NNP 1662 1981 504 Bada Bada NNP 1662 1981 505 ABBAS ABBAS NNP 1662 1981 506 , , , 1662 1981 507 chairman chairman NN 1662 1981 508 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1981 509 , , , 1662 1981 510 originally originally RB 1662 1981 511 in in IN 1662 1981 512 opposition opposition NN 1662 1981 513 but but CC 1662 1981 514 now now RB 1662 1981 515 the the DT 1662 1981 516 party party NN 1662 1981 517 in in IN 1662 1981 518 power power NN 1662 1981 519 and and CC 1662 1981 520 the the DT 1662 1981 521 party party NN 1662 1981 522 of of IN 1662 1981 523 the the DT 1662 1981 524 president president NN 1662 1981 525 ; ; : 1662 1981 526 National National NNP 1662 1981 527 Union Union NNP 1662 1981 528 for for IN 1662 1981 529 Development Development NNP 1662 1981 530 and and CC 1662 1981 531 Renewal Renewal NNP 1662 1981 532 or or CC 1662 1981 533 UNDR UNDR NNP 1662 1981 534 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1981 535 Saleh Saleh NNP 1662 1981 536 KEBZABO KEBZABO NNP 1662 1981 537 , , , 1662 1981 538 leader leader NN 1662 1981 539 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1981 540 ; ; : 1662 1981 541 Rally Rally NNP 1662 1981 542 for for IN 1662 1981 543 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 1981 544 and and CC 1662 1981 545 Progress Progress NNP 1662 1981 546 or or CC 1662 1981 547 RDP RDP NNP 1662 1981 548 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1981 549 Lal Lal NNP 1662 1981 550 Mahamat Mahamat NNP 1662 1981 551 CHOUA CHOUA NNP 1662 1981 552 , , , 1662 1981 553 leader leader NN 1662 1981 554 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1981 555 ; ; : 1662 1981 556 Union Union NNP 1662 1981 557 for for IN 1662 1981 558 Renewal Renewal NNP 1662 1981 559 and and CC 1662 1981 560 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 1981 561 or or CC 1662 1981 562 URD URD NNP 1662 1981 563 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1981 564 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 1981 565 Wadal Wadal NNP 1662 1981 566 Abdelkader Abdelkader NNP 1662 1981 567 KAMOUGUE KAMOUGUE NNP 1662 1981 568 , , , 1662 1981 569 leader leader NN 1662 1981 570 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1981 571 ; ; : 1662 1981 572 note note VB 1662 1981 573 - - HYPH 1662 1981 574 in in RP 1662 1981 575 mid-1996 mid-1996 JJ 1662 1981 576 Chad Chad NNP 1662 1981 577 had have VBD 1662 1981 578 about about RB 1662 1981 579 60 60 CD 1662 1981 580 political political JJ 1662 1981 581 parties party NNS 1662 1981 582 , , , 1662 1981 583 of of IN 1662 1981 584 which which WDT 1662 1981 585 these these DT 1662 1981 586 are be VBP 1662 1981 587 the the DT 1662 1981 588 most most RBS 1662 1981 589 prominent prominent JJ 1662 1981 590 in in IN 1662 1981 591 the the DT 1662 1981 592 new new JJ 1662 1981 593 National National NNP 1662 1981 594 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 1981 595 Political political JJ 1662 1981 596 pressure pressure NN 1662 1981 597 groups group NNS 1662 1981 598 and and CC 1662 1981 599 leaders leader NNS 1662 1981 600 : : : 1662 1981 601 NA NA NNP 1662 1981 602 International international JJ 1662 1981 603 organization organization NN 1662 1981 604 participation participation NN 1662 1981 605 : : : 1662 1981 606 ACCT acct JJ 1662 1981 607 , , , 1662 1981 608 ACP ACP NNP 1662 1981 609 , , , 1662 1981 610 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 1981 611 , , , 1662 1981 612 BDEAC BDEAC NNP 1662 1981 613 , , , 1662 1981 614 CEEAC CEEAC NNP 1662 1981 615 , , , 1662 1981 616 ECA ECA NNP 1662 1981 617 , , , 1662 1981 618 FAO FAO NNP 1662 1981 619 , , , 1662 1981 620 FZ FZ NNP 1662 1981 621 , , , 1662 1981 622 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 1981 623 , , , 1662 1981 624 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 1981 625 , , , 1662 1981 626 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 1981 627 , , , 1662 1981 628 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 1981 629 , , , 1662 1981 630 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 1981 631 , , , 1662 1981 632 IDA IDA NNP 1662 1981 633 , , , 1662 1981 634 IDB IDB NNP 1662 1981 635 , , , 1662 1981 636 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 1981 637 , , , 1662 1981 638 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 1981 639 , , , 1662 1981 640 ILO ILO NNP 1662 1981 641 , , , 1662 1981 642 IMF IMF NNP 1662 1981 643 , , , 1662 1981 644 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 1981 645 , , , 1662 1981 646 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 1981 647 , , , 1662 1981 648 IOC IOC NNP 1662 1981 649 , , , 1662 1981 650 ITU ITU NNP 1662 1981 651 , , , 1662 1981 652 NAM NAM NNP 1662 1981 653 , , , 1662 1981 654 OAU OAU NNP 1662 1981 655 , , , 1662 1981 656 OIC OIC NNP 1662 1981 657 , , , 1662 1981 658 UDEAC UDEAC NNP 1662 1981 659 , , , 1662 1981 660 UN UN NNP 1662 1981 661 , , , 1662 1981 662 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 1981 663 , , , 1662 1981 664 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 1981 665 , , , 1662 1981 666 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 1981 667 , , , 1662 1981 668 UPU UPU NNP 1662 1981 669 , , , 1662 1981 670 WCL WCL NNP 1662 1981 671 , , , 1662 1981 672 WHO WHO NNP 1662 1981 673 , , , 1662 1981 674 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 1981 675 , , , 1662 1981 676 WMO WMO NNP 1662 1981 677 , , , 1662 1981 678 WToO wtoo FW 1662 1981 679 , , , 1662 1981 680 WTrO wtro VB 1662 1981 681 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1981 682 representation representation NN 1662 1981 683 in in IN 1662 1981 684 the the DT 1662 1981 685 US US NNP 1662 1981 686 : : : 1662 1981 687 chief chief NN 1662 1981 688 of of IN 1662 1981 689 mission mission NN 1662 1981 690 : : : 1662 1981 691 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1981 692 Mahamat Mahamat NNP 1662 1981 693 Saleh Saleh NNP 1662 1981 694 AHMAT AHMAT NNP 1662 1981 695 chancery chancery NN 1662 1981 696 : : : 1662 1981 697 2002 2002 CD 1662 1981 698 R R NNP 1662 1981 699 Street Street NNP 1662 1981 700 NW NW NNP 1662 1981 701 , , , 1662 1981 702 Washington Washington NNP 1662 1981 703 , , , 1662 1981 704 DC DC NNP 1662 1981 705 20009 20009 CD 1662 1981 706 telephone telephone NN 1662 1981 707 : : : 1662 1981 708 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1981 709 1 1 CD 1662 1981 710 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1981 711 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1981 712 202 202 CD 1662 1981 713 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1981 714 462 462 CD 1662 1981 715 - - SYM 1662 1981 716 4009 4009 CD 1662 1981 717 FAX FAX NNP 1662 1981 718 : : : 1662 1981 719 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1981 720 1 1 CD 1662 1981 721 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1981 722 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1981 723 202 202 CD 1662 1981 724 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1981 725 265 265 CD 1662 1981 726 - - HYPH 1662 1981 727 1937 1937 CD 1662 1981 728 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 1981 729 representation representation NN 1662 1981 730 from from IN 1662 1981 731 the the DT 1662 1981 732 US US NNP 1662 1981 733 : : : 1662 1981 734 chief chief NN 1662 1981 735 of of IN 1662 1981 736 mission mission NN 1662 1981 737 : : : 1662 1981 738 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 1981 739 David David NNP 1662 1981 740 C. C. NNP 1662 1981 741 HALSTED HALSTED NNP 1662 1981 742 embassy embassy NN 1662 1981 743 : : : 1662 1981 744 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 1981 745 Felix Felix NNP 1662 1981 746 Eboue Eboue NNP 1662 1981 747 , , , 1662 1981 748 N'Djamena N'Djamena NNP 1662 1981 749 mailing mail VBG 1662 1981 750 address address NN 1662 1981 751 : : : 1662 1981 752 B. B. NNP 1662 1981 753 P. P. NNP 1662 1981 754 413 413 CD 1662 1981 755 , , , 1662 1981 756 N'Djamena N'Djamena NNP 1662 1981 757 telephone telephone NN 1662 1981 758 : : : 1662 1981 759 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1981 760 235 235 CD 1662 1981 761 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1981 762 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1981 763 51 51 CD 1662 1981 764 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1981 765 70 70 CD 1662 1981 766 - - SYM 1662 1981 767 09 09 CD 1662 1981 768 , , , 1662 1981 769 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1981 770 51 51 CD 1662 1981 771 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1981 772 90 90 CD 1662 1981 773 - - SYM 1662 1981 774 52 52 CD 1662 1981 775 , , , 1662 1981 776 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1981 777 51 51 CD 1662 1981 778 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1981 779 92 92 CD 1662 1981 780 - - SYM 1662 1981 781 33 33 CD 1662 1981 782 FAX fax NN 1662 1981 783 : : : 1662 1981 784 [ [ -LRB- 1662 1981 785 235 235 CD 1662 1981 786 ] ] -RRB- 1662 1981 787 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1981 788 51 51 CD 1662 1981 789 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1981 790 56 56 CD 1662 1981 791 - - HYPH 1662 1981 792 54 54 CD 1662 1981 793 Flag flag NN 1662 1981 794 description description NN 1662 1981 795 : : : 1662 1981 796 three three CD 1662 1981 797 equal equal JJ 1662 1981 798 vertical vertical JJ 1662 1981 799 bands band NNS 1662 1981 800 of of IN 1662 1981 801 blue blue JJ 1662 1981 802 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1981 803 hoist hoist NN 1662 1981 804 side side NN 1662 1981 805 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1981 806 , , , 1662 1981 807 yellow yellow NNP 1662 1981 808 , , , 1662 1981 809 and and CC 1662 1981 810 red red JJ 1662 1981 811 ; ; : 1662 1981 812 similar similar JJ 1662 1981 813 to to IN 1662 1981 814 the the DT 1662 1981 815 flag flag NN 1662 1981 816 of of IN 1662 1981 817 Romania Romania NNP 1662 1981 818 ; ; : 1662 1981 819 also also RB 1662 1981 820 similar similar JJ 1662 1981 821 to to IN 1662 1981 822 the the DT 1662 1981 823 flag flag NN 1662 1981 824 of of IN 1662 1981 825 Andorra Andorra NNP 1662 1981 826 , , , 1662 1981 827 which which WDT 1662 1981 828 has have VBZ 1662 1981 829 a a DT 1662 1981 830 national national JJ 1662 1981 831 coat coat NN 1662 1981 832 of of IN 1662 1981 833 arms arm NNS 1662 1981 834 featuring feature VBG 1662 1981 835 a a DT 1662 1981 836 quartered quartered JJ 1662 1981 837 shield shield NN 1662 1981 838 centered center VBN 1662 1981 839 in in IN 1662 1981 840 the the DT 1662 1981 841 yellow yellow JJ 1662 1981 842 band band NN 1662 1981 843 ; ; : 1662 1981 844 design design NN 1662 1981 845 was be VBD 1662 1981 846 based base VBN 1662 1981 847 on on IN 1662 1981 848 the the DT 1662 1981 849 flag flag NN 1662 1981 850 of of IN 1662 1981 851 France France NNP 1662 1981 852 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1981 853 Economy Economy NNP 1662 1981 854 - - HYPH 1662 1981 855 overview overview NN 1662 1981 856 : : : 1662 1981 857 Unfavorable unfavorable JJ 1662 1981 858 climate climate NN 1662 1981 859 , , , 1662 1981 860 geographic geographic JJ 1662 1981 861 remoteness remoteness NN 1662 1981 862 , , , 1662 1981 863 poor poor JJ 1662 1981 864 resource resource NN 1662 1981 865 endowment endowment NN 1662 1981 866 , , , 1662 1981 867 and and CC 1662 1981 868 lack lack NN 1662 1981 869 of of IN 1662 1981 870 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 1981 871 make make VBP 1662 1981 872 Chad Chad NNP 1662 1981 873 one one CD 1662 1981 874 of of IN 1662 1981 875 the the DT 1662 1981 876 most most RBS 1662 1981 877 underdeveloped underdeveloped JJ 1662 1981 878 countries country NNS 1662 1981 879 in in IN 1662 1981 880 the the DT 1662 1981 881 world world NN 1662 1981 882 . . . 1662 1982 1 Its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1982 2 economy economy NN 1662 1982 3 is be VBZ 1662 1982 4 hobbled hobble VBN 1662 1982 5 by by IN 1662 1982 6 political political JJ 1662 1982 7 turmoil turmoil NN 1662 1982 8 , , , 1662 1982 9 drought drought NN 1662 1982 10 , , , 1662 1982 11 and and CC 1662 1982 12 food food NN 1662 1982 13 shortages shortage NNS 1662 1982 14 . . . 1662 1983 1 Consequently consequently RB 1662 1983 2 the the DT 1662 1983 3 economy economy NN 1662 1983 4 has have VBZ 1662 1983 5 shown show VBN 1662 1983 6 little little JJ 1662 1983 7 progress progress NN 1662 1983 8 in in IN 1662 1983 9 recent recent JJ 1662 1983 10 years year NNS 1662 1983 11 in in IN 1662 1983 12 overcoming overcome VBG 1662 1983 13 a a DT 1662 1983 14 severe severe JJ 1662 1983 15 setback setback NN 1662 1983 16 brought bring VBN 1662 1983 17 on on RP 1662 1983 18 by by IN 1662 1983 19 civil civil JJ 1662 1983 20 war war NN 1662 1983 21 in in IN 1662 1983 22 the the DT 1662 1983 23 late late JJ 1662 1983 24 1980s 1980 NNS 1662 1983 25 . . . 1662 1984 1 About about IN 1662 1984 2 85 85 CD 1662 1984 3 % % NN 1662 1984 4 of of IN 1662 1984 5 the the DT 1662 1984 6 work work NN 1662 1984 7 force force NN 1662 1984 8 is be VBZ 1662 1984 9 involved involve VBN 1662 1984 10 in in IN 1662 1984 11 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 1984 12 farming farming NN 1662 1984 13 and and CC 1662 1984 14 fishing fishing NN 1662 1984 15 . . . 1662 1985 1 Cotton cotton NN 1662 1985 2 is be VBZ 1662 1985 3 the the DT 1662 1985 4 major major JJ 1662 1985 5 cash cash NN 1662 1985 6 crop crop NN 1662 1985 7 , , , 1662 1985 8 accounting account VBG 1662 1985 9 for for IN 1662 1985 10 at at RB 1662 1985 11 least least JJS 1662 1985 12 half half NN 1662 1985 13 of of IN 1662 1985 14 exports export NNS 1662 1985 15 . . . 1662 1986 1 Chad Chad NNP 1662 1986 2 is be VBZ 1662 1986 3 highly highly RB 1662 1986 4 dependent dependent JJ 1662 1986 5 on on IN 1662 1986 6 foreign foreign JJ 1662 1986 7 aid aid NN 1662 1986 8 , , , 1662 1986 9 especially especially RB 1662 1986 10 food food NN 1662 1986 11 credits credit NNS 1662 1986 12 , , , 1662 1986 13 given give VBN 1662 1986 14 chronic chronic JJ 1662 1986 15 food food NN 1662 1986 16 shortages shortage NNS 1662 1986 17 in in IN 1662 1986 18 several several JJ 1662 1986 19 regions region NNS 1662 1986 20 . . . 1662 1987 1 Of of IN 1662 1987 2 all all PDT 1662 1987 3 the the DT 1662 1987 4 Francophone Francophone NNP 1662 1987 5 countries country NNS 1662 1987 6 in in IN 1662 1987 7 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1987 8 , , , 1662 1987 9 Chad Chad NNP 1662 1987 10 has have VBZ 1662 1987 11 benefited benefit VBN 1662 1987 12 the the DT 1662 1987 13 least least JJS 1662 1987 14 from from IN 1662 1987 15 the the DT 1662 1987 16 50 50 CD 1662 1987 17 % % NN 1662 1987 18 devaluation devaluation NN 1662 1987 19 of of IN 1662 1987 20 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 1987 21 currencies currency NNS 1662 1987 22 on on IN 1662 1987 23 12 12 CD 1662 1987 24 January January NNP 1662 1987 25 1994 1994 CD 1662 1987 26 . . . 1662 1988 1 Despite despite IN 1662 1988 2 an an DT 1662 1988 3 increase increase NN 1662 1988 4 in in IN 1662 1988 5 external external JJ 1662 1988 6 financial financial JJ 1662 1988 7 aid aid NN 1662 1988 8 and and CC 1662 1988 9 price price NN 1662 1988 10 increases increase NNS 1662 1988 11 for for IN 1662 1988 12 cotton cotton NN 1662 1988 13 - - : 1662 1988 14 the the DT 1662 1988 15 primary primary JJ 1662 1988 16 source source NN 1662 1988 17 of of IN 1662 1988 18 foreign foreign JJ 1662 1988 19 exchange exchange NN 1662 1988 20 - - : 1662 1988 21 the the DT 1662 1988 22 corrupt corrupt JJ 1662 1988 23 and and CC 1662 1988 24 enfeebled enfeebled JJ 1662 1988 25 government government NN 1662 1988 26 bureaucracy bureaucracy NN 1662 1988 27 continues continue VBZ 1662 1988 28 to to TO 1662 1988 29 postpone postpone VB 1662 1988 30 payment payment NN 1662 1988 31 of of IN 1662 1988 32 public public JJ 1662 1988 33 sector sector NN 1662 1988 34 salaries salary NNS 1662 1988 35 and and CC 1662 1988 36 to to TO 1662 1988 37 dampen dampen VB 1662 1988 38 economic economic JJ 1662 1988 39 enterprise enterprise NN 1662 1988 40 by by IN 1662 1988 41 neglecting neglect VBG 1662 1988 42 payments payment NNS 1662 1988 43 to to IN 1662 1988 44 domestic domestic JJ 1662 1988 45 suppliers supplier NNS 1662 1988 46 . . . 1662 1989 1 The the DT 1662 1989 2 devaluation devaluation NN 1662 1989 3 resulted result VBD 1662 1989 4 in in IN 1662 1989 5 stepped step VBN 1662 1989 6 - - HYPH 1662 1989 7 up up RP 1662 1989 8 inflation inflation NN 1662 1989 9 of of IN 1662 1989 10 41 41 CD 1662 1989 11 % % NN 1662 1989 12 in in IN 1662 1989 13 1994 1994 CD 1662 1989 14 ; ; : 1662 1989 15 inflation inflation NN 1662 1989 16 fell fall VBD 1662 1989 17 to to IN 1662 1989 18 9 9 CD 1662 1989 19 % % NN 1662 1989 20 in in IN 1662 1989 21 1995 1995 CD 1662 1989 22 but but CC 1662 1989 23 it -PRON- PRP 1662 1989 24 remains remain VBZ 1662 1989 25 high high RB 1662 1989 26 compared compare VBN 1662 1989 27 with with IN 1662 1989 28 other other JJ 1662 1989 29 Francophone Francophone NNP 1662 1989 30 countries country NNS 1662 1989 31 . . . 1662 1990 1 In in IN 1662 1990 2 one one CD 1662 1990 3 favorable favorable JJ 1662 1990 4 development development NN 1662 1990 5 , , , 1662 1990 6 Chad Chad NNP 1662 1990 7 in in IN 1662 1990 8 December December NNP 1662 1990 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 1990 10 concluded conclude VBD 1662 1990 11 an an DT 1662 1990 12 agreement agreement NN 1662 1990 13 with with IN 1662 1990 14 ESSO ESSO NNP 1662 1990 15 / / SYM 1662 1990 16 Chad Chad NNP 1662 1990 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1990 18 EXXON EXXON NNP 1662 1990 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1990 20 for for IN 1662 1990 21 drilling drilling NN 1662 1990 22 and and CC 1662 1990 23 extracting extract VBG 1662 1990 24 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 1990 25 at at IN 1662 1990 26 Doba Doba NNP 1662 1990 27 . . . 1662 1991 1 Oil oil NN 1662 1991 2 will will MD 1662 1991 3 be be VB 1662 1991 4 piped pipe VBN 1662 1991 5 through through IN 1662 1991 6 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 1991 7 for for IN 1662 1991 8 export export NN 1662 1991 9 . . . 1662 1992 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1992 2 : : : 1662 1992 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1992 4 power power NN 1662 1992 5 parity parity NN 1662 1992 6 - - : 1662 1992 7 $ $ $ 1662 1992 8 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 1992 9 billion billion CD 1662 1992 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1992 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 1992 12 est est NNP 1662 1992 13 . . . 1662 1992 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1993 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1993 2 - - HYPH 1662 1993 3 real real JJ 1662 1993 4 growth growth NN 1662 1993 5 rate rate NN 1662 1993 6 : : : 1662 1993 7 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 1993 8 % % NN 1662 1993 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1993 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 1993 11 est est NNP 1662 1993 12 . . . 1662 1993 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1994 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1994 2 - - HYPH 1662 1994 3 per per FW 1662 1994 4 capita capita NN 1662 1994 5 : : : 1662 1994 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 1994 7 power power NN 1662 1994 8 parity parity NN 1662 1994 9 - - : 1662 1994 10 $ $ $ 1662 1994 11 600 600 CD 1662 1994 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1994 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 1994 14 est est NNP 1662 1994 15 . . . 1662 1994 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1995 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 1995 2 - - HYPH 1662 1995 3 composition composition NN 1662 1995 4 by by IN 1662 1995 5 sector sector NN 1662 1995 6 : : : 1662 1995 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1995 8 : : : 1662 1995 9 48 48 CD 1662 1995 10 % % NN 1662 1995 11 industry industry NN 1662 1995 12 : : : 1662 1995 13 18 18 CD 1662 1995 14 % % NN 1662 1995 15 services service NNS 1662 1995 16 : : : 1662 1995 17 34 34 CD 1662 1995 18 % % NN 1662 1995 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1995 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 1995 21 est est NNP 1662 1995 22 . . . 1662 1995 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1996 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 1996 2 rate rate NN 1662 1996 3 - - HYPH 1662 1996 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 1996 5 price price NN 1662 1996 6 index index NN 1662 1996 7 : : : 1662 1996 8 9 9 CD 1662 1996 9 % % NN 1662 1996 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1996 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 1996 12 est est NNP 1662 1996 13 . . . 1662 1996 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1997 1 Labor labor NN 1662 1997 2 force force NN 1662 1997 3 : : : 1662 1997 4 NA na NN 1662 1997 5 by by IN 1662 1997 6 occupation occupation NN 1662 1997 7 : : : 1662 1997 8 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1997 9 85 85 CD 1662 1997 10 % % NN 1662 1997 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1997 12 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 1997 13 farming farming NN 1662 1997 14 , , , 1662 1997 15 herding herding NN 1662 1997 16 , , , 1662 1997 17 and and CC 1662 1997 18 fishing fish VBG 1662 1997 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1997 20 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 1997 21 rate rate NN 1662 1997 22 : : : 1662 1997 23 NA% NA% `` 1662 1997 24 Budget budget NN 1662 1997 25 : : : 1662 1997 26 revenues revenue NNS 1662 1997 27 : : : 1662 1997 28 $ $ $ 1662 1997 29 136 136 CD 1662 1997 30 million million CD 1662 1997 31 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1997 32 : : : 1662 1997 33 $ $ $ 1662 1997 34 222 222 CD 1662 1997 35 million million CD 1662 1997 36 , , , 1662 1997 37 including include VBG 1662 1997 38 capital capital NN 1662 1997 39 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 1997 40 of of IN 1662 1997 41 $ $ $ 1662 1997 42 107 107 CD 1662 1997 43 million million CD 1662 1997 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1997 45 1994 1994 CD 1662 1997 46 est est NNP 1662 1997 47 . . . 1662 1997 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1998 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 1998 2 : : : 1662 1998 3 cotton cotton NN 1662 1998 4 textiles textile NNS 1662 1998 5 , , , 1662 1998 6 meat meat NN 1662 1998 7 packing packing NN 1662 1998 8 , , , 1662 1998 9 beer beer NN 1662 1998 10 brewing brewing NN 1662 1998 11 , , , 1662 1998 12 natron natron NNP 1662 1998 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1998 14 sodium sodium NN 1662 1998 15 carbonate carbonate NN 1662 1998 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1998 17 , , , 1662 1998 18 soap soap NN 1662 1998 19 , , , 1662 1998 20 cigarettes cigarette NNS 1662 1998 21 , , , 1662 1998 22 construction construction NN 1662 1998 23 materials material NNS 1662 1998 24 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 1998 25 production production NN 1662 1998 26 growth growth NN 1662 1998 27 rate rate NN 1662 1998 28 : : : 1662 1998 29 NA% NA% `` 1662 1998 30 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1998 31 - - HYPH 1662 1998 32 capacity capacity NN 1662 1998 33 : : : 1662 1998 34 40,000 40,000 CD 1662 1998 35 kW kw NN 1662 1998 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1998 37 1991 1991 CD 1662 1998 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1998 39 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1998 40 - - HYPH 1662 1998 41 production production NN 1662 1998 42 : : : 1662 1998 43 70 70 CD 1662 1998 44 million million CD 1662 1998 45 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1998 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1998 47 1991 1991 CD 1662 1998 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1998 49 Electricity electricity NN 1662 1998 50 - - HYPH 1662 1998 51 consumption consumption NN 1662 1998 52 per per IN 1662 1998 53 capita capita NN 1662 1998 54 : : : 1662 1998 55 14 14 CD 1662 1998 56 kWh kWh NNS 1662 1998 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1998 58 1991 1991 CD 1662 1998 59 est est NNP 1662 1998 60 . . . 1662 1998 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1999 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 1999 2 - - HYPH 1662 1999 3 products product NNS 1662 1999 4 : : : 1662 1999 5 cotton cotton NN 1662 1999 6 , , , 1662 1999 7 sorghum sorghum NN 1662 1999 8 , , , 1662 1999 9 millet millet NN 1662 1999 10 , , , 1662 1999 11 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 1999 12 , , , 1662 1999 13 rice rice NN 1662 1999 14 , , , 1662 1999 15 potatoes potato NNS 1662 1999 16 , , , 1662 1999 17 manioc manioc NNP 1662 1999 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1999 19 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 1999 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1999 21 ; ; : 1662 1999 22 cattle cattle NNS 1662 1999 23 , , , 1662 1999 24 sheep sheep NNS 1662 1999 25 , , , 1662 1999 26 goats goat NNS 1662 1999 27 , , , 1662 1999 28 camels camel VBZ 1662 1999 29 Exports export NNS 1662 1999 30 : : : 1662 1999 31 total total JJ 1662 1999 32 value value NN 1662 1999 33 : : : 1662 1999 34 $ $ $ 1662 1999 35 226 226 CD 1662 1999 36 million million CD 1662 1999 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1999 38 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 1999 39 . . NNP 1662 1999 40 , , , 1662 1999 41 1995 1995 CD 1662 1999 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 1999 43 commodities commodity NNS 1662 1999 44 : : : 1662 1999 45 cotton cotton NN 1662 1999 46 , , , 1662 1999 47 cattle cattle NNS 1662 1999 48 , , , 1662 1999 49 textiles textile NNS 1662 1999 50 , , , 1662 1999 51 fish fish NN 1662 1999 52 partners partner NNS 1662 1999 53 : : : 1662 1999 54 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 1999 55 30 30 CD 1662 1999 56 % % NN 1662 1999 57 , , , 1662 1999 58 Germany Germany NNP 1662 1999 59 18 18 CD 1662 1999 60 % % NN 1662 1999 61 , , , 1662 1999 62 South South NNP 1662 1999 63 Africa Africa NNP 1662 1999 64 16 16 CD 1662 1999 65 % % NN 1662 1999 66 , , , 1662 1999 67 France France NNP 1662 1999 68 7 7 CD 1662 1999 69 % % NN 1662 1999 70 Imports import NNS 1662 1999 71 : : : 1662 1999 72 total total JJ 1662 1999 73 value value NN 1662 1999 74 : : : 1662 1999 75 $ $ $ 1662 1999 76 225 225 CD 1662 1999 77 million million CD 1662 1999 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 1999 79 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 1999 80 . . NNP 1662 1999 81 , , , 1662 1999 82 1995 1995 CD 1662 1999 83 est est NNP 1662 1999 84 . . . 1662 1999 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2000 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2000 2 : : : 1662 2000 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 2000 4 and and CC 1662 2000 5 transportation transportation NN 1662 2000 6 equipment equipment NN 1662 2000 7 39 39 CD 1662 2000 8 % % NN 1662 2000 9 , , , 1662 2000 10 industrial industrial JJ 1662 2000 11 goods good NNS 1662 2000 12 20 20 CD 1662 2000 13 % % NN 1662 2000 14 , , , 1662 2000 15 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2000 16 products product NNS 1662 2000 17 13 13 CD 1662 2000 18 % % NN 1662 2000 19 , , , 1662 2000 20 foodstuffs foodstuff VBZ 1662 2000 21 9 9 CD 1662 2000 22 % % NN 1662 2000 23 ; ; , 1662 2000 24 textiles textile NNS 1662 2000 25 ; ; : 1662 2000 26 note note NN 1662 2000 27 - - HYPH 1662 2000 28 excludes exclude VBZ 1662 2000 29 military military JJ 1662 2000 30 equipment equipment NN 1662 2000 31 partners partner NNS 1662 2000 32 : : : 1662 2000 33 France France NNP 1662 2000 34 34 34 CD 1662 2000 35 % % NN 1662 2000 36 , , , 1662 2000 37 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 2000 38 24 24 CD 1662 2000 39 % % NN 1662 2000 40 , , , 1662 2000 41 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 2000 42 7 7 CD 1662 2000 43 % % NN 1662 2000 44 , , , 1662 2000 45 US US NNP 1662 2000 46 6 6 CD 1662 2000 47 % % NN 1662 2000 48 Debt debt NN 1662 2000 49 - - HYPH 1662 2000 50 external external JJ 1662 2000 51 : : : 1662 2000 52 $ $ $ 1662 2000 53 875 875 CD 1662 2000 54 million million CD 1662 2000 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2000 56 1995 1995 CD 1662 2000 57 est est NNP 1662 2000 58 . . . 1662 2000 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2001 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 2001 2 aid aid NN 1662 2001 3 : : : 1662 2001 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 2001 5 : : : 1662 2001 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2001 7 , , , 1662 2001 8 $ $ $ 1662 2001 9 NA NA NNP 1662 2001 10 Currency currency NN 1662 2001 11 : : : 1662 2001 12 1 1 CD 1662 2001 13 Communaute Communaute NNP 1662 2001 14 Financiere Financiere NNP 1662 2001 15 Africaine Africaine NNP 1662 2001 16 franc franc NN 1662 2001 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2001 18 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 2001 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2001 20 = = SYM 1662 2001 21 100 100 CD 1662 2001 22 centimes centime NNS 1662 2001 23 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2001 24 rates rate NNS 1662 2001 25 : : : 1662 2001 26 CFA CFA NNP 1662 2001 27 Francs Francs NNP 1662 2001 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2001 29 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 2001 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2001 31 per per IN 1662 2001 32 US$ us$ $ 1662 2001 33 1 1 CD 1662 2001 34 - - SYM 1662 2001 35 541.69 541.69 CD 1662 2001 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2001 37 January January NNP 1662 2001 38 1997 1997 CD 1662 2001 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2001 40 , , , 1662 2001 41 511.55 511.55 CD 1662 2001 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2001 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 2001 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2001 45 , , , 1662 2001 46 499.15 499.15 CD 1662 2001 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2001 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 2001 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2001 50 , , , 1662 2001 51 555.20 555.20 CD 1662 2001 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2001 53 1994 1994 CD 1662 2001 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2001 55 , , , 1662 2001 56 283.16 283.16 CD 1662 2001 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2001 58 1993 1993 CD 1662 2001 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2001 60 , , , 1662 2001 61 264.69 264.69 CD 1662 2001 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2001 63 1992 1992 CD 1662 2001 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2001 65 note note NN 1662 2001 66 : : : 1662 2001 67 beginning begin VBG 1662 2001 68 12 12 CD 1662 2001 69 January January NNP 1662 2001 70 1994 1994 CD 1662 2001 71 the the DT 1662 2001 72 CFA CFA NNP 1662 2001 73 franc franc NN 1662 2001 74 was be VBD 1662 2001 75 devalued devalue VBN 1662 2001 76 to to IN 1662 2001 77 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 2001 78 100 100 CD 1662 2001 79 per per IN 1662 2001 80 French french JJ 1662 2001 81 franc franc NN 1662 2001 82 from from IN 1662 2001 83 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 2001 84 50 50 CD 1662 2001 85 at at IN 1662 2001 86 which which WDT 1662 2001 87 it -PRON- PRP 1662 2001 88 had have VBD 1662 2001 89 been be VBN 1662 2001 90 fixed fix VBN 1662 2001 91 since since IN 1662 2001 92 1948 1948 CD 1662 2001 93 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2001 94 year year NN 1662 2001 95 : : : 1662 2001 96 calendar calendar NNP 1662 2001 97 year year NN 1662 2001 98 @Chad @Chad VBD 1662 2001 99 : : : 1662 2001 100 Communications communication NNS 1662 2001 101 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 2001 102 : : : 1662 2001 103 5,000 5,000 CD 1662 2001 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2001 105 1987 1987 CD 1662 2001 106 est est NNP 1662 2001 107 . . . 1662 2001 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2002 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2002 2 system system NN 1662 2002 3 : : : 1662 2002 4 primitive primitive JJ 1662 2002 5 system system NN 1662 2002 6 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2002 7 : : : 1662 2002 8 fair fair JJ 1662 2002 9 system system NN 1662 2002 10 of of IN 1662 2002 11 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 2002 12 communication communication NN 1662 2002 13 stations station NNS 1662 2002 14 international international JJ 1662 2002 15 : : : 1662 2002 16 satellite satellite NN 1662 2002 17 earth earth NNP 1662 2002 18 station station NNP 1662 2002 19 - - : 1662 2002 20 1 1 CD 1662 2002 21 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2002 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2002 23 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2002 24 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2002 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2002 26 Radio radio NN 1662 2002 27 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2002 28 stations station NNS 1662 2002 29 : : : 1662 2002 30 AM am VBP 1662 2002 31 6 6 CD 1662 2002 32 , , , 1662 2002 33 FM FM NNP 1662 2002 34 1 1 CD 1662 2002 35 , , , 1662 2002 36 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2002 37 0 0 CD 1662 2002 38 Radios radio NNS 1662 2002 39 : : : 1662 2002 40 NA NA NNP 1662 2002 41 Television Television NNP 1662 2002 42 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2002 43 stations station NNS 1662 2002 44 : : : 1662 2002 45 1 1 CD 1662 2002 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2002 47 1987 1987 CD 1662 2002 48 est est NNP 1662 2002 49 . . . 1662 2002 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2003 1 note note VB 1662 2003 2 : : : 1662 2003 3 limited limited JJ 1662 2003 4 TV tv NN 1662 2003 5 service service NN 1662 2003 6 ; ; : 1662 2003 7 many many JJ 1662 2003 8 facilities facility NNS 1662 2003 9 are be VBP 1662 2003 10 inoperative inoperative JJ 1662 2003 11 Televisions television NNS 1662 2003 12 : : : 1662 2003 13 7,000 7,000 CD 1662 2003 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2003 15 1991 1991 CD 1662 2003 16 est est NNP 1662 2003 17 . . . 1662 2003 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2004 1 @Chad @Chad VBD 1662 2004 2 : : : 1662 2004 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2004 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2004 5 : : : 1662 2004 6 0 0 LS 1662 2004 7 km km NN 1662 2004 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 2004 9 : : : 1662 2004 10 total total NN 1662 2004 11 : : : 1662 2004 12 32,700 32,700 CD 1662 2004 13 km km NN 1662 2004 14 paved pave VBN 1662 2004 15 : : : 1662 2004 16 262 262 CD 1662 2004 17 km km NN 1662 2004 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2004 19 : : : 1662 2004 20 32,438 32,438 CD 1662 2004 21 km km NNS 1662 2004 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2004 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 2004 24 est est NNP 1662 2004 25 . . . 1662 2004 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2005 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 2005 2 : : : 1662 2005 3 2,000 2,000 CD 1662 2005 4 km km NN 1662 2005 5 navigable navigable JJ 1662 2005 6 Ports port NNS 1662 2005 7 and and CC 1662 2005 8 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2005 9 : : : 1662 2005 10 none none NN 1662 2005 11 Airports airport NNS 1662 2005 12 : : : 1662 2005 13 46 46 CD 1662 2005 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2005 15 1996 1996 CD 1662 2005 16 est est NNP 1662 2005 17 . . . 1662 2005 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2006 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2006 2 - - , 1662 2006 3 with with IN 1662 2006 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2006 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2006 6 : : : 1662 2006 7 total total NN 1662 2006 8 : : : 1662 2006 9 15 15 CD 1662 2006 10 over over IN 1662 2006 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2006 12 m m NN 1662 2006 13 : : : 1662 2006 14 1 1 CD 1662 2006 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2006 16 to to IN 1662 2006 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2006 18 m m NN 1662 2006 19 : : : 1662 2006 20 3 3 CD 1662 2006 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2006 22 to to TO 1662 2006 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2006 24 m m NN 1662 2006 25 : : : 1662 2006 26 1 1 CD 1662 2006 27 under under IN 1662 2006 28 914 914 CD 1662 2006 29 m m NN 1662 2006 30 : : : 1662 2006 31 10 10 CD 1662 2006 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2006 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 2006 34 est est NNP 1662 2006 35 . . . 1662 2006 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2007 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2007 2 - - , 1662 2007 3 with with IN 1662 2007 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2007 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2007 6 : : : 1662 2007 7 total total NN 1662 2007 8 : : : 1662 2007 9 31 31 CD 1662 2007 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2007 11 to to TO 1662 2007 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2007 13 m m NN 1662 2007 14 : : : 1662 2007 15 14 14 CD 1662 2007 16 914 914 CD 1662 2007 17 to to TO 1662 2007 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2007 19 m m NN 1662 2007 20 : : : 1662 2007 21 17 17 CD 1662 2007 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2007 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2007 24 est est NNP 1662 2007 25 . . . 1662 2007 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2008 1 Military military JJ 1662 2008 2 Military military JJ 1662 2008 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2008 4 : : : 1662 2008 5 Armed Armed NNP 1662 2008 6 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 2008 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2008 8 includes include VBZ 1662 2008 9 Ground Ground NNP 1662 2008 10 Force Force NNP 1662 2008 11 , , , 1662 2008 12 Air Air NNP 1662 2008 13 Force Force NNP 1662 2008 14 , , , 1662 2008 15 and and CC 1662 2008 16 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 2008 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2008 18 , , , 1662 2008 19 Republican Republican NNP 1662 2008 20 Guard Guard NNP 1662 2008 21 , , , 1662 2008 22 Police Police NNP 1662 2008 23 Military Military NNP 1662 2008 24 manpower manpower NN 1662 2008 25 - - HYPH 1662 2008 26 military military NN 1662 2008 27 age age NN 1662 2008 28 : : : 1662 2008 29 20 20 CD 1662 2008 30 years year NNS 1662 2008 31 of of IN 1662 2008 32 age age NN 1662 2008 33 Military military JJ 1662 2008 34 manpower manpower NN 1662 2008 35 - - HYPH 1662 2008 36 availability availability NN 1662 2008 37 : : : 1662 2008 38 males male NNS 1662 2008 39 age age NNP 1662 2008 40 15 15 CD 1662 2008 41 - - HYPH 1662 2008 42 49 49 CD 1662 2008 43 : : : 1662 2008 44 1,603,194 1,603,194 CD 1662 2008 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2008 46 1997 1997 CD 1662 2008 47 est est NNP 1662 2008 48 . . . 1662 2008 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2009 1 Military military JJ 1662 2009 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2009 3 - - HYPH 1662 2009 4 fit fit NN 1662 2009 5 for for IN 1662 2009 6 military military JJ 1662 2009 7 service service NN 1662 2009 8 : : : 1662 2009 9 males male NNS 1662 2009 10 : : : 1662 2009 11 830,777 830,777 CD 1662 2009 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2009 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2009 14 est est NNP 1662 2009 15 . . . 1662 2009 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2010 1 Military military JJ 1662 2010 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2010 3 - - HYPH 1662 2010 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 2010 5 military military JJ 1662 2010 6 age age NN 1662 2010 7 annually annually RB 1662 2010 8 : : : 1662 2010 9 males male NNS 1662 2010 10 : : : 1662 2010 11 65,906 65,906 CD 1662 2010 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2010 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2010 14 est est NNP 1662 2010 15 . . . 1662 2010 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2011 1 Military military JJ 1662 2011 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2011 3 - - HYPH 1662 2011 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2011 5 figure figure NN 1662 2011 6 : : : 1662 2011 7 $ $ $ 1662 2011 8 74 74 CD 1662 2011 9 million million CD 1662 2011 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2011 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 2011 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2011 13 Military military JJ 1662 2011 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2011 15 - - : 1662 2011 16 percent percent NN 1662 2011 17 of of IN 1662 2011 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2011 19 : : : 1662 2011 20 11.1 11.1 CD 1662 2011 21 % % NN 1662 2011 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2011 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 2011 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2011 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2011 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2011 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2011 28 - - HYPH 1662 2011 29 international international JJ 1662 2011 30 : : : 1662 2011 31 demarcation demarcation NN 1662 2011 32 of of IN 1662 2011 33 international international JJ 1662 2011 34 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2011 35 in in IN 1662 2011 36 the the DT 1662 2011 37 vicinity vicinity NN 1662 2011 38 of of IN 1662 2011 39 Lake Lake NNP 1662 2011 40 Chad Chad NNP 1662 2011 41 , , , 1662 2011 42 the the DT 1662 2011 43 lack lack NN 1662 2011 44 of of IN 1662 2011 45 which which WDT 1662 2011 46 has have VBZ 1662 2011 47 led lead VBN 1662 2011 48 to to IN 1662 2011 49 border border NN 1662 2011 50 incidents incident NNS 1662 2011 51 in in IN 1662 2011 52 the the DT 1662 2011 53 past past NN 1662 2011 54 , , , 1662 2011 55 is be VBZ 1662 2011 56 completed complete VBN 1662 2011 57 and and CC 1662 2011 58 awaiting await VBG 1662 2011 59 ratification ratification NN 1662 2011 60 by by IN 1662 2011 61 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 2011 62 , , , 1662 2011 63 Chad Chad NNP 1662 2011 64 , , , 1662 2011 65 Niger Niger NNP 1662 2011 66 , , , 1662 2011 67 and and CC 1662 2011 68 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 2011 69 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 70 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 71 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 72 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 73 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 74 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 75 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 76 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 77 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 78 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 79 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 80 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 81 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 82 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 83 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 84 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 85 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 86 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 87 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 88 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 89 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 90 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 91 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 92 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 93 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 94 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 95 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 96 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 97 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 98 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 99 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 100 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 101 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 102 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 103 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 104 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 105 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 106 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 107 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 108 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 109 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 110 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 111 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 112 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 113 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 114 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 115 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 116 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 117 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 118 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 119 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 120 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 121 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 122 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 123 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 124 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 125 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 126 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 127 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 128 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 129 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 130 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 131 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 132 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 133 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 134 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 135 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 136 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 137 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 138 _ _ NNP 1662 2011 139 CHILE CHILE NNP 1662 2011 140 @Chile @chile XX 1662 2011 141 : : : 1662 2011 142 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2011 143 Location Location NNP 1662 2011 144 : : : 1662 2011 145 Southern Southern NNP 1662 2011 146 South South NNP 1662 2011 147 America America NNP 1662 2011 148 , , , 1662 2011 149 bordering border VBG 1662 2011 150 the the DT 1662 2011 151 South South NNP 1662 2011 152 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2011 153 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2011 154 and and CC 1662 2011 155 South South NNP 1662 2011 156 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2011 157 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2011 158 , , , 1662 2011 159 between between IN 1662 2011 160 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 2011 161 and and CC 1662 2011 162 Peru Peru NNP 1662 2011 163 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2011 164 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2011 165 : : : 1662 2011 166 30 30 CD 1662 2011 167 00 00 CD 1662 2011 168 S s NN 1662 2011 169 , , , 1662 2011 170 71 71 CD 1662 2011 171 00 00 NFP 1662 2011 172 W W NNP 1662 2011 173 Map Map NNP 1662 2011 174 references reference NNS 1662 2011 175 : : : 1662 2011 176 South South NNP 1662 2011 177 America America NNP 1662 2011 178 Area Area NNP 1662 2011 179 : : : 1662 2011 180 total total NN 1662 2011 181 : : : 1662 2011 182 756,950 756,950 CD 1662 2011 183 sq sq IN 1662 2011 184 km km NNP 1662 2011 185 land land NN 1662 2011 186 : : : 1662 2011 187 748,800 748,800 CD 1662 2011 188 sq sq NNP 1662 2011 189 km km NNP 1662 2011 190 water water NN 1662 2011 191 : : : 1662 2011 192 8,150 8,150 CD 1662 2011 193 sq sq NNP 1662 2011 194 km km NNP 1662 2011 195 note note NN 1662 2011 196 : : : 1662 2011 197 includes include VBZ 1662 2011 198 Isla Isla NNP 1662 2011 199 de de NNP 1662 2011 200 Pascua Pascua NNP 1662 2011 201 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2011 202 Easter Easter NNP 1662 2011 203 Island Island NNP 1662 2011 204 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2011 205 and and CC 1662 2011 206 Isla Isla NNP 1662 2011 207 Sala Sala NNP 1662 2011 208 y y NNP 1662 2011 209 Gomez Gomez NNP 1662 2011 210 Area Area NNP 1662 2011 211 - - HYPH 1662 2011 212 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2011 213 : : : 1662 2011 214 slightly slightly RB 1662 2011 215 smaller small JJR 1662 2011 216 than than IN 1662 2011 217 twice twice PDT 1662 2011 218 the the DT 1662 2011 219 size size NN 1662 2011 220 of of IN 1662 2011 221 Montana Montana NNP 1662 2011 222 Land Land NNP 1662 2011 223 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2011 224 : : : 1662 2011 225 total total JJ 1662 2011 226 : : : 1662 2011 227 6,171 6,171 CD 1662 2011 228 km km NN 1662 2011 229 border border NN 1662 2011 230 countries country NNS 1662 2011 231 : : : 1662 2011 232 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 2011 233 5,150 5,150 CD 1662 2011 234 km km NN 1662 2011 235 , , , 1662 2011 236 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 2011 237 861 861 CD 1662 2011 238 km km NN 1662 2011 239 , , , 1662 2011 240 Peru Peru NNP 1662 2011 241 160 160 CD 1662 2011 242 km km NN 1662 2011 243 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2011 244 : : : 1662 2011 245 6,435 6,435 CD 1662 2011 246 km km NN 1662 2011 247 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2011 248 claims claim VBZ 1662 2011 249 : : : 1662 2011 250 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 2011 251 zone zone NN 1662 2011 252 : : : 1662 2011 253 24 24 CD 1662 2011 254 nm nm NNP 1662 2011 255 continental continental JJ 1662 2011 256 shelf shelf NNP 1662 2011 257 : : : 1662 2011 258 200 200 CD 1662 2011 259 nm nm CC 1662 2011 260 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 2011 261 economic economic JJ 1662 2011 262 zone zone NN 1662 2011 263 : : : 1662 2011 264 200 200 CD 1662 2011 265 nm nm CD 1662 2011 266 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2011 267 sea sea NN 1662 2011 268 : : : 1662 2011 269 12 12 CD 1662 2011 270 nm nm NNP 1662 2011 271 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2011 272 : : : 1662 2011 273 temperate temperate VB 1662 2011 274 ; ; : 1662 2011 275 desert desert NN 1662 2011 276 in in IN 1662 2011 277 north north NNP 1662 2011 278 ; ; : 1662 2011 279 cool cool JJ 1662 2011 280 and and CC 1662 2011 281 damp damp NN 1662 2011 282 in in IN 1662 2011 283 south south JJ 1662 2011 284 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2011 285 : : : 1662 2011 286 low low JJ 1662 2011 287 coastal coastal JJ 1662 2011 288 mountains mountain NNS 1662 2011 289 ; ; : 1662 2011 290 fertile fertile JJ 1662 2011 291 central central JJ 1662 2011 292 valley valley NN 1662 2011 293 ; ; , 1662 2011 294 rugged rugged JJ 1662 2011 295 Andes Andes NNP 1662 2011 296 in in IN 1662 2011 297 east east NNP 1662 2011 298 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2011 299 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2011 300 : : : 1662 2011 301 lowest low JJS 1662 2011 302 point point NN 1662 2011 303 : : : 1662 2011 304 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2011 305 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2011 306 0 0 NFP 1662 2011 307 m m DT 1662 2011 308 highest high JJS 1662 2011 309 point point NN 1662 2011 310 : : : 1662 2011 311 Cerro Cerro NNP 1662 2011 312 Aconcagua Aconcagua NNP 1662 2011 313 6,962 6,962 CD 1662 2011 314 m m NNP 1662 2011 315 Natural natural JJ 1662 2011 316 resources resource NNS 1662 2011 317 : : : 1662 2011 318 copper copper NN 1662 2011 319 , , , 1662 2011 320 timber timber NN 1662 2011 321 , , , 1662 2011 322 iron iron NN 1662 2011 323 ore ore NN 1662 2011 324 , , , 1662 2011 325 nitrates nitrate NNS 1662 2011 326 , , , 1662 2011 327 precious precious JJ 1662 2011 328 metals metal NNS 1662 2011 329 , , , 1662 2011 330 molybdenum molybdenum NN 1662 2011 331 Land Land NNP 1662 2011 332 use use NN 1662 2011 333 : : : 1662 2011 334 arable arable JJ 1662 2011 335 land land NN 1662 2011 336 : : : 1662 2011 337 5 5 CD 1662 2011 338 % % NN 1662 2011 339 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2011 340 crops crop NNS 1662 2011 341 : : : 1662 2011 342 0 0 CD 1662 2011 343 % % NN 1662 2011 344 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2011 345 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2011 346 : : : 1662 2011 347 18 18 CD 1662 2011 348 % % NN 1662 2011 349 forests forest NNS 1662 2011 350 and and CC 1662 2011 351 woodland woodland JJ 1662 2011 352 : : : 1662 2011 353 22 22 CD 1662 2011 354 % % NN 1662 2011 355 other other JJ 1662 2011 356 : : : 1662 2011 357 55 55 CD 1662 2011 358 % % NN 1662 2011 359 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2011 360 1993 1993 CD 1662 2011 361 est est NNP 1662 2011 362 . . . 1662 2011 363 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2012 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2012 2 land land NN 1662 2012 3 : : : 1662 2012 4 12,650 12,650 CD 1662 2012 5 sq sq NNP 1662 2012 6 km km NNP 1662 2012 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2012 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2012 9 est est NNP 1662 2012 10 . . . 1662 2012 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2013 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2013 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2013 3 : : : 1662 2013 4 severe severe JJ 1662 2013 5 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 2013 6 ; ; , 1662 2013 7 active active JJ 1662 2013 8 volcanism volcanism NN 1662 2013 9 ; ; : 1662 2013 10 tsunamis tsunamis XX 1662 2013 11 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2013 12 - - HYPH 1662 2013 13 current current JJ 1662 2013 14 issues issue NNS 1662 2013 15 : : : 1662 2013 16 air air NN 1662 2013 17 pollution pollution NN 1662 2013 18 from from IN 1662 2013 19 industrial industrial JJ 1662 2013 20 and and CC 1662 2013 21 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 2013 22 emissions emission NNS 1662 2013 23 ; ; : 1662 2013 24 water water NN 1662 2013 25 pollution pollution NN 1662 2013 26 from from IN 1662 2013 27 raw raw JJ 1662 2013 28 sewage sewage NN 1662 2013 29 ; ; : 1662 2013 30 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 2013 31 contributing contribute VBG 1662 2013 32 to to TO 1662 2013 33 loss loss NN 1662 2013 34 of of IN 1662 2013 35 biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 2013 36 ; ; , 1662 2013 37 soil soil NN 1662 2013 38 erosion erosion NN 1662 2013 39 ; ; , 1662 2013 40 desertification desertification NN 1662 2013 41 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2013 42 - - HYPH 1662 2013 43 international international JJ 1662 2013 44 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2013 45 : : : 1662 2013 46 party party NN 1662 2013 47 to to TO 1662 2013 48 : : : 1662 2013 49 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 2013 50 - - HYPH 1662 2013 51 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 2013 52 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 2013 53 , , , 1662 2013 54 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 2013 55 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 2013 56 , , , 1662 2013 57 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 2013 58 , , , 1662 2013 59 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2013 60 Change Change NNP 1662 2013 61 , , , 1662 2013 62 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2013 63 Species Species NNPS 1662 2013 64 , , , 1662 2013 65 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 2013 66 Modification Modification NNP 1662 2013 67 , , , 1662 2013 68 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 2013 69 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 2013 70 , , , 1662 2013 71 Marine Marine NNP 1662 2013 72 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 2013 73 , , , 1662 2013 74 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 2013 75 Test Test NNP 1662 2013 76 Ban Ban NNP 1662 2013 77 , , , 1662 2013 78 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2013 79 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2013 80 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2013 81 , , , 1662 2013 82 Ship Ship NNP 1662 2013 83 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2013 84 , , , 1662 2013 85 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 2013 86 signed sign VBD 1662 2013 87 , , , 1662 2013 88 but but CC 1662 2013 89 not not RB 1662 2013 90 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2013 91 : : : 1662 2013 92 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 2013 93 , , , 1662 2013 94 Law Law NNP 1662 2013 95 of of IN 1662 2013 96 the the DT 1662 2013 97 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2013 98 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2013 99 - - HYPH 1662 2013 100 note note NNP 1662 2013 101 : : : 1662 2013 102 strategic strategic JJ 1662 2013 103 location location NN 1662 2013 104 relative relative JJ 1662 2013 105 to to IN 1662 2013 106 sea sea NN 1662 2013 107 lanes lane NNS 1662 2013 108 between between IN 1662 2013 109 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2013 110 and and CC 1662 2013 111 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2013 112 Oceans Oceans NNPS 1662 2013 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2013 114 Strait Strait NNP 1662 2013 115 of of IN 1662 2013 116 Magellan Magellan NNP 1662 2013 117 , , , 1662 2013 118 Beagle Beagle NNP 1662 2013 119 Channel Channel NNP 1662 2013 120 , , , 1662 2013 121 Drake Drake NNP 1662 2013 122 Passage Passage NNP 1662 2013 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2013 124 ; ; : 1662 2013 125 Atacama Atacama NNP 1662 2013 126 Desert Desert NNP 1662 2013 127 is be VBZ 1662 2013 128 one one CD 1662 2013 129 of of IN 1662 2013 130 world world NN 1662 2013 131 's 's POS 1662 2013 132 driest dry JJS 1662 2013 133 regions region NNS 1662 2013 134 @Chile @Chile . 1662 2013 135 : : : 1662 2013 136 People People NNPS 1662 2013 137 Population Population NNP 1662 2013 138 : : : 1662 2013 139 14,508,158 14,508,158 CD 1662 2013 140 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2013 141 July July NNP 1662 2013 142 1997 1997 CD 1662 2013 143 est est NNP 1662 2013 144 . . . 1662 2013 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2014 1 Age age NN 1662 2014 2 structure structure NN 1662 2014 3 : : : 1662 2014 4 0 0 CD 1662 2014 5 - - HYPH 1662 2014 6 14 14 CD 1662 2014 7 years year NNS 1662 2014 8 : : : 1662 2014 9 28 28 CD 1662 2014 10 % % NN 1662 2014 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2014 12 male male JJ 1662 2014 13 2,057,633 2,057,633 CD 1662 2014 14 ; ; : 1662 2014 15 female female JJ 1662 2014 16 2,031,588 2,031,588 CD 1662 2014 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2014 18 15 15 CD 1662 2014 19 - - SYM 1662 2014 20 64 64 CD 1662 2014 21 years year NNS 1662 2014 22 : : : 1662 2014 23 65 65 CD 1662 2014 24 % % NN 1662 2014 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2014 26 male male JJ 1662 2014 27 4,684,158 4,684,158 CD 1662 2014 28 ; ; : 1662 2014 29 female female JJ 1662 2014 30 4,734,170 4,734,170 CD 1662 2014 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2014 32 65 65 CD 1662 2014 33 years year NNS 1662 2014 34 and and CC 1662 2014 35 over over IN 1662 2014 36 : : : 1662 2014 37 7 7 CD 1662 2014 38 % % NN 1662 2014 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2014 40 male male JJ 1662 2014 41 416,047 416,047 CD 1662 2014 42 ; ; , 1662 2014 43 female female JJ 1662 2014 44 584,562 584,562 CD 1662 2014 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2014 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2014 47 July July NNP 1662 2014 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2014 49 est est NNP 1662 2014 50 . . . 1662 2014 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2015 1 Population population NN 1662 2015 2 growth growth NN 1662 2015 3 rate rate NN 1662 2015 4 : : : 1662 2015 5 1.18 1.18 CD 1662 2015 6 % % NN 1662 2015 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2015 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2015 9 est est NNP 1662 2015 10 . . . 1662 2015 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2016 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2016 2 rate rate NN 1662 2016 3 : : : 1662 2016 4 17.53 17.53 CD 1662 2016 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 2016 6 population population NN 1662 2016 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2016 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2016 9 est est NNP 1662 2016 10 . . . 1662 2016 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2017 1 Death death NN 1662 2017 2 rate rate NN 1662 2017 3 : : : 1662 2017 4 5.68 5.68 CD 1662 2017 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2017 6 population population NN 1662 2017 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2017 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2017 9 est est NNP 1662 2017 10 . . . 1662 2017 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2018 1 Net net JJ 1662 2018 2 migration migration NN 1662 2018 3 rate rate NN 1662 2018 4 : : : 1662 2018 5 0 0 NFP 1662 2018 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 2018 7 population population NN 1662 2018 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2018 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2018 10 est est NNP 1662 2018 11 . . . 1662 2018 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2019 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2019 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2019 3 : : : 1662 2019 4 at at IN 1662 2019 5 birth birth NN 1662 2019 6 : : : 1662 2019 7 1 1 CD 1662 2019 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2019 9 under under IN 1662 2019 10 15 15 CD 1662 2019 11 years year NNS 1662 2019 12 : : : 1662 2019 13 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 2019 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2019 15 15 15 CD 1662 2019 16 - - HYPH 1662 2019 17 64 64 CD 1662 2019 18 years year NNS 1662 2019 19 : : : 1662 2019 20 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 2019 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2019 22 65 65 CD 1662 2019 23 years year NNS 1662 2019 24 and and CC 1662 2019 25 over over IN 1662 2019 26 : : : 1662 2019 27 0.71 0.71 CD 1662 2019 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2019 29 total total JJ 1662 2019 30 population population NN 1662 2019 31 : : : 1662 2019 32 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 2019 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2019 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2019 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2019 36 est e JJS 1662 2019 37 . . . 1662 2019 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2020 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2020 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2020 3 rate rate NN 1662 2020 4 : : : 1662 2020 5 13.2 13.2 CD 1662 2020 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2020 7 live live JJ 1662 2020 8 births birth NNS 1662 2020 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2020 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2020 11 est est NNP 1662 2020 12 . . . 1662 2020 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2021 1 Life life NN 1662 2021 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2021 3 at at IN 1662 2021 4 birth birth NN 1662 2021 5 : : : 1662 2021 6 total total JJ 1662 2021 7 population population NN 1662 2021 8 : : : 1662 2021 9 74.73 74.73 CD 1662 2021 10 years year NNS 1662 2021 11 male male JJ 1662 2021 12 : : : 1662 2021 13 71.5 71.5 CD 1662 2021 14 years year NNS 1662 2021 15 female female JJ 1662 2021 16 : : : 1662 2021 17 77.95 77.95 CD 1662 2021 18 years year NNS 1662 2021 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2021 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2021 21 est est NNP 1662 2021 22 . . . 1662 2021 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2022 1 Total total JJ 1662 2022 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2022 3 rate rate NN 1662 2022 4 : : : 1662 2022 5 2.17 2.17 CD 1662 2022 6 children child NNS 1662 2022 7 born bear VBN 1662 2022 8 / / SYM 1662 2022 9 woman woman NN 1662 2022 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2022 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2022 12 est est NNP 1662 2022 13 . . . 1662 2022 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2023 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2023 2 : : : 1662 2023 3 noun noun NNP 1662 2023 4 : : : 1662 2023 5 Chilean(s Chilean(s NNP 1662 2023 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2023 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 2023 8 : : : 1662 2023 9 Chilean chilean JJ 1662 2023 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2023 11 groups group NNS 1662 2023 12 : : : 1662 2023 13 white white JJ 1662 2023 14 and and CC 1662 2023 15 white white JJ 1662 2023 16 - - HYPH 1662 2023 17 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 2023 18 95 95 CD 1662 2023 19 % % NN 1662 2023 20 , , , 1662 2023 21 Amerindian Amerindian NNP 1662 2023 22 3 3 CD 1662 2023 23 % % NN 1662 2023 24 , , , 1662 2023 25 other other JJ 1662 2023 26 2 2 CD 1662 2023 27 % % NN 1662 2023 28 Religions religion NNS 1662 2023 29 : : : 1662 2023 30 Roman Roman NNP 1662 2023 31 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 2023 32 89 89 CD 1662 2023 33 % % NN 1662 2023 34 , , , 1662 2023 35 Protestant protestant NN 1662 2023 36 11 11 CD 1662 2023 37 % % NN 1662 2023 38 , , , 1662 2023 39 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 2023 40 Languages language NNS 1662 2023 41 : : : 1662 2023 42 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 2023 43 Literacy literacy NN 1662 2023 44 : : : 1662 2023 45 definition definition NN 1662 2023 46 : : : 1662 2023 47 age age NN 1662 2023 48 15 15 CD 1662 2023 49 and and CC 1662 2023 50 over over RB 1662 2023 51 can can MD 1662 2023 52 read read VB 1662 2023 53 and and CC 1662 2023 54 write write VB 1662 2023 55 total total JJ 1662 2023 56 population population NN 1662 2023 57 : : : 1662 2023 58 95.2 95.2 CD 1662 2023 59 % % NN 1662 2023 60 male male NN 1662 2023 61 : : : 1662 2023 62 95.4 95.4 CD 1662 2023 63 % % NN 1662 2023 64 female female NN 1662 2023 65 : : : 1662 2023 66 95 95 CD 1662 2023 67 % % NN 1662 2023 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2023 69 1995 1995 CD 1662 2023 70 est est NNP 1662 2023 71 . . . 1662 2023 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2024 1 @Chile @chile LS 1662 2024 2 : : : 1662 2024 3 Government Government NNP 1662 2024 4 Country Country NNP 1662 2024 5 name name NN 1662 2024 6 : : : 1662 2024 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2024 8 long long JJ 1662 2024 9 form form NN 1662 2024 10 : : : 1662 2024 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2024 12 of of IN 1662 2024 13 Chile Chile NNP 1662 2024 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2024 15 short short JJ 1662 2024 16 form form NN 1662 2024 17 : : : 1662 2024 18 Chile chile VB 1662 2024 19 local local JJ 1662 2024 20 long long JJ 1662 2024 21 form form NN 1662 2024 22 : : : 1662 2024 23 Republica Republica NNP 1662 2024 24 de de NNP 1662 2024 25 Chile Chile NNP 1662 2024 26 local local JJ 1662 2024 27 short short JJ 1662 2024 28 form form NN 1662 2024 29 : : : 1662 2024 30 Chile Chile NNP 1662 2024 31 Data Data NNP 1662 2024 32 code code NN 1662 2024 33 : : : 1662 2024 34 CI CI NNP 1662 2024 35 Government Government NNP 1662 2024 36 type type NN 1662 2024 37 : : : 1662 2024 38 republic republic NNP 1662 2024 39 National national JJ 1662 2024 40 capital capital NN 1662 2024 41 : : : 1662 2024 42 Santiago Santiago NNP 1662 2024 43 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 2024 44 divisions division NNS 1662 2024 45 : : : 1662 2024 46 13 13 CD 1662 2024 47 regions region NNS 1662 2024 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2024 49 regiones regione NNS 1662 2024 50 , , , 1662 2024 51 singular singular JJ 1662 2024 52 - - HYPH 1662 2024 53 region region NN 1662 2024 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2024 55 ; ; : 1662 2024 56 Aisen Aisen NNP 1662 2024 57 del del NNP 1662 2024 58 General General NNP 1662 2024 59 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 2024 60 Ibanez Ibanez NNP 1662 2024 61 del del NNP 1662 2024 62 Campo Campo NNP 1662 2024 63 , , , 1662 2024 64 Antofagasta Antofagasta NNP 1662 2024 65 , , , 1662 2024 66 Araucania Araucania NNP 1662 2024 67 , , , 1662 2024 68 Atacama Atacama NNP 1662 2024 69 , , , 1662 2024 70 Bio Bio NNP 1662 2024 71 - - HYPH 1662 2024 72 Bio Bio NNP 1662 2024 73 , , , 1662 2024 74 Coquimbo Coquimbo NNP 1662 2024 75 , , , 1662 2024 76 Libertador Libertador NNP 1662 2024 77 General General NNP 1662 2024 78 Bernardo Bernardo NNP 1662 2024 79 O'Higgins O'Higgins NNP 1662 2024 80 , , , 1662 2024 81 Los Los NNP 1662 2024 82 Lagos Lagos NNP 1662 2024 83 , , , 1662 2024 84 Magallanes Magallanes NNP 1662 2024 85 y y NNP 1662 2024 86 de de FW 1662 2024 87 la la NNP 1662 2024 88 Antartica Antartica NNP 1662 2024 89 Chilena Chilena NNP 1662 2024 90 , , , 1662 2024 91 Maule Maule NNP 1662 2024 92 , , , 1662 2024 93 Region Region NNP 1662 2024 94 Metropolitana Metropolitana NNP 1662 2024 95 , , , 1662 2024 96 Tarapaca Tarapaca NNP 1662 2024 97 , , , 1662 2024 98 Valparaiso Valparaiso NNP 1662 2024 99 note note NN 1662 2024 100 : : : 1662 2024 101 the the DT 1662 2024 102 US US NNP 1662 2024 103 does do VBZ 1662 2024 104 not not RB 1662 2024 105 recognize recognize VB 1662 2024 106 claims claim NNS 1662 2024 107 to to IN 1662 2024 108 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 2024 109 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2024 110 : : : 1662 2024 111 18 18 CD 1662 2024 112 September September NNP 1662 2024 113 1810 1810 CD 1662 2024 114 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2024 115 from from IN 1662 2024 116 Spain Spain NNP 1662 2024 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2024 118 National national JJ 1662 2024 119 holiday holiday NN 1662 2024 120 : : : 1662 2024 121 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2024 122 Day Day NNP 1662 2024 123 , , , 1662 2024 124 18 18 CD 1662 2024 125 September September NNP 1662 2024 126 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2024 127 1810 1810 CD 1662 2024 128 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2024 129 Constitution constitution NN 1662 2024 130 : : : 1662 2024 131 11 11 CD 1662 2024 132 September September NNP 1662 2024 133 1980 1980 CD 1662 2024 134 , , , 1662 2024 135 effective effective JJ 1662 2024 136 11 11 CD 1662 2024 137 March March NNP 1662 2024 138 1981 1981 CD 1662 2024 139 ; ; : 1662 2024 140 amended amend VBD 1662 2024 141 30 30 CD 1662 2024 142 July July NNP 1662 2024 143 1989 1989 CD 1662 2024 144 Legal legal JJ 1662 2024 145 system system NN 1662 2024 146 : : : 1662 2024 147 based base VBN 1662 2024 148 on on IN 1662 2024 149 Code Code NNP 1662 2024 150 of of IN 1662 2024 151 1857 1857 CD 1662 2024 152 derived derive VBN 1662 2024 153 from from IN 1662 2024 154 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 2024 155 law law NN 1662 2024 156 and and CC 1662 2024 157 subsequent subsequent JJ 1662 2024 158 codes code NNS 1662 2024 159 influenced influence VBN 1662 2024 160 by by IN 1662 2024 161 French french JJ 1662 2024 162 and and CC 1662 2024 163 Austrian austrian JJ 1662 2024 164 law law NN 1662 2024 165 ; ; : 1662 2024 166 judicial judicial JJ 1662 2024 167 review review NN 1662 2024 168 of of IN 1662 2024 169 legislative legislative JJ 1662 2024 170 acts act NNS 1662 2024 171 in in IN 1662 2024 172 the the DT 1662 2024 173 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2024 174 Court Court NNP 1662 2024 175 ; ; : 1662 2024 176 does do VBZ 1662 2024 177 not not RB 1662 2024 178 accept accept VB 1662 2024 179 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 2024 180 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 2024 181 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 2024 182 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 2024 183 : : : 1662 2024 184 18 18 CD 1662 2024 185 years year NNS 1662 2024 186 of of IN 1662 2024 187 age age NN 1662 2024 188 ; ; : 1662 2024 189 universal universal JJ 1662 2024 190 and and CC 1662 2024 191 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 2024 192 Executive Executive NNP 1662 2024 193 branch branch NN 1662 2024 194 : : : 1662 2024 195 chief chief NN 1662 2024 196 of of IN 1662 2024 197 state state NN 1662 2024 198 : : : 1662 2024 199 President President NNP 1662 2024 200 Eduardo Eduardo NNP 1662 2024 201 FREI FREI NNP 1662 2024 202 Ruiz Ruiz NNP 1662 2024 203 - - HYPH 1662 2024 204 Tagle Tagle NNP 1662 2024 205 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2024 206 since since IN 1662 2024 207 11 11 CD 1662 2024 208 March March NNP 1662 2024 209 1994 1994 CD 1662 2024 210 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2024 211 ; ; : 1662 2024 212 note note VB 1662 2024 213 - - : 1662 2024 214 the the DT 1662 2024 215 president president NN 1662 2024 216 is be VBZ 1662 2024 217 both both CC 1662 2024 218 the the DT 1662 2024 219 chief chief NN 1662 2024 220 of of IN 1662 2024 221 state state NN 1662 2024 222 and and CC 1662 2024 223 head head NN 1662 2024 224 of of IN 1662 2024 225 government government NN 1662 2024 226 head head NN 1662 2024 227 of of IN 1662 2024 228 government government NN 1662 2024 229 : : : 1662 2024 230 President President NNP 1662 2024 231 Eduardo Eduardo NNP 1662 2024 232 FREI FREI NNP 1662 2024 233 Ruiz Ruiz NNP 1662 2024 234 - - HYPH 1662 2024 235 Tagle Tagle NNP 1662 2024 236 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2024 237 since since IN 1662 2024 238 11 11 CD 1662 2024 239 March March NNP 1662 2024 240 1994 1994 CD 1662 2024 241 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2024 242 ; ; : 1662 2024 243 note note VB 1662 2024 244 - - : 1662 2024 245 the the DT 1662 2024 246 president president NN 1662 2024 247 is be VBZ 1662 2024 248 both both CC 1662 2024 249 the the DT 1662 2024 250 chief chief NN 1662 2024 251 of of IN 1662 2024 252 state state NN 1662 2024 253 and and CC 1662 2024 254 head head NN 1662 2024 255 of of IN 1662 2024 256 government government NN 1662 2024 257 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2024 258 : : : 1662 2024 259 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 2024 260 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2024 261 by by IN 1662 2024 262 the the DT 1662 2024 263 president president NNP 1662 2024 264 elections election NNS 1662 2024 265 : : : 1662 2024 266 president president NNP 1662 2024 267 elected elect VBN 1662 2024 268 by by IN 1662 2024 269 popular popular JJ 1662 2024 270 vote vote NN 1662 2024 271 for for IN 1662 2024 272 a a DT 1662 2024 273 six six CD 1662 2024 274 - - HYPH 1662 2024 275 year year NN 1662 2024 276 term term NN 1662 2024 277 ; ; : 1662 2024 278 election election NN 1662 2024 279 last last JJ 1662 2024 280 held hold VBD 1662 2024 281 11 11 CD 1662 2024 282 December December NNP 1662 2024 283 1993 1993 CD 1662 2024 284 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2024 285 next next JJ 1662 2024 286 to to TO 1662 2024 287 be be VB 1662 2024 288 held hold VBN 1662 2024 289 NA NA NNP 1662 2024 290 December December NNP 1662 2024 291 1999 1999 CD 1662 2024 292 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2024 293 election election NN 1662 2024 294 results result NNS 1662 2024 295 : : : 1662 2024 296 Eduardo Eduardo NNP 1662 2024 297 FREI FREI NNP 1662 2024 298 Ruiz Ruiz NNP 1662 2024 299 - - HYPH 1662 2024 300 Tagle Tagle NNP 1662 2024 301 elected elect VBN 1662 2024 302 president president NN 1662 2024 303 ; ; , 1662 2024 304 percent percent NN 1662 2024 305 of of IN 1662 2024 306 vote vote NN 1662 2024 307 - - HYPH 1662 2024 308 Eduardo Eduardo NNP 1662 2024 309 FREI FREI NNP 1662 2024 310 Ruiz Ruiz NNP 1662 2024 311 - - HYPH 1662 2024 312 Tagle Tagle NNP 1662 2024 313 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2024 314 PDC PDC NNP 1662 2024 315 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2024 316 58 58 CD 1662 2024 317 % % NN 1662 2024 318 , , , 1662 2024 319 Arturo Arturo NNP 1662 2024 320 ALESSANDRI ALESSANDRI NNP 1662 2024 321 24.4 24.4 CD 1662 2024 322 % % NN 1662 2024 323 , , , 1662 2024 324 other other JJ 1662 2024 325 17.6 17.6 CD 1662 2024 326 % % NN 1662 2024 327 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2024 328 branch branch NN 1662 2024 329 : : : 1662 2024 330 bicameral bicameral NNP 1662 2024 331 National National NNP 1662 2024 332 Congress Congress NNP 1662 2024 333 or or CC 1662 2024 334 Congreso Congreso NNP 1662 2024 335 Nacional Nacional NNP 1662 2024 336 consists consist VBZ 1662 2024 337 of of IN 1662 2024 338 the the DT 1662 2024 339 Senate Senate NNP 1662 2024 340 or or CC 1662 2024 341 Senado Senado NNP 1662 2024 342 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2024 343 46 46 CD 1662 2024 344 seats seat NNS 1662 2024 345 , , , 1662 2024 346 38 38 CD 1662 2024 347 elected elect VBN 1662 2024 348 by by IN 1662 2024 349 popular popular JJ 1662 2024 350 vote vote NN 1662 2024 351 ; ; : 1662 2024 352 members member NNS 1662 2024 353 serve serve VBP 1662 2024 354 eight eight CD 1662 2024 355 - 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- HYPH 1662 2024 396 last last RB 1662 2024 397 held hold VBD 1662 2024 398 11 11 CD 1662 2024 399 December December NNP 1662 2024 400 1993 1993 CD 1662 2024 401 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2024 402 next next JJ 1662 2024 403 to to TO 1662 2024 404 be be VB 1662 2024 405 held hold VBN 1662 2024 406 NA NA NNP 1662 2024 407 December December NNP 1662 2024 408 1997 1997 CD 1662 2024 409 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2024 410 ; ; : 1662 2024 411 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 2024 412 of of IN 1662 2024 413 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 2024 414 - - , 1662 2024 415 last last RB 1662 2024 416 held hold VBD 1662 2024 417 11 11 CD 1662 2024 418 December December NNP 1662 2024 419 1993 1993 CD 1662 2024 420 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2024 421 next next JJ 1662 2024 422 to to TO 1662 2024 423 be be VB 1662 2024 424 held hold VBN 1662 2024 425 NA NA NNP 1662 2024 426 December December NNP 1662 2024 427 1997 1997 CD 1662 2024 428 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2024 429 election election NN 1662 2024 430 results result NNS 1662 2024 431 : : : 1662 2024 432 Senate Senate NNP 1662 2024 433 - 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- SYM 1662 2026 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 2026 14 , , , 1662 2026 15 and and CC 1662 2026 16 inflation inflation NN 1662 2026 17 is be VBZ 1662 2026 18 nearing near VBG 1662 2026 19 a a DT 1662 2026 20 40-year 40-year CD 1662 2026 21 low low NN 1662 2026 22 . . . 1662 2027 1 Chile Chile NNP 1662 2027 2 's 's POS 1662 2027 3 currency currency NN 1662 2027 4 and and CC 1662 2027 5 foreign foreign JJ 1662 2027 6 reserves reserve NNS 1662 2027 7 also also RB 1662 2027 8 are be VBP 1662 2027 9 strong strong JJ 1662 2027 10 , , , 1662 2027 11 as as IN 1662 2027 12 sustained sustain VBN 1662 2027 13 foreign foreign JJ 1662 2027 14 capital capital NN 1662 2027 15 inflows inflow NNS 1662 2027 16 - - , 1662 2027 17 driven drive VBN 1662 2027 18 in in IN 1662 2027 19 part part NN 1662 2027 20 by by IN 1662 2027 21 state state NN 1662 2027 22 privatizations privatization NNS 1662 2027 23 - - , 1662 2027 24 have have VBP 1662 2027 25 more more JJR 1662 2027 26 than than IN 1662 2027 27 offset offset VB 1662 2027 28 occasional occasional JJ 1662 2027 29 current current JJ 1662 2027 30 account account NN 1662 2027 31 deficits deficit NNS 1662 2027 32 and and CC 1662 2027 33 public public JJ 1662 2027 34 debt debt NN 1662 2027 35 buybacks buyback NNS 1662 2027 36 . . . 1662 2028 1 President President NNP 1662 2028 2 FREI FREI NNP 1662 2028 3 , , , 1662 2028 4 who who WP 1662 2028 5 took take VBD 1662 2028 6 office office NN 1662 2028 7 in in IN 1662 2028 8 March March NNP 1662 2028 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 2028 10 , , , 1662 2028 11 has have VBZ 1662 2028 12 placed place VBN 1662 2028 13 improving improve VBG 1662 2028 14 Chile Chile NNP 1662 2028 15 's 's POS 1662 2028 16 education education NN 1662 2028 17 system system NN 1662 2028 18 and and CC 1662 2028 19 developing develop VBG 1662 2028 20 foreign foreign JJ 1662 2028 21 export export NN 1662 2028 22 markets market NNS 1662 2028 23 at at IN 1662 2028 24 the the DT 1662 2028 25 top top NN 1662 2028 26 of of IN 1662 2028 27 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2028 28 economic economic JJ 1662 2028 29 agenda agenda NN 1662 2028 30 . . . 1662 2029 1 Despite despite IN 1662 2029 2 this this DT 1662 2029 3 progress progress NN 1662 2029 4 , , , 1662 2029 5 the the DT 1662 2029 6 Chilean chilean JJ 1662 2029 7 economy economy NN 1662 2029 8 remains remain VBZ 1662 2029 9 largely largely RB 1662 2029 10 dependent dependent JJ 1662 2029 11 on on IN 1662 2029 12 a a DT 1662 2029 13 few few JJ 1662 2029 14 sectors sector NNS 1662 2029 15 - - : 1662 2029 16 particularly particularly RB 1662 2029 17 copper copper NN 1662 2029 18 mining mining NN 1662 2029 19 , , , 1662 2029 20 fishing fishing NN 1662 2029 21 , , , 1662 2029 22 and and CC 1662 2029 23 forestry forestry NN 1662 2029 24 . . . 1662 2030 1 Success success NN 1662 2030 2 in in IN 1662 2030 3 meeting meet VBG 1662 2030 4 the the DT 1662 2030 5 government government NN 1662 2030 6 's 's POS 1662 2030 7 goal goal NN 1662 2030 8 of of IN 1662 2030 9 sustained sustained JJ 1662 2030 10 annual annual JJ 1662 2030 11 economic economic JJ 1662 2030 12 growth growth NN 1662 2030 13 of of IN 1662 2030 14 5 5 CD 1662 2030 15 % % NN 1662 2030 16 depends depend VBZ 1662 2030 17 largely largely RB 1662 2030 18 on on IN 1662 2030 19 world world NN 1662 2030 20 prices price NNS 1662 2030 21 for for IN 1662 2030 22 these these DT 1662 2030 23 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2030 24 , , , 1662 2030 25 continued continue VBN 1662 2030 26 foreign foreign JJ 1662 2030 27 investor investor NN 1662 2030 28 confidence confidence NN 1662 2030 29 , , , 1662 2030 30 and and CC 1662 2030 31 the the DT 1662 2030 32 government government NN 1662 2030 33 's 's POS 1662 2030 34 ability ability NN 1662 2030 35 to to TO 1662 2030 36 maintain maintain VB 1662 2030 37 a a DT 1662 2030 38 conservative conservative JJ 1662 2030 39 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2030 40 stance stance NN 1662 2030 41 . . . 1662 2031 1 In in IN 1662 2031 2 1996 1996 CD 1662 2031 3 , , , 1662 2031 4 Chile Chile NNP 1662 2031 5 became become VBD 1662 2031 6 an an DT 1662 2031 7 associate associate JJ 1662 2031 8 member member NN 1662 2031 9 of of IN 1662 2031 10 Mercosur Mercosur NNP 1662 2031 11 and and CC 1662 2031 12 concluded conclude VBD 1662 2031 13 a a DT 1662 2031 14 Free Free NNP 1662 2031 15 Trade Trade NNP 1662 2031 16 Agreement Agreement NNP 1662 2031 17 with with IN 1662 2031 18 Canada Canada NNP 1662 2031 19 . . . 1662 2032 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2032 2 : : : 1662 2032 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2032 4 power power NN 1662 2032 5 parity parity NN 1662 2032 6 - - : 1662 2032 7 $ $ $ 1662 2032 8 120.6 120.6 CD 1662 2032 9 billion billion CD 1662 2032 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2032 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 2032 12 est est NNP 1662 2032 13 . . . 1662 2032 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2033 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2033 2 - - HYPH 1662 2033 3 real real JJ 1662 2033 4 growth growth NN 1662 2033 5 rate rate NN 1662 2033 6 : : : 1662 2033 7 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 2033 8 % % NN 1662 2033 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2033 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 2033 11 est est NNP 1662 2033 12 . . . 1662 2033 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2034 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2034 2 - - HYPH 1662 2034 3 per per FW 1662 2034 4 capita capita NN 1662 2034 5 : : : 1662 2034 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2034 7 power power NN 1662 2034 8 parity parity NN 1662 2034 9 - - : 1662 2034 10 $ $ $ 1662 2034 11 8,400 8,400 CD 1662 2034 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2034 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 2034 14 est est NNP 1662 2034 15 . . . 1662 2034 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2035 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2035 2 - - HYPH 1662 2035 3 composition composition NN 1662 2035 4 by by IN 1662 2035 5 sector sector NN 1662 2035 6 : : : 1662 2035 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2035 8 : : : 1662 2035 9 8 8 CD 1662 2035 10 % % NN 1662 2035 11 industry industry NN 1662 2035 12 : : : 1662 2035 13 33 33 CD 1662 2035 14 % % NN 1662 2035 15 services service NNS 1662 2035 16 : : : 1662 2035 17 59 59 CD 1662 2035 18 % % NN 1662 2035 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2035 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 2035 21 est est NNP 1662 2035 22 . . . 1662 2035 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2036 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 2036 2 rate rate NN 1662 2036 3 - - HYPH 1662 2036 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 2036 5 price price NN 1662 2036 6 index index NN 1662 2036 7 : : : 1662 2036 8 6.7 6.7 CD 1662 2036 9 % % NN 1662 2036 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2036 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 2036 12 est est NNP 1662 2036 13 . . . 1662 2036 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2037 1 Labor labor NN 1662 2037 2 force force NN 1662 2037 3 : : : 1662 2037 4 total total NN 1662 2037 5 : : : 1662 2037 6 5.5 5.5 CD 1662 2037 7 million million CD 1662 2037 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2037 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 2037 10 est est NNP 1662 2037 11 . . . 1662 2037 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2038 1 by by IN 1662 2038 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 2038 3 : : : 1662 2038 4 services service NNS 1662 2038 5 38.3 38.3 CD 1662 2038 6 % % NN 1662 2038 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2038 8 includes include VBZ 1662 2038 9 government government NN 1662 2038 10 12 12 CD 1662 2038 11 % % NN 1662 2038 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2038 13 , , , 1662 2038 14 industry industry NN 1662 2038 15 and and CC 1662 2038 16 commerce commerce NN 1662 2038 17 33.8 33.8 CD 1662 2038 18 % % NN 1662 2038 19 , , , 1662 2038 20 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2038 21 , , , 1662 2038 22 forestry forestry NN 1662 2038 23 , , , 1662 2038 24 and and CC 1662 2038 25 fishing fish VBG 1662 2038 26 19.2 19.2 CD 1662 2038 27 % % NN 1662 2038 28 , , , 1662 2038 29 mining mine VBG 1662 2038 30 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 2038 31 % % NN 1662 2038 32 , , , 1662 2038 33 construction construction NN 1662 2038 34 6.4 6.4 CD 1662 2038 35 % % NN 1662 2038 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2038 37 1990 1990 CD 1662 2038 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2038 39 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2038 40 rate rate NN 1662 2038 41 : : : 1662 2038 42 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 2038 43 % % NN 1662 2038 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2038 45 1996 1996 CD 1662 2038 46 est est NNP 1662 2038 47 . . . 1662 2038 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2039 1 Budget budget NN 1662 2039 2 : : : 1662 2039 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2039 4 : : : 1662 2039 5 $ $ $ 1662 2039 6 17 17 CD 1662 2039 7 billion billion CD 1662 2039 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2039 9 : : : 1662 2039 10 $ $ $ 1662 2039 11 17 17 CD 1662 2039 12 billion billion CD 1662 2039 13 , , , 1662 2039 14 including include VBG 1662 2039 15 capital capital NN 1662 2039 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2039 17 of of IN 1662 2039 18 $ $ $ 1662 2039 19 NA na NN 1662 2039 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2039 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 2039 22 est est NNP 1662 2039 23 . . . 1662 2039 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2040 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 2040 2 : : : 1662 2040 3 copper copper NN 1662 2040 4 , , , 1662 2040 5 other other JJ 1662 2040 6 minerals mineral NNS 1662 2040 7 , , , 1662 2040 8 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 2040 9 , , , 1662 2040 10 fish fish NN 1662 2040 11 processing processing NN 1662 2040 12 , , , 1662 2040 13 iron iron NN 1662 2040 14 and and CC 1662 2040 15 steel steel NN 1662 2040 16 , , , 1662 2040 17 wood wood NN 1662 2040 18 and and CC 1662 2040 19 wood wood NN 1662 2040 20 products product NNS 1662 2040 21 , , , 1662 2040 22 transport transport NN 1662 2040 23 equipment equipment NN 1662 2040 24 , , , 1662 2040 25 cement cement NN 1662 2040 26 , , , 1662 2040 27 textiles textile VBZ 1662 2040 28 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2040 29 production production NN 1662 2040 30 growth growth NN 1662 2040 31 rate rate NN 1662 2040 32 : : : 1662 2040 33 4.8 4.8 CD 1662 2040 34 % % NN 1662 2040 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2040 36 1995 1995 CD 1662 2040 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2040 38 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2040 39 - - HYPH 1662 2040 40 capacity capacity NN 1662 2040 41 : : : 1662 2040 42 5.964 5.964 CD 1662 2040 43 million million CD 1662 2040 44 kW kW NNP 1662 2040 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2040 46 1995 1995 CD 1662 2040 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2040 48 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2040 49 - - HYPH 1662 2040 50 production production NN 1662 2040 51 : : : 1662 2040 52 27.908 27.908 CD 1662 2040 53 billion billion CD 1662 2040 54 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2040 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2040 56 1995 1995 CD 1662 2040 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2040 58 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2040 59 - - HYPH 1662 2040 60 consumption consumption NN 1662 2040 61 per per IN 1662 2040 62 capita capita NN 1662 2040 63 : : : 1662 2040 64 1,662 1,662 CD 1662 2040 65 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2040 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2040 67 1995 1995 CD 1662 2040 68 est est NNP 1662 2040 69 . . . 1662 2040 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2041 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2041 2 - - HYPH 1662 2041 3 products product NNS 1662 2041 4 : : : 1662 2041 5 wheat wheat NN 1662 2041 6 , , , 1662 2041 7 corn corn NN 1662 2041 8 , , , 1662 2041 9 grapes grape NNS 1662 2041 10 , , , 1662 2041 11 beans bean NNS 1662 2041 12 , , , 1662 2041 13 sugar sugar NN 1662 2041 14 beets beet NNS 1662 2041 15 , , , 1662 2041 16 potatoes potato NNS 1662 2041 17 , , , 1662 2041 18 fruit fruit NN 1662 2041 19 ; ; : 1662 2041 20 beef beef NN 1662 2041 21 , , , 1662 2041 22 poultry poultry NN 1662 2041 23 , , , 1662 2041 24 wool wool NN 1662 2041 25 ; ; : 1662 2041 26 timber timber NN 1662 2041 27 ; ; : 1662 2041 28 1991 1991 CD 1662 2041 29 fish fish NN 1662 2041 30 catch catch NN 1662 2041 31 of of IN 1662 2041 32 6.6 6.6 CD 1662 2041 33 million million CD 1662 2041 34 metric metric JJ 1662 2041 35 tons ton NNS 1662 2041 36 Exports export NNS 1662 2041 37 : : : 1662 2041 38 total total JJ 1662 2041 39 value value NN 1662 2041 40 : : : 1662 2041 41 $ $ $ 1662 2041 42 15.2 15.2 CD 1662 2041 43 billion billion CD 1662 2041 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2041 45 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2041 46 . . NNP 1662 2041 47 , , , 1662 2041 48 1996 1996 CD 1662 2041 49 est est NNP 1662 2041 50 . . . 1662 2041 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2042 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2042 2 : : : 1662 2042 3 copper copper NN 1662 2042 4 37 37 CD 1662 2042 5 % % NN 1662 2042 6 , , , 1662 2042 7 other other JJ 1662 2042 8 metals metal NNS 1662 2042 9 and and CC 1662 2042 10 minerals mineral NNS 1662 2042 11 8.2 8.2 CD 1662 2042 12 % % NN 1662 2042 13 , , , 1662 2042 14 wood wood NN 1662 2042 15 products product NNS 1662 2042 16 7.1 7.1 CD 1662 2042 17 % % NN 1662 2042 18 , , , 1662 2042 19 fish fish NN 1662 2042 20 and and CC 1662 2042 21 fishmeal fishmeal NN 1662 2042 22 9.8 9.8 CD 1662 2042 23 % % NN 1662 2042 24 , , , 1662 2042 25 fruits fruit VBZ 1662 2042 26 8.4 8.4 CD 1662 2042 27 % % NN 1662 2042 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2042 29 1994 1994 CD 1662 2042 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2042 31 partners partner NNS 1662 2042 32 : : : 1662 2042 33 EU EU NNP 1662 2042 34 25 25 CD 1662 2042 35 % % NN 1662 2042 36 , , , 1662 2042 37 US US NNP 1662 2042 38 15 15 CD 1662 2042 39 % % NN 1662 2042 40 , , , 1662 2042 41 Asia Asia NNP 1662 2042 42 34 34 CD 1662 2042 43 % % NN 1662 2042 44 , , , 1662 2042 45 Latin Latin NNP 1662 2042 46 America America NNP 1662 2042 47 20 20 CD 1662 2042 48 % % NN 1662 2042 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2042 50 1995 1995 CD 1662 2042 51 est est NNP 1662 2042 52 . . . 1662 2042 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2043 1 Imports import NNS 1662 2043 2 : : : 1662 2043 3 total total JJ 1662 2043 4 value value NN 1662 2043 5 : : : 1662 2043 6 $ $ $ 1662 2043 7 16.5 16.5 CD 1662 2043 8 billion billion CD 1662 2043 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2043 10 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2043 11 . . NNP 1662 2043 12 , , , 1662 2043 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 2043 14 est est NNP 1662 2043 15 . . . 1662 2043 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2044 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2044 2 : : : 1662 2044 3 capital capital NN 1662 2044 4 goods good NNS 1662 2044 5 25.2 25.2 CD 1662 2044 6 % % NN 1662 2044 7 , , , 1662 2044 8 spare spare JJ 1662 2044 9 parts part NNS 1662 2044 10 24.8 24.8 CD 1662 2044 11 % % NN 1662 2044 12 , , , 1662 2044 13 raw raw JJ 1662 2044 14 materials material NNS 1662 2044 15 15.4 15.4 CD 1662 2044 16 % % NN 1662 2044 17 , , , 1662 2044 18 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2044 19 10 10 CD 1662 2044 20 % % NN 1662 2044 21 , , , 1662 2044 22 foodstuffs foodstuff VBZ 1662 2044 23 5.7 5.7 CD 1662 2044 24 % % NN 1662 2044 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2044 26 1994 1994 CD 1662 2044 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2044 28 partners partner NNS 1662 2044 29 : : : 1662 2044 30 EU EU NNP 1662 2044 31 18 18 CD 1662 2044 32 % % NN 1662 2044 33 , , , 1662 2044 34 US US NNP 1662 2044 35 25 25 CD 1662 2044 36 % % NN 1662 2044 37 , , , 1662 2044 38 Asia Asia NNP 1662 2044 39 16 16 CD 1662 2044 40 % % NN 1662 2044 41 , , , 1662 2044 42 Latin Latin NNP 1662 2044 43 America America NNP 1662 2044 44 26 26 CD 1662 2044 45 % % NN 1662 2044 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2044 47 1995 1995 CD 1662 2044 48 est est NNP 1662 2044 49 . . . 1662 2044 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2045 1 Debt debt NN 1662 2045 2 - - HYPH 1662 2045 3 external external JJ 1662 2045 4 : : : 1662 2045 5 $ $ $ 1662 2045 6 22.3 22.3 CD 1662 2045 7 billion billion CD 1662 2045 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2045 9 1995 1995 CD 1662 2045 10 est est NNP 1662 2045 11 . . . 1662 2045 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2046 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 2046 2 aid aid NN 1662 2046 3 : : : 1662 2046 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 2046 5 : : : 1662 2046 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2046 7 , , , 1662 2046 8 $ $ $ 1662 2046 9 50.3 50.3 CD 1662 2046 10 million million CD 1662 2046 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2046 12 1996 1996 CD 1662 2046 13 est est NNP 1662 2046 14 . . . 1662 2046 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2047 1 Currency currency NN 1662 2047 2 : : : 1662 2047 3 1 1 CD 1662 2047 4 Chilean chilean JJ 1662 2047 5 peso peso NN 1662 2047 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2047 7 Ch$ ch$ NN 1662 2047 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2047 9 = = NFP 1662 2047 10 100 100 CD 1662 2047 11 centavos centavos NNP 1662 2047 12 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2047 13 rates rate NNS 1662 2047 14 : : : 1662 2047 15 Chilean chilean JJ 1662 2047 16 pesos peso NNS 1662 2047 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2047 18 Ch$ ch$ NN 1662 2047 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2047 20 per per IN 1662 2047 21 US$ us$ $ 1662 2047 22 1 1 CD 1662 2047 23 - - SYM 1662 2047 24 423.79 423.79 CD 1662 2047 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2047 26 January January NNP 1662 2047 27 1997 1997 CD 1662 2047 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2047 29 , , , 1662 2047 30 412.27(1996 412.27(1996 LS 1662 2047 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2047 32 , , , 1662 2047 33 396.78 396.78 CD 1662 2047 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2047 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 2047 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2047 37 , , , 1662 2047 38 420.08 420.08 CD 1662 2047 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2047 40 1994 1994 CD 1662 2047 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2047 42 , , , 1662 2047 43 404.35 404.35 CD 1662 2047 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2047 45 1993 1993 CD 1662 2047 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2047 47 , , , 1662 2047 48 362.59 362.59 CD 1662 2047 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2047 50 1992 1992 CD 1662 2047 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2047 52 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2047 53 year year NN 1662 2047 54 : : : 1662 2047 55 calendar calendar NNP 1662 2047 56 year year NN 1662 2047 57 @Chile @chile XX 1662 2047 58 : : : 1662 2047 59 Communications communication NNS 1662 2047 60 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 2047 61 : : : 1662 2047 62 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 2047 63 million million CD 1662 2047 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2047 65 1994 1994 CD 1662 2047 66 est est NNP 1662 2047 67 . . . 1662 2047 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2048 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2048 2 system system NN 1662 2048 3 : : : 1662 2048 4 modern modern JJ 1662 2048 5 system system NN 1662 2048 6 based base VBN 1662 2048 7 on on IN 1662 2048 8 extensive extensive JJ 1662 2048 9 microwave microwave NN 1662 2048 10 radio radio NN 1662 2048 11 relay relay NN 1662 2048 12 facilities facility NNS 1662 2048 13 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2048 14 : : : 1662 2048 15 extensive extensive JJ 1662 2048 16 microwave microwave NN 1662 2048 17 radio radio NN 1662 2048 18 relay relay NN 1662 2048 19 links link NNS 1662 2048 20 ; ; : 1662 2048 21 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2048 22 satellite satellite NN 1662 2048 23 system system NN 1662 2048 24 with with IN 1662 2048 25 3 3 CD 1662 2048 26 earth earth NN 1662 2048 27 stations station NNS 1662 2048 28 international international JJ 1662 2048 29 : : : 1662 2048 30 satellite satellite NN 1662 2048 31 earth earth NN 1662 2048 32 stations station NNS 1662 2048 33 - - , 1662 2048 34 2 2 CD 1662 2048 35 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2048 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2048 37 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2048 38 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2048 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2048 40 Radio radio NN 1662 2048 41 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2048 42 stations station NNS 1662 2048 43 : : : 1662 2048 44 AM AM NNP 1662 2048 45 179 179 CD 1662 2048 46 , , , 1662 2048 47 FM FM NNP 1662 2048 48 614 614 CD 1662 2048 49 , , , 1662 2048 50 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2048 51 11 11 CD 1662 2048 52 Radios radio NNS 1662 2048 53 : : : 1662 2048 54 NA NA NNP 1662 2048 55 Television Television NNP 1662 2048 56 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2048 57 stations station NNS 1662 2048 58 : : : 1662 2048 59 11 11 CD 1662 2048 60 Televisions television NNS 1662 2048 61 : : : 1662 2048 62 2.85 2.85 CD 1662 2048 63 million million CD 1662 2048 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2048 65 1992 1992 CD 1662 2048 66 est est NNP 1662 2048 67 . . . 1662 2048 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2049 1 @Chile @chile XX 1662 2049 2 : : : 1662 2049 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2049 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2049 5 : : : 1662 2049 6 total total NN 1662 2049 7 : : : 1662 2049 8 6,782 6,782 CD 1662 2049 9 km km NN 1662 2049 10 broad broad JJ 1662 2049 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 2049 12 : : : 1662 2049 13 3,743 3,743 CD 1662 2049 14 km km NN 1662 2049 15 1.676-m 1.676-m CD 1662 2049 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 2049 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2049 18 1,653 1,653 CD 1662 2049 19 km km NN 1662 2049 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 2049 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2049 22 narrow narrow JJ 1662 2049 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 2049 24 : : : 1662 2049 25 116 116 CD 1662 2049 26 km km NN 1662 2049 27 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 2049 28 gauge gauge NN 1662 2049 29 ; ; : 1662 2049 30 2,923 2,923 CD 1662 2049 31 km km NN 1662 2049 32 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 2049 33 gauge gauge NN 1662 2049 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2049 35 40 40 CD 1662 2049 36 km km NN 1662 2049 37 electrified electrify VBN 1662 2049 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2049 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2049 40 1995 1995 CD 1662 2049 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2049 42 Highways highway NNS 1662 2049 43 : : : 1662 2049 44 total total NN 1662 2049 45 : : : 1662 2049 46 79,750 79,750 CD 1662 2049 47 km km NN 1662 2049 48 paved pave VBN 1662 2049 49 : : : 1662 2049 50 11,006 11,006 CD 1662 2049 51 km km NN 1662 2049 52 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2049 53 : : : 1662 2049 54 68,744 68,744 CD 1662 2049 55 km km NNS 1662 2049 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2049 57 1995 1995 CD 1662 2049 58 est est NNP 1662 2049 59 . . . 1662 2049 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2050 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 2050 2 : : : 1662 2050 3 725 725 CD 1662 2050 4 km km NN 1662 2050 5 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 2050 6 : : : 1662 2050 7 crude crude JJ 1662 2050 8 oil oil NN 1662 2050 9 755 755 CD 1662 2050 10 km km NN 1662 2050 11 ; ; : 1662 2050 12 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2050 13 products product NNS 1662 2050 14 785 785 CD 1662 2050 15 km km NN 1662 2050 16 ; ; : 1662 2050 17 natural natural JJ 1662 2050 18 gas gas NN 1662 2050 19 320 320 CD 1662 2050 20 km km NN 1662 2050 21 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 2050 22 and and CC 1662 2050 23 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2050 24 : : : 1662 2050 25 Antofagasta Antofagasta NNP 1662 2050 26 , , , 1662 2050 27 Arica Arica NNP 1662 2050 28 , , , 1662 2050 29 Chanaral Chanaral NNP 1662 2050 30 , , , 1662 2050 31 Coquimbo Coquimbo NNP 1662 2050 32 , , , 1662 2050 33 Iquique Iquique NNP 1662 2050 34 , , , 1662 2050 35 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 2050 36 Montt Montt NNP 1662 2050 37 , , , 1662 2050 38 Punta Punta NNP 1662 2050 39 Arenas Arenas NNP 1662 2050 40 , , , 1662 2050 41 San San NNP 1662 2050 42 Antonio Antonio NNP 1662 2050 43 , , , 1662 2050 44 San San NNP 1662 2050 45 Vicente Vicente NNP 1662 2050 46 , , , 1662 2050 47 Talcahuano Talcahuano NNP 1662 2050 48 , , , 1662 2050 49 Valparaiso Valparaiso NNP 1662 2050 50 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2050 51 marine marine NN 1662 2050 52 : : : 1662 2050 53 total total NN 1662 2050 54 : : : 1662 2050 55 38 38 CD 1662 2050 56 ships ship NNS 1662 2050 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2050 58 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2050 59 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2050 60 or or CC 1662 2050 61 over over RB 1662 2050 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2050 63 totaling total VBG 1662 2050 64 520,710 520,710 CD 1662 2050 65 GRT/865,867 GRT/865,867 NNP 1662 2050 66 DWT DWT NNP 1662 2050 67 ships ship NNS 1662 2050 68 by by IN 1662 2050 69 type type NN 1662 2050 70 : : : 1662 2050 71 bulk bulk NNP 1662 2050 72 11 11 CD 1662 2050 73 , , , 1662 2050 74 cargo cargo NN 1662 2050 75 8 8 CD 1662 2050 76 , , , 1662 2050 77 chemical chemical NN 1662 2050 78 tanker tanker NN 1662 2050 79 4 4 CD 1662 2050 80 , , , 1662 2050 81 combination combination NN 1662 2050 82 ore ore NN 1662 2050 83 / / SYM 1662 2050 84 oil oil NN 1662 2050 85 1 1 CD 1662 2050 86 , , , 1662 2050 87 container container NN 1662 2050 88 2 2 CD 1662 2050 89 , , , 1662 2050 90 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 2050 91 gas gas NN 1662 2050 92 tanker tanker NN 1662 2050 93 2 2 CD 1662 2050 94 , , , 1662 2050 95 oil oil NN 1662 2050 96 tanker tanker NN 1662 2050 97 4 4 CD 1662 2050 98 , , , 1662 2050 99 passenger passenger NN 1662 2050 100 1 1 CD 1662 2050 101 , , , 1662 2050 102 roll roll NN 1662 2050 103 - - HYPH 1662 2050 104 on on IN 1662 2050 105 / / SYM 1662 2050 106 roll roll NN 1662 2050 107 - - HYPH 1662 2050 108 off off RP 1662 2050 109 cargo cargo NN 1662 2050 110 3 3 CD 1662 2050 111 , , , 1662 2050 112 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 2050 113 carrier carrier NN 1662 2050 114 2 2 CD 1662 2050 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2050 116 1996 1996 CD 1662 2050 117 est est NNP 1662 2050 118 . . . 1662 2050 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2051 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2051 2 : : : 1662 2051 3 343 343 CD 1662 2051 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2051 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2051 6 est est NNP 1662 2051 7 . . . 1662 2051 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2052 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2052 2 - - , 1662 2052 3 with with IN 1662 2052 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2052 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2052 6 : : : 1662 2052 7 total total NN 1662 2052 8 : : : 1662 2052 9 259 259 CD 1662 2052 10 over over IN 1662 2052 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2052 12 m m NN 1662 2052 13 : : : 1662 2052 14 5 5 CD 1662 2052 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2052 16 to to TO 1662 2052 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2052 18 m m NN 1662 2052 19 : : : 1662 2052 20 5 5 CD 1662 2052 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2052 22 to to TO 1662 2052 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2052 24 m m NN 1662 2052 25 : : : 1662 2052 26 18 18 CD 1662 2052 27 914 914 CD 1662 2052 28 to to TO 1662 2052 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2052 30 m m NN 1662 2052 31 : : : 1662 2052 32 17 17 CD 1662 2052 33 under under IN 1662 2052 34 914 914 CD 1662 2052 35 m m NN 1662 2052 36 : : : 1662 2052 37 214 214 CD 1662 2052 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2052 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 2052 40 est est NNP 1662 2052 41 . . . 1662 2052 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2053 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2053 2 - - , 1662 2053 3 with with IN 1662 2053 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2053 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2053 6 : : : 1662 2053 7 total total NN 1662 2053 8 : : : 1662 2053 9 84 84 CD 1662 2053 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2053 11 to to IN 1662 2053 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2053 13 m m NN 1662 2053 14 : : : 1662 2053 15 3 3 CD 1662 2053 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2053 17 to to TO 1662 2053 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2053 19 m m NN 1662 2053 20 : : : 1662 2053 21 10 10 CD 1662 2053 22 914 914 CD 1662 2053 23 to to TO 1662 2053 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2053 25 m m NN 1662 2053 26 : : : 1662 2053 27 71 71 CD 1662 2053 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2053 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 2053 30 est est NNP 1662 2053 31 . . . 1662 2053 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2054 1 Military military JJ 1662 2054 2 Military military JJ 1662 2054 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2054 4 : : : 1662 2054 5 Army Army NNP 1662 2054 6 of of IN 1662 2054 7 the the DT 1662 2054 8 Nation Nation NNP 1662 2054 9 , , , 1662 2054 10 National National NNP 1662 2054 11 Navy Navy NNP 1662 2054 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2054 13 includes include VBZ 1662 2054 14 Naval Naval NNP 1662 2054 15 Air Air NNP 1662 2054 16 , , , 1662 2054 17 Coast Coast NNP 1662 2054 18 Guard Guard NNP 1662 2054 19 , , , 1662 2054 20 and and CC 1662 2054 21 Marines Marines NNPS 1662 2054 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2054 23 , , , 1662 2054 24 Air Air NNP 1662 2054 25 Force Force NNP 1662 2054 26 of of IN 1662 2054 27 the the DT 1662 2054 28 Nation Nation NNP 1662 2054 29 , , , 1662 2054 30 Carabineros Carabineros NNP 1662 2054 31 of of IN 1662 2054 32 Chile Chile NNP 1662 2054 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2054 34 National National NNP 1662 2054 35 Police Police NNP 1662 2054 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2054 37 , , , 1662 2054 38 Investigations Investigations NNPS 1662 2054 39 Police Police NNP 1662 2054 40 Military Military NNP 1662 2054 41 manpower manpower NN 1662 2054 42 - - HYPH 1662 2054 43 military military NN 1662 2054 44 age age NN 1662 2054 45 : : : 1662 2054 46 19 19 CD 1662 2054 47 years year NNS 1662 2054 48 of of IN 1662 2054 49 age age NN 1662 2054 50 Military military JJ 1662 2054 51 manpower manpower NN 1662 2054 52 - - HYPH 1662 2054 53 availability availability NN 1662 2054 54 : : : 1662 2054 55 males male NNS 1662 2054 56 age age NNP 1662 2054 57 15 15 CD 1662 2054 58 - - HYPH 1662 2054 59 49 49 CD 1662 2054 60 : : : 1662 2054 61 3,867,676 3,867,676 CD 1662 2054 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2054 63 1997 1997 CD 1662 2054 64 est est NNP 1662 2054 65 . . . 1662 2054 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2055 1 Military military JJ 1662 2055 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2055 3 - - HYPH 1662 2055 4 fit fit NN 1662 2055 5 for for IN 1662 2055 6 military military JJ 1662 2055 7 service service NN 1662 2055 8 : : : 1662 2055 9 males male NNS 1662 2055 10 : : : 1662 2055 11 2,874,235 2,874,235 CD 1662 2055 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2055 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2055 14 est est NNP 1662 2055 15 . . . 1662 2055 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2056 1 Military military JJ 1662 2056 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2056 3 - - HYPH 1662 2056 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 2056 5 military military JJ 1662 2056 6 age age NN 1662 2056 7 annually annually RB 1662 2056 8 : : : 1662 2056 9 males male NNS 1662 2056 10 : : : 1662 2056 11 125,586 125,586 CD 1662 2056 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2056 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2056 14 est est NNP 1662 2056 15 . . . 1662 2056 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2057 1 Military military JJ 1662 2057 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2057 3 - - HYPH 1662 2057 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2057 5 figure figure NN 1662 2057 6 : : : 1662 2057 7 $ $ $ 1662 2057 8 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 2057 9 billion billion CD 1662 2057 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2057 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2057 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2057 13 ; ; : 1662 2057 14 note note VB 1662 2057 15 - - HYPH 1662 2057 16 includes include VBZ 1662 2057 17 earnings earning NNS 1662 2057 18 from from IN 1662 2057 19 CODELCO CODELCO NNP 1662 2057 20 Company Company NNP 1662 2057 21 ; ; : 1662 2057 22 may may MD 1662 2057 23 exclude exclude VB 1662 2057 24 costs cost NNS 1662 2057 25 of of IN 1662 2057 26 pensions pension NNS 1662 2057 27 and and CC 1662 2057 28 internal internal JJ 1662 2057 29 security security NN 1662 2057 30 Military military JJ 1662 2057 31 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2057 32 - - : 1662 2057 33 percent percent NN 1662 2057 34 of of IN 1662 2057 35 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2057 36 : : : 1662 2057 37 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 2057 38 % % NN 1662 2057 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2057 40 1997 1997 CD 1662 2057 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2057 42 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2057 43 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2057 44 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2057 45 - - HYPH 1662 2057 46 international international JJ 1662 2057 47 : : : 1662 2057 48 short short JJ 1662 2057 49 section section NN 1662 2057 50 of of IN 1662 2057 51 the the DT 1662 2057 52 southern southern JJ 1662 2057 53 boundary boundary NN 1662 2057 54 with with IN 1662 2057 55 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 2057 56 is be VBZ 1662 2057 57 indefinite indefinite JJ 1662 2057 58 ; ; : 1662 2057 59 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 2057 60 has have VBZ 1662 2057 61 wanted want VBN 1662 2057 62 a a DT 1662 2057 63 sovereign sovereign JJ 1662 2057 64 corridor corridor NN 1662 2057 65 to to IN 1662 2057 66 the the DT 1662 2057 67 South South NNP 1662 2057 68 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2057 69 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2057 70 since since IN 1662 2057 71 the the DT 1662 2057 72 Atacama Atacama NNP 1662 2057 73 area area NN 1662 2057 74 was be VBD 1662 2057 75 lost lose VBN 1662 2057 76 to to IN 1662 2057 77 Chile Chile NNP 1662 2057 78 in in IN 1662 2057 79 1884 1884 CD 1662 2057 80 ; ; : 1662 2057 81 dispute dispute NN 1662 2057 82 with with IN 1662 2057 83 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 2057 84 over over IN 1662 2057 85 Rio Rio NNP 1662 2057 86 Lauca Lauca NNP 1662 2057 87 water water NN 1662 2057 88 rights right NNS 1662 2057 89 ; ; , 1662 2057 90 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2057 91 claim claim NN 1662 2057 92 in in IN 1662 2057 93 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 2057 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2057 95 Chilean Chilean NNP 1662 2057 96 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 2057 97 Territory Territory NNP 1662 2057 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2057 99 partially partially RB 1662 2057 100 overlaps overlap VBZ 1662 2057 101 Argentine argentine JJ 1662 2057 102 and and CC 1662 2057 103 British british JJ 1662 2057 104 claims claim NNS 1662 2057 105 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 2057 106 drugs drug NNS 1662 2057 107 : : : 1662 2057 108 a a DT 1662 2057 109 minor minor JJ 1662 2057 110 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 2057 111 country country NN 1662 2057 112 for for IN 1662 2057 113 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 2057 114 destined destine VBN 1662 2057 115 for for IN 1662 2057 116 the the DT 1662 2057 117 US US NNP 1662 2057 118 and and CC 1662 2057 119 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2057 120 ; ; : 1662 2057 121 booming boom VBG 1662 2057 122 economy economy NN 1662 2057 123 has have VBZ 1662 2057 124 made make VBN 1662 2057 125 it -PRON- PRP 1662 2057 126 more more RBR 1662 2057 127 attractive attractive JJ 1662 2057 128 to to IN 1662 2057 129 traffickers trafficker NNS 1662 2057 130 seeking seek VBG 1662 2057 131 to to TO 1662 2057 132 launder launder VB 1662 2057 133 drug drug NN 1662 2057 134 profits profit NNS 1662 2057 135 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 136 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 137 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 138 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 139 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 140 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 141 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 142 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 143 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 144 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 145 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 146 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 147 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 148 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 149 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 150 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 151 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 152 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 153 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 154 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 155 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 156 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 157 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 158 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 159 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 160 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 161 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 162 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 163 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 164 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 165 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 166 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 167 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 168 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 169 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 170 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 171 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 172 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 173 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 174 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 175 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 176 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 177 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 178 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 179 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 180 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 181 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 182 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 183 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 184 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 185 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 186 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 187 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 188 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 189 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 190 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 191 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 192 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 193 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 194 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 195 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 196 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 197 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 198 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 199 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 200 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 201 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 202 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 203 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 204 _ _ NNP 1662 2057 205 CHINA CHINA NNP 1662 2057 206 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2057 207 also also RB 1662 2057 208 see see VB 1662 2057 209 separate separate JJ 1662 2057 210 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 2057 211 entry entry NN 1662 2057 212 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2057 213 @China @china NN 1662 2057 214 : : : 1662 2057 215 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2057 216 Location Location NNP 1662 2057 217 : : : 1662 2057 218 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 2057 219 Asia Asia NNP 1662 2057 220 , , , 1662 2057 221 bordering border VBG 1662 2057 222 the the DT 1662 2057 223 East East NNP 1662 2057 224 China China NNP 1662 2057 225 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2057 226 , , , 1662 2057 227 Korea Korea NNP 1662 2057 228 Bay Bay NNP 1662 2057 229 , , , 1662 2057 230 Yellow Yellow NNP 1662 2057 231 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2057 232 , , , 1662 2057 233 and and CC 1662 2057 234 South South NNP 1662 2057 235 China China NNP 1662 2057 236 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2057 237 , , , 1662 2057 238 between between IN 1662 2057 239 North North NNP 1662 2057 240 Korea Korea NNP 1662 2057 241 and and CC 1662 2057 242 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 2057 243 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2057 244 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2057 245 : : : 1662 2057 246 35 35 CD 1662 2057 247 00 00 NFP 1662 2057 248 N n CD 1662 2057 249 , , , 1662 2057 250 105 105 CD 1662 2057 251 00 00 CD 1662 2057 252 E e NN 1662 2057 253 Map Map NNP 1662 2057 254 references reference NNS 1662 2057 255 : : : 1662 2057 256 Asia Asia NNP 1662 2057 257 Area Area NNP 1662 2057 258 : : : 1662 2057 259 total total NN 1662 2057 260 : : : 1662 2057 261 9,596,960 9,596,960 CD 1662 2057 262 sq sq RB 1662 2057 263 km km NNP 1662 2057 264 land land NN 1662 2057 265 : : : 1662 2057 266 9,326,410 9,326,410 CD 1662 2057 267 sq sq NNP 1662 2057 268 km km NNP 1662 2057 269 water water NN 1662 2057 270 : : : 1662 2057 271 270,550 270,550 CD 1662 2057 272 sq sq NNP 1662 2057 273 km km NNP 1662 2057 274 Area Area NNP 1662 2057 275 - - HYPH 1662 2057 276 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2057 277 : : : 1662 2057 278 slightly slightly RB 1662 2057 279 smaller small JJR 1662 2057 280 than than IN 1662 2057 281 the the DT 1662 2057 282 US US NNP 1662 2057 283 Land Land NNP 1662 2057 284 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2057 285 : : : 1662 2057 286 total total JJ 1662 2057 287 : : : 1662 2057 288 22,143.34 22,143.34 LS 1662 2057 289 km km NN 1662 2057 290 border border NN 1662 2057 291 countries country NNS 1662 2057 292 : : : 1662 2057 293 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 2057 294 76 76 CD 1662 2057 295 km km NN 1662 2057 296 , , , 1662 2057 297 Bhutan Bhutan NNP 1662 2057 298 470 470 CD 1662 2057 299 km km NN 1662 2057 300 , , , 1662 2057 301 Burma Burma NNP 1662 2057 302 2,185 2,185 CD 1662 2057 303 km km NN 1662 2057 304 , , , 1662 2057 305 Hong Hong NNP 1662 2057 306 Kong Kong NNP 1662 2057 307 30 30 CD 1662 2057 308 km km NN 1662 2057 309 , , , 1662 2057 310 India India NNP 1662 2057 311 3,380 3,380 CD 1662 2057 312 km km NN 1662 2057 313 , , , 1662 2057 314 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 2057 315 1,533 1,533 CD 1662 2057 316 km km NN 1662 2057 317 , , , 1662 2057 318 North North NNP 1662 2057 319 Korea Korea NNP 1662 2057 320 1,416 1,416 CD 1662 2057 321 km km NN 1662 2057 322 , , , 1662 2057 323 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan NNP 1662 2057 324 858 858 CD 1662 2057 325 km km NN 1662 2057 326 , , , 1662 2057 327 Laos Laos NNP 1662 2057 328 423 423 CD 1662 2057 329 km km NN 1662 2057 330 , , , 1662 2057 331 Macau Macau NNP 1662 2057 332 0.34 0.34 CD 1662 2057 333 km km NNS 1662 2057 334 , , , 1662 2057 335 Mongolia Mongolia NNP 1662 2057 336 4,673 4,673 CD 1662 2057 337 km km NN 1662 2057 338 , , , 1662 2057 339 Nepal Nepal NNP 1662 2057 340 1,236 1,236 CD 1662 2057 341 km km NNS 1662 2057 342 , , , 1662 2057 343 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 2057 344 523 523 CD 1662 2057 345 km km NN 1662 2057 346 , , , 1662 2057 347 Russia Russia NNP 1662 2057 348 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2057 349 northeast northeast NNP 1662 2057 350 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2057 351 3,605 3,605 CD 1662 2057 352 km km NN 1662 2057 353 , , , 1662 2057 354 Russia Russia NNP 1662 2057 355 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2057 356 northwest northwest NNP 1662 2057 357 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2057 358 40 40 CD 1662 2057 359 km km NN 1662 2057 360 , , , 1662 2057 361 Tajikistan Tajikistan NNP 1662 2057 362 414 414 CD 1662 2057 363 km km NN 1662 2057 364 , , , 1662 2057 365 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 2057 366 1,281 1,281 CD 1662 2057 367 km km NN 1662 2057 368 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2057 369 : : : 1662 2057 370 14,500 14,500 CD 1662 2057 371 km km NN 1662 2057 372 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2057 373 claims claim VBZ 1662 2057 374 : : : 1662 2057 375 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 2057 376 zone zone NN 1662 2057 377 : : : 1662 2057 378 24 24 CD 1662 2057 379 nm nm NNP 1662 2057 380 continental continental NNP 1662 2057 381 shelf shelf NNP 1662 2057 382 : : : 1662 2057 383 claim claim NN 1662 2057 384 to to TO 1662 2057 385 shallow shallow JJ 1662 2057 386 areas area NNS 1662 2057 387 of of IN 1662 2057 388 East East NNP 1662 2057 389 China China NNP 1662 2057 390 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2057 391 and and CC 1662 2057 392 Yellow Yellow NNP 1662 2057 393 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2057 394 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2057 395 sea sea NN 1662 2057 396 : : : 1662 2057 397 12 12 CD 1662 2057 398 nm nm NNP 1662 2057 399 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2057 400 : : : 1662 2057 401 extremely extremely RB 1662 2057 402 diverse diverse JJ 1662 2057 403 ; ; : 1662 2057 404 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2057 405 in in IN 1662 2057 406 south south NNP 1662 2057 407 to to IN 1662 2057 408 subarctic subarctic JJ 1662 2057 409 in in IN 1662 2057 410 north north JJ 1662 2057 411 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2057 412 : : : 1662 2057 413 mostly mostly RB 1662 2057 414 mountains mountain NNS 1662 2057 415 , , , 1662 2057 416 high high JJ 1662 2057 417 plateaus plateaus NN 1662 2057 418 , , , 1662 2057 419 deserts desert NNS 1662 2057 420 in in IN 1662 2057 421 west west NNP 1662 2057 422 ; ; , 1662 2057 423 plains plain NNS 1662 2057 424 , , , 1662 2057 425 deltas deltas NNP 1662 2057 426 , , , 1662 2057 427 and and CC 1662 2057 428 hills hill NNS 1662 2057 429 in in IN 1662 2057 430 east east NNP 1662 2057 431 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2057 432 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2057 433 : : : 1662 2057 434 lowest low JJS 1662 2057 435 point point NN 1662 2057 436 : : : 1662 2057 437 Turpan Turpan NNP 1662 2057 438 Pendi Pendi NNP 1662 2057 439 -154 -154 VBD 1662 2057 440 m m NN 1662 2057 441 highest high JJS 1662 2057 442 point point NN 1662 2057 443 : : : 1662 2057 444 Mount Mount NNP 1662 2057 445 Everest Everest NNP 1662 2057 446 8,848 8,848 CD 1662 2057 447 m m NNP 1662 2057 448 Natural natural JJ 1662 2057 449 resources resource NNS 1662 2057 450 : : : 1662 2057 451 coal coal NN 1662 2057 452 , , , 1662 2057 453 iron iron NN 1662 2057 454 ore ore NNP 1662 2057 455 , , , 1662 2057 456 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2057 457 , , , 1662 2057 458 mercury mercury NN 1662 2057 459 , , , 1662 2057 460 tin tin NNP 1662 2057 461 , , , 1662 2057 462 tungsten tungsten NN 1662 2057 463 , , , 1662 2057 464 antimony antimony NN 1662 2057 465 , , , 1662 2057 466 manganese manganese NNP 1662 2057 467 , , , 1662 2057 468 molybdenum molybdenum NN 1662 2057 469 , , , 1662 2057 470 vanadium vanadium NN 1662 2057 471 , , , 1662 2057 472 magnetite magnetite NNP 1662 2057 473 , , , 1662 2057 474 aluminum aluminum NN 1662 2057 475 , , , 1662 2057 476 lead lead NN 1662 2057 477 , , , 1662 2057 478 zinc zinc NN 1662 2057 479 , , , 1662 2057 480 uranium uranium NN 1662 2057 481 , , , 1662 2057 482 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 2057 483 potential potential NN 1662 2057 484 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2057 485 world world NN 1662 2057 486 's 's POS 1662 2057 487 largest large JJS 1662 2057 488 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2057 489 Land land NN 1662 2057 490 use use NN 1662 2057 491 : : : 1662 2057 492 arable arable JJ 1662 2057 493 land land NN 1662 2057 494 : : : 1662 2057 495 10 10 CD 1662 2057 496 % % NN 1662 2057 497 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2057 498 crops crop NNS 1662 2057 499 : : : 1662 2057 500 0 0 CD 1662 2057 501 % % NN 1662 2057 502 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2057 503 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2057 504 : : : 1662 2057 505 43 43 CD 1662 2057 506 % % NN 1662 2057 507 forests forest NNS 1662 2057 508 and and CC 1662 2057 509 woodland woodland JJ 1662 2057 510 : : : 1662 2057 511 14 14 CD 1662 2057 512 % % NN 1662 2057 513 other other JJ 1662 2057 514 : : : 1662 2057 515 33 33 CD 1662 2057 516 % % NN 1662 2057 517 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2057 518 1993 1993 CD 1662 2057 519 est est NNP 1662 2057 520 . . . 1662 2057 521 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2058 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2058 2 land land NN 1662 2058 3 : : : 1662 2058 4 498,720 498,720 CD 1662 2058 5 sq sq VB 1662 2058 6 km km NNP 1662 2058 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2058 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2058 9 est est NNP 1662 2058 10 . . . 1662 2058 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2059 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2059 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2059 3 : : : 1662 2059 4 frequent frequent JJ 1662 2059 5 typhoons typhoon NNS 1662 2059 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2059 7 about about RB 1662 2059 8 five five CD 1662 2059 9 per per IN 1662 2059 10 year year NN 1662 2059 11 along along IN 1662 2059 12 southern southern JJ 1662 2059 13 and and CC 1662 2059 14 eastern eastern JJ 1662 2059 15 coasts coast NNS 1662 2059 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2059 17 ; ; : 1662 2059 18 damaging damage VBG 1662 2059 19 floods flood NNS 1662 2059 20 ; ; : 1662 2059 21 tsunamis tsunamis NN 1662 2059 22 ; ; : 1662 2059 23 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 2059 24 ; ; , 1662 2059 25 droughts drought VBZ 1662 2059 26 Environment environment NN 1662 2059 27 - - HYPH 1662 2059 28 current current JJ 1662 2059 29 issues issue NNS 1662 2059 30 : : : 1662 2059 31 air air NN 1662 2059 32 pollution pollution NN 1662 2059 33 from from IN 1662 2059 34 the the DT 1662 2059 35 overwhelming overwhelming JJ 1662 2059 36 use use NN 1662 2059 37 of of IN 1662 2059 38 high high JJ 1662 2059 39 - - HYPH 1662 2059 40 sulfur sulfur NN 1662 2059 41 coal coal NN 1662 2059 42 as as IN 1662 2059 43 a a DT 1662 2059 44 fuel fuel NN 1662 2059 45 , , , 1662 2059 46 produces produce VBZ 1662 2059 47 acid acid JJ 1662 2059 48 rain rain NN 1662 2059 49 which which WDT 1662 2059 50 is be VBZ 1662 2059 51 damaging damaging JJ 1662 2059 52 forests forest NNS 1662 2059 53 ; ; : 1662 2059 54 water water NN 1662 2059 55 shortages shortage NNS 1662 2059 56 experienced experience VBD 1662 2059 57 throughout throughout IN 1662 2059 58 the the DT 1662 2059 59 country country NN 1662 2059 60 , , , 1662 2059 61 particularly particularly RB 1662 2059 62 in in IN 1662 2059 63 urban urban JJ 1662 2059 64 areas area NNS 1662 2059 65 ; ; : 1662 2059 66 future future JJ 1662 2059 67 growth growth NN 1662 2059 68 in in IN 1662 2059 69 water water NN 1662 2059 70 usage usage NN 1662 2059 71 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 2059 72 to to TO 1662 2059 73 outpace outpace VB 1662 2059 74 supplies supply NNS 1662 2059 75 ; ; , 1662 2059 76 water water NN 1662 2059 77 pollution pollution NN 1662 2059 78 from from IN 1662 2059 79 industrial industrial JJ 1662 2059 80 effluents effluent NNS 1662 2059 81 ; ; : 1662 2059 82 much much JJ 1662 2059 83 of of IN 1662 2059 84 the the DT 1662 2059 85 population population NN 1662 2059 86 does do VBZ 1662 2059 87 not not RB 1662 2059 88 have have VB 1662 2059 89 access access NN 1662 2059 90 to to TO 1662 2059 91 potable potable JJ 1662 2059 92 water water NN 1662 2059 93 ; ; : 1662 2059 94 less less JJR 1662 2059 95 than than IN 1662 2059 96 10 10 CD 1662 2059 97 % % NN 1662 2059 98 of of IN 1662 2059 99 sewage sewage NN 1662 2059 100 receives receive VBZ 1662 2059 101 treatment treatment NN 1662 2059 102 ; ; : 1662 2059 103 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 2059 104 ; ; , 1662 2059 105 estimated estimate VBN 1662 2059 106 loss loss NN 1662 2059 107 of of IN 1662 2059 108 one one CD 1662 2059 109 - - HYPH 1662 2059 110 fifth fifth NN 1662 2059 111 of of IN 1662 2059 112 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 2059 113 land land NN 1662 2059 114 since since IN 1662 2059 115 1949 1949 CD 1662 2059 116 to to TO 1662 2059 117 soil soil VB 1662 2059 118 erosion erosion NN 1662 2059 119 and and CC 1662 2059 120 economic economic JJ 1662 2059 121 development development NN 1662 2059 122 ; ; : 1662 2059 123 desertification desertification NN 1662 2059 124 ; ; : 1662 2059 125 trade trade NN 1662 2059 126 in in IN 1662 2059 127 endangered endanger VBN 1662 2059 128 species specie NNS 1662 2059 129 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2059 130 - - HYPH 1662 2059 131 international international JJ 1662 2059 132 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2059 133 : : : 1662 2059 134 party party NN 1662 2059 135 to to TO 1662 2059 136 : : : 1662 2059 137 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 2059 138 - - HYPH 1662 2059 139 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 2059 140 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 2059 141 , , , 1662 2059 142 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 2059 143 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 2059 144 , , , 1662 2059 145 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 2059 146 , , , 1662 2059 147 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2059 148 Change Change NNP 1662 2059 149 , , , 1662 2059 150 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2059 151 Species Species NNPS 1662 2059 152 , , , 1662 2059 153 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 2059 154 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 2059 155 , , , 1662 2059 156 Law Law NNP 1662 2059 157 of of IN 1662 2059 158 the the DT 1662 2059 159 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2059 160 , , , 1662 2059 161 Marine Marine NNP 1662 2059 162 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 2059 163 , , , 1662 2059 164 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 2059 165 Test Test NNP 1662 2059 166 Ban Ban NNP 1662 2059 167 , , , 1662 2059 168 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2059 169 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2059 170 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2059 171 , , , 1662 2059 172 Ship Ship NNP 1662 2059 173 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2059 174 , , , 1662 2059 175 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 2059 176 Timber Timber NNP 1662 2059 177 83 83 CD 1662 2059 178 , , , 1662 2059 179 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 2059 180 Timber Timber NNP 1662 2059 181 94 94 CD 1662 2059 182 , , , 1662 2059 183 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 2059 184 signed sign VBD 1662 2059 185 , , , 1662 2059 186 but but CC 1662 2059 187 not not RB 1662 2059 188 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2059 189 : : : 1662 2059 190 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 2059 191 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2059 192 - - HYPH 1662 2059 193 note note NN 1662 2059 194 : : : 1662 2059 195 world world NN 1662 2059 196 's 's POS 1662 2059 197 fourth fourth RB 1662 2059 198 - - HYPH 1662 2059 199 largest large JJS 1662 2059 200 country country NN 1662 2059 201 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2059 202 after after IN 1662 2059 203 Russia Russia NNP 1662 2059 204 , , , 1662 2059 205 Canada Canada NNP 1662 2059 206 , , , 1662 2059 207 and and CC 1662 2059 208 US US NNP 1662 2059 209 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2059 210 @China @china NN 1662 2059 211 : : : 1662 2059 212 People People NNP 1662 2059 213 Population Population NNP 1662 2059 214 : : : 1662 2059 215 1,221,591,778 1,221,591,778 CD 1662 2059 216 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2059 217 July July NNP 1662 2059 218 1997 1997 CD 1662 2059 219 est est NNP 1662 2059 220 . . . 1662 2059 221 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2060 1 Age age NN 1662 2060 2 structure structure NN 1662 2060 3 : : : 1662 2060 4 0 0 CD 1662 2060 5 - - HYPH 1662 2060 6 14 14 CD 1662 2060 7 years year NNS 1662 2060 8 : : : 1662 2060 9 26 26 CD 1662 2060 10 % % NN 1662 2060 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2060 12 male male JJ 1662 2060 13 166,319,939 166,319,939 CD 1662 2060 14 ; ; : 1662 2060 15 female female JJ 1662 2060 16 150,125,798 150,125,798 CD 1662 2060 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2060 18 15 15 CD 1662 2060 19 - - HYPH 1662 2060 20 64 64 CD 1662 2060 21 years year NNS 1662 2060 22 : : : 1662 2060 23 68 68 CD 1662 2060 24 % % NN 1662 2060 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2060 26 male male JJ 1662 2060 27 427,340,489 427,340,489 CD 1662 2060 28 ; ; : 1662 2060 29 female female JJ 1662 2060 30 393,914,502 393,914,502 CD 1662 2060 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2060 32 65 65 CD 1662 2060 33 years year NNS 1662 2060 34 and and CC 1662 2060 35 over over IN 1662 2060 36 : : : 1662 2060 37 6 6 CD 1662 2060 38 % % NN 1662 2060 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2060 40 male male JJ 1662 2060 41 36,201,623 36,201,623 CD 1662 2060 42 ; ; : 1662 2060 43 female female JJ 1662 2060 44 41,689,427 41,689,427 NNS 1662 2060 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2060 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2060 47 July July NNP 1662 2060 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2060 49 est est NNP 1662 2060 50 . . . 1662 2060 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2061 1 Population population NN 1662 2061 2 growth growth NN 1662 2061 3 rate rate NN 1662 2061 4 : : : 1662 2061 5 0.93 0.93 CD 1662 2061 6 % % NN 1662 2061 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2061 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2061 9 est est NNP 1662 2061 10 . . . 1662 2061 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2062 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2062 2 rate rate NN 1662 2062 3 : : : 1662 2062 4 16.52 16.52 CD 1662 2062 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 2062 6 population population NN 1662 2062 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2062 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2062 9 est est NNP 1662 2062 10 . . . 1662 2062 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2063 1 Death death NN 1662 2063 2 rate rate NN 1662 2063 3 : : : 1662 2063 4 6.87 6.87 CD 1662 2063 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2063 6 population population NN 1662 2063 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2063 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2063 9 est est NNP 1662 2063 10 . . . 1662 2063 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2064 1 Net net JJ 1662 2064 2 migration migration NN 1662 2064 3 rate rate NN 1662 2064 4 : : : 1662 2064 5 -0.34 -0.34 NFP 1662 2064 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 2064 7 population population NN 1662 2064 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2064 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2064 10 est est NNP 1662 2064 11 . . . 1662 2064 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2065 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2065 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2065 3 : : : 1662 2065 4 at at IN 1662 2065 5 birth birth NN 1662 2065 6 : : : 1662 2065 7 1.11 1.11 CD 1662 2065 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2065 9 under under IN 1662 2065 10 15 15 CD 1662 2065 11 years year NNS 1662 2065 12 : : : 1662 2065 13 1.11 1.11 CD 1662 2065 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2065 15 15 15 CD 1662 2065 16 - - HYPH 1662 2065 17 64 64 CD 1662 2065 18 years year NNS 1662 2065 19 : : : 1662 2065 20 1.07 1.07 CD 1662 2065 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2065 22 65 65 CD 1662 2065 23 years year NNS 1662 2065 24 and and CC 1662 2065 25 over over IN 1662 2065 26 : : : 1662 2065 27 0.87 0.87 CD 1662 2065 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2065 29 total total JJ 1662 2065 30 population population NN 1662 2065 31 : : : 1662 2065 32 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 2065 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2065 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2065 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2065 36 est e JJS 1662 2065 37 . . . 1662 2065 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2066 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2066 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2066 3 rate rate NN 1662 2066 4 : : : 1662 2066 5 37.9 37.9 CD 1662 2066 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 CD 1662 2066 7 live live JJ 1662 2066 8 births birth NNS 1662 2066 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2066 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2066 11 est est NNP 1662 2066 12 . . . 1662 2066 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2067 1 Life life NN 1662 2067 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2067 3 at at IN 1662 2067 4 birth birth NN 1662 2067 5 : : : 1662 2067 6 total total JJ 1662 2067 7 population population NN 1662 2067 8 : : : 1662 2067 9 69.98 69.98 CD 1662 2067 10 years year NNS 1662 2067 11 male male NN 1662 2067 12 : : : 1662 2067 13 68.61 68.61 CD 1662 2067 14 years year NNS 1662 2067 15 female female JJ 1662 2067 16 : : : 1662 2067 17 71.5 71.5 CD 1662 2067 18 years year NNS 1662 2067 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2067 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2067 21 est est NNP 1662 2067 22 . . . 1662 2067 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2068 1 Total total JJ 1662 2068 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2068 3 rate rate NN 1662 2068 4 : : : 1662 2068 5 1.81 1.81 CD 1662 2068 6 children child NNS 1662 2068 7 born bear VBN 1662 2068 8 / / SYM 1662 2068 9 woman woman NN 1662 2068 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2068 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2068 12 est est NNP 1662 2068 13 . . . 1662 2068 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2069 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2069 2 : : : 1662 2069 3 noun noun NN 1662 2069 4 : : : 1662 2069 5 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 2069 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2069 7 singular singular JJ 1662 2069 8 and and CC 1662 2069 9 plural plural JJ 1662 2069 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2069 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 2069 12 : : : 1662 2069 13 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 2069 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2069 15 groups group NNS 1662 2069 16 : : : 1662 2069 17 Han Han NNP 1662 2069 18 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 2069 19 91.9 91.9 CD 1662 2069 20 % % NN 1662 2069 21 , , , 1662 2069 22 Zhuang Zhuang NNP 1662 2069 23 , , , 1662 2069 24 Uygur Uygur NNP 1662 2069 25 , , , 1662 2069 26 Hui Hui NNP 1662 2069 27 , , , 1662 2069 28 Yi Yi NNP 1662 2069 29 , , , 1662 2069 30 Tibetan Tibetan NNP 1662 2069 31 , , , 1662 2069 32 Miao Miao NNP 1662 2069 33 , , , 1662 2069 34 Manchu Manchu NNP 1662 2069 35 , , , 1662 2069 36 Mongol Mongol NNP 1662 2069 37 , , , 1662 2069 38 Buyi Buyi NNP 1662 2069 39 , , , 1662 2069 40 Korean Korean NNP 1662 2069 41 , , , 1662 2069 42 and and CC 1662 2069 43 other other JJ 1662 2069 44 nationalities nationality NNS 1662 2069 45 8.1 8.1 CD 1662 2069 46 % % NN 1662 2069 47 Religions religion NNS 1662 2069 48 : : : 1662 2069 49 Daoism Daoism NNP 1662 2069 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2069 51 Taoism Taoism NNP 1662 2069 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2069 53 , , , 1662 2069 54 Buddhism Buddhism NNP 1662 2069 55 , , , 1662 2069 56 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 2069 57 2%-3 2%-3 NNP 1662 2069 58 % % NN 1662 2069 59 , , , 1662 2069 60 Christian Christian NNP 1662 2069 61 1 1 CD 1662 2069 62 % % NN 1662 2069 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2069 64 est est NNP 1662 2069 65 . . . 1662 2069 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2070 1 note note NN 1662 2070 2 : : : 1662 2070 3 officially officially RB 1662 2070 4 atheist atheist VB 1662 2070 5 , , , 1662 2070 6 but but CC 1662 2070 7 traditionally traditionally RB 1662 2070 8 pragmatic pragmatic JJ 1662 2070 9 and and CC 1662 2070 10 eclectic eclectic JJ 1662 2070 11 Languages language NNS 1662 2070 12 : : : 1662 2070 13 Standard Standard NNP 1662 2070 14 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 2070 15 or or CC 1662 2070 16 Mandarin Mandarin NNP 1662 2070 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2070 18 Putonghua Putonghua NNP 1662 2070 19 , , , 1662 2070 20 based base VBN 1662 2070 21 on on IN 1662 2070 22 the the DT 1662 2070 23 Beijing Beijing NNP 1662 2070 24 dialect dialect NN 1662 2070 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2070 26 , , , 1662 2070 27 Yue Yue NNP 1662 2070 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2070 29 Cantonese Cantonese NNP 1662 2070 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2070 31 , , , 1662 2070 32 Wu Wu NNP 1662 2070 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2070 34 Shanghaiese Shanghaiese NNP 1662 2070 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2070 36 , , , 1662 2070 37 Minbei Minbei NNP 1662 2070 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2070 39 Fuzhou Fuzhou NNP 1662 2070 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2070 41 , , , 1662 2070 42 Minnan Minnan NNP 1662 2070 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2070 44 Hokkien Hokkien NNP 1662 2070 45 - - HYPH 1662 2070 46 Taiwanese Taiwanese NNP 1662 2070 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2070 48 , , , 1662 2070 49 Xiang Xiang NNP 1662 2070 50 , , , 1662 2070 51 Gan Gan NNP 1662 2070 52 , , , 1662 2070 53 Hakka Hakka NNP 1662 2070 54 dialects dialect VBZ 1662 2070 55 , , , 1662 2070 56 minority minority NN 1662 2070 57 languages language NNS 1662 2070 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2070 59 see see VB 1662 2070 60 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2070 61 divisions division NNS 1662 2070 62 entry entry NN 1662 2070 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2070 64 Literacy literacy NN 1662 2070 65 : : : 1662 2070 66 definition definition NN 1662 2070 67 : : : 1662 2070 68 age age NN 1662 2070 69 15 15 CD 1662 2070 70 and and CC 1662 2070 71 over over RB 1662 2070 72 can can MD 1662 2070 73 read read VB 1662 2070 74 and and CC 1662 2070 75 write write VB 1662 2070 76 total total JJ 1662 2070 77 population population NN 1662 2070 78 : : : 1662 2070 79 81.5 81.5 CD 1662 2070 80 % % NN 1662 2070 81 male male NN 1662 2070 82 : : : 1662 2070 83 89.9 89.9 CD 1662 2070 84 % % NN 1662 2070 85 female female NN 1662 2070 86 : : : 1662 2070 87 72.7 72.7 CD 1662 2070 88 % % NN 1662 2070 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2070 90 1995 1995 CD 1662 2070 91 est est NNP 1662 2070 92 . . . 1662 2070 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2071 1 @China @China NNP 1662 2071 2 : : : 1662 2071 3 Government Government NNP 1662 2071 4 Country Country NNP 1662 2071 5 name name NN 1662 2071 6 : : : 1662 2071 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2071 8 long long JJ 1662 2071 9 form form NN 1662 2071 10 : : : 1662 2071 11 People People NNS 1662 2071 12 's 's POS 1662 2071 13 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2071 14 of of IN 1662 2071 15 China China NNP 1662 2071 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2071 17 short short JJ 1662 2071 18 form form NN 1662 2071 19 : : : 1662 2071 20 China China NNP 1662 2071 21 local local JJ 1662 2071 22 long long JJ 1662 2071 23 form form NN 1662 2071 24 : : : 1662 2071 25 Zhonghua Zhonghua NNP 1662 2071 26 Renmin Renmin NNP 1662 2071 27 Gongheguo Gongheguo NNP 1662 2071 28 local local JJ 1662 2071 29 short short JJ 1662 2071 30 form form NN 1662 2071 31 : : : 1662 2071 32 Zhong Zhong NNP 1662 2071 33 Guo Guo NNP 1662 2071 34 abbreviation abbreviation NN 1662 2071 35 : : : 1662 2071 36 PRC PRC NNP 1662 2071 37 Data Data NNP 1662 2071 38 code code NN 1662 2071 39 : : : 1662 2071 40 CH CH NNP 1662 2071 41 Government Government NNP 1662 2071 42 type type NN 1662 2071 43 : : : 1662 2071 44 Communist communist JJ 1662 2071 45 state state NN 1662 2071 46 National national JJ 1662 2071 47 capital capital NN 1662 2071 48 : : : 1662 2071 49 Beijing Beijing NNP 1662 2071 50 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 2071 51 divisions division NNS 1662 2071 52 : : : 1662 2071 53 23 23 CD 1662 2071 54 provinces province NNS 1662 2071 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2071 56 sheng sheng NNP 1662 2071 57 , , , 1662 2071 58 singular singular JJ 1662 2071 59 and and CC 1662 2071 60 plural plural JJ 1662 2071 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2071 62 , , , 1662 2071 63 5 5 CD 1662 2071 64 autonomous autonomous JJ 1662 2071 65 regions region NNS 1662 2071 66 * * NFP 1662 2071 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2071 68 zizhiqu zizhiqu NNP 1662 2071 69 , , , 1662 2071 70 singular singular JJ 1662 2071 71 and and CC 1662 2071 72 plural plural JJ 1662 2071 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2071 74 , , , 1662 2071 75 and and CC 1662 2071 76 3 3 CD 1662 2071 77 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 2071 78 * * NFP 1662 2071 79 * * NFP 1662 2071 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2071 81 shi shi NNP 1662 2071 82 , , , 1662 2071 83 singular singular JJ 1662 2071 84 and and CC 1662 2071 85 plural plural JJ 1662 2071 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2071 87 ; ; : 1662 2071 88 Anhui Anhui NNP 1662 2071 89 , , , 1662 2071 90 Beijing Beijing NNP 1662 2071 91 * * NFP 1662 2071 92 * * NFP 1662 2071 93 , , , 1662 2071 94 Fujian Fujian NNP 1662 2071 95 , , , 1662 2071 96 Gansu Gansu NNP 1662 2071 97 , , , 1662 2071 98 Guangdong Guangdong NNP 1662 2071 99 , , , 1662 2071 100 Guangxi Guangxi NNP 1662 2071 101 * * NFP 1662 2071 102 , , , 1662 2071 103 Guizhou Guizhou NNP 1662 2071 104 , , , 1662 2071 105 Hainan Hainan NNP 1662 2071 106 , , , 1662 2071 107 Hebei Hebei NNP 1662 2071 108 , , , 1662 2071 109 Heilongjiang Heilongjiang NNP 1662 2071 110 , , , 1662 2071 111 Henan Henan NNP 1662 2071 112 , , , 1662 2071 113 Hubei Hubei NNP 1662 2071 114 , , , 1662 2071 115 Hunan Hunan NNP 1662 2071 116 , , , 1662 2071 117 Jiangsu Jiangsu NNP 1662 2071 118 , , , 1662 2071 119 Jiangxi Jiangxi NNP 1662 2071 120 , , , 1662 2071 121 Jilin Jilin NNP 1662 2071 122 , , , 1662 2071 123 Liaoning Liaoning NNP 1662 2071 124 , , , 1662 2071 125 Nei Nei NNP 1662 2071 126 Mongol Mongol NNP 1662 2071 127 * * NFP 1662 2071 128 , , , 1662 2071 129 Ningxia Ningxia NNP 1662 2071 130 * * NFP 1662 2071 131 , , , 1662 2071 132 Qinghai Qinghai NNP 1662 2071 133 , , , 1662 2071 134 Shaanxi Shaanxi NNP 1662 2071 135 , , , 1662 2071 136 Shandong Shandong NNP 1662 2071 137 , , , 1662 2071 138 Shanghai Shanghai NNP 1662 2071 139 * * NFP 1662 2071 140 * * NFP 1662 2071 141 , , , 1662 2071 142 Shanxi Shanxi NNP 1662 2071 143 , , , 1662 2071 144 Sichuan Sichuan NNP 1662 2071 145 , , , 1662 2071 146 Tianjin Tianjin NNP 1662 2071 147 * * NFP 1662 2071 148 * * NFP 1662 2071 149 , , , 1662 2071 150 Xinjiang Xinjiang NNP 1662 2071 151 * * NFP 1662 2071 152 , , , 1662 2071 153 Xizang Xizang NNP 1662 2071 154 * * NFP 1662 2071 155 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2071 156 Tibet Tibet NNP 1662 2071 157 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2071 158 , , , 1662 2071 159 Yunnan Yunnan NNP 1662 2071 160 , , , 1662 2071 161 Zhejiang Zhejiang NNP 1662 2071 162 note note NN 1662 2071 163 : : : 1662 2071 164 China China NNP 1662 2071 165 considers consider VBZ 1662 2071 166 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 2071 167 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2071 168 23rd 23rd JJ 1662 2071 169 province province NN 1662 2071 170 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2071 171 : : : 1662 2071 172 221 221 CD 1662 2071 173 BC BC NNP 1662 2071 174 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2071 175 unification unification NN 1662 2071 176 under under IN 1662 2071 177 the the DT 1662 2071 178 Qin Qin NNP 1662 2071 179 or or CC 1662 2071 180 Ch'in Ch'in NNP 1662 2071 181 Dynasty Dynasty NNP 1662 2071 182 221 221 CD 1662 2071 183 BC BC NNP 1662 2071 184 ; ; : 1662 2071 185 Qing Qing NNP 1662 2071 186 or or CC 1662 2071 187 Ch'ing ch'e VBG 1662 2071 188 Dynasty Dynasty NNP 1662 2071 189 replaced replace VBD 1662 2071 190 by by IN 1662 2071 191 the the DT 1662 2071 192 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2071 193 on on IN 1662 2071 194 12 12 CD 1662 2071 195 February February NNP 1662 2071 196 1912 1912 CD 1662 2071 197 ; ; : 1662 2071 198 People People NNPS 1662 2071 199 's 's POS 1662 2071 200 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2071 201 established establish VBD 1662 2071 202 1 1 CD 1662 2071 203 October October NNP 1662 2071 204 1949 1949 CD 1662 2071 205 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2071 206 National national JJ 1662 2071 207 holiday holiday NN 1662 2071 208 : : : 1662 2071 209 National National NNP 1662 2071 210 Day Day NNP 1662 2071 211 , , , 1662 2071 212 1 1 CD 1662 2071 213 October October NNP 1662 2071 214 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2071 215 1949 1949 CD 1662 2071 216 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2071 217 Constitution constitution NN 1662 2071 218 : : : 1662 2071 219 most most JJS 1662 2071 220 recent recent JJ 1662 2071 221 promulgated promulgate VBN 1662 2071 222 4 4 CD 1662 2071 223 December December NNP 1662 2071 224 1982 1982 CD 1662 2071 225 Legal legal JJ 1662 2071 226 system system NN 1662 2071 227 : : : 1662 2071 228 a a DT 1662 2071 229 complex complex JJ 1662 2071 230 amalgam amalgam NN 1662 2071 231 of of IN 1662 2071 232 custom custom NN 1662 2071 233 and and CC 1662 2071 234 statute statute NN 1662 2071 235 , , , 1662 2071 236 largely largely RB 1662 2071 237 criminal criminal JJ 1662 2071 238 law law NN 1662 2071 239 ; ; : 1662 2071 240 rudimentary rudimentary NNP 1662 2071 241 civil civil JJ 1662 2071 242 code code NN 1662 2071 243 in in IN 1662 2071 244 effect effect NN 1662 2071 245 since since IN 1662 2071 246 1 1 CD 1662 2071 247 January January NNP 1662 2071 248 1987 1987 CD 1662 2071 249 ; ; : 1662 2071 250 new new JJ 1662 2071 251 legal legal JJ 1662 2071 252 codes code NNS 1662 2071 253 in in IN 1662 2071 254 effect effect NN 1662 2071 255 since since IN 1662 2071 256 1 1 CD 1662 2071 257 January January NNP 1662 2071 258 1980 1980 CD 1662 2071 259 ; ; : 1662 2071 260 continuing continue VBG 1662 2071 261 efforts effort NNS 1662 2071 262 are be VBP 1662 2071 263 being be VBG 1662 2071 264 made make VBN 1662 2071 265 to to TO 1662 2071 266 improve improve VB 1662 2071 267 civil civil JJ 1662 2071 268 , , , 1662 2071 269 administrative administrative JJ 1662 2071 270 , , , 1662 2071 271 criminal criminal JJ 1662 2071 272 , , , 1662 2071 273 and and CC 1662 2071 274 commercial commercial JJ 1662 2071 275 law law NN 1662 2071 276 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 2071 277 : : : 1662 2071 278 18 18 CD 1662 2071 279 years year NNS 1662 2071 280 of of IN 1662 2071 281 age age NN 1662 2071 282 ; ; : 1662 2071 283 universal universal JJ 1662 2071 284 Executive Executive NNP 1662 2071 285 branch branch NN 1662 2071 286 : : : 1662 2071 287 chief chief NN 1662 2071 288 of of IN 1662 2071 289 state state NN 1662 2071 290 : : : 1662 2071 291 President President NNP 1662 2071 292 JIANG JIANG NNP 1662 2071 293 Zemin Zemin NNP 1662 2071 294 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2071 295 since since IN 1662 2071 296 27 27 CD 1662 2071 297 March March NNP 1662 2071 298 1993 1993 CD 1662 2071 299 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2071 300 and and CC 1662 2071 301 Vice Vice NNP 1662 2071 302 President President NNP 1662 2071 303 RONG RONG NNP 1662 2071 304 Yiren Yiren NNP 1662 2071 305 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2071 306 since since IN 1662 2071 307 27 27 CD 1662 2071 308 March March NNP 1662 2071 309 1993 1993 CD 1662 2071 310 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2071 311 head head NN 1662 2071 312 of of IN 1662 2071 313 government government NN 1662 2071 314 : : : 1662 2071 315 Premier Premier NNP 1662 2071 316 LI LI NNP 1662 2071 317 Peng Peng NNP 1662 2071 318 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2071 319 acting act VBG 1662 2071 320 premier premier NN 1662 2071 321 since since IN 1662 2071 322 24 24 CD 1662 2071 323 November November NNP 1662 2071 324 1987 1987 CD 1662 2071 325 , , , 1662 2071 326 premier premier NN 1662 2071 327 since since IN 1662 2071 328 9 9 CD 1662 2071 329 April April NNP 1662 2071 330 1988 1988 CD 1662 2071 331 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2071 332 ; ; : 1662 2071 333 Vice Vice NNP 1662 2071 334 Premiers Premiers NNP 1662 2071 335 ZHU ZHU NNP 1662 2071 336 Rongji Rongji NNP 1662 2071 337 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2071 338 since since IN 1662 2071 339 8 8 CD 1662 2071 340 April April NNP 1662 2071 341 1991 1991 CD 1662 2071 342 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2071 343 , , , 1662 2071 344 ZOU ZOU NNP 1662 2071 345 Jiahua Jiahua NNP 1662 2071 346 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2071 347 since since IN 1662 2071 348 8 8 CD 1662 2071 349 April April NNP 1662 2071 350 1991 1991 CD 1662 2071 351 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2071 352 , , , 1662 2071 353 QIAN QIAN NNP 1662 2071 354 Qichen Qichen NNP 1662 2071 355 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2071 356 since since IN 1662 2071 357 29 29 CD 1662 2071 358 March March NNP 1662 2071 359 1993 1993 CD 1662 2071 360 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2071 361 , , , 1662 2071 362 LI LI NNP 1662 2071 363 Lanqing Lanqing NNP 1662 2071 364 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2071 365 29 29 CD 1662 2071 366 March March NNP 1662 2071 367 1993 1993 CD 1662 2071 368 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2071 369 , , , 1662 2071 370 WU WU NNP 1662 2071 371 Bangguo Bangguo NNP 1662 2071 372 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2071 373 since since IN 1662 2071 374 17 17 CD 1662 2071 375 March March NNP 1662 2071 376 1995 1995 CD 1662 2071 377 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2071 378 , , , 1662 2071 379 and and CC 1662 2071 380 JIANG JIANG NNP 1662 2071 381 Chunyun Chunyun NNP 1662 2071 382 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2071 383 since since IN 1662 2071 384 17 17 CD 1662 2071 385 March March NNP 1662 2071 386 1995 1995 CD 1662 2071 387 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2071 388 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2071 389 : : : 1662 2071 390 State State NNP 1662 2071 391 Council Council NNP 1662 2071 392 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2071 393 by by IN 1662 2071 394 the the DT 1662 2071 395 National National NNP 1662 2071 396 People People NNPS 1662 2071 397 's 's POS 1662 2071 398 Congress Congress NNP 1662 2071 399 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2071 400 NPC NPC NNP 1662 2071 401 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2071 402 elections election NNS 1662 2071 403 : : : 1662 2071 404 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- HYPH 1662 2072 41 scale scale NN 1662 2072 42 enterprise enterprise NN 1662 2072 43 in in IN 1662 2072 44 services service NNS 1662 2072 45 and and CC 1662 2072 46 light light NN 1662 2072 47 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 2072 48 , , , 1662 2072 49 and and CC 1662 2072 50 opened open VBD 1662 2072 51 the the DT 1662 2072 52 economy economy NN 1662 2072 53 to to IN 1662 2072 54 increased increase VBN 1662 2072 55 foreign foreign JJ 1662 2072 56 trade trade NN 1662 2072 57 and and CC 1662 2072 58 investment investment NN 1662 2072 59 . . . 1662 2073 1 The the DT 1662 2073 2 result result NN 1662 2073 3 has have VBZ 1662 2073 4 been be VBN 1662 2073 5 a a DT 1662 2073 6 quadrupling quadrupling NN 1662 2073 7 of of IN 1662 2073 8 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2073 9 since since IN 1662 2073 10 1978 1978 CD 1662 2073 11 . . . 1662 2074 1 Agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 2074 2 output output NN 1662 2074 3 doubled double VBD 1662 2074 4 in in IN 1662 2074 5 the the DT 1662 2074 6 1980s 1980 NNS 1662 2074 7 , , , 1662 2074 8 and and CC 1662 2074 9 industry industry NN 1662 2074 10 also also RB 1662 2074 11 posted post VBD 1662 2074 12 major major JJ 1662 2074 13 gains gain NNS 1662 2074 14 , , , 1662 2074 15 especially especially RB 1662 2074 16 in in IN 1662 2074 17 coastal coastal JJ 1662 2074 18 areas area NNS 1662 2074 19 near near IN 1662 2074 20 Hong Hong NNP 1662 2074 21 Kong Kong NNP 1662 2074 22 and and CC 1662 2074 23 opposite opposite JJ 1662 2074 24 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 2074 25 , , , 1662 2074 26 where where WRB 1662 2074 27 foreign foreign JJ 1662 2074 28 investment investment NN 1662 2074 29 helped help VBD 1662 2074 30 spur spur VB 1662 2074 31 output output NN 1662 2074 32 of of IN 1662 2074 33 both both CC 1662 2074 34 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2074 35 and and CC 1662 2074 36 export export NN 1662 2074 37 goods good NNS 1662 2074 38 . . . 1662 2075 1 On on IN 1662 2075 2 the the DT 1662 2075 3 darker dark JJR 1662 2075 4 side side NN 1662 2075 5 , , , 1662 2075 6 the the DT 1662 2075 7 leadership leadership NN 1662 2075 8 has have VBZ 1662 2075 9 often often RB 1662 2075 10 experienced experience VBN 1662 2075 11 in in IN 1662 2075 12 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2075 13 hybrid hybrid JJ 1662 2075 14 system system NN 1662 2075 15 the the DT 1662 2075 16 worst bad JJS 1662 2075 17 results result NNS 1662 2075 18 of of IN 1662 2075 19 socialism socialism NN 1662 2075 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2075 21 bureaucracy bureaucracy NN 1662 2075 22 , , , 1662 2075 23 lassitude lassitude NN 1662 2075 24 , , , 1662 2075 25 corruption corruption NN 1662 2075 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2075 27 and and CC 1662 2075 28 of of IN 1662 2075 29 capitalism capitalism NN 1662 2075 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2075 31 windfall windfall NNP 1662 2075 32 gains gain NNS 1662 2075 33 and and CC 1662 2075 34 stepped step VBN 1662 2075 35 - 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- HYPH 1662 2078 11 term term NN 1662 2078 12 reforms reform NNS 1662 2078 13 aimed aim VBN 1662 2078 14 at at IN 1662 2078 15 giving give VBG 1662 2078 16 still still RB 1662 2078 17 more more JJR 1662 2078 18 play play NN 1662 2078 19 to to IN 1662 2078 20 market market NN 1662 2078 21 - - HYPH 1662 2078 22 oriented orient VBN 1662 2078 23 institutions institution NNS 1662 2078 24 and and CC 1662 2078 25 at at IN 1662 2078 26 strengthening strengthen VBG 1662 2078 27 the the DT 1662 2078 28 center center NN 1662 2078 29 's 's POS 1662 2078 30 control control NN 1662 2078 31 over over IN 1662 2078 32 the the DT 1662 2078 33 financial financial JJ 1662 2078 34 system system NN 1662 2078 35 ; ; : 1662 2078 36 state state NN 1662 2078 37 enterprises enterprise NNS 1662 2078 38 would would MD 1662 2078 39 continue continue VB 1662 2078 40 to to TO 1662 2078 41 dominate dominate VB 1662 2078 42 many many JJ 1662 2078 43 key key JJ 1662 2078 44 industries industry NNS 1662 2078 45 in in IN 1662 2078 46 what what WP 1662 2078 47 was be VBD 1662 2078 48 now now RB 1662 2078 49 termed term VBN 1662 2078 50 " " `` 1662 2078 51 a a DT 1662 2078 52 socialist socialist JJ 1662 2078 53 market market NN 1662 2078 54 economy economy NN 1662 2078 55 . . . 1662 2078 56 " " '' 1662 2079 1 In in IN 1662 2079 2 1995 1995 CD 1662 2079 3 - - SYM 1662 2079 4 96 96 CD 1662 2079 5 inflation inflation NN 1662 2079 6 dropped drop VBD 1662 2079 7 sharply sharply RB 1662 2079 8 , , , 1662 2079 9 reflecting reflect VBG 1662 2079 10 tighter tight JJR 1662 2079 11 monetary monetary JJ 1662 2079 12 policies policy NNS 1662 2079 13 and and CC 1662 2079 14 stronger strong JJR 1662 2079 15 measures measure NNS 1662 2079 16 to to TO 1662 2079 17 control control VB 1662 2079 18 food food NN 1662 2079 19 prices price NNS 1662 2079 20 . . . 1662 2080 1 At at IN 1662 2080 2 the the DT 1662 2080 3 same same JJ 1662 2080 4 time time NN 1662 2080 5 , , , 1662 2080 6 the the DT 1662 2080 7 government government NN 1662 2080 8 struggled struggle VBD 1662 2080 9 to to IN 1662 2080 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2080 11 a a DT 1662 2080 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2080 13 collect collect JJ 1662 2080 14 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2080 15 due due JJ 1662 2080 16 from from IN 1662 2080 17 provinces province NNS 1662 2080 18 , , , 1662 2080 19 businesses business NNS 1662 2080 20 , , , 1662 2080 21 and and CC 1662 2080 22 individuals individual NNS 1662 2080 23 ; ; : 1662 2080 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2080 25 b b NN 1662 2080 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2080 27 reduce reduce VB 1662 2080 28 corruption corruption NN 1662 2080 29 and and CC 1662 2080 30 other other JJ 1662 2080 31 economic economic JJ 1662 2080 32 crimes crime NNS 1662 2080 33 ; ; : 1662 2080 34 and and CC 1662 2080 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2080 36 c c NN 1662 2080 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2080 38 keep keep VBP 1662 2080 39 afloat afloat RB 1662 2080 40 the the DT 1662 2080 41 large large JJ 1662 2080 42 state state NN 1662 2080 43 - - HYPH 1662 2080 44 owned own VBN 1662 2080 45 enterprises enterprise NNS 1662 2080 46 , , , 1662 2080 47 most most JJS 1662 2080 48 of of IN 1662 2080 49 which which WDT 1662 2080 50 had have VBD 1662 2080 51 not not RB 1662 2080 52 participated participate VBN 1662 2080 53 in in IN 1662 2080 54 the the DT 1662 2080 55 vigorous vigorous JJ 1662 2080 56 expansion expansion NN 1662 2080 57 of of IN 1662 2080 58 the the DT 1662 2080 59 economy economy NN 1662 2080 60 and and CC 1662 2080 61 many many JJ 1662 2080 62 of of IN 1662 2080 63 which which WDT 1662 2080 64 have have VBP 1662 2080 65 been be VBN 1662 2080 66 losing lose VBG 1662 2080 67 the the DT 1662 2080 68 ability ability NN 1662 2080 69 to to TO 1662 2080 70 pay pay VB 1662 2080 71 full full JJ 1662 2080 72 wages wage NNS 1662 2080 73 and and CC 1662 2080 74 pensions pension NNS 1662 2080 75 . . . 1662 2081 1 From from IN 1662 2081 2 60 60 CD 1662 2081 3 to to TO 1662 2081 4 100 100 CD 1662 2081 5 million million CD 1662 2081 6 surplus surplus NN 1662 2081 7 rural rural JJ 1662 2081 8 workers worker NNS 1662 2081 9 are be VBP 1662 2081 10 adrift adrift JJ 1662 2081 11 between between IN 1662 2081 12 the the DT 1662 2081 13 villages village NNS 1662 2081 14 and and CC 1662 2081 15 the the DT 1662 2081 16 cities city NNS 1662 2081 17 , , , 1662 2081 18 many many JJ 1662 2081 19 subsisting subsisting NN 1662 2081 20 through through IN 1662 2081 21 part part JJ 1662 2081 22 - - HYPH 1662 2081 23 time time NN 1662 2081 24 low low RB 1662 2081 25 - - HYPH 1662 2081 26 paying pay VBG 1662 2081 27 jobs job NNS 1662 2081 28 . . . 1662 2082 1 Popular popular JJ 1662 2082 2 resistance resistance NN 1662 2082 3 , , , 1662 2082 4 changes change NNS 1662 2082 5 in in IN 1662 2082 6 central central JJ 1662 2082 7 policy policy NN 1662 2082 8 , , , 1662 2082 9 and and CC 1662 2082 10 loss loss NN 1662 2082 11 of of IN 1662 2082 12 authority authority NN 1662 2082 13 by by IN 1662 2082 14 rural rural JJ 1662 2082 15 cadres cadre NNS 1662 2082 16 have have VBP 1662 2082 17 weakened weaken VBN 1662 2082 18 China China NNP 1662 2082 19 's 's POS 1662 2082 20 population population NN 1662 2082 21 control control NN 1662 2082 22 program program NN 1662 2082 23 , , , 1662 2082 24 which which WDT 1662 2082 25 is be VBZ 1662 2082 26 essential essential JJ 1662 2082 27 to to IN 1662 2082 28 maintaining maintain VBG 1662 2082 29 growth growth NN 1662 2082 30 in in IN 1662 2082 31 living living NN 1662 2082 32 standards standard NNS 1662 2082 33 . . . 1662 2083 1 Another another DT 1662 2083 2 long long JJ 1662 2083 3 - - HYPH 1662 2083 4 term term NN 1662 2083 5 threat threat NN 1662 2083 6 to to IN 1662 2083 7 continued continued JJ 1662 2083 8 rapid rapid JJ 1662 2083 9 economic economic JJ 1662 2083 10 growth growth NN 1662 2083 11 is be VBZ 1662 2083 12 the the DT 1662 2083 13 deterioration deterioration NN 1662 2083 14 in in IN 1662 2083 15 the the DT 1662 2083 16 environment environment NN 1662 2083 17 , , , 1662 2083 18 notably notably RB 1662 2083 19 air air NN 1662 2083 20 pollution pollution NN 1662 2083 21 , , , 1662 2083 22 soil soil NN 1662 2083 23 erosion erosion NN 1662 2083 24 , , , 1662 2083 25 and and CC 1662 2083 26 the the DT 1662 2083 27 steady steady JJ 1662 2083 28 fall fall NN 1662 2083 29 of of IN 1662 2083 30 the the DT 1662 2083 31 water water NN 1662 2083 32 table table NN 1662 2083 33 especially especially RB 1662 2083 34 in in IN 1662 2083 35 the the DT 1662 2083 36 north north NN 1662 2083 37 . . . 1662 2084 1 China China NNP 1662 2084 2 continues continue VBZ 1662 2084 3 to to TO 1662 2084 4 lose lose VB 1662 2084 5 arable arable JJ 1662 2084 6 land land NN 1662 2084 7 because because IN 1662 2084 8 of of IN 1662 2084 9 erosion erosion NN 1662 2084 10 and and CC 1662 2084 11 economic economic JJ 1662 2084 12 development development NN 1662 2084 13 ; ; : 1662 2084 14 furthermore furthermore RB 1662 2084 15 , , , 1662 2084 16 the the DT 1662 2084 17 regime regime NN 1662 2084 18 gives give VBZ 1662 2084 19 insufficient insufficient JJ 1662 2084 20 priority priority NN 1662 2084 21 to to IN 1662 2084 22 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 2084 23 research research NN 1662 2084 24 . . . 1662 2085 1 The the DT 1662 2085 2 next next JJ 1662 2085 3 few few JJ 1662 2085 4 years year NNS 1662 2085 5 will will MD 1662 2085 6 witness witness VB 1662 2085 7 increasing increase VBG 1662 2085 8 tensions tension NNS 1662 2085 9 between between IN 1662 2085 10 a a DT 1662 2085 11 highly highly RB 1662 2085 12 centralized centralized JJ 1662 2085 13 political political JJ 1662 2085 14 system system NN 1662 2085 15 and and CC 1662 2085 16 an an DT 1662 2085 17 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 2085 18 decentralized decentralize VBN 1662 2085 19 economic economic JJ 1662 2085 20 system system NN 1662 2085 21 . . . 1662 2086 1 Rapid rapid JJ 1662 2086 2 economic economic JJ 1662 2086 3 growth growth NN 1662 2086 4 likely likely RB 1662 2086 5 will will MD 1662 2086 6 continue continue VB 1662 2086 7 but but CC 1662 2086 8 at at IN 1662 2086 9 a a DT 1662 2086 10 declining decline VBG 1662 2086 11 rate rate NN 1662 2086 12 . . . 1662 2087 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2087 2 : : : 1662 2087 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2087 4 power power NN 1662 2087 5 parity parity NN 1662 2087 6 - 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- HYPH 1662 2087 47 real real JJ 1662 2087 48 growth growth NN 1662 2087 49 rate rate NN 1662 2087 50 : : : 1662 2087 51 9.7 9.7 CD 1662 2087 52 % % NN 1662 2087 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2087 54 1996 1996 CD 1662 2087 55 est est NNP 1662 2087 56 . . . 1662 2087 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2088 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2088 2 - - HYPH 1662 2088 3 per per FW 1662 2088 4 capita capita NN 1662 2088 5 : : : 1662 2088 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2088 7 power power NN 1662 2088 8 parity parity NN 1662 2088 9 - - : 1662 2088 10 $ $ $ 1662 2088 11 2,800 2,800 CD 1662 2088 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2088 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 2088 14 est est NNP 1662 2088 15 . . . 1662 2088 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2089 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2089 2 - - HYPH 1662 2089 3 composition composition NN 1662 2089 4 by by IN 1662 2089 5 sector sector NN 1662 2089 6 : : : 1662 2089 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2089 8 : : : 1662 2089 9 20 20 CD 1662 2089 10 % % NN 1662 2089 11 industry industry NN 1662 2089 12 : : : 1662 2089 13 49 49 CD 1662 2089 14 % % NN 1662 2089 15 services service NNS 1662 2089 16 : : : 1662 2089 17 31 31 CD 1662 2089 18 % % NN 1662 2089 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2089 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 2089 21 est est NNP 1662 2089 22 . . . 1662 2089 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2090 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 2090 2 rate rate NN 1662 2090 3 - - HYPH 1662 2090 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 2090 5 price price NN 1662 2090 6 index index NN 1662 2090 7 : : : 1662 2090 8 10 10 CD 1662 2090 9 % % NN 1662 2090 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2090 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 2090 12 est est NNP 1662 2090 13 . . . 1662 2090 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2091 1 Labor labor NN 1662 2091 2 force force NN 1662 2091 3 : : : 1662 2091 4 total total NN 1662 2091 5 : : : 1662 2091 6 614.7 614.7 CD 1662 2091 7 million million CD 1662 2091 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2091 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 2091 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2091 11 by by IN 1662 2091 12 occupation occupation NN 1662 2091 13 : : : 1662 2091 14 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2091 15 and and CC 1662 2091 16 forestry forestry NN 1662 2091 17 54 54 CD 1662 2091 18 % % NN 1662 2091 19 , , , 1662 2091 20 industry industry NN 1662 2091 21 and and CC 1662 2091 22 commerce commerce NN 1662 2091 23 26 26 CD 1662 2091 24 % % NN 1662 2091 25 , , , 1662 2091 26 construction construction NN 1662 2091 27 and and CC 1662 2091 28 mining mining NN 1662 2091 29 7 7 CD 1662 2091 30 % % NN 1662 2091 31 , , , 1662 2091 32 social social JJ 1662 2091 33 services service NNS 1662 2091 34 6 6 CD 1662 2091 35 % % NN 1662 2091 36 , , , 1662 2091 37 other other JJ 1662 2091 38 7 7 CD 1662 2091 39 % % NN 1662 2091 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2091 41 1994 1994 CD 1662 2091 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2091 43 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2091 44 rate rate NN 1662 2091 45 : : : 1662 2091 46 officially officially RB 1662 2091 47 3 3 CD 1662 2091 48 % % NN 1662 2091 49 in in IN 1662 2091 50 urban urban JJ 1662 2091 51 areas area NNS 1662 2091 52 ; ; : 1662 2091 53 probably probably RB 1662 2091 54 8%-10 8%-10 CD 1662 2091 55 % % NN 1662 2091 56 ; ; , 1662 2091 57 substantial substantial JJ 1662 2091 58 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2091 59 and and CC 1662 2091 60 underemployment underemployment NN 1662 2091 61 in in IN 1662 2091 62 rural rural JJ 1662 2091 63 areas area NNS 1662 2091 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2091 65 1996 1996 CD 1662 2091 66 est est NNP 1662 2091 67 . . . 1662 2091 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2092 1 Budget budget NN 1662 2092 2 : : : 1662 2092 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2092 4 : : : 1662 2092 5 $ $ $ 1662 2092 6 NA na NN 1662 2092 7 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2092 8 : : : 1662 2092 9 $ $ $ 1662 2092 10 NA na NN 1662 2092 11 , , , 1662 2092 12 including include VBG 1662 2092 13 capital capital NN 1662 2092 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2092 15 of of IN 1662 2092 16 $ $ $ 1662 2092 17 NA NA NNP 1662 2092 18 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 2092 19 : : : 1662 2092 20 iron iron NN 1662 2092 21 and and CC 1662 2092 22 steel steel NN 1662 2092 23 , , , 1662 2092 24 coal coal NN 1662 2092 25 , , , 1662 2092 26 machine machine NN 1662 2092 27 building building NN 1662 2092 28 , , , 1662 2092 29 armaments armament NNS 1662 2092 30 , , , 1662 2092 31 textiles textile NNS 1662 2092 32 and and CC 1662 2092 33 apparel apparel NN 1662 2092 34 , , , 1662 2092 35 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2092 36 , , , 1662 2092 37 cement cement NN 1662 2092 38 , , , 1662 2092 39 chemical chemical NN 1662 2092 40 fertilizers fertilizer NNS 1662 2092 41 , , , 1662 2092 42 consumer consumer NN 1662 2092 43 durables durable NNS 1662 2092 44 , , , 1662 2092 45 food food NN 1662 2092 46 processing processing NN 1662 2092 47 , , , 1662 2092 48 autos auto NNS 1662 2092 49 , , , 1662 2092 50 consumer consumer NN 1662 2092 51 electronics electronic NNS 1662 2092 52 , , , 1662 2092 53 telecommunications telecommunication VBZ 1662 2092 54 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2092 55 production production NN 1662 2092 56 growth growth NN 1662 2092 57 rate rate NN 1662 2092 58 : : : 1662 2092 59 13 13 CD 1662 2092 60 % % NN 1662 2092 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2092 62 1996 1996 CD 1662 2092 63 est est NNP 1662 2092 64 . . . 1662 2092 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2093 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2093 2 - - HYPH 1662 2093 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 2093 4 : : : 1662 2093 5 210 210 CD 1662 2093 6 million million CD 1662 2093 7 kW kW NNP 1662 2093 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2093 9 1995 1995 CD 1662 2093 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2093 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2093 12 - - HYPH 1662 2093 13 production production NN 1662 2093 14 : : : 1662 2093 15 859 859 CD 1662 2093 16 billion billion CD 1662 2093 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2093 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2093 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 2093 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2093 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2093 22 - - HYPH 1662 2093 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 2093 24 per per IN 1662 2093 25 capita capita NN 1662 2093 26 : : : 1662 2093 27 684 684 CD 1662 2093 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2093 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2093 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 2093 31 est est NNP 1662 2093 32 . . . 1662 2093 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2094 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2094 2 - - HYPH 1662 2094 3 products product NNS 1662 2094 4 : : : 1662 2094 5 rice rice NN 1662 2094 6 , , , 1662 2094 7 wheat wheat NN 1662 2094 8 , , , 1662 2094 9 potatoes potato NNS 1662 2094 10 , , , 1662 2094 11 sorghum sorghum NN 1662 2094 12 , , , 1662 2094 13 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 2094 14 , , , 1662 2094 15 tea tea NN 1662 2094 16 , , , 1662 2094 17 millet millet NN 1662 2094 18 , , , 1662 2094 19 barley barley NN 1662 2094 20 , , , 1662 2094 21 cotton cotton NN 1662 2094 22 , , , 1662 2094 23 other other JJ 1662 2094 24 fibers fiber NNS 1662 2094 25 , , , 1662 2094 26 oilseed oilseed NN 1662 2094 27 ; ; : 1662 2094 28 pork pork NN 1662 2094 29 and and CC 1662 2094 30 other other JJ 1662 2094 31 livestock livestock NN 1662 2094 32 products product NNS 1662 2094 33 ; ; , 1662 2094 34 fish fish NN 1662 2094 35 Exports export NNS 1662 2094 36 : : : 1662 2094 37 total total JJ 1662 2094 38 value value NN 1662 2094 39 : : : 1662 2094 40 $ $ $ 1662 2094 41 151.07 151.07 CD 1662 2094 42 billion billion CD 1662 2094 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2094 44 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2094 45 . . NNP 1662 2094 46 , , , 1662 2094 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 2094 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2094 49 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2094 50 : : : 1662 2094 51 clothing clothing NN 1662 2094 52 , , , 1662 2094 53 miscellaneous miscellaneous JJ 1662 2094 54 consumer consumer NN 1662 2094 55 goods good NNS 1662 2094 56 , , , 1662 2094 57 fabrics fabric NNS 1662 2094 58 , , , 1662 2094 59 footwear footwear NN 1662 2094 60 , , , 1662 2094 61 toys toy NNS 1662 2094 62 , , , 1662 2094 63 electrical electrical JJ 1662 2094 64 machinery machinery NN 1662 2094 65 and and CC 1662 2094 66 switchgear switchgear NN 1662 2094 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2094 68 1995 1995 CD 1662 2094 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2094 70 partners partner NNS 1662 2094 71 : : : 1662 2094 72 Hong Hong NNP 1662 2094 73 Kong Kong NNP 1662 2094 74 , , , 1662 2094 75 Japan Japan NNP 1662 2094 76 , , , 1662 2094 77 US US NNP 1662 2094 78 , , , 1662 2094 79 South South NNP 1662 2094 80 Korea Korea NNP 1662 2094 81 , , , 1662 2094 82 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2094 83 , , , 1662 2094 84 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 2094 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2094 86 1995 1995 CD 1662 2094 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2094 88 Imports import NNS 1662 2094 89 : : : 1662 2094 90 total total JJ 1662 2094 91 value value NN 1662 2094 92 : : : 1662 2094 93 $ $ $ 1662 2094 94 138.83 138.83 CD 1662 2094 95 billion billion CD 1662 2094 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2094 97 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 2094 98 . . NNP 1662 2094 99 , , , 1662 2094 100 1996 1996 CD 1662 2094 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2094 102 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2094 103 : : : 1662 2094 104 plastics plastic NNS 1662 2094 105 , , , 1662 2094 106 fabrics fabric NNS 1662 2094 107 , , , 1662 2094 108 telecommunications telecommunication NNS 1662 2094 109 equipment equipment NN 1662 2094 110 , , , 1662 2094 111 electrical electrical JJ 1662 2094 112 machinery machinery NN 1662 2094 113 and and CC 1662 2094 114 switchgear switchgear NN 1662 2094 115 , , , 1662 2094 116 transistors transistor NNS 1662 2094 117 , , , 1662 2094 118 other other JJ 1662 2094 119 industrial industrial JJ 1662 2094 120 machinery machinery NN 1662 2094 121 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2094 122 1995 1995 CD 1662 2094 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2094 124 partners partner NNS 1662 2094 125 : : : 1662 2094 126 Japan Japan NNP 1662 2094 127 , , , 1662 2094 128 US US NNP 1662 2094 129 , , , 1662 2094 130 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 2094 131 , , , 1662 2094 132 South South NNP 1662 2094 133 Korea Korea NNP 1662 2094 134 , , , 1662 2094 135 Hong Hong NNP 1662 2094 136 Kong Kong NNP 1662 2094 137 , , , 1662 2094 138 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2094 139 , , , 1662 2094 140 Russia Russia NNP 1662 2094 141 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2094 142 1995 1995 CD 1662 2094 143 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2094 144 Debt debt NN 1662 2094 145 - - HYPH 1662 2094 146 external external JJ 1662 2094 147 : : : 1662 2094 148 $ $ $ 1662 2094 149 92 92 CD 1662 2094 150 billion billion CD 1662 2094 151 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2094 152 1994 1994 CD 1662 2094 153 est est NNP 1662 2094 154 . . . 1662 2094 155 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2095 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 2095 2 aid aid NN 1662 2095 3 : : : 1662 2095 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 2095 5 : : : 1662 2095 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2095 7 , , , 1662 2095 8 $ $ $ 1662 2095 9 1.977 1.977 CD 1662 2095 10 billion billion CD 1662 2095 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2095 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 2095 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2095 14 Currency currency NN 1662 2095 15 : : : 1662 2095 16 1 1 CD 1662 2095 17 yuan yuan NN 1662 2095 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2095 19 ¥ ⥠ADD 1662 2095 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2095 21 = = NFP 1662 2095 22 10 10 CD 1662 2095 23 jiao jiao NNP 1662 2095 24 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2095 25 rates rate NNS 1662 2095 26 : : : 1662 2095 27 yuan yuan NNP 1662 2095 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2095 29 ¥ ⥠ADD 1662 2095 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2095 31 per per IN 1662 2095 32 US$ us$ $ 1662 2095 33 1 1 CD 1662 2095 34 - - SYM 1662 2095 35 8.2963 8.2963 CD 1662 2095 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2095 37 January January NNP 1662 2095 38 1997 1997 CD 1662 2095 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2095 40 , , , 1662 2095 41 8.3142 8.3142 CD 1662 2095 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2095 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 2095 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2095 45 , , , 1662 2095 46 8.3514 8.3514 CD 1662 2095 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2095 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 2095 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2095 50 , , , 1662 2095 51 8.6187 8.6187 CD 1662 2095 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2095 53 1994 1994 CD 1662 2095 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2095 55 , , , 1662 2095 56 5.7620 5.7620 CD 1662 2095 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2095 58 1993 1993 CD 1662 2095 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2095 60 , , , 1662 2095 61 5.5146 5.5146 CD 1662 2095 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2095 63 1992 1992 CD 1662 2095 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2095 65 note note NN 1662 2095 66 : : : 1662 2095 67 beginning begin VBG 1662 2095 68 1 1 CD 1662 2095 69 January January NNP 1662 2095 70 1994 1994 CD 1662 2095 71 , , , 1662 2095 72 the the DT 1662 2095 73 People People NNPS 1662 2095 74 's 's POS 1662 2095 75 Bank Bank NNP 1662 2095 76 of of IN 1662 2095 77 China China NNP 1662 2095 78 quotes quote VBZ 1662 2095 79 the the DT 1662 2095 80 midpoint midpoint NN 1662 2095 81 rate rate NN 1662 2095 82 against against IN 1662 2095 83 the the DT 1662 2095 84 US US NNP 1662 2095 85 dollar dollar NN 1662 2095 86 based base VBN 1662 2095 87 on on IN 1662 2095 88 the the DT 1662 2095 89 previous previous JJ 1662 2095 90 day day NN 1662 2095 91 's 's POS 1662 2095 92 prevailing prevailing NN 1662 2095 93 rate rate NN 1662 2095 94 in in IN 1662 2095 95 the the DT 1662 2095 96 interbank interbank NNP 1662 2095 97 foreign foreign JJ 1662 2095 98 exchange exchange NN 1662 2095 99 market market NN 1662 2095 100 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2095 101 year year NN 1662 2095 102 : : : 1662 2095 103 calendar calendar NNP 1662 2095 104 year year NNP 1662 2095 105 @China @China NNP 1662 2095 106 : : : 1662 2095 107 Communications Communications NNP 1662 2095 108 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 2095 109 : : : 1662 2095 110 20 20 CD 1662 2095 111 million million CD 1662 2095 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2095 113 1994 1994 CD 1662 2095 114 est est NNP 1662 2095 115 . . . 1662 2095 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2096 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2096 2 system system NN 1662 2096 3 : : : 1662 2096 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2096 5 and and CC 1662 2096 6 international international JJ 1662 2096 7 services service NNS 1662 2096 8 are be VBP 1662 2096 9 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 2096 10 available available JJ 1662 2096 11 for for IN 1662 2096 12 private private JJ 1662 2096 13 use use NN 1662 2096 14 ; ; : 1662 2096 15 unevenly unevenly RB 1662 2096 16 distributed distribute VBN 1662 2096 17 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2096 18 system system NN 1662 2096 19 serves serve VBZ 1662 2096 20 principal principal JJ 1662 2096 21 cities city NNS 1662 2096 22 , , , 1662 2096 23 industrial industrial JJ 1662 2096 24 centers center NNS 1662 2096 25 , , , 1662 2096 26 and and CC 1662 2096 27 most most JJS 1662 2096 28 townships township NNS 1662 2096 29 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2096 30 : : : 1662 2096 31 telephone telephone NN 1662 2096 32 lines line NNS 1662 2096 33 are be VBP 1662 2096 34 being be VBG 1662 2096 35 expanded expand VBN 1662 2096 36 to to IN 1662 2096 37 100 100 CD 1662 2096 38 million million CD 1662 2096 39 by by IN 1662 2096 40 1996 1996 CD 1662 2096 41 ; ; , 1662 2096 42 interprovincial interprovincial JJ 1662 2096 43 fiber fiber NN 1662 2096 44 - - HYPH 1662 2096 45 optic optic NN 1662 2096 46 trunk trunk NN 1662 2096 47 lines line NNS 1662 2096 48 and and CC 1662 2096 49 cellular cellular JJ 1662 2096 50 telephone telephone NN 1662 2096 51 systems system NNS 1662 2096 52 have have VBP 1662 2096 53 been be VBN 1662 2096 54 installed instal VBN 1662 2096 55 ; ; : 1662 2096 56 a a DT 1662 2096 57 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2096 58 satellite satellite NN 1662 2096 59 system system NN 1662 2096 60 with with IN 1662 2096 61 55 55 CD 1662 2096 62 earth earth NN 1662 2096 63 stations station NNS 1662 2096 64 is be VBZ 1662 2096 65 in in IN 1662 2096 66 place place NN 1662 2096 67 international international JJ 1662 2096 68 : : : 1662 2096 69 satellite satellite NN 1662 2096 70 earth earth NN 1662 2096 71 stations station NNS 1662 2096 72 - - : 1662 2096 73 5 5 CD 1662 2096 74 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2096 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2096 76 4 4 CD 1662 2096 77 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2096 78 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2096 79 and and CC 1662 2096 80 1 1 CD 1662 2096 81 Indian Indian NNP 1662 2096 82 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2096 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2096 84 , , , 1662 2096 85 1 1 CD 1662 2096 86 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 2096 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2096 88 Indian Indian NNP 1662 2096 89 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2096 90 Region Region NNP 1662 2096 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2096 92 and and CC 1662 2096 93 1 1 CD 1662 2096 94 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 2096 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2096 96 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2096 97 and and CC 1662 2096 98 Indian Indian NNP 1662 2096 99 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2096 100 Regions Regions NNPS 1662 2096 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2096 102 ; ; : 1662 2096 103 several several JJ 1662 2096 104 international international JJ 1662 2096 105 fiber fiber NN 1662 2096 106 - - HYPH 1662 2096 107 optic optic NN 1662 2096 108 links link NNS 1662 2096 109 to to IN 1662 2096 110 Japan Japan NNP 1662 2096 111 , , , 1662 2096 112 South South NNP 1662 2096 113 Korea Korea NNP 1662 2096 114 , , , 1662 2096 115 and and CC 1662 2096 116 Hong Hong NNP 1662 2096 117 Kong Kong NNP 1662 2096 118 Radio Radio NNP 1662 2096 119 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2096 120 stations station NNS 1662 2096 121 : : : 1662 2096 122 AM am VBP 1662 2096 123 274 274 CD 1662 2096 124 , , , 1662 2096 125 FM FM NNP 1662 2096 126 NA NA NNP 1662 2096 127 , , , 1662 2096 128 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 2096 129 0 0 CD 1662 2096 130 Radios radio NNS 1662 2096 131 : : : 1662 2096 132 216.5 216.5 CD 1662 2096 133 million million CD 1662 2096 134 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2096 135 1992 1992 CD 1662 2096 136 est est NNP 1662 2096 137 . . . 1662 2096 138 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2097 1 Television television NN 1662 2097 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2097 3 stations station NNS 1662 2097 4 : : : 1662 2097 5 202 202 CD 1662 2097 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2097 7 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 2097 8 2,050 2,050 CD 1662 2097 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2097 10 Televisions television NNS 1662 2097 11 : : : 1662 2097 12 75 75 CD 1662 2097 13 million million CD 1662 2097 14 @China @china CD 1662 2097 15 : : : 1662 2097 16 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2097 17 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2097 18 : : : 1662 2097 19 total total NN 1662 2097 20 : : : 1662 2097 21 62,500 62,500 CD 1662 2097 22 km km NNS 1662 2097 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2097 24 including include VBG 1662 2097 25 5,400 5,400 CD 1662 2097 26 km km NNS 1662 2097 27 of of IN 1662 2097 28 provincial provincial JJ 1662 2097 29 " " `` 1662 2097 30 local local JJ 1662 2097 31 " " '' 1662 2097 32 rails rail NNS 1662 2097 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2097 34 standard standard JJ 1662 2097 35 gauge gauge NN 1662 2097 36 : : : 1662 2097 37 58,900 58,900 CD 1662 2097 38 km km NNS 1662 2097 39 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 2097 40 gauge gauge NN 1662 2097 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2097 42 9,700 9,700 CD 1662 2097 43 km km NN 1662 2097 44 electrified electrify VBN 1662 2097 45 ; ; : 1662 2097 46 18,100 18,100 CD 1662 2097 47 km km NN 1662 2097 48 double double JJ 1662 2097 49 track track NN 1662 2097 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2097 51 narrow narrow JJ 1662 2097 52 gauge gauge NN 1662 2097 53 : : : 1662 2097 54 3,600 3,600 CD 1662 2097 55 km km NN 1662 2097 56 0.750-m 0.750-m CD 1662 2097 57 gauge gauge VB 1662 2097 58 local local JJ 1662 2097 59 industrial industrial JJ 1662 2097 60 lines line NNS 1662 2097 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2097 62 1996 1996 CD 1662 2097 63 est est NNP 1662 2097 64 . . . 1662 2097 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2098 1 Highways highway NNS 1662 2098 2 : : : 1662 2098 3 total total NN 1662 2098 4 : : : 1662 2098 5 1.117 1.117 CD 1662 2098 6 million million CD 1662 2098 7 km km NNS 1662 2098 8 paved pave VBN 1662 2098 9 : : : 1662 2098 10 239,500 239,500 CD 1662 2098 11 km km NNP 1662 2098 12 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2098 13 : : : 1662 2098 14 877,500 877,500 CD 1662 2098 15 km km NNS 1662 2098 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2098 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 2098 18 est est NNP 1662 2098 19 . . . 1662 2098 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2099 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 2099 2 : : : 1662 2099 3 138,600 138,600 CD 1662 2099 4 km km NN 1662 2099 5 ; ; : 1662 2099 6 about about RB 1662 2099 7 110,600 110,600 CD 1662 2099 8 km km NNS 1662 2099 9 navigable navigable JJ 1662 2099 10 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 2099 11 : : : 1662 2099 12 crude crude JJ 1662 2099 13 oil oil NN 1662 2099 14 9,700 9,700 CD 1662 2099 15 km km NN 1662 2099 16 ; ; : 1662 2099 17 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2099 18 products product NNS 1662 2099 19 1,100 1,100 CD 1662 2099 20 km km NN 1662 2099 21 ; ; : 1662 2099 22 natural natural JJ 1662 2099 23 gas gas NN 1662 2099 24 6,200 6,200 CD 1662 2099 25 km km NN 1662 2099 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2099 27 1990 1990 CD 1662 2099 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2099 29 Ports port NNS 1662 2099 30 and and CC 1662 2099 31 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2099 32 : : : 1662 2099 33 Dalian Dalian NNP 1662 2099 34 , , , 1662 2099 35 Fuzhou Fuzhou NNP 1662 2099 36 , , , 1662 2099 37 Guangzhou Guangzhou NNP 1662 2099 38 , , , 1662 2099 39 Haikou Haikou NNP 1662 2099 40 , , , 1662 2099 41 Lianyungang Lianyungang NNP 1662 2099 42 , , , 1662 2099 43 Nanjing Nanjing NNP 1662 2099 44 , , , 1662 2099 45 Nantong Nantong NNP 1662 2099 46 , , , 1662 2099 47 Ningbo Ningbo NNP 1662 2099 48 , , , 1662 2099 49 Qingdao Qingdao NNP 1662 2099 50 , , , 1662 2099 51 Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao NNP 1662 2099 52 , , , 1662 2099 53 Shanghai Shanghai NNP 1662 2099 54 , , , 1662 2099 55 Shantou Shantou NNP 1662 2099 56 , , , 1662 2099 57 Tianjin Tianjin NNP 1662 2099 58 , , , 1662 2099 59 Xiamen Xiamen NNP 1662 2099 60 , , , 1662 2099 61 Yantain Yantain NNP 1662 2099 62 , , , 1662 2099 63 Zhanjiang Zhanjiang NNP 1662 2099 64 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2099 65 marine marine NN 1662 2099 66 : : : 1662 2099 67 total total NN 1662 2099 68 : : : 1662 2099 69 1,736 1,736 CD 1662 2099 70 ships ship NNS 1662 2099 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2099 72 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2099 73 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2099 74 or or CC 1662 2099 75 over over RB 1662 2099 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2099 77 totaling total VBG 1662 2099 78 16,749,069 16,749,069 CD 1662 2099 79 GRT/25,196,607 GRT/25,196,607 , 1662 2099 80 DWT dwt NN 1662 2099 81 ships ship NNS 1662 2099 82 by by IN 1662 2099 83 type type NN 1662 2099 84 : : : 1662 2099 85 barge barge NN 1662 2099 86 carrier carrier NN 1662 2099 87 2 2 CD 1662 2099 88 , , , 1662 2099 89 bulk bulk NNP 1662 2099 90 325 325 CD 1662 2099 91 , , , 1662 2099 92 cargo cargo NN 1662 2099 93 883 883 CD 1662 2099 94 , , , 1662 2099 95 chemical chemical NN 1662 2099 96 tanker tanker NN 1662 2099 97 16 16 CD 1662 2099 98 , , , 1662 2099 99 combination combination NN 1662 2099 100 bulk bulk NNP 1662 2099 101 11 11 CD 1662 2099 102 , , , 1662 2099 103 container container NN 1662 2099 104 109 109 CD 1662 2099 105 , , , 1662 2099 106 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 2099 107 gas gas NN 1662 2099 108 tanker tanker NN 1662 2099 109 9 9 CD 1662 2099 110 , , , 1662 2099 111 multifunction multifunction NN 1662 2099 112 large large JJ 1662 2099 113 - - HYPH 1662 2099 114 load load NN 1662 2099 115 carrier carrier NN 1662 2099 116 6 6 CD 1662 2099 117 , , , 1662 2099 118 oil oil NN 1662 2099 119 tanker tanker NN 1662 2099 120 232 232 CD 1662 2099 121 , , , 1662 2099 122 passenger passenger NN 1662 2099 123 6 6 CD 1662 2099 124 , , , 1662 2099 125 passenger passenger NN 1662 2099 126 - - HYPH 1662 2099 127 cargo cargo NN 1662 2099 128 47 47 CD 1662 2099 129 , , , 1662 2099 130 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 2099 131 cargo cargo NN 1662 2099 132 24 24 CD 1662 2099 133 , , , 1662 2099 134 roll roll NN 1662 2099 135 - - HYPH 1662 2099 136 on on IN 1662 2099 137 / / SYM 1662 2099 138 roll roll NN 1662 2099 139 - - HYPH 1662 2099 140 off off RP 1662 2099 141 cargo cargo NN 1662 2099 142 22 22 CD 1662 2099 143 , , , 1662 2099 144 short short JJ 1662 2099 145 - - HYPH 1662 2099 146 sea sea NN 1662 2099 147 passenger passenger NN 1662 2099 148 43 43 CD 1662 2099 149 , , , 1662 2099 150 specialized specialized NNP 1662 2099 151 tanker tanker NN 1662 2099 152 1 1 CD 1662 2099 153 note note NN 1662 2099 154 : : : 1662 2099 155 China China NNP 1662 2099 156 owns own VBZ 1662 2099 157 an an DT 1662 2099 158 additional additional JJ 1662 2099 159 270 270 CD 1662 2099 160 ships ship NNS 1662 2099 161 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2099 162 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2099 163 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2099 164 or or CC 1662 2099 165 over over RB 1662 2099 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2099 167 totaling total VBG 1662 2099 168 8,754,413 8,754,413 CD 1662 2099 169 DWT dwt NN 1662 2099 170 operating operate VBG 1662 2099 171 under under IN 1662 2099 172 the the DT 1662 2099 173 registries registry NNS 1662 2099 174 of of IN 1662 2099 175 Panama Panama NNP 1662 2099 176 , , , 1662 2099 177 Hong Hong NNP 1662 2099 178 Kong Kong NNP 1662 2099 179 , , , 1662 2099 180 Malta Malta NNP 1662 2099 181 , , , 1662 2099 182 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 2099 183 , , , 1662 2099 184 Vanuatu Vanuatu NNP 1662 2099 185 , , , 1662 2099 186 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 2099 187 , , , 1662 2099 188 Saint Saint NNP 1662 2099 189 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 2099 190 and and CC 1662 2099 191 the the DT 1662 2099 192 Grenadines Grenadines NNPS 1662 2099 193 , , , 1662 2099 194 Marshall Marshall NNP 1662 2099 195 Islands Islands NNP 1662 2099 196 , , , 1662 2099 197 and and CC 1662 2099 198 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 2099 199 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2099 200 1996 1996 CD 1662 2099 201 est est NNP 1662 2099 202 . . . 1662 2099 203 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2100 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2100 2 : : : 1662 2100 3 206 206 CD 1662 2100 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2100 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2100 6 est est NNP 1662 2100 7 . . . 1662 2100 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2101 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2101 2 - - , 1662 2101 3 with with IN 1662 2101 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2101 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2101 6 : : : 1662 2101 7 total total NN 1662 2101 8 : : : 1662 2101 9 192 192 CD 1662 2101 10 over over IN 1662 2101 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2101 12 m m NN 1662 2101 13 : : : 1662 2101 14 18 18 CD 1662 2101 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2101 16 to to TO 1662 2101 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2101 18 m m NN 1662 2101 19 : : : 1662 2101 20 65 65 CD 1662 2101 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2101 22 to to TO 1662 2101 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2101 24 m m NN 1662 2101 25 : : : 1662 2101 26 90 90 CD 1662 2101 27 914 914 CD 1662 2101 28 to to TO 1662 2101 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2101 30 m m NN 1662 2101 31 : : : 1662 2101 32 13 13 CD 1662 2101 33 under under IN 1662 2101 34 914 914 CD 1662 2101 35 m m NN 1662 2101 36 : : : 1662 2101 37 6 6 CD 1662 2101 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2101 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 2101 40 est est NNP 1662 2101 41 . . . 1662 2101 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2102 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2102 2 - - , 1662 2102 3 with with IN 1662 2102 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2102 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2102 6 : : : 1662 2102 7 total total NN 1662 2102 8 : : : 1662 2102 9 14 14 CD 1662 2102 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2102 11 to to TO 1662 2102 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2102 13 m m NN 1662 2102 14 : : : 1662 2102 15 8 8 CD 1662 2102 16 914 914 CD 1662 2102 17 to to TO 1662 2102 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2102 19 m m NN 1662 2102 20 : : : 1662 2102 21 5 5 CD 1662 2102 22 under under IN 1662 2102 23 914 914 CD 1662 2102 24 m m NN 1662 2102 25 : : : 1662 2102 26 1 1 CD 1662 2102 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2102 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 2102 29 est est NNP 1662 2102 30 . . . 1662 2102 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2103 1 Military military JJ 1662 2103 2 Military military JJ 1662 2103 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2103 4 : : : 1662 2103 5 People People NNS 1662 2103 6 's 's POS 1662 2103 7 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 2103 8 Army Army NNP 1662 2103 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2103 10 PLA PLA NNP 1662 2103 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2103 12 , , , 1662 2103 13 which which WDT 1662 2103 14 includes include VBZ 1662 2103 15 the the DT 1662 2103 16 Ground Ground NNP 1662 2103 17 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 2103 18 , , , 1662 2103 19 Navy Navy NNP 1662 2103 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2103 21 includes include VBZ 1662 2103 22 Marines Marines NNPS 1662 2103 23 and and CC 1662 2103 24 Naval Naval NNP 1662 2103 25 Aviation Aviation NNP 1662 2103 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2103 27 , , , 1662 2103 28 Air Air NNP 1662 2103 29 Force Force NNP 1662 2103 30 , , , 1662 2103 31 Second Second NNP 1662 2103 32 Artillery Artillery NNP 1662 2103 33 Corps Corps NNP 1662 2103 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2103 35 the the DT 1662 2103 36 strategic strategic JJ 1662 2103 37 missile missile NN 1662 2103 38 force force NN 1662 2103 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2103 40 , , , 1662 2103 41 People People NNS 1662 2103 42 's 's POS 1662 2103 43 Armed Armed NNP 1662 2103 44 Police Police NNPS 1662 2103 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2103 46 internal internal JJ 1662 2103 47 security security NN 1662 2103 48 troops troop NNS 1662 2103 49 , , , 1662 2103 50 nominally nominally RB 1662 2103 51 subordinate subordinate JJ 1662 2103 52 to to IN 1662 2103 53 Ministry Ministry NNP 1662 2103 54 of of IN 1662 2103 55 Public Public NNP 1662 2103 56 Security Security NNP 1662 2103 57 , , , 1662 2103 58 but but CC 1662 2103 59 included include VBN 1662 2103 60 by by IN 1662 2103 61 the the DT 1662 2103 62 Chinese Chinese NNPS 1662 2103 63 as as IN 1662 2103 64 part part NN 1662 2103 65 of of IN 1662 2103 66 the the DT 1662 2103 67 " " `` 1662 2103 68 armed armed JJ 1662 2103 69 forces force NNS 1662 2103 70 " " '' 1662 2103 71 and and CC 1662 2103 72 considered consider VBN 1662 2103 73 to to TO 1662 2103 74 be be VB 1662 2103 75 an an DT 1662 2103 76 adjunct adjunct NN 1662 2103 77 to to IN 1662 2103 78 the the DT 1662 2103 79 PLA PLA NNP 1662 2103 80 in in IN 1662 2103 81 wartime wartime NN 1662 2103 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2103 83 Military military JJ 1662 2103 84 manpower manpower NN 1662 2103 85 - - HYPH 1662 2103 86 military military NN 1662 2103 87 age age NN 1662 2103 88 : : : 1662 2103 89 18 18 CD 1662 2103 90 years year NNS 1662 2103 91 of of IN 1662 2103 92 age age NN 1662 2103 93 Military military JJ 1662 2103 94 manpower manpower NN 1662 2103 95 - - HYPH 1662 2103 96 availability availability NN 1662 2103 97 : : : 1662 2103 98 males male NNS 1662 2103 99 age age NNP 1662 2103 100 15 15 CD 1662 2103 101 - - HYPH 1662 2103 102 49 49 CD 1662 2103 103 : : : 1662 2103 104 356,848,321 356,848,321 CD 1662 2103 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2103 106 1997 1997 CD 1662 2103 107 est est NNP 1662 2103 108 . . . 1662 2103 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2104 1 Military military JJ 1662 2104 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2104 3 - - HYPH 1662 2104 4 fit fit NN 1662 2104 5 for for IN 1662 2104 6 military military JJ 1662 2104 7 service service NN 1662 2104 8 : : : 1662 2104 9 males male NNS 1662 2104 10 : : : 1662 2104 11 196,780,527 196,780,527 CD 1662 2104 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2104 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2104 14 est est NNP 1662 2104 15 . . . 1662 2104 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2105 1 Military military JJ 1662 2105 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2105 3 - - HYPH 1662 2105 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 2105 5 military military JJ 1662 2105 6 age age NN 1662 2105 7 annually annually RB 1662 2105 8 : : : 1662 2105 9 males male NNS 1662 2105 10 : : : 1662 2105 11 9,872,055 9,872,055 CD 1662 2105 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2105 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2105 14 est e JJS 1662 2105 15 . . . 1662 2105 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2106 1 Military military JJ 1662 2106 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2106 3 - - HYPH 1662 2106 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2106 5 figure figure NN 1662 2106 6 : : : 1662 2106 7 the the DT 1662 2106 8 officially officially RB 1662 2106 9 announced announce VBN 1662 2106 10 but but CC 1662 2106 11 suspect suspect JJ 1662 2106 12 figure figure NN 1662 2106 13 is be VBZ 1662 2106 14 70.2 70.2 CD 1662 2106 15 billion billion CD 1662 2106 16 yuan yuan NNS 1662 2106 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2106 18 1995 1995 CD 1662 2106 19 est est NNP 1662 2106 20 . . . 1662 2107 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2107 2 ; ; : 1662 2107 3 note note NN 1662 2107 4 - - HYPH 1662 2107 5 conversion conversion NN 1662 2107 6 of of IN 1662 2107 7 the the DT 1662 2107 8 defense defense NN 1662 2107 9 budget budget NN 1662 2107 10 into into IN 1662 2107 11 US US NNP 1662 2107 12 dollars dollar NNS 1662 2107 13 using use VBG 1662 2107 14 the the DT 1662 2107 15 current current JJ 1662 2107 16 exchange exchange NN 1662 2107 17 rate rate NN 1662 2107 18 could could MD 1662 2107 19 produce produce VB 1662 2107 20 misleading misleading JJ 1662 2107 21 results result NNS 1662 2107 22 Military military JJ 1662 2107 23 expenditures expenditure 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2110 405 overview overview NN 1662 2110 406 : : : 1662 2110 407 Phosphate Phosphate NNP 1662 2110 408 mining mining NN 1662 2110 409 had have VBD 1662 2110 410 been be VBN 1662 2110 411 the the DT 1662 2110 412 only only JJ 1662 2110 413 significant significant JJ 1662 2110 414 economic economic JJ 1662 2110 415 activity activity NN 1662 2110 416 , , , 1662 2110 417 but but CC 1662 2110 418 in in IN 1662 2110 419 December December NNP 1662 2110 420 1987 1987 CD 1662 2110 421 the the DT 1662 2110 422 Australian Australian NNP 1662 2110 423 Government Government NNP 1662 2110 424 closed close VBD 1662 2110 425 the the DT 1662 2110 426 mine mine NN 1662 2110 427 . . . 1662 2111 1 In in IN 1662 2111 2 1990 1990 CD 1662 2111 3 , , , 1662 2111 4 the the DT 1662 2111 5 mine mine NN 1662 2111 6 was be VBD 1662 2111 7 reopened reopen VBN 1662 2111 8 by by IN 1662 2111 9 private private JJ 1662 2111 10 operators operator NNS 1662 2111 11 . . . 1662 2112 1 Australian Australian NNP 1662 2112 2 - - HYPH 1662 2112 3 based base VBN 1662 2112 4 Casinos Casinos NNP 1662 2112 5 Austria Austria NNP 1662 2112 6 International International NNP 1662 2112 7 Ltd. Ltd. 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68 : : : 1662 2113 69 NA% NA% `` 1662 2113 70 Budget budget NN 1662 2113 71 : : : 1662 2113 72 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2113 73 : : : 1662 2113 74 $ $ $ 1662 2113 75 NA na NN 1662 2113 76 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2113 77 : : : 1662 2113 78 $ $ $ 1662 2113 79 NA na NN 1662 2113 80 , , , 1662 2113 81 including include VBG 1662 2113 82 capital capital NN 1662 2113 83 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2113 84 of of IN 1662 2113 85 $ $ $ 1662 2113 86 NA NA NNP 1662 2113 87 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 2113 88 : : : 1662 2113 89 phosphate phosphate NN 1662 2113 90 extraction extraction NN 1662 2113 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2113 92 near near IN 1662 2113 93 depletion depletion NN 1662 2113 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2113 95 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2113 96 production production NN 1662 2113 97 growth growth NN 1662 2113 98 rate rate NN 1662 2113 99 : : : 1662 2113 100 NA% NA% `` 1662 2113 101 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2113 102 - - HYPH 1662 2113 103 capacity capacity NN 1662 2113 104 : : : 1662 2113 105 NA NA NNP 1662 2113 106 kW kW NNP 1662 2113 107 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2113 108 - - HYPH 1662 2113 109 production production NN 1662 2113 110 : : : 1662 2113 111 NA na IN 1662 2113 112 kWh kwh ADD 1662 2113 113 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2113 114 - - HYPH 1662 2113 115 consumption consumption NN 1662 2113 116 per per IN 1662 2113 117 capita capita NN 1662 2113 118 : : : 1662 2113 119 NA NA NNP 1662 2113 120 kWh kwh ADD 1662 2113 121 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2113 122 - - HYPH 1662 2113 123 products product NNS 1662 2113 124 : : : 1662 2113 125 NA NA NNP 1662 2113 126 Exports export NNS 1662 2113 127 : : : 1662 2113 128 $ $ $ 1662 2113 129 NA NA NNP 1662 2113 130 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2113 131 : : : 1662 2113 132 phosphate phosphate NN 1662 2113 133 partners partner NNS 1662 2113 134 : : : 1662 2113 135 Australia Australia NNP 1662 2113 136 , , , 1662 2113 137 NZ NZ NNP 1662 2113 138 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 2113 139 : : : 1662 2113 140 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2113 251 satellite satellite NN 1662 2113 252 Radio Radio NNP 1662 2113 253 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2113 254 stations station NNS 1662 2113 255 : : : 1662 2113 256 AM AM NNP 1662 2113 257 1 1 CD 1662 2113 258 , , , 1662 2113 259 FM FM NNP 1662 2113 260 0 0 CD 1662 2113 261 , , , 1662 2113 262 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2113 263 0 0 CD 1662 2113 264 Radios radio NNS 1662 2113 265 : : : 1662 2113 266 500 500 CD 1662 2113 267 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2113 268 1992 1992 CD 1662 2113 269 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2113 270 Television television NN 1662 2113 271 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2113 272 stations station NNS 1662 2113 273 : : : 1662 2113 274 1 1 CD 1662 2113 275 Televisions television NNS 1662 2113 276 : : : 1662 2113 277 350 350 CD 1662 2113 278 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2113 279 1992 1992 CD 1662 2113 280 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2113 281 @Christmas @Christmas NFP 1662 2113 282 Island Island NNP 1662 2113 283 : : : 1662 2113 284 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2113 285 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2113 286 : 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paved paved JJ 1662 2113 325 runways runway NNS 1662 2113 326 : : : 1662 2113 327 total total NN 1662 2113 328 : : : 1662 2113 329 1 1 CD 1662 2113 330 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2113 331 to to TO 1662 2113 332 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2113 333 m m NN 1662 2113 334 : : : 1662 2113 335 1 1 CD 1662 2113 336 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2113 337 1996 1996 CD 1662 2113 338 est est NNP 1662 2113 339 . . . 1662 2113 340 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2114 1 Military military JJ 1662 2114 2 Military Military NNP 1662 2114 3 - - HYPH 1662 2114 4 note note NN 1662 2114 5 : : : 1662 2114 6 defense defense NN 1662 2114 7 is be VBZ 1662 2114 8 the the DT 1662 2114 9 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 2114 10 of of IN 1662 2114 11 Australia Australia NNP 1662 2114 12 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2114 13 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2114 14 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 2114 15 - - : 1662 2114 16 international international RB 1662 2114 17 : : : 1662 2114 18 none none NN 1662 2114 19 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 20 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 21 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 22 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 23 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 24 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 25 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 26 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 27 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 28 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 29 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 30 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 31 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 32 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 33 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 34 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 35 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 36 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 37 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 38 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 39 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 40 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 41 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 42 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 43 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 44 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 45 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 46 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 47 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 48 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 49 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 50 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 51 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 52 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 53 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 54 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 55 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 56 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 57 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 58 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 59 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 60 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 61 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 62 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 63 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 64 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 65 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 66 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 67 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 68 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 69 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 70 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 71 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 72 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 73 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 74 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 75 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 76 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 77 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 78 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 79 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 80 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 81 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 82 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 83 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 84 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 85 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 86 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 87 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 88 _ _ NNP 1662 2114 89 CLIPPERTON CLIPPERTON NNP 1662 2114 90 ISLAND ISLAND NNP 1662 2114 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2114 92 possession possession NN 1662 2114 93 of of IN 1662 2114 94 France France NNP 1662 2114 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2114 96 @Clipperton @Clipperton NNP 1662 2114 97 Island Island NNP 1662 2114 98 : : : 1662 2114 99 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2114 100 Location Location NNP 1662 2114 101 : : : 1662 2114 102 Middle Middle NNP 1662 2114 103 America America NNP 1662 2114 104 , , , 1662 2114 105 atoll atoll NN 1662 2114 106 in in IN 1662 2114 107 the the DT 1662 2114 108 North North NNP 1662 2114 109 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2114 110 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2114 111 , , , 1662 2114 112 1,120 1,120 CD 1662 2114 113 km km NN 1662 2114 114 southwest southwest RB 1662 2114 115 of of IN 1662 2114 116 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 2114 117 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2114 118 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2114 119 : : : 1662 2114 120 10 10 CD 1662 2114 121 17 17 CD 1662 2114 122 N n CD 1662 2114 123 , , , 1662 2114 124 109 109 CD 1662 2114 125 13 13 CD 1662 2114 126 W W NNP 1662 2114 127 Map Map NNP 1662 2114 128 references reference NNS 1662 2114 129 : : : 1662 2114 130 World World NNP 1662 2114 131 Area Area NNP 1662 2114 132 : : : 1662 2114 133 total total NN 1662 2114 134 : : : 1662 2114 135 7 7 CD 1662 2114 136 sq sq NN 1662 2114 137 km km NNP 1662 2114 138 land land NN 1662 2114 139 : : : 1662 2114 140 7 7 CD 1662 2114 141 sq sq NN 1662 2114 142 km km NNP 1662 2114 143 water water NN 1662 2114 144 : : : 1662 2114 145 0 0 NFP 1662 2114 146 sq sq NN 1662 2114 147 km km NNP 1662 2114 148 Area area NN 1662 2114 149 - - HYPH 1662 2114 150 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2114 151 : : : 1662 2114 152 about about IN 1662 2114 153 12 12 CD 1662 2114 154 times time NNS 1662 2114 155 the the DT 1662 2114 156 size size NN 1662 2114 157 of of IN 1662 2114 158 The the DT 1662 2114 159 Mall Mall NNP 1662 2114 160 in in IN 1662 2114 161 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2114 162 , , , 1662 2114 163 DC DC NNP 1662 2114 164 Land Land NNP 1662 2114 165 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2114 166 : : : 1662 2114 167 0 0 LS 1662 2114 168 km km NN 1662 2114 169 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2114 170 : : : 1662 2114 171 11.1 11.1 CD 1662 2114 172 km km NN 1662 2114 173 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2114 174 claims claim VBZ 1662 2114 175 : : : 1662 2114 176 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 2114 177 economic economic JJ 1662 2114 178 zone zone NN 1662 2114 179 : : : 1662 2114 180 200 200 CD 1662 2114 181 nm nm CD 1662 2114 182 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2114 183 sea sea NN 1662 2114 184 : : : 1662 2114 185 12 12 CD 1662 2114 186 nm nm NNP 1662 2114 187 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2114 188 : : : 1662 2114 189 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2114 190 , , , 1662 2114 191 humid humid JJ 1662 2114 192 , , , 1662 2114 193 average average JJ 1662 2114 194 temperature temperature NN 1662 2114 195 20 20 CD 1662 2114 196 - - SYM 1662 2114 197 32 32 CD 1662 2114 198 degrees degree NNS 1662 2114 199 C c NN 1662 2114 200 , , , 1662 2114 201 rains rain VBZ 1662 2114 202 May May NNP 1662 2114 203 - - HYPH 1662 2114 204 October October NNP 1662 2114 205 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2114 206 : : : 1662 2114 207 coral coral JJ 1662 2114 208 atoll atoll NNP 1662 2114 209 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2114 210 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2114 211 : : : 1662 2114 212 lowest low JJS 1662 2114 213 point point NN 1662 2114 214 : : : 1662 2114 215 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2114 216 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2114 217 0 0 NFP 1662 2114 218 m m DT 1662 2114 219 highest high JJS 1662 2114 220 point point NN 1662 2114 221 : : : 1662 2114 222 Rocher Rocher NNP 1662 2114 223 Clipperton Clipperton NNP 1662 2114 224 29 29 CD 1662 2114 225 m m CD 1662 2114 226 Natural natural JJ 1662 2114 227 resources resource NNS 1662 2114 228 : : : 1662 2114 229 none none NN 1662 2114 230 Land Land NNP 1662 2114 231 use use NN 1662 2114 232 : : : 1662 2114 233 arable arable JJ 1662 2114 234 land land NN 1662 2114 235 : : : 1662 2114 236 0 0 CD 1662 2114 237 % % NN 1662 2114 238 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2114 239 crops crop NNS 1662 2114 240 : : : 1662 2114 241 0 0 CD 1662 2114 242 % % NN 1662 2114 243 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2114 244 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2114 245 : : : 1662 2114 246 0 0 CD 1662 2114 247 % % NN 1662 2114 248 forests forest NNS 1662 2114 249 and and CC 1662 2114 250 woodland woodland JJ 1662 2114 251 : : : 1662 2114 252 0 0 CD 1662 2114 253 % % NN 1662 2114 254 other other JJ 1662 2114 255 : : : 1662 2114 256 100 100 CD 1662 2114 257 % % NN 1662 2114 258 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2114 259 all all DT 1662 2114 260 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ratified ratified JJ 1662 2114 297 : : : 1662 2114 298 NA NA NNP 1662 2114 299 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2114 300 - - HYPH 1662 2114 301 note note NN 1662 2114 302 : : : 1662 2114 303 reef reef NN 1662 2114 304 about about RB 1662 2114 305 8 8 CD 1662 2114 306 km km NNS 1662 2114 307 in in IN 1662 2114 308 circumference circumference NN 1662 2114 309 @Clipperton @Clipperton NNP 1662 2114 310 Island Island NNP 1662 2114 311 : : : 1662 2114 312 People People NNP 1662 2114 313 Population Population NNP 1662 2114 314 : : : 1662 2114 315 uninhabited uninhabited JJ 1662 2114 316 @Clipperton @Clipperton NNP 1662 2114 317 Island Island NNP 1662 2114 318 : : : 1662 2114 319 Government Government NNP 1662 2114 320 Country Country NNP 1662 2114 321 name name NN 1662 2114 322 : : : 1662 2114 323 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2114 324 long long JJ 1662 2114 325 form form NN 1662 2114 326 : : : 1662 2114 327 none none NN 1662 2114 328 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2114 329 short short JJ 1662 2114 330 form form NN 1662 2114 331 : : : 1662 2114 332 Clipperton Clipperton NNP 1662 2114 333 Island Island NNP 1662 2114 334 local local JJ 1662 2114 335 long long JJ 1662 2114 336 form form NN 1662 2114 337 : : : 1662 2114 338 none none NN 1662 2114 339 local local JJ 1662 2114 340 short short JJ 1662 2114 341 form form NN 1662 2114 342 : : : 1662 2114 343 Ile Ile NNP 1662 2114 344 Clipperton Clipperton NNP 1662 2114 345 former former JJ 1662 2114 346 : : : 1662 2114 347 sometimes sometimes RB 1662 2114 348 called call VBN 1662 2114 349 Ile Ile NNP 1662 2114 350 de de FW 1662 2114 351 la la NNP 1662 2114 352 Passion Passion NNP 1662 2114 353 Data Data NNP 1662 2114 354 code code NN 1662 2114 355 : : : 1662 2114 356 IP ip NN 1662 2114 357 Dependency dependency NN 1662 2114 358 status status NN 1662 2114 359 : : : 1662 2114 360 possession possession NN 1662 2114 361 of of IN 1662 2114 362 France France NNP 1662 2114 363 ; ; , 1662 2114 364 administered administer VBN 1662 2114 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35 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 36 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 37 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 38 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 39 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 40 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 41 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 42 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 43 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 44 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 45 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 46 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 47 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 48 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 49 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 50 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 51 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 52 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 53 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 54 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 55 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 56 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 57 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 58 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 59 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 60 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 61 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 62 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 63 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 64 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 65 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 66 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 67 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 68 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 69 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 70 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 71 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 72 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 73 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 74 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 75 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 76 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 77 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 78 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 79 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 80 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 81 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 82 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 83 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 84 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 85 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 86 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 87 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 88 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 89 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 90 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 91 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 92 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 93 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 94 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 95 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 96 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 97 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 98 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 99 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 100 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 101 _ _ NNP 1662 2115 102 COCOS COCOS NNP 1662 2115 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2115 104 KEELING KEELING NNP 1662 2115 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2115 106 ISLANDS island NNS 1662 2115 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2115 108 territory territory NN 1662 2115 109 of of IN 1662 2115 110 Australia Australia NNP 1662 2115 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2115 112 @Cocos @Cocos NFP 1662 2115 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2115 114 Keeling Keeling NNP 1662 2115 115 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2115 116 Islands Islands NNP 1662 2115 117 : : : 1662 2115 118 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2115 119 Location Location NNP 1662 2115 120 : : : 1662 2115 121 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 2115 122 Asia Asia NNP 1662 2115 123 , , , 1662 2115 124 group group NN 1662 2115 125 of of IN 1662 2115 126 islands island NNS 1662 2115 127 in in IN 1662 2115 128 the the DT 1662 2115 129 Indian Indian NNP 1662 2115 130 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2115 131 , , , 1662 2115 132 south south NN 1662 2115 133 of of IN 1662 2115 134 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 2115 135 , , , 1662 2115 136 about about RB 1662 2115 137 one one CD 1662 2115 138 - - HYPH 1662 2115 139 half half NN 1662 2115 140 of of IN 1662 2115 141 the the DT 1662 2115 142 way way NN 1662 2115 143 from from IN 1662 2115 144 Australia Australia NNP 1662 2115 145 to to IN 1662 2115 146 Sri Sri NNP 1662 2115 147 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 2115 148 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2115 149 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2115 150 : : : 1662 2115 151 12 12 CD 1662 2115 152 30 30 CD 1662 2115 153 S s NN 1662 2115 154 , , , 1662 2115 155 96 96 CD 1662 2115 156 50 50 CD 1662 2115 157 E e NN 1662 2115 158 Map Map NNP 1662 2115 159 references 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about IN 1662 2115 198 24 24 CD 1662 2115 199 times time NNS 1662 2115 200 the the DT 1662 2115 201 size size NN 1662 2115 202 of of IN 1662 2115 203 The the DT 1662 2115 204 Mall Mall NNP 1662 2115 205 in in IN 1662 2115 206 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2115 207 , , , 1662 2115 208 DC DC NNP 1662 2115 209 Land Land NNP 1662 2115 210 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2115 211 : : : 1662 2115 212 0 0 LS 1662 2115 213 km km NN 1662 2115 214 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2115 215 : : : 1662 2115 216 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 2115 217 km km NN 1662 2115 218 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2115 219 claims claim VBZ 1662 2115 220 : : : 1662 2115 221 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 2115 222 fishing fishing NN 1662 2115 223 zone zone NN 1662 2115 224 : : : 1662 2115 225 200 200 CD 1662 2115 226 nm nm CD 1662 2115 227 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2115 228 sea sea NN 1662 2115 229 : : : 1662 2115 230 3 3 CD 1662 2115 231 nm nm NNP 1662 2115 232 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2115 233 : : : 1662 2115 234 pleasant pleasant 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271 highest high JJS 1662 2115 272 point point NN 1662 2115 273 : : : 1662 2115 274 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 2115 275 location location NN 1662 2115 276 5 5 CD 1662 2115 277 m m NNP 1662 2115 278 Natural natural JJ 1662 2115 279 resources resource NNS 1662 2115 280 : : : 1662 2115 281 fish fish VB 1662 2115 282 Land land NN 1662 2115 283 use use NN 1662 2115 284 : : : 1662 2115 285 arable arable JJ 1662 2115 286 land land NN 1662 2115 287 : : : 1662 2115 288 NA% NA% `` 1662 2115 289 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2115 290 crops crop NNS 1662 2115 291 : : : 1662 2115 292 NA% na% IN 1662 2115 293 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2115 294 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2115 295 : : : 1662 2115 296 NA% NA% NNS 1662 2115 297 forests forest NNS 1662 2115 298 and and CC 1662 2115 299 woodland woodland NN 1662 2115 300 : : : 1662 2115 301 NA% NA% NNS 1662 2115 302 other other JJ 1662 2115 303 : : : 1662 2115 304 100 100 CD 1662 2115 305 % % NN 1662 2115 306 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2115 307 1993 1993 CD 1662 2115 308 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1662 2119 229 of of IN 1662 2119 230 Australia Australia NNP 1662 2119 231 is be VBZ 1662 2119 232 used use VBN 1662 2119 233 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2119 234 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2119 235 - - HYPH 1662 2119 236 overview overview NN 1662 2119 237 : : : 1662 2119 238 Grown grow VBN 1662 2119 239 throughout throughout IN 1662 2119 240 the the DT 1662 2119 241 islands island NNS 1662 2119 242 , , , 1662 2119 243 coconuts coconut NNS 1662 2119 244 are be VBP 1662 2119 245 the the DT 1662 2119 246 sole sole JJ 1662 2119 247 cash cash NN 1662 2119 248 crop crop NN 1662 2119 249 . . . 1662 2120 1 Copra Copra NNP 1662 2120 2 and and CC 1662 2120 3 fresh fresh JJ 1662 2120 4 coconuts coconut NNS 1662 2120 5 are be VBP 1662 2120 6 the the DT 1662 2120 7 major major JJ 1662 2120 8 export export NN 1662 2120 9 earners earner NNS 1662 2120 10 . . . 1662 2121 1 Small small JJ 1662 2121 2 local local JJ 1662 2121 3 gardens garden NNS 1662 2121 4 and and CC 1662 2121 5 fishing fishing NN 1662 2121 6 contribute contribute VB 1662 2121 7 to to IN 1662 2121 8 the the DT 1662 2121 9 food food NN 1662 2121 10 supply supply NN 1662 2121 11 , , , 1662 2121 12 but but CC 1662 2121 13 additional additional JJ 1662 2121 14 food food NN 1662 2121 15 and and CC 1662 2121 16 most most JJS 1662 2121 17 other other JJ 1662 2121 18 necessities necessity NNS 1662 2121 19 must must MD 1662 2121 20 be be VB 1662 2121 21 imported import VBN 1662 2121 22 from from IN 1662 2121 23 Australia Australia NNP 1662 2121 24 . . . 1662 2122 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2122 2 : : : 1662 2122 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2122 4 power power NN 1662 2122 5 parity parity NN 1662 2122 6 - - : 1662 2122 7 $ $ $ 1662 2122 8 NA NA NNP 1662 2122 9 GDP gdp NN 1662 2122 10 - - HYPH 1662 2122 11 real real JJ 1662 2122 12 growth growth NN 1662 2122 13 rate rate NN 1662 2122 14 : : : 1662 2122 15 NA% NA% `` 1662 2122 16 GDP gdp NN 1662 2122 17 - - HYPH 1662 2122 18 per per FW 1662 2122 19 capita capita NN 1662 2122 20 : : : 1662 2122 21 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2122 22 power power NN 1662 2122 23 parity parity NN 1662 2122 24 - - : 1662 2122 25 $ $ $ 1662 2122 26 NA NA NNP 1662 2122 27 GDP gdp NN 1662 2122 28 - - HYPH 1662 2122 29 composition composition NN 1662 2122 30 by by IN 1662 2122 31 sector sector NN 1662 2122 32 : : : 1662 2122 33 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2122 34 : : : 1662 2122 35 NA% na% LS 1662 2122 36 industry industry NN 1662 2122 37 : : : 1662 2122 38 NA% NA% NNS 1662 2122 39 services service NNS 1662 2122 40 : : : 1662 2122 41 NA% NA% `` 1662 2122 42 Inflation inflation NN 1662 2122 43 rate rate NN 1662 2122 44 - - HYPH 1662 2122 45 consumer consumer NN 1662 2122 46 price price NN 1662 2122 47 index index NN 1662 2122 48 : : : 1662 2122 49 NA% NA% `` 1662 2122 50 Labor labor NN 1662 2122 51 force force NN 1662 2122 52 : : : 1662 2122 53 NA na TO 1662 2122 54 note note VB 1662 2122 55 : : : 1662 2122 56 the the DT 1662 2122 57 Cocos Cocos NNP 1662 2122 58 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 2122 59 Cooperative Cooperative NNP 1662 2122 60 Society Society NNP 1662 2122 61 Ltd. Ltd. NNP 1662 2122 62 employs employ VBZ 1662 2122 63 construction construction NN 1662 2122 64 workers worker NNS 1662 2122 65 , , , 1662 2122 66 stevedores stevedore NNS 1662 2122 67 , , , 1662 2122 68 and and CC 1662 2122 69 lighterage lighterage NN 1662 2122 70 worker worker NN 1662 2122 71 operations operation NNS 1662 2122 72 ; ; , 1662 2122 73 tourism tourism NN 1662 2122 74 employs employ VBZ 1662 2122 75 others other NNS 1662 2122 76 Budget budget NN 1662 2122 77 : : : 1662 2122 78 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2122 79 : : : 1662 2122 80 $ $ $ 1662 2122 81 NA na NN 1662 2122 82 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2122 83 : : : 1662 2122 84 $ $ $ 1662 2122 85 NA na NN 1662 2122 86 , , , 1662 2122 87 including include VBG 1662 2122 88 capital capital NN 1662 2122 89 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2122 90 of of IN 1662 2122 91 $ $ $ 1662 2122 92 NA NA NNP 1662 2122 93 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 2122 94 : : : 1662 2122 95 copra copra NNP 1662 2122 96 products product NNS 1662 2122 97 and and CC 1662 2122 98 tourism tourism NN 1662 2122 99 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2122 100 production production NN 1662 2122 101 growth growth NN 1662 2122 102 rate rate NN 1662 2122 103 : : : 1662 2122 104 NA% NA% `` 1662 2122 105 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2122 106 - - HYPH 1662 2122 107 capacity capacity NN 1662 2122 108 : : : 1662 2122 109 NA NA NNP 1662 2122 110 kW kW NNP 1662 2122 111 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2122 112 - - HYPH 1662 2122 113 production production NN 1662 2122 114 : : : 1662 2122 115 NA na IN 1662 2122 116 kWh kwh ADD 1662 2122 117 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2122 118 - - HYPH 1662 2122 119 consumption consumption NN 1662 2122 120 per per IN 1662 2122 121 capita capita NN 1662 2122 122 : : : 1662 2122 123 NA NA NNP 1662 2122 124 kWh kwh ADD 1662 2122 125 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2122 126 - - HYPH 1662 2122 127 products product NNS 1662 2122 128 : : : 1662 2122 129 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 2122 130 , , , 1662 2122 131 bananas banana NNS 1662 2122 132 , , , 1662 2122 133 pawpaws pawpaw NNS 1662 2122 134 , , , 1662 2122 135 coconuts coconut NNS 1662 2122 136 Exports export NNS 1662 2122 137 : : : 1662 2122 138 $ $ $ 1662 2122 139 NA NA NNP 1662 2122 140 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2122 141 : : : 1662 2122 142 copra copra NNP 1662 2122 143 partners partner NNS 1662 2122 144 : : : 1662 2122 145 Australia Australia NNP 1662 2122 146 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 2122 147 : : : 1662 2122 148 $ $ $ 1662 2122 149 NA NA NNP 1662 2122 150 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2122 151 : : : 1662 2122 152 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 2122 153 partners partner NNS 1662 2122 154 : : : 1662 2122 155 Australia Australia NNP 1662 2122 156 Debt Debt NNP 1662 2122 157 - - HYPH 1662 2122 158 external external JJ 1662 2122 159 : : : 1662 2122 160 $ $ $ 1662 2122 161 NA na JJ 1662 2122 162 Economic economic JJ 1662 2122 163 aid aid NN 1662 2122 164 : : : 1662 2122 165 none none NN 1662 2122 166 Currency currency NN 1662 2122 167 : : : 1662 2122 168 1 1 CD 1662 2122 169 Australian australian JJ 1662 2122 170 dollar dollar NN 1662 2122 171 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2122 172 $ $ $ 1662 2122 173 A a NN 1662 2122 174 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2122 175 = = SYM 1662 2122 176 100 100 CD 1662 2122 177 cents cent NNS 1662 2122 178 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2122 179 rates rate NNS 1662 2122 180 : : : 1662 2122 181 Australian australian JJ 1662 2122 182 dollars dollar NNS 1662 2122 183 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2122 184 $ $ $ 1662 2122 185 A a NN 1662 2122 186 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2122 187 per per IN 1662 2122 188 US$ us$ $ 1662 2122 189 1 1 CD 1662 2122 190 - - SYM 1662 2122 191 1.2835 1.2835 CD 1662 2122 192 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2122 193 January January NNP 1662 2122 194 1997 1997 CD 1662 2122 195 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2122 196 , , , 1662 2122 197 1.2773 1.2773 CD 1662 2122 198 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2122 199 1996 1996 CD 1662 2122 200 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2122 201 , , , 1662 2122 202 1.3486 1.3486 CD 1662 2122 203 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2122 204 1995 1995 CD 1662 2122 205 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2122 206 , , , 1662 2122 207 1.3667 1.3667 CD 1662 2122 208 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2122 209 1994 1994 CD 1662 2122 210 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2122 211 , , , 1662 2122 212 1.4704 1.4704 CD 1662 2122 213 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2122 214 1993 1993 CD 1662 2122 215 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2122 216 , , , 1662 2122 217 1.3600 1.3600 CD 1662 2122 218 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2122 219 1992 1992 CD 1662 2122 220 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2122 221 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2122 222 year year NN 1662 2122 223 : : : 1662 2122 224 1 1 CD 1662 2122 225 July July NNP 1662 2122 226 - - HYPH 1662 2122 227 30 30 CD 1662 2122 228 June June NNP 1662 2122 229 @Cocos @cocos NN 1662 2122 230 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2122 231 Keeling Keeling NNP 1662 2122 232 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2122 233 Islands island NNS 1662 2122 234 : : : 1662 2122 235 Communications communication NNS 1662 2122 236 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 2122 237 : : : 1662 2122 238 NA NA NNP 1662 2122 239 Telephone Telephone NNP 1662 2122 240 system system NN 1662 2122 241 : : : 1662 2122 242 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2122 243 : : : 1662 2122 244 NA NA NNP 1662 2122 245 international international JJ 1662 2122 246 : : : 1662 2122 247 telephone telephone NN 1662 2122 248 , , , 1662 2122 249 telex telex NN 1662 2122 250 , , , 1662 2122 251 and and CC 1662 2122 252 facsimile facsimile JJ 1662 2122 253 communications communication NNS 1662 2122 254 with with IN 1662 2122 255 Australia Australia NNP 1662 2122 256 and and CC 1662 2122 257 elsewhere elsewhere RB 1662 2122 258 via via IN 1662 2122 259 satellite satellite NN 1662 2122 260 ; ; : 1662 2122 261 1 1 CD 1662 2122 262 satellite satellite NN 1662 2122 263 earth earth NN 1662 2122 264 station station NN 1662 2122 265 of of IN 1662 2122 266 NA NA NNP 1662 2122 267 type type NN 1662 2122 268 Radio Radio NNP 1662 2122 269 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2122 270 stations station NNS 1662 2122 271 : : : 1662 2122 272 AM AM NNP 1662 2122 273 1 1 CD 1662 2122 274 , , , 1662 2122 275 FM FM NNP 1662 2122 276 0 0 CD 1662 2122 277 , , , 1662 2122 278 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2122 279 0 0 CD 1662 2122 280 Radios radio NNS 1662 2122 281 : : : 1662 2122 282 300 300 CD 1662 2122 283 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2122 284 1992 1992 CD 1662 2122 285 est est NNP 1662 2122 286 . . . 1662 2122 287 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2123 1 Television television NN 1662 2123 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2123 3 stations station NNS 1662 2123 4 : : : 1662 2123 5 0 0 CD 1662 2123 6 note note NN 1662 2123 7 : : : 1662 2123 8 intermittent intermittent JJ 1662 2123 9 television television NN 1662 2123 10 service service NN 1662 2123 11 via via IN 1662 2123 12 satellite satellite NN 1662 2123 13 Televisions television NNS 1662 2123 14 : : : 1662 2123 15 NA NA NNP 1662 2123 16 @Cocos @cocos FW 1662 2123 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2123 18 Keeling Keeling NNP 1662 2123 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2123 20 Islands island NNS 1662 2123 21 : : : 1662 2123 22 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2123 23 Railways railway NNS 1662 2123 24 : : : 1662 2123 25 0 0 LS 1662 2123 26 km km NN 1662 2123 27 Highways highway NNS 1662 2123 28 : : : 1662 2123 29 total total NN 1662 2123 30 : : : 1662 2123 31 NA NA NNP 1662 2123 32 km km PRP 1662 2123 33 paved pave VBN 1662 2123 34 : : : 1662 2123 35 NA NA NNP 1662 2123 36 km km PRP 1662 2123 37 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2123 38 : : : 1662 2123 39 NA NA NNP 1662 2123 40 km km VB 1662 2123 41 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 2123 42 and and CC 1662 2123 43 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2123 44 : : : 1662 2123 45 none none NN 1662 2123 46 ; ; : 1662 2123 47 lagoon lagoon NNP 1662 2123 48 anchorage anchorage NN 1662 2123 49 only only JJ 1662 2123 50 Merchant merchant NN 1662 2123 51 marine marine NN 1662 2123 52 : : : 1662 2123 53 none none NN 1662 2123 54 Airports airport NNS 1662 2123 55 : : : 1662 2123 56 1 1 CD 1662 2123 57 Airports airport NNS 1662 2123 58 - - , 1662 2123 59 with with IN 1662 2123 60 paved paved JJ 1662 2123 61 runways runway NNS 1662 2123 62 : : : 1662 2123 63 total total NN 1662 2123 64 : : : 1662 2123 65 1 1 CD 1662 2123 66 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2123 67 to to TO 1662 2123 68 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2123 69 m m NN 1662 2123 70 : : : 1662 2123 71 1 1 CD 1662 2123 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2123 73 1996 1996 CD 1662 2123 74 est est NNP 1662 2123 75 . . . 1662 2123 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2124 1 Military military JJ 1662 2124 2 Military Military NNP 1662 2124 3 - - HYPH 1662 2124 4 note note NN 1662 2124 5 : : : 1662 2124 6 defense defense NN 1662 2124 7 is be VBZ 1662 2124 8 the the DT 1662 2124 9 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 2124 10 of of IN 1662 2124 11 Australia Australia NNP 1662 2124 12 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2124 13 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2124 14 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 2124 15 - - : 1662 2124 16 international international RB 1662 2124 17 : : : 1662 2124 18 none none NN 1662 2124 19 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 20 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 21 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 22 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 23 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 24 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 25 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 26 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 27 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 28 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 29 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 30 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 31 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 32 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 33 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 34 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 35 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 36 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 37 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 38 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 39 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 40 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 41 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 42 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 43 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 44 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 45 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 46 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 47 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 48 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 49 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 50 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 51 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 52 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 53 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 54 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 55 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 56 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 57 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 58 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 59 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 60 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 61 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 62 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 63 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 64 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 65 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 66 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 67 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 68 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 69 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 70 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 71 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 72 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 73 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 74 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 75 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 76 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 77 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 78 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 79 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 80 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 81 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 82 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 83 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 84 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 85 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 86 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 87 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 88 _ _ NNP 1662 2124 89 COLOMBIA COLOMBIA NNP 1662 2124 90 @Colombia @Colombia NNP 1662 2124 91 : : : 1662 2124 92 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2124 93 Location Location NNP 1662 2124 94 : : : 1662 2124 95 Northern Northern NNP 1662 2124 96 South South NNP 1662 2124 97 America America NNP 1662 2124 98 , , , 1662 2124 99 bordering border VBG 1662 2124 100 the the DT 1662 2124 101 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 2124 102 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2124 103 , , , 1662 2124 104 between between IN 1662 2124 105 Panama Panama NNP 1662 2124 106 and and CC 1662 2124 107 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 2124 108 , , , 1662 2124 109 and and CC 1662 2124 110 bordering border VBG 1662 2124 111 the the DT 1662 2124 112 North North NNP 1662 2124 113 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2124 114 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2124 115 , , , 1662 2124 116 between between IN 1662 2124 117 Ecuador Ecuador NNP 1662 2124 118 and and CC 1662 2124 119 Panama Panama NNP 1662 2124 120 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2124 121 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2124 122 : : : 1662 2124 123 4 4 CD 1662 2124 124 00 00 CD 1662 2124 125 N n CD 1662 2124 126 , , , 1662 2124 127 72 72 CD 1662 2124 128 00 00 NFP 1662 2124 129 W W NNP 1662 2124 130 Map Map NNP 1662 2124 131 references reference NNS 1662 2124 132 : : : 1662 2124 133 South South NNP 1662 2124 134 America America NNP 1662 2124 135 Area Area NNP 1662 2124 136 : : : 1662 2124 137 total total NN 1662 2124 138 : : : 1662 2124 139 1,138,910 1,138,910 CD 1662 2124 140 sq sq IN 1662 2124 141 km km NNP 1662 2124 142 land land NN 1662 2124 143 : : : 1662 2124 144 1,038,700 1,038,700 CD 1662 2124 145 sq sq NNP 1662 2124 146 km km NNP 1662 2124 147 water water NN 1662 2124 148 : : : 1662 2124 149 100,210 100,210 CD 1662 2124 150 sq sq NNP 1662 2124 151 km km NNP 1662 2124 152 note note NN 1662 2124 153 : : : 1662 2124 154 includes include VBZ 1662 2124 155 Isla Isla NNP 1662 2124 156 de de NNP 1662 2124 157 Malpelo Malpelo NNP 1662 2124 158 , , , 1662 2124 159 Roncador Roncador NNP 1662 2124 160 Cay Cay NNP 1662 2124 161 , , , 1662 2124 162 Serrana Serrana NNP 1662 2124 163 Bank Bank NNP 1662 2124 164 , , , 1662 2124 165 and and CC 1662 2124 166 Serranilla Serranilla NNP 1662 2124 167 Bank Bank NNP 1662 2124 168 Area Area NNP 1662 2124 169 - - HYPH 1662 2124 170 comparative comparative NNP 1662 2124 171 : : : 1662 2124 172 slightly slightly RB 1662 2124 173 less less JJR 1662 2124 174 than than IN 1662 2124 175 three three CD 1662 2124 176 times time NNS 1662 2124 177 the the DT 1662 2124 178 size size NN 1662 2124 179 of of IN 1662 2124 180 Montana Montana NNP 1662 2124 181 Land Land NNP 1662 2124 182 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2124 183 : : : 1662 2124 184 total total NN 1662 2124 185 : : : 1662 2124 186 7,408 7,408 CD 1662 2124 187 km km NN 1662 2124 188 border border NN 1662 2124 189 countries country NNS 1662 2124 190 : : : 1662 2124 191 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 2124 192 1,643 1,643 CD 1662 2124 193 km km NN 1662 2124 194 , , , 1662 2124 195 Ecuador Ecuador NNP 1662 2124 196 590 590 CD 1662 2124 197 km km NNS 1662 2124 198 , , , 1662 2124 199 Panama Panama NNP 1662 2124 200 225 225 CD 1662 2124 201 km km NNS 1662 2124 202 , , , 1662 2124 203 Peru Peru NNP 1662 2124 204 2,900 2,900 CD 1662 2124 205 km km NNS 1662 2124 206 , , , 1662 2124 207 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 2124 208 2,050 2,050 CD 1662 2124 209 km km NN 1662 2124 210 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2124 211 : : : 1662 2124 212 3,208 3,208 CD 1662 2124 213 km km NN 1662 2124 214 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2124 215 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 2124 216 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2124 217 1,760 1,760 CD 1662 2124 218 km km NN 1662 2124 219 , , , 1662 2124 220 North North NNP 1662 2124 221 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2124 222 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2124 223 1,448 1,448 CD 1662 2124 224 km km NN 1662 2124 225 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2124 226 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2124 227 claims claim VBZ 1662 2124 228 : : : 1662 2124 229 continental continental NNP 1662 2124 230 shelf shelf NNP 1662 2124 231 : : : 1662 2124 232 200-m 200-m CD 1662 2124 233 depth depth NN 1662 2124 234 or or CC 1662 2124 235 to to IN 1662 2124 236 the the DT 1662 2124 237 depth depth NN 1662 2124 238 of of IN 1662 2124 239 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 2124 240 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 2124 241 economic economic JJ 1662 2124 242 zone zone NN 1662 2124 243 : : : 1662 2124 244 200 200 CD 1662 2124 245 nm nm CD 1662 2124 246 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2124 247 sea sea NN 1662 2124 248 : : : 1662 2124 249 12 12 CD 1662 2124 250 nm nm NNP 1662 2124 251 Climate climate NN 1662 2124 252 : : : 1662 2124 253 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2124 254 along along IN 1662 2124 255 coast coast NN 1662 2124 256 and and CC 1662 2124 257 eastern eastern JJ 1662 2124 258 plains plain NNS 1662 2124 259 ; ; : 1662 2124 260 cooler cool JJR 1662 2124 261 in in IN 1662 2124 262 highlands highlands JJ 1662 2124 263 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2124 264 : : : 1662 2124 265 flat flat JJ 1662 2124 266 coastal coastal JJ 1662 2124 267 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 2124 268 , , , 1662 2124 269 central central JJ 1662 2124 270 highlands highland NNS 1662 2124 271 , , , 1662 2124 272 high high JJ 1662 2124 273 Andes Andes NNP 1662 2124 274 Mountains Mountains NNPS 1662 2124 275 , , , 1662 2124 276 eastern eastern NNP 1662 2124 277 lowland lowland NNP 1662 2124 278 plains plain VBZ 1662 2124 279 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2124 280 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2124 281 : : : 1662 2124 282 lowest low JJS 1662 2124 283 point point NN 1662 2124 284 : : : 1662 2124 285 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2124 286 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2124 287 0 0 NFP 1662 2124 288 m m DT 1662 2124 289 highest high JJS 1662 2124 290 point point NN 1662 2124 291 : : : 1662 2124 292 Nevado Nevado NNP 1662 2124 293 del del NNP 1662 2124 294 Huila Huila NNP 1662 2124 295 5,750 5,750 CD 1662 2124 296 m m NNP 1662 2124 297 Natural natural JJ 1662 2124 298 resources resource NNS 1662 2124 299 : : : 1662 2124 300 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2124 301 , , , 1662 2124 302 natural natural JJ 1662 2124 303 gas gas NN 1662 2124 304 , , , 1662 2124 305 coal coal NN 1662 2124 306 , , , 1662 2124 307 iron iron NN 1662 2124 308 ore ore NN 1662 2124 309 , , , 1662 2124 310 nickel nickel NN 1662 2124 311 , , , 1662 2124 312 gold gold NN 1662 2124 313 , , , 1662 2124 314 copper copper NN 1662 2124 315 , , , 1662 2124 316 emeralds emerald VBZ 1662 2124 317 Land Land NNP 1662 2124 318 use use NN 1662 2124 319 : : : 1662 2124 320 arable arable JJ 1662 2124 321 land land NN 1662 2124 322 : : : 1662 2124 323 4 4 CD 1662 2124 324 % % NN 1662 2124 325 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2124 326 crops crop NNS 1662 2124 327 : : : 1662 2124 328 1 1 CD 1662 2124 329 % % NN 1662 2124 330 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2124 331 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2124 332 : : : 1662 2124 333 39 39 CD 1662 2124 334 % % NN 1662 2124 335 forests forest NNS 1662 2124 336 and and CC 1662 2124 337 woodland woodland NN 1662 2124 338 : : : 1662 2124 339 48 48 CD 1662 2124 340 % % NN 1662 2124 341 other other JJ 1662 2124 342 : : : 1662 2124 343 8 8 CD 1662 2124 344 % % NN 1662 2124 345 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2124 346 1993 1993 CD 1662 2124 347 est est NNP 1662 2124 348 . . . 1662 2124 349 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2125 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2125 2 land land NN 1662 2125 3 : : : 1662 2125 4 5,300 5,300 CD 1662 2125 5 sq sq IN 1662 2125 6 km km NNP 1662 2125 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2125 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2125 9 est est NNP 1662 2125 10 . . . 1662 2125 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2126 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2126 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2126 3 : : : 1662 2126 4 highlands highland NNS 1662 2126 5 subject subject JJ 1662 2126 6 to to IN 1662 2126 7 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 2126 8 eruptions eruption NNS 1662 2126 9 ; ; , 1662 2126 10 occasional occasional JJ 1662 2126 11 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 2126 12 ; ; : 1662 2126 13 periodic periodic JJ 1662 2126 14 droughts drought VBZ 1662 2126 15 Environment environment NN 1662 2126 16 - - HYPH 1662 2126 17 current current JJ 1662 2126 18 issues issue NNS 1662 2126 19 : : : 1662 2126 20 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 2126 21 ; ; , 1662 2126 22 soil soil NN 1662 2126 23 damage damage NN 1662 2126 24 from from IN 1662 2126 25 overuse overuse NN 1662 2126 26 of of IN 1662 2126 27 pesticides pesticide NNS 1662 2126 28 ; ; : 1662 2126 29 air air NN 1662 2126 30 pollution pollution NN 1662 2126 31 , , , 1662 2126 32 especially especially RB 1662 2126 33 in in IN 1662 2126 34 Bogota Bogota NNP 1662 2126 35 , , , 1662 2126 36 from from IN 1662 2126 37 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 2126 38 emissions emission NNS 1662 2126 39 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2126 40 - - HYPH 1662 2126 41 international international JJ 1662 2126 42 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2126 43 : : : 1662 2126 44 party party NN 1662 2126 45 to to TO 1662 2126 46 : : : 1662 2126 47 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 2126 48 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 2126 49 , , , 1662 2126 50 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 2126 51 , , , 1662 2126 52 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2126 53 Change Change NNP 1662 2126 54 , , , 1662 2126 55 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2126 56 Species Species NNPS 1662 2126 57 , , , 1662 2126 58 Marine Marine NNP 1662 2126 59 Life Life NNP 1662 2126 60 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 2126 61 , , , 1662 2126 62 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 2126 63 Test Test NNP 1662 2126 64 Ban Ban NNP 1662 2126 65 , , , 1662 2126 66 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2126 67 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2126 68 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2126 69 , , , 1662 2126 70 Ship Ship NNP 1662 2126 71 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2126 72 , , , 1662 2126 73 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 2126 74 Timber Timber NNP 1662 2126 75 83 83 CD 1662 2126 76 , , , 1662 2126 77 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 2126 78 Timber Timber NNP 1662 2126 79 94 94 CD 1662 2126 80 signed sign VBD 1662 2126 81 , , , 1662 2126 82 but but CC 1662 2126 83 not not RB 1662 2126 84 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2126 85 : : : 1662 2126 86 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 2126 87 - - HYPH 1662 2126 88 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 2126 89 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 2126 90 , , , 1662 2126 91 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 2126 92 , , , 1662 2126 93 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 2126 94 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 2126 95 , , , 1662 2126 96 Law Law NNP 1662 2126 97 of of IN 1662 2126 98 the the DT 1662 2126 99 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2126 100 , , , 1662 2126 101 Marine Marine NNP 1662 2126 102 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 2126 103 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2126 104 - - HYPH 1662 2126 105 note note NNP 1662 2126 106 : : : 1662 2126 107 only only RB 1662 2126 108 South south JJ 1662 2126 109 American american JJ 1662 2126 110 country country NN 1662 2126 111 with with IN 1662 2126 112 coastlines coastline NNS 1662 2126 113 on on IN 1662 2126 114 both both CC 1662 2126 115 North North NNP 1662 2126 116 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2126 117 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2126 118 and and CC 1662 2126 119 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 2126 120 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2126 121 @Colombia @Colombia NFP 1662 2126 122 : : : 1662 2126 123 People People NNS 1662 2126 124 Population population NN 1662 2126 125 : : : 1662 2126 126 37,418,290 37,418,290 CD 1662 2126 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2126 128 July July NNP 1662 2126 129 1997 1997 CD 1662 2126 130 est est NNP 1662 2126 131 . . . 1662 2126 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2127 1 Age age NN 1662 2127 2 structure structure NN 1662 2127 3 : : : 1662 2127 4 0 0 CD 1662 2127 5 - - HYPH 1662 2127 6 14 14 CD 1662 2127 7 years year NNS 1662 2127 8 : : : 1662 2127 9 31 31 CD 1662 2127 10 % % NN 1662 2127 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2127 12 male male JJ 1662 2127 13 5,959,141 5,959,141 CD 1662 2127 14 ; ; : 1662 2127 15 female female JJ 1662 2127 16 5,816,751 5,816,751 CD 1662 2127 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2127 18 15 15 CD 1662 2127 19 - - SYM 1662 2127 20 64 64 CD 1662 2127 21 years year NNS 1662 2127 22 : : : 1662 2127 23 64 64 CD 1662 2127 24 % % NN 1662 2127 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2127 26 male male JJ 1662 2127 27 11,756,893 11,756,893 CD 1662 2127 28 ; ; : 1662 2127 29 female female JJ 1662 2127 30 12,146,103 12,146,103 CD 1662 2127 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2127 32 65 65 CD 1662 2127 33 years year NNS 1662 2127 34 and and CC 1662 2127 35 over over IN 1662 2127 36 : : : 1662 2127 37 5 5 CD 1662 2127 38 % % NN 1662 2127 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2127 40 male male JJ 1662 2127 41 769,724 769,724 CD 1662 2127 42 ; ; : 1662 2127 43 female female JJ 1662 2127 44 969,678 969,678 CD 1662 2127 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2127 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2127 47 July July NNP 1662 2127 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2127 49 est est NNP 1662 2127 50 . . . 1662 2127 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2128 1 Population population NN 1662 2128 2 growth growth NN 1662 2128 3 rate rate NN 1662 2128 4 : : : 1662 2128 5 1.61 1.61 CD 1662 2128 6 % % NN 1662 2128 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2128 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2128 9 est est NNP 1662 2128 10 . . . 1662 2128 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2129 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2129 2 rate rate NN 1662 2129 3 : : : 1662 2129 4 20.78 20.78 CD 1662 2129 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 2129 6 population population NN 1662 2129 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2129 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2129 9 est est NNP 1662 2129 10 . . . 1662 2129 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2130 1 Death death NN 1662 2130 2 rate rate NN 1662 2130 3 : : : 1662 2130 4 4.62 4.62 CD 1662 2130 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2130 6 population population NN 1662 2130 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2130 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2130 9 est est NNP 1662 2130 10 . . . 1662 2130 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2131 1 Net net JJ 1662 2131 2 migration migration NN 1662 2131 3 rate rate NN 1662 2131 4 : : : 1662 2131 5 -0.1 -0.1 NFP 1662 2131 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 VBN 1662 2131 7 population population NN 1662 2131 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2131 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2131 10 est est NNP 1662 2131 11 . . . 1662 2131 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2132 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2132 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2132 3 : : : 1662 2132 4 at at IN 1662 2132 5 birth birth NN 1662 2132 6 : : : 1662 2132 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 2132 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2132 9 under under IN 1662 2132 10 15 15 CD 1662 2132 11 years year NNS 1662 2132 12 : : : 1662 2132 13 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 2132 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2132 15 15 15 CD 1662 2132 16 - - HYPH 1662 2132 17 64 64 CD 1662 2132 18 years year NNS 1662 2132 19 : : : 1662 2132 20 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 2132 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2132 22 65 65 CD 1662 2132 23 years year NNS 1662 2132 24 and and CC 1662 2132 25 over over IN 1662 2132 26 : : : 1662 2132 27 0.79 0.79 CD 1662 2132 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2132 29 total total JJ 1662 2132 30 population population NN 1662 2132 31 : : : 1662 2132 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 2132 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2132 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2132 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2132 36 est e JJS 1662 2132 37 . . . 1662 2132 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2133 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2133 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2133 3 rate rate NN 1662 2133 4 : : : 1662 2133 5 24.7 24.7 CD 1662 2133 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2133 7 live live JJ 1662 2133 8 births birth NNS 1662 2133 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2133 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2133 11 est est NNP 1662 2133 12 . . . 1662 2133 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2134 1 Life life NN 1662 2134 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2134 3 at at IN 1662 2134 4 birth birth NN 1662 2134 5 : : : 1662 2134 6 total total JJ 1662 2134 7 population population NN 1662 2134 8 : : : 1662 2134 9 73.14 73.14 CD 1662 2134 10 years year NNS 1662 2134 11 male male NN 1662 2134 12 : : : 1662 2134 13 70.28 70.28 CD 1662 2134 14 years year NNS 1662 2134 15 female female JJ 1662 2134 16 : : : 1662 2134 17 76.09 76.09 CD 1662 2134 18 years year NNS 1662 2134 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2134 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2134 21 est est NNP 1662 2134 22 . . . 1662 2134 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2135 1 Total total JJ 1662 2135 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2135 3 rate rate NN 1662 2135 4 : : : 1662 2135 5 2.31 2.31 CD 1662 2135 6 children child NNS 1662 2135 7 born bear VBN 1662 2135 8 / / SYM 1662 2135 9 woman woman NN 1662 2135 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2135 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2135 12 est est NNP 1662 2135 13 . . . 1662 2135 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2136 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2136 2 : : : 1662 2136 3 noun noun NNP 1662 2136 4 : : : 1662 2136 5 Colombian(s Colombian(s NNP 1662 2136 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2136 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 2136 8 : : : 1662 2136 9 Colombian colombian JJ 1662 2136 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2136 11 groups group NNS 1662 2136 12 : : : 1662 2136 13 mestizo mestizo NNP 1662 2136 14 58 58 CD 1662 2136 15 % % NN 1662 2136 16 , , , 1662 2136 17 white white JJ 1662 2136 18 20 20 CD 1662 2136 19 % % NN 1662 2136 20 , , , 1662 2136 21 mulatto mulatto NN 1662 2136 22 14 14 CD 1662 2136 23 % % NN 1662 2136 24 , , , 1662 2136 25 black black JJ 1662 2136 26 4 4 CD 1662 2136 27 % % NN 1662 2136 28 , , , 1662 2136 29 mixed mixed JJ 1662 2136 30 black black JJ 1662 2136 31 - - HYPH 1662 2136 32 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 2136 33 3 3 CD 1662 2136 34 % % NN 1662 2136 35 , , , 1662 2136 36 Amerindian Amerindian NNP 1662 2136 37 1 1 CD 1662 2136 38 % % NN 1662 2136 39 Religions religion NNS 1662 2136 40 : : : 1662 2136 41 Roman roman JJ 1662 2136 42 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 2136 43 95 95 CD 1662 2136 44 % % NN 1662 2136 45 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 2136 46 : : : 1662 2136 47 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 2136 48 Literacy literacy NN 1662 2136 49 : : : 1662 2136 50 definition definition NN 1662 2136 51 : : : 1662 2136 52 age age NN 1662 2136 53 15 15 CD 1662 2136 54 and and CC 1662 2136 55 over over RB 1662 2136 56 can can MD 1662 2136 57 read read VB 1662 2136 58 and and CC 1662 2136 59 write write VB 1662 2136 60 total total JJ 1662 2136 61 population population NN 1662 2136 62 : : : 1662 2136 63 91.3 91.3 CD 1662 2136 64 % % NN 1662 2136 65 male male NN 1662 2136 66 : : : 1662 2136 67 91.2 91.2 CD 1662 2136 68 % % NN 1662 2136 69 female female NN 1662 2136 70 : : : 1662 2136 71 91.4 91.4 CD 1662 2136 72 % % NN 1662 2136 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2136 74 1995 1995 CD 1662 2136 75 est est NNP 1662 2136 76 . . . 1662 2136 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 1 @Colombia @Colombia NFP 1662 2137 2 : : : 1662 2137 3 Government Government NNP 1662 2137 4 Country Country NNP 1662 2137 5 name name NN 1662 2137 6 : : : 1662 2137 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2137 8 long long JJ 1662 2137 9 form form NN 1662 2137 10 : : : 1662 2137 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2137 12 of of IN 1662 2137 13 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 2137 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2137 15 short short JJ 1662 2137 16 form form NN 1662 2137 17 : : : 1662 2137 18 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 2137 19 local local JJ 1662 2137 20 long long JJ 1662 2137 21 form form NN 1662 2137 22 : : : 1662 2137 23 Republica Republica NNP 1662 2137 24 de de NNP 1662 2137 25 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 2137 26 local local JJ 1662 2137 27 short short JJ 1662 2137 28 form form NN 1662 2137 29 : : : 1662 2137 30 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 2137 31 Data Data NNP 1662 2137 32 code code NN 1662 2137 33 : : : 1662 2137 34 CO CO NNP 1662 2137 35 Government Government NNP 1662 2137 36 type type NN 1662 2137 37 : : : 1662 2137 38 republic republic NN 1662 2137 39 ; ; : 1662 2137 40 executive executive JJ 1662 2137 41 branch branch NN 1662 2137 42 dominates dominate VBZ 1662 2137 43 government government NN 1662 2137 44 structure structure NN 1662 2137 45 National national JJ 1662 2137 46 capital capital NN 1662 2137 47 : : : 1662 2137 48 Bogota Bogota NNP 1662 2137 49 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 2137 50 divisions division NNS 1662 2137 51 : : : 1662 2137 52 32 32 CD 1662 2137 53 departments department NNS 1662 2137 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 55 departamentos departamento NNS 1662 2137 56 , , , 1662 2137 57 singular singular NNP 1662 2137 58 - - HYPH 1662 2137 59 departamento departamento NNP 1662 2137 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 61 and and CC 1662 2137 62 1 1 CD 1662 2137 63 capital capital NN 1662 2137 64 district district NN 1662 2137 65 * * NFP 1662 2137 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 67 distrito distrito NNP 1662 2137 68 capital capital NNP 1662 2137 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 70 ; ; : 1662 2137 71 Amazonas Amazonas NNP 1662 2137 72 , , , 1662 2137 73 Antioquia Antioquia NNP 1662 2137 74 , , , 1662 2137 75 Arauca Arauca NNP 1662 2137 76 , , , 1662 2137 77 Atlantico Atlantico NNP 1662 2137 78 , , , 1662 2137 79 Bolivar Bolivar NNP 1662 2137 80 , , , 1662 2137 81 Boyaca Boyaca NNP 1662 2137 82 , , , 1662 2137 83 Caldas Caldas NNP 1662 2137 84 , , , 1662 2137 85 Caqueta Caqueta NNP 1662 2137 86 , , , 1662 2137 87 Casanare Casanare NNP 1662 2137 88 , , , 1662 2137 89 Cauca Cauca NNP 1662 2137 90 , , , 1662 2137 91 Cesar Cesar NNP 1662 2137 92 , , , 1662 2137 93 Choco Choco NNP 1662 2137 94 , , , 1662 2137 95 Cordoba Cordoba NNP 1662 2137 96 , , , 1662 2137 97 Cundinamarca Cundinamarca NNP 1662 2137 98 , , , 1662 2137 99 Guainia Guainia NNP 1662 2137 100 , , , 1662 2137 101 Guaviare Guaviare NNP 1662 2137 102 , , , 1662 2137 103 Huila Huila NNP 1662 2137 104 , , , 1662 2137 105 La La NNP 1662 2137 106 Guajira Guajira NNP 1662 2137 107 , , , 1662 2137 108 Magdalena Magdalena NNP 1662 2137 109 , , , 1662 2137 110 Meta Meta NNP 1662 2137 111 , , , 1662 2137 112 Narino Narino NNP 1662 2137 113 , , , 1662 2137 114 Norte Norte NNP 1662 2137 115 de de NNP 1662 2137 116 Santander Santander NNP 1662 2137 117 , , , 1662 2137 118 Putumayo Putumayo NNP 1662 2137 119 , , , 1662 2137 120 Quindio Quindio NNP 1662 2137 121 , , , 1662 2137 122 Risaralda Risaralda NNP 1662 2137 123 , , , 1662 2137 124 San San NNP 1662 2137 125 Andres Andres NNP 1662 2137 126 y y NNP 1662 2137 127 Providencia Providencia NNP 1662 2137 128 , , , 1662 2137 129 Santa Santa NNP 1662 2137 130 Fe Fe NNP 1662 2137 131 de de FW 1662 2137 132 Bogota Bogota NNP 1662 2137 133 * * NFP 1662 2137 134 , , , 1662 2137 135 Santander Santander NNP 1662 2137 136 , , , 1662 2137 137 Sucre Sucre NNP 1662 2137 138 , , , 1662 2137 139 Tolima Tolima NNP 1662 2137 140 , , , 1662 2137 141 Valle Valle NNP 1662 2137 142 del del NNP 1662 2137 143 Cauca Cauca NNP 1662 2137 144 , , , 1662 2137 145 Vaupes Vaupes NNP 1662 2137 146 , , , 1662 2137 147 Vichada Vichada NNP 1662 2137 148 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2137 149 : : : 1662 2137 150 20 20 CD 1662 2137 151 July July NNP 1662 2137 152 1810 1810 CD 1662 2137 153 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 154 from from IN 1662 2137 155 Spain Spain NNP 1662 2137 156 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 157 National national JJ 1662 2137 158 holiday holiday NN 1662 2137 159 : : : 1662 2137 160 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2137 161 Day Day NNP 1662 2137 162 , , , 1662 2137 163 20 20 CD 1662 2137 164 July July NNP 1662 2137 165 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 166 1810 1810 CD 1662 2137 167 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 168 Constitution constitution NN 1662 2137 169 : : : 1662 2137 170 5 5 CD 1662 2137 171 July July NNP 1662 2137 172 1991 1991 CD 1662 2137 173 Legal legal JJ 1662 2137 174 system system NN 1662 2137 175 : : : 1662 2137 176 based base VBN 1662 2137 177 on on IN 1662 2137 178 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 2137 179 law law NN 1662 2137 180 ; ; : 1662 2137 181 a a DT 1662 2137 182 new new JJ 1662 2137 183 criminal criminal JJ 1662 2137 184 code code NN 1662 2137 185 modeled model VBN 1662 2137 186 after after IN 1662 2137 187 US US NNP 1662 2137 188 procedures procedure NNS 1662 2137 189 was be VBD 1662 2137 190 enacted enact VBN 1662 2137 191 in in IN 1662 2137 192 1992 1992 CD 1662 2137 193 - - SYM 1662 2137 194 93 93 CD 1662 2137 195 ; ; : 1662 2137 196 judicial judicial JJ 1662 2137 197 review review NN 1662 2137 198 of of IN 1662 2137 199 executive executive JJ 1662 2137 200 and and CC 1662 2137 201 legislative legislative JJ 1662 2137 202 acts act NNS 1662 2137 203 ; ; : 1662 2137 204 accepts accept VBZ 1662 2137 205 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 2137 206 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 2137 207 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 2137 208 , , , 1662 2137 209 with with IN 1662 2137 210 reservations reservation NNS 1662 2137 211 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 2137 212 : : : 1662 2137 213 18 18 CD 1662 2137 214 years year NNS 1662 2137 215 of of IN 1662 2137 216 age age NN 1662 2137 217 ; ; : 1662 2137 218 universal universal JJ 1662 2137 219 and and CC 1662 2137 220 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 2137 221 Executive Executive NNP 1662 2137 222 branch branch NN 1662 2137 223 : : : 1662 2137 224 chief chief NN 1662 2137 225 of of IN 1662 2137 226 state state NN 1662 2137 227 : : : 1662 2137 228 President President NNP 1662 2137 229 Ernesto Ernesto NNP 1662 2137 230 SAMPER SAMPER NNP 1662 2137 231 Pizano Pizano NNP 1662 2137 232 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 233 since since IN 1662 2137 234 7 7 CD 1662 2137 235 August August NNP 1662 2137 236 1994 1994 CD 1662 2137 237 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 238 ; ; : 1662 2137 239 note note VB 1662 2137 240 - - : 1662 2137 241 the the DT 1662 2137 242 president president NN 1662 2137 243 is be VBZ 1662 2137 244 both both CC 1662 2137 245 the the DT 1662 2137 246 chief chief NN 1662 2137 247 of of IN 1662 2137 248 state state NN 1662 2137 249 and and CC 1662 2137 250 head head NN 1662 2137 251 of of IN 1662 2137 252 government government NN 1662 2137 253 head head NN 1662 2137 254 of of IN 1662 2137 255 government government NN 1662 2137 256 : : : 1662 2137 257 President President NNP 1662 2137 258 Ernesto Ernesto NNP 1662 2137 259 SAMPER SAMPER NNP 1662 2137 260 Pizano Pizano NNP 1662 2137 261 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 262 since since IN 1662 2137 263 7 7 CD 1662 2137 264 August August NNP 1662 2137 265 1994 1994 CD 1662 2137 266 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 267 ; ; : 1662 2137 268 note note VB 1662 2137 269 - - : 1662 2137 270 the the DT 1662 2137 271 president president NN 1662 2137 272 is be VBZ 1662 2137 273 both both CC 1662 2137 274 the the DT 1662 2137 275 chief chief NN 1662 2137 276 of of IN 1662 2137 277 state state NN 1662 2137 278 and and CC 1662 2137 279 head head NN 1662 2137 280 of of IN 1662 2137 281 government government NN 1662 2137 282 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2137 283 : : : 1662 2137 284 Cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2137 285 elections election NNS 1662 2137 286 : : : 1662 2137 287 president president NN 1662 2137 288 elected elect VBN 1662 2137 289 by by IN 1662 2137 290 popular popular JJ 1662 2137 291 vote vote NN 1662 2137 292 for for IN 1662 2137 293 a a DT 1662 2137 294 four four CD 1662 2137 295 - - HYPH 1662 2137 296 year year NN 1662 2137 297 term term NN 1662 2137 298 ; ; : 1662 2137 299 election election NN 1662 2137 300 last last JJ 1662 2137 301 held hold VBD 1662 2137 302 29 29 CD 1662 2137 303 May May NNP 1662 2137 304 1994 1994 CD 1662 2137 305 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 306 next next JJ 1662 2137 307 to to TO 1662 2137 308 be be VB 1662 2137 309 held hold VBN 1662 2137 310 May May NNP 1662 2137 311 1998 1998 CD 1662 2137 312 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 313 ; ; : 1662 2137 314 vice vice NN 1662 2137 315 president president NN 1662 2137 316 elected elect VBN 1662 2137 317 by by IN 1662 2137 318 popular popular JJ 1662 2137 319 vote vote NN 1662 2137 320 for for IN 1662 2137 321 a a DT 1662 2137 322 four four CD 1662 2137 323 - - HYPH 1662 2137 324 year year NN 1662 2137 325 term term NN 1662 2137 326 in in IN 1662 2137 327 a a DT 1662 2137 328 new new JJ 1662 2137 329 procedure procedure NN 1662 2137 330 that that WDT 1662 2137 331 replaces replace VBZ 1662 2137 332 the the DT 1662 2137 333 traditional traditional JJ 1662 2137 334 designation designation NN 1662 2137 335 of of IN 1662 2137 336 vice vice NN 1662 2137 337 presidents president NNS 1662 2137 338 by by IN 1662 2137 339 newly newly RB 1662 2137 340 elected elect VBN 1662 2137 341 presidents president NNS 1662 2137 342 election election NN 1662 2137 343 results result NNS 1662 2137 344 : : : 1662 2137 345 Ernesto ernesto NN 1662 2137 346 SAMPER SAMPER NNP 1662 2137 347 Pizano Pizano NNP 1662 2137 348 elected elect VBD 1662 2137 349 president president NN 1662 2137 350 ; ; , 1662 2137 351 percent percent NN 1662 2137 352 of of IN 1662 2137 353 vote vote NN 1662 2137 354 - - : 1662 2137 355 no no DT 1662 2137 356 candidate candidate NN 1662 2137 357 received receive VBD 1662 2137 358 more more JJR 1662 2137 359 than than IN 1662 2137 360 50 50 CD 1662 2137 361 % % NN 1662 2137 362 of of IN 1662 2137 363 the the DT 1662 2137 364 total total JJ 1662 2137 365 vote vote NN 1662 2137 366 , , , 1662 2137 367 therefore therefore RB 1662 2137 368 , , , 1662 2137 369 a a DT 1662 2137 370 run run VB 1662 2137 371 - - HYPH 1662 2137 372 off off RP 1662 2137 373 election election NN 1662 2137 374 to to TO 1662 2137 375 select select VB 1662 2137 376 a a DT 1662 2137 377 president president NN 1662 2137 378 from from IN 1662 2137 379 the the DT 1662 2137 380 two two CD 1662 2137 381 leading lead VBG 1662 2137 382 candidates candidate NNS 1662 2137 383 was be VBD 1662 2137 384 held hold VBN 1662 2137 385 19 19 CD 1662 2137 386 June June NNP 1662 2137 387 1994 1994 CD 1662 2137 388 ; ; : 1662 2137 389 percent percent NN 1662 2137 390 of of IN 1662 2137 391 vote vote NN 1662 2137 392 - - HYPH 1662 2137 393 Ernesto Ernesto NNP 1662 2137 394 SAMPER samper NN 1662 2137 395 Pizano Pizano NNP 1662 2137 396 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 397 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 2137 398 Party Party NNP 1662 2137 399 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 400 50.4 50.4 CD 1662 2137 401 % % NN 1662 2137 402 , , , 1662 2137 403 Andres Andres NNP 1662 2137 404 PASTRANA PASTRANA NNP 1662 2137 405 Arango Arango NNS 1662 2137 406 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 407 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 2137 408 Party Party NNP 1662 2137 409 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 410 48.6 48.6 CD 1662 2137 411 % % NN 1662 2137 412 , , , 1662 2137 413 blank blank JJ 1662 2137 414 votes vote NNS 1662 2137 415 1 1 CD 1662 2137 416 % % NN 1662 2137 417 ; ; : 1662 2137 418 Humberto Humberto NNP 1662 2137 419 de de IN 1662 2137 420 la la NNP 1662 2137 421 CALLE CALLE NNP 1662 2137 422 Lombana Lombana NNP 1662 2137 423 elected elect VBD 1662 2137 424 vice vice NN 1662 2137 425 president president NN 1662 2137 426 ; ; : 1662 2137 427 percent percent NN 1662 2137 428 of of IN 1662 2137 429 vote vote NN 1662 2137 430 - - HYPH 1662 2137 431 NA NA NNP 1662 2137 432 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2137 433 branch branch NN 1662 2137 434 : : : 1662 2137 435 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 2137 436 Congress Congress NNP 1662 2137 437 or or CC 1662 2137 438 Congreso Congreso NNP 1662 2137 439 consists consist VBZ 1662 2137 440 of of IN 1662 2137 441 the the DT 1662 2137 442 Senate Senate NNP 1662 2137 443 or or CC 1662 2137 444 Senado Senado NNP 1662 2137 445 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 446 102 102 CD 1662 2137 447 seats seat NNS 1662 2137 448 ; ; : 1662 2137 449 members member NNS 1662 2137 450 are be VBP 1662 2137 451 elected elect VBN 1662 2137 452 by by IN 1662 2137 453 popular popular JJ 1662 2137 454 vote vote NN 1662 2137 455 to to TO 1662 2137 456 serve serve VB 1662 2137 457 four four CD 1662 2137 458 - - HYPH 1662 2137 459 year year NN 1662 2137 460 terms term NNS 1662 2137 461 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 462 and and CC 1662 2137 463 the the DT 1662 2137 464 House House NNP 1662 2137 465 of of IN 1662 2137 466 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 2137 467 or or CC 1662 2137 468 Camara Camara NNP 1662 2137 469 de de FW 1662 2137 470 Representantes Representantes NNP 1662 2137 471 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 472 161 161 CD 1662 2137 473 seats seat NNS 1662 2137 474 ; ; : 1662 2137 475 members member NNS 1662 2137 476 are be VBP 1662 2137 477 elected elect VBN 1662 2137 478 by by IN 1662 2137 479 popular popular JJ 1662 2137 480 vote vote NN 1662 2137 481 to to TO 1662 2137 482 serve serve VB 1662 2137 483 four four CD 1662 2137 484 - - HYPH 1662 2137 485 year year NN 1662 2137 486 terms term NNS 1662 2137 487 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 488 elections election NNS 1662 2137 489 : : : 1662 2137 490 Senate Senate NNP 1662 2137 491 - - HYPH 1662 2137 492 last last RB 1662 2137 493 held hold VBD 1662 2137 494 13 13 CD 1662 2137 495 March March NNP 1662 2137 496 1994 1994 CD 1662 2137 497 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 498 next next JJ 1662 2137 499 to to TO 1662 2137 500 be be VB 1662 2137 501 held hold VBN 1662 2137 502 March March NNP 1662 2137 503 1998 1998 CD 1662 2137 504 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 505 ; ; : 1662 2137 506 House House NNP 1662 2137 507 of of IN 1662 2137 508 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 2137 509 - - HYPH 1662 2137 510 last last RB 1662 2137 511 held hold VBN 1662 2137 512 13 13 CD 1662 2137 513 March March NNP 1662 2137 514 1994 1994 CD 1662 2137 515 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 516 next next JJ 1662 2137 517 to to TO 1662 2137 518 be be VB 1662 2137 519 held hold VBN 1662 2137 520 March March NNP 1662 2137 521 1998 1998 CD 1662 2137 522 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 523 election election NN 1662 2137 524 results result NNS 1662 2137 525 : : : 1662 2137 526 Senate Senate NNP 1662 2137 527 - - HYPH 1662 2137 528 percent percent NN 1662 2137 529 of of IN 1662 2137 530 vote vote NN 1662 2137 531 by by IN 1662 2137 532 party party NN 1662 2137 533 - - HYPH 1662 2137 534 NA NA NNP 1662 2137 535 ; ; , 1662 2137 536 seats seat NNS 1662 2137 537 by by IN 1662 2137 538 party party NN 1662 2137 539 - - HYPH 1662 2137 540 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 2137 541 Party Party NNP 1662 2137 542 59 59 CD 1662 2137 543 , , , 1662 2137 544 conservatives conservative NNS 1662 2137 545 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 546 includes include VBZ 1662 2137 547 PC PC NNP 1662 2137 548 , , , 1662 2137 549 MSN MSN NNP 1662 2137 550 , , , 1662 2137 551 and and CC 1662 2137 552 NDF NDF NNP 1662 2137 553 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 554 31 31 CD 1662 2137 555 , , , 1662 2137 556 other other JJ 1662 2137 557 12 12 CD 1662 2137 558 ; ; : 1662 2137 559 House House NNP 1662 2137 560 of of IN 1662 2137 561 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 2137 562 - - HYPH 1662 2137 563 percent percent NN 1662 2137 564 of of IN 1662 2137 565 vote vote NN 1662 2137 566 by by IN 1662 2137 567 party party NN 1662 2137 568 - - HYPH 1662 2137 569 NA NA NNP 1662 2137 570 ; ; , 1662 2137 571 seats seat NNS 1662 2137 572 by by IN 1662 2137 573 party party NN 1662 2137 574 - - HYPH 1662 2137 575 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 2137 576 Party Party NNP 1662 2137 577 89 89 CD 1662 2137 578 , , , 1662 2137 579 conservatives conservative NNS 1662 2137 580 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 581 includes include VBZ 1662 2137 582 PC PC NNP 1662 2137 583 , , , 1662 2137 584 MSN MSN NNP 1662 2137 585 , , , 1662 2137 586 and and CC 1662 2137 587 NDF NDF NNP 1662 2137 588 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 589 53 53 CD 1662 2137 590 , , , 1662 2137 591 AD ad NN 1662 2137 592 / / SYM 1662 2137 593 M-19 m-19 CD 1662 2137 594 2 2 CD 1662 2137 595 , , , 1662 2137 596 other other JJ 1662 2137 597 17 17 CD 1662 2137 598 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 2137 599 branch branch NN 1662 2137 600 : : : 1662 2137 601 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2137 602 Court Court NNP 1662 2137 603 of of IN 1662 2137 604 Justice Justice NNP 1662 2137 605 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 606 Corte Corte NNP 1662 2137 607 Suprema Suprema NNP 1662 2137 608 de de NNP 1662 2137 609 Justical Justical NNP 1662 2137 610 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 611 , , , 1662 2137 612 highest high JJS 1662 2137 613 court court NN 1662 2137 614 of of IN 1662 2137 615 criminal criminal JJ 1662 2137 616 law law NN 1662 2137 617 , , , 1662 2137 618 judges judge NNS 1662 2137 619 are be VBP 1662 2137 620 selected select VBN 1662 2137 621 from from IN 1662 2137 622 the the DT 1662 2137 623 nominees nominee NNS 1662 2137 624 of of IN 1662 2137 625 the the DT 1662 2137 626 Higher Higher NNP 1662 2137 627 Council Council NNP 1662 2137 628 of of IN 1662 2137 629 Justice Justice NNP 1662 2137 630 for for IN 1662 2137 631 eight eight CD 1662 2137 632 - - HYPH 1662 2137 633 year year NN 1662 2137 634 terms term NNS 1662 2137 635 ; ; : 1662 2137 636 Council Council NNP 1662 2137 637 of of IN 1662 2137 638 State State NNP 1662 2137 639 , , , 1662 2137 640 highest high JJS 1662 2137 641 court court NN 1662 2137 642 of of IN 1662 2137 643 administrative administrative JJ 1662 2137 644 law law NN 1662 2137 645 , , , 1662 2137 646 judges judge NNS 1662 2137 647 are be VBP 1662 2137 648 selected select VBN 1662 2137 649 from from IN 1662 2137 650 the the DT 1662 2137 651 nominees nominee NNS 1662 2137 652 of of IN 1662 2137 653 the the DT 1662 2137 654 Higher Higher NNP 1662 2137 655 Council Council NNP 1662 2137 656 of of IN 1662 2137 657 Justice Justice NNP 1662 2137 658 for for IN 1662 2137 659 eight eight CD 1662 2137 660 - - HYPH 1662 2137 661 year year NN 1662 2137 662 terms term NNS 1662 2137 663 ; ; : 1662 2137 664 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 2137 665 Court Court NNP 1662 2137 666 , , , 1662 2137 667 guards guard VBZ 1662 2137 668 integrity integrity NN 1662 2137 669 and and CC 1662 2137 670 supremacy supremacy NN 1662 2137 671 of of IN 1662 2137 672 the the DT 1662 2137 673 constitution constitution NN 1662 2137 674 , , , 1662 2137 675 rules rule NNS 1662 2137 676 on on IN 1662 2137 677 constitutionality constitutionality NN 1662 2137 678 of of IN 1662 2137 679 laws law NNS 1662 2137 680 , , , 1662 2137 681 amendments amendment NNS 1662 2137 682 to to IN 1662 2137 683 the the DT 1662 2137 684 constitution constitution NN 1662 2137 685 , , , 1662 2137 686 and and CC 1662 2137 687 international international JJ 1662 2137 688 treaties treaty NNS 1662 2137 689 Political political JJ 1662 2137 690 parties party NNS 1662 2137 691 and and CC 1662 2137 692 leaders leader NNS 1662 2137 693 : : : 1662 2137 694 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 2137 695 Party Party NNP 1662 2137 696 or or CC 1662 2137 697 PL PL NNP 1662 2137 698 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2137 699 Emilio Emilio NNP 1662 2137 700 LEBOLO LEBOLO NNP 1662 2137 701 Castellanos Castellanos NNP 1662 2137 702 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2137 703 ; ; : 1662 2137 704 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 2137 705 Party Party NNP 1662 2137 706 or or CC 1662 2137 707 PC PC NNP 1662 2137 708 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2137 709 Fabio Fabio NNP 1662 2137 710 VALENCIA VALENCIA NNP 1662 2137 711 Cossio Cossio NNP 1662 2137 712 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2137 713 ; ; : 1662 2137 714 New New NNP 1662 2137 715 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2137 716 Force Force NNP 1662 2137 717 or or CC 1662 2137 718 NDF NDF NNP 1662 2137 719 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2137 720 Andres Andres NNP 1662 2137 721 PASTRANA PASTRANA NNP 1662 2137 722 Arango Arango NNS 1662 2137 723 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2137 724 ; ; : 1662 2137 725 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2137 726 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 2137 727 M-19 m-19 CD 1662 2137 728 or or CC 1662 2137 729 AD ad NN 1662 2137 730 / / SYM 1662 2137 731 M-19 m-19 CD 1662 2137 732 is be VBZ 1662 2137 733 a a DT 1662 2137 734 coalition coalition NN 1662 2137 735 of of IN 1662 2137 736 small small JJ 1662 2137 737 leftist leftist JJ 1662 2137 738 parties party NNS 1662 2137 739 and and CC 1662 2137 740 dissident dissident JJ 1662 2137 741 liberals liberal NNS 1662 2137 742 and and CC 1662 2137 743 conservatives conservative NNS 1662 2137 744 ; ; : 1662 2137 745 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 2137 746 Union Union NNP 1662 2137 747 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 748 UP UP NNP 1662 2137 749 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 750 is be VBZ 1662 2137 751 a a DT 1662 2137 752 legal legal JJ 1662 2137 753 political political JJ 1662 2137 754 party party NN 1662 2137 755 formed form VBN 1662 2137 756 by by IN 1662 2137 757 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 2137 758 Armed Armed NNP 1662 2137 759 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 2137 760 of of IN 1662 2137 761 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 2137 762 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 763 FARC FARC NNP 1662 2137 764 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 765 and and CC 1662 2137 766 Colombian Colombian NNP 1662 2137 767 Communist Communist NNP 1662 2137 768 Party Party NNP 1662 2137 769 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 770 PCC PCC NNP 1662 2137 771 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 772 ; ; : 1662 2137 773 National National NNP 1662 2137 774 Salvation Salvation NNP 1662 2137 775 Movement Movement NNP 1662 2137 776 or or CC 1662 2137 777 MSN MSN NNP 1662 2137 778 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2137 779 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 2137 780 Alvaro Alvaro NNP 1662 2137 781 GOMEZ GOMEZ NNP 1662 2137 782 Hurtado Hurtado NNP 1662 2137 783 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2137 784 Political political JJ 1662 2137 785 pressure pressure NN 1662 2137 786 groups group NNS 1662 2137 787 and and CC 1662 2137 788 leaders leader NNS 1662 2137 789 : : : 1662 2137 790 two two CD 1662 2137 791 largest large JJS 1662 2137 792 insurgent insurgent JJ 1662 2137 793 groups group NNS 1662 2137 794 active active JJ 1662 2137 795 in in IN 1662 2137 796 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 2137 797 - - HYPH 1662 2137 798 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 2137 799 Armed Armed NNP 1662 2137 800 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 2137 801 of of IN 1662 2137 802 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 2137 803 or or CC 1662 2137 804 FARC FARC NNP 1662 2137 805 ; ; , 1662 2137 806 and and CC 1662 2137 807 National National NNP 1662 2137 808 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 2137 809 Army Army NNP 1662 2137 810 or or CC 1662 2137 811 ELN ELN NNP 1662 2137 812 International International NNP 1662 2137 813 organization organization NN 1662 2137 814 participation participation NN 1662 2137 815 : : : 1662 2137 816 AG AG NNP 1662 2137 817 , , , 1662 2137 818 CCC CCC NNP 1662 2137 819 , , , 1662 2137 820 CDB CDB NNP 1662 2137 821 , , , 1662 2137 822 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 2137 823 , , , 1662 2137 824 FAO FAO NNP 1662 2137 825 , , , 1662 2137 826 G- G- NNP 1662 2137 827 3 3 CD 1662 2137 828 , , , 1662 2137 829 G-11 g-11 CD 1662 2137 830 , , , 1662 2137 831 G-24 g-24 CD 1662 2137 832 , , , 1662 2137 833 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 2137 834 , , , 1662 2137 835 IADB IADB NNP 1662 2137 836 , , , 1662 2137 837 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 2137 838 , , , 1662 2137 839 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 2137 840 , , , 1662 2137 841 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 2137 842 , , , 1662 2137 843 ICC ICC NNP 1662 2137 844 , , , 1662 2137 845 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 2137 846 , , , 1662 2137 847 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 2137 848 , , , 1662 2137 849 IDA IDA NNP 1662 2137 850 , , , 1662 2137 851 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 2137 852 , , , 1662 2137 853 IFC IFC NNP 1662 2137 854 , , , 1662 2137 855 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 2137 856 , , , 1662 2137 857 IHO IHO NNP 1662 2137 858 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 859 pending pende VBG 1662 2137 860 member member NN 1662 2137 861 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 862 , , , 1662 2137 863 ILO ILO NNP 1662 2137 864 , , , 1662 2137 865 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2137 866 , , , 1662 2137 867 IMO imo RB 1662 2137 868 , , , 1662 2137 869 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 2137 870 , , , 1662 2137 871 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2137 872 , , , 1662 2137 873 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 2137 874 , , , 1662 2137 875 IOC IOC NNP 1662 2137 876 , , , 1662 2137 877 IOM IOM NNP 1662 2137 878 , , , 1662 2137 879 ISO ISO NNP 1662 2137 880 , , , 1662 2137 881 ITU ITU NNP 1662 2137 882 , , , 1662 2137 883 LAES LAES NNP 1662 2137 884 , , , 1662 2137 885 LAIA LAIA NNP 1662 2137 886 , , , 1662 2137 887 NAM NAM NNP 1662 2137 888 , , , 1662 2137 889 OAS OAS NNP 1662 2137 890 , , , 1662 2137 891 OPANAL OPANAL NNP 1662 2137 892 , , , 1662 2137 893 PCA PCA NNP 1662 2137 894 , , , 1662 2137 895 RG RG NNP 1662 2137 896 , , , 1662 2137 897 UN UN NNP 1662 2137 898 , , , 1662 2137 899 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 2137 900 , , , 1662 2137 901 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 2137 902 , , , 1662 2137 903 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 2137 904 , , , 1662 2137 905 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 2137 906 , , , 1662 2137 907 UNU UNU NNP 1662 2137 908 , , , 1662 2137 909 UPU UPU NNP 1662 2137 910 , , , 1662 2137 911 WCL WCL NNP 1662 2137 912 , , , 1662 2137 913 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 2137 914 , , , 1662 2137 915 WHO who WP 1662 2137 916 , , , 1662 2137 917 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 2137 918 , , , 1662 2137 919 WMO WMO NNP 1662 2137 920 , , , 1662 2137 921 WToO wtoo FW 1662 2137 922 , , , 1662 2137 923 WTrO wtro VB 1662 2137 924 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2137 925 representation representation NN 1662 2137 926 in in IN 1662 2137 927 the the DT 1662 2137 928 US US NNP 1662 2137 929 : : : 1662 2137 930 chief chief NN 1662 2137 931 of of IN 1662 2137 932 mission mission NN 1662 2137 933 : : : 1662 2137 934 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2137 935 Juan Juan NNP 1662 2137 936 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 2137 937 ESGUERRA ESGUERRA NNP 1662 2137 938 Portocarrero Portocarrero NNP 1662 2137 939 chancery chancery NN 1662 2137 940 : : : 1662 2137 941 2118 2118 CD 1662 2137 942 Leroy Leroy NNP 1662 2137 943 Place Place NNP 1662 2137 944 NW NW NNP 1662 2137 945 , , , 1662 2137 946 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2137 947 , , , 1662 2137 948 DC DC NNP 1662 2137 949 20008 20008 CD 1662 2137 950 telephone telephone NN 1662 2137 951 : : : 1662 2137 952 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2137 953 1 1 CD 1662 2137 954 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2137 955 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 956 202 202 CD 1662 2137 957 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 958 387 387 CD 1662 2137 959 - - HYPH 1662 2137 960 8338 8338 CD 1662 2137 961 FAX FAX NNP 1662 2137 962 : : : 1662 2137 963 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2137 964 1 1 CD 1662 2137 965 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2137 966 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 967 202 202 CD 1662 2137 968 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 969 232 232 CD 1662 2137 970 - - HYPH 1662 2137 971 8643 8643 CD 1662 2137 972 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 2137 973 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 974 general general NN 1662 2137 975 : : : 1662 2137 976 Boston Boston NNP 1662 2137 977 , , , 1662 2137 978 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 2137 979 , , , 1662 2137 980 Houston Houston NNP 1662 2137 981 , , , 1662 2137 982 Los Los NNP 1662 2137 983 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 2137 984 , , , 1662 2137 985 Miami Miami NNP 1662 2137 986 , , , 1662 2137 987 New New NNP 1662 2137 988 Orleans Orleans NNP 1662 2137 989 , , , 1662 2137 990 New New NNP 1662 2137 991 York York NNP 1662 2137 992 , , , 1662 2137 993 San San NNP 1662 2137 994 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 2137 995 , , , 1662 2137 996 San San NNP 1662 2137 997 Juan Juan NNP 1662 2137 998 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2137 999 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 2137 1000 Rico Rico NNP 1662 2137 1001 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 1002 , , , 1662 2137 1003 and and CC 1662 2137 1004 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2137 1005 , , , 1662 2137 1006 DC DC NNP 1662 2137 1007 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 2137 1008 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2137 1009 : : : 1662 2137 1010 Atlanta Atlanta NNP 1662 2137 1011 and and CC 1662 2137 1012 Tampa Tampa NNP 1662 2137 1013 Diplomatic Diplomatic NNP 1662 2137 1014 representation representation NN 1662 2137 1015 from from IN 1662 2137 1016 the the DT 1662 2137 1017 US US NNP 1662 2137 1018 : : : 1662 2137 1019 chief chief NN 1662 2137 1020 of of IN 1662 2137 1021 mission mission NN 1662 2137 1022 : : : 1662 2137 1023 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2137 1024 Myles Myles NNP 1662 2137 1025 R. R. NNP 1662 2137 1026 R. R. NNP 1662 2137 1027 FRECHETTE FRECHETTE NNP 1662 2137 1028 embassy embassy NN 1662 2137 1029 : : : 1662 2137 1030 Calle Calle NNP 1662 2137 1031 22D 22D NNP 1662 2137 1032 - - HYPH 1662 2137 1033 BIS BIS NNP 1662 2137 1034 , , , 1662 2137 1035 No no UH 1662 2137 1036 . . . 1662 2138 1 47 47 CD 1662 2138 2 - - SYM 1662 2138 3 51 51 CD 1662 2138 4 , , , 1662 2138 5 Apartado Apartado NNP 1662 2138 6 Aereo Aereo NNP 1662 2138 7 3831 3831 CD 1662 2138 8 mailing mail VBG 1662 2138 9 address address NN 1662 2138 10 : : : 1662 2138 11 APO APO NNP 1662 2138 12 AA AA NNP 1662 2138 13 34038 34038 CD 1662 2138 14 telephone telephone NN 1662 2138 15 : : : 1662 2138 16 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2138 17 57 57 CD 1662 2138 18 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2138 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2138 20 1 1 CD 1662 2138 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2138 22 315 315 CD 1662 2138 23 - - HYPH 1662 2138 24 0811 0811 CD 1662 2138 25 FAX FAX NNP 1662 2138 26 : : : 1662 2138 27 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2138 28 57 57 CD 1662 2138 29 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2138 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2138 31 1 1 CD 1662 2138 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2138 33 315 315 CD 1662 2138 34 - 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- JJ 1662 2144 3 petroleum petroleum JJ 1662 2144 4 economic economic JJ 1662 2144 5 growth growth NN 1662 2144 6 slowed slow VBD 1662 2144 7 , , , 1662 2144 8 however however RB 1662 2144 9 , , , 1662 2144 10 due due JJ 1662 2144 11 mostly mostly RB 1662 2144 12 to to IN 1662 2144 13 high high JJ 1662 2144 14 interest interest NN 1662 2144 15 rates rate NNS 1662 2144 16 - - : 1662 2144 17 the the DT 1662 2144 18 result result NN 1662 2144 19 of of IN 1662 2144 20 high high JJ 1662 2144 21 government government NN 1662 2144 22 spending spending NN 1662 2144 23 and and CC 1662 2144 24 a a DT 1662 2144 25 tight tight JJ 1662 2144 26 monetary monetary JJ 1662 2144 27 policy policy NN 1662 2144 28 - - : 1662 2144 29 and and CC 1662 2144 30 a a DT 1662 2144 31 real real JJ 1662 2144 32 appreciation appreciation NN 1662 2144 33 of of IN 1662 2144 34 the the DT 1662 2144 35 exchange exchange NN 1662 2144 36 rate rate NN 1662 2144 37 . . . 1662 2145 1 Business business NN 1662 2145 2 confidence confidence NN 1662 2145 3 was be VBD 1662 2145 4 also also RB 1662 2145 5 damaged damage VBN 1662 2145 6 by by IN 1662 2145 7 a a DT 1662 2145 8 political political JJ 1662 2145 9 crisis crisis NN 1662 2145 10 stemming stem VBG 1662 2145 11 from from IN 1662 2145 12 allegations allegation NNS 1662 2145 13 President President NNP 1662 2145 14 SAMPER SAMPER NNP 1662 2145 15 solicited solicit VBD 1662 2145 16 contributions contribution NNS 1662 2145 17 from from IN 1662 2145 18 drug drug NN 1662 2145 19 traffickers trafficker NNS 1662 2145 20 during during IN 1662 2145 21 the the DT 1662 2145 22 1994 1994 CD 1662 2145 23 campaign campaign NN 1662 2145 24 . . . 1662 2146 1 The the DT 1662 2146 2 slowdown slowdown NN 1662 2146 3 in in IN 1662 2146 4 the the DT 1662 2146 5 growth growth NN 1662 2146 6 of of IN 1662 2146 7 labor labor NN 1662 2146 8 - - HYPH 1662 2146 9 intensive intensive JJ 1662 2146 10 industries industry NNS 1662 2146 11 such such JJ 1662 2146 12 as as IN 1662 2146 13 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 2146 14 has have VBZ 1662 2146 15 caused cause VBN 1662 2146 16 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2146 17 to to TO 1662 2146 18 rise rise VB 1662 2146 19 to to IN 1662 2146 20 11.5 11.5 CD 1662 2146 21 % % NN 1662 2146 22 by by IN 1662 2146 23 the the DT 1662 2146 24 end end NN 1662 2146 25 of of IN 1662 2146 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 2146 27 and and CC 1662 2146 28 interfered interfere VBD 1662 2146 29 with with IN 1662 2146 30 President President NNP 1662 2146 31 SAMPER SAMPER NNP 1662 2146 32 'S 'S NNP 1662 2146 33 plans plan NNS 1662 2146 34 to to TO 1662 2146 35 lower lower VB 1662 2146 36 the the DT 1662 2146 37 country country NN 1662 2146 38 's 's POS 1662 2146 39 poverty poverty NN 1662 2146 40 rate rate NN 1662 2146 41 , , , 1662 2146 42 which which WDT 1662 2146 43 has have VBZ 1662 2146 44 remained remain VBN 1662 2146 45 at at IN 1662 2146 46 about about RB 1662 2146 47 40 40 CD 1662 2146 48 % % NN 1662 2146 49 despite despite IN 1662 2146 50 the the DT 1662 2146 51 expanding expand VBG 1662 2146 52 economy economy NN 1662 2146 53 . . . 1662 2147 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2147 2 : : : 1662 2147 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2147 4 power power NN 1662 2147 5 parity parity NN 1662 2147 6 - 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- HYPH 1662 2151 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 2151 5 price price NN 1662 2151 6 index index NN 1662 2151 7 : : : 1662 2151 8 21.6 21.6 CD 1662 2151 9 % % NN 1662 2151 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2151 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 2151 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2151 13 Labor labor NN 1662 2151 14 force force NN 1662 2151 15 : : : 1662 2151 16 total total NN 1662 2151 17 : : : 1662 2151 18 12 12 CD 1662 2151 19 million million CD 1662 2151 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2151 21 1990 1990 CD 1662 2151 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2151 23 by by IN 1662 2151 24 occupation occupation NN 1662 2151 25 : : : 1662 2151 26 services service NNS 1662 2151 27 46 46 CD 1662 2151 28 % % NN 1662 2151 29 , , , 1662 2151 30 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2151 31 30 30 CD 1662 2151 32 % % NN 1662 2151 33 , , , 1662 2151 34 industry industry NN 1662 2151 35 24 24 CD 1662 2151 36 % % NN 1662 2151 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2151 38 1990 1990 CD 1662 2151 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2151 40 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2151 41 rate rate NN 1662 2151 42 : : : 1662 2151 43 11.5 11.5 CD 1662 2151 44 % % NN 1662 2151 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2151 46 yearend yearend VB 1662 2151 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 2151 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2151 49 Budget budget NN 1662 2151 50 : : : 1662 2151 51 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2151 52 : : : 1662 2151 53 $ $ $ 1662 2151 54 27 27 CD 1662 2151 55 billion billion CD 1662 2151 56 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2151 57 : : : 1662 2151 58 $ $ $ 1662 2151 59 30 30 CD 1662 2151 60 billion billion CD 1662 2151 61 including include VBG 1662 2151 62 capital capital NN 1662 2151 63 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2151 64 of of IN 1662 2151 65 $ $ $ 1662 2151 66 NA na NN 1662 2151 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2151 68 1997 1997 CD 1662 2151 69 est est NNP 1662 2151 70 . . . 1662 2151 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2152 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 2152 2 : : : 1662 2152 3 textiles textile NNS 1662 2152 4 , , , 1662 2152 5 food food NN 1662 2152 6 processing processing NN 1662 2152 7 , , , 1662 2152 8 oil oil NN 1662 2152 9 , , , 1662 2152 10 clothing clothing NN 1662 2152 11 and and CC 1662 2152 12 footwear footwear NN 1662 2152 13 , , , 1662 2152 14 beverages beverage NNS 1662 2152 15 , , , 1662 2152 16 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 2152 17 , , , 1662 2152 18 cement cement NN 1662 2152 19 ; ; : 1662 2152 20 gold gold NN 1662 2152 21 , , , 1662 2152 22 coal coal NN 1662 2152 23 , , , 1662 2152 24 emeralds emerald VBZ 1662 2152 25 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2152 26 production production NN 1662 2152 27 growth growth NN 1662 2152 28 rate rate NN 1662 2152 29 : : : 1662 2152 30 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 2152 31 % % NN 1662 2152 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2152 33 1995 1995 CD 1662 2152 34 est est NNP 1662 2152 35 . . . 1662 2152 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2153 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2153 2 - 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NNP 1662 2154 43 , , , 1662 2154 44 1996 1996 CD 1662 2154 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2154 46 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2154 47 : : : 1662 2154 48 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2154 49 , , , 1662 2154 50 coffee coffee NN 1662 2154 51 , , , 1662 2154 52 coal coal NN 1662 2154 53 , , , 1662 2154 54 bananas banana NNS 1662 2154 55 , , , 1662 2154 56 fresh fresh JJ 1662 2154 57 cut cut NN 1662 2154 58 flowers flower NNS 1662 2154 59 partners partner NNS 1662 2154 60 : : : 1662 2154 61 US US NNP 1662 2154 62 39 39 CD 1662 2154 63 % % NN 1662 2154 64 , , , 1662 2154 65 EC EC NNP 1662 2154 66 25.7 25.7 CD 1662 2154 67 % % NN 1662 2154 68 , , , 1662 2154 69 Japan Japan NNP 1662 2154 70 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 2154 71 % % NN 1662 2154 72 , , , 1662 2154 73 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 2154 74 8.5 8.5 CD 1662 2154 75 % % NN 1662 2154 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2154 77 1992 1992 CD 1662 2154 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2154 79 Imports import NNS 1662 2154 80 : : : 1662 2154 81 total total JJ 1662 2154 82 value value NN 1662 2154 83 : : : 1662 2154 84 $ $ $ 1662 2154 85 12.4 12.4 CD 1662 2154 86 billion billion CD 1662 2154 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2154 88 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 2154 89 . . NNP 1662 2154 90 , , , 1662 2154 91 1996 1996 CD 1662 2154 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2154 93 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2154 94 : : : 1662 2154 95 industrial industrial JJ 1662 2154 96 equipment equipment NN 1662 2154 97 , , , 1662 2154 98 transportation transportation NN 1662 2154 99 equipment equipment NN 1662 2154 100 , , , 1662 2154 101 consumer consumer NN 1662 2154 102 goods good NNS 1662 2154 103 , , , 1662 2154 104 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 2154 105 , , , 1662 2154 106 paper paper NN 1662 2154 107 products product NNS 1662 2154 108 partners partner NNS 1662 2154 109 : : : 1662 2154 110 US US NNP 1662 2154 111 36 36 CD 1662 2154 112 % % NN 1662 2154 113 , , , 1662 2154 114 EC EC NNP 1662 2154 115 18 18 CD 1662 2154 116 % % NN 1662 2154 117 , , , 1662 2154 118 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 2154 119 4 4 CD 1662 2154 120 % % NN 1662 2154 121 , , , 1662 2154 122 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 2154 123 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 2154 124 % % NN 1662 2154 125 , , , 1662 2154 126 Japan Japan NNP 1662 2154 127 8.7 8.7 CD 1662 2154 128 % % NN 1662 2154 129 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2154 130 1992 1992 CD 1662 2154 131 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2154 132 Debt debt NN 1662 2154 133 - - HYPH 1662 2154 134 external external JJ 1662 2154 135 : : : 1662 2154 136 $ $ $ 1662 2154 137 16.5 16.5 CD 1662 2154 138 billion billion CD 1662 2154 139 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2154 140 1996 1996 CD 1662 2154 141 est est NNP 1662 2154 142 . . . 1662 2154 143 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2155 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 2155 2 aid aid NN 1662 2155 3 : : : 1662 2155 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 2155 5 : : : 1662 2155 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2155 7 , , , 1662 2155 8 $ $ $ 1662 2155 9 30 30 CD 1662 2155 10 million million CD 1662 2155 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2155 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 2155 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2155 14 Currency currency NN 1662 2155 15 : : : 1662 2155 16 1 1 CD 1662 2155 17 Colombian colombian JJ 1662 2155 18 peso peso NN 1662 2155 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2155 20 Col$ col$ NN 1662 2155 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2155 22 = = NFP 1662 2155 23 100 100 CD 1662 2155 24 centavos centavos NNP 1662 2155 25 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2155 26 rates rate NNS 1662 2155 27 : : : 1662 2155 28 Colombian colombian JJ 1662 2155 29 pesos peso NNS 1662 2155 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2155 31 Col$ col$ NN 1662 2155 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2155 33 per per IN 1662 2155 34 US$ us$ $ 1662 2155 35 1 1 CD 1662 2155 36 - - SYM 1662 2155 37 1,027.87 1,027.87 CD 1662 2155 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2155 39 January January NNP 1662 2155 40 1997 1997 CD 1662 2155 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2155 42 , , , 1662 2155 43 1,036.69 1,036.69 CD 1662 2155 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2155 45 1996 1996 CD 1662 2155 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2155 47 , , , 1662 2155 48 912.83 912.83 CD 1662 2155 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2155 50 1995 1995 CD 1662 2155 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2155 52 , , , 1662 2155 53 844.84 844.84 CD 1662 2155 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2155 55 1994 1994 CD 1662 2155 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2155 57 , , , 1662 2155 58 863.06 863.06 CD 1662 2155 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2155 60 1993 1993 CD 1662 2155 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2155 62 , , , 1662 2155 63 759.28 759.28 CD 1662 2155 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2155 65 1992 1992 CD 1662 2155 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2155 67 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2155 68 year year NN 1662 2155 69 : : : 1662 2155 70 calendar calendar NNP 1662 2155 71 year year NN 1662 2155 72 @Colombia @colombia XX 1662 2155 73 : : : 1662 2155 74 Communications Communications NNP 1662 2155 75 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 2155 76 : : : 1662 2155 77 1.89 1.89 CD 1662 2155 78 million million CD 1662 2155 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2155 80 1986 1986 CD 1662 2155 81 est est NNP 1662 2155 82 . . . 1662 2155 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2156 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2156 2 system system NN 1662 2156 3 : : : 1662 2156 4 modern modern JJ 1662 2156 5 system system NN 1662 2156 6 in in IN 1662 2156 7 many many JJ 1662 2156 8 respects respect NNS 1662 2156 9 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2156 10 : : : 1662 2156 11 nationwide nationwide JJ 1662 2156 12 microwave microwave NN 1662 2156 13 radio radio NN 1662 2156 14 relay relay NN 1662 2156 15 system system NN 1662 2156 16 ; ; : 1662 2156 17 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2156 18 satellite satellite NN 1662 2156 19 system system NN 1662 2156 20 with with IN 1662 2156 21 11 11 CD 1662 2156 22 earth earth NN 1662 2156 23 stations station NNS 1662 2156 24 international international JJ 1662 2156 25 : : : 1662 2156 26 satellite satellite NN 1662 2156 27 earth earth NN 1662 2156 28 stations station NNS 1662 2156 29 - - , 1662 2156 30 2 2 CD 1662 2156 31 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2156 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2156 33 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2156 34 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2156 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2156 36 Radio radio NN 1662 2156 37 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2156 38 stations station NNS 1662 2156 39 : : : 1662 2156 40 AM AM NNP 1662 2156 41 413 413 CD 1662 2156 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2156 43 licensed licensed JJ 1662 2156 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2156 45 , , , 1662 2156 46 FM FM NNP 1662 2156 47 217 217 CD 1662 2156 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2156 49 licensed license VBN 1662 2156 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2156 51 , , , 1662 2156 52 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2156 53 28 28 CD 1662 2156 54 Radios radio NNS 1662 2156 55 : : : 1662 2156 56 NA NA NNP 1662 2156 57 Television Television NNP 1662 2156 58 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2156 59 stations station NNS 1662 2156 60 : : : 1662 2156 61 33 33 CD 1662 2156 62 Televisions television NNS 1662 2156 63 : : : 1662 2156 64 5.5 5.5 CD 1662 2156 65 million million CD 1662 2156 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2156 67 1993 1993 CD 1662 2156 68 est est NNP 1662 2156 69 . . . 1662 2156 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2157 1 @Colombia @Colombia NFP 1662 2157 2 : : : 1662 2157 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2157 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2157 5 : : : 1662 2157 6 total total NN 1662 2157 7 : : : 1662 2157 8 3,386 3,386 CD 1662 2157 9 km km NN 1662 2157 10 standard standard JJ 1662 2157 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 2157 12 : : : 1662 2157 13 150 150 CD 1662 2157 14 km km NN 1662 2157 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 2157 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 2157 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2157 18 connects connect NNS 1662 2157 19 Cerrejon Cerrejon NNP 1662 2157 20 coal coal NN 1662 2157 21 mines mine NNS 1662 2157 22 to to IN 1662 2157 23 maritime maritime JJ 1662 2157 24 port port NN 1662 2157 25 at at IN 1662 2157 26 Bahia Bahia NNP 1662 2157 27 Portete Portete NNP 1662 2157 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2157 29 narrow narrow JJ 1662 2157 30 gauge gauge NN 1662 2157 31 : : : 1662 2157 32 3,236 3,236 CD 1662 2157 33 km km NN 1662 2157 34 0.914-m 0.914-m NN 1662 2157 35 gauge gauge NN 1662 2157 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2157 37 1830 1830 CD 1662 2157 38 km km NNS 1662 2157 39 in in IN 1662 2157 40 use use NN 1662 2157 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2157 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2157 43 1995 1995 CD 1662 2157 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2157 45 Highways highway NNS 1662 2157 46 : : : 1662 2157 47 total total NN 1662 2157 48 : : : 1662 2157 49 106,600 106,600 CD 1662 2157 50 km km NN 1662 2157 51 paved pave VBN 1662 2157 52 : : : 1662 2157 53 12,685 12,685 CD 1662 2157 54 km km NN 1662 2157 55 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2157 56 : : : 1662 2157 57 93,915 93,915 CD 1662 2157 58 km km NNS 1662 2157 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2157 60 1995 1995 CD 1662 2157 61 est est NNP 1662 2157 62 . . . 1662 2157 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2158 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 2158 2 : : : 1662 2158 3 14,300 14,300 CD 1662 2158 4 km km NN 1662 2158 5 , , , 1662 2158 6 navigable navigable JJ 1662 2158 7 by by IN 1662 2158 8 river river NN 1662 2158 9 boats boat NNS 1662 2158 10 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 2158 11 : : : 1662 2158 12 crude crude JJ 1662 2158 13 oil oil NN 1662 2158 14 3,585 3,585 CD 1662 2158 15 km km NN 1662 2158 16 ; ; : 1662 2158 17 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2158 18 products product NNS 1662 2158 19 1,350 1,350 CD 1662 2158 20 km km NN 1662 2158 21 ; ; : 1662 2158 22 natural natural JJ 1662 2158 23 gas gas NN 1662 2158 24 830 830 CD 1662 2158 25 km km NN 1662 2158 26 ; ; : 1662 2158 27 natural natural JJ 1662 2158 28 gas gas NN 1662 2158 29 liquids liquid NNS 1662 2158 30 125 125 CD 1662 2158 31 km km NN 1662 2158 32 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 2158 33 and and CC 1662 2158 34 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2158 35 : : : 1662 2158 36 Barranquilla Barranquilla NNP 1662 2158 37 , , , 1662 2158 38 Buenaventura Buenaventura NNP 1662 2158 39 , , , 1662 2158 40 Cartagena Cartagena NNP 1662 2158 41 , , , 1662 2158 42 Leticia Leticia NNP 1662 2158 43 , , , 1662 2158 44 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 2158 45 Bolivar Bolivar NNP 1662 2158 46 , , , 1662 2158 47 San San NNP 1662 2158 48 Andres Andres NNP 1662 2158 49 , , , 1662 2158 50 Santa Santa NNP 1662 2158 51 Marta Marta NNP 1662 2158 52 , , , 1662 2158 53 Tumaco Tumaco NNP 1662 2158 54 , , , 1662 2158 55 Turbo Turbo NNP 1662 2158 56 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2158 57 marine marine NN 1662 2158 58 : : : 1662 2158 59 total total NN 1662 2158 60 : : : 1662 2158 61 17 17 CD 1662 2158 62 ships ship NNS 1662 2158 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2158 64 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2158 65 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2158 66 or or CC 1662 2158 67 over over RB 1662 2158 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2158 69 totaling total VBG 1662 2158 70 72,388 72,388 CD 1662 2158 71 GRT/97,576 GRT/97,576 NNP 1662 2158 72 DWT dwt NN 1662 2158 73 ships ship NNS 1662 2158 74 by by IN 1662 2158 75 type type NN 1662 2158 76 : : : 1662 2158 77 bulk bulk NNP 1662 2158 78 5 5 CD 1662 2158 79 , , , 1662 2158 80 cargo cargo NN 1662 2158 81 6 6 CD 1662 2158 82 , , , 1662 2158 83 container container NN 1662 2158 84 1 1 CD 1662 2158 85 , , , 1662 2158 86 multi multi JJ 1662 2158 87 - - JJ 1662 2158 88 function function VB 1662 2158 89 large large JJ 1662 2158 90 load load NN 1662 2158 91 carrier carrier NN 1662 2158 92 2 2 CD 1662 2158 93 , , , 1662 2158 94 oil oil NN 1662 2158 95 tanker tanker NN 1662 2158 96 3 3 CD 1662 2158 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2158 98 1996 1996 CD 1662 2158 99 est est NNP 1662 2158 100 . . . 1662 2158 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2159 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2159 2 : : : 1662 2159 3 913 913 CD 1662 2159 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2159 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2159 6 est est NNP 1662 2159 7 . . . 1662 2159 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2160 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2160 2 - - , 1662 2160 3 with with IN 1662 2160 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2160 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2160 6 : : : 1662 2160 7 total total NN 1662 2160 8 : : : 1662 2160 9 606 606 CD 1662 2160 10 over over IN 1662 2160 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2160 12 m m NN 1662 2160 13 : : : 1662 2160 14 2 2 CD 1662 2160 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2160 16 to to TO 1662 2160 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2160 18 m m NN 1662 2160 19 : : : 1662 2160 20 9 9 CD 1662 2160 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2160 22 to to TO 1662 2160 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2160 24 m m CD 1662 2160 25 : : : 1662 2160 26 32 32 CD 1662 2160 27 914 914 CD 1662 2160 28 to to TO 1662 2160 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2160 30 m m NN 1662 2160 31 : : : 1662 2160 32 36 36 CD 1662 2160 33 under under IN 1662 2160 34 914 914 CD 1662 2160 35 m m NN 1662 2160 36 : : : 1662 2160 37 527 527 CD 1662 2160 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2160 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 2160 40 est est NNP 1662 2160 41 . . . 1662 2160 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2161 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2161 2 - - , 1662 2161 3 with with IN 1662 2161 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2161 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2161 6 : : : 1662 2161 7 total total NN 1662 2161 8 : : : 1662 2161 9 307 307 CD 1662 2161 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2161 11 to to IN 1662 2161 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2161 13 m m NN 1662 2161 14 : : : 1662 2161 15 1 1 CD 1662 2161 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2161 17 to to TO 1662 2161 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2161 19 m m NN 1662 2161 20 : : : 1662 2161 21 34 34 CD 1662 2161 22 914 914 CD 1662 2161 23 to to TO 1662 2161 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2161 25 m m NN 1662 2161 26 : : : 1662 2161 27 272 272 CD 1662 2161 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2161 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 2161 30 est est NNP 1662 2161 31 . . . 1662 2161 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2162 1 Military military JJ 1662 2162 2 Military military JJ 1662 2162 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2162 4 : : : 1662 2162 5 Army Army NNP 1662 2162 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2162 7 Ejercito Ejercito NNP 1662 2162 8 Nacional Nacional NNP 1662 2162 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2162 10 , , , 1662 2162 11 Navy Navy NNP 1662 2162 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2162 13 Armada Armada NNP 1662 2162 14 Nacional Nacional NNP 1662 2162 15 , , , 1662 2162 16 includes include VBZ 1662 2162 17 Marines Marines NNPS 1662 2162 18 and and CC 1662 2162 19 Coast Coast NNP 1662 2162 20 Guard Guard NNP 1662 2162 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2162 22 , , , 1662 2162 23 Air Air NNP 1662 2162 24 Force Force NNP 1662 2162 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2162 26 Fuerza Fuerza NNP 1662 2162 27 Aerea Aerea NNP 1662 2162 28 Colombiana Colombiana NNP 1662 2162 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2162 30 , , , 1662 2162 31 National National NNP 1662 2162 32 Police Police NNP 1662 2162 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2162 34 Policia Policia NNP 1662 2162 35 Nacional Nacional NNP 1662 2162 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2162 37 Military Military NNP 1662 2162 38 manpower manpower NN 1662 2162 39 - - HYPH 1662 2162 40 military military NN 1662 2162 41 age age NN 1662 2162 42 : : : 1662 2162 43 18 18 CD 1662 2162 44 years year NNS 1662 2162 45 of of IN 1662 2162 46 age age NN 1662 2162 47 Military military JJ 1662 2162 48 manpower manpower NN 1662 2162 49 - - HYPH 1662 2162 50 availability availability NN 1662 2162 51 : : : 1662 2162 52 males male NNS 1662 2162 53 age age NNP 1662 2162 54 15 15 CD 1662 2162 55 - - HYPH 1662 2162 56 49 49 CD 1662 2162 57 : : : 1662 2162 58 10,285,806 10,285,806 CD 1662 2162 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2162 60 1997 1997 CD 1662 2162 61 est est NNP 1662 2162 62 . . . 1662 2162 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2163 1 Military military JJ 1662 2163 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2163 3 - - HYPH 1662 2163 4 fit fit NN 1662 2163 5 for for IN 1662 2163 6 military military JJ 1662 2163 7 service service NN 1662 2163 8 : : : 1662 2163 9 males male NNS 1662 2163 10 : : : 1662 2163 11 6,909,846 6,909,846 CD 1662 2163 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2163 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2163 14 est e JJS 1662 2163 15 . . . 1662 2163 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2164 1 Military military JJ 1662 2164 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2164 3 - - HYPH 1662 2164 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 2164 5 military military JJ 1662 2164 6 age age NN 1662 2164 7 annually annually RB 1662 2164 8 : : : 1662 2164 9 males male NNS 1662 2164 10 : : : 1662 2164 11 348,802 348,802 CD 1662 2164 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2164 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2164 14 est est NNP 1662 2164 15 . . . 1662 2164 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2165 1 Military military JJ 1662 2165 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2165 3 - - HYPH 1662 2165 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2165 5 figure figure NN 1662 2165 6 : : : 1662 2165 7 $ $ $ 1662 2165 8 2 2 CD 1662 2165 9 billion billion CD 1662 2165 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2165 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 2165 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2165 13 Military military JJ 1662 2165 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2165 15 - - : 1662 2165 16 percent percent NN 1662 2165 17 of of IN 1662 2165 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2165 19 : : : 1662 2165 20 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 2165 21 % % NN 1662 2165 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2165 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 2165 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2165 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2165 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2165 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 2165 28 - - HYPH 1662 2165 29 international international JJ 1662 2165 30 : : : 1662 2165 31 maritime maritime JJ 1662 2165 32 boundary boundary JJ 1662 2165 33 dispute dispute NN 1662 2165 34 with with IN 1662 2165 35 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 2165 36 in in IN 1662 2165 37 the the DT 1662 2165 38 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 2165 39 of of IN 1662 2165 40 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 2165 41 ; ; : 1662 2165 42 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2165 43 dispute dispute NN 1662 2165 44 with with IN 1662 2165 45 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 2165 46 over over IN 1662 2165 47 Archipelago Archipelago NNP 1662 2165 48 de de NNP 1662 2165 49 San San NNP 1662 2165 50 Andres Andres NNP 1662 2165 51 y y NNP 1662 2165 52 Providencia Providencia NNP 1662 2165 53 and and CC 1662 2165 54 Quita Quita NNP 1662 2165 55 Sueno Sueno NNP 1662 2165 56 Bank Bank NNP 1662 2165 57 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 2165 58 drugs drug VBZ 1662 2165 59 : : : 1662 2165 60 illicit illicit JJ 1662 2165 61 producer producer NN 1662 2165 62 of of IN 1662 2165 63 coca coca NN 1662 2165 64 , , , 1662 2165 65 opium opium NN 1662 2165 66 poppies poppy NNS 1662 2165 67 , , , 1662 2165 68 and and CC 1662 2165 69 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 2165 70 ; ; : 1662 2165 71 about about RB 1662 2165 72 50,900 50,900 CD 1662 2165 73 hectares hectare NNS 1662 2165 74 of of IN 1662 2165 75 coca coca NN 1662 2165 76 under under IN 1662 2165 77 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 2165 78 in in IN 1662 2165 79 1995 1995 CD 1662 2165 80 ; ; : 1662 2165 81 the the DT 1662 2165 82 world world NN 1662 2165 83 's 's POS 1662 2165 84 largest large JJS 1662 2165 85 processor processor NN 1662 2165 86 of of IN 1662 2165 87 coca coca NN 1662 2165 88 derivatives derivative NNS 1662 2165 89 into into IN 1662 2165 90 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 2165 91 ; ; : 1662 2165 92 supplier supplier NN 1662 2165 93 of of IN 1662 2165 94 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 2165 95 to to IN 1662 2165 96 the the DT 1662 2165 97 US US NNP 1662 2165 98 and and CC 1662 2165 99 other other JJ 1662 2165 100 international international JJ 1662 2165 101 drug drug NN 1662 2165 102 markets market NNS 1662 2165 103 ; ; , 1662 2165 104 active active JJ 1662 2165 105 aerial aerial JJ 1662 2165 106 eradication eradication NN 1662 2165 107 program program NN 1662 2165 108 seeks seek VBZ 1662 2165 109 to to TO 1662 2165 110 virtually virtually RB 1662 2165 111 eliminate eliminate VB 1662 2165 112 coca coca NN 1662 2165 113 and and CC 1662 2165 114 opium opium NN 1662 2165 115 crops crop NNS 1662 2165 116 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 117 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 118 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 119 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 120 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 121 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 122 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 123 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 124 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 125 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 126 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 127 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 128 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 129 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 130 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 131 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 132 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 133 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 134 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 135 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 136 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 137 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 138 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 139 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 140 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 141 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 142 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 143 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 144 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 145 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 146 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 147 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 148 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 149 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 150 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 151 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 152 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 153 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 154 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 155 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 156 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 157 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 158 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 159 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 160 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 161 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 162 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 163 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 164 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 165 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 166 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 167 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 168 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 169 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 170 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 171 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 172 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 173 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 174 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 175 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 176 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 177 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 178 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 179 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 180 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 181 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 182 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 183 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 184 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 185 _ _ NNP 1662 2165 186 COMOROS COMOROS NNP 1662 2165 187 Introduction Introduction NNP 1662 2165 188 Historical historical JJ 1662 2165 189 perspective perspective NN 1662 2165 190 : : : 1662 2165 191 Comoros Comoros NNP 1662 2165 192 has have VBZ 1662 2165 193 had have VBN 1662 2165 194 difficulty difficulty NN 1662 2165 195 in in IN 1662 2165 196 achieving achieve VBG 1662 2165 197 political political JJ 1662 2165 198 stability stability NN 1662 2165 199 , , , 1662 2165 200 having have VBG 1662 2165 201 endured endure VBN 1662 2165 202 18 18 CD 1662 2165 203 coups coup NNS 1662 2165 204 or or CC 1662 2165 205 attempted attempt VBN 1662 2165 206 coups coup NNS 1662 2165 207 since since IN 1662 2165 208 receiving receive VBG 1662 2165 209 independence independence NN 1662 2165 210 from from IN 1662 2165 211 France France NNP 1662 2165 212 in in IN 1662 2165 213 1975 1975 CD 1662 2165 214 . . . 1662 2166 1 @Comoros @comoros LS 1662 2166 2 : : : 1662 2166 3 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2166 4 Location Location NNP 1662 2166 5 : : : 1662 2166 6 Southern Southern NNP 1662 2166 7 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2166 8 , , , 1662 2166 9 group group NN 1662 2166 10 of of IN 1662 2166 11 islands island NNS 1662 2166 12 in in IN 1662 2166 13 the the DT 1662 2166 14 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 2166 15 Channel Channel NNP 1662 2166 16 , , , 1662 2166 17 about about RB 1662 2166 18 two two CD 1662 2166 19 - - HYPH 1662 2166 20 thirds third NNS 1662 2166 21 of of IN 1662 2166 22 the the DT 1662 2166 23 way way NN 1662 2166 24 between between IN 1662 2166 25 northern northern JJ 1662 2166 26 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 2166 27 and and CC 1662 2166 28 northern northern JJ 1662 2166 29 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 2166 30 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2166 31 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2166 32 : : : 1662 2166 33 12 12 CD 1662 2166 34 10 10 CD 1662 2166 35 S s NN 1662 2166 36 , , , 1662 2166 37 44 44 CD 1662 2166 38 15 15 CD 1662 2166 39 E e NN 1662 2166 40 Map Map NNP 1662 2166 41 references reference NNS 1662 2166 42 : : : 1662 2166 43 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2166 44 Area Area NNP 1662 2166 45 : : : 1662 2166 46 total total NN 1662 2166 47 : : : 1662 2166 48 2,170 2,170 CD 1662 2166 49 sq sq IN 1662 2166 50 km km NNP 1662 2166 51 land land NN 1662 2166 52 : : : 1662 2166 53 2,170 2,170 CD 1662 2166 54 sq sq NNP 1662 2166 55 km km NNP 1662 2166 56 water water NN 1662 2166 57 : : : 1662 2166 58 0 0 NFP 1662 2166 59 sq sq NN 1662 2166 60 km km NNP 1662 2166 61 Area area NN 1662 2166 62 - - HYPH 1662 2166 63 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2166 64 : : : 1662 2166 65 slightly slightly RB 1662 2166 66 more more JJR 1662 2166 67 than than IN 1662 2166 68 12 12 CD 1662 2166 69 times time NNS 1662 2166 70 the the DT 1662 2166 71 size size NN 1662 2166 72 of of IN 1662 2166 73 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2166 74 , , , 1662 2166 75 DC DC NNP 1662 2166 76 Land Land NNP 1662 2166 77 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2166 78 : : : 1662 2166 79 0 0 LS 1662 2166 80 km km NN 1662 2166 81 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2166 82 : : : 1662 2166 83 340 340 CD 1662 2166 84 km km NN 1662 2166 85 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2166 86 claims claim VBZ 1662 2166 87 : : : 1662 2166 88 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 2166 89 economic economic JJ 1662 2166 90 zone zone NN 1662 2166 91 : : : 1662 2166 92 200 200 CD 1662 2166 93 nm nm CD 1662 2166 94 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2166 95 sea sea NN 1662 2166 96 : : : 1662 2166 97 12 12 CD 1662 2166 98 nm nm NNP 1662 2166 99 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2166 100 : : : 1662 2166 101 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2166 102 marine marine NN 1662 2166 103 ; ; : 1662 2166 104 rainy rainy JJ 1662 2166 105 season season NN 1662 2166 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2166 107 November November NNP 1662 2166 108 to to IN 1662 2166 109 May May NNP 1662 2166 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2166 111 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2166 112 : : : 1662 2166 113 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 2166 114 islands island NNS 1662 2166 115 , , , 1662 2166 116 interiors interior NNS 1662 2166 117 vary vary VBP 1662 2166 118 from from IN 1662 2166 119 steep steep JJ 1662 2166 120 mountains mountain NNS 1662 2166 121 to to IN 1662 2166 122 low low JJ 1662 2166 123 hills hill NNS 1662 2166 124 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2166 125 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2166 126 : : : 1662 2166 127 lowest low JJS 1662 2166 128 point point NN 1662 2166 129 : : : 1662 2166 130 Indian Indian NNP 1662 2166 131 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2166 132 0 0 NFP 1662 2166 133 m m DT 1662 2166 134 highest high JJS 1662 2166 135 point point NN 1662 2166 136 : : : 1662 2166 137 Mount Mount NNP 1662 2166 138 Kartala Kartala NNP 1662 2166 139 2,360 2,360 CD 1662 2166 140 m m CD 1662 2166 141 Natural natural JJ 1662 2166 142 resources resource NNS 1662 2166 143 : : : 1662 2166 144 negligible negligible JJ 1662 2166 145 Land Land NNP 1662 2166 146 use use NN 1662 2166 147 : : : 1662 2166 148 arable arable JJ 1662 2166 149 land land NN 1662 2166 150 : : : 1662 2166 151 35 35 CD 1662 2166 152 % % NN 1662 2166 153 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2166 154 crops crop NNS 1662 2166 155 : : : 1662 2166 156 10 10 CD 1662 2166 157 % % NN 1662 2166 158 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2166 159 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2166 160 : : : 1662 2166 161 7 7 CD 1662 2166 162 % % NN 1662 2166 163 forests forest NNS 1662 2166 164 and and CC 1662 2166 165 woodland woodland JJ 1662 2166 166 : : : 1662 2166 167 18 18 CD 1662 2166 168 % % NN 1662 2166 169 other other JJ 1662 2166 170 : : : 1662 2166 171 30 30 CD 1662 2166 172 % % NN 1662 2166 173 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2166 174 1993 1993 CD 1662 2166 175 est est NNP 1662 2166 176 . . . 1662 2166 177 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2167 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2167 2 land land NN 1662 2167 3 : : : 1662 2167 4 NA NA NNP 1662 2167 5 sq sq RB 1662 2167 6 km km VB 1662 2167 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 2167 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2167 9 : : : 1662 2167 10 cyclones cyclone NNS 1662 2167 11 and and CC 1662 2167 12 tsunamis tsunamis VB 1662 2167 13 possible possible JJ 1662 2167 14 during during IN 1662 2167 15 rainy rainy JJ 1662 2167 16 season season NN 1662 2167 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2167 18 December December NNP 1662 2167 19 to to IN 1662 2167 20 April April NNP 1662 2167 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2167 22 ; ; : 1662 2167 23 Mount Mount NNP 1662 2167 24 Kartala Kartala NNP 1662 2167 25 on on IN 1662 2167 26 Grand Grand NNP 1662 2167 27 Comore Comore NNP 1662 2167 28 is be VBZ 1662 2167 29 an an DT 1662 2167 30 active active JJ 1662 2167 31 volcano volcano NN 1662 2167 32 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2167 33 - - HYPH 1662 2167 34 current current JJ 1662 2167 35 issues issue NNS 1662 2167 36 : : : 1662 2167 37 soil soil NN 1662 2167 38 degradation degradation NN 1662 2167 39 and and CC 1662 2167 40 erosion erosion NN 1662 2167 41 results result NNS 1662 2167 42 from from IN 1662 2167 43 crop crop NN 1662 2167 44 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 2167 45 on on IN 1662 2167 46 slopes slope NNS 1662 2167 47 without without IN 1662 2167 48 proper proper JJ 1662 2167 49 terracing terracing NN 1662 2167 50 ; ; : 1662 2167 51 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 2167 52 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2167 53 - - HYPH 1662 2167 54 international international JJ 1662 2167 55 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2167 56 : : : 1662 2167 57 party party NN 1662 2167 58 to to TO 1662 2167 59 : : : 1662 2167 60 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 2167 61 , , , 1662 2167 62 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2167 63 Change Change NNP 1662 2167 64 , , , 1662 2167 65 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2167 66 Species Species NNPS 1662 2167 67 , , , 1662 2167 68 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 2167 69 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 2167 70 , , , 1662 2167 71 Law Law NNP 1662 2167 72 of of IN 1662 2167 73 the the DT 1662 2167 74 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2167 75 , , , 1662 2167 76 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2167 77 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2167 78 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2167 79 signed sign VBD 1662 2167 80 , , , 1662 2167 81 but but CC 1662 2167 82 not not RB 1662 2167 83 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2167 84 : : : 1662 2167 85 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 2167 86 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2167 87 - - HYPH 1662 2167 88 note note NN 1662 2167 89 : : : 1662 2167 90 important important JJ 1662 2167 91 location location NN 1662 2167 92 at at IN 1662 2167 93 northern northern JJ 1662 2167 94 end end NN 1662 2167 95 of of IN 1662 2167 96 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 2167 97 Channel Channel NNP 1662 2167 98 @Comoros @comoros NN 1662 2167 99 : : : 1662 2167 100 People People NNP 1662 2167 101 Population Population NNP 1662 2167 102 : : : 1662 2167 103 528,893 528,893 CD 1662 2167 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2167 105 July July NNP 1662 2167 106 1997 1997 CD 1662 2167 107 est est NNP 1662 2167 108 . . . 1662 2167 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2168 1 Age age NN 1662 2168 2 structure structure NN 1662 2168 3 : : : 1662 2168 4 0 0 CD 1662 2168 5 - - HYPH 1662 2168 6 14 14 CD 1662 2168 7 years year NNS 1662 2168 8 : : : 1662 2168 9 42 42 CD 1662 2168 10 % % NN 1662 2168 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2168 12 male male JJ 1662 2168 13 112,404 112,404 CD 1662 2168 14 ; ; : 1662 2168 15 female female JJ 1662 2168 16 111,936 111,936 CD 1662 2168 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2168 18 15 15 CD 1662 2168 19 - - SYM 1662 2168 20 64 64 CD 1662 2168 21 years year NNS 1662 2168 22 : : : 1662 2168 23 55 55 CD 1662 2168 24 % % NN 1662 2168 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2168 26 male male JJ 1662 2168 27 142,604 142,604 CD 1662 2168 28 ; ; , 1662 2168 29 female female JJ 1662 2168 30 146,382 146,382 CD 1662 2168 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2168 32 65 65 CD 1662 2168 33 years year NNS 1662 2168 34 and and CC 1662 2168 35 over over IN 1662 2168 36 : : : 1662 2168 37 3 3 CD 1662 2168 38 % % NN 1662 2168 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2168 40 male male JJ 1662 2168 41 7,432 7,432 CD 1662 2168 42 ; ; : 1662 2168 43 female female JJ 1662 2168 44 8,135 8,135 CD 1662 2168 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2168 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2168 47 July July NNP 1662 2168 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2168 49 est est NNP 1662 2168 50 . . . 1662 2168 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2169 1 Population population NN 1662 2169 2 growth growth NN 1662 2169 3 rate rate NN 1662 2169 4 : : : 1662 2169 5 3.09 3.09 CD 1662 2169 6 % % NN 1662 2169 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2169 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2169 9 est est NNP 1662 2169 10 . . . 1662 2169 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2170 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2170 2 rate rate NN 1662 2170 3 : : : 1662 2170 4 40.75 40.75 CD 1662 2170 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 2170 6 population population NN 1662 2170 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2170 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2170 9 est est NNP 1662 2170 10 . . . 1662 2170 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2171 1 Death death NN 1662 2171 2 rate rate NN 1662 2171 3 : : : 1662 2171 4 9.82 9.82 CD 1662 2171 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2171 6 population population NN 1662 2171 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2171 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2171 9 est est NNP 1662 2171 10 . . . 1662 2171 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2172 1 Net net JJ 1662 2172 2 migration migration NN 1662 2172 3 rate rate NN 1662 2172 4 : : : 1662 2172 5 0 0 NFP 1662 2172 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 2172 7 population population NN 1662 2172 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2172 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2172 10 est est NNP 1662 2172 11 . . . 1662 2172 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2173 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2173 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2173 3 : : : 1662 2173 4 at at IN 1662 2173 5 birth birth NN 1662 2173 6 : : : 1662 2173 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 2173 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2173 9 under under IN 1662 2173 10 15 15 CD 1662 2173 11 years year NNS 1662 2173 12 : : : 1662 2173 13 1 1 CD 1662 2173 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2173 15 15 15 CD 1662 2173 16 - - HYPH 1662 2173 17 64 64 CD 1662 2173 18 years year NNS 1662 2173 19 : : : 1662 2173 20 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 2173 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2173 22 65 65 CD 1662 2173 23 years year NNS 1662 2173 24 and and CC 1662 2173 25 over over IN 1662 2173 26 : : : 1662 2173 27 0.91 0.91 CD 1662 2173 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2173 29 total total JJ 1662 2173 30 population population NN 1662 2173 31 : : : 1662 2173 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 2173 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2173 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2173 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2173 36 est e JJS 1662 2173 37 . . . 1662 2173 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2174 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2174 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2174 3 rate rate NN 1662 2174 4 : : : 1662 2174 5 87.4 87.4 CD 1662 2174 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 CD 1662 2174 7 live live JJ 1662 2174 8 births birth NNS 1662 2174 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2174 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2174 11 est est NNP 1662 2174 12 . . . 1662 2174 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2175 1 Life life NN 1662 2175 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2175 3 at at IN 1662 2175 4 birth birth NN 1662 2175 5 : : : 1662 2175 6 total total JJ 1662 2175 7 population population NN 1662 2175 8 : : : 1662 2175 9 59.88 59.88 CD 1662 2175 10 years year NNS 1662 2175 11 male male NN 1662 2175 12 : : : 1662 2175 13 57.52 57.52 CD 1662 2175 14 years year NNS 1662 2175 15 female female JJ 1662 2175 16 : : : 1662 2175 17 62.32 62.32 CD 1662 2175 18 years year NNS 1662 2175 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2175 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2175 21 est est NNP 1662 2175 22 . . . 1662 2175 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2176 1 Total total JJ 1662 2176 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2176 3 rate rate NN 1662 2176 4 : : : 1662 2176 5 5.54 5.54 CD 1662 2176 6 children child NNS 1662 2176 7 born bear VBN 1662 2176 8 / / SYM 1662 2176 9 woman woman NN 1662 2176 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2176 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2176 12 est est NNP 1662 2176 13 . . . 1662 2176 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2177 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2177 2 : : : 1662 2177 3 noun noun NNP 1662 2177 4 : : : 1662 2177 5 Comoran(s Comoran(s NNP 1662 2177 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2177 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 2177 8 : : : 1662 2177 9 Comoran Comoran NNP 1662 2177 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2177 11 groups group NNS 1662 2177 12 : : : 1662 2177 13 Antalote Antalote NNP 1662 2177 14 , , , 1662 2177 15 Cafre Cafre NNP 1662 2177 16 , , , 1662 2177 17 Makoa Makoa NNP 1662 2177 18 , , , 1662 2177 19 Oimatsaha Oimatsaha NNP 1662 2177 20 , , , 1662 2177 21 Sakalava Sakalava NNP 1662 2177 22 Religions religion NNS 1662 2177 23 : : : 1662 2177 24 Sunni Sunni NNP 1662 2177 25 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 2177 26 86 86 CD 1662 2177 27 % % NN 1662 2177 28 , , , 1662 2177 29 Roman Roman NNP 1662 2177 30 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 2177 31 14 14 CD 1662 2177 32 % % NN 1662 2177 33 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 2177 34 : : : 1662 2177 35 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 2177 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2177 37 official official JJ 1662 2177 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2177 39 , , , 1662 2177 40 French French NNP 1662 2177 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2177 42 official official NN 1662 2177 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2177 44 , , , 1662 2177 45 Comoran Comoran NNP 1662 2177 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2177 47 a a DT 1662 2177 48 blend blend NN 1662 2177 49 of of IN 1662 2177 50 Swahili Swahili NNP 1662 2177 51 and and CC 1662 2177 52 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 2177 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2177 54 Literacy literacy NN 1662 2177 55 : : : 1662 2177 56 definition definition NN 1662 2177 57 : : : 1662 2177 58 age age NN 1662 2177 59 15 15 CD 1662 2177 60 and and CC 1662 2177 61 over over RB 1662 2177 62 can can MD 1662 2177 63 read read VB 1662 2177 64 and and CC 1662 2177 65 write write VB 1662 2177 66 total total JJ 1662 2177 67 population population NN 1662 2177 68 : : : 1662 2177 69 57.3 57.3 CD 1662 2177 70 % % NN 1662 2177 71 male male NN 1662 2177 72 : : : 1662 2177 73 64.2 64.2 CD 1662 2177 74 % % NN 1662 2177 75 female female NN 1662 2177 76 : : : 1662 2177 77 50.4 50.4 CD 1662 2177 78 % % NN 1662 2177 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2177 80 1995 1995 CD 1662 2177 81 est est NNP 1662 2177 82 . . . 1662 2177 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2178 1 @Comoros @comoros LS 1662 2178 2 : : : 1662 2178 3 Government Government NNP 1662 2178 4 Country Country NNP 1662 2178 5 name name NN 1662 2178 6 : : : 1662 2178 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2178 8 long long JJ 1662 2178 9 form form NN 1662 2178 10 : : : 1662 2178 11 Federal Federal NNP 1662 2178 12 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 2178 13 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2178 14 of of IN 1662 2178 15 the the DT 1662 2178 16 Comoros Comoros NNP 1662 2178 17 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2178 18 short short JJ 1662 2178 19 form form NN 1662 2178 20 : : : 1662 2178 21 Comoros comoros JJ 1662 2178 22 local local JJ 1662 2178 23 long long JJ 1662 2178 24 form form NN 1662 2178 25 : : : 1662 2178 26 Republique Republique NNP 1662 2178 27 Federale Federale NNP 1662 2178 28 Islamique Islamique NNP 1662 2178 29 des des NNP 1662 2178 30 Comores Comores NNP 1662 2178 31 local local JJ 1662 2178 32 short short JJ 1662 2178 33 form form NN 1662 2178 34 : : : 1662 2178 35 Comores Comores NNP 1662 2178 36 Data Data NNP 1662 2178 37 code code NN 1662 2178 38 : : : 1662 2178 39 CN CN NNP 1662 2178 40 Government Government NNP 1662 2178 41 type type NN 1662 2178 42 : : : 1662 2178 43 independent independent NNP 1662 2178 44 republic republic NNP 1662 2178 45 National national JJ 1662 2178 46 capital capital NN 1662 2178 47 : : : 1662 2178 48 Moroni Moroni NNP 1662 2178 49 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 2178 50 divisions division NNS 1662 2178 51 : : : 1662 2178 52 three three CD 1662 2178 53 islands island NNS 1662 2178 54 ; ; : 1662 2178 55 Grand Grand NNP 1662 2178 56 Comore Comore NNP 1662 2178 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2178 58 Njazidja Njazidja NNP 1662 2178 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2178 60 , , , 1662 2178 61 Anjouan Anjouan NNP 1662 2178 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2178 63 Nzwani Nzwani NNP 1662 2178 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2178 65 , , , 1662 2178 66 and and CC 1662 2178 67 Moheli Moheli NNP 1662 2178 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2178 69 Mwali Mwali NNP 1662 2178 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2178 71 note note VBP 1662 2178 72 : : : 1662 2178 73 there there EX 1662 2178 74 are be VBP 1662 2178 75 also also RB 1662 2178 76 four four CD 1662 2178 77 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 2178 78 named name VBN 1662 2178 79 Domoni Domoni NNP 1662 2178 80 , , , 1662 2178 81 Fomboni Fomboni NNP 1662 2178 82 , , , 1662 2178 83 Moroni Moroni NNP 1662 2178 84 , , , 1662 2178 85 and and CC 1662 2178 86 Mutsamudu Mutsamudu NNP 1662 2178 87 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2178 88 : : : 1662 2178 89 6 6 CD 1662 2178 90 July July NNP 1662 2178 91 1975 1975 CD 1662 2178 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2178 93 from from IN 1662 2178 94 France France NNP 1662 2178 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2178 96 National national JJ 1662 2178 97 holiday holiday NN 1662 2178 98 : : : 1662 2178 99 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2178 100 Day Day NNP 1662 2178 101 , , , 1662 2178 102 6 6 CD 1662 2178 103 July July NNP 1662 2178 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2178 105 1975 1975 CD 1662 2178 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2178 107 Constitution constitution NN 1662 2178 108 : : : 1662 2178 109 7 7 CD 1662 2178 110 June June NNP 1662 2178 111 1992 1992 CD 1662 2178 112 Legal legal JJ 1662 2178 113 system system NN 1662 2178 114 : : : 1662 2178 115 French french JJ 1662 2178 116 and and CC 1662 2178 117 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 2178 118 law law NN 1662 2178 119 in in IN 1662 2178 120 a a DT 1662 2178 121 new new JJ 1662 2178 122 consolidated consolidated JJ 1662 2178 123 code code NN 1662 2178 124 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 2178 125 : : : 1662 2178 126 18 18 CD 1662 2178 127 years year NNS 1662 2178 128 of of IN 1662 2178 129 age age NN 1662 2178 130 ; ; : 1662 2178 131 universal universal JJ 1662 2178 132 Executive Executive NNP 1662 2178 133 branch branch NN 1662 2178 134 : : : 1662 2178 135 chief chief NN 1662 2178 136 of of IN 1662 2178 137 state state NN 1662 2178 138 : : : 1662 2178 139 President President NNP 1662 2178 140 Mohamed Mohamed NNP 1662 2178 141 TAKI TAKI NNP 1662 2178 142 Abdulkarim Abdulkarim NNP 1662 2178 143 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2178 144 since since IN 1662 2178 145 16 16 CD 1662 2178 146 March March NNP 1662 2178 147 1996 1996 CD 1662 2178 148 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2178 149 head head NN 1662 2178 150 of of IN 1662 2178 151 government government NN 1662 2178 152 : : : 1662 2178 153 Prime Prime NNP 1662 2178 154 Minister Minister NNP 1662 2178 155 Ahmed Ahmed NNP 1662 2178 156 ABDOU ABDOU NNP 1662 2178 157 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2178 158 since since IN 1662 2178 159 27 27 CD 1662 2178 160 December December NNP 1662 2178 161 1996 1996 CD 1662 2178 162 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2178 163 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2178 164 : : : 1662 2178 165 Council Council NNP 1662 2178 166 of of IN 1662 2178 167 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 2178 168 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2178 169 by by IN 1662 2178 170 the the DT 1662 2178 171 president president NNP 1662 2178 172 elections election NNS 1662 2178 173 : : : 1662 2178 174 president president NNP 1662 2178 175 elected elect VBN 1662 2178 176 by by IN 1662 2178 177 popular popular JJ 1662 2178 178 vote vote NN 1662 2178 179 to to IN 1662 2178 180 a a DT 1662 2178 181 five five CD 1662 2178 182 - - HYPH 1662 2178 183 year year NN 1662 2178 184 term term NN 1662 2178 185 ; ; : 1662 2178 186 election election NN 1662 2178 187 last last JJ 1662 2178 188 held hold VBD 1662 2178 189 16 16 CD 1662 2178 190 March March NNP 1662 2178 191 1996 1996 CD 1662 2178 192 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2178 193 next next JJ 1662 2178 194 to to TO 1662 2178 195 be be VB 1662 2178 196 held hold VBN 1662 2178 197 NA NA NNP 1662 2178 198 March March NNP 1662 2178 199 2001 2001 CD 1662 2178 200 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2178 201 ; ; : 1662 2178 202 prime prime NNP 1662 2178 203 minister minister NNP 1662 2178 204 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2178 205 by by IN 1662 2178 206 the the DT 1662 2178 207 president president NNP 1662 2178 208 election election NN 1662 2178 209 results result NNS 1662 2178 210 : : : 1662 2178 211 Mohamed Mohamed NNP 1662 2178 212 TAKI TAKI NNP 1662 2178 213 Abdulkarim Abdulkarim NNP 1662 2178 214 elected elect VBN 1662 2178 215 president president NN 1662 2178 216 ; ; : 1662 2178 217 share share NN 1662 2178 218 of of IN 1662 2178 219 vote vote NN 1662 2178 220 - - HYPH 1662 2178 221 64 64 CD 1662 2178 222 % % NN 1662 2178 223 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2178 224 branch branch NN 1662 2178 225 : : : 1662 2178 226 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 2178 227 legislature legislature NN 1662 2178 228 consists consist VBZ 1662 2178 229 of of IN 1662 2178 230 the the DT 1662 2178 231 Senate Senate NNP 1662 2178 232 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2178 233 15 15 CD 1662 2178 234 seats seat NNS 1662 2178 235 ; ; : 1662 2178 236 members member NNS 1662 2178 237 selected select VBN 1662 2178 238 by by IN 1662 2178 239 regional regional JJ 1662 2178 240 councils council NNS 1662 2178 241 for for IN 1662 2178 242 six six CD 1662 2178 243 - - HYPH 1662 2178 244 year year NN 1662 2178 245 terms term NNS 1662 2178 246 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2178 247 and and CC 1662 2178 248 a a DT 1662 2178 249 Federal Federal NNP 1662 2178 250 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2178 251 or or CC 1662 2178 252 Assemblee Assemblee NNP 1662 2178 253 Federale Federale NNP 1662 2178 254 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2178 255 43 43 CD 1662 2178 256 seats seat NNS 1662 2178 257 ; ; : 1662 2178 258 members member NNS 1662 2178 259 elected elect VBN 1662 2178 260 by by IN 1662 2178 261 popular popular JJ 1662 2178 262 vote vote NN 1662 2178 263 to to TO 1662 2178 264 serve serve VB 1662 2178 265 four four CD 1662 2178 266 - - HYPH 1662 2178 267 year year NN 1662 2178 268 terms term NNS 1662 2178 269 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2178 270 elections election NNS 1662 2178 271 : : : 1662 2178 272 last last RB 1662 2178 273 held hold VBD 1662 2178 274 1 1 CD 1662 2178 275 and and CC 1662 2178 276 8 8 CD 1662 2178 277 December December NNP 1662 2178 278 1996 1996 CD 1662 2178 279 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2178 280 next next JJ 1662 2178 281 to to TO 1662 2178 282 be be VB 1662 2178 283 held hold VBN 1662 2178 284 NA NA NNP 1662 2178 285 December December NNP 1662 2178 286 2000 2000 CD 1662 2178 287 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2178 288 election election NN 1662 2178 289 results result NNS 1662 2178 290 : : : 1662 2178 291 percent percent NN 1662 2178 292 of of IN 1662 2178 293 vote vote NN 1662 2178 294 by by IN 1662 2178 295 party party NN 1662 2178 296 - - HYPH 1662 2178 297 NA NA NNP 1662 2178 298 ; ; , 1662 2178 299 seats seat NNS 1662 2178 300 by by IN 1662 2178 301 party party NN 1662 2178 302 - - HYPH 1662 2178 303 RND RND NNP 1662 2178 304 39 39 CD 1662 2178 305 , , , 1662 2178 306 RND RND NNP 1662 2178 307 candidate candidate NN 1662 2178 308 running run VBG 1662 2178 309 as as IN 1662 2178 310 independent independent JJ 1662 2178 311 1 1 CD 1662 2178 312 , , , 1662 2178 313 FNJ FNJ NNP 1662 2178 314 3 3 CD 1662 2178 315 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 2178 316 branch branch NN 1662 2178 317 : : : 1662 2178 318 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2178 319 Court Court NNP 1662 2178 320 or or CC 1662 2178 321 Cour Cour NNP 1662 2178 322 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2178 323 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2178 324 , , , 1662 2178 325 two two CD 1662 2178 326 members member NNS 1662 2178 327 are be VBP 1662 2178 328 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2178 329 by by IN 1662 2178 330 the the DT 1662 2178 331 president president NN 1662 2178 332 , , , 1662 2178 333 two two CD 1662 2178 334 members member NNS 1662 2178 335 are be VBP 1662 2178 336 elected elect VBN 1662 2178 337 by by IN 1662 2178 338 the the DT 1662 2178 339 Federal Federal NNP 1662 2178 340 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2178 341 , , , 1662 2178 342 one one CD 1662 2178 343 by by IN 1662 2178 344 the the DT 1662 2178 345 Council Council NNP 1662 2178 346 of of IN 1662 2178 347 each each DT 1662 2178 348 island island NN 1662 2178 349 , , , 1662 2178 350 and and CC 1662 2178 351 former former JJ 1662 2178 352 presidents president NNS 1662 2178 353 of of IN 1662 2178 354 the the DT 1662 2178 355 republic republic NN 1662 2178 356 Political political JJ 1662 2178 357 parties party NNS 1662 2178 358 and and CC 1662 2178 359 leaders leader NNS 1662 2178 360 : : : 1662 2178 361 Rassemblement rassemblement JJ 1662 2178 362 National national JJ 1662 2178 363 pour pour NN 1662 2178 364 le le NNP 1662 2178 365 Development Development NNP 1662 2178 366 or or CC 1662 2178 367 RND RND NNP 1662 2178 368 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2178 369 Mohamed Mohamed NNP 1662 2178 370 TAKI TAKI NNP 1662 2178 371 Abdulkarim Abdulkarim NNP 1662 2178 372 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2178 373 , , , 1662 2178 374 party party NN 1662 2178 375 of of IN 1662 2178 376 the the DT 1662 2178 377 government government NN 1662 2178 378 ; ; : 1662 2178 379 Front front JJ 1662 2178 380 National national JJ 1662 2178 381 pour pour NN 1662 2178 382 la la NNP 1662 2178 383 Justice Justice NNP 1662 2178 384 or or CC 1662 2178 385 FNJ FNJ NNP 1662 2178 386 , , , 1662 2178 387 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 2178 388 party party NN 1662 2178 389 in in IN 1662 2178 390 opposition opposition NN 1662 2178 391 note note NN 1662 2178 392 : : : 1662 2178 393 under under IN 1662 2178 394 a a DT 1662 2178 395 new new JJ 1662 2178 396 constitution constitution NN 1662 2178 397 ratified ratify VBN 1662 2178 398 in in IN 1662 2178 399 October October NNP 1662 2178 400 1996 1996 CD 1662 2178 401 , , , 1662 2178 402 a a DT 1662 2178 403 two two CD 1662 2178 404 party party NN 1662 2178 405 system system NN 1662 2178 406 was be VBD 1662 2178 407 established establish VBN 1662 2178 408 ; ; : 1662 2178 409 President President NNP 1662 2178 410 Mohamed Mohamed NNP 1662 2178 411 TAKI TAKI NNP 1662 2178 412 Abdulkarim Abdulkarim NNP 1662 2178 413 called call VBD 1662 2178 414 for for IN 1662 2178 415 all all DT 1662 2178 416 parties party NNS 1662 2178 417 to to TO 1662 2178 418 dissolve dissolve VB 1662 2178 419 and and CC 1662 2178 420 join join VB 1662 2178 421 him -PRON- PRP 1662 2178 422 in in IN 1662 2178 423 creating create VBG 1662 2178 424 the the DT 1662 2178 425 RND RND NNP 1662 2178 426 ; ; : 1662 2178 427 the the DT 1662 2178 428 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 2178 429 stipulates stipulate VBZ 1662 2178 430 that that IN 1662 2178 431 only only JJ 1662 2178 432 parties party NNS 1662 2178 433 that that WDT 1662 2178 434 win win VBP 1662 2178 435 six six CD 1662 2178 436 seats seat NNS 1662 2178 437 in in IN 1662 2178 438 the the DT 1662 2178 439 Federal Federal NNP 1662 2178 440 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2178 441 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2178 442 two two CD 1662 2178 443 from from IN 1662 2178 444 each each DT 1662 2178 445 island island NN 1662 2178 446 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2178 447 are be VBP 1662 2178 448 permitted permit VBN 1662 2178 449 to to TO 1662 2178 450 be be VB 1662 2178 451 in in IN 1662 2178 452 opposition opposition NN 1662 2178 453 , , , 1662 2178 454 but but CC 1662 2178 455 if if IN 1662 2178 456 no no DT 1662 2178 457 party party NN 1662 2178 458 accomplishes accomplish VBZ 1662 2178 459 that that IN 1662 2178 460 the the DT 1662 2178 461 second second JJ 1662 2178 462 most most RBS 1662 2178 463 successful successful JJ 1662 2178 464 party party NN 1662 2178 465 will will MD 1662 2178 466 be be VB 1662 2178 467 in in IN 1662 2178 468 opposition opposition NN 1662 2178 469 ; ; : 1662 2178 470 in in IN 1662 2178 471 the the DT 1662 2178 472 elections election NNS 1662 2178 473 of of IN 1662 2178 474 December December NNP 1662 2178 475 1996 1996 CD 1662 2178 476 the the DT 1662 2178 477 FNJ FNJ NNP 1662 2178 478 appeared appear VBD 1662 2178 479 to to TO 1662 2178 480 qualify qualify VB 1662 2178 481 as as IN 1662 2178 482 opposition opposition NN 1662 2178 483 International international JJ 1662 2178 484 organization organization NN 1662 2178 485 participation participation NN 1662 2178 486 : : : 1662 2178 487 ACCT acct JJ 1662 2178 488 , , , 1662 2178 489 ACP ACP NNP 1662 2178 490 , , , 1662 2178 491 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 2178 492 , , , 1662 2178 493 AL AL NNP 1662 2178 494 , , , 1662 2178 495 CCC CCC NNP 1662 2178 496 , , , 1662 2178 497 ECA ECA NNP 1662 2178 498 , , , 1662 2178 499 FAO FAO NNP 1662 2178 500 , , , 1662 2178 501 FZ FZ NNP 1662 2178 502 , , , 1662 2178 503 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 2178 504 , , , 1662 2178 505 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 2178 506 , , , 1662 2178 507 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 2178 508 , , , 1662 2178 509 IDA IDA NNP 1662 2178 510 , , , 1662 2178 511 IDB IDB NNP 1662 2178 512 , , , 1662 2178 513 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 2178 514 , , , 1662 2178 515 IFC IFC NNP 1662 2178 516 , , , 1662 2178 517 ILO ILO NNP 1662 2178 518 , , , 1662 2178 519 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2178 520 , , , 1662 2178 521 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2178 522 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2178 523 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 2178 524 user user NN 1662 2178 525 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2178 526 , , , 1662 2178 527 IOC IOC NNP 1662 2178 528 , , , 1662 2178 529 ITU ITU NNP 1662 2178 530 , , , 1662 2178 531 NAM NAM NNP 1662 2178 532 , , , 1662 2178 533 OAU OAU NNP 1662 2178 534 , , , 1662 2178 535 OIC OIC NNP 1662 2178 536 , , , 1662 2178 537 UN UN NNP 1662 2178 538 , , , 1662 2178 539 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 2178 540 , , , 1662 2178 541 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 2178 542 , , , 1662 2178 543 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 2178 544 , , , 1662 2178 545 UPU UPU NNP 1662 2178 546 , , , 1662 2178 547 WHO WHO NNP 1662 2178 548 , , , 1662 2178 549 WMO WMO NNP 1662 2178 550 , , , 1662 2178 551 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 2178 552 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2178 553 applicant applicant NN 1662 2178 554 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2178 555 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2178 556 representation representation NN 1662 2178 557 in in IN 1662 2178 558 the the DT 1662 2178 559 US US NNP 1662 2178 560 : : : 1662 2178 561 chief chief NN 1662 2178 562 of of IN 1662 2178 563 mission mission NN 1662 2178 564 : : : 1662 2178 565 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2178 566 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2178 567 vacant vacant JJ 1662 2178 568 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2178 569 Charge Charge NNP 1662 2178 570 d'Affaires d'Affaires NNP 1662 2178 571 ad ad NN 1662 2178 572 interim interim NN 1662 2178 573 Mahmoud Mahmoud NNP 1662 2178 574 M. M. 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- HYPH 1662 2182 7 sufficient sufficient JJ 1662 2182 8 in in IN 1662 2182 9 food food NN 1662 2182 10 production production NN 1662 2182 11 ; ; : 1662 2182 12 rice rice NN 1662 2182 13 , , , 1662 2182 14 the the DT 1662 2182 15 main main JJ 1662 2182 16 staple staple NN 1662 2182 17 , , , 1662 2182 18 accounts account VBZ 1662 2182 19 for for IN 1662 2182 20 the the DT 1662 2182 21 bulk bulk NN 1662 2182 22 of of IN 1662 2182 23 imports import NNS 1662 2182 24 . . . 1662 2183 1 The the DT 1662 2183 2 government government NN 1662 2183 3 is be VBZ 1662 2183 4 struggling struggle VBG 1662 2183 5 to to TO 1662 2183 6 upgrade upgrade VB 1662 2183 7 education education NN 1662 2183 8 and and CC 1662 2183 9 technical technical JJ 1662 2183 10 training training NN 1662 2183 11 , , , 1662 2183 12 to to TO 1662 2183 13 privatize privatize VB 1662 2183 14 commercial commercial JJ 1662 2183 15 and and CC 1662 2183 16 industrial industrial JJ 1662 2183 17 enterprises enterprise NNS 1662 2183 18 , , , 1662 2183 19 to to TO 1662 2183 20 improve improve VB 1662 2183 21 health health NN 1662 2183 22 services service NNS 1662 2183 23 , , , 1662 2183 24 to to TO 1662 2183 25 diversify diversify VB 1662 2183 26 exports export NNS 1662 2183 27 , , , 1662 2183 28 to to TO 1662 2183 29 promote promote VB 1662 2183 30 tourism tourism NN 1662 2183 31 , , , 1662 2183 32 and and CC 1662 2183 33 to to TO 1662 2183 34 reduce reduce VB 1662 2183 35 the the DT 1662 2183 36 high high JJ 1662 2183 37 population population NN 1662 2183 38 growth growth NN 1662 2183 39 rate rate NN 1662 2183 40 . . . 1662 2184 1 Continued continue VBN 1662 2184 2 foreign foreign JJ 1662 2184 3 support support NN 1662 2184 4 is be VBZ 1662 2184 5 essential essential JJ 1662 2184 6 if if IN 1662 2184 7 the the DT 1662 2184 8 goal goal NN 1662 2184 9 of of IN 1662 2184 10 4 4 CD 1662 2184 11 % % NN 1662 2184 12 annual annual JJ 1662 2184 13 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2184 14 growth growth NN 1662 2184 15 is be VBZ 1662 2184 16 to to TO 1662 2184 17 be be VB 1662 2184 18 reached reach VBN 1662 2184 19 in in IN 1662 2184 20 the the DT 1662 2184 21 late late JJ 1662 2184 22 1990s 1990 NNS 1662 2184 23 . . . 1662 2185 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2185 2 : : : 1662 2185 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2185 4 power power NN 1662 2185 5 parity parity NN 1662 2185 6 - - : 1662 2185 7 $ $ $ 1662 2185 8 370 370 CD 1662 2185 9 million million CD 1662 2185 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2185 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 2185 12 est est NNP 1662 2185 13 . . . 1662 2185 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2186 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2186 2 - - HYPH 1662 2186 3 real real JJ 1662 2186 4 growth growth NN 1662 2186 5 rate rate NN 1662 2186 6 : : : 1662 2186 7 -2.3 -2.3 . 1662 2186 8 % % NN 1662 2186 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2186 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 2186 11 est est NNP 1662 2186 12 . . . 1662 2186 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2187 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2187 2 - - HYPH 1662 2187 3 per per FW 1662 2187 4 capita capita NN 1662 2187 5 : : : 1662 2187 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2187 7 power power NN 1662 2187 8 parity parity NN 1662 2187 9 - - : 1662 2187 10 $ $ $ 1662 2187 11 650 650 CD 1662 2187 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2187 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 2187 14 est est NNP 1662 2187 15 . . . 1662 2187 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2188 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2188 2 - - HYPH 1662 2188 3 composition composition NN 1662 2188 4 by by IN 1662 2188 5 sector sector NN 1662 2188 6 : : : 1662 2188 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2188 8 : : : 1662 2188 9 39 39 CD 1662 2188 10 % % NN 1662 2188 11 industry industry NN 1662 2188 12 : : : 1662 2188 13 13 13 CD 1662 2188 14 % % NN 1662 2188 15 services service NNS 1662 2188 16 : : : 1662 2188 17 48 48 CD 1662 2188 18 % % NN 1662 2188 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2188 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 2188 21 est est NNP 1662 2188 22 . . . 1662 2188 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2189 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 2189 2 rate rate NN 1662 2189 3 - - HYPH 1662 2189 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 2189 5 price price NN 1662 2189 6 index index NN 1662 2189 7 : : : 1662 2189 8 7.1 7.1 CD 1662 2189 9 % % NN 1662 2189 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2189 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 2189 12 est est NNP 1662 2189 13 . . . 1662 2189 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2190 1 Labor labor NN 1662 2190 2 force force NN 1662 2190 3 : : : 1662 2190 4 total total NN 1662 2190 5 : : : 1662 2190 6 140,000 140,000 CD 1662 2190 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2190 8 1982 1982 CD 1662 2190 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2190 10 by by IN 1662 2190 11 occupation occupation NN 1662 2190 12 : : : 1662 2190 13 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2190 14 80 80 CD 1662 2190 15 % % NN 1662 2190 16 , , , 1662 2190 17 government government NN 1662 2190 18 3 3 CD 1662 2190 19 % % NN 1662 2190 20 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2190 21 rate rate NN 1662 2190 22 : : : 1662 2190 23 NA% NA% `` 1662 2190 24 Budget budget NN 1662 2190 25 : : : 1662 2190 26 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2190 27 : : : 1662 2190 28 $ $ $ 1662 2190 29 83 83 CD 1662 2190 30 million million CD 1662 2190 31 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2190 32 : : : 1662 2190 33 $ $ $ 1662 2190 34 92 92 CD 1662 2190 35 million million CD 1662 2190 36 , , , 1662 2190 37 including include VBG 1662 2190 38 capital capital NN 1662 2190 39 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2190 40 of of IN 1662 2190 41 $ $ $ 1662 2190 42 32 32 CD 1662 2190 43 million million CD 1662 2190 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2190 45 1992 1992 CD 1662 2190 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2190 47 Industries industry NNS 1662 2190 48 : : : 1662 2190 49 tourism tourism NN 1662 2190 50 , , , 1662 2190 51 perfume perfume NN 1662 2190 52 distillation distillation NN 1662 2190 53 , , , 1662 2190 54 textiles textile NNS 1662 2190 55 , , , 1662 2190 56 furniture furniture NN 1662 2190 57 , , , 1662 2190 58 jewelry jewelry NN 1662 2190 59 , , , 1662 2190 60 construction construction NN 1662 2190 61 materials material NNS 1662 2190 62 , , , 1662 2190 63 soft soft JJ 1662 2190 64 drinks drink NNS 1662 2190 65 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2190 66 production production NN 1662 2190 67 growth growth NN 1662 2190 68 rate rate NN 1662 2190 69 : : : 1662 2190 70 -6.5 -6.5 NNP 1662 2190 71 % % NN 1662 2190 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2190 73 1989 1989 CD 1662 2190 74 est est NNP 1662 2190 75 . . . 1662 2190 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2191 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2191 2 - - HYPH 1662 2191 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 2191 4 : : : 1662 2191 5 16,000 16,000 CD 1662 2191 6 kW kw NN 1662 2191 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2191 8 1991 1991 CD 1662 2191 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2191 10 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2191 11 - - HYPH 1662 2191 12 production production NN 1662 2191 13 : : : 1662 2191 14 25 25 CD 1662 2191 15 million million CD 1662 2191 16 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2191 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2191 18 1991 1991 CD 1662 2191 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2191 20 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2191 21 - - HYPH 1662 2191 22 consumption consumption NN 1662 2191 23 per per IN 1662 2191 24 capita capita NN 1662 2191 25 : : : 1662 2191 26 52 52 CD 1662 2191 27 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2191 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2191 29 1991 1991 CD 1662 2191 30 est est NNP 1662 2191 31 . . . 1662 2191 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2192 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2192 2 - - HYPH 1662 2192 3 products product NNS 1662 2192 4 : : : 1662 2192 5 vanilla vanilla NN 1662 2192 6 , , , 1662 2192 7 cloves clove NNS 1662 2192 8 , , , 1662 2192 9 perfume perfume NN 1662 2192 10 essences essence VBZ 1662 2192 11 , , , 1662 2192 12 copra copra NNP 1662 2192 13 , , , 1662 2192 14 coconuts coconuts NNP 1662 2192 15 , , , 1662 2192 16 bananas banana NNS 1662 2192 17 , , , 1662 2192 18 cassava cassava NNP 1662 2192 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2192 20 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 2192 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2192 22 Exports export NNS 1662 2192 23 : : : 1662 2192 24 total total JJ 1662 2192 25 value value NN 1662 2192 26 : : : 1662 2192 27 $ $ $ 1662 2192 28 11.2 11.2 CD 1662 2192 29 million million CD 1662 2192 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2192 31 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2192 32 . . NNP 1662 2192 33 , , , 1662 2192 34 1995 1995 CD 1662 2192 35 est est NNP 1662 2192 36 . . . 1662 2192 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2193 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2193 2 : : : 1662 2193 3 vanilla vanilla NN 1662 2193 4 , , , 1662 2193 5 ylang ylang NNP 1662 2193 6 - - HYPH 1662 2193 7 ylang ylang NNP 1662 2193 8 , , , 1662 2193 9 cloves clove NNS 1662 2193 10 , , , 1662 2193 11 perfume perfume NN 1662 2193 12 oil oil NN 1662 2193 13 , , , 1662 2193 14 copra copra NNP 1662 2193 15 partners partner NNS 1662 2193 16 : : : 1662 2193 17 France France NNP 1662 2193 18 54 54 CD 1662 2193 19 % % NN 1662 2193 20 , , , 1662 2193 21 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2193 22 18 18 CD 1662 2193 23 % % NN 1662 2193 24 , , , 1662 2193 25 US US NNP 1662 2193 26 18 18 CD 1662 2193 27 % % NN 1662 2193 28 Imports import NNS 1662 2193 29 : : : 1662 2193 30 total total JJ 1662 2193 31 value value NN 1662 2193 32 : : : 1662 2193 33 $ $ $ 1662 2193 34 40.9 40.9 CD 1662 2193 35 million million CD 1662 2193 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2193 37 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2193 38 . . NNP 1662 2193 39 , , , 1662 2193 40 1993 1993 CD 1662 2193 41 est est NNP 1662 2193 42 . . . 1662 2193 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2194 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2194 2 : : : 1662 2194 3 rice rice NN 1662 2194 4 and and CC 1662 2194 5 other other JJ 1662 2194 6 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 2194 7 , , , 1662 2194 8 consumer consumer NN 1662 2194 9 goods good NNS 1662 2194 10 ; ; : 1662 2194 11 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2194 12 products product NNS 1662 2194 13 , , , 1662 2194 14 cement cement NN 1662 2194 15 , , , 1662 2194 16 transport transport NN 1662 2194 17 equipment equipment NN 1662 2194 18 partners partner NNS 1662 2194 19 : : : 1662 2194 20 France France NNP 1662 2194 21 60 60 CD 1662 2194 22 % % NN 1662 2194 23 , , , 1662 2194 24 South South NNP 1662 2194 25 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2194 26 10 10 CD 1662 2194 27 % % NN 1662 2194 28 , , , 1662 2194 29 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 2194 30 5 5 CD 1662 2194 31 % % NN 1662 2194 32 , , , 1662 2194 33 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 2194 34 4 4 CD 1662 2194 35 % % NN 1662 2194 36 Debt debt NN 1662 2194 37 - - HYPH 1662 2194 38 external external JJ 1662 2194 39 : : : 1662 2194 40 $ $ $ 1662 2194 41 189 189 CD 1662 2194 42 million million CD 1662 2194 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2194 44 1995 1995 CD 1662 2194 45 est est NNP 1662 2194 46 . . . 1662 2194 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2195 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 2195 2 aid aid NN 1662 2195 3 : : : 1662 2195 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 2195 5 : : : 1662 2195 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2195 7 , , , 1662 2195 8 $ $ $ 1662 2195 9 NA NA NNP 1662 2195 10 Currency currency NN 1662 2195 11 : : : 1662 2195 12 1 1 CD 1662 2195 13 Comoran Comoran NNP 1662 2195 14 franc franc NN 1662 2195 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2195 16 CF cf NN 1662 2195 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2195 18 = = NFP 1662 2195 19 100 100 CD 1662 2195 20 centimes centime NNS 1662 2195 21 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2195 22 rates rate NNS 1662 2195 23 : : : 1662 2195 24 Comoran Comoran NNP 1662 2195 25 francs franc NNS 1662 2195 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2195 27 CF cf NN 1662 2195 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2195 29 per per IN 1662 2195 30 US$ us$ $ 1662 2195 31 1 1 CD 1662 2195 32 - - SYM 1662 2195 33 406.27 406.27 CD 1662 2195 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2195 35 January January NNP 1662 2195 36 1997 1997 CD 1662 2195 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2195 38 , , , 1662 2195 39 383.66 383.66 CD 1662 2195 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2195 41 1996 1996 CD 1662 2195 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2195 43 , , , 1662 2195 44 374.36 374.36 CD 1662 2195 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2195 46 1995 1995 CD 1662 2195 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2195 48 , , , 1662 2195 49 416.40 416.40 CD 1662 2195 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2195 51 1994 1994 CD 1662 2195 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2195 53 , , , 1662 2195 54 283.16 283.16 CD 1662 2195 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2195 56 1993 1993 CD 1662 2195 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2195 58 , , , 1662 2195 59 264.69 264.69 CD 1662 2195 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2195 61 1992 1992 CD 1662 2195 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2195 63 note note NN 1662 2195 64 : : : 1662 2195 65 beginning begin VBG 1662 2195 66 12 12 CD 1662 2195 67 January January NNP 1662 2195 68 1994 1994 CD 1662 2195 69 , , , 1662 2195 70 the the DT 1662 2195 71 Comoran Comoran NNP 1662 2195 72 franc franc NN 1662 2195 73 was be VBD 1662 2195 74 devalued devalue VBN 1662 2195 75 to to IN 1662 2195 76 75 75 CD 1662 2195 77 per per IN 1662 2195 78 French french JJ 1662 2195 79 franc franc NN 1662 2195 80 from from IN 1662 2195 81 50 50 CD 1662 2195 82 per per IN 1662 2195 83 French french JJ 1662 2195 84 franc franc NN 1662 2195 85 at at IN 1662 2195 86 which which WDT 1662 2195 87 it -PRON- PRP 1662 2195 88 had have VBD 1662 2195 89 been be VBN 1662 2195 90 fixed fix VBN 1662 2195 91 since since IN 1662 2195 92 1948 1948 CD 1662 2195 93 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2195 94 year year NN 1662 2195 95 : : : 1662 2195 96 calendar calendar NNP 1662 2195 97 year year NN 1662 2195 98 @Comoros @Comoros NNP 1662 2195 99 : : : 1662 2195 100 Communications Communications NNP 1662 2195 101 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 2195 102 : : : 1662 2195 103 3,770 3,770 CD 1662 2195 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2195 105 1991 1991 CD 1662 2195 106 est est NNP 1662 2195 107 . . . 1662 2195 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2196 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2196 2 system system NN 1662 2196 3 : : : 1662 2196 4 sparse sparse VB 1662 2196 5 system system NN 1662 2196 6 of of IN 1662 2196 7 microwave microwave NN 1662 2196 8 radio radio NN 1662 2196 9 relay relay NN 1662 2196 10 and and CC 1662 2196 11 HF HF NNP 1662 2196 12 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 2196 13 communication communication NN 1662 2196 14 stations station NNS 1662 2196 15 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2196 16 : : : 1662 2196 17 HF HF NNP 1662 2196 18 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 2196 19 communications communication NNS 1662 2196 20 and and CC 1662 2196 21 microwave microwave NN 1662 2196 22 radio radio NN 1662 2196 23 relay relay NN 1662 2196 24 international international RB 1662 2196 25 : : : 1662 2196 26 HF HF NNP 1662 2196 27 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 2196 28 communications communication NNS 1662 2196 29 to to IN 1662 2196 30 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 2196 31 and and CC 1662 2196 32 Reunion Reunion NNP 1662 2196 33 Radio Radio NNP 1662 2196 34 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2196 35 stations station NNS 1662 2196 36 : : : 1662 2196 37 AM AM NNP 1662 2196 38 2 2 CD 1662 2196 39 , , , 1662 2196 40 FM FM NNP 1662 2196 41 1 1 CD 1662 2196 42 , , , 1662 2196 43 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2196 44 0 0 CD 1662 2196 45 Radios radio NNS 1662 2196 46 : : : 1662 2196 47 NA NA NNP 1662 2196 48 Television Television NNP 1662 2196 49 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2196 50 stations station NNS 1662 2196 51 : : : 1662 2196 52 0 0 NFP 1662 2196 53 Televisions television NNS 1662 2196 54 : : : 1662 2196 55 200 200 CD 1662 2196 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2196 57 1991 1991 CD 1662 2196 58 est est NNP 1662 2196 59 . . . 1662 2196 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2197 1 @Comoros @comoros LS 1662 2197 2 : : : 1662 2197 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2197 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2197 5 : : : 1662 2197 6 0 0 LS 1662 2197 7 km km NN 1662 2197 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 2197 9 : : : 1662 2197 10 total total NN 1662 2197 11 : : : 1662 2197 12 875 875 CD 1662 2197 13 km km NNS 1662 2197 14 paved pave VBN 1662 2197 15 : : : 1662 2197 16 669 669 CD 1662 2197 17 km km NN 1662 2197 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2197 19 : : : 1662 2197 20 206 206 CD 1662 2197 21 km km NNS 1662 2197 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2197 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 2197 24 est est NNP 1662 2197 25 . . . 1662 2197 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2198 1 Ports port NNS 1662 2198 2 and and CC 1662 2198 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2198 4 : : : 1662 2198 5 Fomboni Fomboni NNP 1662 2198 6 , , , 1662 2198 7 Moroni Moroni NNP 1662 2198 8 , , , 1662 2198 9 Mutsamudu Mutsamudu NNP 1662 2198 10 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2198 11 marine marine NN 1662 2198 12 : : : 1662 2198 13 none none NN 1662 2198 14 Airports airport NNS 1662 2198 15 : : : 1662 2198 16 4 4 CD 1662 2198 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2198 18 1996 1996 CD 1662 2198 19 est est NNP 1662 2198 20 . . . 1662 2198 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2199 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2199 2 - - , 1662 2199 3 with with IN 1662 2199 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2199 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2199 6 : : : 1662 2199 7 total total NN 1662 2199 8 : : : 1662 2199 9 4 4 CD 1662 2199 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2199 11 to to TO 1662 2199 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2199 13 m m NN 1662 2199 14 : : : 1662 2199 15 1 1 CD 1662 2199 16 914 914 CD 1662 2199 17 to to TO 1662 2199 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2199 19 m m NN 1662 2199 20 : : : 1662 2199 21 3 3 CD 1662 2199 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2199 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2199 24 est est NNP 1662 2199 25 . . . 1662 2199 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2200 1 Military military JJ 1662 2200 2 Military military JJ 1662 2200 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2200 4 : : : 1662 2200 5 Comoran Comoran NNP 1662 2200 6 Security Security NNP 1662 2200 7 Force Force NNP 1662 2200 8 Military Military NNP 1662 2200 9 manpower manpower NN 1662 2200 10 - - HYPH 1662 2200 11 availability availability NN 1662 2200 12 : : : 1662 2200 13 males male NNS 1662 2200 14 age age NNP 1662 2200 15 15 15 CD 1662 2200 16 - - HYPH 1662 2200 17 49 49 CD 1662 2200 18 : : : 1662 2200 19 125,378 125,378 CD 1662 2200 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2200 21 1997 1997 CD 1662 2200 22 est est NNP 1662 2200 23 . . . 1662 2200 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2201 1 Military military JJ 1662 2201 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2201 3 - - HYPH 1662 2201 4 fit fit NN 1662 2201 5 for for IN 1662 2201 6 military military JJ 1662 2201 7 service service NN 1662 2201 8 : : : 1662 2201 9 males male NNS 1662 2201 10 : : : 1662 2201 11 74,836 74,836 CD 1662 2201 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2201 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2201 14 est est NNP 1662 2201 15 . . . 1662 2201 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2202 1 Military military JJ 1662 2202 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2202 3 - - HYPH 1662 2202 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2202 5 figure figure NN 1662 2202 6 : : : 1662 2202 7 $ $ $ 1662 2202 8 NA NA NNP 1662 2202 9 Military military JJ 1662 2202 10 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2202 11 - - : 1662 2202 12 percent percent NN 1662 2202 13 of of IN 1662 2202 14 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2202 15 : : : 1662 2202 16 NA% NA% `` 1662 2202 17 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2202 18 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2202 19 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2202 20 - - HYPH 1662 2202 21 international international JJ 1662 2202 22 : : : 1662 2202 23 claims claim VBZ 1662 2202 24 French French NNP 1662 2202 25 - - HYPH 1662 2202 26 administered administer VBN 1662 2202 27 Mayotte Mayotte NNP 1662 2202 28 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 29 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 30 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 31 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 32 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 33 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 34 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 35 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 36 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 37 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 38 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 39 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 40 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 41 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 42 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 43 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 44 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 45 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 46 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 47 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 48 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 49 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 50 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 51 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 52 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 53 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 54 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 55 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 56 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 57 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 58 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 59 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 60 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 61 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 62 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 63 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 64 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 65 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 66 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 67 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 68 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 69 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 70 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 71 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 72 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 73 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 74 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 75 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 76 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 77 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 78 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 79 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 80 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 81 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 82 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 83 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 84 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 85 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 86 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 87 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 88 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 89 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 90 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 91 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 92 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 93 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 94 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 95 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 96 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 97 _ _ NNP 1662 2202 98 CONGO CONGO NNP 1662 2202 99 , , , 1662 2202 100 DEMOCRATIC democratic NN 1662 2202 101 REPUBLIC REPUBLIC NNP 1662 2202 102 OF of IN 1662 2202 103 THE the DT 1662 2202 104 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2202 105 of of IN 1662 2202 106 the the DT 1662 2202 107 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2202 108 @Congo @congo NN 1662 2202 109 , , , 1662 2202 110 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2202 111 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2202 112 of of IN 1662 2202 113 the the DT 1662 2202 114 : : : 1662 2202 115 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2202 116 Location Location NNP 1662 2202 117 : : : 1662 2202 118 Central Central NNP 1662 2202 119 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2202 120 , , , 1662 2202 121 northeast northeast NN 1662 2202 122 of of IN 1662 2202 123 Angola Angola NNP 1662 2202 124 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2202 125 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2202 126 : : : 1662 2202 127 0 0 NFP 1662 2202 128 00 00 CD 1662 2202 129 N n CD 1662 2202 130 , , , 1662 2202 131 25 25 CD 1662 2202 132 00 00 CD 1662 2202 133 E e NN 1662 2202 134 Map Map NNP 1662 2202 135 references reference NNS 1662 2202 136 : : : 1662 2202 137 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2202 138 Area Area NNP 1662 2202 139 : : : 1662 2202 140 total total NN 1662 2202 141 : : : 1662 2202 142 2,345,410 2,345,410 CD 1662 2202 143 sq sq NN 1662 2202 144 km km NNP 1662 2202 145 land land NN 1662 2202 146 : : : 1662 2202 147 2,267,600 2,267,600 CD 1662 2202 148 sq sq NN 1662 2202 149 km km NNP 1662 2202 150 water water NN 1662 2202 151 : : : 1662 2202 152 77,810 77,810 CD 1662 2202 153 sq sq RB 1662 2202 154 km km NNP 1662 2202 155 Area area NN 1662 2202 156 - - HYPH 1662 2202 157 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2202 158 : : : 1662 2202 159 slightly slightly RB 1662 2202 160 less less JJR 1662 2202 161 than than IN 1662 2202 162 one one CD 1662 2202 163 - - HYPH 1662 2202 164 fourth fourth NN 1662 2202 165 the the DT 1662 2202 166 size size NN 1662 2202 167 of of IN 1662 2202 168 US US NNP 1662 2202 169 Land Land NNP 1662 2202 170 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2202 171 : : : 1662 2202 172 total total JJ 1662 2202 173 : : : 1662 2202 174 10,271 10,271 CD 1662 2202 175 km km NN 1662 2202 176 border border NN 1662 2202 177 countries country NNS 1662 2202 178 : : : 1662 2202 179 Angola Angola NNP 1662 2202 180 2,511 2,511 CD 1662 2202 181 km km NN 1662 2202 182 , , , 1662 2202 183 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 2202 184 233 233 CD 1662 2202 185 km km NNS 1662 2202 186 , , , 1662 2202 187 Central Central NNP 1662 2202 188 African African NNP 1662 2202 189 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2202 190 1,577 1,577 CD 1662 2202 191 km km NN 1662 2202 192 , , , 1662 2202 193 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2202 194 of of IN 1662 2202 195 the the DT 1662 2202 196 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2202 197 2,410 2,410 CD 1662 2202 198 km km NNS 1662 2202 199 , , , 1662 2202 200 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 2202 201 217 217 CD 1662 2202 202 km km NNS 1662 2202 203 , , , 1662 2202 204 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 2202 205 628 628 CD 1662 2202 206 km km NN 1662 2202 207 , , , 1662 2202 208 Uganda Uganda NNP 1662 2202 209 765 765 CD 1662 2202 210 km km NN 1662 2202 211 , , , 1662 2202 212 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 2202 213 1,930 1,930 CD 1662 2202 214 km km NN 1662 2202 215 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2202 216 : : : 1662 2202 217 37 37 CD 1662 2202 218 km km NN 1662 2202 219 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2202 220 claims claim VBZ 1662 2202 221 : : : 1662 2202 222 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 2202 223 economic economic JJ 1662 2202 224 zone zone NN 1662 2202 225 : : : 1662 2202 226 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2202 227 with with IN 1662 2202 228 neighbors neighbor NNS 1662 2202 229 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2202 230 sea sea NN 1662 2202 231 : : : 1662 2202 232 12 12 CD 1662 2202 233 nm nm NNP 1662 2202 234 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2202 235 : : : 1662 2202 236 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2202 237 ; ; : 1662 2202 238 hot hot JJ 1662 2202 239 and and CC 1662 2202 240 humid humid JJ 1662 2202 241 in in IN 1662 2202 242 equatorial equatorial JJ 1662 2202 243 river river NNP 1662 2202 244 basin basin NN 1662 2202 245 ; ; : 1662 2202 246 cooler cooler NN 1662 2202 247 and and CC 1662 2202 248 drier dry JJR 1662 2202 249 in in IN 1662 2202 250 southern southern JJ 1662 2202 251 highlands highland NNS 1662 2202 252 ; ; : 1662 2202 253 cooler cooler NN 1662 2202 254 and and CC 1662 2202 255 wetter wetter VB 1662 2202 256 in in IN 1662 2202 257 eastern eastern JJ 1662 2202 258 highlands highland NNS 1662 2202 259 ; ; : 1662 2202 260 north north RB 1662 2202 261 of of IN 1662 2202 262 Equator equator NN 1662 2202 263 - - HYPH 1662 2202 264 wet wet JJ 1662 2202 265 season season NN 1662 2202 266 April April NNP 1662 2202 267 to to IN 1662 2202 268 October October NNP 1662 2202 269 , , , 1662 2202 270 dry dry JJ 1662 2202 271 season season NN 1662 2202 272 December December NNP 1662 2202 273 to to IN 1662 2202 274 February February NNP 1662 2202 275 ; ; : 1662 2202 276 south south RB 1662 2202 277 of of IN 1662 2202 278 Equator equator NN 1662 2202 279 - - HYPH 1662 2202 280 wet wet JJ 1662 2202 281 season season NN 1662 2202 282 November November NNP 1662 2202 283 to to IN 1662 2202 284 March March NNP 1662 2202 285 , , , 1662 2202 286 dry dry JJ 1662 2202 287 season season NN 1662 2202 288 April April NNP 1662 2202 289 to to IN 1662 2202 290 October October NNP 1662 2202 291 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2202 292 : : : 1662 2202 293 vast vast JJ 1662 2202 294 central central JJ 1662 2202 295 basin basin NN 1662 2202 296 is be VBZ 1662 2202 297 a a DT 1662 2202 298 low low RB 1662 2202 299 - - HYPH 1662 2202 300 lying lie VBG 1662 2202 301 plateau plateau NN 1662 2202 302 ; ; : 1662 2202 303 mountains mountain NNS 1662 2202 304 in in IN 1662 2202 305 east east NNP 1662 2202 306 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2202 307 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2202 308 : : : 1662 2202 309 lowest low JJS 1662 2202 310 point point NN 1662 2202 311 : : : 1662 2202 312 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2202 313 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2202 314 0 0 NFP 1662 2202 315 m m DT 1662 2202 316 highest high JJS 1662 2202 317 point point NN 1662 2202 318 : : : 1662 2202 319 Margherita Margherita NNP 1662 2202 320 Peak Peak NNP 1662 2202 321 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2202 322 Mount Mount NNP 1662 2202 323 Stanley Stanley NNP 1662 2202 324 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2202 325 5,110 5,110 CD 1662 2202 326 m m NNP 1662 2202 327 Natural natural JJ 1662 2202 328 resources resource NNS 1662 2202 329 : : : 1662 2202 330 cobalt cobalt NN 1662 2202 331 , , , 1662 2202 332 copper copper NN 1662 2202 333 , , , 1662 2202 334 cadmium cadmium NN 1662 2202 335 , , , 1662 2202 336 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2202 337 , , , 1662 2202 338 industrial industrial JJ 1662 2202 339 and and CC 1662 2202 340 gem gem NN 1662 2202 341 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 2202 342 , , , 1662 2202 343 gold gold NN 1662 2202 344 , , , 1662 2202 345 silver silver NN 1662 2202 346 , , , 1662 2202 347 zinc zinc NN 1662 2202 348 , , , 1662 2202 349 manganese manganese JJ 1662 2202 350 , , , 1662 2202 351 tin tin NN 1662 2202 352 , , , 1662 2202 353 germanium germanium NN 1662 2202 354 , , , 1662 2202 355 uranium uranium NN 1662 2202 356 , , , 1662 2202 357 radium radium NN 1662 2202 358 , , , 1662 2202 359 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 2202 360 , , , 1662 2202 361 iron iron NN 1662 2202 362 ore ore NN 1662 2202 363 , , , 1662 2202 364 coal coal NN 1662 2202 365 , , , 1662 2202 366 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 2202 367 potential potential JJ 1662 2202 368 Land Land NNP 1662 2202 369 use use NN 1662 2202 370 : : : 1662 2202 371 arable arable JJ 1662 2202 372 land land NN 1662 2202 373 : : : 1662 2202 374 3 3 CD 1662 2202 375 % % NN 1662 2202 376 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2202 377 crops crop NNS 1662 2202 378 : : : 1662 2202 379 0 0 CD 1662 2202 380 % % NN 1662 2202 381 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2202 382 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2202 383 : : : 1662 2202 384 7 7 CD 1662 2202 385 % % NN 1662 2202 386 forests forest NNS 1662 2202 387 and and CC 1662 2202 388 woodland woodland NN 1662 2202 389 : : : 1662 2202 390 77 77 CD 1662 2202 391 % % NN 1662 2202 392 other other JJ 1662 2202 393 : : : 1662 2202 394 13 13 CD 1662 2202 395 % % NN 1662 2202 396 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2202 397 1993 1993 CD 1662 2202 398 est est NNP 1662 2202 399 . . . 1662 2202 400 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2203 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2203 2 land land NN 1662 2203 3 : : : 1662 2203 4 100 100 CD 1662 2203 5 sq sq NNP 1662 2203 6 km km NNP 1662 2203 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2203 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2203 9 est est NNP 1662 2203 10 . . . 1662 2203 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2204 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2204 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2204 3 : : : 1662 2204 4 periodic periodic JJ 1662 2204 5 droughts drought NNS 1662 2204 6 in in IN 1662 2204 7 south south JJ 1662 2204 8 ; ; , 1662 2204 9 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 2204 10 activity activity NN 1662 2204 11 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2204 12 - - HYPH 1662 2204 13 current current JJ 1662 2204 14 issues issue NNS 1662 2204 15 : : : 1662 2204 16 poaching poach VBG 1662 2204 17 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 2204 18 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 2204 19 populations population NNS 1662 2204 20 ; ; : 1662 2204 21 water water NN 1662 2204 22 pollution pollution NN 1662 2204 23 ; ; : 1662 2204 24 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 2204 25 ; ; : 1662 2204 26 refugees refugee NNS 1662 2204 27 who who WP 1662 2204 28 arrived arrive VBD 1662 2204 29 in in IN 1662 2204 30 mid-1994 mid-1994 NN 1662 2204 31 were be VBD 1662 2204 32 responsible responsible JJ 1662 2204 33 for for IN 1662 2204 34 significant significant JJ 1662 2204 35 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 2204 36 , , , 1662 2204 37 soil soil NN 1662 2204 38 erosion erosion NN 1662 2204 39 , , , 1662 2204 40 and and CC 1662 2204 41 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 2204 42 poaching poaching NN 1662 2204 43 in in IN 1662 2204 44 the the DT 1662 2204 45 eastern eastern JJ 1662 2204 46 part part NN 1662 2204 47 of of IN 1662 2204 48 the the DT 1662 2204 49 country country NN 1662 2204 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2204 51 most most JJS 1662 2204 52 of of IN 1662 2204 53 those those DT 1662 2204 54 refugees refugee NNS 1662 2204 55 were be VBD 1662 2204 56 repatriated repatriate VBN 1662 2204 57 in in IN 1662 2204 58 November November NNP 1662 2204 59 and and CC 1662 2204 60 December December NNP 1662 2204 61 1996 1996 CD 1662 2204 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2204 63 Environment environment NN 1662 2204 64 - - HYPH 1662 2204 65 international international JJ 1662 2204 66 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2204 67 : : : 1662 2204 68 party party NN 1662 2204 69 to to TO 1662 2204 70 : : : 1662 2204 71 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 2204 72 , , , 1662 2204 73 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2204 74 Change Change NNP 1662 2204 75 , , , 1662 2204 76 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2204 77 Species Species NNPS 1662 2204 78 , , , 1662 2204 79 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 2204 80 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 2204 81 , , , 1662 2204 82 Law Law NNP 1662 2204 83 of of IN 1662 2204 84 the the DT 1662 2204 85 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2204 86 , , , 1662 2204 87 Marine Marine NNP 1662 2204 88 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 2204 89 , , , 1662 2204 90 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 2204 91 Test Test NNP 1662 2204 92 Ban Ban NNP 1662 2204 93 , , , 1662 2204 94 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2204 95 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2204 96 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2204 97 , , , 1662 2204 98 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 2204 99 Timber Timber NNP 1662 2204 100 83 83 CD 1662 2204 101 , , , 1662 2204 102 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 2204 103 signed sign VBD 1662 2204 104 , , , 1662 2204 105 but but CC 1662 2204 106 not not RB 1662 2204 107 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2204 108 : : : 1662 2204 109 Desertification desertification NN 1662 2204 110 , , , 1662 2204 111 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 2204 112 Modification Modification NNP 1662 2204 113 , , , 1662 2204 114 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 2204 115 Timber Timber NNP 1662 2204 116 94 94 CD 1662 2204 117 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2204 118 - - HYPH 1662 2204 119 note note NN 1662 2204 120 : : : 1662 2204 121 straddles straddle NNS 1662 2204 122 Equator Equator NNP 1662 2204 123 ; ; : 1662 2204 124 very very RB 1662 2204 125 narrow narrow JJ 1662 2204 126 strip strip NN 1662 2204 127 of of IN 1662 2204 128 land land NN 1662 2204 129 that that WDT 1662 2204 130 controls control VBZ 1662 2204 131 the the DT 1662 2204 132 lower low JJR 1662 2204 133 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2204 134 river river NN 1662 2204 135 and and CC 1662 2204 136 is be VBZ 1662 2204 137 only only RB 1662 2204 138 outlet outlet NN 1662 2204 139 to to IN 1662 2204 140 South South NNP 1662 2204 141 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2204 142 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2204 143 ; ; : 1662 2204 144 dense dense JJ 1662 2204 145 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2204 146 rain rain NN 1662 2204 147 forest forest NN 1662 2204 148 in in IN 1662 2204 149 central central JJ 1662 2204 150 river river NNP 1662 2204 151 basin basin NNP 1662 2204 152 and and CC 1662 2204 153 eastern eastern JJ 1662 2204 154 highlands highland NNS 1662 2204 155 @Congo @Congo NNP 1662 2204 156 , , , 1662 2204 157 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2204 158 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2204 159 of of IN 1662 2204 160 the the DT 1662 2204 161 : : : 1662 2204 162 People People NNPS 1662 2204 163 Population Population NNP 1662 2204 164 : : : 1662 2204 165 47,440,362 47,440,362 CD 1662 2204 166 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2204 167 July July NNP 1662 2204 168 1997 1997 CD 1662 2204 169 est est NNP 1662 2204 170 . . . 1662 2204 171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2205 1 Age age NN 1662 2205 2 structure structure NN 1662 2205 3 : : : 1662 2205 4 0 0 CD 1662 2205 5 - - HYPH 1662 2205 6 14 14 CD 1662 2205 7 years year NNS 1662 2205 8 : : : 1662 2205 9 48 48 CD 1662 2205 10 % % NN 1662 2205 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2205 12 male male JJ 1662 2205 13 11,418,713 11,418,713 CD 1662 2205 14 ; ; : 1662 2205 15 female female JJ 1662 2205 16 11,378,403 11,378,403 CD 1662 2205 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2205 18 15 15 CD 1662 2205 19 - - SYM 1662 2205 20 64 64 CD 1662 2205 21 years year NNS 1662 2205 22 : : : 1662 2205 23 49 49 CD 1662 2205 24 % % NN 1662 2205 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2205 26 male male JJ 1662 2205 27 11,412,269 11,412,269 CD 1662 2205 28 ; ; : 1662 2205 29 female female JJ 1662 2205 30 11,980,993 11,980,993 CD 1662 2205 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2205 32 65 65 CD 1662 2205 33 years year NNS 1662 2205 34 and and CC 1662 2205 35 over over IN 1662 2205 36 : : : 1662 2205 37 3 3 CD 1662 2205 38 % % NN 1662 2205 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2205 40 male male NN 1662 2205 41 541,435 541,435 CD 1662 2205 42 ; ; : 1662 2205 43 female female JJ 1662 2205 44 708,549 708,549 CD 1662 2205 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2205 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2205 47 July July NNP 1662 2205 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2205 49 est est NNP 1662 2205 50 . . . 1662 2205 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2206 1 Population population NN 1662 2206 2 growth growth NN 1662 2206 3 rate rate NN 1662 2206 4 : : : 1662 2206 5 2.34 2.34 CD 1662 2206 6 % % NN 1662 2206 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2206 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2206 9 est est NNP 1662 2206 10 . . . 1662 2206 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2207 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2207 2 rate rate NN 1662 2207 3 : : : 1662 2207 4 47.66 47.66 CD 1662 2207 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 2207 6 population population NN 1662 2207 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2207 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2207 9 est est NNP 1662 2207 10 . . . 1662 2207 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2208 1 Death death NN 1662 2208 2 rate rate NN 1662 2208 3 : : : 1662 2208 4 16.61 16.61 CD 1662 2208 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2208 6 population population NN 1662 2208 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2208 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2208 9 est est NNP 1662 2208 10 . . . 1662 2208 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2209 1 Net net JJ 1662 2209 2 migration migration NN 1662 2209 3 rate rate NN 1662 2209 4 : : : 1662 2209 5 -7.66 -7.66 NFP 1662 2209 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 2209 7 population population NN 1662 2209 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2209 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2209 10 est est NNP 1662 2209 11 . . . 1662 2209 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2210 1 note note NN 1662 2210 2 : : : 1662 2210 3 in in IN 1662 2210 4 1994 1994 CD 1662 2210 5 , , , 1662 2210 6 about about RB 1662 2210 7 a a DT 1662 2210 8 million million CD 1662 2210 9 refugees refugee NNS 1662 2210 10 fled flee VBN 1662 2210 11 into into IN 1662 2210 12 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2210 13 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2210 14 of of IN 1662 2210 15 the the DT 1662 2210 16 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2210 17 , , , 1662 2210 18 formerly formerly RB 1662 2210 19 Zaire Zaire NNP 1662 2210 20 , , , 1662 2210 21 to to TO 1662 2210 22 escape escape VB 1662 2210 23 the the DT 1662 2210 24 fighting fighting NN 1662 2210 25 between between IN 1662 2210 26 the the DT 1662 2210 27 Hutus Hutus NNP 1662 2210 28 and and CC 1662 2210 29 the the DT 1662 2210 30 Tutsis Tutsis NNP 1662 2210 31 in in IN 1662 2210 32 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 2210 33 and and CC 1662 2210 34 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 2210 35 ; ; : 1662 2210 36 the the DT 1662 2210 37 outbreak outbreak NN 1662 2210 38 of of IN 1662 2210 39 widespread widespread JJ 1662 2210 40 fighting fighting NN 1662 2210 41 between between IN 1662 2210 42 rebels rebel NNS 1662 2210 43 and and CC 1662 2210 44 government government NN 1662 2210 45 forces force NNS 1662 2210 46 in in IN 1662 2210 47 October October NNP 1662 2210 48 1996 1996 CD 1662 2210 49 spurred spur VBD 1662 2210 50 about about RB 1662 2210 51 720,000 720,000 CD 1662 2210 52 refugees refugee NNS 1662 2210 53 to to TO 1662 2210 54 return return VB 1662 2210 55 to to IN 1662 2210 56 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 2210 57 in in IN 1662 2210 58 late late JJ 1662 2210 59 1996 1996 CD 1662 2210 60 and and CC 1662 2210 61 early early JJ 1662 2210 62 1997 1997 CD 1662 2210 63 ; ; : 1662 2210 64 additionally additionally RB 1662 2210 65 , , , 1662 2210 66 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2210 67 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2210 68 of of IN 1662 2210 69 the the DT 1662 2210 70 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2210 71 is be VBZ 1662 2210 72 host host NN 1662 2210 73 to to IN 1662 2210 74 about about IN 1662 2210 75 100,000 100,000 CD 1662 2210 76 Angolan angolan NN 1662 2210 77 , , , 1662 2210 78 and and CC 1662 2210 79 about about RB 1662 2210 80 100,000 100,000 CD 1662 2210 81 Sudanese sudanese JJ 1662 2210 82 refugees refugee NNS 1662 2210 83 Sex sex NN 1662 2210 84 ratio ratio NN 1662 2210 85 : : : 1662 2210 86 at at IN 1662 2210 87 birth birth NN 1662 2210 88 : : : 1662 2210 89 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 2210 90 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2210 91 under under IN 1662 2210 92 15 15 CD 1662 2210 93 years year NNS 1662 2210 94 : : : 1662 2210 95 1 1 CD 1662 2210 96 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2210 97 15 15 CD 1662 2210 98 - - HYPH 1662 2210 99 64 64 CD 1662 2210 100 years year NNS 1662 2210 101 : : : 1662 2210 102 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 2210 103 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2210 104 65 65 CD 1662 2210 105 years year NNS 1662 2210 106 and and CC 1662 2210 107 over over IN 1662 2210 108 : : : 1662 2210 109 0.76 0.76 CD 1662 2210 110 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2210 111 total total JJ 1662 2210 112 population population NN 1662 2210 113 : : : 1662 2210 114 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 2210 115 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2210 116 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2210 117 1997 1997 CD 1662 2210 118 est e JJS 1662 2210 119 . . . 1662 2210 120 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2211 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2211 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2211 3 rate rate NN 1662 2211 4 : : : 1662 2211 5 105.7 105.7 CD 1662 2211 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2211 7 live live JJ 1662 2211 8 births birth NNS 1662 2211 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2211 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2211 11 est est NNP 1662 2211 12 . . . 1662 2211 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2212 1 Life life NN 1662 2212 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2212 3 at at IN 1662 2212 4 birth birth NN 1662 2212 5 : : : 1662 2212 6 total total JJ 1662 2212 7 population population NN 1662 2212 8 : : : 1662 2212 9 47.03 47.03 CD 1662 2212 10 years year NNS 1662 2212 11 male male NN 1662 2212 12 : : : 1662 2212 13 45.16 45.16 CD 1662 2212 14 years year NNS 1662 2212 15 female female JJ 1662 2212 16 : : : 1662 2212 17 48.95 48.95 CD 1662 2212 18 years year NNS 1662 2212 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2212 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2212 21 est est NNP 1662 2212 22 . . . 1662 2212 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2213 1 Total total JJ 1662 2213 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2213 3 rate rate NN 1662 2213 4 : : : 1662 2213 5 6.58 6.58 CD 1662 2213 6 children child NNS 1662 2213 7 born bear VBN 1662 2213 8 / / SYM 1662 2213 9 woman woman NN 1662 2213 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2213 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2213 12 est est NNP 1662 2213 13 . . . 1662 2213 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2214 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2214 2 : : : 1662 2214 3 noun noun NN 1662 2214 4 : : : 1662 2214 5 Congolese Congolese NNP 1662 2214 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2214 7 singular singular JJ 1662 2214 8 and and CC 1662 2214 9 plural plural JJ 1662 2214 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2214 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 2214 12 : : : 1662 2214 13 Congolese Congolese NNP 1662 2214 14 or or CC 1662 2214 15 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2214 16 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2214 17 groups group NNS 1662 2214 18 : : : 1662 2214 19 over over IN 1662 2214 20 200 200 CD 1662 2214 21 African african JJ 1662 2214 22 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2214 23 groups group NNS 1662 2214 24 of of IN 1662 2214 25 which which WDT 1662 2214 26 the the DT 1662 2214 27 majority majority NN 1662 2214 28 are be VBP 1662 2214 29 Bantu Bantu NNP 1662 2214 30 ; ; : 1662 2214 31 the the DT 1662 2214 32 four four CD 1662 2214 33 largest large JJS 1662 2214 34 tribes tribe NNS 1662 2214 35 - - : 1662 2214 36 Mongo Mongo NNP 1662 2214 37 , , , 1662 2214 38 Luba Luba NNP 1662 2214 39 , , , 1662 2214 40 Kongo Kongo NNP 1662 2214 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2214 42 all all PDT 1662 2214 43 Bantu Bantu NNP 1662 2214 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2214 45 , , , 1662 2214 46 and and CC 1662 2214 47 the the DT 1662 2214 48 Mangbetu Mangbetu NNP 1662 2214 49 - - HYPH 1662 2214 50 Azande Azande NNP 1662 2214 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2214 52 Hamitic Hamitic NNP 1662 2214 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2214 54 make make VBP 1662 2214 55 up up RP 1662 2214 56 about about RB 1662 2214 57 45 45 CD 1662 2214 58 % % NN 1662 2214 59 of of IN 1662 2214 60 the the DT 1662 2214 61 population population NN 1662 2214 62 Religions religion NNS 1662 2214 63 : : : 1662 2214 64 Roman Roman NNP 1662 2214 65 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 2214 66 50 50 CD 1662 2214 67 % % NN 1662 2214 68 , , , 1662 2214 69 Protestant protestant NN 1662 2214 70 20 20 CD 1662 2214 71 % % NN 1662 2214 72 , , , 1662 2214 73 Kimbanguist Kimbanguist NNP 1662 2214 74 10 10 CD 1662 2214 75 % % NN 1662 2214 76 , , , 1662 2214 77 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 2214 78 10 10 CD 1662 2214 79 % % NN 1662 2214 80 , , , 1662 2214 81 other other JJ 1662 2214 82 syncretic syncretic JJ 1662 2214 83 sects sect NNS 1662 2214 84 and and CC 1662 2214 85 traditional traditional JJ 1662 2214 86 beliefs belief NNS 1662 2214 87 10 10 CD 1662 2214 88 % % NN 1662 2214 89 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 2214 90 : : : 1662 2214 91 French French NNP 1662 2214 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2214 93 official official JJ 1662 2214 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2214 95 , , , 1662 2214 96 Lingala Lingala NNP 1662 2214 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2214 98 a a DT 1662 2214 99 lingua lingua JJ 1662 2214 100 franca franca JJ 1662 2214 101 trade trade NN 1662 2214 102 language language NN 1662 2214 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2214 104 , , , 1662 2214 105 Kingwana Kingwana NNP 1662 2214 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2214 107 a a DT 1662 2214 108 dialect dialect NN 1662 2214 109 of of IN 1662 2214 110 Kiswahili Kiswahili NNP 1662 2214 111 or or CC 1662 2214 112 Swahili Swahili NNP 1662 2214 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2214 114 , , , 1662 2214 115 Kikongo Kikongo NNP 1662 2214 116 , , , 1662 2214 117 Tshiluba Tshiluba NNP 1662 2214 118 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 2214 119 : : : 1662 2214 120 definition definition NN 1662 2214 121 : : : 1662 2214 122 age age NN 1662 2214 123 15 15 CD 1662 2214 124 and and CC 1662 2214 125 over over RB 1662 2214 126 can can MD 1662 2214 127 read read VB 1662 2214 128 and and CC 1662 2214 129 write write VB 1662 2214 130 in in IN 1662 2214 131 French French NNP 1662 2214 132 , , , 1662 2214 133 Lingala Lingala NNP 1662 2214 134 , , , 1662 2214 135 Kingwana Kingwana NNP 1662 2214 136 , , , 1662 2214 137 or or CC 1662 2214 138 Tshiluba Tshiluba NNP 1662 2214 139 total total JJ 1662 2214 140 population population NN 1662 2214 141 : : : 1662 2214 142 77.3 77.3 CD 1662 2214 143 % % NN 1662 2214 144 male male NN 1662 2214 145 : : : 1662 2214 146 86.6 86.6 CD 1662 2214 147 % % NN 1662 2214 148 female female NN 1662 2214 149 : : : 1662 2214 150 67.7 67.7 CD 1662 2214 151 % % NN 1662 2214 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2214 153 1995 1995 CD 1662 2214 154 est est NNP 1662 2214 155 . . . 1662 2214 156 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2215 1 @Congo @Congo NNP 1662 2215 2 , , , 1662 2215 3 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2215 4 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2215 5 of of IN 1662 2215 6 the the DT 1662 2215 7 : : : 1662 2215 8 Government Government NNP 1662 2215 9 Country Country NNP 1662 2215 10 name name NN 1662 2215 11 : : : 1662 2215 12 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2215 13 long long JJ 1662 2215 14 form form NN 1662 2215 15 : : : 1662 2215 16 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2215 17 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2215 18 of of IN 1662 2215 19 the the DT 1662 2215 20 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2215 21 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2215 22 short short JJ 1662 2215 23 form form NN 1662 2215 24 : : : 1662 2215 25 none none NN 1662 2215 26 local local JJ 1662 2215 27 long long JJ 1662 2215 28 form form NN 1662 2215 29 : : : 1662 2215 30 Republique Republique NNP 1662 2215 31 Democratique Democratique NNP 1662 2215 32 du du SYM 1662 2215 33 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2215 34 local local JJ 1662 2215 35 short short JJ 1662 2215 36 form form NN 1662 2215 37 : : : 1662 2215 38 none none NN 1662 2215 39 former former JJ 1662 2215 40 : : : 1662 2215 41 Belgian Belgian NNP 1662 2215 42 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2215 43 , , , 1662 2215 44 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2215 45 / / SYM 1662 2215 46 Leopoldville Leopoldville NNP 1662 2215 47 , , , 1662 2215 48 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2215 49 / / SYM 1662 2215 50 Kinshasa Kinshasa NNP 1662 2215 51 , , , 1662 2215 52 Zaire Zaire NNP 1662 2215 53 Data Data NNP 1662 2215 54 code code NN 1662 2215 55 : : : 1662 2215 56 CG CG NNP 1662 2215 57 Government Government NNP 1662 2215 58 type type NN 1662 2215 59 : : : 1662 2215 60 republic republic NN 1662 2215 61 with with IN 1662 2215 62 a a DT 1662 2215 63 strong strong JJ 1662 2215 64 presidential presidential JJ 1662 2215 65 system system NN 1662 2215 66 National national JJ 1662 2215 67 capital capital NN 1662 2215 68 : : : 1662 2215 69 Kinshasa Kinshasa NNP 1662 2215 70 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 2215 71 divisions division NNS 1662 2215 72 : : : 1662 2215 73 10 10 CD 1662 2215 74 regions region NNS 1662 2215 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2215 76 regions region NNS 1662 2215 77 , , , 1662 2215 78 singular singular JJ 1662 2215 79 - - HYPH 1662 2215 80 region region NN 1662 2215 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2215 82 and and CC 1662 2215 83 1 1 CD 1662 2215 84 town town NN 1662 2215 85 * * NFP 1662 2215 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2215 87 ville ville NNP 1662 2215 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2215 89 ; ; : 1662 2215 90 Bandundu Bandundu NNP 1662 2215 91 , , , 1662 2215 92 Bas Bas NNP 1662 2215 93 - - HYPH 1662 2215 94 Zaire Zaire NNP 1662 2215 95 , , , 1662 2215 96 Equateur Equateur NNP 1662 2215 97 , , , 1662 2215 98 Haut Haut NNP 1662 2215 99 - - HYPH 1662 2215 100 Zaire Zaire NNP 1662 2215 101 , , , 1662 2215 102 Kasai Kasai NNP 1662 2215 103 - - HYPH 1662 2215 104 Occidental Occidental NNP 1662 2215 105 , , , 1662 2215 106 Kasai Kasai NNP 1662 2215 107 - - HYPH 1662 2215 108 Oriental Oriental NNP 1662 2215 109 , , , 1662 2215 110 Kinshasa Kinshasa NNP 1662 2215 111 * * NFP 1662 2215 112 , , , 1662 2215 113 Maniema Maniema NNP 1662 2215 114 , , , 1662 2215 115 Nord Nord NNP 1662 2215 116 - - HYPH 1662 2215 117 Kivu Kivu NNP 1662 2215 118 , , , 1662 2215 119 Shaba Shaba NNP 1662 2215 120 , , , 1662 2215 121 Sud Sud NNP 1662 2215 122 - - HYPH 1662 2215 123 Kivu Kivu NNP 1662 2215 124 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2215 125 : : : 1662 2215 126 30 30 CD 1662 2215 127 June June NNP 1662 2215 128 1960 1960 CD 1662 2215 129 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2215 130 from from IN 1662 2215 131 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 2215 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2215 133 National national JJ 1662 2215 134 holiday holiday NN 1662 2215 135 : : : 1662 2215 136 Anniversary anniversary NN 1662 2215 137 of of IN 1662 2215 138 the the DT 1662 2215 139 Regime Regime NNP 1662 2215 140 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2215 141 Second Second NNP 1662 2215 142 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2215 143 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2215 144 , , , 1662 2215 145 24 24 CD 1662 2215 146 November November NNP 1662 2215 147 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2215 148 1965 1965 CD 1662 2215 149 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2215 150 Constitution constitution NN 1662 2215 151 : : : 1662 2215 152 24 24 CD 1662 2215 153 June June NNP 1662 2215 154 1967 1967 CD 1662 2215 155 , , , 1662 2215 156 amended amend VBN 1662 2215 157 August August NNP 1662 2215 158 1974 1974 CD 1662 2215 159 , , , 1662 2215 160 revised revise VBD 1662 2215 161 15 15 CD 1662 2215 162 February February NNP 1662 2215 163 1978 1978 CD 1662 2215 164 , , , 1662 2215 165 amended amend VBN 1662 2215 166 April April NNP 1662 2215 167 1990 1990 CD 1662 2215 168 ; ; : 1662 2215 169 transitional transitional JJ 1662 2215 170 constitution constitution NN 1662 2215 171 promulgated promulgate VBN 1662 2215 172 in in IN 1662 2215 173 April April NNP 1662 2215 174 1994 1994 CD 1662 2215 175 ; ; : 1662 2215 176 new new JJ 1662 2215 177 draft draft NN 1662 2215 178 constitution constitution NN 1662 2215 179 approved approve VBN 1662 2215 180 by by IN 1662 2215 181 Transitional Transitional NNP 1662 2215 182 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 2215 183 in in IN 1662 2215 184 October October NNP 1662 2215 185 1996 1996 CD 1662 2215 186 , , , 1662 2215 187 subject subject JJ 1662 2215 188 to to IN 1662 2215 189 ratification ratification NN 1662 2215 190 by by IN 1662 2215 191 popular popular JJ 1662 2215 192 referendum referendum NN 1662 2215 193 scheduled schedule VBN 1662 2215 194 for for IN 1662 2215 195 February February NNP 1662 2215 196 1997 1997 CD 1662 2215 197 ; ; : 1662 2215 198 draft draft NN 1662 2215 199 constitution constitution NN 1662 2215 200 provides provide VBZ 1662 2215 201 for for IN 1662 2215 202 multiparty multiparty JJ 1662 2215 203 elections election NNS 1662 2215 204 by by IN 1662 2215 205 July July NNP 1662 2215 206 1997 1997 CD 1662 2215 207 Legal legal JJ 1662 2215 208 system system NN 1662 2215 209 : : : 1662 2215 210 based base VBN 1662 2215 211 on on IN 1662 2215 212 Belgian belgian JJ 1662 2215 213 civil civil JJ 1662 2215 214 law law NN 1662 2215 215 system system NN 1662 2215 216 and and CC 1662 2215 217 tribal tribal JJ 1662 2215 218 law law NN 1662 2215 219 ; ; : 1662 2215 220 has have VBZ 1662 2215 221 not not RB 1662 2215 222 accepted accept VBN 1662 2215 223 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 2215 224 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 2215 225 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 2215 226 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 2215 227 : : : 1662 2215 228 18 18 CD 1662 2215 229 years year NNS 1662 2215 230 of of IN 1662 2215 231 age age NN 1662 2215 232 ; ; : 1662 2215 233 universal universal JJ 1662 2215 234 and and CC 1662 2215 235 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 2215 236 Executive Executive NNP 1662 2215 237 branch branch NN 1662 2215 238 : : : 1662 2215 239 chief chief NN 1662 2215 240 of of IN 1662 2215 241 state state NN 1662 2215 242 : : : 1662 2215 243 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 2215 244 Laurent Laurent NNP 1662 2215 245 - - HYPH 1662 2215 246 DESIRE DESIRE NNP 1662 2215 247 KABILA KABILA NNP 1662 2215 248 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2215 249 since since IN 1662 2215 250 17 17 CD 1662 2215 251 May May NNP 1662 2215 252 1997 1997 CD 1662 2215 253 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2215 254 ; ; : 1662 2215 255 note note VB 1662 2215 256 - - : 1662 2215 257 the the DT 1662 2215 258 president president NN 1662 2215 259 is be VBZ 1662 2215 260 both both CC 1662 2215 261 chief chief NN 1662 2215 262 of of IN 1662 2215 263 state state NN 1662 2215 264 and and CC 1662 2215 265 head head NN 1662 2215 266 of of IN 1662 2215 267 government government NN 1662 2215 268 head head NN 1662 2215 269 of of IN 1662 2215 270 government government NN 1662 2215 271 : : : 1662 2215 272 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 2215 273 Laurent Laurent NNP 1662 2215 274 - - HYPH 1662 2215 275 DESIRE DESIRE NNP 1662 2215 276 KABILA KABILA NNP 1662 2215 277 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2215 278 since since IN 1662 2215 279 17 17 CD 1662 2215 280 May May NNP 1662 2215 281 1997 1997 CD 1662 2215 282 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2215 283 ; ; : 1662 2215 284 note note VB 1662 2215 285 - - : 1662 2215 286 the the DT 1662 2215 287 president president NN 1662 2215 288 is be VBZ 1662 2215 289 both both CC 1662 2215 290 chief chief NN 1662 2215 291 of of IN 1662 2215 292 state state NN 1662 2215 293 and and CC 1662 2215 294 head head NN 1662 2215 295 of of IN 1662 2215 296 government government NN 1662 2215 297 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2215 298 : : : 1662 2215 299 National National NNP 1662 2215 300 Executive Executive NNP 1662 2215 301 Council Council NNP 1662 2215 302 normally normally RB 1662 2215 303 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2215 304 by by IN 1662 2215 305 mutual mutual JJ 1662 2215 306 agreement agreement NN 1662 2215 307 of of IN 1662 2215 308 the the DT 1662 2215 309 president president NNP 1662 2215 310 and and CC 1662 2215 311 the the DT 1662 2215 312 prime prime NNP 1662 2215 313 minister minister NN 1662 2215 314 ; ; : 1662 2215 315 note note NN 1662 2215 316 - - HYPH 1662 2215 317 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 2215 318 KABILA KABILA NNP 1662 2215 319 's 's POS 1662 2215 320 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2215 321 was be VBD 1662 2215 322 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2215 323 by by IN 1662 2215 324 him -PRON- PRP 1662 2215 325 and and CC 1662 2215 326 has have VBZ 1662 2215 327 no no DT 1662 2215 328 prime prime JJ 1662 2215 329 minister minister NN 1662 2215 330 elections election NNS 1662 2215 331 : : : 1662 2215 332 president president NNP 1662 2215 333 elected elect VBN 1662 2215 334 by by IN 1662 2215 335 popular popular JJ 1662 2215 336 vote vote NN 1662 2215 337 for for IN 1662 2215 338 a a DT 1662 2215 339 seven seven CD 1662 2215 340 - - HYPH 1662 2215 341 year year NN 1662 2215 342 term term NN 1662 2215 343 ; ; : 1662 2215 344 election election NN 1662 2215 345 last last JJ 1662 2215 346 held hold VBD 1662 2215 347 29 29 CD 1662 2215 348 July July NNP 1662 2215 349 1984 1984 CD 1662 2215 350 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2215 351 next next JJ 1662 2215 352 was be VBD 1662 2215 353 to to TO 1662 2215 354 be be VB 1662 2215 355 held hold VBN 1662 2215 356 in in IN 1662 2215 357 May May NNP 1662 2215 358 1997 1997 CD 1662 2215 359 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2215 360 ; ; : 1662 2215 361 prime prime NNP 1662 2215 362 minister minister NNP 1662 2215 363 elected elect VBN 1662 2215 364 by by IN 1662 2215 365 the the DT 1662 2215 366 High High NNP 1662 2215 367 Council Council NNP 1662 2215 368 of of IN 1662 2215 369 the the DT 1662 2215 370 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2215 371 ; ; : 1662 2215 372 note note VB 1662 2215 373 - - : 1662 2215 374 the the DT 1662 2215 375 term term NN 1662 2215 376 of of IN 1662 2215 377 the the DT 1662 2215 378 former former JJ 1662 2215 379 government government NN 1662 2215 380 expired expire VBD 1662 2215 381 in in IN 1662 2215 382 1991 1991 CD 1662 2215 383 , , , 1662 2215 384 elections election NNS 1662 2215 385 were be VBD 1662 2215 386 not not RB 1662 2215 387 held hold VBN 1662 2215 388 , , , 1662 2215 389 and and CC 1662 2215 390 MOBUTU MOBUTU NNP 1662 2215 391 continued continue VBD 1662 2215 392 in in IN 1662 2215 393 office office NN 1662 2215 394 until until IN 1662 2215 395 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2215 396 government government NN 1662 2215 397 was be VBD 1662 2215 398 militarily militarily RB 1662 2215 399 defeated defeat VBN 1662 2215 400 by by IN 1662 2215 401 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 2215 402 Laurent Laurent NNP 1662 2215 403 - - HYPH 1662 2215 404 DESIRE desire NN 1662 2215 405 KABILA KABILA NNP 1662 2215 406 on on IN 1662 2215 407 17 17 CD 1662 2215 408 May May NNP 1662 2215 409 1997 1997 CD 1662 2215 410 election election NN 1662 2215 411 results result NNS 1662 2215 412 : : : 1662 2215 413 MOBUTU MOBUTU NNP 1662 2215 414 Sese Sese NNP 1662 2215 415 Seko Seko NNP 1662 2215 416 Kuku Kuku NNP 1662 2215 417 Ngbendu Ngbendu NNP 1662 2215 418 wa wa NN 1662 2215 419 Za Za NNP 1662 2215 420 Banga Banga NNP 1662 2215 421 reelected reelect VBD 1662 2215 422 president president NN 1662 2215 423 in in IN 1662 2215 424 1984 1984 CD 1662 2215 425 without without IN 1662 2215 426 opposition opposition NN 1662 2215 427 note note NN 1662 2215 428 : : : 1662 2215 429 Marshal marshal NN 1662 2215 430 MOBUTU MOBUTU NNP 1662 2215 431 Sese Sese NNP 1662 2215 432 Seko Seko NNP 1662 2215 433 Kuku Kuku NNP 1662 2215 434 Ngbendu Ngbendu NNP 1662 2215 435 wa wa NN 1662 2215 436 Za Za NNP 1662 2215 437 Banga Banga NNP 1662 2215 438 was be VBD 1662 2215 439 president president NN 1662 2215 440 from from IN 1662 2215 441 24 24 CD 1662 2215 442 November November NNP 1662 2215 443 1965 1965 CD 1662 2215 444 until until IN 1662 2215 445 forced force VBN 1662 2215 446 into into IN 1662 2215 447 exile exile NN 1662 2215 448 on on IN 1662 2215 449 17 17 CD 1662 2215 450 May May NNP 1662 2215 451 1997 1997 CD 1662 2215 452 when when WRB 1662 2215 453 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2215 454 government government NN 1662 2215 455 was be VBD 1662 2215 456 overturned overturn VBN 1662 2215 457 in in IN 1662 2215 458 a a DT 1662 2215 459 coup coup NN 1662 2215 460 by by IN 1662 2215 461 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 2215 462 Laurent Laurent NNP 1662 2215 463 - - HYPH 1662 2215 464 DESIRE DESIRE NNP 1662 2215 465 KABILA KABILA NNP 1662 2215 466 , , , 1662 2215 467 who who WP 1662 2215 468 immediately immediately RB 1662 2215 469 assumed assume VBD 1662 2215 470 sole sole JJ 1662 2215 471 governing governing NN 1662 2215 472 authority authority NN 1662 2215 473 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2215 474 branch branch NN 1662 2215 475 : : : 1662 2215 476 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 2215 477 parliament parliament NN 1662 2215 478 consisting consist VBG 1662 2215 479 of of IN 1662 2215 480 the the DT 1662 2215 481 combined combine VBN 1662 2215 482 High High NNP 1662 2215 483 Council Council NNP 1662 2215 484 of of IN 1662 2215 485 the the DT 1662 2215 486 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2215 487 and and CC 1662 2215 488 the the DT 1662 2215 489 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 2215 490 of of IN 1662 2215 491 the the DT 1662 2215 492 Transition Transition NNP 1662 2215 493 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2215 494 739 739 CD 1662 2215 495 seats seat NNS 1662 2215 496 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2215 497 elections election NNS 1662 2215 498 : : : 1662 2215 499 the the DT 1662 2215 500 country country NN 1662 2215 501 's 's POS 1662 2215 502 first first JJ 1662 2215 503 multi multi JJ 1662 2215 504 - - JJ 1662 2215 505 party party JJ 1662 2215 506 presidential presidential JJ 1662 2215 507 and and CC 1662 2215 508 legislative legislative JJ 1662 2215 509 elections election NNS 1662 2215 510 had have VBD 1662 2215 511 been be VBN 1662 2215 512 scheduled schedule VBN 1662 2215 513 for for IN 1662 2215 514 May May NNP 1662 2215 515 1997 1997 CD 1662 2215 516 but but CC 1662 2215 517 were be VBD 1662 2215 518 not not RB 1662 2215 519 held hold VBN 1662 2215 520 ; ; : 1662 2215 521 instead instead RB 1662 2215 522 the the DT 1662 2215 523 MOBUTO MOBUTO NNP 1662 2215 524 government government NN 1662 2215 525 was be VBD 1662 2215 526 overthrown overthrow VBN 1662 2215 527 and and CC 1662 2215 528 control control NN 1662 2215 529 of of IN 1662 2215 530 the the DT 1662 2215 531 governing govern VBG 1662 2215 532 apparatus apparatus NN 1662 2215 533 was be VBD 1662 2215 534 seized seize VBN 1662 2215 535 by by IN 1662 2215 536 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 2215 537 Laurent Laurent NNP 1662 2215 538 - - HYPH 1662 2215 539 DESIRE DESIRE NNP 1662 2215 540 KABILA KABILA NNP 1662 2215 541 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 2215 542 branch branch NN 1662 2215 543 : : : 1662 2215 544 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2215 545 Court Court NNP 1662 2215 546 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2215 547 Cour Cour NNP 1662 2215 548 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2215 549 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2215 550 Political political JJ 1662 2215 551 parties party NNS 1662 2215 552 and and CC 1662 2215 553 leaders leader NNS 1662 2215 554 : : : 1662 2215 555 sole sole JJ 1662 2215 556 legal legal JJ 1662 2215 557 party party NN 1662 2215 558 until until IN 1662 2215 559 January January NNP 1662 2215 560 1991 1991 CD 1662 2215 561 - - : 1662 2215 562 Popular Popular NNP 1662 2215 563 Movement Movement NNP 1662 2215 564 of of IN 1662 2215 565 the the DT 1662 2215 566 Revolution Revolution NNP 1662 2215 567 or or CC 1662 2215 568 MPR MPR NNP 1662 2215 569 ; ; , 1662 2215 570 other other JJ 1662 2215 571 parties party NNS 1662 2215 572 include include VBP 1662 2215 573 Union Union NNP 1662 2215 574 for for IN 1662 2215 575 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 2215 576 and and CC 1662 2215 577 Social Social NNP 1662 2215 578 Progress Progress NNP 1662 2215 579 or or CC 1662 2215 580 UDPS UDPS NNP 1662 2215 581 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2215 582 Etienne Etienne NNP 1662 2215 583 TSHISEKEDI tshisekedi RB 1662 2215 584 wa wa NN 1662 2215 585 Mulumba Mulumba NNP 1662 2215 586 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2215 587 ; ; : 1662 2215 588 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 2215 589 Social Social NNP 1662 2215 590 Christian Christian NNP 1662 2215 591 Party Party NNP 1662 2215 592 or or CC 1662 2215 593 PDSC PDSC NNP 1662 2215 594 ; ; : 1662 2215 595 Union Union NNP 1662 2215 596 of of IN 1662 2215 597 Federalists Federalists NNPS 1662 2215 598 and and CC 1662 2215 599 Independent Independent NNP 1662 2215 600 Republicans Republicans NNPS 1662 2215 601 or or CC 1662 2215 602 UFER UFER NNP 1662 2215 603 ; ; : 1662 2215 604 Unified Unified NNP 1662 2215 605 Lumumbast Lumumbast NNP 1662 2215 606 Party Party NNP 1662 2215 607 or or CC 1662 2215 608 PALU PALU NNP 1662 2215 609 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2215 610 Antoine Antoine NNP 1662 2215 611 GIZENGA GIZENGA NNP 1662 2215 612 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2215 613 ; ; : 1662 2215 614 Union Union NNP 1662 2215 615 of of IN 1662 2215 616 Independent Independent NNP 1662 2215 617 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 2215 618 or or CC 1662 2215 619 UDI UDI NNP 1662 2215 620 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2215 621 Leon Leon NNP 1662 2215 622 KENGO KENGO NNP 1662 2215 623 wa wa NN 1662 2215 624 Dondo Dondo NNP 1662 2215 625 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2215 626 International international JJ 1662 2215 627 organization organization NN 1662 2215 628 participation participation NN 1662 2215 629 : : : 1662 2215 630 ACCT acct JJ 1662 2215 631 , , , 1662 2215 632 ACP ACP NNP 1662 2215 633 , , , 1662 2215 634 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 2215 635 , , , 1662 2215 636 CCC CCC NNP 1662 2215 637 , , , 1662 2215 638 CEEAC CEEAC NNP 1662 2215 639 , , , 1662 2215 640 CEPGL CEPGL NNP 1662 2215 641 , , , 1662 2215 642 ECA ECA NNP 1662 2215 643 , , , 1662 2215 644 FAO FAO NNP 1662 2215 645 , , , 1662 2215 646 G-19 g-19 CD 1662 2215 647 , , , 1662 2215 648 G-24 g-24 CD 1662 2215 649 , , , 1662 2215 650 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 2215 651 , , , 1662 2215 652 IAEA iaea NN 1662 2215 653 , , , 1662 2215 654 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 2215 655 , , , 1662 2215 656 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 2215 657 , , , 1662 2215 658 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 2215 659 , , , 1662 2215 660 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 2215 661 , , , 1662 2215 662 IDA IDA NNP 1662 2215 663 , , , 1662 2215 664 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 2215 665 , , , 1662 2215 666 IFC IFC NNP 1662 2215 667 , , , 1662 2215 668 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 2215 669 , , , 1662 2215 670 IHO IHO NNP 1662 2215 671 , , , 1662 2215 672 ILO ILO NNP 1662 2215 673 , , , 1662 2215 674 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2215 675 , , , 1662 2215 676 IMO imo RB 1662 2215 677 , , , 1662 2215 678 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2215 679 , , , 1662 2215 680 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 2215 681 , , , 1662 2215 682 IOC IOC NNP 1662 2215 683 , , , 1662 2215 684 ITU ITU NNP 1662 2215 685 , , , 1662 2215 686 NAM NAM NNP 1662 2215 687 , , , 1662 2215 688 OAU OAU NNP 1662 2215 689 , , , 1662 2215 690 PCA PCA NNP 1662 2215 691 , , , 1662 2215 692 UN UN NNP 1662 2215 693 , , , 1662 2215 694 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 2215 695 , , , 1662 2215 696 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 2215 697 , , , 1662 2215 698 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 2215 699 , , , 1662 2215 700 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 2215 701 , , , 1662 2215 702 UPU UPU NNP 1662 2215 703 , , , 1662 2215 704 WCL WCL NNP 1662 2215 705 , , , 1662 2215 706 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 2215 707 , , , 1662 2215 708 WHO who WP 1662 2215 709 , , , 1662 2215 710 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 2215 711 , , , 1662 2215 712 WMO WMO NNP 1662 2215 713 , , , 1662 2215 714 WToO WToO VBD 1662 2215 715 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2215 716 representation representation NN 1662 2215 717 in in IN 1662 2215 718 the the DT 1662 2215 719 US US NNP 1662 2215 720 : : : 1662 2215 721 chief chief NN 1662 2215 722 of of IN 1662 2215 723 mission mission NN 1662 2215 724 : : : 1662 2215 725 Charge charge NN 1662 2215 726 d'Affaires d'Affaires NNP 1662 2215 727 ad ad NN 1662 2215 728 interim interim NN 1662 2215 729 Etienne Etienne NNP 1662 2215 730 B. B. NNP 1662 2215 731 J. J. NNP 1662 2215 732 K. K. NNP 1662 2215 733 MUKENDI MUKENDI NNP 1662 2215 734 chancery chancery NN 1662 2215 735 : : : 1662 2215 736 1800 1800 CD 1662 2215 737 New New NNP 1662 2215 738 Hampshire Hampshire NNP 1662 2215 739 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 2215 740 NW NW NNP 1662 2215 741 , , , 1662 2215 742 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2215 743 , , , 1662 2215 744 DC DC NNP 1662 2215 745 20009 20009 CD 1662 2215 746 telephone telephone NN 1662 2215 747 : : : 1662 2215 748 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2215 749 1 1 CD 1662 2215 750 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2215 751 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2215 752 202 202 CD 1662 2215 753 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2215 754 234 234 CD 1662 2215 755 - - SYM 1662 2215 756 7690 7690 CD 1662 2215 757 , , , 1662 2215 758 7691 7691 CD 1662 2215 759 FAX FAX NNP 1662 2215 760 : : : 1662 2215 761 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2215 762 1 1 CD 1662 2215 763 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2215 764 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2215 765 202 202 CD 1662 2215 766 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2215 767 686 686 CD 1662 2215 768 - - HYPH 1662 2215 769 3631 3631 CD 1662 2215 770 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2215 771 representation representation NN 1662 2215 772 from from IN 1662 2215 773 the the DT 1662 2215 774 US US NNP 1662 2215 775 : : : 1662 2215 776 chief chief NN 1662 2215 777 of of IN 1662 2215 778 mission mission NN 1662 2215 779 : : : 1662 2215 780 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2215 781 Daniel Daniel NNP 1662 2215 782 H. H. NNP 1662 2215 783 SIMPSON SIMPSON NNP 1662 2215 784 embassy embassy NN 1662 2215 785 : : : 1662 2215 786 310 310 CD 1662 2215 787 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 2215 788 des des NNP 1662 2215 789 Aviateurs Aviateurs NNP 1662 2215 790 , , , 1662 2215 791 Kinshasa Kinshasa NNP 1662 2215 792 mailing mail VBG 1662 2215 793 address address NN 1662 2215 794 : : : 1662 2215 795 Unit unit NN 1662 2215 796 31550 31550 CD 1662 2215 797 , , , 1662 2215 798 APO APO NNP 1662 2215 799 AE AE NNP 1662 2215 800 09828 09828 CD 1662 2215 801 telephone telephone NN 1662 2215 802 : : : 1662 2215 803 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2215 804 243 243 CD 1662 2215 805 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2215 806 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2215 807 12 12 CD 1662 2215 808 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2215 809 21533 21533 CD 1662 2215 810 through through IN 1662 2215 811 21535 21535 CD 1662 2215 812 FAX FAX NNP 1662 2215 813 : : : 1662 2215 814 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2215 815 243 243 CD 1662 2215 816 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2215 817 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2215 818 88 88 CD 1662 2215 819 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2215 820 43805 43805 CD 1662 2215 821 , , , 1662 2215 822 ext ext UH 1662 2215 823 . . . 1662 2216 1 2308 2308 CD 1662 2216 2 or or CC 1662 2216 3 43467 43467 CD 1662 2216 4 Flag flag NN 1662 2216 5 description description NN 1662 2216 6 : : : 1662 2216 7 light light NN 1662 2216 8 blue blue NN 1662 2216 9 with with IN 1662 2216 10 a a DT 1662 2216 11 large large JJ 1662 2216 12 yellow yellow JJ 1662 2216 13 five five CD 1662 2216 14 - - HYPH 1662 2216 15 pointed point VBN 1662 2216 16 star star NN 1662 2216 17 in in IN 1662 2216 18 the the DT 1662 2216 19 center center NN 1662 2216 20 and and CC 1662 2216 21 a a DT 1662 2216 22 columnar columnar JJ 1662 2216 23 arrangement arrangement NN 1662 2216 24 of of IN 1662 2216 25 six six CD 1662 2216 26 small small JJ 1662 2216 27 yellow yellow NN 1662 2216 28 five five CD 1662 2216 29 - - HYPH 1662 2216 30 pointed point VBN 1662 2216 31 stars star NNS 1662 2216 32 along along IN 1662 2216 33 the the DT 1662 2216 34 hoist hoist NN 1662 2216 35 side side NN 1662 2216 36 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2216 37 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2216 38 - - HYPH 1662 2216 39 overview overview NN 1662 2216 40 : : : 1662 2216 41 The the DT 1662 2216 42 economy economy NN 1662 2216 43 of of IN 1662 2216 44 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2216 45 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2216 46 of of IN 1662 2216 47 the the DT 1662 2216 48 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2216 49 has have VBZ 1662 2216 50 continued continue VBN 1662 2216 51 to to TO 1662 2216 52 disintegrate disintegrate VB 1662 2216 53 , , , 1662 2216 54 although although IN 1662 2216 55 former former JJ 1662 2216 56 Prime Prime NNP 1662 2216 57 Minister Minister NNP 1662 2216 58 KENGO KENGO NNP 1662 2216 59 had have VBD 1662 2216 60 had have VBN 1662 2216 61 some some DT 1662 2216 62 success success NN 1662 2216 63 in in IN 1662 2216 64 slowing slow VBG 1662 2216 65 the the DT 1662 2216 66 rate rate NN 1662 2216 67 of of IN 1662 2216 68 economic economic JJ 1662 2216 69 decline decline NN 1662 2216 70 . . . 1662 2217 1 While while IN 1662 2217 2 meaningful meaningful JJ 1662 2217 3 economic economic JJ 1662 2217 4 figures figure NNS 1662 2217 5 are be VBP 1662 2217 6 difficult difficult JJ 1662 2217 7 to to TO 1662 2217 8 come come VB 1662 2217 9 by by RB 1662 2217 10 , , , 1662 2217 11 the the DT 1662 2217 12 high high JJ 1662 2217 13 rate rate NN 1662 2217 14 of of IN 1662 2217 15 inflation inflation NN 1662 2217 16 , , , 1662 2217 17 chronic chronic JJ 1662 2217 18 large large JJ 1662 2217 19 government government NN 1662 2217 20 deficits deficit NNS 1662 2217 21 , , , 1662 2217 22 and and CC 1662 2217 23 plunging plunge VBG 1662 2217 24 mineral mineral NN 1662 2217 25 production production NN 1662 2217 26 have have VBP 1662 2217 27 made make VBN 1662 2217 28 it -PRON- PRP 1662 2217 29 one one CD 1662 2217 30 of of IN 1662 2217 31 the the DT 1662 2217 32 world world NN 1662 2217 33 's 's POS 1662 2217 34 poorest poor JJS 1662 2217 35 countries country NNS 1662 2217 36 . . . 1662 2218 1 Most Most JJS 1662 2218 2 formal formal JJ 1662 2218 3 transactions transaction NNS 1662 2218 4 are be VBP 1662 2218 5 conducted conduct VBN 1662 2218 6 in in IN 1662 2218 7 hard hard JJ 1662 2218 8 currency currency NN 1662 2218 9 as as IN 1662 2218 10 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 2218 11 bank bank NN 1662 2218 12 notes note NNS 1662 2218 13 have have VBP 1662 2218 14 lost lose VBN 1662 2218 15 almost almost RB 1662 2218 16 all all DT 1662 2218 17 value value NN 1662 2218 18 , , , 1662 2218 19 and and CC 1662 2218 20 a a DT 1662 2218 21 barter barter NN 1662 2218 22 economy economy NN 1662 2218 23 now now RB 1662 2218 24 flourishes flourish VBZ 1662 2218 25 in in IN 1662 2218 26 all all DT 1662 2218 27 but but IN 1662 2218 28 the the DT 1662 2218 29 largest large JJS 1662 2218 30 cities city NNS 1662 2218 31 . . . 1662 2219 1 During during IN 1662 2219 2 the the DT 1662 2219 3 bitter bitter JJ 1662 2219 4 civil civil JJ 1662 2219 5 strive strive NN 1662 2219 6 of of IN 1662 2219 7 1996 1996 CD 1662 2219 8 - - SYM 1662 2219 9 97 97 CD 1662 2219 10 most most JJS 1662 2219 11 individuals individual NNS 1662 2219 12 and and CC 1662 2219 13 families family NNS 1662 2219 14 have have VBP 1662 2219 15 hung hang VBN 1662 2219 16 on on RP 1662 2219 17 grimly grimly RB 1662 2219 18 through through IN 1662 2219 19 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 2219 20 farming farming NN 1662 2219 21 and and CC 1662 2219 22 petty petty JJ 1662 2219 23 trade trade NN 1662 2219 24 . . . 1662 2220 1 The the DT 1662 2220 2 new new JJ 1662 2220 3 KABILA KABILA NNP 1662 2220 4 government government NN 1662 2220 5 will will MD 1662 2220 6 be be VB 1662 2220 7 hard hard RB 1662 2220 8 pressed press VBN 1662 2220 9 to to TO 1662 2220 10 meet meet VB 1662 2220 11 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2220 12 financial financial JJ 1662 2220 13 obligations obligation NNS 1662 2220 14 to to IN 1662 2220 15 the the DT 1662 2220 16 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2220 17 or or CC 1662 2220 18 to to TO 1662 2220 19 put put VB 1662 2220 20 in in IN 1662 2220 21 place place NN 1662 2220 22 the the DT 1662 2220 23 financial financial JJ 1662 2220 24 measures measure NNS 1662 2220 25 advocated advocate VBN 1662 2220 26 by by IN 1662 2220 27 it -PRON- PRP 1662 2220 28 . . . 1662 2221 1 Improved improved JJ 1662 2221 2 political political JJ 1662 2221 3 stability stability NN 1662 2221 4 would would MD 1662 2221 5 boost boost VB 1662 2221 6 the the DT 1662 2221 7 country country NN 1662 2221 8 's 's POS 1662 2221 9 long long JJ 1662 2221 10 - - HYPH 1662 2221 11 term term NN 1662 2221 12 potential potential NN 1662 2221 13 to to TO 1662 2221 14 effectively effectively RB 1662 2221 15 exploit exploit VB 1662 2221 16 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2221 17 vast vast JJ 1662 2221 18 mineral mineral NN 1662 2221 19 and and CC 1662 2221 20 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 2221 21 resources resource NNS 1662 2221 22 . . . 1662 2222 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2222 2 : : : 1662 2222 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2222 4 power power NN 1662 2222 5 parity parity NN 1662 2222 6 - - : 1662 2222 7 $ $ $ 1662 2222 8 16.5 16.5 CD 1662 2222 9 billion billion CD 1662 2222 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2222 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 2222 12 est est NNP 1662 2222 13 . . . 1662 2222 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2223 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2223 2 - - HYPH 1662 2223 3 real real JJ 1662 2223 4 growth growth NN 1662 2223 5 rate rate NN 1662 2223 6 : : : 1662 2223 7 -0.7 -0.7 NN 1662 2223 8 % % NN 1662 2223 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2223 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 2223 11 est est NNP 1662 2223 12 . . . 1662 2223 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2224 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2224 2 - - HYPH 1662 2224 3 per per FW 1662 2224 4 capita capita NN 1662 2224 5 : : : 1662 2224 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2224 7 power power NN 1662 2224 8 parity parity NN 1662 2224 9 - - : 1662 2224 10 $ $ $ 1662 2224 11 400 400 CD 1662 2224 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2224 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 2224 14 est est NNP 1662 2224 15 . . . 1662 2224 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2225 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2225 2 - - HYPH 1662 2225 3 composition composition NN 1662 2225 4 by by IN 1662 2225 5 sector sector NN 1662 2225 6 : : : 1662 2225 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2225 8 : : : 1662 2225 9 59 59 CD 1662 2225 10 % % NN 1662 2225 11 industry industry NN 1662 2225 12 : : : 1662 2225 13 15 15 CD 1662 2225 14 % % NN 1662 2225 15 services service NNS 1662 2225 16 : : : 1662 2225 17 26 26 CD 1662 2225 18 % % NN 1662 2225 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2225 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 2225 21 est est NNP 1662 2225 22 . . . 1662 2225 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2226 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 2226 2 rate rate NN 1662 2226 3 - - HYPH 1662 2226 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 2226 5 price price NN 1662 2226 6 index index NN 1662 2226 7 : : : 1662 2226 8 542 542 CD 1662 2226 9 % % NN 1662 2226 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2226 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 2226 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2226 13 Labor labor NN 1662 2226 14 force force NN 1662 2226 15 : : : 1662 2226 16 total total NN 1662 2226 17 : : : 1662 2226 18 14.51 14.51 CD 1662 2226 19 million million CD 1662 2226 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2226 21 1993 1993 CD 1662 2226 22 est est NNP 1662 2226 23 . . . 1662 2226 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2227 1 by by IN 1662 2227 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 2227 3 : : : 1662 2227 4 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2227 5 65 65 CD 1662 2227 6 % % NN 1662 2227 7 , , , 1662 2227 8 industry industry NN 1662 2227 9 16 16 CD 1662 2227 10 % % NN 1662 2227 11 , , , 1662 2227 12 services service NNS 1662 2227 13 19 19 CD 1662 2227 14 % % NN 1662 2227 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2227 16 1991 1991 CD 1662 2227 17 est est NNP 1662 2227 18 . . . 1662 2227 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2228 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2228 2 rate rate NN 1662 2228 3 : : : 1662 2228 4 NA% NA% `` 1662 2228 5 Budget budget NN 1662 2228 6 : : : 1662 2228 7 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2228 8 : : : 1662 2228 9 $ $ $ 1662 2228 10 479 479 CD 1662 2228 11 million million CD 1662 2228 12 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2228 13 : : : 1662 2228 14 $ $ $ 1662 2228 15 479 479 CD 1662 2228 16 million million CD 1662 2228 17 , , , 1662 2228 18 including include VBG 1662 2228 19 capital capital NN 1662 2228 20 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2228 21 of of IN 1662 2228 22 $ $ $ 1662 2228 23 99 99 CD 1662 2228 24 million million CD 1662 2228 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2228 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 2228 27 est est NNP 1662 2228 28 . . . 1662 2228 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2229 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 2229 2 : : : 1662 2229 3 mining mining NN 1662 2229 4 , , , 1662 2229 5 mineral mineral NN 1662 2229 6 processing processing NN 1662 2229 7 , , , 1662 2229 8 consumer consumer NN 1662 2229 9 products product NNS 1662 2229 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2229 11 including include VBG 1662 2229 12 textiles textile NNS 1662 2229 13 , , , 1662 2229 14 footwear footwear NN 1662 2229 15 , , , 1662 2229 16 cigarettes cigarette NNS 1662 2229 17 , , , 1662 2229 18 processed process VBN 1662 2229 19 foods food NNS 1662 2229 20 and and CC 1662 2229 21 beverages beverage NNS 1662 2229 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2229 23 , , , 1662 2229 24 cement cement NN 1662 2229 25 , , , 1662 2229 26 diamonds diamond VBZ 1662 2229 27 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2229 28 production production NN 1662 2229 29 growth growth NN 1662 2229 30 rate rate NN 1662 2229 31 : : : 1662 2229 32 NA NA NNP 1662 2229 33 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2229 34 - - HYPH 1662 2229 35 capacity capacity NN 1662 2229 36 : : : 1662 2229 37 2.83 2.83 CD 1662 2229 38 million million CD 1662 2229 39 kW kW NNP 1662 2229 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2229 41 1994 1994 CD 1662 2229 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2229 43 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2229 44 - - HYPH 1662 2229 45 production production NN 1662 2229 46 : : : 1662 2229 47 5.48 5.48 CD 1662 2229 48 billion billion CD 1662 2229 49 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2229 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2229 51 1994 1994 CD 1662 2229 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2229 53 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2229 54 - - HYPH 1662 2229 55 consumption consumption NN 1662 2229 56 per per IN 1662 2229 57 capita capita NN 1662 2229 58 : : : 1662 2229 59 87 87 CD 1662 2229 60 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2229 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2229 62 1995 1995 CD 1662 2229 63 est est NNP 1662 2229 64 . . . 1662 2229 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2230 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2230 2 - - HYPH 1662 2230 3 products product NNS 1662 2230 4 : : : 1662 2230 5 coffee coffee NN 1662 2230 6 , , , 1662 2230 7 sugar sugar NN 1662 2230 8 , , , 1662 2230 9 palm palm NN 1662 2230 10 oil oil NN 1662 2230 11 , , , 1662 2230 12 rubber rubber NN 1662 2230 13 , , , 1662 2230 14 tea tea NN 1662 2230 15 , , , 1662 2230 16 quinine quinine NN 1662 2230 17 , , , 1662 2230 18 cassava cassava NNP 1662 2230 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2230 20 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 2230 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2230 22 , , , 1662 2230 23 palm palm NN 1662 2230 24 oil oil NN 1662 2230 25 , , , 1662 2230 26 bananas banana NNS 1662 2230 27 , , , 1662 2230 28 root root NN 1662 2230 29 crops crop NNS 1662 2230 30 , , , 1662 2230 31 corn corn NN 1662 2230 32 , , , 1662 2230 33 fruits fruit NNS 1662 2230 34 ; ; , 1662 2230 35 wood wood NN 1662 2230 36 products product NNS 1662 2230 37 Exports export NNS 1662 2230 38 : : : 1662 2230 39 total total JJ 1662 2230 40 value value NN 1662 2230 41 : : : 1662 2230 42 $ $ $ 1662 2230 43 1.47 1.47 CD 1662 2230 44 billion billion CD 1662 2230 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2230 46 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2230 47 . . NNP 1662 2230 48 , , , 1662 2230 49 1995 1995 CD 1662 2230 50 est est NNP 1662 2230 51 . . . 1662 2230 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2231 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2231 2 : : : 1662 2231 3 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 2231 4 , , , 1662 2231 5 copper copper NN 1662 2231 6 , , , 1662 2231 7 coffee coffee NN 1662 2231 8 , , , 1662 2231 9 cobalt cobalt NN 1662 2231 10 , , , 1662 2231 11 crude crude JJ 1662 2231 12 oil oil NN 1662 2231 13 partners partner NNS 1662 2231 14 : : : 1662 2231 15 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 2231 16 , , , 1662 2231 17 US US NNP 1662 2231 18 , , , 1662 2231 19 France France NNP 1662 2231 20 , , , 1662 2231 21 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2231 22 , , , 1662 2231 23 Italy Italy NNP 1662 2231 24 , , , 1662 2231 25 UK UK NNP 1662 2231 26 , , , 1662 2231 27 Japan Japan NNP 1662 2231 28 , , , 1662 2231 29 South South NNP 1662 2231 30 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2231 31 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 2231 32 : : : 1662 2231 33 total total JJ 1662 2231 34 value value NN 1662 2231 35 : : : 1662 2231 36 $ $ $ 1662 2231 37 1.25 1.25 CD 1662 2231 38 billion billion CD 1662 2231 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2231 40 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 2231 41 . . NNP 1662 2231 42 , , , 1662 2231 43 1995 1995 CD 1662 2231 44 est est NNP 1662 2231 45 . . . 1662 2231 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2232 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2232 2 : : : 1662 2232 3 consumer consumer NN 1662 2232 4 goods good NNS 1662 2232 5 , , , 1662 2232 6 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 2232 7 , , , 1662 2232 8 mining mining NN 1662 2232 9 and and CC 1662 2232 10 other other JJ 1662 2232 11 machinery machinery NN 1662 2232 12 , , , 1662 2232 13 transport transport NN 1662 2232 14 equipment equipment NN 1662 2232 15 , , , 1662 2232 16 fuels fuel NNS 1662 2232 17 partners partner NNS 1662 2232 18 : : : 1662 2232 19 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 2232 20 , , , 1662 2232 21 South South NNP 1662 2232 22 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2232 23 , , , 1662 2232 24 US US NNP 1662 2232 25 , , , 1662 2232 26 France France NNP 1662 2232 27 , , , 1662 2232 28 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2232 29 , , , 1662 2232 30 Italy Italy NNP 1662 2232 31 , , , 1662 2232 32 Japan Japan NNP 1662 2232 33 , , , 1662 2232 34 UK UK NNP 1662 2232 35 Debt Debt NNP 1662 2232 36 - - HYPH 1662 2232 37 external external JJ 1662 2232 38 : : : 1662 2232 39 $ $ $ 1662 2232 40 13.8 13.8 CD 1662 2232 41 billion billion CD 1662 2232 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2232 43 1995 1995 CD 1662 2232 44 est est NNP 1662 2232 45 . . . 1662 2232 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2233 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 2233 2 aid aid NN 1662 2233 3 : : : 1662 2233 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 2233 5 : : : 1662 2233 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2233 7 , , , 1662 2233 8 $ $ $ 1662 2233 9 NA NA NNP 1662 2233 10 Currency currency NN 1662 2233 11 : : : 1662 2233 12 1 1 CD 1662 2233 13 zaire zaire NN 1662 2233 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2233 15 Z z NN 1662 2233 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2233 17 = = SYM 1662 2233 18 100 100 CD 1662 2233 19 makuta makuta NN 1662 2233 20 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2233 21 rates rate NNS 1662 2233 22 : : : 1662 2233 23 new new JJ 1662 2233 24 zaires zaire NNS 1662 2233 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2233 26 Z Z NNP 1662 2233 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2233 28 per per IN 1662 2233 29 US$ us$ $ 1662 2233 30 1 1 CD 1662 2233 31 - - HYPH 1662 2233 32 83,764 83,764 CD 1662 2233 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2233 34 October October NNP 1662 2233 35 1996 1996 CD 1662 2233 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2233 37 , , , 1662 2233 38 7,024 7,024 CD 1662 2233 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2233 40 1995 1995 CD 1662 2233 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2233 42 , , , 1662 2233 43 1,194 1,194 CD 1662 2233 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2233 45 1994 1994 CD 1662 2233 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2233 47 , , , 1662 2233 48 3 3 CD 1662 2233 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2233 50 1993 1993 CD 1662 2233 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2233 52 ; ; : 1662 2233 53 zaire zaire NNP 1662 2233 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2233 55 Z Z NNP 1662 2233 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2233 57 per per IN 1662 2233 58 US$ us$ $ 1662 2233 59 1 1 CD 1662 2233 60 - - SYM 1662 2233 61 645,549 645,549 CD 1662 2233 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2233 63 1992 1992 CD 1662 2233 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2233 65 note note NN 1662 2233 66 : : : 1662 2233 67 on on IN 1662 2233 68 22 22 CD 1662 2233 69 October October NNP 1662 2233 70 1993 1993 CD 1662 2233 71 the the DT 1662 2233 72 new new JJ 1662 2233 73 zaire zaire NN 1662 2233 74 , , , 1662 2233 75 equal equal JJ 1662 2233 76 to to IN 1662 2233 77 3,000,000 3,000,000 CD 1662 2233 78 old old JJ 1662 2233 79 zaires zaire NNS 1662 2233 80 , , , 1662 2233 81 was be VBD 1662 2233 82 introduced introduce VBN 1662 2233 83 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2233 84 year year NN 1662 2233 85 : : : 1662 2233 86 calendar calendar NNP 1662 2233 87 year year NN 1662 2233 88 @Congo @Congo NNP 1662 2233 89 , , , 1662 2233 90 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2233 91 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2233 92 of of IN 1662 2233 93 the the DT 1662 2233 94 : : : 1662 2233 95 Communications Communications NNP 1662 2233 96 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 2233 97 : : : 1662 2233 98 34,000 34,000 CD 1662 2233 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2233 100 1991 1991 CD 1662 2233 101 est est NNP 1662 2233 102 . . . 1662 2233 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2234 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2234 2 system system NN 1662 2234 3 : : : 1662 2234 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2234 5 : : : 1662 2234 6 barely barely RB 1662 2234 7 adequate adequate JJ 1662 2234 8 wire wire NN 1662 2234 9 and and CC 1662 2234 10 microwave microwave NN 1662 2234 11 radio radio NN 1662 2234 12 relay relay NN 1662 2234 13 service service NN 1662 2234 14 in in IN 1662 2234 15 and and CC 1662 2234 16 between between IN 1662 2234 17 urban urban JJ 1662 2234 18 areas area NNS 1662 2234 19 ; ; : 1662 2234 20 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2234 21 satellite satellite NN 1662 2234 22 system system NN 1662 2234 23 with with IN 1662 2234 24 14 14 CD 1662 2234 25 earth earth NN 1662 2234 26 stations station NNS 1662 2234 27 international international JJ 1662 2234 28 : : : 1662 2234 29 satellite satellite NN 1662 2234 30 earth earth NNP 1662 2234 31 station station NNP 1662 2234 32 - - : 1662 2234 33 1 1 CD 1662 2234 34 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2234 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2234 36 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2234 37 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2234 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2234 39 Radio radio NN 1662 2234 40 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2234 41 stations station NNS 1662 2234 42 : : : 1662 2234 43 AM AM NNP 1662 2234 44 10 10 CD 1662 2234 45 , , , 1662 2234 46 FM FM NNP 1662 2234 47 4 4 CD 1662 2234 48 , , , 1662 2234 49 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2234 50 0 0 CD 1662 2234 51 Radios radio NNS 1662 2234 52 : : : 1662 2234 53 3.87 3.87 CD 1662 2234 54 million million CD 1662 2234 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2234 56 1992 1992 CD 1662 2234 57 est est NNP 1662 2234 58 . . . 1662 2234 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2235 1 Television television NN 1662 2235 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2235 3 stations station NNS 1662 2235 4 : : : 1662 2235 5 18 18 CD 1662 2235 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 2235 7 : : : 1662 2235 8 55,000 55,000 CD 1662 2235 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2235 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 2235 11 est est NNP 1662 2235 12 . . . 1662 2235 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2236 1 @Congo @Congo NNP 1662 2236 2 , , , 1662 2236 3 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2236 4 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2236 5 of of IN 1662 2236 6 the the DT 1662 2236 7 : : : 1662 2236 8 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2236 9 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2236 10 : : : 1662 2236 11 total total NN 1662 2236 12 : : : 1662 2236 13 5,138 5,138 CD 1662 2236 14 km km NNS 1662 2236 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2236 16 1995 1995 CD 1662 2236 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2236 18 ; ; : 1662 2236 19 note note NN 1662 2236 20 - - HYPH 1662 2236 21 severely severely RB 1662 2236 22 reduced reduce VBN 1662 2236 23 trackage trackage NN 1662 2236 24 in in IN 1662 2236 25 use use NN 1662 2236 26 because because IN 1662 2236 27 of of IN 1662 2236 28 civil civil JJ 1662 2236 29 strife strife NN 1662 2236 30 narrow narrow JJ 1662 2236 31 gauge gauge NN 1662 2236 32 : : : 1662 2236 33 3,987 3,987 CD 1662 2236 34 km km NN 1662 2236 35 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 2236 36 gauge gauge NN 1662 2236 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2236 38 858 858 CD 1662 2236 39 km km NN 1662 2236 40 electrified electrify VBN 1662 2236 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2236 42 ; ; : 1662 2236 43 125 125 CD 1662 2236 44 km km NN 1662 2236 45 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 2236 46 gauge gauge NN 1662 2236 47 ; ; : 1662 2236 48 1,026 1,026 CD 1662 2236 49 km km NN 1662 2236 50 0.600-m 0.600-m CD 1662 2236 51 gauge gauge NN 1662 2236 52 Highways highway NNS 1662 2236 53 : : : 1662 2236 54 total total NN 1662 2236 55 : : : 1662 2236 56 145,000 145,000 CD 1662 2236 57 km km NN 1662 2236 58 paved pave VBN 1662 2236 59 : : : 1662 2236 60 2,500 2,500 CD 1662 2236 61 km km NN 1662 2236 62 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2236 63 : : : 1662 2236 64 142,500 142,500 CD 1662 2236 65 km km NNS 1662 2236 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2236 67 1993 1993 CD 1662 2236 68 est est NNP 1662 2236 69 . . . 1662 2236 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2237 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 2237 2 : : : 1662 2237 3 15,000 15,000 CD 1662 2237 4 km km NN 1662 2237 5 including include VBG 1662 2237 6 the the DT 1662 2237 7 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2237 8 , , , 1662 2237 9 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2237 10 tributaries tributary NNS 1662 2237 11 , , , 1662 2237 12 and and CC 1662 2237 13 unconnected unconnected JJ 1662 2237 14 lakes lake NNS 1662 2237 15 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 2237 16 : : : 1662 2237 17 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2237 18 products product NNS 1662 2237 19 390 390 CD 1662 2237 20 km km NN 1662 2237 21 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 2237 22 and and CC 1662 2237 23 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2237 24 : : : 1662 2237 25 Banana Banana NNP 1662 2237 26 , , , 1662 2237 27 Boma Boma NNP 1662 2237 28 , , , 1662 2237 29 Bukavu Bukavu NNP 1662 2237 30 , , , 1662 2237 31 Bumba Bumba NNP 1662 2237 32 , , , 1662 2237 33 Goma Goma NNP 1662 2237 34 , , , 1662 2237 35 Kalemie Kalemie NNP 1662 2237 36 , , , 1662 2237 37 Kindu Kindu NNP 1662 2237 38 , , , 1662 2237 39 Kinshasa Kinshasa NNP 1662 2237 40 , , , 1662 2237 41 Kisangani Kisangani NNP 1662 2237 42 , , , 1662 2237 43 Matadi Matadi NNP 1662 2237 44 , , , 1662 2237 45 Mbandaka Mbandaka NNP 1662 2237 46 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2237 47 marine marine RB 1662 2237 48 : : : 1662 2237 49 none none NN 1662 2237 50 Airports airport NNS 1662 2237 51 : : : 1662 2237 52 216 216 CD 1662 2237 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2237 54 1996 1996 CD 1662 2237 55 est est NNP 1662 2237 56 . . . 1662 2237 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2238 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2238 2 - - , 1662 2238 3 with with IN 1662 2238 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2238 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2238 6 : : : 1662 2238 7 total total NN 1662 2238 8 : : : 1662 2238 9 104 104 CD 1662 2238 10 over over IN 1662 2238 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2238 12 m m NN 1662 2238 13 : : : 1662 2238 14 4 4 CD 1662 2238 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2238 16 to to TO 1662 2238 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2238 18 m m NN 1662 2238 19 : : : 1662 2238 20 3 3 CD 1662 2238 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2238 22 to to TO 1662 2238 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2238 24 m m NN 1662 2238 25 : : : 1662 2238 26 15 15 CD 1662 2238 27 914 914 CD 1662 2238 28 to to TO 1662 2238 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2238 30 m m NN 1662 2238 31 : : : 1662 2238 32 2 2 CD 1662 2238 33 under under IN 1662 2238 34 914 914 CD 1662 2238 35 m m NN 1662 2238 36 : : : 1662 2238 37 80 80 CD 1662 2238 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2238 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 2238 40 est est NNP 1662 2238 41 . . . 1662 2238 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2239 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2239 2 - - , 1662 2239 3 with with IN 1662 2239 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2239 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2239 6 : : : 1662 2239 7 total total NN 1662 2239 8 : : : 1662 2239 9 112 112 CD 1662 2239 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2239 11 to to TO 1662 2239 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2239 13 m m NN 1662 2239 14 : : : 1662 2239 15 18 18 CD 1662 2239 16 914 914 CD 1662 2239 17 to to TO 1662 2239 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2239 19 m m NN 1662 2239 20 : : : 1662 2239 21 94 94 CD 1662 2239 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2239 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2239 24 est est NNP 1662 2239 25 . . . 1662 2239 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2240 1 Military military JJ 1662 2240 2 Military military JJ 1662 2240 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2240 4 : : : 1662 2240 5 Army Army NNP 1662 2240 6 , , , 1662 2240 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 2240 8 , , , 1662 2240 9 Air Air NNP 1662 2240 10 Force Force NNP 1662 2240 11 , , , 1662 2240 12 National National NNP 1662 2240 13 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 2240 14 , , , 1662 2240 15 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 2240 16 Civil Civil NNP 1662 2240 17 Guard Guard NNP 1662 2240 18 , , , 1662 2240 19 Special Special NNP 1662 2240 20 Presidential Presidential NNP 1662 2240 21 Division Division NNP 1662 2240 22 Military Military NNP 1662 2240 23 manpower manpower NN 1662 2240 24 - - HYPH 1662 2240 25 availability availability NN 1662 2240 26 : : : 1662 2240 27 males male NNS 1662 2240 28 age age NNP 1662 2240 29 15 15 CD 1662 2240 30 - - HYPH 1662 2240 31 49 49 CD 1662 2240 32 : : : 1662 2240 33 10,232,612 10,232,612 CD 1662 2240 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2240 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2240 36 est est NNP 1662 2240 37 . . . 1662 2240 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2241 1 Military military JJ 1662 2241 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2241 3 - - HYPH 1662 2241 4 fit fit NN 1662 2241 5 for for IN 1662 2241 6 military military JJ 1662 2241 7 service service NN 1662 2241 8 : : : 1662 2241 9 males male NNS 1662 2241 10 : : : 1662 2241 11 5,213,941 5,213,941 CD 1662 2241 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2241 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2241 14 est est NNP 1662 2241 15 . . . 1662 2241 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2242 1 Military military JJ 1662 2242 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2242 3 - - HYPH 1662 2242 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2242 5 figure figure NN 1662 2242 6 : : : 1662 2242 7 $ $ $ 1662 2242 8 46 46 CD 1662 2242 9 million million CD 1662 2242 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2242 11 1990 1990 CD 1662 2242 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2242 13 Military military JJ 1662 2242 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2242 15 - - : 1662 2242 16 percent percent NN 1662 2242 17 of of IN 1662 2242 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2242 19 : : : 1662 2242 20 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 2242 21 % % NN 1662 2242 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2242 23 1990 1990 CD 1662 2242 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2242 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2242 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2242 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 2242 28 - - : 1662 2242 29 international international JJ 1662 2242 30 : : : 1662 2242 31 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2242 32 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2242 33 of of IN 1662 2242 34 the the DT 1662 2242 35 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2242 36 - - HYPH 1662 2242 37 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 2242 38 - - HYPH 1662 2242 39 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 2242 40 tripoint tripoint NN 1662 2242 41 in in IN 1662 2242 42 Lake Lake NNP 1662 2242 43 Tanganyika Tanganyika NNP 1662 2242 44 may may MD 1662 2242 45 no no RB 1662 2242 46 longer longer RB 1662 2242 47 be be VB 1662 2242 48 indefinite indefinite JJ 1662 2242 49 since since IN 1662 2242 50 it -PRON- PRP 1662 2242 51 has have VBZ 1662 2242 52 been be VBN 1662 2242 53 informally informally RB 1662 2242 54 reported report VBN 1662 2242 55 that that IN 1662 2242 56 the the DT 1662 2242 57 indefinite indefinite JJ 1662 2242 58 section section NN 1662 2242 59 of of IN 1662 2242 60 the the DT 1662 2242 61 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2242 62 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2242 63 of of IN 1662 2242 64 the the DT 1662 2242 65 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2242 66 - - HYPH 1662 2242 67 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 2242 68 boundary boundary NN 1662 2242 69 has have VBZ 1662 2242 70 been be VBN 1662 2242 71 settled settle VBN 1662 2242 72 ; ; : 1662 2242 73 long long JJ 1662 2242 74 section section NN 1662 2242 75 with with IN 1662 2242 76 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2242 77 of of IN 1662 2242 78 the the DT 1662 2242 79 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2242 80 along along IN 1662 2242 81 the the DT 1662 2242 82 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2242 83 river river NN 1662 2242 84 is be VBZ 1662 2242 85 indefinite indefinite JJ 1662 2242 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2242 87 no no DT 1662 2242 88 division division NN 1662 2242 89 of of IN 1662 2242 90 the the DT 1662 2242 91 river river NN 1662 2242 92 or or CC 1662 2242 93 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2242 94 islands island NNS 1662 2242 95 has have VBZ 1662 2242 96 been be VBN 1662 2242 97 made make VBN 1662 2242 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2242 99 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 2242 100 drugs drug NNS 1662 2242 101 : : : 1662 2242 102 illicit illicit JJ 1662 2242 103 producer producer NN 1662 2242 104 of of IN 1662 2242 105 cannabis cannabi NNS 1662 2242 106 , , , 1662 2242 107 mostly mostly RB 1662 2242 108 for for IN 1662 2242 109 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2242 110 consumption consumption NN 1662 2242 111 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 112 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 113 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 114 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 115 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 116 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 117 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 118 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 119 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 120 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 121 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 122 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 123 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 124 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 125 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 126 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 127 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 128 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 129 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 130 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 131 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 132 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 133 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 134 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 135 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 136 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 137 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 138 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 139 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 140 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 141 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 142 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 143 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 144 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 145 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 146 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 147 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 148 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 149 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 150 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 151 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 152 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 153 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 154 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 155 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 156 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 157 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 158 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 159 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 160 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 161 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 162 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 163 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 164 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 165 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 166 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 167 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 168 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 169 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 170 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 171 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 172 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 173 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 174 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 175 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 176 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 177 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 178 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 179 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 180 _ _ NNP 1662 2242 181 CONGO CONGO NNP 1662 2242 182 , , , 1662 2242 183 REPUBLIC REPUBLIC NNP 1662 2242 184 OF of IN 1662 2242 185 THE the DT 1662 2242 186 @Congo @Congo NNP 1662 2242 187 , , , 1662 2242 188 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2242 189 of of IN 1662 2242 190 the the DT 1662 2242 191 : : : 1662 2242 192 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2242 193 Location Location NNP 1662 2242 194 : : : 1662 2242 195 Western Western NNP 1662 2242 196 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2242 197 , , , 1662 2242 198 bordering border VBG 1662 2242 199 the the DT 1662 2242 200 South South NNP 1662 2242 201 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2242 202 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2242 203 , , , 1662 2242 204 between between IN 1662 2242 205 Angola Angola NNP 1662 2242 206 and and CC 1662 2242 207 Gabon Gabon NNP 1662 2242 208 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2242 209 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2242 210 : : : 1662 2242 211 1 1 CD 1662 2242 212 00 00 SYM 1662 2242 213 S s NN 1662 2242 214 , , , 1662 2242 215 15 15 CD 1662 2242 216 00 00 CD 1662 2242 217 E e NN 1662 2242 218 Map Map NNP 1662 2242 219 references reference NNS 1662 2242 220 : : : 1662 2242 221 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2242 222 Area Area NNP 1662 2242 223 : : : 1662 2242 224 total total NN 1662 2242 225 : : : 1662 2242 226 342,000 342,000 CD 1662 2242 227 sq sq NN 1662 2242 228 km km NNP 1662 2242 229 land land NN 1662 2242 230 : : : 1662 2242 231 341,500 341,500 CD 1662 2242 232 sq sq NNP 1662 2242 233 km km NNP 1662 2242 234 water water NN 1662 2242 235 : : : 1662 2242 236 500 500 CD 1662 2242 237 sq sq RB 1662 2242 238 km km NNP 1662 2242 239 Area Area NNP 1662 2242 240 - - HYPH 1662 2242 241 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2242 242 : : : 1662 2242 243 slightly slightly RB 1662 2242 244 smaller small JJR 1662 2242 245 than than IN 1662 2242 246 Montana Montana NNP 1662 2242 247 Land Land NNP 1662 2242 248 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2242 249 : : : 1662 2242 250 total total NN 1662 2242 251 : : : 1662 2242 252 5,504 5,504 CD 1662 2242 253 km km NN 1662 2242 254 border border NN 1662 2242 255 countries country NNS 1662 2242 256 : : : 1662 2242 257 Angola Angola NNP 1662 2242 258 201 201 CD 1662 2242 259 km km NNS 1662 2242 260 , , , 1662 2242 261 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 2242 262 523 523 CD 1662 2242 263 km km NNS 1662 2242 264 , , , 1662 2242 265 Central Central NNP 1662 2242 266 African African NNP 1662 2242 267 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2242 268 467 467 CD 1662 2242 269 km km NNS 1662 2242 270 , , , 1662 2242 271 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2242 272 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2242 273 of of IN 1662 2242 274 the the DT 1662 2242 275 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2242 276 2,410 2,410 CD 1662 2242 277 km km NNS 1662 2242 278 , , , 1662 2242 279 Gabon Gabon NNP 1662 2242 280 1,903 1,903 CD 1662 2242 281 km km NN 1662 2242 282 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2242 283 : : : 1662 2242 284 169 169 CD 1662 2242 285 km km NN 1662 2242 286 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2242 287 claims claim VBZ 1662 2242 288 : : : 1662 2242 289 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2242 290 sea sea NN 1662 2242 291 : : : 1662 2242 292 200 200 CD 1662 2242 293 nm nm NNP 1662 2242 294 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2242 295 : : : 1662 2242 296 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2242 297 ; ; : 1662 2242 298 rainy rainy JJ 1662 2242 299 season season NN 1662 2242 300 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2242 301 March March NNP 1662 2242 302 to to IN 1662 2242 303 June June NNP 1662 2242 304 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2242 305 ; ; : 1662 2242 306 dry dry JJ 1662 2242 307 season season NN 1662 2242 308 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2242 309 June June NNP 1662 2242 310 to to IN 1662 2242 311 October October NNP 1662 2242 312 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2242 313 ; ; : 1662 2242 314 constantly constantly RB 1662 2242 315 high high JJ 1662 2242 316 temperatures temperature NNS 1662 2242 317 and and CC 1662 2242 318 humidity humidity NN 1662 2242 319 ; ; , 1662 2242 320 particularly particularly RB 1662 2242 321 enervating enervate VBG 1662 2242 322 climate climate NN 1662 2242 323 astride astride IN 1662 2242 324 the the DT 1662 2242 325 Equator Equator NNP 1662 2242 326 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2242 327 : : : 1662 2242 328 coastal coastal JJ 1662 2242 329 plain plain NNP 1662 2242 330 , , , 1662 2242 331 southern southern JJ 1662 2242 332 basin basin NN 1662 2242 333 , , , 1662 2242 334 central central JJ 1662 2242 335 plateau plateau NNP 1662 2242 336 , , , 1662 2242 337 northern northern JJ 1662 2242 338 basin basin NN 1662 2242 339 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2242 340 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2242 341 : : : 1662 2242 342 lowest low JJS 1662 2242 343 point point NN 1662 2242 344 : : : 1662 2242 345 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2242 346 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2242 347 0 0 NFP 1662 2242 348 m m DT 1662 2242 349 highest high JJS 1662 2242 350 point point NN 1662 2242 351 : : : 1662 2242 352 Mount Mount NNP 1662 2242 353 Berongou Berongou NNP 1662 2242 354 903 903 CD 1662 2242 355 m m NNP 1662 2242 356 Natural natural JJ 1662 2242 357 resources resource NNS 1662 2242 358 : : : 1662 2242 359 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2242 360 , , , 1662 2242 361 timber timber NN 1662 2242 362 , , , 1662 2242 363 potash potash NN 1662 2242 364 , , , 1662 2242 365 lead lead NN 1662 2242 366 , , , 1662 2242 367 zinc zinc NN 1662 2242 368 , , , 1662 2242 369 uranium uranium NN 1662 2242 370 , , , 1662 2242 371 copper copper NN 1662 2242 372 , , , 1662 2242 373 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 2242 374 , , , 1662 2242 375 natural natural JJ 1662 2242 376 gas gas NN 1662 2242 377 Land land NN 1662 2242 378 use use NN 1662 2242 379 : : : 1662 2242 380 arable arable JJ 1662 2242 381 land land NN 1662 2242 382 : : : 1662 2242 383 0 0 CD 1662 2242 384 % % NN 1662 2242 385 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2242 386 crops crop NNS 1662 2242 387 : : : 1662 2242 388 0 0 CD 1662 2242 389 % % NN 1662 2242 390 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2242 391 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2242 392 : : : 1662 2242 393 29 29 CD 1662 2242 394 % % NN 1662 2242 395 forests forest NNS 1662 2242 396 and and CC 1662 2242 397 woodland woodland JJ 1662 2242 398 : : : 1662 2242 399 62 62 CD 1662 2242 400 % % NN 1662 2242 401 other other JJ 1662 2242 402 : : : 1662 2242 403 9 9 CD 1662 2242 404 % % NN 1662 2242 405 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2242 406 1993 1993 CD 1662 2242 407 est est NNP 1662 2242 408 . . . 1662 2242 409 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2243 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2243 2 land land NN 1662 2243 3 : : : 1662 2243 4 10 10 CD 1662 2243 5 sq sq NNP 1662 2243 6 km km NNP 1662 2243 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2243 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2243 9 est est NNP 1662 2243 10 . . . 1662 2243 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2244 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2244 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2244 3 : : : 1662 2244 4 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 2244 5 flooding flooding NN 1662 2244 6 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2244 7 - - HYPH 1662 2244 8 current current JJ 1662 2244 9 issues issue NNS 1662 2244 10 : : : 1662 2244 11 air air NN 1662 2244 12 pollution pollution NN 1662 2244 13 from from IN 1662 2244 14 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 2244 15 emissions emission NNS 1662 2244 16 ; ; : 1662 2244 17 water water NN 1662 2244 18 pollution pollution NN 1662 2244 19 from from IN 1662 2244 20 the the DT 1662 2244 21 dumping dumping NN 1662 2244 22 of of IN 1662 2244 23 raw raw JJ 1662 2244 24 sewage sewage NN 1662 2244 25 ; ; : 1662 2244 26 tap tap NN 1662 2244 27 water water NN 1662 2244 28 is be VBZ 1662 2244 29 not not RB 1662 2244 30 potable potable JJ 1662 2244 31 ; ; : 1662 2244 32 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 2244 33 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2244 34 - - HYPH 1662 2244 35 international international JJ 1662 2244 36 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2244 37 : : : 1662 2244 38 party party NN 1662 2244 39 to to TO 1662 2244 40 : : : 1662 2244 41 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 2244 42 , , , 1662 2244 43 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2244 44 Change Change NNP 1662 2244 45 , , , 1662 2244 46 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2244 47 Species Species NNPS 1662 2244 48 , , , 1662 2244 49 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2244 50 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2244 51 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2244 52 , , , 1662 2244 53 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 2244 54 Timber Timber NNP 1662 2244 55 83 83 CD 1662 2244 56 , , , 1662 2244 57 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 2244 58 Timber Timber NNP 1662 2244 59 94 94 CD 1662 2244 60 signed sign VBD 1662 2244 61 , , , 1662 2244 62 but but CC 1662 2244 63 not not RB 1662 2244 64 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2244 65 : : : 1662 2244 66 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 2244 67 , , , 1662 2244 68 Law Law NNP 1662 2244 69 of of IN 1662 2244 70 the the DT 1662 2244 71 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2244 72 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2244 73 - - HYPH 1662 2244 74 note note NN 1662 2244 75 : : : 1662 2244 76 about about IN 1662 2244 77 70 70 CD 1662 2244 78 % % NN 1662 2244 79 of of IN 1662 2244 80 the the DT 1662 2244 81 population population NN 1662 2244 82 lives live VBZ 1662 2244 83 in in IN 1662 2244 84 Brazzaville Brazzaville NNP 1662 2244 85 , , , 1662 2244 86 Pointe Pointe NNP 1662 2244 87 Noire Noire NNP 1662 2244 88 , , , 1662 2244 89 or or CC 1662 2244 90 along along IN 1662 2244 91 the the DT 1662 2244 92 railroad railroad NN 1662 2244 93 between between IN 1662 2244 94 them -PRON- PRP 1662 2244 95 @Congo @Congo NFP 1662 2244 96 , , , 1662 2244 97 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2244 98 of of IN 1662 2244 99 the the DT 1662 2244 100 : : : 1662 2244 101 People People NNPS 1662 2244 102 Population Population NNP 1662 2244 103 : : : 1662 2244 104 2,583,198 2,583,198 CD 1662 2244 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2244 106 July July NNP 1662 2244 107 1997 1997 CD 1662 2244 108 est est NNP 1662 2244 109 . . . 1662 2244 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2245 1 Age age NN 1662 2245 2 structure structure NN 1662 2245 3 : : : 1662 2245 4 0 0 CD 1662 2245 5 - - HYPH 1662 2245 6 14 14 CD 1662 2245 7 years year NNS 1662 2245 8 : : : 1662 2245 9 43 43 CD 1662 2245 10 % % NN 1662 2245 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2245 12 male male JJ 1662 2245 13 557,996 557,996 CD 1662 2245 14 ; ; : 1662 2245 15 female female JJ 1662 2245 16 552,022 552,022 CD 1662 2245 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2245 18 15 15 CD 1662 2245 19 - - HYPH 1662 2245 20 64 64 CD 1662 2245 21 years year NNS 1662 2245 22 : : : 1662 2245 23 54 54 CD 1662 2245 24 % % NN 1662 2245 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2245 26 male male JJ 1662 2245 27 677,313 677,313 CD 1662 2245 28 ; ; : 1662 2245 29 female female JJ 1662 2245 30 707,569 707,569 CD 1662 2245 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2245 32 65 65 CD 1662 2245 33 years year NNS 1662 2245 34 and and CC 1662 2245 35 over over IN 1662 2245 36 : : : 1662 2245 37 3 3 CD 1662 2245 38 % % NN 1662 2245 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2245 40 male male NN 1662 2245 41 35,573 35,573 CD 1662 2245 42 ; ; : 1662 2245 43 female female JJ 1662 2245 44 52,725 52,725 CD 1662 2245 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2245 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2245 47 July July NNP 1662 2245 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2245 49 est est NNP 1662 2245 50 . . . 1662 2245 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2246 1 Population population NN 1662 2246 2 growth growth NN 1662 2246 3 rate rate NN 1662 2246 4 : : : 1662 2246 5 2.15 2.15 CD 1662 2246 6 % % NN 1662 2246 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2246 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2246 9 est est NNP 1662 2246 10 . . . 1662 2246 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2247 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2247 2 rate rate NN 1662 2247 3 : : : 1662 2247 4 38.79 38.79 CD 1662 2247 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 2247 6 population population NN 1662 2247 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2247 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2247 9 est est NNP 1662 2247 10 . . . 1662 2247 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2248 1 Death death NN 1662 2248 2 rate rate NN 1662 2248 3 : : : 1662 2248 4 17.3 17.3 CD 1662 2248 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2248 6 population population NN 1662 2248 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2248 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2248 9 est est NNP 1662 2248 10 . . . 1662 2248 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2249 1 Net net JJ 1662 2249 2 migration migration NN 1662 2249 3 rate rate NN 1662 2249 4 : : : 1662 2249 5 0 0 NFP 1662 2249 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 2249 7 population population NN 1662 2249 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2249 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2249 10 est est NNP 1662 2249 11 . . . 1662 2249 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2250 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2250 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2250 3 : : : 1662 2250 4 at at IN 1662 2250 5 birth birth NN 1662 2250 6 : : : 1662 2250 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 2250 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2250 9 under under IN 1662 2250 10 15 15 CD 1662 2250 11 years year NNS 1662 2250 12 : : : 1662 2250 13 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 2250 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2250 15 15 15 CD 1662 2250 16 - - HYPH 1662 2250 17 64 64 CD 1662 2250 18 years year NNS 1662 2250 19 : : : 1662 2250 20 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 2250 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2250 22 65 65 CD 1662 2250 23 years year NNS 1662 2250 24 and and CC 1662 2250 25 over over IN 1662 2250 26 : : : 1662 2250 27 0.68 0.68 NNP 1662 2250 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2250 29 total total JJ 1662 2250 30 population population NN 1662 2250 31 : : : 1662 2250 32 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 2250 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2250 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2250 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2250 36 est e JJS 1662 2250 37 . . . 1662 2250 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2251 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2251 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2251 3 rate rate NN 1662 2251 4 : : : 1662 2251 5 106.1 106.1 CD 1662 2251 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2251 7 live live JJ 1662 2251 8 births birth NNS 1662 2251 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2251 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2251 11 est est NNP 1662 2251 12 . . . 1662 2251 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2252 1 Life life NN 1662 2252 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2252 3 at at IN 1662 2252 4 birth birth NN 1662 2252 5 : : : 1662 2252 6 total total JJ 1662 2252 7 population population NN 1662 2252 8 : : : 1662 2252 9 45.73 45.73 CD 1662 2252 10 years year NNS 1662 2252 11 male male JJ 1662 2252 12 : : : 1662 2252 13 44.24 44.24 CD 1662 2252 14 years year NNS 1662 2252 15 female female JJ 1662 2252 16 : : : 1662 2252 17 47.27 47.27 CD 1662 2252 18 years year NNS 1662 2252 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2252 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2252 21 est est NNP 1662 2252 22 . . . 1662 2252 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2253 1 Total total JJ 1662 2253 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2253 3 rate rate NN 1662 2253 4 : : : 1662 2253 5 5.06 5.06 CD 1662 2253 6 children child NNS 1662 2253 7 born bear VBN 1662 2253 8 / / SYM 1662 2253 9 woman woman NN 1662 2253 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2253 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2253 12 est est NNP 1662 2253 13 . . . 1662 2253 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2254 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2254 2 : : : 1662 2254 3 noun noun NN 1662 2254 4 : : : 1662 2254 5 Congolese Congolese NNP 1662 2254 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2254 7 singular singular JJ 1662 2254 8 and and CC 1662 2254 9 plural plural JJ 1662 2254 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2254 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 2254 12 : : : 1662 2254 13 Congolese Congolese NNP 1662 2254 14 or or CC 1662 2254 15 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2254 16 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2254 17 groups group NNS 1662 2254 18 : : : 1662 2254 19 Kongo Kongo NNP 1662 2254 20 48 48 CD 1662 2254 21 % % NN 1662 2254 22 , , , 1662 2254 23 Sangha Sangha NNP 1662 2254 24 20 20 CD 1662 2254 25 % % NN 1662 2254 26 , , , 1662 2254 27 M'Bochi M'Bochi NNP 1662 2254 28 12 12 CD 1662 2254 29 % % NN 1662 2254 30 , , , 1662 2254 31 Teke Teke NNP 1662 2254 32 17 17 CD 1662 2254 33 % % NN 1662 2254 34 , , , 1662 2254 35 Europeans Europeans NNPS 1662 2254 36 8,500 8,500 CD 1662 2254 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2254 38 mostly mostly RB 1662 2254 39 French french JJ 1662 2254 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2254 41 Religions religion NNS 1662 2254 42 : : : 1662 2254 43 Christian Christian NNP 1662 2254 44 50 50 CD 1662 2254 45 % % NN 1662 2254 46 , , , 1662 2254 47 animist animist NN 1662 2254 48 48 48 CD 1662 2254 49 % % NN 1662 2254 50 , , , 1662 2254 51 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 2254 52 2 2 CD 1662 2254 53 % % NN 1662 2254 54 Languages language NNS 1662 2254 55 : : : 1662 2254 56 French French NNP 1662 2254 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2254 58 official official JJ 1662 2254 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2254 60 , , , 1662 2254 61 African african JJ 1662 2254 62 languages language NNS 1662 2254 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2254 64 Lingala Lingala NNP 1662 2254 65 and and CC 1662 2254 66 Kikongo Kikongo NNP 1662 2254 67 are be VBP 1662 2254 68 the the DT 1662 2254 69 most most RBS 1662 2254 70 widely widely RB 1662 2254 71 used use VBN 1662 2254 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2254 73 Literacy literacy NN 1662 2254 74 : : : 1662 2254 75 definition definition NN 1662 2254 76 : : : 1662 2254 77 age age NN 1662 2254 78 15 15 CD 1662 2254 79 and and CC 1662 2254 80 over over RB 1662 2254 81 can can MD 1662 2254 82 read read VB 1662 2254 83 and and CC 1662 2254 84 write write VB 1662 2254 85 total total JJ 1662 2254 86 population population NN 1662 2254 87 : : : 1662 2254 88 74.9 74.9 CD 1662 2254 89 % % NN 1662 2254 90 male male NN 1662 2254 91 : : : 1662 2254 92 83.1 83.1 CD 1662 2254 93 % % NN 1662 2254 94 female female NN 1662 2254 95 : : : 1662 2254 96 67.2 67.2 CD 1662 2254 97 % % NN 1662 2254 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2254 99 1995 1995 CD 1662 2254 100 est est NNP 1662 2254 101 . . . 1662 2254 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2255 1 @Congo @Congo NNP 1662 2255 2 , , , 1662 2255 3 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2255 4 of of IN 1662 2255 5 the the DT 1662 2255 6 : : : 1662 2255 7 Government Government NNP 1662 2255 8 Country Country NNP 1662 2255 9 name name NN 1662 2255 10 : : : 1662 2255 11 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2255 12 long long JJ 1662 2255 13 form form NN 1662 2255 14 : : : 1662 2255 15 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2255 16 of of IN 1662 2255 17 the the DT 1662 2255 18 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2255 19 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2255 20 short short JJ 1662 2255 21 form form NN 1662 2255 22 : : : 1662 2255 23 none none NN 1662 2255 24 local local JJ 1662 2255 25 long long JJ 1662 2255 26 form form NN 1662 2255 27 : : : 1662 2255 28 Republique Republique NNP 1662 2255 29 du du VBD 1662 2255 30 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2255 31 local local JJ 1662 2255 32 short short JJ 1662 2255 33 form form NN 1662 2255 34 : : : 1662 2255 35 none none NN 1662 2255 36 former former JJ 1662 2255 37 : : : 1662 2255 38 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2255 39 / / SYM 1662 2255 40 Brazzaville Brazzaville NNP 1662 2255 41 , , , 1662 2255 42 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2255 43 Data Data NNP 1662 2255 44 code code NN 1662 2255 45 : : : 1662 2255 46 CF CF NNP 1662 2255 47 Government Government NNP 1662 2255 48 type type NN 1662 2255 49 : : : 1662 2255 50 republic republic NNP 1662 2255 51 National national JJ 1662 2255 52 capital capital NN 1662 2255 53 : : : 1662 2255 54 Brazzaville Brazzaville NNP 1662 2255 55 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 2255 56 divisions division NNS 1662 2255 57 : : : 1662 2255 58 9 9 CD 1662 2255 59 regions region NNS 1662 2255 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2255 61 regions region NNS 1662 2255 62 , , , 1662 2255 63 singular singular JJ 1662 2255 64 - - HYPH 1662 2255 65 region region NN 1662 2255 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2255 67 and and CC 1662 2255 68 1 1 CD 1662 2255 69 commune commune NN 1662 2255 70 * * NFP 1662 2255 71 ; ; : 1662 2255 72 Bouenza Bouenza NNP 1662 2255 73 , , , 1662 2255 74 Brazzaville Brazzaville NNP 1662 2255 75 * * NFP 1662 2255 76 , , , 1662 2255 77 Cuvette Cuvette NNP 1662 2255 78 , , , 1662 2255 79 Kouilou Kouilou NNP 1662 2255 80 , , , 1662 2255 81 Lekoumou Lekoumou NNP 1662 2255 82 , , , 1662 2255 83 Likouala Likouala NNP 1662 2255 84 , , , 1662 2255 85 Niari Niari NNP 1662 2255 86 , , , 1662 2255 87 Plateaux Plateaux NNP 1662 2255 88 , , , 1662 2255 89 Pool Pool NNP 1662 2255 90 , , , 1662 2255 91 Sangha Sangha NNP 1662 2255 92 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2255 93 : : : 1662 2255 94 15 15 CD 1662 2255 95 August August NNP 1662 2255 96 1960 1960 CD 1662 2255 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2255 98 from from IN 1662 2255 99 France France NNP 1662 2255 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2255 101 National national JJ 1662 2255 102 holiday holiday NN 1662 2255 103 : : : 1662 2255 104 Congolese Congolese NNP 1662 2255 105 National National NNP 1662 2255 106 Day Day NNP 1662 2255 107 , , , 1662 2255 108 15 15 CD 1662 2255 109 August August NNP 1662 2255 110 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2255 111 1960 1960 CD 1662 2255 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2255 113 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 2255 114 : : : 1662 2255 115 new new JJ 1662 2255 116 constitution constitution NN 1662 2255 117 approved approve VBN 1662 2255 118 by by IN 1662 2255 119 referendum referendum NN 1662 2255 120 March March NNP 1662 2255 121 1992 1992 CD 1662 2255 122 Legal legal JJ 1662 2255 123 system system NN 1662 2255 124 : : : 1662 2255 125 based base VBN 1662 2255 126 on on IN 1662 2255 127 French french JJ 1662 2255 128 civil civil JJ 1662 2255 129 law law NN 1662 2255 130 system system NN 1662 2255 131 and and CC 1662 2255 132 customary customary JJ 1662 2255 133 law law NN 1662 2255 134 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 2255 135 : : : 1662 2255 136 18 18 CD 1662 2255 137 years year NNS 1662 2255 138 of of IN 1662 2255 139 age age NN 1662 2255 140 ; ; : 1662 2255 141 universal universal JJ 1662 2255 142 Executive Executive NNP 1662 2255 143 branch branch NN 1662 2255 144 : : : 1662 2255 145 chief chief NN 1662 2255 146 of of IN 1662 2255 147 state state NN 1662 2255 148 : : : 1662 2255 149 President President NNP 1662 2255 150 Pascal Pascal NNP 1662 2255 151 LISSOUBA LISSOUBA NNP 1662 2255 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2255 153 since since IN 1662 2255 154 August August NNP 1662 2255 155 1992 1992 CD 1662 2255 156 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2255 157 head head NN 1662 2255 158 of of IN 1662 2255 159 government government NN 1662 2255 160 : : : 1662 2255 161 Prime Prime NNP 1662 2255 162 Minister Minister NNP 1662 2255 163 David David NNP 1662 2255 164 Charles Charles NNP 1662 2255 165 GANAO GANAO NNP 1662 2255 166 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2255 167 since since IN 1662 2255 168 2 2 CD 1662 2255 169 September September NNP 1662 2255 170 1996 1996 CD 1662 2255 171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2255 172 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2255 173 : : : 1662 2255 174 Council Council NNP 1662 2255 175 of of IN 1662 2255 176 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 2255 177 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2255 178 by by IN 1662 2255 179 the the DT 1662 2255 180 president president NNP 1662 2255 181 elections election NNS 1662 2255 182 : : : 1662 2255 183 president president NNP 1662 2255 184 elected elect VBN 1662 2255 185 by by IN 1662 2255 186 popular popular JJ 1662 2255 187 vote vote NN 1662 2255 188 for for IN 1662 2255 189 a a DT 1662 2255 190 five five CD 1662 2255 191 - - HYPH 1662 2255 192 year year NN 1662 2255 193 term term NN 1662 2255 194 ; ; : 1662 2255 195 election election NN 1662 2255 196 last last JJ 1662 2255 197 held hold VBN 1662 2255 198 16 16 CD 1662 2255 199 August August NNP 1662 2255 200 1992 1992 CD 1662 2255 201 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2255 202 next next JJ 1662 2255 203 was be VBD 1662 2255 204 to to TO 1662 2255 205 be be VB 1662 2255 206 held hold VBN 1662 2255 207 27 27 CD 1662 2255 208 July July NNP 1662 2255 209 1997 1997 CD 1662 2255 210 but but CC 1662 2255 211 armed armed JJ 1662 2255 212 clashes clash NNS 1662 2255 213 between between IN 1662 2255 214 political political JJ 1662 2255 215 parties party NNS 1662 2255 216 in in IN 1662 2255 217 early early JJ 1662 2255 218 July July NNP 1662 2255 219 seemed seem VBD 1662 2255 220 likely likely JJ 1662 2255 221 to to TO 1662 2255 222 delay delay VB 1662 2255 223 it -PRON- PRP 1662 2255 224 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2255 225 ; ; : 1662 2255 226 prime prime NNP 1662 2255 227 minister minister NN 1662 2255 228 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2255 229 by by IN 1662 2255 230 the the DT 1662 2255 231 president president NNP 1662 2255 232 election election NN 1662 2255 233 results result NNS 1662 2255 234 : : : 1662 2255 235 Pascal pascal JJ 1662 2255 236 LISSOUBA LISSOUBA NNP 1662 2255 237 elected elect VBD 1662 2255 238 president president NN 1662 2255 239 ; ; , 1662 2255 240 percent percent NN 1662 2255 241 of of IN 1662 2255 242 vote vote NN 1662 2255 243 - - HYPH 1662 2255 244 Pascal Pascal NNP 1662 2255 245 LISSOUBA LISSOUBA NNP 1662 2255 246 61 61 CD 1662 2255 247 % % NN 1662 2255 248 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2255 249 branch branch NN 1662 2255 250 : : : 1662 2255 251 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 2255 252 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 2255 253 consists consist VBZ 1662 2255 254 of of IN 1662 2255 255 the the DT 1662 2255 256 National National NNP 1662 2255 257 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2255 258 or or CC 1662 2255 259 Assemblee Assemblee NNP 1662 2255 260 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 2255 261 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2255 262 125 125 CD 1662 2255 263 seats seat NNS 1662 2255 264 ; ; : 1662 2255 265 members member NNS 1662 2255 266 are be VBP 1662 2255 267 elected elect VBN 1662 2255 268 by by IN 1662 2255 269 direct direct JJ 1662 2255 270 popular popular JJ 1662 2255 271 vote vote NN 1662 2255 272 to to TO 1662 2255 273 serve serve VB 1662 2255 274 five five CD 1662 2255 275 - - HYPH 1662 2255 276 year year NN 1662 2255 277 terms term NNS 1662 2255 278 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2255 279 and and CC 1662 2255 280 the the DT 1662 2255 281 Senate Senate NNP 1662 2255 282 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2255 283 60 60 CD 1662 2255 284 seats seat NNS 1662 2255 285 ; ; : 1662 2255 286 members member NNS 1662 2255 287 are be VBP 1662 2255 288 elected elect VBN 1662 2255 289 by by IN 1662 2255 290 local local JJ 1662 2255 291 and and CC 1662 2255 292 regional regional JJ 1662 2255 293 councils council NNS 1662 2255 294 to to TO 1662 2255 295 serve serve VB 1662 2255 296 six six CD 1662 2255 297 - - HYPH 1662 2255 298 year year NN 1662 2255 299 terms term NNS 1662 2255 300 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2255 301 elections election NNS 1662 2255 302 : : : 1662 2255 303 National National NNP 1662 2255 304 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2255 305 - - : 1662 2255 306 last last RB 1662 2255 307 held hold VBD 1662 2255 308 3 3 CD 1662 2255 309 October October NNP 1662 2255 310 1993 1993 CD 1662 2255 311 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2255 312 next next JJ 1662 2255 313 to to TO 1662 2255 314 be be VB 1662 2255 315 held hold VBN 1662 2255 316 NA NA NNP 1662 2255 317 1998 1998 CD 1662 2255 318 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2255 319 ; ; : 1662 2255 320 Senate Senate NNP 1662 2255 321 - - HYPH 1662 2255 322 last last RB 1662 2255 323 held hold VBN 1662 2255 324 November November NNP 1662 2255 325 1996 1996 CD 1662 2255 326 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2255 327 next next JJ 1662 2255 328 to to TO 1662 2255 329 be be VB 1662 2255 330 held hold VBN 1662 2255 331 NA NA NNP 1662 2255 332 2002 2002 CD 1662 2255 333 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2255 334 election election NN 1662 2255 335 results result NNS 1662 2255 336 : : : 1662 2255 337 National National NNP 1662 2255 338 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2255 339 - - HYPH 1662 2255 340 percent percent NN 1662 2255 341 of of IN 1662 2255 342 vote vote NN 1662 2255 343 by by IN 1662 2255 344 party party NN 1662 2255 345 - - HYPH 1662 2255 346 NA NA NNP 1662 2255 347 ; ; , 1662 2255 348 seats seat NNS 1662 2255 349 by by IN 1662 2255 350 party party NN 1662 2255 351 - - HYPH 1662 2255 352 UPADS UPADS NNP 1662 2255 353 64 64 CD 1662 2255 354 , , , 1662 2255 355 URD URD NNP 1662 2255 356 / / SYM 1662 2255 357 PCT PCT NNP 1662 2255 358 58 58 CD 1662 2255 359 , , , 1662 2255 360 others other NNS 1662 2255 361 3 3 CD 1662 2255 362 ; ; : 1662 2255 363 Senate Senate NNP 1662 2255 364 - - HYPH 1662 2255 365 percent percent NN 1662 2255 366 of of IN 1662 2255 367 vote vote NN 1662 2255 368 by by IN 1662 2255 369 party party NN 1662 2255 370 - - HYPH 1662 2255 371 NA NA NNP 1662 2255 372 ; ; , 1662 2255 373 seats seat NNS 1662 2255 374 by by IN 1662 2255 375 party party NN 1662 2255 376 - - HYPH 1662 2255 377 UPADS UPADS NNP 1662 2255 378 23 23 CD 1662 2255 379 , , , 1662 2255 380 MCDDI MCDDI NNP 1662 2255 381 14 14 CD 1662 2255 382 , , , 1662 2255 383 RDD RDD NNP 1662 2255 384 8 8 CD 1662 2255 385 , , , 1662 2255 386 RDPS RDPS NNP 1662 2255 387 5 5 CD 1662 2255 388 , , , 1662 2255 389 PCT PCT NNP 1662 2255 390 2 2 CD 1662 2255 391 , , , 1662 2255 392 others other NNS 1662 2255 393 8 8 CD 1662 2255 394 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 2255 395 branch branch NN 1662 2255 396 : : : 1662 2255 397 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2255 398 Court Court NNP 1662 2255 399 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2255 400 Cour Cour NNP 1662 2255 401 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2255 402 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2255 403 Political political JJ 1662 2255 404 parties party NNS 1662 2255 405 and and CC 1662 2255 406 leaders leader NNS 1662 2255 407 : : : 1662 2255 408 the the DT 1662 2255 409 most most RBS 1662 2255 410 important important JJ 1662 2255 411 of of IN 1662 2255 412 the the DT 1662 2255 413 many many JJ 1662 2255 414 political political JJ 1662 2255 415 parties party NNS 1662 2255 416 are be VBP 1662 2255 417 Congolese Congolese NNP 1662 2255 418 Labor Labor NNP 1662 2255 419 Party Party NNP 1662 2255 420 or or CC 1662 2255 421 PCT PCT NNP 1662 2255 422 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2255 423 Denis Denis NNP 1662 2255 424 SASSOU SASSOU NNP 1662 2255 425 - - HYPH 1662 2255 426 NGUESSO NGUESSO NNP 1662 2255 427 , , , 1662 2255 428 president president NN 1662 2255 429 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2255 430 ; ; : 1662 2255 431 Association Association NNP 1662 2255 432 for for IN 1662 2255 433 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 2255 434 and and CC 1662 2255 435 Development Development NNP 1662 2255 436 or or CC 1662 2255 437 RDD RDD NNP 1662 2255 438 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2255 439 Joachim Joachim NNP 1662 2255 440 Yhombi Yhombi NNP 1662 2255 441 OPANGO OPANGO NNP 1662 2255 442 , , , 1662 2255 443 president president NN 1662 2255 444 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2255 445 ; ; : 1662 2255 446 Association Association NNP 1662 2255 447 for for IN 1662 2255 448 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 2255 449 and and CC 1662 2255 450 Social Social NNP 1662 2255 451 Progress Progress NNP 1662 2255 452 or or CC 1662 2255 453 RDPS RDPS NNP 1662 2255 454 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2255 455 Jean Jean NNP 1662 2255 456 - - HYPH 1662 2255 457 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 2255 458 Thystere Thystere NNP 1662 2255 459 TCHICAYA TCHICAYA NNP 1662 2255 460 , , , 1662 2255 461 president president NN 1662 2255 462 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2255 463 ; ; : 1662 2255 464 Congolese Congolese NNP 1662 2255 465 Movement Movement NNP 1662 2255 466 for for IN 1662 2255 467 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 2255 468 and and CC 1662 2255 469 Integral Integral NNP 1662 2255 470 Development Development NNP 1662 2255 471 or or CC 1662 2255 472 MCDDI MCDDI NNP 1662 2255 473 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2255 474 Bernard Bernard NNP 1662 2255 475 KOLELAS KOLELAS NNP 1662 2255 476 , , , 1662 2255 477 leader leader NN 1662 2255 478 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2255 479 ; ; : 1662 2255 480 Pan Pan NNP 1662 2255 481 - - NNP 1662 2255 482 African African NNP 1662 2255 483 Union Union NNP 1662 2255 484 for for IN 1662 2255 485 Social Social NNP 1662 2255 486 Development Development NNP 1662 2255 487 or or CC 1662 2255 488 UPADS UPADS NNP 1662 2255 489 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2255 490 Pascal Pascal NNP 1662 2255 491 LISSOUBA LISSOUBA NNP 1662 2255 492 , , , 1662 2255 493 leader leader NN 1662 2255 494 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2255 495 ; ; : 1662 2255 496 Union Union NNP 1662 2255 497 of of IN 1662 2255 498 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2255 499 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 2255 500 or or CC 1662 2255 501 UFD UFD NNP 1662 2255 502 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2255 503 David David NNP 1662 2255 504 Charles Charles NNP 1662 2255 505 GANAO GANAO NNP 1662 2255 506 , , , 1662 2255 507 leader leader NN 1662 2255 508 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2255 509 ; ; : 1662 2255 510 Union Union NNP 1662 2255 511 for for IN 1662 2255 512 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2255 513 Renewal Renewal NNP 1662 2255 514 or or CC 1662 2255 515 URD URD NNP 1662 2255 516 ; ; : 1662 2255 517 Union Union NNP 1662 2255 518 for for IN 1662 2255 519 Development Development NNP 1662 2255 520 and and CC 1662 2255 521 Social Social NNP 1662 2255 522 Progress Progress NNP 1662 2255 523 or or CC 1662 2255 524 UDPS UDPS NNP 1662 2255 525 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2255 526 Jean Jean NNP 1662 2255 527 - - HYPH 1662 2255 528 Michael Michael NNP 1662 2255 529 BOKAMBA BOKAMBA NNP 1662 2255 530 - - HYPH 1662 2255 531 YANGOUMA YANGOUMA NNP 1662 2255 532 , , , 1662 2255 533 leader leader NN 1662 2255 534 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2255 535 Political political JJ 1662 2255 536 pressure pressure NN 1662 2255 537 groups group NNS 1662 2255 538 and and CC 1662 2255 539 leaders leader NNS 1662 2255 540 : : : 1662 2255 541 Union Union NNP 1662 2255 542 of of IN 1662 2255 543 Congolese Congolese NNP 1662 2255 544 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 2255 545 Youth Youth NNP 1662 2255 546 or or CC 1662 2255 547 UJSC ujsc NN 1662 2255 548 ; ; , 1662 2255 549 Congolese Congolese NNP 1662 2255 550 Trade Trade NNP 1662 2255 551 Union Union NNP 1662 2255 552 Congress Congress NNP 1662 2255 553 or or CC 1662 2255 554 CSC CSC NNP 1662 2255 555 ; ; : 1662 2255 556 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 2255 557 Union Union NNP 1662 2255 558 of of IN 1662 2255 559 Congolese Congolese NNP 1662 2255 560 Women Women NNPS 1662 2255 561 or or CC 1662 2255 562 URFC URFC NNP 1662 2255 563 ; ; : 1662 2255 564 General General NNP 1662 2255 565 Union Union NNP 1662 2255 566 of of IN 1662 2255 567 Congolese Congolese NNP 1662 2255 568 Pupils Pupils NNPS 1662 2255 569 and and CC 1662 2255 570 Students Students NNPS 1662 2255 571 or or CC 1662 2255 572 UGEEC UGEEC NNP 1662 2255 573 International international JJ 1662 2255 574 organization organization NN 1662 2255 575 participation participation NN 1662 2255 576 : : : 1662 2255 577 ACCT acct JJ 1662 2255 578 , , , 1662 2255 579 ACP ACP NNP 1662 2255 580 , , , 1662 2255 581 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 2255 582 , , , 1662 2255 583 BDEAC BDEAC NNP 1662 2255 584 , , , 1662 2255 585 CCC CCC NNP 1662 2255 586 , , , 1662 2255 587 CEEAC CEEAC NNP 1662 2255 588 , , , 1662 2255 589 ECA ECA NNP 1662 2255 590 , , , 1662 2255 591 FAO FAO NNP 1662 2255 592 , , , 1662 2255 593 FZ FZ NNP 1662 2255 594 , , , 1662 2255 595 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 2255 596 , , , 1662 2255 597 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 2255 598 , , , 1662 2255 599 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 2255 600 , , , 1662 2255 601 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 2255 602 , , , 1662 2255 603 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 2255 604 , , , 1662 2255 605 IDA IDA NNP 1662 2255 606 , , , 1662 2255 607 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 2255 608 , , , 1662 2255 609 IFC IFC NNP 1662 2255 610 , , , 1662 2255 611 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 2255 612 , , , 1662 2255 613 ILO ILO NNP 1662 2255 614 , , , 1662 2255 615 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2255 616 , , , 1662 2255 617 IMO imo RB 1662 2255 618 , , , 1662 2255 619 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2255 620 , , , 1662 2255 621 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 2255 622 , , , 1662 2255 623 IOC IOC NNP 1662 2255 624 , , , 1662 2255 625 ITU ITU NNP 1662 2255 626 , , , 1662 2255 627 NAM NAM NNP 1662 2255 628 , , , 1662 2255 629 OAU OAU NNP 1662 2255 630 , , , 1662 2255 631 UDEAC UDEAC NNP 1662 2255 632 , , , 1662 2255 633 UN UN NNP 1662 2255 634 , , , 1662 2255 635 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 2255 636 III III NNP 1662 2255 637 , , , 1662 2255 638 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 2255 639 , , , 1662 2255 640 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 2255 641 , , , 1662 2255 642 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 2255 643 , , , 1662 2255 644 UPU UPU NNP 1662 2255 645 , , , 1662 2255 646 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 2255 647 , , , 1662 2255 648 WHO who WP 1662 2255 649 , , , 1662 2255 650 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 2255 651 , , , 1662 2255 652 WMO WMO NNP 1662 2255 653 , , , 1662 2255 654 WToO WToO VBD 1662 2255 655 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2255 656 representation representation NN 1662 2255 657 in in IN 1662 2255 658 the the DT 1662 2255 659 US US NNP 1662 2255 660 : : : 1662 2255 661 chief chief NN 1662 2255 662 of of IN 1662 2255 663 mission mission NN 1662 2255 664 : : : 1662 2255 665 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2255 666 Dieudonne Dieudonne NNP 1662 2255 667 Antoine Antoine NNP 1662 2255 668 GANGA GANGA NNP 1662 2255 669 chancery chancery NN 1662 2255 670 : : : 1662 2255 671 4891 4891 CD 1662 2255 672 Colorado Colorado NNP 1662 2255 673 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 2255 674 NW NW NNP 1662 2255 675 , , , 1662 2255 676 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2255 677 , , , 1662 2255 678 DC DC NNP 1662 2255 679 20011 20011 CD 1662 2255 680 telephone telephone NN 1662 2255 681 : : : 1662 2255 682 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2255 683 1 1 CD 1662 2255 684 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2255 685 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2255 686 202 202 CD 1662 2255 687 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2255 688 726 726 CD 1662 2255 689 - - HYPH 1662 2255 690 5500 5500 CD 1662 2255 691 FAX FAX NNP 1662 2255 692 : : : 1662 2255 693 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2255 694 1 1 CD 1662 2255 695 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2255 696 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2255 697 202 202 CD 1662 2255 698 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2255 699 726 726 CD 1662 2255 700 - - HYPH 1662 2255 701 1860 1860 CD 1662 2255 702 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2255 703 representation representation NN 1662 2255 704 from from IN 1662 2255 705 the the DT 1662 2255 706 US US NNP 1662 2255 707 : : : 1662 2255 708 chief chief NN 1662 2255 709 of of IN 1662 2255 710 mission mission NN 1662 2255 711 : : : 1662 2255 712 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2255 713 J. J. NNP 1662 2255 714 Aubrey Aubrey NNP 1662 2255 715 HOOKS HOOKS NNP 1662 2255 716 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2255 717 10 10 CD 1662 2255 718 June June NNP 1662 2255 719 1996 1996 CD 1662 2255 720 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2255 721 embassy embassy NN 1662 2255 722 : : : 1662 2255 723 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 2255 724 Amilcar Amilcar NNP 1662 2255 725 Cabral Cabral NNP 1662 2255 726 , , , 1662 2255 727 Brazzaville Brazzaville NNP 1662 2255 728 mailing mail VBG 1662 2255 729 address address NN 1662 2255 730 : : : 1662 2255 731 B. B. NNP 1662 2255 732 P. P. NNP 1662 2255 733 1015 1015 CD 1662 2255 734 , , , 1662 2255 735 Brazzaville Brazzaville NNP 1662 2255 736 telephone telephone NN 1662 2255 737 : : : 1662 2255 738 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2255 739 242 242 CD 1662 2255 740 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2255 741 83 83 CD 1662 2255 742 20 20 CD 1662 2255 743 70 70 CD 1662 2255 744 FAX fax NN 1662 2255 745 : : : 1662 2255 746 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2255 747 242 242 CD 1662 2255 748 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2255 749 83 83 CD 1662 2255 750 63 63 CD 1662 2255 751 38 38 CD 1662 2255 752 Flag flag NN 1662 2255 753 description description NN 1662 2255 754 : : : 1662 2255 755 divided divide VBN 1662 2255 756 diagonally diagonally RB 1662 2255 757 from from IN 1662 2255 758 the the DT 1662 2255 759 lower low JJR 1662 2255 760 hoist hoist NN 1662 2255 761 side side NN 1662 2255 762 by by IN 1662 2255 763 a a DT 1662 2255 764 yellow yellow JJ 1662 2255 765 band band NN 1662 2255 766 ; ; : 1662 2255 767 the the DT 1662 2255 768 upper upper JJ 1662 2255 769 triangle triangle NN 1662 2255 770 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2255 771 hoist hoist NN 1662 2255 772 side side NN 1662 2255 773 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2255 774 is be VBZ 1662 2255 775 green green JJ 1662 2255 776 and and CC 1662 2255 777 the the DT 1662 2255 778 lower low JJR 1662 2255 779 triangle triangle NN 1662 2255 780 is be VBZ 1662 2255 781 red red JJ 1662 2255 782 ; ; : 1662 2255 783 uses use VBZ 1662 2255 784 the the DT 1662 2255 785 popular popular JJ 1662 2255 786 pan pan JJ 1662 2255 787 - - JJ 1662 2255 788 African african JJ 1662 2255 789 colors color NNS 1662 2255 790 of of IN 1662 2255 791 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2255 792 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2255 793 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2255 794 - - HYPH 1662 2255 795 overview overview NN 1662 2255 796 : : : 1662 2255 797 The the DT 1662 2255 798 economy economy NN 1662 2255 799 is be VBZ 1662 2255 800 a a DT 1662 2255 801 mixture mixture NN 1662 2255 802 of of IN 1662 2255 803 village village NN 1662 2255 804 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2255 805 and and CC 1662 2255 806 handicrafts handicraft NNS 1662 2255 807 , , , 1662 2255 808 an an DT 1662 2255 809 industrial industrial JJ 1662 2255 810 sector sector NN 1662 2255 811 based base VBN 1662 2255 812 largely largely RB 1662 2255 813 on on IN 1662 2255 814 oil oil NN 1662 2255 815 , , , 1662 2255 816 support support NN 1662 2255 817 services service NNS 1662 2255 818 , , , 1662 2255 819 and and CC 1662 2255 820 a a DT 1662 2255 821 government government NN 1662 2255 822 characterized characterize VBN 1662 2255 823 by by IN 1662 2255 824 budget budget NN 1662 2255 825 problems problem NNS 1662 2255 826 and and CC 1662 2255 827 overstaffing overstaffing NN 1662 2255 828 . . . 1662 2256 1 Oil oil NN 1662 2256 2 has have VBZ 1662 2256 3 supplanted supplant VBN 1662 2256 4 forestry forestry NN 1662 2256 5 as as IN 1662 2256 6 the the DT 1662 2256 7 mainstay mainstay NN 1662 2256 8 of of IN 1662 2256 9 the the DT 1662 2256 10 economy economy NN 1662 2256 11 , , , 1662 2256 12 providing provide VBG 1662 2256 13 about about IN 1662 2256 14 90 90 CD 1662 2256 15 % % NN 1662 2256 16 of of IN 1662 2256 17 government government NN 1662 2256 18 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2256 19 and and CC 1662 2256 20 exports export NNS 1662 2256 21 . . . 1662 2257 1 In in IN 1662 2257 2 the the DT 1662 2257 3 early early JJ 1662 2257 4 1980s 1980s CD 1662 2257 5 , , , 1662 2257 6 rapidly rapidly RB 1662 2257 7 rising rise VBG 1662 2257 8 oil oil NN 1662 2257 9 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2257 10 enabled enable VBD 1662 2257 11 the the DT 1662 2257 12 government government NN 1662 2257 13 to to TO 1662 2257 14 finance finance VB 1662 2257 15 large large JJ 1662 2257 16 - - HYPH 1662 2257 17 scale scale NN 1662 2257 18 development development NN 1662 2257 19 projects project NNS 1662 2257 20 with with IN 1662 2257 21 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2257 22 growth growth NN 1662 2257 23 averaging average VBG 1662 2257 24 5 5 CD 1662 2257 25 % % NN 1662 2257 26 annually annually RB 1662 2257 27 , , , 1662 2257 28 one one CD 1662 2257 29 of of IN 1662 2257 30 the the DT 1662 2257 31 highest high JJS 1662 2257 32 rates rate NNS 1662 2257 33 in in IN 1662 2257 34 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2257 35 . . . 1662 2258 1 Subsequently subsequently RB 1662 2258 2 , , , 1662 2258 3 falling fall VBG 1662 2258 4 oil oil NN 1662 2258 5 prices price NNS 1662 2258 6 cut cut VBD 1662 2258 7 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2258 8 growth growth NN 1662 2258 9 by by IN 1662 2258 10 half half NN 1662 2258 11 . . . 1662 2259 1 Moreover moreover RB 1662 2259 2 , , , 1662 2259 3 the the DT 1662 2259 4 government government NN 1662 2259 5 has have VBZ 1662 2259 6 mortgaged mortgage VBN 1662 2259 7 a a DT 1662 2259 8 substantial substantial JJ 1662 2259 9 portion portion NN 1662 2259 10 of of IN 1662 2259 11 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2259 12 oil oil NN 1662 2259 13 earnings earning NNS 1662 2259 14 , , , 1662 2259 15 contributing contribute VBG 1662 2259 16 to to IN 1662 2259 17 the the DT 1662 2259 18 government government NN 1662 2259 19 's 's POS 1662 2259 20 shortage shortage NN 1662 2259 21 of of IN 1662 2259 22 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2259 23 . . . 1662 2260 1 The the DT 1662 2260 2 12 12 CD 1662 2260 3 January January NNP 1662 2260 4 1994 1994 CD 1662 2260 5 devaluation devaluation NN 1662 2260 6 of of IN 1662 2260 7 Franc Franc NNP 1662 2260 8 Zone Zone NNP 1662 2260 9 currencies currency NNS 1662 2260 10 by by IN 1662 2260 11 50 50 CD 1662 2260 12 % % NN 1662 2260 13 resulted result VBD 1662 2260 14 in in IN 1662 2260 15 inflation inflation NN 1662 2260 16 of of IN 1662 2260 17 61 61 CD 1662 2260 18 % % NN 1662 2260 19 in in IN 1662 2260 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 2260 21 but but CC 1662 2260 22 inflation inflation NN 1662 2260 23 has have VBZ 1662 2260 24 subsided subside VBN 1662 2260 25 since since IN 1662 2260 26 . . . 1662 2261 1 Recent recent JJ 1662 2261 2 efforts effort NNS 1662 2261 3 to to TO 1662 2261 4 implement implement VB 1662 2261 5 economic economic JJ 1662 2261 6 reforms reform NNS 1662 2261 7 have have VBP 1662 2261 8 begun begin VBN 1662 2261 9 to to TO 1662 2261 10 show show VB 1662 2261 11 progress progress NN 1662 2261 12 ; ; : 1662 2261 13 the the DT 1662 2261 14 government government NN 1662 2261 15 and and CC 1662 2261 16 the the DT 1662 2261 17 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2261 18 signed sign VBD 1662 2261 19 an an DT 1662 2261 20 aid aid NN 1662 2261 21 agreement agreement NN 1662 2261 22 in in IN 1662 2261 23 mid-1996 mid-1996 NN 1662 2261 24 . . . 1662 2262 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2262 2 : : : 1662 2262 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2262 4 power power NN 1662 2262 5 parity parity NN 1662 2262 6 - - : 1662 2262 7 $ $ $ 1662 2262 8 4.9 4.9 CD 1662 2262 9 billion billion CD 1662 2262 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2262 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 2262 12 est est NNP 1662 2262 13 . . . 1662 2262 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2263 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2263 2 - - HYPH 1662 2263 3 real real JJ 1662 2263 4 growth growth NN 1662 2263 5 rate rate NN 1662 2263 6 : : : 1662 2263 7 0.9 0.9 CD 1662 2263 8 % % NN 1662 2263 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2263 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 2263 11 est est NNP 1662 2263 12 . . . 1662 2263 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2264 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2264 2 - - HYPH 1662 2264 3 per per FW 1662 2264 4 capita capita NN 1662 2264 5 : : : 1662 2264 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2264 7 power power NN 1662 2264 8 parity parity NN 1662 2264 9 - - : 1662 2264 10 $ $ $ 1662 2264 11 1,960 1,960 CD 1662 2264 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2264 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 2264 14 est est NNP 1662 2264 15 . . . 1662 2264 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2265 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2265 2 - - HYPH 1662 2265 3 composition composition NN 1662 2265 4 by by IN 1662 2265 5 sector sector NN 1662 2265 6 : : : 1662 2265 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2265 8 : : : 1662 2265 9 11.4 11.4 CD 1662 2265 10 % % NN 1662 2265 11 industry industry NN 1662 2265 12 : : : 1662 2265 13 35.2 35.2 CD 1662 2265 14 % % NN 1662 2265 15 services service NNS 1662 2265 16 : : : 1662 2265 17 53.4 53.4 CD 1662 2265 18 % % NN 1662 2265 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2265 20 1993 1993 CD 1662 2265 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2265 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 2265 23 rate rate NN 1662 2265 24 - - HYPH 1662 2265 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 2265 26 price price NN 1662 2265 27 index index NN 1662 2265 28 : : : 1662 2265 29 3 3 CD 1662 2265 30 % % NN 1662 2265 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2265 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 2265 33 est est NNP 1662 2265 34 . . . 1662 2265 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2266 1 Labor labor NN 1662 2266 2 force force NN 1662 2266 3 : : : 1662 2266 4 NA NA NNP 1662 2266 5 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2266 6 rate rate NN 1662 2266 7 : : : 1662 2266 8 NA% NA% `` 1662 2266 9 Budget budget NN 1662 2266 10 : : : 1662 2266 11 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2266 12 : : : 1662 2266 13 $ $ $ 1662 2266 14 870 870 CD 1662 2266 15 million million CD 1662 2266 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2266 17 : : : 1662 2266 18 $ $ $ 1662 2266 19 970 970 CD 1662 2266 20 million million CD 1662 2266 21 , , , 1662 2266 22 including include VBG 1662 2266 23 capital capital NN 1662 2266 24 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2266 25 of of IN 1662 2266 26 $ $ $ 1662 2266 27 NA na NN 1662 2266 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2266 29 1997 1997 CD 1662 2266 30 est est NNP 1662 2266 31 . . . 1662 2266 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2267 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 2267 2 : : : 1662 2267 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2267 4 extraction extraction NN 1662 2267 5 , , , 1662 2267 6 cement cement NN 1662 2267 7 kilning kilning NN 1662 2267 8 , , , 1662 2267 9 lumbering lumbering NN 1662 2267 10 , , , 1662 2267 11 brewing brewing NN 1662 2267 12 , , , 1662 2267 13 sugar sugar NN 1662 2267 14 milling milling NN 1662 2267 15 , , , 1662 2267 16 palm palm NN 1662 2267 17 oil oil NN 1662 2267 18 , , , 1662 2267 19 soap soap NN 1662 2267 20 , , , 1662 2267 21 cigarette cigarette NN 1662 2267 22 making make VBG 1662 2267 23 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2267 24 production production NN 1662 2267 25 growth growth NN 1662 2267 26 rate rate NN 1662 2267 27 : : : 1662 2267 28 NA% NA% `` 1662 2267 29 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2267 30 - - HYPH 1662 2267 31 capacity capacity NN 1662 2267 32 : : : 1662 2267 33 165,000 165,000 CD 1662 2267 34 kW kw NN 1662 2267 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2267 36 1995 1995 CD 1662 2267 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2267 38 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2267 39 - - HYPH 1662 2267 40 production production NN 1662 2267 41 : : : 1662 2267 42 440 440 CD 1662 2267 43 million million CD 1662 2267 44 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2267 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2267 46 1994 1994 CD 1662 2267 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2267 48 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2267 49 - - HYPH 1662 2267 50 consumption consumption NN 1662 2267 51 per per IN 1662 2267 52 capita capita NN 1662 2267 53 : : : 1662 2267 54 223 223 CD 1662 2267 55 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2267 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2267 57 1994 1994 CD 1662 2267 58 est est NNP 1662 2267 59 . . . 1662 2267 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2268 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2268 2 - - HYPH 1662 2268 3 products product NNS 1662 2268 4 : : : 1662 2268 5 cassava cassava NNP 1662 2268 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2268 7 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 2268 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2268 9 accounts account VBZ 1662 2268 10 for for IN 1662 2268 11 90 90 CD 1662 2268 12 % % NN 1662 2268 13 of of IN 1662 2268 14 food food NN 1662 2268 15 output output NN 1662 2268 16 , , , 1662 2268 17 sugar sugar NN 1662 2268 18 , , , 1662 2268 19 rice rice NN 1662 2268 20 , , , 1662 2268 21 corn corn NN 1662 2268 22 , , , 1662 2268 23 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 2268 24 , , , 1662 2268 25 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 2268 26 , , , 1662 2268 27 coffee coffee NN 1662 2268 28 , , , 1662 2268 29 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 2268 30 ; ; : 1662 2268 31 forest forest NN 1662 2268 32 products product NNS 1662 2268 33 Exports export NNS 1662 2268 34 : : : 1662 2268 35 total total JJ 1662 2268 36 value value NN 1662 2268 37 : : : 1662 2268 38 $ $ $ 1662 2268 39 952 952 CD 1662 2268 40 million million CD 1662 2268 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2268 42 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2268 43 . . NNP 1662 2268 44 , , , 1662 2268 45 1994 1994 CD 1662 2268 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2268 47 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2268 48 : : : 1662 2268 49 crude crude JJ 1662 2268 50 oil oil NN 1662 2268 51 90 90 CD 1662 2268 52 % % NN 1662 2268 53 , , , 1662 2268 54 lumber lumber NN 1662 2268 55 , , , 1662 2268 56 plywood plywood NN 1662 2268 57 , , , 1662 2268 58 sugar sugar NN 1662 2268 59 , , , 1662 2268 60 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 2268 61 , , , 1662 2268 62 coffee coffee NN 1662 2268 63 , , , 1662 2268 64 diamonds diamond VBZ 1662 2268 65 partners partner NNS 1662 2268 66 : : : 1662 2268 67 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 2268 68 - - HYPH 1662 2268 69 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 2268 70 24.3 24.3 CD 1662 2268 71 % % NN 1662 2268 72 , , , 1662 2268 73 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 2268 74 20.2 20.2 CD 1662 2268 75 % % NN 1662 2268 76 , , , 1662 2268 77 US US NNP 1662 2268 78 14.9 14.9 CD 1662 2268 79 % % NN 1662 2268 80 , , , 1662 2268 81 Italy Italy NNP 1662 2268 82 14.8 14.8 CD 1662 2268 83 % % NN 1662 2268 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2268 85 1995 1995 CD 1662 2268 86 est est NNP 1662 2268 87 . . . 1662 2268 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2269 1 Imports import NNS 1662 2269 2 : : : 1662 2269 3 total total JJ 1662 2269 4 value value NN 1662 2269 5 : : : 1662 2269 6 $ $ $ 1662 2269 7 559 559 CD 1662 2269 8 million million CD 1662 2269 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2269 10 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2269 11 . . . 1662 2270 1 1994 1994 LS 1662 2270 2 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2270 3 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2270 4 : : : 1662 2270 5 intermediate intermediate JJ 1662 2270 6 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 2270 7 , , , 1662 2270 8 capital capital NN 1662 2270 9 equipment equipment NN 1662 2270 10 , , , 1662 2270 11 construction construction NN 1662 2270 12 materials material NNS 1662 2270 13 , , , 1662 2270 14 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 2270 15 , , , 1662 2270 16 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2270 17 products product NNS 1662 2270 18 partners partner NNS 1662 2270 19 : : : 1662 2270 20 France France NNP 1662 2270 21 31.2 31.2 CD 1662 2270 22 % % NN 1662 2270 23 , , , 1662 2270 24 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 2270 25 24.6 24.6 CD 1662 2270 26 % % NN 1662 2270 27 , , , 1662 2270 28 Italy Italy NNP 1662 2270 29 11.4 11.4 CD 1662 2270 30 % % NN 1662 2270 31 , , , 1662 2270 32 US US NNP 1662 2270 33 6.9 6.9 CD 1662 2270 34 % % NN 1662 2270 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2270 36 1995 1995 CD 1662 2270 37 est est NNP 1662 2270 38 . . . 1662 2270 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2271 1 Debt debt NN 1662 2271 2 - - HYPH 1662 2271 3 external external JJ 1662 2271 4 : : : 1662 2271 5 $ $ $ 1662 2271 6 5.3 5.3 CD 1662 2271 7 billion billion CD 1662 2271 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2271 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 2271 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2271 11 Economic economic JJ 1662 2271 12 aid aid NN 1662 2271 13 : : : 1662 2271 14 recipient recipient NN 1662 2271 15 : : : 1662 2271 16 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2271 17 , , , 1662 2271 18 $ $ $ 1662 2271 19 NA NA NNP 1662 2271 20 Currency currency NN 1662 2271 21 : : : 1662 2271 22 1 1 CD 1662 2271 23 Communaute Communaute NNP 1662 2271 24 Financiere Financiere NNP 1662 2271 25 Africaine Africaine NNP 1662 2271 26 franc franc NN 1662 2271 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2271 28 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 2271 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2271 30 = = SYM 1662 2271 31 100 100 CD 1662 2271 32 centimes centime NNS 1662 2271 33 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2271 34 rates rate NNS 1662 2271 35 : : : 1662 2271 36 CFA cfa NN 1662 2271 37 francs franc NNS 1662 2271 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2271 39 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 2271 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2271 41 per per IN 1662 2271 42 US$ us$ $ 1662 2271 43 1 1 CD 1662 2271 44 - - SYM 1662 2271 45 541.69 541.69 CD 1662 2271 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2271 47 January January NNP 1662 2271 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2271 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2271 50 , , , 1662 2271 51 511.55 511.55 CD 1662 2271 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2271 53 1996 1996 CD 1662 2271 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2271 55 , , , 1662 2271 56 499.15 499.15 CD 1662 2271 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2271 58 1995 1995 CD 1662 2271 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2271 60 , , , 1662 2271 61 555.20 555.20 CD 1662 2271 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2271 63 1994 1994 CD 1662 2271 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2271 65 , , , 1662 2271 66 283.16 283.16 CD 1662 2271 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2271 68 1993 1993 CD 1662 2271 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2271 70 , , , 1662 2271 71 264.69 264.69 CD 1662 2271 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2271 73 1992 1992 CD 1662 2271 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2271 75 note note NN 1662 2271 76 : : : 1662 2271 77 beginning begin VBG 1662 2271 78 12 12 CD 1662 2271 79 January January NNP 1662 2271 80 1994 1994 CD 1662 2271 81 , , , 1662 2271 82 the the DT 1662 2271 83 CFA CFA NNP 1662 2271 84 franc franc NN 1662 2271 85 was be VBD 1662 2271 86 devalued devalue VBN 1662 2271 87 to to IN 1662 2271 88 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 2271 89 100 100 CD 1662 2271 90 per per IN 1662 2271 91 French french JJ 1662 2271 92 franc franc NN 1662 2271 93 from from IN 1662 2271 94 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 2271 95 50 50 CD 1662 2271 96 at at IN 1662 2271 97 which which WDT 1662 2271 98 it -PRON- PRP 1662 2271 99 had have VBD 1662 2271 100 been be VBN 1662 2271 101 fixed fix VBN 1662 2271 102 since since IN 1662 2271 103 1948 1948 CD 1662 2271 104 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2271 105 year year NN 1662 2271 106 : : : 1662 2271 107 calendar calendar NNP 1662 2271 108 year year NN 1662 2271 109 @Congo @Congo NNP 1662 2271 110 , , , 1662 2271 111 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2271 112 of of IN 1662 2271 113 the the DT 1662 2271 114 : : : 1662 2271 115 Communications communication NNS 1662 2271 116 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 2271 117 : : : 1662 2271 118 18,000 18,000 CD 1662 2271 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2271 120 1983 1983 CD 1662 2271 121 est est NNP 1662 2271 122 . . . 1662 2271 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2272 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2272 2 system system NN 1662 2272 3 : : : 1662 2272 4 services service NNS 1662 2272 5 barely barely RB 1662 2272 6 adequate adequate JJ 1662 2272 7 for for IN 1662 2272 8 government government NN 1662 2272 9 use use NN 1662 2272 10 ; ; , 1662 2272 11 key key JJ 1662 2272 12 exchanges exchange NNS 1662 2272 13 are be VBP 1662 2272 14 in in IN 1662 2272 15 Brazzaville Brazzaville NNP 1662 2272 16 , , , 1662 2272 17 Pointe Pointe NNP 1662 2272 18 - - HYPH 1662 2272 19 Noire Noire NNP 1662 2272 20 , , , 1662 2272 21 and and CC 1662 2272 22 Loubomo Loubomo NNP 1662 2272 23 ; ; : 1662 2272 24 inter inter JJ 1662 2272 25 - - JJ 1662 2272 26 city city JJ 1662 2272 27 lines line NNS 1662 2272 28 frequently frequently RB 1662 2272 29 out out IN 1662 2272 30 of of IN 1662 2272 31 order order NN 1662 2272 32 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2272 33 : : : 1662 2272 34 primary primary JJ 1662 2272 35 network network NN 1662 2272 36 consists consist VBZ 1662 2272 37 of of IN 1662 2272 38 microwave microwave NN 1662 2272 39 radio radio NN 1662 2272 40 relay relay NN 1662 2272 41 and and CC 1662 2272 42 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 2272 43 cable cable NN 1662 2272 44 international international NNP 1662 2272 45 : : : 1662 2272 46 satellite satellite NN 1662 2272 47 earth earth NNP 1662 2272 48 station station NNP 1662 2272 49 - - : 1662 2272 50 1 1 CD 1662 2272 51 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2272 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2272 53 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2272 54 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2272 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2272 56 Radio radio NN 1662 2272 57 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2272 58 stations station NNS 1662 2272 59 : : : 1662 2272 60 AM am VBP 1662 2272 61 4 4 CD 1662 2272 62 , , , 1662 2272 63 FM FM NNP 1662 2272 64 1 1 CD 1662 2272 65 , , , 1662 2272 66 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2272 67 0 0 CD 1662 2272 68 Radios radio NNS 1662 2272 69 : : : 1662 2272 70 NA NA NNP 1662 2272 71 Television Television NNP 1662 2272 72 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2272 73 stations station NNS 1662 2272 74 : : : 1662 2272 75 4 4 CD 1662 2272 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2272 77 1987 1987 CD 1662 2272 78 est est NNP 1662 2272 79 . . . 1662 2272 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2273 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 2273 2 : : : 1662 2273 3 8,500 8,500 CD 1662 2273 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2273 5 1993 1993 CD 1662 2273 6 est est NNP 1662 2273 7 . . . 1662 2273 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2274 1 @Congo @Congo NNP 1662 2274 2 , , , 1662 2274 3 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2274 4 of of IN 1662 2274 5 the the DT 1662 2274 6 : : : 1662 2274 7 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2274 8 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2274 9 : : : 1662 2274 10 total total NN 1662 2274 11 : : : 1662 2274 12 795 795 CD 1662 2274 13 km km NNS 1662 2274 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2274 15 includes include VBZ 1662 2274 16 285 285 CD 1662 2274 17 km km NN 1662 2274 18 private private JJ 1662 2274 19 track track NN 1662 2274 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2274 21 narrow narrow JJ 1662 2274 22 gauge gauge NN 1662 2274 23 : : : 1662 2274 24 795 795 CD 1662 2274 25 km km NN 1662 2274 26 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 2274 27 gauge gauge NN 1662 2274 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2274 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 2274 30 est est NNP 1662 2274 31 . . . 1662 2274 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2275 1 Highways highway NNS 1662 2275 2 : : : 1662 2275 3 total total NN 1662 2275 4 : : : 1662 2275 5 12,760 12,760 CD 1662 2275 6 km km NN 1662 2275 7 paved pave VBN 1662 2275 8 : : : 1662 2275 9 1,238 1,238 CD 1662 2275 10 km km NN 1662 2275 11 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2275 12 : : : 1662 2275 13 11,522 11,522 CD 1662 2275 14 km km NNS 1662 2275 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2275 16 1995 1995 CD 1662 2275 17 est est NNP 1662 2275 18 . . . 1662 2275 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2276 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 2276 2 : : : 1662 2276 3 the the DT 1662 2276 4 Congo Congo NNP 1662 2276 5 and and CC 1662 2276 6 Ubangi Ubangi NNP 1662 2276 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2276 8 Oubangui Oubangui NNP 1662 2276 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2276 10 Rivers river NNS 1662 2276 11 provide provide VBP 1662 2276 12 1,120 1,120 CD 1662 2276 13 km km NNS 1662 2276 14 of of IN 1662 2276 15 commercially commercially RB 1662 2276 16 navigable navigable JJ 1662 2276 17 water water NN 1662 2276 18 transport transport NN 1662 2276 19 ; ; , 1662 2276 20 other other JJ 1662 2276 21 rivers river NNS 1662 2276 22 are be VBP 1662 2276 23 used use VBN 1662 2276 24 for for IN 1662 2276 25 local local JJ 1662 2276 26 traffic traffic NN 1662 2276 27 only only JJ 1662 2276 28 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 2276 29 : : : 1662 2276 30 crude crude JJ 1662 2276 31 oil oil NN 1662 2276 32 25 25 CD 1662 2276 33 km km NN 1662 2276 34 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 2276 35 and and CC 1662 2276 36 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2276 37 : : : 1662 2276 38 Brazzaville Brazzaville NNP 1662 2276 39 , , , 1662 2276 40 Impfondo Impfondo NNP 1662 2276 41 , , , 1662 2276 42 Ouesso Ouesso NNP 1662 2276 43 , , , 1662 2276 44 Oyo Oyo NNP 1662 2276 45 , , , 1662 2276 46 Pointe Pointe NNP 1662 2276 47 - - HYPH 1662 2276 48 Noire Noire NNP 1662 2276 49 Merchant merchant NN 1662 2276 50 marine marine NN 1662 2276 51 : : : 1662 2276 52 total total NN 1662 2276 53 : : : 1662 2276 54 1 1 CD 1662 2276 55 cargo cargo NN 1662 2276 56 ship ship NN 1662 2276 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2276 58 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2276 59 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2276 60 or or CC 1662 2276 61 over over RB 1662 2276 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2276 63 totaling total VBG 1662 2276 64 2,218 2,218 CD 1662 2276 65 GRT/4,100 grt/4,100 CD 1662 2276 66 DWT dwt NN 1662 2276 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2276 68 1996 1996 CD 1662 2276 69 est est NNP 1662 2276 70 . . . 1662 2276 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2277 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2277 2 : : : 1662 2277 3 34 34 CD 1662 2277 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2277 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2277 6 est est NNP 1662 2277 7 . . . 1662 2277 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2278 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2278 2 - - , 1662 2278 3 with with IN 1662 2278 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2278 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2278 6 : : : 1662 2278 7 total total NN 1662 2278 8 : : : 1662 2278 9 13 13 CD 1662 2278 10 over over IN 1662 2278 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2278 12 m m NN 1662 2278 13 : : : 1662 2278 14 1 1 CD 1662 2278 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2278 16 to to TO 1662 2278 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2278 18 m m NN 1662 2278 19 : : : 1662 2278 20 3 3 CD 1662 2278 21 under under IN 1662 2278 22 914 914 CD 1662 2278 23 m m NN 1662 2278 24 : : : 1662 2278 25 9 9 CD 1662 2278 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2278 27 1996 1996 CD 1662 2278 28 est est NNP 1662 2278 29 . . . 1662 2278 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2279 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2279 2 - - , 1662 2279 3 with with IN 1662 2279 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2279 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2279 6 : : : 1662 2279 7 total total NN 1662 2279 8 : : : 1662 2279 9 21 21 CD 1662 2279 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2279 11 to to TO 1662 2279 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2279 13 m m NN 1662 2279 14 : : : 1662 2279 15 7 7 CD 1662 2279 16 914 914 CD 1662 2279 17 to to TO 1662 2279 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2279 19 m m NN 1662 2279 20 : : : 1662 2279 21 14 14 CD 1662 2279 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2279 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2279 24 est est NNP 1662 2279 25 . . . 1662 2279 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2280 1 Military military JJ 1662 2280 2 Military military JJ 1662 2280 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2280 4 : : : 1662 2280 5 Army Army NNP 1662 2280 6 , , , 1662 2280 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 2280 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2280 9 includes include VBZ 1662 2280 10 Marines Marines NNPS 1662 2280 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2280 12 , , , 1662 2280 13 Air Air NNP 1662 2280 14 Force Force NNP 1662 2280 15 , , , 1662 2280 16 National National NNP 1662 2280 17 Police Police NNP 1662 2280 18 Military Military NNP 1662 2280 19 manpower manpower NN 1662 2280 20 - - HYPH 1662 2280 21 military military NN 1662 2280 22 age age NN 1662 2280 23 : : : 1662 2280 24 20 20 CD 1662 2280 25 years year NNS 1662 2280 26 of of IN 1662 2280 27 age age NN 1662 2280 28 Military military JJ 1662 2280 29 manpower manpower NN 1662 2280 30 - - HYPH 1662 2280 31 availability availability NN 1662 2280 32 : : : 1662 2280 33 males male NNS 1662 2280 34 age age NNP 1662 2280 35 15 15 CD 1662 2280 36 - - HYPH 1662 2280 37 49 49 CD 1662 2280 38 : : : 1662 2280 39 601,771 601,771 CD 1662 2280 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2280 41 1997 1997 CD 1662 2280 42 est est NNP 1662 2280 43 . . . 1662 2280 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2281 1 Military military JJ 1662 2281 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2281 3 - - HYPH 1662 2281 4 fit fit NN 1662 2281 5 for for IN 1662 2281 6 military military JJ 1662 2281 7 service service NN 1662 2281 8 : : : 1662 2281 9 males male NNS 1662 2281 10 : : : 1662 2281 11 306,757 306,757 CD 1662 2281 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2281 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2281 14 est est NNP 1662 2281 15 . . . 1662 2281 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2282 1 Military military JJ 1662 2282 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2282 3 - - HYPH 1662 2282 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 2282 5 military military JJ 1662 2282 6 age age NN 1662 2282 7 annually annually RB 1662 2282 8 : : : 1662 2282 9 males male NNS 1662 2282 10 : : : 1662 2282 11 26,081 26,081 CD 1662 2282 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2282 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2282 14 est e JJS 1662 2282 15 . . . 1662 2282 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2283 1 Military military JJ 1662 2283 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2283 3 - - HYPH 1662 2283 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2283 5 figure figure NN 1662 2283 6 : : : 1662 2283 7 $ $ $ 1662 2283 8 110 110 CD 1662 2283 9 million million CD 1662 2283 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2283 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 2283 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2283 13 Military military JJ 1662 2283 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2283 15 - - : 1662 2283 16 percent percent NN 1662 2283 17 of of IN 1662 2283 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2283 19 : : : 1662 2283 20 3.8 3.8 CD 1662 2283 21 % % NN 1662 2283 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2283 23 1993 1993 CD 1662 2283 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2283 25 Military military NN 1662 2283 26 - - HYPH 1662 2283 27 note note NN 1662 2283 28 : : : 1662 2283 29 under under IN 1662 2283 30 the the DT 1662 2283 31 terms term NNS 1662 2283 32 of of IN 1662 2283 33 a a DT 1662 2283 34 1994 1994 CD 1662 2283 35 peace peace NN 1662 2283 36 agreement agreement NN 1662 2283 37 , , , 1662 2283 38 which which WDT 1662 2283 39 ended end VBD 1662 2283 40 two two CD 1662 2283 41 years year NNS 1662 2283 42 of of IN 1662 2283 43 civil civil JJ 1662 2283 44 strife strife NN 1662 2283 45 , , , 1662 2283 46 members member NNS 1662 2283 47 of of IN 1662 2283 48 militias militia NNS 1662 2283 49 who who WP 1662 2283 50 supported support VBD 1662 2283 51 the the DT 1662 2283 52 three three CD 1662 2283 53 main main JJ 1662 2283 54 political political JJ 1662 2283 55 parties party NNS 1662 2283 56 are be VBP 1662 2283 57 being be VBG 1662 2283 58 integrated integrate VBN 1662 2283 59 into into IN 1662 2283 60 the the DT 1662 2283 61 military military JJ 1662 2283 62 forces force NNS 1662 2283 63 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2283 64 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2283 65 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2283 66 - 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- HYPH 1662 2283 239 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2283 240 : : : 1662 2283 241 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 2283 242 times time NNS 1662 2283 243 the the DT 1662 2283 244 size size NN 1662 2283 245 of of IN 1662 2283 246 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2283 247 , , , 1662 2283 248 DC DC NNP 1662 2283 249 Land Land NNP 1662 2283 250 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2283 251 : : : 1662 2283 252 0 0 LS 1662 2283 253 km km NN 1662 2283 254 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2283 255 : : : 1662 2283 256 120 120 CD 1662 2283 257 km km NN 1662 2283 258 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2283 259 claims claim VBZ 1662 2283 260 : : : 1662 2283 261 continental continental NNP 1662 2283 262 shelf shelf NNP 1662 2283 263 : : : 1662 2283 264 200 200 CD 1662 2283 265 nm nm CD 1662 2283 266 or or CC 1662 2283 267 to to IN 1662 2283 268 the the DT 1662 2283 269 edge edge NN 1662 2283 270 of of IN 1662 2283 271 the the DT 1662 2283 272 continental continental JJ 1662 2283 273 margin margin NN 1662 2283 274 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 2283 275 economic economic JJ 1662 2283 276 zone zone NN 1662 2283 277 : : : 1662 2283 278 200 200 CD 1662 2283 279 nm nm CD 1662 2283 280 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2283 281 sea sea NN 1662 2283 282 : : : 1662 2283 283 12 12 CD 1662 2283 284 nm nm NNP 1662 2283 285 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2283 286 : : : 1662 2283 287 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2283 288 ; ; : 1662 2283 289 moderated moderate VBN 1662 2283 290 by by IN 1662 2283 291 trade trade NN 1662 2283 292 winds wind NNS 1662 2283 293 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2283 294 : : : 1662 2283 295 low low JJ 1662 2283 296 coral coral JJ 1662 2283 297 atolls atoll NNS 1662 2283 298 in in IN 1662 2283 299 north north NN 1662 2283 300 ; ; : 1662 2283 301 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 2283 302 , , , 1662 2283 303 hilly hilly RB 1662 2283 304 islands island NNS 1662 2283 305 in in IN 1662 2283 306 south south JJ 1662 2283 307 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2283 308 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2283 309 : : : 1662 2283 310 lowest low JJS 1662 2283 311 point point NN 1662 2283 312 : : : 1662 2283 313 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2283 314 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2283 315 0 0 NFP 1662 2283 316 m m DT 1662 2283 317 highest high JJS 1662 2283 318 point point NN 1662 2283 319 : : : 1662 2283 320 Te Te NNP 1662 2283 321 Manga Manga NNP 1662 2283 322 652 652 CD 1662 2283 323 m m NNP 1662 2283 324 Natural natural JJ 1662 2283 325 resources resource NNS 1662 2283 326 : : : 1662 2283 327 NEGL NEGL NNP 1662 2283 328 Land Land NNP 1662 2283 329 use use NN 1662 2283 330 : : : 1662 2283 331 arable arable JJ 1662 2283 332 land land NN 1662 2283 333 : : : 1662 2283 334 9 9 CD 1662 2283 335 % % NN 1662 2283 336 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2283 337 crops crop NNS 1662 2283 338 : : : 1662 2283 339 13 13 CD 1662 2283 340 % % NN 1662 2283 341 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2283 342 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2283 343 : : : 1662 2283 344 NA% NA% NNS 1662 2283 345 forests forest NNS 1662 2283 346 and and CC 1662 2283 347 woodland woodland NN 1662 2283 348 : : : 1662 2283 349 NA% NA% NNS 1662 2283 350 other other JJ 1662 2283 351 : : : 1662 2283 352 78 78 CD 1662 2283 353 % % NN 1662 2283 354 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2283 355 1993 1993 CD 1662 2283 356 est est NNP 1662 2283 357 . . . 1662 2283 358 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2284 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2284 2 land land NN 1662 2284 3 : : : 1662 2284 4 NA NA NNP 1662 2284 5 sq sq RB 1662 2284 6 km km VB 1662 2284 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 2284 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2284 9 : : : 1662 2284 10 typhoons typhoon NNS 1662 2284 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2284 12 November November NNP 1662 2284 13 to to IN 1662 2284 14 March March NNP 1662 2284 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2284 16 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2284 17 - - HYPH 1662 2284 18 current current JJ 1662 2284 19 issues issue NNS 1662 2284 20 : : : 1662 2284 21 NA NA NNP 1662 2284 22 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2284 23 - - HYPH 1662 2284 24 international international JJ 1662 2284 25 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2284 26 : : : 1662 2284 27 party party NN 1662 2284 28 to to TO 1662 2284 29 : : : 1662 2284 30 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 2284 31 , , , 1662 2284 32 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2284 33 Change Change NNP 1662 2284 34 , , , 1662 2284 35 Law Law NNP 1662 2284 36 of of IN 1662 2284 37 the the DT 1662 2284 38 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2284 39 signed sign VBD 1662 2284 40 , , , 1662 2284 41 but but CC 1662 2284 42 not not RB 1662 2284 43 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2284 44 : : : 1662 2284 45 NA na JJ 1662 2284 46 @Cook @cook NN 1662 2284 47 Islands island NNS 1662 2284 48 : : : 1662 2284 49 People People NNPS 1662 2284 50 Population Population NNP 1662 2284 51 : : : 1662 2284 52 19,776 19,776 CD 1662 2284 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2284 54 July July NNP 1662 2284 55 1997 1997 CD 1662 2284 56 est est NNP 1662 2284 57 . . . 1662 2284 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2285 1 Age age NN 1662 2285 2 structure structure NN 1662 2285 3 : : : 1662 2285 4 0 0 CD 1662 2285 5 - - HYPH 1662 2285 6 14 14 CD 1662 2285 7 years year NNS 1662 2285 8 : : : 1662 2285 9 NA NA NNP 1662 2285 10 15 15 CD 1662 2285 11 - - SYM 1662 2285 12 64 64 CD 1662 2285 13 years year NNS 1662 2285 14 : : : 1662 2285 15 NA na IN 1662 2285 16 65 65 CD 1662 2285 17 years year NNS 1662 2285 18 and and CC 1662 2285 19 over over RB 1662 2285 20 : : : 1662 2285 21 NA NA NNP 1662 2285 22 Population Population NNP 1662 2285 23 growth growth NN 1662 2285 24 rate rate NN 1662 2285 25 : : : 1662 2285 26 1.08 1.08 CD 1662 2285 27 % % NN 1662 2285 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2285 29 1997 1997 CD 1662 2285 30 est est NNP 1662 2285 31 . . . 1662 2285 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2286 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2286 2 rate rate NN 1662 2286 3 : : : 1662 2286 4 22.7 22.7 CD 1662 2286 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 2286 6 population population NN 1662 2286 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2286 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2286 9 est est NNP 1662 2286 10 . . . 1662 2286 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2287 1 Death death NN 1662 2287 2 rate rate NN 1662 2287 3 : : : 1662 2287 4 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 2287 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2287 6 population population NN 1662 2287 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2287 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2287 9 est est NNP 1662 2287 10 . . . 1662 2287 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2288 1 Net net JJ 1662 2288 2 migration migration NN 1662 2288 3 rate rate NN 1662 2288 4 : : : 1662 2288 5 -6.65 -6.65 NFP 1662 2288 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 2288 7 population population NN 1662 2288 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2288 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2288 10 est est NNP 1662 2288 11 . . . 1662 2288 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2289 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2289 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2289 3 : : : 1662 2289 4 at at IN 1662 2289 5 birth birth NN 1662 2289 6 : : : 1662 2289 7 NA NA NNP 1662 2289 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2289 9 under under IN 1662 2289 10 15 15 CD 1662 2289 11 years year NNS 1662 2289 12 : : : 1662 2289 13 NA NA NNP 1662 2289 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2289 15 15 15 CD 1662 2289 16 - - SYM 1662 2289 17 64 64 CD 1662 2289 18 years year NNS 1662 2289 19 : : : 1662 2289 20 NA NA NNP 1662 2289 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2289 22 65 65 CD 1662 2289 23 years year NNS 1662 2289 24 and and CC 1662 2289 25 over over RB 1662 2289 26 : : : 1662 2289 27 NA NA NNP 1662 2289 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2289 29 total total JJ 1662 2289 30 population population NN 1662 2289 31 : : : 1662 2289 32 NA NA NNP 1662 2289 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2289 34 Infant Infant NNP 1662 2289 35 mortality mortality NN 1662 2289 36 rate rate NN 1662 2289 37 : : : 1662 2289 38 24.7 24.7 CD 1662 2289 39 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2289 40 live live JJ 1662 2289 41 births birth NNS 1662 2289 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2289 43 1997 1997 CD 1662 2289 44 est est NNP 1662 2289 45 . . . 1662 2289 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2290 1 Life life NN 1662 2290 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2290 3 at at IN 1662 2290 4 birth birth NN 1662 2290 5 : : : 1662 2290 6 total total JJ 1662 2290 7 population population NN 1662 2290 8 : : : 1662 2290 9 71.14 71.14 CD 1662 2290 10 years year NNS 1662 2290 11 male male NN 1662 2290 12 : : : 1662 2290 13 69.2 69.2 CD 1662 2290 14 years year NNS 1662 2290 15 female female JJ 1662 2290 16 : : : 1662 2290 17 73.1 73.1 CD 1662 2290 18 years year NNS 1662 2290 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2290 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2290 21 est est NNP 1662 2290 22 . . . 1662 2290 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2291 1 Total total JJ 1662 2291 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2291 3 rate rate NN 1662 2291 4 : : : 1662 2291 5 3.22 3.22 CD 1662 2291 6 children child NNS 1662 2291 7 born bear VBN 1662 2291 8 / / SYM 1662 2291 9 woman woman NN 1662 2291 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2291 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2291 12 est est NNP 1662 2291 13 . . . 1662 2291 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2292 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2292 2 : : : 1662 2292 3 noun noun NN 1662 2292 4 : : : 1662 2292 5 Cook cook VB 1662 2292 6 Islander(s islander(s RP 1662 2292 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2292 8 adjective adjective NN 1662 2292 9 : : : 1662 2292 10 Cook Cook NNP 1662 2292 11 Islander Islander NNP 1662 2292 12 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2292 13 groups group NNS 1662 2292 14 : : : 1662 2292 15 Polynesian Polynesian NNP 1662 2292 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2292 17 full full JJ 1662 2292 18 blood blood NN 1662 2292 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2292 20 81.3 81.3 CD 1662 2292 21 % % NN 1662 2292 22 , , , 1662 2292 23 Polynesian polynesian JJ 1662 2292 24 and and CC 1662 2292 25 European european JJ 1662 2292 26 7.7 7.7 CD 1662 2292 27 % % NN 1662 2292 28 , , , 1662 2292 29 Polynesian polynesian JJ 1662 2292 30 and and CC 1662 2292 31 non non JJ 1662 2292 32 - - JJ 1662 2292 33 European european JJ 1662 2292 34 7.7 7.7 CD 1662 2292 35 % % NN 1662 2292 36 , , , 1662 2292 37 European European NNP 1662 2292 38 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 2292 39 % % NN 1662 2292 40 , , , 1662 2292 41 other other JJ 1662 2292 42 0.9 0.9 CD 1662 2292 43 % % NN 1662 2292 44 Religions religion NNS 1662 2292 45 : : : 1662 2292 46 Christian Christian NNP 1662 2292 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2292 48 majority majority NN 1662 2292 49 of of IN 1662 2292 50 populace populace NN 1662 2292 51 are be VBP 1662 2292 52 members member NNS 1662 2292 53 of of IN 1662 2292 54 the the DT 1662 2292 55 Cook Cook NNP 1662 2292 56 Islands Islands NNP 1662 2292 57 Christian Christian NNP 1662 2292 58 Church Church NNP 1662 2292 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2292 60 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 2292 61 : : : 1662 2292 62 English English NNP 1662 2292 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2292 64 official official NN 1662 2292 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2292 66 , , , 1662 2292 67 Maori Maori NNP 1662 2292 68 Literacy literacy NN 1662 2292 69 : : : 1662 2292 70 NA NA NNP 1662 2292 71 @Cook @cook NN 1662 2292 72 Islands island NNS 1662 2292 73 : : : 1662 2292 74 Government Government NNP 1662 2292 75 Country Country NNP 1662 2292 76 name name NN 1662 2292 77 : : : 1662 2292 78 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2292 79 long long JJ 1662 2292 80 form form NN 1662 2292 81 : : : 1662 2292 82 none none NN 1662 2292 83 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2292 84 short short JJ 1662 2292 85 form form NN 1662 2292 86 : : : 1662 2292 87 Cook Cook NNP 1662 2292 88 Islands Islands NNP 1662 2292 89 Data Data NNP 1662 2292 90 code code NN 1662 2292 91 : : : 1662 2292 92 CW CW NNP 1662 2292 93 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 2292 94 status status NN 1662 2292 95 : : : 1662 2292 96 free free JJ 1662 2292 97 association association NN 1662 2292 98 with with IN 1662 2292 99 New New NNP 1662 2292 100 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 2292 101 ; ; : 1662 2292 102 Cook Cook NNP 1662 2292 103 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 2292 104 is be VBZ 1662 2292 105 fully fully RB 1662 2292 106 responsible responsible JJ 1662 2292 107 for for IN 1662 2292 108 internal internal JJ 1662 2292 109 affairs affair NNS 1662 2292 110 ; ; : 1662 2292 111 New New NNP 1662 2292 112 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 2292 113 retains retain VBZ 1662 2292 114 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 2292 115 for for IN 1662 2292 116 external external JJ 1662 2292 117 affairs affair NNS 1662 2292 118 , , , 1662 2292 119 in in IN 1662 2292 120 consultation consultation NN 1662 2292 121 with with IN 1662 2292 122 the the DT 1662 2292 123 Cook Cook NNP 1662 2292 124 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 2292 125 Government Government NNP 1662 2292 126 type type NN 1662 2292 127 : : : 1662 2292 128 self self NN 1662 2292 129 - 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30 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 2302 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2302 32 Currency currency NN 1662 2302 33 : : : 1662 2302 34 1 1 CD 1662 2302 35 New New NNP 1662 2302 36 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 2302 37 dollar dollar NN 1662 2302 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2302 39 NZ$ NZ$ NNP 1662 2302 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2302 41 = = NFP 1662 2302 42 100 100 CD 1662 2302 43 cents cent NNS 1662 2302 44 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2302 45 rates rate NNS 1662 2302 46 : : : 1662 2302 47 New New NNP 1662 2302 48 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 2302 49 dollars dollar NNS 1662 2302 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2302 51 NZ$ NZ$ NNP 1662 2302 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2302 53 per per IN 1662 2302 54 US$ us$ $ 1662 2302 55 1 1 CD 1662 2302 56 - - SYM 1662 2302 57 1.4247 1.4247 CD 1662 2302 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2302 59 January January NNP 1662 2302 60 1997 1997 CD 1662 2302 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2302 62 , , , 1662 2302 63 1.4543 1.4543 CD 1662 2302 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2302 65 1996 1996 CD 1662 2302 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2302 67 , , , 1662 2302 68 1.5235 1.5235 CD 1662 2302 69 ( 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2302 108 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2302 109 : : : 1662 2302 110 the the DT 1662 2302 111 individual individual JJ 1662 2302 112 islands island NNS 1662 2302 113 are be VBP 1662 2302 114 connected connect VBN 1662 2302 115 by by IN 1662 2302 116 a a DT 1662 2302 117 combination combination NN 1662 2302 118 of of IN 1662 2302 119 satellite satellite NN 1662 2302 120 earth earth NN 1662 2302 121 stations station NNS 1662 2302 122 , , , 1662 2302 123 microwave microwave NN 1662 2302 124 systems system NNS 1662 2302 125 , , , 1662 2302 126 and and CC 1662 2302 127 VHF VHF NNP 1662 2302 128 and and CC 1662 2302 129 HF HF NNP 1662 2302 130 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 2302 131 ; ; : 1662 2302 132 within within IN 1662 2302 133 the the DT 1662 2302 134 islands island NNS 1662 2302 135 , , , 1662 2302 136 service service NN 1662 2302 137 is be VBZ 1662 2302 138 provided provide VBN 1662 2302 139 by by IN 1662 2302 140 small small JJ 1662 2302 141 exchanges exchange NNS 1662 2302 142 connected connect VBN 1662 2302 143 to to IN 1662 2302 144 subscribers subscriber NNS 1662 2302 145 by by IN 1662 2302 146 open open JJ 1662 2302 147 wire wire NN 1662 2302 148 , , , 1662 2302 149 cable cable NN 1662 2302 150 , , , 1662 2302 151 and and CC 1662 2302 152 fiber fiber NN 1662 2302 153 - - HYPH 1662 2302 154 optic optic NN 1662 2302 155 cable cable NN 1662 2302 156 international international NNP 1662 2302 157 : : : 1662 2302 158 satellite satellite NN 1662 2302 159 earth earth NNP 1662 2302 160 station station NNP 1662 2302 161 - - : 1662 2302 162 1 1 CD 1662 2302 163 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2302 164 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2302 165 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2302 166 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2302 167 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2302 168 Radio radio NN 1662 2302 169 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2302 170 stations station NNS 1662 2302 171 : : : 1662 2302 172 AM AM NNP 1662 2302 173 1 1 CD 1662 2302 174 , , , 1662 2302 175 FM FM NNP 1662 2302 176 1 1 CD 1662 2302 177 , , , 1662 2302 178 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 2302 179 1 1 CD 1662 2302 180 Radios radio NNS 1662 2302 181 : : : 1662 2302 182 13,000 13,000 CD 1662 2302 183 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2302 184 1992 1992 CD 1662 2302 185 est est NNP 1662 2302 186 . . . 1662 2302 187 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2303 1 Television television NN 1662 2303 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2303 3 stations station NNS 1662 2303 4 : : : 1662 2303 5 1 1 CD 1662 2303 6 studio studio NN 1662 2303 7 and and CC 1662 2303 8 8 8 CD 1662 2303 9 low low RB 1662 2303 10 - - HYPH 1662 2303 11 powered power VBN 1662 2303 12 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 2303 13 achieve achieve VBP 1662 2303 14 good good JJ 1662 2303 15 coverage coverage NN 1662 2303 16 on on IN 1662 2303 17 the the DT 1662 2303 18 island island NN 1662 2303 19 of of IN 1662 2303 20 Rarotonga Rarotonga NNP 1662 2303 21 Televisions Televisions NNP 1662 2303 22 : : : 1662 2303 23 3,500 3,500 CD 1662 2303 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2303 25 1995 1995 CD 1662 2303 26 est est NNP 1662 2303 27 . . . 1662 2303 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2304 1 @Cook @cook JJ 1662 2304 2 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 2304 3 : : : 1662 2304 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2304 5 Railways railway NNS 1662 2304 6 : : : 1662 2304 7 0 0 LS 1662 2304 8 km km NN 1662 2304 9 Highways highway NNS 1662 2304 10 : : : 1662 2304 11 total total NN 1662 2304 12 : : : 1662 2304 13 187 187 CD 1662 2304 14 km km NN 1662 2304 15 paved pave VBN 1662 2304 16 : : : 1662 2304 17 35 35 CD 1662 2304 18 km km NN 1662 2304 19 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2304 20 : : : 1662 2304 21 152 152 CD 1662 2304 22 km km NNS 1662 2304 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2304 24 1980 1980 CD 1662 2304 25 est est NNP 1662 2304 26 . . . 1662 2304 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2305 1 Ports port NNS 1662 2305 2 and and CC 1662 2305 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2305 4 : : : 1662 2305 5 Avarua avarua NN 1662 2305 6 , , , 1662 2305 7 Avatiu Avatiu NNP 1662 2305 8 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2305 9 marine marine NN 1662 2305 10 : : : 1662 2305 11 total total NN 1662 2305 12 : : : 1662 2305 13 1 1 CD 1662 2305 14 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Zealand NNP 1662 2309 13 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2309 14 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2309 15 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2309 16 - - : 1662 2309 17 international international RB 1662 2309 18 : : : 1662 2309 19 none none NN 1662 2309 20 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 21 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 22 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 23 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 24 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 25 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 26 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 27 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 28 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 29 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 30 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 31 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 32 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 33 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 34 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 35 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 36 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 37 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 38 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 39 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 40 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 41 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 42 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 43 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 44 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 45 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 46 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 47 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 48 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 49 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 50 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 51 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 52 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 53 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 54 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 55 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 56 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 57 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 58 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 59 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 60 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 61 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 62 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 63 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 64 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 65 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 66 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 67 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 68 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 69 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 70 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 71 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 72 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 73 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 74 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 75 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 76 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 77 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 78 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 79 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 80 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 81 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 82 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 83 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 84 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 85 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 86 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 87 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 88 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 89 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 90 CORAL CORAL NNP 1662 2309 91 SEA SEA NNP 1662 2309 92 ISLANDS island NNS 1662 2309 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2309 94 territory territory NN 1662 2309 95 of of IN 1662 2309 96 Australia Australia NNP 1662 2309 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2309 98 @Coral @Coral NNP 1662 2309 99 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2309 100 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2309 137 sq sq RB 1662 2309 138 km km NNP 1662 2309 139 land land NN 1662 2309 140 : : : 1662 2309 141 less less JJR 1662 2309 142 than than IN 1662 2309 143 3 3 CD 1662 2309 144 sq sq NNP 1662 2309 145 km km NNP 1662 2309 146 water water NN 1662 2309 147 : : : 1662 2309 148 0 0 NFP 1662 2309 149 sq sq NNP 1662 2309 150 km km NNP 1662 2309 151 note note NN 1662 2309 152 : : : 1662 2309 153 includes include VBZ 1662 2309 154 numerous numerous JJ 1662 2309 155 small small JJ 1662 2309 156 islands island NNS 1662 2309 157 and and CC 1662 2309 158 reefs reef NNS 1662 2309 159 scattered scatter VBN 1662 2309 160 over over IN 1662 2309 161 a a DT 1662 2309 162 sea sea NN 1662 2309 163 area area NN 1662 2309 164 of of IN 1662 2309 165 about about RB 1662 2309 166 1 1 CD 1662 2309 167 million million CD 1662 2309 168 sq sq IN 1662 2309 169 km km NNP 1662 2309 170 , , , 1662 2309 171 with with IN 1662 2309 172 the the DT 1662 2309 173 Willis Willis NNP 1662 2309 174 Islets Islets NNPS 1662 2309 175 the the DT 1662 2309 176 most most RBS 1662 2309 177 important important JJ 1662 2309 178 Area area NN 1662 2309 179 - - HYPH 1662 2309 180 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2309 181 : : : 1662 2309 182 NA NA NNP 1662 2309 183 Land Land NNP 1662 2309 184 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2309 185 : : : 1662 2309 186 0 0 LS 1662 2309 187 km km NN 1662 2309 188 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2309 189 : : : 1662 2309 190 3,095 3,095 CD 1662 2309 191 km km NN 1662 2309 192 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2309 193 claims claim VBZ 1662 2309 194 : : : 1662 2309 195 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 2309 196 fishing fishing NN 1662 2309 197 zone zone NN 1662 2309 198 : : : 1662 2309 199 200 200 CD 1662 2309 200 nm nm CD 1662 2309 201 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2309 202 sea sea NN 1662 2309 203 : : : 1662 2309 204 3 3 CD 1662 2309 205 nm nm NNP 1662 2309 206 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2309 207 : : : 1662 2309 208 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2309 209 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2309 210 : : : 1662 2309 211 sand 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248 arable arable JJ 1662 2309 249 land land NN 1662 2309 250 : : : 1662 2309 251 0 0 CD 1662 2309 252 % % NN 1662 2309 253 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2309 254 crops crop NNS 1662 2309 255 : : : 1662 2309 256 0 0 CD 1662 2309 257 % % NN 1662 2309 258 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2309 259 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2309 260 : : : 1662 2309 261 0 0 CD 1662 2309 262 % % NN 1662 2309 263 forests forest NNS 1662 2309 264 and and CC 1662 2309 265 woodland woodland JJ 1662 2309 266 : : : 1662 2309 267 0 0 CD 1662 2309 268 % % NN 1662 2309 269 other other JJ 1662 2309 270 : : : 1662 2309 271 100 100 CD 1662 2309 272 % % NN 1662 2309 273 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2309 274 mostly mostly RB 1662 2309 275 grass grass NN 1662 2309 276 or or CC 1662 2309 277 scrub scrub NN 1662 2309 278 cover cover NN 1662 2309 279 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2309 280 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2309 281 land land NN 1662 2309 282 : : : 1662 2309 283 0 0 NFP 1662 2309 284 sq sq NNP 1662 2309 285 km km NNP 1662 2309 286 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2309 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NNP 1662 2309 322 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2309 323 - - HYPH 1662 2309 324 note note NN 1662 2309 325 : : : 1662 2309 326 important important JJ 1662 2309 327 nesting nesting JJ 1662 2309 328 area area NN 1662 2309 329 for for IN 1662 2309 330 birds bird NNS 1662 2309 331 and and CC 1662 2309 332 turtles turtle VBZ 1662 2309 333 @Coral @Coral NNP 1662 2309 334 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2309 335 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 2309 336 : : : 1662 2309 337 People People NNPS 1662 2309 338 Population Population NNP 1662 2309 339 : : : 1662 2309 340 no no DT 1662 2309 341 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 2309 342 inhabitants inhabitant NNS 1662 2309 343 note note VBP 1662 2309 344 : : : 1662 2309 345 there there EX 1662 2309 346 is be VBZ 1662 2309 347 a a DT 1662 2309 348 staff staff NN 1662 2309 349 of of IN 1662 2309 350 four four CD 1662 2309 351 at at IN 1662 2309 352 the the DT 1662 2309 353 meteorological meteorological JJ 1662 2309 354 station station NN 1662 2309 355 @Coral @Coral NNP 1662 2309 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of of IN 1662 2309 425 Australia Australia NNP 1662 2309 426 , , , 1662 2309 427 where where WRB 1662 2309 428 applicable applicable JJ 1662 2309 429 , , , 1662 2309 430 apply apply VBP 1662 2309 431 Executive executive JJ 1662 2309 432 branch branch NN 1662 2309 433 : : : 1662 2309 434 administered administer VBN 1662 2309 435 by by IN 1662 2309 436 the the DT 1662 2309 437 Minister Minister NNP 1662 2309 438 for for IN 1662 2309 439 the the DT 1662 2309 440 Arts Arts NNPS 1662 2309 441 , , , 1662 2309 442 Sport Sport NNP 1662 2309 443 , , , 1662 2309 444 the the DT 1662 2309 445 Environments Environments NNPS 1662 2309 446 and and CC 1662 2309 447 Territories Territories NNPS 1662 2309 448 of of IN 1662 2309 449 Australia Australia NNP 1662 2309 450 Flag Flag NNP 1662 2309 451 description description NN 1662 2309 452 : : : 1662 2309 453 the the DT 1662 2309 454 flag flag NN 1662 2309 455 of of IN 1662 2309 456 Australia Australia NNP 1662 2309 457 is be VBZ 1662 2309 458 used use VBN 1662 2309 459 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2309 460 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2309 461 - - HYPH 1662 2309 462 overview overview NN 1662 2309 463 : : : 1662 2309 464 no no DT 1662 2309 465 economic economic JJ 1662 2309 466 activity activity NN 1662 2309 467 @Coral @Coral NNP 1662 2309 468 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2309 469 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 2309 470 : : : 1662 2309 471 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 2309 472 Communications Communications NNP 1662 2309 473 - - HYPH 1662 2309 474 note note NN 1662 2309 475 : : : 1662 2309 476 there there EX 1662 2309 477 are be VBP 1662 2309 478 automatic automatic JJ 1662 2309 479 weather weather NN 1662 2309 480 relay relay NN 1662 2309 481 stations station NNS 1662 2309 482 on on IN 1662 2309 483 many many JJ 1662 2309 484 of of IN 1662 2309 485 the the DT 1662 2309 486 isles isle NNS 1662 2309 487 and and CC 1662 2309 488 reefs reef NNS 1662 2309 489 relaying relay VBG 1662 2309 490 data datum NNS 1662 2309 491 to to IN 1662 2309 492 the the DT 1662 2309 493 mainland mainland NN 1662 2309 494 @Coral @Coral NNP 1662 2309 495 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2309 496 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 2309 497 : : : 1662 2309 498 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2309 499 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 2309 500 and and CC 1662 2309 501 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2309 502 : : : 1662 2309 503 none none NN 1662 2309 504 ; ; : 1662 2309 505 offshore offshore RB 1662 2309 506 anchorage anchorage VBP 1662 2309 507 only only JJ 1662 2309 508 Military Military NNP 1662 2309 509 Military Military NNP 1662 2309 510 - - HYPH 1662 2309 511 note note NN 1662 2309 512 : : : 1662 2309 513 defense defense NN 1662 2309 514 is be VBZ 1662 2309 515 the the DT 1662 2309 516 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 2309 517 of of IN 1662 2309 518 Australia Australia NNP 1662 2309 519 ; ; : 1662 2309 520 visited visit VBN 1662 2309 521 regularly regularly RB 1662 2309 522 by by IN 1662 2309 523 the the DT 1662 2309 524 Royal Royal NNP 1662 2309 525 Australian Australian NNP 1662 2309 526 Navy Navy NNP 1662 2309 527 ; ; : 1662 2309 528 Australia Australia NNP 1662 2309 529 has have VBZ 1662 2309 530 control control NN 1662 2309 531 over over IN 1662 2309 532 the the DT 1662 2309 533 activities activity NNS 1662 2309 534 of of IN 1662 2309 535 visitors visitor NNS 1662 2309 536 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2309 537 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2309 538 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2309 539 - - : 1662 2309 540 international international RB 1662 2309 541 : : : 1662 2309 542 none none NN 1662 2309 543 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 544 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 545 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 546 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 547 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 548 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 549 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 550 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 551 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 552 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 553 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 554 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 555 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 556 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 557 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 558 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 559 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 560 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 561 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 562 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 563 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 564 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 565 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 566 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 567 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 568 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 569 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 570 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 571 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 572 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 573 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 574 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 575 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 576 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 577 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 578 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 579 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 580 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 581 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 582 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 583 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 584 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 585 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 586 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 587 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 588 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 589 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 590 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 591 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 592 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 593 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 594 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 595 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 596 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 597 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 598 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 599 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 600 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 601 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 602 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 603 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 604 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 605 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 606 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 607 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 608 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 609 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 610 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 611 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 612 _ _ NNP 1662 2309 613 COSTA COSTA NNP 1662 2309 614 RICA RICA NNP 1662 2309 615 @Costa @Costa NNP 1662 2309 616 Rica Rica NNP 1662 2309 617 : : : 1662 2309 618 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2309 619 Location Location NNP 1662 2309 620 : : : 1662 2309 621 Middle Middle NNP 1662 2309 622 America America NNP 1662 2309 623 , , , 1662 2309 624 bordering border VBG 1662 2309 625 both both CC 1662 2309 626 the the DT 1662 2309 627 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 2309 628 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2309 629 and and CC 1662 2309 630 the the DT 1662 2309 631 North North NNP 1662 2309 632 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2309 633 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2309 634 , , , 1662 2309 635 between between IN 1662 2309 636 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 2309 637 and and CC 1662 2309 638 Panama Panama NNP 1662 2309 639 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2309 640 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2309 641 : : : 1662 2309 642 10 10 CD 1662 2309 643 00 00 CD 1662 2309 644 N n CD 1662 2309 645 , , , 1662 2309 646 84 84 CD 1662 2309 647 00 00 NFP 1662 2309 648 W W NNP 1662 2309 649 Map Map NNP 1662 2309 650 references reference NNS 1662 2309 651 : : : 1662 2309 652 Central Central NNP 1662 2309 653 America America NNP 1662 2309 654 and and CC 1662 2309 655 the the DT 1662 2309 656 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 2309 657 Area Area NNP 1662 2309 658 : : : 1662 2309 659 total total NN 1662 2309 660 : : : 1662 2309 661 51,100 51,100 CD 1662 2309 662 sq sq RB 1662 2309 663 km km NNP 1662 2309 664 land land NN 1662 2309 665 : : : 1662 2309 666 50,660 50,660 CD 1662 2309 667 sq sq RB 1662 2309 668 km km NNP 1662 2309 669 water water NN 1662 2309 670 : : : 1662 2309 671 440 440 CD 1662 2309 672 sq sq NNP 1662 2309 673 km km NNP 1662 2309 674 note note NN 1662 2309 675 : : : 1662 2309 676 includes include VBZ 1662 2309 677 Isla Isla NNP 1662 2309 678 del del NNP 1662 2309 679 Coco Coco NNP 1662 2309 680 Area Area NNP 1662 2309 681 - - HYPH 1662 2309 682 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2309 683 : : : 1662 2309 684 slightly slightly RB 1662 2309 685 smaller small JJR 1662 2309 686 than than IN 1662 2309 687 West West NNP 1662 2309 688 Virginia Virginia NNP 1662 2309 689 Land Land NNP 1662 2309 690 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2309 691 : : : 1662 2309 692 total total JJ 1662 2309 693 : : : 1662 2309 694 639 639 CD 1662 2309 695 km km NN 1662 2309 696 border border NN 1662 2309 697 countries country NNS 1662 2309 698 : : : 1662 2309 699 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 2309 700 309 309 CD 1662 2309 701 km km NNS 1662 2309 702 , , , 1662 2309 703 Panama Panama NNP 1662 2309 704 330 330 CD 1662 2309 705 km km NN 1662 2309 706 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2309 707 : : : 1662 2309 708 1,290 1,290 CD 1662 2309 709 km km NN 1662 2309 710 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2309 711 claims claim VBZ 1662 2309 712 : : : 1662 2309 713 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 2309 714 economic economic JJ 1662 2309 715 zone zone NN 1662 2309 716 : : : 1662 2309 717 200 200 CD 1662 2309 718 nm nm CD 1662 2309 719 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2309 720 sea sea NN 1662 2309 721 : : : 1662 2309 722 12 12 CD 1662 2309 723 nm nm NNP 1662 2309 724 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2309 725 : : : 1662 2309 726 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2309 727 ; ; : 1662 2309 728 dry dry JJ 1662 2309 729 season season NN 1662 2309 730 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2309 731 December December NNP 1662 2309 732 to to IN 1662 2309 733 April April NNP 1662 2309 734 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2309 735 ; ; : 1662 2309 736 rainy rainy JJ 1662 2309 737 season season NN 1662 2309 738 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2309 739 May May NNP 1662 2309 740 to to IN 1662 2309 741 November November NNP 1662 2309 742 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2309 743 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2309 744 : : : 1662 2309 745 coastal coastal JJ 1662 2309 746 plains plain NNS 1662 2309 747 separated separate VBN 1662 2309 748 by by IN 1662 2309 749 rugged rugged JJ 1662 2309 750 mountains mountain NNS 1662 2309 751 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2309 752 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2309 753 : : : 1662 2309 754 lowest low JJS 1662 2309 755 point point NN 1662 2309 756 : : : 1662 2309 757 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2309 758 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2309 759 0 0 NFP 1662 2309 760 m m DT 1662 2309 761 highest high JJS 1662 2309 762 point point NN 1662 2309 763 : : : 1662 2309 764 Cerro Cerro NNP 1662 2309 765 Chirripo Chirripo NNP 1662 2309 766 3,810 3,810 CD 1662 2309 767 m m NNP 1662 2309 768 Natural natural JJ 1662 2309 769 resources resource NNS 1662 2309 770 : : : 1662 2309 771 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 2309 772 potential potential NNP 1662 2309 773 Land Land NNP 1662 2309 774 use use NN 1662 2309 775 : : : 1662 2309 776 arable arable JJ 1662 2309 777 land land NN 1662 2309 778 : : : 1662 2309 779 6 6 CD 1662 2309 780 % % NN 1662 2309 781 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2309 782 crops crop NNS 1662 2309 783 : : : 1662 2309 784 5 5 CD 1662 2309 785 % % NN 1662 2309 786 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2309 787 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2309 788 : : : 1662 2309 789 46 46 CD 1662 2309 790 % % NN 1662 2309 791 forests forest NNS 1662 2309 792 and and CC 1662 2309 793 woodland woodland JJ 1662 2309 794 : : : 1662 2309 795 31 31 CD 1662 2309 796 % % NN 1662 2309 797 other other JJ 1662 2309 798 : : : 1662 2309 799 12 12 CD 1662 2309 800 % % NN 1662 2309 801 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2309 802 1993 1993 CD 1662 2309 803 est est NNP 1662 2309 804 . . . 1662 2309 805 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2310 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2310 2 land land NN 1662 2310 3 : : : 1662 2310 4 1,200 1,200 CD 1662 2310 5 sq sq NNP 1662 2310 6 km km NNP 1662 2310 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2310 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2310 9 est est NNP 1662 2310 10 . . . 1662 2310 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2311 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2311 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2311 3 : : : 1662 2311 4 occasional occasional JJ 1662 2311 5 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 2311 6 , , , 1662 2311 7 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 2311 8 along along IN 1662 2311 9 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2311 10 coast coast NN 1662 2311 11 ; ; , 1662 2311 12 frequent frequent JJ 1662 2311 13 flooding flooding NN 1662 2311 14 of of IN 1662 2311 15 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 2311 16 at at IN 1662 2311 17 onset onset NN 1662 2311 18 of of IN 1662 2311 19 rainy rainy NNP 1662 2311 20 season season NN 1662 2311 21 ; ; , 1662 2311 22 active active JJ 1662 2311 23 volcanoes volcano NNS 1662 2311 24 Environment environment NN 1662 2311 25 - - HYPH 1662 2311 26 current current JJ 1662 2311 27 issues issue NNS 1662 2311 28 : : : 1662 2311 29 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 2311 30 , , , 1662 2311 31 largely largely RB 1662 2311 32 a a DT 1662 2311 33 result result NN 1662 2311 34 of of IN 1662 2311 35 the the DT 1662 2311 36 clearing clearing NN 1662 2311 37 of of IN 1662 2311 38 land land NN 1662 2311 39 for for IN 1662 2311 40 cattle cattle NNS 1662 2311 41 ranching ranch VBG 1662 2311 42 ; ; : 1662 2311 43 soil soil NN 1662 2311 44 erosion erosion NN 1662 2311 45 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2311 46 - - HYPH 1662 2311 47 international international JJ 1662 2311 48 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2311 49 : : : 1662 2311 50 party party NN 1662 2311 51 to to TO 1662 2311 52 : : : 1662 2311 53 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 2311 54 , , , 1662 2311 55 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2311 56 Change Change NNP 1662 2311 57 , , , 1662 2311 58 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2311 59 Species Species NNPS 1662 2311 60 , , , 1662 2311 61 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 2311 62 Modification Modification NNP 1662 2311 63 , , , 1662 2311 64 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 2311 65 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 2311 66 , , , 1662 2311 67 Law Law NNP 1662 2311 68 of of IN 1662 2311 69 the the DT 1662 2311 70 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2311 71 , , , 1662 2311 72 Marine Marine NNP 1662 2311 73 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 2311 74 , , , 1662 2311 75 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 2311 76 Test Test NNP 1662 2311 77 Ban Ban NNP 1662 2311 78 , , , 1662 2311 79 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2311 80 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2311 81 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2311 82 , , , 1662 2311 83 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 2311 84 signed sign VBD 1662 2311 85 , , , 1662 2311 86 but but CC 1662 2311 87 not not RB 1662 2311 88 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2311 89 : : : 1662 2311 90 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 2311 91 , , , 1662 2311 92 Marine Marine NNP 1662 2311 93 Life Life NNP 1662 2311 94 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 2311 95 @Costa @Costa NNP 1662 2311 96 Rica Rica NNP 1662 2311 97 : : : 1662 2311 98 People People NNP 1662 2311 99 Population Population NNP 1662 2311 100 : : : 1662 2311 101 3,534,174 3,534,174 CD 1662 2311 102 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2311 103 July July NNP 1662 2311 104 1997 1997 CD 1662 2311 105 est est NNP 1662 2311 106 . . . 1662 2311 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2312 1 Age age NN 1662 2312 2 structure structure NN 1662 2312 3 : : : 1662 2312 4 0 0 CD 1662 2312 5 - - HYPH 1662 2312 6 14 14 CD 1662 2312 7 years year NNS 1662 2312 8 : : : 1662 2312 9 34 34 CD 1662 2312 10 % % NN 1662 2312 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2312 12 male male JJ 1662 2312 13 617,256 617,256 CD 1662 2312 14 ; ; : 1662 2312 15 female female JJ 1662 2312 16 587,566 587,566 CD 1662 2312 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2312 18 15 15 CD 1662 2312 19 - - HYPH 1662 2312 20 64 64 CD 1662 2312 21 years year NNS 1662 2312 22 : : : 1662 2312 23 61 61 CD 1662 2312 24 % % NN 1662 2312 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2312 26 male male JJ 1662 2312 27 1,090,414 1,090,414 CD 1662 2312 28 ; ; : 1662 2312 29 female female JJ 1662 2312 30 1,065,273 1,065,273 CD 1662 2312 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2312 32 65 65 CD 1662 2312 33 years year NNS 1662 2312 34 and and CC 1662 2312 35 over over IN 1662 2312 36 : : : 1662 2312 37 5 5 CD 1662 2312 38 % % NN 1662 2312 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2312 40 male male NN 1662 2312 41 80,304 80,304 CD 1662 2312 42 ; ; : 1662 2312 43 female female JJ 1662 2312 44 93,361 93,361 CD 1662 2312 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2312 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2312 47 July July NNP 1662 2312 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2312 49 est est NNP 1662 2312 50 . . . 1662 2312 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2313 1 Population population NN 1662 2313 2 growth growth NN 1662 2313 3 rate rate NN 1662 2313 4 : : : 1662 2313 5 2 2 CD 1662 2313 6 % % NN 1662 2313 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2313 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2313 9 est est NNP 1662 2313 10 . . . 1662 2313 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2314 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2314 2 rate rate NN 1662 2314 3 : : : 1662 2314 4 23.35 23.35 CD 1662 2314 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 2314 6 population population NN 1662 2314 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2314 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2314 9 est est NNP 1662 2314 10 . . . 1662 2314 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2315 1 Death death NN 1662 2315 2 rate rate NN 1662 2315 3 : : : 1662 2315 4 4.15 4.15 CD 1662 2315 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2315 6 population population NN 1662 2315 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2315 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2315 9 est est NNP 1662 2315 10 . . . 1662 2315 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2316 1 Net net JJ 1662 2316 2 migration migration NN 1662 2316 3 rate rate NN 1662 2316 4 : : : 1662 2316 5 0.82 0.82 CD 1662 2316 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 2316 7 population population NN 1662 2316 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2316 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2316 10 est est NNP 1662 2316 11 . . . 1662 2316 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2317 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2317 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2317 3 : : : 1662 2317 4 at at IN 1662 2317 5 birth birth NN 1662 2317 6 : : : 1662 2317 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 2317 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2317 9 under under IN 1662 2317 10 15 15 CD 1662 2317 11 years year NNS 1662 2317 12 : : : 1662 2317 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 2317 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2317 15 15 15 CD 1662 2317 16 - - HYPH 1662 2317 17 64 64 CD 1662 2317 18 years year NNS 1662 2317 19 : : : 1662 2317 20 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 2317 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2317 22 65 65 CD 1662 2317 23 years year NNS 1662 2317 24 and and CC 1662 2317 25 over over IN 1662 2317 26 : : : 1662 2317 27 0.86 0.86 CD 1662 2317 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2317 29 total total JJ 1662 2317 30 population population NN 1662 2317 31 : : : 1662 2317 32 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 2317 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2317 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2317 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2317 36 est e JJS 1662 2317 37 . . . 1662 2317 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2318 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2318 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2318 3 rate rate NN 1662 2318 4 : : : 1662 2318 5 13.3 13.3 CD 1662 2318 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2318 7 live live JJ 1662 2318 8 births birth NNS 1662 2318 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2318 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2318 11 est est NNP 1662 2318 12 . . . 1662 2318 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2319 1 Life life NN 1662 2319 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2319 3 at at IN 1662 2319 4 birth birth NN 1662 2319 5 : : : 1662 2319 6 total total JJ 1662 2319 7 population population NN 1662 2319 8 : : : 1662 2319 9 75.82 75.82 CD 1662 2319 10 years year NNS 1662 2319 11 male male NN 1662 2319 12 : : : 1662 2319 13 73.41 73.41 CD 1662 2319 14 years year NNS 1662 2319 15 female female JJ 1662 2319 16 : : : 1662 2319 17 78.36 78.36 CD 1662 2319 18 years year NNS 1662 2319 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2319 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2319 21 est est NNP 1662 2319 22 . . . 1662 2319 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2320 1 Total total JJ 1662 2320 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2320 3 rate rate NN 1662 2320 4 : : : 1662 2320 5 2.85 2.85 CD 1662 2320 6 children child NNS 1662 2320 7 born bear VBN 1662 2320 8 / / SYM 1662 2320 9 woman woman NN 1662 2320 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2320 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2320 12 est est NNP 1662 2320 13 . . . 1662 2320 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2321 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2321 2 : : : 1662 2321 3 noun noun NN 1662 2321 4 : : : 1662 2321 5 Costa Costa NNP 1662 2321 6 Rican(s rican(s NN 1662 2321 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2321 8 adjective adjective NN 1662 2321 9 : : : 1662 2321 10 Costa costa JJ 1662 2321 11 Rican rican JJ 1662 2321 12 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2321 13 groups group NNS 1662 2321 14 : : : 1662 2321 15 white white JJ 1662 2321 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2321 17 including include VBG 1662 2321 18 mestizo mestizo NNP 1662 2321 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2321 20 96 96 CD 1662 2321 21 % % NN 1662 2321 22 , , , 1662 2321 23 black black JJ 1662 2321 24 2 2 CD 1662 2321 25 % % NN 1662 2321 26 , , , 1662 2321 27 Amerindian Amerindian NNP 1662 2321 28 1 1 CD 1662 2321 29 % % NN 1662 2321 30 , , , 1662 2321 31 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 2321 32 1 1 CD 1662 2321 33 % % NN 1662 2321 34 Religions religion NNS 1662 2321 35 : : : 1662 2321 36 Roman roman JJ 1662 2321 37 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 2321 38 95 95 CD 1662 2321 39 % % NN 1662 2321 40 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 2321 41 : : : 1662 2321 42 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 2321 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2321 44 official official NN 1662 2321 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2321 46 , , , 1662 2321 47 English English NNP 1662 2321 48 spoken speak VBD 1662 2321 49 around around IN 1662 2321 50 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 2321 51 Limon Limon NNP 1662 2321 52 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 2321 53 : : : 1662 2321 54 definition definition NN 1662 2321 55 : : : 1662 2321 56 age age NN 1662 2321 57 15 15 CD 1662 2321 58 and and CC 1662 2321 59 over over RB 1662 2321 60 can can MD 1662 2321 61 read read VB 1662 2321 62 and and CC 1662 2321 63 write write VB 1662 2321 64 total total JJ 1662 2321 65 population population NN 1662 2321 66 : : : 1662 2321 67 94.8 94.8 CD 1662 2321 68 % % NN 1662 2321 69 male male NN 1662 2321 70 : : : 1662 2321 71 94.7 94.7 CD 1662 2321 72 % % NN 1662 2321 73 female female NN 1662 2321 74 : : : 1662 2321 75 95 95 CD 1662 2321 76 % % NN 1662 2321 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2321 78 1995 1995 CD 1662 2321 79 est est NNP 1662 2321 80 . . . 1662 2321 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 1 @Costa @Costa NNP 1662 2322 2 Rica Rica NNP 1662 2322 3 : : : 1662 2322 4 Government Government NNP 1662 2322 5 Country Country NNP 1662 2322 6 name name NN 1662 2322 7 : : : 1662 2322 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2322 9 long long JJ 1662 2322 10 form form NN 1662 2322 11 : : : 1662 2322 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2322 13 of of IN 1662 2322 14 Costa Costa NNP 1662 2322 15 Rica Rica NNP 1662 2322 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2322 17 short short JJ 1662 2322 18 form form NN 1662 2322 19 : : : 1662 2322 20 Costa Costa NNP 1662 2322 21 Rica Rica NNP 1662 2322 22 local local JJ 1662 2322 23 long long JJ 1662 2322 24 form form NN 1662 2322 25 : : : 1662 2322 26 Republica Republica NNP 1662 2322 27 de de NNP 1662 2322 28 Costa Costa NNP 1662 2322 29 Rica Rica NNP 1662 2322 30 local local JJ 1662 2322 31 short short JJ 1662 2322 32 form form NN 1662 2322 33 : : : 1662 2322 34 Costa Costa NNP 1662 2322 35 Rica Rica NNP 1662 2322 36 Data Data NNP 1662 2322 37 code code NN 1662 2322 38 : : : 1662 2322 39 CS CS NNP 1662 2322 40 Government Government NNP 1662 2322 41 type type NN 1662 2322 42 : : : 1662 2322 43 democratic democratic NNP 1662 2322 44 republic republic NNP 1662 2322 45 National national JJ 1662 2322 46 capital capital NN 1662 2322 47 : : : 1662 2322 48 San San NNP 1662 2322 49 Jose Jose NNP 1662 2322 50 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 2322 51 divisions division NNS 1662 2322 52 : : : 1662 2322 53 7 7 CD 1662 2322 54 provinces province NNS 1662 2322 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 56 provincias provincia NNS 1662 2322 57 , , , 1662 2322 58 singular singular JJ 1662 2322 59 - - HYPH 1662 2322 60 provincia provincia NN 1662 2322 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 62 ; ; : 1662 2322 63 Alajuela Alajuela NNP 1662 2322 64 , , , 1662 2322 65 Cartago Cartago NNP 1662 2322 66 , , , 1662 2322 67 Guanacaste Guanacaste NNP 1662 2322 68 , , , 1662 2322 69 Heredia Heredia NNP 1662 2322 70 , , , 1662 2322 71 Limon Limon NNP 1662 2322 72 , , , 1662 2322 73 Puntarenas Puntarenas NNP 1662 2322 74 , , , 1662 2322 75 San San NNP 1662 2322 76 Jose Jose NNP 1662 2322 77 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2322 78 : : : 1662 2322 79 15 15 CD 1662 2322 80 September September NNP 1662 2322 81 1821 1821 CD 1662 2322 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 83 from from IN 1662 2322 84 Spain Spain NNP 1662 2322 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 86 National national JJ 1662 2322 87 holiday holiday NN 1662 2322 88 : : : 1662 2322 89 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2322 90 Day Day NNP 1662 2322 91 , , , 1662 2322 92 15 15 CD 1662 2322 93 September September NNP 1662 2322 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 95 1821 1821 CD 1662 2322 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 97 Constitution constitution NN 1662 2322 98 : : : 1662 2322 99 9 9 CD 1662 2322 100 November November NNP 1662 2322 101 1949 1949 CD 1662 2322 102 Legal legal JJ 1662 2322 103 system system NN 1662 2322 104 : : : 1662 2322 105 based base VBN 1662 2322 106 on on IN 1662 2322 107 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 2322 108 civil civil JJ 1662 2322 109 law law NN 1662 2322 110 system system NN 1662 2322 111 ; ; : 1662 2322 112 judicial judicial JJ 1662 2322 113 review review NN 1662 2322 114 of of IN 1662 2322 115 legislative legislative JJ 1662 2322 116 acts act NNS 1662 2322 117 in in IN 1662 2322 118 the the DT 1662 2322 119 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2322 120 Court Court NNP 1662 2322 121 ; ; : 1662 2322 122 has have VBZ 1662 2322 123 not not RB 1662 2322 124 accepted accept VBN 1662 2322 125 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 2322 126 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 2322 127 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 2322 128 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 2322 129 : : : 1662 2322 130 18 18 CD 1662 2322 131 years year NNS 1662 2322 132 of of IN 1662 2322 133 age age NN 1662 2322 134 ; ; : 1662 2322 135 universal universal JJ 1662 2322 136 and and CC 1662 2322 137 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 2322 138 Executive Executive NNP 1662 2322 139 branch branch NN 1662 2322 140 : : : 1662 2322 141 chief chief NN 1662 2322 142 of of IN 1662 2322 143 state state NN 1662 2322 144 : : : 1662 2322 145 President President NNP 1662 2322 146 Jose Jose NNP 1662 2322 147 Maria Maria NNP 1662 2322 148 FIGUERES FIGUERES NNP 1662 2322 149 Olsen Olsen NNP 1662 2322 150 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 151 since since IN 1662 2322 152 8 8 CD 1662 2322 153 May May NNP 1662 2322 154 1994 1994 CD 1662 2322 155 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 156 ; ; : 1662 2322 157 First First NNP 1662 2322 158 Vice Vice NNP 1662 2322 159 President President NNP 1662 2322 160 Rodrigo Rodrigo NNP 1662 2322 161 OREAMUNO OREAMUNO NNP 1662 2322 162 Blanco Blanco NNP 1662 2322 163 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 164 since since IN 1662 2322 165 8 8 CD 1662 2322 166 May May NNP 1662 2322 167 1994 1994 CD 1662 2322 168 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 169 , , , 1662 2322 170 Second Second NNP 1662 2322 171 Vice Vice NNP 1662 2322 172 President President NNP 1662 2322 173 Rebeca Rebeca NNP 1662 2322 174 GRYNSPAN GRYNSPAN NNP 1662 2322 175 Mayufis Mayufis NNP 1662 2322 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 177 since since IN 1662 2322 178 8 8 CD 1662 2322 179 May May NNP 1662 2322 180 1994 1994 CD 1662 2322 181 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 182 ; ; : 1662 2322 183 note note NN 1662 2322 184 - - HYPH 1662 2322 185 president president NN 1662 2322 186 is be VBZ 1662 2322 187 both both CC 1662 2322 188 the the DT 1662 2322 189 chief chief NN 1662 2322 190 of of IN 1662 2322 191 state state NN 1662 2322 192 and and CC 1662 2322 193 head head NN 1662 2322 194 of of IN 1662 2322 195 government government NN 1662 2322 196 head head NN 1662 2322 197 of of IN 1662 2322 198 government government NN 1662 2322 199 : : : 1662 2322 200 President President NNP 1662 2322 201 Jose Jose NNP 1662 2322 202 Maria Maria NNP 1662 2322 203 FIGUERES FIGUERES NNP 1662 2322 204 Olsen Olsen NNP 1662 2322 205 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 206 since since IN 1662 2322 207 8 8 CD 1662 2322 208 May May NNP 1662 2322 209 1994 1994 CD 1662 2322 210 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 211 ; ; : 1662 2322 212 First First NNP 1662 2322 213 Vice Vice NNP 1662 2322 214 President President NNP 1662 2322 215 Rodrigo Rodrigo NNP 1662 2322 216 OREAMUNO OREAMUNO NNP 1662 2322 217 Blanco Blanco NNP 1662 2322 218 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 219 since since IN 1662 2322 220 8 8 CD 1662 2322 221 May May NNP 1662 2322 222 1994 1994 CD 1662 2322 223 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 224 , , , 1662 2322 225 Second Second NNP 1662 2322 226 Vice Vice NNP 1662 2322 227 President President NNP 1662 2322 228 Rebeca Rebeca NNP 1662 2322 229 GRYNSPAN GRYNSPAN NNP 1662 2322 230 Mayufis Mayufis NNP 1662 2322 231 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 232 since since IN 1662 2322 233 8 8 CD 1662 2322 234 May May NNP 1662 2322 235 1994 1994 CD 1662 2322 236 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 237 ; ; : 1662 2322 238 note note NN 1662 2322 239 - - HYPH 1662 2322 240 president president NN 1662 2322 241 is be VBZ 1662 2322 242 both both CC 1662 2322 243 the the DT 1662 2322 244 chief chief NN 1662 2322 245 of of IN 1662 2322 246 state state NN 1662 2322 247 and and CC 1662 2322 248 head head NN 1662 2322 249 of of IN 1662 2322 250 government government NN 1662 2322 251 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2322 252 : : : 1662 2322 253 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 2322 254 selected select VBN 1662 2322 255 by by IN 1662 2322 256 the the DT 1662 2322 257 president president NNP 1662 2322 258 elections election NNS 1662 2322 259 : : : 1662 2322 260 president president NN 1662 2322 261 and and CC 1662 2322 262 vice vice NN 1662 2322 263 presidents president NNS 1662 2322 264 elected elect VBN 1662 2322 265 on on IN 1662 2322 266 the the DT 1662 2322 267 same same JJ 1662 2322 268 ticket ticket NN 1662 2322 269 by by IN 1662 2322 270 popular popular JJ 1662 2322 271 vote vote NN 1662 2322 272 for for IN 1662 2322 273 four four CD 1662 2322 274 - - HYPH 1662 2322 275 year year NN 1662 2322 276 terms term NNS 1662 2322 277 ; ; : 1662 2322 278 election election NN 1662 2322 279 last last JJ 1662 2322 280 held hold VBD 1662 2322 281 6 6 CD 1662 2322 282 February February NNP 1662 2322 283 1994 1994 CD 1662 2322 284 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 285 next next JJ 1662 2322 286 to to TO 1662 2322 287 be be VB 1662 2322 288 held hold VBN 1662 2322 289 NA NA NNP 1662 2322 290 February February NNP 1662 2322 291 1998 1998 CD 1662 2322 292 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 293 election election NN 1662 2322 294 results result NNS 1662 2322 295 : : : 1662 2322 296 Jose Jose NNP 1662 2322 297 Maria Maria NNP 1662 2322 298 FIGUERES FIGUERES NNP 1662 2322 299 Olsen Olsen NNP 1662 2322 300 elected elect VBD 1662 2322 301 president president NN 1662 2322 302 ; ; , 1662 2322 303 percent percent NN 1662 2322 304 of of IN 1662 2322 305 vote vote NN 1662 2322 306 - - : 1662 2322 307 Jose Jose NNP 1662 2322 308 Maria Maria NNP 1662 2322 309 FIGUERES FIGUERES NNP 1662 2322 310 Olsen Olsen NNP 1662 2322 311 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 312 PLN PLN NNP 1662 2322 313 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 314 49.7 49.7 CD 1662 2322 315 % % NN 1662 2322 316 , , , 1662 2322 317 Miquel Miquel NNP 1662 2322 318 Angel Angel NNP 1662 2322 319 RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ NNP 1662 2322 320 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 321 PUSC PUSC NNP 1662 2322 322 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 323 47.5 47.5 CD 1662 2322 324 % % NN 1662 2322 325 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2322 326 branch branch NN 1662 2322 327 : : : 1662 2322 328 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 2322 329 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 2322 330 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2322 331 or or CC 1662 2322 332 Asamblea Asamblea NNP 1662 2322 333 Legislativa Legislativa NNP 1662 2322 334 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 335 57 57 CD 1662 2322 336 seats seat NNS 1662 2322 337 ; ; : 1662 2322 338 members member NNS 1662 2322 339 are be VBP 1662 2322 340 elected elect VBN 1662 2322 341 by by IN 1662 2322 342 direct direct JJ 1662 2322 343 popular popular JJ 1662 2322 344 vote vote NN 1662 2322 345 to to TO 1662 2322 346 serve serve VB 1662 2322 347 four four CD 1662 2322 348 - - HYPH 1662 2322 349 year year NN 1662 2322 350 terms term NNS 1662 2322 351 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 352 elections election NNS 1662 2322 353 : : : 1662 2322 354 last last RB 1662 2322 355 held held JJ 1662 2322 356 6 6 CD 1662 2322 357 February February NNP 1662 2322 358 1994 1994 CD 1662 2322 359 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 360 next next JJ 1662 2322 361 to to TO 1662 2322 362 be be VB 1662 2322 363 held hold VBN 1662 2322 364 NA NA NNP 1662 2322 365 February February NNP 1662 2322 366 1998 1998 CD 1662 2322 367 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 368 election election NN 1662 2322 369 results result NNS 1662 2322 370 : : : 1662 2322 371 percent percent NN 1662 2322 372 of of IN 1662 2322 373 vote vote NN 1662 2322 374 by by IN 1662 2322 375 party party NN 1662 2322 376 - - HYPH 1662 2322 377 NA NA NNP 1662 2322 378 ; ; , 1662 2322 379 seats seat NNS 1662 2322 380 by by IN 1662 2322 381 party party NNP 1662 2322 382 - - HYPH 1662 2322 383 PLN PLN NNP 1662 2322 384 28 28 CD 1662 2322 385 , , , 1662 2322 386 PUSC PUSC NNP 1662 2322 387 25 25 CD 1662 2322 388 , , , 1662 2322 389 minority minority NN 1662 2322 390 parties party NNS 1662 2322 391 4 4 CD 1662 2322 392 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 2322 393 branch branch NN 1662 2322 394 : : : 1662 2322 395 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2322 396 Court Court NNP 1662 2322 397 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 398 Corte Corte NNP 1662 2322 399 Suprema Suprema NNP 1662 2322 400 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 401 , , , 1662 2322 402 justices justice NNS 1662 2322 403 are be VBP 1662 2322 404 elected elect VBN 1662 2322 405 for for IN 1662 2322 406 eight eight CD 1662 2322 407 - - HYPH 1662 2322 408 year year NN 1662 2322 409 terms term NNS 1662 2322 410 by by IN 1662 2322 411 the the DT 1662 2322 412 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 2322 413 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2322 414 Political political JJ 1662 2322 415 parties party NNS 1662 2322 416 and and CC 1662 2322 417 leaders leader NNS 1662 2322 418 : : : 1662 2322 419 National National NNP 1662 2322 420 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 2322 421 Party Party NNP 1662 2322 422 or or CC 1662 2322 423 PLN PLN NNP 1662 2322 424 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2322 425 Rolando Rolando NNP 1662 2322 426 ARAYA ARAYA NNP 1662 2322 427 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2322 428 ; ; : 1662 2322 429 Social Social NNP 1662 2322 430 Christian Christian NNP 1662 2322 431 Unity Unity NNP 1662 2322 432 Party Party NNP 1662 2322 433 or or CC 1662 2322 434 PUSC PUSC NNP 1662 2322 435 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2322 436 Rafael Rafael NNP 1662 2322 437 Angel Angel NNP 1662 2322 438 CALDERON CALDERON NNP 1662 2322 439 Fournier Fournier NNP 1662 2322 440 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2322 441 ; ; : 1662 2322 442 National National NNP 1662 2322 443 Integration Integration NNP 1662 2322 444 Party Party NNP 1662 2322 445 or or CC 1662 2322 446 PIN PIN NNP 1662 2322 447 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2322 448 Walter Walter NNP 1662 2322 449 MUNOZ MUNOZ NNP 1662 2322 450 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2322 451 ; ; : 1662 2322 452 National National NNP 1662 2322 453 Agrarian Agrarian NNP 1662 2322 454 Party Party NNP 1662 2322 455 or or CC 1662 2322 456 PAN PAN NNP 1662 2322 457 ; ; : 1662 2322 458 People People NNPS 1662 2322 459 's 's POS 1662 2322 460 Party Party NNP 1662 2322 461 of of IN 1662 2322 462 Costa Costa NNP 1662 2322 463 Rica Rica NNP 1662 2322 464 or or CC 1662 2322 465 PPC PPC NNP 1662 2322 466 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2322 467 Lenin Lenin NNP 1662 2322 468 CHACON CHACON NNP 1662 2322 469 Vargas vargas NN 1662 2322 470 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2322 471 ; ; : 1662 2322 472 Agricultural Agricultural NNP 1662 2322 473 Union Union NNP 1662 2322 474 Party Party NNP 1662 2322 475 or or CC 1662 2322 476 PUAC PUAC NNP 1662 2322 477 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2322 478 Juan Juan NNP 1662 2322 479 Guillermo Guillermo NNP 1662 2322 480 BRENES BRENES NNP 1662 2322 481 Castillo Castillo NNP 1662 2322 482 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2322 483 ; ; : 1662 2322 484 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2322 485 Force Force NNP 1662 2322 486 Party Party NNP 1662 2322 487 or or CC 1662 2322 488 FD FD NNP 1662 2322 489 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2322 490 Isaac Isaac NNP 1662 2322 491 Felipe Felipe NNP 1662 2322 492 AZOFEIFA AZOFEIFA NNP 1662 2322 493 Bolanos Bolanos NNP 1662 2322 494 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2322 495 ; ; : 1662 2322 496 People People NNS 1662 2322 497 United United NNP 1662 2322 498 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2322 499 Humberto Humberto NNP 1662 2322 500 VARGAS VARGAS NNP 1662 2322 501 Carbonell Carbonell NNP 1662 2322 502 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2322 503 ; ; : 1662 2322 504 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 2322 505 Front Front NNP 1662 2322 506 Party Party NNP 1662 2322 507 ; ; : 1662 2322 508 New New NNP 1662 2322 509 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2322 510 Party Party NNP 1662 2322 511 or or CC 1662 2322 512 PDN PDN NNP 1662 2322 513 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2322 514 Rodrigo Rodrigo NNP 1662 2322 515 GUTIERREZ GUTIERREZ NNP 1662 2322 516 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 517 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2322 518 Political political JJ 1662 2322 519 pressure pressure NN 1662 2322 520 groups group NNS 1662 2322 521 and and CC 1662 2322 522 leaders leader NNS 1662 2322 523 : : : 1662 2322 524 Costa costa JJ 1662 2322 525 Rican Rican NNP 1662 2322 526 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 2322 527 of of IN 1662 2322 528 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2322 529 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 2322 530 or or CC 1662 2322 531 CCTD CCTD NNP 1662 2322 532 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 533 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 2322 534 Party Party NNP 1662 2322 535 affiliate affiliate NN 1662 2322 536 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 537 ; ; , 1662 2322 538 Confederated Confederated NNP 1662 2322 539 Union Union NNP 1662 2322 540 of of IN 1662 2322 541 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 2322 542 or or CC 1662 2322 543 CUT CUT NNP 1662 2322 544 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 545 Communist Communist NNP 1662 2322 546 Party Party NNP 1662 2322 547 affiliate affiliate NN 1662 2322 548 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 549 ; ; : 1662 2322 550 Authentic Authentic NNP 1662 2322 551 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 2322 552 of of IN 1662 2322 553 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2322 554 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 2322 555 or or CC 1662 2322 556 CATD CATD NNP 1662 2322 557 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 558 Communist Communist NNP 1662 2322 559 Party Party NNP 1662 2322 560 affiliate affiliate NN 1662 2322 561 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 562 ; ; : 1662 2322 563 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 2322 564 of of IN 1662 2322 565 Coffee Coffee NNP 1662 2322 566 Growers Growers NNPS 1662 2322 567 ; ; : 1662 2322 568 National National NNP 1662 2322 569 Association Association NNP 1662 2322 570 for for IN 1662 2322 571 Economic Economic NNP 1662 2322 572 Development Development NNP 1662 2322 573 or or CC 1662 2322 574 ANFE ANFE NNP 1662 2322 575 ; ; : 1662 2322 576 Free Free NNP 1662 2322 577 Costa Costa NNP 1662 2322 578 Rica Rica NNP 1662 2322 579 Movement Movement NNP 1662 2322 580 or or CC 1662 2322 581 MCRL MCRL NNP 1662 2322 582 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 583 rightwing rightwe VBG 1662 2322 584 militants militant NNS 1662 2322 585 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 586 ; ; : 1662 2322 587 National National NNP 1662 2322 588 Association Association NNP 1662 2322 589 of of IN 1662 2322 590 Educators Educators NNP 1662 2322 591 or or CC 1662 2322 592 ANDE ANDE NNP 1662 2322 593 ; ; : 1662 2322 594 Federation Federation NNP 1662 2322 595 of of IN 1662 2322 596 Public Public NNP 1662 2322 597 Service Service NNP 1662 2322 598 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 2322 599 or or CC 1662 2322 600 FTSP FTSP NNP 1662 2322 601 International international JJ 1662 2322 602 organization organization NN 1662 2322 603 participation participation NN 1662 2322 604 : : : 1662 2322 605 AG AG NNP 1662 2322 606 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 607 observer observer NN 1662 2322 608 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 609 , , , 1662 2322 610 BCIE BCIE NNP 1662 2322 611 , , , 1662 2322 612 CACM CACM NNP 1662 2322 613 , , , 1662 2322 614 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 2322 615 , , , 1662 2322 616 FAO FAO NNP 1662 2322 617 , , , 1662 2322 618 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 2322 619 , , , 1662 2322 620 IADB IADB NNP 1662 2322 621 , , , 1662 2322 622 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 2322 623 , , , 1662 2322 624 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 2322 625 , , , 1662 2322 626 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 2322 627 , , , 1662 2322 628 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 2322 629 , , , 1662 2322 630 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 2322 631 , , , 1662 2322 632 IDA IDA NNP 1662 2322 633 , , , 1662 2322 634 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 2322 635 , , , 1662 2322 636 IFC IFC NNP 1662 2322 637 , , , 1662 2322 638 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 2322 639 , , , 1662 2322 640 ILO ILO NNP 1662 2322 641 , , , 1662 2322 642 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2322 643 , , , 1662 2322 644 IMO imo RB 1662 2322 645 , , , 1662 2322 646 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 2322 647 , , , 1662 2322 648 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2322 649 , , , 1662 2322 650 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 2322 651 , , , 1662 2322 652 IOC IOC NNP 1662 2322 653 , , , 1662 2322 654 IOM IOM NNP 1662 2322 655 , , , 1662 2322 656 ISO ISO NNP 1662 2322 657 , , , 1662 2322 658 ITU ITU NNP 1662 2322 659 , , , 1662 2322 660 LAES LAES NNP 1662 2322 661 , , , 1662 2322 662 LAIA LAIA NNP 1662 2322 663 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 664 observer observer NN 1662 2322 665 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 666 , , , 1662 2322 667 NAM NAM NNP 1662 2322 668 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 669 observer observer NNP 1662 2322 670 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 671 , , , 1662 2322 672 OAS OAS NNP 1662 2322 673 , , , 1662 2322 674 OPANAL OPANAL NNP 1662 2322 675 , , , 1662 2322 676 UN UN NNP 1662 2322 677 , , , 1662 2322 678 UN UN NNP 1662 2322 679 Security Security NNP 1662 2322 680 Council Council NNP 1662 2322 681 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 682 temporary temporary JJ 1662 2322 683 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 684 , , , 1662 2322 685 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 2322 686 , , , 1662 2322 687 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 2322 688 , , , 1662 2322 689 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 2322 690 , , , 1662 2322 691 UNU UNU NNP 1662 2322 692 , , , 1662 2322 693 UPU UPU NNP 1662 2322 694 , , , 1662 2322 695 WCL WCL NNP 1662 2322 696 , , , 1662 2322 697 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 2322 698 , , , 1662 2322 699 WHO who WP 1662 2322 700 , , , 1662 2322 701 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 2322 702 , , , 1662 2322 703 WMO WMO NNP 1662 2322 704 , , , 1662 2322 705 WToO wtoo FW 1662 2322 706 , , , 1662 2322 707 WTrO wtro VB 1662 2322 708 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2322 709 representation representation NN 1662 2322 710 in in IN 1662 2322 711 the the DT 1662 2322 712 US US NNP 1662 2322 713 : : : 1662 2322 714 chief chief NN 1662 2322 715 of of IN 1662 2322 716 mission mission NN 1662 2322 717 : : : 1662 2322 718 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2322 719 Sonia Sonia NNP 1662 2322 720 PICADO PICADO NNP 1662 2322 721 chancery chancery NN 1662 2322 722 : : : 1662 2322 723 2114 2114 CD 1662 2322 724 S S NNP 1662 2322 725 Street Street NNP 1662 2322 726 NW NW NNP 1662 2322 727 , , , 1662 2322 728 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2322 729 , , , 1662 2322 730 DC DC NNP 1662 2322 731 20008 20008 CD 1662 2322 732 telephone telephone NN 1662 2322 733 : : : 1662 2322 734 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2322 735 1 1 CD 1662 2322 736 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2322 737 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 738 202 202 CD 1662 2322 739 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 740 234 234 CD 1662 2322 741 - - SYM 1662 2322 742 2945 2945 CD 1662 2322 743 FAX FAX NNP 1662 2322 744 : : : 1662 2322 745 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2322 746 1 1 CD 1662 2322 747 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2322 748 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 749 202 202 CD 1662 2322 750 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 751 265 265 CD 1662 2322 752 - - HYPH 1662 2322 753 4795 4795 CD 1662 2322 754 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 2322 755 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 756 general general NN 1662 2322 757 : : : 1662 2322 758 Albuquerque Albuquerque NNP 1662 2322 759 , , , 1662 2322 760 Atlanta Atlanta NNP 1662 2322 761 , , , 1662 2322 762 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 2322 763 , , , 1662 2322 764 Durham Durham NNP 1662 2322 765 , , , 1662 2322 766 Houston Houston NNP 1662 2322 767 , , , 1662 2322 768 Los Los NNP 1662 2322 769 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 2322 770 , , , 1662 2322 771 Miami Miami NNP 1662 2322 772 , , , 1662 2322 773 New New NNP 1662 2322 774 Orleans Orleans NNP 1662 2322 775 , , , 1662 2322 776 New New NNP 1662 2322 777 York York NNP 1662 2322 778 , , , 1662 2322 779 Philadelphia Philadelphia NNP 1662 2322 780 , , , 1662 2322 781 San San NNP 1662 2322 782 Antonio Antonio NNP 1662 2322 783 , , , 1662 2322 784 San San NNP 1662 2322 785 Diego Diego NNP 1662 2322 786 , , , 1662 2322 787 San San NNP 1662 2322 788 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 2322 789 , , , 1662 2322 790 San San NNP 1662 2322 791 Juan Juan NNP 1662 2322 792 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 793 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 2322 794 Rico Rico NNP 1662 2322 795 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 796 , , , 1662 2322 797 and and CC 1662 2322 798 Tampa Tampa NNP 1662 2322 799 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 2322 800 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 801 : : : 1662 2322 802 Austin Austin NNP 1662 2322 803 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2322 804 representation representation NN 1662 2322 805 from from IN 1662 2322 806 the the DT 1662 2322 807 US US NNP 1662 2322 808 : : : 1662 2322 809 chief chief NN 1662 2322 810 of of IN 1662 2322 811 mission mission NN 1662 2322 812 : : : 1662 2322 813 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2322 814 Peter Peter NNP 1662 2322 815 Jon Jon NNP 1662 2322 816 DE DE NNP 1662 2322 817 VOS VOS NNP 1662 2322 818 embassy embassy NN 1662 2322 819 : : : 1662 2322 820 Pavas Pavas NNP 1662 2322 821 Road Road NNP 1662 2322 822 , , , 1662 2322 823 San San NNP 1662 2322 824 Jose Jose NNP 1662 2322 825 mailing mail VBG 1662 2322 826 address address NN 1662 2322 827 : : : 1662 2322 828 APO APO NNP 1662 2322 829 AA AA NNP 1662 2322 830 34020 34020 CD 1662 2322 831 telephone telephone NN 1662 2322 832 : : : 1662 2322 833 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2322 834 506 506 CD 1662 2322 835 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2322 836 220 220 CD 1662 2322 837 - - CD 1662 2322 838 3939 3939 CD 1662 2322 839 FAX FAX NNP 1662 2322 840 : : : 1662 2322 841 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2322 842 506 506 CD 1662 2322 843 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2322 844 220 220 CD 1662 2322 845 - - HYPH 1662 2322 846 2305 2305 CD 1662 2322 847 Flag flag NN 1662 2322 848 description description NN 1662 2322 849 : : : 1662 2322 850 five five CD 1662 2322 851 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 2322 852 bands band NNS 1662 2322 853 of of IN 1662 2322 854 blue blue JJ 1662 2322 855 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 856 top top NNP 1662 2322 857 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 858 , , , 1662 2322 859 white white JJ 1662 2322 860 , , , 1662 2322 861 red red JJ 1662 2322 862 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2322 863 double double JJ 1662 2322 864 width width NN 1662 2322 865 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2322 866 , , , 1662 2322 867 white white JJ 1662 2322 868 , , , 1662 2322 869 and and CC 1662 2322 870 blue blue JJ 1662 2322 871 , , , 1662 2322 872 with with IN 1662 2322 873 the the DT 1662 2322 874 coat coat NN 1662 2322 875 of of IN 1662 2322 876 arms arm NNS 1662 2322 877 in in IN 1662 2322 878 a a DT 1662 2322 879 white white JJ 1662 2322 880 disk disk NN 1662 2322 881 on on IN 1662 2322 882 the the DT 1662 2322 883 hoist hoist NN 1662 2322 884 side side NN 1662 2322 885 of of IN 1662 2322 886 the the DT 1662 2322 887 red red JJ 1662 2322 888 band band NN 1662 2322 889 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2322 890 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2322 891 - - HYPH 1662 2322 892 overview overview NN 1662 2322 893 : : : 1662 2322 894 Costa Costa NNP 1662 2322 895 Rica Rica NNP 1662 2322 896 's 's POS 1662 2322 897 basically basically RB 1662 2322 898 stable stable JJ 1662 2322 899 and and CC 1662 2322 900 progressive progressive JJ 1662 2322 901 economy economy NN 1662 2322 902 depends depend VBZ 1662 2322 903 especially especially RB 1662 2322 904 on on IN 1662 2322 905 tourism tourism NN 1662 2322 906 and and CC 1662 2322 907 the the DT 1662 2322 908 export export NN 1662 2322 909 of of IN 1662 2322 910 bananas banana NNS 1662 2322 911 , , , 1662 2322 912 coffee coffee NN 1662 2322 913 , , , 1662 2322 914 and and CC 1662 2322 915 other other JJ 1662 2322 916 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 2322 917 products product NNS 1662 2322 918 . . . 1662 2323 1 Poverty poverty NN 1662 2323 2 has have VBZ 1662 2323 3 been be VBN 1662 2323 4 substantially substantially RB 1662 2323 5 reduced reduce VBN 1662 2323 6 over over IN 1662 2323 7 the the DT 1662 2323 8 past past JJ 1662 2323 9 15 15 CD 1662 2323 10 years year NNS 1662 2323 11 , , , 1662 2323 12 and and CC 1662 2323 13 a a DT 1662 2323 14 strong strong JJ 1662 2323 15 social social JJ 1662 2323 16 safety safety NN 1662 2323 17 net net NN 1662 2323 18 has have VBZ 1662 2323 19 been be VBN 1662 2323 20 put put VBN 1662 2323 21 in in IN 1662 2323 22 place place NN 1662 2323 23 . . . 1662 2324 1 Recent recent JJ 1662 2324 2 trends trend NNS 1662 2324 3 , , , 1662 2324 4 however however RB 1662 2324 5 , , , 1662 2324 6 have have VBP 1662 2324 7 been be VBN 1662 2324 8 disappointing disappointing JJ 1662 2324 9 . . . 1662 2325 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 2325 2 growth growth NN 1662 2325 3 slipped slip VBD 1662 2325 4 from from IN 1662 2325 5 4.3 4.3 CD 1662 2325 6 % % NN 1662 2325 7 in in IN 1662 2325 8 1994 1994 CD 1662 2325 9 to to IN 1662 2325 10 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 2325 11 % % NN 1662 2325 12 in in IN 1662 2325 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 2325 14 , , , 1662 2325 15 and and CC 1662 2325 16 to to IN 1662 2325 17 0.9 0.9 CD 1662 2325 18 % % NN 1662 2325 19 in in IN 1662 2325 20 1996 1996 CD 1662 2325 21 . . . 1662 2326 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 2326 2 rose rise VBD 1662 2326 3 to to IN 1662 2326 4 22.5 22.5 CD 1662 2326 5 % % NN 1662 2326 6 in in IN 1662 2326 7 1995 1995 CD 1662 2326 8 from from IN 1662 2326 9 13.5 13.5 CD 1662 2326 10 % % NN 1662 2326 11 in in IN 1662 2326 12 1994 1994 CD 1662 2326 13 , , , 1662 2326 14 then then RB 1662 2326 15 dropped drop VBD 1662 2326 16 back back RB 1662 2326 17 to to IN 1662 2326 18 13.9 13.9 CD 1662 2326 19 % % NN 1662 2326 20 in in IN 1662 2326 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 2326 22 . . . 1662 2327 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2327 2 appears appear VBZ 1662 2327 3 moderate moderate JJ 1662 2327 4 at at IN 1662 2327 5 little little RB 1662 2327 6 more more JJR 1662 2327 7 than than IN 1662 2327 8 5 5 CD 1662 2327 9 % % NN 1662 2327 10 but but CC 1662 2327 11 substantial substantial JJ 1662 2327 12 underemployment underemployment NN 1662 2327 13 continues continue VBZ 1662 2327 14 . . . 1662 2328 1 Furthermore furthermore RB 1662 2328 2 , , , 1662 2328 3 substantial substantial JJ 1662 2328 4 government government NN 1662 2328 5 deficits deficit NNS 1662 2328 6 have have VBP 1662 2328 7 undermined undermine VBN 1662 2328 8 efforts effort NNS 1662 2328 9 to to TO 1662 2328 10 maintain maintain VB 1662 2328 11 the the DT 1662 2328 12 quality quality NN 1662 2328 13 of of IN 1662 2328 14 social social JJ 1662 2328 15 services service NNS 1662 2328 16 . . . 1662 2329 1 The the DT 1662 2329 2 government government NN 1662 2329 3 thus thus RB 1662 2329 4 faces face VBZ 1662 2329 5 a a DT 1662 2329 6 formidable formidable JJ 1662 2329 7 set set NN 1662 2329 8 of of IN 1662 2329 9 problems problem NNS 1662 2329 10 : : : 1662 2329 11 to to TO 1662 2329 12 curb curb VB 1662 2329 13 inflation inflation NN 1662 2329 14 , , , 1662 2329 15 reduce reduce VB 1662 2329 16 the the DT 1662 2329 17 deficit deficit NN 1662 2329 18 , , , 1662 2329 19 encourage encourage VB 1662 2329 20 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2329 21 savings saving NNS 1662 2329 22 , , , 1662 2329 23 and and CC 1662 2329 24 improve improve VB 1662 2329 25 public public JJ 1662 2329 26 sector sector NN 1662 2329 27 efficiency efficiency NN 1662 2329 28 while while IN 1662 2329 29 increasing increase VBG 1662 2329 30 the the DT 1662 2329 31 role role NN 1662 2329 32 of of IN 1662 2329 33 the the DT 1662 2329 34 private private JJ 1662 2329 35 sector sector NN 1662 2329 36 , , , 1662 2329 37 all all PDT 1662 2329 38 this this DT 1662 2329 39 in in IN 1662 2329 40 harmony harmony NN 1662 2329 41 with with IN 1662 2329 42 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2329 43 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2329 44 . . . 1662 2330 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2330 2 : : : 1662 2330 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2330 4 power power NN 1662 2330 5 parity parity NN 1662 2330 6 - - : 1662 2330 7 $ $ $ 1662 2330 8 19 19 CD 1662 2330 9 billion billion CD 1662 2330 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2330 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 2330 12 est est NNP 1662 2330 13 . . . 1662 2330 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2331 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2331 2 - - HYPH 1662 2331 3 real real JJ 1662 2331 4 growth growth NN 1662 2331 5 rate rate NN 1662 2331 6 : : : 1662 2331 7 -0.9 -0.9 NN 1662 2331 8 % % NN 1662 2331 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2331 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 2331 11 est est NNP 1662 2331 12 . . . 1662 2331 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2332 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2332 2 - - HYPH 1662 2332 3 per per FW 1662 2332 4 capita capita NN 1662 2332 5 : : : 1662 2332 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2332 7 power power NN 1662 2332 8 parity parity NN 1662 2332 9 - - : 1662 2332 10 $ $ $ 1662 2332 11 5,500 5,500 CD 1662 2332 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2332 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 2332 14 est est NNP 1662 2332 15 . . . 1662 2332 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2333 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2333 2 - - HYPH 1662 2333 3 composition composition NN 1662 2333 4 by by IN 1662 2333 5 sector sector NN 1662 2333 6 : : : 1662 2333 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2333 8 : : : 1662 2333 9 18 18 CD 1662 2333 10 % % NN 1662 2333 11 industry industry NN 1662 2333 12 : : : 1662 2333 13 24 24 CD 1662 2333 14 % % NN 1662 2333 15 services service NNS 1662 2333 16 : : : 1662 2333 17 58 58 CD 1662 2333 18 % % NN 1662 2333 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2333 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 2333 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2333 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 2333 23 rate rate NN 1662 2333 24 - - HYPH 1662 2333 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 2333 26 price price NN 1662 2333 27 index index NN 1662 2333 28 : : : 1662 2333 29 13.9 13.9 CD 1662 2333 30 % % NN 1662 2333 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2333 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 2333 33 est est NNP 1662 2333 34 . . . 1662 2333 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2334 1 Labor labor NN 1662 2334 2 force force NN 1662 2334 3 : : : 1662 2334 4 total total NN 1662 2334 5 : : : 1662 2334 6 868,300 868,300 CD 1662 2334 7 by by IN 1662 2334 8 occupation occupation NN 1662 2334 9 : : : 1662 2334 10 industry industry NN 1662 2334 11 and and CC 1662 2334 12 commerce commerce NN 1662 2334 13 35.1 35.1 CD 1662 2334 14 % % NN 1662 2334 15 , , , 1662 2334 16 government government NN 1662 2334 17 and and CC 1662 2334 18 services service NNS 1662 2334 19 33 33 CD 1662 2334 20 % % NN 1662 2334 21 , , , 1662 2334 22 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2334 23 27 27 CD 1662 2334 24 % % NN 1662 2334 25 , , , 1662 2334 26 other other JJ 1662 2334 27 4.9 4.9 CD 1662 2334 28 % % NN 1662 2334 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2334 30 1985 1985 CD 1662 2334 31 est est NNP 1662 2334 32 . . . 1662 2334 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2335 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2335 2 rate rate NN 1662 2335 3 : : : 1662 2335 4 5.5 5.5 CD 1662 2335 5 % % NN 1662 2335 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2335 7 1996 1996 CD 1662 2335 8 est est VBD 1662 2335 9 . . . 1662 2336 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2336 2 ; ; : 1662 2336 3 much much JJ 1662 2336 4 underemployment underemployment JJ 1662 2336 5 Budget Budget NNP 1662 2336 6 : : : 1662 2336 7 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2336 8 : : : 1662 2336 9 $ $ $ 1662 2336 10 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 2336 11 billion billion CD 1662 2336 12 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2336 13 : : : 1662 2336 14 $ $ $ 1662 2336 15 1.34 1.34 CD 1662 2336 16 billion billion CD 1662 2336 17 , , , 1662 2336 18 including include VBG 1662 2336 19 capital capital NN 1662 2336 20 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2336 21 of of IN 1662 2336 22 $ $ $ 1662 2336 23 110 110 CD 1662 2336 24 million million CD 1662 2336 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2336 26 1991 1991 CD 1662 2336 27 est est NNP 1662 2336 28 . . . 1662 2336 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2337 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 2337 2 : : : 1662 2337 3 food food NN 1662 2337 4 processing processing NN 1662 2337 5 , , , 1662 2337 6 textiles textile NNS 1662 2337 7 and and CC 1662 2337 8 clothing clothing NN 1662 2337 9 , , , 1662 2337 10 construction construction NN 1662 2337 11 materials material NNS 1662 2337 12 , , , 1662 2337 13 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 2337 14 , , , 1662 2337 15 plastic plastic NN 1662 2337 16 products product NNS 1662 2337 17 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2337 18 production production NN 1662 2337 19 growth growth NN 1662 2337 20 rate rate NN 1662 2337 21 : : : 1662 2337 22 10.5 10.5 CD 1662 2337 23 % % NN 1662 2337 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2337 25 1992 1992 CD 1662 2337 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2337 27 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2337 28 - - HYPH 1662 2337 29 capacity capacity NN 1662 2337 30 : : : 1662 2337 31 1,113,900 1,113,900 CD 1662 2337 32 kW kw NN 1662 2337 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2337 34 1995 1995 CD 1662 2337 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2337 36 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2337 37 - - HYPH 1662 2337 38 production production NN 1662 2337 39 : : : 1662 2337 40 5.138 5.138 CD 1662 2337 41 billion billion CD 1662 2337 42 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2337 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2337 44 1995 1995 CD 1662 2337 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2337 46 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2337 47 - - HYPH 1662 2337 48 consumption consumption NN 1662 2337 49 per per IN 1662 2337 50 capita capita NN 1662 2337 51 : : : 1662 2337 52 1,330 1,330 CD 1662 2337 53 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2337 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2337 55 1995 1995 CD 1662 2337 56 est est NNP 1662 2337 57 . . . 1662 2337 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2338 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2338 2 - - HYPH 1662 2338 3 products product NNS 1662 2338 4 : : : 1662 2338 5 coffee coffee NN 1662 2338 6 , , , 1662 2338 7 bananas banana NNS 1662 2338 8 , , , 1662 2338 9 sugar sugar NN 1662 2338 10 , , , 1662 2338 11 corn corn NN 1662 2338 12 , , , 1662 2338 13 rice rice NN 1662 2338 14 , , , 1662 2338 15 beans bean NNS 1662 2338 16 , , , 1662 2338 17 potatoes potato NNS 1662 2338 18 ; ; : 1662 2338 19 beef beef NN 1662 2338 20 ; ; : 1662 2338 21 timber timber NN 1662 2338 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2338 23 depletion depletion NN 1662 2338 24 of of IN 1662 2338 25 forest forest NN 1662 2338 26 resources resource NNS 1662 2338 27 has have VBZ 1662 2338 28 resulted result VBN 1662 2338 29 in in IN 1662 2338 30 declining decline VBG 1662 2338 31 timber timber NN 1662 2338 32 output output NN 1662 2338 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2338 34 Exports export NNS 1662 2338 35 : : : 1662 2338 36 total total JJ 1662 2338 37 value value NN 1662 2338 38 : : : 1662 2338 39 $ $ $ 1662 2338 40 3.82 3.82 CD 1662 2338 41 billion billion CD 1662 2338 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2338 43 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2338 44 . . NNP 1662 2338 45 , , , 1662 2338 46 1996 1996 CD 1662 2338 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2338 48 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2338 49 : : : 1662 2338 50 coffee coffee NN 1662 2338 51 , , , 1662 2338 52 bananas banana NNS 1662 2338 53 , , , 1662 2338 54 textiles textile NNS 1662 2338 55 , , , 1662 2338 56 sugar sugar NN 1662 2338 57 partners partner NNS 1662 2338 58 : : : 1662 2338 59 US US NNP 1662 2338 60 , , , 1662 2338 61 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2338 62 , , , 1662 2338 63 Italy Italy NNP 1662 2338 64 , , , 1662 2338 65 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 2338 66 , , , 1662 2338 67 El El NNP 1662 2338 68 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 2338 69 , , , 1662 2338 70 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 2338 71 , , , 1662 2338 72 UK UK NNP 1662 2338 73 , , , 1662 2338 74 France France NNP 1662 2338 75 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 2338 76 : : : 1662 2338 77 total total JJ 1662 2338 78 value value NN 1662 2338 79 : : : 1662 2338 80 $ $ $ 1662 2338 81 3.857 3.857 CD 1662 2338 82 billion billion CD 1662 2338 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2338 84 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 2338 85 . . NNP 1662 2338 86 , , , 1662 2338 87 1996 1996 CD 1662 2338 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2338 89 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2338 90 : : : 1662 2338 91 raw raw JJ 1662 2338 92 materials material NNS 1662 2338 93 , , , 1662 2338 94 consumer consumer NN 1662 2338 95 goods good NNS 1662 2338 96 , , , 1662 2338 97 capital capital NN 1662 2338 98 equipment equipment NN 1662 2338 99 , , , 1662 2338 100 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2338 101 partners partner NNS 1662 2338 102 : : : 1662 2338 103 US US NNP 1662 2338 104 , , , 1662 2338 105 Japan Japan NNP 1662 2338 106 , , , 1662 2338 107 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 2338 108 , , , 1662 2338 109 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 2338 110 , , , 1662 2338 111 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 2338 112 , , , 1662 2338 113 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2338 114 Debt Debt NNP 1662 2338 115 - - HYPH 1662 2338 116 external external JJ 1662 2338 117 : : : 1662 2338 118 $ $ $ 1662 2338 119 3.2 3.2 CD 1662 2338 120 billion billion CD 1662 2338 121 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2338 122 October October NNP 1662 2338 123 1996 1996 CD 1662 2338 124 est est NNP 1662 2338 125 . . . 1662 2338 126 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2339 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 2339 2 aid aid NN 1662 2339 3 : : : 1662 2339 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 2339 5 : : : 1662 2339 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2339 7 , , , 1662 2339 8 $ $ $ 1662 2339 9 NA NA NNP 1662 2339 10 Currency currency NN 1662 2339 11 : : : 1662 2339 12 1 1 CD 1662 2339 13 Costa costa JJ 1662 2339 14 Rican rican JJ 1662 2339 15 colon colon NN 1662 2339 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2339 17 C c NN 1662 2339 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2339 19 = = NFP 1662 2339 20 100 100 CD 1662 2339 21 centimos centimos NNP 1662 2339 22 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2339 23 rates rate NNS 1662 2339 24 : : : 1662 2339 25 Costa costa JJ 1662 2339 26 Rican rican JJ 1662 2339 27 colones colon NNS 1662 2339 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2339 29 C c NN 1662 2339 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2339 31 per per IN 1662 2339 32 US$ us$ $ 1662 2339 33 1 1 CD 1662 2339 34 - - SYM 1662 2339 35 219.29 219.29 CD 1662 2339 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2339 37 December December NNP 1662 2339 38 1996 1996 CD 1662 2339 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2339 40 , , , 1662 2339 41 207.69 207.69 CD 1662 2339 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2339 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 2339 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2339 45 , , , 1662 2339 46 179.73 179.73 CD 1662 2339 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2339 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 2339 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2339 50 , , , 1662 2339 51 157.07 157.07 CD 1662 2339 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2339 53 1994 1994 CD 1662 2339 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2339 55 , , , 1662 2339 56 142.17 142.17 CD 1662 2339 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2339 58 1993 1993 CD 1662 2339 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2339 60 , , , 1662 2339 61 134.51 134.51 CD 1662 2339 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2339 63 1992 1992 CD 1662 2339 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2339 65 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2339 66 year year NN 1662 2339 67 : : : 1662 2339 68 calendar calendar NN 1662 2339 69 year year NN 1662 2339 70 @Costa @Costa NNP 1662 2339 71 Rica Rica NNP 1662 2339 72 : : : 1662 2339 73 Communications Communications NNP 1662 2339 74 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 2339 75 : : : 1662 2339 76 281,042 281,042 CD 1662 2339 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2339 78 1983 1983 CD 1662 2339 79 est est NNP 1662 2339 80 . . . 1662 2339 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2340 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2340 2 system system NN 1662 2340 3 : : : 1662 2340 4 very very RB 1662 2340 5 good good JJ 1662 2340 6 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2340 7 telephone telephone NN 1662 2340 8 service service NN 1662 2340 9 domestic domestic NN 1662 2340 10 : : : 1662 2340 11 NA NA NNP 1662 2340 12 international international RB 1662 2340 13 : : : 1662 2340 14 connected connected JJ 1662 2340 15 to to IN 1662 2340 16 Central Central NNP 1662 2340 17 American American NNP 1662 2340 18 Microwave Microwave NNP 1662 2340 19 System System NNP 1662 2340 20 ; ; : 1662 2340 21 satellite satellite NN 1662 2340 22 earth earth NN 1662 2340 23 station station NN 1662 2340 24 - - : 1662 2340 25 1 1 CD 1662 2340 26 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2340 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2340 28 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2340 29 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2340 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2340 31 Radio radio NN 1662 2340 32 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2340 33 stations station NNS 1662 2340 34 : : : 1662 2340 35 AM am VBP 1662 2340 36 71 71 CD 1662 2340 37 , , , 1662 2340 38 FM FM NNP 1662 2340 39 0 0 CD 1662 2340 40 , , , 1662 2340 41 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2340 42 13 13 CD 1662 2340 43 Radios radio NNS 1662 2340 44 : : : 1662 2340 45 NA NA NNP 1662 2340 46 Television Television NNP 1662 2340 47 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2340 48 stations station NNS 1662 2340 49 : : : 1662 2340 50 18 18 CD 1662 2340 51 Televisions television NNS 1662 2340 52 : : : 1662 2340 53 340,000 340,000 CD 1662 2340 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2340 55 1993 1993 CD 1662 2340 56 est est NNP 1662 2340 57 . . . 1662 2340 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2341 1 @Costa @Costa NNP 1662 2341 2 Rica Rica NNP 1662 2341 3 : : : 1662 2341 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2341 5 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2341 6 : : : 1662 2341 7 total total JJ 1662 2341 8 : : : 1662 2341 9 950 950 CD 1662 2341 10 km km NN 1662 2341 11 narrow narrow JJ 1662 2341 12 gauge gauge NN 1662 2341 13 : : : 1662 2341 14 950 950 CD 1662 2341 15 km km NN 1662 2341 16 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 2341 17 gauge gauge NN 1662 2341 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2341 19 260 260 CD 1662 2341 20 km km NNS 1662 2341 21 electrified electrify VBN 1662 2341 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2341 23 note note NN 1662 2341 24 : : : 1662 2341 25 the the DT 1662 2341 26 entire entire JJ 1662 2341 27 system system NN 1662 2341 28 was be VBD 1662 2341 29 scheduled schedule VBN 1662 2341 30 to to TO 1662 2341 31 be be VB 1662 2341 32 shut shut VBN 1662 2341 33 down down RP 1662 2341 34 on on IN 1662 2341 35 31 31 CD 1662 2341 36 June June NNP 1662 2341 37 1995 1995 CD 1662 2341 38 because because IN 1662 2341 39 of of IN 1662 2341 40 insolvency insolvency NN 1662 2341 41 Highways highway NNS 1662 2341 42 : : : 1662 2341 43 total total NN 1662 2341 44 : : : 1662 2341 45 35,600 35,600 CD 1662 2341 46 km km NN 1662 2341 47 paved pave VBN 1662 2341 48 : : : 1662 2341 49 5,945 5,945 CD 1662 2341 50 km km NNP 1662 2341 51 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2341 52 : : : 1662 2341 53 29,655 29,655 CD 1662 2341 54 km km NNS 1662 2341 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2341 56 1995 1995 CD 1662 2341 57 est est NNP 1662 2341 58 . . . 1662 2341 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2342 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 2342 2 : : : 1662 2342 3 about about IN 1662 2342 4 730 730 CD 1662 2342 5 km km NNS 1662 2342 6 , , , 1662 2342 7 seasonally seasonally RB 1662 2342 8 navigable navigable JJ 1662 2342 9 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 2342 10 : : : 1662 2342 11 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2342 12 products product NNS 1662 2342 13 176 176 CD 1662 2342 14 km km NN 1662 2342 15 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 2342 16 and and CC 1662 2342 17 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2342 18 : : : 1662 2342 19 Caldera Caldera NNP 1662 2342 20 , , , 1662 2342 21 Golfito Golfito NNP 1662 2342 22 , , , 1662 2342 23 Moin Moin NNP 1662 2342 24 , , , 1662 2342 25 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 2342 26 Limon Limon NNP 1662 2342 27 , , , 1662 2342 28 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 2342 29 Quepos Quepos NNP 1662 2342 30 , , , 1662 2342 31 Puntarenas Puntarenas NNP 1662 2342 32 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2342 33 marine marine NN 1662 2342 34 : : : 1662 2342 35 none none NN 1662 2342 36 Airports airport NNS 1662 2342 37 : : : 1662 2342 38 143 143 CD 1662 2342 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2342 40 1996 1996 CD 1662 2342 41 est est NNP 1662 2342 42 . . . 1662 2342 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2343 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2343 2 - - , 1662 2343 3 with with IN 1662 2343 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2343 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2343 6 : : : 1662 2343 7 total total NN 1662 2343 8 : : : 1662 2343 9 115 115 CD 1662 2343 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2343 11 to to TO 1662 2343 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2343 13 m m NN 1662 2343 14 : : : 1662 2343 15 2 2 CD 1662 2343 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2343 17 to to TO 1662 2343 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2343 19 m m NN 1662 2343 20 : : : 1662 2343 21 1 1 CD 1662 2343 22 914 914 CD 1662 2343 23 to to TO 1662 2343 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2343 25 m m NN 1662 2343 26 : : : 1662 2343 27 16 16 CD 1662 2343 28 under under IN 1662 2343 29 914 914 CD 1662 2343 30 m m NN 1662 2343 31 : : : 1662 2343 32 96 96 CD 1662 2343 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2343 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 2343 35 est est NNP 1662 2343 36 . . . 1662 2343 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2344 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2344 2 - - , 1662 2344 3 with with IN 1662 2344 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2344 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2344 6 : : : 1662 2344 7 total total NN 1662 2344 8 : : : 1662 2344 9 28 28 CD 1662 2344 10 914 914 CD 1662 2344 11 to to TO 1662 2344 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2344 13 m m NN 1662 2344 14 : : : 1662 2344 15 28 28 CD 1662 2344 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2344 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 2344 18 est est NNP 1662 2344 19 . . . 1662 2344 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2345 1 Military military JJ 1662 2345 2 Military military JJ 1662 2345 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2345 4 : : : 1662 2345 5 Coast Coast NNP 1662 2345 6 Guard Guard NNP 1662 2345 7 , , , 1662 2345 8 Air Air NNP 1662 2345 9 Section Section NNP 1662 2345 10 , , , 1662 2345 11 Ministry Ministry NNP 1662 2345 12 of of IN 1662 2345 13 Public Public NNP 1662 2345 14 Security Security NNP 1662 2345 15 Force Force NNP 1662 2345 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2345 17 Fuerza Fuerza NNP 1662 2345 18 Publica Publica NNP 1662 2345 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2345 20 note note VB 1662 2345 21 - - HYPH 1662 2345 22 during during IN 1662 2345 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2345 24 , , , 1662 2345 25 the the DT 1662 2345 26 Ministry Ministry NNP 1662 2345 27 of of IN 1662 2345 28 Public Public NNP 1662 2345 29 Security Security NNP 1662 2345 30 reorganized reorganize VBD 1662 2345 31 and and CC 1662 2345 32 eliminated eliminate VBD 1662 2345 33 the the DT 1662 2345 34 Civil Civil NNP 1662 2345 35 Guard Guard NNP 1662 2345 36 , , , 1662 2345 37 Rural Rural NNP 1662 2345 38 Assistance Assistance NNP 1662 2345 39 Guard Guard NNP 1662 2345 40 , , , 1662 2345 41 and and CC 1662 2345 42 Frontier Frontier NNP 1662 2345 43 Guards Guards NNPS 1662 2345 44 as as IN 1662 2345 45 separate separate JJ 1662 2345 46 entities entity NNS 1662 2345 47 ; ; : 1662 2345 48 they -PRON- PRP 1662 2345 49 are be VBP 1662 2345 50 now now RB 1662 2345 51 under under IN 1662 2345 52 the the DT 1662 2345 53 Ministry Ministry NNP 1662 2345 54 and and CC 1662 2345 55 operate operate VB 1662 2345 56 on on IN 1662 2345 57 a a DT 1662 2345 58 geographic geographic JJ 1662 2345 59 command command NN 1662 2345 60 basis basis NN 1662 2345 61 performing perform VBG 1662 2345 62 ground ground NN 1662 2345 63 security security NN 1662 2345 64 , , , 1662 2345 65 law law NN 1662 2345 66 enforcement enforcement NN 1662 2345 67 , , , 1662 2345 68 counternarcotics counternarcotic NNS 1662 2345 69 , , , 1662 2345 70 and and CC 1662 2345 71 national national JJ 1662 2345 72 security security NN 1662 2345 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2345 74 border border NNP 1662 2345 75 patrol patrol NNP 1662 2345 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2345 77 functions function NNS 1662 2345 78 ; ; : 1662 2345 79 the the DT 1662 2345 80 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 2345 81 prohibits prohibit VBZ 1662 2345 82 armed armed JJ 1662 2345 83 forces force NNS 1662 2345 84 Military Military NNP 1662 2345 85 manpower manpower NN 1662 2345 86 - - HYPH 1662 2345 87 military military NN 1662 2345 88 age age NN 1662 2345 89 : : : 1662 2345 90 18 18 CD 1662 2345 91 years year NNS 1662 2345 92 of of IN 1662 2345 93 age age NN 1662 2345 94 Military military JJ 1662 2345 95 manpower manpower NN 1662 2345 96 - - HYPH 1662 2345 97 availability availability NN 1662 2345 98 : : : 1662 2345 99 males male NNS 1662 2345 100 age age NNP 1662 2345 101 15 15 CD 1662 2345 102 - - HYPH 1662 2345 103 49 49 CD 1662 2345 104 : : : 1662 2345 105 940,666 940,666 CD 1662 2345 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2345 107 1997 1997 CD 1662 2345 108 est est NNP 1662 2345 109 . . . 1662 2345 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2346 1 Military military JJ 1662 2346 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2346 3 - - HYPH 1662 2346 4 fit fit NN 1662 2346 5 for for IN 1662 2346 6 military military JJ 1662 2346 7 service service NN 1662 2346 8 : : : 1662 2346 9 males male NNS 1662 2346 10 : : : 1662 2346 11 631,426 631,426 CD 1662 2346 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2346 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2346 14 est est NNP 1662 2346 15 . . . 1662 2346 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2347 1 Military military JJ 1662 2347 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2347 3 - - HYPH 1662 2347 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 2347 5 military military JJ 1662 2347 6 age age NN 1662 2347 7 annually annually RB 1662 2347 8 : : : 1662 2347 9 males male NNS 1662 2347 10 : : : 1662 2347 11 34,422 34,422 CD 1662 2347 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2347 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2347 14 est est NNP 1662 2347 15 . . . 1662 2347 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2348 1 Military military JJ 1662 2348 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2348 3 - - HYPH 1662 2348 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2348 5 figure figure NN 1662 2348 6 : : : 1662 2348 7 $ $ $ 1662 2348 8 55 55 CD 1662 2348 9 million million CD 1662 2348 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2348 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 2348 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2348 13 Military military JJ 1662 2348 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2348 15 - - : 1662 2348 16 percent percent NN 1662 2348 17 of of IN 1662 2348 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2348 19 : : : 1662 2348 20 2 2 CD 1662 2348 21 % % NN 1662 2348 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2348 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 2348 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2348 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2348 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2348 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2348 28 - - : 1662 2348 29 international international RB 1662 2348 30 : : : 1662 2348 31 none none NN 1662 2348 32 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 2348 33 drugs drug VBZ 1662 2348 34 : : : 1662 2348 35 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 2348 36 country country NN 1662 2348 37 for for IN 1662 2348 38 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 2348 39 and and CC 1662 2348 40 heroin heroin NN 1662 2348 41 from from IN 1662 2348 42 South South NNP 1662 2348 43 America America NNP 1662 2348 44 ; ; : 1662 2348 45 illicit illicit JJ 1662 2348 46 production production NN 1662 2348 47 of of IN 1662 2348 48 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 2348 49 on on IN 1662 2348 50 small small JJ 1662 2348 51 , , , 1662 2348 52 scattered scatter VBN 1662 2348 53 plots plot NNS 1662 2348 54 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 55 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 56 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 57 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 58 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 59 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 60 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 61 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 62 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 63 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 64 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 65 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 66 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 67 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 68 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 69 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 70 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 71 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 72 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 73 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 74 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 75 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 76 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 77 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 78 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 79 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 80 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 81 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 82 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 83 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 84 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 85 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 86 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 87 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 88 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 89 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 90 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 91 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 92 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 93 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 94 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 95 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 96 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 97 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 98 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 99 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 100 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 101 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 102 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 103 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 104 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 105 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 106 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 107 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 108 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 109 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 110 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 111 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 112 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 113 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 114 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 115 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 116 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 117 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 118 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 119 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 120 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 121 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 122 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 123 _ _ NNP 1662 2348 124 COTE COTE NNP 1662 2348 125 D'IVOIRE d'ivoire NN 1662 2348 126 @Cote @cote NN 1662 2348 127 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 2348 128 : : : 1662 2348 129 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2348 130 Location Location NNP 1662 2348 131 : : : 1662 2348 132 Western Western NNP 1662 2348 133 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2348 134 , , , 1662 2348 135 bordering border VBG 1662 2348 136 the the DT 1662 2348 137 North North NNP 1662 2348 138 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2348 139 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2348 140 , , , 1662 2348 141 between between IN 1662 2348 142 Ghana Ghana NNP 1662 2348 143 and and CC 1662 2348 144 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 2348 145 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2348 146 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2348 147 : : : 1662 2348 148 8 8 CD 1662 2348 149 00 00 CD 1662 2348 150 N n CD 1662 2348 151 , , , 1662 2348 152 5 5 CD 1662 2348 153 00 00 NFP 1662 2348 154 W W NNP 1662 2348 155 Map Map NNP 1662 2348 156 references reference NNS 1662 2348 157 : : : 1662 2348 158 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2348 159 Area Area NNP 1662 2348 160 : : : 1662 2348 161 total total NN 1662 2348 162 : : : 1662 2348 163 322,460 322,460 CD 1662 2348 164 sq sq NNP 1662 2348 165 km km NNP 1662 2348 166 land land NN 1662 2348 167 : : : 1662 2348 168 318,000 318,000 CD 1662 2348 169 sq sq NNP 1662 2348 170 km km NNP 1662 2348 171 water water NN 1662 2348 172 : : : 1662 2348 173 4,460 4,460 CD 1662 2348 174 sq sq NNP 1662 2348 175 km km NNP 1662 2348 176 Area Area NNP 1662 2348 177 - - HYPH 1662 2348 178 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2348 179 : : : 1662 2348 180 slightly slightly RB 1662 2348 181 larger large JJR 1662 2348 182 than than IN 1662 2348 183 New New NNP 1662 2348 184 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 2348 185 Land Land NNP 1662 2348 186 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2348 187 : : : 1662 2348 188 total total JJ 1662 2348 189 : : : 1662 2348 190 3,110 3,110 CD 1662 2348 191 km km NN 1662 2348 192 border border NN 1662 2348 193 countries country NNS 1662 2348 194 : : : 1662 2348 195 Burkina Burkina NNP 1662 2348 196 Faso Faso NNP 1662 2348 197 584 584 CD 1662 2348 198 km km NNS 1662 2348 199 , , , 1662 2348 200 Ghana Ghana NNP 1662 2348 201 668 668 CD 1662 2348 202 km km NNS 1662 2348 203 , , , 1662 2348 204 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2348 205 610 610 CD 1662 2348 206 km km NNS 1662 2348 207 , , , 1662 2348 208 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 2348 209 716 716 CD 1662 2348 210 km km NNS 1662 2348 211 , , , 1662 2348 212 Mali Mali NNP 1662 2348 213 532 532 CD 1662 2348 214 km km NN 1662 2348 215 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2348 216 : : : 1662 2348 217 515 515 CD 1662 2348 218 km km NN 1662 2348 219 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2348 220 claims claim VBZ 1662 2348 221 : : : 1662 2348 222 continental continental NNP 1662 2348 223 shelf shelf NNP 1662 2348 224 : : : 1662 2348 225 200 200 CD 1662 2348 226 nm nm CC 1662 2348 227 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 2348 228 economic economic JJ 1662 2348 229 zone zone NN 1662 2348 230 : : : 1662 2348 231 200 200 CD 1662 2348 232 nm nm CD 1662 2348 233 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2348 234 sea sea NN 1662 2348 235 : : : 1662 2348 236 12 12 CD 1662 2348 237 nm nm NNP 1662 2348 238 Climate climate NN 1662 2348 239 : : : 1662 2348 240 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2348 241 along along IN 1662 2348 242 coast coast NN 1662 2348 243 , , , 1662 2348 244 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 2348 245 in in IN 1662 2348 246 far far NNP 1662 2348 247 north north NNP 1662 2348 248 ; ; : 1662 2348 249 three three CD 1662 2348 250 seasons season NNS 1662 2348 251 - - , 1662 2348 252 warm warm JJ 1662 2348 253 and and CC 1662 2348 254 dry dry JJ 1662 2348 255 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2348 256 November November NNP 1662 2348 257 to to IN 1662 2348 258 March March NNP 1662 2348 259 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2348 260 , , , 1662 2348 261 hot hot JJ 1662 2348 262 and and CC 1662 2348 263 dry dry JJ 1662 2348 264 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2348 265 March March NNP 1662 2348 266 to to IN 1662 2348 267 May May NNP 1662 2348 268 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2348 269 , , , 1662 2348 270 hot hot JJ 1662 2348 271 and and CC 1662 2348 272 wet wet JJ 1662 2348 273 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2348 274 June June NNP 1662 2348 275 to to IN 1662 2348 276 October October NNP 1662 2348 277 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2348 278 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2348 279 : : : 1662 2348 280 mostly mostly RB 1662 2348 281 flat flat JJ 1662 2348 282 to to IN 1662 2348 283 undulating undulating NN 1662 2348 284 plains plain NNS 1662 2348 285 ; ; : 1662 2348 286 mountains mountain NNS 1662 2348 287 in in IN 1662 2348 288 northwest northwest NNP 1662 2348 289 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2348 290 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2348 291 : : : 1662 2348 292 lowest low JJS 1662 2348 293 point point NN 1662 2348 294 : : : 1662 2348 295 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 2348 296 of of IN 1662 2348 297 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2348 298 0 0 CD 1662 2348 299 m m DT 1662 2348 300 highest high JJS 1662 2348 301 point point NN 1662 2348 302 : : : 1662 2348 303 Mont Mont NNP 1662 2348 304 Nimba Nimba NNP 1662 2348 305 1,752 1,752 CD 1662 2348 306 m m NNP 1662 2348 307 Natural natural JJ 1662 2348 308 resources resource NNS 1662 2348 309 : : : 1662 2348 310 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2348 311 , , , 1662 2348 312 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 2348 313 , , , 1662 2348 314 manganese manganese JJ 1662 2348 315 , , , 1662 2348 316 iron iron NN 1662 2348 317 ore ore NN 1662 2348 318 , , , 1662 2348 319 cobalt cobalt NN 1662 2348 320 , , , 1662 2348 321 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 2348 322 , , , 1662 2348 323 copper copper NN 1662 2348 324 Land Land NNP 1662 2348 325 use use NN 1662 2348 326 : : : 1662 2348 327 arable arable JJ 1662 2348 328 land land NN 1662 2348 329 : : : 1662 2348 330 8 8 CD 1662 2348 331 % % NN 1662 2348 332 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2348 333 crops crop NNS 1662 2348 334 : : : 1662 2348 335 4 4 CD 1662 2348 336 % % NN 1662 2348 337 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2348 338 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2348 339 : : : 1662 2348 340 41 41 CD 1662 2348 341 % % NN 1662 2348 342 forests forest NNS 1662 2348 343 and and CC 1662 2348 344 woodland woodland NN 1662 2348 345 : : : 1662 2348 346 22 22 CD 1662 2348 347 % % NN 1662 2348 348 other other JJ 1662 2348 349 : : : 1662 2348 350 25 25 CD 1662 2348 351 % % NN 1662 2348 352 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2348 353 1993 1993 CD 1662 2348 354 est est NNP 1662 2348 355 . . . 1662 2348 356 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2349 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2349 2 land land NN 1662 2349 3 : : : 1662 2349 4 680 680 CD 1662 2349 5 sq sq NNP 1662 2349 6 km km NNP 1662 2349 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2349 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2349 9 est est NNP 1662 2349 10 . . . 1662 2349 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2350 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2350 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2350 3 : : : 1662 2350 4 coast coast NN 1662 2350 5 has have VBZ 1662 2350 6 heavy heavy JJ 1662 2350 7 surf surf NN 1662 2350 8 and and CC 1662 2350 9 no no DT 1662 2350 10 natural natural JJ 1662 2350 11 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2350 12 ; ; : 1662 2350 13 during during IN 1662 2350 14 the the DT 1662 2350 15 rainy rainy JJ 1662 2350 16 season season NN 1662 2350 17 torrential torrential JJ 1662 2350 18 flooding flooding NN 1662 2350 19 is be VBZ 1662 2350 20 possible possible JJ 1662 2350 21 Environment environment NN 1662 2350 22 - - HYPH 1662 2350 23 current current JJ 1662 2350 24 issues issue NNS 1662 2350 25 : : : 1662 2350 26 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 2350 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2350 28 most most JJS 1662 2350 29 of of IN 1662 2350 30 the the DT 1662 2350 31 country country NN 1662 2350 32 's 's POS 1662 2350 33 forests forest NNS 1662 2350 34 - - : 1662 2350 35 once once IN 1662 2350 36 the the DT 1662 2350 37 largest large JJS 1662 2350 38 in in IN 1662 2350 39 West West NNP 1662 2350 40 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2350 41 - - : 1662 2350 42 have have VBP 1662 2350 43 been be VBN 1662 2350 44 cleared clear VBN 1662 2350 45 by by IN 1662 2350 46 the the DT 1662 2350 47 timber timber NN 1662 2350 48 industry industry NN 1662 2350 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2350 50 ; ; : 1662 2350 51 water water NN 1662 2350 52 pollution pollution NN 1662 2350 53 from from IN 1662 2350 54 sewage sewage NN 1662 2350 55 and and CC 1662 2350 56 industrial industrial JJ 1662 2350 57 and and CC 1662 2350 58 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 2350 59 effluents effluent NNS 1662 2350 60 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2350 61 - - HYPH 1662 2350 62 international international JJ 1662 2350 63 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2350 64 : : : 1662 2350 65 party party NN 1662 2350 66 to to TO 1662 2350 67 : : : 1662 2350 68 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 2350 69 , , , 1662 2350 70 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2350 71 Change Change NNP 1662 2350 72 , , , 1662 2350 73 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2350 74 Species Species NNPS 1662 2350 75 , , , 1662 2350 76 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 2350 77 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 2350 78 , , , 1662 2350 79 Law Law NNP 1662 2350 80 of of IN 1662 2350 81 the the DT 1662 2350 82 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2350 83 , , , 1662 2350 84 Marine Marine NNP 1662 2350 85 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 2350 86 , , , 1662 2350 87 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 2350 88 Test Test NNP 1662 2350 89 Ban Ban NNP 1662 2350 90 , , , 1662 2350 91 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2350 92 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2350 93 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2350 94 , , , 1662 2350 95 Ship Ship NNP 1662 2350 96 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2350 97 , , , 1662 2350 98 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 2350 99 Timber Timber NNP 1662 2350 100 83 83 CD 1662 2350 101 , , , 1662 2350 102 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 2350 103 Timber Timber NNP 1662 2350 104 94 94 CD 1662 2350 105 , , , 1662 2350 106 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 2350 107 signed sign VBD 1662 2350 108 , , , 1662 2350 109 but but CC 1662 2350 110 not not RB 1662 2350 111 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2350 112 : : : 1662 2350 113 Desertification desertification NN 1662 2350 114 @Cote @cote NN 1662 2350 115 d'Ivoire d'ivoire NN 1662 2350 116 : : : 1662 2350 117 People People NNPS 1662 2350 118 Population Population NNP 1662 2350 119 : : : 1662 2350 120 14,986,218 14,986,218 CD 1662 2350 121 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2350 122 July July NNP 1662 2350 123 1997 1997 CD 1662 2350 124 est est NNP 1662 2350 125 . . . 1662 2350 126 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2351 1 Age age NN 1662 2351 2 structure structure NN 1662 2351 3 : : : 1662 2351 4 0 0 CD 1662 2351 5 - - HYPH 1662 2351 6 14 14 CD 1662 2351 7 years year NNS 1662 2351 8 : : : 1662 2351 9 47 47 CD 1662 2351 10 % % NN 1662 2351 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2351 12 male male JJ 1662 2351 13 3,537,190 3,537,190 CD 1662 2351 14 ; ; : 1662 2351 15 female female JJ 1662 2351 16 3,496,749 3,496,749 CD 1662 2351 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2351 18 15 15 CD 1662 2351 19 - - SYM 1662 2351 20 64 64 CD 1662 2351 21 years year NNS 1662 2351 22 : : : 1662 2351 23 51 51 CD 1662 2351 24 % % NN 1662 2351 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2351 26 male male JJ 1662 2351 27 3,927,687 3,927,687 CD 1662 2351 28 ; ; : 1662 2351 29 female female JJ 1662 2351 30 3,700,468 3,700,468 CD 1662 2351 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2351 32 65 65 CD 1662 2351 33 years year NNS 1662 2351 34 and and CC 1662 2351 35 over over IN 1662 2351 36 : : : 1662 2351 37 2 2 CD 1662 2351 38 % % NN 1662 2351 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2351 40 male male JJ 1662 2351 41 165,544 165,544 CD 1662 2351 42 ; ; : 1662 2351 43 female female JJ 1662 2351 44 158,580 158,580 CD 1662 2351 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2351 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2351 47 July July NNP 1662 2351 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2351 49 est est NNP 1662 2351 50 . . . 1662 2351 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2352 1 Population population NN 1662 2352 2 growth growth NN 1662 2352 3 rate rate NN 1662 2352 4 : : : 1662 2352 5 2.35 2.35 CD 1662 2352 6 % % NN 1662 2352 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2352 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2352 9 est est NNP 1662 2352 10 . . . 1662 2352 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2353 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2353 2 rate rate NN 1662 2353 3 : : : 1662 2353 4 42.43 42.43 CD 1662 2353 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 2353 6 population population NN 1662 2353 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2353 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2353 9 est est NNP 1662 2353 10 . . . 1662 2353 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2354 1 Death death NN 1662 2354 2 rate rate NN 1662 2354 3 : : : 1662 2354 4 17.11 17.11 CD 1662 2354 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2354 6 population population NN 1662 2354 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2354 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2354 9 est est NNP 1662 2354 10 . . . 1662 2354 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2355 1 Net net JJ 1662 2355 2 migration migration NN 1662 2355 3 rate rate NN 1662 2355 4 : : : 1662 2355 5 -1.85 -1.85 NFP 1662 2355 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 2355 7 population population NN 1662 2355 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2355 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2355 10 est est NNP 1662 2355 11 . . . 1662 2355 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2356 1 note note NN 1662 2356 2 : : : 1662 2356 3 since since IN 1662 2356 4 1989 1989 CD 1662 2356 5 , , , 1662 2356 6 over over IN 1662 2356 7 350,000 350,000 CD 1662 2356 8 refugees refugee NNS 1662 2356 9 have have VBP 1662 2356 10 fled flee VBN 1662 2356 11 to to IN 1662 2356 12 Cote Cote NNP 1662 2356 13 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 2356 14 to to TO 1662 2356 15 escape escape VB 1662 2356 16 the the DT 1662 2356 17 civil civil JJ 1662 2356 18 war war NN 1662 2356 19 in in IN 1662 2356 20 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 2356 21 Sex Sex NNP 1662 2356 22 ratio ratio NN 1662 2356 23 : : : 1662 2356 24 at at IN 1662 2356 25 birth birth NN 1662 2356 26 : : : 1662 2356 27 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 2356 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2356 29 under under IN 1662 2356 30 15 15 CD 1662 2356 31 years year NNS 1662 2356 32 : : : 1662 2356 33 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 2356 34 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2356 35 15 15 CD 1662 2356 36 - - HYPH 1662 2356 37 64 64 CD 1662 2356 38 years year NNS 1662 2356 39 : : : 1662 2356 40 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 2356 41 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2356 42 65 65 CD 1662 2356 43 years year NNS 1662 2356 44 and and CC 1662 2356 45 over over IN 1662 2356 46 : : : 1662 2356 47 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 2356 48 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2356 49 total total JJ 1662 2356 50 population population NN 1662 2356 51 : : : 1662 2356 52 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 2356 53 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2356 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2356 55 1997 1997 CD 1662 2356 56 est e JJS 1662 2356 57 . . . 1662 2356 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2357 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2357 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2357 3 rate rate NN 1662 2357 4 : : : 1662 2357 5 99.7 99.7 CD 1662 2357 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2357 7 live live JJ 1662 2357 8 births birth NNS 1662 2357 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2357 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2357 11 est est NNP 1662 2357 12 . . . 1662 2357 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2358 1 Life life NN 1662 2358 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2358 3 at at IN 1662 2358 4 birth birth NN 1662 2358 5 : : : 1662 2358 6 total total JJ 1662 2358 7 population population NN 1662 2358 8 : : : 1662 2358 9 44.81 44.81 CD 1662 2358 10 years year NNS 1662 2358 11 male male JJ 1662 2358 12 : : : 1662 2358 13 43.63 43.63 CD 1662 2358 14 years year NNS 1662 2358 15 female female JJ 1662 2358 16 : : : 1662 2358 17 46.03 46.03 CD 1662 2358 18 years year NNS 1662 2358 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2358 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2358 21 est est NNP 1662 2358 22 . . . 1662 2358 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2359 1 Total total JJ 1662 2359 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2359 3 rate rate NN 1662 2359 4 : : : 1662 2359 5 6.06 6.06 CD 1662 2359 6 children child NNS 1662 2359 7 born bear VBN 1662 2359 8 / / SYM 1662 2359 9 woman woman NN 1662 2359 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2359 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2359 12 est est NNP 1662 2359 13 . . . 1662 2359 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2360 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2360 2 : : : 1662 2360 3 noun noun NNP 1662 2360 4 : : : 1662 2360 5 Ivorian(s Ivorian(s NNP 1662 2360 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2360 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 2360 8 : : : 1662 2360 9 Ivorian ivorian JJ 1662 2360 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2360 11 groups group NNS 1662 2360 12 : : : 1662 2360 13 Baoule Baoule NNP 1662 2360 14 23 23 CD 1662 2360 15 % % NN 1662 2360 16 , , , 1662 2360 17 Bete Bete NNP 1662 2360 18 18 18 CD 1662 2360 19 % % NN 1662 2360 20 , , , 1662 2360 21 Senoufou Senoufou NNP 1662 2360 22 15 15 CD 1662 2360 23 % % NN 1662 2360 24 , , , 1662 2360 25 Malinke Malinke NNP 1662 2360 26 11 11 CD 1662 2360 27 % % NN 1662 2360 28 , , , 1662 2360 29 Agni Agni NNP 1662 2360 30 , , , 1662 2360 31 foreign foreign JJ 1662 2360 32 Africans Africans NNPS 1662 2360 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2360 34 mostly mostly RB 1662 2360 35 Burkinabe Burkinabe NNP 1662 2360 36 and and CC 1662 2360 37 Malians Malians NNPS 1662 2360 38 , , , 1662 2360 39 about about RB 1662 2360 40 3 3 CD 1662 2360 41 million million CD 1662 2360 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2360 43 , , , 1662 2360 44 non non AFX 1662 2360 45 - - NNS 1662 2360 46 Africans Africans NNPS 1662 2360 47 130,000 130,000 CD 1662 2360 48 to to IN 1662 2360 49 330,000 330,000 CD 1662 2360 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2360 51 French French NNP 1662 2360 52 30,000 30,000 CD 1662 2360 53 and and CC 1662 2360 54 Lebanese Lebanese NNP 1662 2360 55 100,000 100,000 CD 1662 2360 56 to to IN 1662 2360 57 300,000 300,000 CD 1662 2360 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2360 59 Religions religion NNS 1662 2360 60 : : : 1662 2360 61 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 2360 62 25 25 CD 1662 2360 63 % % NN 1662 2360 64 , , , 1662 2360 65 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 2360 66 60 60 CD 1662 2360 67 % % NN 1662 2360 68 , , , 1662 2360 69 Christian Christian NNP 1662 2360 70 12 12 CD 1662 2360 71 % % NN 1662 2360 72 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 2360 73 : : : 1662 2360 74 French French NNP 1662 2360 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2360 76 official official JJ 1662 2360 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2360 78 , , , 1662 2360 79 60 60 CD 1662 2360 80 native native JJ 1662 2360 81 dialects dialect NNS 1662 2360 82 with with IN 1662 2360 83 Dioula Dioula NNP 1662 2360 84 the the DT 1662 2360 85 most most RBS 1662 2360 86 widely widely RB 1662 2360 87 spoken speak VBN 1662 2360 88 Literacy literacy NN 1662 2360 89 : : : 1662 2360 90 definition definition NN 1662 2360 91 : : : 1662 2360 92 age age NN 1662 2360 93 15 15 CD 1662 2360 94 and and CC 1662 2360 95 over over RB 1662 2360 96 can can MD 1662 2360 97 read read VB 1662 2360 98 and and CC 1662 2360 99 write write VB 1662 2360 100 total total JJ 1662 2360 101 population population NN 1662 2360 102 : : : 1662 2360 103 40.1 40.1 CD 1662 2360 104 % % NN 1662 2360 105 male male NN 1662 2360 106 : : : 1662 2360 107 49.9 49.9 CD 1662 2360 108 % % NN 1662 2360 109 female female NN 1662 2360 110 : : : 1662 2360 111 30 30 CD 1662 2360 112 % % NN 1662 2360 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2360 114 1995 1995 CD 1662 2360 115 est est NNP 1662 2360 116 . . . 1662 2360 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2361 1 @Cote @cote JJ 1662 2361 2 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 2361 3 : : : 1662 2361 4 Government Government NNP 1662 2361 5 Country Country NNP 1662 2361 6 name name NN 1662 2361 7 : : : 1662 2361 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2361 9 long long JJ 1662 2361 10 form form NN 1662 2361 11 : : : 1662 2361 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2361 13 of of IN 1662 2361 14 Cote Cote NNP 1662 2361 15 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 2361 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2361 17 short short JJ 1662 2361 18 form form NN 1662 2361 19 : : : 1662 2361 20 Cote Cote NNP 1662 2361 21 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 2361 22 local local JJ 1662 2361 23 long long JJ 1662 2361 24 form form NN 1662 2361 25 : : : 1662 2361 26 Republique Republique NNP 1662 2361 27 de de NNP 1662 2361 28 Cote Cote NNP 1662 2361 29 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 2361 30 local local JJ 1662 2361 31 short short JJ 1662 2361 32 form form NN 1662 2361 33 : : : 1662 2361 34 Cote Cote NNP 1662 2361 35 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 2361 36 former former JJ 1662 2361 37 : : : 1662 2361 38 Ivory Ivory NNP 1662 2361 39 Coast Coast NNP 1662 2361 40 Data Data NNP 1662 2361 41 code code NN 1662 2361 42 : : : 1662 2361 43 IV IV NNP 1662 2361 44 Government Government NNP 1662 2361 45 type type NN 1662 2361 46 : : : 1662 2361 47 republic republic NN 1662 2361 48 ; ; : 1662 2361 49 multiparty multiparty JJ 1662 2361 50 presidential presidential JJ 1662 2361 51 regime regime NN 1662 2361 52 established establish VBD 1662 2361 53 1960 1960 CD 1662 2361 54 National national JJ 1662 2361 55 capital capital NN 1662 2361 56 : : : 1662 2361 57 Yamoussoukro Yamoussoukro NNP 1662 2361 58 note note NN 1662 2361 59 : : : 1662 2361 60 although although IN 1662 2361 61 Yamoussoukro Yamoussoukro NNP 1662 2361 62 has have VBZ 1662 2361 63 been be VBN 1662 2361 64 the the DT 1662 2361 65 capital capital NN 1662 2361 66 since since IN 1662 2361 67 1983 1983 CD 1662 2361 68 , , , 1662 2361 69 Abidjan Abidjan NNP 1662 2361 70 remains remain VBZ 1662 2361 71 the the DT 1662 2361 72 administrative administrative JJ 1662 2361 73 center center NN 1662 2361 74 ; ; : 1662 2361 75 foreign foreign JJ 1662 2361 76 governments government NNS 1662 2361 77 , , , 1662 2361 78 including include VBG 1662 2361 79 the the DT 1662 2361 80 US US NNP 1662 2361 81 , , , 1662 2361 82 maintain maintain VB 1662 2361 83 official official JJ 1662 2361 84 presences presence NNS 1662 2361 85 in in IN 1662 2361 86 Abidjan Abidjan NNP 1662 2361 87 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 2361 88 divisions division NNS 1662 2361 89 : : : 1662 2361 90 50 50 CD 1662 2361 91 departments department NNS 1662 2361 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2361 93 departements departement NNS 1662 2361 94 , , , 1662 2361 95 singular singular NN 1662 2361 96 - - HYPH 1662 2361 97 departement departement NN 1662 2361 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2361 99 ; ; : 1662 2361 100 Abengourou Abengourou NNP 1662 2361 101 , , , 1662 2361 102 Abidjan Abidjan NNP 1662 2361 103 , , , 1662 2361 104 Aboisso Aboisso NNP 1662 2361 105 , , , 1662 2361 106 Adzope Adzope NNP 1662 2361 107 , , , 1662 2361 108 Agboville Agboville NNP 1662 2361 109 , , , 1662 2361 110 Agnibilekrou Agnibilekrou NNP 1662 2361 111 , , , 1662 2361 112 Bangolo Bangolo NNP 1662 2361 113 , , , 1662 2361 114 Beoumi Beoumi NNP 1662 2361 115 , , , 1662 2361 116 Biankouma Biankouma NNP 1662 2361 117 , , , 1662 2361 118 Bondoukou Bondoukou NNP 1662 2361 119 , , , 1662 2361 120 Bongouanou Bongouanou NNP 1662 2361 121 , , , 1662 2361 122 Bouafle Bouafle NNP 1662 2361 123 , , , 1662 2361 124 Bouake Bouake NNP 1662 2361 125 , , , 1662 2361 126 Bouna Bouna NNP 1662 2361 127 , , , 1662 2361 128 Boundiali Boundiali NNP 1662 2361 129 , , , 1662 2361 130 Dabakala Dabakala NNP 1662 2361 131 , , , 1662 2361 132 Daloa Daloa NNP 1662 2361 133 , , , 1662 2361 134 Danane Danane NNP 1662 2361 135 , , , 1662 2361 136 Daoukro Daoukro NNP 1662 2361 137 , , , 1662 2361 138 Dimbokro Dimbokro NNP 1662 2361 139 , , , 1662 2361 140 Divo Divo NNP 1662 2361 141 , , , 1662 2361 142 Duekoue Duekoue NNP 1662 2361 143 , , , 1662 2361 144 Ferkessedougou Ferkessedougou NNP 1662 2361 145 , , , 1662 2361 146 Gagnoa Gagnoa NNP 1662 2361 147 , , , 1662 2361 148 Grand Grand NNP 1662 2361 149 - - HYPH 1662 2361 150 Lahou Lahou NNP 1662 2361 151 , , , 1662 2361 152 Guiglo Guiglo NNP 1662 2361 153 , , , 1662 2361 154 Issia Issia NNP 1662 2361 155 , , , 1662 2361 156 Katiola Katiola NNP 1662 2361 157 , , , 1662 2361 158 Korhogo Korhogo NNP 1662 2361 159 , , , 1662 2361 160 Lakota Lakota NNP 1662 2361 161 , , , 1662 2361 162 Man Man NNP 1662 2361 163 , , , 1662 2361 164 Mankono Mankono NNP 1662 2361 165 , , , 1662 2361 166 Mbahiakro Mbahiakro NNP 1662 2361 167 , , , 1662 2361 168 Odienne Odienne NNP 1662 2361 169 , , , 1662 2361 170 Oume Oume NNP 1662 2361 171 , , , 1662 2361 172 Sakassou Sakassou NNP 1662 2361 173 , , , 1662 2361 174 San San NNP 1662 2361 175 - - HYPH 1662 2361 176 Pedro Pedro NNP 1662 2361 177 , , , 1662 2361 178 Sassandra Sassandra NNP 1662 2361 179 , , , 1662 2361 180 Seguela Seguela NNP 1662 2361 181 , , , 1662 2361 182 Sinfra Sinfra NNP 1662 2361 183 , , , 1662 2361 184 Soubre Soubre NNP 1662 2361 185 , , , 1662 2361 186 Tabou Tabou NNP 1662 2361 187 , , , 1662 2361 188 Tanda Tanda NNP 1662 2361 189 , , , 1662 2361 190 Tingrela Tingrela NNP 1662 2361 191 , , , 1662 2361 192 Tiassale Tiassale NNP 1662 2361 193 , , , 1662 2361 194 Touba Touba NNP 1662 2361 195 , , , 1662 2361 196 Toumodi Toumodi NNP 1662 2361 197 , , , 1662 2361 198 Vavoua Vavoua NNP 1662 2361 199 , , , 1662 2361 200 Yamoussoukro Yamoussoukro NNP 1662 2361 201 , , , 1662 2361 202 Zuenoula Zuenoula NNP 1662 2361 203 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2361 204 : : : 1662 2361 205 7 7 CD 1662 2361 206 August August NNP 1662 2361 207 1960 1960 CD 1662 2361 208 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2361 209 from from IN 1662 2361 210 France France NNP 1662 2361 211 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2361 212 National national JJ 1662 2361 213 holiday holiday NN 1662 2361 214 : : : 1662 2361 215 National National NNP 1662 2361 216 Day Day NNP 1662 2361 217 , , , 1662 2361 218 7 7 CD 1662 2361 219 August August NNP 1662 2361 220 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 2361 221 : : : 1662 2361 222 3 3 CD 1662 2361 223 November November NNP 1662 2361 224 1960 1960 CD 1662 2361 225 ; ; : 1662 2361 226 has have VBZ 1662 2361 227 been be VBN 1662 2361 228 amended amend VBN 1662 2361 229 numerous numerous JJ 1662 2361 230 times time NNS 1662 2361 231 , , , 1662 2361 232 last last JJ 1662 2361 233 time time NN 1662 2361 234 November November NNP 1662 2361 235 1990 1990 CD 1662 2361 236 Legal legal JJ 1662 2361 237 system system NN 1662 2361 238 : : : 1662 2361 239 based base VBN 1662 2361 240 on on IN 1662 2361 241 French french JJ 1662 2361 242 civil civil JJ 1662 2361 243 law law NN 1662 2361 244 system system NN 1662 2361 245 and and CC 1662 2361 246 customary customary JJ 1662 2361 247 law law NN 1662 2361 248 ; ; : 1662 2361 249 judicial judicial JJ 1662 2361 250 review review NN 1662 2361 251 in in IN 1662 2361 252 the the DT 1662 2361 253 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 2361 254 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 2361 255 of of IN 1662 2361 256 the the DT 1662 2361 257 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2361 258 Court Court NNP 1662 2361 259 ; ; : 1662 2361 260 has have VBZ 1662 2361 261 not not RB 1662 2361 262 accepted accept VBN 1662 2361 263 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 2361 264 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 2361 265 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 2361 266 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 2361 267 : : : 1662 2361 268 21 21 CD 1662 2361 269 years year NNS 1662 2361 270 of of IN 1662 2361 271 age age NN 1662 2361 272 ; ; : 1662 2361 273 universal universal JJ 1662 2361 274 Executive Executive NNP 1662 2361 275 branch branch NN 1662 2361 276 : : : 1662 2361 277 chief chief NN 1662 2361 278 of of IN 1662 2361 279 state state NN 1662 2361 280 : : : 1662 2361 281 President President NNP 1662 2361 282 Henri Henri NNP 1662 2361 283 Konan Konan NNP 1662 2361 284 BEDIE BEDIE NNP 1662 2361 285 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2361 286 since since IN 1662 2361 287 7 7 CD 1662 2361 288 December December NNP 1662 2361 289 1993 1993 CD 1662 2361 290 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2361 291 ; ; : 1662 2361 292 note note NN 1662 2361 293 - - HYPH 1662 2361 294 succeeded succeed VBN 1662 2361 295 to to IN 1662 2361 296 the the DT 1662 2361 297 presidency presidency NN 1662 2361 298 following follow VBG 1662 2361 299 the the DT 1662 2361 300 death death NN 1662 2361 301 of of IN 1662 2361 302 President President NNP 1662 2361 303 Felix Felix NNP 1662 2361 304 HOUPHOUET HOUPHOUET NNP 1662 2361 305 - - HYPH 1662 2361 306 BOIGNY BOIGNY NNP 1662 2361 307 , , , 1662 2361 308 who who WP 1662 2361 309 had have VBD 1662 2361 310 served serve VBN 1662 2361 311 continuously continuously RB 1662 2361 312 since since IN 1662 2361 313 November November NNP 1662 2361 314 1960 1960 CD 1662 2361 315 head head NN 1662 2361 316 of of IN 1662 2361 317 government government NN 1662 2361 318 : : : 1662 2361 319 Prime Prime NNP 1662 2361 320 Minister Minister NNP 1662 2361 321 Daniel Daniel NNP 1662 2361 322 Kablan Kablan NNP 1662 2361 323 DUNCAN DUNCAN NNP 1662 2361 324 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2361 325 since since IN 1662 2361 326 10 10 CD 1662 2361 327 December December NNP 1662 2361 328 1993 1993 CD 1662 2361 329 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2361 330 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2361 331 : : : 1662 2361 332 Council Council NNP 1662 2361 333 of of IN 1662 2361 334 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 2361 335 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2361 336 by by IN 1662 2361 337 the the DT 1662 2361 338 prime prime NNP 1662 2361 339 minister minister NNP 1662 2361 340 elections election NNS 1662 2361 341 : : : 1662 2361 342 president president NNP 1662 2361 343 elected elect VBN 1662 2361 344 by by IN 1662 2361 345 popular popular JJ 1662 2361 346 vote vote NN 1662 2361 347 for for IN 1662 2361 348 a a DT 1662 2361 349 five five CD 1662 2361 350 - - HYPH 1662 2361 351 year year NN 1662 2361 352 term term NN 1662 2361 353 ; ; : 1662 2361 354 election election NN 1662 2361 355 last last JJ 1662 2361 356 held hold VBD 1662 2361 357 22 22 CD 1662 2361 358 October October NNP 1662 2361 359 1995 1995 CD 1662 2361 360 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2361 361 next next JJ 1662 2361 362 to to TO 1662 2361 363 be be VB 1662 2361 364 held hold VBN 1662 2361 365 October October NNP 1662 2361 366 2000 2000 CD 1662 2361 367 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2361 368 ; ; : 1662 2361 369 prime prime NNP 1662 2361 370 minister minister NN 1662 2361 371 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2361 372 by by IN 1662 2361 373 the the DT 1662 2361 374 president president NNP 1662 2361 375 election election NN 1662 2361 376 results result NNS 1662 2361 377 : : : 1662 2361 378 Henri Henri NNP 1662 2361 379 Konan Konan NNP 1662 2361 380 BEDIE BEDIE NNP 1662 2361 381 elected elect VBD 1662 2361 382 president president NN 1662 2361 383 ; ; , 1662 2361 384 percent percent NN 1662 2361 385 of of IN 1662 2361 386 vote vote NN 1662 2361 387 - - HYPH 1662 2361 388 Henri Henri NNP 1662 2361 389 Konan Konan NNP 1662 2361 390 BEDIE BEDIE NNP 1662 2361 391 96 96 CD 1662 2361 392 % % NN 1662 2361 393 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2361 394 branch branch NN 1662 2361 395 : : : 1662 2361 396 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 2361 397 National National NNP 1662 2361 398 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2361 399 or or CC 1662 2361 400 Assemblee Assemblee NNP 1662 2361 401 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 2361 402 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2361 403 175 175 CD 1662 2361 404 seats seat NNS 1662 2361 405 ; ; : 1662 2361 406 members member NNS 1662 2361 407 are be VBP 1662 2361 408 elected elect VBN 1662 2361 409 by by IN 1662 2361 410 direct direct JJ 1662 2361 411 popular popular JJ 1662 2361 412 vote vote NN 1662 2361 413 to to TO 1662 2361 414 serve serve VB 1662 2361 415 five five CD 1662 2361 416 - - HYPH 1662 2361 417 year year NN 1662 2361 418 terms term NNS 1662 2361 419 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2361 420 elections election NNS 1662 2361 421 : : : 1662 2361 422 elections election NNS 1662 2361 423 last last RB 1662 2361 424 held hold VBD 1662 2361 425 27 27 CD 1662 2361 426 November November NNP 1662 2361 427 1995 1995 CD 1662 2361 428 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2361 429 next next JJ 1662 2361 430 to to TO 1662 2361 431 be be VB 1662 2361 432 held hold VBN 1662 2361 433 November November NNP 1662 2361 434 2000 2000 CD 1662 2361 435 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2361 436 election election NN 1662 2361 437 results result NNS 1662 2361 438 : : : 1662 2361 439 percent percent NN 1662 2361 440 of of IN 1662 2361 441 vote vote NN 1662 2361 442 by by IN 1662 2361 443 party party NN 1662 2361 444 - - HYPH 1662 2361 445 NA NA NNP 1662 2361 446 ; ; , 1662 2361 447 seats seat NNS 1662 2361 448 by by IN 1662 2361 449 party party NN 1662 2361 450 - - HYPH 1662 2361 451 PDCI PDCI NNP 1662 2361 452 150 150 CD 1662 2361 453 , , , 1662 2361 454 RDR RDR NNP 1662 2361 455 13 13 CD 1662 2361 456 , , , 1662 2361 457 FPI FPI NNP 1662 2361 458 12 12 CD 1662 2361 459 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 2361 460 branch branch NN 1662 2361 461 : : : 1662 2361 462 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2361 463 Court Court NNP 1662 2361 464 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2361 465 Cour Cour NNP 1662 2361 466 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2361 467 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2361 468 Political political JJ 1662 2361 469 parties party NNS 1662 2361 470 and and CC 1662 2361 471 leaders leader NNS 1662 2361 472 : : : 1662 2361 473 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2361 474 Party Party NNP 1662 2361 475 of of IN 1662 2361 476 the the DT 1662 2361 477 Cote Cote NNP 1662 2361 478 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 2361 479 or or CC 1662 2361 480 PDCI PDCI NNP 1662 2361 481 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2361 482 Henri Henri NNP 1662 2361 483 Konan Konan NNP 1662 2361 484 BEDIE BEDIE NNP 1662 2361 485 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2361 486 ; ; : 1662 2361 487 Rally Rally NNP 1662 2361 488 of of IN 1662 2361 489 the the DT 1662 2361 490 Republicans Republicans NNPS 1662 2361 491 or or CC 1662 2361 492 RDR RDR NNP 1662 2361 493 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2361 494 Djeny Djeny NNP 1662 2361 495 KOBINA KOBINA NNP 1662 2361 496 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2361 497 ; ; : 1662 2361 498 Ivorian Ivorian NNP 1662 2361 499 Popular Popular NNP 1662 2361 500 Front Front NNP 1662 2361 501 or or CC 1662 2361 502 FPI FPI NNP 1662 2361 503 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2361 504 Laurent Laurent NNP 1662 2361 505 GBAGBO GBAGBO NNP 1662 2361 506 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2361 507 ; ; : 1662 2361 508 Ivorian Ivorian NNP 1662 2361 509 Worker Worker NNP 1662 2361 510 's 's POS 1662 2361 511 Party Party NNP 1662 2361 512 or or CC 1662 2361 513 PIT PIT NNP 1662 2361 514 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2361 515 Francis Francis NNP 1662 2361 516 WODIE WODIE NNP 1662 2361 517 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2361 518 ; ; : 1662 2361 519 Ivorian Ivorian NNP 1662 2361 520 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 2361 521 Party Party NNP 1662 2361 522 or or CC 1662 2361 523 PSI PSI NNP 1662 2361 524 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2361 525 Morifere Morifere NNP 1662 2361 526 BAMBA BAMBA NNP 1662 2361 527 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2361 528 ; ; : 1662 2361 529 over over IN 1662 2361 530 20 20 CD 1662 2361 531 smaller small JJR 1662 2361 532 parties party NNS 1662 2361 533 International International NNP 1662 2361 534 organization organization NN 1662 2361 535 participation participation NN 1662 2361 536 : : : 1662 2361 537 ACCT acct JJ 1662 2361 538 , , , 1662 2361 539 ACP ACP NNP 1662 2361 540 , , , 1662 2361 541 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 2361 542 , , , 1662 2361 543 CCC CCC NNP 1662 2361 544 , , , 1662 2361 545 ECA ECA NNP 1662 2361 546 , , , 1662 2361 547 ECOWAS ECOWAS NNP 1662 2361 548 , , , 1662 2361 549 Entente Entente NNP 1662 2361 550 , , , 1662 2361 551 FAO FAO NNP 1662 2361 552 , , , 1662 2361 553 FZ FZ NNP 1662 2361 554 , , , 1662 2361 555 G-24 g-24 CD 1662 2361 556 , , , 1662 2361 557 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 2361 558 , , , 1662 2361 559 IAEA iaea NN 1662 2361 560 , , , 1662 2361 561 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 2361 562 , , , 1662 2361 563 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 2361 564 , , , 1662 2361 565 ICC ICC NNP 1662 2361 566 , , , 1662 2361 567 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 2361 568 , , , 1662 2361 569 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 2361 570 , , , 1662 2361 571 IDA IDA NNP 1662 2361 572 , , , 1662 2361 573 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 2361 574 , , , 1662 2361 575 IFC IFC NNP 1662 2361 576 , , , 1662 2361 577 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 2361 578 , , , 1662 2361 579 ILO ILO NNP 1662 2361 580 , , , 1662 2361 581 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2361 582 , , , 1662 2361 583 IMO imo RB 1662 2361 584 , , , 1662 2361 585 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2361 586 , , , 1662 2361 587 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 2361 588 , , , 1662 2361 589 IOC IOC NNP 1662 2361 590 , , , 1662 2361 591 ITU ITU NNP 1662 2361 592 , , , 1662 2361 593 NAM NAM NNP 1662 2361 594 , , , 1662 2361 595 OAU OAU NNP 1662 2361 596 , , , 1662 2361 597 UN UN NNP 1662 2361 598 , , , 1662 2361 599 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 2361 600 , , , 1662 2361 601 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 2361 602 , , , 1662 2361 603 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 2361 604 , , , 1662 2361 605 UPU upu NN 1662 2361 606 , , , 1662 2361 607 WADB WADB NNP 1662 2361 608 , , , 1662 2361 609 WCL WCL NNP 1662 2361 610 , , , 1662 2361 611 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 2361 612 , , , 1662 2361 613 WHO who WP 1662 2361 614 , , , 1662 2361 615 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 2361 616 , , , 1662 2361 617 WMO WMO NNP 1662 2361 618 , , , 1662 2361 619 WToO wtoo FW 1662 2361 620 , , , 1662 2361 621 WTrO wtro VB 1662 2361 622 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2361 623 representation representation NN 1662 2361 624 in in IN 1662 2361 625 the the DT 1662 2361 626 US US NNP 1662 2361 627 : : : 1662 2361 628 chief chief NN 1662 2361 629 of of IN 1662 2361 630 mission mission NN 1662 2361 631 : : : 1662 2361 632 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2361 633 Koffi Koffi NNP 1662 2361 634 Moise Moise NNP 1662 2361 635 KOUMOUE KOUMOUE NNP 1662 2361 636 - - HYPH 1662 2361 637 KOFFI KOFFI NNP 1662 2361 638 chancery chancery NN 1662 2361 639 : : : 1662 2361 640 2424 2424 CD 1662 2361 641 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 2361 642 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 2361 643 NW NW NNP 1662 2361 644 , , , 1662 2361 645 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2361 646 , , , 1662 2361 647 DC DC NNP 1662 2361 648 20008 20008 CD 1662 2361 649 telephone telephone NN 1662 2361 650 : : : 1662 2361 651 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2361 652 1 1 CD 1662 2361 653 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2361 654 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2361 655 202 202 CD 1662 2361 656 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2361 657 797 797 CD 1662 2361 658 - - HYPH 1662 2361 659 0300 0300 CD 1662 2361 660 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2361 661 representation representation NN 1662 2361 662 from from IN 1662 2361 663 the the DT 1662 2361 664 US US NNP 1662 2361 665 : : : 1662 2361 666 chief chief NN 1662 2361 667 of of IN 1662 2361 668 mission mission NN 1662 2361 669 : : : 1662 2361 670 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2361 671 Lannon Lannon NNP 1662 2361 672 WALKER WALKER NNP 1662 2361 673 embassy embassy NN 1662 2361 674 : : : 1662 2361 675 5 5 CD 1662 2361 676 Rue Rue NNP 1662 2361 677 Jesse Jesse NNP 1662 2361 678 Owens Owens NNP 1662 2361 679 , , , 1662 2361 680 Abidjan Abidjan NNP 1662 2361 681 mailing mail VBG 1662 2361 682 address address NN 1662 2361 683 : : : 1662 2361 684 01 01 CD 1662 2361 685 B. B. NNP 1662 2361 686 P. P. NNP 1662 2361 687 1712 1712 CD 1662 2361 688 , , , 1662 2361 689 Abidjan Abidjan NNP 1662 2361 690 telephone telephone NN 1662 2361 691 : : : 1662 2361 692 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2361 693 225 225 CD 1662 2361 694 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2361 695 21 21 CD 1662 2361 696 09 09 CD 1662 2361 697 79 79 CD 1662 2361 698 FAX fax NN 1662 2361 699 : : : 1662 2361 700 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2361 701 225 225 CD 1662 2361 702 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2361 703 22 22 CD 1662 2361 704 32 32 CD 1662 2361 705 59 59 CD 1662 2361 706 Flag flag NN 1662 2361 707 description description NN 1662 2361 708 : : : 1662 2361 709 three three CD 1662 2361 710 equal equal JJ 1662 2361 711 vertical vertical JJ 1662 2361 712 bands band NNS 1662 2361 713 of of IN 1662 2361 714 orange orange JJ 1662 2361 715 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2361 716 hoist hoist NN 1662 2361 717 side side NN 1662 2361 718 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2361 719 , , , 1662 2361 720 white white JJ 1662 2361 721 , , , 1662 2361 722 and and CC 1662 2361 723 green green JJ 1662 2361 724 ; ; : 1662 2361 725 similar similar JJ 1662 2361 726 to to IN 1662 2361 727 the the DT 1662 2361 728 flag flag NN 1662 2361 729 of of IN 1662 2361 730 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 2361 731 , , , 1662 2361 732 which which WDT 1662 2361 733 is be VBZ 1662 2361 734 longer long JJR 1662 2361 735 and and CC 1662 2361 736 has have VBZ 1662 2361 737 the the DT 1662 2361 738 colors color NNS 1662 2361 739 reversed reverse VBN 1662 2361 740 - - HYPH 1662 2361 741 green green NN 1662 2361 742 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2361 743 hoist hoist NN 1662 2361 744 side side NN 1662 2361 745 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2361 746 , , , 1662 2361 747 white white JJ 1662 2361 748 , , , 1662 2361 749 and and CC 1662 2361 750 orange orange NNP 1662 2361 751 ; ; : 1662 2361 752 also also RB 1662 2361 753 similar similar JJ 1662 2361 754 to to IN 1662 2361 755 the the DT 1662 2361 756 flag flag NN 1662 2361 757 of of IN 1662 2361 758 Italy Italy NNP 1662 2361 759 , , , 1662 2361 760 which which WDT 1662 2361 761 is be VBZ 1662 2361 762 green green JJ 1662 2361 763 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2361 764 hoist hoist NN 1662 2361 765 side side NN 1662 2361 766 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2361 767 , , , 1662 2361 768 white white JJ 1662 2361 769 , , , 1662 2361 770 and and CC 1662 2361 771 red red NN 1662 2361 772 ; ; : 1662 2361 773 design design NN 1662 2361 774 was be VBD 1662 2361 775 based base VBN 1662 2361 776 on on IN 1662 2361 777 the the DT 1662 2361 778 flag flag NN 1662 2361 779 of of IN 1662 2361 780 France France NNP 1662 2361 781 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2361 782 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2361 783 - - HYPH 1662 2361 784 overview overview NN 1662 2361 785 : : : 1662 2361 786 Cote Cote NNP 1662 2361 787 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 2361 788 is be VBZ 1662 2361 789 among among IN 1662 2361 790 the the DT 1662 2361 791 world world NN 1662 2361 792 's 's POS 1662 2361 793 largest large JJS 1662 2361 794 producers producer NNS 1662 2361 795 and and CC 1662 2361 796 exporters exporter NNS 1662 2361 797 of of IN 1662 2361 798 coffee coffee NN 1662 2361 799 , , , 1662 2361 800 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 2361 801 beans bean NNS 1662 2361 802 , , , 1662 2361 803 and and CC 1662 2361 804 palm palm NN 1662 2361 805 - - HYPH 1662 2361 806 kernel kernel NN 1662 2361 807 oil oil NN 1662 2361 808 . . . 1662 2362 1 Consequently consequently RB 1662 2362 2 , , , 1662 2362 3 the the DT 1662 2362 4 economy economy NN 1662 2362 5 is be VBZ 1662 2362 6 highly highly RB 1662 2362 7 sensitive sensitive JJ 1662 2362 8 to to IN 1662 2362 9 fluctuations fluctuation NNS 1662 2362 10 in in IN 1662 2362 11 international international JJ 1662 2362 12 prices price NNS 1662 2362 13 for for IN 1662 2362 14 coffee coffee NN 1662 2362 15 and and CC 1662 2362 16 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 2362 17 and and CC 1662 2362 18 to to IN 1662 2362 19 weather weather VB 1662 2362 20 conditions condition NNS 1662 2362 21 . . . 1662 2363 1 Despite despite IN 1662 2363 2 attempts attempt NNS 1662 2363 3 by by IN 1662 2363 4 the the DT 1662 2363 5 government government NN 1662 2363 6 to to TO 1662 2363 7 diversify diversify VB 1662 2363 8 the the DT 1662 2363 9 economy economy NN 1662 2363 10 , , , 1662 2363 11 it -PRON- PRP 1662 2363 12 is be VBZ 1662 2363 13 still still RB 1662 2363 14 largely largely RB 1662 2363 15 dependent dependent JJ 1662 2363 16 on on IN 1662 2363 17 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2363 18 and and CC 1662 2363 19 related related JJ 1662 2363 20 activities activity NNS 1662 2363 21 , , , 1662 2363 22 which which WDT 1662 2363 23 engage engage VBP 1662 2363 24 roughly roughly RB 1662 2363 25 85 85 CD 1662 2363 26 % % NN 1662 2363 27 of of IN 1662 2363 28 the the DT 1662 2363 29 population population NN 1662 2363 30 . . . 1662 2364 1 After after IN 1662 2364 2 several several JJ 1662 2364 3 years year NNS 1662 2364 4 of of IN 1662 2364 5 lagging lag VBG 1662 2364 6 performance performance NN 1662 2364 7 , , , 1662 2364 8 the the DT 1662 2364 9 Ivorian ivorian JJ 1662 2364 10 economy economy NN 1662 2364 11 began begin VBD 1662 2364 12 a a DT 1662 2364 13 comeback comeback NN 1662 2364 14 in in IN 1662 2364 15 1994 1994 CD 1662 2364 16 , , , 1662 2364 17 due due IN 1662 2364 18 to to IN 1662 2364 19 improved improved JJ 1662 2364 20 prices price NNS 1662 2364 21 for for IN 1662 2364 22 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 2364 23 and and CC 1662 2364 24 coffee coffee NN 1662 2364 25 , , , 1662 2364 26 growth growth NN 1662 2364 27 in in IN 1662 2364 28 nontraditional nontraditional JJ 1662 2364 29 primary primary JJ 1662 2364 30 exports export NNS 1662 2364 31 such such JJ 1662 2364 32 as as IN 1662 2364 33 pineapples pineapple NNS 1662 2364 34 and and CC 1662 2364 35 rubber rubber NN 1662 2364 36 , , , 1662 2364 37 limited limited JJ 1662 2364 38 trade trade NN 1662 2364 39 and and CC 1662 2364 40 banking banking NN 1662 2364 41 liberalization liberalization NN 1662 2364 42 , , , 1662 2364 43 offshore offshore JJ 1662 2364 44 oil oil NN 1662 2364 45 and and CC 1662 2364 46 gas gas NN 1662 2364 47 discoveries discovery NNS 1662 2364 48 , , , 1662 2364 49 and and CC 1662 2364 50 generous generous JJ 1662 2364 51 external external JJ 1662 2364 52 financing financing NN 1662 2364 53 and and CC 1662 2364 54 debt debt NN 1662 2364 55 rescheduling reschedule VBG 1662 2364 56 by by IN 1662 2364 57 multilateral multilateral JJ 1662 2364 58 lenders lender NNS 1662 2364 59 and and CC 1662 2364 60 France France NNP 1662 2364 61 . . . 1662 2365 1 The the DT 1662 2365 2 50 50 CD 1662 2365 3 % % NN 1662 2365 4 devaluation devaluation NN 1662 2365 5 of of IN 1662 2365 6 Franc Franc NNP 1662 2365 7 Zone Zone NNP 1662 2365 8 currencies currency NNS 1662 2365 9 on on IN 1662 2365 10 12 12 CD 1662 2365 11 January January NNP 1662 2365 12 1994 1994 CD 1662 2365 13 caused cause VBD 1662 2365 14 a a DT 1662 2365 15 one one CD 1662 2365 16 - - HYPH 1662 2365 17 time time NN 1662 2365 18 jump jump NN 1662 2365 19 in in IN 1662 2365 20 the the DT 1662 2365 21 inflation inflation NN 1662 2365 22 rate rate NN 1662 2365 23 to to IN 1662 2365 24 32 32 CD 1662 2365 25 % % NN 1662 2365 26 for for IN 1662 2365 27 1994 1994 CD 1662 2365 28 , , , 1662 2365 29 but but CC 1662 2365 30 this this DT 1662 2365 31 rate rate NN 1662 2365 32 fell fall VBD 1662 2365 33 to to IN 1662 2365 34 8 8 CD 1662 2365 35 % % NN 1662 2365 36 by by IN 1662 2365 37 1996 1996 CD 1662 2365 38 , , , 1662 2365 39 in in IN 1662 2365 40 part part NN 1662 2365 41 as as IN 1662 2365 42 the the DT 1662 2365 43 economy economy NN 1662 2365 44 adjusted adjust VBN 1662 2365 45 to to IN 1662 2365 46 the the DT 1662 2365 47 devaluation devaluation NN 1662 2365 48 . . . 1662 2366 1 Moreover moreover RB 1662 2366 2 , , , 1662 2366 3 government government NN 1662 2366 4 adherence adherence NN 1662 2366 5 to to IN 1662 2366 6 donor donor NN 1662 2366 7 - - HYPH 1662 2366 8 mandated mandate VBN 1662 2366 9 reforms reform NNS 1662 2366 10 led lead VBD 1662 2366 11 to to IN 1662 2366 12 a a DT 1662 2366 13 jump jump NN 1662 2366 14 in in IN 1662 2366 15 growth growth NN 1662 2366 16 rates rate NNS 1662 2366 17 - - : 1662 2366 18 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 2366 19 % % NN 1662 2366 20 in in IN 1662 2366 21 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2366 22 in in IN 1662 2366 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2366 24 . . . 1662 2367 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2367 2 : : : 1662 2367 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2367 4 power power NN 1662 2367 5 parity parity NN 1662 2367 6 - - : 1662 2367 7 $ $ $ 1662 2367 8 23.9 23.9 CD 1662 2367 9 billion billion CD 1662 2367 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2367 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 2367 12 est est NNP 1662 2367 13 . . . 1662 2367 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2368 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2368 2 - - HYPH 1662 2368 3 real real JJ 1662 2368 4 growth growth NN 1662 2368 5 rate rate NN 1662 2368 6 : : : 1662 2368 7 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 2368 8 % % NN 1662 2368 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2368 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 2368 11 est est NNP 1662 2368 12 . . . 1662 2368 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2369 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2369 2 - - HYPH 1662 2369 3 per per FW 1662 2369 4 capita capita NN 1662 2369 5 : : : 1662 2369 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2369 7 power power NN 1662 2369 8 parity parity NN 1662 2369 9 - - : 1662 2369 10 $ $ $ 1662 2369 11 1,620 1,620 CD 1662 2369 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2369 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 2369 14 est est NNP 1662 2369 15 . . . 1662 2369 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2370 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2370 2 - - HYPH 1662 2370 3 composition composition NN 1662 2370 4 by by IN 1662 2370 5 sector sector NN 1662 2370 6 : : : 1662 2370 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2370 8 : : : 1662 2370 9 31 31 CD 1662 2370 10 % % NN 1662 2370 11 industry industry NN 1662 2370 12 : : : 1662 2370 13 20 20 CD 1662 2370 14 % % NN 1662 2370 15 services service NNS 1662 2370 16 : : : 1662 2370 17 49 49 CD 1662 2370 18 % % NN 1662 2370 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2370 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 2370 21 est est NNP 1662 2370 22 . . . 1662 2370 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2371 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 2371 2 rate rate NN 1662 2371 3 - - HYPH 1662 2371 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 2371 5 price price NN 1662 2371 6 index index NN 1662 2371 7 : : : 1662 2371 8 8 8 CD 1662 2371 9 % % NN 1662 2371 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2371 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 2371 12 est est NNP 1662 2371 13 . . . 1662 2371 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2372 1 Labor labor NN 1662 2372 2 force force NN 1662 2372 3 : : : 1662 2372 4 NA NA NNP 1662 2372 5 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2372 6 rate rate NN 1662 2372 7 : : : 1662 2372 8 NA% NA% `` 1662 2372 9 Budget budget NN 1662 2372 10 : : : 1662 2372 11 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2372 12 : : : 1662 2372 13 $ $ $ 1662 2372 14 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 2372 15 billion billion CD 1662 2372 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2372 17 : : : 1662 2372 18 $ $ $ 1662 2372 19 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 2372 20 billion billion CD 1662 2372 21 , , , 1662 2372 22 including include VBG 1662 2372 23 capital capital NN 1662 2372 24 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2372 25 of of IN 1662 2372 26 $ $ $ 1662 2372 27 408 408 CD 1662 2372 28 million million CD 1662 2372 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2372 30 1993 1993 CD 1662 2372 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2372 32 Industries industry NNS 1662 2372 33 : : : 1662 2372 34 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 2372 35 , , , 1662 2372 36 beverages beverage NNS 1662 2372 37 ; ; : 1662 2372 38 wood wood NN 1662 2372 39 products product NNS 1662 2372 40 , , , 1662 2372 41 oil oil NN 1662 2372 42 refining refining NN 1662 2372 43 , , , 1662 2372 44 automobile automobile NN 1662 2372 45 assembly assembly NN 1662 2372 46 , , , 1662 2372 47 textiles textile NNS 1662 2372 48 , , , 1662 2372 49 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 2372 50 , , , 1662 2372 51 construction construction NN 1662 2372 52 materials material NNS 1662 2372 53 , , , 1662 2372 54 electricity electricity NN 1662 2372 55 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2372 56 production production NN 1662 2372 57 growth growth NN 1662 2372 58 rate rate NN 1662 2372 59 : : : 1662 2372 60 9 9 CD 1662 2372 61 % % NN 1662 2372 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2372 63 first first RB 1662 2372 64 half half NN 1662 2372 65 of of IN 1662 2372 66 1996 1996 CD 1662 2372 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2372 68 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2372 69 - - HYPH 1662 2372 70 capacity capacity NN 1662 2372 71 : : : 1662 2372 72 1.17 1.17 CD 1662 2372 73 million million CD 1662 2372 74 kW kW NNP 1662 2372 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2372 76 1994 1994 CD 1662 2372 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2372 78 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2372 79 - - HYPH 1662 2372 80 production production NN 1662 2372 81 : : : 1662 2372 82 1.86 1.86 CD 1662 2372 83 billion billion CD 1662 2372 84 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2372 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2372 86 1994 1994 CD 1662 2372 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2372 88 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2372 89 - - HYPH 1662 2372 90 consumption consumption NN 1662 2372 91 per per IN 1662 2372 92 capita capita NN 1662 2372 93 : : : 1662 2372 94 118 118 CD 1662 2372 95 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2372 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2372 97 1995 1995 CD 1662 2372 98 est est NNP 1662 2372 99 . . . 1662 2372 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2373 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2373 2 - - HYPH 1662 2373 3 products product NNS 1662 2373 4 : : : 1662 2373 5 coffee coffee NN 1662 2373 6 , , , 1662 2373 7 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 2373 8 beans bean NNS 1662 2373 9 , , , 1662 2373 10 bananas banana NNS 1662 2373 11 , , , 1662 2373 12 palm palm NN 1662 2373 13 kernels kernel NNS 1662 2373 14 , , , 1662 2373 15 corn corn NN 1662 2373 16 , , , 1662 2373 17 rice rice NN 1662 2373 18 , , , 1662 2373 19 manioc manioc JJ 1662 2373 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2373 21 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 2373 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2373 23 , , , 1662 2373 24 sweet sweet JJ 1662 2373 25 potatoes potato NNS 1662 2373 26 , , , 1662 2373 27 sugar sugar NN 1662 2373 28 ; ; : 1662 2373 29 cotton cotton NN 1662 2373 30 , , , 1662 2373 31 rubber rubber NN 1662 2373 32 ; ; , 1662 2373 33 timber timber NN 1662 2373 34 Exports export NNS 1662 2373 35 : : : 1662 2373 36 total total JJ 1662 2373 37 value value NN 1662 2373 38 : : : 1662 2373 39 $ $ $ 1662 2373 40 3.7 3.7 CD 1662 2373 41 billion billion CD 1662 2373 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2373 43 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2373 44 . . NNP 1662 2373 45 , , , 1662 2373 46 1995 1995 CD 1662 2373 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2373 48 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2373 49 : : : 1662 2373 50 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 2373 51 36 36 CD 1662 2373 52 % % NN 1662 2373 53 , , , 1662 2373 54 coffee coffee NN 1662 2373 55 22 22 CD 1662 2373 56 % % NN 1662 2373 57 ; ; , 1662 2373 58 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2373 59 woods wood NNS 1662 2373 60 4 4 CD 1662 2373 61 % % NN 1662 2373 62 , , , 1662 2373 63 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2373 64 , , , 1662 2373 65 cotton cotton NN 1662 2373 66 , , , 1662 2373 67 bananas banana NNS 1662 2373 68 , , , 1662 2373 69 pineapples pineapple NNS 1662 2373 70 , , , 1662 2373 71 palm palm NN 1662 2373 72 oil oil NN 1662 2373 73 , , , 1662 2373 74 cotton cotton NN 1662 2373 75 , , , 1662 2373 76 fish fish NN 1662 2373 77 partners partner NNS 1662 2373 78 : : : 1662 2373 79 France France NNP 1662 2373 80 18 18 CD 1662 2373 81 % % NN 1662 2373 82 , , , 1662 2373 83 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2373 84 11 11 CD 1662 2373 85 % % NN 1662 2373 86 , , , 1662 2373 87 Italy Italy NNP 1662 2373 88 8 8 CD 1662 2373 89 % % NN 1662 2373 90 , , , 1662 2373 91 Burkina Burkina NNP 1662 2373 92 Faso Faso NNP 1662 2373 93 , , , 1662 2373 94 Mali Mali NNP 1662 2373 95 , , , 1662 2373 96 US US NNP 1662 2373 97 , , , 1662 2373 98 UK UK NNP 1662 2373 99 , , , 1662 2373 100 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 2373 101 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 2373 102 : : : 1662 2373 103 total total JJ 1662 2373 104 value value NN 1662 2373 105 : : : 1662 2373 106 $ $ $ 1662 2373 107 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 2373 108 billion billion CD 1662 2373 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2373 110 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2373 111 . . NNP 1662 2373 112 , , , 1662 2373 113 1995 1995 CD 1662 2373 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2373 115 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2373 116 : : : 1662 2373 117 food food NN 1662 2373 118 , , , 1662 2373 119 consumer consumer NN 1662 2373 120 goods good NNS 1662 2373 121 ; ; : 1662 2373 122 capital capital NN 1662 2373 123 goods good NNS 1662 2373 124 , , , 1662 2373 125 fuel fuel NN 1662 2373 126 , , , 1662 2373 127 transport transport NN 1662 2373 128 equipment equipment NN 1662 2373 129 partners partner NNS 1662 2373 130 : : : 1662 2373 131 France France NNP 1662 2373 132 32 32 CD 1662 2373 133 % % NN 1662 2373 134 , , , 1662 2373 135 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 2373 136 20 20 CD 1662 2373 137 % % NN 1662 2373 138 , , , 1662 2373 139 US US NNP 1662 2373 140 6.7 6.7 CD 1662 2373 141 % % NN 1662 2373 142 , , , 1662 2373 143 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2373 144 , , , 1662 2373 145 Italy Italy NNP 1662 2373 146 , , , 1662 2373 147 Ghana Ghana NNP 1662 2373 148 Debt Debt NNP 1662 2373 149 - - HYPH 1662 2373 150 external external JJ 1662 2373 151 : : : 1662 2373 152 $ $ $ 1662 2373 153 16.7 16.7 CD 1662 2373 154 billion billion CD 1662 2373 155 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2373 156 1994 1994 CD 1662 2373 157 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2373 158 Economic economic JJ 1662 2373 159 aid aid NN 1662 2373 160 : : : 1662 2373 161 recipient recipient NN 1662 2373 162 : : : 1662 2373 163 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2373 164 , , , 1662 2373 165 $ $ $ 1662 2373 166 552 552 CD 1662 2373 167 million million CD 1662 2373 168 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2373 169 1993 1993 CD 1662 2373 170 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2373 171 Currency currency NN 1662 2373 172 : : : 1662 2373 173 1 1 CD 1662 2373 174 Communaute Communaute NNP 1662 2373 175 Financiere Financiere NNP 1662 2373 176 Africaine Africaine NNP 1662 2373 177 franc franc NN 1662 2373 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2373 179 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 2373 180 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2373 181 = = SYM 1662 2373 182 100 100 CD 1662 2373 183 centimes centime NNS 1662 2373 184 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2373 185 rates rate NNS 1662 2373 186 : : : 1662 2373 187 CFA cfa NN 1662 2373 188 francs franc NNS 1662 2373 189 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2373 190 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 2373 191 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2373 192 per per IN 1662 2373 193 US$ us$ $ 1662 2373 194 1 1 CD 1662 2373 195 - - SYM 1662 2373 196 541.69 541.69 CD 1662 2373 197 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2373 198 January January NNP 1662 2373 199 1997 1997 CD 1662 2373 200 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2373 201 , , , 1662 2373 202 511.55 511.55 CD 1662 2373 203 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2373 204 1996 1996 CD 1662 2373 205 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2373 206 , , , 1662 2373 207 499.15 499.15 CD 1662 2373 208 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2373 209 1995 1995 CD 1662 2373 210 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2373 211 , , , 1662 2373 212 555.20 555.20 CD 1662 2373 213 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2373 214 1994 1994 CD 1662 2373 215 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2373 216 , , , 1662 2373 217 283.16 283.16 CD 1662 2373 218 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2373 219 1993 1993 CD 1662 2373 220 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2373 221 , , , 1662 2373 222 264.69 264.69 CD 1662 2373 223 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2373 224 1992 1992 CD 1662 2373 225 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2373 226 note note NN 1662 2373 227 : : : 1662 2373 228 beginning begin VBG 1662 2373 229 12 12 CD 1662 2373 230 January January NNP 1662 2373 231 1994 1994 CD 1662 2373 232 , , , 1662 2373 233 the the DT 1662 2373 234 CFA CFA NNP 1662 2373 235 franc franc NN 1662 2373 236 was be VBD 1662 2373 237 devalued devalue VBN 1662 2373 238 to to IN 1662 2373 239 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 2373 240 100 100 CD 1662 2373 241 per per IN 1662 2373 242 French french JJ 1662 2373 243 franc franc NN 1662 2373 244 from from IN 1662 2373 245 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 2373 246 50 50 CD 1662 2373 247 at at IN 1662 2373 248 which which WDT 1662 2373 249 it -PRON- PRP 1662 2373 250 had have VBD 1662 2373 251 been be VBN 1662 2373 252 fixed fix VBN 1662 2373 253 since since IN 1662 2373 254 1948 1948 CD 1662 2373 255 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2373 256 year year NN 1662 2373 257 : : : 1662 2373 258 calendar calendar NN 1662 2373 259 year year NN 1662 2373 260 @Cote @cote NN 1662 2373 261 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 2373 262 : : : 1662 2373 263 Communications Communications NNP 1662 2373 264 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 2373 265 : : : 1662 2373 266 87,700 87,700 CD 1662 2373 267 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2373 268 1987 1987 CD 1662 2373 269 est est NNP 1662 2373 270 . . . 1662 2373 271 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2374 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2374 2 system system NN 1662 2374 3 : : : 1662 2374 4 well well RB 1662 2374 5 - - HYPH 1662 2374 6 developed develop VBN 1662 2374 7 by by IN 1662 2374 8 African african JJ 1662 2374 9 standards standard NNS 1662 2374 10 but but CC 1662 2374 11 operating operate VBG 1662 2374 12 well well RB 1662 2374 13 below below IN 1662 2374 14 capacity capacity NN 1662 2374 15 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2374 16 : : : 1662 2374 17 open open JJ 1662 2374 18 - - HYPH 1662 2374 19 wire wire NN 1662 2374 20 lines line NNS 1662 2374 21 and and CC 1662 2374 22 microwave microwave NN 1662 2374 23 radio radio NN 1662 2374 24 relay relay NN 1662 2374 25 international international NNP 1662 2374 26 : : : 1662 2374 27 satellite satellite NN 1662 2374 28 earth earth NN 1662 2374 29 stations station NNS 1662 2374 30 - - , 1662 2374 31 2 2 CD 1662 2374 32 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2374 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2374 34 1 1 CD 1662 2374 35 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2374 36 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2374 37 and and CC 1662 2374 38 1 1 CD 1662 2374 39 Indian Indian NNP 1662 2374 40 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2374 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2374 42 ; ; : 1662 2374 43 2 2 CD 1662 2374 44 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 2374 45 submarine submarine NN 1662 2374 46 cables cable NNS 1662 2374 47 Radio Radio NNP 1662 2374 48 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2374 49 stations station NNS 1662 2374 50 : : : 1662 2374 51 AM am VBP 1662 2374 52 71 71 CD 1662 2374 53 , , , 1662 2374 54 FM FM NNP 1662 2374 55 0 0 CD 1662 2374 56 , , , 1662 2374 57 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2374 58 13 13 CD 1662 2374 59 Radios radio NNS 1662 2374 60 : : : 1662 2374 61 NA NA NNP 1662 2374 62 Television Television NNP 1662 2374 63 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2374 64 stations station NNS 1662 2374 65 : : : 1662 2374 66 18 18 CD 1662 2374 67 Televisions television NNS 1662 2374 68 : : : 1662 2374 69 810,000 810,000 CD 1662 2374 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2374 71 1993 1993 CD 1662 2374 72 est est NNP 1662 2374 73 . . . 1662 2374 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2375 1 @Cote @Cote NNP 1662 2375 2 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 2375 3 : : : 1662 2375 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2375 5 Railways railway NNS 1662 2375 6 : : : 1662 2375 7 total total NN 1662 2375 8 : : : 1662 2375 9 660 660 CD 1662 2375 10 km km NN 1662 2375 11 narrow narrow JJ 1662 2375 12 gauge gauge NN 1662 2375 13 : : : 1662 2375 14 660 660 CD 1662 2375 15 km km NN 1662 2375 16 1.000-meter 1.000-meter CD 1662 2375 17 gauge gauge NN 1662 2375 18 ; ; : 1662 2375 19 25 25 CD 1662 2375 20 km km NN 1662 2375 21 double double JJ 1662 2375 22 track track NN 1662 2375 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2375 24 1995 1995 CD 1662 2375 25 est est NNP 1662 2375 26 . . . 1662 2375 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2376 1 Highways highway NNS 1662 2376 2 : : : 1662 2376 3 total total NN 1662 2376 4 : : : 1662 2376 5 46,331 46,331 CD 1662 2376 6 km km NN 1662 2376 7 paved pave VBN 1662 2376 8 : : : 1662 2376 9 3,579 3,579 CD 1662 2376 10 km km NN 1662 2376 11 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2376 12 : : : 1662 2376 13 42,752 42,752 CD 1662 2376 14 km km NNS 1662 2376 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2376 16 1984 1984 CD 1662 2376 17 est est NNP 1662 2376 18 . . . 1662 2376 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2377 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 2377 2 : : : 1662 2377 3 980 980 CD 1662 2377 4 km km NN 1662 2377 5 navigable navigable JJ 1662 2377 6 rivers river NNS 1662 2377 7 , , , 1662 2377 8 canals canal NNS 1662 2377 9 , , , 1662 2377 10 and and CC 1662 2377 11 numerous numerous JJ 1662 2377 12 coastal coastal JJ 1662 2377 13 lagoons lagoon NNS 1662 2377 14 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 2377 15 and and CC 1662 2377 16 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2377 17 : : : 1662 2377 18 Abidjan Abidjan NNP 1662 2377 19 , , , 1662 2377 20 Aboisso Aboisso NNP 1662 2377 21 , , , 1662 2377 22 Dabou Dabou NNP 1662 2377 23 , , , 1662 2377 24 San San NNP 1662 2377 25 - - HYPH 1662 2377 26 Pedro Pedro NNP 1662 2377 27 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2377 28 marine marine NN 1662 2377 29 : : : 1662 2377 30 total total NN 1662 2377 31 : : : 1662 2377 32 1 1 CD 1662 2377 33 oil oil NN 1662 2377 34 tanker tanker NN 1662 2377 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2377 36 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2377 37 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2377 38 or or CC 1662 2377 39 over over RB 1662 2377 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2377 41 totaling total VBG 1662 2377 42 1,200 1,200 CD 1662 2377 43 GRT/2,181 GRT/2,181 NNP 1662 2377 44 DWT DWT NNP 1662 2377 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2377 46 1996 1996 CD 1662 2377 47 est est NNP 1662 2377 48 . . . 1662 2377 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2378 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2378 2 : : : 1662 2378 3 34 34 CD 1662 2378 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2378 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2378 6 est est NNP 1662 2378 7 . . . 1662 2378 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2379 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2379 2 - - , 1662 2379 3 with with IN 1662 2379 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2379 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2379 6 : : : 1662 2379 7 total total NN 1662 2379 8 : : : 1662 2379 9 17 17 CD 1662 2379 10 over over IN 1662 2379 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2379 12 m m NN 1662 2379 13 : : : 1662 2379 14 1 1 CD 1662 2379 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2379 16 to to IN 1662 2379 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2379 18 m m NN 1662 2379 19 : : : 1662 2379 20 2 2 CD 1662 2379 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2379 22 to to TO 1662 2379 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2379 24 m m NN 1662 2379 25 : : : 1662 2379 26 4 4 CD 1662 2379 27 under under IN 1662 2379 28 914 914 CD 1662 2379 29 m m NN 1662 2379 30 : : : 1662 2379 31 10 10 CD 1662 2379 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2379 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 2379 34 est est NNP 1662 2379 35 . . . 1662 2379 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2380 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2380 2 - - , 1662 2380 3 with with IN 1662 2380 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2380 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2380 6 : : : 1662 2380 7 total total NN 1662 2380 8 : : : 1662 2380 9 17 17 CD 1662 2380 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2380 11 to to TO 1662 2380 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2380 13 m m NN 1662 2380 14 : : : 1662 2380 15 6 6 CD 1662 2380 16 914 914 CD 1662 2380 17 to to TO 1662 2380 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2380 19 m m NN 1662 2380 20 : : : 1662 2380 21 11 11 CD 1662 2380 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2380 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2380 24 est est NNP 1662 2380 25 . . . 1662 2380 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2381 1 Military military JJ 1662 2381 2 Military military JJ 1662 2381 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2381 4 : : : 1662 2381 5 Army Army NNP 1662 2381 6 , , , 1662 2381 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 2381 8 , , , 1662 2381 9 Air Air NNP 1662 2381 10 Force Force NNP 1662 2381 11 , , , 1662 2381 12 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 2381 13 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 2381 14 , , , 1662 2381 15 Presidential Presidential NNP 1662 2381 16 Guard Guard NNP 1662 2381 17 Military Military NNP 1662 2381 18 manpower manpower NN 1662 2381 19 - - HYPH 1662 2381 20 military military NN 1662 2381 21 age age NN 1662 2381 22 : : : 1662 2381 23 18 18 CD 1662 2381 24 years year NNS 1662 2381 25 of of IN 1662 2381 26 age age NN 1662 2381 27 Military military JJ 1662 2381 28 manpower manpower NN 1662 2381 29 - - HYPH 1662 2381 30 availability availability NN 1662 2381 31 : : : 1662 2381 32 males male NNS 1662 2381 33 age age NNP 1662 2381 34 15 15 CD 1662 2381 35 - - HYPH 1662 2381 36 49 49 CD 1662 2381 37 : : : 1662 2381 38 3,478,429 3,478,429 CD 1662 2381 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2381 40 1997 1997 CD 1662 2381 41 est est NNP 1662 2381 42 . . . 1662 2381 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2382 1 Military military JJ 1662 2382 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2382 3 - - HYPH 1662 2382 4 fit fit NN 1662 2382 5 for for IN 1662 2382 6 military military JJ 1662 2382 7 service service NN 1662 2382 8 : : : 1662 2382 9 males male NNS 1662 2382 10 : : : 1662 2382 11 1,811,508 1,811,508 CD 1662 2382 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2382 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2382 14 est est NNP 1662 2382 15 . . . 1662 2382 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2383 1 Military military JJ 1662 2383 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2383 3 - - HYPH 1662 2383 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 2383 5 military military JJ 1662 2383 6 age age NN 1662 2383 7 annually annually RB 1662 2383 8 : : : 1662 2383 9 males male NNS 1662 2383 10 : : : 1662 2383 11 164,364 164,364 CD 1662 2383 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2383 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2383 14 est est NNP 1662 2383 15 . . . 1662 2383 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2384 1 Military military JJ 1662 2384 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2384 3 - - HYPH 1662 2384 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2384 5 figure figure NN 1662 2384 6 : : : 1662 2384 7 $ $ $ 1662 2384 8 140 140 CD 1662 2384 9 million million CD 1662 2384 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2384 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 2384 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2384 13 Military military JJ 1662 2384 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2384 15 - - : 1662 2384 16 percent percent NN 1662 2384 17 of of IN 1662 2384 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2384 19 : : : 1662 2384 20 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 2384 21 % % NN 1662 2384 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2384 23 1993 1993 CD 1662 2384 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2384 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2384 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2384 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2384 28 - - : 1662 2384 29 international international RB 1662 2384 30 : : : 1662 2384 31 none none NN 1662 2384 32 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 2384 33 drugs drug VBZ 1662 2384 34 : : : 1662 2384 35 illicit illicit JJ 1662 2384 36 producer producer NN 1662 2384 37 of of IN 1662 2384 38 cannabis cannabi NNS 1662 2384 39 , , , 1662 2384 40 mostly mostly RB 1662 2384 41 for for IN 1662 2384 42 local local JJ 1662 2384 43 consumption consumption NN 1662 2384 44 ; ; : 1662 2384 45 minor minor JJ 1662 2384 46 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 2384 47 point point NN 1662 2384 48 for for IN 1662 2384 49 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 2384 50 and and CC 1662 2384 51 Southeast southeast JJ 1662 2384 52 Asian asian JJ 1662 2384 53 heroin heroin NN 1662 2384 54 to to IN 1662 2384 55 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2384 56 and and CC 1662 2384 57 occasionally occasionally RB 1662 2384 58 to to IN 1662 2384 59 the the DT 1662 2384 60 US US NNP 1662 2384 61 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 62 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 63 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 64 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 65 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 66 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 67 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 68 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 69 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 70 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 71 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 72 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 73 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 74 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 75 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 76 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 77 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 78 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 79 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 80 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 81 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 82 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 83 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 84 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 85 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 86 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 87 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 88 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 89 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 90 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 91 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 92 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 93 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 94 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 95 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 96 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 97 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 98 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 99 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 100 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 101 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 102 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 103 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 104 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 105 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 106 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 107 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 108 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 109 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 110 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 111 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 112 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 113 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 114 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 115 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 116 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 117 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 118 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 119 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 120 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 121 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 122 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 123 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 124 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 125 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 126 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 127 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 128 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 129 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 130 _ _ NNP 1662 2384 131 CROATIA CROATIA NNP 1662 2384 132 @Croatia @croatia NN 1662 2384 133 : : : 1662 2384 134 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2384 135 Location Location NNP 1662 2384 136 : : : 1662 2384 137 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 2384 138 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2384 139 , , , 1662 2384 140 bordering border VBG 1662 2384 141 the the DT 1662 2384 142 Adriatic Adriatic NNP 1662 2384 143 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2384 144 , , , 1662 2384 145 between between IN 1662 2384 146 Bosnia Bosnia NNP 1662 2384 147 and and CC 1662 2384 148 Herzegovina Herzegovina NNP 1662 2384 149 and and CC 1662 2384 150 Slovenia Slovenia NNP 1662 2384 151 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2384 152 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2384 153 : : : 1662 2384 154 45 45 CD 1662 2384 155 10 10 CD 1662 2384 156 N n CD 1662 2384 157 , , , 1662 2384 158 15 15 CD 1662 2384 159 30 30 CD 1662 2384 160 E e NN 1662 2384 161 Map Map NNP 1662 2384 162 references reference NNS 1662 2384 163 : : : 1662 2384 164 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2384 165 Area Area NNP 1662 2384 166 : : : 1662 2384 167 total total NN 1662 2384 168 : : : 1662 2384 169 56,538 56,538 CD 1662 2384 170 sq sq NN 1662 2384 171 km km NNP 1662 2384 172 land land NN 1662 2384 173 : : : 1662 2384 174 56,410 56,410 CD 1662 2384 175 sq sq NN 1662 2384 176 km km NNP 1662 2384 177 water water NN 1662 2384 178 : : : 1662 2384 179 128 128 CD 1662 2384 180 sq sq NN 1662 2384 181 km km NNP 1662 2384 182 Area area NN 1662 2384 183 - - HYPH 1662 2384 184 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2384 185 : : : 1662 2384 186 slightly slightly RB 1662 2384 187 smaller small JJR 1662 2384 188 than than IN 1662 2384 189 West West NNP 1662 2384 190 Virginia Virginia NNP 1662 2384 191 Land Land NNP 1662 2384 192 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2384 193 : : : 1662 2384 194 total total NN 1662 2384 195 : : : 1662 2384 196 2,197 2,197 CD 1662 2384 197 km km NN 1662 2384 198 border border NN 1662 2384 199 countries country NNS 1662 2384 200 : : : 1662 2384 201 Bosnia Bosnia NNP 1662 2384 202 and and CC 1662 2384 203 Herzegovina Herzegovina NNP 1662 2384 204 932 932 CD 1662 2384 205 km km NNS 1662 2384 206 , , , 1662 2384 207 Hungary Hungary NNP 1662 2384 208 329 329 CD 1662 2384 209 km km NN 1662 2384 210 , , , 1662 2384 211 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 2384 212 and and CC 1662 2384 213 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 2384 214 266 266 CD 1662 2384 215 km km NNS 1662 2384 216 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2384 217 241 241 CD 1662 2384 218 km km NN 1662 2384 219 with with IN 1662 2384 220 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 2384 221 ; ; : 1662 2384 222 25 25 CD 1662 2384 223 km km NN 1662 2384 224 with with IN 1662 2384 225 Montenego Montenego NNP 1662 2384 226 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2384 227 , , , 1662 2384 228 Slovenia Slovenia NNP 1662 2384 229 670 670 CD 1662 2384 230 km km NN 1662 2384 231 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2384 232 : : : 1662 2384 233 5,790 5,790 CD 1662 2384 234 km km NN 1662 2384 235 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2384 236 mainland mainland NN 1662 2384 237 1,778 1,778 CD 1662 2384 238 km km NNS 1662 2384 239 , , , 1662 2384 240 islands island VBZ 1662 2384 241 4,012 4,012 CD 1662 2384 242 km km NNS 1662 2384 243 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2384 244 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2384 245 claims claim VBZ 1662 2384 246 : : : 1662 2384 247 continental continental NNP 1662 2384 248 shelf shelf NNP 1662 2384 249 : : : 1662 2384 250 200-m 200-m CD 1662 2384 251 depth depth NN 1662 2384 252 or or CC 1662 2384 253 to to IN 1662 2384 254 the the DT 1662 2384 255 depth depth NN 1662 2384 256 of of IN 1662 2384 257 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 2384 258 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2384 259 sea sea NN 1662 2384 260 : : : 1662 2384 261 12 12 CD 1662 2384 262 nm nm NNP 1662 2384 263 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2384 264 : : : 1662 2384 265 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 2384 266 and and CC 1662 2384 267 continental continental JJ 1662 2384 268 ; ; , 1662 2384 269 continental continental JJ 1662 2384 270 climate climate NN 1662 2384 271 predominant predominant NN 1662 2384 272 with with IN 1662 2384 273 hot hot JJ 1662 2384 274 summers summer NNS 1662 2384 275 and and CC 1662 2384 276 cold cold JJ 1662 2384 277 winters winter NNS 1662 2384 278 ; ; : 1662 2384 279 mild mild JJ 1662 2384 280 winters winter NNS 1662 2384 281 , , , 1662 2384 282 dry dry JJ 1662 2384 283 summers summer NNS 1662 2384 284 along along IN 1662 2384 285 coast coast NN 1662 2384 286 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2384 287 : : : 1662 2384 288 geographically geographically RB 1662 2384 289 diverse diverse JJ 1662 2384 290 ; ; : 1662 2384 291 flat flat JJ 1662 2384 292 plains plain NNS 1662 2384 293 along along IN 1662 2384 294 Hungarian hungarian JJ 1662 2384 295 border border NN 1662 2384 296 , , , 1662 2384 297 low low JJ 1662 2384 298 mountains mountain NNS 1662 2384 299 and and CC 1662 2384 300 highlands highland NNS 1662 2384 301 near near IN 1662 2384 302 Adriatic adriatic JJ 1662 2384 303 coast coast NN 1662 2384 304 , , , 1662 2384 305 coastline coastline NN 1662 2384 306 , , , 1662 2384 307 and and CC 1662 2384 308 islands island VBZ 1662 2384 309 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2384 310 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2384 311 : : : 1662 2384 312 lowest low JJS 1662 2384 313 point point NN 1662 2384 314 : : : 1662 2384 315 Adriatic Adriatic NNP 1662 2384 316 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2384 317 0 0 NFP 1662 2384 318 m m DT 1662 2384 319 highest high JJS 1662 2384 320 point point NN 1662 2384 321 : : : 1662 2384 322 Dinara Dinara NNP 1662 2384 323 1,830 1,830 CD 1662 2384 324 m m NNP 1662 2384 325 Natural natural JJ 1662 2384 326 resources resource NNS 1662 2384 327 : : : 1662 2384 328 oil oil NN 1662 2384 329 , , , 1662 2384 330 some some DT 1662 2384 331 coal coal NN 1662 2384 332 , , , 1662 2384 333 bauxite bauxite JJ 1662 2384 334 , , , 1662 2384 335 low low JJ 1662 2384 336 - - HYPH 1662 2384 337 grade grade NN 1662 2384 338 iron iron NN 1662 2384 339 ore ore NN 1662 2384 340 , , , 1662 2384 341 calcium calcium NN 1662 2384 342 , , , 1662 2384 343 natural natural JJ 1662 2384 344 asphalt asphalt NN 1662 2384 345 , , , 1662 2384 346 silica silica NNP 1662 2384 347 , , , 1662 2384 348 mica mica NNP 1662 2384 349 , , , 1662 2384 350 clays clay NNS 1662 2384 351 , , , 1662 2384 352 salt salt NN 1662 2384 353 Land land NN 1662 2384 354 use use NN 1662 2384 355 : : : 1662 2384 356 arable arable JJ 1662 2384 357 land land NN 1662 2384 358 : : : 1662 2384 359 21 21 CD 1662 2384 360 % % NN 1662 2384 361 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2384 362 crops crop NNS 1662 2384 363 : : : 1662 2384 364 2 2 CD 1662 2384 365 % % NN 1662 2384 366 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2384 367 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2384 368 : : : 1662 2384 369 20 20 CD 1662 2384 370 % % NN 1662 2384 371 forests forest NNS 1662 2384 372 and and CC 1662 2384 373 woodland woodland JJ 1662 2384 374 : : : 1662 2384 375 38 38 CD 1662 2384 376 % % NN 1662 2384 377 other other JJ 1662 2384 378 : : : 1662 2384 379 19 19 CD 1662 2384 380 % % NN 1662 2384 381 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2384 382 1993 1993 CD 1662 2384 383 est est NNP 1662 2384 384 . . . 1662 2384 385 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2385 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2385 2 land land NN 1662 2385 3 : : : 1662 2385 4 30 30 CD 1662 2385 5 sq sq NN 1662 2385 6 km km NNP 1662 2385 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2385 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2385 9 est est NNP 1662 2385 10 . . . 1662 2385 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2386 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2386 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2386 3 : : : 1662 2386 4 frequent frequent JJ 1662 2386 5 and and CC 1662 2386 6 destructive destructive JJ 1662 2386 7 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 2386 8 Environment environment NN 1662 2386 9 - - HYPH 1662 2386 10 current current JJ 1662 2386 11 issues issue NNS 1662 2386 12 : : : 1662 2386 13 air air NN 1662 2386 14 pollution pollution NN 1662 2386 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2386 16 from from IN 1662 2386 17 metallurgical metallurgical JJ 1662 2386 18 plants plant NNS 1662 2386 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2386 20 and and CC 1662 2386 21 resulting result VBG 1662 2386 22 acid acid JJ 1662 2386 23 rain rain NN 1662 2386 24 is be VBZ 1662 2386 25 damaging damage VBG 1662 2386 26 the the DT 1662 2386 27 forests forest NNS 1662 2386 28 ; ; , 1662 2386 29 coastal coastal JJ 1662 2386 30 pollution pollution NN 1662 2386 31 from from IN 1662 2386 32 industrial industrial JJ 1662 2386 33 and and CC 1662 2386 34 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2386 35 waste waste NN 1662 2386 36 ; ; , 1662 2386 37 widespread widespread JJ 1662 2386 38 casualties casualty NNS 1662 2386 39 and and CC 1662 2386 40 destruction destruction NN 1662 2386 41 of of IN 1662 2386 42 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 2386 43 in in IN 1662 2386 44 border border NN 1662 2386 45 areas area NNS 1662 2386 46 affected affect VBN 1662 2386 47 by by IN 1662 2386 48 civil civil JJ 1662 2386 49 strife strife NN 1662 2386 50 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2386 51 - - HYPH 1662 2386 52 international international JJ 1662 2386 53 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2386 54 : : : 1662 2386 55 party party NN 1662 2386 56 to to TO 1662 2386 57 : : : 1662 2386 58 Air Air NNP 1662 2386 59 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2386 60 , , , 1662 2386 61 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 2386 62 , , , 1662 2386 63 Climate climate NN 1662 2386 64 Change Change NNP 1662 2386 65 , , , 1662 2386 66 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 2386 67 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 2386 68 , , , 1662 2386 69 Law Law NNP 1662 2386 70 of of IN 1662 2386 71 the the DT 1662 2386 72 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2386 73 , , , 1662 2386 74 Marine Marine NNP 1662 2386 75 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 2386 76 , , , 1662 2386 77 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 2386 78 Test Test NNP 1662 2386 79 Ban Ban NNP 1662 2386 80 , , , 1662 2386 81 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2386 82 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2386 83 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2386 84 , , , 1662 2386 85 Ship Ship NNP 1662 2386 86 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2386 87 , , , 1662 2386 88 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 2386 89 signed sign VBD 1662 2386 90 , , , 1662 2386 91 but but CC 1662 2386 92 not not RB 1662 2386 93 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2386 94 : : : 1662 2386 95 Air Air NNP 1662 2386 96 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2386 97 - - HYPH 1662 2386 98 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 2386 99 94 94 CD 1662 2386 100 , , , 1662 2386 101 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 2386 102 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2386 103 - - HYPH 1662 2386 104 note note NN 1662 2386 105 : : : 1662 2386 106 controls control NNS 1662 2386 107 most most JJS 1662 2386 108 land land NN 1662 2386 109 routes route NNS 1662 2386 110 from from IN 1662 2386 111 Western Western NNP 1662 2386 112 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2386 113 to to IN 1662 2386 114 Aegean Aegean NNP 1662 2386 115 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2386 116 and and CC 1662 2386 117 Turkish Turkish NNP 1662 2386 118 Straits Straits NNPS 1662 2386 119 @Croatia @croatia NN 1662 2386 120 : : : 1662 2386 121 People People NNS 1662 2386 122 Population Population NNP 1662 2386 123 : : : 1662 2386 124 4,664,710 4,664,710 CD 1662 2386 125 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2386 126 July July NNP 1662 2386 127 1997 1997 CD 1662 2386 128 est est NNP 1662 2386 129 . . . 1662 2386 130 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2387 1 Age age NN 1662 2387 2 structure structure NN 1662 2387 3 : : : 1662 2387 4 0 0 CD 1662 2387 5 - - HYPH 1662 2387 6 14 14 CD 1662 2387 7 years year NNS 1662 2387 8 : : : 1662 2387 9 18 18 CD 1662 2387 10 % % NN 1662 2387 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2387 12 male male JJ 1662 2387 13 417,181 417,181 CD 1662 2387 14 ; ; : 1662 2387 15 female female JJ 1662 2387 16 395,430 395,430 CD 1662 2387 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2387 18 15 15 CD 1662 2387 19 - - HYPH 1662 2387 20 64 64 CD 1662 2387 21 years year NNS 1662 2387 22 : : : 1662 2387 23 68 68 CD 1662 2387 24 % % NN 1662 2387 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2387 26 male male JJ 1662 2387 27 1,590,334 1,590,334 CD 1662 2387 28 ; ; : 1662 2387 29 female female JJ 1662 2387 30 1,593,470 1,593,470 CD 1662 2387 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2387 32 65 65 CD 1662 2387 33 years year NNS 1662 2387 34 and and CC 1662 2387 35 over over IN 1662 2387 36 : : : 1662 2387 37 14 14 CD 1662 2387 38 % % NN 1662 2387 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2387 40 male male JJ 1662 2387 41 253,201 253,201 CD 1662 2387 42 ; ; : 1662 2387 43 female female JJ 1662 2387 44 415,094 415,094 CD 1662 2387 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2387 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2387 47 July July NNP 1662 2387 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2387 49 est est NNP 1662 2387 50 . . . 1662 2387 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2388 1 Population population NN 1662 2388 2 growth growth NN 1662 2388 3 rate rate NN 1662 2388 4 : : : 1662 2388 5 0.17 0.17 CD 1662 2388 6 % % NN 1662 2388 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2388 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2388 9 est est NNP 1662 2388 10 . . . 1662 2388 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2389 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2389 2 rate rate NN 1662 2389 3 : : : 1662 2389 4 10.63 10.63 CD 1662 2389 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 2389 6 population population NN 1662 2389 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2389 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2389 9 est est NNP 1662 2389 10 . . . 1662 2389 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2390 1 Death death NN 1662 2390 2 rate rate NN 1662 2390 3 : : : 1662 2390 4 11.2 11.2 CD 1662 2390 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 CD 1662 2390 6 population population NN 1662 2390 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2390 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2390 9 est est NNP 1662 2390 10 . . . 1662 2390 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2391 1 Net net JJ 1662 2391 2 migration migration NN 1662 2391 3 rate rate NN 1662 2391 4 : : : 1662 2391 5 2.27 2.27 CD 1662 2391 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 2391 7 population population NN 1662 2391 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2391 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2391 10 est est NNP 1662 2391 11 . . . 1662 2391 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2392 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2392 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2392 3 : : : 1662 2392 4 at at IN 1662 2392 5 birth birth NN 1662 2392 6 : : : 1662 2392 7 1.07 1.07 CD 1662 2392 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2392 9 under under IN 1662 2392 10 15 15 CD 1662 2392 11 years year NNS 1662 2392 12 : : : 1662 2392 13 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 2392 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2392 15 15 15 CD 1662 2392 16 - - SYM 1662 2392 17 64 64 CD 1662 2392 18 years year NNS 1662 2392 19 : : : 1662 2392 20 1 1 CD 1662 2392 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2392 22 65 65 CD 1662 2392 23 years year NNS 1662 2392 24 and and CC 1662 2392 25 over over IN 1662 2392 26 : : : 1662 2392 27 0.61 0.61 CD 1662 2392 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2392 29 total total JJ 1662 2392 30 population population NN 1662 2392 31 : : : 1662 2392 32 0.94 0.94 CD 1662 2392 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2392 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2392 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2392 36 est e JJS 1662 2392 37 . . . 1662 2392 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2393 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2393 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2393 3 rate rate NN 1662 2393 4 : : : 1662 2393 5 8.2 8.2 CD 1662 2393 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2393 7 live live JJ 1662 2393 8 births birth NNS 1662 2393 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2393 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2393 11 est est NNP 1662 2393 12 . . . 1662 2393 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2394 1 Life life NN 1662 2394 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2394 3 at at IN 1662 2394 4 birth birth NN 1662 2394 5 : : : 1662 2394 6 total total JJ 1662 2394 7 population population NN 1662 2394 8 : : : 1662 2394 9 73.49 73.49 CD 1662 2394 10 years year NNS 1662 2394 11 male male JJ 1662 2394 12 : : : 1662 2394 13 70.16 70.16 CD 1662 2394 14 years year NNS 1662 2394 15 female female JJ 1662 2394 16 : : : 1662 2394 17 77.03 77.03 CD 1662 2394 18 years year NNS 1662 2394 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2394 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2394 21 est est NNP 1662 2394 22 . . . 1662 2394 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2395 1 Total total JJ 1662 2395 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2395 3 rate rate NN 1662 2395 4 : : : 1662 2395 5 1.56 1.56 CD 1662 2395 6 children child NNS 1662 2395 7 born bear VBN 1662 2395 8 / / SYM 1662 2395 9 woman woman NN 1662 2395 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2395 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2395 12 est est NNP 1662 2395 13 . . . 1662 2395 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2396 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2396 2 : : : 1662 2396 3 noun noun NN 1662 2396 4 : : : 1662 2396 5 Croat(s Croat(s NNP 1662 2396 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2396 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 2396 8 : : : 1662 2396 9 Croatian Croatian NNP 1662 2396 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2396 11 groups group NNS 1662 2396 12 : : : 1662 2396 13 Croat croat NN 1662 2396 14 78 78 CD 1662 2396 15 % % NN 1662 2396 16 , , , 1662 2396 17 Serb Serb NNP 1662 2396 18 12 12 CD 1662 2396 19 % % NN 1662 2396 20 , , , 1662 2396 21 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 2396 22 0.9 0.9 CD 1662 2396 23 % % NN 1662 2396 24 , , , 1662 2396 25 Hungarian hungarian JJ 1662 2396 26 0.5 0.5 CD 1662 2396 27 % % NN 1662 2396 28 , , , 1662 2396 29 Slovenian slovenian JJ 1662 2396 30 0.5 0.5 CD 1662 2396 31 % % NN 1662 2396 32 , , , 1662 2396 33 others other NNS 1662 2396 34 8.1 8.1 CD 1662 2396 35 % % NN 1662 2396 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2396 37 1991 1991 CD 1662 2396 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2396 39 Religions religion NNS 1662 2396 40 : : : 1662 2396 41 Catholic catholic JJ 1662 2396 42 76.5 76.5 CD 1662 2396 43 % % NN 1662 2396 44 , , , 1662 2396 45 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 2396 46 11.1 11.1 CD 1662 2396 47 % % NN 1662 2396 48 , , , 1662 2396 49 Slavic Slavic NNP 1662 2396 50 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 2396 51 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 2396 52 % % NN 1662 2396 53 , , , 1662 2396 54 Protestant protestant NN 1662 2396 55 0.4 0.4 CD 1662 2396 56 % % NN 1662 2396 57 , , , 1662 2396 58 others other NNS 1662 2396 59 and and CC 1662 2396 60 unknown unknown JJ 1662 2396 61 10.8 10.8 CD 1662 2396 62 % % NN 1662 2396 63 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 2396 64 : : : 1662 2396 65 Serbo Serbo NNP 1662 2396 66 - - HYPH 1662 2396 67 Croatian Croatian NNP 1662 2396 68 96 96 CD 1662 2396 69 % % NN 1662 2396 70 , , , 1662 2396 71 other other JJ 1662 2396 72 4 4 CD 1662 2396 73 % % NN 1662 2396 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2396 75 including include VBG 1662 2396 76 Italian italian JJ 1662 2396 77 , , , 1662 2396 78 Hungarian hungarian JJ 1662 2396 79 , , , 1662 2396 80 Czechoslovak Czechoslovak NNP 1662 2396 81 , , , 1662 2396 82 and and CC 1662 2396 83 German german JJ 1662 2396 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2396 85 Literacy literacy NN 1662 2396 86 : : : 1662 2396 87 definition definition NN 1662 2396 88 : : : 1662 2396 89 age age NN 1662 2396 90 15 15 CD 1662 2396 91 and and CC 1662 2396 92 over over RB 1662 2396 93 can can MD 1662 2396 94 read read VB 1662 2396 95 and and CC 1662 2396 96 write write VB 1662 2396 97 total total JJ 1662 2396 98 population population NN 1662 2396 99 : : : 1662 2396 100 97 97 CD 1662 2396 101 % % NN 1662 2396 102 male male NN 1662 2396 103 : : : 1662 2396 104 99 99 CD 1662 2396 105 % % NN 1662 2396 106 female female NN 1662 2396 107 : : : 1662 2396 108 95 95 CD 1662 2396 109 % % NN 1662 2396 110 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2396 111 1991 1991 CD 1662 2396 112 est est NNP 1662 2396 113 . . . 1662 2396 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 1 @Croatia @croatia LS 1662 2397 2 : : : 1662 2397 3 Government Government NNP 1662 2397 4 Country Country NNP 1662 2397 5 name name NN 1662 2397 6 : : : 1662 2397 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2397 8 long long JJ 1662 2397 9 form form NN 1662 2397 10 : : : 1662 2397 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2397 12 of of IN 1662 2397 13 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 2397 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2397 15 short short JJ 1662 2397 16 form form NN 1662 2397 17 : : : 1662 2397 18 Croatia croatia VB 1662 2397 19 local local JJ 1662 2397 20 long long JJ 1662 2397 21 form form NN 1662 2397 22 : : : 1662 2397 23 Republika Republika NNP 1662 2397 24 Hrvatska Hrvatska NNP 1662 2397 25 local local JJ 1662 2397 26 short short JJ 1662 2397 27 form form NN 1662 2397 28 : : : 1662 2397 29 Hrvatska Hrvatska NNP 1662 2397 30 Data Data NNP 1662 2397 31 code code NN 1662 2397 32 : : : 1662 2397 33 HR HR NNP 1662 2397 34 Government Government NNP 1662 2397 35 type type NN 1662 2397 36 : : : 1662 2397 37 presidential presidential JJ 1662 2397 38 / / SYM 1662 2397 39 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 2397 40 democracy democracy NN 1662 2397 41 National national JJ 1662 2397 42 capital capital NN 1662 2397 43 : : : 1662 2397 44 Zagreb Zagreb NNP 1662 2397 45 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 2397 46 divisions division NNS 1662 2397 47 : : : 1662 2397 48 21 21 CD 1662 2397 49 counties county NNS 1662 2397 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 51 zupanijas zupanijas NNP 1662 2397 52 , , , 1662 2397 53 zupanija zupanija NNP 1662 2397 54 - - HYPH 1662 2397 55 singular singular NNP 1662 2397 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 57 : : : 1662 2397 58 Bjelovar Bjelovar NNP 1662 2397 59 - - HYPH 1662 2397 60 Bilogora Bilogora NNP 1662 2397 61 , , , 1662 2397 62 City City NNP 1662 2397 63 of of IN 1662 2397 64 Zagreb Zagreb NNP 1662 2397 65 , , , 1662 2397 66 Dubrovnik Dubrovnik NNP 1662 2397 67 - - HYPH 1662 2397 68 Neretva Neretva NNP 1662 2397 69 , , , 1662 2397 70 Istra Istra NNP 1662 2397 71 , , , 1662 2397 72 Karlovac Karlovac NNP 1662 2397 73 , , , 1662 2397 74 Koprivnica Koprivnica NNP 1662 2397 75 - - HYPH 1662 2397 76 Krizevci Krizevci NNP 1662 2397 77 , , , 1662 2397 78 Krapina Krapina NNP 1662 2397 79 - - HYPH 1662 2397 80 Zagorje Zagorje NNP 1662 2397 81 , , , 1662 2397 82 Lika Lika NNP 1662 2397 83 - - HYPH 1662 2397 84 Senj Senj NNP 1662 2397 85 , , , 1662 2397 86 Medimurje Medimurje NNP 1662 2397 87 , , , 1662 2397 88 Osijek Osijek NNP 1662 2397 89 - - HYPH 1662 2397 90 Baranja Baranja NNP 1662 2397 91 , , , 1662 2397 92 Pozega Pozega NNP 1662 2397 93 - - HYPH 1662 2397 94 Slavonija Slavonija NNP 1662 2397 95 , , , 1662 2397 96 Primorje Primorje NNP 1662 2397 97 - - HYPH 1662 2397 98 Gorski Gorski NNP 1662 2397 99 Kotar Kotar NNP 1662 2397 100 , , , 1662 2397 101 Sibenik Sibenik NNP 1662 2397 102 , , , 1662 2397 103 Sisak Sisak NNP 1662 2397 104 - - HYPH 1662 2397 105 Moslavina Moslavina NNP 1662 2397 106 , , , 1662 2397 107 Slavonski Slavonski NNP 1662 2397 108 Brod Brod NNP 1662 2397 109 - - HYPH 1662 2397 110 Posavina Posavina NNP 1662 2397 111 , , , 1662 2397 112 Split Split NNP 1662 2397 113 - - HYPH 1662 2397 114 Dalmatia Dalmatia NNP 1662 2397 115 , , , 1662 2397 116 Varazdin Varazdin NNP 1662 2397 117 , , , 1662 2397 118 Virovitica Virovitica NNP 1662 2397 119 - - HYPH 1662 2397 120 Podravina Podravina NNP 1662 2397 121 , , , 1662 2397 122 Vukovar Vukovar NNP 1662 2397 123 - - HYPH 1662 2397 124 Srijem Srijem NNP 1662 2397 125 , , , 1662 2397 126 Zadar Zadar NNP 1662 2397 127 - - HYPH 1662 2397 128 Knin Knin NNP 1662 2397 129 , , , 1662 2397 130 Zagreb Zagreb NNP 1662 2397 131 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2397 132 : : : 1662 2397 133 25 25 CD 1662 2397 134 June June NNP 1662 2397 135 1991 1991 CD 1662 2397 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 137 from from IN 1662 2397 138 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia NNP 1662 2397 139 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 140 National national JJ 1662 2397 141 holiday holiday NN 1662 2397 142 : : : 1662 2397 143 Statehood Statehood NNP 1662 2397 144 Day Day NNP 1662 2397 145 , , , 1662 2397 146 30 30 CD 1662 2397 147 May May NNP 1662 2397 148 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 149 1990 1990 CD 1662 2397 150 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 151 Constitution constitution NN 1662 2397 152 : : : 1662 2397 153 adopted adopt VBN 1662 2397 154 on on IN 1662 2397 155 22 22 CD 1662 2397 156 December December NNP 1662 2397 157 1990 1990 CD 1662 2397 158 Legal legal JJ 1662 2397 159 system system NN 1662 2397 160 : : : 1662 2397 161 based base VBN 1662 2397 162 on on IN 1662 2397 163 civil civil JJ 1662 2397 164 law law NN 1662 2397 165 system system NN 1662 2397 166 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 2397 167 : : : 1662 2397 168 18 18 CD 1662 2397 169 years year NNS 1662 2397 170 of of IN 1662 2397 171 age age NN 1662 2397 172 ; ; : 1662 2397 173 universal universal JJ 1662 2397 174 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 175 16 16 CD 1662 2397 176 years year NNS 1662 2397 177 of of IN 1662 2397 178 age age NN 1662 2397 179 , , , 1662 2397 180 if if IN 1662 2397 181 employed employ VBN 1662 2397 182 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 183 Executive Executive NNP 1662 2397 184 branch branch NN 1662 2397 185 : : : 1662 2397 186 chief chief NN 1662 2397 187 of of IN 1662 2397 188 state state NN 1662 2397 189 : : : 1662 2397 190 President President NNP 1662 2397 191 Franjo Franjo NNP 1662 2397 192 TUDJMAN TUDJMAN NNP 1662 2397 193 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 194 since since IN 1662 2397 195 30 30 CD 1662 2397 196 May May NNP 1662 2397 197 1990 1990 CD 1662 2397 198 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 199 head head NN 1662 2397 200 of of IN 1662 2397 201 government government NN 1662 2397 202 : : : 1662 2397 203 Prime Prime NNP 1662 2397 204 Minister Minister NNP 1662 2397 205 Zlatko Zlatko NNP 1662 2397 206 MATESA MATESA NNP 1662 2397 207 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 208 since since IN 1662 2397 209 NA NA NNP 1662 2397 210 November November NNP 1662 2397 211 1995 1995 CD 1662 2397 212 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 213 ; ; : 1662 2397 214 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 2397 215 Prime Prime NNP 1662 2397 216 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 2397 217 Mate Mate NNP 1662 2397 218 GRANIC GRANIC NNP 1662 2397 219 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 220 since since IN 1662 2397 221 8 8 CD 1662 2397 222 September September NNP 1662 2397 223 1992 1992 CD 1662 2397 224 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 225 , , , 1662 2397 226 Ivica Ivica NNP 1662 2397 227 KOSTOVIC KOSTOVIC NNP 1662 2397 228 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 229 since since IN 1662 2397 230 14 14 CD 1662 2397 231 October October NNP 1662 2397 232 1993 1993 CD 1662 2397 233 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 234 , , , 1662 2397 235 Jure Jure NNP 1662 2397 236 RADIC RADIC NNP 1662 2397 237 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 238 since since IN 1662 2397 239 NA NA NNP 1662 2397 240 October October NNP 1662 2397 241 1994 1994 CD 1662 2397 242 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 243 , , , 1662 2397 244 Borislav Borislav NNP 1662 2397 245 SKEGRO SKEGRO NNP 1662 2397 246 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 247 since since IN 1662 2397 248 3 3 CD 1662 2397 249 April April NNP 1662 2397 250 1993 1993 CD 1662 2397 251 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 252 , , , 1662 2397 253 and and CC 1662 2397 254 Ljerka Ljerka NNP 1662 2397 255 MINTAS MINTAS NNP 1662 2397 256 - - HYPH 1662 2397 257 HODAK HODAK NNP 1662 2397 258 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 259 since since IN 1662 2397 260 November November NNP 1662 2397 261 1995 1995 CD 1662 2397 262 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 263 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2397 264 : : : 1662 2397 265 Council Council NNP 1662 2397 266 of of IN 1662 2397 267 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 2397 268 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2397 269 by by IN 1662 2397 270 the the DT 1662 2397 271 president president NNP 1662 2397 272 elections election NNS 1662 2397 273 : : : 1662 2397 274 president president NNP 1662 2397 275 elected elect VBN 1662 2397 276 by by IN 1662 2397 277 popular popular JJ 1662 2397 278 vote vote NN 1662 2397 279 for for IN 1662 2397 280 a a DT 1662 2397 281 five five CD 1662 2397 282 - - HYPH 1662 2397 283 year year NN 1662 2397 284 term term NN 1662 2397 285 ; ; : 1662 2397 286 election election NN 1662 2397 287 last last JJ 1662 2397 288 held hold VBD 1662 2397 289 4 4 CD 1662 2397 290 August August NNP 1662 2397 291 1992 1992 CD 1662 2397 292 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 293 next next JJ 1662 2397 294 to to TO 1662 2397 295 be be VB 1662 2397 296 held hold VBN 1662 2397 297 15 15 CD 1662 2397 298 June June NNP 1662 2397 299 1997 1997 CD 1662 2397 300 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 301 ; ; : 1662 2397 302 prime prime NNP 1662 2397 303 minister minister NNP 1662 2397 304 and and CC 1662 2397 305 deputy deputy JJ 1662 2397 306 prime prime JJ 1662 2397 307 ministers minister NNS 1662 2397 308 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2397 309 by by IN 1662 2397 310 the the DT 1662 2397 311 president president NNP 1662 2397 312 election election NN 1662 2397 313 results result NNS 1662 2397 314 : : : 1662 2397 315 President President NNP 1662 2397 316 Franjo Franjo NNP 1662 2397 317 TUDJMAN TUDJMAN NNP 1662 2397 318 reelected reelect VBD 1662 2397 319 ; ; : 1662 2397 320 percent percent NN 1662 2397 321 of of IN 1662 2397 322 vote vote NN 1662 2397 323 - - HYPH 1662 2397 324 Franjo Franjo NNP 1662 2397 325 TUDJMAN TUDJMAN NNP 1662 2397 326 56 56 CD 1662 2397 327 % % NN 1662 2397 328 , , , 1662 2397 329 Dobroslav Dobroslav NNP 1662 2397 330 PARAGA PARAGA VBD 1662 2397 331 5 5 CD 1662 2397 332 % % NN 1662 2397 333 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2397 334 branch branch NN 1662 2397 335 : : : 1662 2397 336 bicameral bicameral NNP 1662 2397 337 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2397 338 or or CC 1662 2397 339 Sabor Sabor NNP 1662 2397 340 consists consist VBZ 1662 2397 341 of of IN 1662 2397 342 the the DT 1662 2397 343 House House NNP 1662 2397 344 of of IN 1662 2397 345 Districts Districts NNPS 1662 2397 346 or or CC 1662 2397 347 Zupanijski Zupanijski NNP 1662 2397 348 Dom Dom NNP 1662 2397 349 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 350 68 68 CD 1662 2397 351 seats seat NNS 1662 2397 352 - - : 1662 2397 353 63 63 CD 1662 2397 354 directly directly RB 1662 2397 355 elected elect VBN 1662 2397 356 by by IN 1662 2397 357 popular popular JJ 1662 2397 358 vote vote NN 1662 2397 359 , , , 1662 2397 360 5 5 CD 1662 2397 361 presidentially presidentially RB 1662 2397 362 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2397 363 ; ; : 1662 2397 364 members member NNS 1662 2397 365 serve serve VBP 1662 2397 366 four four CD 1662 2397 367 - - HYPH 1662 2397 368 year year NN 1662 2397 369 terms term NNS 1662 2397 370 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 371 and and CC 1662 2397 372 House House NNP 1662 2397 373 of of IN 1662 2397 374 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 2397 375 or or CC 1662 2397 376 the the DT 1662 2397 377 Zastupnicki Zastupnicki NNP 1662 2397 378 Dom Dom NNP 1662 2397 379 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 380 127 127 CD 1662 2397 381 seats seat NNS 1662 2397 382 ; ; : 1662 2397 383 members member NNS 1662 2397 384 are be VBP 1662 2397 385 directly directly RB 1662 2397 386 elected elect VBN 1662 2397 387 by by IN 1662 2397 388 popular popular JJ 1662 2397 389 vote vote NN 1662 2397 390 to to TO 1662 2397 391 serve serve VB 1662 2397 392 four four CD 1662 2397 393 - - HYPH 1662 2397 394 year year NN 1662 2397 395 terms term NNS 1662 2397 396 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 397 elections election NNS 1662 2397 398 : : : 1662 2397 399 House House NNP 1662 2397 400 of of IN 1662 2397 401 Districts Districts NNP 1662 2397 402 - - HYPH 1662 2397 403 last last RB 1662 2397 404 held hold VBN 1662 2397 405 13 13 CD 1662 2397 406 April April NNP 1662 2397 407 1997 1997 CD 1662 2397 408 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 409 next next JJ 1662 2397 410 to to TO 1662 2397 411 be be VB 1662 2397 412 held hold VBN 1662 2397 413 NA NA NNP 1662 2397 414 2001 2001 CD 1662 2397 415 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 416 ; ; : 1662 2397 417 House House NNP 1662 2397 418 of of IN 1662 2397 419 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 2397 420 - - HYPH 1662 2397 421 last last RB 1662 2397 422 held hold VBD 1662 2397 423 29 29 CD 1662 2397 424 October October NNP 1662 2397 425 1995 1995 CD 1662 2397 426 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 427 next next JJ 1662 2397 428 to to TO 1662 2397 429 be be VB 1662 2397 430 held hold VBN 1662 2397 431 NA NA NNP 1662 2397 432 1999 1999 CD 1662 2397 433 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 434 election election NN 1662 2397 435 results result NNS 1662 2397 436 : : : 1662 2397 437 House House NNP 1662 2397 438 of of IN 1662 2397 439 Districts Districts NNP 1662 2397 440 - - HYPH 1662 2397 441 percent percent NN 1662 2397 442 of of IN 1662 2397 443 vote vote NN 1662 2397 444 by by IN 1662 2397 445 party party NN 1662 2397 446 - - HYPH 1662 2397 447 NA NA NNP 1662 2397 448 ; ; , 1662 2397 449 seats seat NNS 1662 2397 450 by by IN 1662 2397 451 party party NN 1662 2397 452 - - HYPH 1662 2397 453 HDZ HDZ NNP 1662 2397 454 42 42 CD 1662 2397 455 , , , 1662 2397 456 HDZ HDZ NNP 1662 2397 457 / / SYM 1662 2397 458 HSS HSS NNP 1662 2397 459 11 11 CD 1662 2397 460 , , , 1662 2397 461 HSS HSS NNP 1662 2397 462 2 2 CD 1662 2397 463 , , , 1662 2397 464 IDS IDS NNP 1662 2397 465 2 2 CD 1662 2397 466 , , , 1662 2397 467 SDP SDP NNP 1662 2397 468 / / SYM 1662 2397 469 PGS PGS NNP 1662 2397 470 / / SYM 1662 2397 471 HNS HNS NNP 1662 2397 472 2 2 CD 1662 2397 473 , , , 1662 2397 474 SDP SDP NNP 1662 2397 475 / / SYM 1662 2397 476 HNS HNS NNP 1662 2397 477 2 2 CD 1662 2397 478 , , , 1662 2397 479 HSLS HSLS NNP 1662 2397 480 / / SYM 1662 2397 481 HSS HSS NNP 1662 2397 482 / / SYM 1662 2397 483 HNS HNS NNP 1662 2397 484 1 1 CD 1662 2397 485 , , , 1662 2397 486 HSLS HSLS NNP 1662 2397 487 1 1 CD 1662 2397 488 ; ; : 1662 2397 489 note note VB 1662 2397 490 - - : 1662 2397 491 in in RP 1662 2397 492 some some DT 1662 2397 493 districts district NNS 1662 2397 494 certain certain JJ 1662 2397 495 parties party NNS 1662 2397 496 ran run VBD 1662 2397 497 as as IN 1662 2397 498 coalitions coalition NNS 1662 2397 499 , , , 1662 2397 500 while while IN 1662 2397 501 in in IN 1662 2397 502 others other NNS 1662 2397 503 they -PRON- PRP 1662 2397 504 ran run VBD 1662 2397 505 alone alone RB 1662 2397 506 ; ; : 1662 2397 507 House House NNP 1662 2397 508 of of IN 1662 2397 509 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 2397 510 - - HYPH 1662 2397 511 percent percent NN 1662 2397 512 of of IN 1662 2397 513 vote vote NN 1662 2397 514 by by IN 1662 2397 515 party party NN 1662 2397 516 - - HYPH 1662 2397 517 HDZ HDZ NNP 1662 2397 518 45.23 45.23 CD 1662 2397 519 % % NN 1662 2397 520 , , , 1662 2397 521 HSS HSS NNP 1662 2397 522 / / SYM 1662 2397 523 IDS IDS NNP 1662 2397 524 / / SYM 1662 2397 525 HNS HNS NNP 1662 2397 526 / / SYM 1662 2397 527 HKDU HKDU NNP 1662 2397 528 / / SYM 1662 2397 529 SBHS sbh NNS 1662 2397 530 18.26 18.26 CD 1662 2397 531 % % NN 1662 2397 532 , , , 1662 2397 533 HSLS hsls NN 1662 2397 534 11.55 11.55 CD 1662 2397 535 % % NN 1662 2397 536 , , , 1662 2397 537 SDP SDP NNP 1662 2397 538 8.93 8.93 CD 1662 2397 539 % % NN 1662 2397 540 , , , 1662 2397 541 HSP HSP NNP 1662 2397 542 5.01 5.01 CD 1662 2397 543 % % NN 1662 2397 544 ; ; , 1662 2397 545 seats seat NNS 1662 2397 546 by by IN 1662 2397 547 party party NN 1662 2397 548 - - HYPH 1662 2397 549 HDZ HDZ NNP 1662 2397 550 75 75 CD 1662 2397 551 , , , 1662 2397 552 HSLS HSLS NNP 1662 2397 553 12 12 CD 1662 2397 554 , , , 1662 2397 555 HSS HSS NNP 1662 2397 556 10 10 CD 1662 2397 557 , , , 1662 2397 558 SDP SDP NNP 1662 2397 559 10 10 CD 1662 2397 560 , , , 1662 2397 561 IDS IDS NNP 1662 2397 562 4 4 CD 1662 2397 563 , , , 1662 2397 564 HSP HSP NNP 1662 2397 565 4 4 CD 1662 2397 566 , , , 1662 2397 567 HNS HNS NNP 1662 2397 568 2 2 CD 1662 2397 569 , , , 1662 2397 570 SNS SNS NNP 1662 2397 571 2 2 CD 1662 2397 572 , , , 1662 2397 573 HND HND NNP 1662 2397 574 1 1 CD 1662 2397 575 , , , 1662 2397 576 ASH ASH NNP 1662 2397 577 1 1 CD 1662 2397 578 , , , 1662 2397 579 HKDU HKDU NNP 1662 2397 580 1 1 CD 1662 2397 581 , , , 1662 2397 582 SBHS sbhs NN 1662 2397 583 1 1 CD 1662 2397 584 , , , 1662 2397 585 independents independent VBZ 1662 2397 586 4 4 CD 1662 2397 587 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 2397 588 branch branch NN 1662 2397 589 : : : 1662 2397 590 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2397 591 Court Court NNP 1662 2397 592 , , , 1662 2397 593 judges judge NNS 1662 2397 594 appointed appoint VBD 1662 2397 595 for for IN 1662 2397 596 eight eight CD 1662 2397 597 - - HYPH 1662 2397 598 year year NN 1662 2397 599 terms term NNS 1662 2397 600 by by IN 1662 2397 601 the the DT 1662 2397 602 Judicial Judicial NNP 1662 2397 603 Council Council NNP 1662 2397 604 of of IN 1662 2397 605 the the DT 1662 2397 606 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2397 607 , , , 1662 2397 608 which which WDT 1662 2397 609 is be VBZ 1662 2397 610 elected elect VBN 1662 2397 611 by by IN 1662 2397 612 the the DT 1662 2397 613 House House NNP 1662 2397 614 of of IN 1662 2397 615 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 2397 616 ; ; : 1662 2397 617 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 2397 618 Court Court NNP 1662 2397 619 , , , 1662 2397 620 judges judge NNS 1662 2397 621 appointed appoint VBD 1662 2397 622 for for IN 1662 2397 623 eight eight CD 1662 2397 624 - - HYPH 1662 2397 625 year year NN 1662 2397 626 terms term NNS 1662 2397 627 by by IN 1662 2397 628 the the DT 1662 2397 629 Judicial Judicial NNP 1662 2397 630 Council Council NNP 1662 2397 631 of of IN 1662 2397 632 the the DT 1662 2397 633 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2397 634 , , , 1662 2397 635 which which WDT 1662 2397 636 is be VBZ 1662 2397 637 elected elect VBN 1662 2397 638 by by IN 1662 2397 639 the the DT 1662 2397 640 House House NNP 1662 2397 641 of of IN 1662 2397 642 Representatives Representatives NNP 1662 2397 643 Political political JJ 1662 2397 644 parties party NNS 1662 2397 645 and and CC 1662 2397 646 leaders leader NNS 1662 2397 647 : : : 1662 2397 648 Croatian Croatian NNP 1662 2397 649 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2397 650 Union Union NNP 1662 2397 651 or or CC 1662 2397 652 HDZ HDZ NNP 1662 2397 653 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2397 654 Franjo Franjo NNP 1662 2397 655 TUDJMAN TUDJMAN NNP 1662 2397 656 , , , 1662 2397 657 president president NN 1662 2397 658 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2397 659 ; ; : 1662 2397 660 Croatian Croatian NNP 1662 2397 661 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2397 662 Independents Independents NNPS 1662 2397 663 or or CC 1662 2397 664 HND hnd VB 1662 2397 665 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2397 666 Stjepan stjepan NN 1662 2397 667 MESIC mesic NN 1662 2397 668 , , , 1662 2397 669 president president NN 1662 2397 670 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2397 671 ; ; : 1662 2397 672 Croatian Croatian NNP 1662 2397 673 Social Social NNP 1662 2397 674 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 2397 675 Party Party NNP 1662 2397 676 or or CC 1662 2397 677 HSLS HSLS NNP 1662 2397 678 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2397 679 Vlado Vlado NNP 1662 2397 680 GOTOVAC GOTOVAC NNP 1662 2397 681 , , , 1662 2397 682 president president NN 1662 2397 683 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2397 684 ; ; : 1662 2397 685 Social Social NNP 1662 2397 686 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2397 687 Party Party NNP 1662 2397 688 of of IN 1662 2397 689 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 2397 690 or or CC 1662 2397 691 SDP SDP NNP 1662 2397 692 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2397 693 Ivica Ivica NNP 1662 2397 694 RACAN RACAN NNP 1662 2397 695 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2397 696 ; ; : 1662 2397 697 Croatian Croatian NNP 1662 2397 698 Party Party NNP 1662 2397 699 of of IN 1662 2397 700 Rights Rights NNPS 1662 2397 701 or or CC 1662 2397 702 HSP HSP NNP 1662 2397 703 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2397 704 Ante Ante NNP 1662 2397 705 DAPIC DAPIC NNP 1662 2397 706 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2397 707 ; ; : 1662 2397 708 Croatian Croatian NNP 1662 2397 709 Peasants Peasants NNPS 1662 2397 710 ' ' POS 1662 2397 711 Party Party NNP 1662 2397 712 or or CC 1662 2397 713 HSS HSS NNP 1662 2397 714 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2397 715 Zlatko Zlatko NNP 1662 2397 716 TOMCIC TOMCIC NNP 1662 2397 717 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2397 718 ; ; : 1662 2397 719 Croatian Croatian NNP 1662 2397 720 People People NNPS 1662 2397 721 's 's POS 1662 2397 722 Party Party NNP 1662 2397 723 or or CC 1662 2397 724 HNS HNS NNP 1662 2397 725 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2397 726 Radimir radimir NN 1662 2397 727 CACIC CACIC NNP 1662 2397 728 , , , 1662 2397 729 president president NN 1662 2397 730 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2397 731 ; ; : 1662 2397 732 Serbian Serbian NNP 1662 2397 733 National National NNP 1662 2397 734 Party Party NNP 1662 2397 735 or or CC 1662 2397 736 SNS SNS NNP 1662 2397 737 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2397 738 Milan Milan NNP 1662 2397 739 DJUKIC DJUKIC NNP 1662 2397 740 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2397 741 ; ; : 1662 2397 742 Action action NN 1662 2397 743 of of IN 1662 2397 744 the the DT 1662 2397 745 Social Social NNP 1662 2397 746 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 2397 747 of of IN 1662 2397 748 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 2397 749 or or CC 1662 2397 750 ASH ASH NNP 1662 2397 751 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2397 752 Silvija Silvija NNP 1662 2397 753 DEGEN DEGEN NNP 1662 2397 754 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2397 755 ; ; : 1662 2397 756 Croatian Croatian NNP 1662 2397 757 Christian Christian NNP 1662 2397 758 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2397 759 Union Union NNP 1662 2397 760 or or CC 1662 2397 761 HKDU HKDU NNP 1662 2397 762 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2397 763 Marko Marko NNP 1662 2397 764 VASELICA VASELICA NNP 1662 2397 765 , , , 1662 2397 766 president president NN 1662 2397 767 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2397 768 ; ; : 1662 2397 769 Istrian Istrian NNP 1662 2397 770 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2397 771 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2397 772 or or CC 1662 2397 773 IDS IDS NNP 1662 2397 774 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2397 775 Ivan Ivan NNP 1662 2397 776 JACKOVIC JACKOVIC NNP 1662 2397 777 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2397 778 ; ; : 1662 2397 779 Slanvonsko Slanvonsko NNP 1662 2397 780 - - HYPH 1662 2397 781 Baranja Baranja NNP 1662 2397 782 Croatian Croatian NNP 1662 2397 783 Party Party NNP 1662 2397 784 or or CC 1662 2397 785 SBHS SBHS NNP 1662 2397 786 ; ; : 1662 2397 787 Primorje Primorje NNP 1662 2397 788 Gorski Gorski NNP 1662 2397 789 Kotar Kotar NNP 1662 2397 790 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 2397 791 Political political JJ 1662 2397 792 pressure pressure NN 1662 2397 793 groups group NNS 1662 2397 794 and and CC 1662 2397 795 leaders leader NNS 1662 2397 796 : : : 1662 2397 797 NA NA NNP 1662 2397 798 International international JJ 1662 2397 799 organization organization NN 1662 2397 800 participation participation NN 1662 2397 801 : : : 1662 2397 802 CCC CCC NNP 1662 2397 803 , , , 1662 2397 804 CE CE NNP 1662 2397 805 , , , 1662 2397 806 CEI CEI NNP 1662 2397 807 , , , 1662 2397 808 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 2397 809 , , , 1662 2397 810 ECE ECE NNP 1662 2397 811 , , , 1662 2397 812 FAO FAO NNP 1662 2397 813 , , , 1662 2397 814 IADB IADB NNP 1662 2397 815 , , , 1662 2397 816 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 2397 817 , , , 1662 2397 818 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 2397 819 , , , 1662 2397 820 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 2397 821 , , , 1662 2397 822 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 2397 823 , , , 1662 2397 824 IDA IDA NNP 1662 2397 825 , , , 1662 2397 826 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 2397 827 , , , 1662 2397 828 IFC IFC NNP 1662 2397 829 , , , 1662 2397 830 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 2397 831 , , , 1662 2397 832 IHO IHO NNP 1662 2397 833 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 834 pending pende VBG 1662 2397 835 member member NN 1662 2397 836 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 837 , , , 1662 2397 838 ILO ILO NNP 1662 2397 839 , , , 1662 2397 840 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2397 841 , , , 1662 2397 842 IMO imo RB 1662 2397 843 , , , 1662 2397 844 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 2397 845 , , , 1662 2397 846 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2397 847 , , , 1662 2397 848 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 2397 849 , , , 1662 2397 850 IOC IOC NNP 1662 2397 851 , , , 1662 2397 852 IOM IOM NNP 1662 2397 853 , , , 1662 2397 854 ISO ISO NNP 1662 2397 855 , , , 1662 2397 856 ITU ITU NNP 1662 2397 857 , , , 1662 2397 858 NAM NAM NNP 1662 2397 859 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 860 observer observer NNP 1662 2397 861 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 862 , , , 1662 2397 863 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 2397 864 , , , 1662 2397 865 UN UN NNP 1662 2397 866 , , , 1662 2397 867 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 2397 868 , , , 1662 2397 869 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 2397 870 , , , 1662 2397 871 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 2397 872 , , , 1662 2397 873 UPU UPU NNP 1662 2397 874 , , , 1662 2397 875 WHO who WP 1662 2397 876 , , , 1662 2397 877 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 2397 878 , , , 1662 2397 879 WMO WMO NNP 1662 2397 880 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2397 916 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 917 202 202 CD 1662 2397 918 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 919 588 588 CD 1662 2397 920 - - SYM 1662 2397 921 5899 5899 CD 1662 2397 922 FAX FAX NNP 1662 2397 923 : : : 1662 2397 924 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2397 925 1 1 CD 1662 2397 926 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2397 927 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2397 928 202 202 CD 1662 2397 929 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 930 588 588 CD 1662 2397 931 - - SYM 1662 2397 932 8936 8936 CD 1662 2397 933 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 2397 934 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2397 935 general general NN 1662 2397 936 : : : 1662 2397 937 New New NNP 1662 2397 938 York York NNP 1662 2397 939 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2397 940 representation representation NN 1662 2397 941 from from IN 1662 2397 942 the the DT 1662 2397 943 US US NNP 1662 2397 944 : : : 1662 2397 945 chief chief NN 1662 2397 946 of of IN 1662 2397 947 mission mission NN 1662 2397 948 : : : 1662 2397 949 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2397 950 Peter Peter NNP 1662 2397 951 W. W. 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1662 2411 24 0 0 CD 1662 2411 25 Radios radio NNS 1662 2411 26 : : : 1662 2411 27 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 2411 28 million million CD 1662 2411 29 Television Television NNP 1662 2411 30 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2411 31 stations station NNS 1662 2411 32 : : : 1662 2411 33 12 12 CD 1662 2411 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2411 35 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 2411 36 2 2 LS 1662 2411 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2411 38 Televisions television NNS 1662 2411 39 : : : 1662 2411 40 1.52 1.52 CD 1662 2411 41 million million CD 1662 2411 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2411 43 1992 1992 CD 1662 2411 44 est est NNP 1662 2411 45 . . . 1662 2411 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2412 1 @Croatia @croatia LS 1662 2412 2 : : : 1662 2412 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2412 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2412 5 : : : 1662 2412 6 total total NN 1662 2412 7 : : : 1662 2412 8 1,907 1,907 CD 1662 2412 9 km km NN 1662 2412 10 standard standard JJ 1662 2412 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 2412 12 : : : 1662 2412 13 1,907 1,907 CD 1662 2412 14 km km NN 1662 2412 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 2412 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 2412 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2412 18 769 769 CD 1662 2412 19 km km NNS 1662 2412 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 2412 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2412 22 note note VB 1662 2412 23 : : : 1662 2412 24 some some DT 1662 2412 25 lines line NNS 1662 2412 26 inoperative inoperative JJ 1662 2412 27 or or CC 1662 2412 28 not not RB 1662 2412 29 in in IN 1662 2412 30 use use NN 1662 2412 31 ; ; , 1662 2412 32 disrupted disrupt VBN 1662 2412 33 by by IN 1662 2412 34 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2412 35 dispute dispute NN 1662 2412 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2412 37 1997 1997 CD 1662 2412 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2412 39 Highways highway NNS 1662 2412 40 : : : 1662 2412 41 total total NN 1662 2412 42 : : : 1662 2412 43 26,929 26,929 CD 1662 2412 44 km km NNS 1662 2412 45 paved pave VBN 1662 2412 46 : : : 1662 2412 47 21,947 21,947 CD 1662 2412 48 km km NNS 1662 2412 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2412 50 including include VBG 1662 2412 51 302 302 CD 1662 2412 52 km km NNS 1662 2412 53 of of IN 1662 2412 54 expressways expressway NNS 1662 2412 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2412 56 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2412 57 : : : 1662 2412 58 4,982 4,982 CD 1662 2412 59 km km NNS 1662 2412 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2412 61 1995 1995 CD 1662 2412 62 est est NNP 1662 2412 63 . . . 1662 2412 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2413 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 2413 2 : : : 1662 2413 3 785 785 CD 1662 2413 4 km km NNS 1662 2413 5 perennially perennially RB 1662 2413 6 navigable navigable JJ 1662 2413 7 ; ; : 1662 2413 8 Sava Sava NNP 1662 2413 9 blocked block VBN 1662 2413 10 by by IN 1662 2413 11 downed down VBN 1662 2413 12 bridges bridge NNS 1662 2413 13 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 2413 14 : : : 1662 2413 15 crude crude JJ 1662 2413 16 oil oil NN 1662 2413 17 670 670 CD 1662 2413 18 km km NN 1662 2413 19 ; ; : 1662 2413 20 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2413 21 products product NNS 1662 2413 22 20 20 CD 1662 2413 23 km km NN 1662 2413 24 ; ; : 1662 2413 25 natural natural JJ 1662 2413 26 gas gas NN 1662 2413 27 310 310 CD 1662 2413 28 km km NNS 1662 2413 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2413 30 1992 1992 CD 1662 2413 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2413 32 ; ; : 1662 2413 33 note note VB 1662 2413 34 - - HYPH 1662 2413 35 under under JJ 1662 2413 36 repair repair NN 1662 2413 37 following follow VBG 1662 2413 38 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2413 39 dispute dispute NN 1662 2413 40 Ports port NNS 1662 2413 41 and and CC 1662 2413 42 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2413 43 : : : 1662 2413 44 Dubrovnik Dubrovnik NNP 1662 2413 45 , , , 1662 2413 46 Omisalj Omisalj NNP 1662 2413 47 , , , 1662 2413 48 Ploce Ploce NNP 1662 2413 49 , , , 1662 2413 50 Pula Pula NNP 1662 2413 51 , , , 1662 2413 52 Rijeka Rijeka NNP 1662 2413 53 , , , 1662 2413 54 Sibenik Sibenik NNP 1662 2413 55 , , , 1662 2413 56 Split Split NNP 1662 2413 57 , , , 1662 2413 58 Zadar Zadar NNP 1662 2413 59 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2413 60 marine marine NN 1662 2413 61 : : : 1662 2413 62 total total NN 1662 2413 63 : : : 1662 2413 64 56 56 CD 1662 2413 65 ships ship NNS 1662 2413 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2413 67 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2413 68 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2413 69 or or CC 1662 2413 70 over over RB 1662 2413 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2413 72 totaling total VBG 1662 2413 73 449,619 449,619 CD 1662 2413 74 GRT/645,328 GRT/645,328 NNP 1662 2413 75 DWT DWT NNP 1662 2413 76 ships ship NNS 1662 2413 77 by by IN 1662 2413 78 type type NN 1662 2413 79 : : : 1662 2413 80 bulk bulk NNP 1662 2413 81 7 7 CD 1662 2413 82 , , , 1662 2413 83 cargo cargo NN 1662 2413 84 29 29 CD 1662 2413 85 , , , 1662 2413 86 chemical chemical NN 1662 2413 87 tanker tanker NN 1662 2413 88 1 1 CD 1662 2413 89 , , , 1662 2413 90 combination combination NN 1662 2413 91 bulk bulk NN 1662 2413 92 1 1 CD 1662 2413 93 , , , 1662 2413 94 container container NN 1662 2413 95 4 4 CD 1662 2413 96 , , , 1662 2413 97 multi multi JJ 1662 2413 98 - - JJ 1662 2413 99 function function VB 1662 2413 100 large large JJ 1662 2413 101 load load NN 1662 2413 102 carrier carrier NN 1662 2413 103 3 3 CD 1662 2413 104 , , , 1662 2413 105 oil oil NN 1662 2413 106 tanker tanker NN 1662 2413 107 1 1 CD 1662 2413 108 , , , 1662 2413 109 passenger passenger NN 1662 2413 110 2 2 CD 1662 2413 111 , , , 1662 2413 112 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 2413 113 cargo cargo NN 1662 2413 114 1 1 CD 1662 2413 115 , , , 1662 2413 116 roll roll NN 1662 2413 117 - - HYPH 1662 2413 118 on on IN 1662 2413 119 / / SYM 1662 2413 120 roll roll NN 1662 2413 121 - - HYPH 1662 2413 122 off off RP 1662 2413 123 cargo cargo NN 1662 2413 124 3 3 CD 1662 2413 125 , , , 1662 2413 126 short short JJ 1662 2413 127 - - HYPH 1662 2413 128 sea sea NN 1662 2413 129 passenger passenger NN 1662 2413 130 4 4 CD 1662 2413 131 note note NN 1662 2413 132 : : : 1662 2413 133 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 2413 134 owns own VBZ 1662 2413 135 an an DT 1662 2413 136 additional additional JJ 1662 2413 137 105 105 CD 1662 2413 138 ships ship NNS 1662 2413 139 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2413 140 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2413 141 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2413 142 or or CC 1662 2413 143 over over RB 1662 2413 144 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2413 145 totaling total VBG 1662 2413 146 2,875,941 2,875,941 CD 1662 2413 147 DWT dwt NN 1662 2413 148 operating operate VBG 1662 2413 149 under under IN 1662 2413 150 the the DT 1662 2413 151 registries registry NNS 1662 2413 152 of of IN 1662 2413 153 Malta Malta NNP 1662 2413 154 , , , 1662 2413 155 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 2413 156 , , , 1662 2413 157 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 2413 158 , , , 1662 2413 159 Panama Panama NNP 1662 2413 160 , , , 1662 2413 161 Antigua Antigua NNP 1662 2413 162 and and CC 1662 2413 163 Barbuda Barbuda NNP 1662 2413 164 , , , 1662 2413 165 and and CC 1662 2413 166 Saint Saint NNP 1662 2413 167 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 2413 168 and and CC 1662 2413 169 the the DT 1662 2413 170 Grenadines Grenadines NNPS 1662 2413 171 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2413 172 1996 1996 CD 1662 2413 173 est est NNP 1662 2413 174 . . . 1662 2413 175 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2414 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2414 2 : : : 1662 2414 3 68 68 CD 1662 2414 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2414 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2414 6 est est NNP 1662 2414 7 . . . 1662 2414 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2415 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2415 2 - - , 1662 2415 3 with with IN 1662 2415 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2415 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2415 6 : : : 1662 2415 7 total total NN 1662 2415 8 : : : 1662 2415 9 60 60 CD 1662 2415 10 over over IN 1662 2415 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2415 12 m m NN 1662 2415 13 : : : 1662 2415 14 2 2 CD 1662 2415 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2415 16 to to TO 1662 2415 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2415 18 m m NN 1662 2415 19 : : : 1662 2415 20 6 6 CD 1662 2415 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2415 22 to to TO 1662 2415 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2415 24 m m NN 1662 2415 25 : : : 1662 2415 26 2 2 CD 1662 2415 27 914 914 CD 1662 2415 28 to to TO 1662 2415 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2415 30 m m NN 1662 2415 31 : : : 1662 2415 32 3 3 CD 1662 2415 33 under under IN 1662 2415 34 914 914 CD 1662 2415 35 m m NN 1662 2415 36 : : : 1662 2415 37 47 47 CD 1662 2415 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2415 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 2415 40 est est NNP 1662 2415 41 . . . 1662 2415 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2416 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2416 2 - - , 1662 2416 3 with with IN 1662 2416 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2416 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2416 6 : : : 1662 2416 7 total total NN 1662 2416 8 : : : 1662 2416 9 8 8 CD 1662 2416 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2416 11 to to TO 1662 2416 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2416 13 m m NN 1662 2416 14 : : : 1662 2416 15 1 1 CD 1662 2416 16 914 914 CD 1662 2416 17 to to TO 1662 2416 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2416 19 m m NN 1662 2416 20 : : : 1662 2416 21 7 7 CD 1662 2416 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2416 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2416 24 est est NNP 1662 2416 25 . . . 1662 2416 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2417 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 2417 2 : : : 1662 2417 3 2 2 CD 1662 2417 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2417 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2417 6 est est NNP 1662 2417 7 . . . 1662 2417 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2418 1 Military military JJ 1662 2418 2 Military military JJ 1662 2418 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2418 4 : : : 1662 2418 5 Ground Ground NNP 1662 2418 6 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 2418 7 , , , 1662 2418 8 Naval Naval NNP 1662 2418 9 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 2418 10 , , , 1662 2418 11 Air Air NNP 1662 2418 12 and and CC 1662 2418 13 Air Air NNP 1662 2418 14 Defense Defense NNP 1662 2418 15 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 2418 16 , , , 1662 2418 17 Frontier Frontier NNP 1662 2418 18 Guard Guard NNP 1662 2418 19 , , , 1662 2418 20 Home Home NNP 1662 2418 21 Guard Guard NNP 1662 2418 22 Military Military NNP 1662 2418 23 manpower manpower NN 1662 2418 24 - - HYPH 1662 2418 25 military military NN 1662 2418 26 age age NN 1662 2418 27 : : : 1662 2418 28 19 19 CD 1662 2418 29 years year NNS 1662 2418 30 of of IN 1662 2418 31 age age NN 1662 2418 32 Military military JJ 1662 2418 33 manpower manpower NN 1662 2418 34 - - HYPH 1662 2418 35 availability availability NN 1662 2418 36 : : : 1662 2418 37 males male NNS 1662 2418 38 age age NNP 1662 2418 39 15 15 CD 1662 2418 40 - - HYPH 1662 2418 41 49 49 CD 1662 2418 42 : : : 1662 2418 43 1,190,814 1,190,814 CD 1662 2418 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2418 45 1997 1997 CD 1662 2418 46 est e JJS 1662 2418 47 . . . 1662 2418 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2419 1 Military military JJ 1662 2419 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2419 3 - - HYPH 1662 2419 4 fit fit NN 1662 2419 5 for for IN 1662 2419 6 military military JJ 1662 2419 7 service service NN 1662 2419 8 : : : 1662 2419 9 males male NNS 1662 2419 10 : : : 1662 2419 11 946,063 946,063 CD 1662 2419 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2419 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2419 14 est est NNP 1662 2419 15 . . . 1662 2419 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2420 1 Military military JJ 1662 2420 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2420 3 - - HYPH 1662 2420 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 2420 5 military military JJ 1662 2420 6 age age NN 1662 2420 7 annually annually RB 1662 2420 8 : : : 1662 2420 9 males male NNS 1662 2420 10 : : : 1662 2420 11 35,464 35,464 CD 1662 2420 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2420 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2420 14 est e JJS 1662 2420 15 . . . 1662 2420 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2421 1 Military military JJ 1662 2421 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2421 3 - - HYPH 1662 2421 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2421 5 figure figure NN 1662 2421 6 : : : 1662 2421 7 $ $ $ 1662 2421 8 1.56 1.56 CD 1662 2421 9 billion billion CD 1662 2421 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2421 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 2421 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2421 13 Military military JJ 1662 2421 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2421 15 - - : 1662 2421 16 percent percent NN 1662 2421 17 of of IN 1662 2421 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2421 19 : : : 1662 2421 20 10 10 CD 1662 2421 21 % % NN 1662 2421 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2421 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2421 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2421 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2421 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2421 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 2421 28 - - : 1662 2421 29 international international RB 1662 2421 30 : : : 1662 2421 31 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 2421 32 Slavonia Slavonia NNP 1662 2421 33 , , , 1662 2421 34 which which WDT 1662 2421 35 was be VBD 1662 2421 36 held hold VBN 1662 2421 37 by by IN 1662 2421 38 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2421 39 Serbs Serbs NNPS 1662 2421 40 during during IN 1662 2421 41 the the DT 1662 2421 42 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2421 43 conflict conflict NN 1662 2421 44 , , , 1662 2421 45 is be VBZ 1662 2421 46 currently currently RB 1662 2421 47 being be VBG 1662 2421 48 overseen oversee VBN 1662 2421 49 by by IN 1662 2421 50 the the DT 1662 2421 51 UN UN NNP 1662 2421 52 Transitional Transitional NNP 1662 2421 53 Administration Administration NNP 1662 2421 54 for for IN 1662 2421 55 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 2421 56 Slavonia Slavonia NNP 1662 2421 57 ; ; : 1662 2421 58 reintegration reintegration NN 1662 2421 59 of of IN 1662 2421 60 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 2421 61 Slavonia Slavonia NNP 1662 2421 62 into into IN 1662 2421 63 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 2421 64 will will MD 1662 2421 65 occur occur VB 1662 2421 66 in in IN 1662 2421 67 1997 1997 CD 1662 2421 68 ; ; : 1662 2421 69 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 2421 70 and and CC 1662 2421 71 Italy Italy NNP 1662 2421 72 have have VBP 1662 2421 73 not not RB 1662 2421 74 resolved resolve VBN 1662 2421 75 a a DT 1662 2421 76 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 2421 77 issue issue NN 1662 2421 78 dating date VBG 1662 2421 79 from from IN 1662 2421 80 WWII WWII NNP 1662 2421 81 over over IN 1662 2421 82 property property NN 1662 2421 83 and and CC 1662 2421 84 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2421 85 minority minority NN 1662 2421 86 rights right NNS 1662 2421 87 ; ; : 1662 2421 88 maritime maritime JJ 1662 2421 89 border border NN 1662 2421 90 dispute dispute NN 1662 2421 91 with with IN 1662 2421 92 Slovenia Slovenia NNP 1662 2421 93 over over IN 1662 2421 94 direct direct JJ 1662 2421 95 access access NN 1662 2421 96 to to IN 1662 2421 97 the the DT 1662 2421 98 sea sea NN 1662 2421 99 in in IN 1662 2421 100 the the DT 1662 2421 101 Adriatic Adriatic NNP 1662 2421 102 ; ; : 1662 2421 103 the the DT 1662 2421 104 border border NN 1662 2421 105 issue issue NN 1662 2421 106 is be VBZ 1662 2421 107 currently currently RB 1662 2421 108 under under IN 1662 2421 109 negotiation negotiation NN 1662 2421 110 ; ; : 1662 2421 111 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 2421 112 and and CC 1662 2421 113 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 2421 114 is be VBZ 1662 2421 115 disputing dispute VBG 1662 2421 116 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 2421 117 's 's POS 1662 2421 118 claim claim NN 1662 2421 119 to to IN 1662 2421 120 the the DT 1662 2421 121 Prevlaka Prevlaka NNP 1662 2421 122 Peninsula Peninsula NNP 1662 2421 123 in in IN 1662 2421 124 southern southern JJ 1662 2421 125 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 2421 126 because because IN 1662 2421 127 it -PRON- PRP 1662 2421 128 controls control VBZ 1662 2421 129 the the DT 1662 2421 130 entrance entrance NN 1662 2421 131 to to IN 1662 2421 132 Kotor Kotor NNP 1662 2421 133 Bay Bay NNP 1662 2421 134 in in IN 1662 2421 135 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 2421 136 ; ; : 1662 2421 137 Prevlaka Prevlaka NNP 1662 2421 138 is be VBZ 1662 2421 139 currently currently RB 1662 2421 140 under under IN 1662 2421 141 observation observation NN 1662 2421 142 by by IN 1662 2421 143 the the DT 1662 2421 144 UN UN NNP 1662 2421 145 military military JJ 1662 2421 146 observer observer NN 1662 2421 147 mission mission NN 1662 2421 148 in in IN 1662 2421 149 Prevlaka Prevlaka NNP 1662 2421 150 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2421 151 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 2421 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2421 153 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 2421 154 drugs drug VBZ 1662 2421 155 : : : 1662 2421 156 transit transit NN 1662 2421 157 point point NN 1662 2421 158 along along IN 1662 2421 159 the the DT 1662 2421 160 Balkan balkan JJ 1662 2421 161 route route NN 1662 2421 162 for for IN 1662 2421 163 Southwest southwest JJ 1662 2421 164 Asian asian JJ 1662 2421 165 heroin heroin NN 1662 2421 166 to to IN 1662 2421 167 Western Western NNP 1662 2421 168 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2421 169 ; ; : 1662 2421 170 a a DT 1662 2421 171 minor minor JJ 1662 2421 172 transit transit NN 1662 2421 173 point point NN 1662 2421 174 for for IN 1662 2421 175 maritime maritime JJ 1662 2421 176 shipments shipment NNS 1662 2421 177 of of IN 1662 2421 178 South south JJ 1662 2421 179 American american JJ 1662 2421 180 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 2421 181 bound bind VBN 1662 2421 182 for for IN 1662 2421 183 Western Western NNP 1662 2421 184 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2421 185 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 186 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 187 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 188 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 189 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 190 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 191 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 192 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 193 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 194 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 195 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 196 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 197 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 198 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 199 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 200 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 201 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 202 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 203 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 204 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 205 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 206 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 207 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 208 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 209 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 210 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 211 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 212 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 213 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 214 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 215 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 216 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 217 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 218 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 219 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 220 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 221 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 222 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 223 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 224 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 225 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 226 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 227 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 228 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 229 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 230 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 231 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 232 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 233 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 234 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 235 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 236 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 237 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 238 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 239 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 240 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 241 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 242 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 243 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 244 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 245 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 246 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 247 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 248 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 249 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 250 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 251 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 252 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 253 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 254 _ _ NNP 1662 2421 255 CUBA CUBA NNP 1662 2421 256 @Cuba @cuba NN 1662 2421 257 : : : 1662 2421 258 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2421 259 Location Location NNP 1662 2421 260 : : : 1662 2421 261 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 2421 262 , , , 1662 2421 263 island island NN 1662 2421 264 between between IN 1662 2421 265 the the DT 1662 2421 266 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 2421 267 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2421 268 and and CC 1662 2421 269 the the DT 1662 2421 270 North North NNP 1662 2421 271 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2421 272 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2421 273 , , , 1662 2421 274 south south NN 1662 2421 275 of of IN 1662 2421 276 Florida Florida NNP 1662 2421 277 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2421 278 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2421 279 : : : 1662 2421 280 21 21 CD 1662 2421 281 30 30 CD 1662 2421 282 N n CD 1662 2421 283 , , , 1662 2421 284 80 80 CD 1662 2421 285 00 00 NFP 1662 2421 286 W W NNP 1662 2421 287 Map Map NNP 1662 2421 288 references reference NNS 1662 2421 289 : : : 1662 2421 290 Central Central NNP 1662 2421 291 America America NNP 1662 2421 292 and and CC 1662 2421 293 the the DT 1662 2421 294 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 2421 295 Area Area NNP 1662 2421 296 : : : 1662 2421 297 total total NN 1662 2421 298 : : : 1662 2421 299 110,860 110,860 CD 1662 2421 300 sq sq NN 1662 2421 301 km km NNP 1662 2421 302 land land NN 1662 2421 303 : : : 1662 2421 304 110,860 110,860 CD 1662 2421 305 sq sq NN 1662 2421 306 km km NNP 1662 2421 307 water water NN 1662 2421 308 : : : 1662 2421 309 0 0 NFP 1662 2421 310 sq sq NN 1662 2421 311 km km NNP 1662 2421 312 Area area NN 1662 2421 313 - - HYPH 1662 2421 314 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2421 315 : : : 1662 2421 316 slightly slightly RB 1662 2421 317 smaller small JJR 1662 2421 318 than than IN 1662 2421 319 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania NNP 1662 2421 320 Land Land NNP 1662 2421 321 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2421 322 : : : 1662 2421 323 total total JJ 1662 2421 324 : : : 1662 2421 325 29 29 CD 1662 2421 326 km km NN 1662 2421 327 border border NN 1662 2421 328 countries country NNS 1662 2421 329 : : : 1662 2421 330 US US NNP 1662 2421 331 Naval Naval NNP 1662 2421 332 Base Base NNP 1662 2421 333 at at IN 1662 2421 334 Guantanamo Guantanamo NNP 1662 2421 335 Bay Bay NNP 1662 2421 336 29 29 CD 1662 2421 337 km km NN 1662 2421 338 note note NN 1662 2421 339 : : : 1662 2421 340 Guantanamo Guantanamo NNP 1662 2421 341 Naval Naval NNP 1662 2421 342 Base Base NNP 1662 2421 343 is be VBZ 1662 2421 344 leased lease VBN 1662 2421 345 by by IN 1662 2421 346 the the DT 1662 2421 347 US US NNP 1662 2421 348 and and CC 1662 2421 349 thus thus RB 1662 2421 350 remains remain VBZ 1662 2421 351 part part NN 1662 2421 352 of of IN 1662 2421 353 Cuba Cuba NNP 1662 2421 354 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2421 355 : : : 1662 2421 356 3,735 3,735 CD 1662 2421 357 km km NN 1662 2421 358 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2421 359 claims claim VBZ 1662 2421 360 : : : 1662 2421 361 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 2421 362 economic economic JJ 1662 2421 363 zone zone NN 1662 2421 364 : : : 1662 2421 365 200 200 CD 1662 2421 366 nm nm CD 1662 2421 367 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2421 368 sea sea NN 1662 2421 369 : : : 1662 2421 370 12 12 CD 1662 2421 371 nm nm NNP 1662 2421 372 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2421 373 : : : 1662 2421 374 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2421 375 ; ; : 1662 2421 376 moderated moderate VBN 1662 2421 377 by by IN 1662 2421 378 trade trade NN 1662 2421 379 winds wind NNS 1662 2421 380 ; ; , 1662 2421 381 dry dry JJ 1662 2421 382 season season NN 1662 2421 383 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2421 384 November November NNP 1662 2421 385 to to IN 1662 2421 386 April April NNP 1662 2421 387 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2421 388 ; ; : 1662 2421 389 rainy rainy JJ 1662 2421 390 season season NN 1662 2421 391 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2421 392 May May NNP 1662 2421 393 to to IN 1662 2421 394 October October NNP 1662 2421 395 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2421 396 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2421 397 : : : 1662 2421 398 mostly mostly RB 1662 2421 399 flat flat JJ 1662 2421 400 to to IN 1662 2421 401 rolling rolling JJ 1662 2421 402 plains plain NNS 1662 2421 403 with with IN 1662 2421 404 rugged rugged JJ 1662 2421 405 hills hill NNS 1662 2421 406 and and CC 1662 2421 407 mountains mountain NNS 1662 2421 408 in in IN 1662 2421 409 the the DT 1662 2421 410 southeast southeast NN 1662 2421 411 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2421 412 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2421 413 : : : 1662 2421 414 lowest low JJS 1662 2421 415 point point NN 1662 2421 416 : : : 1662 2421 417 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 2421 418 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2421 419 0 0 NFP 1662 2421 420 m m DT 1662 2421 421 highest high JJS 1662 2421 422 point point NN 1662 2421 423 : : : 1662 2421 424 Pico Pico NNP 1662 2421 425 Turquino Turquino NNP 1662 2421 426 2,005 2,005 CD 1662 2421 427 m m NNP 1662 2421 428 Natural natural JJ 1662 2421 429 resources resource NNS 1662 2421 430 : : : 1662 2421 431 cobalt cobalt NN 1662 2421 432 , , , 1662 2421 433 nickel nickel NN 1662 2421 434 , , , 1662 2421 435 iron iron NN 1662 2421 436 ore ore NN 1662 2421 437 , , , 1662 2421 438 copper copper NN 1662 2421 439 , , , 1662 2421 440 manganese manganese JJ 1662 2421 441 , , , 1662 2421 442 salt salt NN 1662 2421 443 , , , 1662 2421 444 timber timber NN 1662 2421 445 , , , 1662 2421 446 silica silica NN 1662 2421 447 , , , 1662 2421 448 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2421 449 Land Land NNP 1662 2421 450 use use NN 1662 2421 451 : : : 1662 2421 452 arable arable JJ 1662 2421 453 land land NN 1662 2421 454 : : : 1662 2421 455 24 24 CD 1662 2421 456 % % NN 1662 2421 457 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2421 458 crops crop NNS 1662 2421 459 : : : 1662 2421 460 7 7 CD 1662 2421 461 % % NN 1662 2421 462 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2421 463 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2421 464 : : : 1662 2421 465 27 27 CD 1662 2421 466 % % NN 1662 2421 467 forests forest NNS 1662 2421 468 and and CC 1662 2421 469 woodland woodland RB 1662 2421 470 : : : 1662 2421 471 24 24 CD 1662 2421 472 % % NN 1662 2421 473 other other JJ 1662 2421 474 : : : 1662 2421 475 18 18 CD 1662 2421 476 % % NN 1662 2421 477 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2421 478 1993 1993 CD 1662 2421 479 est est NNP 1662 2421 480 . . . 1662 2421 481 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2422 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2422 2 land land NN 1662 2422 3 : : : 1662 2422 4 9,100 9,100 CD 1662 2422 5 sq sq IN 1662 2422 6 km km NNP 1662 2422 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2422 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2422 9 est est NNP 1662 2422 10 . . . 1662 2422 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2423 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2423 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2423 3 : : : 1662 2423 4 the the DT 1662 2423 5 east east NNP 1662 2423 6 coast coast NNP 1662 2423 7 is be VBZ 1662 2423 8 subject subject JJ 1662 2423 9 to to IN 1662 2423 10 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 2423 11 from from IN 1662 2423 12 August August NNP 1662 2423 13 to to IN 1662 2423 14 October October NNP 1662 2423 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2423 16 in in IN 1662 2423 17 general general JJ 1662 2423 18 , , , 1662 2423 19 the the DT 1662 2423 20 country country NN 1662 2423 21 averages average VBZ 1662 2423 22 about about IN 1662 2423 23 one one CD 1662 2423 24 hurricane hurricane NN 1662 2423 25 every every DT 1662 2423 26 other other JJ 1662 2423 27 year year NN 1662 2423 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2423 29 ; ; : 1662 2423 30 droughts drought NNS 1662 2423 31 are be VBP 1662 2423 32 common common JJ 1662 2423 33 Environment environment NN 1662 2423 34 - - HYPH 1662 2423 35 current current JJ 1662 2423 36 issues issue NNS 1662 2423 37 : : : 1662 2423 38 pollution pollution NN 1662 2423 39 of of IN 1662 2423 40 Havana Havana NNP 1662 2423 41 Bay Bay NNP 1662 2423 42 ; ; : 1662 2423 43 overhunting overhunte VBG 1662 2423 44 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 2423 45 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 2423 46 populations population NNS 1662 2423 47 ; ; , 1662 2423 48 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 2423 49 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2423 50 - - HYPH 1662 2423 51 international international JJ 1662 2423 52 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2423 53 : : : 1662 2423 54 party party NN 1662 2423 55 to to TO 1662 2423 56 : : : 1662 2423 57 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 2423 58 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 2423 59 , , , 1662 2423 60 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 2423 61 , , , 1662 2423 62 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2423 63 Change Change NNP 1662 2423 64 , , , 1662 2423 65 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2423 66 Species Species NNPS 1662 2423 67 , , , 1662 2423 68 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 2423 69 Modification Modification NNP 1662 2423 70 , , , 1662 2423 71 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 2423 72 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 2423 73 , , , 1662 2423 74 Law Law NNP 1662 2423 75 of of IN 1662 2423 76 the the DT 1662 2423 77 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2423 78 , , , 1662 2423 79 Marine Marine NNP 1662 2423 80 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 2423 81 , , , 1662 2423 82 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2423 83 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2423 84 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2423 85 , , , 1662 2423 86 Ship Ship NNP 1662 2423 87 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2423 88 signed sign VBD 1662 2423 89 , , , 1662 2423 90 but but CC 1662 2423 91 not not RB 1662 2423 92 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2423 93 : : : 1662 2423 94 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 2423 95 - - HYPH 1662 2423 96 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 2423 97 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 2423 98 , , , 1662 2423 99 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 2423 100 , , , 1662 2423 101 Marine Marine NNP 1662 2423 102 Life Life NNP 1662 2423 103 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 2423 104 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2423 105 - - HYPH 1662 2423 106 note note NN 1662 2423 107 : : : 1662 2423 108 largest large JJS 1662 2423 109 country country NN 1662 2423 110 in in IN 1662 2423 111 Caribbean caribbean JJ 1662 2423 112 @Cuba @cuba NN 1662 2423 113 : : : 1662 2423 114 People People NNS 1662 2423 115 Population Population NNP 1662 2423 116 : : : 1662 2423 117 10,999,041 10,999,041 CD 1662 2423 118 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2423 119 July July NNP 1662 2423 120 1997 1997 CD 1662 2423 121 est est NNP 1662 2423 122 . . . 1662 2423 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2424 1 Age age NN 1662 2424 2 structure structure NN 1662 2424 3 : : : 1662 2424 4 0 0 CD 1662 2424 5 - - HYPH 1662 2424 6 14 14 CD 1662 2424 7 years year NNS 1662 2424 8 : : : 1662 2424 9 22 22 CD 1662 2424 10 % % NN 1662 2424 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2424 12 male male JJ 1662 2424 13 1,255,844 1,255,844 CD 1662 2424 14 ; ; : 1662 2424 15 female female JJ 1662 2424 16 1,190,860 1,190,860 CD 1662 2424 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2424 18 15 15 CD 1662 2424 19 - - SYM 1662 2424 20 64 64 CD 1662 2424 21 years year NNS 1662 2424 22 : : : 1662 2424 23 69 69 CD 1662 2424 24 % % NN 1662 2424 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2424 26 male male JJ 1662 2424 27 3,770,154 3,770,154 CD 1662 2424 28 ; ; , 1662 2424 29 female female JJ 1662 2424 30 3,753,094 3,753,094 CD 1662 2424 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2424 32 65 65 CD 1662 2424 33 years year NNS 1662 2424 34 and and CC 1662 2424 35 over over IN 1662 2424 36 : : : 1662 2424 37 9 9 CD 1662 2424 38 % % NN 1662 2424 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2424 40 male male JJ 1662 2424 41 483,858 483,858 CD 1662 2424 42 ; ; : 1662 2424 43 female female JJ 1662 2424 44 545,231 545,231 CD 1662 2424 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2424 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2424 47 July July NNP 1662 2424 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2424 49 est est NNP 1662 2424 50 . . . 1662 2424 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2425 1 Population population NN 1662 2425 2 growth growth NN 1662 2425 3 rate rate NN 1662 2425 4 : : : 1662 2425 5 0.42 0.42 CD 1662 2425 6 % % NN 1662 2425 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2425 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2425 9 est est NNP 1662 2425 10 . . . 1662 2425 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2426 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2426 2 rate rate NN 1662 2426 3 : : : 1662 2426 4 13.21 13.21 CD 1662 2426 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 2426 6 population population NN 1662 2426 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2426 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2426 9 est est NNP 1662 2426 10 . . . 1662 2426 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2427 1 Death death NN 1662 2427 2 rate rate NN 1662 2427 3 : : : 1662 2427 4 7.42 7.42 CD 1662 2427 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2427 6 population population NN 1662 2427 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2427 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2427 9 est est NNP 1662 2427 10 . . . 1662 2427 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2428 1 Net net JJ 1662 2428 2 migration migration NN 1662 2428 3 rate rate NN 1662 2428 4 : : : 1662 2428 5 -1.54 -1.54 NFP 1662 2428 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 2428 7 population population NN 1662 2428 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2428 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2428 10 est est NNP 1662 2428 11 . . . 1662 2428 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2429 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2429 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2429 3 : : : 1662 2429 4 at at IN 1662 2429 5 birth birth NN 1662 2429 6 : : : 1662 2429 7 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 2429 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2429 9 under under IN 1662 2429 10 15 15 CD 1662 2429 11 years year NNS 1662 2429 12 : : : 1662 2429 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 2429 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2429 15 15 15 CD 1662 2429 16 - - HYPH 1662 2429 17 64 64 CD 1662 2429 18 years year NNS 1662 2429 19 : : : 1662 2429 20 1 1 CD 1662 2429 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2429 22 65 65 CD 1662 2429 23 years year NNS 1662 2429 24 and and CC 1662 2429 25 over over IN 1662 2429 26 : : : 1662 2429 27 0.89 0.89 CD 1662 2429 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2429 29 total total JJ 1662 2429 30 population population NN 1662 2429 31 : : : 1662 2429 32 1 1 CD 1662 2429 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2429 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2429 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2429 36 est e JJS 1662 2429 37 . . . 1662 2429 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2430 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2430 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2430 3 rate rate NN 1662 2430 4 : : : 1662 2430 5 8.9 8.9 CD 1662 2430 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 VB 1662 2430 7 live live JJ 1662 2430 8 births birth NNS 1662 2430 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2430 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2430 11 est est NNP 1662 2430 12 . . . 1662 2430 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2431 1 Life life NN 1662 2431 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2431 3 at at IN 1662 2431 4 birth birth NN 1662 2431 5 : : : 1662 2431 6 total total JJ 1662 2431 7 population population NN 1662 2431 8 : : : 1662 2431 9 75.2 75.2 CD 1662 2431 10 years year NNS 1662 2431 11 male male NN 1662 2431 12 : : : 1662 2431 13 72.83 72.83 CD 1662 2431 14 years year NNS 1662 2431 15 female female JJ 1662 2431 16 : : : 1662 2431 17 77.71 77.71 CD 1662 2431 18 years year NNS 1662 2431 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2431 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2431 21 est est NNP 1662 2431 22 . . . 1662 2431 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2432 1 Total total JJ 1662 2432 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2432 3 rate rate NN 1662 2432 4 : : : 1662 2432 5 1.54 1.54 CD 1662 2432 6 children child NNS 1662 2432 7 born bear VBN 1662 2432 8 / / SYM 1662 2432 9 woman woman NN 1662 2432 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2432 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2432 12 est est NNP 1662 2432 13 . . . 1662 2432 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2433 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2433 2 : : : 1662 2433 3 noun noun NNP 1662 2433 4 : : : 1662 2433 5 Cuban(s Cuban(s NNP 1662 2433 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2433 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 2433 8 : : : 1662 2433 9 Cuban cuban JJ 1662 2433 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2433 11 groups group NNS 1662 2433 12 : : : 1662 2433 13 mulatto mulatto NN 1662 2433 14 51 51 CD 1662 2433 15 % % NN 1662 2433 16 , , , 1662 2433 17 white white JJ 1662 2433 18 37 37 CD 1662 2433 19 % % NN 1662 2433 20 , , , 1662 2433 21 black black JJ 1662 2433 22 11 11 CD 1662 2433 23 % % NN 1662 2433 24 , , , 1662 2433 25 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 2433 26 1 1 CD 1662 2433 27 % % NN 1662 2433 28 Religions religion NNS 1662 2433 29 : : : 1662 2433 30 nominally nominally RB 1662 2433 31 Roman roman JJ 1662 2433 32 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 2433 33 85 85 CD 1662 2433 34 % % NN 1662 2433 35 prior prior RB 1662 2433 36 to to IN 1662 2433 37 CASTRO CASTRO NNP 1662 2433 38 assuming assume VBG 1662 2433 39 power power NN 1662 2433 40 ; ; : 1662 2433 41 Protestants Protestants NNPS 1662 2433 42 , , , 1662 2433 43 Jehovah Jehovah NNP 1662 2433 44 's 's POS 1662 2433 45 Witnesses Witnesses NNPS 1662 2433 46 , , , 1662 2433 47 Jews Jews NNPS 1662 2433 48 , , , 1662 2433 49 and and CC 1662 2433 50 Santeria Santeria NNP 1662 2433 51 are be VBP 1662 2433 52 also also RB 1662 2433 53 represented represent VBN 1662 2433 54 Languages language NNS 1662 2433 55 : : : 1662 2433 56 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 2433 57 Literacy literacy NN 1662 2433 58 : : : 1662 2433 59 definition definition NN 1662 2433 60 : : : 1662 2433 61 age age NN 1662 2433 62 15 15 CD 1662 2433 63 and and CC 1662 2433 64 over over RB 1662 2433 65 can can MD 1662 2433 66 read read VB 1662 2433 67 and and CC 1662 2433 68 write write VB 1662 2433 69 total total JJ 1662 2433 70 population population NN 1662 2433 71 : : : 1662 2433 72 95.7 95.7 CD 1662 2433 73 % % NN 1662 2433 74 male male NN 1662 2433 75 : : : 1662 2433 76 96.2 96.2 CD 1662 2433 77 % % NN 1662 2433 78 female female NN 1662 2433 79 : : : 1662 2433 80 95.3 95.3 CD 1662 2433 81 % % NN 1662 2433 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2433 83 1995 1995 CD 1662 2433 84 est est NNP 1662 2433 85 . . . 1662 2433 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2434 1 @Cuba @cuba LS 1662 2434 2 : : : 1662 2434 3 Government Government NNP 1662 2434 4 Country Country NNP 1662 2434 5 name name NN 1662 2434 6 : : : 1662 2434 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2434 8 long long JJ 1662 2434 9 form form NN 1662 2434 10 : : : 1662 2434 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2434 12 of of IN 1662 2434 13 Cuba Cuba NNP 1662 2434 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2434 15 short short JJ 1662 2434 16 form form NN 1662 2434 17 : : : 1662 2434 18 Cuba Cuba NNP 1662 2434 19 local local JJ 1662 2434 20 long long JJ 1662 2434 21 form form NN 1662 2434 22 : : : 1662 2434 23 Republica Republica NNP 1662 2434 24 de de NNP 1662 2434 25 Cuba Cuba NNP 1662 2434 26 local local JJ 1662 2434 27 short short JJ 1662 2434 28 form form NN 1662 2434 29 : : : 1662 2434 30 Cuba Cuba NNP 1662 2434 31 Data Data NNP 1662 2434 32 code code NN 1662 2434 33 : : : 1662 2434 34 CU CU NNP 1662 2434 35 Government Government NNP 1662 2434 36 type type NN 1662 2434 37 : : : 1662 2434 38 Communist communist JJ 1662 2434 39 state state NN 1662 2434 40 National national JJ 1662 2434 41 capital capital NN 1662 2434 42 : : : 1662 2434 43 Havana Havana NNP 1662 2434 44 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 2434 45 divisions division NNS 1662 2434 46 : : : 1662 2434 47 14 14 CD 1662 2434 48 provinces province NNS 1662 2434 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2434 50 provincias provincia NNS 1662 2434 51 , , , 1662 2434 52 singular singular JJ 1662 2434 53 - - HYPH 1662 2434 54 provincia provincia NN 1662 2434 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2434 56 and and CC 1662 2434 57 1 1 CD 1662 2434 58 special special JJ 1662 2434 59 municipality municipality NN 1662 2434 60 * * NFP 1662 2434 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2434 62 municipio municipio NNP 1662 2434 63 especial especial NNP 1662 2434 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2434 65 ; ; : 1662 2434 66 Camaguey Camaguey NNP 1662 2434 67 , , , 1662 2434 68 Ciego Ciego NNP 1662 2434 69 de de IN 1662 2434 70 Avila Avila NNP 1662 2434 71 , , , 1662 2434 72 Cienfuegos Cienfuegos NNP 1662 2434 73 , , , 1662 2434 74 Ciudad Ciudad NNP 1662 2434 75 de de NNP 1662 2434 76 La La NNP 1662 2434 77 Habana Habana NNP 1662 2434 78 , , , 1662 2434 79 Granma Granma NNP 1662 2434 80 , , , 1662 2434 81 Guantanamo Guantanamo NNP 1662 2434 82 , , , 1662 2434 83 Holguin Holguin NNP 1662 2434 84 , , , 1662 2434 85 Isla Isla NNP 1662 2434 86 de de NNP 1662 2434 87 la la NNP 1662 2434 88 Juventud Juventud NNP 1662 2434 89 * * NFP 1662 2434 90 , , , 1662 2434 91 La La NNP 1662 2434 92 Habana Habana NNP 1662 2434 93 , , , 1662 2434 94 Las Las NNP 1662 2434 95 Tunas Tunas NNP 1662 2434 96 , , , 1662 2434 97 Matanzas Matanzas NNP 1662 2434 98 , , , 1662 2434 99 Pinar Pinar NNP 1662 2434 100 del del NNP 1662 2434 101 Rio Rio NNP 1662 2434 102 , , , 1662 2434 103 Sancti Sancti NNP 1662 2434 104 Spiritus Spiritus NNP 1662 2434 105 , , , 1662 2434 106 Santiago Santiago NNP 1662 2434 107 de de NNP 1662 2434 108 Cuba Cuba NNP 1662 2434 109 , , , 1662 2434 110 Villa Villa NNP 1662 2434 111 Clara Clara NNP 1662 2434 112 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2434 113 : : : 1662 2434 114 20 20 CD 1662 2434 115 May May NNP 1662 2434 116 1902 1902 CD 1662 2434 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2434 118 from from IN 1662 2434 119 Spain Spain NNP 1662 2434 120 10 10 CD 1662 2434 121 December December NNP 1662 2434 122 1898 1898 CD 1662 2434 123 ; ; : 1662 2434 124 administered administer VBN 1662 2434 125 by by IN 1662 2434 126 the the DT 1662 2434 127 US US NNP 1662 2434 128 from from IN 1662 2434 129 1898 1898 CD 1662 2434 130 to to IN 1662 2434 131 1902 1902 CD 1662 2434 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2434 133 National national JJ 1662 2434 134 holiday holiday NN 1662 2434 135 : : : 1662 2434 136 Rebellion Rebellion NNP 1662 2434 137 Day Day NNP 1662 2434 138 , , , 1662 2434 139 26 26 CD 1662 2434 140 July July NNP 1662 2434 141 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2434 142 1953 1953 CD 1662 2434 143 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2434 144 ; ; : 1662 2434 145 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 2434 146 Day Day NNP 1662 2434 147 , , , 1662 2434 148 1 1 CD 1662 2434 149 January January NNP 1662 2434 150 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2434 151 1959 1959 CD 1662 2434 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2434 153 Constitution constitution NN 1662 2434 154 : : : 1662 2434 155 24 24 CD 1662 2434 156 February February NNP 1662 2434 157 1976 1976 CD 1662 2434 158 Legal legal JJ 1662 2434 159 system system NN 1662 2434 160 : : : 1662 2434 161 based base VBN 1662 2434 162 on on IN 1662 2434 163 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 2434 164 and and CC 1662 2434 165 American american JJ 1662 2434 166 law law NN 1662 2434 167 , , , 1662 2434 168 with with IN 1662 2434 169 large large JJ 1662 2434 170 elements element NNS 1662 2434 171 of of IN 1662 2434 172 Communist communist JJ 1662 2434 173 legal legal JJ 1662 2434 174 theory theory NN 1662 2434 175 ; ; , 1662 2434 176 does do VBZ 1662 2434 177 not not RB 1662 2434 178 accept accept VB 1662 2434 179 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 2434 180 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 2434 181 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 2434 182 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 2434 183 : : : 1662 2434 184 16 16 CD 1662 2434 185 years year NNS 1662 2434 186 of of IN 1662 2434 187 age age NN 1662 2434 188 ; ; : 1662 2434 189 universal universal JJ 1662 2434 190 Executive Executive NNP 1662 2434 191 branch branch NN 1662 2434 192 : : : 1662 2434 193 chief chief NN 1662 2434 194 of of IN 1662 2434 195 state state NN 1662 2434 196 : : : 1662 2434 197 President President NNP 1662 2434 198 of of IN 1662 2434 199 the the DT 1662 2434 200 Council Council NNP 1662 2434 201 of of IN 1662 2434 202 State State NNP 1662 2434 203 and and CC 1662 2434 204 President President NNP 1662 2434 205 of of IN 1662 2434 206 the the DT 1662 2434 207 Council Council NNP 1662 2434 208 of of IN 1662 2434 209 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 2434 210 Fidel Fidel NNP 1662 2434 211 CASTRO CASTRO NNP 1662 2434 212 Ruz Ruz NNP 1662 2434 213 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2434 214 prime prime JJ 1662 2434 215 minister minister NN 1662 2434 216 from from IN 1662 2434 217 February February NNP 1662 2434 218 1959 1959 CD 1662 2434 219 until until IN 1662 2434 220 24 24 CD 1662 2434 221 February February NNP 1662 2434 222 1976 1976 CD 1662 2434 223 when when WRB 1662 2434 224 office office NN 1662 2434 225 was be VBD 1662 2434 226 abolished abolish VBN 1662 2434 227 ; ; : 1662 2434 228 president president NN 1662 2434 229 since since IN 1662 2434 230 2 2 CD 1662 2434 231 December December NNP 1662 2434 232 1976 1976 CD 1662 2434 233 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2434 234 ; ; : 1662 2434 235 First First NNP 1662 2434 236 Vice Vice NNP 1662 2434 237 President President NNP 1662 2434 238 of of IN 1662 2434 239 the the DT 1662 2434 240 Council Council NNP 1662 2434 241 of of IN 1662 2434 242 State State NNP 1662 2434 243 and and CC 1662 2434 244 First First NNP 1662 2434 245 Vice Vice NNP 1662 2434 246 President President NNP 1662 2434 247 of of IN 1662 2434 248 the the DT 1662 2434 249 Council Council NNP 1662 2434 250 of of IN 1662 2434 251 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 2434 252 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 2434 253 Raul Raul NNP 1662 2434 254 CASTRO CASTRO NNP 1662 2434 255 Ruz Ruz NNP 1662 2434 256 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2434 257 since since IN 1662 2434 258 2 2 CD 1662 2434 259 December December NNP 1662 2434 260 1976 1976 CD 1662 2434 261 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2434 262 ; ; : 1662 2434 263 note note VB 1662 2434 264 - - : 1662 2434 265 the the DT 1662 2434 266 president president NN 1662 2434 267 is be VBZ 1662 2434 268 both both CC 1662 2434 269 the the DT 1662 2434 270 chief chief NN 1662 2434 271 of of IN 1662 2434 272 state state NN 1662 2434 273 and and CC 1662 2434 274 head head NN 1662 2434 275 of of IN 1662 2434 276 government government NN 1662 2434 277 head head NN 1662 2434 278 of of IN 1662 2434 279 government government NN 1662 2434 280 : : : 1662 2434 281 President President NNP 1662 2434 282 of of IN 1662 2434 283 the the DT 1662 2434 284 Council Council NNP 1662 2434 285 of of IN 1662 2434 286 State State NNP 1662 2434 287 and and CC 1662 2434 288 President President NNP 1662 2434 289 of of IN 1662 2434 290 the the DT 1662 2434 291 Council Council NNP 1662 2434 292 of of IN 1662 2434 293 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 2434 294 Fidel Fidel NNP 1662 2434 295 CASTRO CASTRO NNP 1662 2434 296 Ruz Ruz NNP 1662 2434 297 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2434 298 prime prime JJ 1662 2434 299 minister minister NN 1662 2434 300 from from IN 1662 2434 301 February February NNP 1662 2434 302 1959 1959 CD 1662 2434 303 until until IN 1662 2434 304 24 24 CD 1662 2434 305 February February NNP 1662 2434 306 1976 1976 CD 1662 2434 307 when when WRB 1662 2434 308 office office NN 1662 2434 309 was be VBD 1662 2434 310 abolished abolish VBN 1662 2434 311 ; ; : 1662 2434 312 president president NN 1662 2434 313 since since IN 1662 2434 314 2 2 CD 1662 2434 315 December December NNP 1662 2434 316 1976 1976 CD 1662 2434 317 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2434 318 ; ; : 1662 2434 319 First First NNP 1662 2434 320 Vice Vice NNP 1662 2434 321 President President NNP 1662 2434 322 of of IN 1662 2434 323 the the DT 1662 2434 324 Council Council NNP 1662 2434 325 of of IN 1662 2434 326 State State NNP 1662 2434 327 and and CC 1662 2434 328 First First NNP 1662 2434 329 Vice Vice NNP 1662 2434 330 President President NNP 1662 2434 331 of of IN 1662 2434 332 the the DT 1662 2434 333 Council Council NNP 1662 2434 334 of of IN 1662 2434 335 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 2434 336 Gen. Gen. 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G. NNP 1662 2434 746 KOZAK KOZAK NNP 1662 2434 747 ; ; : 1662 2434 748 address address NN 1662 2434 749 : : : 1662 2434 750 USINT USINT NNP 1662 2434 751 , , , 1662 2434 752 Swiss Swiss NNP 1662 2434 753 Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 2434 754 , , , 1662 2434 755 Calzada Calzada NNP 1662 2434 756 between between IN 1662 2434 757 L L NNP 1662 2434 758 and and CC 1662 2434 759 M M NNP 1662 2434 760 , , , 1662 2434 761 Vedado Vedado NNP 1662 2434 762 Seccion Seccion NNP 1662 2434 763 , , , 1662 2434 764 Havana Havana NNP 1662 2434 765 ; ; : 1662 2434 766 telephone telephone NN 1662 2434 767 : : : 1662 2434 768 33 33 CD 1662 2434 769 - - SYM 1662 2434 770 3551 3551 CD 1662 2434 771 through through IN 1662 2434 772 3559 3559 CD 1662 2434 773 and and CC 1662 2434 774 33 33 CD 1662 2434 775 - - SYM 1662 2434 776 3543 3543 CD 1662 2434 777 through through IN 1662 2434 778 3547 3547 CD 1662 2434 779 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2434 780 operator operator NN 1662 2434 781 assistance assistance NN 1662 2434 782 required require VBN 1662 2434 783 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2434 784 ; ; : 1662 2434 785 FAX FAX NNP 1662 2434 786 : : : 1662 2434 787 33 33 CD 1662 2434 788 - - SYM 1662 2434 789 3700 3700 CD 1662 2434 790 ; ; : 1662 2434 791 protecting protect VBG 1662 2434 792 power power NN 1662 2434 793 in in IN 1662 2434 794 Cuba Cuba NNP 1662 2434 795 is be VBZ 1662 2434 796 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 2434 797 Flag Flag NNP 1662 2434 798 description description NN 1662 2434 799 : : : 1662 2434 800 five five CD 1662 2434 801 equal equal JJ 1662 2434 802 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 2434 803 bands band NNS 1662 2434 804 of of IN 1662 2434 805 blue blue JJ 1662 2434 806 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2434 807 top top JJ 1662 2434 808 and and CC 1662 2434 809 bottom bottom NN 1662 2434 810 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2434 811 alternating alternate VBG 1662 2434 812 with with IN 1662 2434 813 white white NNP 1662 2434 814 ; ; : 1662 2434 815 a a DT 1662 2434 816 red red JJ 1662 2434 817 equilateral equilateral JJ 1662 2434 818 triangle triangle NN 1662 2434 819 based base VBN 1662 2434 820 on on IN 1662 2434 821 the the DT 1662 2434 822 hoist hoist NN 1662 2434 823 side side NN 1662 2434 824 bears bear VBZ 1662 2434 825 a a DT 1662 2434 826 white white JJ 1662 2434 827 five five CD 1662 2434 828 - 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- HYPH 1662 2449 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 2449 5 price price NN 1662 2449 6 index index NN 1662 2449 7 : : : 1662 2449 8 NA% NA% `` 1662 2449 9 Labor labor NN 1662 2449 10 force force NN 1662 2449 11 : : : 1662 2449 12 total total NN 1662 2449 13 : : : 1662 2449 14 4.71 4.71 CD 1662 2449 15 million million CD 1662 2449 16 economically economically RB 1662 2449 17 active active JJ 1662 2449 18 population population NN 1662 2449 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2449 20 1989 1989 CD 1662 2449 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2449 22 ; ; : 1662 2449 23 3,527,000 3,527,000 CD 1662 2449 24 employed employ VBN 1662 2449 25 in in IN 1662 2449 26 state state NN 1662 2449 27 civilian civilian JJ 1662 2449 28 sector sector NN 1662 2449 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2449 30 1989 1989 CD 1662 2449 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2449 32 by by IN 1662 2449 33 occupation occupation NN 1662 2449 34 : : : 1662 2449 35 services service NNS 1662 2449 36 and and CC 1662 2449 37 government government NN 1662 2449 38 30 30 CD 1662 2449 39 % % NN 1662 2449 40 , , , 1662 2449 41 industry industry NN 1662 2449 42 22 22 CD 1662 2449 43 % % NN 1662 2449 44 , , , 1662 2449 45 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2449 46 20 20 CD 1662 2449 47 % % NN 1662 2449 48 , , , 1662 2449 49 commerce commerce NN 1662 2449 50 11 11 CD 1662 2449 51 % % NN 1662 2449 52 , , , 1662 2449 53 construction construction NN 1662 2449 54 10 10 CD 1662 2449 55 % % NN 1662 2449 56 , , , 1662 2449 57 transportation transportation NN 1662 2449 58 and and CC 1662 2449 59 communications communication NNS 1662 2449 60 7 7 CD 1662 2449 61 % % NN 1662 2449 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2449 63 June June NNP 1662 2449 64 1990 1990 CD 1662 2449 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2449 66 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2449 67 rate rate NN 1662 2449 68 : : : 1662 2449 69 NA% NA% `` 1662 2449 70 Budget budget NN 1662 2449 71 : : : 1662 2449 72 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2449 73 : : : 1662 2449 74 $ $ $ 1662 2449 75 NA na NN 1662 2449 76 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2449 77 : : : 1662 2449 78 $ $ $ 1662 2449 79 NA na NN 1662 2449 80 , , , 1662 2449 81 including include VBG 1662 2449 82 capital capital NN 1662 2449 83 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2449 84 of of IN 1662 2449 85 $ $ $ 1662 2449 86 NA NA NNP 1662 2449 87 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 2449 88 : : : 1662 2449 89 sugar sugar NN 1662 2449 90 , , , 1662 2449 91 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2449 92 , , , 1662 2449 93 food food NN 1662 2449 94 , , , 1662 2449 95 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 2449 96 , , , 1662 2449 97 textiles textile NNS 1662 2449 98 , , , 1662 2449 99 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 2449 100 , , , 1662 2449 101 paper paper NN 1662 2449 102 and and CC 1662 2449 103 wood wood NN 1662 2449 104 products product NNS 1662 2449 105 , , , 1662 2449 106 metals metal NNS 1662 2449 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2449 108 particularly particularly RB 1662 2449 109 nickel nickel NN 1662 2449 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2449 111 , , , 1662 2449 112 cement cement NN 1662 2449 113 , , , 1662 2449 114 fertilizers fertilizer NNS 1662 2449 115 , , , 1662 2449 116 consumer consumer NN 1662 2449 117 goods good NNS 1662 2449 118 , , , 1662 2449 119 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 2449 120 machinery machinery NN 1662 2449 121 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2449 122 production production NN 1662 2449 123 growth growth NN 1662 2449 124 rate rate NN 1662 2449 125 : : : 1662 2449 126 6 6 CD 1662 2449 127 % % NN 1662 2449 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2449 129 1995 1995 CD 1662 2449 130 est est NNP 1662 2449 131 . . . 1662 2449 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2450 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2450 2 - 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NNP 1662 2451 34 , , , 1662 2451 35 1996 1996 CD 1662 2451 36 est est NNP 1662 2451 37 . . . 1662 2451 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2452 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2452 2 : : : 1662 2452 3 sugar sugar NN 1662 2452 4 , , , 1662 2452 5 nickel nickel NN 1662 2452 6 , , , 1662 2452 7 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 2452 8 , , , 1662 2452 9 shellfish shellfish JJ 1662 2452 10 , , , 1662 2452 11 medical medical JJ 1662 2452 12 products product NNS 1662 2452 13 , , , 1662 2452 14 citrus citrus NN 1662 2452 15 , , , 1662 2452 16 coffee coffee NN 1662 2452 17 partners partner NNS 1662 2452 18 : : : 1662 2452 19 Canada Canada NNP 1662 2452 20 23 23 CD 1662 2452 21 % % NN 1662 2452 22 , , , 1662 2452 23 Russia Russia NNP 1662 2452 24 21 21 CD 1662 2452 25 % % NN 1662 2452 26 China China NNP 1662 2452 27 7 7 CD 1662 2452 28 % % NN 1662 2452 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2452 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 2452 31 est est NNP 1662 2452 32 . . . 1662 2452 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2453 1 Imports import NNS 1662 2453 2 : : : 1662 2453 3 total total JJ 1662 2453 4 value value NN 1662 2453 5 : : : 1662 2453 6 $ $ $ 1662 2453 7 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 2453 8 billion billion CD 1662 2453 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2453 10 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 2453 11 . . NNP 1662 2453 12 , , , 1662 2453 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 2453 14 est est NNP 1662 2453 15 . . . 1662 2453 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2454 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2454 2 : : : 1662 2454 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2454 4 , , , 1662 2454 5 food food NN 1662 2454 6 , , , 1662 2454 7 machinery machinery NN 1662 2454 8 , , , 1662 2454 9 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 2454 10 partners partner NNS 1662 2454 11 : : : 1662 2454 12 Russia Russia NNP 1662 2454 13 14 14 CD 1662 2454 14 % % NN 1662 2454 15 , , , 1662 2454 16 Spain Spain NNP 1662 2454 17 13 13 CD 1662 2454 18 % % NN 1662 2454 19 , , , 1662 2454 20 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 2454 21 11 11 CD 1662 2454 22 % % NN 1662 2454 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2454 24 1996 1996 CD 1662 2454 25 est est NNP 1662 2454 26 . . . 1662 2454 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2455 1 Debt debt NN 1662 2455 2 - - HYPH 1662 2455 3 external external JJ 1662 2455 4 : : : 1662 2455 5 $ $ $ 1662 2455 6 10.5 10.5 CD 1662 2455 7 billion billion CD 1662 2455 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2455 9 convertible convertible JJ 1662 2455 10 currency currency NN 1662 2455 11 , , , 1662 2455 12 1996 1996 CD 1662 2455 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2455 14 ; ; : 1662 2455 15 another another DT 1662 2455 16 $ $ $ 1662 2455 17 20 20 CD 1662 2455 18 billion billion CD 1662 2455 19 owed owe VBN 1662 2455 20 to to IN 1662 2455 21 Russia Russia NNP 1662 2455 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2455 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2455 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2455 25 Economic economic JJ 1662 2455 26 aid aid NN 1662 2455 27 : : : 1662 2455 28 recipient recipient NN 1662 2455 29 : : : 1662 2455 30 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2455 31 , , , 1662 2455 32 $ $ $ 1662 2455 33 NA NA NNP 1662 2455 34 Currency currency NN 1662 2455 35 : : : 1662 2455 36 1 1 CD 1662 2455 37 Cuban cuban JJ 1662 2455 38 peso peso NN 1662 2455 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2455 40 Cu$ Cu$ NFP 1662 2455 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2455 42 = = NFP 1662 2455 43 100 100 CD 1662 2455 44 centavos centavos NNP 1662 2455 45 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2455 46 rates rate NNS 1662 2455 47 : : : 1662 2455 48 Cuban cuban JJ 1662 2455 49 pesos peso NNS 1662 2455 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2455 51 Cu$ Cu$ NFP 1662 2455 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2455 53 per per IN 1662 2455 54 US$ us$ $ 1662 2455 55 1 1 CD 1662 2455 56 - - SYM 1662 2455 57 1.0000 1.0000 CD 1662 2455 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2455 59 non non JJ 1662 2455 60 - - JJ 1662 2455 61 convertible convertible JJ 1662 2455 62 , , , 1662 2455 63 official official JJ 1662 2455 64 rate rate NN 1662 2455 65 , , , 1662 2455 66 linked link VBN 1662 2455 67 to to IN 1662 2455 68 the the DT 1662 2455 69 US US NNP 1662 2455 70 dollar dollar NN 1662 2455 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2455 72 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2455 73 year year NN 1662 2455 74 : : : 1662 2455 75 calendar calendar NNP 1662 2455 76 year year NN 1662 2455 77 @Cuba @cuba NN 1662 2455 78 : : : 1662 2455 79 Communications Communications NNP 1662 2455 80 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 2455 81 : : : 1662 2455 82 229,000 229,000 CD 1662 2455 83 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2455 84 system system NN 1662 2455 85 : : : 1662 2455 86 among among IN 1662 2455 87 the the DT 1662 2455 88 world world NN 1662 2455 89 's 's POS 1662 2455 90 least least RBS 1662 2455 91 developed developed JJ 1662 2455 92 telephone telephone NN 1662 2455 93 systems system NNS 1662 2455 94 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2455 95 : : : 1662 2455 96 NA NA NNP 1662 2455 97 international international JJ 1662 2455 98 : : : 1662 2455 99 satellite satellite NN 1662 2455 100 earth earth NNP 1662 2455 101 station station NNP 1662 2455 102 - - : 1662 2455 103 1 1 CD 1662 2455 104 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 2455 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2455 106 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2455 107 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2455 108 Region Region NNP 1662 2455 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2455 110 Radio radio NN 1662 2455 111 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2455 112 stations station NNS 1662 2455 113 : : : 1662 2455 114 AM AM NNP 1662 2455 115 150 150 CD 1662 2455 116 , , , 1662 2455 117 FM FM NNP 1662 2455 118 5 5 CD 1662 2455 119 , , , 1662 2455 120 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2455 121 1 1 CD 1662 2455 122 Radios radio NNS 1662 2455 123 : : : 1662 2455 124 2.14 2.14 CD 1662 2455 125 million million CD 1662 2455 126 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2455 127 1993 1993 CD 1662 2455 128 est est NNP 1662 2455 129 . . . 1662 2455 130 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2456 1 Television television NN 1662 2456 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2456 3 stations station NNS 1662 2456 4 : : : 1662 2456 5 58 58 CD 1662 2456 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 2456 7 : : : 1662 2456 8 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 2456 9 million million CD 1662 2456 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2456 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 2456 12 est est NNP 1662 2456 13 . . . 1662 2456 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2457 1 @Cuba @cuba LS 1662 2457 2 : : : 1662 2457 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2457 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2457 5 : : : 1662 2457 6 total total NN 1662 2457 7 : : : 1662 2457 8 4,677 4,677 CD 1662 2457 9 km km NN 1662 2457 10 standard standard JJ 1662 2457 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 2457 12 : : : 1662 2457 13 4,677 4,677 CD 1662 2457 14 km km NN 1662 2457 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 2457 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 2457 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2457 18 132 132 CD 1662 2457 19 km km NNS 1662 2457 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 2457 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2457 22 note note VB 1662 2457 23 : : : 1662 2457 24 a a DT 1662 2457 25 large large JJ 1662 2457 26 amount amount NN 1662 2457 27 of of IN 1662 2457 28 track track NN 1662 2457 29 is be VBZ 1662 2457 30 in in IN 1662 2457 31 private private JJ 1662 2457 32 use use NN 1662 2457 33 by by IN 1662 2457 34 sugar sugar NN 1662 2457 35 plantations plantation NNS 1662 2457 36 Highways highway NNS 1662 2457 37 : : : 1662 2457 38 total total NN 1662 2457 39 : : : 1662 2457 40 27,100 27,100 CD 1662 2457 41 km km NN 1662 2457 42 paved pave VBN 1662 2457 43 : : : 1662 2457 44 15,122 15,122 CD 1662 2457 45 km km NN 1662 2457 46 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2457 47 : : : 1662 2457 48 11,978 11,978 CD 1662 2457 49 km km NNS 1662 2457 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2457 51 1995 1995 CD 1662 2457 52 est est NNP 1662 2457 53 . . . 1662 2457 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2458 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 2458 2 : : : 1662 2458 3 240 240 CD 1662 2458 4 km km NN 1662 2458 5 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 2458 6 and and CC 1662 2458 7 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2458 8 : : : 1662 2458 9 Cienfuegos Cienfuegos NNP 1662 2458 10 , , , 1662 2458 11 Havana Havana NNP 1662 2458 12 , , , 1662 2458 13 Manzanillo Manzanillo NNP 1662 2458 14 , , , 1662 2458 15 Mariel Mariel NNP 1662 2458 16 , , , 1662 2458 17 Matanzas Matanzas NNP 1662 2458 18 , , , 1662 2458 19 Nuevitas Nuevitas NNP 1662 2458 20 , , , 1662 2458 21 Santiago Santiago NNP 1662 2458 22 de de NNP 1662 2458 23 Cuba Cuba NNP 1662 2458 24 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2458 25 marine marine NN 1662 2458 26 : : : 1662 2458 27 total total NN 1662 2458 28 : : : 1662 2458 29 22 22 CD 1662 2458 30 ships ship NNS 1662 2458 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2458 32 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2458 33 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2458 34 or or CC 1662 2458 35 over over RB 1662 2458 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2458 37 totaling total VBG 1662 2458 38 113,092 113,092 CD 1662 2458 39 GRT/162,029 GRT/162,029 NNP 1662 2458 40 DWT DWT NNP 1662 2458 41 ships ship NNS 1662 2458 42 by by IN 1662 2458 43 type type NN 1662 2458 44 : : : 1662 2458 45 cargo cargo NN 1662 2458 46 11 11 CD 1662 2458 47 , , , 1662 2458 48 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 2458 49 gas gas NN 1662 2458 50 tanker tanker NN 1662 2458 51 1 1 CD 1662 2458 52 , , , 1662 2458 53 oil oil NN 1662 2458 54 tanker tanker NN 1662 2458 55 4 4 CD 1662 2458 56 , , , 1662 2458 57 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 2458 58 cargo cargo NN 1662 2458 59 6 6 CD 1662 2458 60 note note NN 1662 2458 61 : : : 1662 2458 62 Cuba Cuba NNP 1662 2458 63 owns own VBZ 1662 2458 64 an an DT 1662 2458 65 additional additional JJ 1662 2458 66 38 38 CD 1662 2458 67 ships ship NNS 1662 2458 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2458 69 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2458 70 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2458 71 or or CC 1662 2458 72 over over RB 1662 2458 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2458 74 totaling total VBG 1662 2458 75 548,170 548,170 CD 1662 2458 76 DWT dwt NN 1662 2458 77 operating operate VBG 1662 2458 78 under under IN 1662 2458 79 the the DT 1662 2458 80 registries registry NNS 1662 2458 81 of of IN 1662 2458 82 Panama Panama NNP 1662 2458 83 , , , 1662 2458 84 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 2458 85 , , , 1662 2458 86 Malta Malta NNP 1662 2458 87 , , , 1662 2458 88 Belize Belize NNP 1662 2458 89 , , , 1662 2458 90 and and CC 1662 2458 91 Mauritius Mauritius NNP 1662 2458 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2458 93 1996 1996 CD 1662 2458 94 est est NNP 1662 2458 95 . . . 1662 2458 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2459 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2459 2 : : : 1662 2459 3 162 162 CD 1662 2459 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2459 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2459 6 est est NNP 1662 2459 7 . . . 1662 2459 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2460 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2460 2 - - , 1662 2460 3 with with IN 1662 2460 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2460 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2460 6 : : : 1662 2460 7 total total NN 1662 2460 8 : : : 1662 2460 9 130 130 CD 1662 2460 10 over over IN 1662 2460 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2460 12 m m NN 1662 2460 13 : : : 1662 2460 14 7 7 CD 1662 2460 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2460 16 to to TO 1662 2460 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2460 18 m m NN 1662 2460 19 : : : 1662 2460 20 7 7 CD 1662 2460 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2460 22 to to TO 1662 2460 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2460 24 m m NN 1662 2460 25 : : : 1662 2460 26 14 14 CD 1662 2460 27 914 914 CD 1662 2460 28 to to TO 1662 2460 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2460 30 m m NN 1662 2460 31 : : : 1662 2460 32 10 10 CD 1662 2460 33 under under IN 1662 2460 34 914 914 CD 1662 2460 35 m m NN 1662 2460 36 : : : 1662 2460 37 92 92 CD 1662 2460 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2460 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 2460 40 est est NNP 1662 2460 41 . . . 1662 2460 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2461 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2461 2 - - , 1662 2461 3 with with IN 1662 2461 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2461 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2461 6 : : : 1662 2461 7 total total NN 1662 2461 8 : : : 1662 2461 9 32 32 CD 1662 2461 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2461 11 to to TO 1662 2461 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2461 13 m m NN 1662 2461 14 : : : 1662 2461 15 1 1 CD 1662 2461 16 914 914 CD 1662 2461 17 to to TO 1662 2461 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2461 19 m m NN 1662 2461 20 : : : 1662 2461 21 31 31 CD 1662 2461 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2461 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2461 24 est est NNP 1662 2461 25 . . . 1662 2461 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2462 1 Military military JJ 1662 2462 2 Military military JJ 1662 2462 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2462 4 : : : 1662 2462 5 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 2462 6 Armed Armed NNP 1662 2462 7 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 2462 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2462 9 FAR FAR NNP 1662 2462 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2462 11 includes include VBZ 1662 2462 12 ground ground NN 1662 2462 13 forces force NNS 1662 2462 14 , , , 1662 2462 15 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 2462 16 Navy Navy NNP 1662 2462 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2462 18 MGR MGR NNP 1662 2462 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2462 20 , , , 1662 2462 21 Air air NN 1662 2462 22 and and CC 1662 2462 23 Air Air NNP 1662 2462 24 Defense Defense NNP 1662 2462 25 Force Force NNP 1662 2462 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2462 27 DAAFAR DAAFAR NNP 1662 2462 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2462 29 , , , 1662 2462 30 Territorial Territorial NNP 1662 2462 31 Troops Troops NNP 1662 2462 32 Militia Militia NNP 1662 2462 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2462 34 MTT MTT NNP 1662 2462 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2462 36 , , , 1662 2462 37 and and CC 1662 2462 38 Youth Youth NNP 1662 2462 39 Labor Labor NNP 1662 2462 40 Army Army NNP 1662 2462 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2462 42 EJT EJT NNP 1662 2462 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2462 44 ; ; : 1662 2462 45 Border Border NNP 1662 2462 46 Guards Guards NNPS 1662 2462 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2462 48 TGF TGF NNP 1662 2462 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2462 50 , , , 1662 2462 51 which which WDT 1662 2462 52 are be VBP 1662 2462 53 controlled control VBN 1662 2462 54 by by IN 1662 2462 55 the the DT 1662 2462 56 Interior Interior NNP 1662 2462 57 Ministry Ministry NNP 1662 2462 58 Military Military NNP 1662 2462 59 manpower manpower NN 1662 2462 60 - - HYPH 1662 2462 61 military military NN 1662 2462 62 age age NN 1662 2462 63 : : : 1662 2462 64 17 17 CD 1662 2462 65 years year NNS 1662 2462 66 of of IN 1662 2462 67 age age NN 1662 2462 68 Military military JJ 1662 2462 69 manpower manpower NN 1662 2462 70 - - HYPH 1662 2462 71 availability availability NN 1662 2462 72 : : : 1662 2462 73 males male NNS 1662 2462 74 age age NNP 1662 2462 75 15 15 CD 1662 2462 76 - - HYPH 1662 2462 77 49 49 CD 1662 2462 78 : : : 1662 2462 79 3,053,716 3,053,716 CD 1662 2462 80 females female NNS 1662 2462 81 age age NN 1662 2462 82 15 15 CD 1662 2462 83 - - HYPH 1662 2462 84 49 49 CD 1662 2462 85 : : : 1662 2462 86 3,007,277 3,007,277 CD 1662 2462 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2462 88 1997 1997 CD 1662 2462 89 est e JJS 1662 2462 90 . . . 1662 2462 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2463 1 Military military JJ 1662 2463 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2463 3 - - HYPH 1662 2463 4 fit fit NN 1662 2463 5 for for IN 1662 2463 6 military military JJ 1662 2463 7 service service NN 1662 2463 8 : : : 1662 2463 9 males male NNS 1662 2463 10 : : : 1662 2463 11 1,896,023 1,896,023 CD 1662 2463 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2463 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2463 14 est est NNP 1662 2463 15 . . . 1662 2463 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2464 1 females female NNS 1662 2464 2 : : : 1662 2464 3 1,861,886 1,861,886 CD 1662 2464 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2464 5 1997 1997 CD 1662 2464 6 est est NNP 1662 2464 7 . . . 1662 2464 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2465 1 Military military JJ 1662 2465 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2465 3 - - HYPH 1662 2465 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 2465 5 military military JJ 1662 2465 6 age age NN 1662 2465 7 annually annually RB 1662 2465 8 : : : 1662 2465 9 males male NNS 1662 2465 10 : : : 1662 2465 11 61,934 61,934 CD 1662 2465 12 females female NNS 1662 2465 13 : : : 1662 2465 14 58,648 58,648 CD 1662 2465 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2465 16 1997 1997 CD 1662 2465 17 est est NNP 1662 2465 18 . . . 1662 2465 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2466 1 Military military JJ 1662 2466 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2466 3 - - HYPH 1662 2466 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2466 5 figure figure NN 1662 2466 6 : : : 1662 2466 7 $ $ $ 1662 2466 8 NA NA NNP 1662 2466 9 Military military JJ 1662 2466 10 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2466 11 - - : 1662 2466 12 percent percent NN 1662 2466 13 of of IN 1662 2466 14 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2466 15 : : : 1662 2466 16 roughly roughly RB 1662 2466 17 4 4 CD 1662 2466 18 % % NN 1662 2466 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2466 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 2466 21 est est NNP 1662 2466 22 . . . 1662 2466 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2467 1 Military military JJ 1662 2467 2 - - HYPH 1662 2467 3 note note NN 1662 2467 4 : : : 1662 2467 5 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 2467 6 , , , 1662 2467 7 for for IN 1662 2467 8 decades decade NNS 1662 2467 9 the the DT 1662 2467 10 key key JJ 1662 2467 11 military military JJ 1662 2467 12 supporter supporter NN 1662 2467 13 and and CC 1662 2467 14 supplier supplier NN 1662 2467 15 of of IN 1662 2467 16 Cuba Cuba NNP 1662 2467 17 , , , 1662 2467 18 cut cut VBD 1662 2467 19 off off RP 1662 2467 20 almost almost RB 1662 2467 21 all all DT 1662 2467 22 military military JJ 1662 2467 23 aid aid NN 1662 2467 24 by by IN 1662 2467 25 1993 1993 CD 1662 2467 26 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2467 27 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2467 28 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2467 29 - - : 1662 2467 30 international international RB 1662 2467 31 : : : 1662 2467 32 US US NNP 1662 2467 33 Naval Naval NNP 1662 2467 34 Base Base NNP 1662 2467 35 at at IN 1662 2467 36 Guantanamo Guantanamo NNP 1662 2467 37 Bay Bay NNP 1662 2467 38 is be VBZ 1662 2467 39 leased lease VBN 1662 2467 40 to to IN 1662 2467 41 US US NNP 1662 2467 42 and and CC 1662 2467 43 only only JJ 1662 2467 44 mutual mutual JJ 1662 2467 45 agreement agreement NN 1662 2467 46 or or CC 1662 2467 47 US US NNP 1662 2467 48 abandonment abandonment NN 1662 2467 49 of of IN 1662 2467 50 the the DT 1662 2467 51 area area NN 1662 2467 52 can can MD 1662 2467 53 terminate terminate VB 1662 2467 54 the the DT 1662 2467 55 lease lease NN 1662 2467 56 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 2467 57 drugs drug NNS 1662 2467 58 : : : 1662 2467 59 lesser less JJR 1662 2467 60 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 2467 61 point point NN 1662 2467 62 for for IN 1662 2467 63 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 2467 64 bound bind VBN 1662 2467 65 for for IN 1662 2467 66 the the DT 1662 2467 67 US US NNP 1662 2467 68 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 69 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 70 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 71 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 72 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 73 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 74 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 75 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 76 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 77 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 78 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 79 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 80 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 81 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 82 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 83 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 84 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 85 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 86 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 87 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 88 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 89 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 90 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 91 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 92 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 93 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 94 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 95 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 96 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 97 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 98 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 99 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 100 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 101 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 102 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 103 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 104 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 105 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 106 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 107 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 108 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 109 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 110 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 111 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 112 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 113 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 114 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 115 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 116 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 117 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 118 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 119 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 120 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 121 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 122 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 123 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 124 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 125 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 126 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 127 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 128 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 129 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 130 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 131 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 132 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 133 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 134 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 135 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 136 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 137 _ _ NNP 1662 2467 138 CYPRUS CYPRUS NNP 1662 2467 139 @Cyprus @Cyprus NNP 1662 2467 140 : : : 1662 2467 141 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2467 142 Location Location NNP 1662 2467 143 : : : 1662 2467 144 Middle Middle NNP 1662 2467 145 East East NNP 1662 2467 146 , , , 1662 2467 147 island island NN 1662 2467 148 in in IN 1662 2467 149 the the DT 1662 2467 150 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 2467 151 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2467 152 , , , 1662 2467 153 south south NN 1662 2467 154 of of IN 1662 2467 155 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 2467 156 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2467 157 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2467 158 : : : 1662 2467 159 35 35 CD 1662 2467 160 00 00 NFP 1662 2467 161 N n CD 1662 2467 162 , , , 1662 2467 163 33 33 CD 1662 2467 164 00 00 CD 1662 2467 165 E e NN 1662 2467 166 Map Map NNP 1662 2467 167 references reference NNS 1662 2467 168 : : : 1662 2467 169 Middle Middle NNP 1662 2467 170 East East NNP 1662 2467 171 Area Area NNP 1662 2467 172 : : : 1662 2467 173 total total NN 1662 2467 174 : : : 1662 2467 175 9,250 9,250 CD 1662 2467 176 sq sq NNP 1662 2467 177 km km NNP 1662 2467 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2467 179 note note VB 1662 2467 180 - - HYPH 1662 2467 181 3,355 3,355 CD 1662 2467 182 sq sq NNP 1662 2467 183 km km NNS 1662 2467 184 are be VBP 1662 2467 185 in in IN 1662 2467 186 the the DT 1662 2467 187 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 2467 188 area area NN 1662 2467 189 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2467 190 land land NN 1662 2467 191 : : : 1662 2467 192 9,240 9,240 CD 1662 2467 193 sq sq NN 1662 2467 194 km km NNP 1662 2467 195 water water NN 1662 2467 196 : : : 1662 2467 197 10 10 CD 1662 2467 198 sq sq NN 1662 2467 199 km km NNP 1662 2467 200 Area area NN 1662 2467 201 - - HYPH 1662 2467 202 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2467 203 : : : 1662 2467 204 about about IN 1662 2467 205 0.6 0.6 CD 1662 2467 206 times time NNS 1662 2467 207 the the DT 1662 2467 208 size size NN 1662 2467 209 of of IN 1662 2467 210 Connecticut Connecticut NNP 1662 2467 211 Land Land NNP 1662 2467 212 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2467 213 : : : 1662 2467 214 0 0 LS 1662 2467 215 km km NN 1662 2467 216 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2467 217 : : : 1662 2467 218 648 648 CD 1662 2467 219 km km NN 1662 2467 220 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2467 221 claims claim VBZ 1662 2467 222 : : : 1662 2467 223 continental continental NNP 1662 2467 224 shelf shelf NNP 1662 2467 225 : : : 1662 2467 226 200-m 200-m CD 1662 2467 227 depth depth NN 1662 2467 228 or or CC 1662 2467 229 to to IN 1662 2467 230 the the DT 1662 2467 231 depth depth NN 1662 2467 232 of of IN 1662 2467 233 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 2467 234 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2467 235 sea sea NN 1662 2467 236 : : : 1662 2467 237 12 12 CD 1662 2467 238 nm nm NNP 1662 2467 239 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2467 240 : : : 1662 2467 241 temperate temperate VB 1662 2467 242 , , , 1662 2467 243 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 2467 244 with with IN 1662 2467 245 hot hot JJ 1662 2467 246 , , , 1662 2467 247 dry dry JJ 1662 2467 248 summers summer NNS 1662 2467 249 and and CC 1662 2467 250 cool cool JJ 1662 2467 251 , , , 1662 2467 252 wet wet JJ 1662 2467 253 winters winter NNS 1662 2467 254 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2467 255 : : : 1662 2467 256 central central JJ 1662 2467 257 plain plain JJ 1662 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, , 1662 2467 293 pyrites pyrite NNS 1662 2467 294 , , , 1662 2467 295 asbestos asbestos NN 1662 2467 296 , , , 1662 2467 297 gypsum gypsum NN 1662 2467 298 , , , 1662 2467 299 timber timber NN 1662 2467 300 , , , 1662 2467 301 salt salt NN 1662 2467 302 , , , 1662 2467 303 marble marble NN 1662 2467 304 , , , 1662 2467 305 clay clay NN 1662 2467 306 earth earth NN 1662 2467 307 pigment pigment NN 1662 2467 308 Land Land NNP 1662 2467 309 use use NN 1662 2467 310 : : : 1662 2467 311 arable arable JJ 1662 2467 312 land land NN 1662 2467 313 : : : 1662 2467 314 12 12 CD 1662 2467 315 % % NN 1662 2467 316 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2467 317 crops crop NNS 1662 2467 318 : : : 1662 2467 319 5 5 CD 1662 2467 320 % % NN 1662 2467 321 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2467 322 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2467 323 : : : 1662 2467 324 0 0 CD 1662 2467 325 % % NN 1662 2467 326 forests forest NNS 1662 2467 327 and and CC 1662 2467 328 woodland woodland NN 1662 2467 329 : : : 1662 2467 330 13 13 CD 1662 2467 331 % % NN 1662 2467 332 other other JJ 1662 2467 333 : : : 1662 2467 334 70 70 CD 1662 2467 335 % % NN 1662 2467 336 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2467 337 1993 1993 CD 1662 2467 338 est est NNP 1662 2467 339 . . . 1662 2467 340 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2468 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2468 2 land land NN 1662 2468 3 : : : 1662 2468 4 390 390 CD 1662 2468 5 sq sq IN 1662 2468 6 km km NNP 1662 2468 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2468 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2468 9 est est NNP 1662 2468 10 . . . 1662 2468 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2469 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2469 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2469 3 : : : 1662 2469 4 moderate moderate JJ 1662 2469 5 earthquake earthquake NN 1662 2469 6 activity activity NN 1662 2469 7 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2469 8 - - HYPH 1662 2469 9 current current JJ 1662 2469 10 issues issue NNS 1662 2469 11 : : : 1662 2469 12 water water NN 1662 2469 13 resource resource NN 1662 2469 14 problems problem NNS 1662 2469 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2469 16 no no DT 1662 2469 17 natural natural JJ 1662 2469 18 reservoir reservoir NN 1662 2469 19 catchments catchment NNS 1662 2469 20 , , , 1662 2469 21 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 2469 22 disparity disparity NN 1662 2469 23 in in IN 1662 2469 24 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 2469 25 ; ; : 1662 2469 26 sea sea NN 1662 2469 27 water water NN 1662 2469 28 intrusion intrusion NN 1662 2469 29 to to IN 1662 2469 30 island island NNP 1662 2469 31 's 's POS 1662 2469 32 largest large JJS 1662 2469 33 aquifier aquifier NN 1662 2469 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2469 35 ; ; : 1662 2469 36 water water NN 1662 2469 37 pollution pollution NN 1662 2469 38 from from IN 1662 2469 39 sewage sewage NN 1662 2469 40 and and CC 1662 2469 41 industrial industrial JJ 1662 2469 42 wastes waste NNS 1662 2469 43 ; ; , 1662 2469 44 coastal coastal JJ 1662 2469 45 degradation degradation NN 1662 2469 46 ; ; : 1662 2469 47 loss loss NN 1662 2469 48 of of IN 1662 2469 49 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 2469 50 habitats habitat NNS 1662 2469 51 from from IN 1662 2469 52 urbanization urbanization NN 1662 2469 53 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2469 54 - - HYPH 1662 2469 55 international international JJ 1662 2469 56 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2469 57 : : : 1662 2469 58 party party NN 1662 2469 59 to to TO 1662 2469 60 : : : 1662 2469 61 Air Air NNP 1662 2469 62 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2469 63 , , , 1662 2469 64 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 2469 65 , , , 1662 2469 66 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2469 67 Species Species NNPS 1662 2469 68 , , , 1662 2469 69 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 2469 70 Modification Modification NNP 1662 2469 71 , , , 1662 2469 72 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 2469 73 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 2469 74 , , , 1662 2469 75 Law Law NNP 1662 2469 76 of of IN 1662 2469 77 the the DT 1662 2469 78 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2469 79 , , , 1662 2469 80 Marine Marine NNP 1662 2469 81 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 2469 82 , , , 1662 2469 83 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 2469 84 Test Test NNP 1662 2469 85 Ban Ban NNP 1662 2469 86 , , , 1662 2469 87 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2469 88 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2469 89 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2469 90 , , , 1662 2469 91 Ship Ship NNP 1662 2469 92 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2469 93 , , , 1662 2469 94 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 2469 95 signed sign VBD 1662 2469 96 , , , 1662 2469 97 but but CC 1662 2469 98 not not RB 1662 2469 99 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2469 100 : : : 1662 2469 101 Climate climate NN 1662 2469 102 Change change NN 1662 2469 103 @Cyprus @Cyprus NNP 1662 2469 104 : : : 1662 2469 105 People People NNP 1662 2469 106 Population Population NNP 1662 2469 107 : : : 1662 2469 108 752,808 752,808 CD 1662 2469 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2469 110 July July NNP 1662 2469 111 1997 1997 CD 1662 2469 112 est est NNP 1662 2469 113 . . . 1662 2469 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2470 1 Age age NN 1662 2470 2 structure structure NN 1662 2470 3 : : : 1662 2470 4 0 0 CD 1662 2470 5 - - HYPH 1662 2470 6 14 14 CD 1662 2470 7 years year NNS 1662 2470 8 : : : 1662 2470 9 25 25 CD 1662 2470 10 % % NN 1662 2470 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2470 12 male male JJ 1662 2470 13 96,924 96,924 CD 1662 2470 14 ; ; : 1662 2470 15 female female JJ 1662 2470 16 91,833 91,833 CD 1662 2470 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2470 18 15 15 CD 1662 2470 19 - - SYM 1662 2470 20 64 64 CD 1662 2470 21 years year NNS 1662 2470 22 : : : 1662 2470 23 65 65 CD 1662 2470 24 % % NN 1662 2470 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2470 26 male male JJ 1662 2470 27 244,821 244,821 CD 1662 2470 28 ; ; : 1662 2470 29 female female JJ 1662 2470 30 241,580 241,580 CD 1662 2470 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2470 32 65 65 CD 1662 2470 33 years year NNS 1662 2470 34 and and CC 1662 2470 35 over over IN 1662 2470 36 : : : 1662 2470 37 10 10 CD 1662 2470 38 % % NN 1662 2470 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2470 40 male male NN 1662 2470 41 33,858 33,858 CD 1662 2470 42 ; ; : 1662 2470 43 female female JJ 1662 2470 44 43,792 43,792 CD 1662 2470 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2470 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2470 47 July July NNP 1662 2470 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2470 49 est est NNP 1662 2470 50 . . . 1662 2470 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2471 1 Population population NN 1662 2471 2 growth growth NN 1662 2471 3 rate rate NN 1662 2471 4 : : : 1662 2471 5 1.08 1.08 CD 1662 2471 6 % % NN 1662 2471 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2471 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2471 9 est est NNP 1662 2471 10 . . . 1662 2471 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2472 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2472 2 rate rate NN 1662 2472 3 : : : 1662 2472 4 15.04 15.04 CD 1662 2472 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 2472 6 population population NN 1662 2472 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2472 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2472 9 est est NNP 1662 2472 10 . . . 1662 2472 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2473 1 Death death NN 1662 2473 2 rate rate NN 1662 2473 3 : : : 1662 2473 4 7.58 7.58 CD 1662 2473 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2473 6 population population NN 1662 2473 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2473 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2473 9 est est NNP 1662 2473 10 . . . 1662 2473 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2474 1 Net net JJ 1662 2474 2 migration migration NN 1662 2474 3 rate rate NN 1662 2474 4 : : : 1662 2474 5 3.34 3.34 CD 1662 2474 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 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CD 1662 2475 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2475 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2475 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2475 36 est e JJS 1662 2475 37 . . . 1662 2475 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2476 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2476 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2476 3 rate rate NN 1662 2476 4 : : : 1662 2476 5 8.2 8.2 CD 1662 2476 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2476 7 live live JJ 1662 2476 8 births birth NNS 1662 2476 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2476 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2476 11 est est NNP 1662 2476 12 . . . 1662 2476 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2477 1 Life life NN 1662 2477 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2477 3 at at IN 1662 2477 4 birth birth NN 1662 2477 5 : : : 1662 2477 6 total total JJ 1662 2477 7 population population NN 1662 2477 8 : : : 1662 2477 9 76.54 76.54 CD 1662 2477 10 years year NNS 1662 2477 11 male male JJ 1662 2477 12 : : : 1662 2477 13 74.38 74.38 CD 1662 2477 14 years year NNS 1662 2477 15 female female JJ 1662 2477 16 : : : 1662 2477 17 78.81 78.81 CD 1662 2477 18 years year NNS 1662 2477 19 ( ( -LRB- 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NNP 1662 2501 286 , , , 1662 2501 287 1996 1996 CD 1662 2501 288 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2501 289 ; ; : 1662 2501 290 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2501 291 : : : 1662 2501 292 food food NN 1662 2501 293 , , , 1662 2501 294 minerals mineral NNS 1662 2501 295 , , , 1662 2501 296 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 2501 297 , , , 1662 2501 298 machinery machinery NN 1662 2501 299 partners partner NNS 1662 2501 300 : : : 1662 2501 301 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 2501 302 53 53 CD 1662 2501 303 % % NN 1662 2501 304 , , , 1662 2501 305 UK UK NNP 1662 2501 306 13 13 CD 1662 2501 307 % % NN 1662 2501 308 Debt debt NN 1662 2501 309 - - HYPH 1662 2501 310 external external JJ 1662 2501 311 : : : 1662 2501 312 Greek greek JJ 1662 2501 313 area area NN 1662 2501 314 : : : 1662 2501 315 $ $ $ 1662 2501 316 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 2501 317 billion billion CD 1662 2501 318 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2501 319 1996 1996 CD 1662 2501 320 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2501 321 Economic economic JJ 1662 2501 322 aid aid NN 1662 2501 323 : : : 1662 2501 324 Greek greek JJ 1662 2501 325 area area NN 1662 2501 326 : : : 1662 2501 327 recipient recipient NN 1662 2501 328 - - : 1662 2501 329 $ $ $ 1662 2501 330 700 700 CD 1662 2501 331 million million CD 1662 2501 332 with with IN 1662 2501 333 amount amount NN 1662 2501 334 declining decline VBG 1662 2501 335 in in IN 1662 2501 336 recent recent JJ 1662 2501 337 years year NNS 1662 2501 338 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2501 339 1974 1974 CD 1662 2501 340 - - SYM 1662 2501 341 96 96 CD 1662 2501 342 est est NN 1662 2501 343 . . . 1662 2502 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2502 2 ; ; : 1662 2502 3 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 2502 4 area area NN 1662 2502 5 : : : 1662 2502 6 recipient recipient NN 1662 2502 7 - - : 1662 2502 8 $ $ $ 1662 2502 9 400 400 CD 1662 2502 10 million million CD 1662 2502 11 from from IN 1662 2502 12 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 2502 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2502 14 1977 1977 CD 1662 2502 15 - - SYM 1662 2502 16 96 96 CD 1662 2502 17 est est NN 1662 2502 18 . . . 1662 2502 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2503 1 Currency currency NN 1662 2503 2 : : : 1662 2503 3 1 1 CD 1662 2503 4 Cypriot cypriot JJ 1662 2503 5 pound pound NN 1662 2503 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2503 7 £C £C NNP 1662 2503 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2503 9 = = NFP 1662 2503 10 100 100 CD 1662 2503 11 cents cent NNS 1662 2503 12 ; ; : 1662 2503 13 1 1 CD 1662 2503 14 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 2503 15 lira lira NN 1662 2503 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2503 17 TL TL NNP 1662 2503 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2503 19 = = NFP 1662 2503 20 100 100 CD 1662 2503 21 kurus kurus NN 1662 2503 22 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2503 23 rates rate NNS 1662 2503 24 : : : 1662 2503 25 Cypriot cypriot JJ 1662 2503 26 pounds pound NNS 1662 2503 27 per per IN 1662 2503 28 US1 US1 NNP 1662 2503 29 $ $ $ 1662 2503 30 - - HYPH 1662 2503 31 0.4816 0.4816 CD 1662 2503 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2503 33 January January NNP 1662 2503 34 1997 1997 CD 1662 2503 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2503 36 , , , 1662 2503 37 0.4663 0.4663 CD 1662 2503 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2503 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 2503 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2503 41 , , , 1662 2503 42 0.4522 0.4522 CD 1662 2503 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2503 44 1995 1995 CD 1662 2503 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2503 46 , , , 1662 2503 47 0.4915 0.4915 CD 1662 2503 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2503 49 1994 1994 CD 1662 2503 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2503 51 , , , 1662 2503 52 0.4970 0.4970 CD 1662 2503 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2503 54 1993 1993 CD 1662 2503 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2503 56 , , , 1662 2503 57 0.4502 0.4502 NNP 1662 2503 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2503 59 1992 1992 CD 1662 2503 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2503 61 ; ; : 1662 2503 62 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 2503 63 liras lira NNS 1662 2503 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2503 65 TL TL NNP 1662 2503 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2503 67 per per IN 1662 2503 68 US$ us$ $ 1662 2503 69 1 1 CD 1662 2503 70 - - SYM 1662 2503 71 112,019 112,019 CD 1662 2503 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2503 73 January January NNP 1662 2503 74 1997 1997 CD 1662 2503 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2503 76 , , , 1662 2503 77 81,405 81,405 CD 1662 2503 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2503 79 1996 1996 CD 1662 2503 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2503 81 , , , 1662 2503 82 45,845.1 45,845.1 CD 1662 2503 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2503 84 1995 1995 CD 1662 2503 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2503 86 , , , 1662 2503 87 29,608.7 29,608.7 CD 1662 2503 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2503 89 1994 1994 CD 1662 2503 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2503 91 , , , 1662 2503 92 10,984.6 10,984.6 CD 1662 2503 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2503 94 1993 1993 CD 1662 2503 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2503 96 , , , 1662 2503 97 6,872.4 6,872.4 CD 1662 2503 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2503 99 1992 1992 CD 1662 2503 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2503 101 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2503 102 year year NN 1662 2503 103 : : : 1662 2503 104 calendar calendar NNP 1662 2503 105 year year NN 1662 2503 106 @Cyprus @Cyprus NNP 1662 2503 107 : : : 1662 2503 108 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 2503 109 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 2503 110 : : : 1662 2503 111 Greek greek JJ 1662 2503 112 area area NN 1662 2503 113 : : : 1662 2503 114 367,000 367,000 CD 1662 2503 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2503 116 1996 1996 CD 1662 2503 117 est est VBD 1662 2503 118 . . . 1662 2504 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2504 2 ; ; : 1662 2504 3 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 2504 4 area area NN 1662 2504 5 : : : 1662 2504 6 80,000 80,000 CD 1662 2504 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2504 8 1996 1996 CD 1662 2504 9 est est NNP 1662 2504 10 . . . 1662 2504 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2505 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2505 2 system system NN 1662 2505 3 : : : 1662 2505 4 excellent excellent JJ 1662 2505 5 in in IN 1662 2505 6 both both DT 1662 2505 7 the the DT 1662 2505 8 Greek greek JJ 1662 2505 9 and and CC 1662 2505 10 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 2505 11 areas area NNS 1662 2505 12 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2505 13 : : : 1662 2505 14 open open JJ 1662 2505 15 wire wire NN 1662 2505 16 , , , 1662 2505 17 fiber fiber NN 1662 2505 18 - - HYPH 1662 2505 19 optic optic NN 1662 2505 20 cable cable NN 1662 2505 21 , , , 1662 2505 22 and and CC 1662 2505 23 microwave microwave VB 1662 2505 24 radio radio NN 1662 2505 25 relay relay NN 1662 2505 26 international international JJ 1662 2505 27 : : : 1662 2505 28 tropospheric tropospheric NN 1662 2505 29 scatter scatter NN 1662 2505 30 ; ; : 1662 2505 31 3 3 CD 1662 2505 32 coaxial coaxial NN 1662 2505 33 and and CC 1662 2505 34 5 5 CD 1662 2505 35 fiber fiber NN 1662 2505 36 - - HYPH 1662 2505 37 optic optic NN 1662 2505 38 submarine submarine NN 1662 2505 39 cables cable NNS 1662 2505 40 ; ; : 1662 2505 41 satellite satellite NN 1662 2505 42 earth earth NN 1662 2505 43 stations station NNS 1662 2505 44 - - , 1662 2505 45 3 3 CD 1662 2505 46 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2505 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2505 48 1 1 CD 1662 2505 49 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2505 50 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2505 51 and and CC 1662 2505 52 2 2 CD 1662 2505 53 Indian Indian NNP 1662 2505 54 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2505 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2505 56 , , , 1662 2505 57 2 2 CD 1662 2505 58 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNP 1662 2505 59 , , , 1662 2505 60 2 2 CD 1662 2505 61 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 2505 62 , , , 1662 2505 63 and and CC 1662 2505 64 1 1 CD 1662 2505 65 Arabsat Arabsat NNP 1662 2505 66 Radio Radio NNP 1662 2505 67 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2505 68 stations station NNS 1662 2505 69 : : : 1662 2505 70 Greek greek JJ 1662 2505 71 area area NN 1662 2505 72 : : : 1662 2505 73 AM AM NNP 1662 2505 74 4 4 CD 1662 2505 75 , , , 1662 2505 76 FM FM NNP 1662 2505 77 36 36 CD 1662 2505 78 , , , 1662 2505 79 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 2505 80 1 1 CD 1662 2505 81 , , , 1662 2505 82 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 2505 83 area area NN 1662 2505 84 : : : 1662 2505 85 AM AM NNP 1662 2505 86 2 2 CD 1662 2505 87 , , , 1662 2505 88 FM FM NNP 1662 2505 89 6 6 CD 1662 2505 90 , , , 1662 2505 91 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2505 92 0 0 CD 1662 2505 93 Radios radio NNS 1662 2505 94 : : : 1662 2505 95 Greek greek JJ 1662 2505 96 area area NN 1662 2505 97 : : : 1662 2505 98 500,000 500,000 CD 1662 2505 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2505 100 1996 1996 CD 1662 2505 101 est est NNP 1662 2505 102 . . . 1662 2506 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2506 2 ; ; : 1662 2506 3 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 2506 4 area area NN 1662 2506 5 : : : 1662 2506 6 130,000 130,000 CD 1662 2506 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2506 8 1996 1996 CD 1662 2506 9 est est NNP 1662 2506 10 . . . 1662 2506 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2507 1 Television television NN 1662 2507 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2507 3 stations station NNS 1662 2507 4 : : : 1662 2507 5 Greek greek JJ 1662 2507 6 area area NN 1662 2507 7 : : : 1662 2507 8 8 8 CD 1662 2507 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2507 10 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 2507 11 34 34 CD 1662 2507 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2507 13 ; ; : 1662 2507 14 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 2507 15 area area NN 1662 2507 16 : : : 1662 2507 17 2 2 CD 1662 2507 18 Televisions television NNS 1662 2507 19 : : : 1662 2507 20 Greek greek JJ 1662 2507 21 area area NN 1662 2507 22 : : : 1662 2507 23 300,000 300,000 CD 1662 2507 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2507 25 1996 1996 CD 1662 2507 26 est est NNP 1662 2507 27 . . . 1662 2508 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2508 2 ; ; : 1662 2508 3 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 2508 4 area area NN 1662 2508 5 : : : 1662 2508 6 90,000 90,000 CD 1662 2508 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2508 8 1996 1996 CD 1662 2508 9 est est NNP 1662 2508 10 . . . 1662 2508 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2509 1 @Cyprus @Cyprus NNP 1662 2509 2 : : : 1662 2509 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2509 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2509 5 : : : 1662 2509 6 0 0 LS 1662 2509 7 km km NN 1662 2509 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 2509 9 : : : 1662 2509 10 total total NN 1662 2509 11 : : : 1662 2509 12 Greek greek JJ 1662 2509 13 area area NN 1662 2509 14 : : : 1662 2509 15 10,150 10,150 CD 1662 2509 16 km km NN 1662 2509 17 ; ; : 1662 2509 18 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 2509 19 area area NN 1662 2509 20 : : : 1662 2509 21 2,350 2,350 CD 1662 2509 22 km km NN 1662 2509 23 paved pave VBN 1662 2509 24 : : : 1662 2509 25 Greek greek JJ 1662 2509 26 area area NN 1662 2509 27 : : : 1662 2509 28 5,781 5,781 CD 1662 2509 29 km km NN 1662 2509 30 ; ; : 1662 2509 31 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 2509 32 area area NN 1662 2509 33 : : : 1662 2509 34 1,370 1,370 CD 1662 2509 35 km km NNS 1662 2509 36 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2509 37 : : : 1662 2509 38 Greek greek JJ 1662 2509 39 area area NN 1662 2509 40 : : : 1662 2509 41 4,369 4,369 CD 1662 2509 42 km km NN 1662 2509 43 ; ; : 1662 2509 44 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 2509 45 area area NN 1662 2509 46 : : : 1662 2509 47 980 980 CD 1662 2509 48 km km NN 1662 2509 49 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 2509 50 and and CC 1662 2509 51 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2509 52 : : : 1662 2509 53 Famagusta Famagusta NNP 1662 2509 54 , , , 1662 2509 55 Kyrenia Kyrenia NNP 1662 2509 56 , , , 1662 2509 57 Larnaca Larnaca NNP 1662 2509 58 , , , 1662 2509 59 Limassol Limassol NNP 1662 2509 60 , , , 1662 2509 61 Vasilikos Vasilikos NNP 1662 2509 62 Bay Bay NNP 1662 2509 63 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2509 64 marine marine NN 1662 2509 65 : : : 1662 2509 66 total total NN 1662 2509 67 : : : 1662 2509 68 1,520 1,520 CD 1662 2509 69 ships ship NNS 1662 2509 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2509 71 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2509 72 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2509 73 or or CC 1662 2509 74 over over RB 1662 2509 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2509 76 totaling total VBG 1662 2509 77 24,234,821 24,234,821 CD 1662 2509 78 GRT/40,170,562 GRT/40,170,562 , 1662 2509 79 DWT DWT NNP 1662 2509 80 ships ship NNS 1662 2509 81 by by IN 1662 2509 82 type type NN 1662 2509 83 : : : 1662 2509 84 bulk bulk NNP 1662 2509 85 486 486 CD 1662 2509 86 , , , 1662 2509 87 cargo cargo NN 1662 2509 88 562 562 CD 1662 2509 89 , , , 1662 2509 90 chemical chemical NN 1662 2509 91 tanker tanker NN 1662 2509 92 26 26 CD 1662 2509 93 , , , 1662 2509 94 combination combination NN 1662 2509 95 bulk bulk NN 1662 2509 96 50 50 CD 1662 2509 97 , , , 1662 2509 98 combination combination NN 1662 2509 99 ore ore NN 1662 2509 100 / / SYM 1662 2509 101 oil oil NN 1662 2509 102 19 19 CD 1662 2509 103 , , , 1662 2509 104 container container NN 1662 2509 105 119 119 CD 1662 2509 106 , , , 1662 2509 107 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 2509 108 gas gas NN 1662 2509 109 tanker tanker NN 1662 2509 110 3 3 CD 1662 2509 111 , , , 1662 2509 112 oil oil NN 1662 2509 113 tanker tanker NN 1662 2509 114 142 142 CD 1662 2509 115 , , , 1662 2509 116 passenger passenger NN 1662 2509 117 7 7 CD 1662 2509 118 , , , 1662 2509 119 passenger passenger NN 1662 2509 120 - - HYPH 1662 2509 121 cargo cargo NN 1662 2509 122 1 1 CD 1662 2509 123 , , , 1662 2509 124 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 2509 125 cargo cargo NN 1662 2509 126 50 50 CD 1662 2509 127 , , , 1662 2509 128 roll roll NN 1662 2509 129 - - HYPH 1662 2509 130 on on IN 1662 2509 131 / / SYM 1662 2509 132 roll roll NN 1662 2509 133 - - HYPH 1662 2509 134 off off RP 1662 2509 135 cargo cargo NN 1662 2509 136 32 32 CD 1662 2509 137 , , , 1662 2509 138 short short JJ 1662 2509 139 - - HYPH 1662 2509 140 sea sea NN 1662 2509 141 passenger passenger NN 1662 2509 142 17 17 CD 1662 2509 143 , , , 1662 2509 144 specialized specialized NNP 1662 2509 145 tanker tanker NN 1662 2509 146 4 4 CD 1662 2509 147 , , , 1662 2509 148 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 2509 149 carrier carrier NN 1662 2509 150 2 2 CD 1662 2509 151 note note NN 1662 2509 152 : : : 1662 2509 153 a a DT 1662 2509 154 flag flag NN 1662 2509 155 of of IN 1662 2509 156 convenience convenience NN 1662 2509 157 registry registry NN 1662 2509 158 ; ; : 1662 2509 159 includes include VBZ 1662 2509 160 ships ship NNS 1662 2509 161 from from IN 1662 2509 162 49 49 CD 1662 2509 163 countries country NNS 1662 2509 164 among among IN 1662 2509 165 which which WDT 1662 2509 166 are be VBP 1662 2509 167 Greece Greece NNP 1662 2509 168 723 723 CD 1662 2509 169 , , , 1662 2509 170 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2509 171 172 172 CD 1662 2509 172 , , , 1662 2509 173 Russia Russia NNP 1662 2509 174 45 45 CD 1662 2509 175 , , , 1662 2509 176 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 2509 177 32 32 CD 1662 2509 178 , , , 1662 2509 179 Japan Japan NNP 1662 2509 180 30 30 CD 1662 2509 181 , , , 1662 2509 182 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 2509 183 26 26 CD 1662 2509 184 , , , 1662 2509 185 Cuba Cuba NNP 1662 2509 186 26 26 CD 1662 2509 187 , , , 1662 2509 188 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 2509 189 17 17 CD 1662 2509 190 , , , 1662 2509 191 UK UK NNP 1662 2509 192 15 15 CD 1662 2509 193 , , , 1662 2509 194 and and CC 1662 2509 195 US US NNP 1662 2509 196 14 14 CD 1662 2509 197 ; ; : 1662 2509 198 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 2509 199 owns own VBZ 1662 2509 200 71 71 CD 1662 2509 201 additional additional JJ 1662 2509 202 ships ship NNS 1662 2509 203 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2509 204 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2509 205 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2509 206 or or CC 1662 2509 207 over over RB 1662 2509 208 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2509 209 totaling total VBG 1662 2509 210 2,491,740 2,491,740 CD 1662 2509 211 DWT dwt NN 1662 2509 212 that that WDT 1662 2509 213 operate operate VBP 1662 2509 214 under under IN 1662 2509 215 the the DT 1662 2509 216 registries registry NNS 1662 2509 217 of of IN 1662 2509 218 Antigua Antigua NNP 1662 2509 219 and and CC 1662 2509 220 Barbuda Barbuda NNP 1662 2509 221 , , , 1662 2509 222 The the DT 1662 2509 223 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 2509 224 , , , 1662 2509 225 Hong Hong NNP 1662 2509 226 Kong Kong NNP 1662 2509 227 , , , 1662 2509 228 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 2509 229 , , , 1662 2509 230 Malta Malta NNP 1662 2509 231 , , , 1662 2509 232 Panama Panama NNP 1662 2509 233 , , , 1662 2509 234 Syria Syria NNP 1662 2509 235 , , , 1662 2509 236 and and CC 1662 2509 237 UK UK NNP 1662 2509 238 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2509 239 1996 1996 CD 1662 2509 240 est est NNP 1662 2509 241 . . . 1662 2509 242 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2510 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2510 2 : : : 1662 2510 3 15 15 CD 1662 2510 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2510 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2510 6 est est NNP 1662 2510 7 . . . 1662 2510 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2511 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2511 2 - - , 1662 2511 3 with with IN 1662 2511 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2511 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2511 6 : : : 1662 2511 7 total total NN 1662 2511 8 : : : 1662 2511 9 14 14 CD 1662 2511 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2511 11 to to IN 1662 2511 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2511 13 m m NN 1662 2511 14 : : : 1662 2511 15 8 8 CD 1662 2511 16 914 914 CD 1662 2511 17 to to TO 1662 2511 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2511 19 m m NN 1662 2511 20 : : : 1662 2511 21 3 3 CD 1662 2511 22 under under IN 1662 2511 23 914 914 CD 1662 2511 24 m m NN 1662 2511 25 : : : 1662 2511 26 3 3 CD 1662 2511 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2511 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 2511 29 est est NNP 1662 2511 30 . . . 1662 2511 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2512 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2512 2 - - , 1662 2512 3 with with IN 1662 2512 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2512 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2512 6 : : : 1662 2512 7 total total NN 1662 2512 8 : : : 1662 2512 9 1 1 CD 1662 2512 10 914 914 CD 1662 2512 11 to to TO 1662 2512 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2512 13 m m NN 1662 2512 14 : : : 1662 2512 15 1 1 CD 1662 2512 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2512 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 2512 18 est est NNP 1662 2512 19 . . . 1662 2512 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2513 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 2513 2 : : : 1662 2513 3 4 4 CD 1662 2513 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2513 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2513 6 est est NNP 1662 2513 7 . . . 1662 2513 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2514 1 Military military JJ 1662 2514 2 Military military JJ 1662 2514 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2514 4 : : : 1662 2514 5 Greek greek JJ 1662 2514 6 area area NN 1662 2514 7 : : : 1662 2514 8 Greek greek JJ 1662 2514 9 Cypriot Cypriot NNP 1662 2514 10 National National NNP 1662 2514 11 Guard Guard NNP 1662 2514 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2514 13 GCNG GCNG NNP 1662 2514 14 ; ; : 1662 2514 15 includes include VBZ 1662 2514 16 air air NN 1662 2514 17 and and CC 1662 2514 18 naval naval JJ 1662 2514 19 elements element NNS 1662 2514 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2514 21 ; ; : 1662 2514 22 Hellenic Hellenic NNP 1662 2514 23 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 2514 24 Regiment Regiment NNP 1662 2514 25 on on IN 1662 2514 26 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 2514 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2514 28 ELDYK ELDYK NNP 1662 2514 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2514 30 ; ; : 1662 2514 31 Greek greek JJ 1662 2514 32 Cypriot Cypriot NNP 1662 2514 33 Police Police NNPS 1662 2514 34 ; ; : 1662 2514 35 , , , 1662 2514 36 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 2514 37 area area NN 1662 2514 38 : : : 1662 2514 39 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 2514 40 Cypriot Cypriot NNP 1662 2514 41 Security Security NNP 1662 2514 42 Force Force NNP 1662 2514 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2514 44 TCSF TCSF NNP 1662 2514 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2514 46 , , , 1662 2514 47 Turkish Turkish NNP 1662 2514 48 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 2514 49 Regiment Regiment NNP 1662 2514 50 on on IN 1662 2514 51 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 2514 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2514 53 KTKA KTKA NNP 1662 2514 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2514 55 , , , 1662 2514 56 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 2514 57 mainland mainland NN 1662 2514 58 army army NN 1662 2514 59 units unit NNS 1662 2514 60 Military Military NNP 1662 2514 61 manpower manpower NN 1662 2514 62 - - HYPH 1662 2514 63 military military NN 1662 2514 64 age age NN 1662 2514 65 : : : 1662 2514 66 18 18 CD 1662 2514 67 years year NNS 1662 2514 68 of of IN 1662 2514 69 age age NN 1662 2514 70 Military military JJ 1662 2514 71 manpower manpower NN 1662 2514 72 - - HYPH 1662 2514 73 availability availability NN 1662 2514 74 : : : 1662 2514 75 males male NNS 1662 2514 76 age age NNP 1662 2514 77 15 15 CD 1662 2514 78 - - HYPH 1662 2514 79 49 49 CD 1662 2514 80 : : : 1662 2514 81 192,593 192,593 CD 1662 2514 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2514 83 1997 1997 CD 1662 2514 84 est est NNP 1662 2514 85 . . . 1662 2514 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2515 1 Military military JJ 1662 2515 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2515 3 - - HYPH 1662 2515 4 fit fit NN 1662 2515 5 for for IN 1662 2515 6 military military JJ 1662 2515 7 service service NN 1662 2515 8 : : : 1662 2515 9 males male NNS 1662 2515 10 : : : 1662 2515 11 132,412 132,412 CD 1662 2515 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2515 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2515 14 est est NNP 1662 2515 15 . . . 1662 2515 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2516 1 Military military JJ 1662 2516 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2516 3 - - HYPH 1662 2516 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 2516 5 military military JJ 1662 2516 6 age age NN 1662 2516 7 annually annually RB 1662 2516 8 : : : 1662 2516 9 males male NNS 1662 2516 10 : : : 1662 2516 11 6,038 6,038 CD 1662 2516 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2516 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2516 14 est est NNP 1662 2516 15 . . . 1662 2516 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2517 1 Military military JJ 1662 2517 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2517 3 - - HYPH 1662 2517 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2517 5 figure figure NN 1662 2517 6 : : : 1662 2517 7 $ $ $ 1662 2517 8 405 405 CD 1662 2517 9 million million CD 1662 2517 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2517 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 2517 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2517 13 Military military JJ 1662 2517 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2517 15 - - : 1662 2517 16 percent percent NN 1662 2517 17 of of IN 1662 2517 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2517 19 : : : 1662 2517 20 5.4 5.4 CD 1662 2517 21 % % NN 1662 2517 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2517 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2517 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2517 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2517 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2517 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2517 28 - - HYPH 1662 2517 29 international international JJ 1662 2517 30 : : : 1662 2517 31 1974 1974 CD 1662 2517 32 hostilities hostility NNS 1662 2517 33 divided divide VBD 1662 2517 34 the the DT 1662 2517 35 island island NN 1662 2517 36 into into IN 1662 2517 37 two two CD 1662 2517 38 de de FW 1662 2517 39 facto facto FW 1662 2517 40 autonomous autonomous JJ 1662 2517 41 areas area NNS 1662 2517 42 , , , 1662 2517 43 a a DT 1662 2517 44 Greek greek JJ 1662 2517 45 area area NN 1662 2517 46 controlled control VBN 1662 2517 47 by by IN 1662 2517 48 the the DT 1662 2517 49 Cypriot Cypriot NNP 1662 2517 50 Government Government NNP 1662 2517 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2517 52 59 59 CD 1662 2517 53 % % NN 1662 2517 54 of of IN 1662 2517 55 the the DT 1662 2517 56 island island NN 1662 2517 57 's 's POS 1662 2517 58 land land NN 1662 2517 59 area area NN 1662 2517 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2517 61 and and CC 1662 2517 62 a a DT 1662 2517 63 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 2517 64 - - HYPH 1662 2517 65 Cypriot cypriot NN 1662 2517 66 area area NN 1662 2517 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2517 68 37 37 CD 1662 2517 69 % % NN 1662 2517 70 of of IN 1662 2517 71 the the DT 1662 2517 72 island island NN 1662 2517 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2517 74 , , , 1662 2517 75 that that WDT 1662 2517 76 are be VBP 1662 2517 77 separated separate VBN 1662 2517 78 by by IN 1662 2517 79 a a DT 1662 2517 80 UN UN NNP 1662 2517 81 buffer buffer NN 1662 2517 82 zone zone NN 1662 2517 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2517 84 4 4 CD 1662 2517 85 % % NN 1662 2517 86 of of IN 1662 2517 87 the the DT 1662 2517 88 island island NN 1662 2517 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2517 90 ; ; : 1662 2517 91 there there EX 1662 2517 92 are be VBP 1662 2517 93 two two CD 1662 2517 94 UK UK NNP 1662 2517 95 sovereign sovereign JJ 1662 2517 96 base base NN 1662 2517 97 areas area NNS 1662 2517 98 within within IN 1662 2517 99 the the DT 1662 2517 100 Greek Greek NNP 1662 2517 101 Cypriot Cypriot NNP 1662 2517 102 portion portion NN 1662 2517 103 of of IN 1662 2517 104 the the DT 1662 2517 105 island island NN 1662 2517 106 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 2517 107 drugs drug VBZ 1662 2517 108 : : : 1662 2517 109 transit transit NN 1662 2517 110 point point NN 1662 2517 111 for for IN 1662 2517 112 heroin heroin NN 1662 2517 113 and and CC 1662 2517 114 hashish hashish NN 1662 2517 115 via via IN 1662 2517 116 air air NN 1662 2517 117 routes route NNS 1662 2517 118 and and CC 1662 2517 119 container container NN 1662 2517 120 traffic traffic NN 1662 2517 121 to to IN 1662 2517 122 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2517 123 , , , 1662 2517 124 especially especially RB 1662 2517 125 from from IN 1662 2517 126 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 1662 2517 127 and and CC 1662 2517 128 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 2517 129 ; ; : 1662 2517 130 some some DT 1662 2517 131 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 2517 132 transits transit NNS 1662 2517 133 as as RB 1662 2517 134 well well RB 1662 2517 135 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 136 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 137 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 138 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 139 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 140 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 141 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 142 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 143 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 144 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 145 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 146 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 147 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 148 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 149 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 150 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 151 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 152 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 153 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 154 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 155 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 156 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 157 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 158 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 159 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 160 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 161 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 162 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 163 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 164 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 165 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 166 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 167 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 168 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 169 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 170 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 171 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 172 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 173 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 174 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 175 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 176 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 177 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 178 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 179 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 180 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 181 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 182 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 183 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 184 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 185 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 186 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 187 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 188 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 189 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 190 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 191 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 192 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 193 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 194 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 195 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 196 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 197 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 198 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 199 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 200 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 201 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 202 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 203 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 204 _ _ NNP 1662 2517 205 CZECH CZECH NNP 1662 2517 206 REPUBLIC REPUBLIC NNP 1662 2517 207 @Czech @Czech NNP 1662 2517 208 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2517 209 : : : 1662 2517 210 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2517 211 Location Location NNP 1662 2517 212 : : : 1662 2517 213 Central Central NNP 1662 2517 214 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2517 215 , , , 1662 2517 216 southeast southeast NN 1662 2517 217 of of IN 1662 2517 218 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2517 219 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2517 220 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2517 221 : : : 1662 2517 222 49 49 CD 1662 2517 223 45 45 CD 1662 2517 224 N n CD 1662 2517 225 , , , 1662 2517 226 15 15 CD 1662 2517 227 30 30 CD 1662 2517 228 E e NN 1662 2517 229 Map Map NNP 1662 2517 230 references reference NNS 1662 2517 231 : : : 1662 2517 232 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2517 233 Area Area NNP 1662 2517 234 : : : 1662 2517 235 total total NN 1662 2517 236 : : : 1662 2517 237 78,703 78,703 CD 1662 2517 238 sq sq NN 1662 2517 239 km km NNP 1662 2517 240 land land NN 1662 2517 241 : : : 1662 2517 242 78,645 78,645 CD 1662 2517 243 sq sq NNP 1662 2517 244 km km NNP 1662 2517 245 water water NN 1662 2517 246 : : : 1662 2517 247 58 58 CD 1662 2517 248 sq sq NN 1662 2517 249 km km NNP 1662 2517 250 Area area NN 1662 2517 251 - - HYPH 1662 2517 252 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2517 253 : : : 1662 2517 254 slightly slightly RB 1662 2517 255 smaller small JJR 1662 2517 256 than than IN 1662 2517 257 South South NNP 1662 2517 258 Carolina Carolina NNP 1662 2517 259 Land Land NNP 1662 2517 260 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2517 261 : : : 1662 2517 262 total total JJ 1662 2517 263 : : : 1662 2517 264 1,881 1,881 CD 1662 2517 265 km km NN 1662 2517 266 border border NN 1662 2517 267 countries country NNS 1662 2517 268 : : : 1662 2517 269 Austria Austria NNP 1662 2517 270 362 362 CD 1662 2517 271 km km NN 1662 2517 272 , , , 1662 2517 273 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2517 274 646 646 CD 1662 2517 275 km km NNS 1662 2517 276 , , , 1662 2517 277 Poland Poland NNP 1662 2517 278 658 658 CD 1662 2517 279 km km NNS 1662 2517 280 , , , 1662 2517 281 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 2517 282 215 215 CD 1662 2517 283 km km NN 1662 2517 284 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2517 285 : : : 1662 2517 286 0 0 CD 1662 2517 287 km km NN 1662 2517 288 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2517 289 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 2517 290 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2517 291 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2517 292 claims claim VBZ 1662 2517 293 : : : 1662 2517 294 none none NN 1662 2517 295 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2517 296 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 2517 297 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2517 298 Climate climate NN 1662 2517 299 : : : 1662 2517 300 temperate temperate VB 1662 2517 301 ; ; : 1662 2517 302 cool cool JJ 1662 2517 303 summers summer NNS 1662 2517 304 ; ; : 1662 2517 305 cold cold JJ 1662 2517 306 , , , 1662 2517 307 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 2517 308 , , , 1662 2517 309 humid humid JJ 1662 2517 310 winters winter NNS 1662 2517 311 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2517 312 : : : 1662 2517 313 Bohemia Bohemia NNP 1662 2517 314 in in IN 1662 2517 315 the the DT 1662 2517 316 west west NNP 1662 2517 317 consists consist VBZ 1662 2517 318 of of IN 1662 2517 319 rolling rolling JJ 1662 2517 320 plains plain NNS 1662 2517 321 , , , 1662 2517 322 hills hill NNS 1662 2517 323 , , , 1662 2517 324 and and CC 1662 2517 325 plateaus plateaus NN 1662 2517 326 surrounded surround VBN 1662 2517 327 by by IN 1662 2517 328 low low JJ 1662 2517 329 mountains mountain NNS 1662 2517 330 ; ; : 1662 2517 331 Moravia Moravia NNP 1662 2517 332 in in IN 1662 2517 333 the the DT 1662 2517 334 east east NN 1662 2517 335 consists consist VBZ 1662 2517 336 of of IN 1662 2517 337 very very RB 1662 2517 338 hilly hilly RB 1662 2517 339 country country NN 1662 2517 340 Elevation elevation NN 1662 2517 341 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2517 342 : : : 1662 2517 343 lowest low JJS 1662 2517 344 point point NN 1662 2517 345 : : : 1662 2517 346 Elbe Elbe NNP 1662 2517 347 River River NNP 1662 2517 348 115 115 CD 1662 2517 349 m m DT 1662 2517 350 highest high JJS 1662 2517 351 point point NN 1662 2517 352 : : : 1662 2517 353 Snezka Snezka NNP 1662 2517 354 1,602 1,602 CD 1662 2517 355 m m NNP 1662 2517 356 Natural natural JJ 1662 2517 357 resources resource NNS 1662 2517 358 : : : 1662 2517 359 hard hard JJ 1662 2517 360 coal coal NN 1662 2517 361 , , , 1662 2517 362 soft soft JJ 1662 2517 363 coal coal NN 1662 2517 364 , , , 1662 2517 365 kaolin kaolin NNP 1662 2517 366 , , , 1662 2517 367 clay clay NN 1662 2517 368 , , , 1662 2517 369 graphite graphite NN 1662 2517 370 Land Land NNP 1662 2517 371 use use NN 1662 2517 372 : : : 1662 2517 373 arable arable JJ 1662 2517 374 land land NN 1662 2517 375 : : : 1662 2517 376 41 41 CD 1662 2517 377 % % NN 1662 2517 378 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2517 379 crops crop NNS 1662 2517 380 : : : 1662 2517 381 2 2 CD 1662 2517 382 % % NN 1662 2517 383 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2517 384 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2517 385 : : : 1662 2517 386 11 11 CD 1662 2517 387 % % NN 1662 2517 388 forests forest NNS 1662 2517 389 and and CC 1662 2517 390 woodland woodland JJ 1662 2517 391 : : : 1662 2517 392 34 34 CD 1662 2517 393 % % NN 1662 2517 394 other other JJ 1662 2517 395 : : : 1662 2517 396 12 12 CD 1662 2517 397 % % NN 1662 2517 398 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2517 399 1993 1993 CD 1662 2517 400 est est NNP 1662 2517 401 . . . 1662 2517 402 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2518 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2518 2 land land NN 1662 2518 3 : : : 1662 2518 4 240 240 CD 1662 2518 5 sq sq IN 1662 2518 6 km km NNP 1662 2518 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2518 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2518 9 est est NNP 1662 2518 10 . . . 1662 2518 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2519 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2519 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2519 3 : : : 1662 2519 4 NA NA NNP 1662 2519 5 Environment environment NN 1662 2519 6 - - HYPH 1662 2519 7 current current JJ 1662 2519 8 issues issue NNS 1662 2519 9 : : : 1662 2519 10 air air NN 1662 2519 11 and and CC 1662 2519 12 water water NN 1662 2519 13 pollution pollution NN 1662 2519 14 in in IN 1662 2519 15 areas area NNS 1662 2519 16 of of IN 1662 2519 17 northwest northwest NN 1662 2519 18 Bohemia Bohemia NNP 1662 2519 19 and and CC 1662 2519 20 in in IN 1662 2519 21 northern northern JJ 1662 2519 22 Moravia Moravia NNP 1662 2519 23 around around IN 1662 2519 24 Ostrava Ostrava NNP 1662 2519 25 present present JJ 1662 2519 26 health health NN 1662 2519 27 risks risk NNS 1662 2519 28 ; ; : 1662 2519 29 acid acid JJ 1662 2519 30 rain rain NN 1662 2519 31 damaging damaging JJ 1662 2519 32 forests forest NNS 1662 2519 33 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2519 34 - - HYPH 1662 2519 35 international international JJ 1662 2519 36 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2519 37 : : : 1662 2519 38 party party NN 1662 2519 39 to to TO 1662 2519 40 : : : 1662 2519 41 Air Air NNP 1662 2519 42 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2519 43 , , , 1662 2519 44 Air Air NNP 1662 2519 45 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2519 46 - - HYPH 1662 2519 47 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 2519 48 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 2519 49 , , , 1662 2519 50 Air Air NNP 1662 2519 51 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2519 52 - - HYPH 1662 2519 53 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 2519 54 85 85 CD 1662 2519 55 , , , 1662 2519 56 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 2519 57 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 2519 58 , , , 1662 2519 59 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 2519 60 , , , 1662 2519 61 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2519 62 Change Change NNP 1662 2519 63 , , , 1662 2519 64 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2519 65 Species Species NNPS 1662 2519 66 , , , 1662 2519 67 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 2519 68 Modification Modification NNP 1662 2519 69 , , , 1662 2519 70 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 2519 71 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 2519 72 , , , 1662 2519 73 Law Law NNP 1662 2519 74 of of IN 1662 2519 75 the the DT 1662 2519 76 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2519 77 , , , 1662 2519 78 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 2519 79 Test Test NNP 1662 2519 80 Ban Ban NNP 1662 2519 81 , , , 1662 2519 82 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2519 83 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2519 84 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2519 85 , , , 1662 2519 86 Ship Ship NNP 1662 2519 87 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2519 88 , , , 1662 2519 89 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 2519 90 signed sign VBD 1662 2519 91 , , , 1662 2519 92 but but CC 1662 2519 93 not not RB 1662 2519 94 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2519 95 : : : 1662 2519 96 Air Air NNP 1662 2519 97 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2519 98 - - HYPH 1662 2519 99 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 2519 100 94 94 CD 1662 2519 101 , , , 1662 2519 102 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 2519 103 - - HYPH 1662 2519 104 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 2519 105 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 2519 106 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2519 107 - - HYPH 1662 2519 108 note note NN 1662 2519 109 : : : 1662 2519 110 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 2519 111 ; ; : 1662 2519 112 strategically strategically RB 1662 2519 113 located locate VBN 1662 2519 114 astride astride IN 1662 2519 115 some some DT 1662 2519 116 of of IN 1662 2519 117 oldest old JJS 1662 2519 118 and and CC 1662 2519 119 most most RBS 1662 2519 120 significant significant JJ 1662 2519 121 land land NN 1662 2519 122 routes route NNS 1662 2519 123 in in IN 1662 2519 124 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2519 125 ; ; : 1662 2519 126 Moravian Moravian NNP 1662 2519 127 Gate Gate NNP 1662 2519 128 is be VBZ 1662 2519 129 a a DT 1662 2519 130 traditional traditional JJ 1662 2519 131 military military JJ 1662 2519 132 corridor corridor NN 1662 2519 133 between between IN 1662 2519 134 the the DT 1662 2519 135 North North NNP 1662 2519 136 European European NNP 1662 2519 137 Plain Plain NNP 1662 2519 138 and and CC 1662 2519 139 the the DT 1662 2519 140 Danube Danube NNP 1662 2519 141 in in IN 1662 2519 142 central central JJ 1662 2519 143 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2519 144 @Czech @Czech NNP 1662 2519 145 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2519 146 : : : 1662 2519 147 People People NNP 1662 2519 148 Population Population NNP 1662 2519 149 : : : 1662 2519 150 10,298,324 10,298,324 CD 1662 2519 151 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2519 152 July July NNP 1662 2519 153 1997 1997 CD 1662 2519 154 est est NNP 1662 2519 155 . . . 1662 2519 156 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2520 1 Age age NN 1662 2520 2 structure structure NN 1662 2520 3 : : : 1662 2520 4 0 0 CD 1662 2520 5 - - HYPH 1662 2520 6 14 14 CD 1662 2520 7 years year NNS 1662 2520 8 : : : 1662 2520 9 18 18 CD 1662 2520 10 % % NN 1662 2520 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2520 12 male male JJ 1662 2520 13 930,874 930,874 CD 1662 2520 14 ; ; : 1662 2520 15 female female JJ 1662 2520 16 886,444 886,444 CD 1662 2520 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2520 18 15 15 CD 1662 2520 19 - - HYPH 1662 2520 20 64 64 CD 1662 2520 21 years year NNS 1662 2520 22 : : : 1662 2520 23 69 69 CD 1662 2520 24 % % NN 1662 2520 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2520 26 male male JJ 1662 2520 27 3,542,900 3,542,900 CD 1662 2520 28 ; ; : 1662 2520 29 female female JJ 1662 2520 30 3,539,351 3,539,351 CD 1662 2520 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2520 32 65 65 CD 1662 2520 33 years year NNS 1662 2520 34 and and CC 1662 2520 35 over over IN 1662 2520 36 : : : 1662 2520 37 13 13 CD 1662 2520 38 % % NN 1662 2520 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2520 40 male male JJ 1662 2520 41 535,049 535,049 CD 1662 2520 42 ; ; : 1662 2520 43 female female JJ 1662 2520 44 863,706 863,706 CD 1662 2520 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2520 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2520 47 July July NNP 1662 2520 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2520 49 est est NNP 1662 2520 50 . . . 1662 2520 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2521 1 Population population NN 1662 2521 2 growth growth NN 1662 2521 3 rate rate NN 1662 2521 4 : : : 1662 2521 5 -0.13 -0.13 CD 1662 2521 6 % % NN 1662 2521 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2521 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2521 9 est est NNP 1662 2521 10 . . . 1662 2521 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2522 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2522 2 rate rate NN 1662 2522 3 : : : 1662 2522 4 8.84 8.84 CD 1662 2522 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 2522 6 population population NN 1662 2522 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2522 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2522 9 est est NNP 1662 2522 10 . . . 1662 2522 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2523 1 Death death NN 1662 2523 2 rate rate NN 1662 2523 3 : : : 1662 2523 4 11.02 11.02 CD 1662 2523 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2523 6 population population NN 1662 2523 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2523 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2523 9 est est NNP 1662 2523 10 . . . 1662 2523 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2524 1 Net net JJ 1662 2524 2 migration migration NN 1662 2524 3 rate rate NN 1662 2524 4 : : : 1662 2524 5 0.93 0.93 CD 1662 2524 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 2524 7 population population NN 1662 2524 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2524 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2524 10 est est NNP 1662 2524 11 . . . 1662 2524 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2525 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2525 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2525 3 : : : 1662 2525 4 at at IN 1662 2525 5 birth birth NN 1662 2525 6 : : : 1662 2525 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 2525 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2525 9 under under IN 1662 2525 10 15 15 CD 1662 2525 11 years year NNS 1662 2525 12 : : : 1662 2525 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 2525 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2525 15 15 15 CD 1662 2525 16 - - HYPH 1662 2525 17 64 64 CD 1662 2525 18 years year NNS 1662 2525 19 : : : 1662 2525 20 1 1 CD 1662 2525 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2525 22 65 65 CD 1662 2525 23 years year NNS 1662 2525 24 and and CC 1662 2525 25 over over IN 1662 2525 26 : : : 1662 2525 27 0.62 0.62 CD 1662 2525 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2525 29 total total JJ 1662 2525 30 population population NN 1662 2525 31 : : : 1662 2525 32 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 2525 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2525 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2525 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2525 36 est est NNP 1662 2525 37 . . . 1662 2525 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2526 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2526 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2526 3 rate rate NN 1662 2526 4 : : : 1662 2526 5 6.9 6.9 CD 1662 2526 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2526 7 live live JJ 1662 2526 8 births birth NNS 1662 2526 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2526 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2526 11 est est NNP 1662 2526 12 . . . 1662 2526 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2527 1 Life life NN 1662 2527 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2527 3 at at IN 1662 2527 4 birth birth NN 1662 2527 5 : : : 1662 2527 6 total total JJ 1662 2527 7 population population NN 1662 2527 8 : : : 1662 2527 9 73.86 73.86 CD 1662 2527 10 years year NNS 1662 2527 11 male male NN 1662 2527 12 : : : 1662 2527 13 70.49 70.49 CD 1662 2527 14 years year NNS 1662 2527 15 female female JJ 1662 2527 16 : : : 1662 2527 17 77.42 77.42 CD 1662 2527 18 years year NNS 1662 2527 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2527 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2527 21 est est NNP 1662 2527 22 . . . 1662 2527 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2528 1 Total total JJ 1662 2528 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2528 3 rate rate NN 1662 2528 4 : : : 1662 2528 5 1.17 1.17 CD 1662 2528 6 children child NNS 1662 2528 7 born bear VBN 1662 2528 8 / / SYM 1662 2528 9 woman woman NN 1662 2528 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2528 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2528 12 est est NNP 1662 2528 13 . . . 1662 2528 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2529 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2529 2 : : : 1662 2529 3 noun noun NNP 1662 2529 4 : : : 1662 2529 5 Czech(s Czech(s NNP 1662 2529 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2529 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 2529 8 : : : 1662 2529 9 Czech czech JJ 1662 2529 10 note note NN 1662 2529 11 : : : 1662 2529 12 300,000 300,000 CD 1662 2529 13 Slovaks Slovaks NNP 1662 2529 14 declared declare VBD 1662 2529 15 themselves -PRON- PRP 1662 2529 16 Czech czech JJ 1662 2529 17 citizens citizen NNS 1662 2529 18 in in IN 1662 2529 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 2529 20 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2529 21 groups group NNS 1662 2529 22 : : : 1662 2529 23 Czech czech JJ 1662 2529 24 94.4 94.4 CD 1662 2529 25 % % NN 1662 2529 26 , , , 1662 2529 27 Slovak Slovak NNP 1662 2529 28 3 3 CD 1662 2529 29 % % NN 1662 2529 30 , , , 1662 2529 31 Polish Polish NNP 1662 2529 32 0.6 0.6 CD 1662 2529 33 % % NN 1662 2529 34 , , , 1662 2529 35 German german JJ 1662 2529 36 0.5 0.5 CD 1662 2529 37 % % NN 1662 2529 38 , , , 1662 2529 39 Gypsy Gypsy NNP 1662 2529 40 0.3 0.3 CD 1662 2529 41 % % NN 1662 2529 42 , , , 1662 2529 43 Hungarian Hungarian NNP 1662 2529 44 0.2 0.2 CD 1662 2529 45 % % NN 1662 2529 46 , , , 1662 2529 47 other other JJ 1662 2529 48 1 1 CD 1662 2529 49 % % NN 1662 2529 50 Religions religion NNS 1662 2529 51 : : : 1662 2529 52 atheist atheist VB 1662 2529 53 39.8 39.8 CD 1662 2529 54 % % NN 1662 2529 55 , , , 1662 2529 56 Roman roman JJ 1662 2529 57 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 2529 58 39.2 39.2 CD 1662 2529 59 % % NN 1662 2529 60 , , , 1662 2529 61 Protestant protestant NN 1662 2529 62 4.6 4.6 CD 1662 2529 63 % % NN 1662 2529 64 , , , 1662 2529 65 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 2529 66 3 3 CD 1662 2529 67 % % NN 1662 2529 68 , , , 1662 2529 69 other other JJ 1662 2529 70 13.4 13.4 CD 1662 2529 71 % % NN 1662 2529 72 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 2529 73 : : : 1662 2529 74 Czech Czech NNP 1662 2529 75 , , , 1662 2529 76 Slovak Slovak NNP 1662 2529 77 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 2529 78 : : : 1662 2529 79 definition definition NN 1662 2529 80 : : : 1662 2529 81 age age NN 1662 2529 82 NA NA NNP 1662 2529 83 and and CC 1662 2529 84 over over RB 1662 2529 85 can can MD 1662 2529 86 read read VB 1662 2529 87 and and CC 1662 2529 88 write write VB 1662 2529 89 total total JJ 1662 2529 90 population population NN 1662 2529 91 : : : 1662 2529 92 99 99 CD 1662 2529 93 % % NN 1662 2529 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2529 95 est est NNP 1662 2529 96 . . . 1662 2529 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 1 male male NN 1662 2530 2 : : : 1662 2530 3 NA% NA% NNP 1662 2530 4 female female NNP 1662 2530 5 : : : 1662 2530 6 NA% na% ADD 1662 2530 7 @Czech @Czech NFP 1662 2530 8 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2530 9 : : : 1662 2530 10 Government Government NNP 1662 2530 11 Country Country NNP 1662 2530 12 name name NN 1662 2530 13 : : : 1662 2530 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2530 15 long long JJ 1662 2530 16 form form NN 1662 2530 17 : : : 1662 2530 18 Czech Czech NNP 1662 2530 19 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2530 20 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2530 21 short short JJ 1662 2530 22 form form NN 1662 2530 23 : : : 1662 2530 24 Czech Czech NNP 1662 2530 25 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2530 26 local local JJ 1662 2530 27 long long JJ 1662 2530 28 form form NN 1662 2530 29 : : : 1662 2530 30 Ceska Ceska NNP 1662 2530 31 Republika Republika NNP 1662 2530 32 local local JJ 1662 2530 33 short short JJ 1662 2530 34 form form NN 1662 2530 35 : : : 1662 2530 36 Ceska Ceska NNP 1662 2530 37 Republika Republika NNP 1662 2530 38 Data Data NNP 1662 2530 39 code code NN 1662 2530 40 : : : 1662 2530 41 EZ EZ NNP 1662 2530 42 Government Government NNP 1662 2530 43 type type NN 1662 2530 44 : : : 1662 2530 45 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 2530 46 democracy democracy NN 1662 2530 47 National national JJ 1662 2530 48 capital capital NN 1662 2530 49 : : : 1662 2530 50 Prague Prague NNP 1662 2530 51 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 2530 52 divisions division NNS 1662 2530 53 : : : 1662 2530 54 8 8 CD 1662 2530 55 regions region NNS 1662 2530 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 57 kraje kraje NNP 1662 2530 58 , , , 1662 2530 59 kraj kraj NNP 1662 2530 60 - - HYPH 1662 2530 61 singular singular NNP 1662 2530 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 63 ; ; : 1662 2530 64 Jihocesky Jihocesky NNP 1662 2530 65 , , , 1662 2530 66 Jihomoravsky Jihomoravsky NNP 1662 2530 67 , , , 1662 2530 68 Praha Praha NNP 1662 2530 69 , , , 1662 2530 70 Severocesky Severocesky NNP 1662 2530 71 , , , 1662 2530 72 Severomoravsky Severomoravsky NNP 1662 2530 73 , , , 1662 2530 74 Stredocesky Stredocesky NNP 1662 2530 75 , , , 1662 2530 76 Vychodocesky Vychodocesky NNP 1662 2530 77 , , , 1662 2530 78 Zapadocesky Zapadocesky NNP 1662 2530 79 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2530 80 : : : 1662 2530 81 1 1 CD 1662 2530 82 January January NNP 1662 2530 83 1993 1993 CD 1662 2530 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 85 from from IN 1662 2530 86 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia NNP 1662 2530 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 88 National national JJ 1662 2530 89 holiday holiday NN 1662 2530 90 : : : 1662 2530 91 National National NNP 1662 2530 92 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 2530 93 Day Day NNP 1662 2530 94 , , , 1662 2530 95 8 8 CD 1662 2530 96 May May NNP 1662 2530 97 ; ; : 1662 2530 98 Founding found VBG 1662 2530 99 of of IN 1662 2530 100 the the DT 1662 2530 101 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2530 102 , , , 1662 2530 103 28 28 CD 1662 2530 104 October October NNP 1662 2530 105 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 2530 106 : : : 1662 2530 107 ratified ratify VBN 1662 2530 108 16 16 CD 1662 2530 109 December December NNP 1662 2530 110 1992 1992 CD 1662 2530 111 ; ; : 1662 2530 112 effective effective JJ 1662 2530 113 1 1 CD 1662 2530 114 January January NNP 1662 2530 115 1993 1993 CD 1662 2530 116 Legal legal JJ 1662 2530 117 system system NN 1662 2530 118 : : : 1662 2530 119 civil civil JJ 1662 2530 120 law law NN 1662 2530 121 system system NN 1662 2530 122 based base VBN 1662 2530 123 on on IN 1662 2530 124 Austro Austro NNP 1662 2530 125 - - HYPH 1662 2530 126 Hungarian Hungarian NNP 1662 2530 127 codes code NNS 1662 2530 128 ; ; , 1662 2530 129 has have VBZ 1662 2530 130 not not RB 1662 2530 131 accepted accept VBN 1662 2530 132 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 2530 133 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 2530 134 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 2530 135 ; ; , 1662 2530 136 legal legal JJ 1662 2530 137 code code NN 1662 2530 138 modified modify VBN 1662 2530 139 to to TO 1662 2530 140 bring bring VB 1662 2530 141 it -PRON- PRP 1662 2530 142 in in IN 1662 2530 143 line line NN 1662 2530 144 with with IN 1662 2530 145 Organization Organization NNP 1662 2530 146 on on IN 1662 2530 147 Security Security NNP 1662 2530 148 and and CC 1662 2530 149 Cooperation Cooperation NNP 1662 2530 150 in in IN 1662 2530 151 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2530 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 153 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 2530 154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 155 obligations obligation NNS 1662 2530 156 and and CC 1662 2530 157 to to TO 1662 2530 158 expunge expunge VB 1662 2530 159 Marxist Marxist NNP 1662 2530 160 - - HYPH 1662 2530 161 Leninist Leninist NNP 1662 2530 162 legal legal JJ 1662 2530 163 theory theory NN 1662 2530 164 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 2530 165 : : : 1662 2530 166 18 18 CD 1662 2530 167 years year NNS 1662 2530 168 of of IN 1662 2530 169 age age NN 1662 2530 170 ; ; : 1662 2530 171 universal universal JJ 1662 2530 172 Executive Executive NNP 1662 2530 173 branch branch NN 1662 2530 174 : : : 1662 2530 175 chief chief NN 1662 2530 176 of of IN 1662 2530 177 state state NN 1662 2530 178 : : : 1662 2530 179 President President NNP 1662 2530 180 Vaclav Vaclav NNP 1662 2530 181 HAVEL HAVEL NNP 1662 2530 182 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 183 since since IN 1662 2530 184 26 26 CD 1662 2530 185 January January NNP 1662 2530 186 1993 1993 CD 1662 2530 187 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 188 head head NN 1662 2530 189 of of IN 1662 2530 190 government government NN 1662 2530 191 : : : 1662 2530 192 Prime Prime NNP 1662 2530 193 Minister Minister NNP 1662 2530 194 Vaclav Vaclav NNP 1662 2530 195 KLAUS KLAUS NNP 1662 2530 196 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 197 since since IN 1662 2530 198 NA NA NNP 1662 2530 199 June June NNP 1662 2530 200 1992 1992 CD 1662 2530 201 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 202 ; ; : 1662 2530 203 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 2530 204 Prime Prime NNP 1662 2530 205 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 2530 206 Ivan Ivan NNP 1662 2530 207 KOCARNIK KOCARNIK NNP 1662 2530 208 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 209 since since IN 1662 2530 210 NA NA NNP 1662 2530 211 June June NNP 1662 2530 212 1992 1992 CD 1662 2530 213 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 214 , , , 1662 2530 215 Josef Josef NNP 1662 2530 216 LUX LUX NNP 1662 2530 217 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 218 since since IN 1662 2530 219 NA NA NNP 1662 2530 220 June June NNP 1662 2530 221 1992 1992 CD 1662 2530 222 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 223 , , , 1662 2530 224 Josef Josef NNP 1662 2530 225 ZIELENIEC ZIELENIEC NNP 1662 2530 226 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 227 since since IN 1662 2530 228 NA NA NNP 1662 2530 229 June June NNP 1662 2530 230 1992 1992 CD 1662 2530 231 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 232 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2530 233 : : : 1662 2530 234 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 2530 235 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2530 236 by by IN 1662 2530 237 the the DT 1662 2530 238 president president NN 1662 2530 239 on on IN 1662 2530 240 the the DT 1662 2530 241 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 2530 242 of of IN 1662 2530 243 the the DT 1662 2530 244 prime prime JJ 1662 2530 245 minister minister NNP 1662 2530 246 elections election NNS 1662 2530 247 : : : 1662 2530 248 president president NNP 1662 2530 249 elected elect VBN 1662 2530 250 by by IN 1662 2530 251 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 2530 252 for for IN 1662 2530 253 a a DT 1662 2530 254 five five CD 1662 2530 255 - - HYPH 1662 2530 256 year year NN 1662 2530 257 term term NN 1662 2530 258 ; ; : 1662 2530 259 election election NN 1662 2530 260 last last JJ 1662 2530 261 held hold VBD 1662 2530 262 26 26 CD 1662 2530 263 January January NNP 1662 2530 264 1993 1993 CD 1662 2530 265 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 266 next next JJ 1662 2530 267 to to TO 1662 2530 268 be be VB 1662 2530 269 held hold VBN 1662 2530 270 NA NA NNP 1662 2530 271 January January NNP 1662 2530 272 1998 1998 CD 1662 2530 273 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 274 ; ; : 1662 2530 275 prime prime NNP 1662 2530 276 minister minister NN 1662 2530 277 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2530 278 by by IN 1662 2530 279 the the DT 1662 2530 280 president president NNP 1662 2530 281 election election NN 1662 2530 282 results result NNS 1662 2530 283 : : : 1662 2530 284 Vaclav Vaclav NNP 1662 2530 285 HAVEL HAVEL NNP 1662 2530 286 elected elect VBD 1662 2530 287 president president NN 1662 2530 288 ; ; , 1662 2530 289 percent percent NN 1662 2530 290 of of IN 1662 2530 291 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 2530 292 vote vote NN 1662 2530 293 - - HYPH 1662 2530 294 NA NA NNP 1662 2530 295 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2530 296 branch branch NN 1662 2530 297 : : : 1662 2530 298 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 2530 299 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 2530 300 or or CC 1662 2530 301 Parlament Parlament NNP 1662 2530 302 consists consist VBZ 1662 2530 303 of of IN 1662 2530 304 the the DT 1662 2530 305 Senate Senate NNP 1662 2530 306 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 307 81 81 CD 1662 2530 308 seats seat NNS 1662 2530 309 ; ; : 1662 2530 310 members member NNS 1662 2530 311 are be VBP 1662 2530 312 elected elect VBN 1662 2530 313 by by IN 1662 2530 314 popular popular JJ 1662 2530 315 vote vote NN 1662 2530 316 to to TO 1662 2530 317 serve serve VB 1662 2530 318 staggered staggered JJ 1662 2530 319 two- two- NN 1662 2530 320 , , , 1662 2530 321 four- four- NNP 1662 2530 322 , , , 1662 2530 323 and and CC 1662 2530 324 six six CD 1662 2530 325 - - HYPH 1662 2530 326 year year NN 1662 2530 327 terms term NNS 1662 2530 328 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 329 and and CC 1662 2530 330 the the DT 1662 2530 331 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 2530 332 of of IN 1662 2530 333 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 2530 334 or or CC 1662 2530 335 Snemovna Snemovna NNP 1662 2530 336 Poslancu Poslancu NNP 1662 2530 337 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 338 200 200 CD 1662 2530 339 seats seat NNS 1662 2530 340 ; ; : 1662 2530 341 members member NNS 1662 2530 342 are be VBP 1662 2530 343 elected elect VBN 1662 2530 344 by by IN 1662 2530 345 popular popular JJ 1662 2530 346 vote vote NN 1662 2530 347 to to TO 1662 2530 348 serve serve VB 1662 2530 349 four four CD 1662 2530 350 - - HYPH 1662 2530 351 year year NN 1662 2530 352 terms term NNS 1662 2530 353 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 354 elections election NNS 1662 2530 355 : : : 1662 2530 356 Senate Senate NNP 1662 2530 357 - - HYPH 1662 2530 358 last last RB 1662 2530 359 held hold VBD 1662 2530 360 15 15 CD 1662 2530 361 - - SYM 1662 2530 362 16 16 CD 1662 2530 363 and and CC 1662 2530 364 22 22 CD 1662 2530 365 - - SYM 1662 2530 366 23 23 CD 1662 2530 367 November November NNP 1662 2530 368 1996 1996 CD 1662 2530 369 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 370 next next JJ 1662 2530 371 to to TO 1662 2530 372 be be VB 1662 2530 373 held hold VBN 1662 2530 374 NA NA NNP 1662 2530 375 November November NNP 1662 2530 376 1998 1998 CD 1662 2530 377 - - : 1662 2530 378 to to TO 1662 2530 379 replace replace VB 1662 2530 380 / / SYM 1662 2530 381 re re VB 1662 2530 382 - - NN 1662 2530 383 elect elect NNP 1662 2530 384 20 20 CD 1662 2530 385 senators senator NNS 1662 2530 386 serving serve VBG 1662 2530 387 two two CD 1662 2530 388 - - HYPH 1662 2530 389 year year NN 1662 2530 390 terms term NNS 1662 2530 391 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 392 ; ; : 1662 2530 393 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 2530 394 of of IN 1662 2530 395 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 2530 396 - - , 1662 2530 397 last last RB 1662 2530 398 held hold VBD 1662 2530 399 31 31 CD 1662 2530 400 May-1 May-1 NNP 1662 2530 401 June June NNP 1662 2530 402 1996 1996 CD 1662 2530 403 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 404 next next JJ 1662 2530 405 to to TO 1662 2530 406 be be VB 1662 2530 407 held hold VBN 1662 2530 408 NA NA NNP 1662 2530 409 May May NNP 1662 2530 410 2000 2000 CD 1662 2530 411 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 412 election election NN 1662 2530 413 results result NNS 1662 2530 414 : : : 1662 2530 415 Senate Senate NNP 1662 2530 416 - - HYPH 1662 2530 417 percent percent NN 1662 2530 418 of of IN 1662 2530 419 vote vote NN 1662 2530 420 by by IN 1662 2530 421 party party NN 1662 2530 422 - - HYPH 1662 2530 423 NA NA NNP 1662 2530 424 ; ; , 1662 2530 425 seats seat NNS 1662 2530 426 by by IN 1662 2530 427 party party NN 1662 2530 428 - - HYPH 1662 2530 429 governing govern VBG 1662 2530 430 coalition coalition NN 1662 2530 431 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 432 ODS ODS NNP 1662 2530 433 32 32 CD 1662 2530 434 , , , 1662 2530 435 KDU KDU NNP 1662 2530 436 - - HYPH 1662 2530 437 CSL CSL NNP 1662 2530 438 13 13 CD 1662 2530 439 , , , 1662 2530 440 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2530 441 7 7 CD 1662 2530 442 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 443 , , , 1662 2530 444 opposition opposition NN 1662 2530 445 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 446 CSSD CSSD NNP 1662 2530 447 25 25 CD 1662 2530 448 , , , 1662 2530 449 KCSM KCSM NNP 1662 2530 450 2 2 CD 1662 2530 451 , , , 1662 2530 452 DEU DEU NNP 1662 2530 453 1 1 CD 1662 2530 454 , , , 1662 2530 455 independent independent JJ 1662 2530 456 1 1 CD 1662 2530 457 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 458 ; ; : 1662 2530 459 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 2530 460 of of IN 1662 2530 461 Deputies Deputies NNP 1662 2530 462 - - HYPH 1662 2530 463 percent percent NN 1662 2530 464 of of IN 1662 2530 465 vote vote NN 1662 2530 466 by by IN 1662 2530 467 party party NN 1662 2530 468 - - HYPH 1662 2530 469 NA NA NNP 1662 2530 470 ; ; , 1662 2530 471 seats seat NNS 1662 2530 472 by by IN 1662 2530 473 party party NN 1662 2530 474 - - HYPH 1662 2530 475 governing govern VBG 1662 2530 476 coalition coalition NN 1662 2530 477 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 478 ODS ODS NNP 1662 2530 479 68 68 CD 1662 2530 480 , , , 1662 2530 481 KDU KDU NNP 1662 2530 482 - - HYPH 1662 2530 483 CSL CSL NNP 1662 2530 484 18 18 CD 1662 2530 485 , , , 1662 2530 486 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2530 487 13 13 CD 1662 2530 488 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 489 , , , 1662 2530 490 opposition opposition NN 1662 2530 491 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 492 CSSD CSSD NNP 1662 2530 493 61 61 CD 1662 2530 494 , , , 1662 2530 495 KCSM KCSM NNP 1662 2530 496 22 22 CD 1662 2530 497 , , , 1662 2530 498 SPR SPR NNP 1662 2530 499 - - HYPH 1662 2530 500 RSC RSC NNP 1662 2530 501 18 18 CD 1662 2530 502 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 503 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 2530 504 branch branch NN 1662 2530 505 : : : 1662 2530 506 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2530 507 Court Court NNP 1662 2530 508 , , , 1662 2530 509 chairman chairman NN 1662 2530 510 and and CC 1662 2530 511 deputy deputy JJ 1662 2530 512 chairmen chairman NNS 1662 2530 513 are be VBP 1662 2530 514 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2530 515 by by IN 1662 2530 516 the the DT 1662 2530 517 president president NN 1662 2530 518 ; ; : 1662 2530 519 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 2530 520 Court Court NNP 1662 2530 521 , , , 1662 2530 522 chairman chairman NN 1662 2530 523 and and CC 1662 2530 524 deputy deputy JJ 1662 2530 525 chairmen chairman NNS 1662 2530 526 are be VBP 1662 2530 527 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2530 528 by by IN 1662 2530 529 the the DT 1662 2530 530 president president NN 1662 2530 531 Political political JJ 1662 2530 532 parties party NNS 1662 2530 533 and and CC 1662 2530 534 leaders leader NNS 1662 2530 535 : : : 1662 2530 536 governing govern VBG 1662 2530 537 coalition coalition NN 1662 2530 538 : : : 1662 2530 539 Civic Civic NNP 1662 2530 540 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2530 541 Party Party NNP 1662 2530 542 or or CC 1662 2530 543 ODS ODS NNP 1662 2530 544 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2530 545 Vaclav Vaclav NNP 1662 2530 546 KLAUS KLAUS NNP 1662 2530 547 , , , 1662 2530 548 chairman chairman NN 1662 2530 549 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2530 550 ; ; : 1662 2530 551 Civic Civic NNP 1662 2530 552 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2530 553 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 2530 554 or or CC 1662 2530 555 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2530 556 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2530 557 Michael Michael NNP 1662 2530 558 ZANTOVSKY ZANTOVSKY NNP 1662 2530 559 , , , 1662 2530 560 chairman chairman NN 1662 2530 561 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2530 562 ; ; : 1662 2530 563 Christian Christian NNP 1662 2530 564 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2530 565 Union Union NNP 1662 2530 566 - - HYPH 1662 2530 567 Czech Czech NNP 1662 2530 568 People People NNPS 1662 2530 569 's 's POS 1662 2530 570 Party Party NNP 1662 2530 571 or or CC 1662 2530 572 KDU KDU NNP 1662 2530 573 - - HYPH 1662 2530 574 CSL CSL NNP 1662 2530 575 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2530 576 Josef Josef NNP 1662 2530 577 LUX LUX NNP 1662 2530 578 , , , 1662 2530 579 chairman chairman NN 1662 2530 580 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2530 581 opposition opposition NN 1662 2530 582 : : : 1662 2530 583 Czech Czech NNP 1662 2530 584 Social Social NNP 1662 2530 585 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 2530 586 or or CC 1662 2530 587 CSSD cssd NN 1662 2530 588 - - HYPH 1662 2530 589 left leave VBN 1662 2530 590 opposition opposition NN 1662 2530 591 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2530 592 Milos Milos NNP 1662 2530 593 ZEMAN ZEMAN NNP 1662 2530 594 , , , 1662 2530 595 chairman chairman NN 1662 2530 596 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2530 597 ; ; : 1662 2530 598 Communist Communist NNP 1662 2530 599 Party Party NNP 1662 2530 600 or or CC 1662 2530 601 KSCM KSCM NNP 1662 2530 602 - - HYPH 1662 2530 603 left leave VBN 1662 2530 604 opposition opposition NN 1662 2530 605 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2530 606 Miroslav Miroslav NNP 1662 2530 607 GREBENICEK GREBENICEK NNP 1662 2530 608 , , , 1662 2530 609 chairman chairman NN 1662 2530 610 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2530 611 ; ; , 1662 2530 612 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2530 613 for for IN 1662 2530 614 the the DT 1662 2530 615 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2530 616 or or CC 1662 2530 617 SPR SPR NNP 1662 2530 618 - - HYPH 1662 2530 619 RSC RSC NNP 1662 2530 620 - - HYPH 1662 2530 621 extreme extreme JJ 1662 2530 622 right right JJ 1662 2530 623 radical radical JJ 1662 2530 624 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2530 625 Miroslav Miroslav NNP 1662 2530 626 SLADEK SLADEK NNP 1662 2530 627 , , , 1662 2530 628 chairman chairman NN 1662 2530 629 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2530 630 ; ; : 1662 2530 631 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2530 632 Union Union NNP 1662 2530 633 or or CC 1662 2530 634 DEU DEU NNP 1662 2530 635 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2530 636 Ratibor Ratibor NNP 1662 2530 637 MAJZLIK MAJZLIK NNP 1662 2530 638 , , , 1662 2530 639 chairman chairman NN 1662 2530 640 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2530 641 Political political JJ 1662 2530 642 pressure pressure NN 1662 2530 643 groups group NNS 1662 2530 644 and and CC 1662 2530 645 leaders leader NNS 1662 2530 646 : : : 1662 2530 647 Czech Czech NNP 1662 2530 648 - - HYPH 1662 2530 649 Moravian Moravian NNP 1662 2530 650 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 2530 651 of of IN 1662 2530 652 Trade Trade NNP 1662 2530 653 Unions Unions NNPS 1662 2530 654 ; ; : 1662 2530 655 Civic Civic NNP 1662 2530 656 Movement Movement NNP 1662 2530 657 International International NNP 1662 2530 658 organization organization NN 1662 2530 659 participation participation NN 1662 2530 660 : : : 1662 2530 661 Australia Australia NNP 1662 2530 662 Group Group NNP 1662 2530 663 , , , 1662 2530 664 BIS BIS NNP 1662 2530 665 , , , 1662 2530 666 CCC CCC NNP 1662 2530 667 , , , 1662 2530 668 CE CE NNP 1662 2530 669 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 670 guest guest NNP 1662 2530 671 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 672 , , , 1662 2530 673 CEI cei NN 1662 2530 674 , , , 1662 2530 675 CERN CERN NNP 1662 2530 676 , , , 1662 2530 677 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 2530 678 , , , 1662 2530 679 ECE ECE NNP 1662 2530 680 , , , 1662 2530 681 EU EU NNP 1662 2530 682 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 683 applicant applicant NN 1662 2530 684 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 685 , , , 1662 2530 686 FAO FAO NNP 1662 2530 687 , , , 1662 2530 688 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 2530 689 , , , 1662 2530 690 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 2530 691 , , , 1662 2530 692 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 2530 693 , , , 1662 2530 694 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 2530 695 , , , 1662 2530 696 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 2530 697 , , , 1662 2530 698 IDA IDA NNP 1662 2530 699 , , , 1662 2530 700 IFC IFC NNP 1662 2530 701 , , , 1662 2530 702 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 2530 703 , , , 1662 2530 704 ILO ILO NNP 1662 2530 705 , , , 1662 2530 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2530 747 , , , 1662 2530 748 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 2530 749 , , , 1662 2530 750 UPU UPU NNP 1662 2530 751 , , , 1662 2530 752 WEU WEU NNP 1662 2530 753 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 754 associate associate JJ 1662 2530 755 partner partner NN 1662 2530 756 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 757 , , , 1662 2530 758 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 2530 759 , , , 1662 2530 760 WHO who WP 1662 2530 761 , , , 1662 2530 762 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 2530 763 , , , 1662 2530 764 WMO WMO NNP 1662 2530 765 , , , 1662 2530 766 WToO wtoo FW 1662 2530 767 , , , 1662 2530 768 WTrO wtro VB 1662 2530 769 , , , 1662 2530 770 ZC ZC NNP 1662 2530 771 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2530 772 representation representation NN 1662 2530 773 in in IN 1662 2530 774 the the DT 1662 2530 775 US US NNP 1662 2530 776 : : : 1662 2530 777 chief chief NN 1662 2530 778 of of IN 1662 2530 779 mission mission NN 1662 2530 780 : : : 1662 2530 781 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2530 782 Alexander Alexander NNP 1662 2530 783 VONDRA VONDRA NNP 1662 2530 784 chancery chancery NN 1662 2530 785 : : : 1662 2530 786 3900 3900 CD 1662 2530 787 Spring Spring NNP 1662 2530 788 of of IN 1662 2530 789 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 2530 790 Street Street NNP 1662 2530 791 NW NW NNP 1662 2530 792 , , , 1662 2530 793 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2530 794 , , , 1662 2530 795 DC DC NNP 1662 2530 796 20008 20008 CD 1662 2530 797 telephone telephone NN 1662 2530 798 : : : 1662 2530 799 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2530 800 1 1 CD 1662 2530 801 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2530 802 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 803 202 202 CD 1662 2530 804 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 805 274 274 CD 1662 2530 806 - - SYM 1662 2530 807 9101 9101 CD 1662 2530 808 , , , 1662 2530 809 9102 9102 CD 1662 2530 810 FAX FAX NNP 1662 2530 811 : : : 1662 2530 812 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2530 813 1 1 CD 1662 2530 814 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2530 815 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 816 202 202 CD 1662 2530 817 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 818 966 966 CD 1662 2530 819 - - HYPH 1662 2530 820 8540 8540 CD 1662 2530 821 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 2530 822 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 823 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R. NNP 1662 2530 840 WALKER WALKER NNP 1662 2530 841 embassy embassy NN 1662 2530 842 : : : 1662 2530 843 Trziste Trziste NNP 1662 2530 844 15 15 CD 1662 2530 845 , , , 1662 2530 846 11801 11801 CD 1662 2530 847 Prague Prague NNP 1662 2530 848 1 1 CD 1662 2530 849 mailing mail VBG 1662 2530 850 address address NN 1662 2530 851 : : : 1662 2530 852 Unit unit NN 1662 2530 853 1330 1330 CD 1662 2530 854 , , , 1662 2530 855 APO APO NNP 1662 2530 856 AE AE NNP 1662 2530 857 09213 09213 CD 1662 2530 858 telephone telephone NN 1662 2530 859 : : : 1662 2530 860 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2530 861 420 420 CD 1662 2530 862 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2530 863 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 864 2 2 CD 1662 2530 865 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 866 5732 5732 CD 1662 2530 867 - - HYPH 1662 2530 868 0663 0663 CD 1662 2530 869 FAX fax NN 1662 2530 870 : : : 1662 2530 871 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2530 872 420 420 CD 1662 2530 873 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2530 874 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2530 875 2 2 CD 1662 2530 876 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2530 877 5732 5732 CD 1662 2530 878 - - HYPH 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2551 36 1994 1994 CD 1662 2551 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2551 38 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2551 39 rate rate NN 1662 2551 40 : : : 1662 2551 41 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 2551 42 % % NN 1662 2551 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2551 44 1996 1996 CD 1662 2551 45 est est NNP 1662 2551 46 . . . 1662 2551 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2552 1 Budget budget NN 1662 2552 2 : : : 1662 2552 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2552 4 : : : 1662 2552 5 $ $ $ 1662 2552 6 18.4 18.4 CD 1662 2552 7 billion billion CD 1662 2552 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2552 9 : : : 1662 2552 10 $ $ $ 1662 2552 11 18.4 18.4 CD 1662 2552 12 billion billion CD 1662 2552 13 , , , 1662 2552 14 including include VBG 1662 2552 15 capital capital NN 1662 2552 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2552 17 of of IN 1662 2552 18 $ $ $ 1662 2552 19 NA na NN 1662 2552 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2552 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 2552 22 est est NNP 1662 2552 23 . . . 1662 2552 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2553 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 2553 2 : : : 1662 2553 3 fuels fuel NNS 1662 2553 4 , , , 1662 2553 5 ferrous ferrous JJ 1662 2553 6 metallurgy metallurgy NN 1662 2553 7 , , , 1662 2553 8 machinery machinery NN 1662 2553 9 and and CC 1662 2553 10 equipment equipment NN 1662 2553 11 , , , 1662 2553 12 coal coal NN 1662 2553 13 , , , 1662 2553 14 motor motor NN 1662 2553 15 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 2553 16 , , , 1662 2553 17 glass glass NN 1662 2553 18 , , , 1662 2553 19 armaments armament VBZ 1662 2553 20 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2553 21 production production NN 1662 2553 22 growth growth NN 1662 2553 23 rate rate NN 1662 2553 24 : : : 1662 2553 25 6.4 6.4 CD 1662 2553 26 % % NN 1662 2553 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2553 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 2553 29 est est NNP 1662 2553 30 . . . 1662 2553 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2554 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2554 2 - - HYPH 1662 2554 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 2554 4 : : : 1662 2554 5 13.85 13.85 CD 1662 2554 6 million million CD 1662 2554 7 kW kW NNP 1662 2554 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2554 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 2554 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2554 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2554 12 - - HYPH 1662 2554 13 production production NN 1662 2554 14 : : : 1662 2554 15 55.38 55.38 CD 1662 2554 16 billion billion CD 1662 2554 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2554 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2554 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 2554 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2554 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2554 22 - - HYPH 1662 2554 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 2554 24 per per IN 1662 2554 25 capita capita NN 1662 2554 26 : : : 1662 2554 27 4,712 4,712 CD 1662 2554 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2554 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2554 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 2554 31 est est NNP 1662 2554 32 . . . 1662 2554 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2555 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2555 2 - - HYPH 1662 2555 3 products product NNS 1662 2555 4 : : : 1662 2555 5 grains grain NNS 1662 2555 6 , , , 1662 2555 7 potatoes potato NNS 1662 2555 8 , , , 1662 2555 9 sugar sugar NN 1662 2555 10 beets beet NNS 1662 2555 11 , , , 1662 2555 12 hops hop NNS 1662 2555 13 , , , 1662 2555 14 fruit fruit NN 1662 2555 15 ; ; : 1662 2555 16 pigs pig NNS 1662 2555 17 , , , 1662 2555 18 cattle cattle NNS 1662 2555 19 , , , 1662 2555 20 poultry poultry NN 1662 2555 21 ; ; , 1662 2555 22 forest forest NN 1662 2555 23 products product NNS 1662 2555 24 Exports export NNS 1662 2555 25 : : : 1662 2555 26 total total JJ 1662 2555 27 value value NN 1662 2555 28 : : : 1662 2555 29 $ $ $ 1662 2555 30 21.9 21.9 CD 1662 2555 31 billion billion CD 1662 2555 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2555 33 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2555 34 . . NNP 1662 2555 35 , , , 1662 2555 36 1996 1996 CD 1662 2555 37 est est NNP 1662 2555 38 . . . 1662 2555 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2556 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2556 2 : : : 1662 2556 3 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 2556 4 goods good NNS 1662 2556 5 32.4 32.4 CD 1662 2556 6 % % NN 1662 2556 7 , , , 1662 2556 8 machinery machinery NN 1662 2556 9 and and CC 1662 2556 10 transport transport NN 1662 2556 11 equipment equipment NN 1662 2556 12 26.3 26.3 CD 1662 2556 13 % % NN 1662 2556 14 , , , 1662 2556 15 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 2556 16 10.4 10.4 CD 1662 2556 17 % % NN 1662 2556 18 , , , 1662 2556 19 raw raw JJ 1662 2556 20 materials material NNS 1662 2556 21 and and CC 1662 2556 22 fuel fuel NN 1662 2556 23 11.3 11.3 CD 1662 2556 24 % % NN 1662 2556 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2556 26 1995 1995 CD 1662 2556 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2556 28 partners partner NNS 1662 2556 29 : : : 1662 2556 30 EU EU NNP 1662 2556 31 55.1 55.1 CD 1662 2556 32 % % NN 1662 2556 33 , , , 1662 2556 34 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 2556 35 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2556 36 , , , 1662 2556 37 excluding exclude VBG 1662 2556 38 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 2556 39 , , , 1662 2556 40 and and CC 1662 2556 41 CIS CIS NNP 1662 2556 42 countries country NNS 1662 2556 43 16.9 16.9 CD 1662 2556 44 % % NN 1662 2556 45 , , , 1662 2556 46 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 2556 47 16.2 16.2 CD 1662 2556 48 % % NN 1662 2556 49 , , , 1662 2556 50 developing develop VBG 1662 2556 51 countries country NNS 1662 2556 52 6.6 6.6 CD 1662 2556 53 % % NN 1662 2556 54 , , , 1662 2556 55 EFTA EFTA NNP 1662 2556 56 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 2556 57 % % NN 1662 2556 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2556 59 1995 1995 CD 1662 2556 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2556 61 Imports import NNS 1662 2556 62 : : : 1662 2556 63 total total JJ 1662 2556 64 value value NN 1662 2556 65 : : : 1662 2556 66 $ $ $ 1662 2556 67 27.8 27.8 CD 1662 2556 68 billion billion CD 1662 2556 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2556 70 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2556 71 . . NNP 1662 2556 72 , , , 1662 2556 73 1996 1996 CD 1662 2556 74 est est NNP 1662 2556 75 . . . 1662 2556 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2557 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2557 2 : : : 1662 2557 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 2557 4 and and CC 1662 2557 5 transport transport NN 1662 2557 6 equipment equipment NN 1662 2557 7 35.6 35.6 CD 1662 2557 8 % % NN 1662 2557 9 , , , 1662 2557 10 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 2557 11 goods good NNS 1662 2557 12 17.9 17.9 CD 1662 2557 13 % % NN 1662 2557 14 , , , 1662 2557 15 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 2557 16 13.2 13.2 CD 1662 2557 17 % % NN 1662 2557 18 , , , 1662 2557 19 raw raw JJ 1662 2557 20 materials material NNS 1662 2557 21 and and CC 1662 2557 22 fuels fuel NNS 1662 2557 23 14.4 14.4 CD 1662 2557 24 % % NN 1662 2557 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2557 26 1994 1994 CD 1662 2557 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2557 28 partners partner NNS 1662 2557 29 : : : 1662 2557 30 EU EU NNP 1662 2557 31 56.4 56.4 CD 1662 2557 32 % % NN 1662 2557 33 , , , 1662 2557 34 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 2557 35 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2557 36 , , , 1662 2557 37 excluding exclude VBG 1662 2557 38 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 2557 39 , , , 1662 2557 40 and and CC 1662 2557 41 CIS CIS NNP 1662 2557 42 countries country NNS 1662 2557 43 15.7 15.7 CD 1662 2557 44 % % NN 1662 2557 45 , , , 1662 2557 46 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 2557 47 13.1 13.1 CD 1662 2557 48 % % NN 1662 2557 49 , , , 1662 2557 50 developing develop VBG 1662 2557 51 countries country NNS 1662 2557 52 6.0 6.0 CD 1662 2557 53 % % NN 1662 2557 54 , , , 1662 2557 55 EFTA EFTA NNP 1662 2557 56 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 2557 57 % % NN 1662 2557 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2557 59 1995 1995 CD 1662 2557 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2557 61 Debt debt NN 1662 2557 62 - - HYPH 1662 2557 63 external external JJ 1662 2557 64 : : : 1662 2557 65 $ $ $ 1662 2557 66 17.1 17.1 CD 1662 2557 67 billion billion CD 1662 2557 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2557 69 1996 1996 CD 1662 2557 70 est est NNP 1662 2557 71 . . . 1662 2557 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2558 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 2558 2 aid aid NN 1662 2558 3 : : : 1662 2558 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 2558 5 : : : 1662 2558 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2558 7 , , , 1662 2558 8 $ $ $ 1662 2558 9 27 27 CD 1662 2558 10 million million CD 1662 2558 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2558 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 2558 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2558 14 Currency currency NN 1662 2558 15 : : : 1662 2558 16 1 1 CD 1662 2558 17 koruna koruna NNP 1662 2558 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2558 19 Kc Kc NNP 1662 2558 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2558 21 = = SYM 1662 2558 22 100 100 CD 1662 2558 23 haleru haler NNS 1662 2558 24 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2558 25 rates rate NNS 1662 2558 26 : : : 1662 2558 27 koruny koruny JJ 1662 2558 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2558 29 Kcs Kcs NNP 1662 2558 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2558 31 per per IN 1662 2558 32 US$ us$ $ 1662 2558 33 1 1 CD 1662 2558 34 - - SYM 1662 2558 35 27.516 27.516 CD 1662 2558 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2558 37 January January NNP 1662 2558 38 1997 1997 CD 1662 2558 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2558 40 , , , 1662 2558 41 27.145 27.145 CD 1662 2558 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2558 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 2558 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2558 45 , , , 1662 2558 46 26.541 26.541 CD 1662 2558 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2558 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 2558 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2558 50 , , , 1662 2558 51 28.785 28.785 CD 1662 2558 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2558 53 1994 1994 CD 1662 2558 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2558 55 , , , 1662 2558 56 29.153 29.153 CD 1662 2558 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2558 58 1993 1993 CD 1662 2558 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2558 60 , , , 1662 2558 61 28.26 28.26 CD 1662 2558 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2558 63 1992 1992 CD 1662 2558 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2558 65 note note NN 1662 2558 66 : : : 1662 2558 67 values value NNS 1662 2558 68 before before IN 1662 2558 69 1993 1993 CD 1662 2558 70 reflect reflect VBP 1662 2558 71 Czechoslovak czechoslovak JJ 1662 2558 72 exchange exchange NN 1662 2558 73 rates rate NNS 1662 2558 74 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2558 75 year year NN 1662 2558 76 : : : 1662 2558 77 calendar calendar NNP 1662 2558 78 year year NN 1662 2558 79 @Czech @Czech NNP 1662 2558 80 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2558 81 : : : 1662 2558 82 Communications Communications NNP 1662 2558 83 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 2558 84 : : : 1662 2558 85 3,349,539 3,349,539 CD 1662 2558 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2558 87 1993 1993 CD 1662 2558 88 est est NNP 1662 2558 89 . . . 1662 2558 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2559 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2559 2 system system NN 1662 2559 3 : : : 1662 2559 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2559 5 : : : 1662 2559 6 NA NA NNP 1662 2559 7 international international JJ 1662 2559 8 : : : 1662 2559 9 satellite satellite NN 1662 2559 10 earth earth NN 1662 2559 11 stations station NNS 1662 2559 12 - - , 1662 2559 13 2 2 CD 1662 2559 14 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 2559 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2559 16 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2559 17 and and CC 1662 2559 18 Indian Indian NNP 1662 2559 19 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2559 20 Regions Regions NNPS 1662 2559 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2559 22 Radio radio NN 1662 2559 23 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2559 24 stations station NNS 1662 2559 25 : : : 1662 2559 26 AM am VBP 1662 2559 27 NA NA NNP 1662 2559 28 , , , 1662 2559 29 FM FM NNP 1662 2559 30 NA NA NNP 1662 2559 31 , , , 1662 2559 32 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 2559 33 NA NA NNP 1662 2559 34 Radios radio NNS 1662 2559 35 : : : 1662 2559 36 NA NA NNP 1662 2559 37 Television Television NNP 1662 2559 38 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2559 39 stations station NNS 1662 2559 40 : : : 1662 2559 41 NA NA NNP 1662 2559 42 Televisions television NNS 1662 2559 43 : : : 1662 2559 44 NA NA NNP 1662 2559 45 @Czech @czech CC 1662 2559 46 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2559 47 : : : 1662 2559 48 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2559 49 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2559 50 : : : 1662 2559 51 total total JJ 1662 2559 52 : : : 1662 2559 53 9,441 9,441 CD 1662 2559 54 km km NN 1662 2559 55 standard standard JJ 1662 2559 56 gauge gauge NN 1662 2559 57 : : : 1662 2559 58 9,345 9,345 CD 1662 2559 59 km km NN 1662 2559 60 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 2559 61 standard standard JJ 1662 2559 62 gauge gauge NN 1662 2559 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2559 64 2641 2641 CD 1662 2559 65 km km NNS 1662 2559 66 electrified electrify VBN 1662 2559 67 at at IN 1662 2559 68 three three CD 1662 2559 69 voltages voltage NNS 1662 2559 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2559 71 narrow narrow JJ 1662 2559 72 gauge gauge NN 1662 2559 73 : : : 1662 2559 74 96 96 CD 1662 2559 75 km km VBG 1662 2559 76 two two CD 1662 2559 77 narrow narrow JJ 1662 2559 78 gauges gauge NNS 1662 2559 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2559 80 1995 1995 CD 1662 2559 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2559 82 Highways highway NNS 1662 2559 83 : : : 1662 2559 84 total total NN 1662 2559 85 : : : 1662 2559 86 124,770 124,770 CD 1662 2559 87 km km NN 1662 2559 88 paved pave VBN 1662 2559 89 : : : 1662 2559 90 16,719 16,719 CD 1662 2559 91 km km NNS 1662 2559 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2559 93 including include VBG 1662 2559 94 414 414 CD 1662 2559 95 km km NNS 1662 2559 96 of of IN 1662 2559 97 expressways expressway NNS 1662 2559 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2559 99 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2559 100 : : : 1662 2559 101 108,051 108,051 CD 1662 2559 102 km km NNS 1662 2559 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2559 104 1995 1995 CD 1662 2559 105 est est NNP 1662 2559 106 . . . 1662 2559 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2560 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 2560 2 : : : 1662 2560 3 NA NA NNP 1662 2560 4 km km PRP 1662 2560 5 ; ; : 1662 2560 6 the the DT 1662 2560 7 Elbe Elbe NNP 1662 2560 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2560 9 Labe Labe NNP 1662 2560 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2560 11 is be VBZ 1662 2560 12 the the DT 1662 2560 13 principal principal JJ 1662 2560 14 river river NN 1662 2560 15 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 2560 16 : : : 1662 2560 17 natural natural JJ 1662 2560 18 gas gas NN 1662 2560 19 5,400 5,400 CD 1662 2560 20 km km NN 1662 2560 21 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 2560 22 and and CC 1662 2560 23 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2560 24 : : : 1662 2560 25 Decin Decin NNP 1662 2560 26 , , , 1662 2560 27 Prague Prague NNP 1662 2560 28 , , , 1662 2560 29 Usti Usti NNP 1662 2560 30 nad nad NN 1662 2560 31 Labem Labem NNP 1662 2560 32 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2560 33 marine marine NN 1662 2560 34 : : : 1662 2560 35 total total NN 1662 2560 36 : : : 1662 2560 37 4 4 CD 1662 2560 38 ships ship NNS 1662 2560 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2560 40 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2560 41 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2560 42 or or CC 1662 2560 43 over over RB 1662 2560 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2560 45 totaling total VBG 1662 2560 46 80,117 80,117 CD 1662 2560 47 GRT/134,890 GRT/134,890 NNP 1662 2560 48 DWT DWT NNP 1662 2560 49 ships ship NNS 1662 2560 50 by by IN 1662 2560 51 type type NN 1662 2560 52 : : : 1662 2560 53 bulk bulk NNP 1662 2560 54 3 3 CD 1662 2560 55 , , , 1662 2560 56 cargo cargo NN 1662 2560 57 1 1 CD 1662 2560 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2560 59 1996 1996 CD 1662 2560 60 est est NNP 1662 2560 61 . . . 1662 2560 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2561 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2561 2 : : : 1662 2561 3 116 116 CD 1662 2561 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2561 5 1994 1994 CD 1662 2561 6 est est NNP 1662 2561 7 . . . 1662 2561 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2562 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2562 2 - - , 1662 2562 3 with with IN 1662 2562 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2562 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2562 6 : : : 1662 2562 7 total total NN 1662 2562 8 : : : 1662 2562 9 29 29 CD 1662 2562 10 over over IN 1662 2562 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2562 12 m m NN 1662 2562 13 : : : 1662 2562 14 2 2 CD 1662 2562 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2562 16 to to TO 1662 2562 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2562 18 m m NN 1662 2562 19 : : : 1662 2562 20 9 9 CD 1662 2562 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2562 22 to to TO 1662 2562 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2562 24 m m NN 1662 2562 25 : : : 1662 2562 26 13 13 CD 1662 2562 27 under under IN 1662 2562 28 914 914 CD 1662 2562 29 m m NN 1662 2562 30 : : : 1662 2562 31 5 5 CD 1662 2562 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2562 33 1994 1994 CD 1662 2562 34 est est NNP 1662 2562 35 . . . 1662 2562 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2563 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2563 2 - - , 1662 2563 3 with with IN 1662 2563 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2563 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2563 6 : : : 1662 2563 7 total total NN 1662 2563 8 : : : 1662 2563 9 87 87 CD 1662 2563 10 over over IN 1662 2563 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2563 12 m m NN 1662 2563 13 : : : 1662 2563 14 1 1 CD 1662 2563 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2563 16 to to IN 1662 2563 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2563 18 m m NN 1662 2563 19 : : : 1662 2563 20 3 3 CD 1662 2563 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2563 22 to to TO 1662 2563 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2563 24 m m NN 1662 2563 25 : : : 1662 2563 26 10 10 CD 1662 2563 27 914 914 CD 1662 2563 28 to to TO 1662 2563 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2563 30 m m NN 1662 2563 31 : : : 1662 2563 32 32 32 CD 1662 2563 33 under under IN 1662 2563 34 914 914 CD 1662 2563 35 m m NN 1662 2563 36 : : : 1662 2563 37 41 41 CD 1662 2563 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2563 39 1994 1994 CD 1662 2563 40 est est NNP 1662 2563 41 . . . 1662 2563 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2564 1 Military military JJ 1662 2564 2 Military military JJ 1662 2564 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2564 4 : : : 1662 2564 5 Army Army NNP 1662 2564 6 , , , 1662 2564 7 Air Air NNP 1662 2564 8 and and CC 1662 2564 9 Air Air NNP 1662 2564 10 Defense Defense NNP 1662 2564 11 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 2564 12 , , , 1662 2564 13 Civil Civil NNP 1662 2564 14 Defense Defense NNP 1662 2564 15 , , , 1662 2564 16 Railroad Railroad NNP 1662 2564 17 Units Units NNP 1662 2564 18 Military Military NNP 1662 2564 19 manpower manpower NN 1662 2564 20 - - HYPH 1662 2564 21 military military NN 1662 2564 22 age age NN 1662 2564 23 : : : 1662 2564 24 18 18 CD 1662 2564 25 years year NNS 1662 2564 26 of of IN 1662 2564 27 age age NN 1662 2564 28 Military military JJ 1662 2564 29 manpower manpower NN 1662 2564 30 - - HYPH 1662 2564 31 availability availability NN 1662 2564 32 : : : 1662 2564 33 males male NNS 1662 2564 34 age age NNP 1662 2564 35 15 15 CD 1662 2564 36 - - HYPH 1662 2564 37 49 49 CD 1662 2564 38 : : : 1662 2564 39 2,715,759 2,715,759 CD 1662 2564 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2564 41 1997 1997 CD 1662 2564 42 est est NNP 1662 2564 43 . . . 1662 2564 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2565 1 Military military JJ 1662 2565 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2565 3 - - HYPH 1662 2565 4 fit fit NN 1662 2565 5 for for IN 1662 2565 6 military military JJ 1662 2565 7 service service NN 1662 2565 8 : : : 1662 2565 9 males male NNS 1662 2565 10 : : : 1662 2565 11 2,068,143 2,068,143 CD 1662 2565 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2565 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2565 14 est est NNP 1662 2565 15 . . . 1662 2565 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2566 1 Military military JJ 1662 2566 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2566 3 - - HYPH 1662 2566 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 2566 5 military military JJ 1662 2566 6 age age NN 1662 2566 7 annually annually RB 1662 2566 8 : : : 1662 2566 9 males male NNS 1662 2566 10 : : : 1662 2566 11 84,516 84,516 CD 1662 2566 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2566 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2566 14 est est NNP 1662 2566 15 . . . 1662 2566 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2567 1 Military military JJ 1662 2567 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2567 3 - - HYPH 1662 2567 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2567 5 figure figure NN 1662 2567 6 : : : 1662 2567 7 $ $ $ 1662 2567 8 1.22 1.22 CD 1662 2567 9 billion billion CD 1662 2567 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2567 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 2567 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2567 13 Military military JJ 1662 2567 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2567 15 - - : 1662 2567 16 percent percent NN 1662 2567 17 of of IN 1662 2567 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2567 19 : : : 1662 2567 20 2.2 2.2 CD 1662 2567 21 % % NN 1662 2567 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2567 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2567 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2567 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2567 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2567 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 2567 28 - - : 1662 2567 29 international international JJ 1662 2567 30 : : : 1662 2567 31 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein NNP 1662 2567 32 claims claim VBZ 1662 2567 33 restitution restitution NN 1662 2567 34 for for IN 1662 2567 35 1,600 1,600 CD 1662 2567 36 sq sq NN 1662 2567 37 km km NNS 1662 2567 38 of of IN 1662 2567 39 Czech czech JJ 1662 2567 40 territory territory NN 1662 2567 41 confiscated confiscate VBN 1662 2567 42 from from IN 1662 2567 43 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2567 44 royal royal JJ 1662 2567 45 family family NN 1662 2567 46 in in IN 1662 2567 47 1918 1918 CD 1662 2567 48 ; ; : 1662 2567 49 the the DT 1662 2567 50 Czech Czech NNP 1662 2567 51 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2567 52 insists insist VBZ 1662 2567 53 that that IN 1662 2567 54 restitution restitution NN 1662 2567 55 does do VBZ 1662 2567 56 not not RB 1662 2567 57 go go VB 1662 2567 58 back back RB 1662 2567 59 before before IN 1662 2567 60 February February NNP 1662 2567 61 1948 1948 CD 1662 2567 62 , , , 1662 2567 63 when when WRB 1662 2567 64 the the DT 1662 2567 65 communists communist NNS 1662 2567 66 seized seize VBD 1662 2567 67 power power NN 1662 2567 68 ; ; , 1662 2567 69 individual individual JJ 1662 2567 70 Sudeten sudeten JJ 1662 2567 71 German german JJ 1662 2567 72 claims claim NNS 1662 2567 73 for for IN 1662 2567 74 restitution restitution NN 1662 2567 75 of of IN 1662 2567 76 property property NN 1662 2567 77 confiscated confiscate VBN 1662 2567 78 in in IN 1662 2567 79 connection connection NN 1662 2567 80 with with IN 1662 2567 81 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2567 82 expulsion expulsion NN 1662 2567 83 after after IN 1662 2567 84 World World NNP 1662 2567 85 War War NNP 1662 2567 86 II II NNP 1662 2567 87 ; ; , 1662 2567 88 unresolved unresolved JJ 1662 2567 89 property property NN 1662 2567 90 issues issue NNS 1662 2567 91 with with IN 1662 2567 92 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 2567 93 over over IN 1662 2567 94 redistribution redistribution NN 1662 2567 95 of of IN 1662 2567 96 property property NN 1662 2567 97 of of IN 1662 2567 98 the the DT 1662 2567 99 former former JJ 1662 2567 100 Czechoslovak czechoslovak JJ 1662 2567 101 federal federal JJ 1662 2567 102 government government NN 1662 2567 103 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 2567 104 drugs drug VBZ 1662 2567 105 : : : 1662 2567 106 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 2567 107 point point NN 1662 2567 108 for for IN 1662 2567 109 Southwest southwest JJ 1662 2567 110 Asian asian JJ 1662 2567 111 heroin heroin NN 1662 2567 112 and and CC 1662 2567 113 hashish hashish NN 1662 2567 114 and and CC 1662 2567 115 Latin latin JJ 1662 2567 116 American american JJ 1662 2567 117 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 2567 118 to to IN 1662 2567 119 Western Western NNP 1662 2567 120 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2567 121 ; ; : 1662 2567 122 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2567 123 consumption consumption NN 1662 2567 124 - - : 1662 2567 125 especially especially RB 1662 2567 126 of of IN 1662 2567 127 locally locally RB 1662 2567 128 produced produce VBN 1662 2567 129 synthetic synthetic JJ 1662 2567 130 drugs drug NNS 1662 2567 131 - - : 1662 2567 132 on on IN 1662 2567 133 the the DT 1662 2567 134 rise rise NN 1662 2567 135 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 136 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 137 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 138 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 139 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 140 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 141 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 142 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 143 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 144 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 145 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 146 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 147 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 148 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 149 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 150 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 151 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 152 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 153 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 154 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 155 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 156 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 157 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 158 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 159 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 160 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 161 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 162 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 163 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 164 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 165 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 166 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 167 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 168 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 169 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 170 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 171 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 172 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 173 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 174 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 175 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 176 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 177 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 178 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 179 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 180 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 181 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 182 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 183 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 184 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 185 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 186 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 187 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 188 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 189 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 190 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 191 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 192 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 193 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 194 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 195 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 196 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 197 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 198 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 199 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 200 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 201 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 202 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 203 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 204 _ _ NNP 1662 2567 205 DENMARK DENMARK NNP 1662 2567 206 @Denmark @denmark NN 1662 2567 207 : : : 1662 2567 208 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2567 209 Location Location NNP 1662 2567 210 : : : 1662 2567 211 Northern Northern NNP 1662 2567 212 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2567 213 , , , 1662 2567 214 bordering border VBG 1662 2567 215 the the DT 1662 2567 216 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 2567 217 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2567 218 and and CC 1662 2567 219 the the DT 1662 2567 220 North North NNP 1662 2567 221 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2567 222 , , , 1662 2567 223 on on IN 1662 2567 224 a a DT 1662 2567 225 peninsula peninsula NN 1662 2567 226 north north NN 1662 2567 227 of of IN 1662 2567 228 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2567 229 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2567 230 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2567 231 : : : 1662 2567 232 56 56 CD 1662 2567 233 00 00 CD 1662 2567 234 N n CD 1662 2567 235 , , , 1662 2567 236 10 10 CD 1662 2567 237 00 00 CD 1662 2567 238 E e NN 1662 2567 239 Map Map NNP 1662 2567 240 references reference NNS 1662 2567 241 : : : 1662 2567 242 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2567 243 Area Area NNP 1662 2567 244 : : : 1662 2567 245 total total NN 1662 2567 246 : : : 1662 2567 247 43,094 43,094 CD 1662 2567 248 sq sq RB 1662 2567 249 km km NNP 1662 2567 250 land land NN 1662 2567 251 : : : 1662 2567 252 42,394 42,394 CD 1662 2567 253 sq sq NN 1662 2567 254 km km NNP 1662 2567 255 water water NN 1662 2567 256 : : : 1662 2567 257 700 700 CD 1662 2567 258 sq sq IN 1662 2567 259 km km NNP 1662 2567 260 note note NN 1662 2567 261 : : : 1662 2567 262 includes include VBZ 1662 2567 263 the the DT 1662 2567 264 island island NN 1662 2567 265 of of IN 1662 2567 266 Bornholm Bornholm NNP 1662 2567 267 in in IN 1662 2567 268 the the DT 1662 2567 269 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 2567 270 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2567 271 and and CC 1662 2567 272 the the DT 1662 2567 273 rest rest NN 1662 2567 274 of of IN 1662 2567 275 metropolitan metropolitan JJ 1662 2567 276 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 2567 277 , , , 1662 2567 278 but but CC 1662 2567 279 excludes exclude VBZ 1662 2567 280 the the DT 1662 2567 281 Faroe Faroe NNP 1662 2567 282 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 2567 283 and and CC 1662 2567 284 Greenland Greenland NNP 1662 2567 285 Area Area NNP 1662 2567 286 - - HYPH 1662 2567 287 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2567 288 : : : 1662 2567 289 slightly slightly RB 1662 2567 290 less less JJR 1662 2567 291 than than IN 1662 2567 292 twice twice RB 1662 2567 293 the the DT 1662 2567 294 size size NN 1662 2567 295 of of IN 1662 2567 296 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 2567 297 Land Land NNP 1662 2567 298 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2567 299 : : : 1662 2567 300 total total JJ 1662 2567 301 : : : 1662 2567 302 68 68 CD 1662 2567 303 km km NN 1662 2567 304 border border NN 1662 2567 305 countries country NNS 1662 2567 306 : : : 1662 2567 307 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2567 308 68 68 CD 1662 2567 309 km km NN 1662 2567 310 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2567 311 : : : 1662 2567 312 7,314 7,314 CD 1662 2567 313 km km NN 1662 2567 314 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2567 315 claims claim VBZ 1662 2567 316 : : : 1662 2567 317 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 2567 318 zone zone NN 1662 2567 319 : : : 1662 2567 320 4 4 CD 1662 2567 321 nm nm NNP 1662 2567 322 continental continental NNP 1662 2567 323 shelf shelf NN 1662 2567 324 : : : 1662 2567 325 200-m 200-m CD 1662 2567 326 depth depth NN 1662 2567 327 or or CC 1662 2567 328 to to IN 1662 2567 329 the the DT 1662 2567 330 depth depth NN 1662 2567 331 of of IN 1662 2567 332 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 2567 333 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 2567 334 economic economic JJ 1662 2567 335 zone zone NN 1662 2567 336 : : : 1662 2567 337 200 200 CD 1662 2567 338 nm nm CD 1662 2567 339 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2567 340 sea sea NN 1662 2567 341 : : : 1662 2567 342 3 3 CD 1662 2567 343 nm nm IN 1662 2567 344 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2567 345 : : : 1662 2567 346 temperate temperate VB 1662 2567 347 ; ; : 1662 2567 348 humid humid JJ 1662 2567 349 and and CC 1662 2567 350 overcast overcast JJ 1662 2567 351 ; ; : 1662 2567 352 mild mild JJ 1662 2567 353 , , , 1662 2567 354 windy windy JJ 1662 2567 355 winters winter NNS 1662 2567 356 and and CC 1662 2567 357 cool cool JJ 1662 2567 358 summers summer NNS 1662 2567 359 Terrain terrain NN 1662 2567 360 : : : 1662 2567 361 low low JJ 1662 2567 362 and and CC 1662 2567 363 flat flat JJ 1662 2567 364 to to IN 1662 2567 365 gently gently RB 1662 2567 366 rolling roll VBG 1662 2567 367 plains plain NNS 1662 2567 368 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2567 369 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2567 370 : : : 1662 2567 371 lowest low JJS 1662 2567 372 point point NN 1662 2567 373 : : : 1662 2567 374 Lammefjord Lammefjord NNP 1662 2567 375 -7 -7 . 1662 2567 376 m m DT 1662 2567 377 highest high JJS 1662 2567 378 point point NN 1662 2567 379 : : : 1662 2567 380 Ejer Ejer NNP 1662 2567 381 Bavnehoj Bavnehoj NNP 1662 2567 382 173 173 CD 1662 2567 383 m m NNP 1662 2567 384 Natural natural JJ 1662 2567 385 resources resource NNS 1662 2567 386 : : : 1662 2567 387 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2567 388 , , , 1662 2567 389 natural natural JJ 1662 2567 390 gas gas NN 1662 2567 391 , , , 1662 2567 392 fish fish NN 1662 2567 393 , , , 1662 2567 394 salt salt NN 1662 2567 395 , , , 1662 2567 396 limestone limestone NN 1662 2567 397 , , , 1662 2567 398 stone stone NN 1662 2567 399 , , , 1662 2567 400 gravel gravel NN 1662 2567 401 and and CC 1662 2567 402 sand sand NN 1662 2567 403 Land Land NNP 1662 2567 404 use use NN 1662 2567 405 : : : 1662 2567 406 arable arable JJ 1662 2567 407 land land NN 1662 2567 408 : : : 1662 2567 409 60 60 CD 1662 2567 410 % % NN 1662 2567 411 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2567 412 crops crop NNS 1662 2567 413 : : : 1662 2567 414 0 0 CD 1662 2567 415 % % NN 1662 2567 416 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2567 417 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2567 418 : : : 1662 2567 419 5 5 CD 1662 2567 420 % % NN 1662 2567 421 forests forest NNS 1662 2567 422 and and CC 1662 2567 423 woodland woodland NN 1662 2567 424 : : : 1662 2567 425 10 10 CD 1662 2567 426 % % NN 1662 2567 427 other other JJ 1662 2567 428 : : : 1662 2567 429 25 25 CD 1662 2567 430 % % NN 1662 2567 431 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2567 432 1993 1993 CD 1662 2567 433 est est NNP 1662 2567 434 . . . 1662 2567 435 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2568 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2568 2 land land NN 1662 2568 3 : : : 1662 2568 4 4,350 4,350 CD 1662 2568 5 sq sq NNP 1662 2568 6 km km NNP 1662 2568 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2568 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2568 9 est est NNP 1662 2568 10 . . . 1662 2568 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2569 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2569 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2569 3 : : : 1662 2569 4 flooding flooding NN 1662 2569 5 is be VBZ 1662 2569 6 a a DT 1662 2569 7 threat threat NN 1662 2569 8 in in IN 1662 2569 9 some some DT 1662 2569 10 areas area NNS 1662 2569 11 of of IN 1662 2569 12 the the DT 1662 2569 13 country country NN 1662 2569 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2569 15 e.g. e.g. RB 1662 2569 16 , , , 1662 2569 17 parts part NNS 1662 2569 18 of of IN 1662 2569 19 Jutland Jutland NNP 1662 2569 20 , , , 1662 2569 21 along along IN 1662 2569 22 the the DT 1662 2569 23 southern southern JJ 1662 2569 24 coast coast NN 1662 2569 25 of of IN 1662 2569 26 the the DT 1662 2569 27 island island NN 1662 2569 28 of of IN 1662 2569 29 Lolland Lolland NNP 1662 2569 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2569 31 that that WDT 1662 2569 32 are be VBP 1662 2569 33 protected protect VBN 1662 2569 34 from from IN 1662 2569 35 the the DT 1662 2569 36 sea sea NN 1662 2569 37 by by IN 1662 2569 38 a a DT 1662 2569 39 system system NN 1662 2569 40 of of IN 1662 2569 41 dikes dike VBZ 1662 2569 42 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2569 43 - - HYPH 1662 2569 44 current current JJ 1662 2569 45 issues issue NNS 1662 2569 46 : : : 1662 2569 47 air air NN 1662 2569 48 pollution pollution NN 1662 2569 49 , , , 1662 2569 50 principally principally RB 1662 2569 51 from from IN 1662 2569 52 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 2569 53 and and CC 1662 2569 54 power power NN 1662 2569 55 plant plant NN 1662 2569 56 emissions emission NNS 1662 2569 57 ; ; : 1662 2569 58 nitrogen nitrogen NN 1662 2569 59 and and CC 1662 2569 60 phosphorus phosphorus NN 1662 2569 61 pollution pollution NN 1662 2569 62 of of IN 1662 2569 63 the the DT 1662 2569 64 North North NNP 1662 2569 65 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2569 66 ; ; : 1662 2569 67 drinking drinking NN 1662 2569 68 and and CC 1662 2569 69 surface surface NN 1662 2569 70 water water NN 1662 2569 71 becoming become VBG 1662 2569 72 polluted polluted JJ 1662 2569 73 from from IN 1662 2569 74 animal animal NN 1662 2569 75 wastes waste NNS 1662 2569 76 and and CC 1662 2569 77 pesticides pesticide NNS 1662 2569 78 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2569 79 - - HYPH 1662 2569 80 international international JJ 1662 2569 81 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2569 82 : : : 1662 2569 83 party party NN 1662 2569 84 to to TO 1662 2569 85 : : : 1662 2569 86 Air Air NNP 1662 2569 87 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2569 88 , , , 1662 2569 89 Air Air NNP 1662 2569 90 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2569 91 - - HYPH 1662 2569 92 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 2569 93 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 2569 94 , , , 1662 2569 95 Air Air NNP 1662 2569 96 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2569 97 - - HYPH 1662 2569 98 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 2569 99 85 85 CD 1662 2569 100 , , , 1662 2569 101 Air Air NNP 1662 2569 102 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2569 103 - - HYPH 1662 2569 104 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 2569 105 Organic Organic NNP 1662 2569 106 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 2569 107 , , , 1662 2569 108 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 2569 109 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 2569 110 , , , 1662 2569 111 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 2569 112 , , , 1662 2569 113 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2569 114 Change Change NNP 1662 2569 115 , , , 1662 2569 116 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 2569 117 , , , 1662 2569 118 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2569 119 Species Species NNPS 1662 2569 120 , , , 1662 2569 121 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 2569 122 Modification Modification NNP 1662 2569 123 , , , 1662 2569 124 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 2569 125 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 2569 126 , , , 1662 2569 127 Marine Marine NNP 1662 2569 128 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 2569 129 , , , 1662 2569 130 Marine Marine NNP 1662 2569 131 Life Life NNP 1662 2569 132 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 2569 133 , , , 1662 2569 134 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 2569 135 Test Test NNP 1662 2569 136 Ban Ban NNP 1662 2569 137 , , , 1662 2569 138 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2569 139 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2569 140 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2569 141 , , , 1662 2569 142 Ship Ship NNP 1662 2569 143 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2569 144 , , , 1662 2569 145 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 2569 146 Timber Timber NNP 1662 2569 147 83 83 CD 1662 2569 148 , , , 1662 2569 149 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 2569 150 Timber Timber NNP 1662 2569 151 94 94 CD 1662 2569 152 , , , 1662 2569 153 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 2569 154 , , , 1662 2569 155 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 2569 156 signed sign VBD 1662 2569 157 , , , 1662 2569 158 but but CC 1662 2569 159 not not RB 1662 2569 160 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2569 161 : : : 1662 2569 162 Air Air NNP 1662 2569 163 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2569 164 - - HYPH 1662 2569 165 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 2569 166 94 94 CD 1662 2569 167 , , , 1662 2569 168 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 2569 169 - - HYPH 1662 2569 170 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 2569 171 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 2569 172 , , , 1662 2569 173 Law Law NNP 1662 2569 174 of of IN 1662 2569 175 the the DT 1662 2569 176 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2569 177 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2569 178 - - HYPH 1662 2569 179 note note NN 1662 2569 180 : : : 1662 2569 181 controls control NNS 1662 2569 182 Danish Danish NNP 1662 2569 183 Straits Straits NNP 1662 2569 184 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2569 185 Skagerrak Skagerrak NNP 1662 2569 186 and and CC 1662 2569 187 Kattegat Kattegat NNP 1662 2569 188 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2569 189 linking link VBG 1662 2569 190 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 2569 191 and and CC 1662 2569 192 North North NNP 1662 2569 193 Seas Seas NNPS 1662 2569 194 ; ; : 1662 2569 195 about about RB 1662 2569 196 one one CD 1662 2569 197 - - HYPH 1662 2569 198 quarter quarter NN 1662 2569 199 of of IN 1662 2569 200 the the DT 1662 2569 201 population population NN 1662 2569 202 lives live VBZ 1662 2569 203 in in IN 1662 2569 204 Copenhagen Copenhagen NNP 1662 2569 205 @Denmark @denmark NN 1662 2569 206 : : : 1662 2569 207 People People NNPS 1662 2569 208 Population population NN 1662 2569 209 : : : 1662 2569 210 5,305,048 5,305,048 CD 1662 2569 211 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2569 212 July July NNP 1662 2569 213 1997 1997 CD 1662 2569 214 est est NNP 1662 2569 215 . . . 1662 2569 216 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2570 1 Age age NN 1662 2570 2 structure structure NN 1662 2570 3 : : : 1662 2570 4 0 0 CD 1662 2570 5 - - HYPH 1662 2570 6 14 14 CD 1662 2570 7 years year NNS 1662 2570 8 : : : 1662 2570 9 18 18 CD 1662 2570 10 % % NN 1662 2570 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2570 12 male male JJ 1662 2570 13 487,731 487,731 CD 1662 2570 14 ; ; : 1662 2570 15 female female JJ 1662 2570 16 463,444 463,444 CD 1662 2570 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2570 18 15 15 CD 1662 2570 19 - - HYPH 1662 2570 20 64 64 CD 1662 2570 21 years year NNS 1662 2570 22 : : : 1662 2570 23 67 67 CD 1662 2570 24 % % NN 1662 2570 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2570 26 male male JJ 1662 2570 27 1,801,904 1,801,904 CD 1662 2570 28 ; ; : 1662 2570 29 female female JJ 1662 2570 30 1,754,435 1,754,435 CD 1662 2570 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2570 32 65 65 CD 1662 2570 33 years year NNS 1662 2570 34 and and CC 1662 2570 35 over over RB 1662 2570 36 : : : 1662 2570 37 15 15 CD 1662 2570 38 % % NN 1662 2570 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2570 40 male male JJ 1662 2570 41 330,143 330,143 CD 1662 2570 42 ; ; : 1662 2570 43 female female JJ 1662 2570 44 467,391 467,391 CD 1662 2570 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2570 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2570 47 July July NNP 1662 2570 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2570 49 est est NNP 1662 2570 50 . . . 1662 2570 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2571 1 Population population NN 1662 2571 2 growth growth NN 1662 2571 3 rate rate NN 1662 2571 4 : : : 1662 2571 5 0.59 0.59 CD 1662 2571 6 % % NN 1662 2571 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2571 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2571 9 est est NNP 1662 2571 10 . . . 1662 2571 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2572 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2572 2 rate rate NN 1662 2572 3 : : : 1662 2572 4 12.78 12.78 CD 1662 2572 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 2572 6 population population NN 1662 2572 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2572 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2572 9 est est NNP 1662 2572 10 . . . 1662 2572 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2573 1 Death death NN 1662 2573 2 rate rate NN 1662 2573 3 : : : 1662 2573 4 11.22 11.22 CD 1662 2573 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2573 6 population population NN 1662 2573 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2573 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2573 9 est est NNP 1662 2573 10 . . . 1662 2573 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2574 1 Net net JJ 1662 2574 2 migration migration NN 1662 2574 3 rate rate NN 1662 2574 4 : : : 1662 2574 5 4.32 4.32 CD 1662 2574 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 2574 7 population population NN 1662 2574 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2574 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2574 10 est est NNP 1662 2574 11 . . . 1662 2574 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2575 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2575 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2575 3 : : : 1662 2575 4 at at IN 1662 2575 5 birth birth NN 1662 2575 6 : : : 1662 2575 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 2575 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2575 9 under under IN 1662 2575 10 15 15 CD 1662 2575 11 years year NNS 1662 2575 12 : : : 1662 2575 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 2575 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2575 15 15 15 CD 1662 2575 16 - - HYPH 1662 2575 17 64 64 CD 1662 2575 18 years year NNS 1662 2575 19 : : : 1662 2575 20 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 2575 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2575 22 65 65 CD 1662 2575 23 years year NNS 1662 2575 24 and and CC 1662 2575 25 over over IN 1662 2575 26 : : : 1662 2575 27 0.71 0.71 CD 1662 2575 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2575 29 total total JJ 1662 2575 30 population population NN 1662 2575 31 : : : 1662 2575 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 2575 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2575 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2575 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2575 36 est e JJS 1662 2575 37 . . . 1662 2575 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2576 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2576 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2576 3 rate rate NN 1662 2576 4 : : : 1662 2576 5 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 2576 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2576 7 live live JJ 1662 2576 8 births birth NNS 1662 2576 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2576 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2576 11 est est NNP 1662 2576 12 . . . 1662 2576 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2577 1 Life life NN 1662 2577 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2577 3 at at IN 1662 2577 4 birth birth NN 1662 2577 5 : : : 1662 2577 6 total total JJ 1662 2577 7 population population NN 1662 2577 8 : : : 1662 2577 9 76.1 76.1 CD 1662 2577 10 years year NNS 1662 2577 11 male male JJ 1662 2577 12 : : : 1662 2577 13 73.44 73.44 CD 1662 2577 14 years year NNS 1662 2577 15 female female JJ 1662 2577 16 : : : 1662 2577 17 78.9 78.9 CD 1662 2577 18 years year NNS 1662 2577 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2577 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2577 21 est est NNP 1662 2577 22 . . . 1662 2577 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2578 1 Total total JJ 1662 2578 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2578 3 rate rate NN 1662 2578 4 : : : 1662 2578 5 1.75 1.75 CD 1662 2578 6 children child NNS 1662 2578 7 born bear VBN 1662 2578 8 / / SYM 1662 2578 9 woman woman NN 1662 2578 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2578 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2578 12 est est NNP 1662 2578 13 . . . 1662 2578 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2579 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2579 2 : : : 1662 2579 3 noun noun NNP 1662 2579 4 : : : 1662 2579 5 Dane(s Dane(s NNP 1662 2579 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2579 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 2579 8 : : : 1662 2579 9 Danish danish JJ 1662 2579 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2579 11 groups group NNS 1662 2579 12 : : : 1662 2579 13 Scandinavian scandinavian JJ 1662 2579 14 , , , 1662 2579 15 Eskimo Eskimo NNP 1662 2579 16 , , , 1662 2579 17 Faroese Faroese NNP 1662 2579 18 , , , 1662 2579 19 German german JJ 1662 2579 20 Religions religion NNS 1662 2579 21 : : : 1662 2579 22 Evangelical Evangelical NNP 1662 2579 23 Lutheran Lutheran NNP 1662 2579 24 91 91 CD 1662 2579 25 % % NN 1662 2579 26 , , , 1662 2579 27 other other JJ 1662 2579 28 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 2579 29 and and CC 1662 2579 30 Roman Roman NNP 1662 2579 31 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 2579 32 2 2 CD 1662 2579 33 % % NN 1662 2579 34 , , , 1662 2579 35 other other JJ 1662 2579 36 7 7 CD 1662 2579 37 % % NN 1662 2579 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2579 39 1988 1988 CD 1662 2579 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2579 41 Languages language NNS 1662 2579 42 : : : 1662 2579 43 Danish Danish NNP 1662 2579 44 , , , 1662 2579 45 Faroese Faroese NNP 1662 2579 46 , , , 1662 2579 47 Greenlandic Greenlandic NNP 1662 2579 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2579 49 an an DT 1662 2579 50 Eskimo Eskimo NNP 1662 2579 51 dialect dialect NN 1662 2579 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2579 53 , , , 1662 2579 54 German german JJ 1662 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1662 2580 14 long long JJ 1662 2580 15 form form NN 1662 2580 16 : : : 1662 2580 17 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 2580 18 of of IN 1662 2580 19 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 2580 20 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2580 21 short short JJ 1662 2580 22 form form NN 1662 2580 23 : : : 1662 2580 24 Denmark denmark VB 1662 2580 25 local local JJ 1662 2580 26 long long JJ 1662 2580 27 form form NN 1662 2580 28 : : : 1662 2580 29 Kongeriget Kongeriget NNP 1662 2580 30 Danmark Danmark NNP 1662 2580 31 local local JJ 1662 2580 32 short short JJ 1662 2580 33 form form NN 1662 2580 34 : : : 1662 2580 35 Danmark Danmark NNP 1662 2580 36 Data Data NNP 1662 2580 37 code code NN 1662 2580 38 : : : 1662 2580 39 DA DA NNP 1662 2580 40 Government Government NNP 1662 2580 41 type type NN 1662 2580 42 : : : 1662 2580 43 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 2580 44 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 2580 45 National national JJ 1662 2580 46 capital capital NN 1662 2580 47 : : : 1662 2580 48 Copenhagen Copenhagen NNP 1662 2580 49 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 2580 50 divisions division NNS 1662 2580 51 : : : 1662 2580 52 metropolitan metropolitan NNP 1662 2580 53 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 2580 54 - - HYPH 1662 2580 55 14 14 CD 1662 2580 56 counties county NNS 1662 2580 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2580 58 amter amter NNP 1662 2580 59 , , , 1662 2580 60 singular singular NNP 1662 2580 61 - - HYPH 1662 2580 62 amt amt NNP 1662 2580 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2580 64 and and CC 1662 2580 65 1 1 CD 1662 2580 66 city city NN 1662 2580 67 * * NFP 1662 2580 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2580 69 stad stad NN 1662 2580 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2580 71 ; ; : 1662 2580 72 Arhus Arhus NNP 1662 2580 73 , , , 1662 2580 74 Bornholms Bornholms NNP 1662 2580 75 , , , 1662 2580 76 Frederiksborg Frederiksborg NNP 1662 2580 77 , , , 1662 2580 78 Fyns Fyns NNP 1662 2580 79 , , , 1662 2580 80 Kobenhavns Kobenhavns NNP 1662 2580 81 , , , 1662 2580 82 Nordjyllands Nordjyllands NNP 1662 2580 83 , , , 1662 2580 84 Ribe Ribe NNP 1662 2580 85 , , , 1662 2580 86 Ringkobing Ringkobing NNP 1662 2580 87 , , , 1662 2580 88 Roskilde Roskilde NNP 1662 2580 89 , , , 1662 2580 90 Sonderjyllands Sonderjyllands NNP 1662 2580 91 , , , 1662 2580 92 Staden Staden NNP 1662 2580 93 Kobenhavn Kobenhavn NNP 1662 2580 94 * * NFP 1662 2580 95 , , , 1662 2580 96 Storstroms Storstroms NNPS 1662 2580 97 , , , 1662 2580 98 Vejle Vejle NNP 1662 2580 99 , , , 1662 2580 100 Vestsjaellands Vestsjaellands NNPS 1662 2580 101 , , , 1662 2580 102 Viborg Viborg NNP 1662 2580 103 note note NN 1662 2580 104 : : : 1662 2580 105 there there EX 1662 2580 106 is be VBZ 1662 2580 107 one one CD 1662 2580 108 other other JJ 1662 2580 109 city city NN 1662 2580 110 , , , 1662 2580 111 Fredericksberg Fredericksberg NNP 1662 2580 112 , , , 1662 2580 113 mentioned mention VBN 1662 2580 114 by by IN 1662 2580 115 some some DT 1662 2580 116 sources source NNS 1662 2580 117 , , , 1662 2580 118 but but CC 1662 2580 119 the the DT 1662 2580 120 US US NNP 1662 2580 121 government government 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NNS 1662 2580 227 ; ; : 1662 2580 228 accepts accept VBZ 1662 2580 229 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 2580 230 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 2580 231 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 2580 232 , , , 1662 2580 233 with with IN 1662 2580 234 reservations reservation NNS 1662 2580 235 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 2580 236 : : : 1662 2580 237 18 18 CD 1662 2580 238 years year NNS 1662 2580 239 of of IN 1662 2580 240 age age NN 1662 2580 241 ; ; : 1662 2580 242 universal universal JJ 1662 2580 243 Executive Executive NNP 1662 2580 244 branch branch NN 1662 2580 245 : : : 1662 2580 246 chief chief NN 1662 2580 247 of of IN 1662 2580 248 state state NN 1662 2580 249 : : : 1662 2580 250 Queen Queen NNP 1662 2580 251 MARGRETHE MARGRETHE NNS 1662 2580 252 II II NNP 1662 2580 253 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2580 254 since since IN 1662 2580 255 14 14 CD 1662 2580 256 January January NNP 1662 2580 257 1972 1972 CD 1662 2580 258 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2580 259 ; ; : 1662 2580 260 Heir Heir NNP 1662 2580 261 Apparent apparent JJ 1662 2580 262 Crown Crown NNP 1662 2580 263 Prince Prince NNP 1662 2580 264 FREDERIK FREDERIK NNP 1662 2580 265 , , , 1662 2580 266 elder elder JJ 1662 2580 267 son son NN 1662 2580 268 of of IN 1662 2580 269 the the DT 1662 2580 270 queen queen NN 1662 2580 271 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2580 272 born bear VBN 1662 2580 273 26 26 CD 1662 2580 274 May May NNP 1662 2580 275 1968 1968 CD 1662 2580 276 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2580 277 head head NN 1662 2580 278 of of IN 1662 2580 279 government government NN 1662 2580 280 : : : 1662 2580 281 Prime Prime NNP 1662 2580 282 Minister Minister NNP 1662 2580 283 Poul Poul NNP 1662 2580 284 Nyrup Nyrup NNP 1662 2580 285 RASMUSSEN RASMUSSEN NNP 1662 2580 286 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2580 287 since since IN 1662 2580 288 25 25 CD 1662 2580 289 January January NNP 1662 2580 290 1993 1993 CD 1662 2580 291 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2580 292 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2580 293 : : : 1662 2580 294 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 2580 295 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2580 296 by by IN 1662 2580 297 the the DT 1662 2580 298 queen queen JJ 1662 2580 299 elections election NNS 1662 2580 300 : : : 1662 2580 301 none none NN 1662 2580 302 ; ; : 1662 2580 303 the the DT 1662 2580 304 queen queen NN 1662 2580 305 is be VBZ 1662 2580 306 a a DT 1662 2580 307 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 2580 308 monarch monarch NN 1662 2580 309 ; ; : 1662 2580 310 prime prime NNP 1662 2580 311 minister minister NNP 1662 2580 312 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2580 313 by by IN 1662 2580 314 the the DT 1662 2580 315 queen queen JJ 1662 2580 316 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2580 317 branch branch NN 1662 2580 318 : : : 1662 2580 319 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 2580 320 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 2580 321 or or CC 1662 2580 322 Folketing Folketing NNP 1662 2580 323 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2580 324 179 179 CD 1662 2580 325 seats seat NNS 1662 2580 326 ; ; : 1662 2580 327 members member NNS 1662 2580 328 are be VBP 1662 2580 329 elected elect VBN 1662 2580 330 on on IN 1662 2580 331 the the DT 1662 2580 332 basis basis NN 1662 2580 333 of of IN 1662 2580 334 proportional proportional JJ 1662 2580 335 representation representation NN 1662 2580 336 to to TO 1662 2580 337 serve serve VB 1662 2580 338 four four CD 1662 2580 339 - - HYPH 1662 2580 340 year year NN 1662 2580 341 terms term NNS 1662 2580 342 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2580 343 elections election NNS 1662 2580 344 : : : 1662 2580 345 last last RB 1662 2580 346 held hold VBD 1662 2580 347 21 21 CD 1662 2580 348 September September NNP 1662 2580 349 1994 1994 CD 1662 2580 350 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2580 351 next next JJ 1662 2580 352 to to TO 1662 2580 353 be be VB 1662 2580 354 held hold VBN 1662 2580 355 not not RB 1662 2580 356 later later RB 1662 2580 357 than than IN 1662 2580 358 September September NNP 1662 2580 359 1998 1998 CD 1662 2580 360 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2580 361 election election NN 1662 2580 362 results result NNS 1662 2580 363 : : : 1662 2580 364 percent percent NN 1662 2580 365 of of IN 1662 2580 366 vote vote NN 1662 2580 367 by by IN 1662 2580 368 party party NNP 1662 2580 369 - - HYPH 1662 2580 370 Social Social NNP 1662 2580 371 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 2580 372 34.6 34.6 CD 1662 2580 373 % % NN 1662 2580 374 , , , 1662 2580 375 Liberals Liberals NNP 1662 2580 376 23.3 23.3 CD 1662 2580 377 % % NN 1662 2580 378 , , , 1662 2580 379 Conservatives conservative NNS 1662 2580 380 15.0 15.0 CD 1662 2580 381 % % NN 1662 2580 382 , , , 1662 2580 383 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 2580 384 People People NNPS 1662 2580 385 's 's POS 1662 2580 386 Party Party NNP 1662 2580 387 7.3 7.3 CD 1662 2580 388 % % NN 1662 2580 389 , , , 1662 2580 390 Progress Progress NNP 1662 2580 391 Party Party NNP 1662 2580 392 6.4 6.4 CD 1662 2580 393 % % NN 1662 2580 394 , , , 1662 2580 395 Social Social NNP 1662 2580 396 Liberals Liberals NNPS 1662 2580 397 4.6 4.6 CD 1662 2580 398 % % NN 1662 2580 399 , , , 1662 2580 400 Unity Unity NNP 1662 2580 401 List List NNP 1662 2580 402 3.1 3.1 CD 1662 2580 403 % % NN 1662 2580 404 , , , 1662 2580 405 Center Center NNP 1662 2580 406 Democrats Democrats NNP 1662 2580 407 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 2580 408 % % NN 1662 2580 409 , , , 1662 2580 410 Christian Christian NNP 1662 2580 411 People People NNPS 1662 2580 412 's 's POS 1662 2580 413 Party Party NNP 1662 2580 414 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 2580 415 % % NN 1662 2580 416 ; ; , 1662 2580 417 seats seat NNS 1662 2580 418 by by IN 1662 2580 419 party party NN 1662 2580 420 - - HYPH 1662 2580 421 Social Social NNP 1662 2580 422 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 2580 423 63 63 CD 1662 2580 424 , , , 1662 2580 425 Liberals Liberals NNP 1662 2580 426 44 44 CD 1662 2580 427 , , , 1662 2580 428 Conservatives Conservatives NNPS 1662 2580 429 28 28 CD 1662 2580 430 , , , 1662 2580 431 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 2580 432 People People NNPS 1662 2580 433 's 's POS 1662 2580 434 Party Party NNP 1662 2580 435 13 13 CD 1662 2580 436 , , , 1662 2580 437 Progress Progress NNP 1662 2580 438 Party Party NNP 1662 2580 439 11 11 CD 1662 2580 440 , , , 1662 2580 441 Social Social NNP 1662 2580 442 Liberals Liberals NNP 1662 2580 443 8 8 CD 1662 2580 444 , , , 1662 2580 445 Unity Unity NNP 1662 2580 446 List List NNP 1662 2580 447 6 6 CD 1662 2580 448 , , , 1662 2580 449 Center Center NNP 1662 2580 450 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 2580 451 5 5 CD 1662 2580 452 , , , 1662 2580 453 independent independent JJ 1662 2580 454 1 1 CD 1662 2580 455 ; ; : 1662 2580 456 note note NN 1662 2580 457 - - HYPH 1662 2580 458 Progress Progress NNP 1662 2580 459 Party Party NNP 1662 2580 460 split split VBD 1662 2580 461 up up RP 1662 2580 462 in in IN 1662 2580 463 spring spring NN 1662 2580 464 of of IN 1662 2580 465 1995 1995 CD 1662 2580 466 : : : 1662 2580 467 Progress Progress NNP 1662 2580 468 Party Party NNP 1662 2580 469 retained retain VBD 1662 2580 470 7 7 CD 1662 2580 471 seats seat NNS 1662 2580 472 , , , 1662 2580 473 Danish Danish NNP 1662 2580 474 People People NNPS 1662 2580 475 's 's POS 1662 2580 476 Party Party NNP 1662 2580 477 4 4 CD 1662 2580 478 seats seat NNS 1662 2580 479 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 2580 480 branch branch NN 1662 2580 481 : : : 1662 2580 482 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2580 483 Court Court NNP 1662 2580 484 , , , 1662 2580 485 judges judge NNS 1662 2580 486 are be VBP 1662 2580 487 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2580 488 by by IN 1662 2580 489 the the DT 1662 2580 490 monarch monarch NN 1662 2580 491 for for IN 1662 2580 492 life life NN 1662 2580 493 Political political JJ 1662 2580 494 parties party NNS 1662 2580 495 and and CC 1662 2580 496 leaders leader NNS 1662 2580 497 : : : 1662 2580 498 Social Social NNP 1662 2580 499 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2580 500 Party Party NNP 1662 2580 501 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2580 502 Poul Poul NNP 1662 2580 503 Nyrup Nyrup NNP 1662 2580 504 RASMUSSEN RASMUSSEN NNP 1662 2580 505 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2580 506 ; ; : 1662 2580 507 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 2580 508 Party Party NNP 1662 2580 509 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2580 510 Hans Hans NNP 1662 2580 511 ENGELL ENGELL NNP 1662 2580 512 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2580 513 ; ; : 1662 2580 514 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 2580 515 Party Party NNP 1662 2580 516 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2580 517 Uffe Uffe NNP 1662 2580 518 ELLEMANN ELLEMANN NNP 1662 2580 519 - - HYPH 1662 2580 520 JENSEN JENSEN NNP 1662 2580 521 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2580 522 ; ; : 1662 2580 523 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 2580 524 People People NNPS 1662 2580 525 's 's POS 1662 2580 526 Party Party NNP 1662 2580 527 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2580 528 Holger Holger NNP 1662 2580 529 K. K. NNP 1662 2580 530 NIELSEN NIELSEN NNP 1662 2580 531 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2580 532 ; ; : 1662 2580 533 Progress Progress NNP 1662 2580 534 Party Party NNP 1662 2580 535 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2580 536 Kirsten Kirsten NNP 1662 2580 537 JAKOBSEN JAKOBSEN NNP 1662 2580 538 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2580 539 ; ; : 1662 2580 540 Center Center NNP 1662 2580 541 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2580 542 Party Party NNP 1662 2580 543 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2580 544 Mimi Mimi NNP 1662 2580 545 JAKOBSEN JAKOBSEN NNP 1662 2580 546 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2580 547 ; ; : 1662 2580 548 Social Social NNP 1662 2580 549 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 2580 550 Party Party NNP 1662 2580 551 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2580 552 Marianne Marianne NNP 1662 2580 553 JELVED JELVED NNP 1662 2580 554 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2580 555 ; ; : 1662 2580 556 Unity Unity NNP 1662 2580 557 Party Party NNP 1662 2580 558 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2580 559 none none NN 1662 2580 560 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2580 561 ; ; : 1662 2580 562 Danish Danish NNP 1662 2580 563 People People NNPS 1662 2580 564 's 's POS 1662 2580 565 Party Party NNP 1662 2580 566 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2580 567 Pia Pia NNP 1662 2580 568 KJAERSGAARD KJAERSGAARD NNP 1662 2580 569 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2580 570 International international JJ 1662 2580 571 organization organization NN 1662 2580 572 participation participation NN 1662 2580 573 : : : 1662 2580 574 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 2580 575 , , , 1662 2580 576 AG AG NNP 1662 2580 577 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2580 578 observer observer NNP 1662 2580 579 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2580 580 , , , 1662 2580 581 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 2580 582 , , , 1662 2580 583 Australia Australia NNP 1662 2580 584 Group Group NNP 1662 2580 585 , , , 1662 2580 586 BIS BIS NNP 1662 2580 587 , , , 1662 2580 588 CBSS CBSS NNP 1662 2580 589 , , , 1662 2580 590 CCC CCC NNP 1662 2580 591 , , , 1662 2580 592 CE CE NNP 1662 2580 593 , , , 1662 2580 594 CERN CERN NNP 1662 2580 595 , , , 1662 2580 596 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 2580 597 , , , 1662 2580 598 ECE ECE NNP 1662 2580 599 , , , 1662 2580 600 EIB EIB NNP 1662 2580 601 , , , 1662 2580 602 ESA ESA NNP 1662 2580 603 , , , 1662 2580 604 EU EU NNP 1662 2580 605 , , , 1662 2580 606 FAO FAO NNP 1662 2580 607 , , , 1662 2580 608 G- G- NNP 1662 2580 609 9 9 CD 1662 2580 610 , , , 1662 2580 611 IADB IADB NNP 1662 2580 612 , , , 1662 2580 613 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 2580 614 , , , 1662 2580 615 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 2580 616 , , , 1662 2580 617 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 2580 618 , , , 1662 2580 619 ICC ICC NNP 1662 2580 620 , , , 1662 2580 621 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 2580 622 , , , 1662 2580 623 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 2580 624 , , , 1662 2580 625 IDA IDA NNP 1662 2580 626 , , , 1662 2580 627 IEA IEA NNP 1662 2580 628 , , , 1662 2580 629 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 2580 630 , , , 1662 2580 631 IFC IFC NNP 1662 2580 632 , , , 1662 2580 633 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 2580 634 , , , 1662 2580 635 IHO IHO NNP 1662 2580 636 , , , 1662 2580 637 ILO ILO NNP 1662 2580 638 , , , 1662 2580 639 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2580 640 , , , 1662 2580 641 IMO imo RB 1662 2580 642 , , , 1662 2580 643 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 2580 644 , , , 1662 2580 645 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2580 646 , , , 1662 2580 647 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 2580 648 , , , 1662 2580 649 IOC IOC NNP 1662 2580 650 , , , 1662 2580 651 IOM IOM NNP 1662 2580 652 , , , 1662 2580 653 ISO ISO NNP 1662 2580 654 , , , 1662 2580 655 ITU ITU NNP 1662 2580 656 , , , 1662 2580 657 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 2580 658 , , , 1662 2580 659 NACC NACC NNP 1662 2580 660 , , , 1662 2580 661 NATO NATO NNP 1662 2580 662 , , , 1662 2580 663 NC NC NNP 1662 2580 664 , , , 1662 2580 665 NEA NEA NNP 1662 2580 666 , , , 1662 2580 667 NIB NIB NNP 1662 2580 668 , , , 1662 2580 669 NSG NSG NNP 1662 2580 670 , , , 1662 2580 671 OECD OECD NNP 1662 2580 672 , , , 1662 2580 673 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 2580 674 , , , 1662 2580 675 PCA PCA NNP 1662 2580 676 , , , 1662 2580 677 UN UN NNP 1662 2580 678 , , , 1662 2580 679 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 2580 680 , , , 1662 2580 681 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 2580 682 , , , 1662 2580 683 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 2580 684 , , , 1662 2580 685 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 2580 686 , , , 1662 2580 687 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 2580 688 , , , 1662 2580 689 UNMIBH unmibh NN 1662 2580 690 , , , 1662 2580 691 UNMOGIP UNMOGIP NNP 1662 2580 692 , , , 1662 2580 693 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 2580 694 , , , 1662 2580 695 UNMOT UNMOT NNP 1662 2580 696 , , , 1662 2580 697 UNOMIG UNOMIG NNP 1662 2580 698 , , , 1662 2580 699 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 2580 700 , , , 1662 2580 701 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 2580 702 , , , 1662 2580 703 UNTSO UNTSO NNP 1662 2580 704 , , , 1662 2580 705 UPU UPU NNP 1662 2580 706 , , , 1662 2580 707 WEU WEU NNP 1662 2580 708 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2580 709 observer observer NN 1662 2580 710 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2580 711 , , , 1662 2580 712 WHO who WP 1662 2580 713 , , , 1662 2580 714 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 2580 715 , , , 1662 2580 716 WMO WMO NNP 1662 2580 717 , , , 1662 2580 718 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 2580 719 , , , 1662 2580 720 ZC ZC NNP 1662 2580 721 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2580 722 representation representation NN 1662 2580 723 in in IN 1662 2580 724 the the DT 1662 2580 725 US US NNP 1662 2580 726 : : : 1662 2580 727 chief chief NN 1662 2580 728 of of IN 1662 2580 729 mission mission NN 1662 2580 730 : : : 1662 2580 731 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2580 732 Knud Knud NNP 1662 2580 733 - - HYPH 1662 2580 734 Erik Erik NNP 1662 2580 735 TYGESEN TYGESEN NNP 1662 2580 736 chancery chancery NN 1662 2580 737 : : : 1662 2580 738 3200 3200 CD 1662 2580 739 Whitehaven Whitehaven NNP 1662 2580 740 Street Street NNP 1662 2580 741 NW NW NNP 1662 2580 742 , , , 1662 2580 743 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2580 744 , , , 1662 2580 745 DC DC NNP 1662 2580 746 20008 20008 CD 1662 2580 747 telephone telephone NN 1662 2580 748 : : : 1662 2580 749 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2580 750 1 1 CD 1662 2580 751 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2580 752 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2580 753 202 202 CD 1662 2580 754 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2580 755 234 234 CD 1662 2580 756 - - HYPH 1662 2580 757 4300 4300 CD 1662 2580 758 FAX FAX NNP 1662 2580 759 : : : 1662 2580 760 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2580 761 1 1 CD 1662 2580 762 ] ] -RRB- 1662 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2596 38 18 18 CD 1662 2596 39 submarine submarine NN 1662 2596 40 optical optical JJ 1662 2596 41 fiber fiber NN 1662 2596 42 cables cable NNS 1662 2596 43 linking link VBG 1662 2596 44 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 2596 45 with with IN 1662 2596 46 Norway Norway NNP 1662 2596 47 , , , 1662 2596 48 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 2596 49 , , , 1662 2596 50 Russia Russia NNP 1662 2596 51 , , , 1662 2596 52 Poland Poland NNP 1662 2596 53 , , , 1662 2596 54 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2596 55 , , , 1662 2596 56 the the DT 1662 2596 57 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 2596 58 , , , 1662 2596 59 UK UK NNP 1662 2596 60 , , , 1662 2596 61 Faroe Faroe NNP 1662 2596 62 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 2596 63 , , , 1662 2596 64 Iceland Iceland NNP 1662 2596 65 , , , 1662 2596 66 and and CC 1662 2596 67 Canada Canada NNP 1662 2596 68 ; ; : 1662 2596 69 satellite satellite NN 1662 2596 70 earth earth NN 1662 2596 71 stations station NNS 1662 2596 72 - - , 1662 2596 73 6 6 CD 1662 2596 74 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2596 75 ; ; : 1662 2596 76 10 10 CD 1662 2596 77 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNS 1662 2596 78 ; ; : 1662 2596 79 1 1 CD 1662 2596 80 Orion orion NN 1662 2596 81 ; ; : 1662 2596 82 1 1 CD 1662 2596 83 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 2596 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2596 85 Blaavand Blaavand NNP 1662 2596 86 - - HYPH 1662 2596 87 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2596 88 - - HYPH 1662 2596 89 East East NNP 1662 2596 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2596 91 ; ; : 1662 2596 92 note note VB 1662 2596 93 - - : 1662 2596 94 the the DT 1662 2596 95 Nordic nordic JJ 1662 2596 96 countries country NNS 1662 2596 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2596 98 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 2596 99 , , , 1662 2596 100 Finland Finland NNP 1662 2596 101 , , , 1662 2596 102 Iceland Iceland NNP 1662 2596 103 , , , 1662 2596 104 Norway Norway NNP 1662 2596 105 , , , 1662 2596 106 and and CC 1662 2596 107 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 2596 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2596 109 share share VB 1662 2596 110 the the DT 1662 2596 111 Danish danish JJ 1662 2596 112 earth earth NN 1662 2596 113 station station NN 1662 2596 114 and and CC 1662 2596 115 the the DT 1662 2596 116 Eik Eik NNP 1662 2596 117 , , , 1662 2596 118 Norway Norway NNP 1662 2596 119 , , , 1662 2596 120 station station NN 1662 2596 121 for for IN 1662 2596 122 world world NN 1662 2596 123 - - HYPH 1662 2596 124 wide wide JJ 1662 2596 125 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 2596 126 access access NN 1662 2596 127 Radio Radio NNP 1662 2596 128 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2596 129 stations station NNS 1662 2596 130 : : : 1662 2596 131 AM AM NNP 1662 2596 132 2 2 CD 1662 2596 133 , , , 1662 2596 134 FM FM NNP 1662 2596 135 3 3 CD 1662 2596 136 , , , 1662 2596 137 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 2596 138 0 0 CD 1662 2596 139 Radios radio NNS 1662 2596 140 : : : 1662 2596 141 NA NA NNP 1662 2596 142 Television Television NNP 1662 2596 143 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2596 144 stations station NNS 1662 2596 145 : : : 1662 2596 146 50 50 CD 1662 2596 147 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2596 148 1996 1996 CD 1662 2596 149 est est NNP 1662 2596 150 . . . 1662 2596 151 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2597 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 2597 2 : : : 1662 2597 3 3 3 CD 1662 2597 4 million million CD 1662 2597 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2597 6 1996 1996 CD 1662 2597 7 est est NNP 1662 2597 8 . . . 1662 2597 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2598 1 @Denmark @denmark NN 1662 2598 2 : : : 1662 2598 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2598 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2598 5 : : : 1662 2598 6 total total NN 1662 2598 7 : : : 1662 2598 8 2,848 2,848 CD 1662 2598 9 km km NNS 1662 2598 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2598 11 499 499 CD 1662 2598 12 km km NN 1662 2598 13 privately privately RB 1662 2598 14 owned own VBN 1662 2598 15 and and CC 1662 2598 16 operated operated JJ 1662 2598 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2598 18 standard standard JJ 1662 2598 19 gauge gauge NN 1662 2598 20 : : : 1662 2598 21 2,848 2,848 CD 1662 2598 22 km km NN 1662 2598 23 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 2598 24 gauge gauge NN 1662 2598 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2598 26 326 326 CD 1662 2598 27 km km NN 1662 2598 28 electrified electrify VBN 1662 2598 29 ; ; : 1662 2598 30 760 760 CD 1662 2598 31 km km NN 1662 2598 32 double double JJ 1662 2598 33 track track NN 1662 2598 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2598 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2598 36 1995 1995 CD 1662 2598 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2598 38 Highways highway NNS 1662 2598 39 : : : 1662 2598 40 total total NN 1662 2598 41 : : : 1662 2598 42 71,420 71,420 CD 1662 2598 43 km km NN 1662 2598 44 paved pave VBN 1662 2598 45 : : : 1662 2598 46 71,420 71,420 CD 1662 2598 47 km km NNP 1662 2598 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2598 49 including include VBG 1662 2598 50 830 830 CD 1662 2598 51 km km NNS 1662 2598 52 of of IN 1662 2598 53 expressways expressway NNS 1662 2598 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2598 55 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2598 56 : : : 1662 2598 57 0 0 CD 1662 2598 58 km km NNS 1662 2598 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2598 60 1995 1995 CD 1662 2598 61 est est NNP 1662 2598 62 . . . 1662 2598 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2599 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 2599 2 : : : 1662 2599 3 417 417 CD 1662 2599 4 km km NN 1662 2599 5 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 2599 6 : : : 1662 2599 7 crude crude JJ 1662 2599 8 oil oil NN 1662 2599 9 110 110 CD 1662 2599 10 km km NN 1662 2599 11 ; ; : 1662 2599 12 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2599 13 products product NNS 1662 2599 14 578 578 CD 1662 2599 15 km km NNS 1662 2599 16 ; ; : 1662 2599 17 natural natural JJ 1662 2599 18 gas gas NN 1662 2599 19 700 700 CD 1662 2599 20 km km NN 1662 2599 21 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 2599 22 and and CC 1662 2599 23 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2599 24 : : : 1662 2599 25 Alborg Alborg NNP 1662 2599 26 , , , 1662 2599 27 Arhus Arhus NNP 1662 2599 28 , , , 1662 2599 29 Copenhagen Copenhagen NNP 1662 2599 30 , , , 1662 2599 31 Esbjerg Esbjerg NNP 1662 2599 32 , , , 1662 2599 33 Fredericia Fredericia NNP 1662 2599 34 , , , 1662 2599 35 Grenaa Grenaa NNP 1662 2599 36 , , , 1662 2599 37 Koge Koge NNP 1662 2599 38 , , , 1662 2599 39 Odense Odense NNP 1662 2599 40 , , , 1662 2599 41 Struer Struer NNP 1662 2599 42 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2599 43 marine marine NN 1662 2599 44 : : : 1662 2599 45 total total NN 1662 2599 46 : : : 1662 2599 47 328 328 CD 1662 2599 48 ships ship NNS 1662 2599 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2599 50 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2599 51 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2599 52 or or CC 1662 2599 53 over over RB 1662 2599 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2599 55 totaling total VBG 1662 2599 56 5,180,729 5,180,729 CD 1662 2599 57 GRT/7,400,870 grt/7,400,870 JJ 1662 2599 58 DWT dwt NN 1662 2599 59 ships ship NNS 1662 2599 60 by by IN 1662 2599 61 type type NN 1662 2599 62 : : : 1662 2599 63 bulk bulk NNP 1662 2599 64 15 15 CD 1662 2599 65 , , , 1662 2599 66 cargo cargo NN 1662 2599 67 114 114 CD 1662 2599 68 , , , 1662 2599 69 chemical chemical NN 1662 2599 70 tanker tanker NN 1662 2599 71 20 20 CD 1662 2599 72 , , , 1662 2599 73 container container NN 1662 2599 74 68 68 CD 1662 2599 75 , , , 1662 2599 76 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 2599 77 gas gas NN 1662 2599 78 tanker tanker NN 1662 2599 79 25 25 CD 1662 2599 80 , , , 1662 2599 81 livestock livestock NN 1662 2599 82 carrier carrier NN 1662 2599 83 6 6 CD 1662 2599 84 , , , 1662 2599 85 oil oil NN 1662 2599 86 tanker tanker NN 1662 2599 87 29 29 CD 1662 2599 88 , , , 1662 2599 89 railcar railcar NN 1662 2599 90 carrier carrier NN 1662 2599 91 1 1 CD 1662 2599 92 , , , 1662 2599 93 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 2599 94 cargo cargo NN 1662 2599 95 16 16 CD 1662 2599 96 , , , 1662 2599 97 roll roll NN 1662 2599 98 - - HYPH 1662 2599 99 on on IN 1662 2599 100 / / SYM 1662 2599 101 roll roll NN 1662 2599 102 - - HYPH 1662 2599 103 off off RP 1662 2599 104 cargo cargo NN 1662 2599 105 24 24 CD 1662 2599 106 , , , 1662 2599 107 short short JJ 1662 2599 108 - - HYPH 1662 2599 109 sea sea NN 1662 2599 110 passenger passenger NN 1662 2599 111 9 9 CD 1662 2599 112 , , , 1662 2599 113 specialized specialized NNP 1662 2599 114 tanker tanker NN 1662 2599 115 1 1 CD 1662 2599 116 note note NN 1662 2599 117 : : : 1662 2599 118 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 2599 119 has have VBZ 1662 2599 120 created create VBN 1662 2599 121 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2599 122 own own JJ 1662 2599 123 internal internal JJ 1662 2599 124 register register NN 1662 2599 125 , , , 1662 2599 126 called call VBN 1662 2599 127 the the DT 1662 2599 128 Danish Danish NNP 1662 2599 129 International International NNP 1662 2599 130 Ship Ship NNP 1662 2599 131 register register NN 1662 2599 132 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2599 133 DIS DIS NNP 1662 2599 134 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2599 135 ; ; : 1662 2599 136 DIS DIS NNP 1662 2599 137 ships ship NNS 1662 2599 138 do do VBP 1662 2599 139 not not RB 1662 2599 140 have have VB 1662 2599 141 to to TO 1662 2599 142 meet meet VB 1662 2599 143 Danish danish JJ 1662 2599 144 manning manning NN 1662 2599 145 regulations regulation NNS 1662 2599 146 , , , 1662 2599 147 and and CC 1662 2599 148 they -PRON- PRP 1662 2599 149 amount amount VBP 1662 2599 150 to to IN 1662 2599 151 a a DT 1662 2599 152 flag flag NN 1662 2599 153 of of IN 1662 2599 154 convenience convenience NN 1662 2599 155 within within IN 1662 2599 156 the the DT 1662 2599 157 Danish danish JJ 1662 2599 158 register register NN 1662 2599 159 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2599 160 1996 1996 CD 1662 2599 161 est est NNP 1662 2599 162 . . . 1662 2599 163 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2600 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2600 2 : : : 1662 2600 3 109 109 CD 1662 2600 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2600 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2600 6 est est NNP 1662 2600 7 . . . 1662 2600 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2601 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2601 2 - - , 1662 2601 3 with with IN 1662 2601 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2601 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2601 6 : : : 1662 2601 7 total total NN 1662 2601 8 : : : 1662 2601 9 102 102 CD 1662 2601 10 over over IN 1662 2601 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2601 12 m m NN 1662 2601 13 : : : 1662 2601 14 2 2 CD 1662 2601 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2601 16 to to TO 1662 2601 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2601 18 m m NN 1662 2601 19 : : : 1662 2601 20 7 7 CD 1662 2601 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2601 22 to to TO 1662 2601 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2601 24 m m NN 1662 2601 25 : : : 1662 2601 26 3 3 CD 1662 2601 27 914 914 CD 1662 2601 28 to to TO 1662 2601 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2601 30 m m NN 1662 2601 31 : : : 1662 2601 32 13 13 CD 1662 2601 33 under under IN 1662 2601 34 914 914 CD 1662 2601 35 m m NN 1662 2601 36 : : : 1662 2601 37 77 77 CD 1662 2601 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2601 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 2601 40 est est NNP 1662 2601 41 . . . 1662 2601 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2602 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2602 2 - - , 1662 2602 3 with with IN 1662 2602 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2602 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2602 6 : : : 1662 2602 7 total total NN 1662 2602 8 : : : 1662 2602 9 7 7 CD 1662 2602 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2602 11 to to TO 1662 2602 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2602 13 m m NN 1662 2602 14 : : : 1662 2602 15 1 1 CD 1662 2602 16 914 914 CD 1662 2602 17 to to TO 1662 2602 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2602 19 m m NN 1662 2602 20 : : : 1662 2602 21 6 6 CD 1662 2602 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2602 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2602 24 est est NNP 1662 2602 25 . . . 1662 2602 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2603 1 Military military JJ 1662 2603 2 Military military JJ 1662 2603 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2603 4 : : : 1662 2603 5 Royal Royal NNP 1662 2603 6 Danish Danish NNP 1662 2603 7 Army Army NNP 1662 2603 8 , , , 1662 2603 9 Royal Royal NNP 1662 2603 10 Danish Danish NNP 1662 2603 11 Navy Navy NNP 1662 2603 12 , , , 1662 2603 13 Royal Royal NNP 1662 2603 14 Danish Danish NNP 1662 2603 15 Air Air NNP 1662 2603 16 Force Force NNP 1662 2603 17 , , , 1662 2603 18 Home Home NNP 1662 2603 19 Guard Guard NNP 1662 2603 20 Military Military NNP 1662 2603 21 manpower manpower NN 1662 2603 22 - - HYPH 1662 2603 23 military military NN 1662 2603 24 age age NN 1662 2603 25 : : : 1662 2603 26 20 20 CD 1662 2603 27 years year NNS 1662 2603 28 of of IN 1662 2603 29 age age NN 1662 2603 30 Military military JJ 1662 2603 31 manpower manpower NN 1662 2603 32 - - HYPH 1662 2603 33 availability availability NN 1662 2603 34 : : : 1662 2603 35 males male NNS 1662 2603 36 age age NNP 1662 2603 37 15 15 CD 1662 2603 38 - - HYPH 1662 2603 39 49 49 CD 1662 2603 40 : : : 1662 2603 41 1,333,279 1,333,279 CD 1662 2603 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2603 43 1997 1997 CD 1662 2603 44 est est NNP 1662 2603 45 . . . 1662 2603 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2604 1 Military military JJ 1662 2604 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2604 3 - - HYPH 1662 2604 4 fit fit NN 1662 2604 5 for for IN 1662 2604 6 military military JJ 1662 2604 7 service service NN 1662 2604 8 : : : 1662 2604 9 males male NNS 1662 2604 10 : : : 1662 2604 11 1,146,099 1,146,099 CD 1662 2604 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2604 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2604 14 est est NNP 1662 2604 15 . . . 1662 2604 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2605 1 Military military JJ 1662 2605 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2605 3 - - HYPH 1662 2605 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 2605 5 military military JJ 1662 2605 6 age age NN 1662 2605 7 annually annually RB 1662 2605 8 : : : 1662 2605 9 males male NNS 1662 2605 10 : : : 1662 2605 11 33,532 33,532 CD 1662 2605 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2605 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2605 14 est est NNP 1662 2605 15 . . . 1662 2605 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2606 1 Military military JJ 1662 2606 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2606 3 - - HYPH 1662 2606 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2606 5 figure figure NN 1662 2606 6 : : : 1662 2606 7 $ $ $ 1662 2606 8 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 2606 9 billion billion CD 1662 2606 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2606 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2606 12 est est NNP 1662 2606 13 . . . 1662 2606 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2607 1 Military military JJ 1662 2607 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2607 3 - - : 1662 2607 4 percent percent NN 1662 2607 5 of of IN 1662 2607 6 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2607 7 : : : 1662 2607 8 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 2607 9 % % NN 1662 2607 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2607 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2607 12 est est NNP 1662 2607 13 . . . 1662 2607 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2608 1 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2608 2 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2608 3 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2608 4 - - : 1662 2608 5 international international JJ 1662 2608 6 : : : 1662 2608 7 Rockall Rockall NNP 1662 2608 8 continental continental JJ 1662 2608 9 shelf shelf NN 1662 2608 10 dispute dispute NN 1662 2608 11 involving involve VBG 1662 2608 12 Iceland Iceland NNP 1662 2608 13 , , , 1662 2608 14 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 2608 15 , , , 1662 2608 16 and and CC 1662 2608 17 the the DT 1662 2608 18 UK UK NNP 1662 2608 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2608 20 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 2608 21 and and CC 1662 2608 22 the the DT 1662 2608 23 UK UK NNP 1662 2608 24 have have VBP 1662 2608 25 signed sign VBN 1662 2608 26 a a DT 1662 2608 27 boundary boundary JJ 1662 2608 28 agreement agreement NN 1662 2608 29 in in IN 1662 2608 30 the the DT 1662 2608 31 Rockall Rockall NNP 1662 2608 32 area area NN 1662 2608 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2608 34 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 35 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 36 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 37 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 38 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 39 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 40 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 41 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 42 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 43 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 44 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 45 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 46 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 47 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 48 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 49 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 50 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 51 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 52 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 53 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 54 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 55 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 56 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 57 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 58 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 59 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 60 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 61 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 62 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 63 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 64 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 65 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 66 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 67 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 68 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 69 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 70 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 71 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 72 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 73 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 74 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 75 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 76 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 77 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 78 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 79 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 80 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 81 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 82 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 83 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 84 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 85 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 86 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 87 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 88 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 89 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 90 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 91 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 92 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 93 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 94 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 95 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 96 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 97 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 98 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 99 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 100 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 101 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 102 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 103 _ _ NNP 1662 2608 104 DJIBOUTI DJIBOUTI NNP 1662 2608 105 @Djibouti @Djibouti NNP 1662 2608 106 : : : 1662 2608 107 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2608 108 Location Location NNP 1662 2608 109 : : : 1662 2608 110 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 2608 111 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2608 112 , , , 1662 2608 113 bordering border VBG 1662 2608 114 the the DT 1662 2608 115 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 2608 116 of of IN 1662 2608 117 Aden Aden NNP 1662 2608 118 and and CC 1662 2608 119 the the DT 1662 2608 120 Red Red NNP 1662 2608 121 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2608 122 , , , 1662 2608 123 between between IN 1662 2608 124 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 2608 125 and and CC 1662 2608 126 Somalia Somalia NNP 1662 2608 127 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2608 128 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2608 129 : : : 1662 2608 130 11 11 CD 1662 2608 131 30 30 CD 1662 2608 132 N n CD 1662 2608 133 , , , 1662 2608 134 43 43 CD 1662 2608 135 00 00 CD 1662 2608 136 E e NN 1662 2608 137 Map Map NNP 1662 2608 138 references reference NNS 1662 2608 139 : : : 1662 2608 140 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2608 141 Area Area NNP 1662 2608 142 : : : 1662 2608 143 total total NN 1662 2608 144 : : : 1662 2608 145 22,000 22,000 CD 1662 2608 146 sq sq NN 1662 2608 147 km km NNP 1662 2608 148 land land NN 1662 2608 149 : : : 1662 2608 150 21,980 21,980 CD 1662 2608 151 sq sq NN 1662 2608 152 km km NNP 1662 2608 153 water water NN 1662 2608 154 : : : 1662 2608 155 20 20 CD 1662 2608 156 sq sq NN 1662 2608 157 km km NNP 1662 2608 158 Area area NN 1662 2608 159 - - HYPH 1662 2608 160 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2608 161 : : : 1662 2608 162 slightly slightly RB 1662 2608 163 smaller small JJR 1662 2608 164 than than IN 1662 2608 165 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 2608 166 Land Land NNP 1662 2608 167 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2608 168 : : : 1662 2608 169 total total JJ 1662 2608 170 : : : 1662 2608 171 508 508 CD 1662 2608 172 km km NN 1662 2608 173 border border NN 1662 2608 174 countries country NNS 1662 2608 175 : : : 1662 2608 176 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 2608 177 113 113 CD 1662 2608 178 km km NN 1662 2608 179 , , , 1662 2608 180 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2608 181 337 337 CD 1662 2608 182 km km NN 1662 2608 183 , , , 1662 2608 184 Somalia Somalia NNP 1662 2608 185 58 58 CD 1662 2608 186 km km NN 1662 2608 187 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2608 188 : : : 1662 2608 189 314 314 CD 1662 2608 190 km km NN 1662 2608 191 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2608 192 claims claim VBZ 1662 2608 193 : : : 1662 2608 194 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 2608 195 zone zone NN 1662 2608 196 : : : 1662 2608 197 24 24 CD 1662 2608 198 nm nm IN 1662 2608 199 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 2608 200 economic economic JJ 1662 2608 201 zone zone NN 1662 2608 202 : : : 1662 2608 203 200 200 CD 1662 2608 204 nm nm CD 1662 2608 205 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2608 206 sea sea NN 1662 2608 207 : : : 1662 2608 208 12 12 CD 1662 2608 209 nm nm NNP 1662 2608 210 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2608 211 : : : 1662 2608 212 desert desert NN 1662 2608 213 ; ; : 1662 2608 214 torrid torrid JJ 1662 2608 215 , , , 1662 2608 216 dry dry JJ 1662 2608 217 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2608 218 : : : 1662 2608 219 coastal coastal JJ 1662 2608 220 plain plain NN 1662 2608 221 and and CC 1662 2608 222 plateau plateau NN 1662 2608 223 separated separate VBN 1662 2608 224 by by IN 1662 2608 225 central central JJ 1662 2608 226 mountains mountain NNS 1662 2608 227 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2608 228 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2608 229 : : : 1662 2608 230 lowest low JJS 1662 2608 231 point point NN 1662 2608 232 : : : 1662 2608 233 Asal asal NN 1662 2608 234 -155 -155 NN 1662 2608 235 m m DT 1662 2608 236 highest high JJS 1662 2608 237 point point NN 1662 2608 238 : : : 1662 2608 239 Mousa Mousa NNP 1662 2608 240 Alli Alli NNP 1662 2608 241 2,028 2,028 CD 1662 2608 242 m m CD 1662 2608 243 Natural natural JJ 1662 2608 244 resources resource NNS 1662 2608 245 : : : 1662 2608 246 geothermal geothermal JJ 1662 2608 247 areas area NNS 1662 2608 248 Land land NN 1662 2608 249 use use NN 1662 2608 250 : : : 1662 2608 251 arable arable JJ 1662 2608 252 land land NN 1662 2608 253 : : : 1662 2608 254 NA% NA% `` 1662 2608 255 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2608 256 crops crop NNS 1662 2608 257 : : : 1662 2608 258 NA% na% IN 1662 2608 259 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2608 260 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2608 261 : : : 1662 2608 262 9 9 CD 1662 2608 263 % % NN 1662 2608 264 forests forest NNS 1662 2608 265 and and CC 1662 2608 266 woodland woodland JJ 1662 2608 267 : : : 1662 2608 268 0 0 CD 1662 2608 269 % % NN 1662 2608 270 other other JJ 1662 2608 271 : : : 1662 2608 272 91 91 CD 1662 2608 273 % % NN 1662 2608 274 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2608 275 1993 1993 CD 1662 2608 276 est est NNP 1662 2608 277 . . . 1662 2608 278 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2609 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2609 2 land land NN 1662 2609 3 : : : 1662 2609 4 NA NA NNP 1662 2609 5 sq sq RB 1662 2609 6 km km VB 1662 2609 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 2609 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2609 9 : : : 1662 2609 10 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 2609 11 ; ; , 1662 2609 12 droughts drought NNS 1662 2609 13 ; ; , 1662 2609 14 occasional occasional JJ 1662 2609 15 cyclonic cyclonic JJ 1662 2609 16 disturbances disturbance NNS 1662 2609 17 from from IN 1662 2609 18 the the DT 1662 2609 19 Indian Indian NNP 1662 2609 20 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2609 21 bring bring VB 1662 2609 22 heavy heavy JJ 1662 2609 23 rains rain NNS 1662 2609 24 and and CC 1662 2609 25 flash flash NN 1662 2609 26 floods flood NNS 1662 2609 27 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2609 28 - - HYPH 1662 2609 29 current current JJ 1662 2609 30 issues issue NNS 1662 2609 31 : : : 1662 2609 32 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 2609 33 supplies supply NNS 1662 2609 34 of of IN 1662 2609 35 potable potable JJ 1662 2609 36 water water NN 1662 2609 37 ; ; , 1662 2609 38 desertification desertification NN 1662 2609 39 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2609 40 - - HYPH 1662 2609 41 international international JJ 1662 2609 42 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2609 43 : : : 1662 2609 44 party party NN 1662 2609 45 to to TO 1662 2609 46 : : : 1662 2609 47 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 2609 48 , , , 1662 2609 49 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2609 50 Change Change NNP 1662 2609 51 , , , 1662 2609 52 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2609 53 Species Species NNPS 1662 2609 54 , , , 1662 2609 55 Law Law NNP 1662 2609 56 of of IN 1662 2609 57 the the DT 1662 2609 58 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2609 59 , , , 1662 2609 60 Ship Ship NNP 1662 2609 61 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2609 62 signed sign VBD 1662 2609 63 , , , 1662 2609 64 but but CC 1662 2609 65 not not RB 1662 2609 66 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2609 67 : : : 1662 2609 68 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 2609 69 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2609 70 - - HYPH 1662 2609 71 note note NN 1662 2609 72 : : : 1662 2609 73 strategic strategic JJ 1662 2609 74 location location NN 1662 2609 75 near near IN 1662 2609 76 world world NNP 1662 2609 77 's 's POS 1662 2609 78 busiest busy JJS 1662 2609 79 shipping shipping NN 1662 2609 80 lanes lane NNS 1662 2609 81 and and CC 1662 2609 82 close close RB 1662 2609 83 to to IN 1662 2609 84 Arabian arabian JJ 1662 2609 85 oilfields oilfield NNS 1662 2609 86 ; ; : 1662 2609 87 terminus terminus NN 1662 2609 88 of of IN 1662 2609 89 rail rail NN 1662 2609 90 traffic traffic NN 1662 2609 91 into into IN 1662 2609 92 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2609 93 ; ; : 1662 2609 94 mostly mostly RB 1662 2609 95 wasteland wasteland VB 1662 2609 96 @Djibouti @djibouti NN 1662 2609 97 : : : 1662 2609 98 People People NNPS 1662 2609 99 Population Population NNP 1662 2609 100 : : : 1662 2609 101 434,116 434,116 CD 1662 2609 102 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2609 103 July July NNP 1662 2609 104 1997 1997 CD 1662 2609 105 est est NNP 1662 2609 106 . . . 1662 2609 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2610 1 Age age NN 1662 2610 2 structure structure NN 1662 2610 3 : : : 1662 2610 4 0 0 CD 1662 2610 5 - - HYPH 1662 2610 6 14 14 CD 1662 2610 7 years year NNS 1662 2610 8 : : : 1662 2610 9 43 43 CD 1662 2610 10 % % NN 1662 2610 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2610 12 male male JJ 1662 2610 13 92,920 92,920 CD 1662 2610 14 ; ; : 1662 2610 15 female female JJ 1662 2610 16 92,584 92,584 CD 1662 2610 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2610 18 15 15 CD 1662 2610 19 - - SYM 1662 2610 20 64 64 CD 1662 2610 21 years year NNS 1662 2610 22 : : : 1662 2610 23 55 55 CD 1662 2610 24 % % NN 1662 2610 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2610 26 male male JJ 1662 2610 27 125,547 125,547 CD 1662 2610 28 ; ; : 1662 2610 29 female female JJ 1662 2610 30 112,140 112,140 CD 1662 2610 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2610 32 65 65 CD 1662 2610 33 years year NNS 1662 2610 34 and and CC 1662 2610 35 over over IN 1662 2610 36 : : : 1662 2610 37 2 2 CD 1662 2610 38 % % NN 1662 2610 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2610 40 male male JJ 1662 2610 41 5,624 5,624 CD 1662 2610 42 ; ; : 1662 2610 43 female female JJ 1662 2610 44 5,301 5,301 CD 1662 2610 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2610 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2610 47 July July NNP 1662 2610 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2610 49 est est NNP 1662 2610 50 . . . 1662 2610 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2611 1 Population population NN 1662 2611 2 growth growth NN 1662 2611 3 rate rate NN 1662 2611 4 : : : 1662 2611 5 1.51 1.51 CD 1662 2611 6 % % NN 1662 2611 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2611 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2611 9 est est NNP 1662 2611 10 . . . 1662 2611 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2612 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2612 2 rate rate NN 1662 2612 3 : : : 1662 2612 4 42.16 42.16 CD 1662 2612 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 2612 6 population population NN 1662 2612 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2612 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2612 9 est est NNP 1662 2612 10 . . . 1662 2612 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2613 1 Death death NN 1662 2613 2 rate rate NN 1662 2613 3 : : : 1662 2613 4 14.98 14.98 CD 1662 2613 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2613 6 population population NN 1662 2613 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2613 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2613 9 est est NNP 1662 2613 10 . . . 1662 2613 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2614 1 Net net JJ 1662 2614 2 migration migration NN 1662 2614 3 rate rate NN 1662 2614 4 : : : 1662 2614 5 -12.09 -12.09 . 1662 2614 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 FW 1662 2614 7 population population NN 1662 2614 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2614 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2614 10 est est NNP 1662 2614 11 . . . 1662 2614 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2615 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2615 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2615 3 : : : 1662 2615 4 at at IN 1662 2615 5 birth birth NN 1662 2615 6 : : : 1662 2615 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 2615 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2615 9 under under IN 1662 2615 10 15 15 CD 1662 2615 11 years year NNS 1662 2615 12 : : : 1662 2615 13 1 1 CD 1662 2615 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2615 15 15 15 CD 1662 2615 16 - - HYPH 1662 2615 17 64 64 CD 1662 2615 18 years year NNS 1662 2615 19 : : : 1662 2615 20 1.12 1.12 CD 1662 2615 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2615 22 65 65 CD 1662 2615 23 years year NNS 1662 2615 24 and and CC 1662 2615 25 over over IN 1662 2615 26 : : : 1662 2615 27 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 2615 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2615 29 total total JJ 1662 2615 30 population population NN 1662 2615 31 : : : 1662 2615 32 1.07 1.07 CD 1662 2615 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2615 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2615 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2615 36 est e JJS 1662 2615 37 . . . 1662 2615 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2616 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2616 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2616 3 rate rate NN 1662 2616 4 : : : 1662 2616 5 104.6 104.6 CD 1662 2616 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2616 7 live live JJ 1662 2616 8 births birth NNS 1662 2616 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2616 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2616 11 est est NNP 1662 2616 12 . . . 1662 2616 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2617 1 Life life NN 1662 2617 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2617 3 at at IN 1662 2617 4 birth birth NN 1662 2617 5 : : : 1662 2617 6 total total JJ 1662 2617 7 population population NN 1662 2617 8 : : : 1662 2617 9 50.61 50.61 CD 1662 2617 10 years year NNS 1662 2617 11 male male JJ 1662 2617 12 : : : 1662 2617 13 48.65 48.65 CD 1662 2617 14 years year NNS 1662 2617 15 female female JJ 1662 2617 16 : : : 1662 2617 17 52.63 52.63 CD 1662 2617 18 years year NNS 1662 2617 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2617 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2617 21 est est NNP 1662 2617 22 . . . 1662 2617 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2618 1 Total total JJ 1662 2618 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2618 3 rate rate NN 1662 2618 4 : : : 1662 2618 5 6.01 6.01 CD 1662 2618 6 children child NNS 1662 2618 7 born bear VBN 1662 2618 8 / / SYM 1662 2618 9 woman woman NN 1662 2618 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2618 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2618 12 est est NNP 1662 2618 13 . . . 1662 2618 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2619 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2619 2 : : : 1662 2619 3 noun noun NNP 1662 2619 4 : : : 1662 2619 5 Djiboutian(s Djiboutian(s NNP 1662 2619 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2619 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 2619 8 : : : 1662 2619 9 Djiboutian djiboutian JJ 1662 2619 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2619 11 groups group NNS 1662 2619 12 : : : 1662 2619 13 Somali somali JJ 1662 2619 14 60 60 CD 1662 2619 15 % % NN 1662 2619 16 , , , 1662 2619 17 Afar afar RB 1662 2619 18 35 35 CD 1662 2619 19 % % NN 1662 2619 20 , , , 1662 2619 21 French french JJ 1662 2619 22 , , , 1662 2619 23 Arab arab JJ 1662 2619 24 , , , 1662 2619 25 Ethiopian ethiopian JJ 1662 2619 26 , , , 1662 2619 27 and and CC 1662 2619 28 Italian italian JJ 1662 2619 29 5 5 CD 1662 2619 30 % % NN 1662 2619 31 Religions religion NNS 1662 2619 32 : : : 1662 2619 33 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 2619 34 94 94 CD 1662 2619 35 % % NN 1662 2619 36 , , , 1662 2619 37 Christian Christian NNP 1662 2619 38 6 6 CD 1662 2619 39 % % NN 1662 2619 40 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 2619 41 : : : 1662 2619 42 French French NNP 1662 2619 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2619 44 official official JJ 1662 2619 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2619 46 , , , 1662 2619 47 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 2619 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2619 49 official official NN 1662 2619 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2619 51 , , , 1662 2619 52 Somali Somali NNP 1662 2619 53 , , , 1662 2619 54 Afar Afar NNP 1662 2619 55 Literacy literacy NN 1662 2619 56 : : : 1662 2619 57 definition definition NN 1662 2619 58 : : : 1662 2619 59 age age NN 1662 2619 60 15 15 CD 1662 2619 61 and and CC 1662 2619 62 over over RB 1662 2619 63 can can MD 1662 2619 64 read read VB 1662 2619 65 and and CC 1662 2619 66 write write VB 1662 2619 67 total total JJ 1662 2619 68 population population NN 1662 2619 69 : : : 1662 2619 70 46.2 46.2 CD 1662 2619 71 % % NN 1662 2619 72 male male NN 1662 2619 73 : : : 1662 2619 74 60.3 60.3 CD 1662 2619 75 % % NN 1662 2619 76 female female NN 1662 2619 77 : : : 1662 2619 78 32.7 32.7 CD 1662 2619 79 % % NN 1662 2619 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2619 81 1995 1995 CD 1662 2619 82 est est NNP 1662 2619 83 . . . 1662 2619 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2620 1 @Djibouti @Djibouti NFP 1662 2620 2 : : : 1662 2620 3 Government Government NNP 1662 2620 4 Country Country NNP 1662 2620 5 name name NN 1662 2620 6 : : : 1662 2620 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2620 8 long long JJ 1662 2620 9 form form NN 1662 2620 10 : : : 1662 2620 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2620 12 of of IN 1662 2620 13 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 2620 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2620 15 short short JJ 1662 2620 16 form form NN 1662 2620 17 : : : 1662 2620 18 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 2620 19 former former JJ 1662 2620 20 : : : 1662 2620 21 French french JJ 1662 2620 22 Territory territory NN 1662 2620 23 of of IN 1662 2620 24 the the DT 1662 2620 25 Afars Afars NNPS 1662 2620 26 and and CC 1662 2620 27 Issas Issas NNP 1662 2620 28 , , , 1662 2620 29 French French NNP 1662 2620 30 Somaliland Somaliland NNP 1662 2620 31 Data Data NNP 1662 2620 32 code code NN 1662 2620 33 : : : 1662 2620 34 DJ DJ NNP 1662 2620 35 Government Government NNP 1662 2620 36 type type NN 1662 2620 37 : : : 1662 2620 38 republic republic NNP 1662 2620 39 National national JJ 1662 2620 40 capital capital NN 1662 2620 41 : : : 1662 2620 42 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 2620 43 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 2620 44 divisions division NNS 1662 2620 45 : : : 1662 2620 46 5 5 CD 1662 2620 47 districts district NNS 1662 2620 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2620 49 cercles cercle NNS 1662 2620 50 , , , 1662 2620 51 singular singular JJ 1662 2620 52 - - HYPH 1662 2620 53 cercle cercle NN 1662 2620 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2620 55 ; ; : 1662 2620 56 ' ' '' 1662 2620 57 Ali Ali NNP 1662 2620 58 Sabih Sabih NNP 1662 2620 59 , , , 1662 2620 60 Dikhil Dikhil NNP 1662 2620 61 , , , 1662 2620 62 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 2620 63 , , , 1662 2620 64 Obock Obock NNP 1662 2620 65 , , , 1662 2620 66 Tadjoura Tadjoura NNP 1662 2620 67 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2620 68 : : : 1662 2620 69 27 27 CD 1662 2620 70 June June NNP 1662 2620 71 1977 1977 CD 1662 2620 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2620 73 from from IN 1662 2620 74 France France NNP 1662 2620 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2620 76 National national JJ 1662 2620 77 holiday holiday NN 1662 2620 78 : : : 1662 2620 79 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2620 80 Day Day NNP 1662 2620 81 , , , 1662 2620 82 27 27 CD 1662 2620 83 June June NNP 1662 2620 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2620 85 1977 1977 CD 1662 2620 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2620 87 Constitution constitution NN 1662 2620 88 : : : 1662 2620 89 multiparty multiparty NN 1662 2620 90 constitution constitution NN 1662 2620 91 approved approve VBN 1662 2620 92 in in IN 1662 2620 93 referendum referendum NN 1662 2620 94 4 4 CD 1662 2620 95 September September NNP 1662 2620 96 1992 1992 CD 1662 2620 97 Legal legal JJ 1662 2620 98 system system NN 1662 2620 99 : : : 1662 2620 100 based base VBN 1662 2620 101 on on IN 1662 2620 102 French french JJ 1662 2620 103 civil civil JJ 1662 2620 104 law law NN 1662 2620 105 system system NN 1662 2620 106 , , , 1662 2620 107 traditional traditional JJ 1662 2620 108 practices practice NNS 1662 2620 109 , , , 1662 2620 110 and and CC 1662 2620 111 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 2620 112 law law NN 1662 2620 113 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 2620 114 : : : 1662 2620 115 NA na CD 1662 2620 116 years year NNS 1662 2620 117 of of IN 1662 2620 118 age age NN 1662 2620 119 ; ; : 1662 2620 120 universal universal JJ 1662 2620 121 adult adult NN 1662 2620 122 Executive executive JJ 1662 2620 123 branch branch NN 1662 2620 124 : : : 1662 2620 125 chief chief NN 1662 2620 126 of of IN 1662 2620 127 state state NN 1662 2620 128 : : : 1662 2620 129 President President NNP 1662 2620 130 HASSAN HASSAN NNP 1662 2620 131 GOULED GOULED NNP 1662 2620 132 Aptidon Aptidon NNP 1662 2620 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2620 134 since since IN 1662 2620 135 24 24 CD 1662 2620 136 June June NNP 1662 2620 137 1977 1977 CD 1662 2620 138 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2620 139 head head NN 1662 2620 140 of of IN 1662 2620 141 government government NN 1662 2620 142 : : : 1662 2620 143 Prime Prime NNP 1662 2620 144 Minister Minister NNP 1662 2620 145 BARKAT BARKAT NNP 1662 2620 146 Gourad Gourad NNP 1662 2620 147 Hamadou Hamadou NNP 1662 2620 148 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2620 149 since since IN 1662 2620 150 30 30 CD 1662 2620 151 September September NNP 1662 2620 152 1978 1978 CD 1662 2620 153 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2620 154 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2620 155 : : : 1662 2620 156 Council Council NNP 1662 2620 157 of of IN 1662 2620 158 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 2620 159 responsible responsible JJ 1662 2620 160 to to IN 1662 2620 161 the the DT 1662 2620 162 president president NNP 1662 2620 163 elections election NNS 1662 2620 164 : : : 1662 2620 165 president president NNP 1662 2620 166 elected elect VBN 1662 2620 167 by by IN 1662 2620 168 popular popular JJ 1662 2620 169 vote vote NN 1662 2620 170 to to IN 1662 2620 171 a a DT 1662 2620 172 six six CD 1662 2620 173 - - HYPH 1662 2620 174 year year NN 1662 2620 175 term term NN 1662 2620 176 ; ; : 1662 2620 177 election election NN 1662 2620 178 last last JJ 1662 2620 179 held hold VBD 1662 2620 180 7 7 CD 1662 2620 181 May May NNP 1662 2620 182 1993 1993 CD 1662 2620 183 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2620 184 next next JJ 1662 2620 185 to to TO 1662 2620 186 be be VB 1662 2620 187 held hold VBN 1662 2620 188 NA NA NNP 1662 2620 189 1999 1999 CD 1662 2620 190 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2620 191 election election NN 1662 2620 192 results result NNS 1662 2620 193 : : : 1662 2620 194 President President NNP 1662 2620 195 HASSAN HASSAN NNP 1662 2620 196 GOULED GOULED NNP 1662 2620 197 reelected reelect VBD 1662 2620 198 ; ; : 1662 2620 199 percent percent NN 1662 2620 200 of of IN 1662 2620 201 vote vote NN 1662 2620 202 - - HYPH 1662 2620 203 NA NA NNP 1662 2620 204 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2620 205 branch branch NN 1662 2620 206 : : : 1662 2620 207 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 2620 208 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 2620 209 of of IN 1662 2620 210 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 2620 211 or or CC 1662 2620 212 Chambre Chambre NNP 1662 2620 213 des des NNP 1662 2620 214 Deputes Deputes NNP 1662 2620 215 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2620 216 65 65 CD 1662 2620 217 seats seat NNS 1662 2620 218 ; ; : 1662 2620 219 members member NNS 1662 2620 220 are be VBP 1662 2620 221 elected elect VBN 1662 2620 222 to to TO 1662 2620 223 serve serve VB 1662 2620 224 five five CD 1662 2620 225 - - HYPH 1662 2620 226 year year NN 1662 2620 227 terms term NNS 1662 2620 228 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2620 229 elections election NNS 1662 2620 230 : : : 1662 2620 231 last last RB 1662 2620 232 held hold VBD 1662 2620 233 18 18 CD 1662 2620 234 December December NNP 1662 2620 235 1992 1992 CD 1662 2620 236 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2620 237 next next JJ 1662 2620 238 to to TO 1662 2620 239 be be VB 1662 2620 240 held hold VBN 1662 2620 241 NA NA NNP 1662 2620 242 1997 1997 CD 1662 2620 243 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2620 244 election election NN 1662 2620 245 results result NNS 1662 2620 246 : : : 1662 2620 247 percent percent NN 1662 2620 248 of of IN 1662 2620 249 vote vote NN 1662 2620 250 - - HYPH 1662 2620 251 NA na NN 1662 2620 252 ; ; : 1662 2620 253 seats seat NNS 1662 2620 254 - - HYPH 1662 2620 255 RPP RPP NNP 1662 2620 256 65 65 CD 1662 2620 257 ; ; : 1662 2620 258 note note NN 1662 2620 259 - - HYPH 1662 2620 260 RPP RPP NNP 1662 2620 261 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2620 262 the the DT 1662 2620 263 ruling rule VBG 1662 2620 264 party party NN 1662 2620 265 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2620 266 dominated dominate VBD 1662 2620 267 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 2620 268 branch branch NN 1662 2620 269 : : : 1662 2620 270 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2620 271 Court Court NNP 1662 2620 272 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2620 273 Cour Cour NNP 1662 2620 274 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2620 275 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2620 276 Political political JJ 1662 2620 277 parties party NNS 1662 2620 278 and and CC 1662 2620 279 leaders leader NNS 1662 2620 280 : : : 1662 2620 281 ruling rule VBG 1662 2620 282 party party NN 1662 2620 283 : : : 1662 2620 284 People People NNS 1662 2620 285 's 's POS 1662 2620 286 Progress Progress NNP 1662 2620 287 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2620 288 or or CC 1662 2620 289 RPP RPP NNP 1662 2620 290 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2620 291 Hassan Hassan NNP 1662 2620 292 GOULED GOULED NNP 1662 2620 293 Aptidon Aptidon NNP 1662 2620 294 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2620 295 other other JJ 1662 2620 296 parties party NNS 1662 2620 297 : : : 1662 2620 298 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2620 299 Renewal Renewal NNP 1662 2620 300 Party Party NNP 1662 2620 301 or or CC 1662 2620 302 PRD PRD NNP 1662 2620 303 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2620 304 Mohamed Mohamed NNP 1662 2620 305 Jama Jama NNP 1662 2620 306 ELABE ELABE NNP 1662 2620 307 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2620 308 ; ; : 1662 2620 309 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2620 310 National National NNP 1662 2620 311 Party Party NNP 1662 2620 312 or or CC 1662 2620 313 PND PND NNP 1662 2620 314 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2620 315 ADEN ADEN NNP 1662 2620 316 Robleh Robleh NNP 1662 2620 317 Awaleh Awaleh NNP 1662 2620 318 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2620 319 Political political JJ 1662 2620 320 pressure pressure NN 1662 2620 321 groups group NNS 1662 2620 322 and and CC 1662 2620 323 leaders leader NNS 1662 2620 324 : : : 1662 2620 325 Front front NN 1662 2620 326 for for IN 1662 2620 327 the the DT 1662 2620 328 Restoration Restoration NNP 1662 2620 329 of of IN 1662 2620 330 Unity Unity NNP 1662 2620 331 and and CC 1662 2620 332 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 2620 333 or or CC 1662 2620 334 FRUD FRUD NNP 1662 2620 335 , , , 1662 2620 336 and and CC 1662 2620 337 affiliates affiliate NNS 1662 2620 338 ; ; : 1662 2620 339 Movement Movement NNP 1662 2620 340 for for IN 1662 2620 341 Unity Unity NNP 1662 2620 342 and and CC 1662 2620 343 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 2620 344 or or CC 1662 2620 345 MUD MUD NNP 1662 2620 346 International International NNP 1662 2620 347 organization organization NN 1662 2620 348 participation participation NN 1662 2620 349 : : : 1662 2620 350 ACCT acct JJ 1662 2620 351 , , , 1662 2620 352 ACP ACP NNP 1662 2620 353 , , , 1662 2620 354 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 2620 355 , , , 1662 2620 356 AFESD AFESD NNP 1662 2620 357 , , , 1662 2620 358 AL AL NNP 1662 2620 359 , , , 1662 2620 360 ECA ECA NNP 1662 2620 361 , , , 1662 2620 362 FAO FAO NNP 1662 2620 363 , , , 1662 2620 364 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 2620 365 , , , 1662 2620 366 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 2620 367 , , , 1662 2620 368 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 2620 369 , , , 1662 2620 370 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 2620 371 , , , 1662 2620 372 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 2620 373 , , , 1662 2620 374 IDA IDA NNP 1662 2620 375 , , , 1662 2620 376 IDB IDB NNP 1662 2620 377 , , , 1662 2620 378 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 2620 379 , , , 1662 2620 380 IFC IFC NNP 1662 2620 381 , , , 1662 2620 382 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 2620 383 , , , 1662 2620 384 IGADD IGADD NNP 1662 2620 385 , , , 1662 2620 386 ILO ILO NNP 1662 2620 387 , , , 1662 2620 388 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2620 389 , , , 1662 2620 390 IMO imo RB 1662 2620 391 , , , 1662 2620 392 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2620 393 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2620 394 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 2620 395 user user NN 1662 2620 396 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2620 397 , , , 1662 2620 398 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 2620 399 , , , 1662 2620 400 IOC IOC NNP 1662 2620 401 , , , 1662 2620 402 ITU ITU NNP 1662 2620 403 , , , 1662 2620 404 NAM NAM NNP 1662 2620 405 , , , 1662 2620 406 OAU OAU NNP 1662 2620 407 , , , 1662 2620 408 OIC OIC NNP 1662 2620 409 , , , 1662 2620 410 UN UN NNP 1662 2620 411 , , , 1662 2620 412 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 2620 413 , , , 1662 2620 414 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 2620 415 , , , 1662 2620 416 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 2620 417 , , , 1662 2620 418 UNMIH UNMIH NNP 1662 2620 419 , , , 1662 2620 420 UPU UPU NNP 1662 2620 421 , , , 1662 2620 422 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 2620 423 , , , 1662 2620 424 WHO who WP 1662 2620 425 , , , 1662 2620 426 WMO WMO NNP 1662 2620 427 , , , 1662 2620 428 WTrO wtro VB 1662 2620 429 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2620 430 representation representation NN 1662 2620 431 in in IN 1662 2620 432 the the DT 1662 2620 433 US US NNP 1662 2620 434 : : : 1662 2620 435 chief chief NN 1662 2620 436 of of IN 1662 2620 437 mission mission NN 1662 2620 438 : : : 1662 2620 439 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2620 440 ROBLE ROBLE NNP 1662 2620 441 Olhaye Olhaye NNP 1662 2620 442 Oudine Oudine NNP 1662 2620 443 chancery chancery NN 1662 2620 444 : : : 1662 2620 445 Suite suite NN 1662 2620 446 515 515 CD 1662 2620 447 , , , 1662 2620 448 1156 1156 CD 1662 2620 449 15th 15th NNP 1662 2620 450 Street Street NNP 1662 2620 451 NW NW NNP 1662 2620 452 , , , 1662 2620 453 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2620 454 , , , 1662 2620 455 DC DC NNP 1662 2620 456 20005 20005 CD 1662 2620 457 telephone telephone NN 1662 2620 458 : : : 1662 2620 459 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2620 460 1 1 CD 1662 2620 461 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2620 462 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2620 463 202 202 CD 1662 2620 464 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2620 465 331 331 CD 1662 2620 466 - - HYPH 1662 2620 467 0270 0270 CD 1662 2620 468 FAX fax NN 1662 2620 469 : : : 1662 2620 470 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2620 471 1 1 CD 1662 2620 472 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2620 473 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2620 474 202 202 CD 1662 2620 475 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2620 476 331 331 CD 1662 2620 477 - - HYPH 1662 2620 478 0302 0302 CD 1662 2620 479 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2620 480 representation representation NN 1662 2620 481 from from IN 1662 2620 482 the the DT 1662 2620 483 US US NNP 1662 2620 484 : : : 1662 2620 485 chief chief NN 1662 2620 486 of of IN 1662 2620 487 mission mission NN 1662 2620 488 : : : 1662 2620 489 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2620 490 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2620 491 vacant vacant JJ 1662 2620 492 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2620 493 ; ; : 1662 2620 494 Charge Charge NNP 1662 2620 495 d'Affaires d'Affaires NNP 1662 2620 496 Terri Terri NNP 1662 2620 497 ROBL ROBL NNP 1662 2620 498 embassy embassy NN 1662 2620 499 : : : 1662 2620 500 Plateau plateau NN 1662 2620 501 du du VBP 1662 2620 502 Serpent Serpent NNP 1662 2620 503 , , , 1662 2620 504 Boulevard Boulevard NNP 1662 2620 505 Marechal Marechal NNP 1662 2620 506 Joffre Joffre NNP 1662 2620 507 , , , 1662 2620 508 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 2620 509 mailing mailing NN 1662 2620 510 address address NN 1662 2620 511 : : : 1662 2620 512 B. B. NNP 1662 2620 513 P. P. NNP 1662 2620 514 185 185 CD 1662 2620 515 , , , 1662 2620 516 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 2620 517 telephone telephone NN 1662 2620 518 : : : 1662 2620 519 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2620 520 253 253 CD 1662 2620 521 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2620 522 35 35 CD 1662 2620 523 39 39 CD 1662 2620 524 95 95 CD 1662 2620 525 FAX fax NN 1662 2620 526 : : : 1662 2620 527 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2620 528 253 253 CD 1662 2620 529 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2620 530 35 35 CD 1662 2620 531 39 39 CD 1662 2620 532 40 40 CD 1662 2620 533 Flag flag NN 1662 2620 534 description description NN 1662 2620 535 : : : 1662 2620 536 two two CD 1662 2620 537 equal equal JJ 1662 2620 538 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 2620 539 bands band NNS 1662 2620 540 of of IN 1662 2620 541 light light JJ 1662 2620 542 blue blue JJ 1662 2620 543 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2620 544 top top NN 1662 2620 545 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2620 546 and and CC 1662 2620 547 light light NN 1662 2620 548 green green JJ 1662 2620 549 with with IN 1662 2620 550 a a DT 1662 2620 551 white white JJ 1662 2620 552 isosceles isoscele NNS 1662 2620 553 triangle triangle NN 1662 2620 554 based base VBN 1662 2620 555 on on IN 1662 2620 556 the the DT 1662 2620 557 hoist hoist NN 1662 2620 558 side side NN 1662 2620 559 bearing bear VBG 1662 2620 560 a a DT 1662 2620 561 red red JJ 1662 2620 562 five five CD 1662 2620 563 - - HYPH 1662 2620 564 pointed point VBN 1662 2620 565 star star NN 1662 2620 566 in in IN 1662 2620 567 the the DT 1662 2620 568 center center NN 1662 2620 569 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2620 570 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2620 571 - - HYPH 1662 2620 572 overview overview NN 1662 2620 573 : : : 1662 2620 574 The the DT 1662 2620 575 economy economy NN 1662 2620 576 is be VBZ 1662 2620 577 based base VBN 1662 2620 578 on on IN 1662 2620 579 service service NN 1662 2620 580 activities activity NNS 1662 2620 581 connected connect VBN 1662 2620 582 with with IN 1662 2620 583 the the DT 1662 2620 584 country country NN 1662 2620 585 's 's POS 1662 2620 586 strategic strategic JJ 1662 2620 587 location location NN 1662 2620 588 and and CC 1662 2620 589 status status NN 1662 2620 590 as as IN 1662 2620 591 a a DT 1662 2620 592 free free JJ 1662 2620 593 trade trade NN 1662 2620 594 zone zone NN 1662 2620 595 in in IN 1662 2620 596 northeast northeast NN 1662 2620 597 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2620 598 . . . 1662 2621 1 Two two CD 1662 2621 2 - - HYPH 1662 2621 3 thirds third NNS 1662 2621 4 of of IN 1662 2621 5 the the DT 1662 2621 6 inhabitants inhabitant NNS 1662 2621 7 live live VBP 1662 2621 8 in in IN 1662 2621 9 the the DT 1662 2621 10 capital capital NN 1662 2621 11 city city NN 1662 2621 12 , , , 1662 2621 13 the the DT 1662 2621 14 remainder remainder NN 1662 2621 15 being be VBG 1662 2621 16 mostly mostly RB 1662 2621 17 nomadic nomadic JJ 1662 2621 18 herders herder NNS 1662 2621 19 . . . 1662 2622 1 Scanty scanty NN 1662 2622 2 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 2622 3 limits limit VBZ 1662 2622 4 crop crop NN 1662 2622 5 production production NN 1662 2622 6 to to IN 1662 2622 7 fruits fruit NNS 1662 2622 8 and and CC 1662 2622 9 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 2622 10 , , , 1662 2622 11 and and CC 1662 2622 12 most most JJS 1662 2622 13 food food NN 1662 2622 14 must must MD 1662 2622 15 be be VB 1662 2622 16 imported import VBN 1662 2622 17 . . . 1662 2623 1 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 2623 2 provides provide VBZ 1662 2623 3 services service NNS 1662 2623 4 as as IN 1662 2623 5 both both CC 1662 2623 6 a a DT 1662 2623 7 transit transit NN 1662 2623 8 port port NN 1662 2623 9 for for IN 1662 2623 10 the the DT 1662 2623 11 region region NN 1662 2623 12 and and CC 1662 2623 13 an an DT 1662 2623 14 international international JJ 1662 2623 15 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 2623 16 and and CC 1662 2623 17 refueling refueling NN 1662 2623 18 center center NN 1662 2623 19 . . . 1662 2624 1 It -PRON- PRP 1662 2624 2 has have VBZ 1662 2624 3 few few JJ 1662 2624 4 natural natural JJ 1662 2624 5 resources resource NNS 1662 2624 6 and and CC 1662 2624 7 little little JJ 1662 2624 8 industry industry NN 1662 2624 9 . . . 1662 2625 1 The the DT 1662 2625 2 nation nation NN 1662 2625 3 is be VBZ 1662 2625 4 , , , 1662 2625 5 therefore therefore RB 1662 2625 6 , , , 1662 2625 7 heavily heavily RB 1662 2625 8 dependent dependent JJ 1662 2625 9 on on IN 1662 2625 10 foreign foreign JJ 1662 2625 11 assistance assistance NN 1662 2625 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2625 13 an an DT 1662 2625 14 important important JJ 1662 2625 15 supplement supplement NN 1662 2625 16 to to IN 1662 2625 17 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2625 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2625 19 to to TO 1662 2625 20 help help VB 1662 2625 21 support support VB 1662 2625 22 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2625 23 balance balance NN 1662 2625 24 of of IN 1662 2625 25 payments payment NNS 1662 2625 26 and and CC 1662 2625 27 to to TO 1662 2625 28 finance finance VB 1662 2625 29 development development NN 1662 2625 30 projects project NNS 1662 2625 31 . . . 1662 2626 1 An an DT 1662 2626 2 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2626 3 rate rate NN 1662 2626 4 of of IN 1662 2626 5 40 40 CD 1662 2626 6 % % NN 1662 2626 7 to to IN 1662 2626 8 50 50 CD 1662 2626 9 % % NN 1662 2626 10 continues continue VBZ 1662 2626 11 to to TO 1662 2626 12 be be VB 1662 2626 13 a a DT 1662 2626 14 major major JJ 1662 2626 15 problem problem NN 1662 2626 16 . . . 1662 2627 1 Per per IN 1662 2627 2 capita capita NN 1662 2627 3 consumption consumption NN 1662 2627 4 dropped drop VBD 1662 2627 5 an an DT 1662 2627 6 estimated estimate VBN 1662 2627 7 35 35 CD 1662 2627 8 % % NN 1662 2627 9 over over IN 1662 2627 10 the the DT 1662 2627 11 last last JJ 1662 2627 12 six six CD 1662 2627 13 years year NNS 1662 2627 14 because because IN 1662 2627 15 of of IN 1662 2627 16 recession recession NN 1662 2627 17 , , , 1662 2627 18 civil civil JJ 1662 2627 19 war war NN 1662 2627 20 , , , 1662 2627 21 and and CC 1662 2627 22 a a DT 1662 2627 23 high high JJ 1662 2627 24 population population NN 1662 2627 25 growth growth NN 1662 2627 26 rate rate NN 1662 2627 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2627 28 including include VBG 1662 2627 29 immigrants immigrant NNS 1662 2627 30 and and CC 1662 2627 31 refugees refugee NNS 1662 2627 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2627 33 . . . 1662 2628 1 Faced face VBN 1662 2628 2 with with IN 1662 2628 3 a a DT 1662 2628 4 multitude multitude NN 1662 2628 5 of of IN 1662 2628 6 economic economic JJ 1662 2628 7 difficulties difficulty NNS 1662 2628 8 , , , 1662 2628 9 the the DT 1662 2628 10 government government NN 1662 2628 11 has have VBZ 1662 2628 12 fallen fall VBN 1662 2628 13 in in IN 1662 2628 14 arrears arrear NNS 1662 2628 15 on on IN 1662 2628 16 long long JJ 1662 2628 17 term term NN 1662 2628 18 external external JJ 1662 2628 19 debt debt NN 1662 2628 20 and and CC 1662 2628 21 has have VBZ 1662 2628 22 been be VBN 1662 2628 23 struggling struggle VBG 1662 2628 24 to to TO 1662 2628 25 meet meet VB 1662 2628 26 the the DT 1662 2628 27 stipulations stipulation NNS 1662 2628 28 of of IN 1662 2628 29 foreign foreign JJ 1662 2628 30 aid aid NN 1662 2628 31 donors donor NNS 1662 2628 32 . . . 1662 2629 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2629 2 : : : 1662 2629 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2629 4 power power NN 1662 2629 5 parity parity NN 1662 2629 6 - - : 1662 2629 7 $ $ $ 1662 2629 8 500 500 CD 1662 2629 9 million million CD 1662 2629 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2629 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 2629 12 est est NNP 1662 2629 13 . . . 1662 2629 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2630 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2630 2 - - HYPH 1662 2630 3 real real JJ 1662 2630 4 growth growth NN 1662 2630 5 rate rate NN 1662 2630 6 : : : 1662 2630 7 -3.1 -3.1 NN 1662 2630 8 % % NN 1662 2630 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2630 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 2630 11 est est NNP 1662 2630 12 . . . 1662 2630 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2631 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2631 2 - - HYPH 1662 2631 3 per per FW 1662 2631 4 capita capita NN 1662 2631 5 : : : 1662 2631 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2631 7 power power NN 1662 2631 8 parity parity NN 1662 2631 9 - - : 1662 2631 10 $ $ $ 1662 2631 11 1,200 1,200 CD 1662 2631 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2631 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 2631 14 est est NNP 1662 2631 15 . . . 1662 2631 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2632 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2632 2 - - HYPH 1662 2632 3 composition composition NN 1662 2632 4 by by IN 1662 2632 5 sector sector NN 1662 2632 6 : : : 1662 2632 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2632 8 : : : 1662 2632 9 3 3 CD 1662 2632 10 % % NN 1662 2632 11 industry industry NN 1662 2632 12 : : : 1662 2632 13 21 21 CD 1662 2632 14 % % NN 1662 2632 15 services service NNS 1662 2632 16 : : : 1662 2632 17 76 76 CD 1662 2632 18 % % NN 1662 2632 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2632 20 1993 1993 CD 1662 2632 21 est est NNP 1662 2632 22 . . . 1662 2632 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2633 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 2633 2 rate rate NN 1662 2633 3 - - HYPH 1662 2633 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 2633 5 price price NN 1662 2633 6 index index NN 1662 2633 7 : : : 1662 2633 8 4.9 4.9 CD 1662 2633 9 % % NN 1662 2633 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2633 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 2633 12 est est NNP 1662 2633 13 . . . 1662 2633 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2634 1 Labor labor NN 1662 2634 2 force force NN 1662 2634 3 : : : 1662 2634 4 total total NN 1662 2634 5 : : : 1662 2634 6 282,000 282,000 CD 1662 2634 7 by by IN 1662 2634 8 occupation occupation NN 1662 2634 9 : : : 1662 2634 10 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2634 11 75 75 CD 1662 2634 12 % % NN 1662 2634 13 , , , 1662 2634 14 industry industry NN 1662 2634 15 11 11 CD 1662 2634 16 % % NN 1662 2634 17 , , , 1662 2634 18 services service NNS 1662 2634 19 14 14 CD 1662 2634 20 % % NN 1662 2634 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2634 22 1991 1991 CD 1662 2634 23 est est NNP 1662 2634 24 . . . 1662 2634 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2635 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2635 2 rate rate NN 1662 2635 3 : : : 1662 2635 4 40%-50 40%-50 CD 1662 2635 5 % % NN 1662 2635 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2635 7 1996 1996 CD 1662 2635 8 est est NNP 1662 2635 9 . . . 1662 2635 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2636 1 Budget budget NN 1662 2636 2 : : : 1662 2636 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2636 4 : : : 1662 2636 5 $ $ $ 1662 2636 6 150 150 CD 1662 2636 7 million million CD 1662 2636 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2636 9 : : : 1662 2636 10 $ $ $ 1662 2636 11 181 181 CD 1662 2636 12 million million CD 1662 2636 13 , , , 1662 2636 14 including include VBG 1662 2636 15 capital capital NN 1662 2636 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2636 17 of of IN 1662 2636 18 $ $ $ 1662 2636 19 34 34 CD 1662 2636 20 million million CD 1662 2636 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2636 22 1995 1995 CD 1662 2636 23 est est NNP 1662 2636 24 . . . 1662 2636 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2637 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 2637 2 : : : 1662 2637 3 limited limit VBN 1662 2637 4 to to IN 1662 2637 5 a a DT 1662 2637 6 few few JJ 1662 2637 7 small small JJ 1662 2637 8 - - HYPH 1662 2637 9 scale scale NN 1662 2637 10 enterprises enterprise NNS 1662 2637 11 , , , 1662 2637 12 such such JJ 1662 2637 13 as as IN 1662 2637 14 dairy dairy NN 1662 2637 15 products product NNS 1662 2637 16 and and CC 1662 2637 17 mineral mineral NN 1662 2637 18 - - HYPH 1662 2637 19 water water NN 1662 2637 20 bottling bottle VBG 1662 2637 21 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2637 22 production production NN 1662 2637 23 growth growth NN 1662 2637 24 rate rate NN 1662 2637 25 : : : 1662 2637 26 NA% NA% `` 1662 2637 27 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2637 28 - - HYPH 1662 2637 29 capacity capacity NN 1662 2637 30 : : : 1662 2637 31 115,000 115,000 CD 1662 2637 32 kW kw NN 1662 2637 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2637 34 1991 1991 CD 1662 2637 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2637 36 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2637 37 - - HYPH 1662 2637 38 production production NN 1662 2637 39 : : : 1662 2637 40 200 200 CD 1662 2637 41 million million CD 1662 2637 42 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2637 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2637 44 1991 1991 CD 1662 2637 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2637 46 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2637 47 - - HYPH 1662 2637 48 consumption consumption NN 1662 2637 49 per per IN 1662 2637 50 capita capita NN 1662 2637 51 : : : 1662 2637 52 577 577 CD 1662 2637 53 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2637 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2637 55 1991 1991 CD 1662 2637 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2637 57 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2637 58 - - HYPH 1662 2637 59 products product NNS 1662 2637 60 : : : 1662 2637 61 fruits fruit NNS 1662 2637 62 , , , 1662 2637 63 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 2637 64 ; ; , 1662 2637 65 goats goat NNS 1662 2637 66 , , , 1662 2637 67 sheep sheep NNS 1662 2637 68 , , , 1662 2637 69 camels camel VBZ 1662 2637 70 Exports export NNS 1662 2637 71 : : : 1662 2637 72 total total JJ 1662 2637 73 value value NN 1662 2637 74 : : : 1662 2637 75 $ $ $ 1662 2637 76 184 184 CD 1662 2637 77 million million CD 1662 2637 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2637 79 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2637 80 . . NNP 1662 2637 81 , , , 1662 2637 82 1994 1994 CD 1662 2637 83 est est NNP 1662 2637 84 . . . 1662 2637 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2638 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2638 2 : : : 1662 2638 3 hides hide NNS 1662 2638 4 and and CC 1662 2638 5 skins skin NNS 1662 2638 6 , , , 1662 2638 7 coffee coffee NN 1662 2638 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2638 9 in in IN 1662 2638 10 transit transit NN 1662 2638 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2638 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2638 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 2638 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2638 15 partners partner NNS 1662 2638 16 : : : 1662 2638 17 Somalia Somalia NNP 1662 2638 18 42 42 CD 1662 2638 19 % % NN 1662 2638 20 , , , 1662 2638 21 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2638 22 35 35 CD 1662 2638 23 % % NN 1662 2638 24 , , , 1662 2638 25 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 2638 26 7 7 CD 1662 2638 27 % % NN 1662 2638 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2638 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 2638 30 est est NNP 1662 2638 31 . . . 1662 2638 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2639 1 Imports import NNS 1662 2639 2 : : : 1662 2639 3 total total JJ 1662 2639 4 value value NN 1662 2639 5 : : : 1662 2639 6 $ $ $ 1662 2639 7 384 384 CD 1662 2639 8 million million CD 1662 2639 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2639 10 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2639 11 . . NNP 1662 2639 12 , , , 1662 2639 13 1994 1994 CD 1662 2639 14 est est NNP 1662 2639 15 . . . 1662 2639 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2640 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2640 2 : : : 1662 2640 3 foods food NNS 1662 2640 4 , , , 1662 2640 5 beverages beverage NNS 1662 2640 6 , , , 1662 2640 7 transport transport NN 1662 2640 8 equipment equipment NN 1662 2640 9 , , , 1662 2640 10 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 2640 11 , , , 1662 2640 12 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2640 13 products product NNS 1662 2640 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2640 15 1995 1995 CD 1662 2640 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2640 17 partners partner NNS 1662 2640 18 : : : 1662 2640 19 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 2640 20 15 15 CD 1662 2640 21 % % NN 1662 2640 22 , , , 1662 2640 23 France France NNP 1662 2640 24 13 13 CD 1662 2640 25 % % NN 1662 2640 26 , , , 1662 2640 27 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2640 28 8 8 CD 1662 2640 29 % % NN 1662 2640 30 , , , 1662 2640 31 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 2640 32 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 2640 33 6 6 CD 1662 2640 34 % % NN 1662 2640 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2640 36 1995 1995 CD 1662 2640 37 est est NNP 1662 2640 38 . . . 1662 2640 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2641 1 Debt debt NN 1662 2641 2 - - HYPH 1662 2641 3 external external JJ 1662 2641 4 : : : 1662 2641 5 $ $ $ 1662 2641 6 267 267 CD 1662 2641 7 million million CD 1662 2641 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2641 9 1995 1995 CD 1662 2641 10 est est NNP 1662 2641 11 . . . 1662 2641 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2642 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 2642 2 aid aid NN 1662 2642 3 : : : 1662 2642 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 2642 5 : : : 1662 2642 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2642 7 , , , 1662 2642 8 $ $ $ 1662 2642 9 NA NA NNP 1662 2642 10 Currency currency NN 1662 2642 11 : : : 1662 2642 12 1 1 CD 1662 2642 13 Djiboutian djiboutian JJ 1662 2642 14 franc franc NN 1662 2642 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2642 16 DF DF NNP 1662 2642 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2642 18 = = SYM 1662 2642 19 100 100 CD 1662 2642 20 centimes centime NNS 1662 2642 21 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2642 22 rates rate NNS 1662 2642 23 : : : 1662 2642 24 Djiboutian djiboutian JJ 1662 2642 25 francs franc NNS 1662 2642 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2642 27 DF DF NNP 1662 2642 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2642 29 per per IN 1662 2642 30 US$ us$ $ 1662 2642 31 1 1 CD 1662 2642 32 - - SYM 1662 2642 33 177.721 177.721 CD 1662 2642 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2642 35 fixed fix VBN 1662 2642 36 rate rate NN 1662 2642 37 since since IN 1662 2642 38 1973 1973 CD 1662 2642 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2642 40 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2642 41 year year NN 1662 2642 42 : : : 1662 2642 43 calendar calendar NN 1662 2642 44 year year NN 1662 2642 45 @Djibouti @Djibouti NNP 1662 2642 46 : : : 1662 2642 47 Communications Communications NNP 1662 2642 48 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 2642 49 : : : 1662 2642 50 7,200 7,200 CD 1662 2642 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2642 52 1986 1986 CD 1662 2642 53 est est NNP 1662 2642 54 . . . 1662 2642 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2643 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2643 2 system system NN 1662 2643 3 : : : 1662 2643 4 telephone telephone NN 1662 2643 5 facilities facility NNS 1662 2643 6 in in IN 1662 2643 7 the the DT 1662 2643 8 city city NN 1662 2643 9 of of IN 1662 2643 10 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 2643 11 are be VBP 1662 2643 12 adequate adequate JJ 1662 2643 13 as as IN 1662 2643 14 are be VBP 1662 2643 15 the the DT 1662 2643 16 microwave microwave NN 1662 2643 17 radio radio NN 1662 2643 18 relay relay NN 1662 2643 19 connections connection NNS 1662 2643 20 to to IN 1662 2643 21 outlying outlying JJ 1662 2643 22 areas area NNS 1662 2643 23 of of IN 1662 2643 24 the the DT 1662 2643 25 country country NN 1662 2643 26 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2643 27 : : : 1662 2643 28 microwave microwave NN 1662 2643 29 radio radio NN 1662 2643 30 relay relay NN 1662 2643 31 network network NNP 1662 2643 32 international international NNP 1662 2643 33 : : : 1662 2643 34 submarine submarine NN 1662 2643 35 cable cable NN 1662 2643 36 to to IN 1662 2643 37 Jiddah Jiddah NNP 1662 2643 38 , , , 1662 2643 39 Suez Suez NNP 1662 2643 40 , , , 1662 2643 41 Sicily Sicily NNP 1662 2643 42 , , , 1662 2643 43 Marseilles Marseilles NNP 1662 2643 44 , , , 1662 2643 45 Colombo Colombo NNP 1662 2643 46 , , , 1662 2643 47 and and CC 1662 2643 48 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 2643 49 ; ; : 1662 2643 50 satellite satellite NN 1662 2643 51 earth earth NN 1662 2643 52 stations station NNS 1662 2643 53 - - , 1662 2643 54 1 1 CD 1662 2643 55 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2643 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2643 57 Indian Indian NNP 1662 2643 58 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2643 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2643 60 and and CC 1662 2643 61 1 1 CD 1662 2643 62 Arabsat Arabsat NNS 1662 2643 63 ; ; : 1662 2643 64 MEDARABTEL medarabtel NN 1662 2643 65 regional regional JJ 1662 2643 66 microwave microwave NN 1662 2643 67 radio radio NN 1662 2643 68 relay relay NN 1662 2643 69 telephone telephone NN 1662 2643 70 network network NN 1662 2643 71 Radio Radio NNP 1662 2643 72 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2643 73 stations station NNS 1662 2643 74 : : : 1662 2643 75 AM AM NNP 1662 2643 76 2 2 CD 1662 2643 77 , , , 1662 2643 78 FM FM NNP 1662 2643 79 2 2 CD 1662 2643 80 , , , 1662 2643 81 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2643 82 0 0 CD 1662 2643 83 Radios radio NNS 1662 2643 84 : : : 1662 2643 85 NA NA NNP 1662 2643 86 Television Television NNP 1662 2643 87 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2643 88 stations station NNS 1662 2643 89 : : : 1662 2643 90 1 1 CD 1662 2643 91 Televisions television NNS 1662 2643 92 : : : 1662 2643 93 17,000 17,000 CD 1662 2643 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2643 95 1993 1993 CD 1662 2643 96 est est NNP 1662 2643 97 . . . 1662 2643 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2644 1 @Djibouti @Djibouti NFP 1662 2644 2 : : : 1662 2644 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2644 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2644 5 : : : 1662 2644 6 total total NN 1662 2644 7 : : : 1662 2644 8 97 97 CD 1662 2644 9 km km NNS 1662 2644 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2644 11 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 2644 12 segment segment NN 1662 2644 13 of of IN 1662 2644 14 the the DT 1662 2644 15 Addis Addis NNP 1662 2644 16 Ababa Ababa NNP 1662 2644 17 - - HYPH 1662 2644 18 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 2644 19 railroad railroad NN 1662 2644 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2644 21 narrow narrow JJ 1662 2644 22 gauge gauge NN 1662 2644 23 : : : 1662 2644 24 97 97 CD 1662 2644 25 km km NN 1662 2644 26 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 2644 27 gauge gauge NN 1662 2644 28 Highways highway NNS 1662 2644 29 : : : 1662 2644 30 total total NN 1662 2644 31 : : : 1662 2644 32 2,890 2,890 CD 1662 2644 33 km km NN 1662 2644 34 paved pave VBN 1662 2644 35 : : : 1662 2644 36 364 364 CD 1662 2644 37 km km NN 1662 2644 38 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2644 39 : : : 1662 2644 40 2,526 2,526 CD 1662 2644 41 km km NNS 1662 2644 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2644 43 1995 1995 CD 1662 2644 44 est est NNP 1662 2644 45 . . . 1662 2644 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2645 1 Ports port NNS 1662 2645 2 and and CC 1662 2645 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2645 4 : : : 1662 2645 5 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 2645 6 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2645 7 marine marine NN 1662 2645 8 : : : 1662 2645 9 total total NN 1662 2645 10 : : : 1662 2645 11 1 1 CD 1662 2645 12 cargo cargo NN 1662 2645 13 ship ship NN 1662 2645 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2645 15 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2645 16 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2645 17 or or CC 1662 2645 18 over over RB 1662 2645 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2645 20 totaling total VBG 1662 2645 21 1,369 1,369 CD 1662 2645 22 GRT/3,030 GRT/3,030 NNP 1662 2645 23 DWT DWT NNP 1662 2645 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2645 25 1996 1996 CD 1662 2645 26 est est NNP 1662 2645 27 . . . 1662 2645 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2646 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2646 2 : : : 1662 2646 3 11 11 CD 1662 2646 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2646 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2646 6 est est NNP 1662 2646 7 . . . 1662 2646 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2647 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2647 2 - - , 1662 2647 3 with with IN 1662 2647 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2647 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2647 6 : : : 1662 2647 7 total total NN 1662 2647 8 : : : 1662 2647 9 4 4 CD 1662 2647 10 over over IN 1662 2647 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2647 12 m m NN 1662 2647 13 : : : 1662 2647 14 1 1 CD 1662 2647 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2647 16 to to IN 1662 2647 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2647 18 m m NN 1662 2647 19 : : : 1662 2647 20 1 1 CD 1662 2647 21 under under IN 1662 2647 22 914 914 CD 1662 2647 23 m m NN 1662 2647 24 : : : 1662 2647 25 2 2 CD 1662 2647 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2647 27 1996 1996 CD 1662 2647 28 est est NNP 1662 2647 29 . . . 1662 2647 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2648 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2648 2 - - , 1662 2648 3 with with IN 1662 2648 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2648 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2648 6 : : : 1662 2648 7 total total NN 1662 2648 8 : : : 1662 2648 9 7 7 CD 1662 2648 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2648 11 to to TO 1662 2648 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2648 13 m m NN 1662 2648 14 : : : 1662 2648 15 3 3 CD 1662 2648 16 914 914 CD 1662 2648 17 to to TO 1662 2648 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2648 19 m m NN 1662 2648 20 : : : 1662 2648 21 4 4 CD 1662 2648 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2648 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2648 24 est est NNP 1662 2648 25 . . . 1662 2648 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2649 1 Military military JJ 1662 2649 2 Military military JJ 1662 2649 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2649 4 : : : 1662 2649 5 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 2649 6 National National NNP 1662 2649 7 Army Army NNP 1662 2649 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2649 9 includes include VBZ 1662 2649 10 Navy Navy NNP 1662 2649 11 and and CC 1662 2649 12 Air Air NNP 1662 2649 13 Force Force NNP 1662 2649 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2649 15 , , , 1662 2649 16 National National NNP 1662 2649 17 Security Security NNP 1662 2649 18 Force Force NNP 1662 2649 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2649 20 Force Force NNP 1662 2649 21 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 2649 22 de de NNP 1662 2649 23 Securite Securite NNP 1662 2649 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2649 25 , , , 1662 2649 26 National National NNP 1662 2649 27 Police Police NNP 1662 2649 28 Force Force NNP 1662 2649 29 Military Military NNP 1662 2649 30 manpower manpower NN 1662 2649 31 - - HYPH 1662 2649 32 availability availability NN 1662 2649 33 : : : 1662 2649 34 males male NNS 1662 2649 35 age age NNP 1662 2649 36 15 15 CD 1662 2649 37 - - HYPH 1662 2649 38 49 49 CD 1662 2649 39 : : : 1662 2649 40 103,569 103,569 CD 1662 2649 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2649 42 1997 1997 CD 1662 2649 43 est est NNP 1662 2649 44 . . . 1662 2649 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2650 1 Military military JJ 1662 2650 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2650 3 - - HYPH 1662 2650 4 fit fit NN 1662 2650 5 for for IN 1662 2650 6 military military JJ 1662 2650 7 service service NN 1662 2650 8 : : : 1662 2650 9 males male NNS 1662 2650 10 : : : 1662 2650 11 60,751 60,751 CD 1662 2650 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2650 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2650 14 est est NNP 1662 2650 15 . . . 1662 2650 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2651 1 Military military JJ 1662 2651 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2651 3 - - HYPH 1662 2651 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2651 5 figure figure NN 1662 2651 6 : : : 1662 2651 7 $ $ $ 1662 2651 8 26 26 CD 1662 2651 9 million million CD 1662 2651 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2651 11 1989 1989 CD 1662 2651 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2651 13 Military military JJ 1662 2651 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2651 15 - - : 1662 2651 16 percent percent NN 1662 2651 17 of of IN 1662 2651 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2651 19 : : : 1662 2651 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 2651 21 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2651 22 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2651 23 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2651 24 - - : 1662 2651 25 international international RB 1662 2651 26 : : : 1662 2651 27 none none NN 1662 2651 28 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 29 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 30 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 31 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 32 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 33 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 34 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 35 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 36 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 37 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 38 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 39 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 40 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 41 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 42 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 43 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 44 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 45 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 46 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 47 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 48 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 49 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 50 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 51 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 52 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 53 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 54 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 55 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 56 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 57 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 58 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 59 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 60 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 61 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 62 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 63 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 64 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 65 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 66 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 67 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 68 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 69 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 70 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 71 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 72 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 73 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 74 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 75 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 76 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 77 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 78 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 79 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 80 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 81 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 82 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 83 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 84 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 85 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 86 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 87 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 88 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 89 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 90 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 91 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 92 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 93 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 94 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 95 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 96 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 97 _ _ NNP 1662 2651 98 DOMINICA DOMINICA NNP 1662 2651 99 @Dominica @Dominica NNP 1662 2651 100 : : : 1662 2651 101 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2651 102 Location Location NNP 1662 2651 103 : : : 1662 2651 104 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 2651 105 , , , 1662 2651 106 island island NN 1662 2651 107 between between IN 1662 2651 108 the the DT 1662 2651 109 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 2651 110 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2651 111 and and CC 1662 2651 112 the the DT 1662 2651 113 North North NNP 1662 2651 114 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2651 115 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2651 116 , , , 1662 2651 117 about about RB 1662 2651 118 one one CD 1662 2651 119 - - HYPH 1662 2651 120 half half NN 1662 2651 121 of of IN 1662 2651 122 the the DT 1662 2651 123 way way NN 1662 2651 124 from from IN 1662 2651 125 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 2651 126 Rico Rico NNP 1662 2651 127 to to IN 1662 2651 128 Trinidad Trinidad NNP 1662 2651 129 and and CC 1662 2651 130 Tobago Tobago NNP 1662 2651 131 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2651 132 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2651 133 : : : 1662 2651 134 13 13 CD 1662 2651 135 30 30 CD 1662 2651 136 N n CD 1662 2651 137 , , , 1662 2651 138 61 61 CD 1662 2651 139 20 20 CD 1662 2651 140 W W NNP 1662 2651 141 Map Map NNP 1662 2651 142 references reference NNS 1662 2651 143 : : : 1662 2651 144 Central Central NNP 1662 2651 145 America America NNP 1662 2651 146 and and CC 1662 2651 147 the the DT 1662 2651 148 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 2651 149 Area Area NNP 1662 2651 150 : : : 1662 2651 151 total total NN 1662 2651 152 : : : 1662 2651 153 750 750 CD 1662 2651 154 sq sq NN 1662 2651 155 km km NNP 1662 2651 156 land land NN 1662 2651 157 : : : 1662 2651 158 750 750 CD 1662 2651 159 sq sq NNP 1662 2651 160 km km NNP 1662 2651 161 water water NN 1662 2651 162 : : : 1662 2651 163 0 0 NFP 1662 2651 164 sq sq NN 1662 2651 165 km km NNP 1662 2651 166 Area area NN 1662 2651 167 - - HYPH 1662 2651 168 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2651 169 : : : 1662 2651 170 slightly slightly RB 1662 2651 171 more more JJR 1662 2651 172 than than IN 1662 2651 173 four four CD 1662 2651 174 times time NNS 1662 2651 175 the the DT 1662 2651 176 size size NN 1662 2651 177 of of IN 1662 2651 178 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2651 179 , , , 1662 2651 180 DC DC NNP 1662 2651 181 Land Land NNP 1662 2651 182 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2651 183 : : : 1662 2651 184 0 0 LS 1662 2651 185 km km NN 1662 2651 186 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2651 187 : : : 1662 2651 188 148 148 CD 1662 2651 189 km km NN 1662 2651 190 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2651 191 claims claim VBZ 1662 2651 192 : : : 1662 2651 193 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 2651 194 zone zone NN 1662 2651 195 : : : 1662 2651 196 24 24 CD 1662 2651 197 nm nm IN 1662 2651 198 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 2651 199 economic economic JJ 1662 2651 200 zone zone NN 1662 2651 201 : : : 1662 2651 202 200 200 CD 1662 2651 203 nm nm CD 1662 2651 204 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2651 205 sea sea NN 1662 2651 206 : : : 1662 2651 207 12 12 CD 1662 2651 208 nm nm NNP 1662 2651 209 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2651 210 : : : 1662 2651 211 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2651 212 ; ; : 1662 2651 213 moderated moderate VBN 1662 2651 214 by by IN 1662 2651 215 northeast northeast JJ 1662 2651 216 trade trade NN 1662 2651 217 winds wind NNS 1662 2651 218 ; ; , 1662 2651 219 heavy heavy JJ 1662 2651 220 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 2651 221 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2651 222 : : : 1662 2651 223 rugged rugged JJ 1662 2651 224 mountains mountain NNS 1662 2651 225 of of IN 1662 2651 226 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 2651 227 origin origin NN 1662 2651 228 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2651 229 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2651 230 : : : 1662 2651 231 lowest low JJS 1662 2651 232 point point NN 1662 2651 233 : : : 1662 2651 234 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 2651 235 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2651 236 0 0 NFP 1662 2651 237 m m DT 1662 2651 238 highest high JJS 1662 2651 239 point point NN 1662 2651 240 : : : 1662 2651 241 Morne Morne NNP 1662 2651 242 Diablatins Diablatins NNP 1662 2651 243 1,447 1,447 CD 1662 2651 244 m m CD 1662 2651 245 Natural natural JJ 1662 2651 246 resources resource NNS 1662 2651 247 : : : 1662 2651 248 timber timber NN 1662 2651 249 Land land NN 1662 2651 250 use use NN 1662 2651 251 : : : 1662 2651 252 arable arable JJ 1662 2651 253 land land NN 1662 2651 254 : : : 1662 2651 255 9 9 CD 1662 2651 256 % % NN 1662 2651 257 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2651 258 crops crop NNS 1662 2651 259 : : : 1662 2651 260 13 13 CD 1662 2651 261 % % NN 1662 2651 262 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2651 263 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2651 264 : : : 1662 2651 265 3 3 CD 1662 2651 266 % % NN 1662 2651 267 forests forest NNS 1662 2651 268 and and CC 1662 2651 269 woodland woodland JJ 1662 2651 270 : : : 1662 2651 271 67 67 CD 1662 2651 272 % % NN 1662 2651 273 other other JJ 1662 2651 274 : : : 1662 2651 275 8 8 CD 1662 2651 276 % % NN 1662 2651 277 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2651 278 1993 1993 CD 1662 2651 279 est est NNP 1662 2651 280 . . . 1662 2651 281 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2652 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2652 2 land land NN 1662 2652 3 : : : 1662 2652 4 NA NA NNP 1662 2652 5 sq sq RB 1662 2652 6 km km VB 1662 2652 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 2652 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2652 9 : : : 1662 2652 10 flash flash NN 1662 2652 11 floods flood NNS 1662 2652 12 are be VBP 1662 2652 13 a a DT 1662 2652 14 constant constant JJ 1662 2652 15 threat threat NN 1662 2652 16 ; ; , 1662 2652 17 destructive destructive JJ 1662 2652 18 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 2652 19 can can MD 1662 2652 20 be be VB 1662 2652 21 expected expect VBN 1662 2652 22 during during IN 1662 2652 23 the the DT 1662 2652 24 late late JJ 1662 2652 25 summer summer NN 1662 2652 26 months month NNS 1662 2652 27 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2652 28 - - HYPH 1662 2652 29 current current JJ 1662 2652 30 issues issue NNS 1662 2652 31 : : : 1662 2652 32 NA NA NNP 1662 2652 33 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2652 34 - - HYPH 1662 2652 35 international international JJ 1662 2652 36 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2652 37 : : : 1662 2652 38 party party NN 1662 2652 39 to to TO 1662 2652 40 : : : 1662 2652 41 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 2652 42 , , , 1662 2652 43 Climate climate NN 1662 2652 44 Change change NN 1662 2652 45 , , , 1662 2652 46 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 2652 47 Modification Modification NNP 1662 2652 48 , , , 1662 2652 49 Law Law NNP 1662 2652 50 of of IN 1662 2652 51 the the DT 1662 2652 52 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2652 53 , , , 1662 2652 54 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2652 55 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2652 56 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2652 57 , , , 1662 2652 58 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 2652 59 signed sign VBD 1662 2652 60 , , , 1662 2652 61 but but CC 1662 2652 62 not not RB 1662 2652 63 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2652 64 : : : 1662 2652 65 none none NN 1662 2652 66 of of IN 1662 2652 67 the the DT 1662 2652 68 selected select VBN 1662 2652 69 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2652 70 @Dominica @Dominica NNP 1662 2652 71 : : : 1662 2652 72 People People NNP 1662 2652 73 Population Population NNP 1662 2652 74 : : : 1662 2652 75 66,633 66,633 CD 1662 2652 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2652 77 July July NNP 1662 2652 78 1997 1997 CD 1662 2652 79 est est NNP 1662 2652 80 . . . 1662 2652 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2653 1 Age age NN 1662 2653 2 structure structure NN 1662 2653 3 : : : 1662 2653 4 0 0 CD 1662 2653 5 - - HYPH 1662 2653 6 14 14 CD 1662 2653 7 years year NNS 1662 2653 8 : : : 1662 2653 9 28 28 CD 1662 2653 10 % % NN 1662 2653 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2653 12 male male JJ 1662 2653 13 9,287 9,287 CD 1662 2653 14 ; ; : 1662 2653 15 female female JJ 1662 2653 16 9,115 9,115 CD 1662 2653 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2653 18 15 15 CD 1662 2653 19 - - SYM 1662 2653 20 64 64 CD 1662 2653 21 years year NNS 1662 2653 22 : : : 1662 2653 23 63 63 CD 1662 2653 24 % % NN 1662 2653 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2653 26 male male JJ 1662 2653 27 21,364 21,364 CD 1662 2653 28 ; ; : 1662 2653 29 female female JJ 1662 2653 30 20,617 20,617 CD 1662 2653 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2653 32 65 65 CD 1662 2653 33 years year NNS 1662 2653 34 and and CC 1662 2653 35 over over IN 1662 2653 36 : : : 1662 2653 37 9 9 CD 1662 2653 38 % % NN 1662 2653 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2653 40 male male JJ 1662 2653 41 2,569 2,569 CD 1662 2653 42 ; ; : 1662 2653 43 female female JJ 1662 2653 44 3,681 3,681 CD 1662 2653 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2653 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2653 47 July July NNP 1662 2653 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2653 49 est est NNP 1662 2653 50 . . . 1662 2653 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2654 1 Population population NN 1662 2654 2 growth growth NN 1662 2654 3 rate rate NN 1662 2654 4 : : : 1662 2654 5 -1.26 -1.26 CD 1662 2654 6 % % NN 1662 2654 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2654 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2654 9 est est NNP 1662 2654 10 . . . 1662 2654 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2655 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2655 2 rate rate NN 1662 2655 3 : : : 1662 2655 4 17.72 17.72 CD 1662 2655 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 2655 6 population population NN 1662 2655 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2655 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2655 9 est est NNP 1662 2655 10 . . . 1662 2655 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2656 1 Death death NN 1662 2656 2 rate rate NN 1662 2656 3 : : : 1662 2656 4 6.24 6.24 CD 1662 2656 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2656 6 population population NN 1662 2656 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2656 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2656 9 est est NNP 1662 2656 10 . . . 1662 2656 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2657 1 Net net JJ 1662 2657 2 migration migration NN 1662 2657 3 rate rate NN 1662 2657 4 : : : 1662 2657 5 -24.04 -24.04 . 1662 2657 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 2657 7 population population NN 1662 2657 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2657 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2657 10 est est NNP 1662 2657 11 . . . 1662 2657 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2658 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2658 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2658 3 : : : 1662 2658 4 at at IN 1662 2658 5 birth birth NN 1662 2658 6 : : : 1662 2658 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 2658 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2658 9 under under IN 1662 2658 10 15 15 CD 1662 2658 11 years year NNS 1662 2658 12 : : : 1662 2658 13 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 2658 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2658 15 15 15 CD 1662 2658 16 - - HYPH 1662 2658 17 64 64 CD 1662 2658 18 years year NNS 1662 2658 19 : : : 1662 2658 20 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 2658 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2658 22 65 65 CD 1662 2658 23 years year NNS 1662 2658 24 and and CC 1662 2658 25 over over IN 1662 2658 26 : : : 1662 2658 27 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 2658 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2658 29 total total JJ 1662 2658 30 population population NN 1662 2658 31 : : : 1662 2658 32 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 2658 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2658 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2658 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2658 36 est est NNP 1662 2658 37 . . . 1662 2658 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2659 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2659 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2659 3 rate rate NN 1662 2659 4 : : : 1662 2659 5 9.3 9.3 CD 1662 2659 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2659 7 live live JJ 1662 2659 8 births birth NNS 1662 2659 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2659 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2659 11 est est NNP 1662 2659 12 . . . 1662 2659 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2660 1 Life life NN 1662 2660 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2660 3 at at IN 1662 2660 4 birth birth NN 1662 2660 5 : : : 1662 2660 6 total total JJ 1662 2660 7 population population NN 1662 2660 8 : : : 1662 2660 9 77.6 77.6 CD 1662 2660 10 years year NNS 1662 2660 11 male male JJ 1662 2660 12 : : : 1662 2660 13 74.74 74.74 CD 1662 2660 14 years year NNS 1662 2660 15 female female JJ 1662 2660 16 : : : 1662 2660 17 80.6 80.6 CD 1662 2660 18 years year NNS 1662 2660 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2660 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2660 21 est est NNP 1662 2660 22 . . . 1662 2660 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2661 1 Total total JJ 1662 2661 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2661 3 rate rate NN 1662 2661 4 : : : 1662 2661 5 1.92 1.92 CD 1662 2661 6 children child NNS 1662 2661 7 born bear VBN 1662 2661 8 / / SYM 1662 2661 9 woman woman NN 1662 2661 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2661 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2661 12 est est NNP 1662 2661 13 . . . 1662 2661 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2662 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2662 2 : : : 1662 2662 3 noun noun NNP 1662 2662 4 : : : 1662 2662 5 Dominican(s Dominican(s NNP 1662 2662 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2662 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 2662 8 : : : 1662 2662 9 Dominican dominican JJ 1662 2662 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2662 11 groups group NNS 1662 2662 12 : : : 1662 2662 13 black black JJ 1662 2662 14 , , , 1662 2662 15 Carib Carib NNP 1662 2662 16 Amerindian Amerindian NNP 1662 2662 17 Religions Religions NNPS 1662 2662 18 : : : 1662 2662 19 Roman Roman NNP 1662 2662 20 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 2662 21 77 77 CD 1662 2662 22 % % NN 1662 2662 23 , , , 1662 2662 24 Protestant protestant NN 1662 2662 25 15 15 CD 1662 2662 26 % % NN 1662 2662 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2662 28 Methodist Methodist NNP 1662 2662 29 5 5 CD 1662 2662 30 % % NN 1662 2662 31 , , , 1662 2662 32 Pentecostal Pentecostal NNP 1662 2662 33 3 3 CD 1662 2662 34 % % NN 1662 2662 35 , , , 1662 2662 36 Seventh Seventh NNP 1662 2662 37 - - HYPH 1662 2662 38 Day Day NNP 1662 2662 39 Adventist Adventist NNP 1662 2662 40 3 3 CD 1662 2662 41 % % NN 1662 2662 42 , , , 1662 2662 43 Baptist Baptist NNP 1662 2662 44 2 2 CD 1662 2662 45 % % NN 1662 2662 46 , , , 1662 2662 47 other other JJ 1662 2662 48 2 2 CD 1662 2662 49 % % NN 1662 2662 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2662 51 , , , 1662 2662 52 none none NN 1662 2662 53 2 2 CD 1662 2662 54 % % NN 1662 2662 55 , , , 1662 2662 56 unknown unknown JJ 1662 2662 57 1 1 CD 1662 2662 58 % % NN 1662 2662 59 , , , 1662 2662 60 other other JJ 1662 2662 61 5 5 CD 1662 2662 62 % % NN 1662 2662 63 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 2662 64 : : : 1662 2662 65 English English NNP 1662 2662 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2662 67 official official NN 1662 2662 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2662 69 , , , 1662 2662 70 French french JJ 1662 2662 71 patois patois NN 1662 2662 72 Literacy literacy NN 1662 2662 73 : : : 1662 2662 74 definition definition NN 1662 2662 75 : : : 1662 2662 76 age age NN 1662 2662 77 15 15 CD 1662 2662 78 and and CC 1662 2662 79 over over RB 1662 2662 80 has have VBZ 1662 2662 81 ever ever RB 1662 2662 82 attended attend VBN 1662 2662 83 school school NN 1662 2662 84 total total JJ 1662 2662 85 population population NN 1662 2662 86 : : : 1662 2662 87 94 94 CD 1662 2662 88 % % NN 1662 2662 89 male male NN 1662 2662 90 : : : 1662 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C. 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I. 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- HYPH 1662 2669 3 real real JJ 1662 2669 4 growth growth NN 1662 2669 5 rate rate NN 1662 2669 6 : : : 1662 2669 7 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 2669 8 % % NN 1662 2669 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2669 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 2669 11 est est NNP 1662 2669 12 . . . 1662 2669 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2670 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2670 2 - - HYPH 1662 2670 3 per per FW 1662 2670 4 capita capita NN 1662 2670 5 : : : 1662 2670 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2670 7 power power NN 1662 2670 8 parity parity NN 1662 2670 9 - - : 1662 2670 10 $ $ $ 1662 2670 11 2,500 2,500 CD 1662 2670 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2670 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 2670 14 est est NNP 1662 2670 15 . . . 1662 2670 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2671 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2671 2 - - HYPH 1662 2671 3 composition composition NN 1662 2671 4 by by IN 1662 2671 5 sector sector NN 1662 2671 6 : : : 1662 2671 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2671 8 : : : 1662 2671 9 26 26 CD 1662 2671 10 % % NN 1662 2671 11 industry industry NN 1662 2671 12 : : : 1662 2671 13 NA% NA% `` 1662 2671 14 services service NNS 1662 2671 15 : : : 1662 2671 16 NA% na% IN 1662 2671 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2671 18 1995 1995 CD 1662 2671 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2671 20 Inflation inflation NN 1662 2671 21 rate rate NN 1662 2671 22 - - HYPH 1662 2671 23 consumer consumer NN 1662 2671 24 price price NN 1662 2671 25 index index NN 1662 2671 26 : : : 1662 2671 27 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 2671 28 % % NN 1662 2671 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2671 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 2671 31 est est NNP 1662 2671 32 . . . 1662 2671 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2672 1 Labor labor NN 1662 2672 2 force force NN 1662 2672 3 : : : 1662 2672 4 total total NN 1662 2672 5 : : : 1662 2672 6 25,000 25,000 CD 1662 2672 7 by by IN 1662 2672 8 occupation occupation NN 1662 2672 9 : : : 1662 2672 10 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2672 11 40 40 CD 1662 2672 12 % % NN 1662 2672 13 , , , 1662 2672 14 industry industry NN 1662 2672 15 and and CC 1662 2672 16 commerce commerce NN 1662 2672 17 32 32 CD 1662 2672 18 % % NN 1662 2672 19 , , , 1662 2672 20 services service NNS 1662 2672 21 28 28 CD 1662 2672 22 % % NN 1662 2672 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2672 24 1984 1984 CD 1662 2672 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2672 26 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2672 27 rate rate NN 1662 2672 28 : : : 1662 2672 29 15 15 CD 1662 2672 30 % % NN 1662 2672 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2672 32 1992 1992 CD 1662 2672 33 est est NNP 1662 2672 34 . . . 1662 2672 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2673 1 Budget budget NN 1662 2673 2 : : : 1662 2673 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2673 4 : : : 1662 2673 5 $ $ $ 1662 2673 6 80 80 CD 1662 2673 7 million million CD 1662 2673 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2673 9 : : : 1662 2673 10 $ $ $ 1662 2673 11 95.8 95.8 CD 1662 2673 12 million million CD 1662 2673 13 , , , 1662 2673 14 including include VBG 1662 2673 15 capital capital NN 1662 2673 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2673 17 of of IN 1662 2673 18 $ $ $ 1662 2673 19 NA na NN 1662 2673 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2673 21 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 2673 22 est est NN 1662 2673 23 . . . 1662 2673 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2674 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 2674 2 : : : 1662 2674 3 soap soap NN 1662 2674 4 , , , 1662 2674 5 coconut coconut NN 1662 2674 6 oil oil NN 1662 2674 7 , , , 1662 2674 8 tourism tourism NN 1662 2674 9 , , , 1662 2674 10 copra copra NN 1662 2674 11 , , , 1662 2674 12 furniture furniture NN 1662 2674 13 , , , 1662 2674 14 cement cement NN 1662 2674 15 blocks block NNS 1662 2674 16 , , , 1662 2674 17 shoes shoe VBZ 1662 2674 18 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2674 19 production production NN 1662 2674 20 growth growth NN 1662 2674 21 rate rate NN 1662 2674 22 : : : 1662 2674 23 -10 -10 NN 1662 2674 24 % % NN 1662 2674 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2674 26 1994 1994 CD 1662 2674 27 est est NNP 1662 2674 28 . . . 1662 2674 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2675 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2675 2 - - HYPH 1662 2675 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 2675 4 : : : 1662 2675 5 15,000 15,000 CD 1662 2675 6 kW kw NN 1662 2675 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2675 8 1994 1994 CD 1662 2675 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2675 10 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2675 11 - - HYPH 1662 2675 12 production production NN 1662 2675 13 : : : 1662 2675 14 52 52 CD 1662 2675 15 million million CD 1662 2675 16 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2675 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2675 18 1994 1994 CD 1662 2675 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2675 20 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2675 21 - - HYPH 1662 2675 22 consumption consumption NN 1662 2675 23 per per IN 1662 2675 24 capita capita NN 1662 2675 25 : : : 1662 2675 26 479 479 CD 1662 2675 27 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2675 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2675 29 1994 1994 CD 1662 2675 30 est est NNP 1662 2675 31 . . . 1662 2675 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2676 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2676 2 - - HYPH 1662 2676 3 products product NNS 1662 2676 4 : : : 1662 2676 5 bananas banana NNS 1662 2676 6 , , , 1662 2676 7 citrus citrus NNP 1662 2676 8 , , , 1662 2676 9 mangoes mango NNS 1662 2676 10 , , , 1662 2676 11 root root NN 1662 2676 12 crops crop NNS 1662 2676 13 , , , 1662 2676 14 coconuts coconut NNS 1662 2676 15 ; ; : 1662 2676 16 forestry forestry NN 1662 2676 17 and and CC 1662 2676 18 fisheries fishery NNS 1662 2676 19 potential potential VBP 1662 2676 20 not not RB 1662 2676 21 exploited exploit VBN 1662 2676 22 Exports export NNS 1662 2676 23 : : : 1662 2676 24 total total JJ 1662 2676 25 value value NN 1662 2676 26 : : : 1662 2676 27 $ $ $ 1662 2676 28 40 40 CD 1662 2676 29 million million CD 1662 2676 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2676 31 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2676 32 . . NNP 1662 2676 33 , , , 1662 2676 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 2676 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2676 36 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2676 37 : : : 1662 2676 38 bananas bananas NNP 1662 2676 39 70 70 CD 1662 2676 40 % % NN 1662 2676 41 , , , 1662 2676 42 soap soap NN 1662 2676 43 , , , 1662 2676 44 bay bay NN 1662 2676 45 oil oil NN 1662 2676 46 , , , 1662 2676 47 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 2676 48 , , , 1662 2676 49 grapefruit grapefruit NN 1662 2676 50 , , , 1662 2676 51 oranges orange VBZ 1662 2676 52 partners partner NNS 1662 2676 53 : : : 1662 2676 54 UK UK NNP 1662 2676 55 55 55 CD 1662 2676 56 % % NN 1662 2676 57 , , , 1662 2676 58 Caricom Caricom NNP 1662 2676 59 countries country NNS 1662 2676 60 , , , 1662 2676 61 Italy Italy NNP 1662 2676 62 , , , 1662 2676 63 US US NNP 1662 2676 64 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 2676 65 : : : 1662 2676 66 total total JJ 1662 2676 67 value value NN 1662 2676 68 : : : 1662 2676 69 $ $ $ 1662 2676 70 122 122 CD 1662 2676 71 million million CD 1662 2676 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2676 73 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2676 74 . . NNP 1662 2676 75 , , , 1662 2676 76 1996 1996 CD 1662 2676 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2676 78 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2676 79 : : : 1662 2676 80 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 2676 81 goods good NNS 1662 2676 82 , , , 1662 2676 83 machinery machinery NN 1662 2676 84 and and CC 1662 2676 85 equipment equipment NN 1662 2676 86 , , , 1662 2676 87 food food NN 1662 2676 88 , , , 1662 2676 89 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 2676 90 partners partner NNS 1662 2676 91 : : : 1662 2676 92 US US NNP 1662 2676 93 25 25 CD 1662 2676 94 % % NN 1662 2676 95 , , , 1662 2676 96 Caricom Caricom NNP 1662 2676 97 , , , 1662 2676 98 UK UK NNP 1662 2676 99 , , , 1662 2676 100 Japan Japan NNP 1662 2676 101 , , , 1662 2676 102 Canada Canada NNP 1662 2676 103 Debt Debt NNP 1662 2676 104 - - HYPH 1662 2676 105 external external JJ 1662 2676 106 : : : 1662 2676 107 $ $ $ 1662 2676 108 110 110 CD 1662 2676 109 million million CD 1662 2676 110 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2676 111 1996 1996 CD 1662 2676 112 est est NNP 1662 2676 113 . . . 1662 2676 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2677 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 2677 2 aid aid NN 1662 2677 3 : : : 1662 2677 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 2677 5 : : : 1662 2677 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2677 7 , , , 1662 2677 8 $ $ $ 1662 2677 9 NA NA NNP 1662 2677 10 Currency currency NN 1662 2677 11 : : : 1662 2677 12 1 1 CD 1662 2677 13 EC EC NNP 1662 2677 14 dollar dollar NN 1662 2677 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2677 16 EC$ EC$ NNP 1662 2677 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2677 18 = = NFP 1662 2677 19 100 100 CD 1662 2677 20 cents cent NNS 1662 2677 21 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2677 22 rates rate NNS 1662 2677 23 : : : 1662 2677 24 East east JJ 1662 2677 25 Caribbean caribbean JJ 1662 2677 26 dollars dollar NNS 1662 2677 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2677 28 EC$ EC$ NNP 1662 2677 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2677 30 per per IN 1662 2677 31 US$ us$ $ 1662 2677 32 1 1 CD 1662 2677 33 - - SYM 1662 2677 34 2.70 2.70 CD 1662 2677 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2677 36 February February NNP 1662 2677 37 1997 1997 CD 1662 2677 38 ; ; : 1662 2677 39 fixed fix VBN 1662 2677 40 rate rate NN 1662 2677 41 since since IN 1662 2677 42 1976 1976 CD 1662 2677 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2677 44 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2677 45 year year NN 1662 2677 46 : : : 1662 2677 47 1 1 CD 1662 2677 48 July July NNP 1662 2677 49 - - HYPH 1662 2677 50 30 30 CD 1662 2677 51 June June NNP 1662 2677 52 @Dominica @dominica NN 1662 2677 53 : : : 1662 2677 54 Communications Communications NNP 1662 2677 55 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 2677 56 : : : 1662 2677 57 14,613 14,613 CD 1662 2677 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2677 59 1993 1993 CD 1662 2677 60 est est NNP 1662 2677 61 . . . 1662 2677 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2678 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2678 2 system system NN 1662 2678 3 : : : 1662 2678 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2678 5 : : : 1662 2678 6 fully fully RB 1662 2678 7 automatic automatic JJ 1662 2678 8 network network NN 1662 2678 9 international international NNP 1662 2678 10 : : : 1662 2678 11 microwave microwave NN 1662 2678 12 radio radio NN 1662 2678 13 relay relay NN 1662 2678 14 and and CC 1662 2678 15 SHF shf NN 1662 2678 16 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 2678 17 links link NNS 1662 2678 18 to to IN 1662 2678 19 Martinique Martinique NNP 1662 2678 20 and and CC 1662 2678 21 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe NNP 1662 2678 22 ; ; : 1662 2678 23 VHF VHF NNP 1662 2678 24 and and CC 1662 2678 25 UHF UHF NNP 1662 2678 26 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 2678 27 links link VBZ 1662 2678 28 to to IN 1662 2678 29 Saint Saint NNP 1662 2678 30 Lucia Lucia NNP 1662 2678 31 Radio Radio NNP 1662 2678 32 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2678 33 stations station NNS 1662 2678 34 : : : 1662 2678 35 AM am VBP 1662 2678 36 3 3 CD 1662 2678 37 , , , 1662 2678 38 FM FM NNP 1662 2678 39 2 2 CD 1662 2678 40 , , , 1662 2678 41 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2678 42 0 0 CD 1662 2678 43 Radios radio NNS 1662 2678 44 : : : 1662 2678 45 45,000 45,000 CD 1662 2678 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2678 47 1993 1993 CD 1662 2678 48 est est NNP 1662 2678 49 . . . 1662 2678 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2679 1 Television television NN 1662 2679 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2679 3 stations station NNS 1662 2679 4 : : : 1662 2679 5 1 1 CD 1662 2679 6 cable cable NN 1662 2679 7 Televisions television NNS 1662 2679 8 : : : 1662 2679 9 5,200 5,200 CD 1662 2679 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2679 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 2679 12 est est NNP 1662 2679 13 . . . 1662 2679 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2680 1 @Dominica @Dominica NNP 1662 2680 2 : : : 1662 2680 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2680 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2680 5 : : : 1662 2680 6 0 0 LS 1662 2680 7 km km NN 1662 2680 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 2680 9 : : : 1662 2680 10 total total NN 1662 2680 11 : : : 1662 2680 12 765 765 CD 1662 2680 13 km km NN 1662 2680 14 paved pave VBN 1662 2680 15 : : : 1662 2680 16 385 385 CD 1662 2680 17 km km NN 1662 2680 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2680 19 : : : 1662 2680 20 380 380 CD 1662 2680 21 km km NNS 1662 2680 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2680 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 2680 24 est est NNP 1662 2680 25 . . . 1662 2680 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2681 1 Ports port NNS 1662 2681 2 and and CC 1662 2681 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2681 4 : : : 1662 2681 5 Portsmouth Portsmouth NNP 1662 2681 6 , , , 1662 2681 7 Roseau Roseau NNP 1662 2681 8 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2681 9 marine marine NN 1662 2681 10 : : : 1662 2681 11 none none NN 1662 2681 12 Airports airport NNS 1662 2681 13 : : : 1662 2681 14 2 2 CD 1662 2681 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2681 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 2681 17 est est NNP 1662 2681 18 . . . 1662 2681 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2682 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2682 2 - - , 1662 2682 3 with with IN 1662 2682 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2682 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2682 6 : : : 1662 2682 7 total total NN 1662 2682 8 : : : 1662 2682 9 2 2 CD 1662 2682 10 914 914 CD 1662 2682 11 to to TO 1662 2682 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2682 13 m m NN 1662 2682 14 : : : 1662 2682 15 1 1 CD 1662 2682 16 under under IN 1662 2682 17 914 914 CD 1662 2682 18 m m NN 1662 2682 19 : : : 1662 2682 20 1 1 CD 1662 2682 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2682 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 2682 23 est est NNP 1662 2682 24 . . . 1662 2682 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2683 1 Military military JJ 1662 2683 2 Military military JJ 1662 2683 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2683 4 : : : 1662 2683 5 Commonwealth Commonwealth NNP 1662 2683 6 of of IN 1662 2683 7 Dominica Dominica NNP 1662 2683 8 Police Police NNP 1662 2683 9 Force Force NNP 1662 2683 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2683 11 includes include VBZ 1662 2683 12 Special Special NNP 1662 2683 13 Service Service NNP 1662 2683 14 Unit Unit NNP 1662 2683 15 , , , 1662 2683 16 Coast Coast NNP 1662 2683 17 Guard Guard NNP 1662 2683 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2683 19 Military military JJ 1662 2683 20 manpower manpower NN 1662 2683 21 - - HYPH 1662 2683 22 availability availability NN 1662 2683 23 : : : 1662 2683 24 males male NNS 1662 2683 25 age age NNP 1662 2683 26 15 15 CD 1662 2683 27 - - SYM 1662 2683 28 49 49 CD 1662 2683 29 : : : 1662 2683 30 NA NA NNP 1662 2683 31 Military military JJ 1662 2683 32 manpower manpower NN 1662 2683 33 - - HYPH 1662 2683 34 fit fit NN 1662 2683 35 for for IN 1662 2683 36 military military JJ 1662 2683 37 service service NN 1662 2683 38 : : : 1662 2683 39 males male NNS 1662 2683 40 : : : 1662 2683 41 NA NA NNP 1662 2683 42 Military military JJ 1662 2683 43 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2683 44 - - HYPH 1662 2683 45 dollar dollar NN 1662 2683 46 figure figure NN 1662 2683 47 : : : 1662 2683 48 $ $ $ 1662 2683 49 NA NA NNP 1662 2683 50 Military military JJ 1662 2683 51 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2683 52 - - : 1662 2683 53 percent percent NN 1662 2683 54 of of IN 1662 2683 55 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2683 56 : : : 1662 2683 57 NA% NA% `` 1662 2683 58 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2683 59 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2683 60 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2683 61 - - : 1662 2683 62 international international RB 1662 2683 63 : : : 1662 2683 64 none none NN 1662 2683 65 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 2683 66 drugs drug VBZ 1662 2683 67 : : : 1662 2683 68 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 2683 69 point point NN 1662 2683 70 for for IN 1662 2683 71 narcotics narcotic NNS 1662 2683 72 bound bind VBN 1662 2683 73 for for IN 1662 2683 74 the the DT 1662 2683 75 US US NNP 1662 2683 76 and and CC 1662 2683 77 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2683 78 ; ; : 1662 2683 79 minor minor JJ 1662 2683 80 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 2683 81 producer producer NN 1662 2683 82 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 83 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 84 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 85 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 86 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 87 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 88 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 89 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 90 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 91 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 92 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 93 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 94 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 95 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 96 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 97 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 98 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 99 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 100 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 101 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 102 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 103 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 104 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 105 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 106 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 107 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 108 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 109 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 110 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 111 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 112 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 113 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 114 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 115 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 116 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 117 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 118 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 119 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 120 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 121 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 122 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 123 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 124 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 125 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 126 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 127 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 128 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 129 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 130 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 131 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 132 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 133 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 134 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 135 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 136 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 137 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 138 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 139 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 140 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 141 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 142 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 143 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 144 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 145 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 146 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 147 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 148 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 149 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 150 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 151 _ _ NNP 1662 2683 152 DOMINICAN DOMINICAN NNP 1662 2683 153 REPUBLIC REPUBLIC NNP 1662 2683 154 @Dominican @Dominican NNP 1662 2683 155 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2683 156 : : : 1662 2683 157 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2683 158 Location Location NNP 1662 2683 159 : : : 1662 2683 160 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 2683 161 , , , 1662 2683 162 eastern eastern JJ 1662 2683 163 two two CD 1662 2683 164 - - HYPH 1662 2683 165 thirds third NNS 1662 2683 166 of of IN 1662 2683 167 the the DT 1662 2683 168 island island NN 1662 2683 169 of of IN 1662 2683 170 Hispaniola Hispaniola NNP 1662 2683 171 , , , 1662 2683 172 between between IN 1662 2683 173 the the DT 1662 2683 174 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 2683 175 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2683 176 and and CC 1662 2683 177 the the DT 1662 2683 178 North North NNP 1662 2683 179 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2683 180 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2683 181 , , , 1662 2683 182 east east NN 1662 2683 183 of of IN 1662 2683 184 Haiti Haiti NNP 1662 2683 185 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2683 186 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2683 187 : : : 1662 2683 188 19 19 CD 1662 2683 189 00 00 CD 1662 2683 190 N n CD 1662 2683 191 , , , 1662 2683 192 70 70 CD 1662 2683 193 40 40 CD 1662 2683 194 W W NNP 1662 2683 195 Map Map NNP 1662 2683 196 references reference NNS 1662 2683 197 : : : 1662 2683 198 Central Central NNP 1662 2683 199 America America NNP 1662 2683 200 and and CC 1662 2683 201 the the DT 1662 2683 202 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 2683 203 Area Area NNP 1662 2683 204 : : : 1662 2683 205 total total NN 1662 2683 206 : : : 1662 2683 207 48,730 48,730 CD 1662 2683 208 sq sq NNP 1662 2683 209 km km NNP 1662 2683 210 land land NN 1662 2683 211 : : : 1662 2683 212 48,380 48,380 CD 1662 2683 213 sq sq NNP 1662 2683 214 km km NNP 1662 2683 215 water water NN 1662 2683 216 : : : 1662 2683 217 350 350 CD 1662 2683 218 sq sq RB 1662 2683 219 km km NNP 1662 2683 220 Area area NN 1662 2683 221 - - HYPH 1662 2683 222 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2683 223 : : : 1662 2683 224 slightly slightly RB 1662 2683 225 more more JJR 1662 2683 226 than than IN 1662 2683 227 twice twice RB 1662 2683 228 the the DT 1662 2683 229 size size NN 1662 2683 230 of of IN 1662 2683 231 New New NNP 1662 2683 232 Hampshire Hampshire NNP 1662 2683 233 Land Land NNP 1662 2683 234 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2683 235 : : : 1662 2683 236 total total JJ 1662 2683 237 : : : 1662 2683 238 275 275 CD 1662 2683 239 km km NN 1662 2683 240 border border NN 1662 2683 241 countries country NNS 1662 2683 242 : : : 1662 2683 243 Haiti Haiti NNP 1662 2683 244 275 275 CD 1662 2683 245 km km NN 1662 2683 246 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2683 247 : : : 1662 2683 248 1,288 1,288 CD 1662 2683 249 km km NN 1662 2683 250 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2683 251 claims claim VBZ 1662 2683 252 : : : 1662 2683 253 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 2683 254 zone zone NN 1662 2683 255 : : : 1662 2683 256 24 24 CD 1662 2683 257 nm nm NNP 1662 2683 258 continental continental JJ 1662 2683 259 shelf shelf NNP 1662 2683 260 : : : 1662 2683 261 200 200 CD 1662 2683 262 nm nm CD 1662 2683 263 or or CC 1662 2683 264 to to IN 1662 2683 265 the the DT 1662 2683 266 edge edge NN 1662 2683 267 of of IN 1662 2683 268 the the DT 1662 2683 269 continental continental JJ 1662 2683 270 margin margin NN 1662 2683 271 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 2683 272 economic economic JJ 1662 2683 273 zone zone NN 1662 2683 274 : : : 1662 2683 275 200 200 CD 1662 2683 276 nm nm CD 1662 2683 277 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2683 278 sea sea NN 1662 2683 279 : : : 1662 2683 280 6 6 CD 1662 2683 281 nm nm NNP 1662 2683 282 Climate climate NN 1662 2683 283 : : : 1662 2683 284 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2683 285 maritime maritime NN 1662 2683 286 ; ; , 1662 2683 287 little little JJ 1662 2683 288 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 2683 289 temperature temperature NN 1662 2683 290 variation variation NN 1662 2683 291 ; ; : 1662 2683 292 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 2683 293 variation variation NN 1662 2683 294 in in IN 1662 2683 295 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 2683 296 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2683 297 : : : 1662 2683 298 rugged rugged JJ 1662 2683 299 highlands highland NNS 1662 2683 300 and and CC 1662 2683 301 mountains mountain NNS 1662 2683 302 with with IN 1662 2683 303 fertile fertile JJ 1662 2683 304 valleys valley NNS 1662 2683 305 interspersed intersperse VBN 1662 2683 306 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2683 307 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2683 308 : : : 1662 2683 309 lowest low JJS 1662 2683 310 point point NN 1662 2683 311 : : : 1662 2683 312 Lago Lago NNP 1662 2683 313 Enriquillo Enriquillo NNP 1662 2683 314 -46 -46 NNP 1662 2683 315 m m DT 1662 2683 316 highest high JJS 1662 2683 317 point point NN 1662 2683 318 : : : 1662 2683 319 Pico Pico NNP 1662 2683 320 Duarte Duarte NNP 1662 2683 321 3,175 3,175 CD 1662 2683 322 m m NNP 1662 2683 323 Natural natural JJ 1662 2683 324 resources resource NNS 1662 2683 325 : : : 1662 2683 326 nickel nickel NN 1662 2683 327 , , , 1662 2683 328 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 2683 329 , , , 1662 2683 330 gold gold NN 1662 2683 331 , , , 1662 2683 332 silver silver NN 1662 2683 333 Land Land NNP 1662 2683 334 use use NN 1662 2683 335 : : : 1662 2683 336 arable arable JJ 1662 2683 337 land land NN 1662 2683 338 : : : 1662 2683 339 21 21 CD 1662 2683 340 % % NN 1662 2683 341 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2683 342 crops crop NNS 1662 2683 343 : : : 1662 2683 344 9 9 CD 1662 2683 345 % % NN 1662 2683 346 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2683 347 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2683 348 : : : 1662 2683 349 43 43 CD 1662 2683 350 % % NN 1662 2683 351 forests forest NNS 1662 2683 352 and and CC 1662 2683 353 woodland woodland RB 1662 2683 354 : : : 1662 2683 355 12 12 CD 1662 2683 356 % % NN 1662 2683 357 other other JJ 1662 2683 358 : : : 1662 2683 359 15 15 CD 1662 2683 360 % % NN 1662 2683 361 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2683 362 1993 1993 CD 1662 2683 363 est est NNP 1662 2683 364 . . . 1662 2683 365 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2684 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2684 2 land land NN 1662 2684 3 : : : 1662 2684 4 2,300 2,300 CD 1662 2684 5 sq sq IN 1662 2684 6 km km NNP 1662 2684 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2684 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2684 9 est est NNP 1662 2684 10 . . . 1662 2684 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2685 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2685 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2685 3 : : : 1662 2685 4 occasional occasional JJ 1662 2685 5 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 2685 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2685 7 July July NNP 1662 2685 8 to to IN 1662 2685 9 October October NNP 1662 2685 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2685 11 Environment environment NN 1662 2685 12 - - HYPH 1662 2685 13 current current JJ 1662 2685 14 issues issue NNS 1662 2685 15 : : : 1662 2685 16 water water NN 1662 2685 17 shortages shortage NNS 1662 2685 18 ; ; : 1662 2685 19 soil soil NN 1662 2685 20 eroding erode VBG 1662 2685 21 into into IN 1662 2685 22 the the DT 1662 2685 23 sea sea NN 1662 2685 24 damages damage NNS 1662 2685 25 coral coral JJ 1662 2685 26 reefs reef NNS 1662 2685 27 ; ; , 1662 2685 28 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 2685 29 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2685 30 - - HYPH 1662 2685 31 international international JJ 1662 2685 32 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2685 33 : : : 1662 2685 34 party party NN 1662 2685 35 to to TO 1662 2685 36 : : : 1662 2685 37 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 2685 38 , , , 1662 2685 39 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2685 40 Species Species NNPS 1662 2685 41 , , , 1662 2685 42 Marine Marine NNP 1662 2685 43 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 2685 44 , , , 1662 2685 45 Marine Marine NNP 1662 2685 46 Life Life NNP 1662 2685 47 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 2685 48 , , , 1662 2685 49 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 2685 50 Test Test NNP 1662 2685 51 Ban Ban NNP 1662 2685 52 , , , 1662 2685 53 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2685 54 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2685 55 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2685 56 signed sign VBD 1662 2685 57 , , , 1662 2685 58 but but CC 1662 2685 59 not not RB 1662 2685 60 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2685 61 : : : 1662 2685 62 Climate climate NN 1662 2685 63 Change Change NNP 1662 2685 64 , , , 1662 2685 65 Law Law NNP 1662 2685 66 of of IN 1662 2685 67 the the DT 1662 2685 68 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2685 69 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2685 70 - - HYPH 1662 2685 71 note note NNP 1662 2685 72 : : : 1662 2685 73 shares share NNS 1662 2685 74 island island NN 1662 2685 75 of of IN 1662 2685 76 Hispaniola Hispaniola NNP 1662 2685 77 with with IN 1662 2685 78 Haiti Haiti NNP 1662 2685 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2685 80 eastern eastern JJ 1662 2685 81 two two CD 1662 2685 82 - - HYPH 1662 2685 83 thirds third NNS 1662 2685 84 is be VBZ 1662 2685 85 the the DT 1662 2685 86 Dominican Dominican NNP 1662 2685 87 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2685 88 , , , 1662 2685 89 western western JJ 1662 2685 90 one one CD 1662 2685 91 - - HYPH 1662 2685 92 third third NN 1662 2685 93 is be VBZ 1662 2685 94 Haiti Haiti NNP 1662 2685 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2685 96 @Dominican @Dominican NNP 1662 2685 97 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2685 98 : : : 1662 2685 99 People People NNP 1662 2685 100 Population Population NNP 1662 2685 101 : : : 1662 2685 102 7,868,731 7,868,731 CD 1662 2685 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2685 104 July July NNP 1662 2685 105 1997 1997 CD 1662 2685 106 est est NNP 1662 2685 107 . . . 1662 2685 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2686 1 Age age NN 1662 2686 2 structure structure NN 1662 2686 3 : : : 1662 2686 4 0 0 CD 1662 2686 5 - - HYPH 1662 2686 6 14 14 CD 1662 2686 7 years year NNS 1662 2686 8 : : : 1662 2686 9 36 36 CD 1662 2686 10 % % NN 1662 2686 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2686 12 male male JJ 1662 2686 13 1,423,626 1,423,626 CD 1662 2686 14 ; ; : 1662 2686 15 female female JJ 1662 2686 16 1,371,309 1,371,309 CD 1662 2686 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2686 18 15 15 CD 1662 2686 19 - - SYM 1662 2686 20 64 64 CD 1662 2686 21 years year NNS 1662 2686 22 : : : 1662 2686 23 60 60 CD 1662 2686 24 % % NN 1662 2686 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2686 26 male male JJ 1662 2686 27 2,404,042 2,404,042 CD 1662 2686 28 ; ; : 1662 2686 29 female female JJ 1662 2686 30 2,334,119 2,334,119 CD 1662 2686 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2686 32 65 65 CD 1662 2686 33 years year NNS 1662 2686 34 and and CC 1662 2686 35 over over IN 1662 2686 36 : : : 1662 2686 37 4 4 CD 1662 2686 38 % % NN 1662 2686 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2686 40 male male JJ 1662 2686 41 160,270 160,270 CD 1662 2686 42 ; ; , 1662 2686 43 female female JJ 1662 2686 44 175,365 175,365 CD 1662 2686 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2686 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2686 47 July July NNP 1662 2686 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2686 49 est est NNP 1662 2686 50 . . . 1662 2686 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2687 1 Population population NN 1662 2687 2 growth growth NN 1662 2687 3 rate rate NN 1662 2687 4 : : : 1662 2687 5 1.65 1.65 CD 1662 2687 6 % % NN 1662 2687 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2687 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2687 9 est est NNP 1662 2687 10 . . . 1662 2687 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2688 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2688 2 rate rate NN 1662 2688 3 : : : 1662 2688 4 26.87 26.87 CD 1662 2688 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 2688 6 population population NN 1662 2688 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2688 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2688 9 est est NNP 1662 2688 10 . . . 1662 2688 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2689 1 Death death NN 1662 2689 2 rate rate NN 1662 2689 3 : : : 1662 2689 4 5.81 5.81 CD 1662 2689 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2689 6 population population NN 1662 2689 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2689 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2689 9 est est NNP 1662 2689 10 . . . 1662 2689 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2690 1 Net net JJ 1662 2690 2 migration migration NN 1662 2690 3 rate rate NN 1662 2690 4 : : : 1662 2690 5 -4.6 -4.6 NFP 1662 2690 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 2690 7 population population NN 1662 2690 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2690 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2690 10 est est NNP 1662 2690 11 . . . 1662 2690 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2691 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2691 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2691 3 : : : 1662 2691 4 at at IN 1662 2691 5 birth birth NN 1662 2691 6 : : : 1662 2691 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 2691 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2691 9 under under IN 1662 2691 10 15 15 CD 1662 2691 11 years year NNS 1662 2691 12 : : : 1662 2691 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 2691 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2691 15 15 15 CD 1662 2691 16 - - HYPH 1662 2691 17 64 64 CD 1662 2691 18 years year NNS 1662 2691 19 : : : 1662 2691 20 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 2691 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2691 22 65 65 CD 1662 2691 23 years year NNS 1662 2691 24 and and CC 1662 2691 25 over over IN 1662 2691 26 : : : 1662 2691 27 0.91 0.91 CD 1662 2691 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2691 29 total total JJ 1662 2691 30 population population NN 1662 2691 31 : : : 1662 2691 32 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 2691 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2691 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2691 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2691 36 est e JJS 1662 2691 37 . . . 1662 2691 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2692 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2692 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2692 3 rate rate NN 1662 2692 4 : : : 1662 2692 5 46 46 CD 1662 2692 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2692 7 live live JJ 1662 2692 8 births birth NNS 1662 2692 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2692 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2692 11 est est NNP 1662 2692 12 . . . 1662 2692 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2693 1 Life life NN 1662 2693 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2693 3 at at IN 1662 2693 4 birth birth NN 1662 2693 5 : : : 1662 2693 6 total total JJ 1662 2693 7 population population NN 1662 2693 8 : : : 1662 2693 9 69.39 69.39 CD 1662 2693 10 years year NNS 1662 2693 11 male male JJ 1662 2693 12 : : : 1662 2693 13 67.21 67.21 CD 1662 2693 14 years year NNS 1662 2693 15 female female JJ 1662 2693 16 : : : 1662 2693 17 71.69 71.69 CD 1662 2693 18 years year NNS 1662 2693 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2693 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2693 21 est est NNP 1662 2693 22 . . . 1662 2693 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2694 1 Total total JJ 1662 2694 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2694 3 rate rate NN 1662 2694 4 : : : 1662 2694 5 3.1 3.1 CD 1662 2694 6 children child NNS 1662 2694 7 born bear VBN 1662 2694 8 / / SYM 1662 2694 9 woman woman NN 1662 2694 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2694 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2694 12 est est NNP 1662 2694 13 . . . 1662 2694 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2695 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2695 2 : : : 1662 2695 3 noun noun NNP 1662 2695 4 : : : 1662 2695 5 Dominican(s Dominican(s NNP 1662 2695 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2695 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 2695 8 : : : 1662 2695 9 Dominican dominican JJ 1662 2695 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2695 11 groups group NNS 1662 2695 12 : : : 1662 2695 13 white white JJ 1662 2695 14 16 16 CD 1662 2695 15 % % NN 1662 2695 16 , , , 1662 2695 17 black black JJ 1662 2695 18 11 11 CD 1662 2695 19 % % NN 1662 2695 20 , , , 1662 2695 21 mixed mix VBD 1662 2695 22 73 73 CD 1662 2695 23 % % NN 1662 2695 24 Religions religion NNS 1662 2695 25 : : : 1662 2695 26 Roman roman JJ 1662 2695 27 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 2695 28 95 95 CD 1662 2695 29 % % NN 1662 2695 30 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 2695 31 : : : 1662 2695 32 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 2695 33 Literacy literacy NN 1662 2695 34 : : : 1662 2695 35 definition definition NN 1662 2695 36 : : : 1662 2695 37 age age NN 1662 2695 38 15 15 CD 1662 2695 39 and and CC 1662 2695 40 over over RB 1662 2695 41 can can MD 1662 2695 42 read read VB 1662 2695 43 and and CC 1662 2695 44 write write VB 1662 2695 45 total total JJ 1662 2695 46 population population NN 1662 2695 47 : : : 1662 2695 48 82.1 82.1 CD 1662 2695 49 % % NN 1662 2695 50 male male NN 1662 2695 51 : : : 1662 2695 52 82 82 CD 1662 2695 53 % % NN 1662 2695 54 female female NN 1662 2695 55 : : : 1662 2695 56 82.2 82.2 CD 1662 2695 57 % % NN 1662 2695 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2695 59 1995 1995 CD 1662 2695 60 est est NNP 1662 2695 61 . . . 1662 2695 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 1 @Dominican @Dominican NNP 1662 2696 2 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2696 3 : : : 1662 2696 4 Government Government NNP 1662 2696 5 Country Country NNP 1662 2696 6 name name NN 1662 2696 7 : : : 1662 2696 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2696 9 long long JJ 1662 2696 10 form form NN 1662 2696 11 : : : 1662 2696 12 Dominican Dominican NNP 1662 2696 13 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2696 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2696 15 short short JJ 1662 2696 16 form form NN 1662 2696 17 : : : 1662 2696 18 none none NN 1662 2696 19 local local JJ 1662 2696 20 long long JJ 1662 2696 21 form form NN 1662 2696 22 : : : 1662 2696 23 Republica Republica NNP 1662 2696 24 Dominicana Dominicana NNP 1662 2696 25 local local JJ 1662 2696 26 short short JJ 1662 2696 27 form form NN 1662 2696 28 : : : 1662 2696 29 none none NN 1662 2696 30 Data Data NNP 1662 2696 31 code code NN 1662 2696 32 : : : 1662 2696 33 DR DR NNP 1662 2696 34 Government Government NNP 1662 2696 35 type type NN 1662 2696 36 : : : 1662 2696 37 republic republic NNP 1662 2696 38 National national JJ 1662 2696 39 capital capital NN 1662 2696 40 : : : 1662 2696 41 Santo Santo NNP 1662 2696 42 Domingo Domingo NNP 1662 2696 43 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 2696 44 divisions division NNS 1662 2696 45 : : : 1662 2696 46 29 29 CD 1662 2696 47 provinces province NNS 1662 2696 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 49 provincias provincia NNS 1662 2696 50 , , , 1662 2696 51 singular singular JJ 1662 2696 52 - - HYPH 1662 2696 53 provincia provincia NN 1662 2696 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 55 and and CC 1662 2696 56 1 1 CD 1662 2696 57 district district NN 1662 2696 58 * * NFP 1662 2696 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 60 distrito distrito NNP 1662 2696 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 62 ; ; : 1662 2696 63 Azua Azua NNP 1662 2696 64 , , , 1662 2696 65 Baoruco Baoruco NNP 1662 2696 66 , , , 1662 2696 67 Barahona Barahona NNP 1662 2696 68 , , , 1662 2696 69 Dajabon Dajabon NNP 1662 2696 70 , , , 1662 2696 71 Distrito Distrito NNP 1662 2696 72 Nacional Nacional NNP 1662 2696 73 * * NFP 1662 2696 74 , , , 1662 2696 75 Duarte Duarte NNP 1662 2696 76 , , , 1662 2696 77 Elias Elias NNP 1662 2696 78 Pina Pina NNP 1662 2696 79 , , , 1662 2696 80 El El NNP 1662 2696 81 Seibo Seibo NNP 1662 2696 82 , , , 1662 2696 83 Espaillat Espaillat NNP 1662 2696 84 , , , 1662 2696 85 Hato Hato NNP 1662 2696 86 Mayor Mayor NNP 1662 2696 87 , , , 1662 2696 88 Independencia Independencia NNP 1662 2696 89 , , , 1662 2696 90 La La NNP 1662 2696 91 Altagracia Altagracia NNP 1662 2696 92 , , , 1662 2696 93 La La NNP 1662 2696 94 Romana Romana NNP 1662 2696 95 , , , 1662 2696 96 La La NNP 1662 2696 97 Vega Vega NNP 1662 2696 98 , , , 1662 2696 99 Maria Maria NNP 1662 2696 100 Trinidad Trinidad NNP 1662 2696 101 Sanchez Sanchez NNP 1662 2696 102 , , , 1662 2696 103 Monsenor Monsenor NNP 1662 2696 104 Nouel Nouel NNP 1662 2696 105 , , , 1662 2696 106 Monte Monte NNP 1662 2696 107 Cristi Cristi NNP 1662 2696 108 , , , 1662 2696 109 Monte Monte NNP 1662 2696 110 Plata Plata NNP 1662 2696 111 , , , 1662 2696 112 Pedernales Pedernales NNP 1662 2696 113 , , , 1662 2696 114 Peravia Peravia NNP 1662 2696 115 , , , 1662 2696 116 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 2696 117 Plata Plata NNP 1662 2696 118 , , , 1662 2696 119 Salcedo Salcedo NNP 1662 2696 120 , , , 1662 2696 121 Samana Samana NNP 1662 2696 122 , , , 1662 2696 123 Sanchez Sanchez NNP 1662 2696 124 Ramirez Ramirez NNP 1662 2696 125 , , , 1662 2696 126 San San NNP 1662 2696 127 Cristobal Cristobal NNP 1662 2696 128 , , , 1662 2696 129 San San NNP 1662 2696 130 Juan Juan NNP 1662 2696 131 , , , 1662 2696 132 San San NNP 1662 2696 133 Pedro Pedro NNP 1662 2696 134 de de NNP 1662 2696 135 Macoris Macoris NNP 1662 2696 136 , , , 1662 2696 137 Santiago Santiago NNP 1662 2696 138 , , , 1662 2696 139 Santiago Santiago NNP 1662 2696 140 Rodriguez Rodriguez NNP 1662 2696 141 , , , 1662 2696 142 Valverde Valverde NNP 1662 2696 143 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2696 144 : : : 1662 2696 145 27 27 CD 1662 2696 146 February February NNP 1662 2696 147 1844 1844 CD 1662 2696 148 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 149 from from IN 1662 2696 150 Haiti Haiti NNP 1662 2696 151 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 152 National national JJ 1662 2696 153 holiday holiday NN 1662 2696 154 : : : 1662 2696 155 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2696 156 Day Day NNP 1662 2696 157 , , , 1662 2696 158 27 27 CD 1662 2696 159 February February NNP 1662 2696 160 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 161 1844 1844 CD 1662 2696 162 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 163 Constitution constitution NN 1662 2696 164 : : : 1662 2696 165 28 28 CD 1662 2696 166 November November NNP 1662 2696 167 1966 1966 CD 1662 2696 168 Legal legal JJ 1662 2696 169 system system NN 1662 2696 170 : : : 1662 2696 171 based base VBN 1662 2696 172 on on IN 1662 2696 173 French french JJ 1662 2696 174 civil civil JJ 1662 2696 175 codes code NNS 1662 2696 176 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 2696 177 : : : 1662 2696 178 18 18 CD 1662 2696 179 years year NNS 1662 2696 180 of of IN 1662 2696 181 age age NN 1662 2696 182 , , , 1662 2696 183 universal universal JJ 1662 2696 184 and and CC 1662 2696 185 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 2696 186 ; ; , 1662 2696 187 married married JJ 1662 2696 188 persons person NNS 1662 2696 189 regardless regardless RB 1662 2696 190 of of IN 1662 2696 191 age age NN 1662 2696 192 note note NN 1662 2696 193 : : : 1662 2696 194 members member NNS 1662 2696 195 of of IN 1662 2696 196 the the DT 1662 2696 197 armed armed JJ 1662 2696 198 forces force NNS 1662 2696 199 and and CC 1662 2696 200 police police NNS 1662 2696 201 can can MD 1662 2696 202 not not RB 1662 2696 203 vote vote VB 1662 2696 204 Executive executive JJ 1662 2696 205 branch branch NN 1662 2696 206 : : : 1662 2696 207 chief chief NN 1662 2696 208 of of IN 1662 2696 209 state state NN 1662 2696 210 : : : 1662 2696 211 President President NNP 1662 2696 212 Leonel Leonel NNP 1662 2696 213 FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ NNP 1662 2696 214 Reyna Reyna NNP 1662 2696 215 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 216 since since IN 1662 2696 217 16 16 CD 1662 2696 218 August August NNP 1662 2696 219 1996 1996 CD 1662 2696 220 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 221 ; ; : 1662 2696 222 Vice Vice NNP 1662 2696 223 President President NNP 1662 2696 224 Jaime Jaime NNP 1662 2696 225 David David NNP 1662 2696 226 FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ NNP 1662 2696 227 Mirabal Mirabal NNP 1662 2696 228 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 229 since since IN 1662 2696 230 16 16 CD 1662 2696 231 August August NNP 1662 2696 232 1996 1996 CD 1662 2696 233 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 234 ; ; : 1662 2696 235 note note VB 1662 2696 236 - - : 1662 2696 237 the the DT 1662 2696 238 president president NN 1662 2696 239 is be VBZ 1662 2696 240 both both CC 1662 2696 241 the the DT 1662 2696 242 chief chief NN 1662 2696 243 of of IN 1662 2696 244 state state NN 1662 2696 245 and and CC 1662 2696 246 head head NN 1662 2696 247 of of IN 1662 2696 248 government government NN 1662 2696 249 head head NN 1662 2696 250 of of IN 1662 2696 251 government government NN 1662 2696 252 : : : 1662 2696 253 President President NNP 1662 2696 254 Leonel Leonel NNP 1662 2696 255 FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ NNP 1662 2696 256 Reyna Reyna NNP 1662 2696 257 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 258 since since IN 1662 2696 259 16 16 CD 1662 2696 260 August August NNP 1662 2696 261 1996 1996 CD 1662 2696 262 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 263 ; ; : 1662 2696 264 Vice Vice NNP 1662 2696 265 President President NNP 1662 2696 266 Jaime Jaime NNP 1662 2696 267 David David NNP 1662 2696 268 FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ NNP 1662 2696 269 Mirabal Mirabal NNP 1662 2696 270 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 271 since since IN 1662 2696 272 16 16 CD 1662 2696 273 August August NNP 1662 2696 274 1996 1996 CD 1662 2696 275 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 276 ; ; : 1662 2696 277 note note VB 1662 2696 278 - - : 1662 2696 279 the the DT 1662 2696 280 president president NN 1662 2696 281 is be VBZ 1662 2696 282 both both CC 1662 2696 283 the the DT 1662 2696 284 chief chief NN 1662 2696 285 of of IN 1662 2696 286 state state NN 1662 2696 287 and and CC 1662 2696 288 head head NN 1662 2696 289 of of IN 1662 2696 290 government government NN 1662 2696 291 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2696 292 : : : 1662 2696 293 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 2696 294 nominated nominate VBN 1662 2696 295 by by IN 1662 2696 296 the the DT 1662 2696 297 president president NNP 1662 2696 298 elections election NNS 1662 2696 299 : : : 1662 2696 300 president president NN 1662 2696 301 and and CC 1662 2696 302 vice vice NN 1662 2696 303 president president NN 1662 2696 304 elected elect VBD 1662 2696 305 on on IN 1662 2696 306 the the DT 1662 2696 307 same same JJ 1662 2696 308 ticket ticket NN 1662 2696 309 by by IN 1662 2696 310 popular popular JJ 1662 2696 311 vote vote NN 1662 2696 312 for for IN 1662 2696 313 four four CD 1662 2696 314 - - HYPH 1662 2696 315 year year NN 1662 2696 316 term term NN 1662 2696 317 ; ; : 1662 2696 318 election election NN 1662 2696 319 last last JJ 1662 2696 320 held hold VBN 1662 2696 321 16 16 CD 1662 2696 322 May May NNP 1662 2696 323 1996 1996 CD 1662 2696 324 ; ; : 1662 2696 325 runoff runoff NN 1662 2696 326 election election NN 1662 2696 327 held hold VBD 1662 2696 328 30 30 CD 1662 2696 329 June June NNP 1662 2696 330 1996 1996 CD 1662 2696 331 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 332 next next JJ 1662 2696 333 to to TO 1662 2696 334 be be VB 1662 2696 335 held hold VBN 1662 2696 336 16 16 CD 1662 2696 337 May May NNP 1662 2696 338 2000 2000 CD 1662 2696 339 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 340 election election NN 1662 2696 341 results result NNS 1662 2696 342 : : : 1662 2696 343 President President NNP 1662 2696 344 FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ NNP 1662 2696 345 elected elect VBD 1662 2696 346 to to IN 1662 2696 347 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2696 348 first first JJ 1662 2696 349 term term NN 1662 2696 350 ; ; : 1662 2696 351 percent percent NN 1662 2696 352 of of IN 1662 2696 353 vote vote NN 1662 2696 354 - - HYPH 1662 2696 355 Leonel Leonel NNP 1662 2696 356 FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ NNP 1662 2696 357 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 358 PLD PLD NNP 1662 2696 359 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 360 51.25 51.25 CD 1662 2696 361 % % NN 1662 2696 362 , , , 1662 2696 363 Jose Jose NNP 1662 2696 364 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 2696 365 PENA pena NN 1662 2696 366 Gomez Gomez NNP 1662 2696 367 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 368 PRD PRD NNP 1662 2696 369 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 370 48.75 48.75 CD 1662 2696 371 % % NN 1662 2696 372 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2696 373 branch branch NN 1662 2696 374 : : : 1662 2696 375 bicameral bicameral NNP 1662 2696 376 National National NNP 1662 2696 377 Congress Congress NNP 1662 2696 378 or or CC 1662 2696 379 Congreso Congreso NNP 1662 2696 380 Nacional Nacional NNP 1662 2696 381 consists consist VBZ 1662 2696 382 of of IN 1662 2696 383 the the DT 1662 2696 384 Senate Senate NNP 1662 2696 385 or or CC 1662 2696 386 Senado Senado NNP 1662 2696 387 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 388 30 30 CD 1662 2696 389 seats seat NNS 1662 2696 390 ; ; : 1662 2696 391 members member NNS 1662 2696 392 are be VBP 1662 2696 393 elected elect VBN 1662 2696 394 by by IN 1662 2696 395 popular popular JJ 1662 2696 396 vote vote NN 1662 2696 397 to to TO 1662 2696 398 serve serve VB 1662 2696 399 four four CD 1662 2696 400 - - HYPH 1662 2696 401 year year NN 1662 2696 402 terms term NNS 1662 2696 403 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 404 and and CC 1662 2696 405 the the DT 1662 2696 406 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 2696 407 of of IN 1662 2696 408 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 2696 409 or or CC 1662 2696 410 Camara Camara NNP 1662 2696 411 de de FW 1662 2696 412 Diputados Diputados NNP 1662 2696 413 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 414 120 120 CD 1662 2696 415 seats seat NNS 1662 2696 416 ; ; : 1662 2696 417 members member NNS 1662 2696 418 are be VBP 1662 2696 419 elected elect VBN 1662 2696 420 by by IN 1662 2696 421 popular popular JJ 1662 2696 422 vote vote NN 1662 2696 423 to to TO 1662 2696 424 serve serve VB 1662 2696 425 four four CD 1662 2696 426 - - HYPH 1662 2696 427 year year NN 1662 2696 428 terms term NNS 1662 2696 429 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 430 elections election NNS 1662 2696 431 : : : 1662 2696 432 Senate Senate NNP 1662 2696 433 - - HYPH 1662 2696 434 last last RB 1662 2696 435 held hold VBD 1662 2696 436 30 30 CD 1662 2696 437 May May NNP 1662 2696 438 1994 1994 CD 1662 2696 439 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 440 next next JJ 1662 2696 441 to to TO 1662 2696 442 be be VB 1662 2696 443 held hold VBN 1662 2696 444 NA NA NNP 1662 2696 445 May May NNP 1662 2696 446 1998 1998 CD 1662 2696 447 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 448 ; ; : 1662 2696 449 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 2696 450 of of IN 1662 2696 451 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 2696 452 - - , 1662 2696 453 last last RB 1662 2696 454 held hold VBN 1662 2696 455 16 16 CD 1662 2696 456 May May NNP 1662 2696 457 1994 1994 CD 1662 2696 458 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 459 next next JJ 1662 2696 460 to to TO 1662 2696 461 be be VB 1662 2696 462 held hold VBN 1662 2696 463 NA NA NNP 1662 2696 464 May May NNP 1662 2696 465 1998 1998 CD 1662 2696 466 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 467 election election NN 1662 2696 468 results result NNS 1662 2696 469 : : : 1662 2696 470 Senate Senate NNP 1662 2696 471 - - HYPH 1662 2696 472 percent percent NN 1662 2696 473 of of IN 1662 2696 474 vote vote NN 1662 2696 475 by by IN 1662 2696 476 party party NN 1662 2696 477 - - HYPH 1662 2696 478 NA NA NNP 1662 2696 479 ; ; , 1662 2696 480 seats seat NNS 1662 2696 481 by by IN 1662 2696 482 party party NN 1662 2696 483 - - HYPH 1662 2696 484 PRSC PRSC NNP 1662 2696 485 15 15 CD 1662 2696 486 , , , 1662 2696 487 PLD PLD NNP 1662 2696 488 1 1 CD 1662 2696 489 , , , 1662 2696 490 PRD PRD NNP 1662 2696 491 14 14 CD 1662 2696 492 ; ; : 1662 2696 493 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 2696 494 of of IN 1662 2696 495 Deputies Deputies NNP 1662 2696 496 - - HYPH 1662 2696 497 percent percent NN 1662 2696 498 of of IN 1662 2696 499 vote vote NN 1662 2696 500 by by IN 1662 2696 501 party party NN 1662 2696 502 - - HYPH 1662 2696 503 NA NA NNP 1662 2696 504 ; ; , 1662 2696 505 seats seat NNS 1662 2696 506 by by IN 1662 2696 507 party party NN 1662 2696 508 - - HYPH 1662 2696 509 PLD PLD NNP 1662 2696 510 13 13 CD 1662 2696 511 , , , 1662 2696 512 PRSC PRSC NNP 1662 2696 513 50 50 CD 1662 2696 514 , , , 1662 2696 515 PRD PRD NNP 1662 2696 516 57 57 CD 1662 2696 517 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 2696 518 branch branch NN 1662 2696 519 : : : 1662 2696 520 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2696 521 Court Court NNP 1662 2696 522 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 523 Corte Corte NNP 1662 2696 524 Suprema Suprema NNP 1662 2696 525 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 526 , , , 1662 2696 527 judges judge NNS 1662 2696 528 are be VBP 1662 2696 529 elected elect VBN 1662 2696 530 by by IN 1662 2696 531 a a DT 1662 2696 532 Council Council NNP 1662 2696 533 made make VBD 1662 2696 534 up up RP 1662 2696 535 of of IN 1662 2696 536 legislative legislative JJ 1662 2696 537 and and CC 1662 2696 538 executive executive JJ 1662 2696 539 members member NNS 1662 2696 540 with with IN 1662 2696 541 the the DT 1662 2696 542 president president NN 1662 2696 543 presiding preside VBG 1662 2696 544 Political political JJ 1662 2696 545 parties party NNS 1662 2696 546 and and CC 1662 2696 547 leaders leader NNS 1662 2696 548 : : : 1662 2696 549 major major JJ 1662 2696 550 parties party NNS 1662 2696 551 : : : 1662 2696 552 Social Social NNP 1662 2696 553 Christian Christian NNP 1662 2696 554 Reformist Reformist NNP 1662 2696 555 Party Party NNP 1662 2696 556 or or CC 1662 2696 557 PRSC PRSC NNP 1662 2696 558 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2696 559 Joaquin Joaquin NNP 1662 2696 560 BALAGUER BALAGUER NNP 1662 2696 561 Ricardo Ricardo NNP 1662 2696 562 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2696 563 ; ; : 1662 2696 564 Dominican Dominican NNP 1662 2696 565 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 2696 566 Party Party NNP 1662 2696 567 or or CC 1662 2696 568 PLD PLD NNP 1662 2696 569 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2696 570 Lidio Lidio NNP 1662 2696 571 CADET cadet NN 1662 2696 572 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2696 573 ; ; : 1662 2696 574 Dominican Dominican NNP 1662 2696 575 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 2696 576 Party Party NNP 1662 2696 577 or or CC 1662 2696 578 PRD PRD NNP 1662 2696 579 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2696 580 Jose Jose NNP 1662 2696 581 Franciso Franciso NNP 1662 2696 582 PENA PENA NNP 1662 2696 583 Gomez Gomez NNP 1662 2696 584 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2696 585 ; ; : 1662 2696 586 Independent Independent NNP 1662 2696 587 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 2696 588 Party Party NNP 1662 2696 589 or or CC 1662 2696 590 PRI PRI NNP 1662 2696 591 minor minor JJ 1662 2696 592 parties party NNS 1662 2696 593 : : : 1662 2696 594 National National NNP 1662 2696 595 Veterans Veterans NNPS 1662 2696 596 and and CC 1662 2696 597 Civilian Civilian NNP 1662 2696 598 Party Party NNP 1662 2696 599 or or CC 1662 2696 600 PNVC PNVC NNP 1662 2696 601 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2696 602 Juan Juan NNP 1662 2696 603 Rene Rene NNP 1662 2696 604 BEAUCHAMPS BEAUCHAMPS NNP 1662 2696 605 Javier Javier NNP 1662 2696 606 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2696 607 ; ; : 1662 2696 608 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 2696 609 Party Party NNP 1662 2696 610 of of IN 1662 2696 611 the the DT 1662 2696 612 Dominican Dominican NNP 1662 2696 613 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2696 614 or or CC 1662 2696 615 PLRD PLRD NNP 1662 2696 616 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2696 617 Andres Andres NNP 1662 2696 618 Van Van NNP 1662 2696 619 Der Der NNP 1662 2696 620 HORST HORST NNP 1662 2696 621 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2696 622 ; ; : 1662 2696 623 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2696 624 Quisqueyan Quisqueyan NNP 1662 2696 625 Party Party NNP 1662 2696 626 or or CC 1662 2696 627 PQD PQD NNP 1662 2696 628 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2696 629 Elias Elias NNP 1662 2696 630 WESSIN WESSIN NNP 1662 2696 631 Chavez Chavez NNP 1662 2696 632 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2696 633 ; ; : 1662 2696 634 National National NNP 1662 2696 635 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 2696 636 Force Force NNP 1662 2696 637 or or CC 1662 2696 638 FNP FNP NNP 1662 2696 639 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2696 640 Marino Marino NNP 1662 2696 641 VINICIO VINICIO NNP 1662 2696 642 Castillo Castillo NNP 1662 2696 643 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2696 644 ; ; : 1662 2696 645 Popular Popular NNP 1662 2696 646 Christian Christian NNP 1662 2696 647 Party Party NNP 1662 2696 648 or or CC 1662 2696 649 PPC PPC NNP 1662 2696 650 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2696 651 Rogelio Rogelio NNP 1662 2696 652 DELGADO DELGADO NNP 1662 2696 653 Bogaert Bogaert NNP 1662 2696 654 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2696 655 ; ; : 1662 2696 656 Dominican Dominican NNP 1662 2696 657 Communist Communist NNP 1662 2696 658 Party Party NNP 1662 2696 659 or or CC 1662 2696 660 PCD PCD NNP 1662 2696 661 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2696 662 Narciso Narciso NNP 1662 2696 663 ISA ISA NNP 1662 2696 664 Conde Conde NNP 1662 2696 665 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2696 666 ; ; : 1662 2696 667 Dominican Dominican NNP 1662 2696 668 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 2696 669 ' ' POS 1662 2696 670 Party Party NNP 1662 2696 671 or or CC 1662 2696 672 PTD PTD NNP 1662 2696 673 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2696 674 Ivan Ivan NNP 1662 2696 675 RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ NNP 1662 2696 676 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2696 677 ; ; : 1662 2696 678 Anti anti JJ 1662 2696 679 - - NNP 1662 2696 680 Imperialist Imperialist NNP 1662 2696 681 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 2696 682 Union Union NNP 1662 2696 683 or or CC 1662 2696 684 UPA UPA NNP 1662 2696 685 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2696 686 Ignacio Ignacio NNP 1662 2696 687 RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ NNP 1662 2696 688 Chiappini Chiappini NNP 1662 2696 689 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2696 690 ; ; : 1662 2696 691 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 2696 692 for for IN 1662 2696 693 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 2696 694 Party Party NNP 1662 2696 695 or or CC 1662 2696 696 APD APD NNP 1662 2696 697 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2696 698 Maximilano Maximilano NNP 1662 2696 699 Rabelais Rabelais NNP 1662 2696 700 PUIG PUIG NNP 1662 2696 701 Miller Miller NNP 1662 2696 702 , , , 1662 2696 703 Nelsida Nelsida NNP 1662 2696 704 MARMOLEJOS MARMOLEJOS NNP 1662 2696 705 , , , 1662 2696 706 Vicente Vicente NNP 1662 2696 707 BENGOA BENGOA NNP 1662 2696 708 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2696 709 ; ; : 1662 2696 710 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2696 711 Union Union NNP 1662 2696 712 or or CC 1662 2696 713 UD UD NNP 1662 2696 714 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2696 715 Fernando Fernando NNP 1662 2696 716 ALVAREZ ALVAREZ NNP 1662 2696 717 Bogaert Bogaert NNP 1662 2696 718 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2696 719 note note NN 1662 2696 720 : : : 1662 2696 721 in in IN 1662 2696 722 1983 1983 CD 1662 2696 723 several several JJ 1662 2696 724 leftist leftist JJ 1662 2696 725 parties party NNS 1662 2696 726 , , , 1662 2696 727 including include VBG 1662 2696 728 the the DT 1662 2696 729 PCD PCD NNP 1662 2696 730 , , , 1662 2696 731 joined join VBD 1662 2696 732 to to TO 1662 2696 733 form form VB 1662 2696 734 the the DT 1662 2696 735 Dominican Dominican NNP 1662 2696 736 Leftist Leftist NNP 1662 2696 737 Front Front NNP 1662 2696 738 or or CC 1662 2696 739 FID FID NNP 1662 2696 740 ; ; : 1662 2696 741 however however RB 1662 2696 742 , , , 1662 2696 743 they -PRON- PRP 1662 2696 744 still still RB 1662 2696 745 retain retain VBP 1662 2696 746 individual individual JJ 1662 2696 747 party party NN 1662 2696 748 structures structure NNS 1662 2696 749 Political political JJ 1662 2696 750 pressure pressure NN 1662 2696 751 groups group NNS 1662 2696 752 and and CC 1662 2696 753 leaders leader NNS 1662 2696 754 : : : 1662 2696 755 Collective collective JJ 1662 2696 756 of of IN 1662 2696 757 Popular Popular NNP 1662 2696 758 Organizations Organizations NNPS 1662 2696 759 or or CC 1662 2696 760 COP COP NNP 1662 2696 761 International international JJ 1662 2696 762 organization organization NN 1662 2696 763 participation participation NN 1662 2696 764 : : : 1662 2696 765 ACP ACP NNP 1662 2696 766 , , , 1662 2696 767 Caricom Caricom NNP 1662 2696 768 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 769 observer observer NN 1662 2696 770 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 771 , , , 1662 2696 772 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 2696 773 , , , 1662 2696 774 FAO FAO NNP 1662 2696 775 , , , 1662 2696 776 G-11 g-11 CD 1662 2696 777 , , , 1662 2696 778 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 2696 779 , , , 1662 2696 780 IADB IADB NNP 1662 2696 781 , , , 1662 2696 782 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 2696 783 , , , 1662 2696 784 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 2696 785 , , , 1662 2696 786 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 2696 787 , , , 1662 2696 788 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 2696 789 , , , 1662 2696 790 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 2696 791 , , , 1662 2696 792 IDA IDA NNP 1662 2696 793 , , , 1662 2696 794 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 2696 795 , , , 1662 2696 796 IFC IFC NNP 1662 2696 797 , , , 1662 2696 798 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 2696 799 , , , 1662 2696 800 IHO IHO NNP 1662 2696 801 , , , 1662 2696 802 ILO ILO NNP 1662 2696 803 , , , 1662 2696 804 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2696 805 , , , 1662 2696 806 IMO imo RB 1662 2696 807 , , , 1662 2696 808 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2696 809 , , , 1662 2696 810 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 2696 811 , , , 1662 2696 812 IOC IOC NNP 1662 2696 813 , , , 1662 2696 814 IOM IOM NNP 1662 2696 815 , , , 1662 2696 816 ITU ITU NNP 1662 2696 817 , , , 1662 2696 818 LAES LAES NNP 1662 2696 819 , , , 1662 2696 820 LAIA LAIA NNP 1662 2696 821 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 822 observer observer NN 1662 2696 823 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 824 , , , 1662 2696 825 NAM NAM NNP 1662 2696 826 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 827 guest guest NNP 1662 2696 828 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 829 , , , 1662 2696 830 OAS OAS NNP 1662 2696 831 , , , 1662 2696 832 OPANAL OPANAL NNP 1662 2696 833 , , , 1662 2696 834 PCA PCA NNP 1662 2696 835 , , , 1662 2696 836 UN UN NNP 1662 2696 837 , , , 1662 2696 838 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 2696 839 , , , 1662 2696 840 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 2696 841 , , , 1662 2696 842 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 2696 843 , , , 1662 2696 844 UPU UPU NNP 1662 2696 845 , , , 1662 2696 846 WCL WCL NNP 1662 2696 847 , , , 1662 2696 848 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 2696 849 , , , 1662 2696 850 WHO who WP 1662 2696 851 , , , 1662 2696 852 WMO WMO NNP 1662 2696 853 , , , 1662 2696 854 WToO wtoo FW 1662 2696 855 , , , 1662 2696 856 WTrO wtro VB 1662 2696 857 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2696 858 representation representation NN 1662 2696 859 in in IN 1662 2696 860 the the DT 1662 2696 861 US US NNP 1662 2696 862 : : : 1662 2696 863 chief chief NN 1662 2696 864 of of IN 1662 2696 865 mission mission NN 1662 2696 866 : : : 1662 2696 867 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2696 868 Bernardo Bernardo NNP 1662 2696 869 VEGA VEGA NNP 1662 2696 870 Boyrie Boyrie NNP 1662 2696 871 chancery chancery NN 1662 2696 872 : : : 1662 2696 873 1715 1715 CD 1662 2696 874 22nd 22nd NNP 1662 2696 875 Street Street NNP 1662 2696 876 NW NW NNP 1662 2696 877 , , , 1662 2696 878 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2696 879 , , , 1662 2696 880 DC DC NNP 1662 2696 881 20008 20008 CD 1662 2696 882 telephone telephone NN 1662 2696 883 : : : 1662 2696 884 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2696 885 1 1 CD 1662 2696 886 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2696 887 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 888 202 202 CD 1662 2696 889 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 890 332 332 CD 1662 2696 891 - - SYM 1662 2696 892 6280 6280 CD 1662 2696 893 , , , 1662 2696 894 6281 6281 CD 1662 2696 895 FAX FAX NNP 1662 2696 896 : : : 1662 2696 897 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2696 898 1 1 CD 1662 2696 899 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2696 900 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 901 202 202 CD 1662 2696 902 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 903 265 265 CD 1662 2696 904 - - HYPH 1662 2696 905 8057 8057 CD 1662 2696 906 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 2696 907 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 908 general general NN 1662 2696 909 : : : 1662 2696 910 Boston Boston NNP 1662 2696 911 , , , 1662 2696 912 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 2696 913 , , , 1662 2696 914 Los Los NNP 1662 2696 915 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 2696 916 , , , 1662 2696 917 Mayaguez Mayaguez NNP 1662 2696 918 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 919 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 2696 920 Rico Rico NNP 1662 2696 921 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 922 , , , 1662 2696 923 Miami Miami NNP 1662 2696 924 , , , 1662 2696 925 New New NNP 1662 2696 926 Orleans Orleans NNP 1662 2696 927 , , , 1662 2696 928 New New NNP 1662 2696 929 York York NNP 1662 2696 930 , , , 1662 2696 931 Philadelphia Philadelphia NNP 1662 2696 932 , , , 1662 2696 933 San San NNP 1662 2696 934 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 2696 935 , , , 1662 2696 936 and and CC 1662 2696 937 San San NNP 1662 2696 938 Juan Juan NNP 1662 2696 939 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 940 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 2696 941 Rico Rico NNP 1662 2696 942 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 943 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 2696 944 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 945 : : : 1662 2696 946 Charlotte Charlotte NNP 1662 2696 947 Amalie Amalie NNP 1662 2696 948 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 949 Virgin Virgin NNP 1662 2696 950 Islands Islands NNP 1662 2696 951 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 952 , , , 1662 2696 953 Detroit Detroit NNP 1662 2696 954 , , , 1662 2696 955 Houston Houston NNP 1662 2696 956 , , , 1662 2696 957 Jacksonville Jacksonville NNP 1662 2696 958 , , , 1662 2696 959 Mobile Mobile NNP 1662 2696 960 , , , 1662 2696 961 and and CC 1662 2696 962 Ponce Ponce NNP 1662 2696 963 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 964 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 2696 965 Rico Rico NNP 1662 2696 966 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 967 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2696 968 representation representation NN 1662 2696 969 from from IN 1662 2696 970 the the DT 1662 2696 971 US US NNP 1662 2696 972 : : : 1662 2696 973 chief chief NN 1662 2696 974 of of IN 1662 2696 975 mission mission NN 1662 2696 976 : : : 1662 2696 977 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2696 978 Donna Donna NNP 1662 2696 979 Jean Jean NNP 1662 2696 980 HRINAK HRINAK NNP 1662 2696 981 embassy embassy NN 1662 2696 982 : : : 1662 2696 983 corner corner NN 1662 2696 984 of of IN 1662 2696 985 Calle Calle NNP 1662 2696 986 Cesar Cesar NNP 1662 2696 987 Nicolas Nicolas NNP 1662 2696 988 Penson Penson NNP 1662 2696 989 and and CC 1662 2696 990 Calle Calle NNP 1662 2696 991 Leopoldo Leopoldo NNP 1662 2696 992 Navarro Navarro NNP 1662 2696 993 , , , 1662 2696 994 Santo Santo NNP 1662 2696 995 Domingo Domingo NNP 1662 2696 996 mailing mail VBG 1662 2696 997 address address NN 1662 2696 998 : : : 1662 2696 999 Unit unit NN 1662 2696 1000 5500 5500 CD 1662 2696 1001 , , , 1662 2696 1002 APO APO NNP 1662 2696 1003 AA AA NNP 1662 2696 1004 34041 34041 CD 1662 2696 1005 telephone telephone NN 1662 2696 1006 : : : 1662 2696 1007 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2696 1008 1 1 CD 1662 2696 1009 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2696 1010 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 1011 809 809 CD 1662 2696 1012 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 1013 221 221 CD 1662 2696 1014 - - SYM 1662 2696 1015 2171 2171 CD 1662 2696 1016 , , , 1662 2696 1017 221 221 CD 1662 2696 1018 - - SYM 1662 2696 1019 8100 8100 CD 1662 2696 1020 FAX FAX NNP 1662 2696 1021 : : : 1662 2696 1022 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2696 1023 1 1 CD 1662 2696 1024 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2696 1025 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 1026 809 809 CD 1662 2696 1027 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 1028 686 686 CD 1662 2696 1029 - - HYPH 1662 2696 1030 7437 7437 CD 1662 2696 1031 Flag flag NN 1662 2696 1032 description description NN 1662 2696 1033 : : : 1662 2696 1034 a a DT 1662 2696 1035 centered center VBN 1662 2696 1036 white white JJ 1662 2696 1037 cross cross NN 1662 2696 1038 that that WDT 1662 2696 1039 extends extend VBZ 1662 2696 1040 to to IN 1662 2696 1041 the the DT 1662 2696 1042 edges edge NNS 1662 2696 1043 , , , 1662 2696 1044 divides divide VBZ 1662 2696 1045 the the DT 1662 2696 1046 flag flag NN 1662 2696 1047 into into IN 1662 2696 1048 four four CD 1662 2696 1049 rectangles rectangle NNS 1662 2696 1050 - - : 1662 2696 1051 the the DT 1662 2696 1052 top top JJ 1662 2696 1053 ones one NNS 1662 2696 1054 are be VBP 1662 2696 1055 blue blue JJ 1662 2696 1056 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 1057 hoist hoist NN 1662 2696 1058 side side NN 1662 2696 1059 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 1060 and and CC 1662 2696 1061 red red NN 1662 2696 1062 , , , 1662 2696 1063 the the DT 1662 2696 1064 bottom bottom JJ 1662 2696 1065 ones one NNS 1662 2696 1066 are be VBP 1662 2696 1067 red red JJ 1662 2696 1068 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2696 1069 hoist hoist NN 1662 2696 1070 side side NN 1662 2696 1071 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2696 1072 and and CC 1662 2696 1073 blue blue JJ 1662 2696 1074 ; ; : 1662 2696 1075 a a DT 1662 2696 1076 small small JJ 1662 2696 1077 coat coat NN 1662 2696 1078 of of IN 1662 2696 1079 arms arm NNS 1662 2696 1080 is be VBZ 1662 2696 1081 at at IN 1662 2696 1082 the the DT 1662 2696 1083 center center NN 1662 2696 1084 of of IN 1662 2696 1085 the the DT 1662 2696 1086 cross cross NN 1662 2696 1087 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2696 1088 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2696 1089 - - HYPH 1662 2696 1090 overview overview NN 1662 2696 1091 : : : 1662 2696 1092 Economic economic JJ 1662 2696 1093 reforms reform NNS 1662 2696 1094 launched launch VBN 1662 2696 1095 in in IN 1662 2696 1096 late late JJ 1662 2696 1097 1994 1994 CD 1662 2696 1098 contributed contribute VBD 1662 2696 1099 to to TO 1662 2696 1100 exchange exchange VB 1662 2696 1101 rate rate NN 1662 2696 1102 stabilization stabilization NN 1662 2696 1103 , , , 1662 2696 1104 reduced reduced JJ 1662 2696 1105 inflation inflation NN 1662 2696 1106 , , , 1662 2696 1107 and and CC 1662 2696 1108 strong strong JJ 1662 2696 1109 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2696 1110 growth growth NN 1662 2696 1111 in in IN 1662 2696 1112 1995 1995 CD 1662 2696 1113 - - SYM 1662 2696 1114 96 96 CD 1662 2696 1115 . . . 1662 2697 1 In in IN 1662 2697 2 1996 1996 CD 1662 2697 3 , , , 1662 2697 4 there there EX 1662 2697 5 was be VBD 1662 2697 6 increased increase VBN 1662 2697 7 mineral mineral NN 1662 2697 8 and and CC 1662 2697 9 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2697 10 exploration exploration NN 1662 2697 11 , , , 1662 2697 12 and and CC 1662 2697 13 a a DT 1662 2697 14 new new JJ 1662 2697 15 investment investment NN 1662 2697 16 law law NN 1662 2697 17 that that WDT 1662 2697 18 allows allow VBZ 1662 2697 19 for for IN 1662 2697 20 repatriation repatriation NN 1662 2697 21 of of IN 1662 2697 22 capital capital NN 1662 2697 23 dividends dividend NNS 1662 2697 24 has have VBZ 1662 2697 25 drawn draw VBN 1662 2697 26 more more JJR 1662 2697 27 investment investment NN 1662 2697 28 to to IN 1662 2697 29 the the DT 1662 2697 30 island island NN 1662 2697 31 . . . 1662 2698 1 Upon upon IN 1662 2698 2 coming come VBG 1662 2698 3 to to IN 1662 2698 4 power power NN 1662 2698 5 in in IN 1662 2698 6 August August NNP 1662 2698 7 1996 1996 CD 1662 2698 8 , , , 1662 2698 9 President President NNP 1662 2698 10 FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ NNP 1662 2698 11 nevertheless nevertheless RB 1662 2698 12 inherited inherit VBD 1662 2698 13 a a DT 1662 2698 14 trouble trouble NN 1662 2698 15 - - HYPH 1662 2698 16 ridden ridden JJ 1662 2698 17 economy economy NN 1662 2698 18 hampered hamper VBN 1662 2698 19 by by IN 1662 2698 20 a a DT 1662 2698 21 pressured pressured JJ 1662 2698 22 peso peso NN 1662 2698 23 , , , 1662 2698 24 a a DT 1662 2698 25 large large JJ 1662 2698 26 external external JJ 1662 2698 27 debt debt NN 1662 2698 28 , , , 1662 2698 29 nearly nearly RB 1662 2698 30 bankrupt bankrupt JJ 1662 2698 31 state state NN 1662 2698 32 - - HYPH 1662 2698 33 owned own VBN 1662 2698 34 enterprises enterprise NNS 1662 2698 35 , , , 1662 2698 36 and and CC 1662 2698 37 a a DT 1662 2698 38 manufacturing manufacture VBG 1662 2698 39 sector sector NN 1662 2698 40 hindered hinder VBN 1662 2698 41 by by IN 1662 2698 42 daily daily JJ 1662 2698 43 power power NN 1662 2698 44 outages outage NNS 1662 2698 45 . . . 1662 2699 1 In in IN 1662 2699 2 December December NNP 1662 2699 3 , , , 1662 2699 4 FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ NNP 1662 2699 5 presented present VBD 1662 2699 6 a a DT 1662 2699 7 bold bold JJ 1662 2699 8 economic economic JJ 1662 2699 9 reform reform NN 1662 2699 10 package package NN 1662 2699 11 - - : 1662 2699 12 including include VBG 1662 2699 13 such such JJ 1662 2699 14 reforms reform NNS 1662 2699 15 as as IN 1662 2699 16 the the DT 1662 2699 17 devaluation devaluation NN 1662 2699 18 of of IN 1662 2699 19 the the DT 1662 2699 20 peso peso NN 1662 2699 21 , , , 1662 2699 22 income income NN 1662 2699 23 tax tax NN 1662 2699 24 cuts cut NNS 1662 2699 25 , , , 1662 2699 26 a a DT 1662 2699 27 50 50 CD 1662 2699 28 % % NN 1662 2699 29 increase increase NN 1662 2699 30 in in IN 1662 2699 31 sales sale NNS 1662 2699 32 taxes taxis NNS 1662 2699 33 , , , 1662 2699 34 reduced reduce VBN 1662 2699 35 import import NN 1662 2699 36 tariffs tariff NNS 1662 2699 37 , , , 1662 2699 38 and and CC 1662 2699 39 increased increase VBN 1662 2699 40 gasoline gasoline NN 1662 2699 41 prices price NNS 1662 2699 42 - - : 1662 2699 43 in in IN 1662 2699 44 an an DT 1662 2699 45 attempt attempt NN 1662 2699 46 to to TO 1662 2699 47 create create VB 1662 2699 48 a a DT 1662 2699 49 market market NN 1662 2699 50 - - HYPH 1662 2699 51 oriented orient VBN 1662 2699 52 economy economy NN 1662 2699 53 that that WDT 1662 2699 54 can can MD 1662 2699 55 compete compete VB 1662 2699 56 internationally internationally RB 1662 2699 57 . . . 1662 2700 1 The the DT 1662 2700 2 legislature legislature NN 1662 2700 3 , , , 1662 2700 4 however however RB 1662 2700 5 , , , 1662 2700 6 has have VBZ 1662 2700 7 been be VBN 1662 2700 8 slow slow JJ 1662 2700 9 to to TO 1662 2700 10 act act VB 1662 2700 11 on on IN 1662 2700 12 several several JJ 1662 2700 13 of of IN 1662 2700 14 the the DT 1662 2700 15 economic economic JJ 1662 2700 16 measures measure NNS 1662 2700 17 . . . 1662 2701 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2701 2 : : : 1662 2701 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2701 4 power power NN 1662 2701 5 parity parity NN 1662 2701 6 - - : 1662 2701 7 $ $ $ 1662 2701 8 29.8 29.8 CD 1662 2701 9 billion billion CD 1662 2701 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2701 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 2701 12 est est NNP 1662 2701 13 . . . 1662 2701 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2702 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2702 2 - - HYPH 1662 2702 3 real real JJ 1662 2702 4 growth growth NN 1662 2702 5 rate rate NN 1662 2702 6 : : : 1662 2702 7 7.3 7.3 CD 1662 2702 8 % % NN 1662 2702 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2702 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 2702 11 est est NNP 1662 2702 12 . . . 1662 2702 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2703 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2703 2 - - HYPH 1662 2703 3 per per FW 1662 2703 4 capita capita NN 1662 2703 5 : : : 1662 2703 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2703 7 power power NN 1662 2703 8 parity parity NN 1662 2703 9 - - : 1662 2703 10 $ $ $ 1662 2703 11 3,670 3,670 CD 1662 2703 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2703 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 2703 14 est est NNP 1662 2703 15 . . . 1662 2703 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2704 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2704 2 - - HYPH 1662 2704 3 composition composition NN 1662 2704 4 by by IN 1662 2704 5 sector sector NN 1662 2704 6 : : : 1662 2704 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2704 8 : : : 1662 2704 9 13 13 CD 1662 2704 10 % % NN 1662 2704 11 industry industry NN 1662 2704 12 : : : 1662 2704 13 32 32 CD 1662 2704 14 % % NN 1662 2704 15 services service NNS 1662 2704 16 : : : 1662 2704 17 55 55 CD 1662 2704 18 % % NN 1662 2704 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2704 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 2704 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2704 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 2704 23 rate rate NN 1662 2704 24 - - HYPH 1662 2704 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 2704 26 price price NN 1662 2704 27 index index NN 1662 2704 28 : : : 1662 2704 29 12.5 12.5 CD 1662 2704 30 % % NN 1662 2704 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2704 32 1995 1995 CD 1662 2704 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2704 34 Labor labor NN 1662 2704 35 force force NN 1662 2704 36 : : : 1662 2704 37 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 2704 38 million million CD 1662 2704 39 to to TO 1662 2704 40 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 2704 41 million million CD 1662 2704 42 by by IN 1662 2704 43 occupation occupation NN 1662 2704 44 : : : 1662 2704 45 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2704 46 50 50 CD 1662 2704 47 % % NN 1662 2704 48 , , , 1662 2704 49 services service NNS 1662 2704 50 and and CC 1662 2704 51 government government NN 1662 2704 52 32 32 CD 1662 2704 53 % % NN 1662 2704 54 , , , 1662 2704 55 industry industry NN 1662 2704 56 18 18 CD 1662 2704 57 % % NN 1662 2704 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2704 59 1991 1991 CD 1662 2704 60 est est NNP 1662 2704 61 . . . 1662 2704 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2705 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2705 2 rate rate NN 1662 2705 3 : : : 1662 2705 4 30 30 CD 1662 2705 5 % % NN 1662 2705 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2705 7 1996 1996 CD 1662 2705 8 est est NNP 1662 2705 9 . . . 1662 2705 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2706 1 Budget budget NN 1662 2706 2 : : : 1662 2706 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2706 4 : : : 1662 2706 5 $ $ $ 1662 2706 6 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 2706 7 billion billion CD 1662 2706 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2706 9 : : : 1662 2706 10 $ $ $ 1662 2706 11 2.2 2.2 CD 1662 2706 12 billion billion CD 1662 2706 13 , , , 1662 2706 14 including include VBG 1662 2706 15 capital capital NN 1662 2706 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2706 17 of of IN 1662 2706 18 $ $ $ 1662 2706 19 NA na NN 1662 2706 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2706 21 1994 1994 CD 1662 2706 22 est est NNP 1662 2706 23 . . . 1662 2706 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2707 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 2707 2 : : : 1662 2707 3 tourism tourism NN 1662 2707 4 , , , 1662 2707 5 sugar sugar NN 1662 2707 6 processing processing NN 1662 2707 7 , , , 1662 2707 8 ferronickel ferronickel NN 1662 2707 9 and and CC 1662 2707 10 gold gold NN 1662 2707 11 mining mining NN 1662 2707 12 , , , 1662 2707 13 textiles textile NNS 1662 2707 14 , , , 1662 2707 15 cement cement NN 1662 2707 16 , , , 1662 2707 17 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 2707 18 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2707 19 production production NN 1662 2707 20 growth growth NN 1662 2707 21 rate rate NN 1662 2707 22 : : : 1662 2707 23 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 2707 24 % % NN 1662 2707 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2707 26 1995 1995 CD 1662 2707 27 est est NNP 1662 2707 28 . . . 1662 2707 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2708 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2708 2 - - HYPH 1662 2708 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 2708 4 : : : 1662 2708 5 2,450,400 2,450,400 CD 1662 2708 6 kW kw NN 1662 2708 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2708 8 1995 1995 CD 1662 2708 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2708 10 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2708 11 - - HYPH 1662 2708 12 production production NN 1662 2708 13 : : : 1662 2708 14 6.506 6.506 CD 1662 2708 15 billion billion CD 1662 2708 16 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2708 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2708 18 1995 1995 CD 1662 2708 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2708 20 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2708 21 - - HYPH 1662 2708 22 consumption consumption NN 1662 2708 23 per per IN 1662 2708 24 capita capita NN 1662 2708 25 : : : 1662 2708 26 613 613 CD 1662 2708 27 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2708 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2708 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 2708 30 est est NNP 1662 2708 31 . . . 1662 2708 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2709 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2709 2 - - HYPH 1662 2709 3 products product NNS 1662 2709 4 : : : 1662 2709 5 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 2709 6 , , , 1662 2709 7 coffee coffee NN 1662 2709 8 , , , 1662 2709 9 cotton cotton NN 1662 2709 10 , , , 1662 2709 11 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 2709 12 , , , 1662 2709 13 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 2709 14 , , , 1662 2709 15 rice rice NN 1662 2709 16 , , , 1662 2709 17 beans bean NNS 1662 2709 18 , , , 1662 2709 19 potatoes potato NNS 1662 2709 20 , , , 1662 2709 21 corn corn NN 1662 2709 22 , , , 1662 2709 23 bananas banana NNS 1662 2709 24 ; ; , 1662 2709 25 cattle cattle NNS 1662 2709 26 , , , 1662 2709 27 pigs pig NNS 1662 2709 28 , , , 1662 2709 29 dairy dairy NN 1662 2709 30 products product NNS 1662 2709 31 , , , 1662 2709 32 meat meat NN 1662 2709 33 , , , 1662 2709 34 eggs egg NNS 1662 2709 35 Exports export NNS 1662 2709 36 : : : 1662 2709 37 total total JJ 1662 2709 38 value value NN 1662 2709 39 : : : 1662 2709 40 $ $ $ 1662 2709 41 3.1 3.1 CD 1662 2709 42 billion billion CD 1662 2709 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2709 44 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2709 45 . . NNP 1662 2709 46 , , , 1662 2709 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 2709 48 est est NNP 1662 2709 49 . . . 1662 2709 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2710 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2710 2 : : : 1662 2710 3 ferronickel ferronickel NNP 1662 2710 4 , , , 1662 2710 5 sugar sugar NN 1662 2710 6 , , , 1662 2710 7 gold gold NN 1662 2710 8 , , , 1662 2710 9 coffee coffee NN 1662 2710 10 , , , 1662 2710 11 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 2710 12 partners partner NNS 1662 2710 13 : : : 1662 2710 14 US US NNP 1662 2710 15 45 45 CD 1662 2710 16 % % NN 1662 2710 17 , , , 1662 2710 18 EU EU NNP 1662 2710 19 34 34 CD 1662 2710 20 % % NN 1662 2710 21 , , , 1662 2710 22 Canada Canada NNP 1662 2710 23 , , , 1662 2710 24 Japan Japan NNP 1662 2710 25 , , , 1662 2710 26 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 2710 27 Rico Rico NNP 1662 2710 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2710 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 2710 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2710 31 Imports import NNS 1662 2710 32 : : : 1662 2710 33 total total JJ 1662 2710 34 value value NN 1662 2710 35 : : : 1662 2710 36 $ $ $ 1662 2710 37 5.3 5.3 CD 1662 2710 38 billion billion CD 1662 2710 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2710 40 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2710 41 . . NNP 1662 2710 42 , , , 1662 2710 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 2710 44 est est NNP 1662 2710 45 . . . 1662 2710 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2711 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2711 2 : : : 1662 2711 3 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 2711 4 , , , 1662 2711 5 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2711 6 , , , 1662 2711 7 cotton cotton NN 1662 2711 8 and and CC 1662 2711 9 fabrics fabric NNS 1662 2711 10 , , , 1662 2711 11 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 2711 12 and and CC 1662 2711 13 pharmaceuticals pharmaceutical NNS 1662 2711 14 partners partner NNS 1662 2711 15 : : : 1662 2711 16 US US NNP 1662 2711 17 44 44 CD 1662 2711 18 % % NN 1662 2711 19 , , , 1662 2711 20 EU EU NNP 1662 2711 21 16 16 CD 1662 2711 22 % % NN 1662 2711 23 , , , 1662 2711 24 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 2711 25 11 11 CD 1662 2711 26 % % NN 1662 2711 27 , , , 1662 2711 28 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 2711 29 Antilles Antilles NNPS 1662 2711 30 , , , 1662 2711 31 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 2711 32 , , , 1662 2711 33 Japan Japan NNP 1662 2711 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2711 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 2711 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2711 37 Debt debt NN 1662 2711 38 - - HYPH 1662 2711 39 external external JJ 1662 2711 40 : : : 1662 2711 41 $ $ $ 1662 2711 42 3.6 3.6 CD 1662 2711 43 billion billion CD 1662 2711 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2711 45 1997 1997 CD 1662 2711 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2711 47 Economic economic JJ 1662 2711 48 aid aid NN 1662 2711 49 : : : 1662 2711 50 recipient recipient NN 1662 2711 51 : : : 1662 2711 52 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2711 53 , , , 1662 2711 54 $ $ $ 1662 2711 55 21 21 CD 1662 2711 56 million million CD 1662 2711 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2711 58 1993 1993 CD 1662 2711 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2711 60 Currency currency NN 1662 2711 61 : : : 1662 2711 62 1 1 CD 1662 2711 63 Dominican dominican JJ 1662 2711 64 peso peso NN 1662 2711 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2711 66 RD$ RD$ NNP 1662 2711 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2711 68 = = NFP 1662 2711 69 100 100 CD 1662 2711 70 centavos centavos NNP 1662 2711 71 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2711 72 rates rate NNS 1662 2711 73 : : : 1662 2711 74 Dominican dominican JJ 1662 2711 75 pesos peso NNS 1662 2711 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2711 77 RD$ RD$ NNP 1662 2711 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2711 79 per per IN 1662 2711 80 US$ us$ $ 1662 2711 81 1 1 CD 1662 2711 82 - - SYM 1662 2711 83 14.206 14.206 CD 1662 2711 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2711 85 January January NNP 1662 2711 86 1997 1997 CD 1662 2711 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2711 88 , , , 1662 2711 89 13.775 13.775 CD 1662 2711 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2711 91 1996 1996 CD 1662 2711 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2711 93 , , , 1662 2711 94 13.597 13.597 CD 1662 2711 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2711 96 1995 1995 CD 1662 2711 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2711 98 , , , 1662 2711 99 13.160 13.160 CD 1662 2711 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2711 101 1994 1994 CD 1662 2711 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2711 103 , , , 1662 2711 104 12.676 12.676 CD 1662 2711 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2711 106 1993 1993 CD 1662 2711 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2711 108 , , , 1662 2711 109 12.774 12.774 CD 1662 2711 110 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2711 111 1992 1992 CD 1662 2711 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2711 113 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2711 114 year year NN 1662 2711 115 : : : 1662 2711 116 calendar calendar NNP 1662 2711 117 year year NN 1662 2711 118 @Dominican @Dominican NNP 1662 2711 119 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2711 120 : : : 1662 2711 121 Communications Communications NNP 1662 2711 122 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 2711 123 : : : 1662 2711 124 190,000 190,000 CD 1662 2711 125 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2711 126 1987 1987 CD 1662 2711 127 est est NNP 1662 2711 128 . . . 1662 2711 129 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2712 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2712 2 system system NN 1662 2712 3 : : : 1662 2712 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2712 5 : : : 1662 2712 6 relatively relatively RB 1662 2712 7 efficient efficient JJ 1662 2712 8 system system NN 1662 2712 9 based base VBN 1662 2712 10 on on IN 1662 2712 11 islandwide islandwide JJ 1662 2712 12 microwave microwave NN 1662 2712 13 radio radio NN 1662 2712 14 relay relay NN 1662 2712 15 network network NNP 1662 2712 16 international international NNP 1662 2712 17 : : : 1662 2712 18 1 1 CD 1662 2712 19 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 2712 20 submarine submarine NN 1662 2712 21 cable cable NN 1662 2712 22 ; ; : 1662 2712 23 satellite satellite NN 1662 2712 24 earth earth NN 1662 2712 25 station station NN 1662 2712 26 - - : 1662 2712 27 1 1 CD 1662 2712 28 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2712 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2712 30 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2712 31 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2712 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2712 33 Radio radio NN 1662 2712 34 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2712 35 stations station NNS 1662 2712 36 : : : 1662 2712 37 AM AM NNP 1662 2712 38 120 120 CD 1662 2712 39 , , , 1662 2712 40 FM FM NNP 1662 2712 41 0 0 CD 1662 2712 42 , , , 1662 2712 43 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2712 44 6 6 CD 1662 2712 45 Radios radio NNS 1662 2712 46 : : : 1662 2712 47 NA NA NNP 1662 2712 48 Television Television NNP 1662 2712 49 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2712 50 stations station NNS 1662 2712 51 : : : 1662 2712 52 18 18 CD 1662 2712 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2712 54 1987 1987 CD 1662 2712 55 est est NNP 1662 2712 56 . . . 1662 2712 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2713 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 2713 2 : : : 1662 2713 3 728,000 728,000 CD 1662 2713 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2713 5 1993 1993 CD 1662 2713 6 est est NNP 1662 2713 7 . . . 1662 2713 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2714 1 @Dominican @Dominican NNP 1662 2714 2 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2714 3 : : : 1662 2714 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2714 5 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2714 6 : : : 1662 2714 7 total total NN 1662 2714 8 : : : 1662 2714 9 757 757 CD 1662 2714 10 km km NN 1662 2714 11 standard standard JJ 1662 2714 12 gauge gauge NN 1662 2714 13 : : : 1662 2714 14 375 375 CD 1662 2714 15 km km NN 1662 2714 16 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 2714 17 gauge gauge NN 1662 2714 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2714 19 Central Central NNP 1662 2714 20 Romana Romana NNP 1662 2714 21 Railroad Railroad NNP 1662 2714 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2714 23 narrow narrow JJ 1662 2714 24 gauge gauge NN 1662 2714 25 : : : 1662 2714 26 142 142 CD 1662 2714 27 km km NN 1662 2714 28 0.762-m 0.762-m JJ 1662 2714 29 gauge gauge NN 1662 2714 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2714 31 Dominica Dominica NNP 1662 2714 32 Government Government NNP 1662 2714 33 Railway Railway NNP 1662 2714 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2714 35 ; ; : 1662 2714 36 240 240 CD 1662 2714 37 km km NNS 1662 2714 38 operated operate VBN 1662 2714 39 by by IN 1662 2714 40 sugar sugar NN 1662 2714 41 companies company NNS 1662 2714 42 in in IN 1662 2714 43 various various JJ 1662 2714 44 gauges gauge NNS 1662 2714 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2714 46 0.558-m 0.558-m NN 1662 2714 47 , , , 1662 2714 48 0.762-m 0.762-m CD 1662 2714 49 , , , 1662 2714 50 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 2714 51 gauges gauge NNS 1662 2714 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2714 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2714 54 1995 1995 CD 1662 2714 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2714 56 Highways highway NNS 1662 2714 57 : : : 1662 2714 58 total total NN 1662 2714 59 : : : 1662 2714 60 12,300 12,300 CD 1662 2714 61 km km NN 1662 2714 62 paved pave VBN 1662 2714 63 : : : 1662 2714 64 6,064 6,064 CD 1662 2714 65 km km NN 1662 2714 66 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2714 67 : : : 1662 2714 68 6,236 6,236 CD 1662 2714 69 km km NNS 1662 2714 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2714 71 1995 1995 CD 1662 2714 72 est est NNP 1662 2714 73 . . . 1662 2714 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2715 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 2715 2 : : : 1662 2715 3 crude crude JJ 1662 2715 4 oil oil NN 1662 2715 5 96 96 CD 1662 2715 6 km km NN 1662 2715 7 ; ; : 1662 2715 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2715 9 products product NNS 1662 2715 10 8 8 CD 1662 2715 11 km km NN 1662 2715 12 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 2715 13 and and CC 1662 2715 14 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2715 15 : : : 1662 2715 16 Barahona Barahona NNP 1662 2715 17 , , , 1662 2715 18 La La NNP 1662 2715 19 Romana Romana NNP 1662 2715 20 , , , 1662 2715 21 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 2715 22 Plata Plata NNP 1662 2715 23 , , , 1662 2715 24 San San NNP 1662 2715 25 Pedro Pedro NNP 1662 2715 26 de de NNP 1662 2715 27 Macoris Macoris NNP 1662 2715 28 , , , 1662 2715 29 Santo Santo NNP 1662 2715 30 Domingo Domingo NNP 1662 2715 31 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2715 32 marine marine RB 1662 2715 33 : : : 1662 2715 34 total total NN 1662 2715 35 : : : 1662 2715 36 1 1 CD 1662 2715 37 cargo cargo NN 1662 2715 38 ship ship NN 1662 2715 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2715 40 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2715 41 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2715 42 or or CC 1662 2715 43 over over RB 1662 2715 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2715 45 totaling total VBG 1662 2715 46 1,587 1,587 CD 1662 2715 47 GRT/1,165 GRT/1,165 NNP 1662 2715 48 DWT DWT NNP 1662 2715 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2715 50 1996 1996 CD 1662 2715 51 est est NNP 1662 2715 52 . . . 1662 2715 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2716 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2716 2 : : : 1662 2716 3 31 31 CD 1662 2716 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2716 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2716 6 est est NNP 1662 2716 7 . . . 1662 2716 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2717 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2717 2 - - , 1662 2717 3 with with IN 1662 2717 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2717 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2717 6 : : : 1662 2717 7 total total NN 1662 2717 8 : : : 1662 2717 9 26 26 CD 1662 2717 10 over over IN 1662 2717 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2717 12 m m NN 1662 2717 13 : : : 1662 2717 14 2 2 CD 1662 2717 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2717 16 to to TO 1662 2717 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2717 18 m m NN 1662 2717 19 : : : 1662 2717 20 2 2 CD 1662 2717 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2717 22 to to TO 1662 2717 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2717 24 m m NN 1662 2717 25 : : : 1662 2717 26 4 4 CD 1662 2717 27 914 914 CD 1662 2717 28 to to TO 1662 2717 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2717 30 m m NN 1662 2717 31 : : : 1662 2717 32 3 3 CD 1662 2717 33 under under IN 1662 2717 34 914 914 CD 1662 2717 35 m m NN 1662 2717 36 : : : 1662 2717 37 15 15 CD 1662 2717 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2717 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 2717 40 est est NNP 1662 2717 41 . . . 1662 2717 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2718 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2718 2 - - , 1662 2718 3 with with IN 1662 2718 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2718 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2718 6 : : : 1662 2718 7 total total NN 1662 2718 8 : : : 1662 2718 9 5 5 CD 1662 2718 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2718 11 to to TO 1662 2718 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2718 13 m m NN 1662 2718 14 : : : 1662 2718 15 1 1 CD 1662 2718 16 914 914 CD 1662 2718 17 to to TO 1662 2718 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2718 19 m m NN 1662 2718 20 : : : 1662 2718 21 4 4 CD 1662 2718 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2718 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2718 24 est est NNP 1662 2718 25 . . . 1662 2718 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2719 1 Military military JJ 1662 2719 2 Military military JJ 1662 2719 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2719 4 : : : 1662 2719 5 Army Army NNP 1662 2719 6 , , , 1662 2719 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 2719 8 , , , 1662 2719 9 Air Air NNP 1662 2719 10 Force Force NNP 1662 2719 11 , , , 1662 2719 12 National National NNP 1662 2719 13 Police Police NNP 1662 2719 14 Military Military NNP 1662 2719 15 manpower manpower NN 1662 2719 16 - - HYPH 1662 2719 17 military military NN 1662 2719 18 age age NN 1662 2719 19 : : : 1662 2719 20 18 18 CD 1662 2719 21 years year NNS 1662 2719 22 of of IN 1662 2719 23 age age NN 1662 2719 24 Military military JJ 1662 2719 25 manpower manpower NN 1662 2719 26 - - HYPH 1662 2719 27 availability availability NN 1662 2719 28 : : : 1662 2719 29 males male NNS 1662 2719 30 age age NNP 1662 2719 31 15 15 CD 1662 2719 32 - - HYPH 1662 2719 33 49 49 CD 1662 2719 34 : : : 1662 2719 35 2,081,709 2,081,709 CD 1662 2719 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2719 37 1997 1997 CD 1662 2719 38 est est NNP 1662 2719 39 . . . 1662 2719 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2720 1 Military military JJ 1662 2720 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2720 3 - - HYPH 1662 2720 4 fit fit NN 1662 2720 5 for for IN 1662 2720 6 military military JJ 1662 2720 7 service service NN 1662 2720 8 : : : 1662 2720 9 males male NNS 1662 2720 10 : : : 1662 2720 11 1,310,534 1,310,534 CD 1662 2720 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2720 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2720 14 est est NNP 1662 2720 15 . . . 1662 2720 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2721 1 Military military JJ 1662 2721 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2721 3 - - HYPH 1662 2721 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 2721 5 military military JJ 1662 2721 6 age age NN 1662 2721 7 annually annually RB 1662 2721 8 : : : 1662 2721 9 males male NNS 1662 2721 10 : : : 1662 2721 11 79,860 79,860 CD 1662 2721 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2721 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2721 14 est e JJS 1662 2721 15 . . . 1662 2721 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2722 1 Military military JJ 1662 2722 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2722 3 - - HYPH 1662 2722 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2722 5 figure figure NN 1662 2722 6 : : : 1662 2722 7 $ $ $ 1662 2722 8 116 116 CD 1662 2722 9 million million CD 1662 2722 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2722 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 2722 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2722 13 Military military JJ 1662 2722 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2722 15 - - : 1662 2722 16 percent percent NN 1662 2722 17 of of IN 1662 2722 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2722 19 : : : 1662 2722 20 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 2722 21 % % NN 1662 2722 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2722 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 2722 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2722 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2722 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2722 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2722 28 - - : 1662 2722 29 international international RB 1662 2722 30 : : : 1662 2722 31 none none NN 1662 2722 32 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 2722 33 drugs drug VBZ 1662 2722 34 : : : 1662 2722 35 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 2722 36 point point NN 1662 2722 37 for for IN 1662 2722 38 South south JJ 1662 2722 39 American american JJ 1662 2722 40 drugs drug NNS 1662 2722 41 destined destine VBN 1662 2722 42 for for IN 1662 2722 43 the the DT 1662 2722 44 US US NNP 1662 2722 45 through through IN 1662 2722 46 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 2722 47 Rico Rico NNP 1662 2722 48 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 49 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 50 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 51 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 52 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 53 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 54 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 55 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 56 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 57 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 58 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 59 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 60 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 61 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 62 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 63 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 64 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 65 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 66 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 67 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 68 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 69 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 70 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 71 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 72 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 73 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 74 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 75 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 76 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 77 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 78 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 79 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 80 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 81 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 82 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 83 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 84 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 85 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 86 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 87 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 88 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 89 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 90 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 91 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 92 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 93 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 94 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 95 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 96 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 97 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 98 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 99 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 100 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 101 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 102 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 103 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 104 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 105 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 106 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 107 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 108 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 109 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 110 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 111 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 112 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 113 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 114 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 115 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 116 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 117 _ _ NNP 1662 2722 118 ECUADOR ECUADOR NNP 1662 2722 119 @Ecuador @ecuador NN 1662 2722 120 : : : 1662 2722 121 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2722 122 Location Location NNP 1662 2722 123 : : : 1662 2722 124 Western Western NNP 1662 2722 125 South South NNP 1662 2722 126 America America NNP 1662 2722 127 , , , 1662 2722 128 bordering border VBG 1662 2722 129 the the DT 1662 2722 130 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2722 131 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2722 132 at at IN 1662 2722 133 the the DT 1662 2722 134 Equator equator NN 1662 2722 135 , , , 1662 2722 136 between between IN 1662 2722 137 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 2722 138 and and CC 1662 2722 139 Peru Peru NNP 1662 2722 140 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2722 141 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2722 142 : : : 1662 2722 143 2 2 CD 1662 2722 144 00 00 SYM 1662 2722 145 S s NN 1662 2722 146 , , , 1662 2722 147 77 77 CD 1662 2722 148 30 30 CD 1662 2722 149 W W NNP 1662 2722 150 Map Map NNP 1662 2722 151 references reference NNS 1662 2722 152 : : : 1662 2722 153 South South NNP 1662 2722 154 America America NNP 1662 2722 155 Area Area NNP 1662 2722 156 : : : 1662 2722 157 total total NN 1662 2722 158 : : : 1662 2722 159 283,560 283,560 CD 1662 2722 160 sq sq NN 1662 2722 161 km km NNP 1662 2722 162 land land NN 1662 2722 163 : : : 1662 2722 164 276,840 276,840 CD 1662 2722 165 sq sq NNP 1662 2722 166 km km NNP 1662 2722 167 water water NN 1662 2722 168 : : : 1662 2722 169 6,720 6,720 CD 1662 2722 170 sq sq NNP 1662 2722 171 km km NNP 1662 2722 172 note note NN 1662 2722 173 : : : 1662 2722 174 includes include VBZ 1662 2722 175 Galapagos Galapagos NNP 1662 2722 176 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 2722 177 Area Area NNP 1662 2722 178 - - HYPH 1662 2722 179 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2722 180 : : : 1662 2722 181 slightly slightly RB 1662 2722 182 smaller small JJR 1662 2722 183 than than IN 1662 2722 184 Nevada Nevada NNP 1662 2722 185 Land Land NNP 1662 2722 186 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2722 187 : : : 1662 2722 188 total total JJ 1662 2722 189 : : : 1662 2722 190 2,010 2,010 CD 1662 2722 191 km km NN 1662 2722 192 border border NN 1662 2722 193 countries country NNS 1662 2722 194 : : : 1662 2722 195 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 2722 196 590 590 CD 1662 2722 197 km km NNS 1662 2722 198 , , , 1662 2722 199 Peru Peru NNP 1662 2722 200 1,420 1,420 CD 1662 2722 201 km km NN 1662 2722 202 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2722 203 : : : 1662 2722 204 2,237 2,237 CD 1662 2722 205 km km NN 1662 2722 206 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2722 207 claims claim VBZ 1662 2722 208 : : : 1662 2722 209 continental continental NNP 1662 2722 210 shelf shelf NNP 1662 2722 211 : : : 1662 2722 212 claims claim NNS 1662 2722 213 continental continental NNP 1662 2722 214 shelf shelf NN 1662 2722 215 between between IN 1662 2722 216 mainland mainland NN 1662 2722 217 and and CC 1662 2722 218 Galapagos Galapagos NNP 1662 2722 219 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 2722 220 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2722 221 sea sea NN 1662 2722 222 : : : 1662 2722 223 200 200 CD 1662 2722 224 nm nm NNP 1662 2722 225 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2722 226 : : : 1662 2722 227 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2722 228 along along IN 1662 2722 229 coast coast NN 1662 2722 230 becoming become VBG 1662 2722 231 cooler cool JJR 1662 2722 232 inland inland NN 1662 2722 233 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2722 234 : : : 1662 2722 235 coastal coastal NNP 1662 2722 236 plain plain NNP 1662 2722 237 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2722 238 costa costa NNP 1662 2722 239 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2722 240 , , , 1662 2722 241 inter inter JJ 1662 2722 242 - - JJ 1662 2722 243 Andean andean JJ 1662 2722 244 central central JJ 1662 2722 245 highlands highland NNS 1662 2722 246 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2722 247 sierra sierra NNP 1662 2722 248 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2722 249 , , , 1662 2722 250 and and CC 1662 2722 251 flat flat RB 1662 2722 252 to to IN 1662 2722 253 rolling rolling JJ 1662 2722 254 eastern eastern JJ 1662 2722 255 jungle jungle NNP 1662 2722 256 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2722 257 oriente oriente NNP 1662 2722 258 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2722 259 Elevation elevation NN 1662 2722 260 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2722 261 : : : 1662 2722 262 lowest low JJS 1662 2722 263 point point NN 1662 2722 264 : : : 1662 2722 265 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2722 266 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2722 267 0 0 NFP 1662 2722 268 m m DT 1662 2722 269 highest high JJS 1662 2722 270 point point NN 1662 2722 271 : : : 1662 2722 272 Chimborazo Chimborazo NNP 1662 2722 273 6,267 6,267 CD 1662 2722 274 m m NNP 1662 2722 275 Natural natural JJ 1662 2722 276 resources resource NNS 1662 2722 277 : : : 1662 2722 278 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2722 279 , , , 1662 2722 280 fish fish NN 1662 2722 281 , , , 1662 2722 282 timber timber NN 1662 2722 283 Land land NN 1662 2722 284 use use NN 1662 2722 285 : : : 1662 2722 286 arable arable JJ 1662 2722 287 land land NN 1662 2722 288 : : : 1662 2722 289 6 6 CD 1662 2722 290 % % NN 1662 2722 291 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2722 292 crops crop NNS 1662 2722 293 : : : 1662 2722 294 5 5 CD 1662 2722 295 % % NN 1662 2722 296 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2722 297 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2722 298 : : : 1662 2722 299 18 18 CD 1662 2722 300 % % NN 1662 2722 301 forests forest NNS 1662 2722 302 and and CC 1662 2722 303 woodland woodland NN 1662 2722 304 : : : 1662 2722 305 56 56 CD 1662 2722 306 % % NN 1662 2722 307 other other JJ 1662 2722 308 : : : 1662 2722 309 15 15 CD 1662 2722 310 % % NN 1662 2722 311 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2722 312 1993 1993 CD 1662 2722 313 est est NNP 1662 2722 314 . . . 1662 2722 315 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2723 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2723 2 land land NN 1662 2723 3 : : : 1662 2723 4 5,560 5,560 CD 1662 2723 5 sq sq NNP 1662 2723 6 km km NNP 1662 2723 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2723 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2723 9 est est NNP 1662 2723 10 . . . 1662 2723 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2724 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2724 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2724 3 : : : 1662 2724 4 frequent frequent JJ 1662 2724 5 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 2724 6 , , , 1662 2724 7 landslides landslide NNS 1662 2724 8 , , , 1662 2724 9 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 2724 10 activity activity NN 1662 2724 11 ; ; , 1662 2724 12 periodic periodic JJ 1662 2724 13 droughts drought NNS 1662 2724 14 Environment environment NN 1662 2724 15 - - HYPH 1662 2724 16 current current JJ 1662 2724 17 issues issue NNS 1662 2724 18 : : : 1662 2724 19 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 2724 20 ; ; , 1662 2724 21 soil soil NN 1662 2724 22 erosion erosion NN 1662 2724 23 ; ; , 1662 2724 24 desertification desertification NN 1662 2724 25 ; ; : 1662 2724 26 water water NN 1662 2724 27 pollution pollution NN 1662 2724 28 ; ; : 1662 2724 29 pollution pollution NN 1662 2724 30 from from IN 1662 2724 31 oil oil NN 1662 2724 32 production production NN 1662 2724 33 wastes waste VBZ 1662 2724 34 Environment environment NN 1662 2724 35 - - HYPH 1662 2724 36 international international JJ 1662 2724 37 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2724 38 : : : 1662 2724 39 party party NN 1662 2724 40 to to TO 1662 2724 41 : : : 1662 2724 42 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 2724 43 - - HYPH 1662 2724 44 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 2724 45 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 2724 46 , , , 1662 2724 47 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 2724 48 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 2724 49 , , , 1662 2724 50 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 2724 51 , , , 1662 2724 52 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2724 53 Change Change NNP 1662 2724 54 , , , 1662 2724 55 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 2724 56 , , , 1662 2724 57 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2724 58 Species Species NNPS 1662 2724 59 , , , 1662 2724 60 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 2724 61 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 2724 62 , , , 1662 2724 63 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 2724 64 Test Test NNP 1662 2724 65 Ban Ban NNP 1662 2724 66 , , , 1662 2724 67 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2724 68 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2724 69 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2724 70 , , , 1662 2724 71 Ship Ship NNP 1662 2724 72 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2724 73 , , , 1662 2724 74 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 2724 75 Timber Timber NNP 1662 2724 76 83 83 CD 1662 2724 77 , , , 1662 2724 78 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 2724 79 Timber Timber NNP 1662 2724 80 94 94 CD 1662 2724 81 , , , 1662 2724 82 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 2724 83 , , , 1662 2724 84 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 2724 85 signed sign VBD 1662 2724 86 , , , 1662 2724 87 but but CC 1662 2724 88 not not RB 1662 2724 89 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2724 90 : : : 1662 2724 91 none none NN 1662 2724 92 of of IN 1662 2724 93 the the DT 1662 2724 94 selected select VBN 1662 2724 95 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2724 96 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2724 97 - - HYPH 1662 2724 98 note note NN 1662 2724 99 : : : 1662 2724 100 Cotopaxi Cotopaxi NNP 1662 2724 101 in in IN 1662 2724 102 Andes Andes NNP 1662 2724 103 is be VBZ 1662 2724 104 highest high JJS 1662 2724 105 active active JJ 1662 2724 106 volcano volcano NN 1662 2724 107 in in IN 1662 2724 108 world world NN 1662 2724 109 @Ecuador @ecuador NN 1662 2724 110 : : : 1662 2724 111 People People NNP 1662 2724 112 Population Population NNP 1662 2724 113 : : : 1662 2724 114 12,105,124 12,105,124 CD 1662 2724 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2724 116 July July NNP 1662 2724 117 1997 1997 CD 1662 2724 118 est est NNP 1662 2724 119 . . . 1662 2724 120 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2725 1 Age age NN 1662 2725 2 structure structure NN 1662 2725 3 : : : 1662 2725 4 0 0 CD 1662 2725 5 - - HYPH 1662 2725 6 14 14 CD 1662 2725 7 years year NNS 1662 2725 8 : : : 1662 2725 9 37 37 CD 1662 2725 10 % % NN 1662 2725 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2725 12 male male JJ 1662 2725 13 2,252,260 2,252,260 CD 1662 2725 14 ; ; : 1662 2725 15 female female JJ 1662 2725 16 2,174,004 2,174,004 CD 1662 2725 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2725 18 15 15 CD 1662 2725 19 - - SYM 1662 2725 20 64 64 CD 1662 2725 21 years year NNS 1662 2725 22 : : : 1662 2725 23 59 59 CD 1662 2725 24 % % NN 1662 2725 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2725 26 male male JJ 1662 2725 27 3,529,606 3,529,606 CD 1662 2725 28 ; ; : 1662 2725 29 female female JJ 1662 2725 30 3,619,002 3,619,002 CD 1662 2725 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2725 32 65 65 CD 1662 2725 33 years year NNS 1662 2725 34 and and CC 1662 2725 35 over over IN 1662 2725 36 : : : 1662 2725 37 4 4 CD 1662 2725 38 % % NN 1662 2725 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2725 40 male male JJ 1662 2725 41 248,105 248,105 CD 1662 2725 42 ; ; : 1662 2725 43 female female JJ 1662 2725 44 282,147 282,147 CD 1662 2725 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2725 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2725 47 July July NNP 1662 2725 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2725 49 est est NNP 1662 2725 50 . . . 1662 2725 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2726 1 Population population NN 1662 2726 2 growth growth NN 1662 2726 3 rate rate NN 1662 2726 4 : : : 1662 2726 5 1.93 1.93 CD 1662 2726 6 % % NN 1662 2726 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2726 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2726 9 est est NNP 1662 2726 10 . . . 1662 2726 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2727 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2727 2 rate rate NN 1662 2727 3 : : : 1662 2727 4 24.04 24.04 CD 1662 2727 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 2727 6 population population NN 1662 2727 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2727 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2727 9 est est NNP 1662 2727 10 . . . 1662 2727 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2728 1 Death death NN 1662 2728 2 rate rate NN 1662 2728 3 : : : 1662 2728 4 5.28 5.28 CD 1662 2728 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2728 6 population population NN 1662 2728 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2728 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2728 9 est est NNP 1662 2728 10 . . . 1662 2728 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2729 1 Net net JJ 1662 2729 2 migration migration NN 1662 2729 3 rate rate NN 1662 2729 4 : : : 1662 2729 5 0.58 0.58 CD 1662 2729 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 2729 7 population population NN 1662 2729 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2729 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2729 10 est est NNP 1662 2729 11 . . . 1662 2729 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2730 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2730 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2730 3 : : : 1662 2730 4 at at IN 1662 2730 5 birth birth NN 1662 2730 6 : : : 1662 2730 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 2730 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2730 9 under under IN 1662 2730 10 15 15 CD 1662 2730 11 years year NNS 1662 2730 12 : : : 1662 2730 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 2730 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2730 15 15 15 CD 1662 2730 16 - - HYPH 1662 2730 17 64 64 CD 1662 2730 18 years year NNS 1662 2730 19 : : : 1662 2730 20 0.98 0.98 CD 1662 2730 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2730 22 65 65 CD 1662 2730 23 years year NNS 1662 2730 24 and and CC 1662 2730 25 over over IN 1662 2730 26 : : : 1662 2730 27 0.88 0.88 CD 1662 2730 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2730 29 total total JJ 1662 2730 30 population population NN 1662 2730 31 : : : 1662 2730 32 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 2730 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2730 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2730 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2730 36 est est NNP 1662 2730 37 . . . 1662 2730 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2731 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2731 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2731 3 rate rate NN 1662 2731 4 : : : 1662 2731 5 33.4 33.4 CD 1662 2731 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2731 7 live live JJ 1662 2731 8 births birth NNS 1662 2731 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2731 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2731 11 est est NNP 1662 2731 12 . . . 1662 2731 13 ) ) -RRB- 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1662 2734 41 : : : 1662 2734 42 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 2734 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2734 44 official official NN 1662 2734 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2734 46 , , , 1662 2734 47 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 2734 48 languages language NNS 1662 2734 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2734 50 especially especially RB 1662 2734 51 Quechua Quechua NNP 1662 2734 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2734 53 Literacy literacy NN 1662 2734 54 : : : 1662 2734 55 definition definition NN 1662 2734 56 : : : 1662 2734 57 age age NN 1662 2734 58 15 15 CD 1662 2734 59 and and CC 1662 2734 60 over over RB 1662 2734 61 can can MD 1662 2734 62 read read VB 1662 2734 63 and and CC 1662 2734 64 write write VB 1662 2734 65 total total JJ 1662 2734 66 population population NN 1662 2734 67 : : : 1662 2734 68 90.1 90.1 CD 1662 2734 69 % % NN 1662 2734 70 male male NN 1662 2734 71 : : : 1662 2734 72 92 92 CD 1662 2734 73 % % NN 1662 2734 74 female female NN 1662 2734 75 : : : 1662 2734 76 88.2 88.2 CD 1662 2734 77 % % NN 1662 2734 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2734 79 1995 1995 CD 1662 2734 80 est est NNP 1662 2734 81 . . . 1662 2734 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 1 @Ecuador @ecuador XX 1662 2735 2 : : : 1662 2735 3 Government Government NNP 1662 2735 4 Country Country NNP 1662 2735 5 name name NN 1662 2735 6 : : : 1662 2735 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2735 8 long long JJ 1662 2735 9 form form NN 1662 2735 10 : : : 1662 2735 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2735 12 of of IN 1662 2735 13 Ecuador Ecuador NNP 1662 2735 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2735 15 short short JJ 1662 2735 16 form form NN 1662 2735 17 : : : 1662 2735 18 Ecuador ecuador JJ 1662 2735 19 local local JJ 1662 2735 20 long long JJ 1662 2735 21 form form NN 1662 2735 22 : : : 1662 2735 23 Republica Republica NNP 1662 2735 24 del del NNP 1662 2735 25 Ecuador Ecuador NNP 1662 2735 26 local local JJ 1662 2735 27 short short JJ 1662 2735 28 form form NN 1662 2735 29 : : : 1662 2735 30 Ecuador Ecuador NNP 1662 2735 31 Data Data NNP 1662 2735 32 code code NN 1662 2735 33 : : : 1662 2735 34 EC EC NNP 1662 2735 35 Government Government NNP 1662 2735 36 type type NN 1662 2735 37 : : : 1662 2735 38 republic republic NNP 1662 2735 39 National national JJ 1662 2735 40 capital capital NN 1662 2735 41 : : : 1662 2735 42 Quito Quito NNP 1662 2735 43 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 2735 44 divisions division NNS 1662 2735 45 : : : 1662 2735 46 21 21 CD 1662 2735 47 provinces province NNS 1662 2735 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2735 49 provincias provincia NNS 1662 2735 50 , , , 1662 2735 51 singular singular JJ 1662 2735 52 - - HYPH 1662 2735 53 provincia provincia NN 1662 2735 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 55 ; ; : 1662 2735 56 Azuay Azuay NNP 1662 2735 57 , , , 1662 2735 58 Bolivar Bolivar NNP 1662 2735 59 , , , 1662 2735 60 Canar Canar NNP 1662 2735 61 , , , 1662 2735 62 Carchi Carchi NNP 1662 2735 63 , , , 1662 2735 64 Chimborazo Chimborazo NNP 1662 2735 65 , , , 1662 2735 66 Cotopaxi Cotopaxi NNP 1662 2735 67 , , , 1662 2735 68 El El NNP 1662 2735 69 Oro Oro NNP 1662 2735 70 , , , 1662 2735 71 Esmeraldas Esmeraldas NNP 1662 2735 72 , , , 1662 2735 73 Galapagos Galapagos NNP 1662 2735 74 , , , 1662 2735 75 Guayas Guayas NNP 1662 2735 76 , , , 1662 2735 77 Imbabura Imbabura NNP 1662 2735 78 , , , 1662 2735 79 Loja Loja NNP 1662 2735 80 , , , 1662 2735 81 Los Los NNP 1662 2735 82 Rios Rios NNP 1662 2735 83 , , , 1662 2735 84 Manabi Manabi NNP 1662 2735 85 , , , 1662 2735 86 Morona Morona NNP 1662 2735 87 - - HYPH 1662 2735 88 Santiago Santiago NNP 1662 2735 89 , , , 1662 2735 90 Napo Napo NNP 1662 2735 91 , , , 1662 2735 92 Pastaza Pastaza NNP 1662 2735 93 , , , 1662 2735 94 Pichincha Pichincha NNP 1662 2735 95 , , , 1662 2735 96 Sucumbios Sucumbios NNP 1662 2735 97 , , , 1662 2735 98 Tungurahua Tungurahua NNP 1662 2735 99 , , , 1662 2735 100 Zamora Zamora NNP 1662 2735 101 - - HYPH 1662 2735 102 Chinchipe Chinchipe NNP 1662 2735 103 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2735 104 : : : 1662 2735 105 24 24 CD 1662 2735 106 May May NNP 1662 2735 107 1822 1822 CD 1662 2735 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2735 109 from from IN 1662 2735 110 Spain Spain NNP 1662 2735 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 112 National national JJ 1662 2735 113 holiday holiday NN 1662 2735 114 : : : 1662 2735 115 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2735 116 Day Day NNP 1662 2735 117 , , , 1662 2735 118 10 10 CD 1662 2735 119 August August NNP 1662 2735 120 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2735 121 1809 1809 CD 1662 2735 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 123 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2735 124 independence independence NN 1662 2735 125 of of IN 1662 2735 126 Quito Quito NNP 1662 2735 127 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 128 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 2735 129 : : : 1662 2735 130 10 10 CD 1662 2735 131 August August NNP 1662 2735 132 1979 1979 CD 1662 2735 133 Legal legal JJ 1662 2735 134 system system NN 1662 2735 135 : : : 1662 2735 136 based base VBN 1662 2735 137 on on IN 1662 2735 138 civil civil JJ 1662 2735 139 law law NN 1662 2735 140 system system NN 1662 2735 141 ; ; : 1662 2735 142 has have VBZ 1662 2735 143 not not RB 1662 2735 144 accepted accept VBN 1662 2735 145 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 2735 146 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 2735 147 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 2735 148 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 2735 149 : : : 1662 2735 150 18 18 CD 1662 2735 151 years year NNS 1662 2735 152 of of IN 1662 2735 153 age age NN 1662 2735 154 ; ; : 1662 2735 155 universal universal JJ 1662 2735 156 , , , 1662 2735 157 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 2735 158 for for IN 1662 2735 159 literate literate JJ 1662 2735 160 persons person NNS 1662 2735 161 ages age VBZ 1662 2735 162 18 18 CD 1662 2735 163 - - SYM 1662 2735 164 65 65 CD 1662 2735 165 , , , 1662 2735 166 optional optional JJ 1662 2735 167 for for IN 1662 2735 168 other other JJ 1662 2735 169 eligible eligible JJ 1662 2735 170 voters voter NNS 1662 2735 171 Executive executive JJ 1662 2735 172 branch branch NN 1662 2735 173 : : : 1662 2735 174 chief chief NN 1662 2735 175 of of IN 1662 2735 176 state state NN 1662 2735 177 : : : 1662 2735 178 President President NNP 1662 2735 179 Fabian Fabian NNP 1662 2735 180 ALARCON ALARCON NNP 1662 2735 181 Rivera Rivera NNP 1662 2735 182 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2735 183 since since IN 1662 2735 184 11 11 CD 1662 2735 185 February February NNP 1662 2735 186 1997 1997 CD 1662 2735 187 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 188 ; ; : 1662 2735 189 Vice Vice NNP 1662 2735 190 President President NNP 1662 2735 191 Rosalia Rosalia NNP 1662 2735 192 ARTEAGA ARTEAGA NNP 1662 2735 193 Serrano Serrano NNP 1662 2735 194 de de NNP 1662 2735 195 Cordova Cordova NNP 1662 2735 196 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2735 197 since since IN 1662 2735 198 10 10 CD 1662 2735 199 August August NNP 1662 2735 200 1996 1996 CD 1662 2735 201 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 202 ; ; : 1662 2735 203 note note VB 1662 2735 204 - - : 1662 2735 205 the the DT 1662 2735 206 president president NN 1662 2735 207 is be VBZ 1662 2735 208 both both CC 1662 2735 209 the the DT 1662 2735 210 chief chief NN 1662 2735 211 of of IN 1662 2735 212 state state NN 1662 2735 213 and and CC 1662 2735 214 head head NN 1662 2735 215 of of IN 1662 2735 216 government government NN 1662 2735 217 head head NN 1662 2735 218 of of IN 1662 2735 219 government government NN 1662 2735 220 : : : 1662 2735 221 President President NNP 1662 2735 222 Fabian Fabian NNP 1662 2735 223 ALARCON ALARCON NNP 1662 2735 224 Rivera Rivera NNP 1662 2735 225 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2735 226 since since IN 1662 2735 227 11 11 CD 1662 2735 228 February February NNP 1662 2735 229 1997 1997 CD 1662 2735 230 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 231 ; ; : 1662 2735 232 Vice Vice NNP 1662 2735 233 President President NNP 1662 2735 234 Rosalia Rosalia NNP 1662 2735 235 ARTEAGA ARTEAGA NNP 1662 2735 236 Serrano Serrano NNP 1662 2735 237 de de NNP 1662 2735 238 Cordova Cordova NNP 1662 2735 239 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2735 240 since since IN 1662 2735 241 10 10 CD 1662 2735 242 August August NNP 1662 2735 243 1996 1996 CD 1662 2735 244 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 245 ; ; : 1662 2735 246 note note VB 1662 2735 247 - - : 1662 2735 248 the the DT 1662 2735 249 president president NN 1662 2735 250 is be VBZ 1662 2735 251 both both CC 1662 2735 252 the the DT 1662 2735 253 chief chief NN 1662 2735 254 of of IN 1662 2735 255 state state NN 1662 2735 256 and and CC 1662 2735 257 head head NN 1662 2735 258 of of IN 1662 2735 259 government government NN 1662 2735 260 note note NN 1662 2735 261 : : : 1662 2735 262 in in IN 1662 2735 263 an an DT 1662 2735 264 unusual unusual JJ 1662 2735 265 , , , 1662 2735 266 out out IN 1662 2735 267 of of IN 1662 2735 268 cycle cycle NN 1662 2735 269 change change NN 1662 2735 270 in in IN 1662 2735 271 executive executive JJ 1662 2735 272 power power NN 1662 2735 273 , , , 1662 2735 274 Congress Congress NNP 1662 2735 275 on on IN 1662 2735 276 11 11 CD 1662 2735 277 February February NNP 1662 2735 278 1997 1997 CD 1662 2735 279 elected elect VBD 1662 2735 280 then then RB 1662 2735 281 Congress Congress NNP 1662 2735 282 President President NNP 1662 2735 283 ALARCON ALARCON NNP 1662 2735 284 to to TO 1662 2735 285 be be VB 1662 2735 286 Interim interim JJ 1662 2735 287 President President NNP 1662 2735 288 until until IN 1662 2735 289 August August NNP 1662 2735 290 1998 1998 CD 1662 2735 291 after after IN 1662 2735 292 ousting oust VBG 1662 2735 293 former former JJ 1662 2735 294 President President NNP 1662 2735 295 BUCARAM BUCARAM NNP 1662 2735 296 because because IN 1662 2735 297 of of IN 1662 2735 298 " " `` 1662 2735 299 mental mental JJ 1662 2735 300 incapacity incapacity NN 1662 2735 301 ; ; : 1662 2735 302 " " `` 1662 2735 303 ARTEAGA ARTEAGA NNP 1662 2735 304 remained remain VBD 1662 2735 305 vice vice NN 1662 2735 306 president president NN 1662 2735 307 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2735 308 : : : 1662 2735 309 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 2735 310 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2735 311 by by IN 1662 2735 312 the the DT 1662 2735 313 president president NNP 1662 2735 314 elections election NNS 1662 2735 315 : : : 1662 2735 316 president president NN 1662 2735 317 and and CC 1662 2735 318 vice vice NN 1662 2735 319 president president NN 1662 2735 320 elected elect VBD 1662 2735 321 on on IN 1662 2735 322 the the DT 1662 2735 323 same same JJ 1662 2735 324 ticket ticket NN 1662 2735 325 by by IN 1662 2735 326 popular popular JJ 1662 2735 327 vote vote NN 1662 2735 328 for for IN 1662 2735 329 four four CD 1662 2735 330 - - HYPH 1662 2735 331 year year NN 1662 2735 332 terms term NNS 1662 2735 333 ; ; : 1662 2735 334 election election NN 1662 2735 335 last last JJ 1662 2735 336 held hold VBD 1662 2735 337 19 19 CD 1662 2735 338 May May NNP 1662 2735 339 1996 1996 CD 1662 2735 340 ; ; : 1662 2735 341 runoff runoff NN 1662 2735 342 election election NN 1662 2735 343 held hold VBD 1662 2735 344 7 7 CD 1662 2735 345 July July NNP 1662 2735 346 1996 1996 CD 1662 2735 347 ; ; : 1662 2735 348 note note NN 1662 2735 349 - - : 1662 2735 350 because because IN 1662 2735 351 of of IN 1662 2735 352 the the DT 1662 2735 353 February February NNP 1662 2735 354 1997 1997 CD 1662 2735 355 unusual unusual JJ 1662 2735 356 change change NN 1662 2735 357 in in IN 1662 2735 358 executive executive JJ 1662 2735 359 power power NN 1662 2735 360 , , , 1662 2735 361 the the DT 1662 2735 362 next next JJ 1662 2735 363 presidential presidential JJ 1662 2735 364 elections election NNS 1662 2735 365 will will MD 1662 2735 366 take take VB 1662 2735 367 place place NN 1662 2735 368 in in IN 1662 2735 369 1998 1998 CD 1662 2735 370 election election NN 1662 2735 371 results result NNS 1662 2735 372 : : : 1662 2735 373 runoff runoff NN 1662 2735 374 election election NN 1662 2735 375 ; ; , 1662 2735 376 percent percent NN 1662 2735 377 of of IN 1662 2735 378 vote vote NN 1662 2735 379 - - HYPH 1662 2735 380 Abdala Abdala NNP 1662 2735 381 BUCARAM BUCARAM NNP 1662 2735 382 Ortiz Ortiz NNP 1662 2735 383 54 54 CD 1662 2735 384 % % NN 1662 2735 385 , , , 1662 2735 386 Jaime Jaime NNP 1662 2735 387 NEBOT NEBOT NNP 1662 2735 388 46 46 CD 1662 2735 389 % % NN 1662 2735 390 ; ; : 1662 2735 391 note note VB 1662 2735 392 - - HYPH 1662 2735 393 in in IN 1662 2735 394 February February NNP 1662 2735 395 1997 1997 CD 1662 2735 396 , , , 1662 2735 397 Congress Congress NNP 1662 2735 398 elected elect VBD 1662 2735 399 ALARCON ALARCON NNP 1662 2735 400 to to TO 1662 2735 401 be be VB 1662 2735 402 Interim interim JJ 1662 2735 403 President President NNP 1662 2735 404 until until IN 1662 2735 405 August August NNP 1662 2735 406 1998 1998 CD 1662 2735 407 , , , 1662 2735 408 with with IN 1662 2735 409 57 57 CD 1662 2735 410 of of IN 1662 2735 411 82 82 CD 1662 2735 412 Congressmen Congressmen NNPS 1662 2735 413 voting vote VBG 1662 2735 414 in in IN 1662 2735 415 favor favor NN 1662 2735 416 of of IN 1662 2735 417 him -PRON- PRP 1662 2735 418 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2735 419 branch branch NN 1662 2735 420 : : : 1662 2735 421 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 2735 422 National National NNP 1662 2735 423 Congress Congress NNP 1662 2735 424 or or CC 1662 2735 425 Congreso Congreso NNP 1662 2735 426 Nacional Nacional NNP 1662 2735 427 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2735 428 82 82 CD 1662 2735 429 seats seat NNS 1662 2735 430 ; ; : 1662 2735 431 12 12 CD 1662 2735 432 members member NNS 1662 2735 433 are be VBP 1662 2735 434 popularly popularly RB 1662 2735 435 elected elect VBN 1662 2735 436 at at IN 1662 2735 437 large large JJ 1662 2735 438 nationally nationally RB 1662 2735 439 to to TO 1662 2735 440 serve serve VB 1662 2735 441 four four CD 1662 2735 442 - - HYPH 1662 2735 443 year year NN 1662 2735 444 terms term NNS 1662 2735 445 ; ; : 1662 2735 446 70 70 CD 1662 2735 447 members member NNS 1662 2735 448 are be VBP 1662 2735 449 popularly popularly RB 1662 2735 450 elected elect VBN 1662 2735 451 by by IN 1662 2735 452 province province NN 1662 2735 453 for for IN 1662 2735 454 two two CD 1662 2735 455 - - HYPH 1662 2735 456 year year NN 1662 2735 457 terms term NNS 1662 2735 458 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 459 elections election NNS 1662 2735 460 : : : 1662 2735 461 last last RB 1662 2735 462 held hold VBD 1662 2735 463 19 19 CD 1662 2735 464 May May NNP 1662 2735 465 1996 1996 CD 1662 2735 466 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2735 467 next next JJ 1662 2735 468 to to TO 1662 2735 469 be be VB 1662 2735 470 held hold VBN 1662 2735 471 1998 1998 CD 1662 2735 472 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 473 election election NN 1662 2735 474 results result NNS 1662 2735 475 : : : 1662 2735 476 percent percent NN 1662 2735 477 of of IN 1662 2735 478 vote vote NN 1662 2735 479 by by IN 1662 2735 480 party party NN 1662 2735 481 - - HYPH 1662 2735 482 NA NA NNP 1662 2735 483 ; ; , 1662 2735 484 seats seat NNS 1662 2735 485 by by IN 1662 2735 486 party party NN 1662 2735 487 - - HYPH 1662 2735 488 PSC PSC NNP 1662 2735 489 27 27 CD 1662 2735 490 , , , 1662 2735 491 PRE PRE NNP 1662 2735 492 19 19 CD 1662 2735 493 , , , 1662 2735 494 DP DP NNP 1662 2735 495 12 12 CD 1662 2735 496 , , , 1662 2735 497 P P NNP 1662 2735 498 - - HYPH 1662 2735 499 NP NP NNP 1662 2735 500 8 8 CD 1662 2735 501 , , , 1662 2735 502 ID ID NNP 1662 2735 503 4 4 CD 1662 2735 504 , , , 1662 2735 505 FRA FRA NNP 1662 2735 506 3 3 CD 1662 2735 507 , , , 1662 2735 508 MPD MPD NNP 1662 2735 509 2 2 CD 1662 2735 510 , , , 1662 2735 511 PCE PCE NNP 1662 2735 512 2 2 CD 1662 2735 513 , , , 1662 2735 514 CFP CFP NNP 1662 2735 515 1 1 CD 1662 2735 516 , , , 1662 2735 517 independents independent NNS 1662 2735 518 and and CC 1662 2735 519 other other JJ 1662 2735 520 4 4 CD 1662 2735 521 ; ; : 1662 2735 522 note note NN 1662 2735 523 - - HYPH 1662 2735 524 defections defection NNS 1662 2735 525 by by IN 1662 2735 526 members member NNS 1662 2735 527 of of IN 1662 2735 528 congress congress NNP 1662 2735 529 are be VBP 1662 2735 530 commonplace commonplace JJ 1662 2735 531 , , , 1662 2735 532 resulting result VBG 1662 2735 533 in in IN 1662 2735 534 frequent frequent JJ 1662 2735 535 changes change NNS 1662 2735 536 in in IN 1662 2735 537 the the DT 1662 2735 538 numbers number NNS 1662 2735 539 of of IN 1662 2735 540 seats seat NNS 1662 2735 541 held hold VBN 1662 2735 542 by by IN 1662 2735 543 the the DT 1662 2735 544 various various JJ 1662 2735 545 parties party NNS 1662 2735 546 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 2735 547 branch branch NN 1662 2735 548 : : : 1662 2735 549 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2735 550 Court Court NNP 1662 2735 551 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2735 552 Corte Corte NNP 1662 2735 553 Suprema Suprema NNP 1662 2735 554 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 555 , , , 1662 2735 556 judges judge NNS 1662 2735 557 are be VBP 1662 2735 558 elected elect VBN 1662 2735 559 by by IN 1662 2735 560 Congress Congress NNP 1662 2735 561 Political political JJ 1662 2735 562 parties party NNS 1662 2735 563 and and CC 1662 2735 564 leaders leader NNS 1662 2735 565 : : : 1662 2735 566 Center center NN 1662 2735 567 - - HYPH 1662 2735 568 Right right JJ 1662 2735 569 parties party NNS 1662 2735 570 : : : 1662 2735 571 Social Social NNP 1662 2735 572 Christian Christian NNP 1662 2735 573 Party Party NNP 1662 2735 574 or or CC 1662 2735 575 PSC PSC NNP 1662 2735 576 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2735 577 Jaime Jaime NNP 1662 2735 578 NEBOT NEBOT NNP 1662 2735 579 Saadi Saadi NNP 1662 2735 580 , , , 1662 2735 581 president president NN 1662 2735 582 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2735 583 ; ; : 1662 2735 584 Ecuadorian Ecuadorian NNP 1662 2735 585 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 2735 586 Party Party NNP 1662 2735 587 or or CC 1662 2735 588 PCE PCE NNP 1662 2735 589 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2735 590 Freddy Freddy NNP 1662 2735 591 BRAVO BRAVO NNP 1662 2735 592 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2735 593 Center center NN 1662 2735 594 - - HYPH 1662 2735 595 Left leave VBN 1662 2735 596 parties party NNS 1662 2735 597 : : : 1662 2735 598 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 2735 599 Left left NN 1662 2735 600 or or CC 1662 2735 601 ID ID NNP 1662 2735 602 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2735 603 Rodrigo Rodrigo NNP 1662 2735 604 BORJA BORJA NNP 1662 2735 605 Cevallos Cevallos NNP 1662 2735 606 , , , 1662 2735 607 leader leader NN 1662 2735 608 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2735 609 ; ; : 1662 2735 610 Popular Popular NNP 1662 2735 611 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 2735 612 or or CC 1662 2735 613 DP DP NNP 1662 2735 614 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2735 615 Jamil Jamil NNP 1662 2735 616 MAHUAD MAHUAD NNP 1662 2735 617 , , , 1662 2735 618 leader leader NN 1662 2735 619 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2735 620 ; ; : 1662 2735 621 Radical Radical NNP 1662 2735 622 Alfarista Alfarista NNP 1662 2735 623 Front Front NNP 1662 2735 624 or or CC 1662 2735 625 FRA FRA NNP 1662 2735 626 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2735 627 Fabian Fabian NNP 1662 2735 628 ALARCON ALARCON NNP 1662 2735 629 , , , 1662 2735 630 director director NN 1662 2735 631 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2735 632 Populist populist JJ 1662 2735 633 parties party NNS 1662 2735 634 : : : 1662 2735 635 Roldosist Roldosist NNP 1662 2735 636 Party Party NNP 1662 2735 637 or or CC 1662 2735 638 PRE PRE NNP 1662 2735 639 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2735 640 Abdala Abdala NNP 1662 2735 641 BUCARAM BUCARAM NNP 1662 2735 642 Ortiz Ortiz NNP 1662 2735 643 , , , 1662 2735 644 director director NN 1662 2735 645 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2735 646 ; ; : 1662 2735 647 Concentration Concentration NNP 1662 2735 648 of of IN 1662 2735 649 Popular Popular NNP 1662 2735 650 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 2735 651 or or CC 1662 2735 652 CFP CFP NNP 1662 2735 653 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2735 654 Averroes averroe VBZ 1662 2735 655 BUCARAM BUCARAM NNP 1662 2735 656 , , , 1662 2735 657 leader leader NN 1662 2735 658 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2735 659 ; ; : 1662 2735 660 Popular Popular NNP 1662 2735 661 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 2735 662 Action Action NNP 1662 2735 663 or or CC 1662 2735 664 APRE APRE NNP 1662 2735 665 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2735 666 Frank Frank NNP 1662 2735 667 VARGAS VARGAS NNP 1662 2735 668 Passos Passos NNP 1662 2735 669 , , , 1662 2735 670 leader leader NN 1662 2735 671 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2735 672 ; ; : 1662 2735 673 Pachakutik Pachakutik NNP 1662 2735 674 - - HYPH 1662 2735 675 New New NNP 1662 2735 676 Country Country NNP 1662 2735 677 or or CC 1662 2735 678 P P NNP 1662 2735 679 - - HYPH 1662 2735 680 NP NP NNP 1662 2735 681 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2735 682 Freddy Freddy NNP 1662 2735 683 EHLERS EHLERS NNP 1662 2735 684 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2735 685 Far far JJ 1662 2735 686 - - HYPH 1662 2735 687 Left left JJ 1662 2735 688 parties party NNS 1662 2735 689 : : : 1662 2735 690 Popular Popular NNP 1662 2735 691 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2735 692 Movement Movement NNP 1662 2735 693 or or CC 1662 2735 694 MPD MPD NNP 1662 2735 695 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2735 696 Juan Juan NNP 1662 2735 697 Jose Jose NNP 1662 2735 698 CASTELLO CASTELLO NNP 1662 2735 699 , , , 1662 2735 700 leader leader NN 1662 2735 701 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2735 702 International international JJ 1662 2735 703 organization organization NN 1662 2735 704 participation participation NN 1662 2735 705 : : : 1662 2735 706 AG AG NNP 1662 2735 707 , , , 1662 2735 708 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 2735 709 , , , 1662 2735 710 FAO FAO NNP 1662 2735 711 , , , 1662 2735 712 G-11 g-11 CD 1662 2735 713 , , , 1662 2735 714 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 2735 715 , , , 1662 2735 716 IADB IADB NNP 1662 2735 717 , , , 1662 2735 718 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 2735 719 , , , 1662 2735 720 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 2735 721 , , , 1662 2735 722 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 2735 723 , , , 1662 2735 724 ICC ICC NNP 1662 2735 725 , , , 1662 2735 726 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 2735 727 , , , 1662 2735 728 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 2735 729 , , , 1662 2735 730 IDA IDA NNP 1662 2735 731 , , , 1662 2735 732 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 2735 733 , , , 1662 2735 734 IFC IFC NNP 1662 2735 735 , , , 1662 2735 736 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 2735 737 , , , 1662 2735 738 IHO IHO NNP 1662 2735 739 , , , 1662 2735 740 ILO ILO NNP 1662 2735 741 , , , 1662 2735 742 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2735 743 , , , 1662 2735 744 IMO imo RB 1662 2735 745 , , , 1662 2735 746 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2735 747 , , , 1662 2735 748 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 2735 749 , , , 1662 2735 750 IOC IOC NNP 1662 2735 751 , , , 1662 2735 752 IOM IOM NNP 1662 2735 753 , , , 1662 2735 754 ISO ISO NNP 1662 2735 755 , , , 1662 2735 756 ITU ITU NNP 1662 2735 757 , , , 1662 2735 758 LAES LAES NNP 1662 2735 759 , , , 1662 2735 760 LAIA LAIA NNP 1662 2735 761 , , , 1662 2735 762 NAM NAM NNP 1662 2735 763 , , , 1662 2735 764 OAS OAS NNP 1662 2735 765 , , , 1662 2735 766 OPANAL OPANAL NNP 1662 2735 767 , , , 1662 2735 768 PCA PCA NNP 1662 2735 769 , , , 1662 2735 770 RG RG NNP 1662 2735 771 , , , 1662 2735 772 UN UN NNP 1662 2735 773 , , , 1662 2735 774 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 2735 775 , , , 1662 2735 776 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 2735 777 , , , 1662 2735 778 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 2735 779 , , , 1662 2735 780 UPU UPU NNP 1662 2735 781 , , , 1662 2735 782 WCL WCL NNP 1662 2735 783 , , , 1662 2735 784 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 2735 785 , , , 1662 2735 786 WHO who WP 1662 2735 787 , , , 1662 2735 788 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 2735 789 , , , 1662 2735 790 WMO WMO NNP 1662 2735 791 , , , 1662 2735 792 WToO wtoo FW 1662 2735 793 , , , 1662 2735 794 WTrO wtro VB 1662 2735 795 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2735 796 representation representation NN 1662 2735 797 in in IN 1662 2735 798 the the DT 1662 2735 799 US US NNP 1662 2735 800 : : : 1662 2735 801 chief chief NN 1662 2735 802 of of IN 1662 2735 803 mission mission NN 1662 2735 804 : : : 1662 2735 805 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2735 806 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2735 807 vacant vacant JJ 1662 2735 808 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 809 ; ; : 1662 2735 810 Charge Charge NNP 1662 2735 811 d'Affaires d'Affaires NNP 1662 2735 812 Fernando Fernando NNP 1662 2735 813 FLORES FLORES NNP 1662 2735 814 chancery chancery NN 1662 2735 815 : : : 1662 2735 816 2535 2535 CD 1662 2735 817 15th 15th NNP 1662 2735 818 Street Street NNP 1662 2735 819 NW NW NNP 1662 2735 820 , , , 1662 2735 821 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2735 822 , , , 1662 2735 823 DC DC NNP 1662 2735 824 20009 20009 CD 1662 2735 825 telephone telephone NN 1662 2735 826 : : : 1662 2735 827 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2735 828 1 1 CD 1662 2735 829 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2735 830 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2735 831 202 202 CD 1662 2735 832 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 833 234 234 CD 1662 2735 834 - - HYPH 1662 2735 835 7200 7200 CD 1662 2735 836 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 2735 837 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 838 general general NN 1662 2735 839 : : : 1662 2735 840 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 2735 841 , , , 1662 2735 842 Houston Houston NNP 1662 2735 843 , , , 1662 2735 844 Los Los NNP 1662 2735 845 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 2735 846 , , , 1662 2735 847 Miami Miami NNP 1662 2735 848 , , , 1662 2735 849 New New NNP 1662 2735 850 Orleans Orleans NNP 1662 2735 851 , , , 1662 2735 852 New New NNP 1662 2735 853 York York NNP 1662 2735 854 , , , 1662 2735 855 Philadelphia Philadelphia NNP 1662 2735 856 , , , 1662 2735 857 and and CC 1662 2735 858 San San NNP 1662 2735 859 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 2735 860 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 2735 861 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 862 : : : 1662 2735 863 Newark Newark NNP 1662 2735 864 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2735 865 representation representation NN 1662 2735 866 from from IN 1662 2735 867 the the DT 1662 2735 868 US US NNP 1662 2735 869 : : : 1662 2735 870 chief chief NN 1662 2735 871 of of IN 1662 2735 872 mission mission NN 1662 2735 873 : : : 1662 2735 874 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2735 875 Leslie Leslie NNP 1662 2735 876 ALEXANDER ALEXANDER NNP 1662 2735 877 embassy embassy NN 1662 2735 878 : : : 1662 2735 879 Avenida Avenida NNP 1662 2735 880 12 12 CD 1662 2735 881 de de IN 1662 2735 882 Octubre Octubre NNP 1662 2735 883 and and CC 1662 2735 884 Avenida Avenida NNP 1662 2735 885 Patria Patria NNP 1662 2735 886 , , , 1662 2735 887 Quito Quito NNP 1662 2735 888 mailing mail VBG 1662 2735 889 address address NN 1662 2735 890 : : : 1662 2735 891 APO APO NNP 1662 2735 892 AA AA NNP 1662 2735 893 34039 34039 CD 1662 2735 894 telephone telephone NN 1662 2735 895 : : : 1662 2735 896 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2735 897 593 593 CD 1662 2735 898 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2735 899 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2735 900 2 2 LS 1662 2735 901 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 902 562 562 CD 1662 2735 903 - - HYPH 1662 2735 904 890 890 CD 1662 2735 905 FAX fax NN 1662 2735 906 : : : 1662 2735 907 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2735 908 593 593 CD 1662 2735 909 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2735 910 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2735 911 2 2 LS 1662 2735 912 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 913 502 502 CD 1662 2735 914 - - HYPH 1662 2735 915 052 052 CD 1662 2735 916 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 2735 917 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 918 general general NN 1662 2735 919 : : : 1662 2735 920 Guayaquil Guayaquil NNP 1662 2735 921 Flag Flag NNP 1662 2735 922 description description NN 1662 2735 923 : : : 1662 2735 924 three three CD 1662 2735 925 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 2735 926 bands band NNS 1662 2735 927 of of IN 1662 2735 928 yellow yellow NN 1662 2735 929 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2735 930 top top JJ 1662 2735 931 , , , 1662 2735 932 double double JJ 1662 2735 933 width width NN 1662 2735 934 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2735 935 , , , 1662 2735 936 blue blue JJ 1662 2735 937 , , , 1662 2735 938 and and CC 1662 2735 939 red red JJ 1662 2735 940 with with IN 1662 2735 941 the the DT 1662 2735 942 coat coat NN 1662 2735 943 of of IN 1662 2735 944 arms arm NNS 1662 2735 945 superimposed superimpose VBN 1662 2735 946 at at IN 1662 2735 947 the the DT 1662 2735 948 center center NN 1662 2735 949 of of IN 1662 2735 950 the the DT 1662 2735 951 flag flag NN 1662 2735 952 ; ; : 1662 2735 953 similar similar JJ 1662 2735 954 to to IN 1662 2735 955 the the DT 1662 2735 956 flag flag NN 1662 2735 957 of of IN 1662 2735 958 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 2735 959 that that WDT 1662 2735 960 is be VBZ 1662 2735 961 shorter short JJR 1662 2735 962 and and CC 1662 2735 963 does do VBZ 1662 2735 964 not not RB 1662 2735 965 bear bear VB 1662 2735 966 a a DT 1662 2735 967 coat coat NN 1662 2735 968 of of IN 1662 2735 969 arms arm NNS 1662 2735 970 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2735 971 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2735 972 - - HYPH 1662 2735 973 overview overview NN 1662 2735 974 : : : 1662 2735 975 Ecuador Ecuador NNP 1662 2735 976 has have VBZ 1662 2735 977 substantial substantial JJ 1662 2735 978 oil oil NN 1662 2735 979 resources resource NNS 1662 2735 980 and and CC 1662 2735 981 rich rich JJ 1662 2735 982 agricultural 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the the DT 1662 2737 10 government government NN 1662 2737 11 has have VBZ 1662 2737 12 repeatedly repeatedly RB 1662 2737 13 initiated initiate VBN 1662 2737 14 ill ill RB 1662 2737 15 - - HYPH 1662 2737 16 conceived conceived JJ 1662 2737 17 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2737 18 stabilization stabilization NN 1662 2737 19 measures measure NNS 1662 2737 20 . . . 1662 2738 1 The the DT 1662 2738 2 populist populist JJ 1662 2738 3 government government NN 1662 2738 4 of of IN 1662 2738 5 Abdala Abdala NNP 1662 2738 6 BUCARAM BUCARAM NNP 1662 2738 7 Ortiz Ortiz NNP 1662 2738 8 proposed propose VBD 1662 2738 9 a a DT 1662 2738 10 major major JJ 1662 2738 11 currency currency NN 1662 2738 12 reform reform NN 1662 2738 13 in in IN 1662 2738 14 1996 1996 CD 1662 2738 15 , , , 1662 2738 16 but but CC 1662 2738 17 popular popular JJ 1662 2738 18 discontent discontent NN 1662 2738 19 with with IN 1662 2738 20 new new JJ 1662 2738 21 austerity austerity NN 1662 2738 22 measures measure NNS 1662 2738 23 and and CC 1662 2738 24 rampant rampant JJ 1662 2738 25 official official JJ 1662 2738 26 corruption corruption NN 1662 2738 27 undermined undermine VBD 1662 2738 28 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2738 29 government government NN 1662 2738 30 's 's POS 1662 2738 31 position position NN 1662 2738 32 . . . 1662 2739 1 Congress Congress NNP 1662 2739 2 replaced replace VBD 1662 2739 3 BUCARAM BUCARAM NNP 1662 2739 4 with with IN 1662 2739 5 Fabian fabian JJ 1662 2739 6 ALARCON ALARCON NNP 1662 2739 7 in in IN 1662 2739 8 February February NNP 1662 2739 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2739 10 . . . 1662 2740 1 ALARCON ALARCON NNP 1662 2740 2 has have VBZ 1662 2740 3 adopted adopt VBN 1662 2740 4 a a DT 1662 2740 5 minimalist minimalist JJ 1662 2740 6 economic economic JJ 1662 2740 7 program program NN 1662 2740 8 that that WDT 1662 2740 9 puts put VBZ 1662 2740 10 off off RP 1662 2740 11 major major JJ 1662 2740 12 decisions decision NNS 1662 2740 13 until until IN 1662 2740 14 the the DT 1662 2740 15 next next JJ 1662 2740 16 elected elect VBN 1662 2740 17 government government NN 1662 2740 18 takes take VBZ 1662 2740 19 office office NN 1662 2740 20 in in IN 1662 2740 21 August August NNP 1662 2740 22 1998 1998 CD 1662 2740 23 . . . 1662 2741 1 Ecuador Ecuador NNP 1662 2741 2 has have VBZ 1662 2741 3 joined join VBN 1662 2741 4 the the DT 1662 2741 5 Word Word NNP 1662 2741 6 Trade Trade NNP 1662 2741 7 Organization Organization NNP 1662 2741 8 in in IN 1662 2741 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 2741 10 , , , 1662 2741 11 but but CC 1662 2741 12 has have VBZ 1662 2741 13 failed fail VBN 1662 2741 14 to to TO 1662 2741 15 comply comply VB 1662 2741 16 with with IN 1662 2741 17 many many JJ 1662 2741 18 of of IN 1662 2741 19 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2741 20 accession accession NN 1662 2741 21 commitments commitment NNS 1662 2741 22 . . . 1662 2742 1 Growth growth NN 1662 2742 2 slowed slow VBD 1662 2742 3 to to IN 1662 2742 4 2.0 2.0 CD 1662 2742 5 % % NN 1662 2742 6 in in IN 1662 2742 7 1996 1996 CD 1662 2742 8 , , , 1662 2742 9 due due IN 1662 2742 10 to to IN 1662 2742 11 a a DT 1662 2742 12 lack lack NN 1662 2742 13 of of IN 1662 2742 14 investment investment NN 1662 2742 15 caused cause VBN 1662 2742 16 by by IN 1662 2742 17 political political JJ 1662 2742 18 uncertainty uncertainty NN 1662 2742 19 and and CC 1662 2742 20 high high JJ 1662 2742 21 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2742 22 interest interest NN 1662 2742 23 rates rate NNS 1662 2742 24 . . . 1662 2743 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2743 2 : : : 1662 2743 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2743 4 power power NN 1662 2743 5 parity parity NN 1662 2743 6 - - : 1662 2743 7 $ $ $ 1662 2743 8 47 47 CD 1662 2743 9 billion billion CD 1662 2743 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2743 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 2743 12 est est NNP 1662 2743 13 . . . 1662 2743 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2744 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2744 2 - - HYPH 1662 2744 3 real real JJ 1662 2744 4 growth growth NN 1662 2744 5 rate rate NN 1662 2744 6 : : : 1662 2744 7 2 2 CD 1662 2744 8 % % NN 1662 2744 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2744 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 2744 11 est est NNP 1662 2744 12 . . . 1662 2744 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2745 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2745 2 - - HYPH 1662 2745 3 per per FW 1662 2745 4 capita capita NN 1662 2745 5 : : : 1662 2745 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2745 7 power power NN 1662 2745 8 parity parity NN 1662 2745 9 - - : 1662 2745 10 $ $ $ 1662 2745 11 4,100 4,100 CD 1662 2745 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2745 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 2745 14 est est NNP 1662 2745 15 . . . 1662 2745 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2746 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2746 2 - - HYPH 1662 2746 3 composition composition NN 1662 2746 4 by by IN 1662 2746 5 sector sector NN 1662 2746 6 : : : 1662 2746 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2746 8 : : : 1662 2746 9 13 13 CD 1662 2746 10 % % NN 1662 2746 11 industry industry NN 1662 2746 12 : : : 1662 2746 13 38 38 CD 1662 2746 14 % % NN 1662 2746 15 services service NNS 1662 2746 16 : : : 1662 2746 17 49 49 CD 1662 2746 18 % % NN 1662 2746 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2746 20 1996 1996 CD 1662 2746 21 est est NNP 1662 2746 22 . . . 1662 2746 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2747 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 2747 2 rate rate NN 1662 2747 3 - - HYPH 1662 2747 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 2747 5 price price NN 1662 2747 6 index index NN 1662 2747 7 : : : 1662 2747 8 26 26 CD 1662 2747 9 % % NN 1662 2747 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2747 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 2747 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2747 13 Labor labor NN 1662 2747 14 force force NN 1662 2747 15 : : : 1662 2747 16 total total NN 1662 2747 17 : : : 1662 2747 18 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 2747 19 million million CD 1662 2747 20 by by IN 1662 2747 21 occupation occupation NN 1662 2747 22 : : : 1662 2747 23 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2747 24 29 29 CD 1662 2747 25 % % NN 1662 2747 26 , , , 1662 2747 27 manufacturing manufacture VBG 1662 2747 28 18 18 CD 1662 2747 29 % % NN 1662 2747 30 , , , 1662 2747 31 commerce commerce NN 1662 2747 32 15 15 CD 1662 2747 33 % % NN 1662 2747 34 , , , 1662 2747 35 services service NNS 1662 2747 36 and and CC 1662 2747 37 other other JJ 1662 2747 38 activities activity NNS 1662 2747 39 38 38 CD 1662 2747 40 % % NN 1662 2747 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2747 42 1990 1990 CD 1662 2747 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2747 44 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2747 45 rate rate NN 1662 2747 46 : : : 1662 2747 47 8.5 8.5 CD 1662 2747 48 % % NN 1662 2747 49 with with IN 1662 2747 50 widespread widespread JJ 1662 2747 51 underemployment underemployment NN 1662 2747 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2747 53 1996 1996 CD 1662 2747 54 est est NNP 1662 2747 55 . . . 1662 2747 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2748 1 Budget budget NN 1662 2748 2 : : : 1662 2748 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2748 4 : : : 1662 2748 5 $ $ $ 1662 2748 6 3.6 3.6 CD 1662 2748 7 billion billion CD 1662 2748 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2748 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2748 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2748 11 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2748 12 : : : 1662 2748 13 $ $ $ 1662 2748 14 3.6 3.6 CD 1662 2748 15 billion billion CD 1662 2748 16 , , , 1662 2748 17 including include VBG 1662 2748 18 capital capital NN 1662 2748 19 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2748 20 of of IN 1662 2748 21 $ $ $ 1662 2748 22 NA na NN 1662 2748 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2748 24 1996 1996 CD 1662 2748 25 est est NNP 1662 2748 26 . . . 1662 2748 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2749 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 2749 2 : : : 1662 2749 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2749 4 , , , 1662 2749 5 food food NN 1662 2749 6 processing processing NN 1662 2749 7 , , , 1662 2749 8 textiles textile NNS 1662 2749 9 , , , 1662 2749 10 metal metal NN 1662 2749 11 work work NN 1662 2749 12 , , , 1662 2749 13 paper paper NN 1662 2749 14 products product NNS 1662 2749 15 , , , 1662 2749 16 wood wood NN 1662 2749 17 products product NNS 1662 2749 18 , , , 1662 2749 19 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 2749 20 , , , 1662 2749 21 plastics plastic NNS 1662 2749 22 , , , 1662 2749 23 fishing fishing NN 1662 2749 24 , , , 1662 2749 25 lumber lumber VBP 1662 2749 26 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2749 27 production production NN 1662 2749 28 growth growth NN 1662 2749 29 rate rate NN 1662 2749 30 : : : 1662 2749 31 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 2749 32 % % NN 1662 2749 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2749 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 2749 35 est est NNP 1662 2749 36 . . . 1662 2749 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2750 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2750 2 - - HYPH 1662 2750 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 2750 4 : : : 1662 2750 5 2.754 2.754 CD 1662 2750 6 million million CD 1662 2750 7 kW kW NNP 1662 2750 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2750 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 2750 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2750 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2750 12 - - HYPH 1662 2750 13 production production NN 1662 2750 14 : : : 1662 2750 15 9.27 9.27 CD 1662 2750 16 billion billion CD 1662 2750 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2750 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2750 19 1996 1996 CD 1662 2750 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2750 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2750 22 - - HYPH 1662 2750 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 2750 24 per per IN 1662 2750 25 capita capita NN 1662 2750 26 : : : 1662 2750 27 600 600 CD 1662 2750 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2750 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2750 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 2750 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2750 32 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2750 33 - - HYPH 1662 2750 34 products product NNS 1662 2750 35 : : : 1662 2750 36 bananas banana NNS 1662 2750 37 , , , 1662 2750 38 coffee coffee NN 1662 2750 39 , , , 1662 2750 40 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 2750 41 , , , 1662 2750 42 rice rice NN 1662 2750 43 , , , 1662 2750 44 potatoes potato NNS 1662 2750 45 , , , 1662 2750 46 manioc manioc NNP 1662 2750 47 , , , 1662 2750 48 plantains plantain NNS 1662 2750 49 , , , 1662 2750 50 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 2750 51 ; ; : 1662 2750 52 cattle cattle NNS 1662 2750 53 , , , 1662 2750 54 sheep sheep NNS 1662 2750 55 , , , 1662 2750 56 pigs pig NNS 1662 2750 57 , , , 1662 2750 58 beef beef NN 1662 2750 59 , , , 1662 2750 60 pork pork NN 1662 2750 61 , , , 1662 2750 62 dairy dairy NN 1662 2750 63 products product NNS 1662 2750 64 ; ; , 1662 2750 65 balsa balsa NNP 1662 2750 66 wood wood NNP 1662 2750 67 ; ; , 1662 2750 68 fish fish NN 1662 2750 69 , , , 1662 2750 70 shrimp shrimp NN 1662 2750 71 Exports export NNS 1662 2750 72 : : : 1662 2750 73 total total JJ 1662 2750 74 value value NN 1662 2750 75 : : : 1662 2750 76 $ $ $ 1662 2750 77 4.9 4.9 CD 1662 2750 78 billion billion CD 1662 2750 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2750 80 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2750 81 . . NNP 1662 2750 82 , , , 1662 2750 83 1996 1996 CD 1662 2750 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2750 85 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2750 86 : : : 1662 2750 87 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2750 88 37 37 CD 1662 2750 89 % % NN 1662 2750 90 , , , 1662 2750 91 bananas bananas NNP 1662 2750 92 20 20 CD 1662 2750 93 % % NN 1662 2750 94 , , , 1662 2750 95 shrimp shrimp VBP 1662 2750 96 13 13 CD 1662 2750 97 % % NN 1662 2750 98 , , , 1662 2750 99 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 2750 100 2 2 CD 1662 2750 101 % % NN 1662 2750 102 , , , 1662 2750 103 coffee coffee NN 1662 2750 104 3 3 CD 1662 2750 105 % % NN 1662 2750 106 partners partner NNS 1662 2750 107 : : : 1662 2750 108 US US NNP 1662 2750 109 39 39 CD 1662 2750 110 % % NN 1662 2750 111 , , , 1662 2750 112 Latin Latin NNP 1662 2750 113 America America NNP 1662 2750 114 25 25 CD 1662 2750 115 % % NN 1662 2750 116 , , , 1662 2750 117 EU EU NNP 1662 2750 118 countries country NNS 1662 2750 119 22 22 CD 1662 2750 120 % % NN 1662 2750 121 , , , 1662 2750 122 Asia Asia NNP 1662 2750 123 12 12 CD 1662 2750 124 % % NN 1662 2750 125 Imports import NNS 1662 2750 126 : : : 1662 2750 127 total total JJ 1662 2750 128 value value NN 1662 2750 129 : : : 1662 2750 130 $ $ $ 1662 2750 131 3.7 3.7 CD 1662 2750 132 billion billion CD 1662 2750 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2750 134 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 2750 135 . . NNP 1662 2750 136 , , , 1662 2750 137 1995 1995 CD 1662 2750 138 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2750 139 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2750 140 : : : 1662 2750 141 transport transport NN 1662 2750 142 equipment equipment NN 1662 2750 143 , , , 1662 2750 144 consumer consumer NN 1662 2750 145 goods good NNS 1662 2750 146 , , , 1662 2750 147 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 2750 148 , , , 1662 2750 149 machinery machinery NN 1662 2750 150 , , , 1662 2750 151 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 2750 152 partners partner NNS 1662 2750 153 : : : 1662 2750 154 US US NNP 1662 2750 155 32 32 CD 1662 2750 156 % % NN 1662 2750 157 , , , 1662 2750 158 EU EU NNP 1662 2750 159 19 19 CD 1662 2750 160 % % NN 1662 2750 161 , , , 1662 2750 162 Latin Latin NNP 1662 2750 163 America America NNP 1662 2750 164 35 35 CD 1662 2750 165 % % NN 1662 2750 166 , , , 1662 2750 167 Asia Asia NNP 1662 2750 168 11 11 CD 1662 2750 169 % % NN 1662 2750 170 Debt debt NN 1662 2750 171 - - HYPH 1662 2750 172 external external JJ 1662 2750 173 : : : 1662 2750 174 $ $ $ 1662 2750 175 12.6 12.6 CD 1662 2750 176 billion billion CD 1662 2750 177 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2750 178 1996 1996 CD 1662 2750 179 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2750 180 Economic economic JJ 1662 2750 181 aid aid NN 1662 2750 182 : : : 1662 2750 183 recipient recipient NN 1662 2750 184 : : : 1662 2750 185 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2750 186 , , , 1662 2750 187 $ $ $ 1662 2750 188 153 153 CD 1662 2750 189 million million CD 1662 2750 190 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2750 191 1993 1993 CD 1662 2750 192 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2750 193 note note NN 1662 2750 194 : : : 1662 2750 195 received receive VBN 1662 2750 196 $ $ $ 1662 2750 197 12.7 12.7 CD 1662 2750 198 million million CD 1662 2750 199 from from IN 1662 2750 200 the the DT 1662 2750 201 US US NNP 1662 2750 202 and and CC 1662 2750 203 $ $ $ 1662 2750 204 160 160 CD 1662 2750 205 million million CD 1662 2750 206 from from IN 1662 2750 207 other other JJ 1662 2750 208 countries country NNS 1662 2750 209 in in IN 1662 2750 210 1995 1995 CD 1662 2750 211 Currency Currency NNP 1662 2750 212 : : : 1662 2750 213 1 1 CD 1662 2750 214 sucre sucre NN 1662 2750 215 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2750 216 S/ S/ NNP 1662 2750 217 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2750 218 = = NFP 1662 2750 219 100 100 CD 1662 2750 220 centavos centavos NNP 1662 2750 221 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2750 222 rates rate NNS 1662 2750 223 : : : 1662 2750 224 sucres sucre NNS 1662 2750 225 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2750 226 S/ S/ NNP 1662 2750 227 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2750 228 per per IN 1662 2750 229 US$ us$ $ 1662 2750 230 1 1 CD 1662 2750 231 - - SYM 1662 2750 232 3,674.9 3,674.9 CD 1662 2750 233 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2750 234 January January NNP 1662 2750 235 1997 1997 CD 1662 2750 236 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2750 237 , , , 1662 2750 238 3,189.5 3,189.5 CD 1662 2750 239 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2750 240 1996 1996 CD 1662 2750 241 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2750 242 , , , 1662 2750 243 2,564.5 2,564.5 CD 1662 2750 244 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2750 245 1995 1995 CD 1662 2750 246 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2750 247 , , , 1662 2750 248 2,196.7 2,196.7 CD 1662 2750 249 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2750 250 1994 1994 CD 1662 2750 251 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2750 252 , , , 1662 2750 253 1,919.1 1,919.1 CD 1662 2750 254 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2750 255 1993 1993 CD 1662 2750 256 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2750 257 , , , 1662 2750 258 1,534.0 1,534.0 CD 1662 2750 259 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2750 260 1992 1992 CD 1662 2750 261 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2750 262 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2750 263 year year NN 1662 2750 264 : : : 1662 2750 265 calendar calendar NNP 1662 2750 266 year year NN 1662 2750 267 @Ecuador @ecuador XX 1662 2750 268 : : : 1662 2750 269 Communications Communications NNP 1662 2750 270 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 2750 271 : : : 1662 2750 272 586,300 586,300 CD 1662 2750 273 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2750 274 1994 1994 CD 1662 2750 275 est est NNP 1662 2750 276 . . . 1662 2750 277 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2751 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2751 2 system system NN 1662 2751 3 : : : 1662 2751 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2751 5 : : : 1662 2751 6 facilities facility NNS 1662 2751 7 generally generally RB 1662 2751 8 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 2751 9 and and CC 1662 2751 10 unreliable unreliable JJ 1662 2751 11 international international JJ 1662 2751 12 : : : 1662 2751 13 satellite satellite NN 1662 2751 14 earth earth NNP 1662 2751 15 station station NNP 1662 2751 16 - - : 1662 2751 17 1 1 CD 1662 2751 18 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2751 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2751 20 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2751 21 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2751 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2751 23 Radio radio NN 1662 2751 24 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2751 25 stations station NNS 1662 2751 26 : : : 1662 2751 27 AM AM NNP 1662 2751 28 272 272 CD 1662 2751 29 , , , 1662 2751 30 FM FM NNP 1662 2751 31 0 0 CD 1662 2751 32 , , , 1662 2751 33 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2751 34 39 39 CD 1662 2751 35 Radios radio NNS 1662 2751 36 : : : 1662 2751 37 NA NA NNP 1662 2751 38 Television Television NNP 1662 2751 39 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2751 40 stations station NNS 1662 2751 41 : : : 1662 2751 42 33 33 CD 1662 2751 43 Televisions television NNS 1662 2751 44 : : : 1662 2751 45 940,000 940,000 CD 1662 2751 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2751 47 1992 1992 CD 1662 2751 48 est est NNP 1662 2751 49 . . . 1662 2751 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2752 1 @Ecuador @ecuador XX 1662 2752 2 : : : 1662 2752 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2752 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2752 5 : : : 1662 2752 6 total total NN 1662 2752 7 : : : 1662 2752 8 965 965 CD 1662 2752 9 km km NN 1662 2752 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2752 11 single single JJ 1662 2752 12 track track NN 1662 2752 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2752 14 narrow narrow JJ 1662 2752 15 gauge gauge NN 1662 2752 16 : : : 1662 2752 17 965 965 CD 1662 2752 18 km km NN 1662 2752 19 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 2752 20 gauge gauge NN 1662 2752 21 Highways highway NNS 1662 2752 22 : : : 1662 2752 23 total total NN 1662 2752 24 : : : 1662 2752 25 43,106 43,106 CD 1662 2752 26 km km NNS 1662 2752 27 paved pave VBN 1662 2752 28 : : : 1662 2752 29 7,932 7,932 CD 1662 2752 30 km km NN 1662 2752 31 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2752 32 : : : 1662 2752 33 35,174 35,174 CD 1662 2752 34 km km NNS 1662 2752 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2752 36 1995 1995 CD 1662 2752 37 est est NNP 1662 2752 38 . . . 1662 2752 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2753 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 2753 2 : : : 1662 2753 3 1,500 1,500 CD 1662 2753 4 km km NNP 1662 2753 5 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 2753 6 : : : 1662 2753 7 crude crude JJ 1662 2753 8 oil oil NN 1662 2753 9 800 800 CD 1662 2753 10 km km NN 1662 2753 11 ; ; : 1662 2753 12 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2753 13 products product NNS 1662 2753 14 1,358 1,358 CD 1662 2753 15 km km NN 1662 2753 16 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 2753 17 and and CC 1662 2753 18 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2753 19 : : : 1662 2753 20 Esmeraldas Esmeraldas NNP 1662 2753 21 , , , 1662 2753 22 Guayaquil Guayaquil NNP 1662 2753 23 , , , 1662 2753 24 La La NNP 1662 2753 25 Libertad Libertad NNP 1662 2753 26 , , , 1662 2753 27 Manta Manta NNP 1662 2753 28 , , , 1662 2753 29 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 2753 30 Bolivar Bolivar NNP 1662 2753 31 , , , 1662 2753 32 San San NNP 1662 2753 33 Lorenzo Lorenzo NNP 1662 2753 34 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2753 35 marine marine NN 1662 2753 36 : : : 1662 2753 37 total total NN 1662 2753 38 : : : 1662 2753 39 20 20 CD 1662 2753 40 ships ship NNS 1662 2753 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2753 42 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2753 43 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2753 44 or or CC 1662 2753 45 over over RB 1662 2753 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2753 47 totaling total VBG 1662 2753 48 117,401 117,401 CD 1662 2753 49 GRT/179,142 GRT/179,142 NNP 1662 2753 50 DWT DWT NNP 1662 2753 51 ships ship NNS 1662 2753 52 by by IN 1662 2753 53 type type NN 1662 2753 54 : : : 1662 2753 55 container container NN 1662 2753 56 2 2 CD 1662 2753 57 , , , 1662 2753 58 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 2753 59 gas gas NN 1662 2753 60 tanker tanker NN 1662 2753 61 1 1 CD 1662 2753 62 , , , 1662 2753 63 oil oil NN 1662 2753 64 tanker tanker NN 1662 2753 65 14 14 CD 1662 2753 66 , , , 1662 2753 67 passenger passenger NN 1662 2753 68 2 2 CD 1662 2753 69 , , , 1662 2753 70 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 2753 71 cargo cargo NN 1662 2753 72 1 1 CD 1662 2753 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2753 74 1996 1996 CD 1662 2753 75 est est NNP 1662 2753 76 . . . 1662 2753 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2754 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2754 2 : : : 1662 2754 3 179 179 CD 1662 2754 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2754 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2754 6 est est NNP 1662 2754 7 . . . 1662 2754 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2755 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2755 2 - - , 1662 2755 3 with with IN 1662 2755 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2755 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2755 6 : : : 1662 2755 7 total total NN 1662 2755 8 : : : 1662 2755 9 143 143 CD 1662 2755 10 over over IN 1662 2755 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2755 12 m m NN 1662 2755 13 : : : 1662 2755 14 2 2 CD 1662 2755 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2755 16 to to TO 1662 2755 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2755 18 m m NN 1662 2755 19 : : : 1662 2755 20 6 6 CD 1662 2755 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2755 22 to to TO 1662 2755 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2755 24 m m CD 1662 2755 25 : : : 1662 2755 26 11 11 CD 1662 2755 27 914 914 CD 1662 2755 28 to to TO 1662 2755 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2755 30 m m NN 1662 2755 31 : : : 1662 2755 32 13 13 CD 1662 2755 33 under under IN 1662 2755 34 914 914 CD 1662 2755 35 m m NN 1662 2755 36 : : : 1662 2755 37 111 111 CD 1662 2755 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2755 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 2755 40 est est NNP 1662 2755 41 . . . 1662 2755 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2756 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2756 2 - - , 1662 2756 3 with with IN 1662 2756 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2756 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2756 6 : : : 1662 2756 7 total total NN 1662 2756 8 : : : 1662 2756 9 36 36 CD 1662 2756 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2756 11 to to TO 1662 2756 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2756 13 m m NN 1662 2756 14 : : : 1662 2756 15 3 3 CD 1662 2756 16 914 914 CD 1662 2756 17 to to TO 1662 2756 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2756 19 m m NN 1662 2756 20 : : : 1662 2756 21 33 33 CD 1662 2756 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2756 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2756 24 est est NNP 1662 2756 25 . . . 1662 2756 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2757 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 2757 2 : : : 1662 2757 3 1 1 CD 1662 2757 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2757 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2757 6 est est NNP 1662 2757 7 . . . 1662 2757 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2758 1 Military military JJ 1662 2758 2 Military military JJ 1662 2758 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2758 4 : : : 1662 2758 5 Army Army NNP 1662 2758 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2758 7 Ejercito Ejercito NNP 1662 2758 8 Ecuatoriano Ecuatoriano NNP 1662 2758 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2758 10 , , , 1662 2758 11 Navy Navy NNP 1662 2758 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2758 13 Armada Armada NNP 1662 2758 14 Ecuatoriana Ecuatoriana NNP 1662 2758 15 , , , 1662 2758 16 includes include VBZ 1662 2758 17 Marines Marines NNPS 1662 2758 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2758 19 , , , 1662 2758 20 Air Air NNP 1662 2758 21 Force Force NNP 1662 2758 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2758 23 Fuerza Fuerza NNP 1662 2758 24 Aerea Aerea NNP 1662 2758 25 Ecuatoriana Ecuatoriana NNP 1662 2758 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2758 27 , , , 1662 2758 28 National National NNP 1662 2758 29 Police Police NNP 1662 2758 30 Military Military NNP 1662 2758 31 manpower manpower NN 1662 2758 32 - - HYPH 1662 2758 33 military military NN 1662 2758 34 age age NN 1662 2758 35 : : : 1662 2758 36 20 20 CD 1662 2758 37 years year NNS 1662 2758 38 of of IN 1662 2758 39 age age NN 1662 2758 40 Military military JJ 1662 2758 41 manpower manpower NN 1662 2758 42 - - HYPH 1662 2758 43 availability availability NN 1662 2758 44 : : : 1662 2758 45 males male NNS 1662 2758 46 age age NNP 1662 2758 47 15 15 CD 1662 2758 48 - - HYPH 1662 2758 49 49 49 CD 1662 2758 50 : : : 1662 2758 51 3,077,812 3,077,812 CD 1662 2758 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2758 53 1997 1997 CD 1662 2758 54 est est NNP 1662 2758 55 . . . 1662 2758 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2759 1 Military military JJ 1662 2759 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2759 3 - - HYPH 1662 2759 4 fit fit NN 1662 2759 5 for for IN 1662 2759 6 military military JJ 1662 2759 7 service service NN 1662 2759 8 : : : 1662 2759 9 males male NNS 1662 2759 10 : : : 1662 2759 11 2,079,537 2,079,537 CD 1662 2759 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2759 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2759 14 est e JJS 1662 2759 15 . . . 1662 2759 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2760 1 Military military JJ 1662 2760 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2760 3 - - HYPH 1662 2760 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 2760 5 military military JJ 1662 2760 6 age age NN 1662 2760 7 annually annually RB 1662 2760 8 : : : 1662 2760 9 males male NNS 1662 2760 10 : : : 1662 2760 11 125,185 125,185 CD 1662 2760 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2760 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2760 14 est est NNP 1662 2760 15 . . . 1662 2760 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2761 1 Military military JJ 1662 2761 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2761 3 - - HYPH 1662 2761 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2761 5 figure figure NN 1662 2761 6 : : : 1662 2761 7 $ $ $ 1662 2761 8 390.2 390.2 CD 1662 2761 9 million million CD 1662 2761 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2761 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 2761 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2761 13 Military military JJ 1662 2761 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2761 15 - - : 1662 2761 16 percent percent NN 1662 2761 17 of of IN 1662 2761 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2761 19 : : : 1662 2761 20 2.1 2.1 CD 1662 2761 21 % % NN 1662 2761 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2761 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2761 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2761 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2761 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2761 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2761 28 - - HYPH 1662 2761 29 international international RB 1662 2761 30 : : : 1662 2761 31 three three CD 1662 2761 32 sections section NNS 1662 2761 33 of of IN 1662 2761 34 the the DT 1662 2761 35 boundary boundary NN 1662 2761 36 with with IN 1662 2761 37 Peru Peru NNP 1662 2761 38 are be VBP 1662 2761 39 in in IN 1662 2761 40 dispute dispute NN 1662 2761 41 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 2761 42 drugs drug NNS 1662 2761 43 : : : 1662 2761 44 significant significant JJ 1662 2761 45 transit transit NN 1662 2761 46 country country NN 1662 2761 47 for for IN 1662 2761 48 derivatives derivative NNS 1662 2761 49 of of IN 1662 2761 50 coca coca NN 1662 2761 51 originating originate VBG 1662 2761 52 in in IN 1662 2761 53 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 2761 54 , , , 1662 2761 55 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 2761 56 , , , 1662 2761 57 and and CC 1662 2761 58 Peru Peru NNP 1662 2761 59 ; ; , 1662 2761 60 minor minor JJ 1662 2761 61 illicit illicit JJ 1662 2761 62 producer producer NN 1662 2761 63 of of IN 1662 2761 64 coca coca NN 1662 2761 65 ; ; : 1662 2761 66 importer importer NN 1662 2761 67 of of IN 1662 2761 68 precursor precursor NN 1662 2761 69 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 2761 70 used use VBN 1662 2761 71 in in IN 1662 2761 72 production production NN 1662 2761 73 of of IN 1662 2761 74 illicit illicit JJ 1662 2761 75 narcotics narcotic NNS 1662 2761 76 ; ; , 1662 2761 77 important important JJ 1662 2761 78 money money NN 1662 2761 79 - - HYPH 1662 2761 80 laundering laundering NN 1662 2761 81 hub hub NN 1662 2761 82 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 83 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 84 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 85 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 86 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 87 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 88 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 89 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 90 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 91 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 92 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 93 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 94 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 95 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 96 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 97 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 98 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 99 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 100 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 101 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 102 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 103 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 104 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 105 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 106 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 107 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 108 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 109 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 110 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 111 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 112 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 113 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 114 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 115 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 116 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 117 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 118 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 119 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 120 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 121 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 122 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 123 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 124 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 125 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 126 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 127 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 128 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 129 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 130 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 131 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 132 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 133 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 134 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 135 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 136 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 137 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 138 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 139 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 140 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 141 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 142 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 143 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 144 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 145 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 146 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 147 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 148 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 149 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 150 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 151 _ _ NNP 1662 2761 152 EGYPT EGYPT NNP 1662 2761 153 @Egypt @egypt NN 1662 2761 154 : : : 1662 2761 155 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2761 156 Location Location NNP 1662 2761 157 : : : 1662 2761 158 Northern Northern NNP 1662 2761 159 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2761 160 , , , 1662 2761 161 bordering border VBG 1662 2761 162 the the DT 1662 2761 163 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 2761 164 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2761 165 , , , 1662 2761 166 between between IN 1662 2761 167 Libya Libya NNP 1662 2761 168 and and CC 1662 2761 169 the the DT 1662 2761 170 Gaza Gaza NNP 1662 2761 171 Strip Strip NNP 1662 2761 172 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2761 173 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2761 174 : : : 1662 2761 175 27 27 CD 1662 2761 176 00 00 NFP 1662 2761 177 N n CD 1662 2761 178 , , , 1662 2761 179 30 30 CD 1662 2761 180 00 00 CD 1662 2761 181 E e NN 1662 2761 182 Map Map NNP 1662 2761 183 references reference NNS 1662 2761 184 : : : 1662 2761 185 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2761 186 Area Area NNP 1662 2761 187 : : : 1662 2761 188 total total NN 1662 2761 189 : : : 1662 2761 190 1,001,450 1,001,450 CD 1662 2761 191 sq sq NN 1662 2761 192 km km NNP 1662 2761 193 land land NN 1662 2761 194 : : : 1662 2761 195 995,450 995,450 CD 1662 2761 196 sq sq IN 1662 2761 197 km km NNP 1662 2761 198 water water NN 1662 2761 199 : : : 1662 2761 200 6,000 6,000 CD 1662 2761 201 sq sq NN 1662 2761 202 km km NNP 1662 2761 203 Area area NN 1662 2761 204 - - HYPH 1662 2761 205 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2761 206 : : : 1662 2761 207 slightly slightly RB 1662 2761 208 more more JJR 1662 2761 209 than than IN 1662 2761 210 three three CD 1662 2761 211 times time NNS 1662 2761 212 the the DT 1662 2761 213 size size NN 1662 2761 214 of of IN 1662 2761 215 New New NNP 1662 2761 216 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 2761 217 Land Land NNP 1662 2761 218 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2761 219 : : : 1662 2761 220 total total JJ 1662 2761 221 : : : 1662 2761 222 2,689 2,689 CD 1662 2761 223 km km NN 1662 2761 224 border border NN 1662 2761 225 countries country NNS 1662 2761 226 : : : 1662 2761 227 Gaza Gaza NNP 1662 2761 228 Strip Strip NNP 1662 2761 229 11 11 CD 1662 2761 230 km km NN 1662 2761 231 , , , 1662 2761 232 Israel Israel NNP 1662 2761 233 255 255 CD 1662 2761 234 km km NNS 1662 2761 235 , , , 1662 2761 236 Libya Libya NNP 1662 2761 237 1,150 1,150 CD 1662 2761 238 km km NN 1662 2761 239 , , , 1662 2761 240 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 2761 241 1,273 1,273 CD 1662 2761 242 km km NN 1662 2761 243 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2761 244 : : : 1662 2761 245 2,450 2,450 CD 1662 2761 246 km km NN 1662 2761 247 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2761 248 claims claim VBZ 1662 2761 249 : : : 1662 2761 250 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 2761 251 zone zone NN 1662 2761 252 : : : 1662 2761 253 24 24 CD 1662 2761 254 nm nm NNP 1662 2761 255 continental continental JJ 1662 2761 256 shelf shelf NNP 1662 2761 257 : : : 1662 2761 258 200-m 200-m CD 1662 2761 259 depth depth NN 1662 2761 260 or or CC 1662 2761 261 to to IN 1662 2761 262 the the DT 1662 2761 263 depth depth NN 1662 2761 264 of of IN 1662 2761 265 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 2761 266 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 2761 267 economic economic JJ 1662 2761 268 zone zone NN 1662 2761 269 : : : 1662 2761 270 200 200 CD 1662 2761 271 nm nm CD 1662 2761 272 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2761 273 sea sea NN 1662 2761 274 : : : 1662 2761 275 12 12 CD 1662 2761 276 nm nm NNP 1662 2761 277 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2761 278 : : : 1662 2761 279 desert desert NN 1662 2761 280 ; ; , 1662 2761 281 hot hot JJ 1662 2761 282 , , , 1662 2761 283 dry dry JJ 1662 2761 284 summers summer NNS 1662 2761 285 with with IN 1662 2761 286 moderate moderate JJ 1662 2761 287 winters winter NNS 1662 2761 288 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2761 289 : : : 1662 2761 290 vast vast JJ 1662 2761 291 desert desert NN 1662 2761 292 plateau plateau NN 1662 2761 293 interrupted interrupt VBN 1662 2761 294 by by IN 1662 2761 295 Nile Nile NNP 1662 2761 296 valley valley NNP 1662 2761 297 and and CC 1662 2761 298 delta delta NNP 1662 2761 299 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2761 300 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2761 301 : : : 1662 2761 302 lowest low JJS 1662 2761 303 point point NN 1662 2761 304 : : : 1662 2761 305 Qattara Qattara NNP 1662 2761 306 Depression Depression NNP 1662 2761 307 -133 -133 NN 1662 2761 308 m m DT 1662 2761 309 highest high JJS 1662 2761 310 point point NN 1662 2761 311 : : : 1662 2761 312 Mount Mount NNP 1662 2761 313 Catherine Catherine NNP 1662 2761 314 2,629 2,629 CD 1662 2761 315 m m NNP 1662 2761 316 Natural natural JJ 1662 2761 317 resources resource NNS 1662 2761 318 : : : 1662 2761 319 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2761 320 , , , 1662 2761 321 natural natural JJ 1662 2761 322 gas gas NN 1662 2761 323 , , , 1662 2761 324 iron iron NN 1662 2761 325 ore ore NN 1662 2761 326 , , , 1662 2761 327 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 2761 328 , , , 1662 2761 329 manganese manganese NNP 1662 2761 330 , , , 1662 2761 331 limestone limestone NN 1662 2761 332 , , , 1662 2761 333 gypsum gypsum NN 1662 2761 334 , , , 1662 2761 335 talc talc NN 1662 2761 336 , , , 1662 2761 337 asbestos asbestos NN 1662 2761 338 , , , 1662 2761 339 lead lead NN 1662 2761 340 , , , 1662 2761 341 zinc zinc NN 1662 2761 342 Land Land NNP 1662 2761 343 use use NN 1662 2761 344 : : : 1662 2761 345 arable arable JJ 1662 2761 346 land land NN 1662 2761 347 : : : 1662 2761 348 2 2 CD 1662 2761 349 % % NN 1662 2761 350 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2761 351 crops crop NNS 1662 2761 352 : : : 1662 2761 353 0 0 CD 1662 2761 354 % % NN 1662 2761 355 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2761 356 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2761 357 : : : 1662 2761 358 0 0 CD 1662 2761 359 % % NN 1662 2761 360 forests forest NNS 1662 2761 361 and and CC 1662 2761 362 woodland woodland JJ 1662 2761 363 : : : 1662 2761 364 0 0 CD 1662 2761 365 % % NN 1662 2761 366 other other JJ 1662 2761 367 : : : 1662 2761 368 98 98 CD 1662 2761 369 % % NN 1662 2761 370 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2761 371 1993 1993 CD 1662 2761 372 est est NNP 1662 2761 373 . . . 1662 2761 374 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2762 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2762 2 land land NN 1662 2762 3 : : : 1662 2762 4 32,460 32,460 CD 1662 2762 5 sq sq NNP 1662 2762 6 km km NNP 1662 2762 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2762 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2762 9 est est NNP 1662 2762 10 . . . 1662 2762 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2763 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2763 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2763 3 : : : 1662 2763 4 periodic periodic JJ 1662 2763 5 droughts drought NNS 1662 2763 6 ; ; , 1662 2763 7 frequent frequent JJ 1662 2763 8 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 2763 9 , , , 1662 2763 10 flash flash NN 1662 2763 11 floods flood NNS 1662 2763 12 , , , 1662 2763 13 landslides landslide NNS 1662 2763 14 , , , 1662 2763 15 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 2763 16 activity activity NN 1662 2763 17 ; ; , 1662 2763 18 hot hot JJ 1662 2763 19 , , , 1662 2763 20 driving drive VBG 1662 2763 21 windstorm windstorm NN 1662 2763 22 called call VBN 1662 2763 23 khamsin khamsin NNP 1662 2763 24 occurs occur VBZ 1662 2763 25 in in IN 1662 2763 26 spring spring NN 1662 2763 27 ; ; : 1662 2763 28 dust dust NN 1662 2763 29 storms storm NNS 1662 2763 30 , , , 1662 2763 31 sandstorms sandstorm VBZ 1662 2763 32 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2763 33 - - HYPH 1662 2763 34 current current JJ 1662 2763 35 issues issue NNS 1662 2763 36 : : : 1662 2763 37 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 2763 38 land land NN 1662 2763 39 being be VBG 1662 2763 40 lost lose VBN 1662 2763 41 to to IN 1662 2763 42 urbanization urbanization NN 1662 2763 43 and and CC 1662 2763 44 windblown windblown NN 1662 2763 45 sands sand NNS 1662 2763 46 ; ; , 1662 2763 47 increasing increase VBG 1662 2763 48 soil soil NN 1662 2763 49 salinization salinization NN 1662 2763 50 below below IN 1662 2763 51 Aswan Aswan NNP 1662 2763 52 High High NNP 1662 2763 53 Dam Dam NNP 1662 2763 54 ; ; , 1662 2763 55 desertification desertification NN 1662 2763 56 ; ; : 1662 2763 57 oil oil NN 1662 2763 58 pollution pollution NN 1662 2763 59 threatening threaten VBG 1662 2763 60 coral coral JJ 1662 2763 61 reefs reef NNS 1662 2763 62 , , , 1662 2763 63 beaches beach NNS 1662 2763 64 , , , 1662 2763 65 and and CC 1662 2763 66 marine marine JJ 1662 2763 67 habitats habitat NNS 1662 2763 68 ; ; : 1662 2763 69 other other JJ 1662 2763 70 water water NN 1662 2763 71 pollution pollution NN 1662 2763 72 from from IN 1662 2763 73 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 2763 74 pesticides pesticide NNS 1662 2763 75 , , , 1662 2763 76 raw raw JJ 1662 2763 77 sewage sewage NN 1662 2763 78 , , , 1662 2763 79 and and CC 1662 2763 80 industrial industrial JJ 1662 2763 81 effluents effluent NNS 1662 2763 82 ; ; : 1662 2763 83 very very RB 1662 2763 84 limited limited JJ 1662 2763 85 natural natural JJ 1662 2763 86 fresh fresh JJ 1662 2763 87 water water NN 1662 2763 88 resources resource NNS 1662 2763 89 away away RB 1662 2763 90 from from IN 1662 2763 91 the the DT 1662 2763 92 Nile Nile NNP 1662 2763 93 which which WDT 1662 2763 94 is be VBZ 1662 2763 95 the the DT 1662 2763 96 only only JJ 1662 2763 97 perennial perennial JJ 1662 2763 98 water water NN 1662 2763 99 source source NN 1662 2763 100 ; ; : 1662 2763 101 rapid rapid JJ 1662 2763 102 growth growth NN 1662 2763 103 in in IN 1662 2763 104 population population NN 1662 2763 105 overstraining overstrain VBG 1662 2763 106 natural natural JJ 1662 2763 107 resources resource NNS 1662 2763 108 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2763 109 - - HYPH 1662 2763 110 international international JJ 1662 2763 111 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2763 112 : : : 1662 2763 113 party party NN 1662 2763 114 to to TO 1662 2763 115 : : : 1662 2763 116 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 2763 117 , , , 1662 2763 118 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2763 119 Change Change NNP 1662 2763 120 , , , 1662 2763 121 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 2763 122 , , , 1662 2763 123 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2763 124 Species Species NNPS 1662 2763 125 , , , 1662 2763 126 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 2763 127 Modification Modification NNP 1662 2763 128 , , , 1662 2763 129 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 2763 130 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 2763 131 , , , 1662 2763 132 Law Law NNP 1662 2763 133 of of IN 1662 2763 134 the the DT 1662 2763 135 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2763 136 , , , 1662 2763 137 Marine Marine NNP 1662 2763 138 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 2763 139 , , , 1662 2763 140 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 2763 141 Test Test NNP 1662 2763 142 Ban Ban NNP 1662 2763 143 , , , 1662 2763 144 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2763 145 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2763 146 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2763 147 , , , 1662 2763 148 Ship Ship NNP 1662 2763 149 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2763 150 , , , 1662 2763 151 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 2763 152 Timber Timber NNP 1662 2763 153 83 83 CD 1662 2763 154 , , , 1662 2763 155 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 2763 156 Timber Timber NNP 1662 2763 157 94 94 CD 1662 2763 158 , , , 1662 2763 159 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 2763 160 , , , 1662 2763 161 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 2763 162 signed sign VBD 1662 2763 163 , , , 1662 2763 164 but but CC 1662 2763 165 not not RB 1662 2763 166 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2763 167 : : : 1662 2763 168 none none NN 1662 2763 169 of of IN 1662 2763 170 the the DT 1662 2763 171 selected select VBN 1662 2763 172 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2763 173 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2763 174 - - HYPH 1662 2763 175 note note NN 1662 2763 176 : : : 1662 2763 177 controls control NNS 1662 2763 178 Sinai Sinai NNP 1662 2763 179 Peninsula Peninsula NNP 1662 2763 180 , , , 1662 2763 181 only only RB 1662 2763 182 land land NN 1662 2763 183 bridge bridge NN 1662 2763 184 between between IN 1662 2763 185 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2763 186 and and CC 1662 2763 187 remainder remainder NN 1662 2763 188 of of IN 1662 2763 189 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 2763 190 Hemisphere Hemisphere NNP 1662 2763 191 ; ; : 1662 2763 192 controls control VBZ 1662 2763 193 Suez Suez NNP 1662 2763 194 Canal Canal NNP 1662 2763 195 , , , 1662 2763 196 shortest short JJS 1662 2763 197 sea sea NN 1662 2763 198 link link NN 1662 2763 199 between between IN 1662 2763 200 Indian Indian NNP 1662 2763 201 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2763 202 and and CC 1662 2763 203 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 2763 204 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2763 205 ; ; : 1662 2763 206 size size NN 1662 2763 207 , , , 1662 2763 208 and and CC 1662 2763 209 juxtaposition juxtaposition NN 1662 2763 210 to to IN 1662 2763 211 Israel Israel NNP 1662 2763 212 , , , 1662 2763 213 establish establish VB 1662 2763 214 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2763 215 major major JJ 1662 2763 216 role role NN 1662 2763 217 in in IN 1662 2763 218 Middle middle JJ 1662 2763 219 Eastern eastern JJ 1662 2763 220 geopolitics geopolitic NNS 1662 2763 221 @Egypt @egypt NN 1662 2763 222 : : : 1662 2763 223 People People NNS 1662 2763 224 Population Population NNP 1662 2763 225 : : : 1662 2763 226 64,824,466 64,824,466 ADD 1662 2763 227 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2763 228 July July NNP 1662 2763 229 1997 1997 CD 1662 2763 230 est est NNP 1662 2763 231 . . . 1662 2763 232 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2764 1 Age age NN 1662 2764 2 structure structure NN 1662 2764 3 : : : 1662 2764 4 0 0 CD 1662 2764 5 - - HYPH 1662 2764 6 14 14 CD 1662 2764 7 years year NNS 1662 2764 8 : : : 1662 2764 9 36 36 CD 1662 2764 10 % % NN 1662 2764 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2764 12 male male JJ 1662 2764 13 12,080,281 12,080,281 CD 1662 2764 14 ; ; : 1662 2764 15 female female JJ 1662 2764 16 11,556,970 11,556,970 CD 1662 2764 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2764 18 15 15 CD 1662 2764 19 - - SYM 1662 2764 20 64 64 CD 1662 2764 21 years year NNS 1662 2764 22 : : : 1662 2764 23 60 60 CD 1662 2764 24 % % NN 1662 2764 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2764 26 male male JJ 1662 2764 27 19,616,790 19,616,790 CD 1662 2764 28 ; ; : 1662 2764 29 female female JJ 1662 2764 30 19,228,163 19,228,163 CD 1662 2764 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2764 32 65 65 CD 1662 2764 33 years year NNS 1662 2764 34 and and CC 1662 2764 35 over over IN 1662 2764 36 : : : 1662 2764 37 4 4 CD 1662 2764 38 % % NN 1662 2764 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2764 40 male male NN 1662 2764 41 1,050,540 1,050,540 CD 1662 2764 42 ; ; : 1662 2764 43 female female JJ 1662 2764 44 1,291,722 1,291,722 CD 1662 2764 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2764 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2764 47 July July NNP 1662 2764 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2764 49 est est NNP 1662 2764 50 . . . 1662 2764 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2765 1 Population population NN 1662 2765 2 growth growth NN 1662 2765 3 rate rate NN 1662 2765 4 : : : 1662 2765 5 1.89 1.89 CD 1662 2765 6 % % NN 1662 2765 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2765 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2765 9 est est NNP 1662 2765 10 . . . 1662 2765 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2766 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2766 2 rate rate NN 1662 2766 3 : : : 1662 2766 4 27.82 27.82 CD 1662 2766 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 2766 6 population population NN 1662 2766 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2766 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2766 9 est est NNP 1662 2766 10 . . . 1662 2766 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2767 1 Death death NN 1662 2767 2 rate rate NN 1662 2767 3 : : : 1662 2767 4 8.56 8.56 CD 1662 2767 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2767 6 population population NN 1662 2767 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2767 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2767 9 est est NNP 1662 2767 10 . . . 1662 2767 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2768 1 Net net JJ 1662 2768 2 migration migration NN 1662 2768 3 rate rate NN 1662 2768 4 : : : 1662 2768 5 -0.35 -0.35 NFP 1662 2768 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 2768 7 population population NN 1662 2768 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2768 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2768 10 est est NNP 1662 2768 11 . . . 1662 2768 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2769 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2769 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2769 3 : : : 1662 2769 4 at at IN 1662 2769 5 birth birth NN 1662 2769 6 : : : 1662 2769 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 2769 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2769 9 under under IN 1662 2769 10 15 15 CD 1662 2769 11 years year NNS 1662 2769 12 : : : 1662 2769 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 2769 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2769 15 15 15 CD 1662 2769 16 - - HYPH 1662 2769 17 64 64 CD 1662 2769 18 years year NNS 1662 2769 19 : : : 1662 2769 20 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 2769 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2769 22 65 65 CD 1662 2769 23 years year NNS 1662 2769 24 and and CC 1662 2769 25 over over IN 1662 2769 26 : : : 1662 2769 27 0.81 0.81 CD 1662 2769 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2769 29 total total JJ 1662 2769 30 population population NN 1662 2769 31 : : : 1662 2769 32 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 2769 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2769 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2769 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2769 36 est e JJS 1662 2769 37 . . . 1662 2769 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2770 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2770 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2770 3 rate rate NN 1662 2770 4 : : : 1662 2770 5 71 71 CD 1662 2770 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2770 7 live live JJ 1662 2770 8 births birth NNS 1662 2770 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2770 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2770 11 est est NNP 1662 2770 12 . . . 1662 2770 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2771 1 Life life NN 1662 2771 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2771 3 at at IN 1662 2771 4 birth birth NN 1662 2771 5 : : : 1662 2771 6 total total JJ 1662 2771 7 population population NN 1662 2771 8 : : : 1662 2771 9 61.75 61.75 CD 1662 2771 10 years year NNS 1662 2771 11 male male NN 1662 2771 12 : : : 1662 2771 13 59.8 59.8 CD 1662 2771 14 years year NNS 1662 2771 15 female female JJ 1662 2771 16 : : : 1662 2771 17 63.8 63.8 CD 1662 2771 18 years year NNS 1662 2771 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2771 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2771 21 est est NNP 1662 2771 22 . . . 1662 2771 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2772 1 Total total JJ 1662 2772 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2772 3 rate rate NN 1662 2772 4 : : : 1662 2772 5 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 2772 6 children child NNS 1662 2772 7 born bear VBN 1662 2772 8 / / SYM 1662 2772 9 woman woman NN 1662 2772 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2772 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2772 12 est est NNP 1662 2772 13 . . . 1662 2772 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2773 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2773 2 : : : 1662 2773 3 noun noun NNP 1662 2773 4 : : : 1662 2773 5 Egyptian(s Egyptian(s NNP 1662 2773 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2773 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 2773 8 : : : 1662 2773 9 Egyptian egyptian JJ 1662 2773 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2773 11 groups group NNS 1662 2773 12 : : : 1662 2773 13 Eastern eastern JJ 1662 2773 14 Hamitic hamitic JJ 1662 2773 15 stock stock NN 1662 2773 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2773 17 Egyptians Egyptians NNPS 1662 2773 18 , , , 1662 2773 19 Bedouins Bedouins NNPS 1662 2773 20 , , , 1662 2773 21 and and CC 1662 2773 22 Berbers berber NNS 1662 2773 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2773 24 99 99 CD 1662 2773 25 % % NN 1662 2773 26 , , , 1662 2773 27 Greek Greek NNP 1662 2773 28 , , , 1662 2773 29 Nubian Nubian NNP 1662 2773 30 , , , 1662 2773 31 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 2773 32 , , , 1662 2773 33 other other JJ 1662 2773 34 European European NNP 1662 2773 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2773 36 primarily primarily RB 1662 2773 37 Italian italian JJ 1662 2773 38 and and CC 1662 2773 39 French french JJ 1662 2773 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2773 41 1 1 CD 1662 2773 42 % % NN 1662 2773 43 Religions religion NNS 1662 2773 44 : : : 1662 2773 45 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 2773 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2773 47 mostly mostly RB 1662 2773 48 Sunni sunni JJ 1662 2773 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2773 50 94 94 CD 1662 2773 51 % % NN 1662 2773 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2773 53 official official JJ 1662 2773 54 estimate estimate NN 1662 2773 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2773 56 , , , 1662 2773 57 Coptic Coptic NNP 1662 2773 58 Christian Christian NNP 1662 2773 59 and and CC 1662 2773 60 other other JJ 1662 2773 61 6 6 CD 1662 2773 62 % % NN 1662 2773 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2773 64 official official JJ 1662 2773 65 estimate estimate NN 1662 2773 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2773 67 Languages language NNS 1662 2773 68 : : : 1662 2773 69 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 2773 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2773 71 official official JJ 1662 2773 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2773 73 , , , 1662 2773 74 English English NNP 1662 2773 75 and and CC 1662 2773 76 French French NNP 1662 2773 77 widely widely RB 1662 2773 78 understood understand VBD 1662 2773 79 by by IN 1662 2773 80 educated educate VBN 1662 2773 81 classes class NNS 1662 2773 82 Literacy literacy NN 1662 2773 83 : : : 1662 2773 84 definition definition NN 1662 2773 85 : : : 1662 2773 86 age age NN 1662 2773 87 15 15 CD 1662 2773 88 and and CC 1662 2773 89 over over RB 1662 2773 90 can can MD 1662 2773 91 read read VB 1662 2773 92 and and CC 1662 2773 93 write write VB 1662 2773 94 total total JJ 1662 2773 95 population population NN 1662 2773 96 : : : 1662 2773 97 51.4 51.4 CD 1662 2773 98 % % NN 1662 2773 99 male male NN 1662 2773 100 : : : 1662 2773 101 63.6 63.6 CD 1662 2773 102 % % NN 1662 2773 103 female female NN 1662 2773 104 : : : 1662 2773 105 38.8 38.8 CD 1662 2773 106 % % NN 1662 2773 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2773 108 1995 1995 CD 1662 2773 109 est est NNP 1662 2773 110 . . . 1662 2773 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 1 @Egypt @egypt LS 1662 2774 2 : : : 1662 2774 3 Government Government NNP 1662 2774 4 Country Country NNP 1662 2774 5 name name NN 1662 2774 6 : : : 1662 2774 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2774 8 long long JJ 1662 2774 9 form form NN 1662 2774 10 : : : 1662 2774 11 Arab Arab NNP 1662 2774 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2774 13 of of IN 1662 2774 14 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 2774 15 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2774 16 short short JJ 1662 2774 17 form form NN 1662 2774 18 : : : 1662 2774 19 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 2774 20 local local JJ 1662 2774 21 long long JJ 1662 2774 22 form form NN 1662 2774 23 : : : 1662 2774 24 Jumhuriyat Jumhuriyat NNP 1662 2774 25 Misr Misr NNP 1662 2774 26 al al NNP 1662 2774 27 - - HYPH 1662 2774 28 Arabiyah Arabiyah NNP 1662 2774 29 local local JJ 1662 2774 30 short short JJ 1662 2774 31 form form NN 1662 2774 32 : : : 1662 2774 33 none none NN 1662 2774 34 former former JJ 1662 2774 35 : : : 1662 2774 36 United United NNP 1662 2774 37 Arab Arab NNP 1662 2774 38 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2774 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 40 with with IN 1662 2774 41 Syria Syria NNP 1662 2774 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 43 Data Data NNP 1662 2774 44 code code NN 1662 2774 45 : : : 1662 2774 46 EG EG NNP 1662 2774 47 Government Government NNP 1662 2774 48 type type NN 1662 2774 49 : : : 1662 2774 50 republic republic NNP 1662 2774 51 National national JJ 1662 2774 52 capital capital NN 1662 2774 53 : : : 1662 2774 54 Cairo Cairo NNP 1662 2774 55 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 2774 56 divisions division NNS 1662 2774 57 : : : 1662 2774 58 26 26 CD 1662 2774 59 governorates governorate NNS 1662 2774 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 61 muhafazat muhafazat JJ 1662 2774 62 , , , 1662 2774 63 singular singular NNP 1662 2774 64 - - HYPH 1662 2774 65 muhafazah muhafazah NNP 1662 2774 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 67 ; ; : 1662 2774 68 Ad Ad NNP 1662 2774 69 Daqahliyah Daqahliyah NNP 1662 2774 70 , , , 1662 2774 71 Al Al NNP 1662 2774 72 Bahr Bahr NNP 1662 2774 73 al al NNP 1662 2774 74 Ahmar Ahmar NNP 1662 2774 75 , , , 1662 2774 76 Al Al NNP 1662 2774 77 Buhayrah Buhayrah NNP 1662 2774 78 , , , 1662 2774 79 Al Al NNP 1662 2774 80 Fayyum Fayyum NNP 1662 2774 81 , , , 1662 2774 82 Al Al NNP 1662 2774 83 Gharbiyah Gharbiyah NNP 1662 2774 84 , , , 1662 2774 85 Al Al NNP 1662 2774 86 Iskandariyah Iskandariyah NNP 1662 2774 87 , , , 1662 2774 88 Al Al NNP 1662 2774 89 Isma'iliyah Isma'iliyah NNP 1662 2774 90 , , , 1662 2774 91 Al Al NNP 1662 2774 92 Jizah Jizah NNP 1662 2774 93 , , , 1662 2774 94 Al Al NNP 1662 2774 95 Minufiyah Minufiyah NNP 1662 2774 96 , , , 1662 2774 97 Al Al NNP 1662 2774 98 Minya Minya NNP 1662 2774 99 , , , 1662 2774 100 Al Al NNP 1662 2774 101 Qahirah Qahirah NNP 1662 2774 102 , , , 1662 2774 103 Al Al NNP 1662 2774 104 Qalyubiyah Qalyubiyah NNP 1662 2774 105 , , , 1662 2774 106 Al Al NNP 1662 2774 107 Wadi Wadi NNP 1662 2774 108 al al NNP 1662 2774 109 Jadid Jadid NNP 1662 2774 110 , , , 1662 2774 111 Ash Ash NNP 1662 2774 112 Sharqiyah Sharqiyah NNP 1662 2774 113 , , , 1662 2774 114 As as IN 1662 2774 115 Suways Suways NNP 1662 2774 116 , , , 1662 2774 117 Aswan Aswan NNP 1662 2774 118 , , , 1662 2774 119 Asyut Asyut NNP 1662 2774 120 , , , 1662 2774 121 Bani Bani NNP 1662 2774 122 Suwayf Suwayf NNP 1662 2774 123 , , , 1662 2774 124 Bur Bur NNP 1662 2774 125 Sa'id Sa'id NNP 1662 2774 126 , , , 1662 2774 127 Dumyat Dumyat NNP 1662 2774 128 , , , 1662 2774 129 Janub Janub NNP 1662 2774 130 Sina Sina NNP 1662 2774 131 ' ' '' 1662 2774 132 , , , 1662 2774 133 Kafr Kafr NNP 1662 2774 134 ash ash NN 1662 2774 135 Shaykh Shaykh NNP 1662 2774 136 , , , 1662 2774 137 Matruh Matruh NNP 1662 2774 138 , , , 1662 2774 139 Qina Qina NNP 1662 2774 140 , , , 1662 2774 141 Shamal Shamal NNP 1662 2774 142 Sina Sina NNP 1662 2774 143 ' ' POS 1662 2774 144 , , , 1662 2774 145 Suhaj Suhaj NNP 1662 2774 146 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2774 147 : : : 1662 2774 148 28 28 CD 1662 2774 149 February February NNP 1662 2774 150 1922 1922 CD 1662 2774 151 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 152 from from IN 1662 2774 153 UK UK NNP 1662 2774 154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 155 National national JJ 1662 2774 156 holiday holiday NN 1662 2774 157 : : : 1662 2774 158 Anniversary anniversary NN 1662 2774 159 of of IN 1662 2774 160 the the DT 1662 2774 161 Revolution Revolution NNP 1662 2774 162 , , , 1662 2774 163 23 23 CD 1662 2774 164 July July NNP 1662 2774 165 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 166 1952 1952 CD 1662 2774 167 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 168 Constitution constitution NN 1662 2774 169 : : : 1662 2774 170 11 11 CD 1662 2774 171 September September NNP 1662 2774 172 1971 1971 CD 1662 2774 173 Legal legal JJ 1662 2774 174 system system NN 1662 2774 175 : : : 1662 2774 176 based base VBN 1662 2774 177 on on IN 1662 2774 178 English English NNP 1662 2774 179 common common JJ 1662 2774 180 law law NN 1662 2774 181 , , , 1662 2774 182 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 2774 183 law law NN 1662 2774 184 , , , 1662 2774 185 and and CC 1662 2774 186 Napoleonic napoleonic JJ 1662 2774 187 codes code NNS 1662 2774 188 ; ; , 1662 2774 189 judicial judicial JJ 1662 2774 190 review review NN 1662 2774 191 by by IN 1662 2774 192 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2774 193 Court Court NNP 1662 2774 194 and and CC 1662 2774 195 Council Council NNP 1662 2774 196 of of IN 1662 2774 197 State State NNP 1662 2774 198 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 199 oversees oversee VBZ 1662 2774 200 validity validity NN 1662 2774 201 of of IN 1662 2774 202 administrative administrative JJ 1662 2774 203 decisions decision NNS 1662 2774 204 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 205 ; ; : 1662 2774 206 accepts accept VBZ 1662 2774 207 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 2774 208 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 2774 209 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 2774 210 , , , 1662 2774 211 with with IN 1662 2774 212 reservations reservation NNS 1662 2774 213 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 2774 214 : : : 1662 2774 215 18 18 CD 1662 2774 216 years year NNS 1662 2774 217 of of IN 1662 2774 218 age age NN 1662 2774 219 ; ; : 1662 2774 220 universal universal JJ 1662 2774 221 and and CC 1662 2774 222 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 2774 223 Executive Executive NNP 1662 2774 224 branch branch NN 1662 2774 225 : : : 1662 2774 226 chief chief NN 1662 2774 227 of of IN 1662 2774 228 state state NN 1662 2774 229 : : : 1662 2774 230 President President NNP 1662 2774 231 Mohammed Mohammed NNP 1662 2774 232 Hosni Hosni NNP 1662 2774 233 MUBARAK MUBARAK NNP 1662 2774 234 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 235 since since IN 1662 2774 236 14 14 CD 1662 2774 237 October October NNP 1662 2774 238 1981 1981 CD 1662 2774 239 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 240 head head NN 1662 2774 241 of of IN 1662 2774 242 government government NN 1662 2774 243 : : : 1662 2774 244 Prime Prime NNP 1662 2774 245 Minister Minister NNP 1662 2774 246 Kamal Kamal NNP 1662 2774 247 Ahmed Ahmed NNP 1662 2774 248 El El NNP 1662 2774 249 - - HYPH 1662 2774 250 GANZOURI GANZOURI NNP 1662 2774 251 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 252 since since IN 1662 2774 253 4 4 CD 1662 2774 254 January January NNP 1662 2774 255 1996 1996 CD 1662 2774 256 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 257 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2774 258 : : : 1662 2774 259 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 2774 260 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2774 261 by by IN 1662 2774 262 the the DT 1662 2774 263 president president NNP 1662 2774 264 elections election NNS 1662 2774 265 : : : 1662 2774 266 president president NNP 1662 2774 267 nominated nominate VBN 1662 2774 268 by by IN 1662 2774 269 the the DT 1662 2774 270 People People NNPS 1662 2774 271 's 's POS 1662 2774 272 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2774 273 for for IN 1662 2774 274 a a DT 1662 2774 275 six six CD 1662 2774 276 - - HYPH 1662 2774 277 year year NN 1662 2774 278 term term NN 1662 2774 279 , , , 1662 2774 280 the the DT 1662 2774 281 nomination nomination NN 1662 2774 282 must must MD 1662 2774 283 then then RB 1662 2774 284 be be VB 1662 2774 285 validated validate VBN 1662 2774 286 by by IN 1662 2774 287 a a DT 1662 2774 288 national national JJ 1662 2774 289 , , , 1662 2774 290 popular popular JJ 1662 2774 291 referendum referendum NN 1662 2774 292 ; ; , 1662 2774 293 national national JJ 1662 2774 294 referendum referendum NN 1662 2774 295 last last RB 1662 2774 296 held hold VBD 1662 2774 297 4 4 CD 1662 2774 298 October October NNP 1662 2774 299 1993 1993 CD 1662 2774 300 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 301 next next JJ 1662 2774 302 to to TO 1662 2774 303 be be VB 1662 2774 304 held hold VBN 1662 2774 305 NA NA NNP 1662 2774 306 October October NNP 1662 2774 307 1999 1999 CD 1662 2774 308 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 309 ; ; : 1662 2774 310 prime prime NNP 1662 2774 311 minister minister NN 1662 2774 312 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2774 313 by by IN 1662 2774 314 the the DT 1662 2774 315 president president NNP 1662 2774 316 election election NN 1662 2774 317 results result NNS 1662 2774 318 : : : 1662 2774 319 national national JJ 1662 2774 320 referendum referendum NN 1662 2774 321 validated validate VBD 1662 2774 322 President President NNP 1662 2774 323 MUBARAK MUBARAK NNP 1662 2774 324 's 's POS 1662 2774 325 nomination nomination NN 1662 2774 326 by by IN 1662 2774 327 the the DT 1662 2774 328 People People NNPS 1662 2774 329 's 's POS 1662 2774 330 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2774 331 to to IN 1662 2774 332 a a DT 1662 2774 333 third third JJ 1662 2774 334 term term NN 1662 2774 335 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2774 336 branch branch NN 1662 2774 337 : : : 1662 2774 338 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 2774 339 system system NN 1662 2774 340 consists consist VBZ 1662 2774 341 of of IN 1662 2774 342 the the DT 1662 2774 343 People People NNPS 1662 2774 344 's 's POS 1662 2774 345 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2774 346 or or CC 1662 2774 347 Majlis Majlis NNP 1662 2774 348 al al NNP 1662 2774 349 - - HYPH 1662 2774 350 Sha'b Sha'b NNP 1662 2774 351 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 352 454 454 CD 1662 2774 353 seats seat NNS 1662 2774 354 ; ; : 1662 2774 355 444 444 CD 1662 2774 356 elected elect VBN 1662 2774 357 by by IN 1662 2774 358 popular popular JJ 1662 2774 359 vote vote NN 1662 2774 360 , , , 1662 2774 361 10 10 CD 1662 2774 362 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2774 363 by by IN 1662 2774 364 the the DT 1662 2774 365 president president NN 1662 2774 366 ; ; : 1662 2774 367 members member NNS 1662 2774 368 serve serve VBP 1662 2774 369 five five CD 1662 2774 370 - - HYPH 1662 2774 371 year year NN 1662 2774 372 terms term NNS 1662 2774 373 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 374 and and CC 1662 2774 375 the the DT 1662 2774 376 Advisory Advisory NNP 1662 2774 377 Council Council NNP 1662 2774 378 or or CC 1662 2774 379 Majlis Majlis NNP 1662 2774 380 al al NNP 1662 2774 381 - - HYPH 1662 2774 382 Shura Shura NNP 1662 2774 383 - - HYPH 1662 2774 384 which which WDT 1662 2774 385 functions function NNS 1662 2774 386 only only RB 1662 2774 387 in in IN 1662 2774 388 a a DT 1662 2774 389 consultative consultative JJ 1662 2774 390 role role NN 1662 2774 391 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 392 264 264 CD 1662 2774 393 seats seat NNS 1662 2774 394 ; ; : 1662 2774 395 176 176 CD 1662 2774 396 elected elect VBN 1662 2774 397 by by IN 1662 2774 398 popular popular JJ 1662 2774 399 vote vote NN 1662 2774 400 , , , 1662 2774 401 88 88 CD 1662 2774 402 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2774 403 by by IN 1662 2774 404 the the DT 1662 2774 405 president president NN 1662 2774 406 ; ; : 1662 2774 407 members member NNS 1662 2774 408 serve serve VBP 1662 2774 409 NA NA NNP 1662 2774 410 - - HYPH 1662 2774 411 year year NN 1662 2774 412 terms term NNS 1662 2774 413 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 414 elections election NNS 1662 2774 415 : : : 1662 2774 416 People People NNS 1662 2774 417 's 's POS 1662 2774 418 Assembly assembly NN 1662 2774 419 - - HYPH 1662 2774 420 last last RB 1662 2774 421 held hold VBD 1662 2774 422 29 29 CD 1662 2774 423 November November NNP 1662 2774 424 1995 1995 CD 1662 2774 425 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 426 next next JJ 1662 2774 427 to to TO 1662 2774 428 be be VB 1662 2774 429 held hold VBN 1662 2774 430 NA NA NNP 1662 2774 431 2000 2000 CD 1662 2774 432 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 433 ; ; : 1662 2774 434 Advisory Advisory NNP 1662 2774 435 Council Council NNP 1662 2774 436 - - : 1662 2774 437 last last RB 1662 2774 438 held hold VBD 1662 2774 439 7 7 CD 1662 2774 440 June June NNP 1662 2774 441 1995 1995 CD 1662 2774 442 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 443 next next JJ 1662 2774 444 to to TO 1662 2774 445 be be VB 1662 2774 446 held hold VBN 1662 2774 447 NA NA NNP 1662 2774 448 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 449 election election NN 1662 2774 450 results result NNS 1662 2774 451 : : : 1662 2774 452 People People NNS 1662 2774 453 's 's POS 1662 2774 454 Assembly assembly NN 1662 2774 455 - - HYPH 1662 2774 456 percent percent NN 1662 2774 457 of of IN 1662 2774 458 vote vote NN 1662 2774 459 by by IN 1662 2774 460 party party NNP 1662 2774 461 - - HYPH 1662 2774 462 NDP NDP NNP 1662 2774 463 72 72 CD 1662 2774 464 % % NN 1662 2774 465 , , , 1662 2774 466 independents independent NNS 1662 2774 467 25 25 CD 1662 2774 468 % % NN 1662 2774 469 , , , 1662 2774 470 opposition opposition NN 1662 2774 471 3 3 CD 1662 2774 472 % % NN 1662 2774 473 ; ; , 1662 2774 474 seats seat NNS 1662 2774 475 by by IN 1662 2774 476 party party NNP 1662 2774 477 - - HYPH 1662 2774 478 NDP NDP NNP 1662 2774 479 317 317 CD 1662 2774 480 , , , 1662 2774 481 independents independent VBZ 1662 2774 482 114 114 CD 1662 2774 483 , , , 1662 2774 484 NWP NWP NNP 1662 2774 485 6 6 CD 1662 2774 486 , , , 1662 2774 487 NPUG NPUG NNP 1662 2774 488 5 5 CD 1662 2774 489 , , , 1662 2774 490 Nasserist Nasserist NNP 1662 2774 491 Arab Arab NNP 1662 2774 492 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2774 493 Party Party NNP 1662 2774 494 1 1 CD 1662 2774 495 , , , 1662 2774 496 Liberals liberal NNS 1662 2774 497 1 1 CD 1662 2774 498 ; ; : 1662 2774 499 Advisory Advisory NNP 1662 2774 500 Council Council NNP 1662 2774 501 - - HYPH 1662 2774 502 percent percent NN 1662 2774 503 of of IN 1662 2774 504 vote vote NN 1662 2774 505 by by IN 1662 2774 506 party party NNP 1662 2774 507 - - HYPH 1662 2774 508 NDP NDP NNP 1662 2774 509 99 99 CD 1662 2774 510 % % NN 1662 2774 511 , , , 1662 2774 512 independents independent NNS 1662 2774 513 1 1 CD 1662 2774 514 % % NN 1662 2774 515 ; ; , 1662 2774 516 seats seat NNS 1662 2774 517 by by IN 1662 2774 518 party party NN 1662 2774 519 - - HYPH 1662 2774 520 NA NA NNP 1662 2774 521 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 2774 522 branch branch NN 1662 2774 523 : : : 1662 2774 524 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2774 525 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 2774 526 Court Court NNP 1662 2774 527 Political political JJ 1662 2774 528 parties party NNS 1662 2774 529 and and CC 1662 2774 530 leaders leader NNS 1662 2774 531 : : : 1662 2774 532 National National NNP 1662 2774 533 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2774 534 Party Party NNP 1662 2774 535 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 536 NDP NDP NNP 1662 2774 537 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 538 , , , 1662 2774 539 President President NNP 1662 2774 540 Mohammed Mohammed NNP 1662 2774 541 Hosni Hosni NNP 1662 2774 542 MUBARAK MUBARAK NNP 1662 2774 543 , , , 1662 2774 544 leader leader NN 1662 2774 545 , , , 1662 2774 546 is be VBZ 1662 2774 547 the the DT 1662 2774 548 dominant dominant JJ 1662 2774 549 party party NN 1662 2774 550 ; ; , 1662 2774 551 legal legal JJ 1662 2774 552 opposition opposition NN 1662 2774 553 parties party NNS 1662 2774 554 are be VBP 1662 2774 555 as as IN 1662 2774 556 follows follow VBZ 1662 2774 557 : : : 1662 2774 558 New New NNP 1662 2774 559 Wafd Wafd NNP 1662 2774 560 Party Party NNP 1662 2774 561 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 562 NWP NWP NNP 1662 2774 563 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 564 , , , 1662 2774 565 Fu'ad fu'ad NN 1662 2774 566 SIRAJ siraj NN 1662 2774 567 AL AL NNP 1662 2774 568 - - HYPH 1662 2774 569 DIN DIN NNP 1662 2774 570 ; ; : 1662 2774 571 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 2774 572 Labor Labor NNP 1662 2774 573 Party Party NNP 1662 2774 574 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 575 SLP SLP NNP 1662 2774 576 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 577 , , , 1662 2774 578 Ibrahim Ibrahim NNP 1662 2774 579 SHUKRI SHUKRI NNP 1662 2774 580 ; ; : 1662 2774 581 National National NNP 1662 2774 582 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 2774 583 Unionist Unionist NNP 1662 2774 584 Grouping Grouping NNP 1662 2774 585 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 586 NPUG NPUG NNP 1662 2774 587 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 588 , , , 1662 2774 589 Khalid Khalid NNP 1662 2774 590 Muhi Muhi NNP 1662 2774 591 al al NNP 1662 2774 592 - - HYPH 1662 2774 593 DIN DIN NNP 1662 2774 594 ; ; : 1662 2774 595 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 2774 596 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 2774 597 Party Party NNP 1662 2774 598 , , , 1662 2774 599 Mustafa Mustafa NNP 1662 2774 600 Kamal Kamal NNP 1662 2774 601 MURAD MURAD NNP 1662 2774 602 ; ; : 1662 2774 603 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2774 604 Unionist Unionist NNP 1662 2774 605 Party Party NNP 1662 2774 606 , , , 1662 2774 607 Mohammed Mohammed NNP 1662 2774 608 ' ' POS 1662 2774 609 Abd Abd NNP 1662 2774 610 - - HYPH 1662 2774 611 al al NNP 1662 2774 612 - - HYPH 1662 2774 613 Mun'im Mun'im NNP 1662 2774 614 TURK TURK NNP 1662 2774 615 ; ; : 1662 2774 616 Umma Umma NNP 1662 2774 617 Party Party NNP 1662 2774 618 , , , 1662 2774 619 Ahmad Ahmad NNP 1662 2774 620 al al NNP 1662 2774 621 - - HYPH 1662 2774 622 SABAHI SABAHI NNP 1662 2774 623 ; ; : 1662 2774 624 Misr Misr NNP 1662 2774 625 al al NNP 1662 2774 626 - - HYPH 1662 2774 627 Fatah Fatah NNP 1662 2774 628 Party Party NNP 1662 2774 629 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 630 Young Young NNP 1662 2774 631 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 2774 632 Party Party NNP 1662 2774 633 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 634 , , , 1662 2774 635 leader leader NN 1662 2774 636 NA NA NNP 1662 2774 637 ; ; : 1662 2774 638 Nasserist Nasserist NNP 1662 2774 639 Arab Arab NNP 1662 2774 640 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2774 641 Party Party NNP 1662 2774 642 , , , 1662 2774 643 Dia Dia NNP 1662 2774 644 ' ' '' 1662 2774 645 al al NNP 1662 2774 646 - - HYPH 1662 2774 647 din din NNP 1662 2774 648 DAWUD DAWUD NNP 1662 2774 649 ; ; : 1662 2774 650 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2774 651 Peoples Peoples NNPS 1662 2774 652 ' ' POS 1662 2774 653 Party Party NNP 1662 2774 654 , , , 1662 2774 655 Anwar Anwar NNP 1662 2774 656 AFIFI AFIFI NNP 1662 2774 657 ; ; : 1662 2774 658 The the DT 1662 2774 659 Greens Greens NNP 1662 2774 660 Party Party NNP 1662 2774 661 , , , 1662 2774 662 Kamal Kamal NNP 1662 2774 663 KIRAH KIRAH NNP 1662 2774 664 ; ; : 1662 2774 665 Social Social NNP 1662 2774 666 Justice Justice NNP 1662 2774 667 Party Party NNP 1662 2774 668 , , , 1662 2774 669 Muhammad Muhammad NNP 1662 2774 670 ' ' POS 1662 2774 671 ABDAL-'AL ABDAL-'AL NNP 1662 2774 672 note note NN 1662 2774 673 : : : 1662 2774 674 formation formation NN 1662 2774 675 of of IN 1662 2774 676 political political JJ 1662 2774 677 parties party NNS 1662 2774 678 must must MD 1662 2774 679 be be VB 1662 2774 680 approved approve VBN 1662 2774 681 by by IN 1662 2774 682 government government NN 1662 2774 683 Political political JJ 1662 2774 684 pressure pressure NN 1662 2774 685 groups group NNS 1662 2774 686 and and CC 1662 2774 687 leaders leader NNS 1662 2774 688 : : : 1662 2774 689 despite despite IN 1662 2774 690 a a DT 1662 2774 691 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 2774 692 ban ban NN 1662 2774 693 against against IN 1662 2774 694 religious religious JJ 1662 2774 695 - - HYPH 1662 2774 696 based base VBN 1662 2774 697 parties party NNS 1662 2774 698 , , , 1662 2774 699 the the DT 1662 2774 700 technically technically RB 1662 2774 701 illegal illegal JJ 1662 2774 702 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 2774 703 Brotherhood Brotherhood NNP 1662 2774 704 constitutes constitute VBZ 1662 2774 705 MUBARAK MUBARAK NNP 1662 2774 706 's 's POS 1662 2774 707 potentially potentially RB 1662 2774 708 most most RBS 1662 2774 709 significant significant JJ 1662 2774 710 political political JJ 1662 2774 711 opposition opposition NN 1662 2774 712 ; ; : 1662 2774 713 MUBARAK MUBARAK NNP 1662 2774 714 tolerated tolerate VBD 1662 2774 715 limited limited JJ 1662 2774 716 political political JJ 1662 2774 717 activity activity NN 1662 2774 718 by by IN 1662 2774 719 the the DT 1662 2774 720 Brotherhood Brotherhood NNP 1662 2774 721 for for IN 1662 2774 722 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2774 723 first first JJ 1662 2774 724 two two CD 1662 2774 725 terms term NNS 1662 2774 726 , , , 1662 2774 727 but but CC 1662 2774 728 has have VBZ 1662 2774 729 moved move VBN 1662 2774 730 more more RBR 1662 2774 731 aggressively aggressively RB 1662 2774 732 in in IN 1662 2774 733 the the DT 1662 2774 734 past past JJ 1662 2774 735 two two CD 1662 2774 736 years year NNS 1662 2774 737 to to TO 1662 2774 738 block block VB 1662 2774 739 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2774 740 influence influence NN 1662 2774 741 ; ; , 1662 2774 742 trade trade NN 1662 2774 743 unions union NNS 1662 2774 744 and and CC 1662 2774 745 professional professional JJ 1662 2774 746 associations association NNS 1662 2774 747 are be VBP 1662 2774 748 officially officially RB 1662 2774 749 sanctioned sanction VBN 1662 2774 750 International international JJ 1662 2774 751 organization organization NN 1662 2774 752 participation participation NN 1662 2774 753 : : : 1662 2774 754 ABEDA ABEDA NNP 1662 2774 755 , , , 1662 2774 756 ACC ACC NNP 1662 2774 757 , , , 1662 2774 758 ACCT ACCT NNP 1662 2774 759 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 760 associate associate NN 1662 2774 761 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 762 , , , 1662 2774 763 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 2774 764 , , , 1662 2774 765 AFESD AFESD NNP 1662 2774 766 , , , 1662 2774 767 AG AG NNP 1662 2774 768 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 769 observer observer NN 1662 2774 770 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 771 , , , 1662 2774 772 AL AL NNP 1662 2774 773 , , , 1662 2774 774 AMF AMF NNP 1662 2774 775 , , , 1662 2774 776 BSEC BSEC NNP 1662 2774 777 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 778 observer observer NN 1662 2774 779 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 780 , , , 1662 2774 781 CAEU CAEU NNP 1662 2774 782 , , , 1662 2774 783 CCC CCC NNP 1662 2774 784 , , , 1662 2774 785 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 2774 786 , , , 1662 2774 787 ECA ECA NNP 1662 2774 788 , , , 1662 2774 789 ESCWA ESCWA NNP 1662 2774 790 , , , 1662 2774 791 FAO FAO NNP 1662 2774 792 , , , 1662 2774 793 G-15 g-15 CD 1662 2774 794 , , , 1662 2774 795 G-19 g-19 CD 1662 2774 796 , , , 1662 2774 797 G-24 g-24 CD 1662 2774 798 , , , 1662 2774 799 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 2774 800 , , , 1662 2774 801 IAEA iaea NN 1662 2774 802 , , , 1662 2774 803 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 2774 804 , , , 1662 2774 805 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 2774 806 , , , 1662 2774 807 ICC ICC NNP 1662 2774 808 , , , 1662 2774 809 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 2774 810 , , , 1662 2774 811 IDA IDA NNP 1662 2774 812 , , , 1662 2774 813 IDB IDB NNP 1662 2774 814 , , , 1662 2774 815 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 2774 816 , , , 1662 2774 817 IFC IFC NNP 1662 2774 818 , , , 1662 2774 819 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 2774 820 , , , 1662 2774 821 IHO IHO NNP 1662 2774 822 , , , 1662 2774 823 ILO ILO NNP 1662 2774 824 , , , 1662 2774 825 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2774 826 , , , 1662 2774 827 IMO imo RB 1662 2774 828 , , , 1662 2774 829 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 2774 830 , , , 1662 2774 831 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2774 832 , , , 1662 2774 833 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 2774 834 , , , 1662 2774 835 IOC IOC NNP 1662 2774 836 , , , 1662 2774 837 IOM IOM NNP 1662 2774 838 , , , 1662 2774 839 ISO ISO NNP 1662 2774 840 , , , 1662 2774 841 ITU ITU NNP 1662 2774 842 , , , 1662 2774 843 MINURSO MINURSO NNP 1662 2774 844 , , , 1662 2774 845 NAM NAM NNP 1662 2774 846 , , , 1662 2774 847 OAPEC OAPEC NNP 1662 2774 848 , , , 1662 2774 849 OAS OAS NNP 1662 2774 850 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 851 observer observer NNP 1662 2774 852 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 853 , , , 1662 2774 854 OAU OAU NNP 1662 2774 855 , , , 1662 2774 856 OIC OIC NNP 1662 2774 857 , , , 1662 2774 858 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 2774 859 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 860 partner partner NN 1662 2774 861 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 862 , , , 1662 2774 863 PCA PCA NNP 1662 2774 864 , , , 1662 2774 865 UN UN NNP 1662 2774 866 , , , 1662 2774 867 UN UN NNP 1662 2774 868 Security Security NNP 1662 2774 869 Council Council NNP 1662 2774 870 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 871 temporary temporary JJ 1662 2774 872 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 873 , , , 1662 2774 874 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 2774 875 III III NNP 1662 2774 876 , , , 1662 2774 877 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 2774 878 , , , 1662 2774 879 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 2774 880 , , , 1662 2774 881 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 2774 882 , , , 1662 2774 883 UNITAR UNITAR NNP 1662 2774 884 , , , 1662 2774 885 UNMIBH UNMIBH NNP 1662 2774 886 , , , 1662 2774 887 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 2774 888 , , , 1662 2774 889 UNOMIG UNOMIG NNP 1662 2774 890 , , , 1662 2774 891 UNOMIL UNOMIL NNP 1662 2774 892 , , , 1662 2774 893 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 2774 894 , , , 1662 2774 895 UNRWA UNRWA NNP 1662 2774 896 , , , 1662 2774 897 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 2774 898 , , , 1662 2774 899 UPU UPU NNP 1662 2774 900 , , , 1662 2774 901 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 2774 902 , , , 1662 2774 903 WHO who WP 1662 2774 904 , , , 1662 2774 905 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 2774 906 , , , 1662 2774 907 WMO WMO NNP 1662 2774 908 , , , 1662 2774 909 WToO wtoo FW 1662 2774 910 , , , 1662 2774 911 WTrO wtro VB 1662 2774 912 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2774 913 representation representation NN 1662 2774 914 in in IN 1662 2774 915 the the DT 1662 2774 916 US US NNP 1662 2774 917 : : : 1662 2774 918 chief chief NN 1662 2774 919 of of IN 1662 2774 920 mission mission NN 1662 2774 921 : : : 1662 2774 922 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2774 923 Ahmed Ahmed NNP 1662 2774 924 Maher Maher NNP 1662 2774 925 El El NNP 1662 2774 926 SAYED SAYED NNP 1662 2774 927 chancery chancery NN 1662 2774 928 : : : 1662 2774 929 3521 3521 CD 1662 2774 930 International International NNP 1662 2774 931 Court Court NNP 1662 2774 932 NW NW NNP 1662 2774 933 , , , 1662 2774 934 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2774 935 , , , 1662 2774 936 DC DC NNP 1662 2774 937 20008 20008 CD 1662 2774 938 telephone telephone NN 1662 2774 939 : : : 1662 2774 940 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2774 941 1 1 CD 1662 2774 942 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2774 943 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 944 202 202 CD 1662 2774 945 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 946 895 895 CD 1662 2774 947 - - SYM 1662 2774 948 5400 5400 CD 1662 2774 949 FAX FAX NNP 1662 2774 950 : : : 1662 2774 951 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2774 952 1 1 CD 1662 2774 953 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2774 954 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2774 955 202 202 CD 1662 2774 956 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 957 244 244 CD 1662 2774 958 - - SYM 1662 2774 959 4319 4319 CD 1662 2774 960 , , , 1662 2774 961 5131 5131 CD 1662 2774 962 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 2774 963 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2774 964 general general NN 1662 2774 965 : : : 1662 2774 966 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 2774 967 , , , 1662 2774 968 Houston Houston NNP 1662 2774 969 , , , 1662 2774 970 New New NNP 1662 2774 971 York York NNP 1662 2774 972 , , , 1662 2774 973 and and CC 1662 2774 974 San San NNP 1662 2774 975 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 2774 976 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2774 977 representation representation NN 1662 2774 978 from from IN 1662 2774 979 the the DT 1662 2774 980 US US NNP 1662 2774 981 : : : 1662 2774 982 chief chief NN 1662 2774 983 of of IN 1662 2774 984 mission mission NN 1662 2774 985 : : : 1662 2774 986 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2774 987 Edward Edward NNP 1662 2774 988 S. S. 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- HYPH 1662 2790 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 2790 5 price price NN 1662 2790 6 index index NN 1662 2790 7 : : : 1662 2790 8 7.3 7.3 CD 1662 2790 9 % % NN 1662 2790 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2790 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 2790 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2790 13 Labor labor NN 1662 2790 14 force force NN 1662 2790 15 : : : 1662 2790 16 total total NN 1662 2790 17 : : : 1662 2790 18 17.4 17.4 CD 1662 2790 19 million million CD 1662 2790 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2790 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 2790 22 est est NNP 1662 2790 23 . . . 1662 2790 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2791 1 by by IN 1662 2791 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 2791 3 : : : 1662 2791 4 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2791 5 40 40 CD 1662 2791 6 % % NN 1662 2791 7 , , , 1662 2791 8 services service NNS 1662 2791 9 , , , 1662 2791 10 including include VBG 1662 2791 11 government government NN 1662 2791 12 38 38 CD 1662 2791 13 % % NN 1662 2791 14 , , , 1662 2791 15 industry industry NN 1662 2791 16 22 22 CD 1662 2791 17 % % NN 1662 2791 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2791 19 1990 1990 CD 1662 2791 20 est est NNP 1662 2791 21 . . . 1662 2791 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2792 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2792 2 rate rate NN 1662 2792 3 : : : 1662 2792 4 9.4 9.4 CD 1662 2792 5 % % NN 1662 2792 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2792 7 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 2792 8 official official JJ 1662 2792 9 estimate estimate NN 1662 2792 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2792 11 Budget budget NN 1662 2792 12 : : : 1662 2792 13 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2792 14 : : : 1662 2792 15 $ $ $ 1662 2792 16 17.4 17.4 CD 1662 2792 17 billion billion CD 1662 2792 18 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2792 19 : : : 1662 2792 20 $ $ $ 1662 2792 21 18.8 18.8 CD 1662 2792 22 billion billion CD 1662 2792 23 , , , 1662 2792 24 including include VBG 1662 2792 25 capital capital NN 1662 2792 26 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2792 27 of of IN 1662 2792 28 $ $ $ 1662 2792 29 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 2792 30 billion billion CD 1662 2792 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2792 32 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 2792 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2792 34 Industries industry NNS 1662 2792 35 : : : 1662 2792 36 textiles textile NNS 1662 2792 37 , , , 1662 2792 38 food food NN 1662 2792 39 processing processing NN 1662 2792 40 , , , 1662 2792 41 tourism tourism NN 1662 2792 42 , , , 1662 2792 43 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 2792 44 , , , 1662 2792 45 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2792 46 , , , 1662 2792 47 construction construction NN 1662 2792 48 , , , 1662 2792 49 cement cement NN 1662 2792 50 , , , 1662 2792 51 metals metal VBZ 1662 2792 52 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2792 53 production production NN 1662 2792 54 growth growth NN 1662 2792 55 rate rate NN 1662 2792 56 : : : 1662 2792 57 NA% NA% `` 1662 2792 58 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2792 59 - 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NNP 1662 2794 39 , , , 1662 2794 40 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 2794 41 est est NNP 1662 2794 42 . . . 1662 2794 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2795 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2795 2 : : : 1662 2795 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 2795 4 and and CC 1662 2795 5 equipment equipment NN 1662 2795 6 , , , 1662 2795 7 foods food NNS 1662 2795 8 , , , 1662 2795 9 fertilizers fertilizer NNS 1662 2795 10 , , , 1662 2795 11 wood wood NN 1662 2795 12 products product NNS 1662 2795 13 , , , 1662 2795 14 durable durable JJ 1662 2795 15 consumer consumer NN 1662 2795 16 goods good NNS 1662 2795 17 , , , 1662 2795 18 capital capital NN 1662 2795 19 goods good NNS 1662 2795 20 partners partner NNS 1662 2795 21 : : : 1662 2795 22 US US NNP 1662 2795 23 , , , 1662 2795 24 EU EU NNP 1662 2795 25 , , , 1662 2795 26 Japan Japan NNP 1662 2795 27 Debt Debt NNP 1662 2795 28 - - HYPH 1662 2795 29 external external JJ 1662 2795 30 : : : 1662 2795 31 $ $ $ 1662 2795 32 31 31 CD 1662 2795 33 billion billion CD 1662 2795 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2795 35 yearend yearend VB 1662 2795 36 1996 1996 CD 1662 2795 37 est est NNP 1662 2795 38 . . . 1662 2795 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2796 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 2796 2 aid aid NN 1662 2796 3 : : : 1662 2796 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 2796 5 : : : 1662 2796 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2796 7 , , , 1662 2796 8 $ $ $ 1662 2796 9 1.713 1.713 CD 1662 2796 10 billion billion CD 1662 2796 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2796 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 2796 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2796 14 Currency currency NN 1662 2796 15 : : : 1662 2796 16 1 1 CD 1662 2796 17 Egyptian egyptian JJ 1662 2796 18 pound pound NN 1662 2796 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2796 20 £E â£e NN 1662 2796 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2796 22 = = NFP 1662 2796 23 100 100 CD 1662 2796 24 piasters piaster NNS 1662 2796 25 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2796 26 rates rate NNS 1662 2796 27 : : : 1662 2796 28 Egyptian egyptian JJ 1662 2796 29 pounds pound NNS 1662 2796 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2796 31 £E â£e NN 1662 2796 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2796 33 per per IN 1662 2796 34 US$ us$ $ 1662 2796 35 1 1 CD 1662 2796 36 - - SYM 1662 2796 37 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 2796 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2796 39 November November NNP 1662 2796 40 1994 1994 CD 1662 2796 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2796 42 , , , 1662 2796 43 3.369 3.369 CD 1662 2796 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2796 45 November November NNP 1662 2796 46 1993 1993 CD 1662 2796 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2796 48 , , , 1662 2796 49 3.345 3.345 CD 1662 2796 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2796 51 November November NNP 1662 2796 52 1992 1992 CD 1662 2796 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2796 54 ; ; : 1662 2796 55 market market NN 1662 2796 56 rate rate NN 1662 2796 57 - - HYPH 1662 2796 58 3.3900 3.3900 CD 1662 2796 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2796 60 January January NNP 1662 2796 61 1997 1997 CD 1662 2796 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2796 63 , , , 1662 2796 64 3.3880 3.3880 CD 1662 2796 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2796 66 1996 1996 CD 1662 2796 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2796 68 , , , 1662 2796 69 3.3900 3.3900 CD 1662 2796 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2796 71 1995 1995 CD 1662 2796 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2796 73 , , , 1662 2796 74 3.3910 3.3910 CD 1662 2796 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2796 76 1994 1994 CD 1662 2796 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2796 78 , , , 1662 2796 79 3.3718 3.3718 CD 1662 2796 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2796 81 1993 1993 CD 1662 2796 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2796 83 , , , 1662 2796 84 3.3386 3.3386 CD 1662 2796 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2796 86 1992 1992 CD 1662 2796 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2796 88 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2796 89 year year NN 1662 2796 90 : : : 1662 2796 91 1 1 CD 1662 2796 92 July July NNP 1662 2796 93 - - HYPH 1662 2796 94 30 30 CD 1662 2796 95 June June NNP 1662 2796 96 @Egypt @egypt NN 1662 2796 97 : : : 1662 2796 98 Communications communication NNS 1662 2796 99 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 2796 100 : : : 1662 2796 101 2.2 2.2 CD 1662 2796 102 million million CD 1662 2796 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2796 104 1993 1993 CD 1662 2796 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2796 106 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2796 107 system system NN 1662 2796 108 : : : 1662 2796 109 large large JJ 1662 2796 110 system system NN 1662 2796 111 by by IN 1662 2796 112 Third Third NNP 1662 2796 113 World World NNP 1662 2796 114 standards standard NNS 1662 2796 115 but but CC 1662 2796 116 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 2796 117 for for IN 1662 2796 118 present present JJ 1662 2796 119 requirements requirement NNS 1662 2796 120 and and CC 1662 2796 121 undergoing undergo VBG 1662 2796 122 extensive extensive JJ 1662 2796 123 upgrading upgrading NN 1662 2796 124 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2796 125 : : : 1662 2796 126 principal principal JJ 1662 2796 127 centers center NNS 1662 2796 128 at at IN 1662 2796 129 Alexandria Alexandria NNP 1662 2796 130 , , , 1662 2796 131 Cairo Cairo NNP 1662 2796 132 , , , 1662 2796 133 Al Al NNP 1662 2796 134 Mansurah Mansurah NNP 1662 2796 135 , , , 1662 2796 136 Ismailia Ismailia NNP 1662 2796 137 , , , 1662 2796 138 Suez Suez NNP 1662 2796 139 , , , 1662 2796 140 and and CC 1662 2796 141 Tanta Tanta NNP 1662 2796 142 are be VBP 1662 2796 143 connected connect VBN 1662 2796 144 by by IN 1662 2796 145 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 2796 146 cable cable NN 1662 2796 147 and and CC 1662 2796 148 microwave microwave NN 1662 2796 149 radio radio NN 1662 2796 150 relay relay NN 1662 2796 151 international international NNP 1662 2796 152 : : : 1662 2796 153 satellite satellite NN 1662 2796 154 earth earth NN 1662 2796 155 stations station NNS 1662 2796 156 - - , 1662 2796 157 2 2 CD 1662 2796 158 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2796 159 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2796 160 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2796 161 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2796 162 and and CC 1662 2796 163 Indian Indian NNP 1662 2796 164 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2796 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2796 166 , , , 1662 2796 167 1 1 CD 1662 2796 168 Arabsat Arabsat NNP 1662 2796 169 , , , 1662 2796 170 and and CC 1662 2796 171 1 1 CD 1662 2796 172 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNS 1662 2796 173 ; ; : 1662 2796 174 5 5 CD 1662 2796 175 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 2796 176 submarine submarine NN 1662 2796 177 cables cable NNS 1662 2796 178 ; ; , 1662 2796 179 tropospheric tropospheric JJ 1662 2796 180 scatter scatter NN 1662 2796 181 to to IN 1662 2796 182 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 2796 183 ; ; : 1662 2796 184 microwave microwave NN 1662 2796 185 radio radio NN 1662 2796 186 relay relay NN 1662 2796 187 to to IN 1662 2796 188 Israel Israel NNP 1662 2796 189 ; ; : 1662 2796 190 participant participant NN 1662 2796 191 in in IN 1662 2796 192 Medarabtel Medarabtel NNP 1662 2796 193 Radio Radio NNP 1662 2796 194 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2796 195 stations station NNS 1662 2796 196 : : : 1662 2796 197 AM am VBP 1662 2796 198 39 39 CD 1662 2796 199 , , , 1662 2796 200 FM FM NNP 1662 2796 201 6 6 CD 1662 2796 202 , , , 1662 2796 203 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2796 204 0 0 CD 1662 2796 205 Radios radio NNS 1662 2796 206 : : : 1662 2796 207 NA NA NNP 1662 2796 208 Television Television NNP 1662 2796 209 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2796 210 stations station NNS 1662 2796 211 : : : 1662 2796 212 41 41 CD 1662 2796 213 Televisions television NNS 1662 2796 214 : : : 1662 2796 215 5 5 CD 1662 2796 216 million million CD 1662 2796 217 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2796 218 1993 1993 CD 1662 2796 219 est est NNP 1662 2796 220 . . . 1662 2796 221 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2797 1 @Egypt @egypt LS 1662 2797 2 : : : 1662 2797 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2797 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2797 5 : : : 1662 2797 6 total total NN 1662 2797 7 : : : 1662 2797 8 4,751 4,751 CD 1662 2797 9 km km NN 1662 2797 10 standard standard JJ 1662 2797 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 2797 12 : : : 1662 2797 13 4,751 4,751 CD 1662 2797 14 km km NN 1662 2797 15 1,435-m 1,435-m CD 1662 2797 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 2797 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2797 18 42 42 CD 1662 2797 19 km km NN 1662 2797 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 2797 21 ; ; : 1662 2797 22 951 951 CD 1662 2797 23 km km NN 1662 2797 24 double double JJ 1662 2797 25 track track NN 1662 2797 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2797 27 Highways highway NNS 1662 2797 28 : : : 1662 2797 29 total total NN 1662 2797 30 : : : 1662 2797 31 50,000 50,000 CD 1662 2797 32 km km NN 1662 2797 33 paved pave VBN 1662 2797 34 : : : 1662 2797 35 15,000 15,000 CD 1662 2797 36 km km NN 1662 2797 37 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2797 38 : : : 1662 2797 39 35,000 35,000 CD 1662 2797 40 km km NNS 1662 2797 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2797 42 1990 1990 CD 1662 2797 43 est est NNP 1662 2797 44 . . . 1662 2797 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2798 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 2798 2 : : : 1662 2798 3 3,500 3,500 CD 1662 2798 4 km km NNS 1662 2798 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2798 6 including include VBG 1662 2798 7 the the DT 1662 2798 8 Nile Nile NNP 1662 2798 9 , , , 1662 2798 10 Lake Lake NNP 1662 2798 11 Nasser Nasser NNP 1662 2798 12 , , , 1662 2798 13 Alexandria Alexandria NNP 1662 2798 14 - - HYPH 1662 2798 15 Cairo Cairo NNP 1662 2798 16 Waterway Waterway NNP 1662 2798 17 , , , 1662 2798 18 and and CC 1662 2798 19 numerous numerous JJ 1662 2798 20 smaller small JJR 1662 2798 21 canals canal NNS 1662 2798 22 in in IN 1662 2798 23 the the DT 1662 2798 24 delta delta NN 1662 2798 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2798 26 ; ; : 1662 2798 27 Suez Suez NNP 1662 2798 28 Canal Canal NNP 1662 2798 29 , , , 1662 2798 30 193.5 193.5 CD 1662 2798 31 km km NN 1662 2798 32 long long RB 1662 2798 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2798 34 including include VBG 1662 2798 35 approaches approach NNS 1662 2798 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2798 37 , , , 1662 2798 38 used use VBN 1662 2798 39 by by IN 1662 2798 40 oceangoing oceangoe VBG 1662 2798 41 vessels vessel NNS 1662 2798 42 drawing draw VBG 1662 2798 43 up up IN 1662 2798 44 to to TO 1662 2798 45 16.1 16.1 CD 1662 2798 46 m m NN 1662 2798 47 of of IN 1662 2798 48 water water NN 1662 2798 49 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 2798 50 : : : 1662 2798 51 crude crude JJ 1662 2798 52 oil oil NN 1662 2798 53 1,171 1,171 CD 1662 2798 54 km km NN 1662 2798 55 ; ; : 1662 2798 56 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2798 57 products product NNS 1662 2798 58 596 596 CD 1662 2798 59 km km NN 1662 2798 60 ; ; : 1662 2798 61 natural natural JJ 1662 2798 62 gas gas NN 1662 2798 63 460 460 CD 1662 2798 64 km km NN 1662 2798 65 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 2798 66 and and CC 1662 2798 67 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2798 68 : : : 1662 2798 69 Alexandria Alexandria NNP 1662 2798 70 , , , 1662 2798 71 Al Al NNP 1662 2798 72 Ghardaqah Ghardaqah NNP 1662 2798 73 , , , 1662 2798 74 Aswan Aswan NNP 1662 2798 75 , , , 1662 2798 76 Asyut Asyut NNP 1662 2798 77 , , , 1662 2798 78 Bur Bur VBD 1662 2798 79 Safajah Safajah NNP 1662 2798 80 , , , 1662 2798 81 Damietta Damietta NNP 1662 2798 82 , , , 1662 2798 83 Marsa Marsa NNP 1662 2798 84 Matruh Matruh NNP 1662 2798 85 , , , 1662 2798 86 Port Port NNP 1662 2798 87 Said Said NNP 1662 2798 88 , , , 1662 2798 89 Suez Suez NNP 1662 2798 90 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2798 91 marine marine RB 1662 2798 92 : : : 1662 2798 93 total total NN 1662 2798 94 : : : 1662 2798 95 156 156 CD 1662 2798 96 ships ship NNS 1662 2798 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2798 98 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2798 99 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2798 100 or or CC 1662 2798 101 over over RB 1662 2798 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2798 103 totaling total VBG 1662 2798 104 1,151,960 1,151,960 CD 1662 2798 105 GRT/1,771,863 GRT/1,771,863 JJR 1662 2798 106 DWT dwt NN 1662 2798 107 ships ship NNS 1662 2798 108 by by IN 1662 2798 109 type type NN 1662 2798 110 : : : 1662 2798 111 bulk bulk NNP 1662 2798 112 21 21 CD 1662 2798 113 , , , 1662 2798 114 cargo cargo NN 1662 2798 115 65 65 CD 1662 2798 116 , , , 1662 2798 117 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 2798 118 gas gas NN 1662 2798 119 tanker tanker NN 1662 2798 120 1 1 CD 1662 2798 121 , , , 1662 2798 122 oil oil NN 1662 2798 123 tanker tanker NN 1662 2798 124 14 14 CD 1662 2798 125 , , , 1662 2798 126 passenger passenger NN 1662 2798 127 35 35 CD 1662 2798 128 , , , 1662 2798 129 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 2798 130 cargo cargo NN 1662 2798 131 1 1 CD 1662 2798 132 , , , 1662 2798 133 roll roll NN 1662 2798 134 - - HYPH 1662 2798 135 on on IN 1662 2798 136 / / SYM 1662 2798 137 roll roll NN 1662 2798 138 - - HYPH 1662 2798 139 off off RP 1662 2798 140 cargo cargo NN 1662 2798 141 16 16 CD 1662 2798 142 , , , 1662 2798 143 short short JJ 1662 2798 144 - - HYPH 1662 2798 145 sea sea NN 1662 2798 146 passenger passenger NN 1662 2798 147 3 3 CD 1662 2798 148 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2798 149 1996 1996 CD 1662 2798 150 est est NNP 1662 2798 151 . . . 1662 2798 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2799 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2799 2 : : : 1662 2799 3 81 81 CD 1662 2799 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2799 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2799 6 est est NNP 1662 2799 7 . . . 1662 2799 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2800 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2800 2 - - , 1662 2800 3 with with IN 1662 2800 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2800 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2800 6 : : : 1662 2800 7 total total NN 1662 2800 8 : : : 1662 2800 9 73 73 CD 1662 2800 10 over over IN 1662 2800 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2800 12 m m CD 1662 2800 13 : : : 1662 2800 14 11 11 CD 1662 2800 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2800 16 to to IN 1662 2800 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2800 18 m m NN 1662 2800 19 : : : 1662 2800 20 34 34 CD 1662 2800 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2800 22 to to TO 1662 2800 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2800 24 m m NN 1662 2800 25 : : : 1662 2800 26 16 16 CD 1662 2800 27 914 914 CD 1662 2800 28 to to TO 1662 2800 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2800 30 m m NN 1662 2800 31 : : : 1662 2800 32 2 2 CD 1662 2800 33 under under IN 1662 2800 34 914 914 CD 1662 2800 35 m m NN 1662 2800 36 : : : 1662 2800 37 10 10 CD 1662 2800 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2800 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 2800 40 est est NNP 1662 2800 41 . . . 1662 2800 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2801 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2801 2 - - , 1662 2801 3 with with IN 1662 2801 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2801 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2801 6 : : : 1662 2801 7 total total NN 1662 2801 8 : : : 1662 2801 9 8 8 CD 1662 2801 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2801 11 to to TO 1662 2801 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2801 13 m m NN 1662 2801 14 : : : 1662 2801 15 2 2 CD 1662 2801 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2801 17 to to TO 1662 2801 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2801 19 m m NN 1662 2801 20 : : : 1662 2801 21 2 2 CD 1662 2801 22 914 914 CD 1662 2801 23 to to TO 1662 2801 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2801 25 m m NN 1662 2801 26 : : : 1662 2801 27 4 4 CD 1662 2801 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2801 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 2801 30 est est NNP 1662 2801 31 . . . 1662 2801 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2802 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 2802 2 : : : 1662 2802 3 2 2 CD 1662 2802 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2802 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2802 6 est est NNP 1662 2802 7 . . . 1662 2802 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2803 1 Military military JJ 1662 2803 2 Military military JJ 1662 2803 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2803 4 : : : 1662 2803 5 Army Army NNP 1662 2803 6 , , , 1662 2803 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 2803 8 , , , 1662 2803 9 Air Air NNP 1662 2803 10 Force Force NNP 1662 2803 11 , , , 1662 2803 12 Air Air NNP 1662 2803 13 Defense Defense NNP 1662 2803 14 Command Command NNP 1662 2803 15 Military Military NNP 1662 2803 16 manpower manpower NN 1662 2803 17 - - HYPH 1662 2803 18 military military NN 1662 2803 19 age age NN 1662 2803 20 : : : 1662 2803 21 20 20 CD 1662 2803 22 years year NNS 1662 2803 23 of of IN 1662 2803 24 age age NN 1662 2803 25 Military military JJ 1662 2803 26 manpower manpower NN 1662 2803 27 - - HYPH 1662 2803 28 availability availability NN 1662 2803 29 : : : 1662 2803 30 males male NNS 1662 2803 31 age age NNP 1662 2803 32 15 15 CD 1662 2803 33 - - HYPH 1662 2803 34 49 49 CD 1662 2803 35 : : SYM 1662 2803 36 16,942,953 16,942,953 CD 1662 2803 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2803 38 1997 1997 CD 1662 2803 39 est est NNP 1662 2803 40 . . . 1662 2803 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2804 1 Military military JJ 1662 2804 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2804 3 - - HYPH 1662 2804 4 fit fit NN 1662 2804 5 for for IN 1662 2804 6 military military JJ 1662 2804 7 service service NN 1662 2804 8 : : : 1662 2804 9 males male NNS 1662 2804 10 : : : 1662 2804 11 10,987,037 10,987,037 CD 1662 2804 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2804 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2804 14 est est NNP 1662 2804 15 . . . 1662 2804 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2805 1 Military military JJ 1662 2805 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2805 3 - - HYPH 1662 2805 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 2805 5 military military JJ 1662 2805 6 age age NN 1662 2805 7 annually annually RB 1662 2805 8 : : : 1662 2805 9 males male NNS 1662 2805 10 : : : 1662 2805 11 672,197 672,197 CD 1662 2805 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2805 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2805 14 est est NNP 1662 2805 15 . . . 1662 2805 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2806 1 Military military JJ 1662 2806 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2806 3 - - HYPH 1662 2806 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2806 5 figure figure NN 1662 2806 6 : : : 1662 2806 7 $ $ $ 1662 2806 8 3.28 3.28 CD 1662 2806 9 billion billion CD 1662 2806 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2806 11 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 2806 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2806 13 Military military JJ 1662 2806 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2806 15 - - : 1662 2806 16 percent percent NN 1662 2806 17 of of IN 1662 2806 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2806 19 : : : 1662 2806 20 8.2 8.2 CD 1662 2806 21 % % NN 1662 2806 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2806 23 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 2806 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2806 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2806 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2806 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2806 28 - - HYPH 1662 2806 29 international international JJ 1662 2806 30 : : : 1662 2806 31 administrative administrative JJ 1662 2806 32 boundary boundary NN 1662 2806 33 with with IN 1662 2806 34 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 2806 35 does do VBZ 1662 2806 36 not not RB 1662 2806 37 coincide coincide VB 1662 2806 38 with with IN 1662 2806 39 international international JJ 1662 2806 40 boundary boundary NN 1662 2806 41 creating create VBG 1662 2806 42 the the DT 1662 2806 43 " " `` 1662 2806 44 Hala'ib Hala'ib NNP 1662 2806 45 Triangle Triangle NNP 1662 2806 46 , , , 1662 2806 47 " " '' 1662 2806 48 a a DT 1662 2806 49 barren barren JJ 1662 2806 50 area area NN 1662 2806 51 of of IN 1662 2806 52 20,580 20,580 CD 1662 2806 53 sq sq NN 1662 2806 54 km km NN 1662 2806 55 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 2806 56 drugs drug NNS 1662 2806 57 : : : 1662 2806 58 a a DT 1662 2806 59 transit transit NN 1662 2806 60 point point NN 1662 2806 61 for for IN 1662 2806 62 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 2806 63 Asian Asian NNP 1662 2806 64 and and CC 1662 2806 65 Southeast southeast JJ 1662 2806 66 Asian asian JJ 1662 2806 67 heroin heroin NN 1662 2806 68 and and CC 1662 2806 69 opium opium NN 1662 2806 70 moving move VBG 1662 2806 71 to to IN 1662 2806 72 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2806 73 and and CC 1662 2806 74 the the DT 1662 2806 75 US US NNP 1662 2806 76 ; ; : 1662 2806 77 popular popular JJ 1662 2806 78 transit transit NN 1662 2806 79 stop stop NN 1662 2806 80 for for IN 1662 2806 81 Nigerian nigerian JJ 1662 2806 82 couriers courier NNS 1662 2806 83 ; ; : 1662 2806 84 large large JJ 1662 2806 85 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2806 86 consumption consumption NN 1662 2806 87 of of IN 1662 2806 88 hashish hashish NN 1662 2806 89 from from IN 1662 2806 90 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 1662 2806 91 and and CC 1662 2806 92 Syria Syria NNP 1662 2806 93 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 94 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 95 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 96 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 97 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 98 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 99 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 100 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 101 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 102 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 103 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 104 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 105 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 106 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 107 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 108 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 109 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 110 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 111 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 112 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 113 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 114 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 115 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 116 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 117 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 118 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 119 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 120 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 121 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 122 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 123 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 124 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 125 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 126 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 127 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 128 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 129 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 130 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 131 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 132 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 133 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 134 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 135 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 136 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 137 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 138 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 139 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 140 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 141 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 142 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 143 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 144 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 145 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 146 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 147 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 148 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 149 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 150 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 151 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 152 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 153 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 154 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 155 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 156 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 157 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 158 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 159 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 160 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 161 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 162 _ _ NNP 1662 2806 163 EL EL NNP 1662 2806 164 SALVADOR SALVADOR NNP 1662 2806 165 @El @El . 1662 2806 166 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 2806 167 : : : 1662 2806 168 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2806 169 Location Location NNP 1662 2806 170 : : : 1662 2806 171 Middle Middle NNP 1662 2806 172 America America NNP 1662 2806 173 , , , 1662 2806 174 bordering border VBG 1662 2806 175 the the DT 1662 2806 176 North North NNP 1662 2806 177 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2806 178 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2806 179 , , , 1662 2806 180 between between IN 1662 2806 181 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 2806 182 and and CC 1662 2806 183 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 2806 184 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2806 185 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2806 186 : : : 1662 2806 187 13 13 CD 1662 2806 188 50 50 CD 1662 2806 189 N n CD 1662 2806 190 , , , 1662 2806 191 88 88 CD 1662 2806 192 55 55 CD 1662 2806 193 W W NNP 1662 2806 194 Map Map NNP 1662 2806 195 references reference NNS 1662 2806 196 : : : 1662 2806 197 Central Central NNP 1662 2806 198 America America NNP 1662 2806 199 and and CC 1662 2806 200 the the DT 1662 2806 201 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 2806 202 Area Area NNP 1662 2806 203 : : : 1662 2806 204 total total NN 1662 2806 205 : : : 1662 2806 206 21,040 21,040 CD 1662 2806 207 sq sq NN 1662 2806 208 km km NNP 1662 2806 209 land land NN 1662 2806 210 : : : 1662 2806 211 20,720 20,720 CD 1662 2806 212 sq sq RB 1662 2806 213 km km NNP 1662 2806 214 water water NN 1662 2806 215 : : : 1662 2806 216 320 320 CD 1662 2806 217 sq sq NN 1662 2806 218 km km NNP 1662 2806 219 Area area NN 1662 2806 220 - - HYPH 1662 2806 221 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2806 222 : : : 1662 2806 223 slightly slightly RB 1662 2806 224 smaller small JJR 1662 2806 225 than than IN 1662 2806 226 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 2806 227 Land Land NNP 1662 2806 228 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2806 229 : : : 1662 2806 230 total total JJ 1662 2806 231 : : : 1662 2806 232 545 545 CD 1662 2806 233 km km NN 1662 2806 234 border border NN 1662 2806 235 countries country NNS 1662 2806 236 : : : 1662 2806 237 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 2806 238 203 203 CD 1662 2806 239 km km NNS 1662 2806 240 , , , 1662 2806 241 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 2806 242 342 342 CD 1662 2806 243 km km NN 1662 2806 244 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2806 245 : : : 1662 2806 246 307 307 CD 1662 2806 247 km km NN 1662 2806 248 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2806 249 claims claim VBZ 1662 2806 250 : : : 1662 2806 251 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2806 252 sea sea NN 1662 2806 253 : : : 1662 2806 254 200 200 CD 1662 2806 255 nm nm NNP 1662 2806 256 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2806 257 : : : 1662 2806 258 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2806 259 ; ; : 1662 2806 260 rainy rainy JJ 1662 2806 261 season season NN 1662 2806 262 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2806 263 May May NNP 1662 2806 264 to to IN 1662 2806 265 October October NNP 1662 2806 266 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2806 267 ; ; : 1662 2806 268 dry dry JJ 1662 2806 269 season season NN 1662 2806 270 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2806 271 November November NNP 1662 2806 272 to to IN 1662 2806 273 April April NNP 1662 2806 274 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2806 275 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2806 276 : : : 1662 2806 277 mostly mostly RB 1662 2806 278 mountains mountain NNS 1662 2806 279 with with IN 1662 2806 280 narrow narrow JJ 1662 2806 281 coastal coastal JJ 1662 2806 282 belt belt NN 1662 2806 283 and and CC 1662 2806 284 central central JJ 1662 2806 285 plateau plateau NN 1662 2806 286 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2806 287 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2806 288 : : : 1662 2806 289 lowest low JJS 1662 2806 290 point point NN 1662 2806 291 : : : 1662 2806 292 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2806 293 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2806 294 0 0 NFP 1662 2806 295 m m DT 1662 2806 296 highest high JJS 1662 2806 297 point point NN 1662 2806 298 : : : 1662 2806 299 Cerro Cerro NNP 1662 2806 300 El El NNP 1662 2806 301 Pital Pital NNP 1662 2806 302 2,730 2,730 CD 1662 2806 303 m m NNP 1662 2806 304 Natural natural JJ 1662 2806 305 resources resource NNS 1662 2806 306 : : : 1662 2806 307 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 2806 308 , , , 1662 2806 309 geothermal geothermal JJ 1662 2806 310 power power NN 1662 2806 311 , , , 1662 2806 312 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2806 313 Land Land NNP 1662 2806 314 use use NN 1662 2806 315 : : : 1662 2806 316 arable arable JJ 1662 2806 317 land land NN 1662 2806 318 : : : 1662 2806 319 27 27 CD 1662 2806 320 % % NN 1662 2806 321 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2806 322 crops crop NNS 1662 2806 323 : : : 1662 2806 324 8 8 CD 1662 2806 325 % % NN 1662 2806 326 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2806 327 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2806 328 : : : 1662 2806 329 29 29 CD 1662 2806 330 % % NN 1662 2806 331 forests forest NNS 1662 2806 332 and and CC 1662 2806 333 woodland woodland NN 1662 2806 334 : : : 1662 2806 335 5 5 CD 1662 2806 336 % % NN 1662 2806 337 other other JJ 1662 2806 338 : : : 1662 2806 339 31 31 CD 1662 2806 340 % % NN 1662 2806 341 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2806 342 1993 1993 CD 1662 2806 343 est est NNP 1662 2806 344 . . . 1662 2806 345 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2807 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2807 2 land land NN 1662 2807 3 : : : 1662 2807 4 1,200 1,200 CD 1662 2807 5 sq sq NNP 1662 2807 6 km km NNP 1662 2807 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2807 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2807 9 est est NNP 1662 2807 10 . . . 1662 2807 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2808 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2808 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2808 3 : : : 1662 2808 4 known know VBN 1662 2808 5 as as IN 1662 2808 6 the the DT 1662 2808 7 Land Land NNP 1662 2808 8 of of IN 1662 2808 9 Volcanoes Volcanoes NNPS 1662 2808 10 ; ; : 1662 2808 11 frequent frequent JJ 1662 2808 12 and and CC 1662 2808 13 sometimes sometimes RB 1662 2808 14 very very RB 1662 2808 15 destructive destructive JJ 1662 2808 16 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 2808 17 and and CC 1662 2808 18 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 2808 19 activity activity NN 1662 2808 20 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2808 21 - - HYPH 1662 2808 22 current current JJ 1662 2808 23 issues issue NNS 1662 2808 24 : : : 1662 2808 25 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 2808 26 ; ; , 1662 2808 27 soil soil NN 1662 2808 28 erosion erosion NN 1662 2808 29 ; ; : 1662 2808 30 water water NN 1662 2808 31 pollution pollution NN 1662 2808 32 ; ; : 1662 2808 33 contamination contamination NN 1662 2808 34 of of IN 1662 2808 35 soils soil NNS 1662 2808 36 from from IN 1662 2808 37 disposal disposal NN 1662 2808 38 of of IN 1662 2808 39 toxic toxic JJ 1662 2808 40 wastes waste NNS 1662 2808 41 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2808 42 - - HYPH 1662 2808 43 international international JJ 1662 2808 44 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2808 45 : : : 1662 2808 46 party party NN 1662 2808 47 to to TO 1662 2808 48 : : : 1662 2808 49 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 2808 50 , , , 1662 2808 51 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2808 52 Change Change NNP 1662 2808 53 , , , 1662 2808 54 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2808 55 Species Species NNPS 1662 2808 56 , , , 1662 2808 57 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 2808 58 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 2808 59 , , , 1662 2808 60 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 2808 61 Test Test NNP 1662 2808 62 Ban Ban NNP 1662 2808 63 , , , 1662 2808 64 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2808 65 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2808 66 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2808 67 signed sign VBD 1662 2808 68 , , , 1662 2808 69 but but CC 1662 2808 70 not not RB 1662 2808 71 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2808 72 : : : 1662 2808 73 Law Law NNP 1662 2808 74 of of IN 1662 2808 75 the the DT 1662 2808 76 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2808 77 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2808 78 - - HYPH 1662 2808 79 note note NN 1662 2808 80 : : : 1662 2808 81 smallest small JJS 1662 2808 82 Central central JJ 1662 2808 83 American american JJ 1662 2808 84 country country NN 1662 2808 85 and and CC 1662 2808 86 only only RB 1662 2808 87 one one CD 1662 2808 88 without without IN 1662 2808 89 a a DT 1662 2808 90 coastline coastline NN 1662 2808 91 on on IN 1662 2808 92 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 2808 93 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2808 94 @El @El . 1662 2808 95 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 2808 96 : : : 1662 2808 97 People People NNP 1662 2808 98 Population Population NNP 1662 2808 99 : : : 1662 2808 100 5,661,827 5,661,827 CD 1662 2808 101 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2808 102 July July NNP 1662 2808 103 1997 1997 CD 1662 2808 104 est est NNP 1662 2808 105 . . . 1662 2808 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2809 1 Age age NN 1662 2809 2 structure structure NN 1662 2809 3 : : : 1662 2809 4 0 0 CD 1662 2809 5 - - HYPH 1662 2809 6 14 14 CD 1662 2809 7 years year NNS 1662 2809 8 : : : 1662 2809 9 38 38 CD 1662 2809 10 % % NN 1662 2809 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2809 12 male male JJ 1662 2809 13 1,084,198 1,084,198 CD 1662 2809 14 ; ; : 1662 2809 15 female female JJ 1662 2809 16 1,038,248 1,038,248 CD 1662 2809 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2809 18 15 15 CD 1662 2809 19 - - SYM 1662 2809 20 64 64 CD 1662 2809 21 years year NNS 1662 2809 22 : : : 1662 2809 23 57 57 CD 1662 2809 24 % % NN 1662 2809 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2809 26 male male JJ 1662 2809 27 1,538,609 1,538,609 CD 1662 2809 28 ; ; : 1662 2809 29 female female JJ 1662 2809 30 1,709,756 1,709,756 CD 1662 2809 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2809 32 65 65 CD 1662 2809 33 years year NNS 1662 2809 34 and and CC 1662 2809 35 over over IN 1662 2809 36 : : : 1662 2809 37 5 5 CD 1662 2809 38 % % NN 1662 2809 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2809 40 male male JJ 1662 2809 41 133,038 133,038 CD 1662 2809 42 ; ; : 1662 2809 43 female female JJ 1662 2809 44 157,978 157,978 CD 1662 2809 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2809 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2809 47 July July NNP 1662 2809 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2809 49 est est NNP 1662 2809 50 . . . 1662 2809 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2810 1 Population population NN 1662 2810 2 growth growth NN 1662 2810 3 rate rate NN 1662 2810 4 : : : 1662 2810 5 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 2810 6 % % NN 1662 2810 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2810 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2810 9 est est NNP 1662 2810 10 . . . 1662 2810 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2811 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2811 2 rate rate NN 1662 2811 3 : : : 1662 2811 4 27.22 27.22 CD 1662 2811 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 2811 6 population population NN 1662 2811 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2811 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2811 9 est est NNP 1662 2811 10 . . . 1662 2811 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2812 1 Death death NN 1662 2812 2 rate rate NN 1662 2812 3 : : : 1662 2812 4 6.44 6.44 CD 1662 2812 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2812 6 population population NN 1662 2812 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2812 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2812 9 est est NNP 1662 2812 10 . . . 1662 2812 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2813 1 Net net JJ 1662 2813 2 migration migration NN 1662 2813 3 rate rate NN 1662 2813 4 : : : 1662 2813 5 -4.81 -4.81 NFP 1662 2813 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 2813 7 population population NN 1662 2813 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2813 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2813 10 est est NNP 1662 2813 11 . . . 1662 2813 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2814 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2814 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2814 3 : : : 1662 2814 4 at at IN 1662 2814 5 birth birth NN 1662 2814 6 : : : 1662 2814 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 2814 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2814 9 under under IN 1662 2814 10 15 15 CD 1662 2814 11 years year NNS 1662 2814 12 : : : 1662 2814 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 2814 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2814 15 15 15 CD 1662 2814 16 - - HYPH 1662 2814 17 64 64 CD 1662 2814 18 years year NNS 1662 2814 19 : : : 1662 2814 20 0.9 0.9 CD 1662 2814 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2814 22 65 65 CD 1662 2814 23 years year NNS 1662 2814 24 and and CC 1662 2814 25 over over IN 1662 2814 26 : : : 1662 2814 27 0.84 0.84 CD 1662 2814 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2814 29 total total JJ 1662 2814 30 population population NN 1662 2814 31 : : : 1662 2814 32 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 2814 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2814 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2814 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2814 36 est est NNP 1662 2814 37 . . . 1662 2814 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2815 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2815 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2815 3 rate rate NN 1662 2815 4 : : : 1662 2815 5 30.3 30.3 CD 1662 2815 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2815 7 live live JJ 1662 2815 8 births birth NNS 1662 2815 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2815 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2815 11 est est NNP 1662 2815 12 . . . 1662 2815 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2816 1 Life life NN 1662 2816 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2816 3 at at IN 1662 2816 4 birth birth NN 1662 2816 5 : : : 1662 2816 6 total total JJ 1662 2816 7 population population NN 1662 2816 8 : : : 1662 2816 9 69.27 69.27 CD 1662 2816 10 years year NNS 1662 2816 11 male male NN 1662 2816 12 : : : 1662 2816 13 65.89 65.89 CD 1662 2816 14 years year NNS 1662 2816 15 female female JJ 1662 2816 16 : : : 1662 2816 17 72.81 72.81 CD 1662 2816 18 years year NNS 1662 2816 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2816 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2816 21 est est NNP 1662 2816 22 . . . 1662 2816 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2817 1 Total total JJ 1662 2817 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2817 3 rate rate NN 1662 2817 4 : : : 1662 2817 5 3.13 3.13 CD 1662 2817 6 children child NNS 1662 2817 7 born bear VBN 1662 2817 8 / / SYM 1662 2817 9 woman woman NN 1662 2817 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2817 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2817 12 est est NNP 1662 2817 13 . . . 1662 2817 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2818 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2818 2 : : : 1662 2818 3 noun noun NNP 1662 2818 4 : : : 1662 2818 5 Salvadoran(s Salvadoran(s NNP 1662 2818 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2818 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 2818 8 : : : 1662 2818 9 Salvadoran salvadoran JJ 1662 2818 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2818 11 groups group NNS 1662 2818 12 : : : 1662 2818 13 mestizo mestizo NNP 1662 2818 14 94 94 CD 1662 2818 15 % % NN 1662 2818 16 , , , 1662 2818 17 Amerindian Amerindian NNP 1662 2818 18 5 5 CD 1662 2818 19 % % NN 1662 2818 20 , , , 1662 2818 21 white white JJ 1662 2818 22 1 1 CD 1662 2818 23 % % NN 1662 2818 24 Religions religion NNS 1662 2818 25 : : : 1662 2818 26 Roman Roman NNP 1662 2818 27 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 2818 28 75 75 CD 1662 2818 29 % % NN 1662 2818 30 note note NN 1662 2818 31 : : : 1662 2818 32 there there EX 1662 2818 33 is be VBZ 1662 2818 34 extensive extensive JJ 1662 2818 35 activity activity NN 1662 2818 36 by by IN 1662 2818 37 Protestant protestant JJ 1662 2818 38 groups group NNS 1662 2818 39 throughout throughout IN 1662 2818 40 the the DT 1662 2818 41 country country NN 1662 2818 42 ; ; : 1662 2818 43 by by IN 1662 2818 44 the the DT 1662 2818 45 end end NN 1662 2818 46 of of IN 1662 2818 47 1992 1992 CD 1662 2818 48 , , , 1662 2818 49 there there EX 1662 2818 50 were be VBD 1662 2818 51 an an DT 1662 2818 52 estimated estimate VBN 1662 2818 53 1 1 CD 1662 2818 54 million million CD 1662 2818 55 Protestant protestant JJ 1662 2818 56 evangelicals evangelical NNS 1662 2818 57 in in IN 1662 2818 58 El El NNP 1662 2818 59 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 2818 60 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 2818 61 : : : 1662 2818 62 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 2818 63 , , , 1662 2818 64 Nahua Nahua NNP 1662 2818 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2818 66 among among IN 1662 2818 67 some some DT 1662 2818 68 Amerindians amerindian NNS 1662 2818 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2818 70 Literacy literacy NN 1662 2818 71 : : : 1662 2818 72 definition definition NN 1662 2818 73 : : : 1662 2818 74 age age NN 1662 2818 75 15 15 CD 1662 2818 76 and and CC 1662 2818 77 over over RB 1662 2818 78 can can MD 1662 2818 79 read read VB 1662 2818 80 and and CC 1662 2818 81 write write VB 1662 2818 82 total total JJ 1662 2818 83 population population NN 1662 2818 84 : : : 1662 2818 85 71.5 71.5 CD 1662 2818 86 % % NN 1662 2818 87 male male NN 1662 2818 88 : : : 1662 2818 89 73.5 73.5 CD 1662 2818 90 % % NN 1662 2818 91 female female NN 1662 2818 92 : : : 1662 2818 93 69.8 69.8 CD 1662 2818 94 % % NN 1662 2818 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2818 96 1995 1995 CD 1662 2818 97 est est NNP 1662 2818 98 . . . 1662 2818 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 1 @El @El : 1662 2819 2 Salvador salvador NN 1662 2819 3 : : : 1662 2819 4 Government Government NNP 1662 2819 5 Country Country NNP 1662 2819 6 name name NN 1662 2819 7 : : : 1662 2819 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2819 9 long long JJ 1662 2819 10 form form NN 1662 2819 11 : : : 1662 2819 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2819 13 of of IN 1662 2819 14 El El NNP 1662 2819 15 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 2819 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2819 17 short short JJ 1662 2819 18 form form NN 1662 2819 19 : : : 1662 2819 20 El El NNP 1662 2819 21 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 2819 22 local local JJ 1662 2819 23 long long JJ 1662 2819 24 form form NN 1662 2819 25 : : : 1662 2819 26 Republica Republica NNP 1662 2819 27 de de FW 1662 2819 28 El El NNP 1662 2819 29 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 2819 30 local local JJ 1662 2819 31 short short JJ 1662 2819 32 form form NN 1662 2819 33 : : : 1662 2819 34 El El NNP 1662 2819 35 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 2819 36 Data Data NNP 1662 2819 37 code code NN 1662 2819 38 : : : 1662 2819 39 ES ES NNP 1662 2819 40 Government Government NNP 1662 2819 41 type type NN 1662 2819 42 : : : 1662 2819 43 republic republic NNP 1662 2819 44 National national JJ 1662 2819 45 capital capital NN 1662 2819 46 : : : 1662 2819 47 San San NNP 1662 2819 48 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 2819 49 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 2819 50 divisions division NNS 1662 2819 51 : : : 1662 2819 52 14 14 CD 1662 2819 53 departments department NNS 1662 2819 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 55 departamentos departamento NNS 1662 2819 56 , , , 1662 2819 57 singular singular NNP 1662 2819 58 - - HYPH 1662 2819 59 departamento departamento NNP 1662 2819 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 61 ; ; : 1662 2819 62 Ahuachapan Ahuachapan NNP 1662 2819 63 , , , 1662 2819 64 Cabanas Cabanas NNP 1662 2819 65 , , , 1662 2819 66 Chalatenango Chalatenango NNP 1662 2819 67 , , , 1662 2819 68 Cuscatlan Cuscatlan NNP 1662 2819 69 , , , 1662 2819 70 La La NNP 1662 2819 71 Libertad Libertad NNP 1662 2819 72 , , , 1662 2819 73 La La NNP 1662 2819 74 Paz Paz NNP 1662 2819 75 , , , 1662 2819 76 La La NNP 1662 2819 77 Union Union NNP 1662 2819 78 , , , 1662 2819 79 Morazan Morazan NNP 1662 2819 80 , , , 1662 2819 81 San San NNP 1662 2819 82 Miguel Miguel NNP 1662 2819 83 , , , 1662 2819 84 San San NNP 1662 2819 85 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 2819 86 , , , 1662 2819 87 Santa Santa NNP 1662 2819 88 Ana Ana NNP 1662 2819 89 , , , 1662 2819 90 San San NNP 1662 2819 91 Vicente Vicente NNP 1662 2819 92 , , , 1662 2819 93 Sonsonate Sonsonate NNP 1662 2819 94 , , , 1662 2819 95 Usulutan Usulutan NNP 1662 2819 96 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2819 97 : : : 1662 2819 98 15 15 CD 1662 2819 99 September September NNP 1662 2819 100 1821 1821 CD 1662 2819 101 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 102 from from IN 1662 2819 103 Spain Spain NNP 1662 2819 104 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 105 National national JJ 1662 2819 106 holiday holiday NN 1662 2819 107 : : : 1662 2819 108 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2819 109 Day Day NNP 1662 2819 110 , , , 1662 2819 111 15 15 CD 1662 2819 112 September September NNP 1662 2819 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 114 1821 1821 CD 1662 2819 115 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 116 Constitution constitution NN 1662 2819 117 : : : 1662 2819 118 20 20 CD 1662 2819 119 December December NNP 1662 2819 120 1983 1983 CD 1662 2819 121 Legal legal JJ 1662 2819 122 system system NN 1662 2819 123 : : : 1662 2819 124 based base VBN 1662 2819 125 on on IN 1662 2819 126 civil civil JJ 1662 2819 127 and and CC 1662 2819 128 Roman roman JJ 1662 2819 129 law law NN 1662 2819 130 , , , 1662 2819 131 with with IN 1662 2819 132 traces trace NNS 1662 2819 133 of of IN 1662 2819 134 common common JJ 1662 2819 135 law law NN 1662 2819 136 ; ; : 1662 2819 137 judicial judicial JJ 1662 2819 138 review review NN 1662 2819 139 of of IN 1662 2819 140 legislative legislative JJ 1662 2819 141 acts act NNS 1662 2819 142 in in IN 1662 2819 143 the the DT 1662 2819 144 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2819 145 Court Court NNP 1662 2819 146 ; ; : 1662 2819 147 accepts accept VBZ 1662 2819 148 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 2819 149 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 2819 150 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 2819 151 , , , 1662 2819 152 with with IN 1662 2819 153 reservations reservation NNS 1662 2819 154 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 2819 155 : : : 1662 2819 156 18 18 CD 1662 2819 157 years year NNS 1662 2819 158 of of IN 1662 2819 159 age age NN 1662 2819 160 ; ; : 1662 2819 161 universal universal JJ 1662 2819 162 Executive Executive NNP 1662 2819 163 branch branch NN 1662 2819 164 : : : 1662 2819 165 chief chief NN 1662 2819 166 of of IN 1662 2819 167 state state NN 1662 2819 168 : : : 1662 2819 169 President President NNP 1662 2819 170 Armando Armando NNP 1662 2819 171 CALDERON CALDERON NNP 1662 2819 172 Sol Sol NNP 1662 2819 173 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 174 since since IN 1662 2819 175 1 1 CD 1662 2819 176 June June NNP 1662 2819 177 1994 1994 CD 1662 2819 178 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 179 ; ; : 1662 2819 180 Vice Vice NNP 1662 2819 181 President President NNP 1662 2819 182 Enrique Enrique NNP 1662 2819 183 BORGO BORGO NNP 1662 2819 184 Bustamante Bustamante NNP 1662 2819 185 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 186 since since IN 1662 2819 187 1 1 CD 1662 2819 188 June June NNP 1662 2819 189 1994 1994 CD 1662 2819 190 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 191 ; ; : 1662 2819 192 note note VB 1662 2819 193 - - : 1662 2819 194 the the DT 1662 2819 195 president president NN 1662 2819 196 is be VBZ 1662 2819 197 both both CC 1662 2819 198 the the DT 1662 2819 199 chief chief NN 1662 2819 200 of of IN 1662 2819 201 state state NN 1662 2819 202 and and CC 1662 2819 203 head head NN 1662 2819 204 of of IN 1662 2819 205 government government NN 1662 2819 206 head head NN 1662 2819 207 of of IN 1662 2819 208 government government NN 1662 2819 209 : : : 1662 2819 210 President President NNP 1662 2819 211 Armando Armando NNP 1662 2819 212 CALDERON CALDERON NNP 1662 2819 213 Sol Sol NNP 1662 2819 214 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 215 since since IN 1662 2819 216 1 1 CD 1662 2819 217 June June NNP 1662 2819 218 1994 1994 CD 1662 2819 219 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 220 ; ; : 1662 2819 221 Vice Vice NNP 1662 2819 222 President President NNP 1662 2819 223 Enrique Enrique NNP 1662 2819 224 BORGO BORGO NNP 1662 2819 225 Bustamante Bustamante NNP 1662 2819 226 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 227 since since IN 1662 2819 228 1 1 CD 1662 2819 229 June June NNP 1662 2819 230 1994 1994 CD 1662 2819 231 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 232 ; ; : 1662 2819 233 note note VB 1662 2819 234 - - : 1662 2819 235 the the DT 1662 2819 236 president president NN 1662 2819 237 is be VBZ 1662 2819 238 both both CC 1662 2819 239 the the DT 1662 2819 240 chief chief NN 1662 2819 241 of of IN 1662 2819 242 state state NN 1662 2819 243 and and CC 1662 2819 244 head head NN 1662 2819 245 of of IN 1662 2819 246 government government NN 1662 2819 247 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2819 248 : : : 1662 2819 249 Council Council NNP 1662 2819 250 of of IN 1662 2819 251 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 2819 252 elections election NNS 1662 2819 253 : : : 1662 2819 254 president president NN 1662 2819 255 and and CC 1662 2819 256 vice vice NN 1662 2819 257 president president NN 1662 2819 258 elected elect VBD 1662 2819 259 on on IN 1662 2819 260 the the DT 1662 2819 261 same same JJ 1662 2819 262 ticket ticket NN 1662 2819 263 by by IN 1662 2819 264 popular popular JJ 1662 2819 265 vote vote NN 1662 2819 266 for for IN 1662 2819 267 five five CD 1662 2819 268 - - HYPH 1662 2819 269 year year NN 1662 2819 270 terms term NNS 1662 2819 271 ; ; : 1662 2819 272 election election NN 1662 2819 273 last last JJ 1662 2819 274 held hold VBD 1662 2819 275 20 20 CD 1662 2819 276 March March NNP 1662 2819 277 1994 1994 CD 1662 2819 278 , , , 1662 2819 279 with with IN 1662 2819 280 a a DT 1662 2819 281 run run VB 1662 2819 282 - - HYPH 1662 2819 283 off off RP 1662 2819 284 election election NN 1662 2819 285 held hold VBN 1662 2819 286 24 24 CD 1662 2819 287 April April NNP 1662 2819 288 1994 1994 CD 1662 2819 289 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 290 next next JJ 1662 2819 291 to to TO 1662 2819 292 be be VB 1662 2819 293 held hold VBN 1662 2819 294 NA NA NNP 1662 2819 295 March March NNP 1662 2819 296 1999 1999 CD 1662 2819 297 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 298 election election NN 1662 2819 299 results result NNS 1662 2819 300 : : : 1662 2819 301 Armando Armando NNP 1662 2819 302 CALDERON CALDERON NNP 1662 2819 303 Sol Sol NNP 1662 2819 304 elected elect VBD 1662 2819 305 president president NN 1662 2819 306 ; ; , 1662 2819 307 percent percent NN 1662 2819 308 of of IN 1662 2819 309 vote vote NN 1662 2819 310 - - HYPH 1662 2819 311 Armando Armando NNP 1662 2819 312 CALDERON CALDERON NNP 1662 2819 313 SOL SOL NNP 1662 2819 314 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 315 ARENA ARENA NNP 1662 2819 316 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 317 49.03 49.03 CD 1662 2819 318 % % NN 1662 2819 319 , , , 1662 2819 320 Ruben Ruben NNP 1662 2819 321 ZAMORA ZAMORA NNP 1662 2819 322 Rivas Rivas NNP 1662 2819 323 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 324 CD CD NNP 1662 2819 325 / / SYM 1662 2819 326 FMLN FMLN NNS 1662 2819 327 / / SYM 1662 2819 328 MNR MNR NNP 1662 2819 329 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 330 24.09 24.09 CD 1662 2819 331 % % NN 1662 2819 332 , , , 1662 2819 333 Fidel Fidel NNP 1662 2819 334 CHAVEZ CHAVEZ NNP 1662 2819 335 Mena Mena NNP 1662 2819 336 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 337 PDC PDC NNP 1662 2819 338 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 339 16.39 16.39 CD 1662 2819 340 % % NN 1662 2819 341 , , , 1662 2819 342 other other JJ 1662 2819 343 10.49 10.49 CD 1662 2819 344 % % NN 1662 2819 345 ; ; : 1662 2819 346 because because IN 1662 2819 347 no no DT 1662 2819 348 candidate candidate NN 1662 2819 349 received receive VBD 1662 2819 350 a a DT 1662 2819 351 majority majority NN 1662 2819 352 , , , 1662 2819 353 a a DT 1662 2819 354 run run VB 1662 2819 355 - - HYPH 1662 2819 356 off off RP 1662 2819 357 election election NN 1662 2819 358 was be VBD 1662 2819 359 held hold VBN 1662 2819 360 and and CC 1662 2819 361 the the DT 1662 2819 362 results result NNS 1662 2819 363 were be VBD 1662 2819 364 as as IN 1662 2819 365 follows follow VBZ 1662 2819 366 - - : 1662 2819 367 Armando Armando NNP 1662 2819 368 CALDERON CALDERON NNP 1662 2819 369 SOL SOL NNP 1662 2819 370 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 371 ARENA ARENA NNP 1662 2819 372 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 373 68.35 68.35 CD 1662 2819 374 % % NN 1662 2819 375 , , , 1662 2819 376 Ruben Ruben NNP 1662 2819 377 ZAMORA ZAMORA NNP 1662 2819 378 Rivas Rivas NNP 1662 2819 379 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 380 CD CD NNP 1662 2819 381 / / SYM 1662 2819 382 FMLN FMLN NNS 1662 2819 383 / / SYM 1662 2819 384 MNR MNR NNP 1662 2819 385 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 386 31.65 31.65 CD 1662 2819 387 % % NN 1662 2819 388 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2819 389 branch branch NN 1662 2819 390 : : : 1662 2819 391 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 2819 392 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 2819 393 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2819 394 or or CC 1662 2819 395 Asamblea Asamblea NNP 1662 2819 396 Legislativa Legislativa NNP 1662 2819 397 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 398 84 84 CD 1662 2819 399 seats seat NNS 1662 2819 400 ; ; : 1662 2819 401 members member NNS 1662 2819 402 are be VBP 1662 2819 403 elected elect VBN 1662 2819 404 by by IN 1662 2819 405 direct direct JJ 1662 2819 406 popular popular JJ 1662 2819 407 vote vote NN 1662 2819 408 to to TO 1662 2819 409 serve serve VB 1662 2819 410 three three CD 1662 2819 411 - - HYPH 1662 2819 412 year year NN 1662 2819 413 terms term NNS 1662 2819 414 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 415 elections election NNS 1662 2819 416 : : : 1662 2819 417 last last RB 1662 2819 418 held hold VBD 1662 2819 419 16 16 CD 1662 2819 420 March March NNP 1662 2819 421 1997 1997 CD 1662 2819 422 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 423 next next JJ 1662 2819 424 to to TO 1662 2819 425 be be VB 1662 2819 426 held hold VBN 1662 2819 427 NA NA NNP 1662 2819 428 March March NNP 1662 2819 429 2000 2000 CD 1662 2819 430 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 431 election election NN 1662 2819 432 results result NNS 1662 2819 433 : : : 1662 2819 434 percent percent NN 1662 2819 435 of of IN 1662 2819 436 vote vote NN 1662 2819 437 by by IN 1662 2819 438 party party NN 1662 2819 439 - - HYPH 1662 2819 440 ARENA ARENA NNP 1662 2819 441 35.4 35.4 CD 1662 2819 442 % % NN 1662 2819 443 , , , 1662 2819 444 FMLN FMLN NNP 1662 2819 445 34.3 34.3 CD 1662 2819 446 % % NN 1662 2819 447 , , , 1662 2819 448 PCN PCN NNP 1662 2819 449 8.1 8.1 CD 1662 2819 450 % % NN 1662 2819 451 , , , 1662 2819 452 PDC PDC NNP 1662 2819 453 7.9 7.9 CD 1662 2819 454 % % NN 1662 2819 455 , , , 1662 2819 456 CD cd NN 1662 2819 457 3.8 3.8 CD 1662 2819 458 % % NN 1662 2819 459 , , , 1662 2819 460 PRSC PRSC NNP 1662 2819 461 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 2819 462 % % NN 1662 2819 463 , , , 1662 2819 464 PLD PLD NNP 1662 2819 465 3.2 3.2 CD 1662 2819 466 % % NN 1662 2819 467 , , , 1662 2819 468 MU MU NNP 1662 2819 469 2.1 2.1 CD 1662 2819 470 % % NN 1662 2819 471 , , , 1662 2819 472 PD pd NN 1662 2819 473 1.0 1.0 CD 1662 2819 474 % % NN 1662 2819 475 , , , 1662 2819 476 other other JJ 1662 2819 477 0.8 0.8 CD 1662 2819 478 % % NN 1662 2819 479 ; ; , 1662 2819 480 seats seat NNS 1662 2819 481 by by IN 1662 2819 482 party party NN 1662 2819 483 - - HYPH 1662 2819 484 ARENA ARENA NNP 1662 2819 485 28 28 CD 1662 2819 486 , , , 1662 2819 487 FMLN FMLN NNP 1662 2819 488 27 27 CD 1662 2819 489 , , , 1662 2819 490 PCN PCN NNP 1662 2819 491 11 11 CD 1662 2819 492 , , , 1662 2819 493 PDC PDC NNP 1662 2819 494 9 9 CD 1662 2819 495 , , , 1662 2819 496 PRSC PRSC NNP 1662 2819 497 3 3 CD 1662 2819 498 , , , 1662 2819 499 CD cd NN 1662 2819 500 2 2 CD 1662 2819 501 , , , 1662 2819 502 PLD PLD NNP 1662 2819 503 2 2 CD 1662 2819 504 , , , 1662 2819 505 MU MU NNP 1662 2819 506 1 1 CD 1662 2819 507 , , , 1662 2819 508 PD PD NNP 1662 2819 509 1 1 CD 1662 2819 510 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 2819 511 branch branch NN 1662 2819 512 : : : 1662 2819 513 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2819 514 Court Court NNP 1662 2819 515 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 516 Corte Corte NNP 1662 2819 517 Suprema Suprema NNP 1662 2819 518 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 519 , , , 1662 2819 520 judges judge NNS 1662 2819 521 are be VBP 1662 2819 522 selected select VBN 1662 2819 523 by by IN 1662 2819 524 the the DT 1662 2819 525 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 2819 526 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2819 527 Political political JJ 1662 2819 528 parties party NNS 1662 2819 529 and and CC 1662 2819 530 leaders leader NNS 1662 2819 531 : : : 1662 2819 532 National National NNP 1662 2819 533 Republican Republican NNP 1662 2819 534 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 2819 535 or or CC 1662 2819 536 ARENA ARENA NNP 1662 2819 537 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2819 538 Gloria Gloria NNP 1662 2819 539 SALGUERO SALGUERO NNP 1662 2819 540 Gross Gross NNP 1662 2819 541 , , , 1662 2819 542 president president NN 1662 2819 543 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2819 544 ; ; : 1662 2819 545 Farabundo Farabundo NNP 1662 2819 546 Marti Marti NNP 1662 2819 547 National National NNP 1662 2819 548 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 2819 549 Front Front NNP 1662 2819 550 or or CC 1662 2819 551 FMLN FMLN NNP 1662 2819 552 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2819 553 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 2819 554 SANCHEZ SANCHEZ NNP 1662 2819 555 Ceren Ceren NNP 1662 2819 556 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 557 aka aka RB 1662 2819 558 Leonel Leonel NNP 1662 2819 559 GONZALEZ GONZALEZ NNP 1662 2819 560 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 561 , , , 1662 2819 562 general general JJ 1662 2819 563 coordinator coordinator NN 1662 2819 564 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2819 565 ; ; : 1662 2819 566 Christian Christian NNP 1662 2819 567 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2819 568 Party Party NNP 1662 2819 569 or or CC 1662 2819 570 PDC PDC NNP 1662 2819 571 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2819 572 Ronal Ronal NNP 1662 2819 573 UMANA UMANA NNP 1662 2819 574 , , , 1662 2819 575 secretary secretary NN 1662 2819 576 general general NN 1662 2819 577 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2819 578 ; ; : 1662 2819 579 National National NNP 1662 2819 580 Conciliation Conciliation NNP 1662 2819 581 Party Party NNP 1662 2819 582 or or CC 1662 2819 583 PCN PCN NNP 1662 2819 584 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2819 585 Ciro Ciro NNP 1662 2819 586 CRUZ CRUZ NNP 1662 2819 587 Zepeda Zepeda NNP 1662 2819 588 , , , 1662 2819 589 secretary secretary NN 1662 2819 590 general general NN 1662 2819 591 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2819 592 ; ; : 1662 2819 593 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 2819 594 Convergence convergence NN 1662 2819 595 or or CC 1662 2819 596 CD cd NN 1662 2819 597 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2819 598 Ruben Ruben NNP 1662 2819 599 ZAMORA ZAMORA NNP 1662 2819 600 , , , 1662 2819 601 secretary secretary NN 1662 2819 602 general general NN 1662 2819 603 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2819 604 ; ; : 1662 2819 605 Unity Unity NNP 1662 2819 606 Movement Movement NNP 1662 2819 607 Party Party NNP 1662 2819 608 or or CC 1662 2819 609 MU MU NNP 1662 2819 610 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2819 611 Jorge Jorge NNP 1662 2819 612 MARTINEZ MARTINEZ NNP 1662 2819 613 Menendez Menendez NNP 1662 2819 614 , , , 1662 2819 615 president president NN 1662 2819 616 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2819 617 ; ; : 1662 2819 618 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 2819 619 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2819 620 Party Party NNP 1662 2819 621 or or CC 1662 2819 622 PLD PLD NNP 1662 2819 623 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2819 624 Kirio Kirio NNP 1662 2819 625 Waldo Waldo NNP 1662 2819 626 SALGADO SALGADO NNP 1662 2819 627 , , , 1662 2819 628 founder founder NN 1662 2819 629 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2819 630 ; ; : 1662 2819 631 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2819 632 Party Party NNP 1662 2819 633 or or CC 1662 2819 634 PD PD NNP 1662 2819 635 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 636 breakaway breakaway NN 1662 2819 637 from from IN 1662 2819 638 FMLN FMLN NNP 1662 2819 639 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 640 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2819 641 Joaquin Joaquin NNP 1662 2819 642 VILLALOBOS VILLALOBOS NNP 1662 2819 643 , , , 1662 2819 644 founder founder NN 1662 2819 645 , , , 1662 2819 646 Ana Ana NNP 1662 2819 647 Guadalupe Guadalupe NNP 1662 2819 648 MARTINEZ MARTINEZ NNP 1662 2819 649 , , , 1662 2819 650 leader leader NN 1662 2819 651 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2819 652 ; ; : 1662 2819 653 Social Social NNP 1662 2819 654 Christian Christian NNP 1662 2819 655 Renovation Renovation NNP 1662 2819 656 Party Party NNP 1662 2819 657 or or CC 1662 2819 658 PRSC PRSC NNP 1662 2819 659 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 660 breakaway breakaway NN 1662 2819 661 from from IN 1662 2819 662 PDC PDC NNP 1662 2819 663 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 664 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2819 665 Abraham Abraham NNP 1662 2819 666 RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ NNP 1662 2819 667 , , , 1662 2819 668 founder founder NN 1662 2819 669 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2819 670 Political political JJ 1662 2819 671 pressure pressure NN 1662 2819 672 groups group NNS 1662 2819 673 and and CC 1662 2819 674 leaders leader NNS 1662 2819 675 : : : 1662 2819 676 labor labor NN 1662 2819 677 organizations organization NNS 1662 2819 678 - - HYPH 1662 2819 679 Salvadoran Salvadoran NNP 1662 2819 680 Communal Communal NNP 1662 2819 681 Union Union NNP 1662 2819 682 or or CC 1662 2819 683 UCS UCS NNP 1662 2819 684 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 685 peasant peasant NNP 1662 2819 686 association association NN 1662 2819 687 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 688 ; ; : 1662 2819 689 General General NNP 1662 2819 690 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 2819 691 of of IN 1662 2819 692 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 2819 693 or or CC 1662 2819 694 CGT CGT NNP 1662 2819 695 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 696 moderate moderate JJ 1662 2819 697 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 698 ; ; : 1662 2819 699 United United NNP 1662 2819 700 Workers Workers NNP 1662 2819 701 Front Front NNP 1662 2819 702 or or CC 1662 2819 703 FUT fut NN 1662 2819 704 ; ; : 1662 2819 705 business business NN 1662 2819 706 organizations organization NNS 1662 2819 707 - - HYPH 1662 2819 708 Productive Productive NNP 1662 2819 709 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 2819 710 or or CC 1662 2819 711 AP AP NNP 1662 2819 712 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 713 conservative conservative JJ 1662 2819 714 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 715 ; ; : 1662 2819 716 National National NNP 1662 2819 717 Federation Federation NNP 1662 2819 718 of of IN 1662 2819 719 Salvadoran Salvadoran NNP 1662 2819 720 Small Small NNP 1662 2819 721 Businessmen Businessmen NNPS 1662 2819 722 or or CC 1662 2819 723 FENAPES FENAPES NNP 1662 2819 724 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 725 conservative conservative JJ 1662 2819 726 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 727 International international JJ 1662 2819 728 organization organization NN 1662 2819 729 participation participation NN 1662 2819 730 : : : 1662 2819 731 BCIE BCIE NNP 1662 2819 732 , , , 1662 2819 733 CACM CACM NNP 1662 2819 734 , , , 1662 2819 735 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 2819 736 , , , 1662 2819 737 FAO FAO NNP 1662 2819 738 , , , 1662 2819 739 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 2819 740 , , , 1662 2819 741 IADB IADB NNP 1662 2819 742 , , , 1662 2819 743 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 2819 744 , , , 1662 2819 745 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 2819 746 , , , 1662 2819 747 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 2819 748 , , , 1662 2819 749 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 2819 750 , , , 1662 2819 751 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 2819 752 , , , 1662 2819 753 IDA IDA NNP 1662 2819 754 , , , 1662 2819 755 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 2819 756 , , , 1662 2819 757 IFC IFC NNP 1662 2819 758 , , , 1662 2819 759 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 2819 760 , , , 1662 2819 761 ILO ILO NNP 1662 2819 762 , , , 1662 2819 763 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2819 764 , , , 1662 2819 765 IMO imo RB 1662 2819 766 , , , 1662 2819 767 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2819 768 , , , 1662 2819 769 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 2819 770 , , , 1662 2819 771 IOC IOC NNP 1662 2819 772 , , , 1662 2819 773 IOM IOM NNP 1662 2819 774 , , , 1662 2819 775 ITU ITU NNP 1662 2819 776 , , , 1662 2819 777 LAES LAES NNP 1662 2819 778 , , , 1662 2819 779 LAIA LAIA NNP 1662 2819 780 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 781 observer observer NN 1662 2819 782 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 783 , , , 1662 2819 784 MINURSO MINURSO NNP 1662 2819 785 , , , 1662 2819 786 NAM NAM NNP 1662 2819 787 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 788 observer observer NNP 1662 2819 789 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 790 , , , 1662 2819 791 OAS OAS NNP 1662 2819 792 , , , 1662 2819 793 OPANAL OPANAL NNP 1662 2819 794 , , , 1662 2819 795 PCA PCA NNP 1662 2819 796 , , , 1662 2819 797 UN UN NNP 1662 2819 798 , , , 1662 2819 799 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 2819 800 , , , 1662 2819 801 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 2819 802 , , , 1662 2819 803 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 2819 804 , , , 1662 2819 805 UPU UPU NNP 1662 2819 806 , , , 1662 2819 807 WCL WCL NNP 1662 2819 808 , , , 1662 2819 809 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 2819 810 , , , 1662 2819 811 WHO who WP 1662 2819 812 , , , 1662 2819 813 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 2819 814 , , , 1662 2819 815 WMO WMO NNP 1662 2819 816 , , , 1662 2819 817 WToO wtoo FW 1662 2819 818 , , , 1662 2819 819 WTrO wtro VB 1662 2819 820 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2819 821 representation representation NN 1662 2819 822 in in IN 1662 2819 823 the the DT 1662 2819 824 US US NNP 1662 2819 825 : : : 1662 2819 826 chief chief NN 1662 2819 827 of of IN 1662 2819 828 mission mission NN 1662 2819 829 : : : 1662 2819 830 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2819 831 Ana Ana NNP 1662 2819 832 Cristina Cristina NNP 1662 2819 833 SOL SOL NNP 1662 2819 834 chancery chancery NN 1662 2819 835 : : : 1662 2819 836 2308 2308 CD 1662 2819 837 California California NNP 1662 2819 838 Street Street NNP 1662 2819 839 NW NW NNP 1662 2819 840 , , , 1662 2819 841 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2819 842 , , , 1662 2819 843 DC DC NNP 1662 2819 844 20008 20008 CD 1662 2819 845 telephone telephone NN 1662 2819 846 : : : 1662 2819 847 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2819 848 1 1 CD 1662 2819 849 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2819 850 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 851 202 202 CD 1662 2819 852 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 853 265 265 CD 1662 2819 854 - - SYM 1662 2819 855 9671 9671 CD 1662 2819 856 , , , 1662 2819 857 9672 9672 CD 1662 2819 858 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 2819 859 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 860 general general NN 1662 2819 861 : : : 1662 2819 862 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 2819 863 , , , 1662 2819 864 Dallas Dallas NNP 1662 2819 865 , , , 1662 2819 866 Houston Houston NNP 1662 2819 867 , , , 1662 2819 868 Los Los NNP 1662 2819 869 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 2819 870 , , , 1662 2819 871 Miami Miami NNP 1662 2819 872 , , , 1662 2819 873 New New NNP 1662 2819 874 Orleans Orleans NNP 1662 2819 875 , , , 1662 2819 876 New New NNP 1662 2819 877 York York NNP 1662 2819 878 , , , 1662 2819 879 and and CC 1662 2819 880 San San NNP 1662 2819 881 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 2819 882 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2819 883 representation representation NN 1662 2819 884 from from IN 1662 2819 885 the the DT 1662 2819 886 US US NNP 1662 2819 887 : : : 1662 2819 888 chief chief NN 1662 2819 889 of of IN 1662 2819 890 mission mission NN 1662 2819 891 : : : 1662 2819 892 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2819 893 Anne Anne NNP 1662 2819 894 PATTERSON PATTERSON NNP 1662 2819 895 embassy embassy NN 1662 2819 896 : : : 1662 2819 897 Final Final NNP 1662 2819 898 Boulevard Boulevard NNP 1662 2819 899 Santa Santa NNP 1662 2819 900 Elena Elena NNP 1662 2819 901 , , , 1662 2819 902 Station Station NNP 1662 2819 903 Antiguo Antiguo NNP 1662 2819 904 Cuscatlan Cuscatlan NNP 1662 2819 905 , , , 1662 2819 906 San San NNP 1662 2819 907 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 2819 908 mailing mailing NN 1662 2819 909 address address NN 1662 2819 910 : : : 1662 2819 911 Unit unit NN 1662 2819 912 3116 3116 CD 1662 2819 913 , , , 1662 2819 914 APO APO NNP 1662 2819 915 AA AA NNP 1662 2819 916 34023 34023 CD 1662 2819 917 telephone telephone NN 1662 2819 918 : : : 1662 2819 919 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2819 920 503 503 CD 1662 2819 921 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2819 922 278 278 CD 1662 2819 923 - - HYPH 1662 2819 924 4444 4444 CD 1662 2819 925 FAX FAX NNP 1662 2819 926 : : : 1662 2819 927 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2819 928 503 503 CD 1662 2819 929 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2819 930 278 278 CD 1662 2819 931 - - HYPH 1662 2819 932 6011 6011 CD 1662 2819 933 Flag flag NN 1662 2819 934 description description NN 1662 2819 935 : : : 1662 2819 936 three three CD 1662 2819 937 equal equal JJ 1662 2819 938 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 2819 939 bands band NNS 1662 2819 940 of of IN 1662 2819 941 blue blue JJ 1662 2819 942 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2819 943 top top NNP 1662 2819 944 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2819 945 , , , 1662 2819 946 white white JJ 1662 2819 947 , , , 1662 2819 948 and and CC 1662 2819 949 blue blue JJ 1662 2819 950 with with IN 1662 2819 951 the the DT 1662 2819 952 national national JJ 1662 2819 953 coat coat NN 1662 2819 954 of of IN 1662 2819 955 arms arm NNS 1662 2819 956 centered center VBN 1662 2819 957 in in IN 1662 2819 958 the the DT 1662 2819 959 white white NNP 1662 2819 960 band band NN 1662 2819 961 ; ; : 1662 2819 962 the the DT 1662 2819 963 coat coat NN 1662 2819 964 of of IN 1662 2819 965 arms arm NNS 1662 2819 966 features feature VBZ 1662 2819 967 a a DT 1662 2819 968 round round JJ 1662 2819 969 emblem emblem NN 1662 2819 970 encircled encircle VBN 1662 2819 971 by by IN 1662 2819 972 the the DT 1662 2819 973 words word NNS 1662 2819 974 REPUBLICA REPUBLICA NNP 1662 2819 975 DE DE NNP 1662 2819 976 EL EL NNP 1662 2819 977 SALVADOR SALVADOR NNP 1662 2819 978 EN EN NNP 1662 2819 979 LA LA NNP 1662 2819 980 AMERICA AMERICA NNP 1662 2819 981 CENTRAL CENTRAL NNP 1662 2819 982 ; ; : 1662 2819 983 similar similar JJ 1662 2819 984 to to IN 1662 2819 985 the the DT 1662 2819 986 flag flag NN 1662 2819 987 of of IN 1662 2819 988 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 2819 989 , , , 1662 2819 990 which which WDT 1662 2819 991 has have VBZ 1662 2819 992 a a DT 1662 2819 993 different different JJ 1662 2819 994 coat coat NN 1662 2819 995 of of IN 1662 2819 996 arms arm NNS 1662 2819 997 centered center VBN 1662 2819 998 in in IN 1662 2819 999 the the DT 1662 2819 1000 white white NNP 1662 2819 1001 band band NN 1662 2819 1002 - - : 1662 2819 1003 it -PRON- PRP 1662 2819 1004 features feature VBZ 1662 2819 1005 a a DT 1662 2819 1006 triangle triangle NN 1662 2819 1007 encircled encircle VBN 1662 2819 1008 by by IN 1662 2819 1009 the the DT 1662 2819 1010 words word NNS 1662 2819 1011 REPUBLICA REPUBLICA NNP 1662 2819 1012 DE DE NNP 1662 2819 1013 NICARAGUA NICARAGUA NNP 1662 2819 1014 on on IN 1662 2819 1015 top top JJ 1662 2819 1016 and and CC 1662 2819 1017 AMERICA america JJ 1662 2819 1018 CENTRAL CENTRAL NNP 1662 2819 1019 on on IN 1662 2819 1020 the the DT 1662 2819 1021 bottom bottom NN 1662 2819 1022 ; ; : 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grow VBG 1662 2819 1058 entrepreneurial entrepreneurial JJ 1662 2819 1059 economy economy NN 1662 2819 1060 in in IN 1662 2819 1061 which which WDT 1662 2819 1062 90 90 CD 1662 2819 1063 % % NN 1662 2819 1064 of of IN 1662 2819 1065 economic economic JJ 1662 2819 1066 activity activity NN 1662 2819 1067 is be VBZ 1662 2819 1068 in in IN 1662 2819 1069 private private JJ 1662 2819 1070 hands hand NNS 1662 2819 1071 , , , 1662 2819 1072 with with IN 1662 2819 1073 growth growth NN 1662 2819 1074 averaging average VBG 1662 2819 1075 5 5 CD 1662 2819 1076 % % NN 1662 2819 1077 since since IN 1662 2819 1078 1990 1990 CD 1662 2819 1079 . . . 1662 2820 1 Yet yet RB 1662 2820 2 , , , 1662 2820 3 because because IN 1662 2820 4 the the DT 1662 2820 5 1980s 1980s CD 1662 2820 6 were be VBD 1662 2820 7 a a DT 1662 2820 8 decade decade NN 1662 2820 9 of of IN 1662 2820 10 civil civil JJ 1662 2820 11 war war NN 1662 2820 12 and and CC 1662 2820 13 stagnation stagnation NN 1662 2820 14 , , , 1662 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NN 1662 2827 2 - - HYPH 1662 2827 3 composition composition NN 1662 2827 4 by by IN 1662 2827 5 sector sector NN 1662 2827 6 : : : 1662 2827 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2827 8 : : : 1662 2827 9 14 14 CD 1662 2827 10 % % NN 1662 2827 11 industry industry NN 1662 2827 12 : : : 1662 2827 13 27 27 CD 1662 2827 14 % % NN 1662 2827 15 services service NNS 1662 2827 16 : : : 1662 2827 17 59 59 CD 1662 2827 18 % % NN 1662 2827 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2827 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 2827 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2827 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 2827 23 rate rate NN 1662 2827 24 - - HYPH 1662 2827 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 2827 26 price price NN 1662 2827 27 index index NN 1662 2827 28 : : : 1662 2827 29 7.4 7.4 CD 1662 2827 30 % % NN 1662 2827 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2827 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 2827 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2827 34 Labor labor NN 1662 2827 35 force force NN 1662 2827 36 : : : 1662 2827 37 total total NN 1662 2827 38 : : : 1662 2827 39 2.2 2.2 CD 1662 2827 40 million million CD 1662 2827 41 ( ( -LRB- 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2828 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2828 38 1996 1996 CD 1662 2828 39 est est NNP 1662 2828 40 . . . 1662 2828 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2829 1 Budget budget NN 1662 2829 2 : : : 1662 2829 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2829 4 : : : 1662 2829 5 $ $ $ 1662 2829 6 1.75 1.75 CD 1662 2829 7 billion billion CD 1662 2829 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2829 9 : : : 1662 2829 10 $ $ $ 1662 2829 11 1.82 1.82 CD 1662 2829 12 billion billion CD 1662 2829 13 , , , 1662 2829 14 including include VBG 1662 2829 15 capital capital NN 1662 2829 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2829 17 of of IN 1662 2829 18 $ $ $ 1662 2829 19 317 317 CD 1662 2829 20 million million CD 1662 2829 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2829 22 1997 1997 CD 1662 2829 23 est est NNP 1662 2829 24 . . . 1662 2829 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2830 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 2830 2 : : : 1662 2830 3 food food NN 1662 2830 4 processing processing NN 1662 2830 5 , , , 1662 2830 6 beverages beverage NNS 1662 2830 7 , , , 1662 2830 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2830 9 , , , 1662 2830 10 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 2830 11 , , , 1662 2830 12 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 2830 13 , , , 1662 2830 14 textiles textile NNS 1662 2830 15 , , , 1662 2830 16 furniture furniture NN 1662 2830 17 , , , 1662 2830 18 light light JJ 1662 2830 19 metals metal NNS 1662 2830 20 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2830 21 production production NN 1662 2830 22 growth growth NN 1662 2830 23 rate rate NN 1662 2830 24 : : : 1662 2830 25 7.6 7.6 CD 1662 2830 26 % % NN 1662 2830 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2830 28 1993 1993 CD 1662 2830 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2830 30 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2830 31 - - HYPH 1662 2830 32 capacity capacity NN 1662 2830 33 : : : 1662 2830 34 900,000 900,000 CD 1662 2830 35 kW kw NN 1662 2830 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2830 37 1996 1996 CD 1662 2830 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2830 39 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2830 40 - - HYPH 1662 2830 41 production production NN 1662 2830 42 : : : 1662 2830 43 3.32 3.32 CD 1662 2830 44 billion billion CD 1662 2830 45 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2830 46 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NNP 1662 2831 38 , , , 1662 2831 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 2831 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2831 41 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2831 42 : : : 1662 2831 43 coffee coffee NN 1662 2831 44 , , , 1662 2831 45 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 2831 46 ; ; : 1662 2831 47 shrimp shrimp NN 1662 2831 48 ; ; , 1662 2831 49 textiles textile NNS 1662 2831 50 , , , 1662 2831 51 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 2831 52 partners partner NNS 1662 2831 53 : : : 1662 2831 54 US US NNP 1662 2831 55 , , , 1662 2831 56 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 2831 57 , , , 1662 2831 58 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2831 59 , , , 1662 2831 60 Costa Costa NNP 1662 2831 61 Rica Rica NNP 1662 2831 62 , , , 1662 2831 63 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 2831 64 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 2831 65 : : : 1662 2831 66 total total JJ 1662 2831 67 value value NN 1662 2831 68 : : : 1662 2831 69 $ $ $ 1662 2831 70 3.2 3.2 CD 1662 2831 71 billion billion CD 1662 2831 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2831 73 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 2831 74 . . 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Economic economic JJ 1662 2831 113 aid aid NN 1662 2831 114 : : : 1662 2831 115 recipient recipient NN 1662 2831 116 : : : 1662 2831 117 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2831 118 , , , 1662 2831 119 $ $ $ 1662 2831 120 763 763 CD 1662 2831 121 million million CD 1662 2831 122 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2831 123 1996 1996 CD 1662 2831 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2831 125 note note NN 1662 2831 126 : : : 1662 2831 127 US US NNP 1662 2831 128 has have VBZ 1662 2831 129 committed commit VBN 1662 2831 130 $ $ $ 1662 2831 131 250 250 CD 1662 2831 132 million million CD 1662 2831 133 in in IN 1662 2831 134 aid aid NN 1662 2831 135 to to IN 1662 2831 136 El El NNP 1662 2831 137 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 2831 138 for for IN 1662 2831 139 1992 1992 CD 1662 2831 140 - - SYM 1662 2831 141 96 96 CD 1662 2831 142 Currency currency NN 1662 2831 143 : : : 1662 2831 144 1 1 CD 1662 2831 145 Salvadoran salvadoran JJ 1662 2831 146 colon colon NN 1662 2831 147 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2831 148 C c NN 1662 2831 149 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2831 150 = = NFP 1662 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229 a a DT 1662 2831 230 weekly weekly JJ 1662 2831 231 basis basis NN 1662 2831 232 , , , 1662 2831 233 for for IN 1662 2831 234 official official JJ 1662 2831 235 receipts receipt NNS 1662 2831 236 and and CC 1662 2831 237 payments payment NNS 1662 2831 238 , , , 1662 2831 239 imports import NNS 1662 2831 240 of of IN 1662 2831 241 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2831 242 , , , 1662 2831 243 and and CC 1662 2831 244 coffee coffee NN 1662 2831 245 exports export NNS 1662 2831 246 ; ; , 1662 2831 247 prior prior RB 1662 2831 248 to to IN 1662 2831 249 that that DT 1662 2831 250 date date NN 1662 2831 251 , , , 1662 2831 252 a a DT 1662 2831 253 system system NN 1662 2831 254 of of IN 1662 2831 255 floating float VBG 1662 2831 256 was be VBD 1662 2831 257 in in IN 1662 2831 258 effect effect NN 1662 2831 259 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2831 260 year year NN 1662 2831 261 : : : 1662 2831 262 calendar calendar NN 1662 2831 263 year year NN 1662 2831 264 @El @El . 1662 2831 265 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 2831 266 : : : 1662 2831 267 Communications Communications NNP 1662 2831 268 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 2831 269 : : : 1662 2831 270 300,000 300,000 CD 1662 2831 271 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2831 272 1996 1996 CD 1662 2831 273 est est NNP 1662 2831 274 . . . 1662 2831 275 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2832 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2832 2 system system NN 1662 2832 3 : : : 1662 2832 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2832 5 : : : 1662 2832 6 nationwide nationwide JJ 1662 2832 7 microwave microwave NN 1662 2832 8 radio radio NN 1662 2832 9 relay relay NN 1662 2832 10 system system NN 1662 2832 11 international international NNP 1662 2832 12 : : : 1662 2832 13 satellite satellite NN 1662 2832 14 earth earth NNP 1662 2832 15 station station NNP 1662 2832 16 - - : 1662 2832 17 1 1 CD 1662 2832 18 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2832 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2832 20 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2832 21 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2832 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2832 23 ; ; , 1662 2832 24 connected connect VBN 1662 2832 25 to to IN 1662 2832 26 Central Central NNP 1662 2832 27 American American NNP 1662 2832 28 Microwave Microwave NNP 1662 2832 29 System System NNP 1662 2832 30 Radio Radio NNP 1662 2832 31 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2832 32 stations station NNS 1662 2832 33 : : : 1662 2832 34 AM AM NNP 1662 2832 35 18 18 CD 1662 2832 36 , , , 1662 2832 37 FM FM NNP 1662 2832 38 80 80 CD 1662 2832 39 , , , 1662 2832 40 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2832 41 2 2 CD 1662 2832 42 Radios radio NNS 1662 2832 43 : : : 1662 2832 44 1 1 CD 1662 2832 45 million million CD 1662 2832 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2832 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 2832 48 est est NNP 1662 2832 49 . . . 1662 2832 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2833 1 Television television NN 1662 2833 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2833 3 stations station NNS 1662 2833 4 : : : 1662 2833 5 11 11 CD 1662 2833 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2833 7 1996 1996 CD 1662 2833 8 est est NNP 1662 2833 9 . . . 1662 2833 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2834 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 2834 2 : : : 1662 2834 3 600,000 600,000 CD 1662 2834 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2834 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2834 6 est est NNP 1662 2834 7 . . . 1662 2834 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2835 1 @El @El : 1662 2835 2 Salvador salvador NN 1662 2835 3 : : : 1662 2835 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2835 5 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2835 6 : : : 1662 2835 7 total total NN 1662 2835 8 : : : 1662 2835 9 602 602 CD 1662 2835 10 km km NN 1662 2835 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2835 12 single single JJ 1662 2835 13 track track NN 1662 2835 14 ; ; : 1662 2835 15 note note VB 1662 2835 16 - - HYPH 1662 2835 17 some some DT 1662 2835 18 sections section NNS 1662 2835 19 abandoned abandon VBN 1662 2835 20 , , , 1662 2835 21 unusable unusable JJ 1662 2835 22 , , , 1662 2835 23 or or CC 1662 2835 24 operating operate VBG 1662 2835 25 at at IN 1662 2835 26 reduced reduce VBN 1662 2835 27 capacity capacity NN 1662 2835 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2835 29 narrow narrow JJ 1662 2835 30 gauge gauge NN 1662 2835 31 : : : 1662 2835 32 602 602 CD 1662 2835 33 km km NN 1662 2835 34 0.914-m 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Acajutla NNP 1662 2836 12 , , , 1662 2836 13 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 2836 14 Cutuco Cutuco NNP 1662 2836 15 , , , 1662 2836 16 La La NNP 1662 2836 17 Libertad Libertad NNP 1662 2836 18 , , , 1662 2836 19 La La NNP 1662 2836 20 Union Union NNP 1662 2836 21 , , , 1662 2836 22 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 2836 23 El El NNP 1662 2836 24 Triunfo Triunfo NNP 1662 2836 25 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2836 26 marine marine NN 1662 2836 27 : : : 1662 2836 28 none none NN 1662 2836 29 Airports airport NNS 1662 2836 30 : : : 1662 2836 31 72 72 CD 1662 2836 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2836 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 2836 34 est est NNP 1662 2836 35 . . . 1662 2836 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2837 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2837 2 - - , 1662 2837 3 with with IN 1662 2837 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2837 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2837 6 : : : 1662 2837 7 total total NN 1662 2837 8 : : : 1662 2837 9 52 52 CD 1662 2837 10 over over IN 1662 2837 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2837 12 m m NN 1662 2837 13 : : : 1662 2837 14 1 1 CD 1662 2837 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2837 16 to to TO 1662 2837 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2837 18 m m NN 1662 2837 19 : : : 1662 2837 20 1 1 CD 1662 2837 21 914 914 CD 1662 2837 22 to to TO 1662 2837 23 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2837 24 m m NN 1662 2837 25 : : : 1662 2837 26 2 2 CD 1662 2837 27 under under IN 1662 2837 28 914 914 CD 1662 2837 29 m m NN 1662 2837 30 : : : 1662 2837 31 48 48 CD 1662 2837 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2837 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 2837 34 est est NNP 1662 2837 35 . . . 1662 2837 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2838 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2838 2 - - , 1662 2838 3 with with IN 1662 2838 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2838 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2838 6 : : : 1662 2838 7 total total NN 1662 2838 8 : : : 1662 2838 9 20 20 CD 1662 2838 10 914 914 CD 1662 2838 11 to to TO 1662 2838 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2838 13 m m NN 1662 2838 14 : : : 1662 2838 15 20 20 CD 1662 2838 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2838 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 2838 18 est est NNP 1662 2838 19 . . . 1662 2838 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2839 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 2839 2 : : : 1662 2839 3 1 1 CD 1662 2839 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2839 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2839 6 est est NNP 1662 2839 7 . . . 1662 2839 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2840 1 Military military JJ 1662 2840 2 Military military JJ 1662 2840 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2840 4 : : : 1662 2840 5 Army Army NNP 1662 2840 6 , , , 1662 2840 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 2840 8 , , , 1662 2840 9 Air Air NNP 1662 2840 10 Force Force NNP 1662 2840 11 Military Military NNP 1662 2840 12 manpower manpower NN 1662 2840 13 - - HYPH 1662 2840 14 military military NN 1662 2840 15 age age NN 1662 2840 16 : : : 1662 2840 17 18 18 CD 1662 2840 18 years year NNS 1662 2840 19 of of IN 1662 2840 20 age age NN 1662 2840 21 Military military JJ 1662 2840 22 manpower manpower NN 1662 2840 23 - - HYPH 1662 2840 24 availability availability NN 1662 2840 25 : : : 1662 2840 26 males male NNS 1662 2840 27 age age NNP 1662 2840 28 15 15 CD 1662 2840 29 - - HYPH 1662 2840 30 49 49 CD 1662 2840 31 : : : 1662 2840 32 1,330,498 1,330,498 CD 1662 2840 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2840 34 1997 1997 CD 1662 2840 35 est est NNP 1662 2840 36 . . . 1662 2840 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2841 1 Military military JJ 1662 2841 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2841 3 - - HYPH 1662 2841 4 fit fit NN 1662 2841 5 for for IN 1662 2841 6 military military JJ 1662 2841 7 service service NN 1662 2841 8 : : : 1662 2841 9 males male NNS 1662 2841 10 : : : 1662 2841 11 844,314 844,314 CD 1662 2841 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2841 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2841 14 est est NNP 1662 2841 15 . . . 1662 2841 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2842 1 Military military JJ 1662 2842 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2842 3 - - HYPH 1662 2842 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 2842 5 military military JJ 1662 2842 6 age age NN 1662 2842 7 annually annually RB 1662 2842 8 : : : 1662 2842 9 males male NNS 1662 2842 10 : : : 1662 2842 11 64,530 64,530 CD 1662 2842 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2842 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2842 14 est e JJS 1662 2842 15 . . . 1662 2842 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2843 1 Military military JJ 1662 2843 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2843 3 - - HYPH 1662 2843 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2843 5 figure figure NN 1662 2843 6 : : : 1662 2843 7 $ $ $ 1662 2843 8 101 101 CD 1662 2843 9 million million CD 1662 2843 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2843 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 2843 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2843 13 Military military JJ 1662 2843 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2843 15 - - : 1662 2843 16 percent percent NN 1662 2843 17 of of IN 1662 2843 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2843 19 : : : 1662 2843 20 0.9 0.9 CD 1662 2843 21 % % NN 1662 2843 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2843 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2843 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2843 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2843 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2843 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2843 28 - - HYPH 1662 2843 29 international international JJ 1662 2843 30 : : : 1662 2843 31 land land NN 1662 2843 32 boundary boundary JJ 1662 2843 33 dispute dispute NN 1662 2843 34 with with IN 1662 2843 35 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 2843 36 mostly mostly RB 1662 2843 37 resolved resolve VBN 1662 2843 38 by by IN 1662 2843 39 11 11 CD 1662 2843 40 September September NNP 1662 2843 41 1992 1992 CD 1662 2843 42 International International NNP 1662 2843 43 Court Court NNP 1662 2843 44 of of IN 1662 2843 45 Justice Justice NNP 1662 2843 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2843 47 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 2843 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2843 49 decision decision NN 1662 2843 50 ; ; : 1662 2843 51 with with IN 1662 2843 52 respect respect NN 1662 2843 53 to to IN 1662 2843 54 the the DT 1662 2843 55 maritime maritime JJ 1662 2843 56 boundary boundary JJ 1662 2843 57 in in IN 1662 2843 58 the the DT 1662 2843 59 Golfo Golfo NNP 1662 2843 60 de de NNP 1662 2843 61 Fonseca Fonseca NNP 1662 2843 62 , , , 1662 2843 63 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 2843 64 referred refer VBD 1662 2843 65 to to IN 1662 2843 66 an an DT 1662 2843 67 earlier early JJR 1662 2843 68 agreement agreement NN 1662 2843 69 in in IN 1662 2843 70 this this DT 1662 2843 71 century century NN 1662 2843 72 and and CC 1662 2843 73 advised advise VBD 1662 2843 74 that that IN 1662 2843 75 some some DT 1662 2843 76 tripartite tripartite JJ 1662 2843 77 resolution resolution NN 1662 2843 78 among among IN 1662 2843 79 El El NNP 1662 2843 80 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 2843 81 , , , 1662 2843 82 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 2843 83 and and CC 1662 2843 84 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 2843 85 likely likely RB 1662 2843 86 would would MD 1662 2843 87 be be VB 1662 2843 88 required require VBN 1662 2843 89 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 2843 90 drugs drug NNS 1662 2843 91 : : : 1662 2843 92 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 2843 93 point point NN 1662 2843 94 for for IN 1662 2843 95 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 2843 96 ; ; : 1662 2843 97 marijuana marijuana NNP 1662 2843 98 produced produce VBN 1662 2843 99 for for IN 1662 2843 100 local local JJ 1662 2843 101 consumption consumption NN 1662 2843 102 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 103 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 104 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 105 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 106 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 107 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 108 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 109 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 110 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 111 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 112 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 113 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 114 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 115 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 116 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 117 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 118 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 119 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 120 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 121 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 122 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 123 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 124 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 125 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 126 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 127 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 128 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 129 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 130 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 131 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 132 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 133 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 134 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 135 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 136 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 137 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 138 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 139 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 140 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 141 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 142 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 143 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 144 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 145 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 146 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 147 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 148 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 149 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 150 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 151 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 152 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 153 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 154 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 155 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 156 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 157 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 158 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 159 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 160 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 161 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 162 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 163 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 164 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 165 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 166 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 167 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 168 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 169 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 170 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 171 _ _ NNP 1662 2843 172 EQUATORIAL EQUATORIAL NNP 1662 2843 173 GUINEA GUINEA NNP 1662 2843 174 @Equatorial @Equatorial NNP 1662 2843 175 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2843 176 : : : 1662 2843 177 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2843 178 Location Location NNP 1662 2843 179 : : : 1662 2843 180 Western Western NNP 1662 2843 181 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2843 182 , , , 1662 2843 183 bordering border VBG 1662 2843 184 the the DT 1662 2843 185 Bight Bight NNP 1662 2843 186 of of IN 1662 2843 187 Biafra Biafra NNP 1662 2843 188 , , , 1662 2843 189 between between IN 1662 2843 190 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 2843 191 and and CC 1662 2843 192 Gabon Gabon NNP 1662 2843 193 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2843 194 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2843 195 : : : 1662 2843 196 2 2 CD 1662 2843 197 00 00 CD 1662 2843 198 N n CD 1662 2843 199 , , , 1662 2843 200 10 10 CD 1662 2843 201 00 00 CD 1662 2843 202 E e NN 1662 2843 203 Map Map NNP 1662 2843 204 references reference NNS 1662 2843 205 : : : 1662 2843 206 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2843 207 Area Area NNP 1662 2843 208 : : : 1662 2843 209 total total NN 1662 2843 210 : : : 1662 2843 211 28,050 28,050 CD 1662 2843 212 sq sq IN 1662 2843 213 km km NNP 1662 2843 214 land land NN 1662 2843 215 : : : 1662 2843 216 28,050 28,050 CD 1662 2843 217 sq sq IN 1662 2843 218 km km NNP 1662 2843 219 water water NN 1662 2843 220 : : : 1662 2843 221 0 0 NFP 1662 2843 222 sq sq NN 1662 2843 223 km km NNP 1662 2843 224 Area area NN 1662 2843 225 - - HYPH 1662 2843 226 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2843 227 : : : 1662 2843 228 slightly slightly RB 1662 2843 229 smaller small JJR 1662 2843 230 than than IN 1662 2843 231 Maryland Maryland NNP 1662 2843 232 Land Land NNP 1662 2843 233 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2843 234 : : : 1662 2843 235 total total JJ 1662 2843 236 : : : 1662 2843 237 539 539 CD 1662 2843 238 km km NN 1662 2843 239 border border NN 1662 2843 240 countries country NNS 1662 2843 241 : : : 1662 2843 242 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 2843 243 189 189 CD 1662 2843 244 km km NNS 1662 2843 245 , , , 1662 2843 246 Gabon Gabon NNP 1662 2843 247 350 350 CD 1662 2843 248 km km NN 1662 2843 249 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2843 250 : : : 1662 2843 251 296 296 CD 1662 2843 252 km km NN 1662 2843 253 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2843 254 claims claim VBZ 1662 2843 255 : : : 1662 2843 256 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 2843 257 economic economic JJ 1662 2843 258 zone zone NN 1662 2843 259 : : : 1662 2843 260 200 200 CD 1662 2843 261 nm nm CD 1662 2843 262 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2843 263 sea sea NN 1662 2843 264 : : : 1662 2843 265 12 12 CD 1662 2843 266 nm nm NNP 1662 2843 267 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2843 268 : : : 1662 2843 269 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2843 270 ; ; : 1662 2843 271 always always RB 1662 2843 272 hot hot JJ 1662 2843 273 , , , 1662 2843 274 humid humid JJ 1662 2843 275 Terrain terrain NN 1662 2843 276 : : : 1662 2843 277 coastal coastal JJ 1662 2843 278 plains plain NNS 1662 2843 279 rise rise VBP 1662 2843 280 to to IN 1662 2843 281 interior interior JJ 1662 2843 282 hills hill NNS 1662 2843 283 ; ; : 1662 2843 284 islands island NNS 1662 2843 285 are be VBP 1662 2843 286 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 2843 287 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2843 288 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2843 289 : : : 1662 2843 290 lowest low JJS 1662 2843 291 point point NN 1662 2843 292 : : : 1662 2843 293 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2843 294 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2843 295 0 0 NFP 1662 2843 296 m m DT 1662 2843 297 highest high JJS 1662 2843 298 point point NN 1662 2843 299 : : : 1662 2843 300 Mount Mount NNP 1662 2843 301 Malabo Malabo NNP 1662 2843 302 3,008 3,008 CD 1662 2843 303 m m NNP 1662 2843 304 Natural natural JJ 1662 2843 305 resources resource NNS 1662 2843 306 : : : 1662 2843 307 timber timber NN 1662 2843 308 , , , 1662 2843 309 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2843 310 , , , 1662 2843 311 small small JJ 1662 2843 312 unexploited unexploited JJ 1662 2843 313 deposits deposit NNS 1662 2843 314 of of IN 1662 2843 315 gold gold NN 1662 2843 316 , , , 1662 2843 317 manganese manganese JJ 1662 2843 318 , , , 1662 2843 319 uranium uranium NN 1662 2843 320 Land land NN 1662 2843 321 use use NN 1662 2843 322 : : : 1662 2843 323 arable arable JJ 1662 2843 324 land land NN 1662 2843 325 : : : 1662 2843 326 5 5 CD 1662 2843 327 % % NN 1662 2843 328 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2843 329 crops crop NNS 1662 2843 330 : : : 1662 2843 331 4 4 CD 1662 2843 332 % % NN 1662 2843 333 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2843 334 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2843 335 : : : 1662 2843 336 4 4 CD 1662 2843 337 % % NN 1662 2843 338 forests forest NNS 1662 2843 339 and and CC 1662 2843 340 woodland woodland JJ 1662 2843 341 : : : 1662 2843 342 46 46 CD 1662 2843 343 % % NN 1662 2843 344 other other JJ 1662 2843 345 : : : 1662 2843 346 41 41 CD 1662 2843 347 % % NN 1662 2843 348 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2843 349 1993 1993 CD 1662 2843 350 est est NNP 1662 2843 351 . . . 1662 2843 352 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2844 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2844 2 land land NN 1662 2844 3 : : : 1662 2844 4 NA NA NNP 1662 2844 5 sq sq RB 1662 2844 6 km km VB 1662 2844 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 2844 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2844 9 : : : 1662 2844 10 violent violent JJ 1662 2844 11 windstorms windstorm NNS 1662 2844 12 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2844 13 - - HYPH 1662 2844 14 current current JJ 1662 2844 15 issues issue NNS 1662 2844 16 : : : 1662 2844 17 tap tap NN 1662 2844 18 water water NN 1662 2844 19 is be VBZ 1662 2844 20 not not RB 1662 2844 21 potable potable JJ 1662 2844 22 ; ; : 1662 2844 23 desertification desertification NN 1662 2844 24 Environment environment NN 1662 2844 25 - - HYPH 1662 2844 26 international international JJ 1662 2844 27 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2844 28 : : : 1662 2844 29 party party NN 1662 2844 30 to to TO 1662 2844 31 : : : 1662 2844 32 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 2844 33 , , , 1662 2844 34 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2844 35 Species Species NNPS 1662 2844 36 , , , 1662 2844 37 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 2844 38 Test Test NNP 1662 2844 39 Ban Ban NNP 1662 2844 40 , , , 1662 2844 41 Ship Ship NNP 1662 2844 42 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2844 43 signed sign VBD 1662 2844 44 , , , 1662 2844 45 but but CC 1662 2844 46 not not RB 1662 2844 47 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2844 48 : : : 1662 2844 49 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 2844 50 , , , 1662 2844 51 Law Law NNP 1662 2844 52 of of IN 1662 2844 53 the the DT 1662 2844 54 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2844 55 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2844 56 - - HYPH 1662 2844 57 note note NNP 1662 2844 58 : : : 1662 2844 59 insular insular JJ 1662 2844 60 and and CC 1662 2844 61 continental continental JJ 1662 2844 62 regions region NNS 1662 2844 63 rather rather RB 1662 2844 64 widely widely RB 1662 2844 65 separated separate VBD 1662 2844 66 @Equatorial @Equatorial NNP 1662 2844 67 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2844 68 : : : 1662 2844 69 People People NNP 1662 2844 70 Population Population NNP 1662 2844 71 : : : 1662 2844 72 442,516 442,516 CD 1662 2844 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2844 74 July July NNP 1662 2844 75 1997 1997 CD 1662 2844 76 est est NNP 1662 2844 77 . . . 1662 2844 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2845 1 Age age NN 1662 2845 2 structure structure NN 1662 2845 3 : : : 1662 2845 4 0 0 CD 1662 2845 5 - - HYPH 1662 2845 6 14 14 CD 1662 2845 7 years year NNS 1662 2845 8 : : : 1662 2845 9 43 43 CD 1662 2845 10 % % NN 1662 2845 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2845 12 male male NN 1662 2845 13 95,636 95,636 CD 1662 2845 14 ; ; : 1662 2845 15 female female JJ 1662 2845 16 95,090 95,090 CD 1662 2845 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2845 18 15 15 CD 1662 2845 19 - - SYM 1662 2845 20 64 64 CD 1662 2845 21 years year NNS 1662 2845 22 : : : 1662 2845 23 53 53 CD 1662 2845 24 % % NN 1662 2845 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2845 26 male male JJ 1662 2845 27 111,801 111,801 CD 1662 2845 28 ; ; : 1662 2845 29 female female JJ 1662 2845 30 123,257 123,257 CD 1662 2845 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2845 32 65 65 CD 1662 2845 33 years year NNS 1662 2845 34 and and CC 1662 2845 35 over over IN 1662 2845 36 : : : 1662 2845 37 4 4 CD 1662 2845 38 % % NN 1662 2845 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2845 40 male male JJ 1662 2845 41 7,407 7,407 CD 1662 2845 42 ; ; : 1662 2845 43 female female JJ 1662 2845 44 9,325 9,325 CD 1662 2845 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2845 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2845 47 July July NNP 1662 2845 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2845 49 est est NNP 1662 2845 50 . . . 1662 2845 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2846 1 Population population NN 1662 2846 2 growth growth NN 1662 2846 3 rate rate NN 1662 2846 4 : : : 1662 2846 5 2.57 2.57 CD 1662 2846 6 % % NN 1662 2846 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2846 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2846 9 est est NNP 1662 2846 10 . . . 1662 2846 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2847 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2847 2 rate rate NN 1662 2847 3 : : : 1662 2847 4 39.33 39.33 CD 1662 2847 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 2847 6 population population NN 1662 2847 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2847 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2847 9 est est NNP 1662 2847 10 . . . 1662 2847 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2848 1 Death death NN 1662 2848 2 rate rate NN 1662 2848 3 : : : 1662 2848 4 13.67 13.67 CD 1662 2848 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2848 6 population population NN 1662 2848 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2848 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2848 9 est est NNP 1662 2848 10 . . . 1662 2848 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2849 1 Net net JJ 1662 2849 2 migration migration NN 1662 2849 3 rate rate NN 1662 2849 4 : : : 1662 2849 5 0 0 NFP 1662 2849 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 2849 7 population population NN 1662 2849 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2849 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2849 10 est est NNP 1662 2849 11 . . . 1662 2849 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2850 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2850 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2850 3 : : : 1662 2850 4 at at IN 1662 2850 5 birth birth NN 1662 2850 6 : : : 1662 2850 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 2850 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2850 9 under under IN 1662 2850 10 15 15 CD 1662 2850 11 years year NNS 1662 2850 12 : : : 1662 2850 13 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 2850 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2850 15 15 15 CD 1662 2850 16 - - HYPH 1662 2850 17 64 64 CD 1662 2850 18 years year NNS 1662 2850 19 : : : 1662 2850 20 0.91 0.91 CD 1662 2850 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2850 22 65 65 CD 1662 2850 23 years year NNS 1662 2850 24 and and CC 1662 2850 25 over over IN 1662 2850 26 : : : 1662 2850 27 0.79 0.79 CD 1662 2850 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2850 29 total total JJ 1662 2850 30 population population NN 1662 2850 31 : : : 1662 2850 32 0.94 0.94 CD 1662 2850 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2850 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2850 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2850 36 est e JJS 1662 2850 37 . . . 1662 2850 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2851 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2851 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2851 3 rate rate NN 1662 2851 4 : : : 1662 2851 5 95.7 95.7 CD 1662 2851 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2851 7 live live JJ 1662 2851 8 births birth NNS 1662 2851 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2851 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2851 11 est est NNP 1662 2851 12 . . . 1662 2851 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2852 1 Life life NN 1662 2852 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2852 3 at at IN 1662 2852 4 birth birth NN 1662 2852 5 : : : 1662 2852 6 total total JJ 1662 2852 7 population population NN 1662 2852 8 : : : 1662 2852 9 53.46 53.46 CD 1662 2852 10 years year NNS 1662 2852 11 male male NN 1662 2852 12 : : : 1662 2852 13 51.2 51.2 CD 1662 2852 14 years year NNS 1662 2852 15 female female JJ 1662 2852 16 : : : 1662 2852 17 55.8 55.8 CD 1662 2852 18 years year NNS 1662 2852 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2852 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2852 21 est est NNP 1662 2852 22 . . . 1662 2852 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2853 1 Total total JJ 1662 2853 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2853 3 rate rate NN 1662 2853 4 : : : 1662 2853 5 5.11 5.11 CD 1662 2853 6 children child NNS 1662 2853 7 born bear VBN 1662 2853 8 / / SYM 1662 2853 9 woman woman NN 1662 2853 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2853 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2853 12 est est NNP 1662 2853 13 . . . 1662 2853 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2854 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2854 2 : : : 1662 2854 3 noun noun NNP 1662 2854 4 : : : 1662 2854 5 Equatorial equatorial JJ 1662 2854 6 Guinean(s guinean(s NN 1662 2854 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2854 8 or or CC 1662 2854 9 Equatoguinean(s Equatoguinean(s NNP 1662 2854 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2854 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 2854 12 : : : 1662 2854 13 Equatorial equatorial JJ 1662 2854 14 Guinean Guinean NNP 1662 2854 15 or or CC 1662 2854 16 Equatoguinean equatoguinean JJ 1662 2854 17 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2854 18 groups group NNS 1662 2854 19 : : : 1662 2854 20 Bioko Bioko NNP 1662 2854 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2854 22 primarily primarily RB 1662 2854 23 Bubi Bubi NNP 1662 2854 24 , , , 1662 2854 25 some some DT 1662 2854 26 Fernandinos Fernandinos NNP 1662 2854 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2854 28 , , , 1662 2854 29 Rio Rio NNP 1662 2854 30 Muni Muni NNP 1662 2854 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2854 32 primarily primarily RB 1662 2854 33 Fang Fang NNP 1662 2854 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2854 35 , , , 1662 2854 36 Europeans Europeans NNPS 1662 2854 37 less less JJR 1662 2854 38 than than IN 1662 2854 39 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2854 40 , , , 1662 2854 41 mostly mostly RB 1662 2854 42 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 2854 43 Religions religion NNS 1662 2854 44 : : : 1662 2854 45 nominally nominally RB 1662 2854 46 Christian christian JJ 1662 2854 47 and and CC 1662 2854 48 predominantly predominantly RB 1662 2854 49 Roman Roman NNP 1662 2854 50 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 2854 51 , , , 1662 2854 52 pagan pagan JJ 1662 2854 53 practices practice NNS 1662 2854 54 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 2854 55 : : : 1662 2854 56 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 2854 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2854 58 official official NN 1662 2854 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2854 60 , , , 1662 2854 61 pidgin pidgin NNP 1662 2854 62 English English NNP 1662 2854 63 , , , 1662 2854 64 Fang Fang NNP 1662 2854 65 , , , 1662 2854 66 Bubi Bubi NNP 1662 2854 67 , , , 1662 2854 68 Ibo Ibo NNP 1662 2854 69 Literacy literacy NN 1662 2854 70 : : : 1662 2854 71 definition definition NN 1662 2854 72 : : : 1662 2854 73 age age NN 1662 2854 74 15 15 CD 1662 2854 75 and and CC 1662 2854 76 over over RB 1662 2854 77 can can MD 1662 2854 78 read read VB 1662 2854 79 and and CC 1662 2854 80 write write VB 1662 2854 81 total total JJ 1662 2854 82 population population NN 1662 2854 83 : : : 1662 2854 84 78.5 78.5 CD 1662 2854 85 % % NN 1662 2854 86 male male NN 1662 2854 87 : : : 1662 2854 88 89.6 89.6 CD 1662 2854 89 % % NN 1662 2854 90 female female NN 1662 2854 91 : : : 1662 2854 92 68.1 68.1 CD 1662 2854 93 % % NN 1662 2854 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2854 95 1995 1995 CD 1662 2854 96 est est NNP 1662 2854 97 . . . 1662 2854 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2855 1 @Equatorial @Equatorial NNP 1662 2855 2 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2855 3 : : : 1662 2855 4 Government Government NNP 1662 2855 5 Country Country NNP 1662 2855 6 name name NN 1662 2855 7 : : : 1662 2855 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2855 9 long long JJ 1662 2855 10 form form NN 1662 2855 11 : : : 1662 2855 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2855 13 of of IN 1662 2855 14 Equatorial Equatorial NNP 1662 2855 15 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2855 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2855 17 short short JJ 1662 2855 18 form form NN 1662 2855 19 : : : 1662 2855 20 Equatorial Equatorial NNP 1662 2855 21 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2855 22 local local JJ 1662 2855 23 long long JJ 1662 2855 24 form form NN 1662 2855 25 : : : 1662 2855 26 Republica Republica NNP 1662 2855 27 de de NNP 1662 2855 28 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2855 29 Ecuatorial ecuatorial JJ 1662 2855 30 local local JJ 1662 2855 31 short short JJ 1662 2855 32 form form NN 1662 2855 33 : : : 1662 2855 34 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2855 35 Ecuatorial Ecuatorial NNP 1662 2855 36 former former JJ 1662 2855 37 : : : 1662 2855 38 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 2855 39 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2855 40 Data Data NNP 1662 2855 41 code code NN 1662 2855 42 : : : 1662 2855 43 EK EK NNP 1662 2855 44 Government Government NNP 1662 2855 45 type type NN 1662 2855 46 : : : 1662 2855 47 republic republic NNP 1662 2855 48 in in IN 1662 2855 49 transition transition NN 1662 2855 50 to to IN 1662 2855 51 multiparty multiparty JJ 1662 2855 52 democracy democracy NN 1662 2855 53 National national JJ 1662 2855 54 capital capital NN 1662 2855 55 : : : 1662 2855 56 Malabo Malabo NNP 1662 2855 57 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 2855 58 divisions division NNS 1662 2855 59 : : : 1662 2855 60 7 7 CD 1662 2855 61 provinces province NNS 1662 2855 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2855 63 provincias provincia NNS 1662 2855 64 , , , 1662 2855 65 singular singular JJ 1662 2855 66 - - HYPH 1662 2855 67 provincia provincia NN 1662 2855 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2855 69 ; ; : 1662 2855 70 Annobon Annobon NNP 1662 2855 71 , , , 1662 2855 72 Bioko Bioko NNP 1662 2855 73 Norte Norte NNP 1662 2855 74 , , , 1662 2855 75 Bioko Bioko NNP 1662 2855 76 Sur Sur NNP 1662 2855 77 , , , 1662 2855 78 Centro Centro NNP 1662 2855 79 Sur Sur NNP 1662 2855 80 , , , 1662 2855 81 Kie Kie NNP 1662 2855 82 - - HYPH 1662 2855 83 Ntem Ntem NNP 1662 2855 84 , , , 1662 2855 85 Litoral Litoral NNP 1662 2855 86 , , , 1662 2855 87 Wele Wele NNP 1662 2855 88 - - HYPH 1662 2855 89 Nzas Nzas NNP 1662 2855 90 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2855 91 : : : 1662 2855 92 12 12 CD 1662 2855 93 October October NNP 1662 2855 94 1968 1968 CD 1662 2855 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2855 96 from from IN 1662 2855 97 Spain Spain NNP 1662 2855 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2855 99 National national JJ 1662 2855 100 holiday holiday NN 1662 2855 101 : : : 1662 2855 102 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2855 103 Day Day NNP 1662 2855 104 , , , 1662 2855 105 12 12 CD 1662 2855 106 October October NNP 1662 2855 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2855 108 1968 1968 CD 1662 2855 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2855 110 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 2855 111 : : : 1662 2855 112 new new JJ 1662 2855 113 constitution constitution NN 1662 2855 114 17 17 CD 1662 2855 115 November November NNP 1662 2855 116 1991 1991 CD 1662 2855 117 Legal legal JJ 1662 2855 118 system system NN 1662 2855 119 : : : 1662 2855 120 partly partly RB 1662 2855 121 based base VBN 1662 2855 122 on on IN 1662 2855 123 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 2855 124 civil civil JJ 1662 2855 125 law law NN 1662 2855 126 and and CC 1662 2855 127 tribal tribal JJ 1662 2855 128 custom custom NN 1662 2855 129 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 2855 130 : : : 1662 2855 131 NA na CD 1662 2855 132 years year NNS 1662 2855 133 of of IN 1662 2855 134 age age NN 1662 2855 135 ; ; : 1662 2855 136 universal universal JJ 1662 2855 137 adult adult NN 1662 2855 138 Executive executive JJ 1662 2855 139 branch branch NN 1662 2855 140 : : : 1662 2855 141 chief chief NN 1662 2855 142 of of IN 1662 2855 143 state state NN 1662 2855 144 : : : 1662 2855 145 President President NNP 1662 2855 146 Brig Brig NNP 1662 2855 147 . . . 1662 2856 1 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 2857 1 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2857 2 Ret Ret NNP 1662 2857 3 . . . 1662 2857 4 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2858 1 Teodoro Teodoro NNP 1662 2858 2 OBIANG OBIANG NNP 1662 2858 3 NGUEMA NGUEMA NNP 1662 2858 4 MBASOGO MBASOGO NNP 1662 2858 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2858 6 since since IN 1662 2858 7 3 3 CD 1662 2858 8 August August NNP 1662 2858 9 1979 1979 CD 1662 2858 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2858 11 head head NN 1662 2858 12 of of IN 1662 2858 13 government government NN 1662 2858 14 : : : 1662 2858 15 Prime Prime NNP 1662 2858 16 Minister Minister NNP 1662 2858 17 Serafin Serafin NNP 1662 2858 18 Seriche Seriche NNP 1662 2858 19 DOUGAN DOUGAN NNP 1662 2858 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2858 21 since since IN 1662 2858 22 April April NNP 1662 2858 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 2858 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2858 25 ; ; : 1662 2858 26 Vice Vice NNP 1662 2858 27 Prime Prime NNP 1662 2858 28 Minister Minister NNP 1662 2858 29 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 2858 30 Javier Javier NNP 1662 2858 31 Ndongo Ndongo NNP 1662 2858 32 MBENGONO MBENGONO NNP 1662 2858 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2858 34 since since IN 1662 2858 35 April April NNP 1662 2858 36 1996 1996 CD 1662 2858 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2858 38 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2858 39 : : : 1662 2858 40 Council Council NNP 1662 2858 41 of of IN 1662 2858 42 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 2858 43 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2858 44 by by IN 1662 2858 45 the the DT 1662 2858 46 president president NNP 1662 2858 47 elections election NNS 1662 2858 48 : : : 1662 2858 49 president president NNP 1662 2858 50 elected elect VBN 1662 2858 51 by by IN 1662 2858 52 popular popular JJ 1662 2858 53 vote vote NN 1662 2858 54 to to IN 1662 2858 55 a a DT 1662 2858 56 seven seven CD 1662 2858 57 - - HYPH 1662 2858 58 year year NN 1662 2858 59 term term NN 1662 2858 60 ; ; : 1662 2858 61 election election NN 1662 2858 62 last last JJ 1662 2858 63 held hold VBD 1662 2858 64 25 25 CD 1662 2858 65 February February NNP 1662 2858 66 1996 1996 CD 1662 2858 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2858 68 next next JJ 1662 2858 69 to to TO 1662 2858 70 be be VB 1662 2858 71 held hold VBN 1662 2858 72 NA NA NNP 1662 2858 73 February February NNP 1662 2858 74 2003 2003 CD 1662 2858 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2858 76 election election NN 1662 2858 77 results result NNS 1662 2858 78 : : : 1662 2858 79 President President NNP 1662 2858 80 OBIANG OBIANG NNP 1662 2858 81 NGUEMA NGUEMA NNP 1662 2858 82 MBASOGO MBASOGO NNP 1662 2858 83 reelected reelect VBN 1662 2858 84 without without IN 1662 2858 85 opposition opposition NN 1662 2858 86 ; ; : 1662 2858 87 percent percent NN 1662 2858 88 of of IN 1662 2858 89 popular popular JJ 1662 2858 90 vote vote NN 1662 2858 91 - - HYPH 1662 2858 92 NA NA NNP 1662 2858 93 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2858 94 branch branch NN 1662 2858 95 : : : 1662 2858 96 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 2858 97 House House NNP 1662 2858 98 of of IN 1662 2858 99 Peoples Peoples NNPS 1662 2858 100 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 2858 101 or or CC 1662 2858 102 Camara Camara NNP 1662 2858 103 de de FW 1662 2858 104 Representantes Representantes NNP 1662 2858 105 del del NNP 1662 2858 106 Pueblo Pueblo NNP 1662 2858 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2858 108 80 80 CD 1662 2858 109 seats seat NNS 1662 2858 110 ; ; : 1662 2858 111 members member NNS 1662 2858 112 are be VBP 1662 2858 113 directly directly RB 1662 2858 114 elected elect VBN 1662 2858 115 by by IN 1662 2858 116 popular popular JJ 1662 2858 117 vote vote NN 1662 2858 118 to to TO 1662 2858 119 serve serve VB 1662 2858 120 five five CD 1662 2858 121 - - HYPH 1662 2858 122 year year NN 1662 2858 123 terms term NNS 1662 2858 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2858 125 elections election NNS 1662 2858 126 : : : 1662 2858 127 last last RB 1662 2858 128 held hold VBD 1662 2858 129 21 21 CD 1662 2858 130 November November NNP 1662 2858 131 1993 1993 CD 1662 2858 132 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2858 133 next next JJ 1662 2858 134 to to TO 1662 2858 135 be be VB 1662 2858 136 held hold VBN 1662 2858 137 November November NNP 1662 2858 138 1998 1998 CD 1662 2858 139 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2858 140 election election NN 1662 2858 141 results result NNS 1662 2858 142 : : : 1662 2858 143 percent percent NN 1662 2858 144 of of IN 1662 2858 145 vote vote NN 1662 2858 146 by by IN 1662 2858 147 party party NN 1662 2858 148 - - HYPH 1662 2858 149 NA NA NNP 1662 2858 150 ; ; , 1662 2858 151 seats seat NNS 1662 2858 152 by by IN 1662 2858 153 party party NN 1662 2858 154 - - HYPH 1662 2858 155 PDGE PDGE NNP 1662 2858 156 68 68 CD 1662 2858 157 , , , 1662 2858 158 CSD CSD NNP 1662 2858 159 6 6 CD 1662 2858 160 , , , 1662 2858 161 UDS UDS NNP 1662 2858 162 5 5 CD 1662 2858 163 , , , 1662 2858 164 CLD CLD NNP 1662 2858 165 1 1 CD 1662 2858 166 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 2858 167 branch branch NN 1662 2858 168 : : : 1662 2858 169 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2858 170 Tribunal Tribunal NNP 1662 2858 171 Political Political NNP 1662 2858 172 parties party NNS 1662 2858 173 and and CC 1662 2858 174 leaders leader NNS 1662 2858 175 : : : 1662 2858 176 ruling rule VBG 1662 2858 177 party party NN 1662 2858 178 : : : 1662 2858 179 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2858 180 Party Party NNP 1662 2858 181 for for IN 1662 2858 182 Equatorial Equatorial NNP 1662 2858 183 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2858 184 or or CC 1662 2858 185 PDGE PDGE NNP 1662 2858 186 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2858 187 Brig Brig NNP 1662 2858 188 . . . 1662 2859 1 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 2860 1 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2860 2 Ret Ret NNP 1662 2860 3 . . . 1662 2860 4 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2861 1 Teodoro Teodoro NNP 1662 2861 2 OBIANG OBIANG NNP 1662 2861 3 NGUEMA NGUEMA NNP 1662 2861 4 MBASOGO MBASOGO NNP 1662 2861 5 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2861 6 opposition opposition NN 1662 2861 7 parties party NNS 1662 2861 8 : : : 1662 2861 9 Convergence Convergence NNP 1662 2861 10 for for IN 1662 2861 11 Social Social NNP 1662 2861 12 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 2861 13 or or CC 1662 2861 14 CSD CSD NNP 1662 2861 15 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2861 16 Santiago Santiago NNP 1662 2861 17 Obama Obama NNP 1662 2861 18 Ndong Ndong NNP 1662 2861 19 , , , 1662 2861 20 president president NN 1662 2861 21 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2861 22 ; ; : 1662 2861 23 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 2861 24 Social Social NNP 1662 2861 25 Union Union NNP 1662 2861 26 or or CC 1662 2861 27 UDS UDS NNP 1662 2861 28 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2861 29 Camelo Camelo NNP 1662 2861 30 MODU MODU NNP 1662 2861 31 , , , 1662 2861 32 general general JJ 1662 2861 33 secretary secretary NN 1662 2861 34 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2861 35 ; ; : 1662 2861 36 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 2861 37 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2861 38 Convention Convention NNP 1662 2861 39 or or CC 1662 2861 40 CLD CLD NNP 1662 2861 41 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2861 42 Alfonso Alfonso NNP 1662 2861 43 Nsue Nsue NNP 1662 2861 44 MIFUMU mifumu NN 1662 2861 45 , , , 1662 2861 46 president president NN 1662 2861 47 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2861 48 ; ; : 1662 2861 49 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 2861 50 Party Party NNP 1662 2861 51 or or CC 1662 2861 52 PL PL NNP 1662 2861 53 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2861 54 Santos Santos NNP 1662 2861 55 PASCUAL PASCUAL NNP 1662 2861 56 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2861 57 ; ; : 1662 2861 58 National National NNP 1662 2861 59 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2861 60 Union Union NNP 1662 2861 61 or or CC 1662 2861 62 UDENA UDENA NNP 1662 2861 63 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2861 64 Jose Jose NNP 1662 2861 65 MECHEBA MECHEBA NNP 1662 2861 66 Ikaka Ikaka NNP 1662 2861 67 , , , 1662 2861 68 president president NN 1662 2861 69 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2861 70 ; ; : 1662 2861 71 Party Party NNP 1662 2861 72 of of IN 1662 2861 73 the the DT 1662 2861 74 Social Social NNP 1662 2861 75 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2861 76 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 2861 77 or or CC 1662 2861 78 PCSD PCSD NNP 1662 2861 79 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2861 80 Buenaventura Buenaventura NNP 1662 2861 81 Moswi Moswi NNP 1662 2861 82 M'Asumu M'Asumu NNP 1662 2861 83 , , , 1662 2861 84 general general JJ 1662 2861 85 coordinater coordinater NN 1662 2861 86 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2861 87 ; ; : 1662 2861 88 Party Party NNP 1662 2861 89 of of IN 1662 2861 90 Progress Progress NNP 1662 2861 91 or or CC 1662 2861 92 PP PP NNP 1662 2861 93 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2861 94 Severo Severo NNP 1662 2861 95 MOTO MOTO NNP 1662 2861 96 Nsa Nsa NNP 1662 2861 97 , , , 1662 2861 98 president president NN 1662 2861 99 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2861 100 ; ; : 1662 2861 101 Popular Popular NNP 1662 2861 102 Action Action NNP 1662 2861 103 of of IN 1662 2861 104 Equatorial Equatorial NNP 1662 2861 105 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2861 106 or or CC 1662 2861 107 APGE APGE NNP 1662 2861 108 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2861 109 Casiano Casiano NNP 1662 2861 110 Masi Masi NNP 1662 2861 111 Edu Edu NNP 1662 2861 112 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2861 113 ; ; : 1662 2861 114 Popular Popular NNP 1662 2861 115 Union Union NNP 1662 2861 116 or or CC 1662 2861 117 UP UP NNP 1662 2861 118 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2861 119 Juan Juan NNP 1662 2861 120 BITUI BITUI NNP 1662 2861 121 , , , 1662 2861 122 president president NN 1662 2861 123 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2861 124 ; ; : 1662 2861 125 Party Party NNP 1662 2861 126 for for IN 1662 2861 127 Progress Progress NNP 1662 2861 128 of of IN 1662 2861 129 Equatorial Equatorial NNP 1662 2861 130 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2861 131 or or CC 1662 2861 132 PPGE PPGE NNP 1662 2861 133 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2861 134 Severo Severo NNP 1662 2861 135 Moto Moto NNP 1662 2861 136 NSA NSA NNP 1662 2861 137 , , , 1662 2861 138 president president NN 1662 2861 139 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2861 140 ; ; : 1662 2861 141 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 2861 142 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2861 143 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 2861 144 or or CC 1662 2861 145 ADP ADP NNP 1662 2861 146 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2861 147 Antonio Antonio NNP 1662 2861 148 - - HYPH 1662 2861 149 Ebang Ebang NNP 1662 2861 150 Mbele Mbele NNP 1662 2861 151 Abang Abang NNP 1662 2861 152 , , , 1662 2861 153 president president NN 1662 2861 154 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2861 155 ; ; : 1662 2861 156 Social Social NNP 1662 2861 157 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2861 158 and and CC 1662 2861 159 Popular Popular NNP 1662 2861 160 Convergence Convergence NNP 1662 2861 161 or or CC 1662 2861 162 CSDP CSDP NNP 1662 2861 163 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2861 164 Secundino Secundino NNP 1662 2861 165 Oyono Oyono NNP 1662 2861 166 Agueng Agueng NNP 1662 2861 167 Ada Ada NNP 1662 2861 168 , , , 1662 2861 169 general general JJ 1662 2861 170 secretary secretary NN 1662 2861 171 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2861 172 ; ; : 1662 2861 173 Social Social NNP 1662 2861 174 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2861 175 Party Party NNP 1662 2861 176 or or CC 1662 2861 177 PSD PSD NNP 1662 2861 178 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2861 179 Benjamin Benjamin NNP 1662 2861 180 - - HYPH 1662 2861 181 Gabriel Gabriel NNP 1662 2861 182 Balingha Balingha NNP 1662 2861 183 Balinga Balinga NNP 1662 2861 184 Alene Alene NNP 1662 2861 185 , , , 1662 2861 186 general general JJ 1662 2861 187 secretary secretary NN 1662 2861 188 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2861 189 ; ; : 1662 2861 190 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 2861 191 Party Party NNP 1662 2861 192 of of IN 1662 2861 193 Equatorial Equatorial NNP 1662 2861 194 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2861 195 or or CC 1662 2861 196 PSGE PSGE NNP 1662 2861 197 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2861 198 Tomas Tomas NNP 1662 2861 199 MICHEBE MICHEBE NNP 1662 2861 200 Fernandez Fernandez NNP 1662 2861 201 , , , 1662 2861 202 general general JJ 1662 2861 203 secretary secretary NN 1662 2861 204 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2861 205 International international JJ 1662 2861 206 organization organization NN 1662 2861 207 participation participation NN 1662 2861 208 : : : 1662 2861 209 ACCT acct JJ 1662 2861 210 , , , 1662 2861 211 ACP ACP NNP 1662 2861 212 , , , 1662 2861 213 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 2861 214 , , , 1662 2861 215 BDEAC BDEAC NNP 1662 2861 216 , , , 1662 2861 217 CEEAC CEEAC NNP 1662 2861 218 , , , 1662 2861 219 ECA ECA NNP 1662 2861 220 , , , 1662 2861 221 FAO FAO NNP 1662 2861 222 , , , 1662 2861 223 FZ FZ NNP 1662 2861 224 , , , 1662 2861 225 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 2861 226 , , , 1662 2861 227 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 2861 228 , , , 1662 2861 229 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 2861 230 , , , 1662 2861 231 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 2861 232 , , , 1662 2861 233 IDA IDA NNP 1662 2861 234 , , , 1662 2861 235 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 2861 236 , , , 1662 2861 237 IFC IFC NNP 1662 2861 238 , , , 1662 2861 239 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 2861 240 , , , 1662 2861 241 ILO ILO NNP 1662 2861 242 , , , 1662 2861 243 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2861 244 , , , 1662 2861 245 IMO imo RB 1662 2861 246 , , , 1662 2861 247 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2861 248 , , , 1662 2861 249 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 2861 250 , , , 1662 2861 251 IOC IOC NNP 1662 2861 252 , , , 1662 2861 253 ITU ITU NNP 1662 2861 254 , , , 1662 2861 255 NAM NAM NNP 1662 2861 256 , , , 1662 2861 257 OAS OAS NNP 1662 2861 258 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2861 259 observer observer NNP 1662 2861 260 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2861 261 , , , 1662 2861 262 OAU OAU NNP 1662 2861 263 , , , 1662 2861 264 UDEAC UDEAC NNP 1662 2861 265 , , , 1662 2861 266 UN UN NNP 1662 2861 267 , , , 1662 2861 268 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 2861 269 , , , 1662 2861 270 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 2861 271 , , , 1662 2861 272 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 2861 273 , , , 1662 2861 274 UPU UPU NNP 1662 2861 275 , , , 1662 2861 276 WHO who WP 1662 2861 277 , , , 1662 2861 278 WToO wtoo FW 1662 2861 279 , , , 1662 2861 280 WTrO wtro VB 1662 2861 281 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2861 282 applicant applicant NN 1662 2861 283 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2861 284 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2861 285 representation representation NN 1662 2861 286 in in IN 1662 2861 287 the the DT 1662 2861 288 US US NNP 1662 2861 289 : : : 1662 2861 290 chief chief NN 1662 2861 291 of of IN 1662 2861 292 mission mission NN 1662 2861 293 : : : 1662 2861 294 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2861 295 Pastor Pastor NNP 1662 2861 296 Micha Micha NNP 1662 2861 297 ONDO ONDO NNP 1662 2861 298 BILE BILE NNP 1662 2861 299 chancery chancery NN 1662 2861 300 : : : 1662 2861 301 Suite suite NN 1662 2861 302 405 405 CD 1662 2861 303 , , , 1662 2861 304 1511 1511 CD 1662 2861 305 K K NNP 1662 2861 306 Street Street NNP 1662 2861 307 NW NW NNP 1662 2861 308 , , , 1662 2861 309 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2861 310 , , , 1662 2861 311 DC DC NNP 1662 2861 312 20005 20005 CD 1662 2861 313 telephone telephone NN 1662 2861 314 : : : 1662 2861 315 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2861 316 1 1 CD 1662 2861 317 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2861 318 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2861 319 202 202 CD 1662 2861 320 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2861 321 393 393 CD 1662 2861 322 - - HYPH 1662 2861 323 0525 0525 CD 1662 2861 324 FAX FAX NNP 1662 2861 325 : : : 1662 2861 326 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2861 327 1 1 CD 1662 2861 328 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2861 329 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2861 330 202 202 CD 1662 2861 331 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2861 332 393 393 CD 1662 2861 333 - - HYPH 1662 2861 334 0348 0348 CD 1662 2861 335 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2861 336 representation representation NN 1662 2861 337 from from IN 1662 2861 338 the the DT 1662 2861 339 US US NNP 1662 2861 340 : : : 1662 2861 341 the the DT 1662 2861 342 US US NNP 1662 2861 343 does do VBZ 1662 2861 344 not not RB 1662 2861 345 have have VB 1662 2861 346 an an DT 1662 2861 347 embassy embassy NN 1662 2861 348 in in IN 1662 2861 349 Equatorial Equatorial NNP 1662 2861 350 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2861 351 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2861 352 embassy embassy NN 1662 2861 353 closed close VBN 1662 2861 354 September September NNP 1662 2861 355 1995 1995 CD 1662 2861 356 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2861 357 ; ; : 1662 2861 358 US US NNP 1662 2861 359 relations relation NNS 1662 2861 360 with with IN 1662 2861 361 Equatorial Equatorial NNP 1662 2861 362 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2861 363 are be VBP 1662 2861 364 handled handle VBN 1662 2861 365 through through IN 1662 2861 366 the the DT 1662 2861 367 US US NNP 1662 2861 368 Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 2861 369 in in IN 1662 2861 370 Yaounde Yaounde NNP 1662 2861 371 , , , 1662 2861 372 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 2861 373 Flag Flag NNP 1662 2861 374 description description NN 1662 2861 375 : : : 1662 2861 376 three three CD 1662 2861 377 equal equal JJ 1662 2861 378 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 2861 379 bands band NNS 1662 2861 380 of of IN 1662 2861 381 green green JJ 1662 2861 382 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2861 383 top top NN 1662 2861 384 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2861 385 , , , 1662 2861 386 white white JJ 1662 2861 387 , , , 1662 2861 388 and and CC 1662 2861 389 red red JJ 1662 2861 390 with with IN 1662 2861 391 a a DT 1662 2861 392 blue blue JJ 1662 2861 393 isosceles isoscele NNS 1662 2861 394 triangle triangle NN 1662 2861 395 based base VBN 1662 2861 396 on on IN 1662 2861 397 the the DT 1662 2861 398 hoist hoist NN 1662 2861 399 side side NN 1662 2861 400 and and CC 1662 2861 401 the the DT 1662 2861 402 coat coat NN 1662 2861 403 of of IN 1662 2861 404 arms arm NNS 1662 2861 405 centered center VBN 1662 2861 406 in in IN 1662 2861 407 the the DT 1662 2861 408 white white NNP 1662 2861 409 band band NN 1662 2861 410 ; ; : 1662 2861 411 the the DT 1662 2861 412 coat coat NN 1662 2861 413 of of IN 1662 2861 414 arms arm NNS 1662 2861 415 has have VBZ 1662 2861 416 six six CD 1662 2861 417 yellow yellow JJ 1662 2861 418 six six CD 1662 2861 419 - - HYPH 1662 2861 420 pointed pointed JJ 1662 2861 421 stars star NNS 1662 2861 422 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2861 423 representing represent VBG 1662 2861 424 the the DT 1662 2861 425 mainland mainland NN 1662 2861 426 and and CC 1662 2861 427 five five CD 1662 2861 428 offshore offshore JJ 1662 2861 429 islands island NNS 1662 2861 430 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2861 431 above above IN 1662 2861 432 a a DT 1662 2861 433 gray gray JJ 1662 2861 434 shield shield NN 1662 2861 435 bearing bear VBG 1662 2861 436 a a DT 1662 2861 437 silk silk NN 1662 2861 438 - - HYPH 1662 2861 439 cotton cotton NN 1662 2861 440 tree tree NN 1662 2861 441 and and CC 1662 2861 442 below below IN 1662 2861 443 which which WDT 1662 2861 444 is be VBZ 1662 2861 445 a a DT 1662 2861 446 scroll scroll NN 1662 2861 447 with with IN 1662 2861 448 the the DT 1662 2861 449 motto motto NN 1662 2861 450 UNIDAD UNIDAD NNP 1662 2861 451 , , , 1662 2861 452 PAZ PAZ NNP 1662 2861 453 , , , 1662 2861 454 JUSTICIA JUSTICIA NNP 1662 2861 455 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2861 456 Unity Unity NNP 1662 2861 457 , , , 1662 2861 458 Peace Peace NNP 1662 2861 459 , , , 1662 2861 460 Justice Justice NNP 1662 2861 461 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2861 462 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2861 463 Economy economy NN 1662 2861 464 - 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- HYPH 1662 2863 32 led lead VBN 1662 2863 33 growth growth NN 1662 2863 34 . . . 1662 2864 1 A a DT 1662 2864 2 number number NN 1662 2864 3 of of IN 1662 2864 4 aid aid NN 1662 2864 5 programs program NNS 1662 2864 6 sponsored sponsor VBN 1662 2864 7 by by IN 1662 2864 8 the the DT 1662 2864 9 World World NNP 1662 2864 10 Bank Bank NNP 1662 2864 11 and and CC 1662 2864 12 the the DT 1662 2864 13 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2864 14 have have VBP 1662 2864 15 been be VBN 1662 2864 16 cut cut VBN 1662 2864 17 off off RP 1662 2864 18 since since IN 1662 2864 19 1993 1993 CD 1662 2864 20 because because IN 1662 2864 21 of of IN 1662 2864 22 the the DT 1662 2864 23 government government NN 1662 2864 24 's 's POS 1662 2864 25 gross gross JJ 1662 2864 26 corruption corruption NN 1662 2864 27 and and CC 1662 2864 28 mismanagement mismanagement NN 1662 2864 29 . . . 1662 2865 1 Businesses business NNS 1662 2865 2 , , , 1662 2865 3 for for IN 1662 2865 4 the the DT 1662 2865 5 most most JJS 1662 2865 6 part part NN 1662 2865 7 , , , 1662 2865 8 are be VBP 1662 2865 9 owned own VBN 1662 2865 10 by by IN 1662 2865 11 government government NN 1662 2865 12 officials official NNS 1662 2865 13 and and CC 1662 2865 14 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2865 15 family family NN 1662 2865 16 members member NNS 1662 2865 17 . . . 1662 2866 1 Undeveloped undeveloped JJ 1662 2866 2 natural natural JJ 1662 2866 3 resources resource NNS 1662 2866 4 include include VBP 1662 2866 5 titanium titanium NN 1662 2866 6 , , , 1662 2866 7 iron iron NN 1662 2866 8 ore ore NN 1662 2866 9 , , , 1662 2866 10 manganese manganese JJ 1662 2866 11 , , , 1662 2866 12 uranium uranium NN 1662 2866 13 , , , 1662 2866 14 and and CC 1662 2866 15 alluvial alluvial JJ 1662 2866 16 gold gold NN 1662 2866 17 . . . 1662 2867 1 Oil oil NN 1662 2867 2 exploration exploration NN 1662 2867 3 , , , 1662 2867 4 taking take VBG 1662 2867 5 place place NN 1662 2867 6 under under IN 1662 2867 7 concessions concession NNS 1662 2867 8 offered offer VBN 1662 2867 9 to to IN 1662 2867 10 US US NNP 1662 2867 11 , , , 1662 2867 12 French French NNP 1662 2867 13 , , , 1662 2867 14 and and CC 1662 2867 15 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 2867 16 firms firm NNS 1662 2867 17 , , , 1662 2867 18 has have VBZ 1662 2867 19 been be VBN 1662 2867 20 moderately moderately RB 1662 2867 21 successful successful JJ 1662 2867 22 and and CC 1662 2867 23 has have VBZ 1662 2867 24 contributed contribute VBN 1662 2867 25 to to IN 1662 2867 26 Equatorial Equatorial NNP 1662 2867 27 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2867 28 's 's POS 1662 2867 29 strong strong JJ 1662 2867 30 growth growth NN 1662 2867 31 rates rate NNS 1662 2867 32 in in IN 1662 2867 33 the the DT 1662 2867 34 early early JJ 1662 2867 35 1990s 1990 NNS 1662 2867 36 . . . 1662 2868 1 The the DT 1662 2868 2 country country NN 1662 2868 3 responded respond VBD 1662 2868 4 favorably favorably RB 1662 2868 5 to to IN 1662 2868 6 the the DT 1662 2868 7 devaluation devaluation NN 1662 2868 8 of of IN 1662 2868 9 the the DT 1662 2868 10 CFA CFA NNP 1662 2868 11 franc franc NN 1662 2868 12 in in IN 1662 2868 13 January January NNP 1662 2868 14 1994 1994 CD 1662 2868 15 . . . 1662 2869 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2869 2 : : : 1662 2869 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2869 4 power power NN 1662 2869 5 parity parity NN 1662 2869 6 - - : 1662 2869 7 $ $ $ 1662 2869 8 328 328 CD 1662 2869 9 million million CD 1662 2869 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2869 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 2869 12 est est NNP 1662 2869 13 . . . 1662 2869 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2870 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2870 2 - - HYPH 1662 2870 3 real real JJ 1662 2870 4 growth growth NN 1662 2870 5 rate rate NN 1662 2870 6 : : : 1662 2870 7 11.2 11.2 CD 1662 2870 8 % % NN 1662 2870 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2870 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 2870 11 est est NNP 1662 2870 12 . . . 1662 2870 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2871 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2871 2 - - HYPH 1662 2871 3 per per FW 1662 2871 4 capita capita NN 1662 2871 5 : : : 1662 2871 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2871 7 power power NN 1662 2871 8 parity parity NN 1662 2871 9 - - : 1662 2871 10 $ $ $ 1662 2871 11 800 800 CD 1662 2871 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2871 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 2871 14 est est NNP 1662 2871 15 . . . 1662 2871 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2872 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2872 2 - - HYPH 1662 2872 3 composition composition NN 1662 2872 4 by by IN 1662 2872 5 sector sector NN 1662 2872 6 : : : 1662 2872 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2872 8 : : : 1662 2872 9 50 50 CD 1662 2872 10 % % NN 1662 2872 11 industry industry NN 1662 2872 12 : : : 1662 2872 13 14 14 CD 1662 2872 14 % % NN 1662 2872 15 services service NNS 1662 2872 16 : : : 1662 2872 17 36 36 CD 1662 2872 18 % % NN 1662 2872 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2872 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 2872 21 est est NNP 1662 2872 22 . . . 1662 2872 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2873 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 2873 2 rate rate NN 1662 2873 3 - - HYPH 1662 2873 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 2873 5 price price NN 1662 2873 6 index index NN 1662 2873 7 : : : 1662 2873 8 10.9 10.9 CD 1662 2873 9 % % NN 1662 2873 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2873 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 2873 12 est est NNP 1662 2873 13 . . . 1662 2873 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2874 1 Labor labor NN 1662 2874 2 force force NN 1662 2874 3 : : : 1662 2874 4 NA NA NNP 1662 2874 5 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2874 6 rate rate NN 1662 2874 7 : : : 1662 2874 8 NA% NA% `` 1662 2874 9 Budget budget NN 1662 2874 10 : : : 1662 2874 11 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2874 12 : : : 1662 2874 13 $ $ $ 1662 2874 14 27 27 CD 1662 2874 15 million million CD 1662 2874 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2874 17 : : : 1662 2874 18 $ $ $ 1662 2874 19 34.1 34.1 CD 1662 2874 20 million million CD 1662 2874 21 , , , 1662 2874 22 including include VBG 1662 2874 23 capital capital NN 1662 2874 24 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2874 25 of of IN 1662 2874 26 $ $ $ 1662 2874 27 11.2 11.2 CD 1662 2874 28 million million CD 1662 2874 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2874 30 1994 1994 CD 1662 2874 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2874 32 Industries industry NNS 1662 2874 33 : : : 1662 2874 34 fishing fishing NN 1662 2874 35 , , , 1662 2874 36 sawmilling sawmille VBG 1662 2874 37 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2874 38 production production NN 1662 2874 39 growth growth NN 1662 2874 40 rate rate NN 1662 2874 41 : : : 1662 2874 42 7.4 7.4 CD 1662 2874 43 % % NN 1662 2874 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2874 45 1994 1994 CD 1662 2874 46 est est NNP 1662 2874 47 . . . 1662 2874 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2875 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2875 2 - - HYPH 1662 2875 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 2875 4 : : : 1662 2875 5 23,000 23,000 CD 1662 2875 6 kW kw NN 1662 2875 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2875 8 1995 1995 CD 1662 2875 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2875 10 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2875 11 - - HYPH 1662 2875 12 production production NN 1662 2875 13 : : : 1662 2875 14 NA na IN 1662 2875 15 kWh kwh ADD 1662 2875 16 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2875 17 - - HYPH 1662 2875 18 consumption consumption NN 1662 2875 19 per per IN 1662 2875 20 capita capita NN 1662 2875 21 : : : 1662 2875 22 NA NA NNP 1662 2875 23 kWh kwh ADD 1662 2875 24 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2875 25 - - HYPH 1662 2875 26 products product NNS 1662 2875 27 : : : 1662 2875 28 coffee coffee NN 1662 2875 29 , , , 1662 2875 30 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 2875 31 , , , 1662 2875 32 rice rice NN 1662 2875 33 , , , 1662 2875 34 yams yams NNP 1662 2875 35 , , , 1662 2875 36 cassava cassava NNP 1662 2875 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2875 38 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 2875 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2875 40 , , , 1662 2875 41 bananas banana NNS 1662 2875 42 , , , 1662 2875 43 palm palm NN 1662 2875 44 oil oil NN 1662 2875 45 nuts nut NNS 1662 2875 46 , , , 1662 2875 47 manioc manioc JJ 1662 2875 48 ; ; : 1662 2875 49 livestock livestock NN 1662 2875 50 ; ; , 1662 2875 51 timber timber NN 1662 2875 52 Exports export NNS 1662 2875 53 : : : 1662 2875 54 total total JJ 1662 2875 55 value value NN 1662 2875 56 : : : 1662 2875 57 $ $ $ 1662 2875 58 83.5 83.5 CD 1662 2875 59 million million CD 1662 2875 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2875 61 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2875 62 . . NNP 1662 2875 63 , , , 1662 2875 64 1995 1995 CD 1662 2875 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2875 66 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2875 67 : : : 1662 2875 68 timber timber NN 1662 2875 69 , , , 1662 2875 70 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2875 71 , , , 1662 2875 72 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 2875 73 partners partner NNS 1662 2875 74 : : : 1662 2875 75 US US NNP 1662 2875 76 34 34 CD 1662 2875 77 % % NN 1662 2875 78 , , , 1662 2875 79 Japan Japan NNP 1662 2875 80 16 16 CD 1662 2875 81 % % NN 1662 2875 82 , , , 1662 2875 83 Spain Spain NNP 1662 2875 84 15 15 CD 1662 2875 85 % % NN 1662 2875 86 , , , 1662 2875 87 China China NNP 1662 2875 88 12 12 CD 1662 2875 89 % % NN 1662 2875 90 , , , 1662 2875 91 Cote Cote NNP 1662 2875 92 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 2875 93 , , , 1662 2875 94 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 2875 95 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 2875 96 : : : 1662 2875 97 total total JJ 1662 2875 98 value value NN 1662 2875 99 : : : 1662 2875 100 $ $ $ 1662 2875 101 52.3 52.3 CD 1662 2875 102 million million CD 1662 2875 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2875 104 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2875 105 . . NNP 1662 2875 106 , , , 1662 2875 107 1995 1995 CD 1662 2875 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2875 109 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2875 110 : : : 1662 2875 111 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2875 112 , , , 1662 2875 113 food food NN 1662 2875 114 , , , 1662 2875 115 beverages beverage NNS 1662 2875 116 , , , 1662 2875 117 clothing clothing NN 1662 2875 118 , , , 1662 2875 119 machinery machinery NN 1662 2875 120 partners partner NNS 1662 2875 121 : : : 1662 2875 122 Spain Spain NNP 1662 2875 123 51 51 CD 1662 2875 124 % % NN 1662 2875 125 , , , 1662 2875 126 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 2875 127 21 21 CD 1662 2875 128 % % NN 1662 2875 129 , , , 1662 2875 130 France France NNP 1662 2875 131 6 6 CD 1662 2875 132 % % NN 1662 2875 133 , , , 1662 2875 134 US US NNP 1662 2875 135 4 4 CD 1662 2875 136 % % NN 1662 2875 137 Debt debt NN 1662 2875 138 - - HYPH 1662 2875 139 external external JJ 1662 2875 140 : : : 1662 2875 141 $ $ $ 1662 2875 142 252 252 CD 1662 2875 143 million million CD 1662 2875 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2875 145 1995 1995 CD 1662 2875 146 est est NNP 1662 2875 147 . . . 1662 2875 148 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2876 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 2876 2 aid aid NN 1662 2876 3 : : : 1662 2876 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 2876 5 : : : 1662 2876 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2876 7 , , , 1662 2876 8 $ $ $ 1662 2876 9 NA NA NNP 1662 2876 10 Currency currency NN 1662 2876 11 : : : 1662 2876 12 1 1 CD 1662 2876 13 Communaute Communaute NNP 1662 2876 14 Financiere Financiere NNP 1662 2876 15 Africaine Africaine NNP 1662 2876 16 franc franc NN 1662 2876 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2876 18 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 2876 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2876 20 = = SYM 1662 2876 21 100 100 CD 1662 2876 22 centimes centime NNS 1662 2876 23 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2876 24 rates rate NNS 1662 2876 25 : : : 1662 2876 26 CFA cfa NN 1662 2876 27 francs franc NNS 1662 2876 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2876 29 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 2876 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2876 31 per per IN 1662 2876 32 US$ us$ $ 1662 2876 33 1 1 CD 1662 2876 34 - - SYM 1662 2876 35 541.69 541.69 CD 1662 2876 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2876 37 January January NNP 1662 2876 38 1997 1997 CD 1662 2876 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2876 40 , , , 1662 2876 41 511.55 511.55 CD 1662 2876 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2876 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 2876 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2876 45 , , , 1662 2876 46 499.15 499.15 CD 1662 2876 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2876 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 2876 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2876 50 , , , 1662 2876 51 555.20 555.20 CD 1662 2876 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2876 53 1994 1994 CD 1662 2876 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2876 55 , , , 1662 2876 56 283.16 283.16 CD 1662 2876 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2876 58 1993 1993 CD 1662 2876 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2876 60 , , , 1662 2876 61 264.69 264.69 CD 1662 2876 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2876 63 1992 1992 CD 1662 2876 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2876 65 note note NN 1662 2876 66 : : : 1662 2876 67 beginning begin VBG 1662 2876 68 12 12 CD 1662 2876 69 January January NNP 1662 2876 70 1994 1994 CD 1662 2876 71 , , , 1662 2876 72 the the DT 1662 2876 73 CFA CFA NNP 1662 2876 74 franc franc NN 1662 2876 75 was be VBD 1662 2876 76 devalued devalue VBN 1662 2876 77 to to IN 1662 2876 78 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 2876 79 100 100 CD 1662 2876 80 per per IN 1662 2876 81 French french JJ 1662 2876 82 franc franc NN 1662 2876 83 from from IN 1662 2876 84 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 2876 85 50 50 CD 1662 2876 86 at at IN 1662 2876 87 which which WDT 1662 2876 88 it -PRON- PRP 1662 2876 89 had have VBD 1662 2876 90 been be VBN 1662 2876 91 fixed fix VBN 1662 2876 92 since since IN 1662 2876 93 1948 1948 CD 1662 2876 94 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2876 95 year year NN 1662 2876 96 : : : 1662 2876 97 1 1 CD 1662 2876 98 April April NNP 1662 2876 99 - - HYPH 1662 2876 100 31 31 CD 1662 2876 101 March March NNP 1662 2876 102 @Equatorial @Equatorial NNP 1662 2876 103 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2876 104 : : : 1662 2876 105 Communications Communications NNP 1662 2876 106 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 2876 107 : : : 1662 2876 108 2,000 2,000 CD 1662 2876 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2876 110 1987 1987 CD 1662 2876 111 est est NNP 1662 2876 112 . . . 1662 2876 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2877 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2877 2 system system NN 1662 2877 3 : : : 1662 2877 4 poor poor JJ 1662 2877 5 system system NN 1662 2877 6 with with IN 1662 2877 7 adequate adequate JJ 1662 2877 8 government government NN 1662 2877 9 services service NNS 1662 2877 10 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2877 11 : : : 1662 2877 12 NA NA NNP 1662 2877 13 international international JJ 1662 2877 14 : : : 1662 2877 15 international international JJ 1662 2877 16 communications communication NNS 1662 2877 17 from from IN 1662 2877 18 Bata Bata NNP 1662 2877 19 and and CC 1662 2877 20 Malabo Malabo NNP 1662 2877 21 to to IN 1662 2877 22 African african JJ 1662 2877 23 and and CC 1662 2877 24 European european JJ 1662 2877 25 countries country NNS 1662 2877 26 ; ; : 1662 2877 27 satellite satellite NN 1662 2877 28 earth earth NN 1662 2877 29 station station NN 1662 2877 30 - - : 1662 2877 31 1 1 CD 1662 2877 32 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2877 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2877 34 Indian Indian NNP 1662 2877 35 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2877 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2877 37 Radio radio NN 1662 2877 38 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2877 39 stations station NNS 1662 2877 40 : : : 1662 2877 41 AM AM NNP 1662 2877 42 2 2 CD 1662 2877 43 , , , 1662 2877 44 FM FM NNP 1662 2877 45 0 0 CD 1662 2877 46 , , , 1662 2877 47 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2877 48 0 0 CD 1662 2877 49 Radios radio NNS 1662 2877 50 : : : 1662 2877 51 NA NA NNP 1662 2877 52 Television Television NNP 1662 2877 53 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2877 54 stations station NNS 1662 2877 55 : : : 1662 2877 56 1 1 CD 1662 2877 57 Televisions television NNS 1662 2877 58 : : : 1662 2877 59 4,000 4,000 CD 1662 2877 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2877 61 1992 1992 CD 1662 2877 62 est est NNP 1662 2877 63 . . . 1662 2877 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2878 1 @Equatorial @Equatorial NNP 1662 2878 2 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 2878 3 : : : 1662 2878 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2878 5 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2878 6 : : : 1662 2878 7 total total NN 1662 2878 8 : : : 1662 2878 9 0 0 LS 1662 2878 10 km km NN 1662 2878 11 Highways highway NNS 1662 2878 12 : : : 1662 2878 13 total total NN 1662 2878 14 : : : 1662 2878 15 2,820 2,820 CD 1662 2878 16 km km NN 1662 2878 17 paved pave VBN 1662 2878 18 : : : 1662 2878 19 0 0 CD 1662 2878 20 km km NN 1662 2878 21 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2878 22 : : : 1662 2878 23 2,820 2,820 CD 1662 2878 24 km km NNS 1662 2878 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2878 26 1995 1995 CD 1662 2878 27 est est NNP 1662 2878 28 . . . 1662 2878 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2879 1 Ports port NNS 1662 2879 2 and and CC 1662 2879 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2879 4 : : : 1662 2879 5 Bata Bata NNP 1662 2879 6 , , , 1662 2879 7 Luba Luba NNP 1662 2879 8 , , , 1662 2879 9 Malabo Malabo NNP 1662 2879 10 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2879 11 marine marine NN 1662 2879 12 : : : 1662 2879 13 total total NN 1662 2879 14 : : : 1662 2879 15 3 3 CD 1662 2879 16 ships ship NNS 1662 2879 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2879 18 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2879 19 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2879 20 or or CC 1662 2879 21 over over RB 1662 2879 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2879 23 totaling total VBG 1662 2879 24 7,997 7,997 CD 1662 2879 25 GRT/7,105 GRT/7,105 NNP 1662 2879 26 DWT DWT NNP 1662 2879 27 ships ship NNS 1662 2879 28 by by IN 1662 2879 29 type type NN 1662 2879 30 : : : 1662 2879 31 cargo cargo NN 1662 2879 32 1 1 CD 1662 2879 33 , , , 1662 2879 34 passenger passenger NN 1662 2879 35 1 1 CD 1662 2879 36 , , , 1662 2879 37 passenger passenger NN 1662 2879 38 - - HYPH 1662 2879 39 cargo cargo NN 1662 2879 40 1 1 CD 1662 2879 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2879 42 1996 1996 CD 1662 2879 43 est est NNP 1662 2879 44 . . . 1662 2879 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2880 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2880 2 : : : 1662 2880 3 3 3 CD 1662 2880 4 Airports airport NNS 1662 2880 5 - - , 1662 2880 6 with with IN 1662 2880 7 paved paved JJ 1662 2880 8 runways runway NNS 1662 2880 9 : : : 1662 2880 10 total total NN 1662 2880 11 : : : 1662 2880 12 3 3 CD 1662 2880 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2880 14 1996 1996 CD 1662 2880 15 est est NNP 1662 2880 16 . . . 1662 2880 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2881 1 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2881 2 to to IN 1662 2881 3 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2881 4 m m NN 1662 2881 5 : : : 1662 2881 6 1 1 CD 1662 2881 7 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2881 8 to to TO 1662 2881 9 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2881 10 m m NN 1662 2881 11 : : : 1662 2881 12 1 1 CD 1662 2881 13 under under IN 1662 2881 14 914 914 CD 1662 2881 15 m m NN 1662 2881 16 : : : 1662 2881 17 1 1 CD 1662 2881 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2881 19 1996 1996 CD 1662 2881 20 est est NNP 1662 2881 21 . . . 1662 2881 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2882 1 Military military JJ 1662 2882 2 Military military JJ 1662 2882 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2882 4 : : : 1662 2882 5 Army Army NNP 1662 2882 6 , , , 1662 2882 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 2882 8 , , , 1662 2882 9 Air Air NNP 1662 2882 10 Force Force NNP 1662 2882 11 , , , 1662 2882 12 Rapid Rapid NNP 1662 2882 13 Intervention Intervention NNP 1662 2882 14 Force Force NNP 1662 2882 15 , , , 1662 2882 16 National National NNP 1662 2882 17 Police Police NNP 1662 2882 18 Military Military NNP 1662 2882 19 manpower manpower NN 1662 2882 20 - - HYPH 1662 2882 21 availability availability NN 1662 2882 22 : : : 1662 2882 23 males male NNS 1662 2882 24 age age NNP 1662 2882 25 15 15 CD 1662 2882 26 - - HYPH 1662 2882 27 49 49 CD 1662 2882 28 : : SYM 1662 2882 29 95,788 95,788 CD 1662 2882 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2882 31 1997 1997 CD 1662 2882 32 est est NNP 1662 2882 33 . . . 1662 2882 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2883 1 Military military JJ 1662 2883 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2883 3 - - HYPH 1662 2883 4 fit fit NN 1662 2883 5 for for IN 1662 2883 6 military military JJ 1662 2883 7 service service NN 1662 2883 8 : : : 1662 2883 9 males male NNS 1662 2883 10 : : : 1662 2883 11 48,696 48,696 CD 1662 2883 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2883 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2883 14 est e JJS 1662 2883 15 . . . 1662 2883 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2884 1 Military military JJ 1662 2884 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2884 3 - - HYPH 1662 2884 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2884 5 figure figure NN 1662 2884 6 : : : 1662 2884 7 $ $ $ 1662 2884 8 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 2884 9 million million CD 1662 2884 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2884 11 FY93/94 fy93/94 CD 1662 2884 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2884 13 Military military JJ 1662 2884 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2884 15 - - : 1662 2884 16 percent percent NN 1662 2884 17 of of IN 1662 2884 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2884 19 : : : 1662 2884 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 2884 21 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2884 22 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2884 23 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2884 24 - - HYPH 1662 2884 25 international international JJ 1662 2884 26 : : : 1662 2884 27 maritime maritime JJ 1662 2884 28 boundary boundary JJ 1662 2884 29 dispute dispute NN 1662 2884 30 with with IN 1662 2884 31 Gabon Gabon NNP 1662 2884 32 because because IN 1662 2884 33 of of IN 1662 2884 34 disputed dispute VBN 1662 2884 35 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 2884 36 over over IN 1662 2884 37 islands island NNS 1662 2884 38 in in IN 1662 2884 39 Corisco Corisco NNP 1662 2884 40 Bay Bay NNP 1662 2884 41 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 42 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 43 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 44 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 45 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 46 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 47 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 48 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 49 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 50 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 51 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 52 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 53 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 54 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 55 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 56 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 57 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 58 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 59 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 60 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 61 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 62 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 63 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 64 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 65 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 66 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 67 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 68 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 69 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 70 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 71 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 72 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 73 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 74 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 75 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 76 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 77 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 78 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 79 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 80 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 81 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 82 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 83 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 84 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 85 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 86 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 87 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 88 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 89 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 90 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 91 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 92 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 93 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 94 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 95 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 96 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 97 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 98 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 99 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 100 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 101 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 102 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 103 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 104 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 105 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 106 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 107 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 108 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 109 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 110 _ _ NNP 1662 2884 111 ERITREA ERITREA NNP 1662 2884 112 Introduction Introduction NNP 1662 2884 113 Historical historical JJ 1662 2884 114 perspective perspective NN 1662 2884 115 : : : 1662 2884 116 on on IN 1662 2884 117 29 29 CD 1662 2884 118 May May NNP 1662 2884 119 1991 1991 CD 1662 2884 120 , , , 1662 2884 121 ISAIAS ISAIAS NNP 1662 2884 122 Afworke Afworke NNP 1662 2884 123 , , , 1662 2884 124 secretary secretary NN 1662 2884 125 general general NN 1662 2884 126 of of IN 1662 2884 127 the the DT 1662 2884 128 Peoples Peoples NNPS 1662 2884 129 ' ' POS 1662 2884 130 Front front NN 1662 2884 131 for for IN 1662 2884 132 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 2884 133 and and CC 1662 2884 134 Justice Justice NNP 1662 2884 135 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2884 136 PFDJ PFDJ NNP 1662 2884 137 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2884 138 , , , 1662 2884 139 which which WDT 1662 2884 140 then then RB 1662 2884 141 served serve VBD 1662 2884 142 as as IN 1662 2884 143 the the DT 1662 2884 144 country country NN 1662 2884 145 's 's POS 1662 2884 146 legislative legislative JJ 1662 2884 147 body body NN 1662 2884 148 , , , 1662 2884 149 announced announce VBD 1662 2884 150 the the DT 1662 2884 151 formation formation NN 1662 2884 152 of of IN 1662 2884 153 the the DT 1662 2884 154 Provisional Provisional NNP 1662 2884 155 Government Government NNP 1662 2884 156 in in IN 1662 2884 157 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 2884 158 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2884 159 PGE PGE NNP 1662 2884 160 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2884 161 in in IN 1662 2884 162 preparation preparation NN 1662 2884 163 for for IN 1662 2884 164 the the DT 1662 2884 165 23 23 CD 1662 2884 166 - - SYM 1662 2884 167 25 25 CD 1662 2884 168 April April NNP 1662 2884 169 1993 1993 CD 1662 2884 170 referendum referendum NN 1662 2884 171 on on IN 1662 2884 172 independence independence NN 1662 2884 173 for for IN 1662 2884 174 the the DT 1662 2884 175 Autonomous Autonomous NNP 1662 2884 176 Region Region NNP 1662 2884 177 of of IN 1662 2884 178 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 2884 179 ; ; : 1662 2884 180 the the DT 1662 2884 181 referendum referendum NN 1662 2884 182 resulted result VBD 1662 2884 183 in in IN 1662 2884 184 a a DT 1662 2884 185 landslide landslide NN 1662 2884 186 vote vote NN 1662 2884 187 for for IN 1662 2884 188 independence independence NN 1662 2884 189 which which WDT 1662 2884 190 was be VBD 1662 2884 191 proclaimed proclaim VBN 1662 2884 192 on on IN 1662 2884 193 27 27 CD 1662 2884 194 April April NNP 1662 2884 195 1993 1993 CD 1662 2884 196 @Eritrea @eritrea NN 1662 2884 197 : : : 1662 2884 198 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2884 199 Location Location NNP 1662 2884 200 : : : 1662 2884 201 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 2884 202 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2884 203 , , , 1662 2884 204 bordering border VBG 1662 2884 205 the the DT 1662 2884 206 Red Red NNP 1662 2884 207 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2884 208 , , , 1662 2884 209 between between IN 1662 2884 210 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 2884 211 and and CC 1662 2884 212 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 2884 213 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2884 214 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2884 215 : : : 1662 2884 216 15 15 CD 1662 2884 217 00 00 CD 1662 2884 218 N n CD 1662 2884 219 , , , 1662 2884 220 39 39 CD 1662 2884 221 00 00 CD 1662 2884 222 E e NN 1662 2884 223 Map Map NNP 1662 2884 224 references reference NNS 1662 2884 225 : : : 1662 2884 226 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2884 227 Area Area NNP 1662 2884 228 : : : 1662 2884 229 total total NN 1662 2884 230 : : : 1662 2884 231 121,320 121,320 CD 1662 2884 232 sq sq NN 1662 2884 233 km km NNP 1662 2884 234 land land NN 1662 2884 235 : : : 1662 2884 236 121,320 121,320 CD 1662 2884 237 sq sq NN 1662 2884 238 km km NNP 1662 2884 239 water water NN 1662 2884 240 : : : 1662 2884 241 0 0 NFP 1662 2884 242 sq sq NN 1662 2884 243 km km NNP 1662 2884 244 Area area NN 1662 2884 245 - - HYPH 1662 2884 246 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2884 247 : : : 1662 2884 248 slightly slightly RB 1662 2884 249 larger large JJR 1662 2884 250 than than IN 1662 2884 251 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania NNP 1662 2884 252 Land Land NNP 1662 2884 253 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2884 254 : : : 1662 2884 255 total total JJ 1662 2884 256 : : : 1662 2884 257 1,630 1,630 CD 1662 2884 258 km km NN 1662 2884 259 border border NN 1662 2884 260 countries country NNS 1662 2884 261 : : : 1662 2884 262 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 2884 263 113 113 CD 1662 2884 264 km km NN 1662 2884 265 , , , 1662 2884 266 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2884 267 912 912 CD 1662 2884 268 km km NNS 1662 2884 269 , , , 1662 2884 270 Sudan 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cooler cooler NN 1662 2884 309 and and CC 1662 2884 310 wetter wetter VB 1662 2884 311 in in IN 1662 2884 312 the the DT 1662 2884 313 central central JJ 1662 2884 314 highlands highland NNS 1662 2884 315 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2884 316 up up IN 1662 2884 317 to to TO 1662 2884 318 61 61 CD 1662 2884 319 cm cm NNS 1662 2884 320 of of IN 1662 2884 321 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 2884 322 annually annually RB 1662 2884 323 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2884 324 ; ; : 1662 2884 325 semiarid semiarid NNP 1662 2884 326 in in IN 1662 2884 327 western western JJ 1662 2884 328 hills hill NNS 1662 2884 329 and and CC 1662 2884 330 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 2884 331 ; ; : 1662 2884 332 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 2884 333 heaviest heaviest RB 1662 2884 334 during during IN 1662 2884 335 June June NNP 1662 2884 336 - - HYPH 1662 2884 337 September September NNP 1662 2884 338 except except IN 1662 2884 339 on on IN 1662 2884 340 coastal coastal JJ 1662 2884 341 desert desert NN 1662 2884 342 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2884 343 : : : 1662 2884 344 dominated dominate VBN 1662 2884 345 by by IN 1662 2884 346 extension extension NN 1662 2884 347 of of IN 1662 2884 348 Ethiopian ethiopian JJ 1662 2884 349 north north NN 1662 2884 350 - - HYPH 1662 2884 351 south south NN 1662 2884 352 trending trend VBG 1662 2884 353 highlands highland NNS 1662 2884 354 , , , 1662 2884 355 descending descend VBG 1662 2884 356 on on IN 1662 2884 357 the the DT 1662 2884 358 east east NN 1662 2884 359 to to IN 1662 2884 360 a a DT 1662 2884 361 coastal coastal JJ 1662 2884 362 desert desert NN 1662 2884 363 plain plain JJ 1662 2884 364 , , , 1662 2884 365 on on IN 1662 2884 366 the the DT 1662 2884 367 northwest northwest NN 1662 2884 368 to to TO 1662 2884 369 hilly hilly RB 1662 2884 370 terrain terrain VB 1662 2884 371 and and CC 1662 2884 372 on on IN 1662 2884 373 the the DT 1662 2884 374 southwest southwest NN 1662 2884 375 to to IN 1662 2884 376 flat flat JJ 1662 2884 377 - - HYPH 1662 2884 378 to to IN 1662 2884 379 - - HYPH 1662 2884 380 rolling roll VBG 1662 2884 381 plains plain NNS 1662 2884 382 Elevation elevation NN 1662 2884 383 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2884 384 : : : 1662 2884 385 lowest low JJS 1662 2884 386 point point NN 1662 2884 387 : : : 1662 2884 388 Kobar Kobar NNP 1662 2884 389 Sink Sink NNP 1662 2884 390 -75 -75 NNP 1662 2884 391 m m DT 1662 2884 392 highest high JJS 1662 2884 393 point point NN 1662 2884 394 : : : 1662 2884 395 Soira soira VB 1662 2884 396 3,013 3,013 CD 1662 2884 397 m m NNP 1662 2884 398 Natural natural JJ 1662 2884 399 resources resource NNS 1662 2884 400 : : : 1662 2884 401 gold gold NN 1662 2884 402 , , , 1662 2884 403 potash potash NN 1662 2884 404 , , , 1662 2884 405 zinc zinc NN 1662 2884 406 , , , 1662 2884 407 copper copper NN 1662 2884 408 , , , 1662 2884 409 salt salt NN 1662 2884 410 , , , 1662 2884 411 probably probably RB 1662 2884 412 oil oil NN 1662 2884 413 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2884 414 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2884 415 geologists geologist NNS 1662 2884 416 are be VBP 1662 2884 417 prospecting prospect VBG 1662 2884 418 for for IN 1662 2884 419 it -PRON- PRP 1662 2884 420 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2884 421 , , , 1662 2884 422 fish fish VB 1662 2884 423 Land land NN 1662 2884 424 use use NN 1662 2884 425 : : : 1662 2884 426 arable arable JJ 1662 2884 427 land land NN 1662 2884 428 : : : 1662 2884 429 12 12 CD 1662 2884 430 % % NN 1662 2884 431 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2884 432 crops crop NNS 1662 2884 433 : : : 1662 2884 434 1 1 CD 1662 2884 435 % % NN 1662 2884 436 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2884 437 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2884 438 : : : 1662 2884 439 48 48 CD 1662 2884 440 % % NN 1662 2884 441 forests forest NNS 1662 2884 442 and and CC 1662 2884 443 woodland woodland JJ 1662 2884 444 : : : 1662 2884 445 20 20 CD 1662 2884 446 % % NN 1662 2884 447 other other JJ 1662 2884 448 : : : 1662 2884 449 19 19 CD 1662 2884 450 % % NN 1662 2884 451 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2884 452 1993 1993 CD 1662 2884 453 est est NNP 1662 2884 454 . . . 1662 2884 455 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2885 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2885 2 land land NN 1662 2885 3 : : : 1662 2885 4 280 280 CD 1662 2885 5 sq sq NN 1662 2885 6 km km NNP 1662 2885 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2885 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2885 9 est est NNP 1662 2885 10 . . . 1662 2885 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2886 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2886 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2886 3 : : : 1662 2886 4 frequent frequent JJ 1662 2886 5 droughts drought VBZ 1662 2886 6 Environment environment NN 1662 2886 7 - - HYPH 1662 2886 8 current current JJ 1662 2886 9 issues issue NNS 1662 2886 10 : : : 1662 2886 11 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 2886 12 ; ; : 1662 2886 13 desertification desertification NN 1662 2886 14 ; ; , 1662 2886 15 soil soil NN 1662 2886 16 erosion erosion NN 1662 2886 17 ; ; : 1662 2886 18 overgrazing overgraze VBG 1662 2886 19 ; ; : 1662 2886 20 loss loss NN 1662 2886 21 of of IN 1662 2886 22 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 2886 23 from from IN 1662 2886 24 civil civil JJ 1662 2886 25 warfare warfare NN 1662 2886 26 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2886 27 - - HYPH 1662 2886 28 international international JJ 1662 2886 29 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2886 30 : : : 1662 2886 31 party party NN 1662 2886 32 to to TO 1662 2886 33 : : : 1662 2886 34 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 2886 35 , , , 1662 2886 36 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2886 37 Change Change NNP 1662 2886 38 , , , 1662 2886 39 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 2886 40 , , , 1662 2886 41 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2886 42 Species Species NNPS 1662 2886 43 signed sign VBD 1662 2886 44 , , , 1662 2886 45 but but CC 1662 2886 46 not not RB 1662 2886 47 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2886 48 : : : 1662 2886 49 none none NN 1662 2886 50 of of IN 1662 2886 51 the the DT 1662 2886 52 selected select VBN 1662 2886 53 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2886 54 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2886 55 - - HYPH 1662 2886 56 note note NNP 1662 2886 57 : : : 1662 2886 58 strategic strategic JJ 1662 2886 59 geopolitical geopolitical JJ 1662 2886 60 position position NN 1662 2886 61 along along IN 1662 2886 62 world world NN 1662 2886 63 's 's POS 1662 2886 64 busiest busy JJS 1662 2886 65 shipping shipping NN 1662 2886 66 lanes lane NNS 1662 2886 67 ; ; : 1662 2886 68 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 2886 69 retained retain VBD 1662 2886 70 the the DT 1662 2886 71 entire entire JJ 1662 2886 72 coastline coastline NN 1662 2886 73 of of IN 1662 2886 74 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2886 75 along along IN 1662 2886 76 the the DT 1662 2886 77 Red Red NNP 1662 2886 78 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2886 79 upon upon IN 1662 2886 80 de de FW 1662 2886 81 jure jure NN 1662 2886 82 independence independence NN 1662 2886 83 from from IN 1662 2886 84 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2886 85 on on IN 1662 2886 86 27 27 CD 1662 2886 87 April April NNP 1662 2886 88 1993 1993 CD 1662 2886 89 @Eritrea @eritrea NN 1662 2886 90 : : : 1662 2886 91 People People NNP 1662 2886 92 Population Population NNP 1662 2886 93 : : : 1662 2886 94 3,589,687 3,589,687 CD 1662 2886 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2886 96 July July NNP 1662 2886 97 1997 1997 CD 1662 2886 98 est est NNP 1662 2886 99 . . . 1662 2886 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2887 1 Age age NN 1662 2887 2 structure structure NN 1662 2887 3 : : : 1662 2887 4 0 0 CD 1662 2887 5 - - HYPH 1662 2887 6 14 14 CD 1662 2887 7 years year NNS 1662 2887 8 : : : 1662 2887 9 43 43 CD 1662 2887 10 % % NN 1662 2887 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2887 12 male male JJ 1662 2887 13 781,169 781,169 CD 1662 2887 14 ; ; : 1662 2887 15 female female JJ 1662 2887 16 770,497 770,497 CD 1662 2887 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2887 18 15 15 CD 1662 2887 19 - - SYM 1662 2887 20 64 64 CD 1662 2887 21 years year NNS 1662 2887 22 : : : 1662 2887 23 54 54 CD 1662 2887 24 % % NN 1662 2887 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2887 26 male male JJ 1662 2887 27 963,542 963,542 CD 1662 2887 28 ; ; : 1662 2887 29 female female JJ 1662 2887 30 966,083 966,083 CD 1662 2887 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2887 32 65 65 CD 1662 2887 33 years year NNS 1662 2887 34 and and CC 1662 2887 35 over over IN 1662 2887 36 : : : 1662 2887 37 3 3 CD 1662 2887 38 % % NN 1662 2887 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2887 40 male male JJ 1662 2887 41 55,811 55,811 CD 1662 2887 42 ; ; : 1662 2887 43 female female JJ 1662 2887 44 52,585 52,585 CD 1662 2887 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2887 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2887 47 July July NNP 1662 2887 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2887 49 est est NNP 1662 2887 50 . . . 1662 2887 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2888 1 Population population NN 1662 2888 2 growth growth NN 1662 2888 3 rate rate NN 1662 2888 4 : : : 1662 2888 5 6.35 6.35 CD 1662 2888 6 % % NN 1662 2888 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2888 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2888 9 est est NNP 1662 2888 10 . . . 1662 2888 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2889 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2889 2 rate rate NN 1662 2889 3 : : : 1662 2889 4 43.96 43.96 CD 1662 2889 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NNP 1662 2889 6 population population NN 1662 2889 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2889 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2889 9 est est NNP 1662 2889 10 . . . 1662 2889 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2890 1 Death death NN 1662 2890 2 rate rate NN 1662 2890 3 : : : 1662 2890 4 15.26 15.26 CD 1662 2890 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2890 6 population population NN 1662 2890 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2890 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2890 9 est est NNP 1662 2890 10 . . . 1662 2890 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2891 1 Net net JJ 1662 2891 2 migration migration NN 1662 2891 3 rate rate NN 1662 2891 4 : : : 1662 2891 5 34.82 34.82 CD 1662 2891 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 2891 7 population population NN 1662 2891 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2891 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2891 10 est est NNP 1662 2891 11 . . . 1662 2891 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2892 1 note note VB 1662 2892 2 : : : 1662 2892 3 it -PRON- PRP 1662 2892 4 is be VBZ 1662 2892 5 estimated estimate VBN 1662 2892 6 that that IN 1662 2892 7 between between IN 1662 2892 8 200,000 200,000 CD 1662 2892 9 and and CC 1662 2892 10 350,000 350,000 CD 1662 2892 11 Eritrean eritrean JJ 1662 2892 12 refugees refugee NNS 1662 2892 13 were be VBD 1662 2892 14 still still RB 1662 2892 15 living live VBG 1662 2892 16 in in IN 1662 2892 17 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 2892 18 in in IN 1662 2892 19 mid-1997 mid-1997 JJ 1662 2892 20 Sex sex NN 1662 2892 21 ratio ratio NN 1662 2892 22 : : : 1662 2892 23 at at IN 1662 2892 24 birth birth NN 1662 2892 25 : : : 1662 2892 26 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 2892 27 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2892 28 under under IN 1662 2892 29 15 15 CD 1662 2892 30 years year NNS 1662 2892 31 : : : 1662 2892 32 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 2892 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2892 34 15 15 CD 1662 2892 35 - - HYPH 1662 2892 36 64 64 CD 1662 2892 37 years year NNS 1662 2892 38 : : : 1662 2892 39 1 1 CD 1662 2892 40 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2892 41 65 65 CD 1662 2892 42 years year NNS 1662 2892 43 and and CC 1662 2892 44 over over IN 1662 2892 45 : : : 1662 2892 46 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 2892 47 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2892 48 total total JJ 1662 2892 49 population population NN 1662 2892 50 : : : 1662 2892 51 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 2892 52 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2892 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2892 54 1997 1997 CD 1662 2892 55 est e JJS 1662 2892 56 . . . 1662 2892 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2893 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2893 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2893 3 rate rate NN 1662 2893 4 : : : 1662 2893 5 117.2 117.2 CD 1662 2893 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2893 7 live live JJ 1662 2893 8 births birth NNS 1662 2893 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2893 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2893 11 est est NNP 1662 2893 12 . . . 1662 2893 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2894 1 Life life NN 1662 2894 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2894 3 at at IN 1662 2894 4 birth birth NN 1662 2894 5 : : : 1662 2894 6 total total JJ 1662 2894 7 population population NN 1662 2894 8 : : : 1662 2894 9 50.61 50.61 CD 1662 2894 10 years year NNS 1662 2894 11 male male JJ 1662 2894 12 : : : 1662 2894 13 48.85 48.85 CD 1662 2894 14 years year NNS 1662 2894 15 female female JJ 1662 2894 16 : : : 1662 2894 17 52.42 52.42 CD 1662 2894 18 years year NNS 1662 2894 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2894 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2894 21 est est NNP 1662 2894 22 . . . 1662 2894 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2895 1 Total total JJ 1662 2895 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2895 3 rate rate NN 1662 2895 4 : : : 1662 2895 5 6.47 6.47 CD 1662 2895 6 children child NNS 1662 2895 7 born bear VBN 1662 2895 8 / / SYM 1662 2895 9 woman woman NN 1662 2895 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2895 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2895 12 est est NNP 1662 2895 13 . . . 1662 2895 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2896 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2896 2 : : : 1662 2896 3 noun noun NNP 1662 2896 4 : : : 1662 2896 5 Eritrean(s Eritrean(s NNP 1662 2896 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2896 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 2896 8 : : : 1662 2896 9 Eritrean eritrean JJ 1662 2896 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2896 11 groups group NNS 1662 2896 12 : : : 1662 2896 13 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2896 14 Tigrinya Tigrinya NNP 1662 2896 15 50 50 CD 1662 2896 16 % % NN 1662 2896 17 , , , 1662 2896 18 Tigre Tigre NNP 1662 2896 19 and and CC 1662 2896 20 Kunama Kunama NNP 1662 2896 21 40 40 CD 1662 2896 22 % % NN 1662 2896 23 , , , 1662 2896 24 Afar afar NN 1662 2896 25 4 4 CD 1662 2896 26 % % NN 1662 2896 27 , , , 1662 2896 28 Saho Saho NNP 1662 2896 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2896 30 Red Red NNP 1662 2896 31 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2896 32 coast coast NN 1662 2896 33 dwellers dweller NNS 1662 2896 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2896 35 3 3 CD 1662 2896 36 % % NN 1662 2896 37 Religions religion NNS 1662 2896 38 : : : 1662 2896 39 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 2896 40 , , , 1662 2896 41 Coptic Coptic NNP 1662 2896 42 Christian Christian NNP 1662 2896 43 , , , 1662 2896 44 Roman Roman NNP 1662 2896 45 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 2896 46 , , , 1662 2896 47 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 2896 48 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 2896 49 : : : 1662 2896 50 Afar afar RB 1662 2896 51 , , , 1662 2896 52 Amharic Amharic NNP 1662 2896 53 , , , 1662 2896 54 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 2896 55 , , , 1662 2896 56 Italian italian JJ 1662 2896 57 , , , 1662 2896 58 Tigre Tigre NNP 1662 2896 59 and and CC 1662 2896 60 Kunama Kunama NNP 1662 2896 61 , , , 1662 2896 62 Tigrinya Tigrinya NNP 1662 2896 63 , , , 1662 2896 64 minor minor JJ 1662 2896 65 tribal tribal JJ 1662 2896 66 languages language NNS 1662 2896 67 @Eritrea @eritrea VBP 1662 2896 68 : : : 1662 2896 69 Government Government NNP 1662 2896 70 Country Country NNP 1662 2896 71 name name NN 1662 2896 72 : : : 1662 2896 73 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2896 74 long long JJ 1662 2896 75 form form NN 1662 2896 76 : : : 1662 2896 77 State state NN 1662 2896 78 of of IN 1662 2896 79 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 2896 80 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2896 81 short short JJ 1662 2896 82 form form NN 1662 2896 83 : : : 1662 2896 84 Eritrea eritrea VB 1662 2896 85 local local JJ 1662 2896 86 long long JJ 1662 2896 87 form form NN 1662 2896 88 : : : 1662 2896 89 Hagere Hagere NNP 1662 2896 90 Ertra Ertra NNP 1662 2896 91 local local JJ 1662 2896 92 short short JJ 1662 2896 93 form form NN 1662 2896 94 : : : 1662 2896 95 Ertra Ertra NNP 1662 2896 96 former former JJ 1662 2896 97 : : : 1662 2896 98 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 2896 99 Autonomous Autonomous NNP 1662 2896 100 Region Region NNP 1662 2896 101 in in IN 1662 2896 102 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2896 103 Data Data NNP 1662 2896 104 code code NN 1662 2896 105 : : : 1662 2896 106 ER ER NNP 1662 2896 107 Government Government NNP 1662 2896 108 type type NN 1662 2896 109 : : : 1662 2896 110 transitional transitional JJ 1662 2896 111 government government NN 1662 2896 112 note note NN 1662 2896 113 : : : 1662 2896 114 following follow VBG 1662 2896 115 a a DT 1662 2896 116 successful successful JJ 1662 2896 117 referendum referendum NN 1662 2896 118 on on IN 1662 2896 119 independence independence NN 1662 2896 120 for for IN 1662 2896 121 the the DT 1662 2896 122 Autonomous Autonomous NNP 1662 2896 123 Region Region NNP 1662 2896 124 of of IN 1662 2896 125 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 2896 126 on on IN 1662 2896 127 23 23 CD 1662 2896 128 - - SYM 1662 2896 129 25 25 CD 1662 2896 130 April April NNP 1662 2896 131 1993 1993 CD 1662 2896 132 , , , 1662 2896 133 a a DT 1662 2896 134 National National NNP 1662 2896 135 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2896 136 , , , 1662 2896 137 composed compose VBN 1662 2896 138 entirely entirely RB 1662 2896 139 of of IN 1662 2896 140 the the DT 1662 2896 141 Peoples Peoples NNPS 1662 2896 142 ' ' POS 1662 2896 143 Front front NN 1662 2896 144 for for IN 1662 2896 145 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 2896 146 and and CC 1662 2896 147 Justice Justice NNP 1662 2896 148 or or CC 1662 2896 149 PFDJ PFDJ NNP 1662 2896 150 , , , 1662 2896 151 was be VBD 1662 2896 152 established establish VBN 1662 2896 153 as as IN 1662 2896 154 a a DT 1662 2896 155 transitional transitional JJ 1662 2896 156 legislature legislature NN 1662 2896 157 ; ; : 1662 2896 158 a a DT 1662 2896 159 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 2896 160 Commission Commission NNP 1662 2896 161 was be VBD 1662 2896 162 also also RB 1662 2896 163 established establish VBN 1662 2896 164 to to TO 1662 2896 165 draft draft VB 1662 2896 166 a a DT 1662 2896 167 constitution constitution NN 1662 2896 168 ; ; : 1662 2896 169 ISAIAS ISAIAS NNP 1662 2896 170 Afworki Afworki NNP 1662 2896 171 was be VBD 1662 2896 172 elected elect VBN 1662 2896 173 president president NN 1662 2896 174 by by IN 1662 2896 175 the the DT 1662 2896 176 transitional transitional JJ 1662 2896 177 legislature legislature NN 1662 2896 178 pending pende VBG 1662 2896 179 the the DT 1662 2896 180 promulgation promulgation NN 1662 2896 181 of of IN 1662 2896 182 a a DT 1662 2896 183 constitution constitution NN 1662 2896 184 and and CC 1662 2896 185 popular popular JJ 1662 2896 186 elections election NNS 1662 2896 187 National national JJ 1662 2896 188 capital capital NN 1662 2896 189 : : : 1662 2896 190 Asmara Asmara NNP 1662 2896 191 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2896 192 formerly formerly RB 1662 2896 193 Asmera Asmera NNP 1662 2896 194 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2896 195 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 2896 196 divisions division NNS 1662 2896 197 : : : 1662 2896 198 8 8 CD 1662 2896 199 provinces province NNS 1662 2896 200 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2896 201 singular singular NN 1662 2896 202 - - HYPH 1662 2896 203 awraja awraja NNP 1662 2896 204 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2896 205 ; ; : 1662 2896 206 Akele Akele NNP 1662 2896 207 Guzay Guzay NNP 1662 2896 208 , , , 1662 2896 209 Barka Barka NNP 1662 2896 210 , , , 1662 2896 211 Denkel Denkel NNP 1662 2896 212 , , , 1662 2896 213 Hamasen Hamasen NNP 1662 2896 214 , , , 1662 2896 215 Sahil Sahil NNP 1662 2896 216 , , , 1662 2896 217 Semhar Semhar NNP 1662 2896 218 , , , 1662 2896 219 Senhit Senhit NNP 1662 2896 220 , , , 1662 2896 221 Seraye Seraye NNP 1662 2896 222 note note NN 1662 2896 223 : : : 1662 2896 224 in in IN 1662 2896 225 May May NNP 1662 2896 226 1995 1995 CD 1662 2896 227 the the DT 1662 2896 228 National National NNP 1662 2896 229 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2896 230 adopted adopt VBD 1662 2896 231 a a DT 1662 2896 232 resolution resolution NN 1662 2896 233 stating state VBG 1662 2896 234 that that IN 1662 2896 235 the the DT 1662 2896 236 administrative administrative JJ 1662 2896 237 structure structure NN 1662 2896 238 of of IN 1662 2896 239 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 2896 240 , , , 1662 2896 241 which which WDT 1662 2896 242 had have VBD 1662 2896 243 been be VBN 1662 2896 244 established establish VBN 1662 2896 245 by by IN 1662 2896 246 former former JJ 1662 2896 247 colonial colonial JJ 1662 2896 248 powers power NNS 1662 2896 249 , , , 1662 2896 250 would would MD 1662 2896 251 consist consist VB 1662 2896 252 of of IN 1662 2896 253 only only RB 1662 2896 254 six six CD 1662 2896 255 provinces province NNS 1662 2896 256 when when WRB 1662 2896 257 the the DT 1662 2896 258 new new JJ 1662 2896 259 constitution constitution NN 1662 2896 260 , , , 1662 2896 261 then then RB 1662 2896 262 being be VBG 1662 2896 263 drafted draft VBN 1662 2896 264 , , , 1662 2896 265 would would MD 1662 2896 266 go go VB 1662 2896 267 into into IN 1662 2896 268 effect effect NN 1662 2896 269 sometime sometime RB 1662 2896 270 in in IN 1662 2896 271 1998 1998 CD 1662 2896 272 ; ; : 1662 2896 273 the the DT 1662 2896 274 new new JJ 1662 2896 275 provinces province NNS 1662 2896 276 , , , 1662 2896 277 which which WDT 1662 2896 278 have have VBP 1662 2896 279 not not RB 1662 2896 280 been be VBN 1662 2896 281 recommended recommend VBN 1662 2896 282 by by IN 1662 2896 283 the the DT 1662 2896 284 US US NNP 1662 2896 285 Board Board NNP 1662 2896 286 on on IN 1662 2896 287 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2896 288 Names Names NNP 1662 2896 289 for for IN 1662 2896 290 recognition recognition NN 1662 2896 291 by by IN 1662 2896 292 the the DT 1662 2896 293 US US NNP 1662 2896 294 government government NN 1662 2896 295 , , , 1662 2896 296 pending pende VBG 1662 2896 297 acceptable acceptable JJ 1662 2896 298 definition definition NN 1662 2896 299 of of IN 1662 2896 300 the the DT 1662 2896 301 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2896 302 , , , 1662 2896 303 are be VBP 1662 2896 304 : : : 1662 2896 305 Anseba Anseba NNP 1662 2896 306 , , , 1662 2896 307 Debub Debub NNP 1662 2896 308 , , , 1662 2896 309 Debubawi Debubawi NNP 1662 2896 310 , , , 1662 2896 311 Gash Gash NNP 1662 2896 312 - - HYPH 1662 2896 313 Barka Barka NNP 1662 2896 314 , , , 1662 2896 315 Maakel Maakel NNP 1662 2896 316 , , , 1662 2896 317 and and CC 1662 2896 318 Semanawi Semanawi NNP 1662 2896 319 Keyih Keyih NNP 1662 2896 320 Bahri Bahri NNP 1662 2896 321 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2896 322 : : : 1662 2896 323 27 27 CD 1662 2896 324 May May NNP 1662 2896 325 1993 1993 CD 1662 2896 326 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2896 327 from from IN 1662 2896 328 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2896 329 ; ; : 1662 2896 330 formerly formerly RB 1662 2896 331 the the DT 1662 2896 332 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 2896 333 Autonomous Autonomous NNP 1662 2896 334 Region Region NNP 1662 2896 335 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2896 336 National national JJ 1662 2896 337 holiday holiday NN 1662 2896 338 : : : 1662 2896 339 National National NNP 1662 2896 340 Day Day NNP 1662 2896 341 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2896 342 independence independence NN 1662 2896 343 from from IN 1662 2896 344 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2896 345 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2896 346 , , , 1662 2896 347 24 24 CD 1662 2896 348 May May NNP 1662 2896 349 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2896 350 1993 1993 CD 1662 2896 351 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2896 352 Constitution constitution NN 1662 2896 353 : : : 1662 2896 354 transitional transitional JJ 1662 2896 355 " " '' 1662 2896 356 constitution constitution NN 1662 2896 357 " " '' 1662 2896 358 decreed decreed NN 1662 2896 359 19 19 CD 1662 2896 360 May May NNP 1662 2896 361 1993 1993 CD 1662 2896 362 ; ; : 1662 2896 363 the the DT 1662 2896 364 promulgation promulgation NN 1662 2896 365 of of IN 1662 2896 366 a a DT 1662 2896 367 draft draft NN 1662 2896 368 constitution constitution NN 1662 2896 369 is be VBZ 1662 2896 370 expected expect VBN 1662 2896 371 in in IN 1662 2896 372 1998 1998 CD 1662 2896 373 Legal legal JJ 1662 2896 374 system system NN 1662 2896 375 : : : 1662 2896 376 NA NA NNP 1662 2896 377 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 2896 378 : : : 1662 2896 379 NA na NN 1662 2896 380 ; ; : 1662 2896 381 note note VB 1662 2896 382 - - : 1662 2896 383 the the DT 1662 2896 384 transitional transitional JJ 1662 2896 385 constitution constitution NN 1662 2896 386 of of IN 1662 2896 387 19 19 CD 1662 2896 388 May May NNP 1662 2896 389 1993 1993 CD 1662 2896 390 did do VBD 1662 2896 391 not not RB 1662 2896 392 provide provide VB 1662 2896 393 rules rule NNS 1662 2896 394 for for IN 1662 2896 395 suffrage suffrage NN 1662 2896 396 , , , 1662 2896 397 but but CC 1662 2896 398 it -PRON- PRP 1662 2896 399 seems seem VBZ 1662 2896 400 likely likely JJ 1662 2896 401 that that IN 1662 2896 402 the the DT 1662 2896 403 final final JJ 1662 2896 404 version version NN 1662 2896 405 of of IN 1662 2896 406 the the DT 1662 2896 407 constitution constitution NN 1662 2896 408 , , , 1662 2896 409 to to TO 1662 2896 410 be be VB 1662 2896 411 promulgated promulgate VBN 1662 2896 412 some some DT 1662 2896 413 time time NN 1662 2896 414 in in IN 1662 2896 415 1998 1998 CD 1662 2896 416 , , , 1662 2896 417 will will MD 1662 2896 418 follow follow VB 1662 2896 419 the the DT 1662 2896 420 example example NN 1662 2896 421 set set VBN 1662 2896 422 in in IN 1662 2896 423 the the DT 1662 2896 424 referendum referendum NN 1662 2896 425 of of IN 1662 2896 426 1993 1993 CD 1662 2896 427 and and CC 1662 2896 428 extend extend VB 1662 2896 429 suffrage suffrage NN 1662 2896 430 to to IN 1662 2896 431 all all DT 1662 2896 432 persons person NNS 1662 2896 433 18 18 CD 1662 2896 434 years year NNS 1662 2896 435 of of IN 1662 2896 436 age age NN 1662 2896 437 or or CC 1662 2896 438 older old JJR 1662 2896 439 Executive executive JJ 1662 2896 440 branch branch NN 1662 2896 441 : : : 1662 2896 442 chief chief NN 1662 2896 443 of of IN 1662 2896 444 state state NN 1662 2896 445 : : : 1662 2896 446 President President NNP 1662 2896 447 ISAIAS ISAIAS NNP 1662 2896 448 Afworki Afworki NNP 1662 2896 449 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2896 450 since since IN 1662 2896 451 8 8 CD 1662 2896 452 June June NNP 1662 2896 453 1993 1993 CD 1662 2896 454 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2896 455 ; ; : 1662 2896 456 note note VB 1662 2896 457 - - : 1662 2896 458 the the DT 1662 2896 459 president president NN 1662 2896 460 is be VBZ 1662 2896 461 both both CC 1662 2896 462 the the DT 1662 2896 463 chief chief NN 1662 2896 464 of of IN 1662 2896 465 state state NN 1662 2896 466 and and CC 1662 2896 467 head head NN 1662 2896 468 of of IN 1662 2896 469 government government NN 1662 2896 470 head head NN 1662 2896 471 of of IN 1662 2896 472 government government NN 1662 2896 473 : : : 1662 2896 474 President President NNP 1662 2896 475 ISAIAS ISAIAS NNP 1662 2896 476 Afworki Afworki NNP 1662 2896 477 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2896 478 since since IN 1662 2896 479 8 8 CD 1662 2896 480 June June NNP 1662 2896 481 1993 1993 CD 1662 2896 482 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2896 483 ; ; : 1662 2896 484 note note VB 1662 2896 485 - - : 1662 2896 486 the the DT 1662 2896 487 president president NN 1662 2896 488 is be VBZ 1662 2896 489 both both CC 1662 2896 490 the the DT 1662 2896 491 chief chief NN 1662 2896 492 of of IN 1662 2896 493 state state NN 1662 2896 494 and and CC 1662 2896 495 head head NN 1662 2896 496 of of IN 1662 2896 497 government government NN 1662 2896 498 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2896 499 : : : 1662 2896 500 State State NNP 1662 2896 501 Council Council NNP 1662 2896 502 is be VBZ 1662 2896 503 the the DT 1662 2896 504 collective collective JJ 1662 2896 505 executive executive JJ 1662 2896 506 authority authority NN 1662 2896 507 note note NN 1662 2896 508 : : : 1662 2896 509 the the DT 1662 2896 510 president president NN 1662 2896 511 is be VBZ 1662 2896 512 head head NN 1662 2896 513 of of IN 1662 2896 514 the the DT 1662 2896 515 State State NNP 1662 2896 516 Council Council NNP 1662 2896 517 and and CC 1662 2896 518 National National NNP 1662 2896 519 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2896 520 elections election NNS 1662 2896 521 : : : 1662 2896 522 president president NN 1662 2896 523 elected elect VBN 1662 2896 524 by by IN 1662 2896 525 the the DT 1662 2896 526 National National NNP 1662 2896 527 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2896 528 ; ; : 1662 2896 529 election election NN 1662 2896 530 last last JJ 1662 2896 531 held hold VBD 1662 2896 532 8 8 CD 1662 2896 533 June June NNP 1662 2896 534 1993 1993 CD 1662 2896 535 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2896 536 next next JJ 1662 2896 537 to to TO 1662 2896 538 be be VB 1662 2896 539 held hold VBN 1662 2896 540 NA NA NNP 1662 2896 541 1997 1997 CD 1662 2896 542 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2896 543 election election NN 1662 2896 544 results result NNS 1662 2896 545 : : : 1662 2896 546 ISAIAS ISAIAS NNP 1662 2896 547 Afworki Afworki NNP 1662 2896 548 elected elect VBD 1662 2896 549 president president NN 1662 2896 550 ; ; : 1662 2896 551 percent percent NN 1662 2896 552 of of IN 1662 2896 553 National National NNP 1662 2896 554 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2896 555 vote vote NN 1662 2896 556 - - HYPH 1662 2896 557 ISAIAS ISAIAS NNP 1662 2896 558 Afworki Afworki NNP 1662 2896 559 95 95 CD 1662 2896 560 % % NN 1662 2896 561 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2896 562 branch branch NN 1662 2896 563 : : : 1662 2896 564 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 2896 565 National National NNP 1662 2896 566 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2896 567 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2896 568 150 150 CD 1662 2896 569 seats seat NNS 1662 2896 570 ; ; : 1662 2896 571 term term NN 1662 2896 572 limits limit NNS 1662 2896 573 not not RB 1662 2896 574 established establish VBN 1662 2896 575 pending pende VBG 1662 2896 576 new new JJ 1662 2896 577 constitution constitution NN 1662 2896 578 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2896 579 elections election NNS 1662 2896 580 : : : 1662 2896 581 75 75 CD 1662 2896 582 members member NNS 1662 2896 583 of of IN 1662 2896 584 the the DT 1662 2896 585 PFDJ PFDJ NNP 1662 2896 586 Central Central NNP 1662 2896 587 Committee Committee NNP 1662 2896 588 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2896 589 the the DT 1662 2896 590 old old JJ 1662 2896 591 Central Central NNP 1662 2896 592 Committee Committee NNP 1662 2896 593 of of IN 1662 2896 594 the the DT 1662 2896 595 EPLF EPLF NNP 1662 2896 596 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2896 597 and and CC 1662 2896 598 75 75 CD 1662 2896 599 directly directly RB 1662 2896 600 elected elect VBN 1662 2896 601 members member NNS 1662 2896 602 serve serve VBP 1662 2896 603 as as IN 1662 2896 604 the the DT 1662 2896 605 country country NN 1662 2896 606 's 's POS 1662 2896 607 legislative legislative JJ 1662 2896 608 body body NN 1662 2896 609 until until IN 1662 2896 610 country country NN 1662 2896 611 - - HYPH 1662 2896 612 wide wide JJ 1662 2896 613 elections election NNS 1662 2896 614 are be VBP 1662 2896 615 held hold VBN 1662 2896 616 in in IN 1662 2896 617 1997 1997 CD 1662 2896 618 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 2896 619 branch branch NN 1662 2896 620 : : : 1662 2896 621 Judiciary judiciary JJ 1662 2896 622 Political political JJ 1662 2896 623 parties party NNS 1662 2896 624 and and CC 1662 2896 625 leaders leader NNS 1662 2896 626 : : : 1662 2896 627 People People NNS 1662 2896 628 's 's POS 1662 2896 629 Front Front NNP 1662 2896 630 for for IN 1662 2896 631 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 2896 632 and and CC 1662 2896 633 Justice Justice NNP 1662 2896 634 or or CC 1662 2896 635 PFDJ PFDJ NNP 1662 2896 636 , , , 1662 2896 637 the the DT 1662 2896 638 only only JJ 1662 2896 639 party party NN 1662 2896 640 recognized recognize VBN 1662 2896 641 by by IN 1662 2896 642 the the DT 1662 2896 643 government government NN 1662 2896 644 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2896 645 ISAIAS ISAIAS NNP 1662 2896 646 Afworki Afworki NNP 1662 2896 647 , , , 1662 2896 648 PETROS PETROS NNP 1662 2896 649 Solomon Solomon NNP 1662 2896 650 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2896 651 Political political JJ 1662 2896 652 pressure pressure NN 1662 2896 653 groups group NNS 1662 2896 654 and and CC 1662 2896 655 leaders leader NNS 1662 2896 656 : : : 1662 2896 657 Eritrean eritrean JJ 1662 2896 658 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 2896 659 Jihad Jihad NNP 1662 2896 660 or or CC 1662 2896 661 EIJ EIJ NNP 1662 2896 662 ; ; : 1662 2896 663 Eritrean Eritrean NNP 1662 2896 664 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 2896 665 Front Front NNP 1662 2896 666 or or CC 1662 2896 667 ELF ELF NNP 1662 2896 668 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2896 669 ABDULLAH abdullah IN 1662 2896 670 Muhammed Muhammed NNP 1662 2896 671 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2896 672 ; ; : 1662 2896 673 Eritrean Eritrean NNP 1662 2896 674 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 2896 675 Front Front NNP 1662 2896 676 - - HYPH 1662 2896 677 United United NNP 1662 2896 678 Organization Organization NNP 1662 2896 679 or or CC 1662 2896 680 ELF ELF NNP 1662 2896 681 - - HYPH 1662 2896 682 UO UO NNP 1662 2896 683 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2896 684 Mohammed Mohammed NNP 1662 2896 685 Said Said NNP 1662 2896 686 NAWUD NAWUD NNP 1662 2896 687 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2896 688 ; ; : 1662 2896 689 Eritrean Eritrean NNP 1662 2896 690 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 2896 691 Front Front NNP 1662 2896 692 - - HYPH 1662 2896 693 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 2896 694 Council Council NNP 1662 2896 695 or or CC 1662 2896 696 ELF ELF NNP 1662 2896 697 - - HYPH 1662 2896 698 RC RC NNP 1662 2896 699 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2896 700 Ahmed Ahmed NNP 1662 2896 701 NASSER NASSER NNP 1662 2896 702 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2896 703 International international JJ 1662 2896 704 organization organization NN 1662 2896 705 participation participation NN 1662 2896 706 : : : 1662 2896 707 ACP ACP NNP 1662 2896 708 , , , 1662 2896 709 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 2896 710 , , , 1662 2896 711 CCC CCC NNP 1662 2896 712 , , , 1662 2896 713 ECA ECA NNP 1662 2896 714 , , , 1662 2896 715 FAO FAO NNP 1662 2896 716 , , , 1662 2896 717 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 2896 718 , , , 1662 2896 719 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 2896 720 , , , 1662 2896 721 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 2896 722 , , , 1662 2896 723 IDA IDA NNP 1662 2896 724 , , , 1662 2896 725 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 2896 726 , , , 1662 2896 727 IFC IFC NNP 1662 2896 728 , , , 1662 2896 729 IGADD IGADD NNP 1662 2896 730 , , , 1662 2896 731 ILO ILO NNP 1662 2896 732 , , , 1662 2896 733 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2896 734 , , , 1662 2896 735 IMO imo RB 1662 2896 736 , , , 1662 2896 737 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2896 738 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2896 739 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 2896 740 user user NN 1662 2896 741 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2896 742 , , , 1662 2896 743 ITU ITU NNP 1662 2896 744 , , , 1662 2896 745 NAM NAM NNP 1662 2896 746 , , , 1662 2896 747 OAU OAU NNP 1662 2896 748 , , , 1662 2896 749 UN UN NNP 1662 2896 750 , , , 1662 2896 751 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 2896 752 , , , 1662 2896 753 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 2896 754 , , , 1662 2896 755 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 2896 756 , , , 1662 2896 757 UPU UPU NNP 1662 2896 758 , , , 1662 2896 759 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 2896 760 , , , 1662 2896 761 WHO who WP 1662 2896 762 , , , 1662 2896 763 WMO WMO NNP 1662 2896 764 , , , 1662 2896 765 WToO WToO VBD 1662 2896 766 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2896 767 representation representation NN 1662 2896 768 in in IN 1662 2896 769 the the DT 1662 2896 770 US US NNP 1662 2896 771 : : : 1662 2896 772 chief chief NN 1662 2896 773 of of IN 1662 2896 774 mission mission NN 1662 2896 775 : : : 1662 2896 776 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2896 777 AMDEMICHAEL AMDEMICHAEL NNP 1662 2896 778 Berhane Berhane NNP 1662 2896 779 Khasai Khasai NNP 1662 2896 780 chancery chancery NN 1662 2896 781 : : : 1662 2896 782 1708 1708 CD 1662 2896 783 New New NNP 1662 2896 784 Hampshire Hampshire NNP 1662 2896 785 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 2896 786 NW NW NNP 1662 2896 787 , , , 1662 2896 788 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2896 789 , , , 1662 2896 790 DC DC NNP 1662 2896 791 20009 20009 CD 1662 2896 792 telephone telephone NN 1662 2896 793 : : : 1662 2896 794 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2896 795 1 1 CD 1662 2896 796 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2896 797 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2896 798 202 202 CD 1662 2896 799 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2896 800 319 319 CD 1662 2896 801 - - SYM 1662 2896 802 1991 1991 CD 1662 2896 803 FAX fax NN 1662 2896 804 : : : 1662 2896 805 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2896 806 1 1 CD 1662 2896 807 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2896 808 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2896 809 202 202 CD 1662 2896 810 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2896 811 319 319 CD 1662 2896 812 - - HYPH 1662 2896 813 1304 1304 CD 1662 2896 814 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2896 815 representation representation NN 1662 2896 816 from from IN 1662 2896 817 the the DT 1662 2896 818 US US NNP 1662 2896 819 : : : 1662 2896 820 chief chief NN 1662 2896 821 of of IN 1662 2896 822 mission mission NN 1662 2896 823 : : : 1662 2896 824 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2896 825 John John NNP 1662 2896 826 HICKS HICKS NNP 1662 2896 827 embassy embassy NN 1662 2896 828 : : : 1662 2896 829 Franklin Franklin NNP 1662 2896 830 D. D. NNP 1662 2896 831 Roosevelt Roosevelt NNP 1662 2896 832 St. St. NNP 1662 2896 833 , , , 1662 2896 834 Asmara Asmara NNP 1662 2896 835 mailing mail VBG 1662 2896 836 address address NN 1662 2896 837 : : : 1662 2896 838 P.O. P.O. NNP 1662 2897 1 Box Box NNP 1662 2897 2 211 211 CD 1662 2897 3 , , , 1662 2897 4 Asmara Asmara NNP 1662 2897 5 telephone telephone NN 1662 2897 6 : : : 1662 2897 7 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2897 8 291 291 CD 1662 2897 9 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2897 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2897 11 1 1 CD 1662 2897 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2897 13 120004 120004 CD 1662 2897 14 FAX fax NN 1662 2897 15 : : : 1662 2897 16 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2897 17 291 291 CD 1662 2897 18 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2897 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2897 20 1 1 CD 1662 2897 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2897 22 127584 127584 CD 1662 2897 23 Flag flag NN 1662 2897 24 description description NN 1662 2897 25 : : : 1662 2897 26 red red JJ 1662 2897 27 isosceles isoscele NNS 1662 2897 28 triangle triangle NNP 1662 2897 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2897 30 based base VBN 1662 2897 31 on on IN 1662 2897 32 the the DT 1662 2897 33 hoist hoist NN 1662 2897 34 side side NN 1662 2897 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2897 36 dividing divide VBG 1662 2897 37 the the DT 1662 2897 38 flag flag NN 1662 2897 39 into into IN 1662 2897 40 two two CD 1662 2897 41 right right JJ 1662 2897 42 triangles triangle NNS 1662 2897 43 ; ; : 1662 2897 44 the the DT 1662 2897 45 upper upper JJ 1662 2897 46 triangle triangle NN 1662 2897 47 is be VBZ 1662 2897 48 green green JJ 1662 2897 49 , , , 1662 2897 50 the the DT 1662 2897 51 lower low JJR 1662 2897 52 one one CD 1662 2897 53 is be VBZ 1662 2897 54 blue blue JJ 1662 2897 55 ; ; : 1662 2897 56 a a DT 1662 2897 57 gold gold NN 1662 2897 58 wreath wreath NN 1662 2897 59 encircling encircle VBG 1662 2897 60 a a DT 1662 2897 61 gold gold NN 1662 2897 62 olive olive NN 1662 2897 63 branch branch NN 1662 2897 64 is be VBZ 1662 2897 65 centered center VBN 1662 2897 66 on on IN 1662 2897 67 the the DT 1662 2897 68 hoist hoist NN 1662 2897 69 side side NN 1662 2897 70 of of IN 1662 2897 71 the the DT 1662 2897 72 red red JJ 1662 2897 73 triangle triangle NNP 1662 2897 74 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2897 75 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2897 76 - - HYPH 1662 2897 77 overview overview NN 1662 2897 78 : : : 1662 2897 79 With with IN 1662 2897 80 independence independence NN 1662 2897 81 from from IN 1662 2897 82 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2897 83 on on IN 1662 2897 84 27 27 CD 1662 2897 85 April April NNP 1662 2897 86 1993 1993 CD 1662 2897 87 , , , 1662 2897 88 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 2897 89 faced face VBD 1662 2897 90 the the DT 1662 2897 91 bitter bitter JJ 1662 2897 92 economic economic JJ 1662 2897 93 problems problem NNS 1662 2897 94 of of IN 1662 2897 95 a a DT 1662 2897 96 small small JJ 1662 2897 97 , , , 1662 2897 98 desperately desperately RB 1662 2897 99 poor poor JJ 1662 2897 100 African african JJ 1662 2897 101 country country NN 1662 2897 102 . . . 1662 2898 1 Most Most JJS 1662 2898 2 of of IN 1662 2898 3 the the DT 1662 2898 4 population population NN 1662 2898 5 must must MD 1662 2898 6 continue continue VB 1662 2898 7 to to TO 1662 2898 8 depend depend VB 1662 2898 9 on on IN 1662 2898 10 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 2898 11 farming farming NN 1662 2898 12 . . . 1662 2899 1 Domestic domestic JJ 1662 2899 2 output output NN 1662 2899 3 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2899 4 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2899 5 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2899 6 is be VBZ 1662 2899 7 substantially substantially RB 1662 2899 8 augmented augment VBN 1662 2899 9 by by IN 1662 2899 10 worker worker NN 1662 2899 11 remittances remittance NNS 1662 2899 12 from from IN 1662 2899 13 abroad abroad RB 1662 2899 14 . . . 1662 2900 1 Government government NN 1662 2900 2 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2900 3 come come VBP 1662 2900 4 from from IN 1662 2900 5 custom custom NN 1662 2900 6 duties duty NNS 1662 2900 7 and and CC 1662 2900 8 income income NN 1662 2900 9 and and CC 1662 2900 10 sales sale NNS 1662 2900 11 taxes taxis NNS 1662 2900 12 . . . 1662 2901 1 Road road NN 1662 2901 2 construction construction NN 1662 2901 3 is be VBZ 1662 2901 4 a a DT 1662 2901 5 top top JJ 1662 2901 6 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2901 7 priority priority NN 1662 2901 8 . . . 1662 2902 1 Shortages shortage NNS 1662 2902 2 persist persist VBP 1662 2902 3 in in IN 1662 2902 4 housing housing NN 1662 2902 5 , , , 1662 2902 6 education education NN 1662 2902 7 , , , 1662 2902 8 and and CC 1662 2902 9 health health NN 1662 2902 10 care care NN 1662 2902 11 . . . 1662 2903 1 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 2903 2 has have VBZ 1662 2903 3 inherited inherit VBN 1662 2903 4 the the DT 1662 2903 5 entire entire JJ 1662 2903 6 coastline coastline NN 1662 2903 7 of of IN 1662 2903 8 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2903 9 and and CC 1662 2903 10 has have VBZ 1662 2903 11 long long JJ 1662 2903 12 - - HYPH 1662 2903 13 term term NN 1662 2903 14 prospects prospect NNS 1662 2903 15 for for IN 1662 2903 16 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2903 17 from from IN 1662 2903 18 the the DT 1662 2903 19 development development NN 1662 2903 20 of of IN 1662 2903 21 offshore offshore JJ 1662 2903 22 oil oil NN 1662 2903 23 , , , 1662 2903 24 offshore offshore JJ 1662 2903 25 fishing fishing NN 1662 2903 26 , , , 1662 2903 27 and and CC 1662 2903 28 tourism tourism NN 1662 2903 29 . . . 1662 2904 1 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2904 2 is be VBZ 1662 2904 3 largely largely RB 1662 2904 4 dependent dependent JJ 1662 2904 5 on on IN 1662 2904 6 Eritrean eritrean JJ 1662 2904 7 ports port NNS 1662 2904 8 for for IN 1662 2904 9 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2904 10 foreign foreign JJ 1662 2904 11 commerce commerce NN 1662 2904 12 . . . 1662 2905 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2905 2 : : : 1662 2905 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2905 4 power power NN 1662 2905 5 parity parity NN 1662 2905 6 - - : 1662 2905 7 $ $ $ 1662 2905 8 2 2 CD 1662 2905 9 billion billion CD 1662 2905 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2905 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 2905 12 est est NNP 1662 2905 13 . . . 1662 2905 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2906 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2906 2 - - HYPH 1662 2906 3 real real JJ 1662 2906 4 growth growth NN 1662 2906 5 rate rate NN 1662 2906 6 : : : 1662 2906 7 3.9 3.9 CD 1662 2906 8 % % NN 1662 2906 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2906 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 2906 11 est est NNP 1662 2906 12 . . . 1662 2906 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2907 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2907 2 - - HYPH 1662 2907 3 per per FW 1662 2907 4 capita capita NN 1662 2907 5 : : : 1662 2907 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2907 7 power power NN 1662 2907 8 parity parity NN 1662 2907 9 - - : 1662 2907 10 $ $ $ 1662 2907 11 570 570 CD 1662 2907 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2907 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 2907 14 est est NNP 1662 2907 15 . . . 1662 2907 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2908 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2908 2 - - HYPH 1662 2908 3 composition composition NN 1662 2908 4 by by IN 1662 2908 5 sector sector NN 1662 2908 6 : : : 1662 2908 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2908 8 : : : 1662 2908 9 19 19 CD 1662 2908 10 % % NN 1662 2908 11 industry industry NN 1662 2908 12 : : : 1662 2908 13 18 18 CD 1662 2908 14 % % NN 1662 2908 15 services service NNS 1662 2908 16 : : : 1662 2908 17 63 63 CD 1662 2908 18 % % NN 1662 2908 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2908 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 2908 21 est est NNP 1662 2908 22 . . . 1662 2908 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2909 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 2909 2 rate rate NN 1662 2909 3 - - HYPH 1662 2909 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 2909 5 price price NN 1662 2909 6 index index NN 1662 2909 7 : : : 1662 2909 8 8 8 CD 1662 2909 9 % % NN 1662 2909 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2909 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 2909 12 est est NNP 1662 2909 13 . . . 1662 2909 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2910 1 Labor labor NN 1662 2910 2 force force NN 1662 2910 3 : : : 1662 2910 4 NA NA NNP 1662 2910 5 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2910 6 rate rate NN 1662 2910 7 : : : 1662 2910 8 NA% NA% `` 1662 2910 9 Budget budget NN 1662 2910 10 : : : 1662 2910 11 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2910 12 : : : 1662 2910 13 $ $ $ 1662 2910 14 214 214 CD 1662 2910 15 million million CD 1662 2910 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2910 17 : : : 1662 2910 18 $ $ $ 1662 2910 19 397 397 CD 1662 2910 20 million million CD 1662 2910 21 , , , 1662 2910 22 including include VBG 1662 2910 23 capital capital NN 1662 2910 24 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2910 25 of of IN 1662 2910 26 $ $ $ 1662 2910 27 78 78 CD 1662 2910 28 million million CD 1662 2910 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2910 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 2910 31 est est NNP 1662 2910 32 . . . 1662 2910 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2911 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 2911 2 : : : 1662 2911 3 food food NN 1662 2911 4 processing processing NN 1662 2911 5 , , , 1662 2911 6 beverages beverage NNS 1662 2911 7 , , , 1662 2911 8 clothing clothing NN 1662 2911 9 and and CC 1662 2911 10 textiles textile VBZ 1662 2911 11 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2911 12 production production NN 1662 2911 13 growth growth NN 1662 2911 14 rate rate NN 1662 2911 15 : : : 1662 2911 16 NA% NA% `` 1662 2911 17 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2911 18 - - HYPH 1662 2911 19 capacity capacity NN 1662 2911 20 : : : 1662 2911 21 73,000 73,000 CD 1662 2911 22 kW kw NN 1662 2911 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2911 24 1995 1995 CD 1662 2911 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2911 26 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2911 27 - - HYPH 1662 2911 28 production production NN 1662 2911 29 : : : 1662 2911 30 NA na IN 1662 2911 31 kWh kwh ADD 1662 2911 32 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2911 33 - - HYPH 1662 2911 34 consumption consumption NN 1662 2911 35 per per IN 1662 2911 36 capita capita NN 1662 2911 37 : : : 1662 2911 38 NA NA NNP 1662 2911 39 kWh kwh ADD 1662 2911 40 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2911 41 - - HYPH 1662 2911 42 products product NNS 1662 2911 43 : : : 1662 2911 44 sorghum sorghum NN 1662 2911 45 , , , 1662 2911 46 lentils lentil NNS 1662 2911 47 , , , 1662 2911 48 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 2911 49 , , , 1662 2911 50 maize maize NN 1662 2911 51 , , , 1662 2911 52 cotton cotton NN 1662 2911 53 , , , 1662 2911 54 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 2911 55 , , , 1662 2911 56 coffee coffee NN 1662 2911 57 , , , 1662 2911 58 sisal sisal NNP 1662 2911 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2911 60 for for IN 1662 2911 61 making make VBG 1662 2911 62 rope rope NN 1662 2911 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2911 64 ; ; : 1662 2911 65 livestock livestock NN 1662 2911 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2911 67 including include VBG 1662 2911 68 goats goat NNS 1662 2911 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2911 70 ; ; : 1662 2911 71 fish fish NN 1662 2911 72 Exports export NNS 1662 2911 73 : : : 1662 2911 74 total total JJ 1662 2911 75 value value NN 1662 2911 76 : : : 1662 2911 77 $ $ $ 1662 2911 78 81 81 CD 1662 2911 79 million million CD 1662 2911 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2911 81 1995 1995 CD 1662 2911 82 est est NNP 1662 2911 83 . . . 1662 2911 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2912 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2912 2 : : : 1662 2912 3 livestock livestock NN 1662 2912 4 , , , 1662 2912 5 sorghum sorghum NN 1662 2912 6 , , , 1662 2912 7 textiles textile VBZ 1662 2912 8 partners partner NNS 1662 2912 9 : : : 1662 2912 10 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2912 11 , , , 1662 2912 12 Italy Italy NNP 1662 2912 13 , , , 1662 2912 14 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 2912 15 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 2912 16 , , , 1662 2912 17 UK UK NNP 1662 2912 18 , , , 1662 2912 19 US US NNP 1662 2912 20 , , , 1662 2912 21 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 2912 22 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 2912 23 : : : 1662 2912 24 total total JJ 1662 2912 25 value value NN 1662 2912 26 : : : 1662 2912 27 $ $ $ 1662 2912 28 404 404 CD 1662 2912 29 million million CD 1662 2912 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2912 31 1995 1995 CD 1662 2912 32 est est NNP 1662 2912 33 . . . 1662 2912 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2913 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2913 2 : : : 1662 2913 3 processed process VBN 1662 2913 4 goods good NNS 1662 2913 5 , , , 1662 2913 6 machinery machinery NN 1662 2913 7 , , , 1662 2913 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2913 9 products product NNS 1662 2913 10 partners partner NNS 1662 2913 11 : : : 1662 2913 12 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2913 13 , , , 1662 2913 14 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 2913 15 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 2913 16 , , , 1662 2913 17 Italy Italy NNP 1662 2913 18 , , , 1662 2913 19 United United NNP 1662 2913 20 Arab Arab NNP 1662 2913 21 Emirates Emirates NNP 1662 2913 22 Debt Debt NNP 1662 2913 23 - - HYPH 1662 2913 24 external external JJ 1662 2913 25 : : : 1662 2913 26 $ $ $ 1662 2913 27 162 162 CD 1662 2913 28 million million CD 1662 2913 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2913 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 2913 31 est est NNP 1662 2913 32 . . . 1662 2913 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2914 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 2914 2 aid aid NN 1662 2914 3 : : : 1662 2914 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 2914 5 : : : 1662 2914 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2914 7 , , , 1662 2914 8 $ $ $ 1662 2914 9 NA NA NNP 1662 2914 10 Currency currency NN 1662 2914 11 : : : 1662 2914 12 1 1 CD 1662 2914 13 birr birr NN 1662 2914 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2914 15 Br br UH 1662 2914 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2914 17 = = NFP 1662 2914 18 100 100 CD 1662 2914 19 cents cent NNS 1662 2914 20 ; ; : 1662 2914 21 at at IN 1662 2914 22 present present JJ 1662 2914 23 , , , 1662 2914 24 Ethiopian ethiopian JJ 1662 2914 25 currency currency NN 1662 2914 26 used use VBD 1662 2914 27 ; ; : 1662 2914 28 note note VB 1662 2914 29 - - HYPH 1662 2914 30 new new JJ 1662 2914 31 Eritrean eritrean JJ 1662 2914 32 currency currency NN 1662 2914 33 , , , 1662 2914 34 the the DT 1662 2914 35 nakfa nakfa NNP 1662 2914 36 , , , 1662 2914 37 to to TO 1662 2914 38 be be VB 1662 2914 39 circulated circulate VBN 1662 2914 40 in in IN 1662 2914 41 1997 1997 CD 1662 2914 42 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2914 43 rates rate NNS 1662 2914 44 : : : 1662 2914 45 birr birr NN 1662 2914 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2914 47 Br br UH 1662 2914 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2914 49 per per IN 1662 2914 50 US$ us$ $ 1662 2914 51 1 1 CD 1662 2914 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2914 53 end end NN 1662 2914 54 of of IN 1662 2914 55 the the DT 1662 2914 56 period period NN 1662 2914 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2914 58 - - : 1662 2914 59 6.4260 6.4260 CD 1662 2914 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2914 61 December December NNP 1662 2914 62 1996 1996 CD 1662 2914 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2914 64 , , , 1662 2914 65 6.4260 6.4260 CD 1662 2914 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2914 67 1996 1996 CD 1662 2914 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2914 69 , , , 1662 2914 70 6.3200 6.3200 CD 1662 2914 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2914 72 1995 1995 CD 1662 2914 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2914 74 , , , 1662 2914 75 5.9500 5.9500 CD 1662 2914 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2914 77 1994 1994 CD 1662 2914 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2914 79 , , , 1662 2914 80 5.000 5.000 CD 1662 2914 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2914 82 fixed fix VBN 1662 2914 83 rate rate NN 1662 2914 84 1992 1992 CD 1662 2914 85 - - SYM 1662 2914 86 93 93 CD 1662 2914 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2914 88 ; ; : 1662 2914 89 note note NN 1662 2914 90 - - HYPH 1662 2914 91 following follow VBG 1662 2914 92 independence independence NN 1662 2914 93 from from IN 1662 2914 94 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2914 95 , , , 1662 2914 96 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 2914 97 continued continue VBD 1662 2914 98 to to TO 1662 2914 99 use use VB 1662 2914 100 Ethiopian ethiopian JJ 1662 2914 101 currency currency NN 1662 2914 102 note note NN 1662 2914 103 : : : 1662 2914 104 since since IN 1662 2914 105 May May NNP 1662 2914 106 1993 1993 CD 1662 2914 107 , , , 1662 2914 108 the the DT 1662 2914 109 birr birr NN 1662 2914 110 market market NN 1662 2914 111 rate rate NN 1662 2914 112 has have VBZ 1662 2914 113 been be VBN 1662 2914 114 determined determine VBN 1662 2914 115 in in IN 1662 2914 116 an an DT 1662 2914 117 interbank interbank NN 1662 2914 118 market market NN 1662 2914 119 supported support VBN 1662 2914 120 by by IN 1662 2914 121 weekly weekly JJ 1662 2914 122 wholesale wholesale JJ 1662 2914 123 auction auction NN 1662 2914 124 ; ; : 1662 2914 125 prior prior RB 1662 2914 126 to to IN 1662 2914 127 that that DT 1662 2914 128 date date NN 1662 2914 129 , , , 1662 2914 130 the the DT 1662 2914 131 official official JJ 1662 2914 132 rate rate NN 1662 2914 133 was be VBD 1662 2914 134 pegged peg VBN 1662 2914 135 to to IN 1662 2914 136 US$ us$ $ 1662 2914 137 1 1 CD 1662 2914 138 = = SYM 1662 2914 139 5.000 5.000 CD 1662 2914 140 birr birr NN 1662 2914 141 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2914 142 year year NN 1662 2914 143 : : : 1662 2914 144 calendar calendar NNP 1662 2914 145 year year NN 1662 2914 146 @Eritrea @Eritrea NNP 1662 2914 147 : : : 1662 2914 148 Communications communication NNS 1662 2914 149 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 2914 150 : : : 1662 2914 151 NA NA NNP 1662 2914 152 Telephone Telephone NNP 1662 2914 153 system system NN 1662 2914 154 : : : 1662 2914 155 domestic domestic JJ 1662 2914 156 : : : 1662 2914 157 very very RB 1662 2914 158 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 2914 159 ; ; : 1662 2914 160 about about RB 1662 2914 161 4 4 CD 1662 2914 162 telephones telephone NNS 1662 2914 163 per per IN 1662 2914 164 100 100 CD 1662 2914 165 families family NNS 1662 2914 166 , , , 1662 2914 167 most most JJS 1662 2914 168 of of IN 1662 2914 169 which which WDT 1662 2914 170 are be VBP 1662 2914 171 in in IN 1662 2914 172 Asmara Asmara NNP 1662 2914 173 ; ; : 1662 2914 174 government government NN 1662 2914 175 is be VBZ 1662 2914 176 seeking seek VBG 1662 2914 177 international international JJ 1662 2914 178 tenders tender NNS 1662 2914 179 to to TO 1662 2914 180 improve improve VB 1662 2914 181 the the DT 1662 2914 182 system system NN 1662 2914 183 international international JJ 1662 2914 184 : : : 1662 2914 185 NA NA NNP 1662 2914 186 Radio Radio NNP 1662 2914 187 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2914 188 stations station NNS 1662 2914 189 : : : 1662 2914 190 AM am VBP 1662 2914 191 NA NA NNP 1662 2914 192 , , , 1662 2914 193 FM FM NNP 1662 2914 194 NA NA NNP 1662 2914 195 , , , 1662 2914 196 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 2914 197 0 0 CD 1662 2914 198 Radios radio NNS 1662 2914 199 : : : 1662 2914 200 NA NA NNP 1662 2914 201 Television Television NNP 1662 2914 202 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2914 203 stations station NNS 1662 2914 204 : : : 1662 2914 205 1 1 LS 1662 2914 206 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2914 207 government government NN 1662 2914 208 controlled control VBN 1662 2914 209 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2914 210 Televisions television NNS 1662 2914 211 : : : 1662 2914 212 NA NA NNP 1662 2914 213 @Eritrea @Eritrea NNP 1662 2914 214 : : : 1662 2914 215 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2914 216 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2914 217 : : : 1662 2914 218 total total NN 1662 2914 219 : : : 1662 2914 220 307 307 CD 1662 2914 221 km km NN 1662 2914 222 narrow narrow JJ 1662 2914 223 gauge gauge NN 1662 2914 224 : : : 1662 2914 225 307 307 CD 1662 2914 226 km km NN 1662 2914 227 0.950-m 0.950-m NN 1662 2914 228 gauge gauge NN 1662 2914 229 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2914 230 1995 1995 CD 1662 2914 231 est est NNP 1662 2914 232 . . . 1662 2914 233 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2915 1 note note VB 1662 2915 2 : : : 1662 2915 3 nonoperational nonoperational JJ 1662 2915 4 since since IN 1662 2915 5 1978 1978 CD 1662 2915 6 except except IN 1662 2915 7 for for IN 1662 2915 8 an an DT 1662 2915 9 about about RB 1662 2915 10 5 5 CD 1662 2915 11 km km NN 1662 2915 12 stretch stretch NN 1662 2915 13 that that WDT 1662 2915 14 was be VBD 1662 2915 15 reopened reopen VBN 1662 2915 16 in in IN 1662 2915 17 Massawa Massawa NNP 1662 2915 18 in in IN 1662 2915 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 2915 20 ; ; : 1662 2915 21 rehabilitation rehabilitation NN 1662 2915 22 of of IN 1662 2915 23 the the DT 1662 2915 24 remainder remainder NN 1662 2915 25 and and CC 1662 2915 26 of of IN 1662 2915 27 the the DT 1662 2915 28 rolling rolling JJ 1662 2915 29 stock stock NN 1662 2915 30 is be VBZ 1662 2915 31 under under IN 1662 2915 32 way way NN 1662 2915 33 ; ; : 1662 2915 34 links link NNS 1662 2915 35 Ak'ordat Ak'ordat NNP 1662 2915 36 and and CC 1662 2915 37 Asmara Asmara NNP 1662 2915 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2915 39 formerly formerly RB 1662 2915 40 Asmera Asmera NNP 1662 2915 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2915 42 with with IN 1662 2915 43 the the DT 1662 2915 44 port port NN 1662 2915 45 of of IN 1662 2915 46 Massawa Massawa NNP 1662 2915 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2915 48 formerly formerly RB 1662 2915 49 Mits'iwa Mits'iwa NNPS 1662 2915 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2915 51 Highways highway NNS 1662 2915 52 : : : 1662 2915 53 total total NN 1662 2915 54 : : : 1662 2915 55 3,930 3,930 CD 1662 2915 56 km km NN 1662 2915 57 paved pave VBN 1662 2915 58 : : : 1662 2915 59 841 841 CD 1662 2915 60 km km NN 1662 2915 61 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2915 62 : : : 1662 2915 63 3,089 3,089 CD 1662 2915 64 km km NNS 1662 2915 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2915 66 1995 1995 CD 1662 2915 67 est est NNP 1662 2915 68 . . . 1662 2915 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2916 1 Ports port NNS 1662 2916 2 and and CC 1662 2916 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2916 4 : : : 1662 2916 5 Assab Assab NNP 1662 2916 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2916 7 Aseb Aseb NNP 1662 2916 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2916 9 , , , 1662 2916 10 Massawa Massawa NNP 1662 2916 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2916 12 Mits'iwa Mits'iwa NNP 1662 2916 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2916 14 Merchant merchant NN 1662 2916 15 marine marine NN 1662 2916 16 : : : 1662 2916 17 total total NN 1662 2916 18 : : : 1662 2916 19 1 1 CD 1662 2916 20 cargo cargo NN 1662 2916 21 ship ship NN 1662 2916 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2916 23 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2916 24 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2916 25 or or CC 1662 2916 26 over over RB 1662 2916 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2916 28 totaling total VBG 1662 2916 29 11,573 11,573 CD 1662 2916 30 GRT/13,593 grt/13,593 NN 1662 2916 31 DWT DWT NNP 1662 2916 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2916 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 2916 34 est est NNP 1662 2916 35 . . . 1662 2916 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2917 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2917 2 : : : 1662 2917 3 14 14 CD 1662 2917 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2917 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2917 6 est est NNP 1662 2917 7 . . . 1662 2917 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2918 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2918 2 - - , 1662 2918 3 with with IN 1662 2918 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2918 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2918 6 : : : 1662 2918 7 total total NN 1662 2918 8 : : : 1662 2918 9 4 4 CD 1662 2918 10 over over IN 1662 2918 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2918 12 m m NN 1662 2918 13 : : : 1662 2918 14 1 1 CD 1662 2918 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2918 16 to to IN 1662 2918 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2918 18 m m NN 1662 2918 19 : : : 1662 2918 20 1 1 CD 1662 2918 21 under under IN 1662 2918 22 914 914 CD 1662 2918 23 m m NN 1662 2918 24 : : : 1662 2918 25 2 2 CD 1662 2918 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2918 27 1996 1996 CD 1662 2918 28 est est NNP 1662 2918 29 . . . 1662 2918 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2919 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2919 2 - - , 1662 2919 3 with with IN 1662 2919 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2919 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2919 6 : : : 1662 2919 7 total total NN 1662 2919 8 : : : 1662 2919 9 10 10 CD 1662 2919 10 over over IN 1662 2919 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2919 12 m m NN 1662 2919 13 : : : 1662 2919 14 1 1 CD 1662 2919 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2919 16 to to IN 1662 2919 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2919 18 m m NN 1662 2919 19 : : : 1662 2919 20 1 1 CD 1662 2919 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2919 22 to to TO 1662 2919 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2919 24 m m NN 1662 2919 25 : : : 1662 2919 26 4 4 CD 1662 2919 27 914 914 CD 1662 2919 28 to to TO 1662 2919 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2919 30 m m NN 1662 2919 31 : : : 1662 2919 32 4 4 CD 1662 2919 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2919 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 2919 35 est est NNP 1662 2919 36 . . . 1662 2919 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2920 1 Military military JJ 1662 2920 2 Military military JJ 1662 2920 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2920 4 : : : 1662 2920 5 Army Army NNP 1662 2920 6 , , , 1662 2920 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 2920 8 , , , 1662 2920 9 Air Air NNP 1662 2920 10 Force Force NNP 1662 2920 11 Military Military NNP 1662 2920 12 manpower manpower NN 1662 2920 13 - - HYPH 1662 2920 14 availability availability NN 1662 2920 15 : : : 1662 2920 16 males male NNS 1662 2920 17 age age NNP 1662 2920 18 15 15 CD 1662 2920 19 - - SYM 1662 2920 20 49 49 CD 1662 2920 21 : : : 1662 2920 22 NA NA NNP 1662 2920 23 Military military JJ 1662 2920 24 manpower manpower NN 1662 2920 25 - - HYPH 1662 2920 26 fit fit NN 1662 2920 27 for for IN 1662 2920 28 military military JJ 1662 2920 29 service service NN 1662 2920 30 : : : 1662 2920 31 males male NNS 1662 2920 32 : : : 1662 2920 33 NA NA NNP 1662 2920 34 Military military JJ 1662 2920 35 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2920 36 - - HYPH 1662 2920 37 dollar dollar NN 1662 2920 38 figure figure NN 1662 2920 39 : : : 1662 2920 40 $ $ $ 1662 2920 41 40 40 CD 1662 2920 42 million million CD 1662 2920 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2920 44 1995 1995 CD 1662 2920 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2920 46 Military military JJ 1662 2920 47 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2920 48 - - : 1662 2920 49 percent percent NN 1662 2920 50 of of IN 1662 2920 51 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2920 52 : : : 1662 2920 53 NA% NA% `` 1662 2920 54 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2920 55 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2920 56 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 2920 57 - - : 1662 2920 58 international international RB 1662 2920 59 : : : 1662 2920 60 a a DT 1662 2920 61 dispute dispute NN 1662 2920 62 with with IN 1662 2920 63 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 2920 64 over over IN 1662 2920 65 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 2920 66 of of IN 1662 2920 67 the the DT 1662 2920 68 Hanish Hanish NNP 1662 2920 69 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 2920 70 in in IN 1662 2920 71 the the DT 1662 2920 72 southern southern JJ 1662 2920 73 Red Red NNP 1662 2920 74 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2920 75 has have VBZ 1662 2920 76 been be VBN 1662 2920 77 submitted submit VBN 1662 2920 78 to to IN 1662 2920 79 arbitration arbitration NN 1662 2920 80 under under IN 1662 2920 81 the the DT 1662 2920 82 auspices auspex NNS 1662 2920 83 of of IN 1662 2920 84 the the DT 1662 2920 85 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 2920 86 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 87 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 88 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 89 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 90 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 91 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 92 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 93 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 94 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 95 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 96 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 97 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 98 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 99 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 100 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 101 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 102 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 103 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 104 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 105 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 106 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 107 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 108 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 109 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 110 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 111 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 112 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 113 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 114 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 115 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 116 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 117 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 118 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 119 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 120 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 121 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 122 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 123 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 124 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 125 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 126 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 127 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 128 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 129 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 130 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 131 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 132 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 133 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 134 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 135 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 136 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 137 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 138 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 139 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 140 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 141 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 142 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 143 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 144 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 145 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 146 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 147 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 148 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 149 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 150 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 151 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 152 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 153 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 154 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 155 _ _ NNP 1662 2920 156 ESTONIA ESTONIA NNP 1662 2920 157 @Estonia @estonia NN 1662 2920 158 : : : 1662 2920 159 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2920 160 Location Location NNP 1662 2920 161 : : : 1662 2920 162 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 2920 163 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2920 164 , , , 1662 2920 165 bordering border VBG 1662 2920 166 the the DT 1662 2920 167 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 2920 168 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2920 169 and and CC 1662 2920 170 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 2920 171 of of IN 1662 2920 172 Finland Finland NNP 1662 2920 173 , , , 1662 2920 174 between between IN 1662 2920 175 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 2920 176 and and CC 1662 2920 177 Russia Russia NNP 1662 2920 178 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2920 179 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2920 180 : : : 1662 2920 181 59 59 CD 1662 2920 182 00 00 CD 1662 2920 183 N n CD 1662 2920 184 , , , 1662 2920 185 26 26 CD 1662 2920 186 00 00 CD 1662 2920 187 E e NN 1662 2920 188 Map Map NNP 1662 2920 189 references reference NNS 1662 2920 190 : : : 1662 2920 191 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2920 192 Area Area NNP 1662 2920 193 : : : 1662 2920 194 total total NN 1662 2920 195 : : : 1662 2920 196 45,226 45,226 CD 1662 2920 197 sq sq RB 1662 2920 198 km km NNP 1662 2920 199 land land NN 1662 2920 200 : : : 1662 2920 201 43,211 43,211 CD 1662 2920 202 sq sq NN 1662 2920 203 km km NNP 1662 2920 204 water water NN 1662 2920 205 : : : 1662 2920 206 2,015 2,015 CD 1662 2920 207 sq sq NNP 1662 2920 208 km km NNP 1662 2920 209 note note NN 1662 2920 210 : : : 1662 2920 211 includes include VBZ 1662 2920 212 1,520 1,520 CD 1662 2920 213 islands island NNS 1662 2920 214 in in IN 1662 2920 215 the the DT 1662 2920 216 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 2920 217 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2920 218 Area Area NNP 1662 2920 219 - - HYPH 1662 2920 220 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2920 221 : : : 1662 2920 222 slightly slightly RB 1662 2920 223 smaller small JJR 1662 2920 224 than than IN 1662 2920 225 New New NNP 1662 2920 226 Hampshire Hampshire NNP 1662 2920 227 and and CC 1662 2920 228 Vermont Vermont NNP 1662 2920 229 combined combine VBN 1662 2920 230 Land Land NNP 1662 2920 231 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2920 232 : : : 1662 2920 233 total total JJ 1662 2920 234 : : : 1662 2920 235 633 633 CD 1662 2920 236 km km NN 1662 2920 237 border border NN 1662 2920 238 countries country NNS 1662 2920 239 : : : 1662 2920 240 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 2920 241 339 339 CD 1662 2920 242 km km NNS 1662 2920 243 , , , 1662 2920 244 Russia Russia NNP 1662 2920 245 294 294 CD 1662 2920 246 km km NN 1662 2920 247 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2920 248 : : : 1662 2920 249 3,794 3,794 CD 1662 2920 250 km km NN 1662 2920 251 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2920 252 claims claim VBZ 1662 2920 253 : : : 1662 2920 254 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 2920 255 economic economic JJ 1662 2920 256 zone zone NN 1662 2920 257 : : : 1662 2920 258 limits limit NNS 1662 2920 259 to to TO 1662 2920 260 be be VB 1662 2920 261 fixed fix VBN 1662 2920 262 in in IN 1662 2920 263 coordination coordination NN 1662 2920 264 with with IN 1662 2920 265 neighboring neighboring NN 1662 2920 266 states state NNS 1662 2920 267 territorial territorial JJ 1662 2920 268 sea sea NN 1662 2920 269 : : : 1662 2920 270 12 12 CD 1662 2920 271 nm nm NNP 1662 2920 272 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2920 273 : : : 1662 2920 274 maritime maritime NN 1662 2920 275 , , , 1662 2920 276 wet wet JJ 1662 2920 277 , , , 1662 2920 278 moderate moderate JJ 1662 2920 279 winters winter NNS 1662 2920 280 , , , 1662 2920 281 cool cool JJ 1662 2920 282 summers summer NNS 1662 2920 283 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 2920 284 : : : 1662 2920 285 marshy marshy NNP 1662 2920 286 , , , 1662 2920 287 lowlands lowland VBZ 1662 2920 288 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2920 289 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2920 290 : : : 1662 2920 291 lowest low JJS 1662 2920 292 point point NN 1662 2920 293 : : : 1662 2920 294 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 2920 295 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2920 296 0 0 NFP 1662 2920 297 m m DT 1662 2920 298 highest high JJS 1662 2920 299 point point NN 1662 2920 300 : : : 1662 2920 301 Suur Suur NNP 1662 2920 302 Munamagi Munamagi NNP 1662 2920 303 318 318 CD 1662 2920 304 m m NNP 1662 2920 305 Natural Natural NNP 1662 2920 306 resources resource NNS 1662 2920 307 : : : 1662 2920 308 shale shale JJ 1662 2920 309 oil oil NN 1662 2920 310 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2920 311 kukersite kukersite NNP 1662 2920 312 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2920 313 , , , 1662 2920 314 peat peat NNP 1662 2920 315 , , , 1662 2920 316 phosphorite phosphorite NNP 1662 2920 317 , , , 1662 2920 318 amber amber NNP 1662 2920 319 , , , 1662 2920 320 cambrian cambrian JJ 1662 2920 321 blue blue JJ 1662 2920 322 clay clay NN 1662 2920 323 Land Land NNP 1662 2920 324 use use NN 1662 2920 325 : : : 1662 2920 326 arable arable JJ 1662 2920 327 land land NN 1662 2920 328 : : : 1662 2920 329 27 27 CD 1662 2920 330 % % NN 1662 2920 331 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2920 332 crops crop NNS 1662 2920 333 : : : 1662 2920 334 0 0 CD 1662 2920 335 % % NN 1662 2920 336 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2920 337 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2920 338 : : : 1662 2920 339 7 7 CD 1662 2920 340 % % NN 1662 2920 341 forests forest NNS 1662 2920 342 and and CC 1662 2920 343 woodland woodland NN 1662 2920 344 : : : 1662 2920 345 48 48 CD 1662 2920 346 % % NN 1662 2920 347 other other JJ 1662 2920 348 : : : 1662 2920 349 18 18 CD 1662 2920 350 % % NN 1662 2920 351 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2920 352 1993 1993 CD 1662 2920 353 est est NNP 1662 2920 354 . . . 1662 2920 355 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2921 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2921 2 land land NN 1662 2921 3 : : : 1662 2921 4 110 110 CD 1662 2921 5 sq sq NNP 1662 2921 6 km km NNP 1662 2921 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2921 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2921 9 est est NNP 1662 2921 10 . . . 1662 2921 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2922 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2922 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2922 3 : : : 1662 2922 4 flooding flooding NN 1662 2922 5 occurs occur VBZ 1662 2922 6 frequently frequently RB 1662 2922 7 in in IN 1662 2922 8 the the DT 1662 2922 9 spring spring NN 1662 2922 10 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2922 11 - - HYPH 1662 2922 12 current current JJ 1662 2922 13 issues issue NNS 1662 2922 14 : : : 1662 2922 15 air air NN 1662 2922 16 heavily heavily RB 1662 2922 17 polluted polluted JJ 1662 2922 18 with with IN 1662 2922 19 sulfur sulfur NN 1662 2922 20 dioxide dioxide NN 1662 2922 21 from from IN 1662 2922 22 oil oil NN 1662 2922 23 - - HYPH 1662 2922 24 shale shale NN 1662 2922 25 burning burn VBG 1662 2922 26 power power NN 1662 2922 27 plants plant NNS 1662 2922 28 in in IN 1662 2922 29 northeast northeast NN 1662 2922 30 ; ; : 1662 2922 31 contamination contamination NN 1662 2922 32 of of IN 1662 2922 33 soil soil NN 1662 2922 34 and and CC 1662 2922 35 groundwater groundwater NN 1662 2922 36 with with IN 1662 2922 37 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2922 38 products product NNS 1662 2922 39 , , , 1662 2922 40 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 2922 41 at at IN 1662 2922 42 former former JJ 1662 2922 43 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 2922 44 military military JJ 1662 2922 45 bases basis NNS 1662 2922 46 ; ; : 1662 2922 47 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2922 48 has have VBZ 1662 2922 49 more more JJR 1662 2922 50 than than IN 1662 2922 51 1,400 1,400 CD 1662 2922 52 natural natural JJ 1662 2922 53 and and CC 1662 2922 54 manmade manmade JJ 1662 2922 55 lakes lake NNS 1662 2922 56 , , , 1662 2922 57 the the DT 1662 2922 58 smaller small JJR 1662 2922 59 of of IN 1662 2922 60 which which WDT 1662 2922 61 in in IN 1662 2922 62 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 2922 63 areas area NNS 1662 2922 64 are be VBP 1662 2922 65 heavily heavily RB 1662 2922 66 affected affect VBN 1662 2922 67 by by IN 1662 2922 68 organic organic JJ 1662 2922 69 waste waste NN 1662 2922 70 ; ; : 1662 2922 71 coastal coastal NNP 1662 2922 72 sea sea NN 1662 2922 73 water water NN 1662 2922 74 is be VBZ 1662 2922 75 polluted pollute VBN 1662 2922 76 in in IN 1662 2922 77 many many JJ 1662 2922 78 locations location NNS 1662 2922 79 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2922 80 - - HYPH 1662 2922 81 international international JJ 1662 2922 82 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2922 83 : : : 1662 2922 84 party party NN 1662 2922 85 to to TO 1662 2922 86 : : : 1662 2922 87 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 2922 88 , , , 1662 2922 89 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2922 90 Change Change NNP 1662 2922 91 , , , 1662 2922 92 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2922 93 Species Species NNPS 1662 2922 94 , , , 1662 2922 95 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 2922 96 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 2922 97 , , , 1662 2922 98 Ship Ship NNP 1662 2922 99 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 2922 100 , , , 1662 2922 101 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2922 102 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2922 103 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2922 104 , , , 1662 2922 105 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 2922 106 signed sign VBD 1662 2922 107 , , , 1662 2922 108 but but CC 1662 2922 109 not not RB 1662 2922 110 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2922 111 : : : 1662 2922 112 none none NN 1662 2922 113 of of IN 1662 2922 114 the the DT 1662 2922 115 selected select VBN 1662 2922 116 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2922 117 @Estonia @Estonia NNP 1662 2922 118 : : : 1662 2922 119 People People NNP 1662 2922 120 Population Population NNP 1662 2922 121 : : : 1662 2922 122 1,436,558 1,436,558 CD 1662 2922 123 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2922 124 July July NNP 1662 2922 125 1997 1997 CD 1662 2922 126 est est NNP 1662 2922 127 . . . 1662 2922 128 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2923 1 Age age NN 1662 2923 2 structure structure NN 1662 2923 3 : : : 1662 2923 4 0 0 CD 1662 2923 5 - - HYPH 1662 2923 6 14 14 CD 1662 2923 7 years year NNS 1662 2923 8 : : : 1662 2923 9 19 19 CD 1662 2923 10 % % NN 1662 2923 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2923 12 male male JJ 1662 2923 13 141,814 141,814 CD 1662 2923 14 ; ; : 1662 2923 15 female female JJ 1662 2923 16 136,895 136,895 CD 1662 2923 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2923 18 15 15 CD 1662 2923 19 - - HYPH 1662 2923 20 64 64 CD 1662 2923 21 years year NNS 1662 2923 22 : : : 1662 2923 23 67 67 CD 1662 2923 24 % % NN 1662 2923 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2923 26 male male JJ 1662 2923 27 460,067 460,067 CD 1662 2923 28 ; ; : 1662 2923 29 female female JJ 1662 2923 30 495,935 495,935 CD 1662 2923 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2923 32 65 65 CD 1662 2923 33 years year NNS 1662 2923 34 and and CC 1662 2923 35 over over IN 1662 2923 36 : : : 1662 2923 37 14 14 CD 1662 2923 38 % % NN 1662 2923 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2923 40 male male JJ 1662 2923 41 65,302 65,302 CD 1662 2923 42 ; ; : 1662 2923 43 female female JJ 1662 2923 44 136,545 136,545 CD 1662 2923 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2923 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2923 47 July July NNP 1662 2923 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2923 49 est est NNP 1662 2923 50 . . . 1662 2923 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2924 1 Population population NN 1662 2924 2 growth growth NN 1662 2924 3 rate rate NN 1662 2924 4 : : : 1662 2924 5 -1.14 -1.14 CD 1662 2924 6 % % NN 1662 2924 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2924 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2924 9 est est NNP 1662 2924 10 . . . 1662 2924 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2925 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2925 2 rate rate NN 1662 2925 3 : : : 1662 2925 4 9.04 9.04 CD 1662 2925 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 2925 6 population population NN 1662 2925 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2925 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2925 9 est est NNP 1662 2925 10 . . . 1662 2925 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2926 1 Death death NN 1662 2926 2 rate rate NN 1662 2926 3 : : : 1662 2926 4 14.08 14.08 CD 1662 2926 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2926 6 population population NN 1662 2926 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2926 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2926 9 est est NNP 1662 2926 10 . . . 1662 2926 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2927 1 Net net JJ 1662 2927 2 migration migration NN 1662 2927 3 rate rate NN 1662 2927 4 : : : 1662 2927 5 -6.4 -6.4 NFP 1662 2927 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 2927 7 population population NN 1662 2927 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2927 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2927 10 est est NNP 1662 2927 11 . . . 1662 2927 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2928 1 Sex sex NN 1662 2928 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 2928 3 : : : 1662 2928 4 at at IN 1662 2928 5 birth birth NN 1662 2928 6 : : : 1662 2928 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 2928 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2928 9 under under IN 1662 2928 10 15 15 CD 1662 2928 11 years year NNS 1662 2928 12 : : : 1662 2928 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 2928 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2928 15 15 15 CD 1662 2928 16 - - HYPH 1662 2928 17 64 64 CD 1662 2928 18 years year NNS 1662 2928 19 : : : 1662 2928 20 0.93 0.93 CD 1662 2928 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2928 22 65 65 CD 1662 2928 23 years year NNS 1662 2928 24 and and CC 1662 2928 25 over over IN 1662 2928 26 : : : 1662 2928 27 0.48 0.48 CD 1662 2928 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2928 29 total total JJ 1662 2928 30 population population NN 1662 2928 31 : : : 1662 2928 32 0.87 0.87 CD 1662 2928 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2928 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2928 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 2928 36 est e JJS 1662 2928 37 . . . 1662 2928 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2929 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2929 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2929 3 rate rate NN 1662 2929 4 : : : 1662 2929 5 14.1 14.1 CD 1662 2929 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2929 7 live live JJ 1662 2929 8 births birth NNS 1662 2929 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2929 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 2929 11 est est NNP 1662 2929 12 . . . 1662 2929 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2930 1 Life life NN 1662 2930 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 2930 3 at at IN 1662 2930 4 birth birth NN 1662 2930 5 : : : 1662 2930 6 total total JJ 1662 2930 7 population population NN 1662 2930 8 : : : 1662 2930 9 68.38 68.38 CD 1662 2930 10 years year NNS 1662 2930 11 male male JJ 1662 2930 12 : : : 1662 2930 13 62.39 62.39 CD 1662 2930 14 years year NNS 1662 2930 15 female female JJ 1662 2930 16 : : : 1662 2930 17 74.67 74.67 CD 1662 2930 18 years year NNS 1662 2930 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2930 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 2930 21 est est NNP 1662 2930 22 . . . 1662 2930 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2931 1 Total total JJ 1662 2931 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 2931 3 rate rate NN 1662 2931 4 : : : 1662 2931 5 1.29 1.29 CD 1662 2931 6 children child NNS 1662 2931 7 born bear VBN 1662 2931 8 / / SYM 1662 2931 9 woman woman NN 1662 2931 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2931 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 2931 12 est est NNP 1662 2931 13 . . . 1662 2931 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2932 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2932 2 : : : 1662 2932 3 noun noun NNP 1662 2932 4 : : : 1662 2932 5 Estonian(s estonian(s LS 1662 2932 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2932 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 2932 8 : : : 1662 2932 9 Estonian estonian JJ 1662 2932 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2932 11 groups group NNS 1662 2932 12 : : : 1662 2932 13 Estonian estonian JJ 1662 2932 14 64.2 64.2 CD 1662 2932 15 % % NN 1662 2932 16 , , , 1662 2932 17 Russian russian JJ 1662 2932 18 28.7 28.7 CD 1662 2932 19 % % NN 1662 2932 20 , , , 1662 2932 21 Ukrainian ukrainian JJ 1662 2932 22 2.7 2.7 CD 1662 2932 23 % % NN 1662 2932 24 , , , 1662 2932 25 Byelorussian Byelorussian NNP 1662 2932 26 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 2932 27 % % NN 1662 2932 28 , , , 1662 2932 29 Finn Finn NNP 1662 2932 30 1 1 CD 1662 2932 31 % % NN 1662 2932 32 , , , 1662 2932 33 other other JJ 1662 2932 34 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 2932 35 % % NN 1662 2932 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2932 37 1995 1995 CD 1662 2932 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2932 39 Religions religion NNS 1662 2932 40 : : : 1662 2932 41 Evangelical Evangelical NNP 1662 2932 42 Lutheran Lutheran NNP 1662 2932 43 , , , 1662 2932 44 others other NNS 1662 2932 45 include include VBP 1662 2932 46 Baptist Baptist NNP 1662 2932 47 , , , 1662 2932 48 Methodist Methodist NNP 1662 2932 49 , , , 1662 2932 50 7th 7th JJ 1662 2932 51 Day Day NNP 1662 2932 52 Adventist Adventist NNP 1662 2932 53 , , , 1662 2932 54 Roman Roman NNP 1662 2932 55 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 2932 56 , , , 1662 2932 57 Pentecostal Pentecostal NNP 1662 2932 58 , , , 1662 2932 59 Word Word NNP 1662 2932 60 of of IN 1662 2932 61 Life Life NNP 1662 2932 62 , , , 1662 2932 63 7th 7th JJ 1662 2932 64 Day Day NNP 1662 2932 65 Baptist Baptist NNP 1662 2932 66 , , , 1662 2932 67 Judaism Judaism NNP 1662 2932 68 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 2932 69 : : : 1662 2932 70 Estonian Estonian NNP 1662 2932 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2932 72 official official JJ 1662 2932 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2932 74 , , , 1662 2932 75 Latvian latvian JJ 1662 2932 76 , , , 1662 2932 77 Lithuanian lithuanian JJ 1662 2932 78 , , , 1662 2932 79 Russian russian JJ 1662 2932 80 , , , 1662 2932 81 other other JJ 1662 2932 82 Literacy literacy NN 1662 2932 83 : : : 1662 2932 84 definition definition NN 1662 2932 85 : : : 1662 2932 86 age age NN 1662 2932 87 15 15 CD 1662 2932 88 and and CC 1662 2932 89 over over RB 1662 2932 90 can can MD 1662 2932 91 read read VB 1662 2932 92 and and CC 1662 2932 93 write write VB 1662 2932 94 total total JJ 1662 2932 95 population population NN 1662 2932 96 : : : 1662 2932 97 100 100 CD 1662 2932 98 % % NN 1662 2932 99 male male NN 1662 2932 100 : : : 1662 2932 101 100 100 CD 1662 2932 102 % % NN 1662 2932 103 female female NN 1662 2932 104 : : : 1662 2932 105 100 100 CD 1662 2932 106 % % NN 1662 2932 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2932 108 1989 1989 CD 1662 2932 109 est est NNP 1662 2932 110 . . . 1662 2932 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 1 @Estonia @estonia LS 1662 2933 2 : : : 1662 2933 3 Government Government NNP 1662 2933 4 Country Country NNP 1662 2933 5 name name NN 1662 2933 6 : : : 1662 2933 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2933 8 long long JJ 1662 2933 9 form form NN 1662 2933 10 : : : 1662 2933 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2933 12 of of IN 1662 2933 13 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2933 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2933 15 short short JJ 1662 2933 16 form form NN 1662 2933 17 : : : 1662 2933 18 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2933 19 local local JJ 1662 2933 20 long long JJ 1662 2933 21 form form NN 1662 2933 22 : : : 1662 2933 23 Eesti Eesti NNP 1662 2933 24 Vabariik Vabariik NNP 1662 2933 25 local local JJ 1662 2933 26 short short JJ 1662 2933 27 form form NN 1662 2933 28 : : : 1662 2933 29 Eesti Eesti NNP 1662 2933 30 former former JJ 1662 2933 31 : : : 1662 2933 32 Estonian Estonian NNP 1662 2933 33 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 2933 34 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 2933 35 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2933 36 Data Data NNP 1662 2933 37 code code NN 1662 2933 38 : : : 1662 2933 39 EN EN NNP 1662 2933 40 Government Government NNP 1662 2933 41 type type NN 1662 2933 42 : : : 1662 2933 43 republic republic NNP 1662 2933 44 National national JJ 1662 2933 45 capital capital NN 1662 2933 46 : : : 1662 2933 47 Tallinn Tallinn NNP 1662 2933 48 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 2933 49 divisions division NNS 1662 2933 50 : : : 1662 2933 51 15 15 CD 1662 2933 52 counties county NNS 1662 2933 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 54 maakonnad maakonnad JJ 1662 2933 55 , , , 1662 2933 56 singular singular JJ 1662 2933 57 - - HYPH 1662 2933 58 maakond maakond NN 1662 2933 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 60 : : : 1662 2933 61 Harju Harju NNP 1662 2933 62 maakond maakond NN 1662 2933 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 64 Tallinn Tallinn NNP 1662 2933 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 66 , , , 1662 2933 67 Hiiu Hiiu NNP 1662 2933 68 maakond maakond NN 1662 2933 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 70 Kardla Kardla NNP 1662 2933 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 72 , , , 1662 2933 73 Ida Ida NNP 1662 2933 74 - - HYPH 1662 2933 75 Viru Viru NNP 1662 2933 76 maakond maakond NN 1662 2933 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 78 Johvi Johvi NNP 1662 2933 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 80 , , , 1662 2933 81 Jarva jarva JJ 1662 2933 82 maakond maakond NN 1662 2933 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 84 Paide paide NN 1662 2933 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 86 , , , 1662 2933 87 Jogeva Jogeva NNP 1662 2933 88 maakond maakond NN 1662 2933 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 90 Jogeva Jogeva NNP 1662 2933 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 92 , , , 1662 2933 93 Laane Laane NNP 1662 2933 94 maakond maakond NN 1662 2933 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 96 Haapsalu Haapsalu NNP 1662 2933 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 98 , , , 1662 2933 99 Laane Laane NNP 1662 2933 100 - - HYPH 1662 2933 101 Viru Viru NNP 1662 2933 102 maakond maakond NN 1662 2933 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 104 Rakvere Rakvere NNP 1662 2933 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 106 , , , 1662 2933 107 Parnu Parnu NNP 1662 2933 108 maakond maakond NN 1662 2933 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 110 Parnu Parnu NNP 1662 2933 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 112 , , , 1662 2933 113 Polva Polva NNP 1662 2933 114 maakond maakond NN 1662 2933 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 116 Polva Polva NNP 1662 2933 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 118 , , , 1662 2933 119 Rapla Rapla NNP 1662 2933 120 maakond maakond NN 1662 2933 121 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 122 Rapla Rapla NNP 1662 2933 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 124 , , , 1662 2933 125 Saare Saare NNP 1662 2933 126 maakond maakond NN 1662 2933 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 128 Kuessaare Kuessaare NNP 1662 2933 129 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 130 , , , 1662 2933 131 Tartu Tartu NNP 1662 2933 132 maakond maakond NN 1662 2933 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 134 Tartu Tartu NNP 1662 2933 135 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 136 , , , 1662 2933 137 Valga Valga NNP 1662 2933 138 maakond maakond NN 1662 2933 139 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 140 Valga Valga NNP 1662 2933 141 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 142 , , , 1662 2933 143 Viljandi Viljandi NNP 1662 2933 144 maakond maakond NN 1662 2933 145 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 146 Viljandi Viljandi NNP 1662 2933 147 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 148 , , , 1662 2933 149 Voru Voru NNP 1662 2933 150 maakond maakond NN 1662 2933 151 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 152 Voru Voru NNP 1662 2933 153 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 154 note note NN 1662 2933 155 : : : 1662 2933 156 administrative administrative JJ 1662 2933 157 divisions division NNS 1662 2933 158 have have VBP 1662 2933 159 the the DT 1662 2933 160 same same JJ 1662 2933 161 names name NNS 1662 2933 162 as as IN 1662 2933 163 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2933 164 administrative administrative JJ 1662 2933 165 centers center NNS 1662 2933 166 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 167 exceptions exception NNS 1662 2933 168 have have VBP 1662 2933 169 the the DT 1662 2933 170 administrative administrative JJ 1662 2933 171 center center NN 1662 2933 172 name name NN 1662 2933 173 following follow VBG 1662 2933 174 in in IN 1662 2933 175 parentheses parenthesis NNS 1662 2933 176 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 177 Independence independence NN 1662 2933 178 : : : 1662 2933 179 6 6 CD 1662 2933 180 September September NNP 1662 2933 181 1991 1991 CD 1662 2933 182 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 183 from from IN 1662 2933 184 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 2933 185 Union Union NNP 1662 2933 186 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 187 National national JJ 1662 2933 188 holiday holiday NN 1662 2933 189 : : : 1662 2933 190 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2933 191 Day Day NNP 1662 2933 192 , , , 1662 2933 193 24 24 CD 1662 2933 194 February February NNP 1662 2933 195 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 196 1918 1918 CD 1662 2933 197 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 198 Constitution constitution NN 1662 2933 199 : : : 1662 2933 200 adopted adopt VBN 1662 2933 201 28 28 CD 1662 2933 202 June June NNP 1662 2933 203 1992 1992 CD 1662 2933 204 Legal legal JJ 1662 2933 205 system system NN 1662 2933 206 : : : 1662 2933 207 based base VBN 1662 2933 208 on on IN 1662 2933 209 civil civil JJ 1662 2933 210 law law NN 1662 2933 211 system system NN 1662 2933 212 ; ; : 1662 2933 213 no no DT 1662 2933 214 judicial judicial JJ 1662 2933 215 review review NN 1662 2933 216 of of IN 1662 2933 217 legislative legislative JJ 1662 2933 218 acts act NNS 1662 2933 219 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 2933 220 : : : 1662 2933 221 18 18 CD 1662 2933 222 years year NNS 1662 2933 223 of of IN 1662 2933 224 age age NN 1662 2933 225 ; ; : 1662 2933 226 universal universal JJ 1662 2933 227 Executive Executive NNP 1662 2933 228 branch branch NN 1662 2933 229 : : : 1662 2933 230 chief chief NN 1662 2933 231 of of IN 1662 2933 232 state state NN 1662 2933 233 : : : 1662 2933 234 President President NNP 1662 2933 235 Lennart Lennart NNP 1662 2933 236 MERI MERI NNP 1662 2933 237 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 238 since since IN 1662 2933 239 21 21 CD 1662 2933 240 October October NNP 1662 2933 241 1992 1992 CD 1662 2933 242 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 243 head head NN 1662 2933 244 of of IN 1662 2933 245 government government NN 1662 2933 246 : : : 1662 2933 247 Prime Prime NNP 1662 2933 248 Minister Minister NNP 1662 2933 249 Tiit Tiit NNP 1662 2933 250 VAHI VAHI NNP 1662 2933 251 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 252 acting act VBG 1662 2933 253 since since IN 1662 2933 254 NA NA NNP 1662 2933 255 March March NNP 1662 2933 256 1995 1995 CD 1662 2933 257 ; ; : 1662 2933 258 confirmed confirm VBD 1662 2933 259 17 17 CD 1662 2933 260 April April NNP 1662 2933 261 1995 1995 CD 1662 2933 262 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 263 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2933 264 : : : 1662 2933 265 Council Council NNP 1662 2933 266 of of IN 1662 2933 267 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 2933 268 appointed appoint VBN 1662 2933 269 by by IN 1662 2933 270 the the DT 1662 2933 271 prime prime NNP 1662 2933 272 minister minister NN 1662 2933 273 , , , 1662 2933 274 approved approve VBN 1662 2933 275 by by IN 1662 2933 276 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 2933 277 elections election NNS 1662 2933 278 : : : 1662 2933 279 president president NN 1662 2933 280 elected elect VBN 1662 2933 281 by by IN 1662 2933 282 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 2933 283 for for IN 1662 2933 284 a a DT 1662 2933 285 five five CD 1662 2933 286 - - HYPH 1662 2933 287 year year NN 1662 2933 288 term term NN 1662 2933 289 ; ; : 1662 2933 290 if if IN 1662 2933 291 he -PRON- PRP 1662 2933 292 or or CC 1662 2933 293 she -PRON- PRP 1662 2933 294 does do VBZ 1662 2933 295 not not RB 1662 2933 296 secure secure VB 1662 2933 297 two two CD 1662 2933 298 - - HYPH 1662 2933 299 thirds third NNS 1662 2933 300 of of IN 1662 2933 301 the the DT 1662 2933 302 votes vote NNS 1662 2933 303 after after IN 1662 2933 304 3 3 CD 1662 2933 305 rounds round NNS 1662 2933 306 of of IN 1662 2933 307 balloting balloting NN 1662 2933 308 , , , 1662 2933 309 then then RB 1662 2933 310 an an DT 1662 2933 311 electoral electoral JJ 1662 2933 312 assembly assembly NN 1662 2933 313 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 314 made make VBN 1662 2933 315 up up RP 1662 2933 316 of of IN 1662 2933 317 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 2933 318 plus plus CC 1662 2933 319 members member NNS 1662 2933 320 of of IN 1662 2933 321 local local JJ 1662 2933 322 governments government NNS 1662 2933 323 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 324 elects elect VBZ 1662 2933 325 the the DT 1662 2933 326 president president NN 1662 2933 327 , , , 1662 2933 328 choosing choose VBG 1662 2933 329 between between IN 1662 2933 330 the the DT 1662 2933 331 two two CD 1662 2933 332 candidates candidate NNS 1662 2933 333 with with IN 1662 2933 334 the the DT 1662 2933 335 largest large JJS 1662 2933 336 percentage percentage NN 1662 2933 337 of of IN 1662 2933 338 votes vote NNS 1662 2933 339 ; ; : 1662 2933 340 election election NN 1662 2933 341 last last JJ 1662 2933 342 held hold VBN 1662 2933 343 August August NNP 1662 2933 344 - - HYPH 1662 2933 345 September September NNP 1662 2933 346 1996 1996 CD 1662 2933 347 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 348 next next JJ 1662 2933 349 to to TO 1662 2933 350 be be VB 1662 2933 351 held hold VBN 1662 2933 352 fall fall NN 1662 2933 353 2001 2001 CD 1662 2933 354 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 355 ; ; : 1662 2933 356 prime prime NNP 1662 2933 357 minister minister NNP 1662 2933 358 nominated nominate VBN 1662 2933 359 by by IN 1662 2933 360 the the DT 1662 2933 361 president president NN 1662 2933 362 and and CC 1662 2933 363 approved approve VBN 1662 2933 364 by by IN 1662 2933 365 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 2933 366 election election NN 1662 2933 367 results result NNS 1662 2933 368 : : : 1662 2933 369 Lennart Lennart NNP 1662 2933 370 MERI MERI NNP 1662 2933 371 elected elect VBD 1662 2933 372 president president NN 1662 2933 373 by by IN 1662 2933 374 an an DT 1662 2933 375 electoral electoral JJ 1662 2933 376 assembly assembly NN 1662 2933 377 after after IN 1662 2933 378 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 2933 379 was be VBD 1662 2933 380 unable unable JJ 1662 2933 381 to to TO 1662 2933 382 break break VB 1662 2933 383 a a DT 1662 2933 384 deadlock deadlock NN 1662 2933 385 between between IN 1662 2933 386 MERI MERI NNP 1662 2933 387 and and CC 1662 2933 388 RUUTEL RUUTEL NNS 1662 2933 389 ; ; : 1662 2933 390 percent percent NN 1662 2933 391 of of IN 1662 2933 392 electoral electoral JJ 1662 2933 393 assembly assembly NN 1662 2933 394 vote vote NN 1662 2933 395 - - HYPH 1662 2933 396 Lennert Lennert NNP 1662 2933 397 MERI MERI NNP 1662 2933 398 61 61 CD 1662 2933 399 % % NN 1662 2933 400 , , , 1662 2933 401 Arnold Arnold NNP 1662 2933 402 RUUTEL RUUTEL NNP 1662 2933 403 39 39 CD 1662 2933 404 % % NN 1662 2933 405 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2933 406 branch branch NN 1662 2933 407 : : : 1662 2933 408 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 2933 409 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 2933 410 or or CC 1662 2933 411 Riigikogu Riigikogu NNP 1662 2933 412 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 413 101 101 CD 1662 2933 414 seats seat NNS 1662 2933 415 ; ; : 1662 2933 416 members member NNS 1662 2933 417 are be VBP 1662 2933 418 elected elect VBN 1662 2933 419 by by IN 1662 2933 420 popular popular JJ 1662 2933 421 vote vote NN 1662 2933 422 to to TO 1662 2933 423 serve serve VB 1662 2933 424 four four CD 1662 2933 425 - - HYPH 1662 2933 426 year year NN 1662 2933 427 terms term NNS 1662 2933 428 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 429 elections election NNS 1662 2933 430 : : : 1662 2933 431 last last RB 1662 2933 432 held hold VBD 1662 2933 433 5 5 CD 1662 2933 434 March March NNP 1662 2933 435 1995 1995 CD 1662 2933 436 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 437 next next JJ 1662 2933 438 to to TO 1662 2933 439 be be VB 1662 2933 440 held hold VBN 1662 2933 441 NA NA NNP 1662 2933 442 1999 1999 CD 1662 2933 443 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 444 election election NN 1662 2933 445 results result NNS 1662 2933 446 : : : 1662 2933 447 percent percent NN 1662 2933 448 of of IN 1662 2933 449 vote vote NN 1662 2933 450 by by IN 1662 2933 451 party party NNP 1662 2933 452 - - HYPH 1662 2933 453 KMU KMU NNP 1662 2933 454 32.22 32.22 CD 1662 2933 455 % % NN 1662 2933 456 , , , 1662 2933 457 RE RE NNP 1662 2933 458 16.18 16.18 CD 1662 2933 459 % % NN 1662 2933 460 , , , 1662 2933 461 K k NN 1662 2933 462 14.17 14.17 CD 1662 2933 463 % % NN 1662 2933 464 , , , 1662 2933 465 Pro Pro NNP 1662 2933 466 Patria Patria NNP 1662 2933 467 and and CC 1662 2933 468 ERSP ERSP NNP 1662 2933 469 7.85 7.85 CD 1662 2933 470 % % NN 1662 2933 471 , , , 1662 2933 472 M M NNP 1662 2933 473 5.98 5.98 CD 1662 2933 474 % % NN 1662 2933 475 , , , 1662 2933 476 Our -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2933 477 Home Home NNP 1662 2933 478 is be VBZ 1662 2933 479 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2933 480 and and CC 1662 2933 481 Right Right NNP 1662 2933 482 - - HYPH 1662 2933 483 Wingers winger NNS 1662 2933 484 5.0 5.0 CD 1662 2933 485 % % NN 1662 2933 486 ; ; , 1662 2933 487 seats seat NNS 1662 2933 488 by by IN 1662 2933 489 party party NN 1662 2933 490 - - HYPH 1662 2933 491 KMU KMU NNP 1662 2933 492 41 41 CD 1662 2933 493 , , , 1662 2933 494 RE RE NNP 1662 2933 495 19 19 CD 1662 2933 496 , , , 1662 2933 497 K K NNP 1662 2933 498 16 16 CD 1662 2933 499 , , , 1662 2933 500 Pro Pro NNP 1662 2933 501 Patria Patria NNP 1662 2933 502 8 8 CD 1662 2933 503 , , , 1662 2933 504 Our -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2933 505 Home home NN 1662 2933 506 is be VBZ 1662 2933 507 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2933 508 6 6 CD 1662 2933 509 , , , 1662 2933 510 M M NNP 1662 2933 511 6 6 CD 1662 2933 512 , , , 1662 2933 513 Right Right NNP 1662 2933 514 - - HYPH 1662 2933 515 Wingers winger NNS 1662 2933 516 5 5 CD 1662 2933 517 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 2933 518 branch branch NN 1662 2933 519 : : : 1662 2933 520 National National NNP 1662 2933 521 Court Court NNP 1662 2933 522 Political political JJ 1662 2933 523 parties party NNS 1662 2933 524 and and CC 1662 2933 525 leaders leader NNS 1662 2933 526 : : : 1662 2933 527 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 2933 528 Party Party NNP 1662 2933 529 and and CC 1662 2933 530 Rural Rural NNP 1662 2933 531 Union Union NNP 1662 2933 532 or or CC 1662 2933 533 KMU KMU NNP 1662 2933 534 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2933 535 Tiit Tiit NNP 1662 2933 536 VAHI VAHI NNP 1662 2933 537 , , , 1662 2933 538 chairman chairman NN 1662 2933 539 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2933 540 made make VBN 1662 2933 541 up up RP 1662 2933 542 of of IN 1662 2933 543 4 4 CD 1662 2933 544 parties party NNS 1662 2933 545 : : : 1662 2933 546 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 2933 547 Party Party NNP 1662 2933 548 , , , 1662 2933 549 Country Country NNP 1662 2933 550 People People NNPS 1662 2933 551 's 's POS 1662 2933 552 Party Party NNP 1662 2933 553 / / SYM 1662 2933 554 Farmer Farmer NNP 1662 2933 555 's 's POS 1662 2933 556 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 2933 557 , , , 1662 2933 558 Rural Rural NNP 1662 2933 559 Union Union NNP 1662 2933 560 , , , 1662 2933 561 and and CC 1662 2933 562 Pensioners Pensioners NNPS 1662 2933 563 ' ' POS 1662 2933 564 and and CC 1662 2933 565 Families Families NNPS 1662 2933 566 ' ' POS 1662 2933 567 League League NNP 1662 2933 568 ; ; : 1662 2933 569 Reform Reform NNP 1662 2933 570 Party Party NNP 1662 2933 571 - - HYPH 1662 2933 572 Liberals Liberals NNPS 1662 2933 573 or or CC 1662 2933 574 RE RE NNP 1662 2933 575 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2933 576 Siim Siim NNP 1662 2933 577 KALLAS KALLAS NNP 1662 2933 578 , , , 1662 2933 579 chairman chairman NN 1662 2933 580 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2933 581 ; ; : 1662 2933 582 Center Center NNP 1662 2933 583 Party Party NNP 1662 2933 584 or or CC 1662 2933 585 K K NNP 1662 2933 586 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2933 587 Edgar Edgar NNP 1662 2933 588 SAVISAAR SAVISAAR NNP 1662 2933 589 , , , 1662 2933 590 chairman chairman NN 1662 2933 591 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2933 592 ; ; : 1662 2933 593 Union Union NNP 1662 2933 594 of of IN 1662 2933 595 Pro Pro NNP 1662 2933 596 Patria Patria NNP 1662 2933 597 or or CC 1662 2933 598 Fatherland Fatherland NNP 1662 2933 599 League League NNP 1662 2933 600 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 601 Isamaa Isamaa NNP 1662 2933 602 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 603 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2933 604 Toivo Toivo NNP 1662 2933 605 JURGENSON JURGENSON NNP 1662 2933 606 , , , 1662 2933 607 chairman chairman NN 1662 2933 608 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2933 609 ; ; : 1662 2933 610 National National NNP 1662 2933 611 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2933 612 Party Party NNP 1662 2933 613 or or CC 1662 2933 614 ERSP ERSP NNP 1662 2933 615 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2933 616 Kelam Kelam NNP 1662 2933 617 TUNNE TUNNE NNP 1662 2933 618 , , , 1662 2933 619 chairman chairman NN 1662 2933 620 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2933 621 ; ; : 1662 2933 622 Our -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2933 623 Home home NN 1662 2933 624 is be VBZ 1662 2933 625 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2933 626 made make VBD 1662 2933 627 up up RP 1662 2933 628 of of IN 1662 2933 629 2 2 CD 1662 2933 630 parties party NNS 1662 2933 631 : : : 1662 2933 632 United United NNP 1662 2933 633 Peoples Peoples NNP 1662 2933 634 Party Party NNP 1662 2933 635 and and CC 1662 2933 636 the the DT 1662 2933 637 Russian Russian NNP 1662 2933 638 People People NNPS 1662 2933 639 's 's POS 1662 2933 640 Party Party NNP 1662 2933 641 of of IN 1662 2933 642 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2933 643 ; ; : 1662 2933 644 United United NNP 1662 2933 645 Peoples Peoples NNP 1662 2933 646 Party Party NNP 1662 2933 647 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2933 648 Viktor Viktor NNP 1662 2933 649 ANDREJEV ANDREJEV NNP 1662 2933 650 , , , 1662 2933 651 chairman chairman NN 1662 2933 652 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2933 653 ; ; : 1662 2933 654 Russian Russian NNP 1662 2933 655 Party Party NNP 1662 2933 656 of of IN 1662 2933 657 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2933 658 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2933 659 Nikolai Nikolai NNP 1662 2933 660 MASPANOV MASPANOV NNP 1662 2933 661 , , , 1662 2933 662 chairman chairman NN 1662 2933 663 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2933 664 ; ; : 1662 2933 665 Moderates Moderates NNP 1662 2933 666 or or CC 1662 2933 667 M M NNP 1662 2933 668 made make VBD 1662 2933 669 up up RP 1662 2933 670 of of IN 1662 2933 671 2 2 CD 1662 2933 672 parties party NNS 1662 2933 673 : : : 1662 2933 674 Social Social NNP 1662 2933 675 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2933 676 Party Party NNP 1662 2933 677 and and CC 1662 2933 678 Rural Rural NNP 1662 2933 679 Center Center NNP 1662 2933 680 Party Party NNP 1662 2933 681 ; ; : 1662 2933 682 Social Social NNP 1662 2933 683 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2933 684 Party Party NNP 1662 2933 685 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2933 686 Eiki Eiki NNP 1662 2933 687 NESTOR NESTOR NNP 1662 2933 688 , , , 1662 2933 689 chairman chairman NN 1662 2933 690 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2933 691 ; ; : 1662 2933 692 Rural Rural NNP 1662 2933 693 Center Center NNP 1662 2933 694 Party Party NNP 1662 2933 695 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2933 696 Vambo Vambo NNP 1662 2933 697 KAAL KAAL NNP 1662 2933 698 , , , 1662 2933 699 chairman chairman NN 1662 2933 700 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2933 701 ; ; : 1662 2933 702 Right right JJ 1662 2933 703 - - HYPH 1662 2933 704 Wingers winger NNS 1662 2933 705 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2933 706 Ulo Ulo NNP 1662 2933 707 NUGIS NUGIS NNP 1662 2933 708 , , , 1662 2933 709 chairman chairman NN 1662 2933 710 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2933 711 ; ; : 1662 2933 712 Republican Republican NNP 1662 2933 713 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 2933 714 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2933 715 Vootele Vootele NNP 1662 2933 716 HANSEN HANSEN NNP 1662 2933 717 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2933 718 ; ; : 1662 2933 719 Development Development NNP 1662 2933 720 / / SYM 1662 2933 721 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 2933 722 Party Party NNP 1662 2933 723 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2933 724 Andra Andra NNP 1662 2933 725 VEIDEMANN VEIDEMANN NNP 1662 2933 726 , , , 1662 2933 727 chairwoman chairwoman NN 1662 2933 728 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2933 729 , , , 1662 2933 730 note note NN 1662 2933 731 - - HYPH 1662 2933 732 party party NNP 1662 2933 733 was be VBD 1662 2933 734 created create VBN 1662 2933 735 by by IN 1662 2933 736 defectors defector NNS 1662 2933 737 from from IN 1662 2933 738 Center Center NNP 1662 2933 739 Party Party NNP 1662 2933 740 in in IN 1662 2933 741 late late JJ 1662 2933 742 spring spring NN 1662 2933 743 1996 1996 CD 1662 2933 744 , , , 1662 2933 745 now now RB 1662 2933 746 holds hold VBZ 1662 2933 747 6 6 CD 1662 2933 748 or or CC 1662 2933 749 7 7 CD 1662 2933 750 seats seat NNS 1662 2933 751 in in IN 1662 2933 752 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 2933 753 International International NNP 1662 2933 754 organization organization NN 1662 2933 755 participation participation NN 1662 2933 756 : : : 1662 2933 757 BIS BIS NNP 1662 2933 758 , , , 1662 2933 759 CBSS CBSS NNP 1662 2933 760 , , , 1662 2933 761 CCC CCC NNP 1662 2933 762 , , , 1662 2933 763 CE CE NNP 1662 2933 764 , , , 1662 2933 765 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 2933 766 , , , 1662 2933 767 ECE ECE NNP 1662 2933 768 , , , 1662 2933 769 EU EU NNP 1662 2933 770 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 771 applicant applicant NN 1662 2933 772 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 773 , , , 1662 2933 774 FAO FAO NNP 1662 2933 775 , , , 1662 2933 776 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 2933 777 , , , 1662 2933 778 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 2933 779 , , , 1662 2933 780 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 2933 781 , , , 1662 2933 782 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 2933 783 , , , 1662 2933 784 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 2933 785 , , , 1662 2933 786 IFC IFC NNP 1662 2933 787 , , , 1662 2933 788 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 2933 789 , , , 1662 2933 790 IHO IHO NNP 1662 2933 791 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 792 pending pende VBG 1662 2933 793 member member NN 1662 2933 794 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 795 , , , 1662 2933 796 ILO ILO NNP 1662 2933 797 , , , 1662 2933 798 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2933 799 , , , 1662 2933 800 IMO imo RB 1662 2933 801 , , , 1662 2933 802 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 2933 803 , , , 1662 2933 804 IOC IOC NNP 1662 2933 805 , , , 1662 2933 806 ISO ISO NNP 1662 2933 807 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 808 correspondent correspondent NN 1662 2933 809 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 810 , , , 1662 2933 811 ITU ITU NNP 1662 2933 812 , , , 1662 2933 813 NACC NACC NNP 1662 2933 814 , , , 1662 2933 815 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 2933 816 , , , 1662 2933 817 PFP PFP NNP 1662 2933 818 , , , 1662 2933 819 UN UN NNP 1662 2933 820 , , , 1662 2933 821 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 2933 822 , , , 1662 2933 823 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 2933 824 , , , 1662 2933 825 UNMIBH unmibh NN 1662 2933 826 , , , 1662 2933 827 UPU UPU NNP 1662 2933 828 , , , 1662 2933 829 WEU WEU NNP 1662 2933 830 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 831 associate associate JJ 1662 2933 832 partner partner NN 1662 2933 833 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 834 , , , 1662 2933 835 WHO who WP 1662 2933 836 , , , 1662 2933 837 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 2933 838 , , , 1662 2933 839 WMO WMO NNP 1662 2933 840 , , , 1662 2933 841 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 2933 842 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 843 applicant applicant NN 1662 2933 844 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 845 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2933 846 representation representation NN 1662 2933 847 in in IN 1662 2933 848 the the DT 1662 2933 849 US US NNP 1662 2933 850 : : : 1662 2933 851 chief chief NN 1662 2933 852 of of IN 1662 2933 853 mission mission NN 1662 2933 854 : : : 1662 2933 855 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2933 856 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 857 vacant vacant JJ 1662 2933 858 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 859 ; ; : 1662 2933 860 Charge charge NN 1662 2933 861 d'Affaires d'Affaires NNP 1662 2933 862 Lauri Lauri NNP 1662 2933 863 LEPIK lepik NN 1662 2933 864 chancery chancery NN 1662 2933 865 : : : 1662 2933 866 2131 2131 CD 1662 2933 867 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 2933 868 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 2933 869 NW NW NNP 1662 2933 870 , , , 1662 2933 871 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2933 872 , , , 1662 2933 873 DC DC NNP 1662 2933 874 20008 20008 CD 1662 2933 875 telephone telephone NN 1662 2933 876 : : : 1662 2933 877 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2933 878 1 1 CD 1662 2933 879 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2933 880 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 881 202 202 CD 1662 2933 882 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 883 588 588 CD 1662 2933 884 - - HYPH 1662 2933 885 0101 0101 CD 1662 2933 886 FAX FAX NNP 1662 2933 887 : : : 1662 2933 888 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2933 889 1 1 CD 1662 2933 890 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2933 891 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 892 202 202 CD 1662 2933 893 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 894 588 588 CD 1662 2933 895 - - HYPH 1662 2933 896 0108 0108 CD 1662 2933 897 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 2933 898 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 899 general general NN 1662 2933 900 : : : 1662 2933 901 New New NNP 1662 2933 902 York York NNP 1662 2933 903 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2933 904 representation representation NN 1662 2933 905 from from IN 1662 2933 906 the the DT 1662 2933 907 US US NNP 1662 2933 908 : : : 1662 2933 909 chief chief NN 1662 2933 910 of of IN 1662 2933 911 mission mission NN 1662 2933 912 : : : 1662 2933 913 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2933 914 Lawrence Lawrence NNP 1662 2933 915 P. P. NNP 1662 2933 916 TAYLOR TAYLOR NNP 1662 2933 917 embassy embassy NN 1662 2933 918 : : : 1662 2933 919 Kentmanni Kentmanni NNP 1662 2933 920 20 20 CD 1662 2933 921 , , , 1662 2933 922 Tallinn Tallinn NNP 1662 2933 923 EE EE NNP 1662 2933 924 0001 0001 CD 1662 2933 925 mailing mail VBG 1662 2933 926 address address NN 1662 2933 927 : : : 1662 2933 928 American American NNP 1662 2933 929 Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 2933 930 , , , 1662 2933 931 Tallinn Tallinn NNP 1662 2933 932 ; ; : 1662 2933 933 PSC PSC NNP 1662 2933 934 78 78 CD 1662 2933 935 , , , 1662 2933 936 Box Box NNP 1662 2933 937 T T NNP 1662 2933 938 ; ; : 1662 2933 939 APO APO NNP 1662 2933 940 AE AE NNP 1662 2933 941 09723 09723 CD 1662 2933 942 telephone telephone NN 1662 2933 943 : : : 1662 2933 944 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2933 945 372 372 CD 1662 2933 946 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2933 947 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 948 6 6 CD 1662 2933 949 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 950 312 312 CD 1662 2933 951 - - HYPH 1662 2933 952 021 021 CD 1662 2933 953 FAX fax NN 1662 2933 954 : : : 1662 2933 955 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2933 956 372 372 CD 1662 2933 957 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2933 958 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 959 6 6 CD 1662 2933 960 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 961 312 312 CD 1662 2933 962 - - HYPH 1662 2933 963 025 025 CD 1662 2933 964 Flag flag NN 1662 2933 965 description description NN 1662 2933 966 : : : 1662 2933 967 pre-1940 pre-1940 NN 1662 2933 968 flag flag NN 1662 2933 969 restored restore VBN 1662 2933 970 by by IN 1662 2933 971 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 2933 972 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 2933 973 in in IN 1662 2933 974 May May NNP 1662 2933 975 1990 1990 CD 1662 2933 976 - - SYM 1662 2933 977 three three CD 1662 2933 978 equal equal JJ 1662 2933 979 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 2933 980 bands band NNS 1662 2933 981 of of IN 1662 2933 982 blue blue JJ 1662 2933 983 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2933 984 top top NNP 1662 2933 985 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2933 986 , , , 1662 2933 987 black black JJ 1662 2933 988 , , , 1662 2933 989 and and CC 1662 2933 990 white white JJ 1662 2933 991 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2933 992 Economy Economy NNP 1662 2933 993 - - HYPH 1662 2933 994 overview overview NN 1662 2933 995 : : : 1662 2933 996 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2933 997 continues continue VBZ 1662 2933 998 to to TO 1662 2933 999 experience experience VB 1662 2933 1000 strong strong JJ 1662 2933 1001 economic economic JJ 1662 2933 1002 growth growth NN 1662 2933 1003 after after IN 1662 2933 1004 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2933 1005 economy economy NN 1662 2933 1006 bottomed bottom VBN 1662 2933 1007 out out RP 1662 2933 1008 in in IN 1662 2933 1009 1993 1993 CD 1662 2933 1010 . . . 1662 2934 1 Bolstered bolster VBN 1662 2934 2 by by IN 1662 2934 3 a a DT 1662 2934 4 widespread widespread JJ 1662 2934 5 national national JJ 1662 2934 6 desire desire NN 1662 2934 7 to to TO 1662 2934 8 reintegrate reintegrate VB 1662 2934 9 into into IN 1662 2934 10 Western Western NNP 1662 2934 11 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2934 12 , , , 1662 2934 13 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2934 14 has have VBZ 1662 2934 15 adhered adhere VBN 1662 2934 16 to to IN 1662 2934 17 disciplined discipline VBN 1662 2934 18 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2934 19 and and CC 1662 2934 20 financial financial JJ 1662 2934 21 policies policy NNS 1662 2934 22 and and CC 1662 2934 23 has have VBZ 1662 2934 24 led lead VBN 1662 2934 25 the the DT 1662 2934 26 FSU FSU NNP 1662 2934 27 countries country NNS 1662 2934 28 in in IN 1662 2934 29 pursuing pursue VBG 1662 2934 30 economic economic JJ 1662 2934 31 reform reform NN 1662 2934 32 . . . 1662 2935 1 Monthly monthly JJ 1662 2935 2 inflation inflation NN 1662 2935 3 has have VBZ 1662 2935 4 been be VBN 1662 2935 5 held hold VBN 1662 2935 6 to to IN 1662 2935 7 2 2 CD 1662 2935 8 % % NN 1662 2935 9 in in IN 1662 2935 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 2935 11 - - SYM 1662 2935 12 96 96 CD 1662 2935 13 . . . 1662 2936 1 Following follow VBG 1662 2936 2 four four CD 1662 2936 3 years year NNS 1662 2936 4 of of IN 1662 2936 5 decline decline NN 1662 2936 6 , , , 1662 2936 7 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2936 8 's 's POS 1662 2936 9 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2936 10 grew grow VBD 1662 2936 11 at at IN 1662 2936 12 3 3 CD 1662 2936 13 % % NN 1662 2936 14 in in IN 1662 2936 15 1995 1995 CD 1662 2936 16 and and CC 1662 2936 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 2936 18 . . . 1662 2937 1 Despite despite IN 1662 2937 2 these these DT 1662 2937 3 positive positive JJ 1662 2937 4 economic economic JJ 1662 2937 5 indicators indicator NNS 1662 2937 6 , , , 1662 2937 7 the the DT 1662 2937 8 current current JJ 1662 2937 9 account account NN 1662 2937 10 deficit deficit NN 1662 2937 11 is be VBZ 1662 2937 12 widening widen VBG 1662 2937 13 . . . 1662 2938 1 The the DT 1662 2938 2 resident resident NN 1662 2938 3 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2938 4 representative representative NN 1662 2938 5 in in IN 1662 2938 6 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2938 7 has have VBZ 1662 2938 8 been be VBN 1662 2938 9 worried worry VBN 1662 2938 10 since since IN 1662 2938 11 early early JJ 1662 2938 12 1996 1996 CD 1662 2938 13 about about IN 1662 2938 14 a a DT 1662 2938 15 rising rise VBG 1662 2938 16 public public JJ 1662 2938 17 sector sector NN 1662 2938 18 deficit deficit NN 1662 2938 19 boosted boost VBN 1662 2938 20 by by IN 1662 2938 21 local local JJ 1662 2938 22 government government NN 1662 2938 23 spending spending NN 1662 2938 24 . . . 1662 2939 1 Small- Small- NNP 1662 2939 2 and and CC 1662 2939 3 medium medium JJ 1662 2939 4 - - HYPH 1662 2939 5 scale scale NN 1662 2939 6 privatization privatization NN 1662 2939 7 is be VBZ 1662 2939 8 essentially essentially RB 1662 2939 9 complete complete JJ 1662 2939 10 , , , 1662 2939 11 and and CC 1662 2939 12 large large JJ 1662 2939 13 - - HYPH 1662 2939 14 scale scale NN 1662 2939 15 privatization privatization NN 1662 2939 16 is be VBZ 1662 2939 17 progressing progress VBG 1662 2939 18 gradually gradually RB 1662 2939 19 . . . 1662 2940 1 In in IN 1662 2940 2 1996 1996 CD 1662 2940 3 , , , 1662 2940 4 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2940 5 's 's POS 1662 2940 6 national national JJ 1662 2940 7 airline airline NN 1662 2940 8 was be VBD 1662 2940 9 privatized privatize VBN 1662 2940 10 ; ; : 1662 2940 11 in in IN 1662 2940 12 1997 1997 CD 1662 2940 13 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2940 14 plans plan VBZ 1662 2940 15 to to TO 1662 2940 16 privatize privatize VB 1662 2940 17 large large JJ 1662 2940 18 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 2940 19 , , , 1662 2940 20 i.e. i.e. FW 1662 2940 21 , , , 1662 2940 22 Eesti Eesti NNP 1662 2940 23 Energia Energia NNP 1662 2940 24 , , , 1662 2940 25 Tallinn Tallinn NNP 1662 2940 26 Port Port NNP 1662 2940 27 , , , 1662 2940 28 Estonian Estonian NNP 1662 2940 29 Telecom Telecom NNP 1662 2940 30 , , , 1662 2940 31 and and CC 1662 2940 32 Oil Oil NNP 1662 2940 33 Shale Shale NNP 1662 2940 34 . . . 1662 2941 1 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2941 2 has have VBZ 1662 2941 3 successfully successfully RB 1662 2941 4 reoriented reorient VBN 1662 2941 5 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2941 6 trade trade NN 1662 2941 7 toward toward IN 1662 2941 8 the the DT 1662 2941 9 West West NNP 1662 2941 10 , , , 1662 2941 11 two two CD 1662 2941 12 - - HYPH 1662 2941 13 thirds third NNS 1662 2941 14 of of IN 1662 2941 15 exports export NNS 1662 2941 16 now now RB 1662 2941 17 going go VBG 1662 2941 18 to to IN 1662 2941 19 Western western JJ 1662 2941 20 markets market NNS 1662 2941 21 . . . 1662 2942 1 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2942 2 's 's POS 1662 2942 3 free free JJ 1662 2942 4 trade trade NN 1662 2942 5 policies policy NNS 1662 2942 6 were be VBD 1662 2942 7 the the DT 1662 2942 8 cornerstone cornerstone NN 1662 2942 9 of of IN 1662 2942 10 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2942 11 negotiations negotiation NNS 1662 2942 12 with with IN 1662 2942 13 the the DT 1662 2942 14 European European NNP 1662 2942 15 Union Union NNP 1662 2942 16 , , , 1662 2942 17 and and CC 1662 2942 18 led lead VBD 1662 2942 19 to to IN 1662 2942 20 the the DT 1662 2942 21 signing signing NN 1662 2942 22 of of IN 1662 2942 23 an an DT 1662 2942 24 association association NN 1662 2942 25 agreement agreement NN 1662 2942 26 in in IN 1662 2942 27 June June NNP 1662 2942 28 1995 1995 CD 1662 2942 29 . . . 1662 2943 1 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2943 2 was be VBD 1662 2943 3 the the DT 1662 2943 4 only only JJ 1662 2943 5 Baltic baltic JJ 1662 2943 6 state state NN 1662 2943 7 not not RB 1662 2943 8 to to TO 1662 2943 9 have have VB 1662 2943 10 a a DT 1662 2943 11 transition transition NN 1662 2943 12 period period NN 1662 2943 13 imposed impose VBN 1662 2943 14 by by IN 1662 2943 15 the the DT 1662 2943 16 EU EU NNP 1662 2943 17 prior prior RB 1662 2943 18 to to IN 1662 2943 19 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2943 20 implementation implementation NN 1662 2943 21 of of IN 1662 2943 22 a a DT 1662 2943 23 free free JJ 1662 2943 24 trade trade NN 1662 2943 25 agreement agreement NN 1662 2943 26 . . . 1662 2944 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2944 2 : : : 1662 2944 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2944 4 power power NN 1662 2944 5 parity parity NN 1662 2944 6 - - : 1662 2944 7 $ $ $ 1662 2944 8 8.1 8.1 CD 1662 2944 9 billion billion CD 1662 2944 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2944 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 2944 12 estimate estimate NN 1662 2944 13 as as IN 1662 2944 14 extrapolated extrapolate VBN 1662 2944 15 from from IN 1662 2944 16 World World NNP 1662 2944 17 Bank Bank NNP 1662 2944 18 estimate estimate NN 1662 2944 19 for for IN 1662 2944 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 2944 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2944 22 GDP gdp NN 1662 2944 23 - - HYPH 1662 2944 24 real real JJ 1662 2944 25 growth growth NN 1662 2944 26 rate rate NN 1662 2944 27 : : : 1662 2944 28 3 3 CD 1662 2944 29 % % NN 1662 2944 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2944 31 1996 1996 CD 1662 2944 32 est est NNP 1662 2944 33 . . . 1662 2944 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2945 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2945 2 - - HYPH 1662 2945 3 per per FW 1662 2945 4 capita capita NN 1662 2945 5 : : : 1662 2945 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 2945 7 power power NN 1662 2945 8 parity parity NN 1662 2945 9 - - : 1662 2945 10 $ $ $ 1662 2945 11 5,560 5,560 CD 1662 2945 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2945 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 2945 14 est est NNP 1662 2945 15 . . . 1662 2945 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2946 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 2946 2 - - HYPH 1662 2946 3 composition composition NN 1662 2946 4 by by IN 1662 2946 5 sector sector NN 1662 2946 6 : : : 1662 2946 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2946 8 : : : 1662 2946 9 10 10 CD 1662 2946 10 % % NN 1662 2946 11 industry industry NN 1662 2946 12 : : : 1662 2946 13 37 37 CD 1662 2946 14 % % NN 1662 2946 15 services service NNS 1662 2946 16 : : : 1662 2946 17 53 53 CD 1662 2946 18 % % NN 1662 2946 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2946 20 1993 1993 CD 1662 2946 21 est est NNP 1662 2946 22 . . . 1662 2946 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2947 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 2947 2 rate rate NN 1662 2947 3 - - HYPH 1662 2947 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 2947 5 price price NN 1662 2947 6 index index NN 1662 2947 7 : : : 1662 2947 8 23 23 CD 1662 2947 9 % % NN 1662 2947 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2947 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 2947 12 est est NNP 1662 2947 13 . . . 1662 2947 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2948 1 Labor labor NN 1662 2948 2 force force NN 1662 2948 3 : : : 1662 2948 4 total total NN 1662 2948 5 : : : 1662 2948 6 750,000 750,000 CD 1662 2948 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2948 8 1992 1992 CD 1662 2948 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2948 10 by by IN 1662 2948 11 occupation occupation NN 1662 2948 12 : : : 1662 2948 13 industry industry NN 1662 2948 14 and and CC 1662 2948 15 construction construction NN 1662 2948 16 42 42 CD 1662 2948 17 % % NN 1662 2948 18 , , , 1662 2948 19 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2948 20 and and CC 1662 2948 21 forestry forestry NN 1662 2948 22 20 20 CD 1662 2948 23 % % NN 1662 2948 24 , , , 1662 2948 25 other other JJ 1662 2948 26 38 38 CD 1662 2948 27 % % NN 1662 2948 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2948 29 1990 1990 CD 1662 2948 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2948 31 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 2948 32 rate rate NN 1662 2948 33 : : : 1662 2948 34 5 5 CD 1662 2948 35 % % NN 1662 2948 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2948 37 1996 1996 CD 1662 2948 38 official official NN 1662 2948 39 est est NNP 1662 2948 40 . . . 1662 2948 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2949 1 Budget budget NN 1662 2949 2 : : : 1662 2949 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 2949 4 : : : 1662 2949 5 $ $ $ 1662 2949 6 620 620 CD 1662 2949 7 million million CD 1662 2949 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2949 9 : : : 1662 2949 10 $ $ $ 1662 2949 11 582 582 CD 1662 2949 12 million million CD 1662 2949 13 , , , 1662 2949 14 including include VBG 1662 2949 15 capital capital NN 1662 2949 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2949 17 of of IN 1662 2949 18 $ $ $ 1662 2949 19 NA NA NNP 1662 2949 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2949 21 January January NNP 1662 2949 22 - - HYPH 1662 2949 23 October October NNP 1662 2949 24 1995 1995 CD 1662 2949 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2949 26 Industries industry NNS 1662 2949 27 : : : 1662 2949 28 oil oil NN 1662 2949 29 shale shale NN 1662 2949 30 , , , 1662 2949 31 shipbuilding shipbuilding NN 1662 2949 32 , , , 1662 2949 33 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 2949 34 , , , 1662 2949 35 electric electric JJ 1662 2949 36 motors motor NNS 1662 2949 37 , , , 1662 2949 38 excavators excavator NNS 1662 2949 39 , , , 1662 2949 40 cement cement NN 1662 2949 41 , , , 1662 2949 42 furniture furniture NN 1662 2949 43 , , , 1662 2949 44 clothing clothing NN 1662 2949 45 , , , 1662 2949 46 textiles textile NNS 1662 2949 47 , , , 1662 2949 48 paper paper NN 1662 2949 49 , , , 1662 2949 50 shoes shoe NNS 1662 2949 51 , , , 1662 2949 52 apparel apparel NN 1662 2949 53 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 2949 54 production production NN 1662 2949 55 growth growth NN 1662 2949 56 rate rate NN 1662 2949 57 : : : 1662 2949 58 3 3 CD 1662 2949 59 % % NN 1662 2949 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2949 61 1996 1996 CD 1662 2949 62 est est NNP 1662 2949 63 . . . 1662 2949 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2950 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2950 2 - - HYPH 1662 2950 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 2950 4 : : : 1662 2950 5 3.29 3.29 CD 1662 2950 6 million million CD 1662 2950 7 kW kW NNP 1662 2950 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2950 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 2950 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2950 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2950 12 - - HYPH 1662 2950 13 production production NN 1662 2950 14 : : : 1662 2950 15 8.6 8.6 CD 1662 2950 16 billion billion CD 1662 2950 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2950 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2950 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 2950 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2950 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 2950 22 - - HYPH 1662 2950 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 2950 24 per per IN 1662 2950 25 capita capita NN 1662 2950 26 : : : 1662 2950 27 4,005 4,005 CD 1662 2950 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 2950 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2950 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 2950 31 est est NNP 1662 2950 32 . . . 1662 2950 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 2951 2 - - HYPH 1662 2951 3 products product NNS 1662 2951 4 : : : 1662 2951 5 potatoes potato NNS 1662 2951 6 , , , 1662 2951 7 fruits fruit NNS 1662 2951 8 , , , 1662 2951 9 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 2951 10 ; ; , 1662 2951 11 livestock livestock NN 1662 2951 12 and and CC 1662 2951 13 dairy dairy NN 1662 2951 14 products product NNS 1662 2951 15 ; ; , 1662 2951 16 fish fish NN 1662 2951 17 Exports export NNS 1662 2951 18 : : : 1662 2951 19 total total JJ 1662 2951 20 value value NN 1662 2951 21 : : : 1662 2951 22 $ $ $ 1662 2951 23 2 2 CD 1662 2951 24 billion billion CD 1662 2951 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 26 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2951 27 . . NNP 1662 2951 28 , , , 1662 2951 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 2951 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 31 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2951 32 : : : 1662 2951 33 textiles textile NNS 1662 2951 34 16 16 CD 1662 2951 35 % % NN 1662 2951 36 , , , 1662 2951 37 food food NN 1662 2951 38 products product NNS 1662 2951 39 16 16 CD 1662 2951 40 % % NN 1662 2951 41 , , , 1662 2951 42 machinery machinery NN 1662 2951 43 and and CC 1662 2951 44 equipment equipment NN 1662 2951 45 16 16 CD 1662 2951 46 % % NN 1662 2951 47 , , , 1662 2951 48 metals metal NNS 1662 2951 49 9 9 CD 1662 2951 50 % % NN 1662 2951 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 52 1995 1995 CD 1662 2951 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 54 partners partner NNS 1662 2951 55 : : : 1662 2951 56 Finland Finland NNP 1662 2951 57 , , , 1662 2951 58 Russia Russia NNP 1662 2951 59 , , , 1662 2951 60 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 2951 61 , , , 1662 2951 62 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2951 63 , , , 1662 2951 64 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 2951 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 66 1995 1995 CD 1662 2951 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 68 Imports import NNS 1662 2951 69 : : : 1662 2951 70 total total JJ 1662 2951 71 value value NN 1662 2951 72 : : : 1662 2951 73 $ $ $ 1662 2951 74 3.1 3.1 CD 1662 2951 75 billion billion CD 1662 2951 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 77 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 2951 78 . . NNP 1662 2951 79 , , , 1662 2951 80 1996 1996 CD 1662 2951 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 82 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2951 83 : : : 1662 2951 84 machinery machinery NN 1662 2951 85 and and CC 1662 2951 86 equipment equipment NN 1662 2951 87 29 29 CD 1662 2951 88 % % NN 1662 2951 89 , , , 1662 2951 90 foodstuffs foodstuff VBZ 1662 2951 91 14 14 CD 1662 2951 92 % % NN 1662 2951 93 , , , 1662 2951 94 minerals mineral NNS 1662 2951 95 13 13 CD 1662 2951 96 % % NN 1662 2951 97 , , , 1662 2951 98 textiles textile VBZ 1662 2951 99 13 13 CD 1662 2951 100 % % NN 1662 2951 101 , , , 1662 2951 102 metals metal NNS 1662 2951 103 12 12 CD 1662 2951 104 % % NN 1662 2951 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 106 1995 1995 CD 1662 2951 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 108 partners partner NNS 1662 2951 109 : : : 1662 2951 110 Finland Finland NNP 1662 2951 111 , , , 1662 2951 112 Russia Russia NNP 1662 2951 113 , , , 1662 2951 114 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 2951 115 , , , 1662 2951 116 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2951 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 118 1995 1995 CD 1662 2951 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 120 Debt debt NN 1662 2951 121 - - HYPH 1662 2951 122 external external JJ 1662 2951 123 : : : 1662 2951 124 $ $ $ 1662 2951 125 270 270 CD 1662 2951 126 million million CD 1662 2951 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 128 January January NNP 1662 2951 129 1996 1996 CD 1662 2951 130 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 131 Economic economic JJ 1662 2951 132 aid aid NN 1662 2951 133 : : : 1662 2951 134 recipient recipient NN 1662 2951 135 : : : 1662 2951 136 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2951 137 , , , 1662 2951 138 $ $ $ 1662 2951 139 147 147 CD 1662 2951 140 million million CD 1662 2951 141 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 142 1993 1993 CD 1662 2951 143 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 144 note note VB 1662 2951 145 : : : 1662 2951 146 Western western JJ 1662 2951 147 commitments commitment NNS 1662 2951 148 $ $ $ 1662 2951 149 285 285 CD 1662 2951 150 million million CD 1662 2951 151 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 152 including include VBG 1662 2951 153 international international JJ 1662 2951 154 financial financial JJ 1662 2951 155 institutions institution NNS 1662 2951 156 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 157 Currency currency NN 1662 2951 158 : : : 1662 2951 159 1 1 CD 1662 2951 160 Estonian estonian JJ 1662 2951 161 kroon kroon NN 1662 2951 162 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 163 EEK EEK NNP 1662 2951 164 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 165 = = NFP 1662 2951 166 100 100 CD 1662 2951 167 cents cent NNS 1662 2951 168 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 169 introduced introduce VBN 1662 2951 170 in in IN 1662 2951 171 August August NNP 1662 2951 172 1992 1992 CD 1662 2951 173 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 174 Exchange exchange NN 1662 2951 175 rates rate NNS 1662 2951 176 : : : 1662 2951 177 krooni krooni NNP 1662 2951 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 179 EEK EEK NNP 1662 2951 180 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 181 per per IN 1662 2951 182 US$ us$ $ 1662 2951 183 1 1 CD 1662 2951 184 - - SYM 1662 2951 185 12.6 12.6 CD 1662 2951 186 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 187 January January NNP 1662 2951 188 1997 1997 CD 1662 2951 189 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 190 , , , 1662 2951 191 12.410 12.410 CD 1662 2951 192 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 193 December December NNP 1662 2951 194 1996 1996 CD 1662 2951 195 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 196 , , , 1662 2951 197 12.034 12.034 CD 1662 2951 198 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 199 1996 1996 CD 1662 2951 200 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 201 , , , 1662 2951 202 11.465 11.465 CD 1662 2951 203 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 204 1995 1995 CD 1662 2951 205 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 206 , , , 1662 2951 207 12.991 12.991 CD 1662 2951 208 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 209 1994 1994 CD 1662 2951 210 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 211 , , , 1662 2951 212 13.223 13.223 CD 1662 2951 213 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 214 1993 1993 CD 1662 2951 215 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2951 216 ; ; : 1662 2951 217 note note NN 1662 2951 218 - - HYPH 1662 2951 219 krooni krooni NNP 1662 2951 220 are be VBP 1662 2951 221 tied tie VBN 1662 2951 222 to to IN 1662 2951 223 the the DT 1662 2951 224 German german JJ 1662 2951 225 deutsche deutsche NN 1662 2951 226 mark mark NN 1662 2951 227 at at IN 1662 2951 228 a a DT 1662 2951 229 fixed fix VBN 1662 2951 230 rate rate NN 1662 2951 231 of of IN 1662 2951 232 8 8 CD 1662 2951 233 to to TO 1662 2951 234 1 1 CD 1662 2951 235 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2951 236 year year NN 1662 2951 237 : : : 1662 2951 238 calendar calendar NNP 1662 2951 239 year year NNP 1662 2951 240 @Estonia @Estonia NNP 1662 2951 241 : : : 1662 2951 242 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 2951 243 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 2951 244 : : : 1662 2951 245 400,000 400,000 CD 1662 2951 246 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2951 247 1994 1994 CD 1662 2951 248 est est NNP 1662 2951 249 . . . 1662 2951 250 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2952 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2952 2 system system NN 1662 2952 3 : : : 1662 2952 4 system system NN 1662 2952 5 is be VBZ 1662 2952 6 antiquated antiquated JJ 1662 2952 7 ; ; : 1662 2952 8 improvements improvement NNS 1662 2952 9 are be VBP 1662 2952 10 being be VBG 1662 2952 11 made make VBN 1662 2952 12 piecemeal piecemeal RB 1662 2952 13 , , , 1662 2952 14 with with IN 1662 2952 15 emphasis emphasis NN 1662 2952 16 on on IN 1662 2952 17 business business NN 1662 2952 18 needs need NNS 1662 2952 19 and and CC 1662 2952 20 international international JJ 1662 2952 21 connections connection NNS 1662 2952 22 ; ; : 1662 2952 23 there there EX 1662 2952 24 are be VBP 1662 2952 25 still still RB 1662 2952 26 about about IN 1662 2952 27 150,000 150,000 CD 1662 2952 28 unfulfilled unfulfilled JJ 1662 2952 29 requests request NNS 1662 2952 30 for for IN 1662 2952 31 subscriber subscriber NN 1662 2952 32 service service NN 1662 2952 33 domestic domestic NN 1662 2952 34 : : : 1662 2952 35 substantial substantial JJ 1662 2952 36 investment investment NN 1662 2952 37 has have VBZ 1662 2952 38 been be VBN 1662 2952 39 made make VBN 1662 2952 40 in in IN 1662 2952 41 cellular cellular JJ 1662 2952 42 systems system NNS 1662 2952 43 which which WDT 1662 2952 44 are be VBP 1662 2952 45 operational operational JJ 1662 2952 46 throughout throughout IN 1662 2952 47 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2952 48 international international JJ 1662 2952 49 : : : 1662 2952 50 international international JJ 1662 2952 51 traffic traffic NN 1662 2952 52 is be VBZ 1662 2952 53 carried carry VBN 1662 2952 54 to to IN 1662 2952 55 the the DT 1662 2952 56 other other JJ 1662 2952 57 former former JJ 1662 2952 58 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 2952 59 republics republic NNS 1662 2952 60 by by IN 1662 2952 61 landline landline NN 1662 2952 62 or or CC 1662 2952 63 microwave microwave NN 1662 2952 64 radio radio NN 1662 2952 65 relay relay NN 1662 2952 66 and and CC 1662 2952 67 to to IN 1662 2952 68 other other JJ 1662 2952 69 countries country NNS 1662 2952 70 partly partly RB 1662 2952 71 by by IN 1662 2952 72 leased lease VBN 1662 2952 73 connection connection NN 1662 2952 74 to to IN 1662 2952 75 the the DT 1662 2952 76 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 2952 77 international international JJ 1662 2952 78 gateway gateway NN 1662 2952 79 switch switch NN 1662 2952 80 and and CC 1662 2952 81 partly partly RB 1662 2952 82 by by IN 1662 2952 83 a a DT 1662 2952 84 new new JJ 1662 2952 85 Tallinn Tallinn NNP 1662 2952 86 - - HYPH 1662 2952 87 Helsinki Helsinki NNP 1662 2952 88 fiber fiber NN 1662 2952 89 - - HYPH 1662 2952 90 optic optic NN 1662 2952 91 , , , 1662 2952 92 submarine submarine NN 1662 2952 93 cable cable NN 1662 2952 94 which which WDT 1662 2952 95 gives give VBZ 1662 2952 96 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2952 97 access access NN 1662 2952 98 to to IN 1662 2952 99 international international JJ 1662 2952 100 circuits circuit NNS 1662 2952 101 everywhere everywhere RB 1662 2952 102 ; ; : 1662 2952 103 access access VB 1662 2952 104 to to IN 1662 2952 105 the the DT 1662 2952 106 international international JJ 1662 2952 107 packet packet NN 1662 2952 108 - - HYPH 1662 2952 109 switched switch VBN 1662 2952 110 digital digital JJ 1662 2952 111 network network NN 1662 2952 112 via via IN 1662 2952 113 Helsinki Helsinki NNP 1662 2952 114 Radio Radio NNP 1662 2952 115 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2952 116 stations station NNS 1662 2952 117 : : : 1662 2952 118 3 3 CD 1662 2952 119 commercial commercial JJ 1662 2952 120 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2952 121 stations station NNS 1662 2952 122 , , , 1662 2952 123 1 1 CD 1662 2952 124 government government NN 1662 2952 125 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2952 126 station station NN 1662 2952 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2952 128 1994 1994 CD 1662 2952 129 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2952 130 Radios radio NNS 1662 2952 131 : : : 1662 2952 132 710,000 710,000 CD 1662 2952 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2952 134 1992 1992 CD 1662 2952 135 est est NNP 1662 2952 136 . . . 1662 2952 137 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2953 1 Television television NN 1662 2953 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2953 3 stations station NNS 1662 2953 4 : : : 1662 2953 5 4 4 CD 1662 2953 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2953 7 1993 1993 CD 1662 2953 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2953 9 note note NN 1662 2953 10 : : : 1662 2953 11 provide provide VB 1662 2953 12 Estonian estonian JJ 1662 2953 13 programs program NNS 1662 2953 14 as as RB 1662 2953 15 well well RB 1662 2953 16 as as IN 1662 2953 17 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 2953 18 Ostenkino Ostenkino NNP 1662 2953 19 's 's POS 1662 2953 20 first first JJ 1662 2953 21 and and CC 1662 2953 22 second second JJ 1662 2953 23 programs program NNS 1662 2953 24 Televisions television NNS 1662 2953 25 : : : 1662 2953 26 600,000 600,000 CD 1662 2953 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2953 28 1993 1993 CD 1662 2953 29 est est NNP 1662 2953 30 . . . 1662 2953 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2954 1 @Estonia @estonia LS 1662 2954 2 : : : 1662 2954 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2954 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2954 5 : : : 1662 2954 6 total total NN 1662 2954 7 : : : 1662 2954 8 1,018 1,018 CD 1662 2954 9 km km NN 1662 2954 10 common common JJ 1662 2954 11 carrier carrier NN 1662 2954 12 lines line NNS 1662 2954 13 only only RB 1662 2954 14 ; ; : 1662 2954 15 does do VBZ 1662 2954 16 not not RB 1662 2954 17 include include VB 1662 2954 18 dedicated dedicated JJ 1662 2954 19 industrial industrial JJ 1662 2954 20 lines line NNS 1662 2954 21 broad broad JJ 1662 2954 22 gauge gauge NN 1662 2954 23 : : : 1662 2954 24 1,018 1,018 CD 1662 2954 25 km km NNP 1662 2954 26 1.520-m 1.520-m NN 1662 2954 27 gauge gauge NN 1662 2954 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2954 29 132 132 CD 1662 2954 30 km km NNS 1662 2954 31 electrified electrify VBN 1662 2954 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2954 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2954 34 1995 1995 CD 1662 2954 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2954 36 Highways highway NNS 1662 2954 37 : : : 1662 2954 38 total total NN 1662 2954 39 : : : 1662 2954 40 14,992 14,992 CD 1662 2954 41 km km NN 1662 2954 42 paved pave VBN 1662 2954 43 : : : 1662 2954 44 8,096 8,096 CD 1662 2954 45 km km NNP 1662 2954 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2954 47 including include VBG 1662 2954 48 65 65 CD 1662 2954 49 km km NNS 1662 2954 50 of of IN 1662 2954 51 expressways expressway NNS 1662 2954 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2954 53 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2954 54 : : : 1662 2954 55 6,896 6,896 CD 1662 2954 56 km km NNS 1662 2954 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2954 58 1995 1995 CD 1662 2954 59 est est NNP 1662 2954 60 . . . 1662 2954 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2955 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 2955 2 : : : 1662 2955 3 500 500 CD 1662 2955 4 km km NNS 1662 2955 5 perennially perennially RB 1662 2955 6 navigable navigable JJ 1662 2955 7 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 2955 8 : : : 1662 2955 9 natural natural JJ 1662 2955 10 gas gas NN 1662 2955 11 420 420 CD 1662 2955 12 km km NNS 1662 2955 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2955 14 1992 1992 CD 1662 2955 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2955 16 Ports port NNS 1662 2955 17 and and CC 1662 2955 18 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2955 19 : : : 1662 2955 20 Haapsalu Haapsalu NNP 1662 2955 21 , , , 1662 2955 22 Narva Narva NNP 1662 2955 23 , , , 1662 2955 24 Paldiski Paldiski NNP 1662 2955 25 , , , 1662 2955 26 Parnu Parnu NNP 1662 2955 27 , , , 1662 2955 28 Tallinn Tallinn NNP 1662 2955 29 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2955 30 marine marine NN 1662 2955 31 : : : 1662 2955 32 total total NN 1662 2955 33 : : : 1662 2955 34 55 55 CD 1662 2955 35 ships ship NNS 1662 2955 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2955 37 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2955 38 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2955 39 or or CC 1662 2955 40 over over RB 1662 2955 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2955 42 totaling total VBG 1662 2955 43 364,492 364,492 CD 1662 2955 44 GRT/478,441 GRT/478,441 NNP 1662 2955 45 DWT DWT NNP 1662 2955 46 ships ship NNS 1662 2955 47 by by IN 1662 2955 48 type type NN 1662 2955 49 : : : 1662 2955 50 bulk bulk NNP 1662 2955 51 7 7 CD 1662 2955 52 , , , 1662 2955 53 cargo cargo NN 1662 2955 54 31 31 CD 1662 2955 55 , , , 1662 2955 56 container container NN 1662 2955 57 4 4 CD 1662 2955 58 , , , 1662 2955 59 oil oil NN 1662 2955 60 tanker tanker NN 1662 2955 61 3 3 CD 1662 2955 62 , , , 1662 2955 63 roll roll NN 1662 2955 64 - - HYPH 1662 2955 65 on on IN 1662 2955 66 / / SYM 1662 2955 67 roll roll NN 1662 2955 68 - - HYPH 1662 2955 69 off off RP 1662 2955 70 cargo cargo NN 1662 2955 71 6 6 CD 1662 2955 72 , , , 1662 2955 73 short short JJ 1662 2955 74 - - HYPH 1662 2955 75 sea sea NN 1662 2955 76 passenger passenger NN 1662 2955 77 4 4 CD 1662 2955 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2955 79 1996 1996 CD 1662 2955 80 est est NNP 1662 2955 81 . . . 1662 2955 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2956 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2956 2 : : : 1662 2956 3 22 22 CD 1662 2956 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2956 5 1994 1994 CD 1662 2956 6 est est NNP 1662 2956 7 . . . 1662 2956 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2957 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2957 2 - - , 1662 2957 3 with with IN 1662 2957 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2957 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2957 6 : : : 1662 2957 7 total total NN 1662 2957 8 : : : 1662 2957 9 10 10 CD 1662 2957 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2957 11 to to TO 1662 2957 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2957 13 m m NN 1662 2957 14 : : : 1662 2957 15 7 7 CD 1662 2957 16 914 914 CD 1662 2957 17 to to TO 1662 2957 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2957 19 m m NN 1662 2957 20 : : : 1662 2957 21 3 3 CD 1662 2957 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2957 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 2957 24 est est NNP 1662 2957 25 . . . 1662 2957 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2958 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2958 2 - - , 1662 2958 3 with with IN 1662 2958 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2958 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2958 6 : : : 1662 2958 7 total total NN 1662 2958 8 : : : 1662 2958 9 12 12 CD 1662 2958 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2958 11 to to TO 1662 2958 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2958 13 m m NN 1662 2958 14 : : : 1662 2958 15 1 1 CD 1662 2958 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2958 17 to to TO 1662 2958 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2958 19 m m NN 1662 2958 20 : : : 1662 2958 21 2 2 CD 1662 2958 22 914 914 CD 1662 2958 23 to to TO 1662 2958 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2958 25 m m NN 1662 2958 26 : : : 1662 2958 27 4 4 CD 1662 2958 28 under under IN 1662 2958 29 914 914 CD 1662 2958 30 m m NN 1662 2958 31 : : : 1662 2958 32 5 5 CD 1662 2958 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2958 34 1994 1994 CD 1662 2958 35 est est NNP 1662 2958 36 . . . 1662 2958 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2959 1 Military military JJ 1662 2959 2 Military military JJ 1662 2959 3 branches branch NNS 1662 2959 4 : : : 1662 2959 5 Ground Ground NNP 1662 2959 6 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 2959 7 , , , 1662 2959 8 Navy Navy NNP 1662 2959 9 / / SYM 1662 2959 10 Coast Coast NNP 1662 2959 11 Guard Guard NNP 1662 2959 12 , , , 1662 2959 13 Air Air NNP 1662 2959 14 and and CC 1662 2959 15 Air Air NNP 1662 2959 16 Defense Defense NNP 1662 2959 17 Force Force NNP 1662 2959 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2959 19 not not RB 1662 2959 20 officially officially RB 1662 2959 21 sanctioned sanction VBN 1662 2959 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2959 23 , , , 1662 2959 24 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2959 25 Border Border NNP 1662 2959 26 Guard Guard NNP 1662 2959 27 , , , 1662 2959 28 Volunteer Volunteer NNP 1662 2959 29 Defense Defense NNP 1662 2959 30 League League NNP 1662 2959 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2959 32 Kaitseliit Kaitseliit NNP 1662 2959 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2959 34 , , , 1662 2959 35 Security Security NNP 1662 2959 36 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 2959 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2959 38 internal internal JJ 1662 2959 39 and and CC 1662 2959 40 border border NN 1662 2959 41 troops troop NNS 1662 2959 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2959 43 Military military JJ 1662 2959 44 manpower manpower NN 1662 2959 45 - - HYPH 1662 2959 46 military military NN 1662 2959 47 age age NN 1662 2959 48 : : : 1662 2959 49 18 18 CD 1662 2959 50 years year NNS 1662 2959 51 of of IN 1662 2959 52 age age NN 1662 2959 53 Military military JJ 1662 2959 54 manpower manpower NN 1662 2959 55 - - HYPH 1662 2959 56 availability availability NN 1662 2959 57 : : : 1662 2959 58 males male NNS 1662 2959 59 age age NNP 1662 2959 60 15 15 CD 1662 2959 61 - - HYPH 1662 2959 62 49 49 CD 1662 2959 63 : : : 1662 2959 64 353,616 353,616 CD 1662 2959 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2959 66 1997 1997 CD 1662 2959 67 est est NNP 1662 2959 68 . . . 1662 2959 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2960 1 Military military JJ 1662 2960 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2960 3 - - HYPH 1662 2960 4 fit fit NN 1662 2960 5 for for IN 1662 2960 6 military military JJ 1662 2960 7 service service NN 1662 2960 8 : : : 1662 2960 9 males male NNS 1662 2960 10 : : : 1662 2960 11 277,489 277,489 CD 1662 2960 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2960 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2960 14 est est NNP 1662 2960 15 . . . 1662 2960 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2961 1 Military military JJ 1662 2961 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 2961 3 - - HYPH 1662 2961 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 2961 5 military military JJ 1662 2961 6 age age NN 1662 2961 7 annually annually RB 1662 2961 8 : : : 1662 2961 9 males male NNS 1662 2961 10 : : : 1662 2961 11 10,396 10,396 CD 1662 2961 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2961 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 2961 14 est est NNP 1662 2961 15 . . . 1662 2961 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2962 1 Military military JJ 1662 2962 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2962 3 - - HYPH 1662 2962 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 2962 5 figure figure NN 1662 2962 6 : : : 1662 2962 7 $ $ $ 1662 2962 8 35 35 CD 1662 2962 9 million million CD 1662 2962 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2962 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 2962 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2962 13 Military military JJ 1662 2962 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 2962 15 - - : 1662 2962 16 percent percent NN 1662 2962 17 of of IN 1662 2962 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 2962 19 : : : 1662 2962 20 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 2962 21 % % NN 1662 2962 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2962 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 2962 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2962 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 2962 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 2962 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 2962 28 - - : 1662 2962 29 international international RB 1662 2962 30 : : : 1662 2962 31 Estonian estonian JJ 1662 2962 32 and and CC 1662 2962 33 Russian russian JJ 1662 2962 34 negotiators negotiator NNS 1662 2962 35 reached reach VBD 1662 2962 36 a a DT 1662 2962 37 technical technical JJ 1662 2962 38 border border NN 1662 2962 39 agreement agreement NN 1662 2962 40 in in IN 1662 2962 41 December December NNP 1662 2962 42 1996 1996 CD 1662 2962 43 , , , 1662 2962 44 which which WDT 1662 2962 45 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2962 46 is be VBZ 1662 2962 47 prepared prepared JJ 1662 2962 48 to to TO 1662 2962 49 sign sign VB 1662 2962 50 and and CC 1662 2962 51 ratify ratify VB 1662 2962 52 in in IN 1662 2962 53 January January NNP 1662 2962 54 1997 1997 CD 1662 2962 55 ; ; : 1662 2962 56 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 2962 57 had have VBD 1662 2962 58 claimed claim VBN 1662 2962 59 over over IN 1662 2962 60 2,000 2,000 CD 1662 2962 61 sq sq IN 1662 2962 62 km km NNP 1662 2962 63 territory territory NN 1662 2962 64 in in IN 1662 2962 65 the the DT 1662 2962 66 Narva Narva NNP 1662 2962 67 and and CC 1662 2962 68 Pechory pechory JJ 1662 2962 69 regions region NNS 1662 2962 70 in in IN 1662 2962 71 Russia Russia NNP 1662 2962 72 - - HYPH 1662 2962 73 based base VBN 1662 2962 74 on on IN 1662 2962 75 boundary boundary JJ 1662 2962 76 established establish VBN 1662 2962 77 under under IN 1662 2962 78 the the DT 1662 2962 79 1920 1920 CD 1662 2962 80 Peace Peace NNP 1662 2962 81 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 2962 82 of of IN 1662 2962 83 Tartu Tartu NNP 1662 2962 84 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 2962 85 drugs drug VBZ 1662 2962 86 : : : 1662 2962 87 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 2962 88 point point NN 1662 2962 89 for for IN 1662 2962 90 opiates opiate NNS 1662 2962 91 and and CC 1662 2962 92 cannabis cannabi NNS 1662 2962 93 from from IN 1662 2962 94 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 2962 95 Asia Asia NNP 1662 2962 96 and and CC 1662 2962 97 the the DT 1662 2962 98 Caucasus Caucasus NNP 1662 2962 99 , , , 1662 2962 100 and and CC 1662 2962 101 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 2962 102 from from IN 1662 2962 103 Latin Latin NNP 1662 2962 104 America America NNP 1662 2962 105 to to IN 1662 2962 106 Western Western NNP 1662 2962 107 Europe Europe NNP 1662 2962 108 and and CC 1662 2962 109 Scandinavia Scandinavia NNP 1662 2962 110 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 111 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 112 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 113 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 114 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 115 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 116 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 117 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 118 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 119 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 120 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 121 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 122 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 123 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 124 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 125 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 126 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 127 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 128 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 129 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 130 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 131 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 132 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 133 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 134 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 135 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 136 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 137 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 138 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 139 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 140 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 141 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 142 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 143 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 144 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 145 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 146 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 147 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 148 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 149 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 150 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 151 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 152 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 153 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 154 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 155 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 156 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 157 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 158 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 159 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 160 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 161 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 162 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 163 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 164 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 165 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 166 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 167 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 168 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 169 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 170 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 171 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 172 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 173 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 174 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 175 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 176 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 177 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 178 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 179 _ _ NNP 1662 2962 180 ETHIOPIA ETHIOPIA NNP 1662 2962 181 Introduction Introduction NNP 1662 2962 182 Historical historical JJ 1662 2962 183 perspective perspective NN 1662 2962 184 : : : 1662 2962 185 on on IN 1662 2962 186 28 28 CD 1662 2962 187 May May NNP 1662 2962 188 1991 1991 CD 1662 2962 189 the the DT 1662 2962 190 Ethiopian Ethiopian NNP 1662 2962 191 People People NNPS 1662 2962 192 's 's POS 1662 2962 193 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 2962 194 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2962 195 Front Front NNP 1662 2962 196 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2962 197 EPRDF EPRDF NNP 1662 2962 198 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2962 199 toppled topple VBD 1662 2962 200 the the DT 1662 2962 201 authoritarian authoritarian JJ 1662 2962 202 government government NN 1662 2962 203 of of IN 1662 2962 204 MENGISTU MENGISTU NNP 1662 2962 205 Haile Haile NNP 1662 2962 206 - - HYPH 1662 2962 207 Mariam Mariam NNP 1662 2962 208 and and CC 1662 2962 209 took take VBD 1662 2962 210 control control NN 1662 2962 211 in in IN 1662 2962 212 Addis Addis NNP 1662 2962 213 Ababa Ababa NNP 1662 2962 214 ; ; : 1662 2962 215 a a DT 1662 2962 216 new new JJ 1662 2962 217 constitution constitution NN 1662 2962 218 was be VBD 1662 2962 219 promulgated promulgate VBN 1662 2962 220 in in IN 1662 2962 221 December December NNP 1662 2962 222 1994 1994 CD 1662 2962 223 and and CC 1662 2962 224 national national JJ 1662 2962 225 and and CC 1662 2962 226 regional regional JJ 1662 2962 227 popular popular JJ 1662 2962 228 elections election NNS 1662 2962 229 were be VBD 1662 2962 230 held hold VBN 1662 2962 231 in in IN 1662 2962 232 May May NNP 1662 2962 233 and and CC 1662 2962 234 June June NNP 1662 2962 235 1995 1995 CD 1662 2962 236 @Ethiopia @ethiopia NN 1662 2962 237 : : : 1662 2962 238 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2962 239 Location Location NNP 1662 2962 240 : : : 1662 2962 241 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 2962 242 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2962 243 , , , 1662 2962 244 west west NN 1662 2962 245 of of IN 1662 2962 246 Somalia Somalia NNP 1662 2962 247 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 2962 248 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 2962 249 : : : 1662 2962 250 8 8 CD 1662 2962 251 00 00 CD 1662 2962 252 N n CD 1662 2962 253 , , , 1662 2962 254 38 38 CD 1662 2962 255 00 00 CD 1662 2962 256 E e NN 1662 2962 257 Map Map NNP 1662 2962 258 references reference NNS 1662 2962 259 : : : 1662 2962 260 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2962 261 Area Area NNP 1662 2962 262 : : : 1662 2962 263 total total NN 1662 2962 264 : : : 1662 2962 265 1,127,127 1,127,127 CD 1662 2962 266 sq sq IN 1662 2962 267 km km NNP 1662 2962 268 land land NN 1662 2962 269 : : : 1662 2962 270 1,119,683 1,119,683 CD 1662 2962 271 sq sq IN 1662 2962 272 km km NNP 1662 2962 273 water water NN 1662 2962 274 : : : 1662 2962 275 7,444 7,444 CD 1662 2962 276 sq sq RB 1662 2962 277 km km NNP 1662 2962 278 Area Area NNP 1662 2962 279 - - HYPH 1662 2962 280 comparative comparative JJ 1662 2962 281 : : : 1662 2962 282 slightly slightly RB 1662 2962 283 less less JJR 1662 2962 284 than than IN 1662 2962 285 twice twice RB 1662 2962 286 the the DT 1662 2962 287 size size NN 1662 2962 288 of of IN 1662 2962 289 Texas Texas NNP 1662 2962 290 Land Land NNP 1662 2962 291 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 2962 292 : : : 1662 2962 293 total total NN 1662 2962 294 : : : 1662 2962 295 5,311 5,311 CD 1662 2962 296 km km NN 1662 2962 297 border border NN 1662 2962 298 countries country NNS 1662 2962 299 : : : 1662 2962 300 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 2962 301 337 337 CD 1662 2962 302 km km NN 1662 2962 303 , , , 1662 2962 304 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 2962 305 912 912 CD 1662 2962 306 km km NNS 1662 2962 307 , , , 1662 2962 308 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 2962 309 830 830 CD 1662 2962 310 km km NN 1662 2962 311 , , , 1662 2962 312 Somalia Somalia NNP 1662 2962 313 1,626 1,626 CD 1662 2962 314 km km NN 1662 2962 315 , , , 1662 2962 316 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 2962 317 1,606 1,606 CD 1662 2962 318 km km NN 1662 2962 319 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 2962 320 : : : 1662 2962 321 0 0 CD 1662 2962 322 km km NN 1662 2962 323 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2962 324 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 2962 325 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2962 326 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 2962 327 claims claim VBZ 1662 2962 328 : : : 1662 2962 329 none none NN 1662 2962 330 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2962 331 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 2962 332 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2962 333 Climate climate NN 1662 2962 334 : : : 1662 2962 335 tropical tropical JJ 1662 2962 336 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 2962 337 with with IN 1662 2962 338 wide wide JJ 1662 2962 339 topographic topographic NN 1662 2962 340 - - HYPH 1662 2962 341 induced induce VBN 1662 2962 342 variation variation NN 1662 2962 343 Terrain terrain NN 1662 2962 344 : : : 1662 2962 345 high high JJ 1662 2962 346 plateau plateau NN 1662 2962 347 with with IN 1662 2962 348 central central JJ 1662 2962 349 mountain mountain NN 1662 2962 350 range range NN 1662 2962 351 divided divide VBN 1662 2962 352 by by IN 1662 2962 353 Great Great NNP 1662 2962 354 Rift Rift NNP 1662 2962 355 Valley Valley NNP 1662 2962 356 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 2962 357 extremes extreme NNS 1662 2962 358 : : : 1662 2962 359 lowest low JJS 1662 2962 360 point point NN 1662 2962 361 : : : 1662 2962 362 Denakil Denakil NNP 1662 2962 363 -125 -125 NN 1662 2962 364 m m DT 1662 2962 365 highest high JJS 1662 2962 366 point point NN 1662 2962 367 : : : 1662 2962 368 Ras Ras NNP 1662 2962 369 Dashen Dashen NNP 1662 2962 370 Terara Terara NNP 1662 2962 371 4,620 4,620 CD 1662 2962 372 m m CD 1662 2962 373 Natural natural JJ 1662 2962 374 resources resource NNS 1662 2962 375 : : : 1662 2962 376 small small JJ 1662 2962 377 reserves reserve NNS 1662 2962 378 of of IN 1662 2962 379 gold gold NN 1662 2962 380 , , , 1662 2962 381 platinum platinum NN 1662 2962 382 , , , 1662 2962 383 copper copper NN 1662 2962 384 , , , 1662 2962 385 potash potash NN 1662 2962 386 Land Land NNP 1662 2962 387 use use NN 1662 2962 388 : : : 1662 2962 389 arable arable JJ 1662 2962 390 land land NN 1662 2962 391 : : : 1662 2962 392 12 12 CD 1662 2962 393 % % NN 1662 2962 394 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2962 395 crops crop NNS 1662 2962 396 : : : 1662 2962 397 1 1 CD 1662 2962 398 % % NN 1662 2962 399 permanent permanent JJ 1662 2962 400 pastures pasture NNS 1662 2962 401 : : : 1662 2962 402 40 40 CD 1662 2962 403 % % NN 1662 2962 404 forests forest NNS 1662 2962 405 and and CC 1662 2962 406 woodland woodland NN 1662 2962 407 : : : 1662 2962 408 25 25 CD 1662 2962 409 % % NN 1662 2962 410 other other JJ 1662 2962 411 : : : 1662 2962 412 22 22 CD 1662 2962 413 % % NN 1662 2962 414 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2962 415 1993 1993 CD 1662 2962 416 est est NNP 1662 2962 417 . . . 1662 2962 418 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2963 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 2963 2 land land NN 1662 2963 3 : : : 1662 2963 4 1,900 1,900 CD 1662 2963 5 sq sq NNP 1662 2963 6 km km NNP 1662 2963 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2963 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 2963 9 est est NNP 1662 2963 10 . . . 1662 2963 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2964 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 2964 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 2964 3 : : : 1662 2964 4 geologically geologically RB 1662 2964 5 active active JJ 1662 2964 6 Great Great NNP 1662 2964 7 Rift Rift NNP 1662 2964 8 Valley Valley NNP 1662 2964 9 susceptible susceptible JJ 1662 2964 10 to to IN 1662 2964 11 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 2964 12 , , , 1662 2964 13 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 2964 14 eruptions eruption NNS 1662 2964 15 ; ; , 1662 2964 16 frequent frequent JJ 1662 2964 17 droughts drought VBZ 1662 2964 18 Environment environment NN 1662 2964 19 - - HYPH 1662 2964 20 current current JJ 1662 2964 21 issues issue NNS 1662 2964 22 : : : 1662 2964 23 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 2964 24 ; ; : 1662 2964 25 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 2964 26 ; ; : 1662 2964 27 soil soil NN 1662 2964 28 erosion erosion NN 1662 2964 29 ; ; , 1662 2964 30 desertification desertification NN 1662 2964 31 Environment Environment NNP 1662 2964 32 - - HYPH 1662 2964 33 international international JJ 1662 2964 34 agreements agreement NNS 1662 2964 35 : : : 1662 2964 36 party party NN 1662 2964 37 to to TO 1662 2964 38 : : : 1662 2964 39 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 2964 40 , , , 1662 2964 41 Climate Climate NNP 1662 2964 42 Change Change NNP 1662 2964 43 , , , 1662 2964 44 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 2964 45 Species Species NNPS 1662 2964 46 , , , 1662 2964 47 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 2964 48 Layer Layer NNP 1662 2964 49 Protection Protection NNP 1662 2964 50 signed sign VBD 1662 2964 51 , , , 1662 2964 52 but but CC 1662 2964 53 not not RB 1662 2964 54 ratified ratified JJ 1662 2964 55 : : : 1662 2964 56 Desertification desertification NN 1662 2964 57 , , , 1662 2964 58 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 2964 59 Modification Modification NNP 1662 2964 60 , , , 1662 2964 61 Law Law NNP 1662 2964 62 of of IN 1662 2964 63 the the DT 1662 2964 64 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2964 65 , , , 1662 2964 66 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 2964 67 Test Test NNP 1662 2964 68 Ban Ban NNP 1662 2964 69 Geography Geography NNP 1662 2964 70 - - HYPH 1662 2964 71 note note NN 1662 2964 72 : : : 1662 2964 73 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 2964 74 - - HYPH 1662 2964 75 entire entire JJ 1662 2964 76 coastline coastline NN 1662 2964 77 along along IN 1662 2964 78 the the DT 1662 2964 79 Red Red NNP 1662 2964 80 Sea Sea NNP 1662 2964 81 was be VBD 1662 2964 82 lost lose VBN 1662 2964 83 with with IN 1662 2964 84 the the DT 1662 2964 85 de de FW 1662 2964 86 jure jure NN 1662 2964 87 independence independence NN 1662 2964 88 of of IN 1662 2964 89 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 2964 90 on on IN 1662 2964 91 27 27 CD 1662 2964 92 April April NNP 1662 2964 93 1993 1993 CD 1662 2964 94 @Ethiopia @ethiopia NN 1662 2964 95 : : : 1662 2964 96 People People NNP 1662 2964 97 Population Population NNP 1662 2964 98 : : : 1662 2964 99 58,732,577 58,732,577 CD 1662 2964 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2964 101 July July NNP 1662 2964 102 1997 1997 CD 1662 2964 103 est est NNP 1662 2964 104 . . . 1662 2964 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2965 1 Age age NN 1662 2965 2 structure structure NN 1662 2965 3 : : : 1662 2965 4 0 0 CD 1662 2965 5 - - HYPH 1662 2965 6 14 14 CD 1662 2965 7 years year NNS 1662 2965 8 : : : 1662 2965 9 46 46 CD 1662 2965 10 % % NN 1662 2965 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2965 12 male male JJ 1662 2965 13 13,492,323 13,492,323 CD 1662 2965 14 ; ; : 1662 2965 15 female female JJ 1662 2965 16 13,444,656 13,444,656 CD 1662 2965 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2965 18 15 15 CD 1662 2965 19 - - SYM 1662 2965 20 64 64 CD 1662 2965 21 years year NNS 1662 2965 22 : : : 1662 2965 23 51 51 CD 1662 2965 24 % % NN 1662 2965 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2965 26 male male JJ 1662 2965 27 15,167,806 15,167,806 CD 1662 2965 28 ; ; : 1662 2965 29 female female JJ 1662 2965 30 15,020,499 15,020,499 CD 1662 2965 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2965 32 65 65 CD 1662 2965 33 years year NNS 1662 2965 34 and and CC 1662 2965 35 over over IN 1662 2965 36 : : : 1662 2965 37 3 3 CD 1662 2965 38 % % NN 1662 2965 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2965 40 male male JJ 1662 2965 41 745,554 745,554 CD 1662 2965 42 ; ; : 1662 2965 43 female female JJ 1662 2965 44 861,739 861,739 CD 1662 2965 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2965 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2965 47 July July NNP 1662 2965 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 2965 49 est est NNP 1662 2965 50 . . . 1662 2965 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2966 1 Population population NN 1662 2966 2 growth growth NN 1662 2966 3 rate rate NN 1662 2966 4 : : : 1662 2966 5 2.67 2.67 CD 1662 2966 6 % % NN 1662 2966 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2966 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2966 9 est est NNP 1662 2966 10 . . . 1662 2966 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2967 1 Birth birth NN 1662 2967 2 rate rate NN 1662 2967 3 : : : 1662 2967 4 45.59 45.59 CD 1662 2967 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 2967 6 population population NN 1662 2967 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2967 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2967 9 est est NNP 1662 2967 10 . . . 1662 2967 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2968 1 Death death NN 1662 2968 2 rate rate NN 1662 2968 3 : : : 1662 2968 4 17.56 17.56 CD 1662 2968 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2968 6 population population NN 1662 2968 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2968 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 2968 9 est est NNP 1662 2968 10 . . . 1662 2968 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2969 1 Net net JJ 1662 2969 2 migration migration NN 1662 2969 3 rate rate NN 1662 2969 4 : : : 1662 2969 5 -1.32 -1.32 NFP 1662 2969 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 2969 7 population population NN 1662 2969 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2969 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 2969 10 est est NNP 1662 2969 11 . . . 1662 2969 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2970 1 note note NN 1662 2970 2 : : : 1662 2970 3 repatriation repatriation NN 1662 2970 4 of of IN 1662 2970 5 Ethiopians Ethiopians NNPS 1662 2970 6 who who WP 1662 2970 7 fled flee VBD 1662 2970 8 to to IN 1662 2970 9 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 2970 10 , , , 1662 2970 11 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 2970 12 and and CC 1662 2970 13 Somalia Somalia NNP 1662 2970 14 for for IN 1662 2970 15 refuge refuge NN 1662 2970 16 from from IN 1662 2970 17 war war NN 1662 2970 18 and and CC 1662 2970 19 famine famine NN 1662 2970 20 in in IN 1662 2970 21 earlier early JJR 1662 2970 22 years year NNS 1662 2970 23 , , , 1662 2970 24 is be VBZ 1662 2970 25 expected expect VBN 1662 2970 26 to to TO 1662 2970 27 continue continue VB 1662 2970 28 in in IN 1662 2970 29 1997 1997 CD 1662 2970 30 ; ; : 1662 2970 31 entry entry NN 1662 2970 32 into into IN 1662 2970 33 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2970 34 of of IN 1662 2970 35 Sudanese Sudanese NNP 1662 2970 36 and and CC 1662 2970 37 Somalis Somalis NNPS 1662 2970 38 fleeing flee VBG 1662 2970 39 the the DT 1662 2970 40 fighting fighting NN 1662 2970 41 in in IN 1662 2970 42 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 2970 43 own own JJ 1662 2970 44 countries country NNS 1662 2970 45 is be VBZ 1662 2970 46 also also RB 1662 2970 47 continuing continue VBG 1662 2970 48 in in IN 1662 2970 49 1997 1997 CD 1662 2970 50 Sex sex NN 1662 2970 51 ratio ratio NN 1662 2970 52 : : : 1662 2970 53 at at IN 1662 2970 54 birth birth NN 1662 2970 55 : : : 1662 2970 56 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 2970 57 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2970 58 under under IN 1662 2970 59 15 15 CD 1662 2970 60 years year NNS 1662 2970 61 : : : 1662 2970 62 1 1 CD 1662 2970 63 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2970 64 15 15 CD 1662 2970 65 - - HYPH 1662 2970 66 64 64 CD 1662 2970 67 years year NNS 1662 2970 68 : : : 1662 2970 69 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 2970 70 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2970 71 65 65 CD 1662 2970 72 years year NNS 1662 2970 73 and and CC 1662 2970 74 over over IN 1662 2970 75 : : : 1662 2970 76 0.86 0.86 CD 1662 2970 77 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 2970 78 total total JJ 1662 2970 79 population population NN 1662 2970 80 : : : 1662 2970 81 1 1 CD 1662 2970 82 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 2970 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2970 84 1997 1997 CD 1662 2970 85 est e JJS 1662 2970 86 . . . 1662 2970 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2971 1 Infant infant NN 1662 2971 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 2971 3 rate rate NN 1662 2971 4 : : : 1662 2971 5 121.5 121.5 CD 1662 2971 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 2971 7 live live JJ 1662 2971 8 births 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2973 12 est est NNP 1662 2973 13 . . . 1662 2973 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2974 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 2974 2 : : : 1662 2974 3 noun noun NNP 1662 2974 4 : : : 1662 2974 5 Ethiopian(s Ethiopian(s NNP 1662 2974 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2974 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 2974 8 : : : 1662 2974 9 Ethiopian ethiopian JJ 1662 2974 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2974 11 groups group NNS 1662 2974 12 : : : 1662 2974 13 Oromo Oromo NNP 1662 2974 14 40 40 CD 1662 2974 15 % % NN 1662 2974 16 , , , 1662 2974 17 Amhara Amhara NNP 1662 2974 18 and and CC 1662 2974 19 Tigrean Tigrean NNP 1662 2974 20 32 32 CD 1662 2974 21 % % NN 1662 2974 22 , , , 1662 2974 23 Sidamo Sidamo NNP 1662 2974 24 9 9 CD 1662 2974 25 % % NN 1662 2974 26 , , , 1662 2974 27 Shankella shankella NN 1662 2974 28 6 6 CD 1662 2974 29 % % NN 1662 2974 30 , , , 1662 2974 31 Somali Somali NNP 1662 2974 32 6 6 CD 1662 2974 33 % % NN 1662 2974 34 , , , 1662 2974 35 Afar afar NN 1662 2974 36 4 4 CD 1662 2974 37 % % NN 1662 2974 38 , , , 1662 2974 39 Gurage gurage NN 1662 2974 40 2 2 CD 1662 2974 41 % % NN 1662 2974 42 , , , 1662 2974 43 other other JJ 1662 2974 44 1 1 CD 1662 2974 45 % % NN 1662 2974 46 Religions religion NNS 1662 2974 47 : : : 1662 2974 48 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 2974 49 45%-50 45%-50 CD 1662 2974 50 % % NN 1662 2974 51 , , , 1662 2974 52 Ethiopian Ethiopian NNP 1662 2974 53 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 2974 54 35%-40 35%-40 CD 1662 2974 55 % % NN 1662 2974 56 , , , 1662 2974 57 animist animist NN 1662 2974 58 12 12 CD 1662 2974 59 % % NN 1662 2974 60 , , , 1662 2974 61 other other JJ 1662 2974 62 3%-8 3%-8 NNP 1662 2974 63 % % NN 1662 2974 64 Languages language NNS 1662 2974 65 : : : 1662 2974 66 Amharic Amharic NNP 1662 2974 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2974 68 official official NN 1662 2974 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2974 70 , , , 1662 2974 71 Tigrinya Tigrinya NNP 1662 2974 72 , , , 1662 2974 73 Orominga Orominga NNP 1662 2974 74 , , , 1662 2974 75 Guaraginga Guaraginga NNP 1662 2974 76 , , , 1662 2974 77 Somali Somali NNP 1662 2974 78 , , , 1662 2974 79 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 2974 80 , , , 1662 2974 81 English English NNP 1662 2974 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2974 83 major major JJ 1662 2974 84 foreign foreign JJ 1662 2974 85 language language NN 1662 2974 86 taught teach VBN 1662 2974 87 in in IN 1662 2974 88 schools school NNS 1662 2974 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2974 90 Literacy literacy NN 1662 2974 91 : : : 1662 2974 92 definition definition NN 1662 2974 93 : : : 1662 2974 94 age age NN 1662 2974 95 15 15 CD 1662 2974 96 and and CC 1662 2974 97 over over RB 1662 2974 98 can can MD 1662 2974 99 read read VB 1662 2974 100 and and CC 1662 2974 101 write write VB 1662 2974 102 total total JJ 1662 2974 103 population population NN 1662 2974 104 : : : 1662 2974 105 35.5 35.5 CD 1662 2974 106 % % NN 1662 2974 107 male male NN 1662 2974 108 : : : 1662 2974 109 45.5 45.5 CD 1662 2974 110 % % NN 1662 2974 111 female female NN 1662 2974 112 : : : 1662 2974 113 25.3 25.3 CD 1662 2974 114 % % NN 1662 2974 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2974 116 1995 1995 CD 1662 2974 117 est est NNP 1662 2974 118 . . . 1662 2974 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2975 1 @Ethiopia @ethiopia NN 1662 2975 2 : : : 1662 2975 3 Government Government NNP 1662 2975 4 Country Country NNP 1662 2975 5 name name NN 1662 2975 6 : : : 1662 2975 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2975 8 long long JJ 1662 2975 9 form form NN 1662 2975 10 : : : 1662 2975 11 Federal Federal NNP 1662 2975 12 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2975 13 Republic Republic NNP 1662 2975 14 of of IN 1662 2975 15 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2975 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 2975 17 short short JJ 1662 2975 18 form form NN 1662 2975 19 : : : 1662 2975 20 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2975 21 local local JJ 1662 2975 22 long long JJ 1662 2975 23 form form NN 1662 2975 24 : : : 1662 2975 25 YeItyop'iya YeItyop'iya NNP 1662 2975 26 Federalawi Federalawi NNP 1662 2975 27 Demokrasiyawi Demokrasiyawi NNP 1662 2975 28 Ripeblik Ripeblik NNP 1662 2975 29 local local JJ 1662 2975 30 short short JJ 1662 2975 31 form form NN 1662 2975 32 : : : 1662 2975 33 YeItyop'iya yeityop'iya NN 1662 2975 34 abbreviation abbreviation NN 1662 2975 35 : : : 1662 2975 36 FDRE FDRE NNP 1662 2975 37 Data Data NNP 1662 2975 38 code code NN 1662 2975 39 : : : 1662 2975 40 ET ET NNP 1662 2975 41 Government Government NNP 1662 2975 42 type type NN 1662 2975 43 : : : 1662 2975 44 federal federal NNP 1662 2975 45 republic republic NNP 1662 2975 46 National National NNP 1662 2975 47 capital capital NN 1662 2975 48 : : : 1662 2975 49 Addis Addis NNP 1662 2975 50 Ababa Ababa NNP 1662 2975 51 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 2975 52 divisions division NNS 1662 2975 53 : : : 1662 2975 54 9 9 CD 1662 2975 55 ethnically ethnically RB 1662 2975 56 - - HYPH 1662 2975 57 based base VBN 1662 2975 58 administrative administrative JJ 1662 2975 59 regions region NNS 1662 2975 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2975 61 astedader astedader NNP 1662 2975 62 akababiwach akababiwach NNP 1662 2975 63 , , , 1662 2975 64 singular singular NNP 1662 2975 65 - - HYPH 1662 2975 66 astedader astedader NN 1662 2975 67 akababi akababi NNP 1662 2975 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2975 69 and and CC 1662 2975 70 1 1 CD 1662 2975 71 federal federal JJ 1662 2975 72 capital capital NN 1662 2975 73 * * NFP 1662 2975 74 : : : 1662 2975 75 Addis Addis NNP 1662 2975 76 Ababa Ababa NNP 1662 2975 77 * * NFP 1662 2975 78 ; ; : 1662 2975 79 Afar afar RB 1662 2975 80 ; ; : 1662 2975 81 Amhara Amhara NNP 1662 2975 82 ; ; : 1662 2975 83 Benshangul Benshangul NNP 1662 2975 84 / / SYM 1662 2975 85 Gumaz Gumaz NNP 1662 2975 86 ; ; : 1662 2975 87 Gambela Gambela NNP 1662 2975 88 ; ; : 1662 2975 89 Harar Harar NNP 1662 2975 90 ; ; : 1662 2975 91 Oromia oromia NN 1662 2975 92 ; ; : 1662 2975 93 Somali somali JJ 1662 2975 94 ; ; : 1662 2975 95 Southern Southern NNP 1662 2975 96 Nations Nations NNPS 1662 2975 97 , , , 1662 2975 98 Nationalities Nationalities NNPS 1662 2975 99 and and CC 1662 2975 100 Peoples Peoples NNPS 1662 2975 101 ; ; : 1662 2975 102 Tigray Tigray NNP 1662 2975 103 Independence Independence NNP 1662 2975 104 : : : 1662 2975 105 oldest old JJS 1662 2975 106 independent independent JJ 1662 2975 107 country country NN 1662 2975 108 in in IN 1662 2975 109 Africa Africa NNP 1662 2975 110 and and CC 1662 2975 111 one one CD 1662 2975 112 of of IN 1662 2975 113 the the DT 1662 2975 114 oldest old JJS 1662 2975 115 in in IN 1662 2975 116 the the DT 1662 2975 117 world world NN 1662 2975 118 - - , 1662 2975 119 at at RB 1662 2975 120 least least RBS 1662 2975 121 2,000 2,000 CD 1662 2975 122 years year NNS 1662 2975 123 National national JJ 1662 2975 124 holiday holiday NN 1662 2975 125 : : : 1662 2975 126 National National NNP 1662 2975 127 Day Day NNP 1662 2975 128 , , , 1662 2975 129 28 28 CD 1662 2975 130 May May NNP 1662 2975 131 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2975 132 1991 1991 CD 1662 2975 133 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2975 134 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2975 135 defeat defeat NN 1662 2975 136 of of IN 1662 2975 137 Mengistu Mengistu NNP 1662 2975 138 regime regime NN 1662 2975 139 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2975 140 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 2975 141 : : : 1662 2975 142 new new JJ 1662 2975 143 constitution constitution NN 1662 2975 144 promulgated promulgate VBN 1662 2975 145 in in IN 1662 2975 146 December December NNP 1662 2975 147 1994 1994 CD 1662 2975 148 Legal legal JJ 1662 2975 149 system system NN 1662 2975 150 : : : 1662 2975 151 NA NA NNP 1662 2975 152 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 2975 153 : : : 1662 2975 154 18 18 CD 1662 2975 155 years year NNS 1662 2975 156 of of IN 1662 2975 157 age age NN 1662 2975 158 ; ; : 1662 2975 159 universal universal JJ 1662 2975 160 Executive Executive NNP 1662 2975 161 branch branch NN 1662 2975 162 : : : 1662 2975 163 chief chief NN 1662 2975 164 of of IN 1662 2975 165 state state NN 1662 2975 166 : : : 1662 2975 167 President President NNP 1662 2975 168 NEGASSO NEGASSO NNP 1662 2975 169 Gidada Gidada NNP 1662 2975 170 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2975 171 since since IN 1662 2975 172 22 22 CD 1662 2975 173 August August NNP 1662 2975 174 1995 1995 CD 1662 2975 175 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2975 176 head head NN 1662 2975 177 of of IN 1662 2975 178 government government NN 1662 2975 179 : : : 1662 2975 180 Prime Prime NNP 1662 2975 181 Minister Minister NNP 1662 2975 182 MELES MELES NNP 1662 2975 183 Zenawi Zenawi NNP 1662 2975 184 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2975 185 since since IN 1662 2975 186 NA NA NNP 1662 2975 187 August August NNP 1662 2975 188 1995 1995 CD 1662 2975 189 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2975 190 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 2975 191 : : : 1662 2975 192 Council Council NNP 1662 2975 193 of of IN 1662 2975 194 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 2975 195 as as IN 1662 2975 196 provided provide VBN 1662 2975 197 in in IN 1662 2975 198 the the DT 1662 2975 199 December December NNP 1662 2975 200 1994 1994 CD 1662 2975 201 constitution constitution NN 1662 2975 202 ; ; : 1662 2975 203 ministers minister NNS 1662 2975 204 are be VBP 1662 2975 205 selected select VBN 1662 2975 206 by by IN 1662 2975 207 the the DT 1662 2975 208 prime prime JJ 1662 2975 209 minister minister NN 1662 2975 210 and and CC 1662 2975 211 approved approve VBN 1662 2975 212 by by IN 1662 2975 213 the the DT 1662 2975 214 Council Council NNP 1662 2975 215 of of IN 1662 2975 216 People People NNPS 1662 2975 217 's 's POS 1662 2975 218 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 2975 219 elections election NNS 1662 2975 220 : : : 1662 2975 221 president president NN 1662 2975 222 elected elect VBN 1662 2975 223 by by IN 1662 2975 224 the the DT 1662 2975 225 Council Council NNP 1662 2975 226 of of IN 1662 2975 227 People People NNPS 1662 2975 228 's 's POS 1662 2975 229 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 2975 230 for for IN 1662 2975 231 a a DT 1662 2975 232 six six CD 1662 2975 233 - - HYPH 1662 2975 234 year year NN 1662 2975 235 term term NN 1662 2975 236 ; ; : 1662 2975 237 election election NN 1662 2975 238 last last JJ 1662 2975 239 held hold VBN 1662 2975 240 June June NNP 1662 2975 241 1995 1995 CD 1662 2975 242 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2975 243 next next JJ 1662 2975 244 to to TO 1662 2975 245 be be VB 1662 2975 246 held hold VBN 1662 2975 247 NA NA NNP 1662 2975 248 2001 2001 CD 1662 2975 249 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2975 250 ; ; : 1662 2975 251 prime prime NNP 1662 2975 252 minister minister NN 1662 2975 253 designated designate VBN 1662 2975 254 by by IN 1662 2975 255 the the DT 1662 2975 256 party party NN 1662 2975 257 in in IN 1662 2975 258 power power NN 1662 2975 259 following follow VBG 1662 2975 260 legislative legislative JJ 1662 2975 261 elections election NNS 1662 2975 262 election election NN 1662 2975 263 results result NNS 1662 2975 264 : : : 1662 2975 265 NEGASSO NEGASSO NNP 1662 2975 266 Gidada Gidada NNP 1662 2975 267 elected elect VBD 1662 2975 268 president president NN 1662 2975 269 ; ; , 1662 2975 270 percent percent NN 1662 2975 271 of of IN 1662 2975 272 vote vote NN 1662 2975 273 by by IN 1662 2975 274 the the DT 1662 2975 275 Council Council NNP 1662 2975 276 of of IN 1662 2975 277 People People NNPS 1662 2975 278 's 's POS 1662 2975 279 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 2975 280 - - HYPH 1662 2975 281 NA NA NNP 1662 2975 282 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 2975 283 branch branch NN 1662 2975 284 : : : 1662 2975 285 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 2975 286 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 2975 287 consists consist VBZ 1662 2975 288 of of IN 1662 2975 289 the the DT 1662 2975 290 Council Council NNP 1662 2975 291 of of IN 1662 2975 292 the the DT 1662 2975 293 Federation Federation NNP 1662 2975 294 or or CC 1662 2975 295 upper upper JJ 1662 2975 296 chamber chamber NN 1662 2975 297 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2975 298 117 117 CD 1662 2975 299 seats seat NNS 1662 2975 300 ; ; : 1662 2975 301 members member NNS 1662 2975 302 are be VBP 1662 2975 303 chosen choose VBN 1662 2975 304 by by IN 1662 2975 305 state state NN 1662 2975 306 assemblies assembly NNS 1662 2975 307 to to TO 1662 2975 308 serve serve VB 1662 2975 309 five five CD 1662 2975 310 - - HYPH 1662 2975 311 year year NN 1662 2975 312 terms term 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note note VB 1662 2975 349 - - : 1662 2975 350 the the DT 1662 2975 351 upper upper JJ 1662 2975 352 chamber chamber NN 1662 2975 353 represents represent VBZ 1662 2975 354 the the DT 1662 2975 355 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2975 356 interests interest NNS 1662 2975 357 of of IN 1662 2975 358 the the DT 1662 2975 359 regional regional JJ 1662 2975 360 governments government NNS 1662 2975 361 elections election NNS 1662 2975 362 : : : 1662 2975 363 regional regional JJ 1662 2975 364 and and CC 1662 2975 365 national national JJ 1662 2975 366 popular popular JJ 1662 2975 367 elections election NNS 1662 2975 368 were be VBD 1662 2975 369 held hold VBN 1662 2975 370 in in IN 1662 2975 371 May May NNP 1662 2975 372 and and CC 1662 2975 373 June June NNP 1662 2975 374 1995 1995 CD 1662 2975 375 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2975 376 next next JJ 1662 2975 377 to to TO 1662 2975 378 be be VB 1662 2975 379 held hold VBN 1662 2975 380 NA NA NNP 1662 2975 381 2000 2000 CD 1662 2975 382 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2975 383 and 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1662 2975 419 Court Court NNP 1662 2975 420 , , , 1662 2975 421 judges judge NNS 1662 2975 422 are be VBP 1662 2975 423 elected elect VBN 1662 2975 424 by by IN 1662 2975 425 the the DT 1662 2975 426 national national JJ 1662 2975 427 legislature legislature NN 1662 2975 428 Political political JJ 1662 2975 429 parties party NNS 1662 2975 430 and and CC 1662 2975 431 leaders leader NNS 1662 2975 432 : : : 1662 2975 433 Ethiopian Ethiopian NNP 1662 2975 434 People People NNPS 1662 2975 435 's 's POS 1662 2975 436 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 2975 437 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2975 438 Front Front NNP 1662 2975 439 or or CC 1662 2975 440 EPRDF EPRDF NNP 1662 2975 441 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2975 442 MELES MELES NNP 1662 2975 443 Zenawi zenawi NN 1662 2975 444 ] ] -RRB- 1662 2975 445 Political political JJ 1662 2975 446 pressure pressure NN 1662 2975 447 groups group NNS 1662 2975 448 and and CC 1662 2975 449 leaders leader NNS 1662 2975 450 : : : 1662 2975 451 Oromo Oromo NNP 1662 2975 452 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 2975 453 Front Front NNP 1662 2975 454 or or CC 1662 2975 455 OLF olf NN 1662 2975 456 ; ; : 1662 2975 457 All all DT 1662 2975 458 Amhara Amhara NNP 1662 2975 459 People People NNPS 1662 2975 460 's 's POS 1662 2975 461 Organization Organization NNP 1662 2975 462 ; ; : 1662 2975 463 Southern Southern NNP 1662 2975 464 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2975 465 People People NNPS 1662 2975 466 's 's POS 1662 2975 467 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 2975 468 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 2975 469 ; ; : 1662 2975 470 numerous numerous JJ 1662 2975 471 small small JJ 1662 2975 472 , , , 1662 2975 473 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 2975 474 - - HYPH 1662 2975 475 based base VBN 1662 2975 476 groups group NNS 1662 2975 477 have have VBP 1662 2975 478 formed form VBN 1662 2975 479 since since IN 1662 2975 480 MENGISTU MENGISTU NNP 1662 2975 481 'S 's POS 1662 2975 482 resignation resignation NN 1662 2975 483 , , , 1662 2975 484 including include VBG 1662 2975 485 several several JJ 1662 2975 486 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 2975 487 militant militant JJ 1662 2975 488 groups group NNS 1662 2975 489 International International NNP 1662 2975 490 organization organization NN 1662 2975 491 participation participation NN 1662 2975 492 : : : 1662 2975 493 ACP ACP NNP 1662 2975 494 , , , 1662 2975 495 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 2975 496 , , , 1662 2975 497 CCC CCC NNP 1662 2975 498 , , , 1662 2975 499 ECA ECA NNP 1662 2975 500 , , , 1662 2975 501 FAO FAO NNP 1662 2975 502 , , , 1662 2975 503 G-24 g-24 CD 1662 2975 504 , , , 1662 2975 505 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 2975 506 , , , 1662 2975 507 IAEA iaea NN 1662 2975 508 , , , 1662 2975 509 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 2975 510 , , , 1662 2975 511 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 2975 512 , , , 1662 2975 513 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 2975 514 , , , 1662 2975 515 IDA IDA NNP 1662 2975 516 , , , 1662 2975 517 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 2975 518 , , , 1662 2975 519 IFC IFC NNP 1662 2975 520 , , , 1662 2975 521 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 2975 522 , , , 1662 2975 523 IGADD IGADD NNP 1662 2975 524 , , , 1662 2975 525 ILO ILO NNP 1662 2975 526 , , , 1662 2975 527 IMF IMF NNP 1662 2975 528 , , , 1662 2975 529 IMO imo RB 1662 2975 530 , , , 1662 2975 531 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2975 532 , , , 1662 2975 533 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 2975 534 , , , 1662 2975 535 IOC IOC NNP 1662 2975 536 , , , 1662 2975 537 ISO ISO NNP 1662 2975 538 , , , 1662 2975 539 ITU ITU NNP 1662 2975 540 , , , 1662 2975 541 NAM NAM NNP 1662 2975 542 , , , 1662 2975 543 OAU OAU NNP 1662 2975 544 , , , 1662 2975 545 UN UN NNP 1662 2975 546 , , , 1662 2975 547 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 2975 548 , , , 1662 2975 549 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 2975 550 , , , 1662 2975 551 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 2975 552 , , , 1662 2975 553 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 2975 554 , , , 1662 2975 555 UNU UNU NNP 1662 2975 556 , , , 1662 2975 557 UPU UPU NNP 1662 2975 558 , , , 1662 2975 559 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 2975 560 , , , 1662 2975 561 WHO who WP 1662 2975 562 , , , 1662 2975 563 WMO WMO NNP 1662 2975 564 , , , 1662 2975 565 WToO wtoo FW 1662 2975 566 , , , 1662 2975 567 WTrO wtro VB 1662 2975 568 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2975 569 observer observer NN 1662 2975 570 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2975 571 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 2975 572 representation representation NN 1662 2975 573 in in IN 1662 2975 574 the the DT 1662 2975 575 US US NNP 1662 2975 576 : : : 1662 2975 577 chief chief NN 1662 2975 578 of of IN 1662 2975 579 mission mission NN 1662 2975 580 : : : 1662 2975 581 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 2975 582 BERHANE BERHANE NNP 1662 2975 583 Gebre Gebre NNP 1662 2975 584 - - HYPH 1662 2975 585 Christos Christos NNP 1662 2975 586 chancery chancery NN 1662 2975 587 : : : 1662 2975 588 2134 2134 CD 1662 2975 589 Kalorama Kalorama NNP 1662 2975 590 Road Road NNP 1662 2975 591 NW NW NNP 1662 2975 592 , , , 1662 2975 593 Washington Washington NNP 1662 2975 594 , , , 1662 2975 595 DC DC NNP 1662 2975 596 20008 20008 CD 1662 2975 597 telephone telephone NN 1662 2975 598 : : : 1662 2975 599 [ [ -LRB- 1662 2975 600 1 1 CD 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NNP 1662 2989 38 , , , 1662 2989 39 1995 1995 CD 1662 2989 40 est est NNP 1662 2989 41 . . . 1662 2989 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2990 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2990 2 : : : 1662 2990 3 coffee coffee NN 1662 2990 4 , , , 1662 2990 5 leather leather NN 1662 2990 6 products product NNS 1662 2990 7 , , , 1662 2990 8 gold gold NN 1662 2990 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2990 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 2990 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2990 12 partners partner NNS 1662 2990 13 : : : 1662 2990 14 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2990 15 18 18 CD 1662 2990 16 % % NN 1662 2990 17 , , , 1662 2990 18 Japan Japan NNP 1662 2990 19 13 13 CD 1662 2990 20 % % NN 1662 2990 21 , , , 1662 2990 22 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 2990 23 10 10 CD 1662 2990 24 % % NN 1662 2990 25 , , , 1662 2990 26 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 2990 27 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 2990 28 8 8 CD 1662 2990 29 % % NN 1662 2990 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2990 31 1993 1993 CD 1662 2990 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2990 33 Imports import NNS 1662 2990 34 : : : 1662 2990 35 total total JJ 1662 2990 36 value value NN 1662 2990 37 : : : 1662 2990 38 $ $ $ 1662 2990 39 1.15 1.15 CD 1662 2990 40 billion billion CD 1662 2990 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2990 42 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 2990 43 . . NNP 1662 2990 44 , , , 1662 2990 45 1995 1995 CD 1662 2990 46 est est NNP 1662 2990 47 . . . 1662 2990 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2991 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 2991 2 : : : 1662 2991 3 food food NN 1662 2991 4 and and CC 1662 2991 5 live live JJ 1662 2991 6 animals animal NNS 1662 2991 7 , , , 1662 2991 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2991 9 and and CC 1662 2991 10 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 2991 11 products product NNS 1662 2991 12 , , , 1662 2991 13 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 2991 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2991 15 1995 1995 CD 1662 2991 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2991 17 partners partner NNS 1662 2991 18 : : : 1662 2991 19 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 2991 20 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 2991 21 13.3 13.3 CD 1662 2991 22 % % NN 1662 2991 23 , , , 1662 2991 24 Italy Italy NNP 1662 2991 25 11.6 11.6 CD 1662 2991 26 % % NN 1662 2991 27 , , , 1662 2991 28 US US NNP 1662 2991 29 10.2 10.2 CD 1662 2991 30 % % NN 1662 2991 31 , , , 1662 2991 32 Germany Germany NNP 1662 2991 33 9.1 9.1 CD 1662 2991 34 % % NN 1662 2991 35 , , , 1662 2991 36 Japan Japan NNP 1662 2991 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2991 38 1993 1993 CD 1662 2991 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2991 40 Debt debt NN 1662 2991 41 - - HYPH 1662 2991 42 external external JJ 1662 2991 43 : : : 1662 2991 44 $ $ $ 1662 2991 45 4.3 4.3 CD 1662 2991 46 billion billion CD 1662 2991 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2991 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 2991 49 est est NNP 1662 2991 50 . . . 1662 2991 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2992 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 2992 2 aid aid NN 1662 2992 3 : : : 1662 2992 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 2992 5 : : : 1662 2992 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 2992 7 , , , 1662 2992 8 $ $ $ 1662 2992 9 367 367 CD 1662 2992 10 million million CD 1662 2992 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2992 12 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 2992 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2992 14 Currency currency NN 1662 2992 15 : : : 1662 2992 16 1 1 CD 1662 2992 17 birr birr NN 1662 2992 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2992 19 Br br UH 1662 2992 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2992 21 = = NFP 1662 2992 22 100 100 CD 1662 2992 23 cents cent NNS 1662 2992 24 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 2992 25 rates rate NNS 1662 2992 26 : : : 1662 2992 27 birr birr NN 1662 2992 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2992 29 Br br UH 1662 2992 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2992 31 per per IN 1662 2992 32 US$ us$ $ 1662 2992 33 1 1 CD 1662 2992 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2992 35 end end NN 1662 2992 36 of of IN 1662 2992 37 period period NN 1662 2992 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2992 39 - - : 1662 2992 40 6.4260 6.4260 CD 1662 2992 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2992 42 December December NNP 1662 2992 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 2992 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2992 45 , , , 1662 2992 46 6.4260 6.4260 CD 1662 2992 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2992 48 1996 1996 CD 1662 2992 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2992 50 , , , 1662 2992 51 6.3200 6.3200 CD 1662 2992 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2992 53 1995 1995 CD 1662 2992 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2992 55 , , , 1662 2992 56 5.9500 5.9500 CD 1662 2992 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2992 58 1994 1994 CD 1662 2992 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2992 60 , , , 1662 2992 61 5.0000 5.0000 CD 1662 2992 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2992 63 fixed fix VBN 1662 2992 64 rate rate NN 1662 2992 65 1992 1992 CD 1662 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official official JJ 1662 2992 105 rate rate NN 1662 2992 106 was be VBD 1662 2992 107 pegged peg VBN 1662 2992 108 to to IN 1662 2992 109 US$ us$ $ 1662 2992 110 1 1 CD 1662 2992 111 = = SYM 1662 2992 112 5.000 5.000 CD 1662 2992 113 birr birr NN 1662 2992 114 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 2992 115 year year NN 1662 2992 116 : : : 1662 2992 117 8 8 CD 1662 2992 118 July July NNP 1662 2992 119 - - HYPH 1662 2992 120 7 7 CD 1662 2992 121 July July NNP 1662 2992 122 @Ethiopia @ethiopia NN 1662 2992 123 : : : 1662 2992 124 Communications communication NNS 1662 2992 125 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 2992 126 : : : 1662 2992 127 100,000 100,000 CD 1662 2992 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2992 129 1983 1983 CD 1662 2992 130 est est NNP 1662 2992 131 . . . 1662 2992 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2993 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 2993 2 system system NN 1662 2993 3 : : : 1662 2993 4 open open JJ 1662 2993 5 wire wire NN 1662 2993 6 and and CC 1662 2993 7 microwave microwave NN 1662 2993 8 radio radio NN 1662 2993 9 relay 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Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 2993 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2993 47 1 1 CD 1662 2993 48 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 2993 49 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2993 50 and and CC 1662 2993 51 2 2 CD 1662 2993 52 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 2993 53 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 2993 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2993 55 Radio radio NN 1662 2993 56 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2993 57 stations station NNS 1662 2993 58 : : : 1662 2993 59 AM am VBP 1662 2993 60 4 4 CD 1662 2993 61 , , , 1662 2993 62 FM FM NNP 1662 2993 63 0 0 NFP 1662 2993 64 , , , 1662 2993 65 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 2993 66 0 0 CD 1662 2993 67 Radios radio NNS 1662 2993 68 : : : 1662 2993 69 9.9 9.9 CD 1662 2993 70 million million CD 1662 2993 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2993 72 1992 1992 CD 1662 2993 73 est est NNP 1662 2993 74 . . . 1662 2993 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2994 1 Television television NN 1662 2994 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 2994 3 stations station NNS 1662 2994 4 : : : 1662 2994 5 1 1 CD 1662 2994 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 2994 7 : : : 1662 2994 8 100,000 100,000 CD 1662 2994 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2994 10 1993 1993 CD 1662 2994 11 est est NNP 1662 2994 12 . . . 1662 2994 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2995 1 @Ethiopia @Ethiopia NNP 1662 2995 2 : : : 1662 2995 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 2995 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 2995 5 : : : 1662 2995 6 total total NN 1662 2995 7 : : : 1662 2995 8 681 681 CD 1662 2995 9 km km NN 1662 2995 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2995 11 Ethiopian ethiopian JJ 1662 2995 12 segment segment NN 1662 2995 13 of of IN 1662 2995 14 the the DT 1662 2995 15 Addis Addis NNP 1662 2995 16 Ababa Ababa NNP 1662 2995 17 - - HYPH 1662 2995 18 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 2995 19 railroad railroad NN 1662 2995 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2995 21 narrow narrow JJ 1662 2995 22 gauge gauge NN 1662 2995 23 : : : 1662 2995 24 681 681 CD 1662 2995 25 km km NN 1662 2995 26 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 2995 27 gauge gauge NN 1662 2995 28 Highways highway NNS 1662 2995 29 : : : 1662 2995 30 total total NN 1662 2995 31 : : : 1662 2995 32 28,360 28,360 CD 1662 2995 33 km km NNS 1662 2995 34 paved pave VBN 1662 2995 35 : : : 1662 2995 36 4,254 4,254 CD 1662 2995 37 km km NN 1662 2995 38 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2995 39 : : : 1662 2995 40 24,106 24,106 CD 1662 2995 41 km km NNS 1662 2995 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2995 43 1995 1995 CD 1662 2995 44 est est NNP 1662 2995 45 . . . 1662 2995 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2996 1 Ports port NNS 1662 2996 2 and and CC 1662 2996 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 2996 4 : : : 1662 2996 5 none none NN 1662 2996 6 ; ; : 1662 2996 7 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 2996 8 is be VBZ 1662 2996 9 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 2996 10 but but CC 1662 2996 11 by by IN 1662 2996 12 agreement agreement NN 1662 2996 13 with with IN 1662 2996 14 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 2996 15 may may MD 1662 2996 16 use use VB 1662 2996 17 the the DT 1662 2996 18 ports port NNS 1662 2996 19 of of IN 1662 2996 20 Assab Assab NNP 1662 2996 21 and and CC 1662 2996 22 Massawa Massawa NNP 1662 2996 23 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 2996 24 marine marine RB 1662 2996 25 : : : 1662 2996 26 total total NN 1662 2996 27 : : : 1662 2996 28 12 12 CD 1662 2996 29 ships ship NNS 1662 2996 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2996 31 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 2996 32 GRT GRT NNP 1662 2996 33 or or CC 1662 2996 34 over over RB 1662 2996 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2996 36 totaling total VBG 1662 2996 37 60,081 60,081 CD 1662 2996 38 GRT/84,686 grt/84,686 NN 1662 2996 39 DWT dwt NN 1662 2996 40 ships ship NNS 1662 2996 41 by by IN 1662 2996 42 type type NN 1662 2996 43 : : : 1662 2996 44 cargo cargo NN 1662 2996 45 7 7 CD 1662 2996 46 , , , 1662 2996 47 oil oil NN 1662 2996 48 tanker tanker NN 1662 2996 49 2 2 CD 1662 2996 50 , , , 1662 2996 51 roll roll NN 1662 2996 52 - - HYPH 1662 2996 53 on on IN 1662 2996 54 / / SYM 1662 2996 55 roll roll NN 1662 2996 56 - - HYPH 1662 2996 57 off off RP 1662 2996 58 cargo cargo NN 1662 2996 59 3 3 CD 1662 2996 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2996 61 1996 1996 CD 1662 2996 62 est est NNP 1662 2996 63 . . . 1662 2996 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2997 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2997 2 : : : 1662 2997 3 59 59 CD 1662 2997 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2997 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 2997 6 est est NNP 1662 2997 7 . . . 1662 2997 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2998 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2998 2 - - , 1662 2998 3 with with IN 1662 2998 4 paved paved JJ 1662 2998 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2998 6 : : : 1662 2998 7 total total NN 1662 2998 8 : : : 1662 2998 9 13 13 CD 1662 2998 10 over over IN 1662 2998 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2998 12 m m NN 1662 2998 13 : : : 1662 2998 14 2 2 CD 1662 2998 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2998 16 to to TO 1662 2998 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2998 18 m m NN 1662 2998 19 : : : 1662 2998 20 3 3 CD 1662 2998 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2998 22 to to TO 1662 2998 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2998 24 m m NN 1662 2998 25 : : : 1662 2998 26 1 1 CD 1662 2998 27 914 914 CD 1662 2998 28 to to TO 1662 2998 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2998 30 m m NN 1662 2998 31 : : : 1662 2998 32 1 1 CD 1662 2998 33 under under IN 1662 2998 34 914 914 CD 1662 2998 35 m m NN 1662 2998 36 : : : 1662 2998 37 6 6 CD 1662 2998 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2998 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 2998 40 est est NNP 1662 2998 41 . . . 1662 2998 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 2999 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 2999 2 - - , 1662 2999 3 with with IN 1662 2999 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 2999 5 runways runway NNS 1662 2999 6 : : : 1662 2999 7 total total NN 1662 2999 8 : : : 1662 2999 9 46 46 CD 1662 2999 10 over over IN 1662 2999 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2999 12 m m NN 1662 2999 13 : : : 1662 2999 14 2 2 CD 1662 2999 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 2999 16 to to TO 1662 2999 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 2999 18 m m NN 1662 2999 19 : : : 1662 2999 20 5 5 CD 1662 2999 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 2999 22 to to TO 1662 2999 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 2999 24 m m NN 1662 2999 25 : : : 1662 2999 26 8 8 CD 1662 2999 27 914 914 CD 1662 2999 28 to to TO 1662 2999 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 2999 30 m m NN 1662 2999 31 : : : 1662 2999 32 31 31 CD 1662 2999 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 2999 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 2999 35 est est NNP 1662 2999 36 . . . 1662 2999 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3000 1 Military military JJ 1662 3000 2 Military military JJ 1662 3000 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3000 4 : : : 1662 3000 5 Ground Ground NNP 1662 3000 6 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 3000 7 , , , 1662 3000 8 Air Air NNP 1662 3000 9 Force Force NNP 1662 3000 10 , , , 1662 3000 11 Police Police NNS 1662 3000 12 note note VBP 1662 3000 13 : : : 1662 3000 14 following follow VBG 1662 3000 15 the the DT 1662 3000 16 secession secession NN 1662 3000 17 of of IN 1662 3000 18 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 3000 19 , , , 1662 3000 20 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 3000 21 's 's POS 1662 3000 22 naval naval JJ 1662 3000 23 facilities facility NNS 1662 3000 24 remained remain VBD 1662 3000 25 in in IN 1662 3000 26 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 3000 27 's 's POS 1662 3000 28 possession possession NN 1662 3000 29 ; ; : 1662 3000 30 current current JJ 1662 3000 31 reorganization reorganization NN 1662 3000 32 plans plan NNS 1662 3000 33 do do VBP 1662 3000 34 not not RB 1662 3000 35 include include VB 1662 3000 36 a a DT 1662 3000 37 navy navy NNP 1662 3000 38 Military Military NNP 1662 3000 39 manpower manpower NN 1662 3000 40 - - HYPH 1662 3000 41 military military NN 1662 3000 42 age age NN 1662 3000 43 : : : 1662 3000 44 18 18 CD 1662 3000 45 years year NNS 1662 3000 46 of of IN 1662 3000 47 age age NN 1662 3000 48 Military military JJ 1662 3000 49 manpower manpower NN 1662 3000 50 - - HYPH 1662 3000 51 availability availability NN 1662 3000 52 : : : 1662 3000 53 males male NNS 1662 3000 54 age age NNP 1662 3000 55 15 15 CD 1662 3000 56 - - HYPH 1662 3000 57 49 49 CD 1662 3000 58 : : SYM 1662 3000 59 13,257,668 13,257,668 CD 1662 3000 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3000 61 1997 1997 CD 1662 3000 62 est est NNP 1662 3000 63 . . . 1662 3000 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3001 1 Military military JJ 1662 3001 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3001 3 - - HYPH 1662 3001 4 fit fit NN 1662 3001 5 for for IN 1662 3001 6 military military JJ 1662 3001 7 service service NN 1662 3001 8 : : : 1662 3001 9 males male NNS 1662 3001 10 : : : 1662 3001 11 6,889,800 6,889,800 CD 1662 3001 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3001 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3001 14 est e JJS 1662 3001 15 . . . 1662 3001 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3002 1 Military military JJ 1662 3002 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3002 3 - - HYPH 1662 3002 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 3002 5 military military JJ 1662 3002 6 age age NN 1662 3002 7 annually annually RB 1662 3002 8 : : : 1662 3002 9 males male NNS 1662 3002 10 : : : 1662 3002 11 605,030 605,030 CD 1662 3002 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3002 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3002 14 est e JJS 1662 3002 15 . . . 1662 3002 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3003 1 Military military JJ 1662 3003 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3003 3 - - HYPH 1662 3003 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 3003 5 figure figure NN 1662 3003 6 : : : 1662 3003 7 $ $ $ 1662 3003 8 110 110 CD 1662 3003 9 million million CD 1662 3003 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3003 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 3003 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3003 13 Military military JJ 1662 3003 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3003 15 - - : 1662 3003 16 percent percent NN 1662 3003 17 of of IN 1662 3003 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3003 19 : : : 1662 3003 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 3003 21 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3003 22 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3003 23 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 3003 24 - - : 1662 3003 25 international international RB 1662 3003 26 : : : 1662 3003 27 most most JJS 1662 3003 28 of of IN 1662 3003 29 the the DT 1662 3003 30 southern southern JJ 1662 3003 31 half half NN 1662 3003 32 of of IN 1662 3003 33 the the DT 1662 3003 34 boundary boundary NN 1662 3003 35 with with IN 1662 3003 36 Somalia Somalia NNP 1662 3003 37 is be VBZ 1662 3003 38 a a DT 1662 3003 39 Provisional Provisional NNP 1662 3003 40 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 3003 41 Line Line NNP 1662 3003 42 ; ; , 1662 3003 43 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3003 44 dispute dispute NN 1662 3003 45 with with IN 1662 3003 46 Somalia Somalia NNP 1662 3003 47 over over IN 1662 3003 48 the the DT 1662 3003 49 Ogaden Ogaden NNP 1662 3003 50 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 3003 51 drugs drug VBZ 1662 3003 52 : : : 1662 3003 53 transit transit NN 1662 3003 54 hub hub NN 1662 3003 55 for for IN 1662 3003 56 heroin heroin NN 1662 3003 57 originating originating NN 1662 3003 58 in in IN 1662 3003 59 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 3003 60 and and CC 1662 3003 61 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 3003 62 Asia Asia NNP 1662 3003 63 and and CC 1662 3003 64 destined destine VBN 1662 3003 65 for for IN 1662 3003 66 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3003 67 and and CC 1662 3003 68 North North NNP 1662 3003 69 America America NNP 1662 3003 70 as as RB 1662 3003 71 well well RB 1662 3003 72 as as IN 1662 3003 73 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 3003 74 destined destine VBN 1662 3003 75 for for IN 1662 3003 76 markets market NNS 1662 3003 77 in in IN 1662 3003 78 southern southern JJ 1662 3003 79 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3003 80 ; ; : 1662 3003 81 cultivates cultivate VBZ 1662 3003 82 qat qat NNP 1662 3003 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3003 84 chat chat NN 1662 3003 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3003 86 for for IN 1662 3003 87 local local JJ 1662 3003 88 use use NN 1662 3003 89 and and CC 1662 3003 90 regional regional JJ 1662 3003 91 export export NN 1662 3003 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 102 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 103 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 104 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 105 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 106 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 107 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 108 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 109 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 110 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 111 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 112 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 113 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 114 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 115 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 116 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 117 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 118 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 119 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 120 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 121 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 122 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 123 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 124 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 125 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 126 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 127 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 128 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 129 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 130 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 131 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 132 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 133 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 134 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 135 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 136 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 137 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 138 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 139 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 140 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 141 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 142 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 143 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 144 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 145 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 146 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 147 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 148 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 149 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 150 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 151 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 152 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 153 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 154 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 155 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 156 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 157 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 158 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 159 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 160 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 161 _ _ NNP 1662 3003 162 EUROPA EUROPA NNP 1662 3003 163 ISLAND ISLAND NNP 1662 3003 164 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3003 165 possession possession NN 1662 3003 166 of of IN 1662 3003 167 France France NNP 1662 3003 168 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3003 169 @Europa @Europa NNP 1662 3003 170 Island Island NNP 1662 3003 171 : : : 1662 3003 172 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3003 173 Location Location NNP 1662 3003 174 : : : 1662 3003 175 Southern Southern NNP 1662 3003 176 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3003 177 , , , 1662 3003 178 island island NN 1662 3003 179 in in IN 1662 3003 180 the the DT 1662 3003 181 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 3003 182 Channel Channel NNP 1662 3003 183 , , , 1662 3003 184 about about RB 1662 3003 185 one one CD 1662 3003 186 - - HYPH 1662 3003 187 half half NN 1662 3003 188 of of IN 1662 3003 189 the the DT 1662 3003 190 way way NN 1662 3003 191 from from IN 1662 3003 192 southern southern JJ 1662 3003 193 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 3003 194 to to IN 1662 3003 195 southern southern JJ 1662 3003 196 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 3003 197 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3003 198 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3003 199 : : : 1662 3003 200 22 22 CD 1662 3003 201 20 20 CD 1662 3003 202 S s NN 1662 3003 203 , , , 1662 3003 204 40 40 CD 1662 3003 205 22 22 CD 1662 3003 206 E e NN 1662 3003 207 Map Map NNP 1662 3003 208 references reference NNS 1662 3003 209 : : : 1662 3003 210 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3003 211 Area Area NNP 1662 3003 212 : : : 1662 3003 213 total total NN 1662 3003 214 : : : 1662 3003 215 28 28 CD 1662 3003 216 sq sq IN 1662 3003 217 km km NNP 1662 3003 218 land land NN 1662 3003 219 : : : 1662 3003 220 28 28 CD 1662 3003 221 sq sq IN 1662 3003 222 km km NNP 1662 3003 223 water water NN 1662 3003 224 : : : 1662 3003 225 0 0 NFP 1662 3003 226 sq sq NN 1662 3003 227 km km NNP 1662 3003 228 Area area NN 1662 3003 229 - - HYPH 1662 3003 230 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3003 231 : : : 1662 3003 232 about about RB 1662 3003 233 0.16 0.16 CD 1662 3003 234 times time NNS 1662 3003 235 the the DT 1662 3003 236 size size NN 1662 3003 237 of of IN 1662 3003 238 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3003 239 , , , 1662 3003 240 DC DC NNP 1662 3003 241 Land Land NNP 1662 3003 242 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3003 243 : : : 1662 3003 244 0 0 LS 1662 3003 245 km km NN 1662 3003 246 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3003 247 : : : 1662 3003 248 22.2 22.2 CD 1662 3003 249 km km NN 1662 3003 250 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3003 251 claims claim VBZ 1662 3003 252 : : : 1662 3003 253 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3003 254 economic economic JJ 1662 3003 255 zone zone NN 1662 3003 256 : : : 1662 3003 257 200 200 CD 1662 3003 258 nm nm CD 1662 3003 259 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3003 260 sea sea NN 1662 3003 261 : : : 1662 3003 262 12 12 CD 1662 3003 263 nm nm NNP 1662 3003 264 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3003 265 : : : 1662 3003 266 tropical tropical JJ 1662 3003 267 Terrain terrain NN 1662 3003 268 : : : 1662 3003 269 NA NA NNP 1662 3003 270 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3003 271 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3003 272 : : : 1662 3003 273 lowest low JJS 1662 3003 274 point point NN 1662 3003 275 : : : 1662 3003 276 Indian Indian NNP 1662 3003 277 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3003 278 0 0 NFP 1662 3003 279 m m DT 1662 3003 280 highest high JJS 1662 3003 281 point point NN 1662 3003 282 : : : 1662 3003 283 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 3003 284 location location NN 1662 3003 285 24 24 CD 1662 3003 286 m m CD 1662 3003 287 Natural natural JJ 1662 3003 288 resources resource NNS 1662 3003 289 : : : 1662 3003 290 negligible negligible JJ 1662 3003 291 Land Land NNP 1662 3003 292 use use NN 1662 3003 293 : : : 1662 3003 294 arable arable JJ 1662 3003 295 land land NN 1662 3003 296 : : : 1662 3003 297 NA% NA% `` 1662 3003 298 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3003 299 crops crop NNS 1662 3003 300 : : : 1662 3003 301 NA% na% IN 1662 3003 302 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3003 303 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3003 304 : : : 1662 3003 305 NA% NA% NNS 1662 3003 306 forests forest NNS 1662 3003 307 and and CC 1662 3003 308 woodland woodland NN 1662 3003 309 : : : 1662 3003 310 NA% NA% NNS 1662 3003 311 other other JJ 1662 3003 312 : : : 1662 3003 313 NA% NA% `` 1662 3003 314 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3003 315 land land NN 1662 3003 316 : : : 1662 3003 317 0 0 LS 1662 3003 318 sq sq NNP 1662 3003 319 km km NNP 1662 3003 320 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3003 321 1993 1993 CD 1662 3003 322 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3003 323 Natural natural JJ 1662 3003 324 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3003 325 : : : 1662 3003 326 NA NA NNP 1662 3003 327 Environment environment NN 1662 3003 328 - - HYPH 1662 3003 329 current current JJ 1662 3003 330 issues issue NNS 1662 3003 331 : : : 1662 3003 332 NA NA NNP 1662 3003 333 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3003 334 - - HYPH 1662 3003 335 international international JJ 1662 3003 336 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3003 337 : : : 1662 3003 338 party party NN 1662 3003 339 to to IN 1662 3003 340 : : : 1662 3003 341 NA NA NNP 1662 3003 342 signed sign VBN 1662 3003 343 , , , 1662 3003 344 but but CC 1662 3003 345 not not RB 1662 3003 346 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3003 347 : : : 1662 3003 348 NA NA NNP 1662 3003 349 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3003 350 - - HYPH 1662 3003 351 note note NN 1662 3003 352 : : : 1662 3003 353 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 3003 354 sanctuary sanctuary NNP 1662 3003 355 @Europa @Europa NNP 1662 3003 356 Island Island NNP 1662 3003 357 : : : 1662 3003 358 People People NNP 1662 3003 359 Population Population NNP 1662 3003 360 : : : 1662 3003 361 no no DT 1662 3003 362 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 3003 363 inhabitants inhabitant NNS 1662 3003 364 note note VBP 1662 3003 365 : : : 1662 3003 366 there there EX 1662 3003 367 is be VBZ 1662 3003 368 a a DT 1662 3003 369 small small JJ 1662 3003 370 military military JJ 1662 3003 371 garrison garrison NN 1662 3003 372 @Europa @europa IN 1662 3003 373 Island Island NNP 1662 3003 374 : : : 1662 3003 375 Government Government NNP 1662 3003 376 Country Country NNP 1662 3003 377 name name NN 1662 3003 378 : : : 1662 3003 379 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3003 380 long long JJ 1662 3003 381 form form NN 1662 3003 382 : : : 1662 3003 383 none none NN 1662 3003 384 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3003 385 short short JJ 1662 3003 386 form form NN 1662 3003 387 : : : 1662 3003 388 Europa Europa NNP 1662 3003 389 Island Island NNP 1662 3003 390 local local JJ 1662 3003 391 long long JJ 1662 3003 392 form form NN 1662 3003 393 : : : 1662 3003 394 none none NN 1662 3003 395 local local JJ 1662 3003 396 short short JJ 1662 3003 397 form form NN 1662 3003 398 : : : 1662 3003 399 Ile Ile NNP 1662 3003 400 Europa Europa NNP 1662 3003 401 Data Data NNP 1662 3003 402 code code NN 1662 3003 403 : : : 1662 3003 404 EU EU NNP 1662 3003 405 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 3003 406 status status NN 1662 3003 407 : : : 1662 3003 408 possession possession NN 1662 3003 409 of of IN 1662 3003 410 France France NNP 1662 3003 411 ; ; : 1662 3003 412 administered administer VBN 1662 3003 413 by by IN 1662 3003 414 a a DT 1662 3003 415 high high JJ 1662 3003 416 commissioner commissioner NN 1662 3003 417 of of IN 1662 3003 418 the the DT 1662 3003 419 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3003 420 , , , 1662 3003 421 resident resident NN 1662 3003 422 in in IN 1662 3003 423 Reunion Reunion NNP 1662 3003 424 National National NNP 1662 3003 425 capital capital NN 1662 3003 426 : : : 1662 3003 427 none none NN 1662 3003 428 ; ; , 1662 3003 429 administered administer VBN 1662 3003 430 by by IN 1662 3003 431 France France NNP 1662 3003 432 from from IN 1662 3003 433 Reunion Reunion NNP 1662 3003 434 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3003 435 : : : 1662 3003 436 none none NN 1662 3003 437 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3003 438 possession possession NN 1662 3003 439 of of IN 1662 3003 440 France France NNP 1662 3003 441 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3003 442 Flag flag NN 1662 3003 443 description description NN 1662 3003 444 : : : 1662 3003 445 the the DT 1662 3003 446 flag flag NN 1662 3003 447 of of IN 1662 3003 448 France France NNP 1662 3003 449 is be VBZ 1662 3003 450 used use VBN 1662 3003 451 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3003 452 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3003 453 - - HYPH 1662 3003 454 overview overview NN 1662 3003 455 : : : 1662 3003 456 no no DT 1662 3003 457 economic economic JJ 1662 3003 458 activity activity NN 1662 3003 459 @Europa @europa NN 1662 3003 460 Island Island NNP 1662 3003 461 : : : 1662 3003 462 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 3003 463 Communications Communications NNP 1662 3003 464 - - HYPH 1662 3003 465 note note NN 1662 3003 466 : : : 1662 3003 467 1 1 CD 1662 3003 468 meteorological meteorological JJ 1662 3003 469 station station NN 1662 3003 470 @Europa @europa NN 1662 3003 471 Island Island NNP 1662 3003 472 : : : 1662 3003 473 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3003 474 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 3003 475 and and CC 1662 3003 476 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3003 477 : : : 1662 3003 478 none none NN 1662 3003 479 ; ; : 1662 3003 480 offshore offshore RB 1662 3003 481 anchorage anchorage VB 1662 3003 482 only only JJ 1662 3003 483 Airports airport NNS 1662 3003 484 : : : 1662 3003 485 1 1 CD 1662 3003 486 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3003 487 1996 1996 CD 1662 3003 488 est est NNP 1662 3003 489 . . . 1662 3003 490 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3004 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3004 2 - - , 1662 3004 3 with with IN 1662 3004 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3004 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3004 6 : : : 1662 3004 7 total total NN 1662 3004 8 : : : 1662 3004 9 1 1 CD 1662 3004 10 914 914 CD 1662 3004 11 to to TO 1662 3004 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3004 13 m m NN 1662 3004 14 : : : 1662 3004 15 1 1 CD 1662 3004 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3004 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 3004 18 est est NNP 1662 3004 19 . . . 1662 3004 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3005 1 Military military JJ 1662 3005 2 Military Military NNP 1662 3005 3 - - HYPH 1662 3005 4 note note NN 1662 3005 5 : : : 1662 3005 6 defense defense NN 1662 3005 7 is be VBZ 1662 3005 8 the the DT 1662 3005 9 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 3005 10 of of IN 1662 3005 11 France France NNP 1662 3005 12 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3005 13 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3005 14 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 3005 15 - - HYPH 1662 3005 16 international international JJ 1662 3005 17 : : : 1662 3005 18 claimed claim VBN 1662 3005 19 by by IN 1662 3005 20 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 3005 21 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 22 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 23 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 24 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 25 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 26 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 27 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 28 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 29 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 30 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 31 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 32 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 33 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 34 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 35 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 36 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 37 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 38 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 39 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 40 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 41 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 42 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 43 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 44 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 45 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 46 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 47 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 48 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 49 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 50 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 51 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 52 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 53 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 54 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 55 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 56 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 57 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 58 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 59 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 60 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 61 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 62 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 63 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 64 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 65 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 66 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 67 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 68 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 69 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 70 _ _ NNP 1662 3005 71 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61 wool wool NN 1662 3021 62 , , , 1662 3021 63 hides hide NNS 1662 3021 64 , , , 1662 3021 65 meat meat NN 1662 3021 66 partners partner NNS 1662 3021 67 : : : 1662 3021 68 UK UK NNP 1662 3021 69 , , , 1662 3021 70 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 3021 71 , , , 1662 3021 72 Japan Japan NNP 1662 3021 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3021 74 1992 1992 CD 1662 3021 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3021 76 Imports import NNS 1662 3021 77 : : : 1662 3021 78 total total JJ 1662 3021 79 value value NN 1662 3021 80 : : : 1662 3021 81 $ $ $ 1662 3021 82 24.7 24.7 CD 1662 3021 83 million million CD 1662 3021 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3021 85 1995 1995 CD 1662 3021 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3021 87 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3021 88 : : : 1662 3021 89 food food NN 1662 3021 90 , , , 1662 3021 91 clothing clothing NN 1662 3021 92 , , , 1662 3021 93 timber timber NN 1662 3021 94 , , , 1662 3021 95 and and CC 1662 3021 96 machinery machinery NN 1662 3021 97 partners partner NNS 1662 3021 98 : : : 1662 3021 99 UK UK NNP 1662 3021 100 , , , 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29 - - HYPH 1662 3025 30 dollar dollar NN 1662 3025 31 figure figure NN 1662 3025 32 : : : 1662 3025 33 $ $ $ 1662 3025 34 NA NA NNP 1662 3025 35 Military military JJ 1662 3025 36 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3025 37 - - : 1662 3025 38 percent percent NN 1662 3025 39 of of IN 1662 3025 40 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3025 41 : : : 1662 3025 42 NA% NA% NNP 1662 3025 43 Military Military NNP 1662 3025 44 - - HYPH 1662 3025 45 note note NN 1662 3025 46 : : : 1662 3025 47 defense defense NN 1662 3025 48 is be VBZ 1662 3025 49 the the DT 1662 3025 50 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 3025 51 of of IN 1662 3025 52 the the DT 1662 3025 53 UK UK NNP 1662 3025 54 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3025 55 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3025 56 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 3025 57 - - : 1662 3025 58 international international RB 1662 3025 59 : : : 1662 3025 60 administered administer VBN 1662 3025 61 by by IN 1662 3025 62 the the DT 1662 3025 63 UK UK NNP 1662 3025 64 , , , 1662 3025 65 claimed claim VBN 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3025 112 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 113 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 114 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 115 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 116 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 117 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 118 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 119 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 120 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 121 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 122 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 123 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 124 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 125 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 126 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 127 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 128 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 129 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 130 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 131 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 132 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 133 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 134 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 135 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 136 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 137 _ _ NNP 1662 3025 138 FAROE FAROE NNP 1662 3025 139 ISLANDS island NNS 1662 3025 140 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3025 141 part part NN 1662 3025 142 of of IN 1662 3025 143 the the DT 1662 3025 144 Danish danish JJ 1662 3025 145 realm realm NN 1662 3025 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3025 147 @Faroe @Faroe NFP 1662 3025 148 Islands island NNS 1662 3025 149 : : : 1662 3025 150 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3025 151 Location Location NNP 1662 3025 152 : : : 1662 3025 153 Northern Northern NNP 1662 3025 154 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3025 155 , , , 1662 3025 156 island island NN 1662 3025 157 group group NN 1662 3025 158 between between IN 1662 3025 159 the the DT 1662 3025 160 Norwegian Norwegian NNP 1662 3025 161 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3025 162 and and CC 1662 3025 163 the the DT 1662 3025 164 north north JJ 1662 3025 165 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3025 166 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3025 167 , , , 1662 3025 168 about about RB 1662 3025 169 one one CD 1662 3025 170 - - HYPH 1662 3025 171 half half NN 1662 3025 172 of of IN 1662 3025 173 the the DT 1662 3025 174 way way NN 1662 3025 175 from from IN 1662 3025 176 Iceland Iceland NNP 1662 3025 177 to to IN 1662 3025 178 Norway Norway NNP 1662 3025 179 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3025 180 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3025 181 : : : 1662 3025 182 62 62 CD 1662 3025 183 00 00 NFP 1662 3025 184 N n CD 1662 3025 185 , , , 1662 3025 186 7 7 CD 1662 3025 187 00 00 NFP 1662 3025 188 W W NNP 1662 3025 189 Map Map 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NNP 1662 3025 228 Land Land NNP 1662 3025 229 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3025 230 : : : 1662 3025 231 0 0 LS 1662 3025 232 km km NN 1662 3025 233 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3025 234 : : : 1662 3025 235 1,117 1,117 CD 1662 3025 236 km km NN 1662 3025 237 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3025 238 claims claim VBZ 1662 3025 239 : : : 1662 3025 240 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3025 241 fishing fishing NN 1662 3025 242 zone zone NN 1662 3025 243 : : : 1662 3025 244 200 200 CD 1662 3025 245 nm nm CD 1662 3025 246 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3025 247 sea sea NN 1662 3025 248 : : : 1662 3025 249 3 3 CD 1662 3025 250 nm nm NNP 1662 3025 251 Climate climate NN 1662 3025 252 : : : 1662 3025 253 mild mild JJ 1662 3025 254 winters winter NNS 1662 3025 255 , , , 1662 3025 256 cool cool JJ 1662 3025 257 summers summer NNS 1662 3025 258 ; ; : 1662 3025 259 usually usually RB 1662 3025 260 overcast overcast JJ 1662 3025 261 ; ; : 1662 3025 262 foggy foggy JJ 1662 3025 263 , , , 1662 3025 264 windy windy NNP 1662 3025 265 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3025 266 : : : 1662 3025 267 rugged rugged JJ 1662 3025 268 , , , 1662 3025 269 rocky rocky JJ 1662 3025 270 , , , 1662 3025 271 some some DT 1662 3025 272 low low JJ 1662 3025 273 peaks peak NNS 1662 3025 274 ; ; : 1662 3025 275 cliffs cliff NNS 1662 3025 276 along along IN 1662 3025 277 most most JJS 1662 3025 278 of of IN 1662 3025 279 coast coast NNP 1662 3025 280 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3025 281 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3025 282 : : : 1662 3025 283 lowest low JJS 1662 3025 284 point point NN 1662 3025 285 : : : 1662 3025 286 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3025 287 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3025 288 0 0 NFP 1662 3025 289 m m DT 1662 3025 290 highest high JJS 1662 3025 291 point point NN 1662 3025 292 : : : 1662 3025 293 Slaettaratindur Slaettaratindur NNP 1662 3025 294 882 882 CD 1662 3025 295 m m NNP 1662 3025 296 Natural natural JJ 1662 3025 297 resources resource NNS 1662 3025 298 : : : 1662 3025 299 fish fish NN 1662 3025 300 , , , 1662 3025 301 whales whale NNS 1662 3025 302 Land Land NNP 1662 3025 303 use use NN 1662 3025 304 : : : 1662 3025 305 arable arable JJ 1662 3025 306 land land NN 1662 3025 307 : : : 1662 3025 308 6 6 CD 1662 3025 309 % % NN 1662 3025 310 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3025 311 crops crop NNS 1662 3025 312 : : : 1662 3025 313 0 0 CD 1662 3025 314 % % NN 1662 3025 315 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3025 316 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3025 317 : : : 1662 3025 318 0 0 CD 1662 3025 319 % % NN 1662 3025 320 forests forest NNS 1662 3025 321 and and CC 1662 3025 322 woodland woodland JJ 1662 3025 323 : : : 1662 3025 324 0 0 CD 1662 3025 325 % % NN 1662 3025 326 other other JJ 1662 3025 327 : : : 1662 3025 328 94 94 CD 1662 3025 329 % % NN 1662 3025 330 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3025 331 1996 1996 CD 1662 3025 332 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3025 333 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3025 334 land land NN 1662 3025 335 : : : 1662 3025 336 0 0 LS 1662 3025 337 sq sq NN 1662 3025 338 km km VB 1662 3025 339 Natural natural JJ 1662 3025 340 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3025 341 : : : 1662 3025 342 NA NA NNP 1662 3025 343 Environment environment NN 1662 3025 344 - - HYPH 1662 3025 345 current current JJ 1662 3025 346 issues issue NNS 1662 3025 347 : : : 1662 3025 348 NA NA NNP 1662 3025 349 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3025 350 - - HYPH 1662 3025 351 international international JJ 1662 3025 352 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3025 353 : : : 1662 3025 354 party party NN 1662 3025 355 to to IN 1662 3025 356 : : : 1662 3025 357 NA NA NNP 1662 3025 358 signed sign VBN 1662 3025 359 , , , 1662 3025 360 but but CC 1662 3025 361 not not RB 1662 3025 362 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3025 363 : : : 1662 3025 364 NA NA NNP 1662 3025 365 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3025 366 - - HYPH 1662 3025 367 note note NN 1662 3025 368 : : : 1662 3025 369 archipelago archipelago NN 1662 3025 370 of of IN 1662 3025 371 17 17 CD 1662 3025 372 inhabited inhabit VBN 1662 3025 373 islands island NNS 1662 3025 374 and and CC 1662 3025 375 one one 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3035 146 : : : 1662 3035 147 5 5 CD 1662 3035 148 June June NNP 1662 3035 149 1953 1953 CD 1662 3035 150 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3035 151 Danish danish JJ 1662 3035 152 constitution constitution NN 1662 3035 153 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3035 154 Legal legal JJ 1662 3035 155 system system NN 1662 3035 156 : : : 1662 3035 157 Danish Danish NNP 1662 3035 158 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 3035 159 : : : 1662 3035 160 18 18 CD 1662 3035 161 years year NNS 1662 3035 162 of of IN 1662 3035 163 age age NN 1662 3035 164 ; ; : 1662 3035 165 universal universal JJ 1662 3035 166 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3035 167 branch branch NN 1662 3035 168 : : : 1662 3035 169 chief chief NN 1662 3035 170 of of IN 1662 3035 171 state state NN 1662 3035 172 : : : 1662 3035 173 Queen Queen NNP 1662 3035 174 MARGRETHE MARGRETHE NNS 1662 3035 175 II ii CD 1662 3035 176 of of IN 1662 3035 177 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 3035 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3035 179 since since IN 1662 3035 180 14 14 CD 1662 3035 181 January January NNP 1662 3035 182 1972 1972 CD 1662 3035 183 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3035 184 , , , 1662 3035 185 represented represent VBN 1662 3035 186 by by IN 1662 3035 187 High High NNP 1662 3035 188 Commissioner Commissioner NNP 1662 3035 189 Ms. Ms. NNP 1662 3035 190 Vibeke Vibeke NNP 1662 3035 191 LARSEN LARSEN NNP 1662 3035 192 , , , 1662 3035 193 chief chief JJ 1662 3035 194 administrative administrative JJ 1662 3035 195 officer officer NN 1662 3035 196 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3035 197 since since IN 1662 3035 198 mid-1995 mid-1995 NN 1662 3035 199 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3035 200 head head NN 1662 3035 201 of of IN 1662 3035 202 government government NN 1662 3035 203 : : : 1662 3035 204 Prime Prime NNP 1662 3035 205 Minister Minister NNP 1662 3035 206 Edmund Edmund NNP 1662 3035 207 JOENSEN JOENSEN NNP 1662 3035 208 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3035 209 since since IN 1662 3035 210 15 15 CD 1662 3035 211 September September NNP 1662 3035 212 1994 1994 CD 1662 3035 213 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3035 214 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3035 215 : : : 1662 3035 216 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3035 320 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3035 321 elections election NNS 1662 3035 322 : : : 1662 3035 323 last last RB 1662 3035 324 held hold VBD 1662 3035 325 7 7 CD 1662 3035 326 July July NNP 1662 3035 327 1994 1994 CD 1662 3035 328 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3035 329 next next JJ 1662 3035 330 to to TO 1662 3035 331 be be VB 1662 3035 332 held hold VBN 1662 3035 333 by by IN 1662 3035 334 NA NA NNP 1662 3035 335 July July NNP 1662 3035 336 1998 1998 CD 1662 3035 337 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3035 338 election election NN 1662 3035 339 results result NNS 1662 3035 340 : : : 1662 3035 341 percent percent NN 1662 3035 342 of of IN 1662 3035 343 vote vote NN 1662 3035 344 by by IN 1662 3035 345 party party NNP 1662 3035 346 - - HYPH 1662 3035 347 Unionist Unionist NNP 1662 3035 348 Party Party NNP 1662 3035 349 23.4 23.4 CD 1662 3035 350 % % NN 1662 3035 351 , , , 1662 3035 352 People People NNPS 1662 3035 353 's 's POS 1662 3035 354 Party Party NNP 1662 3035 355 16.0 16.0 CD 1662 3035 356 % % NN 1662 3035 357 , , , 1662 3035 358 Social Social NNP 1662 3035 359 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 3035 360 15.4 15.4 CD 1662 3035 361 % % NN 1662 3035 362 , , , 1662 3035 363 Republicans republican NNS 1662 3035 364 13.7 13.7 CD 1662 3035 365 % % NN 1662 3035 366 , , , 1662 3035 367 Workers Workers NNP 1662 3035 368 ' ' POS 1662 3035 369 Party Party NNP 1662 3035 370 9.5 9.5 CD 1662 3035 371 % % NN 1662 3035 372 , , , 1662 3035 373 Christian Christian NNP 1662 3035 374 People People NNP 1662 3035 375 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 3035 376 % % NN 1662 3035 377 , , , 1662 3035 378 Center Center NNP 1662 3035 379 Party Party NNP 1662 3035 380 5.8 5.8 CD 1662 3035 381 % % NN 1662 3035 382 , , , 1662 3035 383 Home Home NNP 1662 3035 384 Rule Rule NNP 1662 3035 385 Party Party NNP 1662 3035 386 5.6 5.6 CD 1662 3035 387 % % NN 1662 3035 388 ; ; , 1662 3035 389 seats seat NNS 1662 3035 390 by by IN 1662 3035 391 party party NN 1662 3035 392 - - HYPH 1662 3035 393 Unionist Unionist NNP 1662 3035 394 Party Party NNP 1662 3035 395 8 8 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161 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 3049 162 34.5 34.5 CD 1662 3049 163 % % NN 1662 3049 164 , , , 1662 3049 165 Norway Norway NNP 1662 3049 166 15.9 15.9 CD 1662 3049 167 % % NN 1662 3049 168 , , , 1662 3049 169 UK UK NNP 1662 3049 170 8.4 8.4 CD 1662 3049 171 % % NN 1662 3049 172 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3049 173 7.8 7.8 CD 1662 3049 174 % % NN 1662 3049 175 , , , 1662 3049 176 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 3049 177 5.8 5.8 CD 1662 3049 178 % % NN 1662 3049 179 , , , 1662 3049 180 US US NNP 1662 3049 181 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 3049 182 % % NN 1662 3049 183 Debt debt NN 1662 3049 184 - - HYPH 1662 3049 185 external external JJ 1662 3049 186 : : : 1662 3049 187 $ $ $ 1662 3049 188 767 767 CD 1662 3049 189 million million CD 1662 3049 190 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3049 191 1995 1995 CD 1662 3049 192 est est NNP 1662 3049 193 . . . 1662 3049 194 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3050 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 3050 2 aid aid NN 1662 3050 3 : : : 1662 3050 4 receives receive VBZ 1662 3050 5 an an DT 1662 3050 6 annual annual JJ 1662 3050 7 subsidy subsidy NN 1662 3050 8 from from IN 1662 3050 9 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 3050 10 of of IN 1662 3050 11 about about RB 1662 3050 12 $ $ $ 1662 3050 13 150 150 CD 1662 3050 14 million million CD 1662 3050 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3050 16 1995 1995 CD 1662 3050 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3050 18 Currency currency NN 1662 3050 19 : : : 1662 3050 20 1 1 CD 1662 3050 21 Danish danish JJ 1662 3050 22 krone krone NN 1662 3050 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3050 24 DKr DKr NNP 1662 3050 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3050 26 = = SYM 1662 3050 27 100 100 CD 1662 3050 28 oere oere JJ 1662 3050 29 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 3050 30 rates rate NNS 1662 3050 31 : : : 1662 3050 32 Danish danish JJ 1662 3050 33 kroner kroner NN 1662 3050 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3050 35 DKr DKr NNP 1662 3050 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3050 37 per per IN 1662 3050 38 US$ us$ $ 1662 3050 39 1 1 CD 1662 3050 40 - - SYM 1662 3050 41 6.117 6.117 CD 1662 3050 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3050 43 January January NNP 1662 3050 44 1997 1997 CD 1662 3050 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3050 46 , , , 1662 3050 47 5.799 5.799 CD 1662 3050 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3050 49 1966 1966 CD 1662 3050 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3050 51 , , , 1662 3050 52 5.602 5.602 CD 1662 3050 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3050 54 1995 1995 CD 1662 3050 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3050 56 , , , 1662 3050 57 6.361 6.361 CD 1662 3050 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3050 59 1994 1994 CD 1662 3050 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3050 61 , , , 1662 3050 62 6.484 6.484 CD 1662 3050 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3050 64 1993 1993 CD 1662 3050 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3050 66 , , , 1662 3050 67 6.036 6.036 CD 1662 3050 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3050 69 1992 1992 CD 1662 3050 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3050 71 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3050 72 year year NN 1662 3050 73 : : : 1662 3050 74 calendar calendar NN 1662 3050 75 year year NN 1662 3050 76 @Faroe @faroe NN 1662 3050 77 Islands island NNS 1662 3050 78 : : : 1662 3050 79 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 3050 80 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 3050 81 : : : 1662 3050 82 26,000 26,000 CD 1662 3050 83 of of IN 1662 3050 84 which which WDT 1662 3050 85 about about IN 1662 3050 86 3,500 3,500 CD 1662 3050 87 are be VBP 1662 3050 88 mobile mobile JJ 1662 3050 89 telephones telephone NNS 1662 3050 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3050 91 1996 1996 CD 1662 3050 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3050 93 Telephone telephone NN 1662 3050 94 system system NN 1662 3050 95 : : : 1662 3050 96 good good JJ 1662 3050 97 international international JJ 1662 3050 98 communications communication NNS 1662 3050 99 ; ; , 1662 3050 100 good good JJ 1662 3050 101 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3050 102 facilities facility NNS 1662 3050 103 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3050 104 : : : 1662 3050 105 digitalization digitalization NN 1662 3050 106 to to TO 1662 3050 107 be be VB 1662 3050 108 completed complete VBN 1662 3050 109 in in IN 1662 3050 110 1998 1998 CD 1662 3050 111 international international JJ 1662 3050 112 : : : 1662 3050 113 satellite satellite NN 1662 3050 114 earth earth NN 1662 3050 115 stations station NNS 1662 3050 116 - - SYM 1662 3050 117 1 1 CD 1662 3050 118 Orion orion NN 1662 3050 119 ; ; : 1662 3050 120 1 1 CD 1662 3050 121 optical optical JJ 1662 3050 122 fiber fiber NN 1662 3050 123 submarine submarine NN 1662 3050 124 cable cable NN 1662 3050 125 linking link VBG 1662 3050 126 the the DT 1662 3050 127 Faroe Faroe NNP 1662 3050 128 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 3050 129 with with IN 1662 3050 130 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 3050 131 and and CC 1662 3050 132 Iceland Iceland NNP 1662 3050 133 Radio Radio NNP 1662 3050 134 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3050 135 stations station NNS 1662 3050 136 : : : 1662 3050 137 AM AM NNP 1662 3050 138 1 1 CD 1662 3050 139 , , , 1662 3050 140 FM FM NNP 1662 3050 141 1 1 CD 1662 3050 142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3050 143 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 3050 144 13 13 CD 1662 3050 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3050 146 , , , 1662 3050 147 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 3050 148 0 0 CD 1662 3050 149 Radios radio NNS 1662 3050 150 : : : 1662 3050 151 11,800 11,800 CD 1662 3050 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3050 153 1996 1996 CD 1662 3050 154 est est NNP 1662 3050 155 . . . 1662 3050 156 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3051 1 Television television NN 1662 3051 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3051 3 stations station NNS 1662 3051 4 : : : 1662 3051 5 1 1 LS 1662 3051 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3051 7 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 3051 8 45 45 CD 1662 3051 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3051 10 Televisions television NNS 1662 3051 11 : : : 1662 3051 12 11,600 11,600 CD 1662 3051 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3051 14 1996 1996 CD 1662 3051 15 est est NNP 1662 3051 16 . . . 1662 3051 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3052 1 @Faroe @Faroe NFP 1662 3052 2 Islands island NNS 1662 3052 3 : : : 1662 3052 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3052 5 Railways railway NNS 1662 3052 6 : : : 1662 3052 7 0 0 LS 1662 3052 8 km km NN 1662 3052 9 Highways highway NNS 1662 3052 10 : : : 1662 3052 11 total total NN 1662 3052 12 : : : 1662 3052 13 458 458 CD 1662 3052 14 km km NN 1662 3052 15 paved pave VBN 1662 3052 16 : : : 1662 3052 17 450 450 CD 1662 3052 18 km km NN 1662 3052 19 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3052 20 : : : 1662 3052 21 8 8 CD 1662 3052 22 km km NN 1662 3052 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3052 24 1995 1995 CD 1662 3052 25 est est NNP 1662 3052 26 . . . 1662 3052 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3053 1 Ports port NNS 1662 3053 2 and and CC 1662 3053 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3053 4 : : : 1662 3053 5 Torshavn Torshavn NNP 1662 3053 6 , , , 1662 3053 7 Klaksvik Klaksvik NNP 1662 3053 8 , , , 1662 3053 9 Tvoroyri Tvoroyri NNP 1662 3053 10 , , , 1662 3053 11 Runavik Runavik NNP 1662 3053 12 , , , 1662 3053 13 Fuglafjordhur Fuglafjordhur NNP 1662 3053 14 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3053 15 marine marine NN 1662 3053 16 : : : 1662 3053 17 total total NN 1662 3053 18 : : : 1662 3053 19 6 6 CD 1662 3053 20 ships ship NNS 1662 3053 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3053 22 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 3053 23 GRT GRT NNP 1662 3053 24 or or CC 1662 3053 25 over over RB 1662 3053 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3053 27 totaling total VBG 1662 3053 28 18,979 18,979 CD 1662 3053 29 GRT/14,531 GRT/14,531 NNP 1662 3053 30 DWT dwt NN 1662 3053 31 ships ship NNS 1662 3053 32 by by IN 1662 3053 33 type type NN 1662 3053 34 : : : 1662 3053 35 cargo cargo NN 1662 3053 36 3 3 CD 1662 3053 37 , , , 1662 3053 38 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 3053 39 cargo cargo NN 1662 3053 40 1 1 CD 1662 3053 41 , , , 1662 3053 42 roll roll NN 1662 3053 43 - - HYPH 1662 3053 44 on on IN 1662 3053 45 / / SYM 1662 3053 46 roll roll NN 1662 3053 47 - - HYPH 1662 3053 48 off off RP 1662 3053 49 cargo cargo NN 1662 3053 50 1 1 CD 1662 3053 51 , , , 1662 3053 52 short short JJ 1662 3053 53 - - HYPH 1662 3053 54 sea sea NN 1662 3053 55 passenger passenger NN 1662 3053 56 1 1 CD 1662 3053 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3053 58 1996 1996 CD 1662 3053 59 est est NNP 1662 3053 60 . . . 1662 3053 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3054 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3054 2 : : : 1662 3054 3 1 1 CD 1662 3054 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3054 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 3054 6 est est NNP 1662 3054 7 . . . 1662 3054 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3055 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3055 2 - - , 1662 3055 3 with with IN 1662 3055 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3055 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3055 6 : : : 1662 3055 7 total total NN 1662 3055 8 : : : 1662 3055 9 1 1 CD 1662 3055 10 914 914 CD 1662 3055 11 to to TO 1662 3055 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3055 13 m m NN 1662 3055 14 : : : 1662 3055 15 1 1 CD 1662 3055 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3055 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 3055 18 est est NNP 1662 3055 19 . . . 1662 3055 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3056 1 Military military JJ 1662 3056 2 Military military JJ 1662 3056 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3056 4 : : : 1662 3056 5 no no DT 1662 3056 6 organized organized JJ 1662 3056 7 native native JJ 1662 3056 8 military military JJ 1662 3056 9 forces force NNS 1662 3056 10 ; ; : 1662 3056 11 only only RB 1662 3056 12 a a DT 1662 3056 13 small small JJ 1662 3056 14 Police Police NNP 1662 3056 15 Force Force NNP 1662 3056 16 and and CC 1662 3056 17 Coast Coast NNP 1662 3056 18 Guard Guard NNP 1662 3056 19 are be VBP 1662 3056 20 maintained maintain VBN 1662 3056 21 Military military JJ 1662 3056 22 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3056 23 - - HYPH 1662 3056 24 dollar dollar NN 1662 3056 25 figure figure NN 1662 3056 26 : : : 1662 3056 27 $ $ $ 1662 3056 28 NA NA NNP 1662 3056 29 Military military JJ 1662 3056 30 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3056 31 - - : 1662 3056 32 percent percent NN 1662 3056 33 of of IN 1662 3056 34 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3056 35 : : : 1662 3056 36 NA% NA% NNP 1662 3056 37 Military Military NNP 1662 3056 38 - - HYPH 1662 3056 39 note note NN 1662 3056 40 : : : 1662 3056 41 defense defense NN 1662 3056 42 is be VBZ 1662 3056 43 the the DT 1662 3056 44 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 3056 45 of of IN 1662 3056 46 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 3056 47 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3056 48 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3056 49 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 3056 50 - - : 1662 3056 51 international international RB 1662 3056 52 : : : 1662 3056 53 none none NN 1662 3056 54 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 55 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 56 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 57 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 58 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 59 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 60 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 61 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 62 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 63 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 64 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 65 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 66 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 67 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 68 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 69 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 70 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 71 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 72 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 73 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 74 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 75 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 76 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 77 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 78 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 79 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 80 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 102 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 103 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 104 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 105 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 106 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 107 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 108 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 109 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 110 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 111 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 112 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 113 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 114 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 115 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 116 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 117 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 118 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 119 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 120 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 121 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 122 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 123 _ _ NNP 1662 3056 124 FIJI FIJI NNP 1662 3056 125 @Fiji @fiji NN 1662 3056 126 : : : 1662 3056 127 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3056 128 Location Location NNP 1662 3056 129 : : : 1662 3056 130 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 3056 131 , , , 1662 3056 132 island island NN 1662 3056 133 group group NN 1662 3056 134 in in IN 1662 3056 135 the the DT 1662 3056 136 South South NNP 1662 3056 137 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 3056 138 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3056 139 , , , 1662 3056 140 about about RB 1662 3056 141 two two CD 1662 3056 142 - - HYPH 1662 3056 143 thirds third NNS 1662 3056 144 of of IN 1662 3056 145 the the DT 1662 3056 146 way way NN 1662 3056 147 from from IN 1662 3056 148 Hawaii Hawaii NNP 1662 3056 149 to to IN 1662 3056 150 New New NNP 1662 3056 151 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 3056 152 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3056 153 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3056 154 : : : 1662 3056 155 18 18 CD 1662 3056 156 00 00 CD 1662 3056 157 S s NN 1662 3056 158 , , , 1662 3056 159 175 175 CD 1662 3056 160 00 00 CD 1662 3056 161 E e NN 1662 3056 162 Map Map NNP 1662 3056 163 references reference NNS 1662 3056 164 : : : 1662 3056 165 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 3056 166 Area Area NNP 1662 3056 167 : : : 1662 3056 168 total total NN 1662 3056 169 : : : 1662 3056 170 18,270 18,270 CD 1662 3056 171 sq sq NN 1662 3056 172 km km NNP 1662 3056 173 land land NN 1662 3056 174 : : : 1662 3056 175 18,270 18,270 CD 1662 3056 176 sq sq NN 1662 3056 177 km km NNP 1662 3056 178 water water NN 1662 3056 179 : : : 1662 3056 180 0 0 NFP 1662 3056 181 sq sq NN 1662 3056 182 km km NNP 1662 3056 183 Area area NN 1662 3056 184 - - HYPH 1662 3056 185 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3056 186 : : : 1662 3056 187 slightly slightly RB 1662 3056 188 smaller small JJR 1662 3056 189 than than IN 1662 3056 190 New New NNP 1662 3056 191 Jersey Jersey NNP 1662 3056 192 Land Land NNP 1662 3056 193 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3056 194 : : : 1662 3056 195 0 0 LS 1662 3056 196 km km NN 1662 3056 197 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3056 198 : : : 1662 3056 199 1,129 1,129 CD 1662 3056 200 km km NN 1662 3056 201 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3056 202 claims claim NNS 1662 3056 203 : : : 1662 3056 204 measured measure VBN 1662 3056 205 from from IN 1662 3056 206 claimed claim VBN 1662 3056 207 archipelagic archipelagic JJ 1662 3056 208 baselines baselines NNP 1662 3056 209 continental continental NNP 1662 3056 210 shelf shelf NNP 1662 3056 211 : : : 1662 3056 212 200-m 200-m CD 1662 3056 213 depth depth NN 1662 3056 214 or or CC 1662 3056 215 to to IN 1662 3056 216 the the DT 1662 3056 217 depth depth NN 1662 3056 218 of of IN 1662 3056 219 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 3056 220 ; ; : 1662 3056 221 rectilinear rectilinear NNP 1662 3056 222 shelf shelf NN 1662 3056 223 claim claim NN 1662 3056 224 added add VBD 1662 3056 225 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3056 226 economic economic JJ 1662 3056 227 zone zone NN 1662 3056 228 : : : 1662 3056 229 200 200 CD 1662 3056 230 nm nm CD 1662 3056 231 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3056 232 sea sea NN 1662 3056 233 : : : 1662 3056 234 12 12 CD 1662 3056 235 nm nm NNP 1662 3056 236 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3056 237 : : : 1662 3056 238 tropical tropical JJ 1662 3056 239 marine marine NN 1662 3056 240 ; ; : 1662 3056 241 only only RB 1662 3056 242 slight slight JJ 1662 3056 243 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 3056 244 temperature temperature NN 1662 3056 245 variation variation NN 1662 3056 246 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3056 247 : : : 1662 3056 248 mostly mostly RB 1662 3056 249 mountains mountain NNS 1662 3056 250 of of IN 1662 3056 251 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 3056 252 origin origin NN 1662 3056 253 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3056 254 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3056 255 : : : 1662 3056 256 lowest low JJS 1662 3056 257 point point NN 1662 3056 258 : : : 1662 3056 259 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 3056 260 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3056 261 0 0 NFP 1662 3056 262 m m DT 1662 3056 263 highest high JJS 1662 3056 264 point point NN 1662 3056 265 : : : 1662 3056 266 Tomanivi tomanivi NN 1662 3056 267 1,324 1,324 CD 1662 3056 268 m m CD 1662 3056 269 Natural natural JJ 1662 3056 270 resources resource NNS 1662 3056 271 : : : 1662 3056 272 timber timber NN 1662 3056 273 , , , 1662 3056 274 fish fish NN 1662 3056 275 , , , 1662 3056 276 gold gold NN 1662 3056 277 , , , 1662 3056 278 copper copper NN 1662 3056 279 , , , 1662 3056 280 offshore offshore JJ 1662 3056 281 oil oil NN 1662 3056 282 potential potential NN 1662 3056 283 Land Land NNP 1662 3056 284 use use NN 1662 3056 285 : : : 1662 3056 286 arable arable JJ 1662 3056 287 land land NN 1662 3056 288 : : : 1662 3056 289 10 10 CD 1662 3056 290 % % NN 1662 3056 291 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3056 292 crops crop NNS 1662 3056 293 : : : 1662 3056 294 4 4 CD 1662 3056 295 % % NN 1662 3056 296 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3056 297 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3056 298 : : : 1662 3056 299 10 10 CD 1662 3056 300 % % NN 1662 3056 301 forests forest NNS 1662 3056 302 and and CC 1662 3056 303 woodland woodland JJ 1662 3056 304 : : : 1662 3056 305 65 65 CD 1662 3056 306 % % NN 1662 3056 307 other other JJ 1662 3056 308 : : : 1662 3056 309 11 11 CD 1662 3056 310 % % NN 1662 3056 311 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3056 312 1993 1993 CD 1662 3056 313 est est NNP 1662 3056 314 . . . 1662 3056 315 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3057 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3057 2 land land NN 1662 3057 3 : : : 1662 3057 4 10 10 CD 1662 3057 5 sq sq NNP 1662 3057 6 km km NNP 1662 3057 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3057 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 3057 9 est est NNP 1662 3057 10 . . . 1662 3057 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3058 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 3058 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3058 3 : : : 1662 3058 4 cyclonic cyclonic JJ 1662 3058 5 storms storm NNS 1662 3058 6 can can MD 1662 3058 7 occur occur VB 1662 3058 8 from from IN 1662 3058 9 November November NNP 1662 3058 10 to to IN 1662 3058 11 January January NNP 1662 3058 12 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3058 13 - - HYPH 1662 3058 14 current current JJ 1662 3058 15 issues issue NNS 1662 3058 16 : : : 1662 3058 17 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 3058 18 ; ; , 1662 3058 19 soil soil NN 1662 3058 20 erosion erosion NN 1662 3058 21 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3058 22 - - HYPH 1662 3058 23 international international JJ 1662 3058 24 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3058 25 : : : 1662 3058 26 party party NN 1662 3058 27 to to TO 1662 3058 28 : : : 1662 3058 29 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 3058 30 , , , 1662 3058 31 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3058 32 Change Change NNP 1662 3058 33 , , , 1662 3058 34 Law Law NNP 1662 3058 35 of of IN 1662 3058 36 the the DT 1662 3058 37 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3058 38 , , , 1662 3058 39 Marine Marine NNP 1662 3058 40 Life Life NNP 1662 3058 41 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 3058 42 , , , 1662 3058 43 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 3058 44 Test Test NNP 1662 3058 45 Ban Ban NNP 1662 3058 46 , , , 1662 3058 47 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 3058 48 Layer Layer NNP 1662 3058 49 Protection Protection NNP 1662 3058 50 , , , 1662 3058 51 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 3058 52 Timber Timber NNP 1662 3058 53 83 83 CD 1662 3058 54 , , , 1662 3058 55 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 3058 56 Timber Timber NNP 1662 3058 57 94 94 CD 1662 3058 58 , , , 1662 3058 59 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 3058 60 signed sign VBD 1662 3058 61 , , , 1662 3058 62 but but CC 1662 3058 63 not not RB 1662 3058 64 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3058 65 : : : 1662 3058 66 none none NN 1662 3058 67 of of IN 1662 3058 68 the the DT 1662 3058 69 selected select VBN 1662 3058 70 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3058 71 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3058 72 - - HYPH 1662 3058 73 note note NNP 1662 3058 74 : : : 1662 3058 75 includes include VBZ 1662 3058 76 332 332 CD 1662 3058 77 islands island NNS 1662 3058 78 of of IN 1662 3058 79 which which WDT 1662 3058 80 approximately approximately RB 1662 3058 81 110 110 CD 1662 3058 82 are be VBP 1662 3058 83 inhabited inhabit VBN 1662 3058 84 @Fiji @fiji NN 1662 3058 85 : : : 1662 3058 86 People People NNP 1662 3058 87 Population Population NNP 1662 3058 88 : : : 1662 3058 89 792,441 792,441 CD 1662 3058 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3058 91 July July NNP 1662 3058 92 1997 1997 CD 1662 3058 93 est est NNP 1662 3058 94 . . . 1662 3058 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3059 1 Age age NN 1662 3059 2 structure structure NN 1662 3059 3 : : : 1662 3059 4 0 0 CD 1662 3059 5 - - HYPH 1662 3059 6 14 14 CD 1662 3059 7 years year NNS 1662 3059 8 : : : 1662 3059 9 35 35 CD 1662 3059 10 % % NN 1662 3059 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3059 12 male male JJ 1662 3059 13 140,685 140,685 CD 1662 3059 14 ; ; : 1662 3059 15 female female JJ 1662 3059 16 135,044 135,044 CD 1662 3059 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3059 18 15 15 CD 1662 3059 19 - - HYPH 1662 3059 20 64 64 CD 1662 3059 21 years year NNS 1662 3059 22 : : : 1662 3059 23 62 62 CD 1662 3059 24 % % NN 1662 3059 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3059 26 male male JJ 1662 3059 27 246,128 246,128 CD 1662 3059 28 ; ; : 1662 3059 29 female female JJ 1662 3059 30 246,001 246,001 CD 1662 3059 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3059 32 65 65 CD 1662 3059 33 years year NNS 1662 3059 34 and and CC 1662 3059 35 over over IN 1662 3059 36 : : : 1662 3059 37 3 3 CD 1662 3059 38 % % NN 1662 3059 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3059 40 male male NN 1662 3059 41 11,620 11,620 CD 1662 3059 42 ; ; : 1662 3059 43 female female JJ 1662 3059 44 12,963 12,963 CD 1662 3059 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3059 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3059 47 July July NNP 1662 3059 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3059 49 est est NNP 1662 3059 50 . . . 1662 3059 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3060 1 Population population NN 1662 3060 2 growth growth NN 1662 3060 3 rate rate NN 1662 3060 4 : : : 1662 3060 5 1.28 1.28 CD 1662 3060 6 % % NN 1662 3060 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3060 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3060 9 est est NNP 1662 3060 10 . . . 1662 3060 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3061 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3061 2 rate rate NN 1662 3061 3 : : : 1662 3061 4 23.12 23.12 CD 1662 3061 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 3061 6 population population NN 1662 3061 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3061 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3061 9 est est NNP 1662 3061 10 . . . 1662 3061 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3062 1 Death death NN 1662 3062 2 rate rate NN 1662 3062 3 : : : 1662 3062 4 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 3062 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3062 6 population population NN 1662 3062 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3062 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3062 9 est est NNP 1662 3062 10 . . . 1662 3062 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3063 1 Net net JJ 1662 3063 2 migration migration NN 1662 3063 3 rate rate NN 1662 3063 4 : : : 1662 3063 5 -4.07 -4.07 NFP 1662 3063 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 3063 7 population population NN 1662 3063 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3063 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3063 10 est est NNP 1662 3063 11 . . . 1662 3063 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3064 1 Sex sex NN 1662 3064 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 3064 3 : : : 1662 3064 4 at at IN 1662 3064 5 birth birth NN 1662 3064 6 : : : 1662 3064 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 3064 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3064 9 under under IN 1662 3064 10 15 15 CD 1662 3064 11 years year NNS 1662 3064 12 : : : 1662 3064 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 3064 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3064 15 15 15 CD 1662 3064 16 - - HYPH 1662 3064 17 64 64 CD 1662 3064 18 years year NNS 1662 3064 19 : : : 1662 3064 20 1 1 CD 1662 3064 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3064 22 65 65 CD 1662 3064 23 years year NNS 1662 3064 24 and and CC 1662 3064 25 over over IN 1662 3064 26 : : : 1662 3064 27 0.9 0.9 CD 1662 3064 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3064 29 total total JJ 1662 3064 30 population population NN 1662 3064 31 : : : 1662 3064 32 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 3064 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3064 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3064 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 3064 36 est e JJS 1662 3064 37 . . . 1662 3064 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3065 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3065 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3065 3 rate rate NN 1662 3065 4 : : : 1662 3065 5 17 17 CD 1662 3065 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3065 7 live live JJ 1662 3065 8 births birth NNS 1662 3065 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3065 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3065 11 est est NNP 1662 3065 12 . . . 1662 3065 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3066 1 Life life NN 1662 3066 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3066 3 at at IN 1662 3066 4 birth birth NN 1662 3066 5 : : : 1662 3066 6 total total JJ 1662 3066 7 population population NN 1662 3066 8 : : : 1662 3066 9 66 66 CD 1662 3066 10 years year NNS 1662 3066 11 male male JJ 1662 3066 12 : : : 1662 3066 13 63.66 63.66 CD 1662 3066 14 years year NNS 1662 3066 15 female female JJ 1662 3066 16 : : : 1662 3066 17 68.46 68.46 CD 1662 3066 18 years year NNS 1662 3066 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3066 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3066 21 est est NNP 1662 3066 22 . . . 1662 3066 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3067 1 Total total JJ 1662 3067 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3067 3 rate rate NN 1662 3067 4 : : : 1662 3067 5 2.78 2.78 CD 1662 3067 6 children child NNS 1662 3067 7 born bear VBN 1662 3067 8 / / SYM 1662 3067 9 woman woman NN 1662 3067 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3067 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3067 12 est est NNP 1662 3067 13 . . . 1662 3067 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3068 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3068 2 : : : 1662 3068 3 noun noun NNP 1662 3068 4 : : : 1662 3068 5 Fijian(s Fijian(s NNP 1662 3068 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3068 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 3068 8 : : : 1662 3068 9 Fijian fijian JJ 1662 3068 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3068 11 groups group NNS 1662 3068 12 : : : 1662 3068 13 Fijian fijian JJ 1662 3068 14 49 49 CD 1662 3068 15 % % NN 1662 3068 16 , , , 1662 3068 17 Indian Indian NNP 1662 3068 18 46 46 CD 1662 3068 19 % % NN 1662 3068 20 , , , 1662 3068 21 European european JJ 1662 3068 22 , , , 1662 3068 23 other other JJ 1662 3068 24 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 3068 25 Islanders Islanders NNPS 1662 3068 26 , , , 1662 3068 27 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3068 28 Chinese Chinese NNPS 1662 3068 29 , , , 1662 3068 30 and and CC 1662 3068 31 other other JJ 1662 3068 32 5 5 CD 1662 3068 33 % % NN 1662 3068 34 Religions religion NNS 1662 3068 35 : : : 1662 3068 36 Christian Christian NNP 1662 3068 37 52 52 CD 1662 3068 38 % % NN 1662 3068 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3068 40 Methodist Methodist NNP 1662 3068 41 37 37 CD 1662 3068 42 % % NN 1662 3068 43 , , , 1662 3068 44 Roman Roman NNP 1662 3068 45 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 3068 46 9 9 CD 1662 3068 47 % % NN 1662 3068 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3068 49 , , , 1662 3068 50 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 3068 51 38 38 CD 1662 3068 52 % % NN 1662 3068 53 , , , 1662 3068 54 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 3068 55 8 8 CD 1662 3068 56 % % NN 1662 3068 57 , , , 1662 3068 58 other other JJ 1662 3068 59 2 2 CD 1662 3068 60 % % NN 1662 3068 61 note note NN 1662 3068 62 : : : 1662 3068 63 Fijians fijian NNS 1662 3068 64 are be VBP 1662 3068 65 mainly mainly RB 1662 3068 66 Christian christian JJ 1662 3068 67 , , , 1662 3068 68 Indians Indians NNPS 1662 3068 69 are be VBP 1662 3068 70 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 3068 71 , , , 1662 3068 72 and 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93.8 93.8 CD 1662 3068 111 % % NN 1662 3068 112 female female NN 1662 3068 113 : : : 1662 3068 114 89.3 89.3 CD 1662 3068 115 % % NN 1662 3068 116 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3068 117 1995 1995 CD 1662 3068 118 est est NNP 1662 3068 119 . . . 1662 3068 120 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3069 1 @Fiji @Fiji NNP 1662 3069 2 : : : 1662 3069 3 Government Government NNP 1662 3069 4 Country Country NNP 1662 3069 5 name name NN 1662 3069 6 : : : 1662 3069 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3069 8 long long JJ 1662 3069 9 form form NN 1662 3069 10 : : : 1662 3069 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3069 12 of of IN 1662 3069 13 Fiji Fiji NNP 1662 3069 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3069 15 short short JJ 1662 3069 16 form form NN 1662 3069 17 : : : 1662 3069 18 Fiji Fiji NNP 1662 3069 19 Data Data NNP 1662 3069 20 code code NN 1662 3069 21 : : : 1662 3069 22 FJ FJ NNP 1662 3069 23 Government Government NNP 1662 3069 24 type type NN 1662 3069 25 : : : 1662 3069 26 republic republic NNP 1662 3069 27 note note NN 1662 3069 28 : : : 1662 3069 29 military military JJ 1662 3069 30 coup coup NN 1662 3069 31 leader leader NN 1662 3069 32 Maj Maj NNP 1662 3069 33 . . NNP 1662 3069 34 Gen. Gen. 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; : 1662 3069 190 Second second JJ 1662 3069 191 Vice Vice NNP 1662 3069 192 President President NNP 1662 3069 193 Ratu Ratu NNP 1662 3069 194 Inoke Inoke NNP 1662 3069 195 TAKIVEIKATA TAKIVEIKATA NNP 1662 3069 196 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3069 197 since since IN 1662 3069 198 12 12 CD 1662 3069 199 January January NNP 1662 3069 200 1994 1994 CD 1662 3069 201 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3069 202 head head NN 1662 3069 203 of of IN 1662 3069 204 government government NN 1662 3069 205 : : : 1662 3069 206 Prime Prime NNP 1662 3069 207 Minister Minister NNP 1662 3069 208 Sitiveni Sitiveni NNP 1662 3069 209 RABUKA RABUKA NNP 1662 3069 210 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3069 211 since since IN 1662 3069 212 2 2 CD 1662 3069 213 June June NNP 1662 3069 214 1992 1992 CD 1662 3069 215 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3069 216 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3069 217 : : : 1662 3069 218 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 3069 219 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3069 220 by by IN 1662 3069 221 the the DT 1662 3069 222 prime prime JJ 1662 3069 223 minister minister NN 1662 3069 224 from from IN 1662 3069 225 among among IN 1662 3069 226 the the DT 1662 3069 227 members member NNS 1662 3069 228 of of IN 1662 3069 229 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 3069 230 and and CC 1662 3069 231 is be VBZ 1662 3069 232 responsible responsible JJ 1662 3069 233 to to IN 1662 3069 234 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 3069 235 note note NN 1662 3069 236 : : : 1662 3069 237 there there EX 1662 3069 238 is be VBZ 1662 3069 239 also also RB 1662 3069 240 a a DT 1662 3069 241 Presidential Presidential NNP 1662 3069 242 Council Council NNP 1662 3069 243 that that WDT 1662 3069 244 advises advise VBZ 1662 3069 245 the the DT 1662 3069 246 president president NN 1662 3069 247 on on IN 1662 3069 248 matters matter NNS 1662 3069 249 of of IN 1662 3069 250 national national JJ 1662 3069 251 importance importance NN 1662 3069 252 and and CC 1662 3069 253 a a DT 1662 3069 254 Great Great NNP 1662 3069 255 Council Council NNP 1662 3069 256 of of IN 1662 3069 257 Chiefs Chiefs NNPS 1662 3069 258 which which WDT 1662 3069 259 consists consist VBZ 1662 3069 260 of of IN 1662 3069 261 the the DT 1662 3069 262 highest highest RBS 1662 3069 263 ranking ranking JJ 1662 3069 264 members member NNS 1662 3069 265 of of IN 1662 3069 266 the the DT 1662 3069 267 traditional traditional JJ 1662 3069 268 chiefly chiefly JJ 1662 3069 269 system system NN 1662 3069 270 elections election NNS 1662 3069 271 : : : 1662 3069 272 president president NN 1662 3069 273 elected elect VBN 1662 3069 274 by by IN 1662 3069 275 the the DT 1662 3069 276 Great Great NNP 1662 3069 277 Council Council NNP 1662 3069 278 of of IN 1662 3069 279 Chiefs Chiefs NNPS 1662 3069 280 for for IN 1662 3069 281 a a DT 1662 3069 282 five five CD 1662 3069 283 - - HYPH 1662 3069 284 year year NN 1662 3069 285 term term NN 1662 3069 286 ; ; : 1662 3069 287 prime prime NNP 1662 3069 288 minister minister NN 1662 3069 289 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3069 290 by by IN 1662 3069 291 the the DT 1662 3069 292 president president NNP 1662 3069 293 election election NN 1662 3069 294 results result NNS 1662 3069 295 : : : 1662 3069 296 Ratu Ratu NNP 1662 3069 297 Sir Sir NNP 1662 3069 298 Kamisese Kamisese NNP 1662 3069 299 MARA MARA NNP 1662 3069 300 elected elect VBD 1662 3069 301 president president NN 1662 3069 302 ; ; , 1662 3069 303 percent percent NN 1662 3069 304 of of IN 1662 3069 305 Great Great NNP 1662 3069 306 Council Council NNP 1662 3069 307 of of IN 1662 3069 308 Chiefs Chiefs NNPS 1662 3069 309 vote vote NN 1662 3069 310 - - HYPH 1662 3069 311 NA NA NNP 1662 3069 312 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 3069 313 branch branch NN 1662 3069 314 : : : 1662 3069 315 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 3069 316 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 3069 317 consists consist VBZ 1662 3069 318 of of IN 1662 3069 319 the the DT 1662 3069 320 Senate Senate NNP 1662 3069 321 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3069 322 34 34 CD 1662 3069 323 seats seat NNS 1662 3069 324 ; ; : 1662 3069 325 24 24 CD 1662 3069 326 reserved reserve VBN 1662 3069 327 for for IN 1662 3069 328 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3069 329 Fijians Fijians NNPS 1662 3069 330 , , , 1662 3069 331 9 9 CD 1662 3069 332 for for IN 1662 3069 333 Indians Indians NNPS 1662 3069 334 and and CC 1662 3069 335 others other NNS 1662 3069 336 , , , 1662 3069 337 and and CC 1662 3069 338 1 1 CD 1662 3069 339 for for IN 1662 3069 340 the the DT 1662 3069 341 island island NN 1662 3069 342 of of IN 1662 3069 343 Rotuma Rotuma NNP 1662 3069 344 ; ; : 1662 3069 345 members member NNS 1662 3069 346 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3069 347 by by IN 1662 3069 348 the the DT 1662 3069 349 president president NN 1662 3069 350 to to TO 1662 3069 351 serve serve VB 1662 3069 352 five five CD 1662 3069 353 - - HYPH 1662 3069 354 year year NN 1662 3069 355 terms term NNS 1662 3069 356 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3069 357 and and CC 1662 3069 358 the the DT 1662 3069 359 House House NNP 1662 3069 360 of of IN 1662 3069 361 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 3069 362 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3069 363 70 70 CD 1662 3069 364 seats seat NNS 1662 3069 365 ; ; : 1662 3069 366 37 37 CD 1662 3069 367 reserved reserve VBN 1662 3069 368 for for IN 1662 3069 369 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3069 370 Fijians Fijians NNPS 1662 3069 371 , , , 1662 3069 372 27 27 CD 1662 3069 373 for for IN 1662 3069 374 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3069 375 Indians Indians NNPS 1662 3069 376 , , , 1662 3069 377 and and CC 1662 3069 378 6 6 CD 1662 3069 379 for for IN 1662 3069 380 independents independent NNS 1662 3069 381 and and CC 1662 3069 382 others other NNS 1662 3069 383 ; ; : 1662 3069 384 members member NNS 1662 3069 385 elected elect VBN 1662 3069 386 by by IN 1662 3069 387 popular popular JJ 1662 3069 388 vote vote NN 1662 3069 389 on on IN 1662 3069 390 a a DT 1662 3069 391 communal communal JJ 1662 3069 392 basis basis NN 1662 3069 393 to to TO 1662 3069 394 serve serve VB 1662 3069 395 five five CD 1662 3069 396 - - HYPH 1662 3069 397 year year NN 1662 3069 398 terms term NNS 1662 3069 399 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3069 400 elections election NNS 1662 3069 401 : : : 1662 3069 402 House House NNP 1662 3069 403 of of IN 1662 3069 404 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 3069 405 - - HYPH 1662 3069 406 last last RB 1662 3069 407 held hold VBN 1662 3069 408 18 18 CD 1662 3069 409 - - SYM 1662 3069 410 25 25 CD 1662 3069 411 February February NNP 1662 3069 412 1994 1994 CD 1662 3069 413 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3069 414 next next JJ 1662 3069 415 to to TO 1662 3069 416 be be VB 1662 3069 417 held hold VBN 1662 3069 418 NA NA NNP 1662 3069 419 1999 1999 CD 1662 3069 420 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3069 421 election election NN 1662 3069 422 results result NNS 1662 3069 423 : : : 1662 3069 424 House House NNP 1662 3069 425 of of IN 1662 3069 426 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 3069 427 - - HYPH 1662 3069 428 percent percent NN 1662 3069 429 of of IN 1662 3069 430 vote vote NN 1662 3069 431 by by IN 1662 3069 432 party party NN 1662 3069 433 - - HYPH 1662 3069 434 NA NA NNP 1662 3069 435 ; ; , 1662 3069 436 seats seat NNS 1662 3069 437 by by IN 1662 3069 438 party party NN 1662 3069 439 - - HYPH 1662 3069 440 SVT SVT NNP 1662 3069 441 31 31 CD 1662 3069 442 , , , 1662 3069 443 NFP NFP NNP 1662 3069 444 20 20 CD 1662 3069 445 , , , 1662 3069 446 FLP FLP NNP 1662 3069 447 7 7 CD 1662 3069 448 , , , 1662 3069 449 FAP FAP NNP 1662 3069 450 5 5 CD 1662 3069 451 , , , 1662 3069 452 GVP GVP NNP 1662 3069 453 4 4 CD 1662 3069 454 , , , 1662 3069 455 independents independent NNS 1662 3069 456 2 2 CD 1662 3069 457 , , , 1662 3069 458 ANC ANC NNP 1662 3069 459 1 1 CD 1662 3069 460 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 3069 461 branch branch NN 1662 3069 462 : : : 1662 3069 463 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 3069 464 Court Court NNP 1662 3069 465 Political political JJ 1662 3069 466 parties party NNS 1662 3069 467 and and CC 1662 3069 468 leaders leader NNS 1662 3069 469 : : : 1662 3069 470 Fijian Fijian NNP 1662 3069 471 Political Political NNP 1662 3069 472 Party Party NNP 1662 3069 473 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3069 474 SVT SVT NNP 1662 3069 475 - - HYPH 1662 3069 476 primarily primarily RB 1662 3069 477 Fijian Fijian NNP 1662 3069 478 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3069 479 , , , 1662 3069 480 leader leader NN 1662 3069 481 Maj Maj NNP 1662 3069 482 . . NNP 1662 3069 483 Gen. Gen. 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; : 1662 3069 521 General General NNP 1662 3069 522 Voters Voters NNPS 1662 3069 523 Party Party NNP 1662 3069 524 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3069 525 GVP GVP NNP 1662 3069 526 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3069 527 , , , 1662 3069 528 Leo Leo NNP 1662 3069 529 SMITH SMITH NNP 1662 3069 530 ; ; : 1662 3069 531 Fiji Fiji NNP 1662 3069 532 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 3069 533 Party Party NNP 1662 3069 534 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3069 535 FCP FCP NNP 1662 3069 536 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3069 537 , , , 1662 3069 538 leader leader NN 1662 3069 539 NA NA NNP 1662 3069 540 ; ; : 1662 3069 541 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 3069 542 Party Party NNP 1662 3069 543 of of IN 1662 3069 544 Fiji Fiji NNP 1662 3069 545 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3069 546 CPF CPF NNP 1662 3069 547 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3069 548 , , , 1662 3069 549 leader leader NN 1662 3069 550 NA NA NNP 1662 3069 551 ; ; : 1662 3069 552 Fiji Fiji NNP 1662 3069 553 Indian Indian NNP 1662 3069 554 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 3069 555 Party Party NNP 1662 3069 556 , , , 1662 3069 557 leader leader NN 1662 3069 558 NA NA NNP 1662 3069 559 ; 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P. NNP 1662 3069 809 O. O. 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- HYPH 1662 3082 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 3082 5 price price NN 1662 3082 6 index index NN 1662 3082 7 : : : 1662 3082 8 3 3 CD 1662 3082 9 % % NN 1662 3082 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3082 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3082 12 est est NNP 1662 3082 13 . . . 1662 3082 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3083 1 Labor labor NN 1662 3083 2 force force NN 1662 3083 3 : : : 1662 3083 4 total total NN 1662 3083 5 : : : 1662 3083 6 235,000 235,000 CD 1662 3083 7 by by IN 1662 3083 8 occupation occupation NN 1662 3083 9 : : : 1662 3083 10 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 3083 11 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3083 12 67 67 CD 1662 3083 13 % % NN 1662 3083 14 , , , 1662 3083 15 wage wage NN 1662 3083 16 earners earner NNS 1662 3083 17 18 18 CD 1662 3083 18 % % NN 1662 3083 19 , , , 1662 3083 20 salary salary NN 1662 3083 21 earners earner NNS 1662 3083 22 15 15 CD 1662 3083 23 % % NN 1662 3083 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3083 25 1987 1987 CD 1662 3083 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3083 27 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 3083 28 rate rate NN 1662 3083 29 : : : 1662 3083 30 6 6 CD 1662 3083 31 % % NN 1662 3083 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3083 33 1997 1997 CD 1662 3083 34 est est NNP 1662 3083 35 . . . 1662 3083 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3084 1 Budget budget NN 1662 3084 2 : : : 1662 3084 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 3084 4 : : : 1662 3084 5 $ $ $ 1662 3084 6 540.65 540.65 CD 1662 3084 7 million million CD 1662 3084 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3084 9 : : : 1662 3084 10 $ $ $ 1662 3084 11 742.65 742.65 CD 1662 3084 12 million million CD 1662 3084 13 , , , 1662 3084 14 including include VBG 1662 3084 15 capital capital NN 1662 3084 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3084 17 of of IN 1662 3084 18 $ $ $ 1662 3084 19 NA na NN 1662 3084 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3084 21 1997 1997 CD 1662 3084 22 est est NNP 1662 3084 23 . . . 1662 3084 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3085 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 3085 2 : : : 1662 3085 3 sugar sugar NN 1662 3085 4 , , , 1662 3085 5 tourism tourism NN 1662 3085 6 , , , 1662 3085 7 copra copra NN 1662 3085 8 , , , 1662 3085 9 gold gold NN 1662 3085 10 , , , 1662 3085 11 silver silver NN 1662 3085 12 , , , 1662 3085 13 clothing clothing NN 1662 3085 14 , , , 1662 3085 15 lumber lumber NN 1662 3085 16 , , , 1662 3085 17 small small JJ 1662 3085 18 cottage cottage NN 1662 3085 19 industries industrie VBZ 1662 3085 20 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 3085 21 production production NN 1662 3085 22 growth growth NN 1662 3085 23 rate rate NN 1662 3085 24 : : : 1662 3085 25 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 3085 26 % % NN 1662 3085 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3085 28 1995 1995 CD 1662 3085 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3085 30 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3085 31 - - HYPH 1662 3085 32 capacity capacity NN 1662 3085 33 : : : 1662 3085 34 200,000 200,000 CD 1662 3085 35 kW kw NN 1662 3085 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3085 37 1993 1993 CD 1662 3085 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3085 39 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3085 40 - - HYPH 1662 3085 41 production production NN 1662 3085 42 : : : 1662 3085 43 510 510 CD 1662 3085 44 million million CD 1662 3085 45 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3085 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3085 47 1994 1994 CD 1662 3085 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3085 49 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3085 50 - - HYPH 1662 3085 51 consumption consumption NN 1662 3085 52 per per IN 1662 3085 53 capita capita NN 1662 3085 54 : : : 1662 3085 55 660 660 CD 1662 3085 56 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3085 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3085 58 1995 1995 CD 1662 3085 59 est est NNP 1662 3085 60 . . . 1662 3085 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3086 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3086 2 - - HYPH 1662 3086 3 products product NNS 1662 3086 4 : : : 1662 3086 5 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 3086 6 , , , 1662 3086 7 coconuts coconut NNS 1662 3086 8 , , , 1662 3086 9 cassava cassava NNP 1662 3086 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3086 11 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 3086 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3086 13 , , , 1662 3086 14 rice rice NN 1662 3086 15 , , , 1662 3086 16 sweet sweet JJ 1662 3086 17 potatoes potato NNS 1662 3086 18 , , , 1662 3086 19 bananas banana NNS 1662 3086 20 ; ; , 1662 3086 21 cattle cattle NNS 1662 3086 22 , , , 1662 3086 23 pigs pig NNS 1662 3086 24 , , , 1662 3086 25 horses horse NNS 1662 3086 26 , , , 1662 3086 27 goats goat NNS 1662 3086 28 ; ; , 1662 3086 29 fish fish NN 1662 3086 30 catch catch VBP 1662 3086 31 13,796 13,796 CD 1662 3086 32 tons ton NNS 1662 3086 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3086 34 1991 1991 CD 1662 3086 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3086 36 Exports export NNS 1662 3086 37 : : : 1662 3086 38 total total JJ 1662 3086 39 value value NN 1662 3086 40 : : : 1662 3086 41 $ $ $ 1662 3086 42 607 607 CD 1662 3086 43 million million CD 1662 3086 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3086 45 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 3086 46 . . NNP 1662 3086 47 , , , 1662 3086 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 3086 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3086 50 commodities commoditie VBZ 1662 3086 51 : : : 1662 3086 52 sugar sugar NNP 1662 3086 53 32 32 CD 1662 3086 54 % % NN 1662 3086 55 , , , 1662 3086 56 clothing clothing NN 1662 3086 57 , , , 1662 3086 58 gold gold NN 1662 3086 59 , , , 1662 3086 60 processed process VBN 1662 3086 61 fish fish NN 1662 3086 62 , , , 1662 3086 63 lumber lumber NN 1662 3086 64 partners partner NNS 1662 3086 65 : : : 1662 3086 66 EU EU NNP 1662 3086 67 26 26 CD 1662 3086 68 % % NN 1662 3086 69 , , , 1662 3086 70 Australia Australia NNP 1662 3086 71 15 15 CD 1662 3086 72 % % NN 1662 3086 73 , , , 1662 3086 74 other other JJ 1662 3086 75 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 3086 76 island island NN 1662 3086 77 countries country NNS 1662 3086 78 11 11 CD 1662 3086 79 % % NN 1662 3086 80 , , , 1662 3086 81 Japan Japan NNP 1662 3086 82 6 6 CD 1662 3086 83 % % NN 1662 3086 84 Imports import NNS 1662 3086 85 : : : 1662 3086 86 total total JJ 1662 3086 87 value value NN 1662 3086 88 : : : 1662 3086 89 $ $ $ 1662 3086 90 864 864 CD 1662 3086 91 million million CD 1662 3086 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3086 93 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 3086 94 . . NNP 1662 3086 95 , , , 1662 3086 96 1995 1995 CD 1662 3086 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3086 98 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3086 99 : : : 1662 3086 100 machinery machinery NN 1662 3086 101 and and CC 1662 3086 102 transport transport NN 1662 3086 103 equipment equipment NN 1662 3086 104 , , , 1662 3086 105 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 3086 106 products product NNS 1662 3086 107 , , , 1662 3086 108 food food NN 1662 3086 109 , , , 1662 3086 110 consumer consumer NN 1662 3086 111 goods good NNS 1662 3086 112 , , , 1662 3086 113 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 3086 114 partners partner NNS 1662 3086 115 : : : 1662 3086 116 Australia Australia NNP 1662 3086 117 30 30 CD 1662 3086 118 % % NN 1662 3086 119 , , , 1662 3086 120 NZ NZ NNP 1662 3086 121 17 17 CD 1662 3086 122 % % NN 1662 3086 123 , , , 1662 3086 124 Japan Japan NNP 1662 3086 125 13 13 CD 1662 3086 126 % % NN 1662 3086 127 , , , 1662 3086 128 EU EU NNP 1662 3086 129 6 6 CD 1662 3086 130 % % NN 1662 3086 131 , , , 1662 3086 132 US US NNP 1662 3086 133 6 6 CD 1662 3086 134 % % NN 1662 3086 135 Debt debt NN 1662 3086 136 - - HYPH 1662 3086 137 external external JJ 1662 3086 138 : : : 1662 3086 139 $ $ $ 1662 3086 140 333.8 333.8 CD 1662 3086 141 million million CD 1662 3086 142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3086 143 1996 1996 CD 1662 3086 144 est est NNP 1662 3086 145 . . . 1662 3086 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3087 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 3087 2 aid aid NN 1662 3087 3 : : : 1662 3087 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 3087 5 : : : 1662 3087 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 3087 7 , , , 1662 3087 8 $ $ $ 1662 3087 9 14.35 14.35 CD 1662 3087 10 million million CD 1662 3087 11 from from IN 1662 3087 12 Australia Australia NNP 1662 3087 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3087 14 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 3087 15 est est NNP 1662 3087 16 . . . 1662 3088 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3088 2 ; ; : 1662 3088 3 $ $ $ 1662 3088 4 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 3088 5 million million CD 1662 3088 6 from from IN 1662 3088 7 New New NNP 1662 3088 8 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 3088 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3088 10 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 3088 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3088 12 Currency currency NN 1662 3088 13 : : : 1662 3088 14 1 1 CD 1662 3088 15 Fijian fijian JJ 1662 3088 16 dollar dollar NN 1662 3088 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3088 18 F$ F$ NNP 1662 3088 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3088 20 = = NFP 1662 3088 21 100 100 CD 1662 3088 22 cents cent NNS 1662 3088 23 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 3088 24 rates rate NNS 1662 3088 25 : : : 1662 3088 26 Fijian fijian JJ 1662 3088 27 dollars dollar NNS 1662 3088 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3088 29 F$ F$ NNP 1662 3088 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3088 31 per per IN 1662 3088 32 US$ us$ $ 1662 3088 33 1 1 CD 1662 3088 34 - - SYM 1662 3088 35 1.4000 1.4000 CD 1662 3088 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3088 37 January January NNP 1662 3088 38 1997 1997 CD 1662 3088 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3088 40 , , , 1662 3088 41 1.4033 1.4033 CD 1662 3088 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3088 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 3088 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3088 45 , , , 1662 3088 46 1.4063 1.4063 CD 1662 3088 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3088 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 3088 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3088 50 , , , 1662 3088 51 1.4641 1.4641 CD 1662 3088 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3088 53 1994 1994 CD 1662 3088 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3088 55 , , , 1662 3088 56 1.5418 1.5418 CD 1662 3088 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3088 58 1993 1993 CD 1662 3088 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3088 60 , , , 1662 3088 61 1.5030 1.5030 CD 1662 3088 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3088 63 1992 1992 CD 1662 3088 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3088 65 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3088 66 year year NN 1662 3088 67 : : : 1662 3088 68 calendar calendar NNP 1662 3088 69 year year NN 1662 3088 70 @Fiji @Fiji NNP 1662 3088 71 : : : 1662 3088 72 Communications Communications NNP 1662 3088 73 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 3088 74 : : : 1662 3088 75 60,017 60,017 CD 1662 3088 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3088 77 1987 1987 CD 1662 3088 78 est est NNP 1662 3088 79 . . . 1662 3088 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3089 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 3089 2 system system NN 1662 3089 3 : : : 1662 3089 4 modern modern JJ 1662 3089 5 local local JJ 1662 3089 6 , , , 1662 3089 7 interisland interisland JJ 1662 3089 8 , , , 1662 3089 9 and and CC 1662 3089 10 international international JJ 1662 3089 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3089 12 wire wire NN 1662 3089 13 / / SYM 1662 3089 14 radio radio NN 1662 3089 15 integrated integrate VBN 1662 3089 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3089 17 public public JJ 1662 3089 18 and and CC 1662 3089 19 special special JJ 1662 3089 20 - - HYPH 1662 3089 21 purpose purpose NN 1662 3089 22 telephone telephone NN 1662 3089 23 , , , 1662 3089 24 telegraph telegraph NN 1662 3089 25 , , , 1662 3089 26 and and CC 1662 3089 27 teleprinter teleprinter NN 1662 3089 28 facilities facility NNS 1662 3089 29 ; ; , 1662 3089 30 regional regional JJ 1662 3089 31 radio radio NN 1662 3089 32 communications communication NNS 1662 3089 33 center center NN 1662 3089 34 domestic domestic NN 1662 3089 35 : : : 1662 3089 36 NA NA NNP 1662 3089 37 international international JJ 1662 3089 38 : : : 1662 3089 39 access access NN 1662 3089 40 to to IN 1662 3089 41 important important JJ 1662 3089 42 cable cable NN 1662 3089 43 link link NN 1662 3089 44 between between IN 1662 3089 45 US US NNP 1662 3089 46 and and CC 1662 3089 47 Canada Canada NNP 1662 3089 48 and and CC 1662 3089 49 NZ NZ NNP 1662 3089 50 and and CC 1662 3089 51 Australia Australia NNP 1662 3089 52 ; ; : 1662 3089 53 satellite satellite NN 1662 3089 54 earth earth NN 1662 3089 55 station station NN 1662 3089 56 - - : 1662 3089 57 1 1 CD 1662 3089 58 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3089 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3089 60 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 3089 61 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3089 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3089 63 Radio radio NN 1662 3089 64 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3089 65 stations station NNS 1662 3089 66 : : : 1662 3089 67 AM AM NNP 1662 3089 68 7 7 CD 1662 3089 69 , , , 1662 3089 70 FM FM NNP 1662 3089 71 1 1 CD 1662 3089 72 , , , 1662 3089 73 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 3089 74 0 0 CD 1662 3089 75 Radios radio NNS 1662 3089 76 : : : 1662 3089 77 NA NA NNP 1662 3089 78 Television Television NNP 1662 3089 79 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3089 80 stations station NNS 1662 3089 81 : : : 1662 3089 82 0 0 NFP 1662 3089 83 Televisions television NNS 1662 3089 84 : : : 1662 3089 85 12,000 12,000 CD 1662 3089 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3089 87 1992 1992 CD 1662 3089 88 est est NNP 1662 3089 89 . . . 1662 3089 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3090 1 @Fiji @Fiji NNP 1662 3090 2 : : : 1662 3090 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3090 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 3090 5 : : : 1662 3090 6 total total NN 1662 3090 7 : : : 1662 3090 8 597 597 CD 1662 3090 9 km km NNS 1662 3090 10 ; ; : 1662 3090 11 note note NN 1662 3090 12 - - HYPH 1662 3090 13 belongs belong VBZ 1662 3090 14 to to IN 1662 3090 15 the the DT 1662 3090 16 government government NN 1662 3090 17 - - HYPH 1662 3090 18 owned own VBN 1662 3090 19 Fiji Fiji NNP 1662 3090 20 Sugar Sugar NNP 1662 3090 21 Corporation Corporation NNP 1662 3090 22 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3090 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 3090 24 : : : 1662 3090 25 597 597 CD 1662 3090 26 km km NN 1662 3090 27 0.610-m 0.610-m NN 1662 3090 28 gauge gauge NN 1662 3090 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3090 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 3090 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3090 32 Highways highway NNS 1662 3090 33 : : : 1662 3090 34 total total NN 1662 3090 35 : : : 1662 3090 36 3,370 3,370 CD 1662 3090 37 km km NN 1662 3090 38 paved pave VBN 1662 3090 39 : : : 1662 3090 40 1,655 1,655 CD 1662 3090 41 km km NN 1662 3090 42 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3090 43 : : : 1662 3090 44 1,715 1,715 CD 1662 3090 45 km km NNS 1662 3090 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3090 47 1995 1995 CD 1662 3090 48 est est NNP 1662 3090 49 . . . 1662 3090 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3091 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 3091 2 : : : 1662 3091 3 203 203 CD 1662 3091 4 km km NNS 1662 3091 5 ; ; : 1662 3091 6 122 122 CD 1662 3091 7 km km NN 1662 3091 8 navigable navigable JJ 1662 3091 9 by by IN 1662 3091 10 motorized motorize VBN 1662 3091 11 craft craft NN 1662 3091 12 and and CC 1662 3091 13 200-metric 200-metric CD 1662 3091 14 - - HYPH 1662 3091 15 ton ton NN 1662 3091 16 barges barge VBZ 1662 3091 17 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 3091 18 and and CC 1662 3091 19 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3091 20 : : : 1662 3091 21 Labasa Labasa NNP 1662 3091 22 , , , 1662 3091 23 Lautoka Lautoka NNP 1662 3091 24 , , , 1662 3091 25 Levuka Levuka NNP 1662 3091 26 , , , 1662 3091 27 Savusavu Savusavu NNP 1662 3091 28 , , , 1662 3091 29 Suva Suva NNP 1662 3091 30 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3091 31 marine marine NN 1662 3091 32 : : : 1662 3091 33 total total NN 1662 3091 34 : : : 1662 3091 35 6 6 CD 1662 3091 36 ships ship NNS 1662 3091 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3091 38 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 3091 39 GRT GRT NNP 1662 3091 40 or or CC 1662 3091 41 over over RB 1662 3091 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3091 43 totaling total VBG 1662 3091 44 17,800 17,800 CD 1662 3091 45 GRT/18,034 GRT/18,034 NNP 1662 3091 46 DWT dwt NN 1662 3091 47 ships ship NNS 1662 3091 48 by by IN 1662 3091 49 type type NN 1662 3091 50 : : : 1662 3091 51 chemical chemical NN 1662 3091 52 tanker tanker NN 1662 3091 53 2 2 CD 1662 3091 54 , , , 1662 3091 55 oil oil NN 1662 3091 56 tanker tanker NN 1662 3091 57 1 1 CD 1662 3091 58 , , , 1662 3091 59 passenger passenger NN 1662 3091 60 1 1 CD 1662 3091 61 , , , 1662 3091 62 roll roll NN 1662 3091 63 - - HYPH 1662 3091 64 on on IN 1662 3091 65 / / SYM 1662 3091 66 roll roll NN 1662 3091 67 - - HYPH 1662 3091 68 off off RP 1662 3091 69 cargo cargo NN 1662 3091 70 2 2 CD 1662 3091 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3091 72 1996 1996 CD 1662 3091 73 est est NNP 1662 3091 74 . . . 1662 3091 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3092 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3092 2 : : : 1662 3092 3 21 21 CD 1662 3092 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3092 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 3092 6 est est NNP 1662 3092 7 . . . 1662 3092 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3093 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3093 2 - - , 1662 3093 3 with with IN 1662 3093 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3093 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3093 6 : : : 1662 3093 7 total total NN 1662 3093 8 : : : 1662 3093 9 18 18 CD 1662 3093 10 over over IN 1662 3093 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3093 12 m m NN 1662 3093 13 : : : 1662 3093 14 1 1 CD 1662 3093 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3093 16 to to TO 1662 3093 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3093 18 m m NN 1662 3093 19 : : : 1662 3093 20 1 1 CD 1662 3093 21 914 914 CD 1662 3093 22 to to TO 1662 3093 23 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3093 24 m m NN 1662 3093 25 : : : 1662 3093 26 1 1 CD 1662 3093 27 under under IN 1662 3093 28 914 914 CD 1662 3093 29 m m NN 1662 3093 30 : : : 1662 3093 31 15 15 CD 1662 3093 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3093 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 3093 34 est est NNP 1662 3093 35 . . . 1662 3093 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3094 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3094 2 - - , 1662 3094 3 with with IN 1662 3094 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3094 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3094 6 : : : 1662 3094 7 total total NN 1662 3094 8 : : : 1662 3094 9 3 3 CD 1662 3094 10 914 914 CD 1662 3094 11 to to TO 1662 3094 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3094 13 m m NN 1662 3094 14 : : : 1662 3094 15 3 3 CD 1662 3094 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3094 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 3094 18 est est NNP 1662 3094 19 . . . 1662 3094 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3095 1 Military military JJ 1662 3095 2 Military military JJ 1662 3095 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3095 4 : : : 1662 3095 5 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3095 6 of of IN 1662 3095 7 Fiji Fiji NNP 1662 3095 8 Military Military NNP 1662 3095 9 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 3095 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3095 11 RFMF RFMF NNP 1662 3095 12 ; ; : 1662 3095 13 includes include VBZ 1662 3095 14 army army NNP 1662 3095 15 , , , 1662 3095 16 navy navy NNP 1662 3095 17 , , , 1662 3095 18 and and CC 1662 3095 19 a a DT 1662 3095 20 small small JJ 1662 3095 21 air air NN 1662 3095 22 wing wing NN 1662 3095 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3095 24 Military military JJ 1662 3095 25 manpower manpower NN 1662 3095 26 - - HYPH 1662 3095 27 military military NN 1662 3095 28 age age NN 1662 3095 29 : : : 1662 3095 30 18 18 CD 1662 3095 31 years year NNS 1662 3095 32 of of IN 1662 3095 33 age age NN 1662 3095 34 Military military JJ 1662 3095 35 manpower manpower NN 1662 3095 36 - - HYPH 1662 3095 37 availability availability NN 1662 3095 38 : : : 1662 3095 39 males male NNS 1662 3095 40 age age NNP 1662 3095 41 15 15 CD 1662 3095 42 - - HYPH 1662 3095 43 49 49 CD 1662 3095 44 : : : 1662 3095 45 210,048 210,048 CD 1662 3095 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3095 47 1997 1997 CD 1662 3095 48 est est NNP 1662 3095 49 . . . 1662 3095 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3096 1 Military military JJ 1662 3096 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3096 3 - - HYPH 1662 3096 4 fit fit NN 1662 3096 5 for for IN 1662 3096 6 military military JJ 1662 3096 7 service service NN 1662 3096 8 : : : 1662 3096 9 males male NNS 1662 3096 10 : : : 1662 3096 11 115,766 115,766 CD 1662 3096 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3096 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3096 14 est est NNP 1662 3096 15 . . . 1662 3096 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3097 1 Military military JJ 1662 3097 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3097 3 - - HYPH 1662 3097 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 3097 5 military military JJ 1662 3097 6 age age NN 1662 3097 7 annually annually RB 1662 3097 8 : : : 1662 3097 9 males male NNS 1662 3097 10 : : : 1662 3097 11 8,986 8,986 CD 1662 3097 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3097 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3097 14 est est NNP 1662 3097 15 . . . 1662 3097 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3098 1 Military military JJ 1662 3098 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3098 3 - - HYPH 1662 3098 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 3098 5 figure figure NN 1662 3098 6 : : : 1662 3098 7 $ $ $ 1662 3098 8 32 32 CD 1662 3098 9 million million CD 1662 3098 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3098 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3098 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3098 13 Military military JJ 1662 3098 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3098 15 - - : 1662 3098 16 percent percent NN 1662 3098 17 of of IN 1662 3098 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3098 19 : : : 1662 3098 20 5 5 CD 1662 3098 21 % % NN 1662 3098 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3098 23 1997 1997 CD 1662 3098 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3098 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3098 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3098 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 3098 28 - - : 1662 3098 29 international international RB 1662 3098 30 : : : 1662 3098 31 none none NN 1662 3098 32 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 33 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 34 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 35 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 36 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 37 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 38 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 39 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 40 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 41 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 42 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 43 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 44 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 45 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 46 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 47 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 48 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 49 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 50 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 51 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 52 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 53 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 54 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 55 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 56 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 57 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 58 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 59 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 60 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 61 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 62 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 63 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 64 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 65 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 66 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 67 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 68 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 69 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 70 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 71 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 72 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 73 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 74 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 75 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 76 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 77 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 78 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 79 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 80 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3098 102 FINLAND FINLAND NNP 1662 3098 103 @Finland @finland NN 1662 3098 104 : : : 1662 3098 105 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3098 106 Location Location NNP 1662 3098 107 : : : 1662 3098 108 Northern Northern NNP 1662 3098 109 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3098 110 , , , 1662 3098 111 bordering border VBG 1662 3098 112 the the DT 1662 3098 113 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 3098 114 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3098 115 , , , 1662 3098 116 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 3098 117 of of IN 1662 3098 118 Bothnia Bothnia NNP 1662 3098 119 , , , 1662 3098 120 and and CC 1662 3098 121 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 3098 122 of of IN 1662 3098 123 Finland Finland NNP 1662 3098 124 , , , 1662 3098 125 between between IN 1662 3098 126 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 3098 127 and and CC 1662 3098 128 Russia Russia NNP 1662 3098 129 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3098 130 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3098 131 : : : 1662 3098 132 64 64 CD 1662 3098 133 00 00 NFP 1662 3098 134 N n CD 1662 3098 135 , , , 1662 3098 136 26 26 CD 1662 3098 137 00 00 CD 1662 3098 138 E e NN 1662 3098 139 Map Map NNP 1662 3098 140 references reference NNS 1662 3098 141 : : : 1662 3098 142 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3098 143 Area Area NNP 1662 3098 144 : : : 1662 3098 145 total total NN 1662 3098 146 : : : 1662 3098 147 337,030 337,030 CD 1662 3098 148 sq sq NN 1662 3098 149 km km NNP 1662 3098 150 land land NN 1662 3098 151 : : : 1662 3098 152 305,470 305,470 CD 1662 3098 153 sq sq NNP 1662 3098 154 km km NNP 1662 3098 155 water water NN 1662 3098 156 : : : 1662 3098 157 31,560 31,560 CD 1662 3098 158 sq sq RB 1662 3098 159 km km NNP 1662 3098 160 Area area NN 1662 3098 161 - - HYPH 1662 3098 162 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3098 163 : : : 1662 3098 164 slightly slightly RB 1662 3098 165 smaller small JJR 1662 3098 166 than than IN 1662 3098 167 Montana Montana NNP 1662 3098 168 Land Land NNP 1662 3098 169 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3098 170 : : : 1662 3098 171 total total NN 1662 3098 172 : : : 1662 3098 173 2,628 2,628 CD 1662 3098 174 km km NN 1662 3098 175 border border NN 1662 3098 176 countries country NNS 1662 3098 177 : : : 1662 3098 178 Norway Norway NNP 1662 3098 179 729 729 CD 1662 3098 180 km km NNS 1662 3098 181 , , , 1662 3098 182 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 3098 183 586 586 CD 1662 3098 184 km km NNS 1662 3098 185 , , , 1662 3098 186 Russia Russia NNP 1662 3098 187 1,313 1,313 CD 1662 3098 188 km km NN 1662 3098 189 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3098 190 : : : 1662 3098 191 1,126 1,126 CD 1662 3098 192 km km NNS 1662 3098 193 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3098 194 excludes exclude VBZ 1662 3098 195 islands island NNS 1662 3098 196 and and CC 1662 3098 197 coastal coastal JJ 1662 3098 198 indentations indentation NNS 1662 3098 199 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3098 200 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3098 201 claims claim VBZ 1662 3098 202 : : : 1662 3098 203 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 3098 204 zone zone NN 1662 3098 205 : : : 1662 3098 206 6 6 CD 1662 3098 207 nm nm NNP 1662 3098 208 continental continental JJ 1662 3098 209 shelf shelf NN 1662 3098 210 : : : 1662 3098 211 200-m 200-m CD 1662 3098 212 depth depth NN 1662 3098 213 or or CC 1662 3098 214 to to IN 1662 3098 215 the the DT 1662 3098 216 depth depth NN 1662 3098 217 of of IN 1662 3098 218 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 3098 219 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3098 220 fishing fishing NN 1662 3098 221 zone zone NN 1662 3098 222 : : : 1662 3098 223 12 12 CD 1662 3098 224 nm nm NNP 1662 3098 225 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3098 226 sea sea NN 1662 3098 227 : : : 1662 3098 228 12 12 CD 1662 3098 229 nm nm CD 1662 3098 230 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3098 231 in in IN 1662 3098 232 the the DT 1662 3098 233 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 3098 234 of of IN 1662 3098 235 Finland Finland NNP 1662 3098 236 - - HYPH 1662 3098 237 3 3 CD 1662 3098 238 nm nm NNP 1662 3098 239 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3098 240 Climate climate NN 1662 3098 241 : : : 1662 3098 242 cold cold JJ 1662 3098 243 temperate temperate NN 1662 3098 244 ; ; : 1662 3098 245 potentially potentially RB 1662 3098 246 subarctic subarctic JJ 1662 3098 247 , , , 1662 3098 248 but but CC 1662 3098 249 comparatively comparatively RB 1662 3098 250 mild mild JJ 1662 3098 251 because because IN 1662 3098 252 of of IN 1662 3098 253 moderating moderate VBG 1662 3098 254 influence influence NN 1662 3098 255 of of IN 1662 3098 256 the the DT 1662 3098 257 North North NNP 1662 3098 258 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3098 259 Current Current NNP 1662 3098 260 , , , 1662 3098 261 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 3098 262 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3098 263 , , , 1662 3098 264 and and CC 1662 3098 265 more more JJR 1662 3098 266 than than IN 1662 3098 267 60,000 60,000 CD 1662 3098 268 lakes lake NNS 1662 3098 269 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3098 270 : : : 1662 3098 271 mostly mostly RB 1662 3098 272 low low JJ 1662 3098 273 , , , 1662 3098 274 flat flat JJ 1662 3098 275 to to IN 1662 3098 276 rolling rolling JJ 1662 3098 277 plains plain NNS 1662 3098 278 interspersed intersperse VBN 1662 3098 279 with with IN 1662 3098 280 lakes lake NNS 1662 3098 281 and and CC 1662 3098 282 low low JJ 1662 3098 283 hills hill NNS 1662 3098 284 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3098 285 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3098 286 : : : 1662 3098 287 lowest low JJS 1662 3098 288 point point NN 1662 3098 289 : : : 1662 3098 290 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 3098 291 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3098 292 0 0 NFP 1662 3098 293 m m DT 1662 3098 294 highest high JJS 1662 3098 295 point point NN 1662 3098 296 : : : 1662 3098 297 Haltiatunturi Haltiatunturi NNP 1662 3098 298 1,328 1,328 CD 1662 3098 299 m m NNP 1662 3098 300 Natural natural JJ 1662 3098 301 resources resource NNS 1662 3098 302 : : : 1662 3098 303 timber timber NN 1662 3098 304 , , , 1662 3098 305 copper copper NN 1662 3098 306 , , , 1662 3098 307 zinc zinc NN 1662 3098 308 , , , 1662 3098 309 iron iron NN 1662 3098 310 ore ore NN 1662 3098 311 , , , 1662 3098 312 silver silver NN 1662 3098 313 Land Land NNP 1662 3098 314 use use NN 1662 3098 315 : : : 1662 3098 316 arable arable JJ 1662 3098 317 land land NN 1662 3098 318 : : : 1662 3098 319 8 8 CD 1662 3098 320 % % NN 1662 3098 321 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3098 322 crops crop NNS 1662 3098 323 : : : 1662 3098 324 NA% na% IN 1662 3098 325 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3098 326 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3098 327 : : : 1662 3098 328 0 0 CD 1662 3098 329 % % NN 1662 3098 330 forests forest NNS 1662 3098 331 and and CC 1662 3098 332 woodland woodland JJ 1662 3098 333 : : : 1662 3098 334 76 76 CD 1662 3098 335 % % NN 1662 3098 336 other other JJ 1662 3098 337 : : : 1662 3098 338 16 16 CD 1662 3098 339 % % NN 1662 3098 340 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3098 341 1993 1993 CD 1662 3098 342 est est NNP 1662 3098 343 . . . 1662 3098 344 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3099 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3099 2 land land NN 1662 3099 3 : : : 1662 3099 4 640 640 CD 1662 3099 5 sq sq NN 1662 3099 6 km km NNP 1662 3099 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3099 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 3099 9 est est NNP 1662 3099 10 . . . 1662 3099 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3100 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 3100 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3100 3 : : : 1662 3100 4 NA NA NNP 1662 3100 5 Environment environment NN 1662 3100 6 - - HYPH 1662 3100 7 current current JJ 1662 3100 8 issues issue NNS 1662 3100 9 : : : 1662 3100 10 air air NN 1662 3100 11 pollution pollution NN 1662 3100 12 from from IN 1662 3100 13 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 3100 14 and and CC 1662 3100 15 power power NN 1662 3100 16 plants plant NNS 1662 3100 17 contributing contribute VBG 1662 3100 18 to to IN 1662 3100 19 acid acid JJ 1662 3100 20 rain rain NN 1662 3100 21 ; ; : 1662 3100 22 water water NN 1662 3100 23 pollution pollution NN 1662 3100 24 from from IN 1662 3100 25 industrial industrial JJ 1662 3100 26 wastes waste NNS 1662 3100 27 , , , 1662 3100 28 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 3100 29 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 3100 30 ; ; : 1662 3100 31 habitat habitat JJ 1662 3100 32 loss loss NN 1662 3100 33 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 3100 34 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 3100 35 populations population NNS 1662 3100 36 Environment environment NN 1662 3100 37 - - HYPH 1662 3100 38 international international JJ 1662 3100 39 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3100 40 : : : 1662 3100 41 party party NN 1662 3100 42 to to TO 1662 3100 43 : : : 1662 3100 44 Air Air NNP 1662 3100 45 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3100 46 , , , 1662 3100 47 Air Air NNP 1662 3100 48 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3100 49 - - HYPH 1662 3100 50 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 3100 51 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 3100 52 , , , 1662 3100 53 Air Air NNP 1662 3100 54 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3100 55 - - HYPH 1662 3100 56 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 3100 57 85 85 CD 1662 3100 58 , , , 1662 3100 59 Air Air NNP 1662 3100 60 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3100 61 - - HYPH 1662 3100 62 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 3100 63 Organic Organic NNP 1662 3100 64 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 3100 65 , , , 1662 3100 66 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3100 67 - - HYPH 1662 3100 68 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 3100 69 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 3100 70 , , , 1662 3100 71 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3100 72 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 3100 73 , , , 1662 3100 74 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 3100 75 , , , 1662 3100 76 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3100 77 Change Change NNP 1662 3100 78 , , , 1662 3100 79 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 3100 80 , , , 1662 3100 81 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 3100 82 Species Species NNPS 1662 3100 83 , , , 1662 3100 84 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 3100 85 Modification Modification NNP 1662 3100 86 , , , 1662 3100 87 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 3100 88 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 3100 89 , , , 1662 3100 90 Law Law NNP 1662 3100 91 of of IN 1662 3100 92 the the DT 1662 3100 93 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3100 94 , , , 1662 3100 95 Marine Marine NNP 1662 3100 96 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 3100 97 , , , 1662 3100 98 Marine Marine NNP 1662 3100 99 Life Life NNP 1662 3100 100 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 3100 101 , , , 1662 3100 102 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 3100 103 Test Test NNP 1662 3100 104 Ban Ban NNP 1662 3100 105 , , , 1662 3100 106 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 3100 107 Layer Layer NNP 1662 3100 108 Protection Protection NNP 1662 3100 109 , , , 1662 3100 110 Ship Ship NNP 1662 3100 111 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3100 112 , , , 1662 3100 113 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 3100 114 Timber Timber NNP 1662 3100 115 83 83 CD 1662 3100 116 , , , 1662 3100 117 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 3100 118 Timber Timber NNP 1662 3100 119 94 94 CD 1662 3100 120 , , , 1662 3100 121 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 3100 122 , , , 1662 3100 123 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 3100 124 signed sign VBD 1662 3100 125 , , , 1662 3100 126 but but CC 1662 3100 127 not not RB 1662 3100 128 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3100 129 : : : 1662 3100 130 Air Air NNP 1662 3100 131 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3100 132 - - HYPH 1662 3100 133 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 3100 134 94 94 CD 1662 3100 135 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3100 136 - - HYPH 1662 3100 137 note note NN 1662 3100 138 : : : 1662 3100 139 long long JJ 1662 3100 140 boundary boundary JJ 1662 3100 141 with with IN 1662 3100 142 Russia Russia NNP 1662 3100 143 ; ; : 1662 3100 144 Helsinki Helsinki NNP 1662 3100 145 is be VBZ 1662 3100 146 northernmost northernmost NNP 1662 3100 147 national national JJ 1662 3100 148 capital capital NN 1662 3100 149 on on IN 1662 3100 150 European european JJ 1662 3100 151 continent continent NN 1662 3100 152 ; ; : 1662 3100 153 population population NN 1662 3100 154 concentrated concentrate VBD 1662 3100 155 on on IN 1662 3100 156 small small JJ 1662 3100 157 southwestern southwestern JJ 1662 3100 158 coastal coastal JJ 1662 3100 159 plain plain JJ 1662 3100 160 @Finland @finland NN 1662 3100 161 : : : 1662 3100 162 People People NNPS 1662 3100 163 Population Population NNP 1662 3100 164 : : : 1662 3100 165 5,137,269 5,137,269 CD 1662 3100 166 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3100 167 July July NNP 1662 3100 168 1997 1997 CD 1662 3100 169 est est NNP 1662 3100 170 . . . 1662 3100 171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3101 1 Age age NN 1662 3101 2 structure structure NN 1662 3101 3 : : : 1662 3101 4 0 0 CD 1662 3101 5 - - HYPH 1662 3101 6 14 14 CD 1662 3101 7 years year NNS 1662 3101 8 : : : 1662 3101 9 19 19 CD 1662 3101 10 % % NN 1662 3101 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3101 12 male male JJ 1662 3101 13 493,427 493,427 CD 1662 3101 14 ; ; : 1662 3101 15 female female JJ 1662 3101 16 473,166 473,166 CD 1662 3101 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3101 18 15 15 CD 1662 3101 19 - - SYM 1662 3101 20 64 64 CD 1662 3101 21 years year NNS 1662 3101 22 : : : 1662 3101 23 67 67 CD 1662 3101 24 % % NN 1662 3101 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3101 26 male male JJ 1662 3101 27 1,729,996 1,729,996 CD 1662 3101 28 ; ; : 1662 3101 29 female female JJ 1662 3101 30 1,694,111 1,694,111 CD 1662 3101 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3101 32 65 65 CD 1662 3101 33 years year NNS 1662 3101 34 and and CC 1662 3101 35 over over IN 1662 3101 36 : : : 1662 3101 37 14 14 CD 1662 3101 38 % % NN 1662 3101 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3101 40 male male JJ 1662 3101 41 280,231 280,231 CD 1662 3101 42 ; ; : 1662 3101 43 female female JJ 1662 3101 44 466,338 466,338 CD 1662 3101 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3101 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3101 47 July July NNP 1662 3101 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3101 49 est est NNP 1662 3101 50 . . . 1662 3101 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3102 1 Population population NN 1662 3102 2 growth growth NN 1662 3102 3 rate rate NN 1662 3102 4 : : : 1662 3102 5 0.26 0.26 CD 1662 3102 6 % % NN 1662 3102 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3102 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3102 9 est est NNP 1662 3102 10 . . . 1662 3102 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3103 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3103 2 rate rate NN 1662 3103 3 : : : 1662 3103 4 11.75 11.75 CD 1662 3103 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 3103 6 population population NN 1662 3103 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3103 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3103 9 est est NNP 1662 3103 10 . . . 1662 3103 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3104 1 Death death NN 1662 3104 2 rate rate NN 1662 3104 3 : : : 1662 3104 4 9.62 9.62 CD 1662 3104 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3104 6 population population NN 1662 3104 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3104 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3104 9 est est NNP 1662 3104 10 . . . 1662 3104 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3105 1 Net net JJ 1662 3105 2 migration migration NN 1662 3105 3 rate rate NN 1662 3105 4 : : : 1662 3105 5 0.48 0.48 CD 1662 3105 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 3105 7 population population NN 1662 3105 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3105 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3105 10 est est NNP 1662 3105 11 . . . 1662 3105 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3106 1 Sex sex NN 1662 3106 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 3106 3 : : : 1662 3106 4 at at IN 1662 3106 5 birth birth NN 1662 3106 6 : : : 1662 3106 7 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 3106 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3106 9 under under IN 1662 3106 10 15 15 CD 1662 3106 11 years year NNS 1662 3106 12 : : : 1662 3106 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 3106 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3106 15 15 15 CD 1662 3106 16 - - HYPH 1662 3106 17 64 64 CD 1662 3106 18 years year NNS 1662 3106 19 : : : 1662 3106 20 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 3106 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3106 22 65 65 CD 1662 3106 23 years year NNS 1662 3106 24 and and CC 1662 3106 25 over over IN 1662 3106 26 : : : 1662 3106 27 0.6 0.6 CD 1662 3106 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 3106 29 total total JJ 1662 3106 30 population population NN 1662 3106 31 : : : 1662 3106 32 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 3106 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3106 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3106 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 3106 36 est est NNP 1662 3106 37 . . . 1662 3106 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3107 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3107 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3107 3 rate rate NN 1662 3107 4 : : : 1662 3107 5 3.8 3.8 CD 1662 3107 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3107 7 live live JJ 1662 3107 8 births birth NNS 1662 3107 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3107 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3107 11 est est NNP 1662 3107 12 . . . 1662 3107 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3108 1 Life life NN 1662 3108 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3108 3 at at IN 1662 3108 4 birth birth NN 1662 3108 5 : : : 1662 3108 6 total total JJ 1662 3108 7 population population NN 1662 3108 8 : : : 1662 3108 9 76.97 76.97 CD 1662 3108 10 years year NNS 1662 3108 11 male male NN 1662 3108 12 : : : 1662 3108 13 73.41 73.41 CD 1662 3108 14 years year NNS 1662 3108 15 female female JJ 1662 3108 16 : : : 1662 3108 17 80.68 80.68 CD 1662 3108 18 years year NNS 1662 3108 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3108 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3108 21 est est NNP 1662 3108 22 . . . 1662 3108 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3109 1 Total total JJ 1662 3109 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3109 3 rate rate NN 1662 3109 4 : : : 1662 3109 5 1.78 1.78 CD 1662 3109 6 children child NNS 1662 3109 7 born bear VBN 1662 3109 8 / / SYM 1662 3109 9 woman woman NN 1662 3109 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3109 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3109 12 est est NNP 1662 3109 13 . . . 1662 3109 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3110 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3110 2 : : : 1662 3110 3 noun noun NNP 1662 3110 4 : : : 1662 3110 5 Finn(s finn(s LS 1662 3110 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3110 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 3110 8 : : : 1662 3110 9 Finnish finnish JJ 1662 3110 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3110 11 groups group NNS 1662 3110 12 : : : 1662 3110 13 Finn finn NN 1662 3110 14 93 93 CD 1662 3110 15 % % NN 1662 3110 16 , , , 1662 3110 17 Swede Swede NNP 1662 3110 18 6 6 CD 1662 3110 19 % % NN 1662 3110 20 , , , 1662 3110 21 Lapp Lapp NNP 1662 3110 22 0.11 0.11 CD 1662 3110 23 % % NN 1662 3110 24 , , , 1662 3110 25 Gypsy Gypsy NNP 1662 3110 26 0.12 0.12 CD 1662 3110 27 % % NN 1662 3110 28 , , , 1662 3110 29 Tatar Tatar NNP 1662 3110 30 0.02 0.02 CD 1662 3110 31 % % NN 1662 3110 32 Religions religion NNS 1662 3110 33 : : : 1662 3110 34 Evangelical Evangelical NNP 1662 3110 35 Lutheran Lutheran NNP 1662 3110 36 89 89 CD 1662 3110 37 % % NN 1662 3110 38 , , , 1662 3110 39 Greek Greek NNP 1662 3110 40 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 3110 41 1 1 CD 1662 3110 42 % % NN 1662 3110 43 , , , 1662 3110 44 none none NN 1662 3110 45 9 9 CD 1662 3110 46 % % NN 1662 3110 47 , , , 1662 3110 48 other other JJ 1662 3110 49 1 1 CD 1662 3110 50 % % NN 1662 3110 51 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 3110 52 : : : 1662 3110 53 Finnish finnish JJ 1662 3110 54 93.5 93.5 CD 1662 3110 55 % % NN 1662 3110 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3110 57 official official NN 1662 3110 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3110 59 , , , 1662 3110 60 Swedish Swedish NNP 1662 3110 61 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 3110 62 % % NN 1662 3110 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3110 64 official official NN 1662 3110 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3110 66 , , , 1662 3110 67 small small JJ 1662 3110 68 Lapp- Lapp- NNP 1662 3110 69 and and CC 1662 3110 70 Russian Russian NNP 1662 3110 71 - - HYPH 1662 3110 72 speaking speak VBG 1662 3110 73 minorities minority NNS 1662 3110 74 Literacy literacy NN 1662 3110 75 : : : 1662 3110 76 definition definition NN 1662 3110 77 : : : 1662 3110 78 age age NN 1662 3110 79 15 15 CD 1662 3110 80 and and CC 1662 3110 81 over over RB 1662 3110 82 can can MD 1662 3110 83 read read VB 1662 3110 84 and and CC 1662 3110 85 write write VB 1662 3110 86 total total JJ 1662 3110 87 population population NN 1662 3110 88 : : : 1662 3110 89 100 100 CD 1662 3110 90 % % NN 1662 3110 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3110 92 1980 1980 CD 1662 3110 93 est est NNP 1662 3110 94 . . . 1662 3110 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 1 male male NN 1662 3111 2 : : : 1662 3111 3 NA% NA% NNP 1662 3111 4 female female NNP 1662 3111 5 : : : 1662 3111 6 NA% na% ADD 1662 3111 7 @Finland @Finland NNP 1662 3111 8 : : : 1662 3111 9 Government Government NNP 1662 3111 10 Country Country NNP 1662 3111 11 name name NN 1662 3111 12 : : : 1662 3111 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3111 14 long long JJ 1662 3111 15 form form NN 1662 3111 16 : : : 1662 3111 17 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3111 18 of of IN 1662 3111 19 Finland Finland NNP 1662 3111 20 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3111 21 short short JJ 1662 3111 22 form form NN 1662 3111 23 : : : 1662 3111 24 Finland finland VB 1662 3111 25 local local JJ 1662 3111 26 long long JJ 1662 3111 27 form form NN 1662 3111 28 : : : 1662 3111 29 Suomen Suomen NNP 1662 3111 30 Tasavalta Tasavalta NNP 1662 3111 31 local local JJ 1662 3111 32 short short JJ 1662 3111 33 form form NN 1662 3111 34 : : : 1662 3111 35 Suomi Suomi NNP 1662 3111 36 Data Data NNP 1662 3111 37 code code NN 1662 3111 38 : : : 1662 3111 39 FI FI NNP 1662 3111 40 Government Government NNP 1662 3111 41 type type NN 1662 3111 42 : : : 1662 3111 43 republic republic NNP 1662 3111 44 National national JJ 1662 3111 45 capital capital NN 1662 3111 46 : : : 1662 3111 47 Helsinki Helsinki NNP 1662 3111 48 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 3111 49 divisions division NNS 1662 3111 50 : : : 1662 3111 51 12 12 CD 1662 3111 52 provinces province NNS 1662 3111 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 54 laanit laanit NN 1662 3111 55 , , , 1662 3111 56 singular singular NNP 1662 3111 57 - - HYPH 1662 3111 58 laani laani NNP 1662 3111 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 60 ; ; : 1662 3111 61 Ahvenanmaa Ahvenanmaa NNP 1662 3111 62 , , , 1662 3111 63 Hame Hame NNP 1662 3111 64 , , , 1662 3111 65 Keski Keski NNP 1662 3111 66 - - HYPH 1662 3111 67 Suomi Suomi NNP 1662 3111 68 , , , 1662 3111 69 Kuopio Kuopio NNP 1662 3111 70 , , , 1662 3111 71 Kymi Kymi NNP 1662 3111 72 , , , 1662 3111 73 Lappi Lappi NNP 1662 3111 74 , , , 1662 3111 75 Mikkeli Mikkeli NNP 1662 3111 76 , , , 1662 3111 77 Oulu Oulu NNP 1662 3111 78 , , , 1662 3111 79 Pohjois Pohjois NNP 1662 3111 80 - - HYPH 1662 3111 81 Karjala Karjala NNP 1662 3111 82 , , , 1662 3111 83 Turku Turku NNP 1662 3111 84 ja ja NNP 1662 3111 85 Pori Pori NNP 1662 3111 86 , , , 1662 3111 87 Uusimaa Uusimaa NNP 1662 3111 88 , , , 1662 3111 89 Vaasa Vaasa NNP 1662 3111 90 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3111 91 : : : 1662 3111 92 6 6 CD 1662 3111 93 December December NNP 1662 3111 94 1917 1917 CD 1662 3111 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 96 from from IN 1662 3111 97 Russia Russia NNP 1662 3111 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 99 National national JJ 1662 3111 100 holiday holiday NN 1662 3111 101 : : : 1662 3111 102 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3111 103 Day Day NNP 1662 3111 104 , , , 1662 3111 105 6 6 CD 1662 3111 106 December December NNP 1662 3111 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 108 1917 1917 CD 1662 3111 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 110 Constitution constitution NN 1662 3111 111 : : : 1662 3111 112 17 17 CD 1662 3111 113 July July NNP 1662 3111 114 1919 1919 CD 1662 3111 115 Legal legal JJ 1662 3111 116 system system NN 1662 3111 117 : : : 1662 3111 118 civil civil JJ 1662 3111 119 law law NN 1662 3111 120 system system NN 1662 3111 121 based base VBN 1662 3111 122 on on IN 1662 3111 123 Swedish swedish JJ 1662 3111 124 law law NN 1662 3111 125 ; ; : 1662 3111 126 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 3111 127 Court Court NNP 1662 3111 128 may may MD 1662 3111 129 request request VB 1662 3111 130 legislation legislation NN 1662 3111 131 interpreting interpret VBG 1662 3111 132 or or CC 1662 3111 133 modifying modify VBG 1662 3111 134 laws law NNS 1662 3111 135 ; ; , 1662 3111 136 accepts accept VBZ 1662 3111 137 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 3111 138 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 3111 139 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 3111 140 , , , 1662 3111 141 with with IN 1662 3111 142 reservations reservation NNS 1662 3111 143 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 3111 144 : : : 1662 3111 145 18 18 CD 1662 3111 146 years year NNS 1662 3111 147 of of IN 1662 3111 148 age age NN 1662 3111 149 ; ; : 1662 3111 150 universal universal JJ 1662 3111 151 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3111 152 branch branch NN 1662 3111 153 : : : 1662 3111 154 chief chief NN 1662 3111 155 of of IN 1662 3111 156 state state NN 1662 3111 157 : : : 1662 3111 158 President President NNP 1662 3111 159 Martti Martti NNP 1662 3111 160 AHTISAARI AHTISAARI NNP 1662 3111 161 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 162 since since IN 1662 3111 163 1 1 CD 1662 3111 164 March March NNP 1662 3111 165 1994 1994 CD 1662 3111 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 167 head head NN 1662 3111 168 of of IN 1662 3111 169 government government NN 1662 3111 170 : : : 1662 3111 171 Prime Prime NNP 1662 3111 172 Minister Minister NNP 1662 3111 173 Paavo Paavo NNP 1662 3111 174 LIPPONEN LIPPONEN NNP 1662 3111 175 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 176 since since IN 1662 3111 177 13 13 CD 1662 3111 178 April April NNP 1662 3111 179 1995 1995 CD 1662 3111 180 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 181 and and CC 1662 3111 182 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 3111 183 Prime Prime NNP 1662 3111 184 Minister Minister NNP 1662 3111 185 Sauli Sauli NNP 1662 3111 186 NIINISTO NIINISTO NNP 1662 3111 187 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 188 since since IN 1662 3111 189 13 13 CD 1662 3111 190 April April NNP 1662 3111 191 1995 1995 CD 1662 3111 192 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 193 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3111 194 : : : 1662 3111 195 Council Council NNP 1662 3111 196 of of IN 1662 3111 197 State State NNP 1662 3111 198 or or CC 1662 3111 199 Valtioneuvosto Valtioneuvosto NNP 1662 3111 200 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3111 201 by by IN 1662 3111 202 the the DT 1662 3111 203 president president NN 1662 3111 204 , , , 1662 3111 205 responsible responsible JJ 1662 3111 206 to to IN 1662 3111 207 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 3111 208 elections election NNS 1662 3111 209 : : : 1662 3111 210 president president NNP 1662 3111 211 elected elect VBN 1662 3111 212 by by IN 1662 3111 213 popular popular JJ 1662 3111 214 vote vote NN 1662 3111 215 for for IN 1662 3111 216 a a DT 1662 3111 217 six six CD 1662 3111 218 - - HYPH 1662 3111 219 year year NN 1662 3111 220 term term NN 1662 3111 221 ; ; : 1662 3111 222 election election NN 1662 3111 223 last last JJ 1662 3111 224 held hold VBD 1662 3111 225 31 31 CD 1662 3111 226 January-6 January-6 NNP 1662 3111 227 February February NNP 1662 3111 228 1994 1994 CD 1662 3111 229 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 230 next next JJ 1662 3111 231 to to TO 1662 3111 232 be be VB 1662 3111 233 held hold VBN 1662 3111 234 NA NA NNP 1662 3111 235 January January NNP 1662 3111 236 2000 2000 CD 1662 3111 237 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 238 ; ; : 1662 3111 239 prime prime NNP 1662 3111 240 minister minister NNP 1662 3111 241 and and CC 1662 3111 242 deputy deputy JJ 1662 3111 243 prime prime NNP 1662 3111 244 minister minister NN 1662 3111 245 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3111 246 by by IN 1662 3111 247 the the DT 1662 3111 248 president president NNP 1662 3111 249 election election NN 1662 3111 250 results result NNS 1662 3111 251 : : : 1662 3111 252 Martti Martti NNP 1662 3111 253 AHTISAARI AHTISAARI NNP 1662 3111 254 elected elect VBD 1662 3111 255 president president NN 1662 3111 256 ; ; , 1662 3111 257 percent percent NN 1662 3111 258 of of IN 1662 3111 259 vote vote NN 1662 3111 260 - - HYPH 1662 3111 261 Martti Martti NNP 1662 3111 262 AHTISAARI AHTISAARI NNP 1662 3111 263 54 54 CD 1662 3111 264 % % NN 1662 3111 265 , , , 1662 3111 266 Elisabeth Elisabeth NNP 1662 3111 267 REHN REHN VBD 1662 3111 268 46 46 CD 1662 3111 269 % % NN 1662 3111 270 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 3111 271 branch branch NN 1662 3111 272 : : : 1662 3111 273 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 3111 274 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 3111 275 or or CC 1662 3111 276 Eduskunta Eduskunta NNP 1662 3111 277 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 278 200 200 CD 1662 3111 279 seats seat NNS 1662 3111 280 ; ; : 1662 3111 281 members member NNS 1662 3111 282 are be VBP 1662 3111 283 elected elect VBN 1662 3111 284 by by IN 1662 3111 285 popular popular JJ 1662 3111 286 vote vote NN 1662 3111 287 on on IN 1662 3111 288 a a DT 1662 3111 289 proportional proportional JJ 1662 3111 290 basis basis NN 1662 3111 291 to to TO 1662 3111 292 serve serve VB 1662 3111 293 four four CD 1662 3111 294 - - HYPH 1662 3111 295 year year NN 1662 3111 296 terms term NNS 1662 3111 297 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 298 elections election NNS 1662 3111 299 : : : 1662 3111 300 last last RB 1662 3111 301 held hold VBD 1662 3111 302 19 19 CD 1662 3111 303 March March NNP 1662 3111 304 1995 1995 CD 1662 3111 305 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 306 next next JJ 1662 3111 307 to to TO 1662 3111 308 be be VB 1662 3111 309 held hold VBN 1662 3111 310 NA NA NNP 1662 3111 311 March March NNP 1662 3111 312 1999 1999 CD 1662 3111 313 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 314 election election NN 1662 3111 315 results result NNS 1662 3111 316 : : : 1662 3111 317 percent percent NN 1662 3111 318 of of IN 1662 3111 319 vote vote NN 1662 3111 320 by by IN 1662 3111 321 party party NNP 1662 3111 322 - - HYPH 1662 3111 323 Social Social NNP 1662 3111 324 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3111 325 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 326 28.3 28.3 CD 1662 3111 327 % % NN 1662 3111 328 , , , 1662 3111 329 Center Center NNP 1662 3111 330 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 331 19.9 19.9 CD 1662 3111 332 % % NN 1662 3111 333 , , , 1662 3111 334 National National NNP 1662 3111 335 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 3111 336 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 337 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 3111 338 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 339 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 340 17.9 17.9 CD 1662 3111 341 % % NN 1662 3111 342 , , , 1662 3111 343 Leftist Leftist NNP 1662 3111 344 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 3111 345 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 346 Communist Communist NNP 1662 3111 347 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 348 11.2 11.2 CD 1662 3111 349 % % NN 1662 3111 350 , , , 1662 3111 351 Swedish Swedish NNP 1662 3111 352 People People NNPS 1662 3111 353 's 's POS 1662 3111 354 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 355 5.1 5.1 CD 1662 3111 356 % % NN 1662 3111 357 , , , 1662 3111 358 Green Green NNP 1662 3111 359 League League NNP 1662 3111 360 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 3111 361 % % NN 1662 3111 362 , , , 1662 3111 363 Ecology Ecology NNP 1662 3111 364 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 365 0.3 0.3 CD 1662 3111 366 % % NN 1662 3111 367 , , , 1662 3111 368 Rural rural NN 1662 3111 369 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 3111 370 % % NN 1662 3111 371 , , , 1662 3111 372 Finnish finnish JJ 1662 3111 373 Christian Christian NNP 1662 3111 374 League League NNP 1662 3111 375 3.0 3.0 CD 1662 3111 376 % % NN 1662 3111 377 , , , 1662 3111 378 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 3111 379 People People NNPS 1662 3111 380 's 's POS 1662 3111 381 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 382 0.6 0.6 CD 1662 3111 383 % % NN 1662 3111 384 , , , 1662 3111 385 Young Young NNP 1662 3111 386 Finns Finns NNP 1662 3111 387 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 3111 388 % % NN 1662 3111 389 ; ; , 1662 3111 390 seats seat NNS 1662 3111 391 by by IN 1662 3111 392 party party NN 1662 3111 393 - - HYPH 1662 3111 394 Social Social NNP 1662 3111 395 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3111 396 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 397 63 63 CD 1662 3111 398 , , , 1662 3111 399 Center Center NNP 1662 3111 400 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 401 44 44 CD 1662 3111 402 , , , 1662 3111 403 National National NNP 1662 3111 404 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 3111 405 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 406 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 3111 407 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 408 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 409 39 39 CD 1662 3111 410 , , , 1662 3111 411 Leftist Leftist NNP 1662 3111 412 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 3111 413 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 414 Communist Communist NNP 1662 3111 415 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 416 22 22 CD 1662 3111 417 , , , 1662 3111 418 Swedish Swedish NNP 1662 3111 419 People People NNPS 1662 3111 420 's 's POS 1662 3111 421 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 422 11 11 CD 1662 3111 423 , , , 1662 3111 424 Green Green NNP 1662 3111 425 League League NNP 1662 3111 426 9 9 CD 1662 3111 427 , , , 1662 3111 428 Ecology Ecology NNP 1662 3111 429 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 430 1 1 CD 1662 3111 431 , , , 1662 3111 432 Rural rural NN 1662 3111 433 1 1 CD 1662 3111 434 , , , 1662 3111 435 Finnish finnish JJ 1662 3111 436 Christian Christian NNP 1662 3111 437 League League NNP 1662 3111 438 7 7 CD 1662 3111 439 , , , 1662 3111 440 Young Young NNP 1662 3111 441 Finns Finns NNP 1662 3111 442 2 2 CD 1662 3111 443 , , , 1662 3111 444 Aaland Aaland NNP 1662 3111 445 Islands Islands NNP 1662 3111 446 1 1 CD 1662 3111 447 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 3111 448 branch branch NN 1662 3111 449 : : : 1662 3111 450 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 3111 451 Court Court NNP 1662 3111 452 or or CC 1662 3111 453 Korkein Korkein NNP 1662 3111 454 Oikeus Oikeus NNP 1662 3111 455 , , , 1662 3111 456 judges judge NNS 1662 3111 457 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3111 458 by by IN 1662 3111 459 the the DT 1662 3111 460 president president NN 1662 3111 461 Political political JJ 1662 3111 462 parties party NNS 1662 3111 463 and and CC 1662 3111 464 leaders leader NNS 1662 3111 465 : : : 1662 3111 466 government government NN 1662 3111 467 coalition coalition NN 1662 3111 468 : : : 1662 3111 469 Social Social NNP 1662 3111 470 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3111 471 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 472 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3111 473 Paavo Paavo NNP 1662 3111 474 LIPPONEN LIPPONEN NNP 1662 3111 475 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3111 476 ; ; : 1662 3111 477 National National NNP 1662 3111 478 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 3111 479 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 480 conservative conservative JJ 1662 3111 481 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 482 Party party NN 1662 3111 483 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3111 484 Sauli Sauli NNP 1662 3111 485 NIINISTO NIINISTO NNP 1662 3111 486 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3111 487 ; ; : 1662 3111 488 Leftist Leftist NNP 1662 3111 489 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 3111 490 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 491 Communist Communist NNP 1662 3111 492 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 493 People People NNS 1662 3111 494 's 's POS 1662 3111 495 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3111 496 League League NNP 1662 3111 497 and and CC 1662 3111 498 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3111 499 Alternative Alternative NNP 1662 3111 500 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3111 501 Claes Claes NNP 1662 3111 502 ANDERSSON ANDERSSON NNP 1662 3111 503 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3111 504 ; ; : 1662 3111 505 Swedish Swedish NNP 1662 3111 506 People People NNPS 1662 3111 507 's 's POS 1662 3111 508 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 509 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3111 510 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 511 Johan Johan NNP 1662 3111 512 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 513 Ole Ole NNP 1662 3111 514 NORRBACK NORRBACK NNP 1662 3111 515 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3111 516 ; ; : 1662 3111 517 Green Green NNP 1662 3111 518 League League NNP 1662 3111 519 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3111 520 Pekka Pekka NNP 1662 3111 521 HAAVISTO HAAVISTO NNP 1662 3111 522 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3111 523 other other JJ 1662 3111 524 : : : 1662 3111 525 Center Center NNP 1662 3111 526 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 527 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3111 528 Esko Esko NNP 1662 3111 529 AHO AHO NNP 1662 3111 530 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3111 531 ; ; : 1662 3111 532 Finnish finnish JJ 1662 3111 533 Christian Christian NNP 1662 3111 534 League League NNP 1662 3111 535 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3111 536 Toimi Toimi NNP 1662 3111 537 KANKAANNIEMI KANKAANNIEMI NNP 1662 3111 538 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3111 539 ; ; : 1662 3111 540 Rural Rural NNP 1662 3111 541 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 542 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3111 543 Raimo Raimo NNP 1662 3111 544 VISTBACKA VISTBACKA NNP 1662 3111 545 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3111 546 ; ; : 1662 3111 547 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 3111 548 People People NNPS 1662 3111 549 's 's POS 1662 3111 550 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 551 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3111 552 Tuulikki Tuulikki NNP 1662 3111 553 UKKOLA UKKOLA NNP 1662 3111 554 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3111 555 ; ; : 1662 3111 556 Greens Greens NNP 1662 3111 557 Ecological Ecological NNP 1662 3111 558 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 559 or or CC 1662 3111 560 EPV EPV NNP 1662 3111 561 ; ; : 1662 3111 562 Young Young NNP 1662 3111 563 Finns Finns NNP 1662 3111 564 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3111 565 Risto Risto NNP 1662 3111 566 PENTTILA PENTTILA NNP 1662 3111 567 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3111 568 Political political JJ 1662 3111 569 pressure pressure NN 1662 3111 570 groups group NNS 1662 3111 571 and and CC 1662 3111 572 leaders leader NNS 1662 3111 573 : : : 1662 3111 574 Finnish Finnish NNP 1662 3111 575 Communist Communist NNP 1662 3111 576 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 577 - - HYPH 1662 3111 578 Unity Unity NNP 1662 3111 579 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3111 580 Yrjo Yrjo NNP 1662 3111 581 HAKANEN HAKANEN VBN 1662 3111 582 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3111 583 ; ; : 1662 3111 584 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 3111 585 Rightist Rightist NNP 1662 3111 586 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 587 ; ; : 1662 3111 588 Finnish Finnish NNP 1662 3111 589 Pensioners Pensioners NNPS 1662 3111 590 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 591 ; ; : 1662 3111 592 Communist Communist NNP 1662 3111 593 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 3111 594 Party Party NNP 1662 3111 595 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3111 596 Timo Timo NNP 1662 3111 597 LAHDENMAKI LAHDENMAKI NNP 1662 3111 598 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3111 599 International international JJ 1662 3111 600 organization organization NN 1662 3111 601 participation participation NN 1662 3111 602 : : : 1662 3111 603 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 3111 604 , , , 1662 3111 605 AG AG NNP 1662 3111 606 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 607 observer observer NNP 1662 3111 608 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 609 , , , 1662 3111 610 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 3111 611 , , , 1662 3111 612 Australia Australia NNP 1662 3111 613 Group Group NNP 1662 3111 614 , , , 1662 3111 615 BIS BIS NNP 1662 3111 616 , , , 1662 3111 617 CBSS CBSS NNP 1662 3111 618 , , , 1662 3111 619 CCC CCC NNP 1662 3111 620 , , , 1662 3111 621 CE CE NNP 1662 3111 622 , , , 1662 3111 623 CERN CERN NNP 1662 3111 624 , , , 1662 3111 625 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 3111 626 , , , 1662 3111 627 ECE ECE NNP 1662 3111 628 , , , 1662 3111 629 EIB EIB NNP 1662 3111 630 , , , 1662 3111 631 ESA ESA NNP 1662 3111 632 , , , 1662 3111 633 EU EU NNP 1662 3111 634 , , , 1662 3111 635 FAO FAO NNP 1662 3111 636 , , , 1662 3111 637 G- G- NNP 1662 3111 638 9 9 CD 1662 3111 639 , , , 1662 3111 640 IADB IADB NNP 1662 3111 641 , , , 1662 3111 642 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 3111 643 , , , 1662 3111 644 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 3111 645 , , , 1662 3111 646 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 3111 647 , , , 1662 3111 648 ICC ICC NNP 1662 3111 649 , , , 1662 3111 650 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 3111 651 , , , 1662 3111 652 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 3111 653 , , , 1662 3111 654 IDA IDA NNP 1662 3111 655 , , , 1662 3111 656 IEA IEA NNP 1662 3111 657 , , , 1662 3111 658 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 3111 659 , , , 1662 3111 660 IFC IFC NNP 1662 3111 661 , , , 1662 3111 662 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 3111 663 , , , 1662 3111 664 IHO IHO NNP 1662 3111 665 , , , 1662 3111 666 ILO ILO NNP 1662 3111 667 , , , 1662 3111 668 IMF IMF NNP 1662 3111 669 , , , 1662 3111 670 IMO imo RB 1662 3111 671 , , , 1662 3111 672 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 3111 673 , , , 1662 3111 674 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3111 675 , , , 1662 3111 676 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 3111 677 , , , 1662 3111 678 IOC IOC NNP 1662 3111 679 , , , 1662 3111 680 IOM IOM NNP 1662 3111 681 , , , 1662 3111 682 ISO ISO NNP 1662 3111 683 , , , 1662 3111 684 ITU ITU NNP 1662 3111 685 , , , 1662 3111 686 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 3111 687 , , , 1662 3111 688 NACC NACC NNP 1662 3111 689 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 690 observer observer NN 1662 3111 691 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 692 , , , 1662 3111 693 NAM NAM NNP 1662 3111 694 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 695 guest guest NNP 1662 3111 696 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 697 , , , 1662 3111 698 NC NC NNP 1662 3111 699 , , , 1662 3111 700 NEA NEA NNP 1662 3111 701 , , , 1662 3111 702 NIB NIB NNP 1662 3111 703 , , , 1662 3111 704 NSG NSG NNP 1662 3111 705 , , , 1662 3111 706 OAS OAS NNP 1662 3111 707 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 708 observer observer NNP 1662 3111 709 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 710 , , , 1662 3111 711 OECD OECD NNP 1662 3111 712 , , , 1662 3111 713 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 3111 714 , , , 1662 3111 715 PCA PCA NNP 1662 3111 716 , , , 1662 3111 717 PFP PFP NNP 1662 3111 718 , , , 1662 3111 719 UN UN NNP 1662 3111 720 , , , 1662 3111 721 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 3111 722 , , , 1662 3111 723 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 3111 724 , , , 1662 3111 725 UNFICYP UNFICYP NNP 1662 3111 726 , , , 1662 3111 727 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 3111 728 , , , 1662 3111 729 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 3111 730 , , , 1662 3111 731 UNIFIL UNIFIL NNP 1662 3111 732 , , , 1662 3111 733 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 3111 734 , , , 1662 3111 735 UNMIBH unmibh NN 1662 3111 736 , , , 1662 3111 737 UNMOGIP UNMOGIP NNP 1662 3111 738 , , , 1662 3111 739 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 3111 740 , , , 1662 3111 741 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 3111 742 , , , 1662 3111 743 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 3111 744 , , , 1662 3111 745 UNTSO UNTSO NNP 1662 3111 746 , , , 1662 3111 747 UPU UPU NNP 1662 3111 748 , , , 1662 3111 749 WEU WEU NNP 1662 3111 750 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 751 observer observer NN 1662 3111 752 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 753 , , , 1662 3111 754 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 3111 755 , , , 1662 3111 756 WHO who WP 1662 3111 757 , , , 1662 3111 758 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 3111 759 , , , 1662 3111 760 WMO WMO NNP 1662 3111 761 , , , 1662 3111 762 WToO wtoo FW 1662 3111 763 , , , 1662 3111 764 WTrO wtro VB 1662 3111 765 , , , 1662 3111 766 ZC ZC NNP 1662 3111 767 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3111 768 representation representation NN 1662 3111 769 in in IN 1662 3111 770 the the DT 1662 3111 771 US US NNP 1662 3111 772 : : : 1662 3111 773 chief chief NN 1662 3111 774 of of IN 1662 3111 775 mission mission NN 1662 3111 776 : : : 1662 3111 777 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3111 778 Jaakko Jaakko NNP 1662 3111 779 Tapani Tapani NNP 1662 3111 780 LAAJAVA LAAJAVA NNP 1662 3111 781 chancery chancery NN 1662 3111 782 : : : 1662 3111 783 3301 3301 CD 1662 3111 784 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 3111 785 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 3111 786 NW NW NNP 1662 3111 787 , , , 1662 3111 788 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3111 789 , , , 1662 3111 790 DC DC NNP 1662 3111 791 20008 20008 CD 1662 3111 792 telephone telephone NN 1662 3111 793 : : : 1662 3111 794 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3111 795 1 1 CD 1662 3111 796 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3111 797 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 798 202 202 CD 1662 3111 799 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 800 298 298 CD 1662 3111 801 - - HYPH 1662 3111 802 5800 5800 CD 1662 3111 803 FAX FAX NNP 1662 3111 804 : : : 1662 3111 805 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3111 806 1 1 CD 1662 3111 807 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3111 808 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 809 202 202 CD 1662 3111 810 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 811 298 298 CD 1662 3111 812 - - SYM 1662 3111 813 6030 6030 CD 1662 3111 814 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 3111 815 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 816 general general NN 1662 3111 817 : : : 1662 3111 818 Los Los NNP 1662 3111 819 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 3111 820 and and CC 1662 3111 821 New New NNP 1662 3111 822 York York NNP 1662 3111 823 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3111 824 representation representation NN 1662 3111 825 from from IN 1662 3111 826 the the DT 1662 3111 827 US US NNP 1662 3111 828 : : : 1662 3111 829 chief chief NN 1662 3111 830 of of IN 1662 3111 831 mission mission NN 1662 3111 832 : : : 1662 3111 833 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3111 834 Derek Derek NNP 1662 3111 835 N. N. NNP 1662 3111 836 SHEARER SHEARER NNP 1662 3111 837 embassy embassy NN 1662 3111 838 : : : 1662 3111 839 Itainen Itainen NNP 1662 3111 840 Puistotie Puistotie NNP 1662 3111 841 14A 14A NNP 1662 3111 842 , , , 1662 3111 843 FIN-00140 FIN-00140 NNP 1662 3111 844 , , , 1662 3111 845 Helsinki Helsinki NNP 1662 3111 846 mailing mail VBG 1662 3111 847 address address NN 1662 3111 848 : : : 1662 3111 849 APO APO NNP 1662 3111 850 AE AE NNP 1662 3111 851 09723 09723 CD 1662 3111 852 telephone telephone NN 1662 3111 853 : : : 1662 3111 854 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3111 855 358 358 CD 1662 3111 856 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3111 857 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 858 9 9 CD 1662 3111 859 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 860 171931 171931 CD 1662 3111 861 FAX fax NN 1662 3111 862 : : : 1662 3111 863 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3111 864 358 358 CD 1662 3111 865 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3111 866 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 867 9 9 CD 1662 3111 868 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 869 174681 174681 CD 1662 3111 870 Flag flag NN 1662 3111 871 description description NN 1662 3111 872 : : : 1662 3111 873 white white JJ 1662 3111 874 with with IN 1662 3111 875 a a DT 1662 3111 876 blue blue JJ 1662 3111 877 cross cross NN 1662 3111 878 that that WDT 1662 3111 879 extends extend VBZ 1662 3111 880 to to IN 1662 3111 881 the the DT 1662 3111 882 edges edge NNS 1662 3111 883 of of IN 1662 3111 884 the the DT 1662 3111 885 flag flag NN 1662 3111 886 ; ; : 1662 3111 887 the the DT 1662 3111 888 vertical vertical JJ 1662 3111 889 part part NN 1662 3111 890 of of IN 1662 3111 891 the the DT 1662 3111 892 cross cross NN 1662 3111 893 is be VBZ 1662 3111 894 shifted shift VBN 1662 3111 895 to to IN 1662 3111 896 the the DT 1662 3111 897 hoist hoist NN 1662 3111 898 side side NN 1662 3111 899 in in IN 1662 3111 900 the the DT 1662 3111 901 style style NN 1662 3111 902 of of IN 1662 3111 903 the the DT 1662 3111 904 Dannebrog Dannebrog NNP 1662 3111 905 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3111 906 Danish danish JJ 1662 3111 907 flag flag NN 1662 3111 908 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3111 909 Economy economy NN 1662 3111 910 Economy economy NN 1662 3111 911 - - HYPH 1662 3111 912 overview overview NN 1662 3111 913 : : : 1662 3111 914 Finland Finland NNP 1662 3111 915 has have VBZ 1662 3111 916 a a DT 1662 3111 917 highly highly RB 1662 3111 918 industrialized industrialized JJ 1662 3111 919 , , , 1662 3111 920 largely largely RB 1662 3111 921 free free JJ 1662 3111 922 - - HYPH 1662 3111 923 market market NN 1662 3111 924 economy economy NN 1662 3111 925 , , , 1662 3111 926 with with IN 1662 3111 927 per per IN 1662 3111 928 capita capita FW 1662 3111 929 output output NN 1662 3111 930 equaling equal VBG 1662 3111 931 that that DT 1662 3111 932 of of IN 1662 3111 933 the the DT 1662 3111 934 UK UK NNP 1662 3111 935 , , , 1662 3111 936 France France NNP 1662 3111 937 and and CC 1662 3111 938 Italy Italy NNP 1662 3111 939 . . . 1662 3112 1 Its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 3112 2 key key JJ 1662 3112 3 economic economic JJ 1662 3112 4 sector sector NN 1662 3112 5 is be VBZ 1662 3112 6 manufacturing manufacture VBG 1662 3112 7 - - : 1662 3112 8 principally principally RB 1662 3112 9 the the DT 1662 3112 10 wood wood NN 1662 3112 11 , , , 1662 3112 12 metals metal NNS 1662 3112 13 , , , 1662 3112 14 and and CC 1662 3112 15 engineering engineering NN 1662 3112 16 industries industry NNS 1662 3112 17 . . . 1662 3113 1 Trade trade NN 1662 3113 2 is be VBZ 1662 3113 3 important important JJ 1662 3113 4 , , , 1662 3113 5 with with IN 1662 3113 6 the the DT 1662 3113 7 export export NN 1662 3113 8 of of IN 1662 3113 9 goods good NNS 1662 3113 10 representing represent VBG 1662 3113 11 about about IN 1662 3113 12 30 30 CD 1662 3113 13 % % NN 1662 3113 14 of of IN 1662 3113 15 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3113 16 . . . 1662 3114 1 Except except IN 1662 3114 2 for for IN 1662 3114 3 timber timber NN 1662 3114 4 and and CC 1662 3114 5 several several JJ 1662 3114 6 minerals mineral NNS 1662 3114 7 , , , 1662 3114 8 Finland Finland NNP 1662 3114 9 depends depend VBZ 1662 3114 10 on on IN 1662 3114 11 imports import NNS 1662 3114 12 of of IN 1662 3114 13 raw raw JJ 1662 3114 14 materials material NNS 1662 3114 15 , , , 1662 3114 16 energy energy NN 1662 3114 17 , , , 1662 3114 18 and and CC 1662 3114 19 some some DT 1662 3114 20 components component NNS 1662 3114 21 for for IN 1662 3114 22 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 3114 23 goods good NNS 1662 3114 24 . . . 1662 3115 1 Because because IN 1662 3115 2 of of IN 1662 3115 3 the the DT 1662 3115 4 climate climate NN 1662 3115 5 , , , 1662 3115 6 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 3115 7 development development NN 1662 3115 8 is be VBZ 1662 3115 9 limited limit VBN 1662 3115 10 to to IN 1662 3115 11 maintaining maintain VBG 1662 3115 12 self self NN 1662 3115 13 - 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Intelsat NNP 1662 3126 33 transmission transmission NN 1662 3126 34 service service NN 1662 3126 35 via via IN 1662 3126 36 a a DT 1662 3126 37 Swedish swedish JJ 1662 3126 38 satellite satellite NN 1662 3126 39 earth earth NN 1662 3126 40 station station NN 1662 3126 41 , , , 1662 3126 42 1 1 CD 1662 3126 43 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 3126 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3126 45 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3126 46 and and CC 1662 3126 47 Indian Indian NNP 1662 3126 48 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3126 49 Regions Regions NNPS 1662 3126 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3126 51 ; ; : 1662 3126 52 note note VB 1662 3126 53 - - HYPH 1662 3126 54 Finland Finland NNP 1662 3126 55 shares share VBZ 1662 3126 56 the the DT 1662 3126 57 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 3126 58 earth earth NN 1662 3126 59 station station NN 1662 3126 60 with with IN 1662 3126 61 the the DT 1662 3126 62 other other JJ 1662 3126 63 Nordic nordic JJ 1662 3126 64 countries country NNS 1662 3126 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3126 66 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 3126 67 , , , 1662 3126 68 Iceland Iceland NNP 1662 3126 69 , , , 1662 3126 70 Norway Norway NNP 1662 3126 71 , , , 1662 3126 72 and and CC 1662 3126 73 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 3126 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3126 75 Radio Radio NNP 1662 3126 76 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3126 77 stations station NNS 1662 3126 78 : : : 1662 3126 79 AM am VBP 1662 3126 80 6 6 CD 1662 3126 81 , , , 1662 3126 82 FM FM NNP 1662 3126 83 105 105 CD 1662 3126 84 , , , 1662 3126 85 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 3126 86 0 0 CD 1662 3126 87 Radios radio NNS 1662 3126 88 : : : 1662 3126 89 4.98 4.98 CD 1662 3126 90 million million CD 1662 3126 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3126 92 1991 1991 CD 1662 3126 93 est est NNP 1662 3126 94 . . . 1662 3126 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3127 1 Television television NN 1662 3127 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3127 3 stations station NNS 1662 3127 4 : : : 1662 3127 5 235 235 CD 1662 3127 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 3127 7 : : : 1662 3127 8 1.92 1.92 CD 1662 3127 9 million million CD 1662 3127 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3127 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 3127 12 est est NNP 1662 3127 13 . . . 1662 3127 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3128 1 @Finland @Finland NNP 1662 3128 2 : : : 1662 3128 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3128 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 3128 5 : : : 1662 3128 6 total total NN 1662 3128 7 : : : 1662 3128 8 5,895 5,895 CD 1662 3128 9 km km NN 1662 3128 10 broad broad JJ 1662 3128 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 3128 12 : : : 1662 3128 13 5,895 5,895 CD 1662 3128 14 km km NN 1662 3128 15 1.524-m 1.524-m CD 1662 3128 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 3128 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3128 18 1,993 1,993 CD 1662 3128 19 km km NN 1662 3128 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 3128 21 ; ; : 1662 3128 22 480 480 CD 1662 3128 23 km km NN 1662 3128 24 double- double- NNS 1662 3128 25 or or CC 1662 3128 26 more more JJR 1662 3128 27 - - HYPH 1662 3128 28 track track NN 1662 3128 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3128 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3128 31 1995 1995 CD 1662 3128 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3128 33 Highways highway NNS 1662 3128 34 : : : 1662 3128 35 total total NN 1662 3128 36 : : : 1662 3128 37 77,722 77,722 CD 1662 3128 38 km km NN 1662 3128 39 paved pave VBN 1662 3128 40 : : : 1662 3128 41 48,965 48,965 CD 1662 3128 42 km km NNS 1662 3128 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3128 44 including include VBG 1662 3128 45 394 394 CD 1662 3128 46 km km NNS 1662 3128 47 of of IN 1662 3128 48 expressways expressway NNS 1662 3128 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3128 50 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3128 51 : : : 1662 3128 52 28,757 28,757 CD 1662 3128 53 km km NNS 1662 3128 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3128 55 1995 1995 CD 1662 3128 56 est est NNP 1662 3128 57 . . . 1662 3128 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3129 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 3129 2 : : : 1662 3129 3 6,675 6,675 CD 1662 3129 4 km km NN 1662 3129 5 total total NN 1662 3129 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3129 7 including include VBG 1662 3129 8 Saimaa Saimaa NNP 1662 3129 9 Canal Canal NNP 1662 3129 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3129 11 ; ; : 1662 3129 12 3,700 3,700 CD 1662 3129 13 km km NN 1662 3129 14 suitable suitable JJ 1662 3129 15 for for IN 1662 3129 16 steamers steamer NNS 1662 3129 17 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 3129 18 : : : 1662 3129 19 natural natural JJ 1662 3129 20 gas gas NN 1662 3129 21 580 580 CD 1662 3129 22 km km NNS 1662 3129 23 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 3129 24 and and CC 1662 3129 25 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3129 26 : : : 1662 3129 27 Hamina Hamina NNP 1662 3129 28 , , , 1662 3129 29 Helsinki Helsinki NNP 1662 3129 30 , , , 1662 3129 31 Kokkola Kokkola NNP 1662 3129 32 , , , 1662 3129 33 Kotka Kotka NNP 1662 3129 34 , , , 1662 3129 35 Loviisa Loviisa NNP 1662 3129 36 , , , 1662 3129 37 Oulu Oulu NNP 1662 3129 38 , , , 1662 3129 39 Pori Pori NNP 1662 3129 40 , , , 1662 3129 41 Rauma Rauma NNP 1662 3129 42 , , , 1662 3129 43 Turku Turku NNP 1662 3129 44 , , , 1662 3129 45 Uusikaupunki Uusikaupunki NNP 1662 3129 46 , , , 1662 3129 47 Varkaus Varkaus NNP 1662 3129 48 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3129 49 marine marine NN 1662 3129 50 : : : 1662 3129 51 total total NN 1662 3129 52 : : : 1662 3129 53 94 94 CD 1662 3129 54 ships ship NNS 1662 3129 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3129 56 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 3129 57 GRT GRT NNP 1662 3129 58 or or CC 1662 3129 59 over over RB 1662 3129 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3129 61 totaling total VBG 1662 3129 62 1,066,918 1,066,918 CD 1662 3129 63 GRT/1,091,309 GRT/1,091,309 . 1662 3129 64 DWT dwt NN 1662 3129 65 ships ship NNS 1662 3129 66 by by IN 1662 3129 67 type type NN 1662 3129 68 : : : 1662 3129 69 bulk bulk NNP 1662 3129 70 8 8 CD 1662 3129 71 , , , 1662 3129 72 cargo cargo NN 1662 3129 73 22 22 CD 1662 3129 74 , , , 1662 3129 75 chemical chemical NN 1662 3129 76 tanker tanker NN 1662 3129 77 5 5 CD 1662 3129 78 , , , 1662 3129 79 oil oil NN 1662 3129 80 tanker tanker NN 1662 3129 81 12 12 CD 1662 3129 82 , , , 1662 3129 83 passenger passenger NN 1662 3129 84 2 2 CD 1662 3129 85 , , , 1662 3129 86 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 3129 87 cargo cargo NN 1662 3129 88 1 1 CD 1662 3129 89 , , , 1662 3129 90 roll roll NN 1662 3129 91 - - HYPH 1662 3129 92 on on IN 1662 3129 93 / / SYM 1662 3129 94 roll roll NN 1662 3129 95 - - HYPH 1662 3129 96 off off RP 1662 3129 97 cargo cargo NN 1662 3129 98 31 31 CD 1662 3129 99 , , , 1662 3129 100 short short JJ 1662 3129 101 - - HYPH 1662 3129 102 sea sea NN 1662 3129 103 passenger passenger NN 1662 3129 104 12 12 CD 1662 3129 105 , , , 1662 3129 106 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 3129 107 carrier carrier NN 1662 3129 108 1 1 CD 1662 3129 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3129 110 1996 1996 CD 1662 3129 111 est est NNP 1662 3129 112 . . . 1662 3129 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3130 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3130 2 : : : 1662 3130 3 156 156 CD 1662 3130 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3130 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 3130 6 est est NNP 1662 3130 7 . . . 1662 3130 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3131 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3131 2 - - , 1662 3131 3 with with IN 1662 3131 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3131 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3131 6 : : : 1662 3131 7 total total NN 1662 3131 8 : : : 1662 3131 9 151 151 CD 1662 3131 10 over over IN 1662 3131 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3131 12 m m NN 1662 3131 13 : : : 1662 3131 14 3 3 CD 1662 3131 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 3131 16 to to IN 1662 3131 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3131 18 m m NN 1662 3131 19 : : : 1662 3131 20 23 23 CD 1662 3131 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3131 22 to to TO 1662 3131 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3131 24 m m NN 1662 3131 25 : : : 1662 3131 26 13 13 CD 1662 3131 27 914 914 CD 1662 3131 28 to to TO 1662 3131 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3131 30 m m NN 1662 3131 31 : : : 1662 3131 32 21 21 CD 1662 3131 33 under under IN 1662 3131 34 914 914 CD 1662 3131 35 m m NN 1662 3131 36 : : : 1662 3131 37 91 91 CD 1662 3131 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3131 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 3131 40 est est NNP 1662 3131 41 . . . 1662 3131 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3132 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3132 2 - - , 1662 3132 3 with with IN 1662 3132 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3132 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3132 6 : : : 1662 3132 7 total total NN 1662 3132 8 : : : 1662 3132 9 5 5 CD 1662 3132 10 914 914 CD 1662 3132 11 to to TO 1662 3132 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3132 13 m m NN 1662 3132 14 : : : 1662 3132 15 5 5 CD 1662 3132 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3132 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 3132 18 est est NNP 1662 3132 19 . . . 1662 3132 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3133 1 Military military JJ 1662 3133 2 Military military JJ 1662 3133 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3133 4 : : : 1662 3133 5 Army Army NNP 1662 3133 6 , , , 1662 3133 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 3133 8 , , , 1662 3133 9 Air Air NNP 1662 3133 10 Force Force NNP 1662 3133 11 , , , 1662 3133 12 Frontier Frontier NNP 1662 3133 13 Guard Guard NNP 1662 3133 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3133 15 includes include VBZ 1662 3133 16 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3133 17 Guard Guard NNP 1662 3133 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3133 19 Military military JJ 1662 3133 20 manpower manpower NN 1662 3133 21 - - HYPH 1662 3133 22 military military NN 1662 3133 23 age age NN 1662 3133 24 : : : 1662 3133 25 17 17 CD 1662 3133 26 years year NNS 1662 3133 27 of of IN 1662 3133 28 age age NN 1662 3133 29 Military military JJ 1662 3133 30 manpower manpower NN 1662 3133 31 - - HYPH 1662 3133 32 availability availability NN 1662 3133 33 : : : 1662 3133 34 males male NNS 1662 3133 35 age age NNP 1662 3133 36 15 15 CD 1662 3133 37 - - HYPH 1662 3133 38 49 49 CD 1662 3133 39 : : : 1662 3133 40 1,298,576 1,298,576 CD 1662 3133 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3133 42 1997 1997 CD 1662 3133 43 est est NNP 1662 3133 44 . . . 1662 3133 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3134 1 Military military JJ 1662 3134 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3134 3 - - HYPH 1662 3134 4 fit fit NN 1662 3134 5 for for IN 1662 3134 6 military military JJ 1662 3134 7 service service NN 1662 3134 8 : : : 1662 3134 9 males male NNS 1662 3134 10 : : : 1662 3134 11 1,068,503 1,068,503 CD 1662 3134 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3134 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3134 14 est est NNP 1662 3134 15 . . . 1662 3134 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3135 1 Military military JJ 1662 3135 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3135 3 - - HYPH 1662 3135 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 3135 5 military military JJ 1662 3135 6 age age NN 1662 3135 7 annually annually RB 1662 3135 8 : : : 1662 3135 9 males male NNS 1662 3135 10 : : : 1662 3135 11 32,985 32,985 CD 1662 3135 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3135 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3135 14 est est NNP 1662 3135 15 . . . 1662 3135 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3136 1 Military military JJ 1662 3136 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3136 3 - - HYPH 1662 3136 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 3136 5 figure figure NN 1662 3136 6 : : : 1662 3136 7 $ $ $ 1662 3136 8 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 3136 9 billion billion CD 1662 3136 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3136 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 3136 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3136 13 Military military JJ 1662 3136 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3136 15 - - : 1662 3136 16 percent percent NN 1662 3136 17 of of IN 1662 3136 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3136 19 : : : 1662 3136 20 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 3136 21 % % NN 1662 3136 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3136 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 3136 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3136 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3136 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3136 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 3136 28 - - : 1662 3136 29 international international RB 1662 3136 30 : : : 1662 3136 31 none none NN 1662 3136 32 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 3136 33 drugs drug VBZ 1662 3136 34 : : : 1662 3136 35 minor minor JJ 1662 3136 36 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 3136 37 point point NN 1662 3136 38 for for IN 1662 3136 39 Latin latin JJ 1662 3136 40 American american JJ 1662 3136 41 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 3136 42 for for IN 1662 3136 43 the the DT 1662 3136 44 West west JJ 1662 3136 45 European european JJ 1662 3136 46 market market NN 1662 3136 47 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 48 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 49 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 50 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 51 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 52 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 53 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 54 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 55 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 56 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 57 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 58 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 59 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 60 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 61 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 62 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 63 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 64 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 65 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 66 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 67 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 68 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 69 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 70 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 71 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 72 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 73 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 74 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 75 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 76 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 77 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 78 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 79 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 80 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 102 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 103 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 104 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 105 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 106 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 107 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 108 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 109 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 110 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 111 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 112 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 113 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 114 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 115 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 116 _ _ NNP 1662 3136 117 FRANCE FRANCE NNP 1662 3136 118 @France @france NN 1662 3136 119 : : : 1662 3136 120 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3136 121 Location Location NNP 1662 3136 122 : : : 1662 3136 123 Western Western NNP 1662 3136 124 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3136 125 , , , 1662 3136 126 bordering border VBG 1662 3136 127 the the DT 1662 3136 128 Bay Bay NNP 1662 3136 129 of of IN 1662 3136 130 Biscay Biscay NNP 1662 3136 131 and and CC 1662 3136 132 English English NNP 1662 3136 133 Channel Channel NNP 1662 3136 134 , , , 1662 3136 135 between between IN 1662 3136 136 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 3136 137 and and CC 1662 3136 138 Spain Spain NNP 1662 3136 139 southeast southeast NN 1662 3136 140 of of IN 1662 3136 141 the the DT 1662 3136 142 UK UK NNP 1662 3136 143 ; ; : 1662 3136 144 bordering border VBG 1662 3136 145 the the DT 1662 3136 146 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 3136 147 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3136 148 , , , 1662 3136 149 between between IN 1662 3136 150 Italy Italy NNP 1662 3136 151 and and CC 1662 3136 152 Spain Spain NNP 1662 3136 153 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3136 154 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3136 155 : : : 1662 3136 156 46 46 CD 1662 3136 157 00 00 CD 1662 3136 158 N n CD 1662 3136 159 , , , 1662 3136 160 2 2 CD 1662 3136 161 00 00 CD 1662 3136 162 E e NN 1662 3136 163 Map Map NNP 1662 3136 164 references reference NNS 1662 3136 165 : : : 1662 3136 166 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3136 167 Area Area NNP 1662 3136 168 : : : 1662 3136 169 total total NN 1662 3136 170 : : : 1662 3136 171 547,030 547,030 CD 1662 3136 172 sq sq VB 1662 3136 173 km km NNP 1662 3136 174 land land NN 1662 3136 175 : : : 1662 3136 176 545,630 545,630 CD 1662 3136 177 sq sq IN 1662 3136 178 km km NNP 1662 3136 179 water water NN 1662 3136 180 : : : 1662 3136 181 1,400 1,400 CD 1662 3136 182 sq sq NNP 1662 3136 183 km km NNP 1662 3136 184 note note NN 1662 3136 185 : : : 1662 3136 186 includes include VBZ 1662 3136 187 only only RB 1662 3136 188 metropolitan metropolitan JJ 1662 3136 189 France France NNP 1662 3136 190 , , , 1662 3136 191 but but CC 1662 3136 192 excludes exclude VBZ 1662 3136 193 the the DT 1662 3136 194 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3136 195 administrative administrative JJ 1662 3136 196 divisions division NNS 1662 3136 197 Area area NN 1662 3136 198 - - HYPH 1662 3136 199 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3136 200 : : : 1662 3136 201 slightly slightly RB 1662 3136 202 less less JJR 1662 3136 203 than than IN 1662 3136 204 twice twice RB 1662 3136 205 the the DT 1662 3136 206 size size NN 1662 3136 207 of of IN 1662 3136 208 Colorado Colorado NNP 1662 3136 209 Land Land NNP 1662 3136 210 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3136 211 : : : 1662 3136 212 total total JJ 1662 3136 213 : : : 1662 3136 214 2,892.4 2,892.4 CD 1662 3136 215 km km NN 1662 3136 216 border border NN 1662 3136 217 countries country NNS 1662 3136 218 : : : 1662 3136 219 Andorra Andorra NNP 1662 3136 220 60 60 CD 1662 3136 221 km km NN 1662 3136 222 , , , 1662 3136 223 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 3136 224 620 620 CD 1662 3136 225 km km NNS 1662 3136 226 , , , 1662 3136 227 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3136 228 451 451 CD 1662 3136 229 km km NNS 1662 3136 230 , , , 1662 3136 231 Italy Italy NNP 1662 3136 232 488 488 CD 1662 3136 233 km km NNS 1662 3136 234 , , , 1662 3136 235 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 3136 236 73 73 CD 1662 3136 237 km km NNS 1662 3136 238 , , , 1662 3136 239 Monaco Monaco NNP 1662 3136 240 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 3136 241 km km NNS 1662 3136 242 , , , 1662 3136 243 Spain Spain NNP 1662 3136 244 623 623 CD 1662 3136 245 km km NN 1662 3136 246 , , , 1662 3136 247 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 3136 248 573 573 CD 1662 3136 249 km km NN 1662 3136 250 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3136 251 : : : 1662 3136 252 3,427 3,427 CD 1662 3136 253 km km NN 1662 3136 254 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3136 255 claims claim VBZ 1662 3136 256 : : : 1662 3136 257 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 3136 258 zone zone NN 1662 3136 259 : : : 1662 3136 260 24 24 CD 1662 3136 261 nm nm NNP 1662 3136 262 continental continental JJ 1662 3136 263 shelf shelf NNP 1662 3136 264 : : : 1662 3136 265 200-m 200-m CD 1662 3136 266 depth depth NN 1662 3136 267 or or CC 1662 3136 268 to to IN 1662 3136 269 the the DT 1662 3136 270 depth depth NN 1662 3136 271 of of IN 1662 3136 272 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 3136 273 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3136 274 economic economic JJ 1662 3136 275 zone zone NN 1662 3136 276 : : : 1662 3136 277 200 200 CD 1662 3136 278 nm nm CD 1662 3136 279 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3136 280 does do VBZ 1662 3136 281 not not RB 1662 3136 282 apply apply VB 1662 3136 283 to to IN 1662 3136 284 the the DT 1662 3136 285 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 3136 286 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3136 287 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3136 288 sea sea NN 1662 3136 289 : : : 1662 3136 290 12 12 CD 1662 3136 291 nm nm NNP 1662 3136 292 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3136 293 : : : 1662 3136 294 generally generally RB 1662 3136 295 cool cool JJ 1662 3136 296 winters winter NNS 1662 3136 297 and and CC 1662 3136 298 mild mild JJ 1662 3136 299 summers summer NNS 1662 3136 300 , , , 1662 3136 301 but but CC 1662 3136 302 mild mild JJ 1662 3136 303 winters winter NNS 1662 3136 304 and and CC 1662 3136 305 hot hot JJ 1662 3136 306 summers summer NNS 1662 3136 307 along along IN 1662 3136 308 the the DT 1662 3136 309 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 3136 310 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3136 311 : : : 1662 3136 312 mostly mostly RB 1662 3136 313 flat flat JJ 1662 3136 314 plains plain NNS 1662 3136 315 or or CC 1662 3136 316 gently gently RB 1662 3136 317 rolling roll VBG 1662 3136 318 hills hill NNS 1662 3136 319 in in IN 1662 3136 320 north north NNP 1662 3136 321 and and CC 1662 3136 322 west west NN 1662 3136 323 ; ; : 1662 3136 324 remainder remainder NN 1662 3136 325 is be VBZ 1662 3136 326 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 3136 327 , , , 1662 3136 328 especially especially RB 1662 3136 329 Pyrenees pyrenee NNS 1662 3136 330 in in IN 1662 3136 331 south south NN 1662 3136 332 , , , 1662 3136 333 Alps Alps NNP 1662 3136 334 in in IN 1662 3136 335 east east NNP 1662 3136 336 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3136 337 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3136 338 : : : 1662 3136 339 lowest low JJS 1662 3136 340 point point NN 1662 3136 341 : : : 1662 3136 342 Rhone Rhone NNP 1662 3136 343 River River NNP 1662 3136 344 delta delta NN 1662 3136 345 -2 -2 . 1662 3136 346 m m DT 1662 3136 347 highest high JJS 1662 3136 348 point point NN 1662 3136 349 : : : 1662 3136 350 Mont Mont NNP 1662 3136 351 Blanc Blanc NNP 1662 3136 352 4,807 4,807 CD 1662 3136 353 m m NNP 1662 3136 354 Natural natural JJ 1662 3136 355 resources resource NNS 1662 3136 356 : : : 1662 3136 357 coal coal NN 1662 3136 358 , , , 1662 3136 359 iron iron NN 1662 3136 360 ore ore NN 1662 3136 361 , , , 1662 3136 362 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 3136 363 , , , 1662 3136 364 fish fish NN 1662 3136 365 , , , 1662 3136 366 timber timber NN 1662 3136 367 , , , 1662 3136 368 zinc zinc NN 1662 3136 369 , , , 1662 3136 370 potash potash NN 1662 3136 371 Land land NN 1662 3136 372 use use NN 1662 3136 373 : : : 1662 3136 374 arable arable JJ 1662 3136 375 land land NN 1662 3136 376 : : : 1662 3136 377 33 33 CD 1662 3136 378 % % NN 1662 3136 379 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3136 380 crops crop NNS 1662 3136 381 : : : 1662 3136 382 2 2 CD 1662 3136 383 % % NN 1662 3136 384 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3136 385 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3136 386 : : : 1662 3136 387 20 20 CD 1662 3136 388 % % NN 1662 3136 389 forests forest NNS 1662 3136 390 and and CC 1662 3136 391 woodland woodland NN 1662 3136 392 : : : 1662 3136 393 27 27 CD 1662 3136 394 % % NN 1662 3136 395 other other JJ 1662 3136 396 : : : 1662 3136 397 18 18 CD 1662 3136 398 % % NN 1662 3136 399 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3136 400 1993 1993 CD 1662 3136 401 est est NNP 1662 3136 402 . . . 1662 3136 403 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3137 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3137 2 land land NN 1662 3137 3 : : : 1662 3137 4 16,300 16,300 CD 1662 3137 5 sq sq NNP 1662 3137 6 km km NNP 1662 3137 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3137 8 1995 1995 CD 1662 3137 9 est est NNP 1662 3137 10 . . . 1662 3137 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3138 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 3138 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3138 3 : : : 1662 3138 4 flooding flood VBG 1662 3138 5 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3138 6 - - HYPH 1662 3138 7 current current JJ 1662 3138 8 issues issue NNS 1662 3138 9 : : : 1662 3138 10 some some DT 1662 3138 11 forest forest NN 1662 3138 12 damage damage NN 1662 3138 13 from from IN 1662 3138 14 acid acid JJ 1662 3138 15 rain rain NN 1662 3138 16 ; ; , 1662 3138 17 air air NN 1662 3138 18 pollution pollution NN 1662 3138 19 from from IN 1662 3138 20 industrial industrial JJ 1662 3138 21 and and CC 1662 3138 22 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 3138 23 emissions emission NNS 1662 3138 24 ; ; : 1662 3138 25 water water NN 1662 3138 26 pollution pollution NN 1662 3138 27 from from IN 1662 3138 28 urban urban JJ 1662 3138 29 wastes waste NNS 1662 3138 30 , , , 1662 3138 31 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 3138 32 runoff runoff NN 1662 3138 33 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3138 34 - - HYPH 1662 3138 35 international international JJ 1662 3138 36 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3138 37 : : : 1662 3138 38 party party NN 1662 3138 39 to to TO 1662 3138 40 : : : 1662 3138 41 Air Air NNP 1662 3138 42 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3138 43 , , , 1662 3138 44 Air Air NNP 1662 3138 45 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3138 46 - - HYPH 1662 3138 47 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 3138 48 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 3138 49 , , , 1662 3138 50 Air Air NNP 1662 3138 51 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3138 52 - - HYPH 1662 3138 53 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 3138 54 85 85 CD 1662 3138 55 , , , 1662 3138 56 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3138 57 - - HYPH 1662 3138 58 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 3138 59 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 3138 60 , , , 1662 3138 61 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3138 62 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 3138 63 , , , 1662 3138 64 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 3138 65 , , , 1662 3138 66 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3138 67 Change Change NNP 1662 3138 68 , , , 1662 3138 69 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 3138 70 Species Species NNPS 1662 3138 71 , , , 1662 3138 72 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 3138 73 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 3138 74 , , , 1662 3138 75 Law Law NNP 1662 3138 76 of of IN 1662 3138 77 the the DT 1662 3138 78 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3138 79 , , , 1662 3138 80 Marine Marine NNP 1662 3138 81 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 3138 82 , , , 1662 3138 83 Marine Marine NNP 1662 3138 84 Life Life NNP 1662 3138 85 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 3138 86 , , , 1662 3138 87 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 3138 88 Layer Layer NNP 1662 3138 89 Protection Protection NNP 1662 3138 90 , , , 1662 3138 91 Ship Ship NNP 1662 3138 92 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3138 93 , , , 1662 3138 94 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 3138 95 Timber Timber NNP 1662 3138 96 83 83 CD 1662 3138 97 , , , 1662 3138 98 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 3138 99 Timber Timber NNP 1662 3138 100 94 94 CD 1662 3138 101 , , , 1662 3138 102 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 3138 103 , , , 1662 3138 104 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 3138 105 signed sign VBD 1662 3138 106 , , , 1662 3138 107 but but CC 1662 3138 108 not not RB 1662 3138 109 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3138 110 : : : 1662 3138 111 Air Air NNP 1662 3138 112 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3138 113 - - HYPH 1662 3138 114 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 3138 115 94 94 CD 1662 3138 116 , , , 1662 3138 117 Air Air NNP 1662 3138 118 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3138 119 - - HYPH 1662 3138 120 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 3138 121 Organic Organic NNP 1662 3138 122 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 3138 123 , , , 1662 3138 124 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 3138 125 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3138 126 - - HYPH 1662 3138 127 note note NN 1662 3138 128 : : : 1662 3138 129 largest large JJS 1662 3138 130 West west JJ 1662 3138 131 European european JJ 1662 3138 132 nation nation NN 1662 3138 133 ; ; : 1662 3138 134 occasional occasional JJ 1662 3138 135 strong strong JJ 1662 3138 136 , , , 1662 3138 137 cold cold JJ 1662 3138 138 , , , 1662 3138 139 dry dry JJ 1662 3138 140 , , , 1662 3138 141 north north NN 1662 3138 142 - - HYPH 1662 3138 143 to to IN 1662 3138 144 - - HYPH 1662 3138 145 northwesterly northwesterly RB 1662 3138 146 wind wind NN 1662 3138 147 known know VBN 1662 3138 148 as as IN 1662 3138 149 mistral mistral JJ 1662 3138 150 @France @france NN 1662 3138 151 : : : 1662 3138 152 People People NNS 1662 3138 153 Population population NN 1662 3138 154 : : : 1662 3138 155 58,609,285 58,609,285 CD 1662 3138 156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3138 157 July July NNP 1662 3138 158 1997 1997 CD 1662 3138 159 est est NNP 1662 3138 160 . . . 1662 3138 161 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3139 1 Age age NN 1662 3139 2 structure structure NN 1662 3139 3 : : : 1662 3139 4 0 0 CD 1662 3139 5 - - HYPH 1662 3139 6 14 14 CD 1662 3139 7 years year NNS 1662 3139 8 : : : 1662 3139 9 19 19 CD 1662 3139 10 % % NN 1662 3139 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3139 12 male male JJ 1662 3139 13 5,712,739 5,712,739 CD 1662 3139 14 ; ; : 1662 3139 15 female female JJ 1662 3139 16 5,449,139 5,449,139 CD 1662 3139 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3139 18 15 15 CD 1662 3139 19 - - HYPH 1662 3139 20 64 64 CD 1662 3139 21 years year NNS 1662 3139 22 : : : 1662 3139 23 65 65 CD 1662 3139 24 % % NN 1662 3139 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3139 26 male male JJ 1662 3139 27 19,178,683 19,178,683 CD 1662 3139 28 ; ; : 1662 3139 29 female female JJ 1662 3139 30 19,126,672 19,126,672 CD 1662 3139 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3139 32 65 65 CD 1662 3139 33 years year NNS 1662 3139 34 and and CC 1662 3139 35 over over RB 1662 3139 36 : : : 1662 3139 37 16 16 CD 1662 3139 38 % % NN 1662 3139 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3139 40 male male JJ 1662 3139 41 3,687,216 3,687,216 CD 1662 3139 42 ; ; : 1662 3139 43 female female JJ 1662 3139 44 5,454,836 5,454,836 CD 1662 3139 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3139 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3139 47 July July NNP 1662 3139 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3139 49 est est NNP 1662 3139 50 . . . 1662 3139 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3140 1 Population population NN 1662 3140 2 growth growth NN 1662 3140 3 rate rate NN 1662 3140 4 : : : 1662 3140 5 0.35 0.35 CD 1662 3140 6 % % NN 1662 3140 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3140 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3140 9 est est NNP 1662 3140 10 . . . 1662 3140 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3141 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3141 2 rate rate NN 1662 3141 3 : : : 1662 3141 4 11.98 11.98 CD 1662 3141 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 3141 6 population population NN 1662 3141 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3141 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3141 9 est est NNP 1662 3141 10 . . . 1662 3141 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3142 1 Death death NN 1662 3142 2 rate rate NN 1662 3142 3 : : : 1662 3142 4 9.08 9.08 CD 1662 3142 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3142 6 population population NN 1662 3142 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3142 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3142 9 est est NNP 1662 3142 10 . . . 1662 3142 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3143 1 Net net JJ 1662 3143 2 migration migration NN 1662 3143 3 rate rate NN 1662 3143 4 : : : 1662 3143 5 0.63 0.63 CD 1662 3143 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 3143 7 population population NN 1662 3143 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3143 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3143 10 est est NNP 1662 3143 11 . . . 1662 3143 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3144 1 Sex sex NN 1662 3144 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 3144 3 : : : 1662 3144 4 at at IN 1662 3144 5 birth birth NN 1662 3144 6 : : : 1662 3144 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 3144 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3144 9 under under IN 1662 3144 10 15 15 CD 1662 3144 11 years year NNS 1662 3144 12 : : : 1662 3144 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 3144 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3144 15 15 15 CD 1662 3144 16 - - HYPH 1662 3144 17 64 64 CD 1662 3144 18 years year NNS 1662 3144 19 : : : 1662 3144 20 1 1 CD 1662 3144 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3144 22 65 65 CD 1662 3144 23 years year NNS 1662 3144 24 and and CC 1662 3144 25 over over IN 1662 3144 26 : : : 1662 3144 27 0.68 0.68 NNP 1662 3144 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 3144 29 total total JJ 1662 3144 30 population population NN 1662 3144 31 : : : 1662 3144 32 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 3144 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3144 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3144 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 3144 36 est est NNP 1662 3144 37 . . . 1662 3144 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3145 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3145 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3145 3 rate rate NN 1662 3145 4 : : : 1662 3145 5 5.8 5.8 CD 1662 3145 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3145 7 live live JJ 1662 3145 8 births birth NNS 1662 3145 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3145 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3145 11 est est NNP 1662 3145 12 . . . 1662 3145 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3146 1 Life life NN 1662 3146 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3146 3 at at IN 1662 3146 4 birth birth NN 1662 3146 5 : : : 1662 3146 6 total total JJ 1662 3146 7 population population NN 1662 3146 8 : : : 1662 3146 9 78.38 78.38 CD 1662 3146 10 years year NNS 1662 3146 11 male male NN 1662 3146 12 : : : 1662 3146 13 74.44 74.44 CD 1662 3146 14 years year NNS 1662 3146 15 female female JJ 1662 3146 16 : : : 1662 3146 17 82.53 82.53 CD 1662 3146 18 years year NNS 1662 3146 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3146 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3146 21 est est NNP 1662 3146 22 . . . 1662 3146 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3147 1 Total total JJ 1662 3147 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3147 3 rate rate NN 1662 3147 4 : : : 1662 3147 5 1.66 1.66 CD 1662 3147 6 children child NNS 1662 3147 7 born bear VBN 1662 3147 8 / / SYM 1662 3147 9 woman woman NN 1662 3147 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3147 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3147 12 est est NNP 1662 3147 13 . . . 1662 3147 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3148 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3148 2 : : : 1662 3148 3 noun noun NN 1662 3148 4 : : : 1662 3148 5 Frenchman(men Frenchman(men NNP 1662 3148 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3148 7 , , , 1662 3148 8 Frenchwoman(women frenchwoman(women CD 1662 3148 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3148 10 adjective adjective NN 1662 3148 11 : : : 1662 3148 12 French french JJ 1662 3148 13 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3148 14 groups group NNS 1662 3148 15 : : : 1662 3148 16 Celtic celtic JJ 1662 3148 17 and and CC 1662 3148 18 Latin Latin NNP 1662 3148 19 with with IN 1662 3148 20 Teutonic Teutonic NNP 1662 3148 21 , , , 1662 3148 22 Slavic Slavic NNP 1662 3148 23 , , , 1662 3148 24 North North NNP 1662 3148 25 African African NNP 1662 3148 26 , , , 1662 3148 27 Indochinese indochinese JJ 1662 3148 28 , , , 1662 3148 29 Basque basque JJ 1662 3148 30 minorities minority NNS 1662 3148 31 Religions religion NNS 1662 3148 32 : : : 1662 3148 33 Roman Roman NNP 1662 3148 34 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 3148 35 90 90 CD 1662 3148 36 % % NN 1662 3148 37 , , , 1662 3148 38 Protestant protestant NN 1662 3148 39 2 2 CD 1662 3148 40 % % NN 1662 3148 41 , , , 1662 3148 42 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 3148 43 1 1 CD 1662 3148 44 % % NN 1662 3148 45 , , , 1662 3148 46 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 3148 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3148 48 North north JJ 1662 3148 49 African african JJ 1662 3148 50 workers worker NNS 1662 3148 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3148 52 1 1 CD 1662 3148 53 % % NN 1662 3148 54 , , , 1662 3148 55 unaffiliated unaffiliated JJ 1662 3148 56 6 6 CD 1662 3148 57 % % NN 1662 3148 58 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 3148 59 : : : 1662 3148 60 French French NNP 1662 3148 61 100 100 CD 1662 3148 62 % % NN 1662 3148 63 , , , 1662 3148 64 rapidly rapidly RB 1662 3148 65 declining decline VBG 1662 3148 66 regional regional JJ 1662 3148 67 dialects dialect NNS 1662 3148 68 and and CC 1662 3148 69 languages language NNS 1662 3148 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3148 71 Provencal Provencal NNP 1662 3148 72 , , , 1662 3148 73 Breton Breton NNP 1662 3148 74 , , , 1662 3148 75 Alsatian Alsatian NNP 1662 3148 76 , , , 1662 3148 77 Corsican Corsican NNP 1662 3148 78 , , , 1662 3148 79 Catalan Catalan NNP 1662 3148 80 , , , 1662 3148 81 Basque Basque NNP 1662 3148 82 , , , 1662 3148 83 Flemish flemish JJ 1662 3148 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3148 85 Literacy literacy NN 1662 3148 86 : : : 1662 3148 87 definition definition NN 1662 3148 88 : : : 1662 3148 89 age age NN 1662 3148 90 15 15 CD 1662 3148 91 and and CC 1662 3148 92 over over RB 1662 3148 93 can can MD 1662 3148 94 read read VB 1662 3148 95 and and CC 1662 3148 96 write write VB 1662 3148 97 total total JJ 1662 3148 98 population population NN 1662 3148 99 : : : 1662 3148 100 99 99 CD 1662 3148 101 % % NN 1662 3148 102 male male NN 1662 3148 103 : : : 1662 3148 104 99 99 CD 1662 3148 105 % % NN 1662 3148 106 female female NN 1662 3148 107 : : : 1662 3148 108 99 99 CD 1662 3148 109 % % NN 1662 3148 110 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3148 111 1980 1980 CD 1662 3148 112 est est NNP 1662 3148 113 . . . 1662 3148 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3149 1 @France @france NN 1662 3149 2 : : : 1662 3149 3 Government Government NNP 1662 3149 4 Country Country NNP 1662 3149 5 name name NN 1662 3149 6 : : : 1662 3149 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3149 8 long long JJ 1662 3149 9 form form NN 1662 3149 10 : : : 1662 3149 11 French French NNP 1662 3149 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3149 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3149 14 short short JJ 1662 3149 15 form form NN 1662 3149 16 : : : 1662 3149 17 France France NNP 1662 3149 18 local local JJ 1662 3149 19 long long JJ 1662 3149 20 form form NN 1662 3149 21 : : : 1662 3149 22 Republique Republique NNP 1662 3149 23 Francaise Francaise NNP 1662 3149 24 local local JJ 1662 3149 25 short short JJ 1662 3149 26 form form NN 1662 3149 27 : : : 1662 3149 28 France France NNP 1662 3149 29 Data Data NNP 1662 3149 30 code code NN 1662 3149 31 : : : 1662 3149 32 FR FR NNP 1662 3149 33 Government Government NNP 1662 3149 34 type type NN 1662 3149 35 : : : 1662 3149 36 republic republic NNP 1662 3149 37 National national JJ 1662 3149 38 capital capital NN 1662 3149 39 : : : 1662 3149 40 Paris Paris NNP 1662 3149 41 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 3149 42 divisions division NNS 1662 3149 43 : : : 1662 3149 44 22 22 CD 1662 3149 45 regions region NNS 1662 3149 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3149 47 regions region NNS 1662 3149 48 , , , 1662 3149 49 singular singular JJ 1662 3149 50 - - HYPH 1662 3149 51 region region NN 1662 3149 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3149 53 ; ; : 1662 3149 54 Alsace Alsace NNP 1662 3149 55 , , , 1662 3149 56 Aquitaine Aquitaine NNP 1662 3149 57 , , , 1662 3149 58 Auvergne Auvergne NNP 1662 3149 59 , , , 1662 3149 60 Basse Basse NNP 1662 3149 61 - - HYPH 1662 3149 62 Normandie Normandie NNP 1662 3149 63 , , , 1662 3149 64 Bourgogne Bourgogne NNP 1662 3149 65 , , , 1662 3149 66 Bretagne Bretagne NNP 1662 3149 67 , , , 1662 3149 68 Centre Centre NNP 1662 3149 69 , , , 1662 3149 70 Champagne Champagne NNP 1662 3149 71 - - HYPH 1662 3149 72 Ardenne Ardenne NNP 1662 3149 73 , , , 1662 3149 74 Corse Corse NNP 1662 3149 75 , , , 1662 3149 76 Franche Franche NNP 1662 3149 77 - - HYPH 1662 3149 78 Comte Comte NNP 1662 3149 79 , , , 1662 3149 80 Haute Haute NNP 1662 3149 81 - - HYPH 1662 3149 82 Normandie Normandie NNP 1662 3149 83 , , , 1662 3149 84 Ile Ile NNP 1662 3149 85 - - HYPH 1662 3149 86 de de NNP 1662 3149 87 - - NNP 1662 3149 88 France France NNP 1662 3149 89 , , , 1662 3149 90 Languedoc Languedoc NNP 1662 3149 91 - - HYPH 1662 3149 92 Roussillon Roussillon NNP 1662 3149 93 , , , 1662 3149 94 Limousin Limousin NNP 1662 3149 95 , , , 1662 3149 96 Lorraine Lorraine NNP 1662 3149 97 , , , 1662 3149 98 Midi Midi NNP 1662 3149 99 - - HYPH 1662 3149 100 Pyrenees Pyrenees NNP 1662 3149 101 , , , 1662 3149 102 Nord Nord NNP 1662 3149 103 - - HYPH 1662 3149 104 Pas Pas NNP 1662 3149 105 - - HYPH 1662 3149 106 de de NNP 1662 3149 107 - - NNP 1662 3149 108 Calais Calais NNP 1662 3149 109 , , , 1662 3149 110 Pays Pays NNP 1662 3149 111 de de NNP 1662 3149 112 la la NNP 1662 3149 113 Loire Loire NNP 1662 3149 114 , , , 1662 3149 115 Picardie Picardie NNP 1662 3149 116 , , , 1662 3149 117 Poitou Poitou NNP 1662 3149 118 - - HYPH 1662 3149 119 Charentes Charentes NNP 1662 3149 120 , , , 1662 3149 121 Provence Provence NNP 1662 3149 122 - - HYPH 1662 3149 123 Alpes Alpes NNP 1662 3149 124 - - HYPH 1662 3149 125 Cote Cote NNP 1662 3149 126 d'Azur d'Azur NNP 1662 3149 127 , , , 1662 3149 128 Rhone Rhone NNP 1662 3149 129 - - HYPH 1662 3149 130 Alpes Alpes NNP 1662 3149 131 note note NN 1662 3149 132 : : : 1662 3149 133 metropolitan metropolitan NNP 1662 3149 134 France France NNP 1662 3149 135 is be VBZ 1662 3149 136 divided divide VBN 1662 3149 137 into into IN 1662 3149 138 22 22 CD 1662 3149 139 regions region NNS 1662 3149 140 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3149 141 including include VBG 1662 3149 142 the the DT 1662 3149 143 " " `` 1662 3149 144 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3149 145 collectivity collectivity NN 1662 3149 146 " " '' 1662 3149 147 of of IN 1662 3149 148 Corse Corse NNP 1662 3149 149 or or CC 1662 3149 150 Corsica Corsica NNP 1662 3149 151 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3149 152 and and CC 1662 3149 153 is be VBZ 1662 3149 154 subdivided subdivide VBN 1662 3149 155 into into IN 1662 3149 156 96 96 CD 1662 3149 157 departments department NNS 1662 3149 158 ; ; : 1662 3149 159 see see VB 1662 3149 160 separate separate JJ 1662 3149 161 entries entry NNS 1662 3149 162 for for IN 1662 3149 163 the the DT 1662 3149 164 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3149 165 departments department NNS 1662 3149 166 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3149 167 French French NNP 1662 3149 168 Guiana Guiana NNP 1662 3149 169 , , , 1662 3149 170 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe NNP 1662 3149 171 , , , 1662 3149 172 Martinique Martinique NNP 1662 3149 173 , , , 1662 3149 174 Reunion Reunion NNP 1662 3149 175 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3149 176 and and CC 1662 3149 177 the the DT 1662 3149 178 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3149 179 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3149 180 collectivities collectivitie NNS 1662 3149 181 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3149 182 Mayotte Mayotte NNP 1662 3149 183 , , , 1662 3149 184 Saint Saint NNP 1662 3149 185 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 3149 186 and and CC 1662 3149 187 Miquelon Miquelon NNP 1662 3149 188 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3149 189 Dependent dependent JJ 1662 3149 190 areas area NNS 1662 3149 191 : : : 1662 3149 192 Bassas Bassas NNP 1662 3149 193 da da NNP 1662 3149 194 India India NNP 1662 3149 195 , , , 1662 3149 196 Clipperton Clipperton NNP 1662 3149 197 Island Island NNP 1662 3149 198 , , , 1662 3149 199 Europa Europa NNP 1662 3149 200 Island Island NNP 1662 3149 201 , , , 1662 3149 202 French French NNP 1662 3149 203 Polynesia Polynesia NNP 1662 3149 204 , , , 1662 3149 205 French French NNP 1662 3149 206 Southern Southern NNP 1662 3149 207 and and CC 1662 3149 208 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3149 209 Lands Lands NNPS 1662 3149 210 , , , 1662 3149 211 Glorioso Glorioso NNP 1662 3149 212 Islands Islands NNP 1662 3149 213 , , , 1662 3149 214 Juan Juan NNP 1662 3149 215 de de NNP 1662 3149 216 Nova Nova NNP 1662 3149 217 Island Island NNP 1662 3149 218 , , , 1662 3149 219 New New NNP 1662 3149 220 Caledonia Caledonia NNP 1662 3149 221 , , , 1662 3149 222 Tromelin Tromelin NNP 1662 3149 223 Island Island NNP 1662 3149 224 , , , 1662 3149 225 Wallis Wallis NNP 1662 3149 226 and and CC 1662 3149 227 Futuna Futuna NNP 1662 3149 228 note note NN 1662 3149 229 : : : 1662 3149 230 the the DT 1662 3149 231 US US NNP 1662 3149 232 does do VBZ 1662 3149 233 not not RB 1662 3149 234 recognize recognize VB 1662 3149 235 claims claim NNS 1662 3149 236 to to IN 1662 3149 237 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 3149 238 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3149 239 : : : 1662 3149 240 486 486 CD 1662 3149 241 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3149 242 unified unify VBN 1662 3149 243 by by IN 1662 3149 244 Clovis Clovis NNP 1662 3149 245 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3149 246 National national JJ 1662 3149 247 holiday holiday NN 1662 3149 248 : : : 1662 3149 249 National National NNP 1662 3149 250 Day Day NNP 1662 3149 251 , , , 1662 3149 252 Taking Taking NNP 1662 3149 253 of of IN 1662 3149 254 the the DT 1662 3149 255 Bastille Bastille NNP 1662 3149 256 , , , 1662 3149 257 14 14 CD 1662 3149 258 July July NNP 1662 3149 259 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3149 260 1789 1789 CD 1662 3149 261 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3149 262 Constitution constitution NN 1662 3149 263 : : : 1662 3149 264 28 28 CD 1662 3149 265 September September NNP 1662 3149 266 1958 1958 CD 1662 3149 267 , , , 1662 3149 268 amended amend VBD 1662 3149 269 concerning concern VBG 1662 3149 270 election election NN 1662 3149 271 of of IN 1662 3149 272 president president NN 1662 3149 273 in in IN 1662 3149 274 1962 1962 CD 1662 3149 275 , , , 1662 3149 276 amended amend VBN 1662 3149 277 to to TO 1662 3149 278 comply comply VB 1662 3149 279 with with IN 1662 3149 280 provisions provision NNS 1662 3149 281 of of IN 1662 3149 282 EC EC NNP 1662 3149 283 Maastricht Maastricht NNP 1662 3149 284 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 3149 285 in in IN 1662 3149 286 1992 1992 CD 1662 3149 287 ; ; , 1662 3149 288 amended amend VBN 1662 3149 289 to to TO 1662 3149 290 tighten tighten VB 1662 3149 291 immigration immigration NN 1662 3149 292 laws law NNS 1662 3149 293 1993 1993 CD 1662 3149 294 Legal legal JJ 1662 3149 295 system system NN 1662 3149 296 : : : 1662 3149 297 civil civil JJ 1662 3149 298 law law NN 1662 3149 299 system system NN 1662 3149 300 with with IN 1662 3149 301 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 3149 302 concepts concept NNS 1662 3149 303 ; ; : 1662 3149 304 review review NN 1662 3149 305 of of IN 1662 3149 306 administrative administrative NNP 1662 3149 307 but but CC 1662 3149 308 not not RB 1662 3149 309 legislative legislative JJ 1662 3149 310 acts act NNS 1662 3149 311 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 3149 312 : : : 1662 3149 313 18 18 CD 1662 3149 314 years year NNS 1662 3149 315 of of IN 1662 3149 316 age age NN 1662 3149 317 ; ; : 1662 3149 318 universal universal JJ 1662 3149 319 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3149 320 branch branch NN 1662 3149 321 : : : 1662 3149 322 chief chief NN 1662 3149 323 of of IN 1662 3149 324 state state NN 1662 3149 325 : : : 1662 3149 326 President President NNP 1662 3149 327 Jacques Jacques NNP 1662 3149 328 CHIRAC CHIRAC NNP 1662 3149 329 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3149 330 since since IN 1662 3149 331 17 17 CD 1662 3149 332 May May NNP 1662 3149 333 1995 1995 CD 1662 3149 334 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3149 335 head head NN 1662 3149 336 of of IN 1662 3149 337 government government NN 1662 3149 338 : : : 1662 3149 339 Prime Prime NNP 1662 3149 340 Minister Minister NNP 1662 3149 341 Lionel Lionel NNP 1662 3149 342 JOSPIN JOSPIN NNP 1662 3149 343 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3149 344 since since IN 1662 3149 345 3 3 CD 1662 3149 346 June June NNP 1662 3149 347 1997 1997 CD 1662 3149 348 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3149 349 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3149 350 : : : 1662 3149 351 Council Council NNP 1662 3149 352 of of IN 1662 3149 353 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 3149 354 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3149 355 by by IN 1662 3149 356 the the DT 1662 3149 357 president president NN 1662 3149 358 on on IN 1662 3149 359 the the DT 1662 3149 360 suggestion suggestion NN 1662 3149 361 of of IN 1662 3149 362 the the DT 1662 3149 363 prime prime NNP 1662 3149 364 minister minister NNP 1662 3149 365 elections election NNS 1662 3149 366 : : : 1662 3149 367 president president NNP 1662 3149 368 elected elect VBN 1662 3149 369 by by IN 1662 3149 370 popular popular JJ 1662 3149 371 vote vote NN 1662 3149 372 for for IN 1662 3149 373 a a DT 1662 3149 374 seven seven CD 1662 3149 375 - - HYPH 1662 3149 376 year year NN 1662 3149 377 term term NN 1662 3149 378 ; ; : 1662 3149 379 election election NN 1662 3149 380 last last JJ 1662 3149 381 held hold VBD 1662 3149 382 23 23 CD 1662 3149 383 April April NNP 1662 3149 384 and and CC 1662 3149 385 7 7 CD 1662 3149 386 May May NNP 1662 3149 387 1995 1995 CD 1662 3149 388 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3149 389 next next JJ 1662 3149 390 to to TO 1662 3149 391 be be VB 1662 3149 392 held hold VBN 1662 3149 393 by by IN 1662 3149 394 May May NNP 1662 3149 395 2002 2002 CD 1662 3149 396 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3149 397 ; ; : 1662 3149 398 prime prime NNP 1662 3149 399 minister minister NNP 1662 3149 400 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3149 401 by by IN 1662 3149 402 the the DT 1662 3149 403 president president NNP 1662 3149 404 election election NN 1662 3149 405 results result NNS 1662 3149 406 : : : 1662 3149 407 Jacques Jacques NNP 1662 3149 408 CHIRAC CHIRAC NNP 1662 3149 409 elected elect VBD 1662 3149 410 president president NN 1662 3149 411 ; ; , 1662 3149 412 percent percent NN 1662 3149 413 of of IN 1662 3149 414 vote vote NN 1662 3149 415 , , , 1662 3149 416 second second JJ 1662 3149 417 ballot ballot NN 1662 3149 418 - - HYPH 1662 3149 419 Jacques jacques NN 1662 3149 420 CHIRAC CHIRAC NNP 1662 3149 421 52.64 52.64 CD 1662 3149 422 % % NN 1662 3149 423 , , , 1662 3149 424 Lionel Lionel NNP 1662 3149 425 JOSPIN JOSPIN NNP 1662 3149 426 47.36 47.36 CD 1662 3149 427 % % NN 1662 3149 428 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 3149 429 branch branch NN 1662 3149 430 : : : 1662 3149 431 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 3149 432 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 3149 433 or or CC 1662 3149 434 Parlement Parlement NNP 1662 3149 435 consists consist VBZ 1662 3149 436 of of IN 1662 3149 437 the the DT 1662 3149 438 Senate Senate NNP 1662 3149 439 or or CC 1662 3149 440 Senat Senat NNP 1662 3149 441 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3149 442 321 321 CD 1662 3149 443 seats seat NNS 1662 3149 444 - - : 1662 3149 445 296 296 CD 1662 3149 446 for for IN 1662 3149 447 metropolitan metropolitan JJ 1662 3149 448 France France NNP 1662 3149 449 , , , 1662 3149 450 13 13 CD 1662 3149 451 for for IN 1662 3149 452 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3149 453 departments department NNS 1662 3149 454 and and CC 1662 3149 455 territories territory NNS 1662 3149 456 , , , 1662 3149 457 and and CC 1662 3149 458 12 12 CD 1662 3149 459 for for IN 1662 3149 460 French french JJ 1662 3149 461 nationals national NNS 1662 3149 462 abroad abroad RB 1662 3149 463 ; ; : 1662 3149 464 members member NNS 1662 3149 465 are be VBP 1662 3149 466 indirectly indirectly RB 1662 3149 467 elected elect VBN 1662 3149 468 by by IN 1662 3149 469 an an DT 1662 3149 470 electoral electoral JJ 1662 3149 471 college college NN 1662 3149 472 to to TO 1662 3149 473 serve serve VB 1662 3149 474 nine nine CD 1662 3149 475 - - HYPH 1662 3149 476 year year NN 1662 3149 477 terms term NNS 1662 3149 478 ; ; , 1662 3149 479 elected elect VBN 1662 3149 480 by by IN 1662 3149 481 thirds third NNS 1662 3149 482 every every DT 1662 3149 483 three three CD 1662 3149 484 years year NNS 1662 3149 485 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3149 486 and and CC 1662 3149 487 the the DT 1662 3149 488 National National NNP 1662 3149 489 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3149 490 or or CC 1662 3149 491 Assemblee Assemblee NNP 1662 3149 492 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 3149 493 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3149 494 577 577 CD 1662 3149 495 seats seat NNS 1662 3149 496 ; ; : 1662 3149 497 members member NNS 1662 3149 498 are be VBP 1662 3149 499 elected elect VBN 1662 3149 500 under under IN 1662 3149 501 a a DT 1662 3149 502 single single JJ 1662 3149 503 - - HYPH 1662 3149 504 member member NN 1662 3149 505 majoritarian majoritarian NN 1662 3149 506 system system NN 1662 3149 507 to to TO 1662 3149 508 serve serve VB 1662 3149 509 five five CD 1662 3149 510 - - HYPH 1662 3149 511 year year NN 1662 3149 512 terms term NNS 1662 3149 513 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3149 514 elections election NNS 1662 3149 515 : : : 1662 3149 516 Senate Senate NNP 1662 3149 517 - - HYPH 1662 3149 518 last last RB 1662 3149 519 held hold VBD 1662 3149 520 24 24 CD 1662 3149 521 September September NNP 1662 3149 522 1995 1995 CD 1662 3149 523 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3149 524 next next JJ 1662 3149 525 to to TO 1662 3149 526 be be VB 1662 3149 527 held hold VBN 1662 3149 528 September September NNP 1662 3149 529 1998 1998 CD 1662 3149 530 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3149 531 ; ; : 1662 3149 532 National National NNP 1662 3149 533 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3149 534 - - : 1662 3149 535 last last RB 1662 3149 536 held hold VBN 1662 3149 537 25 25 CD 1662 3149 538 May-1 May-1 NNP 1662 3149 539 June June NNP 1662 3149 540 1997 1997 CD 1662 3149 541 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3149 542 next next JJ 1662 3149 543 to to TO 1662 3149 544 be be VB 1662 3149 545 held hold VBN 1662 3149 546 NA NA NNP 1662 3149 547 May May NNP 1662 3149 548 2002 2002 CD 1662 3149 549 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3149 550 election election NN 1662 3149 551 results result NNS 1662 3149 552 : : : 1662 3149 553 Senate Senate NNP 1662 3149 554 - - HYPH 1662 3149 555 percent percent NN 1662 3149 556 of of IN 1662 3149 557 vote vote NN 1662 3149 558 by by IN 1662 3149 559 party party NN 1662 3149 560 - - HYPH 1662 3149 561 NA NA NNP 1662 3149 562 ; ; , 1662 3149 563 seats seat NNS 1662 3149 564 by by IN 1662 3149 565 party party NNP 1662 3149 566 - - HYPH 1662 3149 567 RPR rpr NN 1662 3149 568 94 94 CD 1662 3149 569 , , , 1662 3149 570 UDF UDF NNP 1662 3149 571 127 127 CD 1662 3149 572 , , , 1662 3149 573 PS PS NNP 1662 3149 574 75 75 CD 1662 3149 575 , , , 1662 3149 576 PCF PCF NNP 1662 3149 577 15 15 CD 1662 3149 578 , , , 1662 3149 579 other other JJ 1662 3149 580 10 10 CD 1662 3149 581 ; ; : 1662 3149 582 National National NNP 1662 3149 583 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3149 584 - - HYPH 1662 3149 585 percent percent NN 1662 3149 586 of of IN 1662 3149 587 vote vote NN 1662 3149 588 by by IN 1662 3149 589 party party NN 1662 3149 590 - - HYPH 1662 3149 591 NA NA NNP 1662 3149 592 ; ; , 1662 3149 593 seats seat NNS 1662 3149 594 by by IN 1662 3149 595 party party NNP 1662 3149 596 - - HYPH 1662 3149 597 PS PS NNP 1662 3149 598 245 245 CD 1662 3149 599 , , , 1662 3149 600 RPR rpr NN 1662 3149 601 140 140 CD 1662 3149 602 , , , 1662 3149 603 UDF UDF NNP 1662 3149 604 109 109 CD 1662 3149 605 , , , 1662 3149 606 PCF PCF NNP 1662 3149 607 37 37 CD 1662 3149 608 , , , 1662 3149 609 PRS PRS NNP 1662 3149 610 13 13 CD 1662 3149 611 , , , 1662 3149 612 Ecologists ecologist NNS 1662 3149 613 8 8 CD 1662 3149 614 , , , 1662 3149 615 MDC MDC NNP 1662 3149 616 7 7 CD 1662 3149 617 , , , 1662 3149 618 LDI LDI NNP 1662 3149 619 - - HYPH 1662 3149 620 MPF MPF NNP 1662 3149 621 1 1 CD 1662 3149 622 , , , 1662 3149 623 FN FN NNP 1662 3149 624 1 1 CD 1662 3149 625 , , , 1662 3149 626 various various JJ 1662 3149 627 left left JJ 1662 3149 628 9 9 CD 1662 3149 629 , , , 1662 3149 630 various various JJ 1662 3149 631 right right JJ 1662 3149 632 7 7 CD 1662 3149 633 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 3149 634 branch branch NN 1662 3149 635 : : : 1662 3149 636 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 3149 637 Court Court NNP 1662 3149 638 of of IN 1662 3149 639 Appeals Appeals NNPS 1662 3149 640 or or CC 1662 3149 641 Cour Cour NNP 1662 3149 642 de de FW 1662 3149 643 Cassation Cassation NNP 1662 3149 644 , , , 1662 3149 645 judges judge NNS 1662 3149 646 are be VBP 1662 3149 647 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3149 648 by by IN 1662 3149 649 the the DT 1662 3149 650 president president NN 1662 3149 651 from from IN 1662 3149 652 nominations nomination NNS 1662 3149 653 of of IN 1662 3149 654 the the DT 1662 3149 655 High High NNP 1662 3149 656 Council Council NNP 1662 3149 657 of of IN 1662 3149 658 the the DT 1662 3149 659 Judiciary Judiciary NNP 1662 3149 660 Political political JJ 1662 3149 661 parties party NNS 1662 3149 662 and and CC 1662 3149 663 leaders leader NNS 1662 3149 664 : : : 1662 3149 665 Rally rally NN 1662 3149 666 for for IN 1662 3149 667 the the DT 1662 3149 668 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3149 669 or or CC 1662 3149 670 RPR RPR NNP 1662 3149 671 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3149 672 Alain Alain NNP 1662 3149 673 JUPPE JUPPE NNP 1662 3149 674 , , , 1662 3149 675 president president NN 1662 3149 676 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3149 677 ; ; : 1662 3149 678 Union Union NNP 1662 3149 679 for for IN 1662 3149 680 French french JJ 1662 3149 681 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 3149 682 or or CC 1662 3149 683 UDF UDF NNP 1662 3149 684 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3149 685 coalition coalition NN 1662 3149 686 of of IN 1662 3149 687 PR PR NNP 1662 3149 688 , , , 1662 3149 689 FD FD NNP 1662 3149 690 , , , 1662 3149 691 RAD RAD NNP 1662 3149 692 , , , 1662 3149 693 PPDF PPDF NNP 1662 3149 694 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3149 695 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3149 696 Francois Francois NNP 1662 3149 697 LEOTARD LEOTARD NNP 1662 3149 698 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3149 699 ; ; : 1662 3149 700 Republican Republican NNP 1662 3149 701 Party Party NNP 1662 3149 702 or or CC 1662 3149 703 PR PR NNP 1662 3149 704 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3149 705 Francois Francois NNP 1662 3149 706 LEOTARD LEOTARD NNP 1662 3149 707 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3149 708 ; ; : 1662 3149 709 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3149 710 Force Force NNP 1662 3149 711 or or CC 1662 3149 712 FD FD NNP 1662 3149 713 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3149 714 Francois Francois NNP 1662 3149 715 BAYROU BAYROU NNP 1662 3149 716 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3149 717 ; ; : 1662 3149 718 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 3149 719 Party Party NNP 1662 3149 720 or or CC 1662 3149 721 PS PS NNP 1662 3149 722 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3149 723 Lionel Lionel NNP 1662 3149 724 JOSPIN JOSPIN NNP 1662 3149 725 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3149 726 ; ; : 1662 3149 727 Radical Radical NNP 1662 3149 728 Party Party NNP 1662 3149 729 or or CC 1662 3149 730 RRRS RRRS NNP 1662 3149 731 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3149 732 Andre Andre NNP 1662 3149 733 ROSSINOT ROSSINOT NNP 1662 3149 734 , , , 1662 3149 735 Aymeri Aymeri NNP 1662 3149 736 de de NNP 1662 3149 737 MONTESQUIEU MONTESQUIEU NNP 1662 3149 738 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3149 739 ; ; : 1662 3149 740 Communist Communist NNP 1662 3149 741 Party Party NNP 1662 3149 742 or or CC 1662 3149 743 PCF PCF NNP 1662 3149 744 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3149 745 Robert Robert NNP 1662 3149 746 HUE HUE NNP 1662 3149 747 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3149 748 ; ; : 1662 3149 749 National National NNP 1662 3149 750 Front Front NNP 1662 3149 751 or or CC 1662 3149 752 FN FN NNP 1662 3149 753 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3149 754 Jean Jean NNP 1662 3149 755 - - HYPH 1662 3149 756 Marie Marie NNP 1662 3149 757 LE LE NNP 1662 3149 758 PEN PEN NNP 1662 3149 759 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3149 760 ; ; : 1662 3149 761 The the DT 1662 3149 762 Greens Greens NNP 1662 3149 763 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3149 764 Dominique dominique JJ 1662 3149 765 VOYNET VOYNET NNP 1662 3149 766 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3149 767 ; ; : 1662 3149 768 Generation Generation NNP 1662 3149 769 Ecology Ecology NNP 1662 3149 770 or or CC 1662 3149 771 GE GE NNP 1662 3149 772 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3149 773 Brice Brice NNP 1662 3149 774 LALONDE LALONDE NNP 1662 3149 775 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3149 776 ; ; : 1662 3149 777 Citizens Citizens NNP 1662 3149 778 Movement Movement NNP 1662 3149 779 or or CC 1662 3149 780 MDC MDC NNP 1662 3149 781 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3149 782 Jean Jean NNP 1662 3149 783 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 3149 784 CHEVENEMENT CHEVENEMENT NNP 1662 3149 785 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3149 786 ; ; : 1662 3149 787 National National NNP 1662 3149 788 Center Center NNP 1662 3149 789 of of IN 1662 3149 790 Independents Independents NNPS 1662 3149 791 and and CC 1662 3149 792 Peasants Peasants NNPS 1662 3149 793 or or CC 1662 3149 794 CNIP CNIP NNP 1662 3149 795 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3149 796 Jean Jean NNP 1662 3149 797 - - HYPH 1662 3149 798 Antoine Antoine NNP 1662 3149 799 GIANSILY GIANSILY NNP 1662 3149 800 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3149 801 ; ; : 1662 3149 802 Radical Radical NNP 1662 3149 803 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 3149 804 Party Party NNP 1662 3149 805 or or CC 1662 3149 806 PRS PRS NNP 1662 3149 807 ; ; : 1662 3149 808 Movement Movement NNP 1662 3149 809 for for IN 1662 3149 810 France France NNP 1662 3149 811 or or CC 1662 3149 812 LDI LDI NNP 1662 3149 813 - - HYPH 1662 3149 814 MPF MPF NNP 1662 3149 815 Political political JJ 1662 3149 816 pressure pressure NN 1662 3149 817 groups group NNS 1662 3149 818 and and CC 1662 3149 819 leaders leader NNS 1662 3149 820 : : : 1662 3149 821 Communist communist NN 1662 3149 822 - - HYPH 1662 3149 823 controlled control VBN 1662 3149 824 labor labor NN 1662 3149 825 union union NN 1662 3149 826 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3149 827 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 3149 828 Generale Generale NNP 1662 3149 829 du du NNP 1662 3149 830 Travail Travail NNP 1662 3149 831 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3149 832 or or CC 1662 3149 833 CGT CGT NNP 1662 3149 834 , , , 1662 3149 835 nearly nearly RB 1662 3149 836 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 3149 837 million million CD 1662 3149 838 members member NNS 1662 3149 839 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3149 840 claimed claim VBN 1662 3149 841 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3149 842 ; ; : 1662 3149 843 Socialist socialist JJ 1662 3149 844 - - HYPH 1662 3149 845 leaning lean VBG 1662 3149 846 labor labor NN 1662 3149 847 union union NN 1662 3149 848 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3149 849 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 3149 850 Francaise Francaise NNP 1662 3149 851 Democratique Democratique NNP 1662 3149 852 du du NNP 1662 3149 853 Travail Travail NNP 1662 3149 854 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3149 855 or or CC 1662 3149 856 CFDT CFDT NNP 1662 3149 857 , , , 1662 3149 858 about about RB 1662 3149 859 800,000 800,000 CD 1662 3149 860 members member NNS 1662 3149 861 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3149 862 est est NNP 1662 3149 863 . . . 1662 3150 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3150 2 ; ; : 1662 3150 3 independent independent JJ 1662 3150 4 labor labor NNP 1662 3150 5 union union NNP 1662 3150 6 or or CC 1662 3150 7 Force Force NNP 1662 3150 8 Ouvriere Ouvriere NNP 1662 3150 9 , , , 1662 3150 10 1 1 CD 1662 3150 11 million million CD 1662 3150 12 members member NNS 1662 3150 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3150 14 est est NNP 1662 3150 15 . . . 1662 3151 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3151 2 ; ; : 1662 3151 3 independent independent JJ 1662 3151 4 white white JJ 1662 3151 5 - - HYPH 1662 3151 6 collar collar NN 1662 3151 7 union union NN 1662 3151 8 or or CC 1662 3151 9 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 3151 10 Generale Generale NNP 1662 3151 11 des des NNP 1662 3151 12 Cadres Cadres NNP 1662 3151 13 , , , 1662 3151 14 340,000 340,000 CD 1662 3151 15 members member NNS 1662 3151 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3151 17 claimed claim VBN 1662 3151 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3151 19 ; ; : 1662 3151 20 National National NNP 1662 3151 21 Council Council NNP 1662 3151 22 of of IN 1662 3151 23 French French NNP 1662 3151 24 Employers Employers NNPS 1662 3151 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3151 26 Conseil Conseil NNP 1662 3151 27 National National NNP 1662 3151 28 du du VBD 1662 3151 29 Patronat Patronat NNP 1662 3151 30 Francais Francais NNP 1662 3151 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3151 32 or or CC 1662 3151 33 CNPF CNPF NNP 1662 3151 34 or or CC 1662 3151 35 Patronat Patronat NNP 1662 3151 36 International International NNP 1662 3151 37 organization organization NN 1662 3151 38 participation participation NN 1662 3151 39 : : : 1662 3151 40 ACCT acct JJ 1662 3151 41 , , , 1662 3151 42 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 3151 43 , , , 1662 3151 44 AG AG NNP 1662 3151 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3151 46 observer observer NNP 1662 3151 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3151 48 , , , 1662 3151 49 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 3151 50 , , , 1662 3151 51 Australia Australia NNP 1662 3151 52 Group Group NNP 1662 3151 53 , , , 1662 3151 54 BDEAC BDEAC NNP 1662 3151 55 , , , 1662 3151 56 BIS BIS NNP 1662 3151 57 , , , 1662 3151 58 CCC CCC NNP 1662 3151 59 , , , 1662 3151 60 CDB CDB NNP 1662 3151 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3151 62 non non JJ 1662 3151 63 - - JJ 1662 3151 64 regional regional JJ 1662 3151 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3151 66 , , , 1662 3151 67 CE CE NNP 1662 3151 68 , , , 1662 3151 69 CERN CERN NNP 1662 3151 70 , , , 1662 3151 71 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 3151 72 , , , 1662 3151 73 ECA ECA NNP 1662 3151 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3151 75 associate associate NN 1662 3151 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3151 77 , , , 1662 3151 78 ECE ECE NNP 1662 3151 79 , , , 1662 3151 80 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 3151 81 , , , 1662 3151 82 EIB EIB NNP 1662 3151 83 , , , 1662 3151 84 ESA ESA NNP 1662 3151 85 , , , 1662 3151 86 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 3151 87 , , , 1662 3151 88 EU EU NNP 1662 3151 89 , , , 1662 3151 90 FAO FAO NNP 1662 3151 91 , , , 1662 3151 92 FZ FZ NNP 1662 3151 93 , , , 1662 3151 94 G- G- NNP 1662 3151 95 5 5 CD 1662 3151 96 , , , 1662 3151 97 G- G- NNP 1662 3151 98 7 7 CD 1662 3151 99 , , , 1662 3151 100 G-10 g-10 CD 1662 3151 101 , , , 1662 3151 102 IADB IADB NNP 1662 3151 103 , , , 1662 3151 104 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 3151 105 , , , 1662 3151 106 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 3151 107 , , , 1662 3151 108 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 3151 109 , , , 1662 3151 110 ICC ICC NNP 1662 3151 111 , , , 1662 3151 112 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 3151 113 , , , 1662 3151 114 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 3151 115 , , , 1662 3151 116 IDA IDA NNP 1662 3151 117 , , , 1662 3151 118 IEA IEA NNP 1662 3151 119 , , , 1662 3151 120 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 3151 121 , , , 1662 3151 122 IFC IFC NNP 1662 3151 123 , , , 1662 3151 124 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 3151 125 , , , 1662 3151 126 IHO IHO NNP 1662 3151 127 , , , 1662 3151 128 ILO ILO NNP 1662 3151 129 , , , 1662 3151 130 IMF IMF NNP 1662 3151 131 , , , 1662 3151 132 IMO imo RB 1662 3151 133 , , , 1662 3151 134 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 3151 135 , , , 1662 3151 136 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3151 137 , , , 1662 3151 138 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 3151 139 , , , 1662 3151 140 IOC IOC NNP 1662 3151 141 , , , 1662 3151 142 IOM IOM NNP 1662 3151 143 , , , 1662 3151 144 ISO ISO NNP 1662 3151 145 , , , 1662 3151 146 ITU ITU NNP 1662 3151 147 , , , 1662 3151 148 MINURSO MINURSO NNP 1662 3151 149 , , , 1662 3151 150 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 3151 151 , , , 1662 3151 152 NACC NACC NNP 1662 3151 153 , , , 1662 3151 154 NATO NATO NNP 1662 3151 155 , , , 1662 3151 156 NEA NEA NNP 1662 3151 157 , , , 1662 3151 158 NSG NSG NNP 1662 3151 159 , , , 1662 3151 160 OAS OAS NNP 1662 3151 161 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3151 162 observer observer NNP 1662 3151 163 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3151 164 , , , 1662 3151 165 OECD OECD NNP 1662 3151 166 , , , 1662 3151 167 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 3151 168 , , , 1662 3151 169 PCA PCA NNP 1662 3151 170 , , , 1662 3151 171 SPC SPC NNP 1662 3151 172 , , , 1662 3151 173 UN UN NNP 1662 3151 174 , , , 1662 3151 175 UN UN NNP 1662 3151 176 Security Security NNP 1662 3151 177 Council Council NNP 1662 3151 178 , , , 1662 3151 179 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 3151 180 III III NNP 1662 3151 181 , , , 1662 3151 182 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 3151 183 , , , 1662 3151 184 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 3151 185 , , , 1662 3151 186 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 3151 187 , , , 1662 3151 188 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 3151 189 , , , 1662 3151 190 UNIFIL UNIFIL NNP 1662 3151 191 , , , 1662 3151 192 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 3151 193 , , , 1662 3151 194 UNITAR UNITAR NNP 1662 3151 195 , , , 1662 3151 196 UNMIBH UNMIBH NNP 1662 3151 197 , , , 1662 3151 198 UNMIH UNMIH NNP 1662 3151 199 , , , 1662 3151 200 UNOMIG UNOMIG NNP 1662 3151 201 , , , 1662 3151 202 UNRWA UNRWA NNP 1662 3151 203 , , , 1662 3151 204 UNTSO UNTSO NNP 1662 3151 205 , , , 1662 3151 206 UNU UNU NNP 1662 3151 207 , , , 1662 3151 208 UPU UPU NNP 1662 3151 209 , , , 1662 3151 210 WCL WCL NNP 1662 3151 211 , , , 1662 3151 212 WEU WEU NNP 1662 3151 213 , , , 1662 3151 214 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 3151 215 , , , 1662 3151 216 WHO who WP 1662 3151 217 , , , 1662 3151 218 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 3151 219 , , , 1662 3151 220 WMO WMO NNP 1662 3151 221 , , , 1662 3151 222 WToO wtoo FW 1662 3151 223 , , , 1662 3151 224 WTrO wtro VB 1662 3151 225 , , , 1662 3151 226 ZC ZC NNP 1662 3151 227 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3151 228 representation representation NN 1662 3151 229 in in IN 1662 3151 230 the the DT 1662 3151 231 US US NNP 1662 3151 232 : : : 1662 3151 233 chief chief NN 1662 3151 234 of of IN 1662 3151 235 mission mission NN 1662 3151 236 : : : 1662 3151 237 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3151 238 Francois Francois NNP 1662 3151 239 V. V. 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1662 3167 88 % % NN 1662 3167 89 , , , 1662 3167 90 Spain Spain NNP 1662 3167 91 8 8 CD 1662 3167 92 % % NN 1662 3167 93 , , , 1662 3167 94 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 3167 95 - - HYPH 1662 3167 96 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 3167 97 8 8 CD 1662 3167 98 % % NN 1662 3167 99 , , , 1662 3167 100 US US NNP 1662 3167 101 6 6 CD 1662 3167 102 % % NN 1662 3167 103 , , , 1662 3167 104 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 3167 105 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 3167 106 % % NN 1662 3167 107 , , , 1662 3167 108 Japan Japan NNP 1662 3167 109 2 2 CD 1662 3167 110 % % NN 1662 3167 111 , , , 1662 3167 112 Russia Russia NNP 1662 3167 113 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 3167 114 % % NN 1662 3167 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3167 116 1996 1996 CD 1662 3167 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3167 118 Imports import NNS 1662 3167 119 : : : 1662 3167 120 total total JJ 1662 3167 121 value value NN 1662 3167 122 : : : 1662 3167 123 $ $ $ 1662 3167 124 255.5 255.5 CD 1662 3167 125 billion billion CD 1662 3167 126 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 3167 127 . . . 1662 3167 128 , , , 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NNP 1662 3167 166 8 8 CD 1662 3167 167 % % NN 1662 3167 168 , , , 1662 3167 169 UK UK NNP 1662 3167 170 8 8 CD 1662 3167 171 % % NN 1662 3167 172 , , , 1662 3167 173 Spain Spain NNP 1662 3167 174 7 7 CD 1662 3167 175 % % NN 1662 3167 176 , , , 1662 3167 177 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 3167 178 5 5 CD 1662 3167 179 % % NN 1662 3167 180 , , , 1662 3167 181 Japan Japan NNP 1662 3167 182 3 3 CD 1662 3167 183 % % NN 1662 3167 184 , , , 1662 3167 185 Russia Russia NNP 1662 3167 186 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 3167 187 % % NN 1662 3167 188 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3167 189 1996 1996 CD 1662 3167 190 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3167 191 Debt debt NN 1662 3167 192 - - HYPH 1662 3167 193 external external JJ 1662 3167 194 : : : 1662 3167 195 $ $ $ 1662 3167 196 117.6 117.6 CD 1662 3167 197 billion billion CD 1662 3167 198 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3167 199 1996 1996 CD 1662 3167 200 est est NNP 1662 3167 201 . . . 1662 3167 202 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3168 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 3168 2 aid aid NN 1662 3168 3 : : : 1662 3168 4 donor donor NN 1662 3168 5 : : : 1662 3168 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 3168 7 , , , 1662 3168 8 $ $ $ 1662 3168 9 7.915 7.915 CD 1662 3168 10 billion billion CD 1662 3168 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3168 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 3168 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3168 14 Currency currency NN 1662 3168 15 : : : 1662 3168 16 1 1 CD 1662 3168 17 French french JJ 1662 3168 18 franc franc NN 1662 3168 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3168 20 F f NN 1662 3168 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3168 22 = = NFP 1662 3168 23 100 100 CD 1662 3168 24 centimes centime NNS 1662 3168 25 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 3168 26 rates rate NNS 1662 3168 27 : : : 1662 3168 28 French french JJ 1662 3168 29 francs franc NNS 1662 3168 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3168 31 F f NN 1662 3168 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3168 33 per per IN 1662 3168 34 US$ us$ $ 1662 3168 35 1 1 CD 1662 3168 36 - - SYM 1662 3168 37 5.4169 5.4169 CD 1662 3168 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3168 39 January January NNP 1662 3168 40 1997 1997 CD 1662 3168 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3168 42 , , , 1662 3168 43 5.1155 5.1155 CD 1662 3168 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3168 45 1996 1996 CD 1662 3168 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3168 47 , , , 1662 3168 48 4.9915 4.9915 CD 1662 3168 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3168 50 1995 1995 CD 1662 3168 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3168 52 , , , 1662 3168 53 5.5520 5.5520 CD 1662 3168 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3168 55 1994 1994 CD 1662 3168 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3168 57 , , , 1662 3168 58 5.6632 5.6632 CD 1662 3168 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3168 60 1993 1993 CD 1662 3168 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3168 62 , , , 1662 3168 63 5.2938 5.2938 CD 1662 3168 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3168 65 1992 1992 CD 1662 3168 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3168 67 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3168 68 year year NN 1662 3168 69 : : : 1662 3168 70 calendar calendar NNP 1662 3168 71 year year NNP 1662 3168 72 @France @france NN 1662 3168 73 : : : 1662 3168 74 Communications communication NNS 1662 3168 75 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 3168 76 : : : 1662 3168 77 35 35 CD 1662 3168 78 million million CD 1662 3168 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3168 80 1987 1987 CD 1662 3168 81 est est NNP 1662 3168 82 . . . 1662 3168 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3169 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 3169 2 system system NN 1662 3169 3 : : : 1662 3169 4 highly highly RB 1662 3169 5 developed develop VBN 1662 3169 6 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3169 7 : : : 1662 3169 8 extensive extensive JJ 1662 3169 9 cable cable NN 1662 3169 10 and and CC 1662 3169 11 microwave microwave NN 1662 3169 12 radio radio NN 1662 3169 13 relay relay NN 1662 3169 14 ; ; , 1662 3169 15 extensive extensive JJ 1662 3169 16 introduction introduction NN 1662 3169 17 of of IN 1662 3169 18 fiber fiber NN 1662 3169 19 - - HYPH 1662 3169 20 optic optic NN 1662 3169 21 cable cable NN 1662 3169 22 ; ; : 1662 3169 23 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3169 24 satellite satellite NN 1662 3169 25 system system NN 1662 3169 26 international international NNP 1662 3169 27 : : : 1662 3169 28 satellite satellite NN 1662 3169 29 earth earth NN 1662 3169 30 stations station NNS 1662 3169 31 - - , 1662 3169 32 2 2 CD 1662 3169 33 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3169 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3169 35 with with IN 1662 3169 36 total total NN 1662 3169 37 of of IN 1662 3169 38 5 5 CD 1662 3169 39 antennas antenna NNS 1662 3169 40 - - : 1662 3169 41 2 2 CD 1662 3169 42 for for IN 1662 3169 43 Indian Indian NNP 1662 3169 44 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3169 45 and and CC 1662 3169 46 3 3 CD 1662 3169 47 for for IN 1662 3169 48 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3169 49 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3169 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3169 51 , , , 1662 3169 52 NA NA NNP 1662 3169 53 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNP 1662 3169 54 , , , 1662 3169 55 1 1 CD 1662 3169 56 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 3169 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3169 58 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3169 59 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3169 60 Region Region NNP 1662 3169 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3169 62 ; ; : 1662 3169 63 HF HF NNP 1662 3169 64 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 3169 65 communications communication NNS 1662 3169 66 with with IN 1662 3169 67 more more JJR 1662 3169 68 than than IN 1662 3169 69 20 20 CD 1662 3169 70 countries country NNS 1662 3169 71 Radio radio NN 1662 3169 72 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3169 73 stations station NNS 1662 3169 74 : : : 1662 3169 75 AM am VBP 1662 3169 76 41 41 CD 1662 3169 77 , , , 1662 3169 78 FM FM NNP 1662 3169 79 800 800 CD 1662 3169 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3169 81 mostly mostly RB 1662 3169 82 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 3169 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3169 84 , , , 1662 3169 85 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 3169 86 0 0 CD 1662 3169 87 Radios radio NNS 1662 3169 88 : : : 1662 3169 89 49 49 CD 1662 3169 90 million million CD 1662 3169 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3169 92 1993 1993 CD 1662 3169 93 est est NNP 1662 3169 94 . . . 1662 3169 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3170 1 Television television NN 1662 3170 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3170 3 stations station NNS 1662 3170 4 : : : 1662 3170 5 846 846 CD 1662 3170 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3170 7 mostly mostly RB 1662 3170 8 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 3170 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3170 10 note note NN 1662 3170 11 : : : 1662 3170 12 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNP 1662 3170 13 receive receive VB 1662 3170 14 - - HYPH 1662 3170 15 only only RB 1662 3170 16 TV tv NN 1662 3170 17 service service NN 1662 3170 18 Televisions television NNS 1662 3170 19 : : : 1662 3170 20 29.3 29.3 CD 1662 3170 21 million million CD 1662 3170 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3170 23 1993 1993 CD 1662 3170 24 est est NNP 1662 3170 25 . . . 1662 3170 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3171 1 @France @france NN 1662 3171 2 : : : 1662 3171 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3171 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 3171 5 : : : 1662 3171 6 total total JJ 1662 3171 7 : : : 1662 3171 8 34,123 34,123 CD 1662 3171 9 km km NN 1662 3171 10 standard standard JJ 1662 3171 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 3171 12 : : : 1662 3171 13 33,524 33,524 CD 1662 3171 14 km km NN 1662 3171 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 3171 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 3171 17 ; ; : 1662 3171 18 32,275 32,275 CD 1662 3171 19 km km NNS 1662 3171 20 are be VBP 1662 3171 21 operated operate VBN 1662 3171 22 by by IN 1662 3171 23 French French NNP 1662 3171 24 National National NNP 1662 3171 25 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 3171 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3171 27 SNCF SNCF NNP 1662 3171 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3171 29 ; ; : 1662 3171 30 13,741 13,741 CD 1662 3171 31 km km NN 1662 3171 32 of of IN 1662 3171 33 SNCF SNCF NNP 1662 3171 34 routes route NNS 1662 3171 35 are be VBP 1662 3171 36 electrified electrify VBN 1662 3171 37 and and CC 1662 3171 38 12,132 12,132 CD 1662 3171 39 km km NNS 1662 3171 40 are be VBP 1662 3171 41 double- double- JJ 1662 3171 42 or or CC 1662 3171 43 multiple multiple JJ 1662 3171 44 - - HYPH 1662 3171 45 tracked tracked JJ 1662 3171 46 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3171 47 gauge gauge NN 1662 3171 48 : : : 1662 3171 49 599 599 CD 1662 3171 50 km km NN 1662 3171 51 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 3171 52 gauge gauge NN 1662 3171 53 note note NN 1662 3171 54 : : : 1662 3171 55 does do VBZ 1662 3171 56 not not RB 1662 3171 57 include include VB 1662 3171 58 33 33 CD 1662 3171 59 tourist tourist NN 1662 3171 60 railroads railroad NNS 1662 3171 61 , , , 1662 3171 62 totaling total VBG 1662 3171 63 469 469 CD 1662 3171 64 km km NNS 1662 3171 65 , , , 1662 3171 66 many many JJ 1662 3171 67 being be VBG 1662 3171 68 of of IN 1662 3171 69 very very RB 1662 3171 70 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3171 71 gauge gauge NN 1662 3171 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3171 73 1995 1995 CD 1662 3171 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3171 75 Highways highway NNS 1662 3171 76 : : : 1662 3171 77 total total NN 1662 3171 78 : : : 1662 3171 79 1,512,700 1,512,700 CD 1662 3171 80 km km NN 1662 3171 81 paved pave VBN 1662 3171 82 : : : 1662 3171 83 812,700 812,700 CD 1662 3171 84 km km NN 1662 3171 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3171 86 including include VBG 1662 3171 87 9,140 9,140 CD 1662 3171 88 km km NNS 1662 3171 89 of of IN 1662 3171 90 expressways expressway NNS 1662 3171 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3171 92 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3171 93 : : : 1662 3171 94 700,000 700,000 CD 1662 3171 95 km km NN 1662 3171 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3171 97 1995 1995 CD 1662 3171 98 est est NNP 1662 3171 99 . . . 1662 3171 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3172 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 3172 2 : : : 1662 3172 3 14,932 14,932 CD 1662 3172 4 km km NN 1662 3172 5 ; ; : 1662 3172 6 6,969 6,969 CD 1662 3172 7 km km NN 1662 3172 8 heavily heavily RB 1662 3172 9 traveled travel VBN 1662 3172 10 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 3172 11 : : : 1662 3172 12 crude crude JJ 1662 3172 13 oil oil NN 1662 3172 14 3,059 3,059 CD 1662 3172 15 km km NN 1662 3172 16 ; ; : 1662 3172 17 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 3172 18 products product NNS 1662 3172 19 4,487 4,487 CD 1662 3172 20 km km NN 1662 3172 21 ; ; : 1662 3172 22 natural natural JJ 1662 3172 23 gas gas NN 1662 3172 24 24,746 24,746 CD 1662 3172 25 km km NN 1662 3172 26 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 3172 27 and and CC 1662 3172 28 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3172 29 : : : 1662 3172 30 Bordeaux bordeaux JJ 1662 3172 31 , , , 1662 3172 32 Boulogne Boulogne NNP 1662 3172 33 , , , 1662 3172 34 Cherbourg Cherbourg NNP 1662 3172 35 , , , 1662 3172 36 Dijon Dijon NNP 1662 3172 37 , , , 1662 3172 38 Dunkerque Dunkerque NNP 1662 3172 39 , , , 1662 3172 40 La La NNP 1662 3172 41 Pallice Pallice NNP 1662 3172 42 , , , 1662 3172 43 Le Le NNP 1662 3172 44 Havre Havre NNP 1662 3172 45 , , , 1662 3172 46 Lyon Lyon NNP 1662 3172 47 , , , 1662 3172 48 Marseille Marseille NNP 1662 3172 49 , , , 1662 3172 50 Mullhouse Mullhouse NNP 1662 3172 51 , , , 1662 3172 52 Nantes Nantes NNP 1662 3172 53 , , , 1662 3172 54 Paris Paris NNP 1662 3172 55 , , , 1662 3172 56 Rouen Rouen NNP 1662 3172 57 , , , 1662 3172 58 Saint Saint NNP 1662 3172 59 Nazaire Nazaire NNP 1662 3172 60 , , , 1662 3172 61 Saint Saint NNP 1662 3172 62 Malo Malo NNP 1662 3172 63 , , , 1662 3172 64 Strasbourg Strasbourg NNP 1662 3172 65 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3172 66 marine marine RB 1662 3172 67 : : : 1662 3172 68 total total NN 1662 3172 69 : : : 1662 3172 70 52 52 CD 1662 3172 71 ships ship NNS 1662 3172 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3172 73 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 3172 74 GRT GRT NNP 1662 3172 75 or or CC 1662 3172 76 over over RB 1662 3172 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3172 78 totaling total VBG 1662 3172 79 1,038,151 1,038,151 CD 1662 3172 80 GRT/1,441,498 GRT/1,441,498 NNP 1662 3172 81 DWT dwt NN 1662 3172 82 ships ship NNS 1662 3172 83 by by IN 1662 3172 84 type type NN 1662 3172 85 : : : 1662 3172 86 bulk bulk NNP 1662 3172 87 5 5 CD 1662 3172 88 , , , 1662 3172 89 cargo cargo NN 1662 3172 90 3 3 CD 1662 3172 91 , , , 1662 3172 92 chemical chemical NN 1662 3172 93 tanker tanker NN 1662 3172 94 4 4 CD 1662 3172 95 , , , 1662 3172 96 combination combination NN 1662 3172 97 bulk bulk NN 1662 3172 98 1 1 CD 1662 3172 99 , , , 1662 3172 100 container container NN 1662 3172 101 7 7 CD 1662 3172 102 , , , 1662 3172 103 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 3172 104 gas gas NN 1662 3172 105 tanker tanker NN 1662 3172 106 3 3 CD 1662 3172 107 , , , 1662 3172 108 multi multi JJ 1662 3172 109 - - JJ 1662 3172 110 function function VB 1662 3172 111 large large JJ 1662 3172 112 load load NN 1662 3172 113 carrier carrier NN 1662 3172 114 1 1 CD 1662 3172 115 , , , 1662 3172 116 oil oil NN 1662 3172 117 tanker tanker NN 1662 3172 118 13 13 CD 1662 3172 119 , , , 1662 3172 120 passenger passenger NN 1662 3172 121 2 2 CD 1662 3172 122 , , , 1662 3172 123 roll roll NN 1662 3172 124 - - HYPH 1662 3172 125 on on IN 1662 3172 126 / / SYM 1662 3172 127 roll roll NN 1662 3172 128 - - HYPH 1662 3172 129 off off RP 1662 3172 130 cargo cargo NN 1662 3172 131 5 5 CD 1662 3172 132 , , , 1662 3172 133 short short JJ 1662 3172 134 - - HYPH 1662 3172 135 sea sea NN 1662 3172 136 passenger passenger NN 1662 3172 137 7 7 CD 1662 3172 138 , , , 1662 3172 139 specialized specialized NNP 1662 3172 140 tanker tanker NN 1662 3172 141 1 1 CD 1662 3172 142 note note NN 1662 3172 143 : : : 1662 3172 144 France France NNP 1662 3172 145 also also RB 1662 3172 146 maintains maintain VBZ 1662 3172 147 a a DT 1662 3172 148 captive captive JJ 1662 3172 149 register register NN 1662 3172 150 for for IN 1662 3172 151 French French NNP 1662 3172 152 - - HYPH 1662 3172 153 owned own VBN 1662 3172 154 ships ship NNS 1662 3172 155 in in IN 1662 3172 156 the the DT 1662 3172 157 Kerguelen Kerguelen NNP 1662 3172 158 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 3172 159 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3172 160 French French NNP 1662 3172 161 Southern Southern NNP 1662 3172 162 and and CC 1662 3172 163 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3172 164 Lands Lands NNPS 1662 3172 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3172 166 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3172 167 1996 1996 CD 1662 3172 168 est est NNP 1662 3172 169 . . . 1662 3172 170 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3173 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3173 2 : : : 1662 3173 3 460 460 CD 1662 3173 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3173 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 3173 6 est est NNP 1662 3173 7 . . . 1662 3173 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3174 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3174 2 - - , 1662 3174 3 with with IN 1662 3174 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3174 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3174 6 : : : 1662 3174 7 total total NN 1662 3174 8 : : : 1662 3174 9 382 382 CD 1662 3174 10 over over IN 1662 3174 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3174 12 m m NN 1662 3174 13 : : : 1662 3174 14 13 13 CD 1662 3174 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 3174 16 to to IN 1662 3174 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3174 18 m m NN 1662 3174 19 : : : 1662 3174 20 26 26 CD 1662 3174 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3174 22 to to TO 1662 3174 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3174 24 m m NN 1662 3174 25 : : : 1662 3174 26 91 91 CD 1662 3174 27 914 914 CD 1662 3174 28 to to TO 1662 3174 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3174 30 m m NN 1662 3174 31 : : : 1662 3174 32 73 73 CD 1662 3174 33 under under IN 1662 3174 34 914 914 CD 1662 3174 35 m m NN 1662 3174 36 : : : 1662 3174 37 179 179 CD 1662 3174 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3174 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 3174 40 est est NNP 1662 3174 41 . . . 1662 3174 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3175 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3175 2 - - , 1662 3175 3 with with IN 1662 3175 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3175 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3175 6 : : : 1662 3175 7 total total NN 1662 3175 8 : : : 1662 3175 9 78 78 CD 1662 3175 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3175 11 to to TO 1662 3175 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3175 13 m m NN 1662 3175 14 : : : 1662 3175 15 3 3 CD 1662 3175 16 914 914 CD 1662 3175 17 to to TO 1662 3175 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3175 19 m m NN 1662 3175 20 : : : 1662 3175 21 75 75 CD 1662 3175 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3175 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 3175 24 est est NNP 1662 3175 25 . . . 1662 3175 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3176 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 3176 2 : : : 1662 3176 3 3 3 CD 1662 3176 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3176 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 3176 6 est est NNP 1662 3176 7 . . . 1662 3176 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3177 1 Military military JJ 1662 3177 2 Military military JJ 1662 3177 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3177 4 : : : 1662 3177 5 Army Army NNP 1662 3177 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3177 7 includes include VBZ 1662 3177 8 Marines Marines NNPS 1662 3177 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3177 10 , , , 1662 3177 11 Navy Navy NNP 1662 3177 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3177 13 includes include VBZ 1662 3177 14 Naval Naval NNP 1662 3177 15 Air Air NNP 1662 3177 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3177 17 , , , 1662 3177 18 Air Air NNP 1662 3177 19 Force Force NNP 1662 3177 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3177 21 includes include VBZ 1662 3177 22 Air Air NNP 1662 3177 23 Defense Defense NNP 1662 3177 24 , , , 1662 3177 25 National National NNP 1662 3177 26 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 3177 27 Military Military NNP 1662 3177 28 manpower manpower NN 1662 3177 29 - - HYPH 1662 3177 30 military military NN 1662 3177 31 age age NN 1662 3177 32 : : : 1662 3177 33 18 18 CD 1662 3177 34 years year NNS 1662 3177 35 of of IN 1662 3177 36 age age NN 1662 3177 37 Military military JJ 1662 3177 38 manpower manpower NN 1662 3177 39 - - HYPH 1662 3177 40 availability availability NN 1662 3177 41 : : : 1662 3177 42 males male NNS 1662 3177 43 age age NNP 1662 3177 44 15 15 CD 1662 3177 45 - - HYPH 1662 3177 46 49 49 CD 1662 3177 47 : : SYM 1662 3177 48 14,800,821 14,800,821 CD 1662 3177 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3177 50 1997 1997 CD 1662 3177 51 est est NNP 1662 3177 52 . . . 1662 3177 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3178 1 Military military JJ 1662 3178 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3178 3 - - HYPH 1662 3178 4 fit fit NN 1662 3178 5 for for IN 1662 3178 6 military military JJ 1662 3178 7 service service NN 1662 3178 8 : : : 1662 3178 9 males male NNS 1662 3178 10 : : : 1662 3178 11 12,315,337 12,315,337 CD 1662 3178 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3178 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3178 14 est est NNP 1662 3178 15 . . . 1662 3178 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3179 1 Military military JJ 1662 3179 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3179 3 - - HYPH 1662 3179 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 3179 5 military military JJ 1662 3179 6 age age NN 1662 3179 7 annually annually RB 1662 3179 8 : : : 1662 3179 9 males male NNS 1662 3179 10 : : : 1662 3179 11 394,362 394,362 CD 1662 3179 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3179 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3179 14 est est NNP 1662 3179 15 . . . 1662 3179 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3180 1 Military military JJ 1662 3180 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3180 3 - - HYPH 1662 3180 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 3180 5 figure figure NN 1662 3180 6 : : : 1662 3180 7 $ $ $ 1662 3180 8 47.7 47.7 CD 1662 3180 9 billion billion CD 1662 3180 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3180 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 3180 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3180 13 Military military JJ 1662 3180 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3180 15 - - : 1662 3180 16 percent percent NN 1662 3180 17 of of IN 1662 3180 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3180 19 : : : 1662 3180 20 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 3180 21 % % NN 1662 3180 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3180 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 3180 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3180 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3180 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3180 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 3180 28 - - : 1662 3180 29 international international JJ 1662 3180 30 : : : 1662 3180 31 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 3180 32 claims claim VBZ 1662 3180 33 Bassas Bassas NNP 1662 3180 34 da da NNP 1662 3180 35 India India NNP 1662 3180 36 , , , 1662 3180 37 Europa Europa NNP 1662 3180 38 Island Island NNP 1662 3180 39 , , , 1662 3180 40 Glorioso Glorioso NNP 1662 3180 41 Islands Islands NNP 1662 3180 42 , , , 1662 3180 43 Juan Juan NNP 1662 3180 44 de de NNP 1662 3180 45 Nova Nova NNP 1662 3180 46 Island Island NNP 1662 3180 47 , , , 1662 3180 48 and and CC 1662 3180 49 Tromelin Tromelin NNP 1662 3180 50 Island Island NNP 1662 3180 51 ; ; : 1662 3180 52 Comoros Comoros NNP 1662 3180 53 claims claim VBZ 1662 3180 54 Mayotte Mayotte NNP 1662 3180 55 ; ; : 1662 3180 56 Mauritius Mauritius NNP 1662 3180 57 claims claim VBZ 1662 3180 58 Tromelin Tromelin NNP 1662 3180 59 Island Island NNP 1662 3180 60 ; ; : 1662 3180 61 Seychelles Seychelles NNP 1662 3180 62 claims claim VBZ 1662 3180 63 Tromelin Tromelin NNP 1662 3180 64 Island Island NNP 1662 3180 65 ; ; : 1662 3180 66 Suriname Suriname NNP 1662 3180 67 claims claim VBZ 1662 3180 68 part part NN 1662 3180 69 of of IN 1662 3180 70 French French NNP 1662 3180 71 Guiana Guiana NNP 1662 3180 72 ; ; : 1662 3180 73 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3180 74 claim claim NN 1662 3180 75 in in IN 1662 3180 76 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 3180 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3180 78 Adelie Adelie NNP 1662 3180 79 Land Land NNP 1662 3180 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3180 81 ; ; : 1662 3180 82 Saint Saint NNP 1662 3180 83 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 3180 84 and and CC 1662 3180 85 Miquelon Miquelon NNP 1662 3180 86 is be VBZ 1662 3180 87 focus focus NN 1662 3180 88 of of IN 1662 3180 89 maritime maritime JJ 1662 3180 90 boundary boundary JJ 1662 3180 91 dispute dispute NN 1662 3180 92 between between IN 1662 3180 93 Canada Canada NNP 1662 3180 94 and and CC 1662 3180 95 France France NNP 1662 3180 96 ; ; : 1662 3180 97 in in IN 1662 3180 98 1992 1992 CD 1662 3180 99 an an DT 1662 3180 100 arbitration arbitration NN 1662 3180 101 panel panel NN 1662 3180 102 awarded award VBD 1662 3180 103 the the DT 1662 3180 104 islands island NNS 1662 3180 105 an an DT 1662 3180 106 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3180 107 economic economic JJ 1662 3180 108 zone zone NN 1662 3180 109 area area NN 1662 3180 110 of of IN 1662 3180 111 12,348 12,348 CD 1662 3180 112 sq sq XX 1662 3180 113 km km NNS 1662 3180 114 to to TO 1662 3180 115 settle settle VB 1662 3180 116 the the DT 1662 3180 117 dispute dispute NN 1662 3180 118 ; ; : 1662 3180 119 claims claim VBZ 1662 3180 120 Matthew Matthew NNP 1662 3180 121 and and CC 1662 3180 122 Hunter Hunter NNP 1662 3180 123 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 3180 124 east east RB 1662 3180 125 of of IN 1662 3180 126 New New NNP 1662 3180 127 Caledonia Caledonia NNP 1662 3180 128 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 3180 129 drugs drug VBZ 1662 3180 130 : : : 1662 3180 131 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 3180 132 point point NN 1662 3180 133 for for IN 1662 3180 134 and and CC 1662 3180 135 consumer consumer NN 1662 3180 136 of of IN 1662 3180 137 South south JJ 1662 3180 138 American american JJ 1662 3180 139 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 3180 140 and and CC 1662 3180 141 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 3180 142 Asian asian JJ 1662 3180 143 heroin heroin NN 1662 3180 144 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 145 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 146 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 147 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 148 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 149 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 150 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 151 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 152 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 153 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 154 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 155 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 156 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 157 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 158 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 159 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 160 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 161 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 162 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 163 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 164 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 165 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 166 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 167 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 168 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 169 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 170 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 171 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 172 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 173 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 174 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 175 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 176 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 177 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 178 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 179 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 180 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 181 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 182 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 183 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 184 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 185 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 186 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 187 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 188 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 189 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 190 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 191 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 192 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 193 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 194 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 195 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 196 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 197 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 198 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 199 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 200 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 201 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 202 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 203 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 204 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 205 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 206 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 207 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 208 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 209 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 210 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 211 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 212 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 213 _ _ NNP 1662 3180 214 FRENCH FRENCH NNP 1662 3180 215 GUIANA GUIANA NNP 1662 3180 216 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3180 217 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3180 218 department department NN 1662 3180 219 of of IN 1662 3180 220 France France NNP 1662 3180 221 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3180 222 @French @French NNP 1662 3180 223 Guiana Guiana NNP 1662 3180 224 : : : 1662 3180 225 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3180 226 Location Location NNP 1662 3180 227 : : : 1662 3180 228 Northern Northern NNP 1662 3180 229 South South NNP 1662 3180 230 America America NNP 1662 3180 231 , , , 1662 3180 232 bordering border VBG 1662 3180 233 the the DT 1662 3180 234 North North NNP 1662 3180 235 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3180 236 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3180 237 , , , 1662 3180 238 between between IN 1662 3180 239 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 3180 240 and and CC 1662 3180 241 Suriname Suriname NNP 1662 3180 242 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3180 243 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3180 244 : : : 1662 3180 245 4 4 CD 1662 3180 246 00 00 CD 1662 3180 247 N n CD 1662 3180 248 , , , 1662 3180 249 53 53 CD 1662 3180 250 00 00 NFP 1662 3180 251 W W NNP 1662 3180 252 Map Map NNP 1662 3180 253 references reference NNS 1662 3180 254 : : : 1662 3180 255 South South NNP 1662 3180 256 America America NNP 1662 3180 257 Area Area NNP 1662 3180 258 : : : 1662 3180 259 total total NN 1662 3180 260 : : : 1662 3180 261 91,000 91,000 CD 1662 3180 262 sq sq IN 1662 3180 263 km km NNP 1662 3180 264 land land NN 1662 3180 265 : : : 1662 3180 266 89,150 89,150 CD 1662 3180 267 sq sq RB 1662 3180 268 km km NNP 1662 3180 269 water water NN 1662 3180 270 : : : 1662 3180 271 1,850 1,850 CD 1662 3180 272 sq sq NNP 1662 3180 273 km km NNP 1662 3180 274 Area Area NNP 1662 3180 275 - - HYPH 1662 3180 276 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3180 277 : : : 1662 3180 278 slightly slightly RB 1662 3180 279 smaller small JJR 1662 3180 280 than than IN 1662 3180 281 Indiana Indiana NNP 1662 3180 282 Land Land NNP 1662 3180 283 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3180 284 : : : 1662 3180 285 total total JJ 1662 3180 286 : : : 1662 3180 287 1,183 1,183 CD 1662 3180 288 km km NN 1662 3180 289 border border NN 1662 3180 290 countries country NNS 1662 3180 291 : : : 1662 3180 292 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 3180 293 673 673 CD 1662 3180 294 km km NNS 1662 3180 295 , , , 1662 3180 296 Suriname Suriname VBD 1662 3180 297 510 510 CD 1662 3180 298 km km NN 1662 3180 299 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3180 300 : : : 1662 3180 301 378 378 CD 1662 3180 302 km km NN 1662 3180 303 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3180 304 claims claim VBZ 1662 3180 305 : : : 1662 3180 306 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3180 307 economic economic JJ 1662 3180 308 zone zone NN 1662 3180 309 : : : 1662 3180 310 200 200 CD 1662 3180 311 nm nm CD 1662 3180 312 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3180 313 sea sea NN 1662 3180 314 : : : 1662 3180 315 12 12 CD 1662 3180 316 nm nm NNP 1662 3180 317 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3180 318 : : : 1662 3180 319 tropical tropical JJ 1662 3180 320 ; ; : 1662 3180 321 hot hot JJ 1662 3180 322 , , , 1662 3180 323 humid humid JJ 1662 3180 324 ; ; : 1662 3180 325 little little JJ 1662 3180 326 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 3180 327 temperature temperature NN 1662 3180 328 variation variation NN 1662 3180 329 Terrain terrain NN 1662 3180 330 : : : 1662 3180 331 low low RB 1662 3180 332 - - HYPH 1662 3180 333 lying lie VBG 1662 3180 334 coastal coastal JJ 1662 3180 335 plains plain NNS 1662 3180 336 rising rise VBG 1662 3180 337 to to IN 1662 3180 338 hills hill NNS 1662 3180 339 and and CC 1662 3180 340 small small JJ 1662 3180 341 mountains mountain NNS 1662 3180 342 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3180 343 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3180 344 : : : 1662 3180 345 lowest low JJS 1662 3180 346 point point NN 1662 3180 347 : : : 1662 3180 348 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3180 349 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3180 350 0 0 NFP 1662 3180 351 m m DT 1662 3180 352 highest high JJS 1662 3180 353 point point NN 1662 3180 354 : : : 1662 3180 355 Bellevue Bellevue NNP 1662 3180 356 de de NNP 1662 3180 357 l'Inini l'Inini NNP 1662 3180 358 851 851 CD 1662 3180 359 m m CD 1662 3180 360 Natural natural JJ 1662 3180 361 resources resource NNS 1662 3180 362 : : : 1662 3180 363 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 3180 364 , , , 1662 3180 365 timber timber NN 1662 3180 366 , , , 1662 3180 367 gold gold NN 1662 3180 368 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3180 369 widely widely RB 1662 3180 370 scattered scatter VBN 1662 3180 371 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3180 372 , , , 1662 3180 373 cinnabar cinnabar NNP 1662 3180 374 , , , 1662 3180 375 kaolin kaolin NNP 1662 3180 376 , , , 1662 3180 377 fish fish NN 1662 3180 378 Land land NN 1662 3180 379 use use NN 1662 3180 380 : : : 1662 3180 381 arable arable JJ 1662 3180 382 land land NN 1662 3180 383 : : : 1662 3180 384 0 0 CD 1662 3180 385 % % NN 1662 3180 386 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3180 387 crops crop NNS 1662 3180 388 : : : 1662 3180 389 0 0 CD 1662 3180 390 % % NN 1662 3180 391 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3180 392 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3180 393 : : : 1662 3180 394 0 0 CD 1662 3180 395 % % NN 1662 3180 396 forests forest NNS 1662 3180 397 and and CC 1662 3180 398 woodland woodland NN 1662 3180 399 : : : 1662 3180 400 83 83 CD 1662 3180 401 % % NN 1662 3180 402 other other JJ 1662 3180 403 : : : 1662 3180 404 17 17 CD 1662 3180 405 % % NN 1662 3180 406 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3180 407 1993 1993 CD 1662 3180 408 est est NNP 1662 3180 409 . . . 1662 3180 410 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3181 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3181 2 land land NN 1662 3181 3 : : : 1662 3181 4 20 20 CD 1662 3181 5 sq sq NNP 1662 3181 6 km km NNP 1662 3181 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3181 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 3181 9 est est NNP 1662 3181 10 . . . 1662 3181 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3182 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 3182 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3182 3 : : : 1662 3182 4 high high JJ 1662 3182 5 frequency frequency NN 1662 3182 6 of of IN 1662 3182 7 heavy heavy JJ 1662 3182 8 showers shower NNS 1662 3182 9 and and CC 1662 3182 10 severe severe JJ 1662 3182 11 thunderstorms thunderstorm NNS 1662 3182 12 ; ; , 1662 3182 13 flooding flood VBG 1662 3182 14 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3182 15 - - HYPH 1662 3182 16 current current JJ 1662 3182 17 issues issue NNS 1662 3182 18 : : : 1662 3182 19 NA NA NNP 1662 3182 20 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3182 21 - - HYPH 1662 3182 22 international international JJ 1662 3182 23 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3182 24 : : : 1662 3182 25 party party NN 1662 3182 26 to to IN 1662 3182 27 : : : 1662 3182 28 NA NA NNP 1662 3182 29 signed sign VBN 1662 3182 30 , , , 1662 3182 31 but but CC 1662 3182 32 not not RB 1662 3182 33 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3182 34 : : : 1662 3182 35 NA NA NNP 1662 3182 36 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3182 37 - - HYPH 1662 3182 38 note note NN 1662 3182 39 : : : 1662 3182 40 mostly mostly RB 1662 3182 41 an an DT 1662 3182 42 unsettled unsettled JJ 1662 3182 43 wilderness wilderness NN 1662 3182 44 @French @French NNP 1662 3182 45 Guiana Guiana NNP 1662 3182 46 : : : 1662 3182 47 People People NNPS 1662 3182 48 Population Population NNP 1662 3182 49 : : : 1662 3182 50 156,946 156,946 CD 1662 3182 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3182 52 July July NNP 1662 3182 53 1997 1997 CD 1662 3182 54 est est NNP 1662 3182 55 . . . 1662 3182 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3183 1 Age age NN 1662 3183 2 structure structure NN 1662 3183 3 : : : 1662 3183 4 0 0 CD 1662 3183 5 - - HYPH 1662 3183 6 14 14 CD 1662 3183 7 years year NNS 1662 3183 8 : : : 1662 3183 9 32 32 CD 1662 3183 10 % % NN 1662 3183 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3183 12 male male JJ 1662 3183 13 25,267 25,267 CD 1662 3183 14 ; ; : 1662 3183 15 female female JJ 1662 3183 16 24,146 24,146 CD 1662 3183 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3183 18 15 15 CD 1662 3183 19 - - HYPH 1662 3183 20 64 64 CD 1662 3183 21 years year NNS 1662 3183 22 : : : 1662 3183 23 63 63 CD 1662 3183 24 % % NN 1662 3183 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3183 26 male male JJ 1662 3183 27 54,051 54,051 CD 1662 3183 28 ; ; : 1662 3183 29 female female JJ 1662 3183 30 45,489 45,489 CD 1662 3183 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3183 32 65 65 CD 1662 3183 33 years year NNS 1662 3183 34 and and CC 1662 3183 35 over over IN 1662 3183 36 : : : 1662 3183 37 5 5 CD 1662 3183 38 % % NN 1662 3183 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3183 40 male male JJ 1662 3183 41 4,014 4,014 CD 1662 3183 42 ; ; : 1662 3183 43 female female JJ 1662 3183 44 3,979 3,979 CD 1662 3183 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3183 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3183 47 July July NNP 1662 3183 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3183 49 est est NNP 1662 3183 50 . . . 1662 3183 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3184 1 Population population NN 1662 3184 2 growth growth NN 1662 3184 3 rate rate NN 1662 3184 4 : : : 1662 3184 5 3.62 3.62 CD 1662 3184 6 % % NN 1662 3184 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3184 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3184 9 est est NNP 1662 3184 10 . . . 1662 3184 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3185 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3185 2 rate rate NN 1662 3185 3 : : : 1662 3185 4 24.19 24.19 CD 1662 3185 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 3185 6 population population NN 1662 3185 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3185 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3185 9 est est NNP 1662 3185 10 . . . 1662 3185 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3186 1 Death death NN 1662 3186 2 rate rate NN 1662 3186 3 : : : 1662 3186 4 4.56 4.56 CD 1662 3186 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3186 6 population population NN 1662 3186 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3186 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3186 9 est est NNP 1662 3186 10 . . . 1662 3186 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3187 1 Net net JJ 1662 3187 2 migration migration NN 1662 3187 3 rate rate NN 1662 3187 4 : : : 1662 3187 5 16.57 16.57 CD 1662 3187 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 3187 7 population population NN 1662 3187 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3187 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3187 10 est est NNP 1662 3187 11 . . . 1662 3187 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3188 1 Sex sex NN 1662 3188 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 3188 3 : : : 1662 3188 4 at at IN 1662 3188 5 birth birth NN 1662 3188 6 : : : 1662 3188 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 3188 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3188 9 under under IN 1662 3188 10 15 15 CD 1662 3188 11 years year NNS 1662 3188 12 : : : 1662 3188 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 3188 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3188 15 15 15 CD 1662 3188 16 - - HYPH 1662 3188 17 64 64 CD 1662 3188 18 years year NNS 1662 3188 19 : : : 1662 3188 20 1.19 1.19 CD 1662 3188 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3188 22 65 65 CD 1662 3188 23 years year NNS 1662 3188 24 and and CC 1662 3188 25 over over IN 1662 3188 26 : : : 1662 3188 27 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 3188 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 3188 29 total total JJ 1662 3188 30 population population NN 1662 3188 31 : : : 1662 3188 32 1.13 1.13 CD 1662 3188 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3188 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3188 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 3188 36 est e JJS 1662 3188 37 . . . 1662 3188 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3189 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3189 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3189 3 rate rate NN 1662 3189 4 : : : 1662 3189 5 14 14 CD 1662 3189 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 VB 1662 3189 7 live live JJ 1662 3189 8 births birth NNS 1662 3189 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3189 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3189 11 est est NNP 1662 3189 12 . . . 1662 3189 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3190 1 Life life NN 1662 3190 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3190 3 at at IN 1662 3190 4 birth birth NN 1662 3190 5 : : : 1662 3190 6 total total JJ 1662 3190 7 population population NN 1662 3190 8 : : : 1662 3190 9 76.06 76.06 CD 1662 3190 10 years year NNS 1662 3190 11 male male JJ 1662 3190 12 : : : 1662 3190 13 72.84 72.84 CD 1662 3190 14 years year NNS 1662 3190 15 female female JJ 1662 3190 16 : : : 1662 3190 17 79.45 79.45 CD 1662 3190 18 years year NNS 1662 3190 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3190 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3190 21 est est NNP 1662 3190 22 . . . 1662 3190 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3191 1 Total total JJ 1662 3191 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3191 3 rate rate NN 1662 3191 4 : : : 1662 3191 5 3.38 3.38 CD 1662 3191 6 children child NNS 1662 3191 7 born bear VBN 1662 3191 8 / / SYM 1662 3191 9 woman woman NN 1662 3191 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3191 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3191 12 est est NNP 1662 3191 13 . . . 1662 3191 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3192 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3192 2 : : : 1662 3192 3 noun noun NN 1662 3192 4 : : : 1662 3192 5 French french JJ 1662 3192 6 Guianese Guianese NNP 1662 3192 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3192 8 singular singular JJ 1662 3192 9 and and CC 1662 3192 10 plural plural JJ 1662 3192 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3192 12 adjective adjective NN 1662 3192 13 : : : 1662 3192 14 French french JJ 1662 3192 15 Guianese Guianese NNP 1662 3192 16 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3192 17 groups group NNS 1662 3192 18 : : : 1662 3192 19 black black JJ 1662 3192 20 or or CC 1662 3192 21 mulatto mulatto NN 1662 3192 22 66 66 CD 1662 3192 23 % % NN 1662 3192 24 , , , 1662 3192 25 white white JJ 1662 3192 26 12 12 CD 1662 3192 27 % % NN 1662 3192 28 , , , 1662 3192 29 East East NNP 1662 3192 30 Indian Indian NNP 1662 3192 31 , , , 1662 3192 32 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 3192 33 , , , 1662 3192 34 Amerindian Amerindian NNP 1662 3192 35 12 12 CD 1662 3192 36 % % NN 1662 3192 37 , , , 1662 3192 38 other other JJ 1662 3192 39 10 10 CD 1662 3192 40 % % NN 1662 3192 41 Religions religion NNS 1662 3192 42 : : : 1662 3192 43 Roman Roman NNP 1662 3192 44 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 3192 45 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 3192 46 : : : 1662 3192 47 French french JJ 1662 3192 48 Literacy literacy NN 1662 3192 49 : : : 1662 3192 50 definition definition NN 1662 3192 51 : : : 1662 3192 52 age age NN 1662 3192 53 15 15 CD 1662 3192 54 and and CC 1662 3192 55 over over RB 1662 3192 56 can can MD 1662 3192 57 read read VB 1662 3192 58 and and CC 1662 3192 59 write write VB 1662 3192 60 total total JJ 1662 3192 61 population population NN 1662 3192 62 : : : 1662 3192 63 83 83 CD 1662 3192 64 % % NN 1662 3192 65 male male NN 1662 3192 66 : : : 1662 3192 67 84 84 CD 1662 3192 68 % % NN 1662 3192 69 female female NN 1662 3192 70 : : : 1662 3192 71 82 82 CD 1662 3192 72 % % NN 1662 3192 73 ( ( 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3193 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3193 69 National national JJ 1662 3193 70 holiday holiday NN 1662 3193 71 : : : 1662 3193 72 National National NNP 1662 3193 73 Day Day NNP 1662 3193 74 , , , 1662 3193 75 Taking Taking NNP 1662 3193 76 of of IN 1662 3193 77 the the DT 1662 3193 78 Bastille Bastille NNP 1662 3193 79 , , , 1662 3193 80 14 14 CD 1662 3193 81 July July NNP 1662 3193 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3193 83 1789 1789 CD 1662 3193 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3193 85 Constitution constitution NN 1662 3193 86 : : : 1662 3193 87 28 28 CD 1662 3193 88 September September NNP 1662 3193 89 1958 1958 CD 1662 3193 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3193 91 French French NNP 1662 3193 92 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 3193 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3193 94 Legal legal JJ 1662 3193 95 system system NN 1662 3193 96 : : : 1662 3193 97 French french JJ 1662 3193 98 legal legal JJ 1662 3193 99 system system NN 1662 3193 100 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 3193 101 : : : 1662 3193 102 18 18 CD 1662 3193 103 years year NNS 1662 3193 104 of of IN 1662 3193 105 age age NN 1662 3193 106 ; ; : 1662 3193 107 universal universal JJ 1662 3193 108 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3193 109 branch branch NN 1662 3193 110 : : : 1662 3193 111 chief chief NN 1662 3193 112 of of IN 1662 3193 113 state state NN 1662 3193 114 : : : 1662 3193 115 President President NNP 1662 3193 116 of of IN 1662 3193 117 France France NNP 1662 3193 118 Jacques Jacques NNP 1662 3193 119 CHIRAC CHIRAC NNP 1662 3193 120 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3193 121 since since IN 1662 3193 122 17 17 CD 1662 3193 123 May May NNP 1662 3193 124 1995 1995 CD 1662 3193 125 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3193 126 , , , 1662 3193 127 represented represent VBN 1662 3193 128 by by IN 1662 3193 129 Prefect Prefect NNP 1662 3193 130 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 3193 131 DARTOUT DARTOUT NNP 1662 3193 132 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3193 133 since since IN 1662 3193 134 NA NA NNP 1662 3193 135 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3193 136 head head NN 1662 3193 137 of of IN 1662 3193 138 government government NN 1662 3193 139 : : : 1662 3193 140 President President NNP 1662 3193 141 of of IN 1662 3193 142 the the DT 1662 3193 143 General General NNP 1662 3193 144 Council Council NNP 1662 3193 145 Stephan Stephan NNP 1662 3193 146 PHINERA PHINERA NNP 1662 3193 147 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3193 148 since since IN 1662 3193 149 NA NA NNP 1662 3193 150 March March NNP 1662 3193 151 1994 1994 CD 1662 3193 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3193 153 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3193 154 : : : 1662 3193 155 NA NA NNP 1662 3193 156 elections election NNS 1662 3193 157 : : : 1662 3193 158 representative representative NN 1662 3193 159 of of IN 1662 3193 160 the the DT 1662 3193 161 French french JJ 1662 3193 162 Government Government NNP 1662 3193 163 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3193 164 by by IN 1662 3193 165 the the DT 1662 3193 166 president president NN 1662 3193 167 of of IN 1662 3193 168 France France NNP 1662 3193 169 on on IN 1662 3193 170 the the DT 1662 3193 171 advice advice NN 1662 3193 172 of of IN 1662 3193 173 the the DT 1662 3193 174 French French NNP 1662 3193 175 Ministry Ministry NNP 1662 3193 176 of of IN 1662 3193 177 Interior Interior NNP 1662 3193 178 ; ; : 1662 3193 179 presidents president NNS 1662 3193 180 of of IN 1662 3193 181 the the DT 1662 3193 182 General General NNP 1662 3193 183 and and CC 1662 3193 184 Regional Regional NNP 1662 3193 185 Councils Councils NNP 1662 3193 186 are be VBP 1662 3193 187 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3193 188 by by IN 1662 3193 189 the the DT 1662 3193 190 members member NNS 1662 3193 191 of of IN 1662 3193 192 those those DT 1662 3193 193 councils council NNS 1662 3193 194 , , , 1662 3193 195 who who WP 1662 3193 196 vote vote VBP 1662 3193 197 on on IN 1662 3193 198 party party NN 1662 3193 199 lines line NNS 1662 3193 200 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 3193 201 branch branch NN 1662 3193 202 : : : 1662 3193 203 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 3193 204 General General NNP 1662 3193 205 Council Council NNP 1662 3193 206 or or CC 1662 3193 207 Conseil Conseil NNP 1662 3193 208 General General NNP 1662 3193 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3193 210 19 19 CD 1662 3193 211 seats seat NNS 1662 3193 212 ; ; : 1662 3193 213 members member NNS 1662 3193 214 are be VBP 1662 3193 215 elected elect VBN 1662 3193 216 by by IN 1662 3193 217 popular popular JJ 1662 3193 218 vote vote NN 1662 3193 219 to to TO 1662 3193 220 serve serve VB 1662 3193 221 six six CD 1662 3193 222 - - HYPH 1662 3193 223 year year NN 1662 3193 224 terms term NNS 1662 3193 225 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3193 226 and and CC 1662 3193 227 a a DT 1662 3193 228 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 3193 229 Regional Regional NNP 1662 3193 230 Council Council NNP 1662 3193 231 or or CC 1662 3193 232 Conseil Conseil NNP 1662 3193 233 Regional Regional NNP 1662 3193 234 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3193 235 31 31 CD 1662 3193 236 seats seat NNS 1662 3193 237 ; ; : 1662 3193 238 members member NNS 1662 3193 239 are be VBP 1662 3193 240 elected elect VBN 1662 3193 241 by by IN 1662 3193 242 popular popular JJ 1662 3193 243 vote vote NN 1662 3193 244 to to TO 1662 3193 245 serve serve VB 1662 3193 246 six six CD 1662 3193 247 - - HYPH 1662 3193 248 year year NN 1662 3193 249 terms term NNS 1662 3193 250 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3193 251 elections election NNS 1662 3193 252 : : : 1662 3193 253 General General NNP 1662 3193 254 Council Council NNP 1662 3193 255 - - : 1662 3193 256 last last RB 1662 3193 257 held hold VBN 1662 3193 258 NA NA NNP 1662 3193 259 March March NNP 1662 3193 260 1994 1994 CD 1662 3193 261 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3193 262 next next JJ 1662 3193 263 to to TO 1662 3193 264 be be VB 1662 3193 265 held hold VBN 1662 3193 266 NA NA NNP 1662 3193 267 2000 2000 CD 1662 3193 268 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3193 269 ; ; : 1662 3193 270 Regional Regional NNP 1662 3193 271 Council Council NNP 1662 3193 272 - - HYPH 1662 3193 273 last last RB 1662 3193 274 held hold VBD 1662 3193 275 22 22 CD 1662 3193 276 March March NNP 1662 3193 277 1992 1992 CD 1662 3193 278 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3193 279 next next JJ 1662 3193 280 to to TO 1662 3193 281 be be VB 1662 3193 282 held hold VBN 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2 CD 1662 3193 323 ; ; : 1662 3193 324 Regional Regional NNP 1662 3193 325 Council Council NNP 1662 3193 326 - - HYPH 1662 3193 327 percent percent NN 1662 3193 328 of of IN 1662 3193 329 vote vote NN 1662 3193 330 by by IN 1662 3193 331 party party NN 1662 3193 332 - - HYPH 1662 3193 333 NA NA NNP 1662 3193 334 ; ; , 1662 3193 335 seats seat NNS 1662 3193 336 by by IN 1662 3193 337 party party NNP 1662 3193 338 - - HYPH 1662 3193 339 PSG PSG NNP 1662 3193 340 16 16 CD 1662 3193 341 , , , 1662 3193 342 FDG FDG NNP 1662 3193 343 10 10 CD 1662 3193 344 , , , 1662 3193 345 RPR RPR NNP 1662 3193 346 2 2 CD 1662 3193 347 , , , 1662 3193 348 independents independent NNS 1662 3193 349 3 3 CD 1662 3193 350 note note NN 1662 3193 351 : : : 1662 3193 352 one one CD 1662 3193 353 seat seat NN 1662 3193 354 was be VBD 1662 3193 355 elected elect VBN 1662 3193 356 to to IN 1662 3193 357 the the DT 1662 3193 358 French french JJ 1662 3193 359 Senate Senate NNP 1662 3193 360 on on IN 1662 3193 361 24 24 CD 1662 3193 362 September September NNP 1662 3193 363 1989 1989 CD 1662 3193 364 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3193 365 next next JJ 1662 3193 366 to to TO 1662 3193 367 be be VB 1662 3193 368 held hold VBN 1662 3193 369 NA NA NNP 1662 3193 370 September September NNP 1662 3193 371 1998 1998 CD 1662 3193 372 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3193 373 ; ; : 1662 3193 374 results result NNS 1662 3193 375 - - HYPH 1662 3193 376 percent percent NN 1662 3193 377 of of IN 1662 3193 378 vote vote NN 1662 3193 379 by by IN 1662 3193 380 party party NN 1662 3193 381 - - HYPH 1662 3193 382 NA NA NNP 1662 3193 383 ; ; , 1662 3193 384 seats seat NNS 1662 3193 385 by by IN 1662 3193 386 party party NN 1662 3193 387 - - HYPH 1662 3193 388 FDG FDG NNP 1662 3193 389 1 1 CD 1662 3193 390 ; ; SYM 1662 3193 391 2 2 CD 1662 3193 392 seats seat NNS 1662 3193 393 were be VBD 1662 3193 394 elected elect VBN 1662 3193 395 to to IN 1662 3193 396 the the DT 1662 3193 397 French French NNP 1662 3193 398 National National NNP 1662 3193 399 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3193 400 on on IN 1662 3193 401 21 21 CD 1662 3193 402 and and CC 1662 3193 403 28 28 CD 1662 3193 404 March March NNP 1662 3193 405 1993 1993 CD 1662 3193 406 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3193 407 next next JJ 1662 3193 408 to to TO 1662 3193 409 be be VB 1662 3193 410 held hold VBN 1662 3193 411 25 25 CD 1662 3193 412 May-1 May-1 NNP 1662 3193 413 June June NNP 1662 3193 414 1997 1997 CD 1662 3193 415 - - HYPH 1662 3193 416 special special JJ 1662 3193 417 election election NN 1662 3193 418 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3193 419 ; ; : 1662 3193 420 results result NNS 1662 3193 421 - - HYPH 1662 3193 422 percent percent NN 1662 3193 423 of of IN 1662 3193 424 vote vote NN 1662 3193 425 by by IN 1662 3193 426 party party NN 1662 3193 427 - - HYPH 1662 3193 428 NA NA NNP 1662 3193 429 ; ; , 1662 3193 430 seats seat NNS 1662 3193 431 by by IN 1662 3193 432 party party NN 1662 3193 433 - - HYPH 1662 3193 434 RPR rpr NN 1662 3193 435 1 1 CD 1662 3193 436 , , , 1662 3193 437 independent independent JJ 1662 3193 438 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3193 439 left left NN 1662 3193 440 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3193 441 1 1 CD 1662 3193 442 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 3193 443 branch branch NN 1662 3193 444 : : : 1662 3193 445 Court Court NNP 1662 3193 446 of of IN 1662 3193 447 Appeals Appeals NNPS 1662 3193 448 or or CC 1662 3193 449 Cour Cour NNP 1662 3193 450 d'Appel d'Appel NNP 1662 3193 451 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3193 452 highest high JJS 1662 3193 453 local local JJ 1662 3193 454 court court NN 1662 3193 455 based base VBN 1662 3193 456 in in IN 1662 3193 457 Martinique Martinique NNP 1662 3193 458 with with IN 1662 3193 459 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 3193 460 over over IN 1662 3193 461 Martinique Martinique NNP 1662 3193 462 , , , 1662 3193 463 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe NNP 1662 3193 464 , , , 1662 3193 465 and and CC 1662 3193 466 French French NNP 1662 3193 467 Guiana Guiana NNP 1662 3193 468 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3193 469 Political political JJ 1662 3193 470 parties party NNS 1662 3193 471 and and CC 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R. NNP 1662 3193 563 CHOW CHOW NNP 1662 3193 564 - - HYPH 1662 3193 565 CHINE CHINE NNP 1662 3193 566 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3193 567 ; ; : 1662 3193 568 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 3193 569 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3193 570 Front Front NNP 1662 3193 571 or or CC 1662 3193 572 FDG FDG NNP 1662 3193 573 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3193 574 Georges Georges NNP 1662 3193 575 OTHILY OTHILY NNP 1662 3193 576 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3193 577 ; ; : 1662 3193 578 Walwari Walwari NNP 1662 3193 579 Committee Committee NNP 1662 3193 580 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3193 581 Christine Christine NNP 1662 3193 582 TAUBIRA TAUBIRA NNP 1662 3193 583 - - HYPH 1662 3193 584 DELANON DELANON NNP 1662 3193 585 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3193 586 ; ; : 1662 3193 587 Action Action NNP 1662 3193 588 Democrate Democrate NNP 1662 3193 589 Guiana Guiana NNP 1662 3193 590 or or CC 1662 3193 591 ADG ADG NNP 1662 3193 592 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3193 593 Andre Andre NNP 1662 3193 594 LECANTE LECANTE NNP 1662 3193 595 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3193 596 ; ; : 1662 3193 597 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 3193 598 de de FW 1662 3193 599 Progres Progres NNP 1662 3193 600 or or CC 1662 3193 601 FDP FDP NNP 1662 3193 602 International International NNP 1662 3193 603 organization organization NN 1662 3193 604 participation participation NN 1662 3193 605 : : : 1662 3193 606 FZ FZ NNP 1662 3193 607 , , , 1662 3193 608 WCL WCL NNP 1662 3193 609 , , , 1662 3193 610 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 3193 611 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3193 612 representation representation NN 1662 3193 613 in in IN 1662 3193 614 the the DT 1662 3193 615 US US NNP 1662 3193 616 : : : 1662 3193 617 none none NN 1662 3193 618 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3193 619 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3193 620 department department NN 1662 3193 621 of of IN 1662 3193 622 France France NNP 1662 3193 623 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3193 624 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3193 625 representation representation NN 1662 3193 626 from from IN 1662 3193 627 the the DT 1662 3193 628 US US NNP 1662 3193 629 : : : 1662 3193 630 none none NN 1662 3193 631 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3193 632 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3193 633 department department NN 1662 3193 634 of of IN 1662 3193 635 France France NNP 1662 3193 636 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3193 637 Flag flag NN 1662 3193 638 description description NN 1662 3193 639 : : : 1662 3193 640 the the DT 1662 3193 641 flag flag NN 1662 3193 642 of of IN 1662 3193 643 France France NNP 1662 3193 644 is be VBZ 1662 3193 645 used use VBN 1662 3193 646 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3193 647 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3193 648 - 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- HYPH 1662 3201 19 consumer consumer NN 1662 3201 20 price price NN 1662 3201 21 index index NN 1662 3201 22 : : : 1662 3201 23 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 3201 24 % % NN 1662 3201 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3201 26 1992 1992 CD 1662 3201 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3201 28 Labor labor NN 1662 3201 29 force force NN 1662 3201 30 : : : 1662 3201 31 total total NN 1662 3201 32 : : : 1662 3201 33 46,300 46,300 CD 1662 3201 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3201 35 1993 1993 CD 1662 3201 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3201 37 by by IN 1662 3201 38 occupation occupation NN 1662 3201 39 : : : 1662 3201 40 services service NNS 1662 3201 41 , , , 1662 3201 42 government government NN 1662 3201 43 , , , 1662 3201 44 and and CC 1662 3201 45 commerce commerce NN 1662 3201 46 60.6 60.6 CD 1662 3201 47 % % NN 1662 3201 48 , , , 1662 3201 49 industry industry NN 1662 3201 50 21.2 21.2 CD 1662 3201 51 % % NN 1662 3201 52 , , , 1662 3201 53 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3201 54 18.2 18.2 CD 1662 3201 55 % % NN 1662 3201 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3201 57 1980 1980 CD 1662 3201 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3201 59 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 3201 60 rate rate NN 1662 3201 61 : : : 1662 3201 62 24.1 24.1 CD 1662 3201 63 % % NN 1662 3201 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3201 65 1993 1993 CD 1662 3201 66 est est NNP 1662 3201 67 . . . 1662 3201 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3202 1 Budget budget NN 1662 3202 2 : : : 1662 3202 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 3202 4 : : : 1662 3202 5 $ $ $ 1662 3202 6 180 180 CD 1662 3202 7 million million CD 1662 3202 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3202 9 : : : 1662 3202 10 $ $ $ 1662 3202 11 350 350 CD 1662 3202 12 million million CD 1662 3202 13 , , , 1662 3202 14 including include VBG 1662 3202 15 capital capital NN 1662 3202 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3202 17 of of IN 1662 3202 18 $ $ $ 1662 3202 19 95 95 CD 1662 3202 20 million million CD 1662 3202 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3202 22 1994 1994 CD 1662 3202 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3202 24 Industries industry NNS 1662 3202 25 : : : 1662 3202 26 construction construction NN 1662 3202 27 , , , 1662 3202 28 shrimp shrimp NN 1662 3202 29 processing processing NN 1662 3202 30 , , , 1662 3202 31 forestry forestry NN 1662 3202 32 products product NNS 1662 3202 33 , , , 1662 3202 34 rum rum NN 1662 3202 35 , , , 1662 3202 36 gold gold NN 1662 3202 37 mining mining NN 1662 3202 38 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 3202 39 production production NN 1662 3202 40 growth growth NN 1662 3202 41 rate rate NN 1662 3202 42 : : : 1662 3202 43 NA% NA% `` 1662 3202 44 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3202 45 - - HYPH 1662 3202 46 capacity capacity NN 1662 3202 47 : : : 1662 3202 48 228,000 228,000 CD 1662 3202 49 kW kw NN 1662 3202 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3202 51 1995 1995 CD 1662 3202 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3202 53 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3202 54 - - HYPH 1662 3202 55 production production NN 1662 3202 56 : : : 1662 3202 57 185 185 CD 1662 3202 58 million million CD 1662 3202 59 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3202 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3202 61 1993 1993 CD 1662 3202 62 est est NNP 1662 3202 63 . . . 1662 3202 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3203 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3203 2 - - HYPH 1662 3203 3 consumption consumption NN 1662 3203 4 per per IN 1662 3203 5 capita capita NN 1662 3203 6 : : : 1662 3203 7 NA NA NNP 1662 3203 8 kWh kwh ADD 1662 3203 9 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3203 10 - - HYPH 1662 3203 11 products product NNS 1662 3203 12 : : : 1662 3203 13 rice rice NN 1662 3203 14 , , , 1662 3203 15 corn corn NN 1662 3203 16 , , , 1662 3203 17 manioc manioc NNP 1662 3203 18 , , , 1662 3203 19 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 3203 20 , , , 1662 3203 21 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 3203 22 , , , 1662 3203 23 bananas banana NNS 1662 3203 24 , , , 1662 3203 25 sugar sugar NN 1662 3203 26 ; ; : 1662 3203 27 cattle cattle NNS 1662 3203 28 , , , 1662 3203 29 pigs pig NNS 1662 3203 30 , , , 1662 3203 31 poultry poultry NN 1662 3203 32 Exports export NNS 1662 3203 33 : : : 1662 3203 34 total total JJ 1662 3203 35 value value NN 1662 3203 36 : : : 1662 3203 37 $ $ $ 1662 3203 38 80 80 CD 1662 3203 39 million million CD 1662 3203 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3203 41 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 3203 42 . . NNP 1662 3203 43 , , , 1662 3203 44 1994 1994 CD 1662 3203 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3203 46 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3203 47 : : : 1662 3203 48 shrimp shrimp NN 1662 3203 49 , , , 1662 3203 50 timber timber NN 1662 3203 51 , , , 1662 3203 52 rum rum NN 1662 3203 53 , , , 1662 3203 54 rosewood rosewood NN 1662 3203 55 essence essence NN 1662 3203 56 partners partner NNS 1662 3203 57 : : : 1662 3203 58 France France NNP 1662 3203 59 52 52 CD 1662 3203 60 % % NN 1662 3203 61 , , , 1662 3203 62 Spain Spain NNP 1662 3203 63 15 15 CD 1662 3203 64 % % NN 1662 3203 65 , , , 1662 3203 66 US US NNP 1662 3203 67 5 5 CD 1662 3203 68 % % NN 1662 3203 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3203 70 1992 1992 CD 1662 3203 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3203 72 Imports import NNS 1662 3203 73 : : : 1662 3203 74 total total JJ 1662 3203 75 value value NN 1662 3203 76 : : : 1662 3203 77 $ $ $ 1662 3203 78 610 610 CD 1662 3203 79 million million CD 1662 3203 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3203 81 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 3203 82 . . NNP 1662 3203 83 , , , 1662 3203 84 1994 1994 CD 1662 3203 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3203 86 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3203 87 : : : 1662 3203 88 food food NN 1662 3203 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3203 90 grains grain NNS 1662 3203 91 , , , 1662 3203 92 processed process VBN 1662 3203 93 meat meat NN 1662 3203 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3203 95 , , , 1662 3203 96 other other JJ 1662 3203 97 consumer consumer NN 1662 3203 98 goods good NNS 1662 3203 99 , , , 1662 3203 100 producer producer NN 1662 3203 101 goods good NNS 1662 3203 102 , , , 1662 3203 103 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 3203 104 partners partner NNS 1662 3203 105 : : : 1662 3203 106 France France NNP 1662 3203 107 77 77 CD 1662 3203 108 % % NN 1662 3203 109 , , , 1662 3203 110 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3203 111 11 11 CD 1662 3203 112 % % NN 1662 3203 113 , , , 1662 3203 114 US US NNP 1662 3203 115 5 5 CD 1662 3203 116 % % NN 1662 3203 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3203 118 1992 1992 CD 1662 3203 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3203 120 Debt debt NN 1662 3203 121 - - HYPH 1662 3203 122 external external JJ 1662 3203 123 : : : 1662 3203 124 $ $ $ 1662 3203 125 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 3203 126 billion billion CD 1662 3203 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3203 128 1988 1988 CD 1662 3203 129 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3203 130 Economic economic JJ 1662 3203 131 aid aid NN 1662 3203 132 : : : 1662 3203 133 recipient recipient NN 1662 3203 134 : : : 1662 3203 135 ODA ODA NNP 1662 3203 136 , , , 1662 3203 137 $ $ $ 1662 3203 138 NA NA NNP 1662 3203 139 Currency currency NN 1662 3203 140 : : : 1662 3203 141 1 1 CD 1662 3203 142 French french JJ 1662 3203 143 franc franc NN 1662 3203 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3203 145 F f NN 1662 3203 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3203 147 = = NFP 1662 3203 148 100 100 CD 1662 3203 149 centimes centime NNS 1662 3203 150 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 3203 151 rates rate NNS 1662 3203 152 : : : 1662 3203 153 French french JJ 1662 3203 154 francs franc NNS 1662 3203 155 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3203 156 F f NN 1662 3203 157 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3203 158 per per IN 1662 3203 159 US$ us$ $ 1662 3203 160 1 1 CD 1662 3203 161 - - SYM 1662 3203 162 5.4169 5.4169 CD 1662 3203 163 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3203 164 January January NNP 1662 3203 165 1997 1997 CD 1662 3203 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3203 167 , , , 1662 3203 168 5.1155 5.1155 CD 1662 3203 169 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3203 170 1996 1996 CD 1662 3203 171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3203 172 , , , 1662 3203 173 4.9915 4.9915 CD 1662 3203 174 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3203 175 1995 1995 CD 1662 3203 176 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3203 177 , , , 1662 3203 178 5.5520 5.5520 CD 1662 3203 179 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3203 180 1994 1994 CD 1662 3203 181 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3203 182 , , , 1662 3203 183 5.6632 5.6632 CD 1662 3203 184 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3203 185 1993 1993 CD 1662 3203 186 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3203 187 , , , 1662 3203 188 5.2938 5.2938 CD 1662 3203 189 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3203 190 1992 1992 CD 1662 3203 191 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3203 192 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3203 193 year year NN 1662 3203 194 : : : 1662 3203 195 calendar calendar NN 1662 3203 196 year year NN 1662 3203 197 @French @French NNP 1662 3203 198 Guiana Guiana NNP 1662 3203 199 : : : 1662 3203 200 Communications Communications NNP 1662 3203 201 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 3203 202 : : : 1662 3203 203 31,000 31,000 CD 1662 3203 204 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3203 205 1990 1990 CD 1662 3203 206 est est NNP 1662 3203 207 . . . 1662 3203 208 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3204 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 3204 2 system system NN 1662 3204 3 : : : 1662 3204 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3204 5 : : : 1662 3204 6 fair fair JJ 1662 3204 7 open open JJ 1662 3204 8 wire wire NN 1662 3204 9 and and CC 1662 3204 10 microwave microwave NN 1662 3204 11 radio radio NN 1662 3204 12 relay relay NN 1662 3204 13 system system NN 1662 3204 14 international international NNP 1662 3204 15 : : : 1662 3204 16 satellite satellite NN 1662 3204 17 earth earth NNP 1662 3204 18 station station NNP 1662 3204 19 - - : 1662 3204 20 1 1 CD 1662 3204 21 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3204 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3204 23 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3204 24 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3204 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3204 26 Radio radio NN 1662 3204 27 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3204 28 stations station NNS 1662 3204 29 : : : 1662 3204 30 AM AM NNP 1662 3204 31 5 5 CD 1662 3204 32 , , , 1662 3204 33 FM FM NNP 1662 3204 34 7 7 CD 1662 3204 35 , , , 1662 3204 36 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 3204 37 0 0 CD 1662 3204 38 Radios radio NNS 1662 3204 39 : : : 1662 3204 40 79,000 79,000 CD 1662 3204 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3204 42 1992 1992 CD 1662 3204 43 est est NNP 1662 3204 44 . . . 1662 3204 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3205 1 Television television NN 1662 3205 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3205 3 stations station NNS 1662 3205 4 : : : 1662 3205 5 9 9 CD 1662 3205 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 3205 7 : : : 1662 3205 8 22,000 22,000 CD 1662 3205 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3205 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 3205 11 est est NNP 1662 3205 12 . . . 1662 3205 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3206 1 @French @French NNP 1662 3206 2 Guiana Guiana NNP 1662 3206 3 : : : 1662 3206 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3206 5 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 3206 6 : : : 1662 3206 7 0 0 CD 1662 3206 8 km km NNS 1662 3206 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3206 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 3206 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3206 12 Highways highway NNS 1662 3206 13 : : : 1662 3206 14 total total NN 1662 3206 15 : : : 1662 3206 16 1,817 1,817 CD 1662 3206 17 km km NNS 1662 3206 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3206 19 national national NNP 1662 3206 20 432 432 CD 1662 3206 21 km km NNS 1662 3206 22 , , , 1662 3206 23 departmental departmental JJ 1662 3206 24 385 385 CD 1662 3206 25 km km NNS 1662 3206 26 , , , 1662 3206 27 community community NN 1662 3206 28 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 3206 29 km km NNS 1662 3206 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3206 31 paved pave VBD 1662 3206 32 : : : 1662 3206 33 727 727 CD 1662 3206 34 km km NN 1662 3206 35 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3206 36 : : : 1662 3206 37 1,090 1,090 CD 1662 3206 38 km km NNS 1662 3206 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3206 40 1995 1995 CD 1662 3206 41 est est NNP 1662 3206 42 . . . 1662 3206 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3207 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 3207 2 : : : 1662 3207 3 460 460 CD 1662 3207 4 km km NN 1662 3207 5 , , , 1662 3207 6 navigable navigable JJ 1662 3207 7 by by IN 1662 3207 8 small small JJ 1662 3207 9 oceangoing oceangoing NN 1662 3207 10 vessels vessel NNS 1662 3207 11 and and CC 1662 3207 12 river river NN 1662 3207 13 and and CC 1662 3207 14 coastal coastal JJ 1662 3207 15 steamers steamer NNS 1662 3207 16 ; ; : 1662 3207 17 3,300 3,300 CD 1662 3207 18 km km NNS 1662 3207 19 navigable navigable JJ 1662 3207 20 by by IN 1662 3207 21 native native JJ 1662 3207 22 craft craft NN 1662 3207 23 Ports Ports NNP 1662 3207 24 and and CC 1662 3207 25 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3207 26 : : : 1662 3207 27 Cayenne Cayenne NNP 1662 3207 28 , , , 1662 3207 29 Degrad Degrad NNP 1662 3207 30 des des NNP 1662 3207 31 Cannes Cannes NNP 1662 3207 32 , , , 1662 3207 33 Saint Saint NNP 1662 3207 34 - - HYPH 1662 3207 35 Laurent Laurent NNP 1662 3207 36 du du VB 1662 3207 37 Maroni Maroni NNP 1662 3207 38 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3207 39 marine marine NN 1662 3207 40 : : : 1662 3207 41 none none NN 1662 3207 42 Airports airport NNS 1662 3207 43 : : : 1662 3207 44 10 10 CD 1662 3207 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3207 46 1996 1996 CD 1662 3207 47 est est NNP 1662 3207 48 . . . 1662 3207 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3208 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3208 2 - - , 1662 3208 3 with with IN 1662 3208 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3208 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3208 6 : : : 1662 3208 7 total total NN 1662 3208 8 : : : 1662 3208 9 7 7 CD 1662 3208 10 over over IN 1662 3208 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3208 12 m m NN 1662 3208 13 : : : 1662 3208 14 1 1 CD 1662 3208 15 914 914 CD 1662 3208 16 to to TO 1662 3208 17 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3208 18 m m NN 1662 3208 19 : : : 1662 3208 20 2 2 CD 1662 3208 21 under under IN 1662 3208 22 914 914 CD 1662 3208 23 m m NN 1662 3208 24 : : : 1662 3208 25 4 4 CD 1662 3208 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3208 27 1996 1996 CD 1662 3208 28 est est NNP 1662 3208 29 . . . 1662 3208 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3209 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3209 2 - - , 1662 3209 3 with with IN 1662 3209 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3209 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3209 6 : : : 1662 3209 7 total total NN 1662 3209 8 : : : 1662 3209 9 3 3 CD 1662 3209 10 914 914 CD 1662 3209 11 to to TO 1662 3209 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3209 13 m m NN 1662 3209 14 : : : 1662 3209 15 3 3 CD 1662 3209 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3209 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 3209 18 est est NNP 1662 3209 19 . . . 1662 3209 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3210 1 Military military JJ 1662 3210 2 Military military JJ 1662 3210 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3210 4 : : : 1662 3210 5 French French NNP 1662 3210 6 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 3210 7 , , , 1662 3210 8 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 3210 9 Military Military NNP 1662 3210 10 manpower manpower NN 1662 3210 11 - - HYPH 1662 3210 12 availability availability NN 1662 3210 13 : : : 1662 3210 14 males male NNS 1662 3210 15 age age NNP 1662 3210 16 15 15 CD 1662 3210 17 - - HYPH 1662 3210 18 49 49 CD 1662 3210 19 : : SYM 1662 3210 20 44,799 44,799 CD 1662 3210 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3210 22 1997 1997 CD 1662 3210 23 est est NNP 1662 3210 24 . . . 1662 3210 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3211 1 Military military JJ 1662 3211 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3211 3 - - HYPH 1662 3211 4 fit fit NN 1662 3211 5 for for IN 1662 3211 6 military military JJ 1662 3211 7 service service NN 1662 3211 8 : : : 1662 3211 9 males male NNS 1662 3211 10 : : : 1662 3211 11 29,033 29,033 CD 1662 3211 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3211 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3211 14 est est NNP 1662 3211 15 . . . 1662 3211 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3212 1 Military military JJ 1662 3212 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3212 3 - - HYPH 1662 3212 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 3212 5 figure figure NN 1662 3212 6 : : : 1662 3212 7 $ $ $ 1662 3212 8 NA NA NNP 1662 3212 9 Military military JJ 1662 3212 10 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3212 11 - - : 1662 3212 12 percent percent NN 1662 3212 13 of of IN 1662 3212 14 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3212 15 : : : 1662 3212 16 NA% NA% NNP 1662 3212 17 Military Military NNP 1662 3212 18 - - HYPH 1662 3212 19 note note NN 1662 3212 20 : : : 1662 3212 21 defense defense NN 1662 3212 22 is be VBZ 1662 3212 23 the the DT 1662 3212 24 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 3212 25 of of IN 1662 3212 26 France France NNP 1662 3212 27 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3212 28 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3212 29 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 3212 30 - - : 1662 3212 31 international international RB 1662 3212 32 : : : 1662 3212 33 Suriname suriname NN 1662 3212 34 claims claim NNS 1662 3212 35 area area NN 1662 3212 36 between between IN 1662 3212 37 Riviere Riviere NNP 1662 3212 38 Litani Litani NNP 1662 3212 39 and and CC 1662 3212 40 Riviere Riviere NNP 1662 3212 41 Marouini Marouini NNP 1662 3212 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3212 43 both both DT 1662 3212 44 headwaters headwater NNS 1662 3212 45 of of IN 1662 3212 46 the the DT 1662 3212 47 Lawa Lawa NNP 1662 3212 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3212 49 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 3212 50 drugs drug VBZ 1662 3212 51 : : : 1662 3212 52 small small JJ 1662 3212 53 amount amount NN 1662 3212 54 of of IN 1662 3212 55 marijuana marijuana NNP 1662 3212 56 grown grow VBN 1662 3212 57 for for IN 1662 3212 58 local local JJ 1662 3212 59 consumption consumption NN 1662 3212 60 ; ; : 1662 3212 61 minor minor JJ 1662 3212 62 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 3212 63 point point NN 1662 3212 64 to to IN 1662 3212 65 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3212 66 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 67 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 68 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 69 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 70 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 71 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 72 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 73 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 74 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 75 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 76 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 77 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 78 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 79 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 80 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 102 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 103 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 104 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 105 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 106 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 107 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 108 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 109 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 110 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 111 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 112 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 113 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 114 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 115 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 116 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 117 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 118 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 119 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 120 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 121 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 122 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 123 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 124 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 125 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 126 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 127 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 128 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 129 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 130 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 131 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 132 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 133 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 134 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 135 _ _ NNP 1662 3212 136 FRENCH FRENCH NNP 1662 3212 137 POLYNESIA POLYNESIA NNP 1662 3212 138 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3212 139 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3212 140 territory territory NN 1662 3212 141 of of IN 1662 3212 142 France France NNP 1662 3212 143 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3212 144 @French @french NN 1662 3212 145 Polynesia Polynesia NNP 1662 3212 146 : : : 1662 3212 147 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3212 148 Location Location NNP 1662 3212 149 : : : 1662 3212 150 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 3212 151 , , , 1662 3212 152 archipelago archipelago NN 1662 3212 153 in in IN 1662 3212 154 the the DT 1662 3212 155 South South NNP 1662 3212 156 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 3212 157 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3212 158 , , , 1662 3212 159 about about RB 1662 3212 160 one one CD 1662 3212 161 - - HYPH 1662 3212 162 half half NN 1662 3212 163 of of IN 1662 3212 164 the the DT 1662 3212 165 way way NN 1662 3212 166 from from IN 1662 3212 167 South South NNP 1662 3212 168 America America NNP 1662 3212 169 to to IN 1662 3212 170 Australia Australia NNP 1662 3212 171 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3212 172 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3212 173 : : : 1662 3212 174 15 15 CD 1662 3212 175 00 00 CD 1662 3212 176 S s NN 1662 3212 177 , , , 1662 3212 178 140 140 CD 1662 3212 179 00 00 NFP 1662 3212 180 W W NNP 1662 3212 181 Map Map NNP 1662 3212 182 references reference NNS 1662 3212 183 : : : 1662 3212 184 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 3212 185 Area Area NNP 1662 3212 186 : : : 1662 3212 187 total total NN 1662 3212 188 : : : 1662 3212 189 4,167 4,167 CD 1662 3212 190 sq sq NNP 1662 3212 191 km km NNP 1662 3212 192 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3212 193 118 118 CD 1662 3212 194 islands island NNS 1662 3212 195 and and CC 1662 3212 196 atolls atoll NNS 1662 3212 197 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3212 198 land land NN 1662 3212 199 : : : 1662 3212 200 3,660 3,660 CD 1662 3212 201 sq sq NNP 1662 3212 202 km km NNP 1662 3212 203 water water NN 1662 3212 204 : : : 1662 3212 205 507 507 CD 1662 3212 206 sq sq NNP 1662 3212 207 km km NNP 1662 3212 208 Area Area NNP 1662 3212 209 - - HYPH 1662 3212 210 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3212 211 : : : 1662 3212 212 slightly slightly RB 1662 3212 213 less less JJR 1662 3212 214 than than IN 1662 3212 215 one one CD 1662 3212 216 - - HYPH 1662 3212 217 third third NN 1662 3212 218 the the DT 1662 3212 219 size size NN 1662 3212 220 of of IN 1662 3212 221 Connecticut Connecticut NNP 1662 3212 222 Land Land NNP 1662 3212 223 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3212 224 : : : 1662 3212 225 0 0 LS 1662 3212 226 km km NN 1662 3212 227 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3212 228 : : : 1662 3212 229 2,525 2,525 CD 1662 3212 230 km km NN 1662 3212 231 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3212 232 claims claim VBZ 1662 3212 233 : : : 1662 3212 234 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3212 235 economic economic JJ 1662 3212 236 zone zone NN 1662 3212 237 : : : 1662 3212 238 200 200 CD 1662 3212 239 nm nm CD 1662 3212 240 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3212 241 sea sea NN 1662 3212 242 : : : 1662 3212 243 12 12 CD 1662 3212 244 nm nm NNP 1662 3212 245 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3212 246 : : : 1662 3212 247 tropical tropical JJ 1662 3212 248 , , , 1662 3212 249 but but CC 1662 3212 250 moderate moderate JJ 1662 3212 251 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3212 252 : : : 1662 3212 253 mixture mixture NN 1662 3212 254 of of IN 1662 3212 255 rugged rugged JJ 1662 3212 256 high high JJ 1662 3212 257 islands island NNS 1662 3212 258 and and CC 1662 3212 259 low low JJ 1662 3212 260 islands island NNS 1662 3212 261 with with IN 1662 3212 262 reefs reef NNS 1662 3212 263 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3212 264 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3212 265 : : : 1662 3212 266 lowest low JJS 1662 3212 267 point point NN 1662 3212 268 : : : 1662 3212 269 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 3212 270 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3212 271 0 0 NFP 1662 3212 272 m m DT 1662 3212 273 highest high JJS 1662 3212 274 point point NN 1662 3212 275 : : : 1662 3212 276 Mount Mount NNP 1662 3212 277 Orohena Orohena NNP 1662 3212 278 2,241 2,241 CD 1662 3212 279 m m CD 1662 3212 280 Natural natural JJ 1662 3212 281 resources resource NNS 1662 3212 282 : : : 1662 3212 283 timber timber NN 1662 3212 284 , , , 1662 3212 285 fish fish NN 1662 3212 286 , , , 1662 3212 287 cobalt cobalt NN 1662 3212 288 Land Land NNP 1662 3212 289 use use NN 1662 3212 290 : : : 1662 3212 291 arable arable JJ 1662 3212 292 land land NN 1662 3212 293 : : : 1662 3212 294 1 1 CD 1662 3212 295 % % NN 1662 3212 296 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3212 297 crops crop NNS 1662 3212 298 : : : 1662 3212 299 6 6 CD 1662 3212 300 % % NN 1662 3212 301 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3212 302 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3212 303 : : : 1662 3212 304 5 5 CD 1662 3212 305 % % NN 1662 3212 306 forests forest NNS 1662 3212 307 and and CC 1662 3212 308 woodland woodland JJ 1662 3212 309 : : : 1662 3212 310 31 31 CD 1662 3212 311 % % NN 1662 3212 312 other other JJ 1662 3212 313 : : : 1662 3212 314 57 57 CD 1662 3212 315 % % NN 1662 3212 316 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3212 317 1993 1993 CD 1662 3212 318 est est NNP 1662 3212 319 . . . 1662 3212 320 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3213 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3213 2 land land NN 1662 3213 3 : : : 1662 3213 4 NA NA NNP 1662 3213 5 sq sq RB 1662 3213 6 km km VB 1662 3213 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 3213 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3213 9 : : : 1662 3213 10 occasional occasional JJ 1662 3213 11 cyclonic cyclonic JJ 1662 3213 12 storms storm NNS 1662 3213 13 in in IN 1662 3213 14 January January NNP 1662 3213 15 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3213 16 - - HYPH 1662 3213 17 current current JJ 1662 3213 18 issues issue NNS 1662 3213 19 : : : 1662 3213 20 NA NA NNP 1662 3213 21 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3213 22 - - HYPH 1662 3213 23 international international JJ 1662 3213 24 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3213 25 : : : 1662 3213 26 party party NN 1662 3213 27 to to IN 1662 3213 28 : : : 1662 3213 29 NA NA NNP 1662 3213 30 signed sign VBN 1662 3213 31 , , , 1662 3213 32 but but CC 1662 3213 33 not not RB 1662 3213 34 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3213 35 : : : 1662 3213 36 NA NA NNP 1662 3213 37 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3213 38 - - HYPH 1662 3213 39 note note NN 1662 3213 40 : : : 1662 3213 41 includes include VBZ 1662 3213 42 five five CD 1662 3213 43 archipelagoes archipelago NNS 1662 3213 44 ; ; : 1662 3213 45 Makatea makatea VB 1662 3213 46 in in IN 1662 3213 47 French french JJ 1662 3213 48 Polynesia Polynesia NNP 1662 3213 49 is be VBZ 1662 3213 50 one one CD 1662 3213 51 of of IN 1662 3213 52 the the DT 1662 3213 53 three three CD 1662 3213 54 great great JJ 1662 3213 55 phosphate phosphate NN 1662 3213 56 rock rock NN 1662 3213 57 islands island NNS 1662 3213 58 in in IN 1662 3213 59 the the DT 1662 3213 60 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 3213 61 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3213 62 - - , 1662 3213 63 the the DT 1662 3213 64 others other NNS 1662 3213 65 are be VBP 1662 3213 66 Banaba Banaba NNP 1662 3213 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3213 68 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3213 69 Island Island NNP 1662 3213 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3213 71 in in IN 1662 3213 72 Kiribati Kiribati NNP 1662 3213 73 and and CC 1662 3213 74 Nauru Nauru NNP 1662 3213 75 @French @French NNP 1662 3213 76 Polynesia Polynesia NNP 1662 3213 77 : : : 1662 3213 78 People People NNP 1662 3213 79 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3224 452 - - HYPH 1662 3224 453 percent percent NN 1662 3224 454 of of IN 1662 3224 455 vote vote NN 1662 3224 456 by by IN 1662 3224 457 party party NN 1662 3224 458 - - HYPH 1662 3224 459 NA NA NNP 1662 3224 460 ; ; , 1662 3224 461 seats seat NNS 1662 3224 462 by by IN 1662 3224 463 party party NN 1662 3224 464 - - HYPH 1662 3224 465 People People NNPS 1662 3224 466 's 's POS 1662 3224 467 Rally Rally NNP 1662 3224 468 for for IN 1662 3224 469 the the DT 1662 3224 470 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3224 471 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3224 472 Gaullist Gaullist NNP 1662 3224 473 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3224 474 2 2 CD 1662 3224 475 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 3224 476 branch branch NN 1662 3224 477 : : : 1662 3224 478 Court Court NNP 1662 3224 479 of of IN 1662 3224 480 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 3224 481 or or CC 1662 3224 482 Cour Cour NNP 1662 3224 483 d'Appel d'Appel NNP 1662 3224 484 ; ; : 1662 3224 485 Court Court NNP 1662 3224 486 of of IN 1662 3224 487 the the DT 1662 3224 488 First first JJ 1662 3224 489 Instance Instance NNP 1662 3224 490 or or CC 1662 3224 491 Tribunal Tribunal NNP 1662 3224 492 de de NNP 1662 3224 493 Premiere Premiere NNP 1662 3224 494 Instance Instance NNP 1662 3224 495 ; ; : 1662 3224 496 Court Court NNP 1662 3224 497 of of IN 1662 3224 498 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 3224 499 Law Law NNP 1662 3224 500 or or CC 1662 3224 501 Tribunal Tribunal NNP 1662 3224 502 Administratif Administratif NNP 1662 3224 503 Political political JJ 1662 3224 504 parties party NNS 1662 3224 505 and and CC 1662 3224 506 leaders leader NNS 1662 3224 507 : : : 1662 3224 508 People People NNS 1662 3224 509 's 's POS 1662 3224 510 Rally Rally NNP 1662 3224 511 for for IN 1662 3224 512 the the DT 1662 3224 513 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3224 514 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3224 515 Tahoeraa Tahoeraa NNP 1662 3224 516 Huiraatira huiraatira NN 1662 3224 517 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3224 518 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3224 519 Gaston Gaston NNP 1662 3224 520 FLOSSE FLOSSE NNP 1662 3224 521 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3224 522 ; ; : 1662 3224 523 Polynesian Polynesian NNP 1662 3224 524 Union Union NNP 1662 3224 525 Party Party NNP 1662 3224 526 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3224 527 includes include VBZ 1662 3224 528 Te Te NNP 1662 3224 529 Tiarama Tiarama NNP 1662 3224 530 and and CC 1662 3224 531 Here here RB 1662 3224 532 Ai'a Ai'a : 1662 3224 533 Party Party NNP 1662 3224 534 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3224 535 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3224 536 Jean Jean NNP 1662 3224 537 JUVENTIN JUVENTIN NNP 1662 3224 538 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3224 539 ; ; : 1662 3224 540 Polynesian polynesian JJ 1662 3224 541 Liberation liberation NN 1662 3224 542 Front front NN 1662 3224 543 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3224 544 Tavini Tavini NNP 1662 3224 545 Huiraatira Huiraatira NNP 1662 3224 546 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3224 547 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3224 548 Oscar Oscar NNP 1662 3224 549 TEMARU temaru NN 1662 3224 550 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3224 551 ; ; : 1662 3224 552 New New NNP 1662 3224 553 Fatherland Fatherland NNP 1662 3224 554 Party Party NNP 1662 3224 555 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3224 556 Ai'a Ai'a : 1662 3224 557 Api api NN 1662 3224 558 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3224 559 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3224 560 Emile emile NN 1662 3224 561 VERNAUDON VERNAUDON NNP 1662 3224 562 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3224 563 ; ; : 1662 3224 564 Independent Independent NNP 1662 3224 565 Party Party NNP 1662 3224 566 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3224 567 Ia Ia NNP 1662 3224 568 Mana Mana NNP 1662 3224 569 Te Te NNP 1662 3224 570 Nunaa nunaa NN 1662 3224 571 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3224 572 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3224 573 Jacques Jacques NNP 1662 3224 574 DROLLET DROLLET NNP 1662 3224 575 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3224 576 ; ; : 1662 3224 577 Te Te NNP 1662 3224 578 Aratia Aratia NNP 1662 3224 579 Ote Ote NNP 1662 3224 580 Nunaa Nunaa NNP 1662 3224 581 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3224 582 Tinomana Tinomana NNP 1662 3224 583 EBB EBB NNP 1662 3224 584 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3224 585 ; ; : 1662 3224 586 Haere Haere NNP 1662 3224 587 i i PRP 1662 3224 588 Mua Mua NNP 1662 3224 589 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3224 590 Alexandre Alexandre NNP 1662 3224 591 LEONTIEFF LEONTIEFF NNP 1662 3224 592 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3224 593 ; ; : 1662 3224 594 other other JJ 1662 3224 595 small small JJ 1662 3224 596 parties party NNS 1662 3224 597 International International NNP 1662 3224 598 organization organization NN 1662 3224 599 participation participation NN 1662 3224 600 : : : 1662 3224 601 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 3224 602 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3224 603 associate associate NN 1662 3224 604 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3224 605 , , , 1662 3224 606 FZ FZ NNP 1662 3224 607 , , , 1662 3224 608 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 3224 609 , , , 1662 3224 610 SPC SPC NNP 1662 3224 611 , , , 1662 3224 612 WMO WMO NNP 1662 3224 613 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3224 614 representation representation NN 1662 3224 615 in in IN 1662 3224 616 the the DT 1662 3224 617 US US NNP 1662 3224 618 : : : 1662 3224 619 none none NN 1662 3224 620 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3224 621 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3224 622 territory territory NN 1662 3224 623 of of IN 1662 3224 624 France France NNP 1662 3224 625 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3224 626 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3224 627 representation representation NN 1662 3224 628 from from IN 1662 3224 629 the the DT 1662 3224 630 US US NNP 1662 3224 631 : : : 1662 3224 632 none none NN 1662 3224 633 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3224 634 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3224 635 territory territory NN 1662 3224 636 of of IN 1662 3224 637 France France NNP 1662 3224 638 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3224 639 Flag flag NN 1662 3224 640 description description NN 1662 3224 641 : : : 1662 3224 642 two two CD 1662 3224 643 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3224 644 red red JJ 1662 3224 645 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 3224 646 bands band NNS 1662 3224 647 encase encase VBP 1662 3224 648 a a DT 1662 3224 649 wide wide JJ 1662 3224 650 white white JJ 1662 3224 651 band band NN 1662 3224 652 ; ; , 1662 3224 653 centered center VBN 1662 3224 654 on on IN 1662 3224 655 the the DT 1662 3224 656 white white JJ 1662 3224 657 band band NN 1662 3224 658 is be VBZ 1662 3224 659 a a DT 1662 3224 660 disk disk NN 1662 3224 661 with with IN 1662 3224 662 blue blue JJ 1662 3224 663 and and CC 1662 3224 664 white white JJ 1662 3224 665 wave wave NN 1662 3224 666 pattern pattern NN 1662 3224 667 on on IN 1662 3224 668 the the DT 1662 3224 669 lower low JJR 1662 3224 670 half half NN 1662 3224 671 and and CC 1662 3224 672 gold gold NN 1662 3224 673 and and CC 1662 3224 674 white white JJ 1662 3224 675 ray ray NN 1662 3224 676 pattern pattern NN 1662 3224 677 on on IN 1662 3224 678 the the DT 1662 3224 679 upper upper JJ 1662 3224 680 half half NN 1662 3224 681 ; ; : 1662 3224 682 a a DT 1662 3224 683 stylized stylize VBN 1662 3224 684 red red JJ 1662 3224 685 , , , 1662 3224 686 blue blue JJ 1662 3224 687 and and CC 1662 3224 688 white white JJ 1662 3224 689 ship ship NN 1662 3224 690 rides ride NNS 1662 3224 691 on on IN 1662 3224 692 the the DT 1662 3224 693 wave wave NN 1662 3224 694 pattern pattern NN 1662 3224 695 ; ; : 1662 3224 696 the the DT 1662 3224 697 French french JJ 1662 3224 698 flag flag NN 1662 3224 699 is be VBZ 1662 3224 700 used use VBN 1662 3224 701 for for IN 1662 3224 702 official official JJ 1662 3224 703 occasions occasion NNS 1662 3224 704 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3224 705 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3224 706 - - HYPH 1662 3224 707 overview overview NN 1662 3224 708 : : : 1662 3224 709 Since since IN 1662 3224 710 1962 1962 CD 1662 3224 711 , , , 1662 3224 712 when when WRB 1662 3224 713 France France NNP 1662 3224 714 stationed station VBD 1662 3224 715 military military JJ 1662 3224 716 personnel personnel NNS 1662 3224 717 in in IN 1662 3224 718 the the DT 1662 3224 719 region region NN 1662 3224 720 , , , 1662 3224 721 French French NNP 1662 3224 722 Polynesia Polynesia NNP 1662 3224 723 has have VBZ 1662 3224 724 changed change VBN 1662 3224 725 from from IN 1662 3224 726 a a DT 1662 3224 727 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 3224 728 economy economy NN 1662 3224 729 to to IN 1662 3224 730 one one CD 1662 3224 731 in in IN 1662 3224 732 which which WDT 1662 3224 733 a a DT 1662 3224 734 high high JJ 1662 3224 735 proportion proportion NN 1662 3224 736 of of IN 1662 3224 737 the the DT 1662 3224 738 work work NN 1662 3224 739 force force NN 1662 3224 740 is be VBZ 1662 3224 741 either either RB 1662 3224 742 employed employ VBN 1662 3224 743 by by IN 1662 3224 744 the the DT 1662 3224 745 military military NN 1662 3224 746 or or CC 1662 3224 747 supports support VBZ 1662 3224 748 the the DT 1662 3224 749 tourist tourist NN 1662 3224 750 industry industry NN 1662 3224 751 . . . 1662 3225 1 Tourism tourism NN 1662 3225 2 accounts account VBZ 1662 3225 3 for for IN 1662 3225 4 about about RB 1662 3225 5 20 20 CD 1662 3225 6 % % NN 1662 3225 7 of of IN 1662 3225 8 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3225 9 and and CC 1662 3225 10 is be VBZ 1662 3225 11 a a DT 1662 3225 12 primary primary JJ 1662 3225 13 source source NN 1662 3225 14 of of IN 1662 3225 15 hard hard JJ 1662 3225 16 currency currency NN 1662 3225 17 earnings earning NNS 1662 3225 18 . . . 1662 3226 1 The the DT 1662 3226 2 territory territory NN 1662 3226 3 will will MD 1662 3226 4 continue continue VB 1662 3226 5 to to TO 1662 3226 6 benefit benefit VB 1662 3226 7 from from IN 1662 3226 8 a a DT 1662 3226 9 five five CD 1662 3226 10 - - HYPH 1662 3226 11 year year NN 1662 3226 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3226 13 1994 1994 CD 1662 3226 14 - - SYM 1662 3226 15 98 98 CD 1662 3226 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3226 17 development development NN 1662 3226 18 agreement agreement NN 1662 3226 19 with with IN 1662 3226 20 France France NNP 1662 3226 21 aimed aim VBN 1662 3226 22 principally principally RB 1662 3226 23 at at IN 1662 3226 24 creating create VBG 1662 3226 25 new new JJ 1662 3226 26 jobs job NNS 1662 3226 27 . . . 1662 3227 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3227 2 : : : 1662 3227 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 3227 4 power power NN 1662 3227 5 parity parity NN 1662 3227 6 - - : 1662 3227 7 $ $ $ 1662 3227 8 1.76 1.76 CD 1662 3227 9 billion billion CD 1662 3227 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3227 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 3227 12 est est NNP 1662 3227 13 . . . 1662 3227 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3228 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3228 2 - - HYPH 1662 3228 3 real real JJ 1662 3228 4 growth growth NN 1662 3228 5 rate rate NN 1662 3228 6 : : : 1662 3228 7 NA% NA% `` 1662 3228 8 GDP gdp NN 1662 3228 9 - - HYPH 1662 3228 10 per per FW 1662 3228 11 capita capita NN 1662 3228 12 : : : 1662 3228 13 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 3228 14 power power NN 1662 3228 15 parity parity NN 1662 3228 16 - - : 1662 3228 17 $ $ $ 1662 3228 18 8,000 8,000 CD 1662 3228 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3228 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 3228 21 est est NNP 1662 3228 22 . . . 1662 3228 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3229 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3229 2 - - HYPH 1662 3229 3 composition composition NN 1662 3229 4 by by IN 1662 3229 5 sector sector NN 1662 3229 6 : : : 1662 3229 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3229 8 : : : 1662 3229 9 4 4 CD 1662 3229 10 % % NN 1662 3229 11 industry industry NN 1662 3229 12 : : : 1662 3229 13 18 18 CD 1662 3229 14 % % NN 1662 3229 15 services service NNS 1662 3229 16 : : : 1662 3229 17 78 78 CD 1662 3229 18 % % NN 1662 3229 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3229 20 1992 1992 CD 1662 3229 21 est est NNP 1662 3229 22 . . . 1662 3229 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3230 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 3230 2 rate rate NN 1662 3230 3 - - HYPH 1662 3230 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 3230 5 price price NN 1662 3230 6 index index NN 1662 3230 7 : : : 1662 3230 8 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 3230 9 % % NN 1662 3230 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3230 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 3230 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3230 13 Labor labor NN 1662 3230 14 force force NN 1662 3230 15 : : : 1662 3230 16 total total NN 1662 3230 17 : : : 1662 3230 18 118,744 118,744 CD 1662 3230 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3230 20 of of IN 1662 3230 21 which which WDT 1662 3230 22 70,044 70,044 CD 1662 3230 23 are be VBP 1662 3230 24 employed employ VBN 1662 3230 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3230 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3230 27 1988 1988 CD 1662 3230 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3230 29 by by IN 1662 3230 30 occupation occupation NN 1662 3230 31 : : : 1662 3230 32 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3230 33 13 13 CD 1662 3230 34 % % NN 1662 3230 35 , , , 1662 3230 36 industry industry NN 1662 3230 37 19 19 CD 1662 3230 38 % % NN 1662 3230 39 , , , 1662 3230 40 services service NNS 1662 3230 41 68 68 CD 1662 3230 42 % % NN 1662 3230 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3230 44 1992 1992 CD 1662 3230 45 est est NNP 1662 3230 46 . . . 1662 3230 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3231 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 3231 2 rate rate NN 1662 3231 3 : : : 1662 3231 4 15 15 CD 1662 3231 5 % % NN 1662 3231 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3231 7 1992 1992 CD 1662 3231 8 est est NNP 1662 3231 9 . . . 1662 3231 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3232 1 Budget budget NN 1662 3232 2 : : : 1662 3232 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 3232 4 : : : 1662 3232 5 $ $ $ 1662 3232 6 713 713 CD 1662 3232 7 million million CD 1662 3232 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3232 9 : : : 1662 3232 10 $ $ $ 1662 3232 11 1.36 1.36 CD 1662 3232 12 billion billion CD 1662 3232 13 , , , 1662 3232 14 including include VBG 1662 3232 15 capital capital NN 1662 3232 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3232 17 of of IN 1662 3232 18 $ $ $ 1662 3232 19 NA na NN 1662 3232 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3232 21 1994 1994 CD 1662 3232 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3232 23 Industries industry NNS 1662 3232 24 : : : 1662 3232 25 tourism tourism NN 1662 3232 26 , , , 1662 3232 27 pearls pearl NNS 1662 3232 28 , , , 1662 3232 29 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 3232 30 processing processing NN 1662 3232 31 , , , 1662 3232 32 handicrafts handicrafts JJ 1662 3232 33 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 3232 34 production production NN 1662 3232 35 growth growth NN 1662 3232 36 rate rate NN 1662 3232 37 : : : 1662 3232 38 NA% NA% `` 1662 3232 39 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3232 40 - - HYPH 1662 3232 41 capacity capacity NN 1662 3232 42 : : : 1662 3232 43 NA NA NNP 1662 3232 44 kW kW NNP 1662 3232 45 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3232 46 - - HYPH 1662 3232 47 production production NN 1662 3232 48 : : : 1662 3232 49 320 320 CD 1662 3232 50 million million CD 1662 3232 51 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3232 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3232 53 1994 1994 CD 1662 3232 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3232 55 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3232 56 - - HYPH 1662 3232 57 consumption consumption NN 1662 3232 58 per per IN 1662 3232 59 capita capita NN 1662 3232 60 : : : 1662 3232 61 1,409 1,409 CD 1662 3232 62 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3232 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3232 64 1995 1995 CD 1662 3232 65 est est NNP 1662 3232 66 . . . 1662 3232 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3233 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3233 2 - - HYPH 1662 3233 3 products product NNS 1662 3233 4 : : : 1662 3233 5 coconuts coconut NNS 1662 3233 6 , , , 1662 3233 7 vanilla vanilla NN 1662 3233 8 , , , 1662 3233 9 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 3233 10 , , , 1662 3233 11 fruits fruit NNS 1662 3233 12 ; ; : 1662 3233 13 poultry poultry NN 1662 3233 14 , , , 1662 3233 15 beef beef NN 1662 3233 16 , , , 1662 3233 17 dairy dairy NN 1662 3233 18 products product NNS 1662 3233 19 Exports export NNS 1662 3233 20 : : : 1662 3233 21 total total JJ 1662 3233 22 value value NN 1662 3233 23 : : : 1662 3233 24 $ $ $ 1662 3233 25 245 245 CD 1662 3233 26 million million CD 1662 3233 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3233 28 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 3233 29 . . NNP 1662 3233 30 , , , 1662 3233 31 1994 1994 CD 1662 3233 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3233 33 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3233 34 : : : 1662 3233 35 cultured cultured NNP 1662 3233 36 pearls pearls NNP 1662 3233 37 53.8 53.8 CD 1662 3233 38 % % NN 1662 3233 39 , , , 1662 3233 40 coconut coconut NN 1662 3233 41 products product NNS 1662 3233 42 , , , 1662 3233 43 mother mother NN 1662 3233 44 - - HYPH 1662 3233 45 of of IN 1662 3233 46 - - HYPH 1662 3233 47 pearl pearl NN 1662 3233 48 , , , 1662 3233 49 vanilla vanilla NN 1662 3233 50 , , , 1662 3233 51 shark shark NNP 1662 3233 52 meat meat NN 1662 3233 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3233 54 1992 1992 CD 1662 3233 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3233 56 partners partner NNS 1662 3233 57 : : : 1662 3233 58 France France NNP 1662 3233 59 33 33 CD 1662 3233 60 % % NN 1662 3233 61 , , , 1662 3233 62 US US NNP 1662 3233 63 8.5 8.5 CD 1662 3233 64 % % NN 1662 3233 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3233 66 1994 1994 CD 1662 3233 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3233 68 Imports import NNS 1662 3233 69 : : : 1662 3233 70 total total JJ 1662 3233 71 value value NN 1662 3233 72 : : : 1662 3233 73 $ $ $ 1662 3233 74 967 967 CD 1662 3233 75 million million CD 1662 3233 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3233 77 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 3233 78 . . NNP 1662 3233 79 , , , 1662 3233 80 1994 1994 CD 1662 3233 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3233 82 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3233 83 : : : 1662 3233 84 fuels fuel NNS 1662 3233 85 , , , 1662 3233 86 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 3233 87 , , , 1662 3233 88 equipment equipment NN 1662 3233 89 partners partner NNS 1662 3233 90 : : : 1662 3233 91 France France NNP 1662 3233 92 44.7 44.7 CD 1662 3233 93 % % NN 1662 3233 94 , , , 1662 3233 95 US US NNP 1662 3233 96 13.9 13.9 CD 1662 3233 97 % % NN 1662 3233 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3233 99 1994 1994 CD 1662 3233 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3233 101 Debt debt NN 1662 3233 102 - - HYPH 1662 3233 103 external external JJ 1662 3233 104 : : : 1662 3233 105 $ $ $ 1662 3233 106 NA na JJ 1662 3233 107 Economic economic JJ 1662 3233 108 aid aid NN 1662 3233 109 : : : 1662 3233 110 recipient recipient NN 1662 3233 111 : : : 1662 3233 112 ODA ODA NNP 1662 3233 113 , , , 1662 3233 114 $ $ $ 1662 3233 115 NA NA NNP 1662 3233 116 Currency currency NN 1662 3233 117 : : : 1662 3233 118 1 1 CD 1662 3233 119 CFP CFP NNP 1662 3233 120 franc franc NN 1662 3233 121 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3233 122 CFPF CFPF NNP 1662 3233 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3233 124 = = SYM 1662 3233 125 100 100 CD 1662 3233 126 centimes centime NNS 1662 3233 127 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 3233 128 rates rate NNS 1662 3233 129 : : : 1662 3233 130 Comptoirs Comptoirs NNP 1662 3233 131 Francais Francais NNP 1662 3233 132 du du VBP 1662 3233 133 Pacifique Pacifique NNP 1662 3233 134 francs franc NNS 1662 3233 135 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3233 136 CFPF CFPF NNP 1662 3233 137 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3233 138 per per IN 1662 3233 139 US$ us$ $ 1662 3233 140 1 1 CD 1662 3233 141 - - SYM 1662 3233 142 98.48 98.48 CD 1662 3233 143 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3233 144 January January NNP 1662 3233 145 1997 1997 CD 1662 3233 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3233 147 , , , 1662 3233 148 93.00 93.00 CD 1662 3233 149 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3233 150 1996 1996 CD 1662 3233 151 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3233 152 , , , 1662 3233 153 90.75 90.75 CD 1662 3233 154 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3233 155 1995 1995 CD 1662 3233 156 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3233 157 , , , 1662 3233 158 100.94 100.94 CD 1662 3233 159 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3233 160 1994 1994 CD 1662 3233 161 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3233 162 , , , 1662 3233 163 102.96 102.96 CD 1662 3233 164 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3233 165 1993 1993 CD 1662 3233 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3233 167 , , , 1662 3233 168 96.24 96.24 CD 1662 3233 169 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3233 170 1992 1992 CD 1662 3233 171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3233 172 ; ; : 1662 3233 173 note note NN 1662 3233 174 - - HYPH 1662 3233 175 linked link VBN 1662 3233 176 at at IN 1662 3233 177 the the DT 1662 3233 178 rate rate NN 1662 3233 179 of of IN 1662 3233 180 18.18 18.18 CD 1662 3233 181 to to IN 1662 3233 182 the the DT 1662 3233 183 French french JJ 1662 3233 184 franc franc NN 1662 3233 185 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3233 186 year year NN 1662 3233 187 : : : 1662 3233 188 calendar calendar NN 1662 3233 189 year year NN 1662 3233 190 @French @french NN 1662 3233 191 Polynesia Polynesia NNP 1662 3233 192 : : : 1662 3233 193 Communications Communications NNP 1662 3233 194 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 3233 195 : : : 1662 3233 196 33,200 33,200 CD 1662 3233 197 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3233 198 1983 1983 CD 1662 3233 199 est est NNP 1662 3233 200 . . . 1662 3233 201 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3234 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 3234 2 system system NN 1662 3234 3 : : : 1662 3234 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3234 5 : : : 1662 3234 6 NA NA NNP 1662 3234 7 international international JJ 1662 3234 8 : : : 1662 3234 9 satellite satellite NN 1662 3234 10 earth earth NNP 1662 3234 11 station station NNP 1662 3234 12 - - : 1662 3234 13 1 1 CD 1662 3234 14 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3234 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3234 16 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 3234 17 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3234 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3234 19 Radio radio NN 1662 3234 20 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3234 21 stations station NNS 1662 3234 22 : : : 1662 3234 23 AM AM NNP 1662 3234 24 5 5 CD 1662 3234 25 , , , 1662 3234 26 FM FM NNP 1662 3234 27 2 2 CD 1662 3234 28 , , , 1662 3234 29 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 3234 30 0 0 CD 1662 3234 31 Radios radio NNS 1662 3234 32 : : : 1662 3234 33 116,000 116,000 CD 1662 3234 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3234 35 1992 1992 CD 1662 3234 36 est est NNP 1662 3234 37 . . . 1662 3234 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3235 1 Television television NN 1662 3235 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3235 3 stations station NNS 1662 3235 4 : : : 1662 3235 5 6 6 CD 1662 3235 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 3235 7 : : : 1662 3235 8 35,000 35,000 CD 1662 3235 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3235 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 3235 11 est est NNP 1662 3235 12 . . . 1662 3235 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3236 1 @French @French NNP 1662 3236 2 Polynesia Polynesia NNP 1662 3236 3 : : : 1662 3236 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3236 5 Railways railway NNS 1662 3236 6 : : : 1662 3236 7 0 0 LS 1662 3236 8 km km NN 1662 3236 9 Highways highway NNS 1662 3236 10 : : : 1662 3236 11 total total NN 1662 3236 12 : : : 1662 3236 13 792 792 CD 1662 3236 14 km km NN 1662 3236 15 paved pave VBN 1662 3236 16 : : : 1662 3236 17 792 792 CD 1662 3236 18 km km NNS 1662 3236 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3236 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 3236 21 est est NNP 1662 3236 22 . . . 1662 3236 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3237 1 Ports port NNS 1662 3237 2 and and CC 1662 3237 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3237 4 : : : 1662 3237 5 Mataura Mataura NNP 1662 3237 6 , , , 1662 3237 7 Papeete Papeete NNP 1662 3237 8 , , , 1662 3237 9 Rikitea Rikitea NNP 1662 3237 10 , , , 1662 3237 11 Uturoa Uturoa NNP 1662 3237 12 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3237 13 marine marine NN 1662 3237 14 : : : 1662 3237 15 total total NN 1662 3237 16 : : : 1662 3237 17 4 4 CD 1662 3237 18 ships ship NNS 1662 3237 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3237 20 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 3237 21 GRT GRT NNP 1662 3237 22 or or CC 1662 3237 23 over over RB 1662 3237 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3237 25 totaling total VBG 1662 3237 26 32,127 32,127 CD 1662 3237 27 GRT/53,710 grt/53,710 NN 1662 3237 28 DWT dwt NN 1662 3237 29 ships ship NNS 1662 3237 30 by by IN 1662 3237 31 type type NN 1662 3237 32 : : : 1662 3237 33 chemical chemical NN 1662 3237 34 tanker tanker NN 1662 3237 35 1 1 CD 1662 3237 36 , , , 1662 3237 37 passenger passenger NN 1662 3237 38 - - HYPH 1662 3237 39 cargo cargo NN 1662 3237 40 2 2 CD 1662 3237 41 , , , 1662 3237 42 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 3237 43 cargo cargo NN 1662 3237 44 1 1 CD 1662 3237 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3237 46 1996 1996 CD 1662 3237 47 est est NNP 1662 3237 48 . . . 1662 3237 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3238 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3238 2 : : : 1662 3238 3 41 41 CD 1662 3238 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3238 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 3238 6 est est NNP 1662 3238 7 . . . 1662 3238 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3239 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3239 2 - - , 1662 3239 3 with with IN 1662 3239 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3239 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3239 6 : : : 1662 3239 7 total total NN 1662 3239 8 : : : 1662 3239 9 35 35 CD 1662 3239 10 over over IN 1662 3239 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3239 12 m m NN 1662 3239 13 : : : 1662 3239 14 2 2 CD 1662 3239 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3239 16 to to TO 1662 3239 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3239 18 m m NN 1662 3239 19 : : : 1662 3239 20 5 5 CD 1662 3239 21 914 914 CD 1662 3239 22 to to TO 1662 3239 23 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3239 24 m m NN 1662 3239 25 : : : 1662 3239 26 13 13 CD 1662 3239 27 under under IN 1662 3239 28 914 914 CD 1662 3239 29 m m NN 1662 3239 30 : : : 1662 3239 31 15 15 CD 1662 3239 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3239 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 3239 34 est est NNP 1662 3239 35 . . . 1662 3239 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3240 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3240 2 - - , 1662 3240 3 with with IN 1662 3240 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3240 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3240 6 : : : 1662 3240 7 total total NN 1662 3240 8 : : : 1662 3240 9 6 6 CD 1662 3240 10 914 914 CD 1662 3240 11 to to TO 1662 3240 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3240 13 m m NN 1662 3240 14 : : : 1662 3240 15 6 6 CD 1662 3240 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3240 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 3240 18 est est NNP 1662 3240 19 . . . 1662 3240 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3241 1 Military military JJ 1662 3241 2 Military military JJ 1662 3241 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3241 4 : : : 1662 3241 5 French french JJ 1662 3241 6 Forces force NNS 1662 3241 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3241 8 includes include VBZ 1662 3241 9 Army Army NNP 1662 3241 10 , , , 1662 3241 11 Navy Navy NNP 1662 3241 12 , , , 1662 3241 13 Air Air NNP 1662 3241 14 Force Force NNP 1662 3241 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3241 16 , , , 1662 3241 17 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 3241 18 Military Military NNP 1662 3241 19 - - HYPH 1662 3241 20 note note NN 1662 3241 21 : : : 1662 3241 22 defense defense NN 1662 3241 23 is be VBZ 1662 3241 24 the the DT 1662 3241 25 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 3241 26 of of IN 1662 3241 27 France France NNP 1662 3241 28 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3241 29 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3241 30 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 3241 31 - - : 1662 3241 32 international international RB 1662 3241 33 : : : 1662 3241 34 none none NN 1662 3241 35 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 36 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 37 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 38 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 39 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 40 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 41 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 42 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 43 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 44 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 45 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 46 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 47 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 48 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 49 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 50 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 51 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 52 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 53 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 54 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 55 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 56 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 57 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 58 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 59 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 60 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 61 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 62 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 63 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 64 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 65 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 66 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 67 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 68 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 69 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 70 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 71 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 72 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 73 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 74 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 75 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 76 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 77 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 78 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 79 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 80 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 102 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 103 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 104 _ _ NNP 1662 3241 105 FRENCH FRENCH NNP 1662 3241 106 SOUTHERN SOUTHERN NNS 1662 3241 107 AND and CC 1662 3241 108 ANTARCTIC ANTARCTIC NNP 1662 3241 109 LANDS LANDS NNP 1662 3241 110 and and CC 1662 3241 111 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3241 112 Lands Lands NNPS 1662 3241 113 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3241 114 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3241 115 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3241 116 territory territory NN 1662 3241 117 of of IN 1662 3241 118 France France NNP 1662 3241 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3241 120 @French @French NNP 1662 3241 121 Southern Southern NNP 1662 3241 122 and and CC 1662 3241 123 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3241 124 Lands Lands NNPS 1662 3241 125 : : : 1662 3241 126 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3241 127 Location Location NNP 1662 3241 128 : : : 1662 3241 129 South South NNP 1662 3241 130 of of IN 1662 3241 131 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3241 132 , , , 1662 3241 133 islands island NNS 1662 3241 134 in in IN 1662 3241 135 the the DT 1662 3241 136 southern southern JJ 1662 3241 137 Indian Indian NNP 1662 3241 138 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3241 139 , , , 1662 3241 140 about about IN 1662 3241 141 equidistant equidistant NN 1662 3241 142 between between IN 1662 3241 143 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3241 144 , , , 1662 3241 145 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 3241 146 , , , 1662 3241 147 and and CC 1662 3241 148 Australia Australia NNP 1662 3241 149 ; ; : 1662 3241 150 note note VB 1662 3241 151 - - HYPH 1662 3241 152 French french JJ 1662 3241 153 Southern Southern NNP 1662 3241 154 and and CC 1662 3241 155 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3241 156 Lands Lands NNP 1662 3241 157 includes include VBZ 1662 3241 158 Ile Ile NNP 1662 3241 159 Amsterdam Amsterdam NNP 1662 3241 160 , , , 1662 3241 161 Ile Ile NNP 1662 3241 162 Saint Saint NNP 1662 3241 163 - - HYPH 1662 3241 164 Paul Paul NNP 1662 3241 165 , , , 1662 3241 166 Iles Iles NNP 1662 3241 167 Crozet Crozet NNP 1662 3241 168 , , , 1662 3241 169 and and CC 1662 3241 170 Iles Iles NNP 1662 3241 171 Kerguelen Kerguelen NNP 1662 3241 172 in in IN 1662 3241 173 the the DT 1662 3241 174 southern southern JJ 1662 3241 175 Indian Indian NNP 1662 3241 176 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3241 177 , , , 1662 3241 178 along along IN 1662 3241 179 with with IN 1662 3241 180 the the DT 1662 3241 181 French French NNP 1662 3241 182 - - HYPH 1662 3241 183 claimed claim VBN 1662 3241 184 sector sector NN 1662 3241 185 of of IN 1662 3241 186 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 3241 187 , , , 1662 3241 188 " " `` 1662 3241 189 Adelie Adelie NNP 1662 3241 190 Land Land NNP 1662 3241 191 " " '' 1662 3241 192 ; ; : 1662 3241 193 the the DT 1662 3241 194 US US NNP 1662 3241 195 does do VBZ 1662 3241 196 not not RB 1662 3241 197 recognize recognize VB 1662 3241 198 the the DT 1662 3241 199 French french JJ 1662 3241 200 claim claim NN 1662 3241 201 to to IN 1662 3241 202 " " `` 1662 3241 203 Adelie Adelie NNP 1662 3241 204 Land Land NNP 1662 3241 205 " " '' 1662 3241 206 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3241 207 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3241 208 : : : 1662 3241 209 43 43 CD 1662 3241 210 00 00 CD 1662 3241 211 S s NN 1662 3241 212 , , , 1662 3241 213 67 67 CD 1662 3241 214 00 00 CD 1662 3241 215 E e NN 1662 3241 216 Map Map NNP 1662 3241 217 references reference NNS 1662 3241 218 : : : 1662 3241 219 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3241 220 Region Region NNP 1662 3241 221 Area Area NNP 1662 3241 222 : : : 1662 3241 223 total total NN 1662 3241 224 : : : 1662 3241 225 7,781 7,781 CD 1662 3241 226 sq sq NN 1662 3241 227 km km NNP 1662 3241 228 land land NN 1662 3241 229 : : : 1662 3241 230 7,781 7,781 CD 1662 3241 231 sq sq NNP 1662 3241 232 km km NNP 1662 3241 233 water water NN 1662 3241 234 : : : 1662 3241 235 0 0 NFP 1662 3241 236 sq sq NNP 1662 3241 237 km km NNP 1662 3241 238 note note NN 1662 3241 239 : : : 1662 3241 240 includes include VBZ 1662 3241 241 Ile Ile NNP 1662 3241 242 Amsterdam Amsterdam NNP 1662 3241 243 , , , 1662 3241 244 Ile Ile NNP 1662 3241 245 Saint Saint NNP 1662 3241 246 - - HYPH 1662 3241 247 Paul Paul NNP 1662 3241 248 , , , 1662 3241 249 Iles Iles NNP 1662 3241 250 Crozet Crozet NNP 1662 3241 251 and and CC 1662 3241 252 Iles Iles NNPS 1662 3241 253 Kerguelen Kerguelen NNP 1662 3241 254 ; ; : 1662 3241 255 excludes exclude VBZ 1662 3241 256 " " `` 1662 3241 257 Adelie Adelie NNP 1662 3241 258 Land Land NNP 1662 3241 259 " " '' 1662 3241 260 claim claim NN 1662 3241 261 of of IN 1662 3241 262 about about RB 1662 3241 263 500,000 500,000 CD 1662 3241 264 sq sq RB 1662 3241 265 km km NNS 1662 3241 266 in in IN 1662 3241 267 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 3241 268 that that WDT 1662 3241 269 is be VBZ 1662 3241 270 not not RB 1662 3241 271 recognized recognize VBN 1662 3241 272 by by IN 1662 3241 273 the the DT 1662 3241 274 US US NNP 1662 3241 275 Area Area NNP 1662 3241 276 - - HYPH 1662 3241 277 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3241 278 : : : 1662 3241 279 slightly slightly RB 1662 3241 280 less less JJR 1662 3241 281 than than IN 1662 3241 282 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 3241 283 times time NNS 1662 3241 284 the the DT 1662 3241 285 size size NN 1662 3241 286 of of IN 1662 3241 287 Delaware Delaware NNP 1662 3241 288 Land Land NNP 1662 3241 289 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3241 290 : : : 1662 3241 291 0 0 LS 1662 3241 292 km km NN 1662 3241 293 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3241 294 : : : 1662 3241 295 1,232 1,232 CD 1662 3241 296 km km NN 1662 3241 297 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3241 298 claims claim VBZ 1662 3241 299 : : : 1662 3241 300 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3241 301 economic economic JJ 1662 3241 302 zone zone NN 1662 3241 303 : : : 1662 3241 304 200 200 CD 1662 3241 305 nm nm NN 1662 3241 306 from from IN 1662 3241 307 Iles Iles NNP 1662 3241 308 Kerguelen Kerguelen NNP 1662 3241 309 only only RB 1662 3241 310 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3241 311 sea sea NN 1662 3241 312 : : : 1662 3241 313 12 12 CD 1662 3241 314 nm nm NNP 1662 3241 315 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3241 316 : : : 1662 3241 317 antarctic antarctic JJ 1662 3241 318 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3241 319 : : : 1662 3241 320 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 3241 321 Elevation elevation NN 1662 3241 322 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3241 323 : : : 1662 3241 324 lowest low JJS 1662 3241 325 point point NN 1662 3241 326 : : : 1662 3241 327 Indian Indian NNP 1662 3241 328 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3241 329 0 0 NFP 1662 3241 330 m m DT 1662 3241 331 highest high JJS 1662 3241 332 point point NN 1662 3241 333 : : : 1662 3241 334 Mont Mont NNP 1662 3241 335 Ross Ross NNP 1662 3241 336 on on IN 1662 3241 337 Kerguelen Kerguelen NNP 1662 3241 338 1,850 1,850 CD 1662 3241 339 m m NNP 1662 3241 340 Natural natural JJ 1662 3241 341 resources resource NNS 1662 3241 342 : : : 1662 3241 343 fish fish NN 1662 3241 344 , , , 1662 3241 345 crayfish crayfish NN 1662 3241 346 Land Land NNP 1662 3241 347 use use NN 1662 3241 348 : : : 1662 3241 349 arable arable JJ 1662 3241 350 land land NN 1662 3241 351 : : : 1662 3241 352 0 0 CD 1662 3241 353 % % NN 1662 3241 354 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3241 355 crops crop NNS 1662 3241 356 : : : 1662 3241 357 0 0 CD 1662 3241 358 % % NN 1662 3241 359 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3241 360 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3241 361 : : : 1662 3241 362 0 0 CD 1662 3241 363 % % NN 1662 3241 364 forests forest NNS 1662 3241 365 and and CC 1662 3241 366 woodland woodland JJ 1662 3241 367 : : : 1662 3241 368 0 0 CD 1662 3241 369 % % NN 1662 3241 370 other other JJ 1662 3241 371 : : : 1662 3241 372 100 100 CD 1662 3241 373 % % NN 1662 3241 374 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3241 375 land land NN 1662 3241 376 : : : 1662 3241 377 0 0 LS 1662 3241 378 sq sq NNP 1662 3241 379 km km NNP 1662 3241 380 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3241 381 1993 1993 CD 1662 3241 382 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3241 383 Natural natural JJ 1662 3241 384 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3241 385 : : : 1662 3241 386 Ile Ile NNP 1662 3241 387 Amsterdam Amsterdam NNP 1662 3241 388 and and CC 1662 3241 389 Ile Ile NNP 1662 3241 390 Saint Saint NNP 1662 3241 391 - - HYPH 1662 3241 392 Paul Paul NNP 1662 3241 393 are be VBP 1662 3241 394 extinct extinct JJ 1662 3241 395 volcanoes volcano NNS 1662 3241 396 Environment environment NN 1662 3241 397 - - HYPH 1662 3241 398 current current JJ 1662 3241 399 issues issue NNS 1662 3241 400 : : : 1662 3241 401 NA NA NNP 1662 3241 402 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3241 403 - - HYPH 1662 3241 404 international international JJ 1662 3241 405 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3241 406 : : : 1662 3241 407 party party NN 1662 3241 408 to to IN 1662 3241 409 : : : 1662 3241 410 NA NA NNP 1662 3241 411 signed sign VBN 1662 3241 412 , , , 1662 3241 413 but but CC 1662 3241 414 not not RB 1662 3241 415 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3241 416 : : : 1662 3241 417 NA NA NNP 1662 3241 418 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3241 419 - - HYPH 1662 3241 420 note note NN 1662 3241 421 : : : 1662 3241 422 remote remote JJ 1662 3241 423 location location NN 1662 3241 424 in in IN 1662 3241 425 the the DT 1662 3241 426 southern southern JJ 1662 3241 427 Indian Indian NNP 1662 3241 428 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3241 429 @French @French NNP 1662 3241 430 Southern Southern NNP 1662 3241 431 and and CC 1662 3241 432 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3241 433 Lands Lands NNPS 1662 3241 434 : : : 1662 3241 435 People People NNPS 1662 3241 436 Population Population NNP 1662 3241 437 : : : 1662 3241 438 no no DT 1662 3241 439 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 3241 440 inhabitants inhabitant NNS 1662 3241 441 note note VBP 1662 3241 442 : : : 1662 3241 443 there there EX 1662 3241 444 were be VBD 1662 3241 445 134 134 CD 1662 3241 446 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3241 447 1996 1996 CD 1662 3241 448 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3241 449 mostly mostly RB 1662 3241 450 researchers researcher NNS 1662 3241 451 whose whose WP$ 1662 3241 452 numbers number NNS 1662 3241 453 vary vary VBP 1662 3241 454 from from IN 1662 3241 455 winter winter NN 1662 3241 456 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3241 457 July July NNP 1662 3241 458 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3241 459 to to IN 1662 3241 460 summer summer NN 1662 3241 461 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3241 462 January January NNP 1662 3241 463 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3241 464 @French @French NNP 1662 3241 465 Southern Southern NNP 1662 3241 466 and and CC 1662 3241 467 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3241 468 Lands Lands NNPS 1662 3241 469 : : : 1662 3241 470 Government Government NNP 1662 3241 471 Country Country NNP 1662 3241 472 name name NN 1662 3241 473 : : : 1662 3241 474 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3241 475 long long JJ 1662 3241 476 form form NN 1662 3241 477 : : : 1662 3241 478 Territory territory NN 1662 3241 479 of of IN 1662 3241 480 the the DT 1662 3241 481 French French NNP 1662 3241 482 Southern Southern NNP 1662 3241 483 and and CC 1662 3241 484 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3241 485 Lands Lands NNPS 1662 3241 486 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3241 487 short short JJ 1662 3241 488 form form NN 1662 3241 489 : : : 1662 3241 490 French french JJ 1662 3241 491 Southern Southern NNP 1662 3241 492 and and CC 1662 3241 493 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3241 494 Lands Lands NNPS 1662 3241 495 local local JJ 1662 3241 496 long long JJ 1662 3241 497 form form NN 1662 3241 498 : : : 1662 3241 499 Territoire territoire NN 1662 3241 500 des des FW 1662 3241 501 Terres Terres NNP 1662 3241 502 Australes Australes NNPS 1662 3241 503 et et FW 1662 3241 504 Antarctiques antarctique NNS 1662 3241 505 Francaises Francaises NNPS 1662 3241 506 local local JJ 1662 3241 507 short short JJ 1662 3241 508 form form NN 1662 3241 509 : : : 1662 3241 510 Terres Terres NNP 1662 3241 511 Australes Australes NNPS 1662 3241 512 et et FW 1662 3241 513 Antarctiques Antarctiques NNP 1662 3241 514 Francaises Francaises NNP 1662 3241 515 Data Data NNP 1662 3241 516 code code NN 1662 3241 517 : : : 1662 3241 518 FS fs NN 1662 3241 519 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 3241 520 status status NN 1662 3241 521 : : : 1662 3241 522 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3241 523 territory territory NN 1662 3241 524 of of IN 1662 3241 525 France France NNP 1662 3241 526 since since IN 1662 3241 527 1955 1955 CD 1662 3241 528 ; ; : 1662 3241 529 administered administer VBN 1662 3241 530 by by IN 1662 3241 531 a a DT 1662 3241 532 high high JJ 1662 3241 533 commissioner commissioner NN 1662 3241 534 of of IN 1662 3241 535 the the DT 1662 3241 536 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3241 537 National National NNP 1662 3241 538 capital capital NN 1662 3241 539 : : : 1662 3241 540 none none NN 1662 3241 541 ; ; , 1662 3241 542 administered administer VBN 1662 3241 543 from from IN 1662 3241 544 Paris Paris NNP 1662 3241 545 , , , 1662 3241 546 France France NNP 1662 3241 547 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 3241 548 divisions division NNS 1662 3241 549 : : : 1662 3241 550 none none NN 1662 3241 551 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3241 552 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3241 553 territory territory NN 1662 3241 554 of of IN 1662 3241 555 France France NNP 1662 3241 556 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3241 557 ; ; : 1662 3241 558 there there EX 1662 3241 559 are be VBP 1662 3241 560 no no DT 1662 3241 561 first first JJ 1662 3241 562 - - HYPH 1662 3241 563 order order NN 1662 3241 564 administrative administrative JJ 1662 3241 565 divisions division NNS 1662 3241 566 as as IN 1662 3241 567 defined define VBN 1662 3241 568 by by IN 1662 3241 569 the the DT 1662 3241 570 US US NNP 1662 3241 571 Government Government NNP 1662 3241 572 , , , 1662 3241 573 but but CC 1662 3241 574 there there EX 1662 3241 575 are be VBP 1662 3241 576 3 3 CD 1662 3241 577 districts district NNS 1662 3241 578 named name VBN 1662 3241 579 Ile Ile NNP 1662 3241 580 Crozet Crozet NNP 1662 3241 581 , , , 1662 3241 582 Iles Iles NNP 1662 3241 583 Kerguelen Kerguelen NNP 1662 3241 584 , , , 1662 3241 585 and and CC 1662 3241 586 Iles Iles NNP 1662 3241 587 Saint Saint NNP 1662 3241 588 - - HYPH 1662 3241 589 Paul Paul NNP 1662 3241 590 et et FW 1662 3241 591 Amsterdam Amsterdam NNP 1662 3241 592 ; ; , 1662 3241 593 excludes exclude NNS 1662 3241 594 " " `` 1662 3241 595 Adelie Adelie NNP 1662 3241 596 Land Land NNP 1662 3241 597 " " '' 1662 3241 598 claim claim NN 1662 3241 599 in in IN 1662 3241 600 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 3241 601 that that WDT 1662 3241 602 is be VBZ 1662 3241 603 not not RB 1662 3241 604 recognized recognize VBN 1662 3241 605 by by IN 1662 3241 606 the the DT 1662 3241 607 US US NNP 1662 3241 608 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3241 609 : : : 1662 3241 610 none none NN 1662 3241 611 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3241 612 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3241 613 territory territory NN 1662 3241 614 of of IN 1662 3241 615 France France NNP 1662 3241 616 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3241 617 Flag flag NN 1662 3241 618 description description NN 1662 3241 619 : : : 1662 3241 620 the the DT 1662 3241 621 flag flag NN 1662 3241 622 of of IN 1662 3241 623 France France NNP 1662 3241 624 is be VBZ 1662 3241 625 used use VBN 1662 3241 626 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3241 627 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3241 628 - - HYPH 1662 3241 629 overview overview NN 1662 3241 630 : : : 1662 3241 631 Economic economic JJ 1662 3241 632 activity activity NN 1662 3241 633 is be VBZ 1662 3241 634 limited limit VBN 1662 3241 635 to to IN 1662 3241 636 servicing service VBG 1662 3241 637 meteorological meteorological JJ 1662 3241 638 and and CC 1662 3241 639 geophysical geophysical JJ 1662 3241 640 research research NN 1662 3241 641 stations station NNS 1662 3241 642 and and CC 1662 3241 643 French french JJ 1662 3241 644 and and CC 1662 3241 645 other other JJ 1662 3241 646 fishing fishing NN 1662 3241 647 fleets fleet NNS 1662 3241 648 . . . 1662 3242 1 The the DT 1662 3242 2 fish fish NN 1662 3242 3 catches catch NNS 1662 3242 4 landed land VBD 1662 3242 5 on on IN 1662 3242 6 Iles Iles NNP 1662 3242 7 Kerguelen Kerguelen NNP 1662 3242 8 by by IN 1662 3242 9 foreign foreign JJ 1662 3242 10 ships ship NNS 1662 3242 11 are be VBP 1662 3242 12 exported export VBN 1662 3242 13 to to IN 1662 3242 14 France France NNP 1662 3242 15 and and CC 1662 3242 16 Reunion Reunion NNP 1662 3242 17 . . . 1662 3243 1 Budget budget NN 1662 3243 2 : : : 1662 3243 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 3243 4 : : : 1662 3243 5 $ $ $ 1662 3243 6 24.5 24.5 CD 1662 3243 7 million million CD 1662 3243 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3243 9 : : : 1662 3243 10 $ $ $ 1662 3243 11 NA na NN 1662 3243 12 , , , 1662 3243 13 including include VBG 1662 3243 14 capital capital NN 1662 3243 15 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3243 16 of of IN 1662 3243 17 $ $ $ 1662 3243 18 NA na NN 1662 3243 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3243 20 1996 1996 CD 1662 3243 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3243 22 @French @French NNP 1662 3243 23 Southern Southern NNP 1662 3243 24 and and CC 1662 3243 25 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3243 26 Lands Lands NNPS 1662 3243 27 : : : 1662 3243 28 Communications communication NNS 1662 3243 29 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 3243 30 : : : 1662 3243 31 NA NA NNP 1662 3243 32 Telephone Telephone NNP 1662 3243 33 system system NN 1662 3243 34 : : : 1662 3243 35 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3243 36 : : : 1662 3243 37 NA NA NNP 1662 3243 38 international international JJ 1662 3243 39 : : : 1662 3243 40 NA NA NNP 1662 3243 41 Radio Radio NNP 1662 3243 42 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3243 43 stations station NNS 1662 3243 44 : : : 1662 3243 45 AM am VBP 1662 3243 46 NA NA NNP 1662 3243 47 , , , 1662 3243 48 FM FM NNP 1662 3243 49 NA NA NNP 1662 3243 50 , , , 1662 3243 51 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 3243 52 NA NA NNP 1662 3243 53 Radios radio NNS 1662 3243 54 : : : 1662 3243 55 NA NA NNP 1662 3243 56 Television Television NNP 1662 3243 57 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3243 58 stations station NNS 1662 3243 59 : : : 1662 3243 60 NA NA NNP 1662 3243 61 Televisions television NNS 1662 3243 62 : : : 1662 3243 63 NA NA NNP 1662 3243 64 @French @French NNP 1662 3243 65 Southern Southern NNP 1662 3243 66 and and CC 1662 3243 67 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3243 68 Lands Lands NNPS 1662 3243 69 : : : 1662 3243 70 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3243 71 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 3243 72 and and CC 1662 3243 73 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3243 74 : : : 1662 3243 75 none none NN 1662 3243 76 ; ; : 1662 3243 77 offshore offshore RB 1662 3243 78 anchorage anchorage VB 1662 3243 79 only only JJ 1662 3243 80 Merchant merchant NN 1662 3243 81 marine marine NN 1662 3243 82 : : : 1662 3243 83 total total NN 1662 3243 84 : : : 1662 3243 85 73 73 CD 1662 3243 86 ships ship NNS 1662 3243 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3243 88 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 3243 89 GRT GRT NNP 1662 3243 90 or or CC 1662 3243 91 over over RB 1662 3243 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3243 93 totaling total VBG 1662 3243 94 2,535,552 2,535,552 CD 1662 3243 95 GRT/4,382,987 GRT/4,382,987 . 1662 3243 96 DWT dwt NN 1662 3243 97 ships ship NNS 1662 3243 98 by by IN 1662 3243 99 type type NN 1662 3243 100 : : : 1662 3243 101 bulk bulk NNP 1662 3243 102 4 4 CD 1662 3243 103 , , , 1662 3243 104 cargo cargo NN 1662 3243 105 7 7 CD 1662 3243 106 , , , 1662 3243 107 chemical chemical NN 1662 3243 108 tanker tanker NN 1662 3243 109 7 7 CD 1662 3243 110 , , , 1662 3243 111 container container NN 1662 3243 112 11 11 CD 1662 3243 113 , , , 1662 3243 114 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 3243 115 gas gas NN 1662 3243 116 tanker tanker NN 1662 3243 117 5 5 CD 1662 3243 118 , , , 1662 3243 119 multifunction multifunction NN 1662 3243 120 large large JJ 1662 3243 121 - - HYPH 1662 3243 122 load load NN 1662 3243 123 carrier carrier NN 1662 3243 124 1 1 CD 1662 3243 125 , , , 1662 3243 126 oil oil NN 1662 3243 127 tanker tanker NN 1662 3243 128 22 22 CD 1662 3243 129 , , , 1662 3243 130 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 3243 131 cargo cargo NN 1662 3243 132 4 4 CD 1662 3243 133 , , , 1662 3243 134 roll roll NN 1662 3243 135 - - HYPH 1662 3243 136 on on IN 1662 3243 137 / / SYM 1662 3243 138 roll roll NN 1662 3243 139 - - HYPH 1662 3243 140 off off RP 1662 3243 141 cargo cargo NN 1662 3243 142 11 11 CD 1662 3243 143 , , , 1662 3243 144 specialized specialized NNP 1662 3243 145 tanker tanker NN 1662 3243 146 1 1 CD 1662 3243 147 note note NN 1662 3243 148 : : : 1662 3243 149 a a DT 1662 3243 150 subset subset NN 1662 3243 151 of of IN 1662 3243 152 the the DT 1662 3243 153 French french JJ 1662 3243 154 register register NN 1662 3243 155 allowing allow VBG 1662 3243 156 French French NNP 1662 3243 157 - - HYPH 1662 3243 158 owned own VBN 1662 3243 159 ships ship NNS 1662 3243 160 to to TO 1662 3243 161 operate operate VB 1662 3243 162 under under IN 1662 3243 163 more more JJR 1662 3243 164 liberal liberal JJ 1662 3243 165 taxation taxation NN 1662 3243 166 and and CC 1662 3243 167 manning man VBG 1662 3243 168 regulations regulation NNS 1662 3243 169 than than IN 1662 3243 170 permissible permissible JJ 1662 3243 171 under under IN 1662 3243 172 the the DT 1662 3243 173 main main JJ 1662 3243 174 French french JJ 1662 3243 175 register register NN 1662 3243 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3243 177 1996 1996 CD 1662 3243 178 est est NNP 1662 3243 179 . . . 1662 3243 180 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3244 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3244 2 : : : 1662 3244 3 none none NN 1662 3244 4 Military Military NNP 1662 3244 5 Military Military NNP 1662 3244 6 - - HYPH 1662 3244 7 note note NN 1662 3244 8 : : : 1662 3244 9 defense defense NN 1662 3244 10 is be VBZ 1662 3244 11 the the DT 1662 3244 12 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 3244 13 of of IN 1662 3244 14 France France NNP 1662 3244 15 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3244 16 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3244 17 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 3244 18 - - : 1662 3244 19 international international JJ 1662 3244 20 : : : 1662 3244 21 " " `` 1662 3244 22 Adelie Adelie NNP 1662 3244 23 Land Land NNP 1662 3244 24 " " '' 1662 3244 25 claim claim NN 1662 3244 26 in in IN 1662 3244 27 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 3244 28 is be VBZ 1662 3244 29 not not RB 1662 3244 30 recognized recognize VBN 1662 3244 31 by by IN 1662 3244 32 the the DT 1662 3244 33 US US NNP 1662 3244 34 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 35 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 36 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 37 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 38 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 39 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 40 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 41 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 42 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 43 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 44 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 45 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 46 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 47 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 48 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 49 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 50 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 51 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 52 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 53 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 54 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 55 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 56 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 57 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 58 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 59 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 60 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 61 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 62 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 63 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 64 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 65 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 66 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 67 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 68 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 69 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 70 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 71 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 72 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 73 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 74 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 75 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 76 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 77 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 78 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 79 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 80 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 102 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 103 _ _ NNP 1662 3244 104 GABON GABON NNP 1662 3244 105 @Gabon @Gabon NNP 1662 3244 106 : : : 1662 3244 107 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3244 108 Location Location NNP 1662 3244 109 : : : 1662 3244 110 Western Western NNP 1662 3244 111 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3244 112 , , , 1662 3244 113 bordering border VBG 1662 3244 114 the the DT 1662 3244 115 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3244 116 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3244 117 at at IN 1662 3244 118 the the DT 1662 3244 119 Equator equator NN 1662 3244 120 , , , 1662 3244 121 between between IN 1662 3244 122 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3244 123 of of IN 1662 3244 124 the the DT 1662 3244 125 Congo Congo NNP 1662 3244 126 and and CC 1662 3244 127 Equatorial Equatorial NNP 1662 3244 128 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3244 129 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3244 130 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3244 131 : : : 1662 3244 132 1 1 CD 1662 3244 133 00 00 SYM 1662 3244 134 S s NN 1662 3244 135 , , , 1662 3244 136 11 11 CD 1662 3244 137 45 45 CD 1662 3244 138 E e NN 1662 3244 139 Map Map NNP 1662 3244 140 references reference NNS 1662 3244 141 : : : 1662 3244 142 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3244 143 Area Area NNP 1662 3244 144 : : : 1662 3244 145 total total NN 1662 3244 146 : : : 1662 3244 147 267,670 267,670 CD 1662 3244 148 sq sq VB 1662 3244 149 km km NNP 1662 3244 150 land land NN 1662 3244 151 : : : 1662 3244 152 257,670 257,670 CD 1662 3244 153 sq sq IN 1662 3244 154 km km NNP 1662 3244 155 water water NN 1662 3244 156 : : : 1662 3244 157 10,000 10,000 CD 1662 3244 158 sq sq NN 1662 3244 159 km km NNP 1662 3244 160 Area area NN 1662 3244 161 - - HYPH 1662 3244 162 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3244 163 : : : 1662 3244 164 slightly slightly RB 1662 3244 165 smaller small JJR 1662 3244 166 than than IN 1662 3244 167 Colorado Colorado NNP 1662 3244 168 Land Land NNP 1662 3244 169 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3244 170 : : : 1662 3244 171 total total NN 1662 3244 172 : : : 1662 3244 173 2,551 2,551 CD 1662 3244 174 km km NN 1662 3244 175 border border NN 1662 3244 176 countries country NNS 1662 3244 177 : : : 1662 3244 178 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 3244 179 298 298 CD 1662 3244 180 km km NN 1662 3244 181 , , , 1662 3244 182 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3244 183 of of IN 1662 3244 184 the the DT 1662 3244 185 Congo Congo NNP 1662 3244 186 1,903 1,903 CD 1662 3244 187 km km NN 1662 3244 188 , , , 1662 3244 189 Equatorial Equatorial NNP 1662 3244 190 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3244 191 350 350 CD 1662 3244 192 km km NN 1662 3244 193 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3244 194 : : : 1662 3244 195 885 885 CD 1662 3244 196 km km NN 1662 3244 197 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3244 198 claims claim VBZ 1662 3244 199 : : : 1662 3244 200 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 3244 201 zone zone NN 1662 3244 202 : : : 1662 3244 203 24 24 CD 1662 3244 204 nm nm IN 1662 3244 205 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3244 206 economic economic JJ 1662 3244 207 zone zone NN 1662 3244 208 : : : 1662 3244 209 200 200 CD 1662 3244 210 nm nm CD 1662 3244 211 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3244 212 sea sea NN 1662 3244 213 : : : 1662 3244 214 12 12 CD 1662 3244 215 nm nm NNP 1662 3244 216 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3244 217 : : : 1662 3244 218 tropical tropical JJ 1662 3244 219 ; ; : 1662 3244 220 always always RB 1662 3244 221 hot hot JJ 1662 3244 222 , , , 1662 3244 223 humid humid JJ 1662 3244 224 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3244 225 : : : 1662 3244 226 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3244 227 coastal coastal JJ 1662 3244 228 plain plain NN 1662 3244 229 ; ; : 1662 3244 230 hilly hilly RB 1662 3244 231 interior interior NNP 1662 3244 232 ; ; : 1662 3244 233 savanna savanna VBD 1662 3244 234 in in IN 1662 3244 235 east east NNP 1662 3244 236 and and CC 1662 3244 237 south south NNP 1662 3244 238 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3244 239 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3244 240 : : : 1662 3244 241 lowest low JJS 1662 3244 242 point point NN 1662 3244 243 : : : 1662 3244 244 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3244 245 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3244 246 0 0 NFP 1662 3244 247 m m DT 1662 3244 248 highest high JJS 1662 3244 249 point point NN 1662 3244 250 : : : 1662 3244 251 Mont Mont NNP 1662 3244 252 Iboundji Iboundji NNP 1662 3244 253 1,575 1,575 CD 1662 3244 254 m m NNP 1662 3244 255 Natural natural JJ 1662 3244 256 resources resource NNS 1662 3244 257 : : : 1662 3244 258 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 3244 259 , , , 1662 3244 260 manganese manganese NNP 1662 3244 261 , , , 1662 3244 262 uranium uranium NN 1662 3244 263 , , , 1662 3244 264 gold gold NN 1662 3244 265 , , , 1662 3244 266 timber timber NN 1662 3244 267 , , , 1662 3244 268 iron iron NN 1662 3244 269 ore ore NN 1662 3244 270 Land Land NNP 1662 3244 271 use use NN 1662 3244 272 : : : 1662 3244 273 arable arable JJ 1662 3244 274 land land NN 1662 3244 275 : : : 1662 3244 276 1 1 CD 1662 3244 277 % % NN 1662 3244 278 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3244 279 crops crop NNS 1662 3244 280 : : : 1662 3244 281 1 1 CD 1662 3244 282 % % NN 1662 3244 283 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3244 284 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3244 285 : : : 1662 3244 286 18 18 CD 1662 3244 287 % % NN 1662 3244 288 forests forest NNS 1662 3244 289 and and CC 1662 3244 290 woodland woodland NN 1662 3244 291 : : : 1662 3244 292 77 77 CD 1662 3244 293 % % NN 1662 3244 294 other other JJ 1662 3244 295 : : : 1662 3244 296 3 3 CD 1662 3244 297 % % NN 1662 3244 298 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3244 299 1993 1993 CD 1662 3244 300 est est NNP 1662 3244 301 . . . 1662 3244 302 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3245 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3245 2 land land NN 1662 3245 3 : : : 1662 3245 4 40 40 CD 1662 3245 5 sq sq NNP 1662 3245 6 km km NNP 1662 3245 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3245 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 3245 9 est est NNP 1662 3245 10 . . . 1662 3245 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3246 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 3246 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3246 3 : : : 1662 3246 4 NA NA NNP 1662 3246 5 Environment environment NN 1662 3246 6 - - HYPH 1662 3246 7 current current JJ 1662 3246 8 issues issue NNS 1662 3246 9 : : : 1662 3246 10 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 3246 11 ; ; , 1662 3246 12 poaching poach VBG 1662 3246 13 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3246 14 - - HYPH 1662 3246 15 international international JJ 1662 3246 16 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3246 17 : : : 1662 3246 18 party party NN 1662 3246 19 to to IN 1662 3246 20 : : : 1662 3246 21 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 3246 22 , , , 1662 3246 23 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 3246 24 Species Species NNPS 1662 3246 25 , , , 1662 3246 26 Marine Marine NNP 1662 3246 27 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 3246 28 , , , 1662 3246 29 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 3246 30 Test Test NNP 1662 3246 31 Ban Ban NNP 1662 3246 32 , , , 1662 3246 33 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 3246 34 Layer Layer NNP 1662 3246 35 Protection Protection NNP 1662 3246 36 , , , 1662 3246 37 Ship Ship NNP 1662 3246 38 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3246 39 , , , 1662 3246 40 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 3246 41 Timber Timber NNP 1662 3246 42 83 83 CD 1662 3246 43 , , , 1662 3246 44 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 3246 45 Timber Timber NNP 1662 3246 46 94 94 CD 1662 3246 47 , , , 1662 3246 48 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 3246 49 signed sign VBD 1662 3246 50 , , , 1662 3246 51 but but CC 1662 3246 52 not not RB 1662 3246 53 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3246 54 : : : 1662 3246 55 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 3246 56 , , , 1662 3246 57 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3246 58 Change Change NNP 1662 3246 59 , , , 1662 3246 60 Law Law NNP 1662 3246 61 of of IN 1662 3246 62 the the DT 1662 3246 63 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3246 64 @Gabon @Gabon NNP 1662 3246 65 : : : 1662 3246 66 People People NNP 1662 3246 67 Population Population NNP 1662 3246 68 : : : 1662 3246 69 1,190,159 1,190,159 CD 1662 3246 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3246 71 July July NNP 1662 3246 72 1997 1997 CD 1662 3246 73 est est NNP 1662 3246 74 . . . 1662 3246 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3247 1 Age age NN 1662 3247 2 structure structure NN 1662 3247 3 : : : 1662 3247 4 0 0 CD 1662 3247 5 - - HYPH 1662 3247 6 14 14 CD 1662 3247 7 years year NNS 1662 3247 8 : : : 1662 3247 9 34 34 CD 1662 3247 10 % % NN 1662 3247 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3247 12 male male JJ 1662 3247 13 199,730 199,730 CD 1662 3247 14 ; ; : 1662 3247 15 female female JJ 1662 3247 16 199,369 199,369 CD 1662 3247 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3247 18 15 15 CD 1662 3247 19 - - SYM 1662 3247 20 64 64 CD 1662 3247 21 years year NNS 1662 3247 22 : : : 1662 3247 23 61 61 CD 1662 3247 24 % % NN 1662 3247 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3247 26 male male JJ 1662 3247 27 368,086 368,086 CD 1662 3247 28 ; ; : 1662 3247 29 female female JJ 1662 3247 30 359,086 359,086 CD 1662 3247 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3247 32 65 65 CD 1662 3247 33 years year NNS 1662 3247 34 and and CC 1662 3247 35 over over IN 1662 3247 36 : : : 1662 3247 37 5 5 CD 1662 3247 38 % % NN 1662 3247 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3247 40 male male JJ 1662 3247 41 31,475 31,475 CD 1662 3247 42 ; ; : 1662 3247 43 female female JJ 1662 3247 44 32,413 32,413 CD 1662 3247 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3247 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3247 47 July July NNP 1662 3247 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3247 49 est est NNP 1662 3247 50 . . . 1662 3247 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3248 1 Population population NN 1662 3248 2 growth growth NN 1662 3248 3 rate rate NN 1662 3248 4 : : : 1662 3248 5 1.47 1.47 CD 1662 3248 6 % % NN 1662 3248 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3248 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3248 9 est est NNP 1662 3248 10 . . . 1662 3248 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3249 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3249 2 rate rate NN 1662 3249 3 : : : 1662 3249 4 28.11 28.11 CD 1662 3249 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 3249 6 population population NN 1662 3249 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3249 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3249 9 est est NNP 1662 3249 10 . . . 1662 3249 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3250 1 Death death NN 1662 3250 2 rate rate NN 1662 3250 3 : : : 1662 3250 4 13.39 13.39 CD 1662 3250 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3250 6 population population NN 1662 3250 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3250 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3250 9 est est NNP 1662 3250 10 . . . 1662 3250 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3251 1 Net net JJ 1662 3251 2 migration migration NN 1662 3251 3 rate rate NN 1662 3251 4 : : : 1662 3251 5 0 0 NFP 1662 3251 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 3251 7 population population NN 1662 3251 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3251 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3251 10 est est NNP 1662 3251 11 . . . 1662 3251 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3252 1 Sex sex NN 1662 3252 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 3252 3 : : : 1662 3252 4 at at IN 1662 3252 5 birth birth NN 1662 3252 6 : : : 1662 3252 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 3252 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3252 9 under under IN 1662 3252 10 15 15 CD 1662 3252 11 years year NNS 1662 3252 12 : : : 1662 3252 13 1 1 CD 1662 3252 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3252 15 15 15 CD 1662 3252 16 - - HYPH 1662 3252 17 64 64 CD 1662 3252 18 years year NNS 1662 3252 19 : : : 1662 3252 20 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 3252 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3252 22 65 65 CD 1662 3252 23 years year NNS 1662 3252 24 and and CC 1662 3252 25 over over IN 1662 3252 26 : : : 1662 3252 27 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 3252 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3252 29 total total JJ 1662 3252 30 population population NN 1662 3252 31 : : : 1662 3252 32 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 3252 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3252 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3252 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 3252 36 est e JJS 1662 3252 37 . . . 1662 3252 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3253 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3253 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3253 3 rate rate NN 1662 3253 4 : : : 1662 3253 5 87.8 87.8 CD 1662 3253 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 CD 1662 3253 7 live live JJ 1662 3253 8 births birth NNS 1662 3253 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3253 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3253 11 est est NNP 1662 3253 12 . . . 1662 3253 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3254 1 Life life NN 1662 3254 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3254 3 at at IN 1662 3254 4 birth birth NN 1662 3254 5 : : : 1662 3254 6 total total JJ 1662 3254 7 population population NN 1662 3254 8 : : : 1662 3254 9 56.05 56.05 CD 1662 3254 10 years year NNS 1662 3254 11 male male JJ 1662 3254 12 : : : 1662 3254 13 53.13 53.13 CD 1662 3254 14 years year NNS 1662 3254 15 female female JJ 1662 3254 16 : : : 1662 3254 17 50.06 50.06 CD 1662 3254 18 years year NNS 1662 3254 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3254 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3254 21 est est NNP 1662 3254 22 . . . 1662 3254 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3255 1 Total total JJ 1662 3255 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3255 3 rate rate NN 1662 3255 4 : : : 1662 3255 5 3.85 3.85 CD 1662 3255 6 children child NNS 1662 3255 7 born bear VBN 1662 3255 8 / / SYM 1662 3255 9 woman woman NN 1662 3255 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3255 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3255 12 est est NNP 1662 3255 13 . . . 1662 3255 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3256 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3256 2 : : : 1662 3256 3 noun noun NN 1662 3256 4 : : : 1662 3256 5 Gabonese gabonese JJ 1662 3256 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3256 7 singular singular JJ 1662 3256 8 and and CC 1662 3256 9 plural plural JJ 1662 3256 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3256 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 3256 12 : : : 1662 3256 13 Gabonese gabonese JJ 1662 3256 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3256 15 groups group NNS 1662 3256 16 : : : 1662 3256 17 Bantu Bantu NNP 1662 3256 18 tribes tribe NNS 1662 3256 19 including include VBG 1662 3256 20 four four CD 1662 3256 21 major major JJ 1662 3256 22 tribal tribal JJ 1662 3256 23 groupings grouping NNS 1662 3256 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3256 25 Fang Fang NNP 1662 3256 26 , , , 1662 3256 27 Eshira Eshira NNP 1662 3256 28 , , , 1662 3256 29 Bapounou Bapounou NNP 1662 3256 30 , , , 1662 3256 31 Bateke Bateke NNP 1662 3256 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3256 33 , , , 1662 3256 34 other other JJ 1662 3256 35 Africans Africans NNPS 1662 3256 36 and and CC 1662 3256 37 Europeans Europeans NNPS 1662 3256 38 154,000 154,000 CD 1662 3256 39 , , , 1662 3256 40 including include VBG 1662 3256 41 6,000 6,000 CD 1662 3256 42 French french JJ 1662 3256 43 and and CC 1662 3256 44 11,000 11,000 CD 1662 3256 45 persons person NNS 1662 3256 46 of of IN 1662 3256 47 dual dual JJ 1662 3256 48 nationality nationality NN 1662 3256 49 Religions religion NNS 1662 3256 50 : : : 1662 3256 51 Christian christian JJ 1662 3256 52 55%-75 55%-75 CD 1662 3256 53 % % NN 1662 3256 54 , , , 1662 3256 55 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 3256 56 less less JJR 1662 3256 57 than than IN 1662 3256 58 1 1 CD 1662 3256 59 % % NN 1662 3256 60 , , , 1662 3256 61 animist animist NN 1662 3256 62 Languages Languages NNP 1662 3256 63 : : : 1662 3256 64 French French NNP 1662 3256 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3256 66 official official JJ 1662 3256 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3256 68 , , , 1662 3256 69 Fang Fang NNP 1662 3256 70 , , , 1662 3256 71 Myene Myene NNP 1662 3256 72 , , , 1662 3256 73 Bateke Bateke NNP 1662 3256 74 , , , 1662 3256 75 Bapounou Bapounou NNP 1662 3256 76 / / SYM 1662 3256 77 Eschira Eschira NNP 1662 3256 78 , , , 1662 3256 79 Bandjabi Bandjabi NNP 1662 3256 80 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 3256 81 : : : 1662 3256 82 definition definition NN 1662 3256 83 : : : 1662 3256 84 age age NN 1662 3256 85 15 15 CD 1662 3256 86 and and CC 1662 3256 87 over over RB 1662 3256 88 can can MD 1662 3256 89 read read VB 1662 3256 90 and and CC 1662 3256 91 write write VB 1662 3256 92 total total JJ 1662 3256 93 population population NN 1662 3256 94 : : : 1662 3256 95 63.2 63.2 CD 1662 3256 96 % % NN 1662 3256 97 male male NN 1662 3256 98 : : : 1662 3256 99 73.7 73.7 CD 1662 3256 100 % % NN 1662 3256 101 female female NN 1662 3256 102 : : : 1662 3256 103 53.3 53.3 CD 1662 3256 104 % % NN 1662 3256 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3256 106 1995 1995 CD 1662 3256 107 est est NNP 1662 3256 108 . . . 1662 3256 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3257 1 @Gabon @Gabon NFP 1662 3257 2 : : : 1662 3257 3 Government Government NNP 1662 3257 4 Country Country NNP 1662 3257 5 name name NN 1662 3257 6 : : : 1662 3257 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3257 8 long long JJ 1662 3257 9 form form NN 1662 3257 10 : : : 1662 3257 11 Gabonese Gabonese NNP 1662 3257 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3257 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3257 14 short short JJ 1662 3257 15 form form NN 1662 3257 16 : : : 1662 3257 17 Gabon gabon JJ 1662 3257 18 local local JJ 1662 3257 19 long long JJ 1662 3257 20 form form NN 1662 3257 21 : : : 1662 3257 22 Republique Republique NNP 1662 3257 23 Gabonaise Gabonaise NNP 1662 3257 24 local local JJ 1662 3257 25 short short JJ 1662 3257 26 form form NN 1662 3257 27 : : : 1662 3257 28 Gabon Gabon NNP 1662 3257 29 Data Data NNP 1662 3257 30 code code NN 1662 3257 31 : : : 1662 3257 32 GB GB NNP 1662 3257 33 Government Government NNP 1662 3257 34 type type NN 1662 3257 35 : : : 1662 3257 36 republic republic NN 1662 3257 37 ; ; : 1662 3257 38 multiparty multiparty JJ 1662 3257 39 presidential presidential JJ 1662 3257 40 regime regime NN 1662 3257 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3257 42 opposition opposition NN 1662 3257 43 parties party NNS 1662 3257 44 legalized legalize VBD 1662 3257 45 1990 1990 CD 1662 3257 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3257 47 National national JJ 1662 3257 48 capital capital NN 1662 3257 49 : : : 1662 3257 50 Libreville Libreville NNP 1662 3257 51 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 3257 52 divisions division NNS 1662 3257 53 : : : 1662 3257 54 9 9 CD 1662 3257 55 provinces province NNS 1662 3257 56 ; ; : 1662 3257 57 Estuaire Estuaire NNP 1662 3257 58 , , , 1662 3257 59 Haut Haut NNP 1662 3257 60 - - HYPH 1662 3257 61 Ogooue Ogooue NNP 1662 3257 62 , , , 1662 3257 63 Moyen Moyen NNP 1662 3257 64 - - HYPH 1662 3257 65 Ogooue Ogooue NNP 1662 3257 66 , , , 1662 3257 67 Ngounie Ngounie NNP 1662 3257 68 , , , 1662 3257 69 Nyanga Nyanga NNP 1662 3257 70 , , , 1662 3257 71 Ogooue Ogooue NNP 1662 3257 72 - - HYPH 1662 3257 73 Ivindo Ivindo NNP 1662 3257 74 , , , 1662 3257 75 Ogooue Ogooue NNP 1662 3257 76 - - HYPH 1662 3257 77 Lolo Lolo NNP 1662 3257 78 , , , 1662 3257 79 Ogooue Ogooue NNP 1662 3257 80 - - HYPH 1662 3257 81 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3257 82 , , , 1662 3257 83 Woleu Woleu NNP 1662 3257 84 - - HYPH 1662 3257 85 Ntem Ntem NNP 1662 3257 86 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3257 87 : : : 1662 3257 88 17 17 CD 1662 3257 89 August August NNP 1662 3257 90 1960 1960 CD 1662 3257 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3257 92 from from IN 1662 3257 93 France France NNP 1662 3257 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3257 95 National national JJ 1662 3257 96 holiday holiday NN 1662 3257 97 : : : 1662 3257 98 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3257 99 Day Day NNP 1662 3257 100 , , , 1662 3257 101 17 17 CD 1662 3257 102 August August NNP 1662 3257 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3257 104 1960 1960 CD 1662 3257 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3257 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3257 107 Gabon Gabon NNP 1662 3257 108 granted grant VBD 1662 3257 109 full full JJ 1662 3257 110 independence independence NN 1662 3257 111 from from IN 1662 3257 112 France France NNP 1662 3257 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3257 114 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 3257 115 : : : 1662 3257 116 adopted adopt VBN 1662 3257 117 14 14 CD 1662 3257 118 March March NNP 1662 3257 119 1991 1991 CD 1662 3257 120 Legal legal JJ 1662 3257 121 system system NN 1662 3257 122 : : : 1662 3257 123 based base VBN 1662 3257 124 on on IN 1662 3257 125 French french JJ 1662 3257 126 civil civil JJ 1662 3257 127 law law NN 1662 3257 128 system system NN 1662 3257 129 and and CC 1662 3257 130 customary customary JJ 1662 3257 131 law law NN 1662 3257 132 ; ; : 1662 3257 133 judicial judicial JJ 1662 3257 134 review review NN 1662 3257 135 of of IN 1662 3257 136 legislative legislative JJ 1662 3257 137 acts act NNS 1662 3257 138 in in IN 1662 3257 139 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 3257 140 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 3257 141 of of IN 1662 3257 142 the the DT 1662 3257 143 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 3257 144 Court Court NNP 1662 3257 145 ; ; : 1662 3257 146 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 3257 147 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 3257 148 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 3257 149 not not RB 1662 3257 150 accepted accept VBN 1662 3257 151 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 3257 152 : : : 1662 3257 153 21 21 CD 1662 3257 154 years year NNS 1662 3257 155 of of IN 1662 3257 156 age age NN 1662 3257 157 ; ; : 1662 3257 158 universal universal JJ 1662 3257 159 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3257 160 branch branch NN 1662 3257 161 : : : 1662 3257 162 chief chief NN 1662 3257 163 of of IN 1662 3257 164 state state NN 1662 3257 165 : : : 1662 3257 166 President President NNP 1662 3257 167 El El NNP 1662 3257 168 Hadj Hadj NNP 1662 3257 169 Omar Omar NNP 1662 3257 170 BONGO bongo NN 1662 3257 171 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3257 172 since since IN 1662 3257 173 2 2 CD 1662 3257 174 December December NNP 1662 3257 175 1967 1967 CD 1662 3257 176 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3257 177 head head NN 1662 3257 178 of of IN 1662 3257 179 government government NN 1662 3257 180 : : : 1662 3257 181 Prime Prime NNP 1662 3257 182 Minister Minister NNP 1662 3257 183 Paulin Paulin NNP 1662 3257 184 OBAME OBAME NNP 1662 3257 185 Nguema Nguema NNP 1662 3257 186 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3257 187 since since IN 1662 3257 188 9 9 CD 1662 3257 189 December December NNP 1662 3257 190 1994 1994 CD 1662 3257 191 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3257 192 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3257 193 : : : 1662 3257 194 Council Council NNP 1662 3257 195 of of IN 1662 3257 196 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 3257 197 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3257 198 by by IN 1662 3257 199 the the DT 1662 3257 200 prime prime NNP 1662 3257 201 minister minister NN 1662 3257 202 in in IN 1662 3257 203 consultation consultation NN 1662 3257 204 with with IN 1662 3257 205 the the DT 1662 3257 206 president president NNP 1662 3257 207 elections election NNS 1662 3257 208 : : : 1662 3257 209 president president NNP 1662 3257 210 elected elect VBN 1662 3257 211 by by IN 1662 3257 212 popular popular JJ 1662 3257 213 vote vote NN 1662 3257 214 for for IN 1662 3257 215 a a DT 1662 3257 216 five five CD 1662 3257 217 - - HYPH 1662 3257 218 year year NN 1662 3257 219 term term NN 1662 3257 220 ; ; : 1662 3257 221 election election NN 1662 3257 222 last last JJ 1662 3257 223 held hold VBD 1662 3257 224 5 5 CD 1662 3257 225 December December NNP 1662 3257 226 1993 1993 CD 1662 3257 227 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3257 228 next next JJ 1662 3257 229 to to TO 1662 3257 230 be be VB 1662 3257 231 held hold VBN 1662 3257 232 NA NA NNP 1662 3257 233 1998 1998 CD 1662 3257 234 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3257 235 ; ; : 1662 3257 236 prime prime NNP 1662 3257 237 minister minister NN 1662 3257 238 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3257 239 by by IN 1662 3257 240 the the DT 1662 3257 241 president president NNP 1662 3257 242 election election NN 1662 3257 243 results result NNS 1662 3257 244 : : : 1662 3257 245 President President NNP 1662 3257 246 Omar Omar NNP 1662 3257 247 BONGO BONGO NNP 1662 3257 248 reelected reelect VBD 1662 3257 249 ; ; : 1662 3257 250 percent percent NN 1662 3257 251 of of IN 1662 3257 252 vote vote NN 1662 3257 253 - - HYPH 1662 3257 254 Omar Omar NNP 1662 3257 255 BONGO BONGO NNP 1662 3257 256 51 51 CD 1662 3257 257 % % NN 1662 3257 258 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 3257 259 branch branch NN 1662 3257 260 : : : 1662 3257 261 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 3257 262 legislature legislature NN 1662 3257 263 consists consist VBZ 1662 3257 264 of of IN 1662 3257 265 a a DT 1662 3257 266 Senate Senate NNP 1662 3257 267 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3257 268 91 91 CD 1662 3257 269 seats seat NNS 1662 3257 270 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3257 271 and and CC 1662 3257 272 a a DT 1662 3257 273 National National NNP 1662 3257 274 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3257 275 or or CC 1662 3257 276 Assemblee Assemblee NNP 1662 3257 277 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 3257 278 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3257 279 120 120 CD 1662 3257 280 seats seat NNS 1662 3257 281 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3257 282 ; ; : 1662 3257 283 members member NNS 1662 3257 284 are be VBP 1662 3257 285 elected elect VBN 1662 3257 286 by by IN 1662 3257 287 direct direct JJ 1662 3257 288 popular popular JJ 1662 3257 289 vote vote NN 1662 3257 290 to to TO 1662 3257 291 serve serve VB 1662 3257 292 five five CD 1662 3257 293 - - HYPH 1662 3257 294 year year NN 1662 3257 295 terms term NNS 1662 3257 296 elections election NNS 1662 3257 297 : : : 1662 3257 298 National National NNP 1662 3257 299 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3257 300 - - : 1662 3257 301 last last RB 1662 3257 302 held hold VBN 1662 3257 303 in in IN 1662 3257 304 December December NNP 1662 3257 305 1996 1996 CD 1662 3257 306 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3257 307 next next JJ 1662 3257 308 to to TO 1662 3257 309 be be VB 1662 3257 310 held hold VBN 1662 3257 311 in in IN 1662 3257 312 December December NNP 1662 3257 313 2001 2001 CD 1662 3257 314 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3257 315 ; ; : 1662 3257 316 Senate Senate NNP 1662 3257 317 - - HYPH 1662 3257 318 last last RB 1662 3257 319 held hold VBD 1662 3257 320 12 12 CD 1662 3257 321 January January NNP 1662 3257 322 1997 1997 CD 1662 3257 323 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3257 324 next next JJ 1662 3257 325 to to TO 1662 3257 326 be be VB 1662 3257 327 held hold VBN 1662 3257 328 in in IN 1662 3257 329 January January NNP 1662 3257 330 2002 2002 CD 1662 3257 331 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3257 332 election election NN 1662 3257 333 results result NNS 1662 3257 334 : : : 1662 3257 335 National National NNP 1662 3257 336 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3257 337 - - HYPH 1662 3257 338 percent percent NN 1662 3257 339 of of IN 1662 3257 340 vote vote NN 1662 3257 341 by by IN 1662 3257 342 party party NN 1662 3257 343 - - HYPH 1662 3257 344 NA NA NNP 1662 3257 345 ; ; , 1662 3257 346 seats seat NNS 1662 3257 347 by by IN 1662 3257 348 party party NN 1662 3257 349 - - HYPH 1662 3257 350 PDG PDG NNP 1662 3257 351 100 100 CD 1662 3257 352 , , , 1662 3257 353 Morena Morena NNP 1662 3257 354 - - HYPH 1662 3257 355 Bucherons Bucherons NNP 1662 3257 356 / / SYM 1662 3257 357 RNB RNB NNP 1662 3257 358 8 8 CD 1662 3257 359 , , , 1662 3257 360 PUP PUP NNP 1662 3257 361 3 3 CD 1662 3257 362 , , , 1662 3257 363 CLR CLR NNP 1662 3257 364 3 3 CD 1662 3257 365 , , , 1662 3257 366 FAR FAR NNP 1662 3257 367 1 1 CD 1662 3257 368 , , , 1662 3257 369 UPG UPG NNP 1662 3257 370 1 1 CD 1662 3257 371 , , , 1662 3257 372 USG USG NNP 1662 3257 373 2 2 CD 1662 3257 374 , , , 1662 3257 375 PGP PGP NNP 1662 3257 376 2 2 CD 1662 3257 377 ; ; : 1662 3257 378 Senate Senate NNP 1662 3257 379 - - HYPH 1662 3257 380 percent percent NN 1662 3257 381 of of IN 1662 3257 382 vote vote NN 1662 3257 383 by by IN 1662 3257 384 party party NN 1662 3257 385 - - HYPH 1662 3257 386 NA NA NNP 1662 3257 387 ; ; , 1662 3257 388 seats seat NNS 1662 3257 389 by by IN 1662 3257 390 party party NN 1662 3257 391 - - HYPH 1662 3257 392 PDG PDG NNP 1662 3257 393 51 51 CD 1662 3257 394 , , , 1662 3257 395 RNB RNB NNP 1662 3257 396 17 17 CD 1662 3257 397 , , , 1662 3257 398 PGP PGP NNP 1662 3257 399 4 4 CD 1662 3257 400 , , , 1662 3257 401 ADERA ADERA NNP 1662 3257 402 3 3 CD 1662 3257 403 , , , 1662 3257 404 RDP RDP NNP 1662 3257 405 1 1 CD 1662 3257 406 , , , 1662 3257 407 others other NNS 1662 3257 408 15 15 CD 1662 3257 409 note note NN 1662 3257 410 : : : 1662 3257 411 the the DT 1662 3257 412 provision provision NN 1662 3257 413 of of IN 1662 3257 414 the the DT 1662 3257 415 constitution constitution NN 1662 3257 416 for for IN 1662 3257 417 the the DT 1662 3257 418 establishment establishment NN 1662 3257 419 of of IN 1662 3257 420 a a DT 1662 3257 421 senate senate NNP 1662 3257 422 was be VBD 1662 3257 423 implemented implement VBN 1662 3257 424 in in IN 1662 3257 425 the the DT 1662 3257 426 12 12 CD 1662 3257 427 January January NNP 1662 3257 428 1997 1997 CD 1662 3257 429 elections election NNS 1662 3257 430 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 3257 431 branch branch NN 1662 3257 432 : : : 1662 3257 433 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 3257 434 Court Court NNP 1662 3257 435 or or CC 1662 3257 436 Cour Cour NNP 1662 3257 437 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 3257 438 consisting consist VBG 1662 3257 439 of of IN 1662 3257 440 three three CD 1662 3257 441 chambers chamber NNS 1662 3257 442 - - : 1662 3257 443 Judicial Judicial NNP 1662 3257 444 , , , 1662 3257 445 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 3257 446 , , , 1662 3257 447 and and CC 1662 3257 448 Accounts Accounts NNPS 1662 3257 449 ; ; : 1662 3257 450 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 3257 451 Court Court NNP 1662 3257 452 ; ; : 1662 3257 453 Courts Courts NNPS 1662 3257 454 of of IN 1662 3257 455 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 3257 456 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3257 457 2 2 CD 1662 3257 458 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3257 459 ; ; : 1662 3257 460 Court Court NNP 1662 3257 461 of of IN 1662 3257 462 State State NNP 1662 3257 463 Security Security NNP 1662 3257 464 ; ; : 1662 3257 465 County County NNP 1662 3257 466 Courts Courts NNPS 1662 3257 467 Political political JJ 1662 3257 468 parties party NNS 1662 3257 469 and and CC 1662 3257 470 leaders leader NNS 1662 3257 471 : : : 1662 3257 472 Action Action NNP 1662 3257 473 Forum Forum NNP 1662 3257 474 for for IN 1662 3257 475 Renewal Renewal NNP 1662 3257 476 or or CC 1662 3257 477 FAR FAR NNP 1662 3257 478 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3257 479 Leon Leon NNP 1662 3257 480 MBOU MBOU NNP 1662 3257 481 - - HYPH 1662 3257 482 YEMBI YEMBI NNP 1662 3257 483 , , , 1662 3257 484 secretary secretary NN 1662 3257 485 general general NN 1662 3257 486 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3257 487 ; ; : 1662 3257 488 Circle Circle NNP 1662 3257 489 of of IN 1662 3257 490 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 3257 491 Reformers Reformers NNPS 1662 3257 492 or or CC 1662 3257 493 CLR CLR NNP 1662 3257 494 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3257 495 General General NNP 1662 3257 496 Jean Jean NNP 1662 3257 497 Boniface Boniface NNP 1662 3257 498 ASSELE ASSELE NNP 1662 3257 499 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3257 500 ; ; : 1662 3257 501 Gabonese Gabonese NNP 1662 3257 502 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3257 503 Party Party NNP 1662 3257 504 or or CC 1662 3257 505 PDG PDG NNP 1662 3257 506 , , , 1662 3257 507 former former JJ 1662 3257 508 sole sole JJ 1662 3257 509 party party NN 1662 3257 510 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3257 511 Simplice Simplice NNP 1662 3257 512 Guedet Guedet NNP 1662 3257 513 MANZELA MANZELA NNP 1662 3257 514 , , , 1662 3257 515 secretary secretary NN 1662 3257 516 general general NN 1662 3257 517 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3257 518 ; ; : 1662 3257 519 Gabonese Gabonese NNP 1662 3257 520 Party Party NNP 1662 3257 521 for for IN 1662 3257 522 Progress Progress NNP 1662 3257 523 or or CC 1662 3257 524 PGP PGP NNP 1662 3257 525 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3257 526 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 3257 527 - - HYPH 1662 3257 528 Louis Louis NNP 1662 3257 529 AGONDJO AGONDJO NNP 1662 3257 530 - - HYPH 1662 3257 531 OKAWE OKAWE NNP 1662 3257 532 , , , 1662 3257 533 president president NN 1662 3257 534 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3257 535 ; ; : 1662 3257 536 Gabonese Gabonese NNP 1662 3257 537 People People NNPS 1662 3257 538 's 's POS 1662 3257 539 Union Union NNP 1662 3257 540 or or CC 1662 3257 541 UPG UPG NNP 1662 3257 542 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3257 543 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 3257 544 MAMBOUNDOU MAMBOUNDOU NNP 1662 3257 545 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3257 546 ; ; : 1662 3257 547 Gabonese Gabonese NNP 1662 3257 548 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 3257 549 Union Union NNP 1662 3257 550 or or CC 1662 3257 551 USG USG NNP 1662 3257 552 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3257 553 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 3257 554 Serge Serge NNP 1662 3257 555 Mba Mba NNP 1662 3257 556 BEKALE BEKALE NNP 1662 3257 557 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3257 558 ; ; : 1662 3257 559 National National NNP 1662 3257 560 Recovery Recovery NNP 1662 3257 561 Movement Movement NNP 1662 3257 562 - - HYPH 1662 3257 563 Lumberjacks Lumberjacks NNP 1662 3257 564 or or CC 1662 3257 565 Morena Morena NNP 1662 3257 566 - - HYPH 1662 3257 567 Bucherons Bucherons NNP 1662 3257 568 / / SYM 1662 3257 569 RNB RNB NNP 1662 3257 570 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3257 571 Fr fr NN 1662 3257 572 . . . 1662 3258 1 Paul Paul NNP 1662 3258 2 M'BA M'BA NNP 1662 3258 3 - - HYPH 1662 3258 4 ABESSOLE abessole NN 1662 3258 5 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3258 6 ; ; : 1662 3258 7 People People NNS 1662 3258 8 's 's POS 1662 3258 9 Unity Unity NNP 1662 3258 10 Party Party NNP 1662 3258 11 or or CC 1662 3258 12 PUP PUP NNP 1662 3258 13 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3258 14 Louis Louis NNP 1662 3258 15 Gaston Gaston NNP 1662 3258 16 MAYILA MAYILA NNP 1662 3258 17 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3258 18 ; ; : 1662 3258 19 ADERA ADERA NNP 1662 3258 20 International International NNP 1662 3258 21 organization organization NN 1662 3258 22 participation participation NN 1662 3258 23 : : : 1662 3258 24 ACCT acct JJ 1662 3258 25 , , , 1662 3258 26 ACP ACP NNP 1662 3258 27 , , , 1662 3258 28 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 3258 29 , , , 1662 3258 30 BDEAC BDEAC NNP 1662 3258 31 , , , 1662 3258 32 CCC CCC NNP 1662 3258 33 , , , 1662 3258 34 CEEAC CEEAC NNP 1662 3258 35 , , , 1662 3258 36 ECA ECA NNP 1662 3258 37 , , , 1662 3258 38 FAO FAO NNP 1662 3258 39 , , , 1662 3258 40 FZ FZ NNP 1662 3258 41 , , , 1662 3258 42 G-24 g-24 CD 1662 3258 43 , , , 1662 3258 44 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 3258 45 , , , 1662 3258 46 IAEA iaea NN 1662 3258 47 , , , 1662 3258 48 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 3258 49 , , , 1662 3258 50 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 3258 51 , , , 1662 3258 52 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 3258 53 , , , 1662 3258 54 IDA IDA NNP 1662 3258 55 , , , 1662 3258 56 IDB IDB NNP 1662 3258 57 , , , 1662 3258 58 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 3258 59 , , , 1662 3258 60 IFC IFC NNP 1662 3258 61 , , , 1662 3258 62 ILO ILO NNP 1662 3258 63 , , , 1662 3258 64 IMF IMF NNP 1662 3258 65 , , , 1662 3258 66 IMO imo RB 1662 3258 67 , , , 1662 3258 68 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 3258 69 , , , 1662 3258 70 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3258 71 , , , 1662 3258 72 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 3258 73 , , , 1662 3258 74 IOC IOC NNP 1662 3258 75 , , , 1662 3258 76 ITU ITU NNP 1662 3258 77 , , , 1662 3258 78 NAM NAM NNP 1662 3258 79 , , , 1662 3258 80 OAU OAU NNP 1662 3258 81 , , , 1662 3258 82 OIC OIC NNP 1662 3258 83 , , , 1662 3258 84 UDEAC UDEAC NNP 1662 3258 85 , , , 1662 3258 86 UN UN NNP 1662 3258 87 , , , 1662 3258 88 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 3258 89 , , , 1662 3258 90 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 3258 91 , , , 1662 3258 92 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 3258 93 , , , 1662 3258 94 UPU UPU NNP 1662 3258 95 , , , 1662 3258 96 WCL WCL NNP 1662 3258 97 , , , 1662 3258 98 WHO WHO NNP 1662 3258 99 , , , 1662 3258 100 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 3258 101 , , , 1662 3258 102 WMO WMO NNP 1662 3258 103 , , , 1662 3258 104 WToO wtoo FW 1662 3258 105 , , , 1662 3258 106 WTrO wtro VB 1662 3258 107 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3258 108 representation representation NN 1662 3258 109 in in IN 1662 3258 110 the the DT 1662 3258 111 US US NNP 1662 3258 112 : : : 1662 3258 113 chief chief NN 1662 3258 114 of of IN 1662 3258 115 mission mission NN 1662 3258 116 : : : 1662 3258 117 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3258 118 Paul Paul NNP 1662 3258 119 BOUNDOUKOU BOUNDOUKOU NNP 1662 3258 120 - - HYPH 1662 3258 121 LATHA LATHA NNP 1662 3258 122 chancery chancery NN 1662 3258 123 : : : 1662 3258 124 Suite suite NN 1662 3258 125 200 200 CD 1662 3258 126 , , , 1662 3258 127 2034 2034 CD 1662 3258 128 20th 20th NNP 1662 3258 129 Street Street NNP 1662 3258 130 NW NW NNP 1662 3258 131 , , , 1662 3258 132 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3258 133 , , , 1662 3258 134 DC DC NNP 1662 3258 135 20009 20009 CD 1662 3258 136 telephone telephone NN 1662 3258 137 : : : 1662 3258 138 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3258 139 1 1 CD 1662 3258 140 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3258 141 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3258 142 202 202 CD 1662 3258 143 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3258 144 797 797 CD 1662 3258 145 - - SYM 1662 3258 146 1000 1000 CD 1662 3258 147 FAX fax NN 1662 3258 148 : : : 1662 3258 149 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3258 150 1 1 CD 1662 3258 151 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3258 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3258 153 202 202 CD 1662 3258 154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3258 155 332 332 CD 1662 3258 156 - - HYPH 1662 3258 157 0668 0668 CD 1662 3258 158 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 3258 159 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3258 160 : : : 1662 3258 161 New New NNP 1662 3258 162 York York NNP 1662 3258 163 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3258 164 representation representation NN 1662 3258 165 from from IN 1662 3258 166 the the DT 1662 3258 167 US US NNP 1662 3258 168 : : : 1662 3258 169 chief chief NN 1662 3258 170 of of IN 1662 3258 171 mission mission NN 1662 3258 172 : : : 1662 3258 173 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3258 174 Elizabeth Elizabeth NNP 1662 3258 175 RASPOLIC RASPOLIC NNP 1662 3258 176 embassy embassy NN 1662 3258 177 : : : 1662 3258 178 Boulevard Boulevard NNP 1662 3258 179 de de NNP 1662 3258 180 la la NNP 1662 3258 181 Mer Mer NNP 1662 3258 182 , , , 1662 3258 183 Libreville Libreville NNP 1662 3258 184 mailing mail VBG 1662 3258 185 address address NN 1662 3258 186 : : : 1662 3258 187 B. B. NNP 1662 3258 188 P. P. NNP 1662 3258 189 4000 4000 CD 1662 3258 190 , , , 1662 3258 191 Libreville Libreville NNP 1662 3258 192 telephone telephone NN 1662 3258 193 : : : 1662 3258 194 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3258 195 241 241 CD 1662 3258 196 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3258 197 76 76 CD 1662 3258 198 20 20 CD 1662 3258 199 03 03 CD 1662 3258 200 through through IN 1662 3258 201 76 76 CD 1662 3258 202 20 20 CD 1662 3258 203 04 04 CD 1662 3258 204 , , , 1662 3258 205 74 74 CD 1662 3258 206 34 34 CD 1662 3258 207 92 92 CD 1662 3258 208 FAX fax NN 1662 3258 209 : : : 1662 3258 210 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3258 211 241 241 CD 1662 3258 212 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3258 213 74 74 CD 1662 3258 214 55 55 CD 1662 3258 215 07 07 CD 1662 3258 216 Flag flag NN 1662 3258 217 description description NN 1662 3258 218 : : : 1662 3258 219 three three CD 1662 3258 220 equal equal JJ 1662 3258 221 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 3258 222 bands band NNS 1662 3258 223 of of IN 1662 3258 224 green green JJ 1662 3258 225 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3258 226 top top NN 1662 3258 227 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3258 228 , , , 1662 3258 229 yellow yellow NN 1662 3258 230 , , , 1662 3258 231 and and CC 1662 3258 232 blue blue JJ 1662 3258 233 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3258 234 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3258 235 - - HYPH 1662 3258 236 overview overview NN 1662 3258 237 : : : 1662 3258 238 Notwithstanding notwithstanding IN 1662 3258 239 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 3258 240 serious serious JJ 1662 3258 241 ongoing ongoing JJ 1662 3258 242 economic economic JJ 1662 3258 243 problems problem NNS 1662 3258 244 , , , 1662 3258 245 Gabon Gabon NNP 1662 3258 246 enjoys enjoy VBZ 1662 3258 247 a a DT 1662 3258 248 per per IN 1662 3258 249 capita capita FW 1662 3258 250 income income NN 1662 3258 251 three three CD 1662 3258 252 times time NNS 1662 3258 253 that that DT 1662 3258 254 of of IN 1662 3258 255 most most JJS 1662 3258 256 nations nation NNS 1662 3258 257 of of IN 1662 3258 258 sub sub JJ 1662 3258 259 - - HYPH 1662 3258 260 Saharan Saharan NNP 1662 3258 261 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3258 262 . . . 1662 3259 1 Gabon Gabon NNP 1662 3259 2 depended depend VBD 1662 3259 3 on on IN 1662 3259 4 timber timber NN 1662 3259 5 and and CC 1662 3259 6 manganese manganese NN 1662 3259 7 until until IN 1662 3259 8 oil oil NN 1662 3259 9 was be VBD 1662 3259 10 discovered discover VBN 1662 3259 11 offshore offshore RB 1662 3259 12 in in IN 1662 3259 13 the the DT 1662 3259 14 early early JJ 1662 3259 15 1970s 1970s CD 1662 3259 16 . . . 1662 3260 1 The the DT 1662 3260 2 oil oil NN 1662 3260 3 sector sector NN 1662 3260 4 now now RB 1662 3260 5 accounts account VBZ 1662 3260 6 for for IN 1662 3260 7 50 50 CD 1662 3260 8 % % NN 1662 3260 9 of of IN 1662 3260 10 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3260 11 . . . 1662 3261 1 Real real JJ 1662 3261 2 GDP gdp NN 1662 3261 3 growth growth NN 1662 3261 4 has have VBZ 1662 3261 5 been be VBN 1662 3261 6 feeble feeble JJ 1662 3261 7 since since IN 1662 3261 8 1991 1991 CD 1662 3261 9 and and CC 1662 3261 10 Gabon Gabon NNP 1662 3261 11 continues continue VBZ 1662 3261 12 to to TO 1662 3261 13 face face VB 1662 3261 14 fluctuating fluctuate VBG 1662 3261 15 prices price NNS 1662 3261 16 for for IN 1662 3261 17 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 3261 18 oil oil NN 1662 3261 19 , , , 1662 3261 20 timber timber NN 1662 3261 21 , , , 1662 3261 22 manganese manganese JJ 1662 3261 23 , , , 1662 3261 24 and and CC 1662 3261 25 uranium uranium NN 1662 3261 26 exports export NNS 1662 3261 27 . . . 1662 3262 1 Despite despite IN 1662 3262 2 an an DT 1662 3262 3 abundance abundance NN 1662 3262 4 of of IN 1662 3262 5 natural natural JJ 1662 3262 6 wealth wealth NN 1662 3262 7 and and CC 1662 3262 8 a a DT 1662 3262 9 manageable manageable JJ 1662 3262 10 rate rate NN 1662 3262 11 of of IN 1662 3262 12 population population NN 1662 3262 13 growth growth NN 1662 3262 14 , , , 1662 3262 15 the the DT 1662 3262 16 economy economy NN 1662 3262 17 is be VBZ 1662 3262 18 hobbled hobble VBN 1662 3262 19 by by IN 1662 3262 20 poor poor JJ 1662 3262 21 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3262 22 management management NN 1662 3262 23 . . . 1662 3263 1 In in IN 1662 3263 2 1992 1992 CD 1662 3263 3 , , , 1662 3263 4 the the DT 1662 3263 5 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3263 6 deficit deficit NN 1662 3263 7 widened widen VBD 1662 3263 8 to to IN 1662 3263 9 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 3263 10 % % NN 1662 3263 11 of of IN 1662 3263 12 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3263 13 , , , 1662 3263 14 and and CC 1662 3263 15 Gabon Gabon NNP 1662 3263 16 failed fail VBD 1662 3263 17 to to TO 1662 3263 18 settle settle VB 1662 3263 19 arrears arrear NNS 1662 3263 20 on on IN 1662 3263 21 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 3263 22 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 3263 23 debt debt NN 1662 3263 24 , , , 1662 3263 25 leading lead VBG 1662 3263 26 to to IN 1662 3263 27 a a DT 1662 3263 28 cancellation cancellation NN 1662 3263 29 of of IN 1662 3263 30 rescheduling reschedule VBG 1662 3263 31 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3263 32 with with IN 1662 3263 33 official official JJ 1662 3263 34 and and CC 1662 3263 35 private private JJ 1662 3263 36 creditors creditor NNS 1662 3263 37 . . . 1662 3264 1 Devaluation devaluation NN 1662 3264 2 of of IN 1662 3264 3 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 3264 4 Francophone Francophone NNP 1662 3264 5 currency currency NN 1662 3264 6 by by IN 1662 3264 7 50 50 CD 1662 3264 8 % % NN 1662 3264 9 on on IN 1662 3264 10 12 12 CD 1662 3264 11 January January NNP 1662 3264 12 1994 1994 CD 1662 3264 13 sparked spark VBD 1662 3264 14 a a DT 1662 3264 15 one one CD 1662 3264 16 - - HYPH 1662 3264 17 time time NN 1662 3264 18 inflationary inflationary JJ 1662 3264 19 surge surge NN 1662 3264 20 , , , 1662 3264 21 to to IN 1662 3264 22 35 35 CD 1662 3264 23 % % NN 1662 3264 24 ; ; , 1662 3264 25 the the DT 1662 3264 26 rate rate NN 1662 3264 27 dropped drop VBD 1662 3264 28 to to IN 1662 3264 29 6 6 CD 1662 3264 30 % % NN 1662 3264 31 in in IN 1662 3264 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 3264 33 . . . 1662 3265 1 The the DT 1662 3265 2 IMF IMF NNP 1662 3265 3 provided provide VBD 1662 3265 4 a a DT 1662 3265 5 one one CD 1662 3265 6 - - HYPH 1662 3265 7 year year NN 1662 3265 8 standby standby NN 1662 3265 9 arrangement arrangement NN 1662 3265 10 in in IN 1662 3265 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 3265 12 - - SYM 1662 3265 13 95 95 CD 1662 3265 14 and and CC 1662 3265 15 a a DT 1662 3265 16 three three CD 1662 3265 17 - - HYPH 1662 3265 18 year year NN 1662 3265 19 Enhanced Enhanced NNP 1662 3265 20 Financing Financing NNP 1662 3265 21 Facility Facility NNP 1662 3265 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3265 23 EFF EFF NNP 1662 3265 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3265 25 at at IN 1662 3265 26 near near IN 1662 3265 27 commercial commercial JJ 1662 3265 28 rates rate NNS 1662 3265 29 beginning begin VBG 1662 3265 30 in in IN 1662 3265 31 late late JJ 1662 3265 32 1995 1995 CD 1662 3265 33 . . . 1662 3266 1 Those those DT 1662 3266 2 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3266 3 mandate mandate VBP 1662 3266 4 progress progress NN 1662 3266 5 in in IN 1662 3266 6 privatization privatization NN 1662 3266 7 and and CC 1662 3266 8 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3266 9 discipline discipline NN 1662 3266 10 . . . 1662 3267 1 France France NNP 1662 3267 2 provided provide VBD 1662 3267 3 additional additional JJ 1662 3267 4 financial financial JJ 1662 3267 5 support support NN 1662 3267 6 in in IN 1662 3267 7 January January NNP 1662 3267 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3267 9 after after IN 1662 3267 10 Gabon Gabon NNP 1662 3267 11 had have VBD 1662 3267 12 met meet VBN 1662 3267 13 IMF IMF NNP 1662 3267 14 targets target NNS 1662 3267 15 for for IN 1662 3267 16 mid-1996 mid-1996 NN 1662 3267 17 . . . 1662 3268 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3268 2 : : : 1662 3268 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 3268 4 power power NN 1662 3268 5 parity parity NN 1662 3268 6 - - : 1662 3268 7 $ $ $ 1662 3268 8 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 3268 9 billion billion CD 1662 3268 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3268 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 3268 12 est est NNP 1662 3268 13 . . . 1662 3268 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3269 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3269 2 - - HYPH 1662 3269 3 real real JJ 1662 3269 4 growth growth NN 1662 3269 5 rate rate NN 1662 3269 6 : : : 1662 3269 7 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 3269 8 % % NN 1662 3269 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3269 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 3269 11 est est NNP 1662 3269 12 . . . 1662 3269 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3270 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3270 2 - - HYPH 1662 3270 3 per per FW 1662 3270 4 capita capita NN 1662 3270 5 : : : 1662 3270 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 3270 7 power power NN 1662 3270 8 parity parity NN 1662 3270 9 - - : 1662 3270 10 $ $ $ 1662 3270 11 5,400 5,400 CD 1662 3270 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3270 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 3270 14 est est NNP 1662 3270 15 . . . 1662 3270 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3271 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3271 2 - - HYPH 1662 3271 3 composition composition NN 1662 3271 4 by by IN 1662 3271 5 sector sector NN 1662 3271 6 : : : 1662 3271 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3271 8 : : : 1662 3271 9 8.2 8.2 CD 1662 3271 10 % % NN 1662 3271 11 industry industry NN 1662 3271 12 : : : 1662 3271 13 44.7 44.7 CD 1662 3271 14 % % NN 1662 3271 15 services service NNS 1662 3271 16 : : : 1662 3271 17 47.1 47.1 CD 1662 3271 18 % % NN 1662 3271 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3271 20 1993 1993 CD 1662 3271 21 est est NNP 1662 3271 22 . . . 1662 3271 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3272 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 3272 2 rate rate NN 1662 3272 3 - - HYPH 1662 3272 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 3272 5 price price NN 1662 3272 6 index index NN 1662 3272 7 : : : 1662 3272 8 6.2 6.2 CD 1662 3272 9 % % NN 1662 3272 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3272 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 3272 12 est est NNP 1662 3272 13 . . . 1662 3272 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3273 1 Labor labor NN 1662 3273 2 force force NN 1662 3273 3 : : : 1662 3273 4 NA na NN 1662 3273 5 by by IN 1662 3273 6 occupation occupation NN 1662 3273 7 : : : 1662 3273 8 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3273 9 65 65 CD 1662 3273 10 % % NN 1662 3273 11 , , , 1662 3273 12 industry industry NN 1662 3273 13 and and CC 1662 3273 14 commerce commerce NN 1662 3273 15 , , , 1662 3273 16 services service VBZ 1662 3273 17 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 3273 18 rate rate NN 1662 3273 19 : : : 1662 3273 20 10%-14 10%-14 CD 1662 3273 21 % % NN 1662 3273 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3273 23 1993 1993 CD 1662 3273 24 est est NNP 1662 3273 25 . . . 1662 3273 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3274 1 Budget budget NN 1662 3274 2 : : : 1662 3274 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 3274 4 : : : 1662 3274 5 $ $ $ 1662 3274 6 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 3274 7 billion billion CD 1662 3274 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3274 9 : : : 1662 3274 10 $ $ $ 1662 3274 11 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 3274 12 billion billion CD 1662 3274 13 , , , 1662 3274 14 including include VBG 1662 3274 15 capital capital NN 1662 3274 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3274 17 of of IN 1662 3274 18 $ $ $ 1662 3274 19 311 311 CD 1662 3274 20 million million CD 1662 3274 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3274 22 1993 1993 CD 1662 3274 23 est est NNP 1662 3274 24 . . . 1662 3274 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3275 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 3275 2 : : : 1662 3275 3 food food NN 1662 3275 4 and and CC 1662 3275 5 beverage beverage NN 1662 3275 6 ; ; , 1662 3275 7 textile textile NN 1662 3275 8 ; ; : 1662 3275 9 lumbering lumbering NN 1662 3275 10 and and CC 1662 3275 11 plywood plywood NN 1662 3275 12 ; ; : 1662 3275 13 cement cement NN 1662 3275 14 ; ; : 1662 3275 15 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 3275 16 extraction extraction NN 1662 3275 17 and and CC 1662 3275 18 refining refining NN 1662 3275 19 ; ; : 1662 3275 20 manganese manganese NNP 1662 3275 21 , , , 1662 3275 22 uranium uranium NN 1662 3275 23 , , , 1662 3275 24 and and CC 1662 3275 25 gold gold NN 1662 3275 26 mining mining NN 1662 3275 27 ; ; : 1662 3275 28 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 3275 29 ; ; : 1662 3275 30 ship ship NN 1662 3275 31 repair repair NN 1662 3275 32 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 3275 33 production production NN 1662 3275 34 growth growth NN 1662 3275 35 rate rate NN 1662 3275 36 : : : 1662 3275 37 NA% NA% `` 1662 3275 38 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3275 39 - - HYPH 1662 3275 40 capacity capacity NN 1662 3275 41 : : : 1662 3275 42 301,000 301,000 CD 1662 3275 43 kW kw NN 1662 3275 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3275 45 1992 1992 CD 1662 3275 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3275 47 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3275 48 - - HYPH 1662 3275 49 production production NN 1662 3275 50 : : : 1662 3275 51 930 930 CD 1662 3275 52 million million CD 1662 3275 53 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3275 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3275 55 1994 1994 CD 1662 3275 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3275 57 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3275 58 - - HYPH 1662 3275 59 consumption consumption NN 1662 3275 60 per per IN 1662 3275 61 capita capita NN 1662 3275 62 : : : 1662 3275 63 744 744 CD 1662 3275 64 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3275 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3275 66 1994 1994 CD 1662 3275 67 est est NNP 1662 3275 68 . . . 1662 3275 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3276 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3276 2 - - HYPH 1662 3276 3 products product NNS 1662 3276 4 : : : 1662 3276 5 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 3276 6 , , , 1662 3276 7 coffee coffee NN 1662 3276 8 , , , 1662 3276 9 sugar sugar NN 1662 3276 10 , , , 1662 3276 11 palm palm NN 1662 3276 12 oil oil NN 1662 3276 13 ; ; : 1662 3276 14 rubber rubber NN 1662 3276 15 ; ; , 1662 3276 16 okoume okoume NN 1662 3276 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3276 18 a a DT 1662 3276 19 tropical tropical JJ 1662 3276 20 softwood softwood NN 1662 3276 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3276 22 ; ; : 1662 3276 23 cattle cattle NNS 1662 3276 24 ; ; , 1662 3276 25 small small JJ 1662 3276 26 fishing fishing NN 1662 3276 27 operations operation NNS 1662 3276 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3276 29 provide provide VB 1662 3276 30 a a DT 1662 3276 31 catch catch NN 1662 3276 32 of of IN 1662 3276 33 about about IN 1662 3276 34 30,000 30,000 CD 1662 3276 35 metric metric JJ 1662 3276 36 tons ton NNS 1662 3276 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3276 38 Exports export NNS 1662 3276 39 : : : 1662 3276 40 total total JJ 1662 3276 41 value value NN 1662 3276 42 : : : 1662 3276 43 $ $ $ 1662 3276 44 2.7 2.7 CD 1662 3276 45 billion billion CD 1662 3276 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3276 47 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 3276 48 . . NNP 1662 3276 49 , , , 1662 3276 50 1995 1995 CD 1662 3276 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3276 52 commodities commoditie VBZ 1662 3276 53 : : : 1662 3276 54 crude crude JJ 1662 3276 55 oil oil NN 1662 3276 56 78 78 CD 1662 3276 57 % % NN 1662 3276 58 , , , 1662 3276 59 timber timber NN 1662 3276 60 14 14 CD 1662 3276 61 % % NN 1662 3276 62 , , , 1662 3276 63 manganese manganese NNP 1662 3276 64 4 4 CD 1662 3276 65 % % NN 1662 3276 66 , , , 1662 3276 67 uranium uranium NN 1662 3276 68 partners partner NNS 1662 3276 69 : : : 1662 3276 70 US US NNP 1662 3276 71 59 59 CD 1662 3276 72 % % NN 1662 3276 73 , , , 1662 3276 74 France France NNP 1662 3276 75 12 12 CD 1662 3276 76 % % NN 1662 3276 77 , , , 1662 3276 78 Japan Japan NNP 1662 3276 79 4 4 CD 1662 3276 80 % % NN 1662 3276 81 , , , 1662 3276 82 China China NNP 1662 3276 83 5 5 CD 1662 3276 84 % % NN 1662 3276 85 , , , 1662 3276 86 Spain Spain NNP 1662 3276 87 , , , 1662 3276 88 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3276 89 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 3276 90 : : : 1662 3276 91 total total JJ 1662 3276 92 value value NN 1662 3276 93 : : : 1662 3276 94 $ $ $ 1662 3276 95 700 700 CD 1662 3276 96 million million CD 1662 3276 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3276 98 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 3276 99 . . NNP 1662 3276 100 , , , 1662 3276 101 1995 1995 CD 1662 3276 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3276 103 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3276 104 : : : 1662 3276 105 machinery machinery NN 1662 3276 106 and and CC 1662 3276 107 equipment equipment NN 1662 3276 108 , , , 1662 3276 109 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 3276 110 , , , 1662 3276 111 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 3276 112 , , , 1662 3276 113 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 3276 114 products product NNS 1662 3276 115 , , , 1662 3276 116 construction construction NN 1662 3276 117 materials material NNS 1662 3276 118 partners partner NNS 1662 3276 119 : : : 1662 3276 120 France France NNP 1662 3276 121 39 39 CD 1662 3276 122 % % NN 1662 3276 123 , , , 1662 3276 124 Cote Cote NNP 1662 3276 125 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 3276 126 13 13 CD 1662 3276 127 % % NN 1662 3276 128 , , , 1662 3276 129 US US NNP 1662 3276 130 6 6 CD 1662 3276 131 % % NN 1662 3276 132 , , , 1662 3276 133 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 3276 134 5 5 CD 1662 3276 135 % % NN 1662 3276 136 , , , 1662 3276 137 Japan Japan NNP 1662 3276 138 Debt Debt NNP 1662 3276 139 - - HYPH 1662 3276 140 external external JJ 1662 3276 141 : : : 1662 3276 142 $ $ $ 1662 3276 143 3.9 3.9 CD 1662 3276 144 billion billion CD 1662 3276 145 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3276 146 1996 1996 CD 1662 3276 147 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3276 148 Economic economic JJ 1662 3276 149 aid aid NN 1662 3276 150 : : : 1662 3276 151 $ $ $ 1662 3276 152 NA NA NNP 1662 3276 153 Currency currency NN 1662 3276 154 : : : 1662 3276 155 1 1 CD 1662 3276 156 Communaute Communaute NNP 1662 3276 157 Financiere Financiere NNP 1662 3276 158 Africaine Africaine NNP 1662 3276 159 franc franc NN 1662 3276 160 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3276 161 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 3276 162 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3276 163 = = SYM 1662 3276 164 100 100 CD 1662 3276 165 centimes centime NNS 1662 3276 166 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 3276 167 rates rate NNS 1662 3276 168 : : : 1662 3276 169 CFA cfa NN 1662 3276 170 francs franc NNS 1662 3276 171 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3276 172 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 3276 173 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3276 174 per per IN 1662 3276 175 US$ us$ $ 1662 3276 176 1 1 CD 1662 3276 177 - - SYM 1662 3276 178 541.69 541.69 CD 1662 3276 179 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3276 180 January January NNP 1662 3276 181 1997 1997 CD 1662 3276 182 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3276 183 , , , 1662 3276 184 511.55 511.55 CD 1662 3276 185 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3276 186 1996 1996 CD 1662 3276 187 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3276 188 , , , 1662 3276 189 499.15 499.15 CD 1662 3276 190 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3276 191 1995 1995 CD 1662 3276 192 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3276 193 , , , 1662 3276 194 555.20 555.20 CD 1662 3276 195 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3276 196 1994 1994 CD 1662 3276 197 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3276 198 , , , 1662 3276 199 283.16 283.16 CD 1662 3276 200 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3276 201 1993 1993 CD 1662 3276 202 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3276 203 , , , 1662 3276 204 264.69 264.69 CD 1662 3276 205 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3276 206 1992 1992 CD 1662 3276 207 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3276 208 note note NN 1662 3276 209 : : : 1662 3276 210 beginning begin VBG 1662 3276 211 12 12 CD 1662 3276 212 January January NNP 1662 3276 213 1994 1994 CD 1662 3276 214 , , , 1662 3276 215 the the DT 1662 3276 216 CFA CFA NNP 1662 3276 217 franc franc NN 1662 3276 218 was be VBD 1662 3276 219 devalued devalue VBN 1662 3276 220 to to IN 1662 3276 221 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 3276 222 100 100 CD 1662 3276 223 per per IN 1662 3276 224 French french JJ 1662 3276 225 franc franc NN 1662 3276 226 from from IN 1662 3276 227 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 3276 228 50 50 CD 1662 3276 229 at at IN 1662 3276 230 which which WDT 1662 3276 231 it -PRON- PRP 1662 3276 232 had have VBD 1662 3276 233 been be VBN 1662 3276 234 fixed fix VBN 1662 3276 235 since since IN 1662 3276 236 1948 1948 CD 1662 3276 237 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3276 238 year year NN 1662 3276 239 : : : 1662 3276 240 calendar calendar NNP 1662 3276 241 year year NN 1662 3276 242 @Gabon @Gabon NNP 1662 3276 243 : : : 1662 3276 244 Communications communication NNS 1662 3276 245 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 3276 246 : : : 1662 3276 247 22,000 22,000 CD 1662 3276 248 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3276 249 1991 1991 CD 1662 3276 250 est est NNP 1662 3276 251 . . . 1662 3276 252 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3277 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 3277 2 system system NN 1662 3277 3 : : : 1662 3277 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3277 5 : : : 1662 3277 6 adequate adequate JJ 1662 3277 7 system system NN 1662 3277 8 of of IN 1662 3277 9 cable cable NN 1662 3277 10 , , , 1662 3277 11 microwave microwave NN 1662 3277 12 radio radio NN 1662 3277 13 relay relay NN 1662 3277 14 , , , 1662 3277 15 tropospheric tropospheric JJ 1662 3277 16 scatter scatter NN 1662 3277 17 , , , 1662 3277 18 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 3277 19 communication communication NN 1662 3277 20 stations station NNS 1662 3277 21 , , , 1662 3277 22 and and CC 1662 3277 23 a a DT 1662 3277 24 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3277 25 satellite satellite NN 1662 3277 26 system system NN 1662 3277 27 with with IN 1662 3277 28 12 12 CD 1662 3277 29 earth earth NN 1662 3277 30 stations station NNS 1662 3277 31 international international JJ 1662 3277 32 : : : 1662 3277 33 satellite satellite NN 1662 3277 34 earth earth NN 1662 3277 35 stations station NNS 1662 3277 36 - - , 1662 3277 37 3 3 CD 1662 3277 38 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3277 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3277 40 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3277 41 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3277 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3277 43 Radio radio NN 1662 3277 44 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3277 45 stations station NNS 1662 3277 46 : : : 1662 3277 47 AM am VBP 1662 3277 48 6 6 CD 1662 3277 49 , , , 1662 3277 50 FM FM NNP 1662 3277 51 6 6 CD 1662 3277 52 , , , 1662 3277 53 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 3277 54 0 0 CD 1662 3277 55 Radios radio NNS 1662 3277 56 : : : 1662 3277 57 250,000 250,000 CD 1662 3277 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3277 59 1993 1993 CD 1662 3277 60 est est NNP 1662 3277 61 . . . 1662 3277 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3278 1 Television television NN 1662 3278 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3278 3 stations station NNS 1662 3278 4 : : : 1662 3278 5 3 3 LS 1662 3278 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3278 7 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 3278 8 5 5 CD 1662 3278 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3278 10 Televisions television NNS 1662 3278 11 : : : 1662 3278 12 40,000 40,000 CD 1662 3278 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3278 14 1993 1993 CD 1662 3278 15 est est NNP 1662 3278 16 . . . 1662 3278 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3279 1 @Gabon @Gabon NFP 1662 3279 2 : : : 1662 3279 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3279 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 3279 5 : : : 1662 3279 6 total total NN 1662 3279 7 : : : 1662 3279 8 649 649 CD 1662 3279 9 km km NN 1662 3279 10 Gabon Gabon NNP 1662 3279 11 State State NNP 1662 3279 12 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 3279 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3279 14 OCTRA OCTRA NNP 1662 3279 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3279 16 standard standard JJ 1662 3279 17 gauge gauge NN 1662 3279 18 : : : 1662 3279 19 649 649 CD 1662 3279 20 km km NN 1662 3279 21 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 3279 22 gauge gauge NN 1662 3279 23 ; ; , 1662 3279 24 single single JJ 1662 3279 25 track track NN 1662 3279 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3279 27 1994 1994 CD 1662 3279 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3279 29 Highways highway NNS 1662 3279 30 : : : 1662 3279 31 total total NN 1662 3279 32 : : : 1662 3279 33 7,633 7,633 CD 1662 3279 34 km km NN 1662 3279 35 paved pave VBN 1662 3279 36 : : : 1662 3279 37 626 626 CD 1662 3279 38 km km NNS 1662 3279 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3279 40 including include VBG 1662 3279 41 23 23 CD 1662 3279 42 km km NNS 1662 3279 43 of of IN 1662 3279 44 expressways expressway NNS 1662 3279 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3279 46 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3279 47 : : : 1662 3279 48 7,007 7,007 CD 1662 3279 49 km km NNS 1662 3279 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3279 51 1995 1995 CD 1662 3279 52 est est NNP 1662 3279 53 . . . 1662 3279 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3280 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 3280 2 : : : 1662 3280 3 1,600 1,600 CD 1662 3280 4 km km NN 1662 3280 5 perennially perennially RB 1662 3280 6 navigable navigable JJ 1662 3280 7 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 3280 8 : : : 1662 3280 9 crude crude JJ 1662 3280 10 oil oil NN 1662 3280 11 270 270 CD 1662 3280 12 km km NN 1662 3280 13 ; ; : 1662 3280 14 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 3280 15 products product NNS 1662 3280 16 14 14 CD 1662 3280 17 km km NN 1662 3280 18 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 3280 19 and and CC 1662 3280 20 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3280 21 : : : 1662 3280 22 Cape Cape NNP 1662 3280 23 Lopez Lopez NNP 1662 3280 24 , , , 1662 3280 25 Kango Kango NNP 1662 3280 26 , , , 1662 3280 27 Lambarene Lambarene NNP 1662 3280 28 , , , 1662 3280 29 Libreville Libreville NNP 1662 3280 30 , , , 1662 3280 31 Mayumba Mayumba NNP 1662 3280 32 , , , 1662 3280 33 Owendo Owendo NNP 1662 3280 34 , , , 1662 3280 35 Port Port NNP 1662 3280 36 - - HYPH 1662 3280 37 Gentil Gentil NNP 1662 3280 38 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3280 39 marine marine NN 1662 3280 40 : : : 1662 3280 41 total total NN 1662 3280 42 : : : 1662 3280 43 3 3 CD 1662 3280 44 bulk bulk NN 1662 3280 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3280 46 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 3280 47 GRT GRT NNP 1662 3280 48 or or CC 1662 3280 49 over over RB 1662 3280 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3280 51 totaling total VBG 1662 3280 52 37,003 37,003 CD 1662 3280 53 GRT/60,663 grt/60,663 NN 1662 3280 54 DWT dwt NN 1662 3280 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3280 56 1996 1996 CD 1662 3280 57 est est NNP 1662 3280 58 . . . 1662 3280 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3281 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3281 2 : : : 1662 3281 3 54 54 CD 1662 3281 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3281 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 3281 6 est est NNP 1662 3281 7 . . . 1662 3281 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3282 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3282 2 - - , 1662 3282 3 with with IN 1662 3282 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3282 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3282 6 : : : 1662 3282 7 total total NN 1662 3282 8 : : : 1662 3282 9 31 31 CD 1662 3282 10 over over IN 1662 3282 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3282 12 m m NN 1662 3282 13 : : : 1662 3282 14 1 1 CD 1662 3282 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 3282 16 to to IN 1662 3282 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3282 18 m m NN 1662 3282 19 : : : 1662 3282 20 1 1 CD 1662 3282 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3282 22 to to TO 1662 3282 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3282 24 m m NN 1662 3282 25 : : : 1662 3282 26 7 7 CD 1662 3282 27 914 914 CD 1662 3282 28 to to TO 1662 3282 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3282 30 m m NN 1662 3282 31 : : : 1662 3282 32 1 1 CD 1662 3282 33 under under IN 1662 3282 34 914 914 CD 1662 3282 35 m m NN 1662 3282 36 : : : 1662 3282 37 21 21 CD 1662 3282 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3282 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 3282 40 est est NNP 1662 3282 41 . . . 1662 3282 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3283 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3283 2 - - , 1662 3283 3 with with IN 1662 3283 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3283 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3283 6 : : : 1662 3283 7 total total NN 1662 3283 8 : : : 1662 3283 9 23 23 CD 1662 3283 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3283 11 to to TO 1662 3283 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3283 13 m m NN 1662 3283 14 : : : 1662 3283 15 10 10 CD 1662 3283 16 914 914 CD 1662 3283 17 to to TO 1662 3283 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3283 19 m m NN 1662 3283 20 : : : 1662 3283 21 13 13 CD 1662 3283 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3283 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 3283 24 est est NNP 1662 3283 25 . . . 1662 3283 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3284 1 Military military JJ 1662 3284 2 Military military JJ 1662 3284 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3284 4 : : : 1662 3284 5 Army Army NNP 1662 3284 6 , , , 1662 3284 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 3284 8 , , , 1662 3284 9 Air Air NNP 1662 3284 10 Force Force NNP 1662 3284 11 , , , 1662 3284 12 Republican Republican NNP 1662 3284 13 Guard Guard NNP 1662 3284 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3284 15 charged charge VBN 1662 3284 16 with with IN 1662 3284 17 protecting protect VBG 1662 3284 18 the the DT 1662 3284 19 president president NN 1662 3284 20 and and CC 1662 3284 21 other other JJ 1662 3284 22 senior senior JJ 1662 3284 23 officials official NNS 1662 3284 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3284 25 , , , 1662 3284 26 National National NNP 1662 3284 27 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 3284 28 , , , 1662 3284 29 National National NNP 1662 3284 30 Police Police NNP 1662 3284 31 Military Military NNP 1662 3284 32 manpower manpower NN 1662 3284 33 - - HYPH 1662 3284 34 military military NN 1662 3284 35 age age NN 1662 3284 36 : : : 1662 3284 37 20 20 CD 1662 3284 38 years year NNS 1662 3284 39 of of IN 1662 3284 40 age age NN 1662 3284 41 Military military JJ 1662 3284 42 manpower manpower NN 1662 3284 43 - - HYPH 1662 3284 44 availability availability NN 1662 3284 45 : : : 1662 3284 46 males male NNS 1662 3284 47 age age NNP 1662 3284 48 15 15 CD 1662 3284 49 - - HYPH 1662 3284 50 49 49 CD 1662 3284 51 : : SYM 1662 3284 52 275,520 275,520 CD 1662 3284 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3284 54 1997 1997 CD 1662 3284 55 est est NNP 1662 3284 56 . . . 1662 3284 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3285 1 Military military JJ 1662 3285 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3285 3 - - HYPH 1662 3285 4 fit fit NN 1662 3285 5 for for IN 1662 3285 6 military military JJ 1662 3285 7 service service NN 1662 3285 8 : : : 1662 3285 9 males male NNS 1662 3285 10 : : : 1662 3285 11 140,777 140,777 CD 1662 3285 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3285 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3285 14 est est NNP 1662 3285 15 . . . 1662 3285 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3286 1 Military military JJ 1662 3286 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3286 3 - - HYPH 1662 3286 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 3286 5 military military JJ 1662 3286 6 age age NN 1662 3286 7 annually annually RB 1662 3286 8 : : : 1662 3286 9 males male NNS 1662 3286 10 : : : 1662 3286 11 11,293 11,293 CD 1662 3286 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3286 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3286 14 est est NNP 1662 3286 15 . . . 1662 3286 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3287 1 Military military JJ 1662 3287 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3287 3 - - HYPH 1662 3287 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 3287 5 figure figure NN 1662 3287 6 : : : 1662 3287 7 $ $ $ 1662 3287 8 154 154 CD 1662 3287 9 million million CD 1662 3287 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3287 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 3287 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3287 13 Military military JJ 1662 3287 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3287 15 - - : 1662 3287 16 percent percent NN 1662 3287 17 of of IN 1662 3287 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3287 19 : : : 1662 3287 20 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 3287 21 % % NN 1662 3287 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3287 23 1993 1993 CD 1662 3287 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3287 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3287 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3287 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 3287 28 - - HYPH 1662 3287 29 international international JJ 1662 3287 30 : : : 1662 3287 31 maritime maritime JJ 1662 3287 32 boundary boundary JJ 1662 3287 33 dispute dispute NN 1662 3287 34 with with IN 1662 3287 35 Equatorial Equatorial NNP 1662 3287 36 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3287 37 because because IN 1662 3287 38 of of IN 1662 3287 39 disputed dispute VBN 1662 3287 40 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 3287 41 over over IN 1662 3287 42 islands island NNS 1662 3287 43 in in IN 1662 3287 44 Corisco Corisco NNP 1662 3287 45 Bay Bay NNP 1662 3287 46 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 47 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 48 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 49 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 50 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 51 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 52 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 53 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 54 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 55 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 56 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 57 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 58 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 59 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 60 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 61 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 62 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 63 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 64 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 65 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 66 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 67 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 68 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 69 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 70 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 71 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 72 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 73 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 74 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 75 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 76 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 77 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 78 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 79 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 80 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 102 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 103 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 104 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 105 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 106 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 107 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 108 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 109 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 110 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 111 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 112 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 113 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 114 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 115 _ _ NNP 1662 3287 116 THE the DT 1662 3287 117 GAMBIA gambia NN 1662 3287 118 @The @the ADD 1662 3287 119 Gambia Gambia NNP 1662 3287 120 : : : 1662 3287 121 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3287 122 Location Location NNP 1662 3287 123 : : : 1662 3287 124 Western Western NNP 1662 3287 125 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3287 126 , , , 1662 3287 127 bordering border VBG 1662 3287 128 the the DT 1662 3287 129 North North NNP 1662 3287 130 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3287 131 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3287 132 and and CC 1662 3287 133 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 3287 134 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3287 135 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3287 136 : : : 1662 3287 137 13 13 CD 1662 3287 138 28 28 CD 1662 3287 139 N n CD 1662 3287 140 , , , 1662 3287 141 16 16 CD 1662 3287 142 34 34 CD 1662 3287 143 W w NN 1662 3287 144 Map Map NNP 1662 3287 145 references reference NNS 1662 3287 146 : : : 1662 3287 147 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3287 148 Area Area NNP 1662 3287 149 : : : 1662 3287 150 total total NN 1662 3287 151 : : : 1662 3287 152 11,300 11,300 CD 1662 3287 153 sq sq VB 1662 3287 154 km km NNP 1662 3287 155 land land NN 1662 3287 156 : : : 1662 3287 157 10,000 10,000 CD 1662 3287 158 sq sq NN 1662 3287 159 km km NNP 1662 3287 160 water water NN 1662 3287 161 : : : 1662 3287 162 1,300 1,300 CD 1662 3287 163 sq sq NNP 1662 3287 164 km km NNP 1662 3287 165 Area Area NNP 1662 3287 166 - - HYPH 1662 3287 167 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3287 168 : : : 1662 3287 169 slightly slightly RB 1662 3287 170 less less JJR 1662 3287 171 than than IN 1662 3287 172 twice twice RB 1662 3287 173 the the DT 1662 3287 174 size size NN 1662 3287 175 of of IN 1662 3287 176 Delaware Delaware NNP 1662 3287 177 Land Land NNP 1662 3287 178 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3287 179 : : : 1662 3287 180 total total JJ 1662 3287 181 : : : 1662 3287 182 740 740 CD 1662 3287 183 km km NN 1662 3287 184 border border NN 1662 3287 185 countries country NNS 1662 3287 186 : : : 1662 3287 187 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 3287 188 740 740 CD 1662 3287 189 km km NN 1662 3287 190 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3287 191 : : : 1662 3287 192 80 80 CD 1662 3287 193 km km NN 1662 3287 194 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3287 195 claims claim VBZ 1662 3287 196 : : : 1662 3287 197 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 3287 198 zone zone NN 1662 3287 199 : : : 1662 3287 200 18 18 CD 1662 3287 201 nm nm NNP 1662 3287 202 continental continental NNP 1662 3287 203 shelf shelf NNP 1662 3287 204 : : : 1662 3287 205 not not RB 1662 3287 206 specified specify VBN 1662 3287 207 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3287 208 fishing fishing NN 1662 3287 209 zone zone NN 1662 3287 210 : : : 1662 3287 211 200 200 CD 1662 3287 212 nm nm CD 1662 3287 213 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3287 214 sea sea NN 1662 3287 215 : : : 1662 3287 216 12 12 CD 1662 3287 217 nm nm NNP 1662 3287 218 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3287 219 : : : 1662 3287 220 tropical tropical JJ 1662 3287 221 ; ; : 1662 3287 222 hot hot JJ 1662 3287 223 , , , 1662 3287 224 rainy rainy JJ 1662 3287 225 season season NN 1662 3287 226 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3287 227 June June NNP 1662 3287 228 to to IN 1662 3287 229 November November NNP 1662 3287 230 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3287 231 ; ; : 1662 3287 232 cooler cooler NN 1662 3287 233 , , , 1662 3287 234 dry dry JJ 1662 3287 235 season season NN 1662 3287 236 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3287 237 November November NNP 1662 3287 238 to to IN 1662 3287 239 May May NNP 1662 3287 240 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3287 241 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3287 242 : : : 1662 3287 243 flood flood NN 1662 3287 244 plain plain NN 1662 3287 245 of of IN 1662 3287 246 the the DT 1662 3287 247 Gambia Gambia NNP 1662 3287 248 River River NNP 1662 3287 249 flanked flank VBN 1662 3287 250 by by IN 1662 3287 251 some some DT 1662 3287 252 low low JJ 1662 3287 253 hills hill NNS 1662 3287 254 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3287 255 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3287 256 : : : 1662 3287 257 lowest low JJS 1662 3287 258 point point NN 1662 3287 259 : : : 1662 3287 260 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3287 261 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3287 262 0 0 NFP 1662 3287 263 m m DT 1662 3287 264 highest high JJS 1662 3287 265 point point NN 1662 3287 266 : : : 1662 3287 267 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 3287 268 location location NN 1662 3287 269 53 53 CD 1662 3287 270 m m CD 1662 3287 271 Natural natural JJ 1662 3287 272 resources resource NNS 1662 3287 273 : : : 1662 3287 274 fish fish VB 1662 3287 275 Land land NN 1662 3287 276 use use NN 1662 3287 277 : : : 1662 3287 278 arable arable JJ 1662 3287 279 land land NN 1662 3287 280 : : : 1662 3287 281 18 18 CD 1662 3287 282 % % NN 1662 3287 283 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3287 284 crops crop NNS 1662 3287 285 : : : 1662 3287 286 0 0 CD 1662 3287 287 % % NN 1662 3287 288 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3287 289 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3287 290 : : : 1662 3287 291 9 9 CD 1662 3287 292 % % NN 1662 3287 293 forests forest NNS 1662 3287 294 and and CC 1662 3287 295 woodland woodland JJ 1662 3287 296 : : : 1662 3287 297 28 28 CD 1662 3287 298 % % NN 1662 3287 299 other other JJ 1662 3287 300 : : : 1662 3287 301 45 45 CD 1662 3287 302 % % NN 1662 3287 303 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3287 304 1993 1993 CD 1662 3287 305 est est NNP 1662 3287 306 . . . 1662 3287 307 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3288 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3288 2 land land NN 1662 3288 3 : : : 1662 3288 4 150 150 CD 1662 3288 5 sq sq IN 1662 3288 6 km km NNP 1662 3288 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3288 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 3288 9 est est NNP 1662 3288 10 . . . 1662 3288 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3289 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 3289 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3289 3 : : : 1662 3289 4 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 3289 5 has have VBZ 1662 3289 6 dropped drop VBN 1662 3289 7 by by IN 1662 3289 8 30 30 CD 1662 3289 9 % % NN 1662 3289 10 in in IN 1662 3289 11 the the DT 1662 3289 12 last last JJ 1662 3289 13 30 30 CD 1662 3289 14 years year NNS 1662 3289 15 Environment environment NN 1662 3289 16 - - HYPH 1662 3289 17 current current JJ 1662 3289 18 issues issue NNS 1662 3289 19 : : : 1662 3289 20 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 3289 21 ; ; : 1662 3289 22 desertification desertification NN 1662 3289 23 ; ; : 1662 3289 24 water water NN 1662 3289 25 - - HYPH 1662 3289 26 borne bear VBN 1662 3289 27 diseases disease NNS 1662 3289 28 prevalent prevalent VBP 1662 3289 29 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3289 30 - - HYPH 1662 3289 31 international international JJ 1662 3289 32 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3289 33 : : : 1662 3289 34 party party NN 1662 3289 35 to to TO 1662 3289 36 : : : 1662 3289 37 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 3289 38 , , , 1662 3289 39 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3289 40 Change Change NNP 1662 3289 41 , , , 1662 3289 42 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 3289 43 , , , 1662 3289 44 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 3289 45 Species Species NNPS 1662 3289 46 , , , 1662 3289 47 Law Law NNP 1662 3289 48 of of IN 1662 3289 49 the the DT 1662 3289 50 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3289 51 , , , 1662 3289 52 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 3289 53 Test Test NNP 1662 3289 54 Ban Ban NNP 1662 3289 55 , , , 1662 3289 56 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 3289 57 Layer Layer NNP 1662 3289 58 Protection Protection NNP 1662 3289 59 , , , 1662 3289 60 Ship Ship NNP 1662 3289 61 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3289 62 , , , 1662 3289 63 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 3289 64 signed sign VBD 1662 3289 65 , , , 1662 3289 66 but but CC 1662 3289 67 not not RB 1662 3289 68 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3289 69 : : : 1662 3289 70 none none NN 1662 3289 71 of of IN 1662 3289 72 the the DT 1662 3289 73 selected select VBN 1662 3289 74 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3289 75 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3289 76 - - HYPH 1662 3289 77 note note NN 1662 3289 78 : : : 1662 3289 79 almost almost RB 1662 3289 80 an an DT 1662 3289 81 enclave enclave NN 1662 3289 82 of of IN 1662 3289 83 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 3289 84 ; ; : 1662 3289 85 smallest small JJS 1662 3289 86 country country NN 1662 3289 87 on on IN 1662 3289 88 the the DT 1662 3289 89 continent continent NN 1662 3289 90 of of IN 1662 3289 91 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3289 92 @The @The . 1662 3289 93 Gambia Gambia NNP 1662 3289 94 : : : 1662 3289 95 People People NNP 1662 3289 96 Population Population NNP 1662 3289 97 : : : 1662 3289 98 1,248,085 1,248,085 CD 1662 3289 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3289 100 July July NNP 1662 3289 101 1997 1997 CD 1662 3289 102 est est NNP 1662 3289 103 . . . 1662 3289 104 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3290 1 Age age NN 1662 3290 2 structure structure NN 1662 3290 3 : : : 1662 3290 4 0 0 CD 1662 3290 5 - - HYPH 1662 3290 6 14 14 CD 1662 3290 7 years year NNS 1662 3290 8 : : : 1662 3290 9 46 46 CD 1662 3290 10 % % NN 1662 3290 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3290 12 male male JJ 1662 3290 13 286,422 286,422 CD 1662 3290 14 ; ; : 1662 3290 15 female female JJ 1662 3290 16 285,379 285,379 CD 1662 3290 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3290 18 15 15 CD 1662 3290 19 - 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A. NNP 1662 3300 240 J. J. NNP 1662 3300 241 J. J. NNP 1662 3300 242 JAMMEH JAMMEH NNP 1662 3300 243 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3300 244 since since IN 1662 3300 245 18 18 CD 1662 3300 246 October October NNP 1662 3300 247 1996 1996 CD 1662 3300 248 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3300 249 ; ; : 1662 3300 250 Vice Vice NNP 1662 3300 251 President President NNP 1662 3300 252 Isaton Isaton NNP 1662 3300 253 Njie Njie NNP 1662 3300 254 SAIDY SAIDY NNP 1662 3300 255 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3300 256 since since IN 1662 3300 257 20 20 CD 1662 3300 258 March March NNP 1662 3300 259 1997 1997 CD 1662 3300 260 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3300 261 ; ; : 1662 3300 262 note note VB 1662 3300 263 - - : 1662 3300 264 the the DT 1662 3300 265 president president NN 1662 3300 266 is be VBZ 1662 3300 267 both both CC 1662 3300 268 the the DT 1662 3300 269 chief chief NN 1662 3300 270 of of IN 1662 3300 271 state state NN 1662 3300 272 and and CC 1662 3300 273 head head NN 1662 3300 274 of of IN 1662 3300 275 government government NN 1662 3300 276 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3300 277 : : : 1662 3300 278 Cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3300 279 is be VBZ 1662 3300 280 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3300 281 by by IN 1662 3300 282 the the DT 1662 3300 283 president president NNP 1662 3300 284 elections election NNS 1662 3300 285 : : : 1662 3300 286 the the DT 1662 3300 287 president president NNP 1662 3300 288 is be VBZ 1662 3300 289 elected elect VBN 1662 3300 290 by by IN 1662 3300 291 popular popular JJ 1662 3300 292 vote vote NN 1662 3300 293 to to IN 1662 3300 294 a a DT 1662 3300 295 five five CD 1662 3300 296 - - HYPH 1662 3300 297 year year NN 1662 3300 298 term term NN 1662 3300 299 ; ; : 1662 3300 300 the the DT 1662 3300 301 number number NN 1662 3300 302 of of IN 1662 3300 303 terms term NNS 1662 3300 304 is be VBZ 1662 3300 305 not not RB 1662 3300 306 restricted restrict VBN 1662 3300 307 ; ; : 1662 3300 308 election election NN 1662 3300 309 last last JJ 1662 3300 310 held hold VBD 1662 3300 311 26 26 CD 1662 3300 312 September September NNP 1662 3300 313 1996 1996 CD 1662 3300 314 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3300 315 next next JJ 1662 3300 316 to to TO 1662 3300 317 be be VB 1662 3300 318 held hold VBN 1662 3300 319 NA NA NNP 1662 3300 320 2001 2001 CD 1662 3300 321 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3300 322 election election NN 1662 3300 323 results result NNS 1662 3300 324 : : : 1662 3300 325 percent percent NN 1662 3300 326 of of IN 1662 3300 327 vote vote NN 1662 3300 328 - - HYPH 1662 3300 329 President President NNP 1662 3300 330 Yahya Yahya NNP 1662 3300 331 A. A. NNP 1662 3300 332 J. J. NNP 1662 3300 333 J. J. 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NN 1662 3300 427 J. J. NNP 1662 3300 428 J. J. NNP 1662 3300 429 JAMMEH JAMMEH NNP 1662 3300 430 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3300 431 ; ; : 1662 3300 432 National National NNP 1662 3300 433 Reconciliation Reconciliation NNP 1662 3300 434 Party Party NNP 1662 3300 435 or or CC 1662 3300 436 NRP NRP NNP 1662 3300 437 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3300 438 Hamat Hamat NNP 1662 3300 439 N. N. NNP 1662 3300 440 K. K. NNP 1662 3300 441 BAH BAH NNP 1662 3300 442 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3300 443 ; ; : 1662 3300 444 People People NNS 1662 3300 445 's 's POS 1662 3300 446 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3300 447 Organization Organization NNP 1662 3300 448 for for IN 1662 3300 449 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3300 450 and and CC 1662 3300 451 Socialism Socialism NNP 1662 3300 452 or or CC 1662 3300 453 PDOIS PDOIS NNP 1662 3300 454 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3300 455 Sidia Sidia NNP 1662 3300 456 JATTA JATTA NNP 1662 3300 457 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3300 458 ; ; : 1662 3300 459 United United NNP 1662 3300 460 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3300 461 Party Party NNP 1662 3300 462 or or CC 1662 3300 463 UDP UDP NNP 1662 3300 464 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3300 465 Ousainou Ousainou NNP 1662 3300 466 DARBOE DARBOE NNP 1662 3300 467 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3300 468 ; ; : 1662 3300 469 note note VB 1662 3300 470 - - HYPH 1662 3300 471 in in IN 1662 3300 472 August August NNP 1662 3300 473 1996 1996 CD 1662 3300 474 the the DT 1662 3300 475 government government NN 1662 3300 476 banned ban VBD 1662 3300 477 the the DT 1662 3300 478 following following NN 1662 3300 479 from from IN 1662 3300 480 participation participation NN 1662 3300 481 in in IN 1662 3300 482 the the DT 1662 3300 483 elections election NNS 1662 3300 484 of of IN 1662 3300 485 1996 1996 CD 1662 3300 486 : : : 1662 3300 487 People People NNS 1662 3300 488 's 's POS 1662 3300 489 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 3300 490 Party Party NNP 1662 3300 491 or or CC 1662 3300 492 PPP PPP NNP 1662 3300 493 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3300 494 former former JJ 1662 3300 495 President President NNP 1662 3300 496 Dawda Dawda NNP 1662 3300 497 K. K. NNP 1662 3300 498 JAWARA JAWARA NNP 1662 3300 499 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3300 500 in in IN 1662 3300 501 exile exile NN 1662 3300 502 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3300 503 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3300 504 , , , 1662 3300 505 and and CC 1662 3300 506 two two CD 1662 3300 507 opposition opposition NN 1662 3300 508 parties party NNS 1662 3300 509 - - : 1662 3300 510 the the DT 1662 3300 511 National National NNP 1662 3300 512 Convention Convention NNP 1662 3300 513 Party Party NNP 1662 3300 514 or or CC 1662 3300 515 NCP NCP NNP 1662 3300 516 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3300 517 former former JJ 1662 3300 518 vice vice NN 1662 3300 519 president president NN 1662 3300 520 Sheriff Sheriff NNP 1662 3300 521 DIBBA DIBBA NNP 1662 3300 522 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3300 523 in in IN 1662 3300 524 exile exile NN 1662 3300 525 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3300 526 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3300 527 and and CC 1662 3300 528 the the DT 1662 3300 529 Gambian Gambian NNP 1662 3300 530 People People NNPS 1662 3300 531 's 's POS 1662 3300 532 Party Party NNP 1662 3300 533 or or CC 1662 3300 534 GPP GPP NNP 1662 3300 535 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3300 536 Hassan Hassan NNP 1662 3300 537 Musa Musa NNP 1662 3300 538 CAMARA CAMARA NNP 1662 3300 539 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3300 540 International international JJ 1662 3300 541 organization organization NN 1662 3300 542 participation participation NN 1662 3300 543 : : : 1662 3300 544 ACP ACP NNP 1662 3300 545 , , , 1662 3300 546 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 3300 547 , , , 1662 3300 548 C C NNP 1662 3300 549 , , , 1662 3300 550 CCC CCC NNP 1662 3300 551 , , , 1662 3300 552 ECA ECA NNP 1662 3300 553 , , , 1662 3300 554 ECOWAS ECOWAS NNP 1662 3300 555 , , , 1662 3300 556 FAO FAO NNP 1662 3300 557 , , , 1662 3300 558 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 3300 559 , , , 1662 3300 560 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 3300 561 , , , 1662 3300 562 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 3300 563 , , , 1662 3300 564 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 3300 565 , , , 1662 3300 566 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 3300 567 , , , 1662 3300 568 IDA IDA NNP 1662 3300 569 , , , 1662 3300 570 IDB IDB NNP 1662 3300 571 , , , 1662 3300 572 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 3300 573 , , , 1662 3300 574 IFC IFC NNP 1662 3300 575 , , , 1662 3300 576 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 3300 577 , , , 1662 3300 578 ILO ILO NNP 1662 3300 579 , , , 1662 3300 580 IMF IMF NNP 1662 3300 581 , , , 1662 3300 582 IMO imo RB 1662 3300 583 , , , 1662 3300 584 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3300 585 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3300 586 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 3300 587 user user NN 1662 3300 588 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3300 589 , , , 1662 3300 590 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 3300 591 , , , 1662 3300 592 IOC IOC NNP 1662 3300 593 , , , 1662 3300 594 ITU ITU NNP 1662 3300 595 , , , 1662 3300 596 NAM NAM NNP 1662 3300 597 , , , 1662 3300 598 OAU OAU NNP 1662 3300 599 , , , 1662 3300 600 OIC OIC NNP 1662 3300 601 , , , 1662 3300 602 UN UN NNP 1662 3300 603 , , , 1662 3300 604 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 3300 605 , , , 1662 3300 606 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 3300 607 , , , 1662 3300 608 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 3300 609 , , , 1662 3300 610 UPU UPU NNP 1662 3300 611 , , , 1662 3300 612 WCL WCL NNP 1662 3300 613 , , , 1662 3300 614 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 3300 615 , , , 1662 3300 616 WHO who WP 1662 3300 617 , , , 1662 3300 618 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 3300 619 , , , 1662 3300 620 WMO WMO NNP 1662 3300 621 , , , 1662 3300 622 WToO wtoo FW 1662 3300 623 , , , 1662 3300 624 WTrO wtro VB 1662 3300 625 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3300 626 representation representation NN 1662 3300 627 in in IN 1662 3300 628 the the DT 1662 3300 629 US US NNP 1662 3300 630 : : : 1662 3300 631 chief chief NN 1662 3300 632 of of IN 1662 3300 633 mission mission NN 1662 3300 634 : : : 1662 3300 635 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3300 636 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3300 637 vacant vacant JJ 1662 3300 638 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3300 639 ; ; : 1662 3300 640 Counselor Counselor NNP 1662 3300 641 , , , 1662 3300 642 Charge Charge NNP 1662 3300 643 d'Affaires d'Affaires NNP 1662 3300 644 ad ad NN 1662 3300 645 interim interim NN 1662 3300 646 Malamin Malamin NNP 1662 3300 647 K. K. NNP 1662 3300 648 JUWARA JUWARA NNP 1662 3300 649 chancery chancery NN 1662 3300 650 : : : 1662 3300 651 Suite suite NN 1662 3300 652 1000 1000 CD 1662 3300 653 , , , 1662 3300 654 1155 1155 CD 1662 3300 655 15th 15th NNP 1662 3300 656 Street Street NNP 1662 3300 657 NW NW NNP 1662 3300 658 , , , 1662 3300 659 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3300 660 , , , 1662 3300 661 DC DC NNP 1662 3300 662 20005 20005 CD 1662 3300 663 telephone telephone NN 1662 3300 664 : : : 1662 3300 665 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3300 666 1 1 CD 1662 3300 667 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3300 668 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3300 669 202 202 CD 1662 3300 670 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3300 671 785 785 CD 1662 3300 672 - - SYM 1662 3300 673 1399 1399 CD 1662 3300 674 , , , 1662 3300 675 1379 1379 CD 1662 3300 676 , , , 1662 3300 677 1425 1425 CD 1662 3300 678 FAX FAX NNP 1662 3300 679 : : : 1662 3300 680 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3300 681 1 1 CD 1662 3300 682 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3300 683 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3300 684 202 202 CD 1662 3300 685 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3300 686 785 785 CD 1662 3300 687 - - HYPH 1662 3300 688 1430 1430 CD 1662 3300 689 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3300 690 representation representation NN 1662 3300 691 from from IN 1662 3300 692 the the DT 1662 3300 693 US US NNP 1662 3300 694 : : : 1662 3300 695 chief chief NN 1662 3300 696 of of IN 1662 3300 697 mission mission NN 1662 3300 698 : : : 1662 3300 699 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3300 700 Gerald Gerald NNP 1662 3300 701 Wesley Wesley NNP 1662 3300 702 SCOTT SCOTT NNP 1662 3300 703 embassy embassy NN 1662 3300 704 : : : 1662 3300 705 Fajara Fajara NNP 1662 3300 706 , , , 1662 3300 707 Kairaba Kairaba NNP 1662 3300 708 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 3300 709 , , , 1662 3300 710 Banjul Banjul NNP 1662 3300 711 mailing mail VBG 1662 3300 712 address address NN 1662 3300 713 : : : 1662 3300 714 P. P. NNP 1662 3300 715 M. M. NNP 1662 3300 716 B. B. 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- HYPH 1662 3307 3 run run NN 1662 3307 4 economic economic JJ 1662 3307 5 progress progress NN 1662 3307 6 remains remain VBZ 1662 3307 7 highly highly RB 1662 3307 8 dependent dependent JJ 1662 3307 9 on on IN 1662 3307 10 sustained sustain VBN 1662 3307 11 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 3307 12 and and CC 1662 3307 13 multilateral multilateral JJ 1662 3307 14 aid aid NN 1662 3307 15 and and CC 1662 3307 16 on on IN 1662 3307 17 government government NN 1662 3307 18 willingness willingness NN 1662 3307 19 to to TO 1662 3307 20 reduce reduce VB 1662 3307 21 intervention intervention NN 1662 3307 22 in in IN 1662 3307 23 market market NN 1662 3307 24 processes process NNS 1662 3307 25 . . . 1662 3308 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3308 2 : : : 1662 3308 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 3308 4 power power NN 1662 3308 5 parity parity NN 1662 3308 6 - - : 1662 3308 7 $ $ $ 1662 3308 8 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 3308 9 billion billion CD 1662 3308 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3308 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 3308 12 est est NNP 1662 3308 13 . . . 1662 3308 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3309 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3309 2 - 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- HYPH 1662 3320 26 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 3320 27 ; ; : 1662 3320 28 satellite satellite NN 1662 3320 29 earth earth NN 1662 3320 30 station station NN 1662 3320 31 - - : 1662 3320 32 1 1 CD 1662 3320 33 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3320 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3320 35 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3320 36 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3320 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3320 38 Radio radio NN 1662 3320 39 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3320 40 stations station NNS 1662 3320 41 : : : 1662 3320 42 AM am VBP 1662 3320 43 3 3 CD 1662 3320 44 , , , 1662 3320 45 FM FM NNP 1662 3320 46 2 2 CD 1662 3320 47 , , , 1662 3320 48 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 3320 49 0 0 CD 1662 3320 50 Radios radio NNS 1662 3320 51 : : : 1662 3320 52 180,000 180,000 CD 1662 3320 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3320 54 1993 1993 CD 1662 3320 55 est est NNP 1662 3320 56 . . . 1662 3320 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3321 1 Television television NN 1662 3321 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3321 3 stations station NNS 1662 3321 4 : : : 1662 3321 5 NA NA NNP 1662 3321 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 3321 7 : : : 1662 3321 8 NA NA NNP 1662 3321 9 @The @the ADD 1662 3321 10 Gambia Gambia NNP 1662 3321 11 : : : 1662 3321 12 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3321 13 Railways railway NNS 1662 3321 14 : : : 1662 3321 15 0 0 LS 1662 3321 16 km km NN 1662 3321 17 Highways highway NNS 1662 3321 18 : : : 1662 3321 19 total total NN 1662 3321 20 : : : 1662 3321 21 2,640 2,640 CD 1662 3321 22 km km NN 1662 3321 23 paved pave VBN 1662 3321 24 : : : 1662 3321 25 932 932 CD 1662 3321 26 km km NN 1662 3321 27 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3321 28 : : : 1662 3321 29 1,708 1,708 CD 1662 3321 30 km km NNS 1662 3321 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3321 32 1995 1995 CD 1662 3321 33 est est NNP 1662 3321 34 . . . 1662 3321 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3322 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 3322 2 : : : 1662 3322 3 400 400 CD 1662 3322 4 km km NN 1662 3322 5 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 3322 6 and and CC 1662 3322 7 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3322 8 : : : 1662 3322 9 Banjul Banjul NNP 1662 3322 10 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3322 11 marine marine NN 1662 3322 12 : : : 1662 3322 13 none none NN 1662 3322 14 Airports airport NNS 1662 3322 15 : : : 1662 3322 16 1 1 CD 1662 3322 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3322 18 1996 1996 CD 1662 3322 19 est est NNP 1662 3322 20 . . . 1662 3322 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3323 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3323 2 - - , 1662 3323 3 with with IN 1662 3323 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3323 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3323 6 : : : 1662 3323 7 total total NN 1662 3323 8 : : : 1662 3323 9 1 1 CD 1662 3323 10 over over IN 1662 3323 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3323 12 m m NN 1662 3323 13 : : : 1662 3323 14 1 1 CD 1662 3323 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3323 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 3323 17 est est NNP 1662 3323 18 . . . 1662 3323 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3324 1 Military military JJ 1662 3324 2 Military military JJ 1662 3324 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3324 4 : : : 1662 3324 5 Army Army NNP 1662 3324 6 , , , 1662 3324 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 3324 8 , , , 1662 3324 9 National National NNP 1662 3324 10 Police Police NNP 1662 3324 11 Military Military NNP 1662 3324 12 manpower manpower NN 1662 3324 13 - - HYPH 1662 3324 14 availability availability NN 1662 3324 15 : : : 1662 3324 16 males male NNS 1662 3324 17 age age NNP 1662 3324 18 15 15 CD 1662 3324 19 - - HYPH 1662 3324 20 49 49 CD 1662 3324 21 : : : 1662 3324 22 276,923 276,923 CD 1662 3324 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3324 24 1997 1997 CD 1662 3324 25 est est NNP 1662 3324 26 . . . 1662 3324 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3325 1 Military military JJ 1662 3325 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3325 3 - - HYPH 1662 3325 4 fit fit NN 1662 3325 5 for for IN 1662 3325 6 military military JJ 1662 3325 7 service service NN 1662 3325 8 : : : 1662 3325 9 males male NNS 1662 3325 10 : : : 1662 3325 11 139,531 139,531 CD 1662 3325 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3325 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3325 14 est est NNP 1662 3325 15 . . . 1662 3325 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3326 1 Military military JJ 1662 3326 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3326 3 - - HYPH 1662 3326 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 3326 5 figure figure NN 1662 3326 6 : : : 1662 3326 7 $ $ $ 1662 3326 8 14 14 CD 1662 3326 9 million million CD 1662 3326 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3326 11 FY93/94 fy93/94 CD 1662 3326 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3326 13 Military military JJ 1662 3326 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3326 15 - - : 1662 3326 16 percent percent NN 1662 3326 17 of of IN 1662 3326 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3326 19 : : : 1662 3326 20 3.8 3.8 CD 1662 3326 21 % % NN 1662 3326 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3326 23 FY93/94 fy93/94 CD 1662 3326 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3326 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3326 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3326 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 3326 28 - - HYPH 1662 3326 29 international international JJ 1662 3326 30 : : : 1662 3326 31 short short JJ 1662 3326 32 section section NN 1662 3326 33 of of IN 1662 3326 34 boundary boundary JJ 1662 3326 35 with with IN 1662 3326 36 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 3326 37 is be VBZ 1662 3326 38 indefinite indefinite JJ 1662 3326 39 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 40 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 41 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 42 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 43 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 44 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 45 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 46 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 47 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 48 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 49 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 50 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 51 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 52 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 53 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 54 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 55 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 56 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 57 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 58 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 59 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 60 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 61 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 62 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 63 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 64 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 65 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 66 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 67 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 68 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 69 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 70 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 71 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 72 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 73 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 74 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 75 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 76 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 77 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 78 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 79 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 80 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 102 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 103 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 104 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 105 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 106 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 107 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 108 _ _ NNP 1662 3326 109 GAZA GAZA NNP 1662 3326 110 STRIP STRIP NNP 1662 3326 111 Introduction Introduction NNP 1662 3326 112 Current current JJ 1662 3326 113 issues issue NNS 1662 3326 114 : : : 1662 3326 115 The the DT 1662 3326 116 Israel Israel NNP 1662 3326 117 - - HYPH 1662 3326 118 PLO PLO NNP 1662 3326 119 Declaration Declaration NNP 1662 3326 120 of of IN 1662 3326 121 Principles Principles NNPS 1662 3326 122 on on IN 1662 3326 123 Interim Interim NNP 1662 3326 124 Self Self NNP 1662 3326 125 - - HYPH 1662 3326 126 Government Government NNP 1662 3326 127 Arrangements Arrangements NNPS 1662 3326 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3326 129 " " `` 1662 3326 130 the the DT 1662 3326 131 DOP DOP NNP 1662 3326 132 " " '' 1662 3326 133 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3326 134 , , , 1662 3326 135 signed sign VBN 1662 3326 136 in in IN 1662 3326 137 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3326 138 on on IN 1662 3326 139 13 13 CD 1662 3326 140 September September NNP 1662 3326 141 1993 1993 CD 1662 3326 142 , , , 1662 3326 143 provides provide VBZ 1662 3326 144 for for IN 1662 3326 145 a a DT 1662 3326 146 transitional transitional JJ 1662 3326 147 period period NN 1662 3326 148 not not RB 1662 3326 149 exceeding exceed VBG 1662 3326 150 five five CD 1662 3326 151 years year NNS 1662 3326 152 of of IN 1662 3326 153 Palestinian palestinian JJ 1662 3326 154 interim interim JJ 1662 3326 155 self self NN 1662 3326 156 - - HYPH 1662 3326 157 government government NN 1662 3326 158 in in IN 1662 3326 159 the the DT 1662 3326 160 Gaza Gaza NNP 1662 3326 161 Strip Strip NNP 1662 3326 162 and and CC 1662 3326 163 the the DT 1662 3326 164 West West NNP 1662 3326 165 Bank Bank NNP 1662 3326 166 . . . 1662 3327 1 Permanent permanent JJ 1662 3327 2 status status NN 1662 3327 3 negotiations negotiation NNS 1662 3327 4 began begin VBD 1662 3327 5 on on IN 1662 3327 6 5 5 CD 1662 3327 7 May May NNP 1662 3327 8 1996 1996 CD 1662 3327 9 . . . 1662 3328 1 Under under IN 1662 3328 2 the the DT 1662 3328 3 DOP DOP NNP 1662 3328 4 , , , 1662 3328 5 Israel Israel NNP 1662 3328 6 agreed agree VBD 1662 3328 7 to to TO 1662 3328 8 transfer transfer VB 1662 3328 9 certain certain JJ 1662 3328 10 powers power NNS 1662 3328 11 and and CC 1662 3328 12 responsibilities responsibility NNS 1662 3328 13 to to IN 1662 3328 14 the the DT 1662 3328 15 Palestinian Palestinian NNP 1662 3328 16 Authority Authority NNP 1662 3328 17 , , , 1662 3328 18 which which WDT 1662 3328 19 includes include VBZ 1662 3328 20 a a DT 1662 3328 21 Palestinian Palestinian NNP 1662 3328 22 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 3328 23 Council Council NNP 1662 3328 24 elected elect VBD 1662 3328 25 in in IN 1662 3328 26 January January NNP 1662 3328 27 1996 1996 CD 1662 3328 28 , , , 1662 3328 29 as as IN 1662 3328 30 part part NN 1662 3328 31 of of IN 1662 3328 32 interim interim JJ 1662 3328 33 self self NN 1662 3328 34 - - HYPH 1662 3328 35 governing govern VBG 1662 3328 36 arrangements arrangement NNS 1662 3328 37 in in IN 1662 3328 38 the the DT 1662 3328 39 West West NNP 1662 3328 40 Bank Bank NNP 1662 3328 41 and and CC 1662 3328 42 Gaza Gaza NNP 1662 3328 43 Strip Strip NNP 1662 3328 44 . . . 1662 3329 1 A a DT 1662 3329 2 transfer transfer NN 1662 3329 3 of of IN 1662 3329 4 powers power NNS 1662 3329 5 and and CC 1662 3329 6 responsibilities responsibility NNS 1662 3329 7 for for IN 1662 3329 8 the the DT 1662 3329 9 Gaza Gaza NNP 1662 3329 10 Strip Strip NNP 1662 3329 11 and and CC 1662 3329 12 Jericho Jericho NNP 1662 3329 13 has have VBZ 1662 3329 14 taken take VBN 1662 3329 15 place place NN 1662 3329 16 pursuant pursuant JJ 1662 3329 17 to to IN 1662 3329 18 the the DT 1662 3329 19 Israel Israel NNP 1662 3329 20 - - HYPH 1662 3329 21 PLO PLO NNP 1662 3329 22 4 4 CD 1662 3329 23 May May NNP 1662 3329 24 1994 1994 CD 1662 3329 25 Cairo Cairo NNP 1662 3329 26 Agreement Agreement NNP 1662 3329 27 on on IN 1662 3329 28 the the DT 1662 3329 29 Gaza Gaza NNP 1662 3329 30 Strip Strip NNP 1662 3329 31 and and CC 1662 3329 32 the the DT 1662 3329 33 Jericho Jericho NNP 1662 3329 34 Area Area NNP 1662 3329 35 and and CC 1662 3329 36 in in IN 1662 3329 37 additional additional JJ 1662 3329 38 areas area NNS 1662 3329 39 of of IN 1662 3329 40 the the DT 1662 3329 41 West West NNP 1662 3329 42 Bank Bank NNP 1662 3329 43 pursuant pursuant NN 1662 3329 44 to to IN 1662 3329 45 the the DT 1662 3329 46 Israel Israel NNP 1662 3329 47 - - HYPH 1662 3329 48 PLO PLO NNP 1662 3329 49 28 28 CD 1662 3329 50 September September NNP 1662 3329 51 1995 1995 CD 1662 3329 52 Interim Interim NNP 1662 3329 53 Agreement Agreement NNP 1662 3329 54 . . . 1662 3330 1 The the DT 1662 3330 2 DOP DOP NNP 1662 3330 3 provides provide VBZ 1662 3330 4 that that IN 1662 3330 5 Israel Israel NNP 1662 3330 6 will will MD 1662 3330 7 retain retain VB 1662 3330 8 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 3330 9 during during IN 1662 3330 10 the the DT 1662 3330 11 transitional transitional JJ 1662 3330 12 period period NN 1662 3330 13 for for IN 1662 3330 14 external external JJ 1662 3330 15 security security NN 1662 3330 16 and and CC 1662 3330 17 for for IN 1662 3330 18 internal internal JJ 1662 3330 19 security security NN 1662 3330 20 and and CC 1662 3330 21 public public JJ 1662 3330 22 order order NN 1662 3330 23 of of IN 1662 3330 24 settlements settlement NNS 1662 3330 25 and and CC 1662 3330 26 Israelis Israelis NNPS 1662 3330 27 . . . 1662 3331 1 Permanent permanent JJ 1662 3331 2 status status NN 1662 3331 3 is be VBZ 1662 3331 4 to to TO 1662 3331 5 be be VB 1662 3331 6 determined determine VBN 1662 3331 7 through through IN 1662 3331 8 direct direct JJ 1662 3331 9 negotiations negotiation NNS 1662 3331 10 which which WDT 1662 3331 11 began begin VBD 1662 3331 12 on on IN 1662 3331 13 5 5 CD 1662 3331 14 May May NNP 1662 3331 15 1996 1996 CD 1662 3331 16 . . . 1662 3332 1 @Gaza @Gaza NNP 1662 3332 2 Strip Strip NNP 1662 3332 3 : : : 1662 3332 4 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3332 5 Location Location NNP 1662 3332 6 : : : 1662 3332 7 Middle Middle NNP 1662 3332 8 East East NNP 1662 3332 9 , , , 1662 3332 10 bordering border VBG 1662 3332 11 the the DT 1662 3332 12 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 3332 13 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3332 14 , , , 1662 3332 15 between between IN 1662 3332 16 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 3332 17 and and CC 1662 3332 18 Israel Israel NNP 1662 3332 19 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3332 20 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3332 21 : : : 1662 3332 22 31 31 CD 1662 3332 23 25 25 CD 1662 3332 24 N n CD 1662 3332 25 , , , 1662 3332 26 34 34 CD 1662 3332 27 20 20 CD 1662 3332 28 E e NN 1662 3332 29 Map Map NNP 1662 3332 30 references reference NNS 1662 3332 31 : : : 1662 3332 32 Middle Middle NNP 1662 3332 33 East East NNP 1662 3332 34 Area Area NNP 1662 3332 35 : : : 1662 3332 36 total total NN 1662 3332 37 : : : 1662 3332 38 360 360 CD 1662 3332 39 sq sq NN 1662 3332 40 km km NNP 1662 3332 41 land land NN 1662 3332 42 : : : 1662 3332 43 360 360 CD 1662 3332 44 sq sq NN 1662 3332 45 km km NNP 1662 3332 46 water water NN 1662 3332 47 : : : 1662 3332 48 0 0 NFP 1662 3332 49 sq sq NN 1662 3332 50 km km NNP 1662 3332 51 Area area NN 1662 3332 52 - - HYPH 1662 3332 53 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3332 54 : : : 1662 3332 55 slightly slightly RB 1662 3332 56 more more JJR 1662 3332 57 than than IN 1662 3332 58 twice twice RB 1662 3332 59 the the DT 1662 3332 60 size size NN 1662 3332 61 of of IN 1662 3332 62 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3332 63 , , , 1662 3332 64 DC DC NNP 1662 3332 65 Land Land NNP 1662 3332 66 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3332 67 : : : 1662 3332 68 total total JJ 1662 3332 69 : : : 1662 3332 70 62 62 CD 1662 3332 71 km km NN 1662 3332 72 border border NN 1662 3332 73 countries country NNS 1662 3332 74 : : : 1662 3332 75 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 3332 76 11 11 CD 1662 3332 77 km km NN 1662 3332 78 , , , 1662 3332 79 Israel Israel NNP 1662 3332 80 51 51 CD 1662 3332 81 km km NN 1662 3332 82 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3332 83 : : : 1662 3332 84 40 40 CD 1662 3332 85 km km NN 1662 3332 86 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3332 87 claims claim VBZ 1662 3332 88 : : : 1662 3332 89 Israeli Israeli NNP 1662 3332 90 occupied occupy VBN 1662 3332 91 with with IN 1662 3332 92 current current JJ 1662 3332 93 status status NN 1662 3332 94 subject subject JJ 1662 3332 95 to to IN 1662 3332 96 the the DT 1662 3332 97 Israeli israeli JJ 1662 3332 98 - 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- HYPH 1662 3357 31 consumer consumer NN 1662 3357 32 price price NN 1662 3357 33 index index NN 1662 3357 34 : : : 1662 3357 35 11 11 CD 1662 3357 36 % % NN 1662 3357 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3357 38 1995 1995 CD 1662 3357 39 est est NNP 1662 3357 40 . . . 1662 3357 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3358 1 Labor labor NN 1662 3358 2 force force NN 1662 3358 3 : : : 1662 3358 4 NA na NN 1662 3358 5 by by IN 1662 3358 6 occupation occupation NN 1662 3358 7 : : : 1662 3358 8 construction construction NN 1662 3358 9 33.4 33.4 CD 1662 3358 10 % % NN 1662 3358 11 , , , 1662 3358 12 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3358 13 20.0 20.0 CD 1662 3358 14 % % NN 1662 3358 15 , , , 1662 3358 16 commerce commerce NN 1662 3358 17 , , , 1662 3358 18 restaurants restaurant NNS 1662 3358 19 , , , 1662 3358 20 and and CC 1662 3358 21 hotels hotel VBZ 1662 3358 22 14.9 14.9 CD 1662 3358 23 % % NN 1662 3358 24 , , , 1662 3358 25 industry industry NN 1662 3358 26 10.0 10.0 CD 1662 3358 27 % % NN 1662 3358 28 , , , 1662 3358 29 other other JJ 1662 3358 30 services service NNS 1662 3358 31 21.7 21.7 CD 1662 3358 32 % % NN 1662 3358 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3358 34 1991 1991 CD 1662 3358 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3358 36 note note NN 1662 3358 37 : : : 1662 3358 38 excluding exclude VBG 1662 3358 39 Israeli israeli JJ 1662 3358 40 settlers settler NNS 1662 3358 41 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 3358 42 rate rate NN 1662 3358 43 : : : 1662 3358 44 35 35 CD 1662 3358 45 % % NN 1662 3358 46 to to TO 1662 3358 47 40 40 CD 1662 3358 48 % % NN 1662 3358 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3358 50 1996 1996 CD 1662 3358 51 est est NNP 1662 3358 52 . . . 1662 3358 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3359 1 Budget budget NN 1662 3359 2 : : : 1662 3359 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 3359 4 : : : 1662 3359 5 $ $ $ 1662 3359 6 684 684 CD 1662 3359 7 million million CD 1662 3359 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3359 9 : : : 1662 3359 10 $ $ $ 1662 3359 11 779 779 CD 1662 3359 12 million million CD 1662 3359 13 , , , 1662 3359 14 including include VBG 1662 3359 15 capital capital NN 1662 3359 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3359 17 of of IN 1662 3359 18 $ $ $ 1662 3359 19 NA na NN 1662 3359 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3359 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 3359 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3359 23 note note NN 1662 3359 24 : : : 1662 3359 25 includes include VBZ 1662 3359 26 West West NNP 1662 3359 27 Bank Bank NNP 1662 3359 28 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 3359 29 : : : 1662 3359 30 generally generally RB 1662 3359 31 small small JJ 1662 3359 32 family family NN 1662 3359 33 businesses business NNS 1662 3359 34 that that WDT 1662 3359 35 produce produce VBP 1662 3359 36 textiles textile NNS 1662 3359 37 , , , 1662 3359 38 soap soap NN 1662 3359 39 , , , 1662 3359 40 olive olive JJ 1662 3359 41 - 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3363 5 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 3363 6 : : : 1662 3363 7 total total NN 1662 3363 8 : : : 1662 3363 9 NA NA NNP 1662 3363 10 km km NN 1662 3363 11 ; ; : 1662 3363 12 note note VB 1662 3363 13 - - HYPH 1662 3363 14 one one CD 1662 3363 15 line line NN 1662 3363 16 , , , 1662 3363 17 abandoned abandon VBN 1662 3363 18 and and CC 1662 3363 19 in in IN 1662 3363 20 disrepair disrepair NN 1662 3363 21 , , , 1662 3363 22 little little JJ 1662 3363 23 trackage trackage NN 1662 3363 24 remains remain VBZ 1662 3363 25 Highways highway NNS 1662 3363 26 : : : 1662 3363 27 total total NN 1662 3363 28 : : : 1662 3363 29 NA NA NNP 1662 3363 30 km km PRP 1662 3363 31 paved pave VBN 1662 3363 32 : : : 1662 3363 33 NA NA NNP 1662 3363 34 km km PRP 1662 3363 35 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3363 36 : : : 1662 3363 37 NA NA NNP 1662 3363 38 km km NNP 1662 3363 39 note note NN 1662 3363 40 : : : 1662 3363 41 small small JJ 1662 3363 42 , , , 1662 3363 43 poorly poorly RB 1662 3363 44 developed develop VBN 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3366 14 , , , 1662 3366 15 although although IN 1662 3366 16 political political JJ 1662 3366 17 settlements settlement NNS 1662 3366 18 remain remain VBP 1662 3366 19 elusive elusive JJ 1662 3366 20 . . . 1662 3367 1 Russian russian JJ 1662 3367 2 peacekeepers peacekeeper NNS 1662 3367 3 are be VBP 1662 3367 4 deployed deploy VBN 1662 3367 5 in in IN 1662 3367 6 both both DT 1662 3367 7 regions region NNS 1662 3367 8 and and CC 1662 3367 9 a a DT 1662 3367 10 UN UN NNP 1662 3367 11 Observer Observer NNP 1662 3367 12 Mission Mission NNP 1662 3367 13 is be VBZ 1662 3367 14 operating operate VBG 1662 3367 15 in in IN 1662 3367 16 Abkhazia Abkhazia NNP 1662 3367 17 . . . 1662 3368 1 As as IN 1662 3368 2 a a DT 1662 3368 3 result result NN 1662 3368 4 of of IN 1662 3368 5 these these DT 1662 3368 6 conflicts conflict NNS 1662 3368 7 , , , 1662 3368 8 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 3368 9 still still RB 1662 3368 10 has have VBZ 1662 3368 11 about about IN 1662 3368 12 250,000 250,000 CD 1662 3368 13 internally internally RB 1662 3368 14 displaced displace VBN 1662 3368 15 people people NNS 1662 3368 16 . . . 1662 3369 1 In in IN 1662 3369 2 1995 1995 CD 1662 3369 3 , , , 1662 3369 4 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 3369 5 adopted adopt VBD 1662 3369 6 a a DT 1662 3369 7 new new JJ 1662 3369 8 constitution constitution NN 1662 3369 9 and and CC 1662 3369 10 conducted conduct VBN 1662 3369 11 generally generally RB 1662 3369 12 free free JJ 1662 3369 13 and and CC 1662 3369 14 fair fair JJ 1662 3369 15 nationwide nationwide JJ 1662 3369 16 presidential presidential JJ 1662 3369 17 and and CC 1662 3369 18 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 3369 19 elections election NNS 1662 3369 20 . . . 1662 3370 1 In in IN 1662 3370 2 1996 1996 CD 1662 3370 3 , , , 1662 3370 4 the the DT 1662 3370 5 government government NN 1662 3370 6 focused focus VBD 1662 3370 7 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 3370 8 attention attention NN 1662 3370 9 to to IN 1662 3370 10 implementing implement VBG 1662 3370 11 an an DT 1662 3370 12 ambitious ambitious JJ 1662 3370 13 economic economic JJ 1662 3370 14 reform reform NN 1662 3370 15 program program NN 1662 3370 16 and and CC 1662 3370 17 professionalizing professionalize VBG 1662 3370 18 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 3370 19 parliament parliament NN 1662 3370 20 . . . 1662 3371 1 Violence violence NN 1662 3371 2 and and CC 1662 3371 3 organized organize VBN 1662 3371 4 crime crime NN 1662 3371 5 were be VBD 1662 3371 6 sharply sharply RB 1662 3371 7 curtailed curtail VBN 1662 3371 8 in in IN 1662 3371 9 1995 1995 CD 1662 3371 10 and and CC 1662 3371 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 3371 12 , , , 1662 3371 13 but but CC 1662 3371 14 corruption corruption NN 1662 3371 15 remains remain VBZ 1662 3371 16 rife rife JJ 1662 3371 17 . . . 1662 3372 1 @Georgia @georgia LS 1662 3372 2 : : : 1662 3372 3 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3372 4 Location Location NNP 1662 3372 5 : : : 1662 3372 6 Southwestern Southwestern NNP 1662 3372 7 Asia Asia NNP 1662 3372 8 , , , 1662 3372 9 bordering border VBG 1662 3372 10 the the DT 1662 3372 11 Black Black NNP 1662 3372 12 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3372 13 , , , 1662 3372 14 between between IN 1662 3372 15 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 3372 16 and and CC 1662 3372 17 Russia Russia NNP 1662 3372 18 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3372 19 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3372 20 : : : 1662 3372 21 42 42 CD 1662 3372 22 00 00 CD 1662 3372 23 N n CD 1662 3372 24 , , , 1662 3372 25 43 43 CD 1662 3372 26 30 30 CD 1662 3372 27 E e NN 1662 3372 28 Map Map NNP 1662 3372 29 references reference NNS 1662 3372 30 : : : 1662 3372 31 Commonwealth Commonwealth NNP 1662 3372 32 of of IN 1662 3372 33 Independent Independent NNP 1662 3372 34 States States NNPS 1662 3372 35 Area Area NNP 1662 3372 36 : : : 1662 3372 37 total total NN 1662 3372 38 : : : 1662 3372 39 69,700 69,700 CD 1662 3372 40 sq sq NN 1662 3372 41 km km NNP 1662 3372 42 land land NN 1662 3372 43 : : : 1662 3372 44 69,700 69,700 CD 1662 3372 45 sq sq NN 1662 3372 46 km km NNP 1662 3372 47 water water NN 1662 3372 48 : : : 1662 3372 49 0 0 NFP 1662 3372 50 sq sq NN 1662 3372 51 km km NNP 1662 3372 52 Area area NN 1662 3372 53 - - HYPH 1662 3372 54 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3372 55 : : : 1662 3372 56 slightly slightly RB 1662 3372 57 smaller small JJR 1662 3372 58 than than IN 1662 3372 59 South South NNP 1662 3372 60 Carolina Carolina NNP 1662 3372 61 Land Land NNP 1662 3372 62 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3372 63 : : : 1662 3372 64 total total JJ 1662 3372 65 : : : 1662 3372 66 1,461 1,461 CD 1662 3372 67 km km NN 1662 3372 68 border border NN 1662 3372 69 countries country NNS 1662 3372 70 : : : 1662 3372 71 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 3372 72 164 164 CD 1662 3372 73 km km NNS 1662 3372 74 , , , 1662 3372 75 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 3372 76 322 322 CD 1662 3372 77 km km NN 1662 3372 78 , , , 1662 3372 79 Russia Russia NNP 1662 3372 80 723 723 CD 1662 3372 81 km km NN 1662 3372 82 , , , 1662 3372 83 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 3372 84 252 252 CD 1662 3372 85 km km NN 1662 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Elevation NNP 1662 3372 157 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3372 158 : : : 1662 3372 159 lowest low JJS 1662 3372 160 point point NN 1662 3372 161 : : : 1662 3372 162 Black Black NNP 1662 3372 163 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3372 164 0 0 NFP 1662 3372 165 m m DT 1662 3372 166 highest high JJS 1662 3372 167 point point NN 1662 3372 168 : : : 1662 3372 169 Mt'a mt'a ADD 1662 3372 170 Mqinvartsveri Mqinvartsveri NNP 1662 3372 171 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3372 172 Gora Gora NNP 1662 3372 173 Kazbek Kazbek NNP 1662 3372 174 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3372 175 5,048 5,048 CD 1662 3372 176 m m NNP 1662 3372 177 Natural natural JJ 1662 3372 178 resources resource NNS 1662 3372 179 : : : 1662 3372 180 forests forest NNS 1662 3372 181 , , , 1662 3372 182 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 3372 183 , , , 1662 3372 184 manganese manganese JJ 1662 3372 185 deposits deposit NNS 1662 3372 186 , , , 1662 3372 187 iron iron NN 1662 3372 188 ore ore NN 1662 3372 189 , , , 1662 3372 190 copper copper NN 1662 3372 191 , , , 1662 3372 192 minor minor JJ 1662 3372 193 coal coal NN 1662 3372 194 and and CC 1662 3372 195 oil oil NN 1662 3372 196 deposits deposit NNS 1662 3372 197 ; ; , 1662 3372 198 coastal coastal JJ 1662 3372 199 climate climate NN 1662 3372 200 and and CC 1662 3372 201 soils soil NNS 1662 3372 202 allow allow VBP 1662 3372 203 for for IN 1662 3372 204 important important JJ 1662 3372 205 tea tea NN 1662 3372 206 and and CC 1662 3372 207 citrus citrus NN 1662 3372 208 growth growth NN 1662 3372 209 Land Land NNP 1662 3372 210 use use NN 1662 3372 211 : : : 1662 3372 212 arable arable JJ 1662 3372 213 land land NN 1662 3372 214 : : : 1662 3372 215 9 9 CD 1662 3372 216 % % NN 1662 3372 217 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3372 218 crops crop NNS 1662 3372 219 : : : 1662 3372 220 4 4 CD 1662 3372 221 % % NN 1662 3372 222 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3372 223 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3372 224 : : : 1662 3372 225 25 25 CD 1662 3372 226 % % NN 1662 3372 227 forests forest NNS 1662 3372 228 and and CC 1662 3372 229 woodland woodland JJ 1662 3372 230 : : : 1662 3372 231 34 34 CD 1662 3372 232 % % NN 1662 3372 233 other other JJ 1662 3372 234 : : : 1662 3372 235 28 28 CD 1662 3372 236 % % NN 1662 3372 237 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3372 238 1993 1993 CD 1662 3372 239 est est NNP 1662 3372 240 . . . 1662 3372 241 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3373 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3373 2 land land NN 1662 3373 3 : : : 1662 3373 4 4,000 4,000 CD 1662 3373 5 sq sq NNP 1662 3373 6 km km NNP 1662 3373 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3373 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 3373 9 est est NNP 1662 3373 10 . . . 1662 3373 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3374 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 3374 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3374 3 : : : 1662 3374 4 NA NA NNP 1662 3374 5 Environment environment NN 1662 3374 6 - - HYPH 1662 3374 7 current current JJ 1662 3374 8 issues issue NNS 1662 3374 9 : : : 1662 3374 10 air air NN 1662 3374 11 pollution pollution NN 1662 3374 12 , , , 1662 3374 13 particularly particularly RB 1662 3374 14 in in IN 1662 3374 15 Rust'avi Rust'avi NNP 1662 3374 16 ; ; : 1662 3374 17 heavy heavy JJ 1662 3374 18 pollution pollution NN 1662 3374 19 of of IN 1662 3374 20 Mtkvari Mtkvari NNP 1662 3374 21 River River NNP 1662 3374 22 and and CC 1662 3374 23 the the DT 1662 3374 24 Black Black NNP 1662 3374 25 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3374 26 ; ; : 1662 3374 27 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 3374 28 supplies supply NNS 1662 3374 29 of of IN 1662 3374 30 potable potable JJ 1662 3374 31 water water NN 1662 3374 32 ; ; , 1662 3374 33 soil soil NN 1662 3374 34 pollution pollution NN 1662 3374 35 from from IN 1662 3374 36 toxic toxic JJ 1662 3374 37 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 3374 38 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3374 39 - - HYPH 1662 3374 40 international international JJ 1662 3374 41 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3374 42 : : : 1662 3374 43 party party NN 1662 3374 44 to to TO 1662 3374 45 : : : 1662 3374 46 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 3374 47 , , , 1662 3374 48 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3374 49 Change Change NNP 1662 3374 50 , , , 1662 3374 51 Law Law NNP 1662 3374 52 of of IN 1662 3374 53 the the DT 1662 3374 54 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3374 55 , , , 1662 3374 56 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 3374 57 Layer Layer NNP 1662 3374 58 Protection Protection NNP 1662 3374 59 , , , 1662 3374 60 Ship Ship NNP 1662 3374 61 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3374 62 signed sign VBD 1662 3374 63 , , , 1662 3374 64 but but CC 1662 3374 65 not not RB 1662 3374 66 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3374 67 : : : 1662 3374 68 Desertification desertification NN 1662 3374 69 @Georgia @georgia NN 1662 3374 70 : : : 1662 3374 71 People People NNPS 1662 3374 72 Population Population NNP 1662 3374 73 : : : 1662 3374 74 5,160,042 5,160,042 CD 1662 3374 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3374 76 July July NNP 1662 3374 77 1997 1997 CD 1662 3374 78 est est NNP 1662 3374 79 . . . 1662 3374 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3375 1 Age age NN 1662 3375 2 structure structure NN 1662 3375 3 : : : 1662 3375 4 0 0 CD 1662 3375 5 - - HYPH 1662 3375 6 14 14 CD 1662 3375 7 years year NNS 1662 3375 8 : : : 1662 3375 9 22 22 CD 1662 3375 10 % % NN 1662 3375 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3375 12 male male JJ 1662 3375 13 581,370 581,370 CD 1662 3375 14 ; ; : 1662 3375 15 female female JJ 1662 3375 16 558,390 558,390 CD 1662 3375 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3375 18 15 15 CD 1662 3375 19 - - SYM 1662 3375 20 64 64 CD 1662 3375 21 years year NNS 1662 3375 22 : : : 1662 3375 23 66 66 CD 1662 3375 24 % % NN 1662 3375 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3375 26 male male JJ 1662 3375 27 1,640,361 1,640,361 CD 1662 3375 28 ; ; : 1662 3375 29 female female JJ 1662 3375 30 1,766,319 1,766,319 CD 1662 3375 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3375 32 65 65 CD 1662 3375 33 years year NNS 1662 3375 34 and and CC 1662 3375 35 over over RB 1662 3375 36 : : : 1662 3375 37 12 12 CD 1662 3375 38 % % NN 1662 3375 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3375 40 male male JJ 1662 3375 41 231,698 231,698 CD 1662 3375 42 ; ; : 1662 3375 43 female female JJ 1662 3375 44 381,904 381,904 CD 1662 3375 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3375 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3375 47 July July NNP 1662 3375 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3375 49 est est NNP 1662 3375 50 . . . 1662 3375 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3376 1 Population population NN 1662 3376 2 growth growth NN 1662 3376 3 rate rate NN 1662 3376 4 : : : 1662 3376 5 -1.09 -1.09 CD 1662 3376 6 % % NN 1662 3376 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3376 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3376 9 est est NNP 1662 3376 10 . . . 1662 3376 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3377 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3377 2 rate rate NN 1662 3377 3 : : : 1662 3377 4 11.82 11.82 CD 1662 3377 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 3377 6 population population NN 1662 3377 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3377 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3377 9 est est NNP 1662 3377 10 . . . 1662 3377 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3378 1 Death death NN 1662 3378 2 rate rate NN 1662 3378 3 : : : 1662 3378 4 13.88 13.88 CD 1662 3378 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3378 6 population population NN 1662 3378 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3378 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3378 9 est est NNP 1662 3378 10 . . . 1662 3378 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3379 1 Net net JJ 1662 3379 2 migration migration NN 1662 3379 3 rate rate NN 1662 3379 4 : : : 1662 3379 5 -8.83 -8.83 NFP 1662 3379 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 3379 7 population population NN 1662 3379 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3379 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3379 10 est est NNP 1662 3379 11 . . . 1662 3379 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3380 1 Sex sex NN 1662 3380 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 3380 3 : : : 1662 3380 4 at at IN 1662 3380 5 birth birth NN 1662 3380 6 : : : 1662 3380 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 3380 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3380 9 under under IN 1662 3380 10 15 15 CD 1662 3380 11 years year NNS 1662 3380 12 : : : 1662 3380 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 3380 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3380 15 15 15 CD 1662 3380 16 - - HYPH 1662 3380 17 64 64 CD 1662 3380 18 years year NNS 1662 3380 19 : : : 1662 3380 20 0.93 0.93 CD 1662 3380 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3380 22 65 65 CD 1662 3380 23 years year NNS 1662 3380 24 and and CC 1662 3380 25 over over IN 1662 3380 26 : : : 1662 3380 27 0.61 0.61 CD 1662 3380 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 3380 29 total total JJ 1662 3380 30 population population NN 1662 3380 31 : : : 1662 3380 32 0.91 0.91 CD 1662 3380 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3380 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3380 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 3380 36 est e JJS 1662 3380 37 . . . 1662 3380 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3381 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3381 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3381 3 rate rate NN 1662 3381 4 : : : 1662 3381 5 50.1 50.1 CD 1662 3381 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 CD 1662 3381 7 live live JJ 1662 3381 8 births birth NNS 1662 3381 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3381 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3381 11 est est NNP 1662 3381 12 . . . 1662 3381 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3382 1 Life life NN 1662 3382 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3382 3 at at IN 1662 3382 4 birth birth NN 1662 3382 5 : : : 1662 3382 6 total total JJ 1662 3382 7 population population NN 1662 3382 8 : : : 1662 3382 9 64.96 64.96 CD 1662 3382 10 years year NNS 1662 3382 11 male male JJ 1662 3382 12 : : : 1662 3382 13 61.59 61.59 CD 1662 3382 14 years year NNS 1662 3382 15 female female JJ 1662 3382 16 : : : 1662 3382 17 68.49 68.49 CD 1662 3382 18 years year NNS 1662 3382 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3382 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3382 21 est est NNP 1662 3382 22 . . . 1662 3382 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3383 1 Total total JJ 1662 3383 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3383 3 rate rate NN 1662 3383 4 : : : 1662 3383 5 1.56 1.56 CD 1662 3383 6 children child NNS 1662 3383 7 born bear VBN 1662 3383 8 / / SYM 1662 3383 9 woman woman NN 1662 3383 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3383 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3383 12 est est NNP 1662 3383 13 . . . 1662 3383 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3384 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3384 2 : : : 1662 3384 3 noun noun NNP 1662 3384 4 : : : 1662 3384 5 Georgian(s Georgian(s NNP 1662 3384 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3384 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 3384 8 : : : 1662 3384 9 Georgian georgian JJ 1662 3384 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3384 11 groups group NNS 1662 3384 12 : : : 1662 3384 13 Georgian georgian JJ 1662 3384 14 70.1 70.1 CD 1662 3384 15 % % NN 1662 3384 16 , , , 1662 3384 17 Armenian armenian JJ 1662 3384 18 8.1 8.1 CD 1662 3384 19 % % NN 1662 3384 20 , , , 1662 3384 21 Russian Russian NNP 1662 3384 22 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 3384 23 % % NN 1662 3384 24 , , , 1662 3384 25 Azeri Azeri NNP 1662 3384 26 5.7 5.7 CD 1662 3384 27 % % NN 1662 3384 28 , , , 1662 3384 29 Ossetian ossetian JJ 1662 3384 30 3 3 CD 1662 3384 31 % % NN 1662 3384 32 , , , 1662 3384 33 Abkhaz Abkhaz NNP 1662 3384 34 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 3384 35 % % NN 1662 3384 36 , , , 1662 3384 37 other other JJ 1662 3384 38 5 5 CD 1662 3384 39 % % NN 1662 3384 40 Religions religion NNS 1662 3384 41 : : : 1662 3384 42 Christian Christian NNP 1662 3384 43 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 3384 44 75 75 CD 1662 3384 45 % % NN 1662 3384 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3384 47 Georgian Georgian NNP 1662 3384 48 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 3384 49 65 65 CD 1662 3384 50 % % NN 1662 3384 51 , , , 1662 3384 52 Russian russian JJ 1662 3384 53 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 3384 54 10 10 CD 1662 3384 55 % % NN 1662 3384 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3384 57 , , , 1662 3384 58 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 3384 59 11 11 CD 1662 3384 60 % % NN 1662 3384 61 , , , 1662 3384 62 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 3384 63 Apostolic Apostolic NNP 1662 3384 64 8 8 CD 1662 3384 65 % % NN 1662 3384 66 , , , 1662 3384 67 unknown unknown JJ 1662 3384 68 6 6 CD 1662 3384 69 % % NN 1662 3384 70 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 3384 71 : : : 1662 3384 72 Armenian armenian JJ 1662 3384 73 7 7 CD 1662 3384 74 % % NN 1662 3384 75 , , , 1662 3384 76 Azeri Azeri NNP 1662 3384 77 6 6 CD 1662 3384 78 % % NN 1662 3384 79 , , , 1662 3384 80 Georgian georgian JJ 1662 3384 81 71 71 CD 1662 3384 82 % % NN 1662 3384 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3384 84 official official NN 1662 3384 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3384 86 , , , 1662 3384 87 Russian russian JJ 1662 3384 88 9 9 CD 1662 3384 89 % % NN 1662 3384 90 , , , 1662 3384 91 other other JJ 1662 3384 92 7 7 CD 1662 3384 93 % % NN 1662 3384 94 Literacy literacy NN 1662 3384 95 : : : 1662 3384 96 definition definition NN 1662 3384 97 : : : 1662 3384 98 age age NN 1662 3384 99 15 15 CD 1662 3384 100 and and CC 1662 3384 101 over over RB 1662 3384 102 can can MD 1662 3384 103 read read VB 1662 3384 104 and and CC 1662 3384 105 write write VB 1662 3384 106 total total JJ 1662 3384 107 population population NN 1662 3384 108 : : : 1662 3384 109 99 99 CD 1662 3384 110 % % NN 1662 3384 111 male male NN 1662 3384 112 : : : 1662 3384 113 100 100 CD 1662 3384 114 % % NN 1662 3384 115 female female NN 1662 3384 116 : : : 1662 3384 117 98 98 CD 1662 3384 118 % % NN 1662 3384 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3384 120 1989 1989 CD 1662 3384 121 est est NNP 1662 3384 122 . . . 1662 3384 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3385 1 @Georgia @georgia LS 1662 3385 2 : : : 1662 3385 3 Government Government NNP 1662 3385 4 Country Country NNP 1662 3385 5 name name NN 1662 3385 6 : : : 1662 3385 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3385 8 long long JJ 1662 3385 9 form form NN 1662 3385 10 : : : 1662 3385 11 none none NN 1662 3385 12 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3385 13 short short JJ 1662 3385 14 form form NN 1662 3385 15 : : : 1662 3385 16 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 3385 17 local local JJ 1662 3385 18 long long JJ 1662 3385 19 form form NN 1662 3385 20 : : : 1662 3385 21 none none NN 1662 3385 22 local local JJ 1662 3385 23 short short JJ 1662 3385 24 form form NN 1662 3385 25 : : : 1662 3385 26 Sak'art'velo Sak'art'velo `` 1662 3385 27 former former JJ 1662 3385 28 : : : 1662 3385 29 Georgian Georgian NNP 1662 3385 30 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 3385 31 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 3385 32 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3385 33 Data Data NNP 1662 3385 34 code code NN 1662 3385 35 : : : 1662 3385 36 GG GG NNP 1662 3385 37 Government Government NNP 1662 3385 38 type type NN 1662 3385 39 : : : 1662 3385 40 republic republic NNP 1662 3385 41 National National NNP 1662 3385 42 capital capital NN 1662 3385 43 : : : 1662 3385 44 T'bilisi T'bilisi NNP 1662 3385 45 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 3385 46 divisions division NNS 1662 3385 47 : : : 1662 3385 48 53 53 CD 1662 3385 49 rayons rayon NNS 1662 3385 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3385 51 raionebi raionebi NN 1662 3385 52 , , , 1662 3385 53 singular singular NNP 1662 3385 54 - - HYPH 1662 3385 55 raioni raioni NNP 1662 3385 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3385 57 , , , 1662 3385 58 9 9 CD 1662 3385 59 cities city NNS 1662 3385 60 * * NFP 1662 3385 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3385 62 k'alak'ebi k'alak'ebi NNP 1662 3385 63 , , , 1662 3385 64 singular singular NNP 1662 3385 65 - - HYPH 1662 3385 66 k'alak'i k'alak'i NNP 1662 3385 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3385 68 , , , 1662 3385 69 and and CC 1662 3385 70 2 2 CD 1662 3385 71 autonomous autonomous JJ 1662 3385 72 republics republic NNS 1662 3385 73 * * NFP 1662 3385 74 * * NFP 1662 3385 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3385 76 avtomnoy avtomnoy NNP 1662 3385 77 respubliki respubliki NNP 1662 3385 78 , , , 1662 3385 79 singular singular NNP 1662 3385 80 - - HYPH 1662 3385 81 avtom avtom NN 1662 3385 82 respublika respublika NN 1662 3385 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3385 84 ; ; : 1662 3385 85 Abashis Abashis NNP 1662 3385 86 , , , 1662 3385 87 Abkhazia Abkhazia NNP 1662 3385 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3385 89 Ap'khazet'is Ap'khazet'is NNP 1662 3385 90 Avtonomiuri Avtonomiuri NNP 1662 3385 91 Respublika Respublika NNP 1662 3385 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3385 93 * * NFP 1662 3385 94 * * NFP 1662 3385 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3385 96 Sokhumi sokhumi NN 1662 3385 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3385 98 , , , 1662 3385 99 Adigenis Adigenis NNP 1662 3385 100 , , , 1662 3385 101 Ajaria Ajaria NNP 1662 3385 102 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3385 103 Acharis Acharis NNP 1662 3385 104 Avtonomiuri Avtonomiuri NNP 1662 3385 105 Respublika Respublika NNP 1662 3385 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3385 107 * * NFP 1662 3385 108 * * NFP 1662 3385 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3385 110 Bat'umi Bat'umi NNP 1662 3385 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3385 112 , , , 1662 3385 113 Akhalgoris Akhalgoris NNP 1662 3385 114 , , , 1662 3385 115 Akhalk'alak'is Akhalk'alak'is NNP 1662 3385 116 , , , 1662 3385 117 Akhalts'ikhis Akhalts'ikhis NNP 1662 3385 118 , , , 1662 3385 119 Akhmetis Akhmetis NNP 1662 3385 120 , , , 1662 3385 121 Ambrolauris Ambrolauris NNP 1662 3385 122 , , , 1662 3385 123 Aspindzis Aspindzis NNP 1662 3385 124 , , , 1662 3385 125 Baghdat'is Baghdat'is NNP 1662 3385 126 , , , 1662 3385 127 Bolnisis Bolnisis NNP 1662 3385 128 , , , 1662 3385 129 Borjomis Borjomis NNP 1662 3385 130 , , , 1662 3385 131 Chiat'ura chiat'ura NN 1662 3385 132 * * NFP 1662 3385 133 , , , 1662 3385 134 Ch'khorotsqus Ch'khorotsqus NNP 1662 3385 135 , , , 1662 3385 136 Ch'okhatauris Ch'okhatauris NNP 1662 3385 137 , , , 1662 3385 138 Dedop'listsqaros Dedop'listsqaros NNP 1662 3385 139 , , , 1662 3385 140 Dmanisis Dmanisis NNP 1662 3385 141 , , , 1662 3385 142 Dushet'is Dushet'is NNP 1662 3385 143 , , , 1662 3385 144 Gardabanis Gardabanis NNP 1662 3385 145 , , , 1662 3385 146 Gori Gori NNP 1662 3385 147 * * NFP 1662 3385 148 , , , 1662 3385 149 Goris Goris NNP 1662 3385 150 , , , 1662 3385 151 Gurjaanis Gurjaanis NNP 1662 3385 152 , , , 1662 3385 153 Javis Javis NNP 1662 3385 154 , , , 1662 3385 155 K'arelis K'arelis NNP 1662 3385 156 , , , 1662 3385 157 Kaspis Kaspis NNP 1662 3385 158 , , , 1662 3385 159 Kharagaulis Kharagaulis NNP 1662 3385 160 , , , 1662 3385 161 Khashuris Khashuris NNP 1662 3385 162 , , , 1662 3385 163 Khobis Khobis NNP 1662 3385 164 , , , 1662 3385 165 Khonis Khonis NNP 1662 3385 166 , , , 1662 3385 167 K'ut'aisi k'ut'aisi NN 1662 3385 168 * * NFP 1662 3385 169 , , , 1662 3385 170 Lagodekhis Lagodekhis NNP 1662 3385 171 , , , 1662 3385 172 Lanch'khut'is Lanch'khut'is NNP 1662 3385 173 , , , 1662 3385 174 Lentekhis Lentekhis NNP 1662 3385 175 , , , 1662 3385 176 Marneulis Marneulis NNP 1662 3385 177 , , , 1662 3385 178 Martvilis Martvilis NNP 1662 3385 179 , , , 1662 3385 180 Mestiis Mestiis NNP 1662 3385 181 , , , 1662 3385 182 Mts'khet'is Mts'khet'is NNP 1662 3385 183 , , , 1662 3385 184 Ninotsmindis Ninotsmindis NNP 1662 3385 185 , , , 1662 3385 186 Onis Onis NNP 1662 3385 187 , , , 1662 3385 188 Ozurget'is Ozurget'is NNP 1662 3385 189 , , , 1662 3385 190 P'ot'i p'ot'i JJ 1662 3385 191 * * NFP 1662 3385 192 , , , 1662 3385 193 Qazbegis Qazbegis NNP 1662 3385 194 , , , 1662 3385 195 Qvarlis Qvarlis NNP 1662 3385 196 , , , 1662 3385 197 Rust'avi rust'avi JJ 1662 3385 198 * * NFP 1662 3385 199 , , , 1662 3385 200 Sach'kheris Sach'kheris NNP 1662 3385 201 , , , 1662 3385 202 Sagarejos Sagarejos NNP 1662 3385 203 , , , 1662 3385 204 Samtrediis Samtrediis NNP 1662 3385 205 , , , 1662 3385 206 Senakis Senakis NNP 1662 3385 207 , , , 1662 3385 208 Sighnaghis Sighnaghis NNP 1662 3385 209 , , , 1662 3385 210 T'bilisi T'bilisi NNP 1662 3385 211 * * NFP 1662 3385 212 , , , 1662 3385 213 T'elavis T'elavis NNP 1662 3385 214 , , , 1662 3385 215 T'erjolis T'erjolis NNP 1662 3385 216 , , , 1662 3385 217 T'et'ritsqaros t'et'ritsqaro NNS 1662 3385 218 , , , 1662 3385 219 T'ianet'is T'ianet'is NNP 1662 3385 220 , , , 1662 3385 221 Tqibuli Tqibuli NNP 1662 3385 222 * * NFP 1662 3385 223 , , , 1662 3385 224 Ts'ageris Ts'ageris NNP 1662 3385 225 , , , 1662 3385 226 Tsalenjikhis Tsalenjikhis NNP 1662 3385 227 , , , 1662 3385 228 Tsalkis Tsalkis NNP 1662 3385 229 , , , 1662 3385 230 Tsqaltubo Tsqaltubo NNP 1662 3385 231 * * NFP 1662 3385 232 , , , 1662 3385 233 Vanis Vanis NNP 1662 3385 234 , , , 1662 3385 235 Zestap'onis Zestap'onis NNP 1662 3385 236 , , , 1662 3385 237 Zugdidi Zugdidi NNP 1662 3385 238 * * NFP 1662 3385 239 , , , 1662 3385 240 Zugdidis Zugdidis NNP 1662 3385 241 note note VBP 1662 3385 242 : : : 1662 3385 243 administrative administrative JJ 1662 3385 244 divisions division NNS 1662 3385 245 have have VBP 1662 3385 246 the the DT 1662 3385 247 same same JJ 1662 3385 248 names name NNS 1662 3385 249 as as IN 1662 3385 250 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 3385 251 administrative administrative JJ 1662 3385 252 centers center NNS 1662 3385 253 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3385 254 exceptions exception NNS 1662 3385 255 have have VBP 1662 3385 256 the the DT 1662 3385 257 administrative administrative JJ 1662 3385 258 center center NN 1662 3385 259 name name NN 1662 3385 260 following follow VBG 1662 3385 261 in in IN 1662 3385 262 parentheses parenthesis NNS 1662 3385 263 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3385 264 Independence independence NN 1662 3385 265 : : : 1662 3385 266 9 9 CD 1662 3385 267 April April NNP 1662 3385 268 1991 1991 CD 1662 3385 269 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3385 270 from from IN 1662 3385 271 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 3385 272 Union Union NNP 1662 3385 273 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3385 274 National national JJ 1662 3385 275 holiday holiday NN 1662 3385 276 : : : 1662 3385 277 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3385 278 Day Day NNP 1662 3385 279 , , , 1662 3385 280 26 26 CD 1662 3385 281 May May NNP 1662 3385 282 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3385 283 1991 1991 CD 1662 3385 284 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3385 285 Constitution constitution NN 1662 3385 286 : : : 1662 3385 287 adopted adopt VBD 1662 3385 288 17 17 CD 1662 3385 289 October October NNP 1662 3385 290 1995 1995 CD 1662 3385 291 Legal legal JJ 1662 3385 292 system system NN 1662 3385 293 : : : 1662 3385 294 based base VBN 1662 3385 295 on on IN 1662 3385 296 civil civil JJ 1662 3385 297 law law NN 1662 3385 298 system system NN 1662 3385 299 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 3385 300 : : : 1662 3385 301 18 18 CD 1662 3385 302 years year NNS 1662 3385 303 of of IN 1662 3385 304 age age NN 1662 3385 305 ; ; : 1662 3385 306 universal universal JJ 1662 3385 307 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3385 308 branch branch NN 1662 3385 309 : : : 1662 3385 310 chief chief NN 1662 3385 311 of of IN 1662 3385 312 state state NN 1662 3385 313 : : : 1662 3385 314 President President NNP 1662 3385 315 Eduard Eduard NNP 1662 3385 316 Amvrosiyevich Amvrosiyevich NNP 1662 3385 317 SHEVARDNADZE SHEVARDNADZE NNP 1662 3385 318 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3385 319 previously previously RB 1662 3385 320 elected elect VBN 1662 3385 321 chairman chairman NN 1662 3385 322 of of IN 1662 3385 323 the the DT 1662 3385 324 Government Government NNP 1662 3385 325 Council Council NNP 1662 3385 326 10 10 CD 1662 3385 327 March March NNP 1662 3385 328 1992 1992 CD 1662 3385 329 , , , 1662 3385 330 Council Council NNP 1662 3385 331 has have VBZ 1662 3385 332 since since IN 1662 3385 333 been be VBN 1662 3385 334 disbanded disband VBN 1662 3385 335 ; ; : 1662 3385 336 previously previously RB 1662 3385 337 elected elect VBN 1662 3385 338 chairman chairman NN 1662 3385 339 of of IN 1662 3385 340 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 3385 341 11 11 CD 1662 3385 342 October October NNP 1662 3385 343 1992 1992 CD 1662 3385 344 ; ; : 1662 3385 345 elected elect VBN 1662 3385 346 president president NN 1662 3385 347 5 5 CD 1662 3385 348 November November NNP 1662 3385 349 1995 1995 CD 1662 3385 350 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3385 351 ; ; : 1662 3385 352 note note VB 1662 3385 353 - - : 1662 3385 354 the the DT 1662 3385 355 president president NN 1662 3385 356 is be VBZ 1662 3385 357 both both CC 1662 3385 358 the the DT 1662 3385 359 chief chief NN 1662 3385 360 of of IN 1662 3385 361 state state NN 1662 3385 362 and and CC 1662 3385 363 head head NN 1662 3385 364 of of IN 1662 3385 365 government government NN 1662 3385 366 head head NN 1662 3385 367 of of IN 1662 3385 368 government government NN 1662 3385 369 : : : 1662 3385 370 President President NNP 1662 3385 371 Eduard Eduard NNP 1662 3385 372 Amvrosiyevich Amvrosiyevich NNP 1662 3385 373 SHEVARDNADZE SHEVARDNADZE NNP 1662 3385 374 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3385 375 previously previously RB 1662 3385 376 elected elect VBN 1662 3385 377 chairman chairman NN 1662 3385 378 of of IN 1662 3385 379 the the DT 1662 3385 380 Government Government NNP 1662 3385 381 Council Council NNP 1662 3385 382 10 10 CD 1662 3385 383 March March NNP 1662 3385 384 1992 1992 CD 1662 3385 385 , , , 1662 3385 386 Council Council NNP 1662 3385 387 has have VBZ 1662 3385 388 since since IN 1662 3385 389 been be VBN 1662 3385 390 disbanded disband VBN 1662 3385 391 ; ; : 1662 3385 392 previously previously RB 1662 3385 393 elected elect VBN 1662 3385 394 chairman chairman NN 1662 3385 395 of of IN 1662 3385 396 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 3385 397 11 11 CD 1662 3385 398 October October NNP 1662 3385 399 1992 1992 CD 1662 3385 400 ; ; : 1662 3385 401 elected elect VBN 1662 3385 402 president president NN 1662 3385 403 5 5 CD 1662 3385 404 November November NNP 1662 3385 405 1995 1995 CD 1662 3385 406 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3385 407 ; ; : 1662 3385 408 note note VB 1662 3385 409 - - : 1662 3385 410 the the DT 1662 3385 411 president president NN 1662 3385 412 is be VBZ 1662 3385 413 both both CC 1662 3385 414 the the DT 1662 3385 415 chief chief NN 1662 3385 416 of of IN 1662 3385 417 state state NN 1662 3385 418 and and CC 1662 3385 419 head head NN 1662 3385 420 of of IN 1662 3385 421 government government NN 1662 3385 422 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3385 423 : : : 1662 3385 424 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 3385 425 of of IN 1662 3385 426 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 3385 427 elections election NNS 1662 3385 428 : : : 1662 3385 429 president president NN 1662 3385 430 elected elect VBN 1662 3385 431 by by IN 1662 3385 432 popular popular JJ 1662 3385 433 vote vote NN 1662 3385 434 for for IN 1662 3385 435 a a DT 1662 3385 436 five five CD 1662 3385 437 - - HYPH 1662 3385 438 year year NN 1662 3385 439 term term NN 1662 3385 440 ; ; : 1662 3385 441 election election NN 1662 3385 442 last last JJ 1662 3385 443 held hold VBD 1662 3385 444 5 5 CD 1662 3385 445 November November NNP 1662 3385 446 1995 1995 CD 1662 3385 447 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3385 448 next next JJ 1662 3385 449 to to TO 1662 3385 450 be be VB 1662 3385 451 held hold VBN 1662 3385 452 NA NA NNP 1662 3385 453 April April NNP 1662 3385 454 2001 2001 CD 1662 3385 455 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3385 456 election election NN 1662 3385 457 results result NNS 1662 3385 458 : : : 1662 3385 459 Eduard Eduard NNP 1662 3385 460 SHEVARDNADZE SHEVARDNADZE NNP 1662 3385 461 elected elect VBD 1662 3385 462 president president NN 1662 3385 463 ; ; , 1662 3385 464 percent percent NN 1662 3385 465 of of IN 1662 3385 466 vote vote NN 1662 3385 467 - - HYPH 1662 3385 468 Eduard Eduard NNP 1662 3385 469 SHEVARDNADZE SHEVARDNADZE NNP 1662 3385 470 74 74 CD 1662 3385 471 % % NN 1662 3385 472 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 3385 473 branch branch NN 1662 3385 474 : : : 1662 3385 475 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 3385 476 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 3385 477 Council Council NNP 1662 3385 478 or or CC 1662 3385 479 Umaghiesi Umaghiesi NNP 1662 3385 480 Sabcho Sabcho NNP 1662 3385 481 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3385 482 235 235 CD 1662 3385 483 seats seat NNS 1662 3385 484 ; ; : 1662 3385 485 members member NNS 1662 3385 486 are be VBP 1662 3385 487 elected elect VBN 1662 3385 488 to to TO 1662 3385 489 serve serve VB 1662 3385 490 five five CD 1662 3385 491 - - HYPH 1662 3385 492 year year NN 1662 3385 493 terms term NNS 1662 3385 494 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3385 495 elections election NNS 1662 3385 496 : : : 1662 3385 497 last last RB 1662 3385 498 held hold VBD 1662 3385 499 5 5 CD 1662 3385 500 November November NNP 1662 3385 501 1995 1995 CD 1662 3385 502 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3385 503 next next JJ 1662 3385 504 to to TO 1662 3385 505 be be VB 1662 3385 506 held hold VBN 1662 3385 507 NA NA NNP 1662 3385 508 November November NNP 1662 3385 509 2000 2000 CD 1662 3385 510 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3385 511 election election NN 1662 3385 512 results result NNS 1662 3385 513 : : : 1662 3385 514 percent percent NN 1662 3385 515 of of IN 1662 3385 516 vote vote NN 1662 3385 517 by by IN 1662 3385 518 party party NNP 1662 3385 519 - - HYPH 1662 3385 520 CUG CUG NNP 1662 3385 521 24 24 CD 1662 3385 522 % % NN 1662 3385 523 , , , 1662 3385 524 NDP NDP NNP 1662 3385 525 8 8 CD 1662 3385 526 % % NN 1662 3385 527 , , , 1662 3385 528 All all DT 1662 3385 529 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 3385 530 Revival Revival NNP 1662 3385 531 Union Union NNP 1662 3385 532 7 7 CD 1662 3385 533 % % NN 1662 3385 534 , , , 1662 3385 535 all all DT 1662 3385 536 other other JJ 1662 3385 537 parties party NNS 1662 3385 538 received receive VBD 1662 3385 539 less less JJR 1662 3385 540 than than IN 1662 3385 541 5 5 CD 1662 3385 542 % % NN 1662 3385 543 each each DT 1662 3385 544 ; ; , 1662 3385 545 seats seat NNS 1662 3385 546 by by IN 1662 3385 547 party party NN 1662 3385 548 - - HYPH 1662 3385 549 NA NA NNP 1662 3385 550 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 3385 551 branch branch NN 1662 3385 552 : : : 1662 3385 553 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 3385 554 Court Court NNP 1662 3385 555 Political political JJ 1662 3385 556 parties party NNS 1662 3385 557 and and CC 1662 3385 558 leaders leader NNS 1662 3385 559 : : : 1662 3385 560 Citizens Citizens NNPS 1662 3385 561 Union Union NNP 1662 3385 562 of of IN 1662 3385 563 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 3385 564 or or CC 1662 3385 565 CUG CUG NNP 1662 3385 566 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3385 567 Eduard Eduard NNP 1662 3385 568 SHEVARDNADZE SHEVARDNADZE NNP 1662 3385 569 , , , 1662 3385 570 Zurab Zurab NNP 1662 3385 571 ZHVANIA ZHVANIA NNP 1662 3385 572 , , , 1662 3385 573 general general JJ 1662 3385 574 secretary secretary NN 1662 3385 575 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3385 576 ; ; : 1662 3385 577 National National NNP 1662 3385 578 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3385 579 Party Party NNP 1662 3385 580 or or CC 1662 3385 581 NDP NDP NNP 1662 3385 582 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3385 583 Irina Irina NNP 1662 3385 584 SARISHVILI SARISHVILI NNP 1662 3385 585 - - HYPH 1662 3385 586 CHANTARIA CHANTARIA NNP 1662 3385 587 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3385 588 ; ; : 1662 3385 589 United United NNP 1662 3385 590 Republican Republican NNP 1662 3385 591 Party Party NNP 1662 3385 592 , , , 1662 3385 593 umbrella umbrella NN 1662 3385 594 organization organization NN 1662 3385 595 for for IN 1662 3385 596 parties party NNS 1662 3385 597 including include VBG 1662 3385 598 the the DT 1662 3385 599 GPF GPF NNP 1662 3385 600 and and CC 1662 3385 601 the the DT 1662 3385 602 Charter Charter NNP 1662 3385 603 1991 1991 CD 1662 3385 604 Party Party NNP 1662 3385 605 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3385 606 Notar Notar NNP 1662 3385 607 NATADZE NATADZE NNP 1662 3385 608 , , , 1662 3385 609 chairman chairman NN 1662 3385 610 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3385 611 ; ; : 1662 3385 612 Georgian georgian JJ 1662 3385 613 Popular Popular NNP 1662 3385 614 Front Front NNP 1662 3385 615 or or CC 1662 3385 616 GPF GPF NNP 1662 3385 617 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3385 618 Nodar Nodar NNP 1662 3385 619 NATADZE NATADZE NNP 1662 3385 620 , , , 1662 3385 621 chairman chairman NN 1662 3385 622 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3385 623 ; ; : 1662 3385 624 Charter Charter NNP 1662 3385 625 1991 1991 CD 1662 3385 626 Party Party NNP 1662 3385 627 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3385 628 Tedo Tedo NNP 1662 3385 629 PAATASHVILI PAATASHVILI NNP 1662 3385 630 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3385 631 ; ; : 1662 3385 632 Georgian georgian JJ 1662 3385 633 Social Social NNP 1662 3385 634 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3385 635 Party Party NNP 1662 3385 636 or or CC 1662 3385 637 GSDP GSDP NNP 1662 3385 638 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3385 639 Guram Guram NNP 1662 3385 640 MUCHAIDZE MUCHAIDZE NNP 1662 3385 641 , , , 1662 3385 642 secretary secretary NN 1662 3385 643 general general NN 1662 3385 644 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3385 645 ; ; : 1662 3385 646 All all DT 1662 3385 647 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 3385 648 Union Union NNP 1662 3385 649 for for IN 1662 3385 650 Revival Revival NNP 1662 3385 651 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3385 652 Alsan Alsan NNP 1662 3385 653 ABASHIDZE ABASHIDZE NNP 1662 3385 654 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3385 655 ; ; : 1662 3385 656 Christian Christian NNP 1662 3385 657 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3385 658 Union Union NNP 1662 3385 659 or or CC 1662 3385 660 CDU CDU NNP 1662 3385 661 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3385 662 Irakli Irakli NNP 1662 3385 663 SHENGELAYA SHENGELAYA NNP 1662 3385 664 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3385 665 ; ; : 1662 3385 666 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3385 667 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 3385 668 Union Union NNP 1662 3385 669 or or CC 1662 3385 670 DGU DGU NNP 1662 3385 671 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3385 672 Avtandil Avtandil NNP 1662 3385 673 MARGIANI MARGIANI NNP 1662 3385 674 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3385 675 ; ; : 1662 3385 676 National National NNP 1662 3385 677 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3385 678 Party Party NNP 1662 3385 679 or or CC 1662 3385 680 NIP NIP NNP 1662 3385 681 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3385 682 Irakliy Irakliy NNP 1662 3385 683 TSERETELI TSERETELI NNP 1662 3385 684 , , , 1662 3385 685 chairman chairman NN 1662 3385 686 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3385 687 ; ; : 1662 3385 688 Georgian Georgian NNP 1662 3385 689 Monarchists Monarchists NNPS 1662 3385 690 ' ' POS 1662 3385 691 Party Party NNP 1662 3385 692 or or CC 1662 3385 693 GMP GMP NNP 1662 3385 694 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3385 695 Temur Temur NNP 1662 3385 696 ZHORZHOLIANI ZHORZHOLIANI NNP 1662 3385 697 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3385 698 ; ; : 1662 3385 699 Greens Greens NNP 1662 3385 700 Party Party NNP 1662 3385 701 ; ; : 1662 3385 702 Agrarian Agrarian NNP 1662 3385 703 Party Party NNP 1662 3385 704 of of IN 1662 3385 705 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 3385 706 or or CC 1662 3385 707 APG APG NNP 1662 3385 708 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3385 709 Roin Roin NNP 1662 3385 710 LIPARTELIANI LIPARTELIANI NNP 1662 3385 711 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3385 712 ; ; : 1662 3385 713 United United NNP 1662 3385 714 Communist Communist NNP 1662 3385 715 Party Party NNP 1662 3385 716 of 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- SYM 1662 3388 34 96 96 CD 1662 3388 35 , , , 1662 3388 36 pushing push VBG 1662 3388 37 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3388 38 growth growth NN 1662 3388 39 and and CC 1662 3388 40 slashing slash VBG 1662 3388 41 inflation inflation NN 1662 3388 42 . . . 1662 3389 1 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 3389 2 had have VBD 1662 3389 3 been be VBN 1662 3389 4 suffering suffer VBG 1662 3389 5 from from IN 1662 3389 6 acute acute JJ 1662 3389 7 energy energy NN 1662 3389 8 shortages shortage NNS 1662 3389 9 , , , 1662 3389 10 although although IN 1662 3389 11 energy energy NN 1662 3389 12 deliveries delivery NNS 1662 3389 13 improved improve VBN 1662 3389 14 in in IN 1662 3389 15 1996 1996 CD 1662 3389 16 . . . 1662 3390 1 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 3390 2 is be VBZ 1662 3390 3 pinning pin VBG 1662 3390 4 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 3390 5 hopes hope NNS 1662 3390 6 for for IN 1662 3390 7 long long JJ 1662 3390 8 - - HYPH 1662 3390 9 term term NN 1662 3390 10 recovery recovery NN 1662 3390 11 on on IN 1662 3390 12 the the DT 1662 3390 13 development development NN 1662 3390 14 of of IN 1662 3390 15 an an DT 1662 3390 16 international international JJ 1662 3390 17 transportation transportation NN 1662 3390 18 corridor corridor NN 1662 3390 19 through through IN 1662 3390 20 the the DT 1662 3390 21 key key JJ 1662 3390 22 Black Black NNP 1662 3390 23 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3390 24 ports port NNS 1662 3390 25 of of IN 1662 3390 26 P'ot'i P'ot'i NNS 1662 3390 27 and and CC 1662 3390 28 Bat'umi Bat'umi NNP 1662 3390 29 . . . 1662 3391 1 The the DT 1662 3391 2 decision decision NN 1662 3391 3 in in IN 1662 3391 4 1996 1996 CD 1662 3391 5 to to TO 1662 3391 6 construct construct VB 1662 3391 7 an an DT 1662 3391 8 early early JJ 1662 3391 9 Caspian caspian JJ 1662 3391 10 oil oil NN 1662 3391 11 pipeline pipeline NN 1662 3391 12 through through IN 1662 3391 13 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 3391 14 underscores underscore VBZ 1662 3391 15 the the DT 1662 3391 16 viability viability NN 1662 3391 17 of of IN 1662 3391 18 such such PDT 1662 3391 19 a a DT 1662 3391 20 corridor corridor NN 1662 3391 21 and and CC 1662 3391 22 may may MD 1662 3391 23 spur spur VB 1662 3391 24 greater great JJR 1662 3391 25 western western JJ 1662 3391 26 investment investment NN 1662 3391 27 in in IN 1662 3391 28 the the DT 1662 3391 29 economy economy NN 1662 3391 30 . . . 1662 3392 1 A a DT 1662 3392 2 growing grow VBG 1662 3392 3 trade trade NN 1662 3392 4 deficit deficit NN 1662 3392 5 and and CC 1662 3392 6 political political JJ 1662 3392 7 uncertainties uncertainty NNS 1662 3392 8 cloud cloud VBP 1662 3392 9 the the DT 1662 3392 10 short short JJ 1662 3392 11 - 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- HYPH 1662 3394 3 per per FW 1662 3394 4 capita capita NN 1662 3394 5 : : : 1662 3394 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 3394 7 power power NN 1662 3394 8 parity parity NN 1662 3394 9 - - : 1662 3394 10 $ $ $ 1662 3394 11 1,350 1,350 CD 1662 3394 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3394 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 3394 14 est est NNP 1662 3394 15 . . . 1662 3394 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3395 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3395 2 - - HYPH 1662 3395 3 composition composition NN 1662 3395 4 by by IN 1662 3395 5 sector sector NN 1662 3395 6 : : : 1662 3395 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3395 8 : : : 1662 3395 9 70.4 70.4 CD 1662 3395 10 % % NN 1662 3395 11 industry industry NN 1662 3395 12 : : : 1662 3395 13 10.2 10.2 CD 1662 3395 14 % % NN 1662 3395 15 services service NNS 1662 3395 16 : : : 1662 3395 17 19.4 19.4 CD 1662 3395 18 % % NN 1662 3395 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3395 20 1993 1993 CD 1662 3395 21 est est NNP 1662 3395 22 . . . 1662 3395 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3396 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 3396 2 rate rate NN 1662 3396 3 - - HYPH 1662 3396 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 3396 5 price price NN 1662 3396 6 index index NN 1662 3396 7 : : : 1662 3396 8 13.3 13.3 CD 1662 3396 9 % % NN 1662 3396 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3396 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 3396 12 est est NNP 1662 3396 13 . . . 1662 3396 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3397 1 Labor labor NN 1662 3397 2 force force NN 1662 3397 3 : : : 1662 3397 4 total total NN 1662 3397 5 : : : 1662 3397 6 2.2 2.2 CD 1662 3397 7 million million CD 1662 3397 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3397 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 3397 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3397 11 by by IN 1662 3397 12 occupation occupation NN 1662 3397 13 : : : 1662 3397 14 industry industry NN 1662 3397 15 and and CC 1662 3397 16 construction construction NN 1662 3397 17 31 31 CD 1662 3397 18 % % NN 1662 3397 19 , , , 1662 3397 20 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3397 21 and and CC 1662 3397 22 forestry forestry NN 1662 3397 23 25 25 CD 1662 3397 24 % % NN 1662 3397 25 , , , 1662 3397 26 other other JJ 1662 3397 27 44 44 CD 1662 3397 28 % % NN 1662 3397 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3397 30 1990 1990 CD 1662 3397 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3397 32 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 3397 33 rate rate NN 1662 3397 34 : : : 1662 3397 35 21 21 CD 1662 3397 36 % % NN 1662 3397 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3397 38 1996 1996 CD 1662 3397 39 est est NNP 1662 3397 40 . . . 1662 3397 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3398 1 Budget budget NN 1662 3398 2 : : : 1662 3398 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 3398 4 : : : 1662 3398 5 $ $ $ 1662 3398 6 NA na NN 1662 3398 7 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3398 8 : : : 1662 3398 9 $ $ $ 1662 3398 10 NA na NN 1662 3398 11 , , , 1662 3398 12 including include VBG 1662 3398 13 capital capital NN 1662 3398 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3398 15 of of IN 1662 3398 16 $ $ $ 1662 3398 17 NA NA NNP 1662 3398 18 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 3398 19 : : : 1662 3398 20 steel steel NN 1662 3398 21 , , , 1662 3398 22 aircraft aircraft NN 1662 3398 23 , , , 1662 3398 24 machine machine NN 1662 3398 25 tools tool NNS 1662 3398 26 , , , 1662 3398 27 foundry foundry JJ 1662 3398 28 equipment equipment NN 1662 3398 29 , , , 1662 3398 30 electric electric JJ 1662 3398 31 locomotives locomotive NNS 1662 3398 32 , , , 1662 3398 33 tower tower NNP 1662 3398 34 cranes crane NNS 1662 3398 35 , , , 1662 3398 36 electric electric JJ 1662 3398 37 welding welding NN 1662 3398 38 equipment equipment NN 1662 3398 39 , , , 1662 3398 40 machinery machinery NN 1662 3398 41 for for IN 1662 3398 42 food food NN 1662 3398 43 preparation preparation NN 1662 3398 44 and and CC 1662 3398 45 meat meat NN 1662 3398 46 packing packing NN 1662 3398 47 , , , 1662 3398 48 electric electric JJ 1662 3398 49 motors motor NNS 1662 3398 50 , , , 1662 3398 51 process process NN 1662 3398 52 control control NN 1662 3398 53 equipment equipment NN 1662 3398 54 , , , 1662 3398 55 trucks truck NNS 1662 3398 56 , , , 1662 3398 57 tractors tractor NNS 1662 3398 58 , , , 1662 3398 59 textiles textile NNS 1662 3398 60 , , , 1662 3398 61 shoes shoe NNS 1662 3398 62 , , , 1662 3398 63 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 3398 64 , , , 1662 3398 65 wood wood NN 1662 3398 66 products product NNS 1662 3398 67 , , , 1662 3398 68 wine wine NN 1662 3398 69 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 3398 70 production production NN 1662 3398 71 growth growth NN 1662 3398 72 rate rate NN 1662 3398 73 : : : 1662 3398 74 7.7 7.7 CD 1662 3398 75 % % NN 1662 3398 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3398 77 1996 1996 CD 1662 3398 78 est est NNP 1662 3398 79 . . . 1662 3398 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3399 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3399 2 - 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NNP 1662 3400 29 , , , 1662 3400 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 3400 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3400 32 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3400 33 : : : 1662 3400 34 citrus citrus JJ 1662 3400 35 fruits fruit NNS 1662 3400 36 , , , 1662 3400 37 tea tea NN 1662 3400 38 , , , 1662 3400 39 wine wine NN 1662 3400 40 , , , 1662 3400 41 other other JJ 1662 3400 42 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 3400 43 products product NNS 1662 3400 44 ; ; , 1662 3400 45 diverse diverse JJ 1662 3400 46 types type NNS 1662 3400 47 of of IN 1662 3400 48 machinery machinery NN 1662 3400 49 ; ; , 1662 3400 50 ferrous ferrous JJ 1662 3400 51 and and CC 1662 3400 52 nonferrous nonferrous JJ 1662 3400 53 metals metal NNS 1662 3400 54 ; ; , 1662 3400 55 textiles textile NNS 1662 3400 56 ; ; : 1662 3400 57 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 3400 58 ; ; : 1662 3400 59 fuel fuel NN 1662 3400 60 re re NNS 1662 3400 61 - - NNS 1662 3400 62 exports export NNS 1662 3400 63 partners partner NNS 1662 3400 64 : : : 1662 3400 65 Russia Russia NNP 1662 3400 66 , , , 1662 3400 67 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 3400 68 , , , 1662 3400 69 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 3400 70 , , , 1662 3400 71 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 3400 72 , , , 1662 3400 73 Bulgaria Bulgaria NNP 1662 3400 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3400 75 1996 1996 CD 1662 3400 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3400 77 Imports import NNS 1662 3400 78 : : : 1662 3400 79 total total JJ 1662 3400 80 value value NN 1662 3400 81 : : : 1662 3400 82 $ $ $ 1662 3400 83 647 647 CD 1662 3400 84 million million CD 1662 3400 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3400 86 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 3400 87 . . NNP 1662 3400 88 , , , 1662 3400 89 1995 1995 CD 1662 3400 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3400 91 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3400 92 : : : 1662 3400 93 fuel fuel NN 1662 3400 94 , , , 1662 3400 95 grain grain NN 1662 3400 96 and and CC 1662 3400 97 other other JJ 1662 3400 98 foods food NNS 1662 3400 99 , , , 1662 3400 100 machinery machinery NN 1662 3400 101 and and CC 1662 3400 102 parts part NNS 1662 3400 103 , , , 1662 3400 104 transport transport NN 1662 3400 105 equipment equipment NN 1662 3400 106 partners partner NNS 1662 3400 107 : : : 1662 3400 108 Russia Russia NNP 1662 3400 109 , , , 1662 3400 110 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 3400 111 , , , 1662 3400 112 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 3400 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3400 114 1996 1996 CD 1662 3400 115 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3400 116 ; ; : 1662 3400 117 note note NN 1662 3400 118 - - HYPH 1662 3400 119 EU EU NNP 1662 3400 120 and and CC 1662 3400 121 US US NNP 1662 3400 122 send send VB 1662 3400 123 humanitarian humanitarian JJ 1662 3400 124 food food NN 1662 3400 125 shipments shipment NNS 1662 3400 126 Debt debt NN 1662 3400 127 - - HYPH 1662 3400 128 external external JJ 1662 3400 129 : : : 1662 3400 130 $ $ $ 1662 3400 131 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 3400 132 billion billion CD 1662 3400 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3400 134 1996 1996 CD 1662 3400 135 est est NNP 1662 3400 136 . . . 1662 3400 137 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3401 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 3401 2 aid aid NN 1662 3401 3 : : : 1662 3401 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 3401 5 : : : 1662 3401 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 3401 7 , , , 1662 3401 8 $ $ $ 1662 3401 9 28 28 CD 1662 3401 10 million million CD 1662 3401 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3401 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 3401 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3401 14 note note NN 1662 3401 15 : : : 1662 3401 16 commitments commitment NNS 1662 3401 17 , , , 1662 3401 18 1992 1992 CD 1662 3401 19 - - SYM 1662 3401 20 95 95 CD 1662 3401 21 , , , 1662 3401 22 $ $ $ 1662 3401 23 1,200 1,200 CD 1662 3401 24 million million CD 1662 3401 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3401 26 $ $ $ 1662 3401 27 675 675 CD 1662 3401 28 million million CD 1662 3401 29 disbursements disbursement NNS 1662 3401 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3401 31 Currency currency NN 1662 3401 32 : : : 1662 3401 33 lari lari NNP 1662 3401 34 introduced introduce VBD 1662 3401 35 September September NNP 1662 3401 36 1995 1995 CD 1662 3401 37 replacing replace VBG 1662 3401 38 the the DT 1662 3401 39 coupon coupon NN 1662 3401 40 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 3401 41 rates rate NNS 1662 3401 42 : : : 1662 3401 43 lari lari JJ 1662 3401 44 per per IN 1662 3401 45 US$ us$ $ 1662 3401 46 1 1 CD 1662 3401 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3401 48 end end NN 1662 3401 49 of of IN 1662 3401 50 period period NN 1662 3401 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3401 52 - - : 1662 3401 53 1.28 1.28 CD 1662 3401 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3401 55 December December NNP 1662 3401 56 1996 1996 CD 1662 3401 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3401 58 , , , 1662 3401 59 1.24 1.24 CD 1662 3401 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3401 61 December December NNP 1662 3401 62 1995 1995 CD 1662 3401 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3401 64 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3401 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1662 3403 5 : : : 1662 3403 6 landline landline NN 1662 3403 7 to to IN 1662 3403 8 CIS CIS NNP 1662 3403 9 members member NNS 1662 3403 10 and and CC 1662 3403 11 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 3403 12 ; ; : 1662 3403 13 satellite satellite NN 1662 3403 14 earth earth NN 1662 3403 15 station station NN 1662 3403 16 - - : 1662 3403 17 1 1 CD 1662 3403 18 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNP 1662 3403 19 ; ; : 1662 3403 20 leased lease VBD 1662 3403 21 connections connection NNS 1662 3403 22 with with IN 1662 3403 23 other other JJ 1662 3403 24 countries country NNS 1662 3403 25 via via IN 1662 3403 26 the the DT 1662 3403 27 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 3403 28 international international JJ 1662 3403 29 gateway gateway NN 1662 3403 30 switch switch NN 1662 3403 31 ; ; , 1662 3403 32 international international JJ 1662 3403 33 electronic electronic JJ 1662 3403 34 mail mail NN 1662 3403 35 and and CC 1662 3403 36 telex telex NN 1662 3403 37 service service NN 1662 3403 38 available available JJ 1662 3403 39 Radio 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1662 3403 113 " " `` 1662 3403 114 hard hard RB 1662 3403 115 surfaced surfaced JJ 1662 3403 116 " " '' 1662 3403 117 roads road NNS 1662 3403 118 which which WDT 1662 3403 119 combine combine VBP 1662 3403 120 the the DT 1662 3403 121 lengths length NNS 1662 3403 122 of of IN 1662 3403 123 paved pave VBN 1662 3403 124 and and CC 1662 3403 125 graveled gravel VBN 1662 3403 126 roads road NNS 1662 3403 127 ; ; : 1662 3403 128 1,365 1,365 CD 1662 3403 129 km km NN 1662 3403 130 of of IN 1662 3403 131 unsurfaced unsurfaced JJ 1662 3403 132 or or CC 1662 3403 133 dirt dirt NN 1662 3403 134 roads road NNS 1662 3403 135 are be VBP 1662 3403 136 reported report VBN 1662 3403 137 separately separately RB 1662 3403 138 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3403 139 1995 1995 CD 1662 3403 140 est est NNP 1662 3403 141 . . . 1662 3403 142 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3404 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 3404 2 : : : 1662 3404 3 crude crude JJ 1662 3404 4 oil oil NN 1662 3404 5 370 370 CD 1662 3404 6 km km NNS 1662 3404 7 ; ; : 1662 3404 8 refined refined JJ 1662 3404 9 products product NNS 1662 3404 10 300 300 CD 1662 3404 11 km km NN 1662 3404 12 ; ; : 1662 3404 13 natural natural JJ 1662 3404 14 gas gas NN 1662 3404 15 440 440 CD 1662 3404 16 km km NNS 1662 3404 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3404 18 1992 1992 CD 1662 3404 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3404 20 Ports port NNS 1662 3404 21 and and CC 1662 3404 22 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3404 23 : : : 1662 3404 24 Bat'umi Bat'umi NNP 1662 3404 25 , , , 1662 3404 26 P'ot'i P'ot'i NNS 1662 3404 27 , , , 1662 3404 28 Sokhumi Sokhumi NNP 1662 3404 29 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3404 30 marine marine NN 1662 3404 31 : : : 1662 3404 32 total total NN 1662 3404 33 : : : 1662 3404 34 15 15 CD 1662 3404 35 ships ship NNS 1662 3404 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3404 37 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 3404 38 GRT GRT NNP 1662 3404 39 or or CC 1662 3404 40 over over RB 1662 3404 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3404 42 totaling total VBG 1662 3404 43 183,202 183,202 CD 1662 3404 44 GRT/292,021 GRT/292,021 NNP 1662 3404 45 DWT DWT NNP 1662 3404 46 ships ship NNS 1662 3404 47 by by IN 1662 3404 48 type type NN 1662 3404 49 : : : 1662 3404 50 bulk bulk NNP 1662 3404 51 4 4 CD 1662 3404 52 , , , 1662 3404 53 cargo cargo NN 1662 3404 54 3 3 CD 1662 3404 55 , , , 1662 3404 56 oil oil NN 1662 3404 57 tanker tanker NN 1662 3404 58 8 8 CD 1662 3404 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3404 60 1996 1996 CD 1662 3404 61 est est NNP 1662 3404 62 . . . 1662 3404 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3405 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3405 2 : : : 1662 3405 3 28 28 CD 1662 3405 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3405 5 1994 1994 CD 1662 3405 6 est est NNP 1662 3405 7 . . . 1662 3405 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3406 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3406 2 - - , 1662 3406 3 with with IN 1662 3406 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3406 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3406 6 : : : 1662 3406 7 total total NN 1662 3406 8 : : : 1662 3406 9 14 14 CD 1662 3406 10 over over IN 1662 3406 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3406 12 m m NN 1662 3406 13 : : : 1662 3406 14 1 1 CD 1662 3406 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 3406 16 to to IN 1662 3406 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3406 18 m m NN 1662 3406 19 : : : 1662 3406 20 7 7 CD 1662 3406 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3406 22 to to TO 1662 3406 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3406 24 m m NN 1662 3406 25 : : : 1662 3406 26 4 4 CD 1662 3406 27 914 914 CD 1662 3406 28 to to TO 1662 3406 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3406 30 m m NN 1662 3406 31 : : : 1662 3406 32 1 1 CD 1662 3406 33 under under IN 1662 3406 34 914 914 CD 1662 3406 35 m m NN 1662 3406 36 : : : 1662 3406 37 1 1 CD 1662 3406 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3406 39 1994 1994 CD 1662 3406 40 est est NNP 1662 3406 41 . . . 1662 3406 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3407 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3407 2 - - , 1662 3407 3 with with IN 1662 3407 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3407 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3407 6 : : : 1662 3407 7 total total NN 1662 3407 8 : : : 1662 3407 9 14 14 CD 1662 3407 10 over over IN 1662 3407 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3407 12 m m NN 1662 3407 13 : : : 1662 3407 14 1 1 CD 1662 3407 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 3407 16 to to IN 1662 3407 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3407 18 m m NN 1662 3407 19 : : : 1662 3407 20 1 1 CD 1662 3407 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3407 22 to to TO 1662 3407 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3407 24 m m NN 1662 3407 25 : : : 1662 3407 26 1 1 CD 1662 3407 27 914 914 CD 1662 3407 28 to to TO 1662 3407 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3407 30 m m NN 1662 3407 31 : : : 1662 3407 32 5 5 CD 1662 3407 33 under under IN 1662 3407 34 914 914 CD 1662 3407 35 m m NN 1662 3407 36 : : : 1662 3407 37 6 6 CD 1662 3407 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3407 39 1994 1994 CD 1662 3407 40 est est NNP 1662 3407 41 . . . 1662 3407 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3408 1 Transportation transportation NN 1662 3408 2 - - HYPH 1662 3408 3 note note NN 1662 3408 4 : : : 1662 3408 5 transportation transportation NN 1662 3408 6 network network NN 1662 3408 7 is be VBZ 1662 3408 8 in in IN 1662 3408 9 poor poor JJ 1662 3408 10 condition condition NN 1662 3408 11 and and CC 1662 3408 12 disrupted disrupt VBN 1662 3408 13 by by IN 1662 3408 14 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3408 15 conflict conflict NN 1662 3408 16 , , , 1662 3408 17 criminal criminal JJ 1662 3408 18 activities activity NNS 1662 3408 19 , , , 1662 3408 20 and and CC 1662 3408 21 fuel fuel NN 1662 3408 22 shortages shortage NNS 1662 3408 23 ; ; : 1662 3408 24 network network NN 1662 3408 25 lacks lack VBZ 1662 3408 26 maintenance maintenance NN 1662 3408 27 and and CC 1662 3408 28 repair repair VB 1662 3408 29 Military Military NNP 1662 3408 30 Military military JJ 1662 3408 31 branches branch NNS 1662 3408 32 : : : 1662 3408 33 Ground Ground NNP 1662 3408 34 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 3408 35 , , , 1662 3408 36 Navy Navy NNP 1662 3408 37 , , , 1662 3408 38 Air Air NNP 1662 3408 39 Force Force NNP 1662 3408 40 , , , 1662 3408 41 Air Air NNP 1662 3408 42 Defense Defense NNP 1662 3408 43 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 3408 44 , , , 1662 3408 45 National National NNP 1662 3408 46 Guard Guard NNP 1662 3408 47 , , , 1662 3408 48 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3408 49 Security Security NNP 1662 3408 50 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 3408 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3408 52 internal internal JJ 1662 3408 53 and and CC 1662 3408 54 border border NN 1662 3408 55 troops troop NNS 1662 3408 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3408 57 Military military JJ 1662 3408 58 manpower manpower NN 1662 3408 59 - - HYPH 1662 3408 60 military military NN 1662 3408 61 age age NN 1662 3408 62 : : : 1662 3408 63 18 18 CD 1662 3408 64 years year NNS 1662 3408 65 of of IN 1662 3408 66 age age NN 1662 3408 67 Military military JJ 1662 3408 68 manpower manpower NN 1662 3408 69 - - HYPH 1662 3408 70 availability availability NN 1662 3408 71 : : : 1662 3408 72 males male NNS 1662 3408 73 age age NNP 1662 3408 74 15 15 CD 1662 3408 75 - - HYPH 1662 3408 76 49 49 CD 1662 3408 77 : : SYM 1662 3408 78 1,288,694 1,288,694 CD 1662 3408 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3408 80 1997 1997 CD 1662 3408 81 est est NNP 1662 3408 82 . . . 1662 3408 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3409 1 Military military JJ 1662 3409 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3409 3 - - HYPH 1662 3409 4 fit fit NN 1662 3409 5 for for IN 1662 3409 6 military military JJ 1662 3409 7 service service NN 1662 3409 8 : : : 1662 3409 9 males male NNS 1662 3409 10 : : : 1662 3409 11 1,020,609 1,020,609 CD 1662 3409 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3409 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3409 14 est est NNP 1662 3409 15 . . . 1662 3409 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3410 1 Military military JJ 1662 3410 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3410 3 - - HYPH 1662 3410 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 3410 5 military military JJ 1662 3410 6 age age NN 1662 3410 7 annually annually RB 1662 3410 8 : : : 1662 3410 9 males male NNS 1662 3410 10 : : : 1662 3410 11 40,799 40,799 CD 1662 3410 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3410 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3410 14 est est NNP 1662 3410 15 . . . 1662 3410 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3411 1 Military military JJ 1662 3411 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3411 3 - - HYPH 1662 3411 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 3411 5 figure figure NN 1662 3411 6 : : : 1662 3411 7 38.2 38.2 CD 1662 3411 8 trillion trillion CD 1662 3411 9 coupons coupon NNS 1662 3411 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3411 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 3411 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3411 13 ; ; : 1662 3411 14 note note NN 1662 3411 15 - - HYPH 1662 3411 16 conversion conversion NN 1662 3411 17 of of IN 1662 3411 18 defense defense NN 1662 3411 19 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3411 20 into into IN 1662 3411 21 US US NNP 1662 3411 22 dollars dollar NNS 1662 3411 23 using use VBG 1662 3411 24 the the DT 1662 3411 25 current current JJ 1662 3411 26 exchange exchange NN 1662 3411 27 rate rate NN 1662 3411 28 could could MD 1662 3411 29 produce produce VB 1662 3411 30 misleading misleading JJ 1662 3411 31 results result NNS 1662 3411 32 Military military JJ 1662 3411 33 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3411 34 - - : 1662 3411 35 percent percent NN 1662 3411 36 of of IN 1662 3411 37 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3411 38 : : : 1662 3411 39 NA% NA% `` 1662 3411 40 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3411 41 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3411 42 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 3411 43 - - : 1662 3411 44 international international RB 1662 3411 45 : : : 1662 3411 46 none none NN 1662 3411 47 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 3411 48 drugs drug VBZ 1662 3411 49 : : : 1662 3411 50 limited limited JJ 1662 3411 51 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 3411 52 of of IN 1662 3411 53 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 3411 54 and and CC 1662 3411 55 opium opium NN 1662 3411 56 poppy poppy NNP 1662 3411 57 , , , 1662 3411 58 mostly mostly RB 1662 3411 59 for for IN 1662 3411 60 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3411 61 consumption consumption NN 1662 3411 62 ; ; , 1662 3411 63 used use VBN 1662 3411 64 as as IN 1662 3411 65 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 3411 66 point point NN 1662 3411 67 for for IN 1662 3411 68 opiates opiate NNS 1662 3411 69 to to IN 1662 3411 70 Western Western NNP 1662 3411 71 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3411 72 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 73 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 74 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 75 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 76 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 77 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 78 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 79 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 80 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 102 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 103 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 104 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 105 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 106 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 107 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 108 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 109 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 110 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 111 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 112 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 113 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 114 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 115 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 116 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 117 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 118 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 119 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 120 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 121 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 122 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 123 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 124 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 125 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 126 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 127 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 128 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 129 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 130 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 131 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 132 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 133 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 134 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 135 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 136 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 137 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 138 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 139 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 140 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 141 _ _ NNP 1662 3411 142 GERMANY GERMANY NNP 1662 3411 143 @Germany @germany NN 1662 3411 144 : : : 1662 3411 145 Geography geography NN 1662 3411 146 Location Location NNP 1662 3411 147 : : : 1662 3411 148 Central Central NNP 1662 3411 149 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3411 150 , , , 1662 3411 151 bordering border VBG 1662 3411 152 the the DT 1662 3411 153 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 3411 154 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3411 155 and and CC 1662 3411 156 the the DT 1662 3411 157 North North NNP 1662 3411 158 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3411 159 , , , 1662 3411 160 between between IN 1662 3411 161 the the DT 1662 3411 162 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 3411 163 and and CC 1662 3411 164 Poland Poland NNP 1662 3411 165 , , , 1662 3411 166 south south RB 1662 3411 167 of of IN 1662 3411 168 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 3411 169 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3411 170 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3411 171 : : : 1662 3411 172 51 51 CD 1662 3411 173 00 00 CD 1662 3411 174 N n CD 1662 3411 175 , , , 1662 3411 176 9 9 CD 1662 3411 177 00 00 CD 1662 3411 178 E e NN 1662 3411 179 Map Map NNP 1662 3411 180 references reference NNS 1662 3411 181 : : : 1662 3411 182 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3411 183 Area Area NNP 1662 3411 184 : : : 1662 3411 185 total total NN 1662 3411 186 : : : 1662 3411 187 356,910 356,910 CD 1662 3411 188 sq sq RB 1662 3411 189 km km NNP 1662 3411 190 land land NN 1662 3411 191 : : : 1662 3411 192 349,520 349,520 CD 1662 3411 193 sq sq NNP 1662 3411 194 km km NNP 1662 3411 195 water water NN 1662 3411 196 : : : 1662 3411 197 7,390 7,390 CD 1662 3411 198 sq sq NNP 1662 3411 199 km km NNP 1662 3411 200 note note NN 1662 3411 201 : : : 1662 3411 202 includes include VBZ 1662 3411 203 the the DT 1662 3411 204 formerly formerly RB 1662 3411 205 separate separate JJ 1662 3411 206 Federal Federal NNP 1662 3411 207 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3411 208 of of IN 1662 3411 209 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3411 210 , , , 1662 3411 211 the the DT 1662 3411 212 German German NNP 1662 3411 213 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3411 214 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3411 215 , , , 1662 3411 216 and and CC 1662 3411 217 Berlin Berlin NNP 1662 3411 218 , , , 1662 3411 219 following follow VBG 1662 3411 220 formal formal JJ 1662 3411 221 unification unification NN 1662 3411 222 on on IN 1662 3411 223 3 3 CD 1662 3411 224 October October NNP 1662 3411 225 1990 1990 CD 1662 3411 226 Area Area NNP 1662 3411 227 - - HYPH 1662 3411 228 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3411 229 : : : 1662 3411 230 slightly slightly RB 1662 3411 231 smaller small JJR 1662 3411 232 than than IN 1662 3411 233 Montana Montana NNP 1662 3411 234 Land Land NNP 1662 3411 235 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3411 236 : : : 1662 3411 237 total total JJ 1662 3411 238 : : : 1662 3411 239 3,621 3,621 CD 1662 3411 240 km km NN 1662 3411 241 border border NN 1662 3411 242 countries country NNS 1662 3411 243 : : : 1662 3411 244 Austria Austria NNP 1662 3411 245 784 784 CD 1662 3411 246 km km NN 1662 3411 247 , , , 1662 3411 248 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 3411 249 167 167 CD 1662 3411 250 km km NN 1662 3411 251 , , , 1662 3411 252 Czech Czech NNP 1662 3411 253 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3411 254 646 646 CD 1662 3411 255 km km NNS 1662 3411 256 , , , 1662 3411 257 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 3411 258 68 68 CD 1662 3411 259 km km NNS 1662 3411 260 , , , 1662 3411 261 France France NNP 1662 3411 262 451 451 CD 1662 3411 263 km km NNS 1662 3411 264 , , , 1662 3411 265 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 3411 266 138 138 CD 1662 3411 267 km km NNS 1662 3411 268 , , , 1662 3411 269 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 3411 270 577 577 CD 1662 3411 271 km km NN 1662 3411 272 , , , 1662 3411 273 Poland Poland NNP 1662 3411 274 456 456 CD 1662 3411 275 km km NNS 1662 3411 276 , , , 1662 3411 277 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 3411 278 334 334 CD 1662 3411 279 km km NN 1662 3411 280 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3411 281 : : : 1662 3411 282 2,389 2,389 CD 1662 3411 283 km km NN 1662 3411 284 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3411 285 claims claim VBZ 1662 3411 286 : : : 1662 3411 287 continental continental NNP 1662 3411 288 shelf shelf NNP 1662 3411 289 : : : 1662 3411 290 200-m 200-m CD 1662 3411 291 depth depth NN 1662 3411 292 or or CC 1662 3411 293 to to IN 1662 3411 294 the the DT 1662 3411 295 depth depth NN 1662 3411 296 of of IN 1662 3411 297 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 3411 298 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3411 299 economic economic JJ 1662 3411 300 zone zone NN 1662 3411 301 : : : 1662 3411 302 200 200 CD 1662 3411 303 nm nm CD 1662 3411 304 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3411 305 sea sea NN 1662 3411 306 : : : 1662 3411 307 12 12 CD 1662 3411 308 nm nm NNP 1662 3411 309 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3411 310 : : : 1662 3411 311 temperate temperate VB 1662 3411 312 and and CC 1662 3411 313 marine marine RB 1662 3411 314 ; ; : 1662 3411 315 cool cool JJ 1662 3411 316 , , , 1662 3411 317 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 3411 318 , , , 1662 3411 319 wet wet JJ 1662 3411 320 winters winter NNS 1662 3411 321 and and CC 1662 3411 322 summers summer NNS 1662 3411 323 ; ; , 1662 3411 324 occasional occasional JJ 1662 3411 325 warm warm JJ 1662 3411 326 , , , 1662 3411 327 tropical tropical JJ 1662 3411 328 foehn foehn NN 1662 3411 329 wind wind NN 1662 3411 330 ; ; : 1662 3411 331 high high JJ 1662 3411 332 relative relative JJ 1662 3411 333 humidity humidity NN 1662 3411 334 Terrain terrain NN 1662 3411 335 : : : 1662 3411 336 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 3411 337 in in IN 1662 3411 338 north north NN 1662 3411 339 , , , 1662 3411 340 uplands upland NNS 1662 3411 341 in in IN 1662 3411 342 center center NN 1662 3411 343 , , , 1662 3411 344 Bavarian Bavarian NNP 1662 3411 345 Alps Alps NNP 1662 3411 346 in in IN 1662 3411 347 south south JJ 1662 3411 348 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3411 349 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3411 350 : : : 1662 3411 351 lowest low JJS 1662 3411 352 point point NN 1662 3411 353 : : : 1662 3411 354 Freepsum Freepsum NNP 1662 3411 355 Lake Lake NNP 1662 3411 356 -2 -2 NNP 1662 3411 357 m m DT 1662 3411 358 highest high JJS 1662 3411 359 point point NN 1662 3411 360 : : : 1662 3411 361 Zugspitze Zugspitze NNP 1662 3411 362 2,962 2,962 CD 1662 3411 363 m m NNP 1662 3411 364 Natural natural JJ 1662 3411 365 resources resource NNS 1662 3411 366 : : : 1662 3411 367 iron iron NN 1662 3411 368 ore ore NN 1662 3411 369 , , , 1662 3411 370 coal coal NN 1662 3411 371 , , , 1662 3411 372 potash potash NN 1662 3411 373 , , , 1662 3411 374 timber timber NN 1662 3411 375 , , , 1662 3411 376 lignite lignite NN 1662 3411 377 , , , 1662 3411 378 uranium uranium NN 1662 3411 379 , , , 1662 3411 380 copper copper NN 1662 3411 381 , , , 1662 3411 382 natural natural JJ 1662 3411 383 gas gas NN 1662 3411 384 , , , 1662 3411 385 salt salt NN 1662 3411 386 , , , 1662 3411 387 nickel nickel NN 1662 3411 388 Land Land NNP 1662 3411 389 use use NN 1662 3411 390 : : : 1662 3411 391 arable arable JJ 1662 3411 392 land land NN 1662 3411 393 : : : 1662 3411 394 33 33 CD 1662 3411 395 % % NN 1662 3411 396 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3411 397 crops crop NNS 1662 3411 398 : : : 1662 3411 399 1 1 CD 1662 3411 400 % % NN 1662 3411 401 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3411 402 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3411 403 : : : 1662 3411 404 15 15 CD 1662 3411 405 % % NN 1662 3411 406 forests forest NNS 1662 3411 407 and and CC 1662 3411 408 woodland woodland JJ 1662 3411 409 : : : 1662 3411 410 31 31 CD 1662 3411 411 % % NN 1662 3411 412 other other JJ 1662 3411 413 : : : 1662 3411 414 20 20 CD 1662 3411 415 % % NN 1662 3411 416 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3411 417 1993 1993 CD 1662 3411 418 est est NNP 1662 3411 419 . . . 1662 3411 420 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3412 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3412 2 land land NN 1662 3412 3 : : : 1662 3412 4 4,750 4,750 CD 1662 3412 5 sq sq NNP 1662 3412 6 km km NNP 1662 3412 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3412 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 3412 9 est est NNP 1662 3412 10 . . . 1662 3412 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3413 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 3413 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3413 3 : : : 1662 3413 4 NA NA NNP 1662 3413 5 Environment environment NN 1662 3413 6 - - HYPH 1662 3413 7 current current JJ 1662 3413 8 issues issue NNS 1662 3413 9 : : : 1662 3413 10 emissions emission NNS 1662 3413 11 from from IN 1662 3413 12 coal coal NN 1662 3413 13 - - HYPH 1662 3413 14 burning burn VBG 1662 3413 15 utilities utility NNS 1662 3413 16 and and CC 1662 3413 17 industries industry NNS 1662 3413 18 and and CC 1662 3413 19 lead lead VBP 1662 3413 20 emissions emission NNS 1662 3413 21 from from IN 1662 3413 22 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 3413 23 exhausts exhaust NNS 1662 3413 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3413 25 the the DT 1662 3413 26 result result NN 1662 3413 27 of of IN 1662 3413 28 continued continue VBN 1662 3413 29 use use NN 1662 3413 30 of of IN 1662 3413 31 leaded leaded JJ 1662 3413 32 fuels fuel NNS 1662 3413 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3413 34 contribute contribute VBP 1662 3413 35 to to IN 1662 3413 36 air air NN 1662 3413 37 pollution pollution NN 1662 3413 38 ; ; , 1662 3413 39 acid acid JJ 1662 3413 40 rain rain NN 1662 3413 41 , , , 1662 3413 42 resulting result VBG 1662 3413 43 from from IN 1662 3413 44 sulfur sulfur NN 1662 3413 45 dioxide dioxide NN 1662 3413 46 emissions emission NNS 1662 3413 47 , , , 1662 3413 48 is be VBZ 1662 3413 49 damaging damaging JJ 1662 3413 50 forests forest NNS 1662 3413 51 ; ; , 1662 3413 52 heavy heavy JJ 1662 3413 53 pollution pollution NN 1662 3413 54 in in IN 1662 3413 55 the the DT 1662 3413 56 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 3413 57 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3413 58 from from IN 1662 3413 59 raw raw JJ 1662 3413 60 sewage sewage NN 1662 3413 61 and and CC 1662 3413 62 industrial industrial JJ 1662 3413 63 effluents effluent NNS 1662 3413 64 from from IN 1662 3413 65 rivers river NNS 1662 3413 66 in in IN 1662 3413 67 eastern eastern JJ 1662 3413 68 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3413 69 ; ; : 1662 3413 70 hazardous hazardous JJ 1662 3413 71 waste waste NN 1662 3413 72 disposal disposal NN 1662 3413 73 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3413 74 - - HYPH 1662 3413 75 international international JJ 1662 3413 76 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3413 77 : : : 1662 3413 78 party party NN 1662 3413 79 to to TO 1662 3413 80 : : : 1662 3413 81 Air Air NNP 1662 3413 82 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3413 83 , , , 1662 3413 84 Air Air NNP 1662 3413 85 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3413 86 - - HYPH 1662 3413 87 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 3413 88 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 3413 89 , , , 1662 3413 90 Air Air NNP 1662 3413 91 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3413 92 - - HYPH 1662 3413 93 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 3413 94 85 85 CD 1662 3413 95 , , , 1662 3413 96 Air Air NNP 1662 3413 97 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3413 98 - - HYPH 1662 3413 99 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 3413 100 Organic Organic NNP 1662 3413 101 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 3413 102 , , , 1662 3413 103 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3413 104 - - HYPH 1662 3413 105 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 3413 106 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 3413 107 , , , 1662 3413 108 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3413 109 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 3413 110 , , , 1662 3413 111 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 3413 112 , , , 1662 3413 113 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3413 114 Change Change NNP 1662 3413 115 , , , 1662 3413 116 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 3413 117 , , , 1662 3413 118 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 3413 119 Species Species NNPS 1662 3413 120 , , , 1662 3413 121 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 3413 122 Modification Modification NNP 1662 3413 123 , , , 1662 3413 124 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 3413 125 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 3413 126 , , , 1662 3413 127 Law Law NNP 1662 3413 128 of of IN 1662 3413 129 the the DT 1662 3413 130 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3413 131 , , , 1662 3413 132 Marine Marine NNP 1662 3413 133 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 3413 134 , , , 1662 3413 135 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 3413 136 Test Test NNP 1662 3413 137 Ban Ban NNP 1662 3413 138 , , , 1662 3413 139 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 3413 140 Layer Layer NNP 1662 3413 141 Protection Protection NNP 1662 3413 142 , , , 1662 3413 143 Ship Ship NNP 1662 3413 144 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3413 145 , , , 1662 3413 146 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 3413 147 Timber Timber NNP 1662 3413 148 83 83 CD 1662 3413 149 , , , 1662 3413 150 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 3413 151 Timber Timber NNP 1662 3413 152 94 94 CD 1662 3413 153 , , , 1662 3413 154 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 3413 155 signed sign VBD 1662 3413 156 , , , 1662 3413 157 but but CC 1662 3413 158 not not RB 1662 3413 159 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3413 160 : : : 1662 3413 161 Air Air NNP 1662 3413 162 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3413 163 - - HYPH 1662 3413 164 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 3413 165 94 94 CD 1662 3413 166 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3413 167 - - HYPH 1662 3413 168 note note NN 1662 3413 169 : : : 1662 3413 170 strategic strategic JJ 1662 3413 171 location location NN 1662 3413 172 on on IN 1662 3413 173 North North NNP 1662 3413 174 European European NNP 1662 3413 175 Plain Plain NNP 1662 3413 176 and and CC 1662 3413 177 along along IN 1662 3413 178 the the DT 1662 3413 179 entrance entrance NN 1662 3413 180 to to IN 1662 3413 181 the the DT 1662 3413 182 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 3413 183 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3413 184 @Germany @germany NN 1662 3413 185 : : : 1662 3413 186 People People NNS 1662 3413 187 Population Population NNP 1662 3413 188 : : : 1662 3413 189 82,071,765 82,071,765 CD 1662 3413 190 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3413 191 July July NNP 1662 3413 192 1997 1997 CD 1662 3413 193 est est NNP 1662 3413 194 . . . 1662 3413 195 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3414 1 Age age NN 1662 3414 2 structure structure NN 1662 3414 3 : : : 1662 3414 4 0 0 CD 1662 3414 5 - - HYPH 1662 3414 6 14 14 CD 1662 3414 7 years year NNS 1662 3414 8 : : : 1662 3414 9 16 16 CD 1662 3414 10 % % NN 1662 3414 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3414 12 male male JJ 1662 3414 13 6,652,245 6,652,245 CD 1662 3414 14 ; ; : 1662 3414 15 female female JJ 1662 3414 16 6,315,479 6,315,479 CD 1662 3414 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3414 18 15 15 CD 1662 3414 19 - - SYM 1662 3414 20 64 64 CD 1662 3414 21 years year NNS 1662 3414 22 : : : 1662 3414 23 68 68 CD 1662 3414 24 % % NN 1662 3414 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3414 26 male male JJ 1662 3414 27 28,649,361 28,649,361 CD 1662 3414 28 ; ; : 1662 3414 29 female female JJ 1662 3414 30 27,498,980 27,498,980 CD 1662 3414 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3414 32 65 65 CD 1662 3414 33 years year NNS 1662 3414 34 and and CC 1662 3414 35 over over RB 1662 3414 36 : : : 1662 3414 37 16 16 CD 1662 3414 38 % % NN 1662 3414 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3414 40 male male JJ 1662 3414 41 4,772,547 4,772,547 CD 1662 3414 42 ; ; : 1662 3414 43 female female JJ 1662 3414 44 8,183,153 8,183,153 CD 1662 3414 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3414 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3414 47 July July NNP 1662 3414 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3414 49 est est NNP 1662 3414 50 . . . 1662 3414 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3415 1 Population population NN 1662 3415 2 growth growth NN 1662 3415 3 rate rate NN 1662 3415 4 : : : 1662 3415 5 0 0 CD 1662 3415 6 % % NN 1662 3415 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3415 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3415 9 est est NNP 1662 3415 10 . . . 1662 3415 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3416 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3416 2 rate rate NN 1662 3416 3 : : : 1662 3416 4 8.98 8.98 CD 1662 3416 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 3416 6 population population NN 1662 3416 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3416 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3416 9 est est NNP 1662 3416 10 . . . 1662 3416 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3417 1 Death death NN 1662 3417 2 rate rate NN 1662 3417 3 : : : 1662 3417 4 10.82 10.82 CD 1662 3417 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3417 6 population population NN 1662 3417 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3417 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3417 9 est est NNP 1662 3417 10 . . . 1662 3417 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3418 1 Net net JJ 1662 3418 2 migration migration NN 1662 3418 3 rate rate NN 1662 3418 4 : : : 1662 3418 5 1.87 1.87 CD 1662 3418 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 3418 7 population population NN 1662 3418 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3418 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3418 10 est est NNP 1662 3418 11 . . . 1662 3418 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3419 1 Sex sex NN 1662 3419 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 3419 3 : : : 1662 3419 4 at at IN 1662 3419 5 birth birth NN 1662 3419 6 : : : 1662 3419 7 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 3419 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3419 9 under under IN 1662 3419 10 15 15 CD 1662 3419 11 years year NNS 1662 3419 12 : : : 1662 3419 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 3419 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3419 15 15 15 CD 1662 3419 16 - - HYPH 1662 3419 17 64 64 CD 1662 3419 18 years year NNS 1662 3419 19 : : : 1662 3419 20 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 3419 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3419 22 65 65 CD 1662 3419 23 years year NNS 1662 3419 24 and and CC 1662 3419 25 over over IN 1662 3419 26 : : : 1662 3419 27 0.58 0.58 CD 1662 3419 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3419 29 total total JJ 1662 3419 30 population population NN 1662 3419 31 : : : 1662 3419 32 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 3419 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3419 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3419 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 3419 36 est est NNP 1662 3419 37 . . . 1662 3419 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3420 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3420 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3420 3 rate rate NN 1662 3420 4 : : : 1662 3420 5 5.3 5.3 CD 1662 3420 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3420 7 live live JJ 1662 3420 8 births birth NNS 1662 3420 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3420 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3420 11 est est NNP 1662 3420 12 . . . 1662 3420 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3421 1 Life life NN 1662 3421 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3421 3 at at IN 1662 3421 4 birth birth NN 1662 3421 5 : : : 1662 3421 6 total total JJ 1662 3421 7 population population NN 1662 3421 8 : : : 1662 3421 9 76.81 76.81 CD 1662 3421 10 years year NNS 1662 3421 11 male male JJ 1662 3421 12 : : : 1662 3421 13 73.64 73.64 CD 1662 3421 14 years year NNS 1662 3421 15 female female JJ 1662 3421 16 : : : 1662 3421 17 80.16 80.16 CD 1662 3421 18 years year NNS 1662 3421 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3421 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3421 21 est est NNP 1662 3421 22 . . . 1662 3421 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3422 1 Total total JJ 1662 3422 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3422 3 rate rate NN 1662 3422 4 : : : 1662 3422 5 1.24 1.24 CD 1662 3422 6 children child NNS 1662 3422 7 born bear VBN 1662 3422 8 / / SYM 1662 3422 9 woman woman NN 1662 3422 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3422 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3422 12 est est NNP 1662 3422 13 . . . 1662 3422 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3423 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3423 2 : : : 1662 3423 3 noun noun NNP 1662 3423 4 : : : 1662 3423 5 German(s German(s NNP 1662 3423 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3423 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 3423 8 : : : 1662 3423 9 German german JJ 1662 3423 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3423 11 groups group NNS 1662 3423 12 : : : 1662 3423 13 German german JJ 1662 3423 14 91.5 91.5 CD 1662 3423 15 % % NN 1662 3423 16 , , , 1662 3423 17 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 3423 18 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 3423 19 % % NN 1662 3423 20 , , , 1662 3423 21 Italians Italians NNPS 1662 3423 22 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 3423 23 % % NN 1662 3423 24 , , , 1662 3423 25 Greeks Greeks NNPS 1662 3423 26 0.4 0.4 CD 1662 3423 27 % % NN 1662 3423 28 , , , 1662 3423 29 Poles Poles NNP 1662 3423 30 0.4 0.4 CD 1662 3423 31 % % NN 1662 3423 32 , , , 1662 3423 33 other other JJ 1662 3423 34 4.6 4.6 CD 1662 3423 35 % % NN 1662 3423 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3423 37 made make VBN 1662 3423 38 up up RP 1662 3423 39 largely largely RB 1662 3423 40 of of IN 1662 3423 41 people people NNS 1662 3423 42 fleeing flee VBG 1662 3423 43 the the DT 1662 3423 44 war war NN 1662 3423 45 in in IN 1662 3423 46 the the DT 1662 3423 47 former former JJ 1662 3423 48 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia NNP 1662 3423 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3423 50 Religions religion NNS 1662 3423 51 : : : 1662 3423 52 Protestant protestant NN 1662 3423 53 38 38 CD 1662 3423 54 % % NN 1662 3423 55 , , , 1662 3423 56 Roman Roman NNP 1662 3423 57 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 3423 58 34 34 CD 1662 3423 59 % % NN 1662 3423 60 , , , 1662 3423 61 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 3423 62 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 3423 63 % % NN 1662 3423 64 , , , 1662 3423 65 unaffiliated unaffiliated JJ 1662 3423 66 or or CC 1662 3423 67 other other JJ 1662 3423 68 26.3 26.3 CD 1662 3423 69 % % NN 1662 3423 70 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 3423 71 : : : 1662 3423 72 German german JJ 1662 3423 73 Literacy literacy NN 1662 3423 74 : : : 1662 3423 75 definition definition NN 1662 3423 76 : : : 1662 3423 77 age age NN 1662 3423 78 15 15 CD 1662 3423 79 and and CC 1662 3423 80 over over RB 1662 3423 81 can can MD 1662 3423 82 read read VB 1662 3423 83 and and CC 1662 3423 84 write write VB 1662 3423 85 total total JJ 1662 3423 86 population population NN 1662 3423 87 : : : 1662 3423 88 99 99 CD 1662 3423 89 % % NN 1662 3423 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3423 91 1977 1977 CD 1662 3423 92 est est NNP 1662 3423 93 . . . 1662 3423 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 1 male male NN 1662 3424 2 : : : 1662 3424 3 NA% NA% NNP 1662 3424 4 female female NNP 1662 3424 5 : : : 1662 3424 6 NA% na% ADD 1662 3424 7 @Germany @germany NN 1662 3424 8 : : : 1662 3424 9 Government Government NNP 1662 3424 10 Country Country NNP 1662 3424 11 name name NN 1662 3424 12 : : : 1662 3424 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3424 14 long long JJ 1662 3424 15 form form NN 1662 3424 16 : : : 1662 3424 17 Federal Federal NNP 1662 3424 18 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3424 19 of of IN 1662 3424 20 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3424 21 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3424 22 short short JJ 1662 3424 23 form form NN 1662 3424 24 : : : 1662 3424 25 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3424 26 local local JJ 1662 3424 27 long long JJ 1662 3424 28 form form NN 1662 3424 29 : : : 1662 3424 30 Bundesrepublik Bundesrepublik NNP 1662 3424 31 Deutschland Deutschland NNP 1662 3424 32 local local JJ 1662 3424 33 short short JJ 1662 3424 34 form form NN 1662 3424 35 : : : 1662 3424 36 Deutschland Deutschland NNP 1662 3424 37 Data Data NNP 1662 3424 38 code code NN 1662 3424 39 : : : 1662 3424 40 GM GM NNP 1662 3424 41 Government Government NNP 1662 3424 42 type type NN 1662 3424 43 : : : 1662 3424 44 federal federal NNP 1662 3424 45 republic republic NNP 1662 3424 46 National National NNP 1662 3424 47 capital capital NN 1662 3424 48 : : : 1662 3424 49 Berlin Berlin NNP 1662 3424 50 note note NN 1662 3424 51 : : : 1662 3424 52 the the DT 1662 3424 53 shift shift NN 1662 3424 54 from from IN 1662 3424 55 Bonn Bonn NNP 1662 3424 56 to to IN 1662 3424 57 Berlin Berlin NNP 1662 3424 58 will will MD 1662 3424 59 take take VB 1662 3424 60 place place NN 1662 3424 61 over over IN 1662 3424 62 a a DT 1662 3424 63 period period NN 1662 3424 64 of of IN 1662 3424 65 years year NNS 1662 3424 66 , , , 1662 3424 67 with with IN 1662 3424 68 Bonn Bonn NNP 1662 3424 69 retaining retain VBG 1662 3424 70 many many JJ 1662 3424 71 administrative administrative JJ 1662 3424 72 functions function NNS 1662 3424 73 and and CC 1662 3424 74 several several JJ 1662 3424 75 ministries ministry NNS 1662 3424 76 even even RB 1662 3424 77 after after IN 1662 3424 78 parliament parliament NN 1662 3424 79 moves move NNS 1662 3424 80 in in IN 1662 3424 81 1999 1999 CD 1662 3424 82 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 3424 83 divisions division NNS 1662 3424 84 : : : 1662 3424 85 16 16 CD 1662 3424 86 states state NNS 1662 3424 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 88 laender laender NN 1662 3424 89 , , , 1662 3424 90 singular singular JJ 1662 3424 91 - - HYPH 1662 3424 92 land land NN 1662 3424 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 94 ; ; : 1662 3424 95 Baden Baden NNP 1662 3424 96 - - HYPH 1662 3424 97 Wuerttemberg Wuerttemberg NNP 1662 3424 98 , , , 1662 3424 99 Bayern Bayern NNP 1662 3424 100 , , , 1662 3424 101 Berlin Berlin NNP 1662 3424 102 , , , 1662 3424 103 Brandenburg Brandenburg NNP 1662 3424 104 , , , 1662 3424 105 Bremen Bremen NNP 1662 3424 106 , , , 1662 3424 107 Hamburg Hamburg NNP 1662 3424 108 , , , 1662 3424 109 Hessen Hessen NNP 1662 3424 110 , , , 1662 3424 111 Mecklenburg Mecklenburg NNP 1662 3424 112 - - HYPH 1662 3424 113 Vorpommern Vorpommern NNP 1662 3424 114 , , , 1662 3424 115 Niedersachsen Niedersachsen NNP 1662 3424 116 , , , 1662 3424 117 Nordrhein Nordrhein NNP 1662 3424 118 - - HYPH 1662 3424 119 Westfalen Westfalen NNP 1662 3424 120 , , , 1662 3424 121 Rheinland Rheinland NNP 1662 3424 122 - - HYPH 1662 3424 123 Pfalz Pfalz NNP 1662 3424 124 , , , 1662 3424 125 Saarland Saarland NNP 1662 3424 126 , , , 1662 3424 127 Sachsen Sachsen NNP 1662 3424 128 , , , 1662 3424 129 Sachsen Sachsen NNP 1662 3424 130 - - HYPH 1662 3424 131 Anhalt Anhalt NNP 1662 3424 132 , , , 1662 3424 133 Schleswig Schleswig NNP 1662 3424 134 - - HYPH 1662 3424 135 Holstein Holstein NNPS 1662 3424 136 , , , 1662 3424 137 Thueringen Thueringen NNP 1662 3424 138 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3424 139 : : : 1662 3424 140 18 18 CD 1662 3424 141 January January NNP 1662 3424 142 1871 1871 CD 1662 3424 143 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 144 German German NNP 1662 3424 145 Empire Empire NNP 1662 3424 146 unification unification NN 1662 3424 147 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 148 ; ; , 1662 3424 149 divided divide VBN 1662 3424 150 into into IN 1662 3424 151 four four CD 1662 3424 152 zones zone NNS 1662 3424 153 of of IN 1662 3424 154 occupation occupation NN 1662 3424 155 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 156 UK UK NNP 1662 3424 157 , , , 1662 3424 158 US US NNP 1662 3424 159 , , , 1662 3424 160 USSR USSR NNP 1662 3424 161 , , , 1662 3424 162 and and CC 1662 3424 163 later later RBR 1662 3424 164 , , , 1662 3424 165 France France NNP 1662 3424 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 167 in in IN 1662 3424 168 1945 1945 CD 1662 3424 169 following follow VBG 1662 3424 170 World World NNP 1662 3424 171 War War NNP 1662 3424 172 II II NNP 1662 3424 173 ; ; : 1662 3424 174 Federal Federal NNP 1662 3424 175 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3424 176 of of IN 1662 3424 177 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3424 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 179 FRG FRG NNP 1662 3424 180 or or CC 1662 3424 181 West West NNP 1662 3424 182 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3424 183 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 184 proclaimed proclaim VBD 1662 3424 185 23 23 CD 1662 3424 186 May May NNP 1662 3424 187 1949 1949 CD 1662 3424 188 and and CC 1662 3424 189 included include VBD 1662 3424 190 the the DT 1662 3424 191 former former JJ 1662 3424 192 UK UK NNP 1662 3424 193 , , , 1662 3424 194 US US NNP 1662 3424 195 , , , 1662 3424 196 and and CC 1662 3424 197 French french JJ 1662 3424 198 zones zone NNS 1662 3424 199 ; ; : 1662 3424 200 German German NNP 1662 3424 201 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3424 202 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3424 203 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 204 GDR GDR NNP 1662 3424 205 or or CC 1662 3424 206 East East NNP 1662 3424 207 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3424 208 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 209 proclaimed proclaim VBD 1662 3424 210 7 7 CD 1662 3424 211 October October NNP 1662 3424 212 1949 1949 CD 1662 3424 213 and and CC 1662 3424 214 included include VBD 1662 3424 215 the the DT 1662 3424 216 former former JJ 1662 3424 217 USSR USSR NNP 1662 3424 218 zone zone NN 1662 3424 219 ; ; : 1662 3424 220 unification unification NN 1662 3424 221 of of IN 1662 3424 222 West West NNP 1662 3424 223 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3424 224 and and CC 1662 3424 225 East East NNP 1662 3424 226 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3424 227 took take VBD 1662 3424 228 place place NN 1662 3424 229 3 3 CD 1662 3424 230 October October NNP 1662 3424 231 1990 1990 CD 1662 3424 232 ; ; : 1662 3424 233 all all DT 1662 3424 234 four four CD 1662 3424 235 power power NN 1662 3424 236 rights right NNS 1662 3424 237 formally formally RB 1662 3424 238 relinquished relinquish VBD 1662 3424 239 15 15 CD 1662 3424 240 March March NNP 1662 3424 241 1991 1991 CD 1662 3424 242 National national JJ 1662 3424 243 holiday holiday NN 1662 3424 244 : : : 1662 3424 245 German german JJ 1662 3424 246 Unity Unity NNP 1662 3424 247 Day Day NNP 1662 3424 248 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 249 Day Day NNP 1662 3424 250 of of IN 1662 3424 251 Unity Unity NNP 1662 3424 252 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 253 , , , 1662 3424 254 3 3 CD 1662 3424 255 October October NNP 1662 3424 256 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 257 1990 1990 CD 1662 3424 258 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 259 Constitution constitution NN 1662 3424 260 : : : 1662 3424 261 23 23 CD 1662 3424 262 May May NNP 1662 3424 263 1949 1949 CD 1662 3424 264 , , , 1662 3424 265 known know VBN 1662 3424 266 as as IN 1662 3424 267 Basic Basic NNP 1662 3424 268 Law Law NNP 1662 3424 269 ; ; : 1662 3424 270 became become VBD 1662 3424 271 constitution constitution NN 1662 3424 272 of of IN 1662 3424 273 the the DT 1662 3424 274 united united JJ 1662 3424 275 German german JJ 1662 3424 276 people people NNS 1662 3424 277 3 3 CD 1662 3424 278 October October NNP 1662 3424 279 1990 1990 CD 1662 3424 280 Legal legal JJ 1662 3424 281 system system NN 1662 3424 282 : : : 1662 3424 283 civil civil JJ 1662 3424 284 law law NN 1662 3424 285 system system NN 1662 3424 286 with with IN 1662 3424 287 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 3424 288 concepts concept NNS 1662 3424 289 ; ; : 1662 3424 290 judicial judicial JJ 1662 3424 291 review review NN 1662 3424 292 of of IN 1662 3424 293 legislative legislative JJ 1662 3424 294 acts act NNS 1662 3424 295 in in IN 1662 3424 296 the the DT 1662 3424 297 Federal Federal NNP 1662 3424 298 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 3424 299 Court Court NNP 1662 3424 300 ; ; : 1662 3424 301 has have VBZ 1662 3424 302 not not RB 1662 3424 303 accepted accept VBN 1662 3424 304 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 3424 305 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 3424 306 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 3424 307 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 3424 308 : : : 1662 3424 309 18 18 CD 1662 3424 310 years year NNS 1662 3424 311 of of IN 1662 3424 312 age age NN 1662 3424 313 ; ; : 1662 3424 314 universal universal JJ 1662 3424 315 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3424 316 branch branch NN 1662 3424 317 : : : 1662 3424 318 chief chief NN 1662 3424 319 of of IN 1662 3424 320 state state NN 1662 3424 321 : : : 1662 3424 322 President President NNP 1662 3424 323 Roman Roman NNP 1662 3424 324 HERZOG HERZOG NNP 1662 3424 325 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 326 since since IN 1662 3424 327 1 1 CD 1662 3424 328 July July NNP 1662 3424 329 1994 1994 CD 1662 3424 330 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 331 head head NN 1662 3424 332 of of IN 1662 3424 333 government government NN 1662 3424 334 : : : 1662 3424 335 Chancellor Chancellor NNP 1662 3424 336 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 3424 337 Helmut Helmut NNP 1662 3424 338 KOHL KOHL NNP 1662 3424 339 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 340 since since IN 1662 3424 341 4 4 CD 1662 3424 342 October October NNP 1662 3424 343 1982 1982 CD 1662 3424 344 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 345 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3424 346 : : : 1662 3424 347 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 3424 348 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3424 349 by by IN 1662 3424 350 the the DT 1662 3424 351 president president NN 1662 3424 352 upon upon IN 1662 3424 353 the the DT 1662 3424 354 proposal proposal NN 1662 3424 355 of of IN 1662 3424 356 the the DT 1662 3424 357 chancellor chancellor NNP 1662 3424 358 elections election NNS 1662 3424 359 : : : 1662 3424 360 president president NNP 1662 3424 361 elected elect VBN 1662 3424 362 by by IN 1662 3424 363 the the DT 1662 3424 364 Federal Federal NNP 1662 3424 365 Convention Convention NNP 1662 3424 366 including include VBG 1662 3424 367 members member NNS 1662 3424 368 of of IN 1662 3424 369 the the DT 1662 3424 370 Federal Federal NNP 1662 3424 371 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3424 372 and and CC 1662 3424 373 an an DT 1662 3424 374 equal equal JJ 1662 3424 375 number number NN 1662 3424 376 of of IN 1662 3424 377 members member NNS 1662 3424 378 elected elect VBN 1662 3424 379 by by IN 1662 3424 380 the the DT 1662 3424 381 Land Land NNP 1662 3424 382 Parliaments Parliaments NNPS 1662 3424 383 for for IN 1662 3424 384 a a DT 1662 3424 385 five five CD 1662 3424 386 - - HYPH 1662 3424 387 year year NN 1662 3424 388 term term NN 1662 3424 389 ; ; : 1662 3424 390 election election NN 1662 3424 391 last last JJ 1662 3424 392 held hold VBD 1662 3424 393 23 23 CD 1662 3424 394 May May NNP 1662 3424 395 1994 1994 CD 1662 3424 396 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 397 next next JJ 1662 3424 398 to to TO 1662 3424 399 be be VB 1662 3424 400 held hold VBN 1662 3424 401 NA NA NNP 1662 3424 402 1999 1999 CD 1662 3424 403 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 404 ; ; : 1662 3424 405 chancellor chancellor NNP 1662 3424 406 elected elect VBN 1662 3424 407 by by IN 1662 3424 408 an an DT 1662 3424 409 absolute absolute JJ 1662 3424 410 majority majority NN 1662 3424 411 of of IN 1662 3424 412 the the DT 1662 3424 413 Federal Federal NNP 1662 3424 414 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3424 415 for for IN 1662 3424 416 a a DT 1662 3424 417 four four CD 1662 3424 418 - - HYPH 1662 3424 419 year year NN 1662 3424 420 term term NN 1662 3424 421 ; ; : 1662 3424 422 election election NN 1662 3424 423 last last JJ 1662 3424 424 held hold VBD 1662 3424 425 16 16 CD 1662 3424 426 October October NNP 1662 3424 427 1994 1994 CD 1662 3424 428 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 429 next next JJ 1662 3424 430 to to TO 1662 3424 431 be be VB 1662 3424 432 held hold VBN 1662 3424 433 NA NA NNP 1662 3424 434 1998 1998 CD 1662 3424 435 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 436 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470 no no DT 1662 3424 471 official official JJ 1662 3424 472 name name NN 1662 3424 473 for for IN 1662 3424 474 the the DT 1662 3424 475 two two CD 1662 3424 476 chambers chamber NNS 1662 3424 477 as as IN 1662 3424 478 a a DT 1662 3424 479 whole whole NN 1662 3424 480 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 481 consists consist VBZ 1662 3424 482 of of IN 1662 3424 483 the the DT 1662 3424 484 Federal Federal NNP 1662 3424 485 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3424 486 or or CC 1662 3424 487 Bundestag Bundestag NNP 1662 3424 488 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 489 656 656 CD 1662 3424 490 seats seat NNS 1662 3424 491 usually usually RB 1662 3424 492 , , , 1662 3424 493 but but CC 1662 3424 494 672 672 CD 1662 3424 495 for for IN 1662 3424 496 the the DT 1662 3424 497 1994 1994 CD 1662 3424 498 term term NN 1662 3424 499 ; ; , 1662 3424 500 elected elect VBN 1662 3424 501 by by IN 1662 3424 502 direct direct JJ 1662 3424 503 popular popular JJ 1662 3424 504 vote vote NN 1662 3424 505 under under IN 1662 3424 506 a a DT 1662 3424 507 system system NN 1662 3424 508 combining combine VBG 1662 3424 509 direct direct JJ 1662 3424 510 and and CC 1662 3424 511 proportional proportional JJ 1662 3424 512 representation representation NN 1662 3424 513 ; ; : 1662 3424 514 a a DT 1662 3424 515 party party NN 1662 3424 516 must must MD 1662 3424 517 win win VB 1662 3424 518 5 5 CD 1662 3424 519 % % NN 1662 3424 520 of of IN 1662 3424 521 the the DT 1662 3424 522 national national JJ 1662 3424 523 vote vote NN 1662 3424 524 or or CC 1662 3424 525 three three CD 1662 3424 526 direct direct JJ 1662 3424 527 mandates mandate NNS 1662 3424 528 to to TO 1662 3424 529 gain gain VB 1662 3424 530 representation representation NN 1662 3424 531 ; ; : 1662 3424 532 members member NNS 1662 3424 533 serve serve VBP 1662 3424 534 four four CD 1662 3424 535 - - HYPH 1662 3424 536 year year NN 1662 3424 537 terms term NNS 1662 3424 538 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 539 and and CC 1662 3424 540 the the DT 1662 3424 541 Federal Federal NNP 1662 3424 542 Council Council NNP 1662 3424 543 or or CC 1662 3424 544 Bundesrat Bundesrat NNP 1662 3424 545 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 546 68 68 CD 1662 3424 547 votes vote NNS 1662 3424 548 ; ; : 1662 3424 549 state state NN 1662 3424 550 governments government NNS 1662 3424 551 are be VBP 1662 3424 552 directly directly RB 1662 3424 553 represented represent VBN 1662 3424 554 by by IN 1662 3424 555 votes vote NNS 1662 3424 556 ; ; : 1662 3424 557 each each DT 1662 3424 558 has have VBZ 1662 3424 559 3 3 CD 1662 3424 560 to to TO 1662 3424 561 6 6 CD 1662 3424 562 votes vote NNS 1662 3424 563 depending depend VBG 1662 3424 564 on on IN 1662 3424 565 population population NN 1662 3424 566 and and CC 1662 3424 567 are be VBP 1662 3424 568 required require VBN 1662 3424 569 to to TO 1662 3424 570 vote vote VB 1662 3424 571 as as IN 1662 3424 572 a a DT 1662 3424 573 block block NN 1662 3424 574 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 575 elections election NNS 1662 3424 576 : : : 1662 3424 577 Federal Federal NNP 1662 3424 578 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3424 579 - - : 1662 3424 580 last last RB 1662 3424 581 held hold VBD 1662 3424 582 16 16 CD 1662 3424 583 October October NNP 1662 3424 584 1994 1994 CD 1662 3424 585 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 586 next next JJ 1662 3424 587 to to TO 1662 3424 588 be be VB 1662 3424 589 held hold VBN 1662 3424 590 by by IN 1662 3424 591 NA NA NNP 1662 3424 592 1998 1998 CD 1662 3424 593 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 594 ; ; : 1662 3424 595 Federal Federal NNP 1662 3424 596 Council Council NNP 1662 3424 597 - - HYPH 1662 3424 598 last last RB 1662 3424 599 held hold VBN 1662 3424 600 NA NA NNP 1662 3424 601 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 602 next next JJ 1662 3424 603 to to TO 1662 3424 604 be be VB 1662 3424 605 held hold VBN 1662 3424 606 NA NA NNP 1662 3424 607 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 608 election election NN 1662 3424 609 results result NNS 1662 3424 610 : : : 1662 3424 611 Federal Federal NNP 1662 3424 612 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3424 613 - - HYPH 1662 3424 614 percent percent NN 1662 3424 615 of of IN 1662 3424 616 vote vote NN 1662 3424 617 by by IN 1662 3424 618 party party NNP 1662 3424 619 - - HYPH 1662 3424 620 CDU CDU NNP 1662 3424 621 34.2 34.2 CD 1662 3424 622 % % NN 1662 3424 623 , , , 1662 3424 624 SPD SPD NNP 1662 3424 625 36.4 36.4 CD 1662 3424 626 % % NN 1662 3424 627 , , , 1662 3424 628 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 3424 629 90 90 CD 1662 3424 630 / / SYM 1662 3424 631 Greens Greens NNP 1662 3424 632 7.3 7.3 CD 1662 3424 633 % % NN 1662 3424 634 , , , 1662 3424 635 CSU CSU NNP 1662 3424 636 7.3 7.3 CD 1662 3424 637 % % NN 1662 3424 638 , , , 1662 3424 639 FDP FDP NNP 1662 3424 640 6.9 6.9 CD 1662 3424 641 % % NN 1662 3424 642 , , , 1662 3424 643 PDS PDS NNP 1662 3424 644 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 3424 645 % % NN 1662 3424 646 , , , 1662 3424 647 Republicans Republicans NNPS 1662 3424 648 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 3424 649 % % NN 1662 3424 650 ; ; , 1662 3424 651 seats seat NNS 1662 3424 652 by by IN 1662 3424 653 party party NN 1662 3424 654 - - HYPH 1662 3424 655 CDU CDU NNP 1662 3424 656 244 244 CD 1662 3424 657 , , , 1662 3424 658 SPD SPD NNP 1662 3424 659 252 252 CD 1662 3424 660 , , , 1662 3424 661 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 3424 662 90 90 CD 1662 3424 663 / / SYM 1662 3424 664 Greens Greens NNP 1662 3424 665 49 49 CD 1662 3424 666 , , , 1662 3424 667 CSU CSU NNP 1662 3424 668 50 50 CD 1662 3424 669 , , , 1662 3424 670 FDP FDP NNP 1662 3424 671 47 47 CD 1662 3424 672 , , , 1662 3424 673 PDS PDS NNP 1662 3424 674 30 30 CD 1662 3424 675 ; ; : 1662 3424 676 Federal Federal NNP 1662 3424 677 Council Council NNP 1662 3424 678 - - HYPH 1662 3424 679 current current JJ 1662 3424 680 composition composition NN 1662 3424 681 - - HYPH 1662 3424 682 votes vote NNS 1662 3424 683 by by IN 1662 3424 684 party party NN 1662 3424 685 - - HYPH 1662 3424 686 SPD SPD NNP 1662 3424 687 - - HYPH 1662 3424 688 led lead VBN 1662 3424 689 states states NNP 1662 3424 690 41 41 CD 1662 3424 691 , , , 1662 3424 692 CDU CDU NNP 1662 3424 693 - - HYPH 1662 3424 694 led lead VBN 1662 3424 695 states state VBZ 1662 3424 696 27 27 CD 1662 3424 697 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 3424 698 branch branch NN 1662 3424 699 : : : 1662 3424 700 Federal Federal NNP 1662 3424 701 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 3424 702 Court Court NNP 1662 3424 703 or or CC 1662 3424 704 Bundesverfassungsgericht Bundesverfassungsgericht NNP 1662 3424 705 , , , 1662 3424 706 half half PDT 1662 3424 707 the the DT 1662 3424 708 judges judge NNS 1662 3424 709 are be VBP 1662 3424 710 elected elect VBN 1662 3424 711 by by IN 1662 3424 712 the the DT 1662 3424 713 Bundestag Bundestag NNP 1662 3424 714 and and CC 1662 3424 715 half half NN 1662 3424 716 by by IN 1662 3424 717 the the DT 1662 3424 718 Bundesrat Bundesrat NNP 1662 3424 719 Political political JJ 1662 3424 720 parties party NNS 1662 3424 721 and and CC 1662 3424 722 leaders leader NNS 1662 3424 723 : : : 1662 3424 724 Christian Christian NNP 1662 3424 725 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3424 726 Union Union NNP 1662 3424 727 or or CC 1662 3424 728 CDU CDU NNP 1662 3424 729 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3424 730 Helmut Helmut NNP 1662 3424 731 KOHL KOHL NNP 1662 3424 732 , , , 1662 3424 733 chairman chairman NN 1662 3424 734 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3424 735 ; ; : 1662 3424 736 Christian Christian NNP 1662 3424 737 Social Social NNP 1662 3424 738 Union Union NNP 1662 3424 739 or or CC 1662 3424 740 CSU CSU NNP 1662 3424 741 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3424 742 Theo theo NN 1662 3424 743 WAIGEL WAIGEL NNP 1662 3424 744 , , , 1662 3424 745 chairman chairman NN 1662 3424 746 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3424 747 ; ; : 1662 3424 748 Free Free NNP 1662 3424 749 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3424 750 Party Party NNP 1662 3424 751 or or CC 1662 3424 752 FDP FDP NNP 1662 3424 753 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3424 754 Wolfgang Wolfgang NNP 1662 3424 755 GERHARDT GERHARDT NNP 1662 3424 756 , , , 1662 3424 757 chairman chairman NN 1662 3424 758 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3424 759 ; ; : 1662 3424 760 Social Social NNP 1662 3424 761 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3424 762 Party Party NNP 1662 3424 763 or or CC 1662 3424 764 SPD SPD NNP 1662 3424 765 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3424 766 Oskar Oskar NNP 1662 3424 767 LAFONTAINE LAFONTAINE NNP 1662 3424 768 , , , 1662 3424 769 chairman chairman NN 1662 3424 770 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3424 771 ; ; : 1662 3424 772 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 3424 773 ' ' POS 1662 3424 774 90 90 CD 1662 3424 775 / / SYM 1662 3424 776 Greens Greens NNP 1662 3424 777 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3424 778 Gunda Gunda NNP 1662 3424 779 ROESTEL ROESTEL NNS 1662 3424 780 , , , 1662 3424 781 Juergen Juergen NNP 1662 3424 782 TRITTIN TRITTIN NNP 1662 3424 783 , , , 1662 3424 784 cochairpersons cochairperson NNS 1662 3424 785 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3424 786 ; ; : 1662 3424 787 Party Party NNP 1662 3424 788 of of IN 1662 3424 789 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3424 790 Socialism Socialism NNP 1662 3424 791 or or CC 1662 3424 792 PDS PDS NNP 1662 3424 793 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3424 794 Lothar Lothar NNP 1662 3424 795 BISKY BISKY NNP 1662 3424 796 , , , 1662 3424 797 chairman chairman NN 1662 3424 798 ] ] 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Political political JJ 1662 3424 834 pressure pressure NN 1662 3424 835 groups group NNS 1662 3424 836 and and CC 1662 3424 837 leaders leader NNS 1662 3424 838 : : : 1662 3424 839 employers employer NNS 1662 3424 840 ' ' POS 1662 3424 841 organizations organization NNS 1662 3424 842 , , , 1662 3424 843 expellee expellee NNP 1662 3424 844 , , , 1662 3424 845 refugee refugee NN 1662 3424 846 , , , 1662 3424 847 trade trade NN 1662 3424 848 unions union NNS 1662 3424 849 , , , 1662 3424 850 and and CC 1662 3424 851 veterans veteran NNS 1662 3424 852 groups group NNS 1662 3424 853 International International NNP 1662 3424 854 organization organization NN 1662 3424 855 participation participation NN 1662 3424 856 : : : 1662 3424 857 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 3424 858 , , , 1662 3424 859 AG AG NNP 1662 3424 860 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 861 observer observer NNP 1662 3424 862 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 863 , , , 1662 3424 864 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 3424 865 , , , 1662 3424 866 Australia Australia NNP 1662 3424 867 Group Group NNP 1662 3424 868 , , , 1662 3424 869 BDEAC BDEAC NNP 1662 3424 870 , , , 1662 3424 871 BIS BIS NNP 1662 3424 872 , , , 1662 3424 873 CBSS CBSS NNP 1662 3424 874 , , , 1662 3424 875 CCC CCC NNP 1662 3424 876 , , , 1662 3424 877 CDB CDB NNP 1662 3424 878 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 879 non non JJ 1662 3424 880 - - JJ 1662 3424 881 regional regional JJ 1662 3424 882 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 883 , , , 1662 3424 884 CE CE NNP 1662 3424 885 , , , 1662 3424 886 CERN CERN NNP 1662 3424 887 , , , 1662 3424 888 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 3424 889 , , , 1662 3424 890 ECE ECE NNP 1662 3424 891 , , , 1662 3424 892 EIB EIB NNP 1662 3424 893 , , , 1662 3424 894 ESA ESA NNP 1662 3424 895 , , , 1662 3424 896 EU EU NNP 1662 3424 897 , , , 1662 3424 898 FAO FAO NNP 1662 3424 899 , , , 1662 3424 900 G- G- NNP 1662 3424 901 5 5 CD 1662 3424 902 , , , 1662 3424 903 G- G- NNP 1662 3424 904 7 7 CD 1662 3424 905 , , , 1662 3424 906 G-10 g-10 CD 1662 3424 907 , , , 1662 3424 908 IADB IADB NNP 1662 3424 909 , , , 1662 3424 910 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 3424 911 , , , 1662 3424 912 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 3424 913 , , , 1662 3424 914 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 3424 915 , , , 1662 3424 916 ICC ICC NNP 1662 3424 917 , , , 1662 3424 918 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 3424 919 , , , 1662 3424 920 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 3424 921 , , , 1662 3424 922 IDA IDA NNP 1662 3424 923 , , , 1662 3424 924 IEA IEA NNP 1662 3424 925 , , , 1662 3424 926 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 3424 927 , , , 1662 3424 928 IFC IFC NNP 1662 3424 929 , , , 1662 3424 930 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 3424 931 , , , 1662 3424 932 IHO IHO NNP 1662 3424 933 , , , 1662 3424 934 ILO ILO NNP 1662 3424 935 , , , 1662 3424 936 IMF IMF NNP 1662 3424 937 , , , 1662 3424 938 IMO imo RB 1662 3424 939 , , , 1662 3424 940 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 3424 941 , , , 1662 3424 942 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3424 943 , , , 1662 3424 944 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 3424 945 , , , 1662 3424 946 IOC IOC NNP 1662 3424 947 , , , 1662 3424 948 IOM IOM NNP 1662 3424 949 , , , 1662 3424 950 ISO ISO NNP 1662 3424 951 , , , 1662 3424 952 ITU ITU NNP 1662 3424 953 , , , 1662 3424 954 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 3424 955 , , , 1662 3424 956 NACC NACC NNP 1662 3424 957 , , , 1662 3424 958 NAM NAM NNP 1662 3424 959 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 960 guest guest NNP 1662 3424 961 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 962 , , , 1662 3424 963 NATO NATO NNP 1662 3424 964 , , , 1662 3424 965 NEA NEA NNP 1662 3424 966 , , , 1662 3424 967 NSG NSG NNP 1662 3424 968 , , , 1662 3424 969 OAS OAS NNP 1662 3424 970 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 971 observer observer NNP 1662 3424 972 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 973 , , , 1662 3424 974 OECD OECD NNP 1662 3424 975 , , , 1662 3424 976 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 3424 977 , , , 1662 3424 978 PCA PCA NNP 1662 3424 979 , , , 1662 3424 980 UN UN NNP 1662 3424 981 , , , 1662 3424 982 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 3424 983 , , , 1662 3424 984 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 3424 985 , , , 1662 3424 986 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 3424 987 , , , 1662 3424 988 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 3424 989 , , , 1662 3424 990 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 3424 991 , , , 1662 3424 992 UNITAR UNITAR NNP 1662 3424 993 , , , 1662 3424 994 UNMIBH UNMIBH NNP 1662 3424 995 , , , 1662 3424 996 UNOMIG UNOMIG NNP 1662 3424 997 , , , 1662 3424 998 UPU UPU NNP 1662 3424 999 , , , 1662 3424 1000 WEU WEU NNP 1662 3424 1001 , , , 1662 3424 1002 WHO who WP 1662 3424 1003 , , , 1662 3424 1004 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 3424 1005 , , , 1662 3424 1006 WMO WMO NNP 1662 3424 1007 , , , 1662 3424 1008 WToO wtoo FW 1662 3424 1009 , , , 1662 3424 1010 WTrO wtro VB 1662 3424 1011 , , , 1662 3424 1012 ZC ZC NNP 1662 3424 1013 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3424 1014 representation representation NN 1662 3424 1015 in in IN 1662 3424 1016 the the DT 1662 3424 1017 US US NNP 1662 3424 1018 : : : 1662 3424 1019 chief chief NN 1662 3424 1020 of of IN 1662 3424 1021 mission mission NN 1662 3424 1022 : : : 1662 3424 1023 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3424 1024 Juergen Juergen NNP 1662 3424 1025 CHROBOG CHROBOG NNP 1662 3424 1026 chancery chancery NN 1662 3424 1027 : : : 1662 3424 1028 4645 4645 CD 1662 3424 1029 Reservoir Reservoir NNP 1662 3424 1030 Road Road NNP 1662 3424 1031 NW NW NNP 1662 3424 1032 , , , 1662 3424 1033 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3424 1034 , , , 1662 3424 1035 DC DC NNP 1662 3424 1036 20007 20007 CD 1662 3424 1037 telephone telephone NN 1662 3424 1038 : : : 1662 3424 1039 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3424 1040 1 1 CD 1662 3424 1041 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3424 1042 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 1043 202 202 CD 1662 3424 1044 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 1045 298 298 CD 1662 3424 1046 - - SYM 1662 3424 1047 4000 4000 CD 1662 3424 1048 FAX FAX NNP 1662 3424 1049 : : : 1662 3424 1050 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3424 1051 1 1 CD 1662 3424 1052 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3424 1053 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 1054 202 202 CD 1662 3424 1055 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 1056 298 298 CD 1662 3424 1057 - - SYM 1662 3424 1058 4249 4249 CD 1662 3424 1059 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 3424 1060 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 1061 general general NN 1662 3424 1062 : : : 1662 3424 1063 Atlanta Atlanta NNP 1662 3424 1064 , , , 1662 3424 1065 Boston Boston NNP 1662 3424 1066 , , , 1662 3424 1067 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 3424 1068 , , , 1662 3424 1069 Detroit Detroit NNP 1662 3424 1070 , , , 1662 3424 1071 Houston Houston NNP 1662 3424 1072 , , , 1662 3424 1073 Los Los NNP 1662 3424 1074 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 3424 1075 , , , 1662 3424 1076 Miami Miami NNP 1662 3424 1077 , , , 1662 3424 1078 New New NNP 1662 3424 1079 York York NNP 1662 3424 1080 , , , 1662 3424 1081 San San NNP 1662 3424 1082 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 3424 1083 , , , 1662 3424 1084 Seattle Seattle NNP 1662 3424 1085 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 3424 1086 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 1087 : : : 1662 3424 1088 Wellington Wellington NNP 1662 3424 1089 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 1090 American American NNP 1662 3424 1091 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 3424 1092 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 1093 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3424 1094 representation representation NN 1662 3424 1095 from from IN 1662 3424 1096 the the DT 1662 3424 1097 US US NNP 1662 3424 1098 : : : 1662 3424 1099 chief chief NN 1662 3424 1100 of of IN 1662 3424 1101 mission mission NN 1662 3424 1102 : : : 1662 3424 1103 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3424 1104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3424 1105 vacant vacant JJ 1662 3424 1106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3424 1107 ; ; : 1662 3424 1108 Charge Charge NNP 1662 3424 1109 d'Affaires d'Affaires NNP 1662 3424 1110 James James NNP 1662 3424 1111 D. D. 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- HYPH 1662 3443 49 2,319 2,319 CD 1662 3443 50 km km NNS 1662 3443 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3443 52 1988 1988 CD 1662 3443 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3443 54 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 3443 55 : : : 1662 3443 56 crude crude JJ 1662 3443 57 oil oil NN 1662 3443 58 3,644 3,644 CD 1662 3443 59 km km NN 1662 3443 60 ; ; : 1662 3443 61 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 3443 62 products product NNS 1662 3443 63 3,946 3,946 CD 1662 3443 64 km km NN 1662 3443 65 ; ; : 1662 3443 66 natural natural JJ 1662 3443 67 gas gas NN 1662 3443 68 97,564 97,564 CD 1662 3443 69 km km NNS 1662 3443 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3443 71 1988 1988 CD 1662 3443 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3443 73 Ports port NNS 1662 3443 74 and and CC 1662 3443 75 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3443 76 : : : 1662 3443 77 Berlin Berlin NNP 1662 3443 78 , , , 1662 3443 79 Bonn Bonn NNP 1662 3443 80 , , , 1662 3443 81 Brake Brake NNP 1662 3443 82 , , , 1662 3443 83 Bremen Bremen NNP 1662 3443 84 , , , 1662 3443 85 Bremerhaven Bremerhaven NNP 1662 3443 86 , , , 1662 3443 87 Cologne Cologne NNP 1662 3443 88 , , , 1662 3443 89 Dresden Dresden NNP 1662 3443 90 , , , 1662 3443 91 Duisburg Duisburg NNP 1662 3443 92 , , , 1662 3443 93 Emden Emden NNP 1662 3443 94 , , , 1662 3443 95 Hamburg Hamburg NNP 1662 3443 96 , , , 1662 3443 97 Karlsruhe Karlsruhe NNP 1662 3443 98 , , , 1662 3443 99 Kiel Kiel NNP 1662 3443 100 , , , 1662 3443 101 Lubeck Lubeck NNP 1662 3443 102 , , , 1662 3443 103 Magdeburg Magdeburg NNP 1662 3443 104 , , , 1662 3443 105 Mannheim Mannheim NNP 1662 3443 106 , , , 1662 3443 107 Rostock Rostock NNP 1662 3443 108 , , , 1662 3443 109 Stuttgart Stuttgart NNP 1662 3443 110 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3443 111 marine marine NN 1662 3443 112 : : : 1662 3443 113 total total NN 1662 3443 114 : : : 1662 3443 115 450 450 CD 1662 3443 116 ships ship NNS 1662 3443 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3443 118 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 3443 119 GRT GRT NNP 1662 3443 120 or or CC 1662 3443 121 over over RB 1662 3443 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3443 123 totaling total VBG 1662 3443 124 5,402,437 5,402,437 CD 1662 3443 125 GRT/6,649,382 GRT/6,649,382 . 1662 3443 126 DWT dwt NN 1662 3443 127 ships ship NNS 1662 3443 128 by by IN 1662 3443 129 type type NN 1662 3443 130 : : : 1662 3443 131 cargo cargo NN 1662 3443 132 184 184 CD 1662 3443 133 , , , 1662 3443 134 chemical chemical NN 1662 3443 135 tanker tanker NN 1662 3443 136 15 15 CD 1662 3443 137 , , , 1662 3443 138 combination combination NN 1662 3443 139 bulk bulk NN 1662 3443 140 3 3 CD 1662 3443 141 , , , 1662 3443 142 combination combination NN 1662 3443 143 ore ore NN 1662 3443 144 / / SYM 1662 3443 145 oil oil NN 1662 3443 146 1 1 CD 1662 3443 147 , , , 1662 3443 148 container container NN 1662 3443 149 195 195 CD 1662 3443 150 , , , 1662 3443 151 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 3443 152 gas gas NN 1662 3443 153 tanker tanker NN 1662 3443 154 8 8 CD 1662 3443 155 , , , 1662 3443 156 multifunction multifunction NN 1662 3443 157 large large JJ 1662 3443 158 - - HYPH 1662 3443 159 load load NN 1662 3443 160 carrier carrier NN 1662 3443 161 6 6 CD 1662 3443 162 , , , 1662 3443 163 oil oil NN 1662 3443 164 tanker tanker NN 1662 3443 165 12 12 CD 1662 3443 166 , , , 1662 3443 167 passenger passenger NN 1662 3443 168 4 4 CD 1662 3443 169 , , , 1662 3443 170 railcar railcar NN 1662 3443 171 carrier carrier NN 1662 3443 172 2 2 CD 1662 3443 173 , , , 1662 3443 174 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 3443 175 cargo cargo NN 1662 3443 176 4 4 CD 1662 3443 177 , , , 1662 3443 178 roll roll NN 1662 3443 179 - - HYPH 1662 3443 180 on on IN 1662 3443 181 / / SYM 1662 3443 182 roll roll NN 1662 3443 183 - - HYPH 1662 3443 184 off off RP 1662 3443 185 cargo cargo NN 1662 3443 186 8 8 CD 1662 3443 187 , , , 1662 3443 188 short short JJ 1662 3443 189 - - HYPH 1662 3443 190 sea sea NN 1662 3443 191 passenger passenger NN 1662 3443 192 8 8 CD 1662 3443 193 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3443 194 1996 1996 CD 1662 3443 195 est est NNP 1662 3443 196 . . . 1662 3443 197 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3444 1 note note NN 1662 3444 2 : : : 1662 3444 3 includes include VBZ 1662 3444 4 ships ship NNS 1662 3444 5 from from IN 1662 3444 6 the the DT 1662 3444 7 former former JJ 1662 3444 8 East East NNP 1662 3444 9 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3444 10 and and CC 1662 3444 11 West West NNP 1662 3444 12 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3444 13 Airports Airports NNPS 1662 3444 14 : : : 1662 3444 15 613 613 CD 1662 3444 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3444 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 3444 18 est est NNP 1662 3444 19 . . . 1662 3444 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3445 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3445 2 - - , 1662 3445 3 with with IN 1662 3445 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3445 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3445 6 : : : 1662 3445 7 total total NN 1662 3445 8 : : : 1662 3445 9 544 544 CD 1662 3445 10 over over IN 1662 3445 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3445 12 m m NN 1662 3445 13 : : : 1662 3445 14 13 13 CD 1662 3445 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 3445 16 to to IN 1662 3445 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3445 18 m m NN 1662 3445 19 : : : 1662 3445 20 63 63 CD 1662 3445 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3445 22 to to TO 1662 3445 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3445 24 m m NN 1662 3445 25 : : : 1662 3445 26 69 69 CD 1662 3445 27 914 914 CD 1662 3445 28 to to TO 1662 3445 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3445 30 m m NN 1662 3445 31 : : : 1662 3445 32 51 51 CD 1662 3445 33 under under IN 1662 3445 34 914 914 CD 1662 3445 35 m m NN 1662 3445 36 : : : 1662 3445 37 348 348 CD 1662 3445 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3445 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 3445 40 est est NNP 1662 3445 41 . . . 1662 3445 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3446 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3446 2 - - , 1662 3446 3 with with IN 1662 3446 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3446 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3446 6 : : : 1662 3446 7 total total NN 1662 3446 8 : : : 1662 3446 9 69 69 CD 1662 3446 10 over over IN 1662 3446 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3446 12 m m NN 1662 3446 13 : : : 1662 3446 14 2 2 CD 1662 3446 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 3446 16 to to TO 1662 3446 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3446 18 m m NN 1662 3446 19 : : : 1662 3446 20 5 5 CD 1662 3446 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3446 22 to to TO 1662 3446 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3446 24 m m NN 1662 3446 25 : : : 1662 3446 26 7 7 CD 1662 3446 27 914 914 CD 1662 3446 28 to to TO 1662 3446 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3446 30 m m NN 1662 3446 31 : : : 1662 3446 32 55 55 CD 1662 3446 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3446 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 3446 35 est est NNP 1662 3446 36 . . . 1662 3446 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3447 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 3447 2 : : : 1662 3447 3 65 65 CD 1662 3447 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3447 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 3447 6 est est NNP 1662 3447 7 . . . 1662 3447 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3448 1 Military military JJ 1662 3448 2 Military military JJ 1662 3448 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3448 4 : : : 1662 3448 5 Army Army NNP 1662 3448 6 , , , 1662 3448 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 3448 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3448 9 includes include VBZ 1662 3448 10 Naval Naval NNP 1662 3448 11 Air Air NNP 1662 3448 12 Arm Arm NNP 1662 3448 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3448 14 , , , 1662 3448 15 Air Air NNP 1662 3448 16 Force Force NNP 1662 3448 17 , , , 1662 3448 18 Medical Medical NNP 1662 3448 19 Corps Corps NNP 1662 3448 20 , , , 1662 3448 21 Border Border NNP 1662 3448 22 Police Police NNPS 1662 3448 23 , , , 1662 3448 24 Coast Coast NNP 1662 3448 25 Guard Guard NNP 1662 3448 26 Military Military NNP 1662 3448 27 manpower manpower NN 1662 3448 28 - - HYPH 1662 3448 29 military military NN 1662 3448 30 age age NN 1662 3448 31 : : : 1662 3448 32 18 18 CD 1662 3448 33 years year NNS 1662 3448 34 of of IN 1662 3448 35 age age NN 1662 3448 36 Military military JJ 1662 3448 37 manpower manpower NN 1662 3448 38 - - HYPH 1662 3448 39 availability availability NN 1662 3448 40 : : : 1662 3448 41 males male NNS 1662 3448 42 age age NNP 1662 3448 43 15 15 CD 1662 3448 44 - - HYPH 1662 3448 45 49 49 CD 1662 3448 46 : : SYM 1662 3448 47 20,918,653 20,918,653 CD 1662 3448 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3448 49 1997 1997 CD 1662 3448 50 est est NNP 1662 3448 51 . . . 1662 3448 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3449 1 Military military JJ 1662 3449 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3449 3 - - HYPH 1662 3449 4 fit fit NN 1662 3449 5 for for IN 1662 3449 6 military military JJ 1662 3449 7 service service NN 1662 3449 8 : : : 1662 3449 9 males male NNS 1662 3449 10 : : : 1662 3449 11 17,939,494 17,939,494 CD 1662 3449 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3449 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3449 14 est est NNP 1662 3449 15 . . . 1662 3449 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3450 1 Military military JJ 1662 3450 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3450 3 - - HYPH 1662 3450 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 3450 5 military military JJ 1662 3450 6 age age NN 1662 3450 7 annually annually RB 1662 3450 8 : : : 1662 3450 9 males male NNS 1662 3450 10 : : : 1662 3450 11 450,147 450,147 CD 1662 3450 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3450 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3450 14 est est NNP 1662 3450 15 . . . 1662 3450 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3451 1 Military military JJ 1662 3451 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3451 3 - - HYPH 1662 3451 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 3451 5 figure figure NN 1662 3451 6 : : : 1662 3451 7 $ $ $ 1662 3451 8 42.8 42.8 CD 1662 3451 9 billion billion CD 1662 3451 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3451 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 3451 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3451 13 Military military JJ 1662 3451 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3451 15 - - : 1662 3451 16 percent percent NN 1662 3451 17 of of IN 1662 3451 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3451 19 : : : 1662 3451 20 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 3451 21 % % NN 1662 3451 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3451 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 3451 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3451 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3451 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3451 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 3451 28 - - : 1662 3451 29 international international RB 1662 3451 30 : : : 1662 3451 31 none none NN 1662 3451 32 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 3451 33 drugs drug VBZ 1662 3451 34 : : : 1662 3451 35 source source NN 1662 3451 36 of of IN 1662 3451 37 precursor precursor NN 1662 3451 38 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 3451 39 for for IN 1662 3451 40 South south JJ 1662 3451 41 American american JJ 1662 3451 42 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 3451 43 processors processor NNS 1662 3451 44 ; ; , 1662 3451 45 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 3451 46 point point NN 1662 3451 47 for for IN 1662 3451 48 and and CC 1662 3451 49 consumer consumer NN 1662 3451 50 of of IN 1662 3451 51 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 3451 52 Asian asian JJ 1662 3451 53 heroin heroin NN 1662 3451 54 and and CC 1662 3451 55 hashish hashish NN 1662 3451 56 , , , 1662 3451 57 Latin latin JJ 1662 3451 58 American american JJ 1662 3451 59 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 3451 60 , , , 1662 3451 61 and and CC 1662 3451 62 European European NNP 1662 3451 63 - - HYPH 1662 3451 64 produced produce VBN 1662 3451 65 synthetic synthetic JJ 1662 3451 66 drugs drug NNS 1662 3451 67 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 68 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 69 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 70 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 71 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 72 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 73 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 74 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 75 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 76 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 77 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 78 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 79 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 80 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 102 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 103 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 104 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 105 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 106 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 107 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 108 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 109 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 110 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 111 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 112 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 113 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 114 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 115 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 116 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 117 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 118 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 119 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 120 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 121 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 122 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 123 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 124 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 125 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 126 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 127 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 128 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 129 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 130 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 131 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 132 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 133 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 134 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 135 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 136 _ _ NNP 1662 3451 137 GHANA GHANA NNP 1662 3451 138 @Ghana @ghana NN 1662 3451 139 : : : 1662 3451 140 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3451 141 Location Location NNP 1662 3451 142 : : : 1662 3451 143 Western Western NNP 1662 3451 144 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3451 145 , , , 1662 3451 146 bordering border VBG 1662 3451 147 the the DT 1662 3451 148 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 3451 149 of of IN 1662 3451 150 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3451 151 , , , 1662 3451 152 between between IN 1662 3451 153 Cote Cote NNP 1662 3451 154 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 3451 155 and and CC 1662 3451 156 Togo Togo NNP 1662 3451 157 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3451 158 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3451 159 : : : 1662 3451 160 8 8 CD 1662 3451 161 00 00 CD 1662 3451 162 N n CD 1662 3451 163 , , , 1662 3451 164 2 2 CD 1662 3451 165 00 00 NFP 1662 3451 166 W W NNP 1662 3451 167 Map Map NNP 1662 3451 168 references reference NNS 1662 3451 169 : : : 1662 3451 170 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3451 171 Area Area NNP 1662 3451 172 : : : 1662 3451 173 total total NN 1662 3451 174 : : : 1662 3451 175 238,540 238,540 CD 1662 3451 176 sq sq RB 1662 3451 177 km km NNP 1662 3451 178 land land NN 1662 3451 179 : : : 1662 3451 180 230,020 230,020 CD 1662 3451 181 sq sq NN 1662 3451 182 km km NNP 1662 3451 183 water water NN 1662 3451 184 : : : 1662 3451 185 8,520 8,520 CD 1662 3451 186 sq sq NNP 1662 3451 187 km km NNP 1662 3451 188 Area Area NNP 1662 3451 189 - - HYPH 1662 3451 190 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3451 191 : : : 1662 3451 192 slightly slightly RB 1662 3451 193 smaller small JJR 1662 3451 194 than than IN 1662 3451 195 Oregon Oregon NNP 1662 3451 196 Land Land NNP 1662 3451 197 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3451 198 : : : 1662 3451 199 total total NN 1662 3451 200 : : : 1662 3451 201 2,093 2,093 CD 1662 3451 202 km km NN 1662 3451 203 border border NN 1662 3451 204 countries country NNS 1662 3451 205 : : : 1662 3451 206 Burkina Burkina NNP 1662 3451 207 Faso Faso NNP 1662 3451 208 548 548 CD 1662 3451 209 km km NN 1662 3451 210 , , , 1662 3451 211 Cote Cote NNP 1662 3451 212 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 3451 213 668 668 CD 1662 3451 214 km km NNS 1662 3451 215 , , , 1662 3451 216 Togo Togo NNP 1662 3451 217 877 877 CD 1662 3451 218 km km NN 1662 3451 219 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3451 220 : : : 1662 3451 221 539 539 CD 1662 3451 222 km km NN 1662 3451 223 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3451 224 claims claim VBZ 1662 3451 225 : : : 1662 3451 226 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 3451 227 zone zone NN 1662 3451 228 : : : 1662 3451 229 24 24 CD 1662 3451 230 nm nm NNP 1662 3451 231 continental continental JJ 1662 3451 232 shelf shelf NNP 1662 3451 233 : : : 1662 3451 234 200 200 CD 1662 3451 235 nm nm CC 1662 3451 236 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3451 237 economic economic JJ 1662 3451 238 zone zone NN 1662 3451 239 : : : 1662 3451 240 200 200 CD 1662 3451 241 nm nm CD 1662 3451 242 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3451 243 sea sea NN 1662 3451 244 : : : 1662 3451 245 12 12 CD 1662 3451 246 nm nm NNP 1662 3451 247 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3451 248 : : : 1662 3451 249 tropical tropical JJ 1662 3451 250 ; ; : 1662 3451 251 warm warm JJ 1662 3451 252 and and CC 1662 3451 253 comparatively comparatively RB 1662 3451 254 dry dry JJ 1662 3451 255 along along IN 1662 3451 256 southeast southeast JJ 1662 3451 257 coast coast NN 1662 3451 258 ; ; , 1662 3451 259 hot hot JJ 1662 3451 260 and and CC 1662 3451 261 humid humid JJ 1662 3451 262 in in IN 1662 3451 263 southwest southwest NN 1662 3451 264 ; ; , 1662 3451 265 hot hot JJ 1662 3451 266 and and CC 1662 3451 267 dry dry JJ 1662 3451 268 in in IN 1662 3451 269 north north JJ 1662 3451 270 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3451 271 : : : 1662 3451 272 mostly mostly RB 1662 3451 273 low low JJ 1662 3451 274 plains plain NNS 1662 3451 275 with with IN 1662 3451 276 dissected dissect VBN 1662 3451 277 plateau plateau NN 1662 3451 278 in in IN 1662 3451 279 south south JJ 1662 3451 280 - - HYPH 1662 3451 281 central central JJ 1662 3451 282 area area NN 1662 3451 283 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3451 284 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3451 285 : : : 1662 3451 286 lowest low JJS 1662 3451 287 point point NN 1662 3451 288 : : : 1662 3451 289 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3451 290 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3451 291 0 0 NFP 1662 3451 292 m m DT 1662 3451 293 highest high JJS 1662 3451 294 point point NN 1662 3451 295 : : : 1662 3451 296 Mount Mount NNP 1662 3451 297 Afadjato Afadjato NNP 1662 3451 298 880 880 CD 1662 3451 299 m m NNP 1662 3451 300 Natural natural JJ 1662 3451 301 resources resource NNS 1662 3451 302 : : : 1662 3451 303 gold gold NN 1662 3451 304 , , , 1662 3451 305 timber timber NN 1662 3451 306 , , , 1662 3451 307 industrial industrial JJ 1662 3451 308 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 3451 309 , , , 1662 3451 310 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 3451 311 , , , 1662 3451 312 manganese manganese JJ 1662 3451 313 , , , 1662 3451 314 fish fish NN 1662 3451 315 , , , 1662 3451 316 rubber rubber NN 1662 3451 317 Land land NN 1662 3451 318 use use NN 1662 3451 319 : : : 1662 3451 320 arable arable JJ 1662 3451 321 land land NN 1662 3451 322 : : : 1662 3451 323 12 12 CD 1662 3451 324 % % NN 1662 3451 325 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3451 326 crops crop NNS 1662 3451 327 : : : 1662 3451 328 7 7 CD 1662 3451 329 % % NN 1662 3451 330 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3451 331 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3451 332 : : : 1662 3451 333 22 22 CD 1662 3451 334 % % NN 1662 3451 335 forests forest NNS 1662 3451 336 and and CC 1662 3451 337 woodland woodland JJ 1662 3451 338 : : : 1662 3451 339 35 35 CD 1662 3451 340 % % NN 1662 3451 341 other other JJ 1662 3451 342 : : : 1662 3451 343 24 24 CD 1662 3451 344 % % NN 1662 3451 345 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3451 346 1993 1993 CD 1662 3451 347 est est NNP 1662 3451 348 . . . 1662 3451 349 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3452 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3452 2 land land NN 1662 3452 3 : : : 1662 3452 4 60 60 CD 1662 3452 5 sq sq NN 1662 3452 6 km km NNP 1662 3452 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3452 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 3452 9 est est NNP 1662 3452 10 . . . 1662 3452 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3453 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 3453 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3453 3 : : : 1662 3453 4 dry dry JJ 1662 3453 5 , , , 1662 3453 6 dusty dusty JJ 1662 3453 7 , , , 1662 3453 8 harmattan harmattan JJ 1662 3453 9 winds wind NNS 1662 3453 10 occur occur VBP 1662 3453 11 from from IN 1662 3453 12 January January NNP 1662 3453 13 to to IN 1662 3453 14 March March NNP 1662 3453 15 ; ; : 1662 3453 16 droughts drought VBZ 1662 3453 17 Environment environment NN 1662 3453 18 - - HYPH 1662 3453 19 current current JJ 1662 3453 20 issues issue NNS 1662 3453 21 : : : 1662 3453 22 recent recent JJ 1662 3453 23 drought drought NN 1662 3453 24 in in IN 1662 3453 25 north north NN 1662 3453 26 severely severely RB 1662 3453 27 affecting affect VBG 1662 3453 28 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 3453 29 activities activity NNS 1662 3453 30 ; ; : 1662 3453 31 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 3453 32 ; ; : 1662 3453 33 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 3453 34 ; ; : 1662 3453 35 soil soil NN 1662 3453 36 erosion erosion NN 1662 3453 37 ; ; , 1662 3453 38 poaching poaching NN 1662 3453 39 and and CC 1662 3453 40 habitat habitat JJ 1662 3453 41 destruction destruction NN 1662 3453 42 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 3453 43 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 3453 44 populations population NNS 1662 3453 45 ; ; : 1662 3453 46 water water NN 1662 3453 47 pollution pollution NN 1662 3453 48 ; ; , 1662 3453 49 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 3453 50 supplies supply NNS 1662 3453 51 of of IN 1662 3453 52 potable potable JJ 1662 3453 53 water water NN 1662 3453 54 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3453 55 - - HYPH 1662 3453 56 international international JJ 1662 3453 57 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3453 58 : : : 1662 3453 59 party party NN 1662 3453 60 to to TO 1662 3453 61 : : : 1662 3453 62 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 3453 63 , , , 1662 3453 64 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3453 65 Change Change NNP 1662 3453 66 , , , 1662 3453 67 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 3453 68 Species Species NNPS 1662 3453 69 , , , 1662 3453 70 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 3453 71 Modification Modification NNP 1662 3453 72 , , , 1662 3453 73 Law Law NNP 1662 3453 74 of of IN 1662 3453 75 the the DT 1662 3453 76 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3453 77 , , , 1662 3453 78 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 3453 79 Test Test NNP 1662 3453 80 Ban Ban NNP 1662 3453 81 , , , 1662 3453 82 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 3453 83 Layer Layer NNP 1662 3453 84 Protection Protection NNP 1662 3453 85 , , , 1662 3453 86 Ship Ship NNP 1662 3453 87 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3453 88 , , , 1662 3453 89 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 3453 90 Timber Timber NNP 1662 3453 91 83 83 CD 1662 3453 92 , , , 1662 3453 93 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 3453 94 Timber Timber NNP 1662 3453 95 94 94 CD 1662 3453 96 , , , 1662 3453 97 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 3453 98 , , , 1662 3453 99 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 3453 100 signed sign VBD 1662 3453 101 , , , 1662 3453 102 but but CC 1662 3453 103 not not RB 1662 3453 104 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3453 105 : : : 1662 3453 106 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 3453 107 , , , 1662 3453 108 Marine Marine NNP 1662 3453 109 Life Life NNP 1662 3453 110 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 3453 111 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3453 112 - - HYPH 1662 3453 113 note note NN 1662 3453 114 : : : 1662 3453 115 Lake Lake NNP 1662 3453 116 Volta Volta NNP 1662 3453 117 is be VBZ 1662 3453 118 the the DT 1662 3453 119 world world NN 1662 3453 120 's 's POS 1662 3453 121 largest large JJS 1662 3453 122 artificial artificial JJ 1662 3453 123 lake lake NN 1662 3453 124 ; ; : 1662 3453 125 northeasterly northeasterly RB 1662 3453 126 harmattan harmattan JJ 1662 3453 127 wind wind NN 1662 3453 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3453 129 January January NNP 1662 3453 130 to to IN 1662 3453 131 March March NNP 1662 3453 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3453 133 @Ghana @Ghana NFP 1662 3453 134 : : : 1662 3453 135 People People NNPS 1662 3453 136 Population Population NNP 1662 3453 137 : : : 1662 3453 138 18,100,703 18,100,703 CD 1662 3453 139 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3453 140 July July NNP 1662 3453 141 1997 1997 CD 1662 3453 142 est est NNP 1662 3453 143 . . . 1662 3453 144 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3454 1 Age age NN 1662 3454 2 structure structure NN 1662 3454 3 : : : 1662 3454 4 0 0 CD 1662 3454 5 - - HYPH 1662 3454 6 14 14 CD 1662 3454 7 years year NNS 1662 3454 8 : : : 1662 3454 9 43 43 CD 1662 3454 10 % % NN 1662 3454 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3454 12 male male JJ 1662 3454 13 3,928,741 3,928,741 CD 1662 3454 14 ; ; : 1662 3454 15 female female JJ 1662 3454 16 3,891,591 3,891,591 CD 1662 3454 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3454 18 15 15 CD 1662 3454 19 - - SYM 1662 3454 20 64 64 CD 1662 3454 21 years year NNS 1662 3454 22 : : : 1662 3454 23 54 54 CD 1662 3454 24 % % NN 1662 3454 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3454 26 male male JJ 1662 3454 27 4,775,610 4,775,610 CD 1662 3454 28 ; ; : 1662 3454 29 female female JJ 1662 3454 30 4,939,664 4,939,664 CD 1662 3454 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3454 32 65 65 CD 1662 3454 33 years year NNS 1662 3454 34 and and CC 1662 3454 35 over over IN 1662 3454 36 : : : 1662 3454 37 3 3 CD 1662 3454 38 % % NN 1662 3454 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3454 40 male male JJ 1662 3454 41 268,579 268,579 CD 1662 3454 42 ; ; : 1662 3454 43 female female JJ 1662 3454 44 296,518 296,518 CD 1662 3454 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3454 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3454 47 July July NNP 1662 3454 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3454 49 est est NNP 1662 3454 50 . . . 1662 3454 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3455 1 Population population NN 1662 3455 2 growth growth NN 1662 3455 3 rate rate NN 1662 3455 4 : : : 1662 3455 5 2.21 2.21 CD 1662 3455 6 % % NN 1662 3455 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3455 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3455 9 est est NNP 1662 3455 10 . . . 1662 3455 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3456 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3456 2 rate rate NN 1662 3456 3 : : : 1662 3456 4 33.88 33.88 CD 1662 3456 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 3456 6 population population NN 1662 3456 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3456 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3456 9 est est NNP 1662 3456 10 . . . 1662 3456 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3457 1 Death death NN 1662 3457 2 rate rate NN 1662 3457 3 : : : 1662 3457 4 10.89 10.89 CD 1662 3457 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3457 6 population population NN 1662 3457 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3457 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3457 9 est est NNP 1662 3457 10 . . . 1662 3457 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3458 1 Net net JJ 1662 3458 2 migration migration NN 1662 3458 3 rate rate NN 1662 3458 4 : : : 1662 3458 5 -0.92 -0.92 NFP 1662 3458 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 3458 7 population population NN 1662 3458 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3458 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3458 10 est est NNP 1662 3458 11 . . . 1662 3458 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3459 1 Sex sex NN 1662 3459 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 3459 3 : : : 1662 3459 4 at at IN 1662 3459 5 birth birth NN 1662 3459 6 : : : 1662 3459 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 3459 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3459 9 under under IN 1662 3459 10 15 15 CD 1662 3459 11 years year NNS 1662 3459 12 : : : 1662 3459 13 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 3459 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3459 15 15 15 CD 1662 3459 16 - - HYPH 1662 3459 17 64 64 CD 1662 3459 18 years year NNS 1662 3459 19 : : : 1662 3459 20 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 3459 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3459 22 65 65 CD 1662 3459 23 years year NNS 1662 3459 24 and and CC 1662 3459 25 over over IN 1662 3459 26 : : : 1662 3459 27 0.91 0.91 CD 1662 3459 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 3459 29 total total JJ 1662 3459 30 population population NN 1662 3459 31 : : : 1662 3459 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 3459 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3459 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3459 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 3459 36 est e JJS 1662 3459 37 . . . 1662 3459 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3460 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3460 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3460 3 rate rate NN 1662 3460 4 : : : 1662 3460 5 78.9 78.9 CD 1662 3460 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3460 7 live live JJ 1662 3460 8 births birth NNS 1662 3460 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3460 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3460 11 est est NNP 1662 3460 12 . . . 1662 3460 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3461 1 Life life NN 1662 3461 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3461 3 at at IN 1662 3461 4 birth birth NN 1662 3461 5 : : : 1662 3461 6 total total JJ 1662 3461 7 population population NN 1662 3461 8 : : : 1662 3461 9 56.49 56.49 CD 1662 3461 10 years year NNS 1662 3461 11 male male JJ 1662 3461 12 : : : 1662 3461 13 54.47 54.47 CD 1662 3461 14 years year NNS 1662 3461 15 female female JJ 1662 3461 16 : : : 1662 3461 17 58.57 58.57 CD 1662 3461 18 years year NNS 1662 3461 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3461 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3461 21 est est NNP 1662 3461 22 . . . 1662 3461 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3462 1 Total total JJ 1662 3462 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3462 3 rate rate NN 1662 3462 4 : : : 1662 3462 5 4.43 4.43 CD 1662 3462 6 children child NNS 1662 3462 7 born bear VBN 1662 3462 8 / / SYM 1662 3462 9 woman woman NN 1662 3462 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3462 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3462 12 est est NNP 1662 3462 13 . . . 1662 3462 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3463 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3463 2 : : : 1662 3463 3 noun noun NNP 1662 3463 4 : : : 1662 3463 5 Ghanaian(s Ghanaian(s NNP 1662 3463 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3463 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 3463 8 : : : 1662 3463 9 Ghanaian Ghanaian NNP 1662 3463 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3463 11 groups group NNS 1662 3463 12 : : : 1662 3463 13 black black JJ 1662 3463 14 African african JJ 1662 3463 15 99.8 99.8 CD 1662 3463 16 % % NN 1662 3463 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3463 18 major major JJ 1662 3463 19 tribes tribe NNS 1662 3463 20 - 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- HYPH 1662 3463 78 Dagomba Dagomba NNP 1662 3463 79 , , , 1662 3463 80 Ewe Ewe NNP 1662 3463 81 , , , 1662 3463 82 and and CC 1662 3463 83 Ga Ga NNP 1662 3463 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3463 85 Literacy literacy NN 1662 3463 86 : : : 1662 3463 87 definition definition NN 1662 3463 88 : : : 1662 3463 89 age age NN 1662 3463 90 15 15 CD 1662 3463 91 and and CC 1662 3463 92 over over RB 1662 3463 93 can can MD 1662 3463 94 read read VB 1662 3463 95 and and CC 1662 3463 96 write write VB 1662 3463 97 total total JJ 1662 3463 98 population population NN 1662 3463 99 : : : 1662 3463 100 64.5 64.5 CD 1662 3463 101 % % NN 1662 3463 102 male male NN 1662 3463 103 : : : 1662 3463 104 75.9 75.9 CD 1662 3463 105 % % NN 1662 3463 106 female female NN 1662 3463 107 : : : 1662 3463 108 53.5 53.5 CD 1662 3463 109 % % NN 1662 3463 110 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3463 111 1995 1995 CD 1662 3463 112 est est NNP 1662 3463 113 . . . 1662 3463 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3464 1 @Ghana @ghana LS 1662 3464 2 : : : 1662 3464 3 Government Government NNP 1662 3464 4 Country Country NNP 1662 3464 5 name name NN 1662 3464 6 : : : 1662 3464 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3464 8 long long JJ 1662 3464 9 form form NN 1662 3464 10 : : : 1662 3464 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3464 12 of of IN 1662 3464 13 Ghana Ghana NNP 1662 3464 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3464 15 short short JJ 1662 3464 16 form form NN 1662 3464 17 : : : 1662 3464 18 Ghana Ghana NNP 1662 3464 19 former former JJ 1662 3464 20 : : : 1662 3464 21 Gold Gold NNP 1662 3464 22 Coast Coast NNP 1662 3464 23 Data Data NNP 1662 3464 24 code code NN 1662 3464 25 : : : 1662 3464 26 GH GH NNP 1662 3464 27 Government Government NNP 1662 3464 28 type type NN 1662 3464 29 : : : 1662 3464 30 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 3464 31 democracy democracy NN 1662 3464 32 National national JJ 1662 3464 33 capital capital NN 1662 3464 34 : : : 1662 3464 35 Accra Accra NNP 1662 3464 36 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 3464 37 divisions division NNS 1662 3464 38 : : : 1662 3464 39 10 10 CD 1662 3464 40 regions region NNS 1662 3464 41 ; ; : 1662 3464 42 Ashanti Ashanti NNP 1662 3464 43 , , , 1662 3464 44 Brong Brong NNP 1662 3464 45 - 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- : 1662 3464 140 the the DT 1662 3464 141 president president NN 1662 3464 142 is be VBZ 1662 3464 143 both both CC 1662 3464 144 the the DT 1662 3464 145 chief chief NN 1662 3464 146 of of IN 1662 3464 147 state state NN 1662 3464 148 and and CC 1662 3464 149 head head NN 1662 3464 150 of of IN 1662 3464 151 government government NN 1662 3464 152 head head NN 1662 3464 153 of of IN 1662 3464 154 government government NN 1662 3464 155 : : : 1662 3464 156 President President NNP 1662 3464 157 Jerry Jerry NNP 1662 3464 158 John John NNP 1662 3464 159 RAWLINGS RAWLINGS NNP 1662 3464 160 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3464 161 since since IN 1662 3464 162 3 3 CD 1662 3464 163 November November NNP 1662 3464 164 1992 1992 CD 1662 3464 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3464 166 ; ; : 1662 3464 167 note note VB 1662 3464 168 - - : 1662 3464 169 the the DT 1662 3464 170 president president NN 1662 3464 171 is be VBZ 1662 3464 172 both both CC 1662 3464 173 the the DT 1662 3464 174 chief chief NN 1662 3464 175 of of IN 1662 3464 176 state state NN 1662 3464 177 and and CC 1662 3464 178 head head NN 1662 3464 179 of of IN 1662 3464 180 government government NN 1662 3464 181 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3464 182 : : : 1662 3464 183 Council Council NNP 1662 3464 184 of of IN 1662 3464 185 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 3464 186 ; ; : 1662 3464 187 president president NNP 1662 3464 188 nominates nominate NNS 1662 3464 189 members member NNS 1662 3464 190 subject subject JJ 1662 3464 191 to to IN 1662 3464 192 approval approval NN 1662 3464 193 by by IN 1662 3464 194 the the DT 1662 3464 195 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 3464 196 elections election NNS 1662 3464 197 : : : 1662 3464 198 president president NN 1662 3464 199 and and CC 1662 3464 200 vice vice NN 1662 3464 201 president president NN 1662 3464 202 elected elect VBN 1662 3464 203 by by IN 1662 3464 204 popular popular JJ 1662 3464 205 vote vote NN 1662 3464 206 for for IN 1662 3464 207 four four CD 1662 3464 208 - - HYPH 1662 3464 209 year year NN 1662 3464 210 terms term NNS 1662 3464 211 ; ; : 1662 3464 212 election election NN 1662 3464 213 last last JJ 1662 3464 214 held hold VBD 1662 3464 215 7 7 CD 1662 3464 216 December December NNP 1662 3464 217 1996 1996 CD 1662 3464 218 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3464 219 next next JJ 1662 3464 220 to to TO 1662 3464 221 be be VB 1662 3464 222 held hold VBN 1662 3464 223 NA NA NNP 1662 3464 224 2000 2000 CD 1662 3464 225 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3464 226 election election NN 1662 3464 227 results result NNS 1662 3464 228 : : : 1662 3464 229 Jerry Jerry NNP 1662 3464 230 John John NNP 1662 3464 231 RAWLINGS RAWLINGS NNP 1662 3464 232 elected elect VBD 1662 3464 233 president president NN 1662 3464 234 ; ; , 1662 3464 235 percent percent NN 1662 3464 236 of of IN 1662 3464 237 vote vote NN 1662 3464 238 - - HYPH 1662 3464 239 Rawlings Rawlings NNP 1662 3464 240 58.8 58.8 CD 1662 3464 241 % % NN 1662 3464 242 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 3464 243 branch branch NN 1662 3464 244 : : : 1662 3464 245 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 3464 246 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 3464 247 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3464 248 200 200 CD 1662 3464 249 seats seat NNS 1662 3464 250 ; ; : 1662 3464 251 members member NNS 1662 3464 252 are be VBP 1662 3464 253 elected elect VBN 1662 3464 254 by by IN 1662 3464 255 direct direct JJ 1662 3464 256 popular popular JJ 1662 3464 257 vote vote NN 1662 3464 258 to to TO 1662 3464 259 serve serve VB 1662 3464 260 four four CD 1662 3464 261 - 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P. NNP 1662 3464 384 K. K. 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- HYPH 1662 3476 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 3476 5 price price NN 1662 3476 6 index index NN 1662 3476 7 : : : 1662 3476 8 36 36 CD 1662 3476 9 % % NN 1662 3476 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3476 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 3476 12 est est NNP 1662 3476 13 . . . 1662 3476 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3477 1 Labor labor NN 1662 3477 2 force force NN 1662 3477 3 : : : 1662 3477 4 total total NN 1662 3477 5 : : : 1662 3477 6 3.7 3.7 CD 1662 3477 7 million million CD 1662 3477 8 by by IN 1662 3477 9 occupation occupation NN 1662 3477 10 : : : 1662 3477 11 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3477 12 and and CC 1662 3477 13 fishing fish VBG 1662 3477 14 54.7 54.7 CD 1662 3477 15 % % NN 1662 3477 16 , , , 1662 3477 17 industry industry NN 1662 3477 18 18.7 18.7 CD 1662 3477 19 % % NN 1662 3477 20 , , , 1662 3477 21 sales sale NNS 1662 3477 22 and and CC 1662 3477 23 clerical clerical JJ 1662 3477 24 15.2 15.2 CD 1662 3477 25 % % NN 1662 3477 26 , , , 1662 3477 27 professional professional JJ 1662 3477 28 3.7 3.7 CD 1662 3477 29 % % NN 1662 3477 30 , , , 1662 3477 31 services service NNS 1662 3477 32 , , , 1662 3477 33 transportation transportation NN 1662 3477 34 , , , 1662 3477 35 and and CC 1662 3477 36 communications communication NNS 1662 3477 37 7.7 7.7 CD 1662 3477 38 % % NN 1662 3477 39 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 3477 40 rate rate NN 1662 3477 41 : : : 1662 3477 42 10 10 CD 1662 3477 43 % % NN 1662 3477 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3477 45 1993 1993 CD 1662 3477 46 est est NNP 1662 3477 47 . . . 1662 3477 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3478 1 Budget budget NN 1662 3478 2 : : : 1662 3478 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 3478 4 : : : 1662 3478 5 $ $ $ 1662 3478 6 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 3478 7 billion billion CD 1662 3478 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3478 9 : : : 1662 3478 10 $ $ $ 1662 3478 11 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 3478 12 billion billion CD 1662 3478 13 , , , 1662 3478 14 including include VBG 1662 3478 15 capital capital NN 1662 3478 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3478 17 of of IN 1662 3478 18 $ $ $ 1662 3478 19 178 178 CD 1662 3478 20 million million CD 1662 3478 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3478 22 1993 1993 CD 1662 3478 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3478 24 Industries industry NNS 1662 3478 25 : : : 1662 3478 26 mining mining NN 1662 3478 27 , , , 1662 3478 28 lumbering lumbering NN 1662 3478 29 , , , 1662 3478 30 light light JJ 1662 3478 31 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 3478 32 , , , 1662 3478 33 aluminum aluminum NN 1662 3478 34 , , , 1662 3478 35 food food NN 1662 3478 36 processing process VBG 1662 3478 37 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 3478 38 production production NN 1662 3478 39 growth growth NN 1662 3478 40 rate rate NN 1662 3478 41 : : : 1662 3478 42 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 3478 43 % % NN 1662 3478 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3478 45 1995 1995 CD 1662 3478 46 est est NNP 1662 3478 47 . . . 1662 3478 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3479 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3479 2 - - HYPH 1662 3479 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 3479 4 : : : 1662 3479 5 1.19 1.19 CD 1662 3479 6 million million CD 1662 3479 7 kW kW NNP 1662 3479 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3479 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 3479 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3479 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3479 12 - - HYPH 1662 3479 13 production production NN 1662 3479 14 : : : 1662 3479 15 6.1 6.1 CD 1662 3479 16 billion billion CD 1662 3479 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3479 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3479 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 3479 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3479 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3479 22 - - HYPH 1662 3479 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 3479 24 per per IN 1662 3479 25 capita capita NN 1662 3479 26 : : : 1662 3479 27 304 304 CD 1662 3479 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3479 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3479 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 3479 31 est est NNP 1662 3479 32 . . . 1662 3479 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3480 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3480 2 - - HYPH 1662 3480 3 products product NNS 1662 3480 4 : : : 1662 3480 5 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 3480 6 , , , 1662 3480 7 rice rice NN 1662 3480 8 , , , 1662 3480 9 coffee coffee NN 1662 3480 10 , , , 1662 3480 11 cassava cassava NNP 1662 3480 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3480 13 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 3480 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3480 15 , , , 1662 3480 16 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 3480 17 , , , 1662 3480 18 corn corn NN 1662 3480 19 , , , 1662 3480 20 shea shea NNP 1662 3480 21 nuts nut NNS 1662 3480 22 , , , 1662 3480 23 bananas banana NNS 1662 3480 24 ; ; , 1662 3480 25 timber timber NN 1662 3480 26 Exports export NNS 1662 3480 27 : : : 1662 3480 28 total total JJ 1662 3480 29 value value NN 1662 3480 30 : : : 1662 3480 31 $ $ $ 1662 3480 32 1.43 1.43 CD 1662 3480 33 billion billion CD 1662 3480 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3480 35 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 3480 36 . . NNP 1662 3480 37 , , , 1662 3480 38 1995 1995 CD 1662 3480 39 est est NNP 1662 3480 40 . . . 1662 3480 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3481 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3481 2 : : : 1662 3481 3 gold gold NN 1662 3481 4 39 39 CD 1662 3481 5 % % NN 1662 3481 6 , , , 1662 3481 7 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 3481 8 31 31 CD 1662 3481 9 % % NN 1662 3481 10 , , , 1662 3481 11 timber timber NN 1662 3481 12 6 6 CD 1662 3481 13 % % NN 1662 3481 14 , , , 1662 3481 15 tuna tuna NN 1662 3481 16 , , , 1662 3481 17 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 3481 18 , , , 1662 3481 19 aluminum aluminum NN 1662 3481 20 , , , 1662 3481 21 manganese manganese NNP 1662 3481 22 ore ore NN 1662 3481 23 , , , 1662 3481 24 and and CC 1662 3481 25 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 3481 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3481 27 1994 1994 CD 1662 3481 28 est est NNP 1662 3481 29 . . . 1662 3481 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3482 1 partners partner NNS 1662 3482 2 : : : 1662 3482 3 UK UK NNP 1662 3482 4 , , , 1662 3482 5 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3482 6 , , , 1662 3482 7 US US NNP 1662 3482 8 , , , 1662 3482 9 Togo Togo NNP 1662 3482 10 , , , 1662 3482 11 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 3482 12 , , , 1662 3482 13 Japan Japan NNP 1662 3482 14 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 3482 15 : : : 1662 3482 16 total total JJ 1662 3482 17 value value NN 1662 3482 18 : : : 1662 3482 19 $ $ $ 1662 3482 20 1.84 1.84 CD 1662 3482 21 billion billion CD 1662 3482 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3482 23 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 3482 24 . . NNP 1662 3482 25 , , , 1662 3482 26 1995 1995 CD 1662 3482 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3482 28 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3482 29 : : : 1662 3482 30 capital capital NN 1662 3482 31 equipment equipment NN 1662 3482 32 , , , 1662 3482 33 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 3482 34 , , , 1662 3482 35 consumer consumer NN 1662 3482 36 goods good NNS 1662 3482 37 , , , 1662 3482 38 foods food NNS 1662 3482 39 , , , 1662 3482 40 intermediate intermediate JJ 1662 3482 41 goods good NNS 1662 3482 42 partners partner NNS 1662 3482 43 : : : 1662 3482 44 UK UK NNP 1662 3482 45 , , , 1662 3482 46 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 3482 47 , , , 1662 3482 48 US US NNP 1662 3482 49 , , , 1662 3482 50 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3482 51 , , , 1662 3482 52 Japan Japan NNP 1662 3482 53 , , , 1662 3482 54 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 3482 55 Debt Debt NNP 1662 3482 56 - - HYPH 1662 3482 57 external external JJ 1662 3482 58 : : : 1662 3482 59 $ $ $ 1662 3482 60 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 3482 61 billion billion CD 1662 3482 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3482 63 1996 1996 CD 1662 3482 64 est est NNP 1662 3482 65 . . . 1662 3482 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3483 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 3483 2 aid aid NN 1662 3483 3 : : : 1662 3483 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 3483 5 : : : 1662 3483 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 3483 7 , , , 1662 3483 8 $ $ $ 1662 3483 9 472 472 CD 1662 3483 10 million million CD 1662 3483 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3483 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 3483 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3483 14 Currency currency NN 1662 3483 15 : : : 1662 3483 16 1 1 CD 1662 3483 17 new new JJ 1662 3483 18 cedi cedi NN 1662 3483 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3483 20 C c NN 1662 3483 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3483 22 = = SYM 1662 3483 23 100 100 CD 1662 3483 24 pesewas pesewas NNP 1662 3483 25 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 3483 26 rates rate NNS 1662 3483 27 : : : 1662 3483 28 new new JJ 1662 3483 29 cedis cedi NNS 1662 3483 30 per per IN 1662 3483 31 US$ us$ $ 1662 3483 32 1 1 CD 1662 3483 33 - - SYM 1662 3483 34 1,718.31 1,718.31 CD 1662 3483 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3483 36 October October NNP 1662 3483 37 1996 1996 CD 1662 3483 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3483 39 , , , 1662 3483 40 1,200.43 1,200.43 CD 1662 3483 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3483 42 1995 1995 CD 1662 3483 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3483 44 , , , 1662 3483 45 956.71 956.71 CD 1662 3483 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3483 47 1994 1994 CD 1662 3483 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3483 49 , , , 1662 3483 50 649.06 649.06 CD 1662 3483 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3483 52 1993 1993 CD 1662 3483 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3483 54 , , , 1662 3483 55 437.09 437.09 CD 1662 3483 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3483 57 1992 1992 CD 1662 3483 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3483 59 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3483 60 year year NN 1662 3483 61 : : : 1662 3483 62 calendar calendar NNP 1662 3483 63 year year NN 1662 3483 64 @Ghana @Ghana NNP 1662 3483 65 : : : 1662 3483 66 Communications communication NNS 1662 3483 67 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 3483 68 : : : 1662 3483 69 70,000 70,000 CD 1662 3483 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3483 71 1988 1988 CD 1662 3483 72 est est NNP 1662 3483 73 . . . 1662 3483 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3484 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 3484 2 system system NN 1662 3484 3 : : : 1662 3484 4 poor poor JJ 1662 3484 5 to to TO 1662 3484 6 fair fair JJ 1662 3484 7 system system NN 1662 3484 8 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3484 9 : : : 1662 3484 10 primarily primarily RB 1662 3484 11 microwave microwave VB 1662 3484 12 radio radio NN 1662 3484 13 relay relay NN 1662 3484 14 international international NNP 1662 3484 15 : : : 1662 3484 16 satellite satellite NN 1662 3484 17 earth earth NNP 1662 3484 18 station station NNP 1662 3484 19 - - : 1662 3484 20 1 1 CD 1662 3484 21 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3484 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3484 23 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3484 24 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3484 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3484 26 Radio radio NN 1662 3484 27 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3484 28 stations station NNS 1662 3484 29 : : : 1662 3484 30 AM am VBP 1662 3484 31 4 4 CD 1662 3484 32 , , , 1662 3484 33 FM FM NNP 1662 3484 34 1 1 CD 1662 3484 35 , , , 1662 3484 36 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 3484 37 0 0 CD 1662 3484 38 Radios radio NNS 1662 3484 39 : : : 1662 3484 40 NA NA NNP 1662 3484 41 Television Television NNP 1662 3484 42 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3484 43 stations station NNS 1662 3484 44 : : : 1662 3484 45 4 4 LS 1662 3484 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3484 47 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 3484 48 8) 8) CD 1662 3484 49 Televisions television NNS 1662 3484 50 : : : 1662 3484 51 250,000 250,000 CD 1662 3484 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3484 53 1993 1993 CD 1662 3484 54 est est NNP 1662 3484 55 . . . 1662 3484 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3485 1 @Ghana @ghana LS 1662 3485 2 : : : 1662 3485 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3485 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 3485 5 : : : 1662 3485 6 total total NN 1662 3485 7 : : : 1662 3485 8 953 953 CD 1662 3485 9 km km NN 1662 3485 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3485 11 undergoing undergo VBG 1662 3485 12 major major JJ 1662 3485 13 renovation renovation NN 1662 3485 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3485 15 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3485 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 3485 17 : : : 1662 3485 18 953 953 CD 1662 3485 19 km km NN 1662 3485 20 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 3485 21 gauge gauge NN 1662 3485 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3485 23 32 32 CD 1662 3485 24 km km NN 1662 3485 25 double double JJ 1662 3485 26 track track NN 1662 3485 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3485 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3485 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 3485 30 est est NNP 1662 3485 31 . . . 1662 3485 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3486 1 Highways highway NNS 1662 3486 2 : : : 1662 3486 3 total total NN 1662 3486 4 : : : 1662 3486 5 37,561 37,561 CD 1662 3486 6 km km NN 1662 3486 7 paved pave VBN 1662 3486 8 : : : 1662 3486 9 9,353 9,353 CD 1662 3486 10 km km NNS 1662 3486 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3486 12 including include VBG 1662 3486 13 21 21 CD 1662 3486 14 km km NNS 1662 3486 15 of of IN 1662 3486 16 expressways expressway NNS 1662 3486 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3486 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3486 19 : : : 1662 3486 20 28,208 28,208 CD 1662 3486 21 km km NNS 1662 3486 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3486 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 3486 24 est est NNP 1662 3486 25 . . . 1662 3486 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3487 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 3487 2 : : : 1662 3487 3 Volta Volta NNP 1662 3487 4 , , , 1662 3487 5 Ankobra Ankobra NNP 1662 3487 6 , , , 1662 3487 7 and and CC 1662 3487 8 Tano Tano NNP 1662 3487 9 Rivers Rivers NNPS 1662 3487 10 provide provide VBP 1662 3487 11 168 168 CD 1662 3487 12 km km NNS 1662 3487 13 of of IN 1662 3487 14 perennial perennial JJ 1662 3487 15 navigation navigation NN 1662 3487 16 for for IN 1662 3487 17 launches launch NNS 1662 3487 18 and and CC 1662 3487 19 lighters lighter NNS 1662 3487 20 ; ; : 1662 3487 21 Lake Lake NNP 1662 3487 22 Volta Volta NNP 1662 3487 23 provides provide VBZ 1662 3487 24 1,125 1,125 CD 1662 3487 25 km km NNS 1662 3487 26 of of IN 1662 3487 27 arterial arterial JJ 1662 3487 28 and and CC 1662 3487 29 feeder feeder JJ 1662 3487 30 waterways waterway NNS 1662 3487 31 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 3487 32 : : : 1662 3487 33 0 0 LS 1662 3487 34 km km NN 1662 3487 35 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 3487 36 and and CC 1662 3487 37 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3487 38 : : : 1662 3487 39 Takoradi Takoradi NNP 1662 3487 40 , , , 1662 3487 41 Tema Tema NNP 1662 3487 42 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3487 43 marine marine NN 1662 3487 44 : : : 1662 3487 45 total total NN 1662 3487 46 : : : 1662 3487 47 4 4 CD 1662 3487 48 ships ship NNS 1662 3487 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3487 50 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 3487 51 GRT GRT NNP 1662 3487 52 or or CC 1662 3487 53 over over RB 1662 3487 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3487 55 totaling total VBG 1662 3487 56 28,900 28,900 CD 1662 3487 57 GRT/37,240 GRT/37,240 NNP 1662 3487 58 DWT DWT NNP 1662 3487 59 ships ship NNS 1662 3487 60 by by IN 1662 3487 61 type type NN 1662 3487 62 : : : 1662 3487 63 cargo cargo NN 1662 3487 64 2 2 CD 1662 3487 65 , , , 1662 3487 66 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 3487 67 cargo cargo NN 1662 3487 68 2 2 CD 1662 3487 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3487 70 1996 1996 CD 1662 3487 71 est est NNP 1662 3487 72 . . . 1662 3487 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3488 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3488 2 : : : 1662 3488 3 12 12 CD 1662 3488 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3488 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 3488 6 est est NNP 1662 3488 7 . . . 1662 3488 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3489 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3489 2 - - , 1662 3489 3 with with IN 1662 3489 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3489 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3489 6 : : : 1662 3489 7 total total NN 1662 3489 8 : : : 1662 3489 9 8 8 CD 1662 3489 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 3489 11 to to TO 1662 3489 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3489 13 m m NN 1662 3489 14 : : : 1662 3489 15 3 3 CD 1662 3489 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3489 17 to to TO 1662 3489 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3489 19 m m NN 1662 3489 20 : : : 1662 3489 21 1 1 CD 1662 3489 22 914 914 CD 1662 3489 23 to to TO 1662 3489 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3489 25 m m NN 1662 3489 26 : : : 1662 3489 27 2 2 CD 1662 3489 28 under under IN 1662 3489 29 914 914 CD 1662 3489 30 m m NN 1662 3489 31 : : : 1662 3489 32 2 2 CD 1662 3489 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3489 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 3489 35 est est NNP 1662 3489 36 . . . 1662 3489 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3490 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3490 2 - - , 1662 3490 3 with with IN 1662 3490 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3490 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3490 6 : : : 1662 3490 7 total total NN 1662 3490 8 : : : 1662 3490 9 4 4 CD 1662 3490 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3490 11 to to TO 1662 3490 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3490 13 m m NN 1662 3490 14 : : : 1662 3490 15 1 1 CD 1662 3490 16 914 914 CD 1662 3490 17 to to TO 1662 3490 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3490 19 m m NN 1662 3490 20 : : : 1662 3490 21 3 3 CD 1662 3490 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3490 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 3490 24 est est NNP 1662 3490 25 . . . 1662 3490 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3491 1 Military military JJ 1662 3491 2 Military military JJ 1662 3491 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3491 4 : : : 1662 3491 5 Army Army NNP 1662 3491 6 , , , 1662 3491 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 3491 8 , , , 1662 3491 9 Air Air NNP 1662 3491 10 Force Force NNP 1662 3491 11 , , , 1662 3491 12 Police Police NNP 1662 3491 13 Force Force NNP 1662 3491 14 , , , 1662 3491 15 Palace Palace NNP 1662 3491 16 Guard Guard NNP 1662 3491 17 , , , 1662 3491 18 Civil Civil NNP 1662 3491 19 Defense Defense NNP 1662 3491 20 Military Military NNP 1662 3491 21 manpower manpower NN 1662 3491 22 - - HYPH 1662 3491 23 military military NN 1662 3491 24 age age NN 1662 3491 25 : : : 1662 3491 26 18 18 CD 1662 3491 27 years year NNS 1662 3491 28 of of IN 1662 3491 29 age age NN 1662 3491 30 Military military JJ 1662 3491 31 manpower manpower NN 1662 3491 32 - - HYPH 1662 3491 33 availability availability NN 1662 3491 34 : : : 1662 3491 35 males male NNS 1662 3491 36 age age NNP 1662 3491 37 15 15 CD 1662 3491 38 - - HYPH 1662 3491 39 49 49 CD 1662 3491 40 : : : 1662 3491 41 4,254,386 4,254,386 CD 1662 3491 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3491 43 1997 1997 CD 1662 3491 44 est est NNP 1662 3491 45 . . . 1662 3491 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3492 1 Military military JJ 1662 3492 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3492 3 - - HYPH 1662 3492 4 fit fit NN 1662 3492 5 for for IN 1662 3492 6 military military JJ 1662 3492 7 service service NN 1662 3492 8 : : : 1662 3492 9 males male NNS 1662 3492 10 : : : 1662 3492 11 2,365,286 2,365,286 CD 1662 3492 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3492 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3492 14 est est NNP 1662 3492 15 . . . 1662 3492 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3493 1 Military military JJ 1662 3493 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3493 3 - - HYPH 1662 3493 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 3493 5 military military JJ 1662 3493 6 age age NN 1662 3493 7 annually annually RB 1662 3493 8 : : : 1662 3493 9 males male NNS 1662 3493 10 : : : 1662 3493 11 178,560 178,560 CD 1662 3493 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3493 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3493 14 est est NNP 1662 3493 15 . . . 1662 3493 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3494 1 Military military JJ 1662 3494 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3494 3 - - HYPH 1662 3494 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 3494 5 figure figure NN 1662 3494 6 : : : 1662 3494 7 $ $ $ 1662 3494 8 30 30 CD 1662 3494 9 million million CD 1662 3494 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3494 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 3494 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3494 13 Military military JJ 1662 3494 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3494 15 - - : 1662 3494 16 percent percent NN 1662 3494 17 of of IN 1662 3494 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3494 19 : : : 1662 3494 20 0.8 0.8 CD 1662 3494 21 % % NN 1662 3494 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3494 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 3494 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3494 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3494 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3494 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 3494 28 - - : 1662 3494 29 international international RB 1662 3494 30 : : : 1662 3494 31 none none NN 1662 3494 32 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 3494 33 drugs drug VBZ 1662 3494 34 : : : 1662 3494 35 illicit illicit JJ 1662 3494 36 producer producer NN 1662 3494 37 of of IN 1662 3494 38 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 3494 39 for for IN 1662 3494 40 the the DT 1662 3494 41 international international JJ 1662 3494 42 drug drug NN 1662 3494 43 trade trade NN 1662 3494 44 ; ; , 1662 3494 45 transit transit NN 1662 3494 46 hub hub NN 1662 3494 47 for for IN 1662 3494 48 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 3494 49 and and CC 1662 3494 50 Southeast southeast JJ 1662 3494 51 Asian asian JJ 1662 3494 52 heroin heroin NN 1662 3494 53 and and CC 1662 3494 54 South south JJ 1662 3494 55 American american JJ 1662 3494 56 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 3494 57 destined destine VBN 1662 3494 58 for for IN 1662 3494 59 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3494 60 and and CC 1662 3494 61 the the DT 1662 3494 62 US US NNP 1662 3494 63 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 64 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 65 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 66 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 67 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 68 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 69 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 70 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 71 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 72 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 73 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 74 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 75 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 76 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 77 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 78 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 79 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 80 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 102 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 103 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 104 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 105 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 106 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 107 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 108 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 109 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 110 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 111 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 112 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 113 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 114 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 115 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 116 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 117 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 118 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 119 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 120 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 121 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 122 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 123 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 124 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 125 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 126 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 127 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 128 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 129 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 130 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 131 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 132 _ _ NNP 1662 3494 133 GIBRALTAR GIBRALTAR NNP 1662 3494 134 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3494 135 dependent dependent JJ 1662 3494 136 territory territory NN 1662 3494 137 of of IN 1662 3494 138 the the DT 1662 3494 139 UK UK NNP 1662 3494 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3494 141 @Gibraltar @gibraltar NN 1662 3494 142 : : : 1662 3494 143 Geography geography NN 1662 3494 144 Location Location NNP 1662 3494 145 : : : 1662 3494 146 Southwestern Southwestern NNP 1662 3494 147 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3494 148 , , , 1662 3494 149 bordering border VBG 1662 3494 150 the the DT 1662 3494 151 Strait Strait NNP 1662 3494 152 of of IN 1662 3494 153 Gibraltar Gibraltar NNP 1662 3494 154 , , , 1662 3494 155 which which WDT 1662 3494 156 links link VBZ 1662 3494 157 the the DT 1662 3494 158 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 3494 159 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3494 160 and and CC 1662 3494 161 the the DT 1662 3494 162 North North NNP 1662 3494 163 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3494 164 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3494 165 , , , 1662 3494 166 on on IN 1662 3494 167 the the DT 1662 3494 168 southern southern JJ 1662 3494 169 coast coast NN 1662 3494 170 of of IN 1662 3494 171 Spain Spain NNP 1662 3494 172 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3494 173 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3494 174 : : : 1662 3494 175 36 36 CD 1662 3494 176 11 11 CD 1662 3494 177 N n CD 1662 3494 178 , , , 1662 3494 179 5 5 CD 1662 3494 180 22 22 CD 1662 3494 181 W W NNP 1662 3494 182 Map Map NNP 1662 3494 183 references reference NNS 1662 3494 184 : : : 1662 3494 185 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3494 186 Area Area NNP 1662 3494 187 : : : 1662 3494 188 total total NN 1662 3494 189 : : : 1662 3494 190 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 3494 191 sq sq NN 1662 3494 192 km km NNP 1662 3494 193 land land NN 1662 3494 194 : : : 1662 3494 195 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 3494 196 sq sq NN 1662 3494 197 km km NNP 1662 3494 198 water water NN 1662 3494 199 : : : 1662 3494 200 0 0 NFP 1662 3494 201 sq sq NN 1662 3494 202 km km NNP 1662 3494 203 Area area NN 1662 3494 204 - - HYPH 1662 3494 205 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3494 206 : : : 1662 3494 207 about about IN 1662 3494 208 11 11 CD 1662 3494 209 times time NNS 1662 3494 210 the the DT 1662 3494 211 size size NN 1662 3494 212 of of IN 1662 3494 213 The the DT 1662 3494 214 Mall Mall NNP 1662 3494 215 in in IN 1662 3494 216 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3494 217 , , , 1662 3494 218 DC DC NNP 1662 3494 219 Land Land NNP 1662 3494 220 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3494 221 : : : 1662 3494 222 total total JJ 1662 3494 223 : : : 1662 3494 224 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 3494 225 km km NN 1662 3494 226 border border NN 1662 3494 227 countries country NNS 1662 3494 228 : : : 1662 3494 229 Spain Spain NNP 1662 3494 230 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 3494 231 km km NN 1662 3494 232 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3494 233 : : : 1662 3494 234 12 12 CD 1662 3494 235 km km NN 1662 3494 236 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3494 237 claims claim NNS 1662 3494 238 : : : 1662 3494 239 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3494 240 sea sea NN 1662 3494 241 : : : 1662 3494 242 3 3 CD 1662 3494 243 nm nm IN 1662 3494 244 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3494 245 : : : 1662 3494 246 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 3494 247 with with IN 1662 3494 248 mild mild JJ 1662 3494 249 winters winter NNS 1662 3494 250 and and CC 1662 3494 251 warm warm JJ 1662 3494 252 summers summer NNS 1662 3494 253 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3494 254 : : : 1662 3494 255 a a DT 1662 3494 256 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3494 257 coastal coastal JJ 1662 3494 258 lowland lowland NN 1662 3494 259 borders border NNS 1662 3494 260 the the DT 1662 3494 261 Rock Rock NNP 1662 3494 262 of of IN 1662 3494 263 Gibraltar Gibraltar NNP 1662 3494 264 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3494 265 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3494 266 : : : 1662 3494 267 lowest low JJS 1662 3494 268 point point NN 1662 3494 269 : : : 1662 3494 270 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 3494 271 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3494 272 0 0 NFP 1662 3494 273 m m DT 1662 3494 274 highest high JJS 1662 3494 275 point point NN 1662 3494 276 : : : 1662 3494 277 Rock Rock NNP 1662 3494 278 of of IN 1662 3494 279 Gibraltar Gibraltar NNP 1662 3494 280 426 426 CD 1662 3494 281 m m NNP 1662 3494 282 Natural natural JJ 1662 3494 283 resources resource NNS 1662 3494 284 : : : 1662 3494 285 NEGL NEGL NNP 1662 3494 286 Land Land NNP 1662 3494 287 use use NN 1662 3494 288 : : : 1662 3494 289 arable arable JJ 1662 3494 290 land land NN 1662 3494 291 : : : 1662 3494 292 NA% NA% `` 1662 3494 293 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3494 294 crops crop NNS 1662 3494 295 : : : 1662 3494 296 NA% na% IN 1662 3494 297 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3494 298 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3494 299 : : : 1662 3494 300 NA% NA% NNS 1662 3494 301 forests forest NNS 1662 3494 302 and and CC 1662 3494 303 woodland woodland NN 1662 3494 304 : : : 1662 3494 305 NA% NA% NNS 1662 3494 306 other other JJ 1662 3494 307 : : : 1662 3494 308 100 100 CD 1662 3494 309 % % NN 1662 3494 310 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3494 311 1993 1993 CD 1662 3494 312 est est NNP 1662 3494 313 . . . 1662 3494 314 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3495 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3495 2 land land NN 1662 3495 3 : : : 1662 3495 4 NA NA NNP 1662 3495 5 sq sq RB 1662 3495 6 km km VB 1662 3495 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 3495 8 hazards hazard NNS 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1662 3511 279 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3511 280 1995 1995 CD 1662 3511 281 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3511 282 , , , 1662 3511 283 0.6529 0.6529 CD 1662 3511 284 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3511 285 1994 1994 CD 1662 3511 286 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3511 287 , , , 1662 3511 288 0.6658 0.6658 CD 1662 3511 289 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3511 290 1993 1993 CD 1662 3511 291 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3511 292 , , , 1662 3511 293 0.5664 0.5664 CD 1662 3511 294 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3511 295 1992 1992 CD 1662 3511 296 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3511 297 ; ; : 1662 3511 298 note note VB 1662 3511 299 - - : 1662 3511 300 the the DT 1662 3511 301 Gibraltar Gibraltar NNP 1662 3511 302 pound pound NN 1662 3511 303 is be VBZ 1662 3511 304 at at IN 1662 3511 305 par par NN 1662 3511 306 with with IN 1662 3511 307 the the DT 1662 3511 308 British british JJ 1662 3511 309 pound pound NN 1662 3511 310 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3511 311 year year NN 1662 3511 312 : : : 1662 3511 313 1 1 CD 1662 3511 314 July July NNP 1662 3511 315 - - HYPH 1662 3511 316 30 30 CD 1662 3511 317 June June NNP 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3511 349 radio radio NN 1662 3511 350 relay relay NN 1662 3511 351 ; ; : 1662 3511 352 satellite satellite NN 1662 3511 353 earth earth NN 1662 3511 354 station station NN 1662 3511 355 - - : 1662 3511 356 1 1 CD 1662 3511 357 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3511 358 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3511 359 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3511 360 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3511 361 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3511 362 Radio radio NN 1662 3511 363 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3511 364 stations station NNS 1662 3511 365 : : : 1662 3511 366 AM AM NNP 1662 3511 367 1 1 CD 1662 3511 368 , , , 1662 3511 369 FM FM NNP 1662 3511 370 6 6 CD 1662 3511 371 , , , 1662 3511 372 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 3511 373 0 0 CD 1662 3511 374 Radios radio NNS 1662 3511 375 : : : 1662 3511 376 NA NA NNP 1662 3511 377 Television Television NNP 1662 3511 378 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3511 379 stations station NNS 1662 3511 380 : : : 1662 3511 381 4 4 CD 1662 3511 382 Televisions television NNS 1662 3511 383 : : : 1662 3511 384 NA NA NNP 1662 3511 385 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NNP 1662 3514 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 102 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 103 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 104 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 105 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 106 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 107 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 108 _ _ NNP 1662 3514 109 GLORIOSO GLORIOSO NNP 1662 3514 110 ISLANDS ISLANDS NNP 1662 3514 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3514 112 possession possession NN 1662 3514 113 of of IN 1662 3514 114 France France NNP 1662 3514 115 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3514 116 @Glorioso @Glorioso NNP 1662 3514 117 Islands island NNS 1662 3514 118 : : : 1662 3514 119 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3514 120 Location Location NNP 1662 3514 121 : : : 1662 3514 122 Southern Southern NNP 1662 3514 123 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3514 124 , , , 1662 3514 125 group group NN 1662 3514 126 of of IN 1662 3514 127 islands island NNS 1662 3514 128 in in IN 1662 3514 129 the the DT 1662 3514 130 Indian Indian NNP 1662 3514 131 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3514 132 , , , 1662 3514 133 northwest northwest NN 1662 3514 134 of of IN 1662 3514 135 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 3514 136 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3514 137 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3514 138 : : : 1662 3514 139 11 11 CD 1662 3514 140 30 30 CD 1662 3514 141 S s NN 1662 3514 142 , , , 1662 3514 143 47 47 CD 1662 3514 144 20 20 CD 1662 3514 145 E e NN 1662 3514 146 Map Map NNP 1662 3514 147 references reference NNS 1662 3514 148 : : : 1662 3514 149 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3514 150 Area Area NNP 1662 3514 151 : : : 1662 3514 152 total total NN 1662 3514 153 : : : 1662 3514 154 5 5 CD 1662 3514 155 sq sq IN 1662 3514 156 km km NNP 1662 3514 157 land land NN 1662 3514 158 : : : 1662 3514 159 5 5 CD 1662 3514 160 sq sq NN 1662 3514 161 km km NNP 1662 3514 162 water water NN 1662 3514 163 : : : 1662 3514 164 0 0 NFP 1662 3514 165 sq sq NNP 1662 3514 166 km km NNP 1662 3514 167 note note NN 1662 3514 168 : : : 1662 3514 169 includes include VBZ 1662 3514 170 Ile Ile NNP 1662 3514 171 Glorieuse Glorieuse NNP 1662 3514 172 , , , 1662 3514 173 Ile Ile NNP 1662 3514 174 du du NNP 1662 3514 175 Lys Lys NNP 1662 3514 176 , , , 1662 3514 177 Verte Verte NNP 1662 3514 178 Rocks Rocks NNP 1662 3514 179 , , , 1662 3514 180 Wreck Wreck NNP 1662 3514 181 Rock Rock NNP 1662 3514 182 , , , 1662 3514 183 and and CC 1662 3514 184 South South NNP 1662 3514 185 Rock Rock NNP 1662 3514 186 Area Area NNP 1662 3514 187 - - HYPH 1662 3514 188 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3514 189 : : : 1662 3514 190 about about IN 1662 3514 191 eight eight CD 1662 3514 192 times time NNS 1662 3514 193 the the DT 1662 3514 194 size size NN 1662 3514 195 of of IN 1662 3514 196 The the DT 1662 3514 197 Mall Mall NNP 1662 3514 198 in in IN 1662 3514 199 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3514 200 , , , 1662 3514 201 DC DC NNP 1662 3514 202 Land Land NNP 1662 3514 203 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3514 204 : : : 1662 3514 205 0 0 LS 1662 3514 206 km km NN 1662 3514 207 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3514 208 : : : 1662 3514 209 35.2 35.2 CD 1662 3514 210 km km NN 1662 3514 211 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3514 212 claims claim VBZ 1662 3514 213 : : : 1662 3514 214 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3514 215 economic economic JJ 1662 3514 216 zone zone NN 1662 3514 217 : : : 1662 3514 218 200 200 CD 1662 3514 219 nm nm CD 1662 3514 220 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3514 221 sea sea NN 1662 3514 222 : : : 1662 3514 223 12 12 CD 1662 3514 224 nm nm NNP 1662 3514 225 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3514 226 : : : 1662 3514 227 tropical tropical JJ 1662 3514 228 Terrain terrain NN 1662 3514 229 : : : 1662 3514 230 NA NA NNP 1662 3514 231 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3514 232 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3514 233 : : : 1662 3514 234 lowest low JJS 1662 3514 235 point point NN 1662 3514 236 : : : 1662 3514 237 Indian Indian NNP 1662 3514 238 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3514 239 0 0 NFP 1662 3514 240 m m DT 1662 3514 241 highest high JJS 1662 3514 242 point point NN 1662 3514 243 : : : 1662 3514 244 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 3514 245 location location NN 1662 3514 246 12 12 CD 1662 3514 247 m m NNP 1662 3514 248 Natural natural JJ 1662 3514 249 resources resource NNS 1662 3514 250 : : : 1662 3514 251 guano guano NNP 1662 3514 252 , , , 1662 3514 253 coconuts coconuts NNP 1662 3514 254 Land Land NNP 1662 3514 255 use use NN 1662 3514 256 : : : 1662 3514 257 arable arable JJ 1662 3514 258 land land NN 1662 3514 259 : : : 1662 3514 260 NA% NA% `` 1662 3514 261 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3514 262 crops crop NNS 1662 3514 263 : : : 1662 3514 264 NA% na% IN 1662 3514 265 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3514 266 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3514 267 : : : 1662 3514 268 NA% NA% NNS 1662 3514 269 forests forest NNS 1662 3514 270 and and CC 1662 3514 271 woodland woodland NN 1662 3514 272 : : : 1662 3514 273 NA% NA% NNS 1662 3514 274 other other JJ 1662 3514 275 : : : 1662 3514 276 100 100 CD 1662 3514 277 % % NN 1662 3514 278 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3514 279 all all DT 1662 3514 280 lush lush JJ 1662 3514 281 vegetation vegetation NN 1662 3514 282 and and CC 1662 3514 283 coconut coconut NN 1662 3514 284 palms palm NNS 1662 3514 285 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3514 286 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3514 287 land land NN 1662 3514 288 : : : 1662 3514 289 0 0 NFP 1662 3514 290 sq sq NNP 1662 3514 291 km km NNP 1662 3514 292 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3514 293 1993 1993 CD 1662 3514 294 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3514 295 Natural natural JJ 1662 3514 296 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3514 297 : : : 1662 3514 298 periodic periodic JJ 1662 3514 299 cyclones cyclone NNS 1662 3514 300 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3514 301 - - HYPH 1662 3514 302 current current JJ 1662 3514 303 issues issue NNS 1662 3514 304 : : : 1662 3514 305 NA NA NNP 1662 3514 306 @Glorioso @Glorioso NNP 1662 3514 307 Islands island NNS 1662 3514 308 : : : 1662 3514 309 People People NNPS 1662 3514 310 Population Population NNP 1662 3514 311 : : : 1662 3514 312 uninhabited uninhabited JJ 1662 3514 313 @Glorioso @Glorioso NNP 1662 3514 314 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 3514 315 : : : 1662 3514 316 Government Government NNP 1662 3514 317 Country Country NNP 1662 3514 318 name name NN 1662 3514 319 : : : 1662 3514 320 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3514 321 long long JJ 1662 3514 322 form form NN 1662 3514 323 : : : 1662 3514 324 none none NN 1662 3514 325 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3514 326 short short JJ 1662 3514 327 form form NN 1662 3514 328 : : : 1662 3514 329 Glorioso Glorioso NNP 1662 3514 330 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 3514 331 local local JJ 1662 3514 332 long long JJ 1662 3514 333 form form NN 1662 3514 334 : : : 1662 3514 335 none none NN 1662 3514 336 local local JJ 1662 3514 337 short short JJ 1662 3514 338 form form NN 1662 3514 339 : : : 1662 3514 340 Iles Iles NNP 1662 3514 341 Glorieuses Glorieuses NNPS 1662 3514 342 Data Data NNP 1662 3514 343 code code NN 1662 3514 344 : : : 1662 3514 345 GO GO NNP 1662 3514 346 Dependency dependency NN 1662 3514 347 status status NN 1662 3514 348 : : : 1662 3514 349 possession possession NN 1662 3514 350 of of IN 1662 3514 351 France France NNP 1662 3514 352 ; ; : 1662 3514 353 administered administer VBN 1662 3514 354 by by IN 1662 3514 355 a a DT 1662 3514 356 high high JJ 1662 3514 357 commissioner commissioner NN 1662 3514 358 of of IN 1662 3514 359 the the DT 1662 3514 360 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3514 361 , , , 1662 3514 362 resident resident NN 1662 3514 363 in in IN 1662 3514 364 Reunion Reunion NNP 1662 3514 365 Flag Flag NNP 1662 3514 366 description description NN 1662 3514 367 : : : 1662 3514 368 the the DT 1662 3514 369 flag flag NN 1662 3514 370 of of IN 1662 3514 371 France France NNP 1662 3514 372 is be VBZ 1662 3514 373 used use VBN 1662 3514 374 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3514 375 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3514 376 - - HYPH 1662 3514 377 overview overview NN 1662 3514 378 : : : 1662 3514 379 no no DT 1662 3514 380 economic economic JJ 1662 3514 381 activity activity NN 1662 3514 382 @Glorioso @glorioso NN 1662 3514 383 Islands island NNS 1662 3514 384 : : : 1662 3514 385 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3514 386 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 3514 387 and and CC 1662 3514 388 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3514 389 : : : 1662 3514 390 none none NN 1662 3514 391 ; ; : 1662 3514 392 offshore offshore RB 1662 3514 393 anchorage anchorage VB 1662 3514 394 only only JJ 1662 3514 395 Airports airport NNS 1662 3514 396 : : : 1662 3514 397 1 1 CD 1662 3514 398 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3514 399 1996 1996 CD 1662 3514 400 est est NNP 1662 3514 401 . . . 1662 3514 402 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3515 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3515 2 - - , 1662 3515 3 with with IN 1662 3515 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3515 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3515 6 : : : 1662 3515 7 total total NN 1662 3515 8 : : : 1662 3515 9 1 1 CD 1662 3515 10 914 914 CD 1662 3515 11 to to TO 1662 3515 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3515 13 m m NN 1662 3515 14 : : : 1662 3515 15 1 1 CD 1662 3515 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3515 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 3515 18 est est NNP 1662 3515 19 . . . 1662 3515 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3516 1 Military military JJ 1662 3516 2 Military Military NNP 1662 3516 3 - - HYPH 1662 3516 4 note note NN 1662 3516 5 : : : 1662 3516 6 defense defense NN 1662 3516 7 is be VBZ 1662 3516 8 the the DT 1662 3516 9 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 3516 10 of of IN 1662 3516 11 France France NNP 1662 3516 12 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3516 13 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3516 14 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 3516 15 - - HYPH 1662 3516 16 international international JJ 1662 3516 17 : : : 1662 3516 18 claimed claim VBN 1662 3516 19 by by IN 1662 3516 20 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 3516 21 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 22 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 23 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 24 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 25 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 26 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 27 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 28 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 29 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 30 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 31 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 32 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 33 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 34 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 35 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 36 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 37 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 38 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 39 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 40 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 41 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 42 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 43 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 44 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 45 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 46 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 47 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 48 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 49 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 50 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 51 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 52 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 53 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 54 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 55 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 56 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 57 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 58 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 59 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 60 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 61 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 62 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 63 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 64 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 65 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 66 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 67 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 68 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 69 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 70 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 71 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 72 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 73 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 74 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 75 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 76 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 77 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 78 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 79 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 80 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3516 91 GREECE GREECE NNP 1662 3516 92 @Greece @greece NN 1662 3516 93 : : : 1662 3516 94 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3516 95 Location Location NNP 1662 3516 96 : : : 1662 3516 97 Southern Southern NNP 1662 3516 98 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3516 99 , , , 1662 3516 100 bordering border VBG 1662 3516 101 the the DT 1662 3516 102 Aegean Aegean NNP 1662 3516 103 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3516 104 , , , 1662 3516 105 Ionian Ionian NNP 1662 3516 106 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3516 107 , , , 1662 3516 108 and and CC 1662 3516 109 the the DT 1662 3516 110 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 3516 111 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3516 112 , , , 1662 3516 113 between between IN 1662 3516 114 Albania Albania NNP 1662 3516 115 and and CC 1662 3516 116 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 3516 117 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3516 118 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3516 119 : : : 1662 3516 120 39 39 CD 1662 3516 121 00 00 CD 1662 3516 122 N n CD 1662 3516 123 , , , 1662 3516 124 22 22 CD 1662 3516 125 00 00 CD 1662 3516 126 E e NN 1662 3516 127 Map Map NNP 1662 3516 128 references reference NNS 1662 3516 129 : : : 1662 3516 130 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3516 131 Area Area NNP 1662 3516 132 : : : 1662 3516 133 total total NN 1662 3516 134 : : : 1662 3516 135 131,940 131,940 CD 1662 3516 136 sq sq NNP 1662 3516 137 km km NNP 1662 3516 138 land land NN 1662 3516 139 : : : 1662 3516 140 130,800 130,800 CD 1662 3516 141 sq sq IN 1662 3516 142 km km NNP 1662 3516 143 water water NN 1662 3516 144 : : : 1662 3516 145 1,140 1,140 CD 1662 3516 146 sq sq NNP 1662 3516 147 km km NNP 1662 3516 148 Area Area NNP 1662 3516 149 - - HYPH 1662 3516 150 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3516 151 : : : 1662 3516 152 slightly slightly RB 1662 3516 153 smaller small JJR 1662 3516 154 than than IN 1662 3516 155 Alabama Alabama NNP 1662 3516 156 Land Land NNP 1662 3516 157 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3516 158 : : : 1662 3516 159 total total NN 1662 3516 160 : : : 1662 3516 161 1,210 1,210 CD 1662 3516 162 km km NN 1662 3516 163 border border NN 1662 3516 164 countries country NNS 1662 3516 165 : : : 1662 3516 166 Albania Albania NNP 1662 3516 167 282 282 CD 1662 3516 168 km km NNS 1662 3516 169 , , , 1662 3516 170 Bulgaria Bulgaria NNP 1662 3516 171 494 494 CD 1662 3516 172 km km NN 1662 3516 173 , , , 1662 3516 174 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 3516 175 206 206 CD 1662 3516 176 km km NN 1662 3516 177 , , , 1662 3516 178 The the DT 1662 3516 179 Former Former NNP 1662 3516 180 Yugoslav Yugoslav NNP 1662 3516 181 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3516 182 of of IN 1662 3516 183 Macedonia Macedonia NNP 1662 3516 184 228 228 CD 1662 3516 185 km km NN 1662 3516 186 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3516 187 : : : 1662 3516 188 13,676 13,676 CD 1662 3516 189 km km NN 1662 3516 190 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3516 191 claims claim VBZ 1662 3516 192 : : : 1662 3516 193 continental continental NNP 1662 3516 194 shelf shelf NNP 1662 3516 195 : : : 1662 3516 196 200-m 200-m CD 1662 3516 197 depth depth NN 1662 3516 198 or or CC 1662 3516 199 to to IN 1662 3516 200 the the DT 1662 3516 201 depth depth NN 1662 3516 202 of of IN 1662 3516 203 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 3516 204 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3516 205 sea sea NN 1662 3516 206 : : : 1662 3516 207 6 6 CD 1662 3516 208 nm nm NNP 1662 3516 209 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3516 210 : : : 1662 3516 211 temperate temperate VB 1662 3516 212 ; ; , 1662 3516 213 mild mild JJ 1662 3516 214 , , , 1662 3516 215 wet wet JJ 1662 3516 216 winters winter NNS 1662 3516 217 ; ; : 1662 3516 218 hot hot JJ 1662 3516 219 , , , 1662 3516 220 dry dry JJ 1662 3516 221 summers summer NNS 1662 3516 222 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3516 223 : : : 1662 3516 224 mostly mostly RB 1662 3516 225 mountains mountain NNS 1662 3516 226 with with IN 1662 3516 227 ranges range NNS 1662 3516 228 extending extend VBG 1662 3516 229 into into IN 1662 3516 230 sea sea NN 1662 3516 231 as as IN 1662 3516 232 peninsulas peninsula NNS 1662 3516 233 or or CC 1662 3516 234 chains chain NNS 1662 3516 235 of of IN 1662 3516 236 islands island NNS 1662 3516 237 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3516 238 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3516 239 : : : 1662 3516 240 lowest low JJS 1662 3516 241 point point NN 1662 3516 242 : : : 1662 3516 243 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 3516 244 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3516 245 0 0 NFP 1662 3516 246 m m DT 1662 3516 247 highest high JJS 1662 3516 248 point point NN 1662 3516 249 : : : 1662 3516 250 Mount Mount NNP 1662 3516 251 Olympus Olympus NNP 1662 3516 252 2,917 2,917 CD 1662 3516 253 m m NNP 1662 3516 254 Natural natural JJ 1662 3516 255 resources resource NNS 1662 3516 256 : : : 1662 3516 257 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 3516 258 , , , 1662 3516 259 lignite lignite NNP 1662 3516 260 , , , 1662 3516 261 magnesite magnesite NN 1662 3516 262 , , , 1662 3516 263 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 3516 264 , , , 1662 3516 265 marble marble NN 1662 3516 266 Land Land NNP 1662 3516 267 use use NN 1662 3516 268 : : : 1662 3516 269 arable arable JJ 1662 3516 270 land land NN 1662 3516 271 : : : 1662 3516 272 19 19 CD 1662 3516 273 % % NN 1662 3516 274 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3516 275 crops crop NNS 1662 3516 276 : : : 1662 3516 277 8 8 CD 1662 3516 278 % % NN 1662 3516 279 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3516 280 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3516 281 : : : 1662 3516 282 41 41 CD 1662 3516 283 % % NN 1662 3516 284 forests forest NNS 1662 3516 285 and and CC 1662 3516 286 woodland woodland JJ 1662 3516 287 : : : 1662 3516 288 20 20 CD 1662 3516 289 % % NN 1662 3516 290 other other JJ 1662 3516 291 : : : 1662 3516 292 12 12 CD 1662 3516 293 % % NN 1662 3516 294 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3516 295 1993 1993 CD 1662 3516 296 est est NNP 1662 3516 297 . . . 1662 3516 298 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3517 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3517 2 land land NN 1662 3517 3 : : : 1662 3517 4 13,140 13,140 CD 1662 3517 5 sq sq NNP 1662 3517 6 km km NNP 1662 3517 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3517 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 3517 9 est est NNP 1662 3517 10 . . . 1662 3517 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3518 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 3518 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3518 3 : : : 1662 3518 4 severe severe JJ 1662 3518 5 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 3518 6 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3518 7 - - HYPH 1662 3518 8 current current JJ 1662 3518 9 issues issue NNS 1662 3518 10 : : : 1662 3518 11 air air NN 1662 3518 12 pollution pollution NN 1662 3518 13 ; ; : 1662 3518 14 water water NN 1662 3518 15 pollution pollution NN 1662 3518 16 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3518 17 - - HYPH 1662 3518 18 international international JJ 1662 3518 19 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3518 20 : : : 1662 3518 21 party party NN 1662 3518 22 to to TO 1662 3518 23 : : : 1662 3518 24 Air Air NNP 1662 3518 25 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3518 26 , , , 1662 3518 27 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3518 28 - - HYPH 1662 3518 29 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 3518 30 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 3518 31 , , , 1662 3518 32 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3518 33 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 3518 34 , , , 1662 3518 35 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 3518 36 , , , 1662 3518 37 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3518 38 Change Change NNP 1662 3518 39 , , , 1662 3518 40 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 3518 41 Species Species NNPS 1662 3518 42 , , , 1662 3518 43 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 3518 44 Modification Modification NNP 1662 3518 45 , , , 1662 3518 46 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 3518 47 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 3518 48 , , , 1662 3518 49 Law Law NNP 1662 3518 50 of of IN 1662 3518 51 the the DT 1662 3518 52 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3518 53 , , , 1662 3518 54 Marine Marine NNP 1662 3518 55 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 3518 56 , , , 1662 3518 57 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 3518 58 Test Test NNP 1662 3518 59 Ban Ban NNP 1662 3518 60 , , , 1662 3518 61 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 3518 62 Layer Layer NNP 1662 3518 63 Protection Protection NNP 1662 3518 64 , , , 1662 3518 65 Ship Ship NNP 1662 3518 66 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3518 67 , , , 1662 3518 68 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 3518 69 Timber Timber NNP 1662 3518 70 83 83 CD 1662 3518 71 , , , 1662 3518 72 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 3518 73 signed sign VBD 1662 3518 74 , , , 1662 3518 75 but but CC 1662 3518 76 not not RB 1662 3518 77 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3518 78 : : : 1662 3518 79 Air Air NNP 1662 3518 80 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3518 81 - - HYPH 1662 3518 82 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 3518 83 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 3518 84 , , , 1662 3518 85 Air Air NNP 1662 3518 86 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3518 87 - - HYPH 1662 3518 88 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 3518 89 94 94 CD 1662 3518 90 , , , 1662 3518 91 Air Air NNP 1662 3518 92 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3518 93 - - HYPH 1662 3518 94 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 3518 95 Organic Organic NNP 1662 3518 96 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 3518 97 , , , 1662 3518 98 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 3518 99 , , , 1662 3518 100 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 3518 101 Timber Timber NNP 1662 3518 102 94 94 CD 1662 3518 103 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3518 104 - - HYPH 1662 3518 105 note note NN 1662 3518 106 : : : 1662 3518 107 strategic strategic JJ 1662 3518 108 location location NN 1662 3518 109 dominating dominate VBG 1662 3518 110 the the DT 1662 3518 111 Aegean Aegean NNP 1662 3518 112 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3518 113 and and CC 1662 3518 114 southern southern JJ 1662 3518 115 approach approach NN 1662 3518 116 to to IN 1662 3518 117 Turkish Turkish NNP 1662 3518 118 Straits Straits NNPS 1662 3518 119 ; ; : 1662 3518 120 a a DT 1662 3518 121 peninsular peninsular JJ 1662 3518 122 country country NN 1662 3518 123 , , , 1662 3518 124 possessing possess VBG 1662 3518 125 an an DT 1662 3518 126 archipelago archipelago NN 1662 3518 127 of of IN 1662 3518 128 about about IN 1662 3518 129 2,000 2,000 CD 1662 3518 130 islands island NNS 1662 3518 131 @Greece @Greece : 1662 3518 132 : : : 1662 3518 133 People People NNPS 1662 3518 134 Population Population NNP 1662 3518 135 : : : 1662 3518 136 10,616,055 10,616,055 CD 1662 3518 137 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3518 138 July July NNP 1662 3518 139 1997 1997 CD 1662 3518 140 est est NNP 1662 3518 141 . . . 1662 3518 142 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3519 1 Age age NN 1662 3519 2 structure structure NN 1662 3519 3 : : : 1662 3519 4 0 0 CD 1662 3519 5 - - HYPH 1662 3519 6 14 14 CD 1662 3519 7 years year NNS 1662 3519 8 : : : 1662 3519 9 17 17 CD 1662 3519 10 % % NN 1662 3519 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3519 12 male male NNP 1662 3519 13 905,146 905,146 CD 1662 3519 14 ; ; : 1662 3519 15 female female JJ 1662 3519 16 845,929 845,929 CD 1662 3519 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3519 18 15 15 CD 1662 3519 19 - - SYM 1662 3519 20 64 64 CD 1662 3519 21 years year NNS 1662 3519 22 : : : 1662 3519 23 67 67 CD 1662 3519 24 % % NN 1662 3519 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3519 26 male male JJ 1662 3519 27 3,583,854 3,583,854 CD 1662 3519 28 ; ; : 1662 3519 29 female female JJ 1662 3519 30 3,565,882 3,565,882 CD 1662 3519 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3519 32 65 65 CD 1662 3519 33 years year NNS 1662 3519 34 and and CC 1662 3519 35 over over RB 1662 3519 36 : : : 1662 3519 37 16 16 CD 1662 3519 38 % % NN 1662 3519 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3519 40 male male JJ 1662 3519 41 759,648 759,648 CD 1662 3519 42 ; ; : 1662 3519 43 female female JJ 1662 3519 44 955,596 955,596 CD 1662 3519 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3519 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3519 47 July July NNP 1662 3519 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3519 49 est est NNP 1662 3519 50 . . . 1662 3519 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3520 1 Population population NN 1662 3520 2 growth growth NN 1662 3520 3 rate rate NN 1662 3520 4 : : : 1662 3520 5 0.44 0.44 CD 1662 3520 6 % % NN 1662 3520 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3520 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3520 9 est est NNP 1662 3520 10 . . . 1662 3520 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3521 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3521 2 rate rate NN 1662 3521 3 : : : 1662 3521 4 9.75 9.75 CD 1662 3521 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 3521 6 population population NN 1662 3521 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3521 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3521 9 est est NNP 1662 3521 10 . . . 1662 3521 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3522 1 Death death NN 1662 3522 2 rate rate NN 1662 3522 3 : : : 1662 3522 4 9.32 9.32 CD 1662 3522 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3522 6 population population NN 1662 3522 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3522 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3522 9 est est NNP 1662 3522 10 . . . 1662 3522 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3523 1 Net net JJ 1662 3523 2 migration migration NN 1662 3523 3 rate rate NN 1662 3523 4 : : : 1662 3523 5 3.95 3.95 CD 1662 3523 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 3523 7 population population NN 1662 3523 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3523 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3523 10 est est NNP 1662 3523 11 . . . 1662 3523 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3524 1 Sex sex NN 1662 3524 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 3524 3 : : : 1662 3524 4 at at IN 1662 3524 5 birth birth NN 1662 3524 6 : : : 1662 3524 7 1.07 1.07 CD 1662 3524 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3524 9 under under IN 1662 3524 10 15 15 CD 1662 3524 11 years year NNS 1662 3524 12 : : : 1662 3524 13 1.07 1.07 CD 1662 3524 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3524 15 15 15 CD 1662 3524 16 - - HYPH 1662 3524 17 64 64 CD 1662 3524 18 years year NNS 1662 3524 19 : : : 1662 3524 20 1 1 CD 1662 3524 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3524 22 65 65 CD 1662 3524 23 years year NNS 1662 3524 24 and and CC 1662 3524 25 over over IN 1662 3524 26 : : : 1662 3524 27 0.8 0.8 CD 1662 3524 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 3524 29 total total JJ 1662 3524 30 population population NN 1662 3524 31 : : : 1662 3524 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 3524 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3524 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3524 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 3524 36 est e JJS 1662 3524 37 . . . 1662 3524 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3525 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3525 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3525 3 rate rate NN 1662 3525 4 : : : 1662 3525 5 7.4 7.4 CD 1662 3525 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3525 7 live live JJ 1662 3525 8 births birth NNS 1662 3525 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3525 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3525 11 est est NNP 1662 3525 12 . . . 1662 3525 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3526 1 Life life NN 1662 3526 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3526 3 at at IN 1662 3526 4 birth birth NN 1662 3526 5 : : : 1662 3526 6 total total JJ 1662 3526 7 population population NN 1662 3526 8 : : : 1662 3526 9 78.17 78.17 CD 1662 3526 10 years year NNS 1662 3526 11 male male JJ 1662 3526 12 : : : 1662 3526 13 75.64 75.64 CD 1662 3526 14 years year NNS 1662 3526 15 female female JJ 1662 3526 16 : : : 1662 3526 17 80.89 80.89 CD 1662 3526 18 years year NNS 1662 3526 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3526 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3526 21 est est NNP 1662 3526 22 . . . 1662 3526 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3527 1 Total total JJ 1662 3527 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3527 3 rate rate NN 1662 3527 4 : : : 1662 3527 5 1.33 1.33 CD 1662 3527 6 children child NNS 1662 3527 7 born bear VBN 1662 3527 8 / / SYM 1662 3527 9 woman woman NN 1662 3527 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3527 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3527 12 est est NNP 1662 3527 13 . . . 1662 3527 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3528 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3528 2 : : : 1662 3528 3 noun noun NNP 1662 3528 4 : : : 1662 3528 5 Greek(s greek( VBN 1662 3528 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3528 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 3528 8 : : : 1662 3528 9 Greek greek JJ 1662 3528 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3528 11 groups group NNS 1662 3528 12 : : : 1662 3528 13 Greek Greek NNP 1662 3528 14 98 98 CD 1662 3528 15 % % NN 1662 3528 16 , , , 1662 3528 17 other other JJ 1662 3528 18 2 2 CD 1662 3528 19 % % NN 1662 3528 20 note note NN 1662 3528 21 : : : 1662 3528 22 the the DT 1662 3528 23 Greek Greek NNP 1662 3528 24 Government Government NNP 1662 3528 25 states state NNS 1662 3528 26 there there EX 1662 3528 27 are be VBP 1662 3528 28 no no DT 1662 3528 29 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3528 30 divisions division NNS 1662 3528 31 in in IN 1662 3528 32 Greece Greece NNP 1662 3528 33 Religions Religions NNPS 1662 3528 34 : : : 1662 3528 35 Greek Greek NNP 1662 3528 36 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 3528 37 98 98 CD 1662 3528 38 % % NN 1662 3528 39 , , , 1662 3528 40 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 3528 41 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 3528 42 % % NN 1662 3528 43 , , , 1662 3528 44 other other JJ 1662 3528 45 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 3528 46 % % NN 1662 3528 47 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 3528 48 : : : 1662 3528 49 Greek Greek NNP 1662 3528 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3528 51 official official NN 1662 3528 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3528 53 , , , 1662 3528 54 English English NNP 1662 3528 55 , , , 1662 3528 56 French french JJ 1662 3528 57 Literacy literacy NN 1662 3528 58 : : : 1662 3528 59 definition definition NN 1662 3528 60 : : : 1662 3528 61 age age NN 1662 3528 62 15 15 CD 1662 3528 63 and and CC 1662 3528 64 over over RB 1662 3528 65 can can MD 1662 3528 66 read read VB 1662 3528 67 and and CC 1662 3528 68 write write VB 1662 3528 69 total total JJ 1662 3528 70 population population NN 1662 3528 71 : : : 1662 3528 72 95 95 CD 1662 3528 73 % % NN 1662 3528 74 male male NN 1662 3528 75 : : : 1662 3528 76 98 98 CD 1662 3528 77 % % NN 1662 3528 78 female female NN 1662 3528 79 : : : 1662 3528 80 93 93 CD 1662 3528 81 % % NN 1662 3528 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3528 83 1991 1991 CD 1662 3528 84 est est NNP 1662 3528 85 . . . 1662 3528 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3529 1 @Greece @greece LS 1662 3529 2 : : : 1662 3529 3 Government Government NNP 1662 3529 4 Country Country NNP 1662 3529 5 name name NN 1662 3529 6 : : : 1662 3529 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3529 8 long long JJ 1662 3529 9 form form NN 1662 3529 10 : : : 1662 3529 11 Hellenic Hellenic NNP 1662 3529 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3529 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3529 14 short short JJ 1662 3529 15 form form NN 1662 3529 16 : : : 1662 3529 17 Greece Greece NNP 1662 3529 18 local local JJ 1662 3529 19 long long JJ 1662 3529 20 form form NN 1662 3529 21 : : : 1662 3529 22 Elliniki Elliniki NNP 1662 3529 23 Dhimokratia Dhimokratia NNP 1662 3529 24 local local JJ 1662 3529 25 short short JJ 1662 3529 26 form form NN 1662 3529 27 : : : 1662 3529 28 Ellas ella NNS 1662 3529 29 former former JJ 1662 3529 30 : : : 1662 3529 31 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 3529 32 of of IN 1662 3529 33 Greece Greece NNP 1662 3529 34 Data Data NNP 1662 3529 35 code code NN 1662 3529 36 : : : 1662 3529 37 GR GR NNP 1662 3529 38 Government Government NNP 1662 3529 39 type type NN 1662 3529 40 : : : 1662 3529 41 parliamentary parliamentary NNP 1662 3529 42 republic republic NNP 1662 3529 43 ; ; : 1662 3529 44 monarchy monarchy NNP 1662 3529 45 rejected reject VBN 1662 3529 46 by by IN 1662 3529 47 referendum referendum NN 1662 3529 48 8 8 CD 1662 3529 49 December December NNP 1662 3529 50 1974 1974 CD 1662 3529 51 National national JJ 1662 3529 52 capital capital NN 1662 3529 53 : : : 1662 3529 54 Athens Athens NNP 1662 3529 55 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 3529 56 divisions division NNS 1662 3529 57 : : : 1662 3529 58 51 51 CD 1662 3529 59 prefectures prefecture NNS 1662 3529 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3529 61 nomoi nomoi NNP 1662 3529 62 , , , 1662 3529 63 singular singular NNP 1662 3529 64 - - HYPH 1662 3529 65 nomos)and nomos)and NNP 1662 3529 66 1 1 CD 1662 3529 67 autonomous autonomous JJ 1662 3529 68 region region NN 1662 3529 69 * * NFP 1662 3529 70 ; ; : 1662 3529 71 Ayion ayion NN 1662 3529 72 Oros oro NNS 1662 3529 73 * * NFP 1662 3529 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3529 75 Mt. Mount NNP 1662 3530 1 Athos Athos NNP 1662 3530 2 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3530 3 , , , 1662 3530 4 Aitolia Aitolia NNP 1662 3530 5 kai kai NNP 1662 3530 6 Akarnania Akarnania NNP 1662 3530 7 , , , 1662 3530 8 Akhaia Akhaia NNP 1662 3530 9 , , , 1662 3530 10 Argolis Argolis NNP 1662 3530 11 , , , 1662 3530 12 Arkadhia Arkadhia NNP 1662 3530 13 , , , 1662 3530 14 Arta Arta NNP 1662 3530 15 , , , 1662 3530 16 Attiki Attiki NNP 1662 3530 17 , , , 1662 3530 18 Dhodhekanisos Dhodhekanisos NNP 1662 3530 19 , , , 1662 3530 20 Drama Drama NNP 1662 3530 21 , , , 1662 3530 22 Evritania Evritania NNP 1662 3530 23 , , , 1662 3530 24 Evros Evros NNP 1662 3530 25 , , , 1662 3530 26 Evvoia Evvoia NNP 1662 3530 27 , , , 1662 3530 28 Florina Florina NNP 1662 3530 29 , , , 1662 3530 30 Fokis Fokis NNP 1662 3530 31 , , , 1662 3530 32 Fthiotis Fthiotis NNP 1662 3530 33 , , , 1662 3530 34 Grevena Grevena NNP 1662 3530 35 , , , 1662 3530 36 Ilia Ilia NNP 1662 3530 37 , , , 1662 3530 38 Imathia Imathia NNP 1662 3530 39 , , , 1662 3530 40 Ioannina Ioannina NNP 1662 3530 41 , , , 1662 3530 42 Iraklion Iraklion NNP 1662 3530 43 , , , 1662 3530 44 Kardhitsa Kardhitsa NNP 1662 3530 45 , , , 1662 3530 46 Kastoria Kastoria NNP 1662 3530 47 , , , 1662 3530 48 Kavala Kavala NNP 1662 3530 49 , , , 1662 3530 50 Kefallinia Kefallinia NNP 1662 3530 51 , , , 1662 3530 52 Kerkira Kerkira NNP 1662 3530 53 , , , 1662 3530 54 Khalkidhiki Khalkidhiki NNP 1662 3530 55 , , , 1662 3530 56 Khania Khania NNP 1662 3530 57 , , , 1662 3530 58 Khios Khios NNP 1662 3530 59 , , , 1662 3530 60 Kikladhes Kikladhes NNPS 1662 3530 61 , , , 1662 3530 62 Kilkis Kilkis NNP 1662 3530 63 , , , 1662 3530 64 Korinthia Korinthia NNP 1662 3530 65 , , , 1662 3530 66 Kozani Kozani NNP 1662 3530 67 , , , 1662 3530 68 Lakonia Lakonia NNP 1662 3530 69 , , , 1662 3530 70 Larisa Larisa NNP 1662 3530 71 , , , 1662 3530 72 Lasithi Lasithi NNP 1662 3530 73 , , , 1662 3530 74 Lesvos Lesvos NNP 1662 3530 75 , , , 1662 3530 76 Levkas Levkas NNP 1662 3530 77 , , , 1662 3530 78 Magnisia Magnisia NNP 1662 3530 79 , , , 1662 3530 80 Messinia Messinia NNP 1662 3530 81 , , , 1662 3530 82 Pella Pella NNP 1662 3530 83 , , , 1662 3530 84 Pieria Pieria NNP 1662 3530 85 , , , 1662 3530 86 Preveza Preveza NNP 1662 3530 87 , , , 1662 3530 88 Rethimni Rethimni NNP 1662 3530 89 , , , 1662 3530 90 Rodhopi Rodhopi NNP 1662 3530 91 , , , 1662 3530 92 Samos Samos NNP 1662 3530 93 , , , 1662 3530 94 Serrai Serrai NNP 1662 3530 95 , , , 1662 3530 96 Thesprotia Thesprotia NNP 1662 3530 97 , , , 1662 3530 98 Thessaloniki Thessaloniki NNP 1662 3530 99 , , , 1662 3530 100 Trikala Trikala NNP 1662 3530 101 , , , 1662 3530 102 Voiotia Voiotia NNP 1662 3530 103 , , , 1662 3530 104 Xanthi Xanthi NNP 1662 3530 105 , , , 1662 3530 106 Zakinthos Zakinthos NNP 1662 3530 107 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3530 108 : : : 1662 3530 109 1829 1829 CD 1662 3530 110 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3530 111 from from IN 1662 3530 112 the the DT 1662 3530 113 Ottoman Ottoman NNP 1662 3530 114 Empire Empire NNP 1662 3530 115 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3530 116 National national JJ 1662 3530 117 holiday holiday NN 1662 3530 118 : : : 1662 3530 119 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3530 120 Day Day NNP 1662 3530 121 , , , 1662 3530 122 25 25 CD 1662 3530 123 March March NNP 1662 3530 124 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3530 125 1821 1821 CD 1662 3530 126 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3530 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3530 128 proclamation proclamation NN 1662 3530 129 of of IN 1662 3530 130 the the DT 1662 3530 131 war war NN 1662 3530 132 of of IN 1662 3530 133 independence independence NN 1662 3530 134 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3530 135 Constitution constitution NN 1662 3530 136 : : : 1662 3530 137 11 11 CD 1662 3530 138 June June NNP 1662 3530 139 1975 1975 CD 1662 3530 140 Legal legal JJ 1662 3530 141 system system NN 1662 3530 142 : : : 1662 3530 143 based base VBN 1662 3530 144 on on IN 1662 3530 145 codified codified JJ 1662 3530 146 Roman roman JJ 1662 3530 147 law law NN 1662 3530 148 ; ; : 1662 3530 149 judiciary judiciary NN 1662 3530 150 divided divide VBD 1662 3530 151 into into IN 1662 3530 152 civil civil JJ 1662 3530 153 , , , 1662 3530 154 criminal criminal JJ 1662 3530 155 , , , 1662 3530 156 and and CC 1662 3530 157 administrative administrative JJ 1662 3530 158 courts court NNS 1662 3530 159 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 3530 160 : : : 1662 3530 161 18 18 CD 1662 3530 162 years year NNS 1662 3530 163 of of IN 1662 3530 164 age age NN 1662 3530 165 ; ; : 1662 3530 166 universal universal JJ 1662 3530 167 and and CC 1662 3530 168 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 3530 169 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3530 170 branch branch NN 1662 3530 171 : : : 1662 3530 172 chief chief NN 1662 3530 173 of of IN 1662 3530 174 state state NN 1662 3530 175 : : : 1662 3530 176 President President NNP 1662 3530 177 Konstandinos Konstandinos NNP 1662 3530 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3530 179 Kostis Kostis NNP 1662 3530 180 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3530 181 STEPHANOPOULOS STEPHANOPOULOS NNP 1662 3530 182 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3530 183 since since IN 1662 3530 184 10 10 CD 1662 3530 185 March March NNP 1662 3530 186 1995 1995 CD 1662 3530 187 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3530 188 head head NN 1662 3530 189 of of IN 1662 3530 190 government government NN 1662 3530 191 : : : 1662 3530 192 Prime Prime NNP 1662 3530 193 Minister Minister NNP 1662 3530 194 Konstandinos Konstandinos NNP 1662 3530 195 SIMITIS SIMITIS NNP 1662 3530 196 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3530 197 since since IN 1662 3530 198 19 19 CD 1662 3530 199 January January NNP 1662 3530 200 1996 1996 CD 1662 3530 201 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3530 202 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3530 203 : : : 1662 3530 204 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 3530 205 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3530 206 by by IN 1662 3530 207 the the DT 1662 3530 208 president president NN 1662 3530 209 on on IN 1662 3530 210 the the DT 1662 3530 211 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 3530 212 of of IN 1662 3530 213 the the DT 1662 3530 214 prime prime JJ 1662 3530 215 minister minister NNP 1662 3530 216 elections election NNS 1662 3530 217 : : : 1662 3530 218 president president NNP 1662 3530 219 elected elect VBN 1662 3530 220 by by IN 1662 3530 221 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 3530 222 of of IN 1662 3530 223 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 3530 224 for for IN 1662 3530 225 a a DT 1662 3530 226 five five CD 1662 3530 227 - - HYPH 1662 3530 228 year year NN 1662 3530 229 term term NN 1662 3530 230 ; ; : 1662 3530 231 election election NN 1662 3530 232 last last JJ 1662 3530 233 held hold VBD 1662 3530 234 10 10 CD 1662 3530 235 March March NNP 1662 3530 236 1995 1995 CD 1662 3530 237 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3530 238 next next JJ 1662 3530 239 to to TO 1662 3530 240 be be VB 1662 3530 241 held hold VBN 1662 3530 242 by by IN 1662 3530 243 NA NA NNP 1662 3530 244 March March NNP 1662 3530 245 2000 2000 CD 1662 3530 246 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3530 247 ; ; : 1662 3530 248 prime prime NNP 1662 3530 249 minister minister NN 1662 3530 250 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3530 251 by by IN 1662 3530 252 the the DT 1662 3530 253 president president NNP 1662 3530 254 election election NN 1662 3530 255 results result NNS 1662 3530 256 : : : 1662 3530 257 Konstandinos Konstandinos NNP 1662 3530 258 STEPHANOPOULOS STEPHANOPOULOS NNP 1662 3530 259 elected elect VBN 1662 3530 260 president president NN 1662 3530 261 ; ; : 1662 3530 262 percent percent NN 1662 3530 263 of of IN 1662 3530 264 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 3530 265 of of IN 1662 3530 266 Deputies Deputies NNP 1662 3530 267 vote vote NN 1662 3530 268 - - HYPH 1662 3530 269 NA NA NNP 1662 3530 270 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 3530 271 branch branch NN 1662 3530 272 : : : 1662 3530 273 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 3530 274 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 3530 275 of of IN 1662 3530 276 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 3530 277 or or CC 1662 3530 278 Vouli Vouli NNP 1662 3530 279 ton ton NN 1662 3530 280 Ellinon Ellinon NNP 1662 3530 281 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3530 282 300 300 CD 1662 3530 283 seats seat NNS 1662 3530 284 ; ; : 1662 3530 285 members member NNS 1662 3530 286 are be VBP 1662 3530 287 elected elect VBN 1662 3530 288 by by IN 1662 3530 289 direct direct JJ 1662 3530 290 popular popular JJ 1662 3530 291 vote vote NN 1662 3530 292 to to TO 1662 3530 293 serve serve VB 1662 3530 294 four four CD 1662 3530 295 - - HYPH 1662 3530 296 year year NN 1662 3530 297 terms term NNS 1662 3530 298 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3530 299 elections election NNS 1662 3530 300 : : : 1662 3530 301 elections election NNS 1662 3530 302 last last RB 1662 3530 303 held hold VBD 1662 3530 304 22 22 CD 1662 3530 305 September September NNP 1662 3530 306 1996 1996 CD 1662 3530 307 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3530 308 next next JJ 1662 3530 309 to to TO 1662 3530 310 be be VB 1662 3530 311 held hold VBN 1662 3530 312 by by IN 1662 3530 313 NA NA NNP 1662 3530 314 September September NNP 1662 3530 315 2000 2000 CD 1662 3530 316 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3530 317 election election NN 1662 3530 318 results result NNS 1662 3530 319 : : : 1662 3530 320 percent percent NN 1662 3530 321 of of IN 1662 3530 322 vote vote NN 1662 3530 323 by by IN 1662 3530 324 party party NNP 1662 3530 325 - - HYPH 1662 3530 326 PASOK PASOK NNP 1662 3530 327 41.5 41.5 CD 1662 3530 328 % % NN 1662 3530 329 , , , 1662 3530 330 ND ND NNP 1662 3530 331 38.1 38.1 CD 1662 3530 332 % % NN 1662 3530 333 , , , 1662 3530 334 KKE KKE NNP 1662 3530 335 5.6 5.6 CD 1662 3530 336 % % NN 1662 3530 337 , , , 1662 3530 338 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 3530 339 of of IN 1662 3530 340 the the DT 1662 3530 341 Left Left NNP 1662 3530 342 and and CC 1662 3530 343 Progress Progress NNP 1662 3530 344 5.1 5.1 CD 1662 3530 345 % % NN 1662 3530 346 , , , 1662 3530 347 DIKKI DIKKI NNP 1662 3530 348 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 3530 349 % % NN 1662 3530 350 , , , 1662 3530 351 Political Political NNP 1662 3530 352 Spring Spring NNP 1662 3530 353 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 3530 354 % % NN 1662 3530 355 ; ; , 1662 3530 356 seats seat NNS 1662 3530 357 by by IN 1662 3530 358 party party NN 1662 3530 359 - - HYPH 1662 3530 360 PASOK PASOK NNP 1662 3530 361 162 162 CD 1662 3530 362 , , , 1662 3530 363 ND ND NNP 1662 3530 364 108 108 CD 1662 3530 365 , , , 1662 3530 366 KKE KKE NNP 1662 3530 367 11 11 CD 1662 3530 368 , , , 1662 3530 369 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 3530 370 of of IN 1662 3530 371 the the DT 1662 3530 372 Left Left NNP 1662 3530 373 and and CC 1662 3530 374 Progress Progress NNP 1662 3530 375 10 10 CD 1662 3530 376 , , , 1662 3530 377 DIKKI DIKKI NNP 1662 3530 378 9 9 CD 1662 3530 379 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 3530 380 branch branch NN 1662 3530 381 : : : 1662 3530 382 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 3530 383 Judicial Judicial NNP 1662 3530 384 Court Court NNP 1662 3530 385 , , , 1662 3530 386 judges judge NNS 1662 3530 387 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3530 388 for for IN 1662 3530 389 life life NN 1662 3530 390 by by IN 1662 3530 391 the the DT 1662 3530 392 president president NN 1662 3530 393 after after IN 1662 3530 394 consultation consultation NN 1662 3530 395 with with IN 1662 3530 396 a a DT 1662 3530 397 judicial judicial JJ 1662 3530 398 council council NN 1662 3530 399 ; ; : 1662 3530 400 Special Special NNP 1662 3530 401 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 3530 402 Tribunal Tribunal NNP 1662 3530 403 , , , 1662 3530 404 judges judge NNS 1662 3530 405 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3530 406 for for IN 1662 3530 407 life life NN 1662 3530 408 by by IN 1662 3530 409 the the DT 1662 3530 410 president president NN 1662 3530 411 after after IN 1662 3530 412 consultation consultation NN 1662 3530 413 with with IN 1662 3530 414 a a DT 1662 3530 415 judicial judicial JJ 1662 3530 416 council council NN 1662 3530 417 Political political JJ 1662 3530 418 parties party NNS 1662 3530 419 and and CC 1662 3530 420 leaders leader NNS 1662 3530 421 : : : 1662 3530 422 New New NNP 1662 3530 423 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 3530 424 or or CC 1662 3530 425 ND ND NNP 1662 3530 426 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3530 427 conservative conservative JJ 1662 3530 428 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3530 429 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3530 430 Konstandinos Konstandinos NNP 1662 3530 431 KARAMANLIS KARAMANLIS NNP 1662 3530 432 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3530 433 ; ; : 1662 3530 434 Panhellenic panhellenic JJ 1662 3530 435 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 3530 436 Movement Movement NNP 1662 3530 437 or or CC 1662 3530 438 PASOK PASOK NNP 1662 3530 439 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3530 440 Konstandinos Konstandinos NNP 1662 3530 441 SIMITIS SIMITIS NNP 1662 3530 442 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3530 443 ; ; : 1662 3530 444 Communist Communist NNP 1662 3530 445 Party Party NNP 1662 3530 446 or or CC 1662 3530 447 KKE KKE NNP 1662 3530 448 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3530 449 Aleka Aleka NNP 1662 3530 450 PAPARIGA PAPARIGA NNP 1662 3530 451 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3530 452 ; ; : 1662 3530 453 Political political JJ 1662 3530 454 Spring spring NN 1662 3530 455 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3530 456 Andonios Andonios NNP 1662 3530 457 SAMARAS SAMARAS NNP 1662 3530 458 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3530 459 ; ; : 1662 3530 460 Coalition coalition NN 1662 3530 461 of of IN 1662 3530 462 the the DT 1662 3530 463 Left Left NNP 1662 3530 464 and and CC 1662 3530 465 Progress Progress NNP 1662 3530 466 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3530 467 Synaspismos Synaspismos NNP 1662 3530 468 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3530 469 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3530 470 Nikolaos Nikolaos NNP 1662 3530 471 KONSTANDOPOULOS KONSTANDOPOULOS NNP 1662 3530 472 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3530 473 ; ; : 1662 3530 474 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 3530 475 Social Social NNP 1662 3530 476 Movement Movement NNP 1662 3530 477 or or CC 1662 3530 478 DIKKI DIKKI NNP 1662 3530 479 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3530 480 Dhimitrios Dhimitrios NNP 1662 3530 481 TSOVOLAS TSOVOLAS NNP 1662 3530 482 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3530 483 ; ; : 1662 3530 484 Rainbow Rainbow NNP 1662 3530 485 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 3530 486 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3530 487 Pavlos Pavlos NNP 1662 3530 488 VOSKOPOULOS VOSKOPOULOS NNP 1662 3530 489 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3530 490 International international JJ 1662 3530 491 organization organization NN 1662 3530 492 participation participation NN 1662 3530 493 : : : 1662 3530 494 Australia Australia NNP 1662 3530 495 Group Group NNP 1662 3530 496 , , , 1662 3530 497 BIS BIS NNP 1662 3530 498 , , , 1662 3530 499 BSEC BSEC NNP 1662 3530 500 , , , 1662 3530 501 CCC CCC NNP 1662 3530 502 , , , 1662 3530 503 CE CE NNP 1662 3530 504 , , , 1662 3530 505 CERN CERN NNP 1662 3530 506 , , , 1662 3530 507 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 3530 508 , , , 1662 3530 509 ECE ECE NNP 1662 3530 510 , , , 1662 3530 511 EIB EIB NNP 1662 3530 512 , , , 1662 3530 513 EU EU NNP 1662 3530 514 , , , 1662 3530 515 FAO FAO NNP 1662 3530 516 , , , 1662 3530 517 G- G- NNP 1662 3530 518 6 6 CD 1662 3530 519 , , , 1662 3530 520 IAEA iaea NN 1662 3530 521 , , , 1662 3530 522 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 3530 523 , , , 1662 3530 524 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 3530 525 , , , 1662 3530 526 ICC ICC NNP 1662 3530 527 , , , 1662 3530 528 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 3530 529 , , , 1662 3530 530 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 3530 531 , , , 1662 3530 532 IDA IDA NNP 1662 3530 533 , , , 1662 3530 534 IEA IEA NNP 1662 3530 535 , , , 1662 3530 536 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 3530 537 , , , 1662 3530 538 IFC IFC NNP 1662 3530 539 , , , 1662 3530 540 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 3530 541 , , , 1662 3530 542 IHO IHO NNP 1662 3530 543 , , , 1662 3530 544 ILO ILO NNP 1662 3530 545 , , , 1662 3530 546 IMF IMF NNP 1662 3530 547 , , , 1662 3530 548 IMO imo RB 1662 3530 549 , , , 1662 3530 550 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 3530 551 , , , 1662 3530 552 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3530 553 , , , 1662 3530 554 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 3530 555 , , , 1662 3530 556 IOC IOC NNP 1662 3530 557 , , , 1662 3530 558 IOM IOM NNP 1662 3530 559 , , , 1662 3530 560 ISO ISO NNP 1662 3530 561 , , , 1662 3530 562 ITU ITU NNP 1662 3530 563 , , , 1662 3530 564 MINURSO MINURSO NNP 1662 3530 565 , , , 1662 3530 566 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 3530 567 , , , 1662 3530 568 NACC NACC NNP 1662 3530 569 , , , 1662 3530 570 NAM NAM NNP 1662 3530 571 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3530 572 guest guest NNP 1662 3530 573 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3530 574 , , , 1662 3530 575 NATO NATO NNP 1662 3530 576 , , , 1662 3530 577 NEA NEA NNP 1662 3530 578 , , , 1662 3530 579 NSG NSG NNP 1662 3530 580 , , , 1662 3530 581 OAS OAS NNP 1662 3530 582 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3530 583 observer observer NNP 1662 3530 584 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3530 585 , , , 1662 3530 586 OECD OECD NNP 1662 3530 587 , , , 1662 3530 588 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 3530 589 , , , 1662 3530 590 PCA PCA NNP 1662 3530 591 , , , 1662 3530 592 UN UN NNP 1662 3530 593 , , , 1662 3530 594 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 3530 595 , , , 1662 3530 596 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 3530 597 , , , 1662 3530 598 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 3530 599 , , , 1662 3530 600 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 3530 601 , , , 1662 3530 602 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 3530 603 , , , 1662 3530 604 UNMIBH unmibh NN 1662 3530 605 , , , 1662 3530 606 UNOMIG UNOMIG NNP 1662 3530 607 , , , 1662 3530 608 UPU UPU NNP 1662 3530 609 , , , 1662 3530 610 WEU WEU NNP 1662 3530 611 , , , 1662 3530 612 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 3530 613 , , , 1662 3530 614 WHO who WP 1662 3530 615 , , , 1662 3530 616 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 3530 617 , , , 1662 3530 618 WMO WMO NNP 1662 3530 619 , , , 1662 3530 620 WToO wtoo FW 1662 3530 621 , , , 1662 3530 622 WTrO wtro VB 1662 3530 623 , , , 1662 3530 624 ZC ZC NNP 1662 3530 625 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3530 626 representation representation NN 1662 3530 627 in in IN 1662 3530 628 the the DT 1662 3530 629 US US NNP 1662 3530 630 : : : 1662 3530 631 chief chief NN 1662 3530 632 of of IN 1662 3530 633 mission mission NN 1662 3530 634 : : : 1662 3530 635 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3530 636 Loukas Loukas NNP 1662 3530 637 TSILAS TSILAS NNP 1662 3530 638 chancery chancery NN 1662 3530 639 : : : 1662 3530 640 2221 2221 CD 1662 3530 641 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 3530 642 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 3530 643 NW NW NNP 1662 3530 644 , , , 1662 3530 645 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3530 646 , , , 1662 3530 647 DC DC NNP 1662 3530 648 20008 20008 CD 1662 3530 649 telephone telephone NN 1662 3530 650 : : : 1662 3530 651 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3530 652 1 1 CD 1662 3530 653 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3530 654 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3530 655 202 202 CD 1662 3530 656 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3530 657 939 939 CD 1662 3530 658 - - SYM 1662 3530 659 5800 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Orleans Orleans NNP 1662 3530 698 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3530 699 representation representation NN 1662 3530 700 from from IN 1662 3530 701 the the DT 1662 3530 702 US US NNP 1662 3530 703 : : : 1662 3530 704 chief chief NN 1662 3530 705 of of IN 1662 3530 706 mission mission NN 1662 3530 707 : : : 1662 3530 708 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3530 709 Thomas Thomas NNP 1662 3530 710 M. M. NNP 1662 3530 711 T. T. 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3533 21 , , , 1662 3533 22 now now RB 1662 3533 23 at at IN 1662 3533 24 the the DT 1662 3533 25 lowest low JJS 1662 3533 26 level level NN 1662 3533 27 in in IN 1662 3533 28 22 22 CD 1662 3533 29 years year NNS 1662 3533 30 . . . 1662 3534 1 Investment investment NN 1662 3534 2 is be VBZ 1662 3534 3 likely likely JJ 1662 3534 4 to to TO 1662 3534 5 be be VB 1662 3534 6 the the DT 1662 3534 7 primary primary JJ 1662 3534 8 engine engine NN 1662 3534 9 for for IN 1662 3534 10 economic economic JJ 1662 3534 11 growth growth NN 1662 3534 12 in in IN 1662 3534 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3534 14 . . . 1662 3535 1 Athens Athens NNP 1662 3535 2 continues continue VBZ 1662 3535 3 to to TO 1662 3535 4 rely rely VB 1662 3535 5 heavily heavily RB 1662 3535 6 on on IN 1662 3535 7 EU EU NNP 1662 3535 8 aid aid NN 1662 3535 9 , , , 1662 3535 10 which which WDT 1662 3535 11 currently currently RB 1662 3535 12 amounts amount VBZ 1662 3535 13 to to IN 1662 3535 14 about about RB 1662 3535 15 4 4 CD 1662 3535 16 % % NN 1662 3535 17 of of IN 1662 3535 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3535 19 . . . 1662 3536 1 Despite despite IN 1662 3536 2 widespread widespread JJ 1662 3536 3 protests protest NNS 1662 3536 4 from from IN 1662 3536 5 unions union NNS 1662 3536 6 and and CC 1662 3536 7 farmers farmer NNS 1662 3536 8 , , , 1662 3536 9 Prime Prime NNP 1662 3536 10 Minister Minister NNP 1662 3536 11 SIMITIS SIMITIS NNP 1662 3536 12 presented present VBD 1662 3536 13 a a DT 1662 3536 14 tough tough JJ 1662 3536 15 1997 1997 CD 1662 3536 16 budget budget NN 1662 3536 17 to to TO 1662 3536 18 help help VB 1662 3536 19 bring bring VB 1662 3536 20 Greece Greece NNP 1662 3536 21 closer close RBR 1662 3536 22 to to IN 1662 3536 23 meeting meet VBG 1662 3536 24 the the DT 1662 3536 25 EU EU NNP 1662 3536 26 criteria criterion NNS 1662 3536 27 for for IN 1662 3536 28 participating participate VBG 1662 3536 29 in in IN 1662 3536 30 economic economic JJ 1662 3536 31 and and CC 1662 3536 32 monetary monetary JJ 1662 3536 33 union union NNP 1662 3536 34 . . . 1662 3537 1 SIMITIS SIMITIS NNP 1662 3537 2 faces face VBZ 1662 3537 3 strong strong JJ 1662 3537 4 opposition opposition NN 1662 3537 5 to to IN 1662 3537 6 further further JJ 1662 3537 7 privatization privatization NN 1662 3537 8 and and CC 1662 3537 9 further further JJ 1662 3537 10 austerity austerity NN 1662 3537 11 . . . 1662 3538 1 Plans plan NNS 1662 3538 2 to to TO 1662 3538 3 increase increase VB 1662 3538 4 defense defense NN 1662 3538 5 spending spending NN 1662 3538 6 could could MD 1662 3538 7 undermine undermine VB 1662 3538 8 SIMITIS SIMITIS NNP 1662 3538 9 's 's POS 1662 3538 10 goal goal NN 1662 3538 11 to to TO 1662 3538 12 curb curb VB 1662 3538 13 government government NN 1662 3538 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3538 15 . . . 1662 3539 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3539 2 : : : 1662 3539 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 3539 4 power power NN 1662 3539 5 parity parity NN 1662 3539 6 - - : 1662 3539 7 $ $ $ 1662 3539 8 106.9 106.9 CD 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agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3542 8 : : : 1662 3542 9 11 11 CD 1662 3542 10 % % NN 1662 3542 11 industry industry NN 1662 3542 12 : : : 1662 3542 13 25 25 CD 1662 3542 14 % % NN 1662 3542 15 services service NNS 1662 3542 16 : : : 1662 3542 17 64 64 CD 1662 3542 18 % % NN 1662 3542 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3542 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 3542 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3542 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 3542 23 rate rate NN 1662 3542 24 - - HYPH 1662 3542 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 3542 26 price price NN 1662 3542 27 index index NN 1662 3542 28 : : : 1662 3542 29 8.6 8.6 CD 1662 3542 30 % % NN 1662 3542 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3542 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 3542 33 est est NNP 1662 3542 34 . . . 1662 3542 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3543 1 Labor labor NN 1662 3543 2 force force NN 1662 3543 3 : : : 1662 3543 4 total total NN 1662 3543 5 : : : 1662 3543 6 4.21 4.21 CD 1662 3543 7 million million CD 1662 3543 8 by by IN 1662 3543 9 occupation occupation NN 1662 3543 10 : : : 1662 3543 11 services service NNS 1662 3543 12 52 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) -RRB- 1662 3547 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3547 2 - - HYPH 1662 3547 3 products product NNS 1662 3547 4 : : : 1662 3547 5 wheat wheat NN 1662 3547 6 , , , 1662 3547 7 corn corn NN 1662 3547 8 , , , 1662 3547 9 barley barley NN 1662 3547 10 , , , 1662 3547 11 sugar sugar NN 1662 3547 12 beets beet NNS 1662 3547 13 , , , 1662 3547 14 olives olive NNS 1662 3547 15 , , , 1662 3547 16 tomatoes tomato NNS 1662 3547 17 , , , 1662 3547 18 wine wine NN 1662 3547 19 , , , 1662 3547 20 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 3547 21 , , , 1662 3547 22 potatoes potato NNS 1662 3547 23 ; ; : 1662 3547 24 meat meat NN 1662 3547 25 , , , 1662 3547 26 dairy dairy NN 1662 3547 27 products product NNS 1662 3547 28 Exports export NNS 1662 3547 29 : : : 1662 3547 30 total total JJ 1662 3547 31 value value NN 1662 3547 32 : : : 1662 3547 33 $ $ $ 1662 3547 34 5.9 5.9 CD 1662 3547 35 billion billion CD 1662 3547 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3547 37 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 3547 38 . . 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NNP 1662 3547 99 , , , 1662 3547 100 1995 1995 CD 1662 3547 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3547 102 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3547 103 : : : 1662 3547 104 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 3547 105 goods good NNS 1662 3547 106 72 72 CD 1662 3547 107 % % NN 1662 3547 108 , , , 1662 3547 109 foodstuffs foodstuff VBZ 1662 3547 110 15 15 CD 1662 3547 111 % % NN 1662 3547 112 , , , 1662 3547 113 fuels fuel NNS 1662 3547 114 10 10 CD 1662 3547 115 % % NN 1662 3547 116 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3547 117 1994 1994 CD 1662 3547 118 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3547 119 partners partner NNS 1662 3547 120 : : : 1662 3547 121 EU EU NNP 1662 3547 122 70 70 CD 1662 3547 123 % % NN 1662 3547 124 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3547 125 Italy Italy NNP 1662 3547 126 18 18 CD 1662 3547 127 % % NN 1662 3547 128 , , , 1662 3547 129 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3547 130 16 16 CD 1662 3547 131 % % NN 1662 3547 132 , , , 1662 3547 133 France France NNP 1662 3547 134 8 8 CD 1662 3547 135 % % NN 1662 3547 136 , , , 1662 3547 137 UK UK NNP 1662 3547 138 6 6 CD 1662 3547 139 % % NN 1662 3547 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3547 141 US US NNP 1662 3547 142 4 4 CD 1662 3547 143 % % NN 1662 3547 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3547 145 1995 1995 CD 1662 3547 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3547 147 Debt debt NN 1662 3547 148 - - HYPH 1662 3547 149 external external JJ 1662 3547 150 : : : 1662 3547 151 $ $ $ 1662 3547 152 34.2 34.2 CD 1662 3547 153 billion billion CD 1662 3547 154 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3547 155 1996 1996 CD 1662 3547 156 est est NNP 1662 3547 157 . . . 1662 3547 158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3548 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 3548 2 aid aid NN 1662 3548 3 : : : 1662 3548 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 3548 5 : : : 1662 3548 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 3548 7 , , , 1662 3548 8 $ $ $ 1662 3548 9 NA NA NNP 1662 3548 10 Currency currency NN 1662 3548 11 : : : 1662 3548 12 1 1 CD 1662 3548 13 drachma drachma NN 1662 3548 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3548 15 Dr Dr NNP 1662 3548 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3548 17 = = NFP 1662 3548 18 100 100 CD 1662 3548 19 lepta lepta NNP 1662 3548 20 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 3548 21 rates rate NNS 1662 3548 22 : : : 1662 3548 23 drachmae drachmae NNP 1662 3548 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3548 25 Dr Dr NNP 1662 3548 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3548 27 per per IN 1662 3548 28 US$ us$ $ 1662 3548 29 1 1 CD 1662 3548 30 - - SYM 1662 3548 31 251.55 251.55 CD 1662 3548 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3548 33 January January NNP 1662 3548 34 1997 1997 CD 1662 3548 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3548 36 , , , 1662 3548 37 240.71 240.71 CD 1662 3548 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3548 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 3548 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3548 41 , , , 1662 3548 42 231.66 231.66 CD 1662 3548 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3548 44 1995 1995 CD 1662 3548 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3548 46 , , , 1662 3548 47 242.60 242.60 CD 1662 3548 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3548 49 1994 1994 CD 1662 3548 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3548 51 , , , 1662 3548 52 229.26 229.26 CD 1662 3548 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3548 54 1993 1993 CD 1662 3548 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3548 56 , , , 1662 3548 57 190.62 190.62 CD 1662 3548 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3548 59 1992 1992 CD 1662 3548 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3548 61 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3548 62 year year NN 1662 3548 63 : : : 1662 3548 64 calendar calendar NNP 1662 3548 65 year year NN 1662 3548 66 @Greece @Greece NNP 1662 3548 67 : : : 1662 3548 68 Communications Communications NNP 1662 3548 69 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 3548 70 : : : 1662 3548 71 5,571,293 5,571,293 CD 1662 3548 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3548 73 1993 1993 CD 1662 3548 74 est est NNP 1662 3548 75 . . . 1662 3548 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3549 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 3549 2 system system NN 1662 3549 3 : : : 1662 3549 4 adequate adequate JJ 1662 3549 5 , , , 1662 3549 6 modern modern JJ 1662 3549 7 networks network NNS 1662 3549 8 reach reach VBP 1662 3549 9 all all DT 1662 3549 10 areas area NNS 1662 3549 11 ; ; : 1662 3549 12 microwave microwave NN 1662 3549 13 radio radio NN 1662 3549 14 relay relay NN 1662 3549 15 carries carry VBZ 1662 3549 16 most most JJS 1662 3549 17 traffic traffic NN 1662 3549 18 ; ; : 1662 3549 19 extensive extensive JJ 1662 3549 20 open open JJ 1662 3549 21 - - HYPH 1662 3549 22 wire wire NN 1662 3549 23 network network NN 1662 3549 24 ; ; : 1662 3549 25 submarine submarine NN 1662 3549 26 cables cable NNS 1662 3549 27 to to IN 1662 3549 28 off off IN 1662 3549 29 - - HYPH 1662 3549 30 shore shore NN 1662 3549 31 islands island NNS 1662 3549 32 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3549 33 : : : 1662 3549 34 microwave microwave NN 1662 3549 35 radio radio NN 1662 3549 36 relay relay NN 1662 3549 37 , , , 1662 3549 38 open open JJ 1662 3549 39 wire wire NN 1662 3549 40 , , , 1662 3549 41 and and CC 1662 3549 42 submarine submarine NN 1662 3549 43 cable cable NN 1662 3549 44 international international NNP 1662 3549 45 : : : 1662 3549 46 tropospheric tropospheric JJ 1662 3549 47 scatter scatter NN 1662 3549 48 ; ; : 1662 3549 49 8 8 CD 1662 3549 50 submarine submarine NN 1662 3549 51 cables cable NNS 1662 3549 52 ; ; : 1662 3549 53 satellite satellite NN 1662 3549 54 earth earth NN 1662 3549 55 stations station NNS 1662 3549 56 - - , 1662 3549 57 2 2 CD 1662 3549 58 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3549 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3549 60 1 1 CD 1662 3549 61 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3549 62 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3549 63 and and CC 1662 3549 64 1 1 CD 1662 3549 65 Indian Indian NNP 1662 3549 66 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3549 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3549 68 , , , 1662 3549 69 1 1 CD 1662 3549 70 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNP 1662 3549 71 , , , 1662 3549 72 and and CC 1662 3549 73 1 1 CD 1662 3549 74 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 3549 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3549 76 Indian Indian NNP 1662 3549 77 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3549 78 Region Region NNP 1662 3549 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3549 80 Radio radio NN 1662 3549 81 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3549 82 stations station NNS 1662 3549 83 : : : 1662 3549 84 AM AM NNP 1662 3549 85 29 29 CD 1662 3549 86 , , , 1662 3549 87 FM FM NNP 1662 3549 88 17 17 CD 1662 3549 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3549 90 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 3549 91 20 20 CD 1662 3549 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3549 93 , , , 1662 3549 94 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 3549 95 0 0 CD 1662 3549 96 Radios radio NNS 1662 3549 97 : : : 1662 3549 98 NA NA NNP 1662 3549 99 Television Television NNP 1662 3549 100 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3549 101 stations station NNS 1662 3549 102 : : : 1662 3549 103 361 361 CD 1662 3549 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3549 105 1987 1987 CD 1662 3549 106 est est NNP 1662 3549 107 . . . 1662 3549 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3550 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 3550 2 : : : 1662 3550 3 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 3550 4 million million CD 1662 3550 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3550 6 1993 1993 CD 1662 3550 7 est est NNP 1662 3550 8 . . . 1662 3550 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3551 1 @Greece @greece LS 1662 3551 2 : : : 1662 3551 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3551 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 3551 5 : : : 1662 3551 6 total total NN 1662 3551 7 : : : 1662 3551 8 2,474 2,474 CD 1662 3551 9 km km NN 1662 3551 10 standard standard JJ 1662 3551 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 3551 12 : : : 1662 3551 13 1,565 1,565 CD 1662 3551 14 km km NN 1662 3551 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 3551 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 3551 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3551 18 36 36 CD 1662 3551 19 km km NN 1662 3551 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 3551 21 ; ; : 1662 3551 22 100 100 CD 1662 3551 23 km km NN 1662 3551 24 double double JJ 1662 3551 25 track track NN 1662 3551 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3551 27 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3551 28 gauge gauge NN 1662 3551 29 : : : 1662 3551 30 887 887 CD 1662 3551 31 km km NN 1662 3551 32 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 3551 33 gauge gauge NN 1662 3551 34 ; ; : 1662 3551 35 22 22 CD 1662 3551 36 km km NN 1662 3551 37 0.750-m 0.750-m CD 1662 3551 38 gauge gauge NN 1662 3551 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3551 40 a a DT 1662 3551 41 rack rack NN 1662 3551 42 type type NN 1662 3551 43 railway railway NN 1662 3551 44 for for IN 1662 3551 45 steep steep JJ 1662 3551 46 grades grade NNS 1662 3551 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3551 48 Highways highway NNS 1662 3551 49 : : : 1662 3551 50 total total NN 1662 3551 51 : : : 1662 3551 52 116,440 116,440 CD 1662 3551 53 km km NN 1662 3551 54 paved pave VBN 1662 3551 55 : : : 1662 3551 56 106,775 106,775 CD 1662 3551 57 km km NN 1662 3551 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3551 59 including include VBG 1662 3551 60 420 420 CD 1662 3551 61 km km NNS 1662 3551 62 of of IN 1662 3551 63 expressways expressway NNS 1662 3551 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3551 65 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3551 66 : : : 1662 3551 67 9,665 9,665 CD 1662 3551 68 km km NN 1662 3551 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3551 70 1995 1995 CD 1662 3551 71 est est NNP 1662 3551 72 . . . 1662 3551 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3552 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 3552 2 : : : 1662 3552 3 80 80 CD 1662 3552 4 km km NN 1662 3552 5 ; ; : 1662 3552 6 system system NN 1662 3552 7 consists consist VBZ 1662 3552 8 of of IN 1662 3552 9 three three CD 1662 3552 10 coastal coastal JJ 1662 3552 11 canals canal NNS 1662 3552 12 ; ; : 1662 3552 13 including include VBG 1662 3552 14 the the DT 1662 3552 15 Corinth Corinth NNP 1662 3552 16 Canal Canal NNP 1662 3552 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3552 18 6 6 CD 1662 3552 19 km km NN 1662 3552 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3552 21 which which WDT 1662 3552 22 crosses cross VBZ 1662 3552 23 the the DT 1662 3552 24 Isthmus Isthmus NNP 1662 3552 25 of of IN 1662 3552 26 Corinth Corinth NNP 1662 3552 27 connecting connect VBG 1662 3552 28 the the DT 1662 3552 29 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 3552 30 of of IN 1662 3552 31 Corinth Corinth NNP 1662 3552 32 with with IN 1662 3552 33 the the DT 1662 3552 34 Saronic Saronic NNP 1662 3552 35 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 3552 36 and and CC 1662 3552 37 shortens shorten VBZ 1662 3552 38 the the DT 1662 3552 39 sea sea NN 1662 3552 40 voyage voyage NN 1662 3552 41 from from IN 1662 3552 42 the the DT 1662 3552 43 Adriatic Adriatic NNP 1662 3552 44 to to IN 1662 3552 45 Piraievs Piraievs NNP 1662 3552 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3552 47 Piraeus Piraeus NNP 1662 3552 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3552 49 by by IN 1662 3552 50 325 325 CD 1662 3552 51 km km NNS 1662 3552 52 ; ; : 1662 3552 53 and and CC 1662 3552 54 three three CD 1662 3552 55 unconnected unconnected JJ 1662 3552 56 rivers river NNS 1662 3552 57 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 3552 58 : : : 1662 3552 59 crude crude JJ 1662 3552 60 oil oil NN 1662 3552 61 26 26 CD 1662 3552 62 km km NN 1662 3552 63 ; ; : 1662 3552 64 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 3552 65 products product NNS 1662 3552 66 547 547 CD 1662 3552 67 km km NN 1662 3552 68 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 3552 69 and and CC 1662 3552 70 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3552 71 : : : 1662 3552 72 Alexandroupolis Alexandroupolis NNP 1662 3552 73 , , , 1662 3552 74 Elevsis Elevsis NNP 1662 3552 75 , , , 1662 3552 76 Iraklion Iraklion NNP 1662 3552 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3552 78 Crete Crete NNP 1662 3552 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3552 80 , , , 1662 3552 81 Kavala Kavala NNP 1662 3552 82 , , , 1662 3552 83 Kerkira Kerkira NNP 1662 3552 84 , , , 1662 3552 85 Khalkis Khalkis NNP 1662 3552 86 , , , 1662 3552 87 Igoumenitsa Igoumenitsa NNP 1662 3552 88 , , , 1662 3552 89 Lavrion Lavrion NNP 1662 3552 90 , , , 1662 3552 91 Patrai Patrai NNP 1662 3552 92 , , , 1662 3552 93 Piraievs Piraievs NNP 1662 3552 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3552 95 Piraeus Piraeus NNP 1662 3552 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3552 97 , , , 1662 3552 98 Thessaloniki Thessaloniki NNP 1662 3552 99 , , , 1662 3552 100 Volos Volos NNP 1662 3552 101 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3552 102 marine marine NN 1662 3552 103 : : : 1662 3552 104 total total NN 1662 3552 105 : : : 1662 3552 106 984 984 CD 1662 3552 107 ships ship NNS 1662 3552 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3552 109 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 3552 110 GRT GRT NNP 1662 3552 111 or or CC 1662 3552 112 over over RB 1662 3552 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3552 114 totaling total VBG 1662 3552 115 27,571,920 27,571,920 CD 1662 3552 116 GRT/49,674,832 GRT/49,674,832 , 1662 3552 117 DWT DWT NNP 1662 3552 118 ships ship NNS 1662 3552 119 by by IN 1662 3552 120 type type NN 1662 3552 121 : : : 1662 3552 122 bulk bulk NNP 1662 3552 123 433 433 CD 1662 3552 124 , , , 1662 3552 125 cargo cargo NN 1662 3552 126 85 85 CD 1662 3552 127 , , , 1662 3552 128 chemical chemical NN 1662 3552 129 tanker tanker NN 1662 3552 130 22 22 CD 1662 3552 131 , , , 1662 3552 132 combination combination NN 1662 3552 133 bulk bulk NN 1662 3552 134 16 16 CD 1662 3552 135 , , , 1662 3552 136 combination combination NN 1662 3552 137 ore ore NN 1662 3552 138 / / SYM 1662 3552 139 oil oil NN 1662 3552 140 18 18 CD 1662 3552 141 , , , 1662 3552 142 container container NN 1662 3552 143 39 39 CD 1662 3552 144 , , , 1662 3552 145 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 3552 146 gas gas NN 1662 3552 147 tanker tanker NN 1662 3552 148 4 4 CD 1662 3552 149 , , , 1662 3552 150 multi multi JJ 1662 3552 151 - - JJ 1662 3552 152 function function VB 1662 3552 153 large large JJ 1662 3552 154 load load NN 1662 3552 155 carrier carrier NN 1662 3552 156 1 1 CD 1662 3552 157 , , , 1662 3552 158 oil oil NN 1662 3552 159 tanker tanker NN 1662 3552 160 239 239 CD 1662 3552 161 , , , 1662 3552 162 passenger passenger NN 1662 3552 163 15 15 CD 1662 3552 164 , , , 1662 3552 165 passenger passenger NN 1662 3552 166 - - HYPH 1662 3552 167 cargo cargo NN 1662 3552 168 2 2 CD 1662 3552 169 , , , 1662 3552 170 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 3552 171 cargo cargo NN 1662 3552 172 6 6 CD 1662 3552 173 , , , 1662 3552 174 roll roll NN 1662 3552 175 - - HYPH 1662 3552 176 on on IN 1662 3552 177 / / SYM 1662 3552 178 roll roll NN 1662 3552 179 - - HYPH 1662 3552 180 off off RP 1662 3552 181 cargo cargo NN 1662 3552 182 18 18 CD 1662 3552 183 , , , 1662 3552 184 short short JJ 1662 3552 185 - - HYPH 1662 3552 186 sea sea NN 1662 3552 187 passenger passenger NN 1662 3552 188 82 82 CD 1662 3552 189 , , , 1662 3552 190 specialized specialized NNP 1662 3552 191 tanker tanker NN 1662 3552 192 3 3 CD 1662 3552 193 , , , 1662 3552 194 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 3552 195 carrier carrier NN 1662 3552 196 1 1 CD 1662 3552 197 note note NN 1662 3552 198 : : : 1662 3552 199 Greece Greece NNP 1662 3552 200 owns own VBZ 1662 3552 201 an an DT 1662 3552 202 additional additional JJ 1662 3552 203 1,883 1,883 CD 1662 3552 204 ships ship NNS 1662 3552 205 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3552 206 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 3552 207 GRT GRT NNP 1662 3552 208 or or CC 1662 3552 209 over over RB 1662 3552 210 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3552 211 totaling total VBG 1662 3552 212 67,631,159 67,631,159 CD 1662 3552 213 DWT dwt NN 1662 3552 214 operating operate VBG 1662 3552 215 under under IN 1662 3552 216 the the DT 1662 3552 217 registries registry NNS 1662 3552 218 of of IN 1662 3552 219 The the DT 1662 3552 220 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 3552 221 , , , 1662 3552 222 Belize Belize NNP 1662 3552 223 , , , 1662 3552 224 Cayman Cayman NNP 1662 3552 225 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 3552 226 , , , 1662 3552 227 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 3552 228 , , , 1662 3552 229 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 3552 230 , , , 1662 3552 231 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 3552 232 , , , 1662 3552 233 Malta Malta NNP 1662 3552 234 , , , 1662 3552 235 Panama Panama NNP 1662 3552 236 , , , 1662 3552 237 Saint Saint NNP 1662 3552 238 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 3552 239 and and CC 1662 3552 240 the the DT 1662 3552 241 Grenadines Grenadines NNPS 1662 3552 242 , , , 1662 3552 243 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 3552 244 , , , 1662 3552 245 Syria Syria NNP 1662 3552 246 , , , 1662 3552 247 Vanuatu Vanuatu NNP 1662 3552 248 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3552 249 1996 1996 CD 1662 3552 250 est est NNP 1662 3552 251 . . . 1662 3552 252 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3553 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3553 2 : : : 1662 3553 3 78 78 CD 1662 3553 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3553 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 3553 6 est est NNP 1662 3553 7 . . . 1662 3553 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3554 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3554 2 - - , 1662 3554 3 with with IN 1662 3554 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3554 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3554 6 : : : 1662 3554 7 total total NN 1662 3554 8 : : : 1662 3554 9 75 75 CD 1662 3554 10 over over IN 1662 3554 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3554 12 m m NN 1662 3554 13 : : : 1662 3554 14 5 5 CD 1662 3554 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 3554 16 to to TO 1662 3554 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3554 18 m m NN 1662 3554 19 : : : 1662 3554 20 15 15 CD 1662 3554 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3554 22 to to TO 1662 3554 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3554 24 m m NN 1662 3554 25 : : : 1662 3554 26 16 16 CD 1662 3554 27 914 914 CD 1662 3554 28 to to TO 1662 3554 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3554 30 m m NN 1662 3554 31 : : : 1662 3554 32 18 18 CD 1662 3554 33 under under IN 1662 3554 34 914 914 CD 1662 3554 35 m m NN 1662 3554 36 : : : 1662 3554 37 21 21 CD 1662 3554 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3554 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 3554 40 est est NNP 1662 3554 41 . . . 1662 3554 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3555 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3555 2 - - , 1662 3555 3 with with IN 1662 3555 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3555 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3555 6 : : : 1662 3555 7 total total NN 1662 3555 8 : : : 1662 3555 9 3 3 CD 1662 3555 10 914 914 CD 1662 3555 11 to to TO 1662 3555 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3555 13 m m NN 1662 3555 14 : : : 1662 3555 15 3 3 CD 1662 3555 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3555 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 3555 18 est est NNP 1662 3555 19 . . . 1662 3555 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3556 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 3556 2 : : : 1662 3556 3 1 1 CD 1662 3556 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3556 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 3556 6 est est NNP 1662 3556 7 . . . 1662 3556 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3557 1 Military military JJ 1662 3557 2 Military military JJ 1662 3557 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3557 4 : : : 1662 3557 5 Hellenic Hellenic NNP 1662 3557 6 Army Army NNP 1662 3557 7 , , , 1662 3557 8 Hellenic Hellenic NNP 1662 3557 9 Navy Navy NNP 1662 3557 10 , , , 1662 3557 11 Hellenic Hellenic NNP 1662 3557 12 Air Air NNP 1662 3557 13 Force Force NNP 1662 3557 14 , , , 1662 3557 15 National National NNP 1662 3557 16 Guard Guard NNP 1662 3557 17 , , , 1662 3557 18 Police Police NNP 1662 3557 19 Military Military NNP 1662 3557 20 manpower manpower NN 1662 3557 21 - - HYPH 1662 3557 22 military military NN 1662 3557 23 age age NN 1662 3557 24 : : : 1662 3557 25 21 21 CD 1662 3557 26 years year NNS 1662 3557 27 of of IN 1662 3557 28 age age NN 1662 3557 29 Military military JJ 1662 3557 30 manpower manpower NN 1662 3557 31 - - HYPH 1662 3557 32 availability availability NN 1662 3557 33 : : : 1662 3557 34 males male NNS 1662 3557 35 age age NNP 1662 3557 36 15 15 CD 1662 3557 37 - - HYPH 1662 3557 38 49 49 CD 1662 3557 39 : : : 1662 3557 40 2,677,826 2,677,826 CD 1662 3557 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3557 42 1997 1997 CD 1662 3557 43 est est NNP 1662 3557 44 . . . 1662 3557 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3558 1 Military military JJ 1662 3558 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3558 3 - - HYPH 1662 3558 4 fit fit NN 1662 3558 5 for for IN 1662 3558 6 military military JJ 1662 3558 7 service service NN 1662 3558 8 : : : 1662 3558 9 males male NNS 1662 3558 10 : : : 1662 3558 11 2,050,740 2,050,740 CD 1662 3558 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3558 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3558 14 est est NNP 1662 3558 15 . . . 1662 3558 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3559 1 Military military JJ 1662 3559 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3559 3 - - HYPH 1662 3559 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 3559 5 military military JJ 1662 3559 6 age age NN 1662 3559 7 annually annually RB 1662 3559 8 : : : 1662 3559 9 males male NNS 1662 3559 10 : : : 1662 3559 11 80,102 80,102 CD 1662 3559 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3559 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3559 14 est est NNP 1662 3559 15 . . . 1662 3559 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3560 1 Military military JJ 1662 3560 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3560 3 - - HYPH 1662 3560 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 3560 5 figure figure NN 1662 3560 6 : : : 1662 3560 7 $ $ $ 1662 3560 8 4.9 4.9 CD 1662 3560 9 billion billion CD 1662 3560 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3560 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 3560 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3560 13 Military military JJ 1662 3560 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3560 15 - - : 1662 3560 16 percent percent NN 1662 3560 17 of of IN 1662 3560 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3560 19 : : : 1662 3560 20 4.6 4.6 CD 1662 3560 21 % % NN 1662 3560 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3560 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 3560 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3560 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3560 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3560 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 3560 28 - - : 1662 3560 29 international international JJ 1662 3560 30 : : : 1662 3560 31 complex complex JJ 1662 3560 32 maritime maritime NN 1662 3560 33 , , , 1662 3560 34 air air NN 1662 3560 35 , , , 1662 3560 36 and and CC 1662 3560 37 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3560 38 disputes dispute NNS 1662 3560 39 with with IN 1662 3560 40 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 3560 41 in in IN 1662 3560 42 Aegean Aegean NNP 1662 3560 43 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3560 44 ; ; : 1662 3560 45 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 3560 46 question question NN 1662 3560 47 with with IN 1662 3560 48 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 3560 49 ; ; : 1662 3560 50 dispute dispute NN 1662 3560 51 with with IN 1662 3560 52 The the DT 1662 3560 53 Former Former NNP 1662 3560 54 Yugoslav Yugoslav NNP 1662 3560 55 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3560 56 of of IN 1662 3560 57 Macedonia Macedonia NNP 1662 3560 58 over over IN 1662 3560 59 name name NN 1662 3560 60 ; ; : 1662 3560 61 in in IN 1662 3560 62 September September NNP 1662 3560 63 1995 1995 CD 1662 3560 64 , , , 1662 3560 65 Skopje Skopje NNP 1662 3560 66 and and CC 1662 3560 67 Athens Athens NNP 1662 3560 68 signed sign VBD 1662 3560 69 an an DT 1662 3560 70 interim interim JJ 1662 3560 71 accord accord NN 1662 3560 72 resolving resolve VBG 1662 3560 73 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 3560 74 dispute dispute NN 1662 3560 75 over over IN 1662 3560 76 symbols symbol NNS 1662 3560 77 and and CC 1662 3560 78 certain certain JJ 1662 3560 79 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 3560 80 provisions provision NNS 1662 3560 81 ; ; : 1662 3560 82 Athens Athens NNP 1662 3560 83 also also RB 1662 3560 84 lifted lift VBD 1662 3560 85 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 3560 86 economic economic JJ 1662 3560 87 embargo embargo NN 1662 3560 88 on on IN 1662 3560 89 the the DT 1662 3560 90 Former Former NNP 1662 3560 91 Yugoslav Yugoslav NNP 1662 3560 92 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3560 93 of of IN 1662 3560 94 Macedonia Macedonia NNP 1662 3560 95 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 3560 96 drugs drug VBZ 1662 3560 97 : : : 1662 3560 98 a a DT 1662 3560 99 gateway gateway NN 1662 3560 100 to to IN 1662 3560 101 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3560 102 for for IN 1662 3560 103 traffickers trafficker NNS 1662 3560 104 smuggling smuggle VBG 1662 3560 105 cannabis cannabi NNS 1662 3560 106 and and CC 1662 3560 107 heroin heroin NN 1662 3560 108 from from IN 1662 3560 109 the the DT 1662 3560 110 Middle Middle NNP 1662 3560 111 East East NNP 1662 3560 112 and and CC 1662 3560 113 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 3560 114 Asia Asia NNP 1662 3560 115 to to IN 1662 3560 116 the the DT 1662 3560 117 West west NN 1662 3560 118 and and CC 1662 3560 119 precursor precursor NN 1662 3560 120 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 3560 121 to to IN 1662 3560 122 the the DT 1662 3560 123 East East NNP 1662 3560 124 ; ; , 1662 3560 125 some some DT 1662 3560 126 South south JJ 1662 3560 127 American american JJ 1662 3560 128 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 3560 129 transits transit NNS 1662 3560 130 or or CC 1662 3560 131 is be VBZ 1662 3560 132 consumed consume VBN 1662 3560 133 in in IN 1662 3560 134 Greece Greece NNP 1662 3560 135 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 136 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 137 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 138 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 139 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 140 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 141 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 142 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 143 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 144 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 145 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 146 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 147 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 148 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 149 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 150 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 151 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 152 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 153 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 154 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 155 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 156 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 157 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 158 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 159 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 160 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 161 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 162 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 163 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 164 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 165 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 166 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 167 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 168 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 169 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 170 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 171 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 172 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 173 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 174 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 175 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 176 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 177 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 178 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 179 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 180 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 181 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 182 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 183 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 184 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 185 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 186 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 187 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 188 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 189 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 190 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 191 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 192 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 193 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 194 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 195 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 196 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 197 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 198 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 199 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 200 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 201 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 202 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 203 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 204 _ _ NNP 1662 3560 205 GREENLAND GREENLAND NNP 1662 3560 206 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3560 207 part part NN 1662 3560 208 of of IN 1662 3560 209 the the DT 1662 3560 210 Danish danish JJ 1662 3560 211 realm realm NN 1662 3560 212 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3560 213 @Greenland @greenland NN 1662 3560 214 : : : 1662 3560 215 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3560 216 Location Location NNP 1662 3560 217 : : : 1662 3560 218 Northern Northern NNP 1662 3560 219 North North NNP 1662 3560 220 America America NNP 1662 3560 221 , , , 1662 3560 222 island island NN 1662 3560 223 between between IN 1662 3560 224 the the DT 1662 3560 225 Arctic Arctic NNP 1662 3560 226 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3560 227 and and CC 1662 3560 228 the the DT 1662 3560 229 North North NNP 1662 3560 230 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3560 231 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3560 232 , , , 1662 3560 233 northeast northeast NN 1662 3560 234 of of IN 1662 3560 235 Canada Canada NNP 1662 3560 236 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3560 237 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3560 238 : : : 1662 3560 239 72 72 CD 1662 3560 240 00 00 CD 1662 3560 241 N n CD 1662 3560 242 , , , 1662 3560 243 40 40 CD 1662 3560 244 00 00 CD 1662 3560 245 W W NNP 1662 3560 246 Map Map NNP 1662 3560 247 references reference NNS 1662 3560 248 : : : 1662 3560 249 Arctic Arctic NNP 1662 3560 250 Region Region NNP 1662 3560 251 Area Area NNP 1662 3560 252 : : : 1662 3560 253 total total NN 1662 3560 254 : : : 1662 3560 255 2,175,600 2,175,600 CD 1662 3560 256 sq sq NN 1662 3560 257 km km NNP 1662 3560 258 land land NN 1662 3560 259 : : : 1662 3560 260 2,175,600 2,175,600 CD 1662 3560 261 sq sq NNP 1662 3560 262 km km NNP 1662 3560 263 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3560 264 341,600 341,600 CD 1662 3560 265 sq sq NNP 1662 3560 266 km km NNP 1662 3560 267 ice ice NN 1662 3560 268 - - HYPH 1662 3560 269 free free JJ 1662 3560 270 , , , 1662 3560 271 1,834,000 1,834,000 CD 1662 3560 272 sq sq NN 1662 3560 273 km km NNP 1662 3560 274 ice ice NN 1662 3560 275 - - HYPH 1662 3560 276 covered cover VBN 1662 3560 277 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3560 278 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3560 279 est est NNP 1662 3560 280 . . . 1662 3560 281 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3561 1 Area area NN 1662 3561 2 - - HYPH 1662 3561 3 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3561 4 : : : 1662 3561 5 slightly slightly RB 1662 3561 6 more more JJR 1662 3561 7 than than IN 1662 3561 8 three three CD 1662 3561 9 times time NNS 1662 3561 10 the the DT 1662 3561 11 size size NN 1662 3561 12 of of IN 1662 3561 13 Texas Texas NNP 1662 3561 14 Land Land NNP 1662 3561 15 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3561 16 : : : 1662 3561 17 0 0 LS 1662 3561 18 km km NN 1662 3561 19 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3561 20 : : : 1662 3561 21 44,087 44,087 CD 1662 3561 22 km km NN 1662 3561 23 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3561 24 claims claim VBZ 1662 3561 25 : : : 1662 3561 26 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3561 27 fishing fishing NN 1662 3561 28 zone zone NN 1662 3561 29 : : : 1662 3561 30 200 200 CD 1662 3561 31 nm nm CD 1662 3561 32 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3561 33 sea sea NN 1662 3561 34 : : : 1662 3561 35 3 3 CD 1662 3561 36 nm nm NNP 1662 3561 37 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3561 38 : : : 1662 3561 39 arctic arctic NNP 1662 3561 40 to to IN 1662 3561 41 subarctic subarctic JJ 1662 3561 42 ; ; : 1662 3561 43 cool cool JJ 1662 3561 44 summers summer NNS 1662 3561 45 , , , 1662 3561 46 cold cold JJ 1662 3561 47 winters winter NNS 1662 3561 48 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3561 49 : : : 1662 3561 50 flat flat JJ 1662 3561 51 to to IN 1662 3561 52 gradually gradually RB 1662 3561 53 sloping slope VBG 1662 3561 54 icecap icecap NN 1662 3561 55 covers cover VBZ 1662 3561 56 all all DT 1662 3561 57 but but IN 1662 3561 58 a a DT 1662 3561 59 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3561 60 , , , 1662 3561 61 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 3561 62 , , , 1662 3561 63 barren barren JJ 1662 3561 64 , , , 1662 3561 65 rocky rocky NNP 1662 3561 66 coast coast NNP 1662 3561 67 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3561 68 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3561 69 : : : 1662 3561 70 lowest low JJS 1662 3561 71 point point NN 1662 3561 72 : : : 1662 3561 73 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3561 74 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3561 75 0 0 NFP 1662 3561 76 m m DT 1662 3561 77 highest high JJS 1662 3561 78 point point NN 1662 3561 79 : : : 1662 3561 80 Gunnbjorn gunnbjorn IN 1662 3561 81 3,700 3,700 CD 1662 3561 82 m m NNP 1662 3561 83 Natural natural JJ 1662 3561 84 resources resource NNS 1662 3561 85 : : : 1662 3561 86 zinc zinc NN 1662 3561 87 , , , 1662 3561 88 lead lead NN 1662 3561 89 , , , 1662 3561 90 iron iron NN 1662 3561 91 ore ore NN 1662 3561 92 , , , 1662 3561 93 coal coal NN 1662 3561 94 , , , 1662 3561 95 molybdenum molybdenum NN 1662 3561 96 , , , 1662 3561 97 gold gold NN 1662 3561 98 , , , 1662 3561 99 platinum platinum NN 1662 3561 100 , , , 1662 3561 101 uranium uranium NN 1662 3561 102 , , , 1662 3561 103 fish fish NN 1662 3561 104 , , , 1662 3561 105 seals seal NNS 1662 3561 106 , , , 1662 3561 107 whales whale NNS 1662 3561 108 Land Land NNP 1662 3561 109 use use NN 1662 3561 110 : : : 1662 3561 111 arable arable JJ 1662 3561 112 land land NN 1662 3561 113 : : : 1662 3561 114 0 0 CD 1662 3561 115 % % NN 1662 3561 116 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3561 117 crops crop NNS 1662 3561 118 : : : 1662 3561 119 0 0 CD 1662 3561 120 % % NN 1662 3561 121 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3561 122 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3561 123 : : : 1662 3561 124 1 1 CD 1662 3561 125 % % NN 1662 3561 126 forests forest NNS 1662 3561 127 and and CC 1662 3561 128 woodland woodland JJ 1662 3561 129 : : : 1662 3561 130 0 0 CD 1662 3561 131 % % NN 1662 3561 132 other other JJ 1662 3561 133 : : : 1662 3561 134 99 99 CD 1662 3561 135 % % NN 1662 3561 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3561 137 1993 1993 CD 1662 3561 138 est est NNP 1662 3561 139 . . . 1662 3561 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3562 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3562 2 land land NN 1662 3562 3 : : : 1662 3562 4 NA NA NNP 1662 3562 5 sq sq RB 1662 3562 6 km km VB 1662 3562 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 3562 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3562 9 : : : 1662 3562 10 continuous continuous JJ 1662 3562 11 permafrost permafrost NN 1662 3562 12 over over IN 1662 3562 13 northern northern JJ 1662 3562 14 two two CD 1662 3562 15 - - HYPH 1662 3562 16 thirds third NNS 1662 3562 17 of of IN 1662 3562 18 the the DT 1662 3562 19 island island NN 1662 3562 20 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3562 21 - - HYPH 1662 3562 22 current current JJ 1662 3562 23 issues issue NNS 1662 3562 24 : : : 1662 3562 25 protection protection NN 1662 3562 26 of of IN 1662 3562 27 the the DT 1662 3562 28 arctic arctic JJ 1662 3562 29 environment environment NN 1662 3562 30 ; ; : 1662 3562 31 preservation preservation NN 1662 3562 32 of of IN 1662 3562 33 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 3562 34 traditional traditional JJ 1662 3562 35 way way NN 1662 3562 36 of of IN 1662 3562 37 life life NN 1662 3562 38 , , , 1662 3562 39 including include VBG 1662 3562 40 whaling whaling NN 1662 3562 41 ; ; : 1662 3562 42 note note VB 1662 3562 43 - - HYPH 1662 3562 44 Greenland Greenland NNP 1662 3562 45 participates participate VBZ 1662 3562 46 actively actively RB 1662 3562 47 in in IN 1662 3562 48 Inuit Inuit NNP 1662 3562 49 Circumpolar Circumpolar NNP 1662 3562 50 Conference Conference NNP 1662 3562 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3562 52 ICC ICC NNP 1662 3562 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3562 54 Environment environment NN 1662 3562 55 - - HYPH 1662 3562 56 international international JJ 1662 3562 57 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3562 58 : : : 1662 3562 59 party party NN 1662 3562 60 to to TO 1662 3562 61 : : : 1662 3562 62 Whaling whale VBG 1662 3562 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3562 64 extended extend VBN 1662 3562 65 through through IN 1662 3562 66 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 3562 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3562 68 signed sign VBD 1662 3562 69 , , , 1662 3562 70 but but CC 1662 3562 71 not not RB 1662 3562 72 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3562 73 : : : 1662 3562 74 NA NA NNP 1662 3562 75 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3562 76 - - HYPH 1662 3562 77 note note NN 1662 3562 78 : : : 1662 3562 79 dominates dominate VBZ 1662 3562 80 North North NNP 1662 3562 81 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3562 82 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3562 83 between between IN 1662 3562 84 North North NNP 1662 3562 85 America America NNP 1662 3562 86 and and CC 1662 3562 87 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3562 88 ; ; : 1662 3562 89 sparse sparse JJ 1662 3562 90 population population NN 1662 3562 91 confined confine VBN 1662 3562 92 to to IN 1662 3562 93 small small JJ 1662 3562 94 settlements settlement NNS 1662 3562 95 along along IN 1662 3562 96 coast coast NN 1662 3562 97 @Greenland @Greenland NNP 1662 3562 98 : : : 1662 3562 99 People People NNP 1662 3562 100 Population Population NNP 1662 3562 101 : : : 1662 3562 102 58,768 58,768 CD 1662 3562 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3562 104 July July NNP 1662 3562 105 1997 1997 CD 1662 3562 106 est est NNP 1662 3562 107 . . . 1662 3562 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3563 1 Age age NN 1662 3563 2 structure structure NN 1662 3563 3 : : : 1662 3563 4 0 0 CD 1662 3563 5 - - HYPH 1662 3563 6 14 14 CD 1662 3563 7 years year NNS 1662 3563 8 : : : 1662 3563 9 27 27 CD 1662 3563 10 % % NN 1662 3563 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3563 12 male male JJ 1662 3563 13 7,843 7,843 CD 1662 3563 14 ; ; : 1662 3563 15 female female JJ 1662 3563 16 7,711 7,711 CD 1662 3563 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3563 18 15 15 CD 1662 3563 19 - - HYPH 1662 3563 20 64 64 CD 1662 3563 21 years year NNS 1662 3563 22 : : : 1662 3563 23 68 68 CD 1662 3563 24 % % NN 1662 3563 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3563 26 male male JJ 1662 3563 27 21,931 21,931 CD 1662 3563 28 ; ; : 1662 3563 29 female female JJ 1662 3563 30 18,237 18,237 CD 1662 3563 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3563 32 65 65 CD 1662 3563 33 years year NNS 1662 3563 34 and and CC 1662 3563 35 over over IN 1662 3563 36 : : : 1662 3563 37 5 5 CD 1662 3563 38 % % NN 1662 3563 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3563 40 male male JJ 1662 3563 41 1,393 1,393 CD 1662 3563 42 ; ; : 1662 3563 43 female female JJ 1662 3563 44 1,653 1,653 CD 1662 3563 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3563 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3563 47 July July NNP 1662 3563 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3563 49 est est NNP 1662 3563 50 . . . 1662 3563 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3564 1 Population population NN 1662 3564 2 growth growth NN 1662 3564 3 rate rate NN 1662 3564 4 : : : 1662 3564 5 0.94 0.94 CD 1662 3564 6 % % NN 1662 3564 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3564 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3564 9 est est NNP 1662 3564 10 . . . 1662 3564 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3565 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3565 2 rate rate NN 1662 3565 3 : : : 1662 3565 4 16.39 16.39 CD 1662 3565 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 3565 6 population population NN 1662 3565 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3565 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3565 9 est est NNP 1662 3565 10 . . . 1662 3565 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3566 1 Death death NN 1662 3566 2 rate rate NN 1662 3566 3 : : : 1662 3566 4 6.99 6.99 CD 1662 3566 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3566 6 population population NN 1662 3566 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3566 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3566 9 est est NNP 1662 3566 10 . . . 1662 3566 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3567 1 Net net JJ 1662 3567 2 migration migration NN 1662 3567 3 rate rate NN 1662 3567 4 : : : 1662 3567 5 0 0 NFP 1662 3567 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 3567 7 population population NN 1662 3567 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3567 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3567 10 est est NNP 1662 3567 11 . . . 1662 3567 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3568 1 Sex sex NN 1662 3568 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 3568 3 : : : 1662 3568 4 at at IN 1662 3568 5 birth birth NN 1662 3568 6 : : : 1662 3568 7 1 1 CD 1662 3568 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3568 9 under under IN 1662 3568 10 15 15 CD 1662 3568 11 years year NNS 1662 3568 12 : : : 1662 3568 13 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 3568 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3568 15 15 15 CD 1662 3568 16 - - HYPH 1662 3568 17 64 64 CD 1662 3568 18 years year NNS 1662 3568 19 : : : 1662 3568 20 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 3568 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3568 22 65 65 CD 1662 3568 23 years year NNS 1662 3568 24 and and CC 1662 3568 25 over over IN 1662 3568 26 : : : 1662 3568 27 0.84 0.84 CD 1662 3568 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 3568 29 total total JJ 1662 3568 30 population population NN 1662 3568 31 : : : 1662 3568 32 1.13 1.13 CD 1662 3568 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3568 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3568 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 3568 36 est e JJS 1662 3568 37 . . . 1662 3568 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3569 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3569 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3569 3 rate rate NN 1662 3569 4 : : : 1662 3569 5 22.6 22.6 CD 1662 3569 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3569 7 live live JJ 1662 3569 8 births birth NNS 1662 3569 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3569 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3569 11 est est NNP 1662 3569 12 . . . 1662 3569 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3570 1 Life life NN 1662 3570 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3570 3 at at IN 1662 3570 4 birth birth NN 1662 3570 5 : : : 1662 3570 6 total total JJ 1662 3570 7 population population NN 1662 3570 8 : : : 1662 3570 9 68.84 68.84 CD 1662 3570 10 years year NNS 1662 3570 11 male male NN 1662 3570 12 : : : 1662 3570 13 64.62 64.62 CD 1662 3570 14 years year NNS 1662 3570 15 female female JJ 1662 3570 16 : : : 1662 3570 17 73.08 73.08 CD 1662 3570 18 years year NNS 1662 3570 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3570 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3570 21 est est NNP 1662 3570 22 . . . 1662 3570 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3571 1 Total total JJ 1662 3571 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3571 3 rate rate NN 1662 3571 4 : : : 1662 3571 5 2.19 2.19 CD 1662 3571 6 children child NNS 1662 3571 7 born bear VBN 1662 3571 8 / / SYM 1662 3571 9 woman woman NN 1662 3571 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3571 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3571 12 est est NNP 1662 3571 13 . . . 1662 3571 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3572 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3572 2 : : : 1662 3572 3 noun noun NNP 1662 3572 4 : : : 1662 3572 5 Greenlander(s Greenlander(s NNP 1662 3572 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3572 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 3572 8 : : : 1662 3572 9 Greenlandic Greenlandic NNP 1662 3572 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3572 11 groups group NNS 1662 3572 12 : : : 1662 3572 13 Greenlander greenlander NN 1662 3572 14 87 87 CD 1662 3572 15 % % NN 1662 3572 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3572 17 Eskimos Eskimos NNP 1662 3572 18 and and CC 1662 3572 19 Greenland Greenland NNP 1662 3572 20 - - HYPH 1662 3572 21 born bear VBN 1662 3572 22 whites white NNS 1662 3572 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3572 24 , , , 1662 3572 25 Danish Danish NNP 1662 3572 26 and and CC 1662 3572 27 others other NNS 1662 3572 28 13 13 CD 1662 3572 29 % % NN 1662 3572 30 Religions religion NNS 1662 3572 31 : : : 1662 3572 32 Evangelical Evangelical NNP 1662 3572 33 Lutheran Lutheran NNP 1662 3572 34 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 3572 35 : : : 1662 3572 36 Eskimo Eskimo NNP 1662 3572 37 dialects dialect NNS 1662 3572 38 , , , 1662 3572 39 Danish danish JJ 1662 3572 40 , , , 1662 3572 41 Greenlandic Greenlandic NNP 1662 3572 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3572 43 an an DT 1662 3572 44 Inuit Inuit NNP 1662 3572 45 dialect dialect NN 1662 3572 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3572 47 Literacy literacy NN 1662 3572 48 : : : 1662 3572 49 NA NA NNP 1662 3572 50 note note VB 1662 3572 51 : : : 1662 3572 52 similar similar JJ 1662 3572 53 to to IN 1662 3572 54 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 3572 55 proper proper JJ 1662 3572 56 @Greenland @greenland NN 1662 3572 57 : : : 1662 3572 58 Government Government NNP 1662 3572 59 Country Country NNP 1662 3572 60 name name NN 1662 3572 61 : : : 1662 3572 62 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3572 63 long long JJ 1662 3572 64 form form NN 1662 3572 65 : : : 1662 3572 66 none none NN 1662 3572 67 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3572 68 short short JJ 1662 3572 69 form form NN 1662 3572 70 : : : 1662 3572 71 Greenland greenland VB 1662 3572 72 local local JJ 1662 3572 73 long long JJ 1662 3572 74 form form NN 1662 3572 75 : : : 1662 3572 76 none none NN 1662 3572 77 local local JJ 1662 3572 78 short short JJ 1662 3572 79 form form NN 1662 3572 80 : : : 1662 3572 81 Kalaallit Kalaallit NNP 1662 3572 82 Nunaat Nunaat NNP 1662 3572 83 Data Data NNP 1662 3572 84 code code NN 1662 3572 85 : : : 1662 3572 86 GL GL NNP 1662 3572 87 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 3572 88 status status NN 1662 3572 89 : : : 1662 3572 90 part part NN 1662 3572 91 of of IN 1662 3572 92 the the DT 1662 3572 93 Danish danish JJ 1662 3572 94 realm realm NN 1662 3572 95 ; ; : 1662 3572 96 self self NN 1662 3572 97 - - HYPH 1662 3572 98 governing govern VBG 1662 3572 99 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3572 100 administrative administrative JJ 1662 3572 101 division division NN 1662 3572 102 Government Government NNP 1662 3572 103 type type NN 1662 3572 104 : : : 1662 3572 105 NA NA NNP 1662 3572 106 National national JJ 1662 3572 107 capital capital NN 1662 3572 108 : : : 1662 3572 109 Nuuk Nuuk NNP 1662 3572 110 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3572 111 Godthab Godthab NNP 1662 3572 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3572 113 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 3572 114 divisions division NNS 1662 3572 115 : : : 1662 3572 116 3 3 CD 1662 3572 117 districts district NNS 1662 3572 118 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3572 119 landsdele landsdele NNP 1662 3572 120 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3572 121 ; ; : 1662 3572 122 Nordgronland Nordgronland NNP 1662 3572 123 , , , 1662 3572 124 Ostgronland Ostgronland NNP 1662 3572 125 , , , 1662 3572 126 Vestgronland Vestgronland NNP 1662 3572 127 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3572 128 : : : 1662 3572 129 none none NN 1662 3572 130 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3572 131 part part NN 1662 3572 132 of of IN 1662 3572 133 the the DT 1662 3572 134 Danish danish JJ 1662 3572 135 realm realm NN 1662 3572 136 ; ; : 1662 3572 137 self self NN 1662 3572 138 - - HYPH 1662 3572 139 governing govern VBG 1662 3572 140 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3572 141 administrative administrative JJ 1662 3572 142 division division NN 1662 3572 143 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3572 144 National national JJ 1662 3572 145 holiday holiday NN 1662 3572 146 : : : 1662 3572 147 Birthday birthday NN 1662 3572 148 of of IN 1662 3572 149 the the DT 1662 3572 150 Queen Queen NNP 1662 3572 151 , , , 1662 3572 152 16 16 CD 1662 3572 153 April April NNP 1662 3572 154 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3572 155 1940 1940 CD 1662 3572 156 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3572 157 Constitution constitution NN 1662 3572 158 : : : 1662 3572 159 5 5 CD 1662 3572 160 June June NNP 1662 3572 161 1953 1953 CD 1662 3572 162 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3572 163 Danish danish JJ 1662 3572 164 constitution constitution NN 1662 3572 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3572 166 Legal legal JJ 1662 3572 167 system system NN 1662 3572 168 : : : 1662 3572 169 Danish Danish NNP 1662 3572 170 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 3572 171 : : : 1662 3572 172 18 18 CD 1662 3572 173 years year NNS 1662 3572 174 of of IN 1662 3572 175 age age NN 1662 3572 176 ; ; : 1662 3572 177 universal universal JJ 1662 3572 178 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3572 179 branch branch NN 1662 3572 180 : : : 1662 3572 181 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3592 68 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 69 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 70 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 71 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 72 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 73 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 74 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 75 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 76 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 77 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 78 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 79 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 80 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 102 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 103 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 104 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 105 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 106 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 107 _ _ NNP 1662 3592 108 GRENADA GRENADA NNP 1662 3592 109 @Grenada @Grenada NNP 1662 3592 110 : : : 1662 3592 111 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3592 112 Location 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CD 1662 3622 38 % % NN 1662 3622 39 , , , 1662 3622 40 Japan Japan NNP 1662 3622 41 7.1 7.1 CD 1662 3622 42 % % NN 1662 3622 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3622 44 1991 1991 CD 1662 3622 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3622 46 Debt debt NN 1662 3622 47 - - HYPH 1662 3622 48 external external JJ 1662 3622 49 : : : 1662 3622 50 $ $ $ 1662 3622 51 97 97 CD 1662 3622 52 million million CD 1662 3622 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3622 54 1996 1996 CD 1662 3622 55 est est NNP 1662 3622 56 . . . 1662 3622 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3623 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 3623 2 aid aid NN 1662 3623 3 : : : 1662 3623 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 3623 5 : : : 1662 3623 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 3623 7 , , , 1662 3623 8 $ $ $ 1662 3623 9 NA NA NNP 1662 3623 10 Currency currency NN 1662 3623 11 : : : 1662 3623 12 1 1 CD 1662 3623 13 EC EC NNP 1662 3623 14 dollar dollar NN 1662 3623 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3623 16 EC$ EC$ NNP 1662 3623 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3623 18 = = NFP 1662 3623 19 100 100 CD 1662 3623 20 cents cent NNS 1662 3623 21 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 3623 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automatic automatic JJ 1662 3624 5 , , , 1662 3624 6 islandwide islandwide JJ 1662 3624 7 telephone telephone NN 1662 3624 8 system system NN 1662 3624 9 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3624 10 : : : 1662 3624 11 interisland interisland NN 1662 3624 12 VHF VHF NNP 1662 3624 13 and and CC 1662 3624 14 UHF UHF NNP 1662 3624 15 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 3624 16 links link NNS 1662 3624 17 international international RB 1662 3624 18 : : : 1662 3624 19 new new JJ 1662 3624 20 SHF SHF NNP 1662 3624 21 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 3624 22 links link VBZ 1662 3624 23 to to IN 1662 3624 24 Trinidad Trinidad NNP 1662 3624 25 and and CC 1662 3624 26 Tobago Tobago NNP 1662 3624 27 and and CC 1662 3624 28 Saint Saint NNP 1662 3624 29 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 3624 30 ; ; : 1662 3624 31 VHF VHF NNP 1662 3624 32 and and CC 1662 3624 33 UHF UHF NNP 1662 3624 34 radio radio NN 1662 3624 35 links link NNS 1662 3624 36 to to IN 1662 3624 37 Trinidad Trinidad NNP 1662 3624 38 Radio Radio NNP 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3630 7 Police Police NNP 1662 3630 8 Force Force NNP 1662 3630 9 , , , 1662 3630 10 Coast Coast NNP 1662 3630 11 Guard Guard NNP 1662 3630 12 Military Military NNP 1662 3630 13 manpower manpower NN 1662 3630 14 - - HYPH 1662 3630 15 availability availability NN 1662 3630 16 : : : 1662 3630 17 males male NNS 1662 3630 18 age age NNP 1662 3630 19 15 15 CD 1662 3630 20 - - SYM 1662 3630 21 49 49 CD 1662 3630 22 : : : 1662 3630 23 NA NA NNP 1662 3630 24 Military military JJ 1662 3630 25 manpower manpower NN 1662 3630 26 - - HYPH 1662 3630 27 fit fit NN 1662 3630 28 for for IN 1662 3630 29 military military JJ 1662 3630 30 service service NN 1662 3630 31 : : : 1662 3630 32 males male NNS 1662 3630 33 : : : 1662 3630 34 NA NA NNP 1662 3630 35 Military military JJ 1662 3630 36 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3630 37 - - HYPH 1662 3630 38 dollar dollar NN 1662 3630 39 figure figure NN 1662 3630 40 : : : 1662 3630 41 $ $ $ 1662 3630 42 NA NA NNP 1662 3630 43 Military military JJ 1662 3630 44 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80 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 102 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 103 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 104 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 105 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 106 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 107 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 108 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 109 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 110 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 111 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 112 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 113 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 114 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 115 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 116 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 117 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 118 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 119 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 120 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 121 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 122 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 123 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 124 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 125 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 126 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 127 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 128 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 129 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 130 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 131 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 132 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 133 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 134 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 135 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 136 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 137 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 138 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 139 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 140 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 141 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 142 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 143 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 144 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 145 _ _ NNP 1662 3630 146 GUADELOUPE GUADELOUPE NNP 1662 3630 147 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3630 148 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3630 149 department department NN 1662 3630 150 of of IN 1662 3630 151 France France NNP 1662 3630 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3630 153 @Guadeloupe @guadeloupe NN 1662 3630 154 : : : 1662 3630 155 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3630 156 Location Location NNP 1662 3630 157 : : : 1662 3630 158 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 3630 159 , , , 1662 3630 160 islands island NNS 1662 3630 161 in in IN 1662 3630 162 the the DT 1662 3630 163 eastern eastern JJ 1662 3630 164 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 3630 165 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3630 166 , , , 1662 3630 167 southeast southeast NN 1662 3630 168 of of IN 1662 3630 169 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 3630 170 Rico Rico NNP 1662 3630 171 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3630 172 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3630 173 : : : 1662 3630 174 16 16 CD 1662 3630 175 15 15 CD 1662 3630 176 N n CD 1662 3630 177 , , , 1662 3630 178 61 61 CD 1662 3630 179 35 35 CD 1662 3630 180 W W NNP 1662 3630 181 Map Map NNP 1662 3630 182 references reference NNS 1662 3630 183 : : : 1662 3630 184 Central Central NNP 1662 3630 185 America America NNP 1662 3630 186 and and CC 1662 3630 187 the the DT 1662 3630 188 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 3630 189 Area Area NNP 1662 3630 190 : : : 1662 3630 191 total total NN 1662 3630 192 : : : 1662 3630 193 1,780 1,780 CD 1662 3630 194 sq sq NNP 1662 3630 195 km km NNP 1662 3630 196 land land NN 1662 3630 197 : : : 1662 3630 198 1,706 1,706 CD 1662 3630 199 sq sq NNP 1662 3630 200 km km NNP 1662 3630 201 water water NN 1662 3630 202 : : : 1662 3630 203 74 74 CD 1662 3630 204 sq sq NNP 1662 3630 205 km km NNP 1662 3630 206 note note NN 1662 3630 207 : : : 1662 3630 208 Guadeloupe guadeloupe NN 1662 3630 209 is be VBZ 1662 3630 210 an an DT 1662 3630 211 archipelago archipelago NN 1662 3630 212 of of IN 1662 3630 213 nine nine CD 1662 3630 214 inhabited inhabit VBN 1662 3630 215 islands island NNS 1662 3630 216 , , , 1662 3630 217 including include VBG 1662 3630 218 Basse Basse NNP 1662 3630 219 - - HYPH 1662 3630 220 Terre Terre NNP 1662 3630 221 , , , 1662 3630 222 Grande Grande NNP 1662 3630 223 - - HYPH 1662 3630 224 Terre Terre NNP 1662 3630 225 , , , 1662 3630 226 Marie Marie NNP 1662 3630 227 - - HYPH 1662 3630 228 Galante Galante NNP 1662 3630 229 , , , 1662 3630 230 La La NNP 1662 3630 231 Desirade Desirade NNP 1662 3630 232 , , , 1662 3630 233 Iles Iles NNP 1662 3630 234 des des FW 1662 3630 235 Saintes Saintes NNP 1662 3630 236 , , , 1662 3630 237 St. St. NNP 1662 3630 238 Barthelemy Barthelemy NNP 1662 3630 239 , , , 1662 3630 240 and and CC 1662 3630 241 part part NN 1662 3630 242 of of IN 1662 3630 243 St. St. NNP 1662 3630 244 Martin Martin NNP 1662 3630 245 Area Area NNP 1662 3630 246 - - HYPH 1662 3630 247 comparative comparative NNP 1662 3630 248 : : : 1662 3630 249 10 10 CD 1662 3630 250 times time NNS 1662 3630 251 the the DT 1662 3630 252 size size NN 1662 3630 253 of of IN 1662 3630 254 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3630 255 , , , 1662 3630 256 DC DC NNP 1662 3630 257 Land Land NNP 1662 3630 258 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3630 259 : : : 1662 3630 260 total total JJ 1662 3630 261 : : : 1662 3630 262 10.2 10.2 CD 1662 3630 263 km km NN 1662 3630 264 border border NN 1662 3630 265 countries country NNS 1662 3630 266 : : : 1662 3630 267 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 3630 268 Antilles Antilles NNPS 1662 3630 269 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3630 270 Sint Sint NNP 1662 3630 271 Maarten Maarten NNP 1662 3630 272 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3630 273 10.2 10.2 CD 1662 3630 274 km km NN 1662 3630 275 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3630 276 : : : 1662 3630 277 306 306 CD 1662 3630 278 km km NN 1662 3630 279 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3630 280 claims claim VBZ 1662 3630 281 : : : 1662 3630 282 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3630 283 economic economic JJ 1662 3630 284 zone zone NN 1662 3630 285 : : : 1662 3630 286 200 200 CD 1662 3630 287 nm nm CD 1662 3630 288 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3630 289 sea sea NN 1662 3630 290 : : : 1662 3630 291 12 12 CD 1662 3630 292 nm nm NNP 1662 3630 293 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3630 294 : : : 1662 3630 295 subtropical subtropical JJ 1662 3630 296 tempered temper VBN 1662 3630 297 by by IN 1662 3630 298 trade trade NN 1662 3630 299 winds wind NNS 1662 3630 300 ; ; : 1662 3630 301 moderately moderately RB 1662 3630 302 high high JJ 1662 3630 303 humidity humidity NN 1662 3630 304 Terrain terrain NN 1662 3630 305 : : : 1662 3630 306 Basse Basse NNP 1662 3630 307 - - HYPH 1662 3630 308 Terre Terre NNP 1662 3630 309 is be VBZ 1662 3630 310 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 3630 311 in in IN 1662 3630 312 origin origin NN 1662 3630 313 with with IN 1662 3630 314 interior interior JJ 1662 3630 315 mountains mountain NNS 1662 3630 316 ; ; : 1662 3630 317 Grande Grande NNP 1662 3630 318 - - HYPH 1662 3630 319 Terre Terre NNP 1662 3630 320 is be VBZ 1662 3630 321 low low JJ 1662 3630 322 limestone limestone NN 1662 3630 323 formation formation NN 1662 3630 324 ; ; : 1662 3630 325 most most JJS 1662 3630 326 of of IN 1662 3630 327 the the DT 1662 3630 328 seven seven CD 1662 3630 329 other other JJ 1662 3630 330 islands island NNS 1662 3630 331 are be VBP 1662 3630 332 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 3630 333 in in IN 1662 3630 334 origin origin NNP 1662 3630 335 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3630 336 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3630 337 : : : 1662 3630 338 lowest low JJS 1662 3630 339 point point NN 1662 3630 340 : : : 1662 3630 341 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 3630 342 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3630 343 0 0 NFP 1662 3630 344 m m DT 1662 3630 345 highest high JJS 1662 3630 346 point point NN 1662 3630 347 : : : 1662 3630 348 Soufriere soufriere RB 1662 3630 349 1,467 1,467 CD 1662 3630 350 m m CD 1662 3630 351 Natural natural JJ 1662 3630 352 resources resource NNS 1662 3630 353 : : : 1662 3630 354 cultivable cultivable JJ 1662 3630 355 land land NN 1662 3630 356 , , , 1662 3630 357 beaches beach NNS 1662 3630 358 and and CC 1662 3630 359 climate climate NN 1662 3630 360 that that IN 1662 3630 361 foster foster JJ 1662 3630 362 tourism tourism NN 1662 3630 363 Land land NN 1662 3630 364 use use NN 1662 3630 365 : : : 1662 3630 366 arable arable JJ 1662 3630 367 land land NN 1662 3630 368 : : : 1662 3630 369 14 14 CD 1662 3630 370 % % NN 1662 3630 371 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3630 372 crops crop NNS 1662 3630 373 : : : 1662 3630 374 4 4 CD 1662 3630 375 % % NN 1662 3630 376 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3630 377 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3630 378 : : : 1662 3630 379 14 14 CD 1662 3630 380 % % NN 1662 3630 381 forests forest NNS 1662 3630 382 and and CC 1662 3630 383 woodland woodland NN 1662 3630 384 : : : 1662 3630 385 39 39 CD 1662 3630 386 % % NN 1662 3630 387 other other JJ 1662 3630 388 : : : 1662 3630 389 29 29 CD 1662 3630 390 % % NN 1662 3630 391 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3630 392 1993 1993 CD 1662 3630 393 est est NNP 1662 3630 394 . . . 1662 3630 395 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3631 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3631 2 land land NN 1662 3631 3 : : : 1662 3631 4 30 30 CD 1662 3631 5 sq sq NN 1662 3631 6 km km NNP 1662 3631 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3631 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 3631 9 est est NNP 1662 3631 10 . . . 1662 3631 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3632 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 3632 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3632 3 : : : 1662 3632 4 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 3632 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3632 6 June June NNP 1662 3632 7 to to IN 1662 3632 8 October October NNP 1662 3632 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3632 10 ; ; : 1662 3632 11 La La NNP 1662 3632 12 Soufriere Soufriere NNP 1662 3632 13 is be VBZ 1662 3632 14 an an DT 1662 3632 15 active active JJ 1662 3632 16 volcano volcano NN 1662 3632 17 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3632 18 - - HYPH 1662 3632 19 current current JJ 1662 3632 20 issues issue NNS 1662 3632 21 : : : 1662 3632 22 NA NA NNP 1662 3632 23 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3632 24 - - HYPH 1662 3632 25 international international JJ 1662 3632 26 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3632 27 : : : 1662 3632 28 party party NN 1662 3632 29 to to IN 1662 3632 30 : : : 1662 3632 31 NA NA NNP 1662 3632 32 signed sign VBN 1662 3632 33 , , , 1662 3632 34 but but CC 1662 3632 35 not not RB 1662 3632 36 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3632 37 : : : 1662 3632 38 NA NA NNP 1662 3632 39 @Guadeloupe @guadeloupe VB 1662 3632 40 : : : 1662 3632 41 People People NNPS 1662 3632 42 Population Population NNP 1662 3632 43 : : : 1662 3632 44 411,823 411,823 CD 1662 3632 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3632 46 July July NNP 1662 3632 47 1997 1997 CD 1662 3632 48 est est NNP 1662 3632 49 . . . 1662 3632 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3633 1 Age age NN 1662 3633 2 structure structure NN 1662 3633 3 : : : 1662 3633 4 0 0 CD 1662 3633 5 - - HYPH 1662 3633 6 14 14 CD 1662 3633 7 years year NNS 1662 3633 8 : : : 1662 3633 9 25 25 CD 1662 3633 10 % % NN 1662 3633 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3633 12 male male NN 1662 3633 13 52,974 52,974 CD 1662 3633 14 ; ; : 1662 3633 15 female female JJ 1662 3633 16 51,051 51,051 CD 1662 3633 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3633 18 15 15 CD 1662 3633 19 - - SYM 1662 3633 20 64 64 CD 1662 3633 21 years year NNS 1662 3633 22 : : : 1662 3633 23 66 66 CD 1662 3633 24 % % NN 1662 3633 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3633 26 male male JJ 1662 3633 27 134,686 134,686 CD 1662 3633 28 ; ; : 1662 3633 29 female female JJ 1662 3633 30 137,828 137,828 CD 1662 3633 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3633 32 65 65 CD 1662 3633 33 years year NNS 1662 3633 34 and and CC 1662 3633 35 over over IN 1662 3633 36 : : : 1662 3633 37 9 9 CD 1662 3633 38 % % NN 1662 3633 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3633 40 male male JJ 1662 3633 41 14,948 14,948 CD 1662 3633 42 ; ; : 1662 3633 43 female female JJ 1662 3633 44 20,336 20,336 CD 1662 3633 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3633 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3633 47 July July NNP 1662 3633 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3633 49 est est NNP 1662 3633 50 . . . 1662 3633 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3634 1 Population population NN 1662 3634 2 growth growth NN 1662 3634 3 rate rate NN 1662 3634 4 : : : 1662 3634 5 1.13 1.13 CD 1662 3634 6 % % NN 1662 3634 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3634 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3634 9 est est NNP 1662 3634 10 . . . 1662 3634 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3635 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3635 2 rate rate NN 1662 3635 3 : : : 1662 3635 4 17.09 17.09 CD 1662 3635 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 3635 6 population population NN 1662 3635 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3635 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3635 9 est est NNP 1662 3635 10 . . . 1662 3635 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3636 1 Death death NN 1662 3636 2 rate rate NN 1662 3636 3 : : : 1662 3636 4 5.6 5.6 CD 1662 3636 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3636 6 population population NN 1662 3636 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3636 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3636 9 est est NNP 1662 3636 10 . . . 1662 3636 11 ) ) 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3638 26 : : : 1662 3638 27 0.74 0.74 CD 1662 3638 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 3638 29 total total JJ 1662 3638 30 population population NN 1662 3638 31 : : : 1662 3638 32 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 3638 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3638 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3638 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 3638 36 est e JJS 1662 3638 37 . . . 1662 3638 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3639 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3639 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3639 3 rate rate NN 1662 3639 4 : : : 1662 3639 5 9 9 CD 1662 3639 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3639 7 live live JJ 1662 3639 8 births birth NNS 1662 3639 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3639 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3639 11 est est NNP 1662 3639 12 . . . 1662 3639 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3640 1 Life life NN 1662 3640 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3640 3 at at IN 1662 3640 4 birth birth NN 1662 3640 5 : : : 1662 3640 6 total total JJ 1662 3640 7 population population NN 1662 3640 8 : : : 1662 3640 9 77.6 77.6 CD 1662 3640 10 years year NNS 1662 3640 11 male male JJ 1662 3640 12 : : : 1662 3640 13 74.57 74.57 CD 1662 3640 14 years year NNS 1662 3640 15 female female JJ 1662 3640 16 : : : 1662 3640 17 80.77 80.77 CD 1662 3640 18 years year NNS 1662 3640 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3640 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3640 21 est est NNP 1662 3640 22 . . . 1662 3640 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3641 1 Total total JJ 1662 3641 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3641 3 rate rate NN 1662 3641 4 : : : 1662 3641 5 1.86 1.86 CD 1662 3641 6 children child NNS 1662 3641 7 born bear VBN 1662 3641 8 / / SYM 1662 3641 9 woman woman NN 1662 3641 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3641 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3641 12 est est NNP 1662 3641 13 . . . 1662 3641 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3642 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3642 2 : : : 1662 3642 3 noun noun NNP 1662 3642 4 : : : 1662 3642 5 Guadeloupian(s Guadeloupian(s NNP 1662 3642 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3642 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 3642 8 : : : 1662 3642 9 Guadeloupe guadeloupe JJ 1662 3642 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3642 11 groups group NNS 1662 3642 12 : : : 1662 3642 13 black black JJ 1662 3642 14 or or CC 1662 3642 15 mulatto mulatto NN 1662 3642 16 90 90 CD 1662 3642 17 % % NN 1662 3642 18 , , , 1662 3642 19 white white JJ 1662 3642 20 5 5 CD 1662 3642 21 % % NN 1662 3642 22 , , , 1662 3642 23 East East NNP 1662 3642 24 Indian Indian NNP 1662 3642 25 , , , 1662 3642 26 Lebanese lebanese JJ 1662 3642 27 , , , 1662 3642 28 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 3642 29 less less JJR 1662 3642 30 than than IN 1662 3642 31 5 5 CD 1662 3642 32 % % NN 1662 3642 33 Religions religion NNS 1662 3642 34 : : : 1662 3642 35 Roman Roman NNP 1662 3642 36 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 3642 37 95 95 CD 1662 3642 38 % % NN 1662 3642 39 , , , 1662 3642 40 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 3642 41 and and CC 1662 3642 42 pagan pagan NNP 1662 3642 43 African African NNP 1662 3642 44 4 4 CD 1662 3642 45 % % NN 1662 3642 46 , , , 1662 3642 47 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 3642 48 sects sect VBZ 1662 3642 49 1 1 CD 1662 3642 50 % % NN 1662 3642 51 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 3642 52 : : : 1662 3642 53 French French NNP 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Government Government NNP 1662 3643 4 Country Country NNP 1662 3643 5 name name NN 1662 3643 6 : : : 1662 3643 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3643 8 long long JJ 1662 3643 9 form form NN 1662 3643 10 : : : 1662 3643 11 Department Department NNP 1662 3643 12 of of IN 1662 3643 13 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe NNP 1662 3643 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3643 15 short short JJ 1662 3643 16 form form NN 1662 3643 17 : : : 1662 3643 18 Guadeloupe guadeloupe VB 1662 3643 19 local local JJ 1662 3643 20 long long JJ 1662 3643 21 form form NN 1662 3643 22 : : : 1662 3643 23 Departement departement NN 1662 3643 24 de de NNP 1662 3643 25 la la NNP 1662 3643 26 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe NNP 1662 3643 27 local local JJ 1662 3643 28 short short JJ 1662 3643 29 form form NN 1662 3643 30 : : : 1662 3643 31 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe NNP 1662 3643 32 Data Data NNP 1662 3643 33 code code NN 1662 3643 34 : : : 1662 3643 35 GP GP NNP 1662 3643 36 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 3643 37 status status NN 1662 3643 38 : : : 1662 3643 39 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3643 40 department department NN 1662 3643 41 of of IN 1662 3643 42 France France NNP 1662 3643 43 Government Government NNP 1662 3643 44 type type NN 1662 3643 45 : : : 1662 3643 46 NA NA NNP 1662 3643 47 National national JJ 1662 3643 48 capital capital NN 1662 3643 49 : : : 1662 3643 50 Basse Basse NNP 1662 3643 51 - - HYPH 1662 3643 52 Terre Terre NNP 1662 3643 53 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 3643 54 divisions division NNS 1662 3643 55 : : : 1662 3643 56 none none NN 1662 3643 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3643 58 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3643 59 department department NN 1662 3643 60 of of IN 1662 3643 61 France France NNP 1662 3643 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3643 63 Independence independence NN 1662 3643 64 : : : 1662 3643 65 none none NN 1662 3643 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3643 67 overseas overseas JJ 1662 3643 68 department department NN 1662 3643 69 of of IN 1662 3643 70 France France NNP 1662 3643 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3643 72 National national JJ 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110 universal universal JJ 1662 3643 111 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3643 112 branch branch NN 1662 3643 113 : : : 1662 3643 114 chief chief NN 1662 3643 115 of of IN 1662 3643 116 state state NN 1662 3643 117 : : : 1662 3643 118 President President NNP 1662 3643 119 of of IN 1662 3643 120 France France NNP 1662 3643 121 Jacques Jacques NNP 1662 3643 122 CHIRAC CHIRAC NNP 1662 3643 123 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3643 124 since since IN 1662 3643 125 17 17 CD 1662 3643 126 May May NNP 1662 3643 127 1995 1995 CD 1662 3643 128 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3643 129 , , , 1662 3643 130 represented represent VBN 1662 3643 131 by by IN 1662 3643 132 Prefect Prefect NNP 1662 3643 133 Michel Michel NNP 1662 3643 134 DIEFENBACHER DIEFENBACHER NNP 1662 3643 135 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3643 136 since since IN 1662 3643 137 NA NA NNP 1662 3643 138 March March NNP 1662 3643 139 1995 1995 CD 1662 3643 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3643 141 head head NN 1662 3643 142 of of IN 1662 3643 143 government government NN 1662 3643 144 : : : 1662 3643 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index index NN 1662 3655 7 : : : 1662 3655 8 3.7 3.7 CD 1662 3655 9 % % NN 1662 3655 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3655 11 1990 1990 CD 1662 3655 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3655 13 Labor labor NN 1662 3655 14 force force NN 1662 3655 15 : : : 1662 3655 16 total total NN 1662 3655 17 : : : 1662 3655 18 128,000 128,000 CD 1662 3655 19 by by IN 1662 3655 20 occupation occupation NN 1662 3655 21 : : : 1662 3655 22 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3655 23 15 15 CD 1662 3655 24 % % NN 1662 3655 25 , , , 1662 3655 26 industry industry NN 1662 3655 27 20 20 CD 1662 3655 28 % % NN 1662 3655 29 , , , 1662 3655 30 services service NNS 1662 3655 31 65 65 CD 1662 3655 32 % % NN 1662 3655 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3655 34 1993 1993 CD 1662 3655 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3655 36 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 3655 37 rate rate NN 1662 3655 38 : : : 1662 3655 39 31.3 31.3 CD 1662 3655 40 % % NN 1662 3655 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3655 42 1995 1995 CD 1662 3655 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3655 44 Budget budget NN 1662 3655 45 : : : 1662 3655 46 revenues revenue NNS 1662 3655 47 : : : 1662 3655 48 $ $ $ 1662 3655 49 300 300 CD 1662 3655 50 million million CD 1662 3655 51 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3655 52 : : : 1662 3655 53 $ $ $ 1662 3655 54 460 460 CD 1662 3655 55 million million CD 1662 3655 56 , , , 1662 3655 57 including include VBG 1662 3655 58 capital capital NN 1662 3655 59 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3655 60 of of IN 1662 3655 61 $ $ $ 1662 3655 62 90 90 CD 1662 3655 63 million million CD 1662 3655 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3655 65 1995 1995 CD 1662 3655 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3655 67 Industries industry NNS 1662 3655 68 : : : 1662 3655 69 construction construction NN 1662 3655 70 , , , 1662 3655 71 cement cement NN 1662 3655 72 , , , 1662 3655 73 rum rum NN 1662 3655 74 , , , 1662 3655 75 sugar sugar NN 1662 3655 76 , , , 1662 3655 77 tourism tourism NN 1662 3655 78 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 3655 79 production production NN 1662 3655 80 growth growth NN 1662 3655 81 rate rate NN 1662 3655 82 : : : 1662 3655 83 NA% NA% `` 1662 3655 84 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3655 85 - - HYPH 1662 3655 86 capacity capacity NN 1662 3655 87 : : : 1662 3655 88 NA NA NNP 1662 3655 89 kW kW NNP 1662 3655 90 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3655 91 - - HYPH 1662 3655 92 production production NN 1662 3655 93 : : : 1662 3655 94 950 950 CD 1662 3655 95 million million CD 1662 3655 96 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3655 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3655 98 1994 1994 CD 1662 3655 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3655 100 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3655 101 - - HYPH 1662 3655 102 consumption consumption NN 1662 3655 103 per per IN 1662 3655 104 capita capita NN 1662 3655 105 : : : 1662 3655 106 NA NA NNP 1662 3655 107 kWh kwh ADD 1662 3655 108 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3655 109 - - HYPH 1662 3655 110 products product NNS 1662 3655 111 : : : 1662 3655 112 bananas banana NNS 1662 3655 113 , , , 1662 3655 114 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 3655 115 , , , 1662 3655 116 tropical tropical JJ 1662 3655 117 fruits fruit NNS 1662 3655 118 and and CC 1662 3655 119 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NNP 1662 3655 170 , , , 1662 3655 171 1994 1994 CD 1662 3655 172 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3655 173 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3655 174 : : : 1662 3655 175 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 3655 176 , , , 1662 3655 177 fuels fuel NNS 1662 3655 178 , , , 1662 3655 179 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 3655 180 , , , 1662 3655 181 clothing clothing NN 1662 3655 182 and and CC 1662 3655 183 other other JJ 1662 3655 184 consumer consumer NN 1662 3655 185 goods good NNS 1662 3655 186 , , , 1662 3655 187 construction construction NN 1662 3655 188 materials material NNS 1662 3655 189 partners partner NNS 1662 3655 190 : : : 1662 3655 191 France France NNP 1662 3655 192 60 60 CD 1662 3655 193 % % NN 1662 3655 194 , , , 1662 3655 195 EC EC NNP 1662 3655 196 , , , 1662 3655 197 US US NNP 1662 3655 198 , , , 1662 3655 199 Japan Japan NNP 1662 3655 200 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3655 201 1991 1991 CD 1662 3655 202 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3655 203 Debt debt NN 1662 3655 204 - - HYPH 1662 3655 205 external external JJ 1662 3655 206 : : : 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Communications Communications NNPS 1662 3655 283 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 3655 284 : : : 1662 3655 285 64,916 64,916 CD 1662 3655 286 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3655 287 1984 1984 CD 1662 3655 288 est e JJS 1662 3655 289 . . . 1662 3655 290 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3656 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 3656 2 system system NN 1662 3656 3 : : : 1662 3656 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3656 5 facilities facility NNS 1662 3656 6 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 3656 7 domestic domestic NN 1662 3656 8 : : : 1662 3656 9 NA NA NNP 1662 3656 10 international international JJ 1662 3656 11 : : : 1662 3656 12 satellite satellite NN 1662 3656 13 earth earth NNP 1662 3656 14 station station NNP 1662 3656 15 - - : 1662 3656 16 1 1 CD 1662 3656 17 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3656 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3656 19 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3656 20 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3656 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3656 22 ; ; : 1662 3656 23 microwave microwave VB 1662 3656 24 radio radio NN 1662 3656 25 relay relay NN 1662 3656 26 to to IN 1662 3656 27 Antigua Antigua NNP 1662 3656 28 and and CC 1662 3656 29 Barbuda Barbuda NNP 1662 3656 30 , , , 1662 3656 31 Dominica Dominica NNP 1662 3656 32 , , , 1662 3656 33 and and CC 1662 3656 34 Martinique Martinique NNP 1662 3656 35 Radio Radio NNP 1662 3656 36 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3656 37 stations station NNS 1662 3656 38 : : : 1662 3656 39 AM AM NNP 1662 3656 40 2 2 CD 1662 3656 41 , , , 1662 3656 42 FM FM NNP 1662 3656 43 8 8 CD 1662 3656 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3656 45 private private JJ 1662 3656 46 stations station NNS 1662 3656 47 licensed license VBN 1662 3656 48 to to TO 1662 3656 49 broadcast broadcast VB 1662 3656 50 FM FM NNP 1662 3656 51 30 30 CD 1662 3656 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3656 53 , , , 1662 3656 54 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 3656 55 0 0 CD 1662 3656 56 Radios radio NNS 1662 3656 57 : : : 1662 3656 58 100,000 100,000 CD 1662 3656 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3656 60 1993 1993 CD 1662 3656 61 est est NNP 1662 3656 62 . . . 1662 3656 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3657 1 Television television NN 1662 3657 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3657 3 stations station NNS 1662 3657 4 : : : 1662 3657 5 9 9 CD 1662 3657 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 3657 7 : : : 1662 3657 8 150,000 150,000 CD 1662 3657 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3657 10 1993 1993 CD 1662 3657 11 est est NNP 1662 3657 12 . . . 1662 3657 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3658 1 @Guadeloupe @guadeloupe NN 1662 3658 2 : : : 1662 3658 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3658 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 3658 5 : : : 1662 3658 6 total total NN 1662 3658 7 : : : 1662 3658 8 NA NA NNP 1662 3658 9 km km PRP 1662 3658 10 ; ; : 1662 3658 11 privately privately RB 1662 3658 12 owned own VBN 1662 3658 13 , , , 1662 3658 14 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3658 15 - - HYPH 1662 3658 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 3658 17 plantation plantation NN 1662 3658 18 lines line NNS 1662 3658 19 Highways highway NNS 1662 3658 20 : : : 1662 3658 21 total total NN 1662 3658 22 : : : 1662 3658 23 2,082 2,082 CD 1662 3658 24 km km NNS 1662 3658 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3658 26 national national NNP 1662 3658 27 329 329 CD 1662 3658 28 km km NNS 1662 3658 29 , , , 1662 3658 30 regional regional JJ 1662 3658 31 582 582 CD 1662 3658 32 km km NN 1662 3658 33 , , , 1662 3658 34 community community NN 1662 3658 35 / / SYM 1662 3658 36 local local JJ 1662 3658 37 1171 1171 CD 1662 3658 38 km km NN 1662 3658 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3658 40 paved pave VBD 1662 3658 41 : : : 1662 3658 42 1,742 1,742 CD 1662 3658 43 km km NN 1662 3658 44 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3658 45 : : : 1662 3658 46 340 340 CD 1662 3658 47 km km NNS 1662 3658 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3658 49 1985 1985 CD 1662 3658 50 est est NNP 1662 3658 51 . . . 1662 3658 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3659 1 note note NN 1662 3659 2 : : : 1662 3659 3 in in IN 1662 3659 4 1996 1996 CD 1662 3659 5 there there EX 1662 3659 6 were be VBD 1662 3659 7 3,200 3,200 CD 1662 3659 8 km km NNS 1662 3659 9 of of IN 1662 3659 10 roads road NNS 1662 3659 11 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 3659 12 and and CC 1662 3659 13 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3659 14 : : : 1662 3659 15 Basse Basse NNP 1662 3659 16 - - HYPH 1662 3659 17 Terre Terre NNP 1662 3659 18 , , , 1662 3659 19 Gustavia Gustavia NNP 1662 3659 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3659 21 on on IN 1662 3659 22 St. St. NNP 1662 3659 23 Barthelemy Barthelemy NNP 1662 3659 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3659 25 , , , 1662 3659 26 Marigot Marigot NNP 1662 3659 27 , , , 1662 3659 28 Pointe Pointe NNP 1662 3659 29 - - HYPH 1662 3659 30 a a DT 1662 3659 31 - - HYPH 1662 3659 32 Pitre Pitre NNP 1662 3659 33 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3659 34 marine marine NN 1662 3659 35 : : : 1662 3659 36 none none NN 1662 3659 37 Airports airport NNS 1662 3659 38 : : : 1662 3659 39 9 9 CD 1662 3659 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3659 41 1996 1996 CD 1662 3659 42 est est NNP 1662 3659 43 . . . 1662 3659 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3660 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3660 2 - - , 1662 3660 3 with with IN 1662 3660 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3660 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3660 6 : : : 1662 3660 7 total total NN 1662 3660 8 : : : 1662 3660 9 9 9 CD 1662 3660 10 over over IN 1662 3660 11 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3661 20 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3661 21 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 3661 22 - - : 1662 3661 23 international international RB 1662 3661 24 : : : 1662 3661 25 none none NN 1662 3661 26 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 27 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 28 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 29 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 30 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 31 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 32 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 33 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 34 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 35 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 36 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 37 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 38 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 39 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 40 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 41 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 42 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 43 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 44 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 45 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 46 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 47 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 48 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 49 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 50 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 51 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 52 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 53 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 54 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 55 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 56 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 57 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 58 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 59 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 60 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 61 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 62 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 63 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 64 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 65 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 66 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 67 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 68 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 69 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 70 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 71 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 72 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 73 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 74 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 75 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 76 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 77 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 78 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 79 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 80 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3661 96 GUAM GUAM NNP 1662 3661 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3661 98 territory territory NN 1662 3661 99 of of IN 1662 3661 100 the the DT 1662 3661 101 US US NNP 1662 3661 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3661 103 @Guam @guam NN 1662 3661 104 : : : 1662 3661 105 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3661 106 Location Location NNP 1662 3661 107 : : : 1662 3661 108 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 3661 109 , , , 1662 3661 110 island island NN 1662 3661 111 in in IN 1662 3661 112 the the DT 1662 3661 113 North North NNP 1662 3661 114 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 3661 115 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3661 116 , , , 1662 3661 117 about about RB 1662 3661 118 three three CD 1662 3661 119 - - HYPH 1662 3661 120 quarters quarter NNS 1662 3661 121 of of IN 1662 3661 122 the the DT 1662 3661 123 way way NN 1662 3661 124 from from IN 1662 3661 125 Hawaii Hawaii NNP 1662 3661 126 to to IN 1662 3661 127 the the DT 1662 3661 128 Philippines Philippines NNP 1662 3661 129 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3661 130 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3661 131 : : : 1662 3661 132 13 13 CD 1662 3661 133 28 28 CD 1662 3661 134 N n CD 1662 3661 135 , , , 1662 3661 136 144 144 CD 1662 3661 137 47 47 CD 1662 3661 138 E e NN 1662 3661 139 Map Map NNP 1662 3661 140 references reference NNS 1662 3661 141 : : : 1662 3661 142 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 3661 143 Area Area NNP 1662 3661 144 : : : 1662 3661 145 total total 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3661 184 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3661 185 economic economic JJ 1662 3661 186 zone zone NN 1662 3661 187 : : : 1662 3661 188 200 200 CD 1662 3661 189 nm nm CD 1662 3661 190 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3661 191 sea sea NN 1662 3661 192 : : : 1662 3661 193 12 12 CD 1662 3661 194 nm nm NNP 1662 3661 195 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3661 196 : : : 1662 3661 197 tropical tropical JJ 1662 3661 198 marine marine NN 1662 3661 199 ; ; : 1662 3661 200 generally generally RB 1662 3661 201 warm warm JJ 1662 3661 202 and and CC 1662 3661 203 humid humid JJ 1662 3661 204 , , , 1662 3661 205 moderated moderate VBN 1662 3661 206 by by IN 1662 3661 207 northeast northeast JJ 1662 3661 208 trade trade NN 1662 3661 209 winds wind NNS 1662 3661 210 ; ; , 1662 3661 211 dry dry JJ 1662 3661 212 season season NN 1662 3661 213 from from IN 1662 3661 214 January January NNP 1662 3661 215 to to IN 1662 3661 216 June June NNP 1662 3661 217 , , , 1662 3661 218 rainy rainy JJ 1662 3661 219 season season NN 1662 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3671 272 GUTIERREZ GUTIERREZ NNP 1662 3671 273 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3671 274 Democrat Democrat NNP 1662 3671 275 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3671 276 54.6 54.6 CD 1662 3671 277 % % NN 1662 3671 278 , , , 1662 3671 279 Tommy Tommy NNP 1662 3671 280 TANAKA TANAKA NNP 1662 3671 281 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3671 282 Republican Republican NNP 1662 3671 283 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3671 284 NA% NA% -RRB- 1662 3671 285 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 3671 286 branch branch NN 1662 3671 287 : : : 1662 3671 288 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 3671 289 Legislature Legislature NNP 1662 3671 290 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3671 291 21 21 CD 1662 3671 292 seats seat NNS 1662 3671 293 ; ; : 1662 3671 294 members member NNS 1662 3671 295 are be VBP 1662 3671 296 elected elect VBN 1662 3671 297 by by IN 1662 3671 298 popular popular JJ 1662 3671 299 vote vote NN 1662 3671 300 to to TO 1662 3671 301 serve serve VB 1662 3671 302 two two CD 1662 3671 303 - - HYPH 1662 3671 304 year year NN 1662 3671 305 terms term NNS 1662 3671 306 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3671 307 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3683 157 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3683 158 : : : 1662 3683 159 slightly slightly RB 1662 3683 160 smaller small JJR 1662 3683 161 than than IN 1662 3683 162 Tennessee Tennessee NNP 1662 3683 163 Land Land NNP 1662 3683 164 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3683 165 : : : 1662 3683 166 total total JJ 1662 3683 167 : : : 1662 3683 168 1,687 1,687 CD 1662 3683 169 km km NN 1662 3683 170 border border NN 1662 3683 171 countries country NNS 1662 3683 172 : : : 1662 3683 173 Belize Belize NNP 1662 3683 174 266 266 CD 1662 3683 175 km km NNS 1662 3683 176 , , , 1662 3683 177 El El NNP 1662 3683 178 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 3683 179 203 203 CD 1662 3683 180 km km NNS 1662 3683 181 , , , 1662 3683 182 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 3683 183 256 256 CD 1662 3683 184 km km NN 1662 3683 185 , , , 1662 3683 186 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 3683 187 962 962 CD 1662 3683 188 km km NN 1662 3683 189 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3683 190 : : : 1662 3683 191 400 400 CD 1662 3683 192 km km NN 1662 3683 193 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3683 194 claims claim VBZ 1662 3683 195 : : : 1662 3683 196 continental continental NNP 1662 3683 197 shelf shelf NNP 1662 3683 198 : : : 1662 3683 199 200-m 200-m CD 1662 3683 200 depth depth NN 1662 3683 201 or or CC 1662 3683 202 to to IN 1662 3683 203 the the DT 1662 3683 204 depth depth NN 1662 3683 205 of of IN 1662 3683 206 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 3683 207 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3683 208 economic economic JJ 1662 3683 209 zone zone NN 1662 3683 210 : : : 1662 3683 211 200 200 CD 1662 3683 212 nm nm CD 1662 3683 213 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3683 214 sea sea NN 1662 3683 215 : : : 1662 3683 216 12 12 CD 1662 3683 217 nm nm NNP 1662 3683 218 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3683 219 : : : 1662 3683 220 tropical tropical JJ 1662 3683 221 ; ; : 1662 3683 222 hot hot JJ 1662 3683 223 , , , 1662 3683 224 humid humid JJ 1662 3683 225 in in IN 1662 3683 226 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 3683 227 ; ; : 1662 3683 228 cooler cooler NN 1662 3683 229 in in IN 1662 3683 230 highlands highlands NNP 1662 3683 231 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3683 232 : : : 1662 3683 233 mostly mostly RB 1662 3683 234 mountains mountain NNS 1662 3683 235 with with IN 1662 3683 236 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3683 237 coastal coastal JJ 1662 3683 238 plains plain NNS 1662 3683 239 and and CC 1662 3683 240 rolling roll VBG 1662 3683 241 limestone limestone NN 1662 3683 242 plateau plateau NN 1662 3683 243 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3683 244 Peten peten VB 1662 3683 245 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3683 246 Elevation elevation NN 1662 3683 247 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3683 248 : : : 1662 3683 249 lowest low JJS 1662 3683 250 point point NN 1662 3683 251 : : : 1662 3683 252 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 3683 253 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3683 254 0 0 NFP 1662 3683 255 m m DT 1662 3683 256 highest high JJS 1662 3683 257 point point NN 1662 3683 258 : : : 1662 3683 259 Volcan Volcan NNP 1662 3683 260 Tajumulco Tajumulco NNP 1662 3683 261 4,211 4,211 CD 1662 3683 262 m m NNP 1662 3683 263 Natural natural JJ 1662 3683 264 resources resource NNS 1662 3683 265 : : : 1662 3683 266 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 3683 267 , , , 1662 3683 268 nickel nickel NN 1662 3683 269 , , , 1662 3683 270 rare rare JJ 1662 3683 271 woods wood NNS 1662 3683 272 , , , 1662 3683 273 fish fish NN 1662 3683 274 , , , 1662 3683 275 chicle chicle NN 1662 3683 276 Land land NN 1662 3683 277 use use NN 1662 3683 278 : : : 1662 3683 279 arable arable JJ 1662 3683 280 land land NN 1662 3683 281 : : : 1662 3683 282 12 12 CD 1662 3683 283 % % NN 1662 3683 284 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3683 285 crops crop NNS 1662 3683 286 : : : 1662 3683 287 5 5 CD 1662 3683 288 % % NN 1662 3683 289 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3683 290 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3683 291 : : : 1662 3683 292 24 24 CD 1662 3683 293 % % NN 1662 3683 294 forests forest NNS 1662 3683 295 and and CC 1662 3683 296 woodland woodland NN 1662 3683 297 : : : 1662 3683 298 54 54 CD 1662 3683 299 % % NN 1662 3683 300 other other JJ 1662 3683 301 : : : 1662 3683 302 5 5 CD 1662 3683 303 % % NN 1662 3683 304 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3683 305 1993 1993 CD 1662 3683 306 est est NNP 1662 3683 307 . . . 1662 3683 308 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3684 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3684 2 land land NN 1662 3684 3 : : : 1662 3684 4 1,250 1,250 CD 1662 3684 5 sq sq NNP 1662 3684 6 km km NNP 1662 3684 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3684 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 3684 9 est est NNP 1662 3684 10 . . . 1662 3684 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3685 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 3685 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3685 3 : : : 1662 3685 4 numerous numerous JJ 1662 3685 5 volcanoes volcano NNS 1662 3685 6 in in IN 1662 3685 7 mountains mountain NNS 1662 3685 8 , , , 1662 3685 9 with with IN 1662 3685 10 occasional occasional JJ 1662 3685 11 violent violent JJ 1662 3685 12 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 3685 13 ; ; : 1662 3685 14 Caribbean caribbean JJ 1662 3685 15 coast coast NN 1662 3685 16 subject subject NN 1662 3685 17 to to IN 1662 3685 18 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 3685 19 and and CC 1662 3685 20 other other JJ 1662 3685 21 tropical tropical JJ 1662 3685 22 storms storm NNS 1662 3685 23 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3685 24 - - HYPH 1662 3685 25 current current JJ 1662 3685 26 issues issue NNS 1662 3685 27 : : : 1662 3685 28 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 3685 29 ; ; , 1662 3685 30 soil soil NN 1662 3685 31 erosion erosion NN 1662 3685 32 ; ; : 1662 3685 33 water water NN 1662 3685 34 pollution pollution NN 1662 3685 35 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3685 36 - - HYPH 1662 3685 37 international international JJ 1662 3685 38 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3685 39 : : : 1662 3685 40 party party NN 1662 3685 41 to to TO 1662 3685 42 : : : 1662 3685 43 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3685 44 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 3685 45 , , , 1662 3685 46 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 3685 47 , , , 1662 3685 48 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3685 49 Change Change NNP 1662 3685 50 , , , 1662 3685 51 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 3685 52 Species Species NNPS 1662 3685 53 , , , 1662 3685 54 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 3685 55 Modification Modification NNP 1662 3685 56 , , , 1662 3685 57 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 3685 58 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 3685 59 , , , 1662 3685 60 Marine Marine NNP 1662 3685 61 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 3685 62 , , , 1662 3685 63 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 3685 64 Test Test NNP 1662 3685 65 Ban Ban NNP 1662 3685 66 , , , 1662 3685 67 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 3685 68 Layer Layer NNP 1662 3685 69 Protection Protection NNP 1662 3685 70 , , , 1662 3685 71 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 3685 72 signed sign VBD 1662 3685 73 , , , 1662 3685 74 but but CC 1662 3685 75 not not RB 1662 3685 76 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3685 77 : : : 1662 3685 78 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3685 79 - - HYPH 1662 3685 80 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 3685 81 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 3685 82 , , , 1662 3685 83 Law Law NNP 1662 3685 84 of of IN 1662 3685 85 the the DT 1662 3685 86 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3685 87 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3685 88 - - HYPH 1662 3685 89 note note NN 1662 3685 90 : : : 1662 3685 91 no no DT 1662 3685 92 natural natural JJ 1662 3685 93 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3685 94 on on IN 1662 3685 95 west west NNP 1662 3685 96 coast coast NNP 1662 3685 97 @Guatemala @Guatemala NNP 1662 3685 98 : : : 1662 3685 99 People People NNPS 1662 3685 100 Population Population NNP 1662 3685 101 : : : 1662 3685 102 11,685,695 11,685,695 CD 1662 3685 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3685 104 July July NNP 1662 3685 105 1997 1997 CD 1662 3685 106 est est NNP 1662 3685 107 . . . 1662 3685 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3686 1 Age age NN 1662 3686 2 structure structure NN 1662 3686 3 : : : 1662 3686 4 0 0 CD 1662 3686 5 - - HYPH 1662 3686 6 14 14 CD 1662 3686 7 years year NNS 1662 3686 8 : : : 1662 3686 9 43 43 CD 1662 3686 10 % % NN 1662 3686 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3686 12 male male JJ 1662 3686 13 2,571,885 2,571,885 CD 1662 3686 14 ; ; , 1662 3686 15 female female JJ 1662 3686 16 2,465,902 2,465,902 CD 1662 3686 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3686 18 15 15 CD 1662 3686 19 - - SYM 1662 3686 20 64 64 CD 1662 3686 21 years year NNS 1662 3686 22 : : : 1662 3686 23 53 53 CD 1662 3686 24 % % NN 1662 3686 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3686 26 male male JJ 1662 3686 27 3,117,718 3,117,718 CD 1662 3686 28 ; ; : 1662 3686 29 female female JJ 1662 3686 30 3,121,276 3,121,276 CD 1662 3686 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3686 32 65 65 CD 1662 3686 33 years year NNS 1662 3686 34 and and CC 1662 3686 35 over over IN 1662 3686 36 : : : 1662 3686 37 4 4 CD 1662 3686 38 % % NN 1662 3686 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3686 40 male male JJ 1662 3686 41 192,334 192,334 CD 1662 3686 42 ; ; : 1662 3686 43 female female JJ 1662 3686 44 216,580 216,580 CD 1662 3686 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3686 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3686 47 July July NNP 1662 3686 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3686 49 est est NNP 1662 3686 50 . . . 1662 3686 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3687 1 Population population NN 1662 3687 2 growth growth NN 1662 3687 3 rate rate NN 1662 3687 4 : : : 1662 3687 5 2.73 2.73 CD 1662 3687 6 % % NN 1662 3687 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3687 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3687 9 est est NNP 1662 3687 10 . . . 1662 3687 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3688 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3688 2 rate rate NN 1662 3688 3 : : : 1662 3688 4 36.45 36.45 CD 1662 3688 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 3688 6 population population NN 1662 3688 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3688 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3688 9 est est NNP 1662 3688 10 . . . 1662 3688 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3689 1 Death death NN 1662 3689 2 rate rate NN 1662 3689 3 : : : 1662 3689 4 7.13 7.13 CD 1662 3689 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3689 6 population population NN 1662 3689 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3689 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3689 9 est est NNP 1662 3689 10 . . . 1662 3689 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3690 1 Net net JJ 1662 3690 2 migration migration NN 1662 3690 3 rate rate NN 1662 3690 4 : : : 1662 3690 5 -2.04 -2.04 NFP 1662 3690 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 3690 7 population population NN 1662 3690 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3690 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3690 10 est est NNP 1662 3690 11 . . . 1662 3690 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3691 1 Sex sex NN 1662 3691 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 3691 3 : : : 1662 3691 4 at at IN 1662 3691 5 birth birth NN 1662 3691 6 : : : 1662 3691 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 3691 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3691 9 under under IN 1662 3691 10 15 15 CD 1662 3691 11 years year NNS 1662 3691 12 : : : 1662 3691 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 3691 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3691 15 15 15 CD 1662 3691 16 - - HYPH 1662 3691 17 64 64 CD 1662 3691 18 years year NNS 1662 3691 19 : : : 1662 3691 20 1 1 CD 1662 3691 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3691 22 65 65 CD 1662 3691 23 years year NNS 1662 3691 24 and and CC 1662 3691 25 over over IN 1662 3691 26 : : : 1662 3691 27 0.89 0.89 CD 1662 3691 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 3691 29 total total JJ 1662 3691 30 population population NN 1662 3691 31 : : : 1662 3691 32 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 3691 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3691 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3691 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 3691 36 est e JJS 1662 3691 37 . . . 1662 3691 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3692 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3692 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3692 3 rate rate NN 1662 3692 4 : : : 1662 3692 5 49.2 49.2 CD 1662 3692 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3692 7 live live JJ 1662 3692 8 births birth NNS 1662 3692 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3692 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3692 11 est est NNP 1662 3692 12 . . . 1662 3692 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3693 1 Life life NN 1662 3693 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3693 3 at at IN 1662 3693 4 birth birth NN 1662 3693 5 : : : 1662 3693 6 total total JJ 1662 3693 7 population population NN 1662 3693 8 : : : 1662 3693 9 65.64 65.64 CD 1662 3693 10 years year NNS 1662 3693 11 male male JJ 1662 3693 12 : : : 1662 3693 13 63.02 63.02 CD 1662 3693 14 years year NNS 1662 3693 15 female female JJ 1662 3693 16 : : : 1662 3693 17 68.39 68.39 CD 1662 3693 18 years year NNS 1662 3693 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3693 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3693 21 est est NNP 1662 3693 22 . . . 1662 3693 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3694 1 Total total JJ 1662 3694 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3694 3 rate rate NN 1662 3694 4 : : : 1662 3694 5 4.89 4.89 CD 1662 3694 6 children child NNS 1662 3694 7 born bear VBN 1662 3694 8 / / SYM 1662 3694 9 woman woman NN 1662 3694 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3694 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3694 12 est est NNP 1662 3694 13 . . . 1662 3694 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3695 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3695 2 : : : 1662 3695 3 noun noun NNP 1662 3695 4 : : : 1662 3695 5 Guatemalan(s Guatemalan(s NNP 1662 3695 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3695 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 3695 8 : : : 1662 3695 9 Guatemalan guatemalan JJ 1662 3695 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3695 11 groups group NNS 1662 3695 12 : : : 1662 3695 13 Mestizo Mestizo NNP 1662 3695 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3695 15 mixed mixed JJ 1662 3695 16 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 3695 17 - - HYPH 1662 3695 18 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 3695 19 - - HYPH 1662 3695 20 in in RP 1662 3695 21 local local JJ 1662 3695 22 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 3695 23 called call VBN 1662 3695 24 Ladino Ladino NNP 1662 3695 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3695 26 56 56 CD 1662 3695 27 % % NN 1662 3695 28 , , , 1662 3695 29 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 3695 30 or or CC 1662 3695 31 predominantly predominantly RB 1662 3695 32 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 3695 33 44 44 CD 1662 3695 34 % % NN 1662 3695 35 Religions religion NNS 1662 3695 36 : : : 1662 3695 37 Roman roman JJ 1662 3695 38 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 3695 39 , , , 1662 3695 40 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 3695 41 , , , 1662 3695 42 traditional traditional JJ 1662 3695 43 Mayan Mayan NNP 1662 3695 44 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 3695 45 : : : 1662 3695 46 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 3695 47 60 60 CD 1662 3695 48 % % NN 1662 3695 49 , , , 1662 3695 50 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 3695 51 languages language NNS 1662 3695 52 40 40 CD 1662 3695 53 % % NN 1662 3695 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3695 55 23 23 CD 1662 3695 56 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 3695 57 languages language NNS 1662 3695 58 , , , 1662 3695 59 including include VBG 1662 3695 60 Quiche Quiche NNP 1662 3695 61 , , , 1662 3695 62 Cakchiquel Cakchiquel NNP 1662 3695 63 , , , 1662 3695 64 Kekchi Kekchi NNP 1662 3695 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3695 66 Literacy literacy NN 1662 3695 67 : : : 1662 3695 68 definition definition NN 1662 3695 69 : : : 1662 3695 70 age age NN 1662 3695 71 15 15 CD 1662 3695 72 and and CC 1662 3695 73 over over RB 1662 3695 74 can can MD 1662 3695 75 read read VB 1662 3695 76 and and CC 1662 3695 77 write write VB 1662 3695 78 total total JJ 1662 3695 79 population population NN 1662 3695 80 : : : 1662 3695 81 55.6 55.6 CD 1662 3695 82 % % NN 1662 3695 83 male male NN 1662 3695 84 : : : 1662 3695 85 62.5 62.5 CD 1662 3695 86 % % NN 1662 3695 87 female female NN 1662 3695 88 : : : 1662 3695 89 48.6 48.6 CD 1662 3695 90 % % NN 1662 3695 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3695 92 1995 1995 CD 1662 3695 93 est est NNP 1662 3695 94 . . . 1662 3695 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 1 @Guatemala @guatemala LS 1662 3696 2 : : : 1662 3696 3 Government Government NNP 1662 3696 4 Country Country NNP 1662 3696 5 name name NN 1662 3696 6 : : : 1662 3696 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3696 8 long long JJ 1662 3696 9 form form NN 1662 3696 10 : : : 1662 3696 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3696 12 of of IN 1662 3696 13 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 3696 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3696 15 short short JJ 1662 3696 16 form form NN 1662 3696 17 : : : 1662 3696 18 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 3696 19 local local JJ 1662 3696 20 long long JJ 1662 3696 21 form form NN 1662 3696 22 : : : 1662 3696 23 Republica Republica NNP 1662 3696 24 de de NNP 1662 3696 25 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 3696 26 local local JJ 1662 3696 27 short short JJ 1662 3696 28 form form NN 1662 3696 29 : : : 1662 3696 30 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 3696 31 Data Data NNP 1662 3696 32 code code NN 1662 3696 33 : : : 1662 3696 34 GT GT NNP 1662 3696 35 Government Government NNP 1662 3696 36 type type NN 1662 3696 37 : : : 1662 3696 38 republic republic NNP 1662 3696 39 National national JJ 1662 3696 40 capital capital NN 1662 3696 41 : : : 1662 3696 42 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 3696 43 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 3696 44 divisions division NNS 1662 3696 45 : : : 1662 3696 46 22 22 CD 1662 3696 47 departments department NNS 1662 3696 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 49 departamentos departamento NNS 1662 3696 50 , , , 1662 3696 51 singular singular NNP 1662 3696 52 - - HYPH 1662 3696 53 departamento departamento NNP 1662 3696 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 55 ; ; : 1662 3696 56 Alta Alta NNP 1662 3696 57 Verapaz Verapaz NNP 1662 3696 58 , , , 1662 3696 59 Baja Baja NNP 1662 3696 60 Verapaz Verapaz NNP 1662 3696 61 , , , 1662 3696 62 Chimaltenango Chimaltenango NNP 1662 3696 63 , , , 1662 3696 64 Chiquimula Chiquimula NNP 1662 3696 65 , , , 1662 3696 66 El El NNP 1662 3696 67 Progreso Progreso NNP 1662 3696 68 , , , 1662 3696 69 Escuintla Escuintla NNP 1662 3696 70 , , , 1662 3696 71 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 3696 72 , , , 1662 3696 73 Huehuetenango Huehuetenango NNP 1662 3696 74 , , , 1662 3696 75 Izabal Izabal NNP 1662 3696 76 , , , 1662 3696 77 Jalapa Jalapa NNP 1662 3696 78 , , , 1662 3696 79 Jutiapa Jutiapa NNP 1662 3696 80 , , , 1662 3696 81 Peten Peten NNP 1662 3696 82 , , , 1662 3696 83 Quetzaltenango Quetzaltenango NNP 1662 3696 84 , , , 1662 3696 85 Quiche Quiche NNP 1662 3696 86 , , , 1662 3696 87 Retalhuleu Retalhuleu NNP 1662 3696 88 , , , 1662 3696 89 Sacatepequez Sacatepequez NNP 1662 3696 90 , , , 1662 3696 91 San San NNP 1662 3696 92 Marcos Marcos NNP 1662 3696 93 , , , 1662 3696 94 Santa Santa NNP 1662 3696 95 Rosa Rosa NNP 1662 3696 96 , , , 1662 3696 97 Solola Solola NNP 1662 3696 98 , , , 1662 3696 99 Suchitepequez Suchitepequez NNP 1662 3696 100 , , , 1662 3696 101 Totonicapan Totonicapan NNP 1662 3696 102 , , , 1662 3696 103 Zacapa Zacapa NNP 1662 3696 104 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3696 105 : : : 1662 3696 106 15 15 CD 1662 3696 107 September September NNP 1662 3696 108 1821 1821 CD 1662 3696 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 110 from from IN 1662 3696 111 Spain Spain NNP 1662 3696 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 113 National national JJ 1662 3696 114 holiday holiday NN 1662 3696 115 : : : 1662 3696 116 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3696 117 Day Day NNP 1662 3696 118 , , , 1662 3696 119 15 15 CD 1662 3696 120 September September NNP 1662 3696 121 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 122 1821 1821 CD 1662 3696 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 124 Constitution constitution NN 1662 3696 125 : : : 1662 3696 126 31 31 CD 1662 3696 127 May May NNP 1662 3696 128 1985 1985 CD 1662 3696 129 , , , 1662 3696 130 effective effective JJ 1662 3696 131 14 14 CD 1662 3696 132 January January NNP 1662 3696 133 1986 1986 CD 1662 3696 134 note note NN 1662 3696 135 : : : 1662 3696 136 suspended suspend VBN 1662 3696 137 25 25 CD 1662 3696 138 May May NNP 1662 3696 139 1993 1993 CD 1662 3696 140 by by IN 1662 3696 141 President President NNP 1662 3696 142 SERRANO SERRANO NNP 1662 3696 143 ; ; : 1662 3696 144 reinstated reinstate VBN 1662 3696 145 5 5 CD 1662 3696 146 June June NNP 1662 3696 147 1993 1993 CD 1662 3696 148 following follow VBG 1662 3696 149 ouster ouster NN 1662 3696 150 of of IN 1662 3696 151 president president NN 1662 3696 152 Legal Legal NNP 1662 3696 153 system system NN 1662 3696 154 : : : 1662 3696 155 civil civil JJ 1662 3696 156 law law NN 1662 3696 157 system system NN 1662 3696 158 ; ; : 1662 3696 159 judicial judicial JJ 1662 3696 160 review review NN 1662 3696 161 of of IN 1662 3696 162 legislative legislative JJ 1662 3696 163 acts act NNS 1662 3696 164 ; ; : 1662 3696 165 has have VBZ 1662 3696 166 not not RB 1662 3696 167 accepted accept VBN 1662 3696 168 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 3696 169 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 3696 170 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 3696 171 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 3696 172 : : : 1662 3696 173 18 18 CD 1662 3696 174 years year NNS 1662 3696 175 of of IN 1662 3696 176 age age NN 1662 3696 177 ; ; : 1662 3696 178 universal universal JJ 1662 3696 179 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3696 180 branch branch NN 1662 3696 181 : : : 1662 3696 182 chief chief NN 1662 3696 183 of of IN 1662 3696 184 state state NN 1662 3696 185 : : : 1662 3696 186 President President NNP 1662 3696 187 Alvaro Alvaro NNP 1662 3696 188 Enrique Enrique NNP 1662 3696 189 ARZU ARZU NNP 1662 3696 190 Irigoyen Irigoyen NNP 1662 3696 191 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 192 since since IN 1662 3696 193 14 14 CD 1662 3696 194 January January NNP 1662 3696 195 1996 1996 CD 1662 3696 196 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 197 ; ; : 1662 3696 198 Vice Vice NNP 1662 3696 199 President President NNP 1662 3696 200 Luis Luis NNP 1662 3696 201 Alberto Alberto NNP 1662 3696 202 FLORES FLORES NNP 1662 3696 203 Asturias Asturias NNP 1662 3696 204 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 205 since since IN 1662 3696 206 14 14 CD 1662 3696 207 January January NNP 1662 3696 208 1996 1996 CD 1662 3696 209 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 210 ; ; : 1662 3696 211 note note VB 1662 3696 212 - - : 1662 3696 213 the the DT 1662 3696 214 president president NN 1662 3696 215 is be VBZ 1662 3696 216 both both CC 1662 3696 217 the the DT 1662 3696 218 chief chief NN 1662 3696 219 of of IN 1662 3696 220 state state NN 1662 3696 221 and and CC 1662 3696 222 head head NN 1662 3696 223 of of IN 1662 3696 224 government government NN 1662 3696 225 head head NN 1662 3696 226 of of IN 1662 3696 227 government government NN 1662 3696 228 : : : 1662 3696 229 President President NNP 1662 3696 230 Alvaro Alvaro NNP 1662 3696 231 Enrique Enrique NNP 1662 3696 232 ARZU ARZU NNP 1662 3696 233 Irigoyen Irigoyen NNP 1662 3696 234 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 235 since since IN 1662 3696 236 14 14 CD 1662 3696 237 January January NNP 1662 3696 238 1996 1996 CD 1662 3696 239 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 240 ; ; : 1662 3696 241 Vice Vice NNP 1662 3696 242 President President NNP 1662 3696 243 Luis Luis NNP 1662 3696 244 Alberto Alberto NNP 1662 3696 245 FLORES FLORES NNP 1662 3696 246 Asturias Asturias NNP 1662 3696 247 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 248 since since IN 1662 3696 249 14 14 CD 1662 3696 250 January January NNP 1662 3696 251 1996 1996 CD 1662 3696 252 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 253 ; ; : 1662 3696 254 note note VB 1662 3696 255 - - : 1662 3696 256 the the DT 1662 3696 257 president president NN 1662 3696 258 is be VBZ 1662 3696 259 both both CC 1662 3696 260 the the DT 1662 3696 261 chief chief NN 1662 3696 262 of of IN 1662 3696 263 state state NN 1662 3696 264 and and CC 1662 3696 265 head head NN 1662 3696 266 of of IN 1662 3696 267 government government NN 1662 3696 268 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3696 269 : : : 1662 3696 270 Council Council NNP 1662 3696 271 of of IN 1662 3696 272 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 3696 273 named name VBN 1662 3696 274 by by IN 1662 3696 275 the the DT 1662 3696 276 president president NNP 1662 3696 277 elections election NNS 1662 3696 278 : : : 1662 3696 279 president president NNP 1662 3696 280 elected elect VBN 1662 3696 281 by by IN 1662 3696 282 popular popular JJ 1662 3696 283 vote vote NN 1662 3696 284 for for IN 1662 3696 285 a a DT 1662 3696 286 four four CD 1662 3696 287 - - HYPH 1662 3696 288 year year NN 1662 3696 289 term term NN 1662 3696 290 ; ; : 1662 3696 291 election election NN 1662 3696 292 last last JJ 1662 3696 293 held hold VBD 1662 3696 294 12 12 CD 1662 3696 295 November November NNP 1662 3696 296 1995 1995 CD 1662 3696 297 ; ; : 1662 3696 298 runoff runoff NN 1662 3696 299 held hold VBD 1662 3696 300 7 7 CD 1662 3696 301 January January NNP 1662 3696 302 1996 1996 CD 1662 3696 303 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 304 next next JJ 1662 3696 305 to to TO 1662 3696 306 be be VB 1662 3696 307 held hold VBN 1662 3696 308 NA NA NNP 1662 3696 309 November November NNP 1662 3696 310 2000 2000 CD 1662 3696 311 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 312 election election NN 1662 3696 313 results result NNS 1662 3696 314 : : : 1662 3696 315 Alvaro Alvaro NNP 1662 3696 316 Enrique Enrique NNP 1662 3696 317 ARZU ARZU NNP 1662 3696 318 Irigoyen Irigoyen NNP 1662 3696 319 elected elect VBD 1662 3696 320 president president NN 1662 3696 321 ; ; , 1662 3696 322 percent percent NN 1662 3696 323 of of IN 1662 3696 324 vote vote NN 1662 3696 325 - - HYPH 1662 3696 326 Alvaro Alvaro NNP 1662 3696 327 Enrique Enrique NNP 1662 3696 328 ARZU ARZU NNP 1662 3696 329 Irigoyen Irigoyen NNP 1662 3696 330 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 331 PAN PAN NNP 1662 3696 332 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 333 51.2 51.2 CD 1662 3696 334 % % NN 1662 3696 335 , , , 1662 3696 336 Jorge Jorge NNP 1662 3696 337 PORTILLO PORTILLO NNP 1662 3696 338 Cabrera Cabrera NNP 1662 3696 339 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 340 FRG FRG NNP 1662 3696 341 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 342 48.8 48.8 CD 1662 3696 343 % % NN 1662 3696 344 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 3696 345 branch branch NN 1662 3696 346 : : : 1662 3696 347 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 3696 348 Congress Congress NNP 1662 3696 349 of of IN 1662 3696 350 the the DT 1662 3696 351 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3696 352 or or CC 1662 3696 353 Congreso Congreso NNP 1662 3696 354 de de NNP 1662 3696 355 la la NNP 1662 3696 356 Republica Republica NNP 1662 3696 357 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 358 80 80 CD 1662 3696 359 seats seat NNS 1662 3696 360 ; ; : 1662 3696 361 members member NNS 1662 3696 362 are be VBP 1662 3696 363 elected elect VBN 1662 3696 364 by by IN 1662 3696 365 popular popular JJ 1662 3696 366 vote vote NN 1662 3696 367 to to TO 1662 3696 368 serve serve VB 1662 3696 369 five five CD 1662 3696 370 - - HYPH 1662 3696 371 year year NN 1662 3696 372 terms term NNS 1662 3696 373 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 374 elections election NNS 1662 3696 375 : : : 1662 3696 376 last last RB 1662 3696 377 held hold VBN 1662 3696 378 on on IN 1662 3696 379 12 12 CD 1662 3696 380 November November NNP 1662 3696 381 1995 1995 CD 1662 3696 382 to to TO 1662 3696 383 select select VB 1662 3696 384 80 80 CD 1662 3696 385 new new JJ 1662 3696 386 congressmen congressman NNS 1662 3696 387 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 388 next next JJ 1662 3696 389 to to TO 1662 3696 390 be be VB 1662 3696 391 held hold VBN 1662 3696 392 in in IN 1662 3696 393 November November NNP 1662 3696 394 2000 2000 CD 1662 3696 395 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 396 election election NN 1662 3696 397 results result NNS 1662 3696 398 : : : 1662 3696 399 percent percent NN 1662 3696 400 of of IN 1662 3696 401 vote vote NN 1662 3696 402 by by IN 1662 3696 403 party party NN 1662 3696 404 - - HYPH 1662 3696 405 NA NA NNP 1662 3696 406 ; ; , 1662 3696 407 seats seat NNS 1662 3696 408 by by IN 1662 3696 409 party party NNP 1662 3696 410 - - HYPH 1662 3696 411 PAN PAN NNP 1662 3696 412 43 43 CD 1662 3696 413 , , , 1662 3696 414 FRG FRG NNP 1662 3696 415 21 21 CD 1662 3696 416 , , , 1662 3696 417 FDNG FDNG NNP 1662 3696 418 6 6 CD 1662 3696 419 , , , 1662 3696 420 DCG DCG NNP 1662 3696 421 4 4 CD 1662 3696 422 , , , 1662 3696 423 UCN UCN NNP 1662 3696 424 3 3 CD 1662 3696 425 , , , 1662 3696 426 UD UD NNP 1662 3696 427 2 2 CD 1662 3696 428 , , , 1662 3696 429 MLN MLN NNP 1662 3696 430 1 1 CD 1662 3696 431 note note NN 1662 3696 432 : : : 1662 3696 433 on on IN 1662 3696 434 11 11 CD 1662 3696 435 November November NNP 1662 3696 436 1993 1993 CD 1662 3696 437 the the DT 1662 3696 438 congress congress NNP 1662 3696 439 approved approve VBD 1662 3696 440 a a DT 1662 3696 441 procedure procedure NN 1662 3696 442 that that WDT 1662 3696 443 reduced reduce VBD 1662 3696 444 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 3696 445 number number NN 1662 3696 446 from from IN 1662 3696 447 116 116 CD 1662 3696 448 seats seat NNS 1662 3696 449 to to IN 1662 3696 450 80 80 CD 1662 3696 451 ; ; : 1662 3696 452 the the DT 1662 3696 453 procedure procedure NN 1662 3696 454 provided provide VBN 1662 3696 455 for for IN 1662 3696 456 a a DT 1662 3696 457 special special JJ 1662 3696 458 election election NN 1662 3696 459 in in IN 1662 3696 460 mid-1994 mid-1994 NN 1662 3696 461 to to TO 1662 3696 462 elect elect VB 1662 3696 463 an an DT 1662 3696 464 interim interim JJ 1662 3696 465 congress congress NN 1662 3696 466 of of IN 1662 3696 467 80 80 CD 1662 3696 468 members member NNS 1662 3696 469 to to TO 1662 3696 470 serve serve VB 1662 3696 471 until until IN 1662 3696 472 replaced replace VBN 1662 3696 473 in in IN 1662 3696 474 the the DT 1662 3696 475 November November NNP 1662 3696 476 1995 1995 CD 1662 3696 477 general general JJ 1662 3696 478 election election NN 1662 3696 479 ; ; : 1662 3696 480 the the DT 1662 3696 481 plan plan NN 1662 3696 482 was be VBD 1662 3696 483 approved approve VBN 1662 3696 484 in in IN 1662 3696 485 a a DT 1662 3696 486 general general JJ 1662 3696 487 referendum referendum NN 1662 3696 488 in in IN 1662 3696 489 January January NNP 1662 3696 490 1994 1994 CD 1662 3696 491 and and CC 1662 3696 492 the the DT 1662 3696 493 special special JJ 1662 3696 494 election election NN 1662 3696 495 was be VBD 1662 3696 496 held hold VBN 1662 3696 497 on on IN 1662 3696 498 14 14 CD 1662 3696 499 August August NNP 1662 3696 500 1994 1994 CD 1662 3696 501 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 3696 502 branch branch NN 1662 3696 503 : : : 1662 3696 504 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 3696 505 Court Court NNP 1662 3696 506 of of IN 1662 3696 507 Justice Justice NNP 1662 3696 508 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 509 Corte Corte NNP 1662 3696 510 Suprema Suprema NNP 1662 3696 511 de de NNP 1662 3696 512 Justicia Justicia NNP 1662 3696 513 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 514 ; ; : 1662 3696 515 additionally additionally RB 1662 3696 516 the the DT 1662 3696 517 Court Court NNP 1662 3696 518 of of IN 1662 3696 519 Constitutionality Constitutionality NNP 1662 3696 520 is be VBZ 1662 3696 521 presided preside VBN 1662 3696 522 over over RP 1662 3696 523 by by IN 1662 3696 524 the the DT 1662 3696 525 President President NNP 1662 3696 526 of of IN 1662 3696 527 the the DT 1662 3696 528 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 3696 529 Court Court NNP 1662 3696 530 , , , 1662 3696 531 judges judge NNS 1662 3696 532 are be VBP 1662 3696 533 elected elect VBN 1662 3696 534 for for IN 1662 3696 535 a a DT 1662 3696 536 five five CD 1662 3696 537 - - HYPH 1662 3696 538 year year NN 1662 3696 539 term term NN 1662 3696 540 by by IN 1662 3696 541 Congress Congress NNP 1662 3696 542 Political political JJ 1662 3696 543 parties party NNS 1662 3696 544 and and CC 1662 3696 545 leaders leader NNS 1662 3696 546 : : : 1662 3696 547 National National NNP 1662 3696 548 Centrist Centrist NNP 1662 3696 549 Union Union NNP 1662 3696 550 or or CC 1662 3696 551 UCN UCN NNP 1662 3696 552 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3696 553 Juan Juan NNP 1662 3696 554 AYERDI AYERDI NNP 1662 3696 555 Aguilar Aguilar NNP 1662 3696 556 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3696 557 ; ; : 1662 3696 558 Christian Christian NNP 1662 3696 559 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3696 560 Party Party NNP 1662 3696 561 or or CC 1662 3696 562 DCG DCG NNP 1662 3696 563 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3696 564 Alfonso Alfonso NNP 1662 3696 565 CABRERA CABRERA NNP 1662 3696 566 Hidalgo Hidalgo NNP 1662 3696 567 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3696 568 ; ; : 1662 3696 569 National National NNP 1662 3696 570 Advancement Advancement NNP 1662 3696 571 Party Party NNP 1662 3696 572 or or CC 1662 3696 573 PAN PAN NNP 1662 3696 574 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3696 575 Alvaro Alvaro NNP 1662 3696 576 ARZU ARZU NNP 1662 3696 577 Irigoyen Irigoyen NNP 1662 3696 578 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3696 579 ; ; : 1662 3696 580 National National NNP 1662 3696 581 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 3696 582 Movement Movement NNP 1662 3696 583 or or CC 1662 3696 584 MLN MLN NNP 1662 3696 585 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3696 586 Mario Mario NNP 1662 3696 587 SANDOVAL SANDOVAL NNP 1662 3696 588 Alarcon Alarcon NNP 1662 3696 589 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3696 590 ; ; : 1662 3696 591 Social Social NNP 1662 3696 592 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3696 593 Party Party NNP 1662 3696 594 or or CC 1662 3696 595 PSD PSD NNP 1662 3696 596 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3696 597 Sergio Sergio NNP 1662 3696 598 FLORES FLORES NNP 1662 3696 599 Cruz Cruz NNP 1662 3696 600 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3696 601 ; ; : 1662 3696 602 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 3696 603 Party Party NNP 1662 3696 604 or or CC 1662 3696 605 PR PR NNP 1662 3696 606 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3696 607 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 3696 608 CHAVARRIA CHAVARRIA NNP 1662 3696 609 Perez Perez NNP 1662 3696 610 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3696 611 ; ; : 1662 3696 612 Guatemalan Guatemalan NNP 1662 3696 613 Republican Republican NNP 1662 3696 614 Front Front NNP 1662 3696 615 or or CC 1662 3696 616 FRG FRG NNP 1662 3696 617 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3696 618 Efrain Efrain NNP 1662 3696 619 RIOS RIOS NNP 1662 3696 620 Montt Montt NNP 1662 3696 621 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3696 622 ; ; : 1662 3696 623 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3696 624 Union Union NNP 1662 3696 625 or or CC 1662 3696 626 UD UD NNP 1662 3696 627 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3696 628 Jose Jose NNP 1662 3696 629 CHEA CHEA NNP 1662 3696 630 Urruela Urruela NNP 1662 3696 631 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3696 632 ; ; : 1662 3696 633 New New NNP 1662 3696 634 Guatemalan Guatemalan NNP 1662 3696 635 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 3696 636 Front Front NNP 1662 3696 637 or or CC 1662 3696 638 FDNG FDNG NNP 1662 3696 639 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3696 640 Rafael Rafael NNP 1662 3696 641 ARRIAGA ARRIAGA NNP 1662 3696 642 Martinez Martinez NNP 1662 3696 643 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3696 644 Political political JJ 1662 3696 645 pressure pressure NN 1662 3696 646 groups group NNS 1662 3696 647 and and CC 1662 3696 648 leaders leader NNS 1662 3696 649 : : : 1662 3696 650 Coordinating Coordinating NNP 1662 3696 651 Committee Committee NNP 1662 3696 652 of of IN 1662 3696 653 Agricultural Agricultural NNP 1662 3696 654 , , , 1662 3696 655 Commercial Commercial NNP 1662 3696 656 , , , 1662 3696 657 Industrial Industrial NNP 1662 3696 658 , , , 1662 3696 659 and and CC 1662 3696 660 Financial Financial NNP 1662 3696 661 Associations Associations NNPS 1662 3696 662 or or CC 1662 3696 663 CACIF CACIF NNS 1662 3696 664 ; ; : 1662 3696 665 Mutual Mutual NNP 1662 3696 666 Support Support NNP 1662 3696 667 Group Group NNP 1662 3696 668 or or CC 1662 3696 669 GAM GAM NNP 1662 3696 670 ; ; : 1662 3696 671 Agrarian Agrarian NNP 1662 3696 672 Owners Owners NNP 1662 3696 673 Group Group NNP 1662 3696 674 or or CC 1662 3696 675 UNAGRO UNAGRO NNP 1662 3696 676 ; ; : 1662 3696 677 Committee Committee NNP 1662 3696 678 for for IN 1662 3696 679 Campesino Campesino NNP 1662 3696 680 Unity Unity NNP 1662 3696 681 or or CC 1662 3696 682 CUC CUC NNP 1662 3696 683 ; ; : 1662 3696 684 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 3696 685 Against against IN 1662 3696 686 Impunity Impunity NNP 1662 3696 687 or or CC 1662 3696 688 AAI AAI NNP 1662 3696 689 ; ; , 1662 3696 690 leftist leftist JJ 1662 3696 691 movement movement NN 1662 3696 692 of of IN 1662 3696 693 former former JJ 1662 3696 694 guerrillas guerrilla NNS 1662 3696 695 known know VBN 1662 3696 696 as as IN 1662 3696 697 Guatemalan Guatemalan NNP 1662 3696 698 National National NNP 1662 3696 699 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 3696 700 Union Union NNP 1662 3696 701 or or CC 1662 3696 702 URNG URNG NNP 1662 3696 703 has have VBZ 1662 3696 704 four four CD 1662 3696 705 main main JJ 1662 3696 706 factions faction NNS 1662 3696 707 - - HYPH 1662 3696 708 Guerrilla Guerrilla NNP 1662 3696 709 Army Army NNP 1662 3696 710 of of IN 1662 3696 711 the the DT 1662 3696 712 Poor Poor NNP 1662 3696 713 or or CC 1662 3696 714 EGP EGP NNP 1662 3696 715 ; ; : 1662 3696 716 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 3696 717 Organization Organization NNP 1662 3696 718 of of IN 1662 3696 719 the the DT 1662 3696 720 People People NNPS 1662 3696 721 in in IN 1662 3696 722 Arms Arms NNP 1662 3696 723 or or CC 1662 3696 724 ORPA ORPA NNP 1662 3696 725 ; ; : 1662 3696 726 Rebel Rebel NNP 1662 3696 727 Armed Armed NNP 1662 3696 728 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 3696 729 or or CC 1662 3696 730 FAR far RB 1662 3696 731 ; ; : 1662 3696 732 Guatemalan Guatemalan NNP 1662 3696 733 Labor Labor NNP 1662 3696 734 Party Party NNP 1662 3696 735 or or CC 1662 3696 736 PGT PGT NNP 1662 3696 737 / / SYM 1662 3696 738 O o UH 1662 3696 739 ; ; : 1662 3696 740 note note NN 1662 3696 741 - - HYPH 1662 3696 742 signed sign VBN 1662 3696 743 peace peace NN 1662 3696 744 treaty treaty NN 1662 3696 745 with with IN 1662 3696 746 government government NN 1662 3696 747 on on IN 1662 3696 748 29 29 CD 1662 3696 749 December December NNP 1662 3696 750 1996 1996 CD 1662 3696 751 ; ; : 1662 3696 752 URNG URNG NNP 1662 3696 753 formally formally RB 1662 3696 754 disbanded disband VBD 1662 3696 755 29 29 CD 1662 3696 756 - - SYM 1662 3696 757 30 30 CD 1662 3696 758 March March NNP 1662 3696 759 1997 1997 CD 1662 3696 760 International International NNP 1662 3696 761 organization organization NN 1662 3696 762 participation participation NN 1662 3696 763 : : : 1662 3696 764 BCIE BCIE NNP 1662 3696 765 , , , 1662 3696 766 CACM CACM NNP 1662 3696 767 , , , 1662 3696 768 CCC CCC NNP 1662 3696 769 , , , 1662 3696 770 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 3696 771 , , , 1662 3696 772 FAO FAO NNP 1662 3696 773 , , , 1662 3696 774 G-24 g-24 CD 1662 3696 775 , , , 1662 3696 776 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 3696 777 , , , 1662 3696 778 IADB IADB NNP 1662 3696 779 , , , 1662 3696 780 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 3696 781 , , , 1662 3696 782 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 3696 783 , , , 1662 3696 784 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 3696 785 , , , 1662 3696 786 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 3696 787 , , , 1662 3696 788 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 3696 789 , , , 1662 3696 790 IDA IDA NNP 1662 3696 791 , , , 1662 3696 792 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 3696 793 , , , 1662 3696 794 IFC IFC NNP 1662 3696 795 , , , 1662 3696 796 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 3696 797 , , , 1662 3696 798 IHO IHO NNP 1662 3696 799 , , , 1662 3696 800 ILO ILO NNP 1662 3696 801 , , , 1662 3696 802 IMF IMF NNP 1662 3696 803 , , , 1662 3696 804 IMO imo RB 1662 3696 805 , , , 1662 3696 806 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3696 807 , , , 1662 3696 808 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 3696 809 , , , 1662 3696 810 IOC IOC NNP 1662 3696 811 , , , 1662 3696 812 IOM IOM NNP 1662 3696 813 , , , 1662 3696 814 ITU ITU NNP 1662 3696 815 , , , 1662 3696 816 LAES LAES NNP 1662 3696 817 , , , 1662 3696 818 LAIA LAIA NNP 1662 3696 819 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 820 observer observer NN 1662 3696 821 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 822 , , , 1662 3696 823 NAM NAM NNP 1662 3696 824 , , , 1662 3696 825 OAS OAS NNP 1662 3696 826 , , , 1662 3696 827 OPANAL OPANAL NNP 1662 3696 828 , , , 1662 3696 829 PCA PCA NNP 1662 3696 830 , , , 1662 3696 831 UN UN NNP 1662 3696 832 , , , 1662 3696 833 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 3696 834 , , , 1662 3696 835 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 3696 836 , , , 1662 3696 837 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 3696 838 , , , 1662 3696 839 UNU UNU NNP 1662 3696 840 , , , 1662 3696 841 UPU UPU NNP 1662 3696 842 , , , 1662 3696 843 WCL WCL NNP 1662 3696 844 , , , 1662 3696 845 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 3696 846 , , , 1662 3696 847 WHO who WP 1662 3696 848 , , , 1662 3696 849 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 3696 850 , , , 1662 3696 851 WMO WMO NNP 1662 3696 852 , , , 1662 3696 853 WToO wtoo FW 1662 3696 854 , , , 1662 3696 855 WTrO wtro VB 1662 3696 856 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3696 857 representation representation NN 1662 3696 858 in in IN 1662 3696 859 the the DT 1662 3696 860 US US NNP 1662 3696 861 : : : 1662 3696 862 chief chief NN 1662 3696 863 of of IN 1662 3696 864 mission mission NN 1662 3696 865 : : : 1662 3696 866 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3696 867 Pedro Pedro NNP 1662 3696 868 Miguel Miguel NNP 1662 3696 869 LAMPORT LAMPORT NNP 1662 3696 870 Kelsall Kelsall NNP 1662 3696 871 chancery chancery NN 1662 3696 872 : : : 1662 3696 873 2220 2220 CD 1662 3696 874 R R NNP 1662 3696 875 Street Street NNP 1662 3696 876 NW NW NNP 1662 3696 877 , , , 1662 3696 878 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3696 879 , , , 1662 3696 880 DC DC NNP 1662 3696 881 20008 20008 CD 1662 3696 882 telephone telephone NN 1662 3696 883 : : : 1662 3696 884 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3696 885 1 1 CD 1662 3696 886 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3696 887 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 888 202 202 CD 1662 3696 889 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 890 745 745 CD 1662 3696 891 - - SYM 1662 3696 892 4952 4952 CD 1662 3696 893 through through IN 1662 3696 894 4954 4954 CD 1662 3696 895 FAX FAX NNP 1662 3696 896 : : : 1662 3696 897 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3696 898 1 1 CD 1662 3696 899 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3696 900 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 901 202 202 CD 1662 3696 902 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 903 745 745 CD 1662 3696 904 - - HYPH 1662 3696 905 1908 1908 CD 1662 3696 906 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 3696 907 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 908 general general NN 1662 3696 909 : : : 1662 3696 910 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 3696 911 , , , 1662 3696 912 Houston Houston NNP 1662 3696 913 , , , 1662 3696 914 Los Los NNP 1662 3696 915 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 3696 916 , , , 1662 3696 917 Miami Miami NNP 1662 3696 918 , , , 1662 3696 919 New New NNP 1662 3696 920 York York NNP 1662 3696 921 , , , 1662 3696 922 and and CC 1662 3696 923 San San NNP 1662 3696 924 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 3696 925 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3696 926 representation representation NN 1662 3696 927 from from IN 1662 3696 928 the the DT 1662 3696 929 US US NNP 1662 3696 930 : : : 1662 3696 931 chief chief NN 1662 3696 932 of of IN 1662 3696 933 mission mission NN 1662 3696 934 : : : 1662 3696 935 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3696 936 Donald Donald NNP 1662 3696 937 J. J. NNP 1662 3696 938 PLANTY PLANTY NNP 1662 3696 939 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 940 18 18 CD 1662 3696 941 July July NNP 1662 3696 942 1996 1996 CD 1662 3696 943 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 944 embassy embassy NN 1662 3696 945 : : : 1662 3696 946 7 7 CD 1662 3696 947 - - SYM 1662 3696 948 01 01 CD 1662 3696 949 Avenida Avenida NNP 1662 3696 950 la la NNP 1662 3696 951 Reforma Reforma NNP 1662 3696 952 , , , 1662 3696 953 Zone Zone NNP 1662 3696 954 10 10 CD 1662 3696 955 , , , 1662 3696 956 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 3696 957 City City NNP 1662 3696 958 mailing mailing NN 1662 3696 959 address address NN 1662 3696 960 : : : 1662 3696 961 APO APO NNP 1662 3696 962 AA AA NNP 1662 3696 963 34024 34024 CD 1662 3696 964 telephone telephone NN 1662 3696 965 : : : 1662 3696 966 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 967 502 502 CD 1662 3696 968 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 969 331 331 CD 1662 3696 970 - - HYPH 1662 3696 971 1541 1541 CD 1662 3696 972 FAX FAX NNP 1662 3696 973 : : : 1662 3696 974 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3696 975 502 502 CD 1662 3696 976 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3696 977 334 334 CD 1662 3696 978 - 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- : 1662 3703 7 $ $ $ 1662 3703 8 39 39 CD 1662 3703 9 billion billion CD 1662 3703 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3703 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 3703 12 est est NNP 1662 3703 13 . . . 1662 3703 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3704 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3704 2 - - HYPH 1662 3704 3 real real JJ 1662 3704 4 growth growth NN 1662 3704 5 rate rate NN 1662 3704 6 : : : 1662 3704 7 3 3 CD 1662 3704 8 % % NN 1662 3704 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3704 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 3704 11 est est NNP 1662 3704 12 . . . 1662 3704 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3705 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3705 2 - - HYPH 1662 3705 3 per per FW 1662 3705 4 capita capita NN 1662 3705 5 : : : 1662 3705 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 3705 7 power power NN 1662 3705 8 parity parity NN 1662 3705 9 - - : 1662 3705 10 $ $ $ 1662 3705 11 3,460 3,460 CD 1662 3705 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3705 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 3705 14 est est NNP 1662 3705 15 . . . 1662 3705 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3706 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3706 2 - - HYPH 1662 3706 3 composition composition NN 1662 3706 4 by by IN 1662 3706 5 sector sector NN 1662 3706 6 : : : 1662 3706 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3706 8 : : : 1662 3706 9 25 25 CD 1662 3706 10 % % NN 1662 3706 11 industry industry NN 1662 3706 12 : : : 1662 3706 13 20 20 CD 1662 3706 14 % % NN 1662 3706 15 services service NNS 1662 3706 16 : : : 1662 3706 17 55 55 CD 1662 3706 18 % % NN 1662 3706 19 Inflation inflation NN 1662 3706 20 rate rate NN 1662 3706 21 - 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CD 1662 3710 36 - - SYM 1662 3710 37 6.0527 6.0527 CD 1662 3710 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3710 39 January January NNP 1662 3710 40 1997 1997 CD 1662 3710 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3710 42 , , , 1662 3710 43 6.0495 6.0495 CD 1662 3710 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3710 45 1996 1996 CD 1662 3710 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3710 47 , , , 1662 3710 48 5.8103 5.8103 CD 1662 3710 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3710 50 1995 1995 CD 1662 3710 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3710 52 , , , 1662 3710 53 5.7512 5.7512 CD 1662 3710 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3710 55 1994 1994 CD 1662 3710 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3710 57 , , , 1662 3710 58 5.6354 5.6354 CD 1662 3710 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3710 60 1993 1993 CD 1662 3710 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3710 62 , , , 1662 3710 63 5.1706 5.1706 CD 1662 3710 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3710 65 1992 1992 CD 1662 3710 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3710 67 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3710 68 year year NN 1662 3710 69 : : : 1662 3710 70 calendar calendar NNP 1662 3710 71 year year NN 1662 3710 72 @Guatemala @Guatemala NNP 1662 3710 73 : : : 1662 3710 74 Communications Communications 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28 - - : 1662 3711 29 1 1 CD 1662 3711 30 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3711 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3711 32 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3711 33 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3711 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3711 35 Radio radio NN 1662 3711 36 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3711 37 stations station NNS 1662 3711 38 : : : 1662 3711 39 AM am VBP 1662 3711 40 91 91 CD 1662 3711 41 , , , 1662 3711 42 FM FM NNP 1662 3711 43 0 0 CD 1662 3711 44 , , , 1662 3711 45 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 3711 46 15 15 CD 1662 3711 47 Radios radio NNS 1662 3711 48 : : : 1662 3711 49 400,000 400,000 CD 1662 3711 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3711 51 1993 1993 CD 1662 3711 52 est est NNP 1662 3711 53 . . . 1662 3711 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3712 1 Television television NN 1662 3712 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3712 3 stations station NNS 1662 3712 4 : : : 1662 3712 5 25 25 CD 1662 3712 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 3712 7 : : : 1662 3712 8 475,000 475,000 CD 1662 3712 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3712 10 1993 1993 CD 1662 3712 11 est est NNP 1662 3712 12 . . . 1662 3712 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3713 1 @Guatemala @guatemala LS 1662 3713 2 : : : 1662 3713 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3713 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 3713 5 : : : 1662 3713 6 total total JJ 1662 3713 7 : : : 1662 3713 8 884 884 CD 1662 3713 9 km km NNS 1662 3713 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3713 11 102 102 CD 1662 3713 12 km km NN 1662 3713 13 privately privately RB 1662 3713 14 owned own VBN 1662 3713 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3713 16 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3713 17 gauge gauge NN 1662 3713 18 : : : 1662 3713 19 884 884 CD 1662 3713 20 km km NN 1662 3713 21 0.914-m 0.914-m NN 1662 3713 22 gauge gauge NN 1662 3713 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3713 24 single single JJ 1662 3713 25 track track NN 1662 3713 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3713 27 Highways highway NNS 1662 3713 28 : : : 1662 3713 29 total total NN 1662 3713 30 : : : 1662 3713 31 12,795 12,795 CD 1662 3713 32 km km NN 1662 3713 33 paved pave VBN 1662 3713 34 : : : 1662 3713 35 3,519 3,519 CD 1662 3713 36 km km NNP 1662 3713 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3713 38 including include VBG 1662 3713 39 135 135 CD 1662 3713 40 km km NNS 1662 3713 41 of of IN 1662 3713 42 expressways expressway NNS 1662 3713 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3713 44 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3713 45 : : : 1662 3713 46 9,276 9,276 CD 1662 3713 47 km km NNS 1662 3713 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3713 49 1995 1995 CD 1662 3713 50 est est NNP 1662 3713 51 . . . 1662 3713 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3714 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 3714 2 : : : 1662 3714 3 260 260 CD 1662 3714 4 km km NNS 1662 3714 5 navigable navigable JJ 1662 3714 6 year year NN 1662 3714 7 round round RB 1662 3714 8 ; ; : 1662 3714 9 additional additional JJ 1662 3714 10 730 730 CD 1662 3714 11 km km NNS 1662 3714 12 navigable navigable JJ 1662 3714 13 during during IN 1662 3714 14 high high JJ 1662 3714 15 - - HYPH 1662 3714 16 water water NN 1662 3714 17 season season NN 1662 3714 18 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 3714 19 : : : 1662 3714 20 crude crude JJ 1662 3714 21 oil oil NN 1662 3714 22 275 275 CD 1662 3714 23 km km NNS 1662 3714 24 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 3714 25 and and CC 1662 3714 26 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3714 27 : : : 1662 3714 28 Champerico Champerico NNP 1662 3714 29 , , , 1662 3714 30 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 3714 31 Barrios Barrios NNPS 1662 3714 32 , , , 1662 3714 33 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 3714 34 Quetzal Quetzal NNP 1662 3714 35 , , , 1662 3714 36 San San NNP 1662 3714 37 Jose Jose NNP 1662 3714 38 , , , 1662 3714 39 Santo Santo NNP 1662 3714 40 Tomas Tomas NNP 1662 3714 41 de de NNP 1662 3714 42 Castilla Castilla NNP 1662 3714 43 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3714 44 marine marine NN 1662 3714 45 : : : 1662 3714 46 none none NN 1662 3714 47 Airports airport NNS 1662 3714 48 : : : 1662 3714 49 446 446 CD 1662 3714 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3714 51 1996 1996 CD 1662 3714 52 est est NNP 1662 3714 53 . . . 1662 3714 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3715 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3715 2 - - , 1662 3715 3 with with IN 1662 3715 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3715 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3715 6 : : : 1662 3715 7 total total NN 1662 3715 8 : : : 1662 3715 9 318 318 CD 1662 3715 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 3715 11 to to IN 1662 3715 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3715 13 m m NN 1662 3715 14 : : : 1662 3715 15 2 2 CD 1662 3715 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3715 17 to to TO 1662 3715 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3715 19 m m NN 1662 3715 20 : : : 1662 3715 21 2 2 CD 1662 3715 22 914 914 CD 1662 3715 23 to to TO 1662 3715 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3715 25 m m NN 1662 3715 26 : : : 1662 3715 27 5 5 CD 1662 3715 28 under under IN 1662 3715 29 914 914 CD 1662 3715 30 m m NN 1662 3715 31 : : : 1662 3715 32 309 309 CD 1662 3715 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3715 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 3715 35 est est NNP 1662 3715 36 . . . 1662 3715 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3716 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3716 2 - - , 1662 3716 3 with with IN 1662 3716 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3716 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3716 6 : : : 1662 3716 7 total total NN 1662 3716 8 : : : 1662 3716 9 128 128 CD 1662 3716 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 3716 11 to to IN 1662 3716 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3716 13 m m NN 1662 3716 14 : : : 1662 3716 15 1 1 CD 1662 3716 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3716 17 to to TO 1662 3716 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3716 19 m m NN 1662 3716 20 : : : 1662 3716 21 8 8 CD 1662 3716 22 914 914 CD 1662 3716 23 to to TO 1662 3716 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3716 25 m m NN 1662 3716 26 : : : 1662 3716 27 119 119 CD 1662 3716 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3716 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 3716 30 est est NNP 1662 3716 31 . . . 1662 3716 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3717 1 Military military JJ 1662 3717 2 Military military JJ 1662 3717 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3717 4 : : : 1662 3717 5 Army Army NNP 1662 3717 6 , , , 1662 3717 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 3717 8 , , , 1662 3717 9 Air Air NNP 1662 3717 10 Force Force NNP 1662 3717 11 Military Military NNP 1662 3717 12 manpower manpower NN 1662 3717 13 - - HYPH 1662 3717 14 military military NN 1662 3717 15 age age NN 1662 3717 16 : : : 1662 3717 17 18 18 CD 1662 3717 18 years year NNS 1662 3717 19 of of IN 1662 3717 20 age age NN 1662 3717 21 Military military JJ 1662 3717 22 manpower manpower NN 1662 3717 23 - - HYPH 1662 3717 24 availability availability NN 1662 3717 25 : : : 1662 3717 26 males male NNS 1662 3717 27 age age NNP 1662 3717 28 15 15 CD 1662 3717 29 - - HYPH 1662 3717 30 49 49 CD 1662 3717 31 : : : 1662 3717 32 2,741,575 2,741,575 CD 1662 3717 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3717 34 1997 1997 CD 1662 3717 35 est est NNP 1662 3717 36 . . . 1662 3717 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3718 1 Military military JJ 1662 3718 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3718 3 - - HYPH 1662 3718 4 fit fit NN 1662 3718 5 for for IN 1662 3718 6 military military JJ 1662 3718 7 service service NN 1662 3718 8 : : : 1662 3718 9 males male NNS 1662 3718 10 : : : 1662 3718 11 1,791,136 1,791,136 CD 1662 3718 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3718 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3718 14 est est NNP 1662 3718 15 . . . 1662 3718 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3719 1 Military military JJ 1662 3719 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3719 3 - - HYPH 1662 3719 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 3719 5 military military JJ 1662 3719 6 age age NN 1662 3719 7 annually annually RB 1662 3719 8 : : : 1662 3719 9 males male NNS 1662 3719 10 : : : 1662 3719 11 129,408 129,408 CD 1662 3719 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3719 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3719 14 est est NNP 1662 3719 15 . . . 1662 3719 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3720 1 Military military JJ 1662 3720 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3720 3 - - HYPH 1662 3720 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 3720 5 figure figure NN 1662 3720 6 : : : 1662 3720 7 $ $ $ 1662 3720 8 128.3 128.3 CD 1662 3720 9 million million CD 1662 3720 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3720 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 3720 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3720 13 Military military JJ 1662 3720 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3720 15 - - : 1662 3720 16 percent percent NN 1662 3720 17 of of IN 1662 3720 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3720 19 : : : 1662 3720 20 0.8 0.8 CD 1662 3720 21 % % NN 1662 3720 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3720 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 3720 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3720 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3720 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3720 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 3720 28 - - HYPH 1662 3720 29 international international JJ 1662 3720 30 : : : 1662 3720 31 border border NN 1662 3720 32 with with IN 1662 3720 33 Belize Belize NNP 1662 3720 34 in in IN 1662 3720 35 dispute dispute NN 1662 3720 36 ; ; : 1662 3720 37 talks talk NNS 1662 3720 38 to to TO 1662 3720 39 resolve resolve VB 1662 3720 40 the the DT 1662 3720 41 dispute dispute NN 1662 3720 42 are be VBP 1662 3720 43 ongoing ongoing JJ 1662 3720 44 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 3720 45 drugs drug NNS 1662 3720 46 : : : 1662 3720 47 transit transit NN 1662 3720 48 country country NN 1662 3720 49 for for IN 1662 3720 50 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 3720 51 shipments shipment NNS 1662 3720 52 ; ; : 1662 3720 53 illicit illicit JJ 1662 3720 54 producer producer NN 1662 3720 55 of of IN 1662 3720 56 opium opium NN 1662 3720 57 poppy poppy JJ 1662 3720 58 and and CC 1662 3720 59 cannabis cannabi VBD 1662 3720 60 for for IN 1662 3720 61 the the DT 1662 3720 62 international international JJ 1662 3720 63 drug drug NN 1662 3720 64 trade trade NN 1662 3720 65 ; ; : 1662 3720 66 the the DT 1662 3720 67 government government NN 1662 3720 68 has have VBZ 1662 3720 69 an an DT 1662 3720 70 active active JJ 1662 3720 71 eradication eradication NN 1662 3720 72 program program NN 1662 3720 73 for for IN 1662 3720 74 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 3720 75 and and CC 1662 3720 76 opium opium NN 1662 3720 77 poppy poppy NNP 1662 3720 78 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 79 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 80 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 102 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 103 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 104 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 105 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 106 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 107 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 108 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 109 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 110 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 111 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 112 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 113 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 114 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 115 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 116 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 117 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 118 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 119 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 120 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 121 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 122 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 123 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 124 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 125 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 126 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 127 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 128 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 129 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 130 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 131 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 132 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 133 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 134 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 135 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 136 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 137 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 138 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 139 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 140 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 141 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 142 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 143 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 144 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 145 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 146 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 147 _ _ NNP 1662 3720 148 GUERNSEY GUERNSEY NNP 1662 3720 149 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3720 150 British british JJ 1662 3720 151 crown crown NN 1662 3720 152 dependency dependency NN 1662 3720 153 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3720 154 @Guernsey @Guernsey NNP 1662 3720 155 : : : 1662 3720 156 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3720 157 Location Location NNP 1662 3720 158 : : : 1662 3720 159 Western Western NNP 1662 3720 160 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3720 161 , , , 1662 3720 162 islands island NNS 1662 3720 163 in in IN 1662 3720 164 the the DT 1662 3720 165 English English NNP 1662 3720 166 Channel Channel NNP 1662 3720 167 , , , 1662 3720 168 northwest northwest NN 1662 3720 169 of of IN 1662 3720 170 France France NNP 1662 3720 171 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3720 172 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3720 173 : : : 1662 3720 174 49 49 CD 1662 3720 175 28 28 CD 1662 3720 176 N n CD 1662 3720 177 , , , 1662 3720 178 2 2 CD 1662 3720 179 35 35 CD 1662 3720 180 W W NNP 1662 3720 181 Map Map NNP 1662 3720 182 references reference NNS 1662 3720 183 : : : 1662 3720 184 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3720 185 Area Area NNP 1662 3720 186 : : : 1662 3720 187 total total NN 1662 3720 188 : : : 1662 3720 189 194 194 CD 1662 3720 190 sq sq NN 1662 3720 191 km km NNP 1662 3720 192 land land NN 1662 3720 193 : : : 1662 3720 194 194 194 CD 1662 3720 195 sq sq NN 1662 3720 196 km km NNP 1662 3720 197 water water NN 1662 3720 198 : : : 1662 3720 199 0 0 NFP 1662 3720 200 sq sq NNP 1662 3720 201 km km NNP 1662 3720 202 note note NN 1662 3720 203 : : : 1662 3720 204 includes include VBZ 1662 3720 205 Alderney Alderney NNP 1662 3720 206 , , , 1662 3720 207 Guernsey Guernsey NNP 1662 3720 208 , , , 1662 3720 209 Herm Herm NNP 1662 3720 210 , , , 1662 3720 211 Sark Sark NNP 1662 3720 212 , , , 1662 3720 213 and and CC 1662 3720 214 some some DT 1662 3720 215 other other JJ 1662 3720 216 smaller small JJR 1662 3720 217 islands island NNS 1662 3720 218 Area area NN 1662 3720 219 - - HYPH 1662 3720 220 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3720 221 : : : 1662 3720 222 slightly slightly RB 1662 3720 223 larger large JJR 1662 3720 224 than than IN 1662 3720 225 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3720 226 , , , 1662 3720 227 DC DC NNP 1662 3720 228 Land Land NNP 1662 3720 229 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3720 230 : : : 1662 3720 231 0 0 LS 1662 3720 232 km km NN 1662 3720 233 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3720 234 : : : 1662 3720 235 50 50 CD 1662 3720 236 km km NN 1662 3720 237 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3720 238 claims claim VBZ 1662 3720 239 : : : 1662 3720 240 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3720 241 fishing fishing NN 1662 3720 242 zone zone NN 1662 3720 243 : : : 1662 3720 244 12 12 CD 1662 3720 245 nm nm NNP 1662 3720 246 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3720 247 sea sea NN 1662 3720 248 : : : 1662 3720 249 3 3 CD 1662 3720 250 nm nm IN 1662 3720 251 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3720 252 : : : 1662 3720 253 temperate temperate VB 1662 3720 254 with with IN 1662 3720 255 mild mild JJ 1662 3720 256 winters winter NNS 1662 3720 257 and and CC 1662 3720 258 cool cool JJ 1662 3720 259 summers summer NNS 1662 3720 260 ; ; : 1662 3720 261 about about RB 1662 3720 262 50 50 CD 1662 3720 263 % % NN 1662 3720 264 of of IN 1662 3720 265 days day NNS 1662 3720 266 are be VBP 1662 3720 267 overcast overcast JJ 1662 3720 268 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3720 269 : : : 1662 3720 270 mostly mostly RB 1662 3720 271 level level NN 1662 3720 272 with with IN 1662 3720 273 low low JJ 1662 3720 274 hills hill NNS 1662 3720 275 in in IN 1662 3720 276 southwest southwest JJ 1662 3720 277 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3720 278 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3720 279 : : : 1662 3720 280 lowest low JJS 1662 3720 281 point point NN 1662 3720 282 : : : 1662 3720 283 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3720 284 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3720 285 0 0 NFP 1662 3720 286 m m DT 1662 3720 287 highest high JJS 1662 3720 288 point point NN 1662 3720 289 : : : 1662 3720 290 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 3720 291 location location NN 1662 3720 292 on on IN 1662 3720 293 Sark Sark NNP 1662 3720 294 114 114 CD 1662 3720 295 m m CD 1662 3720 296 Natural natural JJ 1662 3720 297 resources resource NNS 1662 3720 298 : : : 1662 3720 299 cropland cropland NN 1662 3720 300 Land Land NNP 1662 3720 301 use use NN 1662 3720 302 : : : 1662 3720 303 arable arable JJ 1662 3720 304 land land NN 1662 3720 305 : : : 1662 3720 306 NA% NA% `` 1662 3720 307 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3720 308 crops crop NNS 1662 3720 309 : : : 1662 3720 310 NA% na% IN 1662 3720 311 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3720 312 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3720 313 : : : 1662 3720 314 NA% NA% NNS 1662 3720 315 forests forest NNS 1662 3720 316 and and CC 1662 3720 317 woodland woodland NN 1662 3720 318 : : : 1662 3720 319 NA% NA% NNS 1662 3720 320 other other JJ 1662 3720 321 : : : 1662 3720 322 NA% NA% `` 1662 3720 323 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3720 324 land land NN 1662 3720 325 : : : 1662 3720 326 NA NA NNP 1662 3720 327 sq sq RB 1662 3720 328 km km VB 1662 3720 329 Natural natural JJ 1662 3720 330 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3720 331 : : : 1662 3720 332 NA NA NNP 1662 3720 333 Environment environment NN 1662 3720 334 - - HYPH 1662 3720 335 current current JJ 1662 3720 336 issues issue NNS 1662 3720 337 : : : 1662 3720 338 NA NA NNP 1662 3720 339 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3720 340 - - HYPH 1662 3720 341 international international JJ 1662 3720 342 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3720 343 : : : 1662 3720 344 party party NN 1662 3720 345 to to IN 1662 3720 346 : : : 1662 3720 347 NA NA NNP 1662 3720 348 signed sign VBN 1662 3720 349 , , , 1662 3720 350 but but CC 1662 3720 351 not not RB 1662 3720 352 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3720 353 : : : 1662 3720 354 NA NA NNP 1662 3720 355 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3720 356 - - HYPH 1662 3720 357 note note NN 1662 3720 358 : : : 1662 3720 359 large large JJ 1662 3720 360 , , , 1662 3720 361 deepwater deepwater NN 1662 3720 362 harbor harbor NN 1662 3720 363 at at IN 1662 3720 364 Saint Saint NNP 1662 3720 365 Peter Peter NNP 1662 3720 366 Port Port NNP 1662 3720 367 @Guernsey @Guernsey NNP 1662 3720 368 : : : 1662 3720 369 People People NNPS 1662 3720 370 Population Population NNP 1662 3720 371 : : : 1662 3720 372 63,731 63,731 CD 1662 3720 373 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3720 374 July July NNP 1662 3720 375 1997 1997 CD 1662 3720 376 est est NNP 1662 3720 377 . . . 1662 3720 378 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3721 1 Age age NN 1662 3721 2 structure structure NN 1662 3721 3 : : : 1662 3721 4 0 0 CD 1662 3721 5 - - HYPH 1662 3721 6 14 14 CD 1662 3721 7 years year NNS 1662 3721 8 : : : 1662 3721 9 18 18 CD 1662 3721 10 % % NN 1662 3721 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3721 12 male male JJ 1662 3721 13 5,703 5,703 CD 1662 3721 14 ; ; : 1662 3721 15 female female JJ 1662 3721 16 5,584 5,584 CD 1662 3721 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3721 18 15 15 CD 1662 3721 19 - - SYM 1662 3721 20 64 64 CD 1662 3721 21 years year NNS 1662 3721 22 : : : 1662 3721 23 67 67 CD 1662 3721 24 % % NN 1662 3721 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3721 26 male male JJ 1662 3721 27 20,883 20,883 CD 1662 3721 28 ; ; : 1662 3721 29 female female JJ 1662 3721 30 21,702 21,702 CD 1662 3721 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3721 32 65 65 CD 1662 3721 33 years year NNS 1662 3721 34 and and CC 1662 3721 35 over over RB 1662 3721 36 : : : 1662 3721 37 15 15 CD 1662 3721 38 % % NN 1662 3721 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3721 40 male male JJ 1662 3721 41 3,959 3,959 CD 1662 3721 42 ; ; : 1662 3721 43 female female JJ 1662 3721 44 5,900 5,900 CD 1662 3721 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3721 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3721 47 July July NNP 1662 3721 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3721 49 est est NNP 1662 3721 50 . . . 1662 3721 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3722 1 Population population NN 1662 3722 2 growth growth NN 1662 3722 3 rate rate NN 1662 3722 4 : : : 1662 3722 5 1.28 1.28 CD 1662 3722 6 % % NN 1662 3722 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3722 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3722 9 est est NNP 1662 3722 10 . . . 1662 3722 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3723 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3723 2 rate rate NN 1662 3723 3 : : : 1662 3723 4 13.54 13.54 CD 1662 3723 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 3723 6 population population NN 1662 3723 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3723 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3723 9 est est NNP 1662 3723 10 . . . 1662 3723 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3724 1 Death death NN 1662 3724 2 rate rate NN 1662 3724 3 : : : 1662 3724 4 9.65 9.65 CD 1662 3724 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3724 6 population population NN 1662 3724 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3724 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3724 9 est est NNP 1662 3724 10 . . . 1662 3724 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3725 1 Net net JJ 1662 3725 2 migration migration NN 1662 3725 3 rate rate NN 1662 3725 4 : : : 1662 3725 5 8.94 8.94 CD 1662 3725 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 3725 7 population population NN 1662 3725 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3725 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3725 10 est est NNP 1662 3725 11 . . . 1662 3725 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3726 1 Sex sex NN 1662 3726 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 3726 3 : : : 1662 3726 4 at at IN 1662 3726 5 birth birth NN 1662 3726 6 : : : 1662 3726 7 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 3726 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3726 9 under under IN 1662 3726 10 15 15 CD 1662 3726 11 years year NNS 1662 3726 12 : : : 1662 3726 13 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 3726 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3726 15 15 15 CD 1662 3726 16 - - HYPH 1662 3726 17 64 64 CD 1662 3726 18 years year NNS 1662 3726 19 : : : 1662 3726 20 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 3726 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3726 22 65 65 CD 1662 3726 23 years year NNS 1662 3726 24 and and CC 1662 3726 25 over over IN 1662 3726 26 : : : 1662 3726 27 0.67 0.67 CD 1662 3726 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 3726 29 total total JJ 1662 3726 30 population population NN 1662 3726 31 : : : 1662 3726 32 0.92 0.92 CD 1662 3726 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3726 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3726 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 3726 36 est est NNP 1662 3726 37 . . . 1662 3726 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3727 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3727 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3727 3 rate rate NN 1662 3727 4 : : : 1662 3727 5 8.9 8.9 CD 1662 3727 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 VB 1662 3727 7 live live JJ 1662 3727 8 births birth NNS 1662 3727 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3727 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3727 11 est est NNP 1662 3727 12 . . . 1662 3727 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3728 1 Life life NN 1662 3728 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3728 3 at at IN 1662 3728 4 birth birth NN 1662 3728 5 : : : 1662 3728 6 total total JJ 1662 3728 7 population population NN 1662 3728 8 : : : 1662 3728 9 78.38 78.38 CD 1662 3728 10 years year NNS 1662 3728 11 male male NN 1662 3728 12 : : : 1662 3728 13 75.44 75.44 CD 1662 3728 14 years year NNS 1662 3728 15 female female JJ 1662 3728 16 : : : 1662 3728 17 81.43 81.43 CD 1662 3728 18 years year NNS 1662 3728 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3728 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3728 21 est est NNP 1662 3728 22 . . . 1662 3728 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3729 1 Total total JJ 1662 3729 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3729 3 rate rate NN 1662 3729 4 : : : 1662 3729 5 1.62 1.62 CD 1662 3729 6 children child NNS 1662 3729 7 born bear VBN 1662 3729 8 / / SYM 1662 3729 9 woman woman NN 1662 3729 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3729 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3729 12 est est NNP 1662 3729 13 . . . 1662 3729 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3730 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3730 2 : : : 1662 3730 3 noun noun NN 1662 3730 4 : : : 1662 3730 5 Channel Channel NNP 1662 3730 6 Islander(s islander(s IN 1662 3730 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3730 8 adjective adjective NN 1662 3730 9 : : : 1662 3730 10 Channel Channel NNP 1662 3730 11 Islander Islander NNP 1662 3730 12 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3730 13 groups group NNS 1662 3730 14 : : : 1662 3730 15 UK UK NNP 1662 3730 16 and and CC 1662 3730 17 Norman Norman NNP 1662 3730 18 - - HYPH 1662 3730 19 French french JJ 1662 3730 20 descent descent NN 1662 3730 21 Religions religion NNS 1662 3730 22 : : : 1662 3730 23 Anglican anglican JJ 1662 3730 24 , , , 1662 3730 25 Roman Roman NNP 1662 3730 26 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 3730 27 , , , 1662 3730 28 Presbyterian Presbyterian NNP 1662 3730 29 , , , 1662 3730 30 Baptist Baptist NNP 1662 3730 31 , , , 1662 3730 32 Congregational Congregational NNP 1662 3730 33 , , , 1662 3730 34 Methodist Methodist NNP 1662 3730 35 Languages Languages NNP 1662 3730 36 : : : 1662 3730 37 English English NNP 1662 3730 38 , , , 1662 3730 39 French french JJ 1662 3730 40 , , , 1662 3730 41 Norman Norman NNP 1662 3730 42 - - HYPH 1662 3730 43 French French NNP 1662 3730 44 dialect dialect NN 1662 3730 45 spoken speak VBN 1662 3730 46 in in IN 1662 3730 47 country country NN 1662 3730 48 districts district NNS 1662 3730 49 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 3730 50 : : : 1662 3730 51 NA NA NNP 1662 3730 52 @Guernsey @guernsey RB 1662 3730 53 : : : 1662 3730 54 Government Government NNP 1662 3730 55 Country Country NNP 1662 3730 56 name name NN 1662 3730 57 : : : 1662 3730 58 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3730 59 long long JJ 1662 3730 60 form form NN 1662 3730 61 : : : 1662 3730 62 Bailiwick Bailiwick NNP 1662 3730 63 of of IN 1662 3730 64 Guernsey Guernsey NNP 1662 3730 65 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3730 66 short short JJ 1662 3730 67 form form NN 1662 3730 68 : : : 1662 3730 69 Guernsey Guernsey NNP 1662 3730 70 Data Data NNP 1662 3730 71 code code NN 1662 3730 72 : : : 1662 3730 73 GK GK NNP 1662 3730 74 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 3730 75 status status NN 1662 3730 76 : : : 1662 3730 77 British british JJ 1662 3730 78 crown crown NN 1662 3730 79 dependency dependency NN 1662 3730 80 Government Government NNP 1662 3730 81 type type NN 1662 3730 82 : : : 1662 3730 83 NA NA NNP 1662 3730 84 National national JJ 1662 3730 85 capital capital NN 1662 3730 86 : : : 1662 3730 87 Saint Saint NNP 1662 3730 88 Peter Peter NNP 1662 3730 89 Port Port NNP 1662 3730 90 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 3730 91 divisions division NNS 1662 3730 92 : : : 1662 3730 93 none none NN 1662 3730 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3730 95 British british JJ 1662 3730 96 crown crown NN 1662 3730 97 dependency dependency NN 1662 3730 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3730 99 Independence independence NN 1662 3730 100 : : : 1662 3730 101 none none NN 1662 3730 102 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3730 103 British british JJ 1662 3730 104 crown crown NN 1662 3730 105 dependency dependency NN 1662 3730 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3730 107 National national JJ 1662 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1662 3730 144 Royal Royal NNP 1662 3730 145 Court Court NNP 1662 3730 146 Suffrage Suffrage NNP 1662 3730 147 : : : 1662 3730 148 18 18 CD 1662 3730 149 years year NNS 1662 3730 150 of of IN 1662 3730 151 age age NN 1662 3730 152 ; ; : 1662 3730 153 universal universal JJ 1662 3730 154 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3730 155 branch branch NN 1662 3730 156 : : : 1662 3730 157 chief chief NN 1662 3730 158 of of IN 1662 3730 159 state state NN 1662 3730 160 : : : 1662 3730 161 Queen Queen NNP 1662 3730 162 ELIZABETH ELIZABETH NNP 1662 3730 163 II ii CD 1662 3730 164 of of IN 1662 3730 165 the the DT 1662 3730 166 UK UK NNP 1662 3730 167 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3730 168 since since IN 1662 3730 169 6 6 CD 1662 3730 170 February February NNP 1662 3730 171 1952 1952 CD 1662 3730 172 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3730 173 head head NN 1662 3730 174 of of IN 1662 3730 175 government government NN 1662 3730 176 : : : 1662 3730 177 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 1662 3730 178 Governor Governor NNP 1662 3730 179 and and CC 1662 3730 180 Commander Commander NNP 1662 3730 181 in in IN 1662 3730 182 Chief Chief NNP 1662 3730 183 Vice Vice NNP 1662 3730 184 - - HYPH 1662 3730 185 Admiral Admiral NNP 1662 3730 186 Sir Sir NNP 1662 3730 187 John John NNP 1662 3730 188 COWARD COWARD NNP 1662 3730 189 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3730 190 since since IN 1662 3730 191 NA NA NNP 1662 3730 192 1994 1994 CD 1662 3730 193 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3730 194 and and CC 1662 3730 195 Bailiff Bailiff NNP 1662 3730 196 Mr. Mr. NNP 1662 3730 197 Graham Graham NNP 1662 3730 198 Martyn Martyn NNP 1662 3730 199 DOREY DOREY NNP 1662 3730 200 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3730 201 since since IN 1662 3730 202 February February NNP 1662 3730 203 1992 1992 CD 1662 3730 204 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3730 205 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3730 206 : : : 1662 3730 207 Advisory Advisory NNP 1662 3730 208 and and CC 1662 3730 209 Finance Finance NNP 1662 3730 210 Committee Committee NNP 1662 3730 211 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3730 212 other other JJ 1662 3730 213 committees committee NNS 1662 3730 214 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3730 215 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3730 216 by by IN 1662 3730 217 the the DT 1662 3730 218 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3730 219 of of IN 1662 3730 220 the the DT 1662 3730 221 States States NNP 1662 3730 222 elections election NNS 1662 3730 223 : : : 1662 3730 224 none none NN 1662 3730 225 ; ; : 1662 3730 226 the the DT 1662 3730 227 queen queen NN 1662 3730 228 is be VBZ 1662 3730 229 a a DT 1662 3730 230 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 3730 231 monarch monarch NN 1662 3730 232 ; ; : 1662 3730 233 lieutenant lieutenant NN 1662 3730 234 governor governor NN 1662 3730 235 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3730 236 by by IN 1662 3730 237 the the DT 1662 3730 238 queen queen NNP 1662 3730 239 ; ; : 1662 3730 240 bailiff bailiff NNP 1662 3730 241 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3730 242 by by IN 1662 3730 243 the the DT 1662 3730 244 queen queen JJ 1662 3730 245 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 3730 246 branch branch NN 1662 3730 247 : : : 1662 3730 248 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 3730 249 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3730 250 of of IN 1662 3730 251 the the DT 1662 3730 252 States States NNP 1662 3730 253 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3730 254 60 60 CD 1662 3730 255 seats seat NNS 1662 3730 256 , , , 1662 3730 257 33 33 CD 1662 3730 258 popularly popularly RB 1662 3730 259 elected elect VBN 1662 3730 260 ; ; : 1662 3730 261 members member NNS 1662 3730 262 serve serve VBP 1662 3730 263 six six CD 1662 3730 264 - - HYPH 1662 3730 265 year year NN 1662 3730 266 terms term NNS 1662 3730 267 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3730 268 elections election NNS 1662 3730 269 : : : 1662 3730 270 last last RB 1662 3730 271 held hold VBD 1662 3730 272 20 20 CD 1662 3730 273 April April NNP 1662 3730 274 1994 1994 CD 1662 3730 275 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3730 276 next next JJ 1662 3730 277 to to TO 1662 3730 278 be be VB 1662 3730 279 held hold VBN 1662 3730 280 NA NA NNP 1662 3730 281 2000 2000 CD 1662 3730 282 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3730 283 election election NN 1662 3730 284 results result NNS 1662 3730 285 : : : 1662 3730 286 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1662 3730 320 : : : 1662 3730 321 none none NN 1662 3730 322 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3730 323 British british JJ 1662 3730 324 crown crown NN 1662 3730 325 dependency dependency NN 1662 3730 326 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3730 327 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3730 328 representation representation NN 1662 3730 329 from from IN 1662 3730 330 the the DT 1662 3730 331 US US NNP 1662 3730 332 : : : 1662 3730 333 none none NN 1662 3730 334 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3730 335 British british JJ 1662 3730 336 crown crown NN 1662 3730 337 dependency dependency NN 1662 3730 338 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3730 339 Flag flag NN 1662 3730 340 description description NN 1662 3730 341 : : : 1662 3730 342 white white JJ 1662 3730 343 with with IN 1662 3730 344 the the DT 1662 3730 345 red red JJ 1662 3730 346 cross cross NN 1662 3730 347 of of IN 1662 3730 348 Saint Saint NNP 1662 3730 349 George George NNP 1662 3730 350 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3730 351 patron patron NN 1662 3730 352 saint saint NN 1662 3730 353 of of IN 1662 3730 354 England England 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peppers pepper NNS 1662 3736 43 , , , 1662 3736 44 eggplant eggplant JJ 1662 3736 45 , , , 1662 3736 46 other other JJ 1662 3736 47 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 3736 48 , , , 1662 3736 49 fruit fruit NN 1662 3736 50 ; ; : 1662 3736 51 Guernsey Guernsey NNP 1662 3736 52 cattle cattle NNS 1662 3736 53 Exports export NNS 1662 3736 54 : : : 1662 3736 55 $ $ $ 1662 3736 56 NA NA NNP 1662 3736 57 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3736 58 : : : 1662 3736 59 tomatoes tomato NNS 1662 3736 60 , , , 1662 3736 61 flowers flower NNS 1662 3736 62 and and CC 1662 3736 63 ferns fern NNS 1662 3736 64 , , , 1662 3736 65 sweet sweet JJ 1662 3736 66 peppers pepper NNS 1662 3736 67 , , , 1662 3736 68 eggplant eggplant JJ 1662 3736 69 , , , 1662 3736 70 other other JJ 1662 3736 71 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 3736 72 partners partner NNS 1662 3736 73 : : : 1662 3736 74 UK UK NNP 1662 3736 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3736 76 regarded regard VBN 1662 3736 77 as as IN 1662 3736 78 internal internal JJ 1662 3736 79 trade 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) -RRB- 1662 3736 119 pound pound NN 1662 3736 120 = = SYM 1662 3736 121 100 100 CD 1662 3736 122 pence penny NNS 1662 3736 123 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 3736 124 rates rate NNS 1662 3736 125 : : : 1662 3736 126 Guernsey Guernsey NNP 1662 3736 127 pounds pound NNS 1662 3736 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3736 129 £G â£g NN 1662 3736 130 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3736 131 per per IN 1662 3736 132 US$ us$ $ 1662 3736 133 1 1 CD 1662 3736 134 - - HYPH 1662 3736 135 0.6023 0.6023 CD 1662 3736 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3736 137 January January NNP 1662 3736 138 1997 1997 CD 1662 3736 139 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3736 140 , , , 1662 3736 141 0.6403 0.6403 CD 1662 3736 142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3736 143 1996 1996 CD 1662 3736 144 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3736 145 , , , 1662 3736 146 0.6335 0.6335 NNP 1662 3736 147 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3736 148 1995 1995 CD 1662 3736 149 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3736 150 , , , 1662 3736 151 0.6529 0.6529 CD 1662 3736 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3736 153 1994 1994 CD 1662 3736 154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3736 155 , , , 1662 3736 156 0.6658 0.6658 CD 1662 3736 157 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3736 158 1993 1993 CD 1662 3736 159 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3736 160 , , , 1662 3736 161 0.5664 0.5664 CD 1662 3736 162 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3736 163 1992 1992 CD 1662 3736 164 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3736 165 ; ; : 1662 3736 166 note note VB 1662 3736 167 - - : 1662 3736 168 the the DT 1662 3736 169 Guernsey Guernsey NNP 1662 3736 170 pound pound NN 1662 3736 171 is be VBZ 1662 3736 172 at at IN 1662 3736 173 par par NN 1662 3736 174 with with IN 1662 3736 175 the the DT 1662 3736 176 British british JJ 1662 3736 177 pound pound NN 1662 3736 178 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3736 179 year year NN 1662 3736 180 : : : 1662 3736 181 calendar calendar NNP 1662 3736 182 year year NNP 1662 3736 183 @Guernsey @Guernsey NNP 1662 3736 184 : : : 1662 3736 185 Communications Communications NNP 1662 3736 186 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 3736 187 : : : 1662 3736 188 41,850 41,850 CD 1662 3736 189 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3736 190 1983 1983 CD 1662 3736 191 est est NNP 1662 3736 192 . . . 1662 3736 193 ) ) 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1662 3739 15 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 3739 16 - - : 1662 3739 17 international international RB 1662 3739 18 : : : 1662 3739 19 none none NN 1662 3739 20 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 21 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 22 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 23 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 24 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 25 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 26 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 27 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 28 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 29 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 30 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 31 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 32 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 33 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 34 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 35 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 36 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 37 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 38 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 39 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 40 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 41 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 42 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 43 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 44 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 45 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 46 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 47 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 48 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 49 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 50 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 51 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 52 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 53 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 54 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 55 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 56 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 57 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 58 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 59 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 60 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 61 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 62 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 63 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 64 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 65 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 66 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 67 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 68 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 69 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 70 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 71 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 72 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 73 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 74 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 75 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 76 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 77 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 78 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 79 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 80 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3739 90 GUINEA GUINEA NNP 1662 3739 91 @Guinea @guinea NN 1662 3739 92 : : : 1662 3739 93 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3739 94 Location Location NNP 1662 3739 95 : : : 1662 3739 96 Western Western NNP 1662 3739 97 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3739 98 , , , 1662 3739 99 bordering border VBG 1662 3739 100 the the DT 1662 3739 101 North North NNP 1662 3739 102 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3739 103 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3739 104 , , , 1662 3739 105 between between IN 1662 3739 106 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3739 107 - - HYPH 1662 3739 108 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 3739 109 and and CC 1662 3739 110 Sierra Sierra NNP 1662 3739 111 Leone Leone NNP 1662 3739 112 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3739 113 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3739 114 : : : 1662 3739 115 11 11 CD 1662 3739 116 00 00 CD 1662 3739 117 N n CD 1662 3739 118 , , , 1662 3739 119 10 10 CD 1662 3739 120 00 00 CD 1662 3739 121 W W NNP 1662 3739 122 Map Map NNP 1662 3739 123 references reference NNS 1662 3739 124 : : : 1662 3739 125 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3739 126 Area Area NNP 1662 3739 127 : : : 1662 3739 128 total total NN 1662 3739 129 : : : 1662 3739 130 245,860 245,860 CD 1662 3739 131 sq sq RB 1662 3739 132 km km NNP 1662 3739 133 land land NN 1662 3739 134 : : : 1662 3739 135 245,860 245,860 CD 1662 3739 136 sq sq RB 1662 3739 137 km km NNP 1662 3739 138 water water NN 1662 3739 139 : : : 1662 3739 140 0 0 NFP 1662 3739 141 sq sq NN 1662 3739 142 km km NNP 1662 3739 143 Area area NN 1662 3739 144 - - HYPH 1662 3739 145 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3739 146 : : : 1662 3739 147 slightly slightly RB 1662 3739 148 smaller small JJR 1662 3739 149 than than IN 1662 3739 150 Oregon Oregon NNP 1662 3739 151 Land Land NNP 1662 3739 152 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3739 153 : : : 1662 3739 154 total total JJ 1662 3739 155 : : : 1662 3739 156 3,399 3,399 CD 1662 3739 157 km km NN 1662 3739 158 border border NN 1662 3739 159 countries country NNS 1662 3739 160 : : : 1662 3739 161 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3739 162 - - HYPH 1662 3739 163 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 3739 164 386 386 CD 1662 3739 165 km km NNS 1662 3739 166 , , , 1662 3739 167 Cote Cote NNP 1662 3739 168 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 3739 169 610 610 CD 1662 3739 170 km km NNS 1662 3739 171 , , , 1662 3739 172 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 3739 173 563 563 CD 1662 3739 174 km km NNS 1662 3739 175 , , , 1662 3739 176 Mali Mali NNP 1662 3739 177 858 858 CD 1662 3739 178 km km NN 1662 3739 179 , , , 1662 3739 180 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 3739 181 330 330 CD 1662 3739 182 km km NNS 1662 3739 183 , , , 1662 3739 184 Sierra Sierra NNP 1662 3739 185 Leone Leone NNP 1662 3739 186 652 652 CD 1662 3739 187 km km NN 1662 3739 188 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3739 189 : : : 1662 3739 190 320 320 CD 1662 3739 191 km km NN 1662 3739 192 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3739 193 claims claim VBZ 1662 3739 194 : : : 1662 3739 195 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3739 196 economic economic JJ 1662 3739 197 zone zone NN 1662 3739 198 : : : 1662 3739 199 200 200 CD 1662 3739 200 nm nm CD 1662 3739 201 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3739 202 sea sea NN 1662 3739 203 : : : 1662 3739 204 12 12 CD 1662 3739 205 nm nm NNP 1662 3739 206 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3739 207 : : : 1662 3739 208 generally generally RB 1662 3739 209 hot hot JJ 1662 3739 210 and and CC 1662 3739 211 humid humid JJ 1662 3739 212 ; ; , 1662 3739 213 monsoonal monsoonal JJ 1662 3739 214 - - HYPH 1662 3739 215 type type NN 1662 3739 216 rainy rainy JJ 1662 3739 217 season season NN 1662 3739 218 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3739 219 June June NNP 1662 3739 220 to to IN 1662 3739 221 November November NNP 1662 3739 222 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3739 223 with with IN 1662 3739 224 southwesterly southwesterly JJ 1662 3739 225 winds wind NNS 1662 3739 226 ; ; , 1662 3739 227 dry dry JJ 1662 3739 228 season season NN 1662 3739 229 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3739 230 December December NNP 1662 3739 231 to to IN 1662 3739 232 May May NNP 1662 3739 233 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3739 234 with with IN 1662 3739 235 northeasterly northeasterly RB 1662 3739 236 harmattan harmattan JJ 1662 3739 237 winds wind NNS 1662 3739 238 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3739 239 : : : 1662 3739 240 generally generally RB 1662 3739 241 flat flat JJ 1662 3739 242 coastal coastal JJ 1662 3739 243 plain plain NN 1662 3739 244 , , , 1662 3739 245 hilly hilly RB 1662 3739 246 to to IN 1662 3739 247 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 3739 248 interior interior JJ 1662 3739 249 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3739 250 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3739 251 : : : 1662 3739 252 lowest low JJS 1662 3739 253 point point NN 1662 3739 254 : : : 1662 3739 255 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3739 256 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3739 257 0 0 NFP 1662 3739 258 m m DT 1662 3739 259 highest high JJS 1662 3739 260 point point NN 1662 3739 261 : : : 1662 3739 262 Mont Mont NNP 1662 3739 263 Nimba Nimba NNP 1662 3739 264 1,752 1,752 CD 1662 3739 265 m m NNP 1662 3739 266 Natural natural JJ 1662 3739 267 resources resource NNS 1662 3739 268 : : : 1662 3739 269 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 3739 270 , , , 1662 3739 271 iron iron NN 1662 3739 272 ore ore NN 1662 3739 273 , , , 1662 3739 274 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 3739 275 , , , 1662 3739 276 gold gold NN 1662 3739 277 , , , 1662 3739 278 uranium uranium NN 1662 3739 279 , , , 1662 3739 280 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 3739 281 , , , 1662 3739 282 fish fish VB 1662 3739 283 Land land NN 1662 3739 284 use use NN 1662 3739 285 : : : 1662 3739 286 arable arable JJ 1662 3739 287 land land NN 1662 3739 288 : : : 1662 3739 289 2 2 CD 1662 3739 290 % % NN 1662 3739 291 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3739 292 crops crop NNS 1662 3739 293 : : : 1662 3739 294 0 0 CD 1662 3739 295 % % NN 1662 3739 296 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3739 297 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3739 298 : : : 1662 3739 299 22 22 CD 1662 3739 300 % % NN 1662 3739 301 forests forest NNS 1662 3739 302 and and CC 1662 3739 303 woodland woodland JJ 1662 3739 304 : : : 1662 3739 305 59 59 CD 1662 3739 306 % % NN 1662 3739 307 other other JJ 1662 3739 308 : : : 1662 3739 309 17 17 CD 1662 3739 310 % % NN 1662 3739 311 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3739 312 1993 1993 CD 1662 3739 313 est est NNP 1662 3739 314 . . . 1662 3739 315 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3740 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3740 2 land land NN 1662 3740 3 : : : 1662 3740 4 930 930 CD 1662 3740 5 sq sq NNP 1662 3740 6 km km NNP 1662 3740 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3740 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 3740 9 est est NNP 1662 3740 10 . . . 1662 3740 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3741 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 3741 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3741 3 : : : 1662 3741 4 hot hot JJ 1662 3741 5 , , , 1662 3741 6 dry dry JJ 1662 3741 7 , , , 1662 3741 8 dusty dusty JJ 1662 3741 9 harmattan harmattan NNP 1662 3741 10 haze haze NN 1662 3741 11 may may MD 1662 3741 12 reduce reduce VB 1662 3741 13 visibility visibility NN 1662 3741 14 during during IN 1662 3741 15 dry dry JJ 1662 3741 16 season season NN 1662 3741 17 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3741 18 - - HYPH 1662 3741 19 current current JJ 1662 3741 20 issues issue NNS 1662 3741 21 : : : 1662 3741 22 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 3741 23 ; ; : 1662 3741 24 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 3741 25 supplies supply NNS 1662 3741 26 of of IN 1662 3741 27 potable potable JJ 1662 3741 28 water water NN 1662 3741 29 ; ; , 1662 3741 30 desertification desertification NN 1662 3741 31 ; ; , 1662 3741 32 soil soil NN 1662 3741 33 contamination contamination NN 1662 3741 34 and and CC 1662 3741 35 erosion erosion NN 1662 3741 36 ; ; , 1662 3741 37 overfishing overfishing NN 1662 3741 38 , , , 1662 3741 39 overpopulation overpopulation NN 1662 3741 40 in in IN 1662 3741 41 forest forest NN 1662 3741 42 region region NN 1662 3741 43 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3741 44 - - HYPH 1662 3741 45 international international JJ 1662 3741 46 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3741 47 : : : 1662 3741 48 party party NN 1662 3741 49 to to TO 1662 3741 50 : : : 1662 3741 51 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 3741 52 , , , 1662 3741 53 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3741 54 Change Change NNP 1662 3741 55 , , , 1662 3741 56 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 3741 57 Species Species NNPS 1662 3741 58 , , , 1662 3741 59 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 3741 60 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 3741 61 , , , 1662 3741 62 Law Law NNP 1662 3741 63 of of IN 1662 3741 64 the the DT 1662 3741 65 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3741 66 , , , 1662 3741 67 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 3741 68 Layer Layer NNP 1662 3741 69 Protection Protection NNP 1662 3741 70 , , , 1662 3741 71 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 3741 72 signed sign VBD 1662 3741 73 , , , 1662 3741 74 but but CC 1662 3741 75 not not RB 1662 3741 76 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3741 77 : : : 1662 3741 78 Desertification desertification NN 1662 3741 79 @Guinea @guinea NN 1662 3741 80 : : : 1662 3741 81 People People NNP 1662 3741 82 Population Population NNP 1662 3741 83 : : : 1662 3741 84 7,405,375 7,405,375 CD 1662 3741 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3741 86 July July NNP 1662 3741 87 1997 1997 CD 1662 3741 88 est est NNP 1662 3741 89 . . . 1662 3741 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3742 1 Age age NN 1662 3742 2 structure structure NN 1662 3742 3 : : : 1662 3742 4 0 0 CD 1662 3742 5 - - HYPH 1662 3742 6 14 14 CD 1662 3742 7 years year NNS 1662 3742 8 : : : 1662 3742 9 44 44 CD 1662 3742 10 % % NN 1662 3742 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3742 12 male male JJ 1662 3742 13 1,625,046 1,625,046 CD 1662 3742 14 ; ; : 1662 3742 15 female female JJ 1662 3742 16 1,632,953 1,632,953 CD 1662 3742 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3742 18 15 15 CD 1662 3742 19 - - SYM 1662 3742 20 64 64 CD 1662 3742 21 years year NNS 1662 3742 22 : : : 1662 3742 23 53 53 CD 1662 3742 24 % % NN 1662 3742 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3742 26 male male JJ 1662 3742 27 1,928,853 1,928,853 CD 1662 3742 28 ; ; , 1662 3742 29 female female JJ 1662 3742 30 2,019,180 2,019,180 CD 1662 3742 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3742 32 65 65 CD 1662 3742 33 years year NNS 1662 3742 34 and and CC 1662 3742 35 over over IN 1662 3742 36 : : : 1662 3742 37 3 3 CD 1662 3742 38 % % NN 1662 3742 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3742 40 male male NN 1662 3742 41 83,165 83,165 CD 1662 3742 42 ; ; : 1662 3742 43 female female JJ 1662 3742 44 116,178 116,178 CD 1662 3742 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3742 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3742 47 July July NNP 1662 3742 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3742 49 est est NNP 1662 3742 50 . . . 1662 3742 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3743 1 Population population NN 1662 3743 2 growth growth NN 1662 3743 3 rate rate NN 1662 3743 4 : : : 1662 3743 5 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 3743 6 % % NN 1662 3743 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3743 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3743 9 est est NNP 1662 3743 10 . . . 1662 3743 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3744 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3744 2 rate rate NN 1662 3744 3 : : : 1662 3744 4 41.95 41.95 CD 1662 3744 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 3744 6 population population NN 1662 3744 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3744 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3744 9 est est NNP 1662 3744 10 . . . 1662 3744 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3745 1 Death death NN 1662 3745 2 rate rate NN 1662 3745 3 : : : 1662 3745 4 18.23 18.23 CD 1662 3745 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3745 6 population population NN 1662 3745 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3745 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3745 9 est est NNP 1662 3745 10 . . . 1662 3745 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3746 1 Net net JJ 1662 3746 2 migration migration NN 1662 3746 3 rate rate NN 1662 3746 4 : : : 1662 3746 5 -12.69 -12.69 . 1662 3746 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 FW 1662 3746 7 population population NN 1662 3746 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3746 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3746 10 est est NNP 1662 3746 11 . . . 1662 3746 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3747 1 note note NN 1662 3747 2 : : : 1662 3747 3 in in IN 1662 3747 4 prior prior JJ 1662 3747 5 years year NNS 1662 3747 6 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3747 7 received receive VBD 1662 3747 8 several several JJ 1662 3747 9 hundred hundred CD 1662 3747 10 thousand thousand CD 1662 3747 11 refugees refugee NNS 1662 3747 12 from from IN 1662 3747 13 the the DT 1662 3747 14 civil civil JJ 1662 3747 15 wars war NNS 1662 3747 16 in in IN 1662 3747 17 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 3747 18 and and CC 1662 3747 19 Sierra Sierra NNP 1662 3747 20 Leone Leone NNP 1662 3747 21 , , , 1662 3747 22 some some DT 1662 3747 23 of of IN 1662 3747 24 whom whom WP 1662 3747 25 are be VBP 1662 3747 26 now now RB 1662 3747 27 returning return VBG 1662 3747 28 to to IN 1662 3747 29 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 3747 30 own own JJ 1662 3747 31 countries country NNS 1662 3747 32 Sex sex NN 1662 3747 33 ratio ratio NN 1662 3747 34 : : : 1662 3747 35 at at IN 1662 3747 36 birth birth NN 1662 3747 37 : : : 1662 3747 38 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 3747 39 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3747 40 under under IN 1662 3747 41 15 15 CD 1662 3747 42 years year NNS 1662 3747 43 : : : 1662 3747 44 1 1 CD 1662 3747 45 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3747 46 15 15 CD 1662 3747 47 - - HYPH 1662 3747 48 64 64 CD 1662 3747 49 years year NNS 1662 3747 50 : : : 1662 3747 51 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 3747 52 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3747 53 65 65 CD 1662 3747 54 years year NNS 1662 3747 55 and and CC 1662 3747 56 over over IN 1662 3747 57 : : : 1662 3747 58 0.72 0.72 CD 1662 3747 59 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 3747 60 total total JJ 1662 3747 61 population population NN 1662 3747 62 : : : 1662 3747 63 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 3747 64 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3747 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3747 66 1997 1997 CD 1662 3747 67 est e JJS 1662 3747 68 . . . 1662 3747 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3748 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3748 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3748 3 rate rate NN 1662 3748 4 : : : 1662 3748 5 131.5 131.5 CD 1662 3748 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3748 7 live live JJ 1662 3748 8 births birth NNS 1662 3748 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3748 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3748 11 est est NNP 1662 3748 12 . . . 1662 3748 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3749 1 Life life NN 1662 3749 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3749 3 at at IN 1662 3749 4 birth birth NN 1662 3749 5 : : : 1662 3749 6 total total JJ 1662 3749 7 population population NN 1662 3749 8 : : : 1662 3749 9 45.54 45.54 CD 1662 3749 10 years year NNS 1662 3749 11 male male JJ 1662 3749 12 : : : 1662 3749 13 43.15 43.15 CD 1662 3749 14 years year NNS 1662 3749 15 female female JJ 1662 3749 16 : : : 1662 3749 17 47.99 47.99 CD 1662 3749 18 years year NNS 1662 3749 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3749 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3749 21 est est NNP 1662 3749 22 . . . 1662 3749 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3750 1 Total total JJ 1662 3750 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3750 3 rate rate NN 1662 3750 4 : : : 1662 3750 5 5.66 5.66 CD 1662 3750 6 children child NNS 1662 3750 7 born bear VBN 1662 3750 8 / / SYM 1662 3750 9 woman woman NN 1662 3750 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3750 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3750 12 est est NNP 1662 3750 13 . . . 1662 3750 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3751 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3751 2 : : : 1662 3751 3 noun noun NNP 1662 3751 4 : : : 1662 3751 5 Guinean(s Guinean(s NNP 1662 3751 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3751 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 3751 8 : : : 1662 3751 9 Guinean guinean JJ 1662 3751 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3751 11 groups group NNS 1662 3751 12 : : : 1662 3751 13 Peuhl Peuhl NNP 1662 3751 14 40 40 CD 1662 3751 15 % % NN 1662 3751 16 , , , 1662 3751 17 Malinke Malinke NNP 1662 3751 18 30 30 CD 1662 3751 19 % % NN 1662 3751 20 , , , 1662 3751 21 Soussou Soussou NNP 1662 3751 22 20 20 CD 1662 3751 23 % % NN 1662 3751 24 , , , 1662 3751 25 smaller small JJR 1662 3751 26 tribes tribe NNS 1662 3751 27 10 10 CD 1662 3751 28 % % NN 1662 3751 29 Religions religion NNS 1662 3751 30 : : : 1662 3751 31 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 3751 32 85 85 CD 1662 3751 33 % % NN 1662 3751 34 , , , 1662 3751 35 Christian Christian NNP 1662 3751 36 8 8 CD 1662 3751 37 % % NN 1662 3751 38 , , , 1662 3751 39 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 3751 40 beliefs belief NNS 1662 3751 41 7 7 CD 1662 3751 42 % % NN 1662 3751 43 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 3751 44 : : : 1662 3751 45 French French NNP 1662 3751 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3751 47 official official JJ 1662 3751 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3751 49 , , , 1662 3751 50 each each DT 1662 3751 51 tribe tribe NN 1662 3751 52 has have VBZ 1662 3751 53 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 3751 54 own own JJ 1662 3751 55 language language NN 1662 3751 56 Literacy literacy NN 1662 3751 57 : : : 1662 3751 58 definition definition NN 1662 3751 59 : : : 1662 3751 60 age age NN 1662 3751 61 15 15 CD 1662 3751 62 and and CC 1662 3751 63 over over RB 1662 3751 64 can can MD 1662 3751 65 read read VB 1662 3751 66 and and CC 1662 3751 67 write write VB 1662 3751 68 total total JJ 1662 3751 69 population population NN 1662 3751 70 : : : 1662 3751 71 35.9 35.9 CD 1662 3751 72 % % NN 1662 3751 73 male male NN 1662 3751 74 : : : 1662 3751 75 49.9 49.9 CD 1662 3751 76 % % NN 1662 3751 77 female female NN 1662 3751 78 : : : 1662 3751 79 21.9 21.9 CD 1662 3751 80 % % NN 1662 3751 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3751 82 1995 1995 CD 1662 3751 83 est est NNP 1662 3751 84 . . . 1662 3751 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3752 1 @Guinea @guinea LS 1662 3752 2 : : : 1662 3752 3 Government Government NNP 1662 3752 4 Country Country NNP 1662 3752 5 name name NN 1662 3752 6 : : : 1662 3752 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3752 8 long long JJ 1662 3752 9 form form NN 1662 3752 10 : : : 1662 3752 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3752 12 of of IN 1662 3752 13 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3752 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3752 15 short short JJ 1662 3752 16 form form NN 1662 3752 17 : : : 1662 3752 18 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3752 19 local local JJ 1662 3752 20 long long JJ 1662 3752 21 form form NN 1662 3752 22 : : : 1662 3752 23 Republique Republique NNP 1662 3752 24 de de NNP 1662 3752 25 Guinee Guinee NNP 1662 3752 26 local local JJ 1662 3752 27 short short JJ 1662 3752 28 form form NN 1662 3752 29 : : : 1662 3752 30 Guinee Guinee NNP 1662 3752 31 former former JJ 1662 3752 32 : : : 1662 3752 33 French French NNP 1662 3752 34 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3752 35 Data Data NNP 1662 3752 36 code code NN 1662 3752 37 : : : 1662 3752 38 GV GV NNP 1662 3752 39 Government Government NNP 1662 3752 40 type type NN 1662 3752 41 : : : 1662 3752 42 republic republic NNP 1662 3752 43 National national JJ 1662 3752 44 capital capital NN 1662 3752 45 : : : 1662 3752 46 Conakry Conakry NNP 1662 3752 47 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 3752 48 divisions division NNS 1662 3752 49 : : : 1662 3752 50 33 33 CD 1662 3752 51 prefectures prefecture NNS 1662 3752 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3752 53 prefectures prefecture NNS 1662 3752 54 , , , 1662 3752 55 singular singular JJ 1662 3752 56 - - HYPH 1662 3752 57 prefecture prefecture NN 1662 3752 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3752 59 and and CC 1662 3752 60 1 1 CD 1662 3752 61 national national JJ 1662 3752 62 capital capital NN 1662 3752 63 * * NFP 1662 3752 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3752 65 capitale capitale NNP 1662 3752 66 d'etat d'etat FW 1662 3752 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3752 68 ; ; : 1662 3752 69 Beyla Beyla NNP 1662 3752 70 , , , 1662 3752 71 Boffa Boffa NNP 1662 3752 72 , , , 1662 3752 73 Boke Boke NNP 1662 3752 74 , , , 1662 3752 75 Conakry Conakry NNP 1662 3752 76 * * NFP 1662 3752 77 , , , 1662 3752 78 Coyah Coyah NNP 1662 3752 79 , , , 1662 3752 80 Dabola Dabola NNP 1662 3752 81 , , , 1662 3752 82 Dalaba Dalaba NNP 1662 3752 83 , , , 1662 3752 84 Dinguiraye Dinguiraye NNP 1662 3752 85 , , , 1662 3752 86 Dubreka Dubreka NNP 1662 3752 87 , , , 1662 3752 88 Faranah Faranah NNP 1662 3752 89 , , , 1662 3752 90 Forecariah Forecariah NNP 1662 3752 91 , , , 1662 3752 92 Fria Fria NNP 1662 3752 93 , , , 1662 3752 94 Gaoual Gaoual NNP 1662 3752 95 , , , 1662 3752 96 Gueckedou Gueckedou NNP 1662 3752 97 , , , 1662 3752 98 Kankan Kankan NNP 1662 3752 99 , , , 1662 3752 100 Kerouane Kerouane NNP 1662 3752 101 , , , 1662 3752 102 Kindia Kindia NNP 1662 3752 103 , , , 1662 3752 104 Kissidougou Kissidougou NNP 1662 3752 105 , , , 1662 3752 106 Koubia Koubia NNP 1662 3752 107 , , , 1662 3752 108 Koundara Koundara NNP 1662 3752 109 , , , 1662 3752 110 Kouroussa Kouroussa NNP 1662 3752 111 , , , 1662 3752 112 Labe Labe NNP 1662 3752 113 , , , 1662 3752 114 Lelouma Lelouma NNP 1662 3752 115 , , , 1662 3752 116 Lola Lola NNP 1662 3752 117 , , , 1662 3752 118 Macenta Macenta NNP 1662 3752 119 , , , 1662 3752 120 Mali Mali NNP 1662 3752 121 , , , 1662 3752 122 Mamou Mamou NNP 1662 3752 123 , , , 1662 3752 124 Mandiana Mandiana NNP 1662 3752 125 , , , 1662 3752 126 Nzerekore Nzerekore NNP 1662 3752 127 , , , 1662 3752 128 Pita Pita NNP 1662 3752 129 , , , 1662 3752 130 Siguiri Siguiri NNP 1662 3752 131 , , , 1662 3752 132 Telimele Telimele NNP 1662 3752 133 , , , 1662 3752 134 Tougue Tougue NNP 1662 3752 135 , , , 1662 3752 136 Yomou Yomou NNP 1662 3752 137 note note NN 1662 3752 138 : : : 1662 3752 139 the the DT 1662 3752 140 33 33 CD 1662 3752 141 prefectures prefecture NNS 1662 3752 142 may may MD 1662 3752 143 have have VB 1662 3752 144 been be VBN 1662 3752 145 subsumed subsume VBN 1662 3752 146 by by IN 1662 3752 147 four four CD 1662 3752 148 new new JJ 1662 3752 149 first first JJ 1662 3752 150 - - HYPH 1662 3752 151 order order NN 1662 3752 152 administrative administrative JJ 1662 3752 153 divisions division NNS 1662 3752 154 called call VBN 1662 3752 155 administrative administrative JJ 1662 3752 156 regions region NNS 1662 3752 157 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3752 158 regions region NNS 1662 3752 159 administrative administrative JJ 1662 3752 160 , , , 1662 3752 161 singular singular JJ 1662 3752 162 - - HYPH 1662 3752 163 region region NN 1662 3752 164 administrative administrative NNP 1662 3752 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3752 166 named name VBN 1662 3752 167 Guinee Guinee NNP 1662 3752 168 - - HYPH 1662 3752 169 Forestiere Forestiere NNP 1662 3752 170 , , , 1662 3752 171 Guinee Guinee NNP 1662 3752 172 - - HYPH 1662 3752 173 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3752 174 , , , 1662 3752 175 Haute Haute NNP 1662 3752 176 - - HYPH 1662 3752 177 Guinee Guinee NNP 1662 3752 178 , , , 1662 3752 179 and and CC 1662 3752 180 Moyenne Moyenne NNP 1662 3752 181 - - HYPH 1662 3752 182 Guinee Guinee NNP 1662 3752 183 Independence independence NN 1662 3752 184 : : : 1662 3752 185 2 2 CD 1662 3752 186 October October NNP 1662 3752 187 1958 1958 CD 1662 3752 188 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3752 189 from from IN 1662 3752 190 France France NNP 1662 3752 191 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3752 192 National national JJ 1662 3752 193 holiday holiday NN 1662 3752 194 : : : 1662 3752 195 Anniversary anniversary NN 1662 3752 196 of of IN 1662 3752 197 the the DT 1662 3752 198 Second Second NNP 1662 3752 199 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3752 200 , , , 1662 3752 201 3 3 CD 1662 3752 202 April April NNP 1662 3752 203 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3752 204 1984 1984 CD 1662 3752 205 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3752 206 Constitution constitution NN 1662 3752 207 : : : 1662 3752 208 23 23 CD 1662 3752 209 December December NNP 1662 3752 210 1990 1990 CD 1662 3752 211 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3752 212 Loi Loi NNP 1662 3752 213 Fundamentale Fundamentale NNP 1662 3752 214 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3752 215 Legal legal JJ 1662 3752 216 system system NN 1662 3752 217 : : : 1662 3752 218 based base VBN 1662 3752 219 on on IN 1662 3752 220 French french JJ 1662 3752 221 civil civil JJ 1662 3752 222 law law NN 1662 3752 223 system system NN 1662 3752 224 , , , 1662 3752 225 customary customary JJ 1662 3752 226 law law NN 1662 3752 227 , , , 1662 3752 228 and and CC 1662 3752 229 decree decree NN 1662 3752 230 ; ; , 1662 3752 231 legal legal JJ 1662 3752 232 codes code NNS 1662 3752 233 currently currently RB 1662 3752 234 being be VBG 1662 3752 235 revised revise VBN 1662 3752 236 ; ; : 1662 3752 237 has have VBZ 1662 3752 238 not not RB 1662 3752 239 accepted accept VBN 1662 3752 240 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 3752 241 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 3752 242 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 3752 243 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 3752 244 : : : 1662 3752 245 18 18 CD 1662 3752 246 years year NNS 1662 3752 247 of of IN 1662 3752 248 age age NN 1662 3752 249 ; ; : 1662 3752 250 universal universal JJ 1662 3752 251 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3752 252 branch branch NN 1662 3752 253 : : : 1662 3752 254 chief chief NN 1662 3752 255 of of IN 1662 3752 256 state state NN 1662 3752 257 : : : 1662 3752 258 President President NNP 1662 3752 259 Lansana Lansana NNP 1662 3752 260 CONTE CONTE NNP 1662 3752 261 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3752 262 head head NN 1662 3752 263 of of IN 1662 3752 264 military military JJ 1662 3752 265 government government NN 1662 3752 266 since since IN 1662 3752 267 5 5 CD 1662 3752 268 April April NNP 1662 3752 269 1984 1984 CD 1662 3752 270 , , , 1662 3752 271 elected elect VBN 1662 3752 272 president president NN 1662 3752 273 19 19 CD 1662 3752 274 December December NNP 1662 3752 275 1993 1993 CD 1662 3752 276 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3752 277 ; ; : 1662 3752 278 head head NN 1662 3752 279 of of IN 1662 3752 280 government government NN 1662 3752 281 : : : 1662 3752 282 Prime Prime NNP 1662 3752 283 Minister Minister NNP 1662 3752 284 Sidia Sidia NNP 1662 3752 285 TOURE TOURE NNP 1662 3752 286 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3752 287 since since IN 1662 3752 288 July July NNP 1662 3752 289 1996 1996 CD 1662 3752 290 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3752 291 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3752 292 : : : 1662 3752 293 Council Council NNP 1662 3752 294 of of IN 1662 3752 295 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 3752 296 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3752 297 by by IN 1662 3752 298 the the DT 1662 3752 299 president president NNP 1662 3752 300 elections election NNS 1662 3752 301 : : : 1662 3752 302 president president NNP 1662 3752 303 elected elect VBN 1662 3752 304 by by IN 1662 3752 305 popular popular JJ 1662 3752 306 vote vote NN 1662 3752 307 for for IN 1662 3752 308 a a DT 1662 3752 309 five five CD 1662 3752 310 - - HYPH 1662 3752 311 year year NN 1662 3752 312 term term NN 1662 3752 313 ; ; : 1662 3752 314 candidate candidate NN 1662 3752 315 must must MD 1662 3752 316 receive receive VB 1662 3752 317 a a DT 1662 3752 318 majority majority NN 1662 3752 319 of of IN 1662 3752 320 the the DT 1662 3752 321 votes vote NNS 1662 3752 322 cast cast VBN 1662 3752 323 to to TO 1662 3752 324 be be VB 1662 3752 325 elected elect VBN 1662 3752 326 president president NN 1662 3752 327 ; ; : 1662 3752 328 election election NN 1662 3752 329 last last JJ 1662 3752 330 held hold VBD 1662 3752 331 19 19 CD 1662 3752 332 December December NNP 1662 3752 333 1993 1993 CD 1662 3752 334 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3752 335 next next JJ 1662 3752 336 to to TO 1662 3752 337 be be VB 1662 3752 338 held hold VBN 1662 3752 339 NA NA NNP 1662 3752 340 December December NNP 1662 3752 341 1998 1998 CD 1662 3752 342 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3752 343 ; ; : 1662 3752 344 the the DT 1662 3752 345 prime prime NNP 1662 3752 346 minister minister NN 1662 3752 347 was be VBD 1662 3752 348 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3752 349 by by IN 1662 3752 350 President President NNP 1662 3752 351 CONTE CONTE NNP 1662 3752 352 election election NN 1662 3752 353 results result NNS 1662 3752 354 : : : 1662 3752 355 Lansana Lansana NNP 1662 3752 356 CONTE CONTE NNP 1662 3752 357 ' ' '' 1662 3752 358 elected elect VBN 1662 3752 359 president president NN 1662 3752 360 ; ; , 1662 3752 361 percent percent NN 1662 3752 362 of of IN 1662 3752 363 vote vote NN 1662 3752 364 - - HYPH 1662 3752 365 Lansana Lansana NNP 1662 3752 366 CONTE CONTE NNP 1662 3752 367 ' ' '' 1662 3752 368 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3752 369 PUP PUP NNP 1662 3752 370 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3752 371 51.7 51.7 CD 1662 3752 372 % % NN 1662 3752 373 , , , 1662 3752 374 Alpha alpha NN 1662 3752 375 CONDE CONDE VBN 1662 3752 376 ' ' '' 1662 3752 377 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3752 378 RPG rpg NN 1662 3752 379 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3752 380 19.55 19.55 CD 1662 3752 381 % % NN 1662 3752 382 , , , 1662 3752 383 Mamadou Mamadou NNP 1662 3752 384 Boye Boye NNP 1662 3752 385 BA BA NNP 1662 3752 386 ' ' '' 1662 3752 387 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3752 388 UNR UNR NNP 1662 3752 389 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3752 390 13.37 13.37 CD 1662 3752 391 % % NN 1662 3752 392 , , , 1662 3752 393 Siradiou Siradiou NNP 1662 3752 394 DIALLO DIALLO NNP 1662 3752 395 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3752 396 PRP PRP NNP 1662 3752 397 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3752 398 11.86 11.86 CD 1662 3752 399 % % NN 1662 3752 400 ; ; : 1662 3752 401 note note VB 1662 3752 402 - - : 1662 3752 403 the the DT 1662 3752 404 country country NN 1662 3752 405 's 's POS 1662 3752 406 first first JJ 1662 3752 407 - - HYPH 1662 3752 408 ever ever RB 1662 3752 409 multi multi JJ 1662 3752 410 - - JJ 1662 3752 411 party party JJ 1662 3752 412 elections election NNS 1662 3752 413 for for IN 1662 3752 414 president president NNP 1662 3752 415 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 3752 416 branch branch NN 1662 3752 417 : : : 1662 3752 418 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 3752 419 People People NNPS 1662 3752 420 's 's POS 1662 3752 421 National National NNP 1662 3752 422 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3752 423 or or CC 1662 3752 424 Assemblee Assemblee NNP 1662 3752 425 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 3752 426 Populaire Populaire NNP 1662 3752 427 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3752 428 114 114 CD 1662 3752 429 seats seat NNS 1662 3752 430 ; ; : 1662 3752 431 members member NNS 1662 3752 432 are be VBP 1662 3752 433 elected elect VBN 1662 3752 434 by by IN 1662 3752 435 direct direct JJ 1662 3752 436 popular popular JJ 1662 3752 437 vote vote NN 1662 3752 438 to to TO 1662 3752 439 serve serve VB 1662 3752 440 five five CD 1662 3752 441 - - HYPH 1662 3752 442 year year NN 1662 3752 443 terms term NNS 1662 3752 444 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3752 445 elections election NNS 1662 3752 446 : : : 1662 3752 447 last last RB 1662 3752 448 held hold VBD 1662 3752 449 11 11 CD 1662 3752 450 June June NNP 1662 3752 451 1995 1995 CD 1662 3752 452 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3752 453 next next JJ 1662 3752 454 to to TO 1662 3752 455 be be VB 1662 3752 456 held hold VBN 1662 3752 457 NA NA NNP 1662 3752 458 2000 2000 CD 1662 3752 459 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3752 460 election election NN 1662 3752 461 results result NNS 1662 3752 462 : : : 1662 3752 463 percent percent NN 1662 3752 464 of of IN 1662 3752 465 vote vote NN 1662 3752 466 by by IN 1662 3752 467 party party NN 1662 3752 468 - - HYPH 1662 3752 469 NA NA NNP 1662 3752 470 ; ; , 1662 3752 471 seats seat NNS 1662 3752 472 by by IN 1662 3752 473 party party NN 1662 3752 474 - - HYPH 1662 3752 475 PUP PUP NNP 1662 3752 476 71 71 CD 1662 3752 477 , , , 1662 3752 478 RPG RPG NNP 1662 3752 479 19 19 CD 1662 3752 480 , , , 1662 3752 481 PRP PRP NNP 1662 3752 482 9 9 CD 1662 3752 483 , , , 1662 3752 484 UNR UNR NNP 1662 3752 485 9 9 CD 1662 3752 486 , , , 1662 3752 487 UPG UPG NNP 1662 3752 488 2 2 CD 1662 3752 489 , , , 1662 3752 490 PDG PDG NNP 1662 3752 491 1 1 CD 1662 3752 492 , , , 1662 3752 493 UNP UNP NNP 1662 3752 494 1 1 CD 1662 3752 495 , , , 1662 3752 496 PDG PDG NNP 1662 3752 497 / / SYM 1662 3752 498 RDA RDA NNP 1662 3752 499 1 1 CD 1662 3752 500 , , , 1662 3752 501 other other JJ 1662 3752 502 1 1 CD 1662 3752 503 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 3752 504 branch branch NN 1662 3752 505 : : : 1662 3752 506 Court Court NNP 1662 3752 507 of of IN 1662 3752 508 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 3752 509 or or CC 1662 3752 510 Cour Cour NNP 1662 3752 511 d'Appel d'Appel NNP 1662 3752 512 Political political JJ 1662 3752 513 parties party NNS 1662 3752 514 and and CC 1662 3752 515 leaders leader NNS 1662 3752 516 : : : 1662 3752 517 political political JJ 1662 3752 518 parties party NNS 1662 3752 519 were be VBD 1662 3752 520 legalized legalize VBN 1662 3752 521 on on IN 1662 3752 522 1 1 CD 1662 3752 523 April April NNP 1662 3752 524 1992 1992 CD 1662 3752 525 ; ; : 1662 3752 526 of of IN 1662 3752 527 the the DT 1662 3752 528 more more JJR 1662 3752 529 than than IN 1662 3752 530 40 40 CD 1662 3752 531 with with IN 1662 3752 532 legal legal JJ 1662 3752 533 status status NN 1662 3752 534 , , , 1662 3752 535 the the DT 1662 3752 536 following follow VBG 1662 3752 537 won win VBN 1662 3752 538 seats seat NNS 1662 3752 539 in in IN 1662 3752 540 the the DT 1662 3752 541 legislature legislature NN 1662 3752 542 in in IN 1662 3752 543 the the DT 1662 3752 544 11 11 CD 1662 3752 545 June June NNP 1662 3752 546 1995 1995 CD 1662 3752 547 elections election NNS 1662 3752 548 pro pro JJ 1662 3752 549 - - JJ 1662 3752 550 government government JJ 1662 3752 551 : : : 1662 3752 552 Party party NN 1662 3752 553 for for IN 1662 3752 554 Unity Unity NNP 1662 3752 555 and and CC 1662 3752 556 Progress Progress NNP 1662 3752 557 or or CC 1662 3752 558 PUP PUP NNP 1662 3752 559 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3752 560 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 3752 561 Lansana Lansana NNP 1662 3752 562 CONTE CONTE NNP 1662 3752 563 ' ' '' 1662 3752 564 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3752 565 other other JJ 1662 3752 566 : : : 1662 3752 567 Rally rally NN 1662 3752 568 for for IN 1662 3752 569 the the DT 1662 3752 570 Guinean Guinean NNP 1662 3752 571 People People NNPS 1662 3752 572 or or CC 1662 3752 573 RPG rpg NN 1662 3752 574 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3752 575 Alpha alpha NN 1662 3752 576 CONDE CONDE VBN 1662 3752 577 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3752 578 ; ; : 1662 3752 579 Union Union NNP 1662 3752 580 for for IN 1662 3752 581 a a DT 1662 3752 582 New New NNP 1662 3752 583 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3752 584 or or CC 1662 3752 585 UNR UNR NNP 1662 3752 586 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3752 587 Mamadou Mamadou NNP 1662 3752 588 Boye Boye NNP 1662 3752 589 BA BA NNP 1662 3752 590 ' ' '' 1662 3752 591 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3752 592 ; ; : 1662 3752 593 Party Party NNP 1662 3752 594 for for IN 1662 3752 595 Renewal Renewal NNP 1662 3752 596 and and CC 1662 3752 597 Progress Progress NNP 1662 3752 598 or or CC 1662 3752 599 PRP PRP NNP 1662 3752 600 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3752 601 Siradiou Siradiou NNP 1662 3752 602 DIALLO DIALLO NNP 1662 3752 603 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3752 604 ; ; : 1662 3752 605 Union Union NNP 1662 3752 606 for for IN 1662 3752 607 Progress Progress NNP 1662 3752 608 of of IN 1662 3752 609 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3752 610 or or CC 1662 3752 611 UPG UPG NNP 1662 3752 612 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3752 613 Sec.-Gen Sec.-Gen NNP 1662 3752 614 . . . 1662 3752 615 Jean Jean NNP 1662 3752 616 - - HYPH 1662 3752 617 Marie Marie NNP 1662 3752 618 DORE DORE NNP 1662 3752 619 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3752 620 ; ; : 1662 3752 621 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3752 622 Party Party NNP 1662 3752 623 of of IN 1662 3752 624 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3752 625 or or CC 1662 3752 626 PDG PDG NNP 1662 3752 627 - - HYPH 1662 3752 628 AST AST NNP 1662 3752 629 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3752 630 Ahmed Ahmed NNP 1662 3752 631 Sekou Sekou NNP 1662 3752 632 TOURE TOURE NNP 1662 3752 633 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3752 634 ; ; : 1662 3752 635 National National NNP 1662 3752 636 Union Union NNP 1662 3752 637 for for IN 1662 3752 638 the the DT 1662 3752 639 Prosperity Prosperity NNP 1662 3752 640 of of IN 1662 3752 641 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3752 642 or or CC 1662 3752 643 UNPG UNPG NNP 1662 3752 644 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3752 645 Lt Lt NNP 1662 3752 646 . . NNP 1662 3752 647 Col Col NNP 1662 3752 648 . . . 1662 3753 1 Facine Facine NNP 1662 3753 2 TOURE TOURE NNP 1662 3753 3 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3753 4 ; ; : 1662 3753 5 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3753 6 Party Party NNP 1662 3753 7 of of IN 1662 3753 8 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3753 9 - - HYPH 1662 3753 10 African African NNP 1662 3753 11 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3753 12 Rally Rally NNP 1662 3753 13 or or CC 1662 3753 14 PDG PDG NNP 1662 3753 15 - - HYPH 1662 3753 16 RDA rda NN 1662 3753 17 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3753 18 El El NNP 1662 3753 19 Hadj Hadj NNP 1662 3753 20 Ismael Ismael NNP 1662 3753 21 Mohamed Mohamed NNP 1662 3753 22 Gassim Gassim NNP 1662 3753 23 GUSHEIN GUSHEIN NNP 1662 3753 24 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3753 25 International international JJ 1662 3753 26 organization organization NN 1662 3753 27 participation participation NN 1662 3753 28 : : : 1662 3753 29 ACCT acct JJ 1662 3753 30 , , , 1662 3753 31 ACP ACP NNP 1662 3753 32 , , , 1662 3753 33 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 3753 34 , , , 1662 3753 35 CCC CCC NNP 1662 3753 36 , , , 1662 3753 37 ECA ECA NNP 1662 3753 38 , , , 1662 3753 39 ECOWAS ECOWAS NNP 1662 3753 40 , , , 1662 3753 41 FAO FAO NNP 1662 3753 42 , , , 1662 3753 43 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 3753 44 , , , 1662 3753 45 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 3753 46 , , , 1662 3753 47 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 3753 48 , , , 1662 3753 49 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 3753 50 , , , 1662 3753 51 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 3753 52 , , , 1662 3753 53 IDA IDA NNP 1662 3753 54 , , , 1662 3753 55 IDB IDB NNP 1662 3753 56 , , , 1662 3753 57 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 3753 58 , , , 1662 3753 59 IFC IFC NNP 1662 3753 60 , , , 1662 3753 61 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 3753 62 , , , 1662 3753 63 ILO ILO NNP 1662 3753 64 , , , 1662 3753 65 IMF IMF NNP 1662 3753 66 , , , 1662 3753 67 IMO imo RB 1662 3753 68 , , , 1662 3753 69 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3753 70 , , , 1662 3753 71 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 3753 72 , , , 1662 3753 73 IOC IOC NNP 1662 3753 74 , , , 1662 3753 75 ITU ITU NNP 1662 3753 76 , , , 1662 3753 77 MINURSO MINURSO NNP 1662 3753 78 , , , 1662 3753 79 NAM NAM NNP 1662 3753 80 , , , 1662 3753 81 OAU OAU NNP 1662 3753 82 , , , 1662 3753 83 OIC OIC NNP 1662 3753 84 , , , 1662 3753 85 UN UN NNP 1662 3753 86 , , , 1662 3753 87 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 3753 88 , , , 1662 3753 89 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 3753 90 , , , 1662 3753 91 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 3753 92 , , , 1662 3753 93 UPU UPU NNP 1662 3753 94 , , , 1662 3753 95 WCL WCL NNP 1662 3753 96 , , , 1662 3753 97 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 3753 98 , , , 1662 3753 99 WHO who WP 1662 3753 100 , , , 1662 3753 101 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 3753 102 , , , 1662 3753 103 WMO WMO NNP 1662 3753 104 , , , 1662 3753 105 WToO wtoo FW 1662 3753 106 , , , 1662 3753 107 WTrO wtro VB 1662 3753 108 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3753 109 representation representation NN 1662 3753 110 in in IN 1662 3753 111 the the DT 1662 3753 112 US US NNP 1662 3753 113 : : : 1662 3753 114 chief chief NN 1662 3753 115 of of IN 1662 3753 116 mission mission NN 1662 3753 117 : : : 1662 3753 118 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3753 119 Mohamed Mohamed NNP 1662 3753 120 Aly Aly NNP 1662 3753 121 THIAM THIAM NNP 1662 3753 122 chancery chancery NN 1662 3753 123 : : : 1662 3753 124 2112 2112 CD 1662 3753 125 Leroy Leroy NNP 1662 3753 126 Place Place NNP 1662 3753 127 NW NW NNP 1662 3753 128 , , , 1662 3753 129 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3753 130 , , , 1662 3753 131 DC DC NNP 1662 3753 132 20008 20008 CD 1662 3753 133 telephone telephone NN 1662 3753 134 : : : 1662 3753 135 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3753 136 1 1 CD 1662 3753 137 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3753 138 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3753 139 202 202 CD 1662 3753 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3753 141 483 483 CD 1662 3753 142 - - HYPH 1662 3753 143 9420 9420 CD 1662 3753 144 FAX FAX NNP 1662 3753 145 : : : 1662 3753 146 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3753 147 1 1 CD 1662 3753 148 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3753 149 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3753 150 202 202 CD 1662 3753 151 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3753 152 483 483 CD 1662 3753 153 - - HYPH 1662 3753 154 8688 8688 CD 1662 3753 155 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3753 156 representation representation NN 1662 3753 157 from from IN 1662 3753 158 the the DT 1662 3753 159 US US NNP 1662 3753 160 : : : 1662 3753 161 chief chief NN 1662 3753 162 of of IN 1662 3753 163 mission mission NN 1662 3753 164 : : : 1662 3753 165 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3753 166 Tibor Tibor NNP 1662 3753 167 P. P. NNP 1662 3753 168 NAGY NAGY NNP 1662 3753 169 , , , 1662 3753 170 Jr. Jr. NNP 1662 3753 171 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3753 172 5 5 CD 1662 3753 173 July July NNP 1662 3753 174 1996 1996 CD 1662 3753 175 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3753 176 embassy embassy NN 1662 3753 177 : : : 1662 3753 178 Rue rue VB 1662 3753 179 KA KA NNP 1662 3753 180 038 038 CD 1662 3753 181 , , , 1662 3753 182 Conakry Conakry NNP 1662 3753 183 mailing mail VBG 1662 3753 184 address address NN 1662 3753 185 : : : 1662 3753 186 B. B. NNP 1662 3753 187 P. P. NNP 1662 3753 188 603 603 CD 1662 3753 189 , , , 1662 3753 190 Conakry conakry JJ 1662 3753 191 telephone telephone NN 1662 3753 192 : : : 1662 3753 193 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3753 194 224 224 CD 1662 3753 195 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3753 196 41 41 CD 1662 3753 197 15 15 CD 1662 3753 198 20 20 CD 1662 3753 199 , , , 1662 3753 200 41 41 CD 1662 3753 201 15 15 CD 1662 3753 202 21 21 CD 1662 3753 203 , , , 1662 3753 204 41 41 CD 1662 3753 205 15 15 CD 1662 3753 206 23 23 CD 1662 3753 207 FAX fax NN 1662 3753 208 : : : 1662 3753 209 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3753 210 224 224 CD 1662 3753 211 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3753 212 41 41 CD 1662 3753 213 15 15 CD 1662 3753 214 22 22 CD 1662 3753 215 Flag flag NN 1662 3753 216 description description NN 1662 3753 217 : : : 1662 3753 218 three three CD 1662 3753 219 equal equal JJ 1662 3753 220 vertical vertical JJ 1662 3753 221 bands band NNS 1662 3753 222 of of IN 1662 3753 223 red red JJ 1662 3753 224 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3753 225 hoist hoist NN 1662 3753 226 side side NN 1662 3753 227 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3753 228 , , , 1662 3753 229 yellow yellow NN 1662 3753 230 , , , 1662 3753 231 and and CC 1662 3753 232 green green JJ 1662 3753 233 ; ; : 1662 3753 234 uses use VBZ 1662 3753 235 the the DT 1662 3753 236 popular popular JJ 1662 3753 237 pan pan JJ 1662 3753 238 - - JJ 1662 3753 239 African african JJ 1662 3753 240 colors color NNS 1662 3753 241 of of IN 1662 3753 242 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 3753 243 ; ; : 1662 3753 244 similar similar JJ 1662 3753 245 to to IN 1662 3753 246 the the DT 1662 3753 247 flag flag NN 1662 3753 248 of of IN 1662 3753 249 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 3753 250 , , , 1662 3753 251 which which WDT 1662 3753 252 has have VBZ 1662 3753 253 a a DT 1662 3753 254 large large JJ 1662 3753 255 black black JJ 1662 3753 256 letter letter NN 1662 3753 257 R r NN 1662 3753 258 centered center VBD 1662 3753 259 in in IN 1662 3753 260 the the DT 1662 3753 261 yellow yellow JJ 1662 3753 262 band band NN 1662 3753 263 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3753 264 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3753 265 - - HYPH 1662 3753 266 overview overview NN 1662 3753 267 : : : 1662 3753 268 Although although IN 1662 3753 269 possessing possess VBG 1662 3753 270 major major JJ 1662 3753 271 mineral mineral NN 1662 3753 272 , , , 1662 3753 273 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 3753 274 , , , 1662 3753 275 and and CC 1662 3753 276 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 3753 277 resources resource NNS 1662 3753 278 , , , 1662 3753 279 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3753 280 remains remain VBZ 1662 3753 281 one one CD 1662 3753 282 of of IN 1662 3753 283 the the DT 1662 3753 284 poorest poor JJS 1662 3753 285 countries country NNS 1662 3753 286 in in IN 1662 3753 287 the the DT 1662 3753 288 world world NN 1662 3753 289 . . . 1662 3754 1 The the DT 1662 3754 2 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 3754 3 sector sector NN 1662 3754 4 employs employ VBZ 1662 3754 5 80 80 CD 1662 3754 6 % % NN 1662 3754 7 of of IN 1662 3754 8 the the DT 1662 3754 9 work work NN 1662 3754 10 force force NN 1662 3754 11 . . . 1662 3755 1 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3755 2 possesses possess VBZ 1662 3755 3 over over IN 1662 3755 4 25 25 CD 1662 3755 5 % % NN 1662 3755 6 of of IN 1662 3755 7 the the DT 1662 3755 8 world world NN 1662 3755 9 's 's POS 1662 3755 10 bauxite bauxite JJ 1662 3755 11 reserves reserve NNS 1662 3755 12 and and CC 1662 3755 13 is be VBZ 1662 3755 14 the the DT 1662 3755 15 second second RB 1662 3755 16 largest large JJS 1662 3755 17 bauxite bauxite JJ 1662 3755 18 producer producer NN 1662 3755 19 . . . 1662 3756 1 The the DT 1662 3756 2 mining mining NN 1662 3756 3 sector sector NN 1662 3756 4 accounted account VBD 1662 3756 5 for for IN 1662 3756 6 about about RB 1662 3756 7 75 75 CD 1662 3756 8 % % NN 1662 3756 9 of of IN 1662 3756 10 exports export NNS 1662 3756 11 in in IN 1662 3756 12 1995 1995 CD 1662 3756 13 . . . 1662 3757 1 Long long JJ 1662 3757 2 run run VB 1662 3757 3 improvements improvement NNS 1662 3757 4 in in IN 1662 3757 5 government government NN 1662 3757 6 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3757 7 arrangements arrangement NNS 1662 3757 8 , , , 1662 3757 9 literacy literacy NN 1662 3757 10 , , , 1662 3757 11 and and CC 1662 3757 12 the the DT 1662 3757 13 legal legal JJ 1662 3757 14 framework framework NN 1662 3757 15 are be VBP 1662 3757 16 needed need VBN 1662 3757 17 if if IN 1662 3757 18 the the DT 1662 3757 19 country country NN 1662 3757 20 is be VBZ 1662 3757 21 to to TO 1662 3757 22 move move VB 1662 3757 23 out out IN 1662 3757 24 of of IN 1662 3757 25 poverty poverty NN 1662 3757 26 . . . 1662 3758 1 Except except IN 1662 3758 2 in in IN 1662 3758 3 the the DT 1662 3758 4 mining mining NN 1662 3758 5 industry industry NN 1662 3758 6 , , , 1662 3758 7 foreign foreign JJ 1662 3758 8 investment investment NN 1662 3758 9 remains remain VBZ 1662 3758 10 minimal minimal JJ 1662 3758 11 . . . 1662 3759 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3759 2 : : : 1662 3759 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 3759 4 power power NN 1662 3759 5 parity parity NN 1662 3759 6 - - : 1662 3759 7 $ $ $ 1662 3759 8 7.1 7.1 CD 1662 3759 9 billion billion CD 1662 3759 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3759 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 3759 12 est est NNP 1662 3759 13 . . . 1662 3759 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3760 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3760 2 - - HYPH 1662 3760 3 real real JJ 1662 3760 4 growth growth NN 1662 3760 5 rate rate NN 1662 3760 6 : : : 1662 3760 7 6 6 CD 1662 3760 8 % % NN 1662 3760 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3760 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 3760 11 est est NNP 1662 3760 12 . . . 1662 3760 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3761 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3761 2 - - HYPH 1662 3761 3 per per FW 1662 3761 4 capita capita NN 1662 3761 5 : : : 1662 3761 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 3761 7 power power NN 1662 3761 8 parity parity NN 1662 3761 9 - - : 1662 3761 10 $ $ $ 1662 3761 11 950 950 CD 1662 3761 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3761 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 3761 14 est est NNP 1662 3761 15 . . . 1662 3761 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3762 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3762 2 - - HYPH 1662 3762 3 composition composition NN 1662 3762 4 by by IN 1662 3762 5 sector sector NN 1662 3762 6 : : : 1662 3762 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3762 8 : : : 1662 3762 9 24 24 CD 1662 3762 10 % % NN 1662 3762 11 industry industry NN 1662 3762 12 : : : 1662 3762 13 31 31 CD 1662 3762 14 % % NN 1662 3762 15 services service NNS 1662 3762 16 : : : 1662 3762 17 45 45 CD 1662 3762 18 % % NN 1662 3762 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3762 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 3762 21 est est NNP 1662 3762 22 . . . 1662 3762 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3763 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 3763 2 rate rate NN 1662 3763 3 - - HYPH 1662 3763 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 3763 5 price price NN 1662 3763 6 index index NN 1662 3763 7 : : : 1662 3763 8 5.1 5.1 CD 1662 3763 9 % % NN 1662 3763 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3763 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 3763 12 est est NNP 1662 3763 13 . . . 1662 3763 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3764 1 Labor labor NN 1662 3764 2 force force NN 1662 3764 3 : : : 1662 3764 4 total total NN 1662 3764 5 : : : 1662 3764 6 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 3764 7 million million CD 1662 3764 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3764 9 1983 1983 CD 1662 3764 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3764 11 by by IN 1662 3764 12 occupation occupation NN 1662 3764 13 : : : 1662 3764 14 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3764 15 80.0 80.0 CD 1662 3764 16 % % NN 1662 3764 17 , , , 1662 3764 18 industry industry NN 1662 3764 19 and and CC 1662 3764 20 commerce commerce NN 1662 3764 21 11.0 11.0 CD 1662 3764 22 % % NN 1662 3764 23 , , , 1662 3764 24 services service NNS 1662 3764 25 5.4 5.4 CD 1662 3764 26 % % NN 1662 3764 27 , , , 1662 3764 28 civil civil JJ 1662 3764 29 service service NN 1662 3764 30 3.6 3.6 CD 1662 3764 31 % % NN 1662 3764 32 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 3764 33 rate rate NN 1662 3764 34 : : : 1662 3764 35 NA% NA% `` 1662 3764 36 Budget budget NN 1662 3764 37 : : : 1662 3764 38 revenues revenue NNS 1662 3764 39 : : : 1662 3764 40 $ $ $ 1662 3764 41 519 519 CD 1662 3764 42 million million CD 1662 3764 43 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3764 44 : : : 1662 3764 45 $ $ $ 1662 3764 46 947 947 CD 1662 3764 47 million million CD 1662 3764 48 , , , 1662 3764 49 including include VBG 1662 3764 50 capital capital NN 1662 3764 51 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3764 52 of of IN 1662 3764 53 $ $ $ 1662 3764 54 NA na NN 1662 3764 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3764 56 1995 1995 CD 1662 3764 57 est est NNP 1662 3764 58 . . . 1662 3764 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3765 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 3765 2 : : : 1662 3765 3 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 3765 4 , , , 1662 3765 5 gold gold NN 1662 3765 6 , , , 1662 3765 7 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 3765 8 ; ; : 1662 3765 9 alumina alumina NNP 1662 3765 10 refining refining NN 1662 3765 11 ; ; : 1662 3765 12 light light JJ 1662 3765 13 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 3765 14 and and CC 1662 3765 15 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 3765 16 processing processing NN 1662 3765 17 industries industry NNS 1662 3765 18 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 3765 19 production production NN 1662 3765 20 growth growth NN 1662 3765 21 rate rate NN 1662 3765 22 : : : 1662 3765 23 3.2 3.2 CD 1662 3765 24 % % NN 1662 3765 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3765 26 1994 1994 CD 1662 3765 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3765 28 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3765 29 - - HYPH 1662 3765 30 capacity capacity NN 1662 3765 31 : : : 1662 3765 32 113,000 113,000 CD 1662 3765 33 kW kw NN 1662 3765 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3765 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 3765 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3765 37 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3765 38 - - HYPH 1662 3765 39 production production NN 1662 3765 40 : : : 1662 3765 41 300 300 CD 1662 3765 42 million million CD 1662 3765 43 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3765 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3765 45 1995 1995 CD 1662 3765 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3765 47 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3765 48 - - HYPH 1662 3765 49 consumption consumption NN 1662 3765 50 per per IN 1662 3765 51 capita capita NN 1662 3765 52 : : : 1662 3765 53 40 40 CD 1662 3765 54 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3765 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3765 56 1991 1991 CD 1662 3765 57 est est NNP 1662 3765 58 . . . 1662 3765 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3766 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3766 2 - - HYPH 1662 3766 3 products product NNS 1662 3766 4 : : : 1662 3766 5 rice rice NN 1662 3766 6 , , , 1662 3766 7 coffee coffee NN 1662 3766 8 , , , 1662 3766 9 pineapples pineapple NNS 1662 3766 10 , , , 1662 3766 11 palm palm NN 1662 3766 12 kernels kernel NNS 1662 3766 13 , , , 1662 3766 14 cassava cassava NNP 1662 3766 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3766 16 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 3766 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3766 18 , , , 1662 3766 19 bananas banana NNS 1662 3766 20 , , , 1662 3766 21 sweet sweet JJ 1662 3766 22 potatoes potato NNS 1662 3766 23 ; ; : 1662 3766 24 cattle cattle NNS 1662 3766 25 , , , 1662 3766 26 sheep sheep NNS 1662 3766 27 , , , 1662 3766 28 goats goat NNS 1662 3766 29 ; ; , 1662 3766 30 timber timber NN 1662 3766 31 Exports export NNS 1662 3766 32 : : : 1662 3766 33 total total JJ 1662 3766 34 value value NN 1662 3766 35 : : : 1662 3766 36 $ $ $ 1662 3766 37 725 725 CD 1662 3766 38 million million CD 1662 3766 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3766 40 1995 1995 CD 1662 3766 41 est est NNP 1662 3766 42 . . . 1662 3766 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3767 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3767 2 : : : 1662 3767 3 bauxite bauxite NNP 1662 3767 4 , , , 1662 3767 5 alumina alumina NNP 1662 3767 6 , , , 1662 3767 7 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 3767 8 , , , 1662 3767 9 gold gold NN 1662 3767 10 , , , 1662 3767 11 coffee coffee NN 1662 3767 12 , , , 1662 3767 13 fish fish NN 1662 3767 14 , , , 1662 3767 15 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 3767 16 products product NNS 1662 3767 17 partners partner NNS 1662 3767 18 : : : 1662 3767 19 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 3767 20 - - HYPH 1662 3767 21 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 3767 22 27 27 CD 1662 3767 23 % % NN 1662 3767 24 , , , 1662 3767 25 US US NNP 1662 3767 26 15 15 CD 1662 3767 27 % % NN 1662 3767 28 , , , 1662 3767 29 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 3767 30 10 10 CD 1662 3767 31 % % NN 1662 3767 32 , , , 1662 3767 33 Spain Spain NNP 1662 3767 34 10 10 CD 1662 3767 35 % % NN 1662 3767 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3767 37 1994 1994 CD 1662 3767 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3767 39 Imports import NNS 1662 3767 40 : : : 1662 3767 41 total total JJ 1662 3767 42 value value NN 1662 3767 43 : : : 1662 3767 44 $ $ $ 1662 3767 45 775 775 CD 1662 3767 46 million million CD 1662 3767 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3767 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 3767 49 est est NNP 1662 3767 50 . . . 1662 3767 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3768 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3768 2 : : : 1662 3768 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 3768 4 products product NNS 1662 3768 5 , , , 1662 3768 6 metals metal NNS 1662 3768 7 , , , 1662 3768 8 machinery machinery NN 1662 3768 9 , , , 1662 3768 10 transport transport NN 1662 3768 11 equipment equipment NN 1662 3768 12 , , , 1662 3768 13 textiles textile NNS 1662 3768 14 , , , 1662 3768 15 grain grain NN 1662 3768 16 and and CC 1662 3768 17 other other JJ 1662 3768 18 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 3768 19 partners partner NNS 1662 3768 20 : : : 1662 3768 21 France France NNP 1662 3768 22 20 20 CD 1662 3768 23 % % NN 1662 3768 24 , , , 1662 3768 25 Cote Cote NNP 1662 3768 26 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 3768 27 16 16 CD 1662 3768 28 % % NN 1662 3768 29 , , , 1662 3768 30 US US NNP 1662 3768 31 7 7 CD 1662 3768 32 % % NN 1662 3768 33 , , , 1662 3768 34 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 3768 35 - - HYPH 1662 3768 36 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 3768 37 7 7 CD 1662 3768 38 % % NN 1662 3768 39 , , , 1662 3768 40 Hong Hong NNP 1662 3768 41 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3768 42 6 6 CD 1662 3768 43 % % NN 1662 3768 44 , , , 1662 3768 45 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3768 46 4 4 CD 1662 3768 47 % % NN 1662 3768 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3768 49 1994 1994 CD 1662 3768 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3768 51 Debt debt NN 1662 3768 52 - - HYPH 1662 3768 53 external external JJ 1662 3768 54 : : : 1662 3768 55 $ $ $ 1662 3768 56 3 3 CD 1662 3768 57 billion billion CD 1662 3768 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3768 59 1996 1996 CD 1662 3768 60 est est NNP 1662 3768 61 . . . 1662 3768 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3769 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 3769 2 aid aid NN 1662 3769 3 : : : 1662 3769 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 3769 5 : : : 1662 3769 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 3769 7 , , , 1662 3769 8 $ $ $ 1662 3769 9 NA NA NNP 1662 3769 10 Currency currency NN 1662 3769 11 : : : 1662 3769 12 1 1 CD 1662 3769 13 Guinean guinean JJ 1662 3769 14 franc franc NN 1662 3769 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3769 16 FG FG NNP 1662 3769 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3769 18 = = SYM 1662 3769 19 100 100 CD 1662 3769 20 centimes centime NNS 1662 3769 21 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 3769 22 rates rate NNS 1662 3769 23 : : : 1662 3769 24 Guinean guinean JJ 1662 3769 25 francs franc NNS 1662 3769 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3769 27 FG FG NNP 1662 3769 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3769 29 per per IN 1662 3769 30 US$ us$ $ 1662 3769 31 1 1 CD 1662 3769 32 - - SYM 1662 3769 33 1,004.0 1,004.0 CD 1662 3769 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3769 35 January January NNP 1662 3769 36 1997 1997 CD 1662 3769 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3769 38 , , , 1662 3769 39 1,006.8 1,006.8 CD 1662 3769 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3769 41 November November NNP 1662 3769 42 1996 1996 CD 1662 3769 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3769 44 , , , 1662 3769 45 991.4 991.4 CD 1662 3769 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3769 47 1995 1995 CD 1662 3769 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3769 49 , , , 1662 3769 50 976.6 976.6 CD 1662 3769 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3769 52 1994 1994 CD 1662 3769 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3769 54 , , , 1662 3769 55 955.5 955.5 CD 1662 3769 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3769 57 1993 1993 CD 1662 3769 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3769 59 , , , 1662 3769 60 902.0 902.0 CD 1662 3769 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3769 62 1992 1992 CD 1662 3769 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3769 64 note note NN 1662 3769 65 : : : 1662 3769 66 the the DT 1662 3769 67 official official JJ 1662 3769 68 exchange exchange NN 1662 3769 69 rate rate NN 1662 3769 70 of of IN 1662 3769 71 the the DT 1662 3769 72 Guinean guinean JJ 1662 3769 73 franc franc NN 1662 3769 74 was be VBD 1662 3769 75 set set VBN 1662 3769 76 and and CC 1662 3769 77 quoted quote VBN 1662 3769 78 weekly weekly RB 1662 3769 79 against against IN 1662 3769 80 the the DT 1662 3769 81 US US NNP 1662 3769 82 dollar dollar NN 1662 3769 83 until until IN 1662 3769 84 end end NN 1662 3769 85 - - HYPH 1662 3769 86 October October NNP 1662 3769 87 1993 1993 CD 1662 3769 88 ; ; : 1662 3769 89 since since IN 1662 3769 90 1 1 CD 1662 3769 91 November November NNP 1662 3769 92 1994 1994 CD 1662 3769 93 , , , 1662 3769 94 the the DT 1662 3769 95 exchange exchange NN 1662 3769 96 rate rate NN 1662 3769 97 is be VBZ 1662 3769 98 determined determine VBN 1662 3769 99 in in IN 1662 3769 100 the the DT 1662 3769 101 interbank interbank NN 1662 3769 102 market market NN 1662 3769 103 for for IN 1662 3769 104 foreign foreign JJ 1662 3769 105 exchange exchange NN 1662 3769 106 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3769 107 year year NN 1662 3769 108 : : : 1662 3769 109 calendar calendar NNP 1662 3769 110 year year NN 1662 3769 111 @Guinea @Guinea NNP 1662 3769 112 : : : 1662 3769 113 Communications Communications NNP 1662 3769 114 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 3769 115 : : : 1662 3769 116 18,000 18,000 CD 1662 3769 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3769 118 1994 1994 CD 1662 3769 119 est est NNP 1662 3769 120 . . . 1662 3769 121 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3770 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 3770 2 system system NN 1662 3770 3 : : : 1662 3770 4 poor poor JJ 1662 3770 5 to to TO 1662 3770 6 fair fair JJ 1662 3770 7 system system NN 1662 3770 8 of of IN 1662 3770 9 open open JJ 1662 3770 10 - - HYPH 1662 3770 11 wire wire NN 1662 3770 12 lines line NNS 1662 3770 13 , , , 1662 3770 14 small small JJ 1662 3770 15 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 3770 16 communication communication NN 1662 3770 17 stations station NNS 1662 3770 18 , , , 1662 3770 19 and and CC 1662 3770 20 new new JJ 1662 3770 21 microwave microwave NN 1662 3770 22 radio radio NN 1662 3770 23 relay relay NN 1662 3770 24 system system NN 1662 3770 25 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3770 26 : : : 1662 3770 27 microwave microwave NN 1662 3770 28 radio radio NN 1662 3770 29 relay relay NN 1662 3770 30 and and CC 1662 3770 31 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 3770 32 communication communication NN 1662 3770 33 international international NNP 1662 3770 34 : : : 1662 3770 35 satellite satellite NN 1662 3770 36 earth earth NNP 1662 3770 37 station station NNP 1662 3770 38 - - : 1662 3770 39 1 1 CD 1662 3770 40 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3770 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3770 42 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3770 43 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3770 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3770 45 Radio radio NN 1662 3770 46 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3770 47 stations station NNS 1662 3770 48 : : : 1662 3770 49 AM am VBP 1662 3770 50 3 3 CD 1662 3770 51 , , , 1662 3770 52 FM FM NNP 1662 3770 53 1 1 CD 1662 3770 54 , , , 1662 3770 55 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 3770 56 0 0 CD 1662 3770 57 Radios radio NNS 1662 3770 58 : : : 1662 3770 59 257,000 257,000 CD 1662 3770 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3770 61 1992 1992 CD 1662 3770 62 est est NNP 1662 3770 63 . . . 1662 3770 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3771 1 Television television NN 1662 3771 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3771 3 stations station NNS 1662 3771 4 : : : 1662 3771 5 1 1 CD 1662 3771 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 3771 7 : : : 1662 3771 8 65,000 65,000 CD 1662 3771 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3771 10 1993 1993 CD 1662 3771 11 est est NNP 1662 3771 12 . . . 1662 3771 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3772 1 @Guinea @guinea LS 1662 3772 2 : : : 1662 3772 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3772 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 3772 5 : : : 1662 3772 6 total total NN 1662 3772 7 : : : 1662 3772 8 1,086 1,086 CD 1662 3772 9 km km NN 1662 3772 10 standard standard JJ 1662 3772 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 3772 12 : : : 1662 3772 13 279 279 CD 1662 3772 14 km km NN 1662 3772 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 3772 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 3772 17 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3772 18 gauge gauge NN 1662 3772 19 : : : 1662 3772 20 807 807 CD 1662 3772 21 km km NN 1662 3772 22 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 3772 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 3772 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3772 25 includes include VBZ 1662 3772 26 662 662 CD 1662 3772 27 km km NNS 1662 3772 28 in in IN 1662 3772 29 common common JJ 1662 3772 30 carrier carrier NN 1662 3772 31 service service NN 1662 3772 32 from from IN 1662 3772 33 Kankan Kankan NNP 1662 3772 34 to to IN 1662 3772 35 Conakry Conakry NNP 1662 3772 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3772 37 Highways highway NNS 1662 3772 38 : : : 1662 3772 39 total total NN 1662 3772 40 : : : 1662 3772 41 30,270 30,270 CD 1662 3772 42 km km NN 1662 3772 43 paved pave VBN 1662 3772 44 : : : 1662 3772 45 4,964 4,964 CD 1662 3772 46 km km NNP 1662 3772 47 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3772 48 : : : 1662 3772 49 25,306 25,306 CD 1662 3772 50 km km NNS 1662 3772 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3772 52 1995 1995 CD 1662 3772 53 est est NNP 1662 3772 54 . . . 1662 3772 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3773 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 3773 2 : : : 1662 3773 3 1,295 1,295 CD 1662 3773 4 km km NNS 1662 3773 5 navigable navigable JJ 1662 3773 6 by by IN 1662 3773 7 shallow shallow JJ 1662 3773 8 - - HYPH 1662 3773 9 draft draft NN 1662 3773 10 native native JJ 1662 3773 11 craft craft NN 1662 3773 12 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 3773 13 and and CC 1662 3773 14 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3773 15 : : : 1662 3773 16 Boke boke JJ 1662 3773 17 , , , 1662 3773 18 Conakry Conakry NNP 1662 3773 19 , , , 1662 3773 20 Kamsar Kamsar NNP 1662 3773 21 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3773 22 marine marine NN 1662 3773 23 : : : 1662 3773 24 none none NN 1662 3773 25 Airports airport NNS 1662 3773 26 : : : 1662 3773 27 14 14 CD 1662 3773 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3773 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 3773 30 est est NNP 1662 3773 31 . . . 1662 3773 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3774 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3774 2 - - , 1662 3774 3 with with IN 1662 3774 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3774 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3774 6 : : : 1662 3774 7 total total NN 1662 3774 8 : : : 1662 3774 9 6 6 CD 1662 3774 10 over over IN 1662 3774 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3774 12 m m NN 1662 3774 13 : : : 1662 3774 14 1 1 CD 1662 3774 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 3774 16 to to IN 1662 3774 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3774 18 m m NN 1662 3774 19 : : : 1662 3774 20 1 1 CD 1662 3774 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3774 22 to to TO 1662 3774 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3774 24 m m NN 1662 3774 25 : : : 1662 3774 26 3 3 CD 1662 3774 27 under under IN 1662 3774 28 914 914 CD 1662 3774 29 m m NN 1662 3774 30 : : : 1662 3774 31 1 1 CD 1662 3774 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3774 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 3774 34 est est NNP 1662 3774 35 . . . 1662 3774 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3775 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3775 2 - - , 1662 3775 3 with with IN 1662 3775 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3775 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3775 6 : : : 1662 3775 7 total total NN 1662 3775 8 : : : 1662 3775 9 8 8 CD 1662 3775 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3775 11 to to TO 1662 3775 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3775 13 m m NN 1662 3775 14 : : : 1662 3775 15 4 4 CD 1662 3775 16 914 914 CD 1662 3775 17 to to TO 1662 3775 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3775 19 m m NN 1662 3775 20 : : : 1662 3775 21 4 4 CD 1662 3775 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3775 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 3775 24 est est NNP 1662 3775 25 . . . 1662 3775 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3776 1 Military military JJ 1662 3776 2 Military military JJ 1662 3776 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3776 4 : : : 1662 3776 5 Army Army NNP 1662 3776 6 , , , 1662 3776 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 3776 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3776 9 acts act VBZ 1662 3776 10 primarily primarily RB 1662 3776 11 as as IN 1662 3776 12 a a DT 1662 3776 13 coast coast NN 1662 3776 14 guard guard NN 1662 3776 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3776 16 , , , 1662 3776 17 Air Air NNP 1662 3776 18 Force Force NNP 1662 3776 19 , , , 1662 3776 20 Republican Republican NNP 1662 3776 21 Guard Guard NNP 1662 3776 22 , , , 1662 3776 23 Presidential Presidential NNP 1662 3776 24 Guard Guard NNP 1662 3776 25 , , , 1662 3776 26 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 3776 27 National National NNP 1662 3776 28 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 3776 29 , , , 1662 3776 30 National National NNP 1662 3776 31 Police Police NNP 1662 3776 32 Force Force NNP 1662 3776 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3776 34 Surete Surete NNP 1662 3776 35 National National NNP 1662 3776 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3776 37 Military military JJ 1662 3776 38 manpower manpower NN 1662 3776 39 - - HYPH 1662 3776 40 availability availability NN 1662 3776 41 : : : 1662 3776 42 males male NNS 1662 3776 43 age age NNP 1662 3776 44 15 15 CD 1662 3776 45 - - HYPH 1662 3776 46 49 49 CD 1662 3776 47 : : : 1662 3776 48 1,684,999 1,684,999 CD 1662 3776 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3776 50 1997 1997 CD 1662 3776 51 est est NNP 1662 3776 52 . . . 1662 3776 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3777 1 Military military JJ 1662 3777 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3777 3 - - HYPH 1662 3777 4 fit fit NN 1662 3777 5 for for IN 1662 3777 6 military military JJ 1662 3777 7 service service NN 1662 3777 8 : : : 1662 3777 9 males male NNS 1662 3777 10 : : : 1662 3777 11 850,053 850,053 CD 1662 3777 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3777 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3777 14 est est NNP 1662 3777 15 . . . 1662 3777 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3778 1 Military military JJ 1662 3778 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3778 3 - - HYPH 1662 3778 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 3778 5 figure figure NN 1662 3778 6 : : : 1662 3778 7 $ $ $ 1662 3778 8 50 50 CD 1662 3778 9 million million CD 1662 3778 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3778 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 3778 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3778 13 Military military JJ 1662 3778 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3778 15 - - : 1662 3778 16 percent percent NN 1662 3778 17 of of IN 1662 3778 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3778 19 : : : 1662 3778 20 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 3778 21 % % NN 1662 3778 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3778 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 3778 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3778 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3778 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3778 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 3778 28 - - : 1662 3778 29 international international RB 1662 3778 30 : : : 1662 3778 31 none none NN 1662 3778 32 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 33 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 34 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 35 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 36 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 37 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 38 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 39 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 40 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 41 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 42 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 43 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 44 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 45 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 46 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 47 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 48 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 49 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 50 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 51 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 52 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 53 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 54 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 55 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 56 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 57 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 58 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 59 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 60 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 61 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 62 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 63 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 64 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 65 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 66 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 67 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 68 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 69 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 70 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 71 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 72 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 73 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 74 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 75 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 76 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 77 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 78 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 79 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 80 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3778 102 GUINEA GUINEA NNP 1662 3778 103 - - HYPH 1662 3778 104 BISSAU BISSAU VBN 1662 3778 105 @Guinea @guinea NN 1662 3778 106 - - HYPH 1662 3778 107 Bissau bissau NN 1662 3778 108 : : : 1662 3778 109 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3778 110 Location Location NNP 1662 3778 111 : : : 1662 3778 112 Western Western NNP 1662 3778 113 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3778 114 , , , 1662 3778 115 bordering border VBG 1662 3778 116 the the DT 1662 3778 117 North North NNP 1662 3778 118 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3778 119 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3778 120 , , , 1662 3778 121 between between IN 1662 3778 122 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3778 123 and and CC 1662 3778 124 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 3778 125 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3778 126 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3778 127 : : : 1662 3778 128 12 12 CD 1662 3778 129 00 00 CD 1662 3778 130 N n CD 1662 3778 131 , , , 1662 3778 132 15 15 CD 1662 3778 133 00 00 NFP 1662 3778 134 W W NNP 1662 3778 135 Map Map NNP 1662 3778 136 references reference NNS 1662 3778 137 : : : 1662 3778 138 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3778 139 Area Area NNP 1662 3778 140 : : : 1662 3778 141 total total NN 1662 3778 142 : : : 1662 3778 143 36,120 36,120 CD 1662 3778 144 sq sq NN 1662 3778 145 km km NNP 1662 3778 146 land land NN 1662 3778 147 : : : 1662 3778 148 28,000 28,000 CD 1662 3778 149 sq sq IN 1662 3778 150 km km NNP 1662 3778 151 water water NN 1662 3778 152 : : : 1662 3778 153 8,120 8,120 CD 1662 3778 154 sq sq NNP 1662 3778 155 km km NNP 1662 3778 156 Area Area NNP 1662 3778 157 - - HYPH 1662 3778 158 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3778 159 : : : 1662 3778 160 slightly slightly RB 1662 3778 161 less less JJR 1662 3778 162 than than IN 1662 3778 163 three three CD 1662 3778 164 times time NNS 1662 3778 165 the the DT 1662 3778 166 size size NN 1662 3778 167 of of IN 1662 3778 168 Connecticut Connecticut NNP 1662 3778 169 Land Land NNP 1662 3778 170 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3778 171 : : : 1662 3778 172 total total JJ 1662 3778 173 : : : 1662 3778 174 724 724 CD 1662 3778 175 km km NN 1662 3778 176 border border NN 1662 3778 177 countries country NNS 1662 3778 178 : : : 1662 3778 179 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3778 180 386 386 CD 1662 3778 181 km km NN 1662 3778 182 , , , 1662 3778 183 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 3778 184 338 338 CD 1662 3778 185 km km NN 1662 3778 186 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3778 187 : : : 1662 3778 188 350 350 CD 1662 3778 189 km km NN 1662 3778 190 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3778 191 claims claim VBZ 1662 3778 192 : : : 1662 3778 193 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3778 194 economic economic JJ 1662 3778 195 zone zone NN 1662 3778 196 : : : 1662 3778 197 200 200 CD 1662 3778 198 nm nm CD 1662 3778 199 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3778 200 sea sea NN 1662 3778 201 : : : 1662 3778 202 12 12 CD 1662 3778 203 nm nm NNP 1662 3778 204 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3778 205 : : : 1662 3778 206 tropical tropical JJ 1662 3778 207 ; ; : 1662 3778 208 generally generally RB 1662 3778 209 hot hot JJ 1662 3778 210 and and CC 1662 3778 211 humid humid JJ 1662 3778 212 ; ; , 1662 3778 213 monsoonal monsoonal JJ 1662 3778 214 - - HYPH 1662 3778 215 type type NN 1662 3778 216 rainy rainy JJ 1662 3778 217 season season NN 1662 3778 218 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3778 219 June June NNP 1662 3778 220 to to IN 1662 3778 221 November November NNP 1662 3778 222 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3778 223 with with IN 1662 3778 224 southwesterly southwesterly JJ 1662 3778 225 winds wind NNS 1662 3778 226 ; ; , 1662 3778 227 dry dry JJ 1662 3778 228 season season NN 1662 3778 229 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3778 230 December December NNP 1662 3778 231 to to IN 1662 3778 232 May May NNP 1662 3778 233 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3778 234 with with IN 1662 3778 235 northeasterly northeasterly RB 1662 3778 236 harmattan harmattan JJ 1662 3778 237 winds wind NNS 1662 3778 238 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3778 239 : : : 1662 3778 240 mostly mostly RB 1662 3778 241 low low JJ 1662 3778 242 coastal coastal JJ 1662 3778 243 plain plain NN 1662 3778 244 rising rise VBG 1662 3778 245 to to IN 1662 3778 246 savanna savanna NN 1662 3778 247 in in IN 1662 3778 248 east east NNP 1662 3778 249 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3778 250 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3778 251 : : : 1662 3778 252 lowest low JJS 1662 3778 253 point point NN 1662 3778 254 : : : 1662 3778 255 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3778 256 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3778 257 0 0 NFP 1662 3778 258 m m DT 1662 3778 259 highest high JJS 1662 3778 260 point point NN 1662 3778 261 : : : 1662 3778 262 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 3778 263 location location NN 1662 3778 264 in in IN 1662 3778 265 the the DT 1662 3778 266 northeast northeast JJ 1662 3778 267 corner corner NN 1662 3778 268 of of IN 1662 3778 269 the the DT 1662 3778 270 country country NN 1662 3778 271 300 300 CD 1662 3778 272 m m NNP 1662 3778 273 Natural natural JJ 1662 3778 274 resources resource NNS 1662 3778 275 : : : 1662 3778 276 fish fish NN 1662 3778 277 , , , 1662 3778 278 timber timber NN 1662 3778 279 , , , 1662 3778 280 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 3778 281 , , , 1662 3778 282 bauxite bauxite JJ 1662 3778 283 , , , 1662 3778 284 unexploited unexploited JJ 1662 3778 285 deposits deposit NNS 1662 3778 286 of of IN 1662 3778 287 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 3778 288 Land Land NNP 1662 3778 289 use use NN 1662 3778 290 : : : 1662 3778 291 arable arable JJ 1662 3778 292 land land NN 1662 3778 293 : : : 1662 3778 294 11 11 CD 1662 3778 295 % % NN 1662 3778 296 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3778 297 crops crop NNS 1662 3778 298 : : : 1662 3778 299 1 1 CD 1662 3778 300 % % NN 1662 3778 301 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3778 302 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3778 303 : : : 1662 3778 304 38 38 CD 1662 3778 305 % % NN 1662 3778 306 forests forest NNS 1662 3778 307 and and CC 1662 3778 308 woodland woodland JJ 1662 3778 309 : : : 1662 3778 310 38 38 CD 1662 3778 311 % % NN 1662 3778 312 other other JJ 1662 3778 313 : : : 1662 3778 314 12 12 CD 1662 3778 315 % % NN 1662 3778 316 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3778 317 1993 1993 CD 1662 3778 318 est est NNP 1662 3778 319 . . . 1662 3778 320 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3779 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3779 2 land land NN 1662 3779 3 : : : 1662 3779 4 17 17 CD 1662 3779 5 sq sq NNP 1662 3779 6 km km NNP 1662 3779 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3779 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 3779 9 est est NNP 1662 3779 10 . . . 1662 3779 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3780 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 3780 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3780 3 : : : 1662 3780 4 hot hot JJ 1662 3780 5 , , , 1662 3780 6 dry dry JJ 1662 3780 7 , , , 1662 3780 8 dusty dusty JJ 1662 3780 9 harmattan harmattan NNP 1662 3780 10 haze haze NN 1662 3780 11 may may MD 1662 3780 12 reduce reduce VB 1662 3780 13 visibility visibility NN 1662 3780 14 during during IN 1662 3780 15 dry dry JJ 1662 3780 16 season season NN 1662 3780 17 ; ; : 1662 3780 18 brush brush NN 1662 3780 19 fires fire NNS 1662 3780 20 Environment environment NN 1662 3780 21 - - HYPH 1662 3780 22 current current JJ 1662 3780 23 issues issue NNS 1662 3780 24 : : : 1662 3780 25 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 3780 26 ; ; , 1662 3780 27 soil soil NN 1662 3780 28 erosion erosion NN 1662 3780 29 ; ; : 1662 3780 30 overgrazing overgraze VBG 1662 3780 31 ; ; : 1662 3780 32 overfishing overfishe VBG 1662 3780 33 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3780 34 - - HYPH 1662 3780 35 international international JJ 1662 3780 36 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3780 37 : : : 1662 3780 38 party party NN 1662 3780 39 to to TO 1662 3780 40 : : : 1662 3780 41 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 3780 42 , , , 1662 3780 43 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3780 44 Change Change NNP 1662 3780 45 , , , 1662 3780 46 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 3780 47 , , , 1662 3780 48 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 3780 49 Species Species NNPS 1662 3780 50 , , , 1662 3780 51 Law Law NNP 1662 3780 52 of of IN 1662 3780 53 the the DT 1662 3780 54 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3780 55 , , , 1662 3780 56 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 3780 57 Test Test NNP 1662 3780 58 Ban Ban NNP 1662 3780 59 , , , 1662 3780 60 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 3780 61 signed sign VBD 1662 3780 62 , , , 1662 3780 63 but but CC 1662 3780 64 not not RB 1662 3780 65 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3780 66 : : : 1662 3780 67 none none NN 1662 3780 68 of of IN 1662 3780 69 the the DT 1662 3780 70 selected select VBN 1662 3780 71 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3780 72 @Guinea @guinea VB 1662 3780 73 - - HYPH 1662 3780 74 Bissau bissau NN 1662 3780 75 : : : 1662 3780 76 People People NNPS 1662 3780 77 Population Population NNP 1662 3780 78 : : : 1662 3780 79 1,178,584 1,178,584 CD 1662 3780 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3780 81 July July NNP 1662 3780 82 1997 1997 CD 1662 3780 83 est est NNP 1662 3780 84 . . . 1662 3780 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3781 1 Age age NN 1662 3781 2 structure structure NN 1662 3781 3 : : : 1662 3781 4 0 0 CD 1662 3781 5 - - HYPH 1662 3781 6 14 14 CD 1662 3781 7 years year NNS 1662 3781 8 : : : 1662 3781 9 43 43 CD 1662 3781 10 % % NN 1662 3781 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3781 12 male male JJ 1662 3781 13 251,873 251,873 CD 1662 3781 14 ; ; : 1662 3781 15 female female JJ 1662 3781 16 250,950 250,950 CD 1662 3781 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3781 18 15 15 CD 1662 3781 19 - - HYPH 1662 3781 20 64 64 CD 1662 3781 21 years year NNS 1662 3781 22 : : : 1662 3781 23 54 54 CD 1662 3781 24 % % NN 1662 3781 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3781 26 male male JJ 1662 3781 27 304,116 304,116 CD 1662 3781 28 ; ; : 1662 3781 29 female female JJ 1662 3781 30 338,489 338,489 CD 1662 3781 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3781 32 65 65 CD 1662 3781 33 years year NNS 1662 3781 34 and and CC 1662 3781 35 over over IN 1662 3781 36 : : : 1662 3781 37 3 3 CD 1662 3781 38 % % NN 1662 3781 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3781 40 male male JJ 1662 3781 41 15,771 15,771 CD 1662 3781 42 ; ; : 1662 3781 43 female female JJ 1662 3781 44 17,385 17,385 CD 1662 3781 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3781 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3781 47 July July NNP 1662 3781 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3781 49 est est NNP 1662 3781 50 . . . 1662 3781 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3782 1 Population population NN 1662 3782 2 growth growth NN 1662 3782 3 rate rate NN 1662 3782 4 : : : 1662 3782 5 2.33 2.33 CD 1662 3782 6 % % NN 1662 3782 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3782 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3782 9 est est NNP 1662 3782 10 . . . 1662 3782 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3783 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3783 2 rate rate NN 1662 3783 3 : : : 1662 3783 4 39.17 39.17 CD 1662 3783 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 3783 6 population population NN 1662 3783 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3783 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3783 9 est est NNP 1662 3783 10 . . . 1662 3783 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3784 1 Death death NN 1662 3784 2 rate rate NN 1662 3784 3 : : : 1662 3784 4 15.85 15.85 CD 1662 3784 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3784 6 population population NN 1662 3784 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3784 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3784 9 est est NNP 1662 3784 10 . . . 1662 3784 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3785 1 Net net JJ 1662 3785 2 migration migration NN 1662 3785 3 rate rate NN 1662 3785 4 : : : 1662 3785 5 0 0 NFP 1662 3785 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 3785 7 population population NN 1662 3785 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3785 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3785 10 est est NNP 1662 3785 11 . . . 1662 3785 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3786 1 Sex sex NN 1662 3786 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 3786 3 : : : 1662 3786 4 at at IN 1662 3786 5 birth birth NN 1662 3786 6 : : : 1662 3786 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 3786 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3786 9 under under IN 1662 3786 10 15 15 CD 1662 3786 11 years year NNS 1662 3786 12 : : : 1662 3786 13 1 1 CD 1662 3786 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3786 15 15 15 CD 1662 3786 16 - - HYPH 1662 3786 17 64 64 CD 1662 3786 18 years year NNS 1662 3786 19 : : : 1662 3786 20 0.9 0.9 CD 1662 3786 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3786 22 65 65 CD 1662 3786 23 years year NNS 1662 3786 24 and and CC 1662 3786 25 over over IN 1662 3786 26 : : : 1662 3786 27 0.91 0.91 CD 1662 3786 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 3786 29 total total JJ 1662 3786 30 population population NN 1662 3786 31 : : : 1662 3786 32 0.94 0.94 CD 1662 3786 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3786 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3786 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 3786 36 est e JJS 1662 3786 37 . . . 1662 3786 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3787 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3787 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3787 3 rate rate NN 1662 3787 4 : : : 1662 3787 5 113.7 113.7 CD 1662 3787 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3787 7 live live JJ 1662 3787 8 births birth NNS 1662 3787 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3787 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3787 11 est est NNP 1662 3787 12 . . . 1662 3787 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3788 1 Life life NN 1662 3788 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3788 3 at at IN 1662 3788 4 birth birth NN 1662 3788 5 : : : 1662 3788 6 total total JJ 1662 3788 7 population population NN 1662 3788 8 : : : 1662 3788 9 48.71 48.71 CD 1662 3788 10 years year NNS 1662 3788 11 male male JJ 1662 3788 12 : : : 1662 3788 13 47.05 47.05 CD 1662 3788 14 years year NNS 1662 3788 15 female female JJ 1662 3788 16 : : : 1662 3788 17 50.42 50.42 CD 1662 3788 18 years year NNS 1662 3788 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3788 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3788 21 est est NNP 1662 3788 22 . . . 1662 3788 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3789 1 Total total JJ 1662 3789 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3789 3 rate rate NN 1662 3789 4 : : : 1662 3789 5 5.26 5.26 CD 1662 3789 6 children child NNS 1662 3789 7 born bear VBN 1662 3789 8 / / SYM 1662 3789 9 woman woman NN 1662 3789 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3789 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3789 12 est est NNP 1662 3789 13 . . . 1662 3789 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3790 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3790 2 : : : 1662 3790 3 noun noun NN 1662 3790 4 : : : 1662 3790 5 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3790 6 - - HYPH 1662 3790 7 Bissauan(s Bissauan(s NNP 1662 3790 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3790 9 adjective adjective NN 1662 3790 10 : : : 1662 3790 11 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3790 12 - - HYPH 1662 3790 13 Bissauan Bissauan NNP 1662 3790 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3790 15 groups group NNS 1662 3790 16 : : : 1662 3790 17 African african JJ 1662 3790 18 99 99 CD 1662 3790 19 % % NN 1662 3790 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3790 21 Balanta Balanta NNP 1662 3790 22 30 30 CD 1662 3790 23 % % NN 1662 3790 24 , , , 1662 3790 25 Fula Fula NNP 1662 3790 26 20 20 CD 1662 3790 27 % % NN 1662 3790 28 , , , 1662 3790 29 Manjaca manjaca NN 1662 3790 30 14 14 CD 1662 3790 31 % % NN 1662 3790 32 , , , 1662 3790 33 Mandinga Mandinga NNP 1662 3790 34 13 13 CD 1662 3790 35 % % NN 1662 3790 36 , , , 1662 3790 37 Papel Papel NNP 1662 3790 38 7 7 CD 1662 3790 39 % % NN 1662 3790 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3790 41 , , , 1662 3790 42 European european JJ 1662 3790 43 and and CC 1662 3790 44 mulatto mulatto NN 1662 3790 45 less less JJR 1662 3790 46 than than IN 1662 3790 47 1 1 CD 1662 3790 48 % % NN 1662 3790 49 Religions religion NNS 1662 3790 50 : : : 1662 3790 51 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 3790 52 beliefs belief NNS 1662 3790 53 65 65 CD 1662 3790 54 % % NN 1662 3790 55 , , , 1662 3790 56 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 3790 57 30 30 CD 1662 3790 58 % % NN 1662 3790 59 , , , 1662 3790 60 Christian Christian NNP 1662 3790 61 5 5 CD 1662 3790 62 % % NN 1662 3790 63 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 3790 64 : : : 1662 3790 65 Portuguese Portuguese NNP 1662 3790 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3790 67 official official NN 1662 3790 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3790 69 , , , 1662 3790 70 Criolo Criolo NNP 1662 3790 71 , , , 1662 3790 72 African african JJ 1662 3790 73 languages language NNS 1662 3790 74 Literacy literacy NN 1662 3790 75 : : : 1662 3790 76 definition definition NN 1662 3790 77 : : : 1662 3790 78 age age NN 1662 3790 79 15 15 CD 1662 3790 80 and and CC 1662 3790 81 over over RB 1662 3790 82 can can MD 1662 3790 83 read read VB 1662 3790 84 and and CC 1662 3790 85 write write VB 1662 3790 86 total total JJ 1662 3790 87 population population NN 1662 3790 88 : : : 1662 3790 89 54.9 54.9 CD 1662 3790 90 % % NN 1662 3790 91 male male NN 1662 3790 92 : : : 1662 3790 93 68 68 CD 1662 3790 94 % % NN 1662 3790 95 female female NN 1662 3790 96 : : : 1662 3790 97 42.5 42.5 CD 1662 3790 98 % % NN 1662 3790 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3790 100 1995 1995 CD 1662 3790 101 est est NNP 1662 3790 102 . . . 1662 3790 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3791 1 @Guinea @guinea LS 1662 3791 2 - - HYPH 1662 3791 3 Bissau bissau NN 1662 3791 4 : : : 1662 3791 5 Government Government NNP 1662 3791 6 Country Country NNP 1662 3791 7 name name NN 1662 3791 8 : : : 1662 3791 9 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3791 10 long long JJ 1662 3791 11 form form NN 1662 3791 12 : : : 1662 3791 13 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3791 14 of of IN 1662 3791 15 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3791 16 - - HYPH 1662 3791 17 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 3791 18 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3791 19 short short JJ 1662 3791 20 form form NN 1662 3791 21 : : : 1662 3791 22 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3791 23 - - HYPH 1662 3791 24 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 3791 25 local local JJ 1662 3791 26 long long JJ 1662 3791 27 form form NN 1662 3791 28 : : : 1662 3791 29 Republica Republica NNP 1662 3791 30 de de FW 1662 3791 31 Guine Guine NNP 1662 3791 32 - - HYPH 1662 3791 33 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 3791 34 local local JJ 1662 3791 35 short short JJ 1662 3791 36 form form NN 1662 3791 37 : : : 1662 3791 38 Guine guine NN 1662 3791 39 - - HYPH 1662 3791 40 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 3791 41 former former NN 1662 3791 42 : : : 1662 3791 43 Portuguese Portuguese NNP 1662 3791 44 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3791 45 Data Data NNP 1662 3791 46 code code NN 1662 3791 47 : : : 1662 3791 48 PU PU NNP 1662 3791 49 Government Government NNP 1662 3791 50 type type NN 1662 3791 51 : : : 1662 3791 52 republic republic NN 1662 3791 53 , , , 1662 3791 54 multiparty multiparty NN 1662 3791 55 since since IN 1662 3791 56 mid-1991 mid-1991 NN 1662 3791 57 , , , 1662 3791 58 formerly formerly RB 1662 3791 59 highly highly RB 1662 3791 60 centralized centralize VBN 1662 3791 61 National national JJ 1662 3791 62 capital capital NN 1662 3791 63 : : : 1662 3791 64 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 3791 65 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 3791 66 divisions division NNS 1662 3791 67 : : : 1662 3791 68 9 9 CD 1662 3791 69 regions region NNS 1662 3791 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3791 71 regioes regioe NNS 1662 3791 72 , , , 1662 3791 73 singular singular NNP 1662 3791 74 - - HYPH 1662 3791 75 regiao regiao NNP 1662 3791 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3791 77 ; ; : 1662 3791 78 Bafata Bafata NNP 1662 3791 79 , , , 1662 3791 80 Biombo Biombo NNP 1662 3791 81 , , , 1662 3791 82 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 3791 83 , , , 1662 3791 84 Bolama Bolama NNP 1662 3791 85 , , , 1662 3791 86 Cacheu Cacheu NNP 1662 3791 87 , , , 1662 3791 88 Gabu Gabu NNP 1662 3791 89 , , , 1662 3791 90 Oio Oio NNP 1662 3791 91 , , , 1662 3791 92 Quinara Quinara NNP 1662 3791 93 , , , 1662 3791 94 Tombali Tombali NNP 1662 3791 95 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3791 96 : : : 1662 3791 97 10 10 CD 1662 3791 98 September September NNP 1662 3791 99 1974 1974 CD 1662 3791 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3791 101 from from IN 1662 3791 102 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 3791 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3791 104 National national JJ 1662 3791 105 holiday holiday NN 1662 3791 106 : : : 1662 3791 107 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3791 108 Day Day NNP 1662 3791 109 , , , 1662 3791 110 10 10 CD 1662 3791 111 September September NNP 1662 3791 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3791 113 1974 1974 CD 1662 3791 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3791 115 Constitution constitution NN 1662 3791 116 : : : 1662 3791 117 16 16 CD 1662 3791 118 May May NNP 1662 3791 119 1984 1984 CD 1662 3791 120 , , , 1662 3791 121 amended amend VBD 1662 3791 122 4 4 CD 1662 3791 123 May May NNP 1662 3791 124 1991 1991 CD 1662 3791 125 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3791 126 currently currently RB 1662 3791 127 undergoing undergo VBG 1662 3791 128 revision revision NN 1662 3791 129 to to TO 1662 3791 130 liberalize liberalize VB 1662 3791 131 popular popular JJ 1662 3791 132 participation participation NN 1662 3791 133 in in IN 1662 3791 134 the the DT 1662 3791 135 government government NN 1662 3791 136 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3791 137 Legal legal JJ 1662 3791 138 system system NN 1662 3791 139 : : : 1662 3791 140 NA NA NNP 1662 3791 141 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 3791 142 : : : 1662 3791 143 15 15 CD 1662 3791 144 years year NNS 1662 3791 145 of of IN 1662 3791 146 age age NN 1662 3791 147 ; ; : 1662 3791 148 universal universal JJ 1662 3791 149 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3791 150 branch branch NN 1662 3791 151 : : : 1662 3791 152 chief chief NN 1662 3791 153 of of IN 1662 3791 154 state state NN 1662 3791 155 : : : 1662 3791 156 President President NNP 1662 3791 157 Joao Joao NNP 1662 3791 158 Bernardo Bernardo NNP 1662 3791 159 VIEIRA VIEIRA NNP 1662 3791 160 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3791 161 initially initially RB 1662 3791 162 assumed assume VBN 1662 3791 163 power power NN 1662 3791 164 14 14 CD 1662 3791 165 November November NNP 1662 3791 166 1980 1980 CD 1662 3791 167 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3791 168 head head NN 1662 3791 169 of of IN 1662 3791 170 government government NN 1662 3791 171 : : : 1662 3791 172 Prime Prime NNP 1662 3791 173 Minister Minister NNP 1662 3791 174 Manuel Manuel NNP 1662 3791 175 da da NNP 1662 3791 176 Costa Costa NNP 1662 3791 177 SATURNINO SATURNINO NNP 1662 3791 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3791 179 since since IN 1662 3791 180 5 5 CD 1662 3791 181 November November NNP 1662 3791 182 1994 1994 CD 1662 3791 183 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3791 184 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3791 185 : : : 1662 3791 186 Council Council NNP 1662 3791 187 of of IN 1662 3791 188 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 3791 189 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3791 190 by by IN 1662 3791 191 the the DT 1662 3791 192 president president NNP 1662 3791 193 elections election NNS 1662 3791 194 : : : 1662 3791 195 president president NNP 1662 3791 196 elected elect VBN 1662 3791 197 by by IN 1662 3791 198 popular popular JJ 1662 3791 199 vote vote NN 1662 3791 200 for for IN 1662 3791 201 a a DT 1662 3791 202 five five CD 1662 3791 203 - - HYPH 1662 3791 204 year year NN 1662 3791 205 term term NN 1662 3791 206 ; ; : 1662 3791 207 election election NN 1662 3791 208 last last JJ 1662 3791 209 held hold VBN 1662 3791 210 NA NA NNP 1662 3791 211 August August NNP 1662 3791 212 1994 1994 CD 1662 3791 213 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3791 214 next next JJ 1662 3791 215 to to TO 1662 3791 216 be be VB 1662 3791 217 held hold VBN 1662 3791 218 NA NA NNP 1662 3791 219 1999 1999 CD 1662 3791 220 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3791 221 ; ; : 1662 3791 222 prime prime NNP 1662 3791 223 minister minister NN 1662 3791 224 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3791 225 by by IN 1662 3791 226 the the DT 1662 3791 227 president president NNP 1662 3791 228 election election NN 1662 3791 229 results result NNS 1662 3791 230 : : : 1662 3791 231 Joao Joao NNP 1662 3791 232 Bernardo Bernardo NNP 1662 3791 233 VIEIRA VIEIRA NNP 1662 3791 234 elected elect VBD 1662 3791 235 president president NN 1662 3791 236 ; ; , 1662 3791 237 percent percent NN 1662 3791 238 of of IN 1662 3791 239 vote vote NN 1662 3791 240 - - HYPH 1662 3791 241 Joao Joao NNP 1662 3791 242 Bernardo Bernardo NNP 1662 3791 243 VIEIRA VIEIRA NNP 1662 3791 244 52 52 CD 1662 3791 245 % % NN 1662 3791 246 , , , 1662 3791 247 Kumba Kumba NNP 1662 3791 248 YALLA YALLA NNP 1662 3791 249 48 48 CD 1662 3791 250 % % NN 1662 3791 251 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 3791 252 branch branch NN 1662 3791 253 : : : 1662 3791 254 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 3791 255 National National NNP 1662 3791 256 People People NNPS 1662 3791 257 's 's POS 1662 3791 258 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3791 259 or or CC 1662 3791 260 Assembleia Assembleia NNP 1662 3791 261 Nacional Nacional NNP 1662 3791 262 Popular Popular NNP 1662 3791 263 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3791 264 100 100 CD 1662 3791 265 seats seat NNS 1662 3791 266 ; ; : 1662 3791 267 members member NNS 1662 3791 268 are be VBP 1662 3791 269 popularly popularly RB 1662 3791 270 elected elect VBN 1662 3791 271 to to TO 1662 3791 272 serve serve VB 1662 3791 273 five five CD 1662 3791 274 - - HYPH 1662 3791 275 year year NN 1662 3791 276 terms term NNS 1662 3791 277 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3791 278 elections election NNS 1662 3791 279 : : : 1662 3791 280 last last RB 1662 3791 281 held hold VBD 1662 3791 282 3 3 CD 1662 3791 283 July July NNP 1662 3791 284 and and CC 1662 3791 285 7 7 CD 1662 3791 286 August August NNP 1662 3791 287 1994 1994 CD 1662 3791 288 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3791 289 next next JJ 1662 3791 290 to to TO 1662 3791 291 be be VB 1662 3791 292 held hold VBN 1662 3791 293 NA NA NNP 1662 3791 294 1999 1999 CD 1662 3791 295 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3791 296 election election NN 1662 3791 297 results result NNS 1662 3791 298 : : : 1662 3791 299 percent percent NN 1662 3791 300 of of IN 1662 3791 301 vote vote NN 1662 3791 302 by by IN 1662 3791 303 party party NN 1662 3791 304 - - HYPH 1662 3791 305 PAIGC PAIGC NNP 1662 3791 306 46.0 46.0 CD 1662 3791 307 % % NN 1662 3791 308 , , , 1662 3791 309 RGB RGB NNP 1662 3791 310 - - HYPH 1662 3791 311 MB mb NN 1662 3791 312 19.2 19.2 CD 1662 3791 313 % % NN 1662 3791 314 , , , 1662 3791 315 PRS prs NN 1662 3791 316 10.3 10.3 CD 1662 3791 317 % % NN 1662 3791 318 , , , 1662 3791 319 UM UM NNP 1662 3791 320 12.8 12.8 CD 1662 3791 321 % % NN 1662 3791 322 , , , 1662 3791 323 FLING fling NN 1662 3791 324 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 3791 325 % % NN 1662 3791 326 , , , 1662 3791 327 PCD PCD NNP 1662 3791 328 5.3 5.3 CD 1662 3791 329 % % NN 1662 3791 330 , , , 1662 3791 331 PUSD PUSD NNP 1662 3791 332 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 3791 333 % % NN 1662 3791 334 , , , 1662 3791 335 FCG FCG NNP 1662 3791 336 0.2 0.2 CD 1662 3791 337 % % NN 1662 3791 338 , , , 1662 3791 339 others other NNS 1662 3791 340 0.8 0.8 CD 1662 3791 341 % % NN 1662 3791 342 ; ; , 1662 3791 343 seats seat NNS 1662 3791 344 by by IN 1662 3791 345 party party NN 1662 3791 346 - - HYPH 1662 3791 347 PAIGC PAIGC NNP 1662 3791 348 62 62 CD 1662 3791 349 , , , 1662 3791 350 RGB RGB NNP 1662 3791 351 19 19 CD 1662 3791 352 , , , 1662 3791 353 PRS PRS NNP 1662 3791 354 12 12 CD 1662 3791 355 , , , 1662 3791 356 UM UM NNP 1662 3791 357 6 6 CD 1662 3791 358 , , , 1662 3791 359 FLING fling NN 1662 3791 360 1 1 CD 1662 3791 361 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 3791 362 branch branch NN 1662 3791 363 : : : 1662 3791 364 none none NN 1662 3791 365 ; ; : 1662 3791 366 there there EX 1662 3791 367 is be VBZ 1662 3791 368 a a DT 1662 3791 369 Ministry Ministry NNP 1662 3791 370 of of IN 1662 3791 371 Justice Justice NNP 1662 3791 372 in in IN 1662 3791 373 the the DT 1662 3791 374 Council Council NNP 1662 3791 375 of of IN 1662 3791 376 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 3791 377 Political Political NNP 1662 3791 378 parties party NNS 1662 3791 379 and and CC 1662 3791 380 leaders leader NNS 1662 3791 381 : : : 1662 3791 382 African African NNP 1662 3791 383 Party Party NNP 1662 3791 384 for for IN 1662 3791 385 the the DT 1662 3791 386 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3791 387 of of IN 1662 3791 388 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3791 389 - - HYPH 1662 3791 390 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 3791 391 and and CC 1662 3791 392 Cape Cape NNP 1662 3791 393 Verde Verde NNP 1662 3791 394 or or CC 1662 3791 395 PAIGC PAIGC NNP 1662 3791 396 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3791 397 President President NNP 1662 3791 398 Joao Joao NNP 1662 3791 399 Bernardo Bernardo NNP 1662 3791 400 VIEIRA VIEIRA NNP 1662 3791 401 , , , 1662 3791 402 leader leader NN 1662 3791 403 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3791 404 ; ; : 1662 3791 405 Front front NN 1662 3791 406 for for IN 1662 3791 407 the the DT 1662 3791 408 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 3791 409 and and CC 1662 3791 410 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3791 411 of of IN 1662 3791 412 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3791 413 or or CC 1662 3791 414 FLING FLING NNP 1662 3791 415 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3791 416 Francois Francois NNP 1662 3791 417 Kankoila Kankoila NNP 1662 3791 418 MENDY MENDY NNP 1662 3791 419 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3791 420 ; ; : 1662 3791 421 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3791 422 - - HYPH 1662 3791 423 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 3791 424 Resistance Resistance NNP 1662 3791 425 - - HYPH 1662 3791 426 Bah Bah NNP 1662 3791 427 Fatah Fatah NNP 1662 3791 428 Movement Movement NNP 1662 3791 429 or or CC 1662 3791 430 RGB RGB NNP 1662 3791 431 - - HYPH 1662 3791 432 MB mb NN 1662 3791 433 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3791 434 Domingos Domingos NNP 1662 3791 435 FERNANDES FERNANDES NNP 1662 3791 436 Gomes Gomes NNP 1662 3791 437 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3791 438 ; ; : 1662 3791 439 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3791 440 Civic Civic NNP 1662 3791 441 Forum Forum NNP 1662 3791 442 or or CC 1662 3791 443 FCG FCG NNP 1662 3791 444 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3791 445 Antonieta Antonieta NNP 1662 3791 446 Rosa Rosa NNP 1662 3791 447 GOMES GOMES NNP 1662 3791 448 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3791 449 ; ; : 1662 3791 450 Party Party NNP 1662 3791 451 for for IN 1662 3791 452 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 3791 453 Convergence Convergence NNP 1662 3791 454 or or CC 1662 3791 455 PCD PCD NNP 1662 3791 456 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3791 457 Vi'tor vi'tor NN 1662 3791 458 MANDINGA MANDINGA NNP 1662 3791 459 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3791 460 ; ; : 1662 3791 461 Social Social NNP 1662 3791 462 Renovation Renovation NNP 1662 3791 463 Party Party NNP 1662 3791 464 or or CC 1662 3791 465 PRS PRS NNP 1662 3791 466 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3791 467 Koumba Koumba NNP 1662 3791 468 YALLA YALLA NNP 1662 3791 469 , , , 1662 3791 470 leader leader NN 1662 3791 471 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3791 472 ; ; : 1662 3791 473 Union Union NNP 1662 3791 474 for for IN 1662 3791 475 Change Change NNP 1662 3791 476 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 3791 477 or or CC 1662 3791 478 UM UM NNP 1662 3791 479 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3791 480 Joao Joao NNP 1662 3791 481 da da NNP 1662 3791 482 COSTA COSTA NNP 1662 3791 483 , , , 1662 3791 484 Pres pre NNS 1662 3791 485 . . . 1662 3792 1 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3792 2 ; ; : 1662 3792 3 United United NNP 1662 3792 4 Social Social NNP 1662 3792 5 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3792 6 Party Party NNP 1662 3792 7 or or CC 1662 3792 8 PUSD PUSD NNP 1662 3792 9 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3792 10 Vi'tor vi'tor NN 1662 3792 11 Sau'de Sau'de NNP 1662 3792 12 MARIA MARIA NNP 1662 3792 13 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3792 14 International international JJ 1662 3792 15 organization organization NN 1662 3792 16 participation participation NN 1662 3792 17 : : : 1662 3792 18 ACCT acct JJ 1662 3792 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3792 20 associate associate NN 1662 3792 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3792 22 , , , 1662 3792 23 ACP ACP NNP 1662 3792 24 , , , 1662 3792 25 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 3792 26 , , , 1662 3792 27 ECA ECA NNP 1662 3792 28 , , , 1662 3792 29 ECOWAS ECOWAS NNP 1662 3792 30 , , , 1662 3792 31 FAO FAO NNP 1662 3792 32 , , , 1662 3792 33 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 3792 34 , , , 1662 3792 35 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 3792 36 , , , 1662 3792 37 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 3792 38 , , , 1662 3792 39 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 3792 40 , , , 1662 3792 41 IDA IDA NNP 1662 3792 42 , , , 1662 3792 43 IDB IDB NNP 1662 3792 44 , , , 1662 3792 45 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 3792 46 , , , 1662 3792 47 IFC IFC NNP 1662 3792 48 , , , 1662 3792 49 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 3792 50 , , , 1662 3792 51 ILO ILO NNP 1662 3792 52 , , , 1662 3792 53 IMF IMF NNP 1662 3792 54 , , , 1662 3792 55 IMO imo RB 1662 3792 56 , , , 1662 3792 57 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3792 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3792 59 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 3792 60 user user NN 1662 3792 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3792 62 , , , 1662 3792 63 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 3792 64 , , , 1662 3792 65 IOC IOC NNP 1662 3792 66 , , , 1662 3792 67 IOM IOM NNP 1662 3792 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3792 69 observer observer NN 1662 3792 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3792 71 , , , 1662 3792 72 ITU ITU NNP 1662 3792 73 , , , 1662 3792 74 NAM NAM NNP 1662 3792 75 , , , 1662 3792 76 OAU OAU NNP 1662 3792 77 , , , 1662 3792 78 OIC OIC NNP 1662 3792 79 , , , 1662 3792 80 UN UN NNP 1662 3792 81 , , , 1662 3792 82 UN UN NNP 1662 3792 83 Security Security NNP 1662 3792 84 Council Council NNP 1662 3792 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3792 86 temporary temporary JJ 1662 3792 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3792 88 , , , 1662 3792 89 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 3792 90 III III NNP 1662 3792 91 , , , 1662 3792 92 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 3792 93 , , , 1662 3792 94 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 3792 95 , , , 1662 3792 96 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 3792 97 , , , 1662 3792 98 UPU UPU NNP 1662 3792 99 , , , 1662 3792 100 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 3792 101 , , , 1662 3792 102 WHO who WP 1662 3792 103 , , , 1662 3792 104 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 3792 105 , , , 1662 3792 106 WMO WMO NNP 1662 3792 107 , , , 1662 3792 108 WToO wtoo FW 1662 3792 109 , , , 1662 3792 110 WTrO wtro VB 1662 3792 111 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3792 112 representation representation NN 1662 3792 113 in in IN 1662 3792 114 the the DT 1662 3792 115 US US NNP 1662 3792 116 : : : 1662 3792 117 chief chief NN 1662 3792 118 of of IN 1662 3792 119 mission mission NN 1662 3792 120 : : : 1662 3792 121 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3792 122 Rufino Rufino NNP 1662 3792 123 Jose Jose NNP 1662 3792 124 MENDES MENDES NNP 1662 3792 125 chancery chancery NN 1662 3792 126 : : : 1662 3792 127 918 918 CD 1662 3792 128 16th 16th JJ 1662 3792 129 Street Street NNP 1662 3792 130 NW NW NNP 1662 3792 131 , , , 1662 3792 132 Mezzanine Mezzanine NNP 1662 3792 133 Suite Suite NNP 1662 3792 134 , , , 1662 3792 135 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3792 136 , , , 1662 3792 137 DC DC NNP 1662 3792 138 20006 20006 CD 1662 3792 139 telephone telephone NN 1662 3792 140 : : : 1662 3792 141 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3792 142 1 1 CD 1662 3792 143 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3792 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3792 145 202 202 CD 1662 3792 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3792 147 872 872 CD 1662 3792 148 - - HYPH 1662 3792 149 4222 4222 CD 1662 3792 150 FAX FAX NNP 1662 3792 151 : : : 1662 3792 152 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3792 153 1 1 CD 1662 3792 154 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3792 155 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3792 156 202 202 CD 1662 3792 157 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3792 158 872 872 CD 1662 3792 159 - - HYPH 1662 3792 160 4226 4226 CD 1662 3792 161 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3792 162 representation representation NN 1662 3792 163 from from IN 1662 3792 164 the the DT 1662 3792 165 US US NNP 1662 3792 166 : : : 1662 3792 167 chief chief NN 1662 3792 168 of of IN 1662 3792 169 mission mission NN 1662 3792 170 : : : 1662 3792 171 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3792 172 Peggy Peggy NNP 1662 3792 173 BLACKFORD BLACKFORD NNP 1662 3792 174 embassy embassy NN 1662 3792 175 : : : 1662 3792 176 Bairro Bairro NNP 1662 3792 177 de de NNP 1662 3792 178 Penha Penha NNP 1662 3792 179 , , , 1662 3792 180 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 3792 181 mailing mailing NN 1662 3792 182 address address NN 1662 3792 183 : : : 1662 3792 184 C.P. C.P. NNP 1662 3793 1 297 297 CD 1662 3793 2 , , , 1662 3793 3 1067 1067 CD 1662 3793 4 Codex Codex NNP 1662 3793 5 , , , 1662 3793 6 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 3793 7 , , , 1662 3793 8 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3793 9 - - HYPH 1662 3793 10 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 3793 11 telephone telephone NN 1662 3793 12 : : : 1662 3793 13 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3793 14 245 245 CD 1662 3793 15 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3793 16 252273 252273 CD 1662 3793 17 , , , 1662 3793 18 252274 252274 CD 1662 3793 19 , , , 1662 3793 20 252275 252275 CD 1662 3793 21 , , , 1662 3793 22 252276 252276 CD 1662 3793 23 FAX FAX NNP 1662 3793 24 : : : 1662 3793 25 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3793 26 245 245 CD 1662 3793 27 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3793 28 252282 252282 CD 1662 3793 29 Flag flag NN 1662 3793 30 description description NN 1662 3793 31 : : : 1662 3793 32 two two CD 1662 3793 33 equal equal JJ 1662 3793 34 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 3793 35 bands band NNS 1662 3793 36 of of IN 1662 3793 37 yellow yellow JJ 1662 3793 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3793 39 top top NN 1662 3793 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3793 41 and and CC 1662 3793 42 green green JJ 1662 3793 43 with with IN 1662 3793 44 a a DT 1662 3793 45 vertical vertical JJ 1662 3793 46 red red JJ 1662 3793 47 band band NN 1662 3793 48 on on IN 1662 3793 49 the the DT 1662 3793 50 hoist hoist NN 1662 3793 51 side side NN 1662 3793 52 ; ; : 1662 3793 53 there there EX 1662 3793 54 is be VBZ 1662 3793 55 a a DT 1662 3793 56 black black JJ 1662 3793 57 five five CD 1662 3793 58 - - HYPH 1662 3793 59 pointed point VBN 1662 3793 60 star star NN 1662 3793 61 centered center VBN 1662 3793 62 in in IN 1662 3793 63 the the DT 1662 3793 64 red red JJ 1662 3793 65 band band NN 1662 3793 66 ; ; : 1662 3793 67 uses use VBZ 1662 3793 68 the the DT 1662 3793 69 popular popular JJ 1662 3793 70 pan pan JJ 1662 3793 71 - - JJ 1662 3793 72 African african JJ 1662 3793 73 colors color NNS 1662 3793 74 of of IN 1662 3793 75 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 3793 76 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3793 77 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3793 78 - - HYPH 1662 3793 79 overview overview NN 1662 3793 80 : : : 1662 3793 81 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3793 82 - - HYPH 1662 3793 83 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 3793 84 ranks rank VBZ 1662 3793 85 among among IN 1662 3793 86 the the DT 1662 3793 87 poorest poor JJS 1662 3793 88 countries country NNS 1662 3793 89 in in IN 1662 3793 90 the the DT 1662 3793 91 world world NN 1662 3793 92 . . . 1662 3794 1 Farming farming NN 1662 3794 2 and and CC 1662 3794 3 fishing fishing NN 1662 3794 4 are be VBP 1662 3794 5 the the DT 1662 3794 6 main main JJ 1662 3794 7 economic economic JJ 1662 3794 8 activities activity NNS 1662 3794 9 . . . 1662 3795 1 Cashew cashew NN 1662 3795 2 nuts nut NNS 1662 3795 3 , , , 1662 3795 4 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 3795 5 , , , 1662 3795 6 palm palm NN 1662 3795 7 kernels kernel NNS 1662 3795 8 , , , 1662 3795 9 and and CC 1662 3795 10 fish fish NN 1662 3795 11 are be VBP 1662 3795 12 the the DT 1662 3795 13 primary primary JJ 1662 3795 14 exports export NNS 1662 3795 15 . . . 1662 3796 1 Exploitation exploitation NN 1662 3796 2 of of IN 1662 3796 3 known know VBN 1662 3796 4 mineral mineral NN 1662 3796 5 deposits deposit NNS 1662 3796 6 is be VBZ 1662 3796 7 unlikely unlikely JJ 1662 3796 8 at at IN 1662 3796 9 present present JJ 1662 3796 10 because because IN 1662 3796 11 of of IN 1662 3796 12 a a DT 1662 3796 13 weak weak JJ 1662 3796 14 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 3796 15 and and CC 1662 3796 16 the the DT 1662 3796 17 high high JJ 1662 3796 18 cost cost NN 1662 3796 19 of of IN 1662 3796 20 development development NN 1662 3796 21 . . . 1662 3797 1 Although although IN 1662 3797 2 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3797 3 - - HYPH 1662 3797 4 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 3797 5 won win VBD 1662 3797 6 an an DT 1662 3797 7 IMF IMF NNP 1662 3797 8 Enhanced Enhanced NNP 1662 3797 9 Structural Structural NNP 1662 3797 10 Adjustment Adjustment NNP 1662 3797 11 Facility Facility NNP 1662 3797 12 in in IN 1662 3797 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 3797 14 , , , 1662 3797 15 recent recent JJ 1662 3797 16 political political JJ 1662 3797 17 instability instability NN 1662 3797 18 and and CC 1662 3797 19 overspending overspending NN 1662 3797 20 have have VBP 1662 3797 21 undermined undermine VBN 1662 3797 22 the the DT 1662 3797 23 progress progress NN 1662 3797 24 of of IN 1662 3797 25 economic economic JJ 1662 3797 26 reform reform NN 1662 3797 27 and and CC 1662 3797 28 delayed delay VBN 1662 3797 29 disbursements disbursement NNS 1662 3797 30 of of IN 1662 3797 31 donor donor NN 1662 3797 32 aid aid NN 1662 3797 33 . . . 1662 3798 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3798 2 : : : 1662 3798 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 3798 4 power power NN 1662 3798 5 parity parity NN 1662 3798 6 - - : 1662 3798 7 $ $ $ 1662 3798 8 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 3798 9 billion billion CD 1662 3798 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3798 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 3798 12 est est NNP 1662 3798 13 . . . 1662 3798 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3799 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3799 2 - - HYPH 1662 3799 3 real real JJ 1662 3799 4 growth growth NN 1662 3799 5 rate rate NN 1662 3799 6 : : : 1662 3799 7 4 4 CD 1662 3799 8 % % NN 1662 3799 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3799 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 3799 11 est est NNP 1662 3799 12 . . . 1662 3799 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3800 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3800 2 - - HYPH 1662 3800 3 per per FW 1662 3800 4 capita capita NN 1662 3800 5 : : : 1662 3800 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 3800 7 power power NN 1662 3800 8 parity parity NN 1662 3800 9 - - : 1662 3800 10 $ $ $ 1662 3800 11 950 950 CD 1662 3800 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3800 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 3800 14 est est NNP 1662 3800 15 . . . 1662 3800 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3801 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3801 2 - - HYPH 1662 3801 3 composition composition NN 1662 3801 4 by by IN 1662 3801 5 sector sector NN 1662 3801 6 : : : 1662 3801 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3801 8 : : : 1662 3801 9 44 44 CD 1662 3801 10 % % NN 1662 3801 11 industry industry NN 1662 3801 12 : : : 1662 3801 13 8 8 CD 1662 3801 14 % % NN 1662 3801 15 services service NNS 1662 3801 16 : : : 1662 3801 17 48 48 CD 1662 3801 18 % % NN 1662 3801 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3801 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 3801 21 est est NNP 1662 3801 22 . . . 1662 3801 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3802 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 3802 2 rate rate NN 1662 3802 3 - - HYPH 1662 3802 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 3802 5 price price NN 1662 3802 6 index index NN 1662 3802 7 : : : 1662 3802 8 45.4 45.4 CD 1662 3802 9 % % NN 1662 3802 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3802 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 3802 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3802 13 Labor labor NN 1662 3802 14 force force NN 1662 3802 15 : : : 1662 3802 16 NA NA NNP 1662 3802 17 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 3802 18 rate rate NN 1662 3802 19 : : : 1662 3802 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 3802 21 Budget budget NN 1662 3802 22 : : : 1662 3802 23 revenues revenue NNS 1662 3802 24 : : : 1662 3802 25 $ $ $ 1662 3802 26 NA na NN 1662 3802 27 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3802 28 : : : 1662 3802 29 $ $ $ 1662 3802 30 NA na NN 1662 3802 31 , , , 1662 3802 32 including include VBG 1662 3802 33 capital capital NN 1662 3802 34 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3802 35 of of IN 1662 3802 36 $ $ $ 1662 3802 37 NA NA NNP 1662 3802 38 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 3802 39 : : : 1662 3802 40 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 3802 41 products product NNS 1662 3802 42 processing processing NN 1662 3802 43 , , , 1662 3802 44 beer beer NN 1662 3802 45 , , , 1662 3802 46 soft soft JJ 1662 3802 47 drinks drink VBZ 1662 3802 48 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 3802 49 production production NN 1662 3802 50 growth growth NN 1662 3802 51 rate rate NN 1662 3802 52 : : : 1662 3802 53 NA% NA% `` 1662 3802 54 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3802 55 - - HYPH 1662 3802 56 capacity capacity NN 1662 3802 57 : : : 1662 3802 58 22,000 22,000 CD 1662 3802 59 kW kw NN 1662 3802 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3802 61 1991 1991 CD 1662 3802 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3802 63 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3802 64 - - HYPH 1662 3802 65 production production NN 1662 3802 66 : : : 1662 3802 67 30 30 CD 1662 3802 68 million million CD 1662 3802 69 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3802 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3802 71 1991 1991 CD 1662 3802 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3802 73 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3802 74 - - HYPH 1662 3802 75 consumption consumption NN 1662 3802 76 per per IN 1662 3802 77 capita capita NN 1662 3802 78 : : : 1662 3802 79 29 29 CD 1662 3802 80 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3802 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3802 82 1991 1991 CD 1662 3802 83 est est NNP 1662 3802 84 . . . 1662 3802 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3803 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3803 2 - - HYPH 1662 3803 3 products product NNS 1662 3803 4 : : : 1662 3803 5 rice rice NN 1662 3803 6 , , , 1662 3803 7 corn corn NN 1662 3803 8 , , , 1662 3803 9 beans bean NNS 1662 3803 10 , , , 1662 3803 11 cassava cassava NNP 1662 3803 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3803 13 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 3803 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3803 15 , , , 1662 3803 16 cashew cashew NN 1662 3803 17 nuts nut NNS 1662 3803 18 , , , 1662 3803 19 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 3803 20 , , , 1662 3803 21 palm palm NN 1662 3803 22 kernels kernel NNS 1662 3803 23 , , , 1662 3803 24 cotton cotton NN 1662 3803 25 ; ; : 1662 3803 26 fishing fishing NN 1662 3803 27 and and CC 1662 3803 28 forest forest NN 1662 3803 29 potential potential NN 1662 3803 30 not not RB 1662 3803 31 fully fully RB 1662 3803 32 exploited exploit VBN 1662 3803 33 Exports export NNS 1662 3803 34 : : : 1662 3803 35 total total JJ 1662 3803 36 value value NN 1662 3803 37 : : : 1662 3803 38 $ $ $ 1662 3803 39 33 33 CD 1662 3803 40 million million CD 1662 3803 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3803 42 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 3803 43 . . NNP 1662 3803 44 , , , 1662 3803 45 1994 1994 CD 1662 3803 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3803 47 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3803 48 : : : 1662 3803 49 cashews cashews NN 1662 3803 50 95 95 CD 1662 3803 51 % % NN 1662 3803 52 , , , 1662 3803 53 fish fish NN 1662 3803 54 , , , 1662 3803 55 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 3803 56 , , , 1662 3803 57 palm palm NN 1662 3803 58 kernels kernel NNS 1662 3803 59 , , , 1662 3803 60 sawn sawn NN 1662 3803 61 lumber lumber NN 1662 3803 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3803 63 1994 1994 CD 1662 3803 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3803 65 partners partner NNS 1662 3803 66 : : : 1662 3803 67 Spain Spain NNP 1662 3803 68 35 35 CD 1662 3803 69 % % NN 1662 3803 70 , , , 1662 3803 71 India India NNP 1662 3803 72 30 30 CD 1662 3803 73 % % NN 1662 3803 74 , , , 1662 3803 75 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 3803 76 10 10 CD 1662 3803 77 % % NN 1662 3803 78 , , , 1662 3803 79 Italy Italy NNP 1662 3803 80 10 10 CD 1662 3803 81 % % NN 1662 3803 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3803 83 1995 1995 CD 1662 3803 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3803 85 Imports import NNS 1662 3803 86 : : : 1662 3803 87 total total JJ 1662 3803 88 value value NN 1662 3803 89 : : : 1662 3803 90 $ $ $ 1662 3803 91 52.4 52.4 CD 1662 3803 92 million million CD 1662 3803 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3803 94 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 3803 95 . . NNP 1662 3803 96 , , , 1662 3803 97 1994 1994 CD 1662 3803 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3803 99 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3803 100 : : : 1662 3803 101 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 3803 102 , , , 1662 3803 103 transport transport NN 1662 3803 104 equipment equipment NN 1662 3803 105 , , , 1662 3803 106 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 3803 107 products product NNS 1662 3803 108 , , , 1662 3803 109 machinery machinery NN 1662 3803 110 and and CC 1662 3803 111 equipment equipment NN 1662 3803 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3803 113 1994 1994 CD 1662 3803 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3803 115 partners partner NNS 1662 3803 116 : : : 1662 3803 117 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 3803 118 27 27 CD 1662 3803 119 % % NN 1662 3803 120 , , , 1662 3803 121 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 3803 122 23 23 CD 1662 3803 123 % % NN 1662 3803 124 , , , 1662 3803 125 Japan Japan NNP 1662 3803 126 6 6 CD 1662 3803 127 % % NN 1662 3803 128 , , , 1662 3803 129 Cote Cote NNP 1662 3803 130 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 3803 131 7 7 CD 1662 3803 132 % % NN 1662 3803 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3803 134 1995 1995 CD 1662 3803 135 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3803 136 Debt debt NN 1662 3803 137 - - HYPH 1662 3803 138 external external JJ 1662 3803 139 : : : 1662 3803 140 $ $ $ 1662 3803 141 816 816 CD 1662 3803 142 million million CD 1662 3803 143 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3803 144 1994 1994 CD 1662 3803 145 est est NNP 1662 3803 146 . . . 1662 3803 147 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3804 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 3804 2 aid aid NN 1662 3804 3 : : : 1662 3804 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 3804 5 : : : 1662 3804 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 3804 7 , , , 1662 3804 8 $ $ $ 1662 3804 9 NA NA NNP 1662 3804 10 Currency currency NN 1662 3804 11 : : : 1662 3804 12 1 1 CD 1662 3804 13 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3804 14 - - HYPH 1662 3804 15 Bissauan Bissauan NNP 1662 3804 16 peso peso NN 1662 3804 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3804 18 PG PG NNP 1662 3804 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3804 20 = = NFP 1662 3804 21 100 100 CD 1662 3804 22 centavos centavos NNP 1662 3804 23 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 3804 24 rates rate NNS 1662 3804 25 : : : 1662 3804 26 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 3804 27 - - HYPH 1662 3804 28 Bissauan Bissauan NNP 1662 3804 29 pesos peso NNS 1662 3804 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3804 31 PG PG NNP 1662 3804 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3804 33 per per IN 1662 3804 34 US$ us$ $ 1662 3804 35 1 1 CD 1662 3804 36 - - SYM 1662 3804 37 33,910 33,910 CD 1662 3804 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3804 39 December December NNP 1662 3804 40 1996 1996 CD 1662 3804 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3804 42 , , , 1662 3804 43 26,373 26,373 CD 1662 3804 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3804 45 1996 1996 CD 1662 3804 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3804 47 , , , 1662 3804 48 18,073 18,073 CD 1662 3804 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3804 50 1995 1995 CD 1662 3804 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3804 52 , , , 1662 3804 53 12,892 12,892 CD 1662 3804 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3804 55 1994 1994 CD 1662 3804 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3804 57 , , , 1662 3804 58 10,082 10,082 CD 1662 3804 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3804 60 1993 1993 CD 1662 3804 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3804 62 , , , 1662 3804 63 6,934 6,934 CD 1662 3804 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3804 65 1992 1992 CD 1662 3804 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3804 67 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3804 68 year year NN 1662 3804 69 : : : 1662 3804 70 calendar calendar NNP 1662 3804 71 year year NN 1662 3804 72 @Guinea @Guinea NNP 1662 3804 73 - - HYPH 1662 3804 74 Bissau bissau NN 1662 3804 75 : : : 1662 3804 76 Communications Communications NNP 1662 3804 77 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 3804 78 : : : 1662 3804 79 3,000 3,000 CD 1662 3804 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3804 81 1988 1988 CD 1662 3804 82 est est NNP 1662 3804 83 . . . 1662 3804 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3805 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 3805 2 system system NN 1662 3805 3 : : : 1662 3805 4 poor poor JJ 1662 3805 5 system system NN 1662 3805 6 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3805 7 : : : 1662 3805 8 combination combination NN 1662 3805 9 of of IN 1662 3805 10 microwave microwave NN 1662 3805 11 radio radio NN 1662 3805 12 relay relay NN 1662 3805 13 , , , 1662 3805 14 open open JJ 1662 3805 15 - - HYPH 1662 3805 16 wire wire NN 1662 3805 17 lines line NNS 1662 3805 18 , , , 1662 3805 19 and and CC 1662 3805 20 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 3805 21 communications communication NNS 1662 3805 22 international international RB 1662 3805 23 : : : 1662 3805 24 NA NA NNP 1662 3805 25 Radio Radio NNP 1662 3805 26 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3805 27 stations station NNS 1662 3805 28 : : : 1662 3805 29 AM AM NNP 1662 3805 30 2 2 CD 1662 3805 31 , , , 1662 3805 32 FM FM NNP 1662 3805 33 3 3 CD 1662 3805 34 , , , 1662 3805 35 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 3805 36 0 0 CD 1662 3805 37 Radios radio NNS 1662 3805 38 : : : 1662 3805 39 40,000 40,000 CD 1662 3805 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3805 41 1992 1992 CD 1662 3805 42 est est NNP 1662 3805 43 . . . 1662 3805 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3806 1 Television television NN 1662 3806 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3806 3 stations station NNS 1662 3806 4 : : : 1662 3806 5 1 1 CD 1662 3806 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 3806 7 : : : 1662 3806 8 NA na TO 1662 3806 9 @Guinea @guinea JJ 1662 3806 10 - - HYPH 1662 3806 11 Bissau bissau NN 1662 3806 12 : : : 1662 3806 13 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3806 14 Railways railway NNS 1662 3806 15 : : : 1662 3806 16 0 0 LS 1662 3806 17 km km NN 1662 3806 18 Highways highway NNS 1662 3806 19 : : : 1662 3806 20 total total NN 1662 3806 21 : : : 1662 3806 22 4,350 4,350 CD 1662 3806 23 km km NNS 1662 3806 24 paved pave VBN 1662 3806 25 : : : 1662 3806 26 444 444 CD 1662 3806 27 km km NN 1662 3806 28 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3806 29 : : : 1662 3806 30 3,906 3,906 CD 1662 3806 31 km km NN 1662 3806 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3806 33 1995 1995 CD 1662 3806 34 est est NNP 1662 3806 35 . . . 1662 3806 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3807 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 3807 2 : : : 1662 3807 3 scattered scatter VBN 1662 3807 4 stretches stretch NNS 1662 3807 5 are be VBP 1662 3807 6 important important JJ 1662 3807 7 to to IN 1662 3807 8 coastal coastal JJ 1662 3807 9 commerce commerce NNP 1662 3807 10 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 3807 11 and and CC 1662 3807 12 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3807 13 : : : 1662 3807 14 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 3807 15 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3807 16 marine marine NN 1662 3807 17 : : : 1662 3807 18 none none NN 1662 3807 19 Airports airport NNS 1662 3807 20 : : : 1662 3807 21 16 16 CD 1662 3807 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3807 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 3807 24 est est NNP 1662 3807 25 . . . 1662 3807 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3808 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3808 2 - - , 1662 3808 3 with with IN 1662 3808 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3808 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3808 6 : : : 1662 3808 7 total total NN 1662 3808 8 : : : 1662 3808 9 12 12 CD 1662 3808 10 over over IN 1662 3808 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3808 12 m m NN 1662 3808 13 : : : 1662 3808 14 1 1 CD 1662 3808 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3808 16 to to TO 1662 3808 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3808 18 m m NN 1662 3808 19 : : : 1662 3808 20 2 2 CD 1662 3808 21 914 914 CD 1662 3808 22 to to TO 1662 3808 23 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3808 24 m m NN 1662 3808 25 : : : 1662 3808 26 1 1 CD 1662 3808 27 under under IN 1662 3808 28 914 914 CD 1662 3808 29 m m NN 1662 3808 30 : : : 1662 3808 31 8 8 CD 1662 3808 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3808 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 3808 34 est est NNP 1662 3808 35 . . . 1662 3808 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3809 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3809 2 - - , 1662 3809 3 with with IN 1662 3809 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3809 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3809 6 : : : 1662 3809 7 total total NN 1662 3809 8 : : : 1662 3809 9 4 4 CD 1662 3809 10 914 914 CD 1662 3809 11 to to TO 1662 3809 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3809 13 m m NN 1662 3809 14 : : : 1662 3809 15 4 4 CD 1662 3809 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3809 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 3809 18 est est NNP 1662 3809 19 . . . 1662 3809 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3810 1 Military military JJ 1662 3810 2 Military military JJ 1662 3810 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3810 4 : : : 1662 3810 5 People People NNS 1662 3810 6 's 's POS 1662 3810 7 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 3810 8 Armed Armed NNP 1662 3810 9 Force Force NNP 1662 3810 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3810 11 FARP FARP NNP 1662 3810 12 ; ; : 1662 3810 13 includes include VBZ 1662 3810 14 Army Army NNP 1662 3810 15 , , , 1662 3810 16 Navy Navy NNP 1662 3810 17 , , , 1662 3810 18 and and CC 1662 3810 19 Air Air NNP 1662 3810 20 Force Force NNP 1662 3810 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3810 22 , , , 1662 3810 23 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 3810 24 force force NN 1662 3810 25 Military Military NNP 1662 3810 26 manpower manpower NN 1662 3810 27 - - HYPH 1662 3810 28 availability availability NN 1662 3810 29 : : : 1662 3810 30 males male NNS 1662 3810 31 age age NNP 1662 3810 32 15 15 CD 1662 3810 33 - - HYPH 1662 3810 34 49 49 CD 1662 3810 35 : : : 1662 3810 36 268,000 268,000 CD 1662 3810 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3810 38 1997 1997 CD 1662 3810 39 est est NNP 1662 3810 40 . . . 1662 3810 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3811 1 Military military JJ 1662 3811 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3811 3 - - HYPH 1662 3811 4 fit fit NN 1662 3811 5 for for IN 1662 3811 6 military military JJ 1662 3811 7 service service NN 1662 3811 8 : : : 1662 3811 9 males male NNS 1662 3811 10 : : : 1662 3811 11 152,948 152,948 CD 1662 3811 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3811 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3811 14 est est NNP 1662 3811 15 . . . 1662 3811 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3812 1 Military military JJ 1662 3812 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3812 3 - - HYPH 1662 3812 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 3812 5 figure figure NN 1662 3812 6 : : : 1662 3812 7 $ $ $ 1662 3812 8 9 9 CD 1662 3812 9 million million CD 1662 3812 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3812 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 3812 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3812 13 Military military JJ 1662 3812 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3812 15 - - : 1662 3812 16 percent percent NN 1662 3812 17 of of IN 1662 3812 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3812 19 : : : 1662 3812 20 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 3812 21 % % NN 1662 3812 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3812 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 3812 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3812 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3812 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3812 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 3812 28 - - : 1662 3812 29 international international RB 1662 3812 30 : : : 1662 3812 31 none none NN 1662 3812 32 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 33 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 34 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 35 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 36 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 37 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 38 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 39 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 40 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 41 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 42 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 43 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 44 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 45 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 46 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 47 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 48 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 49 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 50 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 51 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 52 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 53 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 54 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 55 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 56 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 57 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 58 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 59 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 60 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 61 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 62 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 63 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 64 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 65 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 66 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 67 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 68 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 69 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 70 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 71 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 72 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 73 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 74 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 75 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 76 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 77 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 78 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 79 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 80 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 81 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 82 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 83 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 84 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 85 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 86 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 87 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3812 102 GUYANA GUYANA NNP 1662 3812 103 @Guyana @guyana NN 1662 3812 104 : : : 1662 3812 105 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3812 106 Location Location NNP 1662 3812 107 : : : 1662 3812 108 Northern Northern NNP 1662 3812 109 South South NNP 1662 3812 110 America America NNP 1662 3812 111 , , , 1662 3812 112 bordering border VBG 1662 3812 113 the the DT 1662 3812 114 North North NNP 1662 3812 115 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3812 116 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3812 117 , , , 1662 3812 118 between between IN 1662 3812 119 Suriname Suriname NNP 1662 3812 120 and and CC 1662 3812 121 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 3812 122 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3812 123 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3812 124 : : : 1662 3812 125 5 5 CD 1662 3812 126 00 00 CD 1662 3812 127 N n CD 1662 3812 128 , , , 1662 3812 129 59 59 CD 1662 3812 130 00 00 NFP 1662 3812 131 W W NNP 1662 3812 132 Map Map NNP 1662 3812 133 references reference NNS 1662 3812 134 : : : 1662 3812 135 South South NNP 1662 3812 136 America America NNP 1662 3812 137 Area Area NNP 1662 3812 138 : : : 1662 3812 139 total total NN 1662 3812 140 : : : 1662 3812 141 214,970 214,970 CD 1662 3812 142 sq sq NN 1662 3812 143 km km NNP 1662 3812 144 land land NN 1662 3812 145 : : : 1662 3812 146 196,850 196,850 CD 1662 3812 147 sq sq NNP 1662 3812 148 km km NNP 1662 3812 149 water water NN 1662 3812 150 : : : 1662 3812 151 18,120 18,120 CD 1662 3812 152 sq sq NN 1662 3812 153 km km NNP 1662 3812 154 Area area NN 1662 3812 155 - - HYPH 1662 3812 156 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3812 157 : : : 1662 3812 158 slightly slightly RB 1662 3812 159 smaller small JJR 1662 3812 160 than than IN 1662 3812 161 Idaho Idaho NNP 1662 3812 162 Land Land NNP 1662 3812 163 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3812 164 : : : 1662 3812 165 total total JJ 1662 3812 166 : : : 1662 3812 167 2,462 2,462 CD 1662 3812 168 km km NN 1662 3812 169 border border NN 1662 3812 170 countries country NNS 1662 3812 171 : : : 1662 3812 172 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 3812 173 1,119 1,119 CD 1662 3812 174 km km NNS 1662 3812 175 , , , 1662 3812 176 Suriname Suriname VBD 1662 3812 177 600 600 CD 1662 3812 178 km km NNS 1662 3812 179 , , , 1662 3812 180 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 3812 181 743 743 NNP 1662 3812 182 km km NN 1662 3812 183 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3812 184 : : : 1662 3812 185 459 459 CD 1662 3812 186 km km NN 1662 3812 187 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3812 188 claims claim VBZ 1662 3812 189 : : : 1662 3812 190 continental continental NNP 1662 3812 191 shelf shelf NNP 1662 3812 192 : : : 1662 3812 193 200 200 CD 1662 3812 194 nm nm CD 1662 3812 195 or or CC 1662 3812 196 to to IN 1662 3812 197 the the DT 1662 3812 198 outer outer JJ 1662 3812 199 edge edge NN 1662 3812 200 of of IN 1662 3812 201 the the DT 1662 3812 202 continental continental JJ 1662 3812 203 margin margin NN 1662 3812 204 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3812 205 fishing fishing NN 1662 3812 206 zone zone NN 1662 3812 207 : : : 1662 3812 208 200 200 CD 1662 3812 209 nm nm CD 1662 3812 210 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3812 211 sea sea NN 1662 3812 212 : : : 1662 3812 213 12 12 CD 1662 3812 214 nm nm NNP 1662 3812 215 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3812 216 : : : 1662 3812 217 tropical tropical JJ 1662 3812 218 ; ; : 1662 3812 219 hot hot JJ 1662 3812 220 , , , 1662 3812 221 humid humid JJ 1662 3812 222 , , , 1662 3812 223 moderated moderate VBN 1662 3812 224 by by IN 1662 3812 225 northeast northeast JJ 1662 3812 226 trade trade NN 1662 3812 227 winds wind NNS 1662 3812 228 ; ; : 1662 3812 229 two two CD 1662 3812 230 rainy rainy JJ 1662 3812 231 seasons season NNS 1662 3812 232 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3812 233 May May NNP 1662 3812 234 to to IN 1662 3812 235 mid mid JJ 1662 3812 236 - - NNP 1662 3812 237 August August NNP 1662 3812 238 , , , 1662 3812 239 mid mid NNP 1662 3812 240 - - NNP 1662 3812 241 November November NNP 1662 3812 242 to to IN 1662 3812 243 mid mid NNP 1662 3812 244 - - NNP 1662 3812 245 January January NNP 1662 3812 246 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3812 247 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3812 248 : : : 1662 3812 249 mostly mostly RB 1662 3812 250 rolling roll VBG 1662 3812 251 highlands highland NNS 1662 3812 252 ; ; , 1662 3812 253 low low JJ 1662 3812 254 coastal coastal JJ 1662 3812 255 plain plain NNP 1662 3812 256 ; ; : 1662 3812 257 savanna savanna VBD 1662 3812 258 in in IN 1662 3812 259 south south NNP 1662 3812 260 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3812 261 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3812 262 : : : 1662 3812 263 lowest low JJS 1662 3812 264 point point NN 1662 3812 265 : : : 1662 3812 266 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3812 267 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3812 268 0 0 NFP 1662 3812 269 m m DT 1662 3812 270 highest high JJS 1662 3812 271 point point NN 1662 3812 272 : : : 1662 3812 273 Mount Mount NNP 1662 3812 274 Roraima Roraima NNP 1662 3812 275 2,835 2,835 CD 1662 3812 276 m m NNP 1662 3812 277 Natural natural JJ 1662 3812 278 resources resource NNS 1662 3812 279 : : : 1662 3812 280 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 3812 281 , , , 1662 3812 282 gold gold NN 1662 3812 283 , , , 1662 3812 284 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 3812 285 , , , 1662 3812 286 hardwood hardwood NN 1662 3812 287 timber timber NN 1662 3812 288 , , , 1662 3812 289 shrimp shrimp NN 1662 3812 290 , , , 1662 3812 291 fish fish NN 1662 3812 292 Land land NN 1662 3812 293 use use NN 1662 3812 294 : : : 1662 3812 295 arable arable JJ 1662 3812 296 land land NN 1662 3812 297 : : : 1662 3812 298 2 2 CD 1662 3812 299 % % NN 1662 3812 300 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3812 301 crops crop NNS 1662 3812 302 : : : 1662 3812 303 0 0 CD 1662 3812 304 % % NN 1662 3812 305 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3812 306 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3812 307 : : : 1662 3812 308 6 6 CD 1662 3812 309 % % NN 1662 3812 310 forests forest NNS 1662 3812 311 and and CC 1662 3812 312 woodland woodland JJ 1662 3812 313 : : : 1662 3812 314 84 84 CD 1662 3812 315 % % NN 1662 3812 316 other other JJ 1662 3812 317 : : : 1662 3812 318 8 8 CD 1662 3812 319 % % NN 1662 3812 320 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3812 321 1993 1993 CD 1662 3812 322 est est NNP 1662 3812 323 . . . 1662 3812 324 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3813 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3813 2 land land NN 1662 3813 3 : : : 1662 3813 4 1,300 1,300 CD 1662 3813 5 sq sq NNP 1662 3813 6 km km NNP 1662 3813 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3813 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 3813 9 est est NNP 1662 3813 10 . . . 1662 3813 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3814 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 3814 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3814 3 : : : 1662 3814 4 flash flash NN 1662 3814 5 floods flood NNS 1662 3814 6 are be VBP 1662 3814 7 a a DT 1662 3814 8 constant constant JJ 1662 3814 9 threat threat NN 1662 3814 10 during during IN 1662 3814 11 rainy rainy JJ 1662 3814 12 seasons season NNS 1662 3814 13 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3814 14 - - HYPH 1662 3814 15 current current JJ 1662 3814 16 issues issue NNS 1662 3814 17 : : : 1662 3814 18 water water NN 1662 3814 19 pollution pollution NN 1662 3814 20 from from IN 1662 3814 21 sewage sewage NN 1662 3814 22 and and CC 1662 3814 23 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 3814 24 and and CC 1662 3814 25 industrial industrial JJ 1662 3814 26 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 3814 27 ; ; : 1662 3814 28 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 3814 29 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3814 30 - - HYPH 1662 3814 31 international international JJ 1662 3814 32 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3814 33 : : : 1662 3814 34 party party NN 1662 3814 35 to to TO 1662 3814 36 : : : 1662 3814 37 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 3814 38 , , , 1662 3814 39 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3814 40 Change Change NNP 1662 3814 41 , , , 1662 3814 42 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 3814 43 Species Species NNPS 1662 3814 44 , , , 1662 3814 45 Law Law NNP 1662 3814 46 of of IN 1662 3814 47 the the DT 1662 3814 48 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3814 49 , , , 1662 3814 50 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 3814 51 Layer Layer NNP 1662 3814 52 Protection Protection NNP 1662 3814 53 , , , 1662 3814 54 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 3814 55 Timber Timber NNP 1662 3814 56 83 83 CD 1662 3814 57 , , , 1662 3814 58 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 3814 59 signed sign VBD 1662 3814 60 , , , 1662 3814 61 but but CC 1662 3814 62 not not RB 1662 3814 63 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3814 64 : : : 1662 3814 65 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 3814 66 Timber Timber NNP 1662 3814 67 94 94 CD 1662 3814 68 @Guyana @guyana NN 1662 3814 69 : : : 1662 3814 70 People People NNPS 1662 3814 71 Population Population NNP 1662 3814 72 : : : 1662 3814 73 706,116 706,116 CD 1662 3814 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3814 75 July July NNP 1662 3814 76 1997 1997 CD 1662 3814 77 est est NNP 1662 3814 78 . . . 1662 3814 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3815 1 Age age NN 1662 3815 2 structure structure NN 1662 3815 3 : : : 1662 3815 4 0 0 CD 1662 3815 5 - - HYPH 1662 3815 6 14 14 CD 1662 3815 7 years year NNS 1662 3815 8 : : : 1662 3815 9 32 32 CD 1662 3815 10 % % NN 1662 3815 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3815 12 male male JJ 1662 3815 13 115,120 115,120 CD 1662 3815 14 ; ; : 1662 3815 15 female female JJ 1662 3815 16 110,741 110,741 CD 1662 3815 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3815 18 15 15 CD 1662 3815 19 - - SYM 1662 3815 20 64 64 CD 1662 3815 21 years year NNS 1662 3815 22 : : : 1662 3815 23 63 63 CD 1662 3815 24 % % NN 1662 3815 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3815 26 male male JJ 1662 3815 27 225,199 225,199 CD 1662 3815 28 ; ; : 1662 3815 29 female female JJ 1662 3815 30 222,793 222,793 CD 1662 3815 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3815 32 65 65 CD 1662 3815 33 years year NNS 1662 3815 34 and and CC 1662 3815 35 over over IN 1662 3815 36 : : : 1662 3815 37 5 5 CD 1662 3815 38 % % NN 1662 3815 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3815 40 male male NN 1662 3815 41 14,563 14,563 CD 1662 3815 42 ; ; : 1662 3815 43 female female JJ 1662 3815 44 17,700 17,700 CD 1662 3815 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3815 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3815 47 July July NNP 1662 3815 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3815 49 est est NNP 1662 3815 50 . . . 1662 3815 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3816 1 Population population NN 1662 3816 2 growth growth NN 1662 3816 3 rate rate NN 1662 3816 4 : : : 1662 3816 5 -0.78 -0.78 CD 1662 3816 6 % % NN 1662 3816 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3816 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3816 9 est est NNP 1662 3816 10 . . . 1662 3816 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3817 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3817 2 rate rate NN 1662 3817 3 : : : 1662 3817 4 18.71 18.71 CD 1662 3817 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 3817 6 population population NN 1662 3817 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3817 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3817 9 est est NNP 1662 3817 10 . . . 1662 3817 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3818 1 Death death NN 1662 3818 2 rate rate NN 1662 3818 3 : : : 1662 3818 4 10.02 10.02 CD 1662 3818 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3818 6 population population NN 1662 3818 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3818 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3818 9 est est NNP 1662 3818 10 . . . 1662 3818 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3819 1 Net net JJ 1662 3819 2 migration migration NN 1662 3819 3 rate rate NN 1662 3819 4 : : : 1662 3819 5 -16.55 -16.55 . 1662 3819 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 FW 1662 3819 7 population population NN 1662 3819 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3819 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3819 10 est est NNP 1662 3819 11 . . . 1662 3819 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3820 1 Sex sex NN 1662 3820 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 3820 3 : : : 1662 3820 4 at at IN 1662 3820 5 birth birth NN 1662 3820 6 : : : 1662 3820 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 3820 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3820 9 under under IN 1662 3820 10 15 15 CD 1662 3820 11 years year NNS 1662 3820 12 : : : 1662 3820 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 3820 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3820 15 15 15 CD 1662 3820 16 - - HYPH 1662 3820 17 64 64 CD 1662 3820 18 years year NNS 1662 3820 19 : : : 1662 3820 20 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 3820 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3820 22 65 65 CD 1662 3820 23 years year NNS 1662 3820 24 and and CC 1662 3820 25 over over IN 1662 3820 26 : : : 1662 3820 27 0.82 0.82 CD 1662 3820 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 3820 29 total total JJ 1662 3820 30 population population NN 1662 3820 31 : : : 1662 3820 32 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 3820 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3820 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3820 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 3820 36 est e JJS 1662 3820 37 . . . 1662 3820 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3821 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3821 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3821 3 rate rate NN 1662 3821 4 : : : 1662 3821 5 51.4 51.4 CD 1662 3821 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3821 7 live live JJ 1662 3821 8 births birth NNS 1662 3821 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3821 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3821 11 est est NNP 1662 3821 12 . . . 1662 3821 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3822 1 Life life NN 1662 3822 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3822 3 at at IN 1662 3822 4 birth birth NN 1662 3822 5 : : : 1662 3822 6 total total JJ 1662 3822 7 population population NN 1662 3822 8 : : : 1662 3822 9 59.27 59.27 CD 1662 3822 10 years year NNS 1662 3822 11 male male JJ 1662 3822 12 : : : 1662 3822 13 56.93 56.93 CD 1662 3822 14 years year NNS 1662 3822 15 female female JJ 1662 3822 16 : : : 1662 3822 17 61.74 61.74 CD 1662 3822 18 years year NNS 1662 3822 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3822 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3822 21 est est NNP 1662 3822 22 . . . 1662 3822 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3823 1 Total total JJ 1662 3823 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3823 3 rate rate NN 1662 3823 4 : : : 1662 3823 5 2.16 2.16 CD 1662 3823 6 children child NNS 1662 3823 7 born bear VBN 1662 3823 8 / / SYM 1662 3823 9 woman woman NN 1662 3823 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3823 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3823 12 est est NNP 1662 3823 13 . . . 1662 3823 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3824 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3824 2 : : : 1662 3824 3 noun noun NN 1662 3824 4 : : : 1662 3824 5 Guyanese Guyanese NNP 1662 3824 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3824 7 singular singular JJ 1662 3824 8 and and CC 1662 3824 9 plural plural JJ 1662 3824 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3824 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 3824 12 : : : 1662 3824 13 Guyanese guyanese JJ 1662 3824 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3824 15 groups group NNS 1662 3824 16 : : : 1662 3824 17 East East NNP 1662 3824 18 Indian Indian NNP 1662 3824 19 51 51 CD 1662 3824 20 % % NN 1662 3824 21 , , , 1662 3824 22 black black JJ 1662 3824 23 and and CC 1662 3824 24 mixed mixed JJ 1662 3824 25 43 43 CD 1662 3824 26 % % NN 1662 3824 27 , , , 1662 3824 28 Amerindian Amerindian NNP 1662 3824 29 4 4 CD 1662 3824 30 % % NN 1662 3824 31 , , , 1662 3824 32 white white JJ 1662 3824 33 and and CC 1662 3824 34 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 3824 35 2 2 CD 1662 3824 36 % % NN 1662 3824 37 Religions religion NNS 1662 3824 38 : : : 1662 3824 39 Christian Christian NNP 1662 3824 40 57 57 CD 1662 3824 41 % % NN 1662 3824 42 , , , 1662 3824 43 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 3824 44 33 33 CD 1662 3824 45 % % NN 1662 3824 46 , , , 1662 3824 47 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 3824 48 9 9 CD 1662 3824 49 % % NN 1662 3824 50 , , , 1662 3824 51 other other JJ 1662 3824 52 1 1 CD 1662 3824 53 % % NN 1662 3824 54 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 3824 55 : : : 1662 3824 56 English English NNP 1662 3824 57 , , , 1662 3824 58 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 3824 59 dialects dialect VBZ 1662 3824 60 Literacy literacy NN 1662 3824 61 : : : 1662 3824 62 definition definition NN 1662 3824 63 : : : 1662 3824 64 age age NN 1662 3824 65 15 15 CD 1662 3824 66 and and CC 1662 3824 67 over over RB 1662 3824 68 has have VBZ 1662 3824 69 ever ever RB 1662 3824 70 attended attend VBN 1662 3824 71 school school NN 1662 3824 72 total total JJ 1662 3824 73 population population NN 1662 3824 74 : : : 1662 3824 75 98.1 98.1 CD 1662 3824 76 % % NN 1662 3824 77 male male NN 1662 3824 78 : : : 1662 3824 79 98.6 98.6 CD 1662 3824 80 % % NN 1662 3824 81 female female NN 1662 3824 82 : : : 1662 3824 83 97.5 97.5 CD 1662 3824 84 % % NN 1662 3824 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3824 86 1995 1995 CD 1662 3824 87 est est NNP 1662 3824 88 . . . 1662 3824 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 1 @Guyana @guyana LS 1662 3825 2 : : : 1662 3825 3 Government Government NNP 1662 3825 4 Country Country NNP 1662 3825 5 name name NN 1662 3825 6 : : : 1662 3825 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3825 8 long long JJ 1662 3825 9 form form NN 1662 3825 10 : : : 1662 3825 11 Co co NN 1662 3825 12 - - JJ 1662 3825 13 operative operative JJ 1662 3825 14 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3825 15 of of IN 1662 3825 16 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 3825 17 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3825 18 short short JJ 1662 3825 19 form form NN 1662 3825 20 : : : 1662 3825 21 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 3825 22 former former JJ 1662 3825 23 : : : 1662 3825 24 British British NNP 1662 3825 25 Guiana Guiana NNP 1662 3825 26 Data Data NNP 1662 3825 27 code code NN 1662 3825 28 : : : 1662 3825 29 GY GY NNP 1662 3825 30 Government Government NNP 1662 3825 31 type type NN 1662 3825 32 : : : 1662 3825 33 republic republic NNP 1662 3825 34 National national JJ 1662 3825 35 capital capital NN 1662 3825 36 : : : 1662 3825 37 Georgetown Georgetown NNP 1662 3825 38 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 3825 39 divisions division NNS 1662 3825 40 : : : 1662 3825 41 10 10 CD 1662 3825 42 regions region NNS 1662 3825 43 ; ; : 1662 3825 44 Barima Barima NNP 1662 3825 45 - - HYPH 1662 3825 46 Waini Waini NNP 1662 3825 47 , , , 1662 3825 48 Cuyuni Cuyuni NNP 1662 3825 49 - - HYPH 1662 3825 50 Mazaruni Mazaruni NNP 1662 3825 51 , , , 1662 3825 52 Demerara Demerara NNP 1662 3825 53 - - HYPH 1662 3825 54 Mahaica Mahaica NNP 1662 3825 55 , , , 1662 3825 56 East East NNP 1662 3825 57 Berbice Berbice NNP 1662 3825 58 - - HYPH 1662 3825 59 Corentyne Corentyne NNP 1662 3825 60 , , , 1662 3825 61 Essequibo Essequibo NNP 1662 3825 62 Islands Islands NNP 1662 3825 63 - - HYPH 1662 3825 64 West West NNP 1662 3825 65 Demerara Demerara NNP 1662 3825 66 , , , 1662 3825 67 Mahaica Mahaica NNP 1662 3825 68 - - HYPH 1662 3825 69 Berbice Berbice NNP 1662 3825 70 , , , 1662 3825 71 Pomeroon Pomeroon NNP 1662 3825 72 - - HYPH 1662 3825 73 Supenaam Supenaam NNP 1662 3825 74 , , , 1662 3825 75 Potaro Potaro NNP 1662 3825 76 - - HYPH 1662 3825 77 Siparuni Siparuni NNP 1662 3825 78 , , , 1662 3825 79 Upper Upper NNP 1662 3825 80 Demerara Demerara NNP 1662 3825 81 - - HYPH 1662 3825 82 Berbice Berbice NNP 1662 3825 83 , , , 1662 3825 84 Upper Upper NNP 1662 3825 85 Takutu Takutu NNP 1662 3825 86 - - HYPH 1662 3825 87 Upper Upper NNP 1662 3825 88 Essequibo Essequibo NNP 1662 3825 89 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3825 90 : : : 1662 3825 91 26 26 CD 1662 3825 92 May May NNP 1662 3825 93 1966 1966 CD 1662 3825 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 95 from from IN 1662 3825 96 UK UK NNP 1662 3825 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 98 National national JJ 1662 3825 99 holiday holiday NN 1662 3825 100 : : : 1662 3825 101 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3825 102 Day Day NNP 1662 3825 103 , , , 1662 3825 104 23 23 CD 1662 3825 105 February February NNP 1662 3825 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 107 1970 1970 CD 1662 3825 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 109 Constitution constitution NN 1662 3825 110 : : : 1662 3825 111 6 6 CD 1662 3825 112 October October NNP 1662 3825 113 1980 1980 CD 1662 3825 114 Legal legal JJ 1662 3825 115 system system NN 1662 3825 116 : : : 1662 3825 117 based base VBN 1662 3825 118 on on IN 1662 3825 119 English English NNP 1662 3825 120 common common JJ 1662 3825 121 law law NN 1662 3825 122 with with IN 1662 3825 123 certain certain JJ 1662 3825 124 admixtures admixture NNS 1662 3825 125 of of IN 1662 3825 126 Roman roman JJ 1662 3825 127 - - HYPH 1662 3825 128 Dutch dutch JJ 1662 3825 129 law law NN 1662 3825 130 ; ; : 1662 3825 131 has have VBZ 1662 3825 132 not not RB 1662 3825 133 accepted accept VBN 1662 3825 134 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 3825 135 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 3825 136 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 3825 137 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 3825 138 : : : 1662 3825 139 18 18 CD 1662 3825 140 years year NNS 1662 3825 141 of of IN 1662 3825 142 age age NN 1662 3825 143 ; ; : 1662 3825 144 universal universal JJ 1662 3825 145 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3825 146 branch branch NN 1662 3825 147 : : : 1662 3825 148 chief chief NN 1662 3825 149 of of IN 1662 3825 150 state state NN 1662 3825 151 : : : 1662 3825 152 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3825 153 President President NNP 1662 3825 154 Samuel Samuel NNP 1662 3825 155 HINDS HINDS NNP 1662 3825 156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 157 since since IN 1662 3825 158 March March NNP 1662 3825 159 1997 1997 CD 1662 3825 160 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 161 ; ; : 1662 3825 162 replaced replace VBD 1662 3825 163 Cheddi Cheddi NNP 1662 3825 164 JAGAN JAGAN NNP 1662 3825 165 who who WP 1662 3825 166 died die VBD 1662 3825 167 in in IN 1662 3825 168 office office NN 1662 3825 169 , , , 1662 3825 170 March March NNP 1662 3825 171 1997 1997 CD 1662 3825 172 head head NN 1662 3825 173 of of IN 1662 3825 174 government government NN 1662 3825 175 : : : 1662 3825 176 Prime Prime NNP 1662 3825 177 Minister Minister NNP 1662 3825 178 Janet Janet NNP 1662 3825 179 JAGAN JAGAN NNP 1662 3825 180 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 181 since since IN 1662 3825 182 March March NNP 1662 3825 183 1997 1997 CD 1662 3825 184 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 185 ; ; , 1662 3825 186 filled fill VBN 1662 3825 187 vacancy vacancy NN 1662 3825 188 created create VBN 1662 3825 189 when when WRB 1662 3825 190 Samuel Samuel NNP 1662 3825 191 HINDS HINDS NNP 1662 3825 192 ascended ascend VBD 1662 3825 193 to to IN 1662 3825 194 office office NN 1662 3825 195 of of IN 1662 3825 196 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3825 197 President President NNP 1662 3825 198 following follow VBG 1662 3825 199 death death NN 1662 3825 200 of of IN 1662 3825 201 Cheddi Cheddi NNP 1662 3825 202 JAGAN JAGAN NNP 1662 3825 203 , , , 1662 3825 204 March March NNP 1662 3825 205 1997 1997 CD 1662 3825 206 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3825 207 : : : 1662 3825 208 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 3825 209 of of IN 1662 3825 210 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 3825 211 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3825 212 by by IN 1662 3825 213 the the DT 1662 3825 214 president president NN 1662 3825 215 , , , 1662 3825 216 responsible responsible JJ 1662 3825 217 to to IN 1662 3825 218 the the DT 1662 3825 219 legislature legislature NN 1662 3825 220 elections election NNS 1662 3825 221 : : : 1662 3825 222 president president NNP 1662 3825 223 elected elect VBN 1662 3825 224 by by IN 1662 3825 225 the the DT 1662 3825 226 majority majority NN 1662 3825 227 party party NN 1662 3825 228 in in IN 1662 3825 229 the the DT 1662 3825 230 National National NNP 1662 3825 231 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3825 232 after after IN 1662 3825 233 legislative legislative JJ 1662 3825 234 elections election NNS 1662 3825 235 , , , 1662 3825 236 which which WDT 1662 3825 237 must must MD 1662 3825 238 be be VB 1662 3825 239 held hold VBN 1662 3825 240 within within IN 1662 3825 241 five five CD 1662 3825 242 years year NNS 1662 3825 243 ; ; , 1662 3825 244 legislative legislative JJ 1662 3825 245 elections election NNS 1662 3825 246 last last RB 1662 3825 247 held hold VBD 1662 3825 248 5 5 CD 1662 3825 249 October October NNP 1662 3825 250 1992 1992 CD 1662 3825 251 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 252 next next JJ 1662 3825 253 to to TO 1662 3825 254 be be VB 1662 3825 255 held hold VBN 1662 3825 256 NA NA NNP 1662 3825 257 1997 1997 CD 1662 3825 258 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 259 ; ; : 1662 3825 260 prime prime NNP 1662 3825 261 minister minister NN 1662 3825 262 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3825 263 by by IN 1662 3825 264 the the DT 1662 3825 265 president president NN 1662 3825 266 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 3825 267 branch branch NN 1662 3825 268 : : : 1662 3825 269 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 3825 270 National National NNP 1662 3825 271 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3825 272 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 273 65 65 CD 1662 3825 274 seats seat NNS 1662 3825 275 , , , 1662 3825 276 53 53 CD 1662 3825 277 popularly popularly RB 1662 3825 278 elected elect VBN 1662 3825 279 ; ; : 1662 3825 280 members member NNS 1662 3825 281 serve serve VBP 1662 3825 282 five five CD 1662 3825 283 - - HYPH 1662 3825 284 year year NN 1662 3825 285 terms term NNS 1662 3825 286 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 287 elections election NNS 1662 3825 288 : : : 1662 3825 289 last last RB 1662 3825 290 held hold VBN 1662 3825 291 on on IN 1662 3825 292 5 5 CD 1662 3825 293 October October NNP 1662 3825 294 1992 1992 CD 1662 3825 295 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 296 next next JJ 1662 3825 297 to to TO 1662 3825 298 be be VB 1662 3825 299 held hold VBN 1662 3825 300 by by IN 1662 3825 301 October October NNP 1662 3825 302 1997 1997 CD 1662 3825 303 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 304 election election NN 1662 3825 305 results result NNS 1662 3825 306 : : : 1662 3825 307 percent percent NN 1662 3825 308 of of IN 1662 3825 309 vote vote NN 1662 3825 310 by by IN 1662 3825 311 party party NN 1662 3825 312 - - HYPH 1662 3825 313 PPP ppp NN 1662 3825 314 53.4 53.4 CD 1662 3825 315 % % NN 1662 3825 316 , , , 1662 3825 317 PNC PNC NNP 1662 3825 318 42.3 42.3 CD 1662 3825 319 % % NN 1662 3825 320 , , , 1662 3825 321 WPA WPA NNP 1662 3825 322 2 2 CD 1662 3825 323 % % NN 1662 3825 324 , , , 1662 3825 325 TUF TUF NNP 1662 3825 326 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 3825 327 % % NN 1662 3825 328 ; ; , 1662 3825 329 seats seat NNS 1662 3825 330 by by IN 1662 3825 331 party party NN 1662 3825 332 - - HYPH 1662 3825 333 PPP PPP NNP 1662 3825 334 36 36 CD 1662 3825 335 , , , 1662 3825 336 PNC PNC NNP 1662 3825 337 26 26 CD 1662 3825 338 , , , 1662 3825 339 WPA WPA NNP 1662 3825 340 2 2 CD 1662 3825 341 , , , 1662 3825 342 TUF TUF NNP 1662 3825 343 1 1 CD 1662 3825 344 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 3825 345 branch branch NN 1662 3825 346 : : : 1662 3825 347 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 3825 348 Court Court NNP 1662 3825 349 of of IN 1662 3825 350 Judicature Judicature NNP 1662 3825 351 Political political JJ 1662 3825 352 parties party NNS 1662 3825 353 and and CC 1662 3825 354 leaders leader NNS 1662 3825 355 : : : 1662 3825 356 People People NNS 1662 3825 357 's 's POS 1662 3825 358 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 3825 359 Party Party NNP 1662 3825 360 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 361 PPP PPP NNP 1662 3825 362 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 363 , , , 1662 3825 364 People People NNS 1662 3825 365 's 's POS 1662 3825 366 National National NNP 1662 3825 367 Congress Congress NNP 1662 3825 368 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 369 PNC PNC NNP 1662 3825 370 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 371 , , , 1662 3825 372 Hugh Hugh NNP 1662 3825 373 Desmond Desmond NNP 1662 3825 374 HOYTE HOYTE NNP 1662 3825 375 ; ; : 1662 3825 376 For for IN 1662 3825 377 a a DT 1662 3825 378 Good good JJ 1662 3825 379 and and CC 1662 3825 380 Green Green NNP 1662 3825 381 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 3825 382 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 383 GGG GGG NNP 1662 3825 384 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 385 , , , 1662 3825 386 Hamilton Hamilton NNP 1662 3825 387 GREEN GREEN NNP 1662 3825 388 ; ; : 1662 3825 389 Working Working NNP 1662 3825 390 People People NNPS 1662 3825 391 's 's POS 1662 3825 392 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 3825 393 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 394 WPA WPA NNP 1662 3825 395 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 396 , , , 1662 3825 397 Rupert Rupert NNP 1662 3825 398 ROOPNARINE ROOPNARINE NNP 1662 3825 399 ; ; : 1662 3825 400 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3825 401 Labor Labor NNP 1662 3825 402 Movement Movement NNP 1662 3825 403 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 404 DLM DLM NNP 1662 3825 405 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 406 , , , 1662 3825 407 Paul Paul NNP 1662 3825 408 TENNASSEE TENNASSEE NNP 1662 3825 409 ; ; : 1662 3825 410 People People NNS 1662 3825 411 's 's POS 1662 3825 412 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3825 413 Movement Movement NNP 1662 3825 414 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 415 PDM PDM NNP 1662 3825 416 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 417 , , , 1662 3825 418 Llewellyn Llewellyn NNP 1662 3825 419 JOHN JOHN NNP 1662 3825 420 ; ; : 1662 3825 421 National National NNP 1662 3825 422 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3825 423 Front Front NNP 1662 3825 424 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 425 NDF NDF NNP 1662 3825 426 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 427 , , , 1662 3825 428 Joseph Joseph NNP 1662 3825 429 BACCHUS bacchus NN 1662 3825 430 ; ; : 1662 3825 431 The the DT 1662 3825 432 United United NNP 1662 3825 433 Force Force NNP 1662 3825 434 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 435 TUF TUF NNP 1662 3825 436 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 437 , , , 1662 3825 438 Manzoor Manzoor NNP 1662 3825 439 NADIR NADIR NNP 1662 3825 440 ; ; : 1662 3825 441 United United NNP 1662 3825 442 Republican Republican NNP 1662 3825 443 Party Party NNP 1662 3825 444 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 445 URP URP NNP 1662 3825 446 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 447 , , , 1662 3825 448 Leslie Leslie NNP 1662 3825 449 RAMSAMMY RAMSAMMY NNP 1662 3825 450 ; ; : 1662 3825 451 National National NNP 1662 3825 452 Republican Republican NNP 1662 3825 453 Party Party NNP 1662 3825 454 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 455 NRP NRP NNP 1662 3825 456 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 457 , , , 1662 3825 458 Robert Robert NNP 1662 3825 459 GANGADEEN GANGADEEN NNP 1662 3825 460 ; ; : 1662 3825 461 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 3825 462 Labor Labor NNP 1662 3825 463 Party Party NNP 1662 3825 464 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 465 GLP GLP NNP 1662 3825 466 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 467 ; ; : 1662 3825 468 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 3825 469 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3825 470 Party Party NNP 1662 3825 471 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 472 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3825 473 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 474 , , , 1662 3825 475 Asgar Asgar NNP 1662 3825 476 ALLY ALLY NNP 1662 3825 477 ; ; : 1662 3825 478 Guyanese Guyanese NNP 1662 3825 479 Organized Organized NNP 1662 3825 480 for for IN 1662 3825 481 Liberty Liberty NNP 1662 3825 482 and and CC 1662 3825 483 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 3825 484 Party Party NNP 1662 3825 485 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 486 GOLD GOLD NNP 1662 3825 487 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 488 , , , 1662 3825 489 Anthony Anthony NNP 1662 3825 490 MEKDECI MEKDECI NNP 1662 3825 491 Political political JJ 1662 3825 492 pressure pressure NN 1662 3825 493 groups group NNS 1662 3825 494 and and CC 1662 3825 495 leaders leader NNS 1662 3825 496 : : : 1662 3825 497 Trades Trades NNPS 1662 3825 498 Union Union NNP 1662 3825 499 Congress Congress NNP 1662 3825 500 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 501 TUC TUC NNP 1662 3825 502 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 503 ; ; : 1662 3825 504 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 3825 505 Council Council NNP 1662 3825 506 of of IN 1662 3825 507 Indian Indian NNP 1662 3825 508 Organizations Organizations NNP 1662 3825 509 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 510 GCIO GCIO NNP 1662 3825 511 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 512 ; ; : 1662 3825 513 Civil Civil NNP 1662 3825 514 Liberties Liberties NNPS 1662 3825 515 Action Action NNP 1662 3825 516 Committee Committee NNP 1662 3825 517 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 518 CLAC CLAC NNP 1662 3825 519 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 520 note note NN 1662 3825 521 : : : 1662 3825 522 the the DT 1662 3825 523 latter latter JJ 1662 3825 524 two two CD 1662 3825 525 organizations organization NNS 1662 3825 526 are be VBP 1662 3825 527 small small JJ 1662 3825 528 and and CC 1662 3825 529 active active JJ 1662 3825 530 but but CC 1662 3825 531 not not RB 1662 3825 532 well well RB 1662 3825 533 organized organize VBN 1662 3825 534 International international JJ 1662 3825 535 organization organization NN 1662 3825 536 participation participation NN 1662 3825 537 : : : 1662 3825 538 ACP ACP NNP 1662 3825 539 , , , 1662 3825 540 C C NNP 1662 3825 541 , , , 1662 3825 542 Caricom Caricom NNP 1662 3825 543 , , , 1662 3825 544 CCC CCC NNP 1662 3825 545 , , , 1662 3825 546 CDB CDB NNP 1662 3825 547 , , , 1662 3825 548 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 3825 549 , , , 1662 3825 550 FAO FAO NNP 1662 3825 551 , , , 1662 3825 552 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 3825 553 , , , 1662 3825 554 IADB IADB NNP 1662 3825 555 , , , 1662 3825 556 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 3825 557 , , , 1662 3825 558 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 3825 559 , , , 1662 3825 560 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 3825 561 , , , 1662 3825 562 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 3825 563 , , , 1662 3825 564 IDA IDA NNP 1662 3825 565 , , , 1662 3825 566 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 3825 567 , , , 1662 3825 568 IFC IFC NNP 1662 3825 569 , , , 1662 3825 570 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 3825 571 , , , 1662 3825 572 ILO ILO NNP 1662 3825 573 , , , 1662 3825 574 IMF IMF NNP 1662 3825 575 , , , 1662 3825 576 IMO imo RB 1662 3825 577 , , , 1662 3825 578 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3825 579 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 580 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 3825 581 user user NN 1662 3825 582 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 583 , , , 1662 3825 584 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 3825 585 , , , 1662 3825 586 IOC IOC NNP 1662 3825 587 , , , 1662 3825 588 ISO ISO NNP 1662 3825 589 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 590 subscriber subscriber NN 1662 3825 591 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 592 , , , 1662 3825 593 ITU ITU NNP 1662 3825 594 , , , 1662 3825 595 LAES LAES NNP 1662 3825 596 , , , 1662 3825 597 NAM NAM NNP 1662 3825 598 , , , 1662 3825 599 OAS OAS NNP 1662 3825 600 , , , 1662 3825 601 UN UN NNP 1662 3825 602 , , , 1662 3825 603 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 3825 604 , , , 1662 3825 605 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 3825 606 , , , 1662 3825 607 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 3825 608 , , , 1662 3825 609 UPU UPU NNP 1662 3825 610 , , , 1662 3825 611 WCL WCL NNP 1662 3825 612 , , , 1662 3825 613 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 3825 614 , , , 1662 3825 615 WHO who WP 1662 3825 616 , , , 1662 3825 617 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 3825 618 , , , 1662 3825 619 WMO WMO NNP 1662 3825 620 , , , 1662 3825 621 WTrO wtro VB 1662 3825 622 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3825 623 representation representation NN 1662 3825 624 in in IN 1662 3825 625 the the DT 1662 3825 626 US US NNP 1662 3825 627 : : : 1662 3825 628 chief chief NN 1662 3825 629 of of IN 1662 3825 630 mission mission NN 1662 3825 631 : : : 1662 3825 632 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3825 633 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 3825 634 Ali Ali NNP 1662 3825 635 Odeen Odeen NNP 1662 3825 636 ISHMAEL ISHMAEL NNP 1662 3825 637 chancery chancery NN 1662 3825 638 : : : 1662 3825 639 2490 2490 CD 1662 3825 640 Tracy Tracy NNP 1662 3825 641 Place Place NNP 1662 3825 642 NW NW NNP 1662 3825 643 , , , 1662 3825 644 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3825 645 , , , 1662 3825 646 DC DC NNP 1662 3825 647 20008 20008 CD 1662 3825 648 telephone telephone NN 1662 3825 649 : : : 1662 3825 650 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3825 651 1 1 CD 1662 3825 652 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3825 653 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 654 202 202 CD 1662 3825 655 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 656 265 265 CD 1662 3825 657 - - SYM 1662 3825 658 6900 6900 CD 1662 3825 659 , , , 1662 3825 660 6901 6901 CD 1662 3825 661 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 3825 662 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 663 general general NN 1662 3825 664 : : : 1662 3825 665 New New NNP 1662 3825 666 York York NNP 1662 3825 667 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3825 668 representation representation NN 1662 3825 669 from from IN 1662 3825 670 the the DT 1662 3825 671 US US NNP 1662 3825 672 : : : 1662 3825 673 chief chief NN 1662 3825 674 of of IN 1662 3825 675 mission mission NN 1662 3825 676 : : : 1662 3825 677 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3825 678 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3825 679 vacant vacant JJ 1662 3825 680 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3825 681 ; ; : 1662 3825 682 Charge charge NN 1662 3825 683 d'Affaires d'Affaires NNP 1662 3825 684 Hugh Hugh NNP 1662 3825 685 SIMON SIMON NNP 1662 3825 686 embassy embassy NN 1662 3825 687 : : : 1662 3825 688 99 99 CD 1662 3825 689 - - SYM 1662 3825 690 100 100 CD 1662 3825 691 Young young JJ 1662 3825 692 and and CC 1662 3825 693 Duke Duke NNP 1662 3825 694 Streets Streets NNPS 1662 3825 695 , , , 1662 3825 696 Kingston Kingston NNP 1662 3825 697 , , , 1662 3825 698 Georgetown Georgetown NNP 1662 3825 699 mailing mail VBG 1662 3825 700 address address NN 1662 3825 701 : : : 1662 3825 702 P. P. NNP 1662 3825 703 O. O. NNP 1662 3826 1 Box Box NNP 1662 3826 2 10507 10507 CD 1662 3826 3 , , , 1662 3826 4 Georgetown Georgetown NNP 1662 3826 5 telephone telephone NN 1662 3826 6 : : : 1662 3826 7 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3826 8 592 592 CD 1662 3826 9 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3826 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3826 11 2 2 CD 1662 3826 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3826 13 54900 54900 CD 1662 3826 14 through through IN 1662 3826 15 54909 54909 CD 1662 3826 16 , , , 1662 3826 17 57960 57960 CD 1662 3826 18 through through IN 1662 3826 19 57969 57969 CD 1662 3826 20 FAX fax NN 1662 3826 21 : : : 1662 3826 22 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3826 23 592 592 CD 1662 3826 24 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3826 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3826 26 2 2 CD 1662 3826 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3826 28 58497 58497 CD 1662 3826 29 Flag flag NN 1662 3826 30 description description NN 1662 3826 31 : : : 1662 3826 32 green green JJ 1662 3826 33 with with IN 1662 3826 34 a a DT 1662 3826 35 red red JJ 1662 3826 36 isosceles isoscele NNS 1662 3826 37 triangle triangle NNP 1662 3826 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3826 39 based base VBN 1662 3826 40 on on IN 1662 3826 41 the the DT 1662 3826 42 hoist hoist NN 1662 3826 43 side side NN 1662 3826 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3826 45 superimposed superimpose VBN 1662 3826 46 on on IN 1662 3826 47 a a DT 1662 3826 48 long long JJ 1662 3826 49 yellow yellow JJ 1662 3826 50 arrowhead arrowhead NN 1662 3826 51 ; ; : 1662 3826 52 there there EX 1662 3826 53 is be VBZ 1662 3826 54 a a DT 1662 3826 55 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3826 56 black black JJ 1662 3826 57 border border NN 1662 3826 58 between between IN 1662 3826 59 the the DT 1662 3826 60 red red JJ 1662 3826 61 and and CC 1662 3826 62 yellow yellow JJ 1662 3826 63 , , , 1662 3826 64 and and CC 1662 3826 65 a a DT 1662 3826 66 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3826 67 white white JJ 1662 3826 68 border border NN 1662 3826 69 between between IN 1662 3826 70 the the DT 1662 3826 71 yellow yellow NN 1662 3826 72 and and CC 1662 3826 73 the the DT 1662 3826 74 green green JJ 1662 3826 75 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3826 76 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3826 77 - 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- HYPH 1662 3839 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 3839 4 : : : 1662 3839 5 157,000 157,000 CD 1662 3839 6 kW kw NN 1662 3839 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3839 8 1995 1995 CD 1662 3839 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3839 10 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3839 11 - - HYPH 1662 3839 12 production production NN 1662 3839 13 : : : 1662 3839 14 318 318 CD 1662 3839 15 million million CD 1662 3839 16 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3839 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3839 18 1995 1995 CD 1662 3839 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3839 20 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3839 21 - - HYPH 1662 3839 22 consumption consumption NN 1662 3839 23 per per IN 1662 3839 24 capita capita NN 1662 3839 25 : : : 1662 3839 26 301 301 CD 1662 3839 27 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3839 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3839 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 3839 30 est est NNP 1662 3839 31 . . . 1662 3839 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3840 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3840 2 - - HYPH 1662 3840 3 products product NNS 1662 3840 4 : : : 1662 3840 5 sugar sugar NN 1662 3840 6 , , , 1662 3840 7 rice rice NN 1662 3840 8 , , , 1662 3840 9 wheat wheat NN 1662 3840 10 , , , 1662 3840 11 vegetable vegetable NN 1662 3840 12 oils oil NNS 1662 3840 13 ; ; : 1662 3840 14 beef beef NN 1662 3840 15 , , , 1662 3840 16 pork pork NN 1662 3840 17 , , , 1662 3840 18 poultry poultry NN 1662 3840 19 , , , 1662 3840 20 dairy dairy NN 1662 3840 21 products product NNS 1662 3840 22 ; ; , 1662 3840 23 development development NN 1662 3840 24 potential potential NN 1662 3840 25 exists exist VBZ 1662 3840 26 for for IN 1662 3840 27 fishing fishing NN 1662 3840 28 and and CC 1662 3840 29 forestry forestry NN 1662 3840 30 Exports export NNS 1662 3840 31 : : : 1662 3840 32 total total JJ 1662 3840 33 value value NN 1662 3840 34 : : : 1662 3840 35 $ $ $ 1662 3840 36 565 565 CD 1662 3840 37 million million CD 1662 3840 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3840 39 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 3840 40 . . NNP 1662 3840 41 , , , 1662 3840 42 1996 1996 CD 1662 3840 43 est est NNP 1662 3840 44 . . . 1662 3840 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3841 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3841 2 : : : 1662 3841 3 sugar sugar NN 1662 3841 4 , , , 1662 3841 5 gold gold NN 1662 3841 6 , , , 1662 3841 7 bauxite bauxite NNP 1662 3841 8 / / SYM 1662 3841 9 alumina alumina NNP 1662 3841 10 , , , 1662 3841 11 rice rice NNP 1662 3841 12 , , , 1662 3841 13 shrimp shrimp NN 1662 3841 14 , , , 1662 3841 15 molasses molasse VBZ 1662 3841 16 partners partner NNS 1662 3841 17 : : : 1662 3841 18 Canada Canada NNP 1662 3841 19 33 33 CD 1662 3841 20 % % NN 1662 3841 21 , , , 1662 3841 22 US US NNP 1662 3841 23 24 24 CD 1662 3841 24 % % NN 1662 3841 25 , , , 1662 3841 26 UK UK NNP 1662 3841 27 22 22 CD 1662 3841 28 % % NN 1662 3841 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3841 30 1994 1994 CD 1662 3841 31 est est NNP 1662 3841 32 . . . 1662 3841 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3842 1 Imports import NNS 1662 3842 2 : : : 1662 3842 3 total total JJ 1662 3842 4 value value NN 1662 3842 5 : : : 1662 3842 6 $ $ $ 1662 3842 7 589 589 CD 1662 3842 8 million million CD 1662 3842 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3842 10 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 3842 11 . . NNP 1662 3842 12 , , , 1662 3842 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 3842 14 est est NNP 1662 3842 15 . . . 1662 3842 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3843 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3843 2 : : : 1662 3843 3 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 3843 4 , , , 1662 3843 5 machinery machinery NN 1662 3843 6 , , , 1662 3843 7 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 3843 8 , , , 1662 3843 9 food food NN 1662 3843 10 partners partner NNS 1662 3843 11 : : : 1662 3843 12 US US NNP 1662 3843 13 29 29 CD 1662 3843 14 % % NN 1662 3843 15 , , , 1662 3843 16 Trinidad Trinidad NNP 1662 3843 17 and and CC 1662 3843 18 Tobago Tobago NNP 1662 3843 19 17 17 CD 1662 3843 20 % % NN 1662 3843 21 , , , 1662 3843 22 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 3843 23 Antilles Antilles NNP 1662 3843 24 17 17 CD 1662 3843 25 % % NN 1662 3843 26 , , , 1662 3843 27 UK UK NNP 1662 3843 28 11 11 CD 1662 3843 29 % % NN 1662 3843 30 , , , 1662 3843 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3843 32 1994 1994 CD 1662 3843 33 est est NNP 1662 3843 34 . . . 1662 3843 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3844 1 Debt debt NN 1662 3844 2 - - HYPH 1662 3844 3 external external JJ 1662 3844 4 : : : 1662 3844 5 $ $ $ 1662 3844 6 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 3844 7 billion billion CD 1662 3844 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3844 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 3844 10 est est NNP 1662 3844 11 . . . 1662 3844 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3845 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 3845 2 aid aid NN 1662 3845 3 : : : 1662 3845 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 3845 5 : : : 1662 3845 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 3845 7 , , , 1662 3845 8 $ $ $ 1662 3845 9 NA NA NNP 1662 3845 10 Currency currency NN 1662 3845 11 : : : 1662 3845 12 1 1 CD 1662 3845 13 Guyanese guyanese JJ 1662 3845 14 dollar dollar NN 1662 3845 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3845 16 G$ G$ NNP 1662 3845 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3845 18 = = NFP 1662 3845 19 100 100 CD 1662 3845 20 cents cent NNS 1662 3845 21 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 3845 22 rates rate NNS 1662 3845 23 : : : 1662 3845 24 Guyanese guyanese JJ 1662 3845 25 dollars dollar NNS 1662 3845 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3845 27 G$ G$ NNP 1662 3845 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3845 29 per per IN 1662 3845 30 US$ us$ $ 1662 3845 31 1 1 CD 1662 3845 32 - - SYM 1662 3845 33 140.3 140.3 CD 1662 3845 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3845 35 February February NNP 1662 3845 36 1997 1997 CD 1662 3845 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3845 38 , , , 1662 3845 39 141.1 141.1 CD 1662 3845 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3845 41 December December NNP 1662 3845 42 1996 1996 CD 1662 3845 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3845 44 , , , 1662 3845 45 140.4 140.4 CD 1662 3845 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3845 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 3845 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3845 49 , , , 1662 3845 50 142.0 142.0 CD 1662 3845 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3845 52 1995 1995 CD 1662 3845 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3845 54 , , , 1662 3845 55 138.3 138.3 CD 1662 3845 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3845 57 1994 1994 CD 1662 3845 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3845 59 , , , 1662 3845 60 126.7 126.7 CD 1662 3845 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3845 62 1993 1993 CD 1662 3845 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3845 64 , , , 1662 3845 65 125.0 125.0 CD 1662 3845 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3845 67 1992 1992 CD 1662 3845 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3845 69 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3845 70 year year NN 1662 3845 71 : : : 1662 3845 72 calendar calendar NNP 1662 3845 73 year year NN 1662 3845 74 @Guyana @Guyana NNP 1662 3845 75 : : : 1662 3845 76 Communications Communications NNP 1662 3845 77 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 3845 78 : : : 1662 3845 79 33,000 33,000 CD 1662 3845 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3845 81 1987 1987 CD 1662 3845 82 est est NNP 1662 3845 83 . . . 1662 3845 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3846 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 3846 2 system system NN 1662 3846 3 : : : 1662 3846 4 fair fair JJ 1662 3846 5 system system NN 1662 3846 6 for for IN 1662 3846 7 long long JJ 1662 3846 8 - - HYPH 1662 3846 9 distance distance NN 1662 3846 10 calling call VBG 1662 3846 11 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3846 12 : : : 1662 3846 13 microwave microwave NN 1662 3846 14 radio radio NN 1662 3846 15 relay relay NN 1662 3846 16 network network NN 1662 3846 17 for for IN 1662 3846 18 trunk trunk NN 1662 3846 19 lines line NNS 1662 3846 20 international international JJ 1662 3846 21 : : : 1662 3846 22 tropospheric tropospheric JJ 1662 3846 23 scatter scatter NN 1662 3846 24 to to IN 1662 3846 25 Trinidad Trinidad NNP 1662 3846 26 ; ; : 1662 3846 27 satellite satellite NN 1662 3846 28 earth earth NN 1662 3846 29 station station NN 1662 3846 30 - - : 1662 3846 31 1 1 CD 1662 3846 32 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3846 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3846 34 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3846 35 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3846 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3846 37 Radio radio NN 1662 3846 38 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3846 39 stations station NNS 1662 3846 40 : : : 1662 3846 41 AM am VBP 1662 3846 42 4 4 CD 1662 3846 43 , , , 1662 3846 44 FM FM NNP 1662 3846 45 3 3 CD 1662 3846 46 , , , 1662 3846 47 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 3846 48 1 1 CD 1662 3846 49 Radios radio NNS 1662 3846 50 : : : 1662 3846 51 398,000 398,000 CD 1662 3846 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3846 53 1992 1992 CD 1662 3846 54 est est NNP 1662 3846 55 . . . 1662 3846 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3847 1 Television television NN 1662 3847 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3847 3 stations station NNS 1662 3847 4 : : : 1662 3847 5 11 11 CD 1662 3847 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3847 7 1995 1995 CD 1662 3847 8 est est NNP 1662 3847 9 . . . 1662 3847 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3848 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 3848 2 : : : 1662 3848 3 32,000 32,000 CD 1662 3848 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3848 5 1992 1992 CD 1662 3848 6 est est NNP 1662 3848 7 . . . 1662 3848 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3849 1 @Guyana @guyana LS 1662 3849 2 : : : 1662 3849 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3849 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 3849 5 : : : 1662 3849 6 total total NN 1662 3849 7 : : : 1662 3849 8 88 88 CD 1662 3849 9 km km NN 1662 3849 10 standard standard JJ 1662 3849 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 3849 12 : : : 1662 3849 13 40 40 CD 1662 3849 14 km km NN 1662 3849 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 3849 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 3849 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3849 18 dedicated dedicated JJ 1662 3849 19 to to IN 1662 3849 20 ore ore NN 1662 3849 21 transport transport NN 1662 3849 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3849 23 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3849 24 gauge gauge NN 1662 3849 25 : : : 1662 3849 26 48 48 CD 1662 3849 27 km km NN 1662 3849 28 0.914-m 0.914-m NN 1662 3849 29 gauge gauge NN 1662 3849 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3849 31 dedicated dedicated JJ 1662 3849 32 to to IN 1662 3849 33 ore ore NN 1662 3849 34 transport transport NN 1662 3849 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3849 36 Highways highway NNS 1662 3849 37 : : : 1662 3849 38 total total NN 1662 3849 39 : : : 1662 3849 40 7,820 7,820 CD 1662 3849 41 km km NN 1662 3849 42 paved pave VBN 1662 3849 43 : : : 1662 3849 44 571 571 CD 1662 3849 45 km km NN 1662 3849 46 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3849 47 : : : 1662 3849 48 7,249 7,249 CD 1662 3849 49 km km NNS 1662 3849 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3849 51 1995 1995 CD 1662 3849 52 est est NNP 1662 3849 53 . . . 1662 3849 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3850 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 3850 2 : : : 1662 3850 3 6,000 6,000 CD 1662 3850 4 km km NN 1662 3850 5 total total NN 1662 3850 6 of of IN 1662 3850 7 navigable navigable JJ 1662 3850 8 waterways waterway NNS 1662 3850 9 ; ; : 1662 3850 10 Berbice Berbice NNP 1662 3850 11 , , , 1662 3850 12 Demerara Demerara NNP 1662 3850 13 , , , 1662 3850 14 and and CC 1662 3850 15 Essequibo Essequibo NNP 1662 3850 16 Rivers Rivers NNPS 1662 3850 17 are be VBP 1662 3850 18 navigable navigable JJ 1662 3850 19 by by IN 1662 3850 20 oceangoing oceangoe VBG 1662 3850 21 vessels vessel NNS 1662 3850 22 for for IN 1662 3850 23 150 150 CD 1662 3850 24 km km NNS 1662 3850 25 , , , 1662 3850 26 100 100 CD 1662 3850 27 km km NN 1662 3850 28 , , , 1662 3850 29 and and CC 1662 3850 30 80 80 CD 1662 3850 31 km km NN 1662 3850 32 , , , 1662 3850 33 respectively respectively RB 1662 3850 34 Ports port NNS 1662 3850 35 and and CC 1662 3850 36 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3850 37 : : : 1662 3850 38 Bartica Bartica NNP 1662 3850 39 , , , 1662 3850 40 Georgetown Georgetown NNP 1662 3850 41 , , , 1662 3850 42 Linden Linden NNP 1662 3850 43 , , , 1662 3850 44 New New NNP 1662 3850 45 Amsterdam Amsterdam NNP 1662 3850 46 , , , 1662 3850 47 Parika Parika NNP 1662 3850 48 Merchant merchant NN 1662 3850 49 marine marine NN 1662 3850 50 : : : 1662 3850 51 total total NN 1662 3850 52 : : : 1662 3850 53 1 1 CD 1662 3850 54 cargo cargo NN 1662 3850 55 ship ship NN 1662 3850 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3850 57 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 3850 58 GRT GRT NNP 1662 3850 59 or or CC 1662 3850 60 over over RB 1662 3850 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3850 62 totaling total VBG 1662 3850 63 1,317 1,317 CD 1662 3850 64 GRT/2,558 grt/2,558 CD 1662 3850 65 DWT dwt NN 1662 3850 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3850 67 1996 1996 CD 1662 3850 68 est est NNP 1662 3850 69 . . . 1662 3850 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3851 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3851 2 : : : 1662 3851 3 47 47 CD 1662 3851 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3851 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 3851 6 est est NNP 1662 3851 7 . . . 1662 3851 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3852 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3852 2 - - , 1662 3852 3 with with IN 1662 3852 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3852 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3852 6 : : : 1662 3852 7 total total NN 1662 3852 8 : : : 1662 3852 9 36 36 CD 1662 3852 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3852 11 to to TO 1662 3852 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3852 13 m m NN 1662 3852 14 : : : 1662 3852 15 3 3 CD 1662 3852 16 914 914 CD 1662 3852 17 to to TO 1662 3852 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3852 19 m m NN 1662 3852 20 : : : 1662 3852 21 1 1 CD 1662 3852 22 under under IN 1662 3852 23 914 914 CD 1662 3852 24 m m NN 1662 3852 25 : : : 1662 3852 26 32 32 CD 1662 3852 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3852 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 3852 29 est est NNP 1662 3852 30 . . . 1662 3852 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3853 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3853 2 - - , 1662 3853 3 with with IN 1662 3853 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3853 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3853 6 : : : 1662 3853 7 total total NN 1662 3853 8 : : : 1662 3853 9 11 11 CD 1662 3853 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3853 11 to to TO 1662 3853 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3853 13 m m NN 1662 3853 14 : : : 1662 3853 15 2 2 CD 1662 3853 16 914 914 CD 1662 3853 17 to to TO 1662 3853 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3853 19 m m NN 1662 3853 20 : : : 1662 3853 21 9 9 CD 1662 3853 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3853 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 3853 24 est est NNP 1662 3853 25 . . . 1662 3853 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3854 1 Military military JJ 1662 3854 2 Military military JJ 1662 3854 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3854 4 : : : 1662 3854 5 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 3854 6 Defense Defense NNP 1662 3854 7 Force Force NNP 1662 3854 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3854 9 GDF GDF NNP 1662 3854 10 ; ; : 1662 3854 11 includes include VBZ 1662 3854 12 Ground Ground NNP 1662 3854 13 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 3854 14 , , , 1662 3854 15 Coast Coast NNP 1662 3854 16 Guard Guard NNP 1662 3854 17 , , , 1662 3854 18 and and CC 1662 3854 19 Air Air NNP 1662 3854 20 Corps Corps NNP 1662 3854 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3854 22 , , , 1662 3854 23 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 3854 24 People People NNPS 1662 3854 25 's 's POS 1662 3854 26 Militia Militia NNP 1662 3854 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3854 28 GPM GPM NNP 1662 3854 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3854 30 , , , 1662 3854 31 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 3854 32 National National NNP 1662 3854 33 Service Service NNP 1662 3854 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3854 35 GNS GNS NNP 1662 3854 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3854 37 Military military JJ 1662 3854 38 manpower manpower NN 1662 3854 39 - - HYPH 1662 3854 40 availability availability NN 1662 3854 41 : : : 1662 3854 42 males male NNS 1662 3854 43 age age NNP 1662 3854 44 15 15 CD 1662 3854 45 - - SYM 1662 3854 46 49 49 CD 1662 3854 47 : : : 1662 3854 48 198,350 198,350 CD 1662 3854 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3854 50 1997 1997 CD 1662 3854 51 est est NNP 1662 3854 52 . . . 1662 3854 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3855 1 Military military JJ 1662 3855 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3855 3 - - HYPH 1662 3855 4 fit fit NN 1662 3855 5 for for IN 1662 3855 6 military military JJ 1662 3855 7 service service NN 1662 3855 8 : : : 1662 3855 9 males male NNS 1662 3855 10 : : : 1662 3855 11 150,105 150,105 CD 1662 3855 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3855 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3855 14 est est NNP 1662 3855 15 . . . 1662 3855 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3856 1 Military military JJ 1662 3856 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3856 3 - - HYPH 1662 3856 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 3856 5 figure figure NN 1662 3856 6 : : : 1662 3856 7 $ $ $ 1662 3856 8 7 7 CD 1662 3856 9 million million CD 1662 3856 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3856 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 3856 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3856 13 Military military JJ 1662 3856 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3856 15 - - : 1662 3856 16 percent percent NN 1662 3856 17 of of IN 1662 3856 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3856 19 : : : 1662 3856 20 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 3856 21 % % NN 1662 3856 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3856 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 3856 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3856 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3856 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3856 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 3856 28 - - : 1662 3856 29 international international RB 1662 3856 30 : : : 1662 3856 31 all all DT 1662 3856 32 of of IN 1662 3856 33 the the DT 1662 3856 34 area area NN 1662 3856 35 west west NN 1662 3856 36 of of IN 1662 3856 37 the the DT 1662 3856 38 Essequibo Essequibo NNP 1662 3856 39 River River NNP 1662 3856 40 claimed claim VBD 1662 3856 41 by by IN 1662 3856 42 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 3856 43 ; ; : 1662 3856 44 Suriname Suriname NNP 1662 3856 45 claims claim VBZ 1662 3856 46 area area NN 1662 3856 47 between between IN 1662 3856 48 New New NNP 1662 3856 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3856 50 Upper Upper NNP 1662 3856 51 Courantyne Courantyne NNP 1662 3856 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3856 53 and and CC 1662 3856 54 Courantyne Courantyne NNP 1662 3856 55 / / SYM 1662 3856 56 Kutari Kutari NNP 1662 3856 57 Rivers Rivers NNPS 1662 3856 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3856 59 all all DT 1662 3856 60 headwaters headwater NNS 1662 3856 61 of of IN 1662 3856 62 the the DT 1662 3856 63 Courantyne Courantyne NNP 1662 3856 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3856 65 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 3856 66 drugs drug VBZ 1662 3856 67 : : : 1662 3856 68 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 3856 69 point point NN 1662 3856 70 for for IN 1662 3856 71 narcotics narcotic NNS 1662 3856 72 from from IN 1662 3856 73 South South NNP 1662 3856 74 America America NNP 1662 3856 75 - - : 1662 3856 76 primarily primarily RB 1662 3856 77 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 3856 78 - - : 1662 3856 79 to to IN 1662 3856 80 the the DT 1662 3856 81 US US NNP 1662 3856 82 and and CC 1662 3856 83 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3856 84 ; ; : 1662 3856 85 producer producer NN 1662 3856 86 of of IN 1662 3856 87 cannabis cannabis NNP 1662 3856 88 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 89 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 90 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 91 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 92 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 93 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 94 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 95 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 96 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 102 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 103 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 104 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 105 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 106 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 107 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 108 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 109 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 110 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 111 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 112 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 113 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 114 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 115 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 116 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 117 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 118 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 119 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 120 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 121 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 122 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 123 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 124 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 125 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 126 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 127 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 128 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 129 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 130 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 131 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 132 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 133 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 134 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 135 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 136 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 137 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 138 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 139 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 140 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 141 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 142 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 143 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 144 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 145 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 146 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 147 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 148 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 149 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 150 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 151 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 152 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 153 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 154 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 155 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 156 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 157 _ _ NNP 1662 3856 158 HAITI HAITI NNP 1662 3856 159 @Haiti @Haiti NNP 1662 3856 160 : : : 1662 3856 161 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3856 162 Location Location NNP 1662 3856 163 : : : 1662 3856 164 Caribbean caribbean JJ 1662 3856 165 , , , 1662 3856 166 western western JJ 1662 3856 167 one one CD 1662 3856 168 - - HYPH 1662 3856 169 third third NN 1662 3856 170 of of IN 1662 3856 171 the the DT 1662 3856 172 island island NN 1662 3856 173 of of IN 1662 3856 174 Hispaniola Hispaniola NNP 1662 3856 175 , , , 1662 3856 176 between between IN 1662 3856 177 the the DT 1662 3856 178 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 3856 179 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3856 180 and and CC 1662 3856 181 the the DT 1662 3856 182 North North NNP 1662 3856 183 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3856 184 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3856 185 , , , 1662 3856 186 west west NN 1662 3856 187 of of IN 1662 3856 188 the the DT 1662 3856 189 Dominican Dominican NNP 1662 3856 190 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3856 191 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3856 192 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3856 193 : : : 1662 3856 194 19 19 CD 1662 3856 195 00 00 CD 1662 3856 196 N n CD 1662 3856 197 , , , 1662 3856 198 72 72 CD 1662 3856 199 25 25 CD 1662 3856 200 W W NNP 1662 3856 201 Map Map NNP 1662 3856 202 references reference NNS 1662 3856 203 : : : 1662 3856 204 Central Central NNP 1662 3856 205 America America NNP 1662 3856 206 and and CC 1662 3856 207 the the DT 1662 3856 208 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 3856 209 Area Area NNP 1662 3856 210 : : : 1662 3856 211 total total NN 1662 3856 212 : : : 1662 3856 213 27,750 27,750 CD 1662 3856 214 sq sq NN 1662 3856 215 km km NNP 1662 3856 216 land land NN 1662 3856 217 : : : 1662 3856 218 27,560 27,560 CD 1662 3856 219 sq sq NN 1662 3856 220 km km NNP 1662 3856 221 water water NN 1662 3856 222 : : : 1662 3856 223 190 190 CD 1662 3856 224 sq sq RB 1662 3856 225 km km NNP 1662 3856 226 Area area NN 1662 3856 227 - - HYPH 1662 3856 228 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3856 229 : : : 1662 3856 230 slightly slightly RB 1662 3856 231 smaller small JJR 1662 3856 232 than than IN 1662 3856 233 Maryland Maryland NNP 1662 3856 234 Land Land NNP 1662 3856 235 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3856 236 : : : 1662 3856 237 total total JJ 1662 3856 238 : : : 1662 3856 239 275 275 CD 1662 3856 240 km km NN 1662 3856 241 border border NN 1662 3856 242 countries country NNS 1662 3856 243 : : : 1662 3856 244 Dominican Dominican NNP 1662 3856 245 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3856 246 275 275 CD 1662 3856 247 km km NN 1662 3856 248 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3856 249 : : : 1662 3856 250 1,771 1,771 CD 1662 3856 251 km km NN 1662 3856 252 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3856 253 claims claim VBZ 1662 3856 254 : : : 1662 3856 255 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 3856 256 zone zone NN 1662 3856 257 : : : 1662 3856 258 24 24 CD 1662 3856 259 nm nm NNP 1662 3856 260 continental continental NNP 1662 3856 261 shelf shelf NNP 1662 3856 262 : : : 1662 3856 263 to to TO 1662 3856 264 depth depth NN 1662 3856 265 of of IN 1662 3856 266 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 3856 267 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3856 268 economic economic JJ 1662 3856 269 zone zone NN 1662 3856 270 : : : 1662 3856 271 200 200 CD 1662 3856 272 nm nm CD 1662 3856 273 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3856 274 sea sea NN 1662 3856 275 : : : 1662 3856 276 12 12 CD 1662 3856 277 nm nm NNP 1662 3856 278 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3856 279 : : : 1662 3856 280 tropical tropical JJ 1662 3856 281 ; ; : 1662 3856 282 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 3856 283 where where WRB 1662 3856 284 mountains mountain NNS 1662 3856 285 in in IN 1662 3856 286 east east NNP 1662 3856 287 cut cut VBD 1662 3856 288 off off RP 1662 3856 289 trade trade NN 1662 3856 290 winds wind NNS 1662 3856 291 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3856 292 : : : 1662 3856 293 mostly mostly RB 1662 3856 294 rough rough JJ 1662 3856 295 and and CC 1662 3856 296 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 3856 297 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3856 298 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3856 299 : : : 1662 3856 300 lowest low JJS 1662 3856 301 point point NN 1662 3856 302 : : : 1662 3856 303 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 3856 304 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3856 305 0 0 NFP 1662 3856 306 m m DT 1662 3856 307 highest high JJS 1662 3856 308 point point NN 1662 3856 309 : : : 1662 3856 310 Chaine chaine NN 1662 3856 311 de de FW 1662 3856 312 la la NNP 1662 3856 313 Selle Selle NNP 1662 3856 314 2,680 2,680 CD 1662 3856 315 m m NNP 1662 3856 316 Natural natural JJ 1662 3856 317 resources resource NNS 1662 3856 318 : : : 1662 3856 319 bauxite bauxite JJ 1662 3856 320 Land Land NNP 1662 3856 321 use use NN 1662 3856 322 : : : 1662 3856 323 arable arable JJ 1662 3856 324 land land NN 1662 3856 325 : : : 1662 3856 326 20 20 CD 1662 3856 327 % % NN 1662 3856 328 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3856 329 crops crop NNS 1662 3856 330 : : : 1662 3856 331 13 13 CD 1662 3856 332 % % NN 1662 3856 333 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3856 334 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3856 335 : : : 1662 3856 336 18 18 CD 1662 3856 337 % % NN 1662 3856 338 forests forest NNS 1662 3856 339 and and CC 1662 3856 340 woodland woodland NN 1662 3856 341 : : : 1662 3856 342 5 5 CD 1662 3856 343 % % NN 1662 3856 344 other other JJ 1662 3856 345 : : : 1662 3856 346 44 44 CD 1662 3856 347 % % NN 1662 3856 348 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3856 349 1993 1993 CD 1662 3856 350 est est NNP 1662 3856 351 . . . 1662 3856 352 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3857 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3857 2 land land NN 1662 3857 3 : : : 1662 3857 4 750 750 CD 1662 3857 5 sq sq NNP 1662 3857 6 km km NNP 1662 3857 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3857 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 3857 9 est est NNP 1662 3857 10 . . . 1662 3857 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3858 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 3858 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3858 3 : : : 1662 3858 4 lies lie NNS 1662 3858 5 in in IN 1662 3858 6 the the DT 1662 3858 7 middle middle NN 1662 3858 8 of of IN 1662 3858 9 the the DT 1662 3858 10 hurricane hurricane NN 1662 3858 11 belt belt NN 1662 3858 12 and and CC 1662 3858 13 subject subject JJ 1662 3858 14 to to IN 1662 3858 15 severe severe JJ 1662 3858 16 storms storm NNS 1662 3858 17 from from IN 1662 3858 18 June June NNP 1662 3858 19 to to IN 1662 3858 20 October October NNP 1662 3858 21 ; ; : 1662 3858 22 occasional occasional JJ 1662 3858 23 flooding flooding NN 1662 3858 24 and and CC 1662 3858 25 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 3858 26 ; ; , 1662 3858 27 periodic periodic JJ 1662 3858 28 droughts drought VBZ 1662 3858 29 Environment environment NN 1662 3858 30 - - HYPH 1662 3858 31 current current JJ 1662 3858 32 issues issue NNS 1662 3858 33 : : : 1662 3858 34 extensive extensive JJ 1662 3858 35 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 3858 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3858 37 much much JJ 1662 3858 38 of of IN 1662 3858 39 the the DT 1662 3858 40 remaining remain VBG 1662 3858 41 forested forested JJ 1662 3858 42 land land NN 1662 3858 43 is be VBZ 1662 3858 44 being be VBG 1662 3858 45 cleared clear VBN 1662 3858 46 for for IN 1662 3858 47 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3858 48 and and CC 1662 3858 49 use use NN 1662 3858 50 as as IN 1662 3858 51 fuel fuel NN 1662 3858 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3858 53 ; ; , 1662 3858 54 soil soil NN 1662 3858 55 erosion erosion NN 1662 3858 56 ; ; : 1662 3858 57 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 3858 58 supplies supply NNS 1662 3858 59 of of IN 1662 3858 60 potable potable JJ 1662 3858 61 water water NN 1662 3858 62 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3858 63 - - HYPH 1662 3858 64 international international JJ 1662 3858 65 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3858 66 : : : 1662 3858 67 party party NN 1662 3858 68 to to TO 1662 3858 69 : : : 1662 3858 70 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 3858 71 , , , 1662 3858 72 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3858 73 Change Change NNP 1662 3858 74 , , , 1662 3858 75 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 3858 76 , , , 1662 3858 77 Law Law NNP 1662 3858 78 of of IN 1662 3858 79 the the DT 1662 3858 80 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3858 81 , , , 1662 3858 82 Marine Marine NNP 1662 3858 83 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 3858 84 , , , 1662 3858 85 Marine Marine NNP 1662 3858 86 Life Life NNP 1662 3858 87 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 3858 88 signed sign VBD 1662 3858 89 , , , 1662 3858 90 but but CC 1662 3858 91 not not RB 1662 3858 92 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3858 93 : : : 1662 3858 94 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 3858 95 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 3858 96 , , , 1662 3858 97 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 3858 98 Test Test NNP 1662 3858 99 Ban Ban NNP 1662 3858 100 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3858 101 - - HYPH 1662 3858 102 note note NNP 1662 3858 103 : : : 1662 3858 104 shares share NNS 1662 3858 105 island island NN 1662 3858 106 of of IN 1662 3858 107 Hispaniola Hispaniola NNP 1662 3858 108 with with IN 1662 3858 109 Dominican Dominican NNP 1662 3858 110 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3858 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3858 112 western western JJ 1662 3858 113 one one CD 1662 3858 114 - - HYPH 1662 3858 115 third third NN 1662 3858 116 is be VBZ 1662 3858 117 Haiti Haiti NNP 1662 3858 118 , , , 1662 3858 119 eastern eastern JJ 1662 3858 120 two two CD 1662 3858 121 - - HYPH 1662 3858 122 thirds third NNS 1662 3858 123 is be VBZ 1662 3858 124 the the DT 1662 3858 125 Dominican Dominican NNP 1662 3858 126 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3858 127 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3858 128 @Haiti @haiti XX 1662 3858 129 : : : 1662 3858 130 People People NNPS 1662 3858 131 Population Population NNP 1662 3858 132 : : : 1662 3858 133 6,611,407 6,611,407 CD 1662 3858 134 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3858 135 July July NNP 1662 3858 136 1997 1997 CD 1662 3858 137 est est NNP 1662 3858 138 . . . 1662 3858 139 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3859 1 Age age NN 1662 3859 2 structure structure NN 1662 3859 3 : : : 1662 3859 4 0 0 CD 1662 3859 5 - - HYPH 1662 3859 6 14 14 CD 1662 3859 7 years year NNS 1662 3859 8 : : : 1662 3859 9 43 43 CD 1662 3859 10 % % NN 1662 3859 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3859 12 male male JJ 1662 3859 13 1,451,550 1,451,550 CD 1662 3859 14 ; ; : 1662 3859 15 female female JJ 1662 3859 16 1,409,056 1,409,056 CD 1662 3859 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3859 18 15 15 CD 1662 3859 19 - - SYM 1662 3859 20 64 64 CD 1662 3859 21 years year NNS 1662 3859 22 : : : 1662 3859 23 53 53 CD 1662 3859 24 % % NN 1662 3859 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3859 26 male male JJ 1662 3859 27 1,668,670 1,668,670 CD 1662 3859 28 ; ; : 1662 3859 29 female female JJ 1662 3859 30 1,811,957 1,811,957 CD 1662 3859 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3859 32 65 65 CD 1662 3859 33 years year NNS 1662 3859 34 and and CC 1662 3859 35 over over IN 1662 3859 36 : : : 1662 3859 37 4 4 CD 1662 3859 38 % % NN 1662 3859 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3859 40 male male JJ 1662 3859 41 134,366 134,366 CD 1662 3859 42 ; ; : 1662 3859 43 female female JJ 1662 3859 44 135,808 135,808 CD 1662 3859 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3859 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3859 47 July July NNP 1662 3859 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3859 49 est est NNP 1662 3859 50 . . . 1662 3859 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3860 1 Population population NN 1662 3860 2 growth growth NN 1662 3860 3 rate rate NN 1662 3860 4 : : : 1662 3860 5 1.39 1.39 CD 1662 3860 6 % % NN 1662 3860 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3860 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3860 9 est est NNP 1662 3860 10 . . . 1662 3860 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3861 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3861 2 rate rate NN 1662 3861 3 : : : 1662 3861 4 33.12 33.12 CD 1662 3861 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 3861 6 population population NN 1662 3861 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3861 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3861 9 est est NNP 1662 3861 10 . . . 1662 3861 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3862 1 Death death NN 1662 3862 2 rate rate NN 1662 3862 3 : : : 1662 3862 4 15.25 15.25 CD 1662 3862 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3862 6 population population NN 1662 3862 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3862 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3862 9 est est NNP 1662 3862 10 . . . 1662 3862 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3863 1 Net net JJ 1662 3863 2 migration migration NN 1662 3863 3 rate rate NN 1662 3863 4 : : : 1662 3863 5 -4.01 -4.01 NFP 1662 3863 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 3863 7 population population NN 1662 3863 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3863 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3863 10 est est NNP 1662 3863 11 . . . 1662 3863 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3864 1 Sex sex NN 1662 3864 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 3864 3 : : : 1662 3864 4 at at IN 1662 3864 5 birth birth NN 1662 3864 6 : : : 1662 3864 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 3864 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3864 9 under under IN 1662 3864 10 15 15 CD 1662 3864 11 years year NNS 1662 3864 12 : : : 1662 3864 13 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 3864 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3864 15 15 15 CD 1662 3864 16 - - HYPH 1662 3864 17 64 64 CD 1662 3864 18 years year NNS 1662 3864 19 : : : 1662 3864 20 0.92 0.92 CD 1662 3864 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3864 22 65 65 CD 1662 3864 23 years year NNS 1662 3864 24 and and CC 1662 3864 25 over over IN 1662 3864 26 : : : 1662 3864 27 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 3864 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3864 29 total total JJ 1662 3864 30 population population NN 1662 3864 31 : : : 1662 3864 32 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 3864 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3864 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3864 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 3864 36 est e JJS 1662 3864 37 . . . 1662 3864 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3865 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3865 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3865 3 rate rate NN 1662 3865 4 : : : 1662 3865 5 102.4 102.4 CD 1662 3865 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3865 7 live live JJ 1662 3865 8 births birth NNS 1662 3865 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3865 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3865 11 est est NNP 1662 3865 12 . . . 1662 3865 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3866 1 Life life NN 1662 3866 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3866 3 at at IN 1662 3866 4 birth birth NN 1662 3866 5 : : : 1662 3866 6 total total JJ 1662 3866 7 population population NN 1662 3866 8 : : : 1662 3866 9 49.49 49.49 CD 1662 3866 10 years year NNS 1662 3866 11 male male JJ 1662 3866 12 : : : 1662 3866 13 47.45 47.45 CD 1662 3866 14 years year NNS 1662 3866 15 female female JJ 1662 3866 16 : : : 1662 3866 17 51.63 51.63 CD 1662 3866 18 years year NNS 1662 3866 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3866 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3866 21 est est NNP 1662 3866 22 . . . 1662 3866 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3867 1 Total total JJ 1662 3867 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3867 3 rate rate NN 1662 3867 4 : : : 1662 3867 5 4.76 4.76 CD 1662 3867 6 children child NNS 1662 3867 7 born bear VBN 1662 3867 8 / / SYM 1662 3867 9 woman woman NN 1662 3867 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3867 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3867 12 est est NNP 1662 3867 13 . . . 1662 3867 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3868 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3868 2 : : : 1662 3868 3 noun noun NNP 1662 3868 4 : : : 1662 3868 5 Haitian(s Haitian(s NNP 1662 3868 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3868 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 3868 8 : : : 1662 3868 9 Haitian haitian JJ 1662 3868 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3868 11 groups group NNS 1662 3868 12 : : : 1662 3868 13 black black JJ 1662 3868 14 95 95 CD 1662 3868 15 % % NN 1662 3868 16 , , , 1662 3868 17 mulatto mulatto NNP 1662 3868 18 plus plus CC 1662 3868 19 white white JJ 1662 3868 20 5 5 CD 1662 3868 21 % % NN 1662 3868 22 Religions religion NNS 1662 3868 23 : : : 1662 3868 24 Roman Roman NNP 1662 3868 25 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 3868 26 80 80 CD 1662 3868 27 % % NN 1662 3868 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3868 29 of of IN 1662 3868 30 which which WDT 1662 3868 31 an an DT 1662 3868 32 overwhelming overwhelming JJ 1662 3868 33 majority majority NN 1662 3868 34 also also RB 1662 3868 35 practice practice VBP 1662 3868 36 Voodoo Voodoo NNP 1662 3868 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3868 38 , , , 1662 3868 39 Protestant protestant NN 1662 3868 40 16 16 CD 1662 3868 41 % % NN 1662 3868 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3868 43 Baptist baptist NN 1662 3868 44 10 10 CD 1662 3868 45 % % NN 1662 3868 46 , , , 1662 3868 47 Pentecostal Pentecostal NNP 1662 3868 48 4 4 CD 1662 3868 49 % % NN 1662 3868 50 , , , 1662 3868 51 Adventist Adventist NNP 1662 3868 52 1 1 CD 1662 3868 53 % % NN 1662 3868 54 , , , 1662 3868 55 other other JJ 1662 3868 56 1 1 CD 1662 3868 57 % % NN 1662 3868 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3868 59 , , , 1662 3868 60 none none NN 1662 3868 61 1 1 CD 1662 3868 62 % % NN 1662 3868 63 , , , 1662 3868 64 other other JJ 1662 3868 65 3 3 CD 1662 3868 66 % % NN 1662 3868 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3868 68 1982 1982 CD 1662 3868 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3868 70 Languages language NNS 1662 3868 71 : : : 1662 3868 72 French French NNP 1662 3868 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3868 74 official official JJ 1662 3868 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3868 76 10 10 CD 1662 3868 77 % % NN 1662 3868 78 , , , 1662 3868 79 Creole Creole NNP 1662 3868 80 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 3868 81 : : : 1662 3868 82 definition definition NN 1662 3868 83 : : : 1662 3868 84 age age NN 1662 3868 85 15 15 CD 1662 3868 86 and and CC 1662 3868 87 over over RB 1662 3868 88 can can MD 1662 3868 89 read read VB 1662 3868 90 and and CC 1662 3868 91 write write VB 1662 3868 92 total total JJ 1662 3868 93 population population NN 1662 3868 94 : : : 1662 3868 95 45 45 CD 1662 3868 96 % % NN 1662 3868 97 male male NN 1662 3868 98 : : : 1662 3868 99 48 48 CD 1662 3868 100 % % NN 1662 3868 101 female female JJ 1662 3868 102 : : : 1662 3868 103 42.2 42.2 CD 1662 3868 104 % % NN 1662 3868 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3868 106 1995 1995 CD 1662 3868 107 est est NNP 1662 3868 108 . . . 1662 3868 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 1 @Haiti @haiti LS 1662 3869 2 : : : 1662 3869 3 Government Government NNP 1662 3869 4 Country Country NNP 1662 3869 5 name name NN 1662 3869 6 : : : 1662 3869 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3869 8 long long JJ 1662 3869 9 form form NN 1662 3869 10 : : : 1662 3869 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3869 12 of of IN 1662 3869 13 Haiti Haiti NNP 1662 3869 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3869 15 short short JJ 1662 3869 16 form form NN 1662 3869 17 : : : 1662 3869 18 Haiti Haiti NNP 1662 3869 19 local local JJ 1662 3869 20 long long JJ 1662 3869 21 form form NN 1662 3869 22 : : : 1662 3869 23 Republique Republique NNP 1662 3869 24 d'Haiti d'Haiti NNP 1662 3869 25 local local JJ 1662 3869 26 short short JJ 1662 3869 27 form form NN 1662 3869 28 : : : 1662 3869 29 Haiti Haiti NNP 1662 3869 30 Data Data NNP 1662 3869 31 code code NN 1662 3869 32 : : : 1662 3869 33 HA HA NNP 1662 3869 34 Government Government NNP 1662 3869 35 type type NN 1662 3869 36 : : : 1662 3869 37 republic republic NNP 1662 3869 38 National national JJ 1662 3869 39 capital capital NN 1662 3869 40 : : : 1662 3869 41 Port port NN 1662 3869 42 - - HYPH 1662 3869 43 au au NNP 1662 3869 44 - - HYPH 1662 3869 45 Prince Prince NNP 1662 3869 46 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 3869 47 divisions division NNS 1662 3869 48 : : : 1662 3869 49 9 9 CD 1662 3869 50 departments department NNS 1662 3869 51 , , , 1662 3869 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 53 departements departement NNS 1662 3869 54 , , , 1662 3869 55 singular singular NN 1662 3869 56 - - HYPH 1662 3869 57 departement departement NN 1662 3869 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 59 ; ; : 1662 3869 60 Artibonite Artibonite NNP 1662 3869 61 , , , 1662 3869 62 Centre Centre NNP 1662 3869 63 , , , 1662 3869 64 Grand'Anse grand'anse NN 1662 3869 65 , , , 1662 3869 66 Nord Nord NNP 1662 3869 67 , , , 1662 3869 68 Nord Nord NNP 1662 3869 69 - - HYPH 1662 3869 70 Est Est NNP 1662 3869 71 , , , 1662 3869 72 Nord Nord NNP 1662 3869 73 - - HYPH 1662 3869 74 Ouest Ouest NNP 1662 3869 75 , , , 1662 3869 76 Ouest Ouest NNP 1662 3869 77 , , , 1662 3869 78 Sud Sud NNP 1662 3869 79 , , , 1662 3869 80 Sud Sud NNP 1662 3869 81 - - HYPH 1662 3869 82 Est Est NNP 1662 3869 83 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3869 84 : : : 1662 3869 85 1 1 CD 1662 3869 86 January January NNP 1662 3869 87 1804 1804 CD 1662 3869 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 89 from from IN 1662 3869 90 France France NNP 1662 3869 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 92 National national JJ 1662 3869 93 holiday holiday NN 1662 3869 94 : : : 1662 3869 95 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3869 96 Day Day NNP 1662 3869 97 , , , 1662 3869 98 1 1 CD 1662 3869 99 January January NNP 1662 3869 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 101 1804 1804 CD 1662 3869 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 103 Constitution constitution NN 1662 3869 104 : : : 1662 3869 105 approved approve VBN 1662 3869 106 March March NNP 1662 3869 107 1987 1987 CD 1662 3869 108 , , , 1662 3869 109 suspended suspend VBD 1662 3869 110 June June NNP 1662 3869 111 1988 1988 CD 1662 3869 112 , , , 1662 3869 113 most most JJS 1662 3869 114 articles article NNS 1662 3869 115 reinstated reinstate VBD 1662 3869 116 March March NNP 1662 3869 117 1989 1989 CD 1662 3869 118 ; ; : 1662 3869 119 in in IN 1662 3869 120 October October NNP 1662 3869 121 1991 1991 CD 1662 3869 122 , , , 1662 3869 123 government government NN 1662 3869 124 claimed claim VBD 1662 3869 125 to to TO 1662 3869 126 be be VB 1662 3869 127 observing observe VBG 1662 3869 128 the the DT 1662 3869 129 constitution constitution NN 1662 3869 130 ; ; : 1662 3869 131 return return VB 1662 3869 132 to to IN 1662 3869 133 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 3869 134 rule rule NN 1662 3869 135 , , , 1662 3869 136 October October NNP 1662 3869 137 1994 1994 CD 1662 3869 138 Legal legal JJ 1662 3869 139 system system NN 1662 3869 140 : : : 1662 3869 141 based base VBN 1662 3869 142 on on IN 1662 3869 143 Roman roman JJ 1662 3869 144 civil civil JJ 1662 3869 145 law law NN 1662 3869 146 system system NN 1662 3869 147 ; ; : 1662 3869 148 accepts accept VBZ 1662 3869 149 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 3869 150 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 3869 151 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 3869 152 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 3869 153 : : : 1662 3869 154 18 18 CD 1662 3869 155 years year NNS 1662 3869 156 of of IN 1662 3869 157 age age NN 1662 3869 158 ; ; : 1662 3869 159 universal universal JJ 1662 3869 160 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3869 161 branch branch NN 1662 3869 162 : : : 1662 3869 163 chief chief NN 1662 3869 164 of of IN 1662 3869 165 state state NN 1662 3869 166 : : : 1662 3869 167 President President NNP 1662 3869 168 Rene Rene NNP 1662 3869 169 Garcia Garcia NNP 1662 3869 170 PREVAL PREVAL NNP 1662 3869 171 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 172 since since IN 1662 3869 173 7 7 CD 1662 3869 174 February February NNP 1662 3869 175 1996 1996 CD 1662 3869 176 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 177 head head NN 1662 3869 178 of of IN 1662 3869 179 government government NN 1662 3869 180 : : : 1662 3869 181 Prime Prime NNP 1662 3869 182 Minister Minister NNP 1662 3869 183 Rosny Rosny NNP 1662 3869 184 SMARTH SMARTH NNP 1662 3869 185 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 186 since since IN 1662 3869 187 March March NNP 1662 3869 188 1996 1996 CD 1662 3869 189 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 190 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3869 191 : : : 1662 3869 192 Cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3869 193 ; ; , 1662 3869 194 chosen choose VBN 1662 3869 195 by by IN 1662 3869 196 the the DT 1662 3869 197 prime prime NNP 1662 3869 198 minister minister NN 1662 3869 199 in in IN 1662 3869 200 consultation consultation NN 1662 3869 201 with with IN 1662 3869 202 the the DT 1662 3869 203 president president NNP 1662 3869 204 elections election NNS 1662 3869 205 : : : 1662 3869 206 president president NNP 1662 3869 207 elected elect VBN 1662 3869 208 by by IN 1662 3869 209 popular popular JJ 1662 3869 210 vote vote NN 1662 3869 211 for for IN 1662 3869 212 a a DT 1662 3869 213 five five CD 1662 3869 214 - - HYPH 1662 3869 215 year year NN 1662 3869 216 term term NN 1662 3869 217 ; ; : 1662 3869 218 election election NN 1662 3869 219 last last JJ 1662 3869 220 held hold VBD 1662 3869 221 17 17 CD 1662 3869 222 December December NNP 1662 3869 223 1995 1995 CD 1662 3869 224 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 225 next next JJ 1662 3869 226 to to TO 1662 3869 227 be be VB 1662 3869 228 held hold VBN 1662 3869 229 by by IN 1662 3869 230 December December NNP 1662 3869 231 2000 2000 CD 1662 3869 232 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 233 ; ; : 1662 3869 234 prime prime NNP 1662 3869 235 minister minister NN 1662 3869 236 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3869 237 by by IN 1662 3869 238 the the DT 1662 3869 239 president president NNP 1662 3869 240 election election NN 1662 3869 241 results result NNS 1662 3869 242 : : : 1662 3869 243 Rene Rene NNP 1662 3869 244 Garcia Garcia NNP 1662 3869 245 PREVAL PREVAL NNP 1662 3869 246 elected elect VBD 1662 3869 247 president president NN 1662 3869 248 ; ; , 1662 3869 249 percent percent NN 1662 3869 250 of of IN 1662 3869 251 vote vote NN 1662 3869 252 - - HYPH 1662 3869 253 Rene Rene NNP 1662 3869 254 Garcia Garcia NNP 1662 3869 255 PREVAL PREVAL NNP 1662 3869 256 88 88 CD 1662 3869 257 % % NN 1662 3869 258 , , , 1662 3869 259 Leon Leon NNP 1662 3869 260 JEUNE JEUNE NNP 1662 3869 261 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 3869 262 % % NN 1662 3869 263 , , , 1662 3869 264 Victor Victor NNP 1662 3869 265 BENOIT BENOIT NNP 1662 3869 266 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 3869 267 % % NN 1662 3869 268 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 3869 269 branch branch NN 1662 3869 270 : : : 1662 3869 271 bicameral bicameral NNP 1662 3869 272 National National NNP 1662 3869 273 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3869 274 or or CC 1662 3869 275 Assemblee Assemblee NNP 1662 3869 276 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 3869 277 consists consist VBZ 1662 3869 278 of of IN 1662 3869 279 the the DT 1662 3869 280 Senate Senate NNP 1662 3869 281 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 282 27 27 CD 1662 3869 283 seats seat NNS 1662 3869 284 ; ; : 1662 3869 285 members member NNS 1662 3869 286 serve serve VBP 1662 3869 287 six six CD 1662 3869 288 - - HYPH 1662 3869 289 year year NN 1662 3869 290 terms term NNS 1662 3869 291 ; ; : 1662 3869 292 one one CD 1662 3869 293 - - HYPH 1662 3869 294 third third NN 1662 3869 295 elected elect VBN 1662 3869 296 every every DT 1662 3869 297 two two CD 1662 3869 298 years year NNS 1662 3869 299 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 300 and and CC 1662 3869 301 the the DT 1662 3869 302 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 3869 303 of of IN 1662 3869 304 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 3869 305 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 306 83 83 CD 1662 3869 307 seats seat NNS 1662 3869 308 ; ; : 1662 3869 309 members member NNS 1662 3869 310 are be VBP 1662 3869 311 elected elect VBN 1662 3869 312 by by IN 1662 3869 313 popular popular JJ 1662 3869 314 vote vote NN 1662 3869 315 to to TO 1662 3869 316 serve serve VB 1662 3869 317 four four CD 1662 3869 318 - - HYPH 1662 3869 319 year year NN 1662 3869 320 terms term NNS 1662 3869 321 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 322 elections election NNS 1662 3869 323 : : : 1662 3869 324 Senate Senate NNP 1662 3869 325 - - HYPH 1662 3869 326 last last RB 1662 3869 327 held hold VBD 1662 3869 328 25 25 CD 1662 3869 329 June June NNP 1662 3869 330 1995 1995 CD 1662 3869 331 with with IN 1662 3869 332 reruns rerun NNS 1662 3869 333 on on IN 1662 3869 334 13 13 CD 1662 3869 335 August August NNP 1662 3869 336 and and CC 1662 3869 337 runoffs runoff NNS 1662 3869 338 on on IN 1662 3869 339 17 17 CD 1662 3869 340 September September NNP 1662 3869 341 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 342 election election NN 1662 3869 343 held hold VBN 1662 3869 344 for for IN 1662 3869 345 nine nine CD 1662 3869 346 seats seat NNS 1662 3869 347 6 6 CD 1662 3869 348 April April NNP 1662 3869 349 1997 1997 CD 1662 3869 350 ; ; : 1662 3869 351 runoffs runoff NNS 1662 3869 352 to to TO 1662 3869 353 be be VB 1662 3869 354 held hold VBN 1662 3869 355 25 25 CD 1662 3869 356 May May NNP 1662 3869 357 1997 1997 CD 1662 3869 358 were be VBD 1662 3869 359 postponed postpone VBN 1662 3869 360 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 361 ; ; : 1662 3869 362 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 3869 363 of of IN 1662 3869 364 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 3869 365 - - , 1662 3869 366 last last RB 1662 3869 367 held hold VBD 1662 3869 368 25 25 CD 1662 3869 369 June June NNP 1662 3869 370 1995 1995 CD 1662 3869 371 with with IN 1662 3869 372 reruns rerun NNS 1662 3869 373 on on IN 1662 3869 374 13 13 CD 1662 3869 375 August August NNP 1662 3869 376 and and CC 1662 3869 377 runoffs runoff NNS 1662 3869 378 on on IN 1662 3869 379 17 17 CD 1662 3869 380 September September NNP 1662 3869 381 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 382 next next JJ 1662 3869 383 to to TO 1662 3869 384 be be VB 1662 3869 385 held hold VBN 1662 3869 386 NA NA NNP 1662 3869 387 1999 1999 CD 1662 3869 388 ; ; : 1662 3869 389 byelections byelection NNS 1662 3869 390 for for IN 1662 3869 391 two two CD 1662 3869 392 vacant vacant JJ 1662 3869 393 seats seat NNS 1662 3869 394 were be VBD 1662 3869 395 held hold VBN 1662 3869 396 6 6 CD 1662 3869 397 April April NNP 1662 3869 398 1997 1997 CD 1662 3869 399 ; ; : 1662 3869 400 runoffs runoff NNS 1662 3869 401 to to TO 1662 3869 402 be be VB 1662 3869 403 held hold VBN 1662 3869 404 25 25 CD 1662 3869 405 May May NNP 1662 3869 406 1997 1997 CD 1662 3869 407 were be VBD 1662 3869 408 postponed postpone VBN 1662 3869 409 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 410 election election NN 1662 3869 411 results result NNS 1662 3869 412 : : : 1662 3869 413 Senate Senate NNP 1662 3869 414 - - HYPH 1662 3869 415 percent percent NN 1662 3869 416 of of IN 1662 3869 417 vote vote NN 1662 3869 418 by by IN 1662 3869 419 party party NN 1662 3869 420 - - HYPH 1662 3869 421 NA NA NNP 1662 3869 422 ; ; , 1662 3869 423 seats seat NNS 1662 3869 424 by by IN 1662 3869 425 party party NN 1662 3869 426 - - HYPH 1662 3869 427 Lavalas Lavalas NNP 1662 3869 428 Platform Platform NNP 1662 3869 429 17 17 CD 1662 3869 430 , , , 1662 3869 431 FNDC FNDC NNP 1662 3869 432 6 6 CD 1662 3869 433 , , , 1662 3869 434 National National NNP 1662 3869 435 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 3869 436 for for IN 1662 3869 437 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 3869 438 and and CC 1662 3869 439 Progress Progress NNP 1662 3869 440 2 2 CD 1662 3869 441 , , , 1662 3869 442 RDNP RDNP NNP 1662 3869 443 1 1 CD 1662 3869 444 , , , 1662 3869 445 independent independent JJ 1662 3869 446 1 1 CD 1662 3869 447 ; ; : 1662 3869 448 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 3869 449 of of IN 1662 3869 450 Deputies Deputies NNP 1662 3869 451 - - HYPH 1662 3869 452 percent percent NN 1662 3869 453 of of IN 1662 3869 454 vote vote NN 1662 3869 455 by by IN 1662 3869 456 party party NN 1662 3869 457 - - HYPH 1662 3869 458 NA NA NNP 1662 3869 459 ; ; , 1662 3869 460 seats seat NNS 1662 3869 461 by by IN 1662 3869 462 party party NN 1662 3869 463 - - HYPH 1662 3869 464 Lavalas Lavalas NNP 1662 3869 465 Platform Platform NNP 1662 3869 466 67 67 CD 1662 3869 467 , , , 1662 3869 468 FNCD FNCD NNP 1662 3869 469 2 2 CD 1662 3869 470 , , , 1662 3869 471 CONACOM CONACOM NNP 1662 3869 472 1 1 CD 1662 3869 473 , , , 1662 3869 474 PANPRA PANPRA NNP 1662 3869 475 1 1 CD 1662 3869 476 , , , 1662 3869 477 MRN MRN NNP 1662 3869 478 2 2 CD 1662 3869 479 , , , 1662 3869 480 MKN MKN NNP 1662 3869 481 1 1 CD 1662 3869 482 , , , 1662 3869 483 PROP PROP NNP 1662 3869 484 1 1 CD 1662 3869 485 , , , 1662 3869 486 UPD UPD NNP 1662 3869 487 2 2 CD 1662 3869 488 , , , 1662 3869 489 independents independent NNS 1662 3869 490 4 4 CD 1662 3869 491 , , , 1662 3869 492 vacant vacant JJ 1662 3869 493 2 2 CD 1662 3869 494 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 3869 495 branch branch NN 1662 3869 496 : : : 1662 3869 497 Court court NN 1662 3869 498 of of IN 1662 3869 499 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 3869 500 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 501 Cour Cour NNP 1662 3869 502 de de FW 1662 3869 503 Cassation Cassation NNP 1662 3869 504 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 505 Political political JJ 1662 3869 506 parties party NNS 1662 3869 507 and and CC 1662 3869 508 leaders leader NNS 1662 3869 509 : : : 1662 3869 510 National national JJ 1662 3869 511 Front Front NNP 1662 3869 512 for for IN 1662 3869 513 Change Change NNP 1662 3869 514 and and CC 1662 3869 515 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 3869 516 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 517 FNCD FNCD NNP 1662 3869 518 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 519 , , , 1662 3869 520 Evans Evans NNP 1662 3869 521 PAUL PAUL NNP 1662 3869 522 and and CC 1662 3869 523 Turneb turneb NN 1662 3869 524 DELPE DELPE NNP 1662 3869 525 ; ; : 1662 3869 526 National National NNP 1662 3869 527 Cooperative Cooperative NNP 1662 3869 528 Action Action NNP 1662 3869 529 Movement Movement NNP 1662 3869 530 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 531 MKN MKN NNP 1662 3869 532 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 533 , , , 1662 3869 534 Volvick Volvick NNP 1662 3869 535 Remy Remy NNP 1662 3869 536 JOSEPH JOSEPH NNP 1662 3869 537 ; ; : 1662 3869 538 National National NNP 1662 3869 539 Congress Congress NNP 1662 3869 540 of of IN 1662 3869 541 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3869 542 Movements Movements NNPS 1662 3869 543 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 544 CONACOM CONACOM NNP 1662 3869 545 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 546 , , , 1662 3869 547 Victor Victor NNP 1662 3869 548 BENOIT BENOIT NNP 1662 3869 549 ; ; : 1662 3869 550 Movement movement NN 1662 3869 551 for for IN 1662 3869 552 the the DT 1662 3869 553 Installation Installation NNP 1662 3869 554 of of IN 1662 3869 555 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 3869 556 in in IN 1662 3869 557 Haiti Haiti NNP 1662 3869 558 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 559 MIDH MIDH NNP 1662 3869 560 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 561 , , , 1662 3869 562 Marc Marc NNP 1662 3869 563 BAZIN BAZIN NNP 1662 3869 564 ; ; : 1662 3869 565 National National NNP 1662 3869 566 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 3869 567 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 3869 568 Party Party NNP 1662 3869 569 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 570 PANPRA PANPRA NNP 1662 3869 571 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 572 , , , 1662 3869 573 Serge Serge NNP 1662 3869 574 GILLES GILLES NNP 1662 3869 575 ; ; : 1662 3869 576 National National NNP 1662 3869 577 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 3869 578 Movement Movement NNP 1662 3869 579 of of IN 1662 3869 580 November November NNP 1662 3869 581 28 28 CD 1662 3869 582 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 583 MNP-28 MNP-28 NNP 1662 3869 584 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 585 , , , 1662 3869 586 Dejean Dejean NNP 1662 3869 587 BELIZAIRE BELIZAIRE NNS 1662 3869 588 ; ; : 1662 3869 589 National National NNP 1662 3869 590 Agricultural Agricultural NNP 1662 3869 591 and and CC 1662 3869 592 Industrial Industrial NNP 1662 3869 593 Party Party NNP 1662 3869 594 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 595 PAIN PAIN NNP 1662 3869 596 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 597 , , , 1662 3869 598 Louis Louis NNP 1662 3869 599 DEJOIE DEJOIE NNP 1662 3869 600 ; ; : 1662 3869 601 Movement Movement NNP 1662 3869 602 for for IN 1662 3869 603 National National NNP 1662 3869 604 Reconstruction Reconstruction NNP 1662 3869 605 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 606 MRN MRN NNP 1662 3869 607 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 608 , , , 1662 3869 609 Rene Rene NNP 1662 3869 610 THEODORE THEODORE NNP 1662 3869 611 ; ; : 1662 3869 612 Haitian Haitian NNP 1662 3869 613 Christian Christian NNP 1662 3869 614 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3869 615 Party Party NNP 1662 3869 616 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 617 PDCH PDCH NNP 1662 3869 618 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 619 , , , 1662 3869 620 Fritz Fritz NNP 1662 3869 621 PIERRE PIERRE NNP 1662 3869 622 ; ; : 1662 3869 623 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3869 624 of of IN 1662 3869 625 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 3869 626 National National NNP 1662 3869 627 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 3869 628 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 629 RDNP RDNP NNP 1662 3869 630 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 631 , , , 1662 3869 632 Leslie Leslie NNP 1662 3869 633 MANIGAT MANIGAT NNP 1662 3869 634 ; ; : 1662 3869 635 National National NNP 1662 3869 636 Labor Labor NNP 1662 3869 637 Party Party NNP 1662 3869 638 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 639 PNT PNT NNP 1662 3869 640 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 641 , , , 1662 3869 642 Remy Remy NNP 1662 3869 643 ZAMOR ZAMOR NNP 1662 3869 644 ; ; : 1662 3869 645 Mobilization mobilization NN 1662 3869 646 for for IN 1662 3869 647 National National NNP 1662 3869 648 Development Development NNP 1662 3869 649 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 650 MDN MDN NNP 1662 3869 651 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 652 , , , 1662 3869 653 Hubert Hubert NNP 1662 3869 654 DE DE NNP 1662 3869 655 RONCERAY RONCERAY NNP 1662 3869 656 ; ; : 1662 3869 657 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3869 658 Movement Movement NNP 1662 3869 659 for for IN 1662 3869 660 the the DT 1662 3869 661 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 3869 662 of of IN 1662 3869 663 Haiti Haiti NNP 1662 3869 664 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 665 MODELH MODELH NNP 1662 3869 666 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 667 , , , 1662 3869 668 Francois Francois NNP 1662 3869 669 LATORTUE LATORTUE NNP 1662 3869 670 ; ; : 1662 3869 671 Popular Popular NNP 1662 3869 672 Organizations Organizations NNP 1662 3869 673 Gathering Gathering NNP 1662 3869 674 Power Power NNP 1662 3869 675 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 676 PROP PROP NNP 1662 3869 677 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 678 , , , 1662 3869 679 Simon Simon NNP 1662 3869 680 JEAN JEAN NNP 1662 3869 681 - - HYPH 1662 3869 682 POIX POIX NNP 1662 3869 683 ; ; : 1662 3869 684 Movement movement NN 1662 3869 685 for for IN 1662 3869 686 the the DT 1662 3869 687 Organization Organization NNP 1662 3869 688 of of IN 1662 3869 689 the the DT 1662 3869 690 Country Country NNP 1662 3869 691 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 692 MOP MOP NNP 1662 3869 693 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 694 , , , 1662 3869 695 Gesner Gesner NNP 1662 3869 696 COMEAU COMEAU NNP 1662 3869 697 and and CC 1662 3869 698 Jean jean JJ 1662 3869 699 MOLIERE MOLIERE NNS 1662 3869 700 ; ; : 1662 3869 701 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3869 702 Unity Unity NNP 1662 3869 703 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 3869 704 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 705 KID KID NNP 1662 3869 706 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 707 , , , 1662 3869 708 Evans Evans NNP 1662 3869 709 PAUL PAUL NNP 1662 3869 710 ; ; : 1662 3869 711 National National NNP 1662 3869 712 Lavalas Lavalas NNP 1662 3869 713 Political Political NNP 1662 3869 714 Organization Organization NNP 1662 3869 715 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 716 OPL OPL NNP 1662 3869 717 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 718 , , , 1662 3869 719 Gerard Gerard NNP 1662 3869 720 PIERRE PIERRE NNP 1662 3869 721 - - HYPH 1662 3869 722 CHARLES CHARLES NNP 1662 3869 723 ; ; : 1662 3869 724 Open open VB 1662 3869 725 the the DT 1662 3869 726 Gate Gate NNP 1662 3869 727 Party Party NNP 1662 3869 728 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 729 PLB PLB NNP 1662 3869 730 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 731 , , , 1662 3869 732 Renaud renaud NN 1662 3869 733 BERNARDIN bernardin NN 1662 3869 734 ; ; : 1662 3869 735 Haitian Haitian NNP 1662 3869 736 National National NNP 1662 3869 737 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3869 738 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 3869 739 Party Party NNP 1662 3869 740 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 741 PNDPH PNDPH NNP 1662 3869 742 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 743 , , , 1662 3869 744 Turneb turneb NN 1662 3869 745 DELPE DELPE NNP 1662 3869 746 ; ; : 1662 3869 747 Union Union NNP 1662 3869 748 of of IN 1662 3869 749 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 3869 750 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 3869 751 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 752 UPD UPD NNP 1662 3869 753 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 754 , , , 1662 3869 755 Rockefeller Rockefeller NNP 1662 3869 756 GUERRE GUERRE NNP 1662 3869 757 ; ; : 1662 3869 758 Cooperative cooperative JJ 1662 3869 759 Action Action NNP 1662 3869 760 for for IN 1662 3869 761 Economic Economic NNP 1662 3869 762 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 3869 763 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 764 KLE KLE NNP 1662 3869 765 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 766 , , , 1662 3869 767 Leon Leon NNP 1662 3869 768 JEUNE JEUNE NNP 1662 3869 769 ; ; : 1662 3869 770 Generation generation NN 1662 3869 771 2004 2004 CD 1662 3869 772 , , , 1662 3869 773 Claude Claude NNP 1662 3869 774 ROUMAIN ROUMAIN NNP 1662 3869 775 ; ; : 1662 3869 776 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 3869 777 for for IN 1662 3869 778 the the DT 1662 3869 779 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 3869 780 and and CC 1662 3869 781 Advancement Advancement NNP 1662 3869 782 of of IN 1662 3869 783 Haiti Haiti NNP 1662 3869 784 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 785 ALAH ALAH NNP 1662 3869 786 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 787 , , , 1662 3869 788 Reynold Reynold NNP 1662 3869 789 GEORGES GEORGES NNP 1662 3869 790 ; ; : 1662 3869 791 Lavalas Lavalas NNP 1662 3869 792 Political Political NNP 1662 3869 793 Platform Platform NNP 1662 3869 794 or or CC 1662 3869 795 PPL PPL NNP 1662 3869 796 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 797 an an DT 1662 3869 798 alliance alliance NN 1662 3869 799 of of IN 1662 3869 800 OPL OPL NNP 1662 3869 801 and and CC 1662 3869 802 MOP MOP NNP 1662 3869 803 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 804 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3869 805 Renaud renaud NN 1662 3869 806 BERNARDIN bernardin NN 1662 3869 807 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3869 808 ; ; : 1662 3869 809 Haitian Haitian NNP 1662 3869 810 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3869 811 Party Party NNP 1662 3869 812 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 813 PADEMH PADEMH NNP 1662 3869 814 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 815 , , , 1662 3869 816 Clark Clark NNP 1662 3869 817 PARENT PARENT NNP 1662 3869 818 ; ; : 1662 3869 819 National National NNP 1662 3869 820 Rally Rally NNP 1662 3869 821 of of IN 1662 3869 822 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3869 823 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 3869 824 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 825 RANFO RANFO NNP 1662 3869 826 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 827 , , , 1662 3869 828 Jean Jean NNP 1662 3869 829 Nazaire Nazaire NNP 1662 3869 830 THIDE THIDE NNP 1662 3869 831 , , , 1662 3869 832 Marino marino JJ 1662 3869 833 ETIENNE etienne NN 1662 3869 834 ; ; : 1662 3869 835 National National NNP 1662 3869 836 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 3869 837 for for IN 1662 3869 838 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 3869 839 and and CC 1662 3869 840 Progress Progress NNP 1662 3869 841 Political political JJ 1662 3869 842 pressure pressure NN 1662 3869 843 groups group NNS 1662 3869 844 and and CC 1662 3869 845 leaders leader NNS 1662 3869 846 : : : 1662 3869 847 Roman Roman NNP 1662 3869 848 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 3869 849 Church Church NNP 1662 3869 850 ; ; : 1662 3869 851 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 3869 852 of of IN 1662 3869 853 Haitian Haitian NNP 1662 3869 854 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 3869 855 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 856 CTH CTH NNP 1662 3869 857 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 858 ; ; : 1662 3869 859 Federation Federation NNP 1662 3869 860 of of IN 1662 3869 861 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 3869 862 Trade Trade NNP 1662 3869 863 Unions Unions NNPS 1662 3869 864 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 865 FOS FOS NNP 1662 3869 866 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 867 ; ; : 1662 3869 868 Autonomous Autonomous NNP 1662 3869 869 Haitian Haitian NNP 1662 3869 870 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 3869 871 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 872 CATH CATH NNP 1662 3869 873 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 874 ; ; : 1662 3869 875 National National NNP 1662 3869 876 Popular Popular NNP 1662 3869 877 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3869 878 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 879 APN APN NNP 1662 3869 880 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 881 ; ; : 1662 3869 882 Papaye Papaye NNP 1662 3869 883 Peasants Peasants NNPS 1662 3869 884 Movement Movement NNP 1662 3869 885 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 886 MPP MPP NNP 1662 3869 887 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 888 International international JJ 1662 3869 889 organization organization NN 1662 3869 890 participation participation NN 1662 3869 891 : : : 1662 3869 892 ACCT acct JJ 1662 3869 893 , , , 1662 3869 894 ACP ACP NNP 1662 3869 895 , , , 1662 3869 896 Caricom Caricom NNP 1662 3869 897 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 898 observer observer NN 1662 3869 899 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 900 , , , 1662 3869 901 CCC CCC NNP 1662 3869 902 , , , 1662 3869 903 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 3869 904 , , , 1662 3869 905 FAO FAO NNP 1662 3869 906 , , , 1662 3869 907 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 3869 908 , , , 1662 3869 909 IADB IADB NNP 1662 3869 910 , , , 1662 3869 911 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 3869 912 , , , 1662 3869 913 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 3869 914 , , , 1662 3869 915 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 3869 916 , , , 1662 3869 917 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 3869 918 , , , 1662 3869 919 IDA IDA NNP 1662 3869 920 , , , 1662 3869 921 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 3869 922 , , , 1662 3869 923 IFC IFC NNP 1662 3869 924 , , , 1662 3869 925 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 3869 926 , , , 1662 3869 927 ILO ILO NNP 1662 3869 928 , , , 1662 3869 929 IMF IMF NNP 1662 3869 930 , , , 1662 3869 931 IMO imo RB 1662 3869 932 , , , 1662 3869 933 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3869 934 , , , 1662 3869 935 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 3869 936 , , , 1662 3869 937 IOC IOC NNP 1662 3869 938 , , , 1662 3869 939 IOM IOM NNP 1662 3869 940 , , , 1662 3869 941 ITU ITU NNP 1662 3869 942 , , , 1662 3869 943 LAES LAES NNP 1662 3869 944 , , , 1662 3869 945 OAS OAS NNP 1662 3869 946 , , , 1662 3869 947 OPANAL OPANAL NNP 1662 3869 948 , , , 1662 3869 949 PCA PCA NNP 1662 3869 950 , , , 1662 3869 951 UN UN NNP 1662 3869 952 , , , 1662 3869 953 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 3869 954 , , , 1662 3869 955 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 3869 956 , , , 1662 3869 957 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 3869 958 , , , 1662 3869 959 UPU UPU NNP 1662 3869 960 , , , 1662 3869 961 WCL WCL NNP 1662 3869 962 , , , 1662 3869 963 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 3869 964 , , , 1662 3869 965 WHO who WP 1662 3869 966 , , , 1662 3869 967 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 3869 968 , , , 1662 3869 969 WMO WMO NNP 1662 3869 970 , , , 1662 3869 971 WToO wtoo FW 1662 3869 972 , , , 1662 3869 973 WTrO wtro VB 1662 3869 974 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3869 975 representation representation NN 1662 3869 976 in in IN 1662 3869 977 the the DT 1662 3869 978 US US NNP 1662 3869 979 : : : 1662 3869 980 chief chief NN 1662 3869 981 of of IN 1662 3869 982 mission mission NN 1662 3869 983 : : : 1662 3869 984 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3869 985 Jean Jean NNP 1662 3869 986 CASIMIR CASIMIR NNP 1662 3869 987 chancery chancery NN 1662 3869 988 : : : 1662 3869 989 2311 2311 CD 1662 3869 990 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 3869 991 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 3869 992 NW NW NNP 1662 3869 993 , , , 1662 3869 994 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3869 995 , , , 1662 3869 996 DC DC NNP 1662 3869 997 20008 20008 CD 1662 3869 998 telephone telephone NN 1662 3869 999 : : : 1662 3869 1000 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3869 1001 1 1 CD 1662 3869 1002 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3869 1003 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 1004 202 202 CD 1662 3869 1005 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 1006 332 332 CD 1662 3869 1007 - - SYM 1662 3869 1008 4090 4090 CD 1662 3869 1009 through through IN 1662 3869 1010 4092 4092 CD 1662 3869 1011 FAX FAX NNP 1662 3869 1012 : : : 1662 3869 1013 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3869 1014 1 1 CD 1662 3869 1015 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3869 1016 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 1017 202 202 CD 1662 3869 1018 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 1019 745 745 CD 1662 3869 1020 - - HYPH 1662 3869 1021 7215 7215 CD 1662 3869 1022 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 3869 1023 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 1024 general general NN 1662 3869 1025 : : : 1662 3869 1026 Boston Boston NNP 1662 3869 1027 , , , 1662 3869 1028 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 3869 1029 , , , 1662 3869 1030 Miami Miami NNP 1662 3869 1031 , , , 1662 3869 1032 New New NNP 1662 3869 1033 York York NNP 1662 3869 1034 , , , 1662 3869 1035 and and CC 1662 3869 1036 San San NNP 1662 3869 1037 Juan Juan NNP 1662 3869 1038 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3869 1039 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 3869 1040 Rico Rico NNP 1662 3869 1041 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3869 1042 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3869 1043 representation representation NN 1662 3869 1044 from from IN 1662 3869 1045 the the DT 1662 3869 1046 US US NNP 1662 3869 1047 : : : 1662 3869 1048 chief chief NN 1662 3869 1049 of of IN 1662 3869 1050 mission mission NN 1662 3869 1051 : : : 1662 3869 1052 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3869 1053 William William NNP 1662 3869 1054 Lacy Lacy NNP 1662 3869 1055 SWING swe VBD 1662 3869 1056 embassy embassy NN 1662 3869 1057 : : : 1662 3869 1058 5 5 CD 1662 3869 1059 Harry Harry NNP 1662 3869 1060 Truman Truman NNP 1662 3869 1061 Boulevard Boulevard NNP 1662 3869 1062 , , , 1662 3869 1063 Port Port NNP 1662 3869 1064 - - HYPH 1662 3869 1065 au au NNP 1662 3869 1066 - - HYPH 1662 3869 1067 Prince Prince NNP 1662 3869 1068 mailing mail VBG 1662 3869 1069 address address NN 1662 3869 1070 : : : 1662 3869 1071 P. P. NNP 1662 3869 1072 O. O. NNP 1662 3870 1 Box Box NNP 1662 3870 2 1761 1761 CD 1662 3870 3 , , , 1662 3870 4 Port Port NNP 1662 3870 5 - - HYPH 1662 3870 6 au au NNP 1662 3870 7 - - HYPH 1662 3870 8 Prince Prince NNP 1662 3870 9 telephone telephone NN 1662 3870 10 : : : 1662 3870 11 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3870 12 509 509 CD 1662 3870 13 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3870 14 22 22 CD 1662 3870 15 - - HYPH 1662 3870 16 0354 0354 CD 1662 3870 17 , , , 1662 3870 18 22 22 CD 1662 3870 19 - - HYPH 1662 3870 20 0368 0368 CD 1662 3870 21 , , , 1662 3870 22 22 22 CD 1662 3870 23 - - HYPH 1662 3870 24 0200 0200 CD 1662 3870 25 , , , 1662 3870 26 22 22 CD 1662 3870 27 - - HYPH 1662 3870 28 0612 0612 CD 1662 3870 29 FAX FAX NNP 1662 3870 30 : : : 1662 3870 31 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3870 32 509 509 CD 1662 3870 33 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3870 34 23 23 CD 1662 3870 35 - - HYPH 1662 3870 36 1641 1641 CD 1662 3870 37 Flag flag NN 1662 3870 38 description description NN 1662 3870 39 : : : 1662 3870 40 two two CD 1662 3870 41 equal equal JJ 1662 3870 42 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 3870 43 bands band NNS 1662 3870 44 of of IN 1662 3870 45 blue blue JJ 1662 3870 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3870 47 top top NNP 1662 3870 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3870 49 and and CC 1662 3870 50 red red NN 1662 3870 51 with with IN 1662 3870 52 a a DT 1662 3870 53 centered center VBN 1662 3870 54 white white JJ 1662 3870 55 rectangle rectangle NN 1662 3870 56 bearing bear VBG 1662 3870 57 the the DT 1662 3870 58 coat coat NN 1662 3870 59 of of IN 1662 3870 60 arms arm NNS 1662 3870 61 , , , 1662 3870 62 which which WDT 1662 3870 63 contains contain VBZ 1662 3870 64 a a DT 1662 3870 65 palm palm NN 1662 3870 66 tree tree NN 1662 3870 67 flanked flank VBN 1662 3870 68 by by IN 1662 3870 69 flags flag NNS 1662 3870 70 and and CC 1662 3870 71 two two CD 1662 3870 72 cannons cannon NNS 1662 3870 73 above above IN 1662 3870 74 a a DT 1662 3870 75 scroll scroll NN 1662 3870 76 bearing bear VBG 1662 3870 77 the the DT 1662 3870 78 motto motto NN 1662 3870 79 L'UNION L'UNION NNP 1662 3870 80 FAIT FAIT NNP 1662 3870 81 LA LA NNP 1662 3870 82 FORCE FORCE NNP 1662 3870 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3870 84 Union Union NNP 1662 3870 85 Makes make VBZ 1662 3870 86 Strength strength NN 1662 3870 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3870 88 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3870 89 Economy economy NN 1662 3870 90 - - HYPH 1662 3870 91 overview overview NN 1662 3870 92 : : : 1662 3870 93 About about RB 1662 3870 94 75 75 CD 1662 3870 95 % % NN 1662 3870 96 of of IN 1662 3870 97 the the DT 1662 3870 98 population population NN 1662 3870 99 lives live VBZ 1662 3870 100 in in IN 1662 3870 101 abject abject JJ 1662 3870 102 poverty poverty NN 1662 3870 103 . . . 1662 3871 1 Nearly nearly RB 1662 3871 2 70 70 CD 1662 3871 3 % % NN 1662 3871 4 of of IN 1662 3871 5 all all DT 1662 3871 6 Haitians Haitians NNPS 1662 3871 7 depend depend VBP 1662 3871 8 on on IN 1662 3871 9 the the DT 1662 3871 10 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3871 11 sector sector NN 1662 3871 12 , , , 1662 3871 13 which which WDT 1662 3871 14 consists consist VBZ 1662 3871 15 mainly mainly RB 1662 3871 16 of of IN 1662 3871 17 small small JJ 1662 3871 18 - - HYPH 1662 3871 19 scale scale NN 1662 3871 20 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 3871 21 farming farming NN 1662 3871 22 and and CC 1662 3871 23 employs employ VBZ 1662 3871 24 about about RB 1662 3871 25 two two CD 1662 3871 26 - - HYPH 1662 3871 27 thirds third NNS 1662 3871 28 of of IN 1662 3871 29 the the DT 1662 3871 30 economically economically RB 1662 3871 31 active active JJ 1662 3871 32 work work NN 1662 3871 33 force force NN 1662 3871 34 . . . 1662 3872 1 The the DT 1662 3872 2 country country NN 1662 3872 3 has have VBZ 1662 3872 4 experienced experience VBN 1662 3872 5 little little JJ 1662 3872 6 or or CC 1662 3872 7 no no DT 1662 3872 8 job job NN 1662 3872 9 creation creation NN 1662 3872 10 since since IN 1662 3872 11 President President NNP 1662 3872 12 PREVAL PREVAL NNP 1662 3872 13 took take VBD 1662 3872 14 office office NN 1662 3872 15 in in IN 1662 3872 16 February February NNP 1662 3872 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 3872 18 . . . 1662 3873 1 Failure failure NN 1662 3873 2 to to TO 1662 3873 3 reach reach VB 1662 3873 4 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3873 5 with with IN 1662 3873 6 international international JJ 1662 3873 7 sponsors sponsor NNS 1662 3873 8 have have VBP 1662 3873 9 denied deny VBN 1662 3873 10 Haiti Haiti NNP 1662 3873 11 badly badly RB 1662 3873 12 needed need VBD 1662 3873 13 budget budget NN 1662 3873 14 and and CC 1662 3873 15 development development NN 1662 3873 16 assistance assistance NN 1662 3873 17 . . . 1662 3874 1 Meeting meet VBG 1662 3874 2 aid aid NN 1662 3874 3 conditions condition NNS 1662 3874 4 in in IN 1662 3874 5 1997 1997 CD 1662 3874 6 will will MD 1662 3874 7 be be VB 1662 3874 8 especially especially RB 1662 3874 9 challenging challenge VBG 1662 3874 10 in in IN 1662 3874 11 the the DT 1662 3874 12 face face NN 1662 3874 13 of of IN 1662 3874 14 mounting mount VBG 1662 3874 15 popular popular JJ 1662 3874 16 criticism criticism NN 1662 3874 17 of of IN 1662 3874 18 reforms reform NNS 1662 3874 19 . . . 1662 3875 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3875 2 : : : 1662 3875 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 3875 4 power power NN 1662 3875 5 parity parity NN 1662 3875 6 - - : 1662 3875 7 $ $ $ 1662 3875 8 6.8 6.8 CD 1662 3875 9 billion billion CD 1662 3875 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3875 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 3875 12 est est NNP 1662 3875 13 . . . 1662 3875 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3876 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3876 2 - - HYPH 1662 3876 3 real real JJ 1662 3876 4 growth growth NN 1662 3876 5 rate rate NN 1662 3876 6 : : : 1662 3876 7 2 2 CD 1662 3876 8 % % NN 1662 3876 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3876 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 3876 11 est est NNP 1662 3876 12 . . . 1662 3876 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3877 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3877 2 - - HYPH 1662 3877 3 per per FW 1662 3877 4 capita capita NN 1662 3877 5 : : : 1662 3877 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 3877 7 power power NN 1662 3877 8 parity parity NN 1662 3877 9 - - : 1662 3877 10 $ $ $ 1662 3877 11 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 3877 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3877 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 3877 14 est est NNP 1662 3877 15 . . . 1662 3877 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3878 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3878 2 - - HYPH 1662 3878 3 composition composition NN 1662 3878 4 by by IN 1662 3878 5 sector sector NN 1662 3878 6 : : : 1662 3878 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3878 8 : : : 1662 3878 9 34.8 34.8 CD 1662 3878 10 % % NN 1662 3878 11 industry industry NN 1662 3878 12 : : : 1662 3878 13 23 23 CD 1662 3878 14 % % NN 1662 3878 15 services service NNS 1662 3878 16 : : : 1662 3878 17 42.2 42.2 CD 1662 3878 18 % % NN 1662 3878 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3878 20 1991 1991 CD 1662 3878 21 est est NNP 1662 3878 22 . . . 1662 3878 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3879 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 3879 2 rate rate NN 1662 3879 3 - - HYPH 1662 3879 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 3879 5 price price NN 1662 3879 6 index index NN 1662 3879 7 : : : 1662 3879 8 18 18 CD 1662 3879 9 % % NN 1662 3879 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3879 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 3879 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3879 13 Labor labor NN 1662 3879 14 force force NN 1662 3879 15 : : : 1662 3879 16 total total NN 1662 3879 17 : : : 1662 3879 18 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 3879 19 million million CD 1662 3879 20 by by IN 1662 3879 21 occupation occupation NN 1662 3879 22 : : : 1662 3879 23 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3879 24 66 66 CD 1662 3879 25 % % NN 1662 3879 26 , , , 1662 3879 27 services service NNS 1662 3879 28 25 25 CD 1662 3879 29 % % NN 1662 3879 30 , , , 1662 3879 31 industry industry NN 1662 3879 32 9 9 CD 1662 3879 33 % % NN 1662 3879 34 note note NN 1662 3879 35 : : : 1662 3879 36 shortage shortage NN 1662 3879 37 of of IN 1662 3879 38 skilled skilled JJ 1662 3879 39 labor labor NN 1662 3879 40 , , , 1662 3879 41 unskilled unskilled JJ 1662 3879 42 labor labor NN 1662 3879 43 abundant abundant NN 1662 3879 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3879 45 1982 1982 CD 1662 3879 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3879 47 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 3879 48 rate rate NN 1662 3879 49 : : : 1662 3879 50 60 60 CD 1662 3879 51 % % NN 1662 3879 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3879 53 1996 1996 CD 1662 3879 54 est est NNP 1662 3879 55 . . . 1662 3879 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3880 1 Budget budget NN 1662 3880 2 : : : 1662 3880 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 3880 4 : : : 1662 3880 5 $ $ $ 1662 3880 6 240 240 CD 1662 3880 7 million million CD 1662 3880 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3880 9 est est NNP 1662 3880 10 . . . 1662 3880 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3881 1 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3881 2 : : : 1662 3881 3 $ $ $ 1662 3881 4 250 250 CD 1662 3881 5 million million CD 1662 3881 6 including include VBG 1662 3881 7 capital capital NN 1662 3881 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3881 9 of of IN 1662 3881 10 $ $ $ 1662 3881 11 NA na NN 1662 3881 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3881 13 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 3881 14 est est NNP 1662 3881 15 . . . 1662 3881 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3882 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 3882 2 : : : 1662 3882 3 sugar sugar NN 1662 3882 4 refining refining NN 1662 3882 5 , , , 1662 3882 6 flour flour NN 1662 3882 7 milling milling NN 1662 3882 8 , , , 1662 3882 9 textiles textile NNS 1662 3882 10 , , , 1662 3882 11 cement cement NN 1662 3882 12 , , , 1662 3882 13 tourism tourism NN 1662 3882 14 , , , 1662 3882 15 light light NN 1662 3882 16 assembly assembly NN 1662 3882 17 industries industry NNS 1662 3882 18 based base VBN 1662 3882 19 on on IN 1662 3882 20 imported import VBN 1662 3882 21 parts part NNS 1662 3882 22 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 3882 23 production production NN 1662 3882 24 growth growth NN 1662 3882 25 rate rate NN 1662 3882 26 : : : 1662 3882 27 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 3882 28 % % NN 1662 3882 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3882 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 3882 31 est est NNP 1662 3882 32 . . . 1662 3882 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3883 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3883 2 - - HYPH 1662 3883 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 3883 4 : : : 1662 3883 5 216,500 216,500 CD 1662 3883 6 kW kw NN 1662 3883 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3883 8 1995 1995 CD 1662 3883 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3883 10 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3883 11 - - HYPH 1662 3883 12 production production NN 1662 3883 13 : : : 1662 3883 14 379 379 CD 1662 3883 15 million million CD 1662 3883 16 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3883 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3883 18 1995 1995 CD 1662 3883 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3883 20 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3883 21 - - HYPH 1662 3883 22 consumption consumption NN 1662 3883 23 per per IN 1662 3883 24 capita capita NN 1662 3883 25 : : : 1662 3883 26 33 33 CD 1662 3883 27 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3883 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3883 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 3883 30 est est NNP 1662 3883 31 . . . 1662 3883 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3884 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3884 2 - - HYPH 1662 3884 3 products product NNS 1662 3884 4 : : : 1662 3884 5 coffee coffee NN 1662 3884 6 , , , 1662 3884 7 mangoes mango NNS 1662 3884 8 , , , 1662 3884 9 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 3884 10 , , , 1662 3884 11 rice rice NN 1662 3884 12 , , , 1662 3884 13 corn corn NN 1662 3884 14 , , , 1662 3884 15 sorghum sorghum NN 1662 3884 16 ; ; , 1662 3884 17 wood wood NN 1662 3884 18 Exports export NNS 1662 3884 19 : : : 1662 3884 20 total total JJ 1662 3884 21 value value NN 1662 3884 22 : : : 1662 3884 23 $ $ $ 1662 3884 24 123 123 CD 1662 3884 25 million million CD 1662 3884 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3884 27 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 3884 28 . . NNP 1662 3884 29 , , , 1662 3884 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 3884 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3884 32 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3884 33 : : : 1662 3884 34 light light JJ 1662 3884 35 manufactures manufactures NNP 1662 3884 36 65 65 CD 1662 3884 37 % % NN 1662 3884 38 , , , 1662 3884 39 coffee coffee NN 1662 3884 40 19 19 CD 1662 3884 41 % % NN 1662 3884 42 , , , 1662 3884 43 other other JJ 1662 3884 44 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3884 45 8 8 CD 1662 3884 46 % % NN 1662 3884 47 , , , 1662 3884 48 other other JJ 1662 3884 49 8 8 CD 1662 3884 50 % % NN 1662 3884 51 partners partner NNS 1662 3884 52 : : : 1662 3884 53 US US NNP 1662 3884 54 73.5 73.5 CD 1662 3884 55 % % NN 1662 3884 56 , , , 1662 3884 57 EU EU NNP 1662 3884 58 19.4 19.4 CD 1662 3884 59 % % NN 1662 3884 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3884 61 1995 1995 CD 1662 3884 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3884 63 Imports import NNS 1662 3884 64 : : : 1662 3884 65 total total JJ 1662 3884 66 value value NN 1662 3884 67 : : : 1662 3884 68 $ $ $ 1662 3884 69 666 666 CD 1662 3884 70 million million CD 1662 3884 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3884 72 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 3884 73 . . NNP 1662 3884 74 , , , 1662 3884 75 1996 1996 CD 1662 3884 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3884 77 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3884 78 : : : 1662 3884 79 machines machine NNS 1662 3884 80 and and CC 1662 3884 81 manufactures manufacture VBZ 1662 3884 82 34 34 CD 1662 3884 83 % % NN 1662 3884 84 , , , 1662 3884 85 food food NN 1662 3884 86 and and CC 1662 3884 87 beverages beverage VBZ 1662 3884 88 22 22 CD 1662 3884 89 % % NN 1662 3884 90 , , , 1662 3884 91 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 3884 92 products product NNS 1662 3884 93 14 14 CD 1662 3884 94 % % NN 1662 3884 95 , , , 1662 3884 96 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 3884 97 10 10 CD 1662 3884 98 % % NN 1662 3884 99 , , , 1662 3884 100 fats fat NNS 1662 3884 101 and and CC 1662 3884 102 oils oil NNS 1662 3884 103 9 9 CD 1662 3884 104 % % NN 1662 3884 105 partners partner NNS 1662 3884 106 : : : 1662 3884 107 US US NNP 1662 3884 108 65.0 65.0 CD 1662 3884 109 % % NN 1662 3884 110 , , , 1662 3884 111 EU EU NNP 1662 3884 112 13.9 13.9 CD 1662 3884 113 % % NN 1662 3884 114 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3884 115 1995 1995 CD 1662 3884 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3884 117 Debt debt NN 1662 3884 118 - - HYPH 1662 3884 119 external external JJ 1662 3884 120 : : : 1662 3884 121 $ $ $ 1662 3884 122 827 827 CD 1662 3884 123 million million CD 1662 3884 124 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3884 125 September September NNP 1662 3884 126 1995 1995 CD 1662 3884 127 est est NNP 1662 3884 128 . . . 1662 3884 129 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3885 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 3885 2 aid aid NN 1662 3885 3 : : : 1662 3885 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 3885 5 : : : 1662 3885 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 3885 7 , , , 1662 3885 8 $ $ $ 1662 3885 9 NA NA NNP 1662 3885 10 Currency currency NN 1662 3885 11 : : : 1662 3885 12 1 1 CD 1662 3885 13 gourde gourde FW 1662 3885 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3885 15 G g NN 1662 3885 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3885 17 = = NFP 1662 3885 18 100 100 CD 1662 3885 19 centimes centime NNS 1662 3885 20 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 3885 21 rates rate NNS 1662 3885 22 : : : 1662 3885 23 gourdes gourde NNS 1662 3885 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3885 25 G G NNP 1662 3885 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3885 27 per per IN 1662 3885 28 US$ us$ $ 1662 3885 29 1 1 CD 1662 3885 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3885 31 end end NN 1662 3885 32 of of IN 1662 3885 33 period period NN 1662 3885 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3885 35 - - : 1662 3885 36 16.260 16.260 CD 1662 3885 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3885 38 January January NNP 1662 3885 39 1997 1997 CD 1662 3885 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3885 41 , , , 1662 3885 42 15.093 15.093 CD 1662 3885 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3885 44 1996 1996 CD 1662 3885 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3885 46 , , , 1662 3885 47 16.160 16.160 CD 1662 3885 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3885 49 1995 1995 CD 1662 3885 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3885 51 , , , 1662 3885 52 12.947 12.947 CD 1662 3885 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3885 54 1994 1994 CD 1662 3885 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3885 56 , , , 1662 3885 57 12.805 12.805 CD 1662 3885 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3885 59 1993 1993 CD 1662 3885 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3885 61 , , , 1662 3885 62 10.953 10.953 CD 1662 3885 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3885 64 1992 1992 CD 1662 3885 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3885 66 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3885 67 year year NN 1662 3885 68 : : : 1662 3885 69 1 1 CD 1662 3885 70 October October NNP 1662 3885 71 - - HYPH 1662 3885 72 30 30 CD 1662 3885 73 September September NNP 1662 3885 74 @Haiti @haiti NN 1662 3885 75 : : : 1662 3885 76 Communications communication NNS 1662 3885 77 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 3885 78 : : : 1662 3885 79 50,000 50,000 CD 1662 3885 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3885 81 1990 1990 CD 1662 3885 82 est est NNP 1662 3885 83 . . . 1662 3885 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3886 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 3886 2 system system NN 1662 3886 3 : : : 1662 3886 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3886 5 facilities facility NNS 1662 3886 6 barely barely RB 1662 3886 7 adequate adequate JJ 1662 3886 8 , , , 1662 3886 9 international international JJ 1662 3886 10 facilities facility NNS 1662 3886 11 slightly slightly RB 1662 3886 12 better well RBR 1662 3886 13 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3886 14 : : : 1662 3886 15 NA NA NNP 1662 3886 16 international international JJ 1662 3886 17 : : : 1662 3886 18 satellite satellite NN 1662 3886 19 earth earth NNP 1662 3886 20 station station NNP 1662 3886 21 - - : 1662 3886 22 1 1 CD 1662 3886 23 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3886 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3886 25 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3886 26 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3886 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3886 28 Radio radio NN 1662 3886 29 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3886 30 stations station NNS 1662 3886 31 : : : 1662 3886 32 AM AM NNP 1662 3886 33 33 33 CD 1662 3886 34 , , , 1662 3886 35 FM FM NNP 1662 3886 36 0 0 CD 1662 3886 37 , , , 1662 3886 38 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 3886 39 2 2 CD 1662 3886 40 Radios radio NNS 1662 3886 41 : : : 1662 3886 42 320,000 320,000 CD 1662 3886 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3886 44 1992 1992 CD 1662 3886 45 est est NNP 1662 3886 46 . . . 1662 3886 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3887 1 Television television NN 1662 3887 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3887 3 stations station NNS 1662 3887 4 : : : 1662 3887 5 4 4 CD 1662 3887 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3887 7 1987 1987 CD 1662 3887 8 est est NNP 1662 3887 9 . . . 1662 3887 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3888 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 3888 2 : : : 1662 3888 3 32,000 32,000 CD 1662 3888 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3888 5 1992 1992 CD 1662 3888 6 est est NNP 1662 3888 7 . . . 1662 3888 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3889 1 @Haiti @haiti XX 1662 3889 2 : : : 1662 3889 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3889 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 3889 5 : : : 1662 3889 6 total total NN 1662 3889 7 : : : 1662 3889 8 40 40 CD 1662 3889 9 km km NN 1662 3889 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3889 11 single single JJ 1662 3889 12 track track NN 1662 3889 13 ; ; , 1662 3889 14 privately privately RB 1662 3889 15 owned own VBN 1662 3889 16 industrial industrial JJ 1662 3889 17 line line NN 1662 3889 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3889 19 - - , 1662 3889 20 closed close VBN 1662 3889 21 in in IN 1662 3889 22 early early JJ 1662 3889 23 1990 1990 CD 1662 3889 24 's 's POS 1662 3889 25 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3889 26 gauge gauge NN 1662 3889 27 : : : 1662 3889 28 40 40 CD 1662 3889 29 km km NN 1662 3889 30 0.760-m 0.760-m NN 1662 3889 31 gauge gauge NN 1662 3889 32 Highways highway NNS 1662 3889 33 : : : 1662 3889 34 total total NN 1662 3889 35 : : : 1662 3889 36 4,080 4,080 CD 1662 3889 37 km km NNS 1662 3889 38 paved pave VBN 1662 3889 39 : : : 1662 3889 40 987 987 CD 1662 3889 41 km km NN 1662 3889 42 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3889 43 : : : 1662 3889 44 3,093 3,093 CD 1662 3889 45 km km NNS 1662 3889 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3889 47 1995 1995 CD 1662 3889 48 est est NNP 1662 3889 49 . . . 1662 3889 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3890 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 3890 2 : : : 1662 3890 3 negligible negligible JJ 1662 3890 4 ; ; : 1662 3890 5 less less JJR 1662 3890 6 than than IN 1662 3890 7 100 100 CD 1662 3890 8 km km NNS 1662 3890 9 navigable navigable JJ 1662 3890 10 Ports port NNS 1662 3890 11 and and CC 1662 3890 12 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3890 13 : : : 1662 3890 14 Cap Cap NNP 1662 3890 15 - - HYPH 1662 3890 16 Haitien Haitien NNP 1662 3890 17 , , , 1662 3890 18 Gonaives Gonaives NNP 1662 3890 19 , , , 1662 3890 20 Jacmel Jacmel NNP 1662 3890 21 , , , 1662 3890 22 Jeremie Jeremie NNP 1662 3890 23 , , , 1662 3890 24 Cayes Cayes NNP 1662 3890 25 , , , 1662 3890 26 Miragoane Miragoane NNP 1662 3890 27 , , , 1662 3890 28 Port Port NNP 1662 3890 29 - - HYPH 1662 3890 30 au au NNP 1662 3890 31 - - HYPH 1662 3890 32 Prince Prince NNP 1662 3890 33 , , , 1662 3890 34 Port Port NNP 1662 3890 35 - - HYPH 1662 3890 36 de de NNP 1662 3890 37 - - HYPH 1662 3890 38 Paix Paix NNP 1662 3890 39 , , , 1662 3890 40 Saint Saint NNP 1662 3890 41 - - HYPH 1662 3890 42 Marc Marc NNP 1662 3890 43 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3890 44 marine marine NN 1662 3890 45 : : : 1662 3890 46 none none NN 1662 3890 47 Airports airport NNS 1662 3890 48 : : : 1662 3890 49 11 11 CD 1662 3890 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3890 51 1996 1996 CD 1662 3890 52 est est NNP 1662 3890 53 . . . 1662 3890 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3891 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3891 2 - - , 1662 3891 3 with with IN 1662 3891 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3891 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3891 6 : : : 1662 3891 7 total total NN 1662 3891 8 : : : 1662 3891 9 7 7 CD 1662 3891 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 3891 11 to to TO 1662 3891 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3891 13 m m NN 1662 3891 14 : : : 1662 3891 15 2 2 CD 1662 3891 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3891 17 to to TO 1662 3891 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3891 19 m m NN 1662 3891 20 : : : 1662 3891 21 1 1 CD 1662 3891 22 under under IN 1662 3891 23 914 914 CD 1662 3891 24 m m NN 1662 3891 25 : : : 1662 3891 26 4 4 CD 1662 3891 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3891 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 3891 29 est est NNP 1662 3891 30 . . . 1662 3891 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3892 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3892 2 - - , 1662 3892 3 with with IN 1662 3892 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3892 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3892 6 : : : 1662 3892 7 total total NN 1662 3892 8 : : : 1662 3892 9 4 4 CD 1662 3892 10 914 914 CD 1662 3892 11 to to TO 1662 3892 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3892 13 m m NN 1662 3892 14 : : : 1662 3892 15 4 4 CD 1662 3892 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3892 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 3892 18 est est NNP 1662 3892 19 . . . 1662 3892 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3893 1 Military military JJ 1662 3893 2 Military military JJ 1662 3893 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3893 4 : : : 1662 3893 5 Haitian Haitian NNP 1662 3893 6 National National NNP 1662 3893 7 Police Police NNPS 1662 3893 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3893 9 PNH PNH NNP 1662 3893 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3893 11 note note NN 1662 3893 12 : : : 1662 3893 13 the the DT 1662 3893 14 regular regular JJ 1662 3893 15 Haitian Haitian NNP 1662 3893 16 Army Army NNP 1662 3893 17 , , , 1662 3893 18 Navy Navy NNP 1662 3893 19 , , , 1662 3893 20 and and CC 1662 3893 21 Air Air NNP 1662 3893 22 Force Force NNP 1662 3893 23 have have VBP 1662 3893 24 been be VBN 1662 3893 25 demobilized demobilize VBN 1662 3893 26 but but CC 1662 3893 27 still still RB 1662 3893 28 exist exist VB 1662 3893 29 on on IN 1662 3893 30 paper paper NN 1662 3893 31 until until IN 1662 3893 32 / / , 1662 3893 33 unless unless IN 1662 3893 34 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security security NN 1662 3896 17 activities activity NNS 1662 3896 18 Military military JJ 1662 3896 19 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3896 20 - - : 1662 3896 21 percent percent NN 1662 3896 22 of of IN 1662 3896 23 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3896 24 : : : 1662 3896 25 NA% NA% `` 1662 3896 26 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3896 27 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3896 28 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 3896 29 - - HYPH 1662 3896 30 international international JJ 1662 3896 31 : : : 1662 3896 32 claims claim VBZ 1662 3896 33 US US NNP 1662 3896 34 - - HYPH 1662 3896 35 administered administer VBN 1662 3896 36 Navassa Navassa NNP 1662 3896 37 Island Island NNP 1662 3896 38 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 3896 39 drugs drug VBZ 1662 3896 40 : : : 1662 3896 41 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 3896 42 point point NN 1662 3896 43 for for IN 1662 3896 44 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 3896 45 and and CC 1662 3896 46 marijuana marijuana NNP 1662 3896 47 en en IN 1662 3896 48 route route NN 1662 3896 49 to to IN 1662 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1662 3896 97 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 98 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 99 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 100 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 101 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 102 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 103 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 104 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 105 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 106 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 107 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 108 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 109 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 110 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 111 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 112 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 113 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 114 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 115 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 116 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 117 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 118 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 119 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 120 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 121 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 122 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 123 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 124 HEARD HEARD NNP 1662 3896 125 ISLAND ISLAND NNP 1662 3896 126 AND and CC 1662 3896 127 MCDONALD mcdonald JJ 1662 3896 128 ISLANDS island NNS 1662 3896 129 McDonald McDonald NNP 1662 3896 130 Islands Islands NNP 1662 3896 131 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3896 132 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3896 133 territory territory NN 1662 3896 134 of of IN 1662 3896 135 Australia Australia NNP 1662 3896 136 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3896 137 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172 , , , 1662 3896 173 72 72 CD 1662 3896 174 31 31 CD 1662 3896 175 E e NN 1662 3896 176 Map Map NNP 1662 3896 177 references reference NNS 1662 3896 178 : : : 1662 3896 179 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3896 180 Region Region NNP 1662 3896 181 Area Area NNP 1662 3896 182 : : : 1662 3896 183 total total NN 1662 3896 184 : : : 1662 3896 185 412 412 CD 1662 3896 186 sq sq NN 1662 3896 187 km km NNP 1662 3896 188 land land NN 1662 3896 189 : : : 1662 3896 190 412 412 CD 1662 3896 191 sq sq NN 1662 3896 192 km km NNP 1662 3896 193 water water NN 1662 3896 194 : : : 1662 3896 195 0 0 NFP 1662 3896 196 sq sq NN 1662 3896 197 km km NNP 1662 3896 198 Area area NN 1662 3896 199 - - HYPH 1662 3896 200 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3896 201 : : : 1662 3896 202 slightly slightly RB 1662 3896 203 more more JJR 1662 3896 204 than than IN 1662 3896 205 2 2 CD 1662 3896 206 times time NNS 1662 3896 207 the the DT 1662 3896 208 size size NN 1662 3896 209 of of IN 1662 3896 210 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3896 211 , , , 1662 3896 212 DC DC NNP 1662 3896 213 Land Land NNP 1662 3896 214 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3896 215 : : : 1662 3896 216 0 0 LS 1662 3896 217 km km NN 1662 3896 218 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3896 219 : : : 1662 3896 220 101.9 101.9 CD 1662 3896 221 km km NN 1662 3896 222 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3896 223 claims claim VBZ 1662 3896 224 : : : 1662 3896 225 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3896 226 fishing fishing NN 1662 3896 227 zone zone NN 1662 3896 228 : : : 1662 3896 229 200 200 CD 1662 3896 230 nm nm CD 1662 3896 231 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3896 232 sea sea NN 1662 3896 233 : : : 1662 3896 234 3 3 CD 1662 3896 235 nm nm NNP 1662 3896 236 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3896 237 : : : 1662 3896 238 antarctic antarctic JJ 1662 3896 239 Terrain terrain NN 1662 3896 240 : : : 1662 3896 241 Heard Heard NNP 1662 3896 242 Island Island NNP 1662 3896 243 - - HYPH 1662 3896 244 bleak bleak JJ 1662 3896 245 and and CC 1662 3896 246 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 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arable JJ 1662 3896 284 land land NN 1662 3896 285 : : : 1662 3896 286 0 0 CD 1662 3896 287 % % NN 1662 3896 288 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3896 289 crops crop NNS 1662 3896 290 : : : 1662 3896 291 0 0 CD 1662 3896 292 % % NN 1662 3896 293 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3896 294 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3896 295 : : : 1662 3896 296 0 0 CD 1662 3896 297 % % NN 1662 3896 298 forests forest NNS 1662 3896 299 and and CC 1662 3896 300 woodland woodland JJ 1662 3896 301 : : : 1662 3896 302 0 0 CD 1662 3896 303 % % NN 1662 3896 304 other other JJ 1662 3896 305 : : : 1662 3896 306 100 100 CD 1662 3896 307 % % NN 1662 3896 308 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3896 309 land land NN 1662 3896 310 : : : 1662 3896 311 0 0 LS 1662 3896 312 sq sq NNP 1662 3896 313 km km NNP 1662 3896 314 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3896 315 1993 1993 CD 1662 3896 316 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3896 317 Natural natural JJ 1662 3896 318 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3896 319 : : : 1662 3896 320 Heard Heard NNP 1662 3896 321 Island Island NNP 1662 3896 322 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1662 3896 358 used use VBN 1662 3896 359 for for IN 1662 3896 360 research research NN 1662 3896 361 stations station NNS 1662 3896 362 @Heard @heard IN 1662 3896 363 Island Island NNP 1662 3896 364 and and CC 1662 3896 365 McDonald McDonald NNP 1662 3896 366 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 3896 367 : : : 1662 3896 368 People People NNPS 1662 3896 369 Population Population NNP 1662 3896 370 : : : 1662 3896 371 uninhabited uninhabited JJ 1662 3896 372 @Heard @heard IN 1662 3896 373 Island Island NNP 1662 3896 374 and and CC 1662 3896 375 McDonald McDonald NNP 1662 3896 376 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 3896 377 : : : 1662 3896 378 Government Government NNP 1662 3896 379 Country Country NNP 1662 3896 380 name name NN 1662 3896 381 : : : 1662 3896 382 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3896 383 long long JJ 1662 3896 384 form form NN 1662 3896 385 : : : 1662 3896 386 Territory territory NN 1662 3896 387 of of IN 1662 3896 388 Heard Heard NNP 1662 3896 389 Island Island NNP 1662 3896 390 and and CC 1662 3896 391 McDonald McDonald NNP 1662 3896 392 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 3896 393 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3896 394 short short JJ 1662 3896 395 form form NN 1662 3896 396 : : : 1662 3896 397 Heard Heard NNP 1662 3896 398 Island Island NNP 1662 3896 399 and and CC 1662 3896 400 McDonald McDonald NNP 1662 3896 401 Islands Islands NNP 1662 3896 402 Data Data NNP 1662 3896 403 code code NN 1662 3896 404 : : : 1662 3896 405 HM HM NNP 1662 3896 406 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 3896 407 status status NN 1662 3896 408 : : : 1662 3896 409 territory territory NN 1662 3896 410 of of IN 1662 3896 411 Australia Australia NNP 1662 3896 412 ; ; : 1662 3896 413 administered administer VBN 1662 3896 414 by by IN 1662 3896 415 the the DT 1662 3896 416 Ministry Ministry NNP 1662 3896 417 for for IN 1662 3896 418 Sport Sport NNP 1662 3896 419 , , , 1662 3896 420 Territories Territories NNPS 1662 3896 421 , , , 1662 3896 422 and and CC 1662 3896 423 Local Local NNP 1662 3896 424 Government 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economic JJ 1662 3896 459 activity activity NN 1662 3896 460 @Heard @Heard NFP 1662 3896 461 Island Island NNP 1662 3896 462 and and CC 1662 3896 463 McDonald McDonald NNP 1662 3896 464 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 3896 465 : : : 1662 3896 466 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3896 467 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 3896 468 and and CC 1662 3896 469 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3896 470 : : : 1662 3896 471 none none NN 1662 3896 472 ; ; : 1662 3896 473 offshore offshore RB 1662 3896 474 anchorage anchorage VBP 1662 3896 475 only only JJ 1662 3896 476 Military Military NNP 1662 3896 477 Military Military NNP 1662 3896 478 - - HYPH 1662 3896 479 note note NN 1662 3896 480 : : : 1662 3896 481 defense defense NN 1662 3896 482 is be VBZ 1662 3896 483 the the DT 1662 3896 484 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 3896 485 of of IN 1662 3896 486 Australia Australia NNP 1662 3896 487 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3896 488 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3896 489 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 3896 490 - - : 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3896 535 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 536 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 537 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 538 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 539 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 540 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 541 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 542 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 543 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 544 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 545 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 546 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 547 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 548 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 549 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 550 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 551 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 552 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 553 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 554 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 555 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 556 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 557 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 558 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 559 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 560 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 561 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 562 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 563 _ _ NNP 1662 3896 564 HOLY HOLY NNP 1662 3896 565 SEE SEE NNP 1662 3896 566 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3896 567 VATICAN VATICAN NNP 1662 3896 568 CITY CITY NNP 1662 3896 569 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3896 570 @Holy @Holy NNP 1662 3896 571 See see VB 1662 3896 572 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3896 573 Vatican Vatican NNP 1662 3896 574 City):Geography City):Geography NNP 1662 3896 575 Location location NN 1662 3896 576 : : : 1662 3896 577 Southern Southern NNP 1662 3896 578 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3896 579 , , , 1662 3896 580 an an DT 1662 3896 581 enclave enclave NN 1662 3896 582 of of IN 1662 3896 583 Rome Rome NNP 1662 3896 584 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3896 585 Italy Italy NNP 1662 3896 586 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3896 587 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3896 588 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3896 589 : : : 1662 3896 590 41 41 CD 1662 3896 591 54 54 CD 1662 3896 592 N n CD 1662 3896 593 , , , 1662 3896 594 12 12 CD 1662 3896 595 27 27 CD 1662 3896 596 E e NN 1662 3896 597 Map Map NNP 1662 3896 598 references reference NNS 1662 3896 599 : : : 1662 3896 600 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3896 601 Area Area NNP 1662 3896 602 : : : 1662 3896 603 total total NN 1662 3896 604 : : : 1662 3896 605 0.44 0.44 CD 1662 3896 606 sq sq IN 1662 3896 607 km km NNP 1662 3896 608 land land NN 1662 3896 609 : : : 1662 3896 610 0.44 0.44 CD 1662 3896 611 sq sq NNP 1662 3896 612 km km NNP 1662 3896 613 water water NN 1662 3896 614 : : : 1662 3896 615 0 0 NFP 1662 3896 616 sq sq NN 1662 3896 617 km km NNP 1662 3896 618 Area area NN 1662 3896 619 - - HYPH 1662 3896 620 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3896 621 : : : 1662 3896 622 about about RB 1662 3896 623 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 3896 624 times time NNS 1662 3896 625 the the DT 1662 3896 626 size size NN 1662 3896 627 of of IN 1662 3896 628 The the DT 1662 3896 629 Mall Mall NNP 1662 3896 630 in in IN 1662 3896 631 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3896 632 , , , 1662 3896 633 DC DC NNP 1662 3896 634 Land Land NNP 1662 3896 635 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3896 636 : : : 1662 3896 637 total total JJ 1662 3896 638 : : : 1662 3896 639 3.2 3.2 CD 1662 3896 640 km km NN 1662 3896 641 border border NN 1662 3896 642 countries country NNS 1662 3896 643 : : : 1662 3896 644 Italy Italy NNP 1662 3896 645 3.2 3.2 CD 1662 3896 646 km km NN 1662 3896 647 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3896 648 : : : 1662 3896 649 0 0 CD 1662 3896 650 km km NN 1662 3896 651 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3896 652 landlocked 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hill NNP 1662 3896 690 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3896 691 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3896 692 : : : 1662 3896 693 lowest low JJS 1662 3896 694 point point NN 1662 3896 695 : : : 1662 3896 696 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 3896 697 location location NN 1662 3896 698 19 19 CD 1662 3896 699 m m NN 1662 3896 700 highest high JJS 1662 3896 701 point point NN 1662 3896 702 : : : 1662 3896 703 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 3896 704 location location NN 1662 3896 705 75 75 CD 1662 3896 706 m m NNP 1662 3896 707 Natural natural JJ 1662 3896 708 resources resource NNS 1662 3896 709 : : : 1662 3896 710 none none NN 1662 3896 711 Land Land NNP 1662 3896 712 use use NN 1662 3896 713 : : : 1662 3896 714 arable arable JJ 1662 3896 715 land land NN 1662 3896 716 : : : 1662 3896 717 0 0 CD 1662 3896 718 % % NN 1662 3896 719 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3896 720 crops crop NNS 1662 3896 721 : : : 1662 3896 722 0 0 CD 1662 3896 723 % % NN 1662 3896 724 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3896 725 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3896 726 : : : 1662 3896 727 0 0 CD 1662 3896 728 % % NN 1662 3896 729 forests forest NNS 1662 3896 730 and and CC 1662 3896 731 woodland woodland JJ 1662 3896 732 : : : 1662 3896 733 0 0 CD 1662 3896 734 % % NN 1662 3896 735 other other JJ 1662 3896 736 : : : 1662 3896 737 100 100 CD 1662 3896 738 % % NN 1662 3896 739 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3896 740 urban urban JJ 1662 3896 741 area area NN 1662 3896 742 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3896 743 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3896 744 land land NN 1662 3896 745 : : : 1662 3896 746 0 0 NFP 1662 3896 747 sq sq NNP 1662 3896 748 km km NNP 1662 3896 749 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3896 750 1993 1993 CD 1662 3896 751 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3896 752 Natural natural JJ 1662 3896 753 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3896 754 : : : 1662 3896 755 NA NA NNP 1662 3896 756 Environment environment NN 1662 3896 757 - - HYPH 1662 3896 758 current current JJ 1662 3896 759 issues issue NNS 1662 3896 760 : : : 1662 3896 761 NA NA NNP 1662 3896 762 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3896 763 - - HYPH 1662 3896 764 international international JJ 1662 3896 765 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3896 766 : : : 1662 3896 767 party party NNP 1662 3896 768 to to TO 1662 3896 769 : : : 1662 3896 770 none none NN 1662 3896 771 of of IN 1662 3896 772 the the DT 1662 3896 773 selected select VBN 1662 3896 774 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3896 775 signed sign VBD 1662 3896 776 , , , 1662 3896 777 but but CC 1662 3896 778 not not RB 1662 3896 779 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3896 780 : : : 1662 3896 781 Air Air NNP 1662 3896 782 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3896 783 , , , 1662 3896 784 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 3896 785 Modification Modification NNP 1662 3896 786 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3896 787 - - HYPH 1662 3896 788 note note NNP 1662 3896 789 : : : 1662 3896 790 urban urban JJ 1662 3896 791 ; ; : 1662 3896 792 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 3896 793 ; ; : 1662 3896 794 enclave enclave NN 1662 3896 795 of of IN 1662 3896 796 Rome Rome NNP 1662 3896 797 , , , 1662 3896 798 Italy Italy NNP 1662 3896 799 ; ; : 1662 3896 800 world world NN 1662 3896 801 's 's POS 1662 3896 802 smallest small JJS 1662 3896 803 state state NN 1662 3896 804 ; ; : 1662 3896 805 outside outside IN 1662 3896 806 the the DT 1662 3896 807 Vatican Vatican NNP 1662 3896 808 City City NNP 1662 3896 809 , , , 1662 3896 810 13 13 CD 1662 3896 811 buildings building NNS 1662 3896 812 in in IN 1662 3896 813 Rome Rome NNP 1662 3896 814 and and CC 1662 3896 815 Castel Castel NNP 1662 3896 816 Gandolfo Gandolfo NNP 1662 3896 817 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3896 818 the the DT 1662 3896 819 pope pope NNP 1662 3896 820 's 's POS 1662 3896 821 summer summer NN 1662 3896 822 residence residence NN 1662 3896 823 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3896 824 enjoy enjoy VBP 1662 3896 825 extraterritorial extraterritorial JJ 1662 3896 826 rights right NNS 1662 3896 827 @Holy @holy JJ 1662 3896 828 See see JJ 1662 3896 829 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3896 830 Vatican Vatican NNP 1662 3896 831 City):People City):People NNP 1662 3896 832 Population Population NNP 1662 3896 833 : : : 1662 3896 834 850 850 CD 1662 3896 835 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3896 836 July July NNP 1662 3896 837 1997 1997 CD 1662 3896 838 est est NNP 1662 3896 839 . . . 1662 3896 840 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3897 1 Population population NN 1662 3897 2 growth growth NN 1662 3897 3 rate rate NN 1662 3897 4 : : : 1662 3897 5 1.15 1.15 CD 1662 3897 6 % % NN 1662 3897 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3897 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3897 9 est est NNP 1662 3897 10 . . . 1662 3897 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3898 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3898 2 : : : 1662 3898 3 noun noun NNP 1662 3898 4 : : : 1662 3898 5 none none NN 1662 3898 6 adjective adjective NN 1662 3898 7 : : : 1662 3898 8 none none NN 1662 3898 9 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3898 10 groups group NNS 1662 3898 11 : : : 1662 3898 12 Italians Italians NNPS 1662 3898 13 , , , 1662 3898 14 Swiss swiss JJ 1662 3898 15 Religions religion NNS 1662 3898 16 : : : 1662 3898 17 Roman Roman NNP 1662 3898 18 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 3898 19 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 3898 20 : : : 1662 3898 21 Italian italian JJ 1662 3898 22 , , , 1662 3898 23 Latin latin JJ 1662 3898 24 , , , 1662 3898 25 various various JJ 1662 3898 26 other other JJ 1662 3898 27 languages language NNS 1662 3898 28 @Holy @holy JJ 1662 3898 29 See see VB 1662 3898 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3898 31 Vatican Vatican NNP 1662 3898 32 City):Government City):Government NNP 1662 3898 33 Country Country NNP 1662 3898 34 name name NN 1662 3898 35 : : : 1662 3898 36 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3898 37 long long JJ 1662 3898 38 form form NN 1662 3898 39 : : : 1662 3898 40 The the DT 1662 3898 41 Holy Holy NNP 1662 3898 42 See See NNP 1662 3898 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3898 44 State State NNP 1662 3898 45 of of IN 1662 3898 46 the the DT 1662 3898 47 Vatican Vatican NNP 1662 3898 48 City City NNP 1662 3898 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3898 50 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3898 51 short short JJ 1662 3898 52 form form NN 1662 3898 53 : : : 1662 3898 54 Holy Holy NNP 1662 3898 55 See see VB 1662 3898 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3898 57 Vatican Vatican NNP 1662 3898 58 City City NNP 1662 3898 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3898 60 local local JJ 1662 3898 61 long long JJ 1662 3898 62 form form NN 1662 3898 63 : : : 1662 3898 64 Santa Santa NNP 1662 3898 65 Sede Sede NNP 1662 3898 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3898 67 Stato Stato NNP 1662 3898 68 della della NN 1662 3898 69 Citta Citta NNP 1662 3898 70 del del NNP 1662 3898 71 Vaticano Vaticano NNP 1662 3898 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3898 73 local local JJ 1662 3898 74 short short JJ 1662 3898 75 form form NN 1662 3898 76 : : : 1662 3898 77 Santa Santa NNP 1662 3898 78 Sede Sede NNP 1662 3898 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3898 80 Citta Citta NNP 1662 3898 81 del del NNP 1662 3898 82 Vaticano Vaticano NNP 1662 3898 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3898 84 Data Data NNP 1662 3898 85 code code NN 1662 3898 86 : : : 1662 3898 87 VT VT NNP 1662 3898 88 Government Government NNP 1662 3898 89 type type NN 1662 3898 90 : : : 1662 3898 91 monarchical monarchical NN 1662 3898 92 - - HYPH 1662 3898 93 sacerdotal sacerdotal JJ 1662 3898 94 state state NN 1662 3898 95 National national JJ 1662 3898 96 capital capital NN 1662 3898 97 : : : 1662 3898 98 Vatican Vatican NNP 1662 3898 99 City City NNP 1662 3898 100 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3898 101 : : : 1662 3898 102 11 11 CD 1662 3898 103 February February NNP 1662 3898 104 1929 1929 CD 1662 3898 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3898 106 from from IN 1662 3898 107 Italy Italy NNP 1662 3898 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3898 109 National national JJ 1662 3898 110 holiday holiday NN 1662 3898 111 : : : 1662 3898 112 Installation Installation NNP 1662 3898 113 Day Day NNP 1662 3898 114 of of IN 1662 3898 115 the the DT 1662 3898 116 Pope Pope NNP 1662 3898 117 , , , 1662 3898 118 22 22 CD 1662 3898 119 October October NNP 1662 3898 120 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3898 121 1978 1978 CD 1662 3898 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3898 123 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3898 124 John John NNP 1662 3898 125 Paul Paul NNP 1662 3898 126 II II NNP 1662 3898 127 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3898 128 note note NN 1662 3898 129 : : : 1662 3898 130 Pope Pope NNP 1662 3898 131 John John NNP 1662 3898 132 Paul Paul NNP 1662 3898 133 II II NNP 1662 3898 134 was be VBD 1662 3898 135 elected elect VBN 1662 3898 136 on on IN 1662 3898 137 16 16 CD 1662 3898 138 October October NNP 1662 3898 139 1978 1978 CD 1662 3898 140 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 3898 141 : : : 1662 3898 142 Apostolic Apostolic NNP 1662 3898 143 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 3898 144 of of IN 1662 3898 145 1967 1967 CD 1662 3898 146 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3898 147 effective effective JJ 1662 3898 148 1 1 CD 1662 3898 149 March March NNP 1662 3898 150 1968 1968 CD 1662 3898 151 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3898 152 Legal legal JJ 1662 3898 153 system system NN 1662 3898 154 : : : 1662 3898 155 NA NA NNP 1662 3898 156 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 3898 157 : : : 1662 3898 158 limited limited JJ 1662 3898 159 to to IN 1662 3898 160 cardinals cardinal NNS 1662 3898 161 less less JJR 1662 3898 162 than than IN 1662 3898 163 80 80 CD 1662 3898 164 years year NNS 1662 3898 165 old old JJ 1662 3898 166 Executive executive JJ 1662 3898 167 branch branch NN 1662 3898 168 : : : 1662 3898 169 chief chief NN 1662 3898 170 of of IN 1662 3898 171 state state NN 1662 3898 172 : : : 1662 3898 173 Pope Pope NNP 1662 3898 174 JOHN JOHN NNP 1662 3898 175 PAUL PAUL NNP 1662 3898 176 II ii CD 1662 3898 177 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3898 178 Karol Karol NNP 1662 3898 179 WOJTYLA WOJTYLA NNP 1662 3898 180 ; ; : 1662 3898 181 since since IN 1662 3898 182 16 16 CD 1662 3898 183 October October NNP 1662 3898 184 1978 1978 CD 1662 3898 185 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3898 186 head head NN 1662 3898 187 of of IN 1662 3898 188 government government NN 1662 3898 189 : : : 1662 3898 190 Secretary Secretary NNP 1662 3898 191 of of IN 1662 3898 192 State State NNP 1662 3898 193 Archbishop Archbishop NNP 1662 3898 194 Angelo Angelo NNP 1662 3898 195 Cardinal Cardinal NNP 1662 3898 196 SODANO SODANO NNP 1662 3898 197 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3898 198 since since IN 1662 3898 199 NA NA NNP 1662 3898 200 1991 1991 CD 1662 3898 201 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3898 202 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3898 203 : : : 1662 3898 204 Pontifical Pontifical NNP 1662 3898 205 Commission Commission NNP 1662 3898 206 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3898 207 by by IN 1662 3898 208 Pope Pope NNP 1662 3898 209 elections election NNS 1662 3898 210 : : : 1662 3898 211 pope pope NNP 1662 3898 212 elected elect VBD 1662 3898 213 for for IN 1662 3898 214 life life NN 1662 3898 215 by by IN 1662 3898 216 the the DT 1662 3898 217 College College NNP 1662 3898 218 of of IN 1662 3898 219 Cardinals Cardinals NNPS 1662 3898 220 ; ; : 1662 3898 221 election election NN 1662 3898 222 last last JJ 1662 3898 223 held hold VBD 1662 3898 224 16 16 CD 1662 3898 225 October October NNP 1662 3898 226 1978 1978 CD 1662 3898 227 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3898 228 next next JJ 1662 3898 229 to to TO 1662 3898 230 be be VB 1662 3898 231 held hold VBN 1662 3898 232 after after IN 1662 3898 233 the the DT 1662 3898 234 death death NN 1662 3898 235 of of IN 1662 3898 236 the the DT 1662 3898 237 current current JJ 1662 3898 238 pope pope NN 1662 3898 239 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3898 240 ; ; : 1662 3898 241 secretary secretary NN 1662 3898 242 of of IN 1662 3898 243 state state NN 1662 3898 244 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3898 245 by by IN 1662 3898 246 the the DT 1662 3898 247 pope pope NNP 1662 3898 248 election election NN 1662 3898 249 results result NNS 1662 3898 250 : : : 1662 3898 251 Karol Karol NNP 1662 3898 252 WOJTYLA WOJTYLA NNP 1662 3898 253 elected elect VBD 1662 3898 254 pope pope NN 1662 3898 255 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 3898 256 branch branch NN 1662 3898 257 : : : 1662 3898 258 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 3898 259 Pontifical Pontifical NNP 1662 3898 260 Commission Commission NNP 1662 3898 261 Judicial Judicial NNP 1662 3898 262 branch branch NN 1662 3898 263 : : : 1662 3898 264 none none NN 1662 3898 265 ; ; , 1662 3898 266 normally normally RB 1662 3898 267 handled handle VBN 1662 3898 268 by by IN 1662 3898 269 Italy Italy NNP 1662 3898 270 Political Political NNP 1662 3898 271 parties party NNS 1662 3898 272 and and CC 1662 3898 273 leaders leader NNS 1662 3898 274 : : : 1662 3898 275 none none NN 1662 3898 276 Political political JJ 1662 3898 277 pressure pressure NN 1662 3898 278 groups group NNS 1662 3898 279 and and CC 1662 3898 280 leaders leader NNS 1662 3898 281 : : : 1662 3898 282 none none NN 1662 3898 283 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3898 284 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3898 285 of of IN 1662 3898 286 influence influence NN 1662 3898 287 exercised exercise VBN 1662 3898 288 by by IN 1662 3898 289 church church NN 1662 3898 290 officers officer NNS 1662 3898 291 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3898 292 International international JJ 1662 3898 293 organization organization NN 1662 3898 294 participation participation NN 1662 3898 295 : : : 1662 3898 296 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 3898 297 , , , 1662 3898 298 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 3898 299 , , , 1662 3898 300 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3898 301 , , , 1662 3898 302 IOM IOM NNP 1662 3898 303 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3898 304 observer 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3898 343 Apostolic Apostolic NNP 1662 3898 344 Pro Pro NNP 1662 3898 345 - - NNP 1662 3898 346 Nuncio Nuncio NNP 1662 3898 347 Archbishop Archbishop NNP 1662 3898 348 Agostino Agostino NNP 1662 3898 349 CACCIAVILLAN CACCIAVILLAN NNP 1662 3898 350 chancery chancery NN 1662 3898 351 : : : 1662 3898 352 3339 3339 CD 1662 3898 353 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 3898 354 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 3898 355 NW NW NNP 1662 3898 356 , , , 1662 3898 357 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3898 358 , , , 1662 3898 359 DC DC NNP 1662 3898 360 20008 20008 CD 1662 3898 361 telephone telephone NN 1662 3898 362 : : : 1662 3898 363 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3898 364 1 1 CD 1662 3898 365 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3898 366 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3898 367 202 202 CD 1662 3898 368 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3898 369 333 333 CD 1662 3898 370 - - HYPH 1662 3898 371 7121 7121 CD 1662 3898 372 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3898 373 representation representation NN 1662 3898 374 from from IN 1662 3898 375 the the DT 1662 3898 376 US US NNP 1662 3898 377 : : : 1662 3898 378 chief chief NN 1662 3898 379 of of IN 1662 3898 380 mission mission NN 1662 3898 381 : : : 1662 3898 382 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3898 383 Raymond Raymond NNP 1662 3898 384 L. L. NNP 1662 3898 385 FLYNN FLYNN NNP 1662 3898 386 embassy embassy NN 1662 3898 387 : : : 1662 3898 388 Villa Villa NNP 1662 3898 389 Domiziana Domiziana NNP 1662 3898 390 , , , 1662 3898 391 Via Via NNP 1662 3898 392 Delle Delle NNP 1662 3898 393 Terme Terme NNP 1662 3898 394 Deciane Deciane NNP 1662 3898 395 26 26 CD 1662 3898 396 , , , 1662 3898 397 Rome Rome NNP 1662 3898 398 00153 00153 CD 1662 3898 399 mailing mail VBG 1662 3898 400 address address NN 1662 3898 401 : : : 1662 3898 402 PSC psc NN 1662 3898 403 59 59 CD 1662 3898 404 , , , 1662 3898 405 APO APO NNP 1662 3898 406 AE AE NNP 1662 3898 407 09624 09624 CD 1662 3898 408 telephone telephone NN 1662 3898 409 : : : 1662 3898 410 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3898 411 39 39 CD 1662 3898 412 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3898 413 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3898 414 6 6 CD 1662 3898 415 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3898 416 46741 46741 CD 1662 3898 417 FAX fax NN 1662 3898 418 : : : 1662 3898 419 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3898 420 39 39 CD 1662 3898 421 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3898 422 ( ( -LRB- 1662 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3898 459 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3898 460 - - HYPH 1662 3898 461 overview overview NN 1662 3898 462 : : : 1662 3898 463 This this DT 1662 3898 464 unique unique JJ 1662 3898 465 , , , 1662 3898 466 noncommercial noncommercial JJ 1662 3898 467 economy economy NN 1662 3898 468 is be VBZ 1662 3898 469 supported support VBN 1662 3898 470 financially financially RB 1662 3898 471 by by IN 1662 3898 472 contributions contribution NNS 1662 3898 473 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3898 474 known know VBN 1662 3898 475 as as IN 1662 3898 476 Peter Peter NNP 1662 3898 477 's 's POS 1662 3898 478 Pence Pence NNP 1662 3898 479 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3898 480 from from IN 1662 3898 481 Roman Roman NNP 1662 3898 482 Catholics Catholics NNPS 1662 3898 483 throughout throughout IN 1662 3898 484 the the DT 1662 3898 485 world world NN 1662 3898 486 , , , 1662 3898 487 the the DT 1662 3898 488 sale sale NN 1662 3898 489 of of IN 1662 3898 490 postage postage NN 1662 3898 491 stamps stamp NNS 1662 3898 492 and and CC 1662 3898 493 tourist tourist NN 1662 3898 494 mementos memento NNS 1662 3898 495 , , , 1662 3898 496 fees fee NNS 1662 3898 497 for for IN 1662 3898 498 admission admission NN 1662 3898 499 to to IN 1662 3898 500 museums museum NNS 1662 3898 501 , , , 1662 3898 502 and and CC 1662 3898 503 the the DT 1662 3898 504 sale sale NN 1662 3898 505 of of IN 1662 3898 506 publications publication NNS 1662 3898 507 . . . 1662 3899 1 The the DT 1662 3899 2 incomes income NNS 1662 3899 3 and and CC 1662 3899 4 living living NN 1662 3899 5 standards standard NNS 1662 3899 6 of of IN 1662 3899 7 lay lay JJ 1662 3899 8 workers worker NNS 1662 3899 9 are be VBP 1662 3899 10 comparable comparable JJ 1662 3899 11 to to IN 1662 3899 12 , , , 1662 3899 13 or or CC 1662 3899 14 somewhat somewhat RB 1662 3899 15 better well JJR 1662 3899 16 than than IN 1662 3899 17 , , , 1662 3899 18 those those DT 1662 3899 19 of of IN 1662 3899 20 counterparts counterpart NNS 1662 3899 21 who who WP 1662 3899 22 work work VBP 1662 3899 23 in in IN 1662 3899 24 the the DT 1662 3899 25 city city NN 1662 3899 26 of of IN 1662 3899 27 Rome Rome NNP 1662 3899 28 . . . 1662 3900 1 Labor labor NN 1662 3900 2 force force NN 1662 3900 3 : : : 1662 3900 4 NA na NN 1662 3900 5 by by IN 1662 3900 6 occupation occupation NN 1662 3900 7 : : : 1662 3900 8 dignitaries dignitary NNS 1662 3900 9 , , , 1662 3900 10 priests priest NNS 1662 3900 11 , , , 1662 3900 12 nuns nun NNS 1662 3900 13 , , , 1662 3900 14 guards guard NNS 1662 3900 15 , , , 1662 3900 16 and and CC 1662 3900 17 3,000 3,000 CD 1662 3900 18 lay lay JJ 1662 3900 19 workers worker NNS 1662 3900 20 who who WP 1662 3900 21 live live VBP 1662 3900 22 outside outside IN 1662 3900 23 the the DT 1662 3900 24 Vatican Vatican NNP 1662 3900 25 Budget Budget NNP 1662 3900 26 : : : 1662 3900 27 revenues revenue NNS 1662 3900 28 : : : 1662 3900 29 $ $ $ 1662 3900 30 175.5 175.5 CD 1662 3900 31 million million CD 1662 3900 32 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3900 33 : : : 1662 3900 34 $ $ $ 1662 3900 35 175 175 CD 1662 3900 36 million million CD 1662 3900 37 , , , 1662 3900 38 including include VBG 1662 3900 39 capital capital NN 1662 3900 40 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3900 41 of of IN 1662 3900 42 $ $ $ 1662 3900 43 NA na NN 1662 3900 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3900 45 1994 1994 CD 1662 3900 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3900 47 Industries industry NNS 1662 3900 48 : : : 1662 3900 49 printing printing NN 1662 3900 50 and and CC 1662 3900 51 production production NN 1662 3900 52 of of IN 1662 3900 53 a a DT 1662 3900 54 small small JJ 1662 3900 55 amount amount NN 1662 3900 56 of of IN 1662 3900 57 mosaics mosaic NNS 1662 3900 58 and and CC 1662 3900 59 staff staff NN 1662 3900 60 uniforms uniform NNS 1662 3900 61 ; ; , 1662 3900 62 worldwide worldwide JJ 1662 3900 63 banking banking NN 1662 3900 64 and and CC 1662 3900 65 financial financial JJ 1662 3900 66 activities activity NNS 1662 3900 67 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3900 68 - - HYPH 1662 3900 69 capacity capacity NN 1662 3900 70 : : : 1662 3900 71 5,000 5,000 CD 1662 3900 72 kW kW NNP 1662 3900 73 standby standby NNP 1662 3900 74 note note NN 1662 3900 75 : : : 1662 3900 76 electricity electricity NN 1662 3900 77 supplied supply VBN 1662 3900 78 by by IN 1662 3900 79 Italy Italy NNP 1662 3900 80 Electricity Electricity NNP 1662 3900 81 - - HYPH 1662 3900 82 production production NN 1662 3900 83 : : : 1662 3900 84 NA na NN 1662 3900 85 kWh kwh ADD 1662 3900 86 note note NN 1662 3900 87 : : : 1662 3900 88 electricity electricity NN 1662 3900 89 supplied supply VBN 1662 3900 90 by by IN 1662 3900 91 Italy Italy NNP 1662 3900 92 Electricity Electricity NNP 1662 3900 93 - - HYPH 1662 3900 94 consumption consumption NN 1662 3900 95 per per IN 1662 3900 96 capita capita NN 1662 3900 97 : : : 1662 3900 98 NA NA NNP 1662 3900 99 kWh kwh ADD 1662 3900 100 Currency currency NN 1662 3900 101 : : : 1662 3900 102 1 1 CD 1662 3900 103 Vatican Vatican NNP 1662 3900 104 lira lira NN 1662 3900 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3900 106 VLit VLit NNP 1662 3900 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3900 108 = = NFP 1662 3900 109 100 100 CD 1662 3900 110 centesimi centesimi NNP 1662 3900 111 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 3900 112 rates rate NNS 1662 3900 113 : : : 1662 3900 114 Vatican vatican JJ 1662 3900 115 lire lira NNS 1662 3900 116 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3900 117 VLit VLit NNP 1662 3900 118 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3900 119 per per IN 1662 3900 120 US$ us$ $ 1662 3900 121 1 1 CD 1662 3900 122 - - SYM 1662 3900 123 1568.1 1568.1 CD 1662 3900 124 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3900 125 January January NNP 1662 3900 126 1997 1997 CD 1662 3900 127 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3900 128 , , , 1662 3900 129 1,542.9 1,542.9 CD 1662 3900 130 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3900 131 1996 1996 CD 1662 3900 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3900 133 , , , 1662 3900 134 1,628.9 1,628.9 CD 1662 3900 135 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3900 136 1995 1995 CD 1662 3900 137 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3900 138 , , , 1662 3900 139 1,612.4 1,612.4 CD 1662 3900 140 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3900 141 1994 1994 CD 1662 3900 142 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3900 143 , , , 1662 3900 144 1,573.7 1,573.7 CD 1662 3900 145 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3900 146 1993 1993 CD 1662 3900 147 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3900 148 , , , 1662 3900 149 1,232.4 1,232.4 CD 1662 3900 150 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3900 151 1992 1992 CD 1662 3900 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3900 153 ; ; : 1662 3900 154 note note VB 1662 3900 155 - - : 1662 3900 156 the the DT 1662 3900 157 Vatican Vatican NNP 1662 3900 158 lira lira NN 1662 3900 159 is be VBZ 1662 3900 160 at at IN 1662 3900 161 par par NN 1662 3900 162 with with IN 1662 3900 163 the the DT 1662 3900 164 Italian italian JJ 1662 3900 165 lira lira NN 1662 3900 166 which which WDT 1662 3900 167 circulates circulate VBZ 1662 3900 168 freely freely RB 1662 3900 169 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3900 170 year year NN 1662 3900 171 : : : 1662 3900 172 calendar calendar NNP 1662 3900 173 year year NN 1662 3900 174 @Holy @Holy NNP 1662 3900 175 See see VB 1662 3900 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3900 177 Vatican Vatican NNP 1662 3900 178 City):Communications City):Communications NNP 1662 3900 179 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 3900 180 : : : 1662 3900 181 2,000 2,000 CD 1662 3900 182 Telephone telephone NN 1662 3900 183 system system NN 1662 3900 184 : : : 1662 3900 185 automatic automatic JJ 1662 3900 186 exchange exchange NNP 1662 3900 187 domestic domestic NNP 1662 3900 188 : : : 1662 3900 189 tied tie VBN 1662 3900 190 into into IN 1662 3900 191 Italian italian JJ 1662 3900 192 system system NN 1662 3900 193 international international JJ 1662 3900 194 : : : 1662 3900 195 uses use VBZ 1662 3900 196 Italian italian JJ 1662 3900 197 system system NN 1662 3900 198 Radio radio NN 1662 3900 199 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3900 200 stations station NNS 1662 3900 201 : : : 1662 3900 202 AM am VBP 1662 3900 203 3 3 CD 1662 3900 204 , , , 1662 3900 205 FM FM NNP 1662 3900 206 4 4 CD 1662 3900 207 , , , 1662 3900 208 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 3900 209 0 0 CD 1662 3900 210 Radios radio NNS 1662 3900 211 : : : 1662 3900 212 NA NA NNP 1662 3900 213 Television Television NNP 1662 3900 214 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3900 215 stations station NNS 1662 3900 216 : : : 1662 3900 217 0 0 NFP 1662 3900 218 Televisions television NNS 1662 3900 219 : : : 1662 3900 220 NA NA NNP 1662 3900 221 @Holy @holy JJ 1662 3900 222 See see JJ 1662 3900 223 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3900 224 Vatican Vatican NNP 1662 3900 225 City):Transportation City):Transportation NNP 1662 3900 226 Railways Railways NNP 1662 3900 227 : : : 1662 3900 228 total total NN 1662 3900 229 : : : 1662 3900 230 862 862 CD 1662 3900 231 meters meter NNS 1662 3900 232 ; ; : 1662 3900 233 note note NN 1662 3900 234 - - HYPH 1662 3900 235 connects connect NNS 1662 3900 236 to to IN 1662 3900 237 Italy Italy NNP 1662 3900 238 's 's POS 1662 3900 239 network network NN 1662 3900 240 at at IN 1662 3900 241 Rome Rome NNP 1662 3900 242 's 's POS 1662 3900 243 Saint Saint NNP 1662 3900 244 Peter Peter NNP 1662 3900 245 's 's POS 1662 3900 246 station station NN 1662 3900 247 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3900 248 gauge gauge NN 1662 3900 249 : : : 1662 3900 250 862 862 CD 1662 3900 251 meters meter NNS 1662 3900 252 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 3900 253 gauge gauge NN 1662 3900 254 Highways highway NNS 1662 3900 255 : : : 1662 3900 256 none none NN 1662 3900 257 ; ; : 1662 3900 258 all all DT 1662 3900 259 city city NN 1662 3900 260 streets street NNS 1662 3900 261 Ports port NNS 1662 3900 262 and and CC 1662 3900 263 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3900 264 : : : 1662 3900 265 none none NN 1662 3900 266 Airports airport NNS 1662 3900 267 : : : 1662 3900 268 none none NN 1662 3900 269 Military Military NNP 1662 3900 270 Military Military NNP 1662 3900 271 - - HYPH 1662 3900 272 note note NN 1662 3900 273 : : : 1662 3900 274 defense defense NN 1662 3900 275 is be VBZ 1662 3900 276 the the DT 1662 3900 277 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 3900 278 of of IN 1662 3900 279 Italy Italy NNP 1662 3900 280 ; ; : 1662 3900 281 Swiss Swiss NNP 1662 3900 282 Papal Papal NNP 1662 3900 283 Guards Guards NNPS 1662 3900 284 are be VBP 1662 3900 285 posted post VBN 1662 3900 286 at at IN 1662 3900 287 entrances entrance NNS 1662 3900 288 to to IN 1662 3900 289 Vatican Vatican NNP 1662 3900 290 City City NNP 1662 3900 291 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3900 292 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3900 293 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 3900 294 - - : 1662 3900 295 international international RB 1662 3900 296 : : : 1662 3900 297 none none NN 1662 3900 298 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 299 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 300 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 301 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 302 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 303 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 304 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 305 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 306 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 307 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 308 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 309 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 310 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 311 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 312 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 313 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 314 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 315 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 316 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 317 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 318 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 319 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 320 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 321 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 322 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 323 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 324 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 325 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 326 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 327 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 328 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 329 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 330 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 331 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 332 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 333 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 334 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 335 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 336 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 337 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 338 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 339 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 340 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 341 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 342 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 343 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 344 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 345 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 346 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 347 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 348 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 349 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 350 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 351 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 352 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 353 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 354 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 355 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 356 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 357 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 358 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 359 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 360 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 361 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 362 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 363 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 364 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 365 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 366 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 367 _ _ NNP 1662 3900 368 HONDURAS HONDURAS NNP 1662 3900 369 @Honduras @honduras XX 1662 3900 370 : : : 1662 3900 371 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3900 372 Location Location NNP 1662 3900 373 : : : 1662 3900 374 Middle Middle NNP 1662 3900 375 America America NNP 1662 3900 376 , , , 1662 3900 377 bordering border VBG 1662 3900 378 the the DT 1662 3900 379 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 3900 380 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3900 381 , , , 1662 3900 382 between between IN 1662 3900 383 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 3900 384 and and CC 1662 3900 385 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 3900 386 and and CC 1662 3900 387 bordering border VBG 1662 3900 388 the the DT 1662 3900 389 North North NNP 1662 3900 390 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 3900 391 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3900 392 , , , 1662 3900 393 between between IN 1662 3900 394 El El NNP 1662 3900 395 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 3900 396 and and CC 1662 3900 397 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 3900 398 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3900 399 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3900 400 : : : 1662 3900 401 15 15 CD 1662 3900 402 00 00 CD 1662 3900 403 N n CD 1662 3900 404 , , , 1662 3900 405 86 86 CD 1662 3900 406 30 30 CD 1662 3900 407 W W NNP 1662 3900 408 Map Map NNP 1662 3900 409 references reference NNS 1662 3900 410 : : : 1662 3900 411 Central Central NNP 1662 3900 412 America America NNP 1662 3900 413 and and CC 1662 3900 414 the the DT 1662 3900 415 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 3900 416 Area Area NNP 1662 3900 417 : : : 1662 3900 418 total total NN 1662 3900 419 : : : 1662 3900 420 112,090 112,090 CD 1662 3900 421 sq sq NNP 1662 3900 422 km km NNP 1662 3900 423 land land NN 1662 3900 424 : : : 1662 3900 425 111,890 111,890 CD 1662 3900 426 sq sq NN 1662 3900 427 km km NNP 1662 3900 428 water water NN 1662 3900 429 : : : 1662 3900 430 200 200 CD 1662 3900 431 sq sq IN 1662 3900 432 km km NNP 1662 3900 433 Area Area NNP 1662 3900 434 - - HYPH 1662 3900 435 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3900 436 : : : 1662 3900 437 slightly slightly RB 1662 3900 438 larger large JJR 1662 3900 439 than than IN 1662 3900 440 Tennessee Tennessee NNP 1662 3900 441 Land Land NNP 1662 3900 442 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3900 443 : : : 1662 3900 444 total total NN 1662 3900 445 : : : 1662 3900 446 1,520 1,520 CD 1662 3900 447 km km NN 1662 3900 448 border border NN 1662 3900 449 countries country NNS 1662 3900 450 : : : 1662 3900 451 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 3900 452 256 256 CD 1662 3900 453 km km NN 1662 3900 454 , , , 1662 3900 455 El El NNP 1662 3900 456 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 3900 457 342 342 CD 1662 3900 458 km km NNS 1662 3900 459 , , , 1662 3900 460 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 3900 461 922 922 CD 1662 3900 462 km km NN 1662 3900 463 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3900 464 : : : 1662 3900 465 820 820 CD 1662 3900 466 km km NN 1662 3900 467 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3900 468 claims claim VBZ 1662 3900 469 : : : 1662 3900 470 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 3900 471 zone zone NN 1662 3900 472 : : : 1662 3900 473 24 24 CD 1662 3900 474 nm nm NNP 1662 3900 475 continental continental NNP 1662 3900 476 shelf shelf NNP 1662 3900 477 : : : 1662 3900 478 natural natural JJ 1662 3900 479 extension extension NN 1662 3900 480 of of IN 1662 3900 481 territory territory NN 1662 3900 482 or or CC 1662 3900 483 to to IN 1662 3900 484 200 200 CD 1662 3900 485 nm nm CC 1662 3900 486 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3900 487 economic economic JJ 1662 3900 488 zone zone NN 1662 3900 489 : : : 1662 3900 490 200 200 CD 1662 3900 491 nm nm CD 1662 3900 492 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3900 493 sea sea NN 1662 3900 494 : : : 1662 3900 495 12 12 CD 1662 3900 496 nm nm NNP 1662 3900 497 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3900 498 : : : 1662 3900 499 subtropical subtropical JJ 1662 3900 500 in in IN 1662 3900 501 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 3900 502 , , , 1662 3900 503 temperate temperate VBP 1662 3900 504 in in IN 1662 3900 505 mountains mountain NNS 1662 3900 506 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3900 507 : : : 1662 3900 508 mostly mostly RB 1662 3900 509 mountains mountain NNS 1662 3900 510 in in IN 1662 3900 511 interior interior JJ 1662 3900 512 , , , 1662 3900 513 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3900 514 coastal coastal JJ 1662 3900 515 plains plain NNS 1662 3900 516 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3900 517 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3900 518 : : : 1662 3900 519 lowest low JJS 1662 3900 520 point point NN 1662 3900 521 : : : 1662 3900 522 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 3900 523 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3900 524 0 0 NFP 1662 3900 525 m m DT 1662 3900 526 highest high JJS 1662 3900 527 point point NN 1662 3900 528 : : : 1662 3900 529 Cerro Cerro NNP 1662 3900 530 Las Las NNP 1662 3900 531 Minas Minas NNP 1662 3900 532 2,870 2,870 CD 1662 3900 533 m m NNP 1662 3900 534 Natural natural JJ 1662 3900 535 resources resource NNS 1662 3900 536 : : : 1662 3900 537 timber timber NN 1662 3900 538 , , , 1662 3900 539 gold gold NN 1662 3900 540 , , , 1662 3900 541 silver silver NN 1662 3900 542 , , , 1662 3900 543 copper copper NN 1662 3900 544 , , , 1662 3900 545 lead lead NN 1662 3900 546 , , , 1662 3900 547 zinc zinc NN 1662 3900 548 , , , 1662 3900 549 iron iron NN 1662 3900 550 ore ore NN 1662 3900 551 , , , 1662 3900 552 antimony antimony NN 1662 3900 553 , , , 1662 3900 554 coal coal NN 1662 3900 555 , , , 1662 3900 556 fish fish NN 1662 3900 557 Land land NN 1662 3900 558 use use NN 1662 3900 559 : : : 1662 3900 560 arable arable JJ 1662 3900 561 land land NN 1662 3900 562 : : : 1662 3900 563 15 15 CD 1662 3900 564 % % NN 1662 3900 565 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3900 566 crops crop NNS 1662 3900 567 : : : 1662 3900 568 3 3 CD 1662 3900 569 % % NN 1662 3900 570 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3900 571 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3900 572 : : : 1662 3900 573 14 14 CD 1662 3900 574 % % NN 1662 3900 575 forests forest NNS 1662 3900 576 and and CC 1662 3900 577 woodland woodland NN 1662 3900 578 : : : 1662 3900 579 54 54 CD 1662 3900 580 % % NN 1662 3900 581 other other JJ 1662 3900 582 : : : 1662 3900 583 14 14 CD 1662 3900 584 % % NN 1662 3900 585 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3900 586 1993 1993 CD 1662 3900 587 est est NNP 1662 3900 588 . . . 1662 3900 589 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3901 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3901 2 land land NN 1662 3901 3 : : : 1662 3901 4 740 740 CD 1662 3901 5 sq sq NNP 1662 3901 6 km km NNP 1662 3901 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3901 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 3901 9 est est NNP 1662 3901 10 . . . 1662 3901 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3902 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 3902 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3902 3 : : : 1662 3902 4 frequent frequent JJ 1662 3902 5 , , , 1662 3902 6 but but CC 1662 3902 7 generally generally RB 1662 3902 8 mild mild JJ 1662 3902 9 , , , 1662 3902 10 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 3902 11 ; ; , 1662 3902 12 damaging damage VBG 1662 3902 13 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 3902 14 and and CC 1662 3902 15 floods flood NNS 1662 3902 16 along along IN 1662 3902 17 Caribbean caribbean JJ 1662 3902 18 coast coast NN 1662 3902 19 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3902 20 - - HYPH 1662 3902 21 current current JJ 1662 3902 22 issues issue NNS 1662 3902 23 : : : 1662 3902 24 urban urban JJ 1662 3902 25 population population NN 1662 3902 26 expanding expand VBG 1662 3902 27 ; ; : 1662 3902 28 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 3902 29 results result NNS 1662 3902 30 from from IN 1662 3902 31 logging log VBG 1662 3902 32 and and CC 1662 3902 33 the the DT 1662 3902 34 clearing clearing NN 1662 3902 35 of of IN 1662 3902 36 land land NN 1662 3902 37 for for IN 1662 3902 38 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 3902 39 purposes purpose NNS 1662 3902 40 ; ; : 1662 3902 41 further further JJ 1662 3902 42 land land NN 1662 3902 43 degradation degradation NN 1662 3902 44 and and CC 1662 3902 45 soil soil NN 1662 3902 46 erosion erosion NN 1662 3902 47 hastened hasten VBN 1662 3902 48 by by IN 1662 3902 49 uncontrolled uncontrolled JJ 1662 3902 50 development development NN 1662 3902 51 and and CC 1662 3902 52 improper improper JJ 1662 3902 53 land land NN 1662 3902 54 use use NN 1662 3902 55 practices practice NNS 1662 3902 56 such such JJ 1662 3902 57 as as IN 1662 3902 58 farming farming NN 1662 3902 59 of of IN 1662 3902 60 marginal marginal JJ 1662 3902 61 lands land NNS 1662 3902 62 ; ; : 1662 3902 63 mining mining NN 1662 3902 64 activities activity NNS 1662 3902 65 polluting pollute VBG 1662 3902 66 Lago Lago NNP 1662 3902 67 de de FW 1662 3902 68 Yojoa Yojoa NNP 1662 3902 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3902 70 the the DT 1662 3902 71 country country NN 1662 3902 72 's 's POS 1662 3902 73 largest large JJS 1662 3902 74 source source NN 1662 3902 75 of of IN 1662 3902 76 freshwater freshwater NN 1662 3902 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3902 78 with with IN 1662 3902 79 heavy heavy JJ 1662 3902 80 metals metal NNS 1662 3902 81 as as RB 1662 3902 82 well well RB 1662 3902 83 as as IN 1662 3902 84 several several JJ 1662 3902 85 rivers river NNS 1662 3902 86 and and CC 1662 3902 87 streams stream VBZ 1662 3902 88 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3902 89 - - HYPH 1662 3902 90 international international JJ 1662 3902 91 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3902 92 : : : 1662 3902 93 party party NN 1662 3902 94 to to TO 1662 3902 95 : : : 1662 3902 96 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 3902 97 , , , 1662 3902 98 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3902 99 Change Change NNP 1662 3902 100 , , , 1662 3902 101 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 3902 102 Species Species NNPS 1662 3902 103 , , , 1662 3902 104 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 3902 105 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 3902 106 , , , 1662 3902 107 Law Law NNP 1662 3902 108 of of IN 1662 3902 109 the the DT 1662 3902 110 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3902 111 , , , 1662 3902 112 Marine Marine NNP 1662 3902 113 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 3902 114 , , , 1662 3902 115 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 3902 116 Test Test NNP 1662 3902 117 Ban Ban NNP 1662 3902 118 , , , 1662 3902 119 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 3902 120 Layer Layer NNP 1662 3902 121 Protection Protection NNP 1662 3902 122 , , , 1662 3902 123 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 3902 124 Timber Timber NNP 1662 3902 125 83 83 CD 1662 3902 126 , , , 1662 3902 127 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 3902 128 Timber Timber NNP 1662 3902 129 94 94 CD 1662 3902 130 , , , 1662 3902 131 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 3902 132 signed sign VBD 1662 3902 133 , , , 1662 3902 134 but but CC 1662 3902 135 not not RB 1662 3902 136 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3902 137 : : : 1662 3902 138 Desertification desertification NN 1662 3902 139 @Honduras @hondura NNS 1662 3902 140 : : : 1662 3902 141 People People NNPS 1662 3902 142 Population Population NNP 1662 3902 143 : : : 1662 3902 144 5,751,384 5,751,384 CD 1662 3902 145 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3902 146 July July NNP 1662 3902 147 1997 1997 CD 1662 3902 148 est est NNP 1662 3902 149 . . . 1662 3902 150 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3903 1 Age age NN 1662 3903 2 structure structure NN 1662 3903 3 : : : 1662 3903 4 0 0 CD 1662 3903 5 - - HYPH 1662 3903 6 14 14 CD 1662 3903 7 years year NNS 1662 3903 8 : : : 1662 3903 9 42 42 CD 1662 3903 10 % % NN 1662 3903 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3903 12 male male NN 1662 3903 13 1,237,549 1,237,549 CD 1662 3903 14 ; ; : 1662 3903 15 female female JJ 1662 3903 16 1,194,598 1,194,598 CD 1662 3903 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3903 18 15 15 CD 1662 3903 19 - - SYM 1662 3903 20 64 64 CD 1662 3903 21 years year NNS 1662 3903 22 : : : 1662 3903 23 54 54 CD 1662 3903 24 % % NN 1662 3903 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3903 26 male male JJ 1662 3903 27 1,549,400 1,549,400 CD 1662 3903 28 ; ; , 1662 3903 29 female female JJ 1662 3903 30 1,574,075 1,574,075 CD 1662 3903 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3903 32 65 65 CD 1662 3903 33 years year NNS 1662 3903 34 and and CC 1662 3903 35 over over IN 1662 3903 36 : : : 1662 3903 37 4 4 CD 1662 3903 38 % % NN 1662 3903 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3903 40 male male NN 1662 3903 41 93,695 93,695 CD 1662 3903 42 ; ; : 1662 3903 43 female female JJ 1662 3903 44 102,067 102,067 CD 1662 3903 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3903 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3903 47 July July NNP 1662 3903 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3903 49 est est NNP 1662 3903 50 . . . 1662 3903 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3904 1 Population population NN 1662 3904 2 growth growth NN 1662 3904 3 rate rate NN 1662 3904 4 : : : 1662 3904 5 2.55 2.55 CD 1662 3904 6 % % NN 1662 3904 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3904 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3904 9 est est NNP 1662 3904 10 . . . 1662 3904 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3905 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3905 2 rate rate NN 1662 3905 3 : : : 1662 3905 4 32.63 32.63 CD 1662 3905 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 3905 6 population population NN 1662 3905 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3905 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3905 9 est est NNP 1662 3905 10 . . . 1662 3905 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3906 1 Death death NN 1662 3906 2 rate rate NN 1662 3906 3 : : : 1662 3906 4 5.66 5.66 CD 1662 3906 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3906 6 population population NN 1662 3906 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3906 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3906 9 est est NNP 1662 3906 10 . . . 1662 3906 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3907 1 Net net JJ 1662 3907 2 migration migration NN 1662 3907 3 rate rate NN 1662 3907 4 : : : 1662 3907 5 -1.5 -1.5 NFP 1662 3907 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 FW 1662 3907 7 population population NN 1662 3907 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3907 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3907 10 est est NNP 1662 3907 11 . . . 1662 3907 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3908 1 Sex sex NN 1662 3908 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 3908 3 : : : 1662 3908 4 at at IN 1662 3908 5 birth birth NN 1662 3908 6 : : : 1662 3908 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 3908 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3908 9 under under IN 1662 3908 10 15 15 CD 1662 3908 11 years year NNS 1662 3908 12 : : : 1662 3908 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 3908 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3908 15 15 15 CD 1662 3908 16 - - HYPH 1662 3908 17 64 64 CD 1662 3908 18 years year NNS 1662 3908 19 : : : 1662 3908 20 0.98 0.98 CD 1662 3908 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3908 22 65 65 CD 1662 3908 23 years year NNS 1662 3908 24 and and CC 1662 3908 25 over over IN 1662 3908 26 : : : 1662 3908 27 0.92 0.92 CD 1662 3908 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 3908 29 total total JJ 1662 3908 30 population population NN 1662 3908 31 : : : 1662 3908 32 1 1 CD 1662 3908 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3908 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3908 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 3908 36 est e JJS 1662 3908 37 . . . 1662 3908 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3909 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3909 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3909 3 rate rate NN 1662 3909 4 : : : 1662 3909 5 40.2 40.2 CD 1662 3909 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3909 7 live live JJ 1662 3909 8 births birth NNS 1662 3909 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3909 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3909 11 est est NNP 1662 3909 12 . . . 1662 3909 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3910 1 Life life NN 1662 3910 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3910 3 at at IN 1662 3910 4 birth birth NN 1662 3910 5 : : : 1662 3910 6 total total JJ 1662 3910 7 population population NN 1662 3910 8 : : : 1662 3910 9 68.81 68.81 CD 1662 3910 10 years year NNS 1662 3910 11 male male JJ 1662 3910 12 : : : 1662 3910 13 66.38 66.38 CD 1662 3910 14 years year NNS 1662 3910 15 female female JJ 1662 3910 16 : : : 1662 3910 17 71.37 71.37 CD 1662 3910 18 years year NNS 1662 3910 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3910 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3910 21 est est NNP 1662 3910 22 . . . 1662 3910 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3911 1 Total total JJ 1662 3911 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3911 3 rate rate NN 1662 3911 4 : : : 1662 3911 5 4.26 4.26 CD 1662 3911 6 children child NNS 1662 3911 7 born bear VBN 1662 3911 8 / / SYM 1662 3911 9 woman woman NN 1662 3911 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3911 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3911 12 est est NNP 1662 3911 13 . . . 1662 3911 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3912 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3912 2 : : : 1662 3912 3 noun noun NNP 1662 3912 4 : : : 1662 3912 5 Honduran(s Honduran(s NNP 1662 3912 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3912 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 3912 8 : : : 1662 3912 9 Honduran honduran JJ 1662 3912 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3912 11 groups group NNS 1662 3912 12 : : : 1662 3912 13 mestizo mestizo NNP 1662 3912 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3912 15 mixed mixed JJ 1662 3912 16 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 3912 17 and and CC 1662 3912 18 European european JJ 1662 3912 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3912 20 90 90 CD 1662 3912 21 % % NN 1662 3912 22 , , , 1662 3912 23 Amerindian Amerindian NNP 1662 3912 24 7 7 CD 1662 3912 25 % % NN 1662 3912 26 , , , 1662 3912 27 black black JJ 1662 3912 28 2 2 CD 1662 3912 29 % % NN 1662 3912 30 , , , 1662 3912 31 white white JJ 1662 3912 32 1 1 CD 1662 3912 33 % % NN 1662 3912 34 Religions religion NNS 1662 3912 35 : : : 1662 3912 36 Roman Roman NNP 1662 3912 37 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 3912 38 97 97 CD 1662 3912 39 % % NN 1662 3912 40 , , , 1662 3912 41 Protestant protestant JJ 1662 3912 42 minority minority NN 1662 3912 43 Languages language NNS 1662 3912 44 : : : 1662 3912 45 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 3912 46 , , , 1662 3912 47 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 3912 48 dialects dialect VBZ 1662 3912 49 Literacy literacy NN 1662 3912 50 : : : 1662 3912 51 definition definition NN 1662 3912 52 : : : 1662 3912 53 age age NN 1662 3912 54 15 15 CD 1662 3912 55 and and CC 1662 3912 56 over over RB 1662 3912 57 can can MD 1662 3912 58 read read VB 1662 3912 59 and and CC 1662 3912 60 write write VB 1662 3912 61 total total JJ 1662 3912 62 population population NN 1662 3912 63 : : : 1662 3912 64 72.7 72.7 CD 1662 3912 65 % % NN 1662 3912 66 male male NN 1662 3912 67 : : : 1662 3912 68 72.6 72.6 CD 1662 3912 69 % % NN 1662 3912 70 female female NN 1662 3912 71 : : : 1662 3912 72 72.7 72.7 CD 1662 3912 73 % % NN 1662 3912 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3912 75 1995 1995 CD 1662 3912 76 est est NNP 1662 3912 77 . . . 1662 3912 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3913 1 @Honduras @honduras LS 1662 3913 2 : : : 1662 3913 3 Government Government NNP 1662 3913 4 Country Country NNP 1662 3913 5 name name NN 1662 3913 6 : : : 1662 3913 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3913 8 long long JJ 1662 3913 9 form form NN 1662 3913 10 : : : 1662 3913 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3913 12 of of IN 1662 3913 13 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 3913 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3913 15 short short JJ 1662 3913 16 form form NN 1662 3913 17 : : : 1662 3913 18 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 3913 19 local local JJ 1662 3913 20 long long JJ 1662 3913 21 form form NN 1662 3913 22 : : : 1662 3913 23 Republica Republica NNP 1662 3913 24 de de FW 1662 3913 25 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 3913 26 local local JJ 1662 3913 27 short short JJ 1662 3913 28 form form NN 1662 3913 29 : : : 1662 3913 30 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 3913 31 Data Data NNP 1662 3913 32 code code NN 1662 3913 33 : : : 1662 3913 34 HO HO NNP 1662 3913 35 Government Government NNP 1662 3913 36 type type NN 1662 3913 37 : : : 1662 3913 38 republic republic NNP 1662 3913 39 National national JJ 1662 3913 40 capital capital NN 1662 3913 41 : : : 1662 3913 42 Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa NNP 1662 3913 43 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 3913 44 divisions division NNS 1662 3913 45 : : : 1662 3913 46 18 18 CD 1662 3913 47 departments department NNS 1662 3913 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3913 49 departamentos departamento NNS 1662 3913 50 , , , 1662 3913 51 singular singular NNP 1662 3913 52 - - HYPH 1662 3913 53 departamento departamento NNP 1662 3913 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3913 55 plus plus CC 1662 3913 56 probable probable JJ 1662 3913 57 Central Central NNP 1662 3913 58 District District NNP 1662 3913 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3913 60 Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa NNP 1662 3913 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3913 62 ; ; : 1662 3913 63 Atlantida Atlantida NNP 1662 3913 64 , , , 1662 3913 65 Choluteca Choluteca NNP 1662 3913 66 , , , 1662 3913 67 Colon Colon NNP 1662 3913 68 , , , 1662 3913 69 Comayagua Comayagua NNP 1662 3913 70 , , , 1662 3913 71 Copan Copan NNP 1662 3913 72 , , , 1662 3913 73 Cortes Cortes NNP 1662 3913 74 , , , 1662 3913 75 El El NNP 1662 3913 76 Paraiso Paraiso NNP 1662 3913 77 , , , 1662 3913 78 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 3913 79 Morazan Morazan NNP 1662 3913 80 , , , 1662 3913 81 Gracias gracia VBZ 1662 3913 82 a a DT 1662 3913 83 Dios Dios NNP 1662 3913 84 , , , 1662 3913 85 Intibuca Intibuca NNP 1662 3913 86 , , , 1662 3913 87 Islas Islas NNP 1662 3913 88 de de IN 1662 3913 89 la la NNP 1662 3913 90 Bahia Bahia NNP 1662 3913 91 , , , 1662 3913 92 La La NNP 1662 3913 93 Paz Paz NNP 1662 3913 94 , , , 1662 3913 95 Lempira Lempira NNP 1662 3913 96 , , , 1662 3913 97 Ocotepeque Ocotepeque NNP 1662 3913 98 , , , 1662 3913 99 Olancho Olancho NNP 1662 3913 100 , , , 1662 3913 101 Santa Santa NNP 1662 3913 102 Barbara Barbara NNP 1662 3913 103 , , , 1662 3913 104 Valle Valle NNP 1662 3913 105 , , , 1662 3913 106 Yoro Yoro NNP 1662 3913 107 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3913 108 : : : 1662 3913 109 15 15 CD 1662 3913 110 September September NNP 1662 3913 111 1821 1821 CD 1662 3913 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3913 113 from from IN 1662 3913 114 Spain Spain NNP 1662 3913 115 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3913 116 National national JJ 1662 3913 117 holiday holiday NN 1662 3913 118 : : : 1662 3913 119 Independence Independence NNP 1662 3913 120 Day Day NNP 1662 3913 121 , , , 1662 3913 122 15 15 CD 1662 3913 123 September September NNP 1662 3913 124 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3913 125 1821 1821 CD 1662 3913 126 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3913 127 Constitution constitution NN 1662 3913 128 : : : 1662 3913 129 11 11 CD 1662 3913 130 January January NNP 1662 3913 131 1982 1982 CD 1662 3913 132 , , , 1662 3913 133 effective effective JJ 1662 3913 134 20 20 CD 1662 3913 135 January January NNP 1662 3913 136 1982 1982 CD 1662 3913 137 Legal legal JJ 1662 3913 138 system system NN 1662 3913 139 : : : 1662 3913 140 rooted root VBN 1662 3913 141 in in IN 1662 3913 142 Roman roman JJ 1662 3913 143 and and CC 1662 3913 144 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 3913 145 civil civil JJ 1662 3913 146 law law NN 1662 3913 147 ; ; : 1662 3913 148 some some DT 1662 3913 149 influence influence NN 1662 3913 150 of of IN 1662 3913 151 English english JJ 1662 3913 152 common common JJ 1662 3913 153 law law NN 1662 3913 154 ; ; : 1662 3913 155 accepts accept VBZ 1662 3913 156 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 3913 157 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 3913 158 , , , 1662 3913 159 with with IN 1662 3913 160 reservations reservation NNS 1662 3913 161 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 3913 162 : : : 1662 3913 163 18 18 CD 1662 3913 164 years year NNS 1662 3913 165 of of IN 1662 3913 166 age age NN 1662 3913 167 ; ; : 1662 3913 168 universal universal JJ 1662 3913 169 and and CC 1662 3913 170 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 3913 171 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3913 172 branch branch NN 1662 3913 173 : : : 1662 3913 174 chief chief NN 1662 3913 175 of of IN 1662 3913 176 state state NN 1662 3913 177 : : : 1662 3913 178 President President NNP 1662 3913 179 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 3913 180 Roberto Roberto NNP 1662 3913 181 REINA REINA NNP 1662 3913 182 Idiaquez Idiaquez NNP 1662 3913 183 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3913 184 since since IN 1662 3913 185 27 27 CD 1662 3913 186 January January NNP 1662 3913 187 1994 1994 CD 1662 3913 188 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3913 189 ; ; : 1662 3913 190 First First NNP 1662 3913 191 Vice Vice NNP 1662 3913 192 President President NNP 1662 3913 193 General General NNP 1662 3913 194 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3913 195 Ret Ret NNP 1662 3913 196 . . . 1662 3913 197 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3914 1 Walter Walter NNP 1662 3914 2 LOPEZ LOPEZ NNP 1662 3914 3 ; ; : 1662 3914 4 Second Second NNP 1662 3914 5 Vice Vice NNP 1662 3914 6 President President NNP 1662 3914 7 Juan Juan NNP 1662 3914 8 DE DE NNP 1662 3914 9 LA LA NNP 1662 3914 10 CRUZ CRUZ NNP 1662 3914 11 Avelar avelar JJ 1662 3914 12 ; ; : 1662 3914 13 Third Third NNP 1662 3914 14 Vice Vice NNP 1662 3914 15 President President NNP 1662 3914 16 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe NNP 1662 3914 17 JEREZANO JEREZANO NNP 1662 3914 18 ; ; : 1662 3914 19 note note VB 1662 3914 20 - - : 1662 3914 21 the the DT 1662 3914 22 president president NN 1662 3914 23 is be VBZ 1662 3914 24 both both CC 1662 3914 25 the the DT 1662 3914 26 chief chief NN 1662 3914 27 of of IN 1662 3914 28 state state NN 1662 3914 29 and and CC 1662 3914 30 head head NN 1662 3914 31 of of IN 1662 3914 32 government government NN 1662 3914 33 head head NN 1662 3914 34 of of IN 1662 3914 35 government government NN 1662 3914 36 : : : 1662 3914 37 President President NNP 1662 3914 38 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 3914 39 Roberto Roberto NNP 1662 3914 40 REINA REINA NNP 1662 3914 41 Idiaquez Idiaquez NNP 1662 3914 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3914 43 since since IN 1662 3914 44 27 27 CD 1662 3914 45 January January NNP 1662 3914 46 1994 1994 CD 1662 3914 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3914 48 First First NNP 1662 3914 49 Vice Vice NNP 1662 3914 50 President President NNP 1662 3914 51 General General NNP 1662 3914 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3914 53 Ret Ret NNP 1662 3914 54 . . . 1662 3914 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 1 Walter Walter NNP 1662 3915 2 LOPEZ LOPEZ NNP 1662 3915 3 ; ; : 1662 3915 4 Second Second NNP 1662 3915 5 Vice Vice NNP 1662 3915 6 President President NNP 1662 3915 7 Juan Juan NNP 1662 3915 8 DE DE NNP 1662 3915 9 LA LA NNP 1662 3915 10 CRUZ CRUZ NNP 1662 3915 11 Avelar avelar JJ 1662 3915 12 ; ; : 1662 3915 13 Third Third NNP 1662 3915 14 Vice Vice NNP 1662 3915 15 President President NNP 1662 3915 16 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe NNP 1662 3915 17 JEREZANO JEREZANO NNP 1662 3915 18 ; ; : 1662 3915 19 note note VB 1662 3915 20 - - : 1662 3915 21 the the DT 1662 3915 22 president president NN 1662 3915 23 is be VBZ 1662 3915 24 both both CC 1662 3915 25 the the DT 1662 3915 26 chief chief NN 1662 3915 27 of of IN 1662 3915 28 state state NN 1662 3915 29 and and CC 1662 3915 30 head head NN 1662 3915 31 of of IN 1662 3915 32 government government NN 1662 3915 33 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3915 34 : : : 1662 3915 35 Cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3915 36 elections election NNS 1662 3915 37 : : : 1662 3915 38 president president NN 1662 3915 39 elected elect VBN 1662 3915 40 by by IN 1662 3915 41 popular popular JJ 1662 3915 42 vote vote NN 1662 3915 43 for for IN 1662 3915 44 a a DT 1662 3915 45 four four CD 1662 3915 46 - - HYPH 1662 3915 47 year year NN 1662 3915 48 term term NN 1662 3915 49 ; ; : 1662 3915 50 election election NN 1662 3915 51 last last JJ 1662 3915 52 held hold VBD 1662 3915 53 28 28 CD 1662 3915 54 November November NNP 1662 3915 55 1993 1993 CD 1662 3915 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 57 next next JJ 1662 3915 58 to to TO 1662 3915 59 be be VB 1662 3915 60 held hold VBN 1662 3915 61 NA NA NNP 1662 3915 62 November November NNP 1662 3915 63 1997 1997 CD 1662 3915 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 65 election election NN 1662 3915 66 results result NNS 1662 3915 67 : : : 1662 3915 68 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 3915 69 Roberto Roberto NNP 1662 3915 70 REINA REINA NNP 1662 3915 71 Idiaquez Idiaquez NNP 1662 3915 72 elected elect VBD 1662 3915 73 president president NN 1662 3915 74 ; ; , 1662 3915 75 percent percent NN 1662 3915 76 of of IN 1662 3915 77 vote vote NN 1662 3915 78 - - HYPH 1662 3915 79 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 3915 80 Roberto Roberto NNP 1662 3915 81 REINA REINA NNP 1662 3915 82 Idiaquez Idiaquez NNP 1662 3915 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 84 PLH PLH NNP 1662 3915 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 86 53 53 CD 1662 3915 87 % % NN 1662 3915 88 , , , 1662 3915 89 Oswaldo Oswaldo NNP 1662 3915 90 RAMOS RAMOS NNP 1662 3915 91 Soto Soto NNP 1662 3915 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 93 PNH PNH NNP 1662 3915 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 95 41 41 CD 1662 3915 96 % % NN 1662 3915 97 , , , 1662 3915 98 other other JJ 1662 3915 99 6 6 CD 1662 3915 100 % % NN 1662 3915 101 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 3915 102 branch branch NN 1662 3915 103 : : : 1662 3915 104 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 3915 105 National National NNP 1662 3915 106 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3915 107 or or CC 1662 3915 108 Asamblea Asamblea NNP 1662 3915 109 Nacional Nacional NNP 1662 3915 110 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 111 128 128 CD 1662 3915 112 seats seat NNS 1662 3915 113 ; ; : 1662 3915 114 members member NNS 1662 3915 115 are be VBP 1662 3915 116 elected elect VBN 1662 3915 117 by by IN 1662 3915 118 popular popular JJ 1662 3915 119 vote vote NN 1662 3915 120 to to TO 1662 3915 121 serve serve VB 1662 3915 122 four four CD 1662 3915 123 - - HYPH 1662 3915 124 year year NN 1662 3915 125 terms term NNS 1662 3915 126 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 127 elections election NNS 1662 3915 128 : : : 1662 3915 129 last last RB 1662 3915 130 held hold VBN 1662 3915 131 on on IN 1662 3915 132 27 27 CD 1662 3915 133 November November NNP 1662 3915 134 1993 1993 CD 1662 3915 135 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 136 next next JJ 1662 3915 137 to to TO 1662 3915 138 be be VB 1662 3915 139 held hold VBN 1662 3915 140 November November NNP 1662 3915 141 1997 1997 CD 1662 3915 142 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 143 election election NN 1662 3915 144 results result NNS 1662 3915 145 : : : 1662 3915 146 percent percent NN 1662 3915 147 of of IN 1662 3915 148 vote vote NN 1662 3915 149 by by IN 1662 3915 150 party party NNP 1662 3915 151 - - HYPH 1662 3915 152 PNH PNH NNP 1662 3915 153 53 53 CD 1662 3915 154 % % NN 1662 3915 155 , , , 1662 3915 156 PLH PLH NNP 1662 3915 157 41 41 CD 1662 3915 158 % % NN 1662 3915 159 , , , 1662 3915 160 PDCH PDCH NNP 1662 3915 161 1.0 1.0 CD 1662 3915 162 % % NN 1662 3915 163 , , , 1662 3915 164 PINU PINU NNP 1662 3915 165 - - HYPH 1662 3915 166 SD SD NNP 1662 3915 167 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 3915 168 % % NN 1662 3915 169 , , , 1662 3915 170 other other JJ 1662 3915 171 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 3915 172 % % NN 1662 3915 173 ; ; , 1662 3915 174 seats seat NNS 1662 3915 175 by by IN 1662 3915 176 party party NNP 1662 3915 177 - - HYPH 1662 3915 178 PLH PLH NNP 1662 3915 179 71 71 CD 1662 3915 180 , , , 1662 3915 181 PNH PNH NNP 1662 3915 182 55 55 CD 1662 3915 183 , , , 1662 3915 184 PINU PINU NNP 1662 3915 185 - - HYPH 1662 3915 186 SD SD NNP 1662 3915 187 2 2 CD 1662 3915 188 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 3915 189 branch branch NN 1662 3915 190 : : : 1662 3915 191 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 3915 192 Court Court NNP 1662 3915 193 of of IN 1662 3915 194 Justice Justice NNP 1662 3915 195 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 196 Corte Corte NNP 1662 3915 197 Suprema Suprema NNP 1662 3915 198 de de NNP 1662 3915 199 Justica Justica NNP 1662 3915 200 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 201 , , , 1662 3915 202 judges judge NNS 1662 3915 203 are be VBP 1662 3915 204 elected elect VBN 1662 3915 205 for for IN 1662 3915 206 four four CD 1662 3915 207 - - HYPH 1662 3915 208 year year NN 1662 3915 209 terms term NNS 1662 3915 210 by by IN 1662 3915 211 the the DT 1662 3915 212 National National NNP 1662 3915 213 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3915 214 Political political JJ 1662 3915 215 parties party NNS 1662 3915 216 and and CC 1662 3915 217 leaders leader NNS 1662 3915 218 : : : 1662 3915 219 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 3915 220 Party Party NNP 1662 3915 221 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 222 PLH PLH NNP 1662 3915 223 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 224 , , , 1662 3915 225 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 3915 226 FLORES FLORES NNP 1662 3915 227 Facusse Facusse NNP 1662 3915 228 , , , 1662 3915 229 president president NN 1662 3915 230 ; ; : 1662 3915 231 National National NNP 1662 3915 232 Party Party NNP 1662 3915 233 of of IN 1662 3915 234 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 3915 235 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 236 PNH PNH NNP 1662 3915 237 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 238 , , , 1662 3915 239 Oswaldo Oswaldo NNP 1662 3915 240 RAMOS RAMOS NNP 1662 3915 241 Soto Soto NNP 1662 3915 242 , , , 1662 3915 243 president president NN 1662 3915 244 ; ; : 1662 3915 245 National National NNP 1662 3915 246 Innovation Innovation NNP 1662 3915 247 and and CC 1662 3915 248 Unity Unity NNP 1662 3915 249 Party Party NNP 1662 3915 250 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 251 PINU PINU NNP 1662 3915 252 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 253 , , , 1662 3915 254 Olban olban JJ 1662 3915 255 VALLADARES VALLADARES NNP 1662 3915 256 , , , 1662 3915 257 president president NN 1662 3915 258 ; ; : 1662 3915 259 Christian Christian NNP 1662 3915 260 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3915 261 Party Party NNP 1662 3915 262 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 263 PDCH PDCH NNP 1662 3915 264 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 265 , , , 1662 3915 266 Efrain Efrain NNP 1662 3915 267 DIAZ DIAZ NNP 1662 3915 268 Arrivillaga Arrivillaga NNP 1662 3915 269 , , , 1662 3915 270 president president NN 1662 3915 271 Political political JJ 1662 3915 272 pressure pressure NN 1662 3915 273 groups group NNS 1662 3915 274 and and CC 1662 3915 275 leaders leader NNS 1662 3915 276 : : : 1662 3915 277 National National NNP 1662 3915 278 Association Association NNP 1662 3915 279 of of IN 1662 3915 280 Honduran Honduran NNP 1662 3915 281 Campesinos Campesinos NNP 1662 3915 282 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 283 ANACH ANACH NNP 1662 3915 284 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 285 ; ; : 1662 3915 286 Honduran Honduran NNP 1662 3915 287 Council Council NNP 1662 3915 288 of of IN 1662 3915 289 Private Private NNP 1662 3915 290 Enterprise Enterprise NNP 1662 3915 291 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 292 COHEP COHEP NNP 1662 3915 293 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 294 ; ; : 1662 3915 295 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 3915 296 of of IN 1662 3915 297 Honduran Honduran NNP 1662 3915 298 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 3915 299 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 300 CTH CTH NNP 1662 3915 301 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 302 ; ; : 1662 3915 303 National National NNP 1662 3915 304 Union Union NNP 1662 3915 305 of of IN 1662 3915 306 Campesinos Campesinos NNP 1662 3915 307 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 308 UNC UNC NNP 1662 3915 309 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 310 ; ; : 1662 3915 311 General General NNP 1662 3915 312 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 3915 313 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 3915 314 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 315 CGT CGT NNP 1662 3915 316 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 317 ; ; : 1662 3915 318 United United NNP 1662 3915 319 Federation Federation NNP 1662 3915 320 of of IN 1662 3915 321 Honduran Honduran NNP 1662 3915 322 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 3915 323 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 324 FUTH FUTH NNP 1662 3915 325 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 326 ; ; : 1662 3915 327 Committee Committee NNP 1662 3915 328 for for IN 1662 3915 329 the the DT 1662 3915 330 Defense Defense NNP 1662 3915 331 of of IN 1662 3915 332 Human Human NNP 1662 3915 333 Rights Rights NNPS 1662 3915 334 in in IN 1662 3915 335 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 3915 336 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 337 CODEH CODEH NNP 1662 3915 338 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 339 ; ; : 1662 3915 340 Coordinating Coordinating NNP 1662 3915 341 Committee Committee NNP 1662 3915 342 of of IN 1662 3915 343 Popular Popular NNP 1662 3915 344 Organizations Organizations NNP 1662 3915 345 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 346 CCOP CCOP NNP 1662 3915 347 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 348 International international JJ 1662 3915 349 organization organization NN 1662 3915 350 participation participation NN 1662 3915 351 : : : 1662 3915 352 BCIE BCIE NNP 1662 3915 353 , , , 1662 3915 354 CACM CACM NNP 1662 3915 355 , , , 1662 3915 356 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 3915 357 , , , 1662 3915 358 FAO FAO NNP 1662 3915 359 , , , 1662 3915 360 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 3915 361 , , , 1662 3915 362 IADB IADB NNP 1662 3915 363 , , , 1662 3915 364 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 3915 365 , , , 1662 3915 366 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 3915 367 , , , 1662 3915 368 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 3915 369 , , , 1662 3915 370 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 3915 371 , , , 1662 3915 372 IDA IDA NNP 1662 3915 373 , , , 1662 3915 374 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 3915 375 , , , 1662 3915 376 IFC IFC NNP 1662 3915 377 , , , 1662 3915 378 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 3915 379 , , , 1662 3915 380 ILO ILO NNP 1662 3915 381 , , , 1662 3915 382 IMF IMF NNP 1662 3915 383 , , , 1662 3915 384 IMO imo RB 1662 3915 385 , , , 1662 3915 386 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3915 387 , , , 1662 3915 388 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 3915 389 , , , 1662 3915 390 IOC IOC NNP 1662 3915 391 , , , 1662 3915 392 IOM IOM NNP 1662 3915 393 , , , 1662 3915 394 ITU ITU NNP 1662 3915 395 , , , 1662 3915 396 LAES LAES NNP 1662 3915 397 , , , 1662 3915 398 LAIA LAIA NNP 1662 3915 399 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 400 observer observer NN 1662 3915 401 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 402 , , , 1662 3915 403 MINURSO MINURSO NNP 1662 3915 404 , , , 1662 3915 405 NAM NAM NNP 1662 3915 406 , , , 1662 3915 407 OAS OAS NNP 1662 3915 408 , , , 1662 3915 409 OPANAL OPANAL NNP 1662 3915 410 , , , 1662 3915 411 PCA PCA NNP 1662 3915 412 , , , 1662 3915 413 UN UN NNP 1662 3915 414 , , , 1662 3915 415 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 3915 416 , , , 1662 3915 417 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 3915 418 , , , 1662 3915 419 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 3915 420 , , , 1662 3915 421 UNMIH UNMIH NNP 1662 3915 422 , , , 1662 3915 423 UPU UPU NNP 1662 3915 424 , , , 1662 3915 425 WCL WCL NNP 1662 3915 426 , , , 1662 3915 427 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 3915 428 , , , 1662 3915 429 WHO who WP 1662 3915 430 , , , 1662 3915 431 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 3915 432 , , , 1662 3915 433 WMO WMO NNP 1662 3915 434 , , , 1662 3915 435 WTrO wtro VB 1662 3915 436 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3915 437 representation representation NN 1662 3915 438 in in IN 1662 3915 439 the the DT 1662 3915 440 US US NNP 1662 3915 441 : : : 1662 3915 442 chief chief NN 1662 3915 443 of of IN 1662 3915 444 mission mission NN 1662 3915 445 : : : 1662 3915 446 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3915 447 Roberto Roberto NNP 1662 3915 448 FLORES FLORES NNP 1662 3915 449 Bermudez Bermudez NNP 1662 3915 450 chancery chancery NN 1662 3915 451 : : : 1662 3915 452 3007 3007 CD 1662 3915 453 Tilden Tilden NNP 1662 3915 454 Street Street NNP 1662 3915 455 NW NW NNP 1662 3915 456 , , , 1662 3915 457 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3915 458 , , , 1662 3915 459 DC DC NNP 1662 3915 460 20008 20008 CD 1662 3915 461 telephone telephone NN 1662 3915 462 : : : 1662 3915 463 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3915 464 1 1 CD 1662 3915 465 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3915 466 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 467 202 202 CD 1662 3915 468 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 469 966 966 CD 1662 3915 470 - - SYM 1662 3915 471 7702 7702 CD 1662 3915 472 , , , 1662 3915 473 2604 2604 CD 1662 3915 474 , , , 1662 3915 475 5008 5008 CD 1662 3915 476 , , , 1662 3915 477 4596 4596 CD 1662 3915 478 FAX FAX NNP 1662 3915 479 : : : 1662 3915 480 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3915 481 1 1 CD 1662 3915 482 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3915 483 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 484 202 202 CD 1662 3915 485 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 486 966 966 CD 1662 3915 487 - - HYPH 1662 3915 488 9751 9751 CD 1662 3915 489 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 3915 490 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 491 general general NN 1662 3915 492 : : : 1662 3915 493 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 3915 494 , , , 1662 3915 495 Houston Houston NNP 1662 3915 496 , , , 1662 3915 497 Los Los NNP 1662 3915 498 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 3915 499 , , , 1662 3915 500 Miami Miami NNP 1662 3915 501 , , , 1662 3915 502 New New NNP 1662 3915 503 Orleans Orleans NNP 1662 3915 504 , , , 1662 3915 505 New New NNP 1662 3915 506 York York NNP 1662 3915 507 , , , 1662 3915 508 San San NNP 1662 3915 509 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 3915 510 , , , 1662 3915 511 and and CC 1662 3915 512 San San NNP 1662 3915 513 Juan Juan NNP 1662 3915 514 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 515 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 3915 516 Rico Rico NNP 1662 3915 517 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 518 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 3915 519 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 520 : : : 1662 3915 521 Boston Boston NNP 1662 3915 522 , , , 1662 3915 523 Detroit Detroit NNP 1662 3915 524 , , , 1662 3915 525 and and CC 1662 3915 526 Jacksonville Jacksonville NNP 1662 3915 527 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3915 528 representation representation NN 1662 3915 529 from from IN 1662 3915 530 the the DT 1662 3915 531 US US NNP 1662 3915 532 : : : 1662 3915 533 chief chief NN 1662 3915 534 of of IN 1662 3915 535 mission mission NN 1662 3915 536 : : : 1662 3915 537 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3915 538 James James NNP 1662 3915 539 Francis Francis NNP 1662 3915 540 CREAGAN CREAGAN NNP 1662 3915 541 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3915 542 29 29 CD 1662 3915 543 July July NNP 1662 3915 544 1996 1996 CD 1662 3915 545 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3915 546 embassy embassy NN 1662 3915 547 : : : 1662 3915 548 Avenida Avenida NNP 1662 3915 549 La La NNP 1662 3915 550 Paz Paz NNP 1662 3915 551 , , , 1662 3915 552 Apartado Apartado NNP 1662 3915 553 Postal Postal NNP 1662 3915 554 No no NN 1662 3915 555 . . . 1662 3916 1 3453 3453 CD 1662 3916 2 , , , 1662 3916 3 Tegucigalpa tegucigalpa NN 1662 3916 4 mailing mail VBG 1662 3916 5 address address NN 1662 3916 6 : : : 1662 3916 7 American American NNP 1662 3916 8 Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 3916 9 , , , 1662 3916 10 APO APO NNP 1662 3916 11 AA AA NNP 1662 3916 12 34022 34022 CD 1662 3916 13 , , , 1662 3916 14 Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa NNP 1662 3916 15 telephone telephone NN 1662 3916 16 : : : 1662 3916 17 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3916 18 504 504 CD 1662 3916 19 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3916 20 36 36 CD 1662 3916 21 - - SYM 1662 3916 22 9320 9320 CD 1662 3916 23 , , , 1662 3916 24 38 38 CD 1662 3916 25 - - SYM 1662 3916 26 5114 5114 CD 1662 3916 27 FAX fax NN 1662 3916 28 : : : 1662 3916 29 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3916 30 504 504 CD 1662 3916 31 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3916 32 36 36 CD 1662 3916 33 - - SYM 1662 3916 34 9037 9037 CD 1662 3916 35 Flag flag NN 1662 3916 36 description description NN 1662 3916 37 : : : 1662 3916 38 three three CD 1662 3916 39 equal equal JJ 1662 3916 40 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 3916 41 bands band NNS 1662 3916 42 of of IN 1662 3916 43 blue blue JJ 1662 3916 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3916 45 top top NNP 1662 3916 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3916 47 , , , 1662 3916 48 white white JJ 1662 3916 49 , , , 1662 3916 50 and and CC 1662 3916 51 blue blue JJ 1662 3916 52 with with IN 1662 3916 53 five five CD 1662 3916 54 blue blue JJ 1662 3916 55 five five CD 1662 3916 56 - - HYPH 1662 3916 57 pointed point VBN 1662 3916 58 stars star NNS 1662 3916 59 arranged arrange VBN 1662 3916 60 in in IN 1662 3916 61 an an DT 1662 3916 62 X x NN 1662 3916 63 pattern pattern NN 1662 3916 64 centered center VBN 1662 3916 65 in in IN 1662 3916 66 the the DT 1662 3916 67 white white NNP 1662 3916 68 band band NN 1662 3916 69 ; ; : 1662 3916 70 the the DT 1662 3916 71 stars star NNS 1662 3916 72 represent represent VBP 1662 3916 73 the the DT 1662 3916 74 members member NNS 1662 3916 75 of of IN 1662 3916 76 the the DT 1662 3916 77 former former JJ 1662 3916 78 Federal Federal NNP 1662 3916 79 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3916 80 of of IN 1662 3916 81 Central Central NNP 1662 3916 82 America America NNP 1662 3916 83 - - HYPH 1662 3916 84 Costa Costa NNP 1662 3916 85 Rica Rica NNP 1662 3916 86 , , , 1662 3916 87 El El NNP 1662 3916 88 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 3916 89 , , , 1662 3916 90 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 3916 91 , , , 1662 3916 92 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 3916 93 , , , 1662 3916 94 and and CC 1662 3916 95 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 3916 96 ; ; : 1662 3916 97 similar similar JJ 1662 3916 98 to to IN 1662 3916 99 the the DT 1662 3916 100 flag flag NN 1662 3916 101 of of IN 1662 3916 102 El El NNP 1662 3916 103 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 3916 104 , , , 1662 3916 105 which which WDT 1662 3916 106 features feature VBZ 1662 3916 107 a a DT 1662 3916 108 round round JJ 1662 3916 109 emblem emblem NN 1662 3916 110 encircled encircle VBN 1662 3916 111 by by IN 1662 3916 112 the the DT 1662 3916 113 words word NNS 1662 3916 114 REPUBLICA REPUBLICA NNP 1662 3916 115 DE DE NNP 1662 3916 116 EL EL NNP 1662 3916 117 SALVADOR SALVADOR NNP 1662 3916 118 EN EN NNP 1662 3916 119 LA LA NNP 1662 3916 120 AMERICA AMERICA NNP 1662 3916 121 CENTRAL CENTRAL NNP 1662 3916 122 centered center VBD 1662 3916 123 in in IN 1662 3916 124 the the DT 1662 3916 125 white white JJ 1662 3916 126 band band NN 1662 3916 127 ; ; : 1662 3916 128 also also RB 1662 3916 129 similar similar JJ 1662 3916 130 to to IN 1662 3916 131 the the DT 1662 3916 132 flag flag NN 1662 3916 133 of of IN 1662 3916 134 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 3916 135 , , , 1662 3916 136 which which WDT 1662 3916 137 features feature VBZ 1662 3916 138 a a DT 1662 3916 139 triangle triangle NN 1662 3916 140 encircled encircle VBN 1662 3916 141 by by IN 1662 3916 142 the the DT 1662 3916 143 word word NN 1662 3916 144 REPUBLICA REPUBLICA NNP 1662 3916 145 DE DE NNP 1662 3916 146 NICARAGUA NICARAGUA NNP 1662 3916 147 on on IN 1662 3916 148 top top JJ 1662 3916 149 and and CC 1662 3916 150 AMERICA america JJ 1662 3916 151 CENTRAL CENTRAL NNP 1662 3916 152 on on IN 1662 3916 153 the the DT 1662 3916 154 bottom bottom NN 1662 3916 155 , , , 1662 3916 156 centered center VBN 1662 3916 157 in in IN 1662 3916 158 the the DT 1662 3916 159 white white NNP 1662 3916 160 band band NNP 1662 3916 161 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3916 162 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3916 163 - - HYPH 1662 3916 164 overview overview NN 1662 3916 165 : : : 1662 3916 166 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 3916 167 is be VBZ 1662 3916 168 one one CD 1662 3916 169 of of IN 1662 3916 170 the the DT 1662 3916 171 poorest poor JJS 1662 3916 172 countries country NNS 1662 3916 173 in in IN 1662 3916 174 the the DT 1662 3916 175 Western Western NNP 1662 3916 176 Hemisphere Hemisphere NNP 1662 3916 177 . . . 1662 3917 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3917 2 employs employ VBZ 1662 3917 3 nearly nearly RB 1662 3917 4 two two CD 1662 3917 5 - - HYPH 1662 3917 6 thirds third NNS 1662 3917 7 of of IN 1662 3917 8 the the DT 1662 3917 9 labor labor NN 1662 3917 10 force force NN 1662 3917 11 and and CC 1662 3917 12 produces produce VBZ 1662 3917 13 two two CD 1662 3917 14 - - HYPH 1662 3917 15 thirds third NNS 1662 3917 16 of of IN 1662 3917 17 exports export NNS 1662 3917 18 . . . 1662 3918 1 Productivity productivity NN 1662 3918 2 remains remain VBZ 1662 3918 3 low low JJ 1662 3918 4 . . . 1662 3919 1 Manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 3919 2 , , , 1662 3919 3 mining mining NN 1662 3919 4 , , , 1662 3919 5 and and CC 1662 3919 6 construction construction NN 1662 3919 7 account account VBP 1662 3919 8 for for IN 1662 3919 9 30 30 CD 1662 3919 10 % % NN 1662 3919 11 of of IN 1662 3919 12 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3919 13 and and CC 1662 3919 14 generate generate VBP 1662 3919 15 20 20 CD 1662 3919 16 % % NN 1662 3919 17 of of IN 1662 3919 18 exports export NNS 1662 3919 19 . . . 1662 3920 1 Basic basic JJ 1662 3920 2 problems problem NNS 1662 3920 3 include include VBP 1662 3920 4 rapid rapid JJ 1662 3920 5 population population NN 1662 3920 6 growth growth NN 1662 3920 7 , , , 1662 3920 8 high high JJ 1662 3920 9 underemployment underemployment NN 1662 3920 10 , , , 1662 3920 11 inflation inflation NN 1662 3920 12 , , , 1662 3920 13 a a DT 1662 3920 14 lack lack NN 1662 3920 15 of of IN 1662 3920 16 basic basic JJ 1662 3920 17 services service NNS 1662 3920 18 , , , 1662 3920 19 a a DT 1662 3920 20 large large JJ 1662 3920 21 and and CC 1662 3920 22 inefficient inefficient JJ 1662 3920 23 public public JJ 1662 3920 24 sector sector NN 1662 3920 25 , , , 1662 3920 26 and and CC 1662 3920 27 the the DT 1662 3920 28 dependence dependence NN 1662 3920 29 of of IN 1662 3920 30 the the DT 1662 3920 31 export export NN 1662 3920 32 sector sector NN 1662 3920 33 mostly mostly RB 1662 3920 34 on on IN 1662 3920 35 coffee coffee NN 1662 3920 36 and and CC 1662 3920 37 bananas banana NNS 1662 3920 38 , , , 1662 3920 39 which which WDT 1662 3920 40 are be VBP 1662 3920 41 subject subject JJ 1662 3920 42 to to IN 1662 3920 43 sharp sharp JJ 1662 3920 44 price price NN 1662 3920 45 fluctuations fluctuation NNS 1662 3920 46 . . . 1662 3921 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3921 2 : : : 1662 3921 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 3921 4 power power NN 1662 3921 5 parity parity NN 1662 3921 6 - - : 1662 3921 7 $ $ $ 1662 3921 8 11.5 11.5 CD 1662 3921 9 billion billion CD 1662 3921 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3921 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 3921 12 est est NNP 1662 3921 13 . . . 1662 3921 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3922 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3922 2 - - HYPH 1662 3922 3 real real JJ 1662 3922 4 growth growth NN 1662 3922 5 rate rate NN 1662 3922 6 : : : 1662 3922 7 3 3 CD 1662 3922 8 % % NN 1662 3922 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3922 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 3922 11 est est NNP 1662 3922 12 . . . 1662 3922 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3923 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3923 2 - - HYPH 1662 3923 3 per per FW 1662 3923 4 capita capita NN 1662 3923 5 : : : 1662 3923 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 3923 7 power power NN 1662 3923 8 parity parity NN 1662 3923 9 - - : 1662 3923 10 $ $ $ 1662 3923 11 2,000 2,000 CD 1662 3923 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3923 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 3923 14 est est NNP 1662 3923 15 . . . 1662 3923 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3924 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 3924 2 - - HYPH 1662 3924 3 composition composition NN 1662 3924 4 by by IN 1662 3924 5 sector sector NN 1662 3924 6 : : : 1662 3924 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3924 8 : : : 1662 3924 9 28 28 CD 1662 3924 10 % % NN 1662 3924 11 industry industry NN 1662 3924 12 : : : 1662 3924 13 30 30 CD 1662 3924 14 % % NN 1662 3924 15 services service NNS 1662 3924 16 : : : 1662 3924 17 42 42 CD 1662 3924 18 % % NN 1662 3924 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3924 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 3924 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3924 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 3924 23 rate rate NN 1662 3924 24 - - HYPH 1662 3924 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 3924 26 price price NN 1662 3924 27 index index NN 1662 3924 28 : : : 1662 3924 29 25.4 25.4 CD 1662 3924 30 % % NN 1662 3924 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3924 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 3924 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3924 34 Labor labor NN 1662 3924 35 force force NN 1662 3924 36 : : : 1662 3924 37 total total NN 1662 3924 38 : : : 1662 3924 39 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 3924 40 million million CD 1662 3924 41 by by IN 1662 3924 42 occupation occupation NN 1662 3924 43 : : : 1662 3924 44 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3924 45 62 62 CD 1662 3924 46 % % NN 1662 3924 47 , , , 1662 3924 48 services service NNS 1662 3924 49 20 20 CD 1662 3924 50 % % NN 1662 3924 51 , , , 1662 3924 52 manufacturing manufacture VBG 1662 3924 53 9 9 CD 1662 3924 54 % % NN 1662 3924 55 , , , 1662 3924 56 construction construction NN 1662 3924 57 3 3 CD 1662 3924 58 % % NN 1662 3924 59 , , , 1662 3924 60 other other JJ 1662 3924 61 6 6 CD 1662 3924 62 % % NN 1662 3924 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3924 64 1985 1985 CD 1662 3924 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3924 66 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 3924 67 rate rate NN 1662 3924 68 : : : 1662 3924 69 15 15 CD 1662 3924 70 % % NN 1662 3924 71 ; ; , 1662 3924 72 underemployed underemployed JJ 1662 3924 73 about about RB 1662 3924 74 40 40 CD 1662 3924 75 % % NN 1662 3924 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3924 77 1996 1996 CD 1662 3924 78 est est NNP 1662 3924 79 . . . 1662 3924 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3925 1 Budget budget NN 1662 3925 2 : : : 1662 3925 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 3925 4 : : : 1662 3925 5 $ $ $ 1662 3925 6 655 655 CD 1662 3925 7 million million CD 1662 3925 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3925 9 : : : 1662 3925 10 $ $ $ 1662 3925 11 850 850 CD 1662 3925 12 million million CD 1662 3925 13 , , , 1662 3925 14 including include VBG 1662 3925 15 capital capital NN 1662 3925 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3925 17 of of IN 1662 3925 18 $ $ $ 1662 3925 19 150 150 CD 1662 3925 20 million million CD 1662 3925 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3925 22 1997 1997 CD 1662 3925 23 est est NNP 1662 3925 24 . . . 1662 3925 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3926 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 3926 2 : : : 1662 3926 3 sugar sugar NN 1662 3926 4 , , , 1662 3926 5 coffee coffee NN 1662 3926 6 , , , 1662 3926 7 textiles textile NNS 1662 3926 8 , , , 1662 3926 9 clothing clothing NN 1662 3926 10 , , , 1662 3926 11 wood wood NN 1662 3926 12 products product NNS 1662 3926 13 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 3926 14 production production NN 1662 3926 15 growth growth NN 1662 3926 16 rate rate NN 1662 3926 17 : : : 1662 3926 18 10 10 CD 1662 3926 19 % % NN 1662 3926 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3926 21 1992 1992 CD 1662 3926 22 est est NNP 1662 3926 23 . . . 1662 3926 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3927 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3927 2 - - HYPH 1662 3927 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 3927 4 : : : 1662 3927 5 605,900 605,900 CD 1662 3927 6 kW kw NN 1662 3927 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3927 8 1995 1995 CD 1662 3927 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3927 10 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3927 11 - - HYPH 1662 3927 12 production production NN 1662 3927 13 : : : 1662 3927 14 2.742 2.742 CD 1662 3927 15 billion billion CD 1662 3927 16 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3927 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3927 18 1995 1995 CD 1662 3927 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3927 20 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3927 21 - - HYPH 1662 3927 22 consumption consumption NN 1662 3927 23 per per IN 1662 3927 24 capita capita NN 1662 3927 25 : : : 1662 3927 26 361 361 CD 1662 3927 27 kWh kWh NNS 1662 3927 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3927 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 3927 30 est est NNP 1662 3927 31 . . . 1662 3927 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3928 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 3928 2 - - HYPH 1662 3928 3 products product NNS 1662 3928 4 : : : 1662 3928 5 bananas banana NNS 1662 3928 6 , , , 1662 3928 7 coffee coffee NN 1662 3928 8 , , , 1662 3928 9 citrus citrus NN 1662 3928 10 ; ; : 1662 3928 11 beef beef NN 1662 3928 12 ; ; , 1662 3928 13 timber timber NN 1662 3928 14 ; ; : 1662 3928 15 shrimp shrimp NN 1662 3928 16 ; ; : 1662 3928 17 Exports export NNS 1662 3928 18 : : : 1662 3928 19 total total JJ 1662 3928 20 value value NN 1662 3928 21 : : : 1662 3928 22 $ $ $ 1662 3928 23 2.401 2.401 CD 1662 3928 24 billion billion CD 1662 3928 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3928 26 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 3928 27 . . NNP 1662 3928 28 , , , 1662 3928 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 3928 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3928 31 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3928 32 : : : 1662 3928 33 bananas banana NNS 1662 3928 34 , , , 1662 3928 35 coffee coffee NN 1662 3928 36 , , , 1662 3928 37 shrimp shrimp NN 1662 3928 38 , , , 1662 3928 39 lobster lobster NN 1662 3928 40 , , , 1662 3928 41 minerals mineral NNS 1662 3928 42 , , , 1662 3928 43 meat meat NN 1662 3928 44 , , , 1662 3928 45 lumber lumber NN 1662 3928 46 partners partner NNS 1662 3928 47 : : : 1662 3928 48 US US NNP 1662 3928 49 65 65 CD 1662 3928 50 % % NN 1662 3928 51 , , , 1662 3928 52 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3928 53 7 7 CD 1662 3928 54 % % NN 1662 3928 55 , , , 1662 3928 56 Japan Japan NNP 1662 3928 57 7 7 CD 1662 3928 58 % % NN 1662 3928 59 , , , 1662 3928 60 Spain Spain NNP 1662 3928 61 3 3 CD 1662 3928 62 % % NN 1662 3928 63 , , , 1662 3928 64 Belgium belgium NN 1662 3928 65 2 2 CD 1662 3928 66 % % NN 1662 3928 67 Imports import NNS 1662 3928 68 : : : 1662 3928 69 total total JJ 1662 3928 70 value value NN 1662 3928 71 : : : 1662 3928 72 $ $ $ 1662 3928 73 3.133 3.133 CD 1662 3928 74 billion billion CD 1662 3928 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3928 76 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 3928 77 . . . 1662 3929 1 1996 1996 CD 1662 3929 2 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3929 3 commodities commodity NNS 1662 3929 4 : : : 1662 3929 5 machinery machinery NN 1662 3929 6 and and CC 1662 3929 7 transport transport NN 1662 3929 8 equipment equipment NN 1662 3929 9 , , , 1662 3929 10 industrial industrial JJ 1662 3929 11 raw raw JJ 1662 3929 12 materials material NNS 1662 3929 13 , , , 1662 3929 14 chemical chemical NN 1662 3929 15 products product NNS 1662 3929 16 , , , 1662 3929 17 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 3929 18 goods good NNS 1662 3929 19 , , , 1662 3929 20 fuel fuel NN 1662 3929 21 and and CC 1662 3929 22 oil oil NN 1662 3929 23 , , , 1662 3929 24 foodstuffs foodstuff VBZ 1662 3929 25 partners partner NNS 1662 3929 26 : : : 1662 3929 27 US US NNP 1662 3929 28 50 50 CD 1662 3929 29 % % NN 1662 3929 30 , , , 1662 3929 31 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 3929 32 5 5 CD 1662 3929 33 % % NN 1662 3929 34 , , , 1662 3929 35 Japan Japan NNP 1662 3929 36 5 5 CD 1662 3929 37 % % NN 1662 3929 38 , , , 1662 3929 39 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 3929 40 3 3 CD 1662 3929 41 % % NN 1662 3929 42 , , , 1662 3929 43 El El NNP 1662 3929 44 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 3929 45 3 3 CD 1662 3929 46 % % NN 1662 3929 47 Debt debt NN 1662 3929 48 - - HYPH 1662 3929 49 external external JJ 1662 3929 50 : : : 1662 3929 51 $ $ $ 1662 3929 52 4.6 4.6 CD 1662 3929 53 billion billion CD 1662 3929 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3929 55 1995 1995 CD 1662 3929 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3929 57 Economic economic JJ 1662 3929 58 aid aid NN 1662 3929 59 : : : 1662 3929 60 recipient recipient NN 1662 3929 61 : : : 1662 3929 62 ODA ODA NNP 1662 3929 63 , , , 1662 3929 64 $ $ $ 1662 3929 65 NA NA NNP 1662 3929 66 Currency currency NN 1662 3929 67 : : : 1662 3929 68 1 1 CD 1662 3929 69 lempira lempira NNP 1662 3929 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3929 71 L L NNP 1662 3929 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3929 73 = = NFP 1662 3929 74 100 100 CD 1662 3929 75 centavos centavos NNP 1662 3929 76 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 3929 77 rates rate NNS 1662 3929 78 : : : 1662 3929 79 lempiras lempiras NNP 1662 3929 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3929 81 L L NNP 1662 3929 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3929 83 per per IN 1662 3929 84 US$ us$ $ 1662 3929 85 1 1 CD 1662 3929 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3929 87 end end NN 1662 3929 88 of of IN 1662 3929 89 period period NN 1662 3929 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3929 91 - - : 1662 3929 92 13.0330 13.0330 CD 1662 3929 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3929 94 January January NNP 1662 3929 95 1997 1997 CD 1662 3929 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3929 97 , , , 1662 3929 98 12.8694 12.8694 CD 1662 3929 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3929 100 1996 1996 CD 1662 3929 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3929 102 , , , 1662 3929 103 10.3432 10.3432 CD 1662 3929 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3929 105 1995 1995 CD 1662 3929 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3929 107 , , , 1662 3929 108 9.4001 9.4001 CD 1662 3929 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3929 110 1994 1994 CD 1662 3929 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3929 112 , , , 1662 3929 113 7.2600 7.2600 CD 1662 3929 114 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3929 115 1993 1993 CD 1662 3929 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3929 117 , , , 1662 3929 118 5.8300 5.8300 CD 1662 3929 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3929 120 1992 1992 CD 1662 3929 121 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3929 122 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3929 123 year year NN 1662 3929 124 : : : 1662 3929 125 calendar calendar NNP 1662 3929 126 year year NN 1662 3929 127 @Honduras @Honduras NNP 1662 3929 128 : : : 1662 3929 129 Communications Communications NNP 1662 3929 130 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 3929 131 : : : 1662 3929 132 105,000 105,000 CD 1662 3929 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3929 134 1992 1992 CD 1662 3929 135 est est NNP 1662 3929 136 . . . 1662 3929 137 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3930 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 3930 2 system system NN 1662 3930 3 : : : 1662 3930 4 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 3930 5 system system NN 1662 3930 6 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3930 7 : : : 1662 3930 8 NA NA NNP 1662 3930 9 international international JJ 1662 3930 10 : : : 1662 3930 11 satellite satellite NN 1662 3930 12 earth earth NN 1662 3930 13 stations station NNS 1662 3930 14 - - , 1662 3930 15 2 2 CD 1662 3930 16 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3930 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3930 18 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 3930 19 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3930 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3930 21 ; ; , 1662 3930 22 connected connect VBN 1662 3930 23 to to IN 1662 3930 24 Central Central NNP 1662 3930 25 American American NNP 1662 3930 26 Microwave Microwave NNP 1662 3930 27 System System NNP 1662 3930 28 Radio Radio NNP 1662 3930 29 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3930 30 stations station NNS 1662 3930 31 : : : 1662 3930 32 AM am VBP 1662 3930 33 176 176 CD 1662 3930 34 , , , 1662 3930 35 FM FM NNP 1662 3930 36 0 0 NFP 1662 3930 37 , , , 1662 3930 38 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 3930 39 7 7 CD 1662 3930 40 Radios radio NNS 1662 3930 41 : : : 1662 3930 42 2.115 2.115 CD 1662 3930 43 million million CD 1662 3930 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3930 45 1992 1992 CD 1662 3930 46 est est NNP 1662 3930 47 . . . 1662 3930 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3931 1 Television television NN 1662 3931 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 3931 3 stations station NNS 1662 3931 4 : : : 1662 3931 5 28 28 CD 1662 3931 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 3931 7 : : : 1662 3931 8 400,000 400,000 CD 1662 3931 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3931 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 3931 11 est est NNP 1662 3931 12 . . . 1662 3931 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3932 1 @Honduras @honduras LS 1662 3932 2 : : : 1662 3932 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3932 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 3932 5 : : : 1662 3932 6 total total NN 1662 3932 7 : : : 1662 3932 8 595 595 CD 1662 3932 9 km km NN 1662 3932 10 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3932 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 3932 12 : : : 1662 3932 13 190 190 CD 1662 3932 14 km km NN 1662 3932 15 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 3932 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 3932 17 ; ; : 1662 3932 18 128 128 CD 1662 3932 19 km km NN 1662 3932 20 1.057-m 1.057-m CD 1662 3932 21 gauge gauge NN 1662 3932 22 ; ; : 1662 3932 23 277 277 CD 1662 3932 24 km km NN 1662 3932 25 0.914-m 0.914-m NN 1662 3932 26 gauge gauge NN 1662 3932 27 note note NN 1662 3932 28 : : : 1662 3932 29 in in IN 1662 3932 30 1993 1993 CD 1662 3932 31 , , , 1662 3932 32 there there EX 1662 3932 33 was be VBD 1662 3932 34 a a DT 1662 3932 35 total total NN 1662 3932 36 of of IN 1662 3932 37 988 988 CD 1662 3932 38 km km NNS 1662 3932 39 of of IN 1662 3932 40 track track NN 1662 3932 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3932 42 1995 1995 CD 1662 3932 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3932 44 Highways highway NNS 1662 3932 45 : : : 1662 3932 46 total total NN 1662 3932 47 : : : 1662 3932 48 15,100 15,100 CD 1662 3932 49 km km NN 1662 3932 50 paved pave VBN 1662 3932 51 : : : 1662 3932 52 3,050 3,050 CD 1662 3932 53 km km NNP 1662 3932 54 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3932 55 : : : 1662 3932 56 12,050 12,050 CD 1662 3932 57 km km NNS 1662 3932 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3932 59 1995 1995 CD 1662 3932 60 est est NNP 1662 3932 61 . . . 1662 3932 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3933 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 3933 2 : : : 1662 3933 3 465 465 CD 1662 3933 4 km km NNS 1662 3933 5 navigable navigable JJ 1662 3933 6 by by IN 1662 3933 7 small small JJ 1662 3933 8 craft craft NN 1662 3933 9 Ports port NNS 1662 3933 10 and and CC 1662 3933 11 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3933 12 : : : 1662 3933 13 La La NNP 1662 3933 14 Ceiba Ceiba NNP 1662 3933 15 , , , 1662 3933 16 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 3933 17 Castilla Castilla NNP 1662 3933 18 , , , 1662 3933 19 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 3933 20 Cortes Cortes NNP 1662 3933 21 , , , 1662 3933 22 San San NNP 1662 3933 23 Lorenzo Lorenzo NNP 1662 3933 24 , , , 1662 3933 25 Tela Tela NNP 1662 3933 26 , , , 1662 3933 27 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 3933 28 Lempira Lempira NNP 1662 3933 29 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3933 30 marine marine NN 1662 3933 31 : : : 1662 3933 32 total total NN 1662 3933 33 : : : 1662 3933 34 251 251 CD 1662 3933 35 ships ship NNS 1662 3933 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3933 37 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 3933 38 GRT GRT NNP 1662 3933 39 or or CC 1662 3933 40 over over RB 1662 3933 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3933 42 totaling total VBG 1662 3933 43 714,755 714,755 CD 1662 3933 44 GRT/1,066,043 GRT/1,066,043 . 1662 3933 45 DWT dwt NN 1662 3933 46 ships ship NNS 1662 3933 47 by by IN 1662 3933 48 type type NN 1662 3933 49 : : : 1662 3933 50 bulk bulk NNP 1662 3933 51 28 28 CD 1662 3933 52 , , , 1662 3933 53 cargo cargo NN 1662 3933 54 153 153 CD 1662 3933 55 , , , 1662 3933 56 chemical chemical NN 1662 3933 57 tanker tanker NN 1662 3933 58 3 3 CD 1662 3933 59 , , , 1662 3933 60 combination combination NN 1662 3933 61 bulk bulk NN 1662 3933 62 1 1 CD 1662 3933 63 , , , 1662 3933 64 container container NN 1662 3933 65 5 5 CD 1662 3933 66 , , , 1662 3933 67 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 3933 68 gas gas NN 1662 3933 69 tanker tanker NN 1662 3933 70 1 1 CD 1662 3933 71 , , , 1662 3933 72 livestock livestock NN 1662 3933 73 carrier carrier NN 1662 3933 74 3 3 CD 1662 3933 75 , , , 1662 3933 76 oil oil NN 1662 3933 77 tanker tanker NN 1662 3933 78 21 21 CD 1662 3933 79 , , , 1662 3933 80 passenger passenger NN 1662 3933 81 1 1 CD 1662 3933 82 , , , 1662 3933 83 passenger passenger NN 1662 3933 84 - - HYPH 1662 3933 85 cargo cargo NN 1662 3933 86 3 3 CD 1662 3933 87 , , , 1662 3933 88 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 3933 89 cargo cargo NN 1662 3933 90 22 22 CD 1662 3933 91 , , , 1662 3933 92 roll roll NN 1662 3933 93 - - HYPH 1662 3933 94 on on IN 1662 3933 95 / / SYM 1662 3933 96 roll roll NN 1662 3933 97 - - HYPH 1662 3933 98 off off RP 1662 3933 99 cargo cargo NN 1662 3933 100 8 8 CD 1662 3933 101 , , , 1662 3933 102 short short JJ 1662 3933 103 - - HYPH 1662 3933 104 sea sea NN 1662 3933 105 passenger passenger NN 1662 3933 106 1 1 CD 1662 3933 107 , , , 1662 3933 108 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 3933 109 carrier carrier NN 1662 3933 110 1 1 CD 1662 3933 111 note note NN 1662 3933 112 : : : 1662 3933 113 a a DT 1662 3933 114 flag flag NN 1662 3933 115 of of IN 1662 3933 116 convenience convenience NN 1662 3933 117 registry registry NN 1662 3933 118 ; ; : 1662 3933 119 Russia Russia NNP 1662 3933 120 owns own VBZ 1662 3933 121 8 8 CD 1662 3933 122 ships ship NNS 1662 3933 123 , , , 1662 3933 124 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 3933 125 3 3 CD 1662 3933 126 , , , 1662 3933 127 North North NNP 1662 3933 128 Korea Korea NNP 1662 3933 129 2 2 CD 1662 3933 130 , , , 1662 3933 131 Greece Greece NNP 1662 3933 132 1 1 CD 1662 3933 133 , , , 1662 3933 134 Japan Japan NNP 1662 3933 135 1 1 CD 1662 3933 136 , , , 1662 3933 137 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 3933 138 1 1 CD 1662 3933 139 , , , 1662 3933 140 Iran Iran NNP 1662 3933 141 1 1 CD 1662 3933 142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3933 143 1996 1996 CD 1662 3933 144 est est NNP 1662 3933 145 . . . 1662 3933 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3934 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3934 2 : : : 1662 3934 3 107 107 CD 1662 3934 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3934 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 3934 6 est est NNP 1662 3934 7 . . . 1662 3934 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3935 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3935 2 - - , 1662 3935 3 with with IN 1662 3935 4 paved paved JJ 1662 3935 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3935 6 : : : 1662 3935 7 total total NN 1662 3935 8 : : : 1662 3935 9 88 88 CD 1662 3935 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 3935 11 to to IN 1662 3935 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3935 13 m m NN 1662 3935 14 : : : 1662 3935 15 3 3 CD 1662 3935 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3935 17 to to TO 1662 3935 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3935 19 m m NN 1662 3935 20 : : : 1662 3935 21 2 2 CD 1662 3935 22 914 914 CD 1662 3935 23 to to TO 1662 3935 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3935 25 m m NN 1662 3935 26 : : : 1662 3935 27 5 5 CD 1662 3935 28 under under IN 1662 3935 29 914 914 CD 1662 3935 30 m m NN 1662 3935 31 : : : 1662 3935 32 78 78 CD 1662 3935 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3935 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 3935 35 est est NNP 1662 3935 36 . . . 1662 3935 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3936 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 3936 2 - - , 1662 3936 3 with with IN 1662 3936 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3936 5 runways runway NNS 1662 3936 6 : : : 1662 3936 7 total total NN 1662 3936 8 : : : 1662 3936 9 19 19 CD 1662 3936 10 914 914 CD 1662 3936 11 to to TO 1662 3936 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 3936 13 m m NN 1662 3936 14 : : : 1662 3936 15 19 19 CD 1662 3936 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3936 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 3936 18 est est NNP 1662 3936 19 . . . 1662 3936 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3937 1 Military military JJ 1662 3937 2 Military military JJ 1662 3937 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3937 4 : : : 1662 3937 5 Army Army NNP 1662 3937 6 , , , 1662 3937 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 3937 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3937 9 includes include VBZ 1662 3937 10 Marines Marines NNPS 1662 3937 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3937 12 , , , 1662 3937 13 Air Air NNP 1662 3937 14 Force Force NNP 1662 3937 15 , , , 1662 3937 16 Public Public NNP 1662 3937 17 Security Security NNP 1662 3937 18 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 3937 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3937 20 FUSEP FUSEP NNP 1662 3937 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3937 22 Military military JJ 1662 3937 23 manpower manpower NN 1662 3937 24 - - HYPH 1662 3937 25 military military NN 1662 3937 26 age age NN 1662 3937 27 : : : 1662 3937 28 18 18 CD 1662 3937 29 years year NNS 1662 3937 30 of of IN 1662 3937 31 age age NN 1662 3937 32 Military military JJ 1662 3937 33 manpower manpower NN 1662 3937 34 - - HYPH 1662 3937 35 availability availability NN 1662 3937 36 : : : 1662 3937 37 males male NNS 1662 3937 38 age age NNP 1662 3937 39 15 15 CD 1662 3937 40 - - HYPH 1662 3937 41 49 49 CD 1662 3937 42 : : : 1662 3937 43 1,370,116 1,370,116 CD 1662 3937 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3937 45 1997 1997 CD 1662 3937 46 est est NNP 1662 3937 47 . . . 1662 3937 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3938 1 Military military JJ 1662 3938 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3938 3 - - HYPH 1662 3938 4 fit fit NN 1662 3938 5 for for IN 1662 3938 6 military military JJ 1662 3938 7 service service NN 1662 3938 8 : : : 1662 3938 9 males male NNS 1662 3938 10 : : : 1662 3938 11 816,054 816,054 CD 1662 3938 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3938 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3938 14 est est NNP 1662 3938 15 . . . 1662 3938 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3939 1 Military military JJ 1662 3939 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3939 3 - - HYPH 1662 3939 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 3939 5 military military JJ 1662 3939 6 age age NN 1662 3939 7 annually annually RB 1662 3939 8 : : : 1662 3939 9 males male NNS 1662 3939 10 : : : 1662 3939 11 66,304 66,304 CD 1662 3939 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3939 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3939 14 est e JJS 1662 3939 15 . . . 1662 3939 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3940 1 Military military JJ 1662 3940 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3940 3 - - HYPH 1662 3940 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 3940 5 figure figure NN 1662 3940 6 : : : 1662 3940 7 $ $ $ 1662 3940 8 42.5 42.5 CD 1662 3940 9 million million CD 1662 3940 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3940 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3940 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3940 13 Military military JJ 1662 3940 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3940 15 - - : 1662 3940 16 percent percent NN 1662 3940 17 of of IN 1662 3940 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3940 19 : : : 1662 3940 20 about about RB 1662 3940 21 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 3940 22 % % NN 1662 3940 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3940 24 1997 1997 CD 1662 3940 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3940 26 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3940 27 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3940 28 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 3940 29 - - HYPH 1662 3940 30 international international JJ 1662 3940 31 : : : 1662 3940 32 land land NN 1662 3940 33 boundary boundary JJ 1662 3940 34 dispute dispute NN 1662 3940 35 with with IN 1662 3940 36 El El NNP 1662 3940 37 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 3940 38 mostly mostly RB 1662 3940 39 resolved resolve VBN 1662 3940 40 by by IN 1662 3940 41 11 11 CD 1662 3940 42 September September NNP 1662 3940 43 1992 1992 CD 1662 3940 44 International International NNP 1662 3940 45 Court Court NNP 1662 3940 46 of of IN 1662 3940 47 Justice Justice NNP 1662 3940 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3940 49 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 3940 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3940 51 decision decision NN 1662 3940 52 ; ; : 1662 3940 53 with with IN 1662 3940 54 respect respect NN 1662 3940 55 to to IN 1662 3940 56 the the DT 1662 3940 57 maritime maritime JJ 1662 3940 58 boundary boundary JJ 1662 3940 59 in in IN 1662 3940 60 the the DT 1662 3940 61 Golfo Golfo NNP 1662 3940 62 de de NNP 1662 3940 63 Fonseca Fonseca NNP 1662 3940 64 , , , 1662 3940 65 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 3940 66 referred refer VBD 1662 3940 67 to to IN 1662 3940 68 an an DT 1662 3940 69 earlier early JJR 1662 3940 70 agreement agreement NN 1662 3940 71 in in IN 1662 3940 72 this this DT 1662 3940 73 century century NN 1662 3940 74 and and CC 1662 3940 75 advised advise VBD 1662 3940 76 that that IN 1662 3940 77 some some DT 1662 3940 78 tripartite tripartite JJ 1662 3940 79 resolution resolution NN 1662 3940 80 among among IN 1662 3940 81 El El NNP 1662 3940 82 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 3940 83 , , , 1662 3940 84 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 3940 85 , , , 1662 3940 86 and and CC 1662 3940 87 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 3940 88 likely likely RB 1662 3940 89 would would MD 1662 3940 90 be be VB 1662 3940 91 required require VBN 1662 3940 92 ; ; : 1662 3940 93 maritime maritime JJ 1662 3940 94 boundary boundary JJ 1662 3940 95 dispute dispute NN 1662 3940 96 with with IN 1662 3940 97 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 3940 98 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 3940 99 drugs drug NNS 1662 3940 100 : : : 1662 3940 101 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 3940 102 point point NN 1662 3940 103 for for IN 1662 3940 104 drugs drug NNS 1662 3940 105 and and CC 1662 3940 106 narcotics narcotic NNS 1662 3940 107 ; ; , 1662 3940 108 illicit illicit JJ 1662 3940 109 producer producer NN 1662 3940 110 of of IN 1662 3940 111 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 3940 112 , , , 1662 3940 113 cultivated cultivate VBN 1662 3940 114 on on IN 1662 3940 115 small small JJ 1662 3940 116 plots plot NNS 1662 3940 117 and and CC 1662 3940 118 used use VBD 1662 3940 119 principally principally RB 1662 3940 120 for for IN 1662 3940 121 local local JJ 1662 3940 122 consumption consumption NN 1662 3940 123 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 124 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 125 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 126 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 127 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 128 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 129 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 130 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 131 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 132 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 133 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 134 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 135 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 136 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 137 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 138 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 139 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 140 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 141 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 142 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 143 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 144 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 145 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 146 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 147 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 148 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 149 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 150 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 151 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 152 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 153 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 154 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 155 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 156 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 157 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 158 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 159 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 160 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 161 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 162 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 163 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 164 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 165 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 166 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 167 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 168 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 169 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 170 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 171 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 172 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 173 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 174 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 175 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 176 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 177 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 178 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 179 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 180 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 181 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 182 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 183 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 184 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 185 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 186 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 187 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 188 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 189 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 190 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 191 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 192 _ _ NNP 1662 3940 193 HONG HONG NNP 1662 3940 194 KONG KONG NNP 1662 3940 195 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3940 196 dependent dependent JJ 1662 3940 197 territory territory NN 1662 3940 198 of of IN 1662 3940 199 the the DT 1662 3940 200 UK UK NNP 1662 3940 201 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3940 202 @Hong @Hong NFP 1662 3940 203 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3940 204 : : : 1662 3940 205 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3940 206 Location Location NNP 1662 3940 207 : : : 1662 3940 208 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 3940 209 Asia Asia NNP 1662 3940 210 , , , 1662 3940 211 bordering border VBG 1662 3940 212 the the DT 1662 3940 213 South South NNP 1662 3940 214 China China NNP 1662 3940 215 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3940 216 and and CC 1662 3940 217 China China NNP 1662 3940 218 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3940 219 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3940 220 : : : 1662 3940 221 22 22 CD 1662 3940 222 15 15 CD 1662 3940 223 N n CD 1662 3940 224 , , , 1662 3940 225 114 114 CD 1662 3940 226 10 10 CD 1662 3940 227 E e NN 1662 3940 228 Map Map NNP 1662 3940 229 references reference NNS 1662 3940 230 : : : 1662 3940 231 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 3940 232 Asia Asia NNP 1662 3940 233 Area Area NNP 1662 3940 234 : : : 1662 3940 235 total total NN 1662 3940 236 : : : 1662 3940 237 1,092 1,092 CD 1662 3940 238 sq sq NNP 1662 3940 239 km km NNP 1662 3940 240 land land NN 1662 3940 241 : : : 1662 3940 242 1,042 1,042 CD 1662 3940 243 sq sq NNP 1662 3940 244 km km NNP 1662 3940 245 water water NN 1662 3940 246 : : : 1662 3940 247 50 50 CD 1662 3940 248 sq sq RB 1662 3940 249 km km NNP 1662 3940 250 Area area NN 1662 3940 251 - - HYPH 1662 3940 252 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3940 253 : : : 1662 3940 254 six six CD 1662 3940 255 times time NNS 1662 3940 256 the the DT 1662 3940 257 size size NN 1662 3940 258 of of IN 1662 3940 259 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3940 260 , , , 1662 3940 261 DC DC NNP 1662 3940 262 Land Land NNP 1662 3940 263 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3940 264 : : : 1662 3940 265 total total JJ 1662 3940 266 : : : 1662 3940 267 30 30 CD 1662 3940 268 km km NN 1662 3940 269 border border NN 1662 3940 270 countries country NNS 1662 3940 271 : : : 1662 3940 272 China China NNP 1662 3940 273 30 30 CD 1662 3940 274 km km NN 1662 3940 275 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3940 276 : : : 1662 3940 277 733 733 CD 1662 3940 278 km km NN 1662 3940 279 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3940 280 claims claim VBZ 1662 3940 281 : : : 1662 3940 282 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3940 283 sea sea NN 1662 3940 284 : : : 1662 3940 285 3 3 CD 1662 3940 286 nm nm NNP 1662 3940 287 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3940 288 : : : 1662 3940 289 tropical tropical JJ 1662 3940 290 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 3940 291 ; ; , 1662 3940 292 cool cool JJ 1662 3940 293 and and CC 1662 3940 294 humid humid VBD 1662 3940 295 in in IN 1662 3940 296 winter winter NN 1662 3940 297 , , , 1662 3940 298 hot hot JJ 1662 3940 299 and and CC 1662 3940 300 rainy rainy JJ 1662 3940 301 from from IN 1662 3940 302 spring spring NN 1662 3940 303 through through IN 1662 3940 304 summer summer NN 1662 3940 305 , , , 1662 3940 306 warm warm JJ 1662 3940 307 and and CC 1662 3940 308 sunny sunny JJ 1662 3940 309 in in IN 1662 3940 310 fall fall NN 1662 3940 311 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 3940 312 : : : 1662 3940 313 hilly hilly RB 1662 3940 314 to to IN 1662 3940 315 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 3940 316 with with IN 1662 3940 317 steep steep JJ 1662 3940 318 slopes slope NNS 1662 3940 319 ; ; , 1662 3940 320 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 3940 321 in in IN 1662 3940 322 north north JJ 1662 3940 323 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3940 324 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3940 325 : : : 1662 3940 326 lowest low JJS 1662 3940 327 point point NN 1662 3940 328 : : : 1662 3940 329 South South NNP 1662 3940 330 China China NNP 1662 3940 331 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3940 332 0 0 NFP 1662 3940 333 m m DT 1662 3940 334 highest high JJS 1662 3940 335 point point NN 1662 3940 336 : : : 1662 3940 337 Tai Tai NNP 1662 3940 338 Mo Mo NNP 1662 3940 339 Shan Shan NNP 1662 3940 340 958 958 CD 1662 3940 341 m m NNP 1662 3940 342 Natural natural JJ 1662 3940 343 resources resource NNS 1662 3940 344 : : : 1662 3940 345 outstanding outstanding JJ 1662 3940 346 deepwater deepwater NN 1662 3940 347 harbor harbor NN 1662 3940 348 , , , 1662 3940 349 feldspar feldspar VBD 1662 3940 350 Land Land NNP 1662 3940 351 use use NN 1662 3940 352 : : : 1662 3940 353 arable arable JJ 1662 3940 354 land land NN 1662 3940 355 : : : 1662 3940 356 6 6 CD 1662 3940 357 % % NN 1662 3940 358 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3940 359 crops crop NNS 1662 3940 360 : : : 1662 3940 361 1 1 CD 1662 3940 362 % % NN 1662 3940 363 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3940 364 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3940 365 : : : 1662 3940 366 1 1 CD 1662 3940 367 % % NN 1662 3940 368 forests forest NNS 1662 3940 369 and and CC 1662 3940 370 woodland woodland JJ 1662 3940 371 : : : 1662 3940 372 22 22 CD 1662 3940 373 % % NN 1662 3940 374 other other JJ 1662 3940 375 : : : 1662 3940 376 70 70 CD 1662 3940 377 % % NN 1662 3940 378 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3940 379 1993 1993 CD 1662 3940 380 est est NNP 1662 3940 381 . . . 1662 3940 382 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3941 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3941 2 land land NN 1662 3941 3 : : : 1662 3941 4 20 20 CD 1662 3941 5 sq sq NNP 1662 3941 6 km km NNP 1662 3941 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3941 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 3941 9 est est NNP 1662 3941 10 . . . 1662 3941 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3942 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 3942 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3942 3 : : : 1662 3942 4 occasional occasional JJ 1662 3942 5 typhoons typhoon NNS 1662 3942 6 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3942 7 - - HYPH 1662 3942 8 current current JJ 1662 3942 9 issues issue NNS 1662 3942 10 : : : 1662 3942 11 air air NN 1662 3942 12 and and CC 1662 3942 13 water water NN 1662 3942 14 pollution pollution NN 1662 3942 15 from from IN 1662 3942 16 rapid rapid JJ 1662 3942 17 urbanization urbanization NN 1662 3942 18 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3942 19 - - HYPH 1662 3942 20 international international JJ 1662 3942 21 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3942 22 : : : 1662 3942 23 party party NN 1662 3942 24 to to IN 1662 3942 25 : : : 1662 3942 26 NA NA NNP 1662 3942 27 signed sign VBN 1662 3942 28 , , , 1662 3942 29 but but CC 1662 3942 30 not not RB 1662 3942 31 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3942 32 : : : 1662 3942 33 NA NA NNP 1662 3942 34 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3942 35 - - HYPH 1662 3942 36 note note NN 1662 3942 37 : : : 1662 3942 38 more more JJR 1662 3942 39 than than IN 1662 3942 40 200 200 CD 1662 3942 41 islands island NNS 1662 3942 42 @Hong @hong IN 1662 3942 43 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3942 44 : : : 1662 3942 45 People People NNP 1662 3942 46 Population Population NNP 1662 3942 47 : : : 1662 3942 48 6,547,189 6,547,189 CD 1662 3942 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3942 50 July July NNP 1662 3942 51 1997 1997 CD 1662 3942 52 est est NNP 1662 3942 53 . . . 1662 3942 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3943 1 Age age NN 1662 3943 2 structure structure NN 1662 3943 3 : : : 1662 3943 4 0 0 CD 1662 3943 5 - - HYPH 1662 3943 6 14 14 CD 1662 3943 7 years year NNS 1662 3943 8 : : : 1662 3943 9 19 19 CD 1662 3943 10 % % NN 1662 3943 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3943 12 male male JJ 1662 3943 13 629,981 629,981 CD 1662 3943 14 ; ; : 1662 3943 15 female female JJ 1662 3943 16 584,807 584,807 CD 1662 3943 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3943 18 15 15 CD 1662 3943 19 - - SYM 1662 3943 20 64 64 CD 1662 3943 21 years year NNS 1662 3943 22 : : : 1662 3943 23 71 71 CD 1662 3943 24 % % NN 1662 3943 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3943 26 male male JJ 1662 3943 27 2,319,009 2,319,009 CD 1662 3943 28 ; ; , 1662 3943 29 female female JJ 1662 3943 30 2,348,794 2,348,794 CD 1662 3943 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3943 32 65 65 CD 1662 3943 33 years year NNS 1662 3943 34 and and CC 1662 3943 35 over over IN 1662 3943 36 : : : 1662 3943 37 10 10 CD 1662 3943 38 % % NN 1662 3943 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3943 40 male male JJ 1662 3943 41 299,503 299,503 CD 1662 3943 42 ; ; : 1662 3943 43 female female JJ 1662 3943 44 365,095 365,095 CD 1662 3943 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3943 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3943 47 July July NNP 1662 3943 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3943 49 est est NNP 1662 3943 50 . . . 1662 3943 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3944 1 Population population NN 1662 3944 2 growth growth NN 1662 3944 3 rate rate NN 1662 3944 4 : : : 1662 3944 5 2.59 2.59 CD 1662 3944 6 % % NN 1662 3944 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3944 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3944 9 est est NNP 1662 3944 10 . . . 1662 3944 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3945 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3945 2 rate rate NN 1662 3945 3 : : : 1662 3945 4 12.72 12.72 CD 1662 3945 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 3945 6 population population NN 1662 3945 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3945 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3945 9 est est NNP 1662 3945 10 . . . 1662 3945 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3946 1 Death death NN 1662 3946 2 rate rate NN 1662 3946 3 : : : 1662 3946 4 5.79 5.79 CD 1662 3946 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3946 6 population population NN 1662 3946 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3946 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3946 9 est est NNP 1662 3946 10 . . . 1662 3946 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3947 1 Net net JJ 1662 3947 2 migration migration NN 1662 3947 3 rate rate NN 1662 3947 4 : : : 1662 3947 5 18.94 18.94 CD 1662 3947 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 3947 7 population population NN 1662 3947 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3947 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3947 10 est est NNP 1662 3947 11 . . . 1662 3947 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3948 1 Sex sex NN 1662 3948 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 3948 3 : : : 1662 3948 4 at at IN 1662 3948 5 birth birth NN 1662 3948 6 : : : 1662 3948 7 1.07 1.07 CD 1662 3948 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3948 9 under under IN 1662 3948 10 15 15 CD 1662 3948 11 years year NNS 1662 3948 12 : : : 1662 3948 13 1.08 1.08 CD 1662 3948 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3948 15 15 15 CD 1662 3948 16 - - HYPH 1662 3948 17 64 64 CD 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6 adjective adjective NN 1662 3952 7 : : : 1662 3952 8 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 3952 9 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3952 10 groups group NNS 1662 3952 11 : : : 1662 3952 12 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 3952 13 95 95 CD 1662 3952 14 % % NN 1662 3952 15 , , , 1662 3952 16 other other JJ 1662 3952 17 5 5 CD 1662 3952 18 % % NN 1662 3952 19 Religions religion NNS 1662 3952 20 : : : 1662 3952 21 eclectic eclectic JJ 1662 3952 22 mixture mixture NN 1662 3952 23 of of IN 1662 3952 24 local local JJ 1662 3952 25 religions religion NNS 1662 3952 26 90 90 CD 1662 3952 27 % % NN 1662 3952 28 , , , 1662 3952 29 Christian Christian NNP 1662 3952 30 10 10 CD 1662 3952 31 % % NN 1662 3952 32 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 3952 33 : : : 1662 3952 34 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 3952 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3952 36 Cantonese Cantonese NNP 1662 3952 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3952 38 , , , 1662 3952 39 English English NNP 1662 3952 40 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 3952 41 : : : 1662 3952 42 definition definition NN 1662 3952 43 : : : 1662 3952 44 age age NN 1662 3952 45 15 15 CD 1662 3952 46 and and CC 1662 3952 47 over over RB 1662 3952 48 has have VBZ 1662 3952 49 ever ever RB 1662 3952 50 attended attend VBN 1662 3952 51 school school NN 1662 3952 52 total total JJ 1662 3952 53 population population NN 1662 3952 54 : : : 1662 3952 55 92.2 92.2 CD 1662 3952 56 % % NN 1662 3952 57 male male NN 1662 3952 58 : : : 1662 3952 59 96 96 CD 1662 3952 60 % % NN 1662 3952 61 female female NN 1662 3952 62 : : : 1662 3952 63 88.2 88.2 CD 1662 3952 64 % % NN 1662 3952 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3952 66 1996 1996 CD 1662 3952 67 est est NNP 1662 3952 68 . . . 1662 3952 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3953 1 @Hong @Hong NFP 1662 3953 2 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3953 3 : : : 1662 3953 4 Government Government NNP 1662 3953 5 Country Country NNP 1662 3953 6 name name NN 1662 3953 7 : : : 1662 3953 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3953 9 long long JJ 1662 3953 10 form form NN 1662 3953 11 : : : 1662 3953 12 none none NN 1662 3953 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3953 14 short short JJ 1662 3953 15 form form NN 1662 3953 16 : : : 1662 3953 17 Hong Hong NNP 1662 3953 18 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3953 19 abbreviation abbreviation NN 1662 3953 20 : : : 1662 3953 21 HK HK NNP 1662 3953 22 Data Data NNP 1662 3953 23 code code NN 1662 3953 24 : : : 1662 3953 25 HK HK NNP 1662 3953 26 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 3953 27 status status NN 1662 3953 28 : : : 1662 3953 29 dependent dependent JJ 1662 3953 30 territory territory NN 1662 3953 31 of of IN 1662 3953 32 the the DT 1662 3953 33 UK UK NNP 1662 3953 34 ; ; : 1662 3953 35 note note NN 1662 3953 36 - - HYPH 1662 3953 37 scheduled schedule VBN 1662 3953 38 to to TO 1662 3953 39 revert revert VB 1662 3953 40 to to IN 1662 3953 41 China China NNP 1662 3953 42 on on IN 1662 3953 43 1 1 CD 1662 3953 44 July July NNP 1662 3953 45 1997 1997 CD 1662 3953 46 Government Government NNP 1662 3953 47 type type NN 1662 3953 48 : : : 1662 3953 49 NA NA NNP 1662 3953 50 National national JJ 1662 3953 51 capital capital NN 1662 3953 52 : : : 1662 3953 53 Victoria Victoria NNP 1662 3953 54 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 3953 55 divisions division NNS 1662 3953 56 : : : 1662 3953 57 none none NN 1662 3953 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3953 59 dependent dependent JJ 1662 3953 60 territory territory NN 1662 3953 61 of of IN 1662 3953 62 the the DT 1662 3953 63 UK UK NNP 1662 3953 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3953 65 Independence independence NN 1662 3953 66 : : : 1662 3953 67 none none NN 1662 3953 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3953 69 dependent dependent JJ 1662 3953 70 territory territory NN 1662 3953 71 of of IN 1662 3953 72 the the DT 1662 3953 73 UK UK NNP 1662 3953 74 ; ; : 1662 3953 75 the the DT 1662 3953 76 UK UK NNP 1662 3953 77 signed sign VBD 1662 3953 78 an an DT 1662 3953 79 agreement agreement NN 1662 3953 80 with with IN 1662 3953 81 China China NNP 1662 3953 82 on on IN 1662 3953 83 19 19 CD 1662 3953 84 December December NNP 1662 3953 85 1984 1984 CD 1662 3953 86 to to TO 1662 3953 87 return return VB 1662 3953 88 Hong Hong NNP 1662 3953 89 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3953 90 to to IN 1662 3953 91 China China NNP 1662 3953 92 on on IN 1662 3953 93 1 1 CD 1662 3953 94 July July NNP 1662 3953 95 1997 1997 CD 1662 3953 96 ; ; : 1662 3953 97 in in IN 1662 3953 98 the the DT 1662 3953 99 joint joint JJ 1662 3953 100 declaration declaration NN 1662 3953 101 , , , 1662 3953 102 China China NNP 1662 3953 103 promises promise VBZ 1662 3953 104 to to TO 1662 3953 105 respect respect VB 1662 3953 106 Hong Hong NNP 1662 3953 107 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3953 108 's 's POS 1662 3953 109 existing exist VBG 1662 3953 110 social social JJ 1662 3953 111 and and CC 1662 3953 112 economic economic JJ 1662 3953 113 systems system NNS 1662 3953 114 and and CC 1662 3953 115 lifestyle lifestyle NN 1662 3953 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3953 117 National national JJ 1662 3953 118 holiday holiday NN 1662 3953 119 : : : 1662 3953 120 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 3953 121 Day Day NNP 1662 3953 122 , , , 1662 3953 123 29 29 CD 1662 3953 124 August August NNP 1662 3953 125 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3953 126 1945 1945 CD 1662 3953 127 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3953 128 Constitution constitution NN 1662 3953 129 : : : 1662 3953 130 the the DT 1662 3953 131 Letters Letters NNPS 1662 3953 132 Patent Patent NNP 1662 3953 133 together together RB 1662 3953 134 with with IN 1662 3953 135 the the DT 1662 3953 136 Royal Royal NNP 1662 3953 137 Instructions Instructions NNPS 1662 3953 138 form form NN 1662 3953 139 the the DT 1662 3953 140 written write VBN 1662 3953 141 constitution constitution NN 1662 3953 142 of of IN 1662 3953 143 Hong Hong NNP 1662 3953 144 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3953 145 ; ; : 1662 3953 146 new new JJ 1662 3953 147 Basic Basic NNP 1662 3953 148 Law Law NNP 1662 3953 149 approved approve VBN 1662 3953 150 in in IN 1662 3953 151 March March NNP 1662 3953 152 1990 1990 CD 1662 3953 153 in in IN 1662 3953 154 preparation preparation NN 1662 3953 155 for for IN 1662 3953 156 scheduled schedule VBN 1662 3953 157 reversion reversion NN 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3953 194 past past JJ 1662 3953 195 seven seven CD 1662 3953 196 years year NNS 1662 3953 197 ; ; , 1662 3953 198 indirect indirect JJ 1662 3953 199 election election NN 1662 3953 200 limited limit VBN 1662 3953 201 to to IN 1662 3953 202 about about IN 1662 3953 203 100,000 100,000 CD 1662 3953 204 professionals professional NNS 1662 3953 205 of of IN 1662 3953 206 electoral electoral JJ 1662 3953 207 college college NN 1662 3953 208 and and CC 1662 3953 209 functional functional JJ 1662 3953 210 constituencies constituency NNS 1662 3953 211 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3953 212 branch branch NN 1662 3953 213 : : : 1662 3953 214 chief chief NN 1662 3953 215 of of IN 1662 3953 216 state state NN 1662 3953 217 : : : 1662 3953 218 Queen Queen NNP 1662 3953 219 ELIZABETH ELIZABETH NNP 1662 3953 220 II ii CD 1662 3953 221 of of IN 1662 3953 222 the the DT 1662 3953 223 UK UK NNP 1662 3953 224 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3953 225 since since IN 1662 3953 226 6 6 CD 1662 3953 227 February February NNP 1662 3953 228 1952 1952 CD 1662 3953 229 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3953 230 head head NN 1662 3953 231 of of IN 1662 3953 232 government government NN 1662 3953 233 : : : 1662 3953 234 Governor Governor NNP 1662 3953 235 and and CC 1662 3953 236 President President NNP 1662 3953 237 of of IN 1662 3953 238 the the DT 1662 3953 239 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3953 240 Council Council NNP 1662 3953 241 Christopher Christopher NNP 1662 3953 242 Francis Francis NNP 1662 3953 243 PATTEN PATTEN NNP 1662 3953 244 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3953 245 since since IN 1662 3953 246 9 9 CD 1662 3953 247 July July NNP 1662 3953 248 1992 1992 CD 1662 3953 249 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3953 250 ; ; : 1662 3953 251 Chief Chief NNP 1662 3953 252 Secretary Secretary NNP 1662 3953 253 Anson Anson NNP 1662 3953 254 CHAN CHAN NNP 1662 3953 255 Fang Fang NNP 1662 3953 256 On On NNP 1662 3953 257 - - HYPH 1662 3953 258 Sang Sang NNP 1662 3953 259 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3953 260 since since IN 1662 3953 261 29 29 CD 1662 3953 262 November November NNP 1662 3953 263 1993 1993 CD 1662 3953 264 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3953 265 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3953 266 : : : 1662 3953 267 Executive Executive NNP 1662 3953 268 Council Council NNP 1662 3953 269 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3953 270 by by IN 1662 3953 271 the the DT 1662 3953 272 governor governor NN 1662 3953 273 elections election NNS 1662 3953 274 : : : 1662 3953 275 none none NN 1662 3953 276 ; ; : 1662 3953 277 the the DT 1662 3953 278 queen queen NN 1662 3953 279 is be VBZ 1662 3953 280 a a DT 1662 3953 281 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 3953 282 monarch monarch NN 1662 3953 283 ; ; : 1662 3953 284 governor governor NN 1662 3953 285 appointed appoint VBN 1662 3953 286 by by IN 1662 3953 287 the the DT 1662 3953 288 queen queen JJ 1662 3953 289 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 3953 290 branch branch NN 1662 3953 291 : : : 1662 3953 292 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 3953 293 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 3953 294 Council Council NNP 1662 3953 295 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3953 296 60 60 CD 1662 3953 297 seats seat NNS 1662 3953 298 ; ; : 1662 3953 299 30 30 CD 1662 3953 300 indirectly indirectly RB 1662 3953 301 elected elect VBN 1662 3953 302 by by IN 1662 3953 303 functional functional JJ 1662 3953 304 constituencies constituency NNS 1662 3953 305 , , , 1662 3953 306 20 20 CD 1662 3953 307 elected elect VBN 1662 3953 308 by by IN 1662 3953 309 popular popular JJ 1662 3953 310 vote vote NN 1662 3953 311 , , , 1662 3953 312 and and CC 1662 3953 313 10 10 CD 1662 3953 314 elected elect VBN 1662 3953 315 by by IN 1662 3953 316 election election NN 1662 3953 317 committee committee NNP 1662 3953 318 ; ; : 1662 3953 319 members member NNS 1662 3953 320 serve serve VBP 1662 3953 321 four four CD 1662 3953 322 - - HYPH 1662 3953 323 year year NN 1662 3953 324 terms term NNS 1662 3953 325 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3953 326 ; ; : 1662 3953 327 note note VB 1662 3953 328 - - : 1662 3953 329 the the DT 1662 3953 330 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 3953 331 Council Council NNP 1662 3953 332 will will MD 1662 3953 333 be be VB 1662 3953 334 replaced replace VBN 1662 3953 335 by by IN 1662 3953 336 a a DT 1662 3953 337 provisional provisional JJ 1662 3953 338 legislature legislature NN 1662 3953 339 on on IN 1662 3953 340 1 1 CD 1662 3953 341 July July NNP 1662 3953 342 1997 1997 CD 1662 3953 343 elections election NNS 1662 3953 344 : : : 1662 3953 345 indirect indirect JJ 1662 3953 346 and and CC 1662 3953 347 direct direct JJ 1662 3953 348 elections election NNS 1662 3953 349 last last RB 1662 3953 350 held hold VBD 1662 3953 351 17 17 CD 1662 3953 352 September September NNP 1662 3953 353 1995 1995 CD 1662 3953 354 ; ; : 1662 3953 355 note note NN 1662 3953 356 - - HYPH 1662 3953 357 elections election NNS 1662 3953 358 for for IN 1662 3953 359 the the DT 1662 3953 360 first first JJ 1662 3953 361 post post JJ 1662 3953 362 - - JJ 1662 3953 363 reversion reversion JJ 1662 3953 364 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 3953 365 Council Council NNP 1662 3953 366 are be VBP 1662 3953 367 scheduled schedule VBN 1662 3953 368 to to TO 1662 3953 369 be be VB 1662 3953 370 held hold VBN 1662 3953 371 in in IN 1662 3953 372 1998 1998 CD 1662 3953 373 election election NN 1662 3953 374 results result NNS 1662 3953 375 : : : 1662 3953 376 percent percent NN 1662 3953 377 of of IN 1662 3953 378 vote vote NN 1662 3953 379 by by IN 1662 3953 380 party party NN 1662 3953 381 - - HYPH 1662 3953 382 NA NA NNP 1662 3953 383 ; ; , 1662 3953 384 seats seat NNS 1662 3953 385 by by IN 1662 3953 386 party party NN 1662 3953 387 - - HYPH 1662 3953 388 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3953 389 Party Party NNP 1662 3953 390 21 21 CD 1662 3953 391 , , , 1662 3953 392 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 3953 393 Party Party NNP 1662 3953 394 10 10 CD 1662 3953 395 , , , 1662 3953 396 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3953 397 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 3953 398 for for IN 1662 3953 399 the the DT 1662 3953 400 Betterment Betterment NNP 1662 3953 401 of of IN 1662 3953 402 Hong Hong NNP 1662 3953 403 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3953 404 6 6 CD 1662 3953 405 , , , 1662 3953 406 other other JJ 1662 3953 407 parties party NNS 1662 3953 408 and and CC 1662 3953 409 independents independent NNS 1662 3953 410 23 23 CD 1662 3953 411 ; ; : 1662 3953 412 note note NN 1662 3953 413 - - HYPH 1662 3953 414 subsequent subsequent JJ 1662 3953 415 to to IN 1662 3953 416 the the DT 1662 3953 417 election election NN 1662 3953 418 , , , 1662 3953 419 there there EX 1662 3953 420 has have VBZ 1662 3953 421 been be VBN 1662 3953 422 a a DT 1662 3953 423 change change NN 1662 3953 424 in in IN 1662 3953 425 the the DT 1662 3953 426 distribution distribution NN 1662 3953 427 of of IN 1662 3953 428 seats seat NNS 1662 3953 429 ; ; : 1662 3953 430 the the DT 1662 3953 431 new new JJ 1662 3953 432 distribution distribution NN 1662 3953 433 is be VBZ 1662 3953 434 as as IN 1662 3953 435 follows follow VBZ 1662 3953 436 - - HYPH 1662 3953 437 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3953 438 Party Party NNP 1662 3953 439 19 19 CD 1662 3953 440 , , , 1662 3953 441 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 3953 442 Party Party NNP 1662 3953 443 10 10 CD 1662 3953 444 , , , 1662 3953 445 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3953 446 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 3953 447 for for IN 1662 3953 448 the the DT 1662 3953 449 Betterment Betterment NNP 1662 3953 450 of of IN 1662 3953 451 Hong Hong NNP 1662 3953 452 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3953 453 6 6 CD 1662 3953 454 , , , 1662 3953 455 other other JJ 1662 3953 456 parties party NNS 1662 3953 457 and and CC 1662 3953 458 independents independent NNS 1662 3953 459 25 25 CD 1662 3953 460 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 3953 461 branch branch NN 1662 3953 462 : : : 1662 3953 463 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 3953 464 Court Court NNP 1662 3953 465 Political political JJ 1662 3953 466 parties party NNS 1662 3953 467 and and CC 1662 3953 468 leaders leader NNS 1662 3953 469 : : : 1662 3953 470 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3953 471 Party Party NNP 1662 3953 472 , , , 1662 3953 473 Martin Martin NNP 1662 3953 474 LEE LEE NNP 1662 3953 475 , , , 1662 3953 476 chairman chairman NN 1662 3953 477 ; ; : 1662 3953 478 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 3953 479 Party Party NNP 1662 3953 480 , , , 1662 3953 481 Allen Allen NNP 1662 3953 482 LEE LEE NNP 1662 3953 483 , , , 1662 3953 484 chairman chairman NN 1662 3953 485 ; ; : 1662 3953 486 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3953 487 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 3953 488 for for IN 1662 3953 489 the the DT 1662 3953 490 Betterment Betterment NNP 1662 3953 491 of of IN 1662 3953 492 Hong Hong NNP 1662 3953 493 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3953 494 , , , 1662 3953 495 TSANG TSANG NNP 1662 3953 496 Yuk Yuk NNP 1662 3953 497 - - HYPH 1662 3953 498 shing shing NNP 1662 3953 499 , , , 1662 3953 500 chairman chairman NN 1662 3953 501 ; ; : 1662 3953 502 Hong Hong NNP 1662 3953 503 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3953 504 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3953 505 Foundation Foundation NNP 1662 3953 506 , , , 1662 3953 507 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 3953 508 Patrick Patrick NNP 1662 3953 509 SHIU SHIU NNP 1662 3953 510 Kin Kin NNP 1662 3953 511 - - HYPH 1662 3953 512 ying ying NNP 1662 3953 513 , , , 1662 3953 514 chairman chairman NN 1662 3953 515 Political political JJ 1662 3953 516 pressure pressure NN 1662 3953 517 groups group NNS 1662 3953 518 and and CC 1662 3953 519 leaders leader NNS 1662 3953 520 : : : 1662 3953 521 Association Association NNP 1662 3953 522 for for IN 1662 3953 523 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 3953 524 and and CC 1662 3953 525 People People NNPS 1662 3953 526 's 's POS 1662 3953 527 Livelihood Livelihood NNP 1662 3953 528 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3953 529 ADPL ADPL NNP 1662 3953 530 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3953 531 , , , 1662 3953 532 Frederick Frederick NNP 1662 3953 533 FUNG FUNG NNP 1662 3953 534 Kin Kin NNP 1662 3953 535 Kee Kee NNP 1662 3953 536 , , , 1662 3953 537 chairman chairman NN 1662 3953 538 ; ; : 1662 3953 539 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 3953 540 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3953 541 Federation Federation NNP 1662 3953 542 , , , 1662 3953 543 HU HU NNP 1662 3953 544 Fa Fa NNP 1662 3953 545 - - HYPH 1662 3953 546 kuang kuang NNP 1662 3953 547 , , , 1662 3953 548 chairman chairman NN 1662 3953 549 ; ; : 1662 3953 550 Federation Federation NNP 1662 3953 551 of of IN 1662 3953 552 Trade Trade NNP 1662 3953 553 Unions Unions NNPS 1662 3953 554 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3953 555 pro pro JJ 1662 3953 556 - - JJ 1662 3953 557 China China NNP 1662 3953 558 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3953 559 , , , 1662 3953 560 LEE LEE NNP 1662 3953 561 Chark Chark NNP 1662 3953 562 - - HYPH 1662 3953 563 tim tim NNP 1662 3953 564 , , , 1662 3953 565 president president NN 1662 3953 566 ; ; : 1662 3953 567 Hong Hong NNP 1662 3953 568 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3953 569 and and CC 1662 3953 570 Kowloon Kowloon NNP 1662 3953 571 Trade Trade NNP 1662 3953 572 Union Union NNP 1662 3953 573 Council Council NNP 1662 3953 574 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3953 575 pro pro JJ 1662 3953 576 - - JJ 1662 3953 577 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 3953 578 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3953 579 ; ; : 1662 3953 580 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 3953 581 of of IN 1662 3953 582 Trade Trade NNP 1662 3953 583 Unions Unions NNPS 1662 3953 584 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3953 585 pro pro JJ 1662 3953 586 - - JJ 1662 3953 587 democracy democracy JJ 1662 3953 588 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3953 589 , , , 1662 3953 590 LEE LEE NNP 1662 3953 591 Cheuk Cheuk NNP 1662 3953 592 - - HYPH 1662 3953 593 yan yan NNP 1662 3953 594 , , , 1662 3953 595 chairman chairman NN 1662 3953 596 ; ; : 1662 3953 597 Hong Hong NNP 1662 3953 598 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3953 599 General General NNP 1662 3953 600 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 3953 601 of of IN 1662 3953 602 Commerce Commerce NNP 1662 3953 603 ; ; : 1662 3953 604 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 3953 605 General General NNP 1662 3953 606 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 3953 607 of of IN 1662 3953 608 Commerce Commerce NNP 1662 3953 609 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3953 610 pro pro JJ 1662 3953 611 - - JJ 1662 3953 612 China China NNP 1662 3953 613 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3953 614 ; ; : 1662 3953 615 Federation Federation NNP 1662 3953 616 of of IN 1662 3953 617 Hong 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US US NNP 1662 3953 724 : : : 1662 3953 725 chief chief NN 1662 3953 726 of of IN 1662 3953 727 mission mission NN 1662 3953 728 : : : 1662 3953 729 Consul Consul NNP 1662 3953 730 General General NNP 1662 3953 731 Richard Richard NNP 1662 3953 732 A. a. 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- HYPH 1662 3964 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 3964 5 price price NN 1662 3964 6 index index NN 1662 3964 7 : : : 1662 3964 8 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 3964 9 % % NN 1662 3964 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3964 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 3964 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3964 13 Labor labor NN 1662 3964 14 force force NN 1662 3964 15 : : : 1662 3964 16 total total NN 1662 3964 17 : : : 1662 3964 18 3.251 3.251 CD 1662 3964 19 million million CD 1662 3964 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3964 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 3964 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3964 23 by by IN 1662 3964 24 occupation occupation NN 1662 3964 25 : : : 1662 3964 26 wholesale wholesale JJ 1662 3964 27 and and CC 1662 3964 28 retail retail JJ 1662 3964 29 trade trade NN 1662 3964 30 , , , 1662 3964 31 restaurants restaurant NNS 1662 3964 32 , , , 1662 3964 33 and and CC 1662 3964 34 hotels hotel VBZ 1662 3964 35 34.4 34.4 CD 1662 3964 36 % % NN 1662 3964 37 , , , 1662 3964 38 services service NNS 1662 3964 39 19.8 19.8 CD 1662 3964 40 % % NN 1662 3964 41 , , , 1662 3964 42 manufacturing manufacture VBG 1662 3964 43 14.2 14.2 CD 1662 3964 44 % % NN 1662 3964 45 , , , 1662 3964 46 financing financing NN 1662 3964 47 , , , 1662 3964 48 insurance insurance NN 1662 3964 49 , , , 1662 3964 50 and and CC 1662 3964 51 real real JJ 1662 3964 52 estate estate NN 1662 3964 53 12.4 12.4 CD 1662 3964 54 % % NN 1662 3964 55 , , , 1662 3964 56 transport transport NN 1662 3964 57 and and CC 1662 3964 58 communications communication NNS 1662 3964 59 5.1 5.1 CD 1662 3964 60 % % NN 1662 3964 61 , , , 1662 3964 62 construction construction NN 1662 3964 63 2.1 2.1 CD 1662 3964 64 % % NN 1662 3964 65 , , , 1662 3964 66 other other JJ 1662 3964 67 12 12 CD 1662 3964 68 % % NN 1662 3964 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3964 70 1994 1994 CD 1662 3964 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3964 72 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 3964 73 rate rate NN 1662 3964 74 : : : 1662 3964 75 3.1 3.1 CD 1662 3964 76 % % NN 1662 3964 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3964 78 1996 1996 CD 1662 3964 79 est est NNP 1662 3964 80 . . . 1662 3964 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3965 1 Budget budget NN 1662 3965 2 : : : 1662 3965 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 3965 4 : : : 1662 3965 5 $ $ $ 1662 3965 6 19 19 CD 1662 3965 7 billion billion CD 1662 3965 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3965 9 : : : 1662 3965 10 $ $ $ 1662 3965 11 14.1 14.1 CD 1662 3965 12 billion billion CD 1662 3965 13 , , , 1662 3965 14 including include VBG 1662 3965 15 capital capital NN 1662 3965 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3965 17 of of IN 1662 3965 18 $ $ $ 1662 3965 19 289 289 CD 1662 3965 20 million million CD 1662 3965 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3965 22 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 3965 23 est est NNP 1662 3965 24 . . . 1662 3965 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3966 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 3966 2 : : : 1662 3966 3 textiles textile NNS 1662 3966 4 , , , 1662 3966 5 clothing clothing NN 1662 3966 6 , , , 1662 3966 7 tourism tourism NN 1662 3966 8 , , , 1662 3966 9 electronics electronic NNS 1662 3966 10 , , , 1662 3966 11 plastics plastic NNS 1662 3966 12 , , , 1662 3966 13 toys toy NNS 1662 3966 14 , , , 1662 3966 15 watches watch NNS 1662 3966 16 , , , 1662 3966 17 clocks clock VBZ 1662 3966 18 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 3966 19 production production NN 1662 3966 20 growth growth NN 1662 3966 21 rate rate NN 1662 3966 22 : : : 1662 3966 23 -2.6 -2.6 NNP 1662 3966 24 % % NN 1662 3966 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3966 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 3966 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3966 28 Electricity electricity NN 1662 3966 29 - 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1662 3969 35 8 8 CD 1662 3969 36 % % NN 1662 3969 37 , , , 1662 3969 38 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 3969 39 5 5 CD 1662 3969 40 % % NN 1662 3969 41 , , , 1662 3969 42 South South NNP 1662 3969 43 Korea Korea NNP 1662 3969 44 5 5 CD 1662 3969 45 % % NN 1662 3969 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3969 47 1995 1995 CD 1662 3969 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3969 49 Debt debt NN 1662 3969 50 - - HYPH 1662 3969 51 external external JJ 1662 3969 52 : : : 1662 3969 53 none none NN 1662 3969 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3969 55 1996 1996 CD 1662 3969 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3969 57 Economic economic JJ 1662 3969 58 aid aid NN 1662 3969 59 : : : 1662 3969 60 $ $ $ 1662 3969 61 NA NA NNP 1662 3969 62 Currency currency NN 1662 3969 63 : : : 1662 3969 64 1 1 CD 1662 3969 65 Hong Hong NNP 1662 3969 66 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3969 67 dollar dollar NN 1662 3969 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3969 69 HK$ HK$ NNP 1662 3969 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3969 71 = = NFP 1662 3969 72 100 100 CD 1662 3969 73 cents cent NNS 1662 3969 74 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 3969 75 rates rate NNS 1662 3969 76 : : : 1662 3969 77 Hong Hong NNP 1662 3969 78 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3969 79 dollars dollar NNS 1662 3969 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3969 81 HK$ HK$ NNP 1662 3969 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3969 83 per per IN 1662 3969 84 US$ us$ $ 1662 3969 85 - - SYM 1662 3969 86 7.730 7.730 CD 1662 3969 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3969 88 1996 1996 CD 1662 3969 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3969 90 , , , 1662 3969 91 7.800 7.800 CD 1662 3969 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3969 93 1995 1995 CD 1662 3969 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3969 95 , , , 1662 3969 96 7.800 7.800 CD 1662 3969 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3969 98 1994 1994 CD 1662 3969 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3969 100 , , , 1662 3969 101 7.800 7.800 CD 1662 3969 102 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3969 103 1993 1993 CD 1662 3969 104 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3969 105 , , , 1662 3969 106 7.741 7.741 CD 1662 3969 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3969 108 1992 1992 CD 1662 3969 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3969 110 ; ; : 1662 3969 111 note note NN 1662 3969 112 - - HYPH 1662 3969 113 linked link VBN 1662 3969 114 to to IN 1662 3969 115 the the DT 1662 3969 116 US US NNP 1662 3969 117 dollar dollar NN 1662 3969 118 at at IN 1662 3969 119 the the DT 1662 3969 120 rate rate NN 1662 3969 121 of of IN 1662 3969 122 about about RB 1662 3969 123 7.8 7.8 CD 1662 3969 124 HK$ hk$ $ 1662 3969 125 per per IN 1662 3969 126 1 1 CD 1662 3969 127 US$ US$ NNP 1662 3969 128 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 3969 129 year year NN 1662 3969 130 : : : 1662 3969 131 1 1 CD 1662 3969 132 April April NNP 1662 3969 133 - - HYPH 1662 3969 134 31 31 CD 1662 3969 135 March March NNP 1662 3969 136 @Hong @hong NN 1662 3969 137 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3969 138 : : : 1662 3969 139 Communications Communications NNP 1662 3969 140 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 3969 141 : : : 1662 3969 142 3.31 3.31 CD 1662 3969 143 million million CD 1662 3969 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3969 145 1996 1996 CD 1662 3969 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3969 147 Telephone telephone NN 1662 3969 148 system system NN 1662 3969 149 : : : 1662 3969 150 modern modern JJ 1662 3969 151 facilities facility NNS 1662 3969 152 provide provide VBP 1662 3969 153 excellent excellent JJ 1662 3969 154 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3969 155 and and CC 1662 3969 156 international international JJ 1662 3969 157 services service NNS 1662 3969 158 domestic domestic JJ 1662 3969 159 : : : 1662 3969 160 microwave microwave NN 1662 3969 161 radio radio NN 1662 3969 162 relay relay NN 1662 3969 163 links link NNS 1662 3969 164 and and CC 1662 3969 165 extensive extensive JJ 1662 3969 166 fiber fiber NN 1662 3969 167 - - HYPH 1662 3969 168 optic optic NN 1662 3969 169 network network NN 1662 3969 170 international international NNP 1662 3969 171 : : : 1662 3969 172 satellite satellite NN 1662 3969 173 earth earth NN 1662 3969 174 stations station NNS 1662 3969 175 - - , 1662 3969 176 3 3 CD 1662 3969 177 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3969 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3969 179 1 1 CD 1662 3969 180 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 3969 181 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3969 182 and and CC 1662 3969 183 2 2 CD 1662 3969 184 Indian Indian NNP 1662 3969 185 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3969 186 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3969 187 ; ; : 1662 3969 188 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 3969 189 cable cable NN 1662 3969 190 to to IN 1662 3969 191 Guangzhou Guangzhou NNP 1662 3969 192 , , , 1662 3969 193 China China NNP 1662 3969 194 ; ; : 1662 3969 195 access access NN 1662 3969 196 to to IN 1662 3969 197 5 5 CD 1662 3969 198 international international JJ 1662 3969 199 submarine submarine NN 1662 3969 200 cables cable NNS 1662 3969 201 providing provide VBG 1662 3969 202 connections connection NNS 1662 3969 203 to to IN 1662 3969 204 ASEAN ASEAN NNP 1662 3969 205 member member NN 1662 3969 206 nations nation NNS 1662 3969 207 , , , 1662 3969 208 Japan Japan NNP 1662 3969 209 , , , 1662 3969 210 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 3969 211 , , , 1662 3969 212 Australia Australia NNP 1662 3969 213 , , , 1662 3969 214 Middle Middle NNP 1662 3969 215 East East NNP 1662 3969 216 , , , 1662 3969 217 and and CC 1662 3969 218 Western Western NNP 1662 3969 219 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3969 220 Radio Radio NNP 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km NNS 1662 3972 7 of of IN 1662 3972 8 metro metro NN 1662 3972 9 with with IN 1662 3972 10 38 38 CD 1662 3972 11 stations station NNS 1662 3972 12 Highways highway NNS 1662 3972 13 : : : 1662 3972 14 total total NN 1662 3972 15 : : : 1662 3972 16 1,717 1,717 CD 1662 3972 17 km km NN 1662 3972 18 paved pave VBN 1662 3972 19 : : : 1662 3972 20 1,717 1,717 CD 1662 3972 21 km km NN 1662 3972 22 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 3972 23 : : : 1662 3972 24 0 0 CD 1662 3972 25 km km NNS 1662 3972 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3972 27 1995 1995 CD 1662 3972 28 est est NNP 1662 3972 29 . . . 1662 3972 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3973 1 Ports port NNS 1662 3973 2 and and CC 1662 3973 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3973 4 : : : 1662 3973 5 Hong Hong NNP 1662 3973 6 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3973 7 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 3973 8 marine marine RB 1662 3973 9 : : : 1662 3973 10 total total NN 1662 3973 11 : : : 1662 3973 12 221 221 CD 1662 3973 13 ships ship NNS 1662 3973 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3973 15 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 3973 16 GRT GRT NNP 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1662 3973 55 carrier carrier NN 1662 3973 56 2 2 CD 1662 3973 57 , , , 1662 3973 58 oil oil NN 1662 3973 59 tanker tanker NN 1662 3973 60 11 11 CD 1662 3973 61 , , , 1662 3973 62 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 3973 63 cargo cargo NN 1662 3973 64 2 2 CD 1662 3973 65 , , , 1662 3973 66 roll roll NN 1662 3973 67 - - HYPH 1662 3973 68 on on IN 1662 3973 69 / / SYM 1662 3973 70 roll roll NN 1662 3973 71 - - HYPH 1662 3973 72 off off RP 1662 3973 73 cargo cargo NN 1662 3973 74 1 1 CD 1662 3973 75 , , , 1662 3973 76 short short JJ 1662 3973 77 - - HYPH 1662 3973 78 sea sea NN 1662 3973 79 passenger passenger NN 1662 3973 80 1 1 CD 1662 3973 81 , , , 1662 3973 82 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 3973 83 carrier carrier NN 1662 3973 84 3 3 CD 1662 3973 85 note note NN 1662 3973 86 : : : 1662 3973 87 a a DT 1662 3973 88 flag flag NN 1662 3973 89 of of IN 1662 3973 90 convenience convenience NN 1662 3973 91 registry registry NN 1662 3973 92 ; ; : 1662 3973 93 includes include VBZ 1662 3973 94 ships ship NNS 1662 3973 95 from from IN 1662 3973 96 15 15 CD 1662 3973 97 countries country NNS 1662 3973 98 among among IN 1662 3973 99 which which WDT 1662 3973 100 are be VBP 1662 3973 101 UK UK NNP 1662 3973 102 50 50 CD 1662 3973 103 , , , 1662 3973 104 South South NNP 1662 3973 105 Africa Africa NNP 1662 3973 106 12 12 CD 1662 3973 107 , , , 1662 3973 108 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 3973 109 10 10 CD 1662 3973 110 , , , 1662 3973 111 China China NNP 1662 3973 112 9 9 CD 1662 3973 113 , , , 1662 3973 114 Japan Japan NNP 1662 3973 115 8 8 CD 1662 3973 116 , , , 1662 3973 117 Bermuda Bermuda NNP 1662 3973 118 5 5 CD 1662 3973 119 , , , 1662 3973 120 US US NNP 1662 3973 121 5 5 CD 1662 3973 122 , , , 1662 3973 123 Israel Israel NNP 1662 3973 124 4 4 CD 1662 3973 125 , , , 1662 3973 126 Germany Germany NNP 1662 3973 127 3 3 CD 1662 3973 128 , , , 1662 3973 129 and and CC 1662 3973 130 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 3973 131 3 3 CD 1662 3973 132 ; ; : 1662 3973 133 Hong Hong NNP 1662 3973 134 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3973 135 owns own VBZ 1662 3973 136 an an DT 1662 3973 137 additional additional JJ 1662 3973 138 498 498 CD 1662 3973 139 ships ship NNS 1662 3973 140 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3973 141 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 3973 142 GRT GRT NNP 1662 3973 143 or or CC 1662 3973 144 over over RB 1662 3973 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3973 146 totaling total VBG 1662 3973 147 18,810,794 18,810,794 CD 1662 3973 148 DWT DWT NNP 1662 3973 149 that that WDT 1662 3973 150 operate operate VBP 1662 3973 151 under under IN 1662 3973 152 the the DT 1662 3973 153 registries registry NNS 1662 3973 154 of of IN 1662 3973 155 The the DT 1662 3973 156 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 3973 157 , , , 1662 3973 158 Belize Belize NNP 1662 3973 159 , , , 1662 3973 160 Bermuda Bermuda NNP 1662 3973 161 , , , 1662 3973 162 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 3973 163 , , , 1662 3973 164 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 3973 165 , , , 1662 3973 166 Malta Malta NNP 1662 3973 167 , , , 1662 3973 168 Panama Panama NNP 1662 3973 169 , , , 1662 3973 170 Philippines Philippines NNP 1662 3973 171 , , , 1662 3973 172 Saint Saint NNP 1662 3973 173 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 3973 174 and and CC 1662 3973 175 the the DT 1662 3973 176 Grenadines Grenadines NNPS 1662 3973 177 , , , 1662 3973 178 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 3973 179 , , , 1662 3973 180 Sri Sri NNP 1662 3973 181 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 3973 182 , , , 1662 3973 183 and and CC 1662 3973 184 Vanuatu Vanuatu NNP 1662 3973 185 Airports Airports NNP 1662 3973 186 : : : 1662 3973 187 2 2 CD 1662 3973 188 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3973 189 1996 1996 CD 1662 3973 190 est est NNP 1662 3973 191 . . . 1662 3973 192 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3974 1 note note NN 1662 3974 2 : : : 1662 3974 3 new new NNP 1662 3974 4 international international NNP 1662 3974 5 airport airport NN 1662 3974 6 under under IN 1662 3974 7 construction construction NN 1662 3974 8 and and CC 1662 3974 9 will will MD 1662 3974 10 open open VB 1662 3974 11 in in IN 1662 3974 12 1998 1998 CD 1662 3974 13 Airports airport NNS 1662 3974 14 - - , 1662 3974 15 with with IN 1662 3974 16 paved paved JJ 1662 3974 17 runways runway NNS 1662 3974 18 : : : 1662 3974 19 total total NN 1662 3974 20 : : : 1662 3974 21 2 2 CD 1662 3974 22 over over IN 1662 3974 23 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 3974 24 m m NN 1662 3974 25 : : : 1662 3974 26 1 1 CD 1662 3974 27 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 3974 28 to to TO 1662 3974 29 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 3974 30 m m NN 1662 3974 31 : : : 1662 3974 32 1 1 CD 1662 3974 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3974 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 3974 35 est est NNP 1662 3974 36 . . . 1662 3974 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3975 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 3975 2 : : : 1662 3975 3 1 1 CD 1662 3975 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3975 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 3975 6 est est NNP 1662 3975 7 . . . 1662 3975 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3976 1 Military military JJ 1662 3976 2 Military military JJ 1662 3976 3 branches branch NNS 1662 3976 4 : : : 1662 3976 5 Headquarters headquarter NNS 1662 3976 6 of of IN 1662 3976 7 British British NNP 1662 3976 8 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 3976 9 , , , 1662 3976 10 Army Army NNP 1662 3976 11 , , , 1662 3976 12 Royal Royal NNP 1662 3976 13 Navy Navy NNP 1662 3976 14 , , , 1662 3976 15 Royal Royal NNP 1662 3976 16 Air Air NNP 1662 3976 17 Force Force NNP 1662 3976 18 , , , 1662 3976 19 Royal Royal NNP 1662 3976 20 Hong Hong NNP 1662 3976 21 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3976 22 Auxiliary Auxiliary NNP 1662 3976 23 Air Air NNP 1662 3976 24 Force Force NNP 1662 3976 25 , , , 1662 3976 26 Royal Royal NNP 1662 3976 27 Hong Hong NNP 1662 3976 28 Kong Kong NNP 1662 3976 29 Police Police NNP 1662 3976 30 Force Force NNP 1662 3976 31 Military Military NNP 1662 3976 32 manpower manpower NN 1662 3976 33 - - HYPH 1662 3976 34 military military NN 1662 3976 35 age age NN 1662 3976 36 : : : 1662 3976 37 18 18 CD 1662 3976 38 years year NNS 1662 3976 39 of of IN 1662 3976 40 age age NN 1662 3976 41 Military military JJ 1662 3976 42 manpower manpower NN 1662 3976 43 - - HYPH 1662 3976 44 availability availability NN 1662 3976 45 : : : 1662 3976 46 males male NNS 1662 3976 47 age age NNP 1662 3976 48 15 15 CD 1662 3976 49 - - HYPH 1662 3976 50 49 49 CD 1662 3976 51 : : : 1662 3976 52 1,884,488 1,884,488 CD 1662 3976 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3976 54 1997 1997 CD 1662 3976 55 est est NNP 1662 3976 56 . . . 1662 3976 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3977 1 Military military JJ 1662 3977 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3977 3 - - HYPH 1662 3977 4 fit fit NN 1662 3977 5 for for IN 1662 3977 6 military military JJ 1662 3977 7 service service NN 1662 3977 8 : : : 1662 3977 9 males male NNS 1662 3977 10 : : : 1662 3977 11 1,427,567 1,427,567 CD 1662 3977 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3977 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3977 14 est est NNP 1662 3977 15 . . . 1662 3977 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3978 1 Military military JJ 1662 3978 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 3978 3 - - HYPH 1662 3978 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 3978 5 military military JJ 1662 3978 6 age age NN 1662 3978 7 annually annually RB 1662 3978 8 : : : 1662 3978 9 males male NNS 1662 3978 10 : : : 1662 3978 11 46,601 46,601 CD 1662 3978 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3978 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 3978 14 est est NNP 1662 3978 15 . . . 1662 3978 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3979 1 Military military JJ 1662 3979 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3979 3 - - HYPH 1662 3979 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 3979 5 figure figure NN 1662 3979 6 : : : 1662 3979 7 $ $ $ 1662 3979 8 207 207 CD 1662 3979 9 million million CD 1662 3979 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3979 11 FY92/93 fy92/93 CD 1662 3979 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3979 13 ; ; : 1662 3979 14 note note VB 1662 3979 15 - - : 1662 3979 16 this this DT 1662 3979 17 represents represent VBZ 1662 3979 18 65 65 CD 1662 3979 19 % % NN 1662 3979 20 of of IN 1662 3979 21 the the DT 1662 3979 22 total total JJ 1662 3979 23 cost cost NN 1662 3979 24 of of IN 1662 3979 25 defending defend VBG 1662 3979 26 the the DT 1662 3979 27 colony colony NN 1662 3979 28 , , , 1662 3979 29 the the DT 1662 3979 30 remainder remainder NN 1662 3979 31 being be VBG 1662 3979 32 paid pay VBN 1662 3979 33 by by IN 1662 3979 34 the the DT 1662 3979 35 UK UK NNP 1662 3979 36 Military Military NNP 1662 3979 37 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 3979 38 - - : 1662 3979 39 percent percent NN 1662 3979 40 of of IN 1662 3979 41 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3979 42 : : : 1662 3979 43 0.2 0.2 CD 1662 3979 44 % % NN 1662 3979 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3979 46 FY92/93 fy92/93 CD 1662 3979 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3979 48 Military military NN 1662 3979 49 - - HYPH 1662 3979 50 note note NN 1662 3979 51 : : : 1662 3979 52 defense defense NN 1662 3979 53 is be VBZ 1662 3979 54 the the DT 1662 3979 55 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 3979 56 of of IN 1662 3979 57 the the DT 1662 3979 58 UK UK NNP 1662 3979 59 until until IN 1662 3979 60 1 1 CD 1662 3979 61 July July NNP 1662 3979 62 1997 1997 CD 1662 3979 63 , , , 1662 3979 64 when when WRB 1662 3979 65 China China NNP 1662 3979 66 will will MD 1662 3979 67 assume assume VB 1662 3979 68 command command NN 1662 3979 69 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 3979 70 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 3979 71 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 3979 72 - - : 1662 3979 73 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3979 111 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 112 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 113 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 114 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 115 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 116 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 117 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 118 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 119 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 120 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 121 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 122 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 123 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 124 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 125 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 126 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 127 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 128 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 129 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 130 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 131 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 132 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 133 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 134 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 135 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 136 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 137 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 138 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 139 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 140 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 141 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 142 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 143 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 144 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 145 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 146 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 147 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 148 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 149 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 150 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 151 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 152 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 153 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 154 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 155 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 156 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 157 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 158 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 159 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 160 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 161 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 162 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 163 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 164 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 165 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 166 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 167 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 168 HOWLAND HOWLAND NNP 1662 3979 169 ISLAND ISLAND NNP 1662 3979 170 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3979 171 territory territory NN 1662 3979 172 of of IN 1662 3979 173 the the DT 1662 3979 174 US US NNP 1662 3979 175 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3979 176 @Howland @Howland NNP 1662 3979 177 Island Island NNP 1662 3979 178 : : : 1662 3979 179 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3979 180 Location Location NNP 1662 3979 181 : : : 1662 3979 182 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 3979 183 , , , 1662 3979 184 island island NN 1662 3979 185 in in IN 1662 3979 186 the the DT 1662 3979 187 North North NNP 1662 3979 188 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 3979 189 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3979 190 , , , 1662 3979 191 about about RB 1662 3979 192 one one CD 1662 3979 193 - - HYPH 1662 3979 194 half half NN 1662 3979 195 of of IN 1662 3979 196 the the DT 1662 3979 197 way way NN 1662 3979 198 from from IN 1662 3979 199 Hawaii Hawaii NNP 1662 3979 200 to to IN 1662 3979 201 Australia Australia NNP 1662 3979 202 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 3979 203 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 3979 204 : : : 1662 3979 205 0 0 CD 1662 3979 206 48 48 CD 1662 3979 207 N n CD 1662 3979 208 , , , 1662 3979 209 176 176 CD 1662 3979 210 38 38 CD 1662 3979 211 W W NNP 1662 3979 212 Map Map NNP 1662 3979 213 references reference NNS 1662 3979 214 : : : 1662 3979 215 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 3979 216 Area Area NNP 1662 3979 217 : : : 1662 3979 218 total total NN 1662 3979 219 : : : 1662 3979 220 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 3979 221 sq sq NN 1662 3979 222 km km NNP 1662 3979 223 land land NN 1662 3979 224 : : : 1662 3979 225 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 3979 226 sq sq NN 1662 3979 227 km km NNP 1662 3979 228 water water NN 1662 3979 229 : : : 1662 3979 230 0 0 NFP 1662 3979 231 sq sq NN 1662 3979 232 km km NNP 1662 3979 233 Area area NN 1662 3979 234 - - HYPH 1662 3979 235 comparative comparative JJ 1662 3979 236 : : : 1662 3979 237 about about RB 1662 3979 238 three three CD 1662 3979 239 times time NNS 1662 3979 240 the the DT 1662 3979 241 size size NN 1662 3979 242 of of IN 1662 3979 243 The the DT 1662 3979 244 Mall Mall NNP 1662 3979 245 in in IN 1662 3979 246 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3979 247 , , , 1662 3979 248 DC DC NNP 1662 3979 249 Land Land NNP 1662 3979 250 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 3979 251 : : : 1662 3979 252 0 0 LS 1662 3979 253 km km NN 1662 3979 254 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3979 255 : : : 1662 3979 256 6.4 6.4 CD 1662 3979 257 km km NN 1662 3979 258 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3979 259 claims claim VBZ 1662 3979 260 : : : 1662 3979 261 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 3979 262 economic economic JJ 1662 3979 263 zone zone NN 1662 3979 264 : : : 1662 3979 265 200 200 CD 1662 3979 266 nm nm CD 1662 3979 267 territorial territorial JJ 1662 3979 268 sea sea NN 1662 3979 269 : : : 1662 3979 270 12 12 CD 1662 3979 271 nm nm NNP 1662 3979 272 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3979 273 : : : 1662 3979 274 equatorial equatorial JJ 1662 3979 275 ; ; : 1662 3979 276 scant scant JJ 1662 3979 277 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 3979 278 , , , 1662 3979 279 constant constant JJ 1662 3979 280 wind wind NN 1662 3979 281 , , , 1662 3979 282 burning burn VBG 1662 3979 283 sun sun NN 1662 3979 284 Terrain terrain NN 1662 3979 285 : : : 1662 3979 286 low low RB 1662 3979 287 - - HYPH 1662 3979 288 lying lie VBG 1662 3979 289 , , , 1662 3979 290 nearly nearly RB 1662 3979 291 level level NN 1662 3979 292 , , , 1662 3979 293 sandy sandy JJ 1662 3979 294 , , , 1662 3979 295 coral coral JJ 1662 3979 296 island island NN 1662 3979 297 surrounded surround VBN 1662 3979 298 by by IN 1662 3979 299 a a DT 1662 3979 300 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3979 301 fringing fringing NN 1662 3979 302 reef reef NN 1662 3979 303 ; ; , 1662 3979 304 depressed depress VBN 1662 3979 305 central central JJ 1662 3979 306 area area NN 1662 3979 307 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 3979 308 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3979 309 : : : 1662 3979 310 lowest low JJS 1662 3979 311 point point NN 1662 3979 312 : : : 1662 3979 313 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 3979 314 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 3979 315 0 0 NFP 1662 3979 316 m m DT 1662 3979 317 highest high JJS 1662 3979 318 point point NN 1662 3979 319 : : : 1662 3979 320 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 3979 321 location location NN 1662 3979 322 3 3 CD 1662 3979 323 m m NNP 1662 3979 324 Natural natural JJ 1662 3979 325 resources resource NNS 1662 3979 326 : : : 1662 3979 327 guano guano NNP 1662 3979 328 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3979 329 deposits deposit NNS 1662 3979 330 worked work VBD 1662 3979 331 until until IN 1662 3979 332 late late JJ 1662 3979 333 1800s 1800 NNS 1662 3979 334 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3979 335 Land land NN 1662 3979 336 use use NN 1662 3979 337 : : : 1662 3979 338 arable arable JJ 1662 3979 339 land land NN 1662 3979 340 : : : 1662 3979 341 0 0 CD 1662 3979 342 % % NN 1662 3979 343 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3979 344 crops crop NNS 1662 3979 345 : : : 1662 3979 346 0 0 CD 1662 3979 347 % % NN 1662 3979 348 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3979 349 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3979 350 : : : 1662 3979 351 0 0 CD 1662 3979 352 % % NN 1662 3979 353 forests forest NNS 1662 3979 354 and and CC 1662 3979 355 woodland woodland NN 1662 3979 356 : : : 1662 3979 357 5 5 CD 1662 3979 358 % % NN 1662 3979 359 other other JJ 1662 3979 360 : : : 1662 3979 361 95 95 CD 1662 3979 362 % % NN 1662 3979 363 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3979 364 land land NN 1662 3979 365 : : : 1662 3979 366 0 0 LS 1662 3979 367 sq sq NNP 1662 3979 368 km km NNP 1662 3979 369 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3979 370 1993 1993 CD 1662 3979 371 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3979 372 Natural natural JJ 1662 3979 373 hazards hazard NNS 1662 3979 374 : : : 1662 3979 375 the the DT 1662 3979 376 narrow narrow JJ 1662 3979 377 fringing fringing NN 1662 3979 378 reef reef NN 1662 3979 379 surrounding surround VBG 1662 3979 380 the the DT 1662 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3979 416 : : : 1662 3979 417 almost almost RB 1662 3979 418 totally totally RB 1662 3979 419 covered cover VBN 1662 3979 420 with with IN 1662 3979 421 grasses grass NNS 1662 3979 422 , , , 1662 3979 423 prostrate prostrate NN 1662 3979 424 vines vine NNS 1662 3979 425 , , , 1662 3979 426 and and CC 1662 3979 427 low low RB 1662 3979 428 - - HYPH 1662 3979 429 growing grow VBG 1662 3979 430 shrubs shrub NNS 1662 3979 431 ; ; : 1662 3979 432 small small JJ 1662 3979 433 area area NN 1662 3979 434 of of IN 1662 3979 435 trees tree NNS 1662 3979 436 in in IN 1662 3979 437 the the DT 1662 3979 438 center center NN 1662 3979 439 ; ; : 1662 3979 440 primarily primarily RB 1662 3979 441 a a DT 1662 3979 442 nesting nesting NN 1662 3979 443 , , , 1662 3979 444 roosting roosting NN 1662 3979 445 , , , 1662 3979 446 and and CC 1662 3979 447 foraging forage VBG 1662 3979 448 habitat habitat NN 1662 3979 449 for for IN 1662 3979 450 seabirds seabird NNS 1662 3979 451 , , , 1662 3979 452 shorebirds shorebird NNS 1662 3979 453 , , , 1662 3979 454 and and CC 1662 3979 455 marine marine JJ 1662 3979 456 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 3979 457 ; ; : 1662 3979 458 feral feral JJ 1662 3979 459 cats cat NNS 1662 3979 460 @Howland @howland CC 1662 3979 461 Island Island NNP 1662 3979 462 : : : 1662 3979 463 People People NNP 1662 3979 464 Population Population NNP 1662 3979 465 : : : 1662 3979 466 uninhabited uninhabited JJ 1662 3979 467 note note NN 1662 3979 468 : : : 1662 3979 469 American american JJ 1662 3979 470 civilians civilian NNS 1662 3979 471 evacuated evacuate VBN 1662 3979 472 in in IN 1662 3979 473 1942 1942 CD 1662 3979 474 after after IN 1662 3979 475 Japanese japanese JJ 1662 3979 476 air air NN 1662 3979 477 and and CC 1662 3979 478 naval naval JJ 1662 3979 479 attacks attack NNS 1662 3979 480 during during IN 1662 3979 481 World World NNP 1662 3979 482 War War NNP 1662 3979 483 II II NNP 1662 3979 484 ; ; , 1662 3979 485 occupied occupy VBN 1662 3979 486 by by IN 1662 3979 487 US US NNP 1662 3979 488 military military NN 1662 3979 489 during during IN 1662 3979 490 World World NNP 1662 3979 491 War War NNP 1662 3979 492 II II NNP 1662 3979 493 , , , 1662 3979 494 but but CC 1662 3979 495 abandoned abandon VBN 1662 3979 496 after after IN 1662 3979 497 the the DT 1662 3979 498 war war NN 1662 3979 499 ; ; , 1662 3979 500 public public JJ 1662 3979 501 entry entry NN 1662 3979 502 is be VBZ 1662 3979 503 by by IN 1662 3979 504 special special JJ 1662 3979 505 - - HYPH 1662 3979 506 use use NN 1662 3979 507 permit permit NN 1662 3979 508 only only RB 1662 3979 509 and and CC 1662 3979 510 generally generally RB 1662 3979 511 restricted restrict VBN 1662 3979 512 to to IN 1662 3979 513 scientists scientist NNS 1662 3979 514 and and CC 1662 3979 515 educators educator NNS 1662 3979 516 @Howland @Howland NNP 1662 3979 517 Island Island NNP 1662 3979 518 : : : 1662 3979 519 Government Government NNP 1662 3979 520 Country Country NNP 1662 3979 521 name name NN 1662 3979 522 : : : 1662 3979 523 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3979 524 long long JJ 1662 3979 525 form form NN 1662 3979 526 : : : 1662 3979 527 none none NN 1662 3979 528 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3979 529 short short JJ 1662 3979 530 form form NN 1662 3979 531 : : : 1662 3979 532 Howland Howland NNP 1662 3979 533 Island Island NNP 1662 3979 534 Data Data NNP 1662 3979 535 code code NN 1662 3979 536 : : : 1662 3979 537 HQ HQ NNP 1662 3979 538 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 3979 539 status status NN 1662 3979 540 : : : 1662 3979 541 unincorporated unincorporated JJ 1662 3979 542 territory territory NN 1662 3979 543 of of IN 1662 3979 544 the the DT 1662 3979 545 US US NNP 1662 3979 546 ; ; : 1662 3979 547 administered administer VBN 1662 3979 548 by by IN 1662 3979 549 the the DT 1662 3979 550 Fish Fish NNP 1662 3979 551 and and CC 1662 3979 552 Wildlife Wildlife NNP 1662 3979 553 Service Service NNP 1662 3979 554 of of IN 1662 3979 555 the the DT 1662 3979 556 US US NNP 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HYPH 1662 3979 592 overview overview NN 1662 3979 593 : : : 1662 3979 594 no no DT 1662 3979 595 economic economic JJ 1662 3979 596 activity activity NN 1662 3979 597 @Howland @Howland NNP 1662 3979 598 Island Island NNP 1662 3979 599 : : : 1662 3979 600 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 3979 601 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 3979 602 and and CC 1662 3979 603 harbors harbor NNS 1662 3979 604 : : : 1662 3979 605 none none NN 1662 3979 606 ; ; : 1662 3979 607 offshore offshore RB 1662 3979 608 anchorage anchorage VB 1662 3979 609 only only RB 1662 3979 610 ; ; : 1662 3979 611 note note VB 1662 3979 612 - - : 1662 3979 613 there there EX 1662 3979 614 is be VBZ 1662 3979 615 one one CD 1662 3979 616 boat boat NN 1662 3979 617 landing landing NN 1662 3979 618 area area NN 1662 3979 619 along along IN 1662 3979 620 the the DT 1662 3979 621 middle middle NN 1662 3979 622 of of IN 1662 3979 623 the the DT 1662 3979 624 west west NNP 1662 3979 625 coast coast NNP 1662 3979 626 Airports Airports 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1662 3979 663 were be VBD 1662 3979 664 never never RB 1662 3979 665 seen see VBN 1662 3979 666 again again RB 1662 3979 667 ; ; : 1662 3979 668 the the DT 1662 3979 669 airstrip airstrip NN 1662 3979 670 is be VBZ 1662 3979 671 no no DT 1662 3979 672 longer long RBR 1662 3979 673 serviceable serviceable JJ 1662 3979 674 Transportation transportation NN 1662 3979 675 - - HYPH 1662 3979 676 note note NN 1662 3979 677 : : : 1662 3979 678 Earhart Earhart NNP 1662 3979 679 Light Light NNP 1662 3979 680 is be VBZ 1662 3979 681 a a DT 1662 3979 682 day day NN 1662 3979 683 beacon beacon NN 1662 3979 684 near near IN 1662 3979 685 the the DT 1662 3979 686 middle middle NN 1662 3979 687 of of IN 1662 3979 688 the the DT 1662 3979 689 west west NNP 1662 3979 690 coast coast NN 1662 3979 691 that that WDT 1662 3979 692 was be VBD 1662 3979 693 partially partially RB 1662 3979 694 destroyed destroy VBN 1662 3979 695 during during IN 1662 3979 696 World World NNP 1662 3979 697 War War NNP 1662 3979 698 II II NNP 1662 3979 699 , , , 1662 3979 700 but but CC 1662 3979 701 has have VBZ 1662 3979 702 since since IN 1662 3979 703 been be VBN 1662 3979 704 rebuilt rebuild VBN 1662 3979 705 ; ; , 1662 3979 706 named name VBN 1662 3979 707 in in IN 1662 3979 708 memory memory NN 1662 3979 709 of of IN 1662 3979 710 famed famed JJ 1662 3979 711 aviatrix aviatrix NN 1662 3979 712 Amelia Amelia NNP 1662 3979 713 Earhart Earhart NNP 1662 3979 714 Military Military NNP 1662 3979 715 Military Military NNP 1662 3979 716 - - HYPH 1662 3979 717 note note NN 1662 3979 718 : : : 1662 3979 719 defense defense NN 1662 3979 720 is be VBZ 1662 3979 721 the the DT 1662 3979 722 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 3979 723 of of IN 1662 3979 724 the the DT 1662 3979 725 US US NNP 1662 3979 726 ; ; : 1662 3979 727 visited visit VBN 1662 3979 728 annually annually RB 1662 3979 729 by by IN 1662 3979 730 the the DT 1662 3979 731 US US NNP 1662 3979 732 Coast Coast NNP 1662 3979 733 Guard Guard NNP 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1662 3979 776 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 777 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 778 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 779 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 780 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 781 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 782 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 783 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 784 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 785 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 786 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 787 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 788 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 789 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 790 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 791 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 792 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 793 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 794 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 795 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 796 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 797 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 798 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 799 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 800 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 801 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 802 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 803 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 804 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 805 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 806 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 807 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 808 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 809 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 810 _ _ NNP 1662 3979 811 HUNGARY HUNGARY NNP 1662 3979 812 @Hungary @hungary NN 1662 3979 813 : : : 1662 3979 814 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3979 815 Location Location NNP 1662 3979 816 : : : 1662 3979 817 Central Central NNP 1662 3979 818 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Serbia NNP 1662 3979 893 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3979 894 , , , 1662 3979 895 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 3979 896 515 515 CD 1662 3979 897 km km NNS 1662 3979 898 , , , 1662 3979 899 Slovenia Slovenia NNP 1662 3979 900 102 102 CD 1662 3979 901 km km NNS 1662 3979 902 , , , 1662 3979 903 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 3979 904 103 103 CD 1662 3979 905 km km NN 1662 3979 906 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 3979 907 : : : 1662 3979 908 0 0 CD 1662 3979 909 km km NN 1662 3979 910 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3979 911 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 3979 912 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3979 913 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 3979 914 claims claim VBZ 1662 3979 915 : : : 1662 3979 916 none none NN 1662 3979 917 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3979 918 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 3979 919 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3979 920 Climate climate NN 1662 3979 921 : : : 1662 3979 922 temperate temperate VB 1662 3979 923 ; ; : 1662 3979 924 cold cold JJ 1662 3979 925 , , , 1662 3979 926 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 3979 927 , , , 1662 3979 928 humid humid JJ 1662 3979 929 winters winter NNS 1662 3979 930 ; ; : 1662 3979 931 warm warm JJ 1662 3979 932 summers summer NNS 1662 3979 933 Terrain terrain NN 1662 3979 934 : : : 1662 3979 935 mostly mostly RB 1662 3979 936 flat flat JJ 1662 3979 937 to to IN 1662 3979 938 rolling rolling JJ 1662 3979 939 plains plain NNS 1662 3979 940 ; ; : 1662 3979 941 hills hill NNS 1662 3979 942 and and CC 1662 3979 943 low low JJ 1662 3979 944 mountains mountain NNS 1662 3979 945 on on IN 1662 3979 946 the the DT 1662 3979 947 Slovakian slovakian JJ 1662 3979 948 border border NN 1662 3979 949 Elevation elevation NN 1662 3979 950 extremes extreme NNS 1662 3979 951 : : : 1662 3979 952 lowest low JJS 1662 3979 953 point point NN 1662 3979 954 : : : 1662 3979 955 Tisza Tisza NNP 1662 3979 956 River River NNP 1662 3979 957 78 78 CD 1662 3979 958 m m NN 1662 3979 959 highest high JJS 1662 3979 960 point point NN 1662 3979 961 : : : 1662 3979 962 Kekes Kekes NNP 1662 3979 963 1,014 1,014 CD 1662 3979 964 m m NNP 1662 3979 965 Natural natural JJ 1662 3979 966 resources resource NNS 1662 3979 967 : : : 1662 3979 968 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 3979 969 , , , 1662 3979 970 coal coal NN 1662 3979 971 , , , 1662 3979 972 natural natural JJ 1662 3979 973 gas gas NN 1662 3979 974 , , , 1662 3979 975 fertile fertile JJ 1662 3979 976 soils soil NNS 1662 3979 977 Land Land NNP 1662 3979 978 use use NN 1662 3979 979 : : : 1662 3979 980 arable arable JJ 1662 3979 981 land land NN 1662 3979 982 : : : 1662 3979 983 51 51 CD 1662 3979 984 % % NN 1662 3979 985 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3979 986 crops crop NNS 1662 3979 987 : : : 1662 3979 988 2 2 CD 1662 3979 989 % % NN 1662 3979 990 permanent permanent JJ 1662 3979 991 pastures pasture NNS 1662 3979 992 : : : 1662 3979 993 13 13 CD 1662 3979 994 % % NN 1662 3979 995 forests forest NNS 1662 3979 996 and and CC 1662 3979 997 woodland woodland NN 1662 3979 998 : : : 1662 3979 999 19 19 CD 1662 3979 1000 % % NN 1662 3979 1001 other other JJ 1662 3979 1002 : : : 1662 3979 1003 15 15 CD 1662 3979 1004 % % NN 1662 3979 1005 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3979 1006 1993 1993 CD 1662 3979 1007 est est NNP 1662 3979 1008 . . . 1662 3979 1009 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3980 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 3980 2 land land NN 1662 3980 3 : : : 1662 3980 4 2,060 2,060 CD 1662 3980 5 sq sq NNP 1662 3980 6 km km NNP 1662 3980 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3980 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 3980 9 est est NNP 1662 3980 10 . . . 1662 3980 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3981 1 Environment environment NN 1662 3981 2 - - HYPH 1662 3981 3 current current JJ 1662 3981 4 issues issue NNS 1662 3981 5 : : : 1662 3981 6 an an DT 1662 3981 7 early-1996 early-1996 JJ 1662 3981 8 government government NN 1662 3981 9 study study NN 1662 3981 10 identified identify VBD 1662 3981 11 179 179 CD 1662 3981 12 areas area NNS 1662 3981 13 that that WDT 1662 3981 14 suffer suffer VBP 1662 3981 15 from from IN 1662 3981 16 air air NN 1662 3981 17 pollution pollution NN 1662 3981 18 , , , 1662 3981 19 54 54 CD 1662 3981 20 areas area NNS 1662 3981 21 with with IN 1662 3981 22 polluted polluted JJ 1662 3981 23 soil soil NN 1662 3981 24 , , , 1662 3981 25 and and CC 1662 3981 26 32 32 CD 1662 3981 27 areas area NNS 1662 3981 28 with with IN 1662 3981 29 polluted polluted JJ 1662 3981 30 underground underground JJ 1662 3981 31 water water NN 1662 3981 32 ; ; : 1662 3981 33 the the DT 1662 3981 34 study study NN 1662 3981 35 estimated estimate VBD 1662 3981 36 clean clean JJ 1662 3981 37 - - HYPH 1662 3981 38 up up RP 1662 3981 39 costs cost NNS 1662 3981 40 at at IN 1662 3981 41 $ $ $ 1662 3981 42 350 350 CD 1662 3981 43 million million CD 1662 3981 44 , , , 1662 3981 45 but but CC 1662 3981 46 the the DT 1662 3981 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 3981 48 government government NN 1662 3981 49 budget budget NN 1662 3981 50 allocated allocate VBD 1662 3981 51 only only RB 1662 3981 52 about about RB 1662 3981 53 $ $ $ 1662 3981 54 7 7 CD 1662 3981 55 million million CD 1662 3981 56 for for IN 1662 3981 57 this this DT 1662 3981 58 purpose purpose NN 1662 3981 59 Environment Environment NNP 1662 3981 60 - - HYPH 1662 3981 61 international international JJ 1662 3981 62 agreements agreement NNS 1662 3981 63 : : : 1662 3981 64 party party NN 1662 3981 65 to to TO 1662 3981 66 : : : 1662 3981 67 Air Air NNP 1662 3981 68 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3981 69 , , , 1662 3981 70 Air Air NNP 1662 3981 71 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3981 72 - - HYPH 1662 3981 73 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 3981 74 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 3981 75 , , , 1662 3981 76 Air Air NNP 1662 3981 77 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3981 78 - - HYPH 1662 3981 79 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 3981 80 85 85 CD 1662 3981 81 , , , 1662 3981 82 Air Air NNP 1662 3981 83 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3981 84 - - HYPH 1662 3981 85 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 3981 86 Organic Organic NNP 1662 3981 87 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 3981 88 , , , 1662 3981 89 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3981 90 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 3981 91 , , , 1662 3981 92 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 3981 93 , , , 1662 3981 94 Climate Climate NNP 1662 3981 95 Change Change NNP 1662 3981 96 , , , 1662 3981 97 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 3981 98 Species Species NNPS 1662 3981 99 , , , 1662 3981 100 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 3981 101 Modification Modification NNP 1662 3981 102 , , , 1662 3981 103 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 3981 104 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 3981 105 , , , 1662 3981 106 Marine Marine NNP 1662 3981 107 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 3981 108 , , , 1662 3981 109 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 3981 110 Test Test NNP 1662 3981 111 Ban Ban NNP 1662 3981 112 , , , 1662 3981 113 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 3981 114 Layer Layer NNP 1662 3981 115 Protection Protection NNP 1662 3981 116 , , , 1662 3981 117 Ship Ship NNP 1662 3981 118 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3981 119 , , , 1662 3981 120 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 3981 121 signed sign VBD 1662 3981 122 , , , 1662 3981 123 but but CC 1662 3981 124 not not RB 1662 3981 125 ratified ratified JJ 1662 3981 126 : : : 1662 3981 127 Air Air NNP 1662 3981 128 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 3981 129 - - HYPH 1662 3981 130 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 3981 131 94 94 CD 1662 3981 132 , , , 1662 3981 133 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 3981 134 - - HYPH 1662 3981 135 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 3981 136 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 3981 137 , , , 1662 3981 138 Law Law NNP 1662 3981 139 of of IN 1662 3981 140 the the DT 1662 3981 141 Sea Sea NNP 1662 3981 142 Geography Geography NNP 1662 3981 143 - - HYPH 1662 3981 144 note note NN 1662 3981 145 : : : 1662 3981 146 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 3981 147 ; ; : 1662 3981 148 strategic strategic JJ 1662 3981 149 location location NN 1662 3981 150 astride astride IN 1662 3981 151 main main JJ 1662 3981 152 land land NN 1662 3981 153 routes route NNS 1662 3981 154 between between IN 1662 3981 155 Western Western NNP 1662 3981 156 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3981 157 and and CC 1662 3981 158 Balkan Balkan NNP 1662 3981 159 Peninsula Peninsula NNP 1662 3981 160 as as RB 1662 3981 161 well well RB 1662 3981 162 as as IN 1662 3981 163 between between IN 1662 3981 164 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 3981 165 and and CC 1662 3981 166 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 3981 167 basin basin NN 1662 3981 168 @Hungary @hungary NN 1662 3981 169 : : : 1662 3981 170 People People NNP 1662 3981 171 Population Population NNP 1662 3981 172 : : : 1662 3981 173 10,232,404 10,232,404 CD 1662 3981 174 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3981 175 July July NNP 1662 3981 176 1997 1997 CD 1662 3981 177 est est NNP 1662 3981 178 . . . 1662 3981 179 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3982 1 Age age NN 1662 3982 2 structure structure NN 1662 3982 3 : : : 1662 3982 4 0 0 CD 1662 3982 5 - - HYPH 1662 3982 6 14 14 CD 1662 3982 7 years year NNS 1662 3982 8 : : : 1662 3982 9 18 18 CD 1662 3982 10 % % NN 1662 3982 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3982 12 male male JJ 1662 3982 13 924,864 924,864 CD 1662 3982 14 ; ; : 1662 3982 15 female female JJ 1662 3982 16 881,728 881,728 CD 1662 3982 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3982 18 15 15 CD 1662 3982 19 - - HYPH 1662 3982 20 64 64 CD 1662 3982 21 years year NNS 1662 3982 22 : : : 1662 3982 23 68 68 CD 1662 3982 24 % % NN 1662 3982 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3982 26 male male JJ 1662 3982 27 3,419,485 3,419,485 CD 1662 3982 28 ; ; : 1662 3982 29 female female JJ 1662 3982 30 3,541,823 3,541,823 CD 1662 3982 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3982 32 65 65 CD 1662 3982 33 years year NNS 1662 3982 34 and and CC 1662 3982 35 over over IN 1662 3982 36 : : : 1662 3982 37 14 14 CD 1662 3982 38 % % NN 1662 3982 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3982 40 male male JJ 1662 3982 41 549,091 549,091 CD 1662 3982 42 ; ; : 1662 3982 43 female female JJ 1662 3982 44 915,413 915,413 CD 1662 3982 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3982 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3982 47 July July NNP 1662 3982 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 3982 49 est est NNP 1662 3982 50 . . . 1662 3982 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3983 1 Population population NN 1662 3983 2 growth growth NN 1662 3983 3 rate rate NN 1662 3983 4 : : : 1662 3983 5 -0.25 -0.25 CD 1662 3983 6 % % NN 1662 3983 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3983 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3983 9 est est NNP 1662 3983 10 . . . 1662 3983 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3984 1 Birth birth NN 1662 3984 2 rate rate NN 1662 3984 3 : : : 1662 3984 4 10.73 10.73 CD 1662 3984 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 3984 6 population population NN 1662 3984 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3984 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3984 9 est est NNP 1662 3984 10 . . . 1662 3984 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3985 1 Death death NN 1662 3985 2 rate rate NN 1662 3985 3 : : : 1662 3985 4 13.67 13.67 CD 1662 3985 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3985 6 population population NN 1662 3985 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3985 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 3985 9 est est NNP 1662 3985 10 . . . 1662 3985 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3986 1 Net net JJ 1662 3986 2 migration migration NN 1662 3986 3 rate rate NN 1662 3986 4 : : : 1662 3986 5 0.47 0.47 CD 1662 3986 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 3986 7 population population NN 1662 3986 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3986 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 3986 10 est est NNP 1662 3986 11 . . . 1662 3986 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3987 1 Sex sex NN 1662 3987 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 3987 3 : : : 1662 3987 4 at at IN 1662 3987 5 birth birth NN 1662 3987 6 : : : 1662 3987 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 3987 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3987 9 under under IN 1662 3987 10 15 15 CD 1662 3987 11 years year NNS 1662 3987 12 : : : 1662 3987 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 3987 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3987 15 15 15 CD 1662 3987 16 - - HYPH 1662 3987 17 64 64 CD 1662 3987 18 years year NNS 1662 3987 19 : : : 1662 3987 20 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 3987 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3987 22 65 65 CD 1662 3987 23 years year NNS 1662 3987 24 and and CC 1662 3987 25 over over IN 1662 3987 26 : : : 1662 3987 27 0.6 0.6 CD 1662 3987 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 3987 29 total total JJ 1662 3987 30 population population NN 1662 3987 31 : : : 1662 3987 32 0.92 0.92 CD 1662 3987 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 3987 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3987 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 3987 36 est est NNP 1662 3987 37 . . . 1662 3987 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3988 1 Infant infant NN 1662 3988 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 3988 3 rate rate NN 1662 3988 4 : : : 1662 3988 5 10 10 CD 1662 3988 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 3988 7 live live JJ 1662 3988 8 births birth NNS 1662 3988 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3988 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 3988 11 est est NNP 1662 3988 12 . . . 1662 3988 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3989 1 Life life NN 1662 3989 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 3989 3 at at IN 1662 3989 4 birth birth NN 1662 3989 5 : : : 1662 3989 6 total total JJ 1662 3989 7 population population NN 1662 3989 8 : : : 1662 3989 9 70.48 70.48 CD 1662 3989 10 years year NNS 1662 3989 11 male male NN 1662 3989 12 : : : 1662 3989 13 66.06 66.06 CD 1662 3989 14 years year NNS 1662 3989 15 female female JJ 1662 3989 16 : : : 1662 3989 17 75.13 75.13 CD 1662 3989 18 years year NNS 1662 3989 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3989 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 3989 21 est est NNP 1662 3989 22 . . . 1662 3989 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3990 1 Total total JJ 1662 3990 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 3990 3 rate rate NN 1662 3990 4 : : : 1662 3990 5 1.47 1.47 CD 1662 3990 6 children child NNS 1662 3990 7 born bear VBN 1662 3990 8 / / SYM 1662 3990 9 woman woman NN 1662 3990 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3990 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 3990 12 est est NNP 1662 3990 13 . . . 1662 3990 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3991 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 3991 2 : : : 1662 3991 3 noun noun NNP 1662 3991 4 : : : 1662 3991 5 Hungarian(s Hungarian(s NNP 1662 3991 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3991 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 3991 8 : : : 1662 3991 9 Hungarian hungarian JJ 1662 3991 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 3991 11 groups group NNS 1662 3991 12 : : : 1662 3991 13 Hungarian hungarian JJ 1662 3991 14 89.9 89.9 CD 1662 3991 15 % % NN 1662 3991 16 , , , 1662 3991 17 Gypsy Gypsy NNP 1662 3991 18 4 4 CD 1662 3991 19 % % NN 1662 3991 20 , , , 1662 3991 21 German german JJ 1662 3991 22 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 3991 23 % % NN 1662 3991 24 , , , 1662 3991 25 Serb Serb NNP 1662 3991 26 2 2 CD 1662 3991 27 % % NN 1662 3991 28 , , , 1662 3991 29 Slovak Slovak NNP 1662 3991 30 0.8 0.8 CD 1662 3991 31 % % NN 1662 3991 32 , , , 1662 3991 33 Romanian Romanian NNP 1662 3991 34 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 3991 35 % % NN 1662 3991 36 Religions religion NNS 1662 3991 37 : : : 1662 3991 38 Roman Roman NNP 1662 3991 39 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 3991 40 67.5 67.5 CD 1662 3991 41 % % NN 1662 3991 42 , , , 1662 3991 43 Calvinist calvinist NN 1662 3991 44 20 20 CD 1662 3991 45 % % NN 1662 3991 46 , , , 1662 3991 47 Lutheran Lutheran NNP 1662 3991 48 5 5 CD 1662 3991 49 % % NN 1662 3991 50 , , , 1662 3991 51 atheist atheist NN 1662 3991 52 and and CC 1662 3991 53 other other JJ 1662 3991 54 7.5 7.5 CD 1662 3991 55 % % NN 1662 3991 56 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 3991 57 : : : 1662 3991 58 Hungarian hungarian JJ 1662 3991 59 98.2 98.2 CD 1662 3991 60 % % NN 1662 3991 61 , , , 1662 3991 62 other other JJ 1662 3991 63 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 3991 64 % % NN 1662 3991 65 Literacy literacy NN 1662 3991 66 : : : 1662 3991 67 definition definition NN 1662 3991 68 : : : 1662 3991 69 age age NN 1662 3991 70 15 15 CD 1662 3991 71 and and CC 1662 3991 72 over over RB 1662 3991 73 can can MD 1662 3991 74 read read VB 1662 3991 75 and and CC 1662 3991 76 write write VB 1662 3991 77 total total JJ 1662 3991 78 population population NN 1662 3991 79 : : : 1662 3991 80 99 99 CD 1662 3991 81 % % NN 1662 3991 82 male male NN 1662 3991 83 : : : 1662 3991 84 99 99 CD 1662 3991 85 % % NN 1662 3991 86 female female NN 1662 3991 87 : : : 1662 3991 88 98 98 CD 1662 3991 89 % % NN 1662 3991 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3991 91 1980 1980 CD 1662 3991 92 est est NNP 1662 3991 93 . . . 1662 3991 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 1 @Hungary @hungary LS 1662 3992 2 : : : 1662 3992 3 Government Government NNP 1662 3992 4 Country Country NNP 1662 3992 5 name name NN 1662 3992 6 : : : 1662 3992 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3992 8 long long JJ 1662 3992 9 form form NN 1662 3992 10 : : : 1662 3992 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 3992 12 of of IN 1662 3992 13 Hungary Hungary NNP 1662 3992 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 3992 15 short short JJ 1662 3992 16 form form NN 1662 3992 17 : : : 1662 3992 18 Hungary hungary JJ 1662 3992 19 local local JJ 1662 3992 20 long long JJ 1662 3992 21 form form NN 1662 3992 22 : : : 1662 3992 23 Magyar Magyar NNP 1662 3992 24 Koztarsasag Koztarsasag NNP 1662 3992 25 local local JJ 1662 3992 26 short short JJ 1662 3992 27 form form NN 1662 3992 28 : : : 1662 3992 29 Magyarorszag Magyarorszag NNP 1662 3992 30 Data Data NNP 1662 3992 31 code code NN 1662 3992 32 : : : 1662 3992 33 HU HU NNP 1662 3992 34 Government Government NNP 1662 3992 35 type type NN 1662 3992 36 : : : 1662 3992 37 republic republic NNP 1662 3992 38 National national JJ 1662 3992 39 capital capital NN 1662 3992 40 : : : 1662 3992 41 Budapest Budapest NNP 1662 3992 42 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 3992 43 divisions division NNS 1662 3992 44 : : : 1662 3992 45 19 19 CD 1662 3992 46 counties county NNS 1662 3992 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 48 megyek megyek JJ 1662 3992 49 , , , 1662 3992 50 singular singular NNP 1662 3992 51 - - HYPH 1662 3992 52 megye megye NN 1662 3992 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 54 , , , 1662 3992 55 20 20 CD 1662 3992 56 urban urban JJ 1662 3992 57 counties county NNS 1662 3992 58 * * NFP 1662 3992 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 60 singular singular JJ 1662 3992 61 - - HYPH 1662 3992 62 megyei megyei JJ 1662 3992 63 varos varo NNS 1662 3992 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 65 , , , 1662 3992 66 and and CC 1662 3992 67 1 1 CD 1662 3992 68 capital capital NN 1662 3992 69 city city NN 1662 3992 70 * * NFP 1662 3992 71 * * NFP 1662 3992 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 73 fovaros fovaros NNP 1662 3992 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 75 ; ; : 1662 3992 76 Bacs Bacs NNP 1662 3992 77 - - HYPH 1662 3992 78 Kiskun Kiskun NNP 1662 3992 79 , , , 1662 3992 80 Baranya Baranya NNP 1662 3992 81 , , , 1662 3992 82 Bekes Bekes NNP 1662 3992 83 , , , 1662 3992 84 Bekescsaba Bekescsaba NNP 1662 3992 85 * * NFP 1662 3992 86 , , , 1662 3992 87 Borsod Borsod NNP 1662 3992 88 - - HYPH 1662 3992 89 Abauj Abauj NNP 1662 3992 90 - - HYPH 1662 3992 91 Zemplen Zemplen NNP 1662 3992 92 , , , 1662 3992 93 Budapest Budapest NNP 1662 3992 94 * * NFP 1662 3992 95 * * NFP 1662 3992 96 , , , 1662 3992 97 Csongrad Csongrad NNP 1662 3992 98 , , , 1662 3992 99 Debrecen Debrecen NNP 1662 3992 100 * * NFP 1662 3992 101 , , , 1662 3992 102 Dunaujvaros Dunaujvaros NNP 1662 3992 103 * * NFP 1662 3992 104 , , , 1662 3992 105 Eger eger NN 1662 3992 106 * * NFP 1662 3992 107 , , , 1662 3992 108 Fejer Fejer NNP 1662 3992 109 , , , 1662 3992 110 Gyor Gyor NNP 1662 3992 111 * * NFP 1662 3992 112 , , , 1662 3992 113 Gyor Gyor NNP 1662 3992 114 - - HYPH 1662 3992 115 Moson Moson NNP 1662 3992 116 - - HYPH 1662 3992 117 Sopron Sopron NNP 1662 3992 118 , , , 1662 3992 119 Hajdu Hajdu NNP 1662 3992 120 - - HYPH 1662 3992 121 Bihar Bihar NNP 1662 3992 122 , , , 1662 3992 123 Heves Heves NNP 1662 3992 124 , , , 1662 3992 125 Hodmezovasarhely hodmezovasarhely RB 1662 3992 126 * * NFP 1662 3992 127 , , , 1662 3992 128 Jasz Jasz NNP 1662 3992 129 - - HYPH 1662 3992 130 Nagykun Nagykun NNP 1662 3992 131 - - HYPH 1662 3992 132 Szolnok Szolnok NNP 1662 3992 133 , , , 1662 3992 134 Kaposvar Kaposvar NNP 1662 3992 135 * * NFP 1662 3992 136 , , , 1662 3992 137 Kecskemet Kecskemet NNP 1662 3992 138 * * NFP 1662 3992 139 , , , 1662 3992 140 Komarom Komarom NNP 1662 3992 141 - - HYPH 1662 3992 142 Esztergom Esztergom NNP 1662 3992 143 , , , 1662 3992 144 Miskolc Miskolc NNP 1662 3992 145 * * NFP 1662 3992 146 , , , 1662 3992 147 Nagykanizsa Nagykanizsa NNP 1662 3992 148 * * NFP 1662 3992 149 , , , 1662 3992 150 Nograd Nograd NNP 1662 3992 151 , , , 1662 3992 152 Nyiregyhaza Nyiregyhaza NNP 1662 3992 153 * * NFP 1662 3992 154 , , , 1662 3992 155 Pecs Pecs NNP 1662 3992 156 * * NFP 1662 3992 157 , , , 1662 3992 158 Pest Pest NNP 1662 3992 159 , , , 1662 3992 160 Somogy Somogy NNP 1662 3992 161 , , , 1662 3992 162 Sopron Sopron NNP 1662 3992 163 * * NFP 1662 3992 164 , , , 1662 3992 165 Szabolcs Szabolcs NNP 1662 3992 166 - - HYPH 1662 3992 167 Szatmar Szatmar NNP 1662 3992 168 - - HYPH 1662 3992 169 Bereg Bereg NNP 1662 3992 170 , , , 1662 3992 171 Szeged szeged JJ 1662 3992 172 * * NFP 1662 3992 173 , , , 1662 3992 174 Szekesfehervar Szekesfehervar NNP 1662 3992 175 * * NFP 1662 3992 176 , , , 1662 3992 177 Szolnok szolnok NN 1662 3992 178 * * NFP 1662 3992 179 , , , 1662 3992 180 Szombathely szombathely RB 1662 3992 181 * * NFP 1662 3992 182 , , , 1662 3992 183 Tatabanya tatabanya NN 1662 3992 184 * * NFP 1662 3992 185 , , , 1662 3992 186 Tolna Tolna NNP 1662 3992 187 , , , 1662 3992 188 Vas Vas NNP 1662 3992 189 , , , 1662 3992 190 Veszprem Veszprem NNP 1662 3992 191 , , , 1662 3992 192 Veszprem veszprem NN 1662 3992 193 * * NFP 1662 3992 194 , , , 1662 3992 195 Zala Zala NNP 1662 3992 196 , , , 1662 3992 197 Zalaegerszeg Zalaegerszeg NNP 1662 3992 198 * * NFP 1662 3992 199 Independence independence NN 1662 3992 200 : : : 1662 3992 201 1001 1001 CD 1662 3992 202 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 203 unification unification NN 1662 3992 204 by by IN 1662 3992 205 King King NNP 1662 3992 206 Stephen Stephen NNP 1662 3992 207 I I NNP 1662 3992 208 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 209 National national JJ 1662 3992 210 holiday holiday NN 1662 3992 211 : : : 1662 3992 212 St. St. NNP 1662 3992 213 Stephen Stephen NNP 1662 3992 214 's 's POS 1662 3992 215 Day Day NNP 1662 3992 216 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 217 National National NNP 1662 3992 218 Day Day NNP 1662 3992 219 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 220 , , , 1662 3992 221 20 20 CD 1662 3992 222 August August NNP 1662 3992 223 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 224 commemorates commemorate VBZ 1662 3992 225 the the DT 1662 3992 226 coronation coronation NN 1662 3992 227 of of IN 1662 3992 228 King King NNP 1662 3992 229 Stephen Stephen NNP 1662 3992 230 in in IN 1662 3992 231 1000 1000 CD 1662 3992 232 AD ad NN 1662 3992 233 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 234 Constitution constitution NN 1662 3992 235 : : : 1662 3992 236 18 18 CD 1662 3992 237 August August NNP 1662 3992 238 1949 1949 CD 1662 3992 239 , , , 1662 3992 240 effective effective JJ 1662 3992 241 20 20 CD 1662 3992 242 August August NNP 1662 3992 243 1949 1949 CD 1662 3992 244 , , , 1662 3992 245 revised revise VBD 1662 3992 246 19 19 CD 1662 3992 247 April April NNP 1662 3992 248 1972 1972 CD 1662 3992 249 ; ; : 1662 3992 250 18 18 CD 1662 3992 251 October October NNP 1662 3992 252 1989 1989 CD 1662 3992 253 revision revision NN 1662 3992 254 ensured ensure VBD 1662 3992 255 legal legal JJ 1662 3992 256 rights right NNS 1662 3992 257 for for IN 1662 3992 258 individuals individual NNS 1662 3992 259 and and CC 1662 3992 260 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 3992 261 checks check NNS 1662 3992 262 on on IN 1662 3992 263 the the DT 1662 3992 264 authority authority NN 1662 3992 265 of of IN 1662 3992 266 the the DT 1662 3992 267 prime prime JJ 1662 3992 268 minister minister NN 1662 3992 269 and and CC 1662 3992 270 also also RB 1662 3992 271 established establish VBD 1662 3992 272 the the DT 1662 3992 273 principle principle NN 1662 3992 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1662 3992 310 Arpad Arpad NNP 1662 3992 311 GONCZ GONCZ NNP 1662 3992 312 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 313 since since IN 1662 3992 314 3 3 CD 1662 3992 315 August August NNP 1662 3992 316 1990 1990 CD 1662 3992 317 ; ; : 1662 3992 318 previously previously RB 1662 3992 319 interim interim JJ 1662 3992 320 president president NN 1662 3992 321 since since IN 1662 3992 322 2 2 CD 1662 3992 323 May May NNP 1662 3992 324 1990 1990 CD 1662 3992 325 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 326 head head NN 1662 3992 327 of of IN 1662 3992 328 government government NN 1662 3992 329 : : : 1662 3992 330 Prime Prime NNP 1662 3992 331 Minister Minister NNP 1662 3992 332 Gyula Gyula NNP 1662 3992 333 HORN HORN NNP 1662 3992 334 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 335 since since IN 1662 3992 336 15 15 CD 1662 3992 337 July July NNP 1662 3992 338 1994 1994 CD 1662 3992 339 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 340 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 3992 341 : : : 1662 3992 342 Council Council NNP 1662 3992 343 of of IN 1662 3992 344 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 3992 345 elected elect VBN 1662 3992 346 by by IN 1662 3992 347 the the DT 1662 3992 348 National National NNP 1662 3992 349 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3992 350 on on IN 1662 3992 351 the the DT 1662 3992 352 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 3992 353 of of IN 1662 3992 354 the the DT 1662 3992 355 president president NNP 1662 3992 356 elections election NNS 1662 3992 357 : : : 1662 3992 358 president president NNP 1662 3992 359 elected elect VBN 1662 3992 360 by by IN 1662 3992 361 the the DT 1662 3992 362 National National NNP 1662 3992 363 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3992 364 for for IN 1662 3992 365 a a DT 1662 3992 366 four four CD 1662 3992 367 - - HYPH 1662 3992 368 year year NN 1662 3992 369 term term NN 1662 3992 370 ; ; : 1662 3992 371 election election NN 1662 3992 372 last last JJ 1662 3992 373 held hold VBD 1662 3992 374 19 19 CD 1662 3992 375 June June NNP 1662 3992 376 1995 1995 CD 1662 3992 377 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 378 next next JJ 1662 3992 379 to to TO 1662 3992 380 be be VB 1662 3992 381 held hold VBN 1662 3992 382 NA NA NNP 1662 3992 383 1999 1999 CD 1662 3992 384 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 385 ; ; : 1662 3992 386 prime prime NNP 1662 3992 387 minister minister NNP 1662 3992 388 elected elect VBN 1662 3992 389 by by IN 1662 3992 390 the the DT 1662 3992 391 National National NNP 1662 3992 392 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3992 393 on on IN 1662 3992 394 the the DT 1662 3992 395 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 3992 396 of of IN 1662 3992 397 the the DT 1662 3992 398 president president NNP 1662 3992 399 election election NN 1662 3992 400 results result NNS 1662 3992 401 : : : 1662 3992 402 Arpad Arpad NNP 1662 3992 403 GONCZ GONCZ NNP 1662 3992 404 elected elect VBD 1662 3992 405 president president NN 1662 3992 406 ; ; : 1662 3992 407 a a DT 1662 3992 408 total total NN 1662 3992 409 of of IN 1662 3992 410 335 335 CD 1662 3992 411 votes vote NNS 1662 3992 412 were be VBD 1662 3992 413 cast cast VBN 1662 3992 414 by by IN 1662 3992 415 the the DT 1662 3992 416 National National NNP 1662 3992 417 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3992 418 , , , 1662 3992 419 Arpad Arpad NNP 1662 3992 420 GONCZ GONCZ NNP 1662 3992 421 received receive VBD 1662 3992 422 259 259 CD 1662 3992 423 ; ; : 1662 3992 424 Gyula Gyula NNP 1662 3992 425 HORN horn NN 1662 3992 426 elected elect VBD 1662 3992 427 prime prime JJ 1662 3992 428 minister minister NN 1662 3992 429 ; ; : 1662 3992 430 percent percent NN 1662 3992 431 of of IN 1662 3992 432 legislative legislative JJ 1662 3992 433 vote vote NN 1662 3992 434 NA NA NNP 1662 3992 435 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 3992 436 branch branch NN 1662 3992 437 : : : 1662 3992 438 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 3992 439 National National NNP 1662 3992 440 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3992 441 or or CC 1662 3992 442 Orszaggyules Orszaggyules NNPS 1662 3992 443 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 444 386 386 CD 1662 3992 445 seats seat NNS 1662 3992 446 ; ; : 1662 3992 447 members member NNS 1662 3992 448 are be VBP 1662 3992 449 elected elect VBN 1662 3992 450 by by IN 1662 3992 451 popular popular JJ 1662 3992 452 vote vote NN 1662 3992 453 under under IN 1662 3992 454 a a DT 1662 3992 455 system system NN 1662 3992 456 of of IN 1662 3992 457 proportional proportional JJ 1662 3992 458 and and CC 1662 3992 459 direct direct JJ 1662 3992 460 representation representation NN 1662 3992 461 to to TO 1662 3992 462 serve serve VB 1662 3992 463 four four CD 1662 3992 464 - - HYPH 1662 3992 465 year year NN 1662 3992 466 terms term NNS 1662 3992 467 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 468 elections election NNS 1662 3992 469 : : : 1662 3992 470 last last RB 1662 3992 471 held hold VBN 1662 3992 472 on on IN 1662 3992 473 8 8 CD 1662 3992 474 and and CC 1662 3992 475 29 29 CD 1662 3992 476 May May NNP 1662 3992 477 1994 1994 CD 1662 3992 478 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 479 next next JJ 1662 3992 480 to to TO 1662 3992 481 be be VB 1662 3992 482 held hold VBN 1662 3992 483 May May NNP 1662 3992 484 1998 1998 CD 1662 3992 485 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 486 election election NN 1662 3992 487 results result NNS 1662 3992 488 : : : 1662 3992 489 percent percent NN 1662 3992 490 of of IN 1662 3992 491 vote vote NN 1662 3992 492 by by IN 1662 3992 493 party party NN 1662 3992 494 - - HYPH 1662 3992 495 NA NA NNP 1662 3992 496 ; ; , 1662 3992 497 seats seat NNS 1662 3992 498 by by IN 1662 3992 499 party party NNP 1662 3992 500 - - HYPH 1662 3992 501 MSzP MSzP NNP 1662 3992 502 209 209 CD 1662 3992 503 , , , 1662 3992 504 SzDSz szdsz CD 1662 3992 505 70 70 CD 1662 3992 506 , , , 1662 3992 507 MDF MDF NNP 1662 3992 508 37 37 CD 1662 3992 509 , , , 1662 3992 510 FKgP FKgP NNP 1662 3992 511 26 26 CD 1662 3992 512 , , , 1662 3992 513 KDNP KDNP NNP 1662 3992 514 22 22 CD 1662 3992 515 , , , 1662 3992 516 FiDeSz FiDeSz NNP 1662 3992 517 20 20 CD 1662 3992 518 , , , 1662 3992 519 other other JJ 1662 3992 520 2 2 CD 1662 3992 521 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 3992 522 branch branch NN 1662 3992 523 : : : 1662 3992 524 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 3992 525 Court Court NNP 1662 3992 526 , , , 1662 3992 527 judges judge NNS 1662 3992 528 are be VBP 1662 3992 529 elected elect VBN 1662 3992 530 by by IN 1662 3992 531 the the DT 1662 3992 532 National National NNP 1662 3992 533 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 3992 534 Political political JJ 1662 3992 535 parties party NNS 1662 3992 536 and and CC 1662 3992 537 leaders leader NNS 1662 3992 538 : : : 1662 3992 539 Hungarian Hungarian NNP 1662 3992 540 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3992 541 Forum Forum NNP 1662 3992 542 or or CC 1662 3992 543 MDF MDF NNP 1662 3992 544 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3992 545 Sandor Sandor NNP 1662 3992 546 LEZSAK LEZSAK NNP 1662 3992 547 , , , 1662 3992 548 chairman chairman NN 1662 3992 549 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3992 550 ; ; : 1662 3992 551 Independent Independent NNP 1662 3992 552 Smallholders Smallholders NNPS 1662 3992 553 or or CC 1662 3992 554 FKgP fkgp NN 1662 3992 555 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3992 556 Jozsef Jozsef NNP 1662 3992 557 TORGYAN torgyan NN 1662 3992 558 , , , 1662 3992 559 president president NN 1662 3992 560 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3992 561 ; ; : 1662 3992 562 Hungarian hungarian JJ 1662 3992 563 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 3992 564 Party Party NNP 1662 3992 565 or or CC 1662 3992 566 MSzP MSzP NNP 1662 3992 567 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3992 568 Gyula Gyula NNP 1662 3992 569 HORN horn NN 1662 3992 570 , , , 1662 3992 571 president president NN 1662 3992 572 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3992 573 ; ; : 1662 3992 574 Christian Christian NNP 1662 3992 575 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3992 576 People People NNPS 1662 3992 577 's 's POS 1662 3992 578 Party Party NNP 1662 3992 579 or or CC 1662 3992 580 KDNP KDNP NNP 1662 3992 581 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3992 582 Gyorgy Gyorgy NNP 1662 3992 583 GICZY GICZY NNP 1662 3992 584 , , , 1662 3992 585 president president NN 1662 3992 586 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3992 587 ; ; : 1662 3992 588 Federation Federation NNP 1662 3992 589 of of IN 1662 3992 590 Young Young NNP 1662 3992 591 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 3992 592 or or CC 1662 3992 593 FiDeSz FiDeSz NNP 1662 3992 594 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3992 595 Viktor Viktor NNP 1662 3992 596 ORBAN ORBAN NNP 1662 3992 597 , , , 1662 3992 598 chairman chairman NN 1662 3992 599 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3992 600 ; ; : 1662 3992 601 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 3992 602 of of IN 1662 3992 603 Free Free NNP 1662 3992 604 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 3992 605 or or CC 1662 3992 606 SzDSz szdsz WDT 1662 3992 607 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3992 608 Gabor Gabor NNP 1662 3992 609 KUNCZE KUNCZE NNP 1662 3992 610 , , , 1662 3992 611 chairman chairman NN 1662 3992 612 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3992 613 ; ; : 1662 3992 614 Hungarian Hungarian NNP 1662 3992 615 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3992 616 People People NNPS 1662 3992 617 's 's POS 1662 3992 618 Party Party NNP 1662 3992 619 or or CC 1662 3992 620 MDNP MDNP NNP 1662 3992 621 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3992 622 Ivan Ivan NNP 1662 3992 623 SZABO SZABO NNP 1662 3992 624 , , , 1662 3992 625 chairman chairman NN 1662 3992 626 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3992 627 note note NN 1662 3992 628 : : : 1662 3992 629 the the DT 1662 3992 630 Hungarian hungarian JJ 1662 3992 631 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 3992 632 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 633 Communist Communist NNP 1662 3992 634 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 635 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 3992 636 ' ' POS 1662 3992 637 Party Party NNP 1662 3992 638 or or CC 1662 3992 639 MSzMP MSzMP NNP 1662 3992 640 renounced renounce VBD 1662 3992 641 Communism Communism NNP 1662 3992 642 and and CC 1662 3992 643 became become VBD 1662 3992 644 the the DT 1662 3992 645 Hungarian hungarian JJ 1662 3992 646 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 3992 647 Party Party NNP 1662 3992 648 or or CC 1662 3992 649 MSzP MSzP NNP 1662 3992 650 in in IN 1662 3992 651 October October NNP 1662 3992 652 1989 1989 CD 1662 3992 653 ; ; : 1662 3992 654 there there EX 1662 3992 655 is be VBZ 1662 3992 656 still still RB 1662 3992 657 a a DT 1662 3992 658 small small JJ 1662 3992 659 MMP MMP NNP 1662 3992 660 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 661 Communist Communist NNP 1662 3992 662 Party Party NNP 1662 3992 663 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 664 ; ; : 1662 3992 665 the the DT 1662 3992 666 MDNP MDNP NNP 1662 3992 667 was be VBD 1662 3992 668 formed form VBN 1662 3992 669 in in IN 1662 3992 670 March March NNP 1662 3992 671 1996 1996 CD 1662 3992 672 by by IN 1662 3992 673 breakaway breakaway NN 1662 3992 674 members member NNS 1662 3992 675 of of IN 1662 3992 676 the the DT 1662 3992 677 Hungarian Hungarian NNP 1662 3992 678 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 3992 679 Forum Forum NNP 1662 3992 680 International International NNP 1662 3992 681 organization organization NN 1662 3992 682 participation participation NN 1662 3992 683 : : : 1662 3992 684 Australia Australia NNP 1662 3992 685 Group Group NNP 1662 3992 686 , , , 1662 3992 687 BIS BIS NNP 1662 3992 688 , , , 1662 3992 689 CCC CCC NNP 1662 3992 690 , , , 1662 3992 691 CE CE NNP 1662 3992 692 , , , 1662 3992 693 CEI CEI NNP 1662 3992 694 , , , 1662 3992 695 CERN CERN NNP 1662 3992 696 , , , 1662 3992 697 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 3992 698 , , , 1662 3992 699 ECE ECE NNP 1662 3992 700 , , , 1662 3992 701 EU EU NNP 1662 3992 702 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 703 applicant applicant NN 1662 3992 704 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 705 , , , 1662 3992 706 FAO FAO NNP 1662 3992 707 , , , 1662 3992 708 G- G- NNP 1662 3992 709 9 9 CD 1662 3992 710 , , , 1662 3992 711 IAEA iaea NN 1662 3992 712 , , , 1662 3992 713 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 3992 714 , , , 1662 3992 715 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 3992 716 , , , 1662 3992 717 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 3992 718 , , , 1662 3992 719 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 3992 720 , , , 1662 3992 721 IDA IDA NNP 1662 3992 722 , , , 1662 3992 723 IFC IFC NNP 1662 3992 724 , , , 1662 3992 725 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 3992 726 , , , 1662 3992 727 ILO ILO NNP 1662 3992 728 , , , 1662 3992 729 IMF IMF NNP 1662 3992 730 , , , 1662 3992 731 IMO imo RB 1662 3992 732 , , , 1662 3992 733 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 3992 734 , , , 1662 3992 735 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 3992 736 , , , 1662 3992 737 IOC IOC NNP 1662 3992 738 , , , 1662 3992 739 IOM IOM NNP 1662 3992 740 , , , 1662 3992 741 ISO ISO NNP 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UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 3992 783 , , , 1662 3992 784 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 3992 785 , , , 1662 3992 786 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 3992 787 , , , 1662 3992 788 UNMIBH unmibh NN 1662 3992 789 , , , 1662 3992 790 UNOMIG UNOMIG NNP 1662 3992 791 , , , 1662 3992 792 UNU UNU NNP 1662 3992 793 , , , 1662 3992 794 UPU UPU NNP 1662 3992 795 , , , 1662 3992 796 WEU WEU NNP 1662 3992 797 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 798 associate associate JJ 1662 3992 799 partner partner NN 1662 3992 800 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 801 , , , 1662 3992 802 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 3992 803 , , , 1662 3992 804 WHO who WP 1662 3992 805 , , , 1662 3992 806 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 3992 807 , , , 1662 3992 808 WMO WMO NNP 1662 3992 809 , , , 1662 3992 810 WToO wtoo FW 1662 3992 811 , , , 1662 3992 812 WTrO wtro VB 1662 3992 813 , , , 1662 3992 814 ZC ZC NNP 1662 3992 815 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3992 816 representation representation NN 1662 3992 817 in in IN 1662 3992 818 the the DT 1662 3992 819 US US NNP 1662 3992 820 : : : 1662 3992 821 chief chief NN 1662 3992 822 of of IN 1662 3992 823 mission mission NN 1662 3992 824 : : : 1662 3992 825 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3992 826 Gyorgy Gyorgy NNP 1662 3992 827 BANLAKI BANLAKI NNP 1662 3992 828 chancery chancery NN 1662 3992 829 : : : 1662 3992 830 3910 3910 CD 1662 3992 831 Shoemaker Shoemaker NNP 1662 3992 832 Street Street NNP 1662 3992 833 NW NW NNP 1662 3992 834 , , , 1662 3992 835 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3992 836 , , , 1662 3992 837 DC DC NNP 1662 3992 838 20008 20008 CD 1662 3992 839 telephone telephone NN 1662 3992 840 : : : 1662 3992 841 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3992 842 1 1 CD 1662 3992 843 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3992 844 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 845 202 202 CD 1662 3992 846 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 847 362 362 CD 1662 3992 848 - - HYPH 1662 3992 849 6730 6730 CD 1662 3992 850 FAX FAX NNP 1662 3992 851 : : : 1662 3992 852 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3992 853 1 1 CD 1662 3992 854 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3992 855 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 856 202 202 CD 1662 3992 857 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 858 966 966 CD 1662 3992 859 - - HYPH 1662 3992 860 8135 8135 CD 1662 3992 861 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 3992 862 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 863 general general NN 1662 3992 864 : : : 1662 3992 865 Los Los NNP 1662 3992 866 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 3992 867 and and CC 1662 3992 868 New New NNP 1662 3992 869 York York NNP 1662 3992 870 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 3992 871 representation representation NN 1662 3992 872 from from IN 1662 3992 873 the the DT 1662 3992 874 US US NNP 1662 3992 875 : : : 1662 3992 876 chief chief NN 1662 3992 877 of of IN 1662 3992 878 mission mission NN 1662 3992 879 : : : 1662 3992 880 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 3992 881 Donald Donald NNP 1662 3992 882 M. M. NNP 1662 3992 883 BLINKEN BLINKEN NNP 1662 3992 884 embassy embassy NN 1662 3992 885 : : : 1662 3992 886 V. V. NNP 1662 3992 887 Szabadsag Szabadsag NNP 1662 3992 888 Ter Ter NNP 1662 3992 889 12 12 CD 1662 3992 890 , , , 1662 3992 891 Budapest Budapest NNP 1662 3992 892 mailing mailing NN 1662 3992 893 address address NN 1662 3992 894 : : : 1662 3992 895 American American NNP 1662 3992 896 Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 3992 897 Budapest Budapest NNP 1662 3992 898 , , , 1662 3992 899 Department Department NNP 1662 3992 900 of of IN 1662 3992 901 State State NNP 1662 3992 902 , , , 1662 3992 903 Washington Washington NNP 1662 3992 904 , , , 1662 3992 905 DC DC NNP 1662 3992 906 20521 20521 CD 1662 3992 907 - - SYM 1662 3992 908 5270 5270 CD 1662 3992 909 telephone telephone NN 1662 3992 910 : : : 1662 3992 911 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3992 912 36 36 CD 1662 3992 913 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3992 914 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 915 1 1 CD 1662 3992 916 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 917 267 267 CD 1662 3992 918 - - SYM 1662 3992 919 4400 4400 CD 1662 3992 920 , , , 1662 3992 921 269 269 CD 1662 3992 922 - - SYM 1662 3992 923 9331 9331 CD 1662 3992 924 FAX FAX NNP 1662 3992 925 : : : 1662 3992 926 [ [ -LRB- 1662 3992 927 36 36 CD 1662 3992 928 ] ] -RRB- 1662 3992 929 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 930 1 1 CD 1662 3992 931 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 932 269 269 CD 1662 3992 933 - - SYM 1662 3992 934 9326 9326 CD 1662 3992 935 Flag flag NN 1662 3992 936 description description NN 1662 3992 937 : : : 1662 3992 938 three three CD 1662 3992 939 equal equal JJ 1662 3992 940 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 3992 941 bands band NNS 1662 3992 942 of of IN 1662 3992 943 red red JJ 1662 3992 944 ( ( -LRB- 1662 3992 945 top top NNP 1662 3992 946 ) ) -RRB- 1662 3992 947 , , , 1662 3992 948 white white JJ 1662 3992 949 , , , 1662 3992 950 and and CC 1662 3992 951 green green JJ 1662 3992 952 Economy Economy NNP 1662 3992 953 Economy economy NN 1662 3992 954 - - HYPH 1662 3992 955 overview overview NN 1662 3992 956 : : : 1662 3992 957 Hungary Hungary NNP 1662 3992 958 probably probably RB 1662 3992 959 had have VBD 1662 3992 960 the the DT 1662 3992 961 most most RBS 1662 3992 962 Western western JJ 1662 3992 963 - - HYPH 1662 3992 964 oriented orient VBN 1662 3992 965 economy economy NN 1662 3992 966 in in IN 1662 3992 967 East East NNP 1662 3992 968 Europe Europe NNP 1662 3992 969 before before IN 1662 3992 970 the the DT 1662 3992 971 transition transition NN 1662 3992 972 to to IN 1662 3992 973 a a DT 1662 3992 974 market market NN 1662 3992 975 system system NN 1662 3992 976 began begin VBD 1662 3992 977 in in IN 1662 3992 978 1990 1990 CD 1662 3992 979 , , , 1662 3992 980 and and CC 1662 3992 981 Budapest Budapest NNP 1662 3992 982 made make VBD 1662 3992 983 good good JJ 1662 3992 984 progress progress NN 1662 3992 985 in in IN 1662 3992 986 the the DT 1662 3992 987 initial initial JJ 1662 3992 988 years year NNS 1662 3992 989 of of IN 1662 3992 990 transition transition NN 1662 3992 991 . . . 1662 3993 1 The the DT 1662 3993 2 reform reform NN 1662 3993 3 process process NN 1662 3993 4 slowed slow VBD 1662 3993 5 in in IN 1662 3993 6 1993 1993 CD 1662 3993 7 - - SYM 1662 3993 8 94 94 CD 1662 3993 9 , , , 1662 3993 10 however however RB 1662 3993 11 , , , 1662 3993 12 in in IN 1662 3993 13 part part NN 1662 3993 14 because because IN 1662 3993 15 of of IN 1662 3993 16 the the DT 1662 3993 17 May May NNP 1662 3993 18 1994 1994 CD 1662 3993 19 elections election NNS 1662 3993 20 and and CC 1662 3993 21 the the DT 1662 3993 22 resulting result VBG 1662 3993 23 change change NN 1662 3993 24 in in IN 1662 3993 25 government government NN 1662 3993 26 . . . 1662 3994 1 By by IN 1662 3994 2 1994 1994 CD 1662 3994 3 the the DT 1662 3994 4 privatization privatization NN 1662 3994 5 of of IN 1662 3994 6 state state NN 1662 3994 7 firms firm NNS 1662 3994 8 had have VBD 1662 3994 9 ground grind VBN 1662 3994 10 to to IN 1662 3994 11 a a DT 1662 3994 12 halt halt NN 1662 3994 13 , , , 1662 3994 14 while while IN 1662 3994 15 both both CC 1662 3994 16 the the DT 1662 3994 17 budget budget NN 1662 3994 18 and and CC 1662 3994 19 current current JJ 1662 3994 20 account account NN 1662 3994 21 deficits deficit NNS 1662 3994 22 soared soar VBD 1662 3994 23 to to IN 1662 3994 24 unsustainable unsustainable JJ 1662 3994 25 levels level NNS 1662 3994 26 - - : 1662 3994 27 about about RB 1662 3994 28 8 8 CD 1662 3994 29 % % NN 1662 3994 30 and and CC 1662 3994 31 10 10 CD 1662 3994 32 % % NN 1662 3994 33 of of IN 1662 3994 34 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3994 35 , , , 1662 3994 36 respectively respectively RB 1662 3994 37 . . . 1662 3995 1 The the DT 1662 3995 2 situation situation NN 1662 3995 3 improved improve VBD 1662 3995 4 sharply sharply RB 1662 3995 5 in in IN 1662 3995 6 1995 1995 CD 1662 3995 7 : : : 1662 3995 8 an an DT 1662 3995 9 austerity austerity NN 1662 3995 10 program program NN 1662 3995 11 introduced introduce VBN 1662 3995 12 in in IN 1662 3995 13 March March NNP 1662 3995 14 reduced reduce VBD 1662 3995 15 both both DT 1662 3995 16 deficits deficit NNS 1662 3995 17 ; ; : 1662 3995 18 and and CC 1662 3995 19 a a DT 1662 3995 20 renewed renew VBN 1662 3995 21 privatization privatization NN 1662 3995 22 effort effort NN 1662 3995 23 later later RB 1662 3995 24 in in IN 1662 3995 25 the the DT 1662 3995 26 year year NN 1662 3995 27 resulted result VBD 1662 3995 28 in in IN 1662 3995 29 more more JJR 1662 3995 30 than than IN 1662 3995 31 $ $ $ 1662 3995 32 3 3 CD 1662 3995 33 billion billion CD 1662 3995 34 worth worth NN 1662 3995 35 of of IN 1662 3995 36 sales sale NNS 1662 3995 37 of of IN 1662 3995 38 state state NN 1662 3995 39 firms firm NNS 1662 3995 40 to to IN 1662 3995 41 foreign foreign JJ 1662 3995 42 investors investor NNS 1662 3995 43 - - HYPH 1662 3995 44 money money NN 1662 3995 45 used use VBD 1662 3995 46 mostly mostly RB 1662 3995 47 to to TO 1662 3995 48 reduce reduce VB 1662 3995 49 Hungary Hungary NNP 1662 3995 50 's 's POS 1662 3995 51 large large JJ 1662 3995 52 foreign foreign JJ 1662 3995 53 debt debt NN 1662 3995 54 . . . 1662 3996 1 Real real JJ 1662 3996 2 GDP GDP NNP 1662 3996 3 increased increase VBD 1662 3996 4 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 3996 5 % % NN 1662 3996 6 in in IN 1662 3996 7 1994 1994 CD 1662 3996 8 - - HYPH 1662 3996 9 following follow VBG 1662 3996 10 several several JJ 1662 3996 11 years year NNS 1662 3996 12 of of IN 1662 3996 13 steep steep JJ 1662 3996 14 decline decline NN 1662 3996 15 - - : 1662 3996 16 and and CC 1662 3996 17 about about RB 1662 3996 18 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 3996 19 % % NN 1662 3996 20 in in IN 1662 3996 21 1995 1995 CD 1662 3996 22 and and CC 1662 3996 23 only only RB 1662 3996 24 0.5 0.5 CD 1662 3996 25 % % NN 1662 3996 26 in in IN 1662 3996 27 1996 1996 CD 1662 3996 28 . . . 1662 3997 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 3997 2 reached reach VBD 1662 3997 3 14 14 CD 1662 3997 4 % % NN 1662 3997 5 in in IN 1662 3997 6 early early JJ 1662 3997 7 1993 1993 CD 1662 3997 8 before before IN 1662 3997 9 gradually gradually RB 1662 3997 10 falling fall VBG 1662 3997 11 back back RB 1662 3997 12 to to IN 1662 3997 13 11 11 CD 1662 3997 14 % % NN 1662 3997 15 in in IN 1662 3997 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 3997 17 . . . 1662 3998 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 3998 2 has have VBZ 1662 3998 3 oscillated oscillate VBN 1662 3998 4 ; ; : 1662 3998 5 it -PRON- PRP 1662 3998 6 reached reach VBD 1662 3998 7 40 40 CD 1662 3998 8 % % NN 1662 3998 9 in in IN 1662 3998 10 mid-1991 mid-1991 NN 1662 3998 11 , , , 1662 3998 12 dropped drop VBD 1662 3998 13 to to IN 1662 3998 14 17 17 CD 1662 3998 15 % % NN 1662 3998 16 in in IN 1662 3998 17 early early JJ 1662 3998 18 1994 1994 CD 1662 3998 19 , , , 1662 3998 20 jumped jump VBD 1662 3998 21 back back RB 1662 3998 22 to to IN 1662 3998 23 31 31 CD 1662 3998 24 % % NN 1662 3998 25 by by IN 1662 3998 26 mid-1995 mid-1995 NN 1662 3998 27 , , , 1662 3998 28 and and CC 1662 3998 29 settled settle VBD 1662 3998 30 at at IN 1662 3998 31 20 20 CD 1662 3998 32 % % NN 1662 3998 33 in in IN 1662 3998 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 3998 35 . . . 1662 3999 1 Prospects prospect NNS 1662 3999 2 for for IN 1662 3999 3 1997 1997 CD 1662 3999 4 and and CC 1662 3999 5 1998 1998 CD 1662 3999 6 are be VBP 1662 3999 7 good good JJ 1662 3999 8 compared compare VBN 1662 3999 9 with with IN 1662 3999 10 the the DT 1662 3999 11 situation situation NN 1662 3999 12 earlier early RBR 1662 3999 13 . . . 1662 4000 1 Most Most JJS 1662 4000 2 forecasters forecaster NNS 1662 4000 3 expect expect VBP 1662 4000 4 2 2 CD 1662 4000 5 % % NN 1662 4000 6 to to TO 1662 4000 7 3 3 CD 1662 4000 8 % % NN 1662 4000 9 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4000 10 growth growth NN 1662 4000 11 in in IN 1662 4000 12 1997 1997 CD 1662 4000 13 and and CC 1662 4000 14 slightly slightly RB 1662 4000 15 higher high JJR 1662 4000 16 growth growth NN 1662 4000 17 in in IN 1662 4000 18 1998 1998 CD 1662 4000 19 . . . 1662 4001 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 4001 2 and and CC 1662 4001 3 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4001 4 are be VBP 1662 4001 5 edging edge VBG 1662 4001 6 down down RB 1662 4001 7 . . . 1662 4002 1 With with IN 1662 4002 2 the the DT 1662 4002 3 government government NN 1662 4002 4 still still RB 1662 4002 5 committed commit VBD 1662 4002 6 to to TO 1662 4002 7 reform reform VB 1662 4002 8 , , , 1662 4002 9 both both CC 1662 4002 10 the the DT 1662 4002 11 budget budget NN 1662 4002 12 and and CC 1662 4002 13 current current JJ 1662 4002 14 account account NN 1662 4002 15 deficits deficit NNS 1662 4002 16 are be VBP 1662 4002 17 at at IN 1662 4002 18 IMF IMF NNP 1662 4002 19 target target NN 1662 4002 20 levels level NNS 1662 4002 21 - - : 1662 4002 22 about about RB 1662 4002 23 4 4 CD 1662 4002 24 % % NN 1662 4002 25 of of IN 1662 4002 26 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4002 27 . . . 1662 4003 1 Budapest Budapest NNP 1662 4003 2 also also RB 1662 4003 3 is be VBZ 1662 4003 4 making make VBG 1662 4003 5 good good JJ 1662 4003 6 progress progress NN 1662 4003 7 in in IN 1662 4003 8 restructuring restructure VBG 1662 4003 9 the the DT 1662 4003 10 pension pension NN 1662 4003 11 , , , 1662 4003 12 health health NN 1662 4003 13 , , , 1662 4003 14 tax tax NN 1662 4003 15 , , , 1662 4003 16 education education NN 1662 4003 17 , , , 1662 4003 18 and and CC 1662 4003 19 other other JJ 1662 4003 20 systems system NNS 1662 4003 21 as as IN 1662 4003 22 part part NN 1662 4003 23 of of IN 1662 4003 24 the the DT 1662 4003 25 effort effort NN 1662 4003 26 to to TO 1662 4003 27 decrease decrease VB 1662 4003 28 the the DT 1662 4003 29 role role NN 1662 4003 30 of of IN 1662 4003 31 government government NN 1662 4003 32 . . . 1662 4004 1 This this DT 1662 4004 2 dramatic dramatic JJ 1662 4004 3 shift shift NN 1662 4004 4 in in IN 1662 4004 5 economic economic JJ 1662 4004 6 policy policy NN 1662 4004 7 was be VBD 1662 4004 8 rewarded reward VBN 1662 4004 9 in in IN 1662 4004 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 4004 11 by by IN 1662 4004 12 the the DT 1662 4004 13 IMF IMF NNP 1662 4004 14 , , , 1662 4004 15 which which WDT 1662 4004 16 finally finally RB 1662 4004 17 signed sign VBD 1662 4004 18 the the DT 1662 4004 19 standby standby NNP 1662 4004 20 agreement agreement NN 1662 4004 21 Budapest Budapest NNP 1662 4004 22 had have VBD 1662 4004 23 sought seek VBN 1662 4004 24 , , , 1662 4004 25 and and CC 1662 4004 26 by by IN 1662 4004 27 the the DT 1662 4004 28 OECD OECD NNP 1662 4004 29 , , , 1662 4004 30 which which WDT 1662 4004 31 welcomed welcome VBD 1662 4004 32 Hungary Hungary NNP 1662 4004 33 as as IN 1662 4004 34 a a DT 1662 4004 35 member member NN 1662 4004 36 . . . 1662 4005 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4005 2 : : : 1662 4005 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4005 4 power power NN 1662 4005 5 parity parity NN 1662 4005 6 - 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- HYPH 1662 4008 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 4008 26 price price NN 1662 4008 27 index index NN 1662 4008 28 : : : 1662 4008 29 20 20 CD 1662 4008 30 % % NN 1662 4008 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4008 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 4008 33 est est NNP 1662 4008 34 . . . 1662 4008 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4009 1 Labor labor NN 1662 4009 2 force force NN 1662 4009 3 : : : 1662 4009 4 total total NN 1662 4009 5 : : : 1662 4009 6 6.2 6.2 CD 1662 4009 7 million million CD 1662 4009 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4009 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 4009 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4009 11 by by IN 1662 4009 12 occupation occupation NN 1662 4009 13 : : : 1662 4009 14 services service NNS 1662 4009 15 58.7 58.7 CD 1662 4009 16 % % NN 1662 4009 17 , , , 1662 4009 18 industry industry NN 1662 4009 19 34.7 34.7 CD 1662 4009 20 % % NN 1662 4009 21 , , , 1662 4009 22 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4009 23 6.6 6.6 CD 1662 4009 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4009 25 1996 1996 CD 1662 4009 26 est est NNP 1662 4009 27 . . . 1662 4009 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4010 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4010 2 rate rate NN 1662 4010 3 : : : 1662 4010 4 11 11 CD 1662 4010 5 % % NN 1662 4010 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4010 7 1996 1996 CD 1662 4010 8 est est NNP 1662 4010 9 . . . 1662 4010 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4011 1 Budget budget NN 1662 4011 2 : : : 1662 4011 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 4011 4 : : : 1662 4011 5 $ $ $ 1662 4011 6 10.2 10.2 CD 1662 4011 7 billion billion CD 1662 4011 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4011 9 : : : 1662 4011 10 $ $ $ 1662 4011 11 11 11 CD 1662 4011 12 billion billion CD 1662 4011 13 , , , 1662 4011 14 including include VBG 1662 4011 15 capital capital NN 1662 4011 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4011 17 of of IN 1662 4011 18 $ $ $ 1662 4011 19 NA na NN 1662 4011 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4011 21 1995 1995 CD 1662 4011 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4011 23 Industries industry NNS 1662 4011 24 : : : 1662 4011 25 mining mining NN 1662 4011 26 , , , 1662 4011 27 metallurgy metallurgy NN 1662 4011 28 , , , 1662 4011 29 construction construction NN 1662 4011 30 materials material NNS 1662 4011 31 , , , 1662 4011 32 processed process VBN 1662 4011 33 foods food NNS 1662 4011 34 , , , 1662 4011 35 textiles textile NNS 1662 4011 36 , , , 1662 4011 37 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4011 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4011 39 especially especially RB 1662 4011 40 pharmaceuticals pharmaceutical NNS 1662 4011 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4011 42 , , , 1662 4011 43 motor motor NN 1662 4011 44 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 4011 45 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 4011 46 production production NN 1662 4011 47 growth growth NN 1662 4011 48 rate rate NN 1662 4011 49 : : : 1662 4011 50 2 2 CD 1662 4011 51 % % NN 1662 4011 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4011 53 1996 1996 CD 1662 4011 54 est est NNP 1662 4011 55 . . . 1662 4011 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4012 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4012 2 - 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NNP 1662 4013 109 , , , 1662 4013 110 1996 1996 CD 1662 4013 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4013 112 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4013 113 : : : 1662 4013 114 raw raw JJ 1662 4013 115 materials material NNS 1662 4013 116 42.3 42.3 CD 1662 4013 117 % % NN 1662 4013 118 , , , 1662 4013 119 consumer consumer NN 1662 4013 120 goods good NNS 1662 4013 121 20.9 20.9 CD 1662 4013 122 % % NN 1662 4013 123 , , , 1662 4013 124 machinery machinery NN 1662 4013 125 and and CC 1662 4013 126 equipment equipment NN 1662 4013 127 20.1 20.1 CD 1662 4013 128 % % NN 1662 4013 129 , , , 1662 4013 130 fuels fuel NNS 1662 4013 131 and and CC 1662 4013 132 electricity electricity NN 1662 4013 133 10.8 10.8 CD 1662 4013 134 % % NN 1662 4013 135 , , , 1662 4013 136 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4013 137 and and CC 1662 4013 138 food food NN 1662 4013 139 products product NNS 1662 4013 140 5.9 5.9 CD 1662 4013 141 % % NN 1662 4013 142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4013 143 1995 1995 CD 1662 4013 144 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4013 145 partners 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aid NN 1662 4014 3 : : : 1662 4014 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 4014 5 : : : 1662 4014 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 4014 7 , , , 1662 4014 8 $ $ $ 1662 4014 9 136 136 CD 1662 4014 10 million million CD 1662 4014 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4014 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 4014 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4014 14 note note NN 1662 4014 15 : : : 1662 4014 16 assistance assistance NN 1662 4014 17 received receive VBN 1662 4014 18 from from IN 1662 4014 19 OECD OECD NNP 1662 4014 20 countries country NNS 1662 4014 21 and and CC 1662 4014 22 international international JJ 1662 4014 23 organizations organization NNS 1662 4014 24 , , , 1662 4014 25 $ $ $ 1662 4014 26 3,700 3,700 CD 1662 4014 27 million million CD 1662 4014 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4014 29 1990 1990 CD 1662 4014 30 - - SYM 1662 4014 31 93 93 CD 1662 4014 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4014 33 Currency currency NN 1662 4014 34 : : : 1662 4014 35 1 1 CD 1662 4014 36 forint forint NN 1662 4014 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4014 38 Ft Ft NNP 1662 4014 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4014 40 = = NFP 1662 4014 41 100 100 CD 1662 4014 42 filler filler NN 1662 4014 43 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 4014 44 rates rate NNS 1662 4014 45 : : : 1662 4014 46 forints forint NNS 1662 4014 47 per per IN 1662 4014 48 US$ us$ $ 1662 4014 49 1 1 CD 1662 4014 50 - - SYM 1662 4014 51 166.100 166.100 CD 1662 4014 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4014 53 January January NNP 1662 4014 54 1997 1997 CD 1662 4014 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4014 56 , , , 1662 4014 57 152.647 152.647 CD 1662 4014 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4014 59 1996 1996 CD 1662 4014 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4014 61 , , , 1662 4014 62 125.681 125.681 JJ 1662 4014 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4014 64 1995),105.160 1995),105.160 CD 1662 4014 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4014 66 1994 1994 CD 1662 4014 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4014 68 , , , 1662 4014 69 91.933 91.933 CD 1662 4014 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4014 71 1993 1993 CD 1662 4014 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4014 73 , , , 1662 4014 74 78.988 78.988 CD 1662 4014 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4014 76 1992 1992 CD 1662 4014 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4014 78 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4014 79 year year NN 1662 4014 80 : : : 1662 4014 81 calendar calendar NNP 1662 4014 82 year year NN 1662 4014 83 @Hungary @hungary XX 1662 4014 84 : : : 1662 4014 85 Communications communication NNS 1662 4014 86 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 4014 87 : : : 1662 4014 88 2.16 2.16 CD 1662 4014 89 million million CD 1662 4014 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4014 91 1 1 CD 1662 4014 92 January January NNP 1662 4014 93 1996 1996 CD 1662 4014 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4014 95 - - : 1662 4014 96 there there EX 1662 4014 97 are be VBP 1662 4014 98 21.1 21.1 CD 1662 4014 99 per per IN 1662 4014 100 100 100 CD 1662 4014 101 inhabitants inhabitant NNS 1662 4014 102 , , , 1662 4014 103 54.1 54.1 CD 1662 4014 104 per per IN 1662 4014 105 100 100 CD 1662 4014 106 households household NNS 1662 4014 107 ; ; : 1662 4014 108 mobile mobile NN 1662 4014 109 telephone telephone NN 1662 4014 110 services service NNS 1662 4014 111 are be VBP 1662 4014 112 used use VBN 1662 4014 113 by by IN 1662 4014 114 267,000 267,000 CD 1662 4014 115 subscribers subscriber NNS 1662 4014 116 Telephone Telephone NNP 1662 4014 117 system system NN 1662 4014 118 : : : 1662 4014 119 14,213 14,213 CD 1662 4014 120 telex telex JJ 1662 4014 121 lines line NNS 1662 4014 122 ; ; : 1662 4014 123 automatic automatic JJ 1662 4014 124 telephone telephone NN 1662 4014 125 network network NN 1662 4014 126 based base VBN 1662 4014 127 on on IN 1662 4014 128 microwave microwave NN 1662 4014 129 radio radio NN 1662 4014 130 relay relay NN 1662 4014 131 system system NN 1662 4014 132 ; ; : 1662 4014 133 the the DT 1662 4014 134 average average JJ 1662 4014 135 waiting waiting NN 1662 4014 136 time time NN 1662 4014 137 for for IN 1662 4014 138 telephones telephone NNS 1662 4014 139 is be VBZ 1662 4014 140 expected expect VBN 1662 4014 141 to to TO 1662 4014 142 drop drop VB 1662 4014 143 to to IN 1662 4014 144 one one CD 1662 4014 145 year year NN 1662 4014 146 by by IN 1662 4014 147 the the DT 1662 4014 148 end end NN 1662 4014 149 of of IN 1662 4014 150 1997 1997 CD 1662 4014 151 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4014 152 down down RB 1662 4014 153 from from IN 1662 4014 154 over over IN 1662 4014 155 10 10 CD 1662 4014 156 years year NNS 1662 4014 157 in in IN 1662 4014 158 the the DT 1662 4014 159 early early JJ 1662 4014 160 1990 1990 CD 1662 4014 161 's 's POS 1662 4014 162 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4014 163 ; ; : 1662 4014 164 note note VB 1662 4014 165 - - : 1662 4014 166 the the DT 1662 4014 167 former former JJ 1662 4014 168 state state NN 1662 4014 169 - - HYPH 1662 4014 170 owned own VBN 1662 4014 171 telecommunications telecommunication NNS 1662 4014 172 firm firm NN 1662 4014 173 MATAV MATAV NNP 1662 4014 174 - - : 1662 4014 175 now now RB 1662 4014 176 privatized privatize VBN 1662 4014 177 and and CC 1662 4014 178 managed manage VBN 1662 4014 179 by by IN 1662 4014 180 a a DT 1662 4014 181 US US NNP 1662 4014 182 / / SYM 1662 4014 183 German german JJ 1662 4014 184 consortium consortium NN 1662 4014 185 - - , 1662 4014 186 has have VBZ 1662 4014 187 ambitious ambitious JJ 1662 4014 188 plans plan NNS 1662 4014 189 to to TO 1662 4014 190 upgrade upgrade VB 1662 4014 191 the the DT 1662 4014 192 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 4014 193 system system NN 1662 4014 194 , , , 1662 4014 195 including include VBG 1662 4014 196 a a DT 1662 4014 197 contract contract NN 1662 4014 198 with with IN 1662 4014 199 the the DT 1662 4014 200 German german JJ 1662 4014 201 firm firm NN 1662 4014 202 Siemens Siemens NNP 1662 4014 203 and and CC 1662 4014 204 the the DT 1662 4014 205 Swedish swedish JJ 1662 4014 206 firm firm NN 1662 4014 207 Ericsson Ericsson NNP 1662 4014 208 to to TO 1662 4014 209 provide provide VB 1662 4014 210 600,000 600,000 CD 1662 4014 211 new new JJ 1662 4014 212 phone phone NN 1662 4014 213 lines line NNS 1662 4014 214 during during IN 1662 4014 215 1996 1996 CD 1662 4014 216 - - SYM 1662 4014 217 98 98 CD 1662 4014 218 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4014 219 : : : 1662 4014 220 microwave microwave NN 1662 4014 221 radio radio NN 1662 4014 222 relay relay NN 1662 4014 223 international international NNP 1662 4014 224 : : : 1662 4014 225 satellite satellite NN 1662 4014 226 earth earth NN 1662 4014 227 stations station NNS 1662 4014 228 - - , 1662 4014 229 1 1 CD 1662 4014 230 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4014 231 and and CC 1662 4014 232 1 1 CD 1662 4014 233 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 4014 234 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4014 235 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4014 236 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4014 237 Region Region NNP 1662 4014 238 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4014 239 Radio radio NN 1662 4014 240 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4014 241 stations station NNS 1662 4014 242 : : : 1662 4014 243 AM AM NNP 1662 4014 244 32 32 CD 1662 4014 245 , , , 1662 4014 246 FM FM NNP 1662 4014 247 15 15 CD 1662 4014 248 , , , 1662 4014 249 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 4014 250 0 0 CD 1662 4014 251 Radios radio NNS 1662 4014 252 : : : 1662 4014 253 6 6 CD 1662 4014 254 million million CD 1662 4014 255 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4014 256 1993 1993 CD 1662 4014 257 est est NNP 1662 4014 258 . . . 1662 4014 259 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4015 1 Television television NN 1662 4015 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4015 3 stations station NNS 1662 4015 4 : : : 1662 4015 5 41 41 CD 1662 4015 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4015 7 Russian russian JJ 1662 4015 8 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 4015 9 8) 8) CD 1662 4015 10 Televisions television NNS 1662 4015 11 : : : 1662 4015 12 4.38 4.38 CD 1662 4015 13 million million CD 1662 4015 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4015 15 1993 1993 CD 1662 4015 16 est est NNP 1662 4015 17 . . . 1662 4015 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4016 1 @Hungary @hungary LS 1662 4016 2 : : : 1662 4016 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4016 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 4016 5 : : : 1662 4016 6 total total NN 1662 4016 7 : : : 1662 4016 8 7,619 7,619 CD 1662 4016 9 km km NN 1662 4016 10 broad broad JJ 1662 4016 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 4016 12 : : : 1662 4016 13 35 35 CD 1662 4016 14 km km NN 1662 4016 15 1.524-m 1.524-m CD 1662 4016 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 4016 17 standard standard JJ 1662 4016 18 gauge gauge NN 1662 4016 19 : : : 1662 4016 20 7,408 7,408 CD 1662 4016 21 km km NN 1662 4016 22 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 4016 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 4016 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4016 25 2,216 2,216 CD 1662 4016 26 km km NN 1662 4016 27 electrified electrify VBN 1662 4016 28 ; ; : 1662 4016 29 1,236 1,236 CD 1662 4016 30 km km NN 1662 4016 31 double double JJ 1662 4016 32 track track NN 1662 4016 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4016 34 narrow narrow JJ 1662 4016 35 gauge gauge NN 1662 4016 36 : : : 1662 4016 37 176 176 CD 1662 4016 38 km km NN 1662 4016 39 0.760-m 0.760-m JJ 1662 4016 40 gauge gauge NN 1662 4016 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4016 42 1995 1995 CD 1662 4016 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4016 44 note note NN 1662 4016 45 : : : 1662 4016 46 Hungry Hungry NNP 1662 4016 47 and and CC 1662 4016 48 Austria Austria NNP 1662 4016 49 jointly jointly RB 1662 4016 50 manage manage VBP 1662 4016 51 the the DT 1662 4016 52 cross cross JJ 1662 4016 53 - - JJ 1662 4016 54 border border JJ 1662 4016 55 standard standard JJ 1662 4016 56 - - HYPH 1662 4016 57 gauge gauge NN 1662 4016 58 railway railway NN 1662 4016 59 between between IN 1662 4016 60 Gyor Gyor NNP 1662 4016 61 , , , 1662 4016 62 Sopron Sopron NNP 1662 4016 63 , , , 1662 4016 64 Ebenfurti Ebenfurti NNP 1662 4016 65 , , , 1662 4016 66 and and CC 1662 4016 67 Vasut Vasut NNP 1662 4016 68 , , , 1662 4016 69 a a DT 1662 4016 70 distance distance NN 1662 4016 71 of of IN 1662 4016 72 about about RB 1662 4016 73 100 100 CD 1662 4016 74 km km NN 1662 4016 75 Highways highway NNS 1662 4016 76 : : : 1662 4016 77 total total NN 1662 4016 78 : : : 1662 4016 79 158,633 158,633 CD 1662 4016 80 km km NN 1662 4016 81 paved pave VBN 1662 4016 82 : : : 1662 4016 83 69,957 69,957 CD 1662 4016 84 km km NNS 1662 4016 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4016 86 including include VBG 1662 4016 87 378 378 CD 1662 4016 88 km km NNS 1662 4016 89 of of IN 1662 4016 90 expressways expressway NNS 1662 4016 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4016 92 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4016 93 : : : 1662 4016 94 88,676 88,676 CD 1662 4016 95 km km NNS 1662 4016 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4016 97 1995 1995 CD 1662 4016 98 est est NNP 1662 4016 99 . . . 1662 4016 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4017 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 4017 2 : : : 1662 4017 3 1,622 1,622 CD 1662 4017 4 km km NNS 1662 4017 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4017 6 1988 1988 CD 1662 4017 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4017 8 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 4017 9 : : : 1662 4017 10 crude crude JJ 1662 4017 11 oil oil NN 1662 4017 12 1,204 1,204 CD 1662 4017 13 km km NN 1662 4017 14 ; ; : 1662 4017 15 natural natural JJ 1662 4017 16 gas gas NN 1662 4017 17 4,387 4,387 CD 1662 4017 18 km km NNS 1662 4017 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4017 20 1991 1991 CD 1662 4017 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4017 22 Ports port NNS 1662 4017 23 and and CC 1662 4017 24 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4017 25 : : : 1662 4017 26 Budapest Budapest NNP 1662 4017 27 , , , 1662 4017 28 Dunaujvaros Dunaujvaros NNP 1662 4017 29 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 4017 30 marine marine NN 1662 4017 31 : : : 1662 4017 32 total total NN 1662 4017 33 : : : 1662 4017 34 11 11 CD 1662 4017 35 cargo cargo NN 1662 4017 36 ships ship NNS 1662 4017 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4017 38 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4017 39 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4017 40 or or CC 1662 4017 41 over over RB 1662 4017 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4017 43 totaling total VBG 1662 4017 44 51,076 51,076 CD 1662 4017 45 GRT/67,498 GRT/67,498 NNP 1662 4017 46 DWT DWT NNP 1662 4017 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4017 48 1996 1996 CD 1662 4017 49 est est NNP 1662 4017 50 . . . 1662 4017 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4018 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4018 2 : : : 1662 4018 3 78 78 CD 1662 4018 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4018 5 1994 1994 CD 1662 4018 6 est est NNP 1662 4018 7 . . . 1662 4018 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4019 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4019 2 - - , 1662 4019 3 with with IN 1662 4019 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4019 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4019 6 : : : 1662 4019 7 total total NN 1662 4019 8 : : : 1662 4019 9 14 14 CD 1662 4019 10 over over IN 1662 4019 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4019 12 m m NN 1662 4019 13 : : : 1662 4019 14 2 2 CD 1662 4019 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4019 16 to to TO 1662 4019 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4019 18 m m NN 1662 4019 19 : : : 1662 4019 20 7 7 CD 1662 4019 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4019 22 to to TO 1662 4019 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4019 24 m m NN 1662 4019 25 : : : 1662 4019 26 4 4 CD 1662 4019 27 under under IN 1662 4019 28 914 914 CD 1662 4019 29 m m NN 1662 4019 30 : : : 1662 4019 31 1 1 CD 1662 4019 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4019 33 1994 1994 CD 1662 4019 34 est est NNP 1662 4019 35 . . . 1662 4019 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4020 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4020 2 - - , 1662 4020 3 with with IN 1662 4020 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4020 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4020 6 : : : 1662 4020 7 total total NN 1662 4020 8 : : : 1662 4020 9 64 64 CD 1662 4020 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4020 11 to to TO 1662 4020 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4020 13 m m NN 1662 4020 14 : : : 1662 4020 15 7 7 CD 1662 4020 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4020 17 to to TO 1662 4020 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4020 19 m m NN 1662 4020 20 : : : 1662 4020 21 9 9 CD 1662 4020 22 914 914 CD 1662 4020 23 to to TO 1662 4020 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4020 25 m m NN 1662 4020 26 : : : 1662 4020 27 14 14 CD 1662 4020 28 under under IN 1662 4020 29 914 914 CD 1662 4020 30 m m NN 1662 4020 31 : : : 1662 4020 32 34 34 CD 1662 4020 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4020 34 1994 1994 CD 1662 4020 35 est est NNP 1662 4020 36 . . . 1662 4020 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4021 1 Military military JJ 1662 4021 2 Military military JJ 1662 4021 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4021 4 : : : 1662 4021 5 Ground Ground NNP 1662 4021 6 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 4021 7 , , , 1662 4021 8 Air Air NNP 1662 4021 9 and and CC 1662 4021 10 Air Air NNP 1662 4021 11 Defense Defense NNP 1662 4021 12 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 4021 13 , , , 1662 4021 14 Border Border NNP 1662 4021 15 Guard Guard NNP 1662 4021 16 , , , 1662 4021 17 Territorial Territorial NNP 1662 4021 18 Defense Defense NNP 1662 4021 19 Military Military NNP 1662 4021 20 manpower manpower NN 1662 4021 21 - - HYPH 1662 4021 22 military military NN 1662 4021 23 age age NN 1662 4021 24 : : : 1662 4021 25 18 18 CD 1662 4021 26 years year NNS 1662 4021 27 of of IN 1662 4021 28 age age NN 1662 4021 29 Military military JJ 1662 4021 30 manpower manpower NN 1662 4021 31 - - HYPH 1662 4021 32 availability availability NN 1662 4021 33 : : : 1662 4021 34 males male NNS 1662 4021 35 age age NNP 1662 4021 36 15 15 CD 1662 4021 37 - - HYPH 1662 4021 38 49 49 CD 1662 4021 39 : : : 1662 4021 40 2,631,781 2,631,781 CD 1662 4021 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4021 42 1997 1997 CD 1662 4021 43 est est NNP 1662 4021 44 . . . 1662 4021 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4022 1 Military military JJ 1662 4022 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4022 3 - - HYPH 1662 4022 4 fit fit NN 1662 4022 5 for for IN 1662 4022 6 military military JJ 1662 4022 7 service service NN 1662 4022 8 : : : 1662 4022 9 males male NNS 1662 4022 10 : : : 1662 4022 11 2,099,109 2,099,109 CD 1662 4022 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4022 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4022 14 est est NNP 1662 4022 15 . . . 1662 4022 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4023 1 Military military JJ 1662 4023 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4023 3 - - HYPH 1662 4023 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 4023 5 military military JJ 1662 4023 6 age age NN 1662 4023 7 annually annually RB 1662 4023 8 : : : 1662 4023 9 males male NNS 1662 4023 10 : : : 1662 4023 11 78,828 78,828 CD 1662 4023 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4023 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4023 14 est e JJS 1662 4023 15 . . . 1662 4023 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4024 1 Military military JJ 1662 4024 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4024 3 - - HYPH 1662 4024 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4024 5 figure figure NN 1662 4024 6 : : : 1662 4024 7 $ $ $ 1662 4024 8 550 550 CD 1662 4024 9 million million CD 1662 4024 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4024 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4024 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4024 13 Military military JJ 1662 4024 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4024 15 - - : 1662 4024 16 percent percent NN 1662 4024 17 of of IN 1662 4024 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4024 19 : : : 1662 4024 20 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 4024 21 % % NN 1662 4024 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4024 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 4024 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4024 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4024 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4024 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 4024 28 - - : 1662 4024 29 international international RB 1662 4024 30 : : : 1662 4024 31 Gabcikovo Gabcikovo NNP 1662 4024 32 Dam Dam NNP 1662 4024 33 dispute dispute NN 1662 4024 34 with with IN 1662 4024 35 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 4024 36 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 4024 37 drugs drug NNS 1662 4024 38 : : : 1662 4024 39 major major JJ 1662 4024 40 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 4024 41 point point NN 1662 4024 42 for for IN 1662 4024 43 Southwest southwest JJ 1662 4024 44 Asian asian JJ 1662 4024 45 heroin heroin NN 1662 4024 46 and and CC 1662 4024 47 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 4024 48 and and CC 1662 4024 49 transit transit NN 1662 4024 50 point point NN 1662 4024 51 for for IN 1662 4024 52 South south JJ 1662 4024 53 American american JJ 1662 4024 54 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 4024 55 destined destine VBN 1662 4024 56 for for IN 1662 4024 57 Western Western NNP 1662 4024 58 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4024 59 ; ; : 1662 4024 60 limited limited JJ 1662 4024 61 producer producer NN 1662 4024 62 of of IN 1662 4024 63 precursor precursor NN 1662 4024 64 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4024 65 , , , 1662 4024 66 particularly particularly RB 1662 4024 67 for for IN 1662 4024 68 amphetamines amphetamine NNS 1662 4024 69 and and CC 1662 4024 70 methamphetamines methamphetamine NNS 1662 4024 71 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 72 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 73 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 74 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 75 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 76 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 77 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 78 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 79 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 80 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 81 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 82 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 83 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 84 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 85 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 86 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 87 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 88 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 89 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 90 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 91 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 92 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 93 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 94 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 95 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 96 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 97 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 98 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 99 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 100 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 101 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 102 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 103 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 104 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 105 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 106 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 107 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 108 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 109 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 110 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 111 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 112 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 113 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 114 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 115 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 116 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 117 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 118 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 119 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 120 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 121 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 122 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 123 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 124 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 125 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 126 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 127 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 128 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 129 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 130 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 131 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 132 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 133 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 134 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 135 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 136 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 137 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 138 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 139 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 140 _ _ NNP 1662 4024 141 ICELAND ICELAND NNP 1662 4024 142 @Iceland @iceland NN 1662 4024 143 : : : 1662 4024 144 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4024 145 Location Location NNP 1662 4024 146 : : : 1662 4024 147 Northern Northern NNP 1662 4024 148 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4024 149 , , , 1662 4024 150 island island NN 1662 4024 151 between between IN 1662 4024 152 the the DT 1662 4024 153 Greenland Greenland NNP 1662 4024 154 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4024 155 and and CC 1662 4024 156 the the DT 1662 4024 157 North North NNP 1662 4024 158 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4024 159 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4024 160 , , , 1662 4024 161 northwest northwest NN 1662 4024 162 of of IN 1662 4024 163 the the DT 1662 4024 164 UK UK NNP 1662 4024 165 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4024 166 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4024 167 : : : 1662 4024 168 65 65 CD 1662 4024 169 00 00 CD 1662 4024 170 N n CD 1662 4024 171 , , , 1662 4024 172 18 18 CD 1662 4024 173 00 00 CD 1662 4024 174 W W NNP 1662 4024 175 Map Map NNP 1662 4024 176 references reference NNS 1662 4024 177 : : : 1662 4024 178 Arctic Arctic NNP 1662 4024 179 Region Region NNP 1662 4024 180 Area Area NNP 1662 4024 181 : : : 1662 4024 182 total total NN 1662 4024 183 : : : 1662 4024 184 103,000 103,000 CD 1662 4024 185 sq sq NNP 1662 4024 186 km km NNP 1662 4024 187 land land NN 1662 4024 188 : : : 1662 4024 189 100,250 100,250 CD 1662 4024 190 sq sq NNP 1662 4024 191 km km NNP 1662 4024 192 water water NN 1662 4024 193 : : : 1662 4024 194 2,750 2,750 CD 1662 4024 195 sq sq NNP 1662 4024 196 km km NNP 1662 4024 197 Area area NN 1662 4024 198 - - HYPH 1662 4024 199 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4024 200 : : : 1662 4024 201 slightly slightly RB 1662 4024 202 smaller small JJR 1662 4024 203 than than IN 1662 4024 204 Kentucky Kentucky NNP 1662 4024 205 Land Land NNP 1662 4024 206 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4024 207 : : : 1662 4024 208 0 0 LS 1662 4024 209 km km NN 1662 4024 210 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4024 211 : : : 1662 4024 212 4,988 4,988 CD 1662 4024 213 km km NN 1662 4024 214 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4024 215 claims claim VBZ 1662 4024 216 : : : 1662 4024 217 continental continental NNP 1662 4024 218 shelf shelf NNP 1662 4024 219 : : : 1662 4024 220 200 200 CD 1662 4024 221 nm nm CD 1662 4024 222 or or CC 1662 4024 223 to to IN 1662 4024 224 the the DT 1662 4024 225 edge edge NN 1662 4024 226 of of IN 1662 4024 227 the the DT 1662 4024 228 continental continental JJ 1662 4024 229 margin margin NN 1662 4024 230 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 4024 231 economic economic JJ 1662 4024 232 zone zone NN 1662 4024 233 : : : 1662 4024 234 200 200 CD 1662 4024 235 nm nm CD 1662 4024 236 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4024 237 sea sea NN 1662 4024 238 : : : 1662 4024 239 12 12 CD 1662 4024 240 nm nm NNP 1662 4024 241 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4024 242 : : : 1662 4024 243 temperate temperate VB 1662 4024 244 ; ; , 1662 4024 245 moderated moderate VBN 1662 4024 246 by by IN 1662 4024 247 North North NNP 1662 4024 248 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4024 249 Current Current NNP 1662 4024 250 ; ; : 1662 4024 251 mild mild JJ 1662 4024 252 , , , 1662 4024 253 windy windy JJ 1662 4024 254 winters winter NNS 1662 4024 255 ; ; : 1662 4024 256 damp damp VBP 1662 4024 257 , , , 1662 4024 258 cool cool JJ 1662 4024 259 summers summer NNS 1662 4024 260 Terrain terrain NN 1662 4024 261 : : : 1662 4024 262 mostly mostly RB 1662 4024 263 plateau plateau NN 1662 4024 264 interspersed intersperse VBD 1662 4024 265 with with IN 1662 4024 266 mountain mountain NN 1662 4024 267 peaks peak NNS 1662 4024 268 , , , 1662 4024 269 icefields icefield NNS 1662 4024 270 ; ; : 1662 4024 271 coast coast NN 1662 4024 272 deeply deeply RB 1662 4024 273 indented indent VBN 1662 4024 274 by by IN 1662 4024 275 bays bay NNS 1662 4024 276 and and CC 1662 4024 277 fiords fiord NNS 1662 4024 278 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4024 279 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4024 280 : : : 1662 4024 281 lowest low JJS 1662 4024 282 point point NN 1662 4024 283 : : : 1662 4024 284 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4024 285 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4024 286 0 0 NFP 1662 4024 287 m m DT 1662 4024 288 highest high JJS 1662 4024 289 point point NN 1662 4024 290 : : : 1662 4024 291 Hvannadalshnukur Hvannadalshnukur NNP 1662 4024 292 2,119 2,119 CD 1662 4024 293 m m CD 1662 4024 294 Natural natural JJ 1662 4024 295 resources resource NNS 1662 4024 296 : : : 1662 4024 297 fish fish NN 1662 4024 298 , , , 1662 4024 299 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 4024 300 , , , 1662 4024 301 geothermal geothermal JJ 1662 4024 302 power power NN 1662 4024 303 , , , 1662 4024 304 diatomite diatomite VB 1662 4024 305 Land Land NNP 1662 4024 306 use use NN 1662 4024 307 : : : 1662 4024 308 arable arable JJ 1662 4024 309 land land NN 1662 4024 310 : : : 1662 4024 311 0 0 CD 1662 4024 312 % % NN 1662 4024 313 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4024 314 crops crop NNS 1662 4024 315 : : : 1662 4024 316 0 0 CD 1662 4024 317 % % NN 1662 4024 318 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4024 319 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4024 320 : : : 1662 4024 321 23 23 CD 1662 4024 322 % % NN 1662 4024 323 forests forest NNS 1662 4024 324 and and CC 1662 4024 325 woodland woodland NN 1662 4024 326 : : : 1662 4024 327 1 1 CD 1662 4024 328 % % NN 1662 4024 329 other other JJ 1662 4024 330 : : : 1662 4024 331 76 76 CD 1662 4024 332 % % NN 1662 4024 333 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4024 334 1993 1993 CD 1662 4024 335 est est NNP 1662 4024 336 . . . 1662 4024 337 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4025 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4025 2 land land NN 1662 4025 3 : : : 1662 4025 4 NA NA NNP 1662 4025 5 sq sq RB 1662 4025 6 km km VB 1662 4025 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 4025 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4025 9 : : : 1662 4025 10 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 4025 11 and and CC 1662 4025 12 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 4025 13 activity activity NN 1662 4025 14 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4025 15 - - HYPH 1662 4025 16 current current JJ 1662 4025 17 issues issue NNS 1662 4025 18 : : : 1662 4025 19 water water NN 1662 4025 20 pollution pollution NN 1662 4025 21 from from IN 1662 4025 22 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 4025 23 runoff runoff NN 1662 4025 24 ; ; , 1662 4025 25 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 4025 26 wastewater wastewater NN 1662 4025 27 treatment treatment NN 1662 4025 28 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4025 29 - - HYPH 1662 4025 30 international international JJ 1662 4025 31 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4025 32 : : : 1662 4025 33 party party NN 1662 4025 34 to to TO 1662 4025 35 : : : 1662 4025 36 Air Air NNP 1662 4025 37 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4025 38 , , , 1662 4025 39 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 4025 40 , , , 1662 4025 41 Climate climate NN 1662 4025 42 Change Change NNP 1662 4025 43 , , , 1662 4025 44 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 4025 45 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 4025 46 , , , 1662 4025 47 Law Law NNP 1662 4025 48 of of IN 1662 4025 49 the the DT 1662 4025 50 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4025 51 , , , 1662 4025 52 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4025 53 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 4025 54 , , , 1662 4025 55 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 4025 56 Test Test NNP 1662 4025 57 Ban Ban NNP 1662 4025 58 , , , 1662 4025 59 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 4025 60 Layer Layer NNP 1662 4025 61 Protection Protection NNP 1662 4025 62 , , , 1662 4025 63 Ship Ship NNP 1662 4025 64 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4025 65 , , , 1662 4025 66 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 4025 67 signed sign VBD 1662 4025 68 , , , 1662 4025 69 but but CC 1662 4025 70 not not RB 1662 4025 71 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4025 72 : : : 1662 4025 73 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 4025 74 Modification Modification NNP 1662 4025 75 , , , 1662 4025 76 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4025 77 Life Life NNP 1662 4025 78 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 4025 79 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4025 80 - - HYPH 1662 4025 81 note note NN 1662 4025 82 : : : 1662 4025 83 strategic strategic JJ 1662 4025 84 location location NN 1662 4025 85 between between IN 1662 4025 86 Greenland Greenland NNP 1662 4025 87 and and CC 1662 4025 88 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4025 89 ; ; : 1662 4025 90 westernmost westernmost JJ 1662 4025 91 European european JJ 1662 4025 92 country country NN 1662 4025 93 ; ; , 1662 4025 94 more more JJR 1662 4025 95 land land NN 1662 4025 96 covered cover VBN 1662 4025 97 by by IN 1662 4025 98 glaciers glacier NNS 1662 4025 99 than than IN 1662 4025 100 in in IN 1662 4025 101 all all DT 1662 4025 102 of of IN 1662 4025 103 continental continental JJ 1662 4025 104 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4025 105 @Iceland @iceland CC 1662 4025 106 : : : 1662 4025 107 People People NNPS 1662 4025 108 Population population NN 1662 4025 109 : : : 1662 4025 110 269,697 269,697 CD 1662 4025 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4025 112 July July NNP 1662 4025 113 1997 1997 CD 1662 4025 114 est est NNP 1662 4025 115 . . . 1662 4025 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4026 1 note note NN 1662 4026 2 : : : 1662 4026 3 population population NN 1662 4026 4 data datum NNS 1662 4026 5 estimates estimate NNS 1662 4026 6 based base VBN 1662 4026 7 on on IN 1662 4026 8 average average JJ 1662 4026 9 growth growth NN 1662 4026 10 rate rate NN 1662 4026 11 may may MD 1662 4026 12 differ differ VB 1662 4026 13 slightly slightly RB 1662 4026 14 from from IN 1662 4026 15 official official JJ 1662 4026 16 population population NN 1662 4026 17 data datum NNS 1662 4026 18 because because IN 1662 4026 19 of of IN 1662 4026 20 volatile volatile JJ 1662 4026 21 migration migration NN 1662 4026 22 rates rate NNS 1662 4026 23 Age Age NNP 1662 4026 24 structure structure NN 1662 4026 25 : : : 1662 4026 26 0 0 CD 1662 4026 27 - - HYPH 1662 4026 28 14 14 CD 1662 4026 29 years year NNS 1662 4026 30 : : : 1662 4026 31 24 24 CD 1662 4026 32 % % NN 1662 4026 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4026 34 male male JJ 1662 4026 35 32,931 32,931 CD 1662 4026 36 ; ; : 1662 4026 37 female female JJ 1662 4026 38 31,390 31,390 CD 1662 4026 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4026 40 15 15 CD 1662 4026 41 - - HYPH 1662 4026 42 64 64 CD 1662 4026 43 years year NNS 1662 4026 44 : : : 1662 4026 45 64 64 CD 1662 4026 46 % % NN 1662 4026 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4026 48 male male NN 1662 4026 49 87,993 87,993 CD 1662 4026 50 ; ; : 1662 4026 51 female female JJ 1662 4026 52 86,107 86,107 CD 1662 4026 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4026 54 65 65 CD 1662 4026 55 years year NNS 1662 4026 56 and and CC 1662 4026 57 over over RB 1662 4026 58 : : : 1662 4026 59 12 12 CD 1662 4026 60 % % NN 1662 4026 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4026 62 male male JJ 1662 4026 63 14,107 14,107 CD 1662 4026 64 ; ; : 1662 4026 65 female female JJ 1662 4026 66 17,169 17,169 CD 1662 4026 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4026 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4026 69 July July NNP 1662 4026 70 1997 1997 CD 1662 4026 71 est est NNP 1662 4026 72 . . . 1662 4026 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4027 1 Population population NN 1662 4027 2 growth growth NN 1662 4027 3 rate rate NN 1662 4027 4 : : : 1662 4027 5 0.47 0.47 CD 1662 4027 6 % % NN 1662 4027 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4027 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4027 9 est est NNP 1662 4027 10 . . . 1662 4027 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4028 1 Birth birth NN 1662 4028 2 rate rate NN 1662 4028 3 : : : 1662 4028 4 15.35 15.35 CD 1662 4028 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 4028 6 population population NN 1662 4028 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4028 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4028 9 est est NNP 1662 4028 10 . . . 1662 4028 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4029 1 Death death NN 1662 4029 2 rate rate NN 1662 4029 3 : : : 1662 4029 4 6.93 6.93 CD 1662 4029 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4029 6 population population NN 1662 4029 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4029 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4029 9 est est NNP 1662 4029 10 . . . 1662 4029 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4030 1 Net net JJ 1662 4030 2 migration migration NN 1662 4030 3 rate rate NN 1662 4030 4 : : : 1662 4030 5 -3.73 -3.73 NFP 1662 4030 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 4030 7 population population NN 1662 4030 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4030 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 4030 10 est est NNP 1662 4030 11 . . . 1662 4030 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4031 1 Sex sex NN 1662 4031 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 4031 3 : : : 1662 4031 4 at at IN 1662 4031 5 birth birth NN 1662 4031 6 : : : 1662 4031 7 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 4031 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4031 9 under under IN 1662 4031 10 15 15 CD 1662 4031 11 years year NNS 1662 4031 12 : : : 1662 4031 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 4031 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4031 15 15 15 CD 1662 4031 16 - - HYPH 1662 4031 17 64 64 CD 1662 4031 18 years year NNS 1662 4031 19 : : : 1662 4031 20 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 4031 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4031 22 65 65 CD 1662 4031 23 years year NNS 1662 4031 24 and and CC 1662 4031 25 over over IN 1662 4031 26 : : : 1662 4031 27 0.82 0.82 CD 1662 4031 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 4031 29 total total JJ 1662 4031 30 population population NN 1662 4031 31 : : : 1662 4031 32 1 1 CD 1662 4031 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4031 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4031 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 4031 36 est e JJS 1662 4031 37 . . . 1662 4031 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4032 1 Infant infant NN 1662 4032 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 4032 3 rate rate NN 1662 4032 4 : : : 1662 4032 5 5.3 5.3 CD 1662 4032 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4032 7 live live JJ 1662 4032 8 births birth NNS 1662 4032 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4032 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4032 11 est est NNP 1662 4032 12 . . . 1662 4032 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4033 1 Life life NN 1662 4033 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 4033 3 at at IN 1662 4033 4 birth birth NN 1662 4033 5 : : : 1662 4033 6 total total JJ 1662 4033 7 population population NN 1662 4033 8 : : : 1662 4033 9 78.73 78.73 CD 1662 4033 10 years year NNS 1662 4033 11 male male JJ 1662 4033 12 : : : 1662 4033 13 76.68 76.68 CD 1662 4033 14 years year NNS 1662 4033 15 female female JJ 1662 4033 16 : : : 1662 4033 17 80.9 80.9 CD 1662 4033 18 years year NNS 1662 4033 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4033 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 4033 21 est est NNP 1662 4033 22 . . . 1662 4033 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4034 1 Total total JJ 1662 4034 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 4034 3 rate rate NN 1662 4034 4 : : : 1662 4034 5 2.05 2.05 CD 1662 4034 6 children child NNS 1662 4034 7 born bear VBN 1662 4034 8 / / SYM 1662 4034 9 woman woman NN 1662 4034 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4034 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 4034 12 est est NNP 1662 4034 13 . . . 1662 4034 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4035 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 4035 2 : : : 1662 4035 3 noun noun NNP 1662 4035 4 : : : 1662 4035 5 Icelander(s icelander(s NN 1662 4035 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4035 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 4035 8 : : : 1662 4035 9 Icelandic icelandic JJ 1662 4035 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4035 11 groups group NNS 1662 4035 12 : : : 1662 4035 13 homogeneous homogeneous JJ 1662 4035 14 mixture mixture NN 1662 4035 15 of of IN 1662 4035 16 descendants descendant NNS 1662 4035 17 of of IN 1662 4035 18 Norwegians Norwegians NNPS 1662 4035 19 and and CC 1662 4035 20 Celts Celts NNP 1662 4035 21 Religions religion NNS 1662 4035 22 : : : 1662 4035 23 Evangelical Evangelical NNP 1662 4035 24 Lutheran Lutheran NNP 1662 4035 25 96 96 CD 1662 4035 26 % % NN 1662 4035 27 , , , 1662 4035 28 other other JJ 1662 4035 29 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 4035 30 and and CC 1662 4035 31 Roman Roman NNP 1662 4035 32 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 4035 33 3 3 CD 1662 4035 34 % % NN 1662 4035 35 , , , 1662 4035 36 none none NN 1662 4035 37 1 1 CD 1662 4035 38 % % NN 1662 4035 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4035 40 1988 1988 CD 1662 4035 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4035 42 Languages language NNS 1662 4035 43 : : : 1662 4035 44 Icelandic Icelandic NNP 1662 4035 45 Literacy literacy NN 1662 4035 46 : : : 1662 4035 47 definition definition NN 1662 4035 48 : : : 1662 4035 49 age age NN 1662 4035 50 15 15 CD 1662 4035 51 and and CC 1662 4035 52 over over RB 1662 4035 53 can can MD 1662 4035 54 read read VB 1662 4035 55 and and CC 1662 4035 56 write write VB 1662 4035 57 total total JJ 1662 4035 58 population population NN 1662 4035 59 : : : 1662 4035 60 100 100 CD 1662 4035 61 % % NN 1662 4035 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4035 63 1976 1976 CD 1662 4035 64 est est NNP 1662 4035 65 . . . 1662 4035 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4036 1 male male NN 1662 4036 2 : : : 1662 4036 3 NA% NA% NNP 1662 4036 4 female female NNP 1662 4036 5 : : : 1662 4036 6 NA% na% ADD 1662 4036 7 @Iceland @iceland NN 1662 4036 8 : : : 1662 4036 9 Government Government NNP 1662 4036 10 Country Country NNP 1662 4036 11 name name NN 1662 4036 12 : : : 1662 4036 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4036 14 long long JJ 1662 4036 15 form form NN 1662 4036 16 : : : 1662 4036 17 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4036 18 of of IN 1662 4036 19 Iceland Iceland NNP 1662 4036 20 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4036 21 short short JJ 1662 4036 22 form form NN 1662 4036 23 : : : 1662 4036 24 Iceland iceland VB 1662 4036 25 local local JJ 1662 4036 26 long long JJ 1662 4036 27 form form NN 1662 4036 28 : : : 1662 4036 29 Lyoveldio Lyoveldio NNP 1662 4036 30 Island Island NNP 1662 4036 31 local local JJ 1662 4036 32 short short JJ 1662 4036 33 form form NN 1662 4036 34 : : : 1662 4036 35 Island Island NNP 1662 4036 36 Data Data NNP 1662 4036 37 code code NN 1662 4036 38 : : : 1662 4036 39 IC IC NNP 1662 4036 40 Government Government NNP 1662 4036 41 type type NN 1662 4036 42 : : : 1662 4036 43 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 4036 44 republic republic NNP 1662 4036 45 National national JJ 1662 4036 46 capital capital NN 1662 4036 47 : : : 1662 4036 48 Reykjavik Reykjavik NNP 1662 4036 49 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 4036 50 divisions division NNS 1662 4036 51 : : : 1662 4036 52 23 23 CD 1662 4036 53 counties county NNS 1662 4036 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4036 55 syslar syslar JJ 1662 4036 56 , , , 1662 4036 57 singular singular NNP 1662 4036 58 - - HYPH 1662 4036 59 sysla sysla JJ 1662 4036 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4036 61 and and CC 1662 4036 62 14 14 CD 1662 4036 63 independent independent JJ 1662 4036 64 towns town NNS 1662 4036 65 * * NFP 1662 4036 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4036 67 kaupstadhir kaupstadhir NNP 1662 4036 68 , , , 1662 4036 69 singular singular NNP 1662 4036 70 - - HYPH 1662 4036 71 kaupstadhur kaupstadhur NNP 1662 4036 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4036 73 ; ; : 1662 4036 74 Akranes akrane NNS 1662 4036 75 * * NFP 1662 4036 76 , , , 1662 4036 77 Akureyri Akureyri NNP 1662 4036 78 * * NFP 1662 4036 79 , , , 1662 4036 80 Arnessysla Arnessysla NNP 1662 4036 81 , , , 1662 4036 82 Austur Austur NNP 1662 4036 83 - - HYPH 1662 4036 84 Bardhastrandarsysla Bardhastrandarsysla NNP 1662 4036 85 , , , 1662 4036 86 Austur Austur NNP 1662 4036 87 - - HYPH 1662 4036 88 Hunavatnssysla Hunavatnssysla NNP 1662 4036 89 , , , 1662 4036 90 Austur Austur NNP 1662 4036 91 - - HYPH 1662 4036 92 Skaftafellssysla Skaftafellssysla NNP 1662 4036 93 , , , 1662 4036 94 Borgarfjardharsysla Borgarfjardharsysla NNP 1662 4036 95 , , , 1662 4036 96 Dalasysla Dalasysla NNPS 1662 4036 97 , , , 1662 4036 98 Eyjafjardharsysla Eyjafjardharsysla NNPS 1662 4036 99 , , , 1662 4036 100 Gullbringusysla Gullbringusysla NNP 1662 4036 101 , , , 1662 4036 102 Hafnarfjordhur Hafnarfjordhur NNP 1662 4036 103 * * NFP 1662 4036 104 , , , 1662 4036 105 Husavik Husavik NNP 1662 4036 106 * * NFP 1662 4036 107 , , , 1662 4036 108 Isafjordhur Isafjordhur NNP 1662 4036 109 * * NFP 1662 4036 110 , , , 1662 4036 111 Keflavik keflavik NN 1662 4036 112 * * NFP 1662 4036 113 , , , 1662 4036 114 Kjosarsysla Kjosarsysla NNP 1662 4036 115 , , , 1662 4036 116 Kopavogur Kopavogur NNP 1662 4036 117 * * NFP 1662 4036 118 , , , 1662 4036 119 Myrasysla Myrasysla NNP 1662 4036 120 , , , 1662 4036 121 Neskaupstadhur Neskaupstadhur NNP 1662 4036 122 * * NFP 1662 4036 123 , , , 1662 4036 124 Nordhur Nordhur NNP 1662 4036 125 - - HYPH 1662 4036 126 Isafjardharsysla Isafjardharsysla NNP 1662 4036 127 , , , 1662 4036 128 Nordhur Nordhur NNP 1662 4036 129 - - HYPH 1662 4036 130 Mulasys Mulasys NNP 1662 4036 131 - - HYPH 1662 4036 132 la la NNP 1662 4036 133 , , , 1662 4036 134 Nordhur Nordhur NNP 1662 4036 135 - - HYPH 1662 4036 136 Thingeyjarsysla Thingeyjarsysla NNP 1662 4036 137 , , , 1662 4036 138 Olafsfjordhur Olafsfjordhur NNP 1662 4036 139 * * NFP 1662 4036 140 , , , 1662 4036 141 Rangarvallasysla Rangarvallasysla NNP 1662 4036 142 , , , 1662 4036 143 Reykjavik Reykjavik NNP 1662 4036 144 * * NFP 1662 4036 145 , , , 1662 4036 146 Saudharkrokur Saudharkrokur NNP 1662 4036 147 * * NFP 1662 4036 148 , , , 1662 4036 149 Seydhisfjordhur Seydhisfjordhur NNP 1662 4036 150 * * NFP 1662 4036 151 , , , 1662 4036 152 Siglufjordhur Siglufjordhur NNP 1662 4036 153 * * NFP 1662 4036 154 , , , 1662 4036 155 Skagafjardharsysla Skagafjardharsysla NNPS 1662 4036 156 , , , 1662 4036 157 Snaefellsnes Snaefellsnes NNP 1662 4036 158 - - HYPH 1662 4036 159 og og NNP 1662 4036 160 Hnappadalssysla Hnappadalssysla NNP 1662 4036 161 , , , 1662 4036 162 Strandasysla Strandasysla NNP 1662 4036 163 , , , 1662 4036 164 Sudhur Sudhur NNP 1662 4036 165 - - HYPH 1662 4036 166 Mulasysla Mulasysla NNP 1662 4036 167 , , , 1662 4036 168 Sudhur Sudhur NNP 1662 4036 169 - - HYPH 1662 4036 170 Thingeyjarsysla Thingeyjarsysla NNPS 1662 4036 171 , , , 1662 4036 172 Vesttmannaeyjar Vesttmannaeyjar NNP 1662 4036 173 * * NFP 1662 4036 174 , , , 1662 4036 175 Vestur Vestur NNP 1662 4036 176 - - HYPH 1662 4036 177 Bardhastrandarsysla Bardhastrandarsysla NNP 1662 4036 178 , , , 1662 4036 179 Vestur Vestur NNP 1662 4036 180 - - HYPH 1662 4036 181 Hunavatnssysla Hunavatnssysla NNP 1662 4036 182 , , , 1662 4036 183 Vestur Vestur NNP 1662 4036 184 - - HYPH 1662 4036 185 Isafjardharsysla Isafjardharsysla NNP 1662 4036 186 , , , 1662 4036 187 Vestur Vestur NNP 1662 4036 188 - - HYPH 1662 4036 189 Skaftafellssysla Skaftafellssysla NNP 1662 4036 190 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4036 191 : : : 1662 4036 192 17 17 CD 1662 4036 193 June June NNP 1662 4036 194 1944 1944 CD 1662 4036 195 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4036 196 from from IN 1662 4036 197 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 4036 198 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4036 199 National national JJ 1662 4036 200 holiday holiday NN 1662 4036 201 : : : 1662 4036 202 Anniversary anniversary NN 1662 4036 203 of of IN 1662 4036 204 the the DT 1662 4036 205 Establishment Establishment NNP 1662 4036 206 of of IN 1662 4036 207 the the DT 1662 4036 208 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4036 209 , , , 1662 4036 210 17 17 CD 1662 4036 211 June June NNP 1662 4036 212 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4036 213 1944 1944 CD 1662 4036 214 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4036 215 Constitution constitution NN 1662 4036 216 : : : 1662 4036 217 16 16 CD 1662 4036 218 June June NNP 1662 4036 219 1944 1944 CD 1662 4036 220 , , , 1662 4036 221 effective effective JJ 1662 4036 222 17 17 CD 1662 4036 223 June June NNP 1662 4036 224 1944 1944 CD 1662 4036 225 Legal legal JJ 1662 4036 226 system system NN 1662 4036 227 : : : 1662 4036 228 civil civil JJ 1662 4036 229 law law NN 1662 4036 230 system system NN 1662 4036 231 based base VBN 1662 4036 232 on on IN 1662 4036 233 Danish danish JJ 1662 4036 234 law law NN 1662 4036 235 ; ; : 1662 4036 236 does do VBZ 1662 4036 237 not not RB 1662 4036 238 accept accept VB 1662 4036 239 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 4036 240 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 4036 241 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 4036 242 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 4036 243 : : : 1662 4036 244 18 18 CD 1662 4036 245 years year NNS 1662 4036 246 of of IN 1662 4036 247 age age NN 1662 4036 248 ; ; : 1662 4036 249 universal universal JJ 1662 4036 250 Executive Executive NNP 1662 4036 251 branch branch NN 1662 4036 252 : : : 1662 4036 253 chief chief NN 1662 4036 254 of of IN 1662 4036 255 state state NN 1662 4036 256 : : : 1662 4036 257 President President NNP 1662 4036 258 Olafur Olafur NNP 1662 4036 259 Ragnar Ragnar NNP 1662 4036 260 GRIMSSON GRIMSSON NNP 1662 4036 261 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4036 262 since since IN 1662 4036 263 1 1 CD 1662 4036 264 August August NNP 1662 4036 265 1996 1996 CD 1662 4036 266 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4036 267 head head NN 1662 4036 268 of of IN 1662 4036 269 government government NN 1662 4036 270 : : : 1662 4036 271 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4036 272 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4036 273 David David NNP 1662 4036 274 ODDSSON ODDSSON NNP 1662 4036 275 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4036 276 since since IN 1662 4036 277 30 30 CD 1662 4036 278 April April NNP 1662 4036 279 1991 1991 CD 1662 4036 280 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4036 281 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4036 282 : : : 1662 4036 283 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 4036 284 appointed 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links link NNS 1662 4051 25 international international JJ 1662 4051 26 : : : 1662 4051 27 satellite satellite NN 1662 4051 28 earth earth NN 1662 4051 29 stations station NNS 1662 4051 30 - - , 1662 4051 31 2 2 CD 1662 4051 32 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4051 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4051 34 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4051 35 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4051 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4051 37 , , , 1662 4051 38 1 1 CD 1662 4051 39 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 4051 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4051 41 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4051 42 and and CC 1662 4051 43 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4051 44 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4051 45 Regions Regions NNPS 1662 4051 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4051 47 ; ; : 1662 4051 48 note note VB 1662 4051 49 - - HYPH 1662 4051 50 Iceland Iceland NNP 1662 4051 51 shares share NNS 1662 4051 52 the the DT 1662 4051 53 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 4051 54 earth earth NN 1662 4051 55 station station NN 1662 4051 56 with with IN 1662 4051 57 the the DT 1662 4051 58 other other JJ 1662 4051 59 Nordic nordic JJ 1662 4051 60 countries country NNS 1662 4051 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4051 62 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 4051 63 , , , 1662 4051 64 Finland Finland NNP 1662 4051 65 , , , 1662 4051 66 Norway Norway NNP 1662 4051 67 , , , 1662 4051 68 and and CC 1662 4051 69 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 4051 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4051 71 Radio Radio NNP 1662 4051 72 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4051 73 stations station NNS 1662 4051 74 : : : 1662 4051 75 AM AM NNP 1662 4051 76 5 5 CD 1662 4051 77 , , , 1662 4051 78 FM FM NNP 1662 4051 79 147 147 CD 1662 4051 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4051 81 transmitters transmitter NNS 1662 4051 82 and and CC 1662 4051 83 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 4051 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4051 85 , , , 1662 4051 86 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 4051 87 0 0 CD 1662 4051 88 Radios radio NNS 1662 4051 89 : : : 1662 4051 90 91,500 91,500 CD 1662 4051 91 licensed license VBN 1662 4051 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4051 93 1993 1993 CD 1662 4051 94 est est NNP 1662 4051 95 . . . 1662 4051 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4052 1 Television television NN 1662 4052 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4052 3 stations station NNS 1662 4052 4 : : : 1662 4052 5 202 202 CD 1662 4052 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4052 7 transmitters transmitter NNS 1662 4052 8 and and CC 1662 4052 9 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 4052 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4052 11 Televisions television NNS 1662 4052 12 : : : 1662 4052 13 96,100 96,100 CD 1662 4052 14 licensed license VBN 1662 4052 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4052 16 1993 1993 CD 1662 4052 17 est est NNP 1662 4052 18 . . . 1662 4052 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4053 1 @Iceland @iceland LS 1662 4053 2 : : : 1662 4053 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4053 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 4053 5 : : : 1662 4053 6 0 0 LS 1662 4053 7 km km NN 1662 4053 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 4053 9 : : : 1662 4053 10 total total NN 1662 4053 11 : : : 1662 4053 12 12,378 12,378 CD 1662 4053 13 km km NN 1662 4053 14 paved pave VBN 1662 4053 15 : : : 1662 4053 16 3,070 3,070 CD 1662 4053 17 km km NN 1662 4053 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4053 19 : : : 1662 4053 20 9,308 9,308 CD 1662 4053 21 km km NNS 1662 4053 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4053 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 4053 24 est est NNP 1662 4053 25 . . . 1662 4053 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4054 1 Ports port NNS 1662 4054 2 and and CC 1662 4054 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4054 4 : : : 1662 4054 5 Akureyri Akureyri NNP 1662 4054 6 , , , 1662 4054 7 Hornafjordur Hornafjordur NNP 1662 4054 8 , , , 1662 4054 9 Isafjordhur Isafjordhur NNP 1662 4054 10 , , , 1662 4054 11 Keflavik Keflavik NNP 1662 4054 12 , , , 1662 4054 13 Raufarhofn Raufarhofn NNP 1662 4054 14 , , , 1662 4054 15 Reykjavik Reykjavik NNP 1662 4054 16 , , , 1662 4054 17 Seydhisfjordhur Seydhisfjordhur NNP 1662 4054 18 , , , 1662 4054 19 Straumsvik Straumsvik NNP 1662 4054 20 , , , 1662 4054 21 Vestmannaeyjar Vestmannaeyjar NNP 1662 4054 22 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 4054 23 marine marine NN 1662 4054 24 : : : 1662 4054 25 total total NN 1662 4054 26 : : : 1662 4054 27 4 4 CD 1662 4054 28 ships ship NNS 1662 4054 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4054 30 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4054 31 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4054 32 or or CC 1662 4054 33 over over RB 1662 4054 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4054 35 totaling total VBG 1662 4054 36 17,041 17,041 CD 1662 4054 37 GRT/21,531 GRT/21,531 NNP 1662 4054 38 DWT DWT NNP 1662 4054 39 ships ship NNS 1662 4054 40 by by IN 1662 4054 41 type type NN 1662 4054 42 : : : 1662 4054 43 chemical chemical NN 1662 4054 44 tanker tanker NN 1662 4054 45 1 1 CD 1662 4054 46 , , , 1662 4054 47 container container NN 1662 4054 48 1 1 CD 1662 4054 49 , , , 1662 4054 50 oil oil NN 1662 4054 51 tanker tanker NN 1662 4054 52 1 1 CD 1662 4054 53 , , , 1662 4054 54 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 4054 55 cargo cargo NN 1662 4054 56 1 1 CD 1662 4054 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4054 58 1996 1996 CD 1662 4054 59 est est NNP 1662 4054 60 . . . 1662 4054 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4055 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4055 2 : : : 1662 4055 3 84 84 CD 1662 4055 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4055 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4055 6 est est NNP 1662 4055 7 . . . 1662 4055 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4056 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4056 2 - - , 1662 4056 3 with with IN 1662 4056 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4056 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4056 6 : : : 1662 4056 7 total total NN 1662 4056 8 : : : 1662 4056 9 60 60 CD 1662 4056 10 over over IN 1662 4056 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4056 12 m m NN 1662 4056 13 : : : 1662 4056 14 1 1 CD 1662 4056 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4056 16 to to TO 1662 4056 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4056 18 m m NN 1662 4056 19 : : : 1662 4056 20 4 4 CD 1662 4056 21 914 914 CD 1662 4056 22 to to TO 1662 4056 23 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4056 24 m m NN 1662 4056 25 : : : 1662 4056 26 5 5 CD 1662 4056 27 under under IN 1662 4056 28 914 914 CD 1662 4056 29 m m NN 1662 4056 30 : : : 1662 4056 31 50 50 CD 1662 4056 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4056 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 4056 34 est est NNP 1662 4056 35 . . . 1662 4056 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4057 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4057 2 - - , 1662 4057 3 with with IN 1662 4057 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4057 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4057 6 : : : 1662 4057 7 total total NN 1662 4057 8 : : : 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4058 23 the the DT 1662 4058 24 US US NNP 1662 4058 25 - - HYPH 1662 4058 26 manned man VBN 1662 4058 27 Icelandic Icelandic NNP 1662 4058 28 Defense Defense NNP 1662 4058 29 Force Force NNP 1662 4058 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4058 31 IDF IDF NNP 1662 4058 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4058 33 headquartered headquarter VBD 1662 4058 34 at at IN 1662 4058 35 Keflavik Keflavik NNP 1662 4058 36 Military military JJ 1662 4058 37 manpower manpower NN 1662 4058 38 - - HYPH 1662 4058 39 availability availability NN 1662 4058 40 : : : 1662 4058 41 males male NNS 1662 4058 42 age age NNP 1662 4058 43 15 15 CD 1662 4058 44 - - HYPH 1662 4058 45 49 49 CD 1662 4058 46 : : : 1662 4058 47 70,833 70,833 CD 1662 4058 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4058 49 1997 1997 CD 1662 4058 50 est e JJS 1662 4058 51 . . . 1662 4058 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4059 1 Military military JJ 1662 4059 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4059 3 - - HYPH 1662 4059 4 fit fit NN 1662 4059 5 for for IN 1662 4059 6 military military JJ 1662 4059 7 service service NN 1662 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_ NNP 1662 4060 73 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 74 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 75 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 76 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 77 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 78 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 79 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 80 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 81 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 82 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 83 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 84 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 85 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 86 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 87 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 88 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 89 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 90 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 91 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 92 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 93 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 94 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 95 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 96 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 97 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 98 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 99 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 100 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 101 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 102 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 103 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 104 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 105 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 106 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 107 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 108 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 109 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 110 _ _ NNP 1662 4060 111 INDIA INDIA NNP 1662 4060 112 @India @india XX 1662 4060 113 : : : 1662 4060 114 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4060 115 Location Location NNP 1662 4060 116 : : : 1662 4060 117 Southern Southern NNP 1662 4060 118 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4060 119 , , , 1662 4060 120 bordering border VBG 1662 4060 121 the the DT 1662 4060 122 Arabian Arabian NNP 1662 4060 123 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4060 124 and and CC 1662 4060 125 the the DT 1662 4060 126 Bay Bay NNP 1662 4060 127 of of IN 1662 4060 128 Bengal Bengal NNP 1662 4060 129 , , , 1662 4060 130 between between IN 1662 4060 131 Burma Burma NNP 1662 4060 132 and and CC 1662 4060 133 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 4060 134 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4060 135 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4060 136 : : : 1662 4060 137 20 20 CD 1662 4060 138 00 00 NFP 1662 4060 139 N n CD 1662 4060 140 , , , 1662 4060 141 77 77 CD 1662 4060 142 00 00 CD 1662 4060 143 E e NN 1662 4060 144 Map Map NNP 1662 4060 145 references reference NNS 1662 4060 146 : : : 1662 4060 147 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4060 148 Area Area NNP 1662 4060 149 : : : 1662 4060 150 total total NN 1662 4060 151 : : : 1662 4060 152 3,287,590 3,287,590 CD 1662 4060 153 sq sq RB 1662 4060 154 km km NNP 1662 4060 155 land land NN 1662 4060 156 : : : 1662 4060 157 2,973,190 2,973,190 CD 1662 4060 158 sq sq NN 1662 4060 159 km km NNP 1662 4060 160 water water NN 1662 4060 161 : : : 1662 4060 162 314,400 314,400 CD 1662 4060 163 sq sq NNP 1662 4060 164 km km NNP 1662 4060 165 Area Area NNP 1662 4060 166 - - HYPH 1662 4060 167 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4060 168 : : : 1662 4060 169 slightly slightly RB 1662 4060 170 more more JJR 1662 4060 171 than than IN 1662 4060 172 one one CD 1662 4060 173 - - HYPH 1662 4060 174 third third NN 1662 4060 175 the the DT 1662 4060 176 size size NN 1662 4060 177 of of IN 1662 4060 178 the the DT 1662 4060 179 US US NNP 1662 4060 180 Land Land NNP 1662 4060 181 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4060 182 : : : 1662 4060 183 total total JJ 1662 4060 184 : : : 1662 4060 185 14,103 14,103 CD 1662 4060 186 km km NN 1662 4060 187 border border NN 1662 4060 188 countries country NNS 1662 4060 189 : : : 1662 4060 190 Bangladesh bangladesh VB 1662 4060 191 4,053 4,053 CD 1662 4060 192 km km NNS 1662 4060 193 , , , 1662 4060 194 Bhutan Bhutan NNP 1662 4060 195 605 605 CD 1662 4060 196 km km NN 1662 4060 197 , , , 1662 4060 198 Burma Burma NNP 1662 4060 199 1,463 1,463 CD 1662 4060 200 km km NN 1662 4060 201 , , , 1662 4060 202 China China NNP 1662 4060 203 3,380 3,380 CD 1662 4060 204 km km NN 1662 4060 205 , , , 1662 4060 206 Nepal Nepal NNP 1662 4060 207 1,690 1,690 CD 1662 4060 208 km km NN 1662 4060 209 , , , 1662 4060 210 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 4060 211 2,912 2,912 CD 1662 4060 212 km km NN 1662 4060 213 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4060 214 : : : 1662 4060 215 7,000 7,000 CD 1662 4060 216 km km NN 1662 4060 217 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4060 218 claims claim VBZ 1662 4060 219 : : : 1662 4060 220 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 4060 221 zone zone NN 1662 4060 222 : : : 1662 4060 223 24 24 CD 1662 4060 224 nm nm NNP 1662 4060 225 continental continental JJ 1662 4060 226 shelf shelf NNP 1662 4060 227 : : : 1662 4060 228 200 200 CD 1662 4060 229 nm nm CD 1662 4060 230 or or CC 1662 4060 231 to to IN 1662 4060 232 the the DT 1662 4060 233 edge edge NN 1662 4060 234 of of IN 1662 4060 235 the the DT 1662 4060 236 continental continental JJ 1662 4060 237 margin margin NN 1662 4060 238 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 4060 239 economic economic JJ 1662 4060 240 zone zone NN 1662 4060 241 : : : 1662 4060 242 200 200 CD 1662 4060 243 nm nm CD 1662 4060 244 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4060 245 sea sea NN 1662 4060 246 : : : 1662 4060 247 12 12 CD 1662 4060 248 nm nm NNP 1662 4060 249 Climate climate NN 1662 4060 250 : : : 1662 4060 251 varies varie NNS 1662 4060 252 from from IN 1662 4060 253 tropical tropical JJ 1662 4060 254 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 4060 255 in in IN 1662 4060 256 south south NN 1662 4060 257 to to TO 1662 4060 258 temperate temperate VB 1662 4060 259 in in IN 1662 4060 260 north north JJ 1662 4060 261 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4060 262 : : : 1662 4060 263 upland upland JJ 1662 4060 264 plain plain JJ 1662 4060 265 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4060 266 Deccan Deccan NNP 1662 4060 267 Plateau Plateau NNP 1662 4060 268 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4060 269 in in IN 1662 4060 270 south south JJ 1662 4060 271 , , , 1662 4060 272 flat flat JJ 1662 4060 273 to to IN 1662 4060 274 rolling roll VBG 1662 4060 275 plain plain RB 1662 4060 276 along along IN 1662 4060 277 the the DT 1662 4060 278 Ganges Ganges NNPS 1662 4060 279 , , , 1662 4060 280 deserts desert NNS 1662 4060 281 in in IN 1662 4060 282 west west NN 1662 4060 283 , , , 1662 4060 284 Himalayas Himalayas NNP 1662 4060 285 in in IN 1662 4060 286 north north JJ 1662 4060 287 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4060 288 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4060 289 : : : 1662 4060 290 lowest low JJS 1662 4060 291 point point NN 1662 4060 292 : : : 1662 4060 293 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4060 294 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4060 295 0 0 NFP 1662 4060 296 m m DT 1662 4060 297 highest high JJS 1662 4060 298 point point NN 1662 4060 299 : : : 1662 4060 300 Kanchenjunga Kanchenjunga NNP 1662 4060 301 8,598 8,598 CD 1662 4060 302 m m NNP 1662 4060 303 Natural natural JJ 1662 4060 304 resources resource NNS 1662 4060 305 : : : 1662 4060 306 coal coal NN 1662 4060 307 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4060 308 fourth fourth RB 1662 4060 309 - - HYPH 1662 4060 310 largest large JJS 1662 4060 311 reserves reserve NNS 1662 4060 312 in in IN 1662 4060 313 the the DT 1662 4060 314 world world NN 1662 4060 315 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4060 316 , , , 1662 4060 317 iron iron NN 1662 4060 318 ore ore NN 1662 4060 319 , , , 1662 4060 320 manganese manganese NNP 1662 4060 321 , , , 1662 4060 322 mica mica NNP 1662 4060 323 , , , 1662 4060 324 bauxite bauxite NNP 1662 4060 325 , , , 1662 4060 326 titanium titanium NN 1662 4060 327 ore ore NNP 1662 4060 328 , , , 1662 4060 329 chromite chromite NNP 1662 4060 330 , , , 1662 4060 331 natural natural JJ 1662 4060 332 gas gas NN 1662 4060 333 , , , 1662 4060 334 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 4060 335 , , , 1662 4060 336 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4060 337 , , , 1662 4060 338 limestone limestone NN 1662 4060 339 Land Land NNP 1662 4060 340 use use NN 1662 4060 341 : : : 1662 4060 342 arable arable JJ 1662 4060 343 land land NN 1662 4060 344 : : : 1662 4060 345 56 56 CD 1662 4060 346 % % NN 1662 4060 347 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4060 348 crops crop NNS 1662 4060 349 : : : 1662 4060 350 1 1 CD 1662 4060 351 % % NN 1662 4060 352 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4060 353 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4060 354 : : : 1662 4060 355 4 4 CD 1662 4060 356 % % NN 1662 4060 357 forests forest NNS 1662 4060 358 and and CC 1662 4060 359 woodland woodland JJ 1662 4060 360 : : : 1662 4060 361 23 23 CD 1662 4060 362 % % NN 1662 4060 363 other other JJ 1662 4060 364 : : : 1662 4060 365 16 16 CD 1662 4060 366 % % NN 1662 4060 367 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4060 368 1993 1993 CD 1662 4060 369 est est NNP 1662 4060 370 . . . 1662 4060 371 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4061 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4061 2 land land NN 1662 4061 3 : : : 1662 4061 4 480,000 480,000 CD 1662 4061 5 sq sq NNP 1662 4061 6 km km NNP 1662 4061 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4061 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 4061 9 est est NNP 1662 4061 10 . . . 1662 4061 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4062 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 4062 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4062 3 : : : 1662 4062 4 droughts drought NNS 1662 4062 5 , , , 1662 4062 6 flash flash NN 1662 4062 7 floods flood NNS 1662 4062 8 , , , 1662 4062 9 severe severe JJ 1662 4062 10 thunderstorms thunderstorm NNS 1662 4062 11 common common JJ 1662 4062 12 ; ; : 1662 4062 13 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 4062 14 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4062 15 - - HYPH 1662 4062 16 current current JJ 1662 4062 17 issues issue NNS 1662 4062 18 : : : 1662 4062 19 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 4062 20 ; ; , 1662 4062 21 soil soil NN 1662 4062 22 erosion erosion NN 1662 4062 23 ; ; : 1662 4062 24 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 4062 25 ; ; : 1662 4062 26 desertification desertification NN 1662 4062 27 ; ; : 1662 4062 28 air air NN 1662 4062 29 pollution pollution NN 1662 4062 30 from from IN 1662 4062 31 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4062 32 effluents effluent NNS 1662 4062 33 and and CC 1662 4062 34 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 4062 35 emissions emission NNS 1662 4062 36 ; ; : 1662 4062 37 water water NN 1662 4062 38 pollution pollution NN 1662 4062 39 from from IN 1662 4062 40 raw raw JJ 1662 4062 41 sewage sewage NN 1662 4062 42 and and CC 1662 4062 43 runoff runoff NN 1662 4062 44 of of IN 1662 4062 45 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4062 46 pesticides pesticide NNS 1662 4062 47 ; ; : 1662 4062 48 tap tap NN 1662 4062 49 water water NN 1662 4062 50 is be VBZ 1662 4062 51 not not RB 1662 4062 52 potable potable JJ 1662 4062 53 throughout throughout IN 1662 4062 54 the the DT 1662 4062 55 country country NN 1662 4062 56 ; ; , 1662 4062 57 huge huge JJ 1662 4062 58 and and CC 1662 4062 59 rapidly rapidly RB 1662 4062 60 growing grow VBG 1662 4062 61 population population NN 1662 4062 62 is be VBZ 1662 4062 63 overstraining overstrain VBG 1662 4062 64 natural natural JJ 1662 4062 65 resources resource NNS 1662 4062 66 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4062 67 - - HYPH 1662 4062 68 international international JJ 1662 4062 69 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4062 70 : : : 1662 4062 71 party party NN 1662 4062 72 to to TO 1662 4062 73 : : : 1662 4062 74 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 4062 75 - - HYPH 1662 4062 76 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 4062 77 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 4062 78 , , , 1662 4062 79 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 4062 80 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 4062 81 , , , 1662 4062 82 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 4062 83 , , , 1662 4062 84 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4062 85 Change Change NNP 1662 4062 86 , , , 1662 4062 87 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 4062 88 , , , 1662 4062 89 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 4062 90 Species Species NNPS 1662 4062 91 , , , 1662 4062 92 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 4062 93 Modification Modification NNP 1662 4062 94 , , , 1662 4062 95 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 4062 96 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 4062 97 , , , 1662 4062 98 Law Law NNP 1662 4062 99 of of IN 1662 4062 100 the the DT 1662 4062 101 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4062 102 , , , 1662 4062 103 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 4062 104 Test Test NNP 1662 4062 105 Ban Ban NNP 1662 4062 106 , , , 1662 4062 107 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 4062 108 Layer Layer NNP 1662 4062 109 Protection Protection NNP 1662 4062 110 , , , 1662 4062 111 Ship Ship NNP 1662 4062 112 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4062 113 , , , 1662 4062 114 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 4062 115 Timber Timber NNP 1662 4062 116 83 83 CD 1662 4062 117 , , , 1662 4062 118 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 4062 119 Timber Timber NNP 1662 4062 120 94 94 CD 1662 4062 121 , , , 1662 4062 122 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 4062 123 signed sign VBD 1662 4062 124 , , , 1662 4062 125 but but CC 1662 4062 126 not not RB 1662 4062 127 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4062 128 : : : 1662 4062 129 none none NN 1662 4062 130 of of IN 1662 4062 131 the the DT 1662 4062 132 selected select VBN 1662 4062 133 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4062 134 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4062 135 - - HYPH 1662 4062 136 note note NN 1662 4062 137 : : : 1662 4062 138 dominates dominate NNS 1662 4062 139 South south JJ 1662 4062 140 Asian asian JJ 1662 4062 141 subcontinent subcontinent NN 1662 4062 142 ; ; : 1662 4062 143 near near IN 1662 4062 144 important important JJ 1662 4062 145 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4062 146 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4062 147 trade trade NN 1662 4062 148 routes route NNS 1662 4062 149 @India @india VBP 1662 4062 150 : : : 1662 4062 151 People People NNP 1662 4062 152 Population population NN 1662 4062 153 : : : 1662 4062 154 966,783,171 966,783,171 LS 1662 4062 155 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4062 156 July July NNP 1662 4062 157 1997 1997 CD 1662 4062 158 est est NNP 1662 4062 159 . . . 1662 4062 160 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4063 1 Age age NN 1662 4063 2 structure structure NN 1662 4063 3 : : : 1662 4063 4 0 0 CD 1662 4063 5 - - HYPH 1662 4063 6 14 14 CD 1662 4063 7 years year NNS 1662 4063 8 : : : 1662 4063 9 35 35 CD 1662 4063 10 % % NN 1662 4063 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4063 12 male male JJ 1662 4063 13 173,420,822 173,420,822 CD 1662 4063 14 ; ; : 1662 4063 15 female female JJ 1662 4063 16 163,433,648 163,433,648 CD 1662 4063 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4063 18 15 15 CD 1662 4063 19 - - HYPH 1662 4063 20 64 64 CD 1662 4063 21 years year NNS 1662 4063 22 : : : 1662 4063 23 61 61 CD 1662 4063 24 % % NN 1662 4063 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4063 26 male male JJ 1662 4063 27 304,048,569 304,048,569 CD 1662 4063 28 ; ; : 1662 4063 29 female female JJ 1662 4063 30 281,625,342 281,625,342 CD 1662 4063 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4063 32 65 65 CD 1662 4063 33 years year NNS 1662 4063 34 and and CC 1662 4063 35 over over IN 1662 4063 36 : : : 1662 4063 37 4 4 CD 1662 4063 38 % % NN 1662 4063 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4063 40 male male JJ 1662 4063 41 22,536,104 22,536,104 CD 1662 4063 42 ; ; , 1662 4063 43 female female JJ 1662 4063 44 21,718,686 21,718,686 CD 1662 4063 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4063 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4063 47 July July NNP 1662 4063 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 4063 49 est est NNP 1662 4063 50 . . . 1662 4063 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4064 1 Population population NN 1662 4064 2 growth growth NN 1662 4064 3 rate rate NN 1662 4064 4 : : : 1662 4064 5 1.72 1.72 CD 1662 4064 6 % % NN 1662 4064 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4064 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4064 9 est est NNP 1662 4064 10 . . . 1662 4064 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4065 1 Birth birth NN 1662 4065 2 rate rate NN 1662 4065 3 : : : 1662 4065 4 26.19 26.19 CD 1662 4065 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 4065 6 population population NN 1662 4065 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4065 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4065 9 est est NNP 1662 4065 10 . . . 1662 4065 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4066 1 Death death NN 1662 4066 2 rate rate NN 1662 4066 3 : : : 1662 4066 4 8.87 8.87 CD 1662 4066 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4066 6 population population NN 1662 4066 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4066 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4066 9 est est NNP 1662 4066 10 . . . 1662 4066 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4067 1 Net net JJ 1662 4067 2 migration migration NN 1662 4067 3 rate rate NN 1662 4067 4 : : : 1662 4067 5 -0.08 -0.08 NFP 1662 4067 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 4067 7 population population NN 1662 4067 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4067 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 4067 10 est est NNP 1662 4067 11 . . . 1662 4067 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4068 1 Sex sex NN 1662 4068 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 4068 3 : : : 1662 4068 4 at at IN 1662 4068 5 birth birth NN 1662 4068 6 : : : 1662 4068 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 4068 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4068 9 under under IN 1662 4068 10 15 15 CD 1662 4068 11 years year NNS 1662 4068 12 : : : 1662 4068 13 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 4068 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4068 15 15 15 CD 1662 4068 16 - - SYM 1662 4068 17 64 64 CD 1662 4068 18 years year NNS 1662 4068 19 : : : 1662 4068 20 1.08 1.08 CD 1662 4068 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4068 22 65 65 CD 1662 4068 23 years year NNS 1662 4068 24 and and CC 1662 4068 25 over over IN 1662 4068 26 : : : 1662 4068 27 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 4068 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4068 29 total total JJ 1662 4068 30 population population NN 1662 4068 31 : : : 1662 4068 32 1.07 1.07 CD 1662 4068 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4068 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4068 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 4068 36 est e JJS 1662 4068 37 . . . 1662 4068 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4069 1 Infant infant NN 1662 4069 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 4069 3 rate rate NN 1662 4069 4 : : : 1662 4069 5 65.5 65.5 CD 1662 4069 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4069 7 live live JJ 1662 4069 8 births birth NNS 1662 4069 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4069 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4069 11 est est NNP 1662 4069 12 . . . 1662 4069 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4070 1 Life life NN 1662 4070 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 4070 3 at at IN 1662 4070 4 birth birth NN 1662 4070 5 : : : 1662 4070 6 total total JJ 1662 4070 7 population population NN 1662 4070 8 : : : 1662 4070 9 62.41 62.41 CD 1662 4070 10 years year NNS 1662 4070 11 male male JJ 1662 4070 12 : : : 1662 4070 13 61.68 61.68 CD 1662 4070 14 years year NNS 1662 4070 15 female female JJ 1662 4070 16 : : : 1662 4070 17 63.18 63.18 CD 1662 4070 18 years year NNS 1662 4070 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4070 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 4070 21 est est NNP 1662 4070 22 . . . 1662 4070 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4071 1 Total total JJ 1662 4071 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 4071 3 rate rate NN 1662 4071 4 : : : 1662 4071 5 3.29 3.29 CD 1662 4071 6 children child NNS 1662 4071 7 born bear VBN 1662 4071 8 / / SYM 1662 4071 9 woman woman NN 1662 4071 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4071 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 4071 12 est est NNP 1662 4071 13 . . . 1662 4071 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4072 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 4072 2 : : : 1662 4072 3 noun noun NNP 1662 4072 4 : : : 1662 4072 5 Indian(s Indian(s NNP 1662 4072 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4072 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 4072 8 : : : 1662 4072 9 Indian indian JJ 1662 4072 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4072 11 groups group NNS 1662 4072 12 : : : 1662 4072 13 Indo indo VB 1662 4072 14 - - HYPH 1662 4072 15 Aryan Aryan NNP 1662 4072 16 72 72 CD 1662 4072 17 % % NN 1662 4072 18 , , , 1662 4072 19 Dravidian Dravidian NNP 1662 4072 20 25 25 CD 1662 4072 21 % % NN 1662 4072 22 , , , 1662 4072 23 Mongoloid Mongoloid NNP 1662 4072 24 and and CC 1662 4072 25 other other JJ 1662 4072 26 3 3 CD 1662 4072 27 % % NN 1662 4072 28 Religions religion NNS 1662 4072 29 : : : 1662 4072 30 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 4072 31 80 80 CD 1662 4072 32 % % NN 1662 4072 33 , , , 1662 4072 34 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 4072 35 14 14 CD 1662 4072 36 % % NN 1662 4072 37 , , , 1662 4072 38 Christian Christian NNP 1662 4072 39 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 4072 40 % % NN 1662 4072 41 , , , 1662 4072 42 Sikh Sikh NNP 1662 4072 43 2 2 CD 1662 4072 44 % % NN 1662 4072 45 , , , 1662 4072 46 Buddhist Buddhist NNP 1662 4072 47 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 4072 48 % % NN 1662 4072 49 , , , 1662 4072 50 Jains Jains NNP 1662 4072 51 0.5 0.5 CD 1662 4072 52 % % NN 1662 4072 53 , , , 1662 4072 54 other other JJ 1662 4072 55 0.4 0.4 CD 1662 4072 56 % % NN 1662 4072 57 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 4072 58 : : : 1662 4072 59 English English NNP 1662 4072 60 enjoys enjoy VBZ 1662 4072 61 associate associate JJ 1662 4072 62 status status NN 1662 4072 63 but but CC 1662 4072 64 is be VBZ 1662 4072 65 the the DT 1662 4072 66 most most RBS 1662 4072 67 important important JJ 1662 4072 68 language language NN 1662 4072 69 for for IN 1662 4072 70 national national JJ 1662 4072 71 , , , 1662 4072 72 political political JJ 1662 4072 73 , , , 1662 4072 74 and and CC 1662 4072 75 commercial commercial JJ 1662 4072 76 communication communication NN 1662 4072 77 , , , 1662 4072 78 Hindi Hindi NNP 1662 4072 79 the the DT 1662 4072 80 national national JJ 1662 4072 81 language language NN 1662 4072 82 and and CC 1662 4072 83 primary primary JJ 1662 4072 84 tongue tongue NN 1662 4072 85 of of IN 1662 4072 86 30 30 CD 1662 4072 87 % % NN 1662 4072 88 of of IN 1662 4072 89 the the DT 1662 4072 90 people people NNS 1662 4072 91 , , , 1662 4072 92 Bengali Bengali NNP 1662 4072 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4072 94 official official JJ 1662 4072 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4072 96 , , , 1662 4072 97 Telugu Telugu NNP 1662 4072 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4072 99 official official NN 1662 4072 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4072 101 , , , 1662 4072 102 Marathi Marathi NNP 1662 4072 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4072 104 official official NN 1662 4072 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4072 106 , , , 1662 4072 107 Tamil Tamil NNP 1662 4072 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4072 109 official official NN 1662 4072 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4072 111 , , , 1662 4072 112 Urdu Urdu NNP 1662 4072 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4072 114 official official NN 1662 4072 115 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4072 116 , , , 1662 4072 117 Gujarati Gujarati NNP 1662 4072 118 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4072 119 official official NN 1662 4072 120 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4072 121 , , , 1662 4072 122 Malayalam Malayalam NNP 1662 4072 123 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4072 124 official official NN 1662 4072 125 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4072 126 , , , 1662 4072 127 Kannada Kannada NNP 1662 4072 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4072 129 official official NN 1662 4072 130 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4072 131 , , , 1662 4072 132 Oriya Oriya NNP 1662 4072 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4072 134 official official NN 1662 4072 135 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4072 136 , , , 1662 4072 137 Punjabi Punjabi NNP 1662 4072 138 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4072 139 official official NN 1662 4072 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4072 141 , , , 1662 4072 142 Assamese Assamese NNP 1662 4072 143 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4072 144 official official NN 1662 4072 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4072 146 , , , 1662 4072 147 Kashmiri Kashmiri NNP 1662 4072 148 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4072 149 official official NN 1662 4072 150 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4072 151 , , , 1662 4072 152 Sindhi Sindhi NNP 1662 4072 153 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4072 154 official official NN 1662 4072 155 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4072 156 , , , 1662 4072 157 Sanskrit Sanskrit NNP 1662 4072 158 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4072 159 official official NN 1662 4072 160 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4072 161 , , , 1662 4072 162 Hindustani Hindustani NNP 1662 4072 163 a a DT 1662 4072 164 popular popular JJ 1662 4072 165 variant variant NN 1662 4072 166 of of IN 1662 4072 167 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 4072 168 / / SYM 1662 4072 169 Urdu Urdu NNP 1662 4072 170 , , , 1662 4072 171 is be VBZ 1662 4072 172 spoken speak VBN 1662 4072 173 widely widely RB 1662 4072 174 throughout throughout IN 1662 4072 175 northern northern JJ 1662 4072 176 India India NNP 1662 4072 177 note note NN 1662 4072 178 : : : 1662 4072 179 24 24 CD 1662 4072 180 languages language NNS 1662 4072 181 each each DT 1662 4072 182 spoken speak VBN 1662 4072 183 by by IN 1662 4072 184 a a DT 1662 4072 185 million million CD 1662 4072 186 or or CC 1662 4072 187 more more JJR 1662 4072 188 persons person NNS 1662 4072 189 ; ; : 1662 4072 190 numerous numerous JJ 1662 4072 191 other other JJ 1662 4072 192 languages language NNS 1662 4072 193 and and CC 1662 4072 194 dialects dialect NNS 1662 4072 195 , , , 1662 4072 196 for for IN 1662 4072 197 the the DT 1662 4072 198 most most JJS 1662 4072 199 part part NN 1662 4072 200 mutually mutually RB 1662 4072 201 unintelligible unintelligible JJ 1662 4072 202 Literacy literacy NN 1662 4072 203 : : : 1662 4072 204 definition definition NN 1662 4072 205 : : : 1662 4072 206 age age NN 1662 4072 207 15 15 CD 1662 4072 208 and and CC 1662 4072 209 over over RB 1662 4072 210 can can MD 1662 4072 211 read read VB 1662 4072 212 and and CC 1662 4072 213 write write VB 1662 4072 214 total total JJ 1662 4072 215 population population NN 1662 4072 216 : : : 1662 4072 217 52 52 CD 1662 4072 218 % % NN 1662 4072 219 male male NN 1662 4072 220 : : : 1662 4072 221 65.5 65.5 CD 1662 4072 222 % % NN 1662 4072 223 female female NN 1662 4072 224 : : : 1662 4072 225 37.7 37.7 CD 1662 4072 226 % % NN 1662 4072 227 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4072 228 1995 1995 CD 1662 4072 229 est est NNP 1662 4072 230 . . . 1662 4072 231 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4073 1 @India @india XX 1662 4073 2 : : : 1662 4073 3 Government Government NNP 1662 4073 4 Country Country NNP 1662 4073 5 name name NN 1662 4073 6 : : : 1662 4073 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4073 8 long long JJ 1662 4073 9 form form NN 1662 4073 10 : : : 1662 4073 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4073 12 of of IN 1662 4073 13 India India NNP 1662 4073 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4073 15 short short JJ 1662 4073 16 form form NN 1662 4073 17 : : : 1662 4073 18 India India NNP 1662 4073 19 Data Data NNP 1662 4073 20 code code NN 1662 4073 21 : : : 1662 4073 22 IN in IN 1662 4073 23 Government Government NNP 1662 4073 24 type type NN 1662 4073 25 : : : 1662 4073 26 federal federal NNP 1662 4073 27 republic republic NNP 1662 4073 28 National National NNP 1662 4073 29 capital capital NN 1662 4073 30 : : : 1662 4073 31 New New NNP 1662 4073 32 Delhi Delhi NNP 1662 4073 33 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 4073 34 divisions division NNS 1662 4073 35 : : : 1662 4073 36 25 25 CD 1662 4073 37 states state NNS 1662 4073 38 and and CC 1662 4073 39 7 7 CD 1662 4073 40 union union NN 1662 4073 41 territories territory NNS 1662 4073 42 * * NFP 1662 4073 43 ; ; : 1662 4073 44 Andaman Andaman NNP 1662 4073 45 and and CC 1662 4073 46 Nicobar Nicobar NNP 1662 4073 47 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 4073 48 * * NFP 1662 4073 49 , , , 1662 4073 50 Andhra Andhra NNP 1662 4073 51 Pradesh Pradesh NNP 1662 4073 52 , , , 1662 4073 53 Arunachal Arunachal NNP 1662 4073 54 Pradesh Pradesh NNP 1662 4073 55 , , , 1662 4073 56 Assam Assam NNP 1662 4073 57 , , , 1662 4073 58 Bihar Bihar NNP 1662 4073 59 , , , 1662 4073 60 Chandigarh Chandigarh NNP 1662 4073 61 * * NFP 1662 4073 62 , , , 1662 4073 63 Dadra Dadra NNP 1662 4073 64 and and CC 1662 4073 65 Nagar Nagar NNP 1662 4073 66 Haveli Haveli NNP 1662 4073 67 * * NFP 1662 4073 68 , , , 1662 4073 69 Daman Daman NNP 1662 4073 70 and and CC 1662 4073 71 Diu Diu NNP 1662 4073 72 * * NFP 1662 4073 73 , , , 1662 4073 74 Delhi Delhi NNP 1662 4073 75 * * NFP 1662 4073 76 , , , 1662 4073 77 Goa Goa NNP 1662 4073 78 , , , 1662 4073 79 Gujarat Gujarat NNP 1662 4073 80 , , , 1662 4073 81 Haryana Haryana NNP 1662 4073 82 , , , 1662 4073 83 Himachel Himachel NNP 1662 4073 84 Pradesh Pradesh NNP 1662 4073 85 , , , 1662 4073 86 Jammu Jammu NNP 1662 4073 87 and and CC 1662 4073 88 Kashmir Kashmir NNP 1662 4073 89 , , , 1662 4073 90 Karnataka Karnataka NNP 1662 4073 91 , , , 1662 4073 92 Kerala Kerala NNP 1662 4073 93 , , , 1662 4073 94 Lakshadweep Lakshadweep NNP 1662 4073 95 * * NFP 1662 4073 96 , , , 1662 4073 97 Madhya Madhya NNP 1662 4073 98 Pradesh Pradesh NNP 1662 4073 99 , , , 1662 4073 100 Maharashtra Maharashtra NNP 1662 4073 101 , , , 1662 4073 102 Manipur Manipur NNP 1662 4073 103 , , , 1662 4073 104 Meghalaya Meghalaya NNP 1662 4073 105 , , , 1662 4073 106 Mizoram Mizoram NNP 1662 4073 107 , , , 1662 4073 108 Nagaland Nagaland NNP 1662 4073 109 , , , 1662 4073 110 Orissa Orissa NNP 1662 4073 111 , , , 1662 4073 112 Pondicherry Pondicherry NNP 1662 4073 113 * * NFP 1662 4073 114 , , , 1662 4073 115 Punjab Punjab NNP 1662 4073 116 , , , 1662 4073 117 Rajasthan Rajasthan NNP 1662 4073 118 , , , 1662 4073 119 Sikkim Sikkim NNP 1662 4073 120 , , , 1662 4073 121 Tamil Tamil NNP 1662 4073 122 Nadu Nadu NNP 1662 4073 123 , , , 1662 4073 124 Tripura Tripura NNP 1662 4073 125 , , , 1662 4073 126 Uttar Uttar NNP 1662 4073 127 Pradesh Pradesh NNP 1662 4073 128 , , , 1662 4073 129 West West NNP 1662 4073 130 Bengal Bengal NNP 1662 4073 131 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4073 132 : : : 1662 4073 133 15 15 CD 1662 4073 134 August August NNP 1662 4073 135 1947 1947 CD 1662 4073 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4073 137 from from IN 1662 4073 138 UK UK NNP 1662 4073 139 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4073 140 National national JJ 1662 4073 141 holiday holiday NN 1662 4073 142 : : : 1662 4073 143 Anniversary anniversary NN 1662 4073 144 of of IN 1662 4073 145 the the DT 1662 4073 146 Proclamation Proclamation NNP 1662 4073 147 of of IN 1662 4073 148 the the DT 1662 4073 149 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4073 150 , , , 1662 4073 151 26 26 CD 1662 4073 152 January January NNP 1662 4073 153 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4073 154 1950 1950 CD 1662 4073 155 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4073 156 Constitution constitution NN 1662 4073 157 : : : 1662 4073 158 26 26 CD 1662 4073 159 January January NNP 1662 4073 160 1950 1950 CD 1662 4073 161 Legal legal JJ 1662 4073 162 system system NN 1662 4073 163 : : : 1662 4073 164 based base VBN 1662 4073 165 on on IN 1662 4073 166 English English NNP 1662 4073 167 common common JJ 1662 4073 168 law law NN 1662 4073 169 ; ; : 1662 4073 170 limited limited JJ 1662 4073 171 judicial judicial JJ 1662 4073 172 review review NN 1662 4073 173 of of IN 1662 4073 174 legislative legislative JJ 1662 4073 175 acts act NNS 1662 4073 176 ; ; : 1662 4073 177 accepts accept VBZ 1662 4073 178 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 4073 179 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 4073 180 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 4073 181 , , , 1662 4073 182 with with IN 1662 4073 183 reservations reservation NNS 1662 4073 184 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 4073 185 : : : 1662 4073 186 18 18 CD 1662 4073 187 years year NNS 1662 4073 188 of of IN 1662 4073 189 age age NN 1662 4073 190 ; ; : 1662 4073 191 universal universal JJ 1662 4073 192 Executive Executive NNP 1662 4073 193 branch branch NN 1662 4073 194 : : : 1662 4073 195 chief chief NN 1662 4073 196 of of IN 1662 4073 197 state state NN 1662 4073 198 : : : 1662 4073 199 President President NNP 1662 4073 200 Shankar Shankar NNP 1662 4073 201 Dayal Dayal NNP 1662 4073 202 SHARMA SHARMA NNP 1662 4073 203 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4073 204 since since IN 1662 4073 205 25 25 CD 1662 4073 206 July July NNP 1662 4073 207 1992 1992 CD 1662 4073 208 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4073 209 ; ; : 1662 4073 210 Vice Vice NNP 1662 4073 211 President President NNP 1662 4073 212 Kicheril Kicheril NNP 1662 4073 213 Raman Raman NNP 1662 4073 214 NARAYANAN NARAYANAN NNP 1662 4073 215 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4073 216 since since IN 1662 4073 217 21 21 CD 1662 4073 218 August August NNP 1662 4073 219 1992 1992 CD 1662 4073 220 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4073 221 head head NN 1662 4073 222 of of IN 1662 4073 223 government government NN 1662 4073 224 : : : 1662 4073 225 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4073 226 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4073 227 I.K. I.K. NNP 1662 4074 1 GUJRAL GUJRAL NNP 1662 4074 2 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4074 3 since since IN 1662 4074 4 21 21 CD 1662 4074 5 April April NNP 1662 4074 6 1997 1997 CD 1662 4074 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4074 8 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4074 9 : : : 1662 4074 10 Council Council NNP 1662 4074 11 of of IN 1662 4074 12 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 4074 13 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4074 14 by by IN 1662 4074 15 the the DT 1662 4074 16 president president NN 1662 4074 17 on on IN 1662 4074 18 the the DT 1662 4074 19 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 4074 20 of of IN 1662 4074 21 the the DT 1662 4074 22 prime prime JJ 1662 4074 23 minister minister NNP 1662 4074 24 elections election NNS 1662 4074 25 : : : 1662 4074 26 president president NNP 1662 4074 27 elected elect VBN 1662 4074 28 by by IN 1662 4074 29 an an DT 1662 4074 30 electoral electoral JJ 1662 4074 31 college college NN 1662 4074 32 consisting consist VBG 1662 4074 33 of of IN 1662 4074 34 elected elect VBN 1662 4074 35 members member NNS 1662 4074 36 of of IN 1662 4074 37 both both DT 1662 4074 38 houses house NNS 1662 4074 39 of of IN 1662 4074 40 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 4074 41 and and CC 1662 4074 42 the the DT 1662 4074 43 legislatures legislature NNS 1662 4074 44 of of IN 1662 4074 45 the the DT 1662 4074 46 states state NNS 1662 4074 47 for for IN 1662 4074 48 a a DT 1662 4074 49 five five CD 1662 4074 50 - - HYPH 1662 4074 51 year year NN 1662 4074 52 term term NN 1662 4074 53 ; ; : 1662 4074 54 vice vice NN 1662 4074 55 president president NN 1662 4074 56 elected elect VBN 1662 4074 57 by by IN 1662 4074 58 both both DT 1662 4074 59 houses house NNS 1662 4074 60 of of IN 1662 4074 61 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 4074 62 ; ; : 1662 4074 63 prime prime JJ 1662 4074 64 minister minister NN 1662 4074 65 elected elect VBN 1662 4074 66 by by IN 1662 4074 67 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 4074 68 members member NNS 1662 4074 69 of of IN 1662 4074 70 the the DT 1662 4074 71 majority majority NN 1662 4074 72 party party NN 1662 4074 73 following follow VBG 1662 4074 74 legislative legislative JJ 1662 4074 75 elections election NNS 1662 4074 76 election election NN 1662 4074 77 results result NNS 1662 4074 78 : : : 1662 4074 79 Shankar Shankar NNP 1662 4074 80 Dayal Dayal NNP 1662 4074 81 SHARMA SHARMA NNP 1662 4074 82 elected elect VBD 1662 4074 83 president president NN 1662 4074 84 ; ; , 1662 4074 85 percent percent NN 1662 4074 86 of of IN 1662 4074 87 electoral electoral JJ 1662 4074 88 college college NN 1662 4074 89 vote vote NN 1662 4074 90 - - HYPH 1662 4074 91 NA NA NNP 1662 4074 92 ; ; : 1662 4074 93 Kicheril Kicheril NNP 1662 4074 94 Raman Raman NNP 1662 4074 95 NARAYANAN NARAYANAN NNP 1662 4074 96 elected elect VBD 1662 4074 97 vice vice NN 1662 4074 98 president president NN 1662 4074 99 ; ; : 1662 4074 100 percent percent NN 1662 4074 101 of of IN 1662 4074 102 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 4074 103 vote vote NN 1662 4074 104 - - HYPH 1662 4074 105 NA na NN 1662 4074 106 ; ; : 1662 4074 107 I.K. I.K. NNP 1662 4075 1 GUJRAL GUJRAL NNP 1662 4075 2 elected elect VBD 1662 4075 3 prime prime JJ 1662 4075 4 minister minister NN 1662 4075 5 ; ; : 1662 4075 6 percent percent NN 1662 4075 7 of of IN 1662 4075 8 vote vote NN 1662 4075 9 - - HYPH 1662 4075 10 NA NA NNP 1662 4075 11 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 4075 12 branch branch NN 1662 4075 13 : : : 1662 4075 14 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 4075 15 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 4075 16 or or CC 1662 4075 17 Sansad Sansad NNP 1662 4075 18 consists consist VBZ 1662 4075 19 of of IN 1662 4075 20 the the DT 1662 4075 21 Council Council NNP 1662 4075 22 of of IN 1662 4075 23 States States NNP 1662 4075 24 or or CC 1662 4075 25 Rajya Rajya NNP 1662 4075 26 Sabha Sabha NNP 1662 4075 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4075 28 a a DT 1662 4075 29 body body NN 1662 4075 30 consisting consist VBG 1662 4075 31 of of IN 1662 4075 32 not not RB 1662 4075 33 more more JJR 1662 4075 34 than than IN 1662 4075 35 250 250 CD 1662 4075 36 members member NNS 1662 4075 37 , , , 1662 4075 38 up up RB 1662 4075 39 to to TO 1662 4075 40 12 12 CD 1662 4075 41 of of IN 1662 4075 42 which which WDT 1662 4075 43 are be VBP 1662 4075 44 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4075 45 by by IN 1662 4075 46 the the DT 1662 4075 47 president president NN 1662 4075 48 , , , 1662 4075 49 the the DT 1662 4075 50 remainder remainder NN 1662 4075 51 are be VBP 1662 4075 52 chosen choose VBN 1662 4075 53 by by IN 1662 4075 54 the the DT 1662 4075 55 elected elect VBN 1662 4075 56 members member NNS 1662 4075 57 of of IN 1662 4075 58 the the DT 1662 4075 59 state state NN 1662 4075 60 and and CC 1662 4075 61 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4075 62 assemblies assembly NNS 1662 4075 63 ; ; : 1662 4075 64 members member NNS 1662 4075 65 serve serve VBP 1662 4075 66 six six CD 1662 4075 67 - - HYPH 1662 4075 68 year year NN 1662 4075 69 terms term NNS 1662 4075 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4075 71 and and CC 1662 4075 72 the the DT 1662 4075 73 People People NNPS 1662 4075 74 's 's POS 1662 4075 75 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4075 76 or or CC 1662 4075 77 Lok Lok NNP 1662 4075 78 Sabha Sabha NNP 1662 4075 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4075 80 545 545 CD 1662 4075 81 seats seat NNS 1662 4075 82 ; ; : 1662 4075 83 543 543 CD 1662 4075 84 elected elect VBN 1662 4075 85 by by IN 1662 4075 86 popular popular JJ 1662 4075 87 vote vote NN 1662 4075 88 , , , 1662 4075 89 2 2 CD 1662 4075 90 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4075 91 ; ; : 1662 4075 92 members member NNS 1662 4075 93 serve serve VBP 1662 4075 94 five five CD 1662 4075 95 - - HYPH 1662 4075 96 year year NN 1662 4075 97 terms term NNS 1662 4075 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4075 99 elections election NNS 1662 4075 100 : : : 1662 4075 101 People People NNS 1662 4075 102 's 's POS 1662 4075 103 Assembly assembly NN 1662 4075 104 - - HYPH 1662 4075 105 last last RB 1662 4075 106 held hold VBD 1662 4075 107 27 27 CD 1662 4075 108 April April NNP 1662 4075 109 through through IN 1662 4075 110 May May NNP 1662 4075 111 1996 1996 CD 1662 4075 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4075 113 next next JJ 1662 4075 114 to to TO 1662 4075 115 be be VB 1662 4075 116 held hold VBN 1662 4075 117 NA NA NNP 1662 4075 118 2001 2001 CD 1662 4075 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4075 120 election election NN 1662 4075 121 results result NNS 1662 4075 122 : : : 1662 4075 123 People People NNS 1662 4075 124 's 's POS 1662 4075 125 Assembly assembly NN 1662 4075 126 - - HYPH 1662 4075 127 percent percent NN 1662 4075 128 of of IN 1662 4075 129 vote vote NN 1662 4075 130 by by IN 1662 4075 131 party party NN 1662 4075 132 - - HYPH 1662 4075 133 NA NA NNP 1662 4075 134 ; ; , 1662 4075 135 seats seat NNS 1662 4075 136 by by IN 1662 4075 137 party party NN 1662 4075 138 - - HYPH 1662 4075 139 BJP BJP NNP 1662 4075 140 and and CC 1662 4075 141 allies ally VBZ 1662 4075 142 194 194 CD 1662 4075 143 , , , 1662 4075 144 Congress Congress NNP 1662 4075 145 I I NNP 1662 4075 146 Party Party NNP 1662 4075 147 140 140 CD 1662 4075 148 , , , 1662 4075 149 Janata Janata NNP 1662 4075 150 Dal Dal NNP 1662 4075 151 Party Party NNP 1662 4075 152 44 44 CD 1662 4075 153 , , , 1662 4075 154 CPI CPI NNP 1662 4075 155 / / SYM 1662 4075 156 M M NNP 1662 4075 157 32 32 CD 1662 4075 158 , , , 1662 4075 159 Tamil Tamil NNP 1662 4075 160 Maanila Maanila NNP 1662 4075 161 Congress Congress NNP 1662 4075 162 20 20 CD 1662 4075 163 , , , 1662 4075 164 Dravida Dravida NNP 1662 4075 165 Munnetra Munnetra NNP 1662 4075 166 Kazagham Kazagham NNP 1662 4075 167 17 17 CD 1662 4075 168 , , , 1662 4075 169 SP SP NNP 1662 4075 170 17 17 CD 1662 4075 171 , , , 1662 4075 172 Teluga Teluga NNP 1662 4075 173 Desam Desam NNP 1662 4075 174 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4075 175 Naidu Naidu NNP 1662 4075 176 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4075 177 16 16 CD 1662 4075 178 , , , 1662 4075 179 CPI CPI NNP 1662 4075 180 11 11 CD 1662 4075 181 , , , 1662 4075 182 RSP RSP NNP 1662 4075 183 5 5 CD 1662 4075 184 , , , 1662 4075 185 Asom Asom NNP 1662 4075 186 Gana Gana NNP 1662 4075 187 Parishad Parishad NNP 1662 4075 188 5 5 CD 1662 4075 189 , , , 1662 4075 190 Congress Congress NNP 1662 4075 191 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4075 192 Tiwari Tiwari NNP 1662 4075 193 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4075 194 4 4 CD 1662 4075 195 , , , 1662 4075 196 AIFB AIFB NNP 1662 4075 197 3 3 CD 1662 4075 198 , , , 1662 4075 199 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 4075 200 League League NNP 1662 4075 201 2 2 CD 1662 4075 202 , , , 1662 4075 203 Madhya Madhya NNP 1662 4075 204 Pradesh Pradesh NNP 1662 4075 205 Vikas Vikas NNP 1662 4075 206 Congress Congress NNP 1662 4075 207 2 2 CD 1662 4075 208 , , , 1662 4075 209 Karnataka Karnataka NNP 1662 4075 210 Congress Congress NNP 1662 4075 211 Party Party NNP 1662 4075 212 1 1 CD 1662 4075 213 , , , 1662 4075 214 independents independent NNS 1662 4075 215 and and CC 1662 4075 216 other other JJ 1662 4075 217 regional regional JJ 1662 4075 218 parties party NNS 1662 4075 219 30 30 CD 1662 4075 220 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 4075 221 branch branch NN 1662 4075 222 : : : 1662 4075 223 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 4075 224 Court Court NNP 1662 4075 225 , , , 1662 4075 226 judges judge NNS 1662 4075 227 are be VBP 1662 4075 228 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4075 229 by by IN 1662 4075 230 the the DT 1662 4075 231 president president NN 1662 4075 232 Political political JJ 1662 4075 233 parties party NNS 1662 4075 234 and and CC 1662 4075 235 leaders leader NNS 1662 4075 236 : : : 1662 4075 237 Bharatiya Bharatiya NNP 1662 4075 238 Janata Janata NNP 1662 4075 239 Party Party NNP 1662 4075 240 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4075 241 BJP BJP NNP 1662 4075 242 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4075 243 , , , 1662 4075 244 A. a. NN 1662 4076 1 B. B. NNP 1662 4076 2 VAJPAYEE VAJPAYEE NNP 1662 4076 3 ; ; : 1662 4076 4 Congress Congress NNP 1662 4076 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 6 I i NN 1662 4076 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 8 Party Party NNP 1662 4076 9 , , , 1662 4076 10 Sitaram Sitaram NNP 1662 4076 11 KESRI KESRI NNP 1662 4076 12 , , , 1662 4076 13 president president NN 1662 4076 14 ; ; : 1662 4076 15 Janata Janata NNP 1662 4076 16 Dal Dal NNP 1662 4076 17 Party Party NNP 1662 4076 18 , , , 1662 4076 19 Laloo Laloo NNP 1662 4076 20 Prasad Prasad NNP 1662 4076 21 YADAV YADAV NNP 1662 4076 22 ; ; : 1662 4076 23 Janata Janata NNP 1662 4076 24 Dal Dal NNP 1662 4076 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 26 Ajit Ajit NNP 1662 4076 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 28 , , , 1662 4076 29 Ajit Ajit NNP 1662 4076 30 SINGH SINGH NNP 1662 4076 31 ; ; : 1662 4076 32 Communist Communist NNP 1662 4076 33 Party Party NNP 1662 4076 34 of of IN 1662 4076 35 India India NNP 1662 4076 36 / / SYM 1662 4076 37 Marxist Marxist NNP 1662 4076 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 39 CPI CPI NNP 1662 4076 40 / / SYM 1662 4076 41 M M NNP 1662 4076 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 43 , , , 1662 4076 44 Harkishan Harkishan NNP 1662 4076 45 Singh Singh NNP 1662 4076 46 SURJEET SURJEET NNP 1662 4076 47 ; ; : 1662 4076 48 Tamil Tamil NNP 1662 4076 49 Maanila Maanila NNP 1662 4076 50 Congress Congress NNP 1662 4076 51 , , , 1662 4076 52 G. G. NNP 1662 4076 53 K. K. NNP 1662 4076 54 MOOPANAR MOOPANAR NNP 1662 4076 55 ; ; : 1662 4076 56 Dravida Dravida NNP 1662 4076 57 Munnetra Munnetra NNP 1662 4076 58 Kazagham Kazagham NNP 1662 4076 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 60 a a DT 1662 4076 61 regional regional JJ 1662 4076 62 party party NN 1662 4076 63 in in IN 1662 4076 64 Tamil Tamil NNP 1662 4076 65 Nadu Nadu NNP 1662 4076 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 67 , , , 1662 4076 68 M. M. NNP 1662 4076 69 KARUNANIDHI KARUNANIDHI NNP 1662 4076 70 ; ; : 1662 4076 71 Samajwadi Samajwadi NNP 1662 4076 72 Party Party NNP 1662 4076 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 74 SP SP NNP 1662 4076 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 76 , , , 1662 4076 77 Mulayam Mulayam NNP 1662 4076 78 Singh Singh NNP 1662 4076 79 YADAV YADAV NNP 1662 4076 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 81 president president NN 1662 4076 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 83 , , , 1662 4076 84 Om Om NNP 1662 4076 85 Prakash Prakash NNP 1662 4076 86 CHAUTALA CHAUTALA NNP 1662 4076 87 , , , 1662 4076 88 Devi Devi NNP 1662 4076 89 LAL LAL NNP 1662 4076 90 ; ; : 1662 4076 91 Telugu Telugu NNP 1662 4076 92 Desam Desam NNP 1662 4076 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 94 Naidu Naidu NNP 1662 4076 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 97 a a DT 1662 4076 98 regional regional JJ 1662 4076 99 party party NN 1662 4076 100 in in IN 1662 4076 101 Andhra Andhra NNP 1662 4076 102 Pradesh Pradesh NNP 1662 4076 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 104 , , , 1662 4076 105 Chandrababu Chandrababu NNP 1662 4076 106 NAIDU NAIDU NNP 1662 4076 107 ; ; : 1662 4076 108 Communist Communist NNP 1662 4076 109 Party Party NNP 1662 4076 110 of of IN 1662 4076 111 India India NNP 1662 4076 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 113 CPI CPI NNP 1662 4076 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 115 , , , 1662 4076 116 Indrajit Indrajit NNP 1662 4076 117 GUPTA GUPTA NNP 1662 4076 118 ; ; : 1662 4076 119 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 4076 120 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 4076 121 Party Party NNP 1662 4076 122 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 123 RSP RSP NNP 1662 4076 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 125 , , , 1662 4076 126 Tridip Tridip NNP 1662 4076 127 CHOWDHURY CHOWDHURY NNP 1662 4076 128 ; ; : 1662 4076 129 Asom Asom NNP 1662 4076 130 Gana Gana NNP 1662 4076 131 Parishad Parishad NNP 1662 4076 132 , , , 1662 4076 133 Prafulla Prafulla NNP 1662 4076 134 Kumar Kumar NNP 1662 4076 135 MAHANTA MAHANTA NNP 1662 4076 136 ; ; : 1662 4076 137 Congress Congress NNP 1662 4076 138 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 139 Tiwari Tiwari NNP 1662 4076 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 141 , , , 1662 4076 142 Arjun Arjun NNP 1662 4076 143 SINGH SINGH NNP 1662 4076 144 and and CC 1662 4076 145 N.D. North Dakota NNP 1662 4076 146 TIWARI TIWARI NNP 1662 4076 147 ; ; : 1662 4076 148 All all DT 1662 4076 149 India India NNP 1662 4076 150 Forward Forward NNP 1662 4076 151 Bloc Bloc NNP 1662 4076 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 153 AIFB AIFB NNP 1662 4076 154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 155 , , , 1662 4076 156 Prem Prem NNP 1662 4076 157 Dutta Dutta NNP 1662 4076 158 PALIWAL PALIWAL NNP 1662 4076 159 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 160 chairman chairman NN 1662 4076 161 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 162 , , , 1662 4076 163 Chitta Chitta NNP 1662 4076 164 BASU BASU NNP 1662 4076 165 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 166 general general JJ 1662 4076 167 secretary secretary NN 1662 4076 168 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 169 ; ; : 1662 4076 170 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 4076 171 League League NNP 1662 4076 172 , , , 1662 4076 173 G. G. NNP 1662 4076 174 M. M. NNP 1662 4076 175 BANATWALA BANATWALA NNP 1662 4076 176 ; ; : 1662 4076 177 Madhya Madhya NNP 1662 4076 178 Pradesh Pradesh NNP 1662 4076 179 Vikas Vikas NNP 1662 4076 180 Congress Congress NNP 1662 4076 181 , , , 1662 4076 182 Madhavro Madhavro NNP 1662 4076 183 SCINDIA SCINDIA NNP 1662 4076 184 ; ; : 1662 4076 185 Karnataka Karnataka NNP 1662 4076 186 Congress Congress NNP 1662 4076 187 Party Party NNP 1662 4076 188 , , , 1662 4076 189 S. S. NNP 1662 4076 190 BANGARAPPA BANGARAPPA NNP 1662 4076 191 ; ; : 1662 4076 192 Shiv Shiv NNP 1662 4076 193 Sena Sena NNP 1662 4076 194 , , , 1662 4076 195 Bal Bal NNP 1662 4076 196 THACKERAY thackeray NN 1662 4076 197 ; ; : 1662 4076 198 Bahujan Bahujan NNP 1662 4076 199 Samaj Samaj NNP 1662 4076 200 Party Party NNP 1662 4076 201 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 202 BSP BSP NNP 1662 4076 203 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 204 , , , 1662 4076 205 Kanshi Kanshi NNP 1662 4076 206 RAM RAM NNP 1662 4076 207 ; ; : 1662 4076 208 Communist Communist NNP 1662 4076 209 Party Party NNP 1662 4076 210 of of IN 1662 4076 211 India India NNP 1662 4076 212 / / SYM 1662 4076 213 Marxist Marxist NNP 1662 4076 214 - - HYPH 1662 4076 215 Leninist Leninist NNP 1662 4076 216 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 217 CPI CPI NNP 1662 4076 218 / / SYM 1662 4076 219 ML ML NNP 1662 4076 220 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 221 , , , 1662 4076 222 Vinod Vinod NNP 1662 4076 223 MISHRA MISHRA NNP 1662 4076 224 ; ; : 1662 4076 225 Akali Akali NNP 1662 4076 226 Dal Dal NNP 1662 4076 227 factions faction NNS 1662 4076 228 representing represent VBG 1662 4076 229 Sikh Sikh NNP 1662 4076 230 religious religious JJ 1662 4076 231 community community NN 1662 4076 232 in in IN 1662 4076 233 the the DT 1662 4076 234 Punjab Punjab NNP 1662 4076 235 ; ; : 1662 4076 236 National National NNP 1662 4076 237 Conference Conference NNP 1662 4076 238 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 239 NC NC NNP 1662 4076 240 ; ; : 1662 4076 241 a a DT 1662 4076 242 regional regional JJ 1662 4076 243 party party NN 1662 4076 244 in in IN 1662 4076 245 Jammu Jammu NNP 1662 4076 246 and and CC 1662 4076 247 Kashmir Kashmir NNP 1662 4076 248 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 249 , , , 1662 4076 250 Farooq Farooq NNP 1662 4076 251 ABDULLAH ABDULLAH VBZ 1662 4076 252 ; ; : 1662 4076 253 Bihar Bihar NNP 1662 4076 254 Peoples Peoples NNPS 1662 4076 255 Party Party NNP 1662 4076 256 , , , 1662 4076 257 Lovely Lovely NNP 1662 4076 258 ANAND ANAND NNP 1662 4076 259 ; ; : 1662 4076 260 Samata Samata NNP 1662 4076 261 Party Party NNP 1662 4076 262 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 263 formerly formerly RB 1662 4076 264 Janata Janata NNP 1662 4076 265 Dal Dal NNP 1662 4076 266 members member NNS 1662 4076 267 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 268 , , , 1662 4076 269 George George NNP 1662 4076 270 FERNANDES FERNANDES NNP 1662 4076 271 ; ; : 1662 4076 272 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4076 273 National National NNP 1662 4076 274 League League NNP 1662 4076 275 , , , 1662 4076 276 Suliaman Suliaman NNP 1662 4076 277 SAIT SAIT NNP 1662 4076 278 ; ; : 1662 4076 279 Kerala Kerala NNP 1662 4076 280 Congress Congress NNP 1662 4076 281 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 282 Mani Mani NNP 1662 4076 283 faction faction NN 1662 4076 284 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 285 , , , 1662 4076 286 K. K. NNP 1662 4076 287 M. M. NNP 1662 4076 288 MANI MANI NNP 1662 4076 289 note note NN 1662 4076 290 : : : 1662 4076 291 subsequent subsequent JJ 1662 4076 292 to to IN 1662 4076 293 the the DT 1662 4076 294 election election NN 1662 4076 295 , , , 1662 4076 296 the the DT 1662 4076 297 following follow VBG 1662 4076 298 parties party NNS 1662 4076 299 were be VBD 1662 4076 300 dissolved dissolve VBN 1662 4076 301 - - : 1662 4076 302 Congress Congress NNP 1662 4076 303 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 304 Tiwari Tiwari NNP 1662 4076 305 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 306 , , , 1662 4076 307 Madhya Madhya NNP 1662 4076 308 Pradesh Pradesh NNP 1662 4076 309 Vikas Vikas NNP 1662 4076 310 Congress Congress NNP 1662 4076 311 , , , 1662 4076 312 and and CC 1662 4076 313 Karnataka Karnataka NNP 1662 4076 314 Congress Congress NNP 1662 4076 315 Party Party NNP 1662 4076 316 Political political JJ 1662 4076 317 pressure pressure NN 1662 4076 318 groups group NNS 1662 4076 319 and and CC 1662 4076 320 leaders leader NNS 1662 4076 321 : : : 1662 4076 322 various various JJ 1662 4076 323 separatist separatist JJ 1662 4076 324 groups group NNS 1662 4076 325 seeking seek VBG 1662 4076 326 greater great JJR 1662 4076 327 communal communal JJ 1662 4076 328 and/or and/or CC 1662 4076 329 regional regional JJ 1662 4076 330 autonomy autonomy NN 1662 4076 331 ; 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; : 1662 4076 514 note note NN 1662 4076 515 - - : 1662 4076 516 Embassy embassy NN 1662 4076 517 located locate VBN 1662 4076 518 at at IN 1662 4076 519 2536 2536 CD 1662 4076 520 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 4076 521 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 4076 522 NW NW NNP 1662 4076 523 , , , 1662 4076 524 Washington Washington NNP 1662 4076 525 , , , 1662 4076 526 DC DC NNP 1662 4076 527 20008 20008 CD 1662 4076 528 telephone telephone NN 1662 4076 529 : : : 1662 4076 530 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4076 531 1 1 CD 1662 4076 532 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4076 533 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 534 202 202 CD 1662 4076 535 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 536 939 939 CD 1662 4076 537 - - SYM 1662 4076 538 7000 7000 CD 1662 4076 539 FAX FAX NNP 1662 4076 540 : : : 1662 4076 541 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4076 542 1 1 CD 1662 4076 543 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4076 544 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 545 202 202 CD 1662 4076 546 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 547 483 483 CD 1662 4076 548 - - HYPH 1662 4076 549 3972 3972 CD 1662 4076 550 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 4076 551 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 552 general general NN 1662 4076 553 : : : 1662 4076 554 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 4076 555 , , , 1662 4076 556 Houston Houston NNP 1662 4076 557 , , , 1662 4076 558 New New NNP 1662 4076 559 York York NNP 1662 4076 560 , , , 1662 4076 561 and and CC 1662 4076 562 San San NNP 1662 4076 563 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 4076 564 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4076 565 representation representation NN 1662 4076 566 from from IN 1662 4076 567 the the DT 1662 4076 568 US US NNP 1662 4076 569 : : : 1662 4076 570 chief chief NN 1662 4076 571 of of IN 1662 4076 572 mission mission NN 1662 4076 573 : : : 1662 4076 574 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 4076 575 Frank Frank NNP 1662 4076 576 G. G. NNP 1662 4076 577 WISNER WISNER NNP 1662 4076 578 embassy embassy NN 1662 4076 579 : : : 1662 4076 580 Shanti Shanti NNP 1662 4076 581 Path Path NNP 1662 4076 582 , , , 1662 4076 583 Chanakyapuri Chanakyapuri NNP 1662 4076 584 110021 110021 CD 1662 4076 585 , , , 1662 4076 586 New New NNP 1662 4076 587 Delhi Delhi NNP 1662 4076 588 mailing mail VBG 1662 4076 589 address address NN 1662 4076 590 : : : 1662 4076 591 use use NNP 1662 4076 592 embassy embassy NNP 1662 4076 593 street street NNP 1662 4076 594 address address NN 1662 4076 595 telephone telephone NNP 1662 4076 596 : : : 1662 4076 597 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4076 598 91 91 CD 1662 4076 599 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4076 600 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 601 11 11 CD 1662 4076 602 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 603 600651 600651 CD 1662 4076 604 FAX fax NN 1662 4076 605 : : : 1662 4076 606 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4076 607 91 91 CD 1662 4076 608 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4076 609 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 610 11 11 CD 1662 4076 611 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 612 6872028 6872028 CD 1662 4076 613 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 4076 614 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 615 general general NN 1662 4076 616 : : : 1662 4076 617 Bombay Bombay NNP 1662 4076 618 , , , 1662 4076 619 Calcutta Calcutta NNP 1662 4076 620 , , , 1662 4076 621 Chennai Chennai NNP 1662 4076 622 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 623 Madras Madras NNP 1662 4076 624 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 625 , , , 1662 4076 626 Mumbai Mumbai NNP 1662 4076 627 Flag Flag NNP 1662 4076 628 description description NN 1662 4076 629 : : : 1662 4076 630 three three CD 1662 4076 631 equal equal JJ 1662 4076 632 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 4076 633 bands band NNS 1662 4076 634 of of IN 1662 4076 635 orange orange JJ 1662 4076 636 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 637 top top NNP 1662 4076 638 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 639 , , , 1662 4076 640 white white JJ 1662 4076 641 , , , 1662 4076 642 and and CC 1662 4076 643 green green JJ 1662 4076 644 with with IN 1662 4076 645 a a DT 1662 4076 646 blue blue JJ 1662 4076 647 chakra chakra NN 1662 4076 648 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4076 649 24-spoked 24-spoked CD 1662 4076 650 wheel wheel NN 1662 4076 651 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4076 652 centered center VBN 1662 4076 653 in in IN 1662 4076 654 the the DT 1662 4076 655 white white NNP 1662 4076 656 band band NN 1662 4076 657 ; ; : 1662 4076 658 similar similar JJ 1662 4076 659 to to IN 1662 4076 660 the the DT 1662 4076 661 flag flag NN 1662 4076 662 of of IN 1662 4076 663 Niger Niger NNP 1662 4076 664 , , , 1662 4076 665 which which WDT 1662 4076 666 has have VBZ 1662 4076 667 a a DT 1662 4076 668 small small JJ 1662 4076 669 orange orange JJ 1662 4076 670 disk disk NN 1662 4076 671 centered center VBN 1662 4076 672 in in IN 1662 4076 673 the the DT 1662 4076 674 white white NNP 1662 4076 675 band band NNP 1662 4076 676 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4076 677 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4076 678 - - HYPH 1662 4076 679 overview overview NN 1662 4076 680 : : : 1662 4076 681 India India NNP 1662 4076 682 's 's POS 1662 4076 683 economy economy NN 1662 4076 684 is be VBZ 1662 4076 685 a a DT 1662 4076 686 mixture mixture NN 1662 4076 687 of of IN 1662 4076 688 traditional traditional JJ 1662 4076 689 village village NN 1662 4076 690 farming farming NN 1662 4076 691 , , , 1662 4076 692 modern modern JJ 1662 4076 693 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4076 694 , , , 1662 4076 695 handicrafts handicraft NNS 1662 4076 696 , , , 1662 4076 697 a a DT 1662 4076 698 wide wide JJ 1662 4076 699 range range NN 1662 4076 700 of of IN 1662 4076 701 modern modern JJ 1662 4076 702 industries industry NNS 1662 4076 703 , , , 1662 4076 704 and and CC 1662 4076 705 a a DT 1662 4076 706 multitude multitude NN 1662 4076 707 of of IN 1662 4076 708 support support NN 1662 4076 709 services service NNS 1662 4076 710 . . . 1662 4077 1 A a DT 1662 4077 2 large large JJ 1662 4077 3 share share NN 1662 4077 4 of of IN 1662 4077 5 the the DT 1662 4077 6 population population NN 1662 4077 7 , , , 1662 4077 8 perhaps perhaps RB 1662 4077 9 as as RB 1662 4077 10 much much JJ 1662 4077 11 as as IN 1662 4077 12 40 40 CD 1662 4077 13 % % NN 1662 4077 14 , , , 1662 4077 15 remains remain VBZ 1662 4077 16 too too RB 1662 4077 17 poor poor JJ 1662 4077 18 to to TO 1662 4077 19 afford afford VB 1662 4077 20 an an DT 1662 4077 21 adequate adequate JJ 1662 4077 22 diet diet NN 1662 4077 23 . . . 1662 4078 1 The the DT 1662 4078 2 policy policy NN 1662 4078 3 in in IN 1662 4078 4 the the DT 1662 4078 5 1980s 1980 NNS 1662 4078 6 of of IN 1662 4078 7 fueling fuel VBG 1662 4078 8 economic economic JJ 1662 4078 9 growth growth NN 1662 4078 10 through through IN 1662 4078 11 high high JJ 1662 4078 12 government government NN 1662 4078 13 expenditure expenditure NN 1662 4078 14 proved prove VBN 1662 4078 15 unsustainable unsustainable JJ 1662 4078 16 , , , 1662 4078 17 however however RB 1662 4078 18 , , , 1662 4078 19 and and CC 1662 4078 20 in in IN 1662 4078 21 the the DT 1662 4078 22 wake wake NN 1662 4078 23 of of IN 1662 4078 24 an an DT 1662 4078 25 international international JJ 1662 4078 26 payments payment NNS 1662 4078 27 crisis crisis NN 1662 4078 28 in in IN 1662 4078 29 1991 1991 CD 1662 4078 30 India India NNP 1662 4078 31 has have VBZ 1662 4078 32 been be VBN 1662 4078 33 transforming transform VBG 1662 4078 34 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4078 35 semi semi JJ 1662 4078 36 - 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- : 1662 4082 9 including include VBG 1662 4082 10 the the DT 1662 4082 11 current current JJ 1662 4082 12 account account NN 1662 4082 13 balance balance NN 1662 4082 14 and and CC 1662 4082 15 reserves reserve NNS 1662 4082 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4082 17 now now RB 1662 4082 18 about about RB 1662 4082 19 $ $ $ 1662 4082 20 19 19 CD 1662 4082 21 billion billion CD 1662 4082 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4082 23 - - , 1662 4082 24 are be VBP 1662 4082 25 healthy healthy JJ 1662 4082 26 . . . 1662 4083 1 Even even RB 1662 4083 2 so so RB 1662 4083 3 , , , 1662 4083 4 the the DT 1662 4083 5 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4083 6 Government Government NNP 1662 4083 7 needs need VBZ 1662 4083 8 to to TO 1662 4083 9 restore restore VB 1662 4083 10 the the DT 1662 4083 11 early early JJ 1662 4083 12 momentum momentum NN 1662 4083 13 of of IN 1662 4083 14 reform reform NN 1662 4083 15 , , , 1662 4083 16 especially especially RB 1662 4083 17 by by IN 1662 4083 18 continuing continue VBG 1662 4083 19 reductions reduction NNS 1662 4083 20 in in IN 1662 4083 21 the the DT 1662 4083 22 extensive extensive JJ 1662 4083 23 remaining remain VBG 1662 4083 24 government government NN 1662 4083 25 regulations regulation NNS 1662 4083 26 . . . 1662 4084 1 The the DT 1662 4084 2 government government NN 1662 4084 3 will will MD 1662 4084 4 also also RB 1662 4084 5 have have VB 1662 4084 6 to to TO 1662 4084 7 deal deal VB 1662 4084 8 with with IN 1662 4084 9 rising rise VBG 1662 4084 10 government government NN 1662 4084 11 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4084 12 and and CC 1662 4084 13 higher high JJR 1662 4084 14 debt debt NN 1662 4084 15 servicing servicing NN 1662 4084 16 which which WDT 1662 4084 17 could could MD 1662 4084 18 create create VB 1662 4084 19 a a DT 1662 4084 20 debt debt NN 1662 4084 21 trap trap NN 1662 4084 22 by by IN 1662 4084 23 the the DT 1662 4084 24 turn turn NN 1662 4084 25 of of IN 1662 4084 26 the the DT 1662 4084 27 century century NN 1662 4084 28 . . . 1662 4085 1 Even even RB 1662 4085 2 if if IN 1662 4085 3 a a DT 1662 4085 4 series series NN 1662 4085 5 of of IN 1662 4085 6 weak weak JJ 1662 4085 7 coalition coalition NN 1662 4085 8 governments government NNS 1662 4085 9 come come VBP 1662 4085 10 to to IN 1662 4085 11 power power NN 1662 4085 12 in in IN 1662 4085 13 the the DT 1662 4085 14 next next JJ 1662 4085 15 few few JJ 1662 4085 16 years year NNS 1662 4085 17 and and CC 1662 4085 18 are be VBP 1662 4085 19 unable unable JJ 1662 4085 20 to to TO 1662 4085 21 push push VB 1662 4085 22 reforms reform NNS 1662 4085 23 aggressively aggressively RB 1662 4085 24 , , , 1662 4085 25 parts part NNS 1662 4085 26 of of IN 1662 4085 27 the the DT 1662 4085 28 economy economy NN 1662 4085 29 that that WDT 1662 4085 30 have have VBP 1662 4085 31 already already RB 1662 4085 32 benefited benefit VBN 1662 4085 33 from from IN 1662 4085 34 deregulation deregulation NN 1662 4085 35 will will MD 1662 4085 36 continue continue VB 1662 4085 37 to to TO 1662 4085 38 grow grow VB 1662 4085 39 . . . 1662 4086 1 Moreover moreover RB 1662 4086 2 , , , 1662 4086 3 the the DT 1662 4086 4 country country NN 1662 4086 5 can can MD 1662 4086 6 build build VB 1662 4086 7 on on IN 1662 4086 8 other other JJ 1662 4086 9 strengths strength NNS 1662 4086 10 , , , 1662 4086 11 including include VBG 1662 4086 12 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4086 13 diverse diverse JJ 1662 4086 14 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4086 15 base base NN 1662 4086 16 , , , 1662 4086 17 large large JJ 1662 4086 18 scientific scientific JJ 1662 4086 19 and and CC 1662 4086 20 technical technical JJ 1662 4086 21 pool pool NN 1662 4086 22 , , , 1662 4086 23 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4086 24 well well RB 1662 4086 25 - - HYPH 1662 4086 26 developed develop VBN 1662 4086 27 legal legal JJ 1662 4086 28 system system NN 1662 4086 29 , , , 1662 4086 30 and and CC 1662 4086 31 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4086 32 large large JJ 1662 4086 33 middle middle JJ 1662 4086 34 class class NN 1662 4086 35 . . . 1662 4087 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4087 2 : : : 1662 4087 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4087 4 power power NN 1662 4087 5 parity parity NN 1662 4087 6 - - : 1662 4087 7 $ $ $ 1662 4087 8 1.538 1.538 CD 1662 4087 9 trillion trillion CD 1662 4087 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4087 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4087 12 est est NNP 1662 4087 13 . . . 1662 4087 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4088 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4088 2 - - HYPH 1662 4088 3 real real JJ 1662 4088 4 growth growth NN 1662 4088 5 rate rate NN 1662 4088 6 : : : 1662 4088 7 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 4088 8 % % NN 1662 4088 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4088 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 4088 11 est est NNP 1662 4088 12 . . . 1662 4088 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4089 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4089 2 - - HYPH 1662 4089 3 per per FW 1662 4089 4 capita capita NN 1662 4089 5 : : : 1662 4089 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4089 7 power power NN 1662 4089 8 parity parity NN 1662 4089 9 - - : 1662 4089 10 $ $ $ 1662 4089 11 1,600 1,600 CD 1662 4089 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4089 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 4089 14 est est NNP 1662 4089 15 . . . 1662 4089 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4090 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4090 2 - - HYPH 1662 4090 3 composition composition NN 1662 4090 4 by by IN 1662 4090 5 sector sector NN 1662 4090 6 : : : 1662 4090 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4090 8 : : : 1662 4090 9 30 30 CD 1662 4090 10 % % NN 1662 4090 11 industry industry NN 1662 4090 12 : : : 1662 4090 13 28 28 CD 1662 4090 14 % % NN 1662 4090 15 services service NNS 1662 4090 16 : : : 1662 4090 17 42 42 CD 1662 4090 18 % % NN 1662 4090 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4090 20 1993/94 1993/94 CD 1662 4090 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4090 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 4090 23 rate rate NN 1662 4090 24 - - HYPH 1662 4090 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 4090 26 price price NN 1662 4090 27 index index NN 1662 4090 28 : : : 1662 4090 29 10.3 10.3 CD 1662 4090 30 % % NN 1662 4090 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4090 32 1995 1995 CD 1662 4090 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4090 34 Labor labor NN 1662 4090 35 force force NN 1662 4090 36 : : : 1662 4090 37 total total NN 1662 4090 38 : : : 1662 4090 39 370 370 CD 1662 4090 40 million million CD 1662 4090 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4090 42 1995 1995 CD 1662 4090 43 est est NNP 1662 4090 44 . . . 1662 4090 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 1 by by IN 1662 4091 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 4091 3 : : : 1662 4091 4 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4091 5 65 65 CD 1662 4091 6 % % NN 1662 4091 7 or or CC 1662 4091 8 more more JJR 1662 4091 9 , , , 1662 4091 10 services service NNS 1662 4091 11 4 4 CD 1662 4091 12 % % NN 1662 4091 13 , , , 1662 4091 14 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 4091 15 and and CC 1662 4091 16 construction construction NN 1662 4091 17 3 3 CD 1662 4091 18 % % NN 1662 4091 19 , , , 1662 4091 20 communications communication NNS 1662 4091 21 and and CC 1662 4091 22 transport transport NN 1662 4091 23 3 3 CD 1662 4091 24 % % NN 1662 4091 25 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4091 26 rate rate NN 1662 4091 27 : : : 1662 4091 28 NA% NA% `` 1662 4091 29 Budget budget NN 1662 4091 30 : : : 1662 4091 31 revenues revenue NNS 1662 4091 32 : : : 1662 4091 33 $ $ $ 1662 4091 34 34 34 CD 1662 4091 35 billion billion CD 1662 4091 36 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4091 37 : : : 1662 4091 38 $ $ $ 1662 4091 39 52.3 52.3 CD 1662 4091 40 billion billion CD 1662 4091 41 , , , 1662 4091 42 including include VBG 1662 4091 43 capital capital NN 1662 4091 44 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4091 45 of of IN 1662 4091 46 $ $ $ 1662 4091 47 NA na NN 1662 4091 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 49 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 4091 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 51 Industries industry NNS 1662 4091 52 : : : 1662 4091 53 textiles textile NNS 1662 4091 54 , , , 1662 4091 55 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4091 56 , , , 1662 4091 57 food food NN 1662 4091 58 processing processing NN 1662 4091 59 , , , 1662 4091 60 steel steel NN 1662 4091 61 , , , 1662 4091 62 transportation transportation NN 1662 4091 63 equipment equipment NN 1662 4091 64 , , , 1662 4091 65 cement cement NN 1662 4091 66 , , , 1662 4091 67 mining mining NN 1662 4091 68 , , , 1662 4091 69 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4091 70 , , , 1662 4091 71 machinery machinery NN 1662 4091 72 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 4091 73 production production NN 1662 4091 74 growth growth NN 1662 4091 75 rate rate NN 1662 4091 76 : : : 1662 4091 77 11.2 11.2 CD 1662 4091 78 % % NN 1662 4091 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 80 1996 1996 CD 1662 4091 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 82 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4091 83 - 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NNP 1662 4091 172 , , , 1662 4091 173 1995 1995 CD 1662 4091 174 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 175 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4091 176 : : : 1662 4091 177 clothing clothing NN 1662 4091 178 , , , 1662 4091 179 gems gem NNS 1662 4091 180 and and CC 1662 4091 181 jewelry jewelry NN 1662 4091 182 , , , 1662 4091 183 engineering engineering NN 1662 4091 184 goods good NNS 1662 4091 185 , , , 1662 4091 186 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4091 187 , , , 1662 4091 188 leather leather NN 1662 4091 189 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 4091 190 , , , 1662 4091 191 cotton cotton NN 1662 4091 192 yarn yarn NN 1662 4091 193 , , , 1662 4091 194 and and CC 1662 4091 195 fabric fabric NN 1662 4091 196 partners partner NNS 1662 4091 197 : : : 1662 4091 198 US US NNP 1662 4091 199 , , , 1662 4091 200 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4091 201 , , , 1662 4091 202 Germany Germany NNP 1662 4091 203 , , , 1662 4091 204 UK UK NNP 1662 4091 205 , , , 1662 4091 206 Hong Hong NNP 1662 4091 207 Kong Kong NNP 1662 4091 208 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 4091 209 : : : 1662 4091 210 total total JJ 1662 4091 211 value value NN 1662 4091 212 : : : 1662 4091 213 $ $ $ 1662 4091 214 34.5 34.5 CD 1662 4091 215 billion billion CD 1662 4091 216 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 217 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 4091 218 . . NNP 1662 4091 219 , , , 1662 4091 220 1995 1995 CD 1662 4091 221 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 222 commodities commoditie VBZ 1662 4091 223 : : : 1662 4091 224 crude crude JJ 1662 4091 225 oil oil NN 1662 4091 226 and and CC 1662 4091 227 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4091 228 products product NNS 1662 4091 229 , , , 1662 4091 230 machinery machinery NN 1662 4091 231 , , , 1662 4091 232 gems gem NNS 1662 4091 233 , , , 1662 4091 234 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 4091 235 , , , 1662 4091 236 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4091 237 partners partner NNS 1662 4091 238 : : : 1662 4091 239 US US NNP 1662 4091 240 , , , 1662 4091 241 Germany Germany NNP 1662 4091 242 , , , 1662 4091 243 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 4091 244 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 4091 245 , , , 1662 4091 246 UK UK NNP 1662 4091 247 , , , 1662 4091 248 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 4091 249 , , , 1662 4091 250 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4091 251 Debt Debt NNP 1662 4091 252 - - HYPH 1662 4091 253 external external JJ 1662 4091 254 : : : 1662 4091 255 $ $ $ 1662 4091 256 97.9 97.9 CD 1662 4091 257 billion billion CD 1662 4091 258 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 259 March March NNP 1662 4091 260 1995 1995 CD 1662 4091 261 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 262 Economic economic JJ 1662 4091 263 aid aid NN 1662 4091 264 : : : 1662 4091 265 recipient recipient NN 1662 4091 266 : : : 1662 4091 267 ODA ODA NNP 1662 4091 268 , , , 1662 4091 269 $ $ $ 1662 4091 270 1.237 1.237 CD 1662 4091 271 billion billion CD 1662 4091 272 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 273 1993 1993 CD 1662 4091 274 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 275 ; ; : 1662 4091 276 US US NNP 1662 4091 277 ODA oda VB 1662 4091 278 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 4091 279 commitments commitment NNS 1662 4091 280 $ $ $ 1662 4091 281 171 171 CD 1662 4091 282 million million CD 1662 4091 283 ; ; : 1662 4091 284 US US NNP 1662 4091 285 Ex Ex NNP 1662 4091 286 - - HYPH 1662 4091 287 Im Im NNP 1662 4091 288 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 4091 289 commitments commitment NNS 1662 4091 290 $ $ $ 1662 4091 291 680 680 CD 1662 4091 292 million million CD 1662 4091 293 ; ; : 1662 4091 294 Western western JJ 1662 4091 295 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 296 non non JJ 1662 4091 297 - - JJ 1662 4091 298 US us JJ 1662 4091 299 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 300 countries country NNS 1662 4091 301 , , , 1662 4091 302 ODA oda VBP 1662 4091 303 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 4091 304 commitments commitment NNS 1662 4091 305 $ $ $ 1662 4091 306 2.48 2.48 CD 1662 4091 307 billion billion CD 1662 4091 308 ; ; : 1662 4091 309 OPEC OPEC NNP 1662 4091 310 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 4091 311 aid aid NN 1662 4091 312 $ $ $ 1662 4091 313 200 200 CD 1662 4091 314 million million CD 1662 4091 315 ; ; : 1662 4091 316 World World NNP 1662 4091 317 Bank Bank NNP 1662 4091 318 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 319 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 4091 320 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 321 multilateral multilateral JJ 1662 4091 322 commitments commitment NNS 1662 4091 323 $ $ $ 1662 4091 324 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 4091 325 billion billion CD 1662 4091 326 ; ; : 1662 4091 327 Asian Asian NNP 1662 4091 328 Development Development NNP 1662 4091 329 Bank Bank NNP 1662 4091 330 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 331 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 4091 332 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 333 multilateral multilateral JJ 1662 4091 334 commitments commitment NNS 1662 4091 335 $ $ $ 1662 4091 336 760 760 CD 1662 4091 337 million million CD 1662 4091 338 ; ; : 1662 4091 339 International International NNP 1662 4091 340 Finance Finance NNP 1662 4091 341 Corporation Corporation NNP 1662 4091 342 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 343 IFC IFC NNP 1662 4091 344 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 345 multilateral multilateral JJ 1662 4091 346 commitments commitment NNS 1662 4091 347 $ $ $ 1662 4091 348 200 200 CD 1662 4091 349 million million CD 1662 4091 350 ; ; : 1662 4091 351 other other JJ 1662 4091 352 multilateral multilateral JJ 1662 4091 353 commitments commitment NNS 1662 4091 354 $ $ $ 1662 4091 355 554 554 CD 1662 4091 356 million million CD 1662 4091 357 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 358 1995 1995 CD 1662 4091 359 - - SYM 1662 4091 360 96 96 CD 1662 4091 361 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 362 Currency currency NN 1662 4091 363 : : : 1662 4091 364 1 1 CD 1662 4091 365 Indian indian JJ 1662 4091 366 rupee rupee NN 1662 4091 367 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 368 Re re NN 1662 4091 369 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 370 = = NFP 1662 4091 371 100 100 CD 1662 4091 372 paise paise NN 1662 4091 373 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 4091 374 rates rate NNS 1662 4091 375 : : : 1662 4091 376 Indian indian JJ 1662 4091 377 rupees rupee NNS 1662 4091 378 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 379 Rs r NNS 1662 4091 380 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 381 per per IN 1662 4091 382 US$ us$ $ 1662 4091 383 1 1 CD 1662 4091 384 - - SYM 1662 4091 385 35.872 35.872 CD 1662 4091 386 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 387 January January NNP 1662 4091 388 1997 1997 CD 1662 4091 389 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 390 , , , 1662 4091 391 35.433 35.433 CD 1662 4091 392 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 393 1996 1996 CD 1662 4091 394 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 395 , , , 1662 4091 396 32.427 32.427 CD 1662 4091 397 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 398 1995 1995 CD 1662 4091 399 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 400 , , , 1662 4091 401 31.374 31.374 CD 1662 4091 402 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 403 1994 1994 CD 1662 4091 404 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 405 , , , 1662 4091 406 30.493 30.493 CD 1662 4091 407 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 408 1993 1993 CD 1662 4091 409 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 410 , , , 1662 4091 411 25.918 25.918 CD 1662 4091 412 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 413 1992 1992 CD 1662 4091 414 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 415 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4091 416 year year NN 1662 4091 417 : : : 1662 4091 418 1 1 CD 1662 4091 419 April April NNP 1662 4091 420 - - HYPH 1662 4091 421 31 31 CD 1662 4091 422 March March NNP 1662 4091 423 @India @India NNP 1662 4091 424 : : : 1662 4091 425 Communications Communications NNP 1662 4091 426 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 4091 427 : : : 1662 4091 428 9.8 9.8 CD 1662 4091 429 million million CD 1662 4091 430 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 431 1995 1995 CD 1662 4091 432 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 433 Telephone telephone NN 1662 4091 434 system system NN 1662 4091 435 : : : 1662 4091 436 probably probably RB 1662 4091 437 the the DT 1662 4091 438 least least JJS 1662 4091 439 adequate adequate JJ 1662 4091 440 telephone telephone NN 1662 4091 441 system system NN 1662 4091 442 of of IN 1662 4091 443 any any DT 1662 4091 444 of of IN 1662 4091 445 the the DT 1662 4091 446 industrializing industrialize VBG 1662 4091 447 countries country NNS 1662 4091 448 ; ; : 1662 4091 449 three three CD 1662 4091 450 of of IN 1662 4091 451 every every DT 1662 4091 452 four four CD 1662 4091 453 villages village NNS 1662 4091 454 have have VBP 1662 4091 455 no no DT 1662 4091 456 telephone telephone NN 1662 4091 457 service service NN 1662 4091 458 ; ; : 1662 4091 459 only only RB 1662 4091 460 5 5 CD 1662 4091 461 % % NN 1662 4091 462 of of IN 1662 4091 463 India India NNP 1662 4091 464 's 's POS 1662 4091 465 villages village NNS 1662 4091 466 have have VBP 1662 4091 467 long long JJ 1662 4091 468 - - HYPH 1662 4091 469 distance distance NN 1662 4091 470 service service NN 1662 4091 471 ; ; : 1662 4091 472 poor poor JJ 1662 4091 473 telephone telephone NN 1662 4091 474 service service NN 1662 4091 475 significantly significantly RB 1662 4091 476 impedes impede VBZ 1662 4091 477 commercial commercial JJ 1662 4091 478 and and CC 1662 4091 479 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4091 480 growth growth NN 1662 4091 481 and and CC 1662 4091 482 penalizes penalize VBZ 1662 4091 483 India India NNP 1662 4091 484 in in IN 1662 4091 485 global global JJ 1662 4091 486 markets market NNS 1662 4091 487 ; ; : 1662 4091 488 slow slow JJ 1662 4091 489 improvement improvement NN 1662 4091 490 is be VBZ 1662 4091 491 taking take VBG 1662 4091 492 place place NN 1662 4091 493 with with IN 1662 4091 494 the the DT 1662 4091 495 recent recent JJ 1662 4091 496 admission admission NN 1662 4091 497 of of IN 1662 4091 498 private private JJ 1662 4091 499 and and CC 1662 4091 500 private private JJ 1662 4091 501 - - HYPH 1662 4091 502 public public JJ 1662 4091 503 investors investor NNS 1662 4091 504 , , , 1662 4091 505 but but CC 1662 4091 506 demand demand NN 1662 4091 507 for for IN 1662 4091 508 communication communication NN 1662 4091 509 services service NNS 1662 4091 510 is be VBZ 1662 4091 511 also also RB 1662 4091 512 growing grow VBG 1662 4091 513 rapidly rapidly RB 1662 4091 514 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4091 515 : : : 1662 4091 516 local local JJ 1662 4091 517 service service NN 1662 4091 518 is be VBZ 1662 4091 519 provided provide VBN 1662 4091 520 mostly mostly RB 1662 4091 521 by by IN 1662 4091 522 open open JJ 1662 4091 523 wire wire NN 1662 4091 524 and and CC 1662 4091 525 obsolete obsolete JJ 1662 4091 526 electromechanical electromechanical JJ 1662 4091 527 and and CC 1662 4091 528 manual manual JJ 1662 4091 529 switchboard switchboard NN 1662 4091 530 systems system NNS 1662 4091 531 ; ; : 1662 4091 532 within within IN 1662 4091 533 the the DT 1662 4091 534 last last JJ 1662 4091 535 10 10 CD 1662 4091 536 years year NNS 1662 4091 537 a a DT 1662 4091 538 substantial substantial JJ 1662 4091 539 amount amount NN 1662 4091 540 of of IN 1662 4091 541 digital digital JJ 1662 4091 542 switch switch NN 1662 4091 543 gear gear NN 1662 4091 544 has have VBZ 1662 4091 545 been be VBN 1662 4091 546 introduced introduce VBN 1662 4091 547 for for IN 1662 4091 548 local local JJ 1662 4091 549 service service NN 1662 4091 550 ; ; : 1662 4091 551 long long JJ 1662 4091 552 - - HYPH 1662 4091 553 distance distance NN 1662 4091 554 traffic traffic NN 1662 4091 555 is be VBZ 1662 4091 556 carried carry VBN 1662 4091 557 mostly mostly RB 1662 4091 558 by by IN 1662 4091 559 open open JJ 1662 4091 560 wire wire NN 1662 4091 561 , , , 1662 4091 562 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 4091 563 cable cable NN 1662 4091 564 , , , 1662 4091 565 and and CC 1662 4091 566 low low JJ 1662 4091 567 - - HYPH 1662 4091 568 capacity capacity NN 1662 4091 569 microwave microwave NN 1662 4091 570 radio radio NN 1662 4091 571 relay relay NN 1662 4091 572 ; ; : 1662 4091 573 since since IN 1662 4091 574 1985 1985 CD 1662 4091 575 , , , 1662 4091 576 however however RB 1662 4091 577 , , , 1662 4091 578 significant significant JJ 1662 4091 579 trunk trunk NN 1662 4091 580 capacity capacity NN 1662 4091 581 has have VBZ 1662 4091 582 been be VBN 1662 4091 583 added add VBN 1662 4091 584 in in IN 1662 4091 585 the the DT 1662 4091 586 form form NN 1662 4091 587 of of IN 1662 4091 588 fiber fiber NN 1662 4091 589 - - HYPH 1662 4091 590 optic optic NN 1662 4091 591 cable cable NN 1662 4091 592 and and CC 1662 4091 593 a a DT 1662 4091 594 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4091 595 satellite satellite NN 1662 4091 596 system system NN 1662 4091 597 with with IN 1662 4091 598 over over IN 1662 4091 599 100 100 CD 1662 4091 600 earth earth NN 1662 4091 601 stations station NNS 1662 4091 602 international international JJ 1662 4091 603 : : : 1662 4091 604 satellite satellite NN 1662 4091 605 earth earth NN 1662 4091 606 stations station NNS 1662 4091 607 - - , 1662 4091 608 8 8 CD 1662 4091 609 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4091 610 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 611 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4091 612 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4091 613 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 614 and and CC 1662 4091 615 1 1 CD 1662 4091 616 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 4091 617 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 618 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4091 619 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4091 620 Region Region NNP 1662 4091 621 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4091 622 ; ; : 1662 4091 623 submarine submarine NN 1662 4091 624 cables cable NNS 1662 4091 625 to to IN 1662 4091 626 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 4091 627 and and CC 1662 4091 628 UAE UAE NNP 1662 4091 629 Radio Radio NNP 1662 4091 630 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4091 631 stations station NNS 1662 4091 632 : : : 1662 4091 633 AM am VBP 1662 4091 634 96 96 CD 1662 4091 635 , , , 1662 4091 636 FM FM NNP 1662 4091 637 4 4 CD 1662 4091 638 , , , 1662 4091 639 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 4091 640 0 0 CD 1662 4091 641 Radios radio NNS 1662 4091 642 : : : 1662 4091 643 70 70 CD 1662 4091 644 million million CD 1662 4091 645 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4091 646 1992 1992 CD 1662 4091 647 est est NNP 1662 4091 648 . . . 1662 4091 649 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4092 1 Television television NN 1662 4092 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4092 3 stations station NNS 1662 4092 4 : : : 1662 4092 5 274 274 CD 1662 4092 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4092 7 government government NN 1662 4092 8 controlled control VBN 1662 4092 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4092 10 Televisions television NNS 1662 4092 11 : : : 1662 4092 12 33 33 CD 1662 4092 13 million million CD 1662 4092 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4092 15 1992 1992 CD 1662 4092 16 est est NNP 1662 4092 17 . . . 1662 4092 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4093 1 @India @india XX 1662 4093 2 : : : 1662 4093 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4093 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 4093 5 : : : 1662 4093 6 total total JJ 1662 4093 7 : : : 1662 4093 8 62,462 62,462 CD 1662 4093 9 km km NNS 1662 4093 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4093 11 11,793 11,793 CD 1662 4093 12 km km NN 1662 4093 13 electrified electrify VBN 1662 4093 14 ; ; : 1662 4093 15 12,617 12,617 CD 1662 4093 16 km km NN 1662 4093 17 double double JJ 1662 4093 18 track track NN 1662 4093 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4093 20 broad broad JJ 1662 4093 21 gauge gauge NN 1662 4093 22 : : : 1662 4093 23 37,824 37,824 CD 1662 4093 24 km km NN 1662 4093 25 1.676-m 1.676-m CD 1662 4093 26 gauge gauge NN 1662 4093 27 narrow narrow JJ 1662 4093 28 gauge gauge NN 1662 4093 29 : : : 1662 4093 30 20,653 20,653 CD 1662 4093 31 km km NN 1662 4093 32 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 4093 33 gauge gauge NN 1662 4093 34 ; ; : 1662 4093 35 3,985 3,985 CD 1662 4093 36 km km NN 1662 4093 37 0.762-m 0.762-m NN 1662 4093 38 and and CC 1662 4093 39 0.610-m 0.610-m NN 1662 4093 40 gauge gauge NN 1662 4093 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4093 42 1995 1995 CD 1662 4093 43 est est NNP 1662 4093 44 . . . 1662 4093 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4094 1 Highways highway NNS 1662 4094 2 : : : 1662 4094 3 total total NN 1662 4094 4 : : : 1662 4094 5 2,009,600 2,009,600 CD 1662 4094 6 km km NN 1662 4094 7 paved pave VBN 1662 4094 8 : : : 1662 4094 9 1,006,810 1,006,810 CD 1662 4094 10 km km NN 1662 4094 11 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4094 12 : : : 1662 4094 13 1,002,790 1,002,790 CD 1662 4094 14 km km NNS 1662 4094 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4094 16 1995 1995 CD 1662 4094 17 est est NNP 1662 4094 18 . . . 1662 4094 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4095 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 4095 2 : : : 1662 4095 3 16,180 16,180 CD 1662 4095 4 km km NN 1662 4095 5 ; ; : 1662 4095 6 3,631 3,631 CD 1662 4095 7 km km NNS 1662 4095 8 navigable navigable JJ 1662 4095 9 by by IN 1662 4095 10 large large JJ 1662 4095 11 vessels vessel NNS 1662 4095 12 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 4095 13 : : : 1662 4095 14 crude crude JJ 1662 4095 15 oil oil NN 1662 4095 16 3,005 3,005 CD 1662 4095 17 km km NN 1662 4095 18 ; ; : 1662 4095 19 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4095 20 products product NNS 1662 4095 21 2,687 2,687 CD 1662 4095 22 km km NN 1662 4095 23 ; ; : 1662 4095 24 natural natural JJ 1662 4095 25 gas gas NN 1662 4095 26 1,700 1,700 CD 1662 4095 27 km km NNS 1662 4095 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4095 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 4095 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4095 31 Ports port NNS 1662 4095 32 and and CC 1662 4095 33 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4095 34 : : : 1662 4095 35 Calcutta Calcutta NNP 1662 4095 36 , , , 1662 4095 37 Chennai Chennai NNP 1662 4095 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4095 39 Madras Madras NNP 1662 4095 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4095 41 , , , 1662 4095 42 Cochin Cochin NNP 1662 4095 43 , , , 1662 4095 44 Jawaharal Jawaharal NNP 1662 4095 45 Nehru Nehru NNP 1662 4095 46 , , , 1662 4095 47 Kandla Kandla NNP 1662 4095 48 , , , 1662 4095 49 Mumbai Mumbai NNP 1662 4095 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4095 51 Bombay Bombay NNP 1662 4095 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4095 53 , , , 1662 4095 54 Vishakhapatnam Vishakhapatnam NNP 1662 4095 55 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 4095 56 marine marine NN 1662 4095 57 : : : 1662 4095 58 total total NN 1662 4095 59 : : : 1662 4095 60 306 306 CD 1662 4095 61 ships ship NNS 1662 4095 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4095 63 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4095 64 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4095 65 or or CC 1662 4095 66 over over RB 1662 4095 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4095 68 totaling total VBG 1662 4095 69 6,832,647 6,832,647 CD 1662 4095 70 GRT/11,376,028 GRT/11,376,028 NNP 1662 4095 71 DWT dwt NN 1662 4095 72 ships ship NNS 1662 4095 73 by by IN 1662 4095 74 type type NN 1662 4095 75 : : : 1662 4095 76 bulk bulk NNP 1662 4095 77 132 132 CD 1662 4095 78 , , , 1662 4095 79 cargo cargo NN 1662 4095 80 59 59 CD 1662 4095 81 , , , 1662 4095 82 chemical chemical NN 1662 4095 83 tanker tanker NN 1662 4095 84 8 8 CD 1662 4095 85 , , , 1662 4095 86 combination combination NN 1662 4095 87 bulk bulk NN 1662 4095 88 3 3 CD 1662 4095 89 , , , 1662 4095 90 combination combination NN 1662 4095 91 ore ore NN 1662 4095 92 / / SYM 1662 4095 93 oil oil NN 1662 4095 94 3 3 CD 1662 4095 95 , , , 1662 4095 96 container container NN 1662 4095 97 11 11 CD 1662 4095 98 , , , 1662 4095 99 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 4095 100 gas gas NN 1662 4095 101 tanker tanker NN 1662 4095 102 8 8 CD 1662 4095 103 , , , 1662 4095 104 oil oil NN 1662 4095 105 tanker tanker NN 1662 4095 106 75 75 CD 1662 4095 107 , , , 1662 4095 108 passenger passenger NN 1662 4095 109 - - HYPH 1662 4095 110 cargo cargo NN 1662 4095 111 5 5 CD 1662 4095 112 , , , 1662 4095 113 roll roll NN 1662 4095 114 - - HYPH 1662 4095 115 on on IN 1662 4095 116 / / SYM 1662 4095 117 roll roll NN 1662 4095 118 - - HYPH 1662 4095 119 off off RP 1662 4095 120 cargo cargo NN 1662 4095 121 1 1 CD 1662 4095 122 , , , 1662 4095 123 short short JJ 1662 4095 124 - - HYPH 1662 4095 125 sea sea NN 1662 4095 126 passenger passenger NN 1662 4095 127 1 1 CD 1662 4095 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4095 129 1996 1996 CD 1662 4095 130 est est NNP 1662 4095 131 . . . 1662 4095 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4096 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4096 2 : : : 1662 4096 3 290 290 CD 1662 4096 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4096 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4096 6 est est NNP 1662 4096 7 . . . 1662 4096 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4097 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4097 2 - - , 1662 4097 3 with with IN 1662 4097 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4097 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4097 6 : : : 1662 4097 7 total total NN 1662 4097 8 : : : 1662 4097 9 249 249 CD 1662 4097 10 over over IN 1662 4097 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4097 12 m m NN 1662 4097 13 : : : 1662 4097 14 12 12 CD 1662 4097 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4097 16 to to TO 1662 4097 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4097 18 m m NN 1662 4097 19 : : : 1662 4097 20 48 48 CD 1662 4097 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4097 22 to to TO 1662 4097 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4097 24 m m NN 1662 4097 25 : : : 1662 4097 26 59 59 CD 1662 4097 27 914 914 CD 1662 4097 28 to to TO 1662 4097 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4097 30 m m NN 1662 4097 31 : : : 1662 4097 32 68 68 CD 1662 4097 33 under under IN 1662 4097 34 914 914 CD 1662 4097 35 m m NN 1662 4097 36 : : : 1662 4097 37 62 62 CD 1662 4097 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4097 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 4097 40 est est NNP 1662 4097 41 . . . 1662 4097 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4098 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4098 2 - - , 1662 4098 3 with with IN 1662 4098 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4098 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4098 6 : : : 1662 4098 7 total total NN 1662 4098 8 : : : 1662 4098 9 41 41 CD 1662 4098 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4098 11 to to IN 1662 4098 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4098 13 m m NN 1662 4098 14 : : : 1662 4098 15 2 2 CD 1662 4098 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4098 17 to to TO 1662 4098 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4098 19 m m NN 1662 4098 20 : : : 1662 4098 21 2 2 CD 1662 4098 22 914 914 CD 1662 4098 23 to to TO 1662 4098 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4098 25 m m NN 1662 4098 26 : : : 1662 4098 27 37 37 CD 1662 4098 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4098 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 4098 30 est est NNP 1662 4098 31 . . . 1662 4098 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4099 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 4099 2 : : : 1662 4099 3 15 15 CD 1662 4099 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4099 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4099 6 est est NNP 1662 4099 7 . . . 1662 4099 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4100 1 Military military JJ 1662 4100 2 Military military JJ 1662 4100 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4100 4 : : : 1662 4100 5 Army Army NNP 1662 4100 6 , , , 1662 4100 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 4100 8 , , , 1662 4100 9 Air Air NNP 1662 4100 10 Force Force NNP 1662 4100 11 , , , 1662 4100 12 various various JJ 1662 4100 13 security security NN 1662 4100 14 or or CC 1662 4100 15 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 4100 16 forces force NNS 1662 4100 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4100 18 includes include VBZ 1662 4100 19 Border Border NNP 1662 4100 20 Security Security NNP 1662 4100 21 Force Force NNP 1662 4100 22 , , , 1662 4100 23 Assam Assam NNP 1662 4100 24 Rifles Rifles NNPS 1662 4100 25 , , , 1662 4100 26 and and CC 1662 4100 27 Coast Coast NNP 1662 4100 28 Guard Guard NNP 1662 4100 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4100 30 Military military JJ 1662 4100 31 manpower manpower NN 1662 4100 32 - - HYPH 1662 4100 33 military military NN 1662 4100 34 age age NN 1662 4100 35 : : : 1662 4100 36 17 17 CD 1662 4100 37 years year NNS 1662 4100 38 of of IN 1662 4100 39 age age NN 1662 4100 40 Military military JJ 1662 4100 41 manpower manpower NN 1662 4100 42 - - HYPH 1662 4100 43 availability availability NN 1662 4100 44 : : : 1662 4100 45 males male NNS 1662 4100 46 age age NNP 1662 4100 47 15 15 CD 1662 4100 48 - - HYPH 1662 4100 49 49 49 CD 1662 4100 50 : : : 1662 4100 51 258,172,895 258,172,895 CD 1662 4100 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4100 53 1997 1997 CD 1662 4100 54 est est NNP 1662 4100 55 . . . 1662 4100 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4101 1 Military military JJ 1662 4101 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4101 3 - - HYPH 1662 4101 4 fit fit NN 1662 4101 5 for for IN 1662 4101 6 military military JJ 1662 4101 7 service service NN 1662 4101 8 : : : 1662 4101 9 males male NNS 1662 4101 10 : : : 1662 4101 11 151,693,072 151,693,072 CD 1662 4101 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4101 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4101 14 est est NNP 1662 4101 15 . . . 1662 4101 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4102 1 Military military JJ 1662 4102 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4102 3 - - HYPH 1662 4102 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 4102 5 military military JJ 1662 4102 6 age age NN 1662 4102 7 annually annually RB 1662 4102 8 : : : 1662 4102 9 males male NNS 1662 4102 10 : : : 1662 4102 11 10,465,427 10,465,427 CD 1662 4102 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4102 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4102 14 est est NNP 1662 4102 15 . . . 1662 4102 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4103 1 Military military JJ 1662 4103 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4103 3 - - HYPH 1662 4103 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4103 5 figure figure NN 1662 4103 6 : : : 1662 4103 7 $ $ $ 1662 4103 8 8 8 CD 1662 4103 9 billion billion CD 1662 4103 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4103 11 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 4103 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4103 13 Military military JJ 1662 4103 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4103 15 - - : 1662 4103 16 percent percent NN 1662 4103 17 of of IN 1662 4103 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4103 19 : : : 1662 4103 20 2.7 2.7 CD 1662 4103 21 % % NN 1662 4103 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4103 23 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 4103 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4103 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4103 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4103 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 4103 28 - - : 1662 4103 29 international international RB 1662 4103 30 : : : 1662 4103 31 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4103 32 with with IN 1662 4103 33 Bangladesh Bangladesh NNP 1662 4103 34 and and CC 1662 4103 35 China China NNP 1662 4103 36 in in IN 1662 4103 37 dispute dispute NN 1662 4103 38 ; ; : 1662 4103 39 status status NN 1662 4103 40 of of IN 1662 4103 41 Kashmir Kashmir NNP 1662 4103 42 with with IN 1662 4103 43 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 4103 44 ; ; : 1662 4103 45 water water NN 1662 4103 46 - - HYPH 1662 4103 47 sharing share VBG 1662 4103 48 problems problem NNS 1662 4103 49 with with IN 1662 4103 50 downstream downstream JJ 1662 4103 51 riparian riparian JJ 1662 4103 52 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 4103 53 over over IN 1662 4103 54 the the DT 1662 4103 55 Indus Indus NNP 1662 4103 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4103 57 Wular Wular NNP 1662 4103 58 Barrage Barrage NNP 1662 4103 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4103 60 ; ; : 1662 4103 61 Bangladesh Bangladesh NNP 1662 4103 62 and and CC 1662 4103 63 India India NNP 1662 4103 64 signed sign VBD 1662 4103 65 a a DT 1662 4103 66 treaty treaty NN 1662 4103 67 12 12 CD 1662 4103 68 December December NNP 1662 4103 69 1996 1996 CD 1662 4103 70 to to TO 1662 4103 71 share share VB 1662 4103 72 water water NN 1662 4103 73 from from IN 1662 4103 74 the the DT 1662 4103 75 Ganges Ganges NNPS 1662 4103 76 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 4103 77 drugs drug NNS 1662 4103 78 : : : 1662 4103 79 world world NN 1662 4103 80 's 's POS 1662 4103 81 largest large JJS 1662 4103 82 licit licit JJ 1662 4103 83 producer producer NN 1662 4103 84 of of IN 1662 4103 85 opium opium NN 1662 4103 86 for for IN 1662 4103 87 the the DT 1662 4103 88 pharmaceutical pharmaceutical JJ 1662 4103 89 trade trade NN 1662 4103 90 , , , 1662 4103 91 but but CC 1662 4103 92 an an DT 1662 4103 93 undetermined undetermined JJ 1662 4103 94 quantity quantity NN 1662 4103 95 of of IN 1662 4103 96 opium opium NN 1662 4103 97 is be VBZ 1662 4103 98 diverted divert VBN 1662 4103 99 to to IN 1662 4103 100 illicit illicit JJ 1662 4103 101 international international JJ 1662 4103 102 drug drug NN 1662 4103 103 markets market NNS 1662 4103 104 ; ; : 1662 4103 105 major major JJ 1662 4103 106 transit transit NN 1662 4103 107 country country NN 1662 4103 108 for for IN 1662 4103 109 illicit illicit JJ 1662 4103 110 narcotics narcotic NNS 1662 4103 111 produced produce VBN 1662 4103 112 in in IN 1662 4103 113 neighboring neighboring NN 1662 4103 114 countries country NNS 1662 4103 115 ; ; , 1662 4103 116 illicit illicit JJ 1662 4103 117 producer producer NN 1662 4103 118 of of IN 1662 4103 119 hashish hashish NNP 1662 4103 120 and and CC 1662 4103 121 methaqualone methaqualone NN 1662 4103 122 ; ; : 1662 4103 123 produced produce VBD 1662 4103 124 47 47 CD 1662 4103 125 metric metric JJ 1662 4103 126 tons ton NNS 1662 4103 127 of of IN 1662 4103 128 illicit illicit JJ 1662 4103 129 opium opium NN 1662 4103 130 in in IN 1662 4103 131 1996 1996 CD 1662 4103 132 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 133 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 134 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 135 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 136 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 137 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 138 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 139 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 140 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 141 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 142 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 143 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 144 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 145 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 146 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 147 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 148 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 149 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 150 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 151 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 152 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 153 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 154 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 155 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 156 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 157 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 158 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 159 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 160 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 161 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 162 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 163 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 164 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 165 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 166 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 167 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 168 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 169 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 170 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 171 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 172 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 173 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 174 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 175 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 176 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 177 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 178 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 179 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 180 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 181 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 182 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 183 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 184 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 185 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 186 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 187 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 188 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 189 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 190 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 191 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 192 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 193 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 194 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 195 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 196 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 197 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 198 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 199 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 200 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 201 _ _ NNP 1662 4103 202 INDIAN INDIAN NNP 1662 4103 203 OCEAN ocean NN 1662 4103 204 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4103 205 Map Map NNP 1662 4103 206 of of IN 1662 4103 207 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4103 208 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4103 209 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4103 210 @Indian @Indian NNP 1662 4103 211 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4103 212 : : : 1662 4103 213 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4103 214 Location location NN 1662 4103 215 : : : 1662 4103 216 body body NN 1662 4103 217 of of IN 1662 4103 218 water water NN 1662 4103 219 between between IN 1662 4103 220 Africa Africa NNP 1662 4103 221 , , , 1662 4103 222 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 4103 223 , , , 1662 4103 224 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4103 225 , , , 1662 4103 226 and and CC 1662 4103 227 Australia Australia NNP 1662 4103 228 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4103 229 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4103 230 : : : 1662 4103 231 30 30 CD 1662 4103 232 00 00 NFP 1662 4103 233 S s NN 1662 4103 234 , , , 1662 4103 235 80 80 CD 1662 4103 236 00 00 CD 1662 4103 237 E e NN 1662 4103 238 Map Map NNP 1662 4103 239 references reference NNS 1662 4103 240 : : : 1662 4103 241 World World NNP 1662 4103 242 Area Area NNP 1662 4103 243 : : : 1662 4103 244 total total NN 1662 4103 245 : : : 1662 4103 246 73.6 73.6 CD 1662 4103 247 million million CD 1662 4103 248 sq sq NNP 1662 4103 249 km km NNP 1662 4103 250 note note NN 1662 4103 251 : : : 1662 4103 252 includes include VBZ 1662 4103 253 Arabian Arabian NNP 1662 4103 254 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4103 255 , , , 1662 4103 256 Bass Bass NNP 1662 4103 257 Straight Straight NNP 1662 4103 258 , , , 1662 4103 259 Bay Bay NNP 1662 4103 260 of of IN 1662 4103 261 Bengal Bengal NNP 1662 4103 262 , , , 1662 4103 263 Great Great NNP 1662 4103 264 Australian Australian NNP 1662 4103 265 Bight Bight NNP 1662 4103 266 , , , 1662 4103 267 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4103 268 of of IN 1662 4103 269 Oman Oman NNP 1662 4103 270 , , , 1662 4103 271 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4103 272 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4103 273 , , , 1662 4103 274 Red Red NNP 1662 4103 275 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4103 276 , , , 1662 4103 277 Strait Strait NNP 1662 4103 278 of of IN 1662 4103 279 Malacca Malacca NNP 1662 4103 280 , , , 1662 4103 281 and and CC 1662 4103 282 other other JJ 1662 4103 283 tributary tributary JJ 1662 4103 284 water water NN 1662 4103 285 bodies body NNS 1662 4103 286 Area area NN 1662 4103 287 - - HYPH 1662 4103 288 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4103 289 : : : 1662 4103 290 slightly slightly RB 1662 4103 291 less less JJR 1662 4103 292 than than IN 1662 4103 293 eight eight CD 1662 4103 294 times time NNS 1662 4103 295 the the DT 1662 4103 296 size size NN 1662 4103 297 of of IN 1662 4103 298 the the DT 1662 4103 299 US US NNP 1662 4103 300 ; ; : 1662 4103 301 third third RB 1662 4103 302 - - HYPH 1662 4103 303 largest large JJS 1662 4103 304 ocean ocean NN 1662 4103 305 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4103 306 after after IN 1662 4103 307 the the DT 1662 4103 308 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 4103 309 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4103 310 and and CC 1662 4103 311 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4103 312 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4103 313 , , , 1662 4103 314 but but CC 1662 4103 315 larger large JJR 1662 4103 316 than than IN 1662 4103 317 the the DT 1662 4103 318 Arctic Arctic NNP 1662 4103 319 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4103 320 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4103 321 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4103 322 : : : 1662 4103 323 66,526 66,526 CD 1662 4103 324 km km NN 1662 4103 325 Climate climate NN 1662 4103 326 : : : 1662 4103 327 northeast northeast JJ 1662 4103 328 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 4103 329 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4103 330 December December NNP 1662 4103 331 to to IN 1662 4103 332 April April NNP 1662 4103 333 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4103 334 , , , 1662 4103 335 southwest southwest NN 1662 4103 336 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 4103 337 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4103 338 June June NNP 1662 4103 339 to to IN 1662 4103 340 October October NNP 1662 4103 341 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4103 342 ; ; : 1662 4103 343 tropical tropical JJ 1662 4103 344 cyclones cyclone NNS 1662 4103 345 occur occur VBP 1662 4103 346 during during IN 1662 4103 347 May May NNP 1662 4103 348 / / SYM 1662 4103 349 June June NNP 1662 4103 350 and and CC 1662 4103 351 October October NNP 1662 4103 352 / / SYM 1662 4103 353 November November NNP 1662 4103 354 in in IN 1662 4103 355 the the DT 1662 4103 356 northern northern JJ 1662 4103 357 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4103 358 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4103 359 and and CC 1662 4103 360 January January NNP 1662 4103 361 / / SYM 1662 4103 362 February February NNP 1662 4103 363 in in IN 1662 4103 364 the the DT 1662 4103 365 southern southern JJ 1662 4103 366 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4103 367 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4103 368 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4103 369 : : : 1662 4103 370 surface surface NN 1662 4103 371 dominated dominate VBN 1662 4103 372 by by IN 1662 4103 373 counterclockwise counterclockwise NNP 1662 4103 374 gyre gyre NNP 1662 4103 375 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4103 376 broad broad JJ 1662 4103 377 , , , 1662 4103 378 circular circular JJ 1662 4103 379 system system NN 1662 4103 380 of of IN 1662 4103 381 currents current NNS 1662 4103 382 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4103 383 in in IN 1662 4103 384 the the DT 1662 4103 385 southern southern JJ 1662 4103 386 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4103 387 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4103 388 ; ; : 1662 4103 389 unique unique JJ 1662 4103 390 reversal reversal NN 1662 4103 391 of of IN 1662 4103 392 surface surface NN 1662 4103 393 currents current NNS 1662 4103 394 in in IN 1662 4103 395 the the DT 1662 4103 396 northern northern JJ 1662 4103 397 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4103 398 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4103 399 ; ; : 1662 4103 400 low low JJ 1662 4103 401 atmospheric atmospheric JJ 1662 4103 402 pressure pressure NN 1662 4103 403 over over IN 1662 4103 404 southwest southwest JJ 1662 4103 405 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4103 406 from from IN 1662 4103 407 hot hot JJ 1662 4103 408 , , , 1662 4103 409 rising rise VBG 1662 4103 410 , , , 1662 4103 411 summer summer NN 1662 4103 412 air air NN 1662 4103 413 results result NNS 1662 4103 414 in in IN 1662 4103 415 the the DT 1662 4103 416 southwest southw JJS 1662 4103 417 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 4103 418 and and CC 1662 4103 419 southwest southwest NN 1662 4103 420 - - HYPH 1662 4103 421 to to IN 1662 4103 422 - - HYPH 1662 4103 423 northeast northeast NN 1662 4103 424 winds wind NNS 1662 4103 425 and and CC 1662 4103 426 currents current NNS 1662 4103 427 , , , 1662 4103 428 while while IN 1662 4103 429 high high JJ 1662 4103 430 pressure pressure NN 1662 4103 431 over over IN 1662 4103 432 northern northern JJ 1662 4103 433 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4103 434 from from IN 1662 4103 435 cold cold JJ 1662 4103 436 , , , 1662 4103 437 falling fall VBG 1662 4103 438 , , , 1662 4103 439 winter winter NN 1662 4103 440 air air NN 1662 4103 441 results result NNS 1662 4103 442 in in IN 1662 4103 443 the the DT 1662 4103 444 northeast northeast JJ 1662 4103 445 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 4103 446 and and CC 1662 4103 447 northeast northeast NN 1662 4103 448 - - HYPH 1662 4103 449 to to IN 1662 4103 450 - - HYPH 1662 4103 451 southwest southwest NN 1662 4103 452 winds wind NNS 1662 4103 453 and and CC 1662 4103 454 currents current NNS 1662 4103 455 ; ; : 1662 4103 456 ocean ocean NN 1662 4103 457 floor floor NN 1662 4103 458 is be VBZ 1662 4103 459 dominated dominate VBN 1662 4103 460 by by IN 1662 4103 461 the the DT 1662 4103 462 Mid Mid NNP 1662 4103 463 - - NNP 1662 4103 464 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4103 465 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4103 466 Ridge Ridge NNP 1662 4103 467 and and CC 1662 4103 468 subdivided subdivide VBN 1662 4103 469 by by IN 1662 4103 470 the the DT 1662 4103 471 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 4103 472 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4103 473 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4103 474 Ridge Ridge NNP 1662 4103 475 , , , 1662 4103 476 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 4103 477 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4103 478 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4103 479 Ridge Ridge NNP 1662 4103 480 , , , 1662 4103 481 and and CC 1662 4103 482 Ninety Ninety NNP 1662 4103 483 East East NNP 1662 4103 484 Ridge Ridge NNP 1662 4103 485 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4103 486 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4103 487 : : : 1662 4103 488 lowest low JJS 1662 4103 489 point point NN 1662 4103 490 : : : 1662 4103 491 Java Java NNP 1662 4103 492 Trench Trench NNP 1662 4103 493 -7,258 -7,258 , 1662 4103 494 m m DT 1662 4103 495 highest high JJS 1662 4103 496 point point NN 1662 4103 497 : : : 1662 4103 498 sea sea NN 1662 4103 499 level level NN 1662 4103 500 0 0 CD 1662 4103 501 m m NN 1662 4103 502 Natural natural JJ 1662 4103 503 resources resource NNS 1662 4103 504 : : : 1662 4103 505 oil oil NN 1662 4103 506 and and CC 1662 4103 507 gas gas NN 1662 4103 508 fields field NNS 1662 4103 509 , , , 1662 4103 510 fish fish NN 1662 4103 511 , , , 1662 4103 512 shrimp shrimp NN 1662 4103 513 , , , 1662 4103 514 sand sand NN 1662 4103 515 and and CC 1662 4103 516 gravel gravel NN 1662 4103 517 aggregates aggregate NNS 1662 4103 518 , , , 1662 4103 519 placer placer NN 1662 4103 520 deposits deposit NNS 1662 4103 521 , , , 1662 4103 522 polymetallic polymetallic JJ 1662 4103 523 nodules nodule VBZ 1662 4103 524 Natural natural JJ 1662 4103 525 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4103 526 : : : 1662 4103 527 ships ship NNS 1662 4103 528 subject subject JJ 1662 4103 529 to to IN 1662 4103 530 superstructure superstructure NN 1662 4103 531 icing ice VBG 1662 4103 532 in in IN 1662 4103 533 extreme extreme JJ 1662 4103 534 south south NN 1662 4103 535 near near IN 1662 4103 536 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 4103 537 from from IN 1662 4103 538 May May NNP 1662 4103 539 to to IN 1662 4103 540 October October NNP 1662 4103 541 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4103 542 - - HYPH 1662 4103 543 current current JJ 1662 4103 544 issues issue NNS 1662 4103 545 : : : 1662 4103 546 endangered endanger VBN 1662 4103 547 marine marine JJ 1662 4103 548 species specie NNS 1662 4103 549 include include VBP 1662 4103 550 the the DT 1662 4103 551 dugong dugong NN 1662 4103 552 , , , 1662 4103 553 seals seal NNS 1662 4103 554 , , , 1662 4103 555 turtles turtle NNS 1662 4103 556 , , , 1662 4103 557 and and CC 1662 4103 558 whales whale NNS 1662 4103 559 ; ; , 1662 4103 560 oil oil NN 1662 4103 561 pollution pollution NN 1662 4103 562 in in IN 1662 4103 563 the the DT 1662 4103 564 Arabian Arabian NNP 1662 4103 565 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4103 566 , , , 1662 4103 567 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4103 568 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4103 569 , , , 1662 4103 570 and and CC 1662 4103 571 Red Red NNP 1662 4103 572 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4103 573 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4103 574 - - HYPH 1662 4103 575 international international JJ 1662 4103 576 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4103 577 : : : 1662 4103 578 party party NNP 1662 4103 579 to to TO 1662 4103 580 : : : 1662 4103 581 none none NN 1662 4103 582 of of IN 1662 4103 583 the the DT 1662 4103 584 selected select VBN 1662 4103 585 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4103 586 signed sign VBD 1662 4103 587 , , , 1662 4103 588 but but CC 1662 4103 589 not not RB 1662 4103 590 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4103 591 : : : 1662 4103 592 none none NN 1662 4103 593 of of IN 1662 4103 594 the the DT 1662 4103 595 selected select VBN 1662 4103 596 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4103 597 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4103 598 - - HYPH 1662 4103 599 note note NNP 1662 4103 600 : : : 1662 4103 601 major major JJ 1662 4103 602 chokepoints chokepoint NNS 1662 4103 603 include include VBP 1662 4103 604 Bab Bab NNP 1662 4103 605 el el NNP 1662 4103 606 Mandeb Mandeb NNP 1662 4103 607 , , , 1662 4103 608 Strait Strait NNP 1662 4103 609 of of IN 1662 4103 610 Hormuz Hormuz NNP 1662 4103 611 , , , 1662 4103 612 Strait Strait NNP 1662 4103 613 of of IN 1662 4103 614 Malacca Malacca NNP 1662 4103 615 , , , 1662 4103 616 southern southern JJ 1662 4103 617 access access NN 1662 4103 618 to to IN 1662 4103 619 the the DT 1662 4103 620 Suez Suez NNP 1662 4103 621 Canal Canal NNP 1662 4103 622 , , , 1662 4103 623 and and CC 1662 4103 624 the the DT 1662 4103 625 Lombok Lombok NNP 1662 4103 626 Strait Strait NNP 1662 4103 627 @Indian @Indian NNP 1662 4103 628 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4103 629 : : : 1662 4103 630 Government Government NNP 1662 4103 631 Data Data NNP 1662 4103 632 code code NN 1662 4103 633 : : : 1662 4103 634 none none NN 1662 4103 635 ; ; : 1662 4103 636 the the DT 1662 4103 637 US US NNP 1662 4103 638 Government Government NNP 1662 4103 639 has have VBZ 1662 4103 640 not not RB 1662 4103 641 approved approve VBN 1662 4103 642 a a DT 1662 4103 643 standard standard NN 1662 4103 644 for for IN 1662 4103 645 hydrographic hydrographic JJ 1662 4103 646 codes code NNS 1662 4103 647 - - : 1662 4103 648 see see VB 1662 4103 649 the the DT 1662 4103 650 Cross Cross NNP 1662 4103 651 - - NNP 1662 4103 652 Reference Reference NNP 1662 4103 653 List List NNP 1662 4103 654 of of IN 1662 4103 655 Hydrographic Hydrographic NNP 1662 4103 656 Codes Codes NNPS 1662 4103 657 appendix appendix NNP 1662 4103 658 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4103 659 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4103 660 - - HYPH 1662 4103 661 overview overview NN 1662 4103 662 : : : 1662 4103 663 The the DT 1662 4103 664 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4103 665 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4103 666 provides provide VBZ 1662 4103 667 major major JJ 1662 4103 668 sea sea NN 1662 4103 669 routes route NNS 1662 4103 670 connecting connect VBG 1662 4103 671 the the DT 1662 4103 672 Middle Middle NNP 1662 4103 673 East East NNP 1662 4103 674 , , , 1662 4103 675 Africa Africa NNP 1662 4103 676 , , , 1662 4103 677 and and CC 1662 4103 678 East East NNP 1662 4103 679 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4103 680 with with IN 1662 4103 681 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4103 682 and and CC 1662 4103 683 the the DT 1662 4103 684 Americas Americas NNPS 1662 4103 685 . . . 1662 4104 1 It -PRON- PRP 1662 4104 2 carries carry VBZ 1662 4104 3 a a DT 1662 4104 4 particularly particularly RB 1662 4104 5 heavy heavy JJ 1662 4104 6 traffic traffic NN 1662 4104 7 of of IN 1662 4104 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4104 9 and and CC 1662 4104 10 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4104 11 products product NNS 1662 4104 12 from from IN 1662 4104 13 the the DT 1662 4104 14 oilfields oilfield NNS 1662 4104 15 of of IN 1662 4104 16 the the DT 1662 4104 17 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4104 18 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4104 19 and and CC 1662 4104 20 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 4104 21 . . . 1662 4105 1 Its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4105 2 fish fish NN 1662 4105 3 are be VBP 1662 4105 4 of of IN 1662 4105 5 great great JJ 1662 4105 6 and and CC 1662 4105 7 growing grow VBG 1662 4105 8 importance importance NN 1662 4105 9 to to IN 1662 4105 10 the the DT 1662 4105 11 bordering bordering NN 1662 4105 12 countries country NNS 1662 4105 13 for for IN 1662 4105 14 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4105 15 consumption consumption NN 1662 4105 16 and and CC 1662 4105 17 export export NN 1662 4105 18 . . . 1662 4106 1 Fishing fishing NN 1662 4106 2 fleets fleet NNS 1662 4106 3 from from IN 1662 4106 4 Russia Russia NNP 1662 4106 5 , , , 1662 4106 6 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4106 7 , , , 1662 4106 8 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4106 9 , , , 1662 4106 10 and and CC 1662 4106 11 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 4106 12 also also RB 1662 4106 13 exploit exploit VBP 1662 4106 14 the the DT 1662 4106 15 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4106 16 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4106 17 , , , 1662 4106 18 mainly mainly RB 1662 4106 19 for for IN 1662 4106 20 shrimp shrimp NN 1662 4106 21 and and CC 1662 4106 22 tuna tuna NN 1662 4106 23 . . . 1662 4107 1 Large large JJ 1662 4107 2 reserves reserve NNS 1662 4107 3 of of IN 1662 4107 4 hydrocarbons hydrocarbon NNS 1662 4107 5 are be VBP 1662 4107 6 being be VBG 1662 4107 7 tapped tap VBN 1662 4107 8 in in IN 1662 4107 9 the the DT 1662 4107 10 offshore offshore JJ 1662 4107 11 areas area NNS 1662 4107 12 of of IN 1662 4107 13 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 4107 14 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 4107 15 , , , 1662 4107 16 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4107 17 , , , 1662 4107 18 India India NNP 1662 4107 19 , , , 1662 4107 20 and and CC 1662 4107 21 western western JJ 1662 4107 22 Australia Australia NNP 1662 4107 23 . . . 1662 4108 1 An an DT 1662 4108 2 estimated estimate VBN 1662 4108 3 40 40 CD 1662 4108 4 % % NN 1662 4108 5 of of IN 1662 4108 6 the the DT 1662 4108 7 world world NN 1662 4108 8 's 's POS 1662 4108 9 offshore offshore JJ 1662 4108 10 oil oil NN 1662 4108 11 production production NN 1662 4108 12 comes come VBZ 1662 4108 13 from from IN 1662 4108 14 the the DT 1662 4108 15 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4108 16 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4108 17 . . . 1662 4109 1 Beach beach NN 1662 4109 2 sands sand VBZ 1662 4109 3 rich rich JJ 1662 4109 4 in in IN 1662 4109 5 heavy heavy JJ 1662 4109 6 minerals mineral NNS 1662 4109 7 and and CC 1662 4109 8 offshore offshore JJ 1662 4109 9 placer placer NN 1662 4109 10 deposits deposit NNS 1662 4109 11 are be VBP 1662 4109 12 actively actively RB 1662 4109 13 exploited exploit VBN 1662 4109 14 by by IN 1662 4109 15 bordering border VBG 1662 4109 16 countries country NNS 1662 4109 17 , , , 1662 4109 18 particularly particularly RB 1662 4109 19 India India NNP 1662 4109 20 , , , 1662 4109 21 South South NNP 1662 4109 22 Africa Africa NNP 1662 4109 23 , , , 1662 4109 24 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 4109 25 , , , 1662 4109 26 Sri Sri NNP 1662 4109 27 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 4109 28 , , , 1662 4109 29 and and CC 1662 4109 30 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 4109 31 . . . 1662 4110 1 @Indian @Indian NNP 1662 4110 2 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4110 3 : : : 1662 4110 4 Communications Communications NNP 1662 4110 5 Telephone Telephone NNP 1662 4110 6 system system NN 1662 4110 7 : : : 1662 4110 8 international international JJ 1662 4110 9 : : : 1662 4110 10 submarine submarine NN 1662 4110 11 cables cable NNS 1662 4110 12 from from IN 1662 4110 13 India India NNP 1662 4110 14 to to IN 1662 4110 15 UAE UAE NNP 1662 4110 16 and and CC 1662 4110 17 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 4110 18 and and CC 1662 4110 19 from from IN 1662 4110 20 Sri Sri NNP 1662 4110 21 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 4110 22 to to IN 1662 4110 23 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 4110 24 and and CC 1662 4110 25 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 4110 26 @Indian @Indian NNP 1662 4110 27 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4110 28 : : : 1662 4110 29 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4110 30 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 4110 31 and and CC 1662 4110 32 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4110 33 : : : 1662 4110 34 Calcutta Calcutta NNP 1662 4110 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4110 36 India India NNP 1662 4110 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4110 38 , , , 1662 4110 39 Colombo Colombo NNP 1662 4110 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4110 41 Sri Sri NNP 1662 4110 42 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 4110 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4110 44 , , , 1662 4110 45 Durban Durban NNP 1662 4110 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4110 47 South South NNP 1662 4110 48 Africa Africa NNP 1662 4110 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4110 50 , , , 1662 4110 51 Jakarta Jakarta NNP 1662 4110 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4110 53 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 4110 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4110 55 , , , 1662 4110 56 Madras Madras NNP 1662 4110 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4110 58 India India NNP 1662 4110 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4110 60 , , , 1662 4110 61 Melbourne Melbourne NNP 1662 4110 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4110 63 Australia Australia NNP 1662 4110 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4110 65 , , , 1662 4110 66 Mumbai Mumbai NNP 1662 4110 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4110 68 Bombay Bombay NNP 1662 4110 69 ; ; : 1662 4110 70 India India NNP 1662 4110 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4110 72 , , , 1662 4110 73 Richard Richard NNP 1662 4110 74 's 's POS 1662 4110 75 Bay Bay NNP 1662 4110 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4110 77 South South NNP 1662 4110 78 Africa Africa NNP 1662 4110 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4110 80 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4110 81 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4110 82 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 4110 83 - - : 1662 4110 84 international international RB 1662 4110 85 : : : 1662 4110 86 some some DT 1662 4110 87 maritime maritime JJ 1662 4110 88 disputes dispute NNS 1662 4110 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4110 90 see see VB 1662 4110 91 littoral littoral JJ 1662 4110 92 states state NNS 1662 4110 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4110 94 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 95 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 96 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 97 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 98 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 99 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 100 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 101 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 102 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 103 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 104 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 105 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 106 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 107 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 108 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 109 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 110 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 111 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 112 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 113 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 114 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 115 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 116 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 117 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 118 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 119 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 120 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 121 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 122 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 123 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 124 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 125 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 126 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 127 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 128 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 129 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 130 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 131 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 132 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 133 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 134 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 135 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 136 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 137 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 138 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 139 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 140 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 141 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 142 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 143 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 144 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 145 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 146 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 147 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 148 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 149 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 150 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 151 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 152 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 153 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 154 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 155 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 156 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 157 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 158 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 159 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 160 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 161 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 162 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 163 _ _ NNP 1662 4110 164 INDONESIA INDONESIA NNP 1662 4110 165 @Indonesia @Indonesia NNP 1662 4110 166 : : : 1662 4110 167 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4110 168 Location Location NNP 1662 4110 169 : : : 1662 4110 170 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 4110 171 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4110 172 , , , 1662 4110 173 archipelago archipelago NN 1662 4110 174 between between IN 1662 4110 175 the the DT 1662 4110 176 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4110 177 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4110 178 and and CC 1662 4110 179 the the DT 1662 4110 180 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 4110 181 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4110 182 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4110 183 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4110 184 : : : 1662 4110 185 5 5 CD 1662 4110 186 00 00 CD 1662 4110 187 S s NN 1662 4110 188 , , , 1662 4110 189 120 120 CD 1662 4110 190 00 00 CD 1662 4110 191 E e NN 1662 4110 192 Map Map NNP 1662 4110 193 references reference NNS 1662 4110 194 : : : 1662 4110 195 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 4110 196 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4110 197 Area Area NNP 1662 4110 198 : : : 1662 4110 199 total total NN 1662 4110 200 : : : 1662 4110 201 1,919,440 1,919,440 CD 1662 4110 202 sq sq NN 1662 4110 203 km km NNP 1662 4110 204 land land NN 1662 4110 205 : : : 1662 4110 206 1,826,440 1,826,440 CD 1662 4110 207 sq sq NNP 1662 4110 208 km km NNP 1662 4110 209 water water NN 1662 4110 210 : : : 1662 4110 211 93,000 93,000 CD 1662 4110 212 sq sq NNP 1662 4110 213 km km NNP 1662 4110 214 Area area NN 1662 4110 215 - - HYPH 1662 4110 216 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4110 217 : : : 1662 4110 218 slightly slightly RB 1662 4110 219 less less JJR 1662 4110 220 than than IN 1662 4110 221 three three CD 1662 4110 222 times time NNS 1662 4110 223 the the DT 1662 4110 224 size size NN 1662 4110 225 of of IN 1662 4110 226 Texas Texas NNP 1662 4110 227 Land Land NNP 1662 4110 228 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4110 229 : : : 1662 4110 230 total total JJ 1662 4110 231 : : : 1662 4110 232 2,602 2,602 CD 1662 4110 233 km km NN 1662 4110 234 border border NN 1662 4110 235 countries country NNS 1662 4110 236 : : : 1662 4110 237 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 4110 238 1,782 1,782 CD 1662 4110 239 km km NN 1662 4110 240 , , , 1662 4110 241 Papua Papua NNP 1662 4110 242 New New NNP 1662 4110 243 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 4110 244 820 820 CD 1662 4110 245 km km NN 1662 4110 246 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4110 247 : : : 1662 4110 248 54,716 54,716 CD 1662 4110 249 km km NN 1662 4110 250 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4110 251 claims claim VBZ 1662 4110 252 : : : 1662 4110 253 measured measure VBN 1662 4110 254 from from IN 1662 4110 255 claimed claim VBN 1662 4110 256 archipelagic archipelagic JJ 1662 4110 257 baselines baseline NNS 1662 4110 258 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 4110 259 economic economic JJ 1662 4110 260 zone zone NN 1662 4110 261 : : : 1662 4110 262 200 200 CD 1662 4110 263 nm nm CD 1662 4110 264 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4110 265 sea sea NN 1662 4110 266 : : : 1662 4110 267 12 12 CD 1662 4110 268 nm nm NNP 1662 4110 269 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4110 270 : : : 1662 4110 271 tropical tropical JJ 1662 4110 272 ; ; : 1662 4110 273 hot hot JJ 1662 4110 274 , , , 1662 4110 275 humid humid JJ 1662 4110 276 ; ; : 1662 4110 277 more more RBR 1662 4110 278 moderate moderate JJ 1662 4110 279 in in IN 1662 4110 280 highlands highlands JJ 1662 4110 281 Terrain terrain NN 1662 4110 282 : : : 1662 4110 283 mostly mostly RB 1662 4110 284 coastal coastal JJ 1662 4110 285 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 4110 286 ; ; , 1662 4110 287 larger large JJR 1662 4110 288 islands island NNS 1662 4110 289 have have VBP 1662 4110 290 interior interior JJ 1662 4110 291 mountains mountain NNS 1662 4110 292 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4110 293 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4110 294 : : : 1662 4110 295 lowest low JJS 1662 4110 296 point point NN 1662 4110 297 : : : 1662 4110 298 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4110 299 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4110 300 0 0 NFP 1662 4110 301 m m DT 1662 4110 302 highest high JJS 1662 4110 303 point point NN 1662 4110 304 : : : 1662 4110 305 Puncak Puncak NNP 1662 4110 306 Jaya Jaya NNP 1662 4110 307 5,030 5,030 CD 1662 4110 308 m m NNP 1662 4110 309 Natural natural JJ 1662 4110 310 resources resource NNS 1662 4110 311 : : : 1662 4110 312 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4110 313 , , , 1662 4110 314 tin tin NNP 1662 4110 315 , , , 1662 4110 316 natural natural JJ 1662 4110 317 gas gas NN 1662 4110 318 , , , 1662 4110 319 nickel nickel NN 1662 4110 320 , , , 1662 4110 321 timber timber NN 1662 4110 322 , , , 1662 4110 323 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 4110 324 , , , 1662 4110 325 copper copper NN 1662 4110 326 , , , 1662 4110 327 fertile fertile JJ 1662 4110 328 soils soil NNS 1662 4110 329 , , , 1662 4110 330 coal coal NN 1662 4110 331 , , , 1662 4110 332 gold gold NN 1662 4110 333 , , , 1662 4110 334 silver silver NN 1662 4110 335 Land Land NNP 1662 4110 336 use use NN 1662 4110 337 : : : 1662 4110 338 arable arable JJ 1662 4110 339 land land NN 1662 4110 340 : : : 1662 4110 341 10 10 CD 1662 4110 342 % % NN 1662 4110 343 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4110 344 crops crop NNS 1662 4110 345 : : : 1662 4110 346 7 7 CD 1662 4110 347 % % NN 1662 4110 348 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4110 349 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4110 350 : : : 1662 4110 351 7 7 CD 1662 4110 352 % % NN 1662 4110 353 forests forest NNS 1662 4110 354 and and CC 1662 4110 355 woodland woodland JJ 1662 4110 356 : : : 1662 4110 357 62 62 CD 1662 4110 358 % % NN 1662 4110 359 other other JJ 1662 4110 360 : : : 1662 4110 361 14 14 CD 1662 4110 362 % % NN 1662 4110 363 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4110 364 1993 1993 CD 1662 4110 365 est est NNP 1662 4110 366 . . . 1662 4110 367 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4111 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4111 2 land land NN 1662 4111 3 : : : 1662 4111 4 45,970 45,970 CD 1662 4111 5 sq sq NNP 1662 4111 6 km km NNP 1662 4111 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4111 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 4111 9 est est NNP 1662 4111 10 . . . 1662 4111 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4112 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 4112 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4112 3 : : : 1662 4112 4 occasional occasional JJ 1662 4112 5 floods flood NNS 1662 4112 6 , , , 1662 4112 7 severe severe JJ 1662 4112 8 droughts drought NNS 1662 4112 9 , , , 1662 4112 10 tsunamis tsunami NNS 1662 4112 11 , , , 1662 4112 12 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 4112 13 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4112 14 - - HYPH 1662 4112 15 current current JJ 1662 4112 16 issues issue NNS 1662 4112 17 : : : 1662 4112 18 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 4112 19 ; ; : 1662 4112 20 water water NN 1662 4112 21 pollution pollution NN 1662 4112 22 from from IN 1662 4112 23 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4112 24 wastes waste NNS 1662 4112 25 , , , 1662 4112 26 sewage sewage NN 1662 4112 27 ; ; , 1662 4112 28 air air NN 1662 4112 29 pollution pollution NN 1662 4112 30 in in IN 1662 4112 31 urban urban JJ 1662 4112 32 areas area NNS 1662 4112 33 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4112 34 - - HYPH 1662 4112 35 international international JJ 1662 4112 36 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4112 37 : : : 1662 4112 38 party party NN 1662 4112 39 to to TO 1662 4112 40 : : : 1662 4112 41 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 4112 42 , , , 1662 4112 43 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4112 44 Change Change NNP 1662 4112 45 , , , 1662 4112 46 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 4112 47 Species Species NNPS 1662 4112 48 , , , 1662 4112 49 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 4112 50 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 4112 51 , , , 1662 4112 52 Law Law NNP 1662 4112 53 of of IN 1662 4112 54 the the DT 1662 4112 55 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4112 56 , , , 1662 4112 57 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 4112 58 Test Test NNP 1662 4112 59 Ban Ban NNP 1662 4112 60 , , , 1662 4112 61 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 4112 62 Layer Layer NNP 1662 4112 63 Protection Protection NNP 1662 4112 64 , , , 1662 4112 65 Ship Ship NNP 1662 4112 66 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4112 67 , , , 1662 4112 68 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 4112 69 Timber Timber NNP 1662 4112 70 83 83 CD 1662 4112 71 , , , 1662 4112 72 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 4112 73 Timber Timber NNP 1662 4112 74 94 94 CD 1662 4112 75 , , , 1662 4112 76 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 4112 77 signed sign VBD 1662 4112 78 , , , 1662 4112 79 but but CC 1662 4112 80 not not RB 1662 4112 81 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4112 82 : : : 1662 4112 83 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 4112 84 , , , 1662 4112 85 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4112 86 Life Life NNP 1662 4112 87 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 4112 88 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4112 89 - - HYPH 1662 4112 90 note note NNP 1662 4112 91 : : : 1662 4112 92 archipelago archipelago NN 1662 4112 93 of of IN 1662 4112 94 17,000 17,000 CD 1662 4112 95 islands island NNS 1662 4112 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4112 97 6,000 6,000 CD 1662 4112 98 inhabited inhabit VBN 1662 4112 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4112 100 ; ; : 1662 4112 101 straddles straddle NNS 1662 4112 102 Equator equator NN 1662 4112 103 ; ; : 1662 4112 104 strategic strategic JJ 1662 4112 105 location location NN 1662 4112 106 astride astride IN 1662 4112 107 or or CC 1662 4112 108 along along IN 1662 4112 109 major major JJ 1662 4112 110 sea sea NN 1662 4112 111 lanes lane NNS 1662 4112 112 from from IN 1662 4112 113 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4112 114 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4112 115 to to IN 1662 4112 116 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 4112 117 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4112 118 @Indonesia @Indonesia NNP 1662 4112 119 : : : 1662 4112 120 People People NNP 1662 4112 121 Population Population NNP 1662 4112 122 : : : 1662 4112 123 209,774,138 209,774,138 CD 1662 4112 124 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4112 125 July July NNP 1662 4112 126 1997 1997 CD 1662 4112 127 est est NNP 1662 4112 128 . . . 1662 4112 129 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4113 1 Age age NN 1662 4113 2 structure structure NN 1662 4113 3 : : : 1662 4113 4 0 0 CD 1662 4113 5 - - HYPH 1662 4113 6 14 14 CD 1662 4113 7 years year NNS 1662 4113 8 : : : 1662 4113 9 31 31 CD 1662 4113 10 % % NN 1662 4113 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4113 12 male male JJ 1662 4113 13 33,313,149 33,313,149 CD 1662 4113 14 ; ; : 1662 4113 15 female female JJ 1662 4113 16 32,367,905 32,367,905 CD 1662 4113 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4113 18 15 15 CD 1662 4113 19 - - SYM 1662 4113 20 64 64 CD 1662 4113 21 years year NNS 1662 4113 22 : : : 1662 4113 23 65 65 CD 1662 4113 24 % % NN 1662 4113 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4113 26 male male JJ 1662 4113 27 67,824,993 67,824,993 NNS 1662 4113 28 ; ; , 1662 4113 29 female female JJ 1662 4113 30 68,226,617 68,226,617 CD 1662 4113 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4113 32 65 65 CD 1662 4113 33 years year NNS 1662 4113 34 and and CC 1662 4113 35 over over IN 1662 4113 36 : : : 1662 4113 37 4 4 CD 1662 4113 38 % % NN 1662 4113 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4113 40 male male NN 1662 4113 41 3,557,886 3,557,886 CD 1662 4113 42 ; ; : 1662 4113 43 female female JJ 1662 4113 44 4,483,588 4,483,588 CD 1662 4113 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4113 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4113 47 July July NNP 1662 4113 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 4113 49 est est NNP 1662 4113 50 . . . 1662 4113 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4114 1 Population population NN 1662 4114 2 growth growth NN 1662 4114 3 rate rate NN 1662 4114 4 : : : 1662 4114 5 1.51 1.51 CD 1662 4114 6 % % NN 1662 4114 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4114 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4114 9 est est NNP 1662 4114 10 . . . 1662 4114 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4115 1 Birth birth NN 1662 4115 2 rate rate NN 1662 4115 3 : : : 1662 4115 4 23.39 23.39 CD 1662 4115 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 4115 6 population population NN 1662 4115 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4115 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4115 9 est est NNP 1662 4115 10 . . . 1662 4115 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4116 1 Death death NN 1662 4116 2 rate rate NN 1662 4116 3 : : : 1662 4116 4 8.3 8.3 CD 1662 4116 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4116 6 population population NN 1662 4116 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4116 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4116 9 est est NNP 1662 4116 10 . . . 1662 4116 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4117 1 Net net JJ 1662 4117 2 migration migration NN 1662 4117 3 rate rate NN 1662 4117 4 : : : 1662 4117 5 0 0 NFP 1662 4117 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 4117 7 population population NN 1662 4117 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4117 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 4117 10 est est NNP 1662 4117 11 . . . 1662 4117 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4118 1 Sex sex NN 1662 4118 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 4118 3 : : : 1662 4118 4 at at IN 1662 4118 5 birth birth NN 1662 4118 6 : : : 1662 4118 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 4118 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4118 9 under under IN 1662 4118 10 15 15 CD 1662 4118 11 years year NNS 1662 4118 12 : : : 1662 4118 13 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 4118 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4118 15 15 15 CD 1662 4118 16 - - HYPH 1662 4118 17 64 64 CD 1662 4118 18 years year NNS 1662 4118 19 : : : 1662 4118 20 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 4118 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4118 22 65 65 CD 1662 4118 23 years year NNS 1662 4118 24 and and CC 1662 4118 25 over over IN 1662 4118 26 : : : 1662 4118 27 0.79 0.79 CD 1662 4118 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 4118 29 total total JJ 1662 4118 30 population population NN 1662 4118 31 : : : 1662 4118 32 1 1 CD 1662 4118 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4118 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4118 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 4118 36 est e JJS 1662 4118 37 . . . 1662 4118 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4119 1 Infant infant NN 1662 4119 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 4119 3 rate rate NN 1662 4119 4 : : : 1662 4119 5 61.2 61.2 CD 1662 4119 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4119 7 live live JJ 1662 4119 8 births birth NNS 1662 4119 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4119 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4119 11 est est NNP 1662 4119 12 . . . 1662 4119 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4120 1 Life life NN 1662 4120 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 4120 3 at at IN 1662 4120 4 birth birth NN 1662 4120 5 : : : 1662 4120 6 total total JJ 1662 4120 7 population population NN 1662 4120 8 : : : 1662 4120 9 62.06 62.06 CD 1662 4120 10 years year NNS 1662 4120 11 male male JJ 1662 4120 12 : : : 1662 4120 13 59.89 59.89 CD 1662 4120 14 years year NNS 1662 4120 15 female female JJ 1662 4120 16 : : : 1662 4120 17 64.34 64.34 CD 1662 4120 18 years year NNS 1662 4120 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4120 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 4120 21 est est NNP 1662 4120 22 . . . 1662 4120 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4121 1 Total total JJ 1662 4121 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 4121 3 rate rate NN 1662 4121 4 : : : 1662 4121 5 2.66 2.66 CD 1662 4121 6 children child NNS 1662 4121 7 born bear VBN 1662 4121 8 / / SYM 1662 4121 9 woman woman NN 1662 4121 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4121 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 4121 12 est est NNP 1662 4121 13 . . . 1662 4121 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4122 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 4122 2 : : : 1662 4122 3 noun noun NNP 1662 4122 4 : : : 1662 4122 5 Indonesian(s Indonesian(s NNP 1662 4122 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4122 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 4122 8 : : : 1662 4122 9 Indonesian indonesian JJ 1662 4122 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4122 11 groups group NNS 1662 4122 12 : : : 1662 4122 13 Javanese javanese NN 1662 4122 14 45 45 CD 1662 4122 15 % % NN 1662 4122 16 , , , 1662 4122 17 Sundanese Sundanese NNP 1662 4122 18 14 14 CD 1662 4122 19 % % NN 1662 4122 20 , , , 1662 4122 21 Madurese Madurese NNP 1662 4122 22 7.5 7.5 CD 1662 4122 23 % % NN 1662 4122 24 , , , 1662 4122 25 coastal coastal JJ 1662 4122 26 Malays Malays NNP 1662 4122 27 7.5 7.5 CD 1662 4122 28 % % NN 1662 4122 29 , , , 1662 4122 30 other other JJ 1662 4122 31 26 26 CD 1662 4122 32 % % NN 1662 4122 33 Religions religion NNS 1662 4122 34 : : : 1662 4122 35 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 4122 36 87 87 CD 1662 4122 37 % % NN 1662 4122 38 , , , 1662 4122 39 Protestant protestant NN 1662 4122 40 6 6 CD 1662 4122 41 % % NN 1662 4122 42 , , , 1662 4122 43 Roman roman JJ 1662 4122 44 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 4122 45 3 3 CD 1662 4122 46 % % NN 1662 4122 47 , , , 1662 4122 48 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 4122 49 2 2 CD 1662 4122 50 % % NN 1662 4122 51 , , , 1662 4122 52 Buddhist Buddhist NNP 1662 4122 53 1 1 CD 1662 4122 54 % % NN 1662 4122 55 , , , 1662 4122 56 other other JJ 1662 4122 57 1 1 CD 1662 4122 58 % % NN 1662 4122 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4122 60 1985 1985 CD 1662 4122 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4122 62 Languages language NNS 1662 4122 63 : : : 1662 4122 64 Bahasa Bahasa NNP 1662 4122 65 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 4122 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4122 67 official official JJ 1662 4122 68 , , , 1662 4122 69 modified modify VBN 1662 4122 70 form form NN 1662 4122 71 of of IN 1662 4122 72 Malay Malay NNP 1662 4122 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4122 74 , , , 1662 4122 75 English English NNP 1662 4122 76 , , , 1662 4122 77 Dutch dutch JJ 1662 4122 78 , , , 1662 4122 79 local local JJ 1662 4122 80 dialects dialect NNS 1662 4122 81 , , , 1662 4122 82 the the DT 1662 4122 83 most most RBS 1662 4122 84 widely widely RB 1662 4122 85 spoken speak VBN 1662 4122 86 of of IN 1662 4122 87 which which WDT 1662 4122 88 is be VBZ 1662 4122 89 Javanese Javanese NNP 1662 4122 90 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 4122 91 : : : 1662 4122 92 definition definition NN 1662 4122 93 : : : 1662 4122 94 age age NN 1662 4122 95 15 15 CD 1662 4122 96 and and CC 1662 4122 97 over over RB 1662 4122 98 can can MD 1662 4122 99 read read VB 1662 4122 100 and and CC 1662 4122 101 write write VB 1662 4122 102 total total JJ 1662 4122 103 population population NN 1662 4122 104 : : : 1662 4122 105 83.8 83.8 CD 1662 4122 106 % % NN 1662 4122 107 male male NN 1662 4122 108 : : : 1662 4122 109 89.6 89.6 CD 1662 4122 110 % % NN 1662 4122 111 female female NN 1662 4122 112 : : : 1662 4122 113 78 78 CD 1662 4122 114 % % NN 1662 4122 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4122 116 1995 1995 CD 1662 4122 117 est est NNP 1662 4122 118 . . . 1662 4122 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4123 1 @Indonesia @indonesia XX 1662 4123 2 : : : 1662 4123 3 Government Government NNP 1662 4123 4 Country Country NNP 1662 4123 5 name name NN 1662 4123 6 : : : 1662 4123 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4123 8 long long JJ 1662 4123 9 form form NN 1662 4123 10 : : : 1662 4123 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4123 12 of of IN 1662 4123 13 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 4123 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4123 15 short short JJ 1662 4123 16 form form NN 1662 4123 17 : : : 1662 4123 18 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 4123 19 local local JJ 1662 4123 20 long long JJ 1662 4123 21 form form NN 1662 4123 22 : : : 1662 4123 23 Republik Republik NNP 1662 4123 24 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 4123 25 local local JJ 1662 4123 26 short short JJ 1662 4123 27 form form NN 1662 4123 28 : : : 1662 4123 29 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 4123 30 former former JJ 1662 4123 31 : : : 1662 4123 32 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 4123 33 East East NNP 1662 4123 34 Indies Indies NNPS 1662 4123 35 ; ; : 1662 4123 36 Dutch Dutch NNP 1662 4123 37 East East NNP 1662 4123 38 Indies Indies NNP 1662 4123 39 Data Data NNP 1662 4123 40 code code NN 1662 4123 41 : : : 1662 4123 42 ID ID NNP 1662 4123 43 Government Government NNP 1662 4123 44 type type NN 1662 4123 45 : : : 1662 4123 46 republic republic NNP 1662 4123 47 National national JJ 1662 4123 48 capital capital NN 1662 4123 49 : : : 1662 4123 50 Jakarta Jakarta NNP 1662 4123 51 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 4123 52 divisions division NNS 1662 4123 53 : : : 1662 4123 54 24 24 CD 1662 4123 55 provinces province NNS 1662 4123 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4123 57 propinsi propinsi JJ 1662 4123 58 - - HYPH 1662 4123 59 propinsi propinsi JJ 1662 4123 60 , , , 1662 4123 61 singular singular JJ 1662 4123 62 - - HYPH 1662 4123 63 propinsi propinsi NN 1662 4123 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4123 65 , , , 1662 4123 66 2 2 CD 1662 4123 67 special special JJ 1662 4123 68 regions region NNS 1662 4123 69 * * NFP 1662 4123 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4123 71 daerah daerah NNP 1662 4123 72 - - HYPH 1662 4123 73 daerah daerah NNP 1662 4123 74 istimewa istimewa NNP 1662 4123 75 , , , 1662 4123 76 singular singular NNP 1662 4123 77 - - HYPH 1662 4123 78 daerah daerah NNP 1662 4123 79 istimewa istimewa NNP 1662 4123 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4123 81 , , , 1662 4123 82 and and CC 1662 4123 83 1 1 CD 1662 4123 84 special special JJ 1662 4123 85 capital capital NN 1662 4123 86 city city NN 1662 4123 87 district district NN 1662 4123 88 * * NFP 1662 4123 89 * * NFP 1662 4123 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4123 91 daerah daerah NNP 1662 4123 92 khusus khusus NNP 1662 4123 93 ibukota ibukota NNP 1662 4123 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4123 95 ; ; : 1662 4123 96 Aceh Aceh NNP 1662 4123 97 * * NFP 1662 4123 98 , , , 1662 4123 99 Bali Bali NNP 1662 4123 100 , , , 1662 4123 101 Bengkulu Bengkulu NNP 1662 4123 102 , , , 1662 4123 103 Irian Irian NNP 1662 4123 104 Jaya Jaya NNP 1662 4123 105 , , , 1662 4123 106 Jakarta Jakarta NNP 1662 4123 107 Raya Raya NNP 1662 4123 108 * * NFP 1662 4123 109 * * NFP 1662 4123 110 , , , 1662 4123 111 Jambi Jambi NNP 1662 4123 112 , , , 1662 4123 113 Jawa Jawa NNP 1662 4123 114 Barat Barat NNP 1662 4123 115 , , , 1662 4123 116 Jawa Jawa NNP 1662 4123 117 Tengah Tengah NNP 1662 4123 118 , , , 1662 4123 119 Jawa Jawa NNP 1662 4123 120 Timur Timur NNP 1662 4123 121 , , , 1662 4123 122 Kalimantan Kalimantan NNP 1662 4123 123 Barat Barat NNP 1662 4123 124 , , , 1662 4123 125 Kalimantan Kalimantan NNP 1662 4123 126 Selatan Selatan NNP 1662 4123 127 , , , 1662 4123 128 Kalimantan Kalimantan NNP 1662 4123 129 Tengah Tengah NNP 1662 4123 130 , , , 1662 4123 131 Kalimantan Kalimantan NNP 1662 4123 132 Timur Timur NNP 1662 4123 133 , , , 1662 4123 134 Lampung Lampung NNP 1662 4123 135 , , , 1662 4123 136 Maluku Maluku NNP 1662 4123 137 , , , 1662 4123 138 Nusa Nusa NNP 1662 4123 139 Tenggara Tenggara NNP 1662 4123 140 Barat Barat NNP 1662 4123 141 , , , 1662 4123 142 Nusa Nusa NNP 1662 4123 143 Tenggara Tenggara NNP 1662 4123 144 Timur Timur NNP 1662 4123 145 , , , 1662 4123 146 Riau Riau NNP 1662 4123 147 , , , 1662 4123 148 Sulawesi Sulawesi NNP 1662 4123 149 Selatan Selatan NNP 1662 4123 150 , , , 1662 4123 151 Sulawesi Sulawesi NNP 1662 4123 152 Tengah Tengah NNP 1662 4123 153 , , , 1662 4123 154 Sulawesi Sulawesi NNP 1662 4123 155 Tenggara Tenggara NNP 1662 4123 156 , , , 1662 4123 157 Sulawesi Sulawesi NNP 1662 4123 158 Utara Utara NNP 1662 4123 159 , , , 1662 4123 160 Sumatera Sumatera NNP 1662 4123 161 Barat Barat NNP 1662 4123 162 , , , 1662 4123 163 Sumatera Sumatera NNP 1662 4123 164 Selatan Selatan NNP 1662 4123 165 , , , 1662 4123 166 Sumatera Sumatera NNP 1662 4123 167 Utara Utara NNP 1662 4123 168 , , , 1662 4123 169 Timor Timor NNP 1662 4123 170 Timur Timur NNP 1662 4123 171 , , , 1662 4123 172 Yogyakarta Yogyakarta NNP 1662 4123 173 * * NFP 1662 4123 174 Independence independence NN 1662 4123 175 : : : 1662 4123 176 17 17 CD 1662 4123 177 August August NNP 1662 4123 178 1945 1945 CD 1662 4123 179 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4123 180 proclaimed proclaim VBN 1662 4123 181 independence independence NN 1662 4123 182 ; ; , 1662 4123 183 on on IN 1662 4123 184 27 27 CD 1662 4123 185 December December NNP 1662 4123 186 1949 1949 CD 1662 4123 187 , , , 1662 4123 188 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 4123 189 became become VBD 1662 4123 190 legally legally RB 1662 4123 191 independent independent JJ 1662 4123 192 from from IN 1662 4123 193 the the DT 1662 4123 194 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 4123 195 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4123 196 National national JJ 1662 4123 197 holiday holiday NN 1662 4123 198 : : : 1662 4123 199 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4123 200 Day Day NNP 1662 4123 201 , , , 1662 4123 202 17 17 CD 1662 4123 203 August August NNP 1662 4123 204 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4123 205 1945 1945 CD 1662 4123 206 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4123 207 Constitution constitution NN 1662 4123 208 : : : 1662 4123 209 August August NNP 1662 4123 210 1945 1945 CD 1662 4123 211 , , , 1662 4123 212 abrogated abrogate VBN 1662 4123 213 by by IN 1662 4123 214 Federal Federal NNP 1662 4123 215 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 4123 216 of of IN 1662 4123 217 1949 1949 CD 1662 4123 218 and and CC 1662 4123 219 Provisional Provisional NNP 1662 4123 220 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 4123 221 of of IN 1662 4123 222 1950 1950 CD 1662 4123 223 , , , 1662 4123 224 restored restore VBD 1662 4123 225 5 5 CD 1662 4123 226 July July NNP 1662 4123 227 1959 1959 CD 1662 4123 228 Legal legal JJ 1662 4123 229 system system NN 1662 4123 230 : : : 1662 4123 231 based base VBN 1662 4123 232 on on IN 1662 4123 233 Roman roman JJ 1662 4123 234 - - HYPH 1662 4123 235 Dutch dutch JJ 1662 4123 236 law law NN 1662 4123 237 , , , 1662 4123 238 substantially substantially RB 1662 4123 239 modified modify VBN 1662 4123 240 by by IN 1662 4123 241 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 4123 242 concepts concept NNS 1662 4123 243 and and CC 1662 4123 244 by by IN 1662 4123 245 new new JJ 1662 4123 246 criminal criminal JJ 1662 4123 247 procedures procedure NNS 1662 4123 248 code code NN 1662 4123 249 ; ; : 1662 4123 250 has have VBZ 1662 4123 251 not not RB 1662 4123 252 accepted accept VBN 1662 4123 253 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 4123 254 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 4123 255 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 4123 256 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 4123 257 : : : 1662 4123 258 17 17 CD 1662 4123 259 years year NNS 1662 4123 260 of of IN 1662 4123 261 age age NN 1662 4123 262 ; ; : 1662 4123 263 universal universal JJ 1662 4123 264 and and CC 1662 4123 265 married married JJ 1662 4123 266 persons person NNS 1662 4123 267 regardless regardless RB 1662 4123 268 of of IN 1662 4123 269 age age NN 1662 4123 270 Executive executive JJ 1662 4123 271 branch branch NN 1662 4123 272 : : : 1662 4123 273 chief chief NN 1662 4123 274 of of IN 1662 4123 275 state state NN 1662 4123 276 : : : 1662 4123 277 President President NNP 1662 4123 278 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 4124 1 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4124 2 Ret Ret NNP 1662 4124 3 . . . 1662 4124 4 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4125 1 SOEHARTO SOEHARTO NNP 1662 4125 2 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4125 3 since since IN 1662 4125 4 27 27 CD 1662 4125 5 March March NNP 1662 4125 6 1968 1968 CD 1662 4125 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4125 8 and and CC 1662 4125 9 Vice Vice NNP 1662 4125 10 President President NNP 1662 4125 11 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 4126 1 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4126 2 Ret Ret NNP 1662 4126 3 . . . 1662 4126 4 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4127 1 Try try VB 1662 4127 2 SUTRISNO sutrisno VB 1662 4127 3 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4127 4 since since IN 1662 4127 5 11 11 CD 1662 4127 6 March March NNP 1662 4127 7 1993 1993 CD 1662 4127 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4127 9 ; ; : 1662 4127 10 note note VB 1662 4127 11 - - : 1662 4127 12 the the DT 1662 4127 13 president president NN 1662 4127 14 is be VBZ 1662 4127 15 both both CC 1662 4127 16 the the DT 1662 4127 17 chief chief NN 1662 4127 18 of of IN 1662 4127 19 state state NN 1662 4127 20 and and CC 1662 4127 21 head head NN 1662 4127 22 of of IN 1662 4127 23 government government NN 1662 4127 24 head head NN 1662 4127 25 of of IN 1662 4127 26 government government NN 1662 4127 27 : : : 1662 4127 28 President President NNP 1662 4127 29 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 4128 1 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4128 2 Ret Ret NNP 1662 4128 3 . . . 1662 4128 4 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4129 1 SOEHARTO SOEHARTO NNP 1662 4129 2 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4129 3 since since IN 1662 4129 4 27 27 CD 1662 4129 5 March March NNP 1662 4129 6 1968 1968 CD 1662 4129 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4129 8 and and CC 1662 4129 9 Vice Vice NNP 1662 4129 10 President President NNP 1662 4129 11 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 4130 1 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4130 2 Ret Ret NNP 1662 4130 3 . . . 1662 4130 4 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4131 1 Try try VB 1662 4131 2 SUTRISNO sutrisno VB 1662 4131 3 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4131 4 since since IN 1662 4131 5 11 11 CD 1662 4131 6 March March NNP 1662 4131 7 1993 1993 CD 1662 4131 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4131 9 ; ; : 1662 4131 10 note note VB 1662 4131 11 - - : 1662 4131 12 the the DT 1662 4131 13 president president NN 1662 4131 14 is be VBZ 1662 4131 15 both both CC 1662 4131 16 the the DT 1662 4131 17 chief chief NN 1662 4131 18 of of IN 1662 4131 19 state state NN 1662 4131 20 and and CC 1662 4131 21 head head NN 1662 4131 22 of of IN 1662 4131 23 government government NN 1662 4131 24 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4131 25 : : : 1662 4131 26 Cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4131 27 elections election NNS 1662 4131 28 : : : 1662 4131 29 president president NN 1662 4131 30 and and CC 1662 4131 31 vice vice NN 1662 4131 32 president president NN 1662 4131 33 elected elect VBN 1662 4131 34 by by IN 1662 4131 35 consensus consensus NN 1662 4131 36 by by IN 1662 4131 37 the the DT 1662 4131 38 People People NNPS 1662 4131 39 's 's POS 1662 4131 40 Consultative Consultative NNP 1662 4131 41 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4131 42 for for IN 1662 4131 43 five five CD 1662 4131 44 - - HYPH 1662 4131 45 year year NN 1662 4131 46 terms term NNS 1662 4131 47 ; ; : 1662 4131 48 election election NN 1662 4131 49 last last JJ 1662 4131 50 held hold VBD 1662 4131 51 11 11 CD 1662 4131 52 March March NNP 1662 4131 53 1993 1993 CD 1662 4131 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4131 55 next next JJ 1662 4131 56 to to TO 1662 4131 57 be be VB 1662 4131 58 held hold VBN 1662 4131 59 NA NA NNP 1662 4131 60 March March NNP 1662 4131 61 1998 1998 CD 1662 4131 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4131 63 election election NN 1662 4131 64 results result NNS 1662 4131 65 : : : 1662 4131 66 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 4132 1 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4132 2 Ret Ret NNP 1662 4132 3 . . . 1662 4132 4 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4133 1 SOEHARTO SOEHARTO NNP 1662 4133 2 elected elect VBD 1662 4133 3 president president NN 1662 4133 4 by by IN 1662 4133 5 consensus consensus NN 1662 4133 6 by by IN 1662 4133 7 the the DT 1662 4133 8 People People NNPS 1662 4133 9 's 's POS 1662 4133 10 Consultative Consultative NNP 1662 4133 11 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4133 12 ; ; : 1662 4133 13 Gen. Gen. 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J. 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- HYPH 1662 4139 4 rubber rubber NN 1662 4139 5 and and CC 1662 4139 6 palm palm NN 1662 4139 7 oil oil NN 1662 4139 8 - - HYPH 1662 4139 9 and and CC 1662 4139 10 textiles textile NNS 1662 4139 11 and and CC 1662 4139 12 plywood plywood NN 1662 4139 13 are be VBP 1662 4139 14 being be VBG 1662 4139 15 encouraged encourage VBN 1662 4139 16 for for IN 1662 4139 17 both both DT 1662 4139 18 export export NN 1662 4139 19 and and CC 1662 4139 20 job job NN 1662 4139 21 generation generation NN 1662 4139 22 . . . 1662 4140 1 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 4140 2 output output NN 1662 4140 3 is be VBZ 1662 4140 4 based base VBN 1662 4140 5 on on IN 1662 4140 6 diverse diverse JJ 1662 4140 7 natural natural JJ 1662 4140 8 resources resource NNS 1662 4140 9 , , , 1662 4140 10 including include VBG 1662 4140 11 crude crude JJ 1662 4140 12 oil oil NN 1662 4140 13 , , , 1662 4140 14 natural natural JJ 1662 4140 15 gas gas NN 1662 4140 16 , , , 1662 4140 17 timber timber NN 1662 4140 18 , , , 1662 4140 19 metals metal NNS 1662 4140 20 , , , 1662 4140 21 and and CC 1662 4140 22 coal coal NN 1662 4140 23 . . . 1662 4141 1 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4141 2 remains remain VBZ 1662 4141 3 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 4141 4 's 's POS 1662 4141 5 most most RBS 1662 4141 6 important important JJ 1662 4141 7 customer customer NN 1662 4141 8 and and CC 1662 4141 9 supplier supplier NN 1662 4141 10 of of IN 1662 4141 11 aid aid NN 1662 4141 12 . . . 1662 4142 1 Growth growth NN 1662 4142 2 in in IN 1662 4142 3 1996 1996 CD 1662 4142 4 was be VBD 1662 4142 5 led lead VBN 1662 4142 6 by by IN 1662 4142 7 industry industry NN 1662 4142 8 , , , 1662 4142 9 transport transport NN 1662 4142 10 , , , 1662 4142 11 and and CC 1662 4142 12 tourism tourism NN 1662 4142 13 . . . 1662 4143 1 Strong strong JJ 1662 4143 2 growth growth NN 1662 4143 3 should should MD 1662 4143 4 continue continue VB 1662 4143 5 in in IN 1662 4143 6 1997 1997 CD 1662 4143 7 assuming assume VBG 1662 4143 8 no no DT 1662 4143 9 sharp sharp JJ 1662 4143 10 rise rise NN 1662 4143 11 in in IN 1662 4143 12 political political JJ 1662 4143 13 uncertainty uncertainty NN 1662 4143 14 . . . 1662 4144 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4144 2 : : : 1662 4144 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4144 4 power power NN 1662 4144 5 parity parity NN 1662 4144 6 - - : 1662 4144 7 $ $ $ 1662 4144 8 779.7 779.7 CD 1662 4144 9 billion billion CD 1662 4144 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4144 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4144 12 est est NNP 1662 4144 13 . . . 1662 4144 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4145 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4145 2 - - HYPH 1662 4145 3 real real JJ 1662 4145 4 growth growth NN 1662 4145 5 rate rate NN 1662 4145 6 : : : 1662 4145 7 7 7 CD 1662 4145 8 % % NN 1662 4145 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4145 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 4145 11 est est NNP 1662 4145 12 . . . 1662 4145 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4146 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4146 2 - - HYPH 1662 4146 3 per per FW 1662 4146 4 capita capita NN 1662 4146 5 : : : 1662 4146 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4146 7 power power NN 1662 4146 8 parity parity NN 1662 4146 9 - - : 1662 4146 10 $ $ $ 1662 4146 11 3,770 3,770 CD 1662 4146 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4146 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 4146 14 est est NNP 1662 4146 15 . . . 1662 4146 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4147 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4147 2 - - HYPH 1662 4147 3 composition composition NN 1662 4147 4 by by IN 1662 4147 5 sector sector NN 1662 4147 6 : : : 1662 4147 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4147 8 : : : 1662 4147 9 17 17 CD 1662 4147 10 % % NN 1662 4147 11 industry industry NN 1662 4147 12 : : : 1662 4147 13 42 42 CD 1662 4147 14 % % NN 1662 4147 15 services service NNS 1662 4147 16 : : : 1662 4147 17 41 41 CD 1662 4147 18 % % NN 1662 4147 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4147 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 4147 21 est est NNP 1662 4147 22 . . . 1662 4147 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4148 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 4148 2 rate rate NN 1662 4148 3 - - HYPH 1662 4148 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 4148 5 price price NN 1662 4148 6 index index NN 1662 4148 7 : : : 1662 4148 8 7 7 CD 1662 4148 9 % % NN 1662 4148 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4148 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4148 12 est est NNP 1662 4148 13 . . . 1662 4148 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4149 1 Labor labor NN 1662 4149 2 force force NN 1662 4149 3 : : : 1662 4149 4 total total NN 1662 4149 5 : : : 1662 4149 6 67 67 CD 1662 4149 7 million million CD 1662 4149 8 by by IN 1662 4149 9 occupation occupation NN 1662 4149 10 : : : 1662 4149 11 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4149 12 55 55 CD 1662 4149 13 % % NN 1662 4149 14 , , , 1662 4149 15 manufacturing manufacture VBG 1662 4149 16 10 10 CD 1662 4149 17 % % NN 1662 4149 18 , , , 1662 4149 19 construction construction NN 1662 4149 20 4 4 CD 1662 4149 21 % % NN 1662 4149 22 , , , 1662 4149 23 transport transport NN 1662 4149 24 and and CC 1662 4149 25 communications communication NNS 1662 4149 26 3 3 CD 1662 4149 27 % % NN 1662 4149 28 , , , 1662 4149 29 other other JJ 1662 4149 30 28 28 CD 1662 4149 31 % % NN 1662 4149 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4149 33 1985 1985 CD 1662 4149 34 est est NNP 1662 4149 35 . . . 1662 4149 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4150 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4150 2 rate rate NN 1662 4150 3 : : : 1662 4150 4 3 3 CD 1662 4150 5 % % NN 1662 4150 6 official official JJ 1662 4150 7 rate rate NN 1662 4150 8 ; ; : 1662 4150 9 underemployment underemployment JJ 1662 4150 10 40 40 CD 1662 4150 11 % % NN 1662 4150 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4150 13 1994 1994 CD 1662 4150 14 est est NNP 1662 4150 15 . . . 1662 4150 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4151 1 Budget budget NN 1662 4151 2 : : : 1662 4151 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 4151 4 : : : 1662 4151 5 $ $ $ 1662 4151 6 41.5 41.5 CD 1662 4151 7 billion billion CD 1662 4151 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4151 9 : : : 1662 4151 10 $ $ $ 1662 4151 11 41.5 41.5 CD 1662 4151 12 billion billion CD 1662 4151 13 , , , 1662 4151 14 including include VBG 1662 4151 15 capital capital NN 1662 4151 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4151 17 of of IN 1662 4151 18 $ $ $ 1662 4151 19 16 16 CD 1662 4151 20 billion billion CD 1662 4151 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4151 22 FY97/98 fy97/98 CD 1662 4151 23 est est NNP 1662 4151 24 . . . 1662 4151 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4152 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 4152 2 : : : 1662 4152 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4152 4 and and CC 1662 4152 5 natural natural JJ 1662 4152 6 gas gas NN 1662 4152 7 , , , 1662 4152 8 textiles textile NNS 1662 4152 9 , , , 1662 4152 10 mining mining NN 1662 4152 11 , , , 1662 4152 12 cement cement NN 1662 4152 13 , , , 1662 4152 14 chemical chemical NN 1662 4152 15 fertilizers fertilizer NNS 1662 4152 16 , , , 1662 4152 17 plywood plywood NN 1662 4152 18 , , , 1662 4152 19 food food NN 1662 4152 20 , , , 1662 4152 21 rubber rubber NN 1662 4152 22 ; ; , 1662 4152 23 tourism tourism NN 1662 4152 24 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 4152 25 production production NN 1662 4152 26 growth growth NN 1662 4152 27 rate rate NN 1662 4152 28 : : : 1662 4152 29 13.9 13.9 CD 1662 4152 30 % % NN 1662 4152 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4152 32 1995 1995 CD 1662 4152 33 est est NNP 1662 4152 34 . . . 1662 4152 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4153 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4153 2 - - HYPH 1662 4153 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 4153 4 : : : 1662 4153 5 16.27 16.27 CD 1662 4153 6 million million CD 1662 4153 7 kW kW NNP 1662 4153 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4153 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 4153 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4153 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4153 12 - - HYPH 1662 4153 13 production production NN 1662 4153 14 : : : 1662 4153 15 58.31 58.31 CD 1662 4153 16 billion billion CD 1662 4153 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4153 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4153 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 4153 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4153 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4153 22 - - HYPH 1662 4153 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 4153 24 per per IN 1662 4153 25 capita capita NN 1662 4153 26 : : : 1662 4153 27 276 276 CD 1662 4153 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4153 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4153 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 4153 31 est est NNP 1662 4153 32 . . . 1662 4153 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4154 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4154 2 - - HYPH 1662 4154 3 products product NNS 1662 4154 4 : : : 1662 4154 5 rice rice NN 1662 4154 6 , , , 1662 4154 7 cassava cassava NNP 1662 4154 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4154 9 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 4154 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4154 11 , , , 1662 4154 12 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 4154 13 , , , 1662 4154 14 rubber rubber NN 1662 4154 15 , , , 1662 4154 16 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 4154 17 , , , 1662 4154 18 coffee coffee NN 1662 4154 19 , , , 1662 4154 20 palm palm NN 1662 4154 21 oil oil NN 1662 4154 22 , , , 1662 4154 23 copra copra NNP 1662 4154 24 , , , 1662 4154 25 other other JJ 1662 4154 26 tropical tropical JJ 1662 4154 27 products product NNS 1662 4154 28 ; ; , 1662 4154 29 poultry poultry NN 1662 4154 30 , , , 1662 4154 31 beef beef NN 1662 4154 32 , , , 1662 4154 33 pork pork NN 1662 4154 34 , , , 1662 4154 35 eggs egg NNS 1662 4154 36 Exports export NNS 1662 4154 37 : : : 1662 4154 38 total total JJ 1662 4154 39 value value NN 1662 4154 40 : : : 1662 4154 41 $ $ $ 1662 4154 42 49.8 49.8 CD 1662 4154 43 billion billion CD 1662 4154 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4154 45 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 4154 46 . . NNP 1662 4154 47 , , , 1662 4154 48 1996 1996 CD 1662 4154 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4154 50 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4154 51 : : : 1662 4154 52 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 4154 53 51.9 51.9 CD 1662 4154 54 % % NN 1662 4154 55 , , , 1662 4154 56 fuels fuel VBZ 1662 4154 57 26.4 26.4 CD 1662 4154 58 % % NN 1662 4154 59 , , , 1662 4154 60 foodstuffs foodstuff VBZ 1662 4154 61 12.7 12.7 CD 1662 4154 62 % % NN 1662 4154 63 , , , 1662 4154 64 raw raw JJ 1662 4154 65 materials material NNS 1662 4154 66 9.0 9.0 CD 1662 4154 67 % % NN 1662 4154 68 partners partner NNS 1662 4154 69 : : : 1662 4154 70 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4154 71 27.1 27.1 CD 1662 4154 72 % % NN 1662 4154 73 , , , 1662 4154 74 US US NNP 1662 4154 75 13.9 13.9 CD 1662 4154 76 % % NN 1662 4154 77 , , , 1662 4154 78 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 4154 79 8.3 8.3 CD 1662 4154 80 % % NN 1662 4154 81 , , , 1662 4154 82 South South NNP 1662 4154 83 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4154 84 6.4 6.4 CD 1662 4154 85 % % NN 1662 4154 86 , , , 1662 4154 87 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 4154 88 3.9 3.9 CD 1662 4154 89 % % NN 1662 4154 90 , , , 1662 4154 91 China China NNP 1662 4154 92 3.8 3.8 CD 1662 4154 93 % % NN 1662 4154 94 , , , 1662 4154 95 Hong Hong NNP 1662 4154 96 Kong Kong NNP 1662 4154 97 3.6 3.6 CD 1662 4154 98 % % NN 1662 4154 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4154 100 1995 1995 CD 1662 4154 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4154 102 Imports import NNS 1662 4154 103 : : : 1662 4154 104 total total JJ 1662 4154 105 value value NN 1662 4154 106 : : : 1662 4154 107 $ $ $ 1662 4154 108 42.9 42.9 CD 1662 4154 109 billion billion CD 1662 4154 110 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4154 111 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 4154 112 . . NNP 1662 4154 113 , , , 1662 4154 114 1996 1996 CD 1662 4154 115 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4154 116 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4154 117 : : : 1662 4154 118 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 4154 119 75.3 75.3 CD 1662 4154 120 % % NN 1662 4154 121 , , , 1662 4154 122 raw raw JJ 1662 4154 123 materials material NNS 1662 4154 124 9.0 9.0 CD 1662 4154 125 % % NN 1662 4154 126 , , , 1662 4154 127 foodstuffs foodstuff VBZ 1662 4154 128 7.8 7.8 CD 1662 4154 129 % % NN 1662 4154 130 , , , 1662 4154 131 fuels fuel VBZ 1662 4154 132 7.7 7.7 CD 1662 4154 133 % % NN 1662 4154 134 partners partner NNS 1662 4154 135 : : : 1662 4154 136 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4154 137 22.7 22.7 CD 1662 4154 138 % % NN 1662 4154 139 , , , 1662 4154 140 US US NNP 1662 4154 141 11.7 11.7 CD 1662 4154 142 % % NN 1662 4154 143 , , , 1662 4154 144 Germany Germany NNP 1662 4154 145 6.9 6.9 CD 1662 4154 146 % % NN 1662 4154 147 , , , 1662 4154 148 South South NNP 1662 4154 149 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4154 150 6.0 6.0 CD 1662 4154 151 % % NN 1662 4154 152 , , , 1662 4154 153 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 4154 154 5.8 5.8 CD 1662 4154 155 % % NN 1662 4154 156 , , , 1662 4154 157 Australia Australia NNP 1662 4154 158 5.0 5.0 CD 1662 4154 159 % % NN 1662 4154 160 , , , 1662 4154 161 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 4154 162 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 4154 163 % % NN 1662 4154 164 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4154 165 1995 1995 CD 1662 4154 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4154 167 Debt debt NN 1662 4154 168 - - HYPH 1662 4154 169 external external JJ 1662 4154 170 : : : 1662 4154 171 $ $ $ 1662 4154 172 110 110 CD 1662 4154 173 billion billion CD 1662 4154 174 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4154 175 yearend yearend VB 1662 4154 176 1996 1996 CD 1662 4154 177 est est NNP 1662 4154 178 . . . 1662 4154 179 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4155 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 4155 2 aid aid NN 1662 4155 3 : : : 1662 4155 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 4155 5 : : : 1662 4155 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 4155 7 , , , 1662 4155 8 $ $ $ 1662 4155 9 5.5 5.5 CD 1662 4155 10 billion billion CD 1662 4155 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4155 12 FY97/98 fy97/98 CD 1662 4155 13 est est NNP 1662 4155 14 . . . 1662 4155 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4156 1 Currency currency NN 1662 4156 2 : : : 1662 4156 3 Indonesian indonesian JJ 1662 4156 4 rupiah rupiah NN 1662 4156 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4156 6 Rp Rp NNP 1662 4156 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4156 8 Exchange exchange NN 1662 4156 9 rates rate NNS 1662 4156 10 : : : 1662 4156 11 Indonesian indonesian JJ 1662 4156 12 rupiahs rupiah NNS 1662 4156 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4156 14 Rp rp NN 1662 4156 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4156 16 per per IN 1662 4156 17 US$ us$ $ 1662 4156 18 1 1 CD 1662 4156 19 - - SYM 1662 4156 20 2,393.0 2,393.0 CD 1662 4156 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4156 22 January January NNP 1662 4156 23 1997 1997 CD 1662 4156 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4156 25 , , , 1662 4156 26 2,342.3 2,342.3 CD 1662 4156 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4156 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 4156 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4156 30 , , , 1662 4156 31 2,248.6 2,248.6 CD 1662 4156 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4156 33 1995 1995 CD 1662 4156 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4156 35 , , , 1662 4156 36 2,160.8 2,160.8 CD 1662 4156 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4156 38 1994 1994 CD 1662 4156 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4156 40 , , , 1662 4156 41 2,087.1 2,087.1 CD 1662 4156 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4156 43 1993 1993 CD 1662 4156 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4156 45 , , , 1662 4156 46 2,029.9 2,029.9 CD 1662 4156 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4156 48 1992 1992 CD 1662 4156 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4156 50 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4156 51 year year NN 1662 4156 52 : : : 1662 4156 53 1 1 CD 1662 4156 54 April April NNP 1662 4156 55 - - HYPH 1662 4156 56 31 31 CD 1662 4156 57 March March NNP 1662 4156 58 @Indonesia @Indonesia NNP 1662 4156 59 : : : 1662 4156 60 Communications Communications NNP 1662 4156 61 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 4156 62 : : : 1662 4156 63 1,276,600 1,276,600 CD 1662 4156 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4156 65 1993 1993 CD 1662 4156 66 est est NNP 1662 4156 67 . . . 1662 4156 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4157 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 4157 2 system system NN 1662 4157 3 : : : 1662 4157 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4157 5 service service NN 1662 4157 6 fair fair NNP 1662 4157 7 , , , 1662 4157 8 international international JJ 1662 4157 9 service service NN 1662 4157 10 good good NNP 1662 4157 11 domestic domestic NNP 1662 4157 12 : : : 1662 4157 13 interisland interisland VB 1662 4157 14 microwave microwave NN 1662 4157 15 system system NN 1662 4157 16 and and CC 1662 4157 17 HF HF NNP 1662 4157 18 radio radio NN 1662 4157 19 police police NN 1662 4157 20 net net NN 1662 4157 21 ; ; : 1662 4157 22 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4157 23 satellite satellite NN 1662 4157 24 communications communication NNS 1662 4157 25 system system NN 1662 4157 26 international international NNP 1662 4157 27 : : : 1662 4157 28 satellite satellite NN 1662 4157 29 earth earth NN 1662 4157 30 stations station NNS 1662 4157 31 - - , 1662 4157 32 2 2 CD 1662 4157 33 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4157 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4157 35 1 1 CD 1662 4157 36 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4157 37 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4157 38 and and CC 1662 4157 39 1 1 CD 1662 4157 40 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 4157 41 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4157 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4157 43 Radio radio NN 1662 4157 44 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4157 45 stations station NNS 1662 4157 46 : : : 1662 4157 47 AM AM NNP 1662 4157 48 618 618 CD 1662 4157 49 , , , 1662 4157 50 FM FM NNP 1662 4157 51 38 38 CD 1662 4157 52 , , , 1662 4157 53 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 4157 54 0 0 CD 1662 4157 55 Radios radio NNS 1662 4157 56 : : : 1662 4157 57 28.1 28.1 CD 1662 4157 58 million million CD 1662 4157 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4157 60 1992 1992 CD 1662 4157 61 est est NNP 1662 4157 62 . . . 1662 4157 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4158 1 Television television NN 1662 4158 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4158 3 stations station NNS 1662 4158 4 : : : 1662 4158 5 9 9 CD 1662 4158 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 4158 7 : : : 1662 4158 8 11.5 11.5 CD 1662 4158 9 million million CD 1662 4158 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4158 11 1992 1992 CD 1662 4158 12 est est NNP 1662 4158 13 . . . 1662 4158 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4159 1 @Indonesia @indonesia XX 1662 4159 2 : : : 1662 4159 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4159 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 4159 5 : : : 1662 4159 6 total total NN 1662 4159 7 : : : 1662 4159 8 6,458 6,458 CD 1662 4159 9 km km NN 1662 4159 10 narrow narrow JJ 1662 4159 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 4159 12 : : : 1662 4159 13 5,961 5,961 CD 1662 4159 14 km km NN 1662 4159 15 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 4159 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 4159 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4159 18 101 101 CD 1662 4159 19 km km NN 1662 4159 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 4159 21 ; ; : 1662 4159 22 101 101 CD 1662 4159 23 km km NN 1662 4159 24 double double JJ 1662 4159 25 track track NN 1662 4159 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4159 27 ; ; : 1662 4159 28 497 497 CD 1662 4159 29 km km NN 1662 4159 30 0.750-m 0.750-m CD 1662 4159 31 gauge gauge NN 1662 4159 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4159 33 1995 1995 CD 1662 4159 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4159 35 Highways highway NNS 1662 4159 36 : : : 1662 4159 37 total total NN 1662 4159 38 : : : 1662 4159 39 378,000 378,000 CD 1662 4159 40 km km NN 1662 4159 41 paved pave VBN 1662 4159 42 : : : 1662 4159 43 171,990 171,990 CD 1662 4159 44 km km NN 1662 4159 45 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4159 46 : : : 1662 4159 47 206,010 206,010 CD 1662 4159 48 km km NN 1662 4159 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4159 50 1995 1995 CD 1662 4159 51 est est NNP 1662 4159 52 . . . 1662 4159 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4160 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 4160 2 : : : 1662 4160 3 21,579 21,579 CD 1662 4160 4 km km NN 1662 4160 5 total total NN 1662 4160 6 ; ; : 1662 4160 7 Sumatra Sumatra NNP 1662 4160 8 5,471 5,471 CD 1662 4160 9 km km NN 1662 4160 10 , , , 1662 4160 11 Java Java NNP 1662 4160 12 and and CC 1662 4160 13 Madura Madura NNP 1662 4160 14 820 820 CD 1662 4160 15 km km NN 1662 4160 16 , , , 1662 4160 17 Kalimantan Kalimantan NNP 1662 4160 18 10,460 10,460 CD 1662 4160 19 km km NNS 1662 4160 20 , , , 1662 4160 21 Celebes Celebes NNP 1662 4160 22 241 241 CD 1662 4160 23 km km NNS 1662 4160 24 , , , 1662 4160 25 Irian Irian NNP 1662 4160 26 Jaya Jaya NNP 1662 4160 27 4,587 4,587 CD 1662 4160 28 km km NNP 1662 4160 29 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 4160 30 : : : 1662 4160 31 crude crude JJ 1662 4160 32 oil oil NN 1662 4160 33 2,505 2,505 CD 1662 4160 34 km km NN 1662 4160 35 ; ; : 1662 4160 36 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4160 37 products product NNS 1662 4160 38 456 456 CD 1662 4160 39 km km NN 1662 4160 40 ; ; : 1662 4160 41 natural natural JJ 1662 4160 42 gas gas NN 1662 4160 43 1,703 1,703 CD 1662 4160 44 km km NNS 1662 4160 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4160 46 1989 1989 CD 1662 4160 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4160 48 Ports port NNS 1662 4160 49 and and CC 1662 4160 50 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4160 51 : : : 1662 4160 52 Cilacap Cilacap NNP 1662 4160 53 , , , 1662 4160 54 Cirebon Cirebon NNP 1662 4160 55 , , , 1662 4160 56 Jakarta Jakarta NNP 1662 4160 57 , , , 1662 4160 58 Kupang Kupang NNP 1662 4160 59 , , , 1662 4160 60 Palembang Palembang NNP 1662 4160 61 , , , 1662 4160 62 Semarang Semarang NNP 1662 4160 63 , , , 1662 4160 64 Surabaya Surabaya NNP 1662 4160 65 , , , 1662 4160 66 Ujungpandang Ujungpandang NNP 1662 4160 67 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 4160 68 marine marine NN 1662 4160 69 : : : 1662 4160 70 total total NN 1662 4160 71 : : : 1662 4160 72 465 465 CD 1662 4160 73 ships ship NNS 1662 4160 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4160 75 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4160 76 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4160 77 or or CC 1662 4160 78 over over RB 1662 4160 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4160 80 totaling total VBG 1662 4160 81 2,185,353 2,185,353 CD 1662 4160 82 GRT/3,191,792 GRT/3,191,792 VBN 1662 4160 83 DWT dwt NN 1662 4160 84 ships ship NNS 1662 4160 85 by by IN 1662 4160 86 type type NN 1662 4160 87 : : : 1662 4160 88 bulk bulk NNP 1662 4160 89 30 30 CD 1662 4160 90 , , , 1662 4160 91 cargo cargo NN 1662 4160 92 267 267 CD 1662 4160 93 , , , 1662 4160 94 chemical chemical NN 1662 4160 95 tanker tanker NN 1662 4160 96 8 8 CD 1662 4160 97 , , , 1662 4160 98 container container NN 1662 4160 99 9 9 CD 1662 4160 100 , , , 1662 4160 101 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 4160 102 gas gas NN 1662 4160 103 tanker tanker NN 1662 4160 104 5 5 CD 1662 4160 105 , , , 1662 4160 106 livestock livestock NN 1662 4160 107 carrier carrier NN 1662 4160 108 1 1 CD 1662 4160 109 , , , 1662 4160 110 oil oil NN 1662 4160 111 tanker tanker NN 1662 4160 112 102 102 CD 1662 4160 113 , , , 1662 4160 114 passenger passenger NN 1662 4160 115 6 6 CD 1662 4160 116 , , , 1662 4160 117 passenger passenger NN 1662 4160 118 - - HYPH 1662 4160 119 cargo cargo NN 1662 4160 120 12 12 CD 1662 4160 121 , , , 1662 4160 122 roll roll NN 1662 4160 123 - - HYPH 1662 4160 124 on on IN 1662 4160 125 / / SYM 1662 4160 126 roll roll NN 1662 4160 127 - - HYPH 1662 4160 128 off off RP 1662 4160 129 cargo cargo NN 1662 4160 130 8 8 CD 1662 4160 131 , , , 1662 4160 132 short short JJ 1662 4160 133 - - HYPH 1662 4160 134 sea sea NN 1662 4160 135 passenger passenger NN 1662 4160 136 6 6 CD 1662 4160 137 , , , 1662 4160 138 specialized specialized NNP 1662 4160 139 tanker tanker NN 1662 4160 140 7 7 CD 1662 4160 141 , , , 1662 4160 142 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 4160 143 carrier carrier NN 1662 4160 144 4 4 CD 1662 4160 145 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4160 146 1996 1996 CD 1662 4160 147 est est NNP 1662 4160 148 . . . 1662 4160 149 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4161 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4161 2 : : : 1662 4161 3 413 413 CD 1662 4161 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4161 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4161 6 est est NNP 1662 4161 7 . . . 1662 4161 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4162 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4162 2 - - , 1662 4162 3 with with IN 1662 4162 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4162 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4162 6 : : : 1662 4162 7 total total NN 1662 4162 8 : : : 1662 4162 9 386 386 CD 1662 4162 10 over over IN 1662 4162 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4162 12 m m NN 1662 4162 13 : : : 1662 4162 14 4 4 CD 1662 4162 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4162 16 to to TO 1662 4162 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4162 18 m m NN 1662 4162 19 : : : 1662 4162 20 10 10 CD 1662 4162 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4162 22 to to TO 1662 4162 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4162 24 m m CD 1662 4162 25 : : : 1662 4162 26 36 36 CD 1662 4162 27 914 914 CD 1662 4162 28 to to TO 1662 4162 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4162 30 m m NN 1662 4162 31 : : : 1662 4162 32 39 39 CD 1662 4162 33 under under IN 1662 4162 34 914 914 CD 1662 4162 35 m m NN 1662 4162 36 : : : 1662 4162 37 297 297 CD 1662 4162 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4162 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 4162 40 est est NNP 1662 4162 41 . . . 1662 4162 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4163 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4163 2 - - , 1662 4163 3 with with IN 1662 4163 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4163 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4163 6 : : : 1662 4163 7 total total NN 1662 4163 8 : : : 1662 4163 9 27 27 CD 1662 4163 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4163 11 to to TO 1662 4163 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4163 13 m m NN 1662 4163 14 : : : 1662 4163 15 4 4 CD 1662 4163 16 914 914 CD 1662 4163 17 to to TO 1662 4163 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4163 19 m m NN 1662 4163 20 : : : 1662 4163 21 23 23 CD 1662 4163 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4163 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 4163 24 est est NNP 1662 4163 25 . . . 1662 4163 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4164 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 4164 2 : : : 1662 4164 3 4 4 CD 1662 4164 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4164 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4164 6 est est NNP 1662 4164 7 . . . 1662 4164 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4165 1 Military military JJ 1662 4165 2 Military military JJ 1662 4165 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4165 4 : : : 1662 4165 5 Army Army NNP 1662 4165 6 , , , 1662 4165 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 4165 8 , , , 1662 4165 9 Air Air NNP 1662 4165 10 Force Force NNP 1662 4165 11 , , , 1662 4165 12 National National NNP 1662 4165 13 Police Police NNP 1662 4165 14 Military Military NNP 1662 4165 15 manpower manpower NN 1662 4165 16 - - HYPH 1662 4165 17 military military NN 1662 4165 18 age age NN 1662 4165 19 : : : 1662 4165 20 18 18 CD 1662 4165 21 years year NNS 1662 4165 22 of of IN 1662 4165 23 age age NN 1662 4165 24 Military military JJ 1662 4165 25 manpower manpower NN 1662 4165 26 - - HYPH 1662 4165 27 availability availability NN 1662 4165 28 : : : 1662 4165 29 males male NNS 1662 4165 30 age age NNP 1662 4165 31 15 15 CD 1662 4165 32 - - HYPH 1662 4165 33 49 49 CD 1662 4165 34 : : : 1662 4165 35 58,556,503 58,556,503 CD 1662 4165 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4165 37 1997 1997 CD 1662 4165 38 est est NNP 1662 4165 39 . . . 1662 4165 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4166 1 Military military JJ 1662 4166 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4166 3 - - HYPH 1662 4166 4 fit fit NN 1662 4166 5 for for IN 1662 4166 6 military military JJ 1662 4166 7 service service NN 1662 4166 8 : : : 1662 4166 9 males male NNS 1662 4166 10 : : : 1662 4166 11 34,439,340 34,439,340 CD 1662 4166 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4166 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4166 14 est est NNP 1662 4166 15 . . . 1662 4166 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4167 1 Military military JJ 1662 4167 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4167 3 - - HYPH 1662 4167 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 4167 5 military military JJ 1662 4167 6 age age NN 1662 4167 7 annually annually RB 1662 4167 8 : : : 1662 4167 9 males male NNS 1662 4167 10 : : : 1662 4167 11 2,295,832 2,295,832 CD 1662 4167 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4167 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4167 14 est est NNP 1662 4167 15 . . . 1662 4167 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4168 1 Military military JJ 1662 4168 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4168 3 - - HYPH 1662 4168 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4168 5 figure figure NN 1662 4168 6 : : : 1662 4168 7 $ $ $ 1662 4168 8 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 4168 9 billion billion CD 1662 4168 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4168 11 FY97/98 fy97/98 CD 1662 4168 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4168 13 Military military JJ 1662 4168 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4168 15 - - : 1662 4168 16 percent percent NN 1662 4168 17 of of IN 1662 4168 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4168 19 : : : 1662 4168 20 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 4168 21 % % NN 1662 4168 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4168 23 FY97/98 fy97/98 CD 1662 4168 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4168 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4168 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4168 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 4168 28 - - HYPH 1662 4168 29 international international JJ 1662 4168 30 : : : 1662 4168 31 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 4168 32 over over IN 1662 4168 33 Timor Timor NNP 1662 4168 34 Timur Timur NNP 1662 4168 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4168 36 East East NNP 1662 4168 37 Timor Timor NNP 1662 4168 38 Province Province NNP 1662 4168 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4168 40 disputed dispute VBD 1662 4168 41 with with IN 1662 4168 42 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 4168 43 and and CC 1662 4168 44 not not RB 1662 4168 45 recognized recognize VBN 1662 4168 46 by by IN 1662 4168 47 the the DT 1662 4168 48 UN UN NNP 1662 4168 49 ; ; : 1662 4168 50 two two CD 1662 4168 51 islands island NNS 1662 4168 52 in in IN 1662 4168 53 dispute dispute NN 1662 4168 54 with with IN 1662 4168 55 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 4168 56 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 4168 57 drugs drug VBZ 1662 4168 58 : : : 1662 4168 59 illicit illicit JJ 1662 4168 60 producer producer NN 1662 4168 61 of of IN 1662 4168 62 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 4168 63 largely largely RB 1662 4168 64 for for IN 1662 4168 65 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4168 66 use use NN 1662 4168 67 ; ; : 1662 4168 68 possible possible JJ 1662 4168 69 growing grow VBG 1662 4168 70 role role NN 1662 4168 71 as as IN 1662 4168 72 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 4168 73 point point NN 1662 4168 74 for for IN 1662 4168 75 Golden Golden NNP 1662 4168 76 Triangle Triangle NNP 1662 4168 77 heroin heroin NN 1662 4168 78 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 79 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 80 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 81 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 82 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 83 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 84 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 85 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 86 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 87 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 88 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 89 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 90 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 91 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 92 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 93 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 94 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 95 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 96 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 97 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 98 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 99 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 100 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 101 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 102 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 103 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 104 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 105 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 106 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 107 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 108 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 109 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 110 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 111 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 112 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 113 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 114 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 115 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 116 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 117 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 118 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 119 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 120 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 121 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 122 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 123 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 124 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 125 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 126 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 127 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 128 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 129 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 130 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 131 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 132 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 133 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 134 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 135 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 136 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 137 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 138 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 139 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 140 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 141 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 142 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 143 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 144 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 145 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 146 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 147 _ _ NNP 1662 4168 148 IRAN IRAN NNP 1662 4168 149 @Iran @iran NN 1662 4168 150 : : : 1662 4168 151 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4168 152 Location Location NNP 1662 4168 153 : : : 1662 4168 154 Middle Middle NNP 1662 4168 155 East East NNP 1662 4168 156 , , , 1662 4168 157 bordering border VBG 1662 4168 158 the the DT 1662 4168 159 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4168 160 of of IN 1662 4168 161 Oman Oman NNP 1662 4168 162 , , , 1662 4168 163 the the DT 1662 4168 164 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4168 165 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4168 166 , , , 1662 4168 167 and and CC 1662 4168 168 the the DT 1662 4168 169 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 4168 170 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4168 171 , , , 1662 4168 172 between between IN 1662 4168 173 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 4168 174 and and CC 1662 4168 175 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 4168 176 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4168 177 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4168 178 : : : 1662 4168 179 32 32 CD 1662 4168 180 00 00 CD 1662 4168 181 N n CD 1662 4168 182 , , , 1662 4168 183 53 53 CD 1662 4168 184 00 00 CD 1662 4168 185 E e NN 1662 4168 186 Map Map NNP 1662 4168 187 references reference NNS 1662 4168 188 : : : 1662 4168 189 Middle Middle NNP 1662 4168 190 East East NNP 1662 4168 191 Area Area NNP 1662 4168 192 : : : 1662 4168 193 total total NN 1662 4168 194 : : : 1662 4168 195 1.648 1.648 CD 1662 4168 196 million million CD 1662 4168 197 sq sq IN 1662 4168 198 km km NNP 1662 4168 199 land land NN 1662 4168 200 : : : 1662 4168 201 1.636 1.636 CD 1662 4168 202 million million CD 1662 4168 203 sq sq IN 1662 4168 204 km km NNP 1662 4168 205 water water NN 1662 4168 206 : : : 1662 4168 207 12,000 12,000 CD 1662 4168 208 sq sq NN 1662 4168 209 km km NNP 1662 4168 210 Area area NN 1662 4168 211 - - HYPH 1662 4168 212 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4168 213 : : : 1662 4168 214 slightly slightly RB 1662 4168 215 larger large JJR 1662 4168 216 than than IN 1662 4168 217 Alaska Alaska NNP 1662 4168 218 Land Land NNP 1662 4168 219 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4168 220 : : : 1662 4168 221 total total NN 1662 4168 222 : : : 1662 4168 223 5,440 5,440 CD 1662 4168 224 km km NN 1662 4168 225 border border NN 1662 4168 226 countries country NNS 1662 4168 227 : : : 1662 4168 228 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 4168 229 936 936 CD 1662 4168 230 km km NNS 1662 4168 231 , , , 1662 4168 232 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 4168 233 35 35 CD 1662 4168 234 km km NN 1662 4168 235 , , , 1662 4168 236 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 4168 237 - - HYPH 1662 4168 238 proper proper NNP 1662 4168 239 432 432 CD 1662 4168 240 km km NNS 1662 4168 241 , , , 1662 4168 242 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 4168 243 - - HYPH 1662 4168 244 Naxcivan Naxcivan NNP 1662 4168 245 exclave exclave VBP 1662 4168 246 179 179 CD 1662 4168 247 km km NNS 1662 4168 248 , , , 1662 4168 249 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 4168 250 1,458 1,458 CD 1662 4168 251 km km NNS 1662 4168 252 , , , 1662 4168 253 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 4168 254 909 909 CD 1662 4168 255 km km NNS 1662 4168 256 , , , 1662 4168 257 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 4168 258 499 499 CD 1662 4168 259 km km NN 1662 4168 260 , , , 1662 4168 261 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 1662 4168 262 992 992 CD 1662 4168 263 km km NN 1662 4168 264 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4168 265 : : : 1662 4168 266 2,440 2,440 CD 1662 4168 267 km km NN 1662 4168 268 note note NN 1662 4168 269 : : : 1662 4168 270 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4168 271 also also RB 1662 4168 272 borders border VBZ 1662 4168 273 the the DT 1662 4168 274 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 4168 275 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4168 276 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4168 277 740 740 CD 1662 4168 278 km km NN 1662 4168 279 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4168 280 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4168 281 claims claim VBZ 1662 4168 282 : : : 1662 4168 283 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 4168 284 zone zone NN 1662 4168 285 : : : 1662 4168 286 24 24 CD 1662 4168 287 nm nm NNP 1662 4168 288 continental continental NNP 1662 4168 289 shelf shelf NNP 1662 4168 290 : : : 1662 4168 291 natural natural JJ 1662 4168 292 prolongation prolongation NN 1662 4168 293 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 4168 294 economic economic JJ 1662 4168 295 zone zone NN 1662 4168 296 : : : 1662 4168 297 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 4168 298 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4168 299 , , , 1662 4168 300 or or CC 1662 4168 301 median median JJ 1662 4168 302 lines line NNS 1662 4168 303 in in IN 1662 4168 304 the the DT 1662 4168 305 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4168 306 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4168 307 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4168 308 sea sea NN 1662 4168 309 : : : 1662 4168 310 12 12 CD 1662 4168 311 nm nm NNP 1662 4168 312 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4168 313 : : : 1662 4168 314 mostly mostly RB 1662 4168 315 arid arid NN 1662 4168 316 or or CC 1662 4168 317 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 4168 318 , , , 1662 4168 319 subtropical subtropical JJ 1662 4168 320 along along IN 1662 4168 321 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 4168 322 coast coast NN 1662 4168 323 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4168 324 : : : 1662 4168 325 rugged rugged JJ 1662 4168 326 , , , 1662 4168 327 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 4168 328 rim rim NN 1662 4168 329 ; ; : 1662 4168 330 high high JJ 1662 4168 331 , , , 1662 4168 332 central central JJ 1662 4168 333 basin basin NN 1662 4168 334 with with IN 1662 4168 335 deserts desert NNS 1662 4168 336 , , , 1662 4168 337 mountains mountain NNS 1662 4168 338 ; ; , 1662 4168 339 small small JJ 1662 4168 340 , , , 1662 4168 341 discontinuous discontinuous JJ 1662 4168 342 plains plain NNS 1662 4168 343 along along IN 1662 4168 344 both both DT 1662 4168 345 coasts coast NNS 1662 4168 346 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4168 347 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4168 348 : : : 1662 4168 349 lowest low JJS 1662 4168 350 point point NN 1662 4168 351 : : : 1662 4168 352 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 4168 353 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4168 354 -28 -28 NNP 1662 4168 355 m m DT 1662 4168 356 highest high JJS 1662 4168 357 point point NN 1662 4168 358 : : : 1662 4168 359 Qolleh Qolleh NNP 1662 4168 360 - - HYPH 1662 4168 361 ye ye NNP 1662 4168 362 Damavand Damavand NNP 1662 4168 363 5,671 5,671 CD 1662 4168 364 m m NNP 1662 4168 365 Natural natural JJ 1662 4168 366 resources resource NNS 1662 4168 367 : : : 1662 4168 368 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4168 369 , , , 1662 4168 370 natural natural JJ 1662 4168 371 gas gas NN 1662 4168 372 , , , 1662 4168 373 coal coal NN 1662 4168 374 , , , 1662 4168 375 chromium chromium NN 1662 4168 376 , , , 1662 4168 377 copper copper NN 1662 4168 378 , , , 1662 4168 379 iron iron NN 1662 4168 380 ore ore NN 1662 4168 381 , , , 1662 4168 382 lead lead NN 1662 4168 383 , , , 1662 4168 384 manganese manganese JJ 1662 4168 385 , , , 1662 4168 386 zinc zinc NN 1662 4168 387 , , , 1662 4168 388 sulfur sulfur NN 1662 4168 389 Land Land NNP 1662 4168 390 use use NN 1662 4168 391 : : : 1662 4168 392 arable arable JJ 1662 4168 393 land land NN 1662 4168 394 : : : 1662 4168 395 10 10 CD 1662 4168 396 % % NN 1662 4168 397 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4168 398 crops crop NNS 1662 4168 399 : : : 1662 4168 400 1 1 CD 1662 4168 401 % % NN 1662 4168 402 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4168 403 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4168 404 : : : 1662 4168 405 27 27 CD 1662 4168 406 % % NN 1662 4168 407 forests forest NNS 1662 4168 408 and and CC 1662 4168 409 woodland woodland NN 1662 4168 410 : : : 1662 4168 411 7 7 CD 1662 4168 412 % % NN 1662 4168 413 other other JJ 1662 4168 414 : : : 1662 4168 415 55 55 CD 1662 4168 416 % % NN 1662 4168 417 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4168 418 1993 1993 CD 1662 4168 419 est est NNP 1662 4168 420 . . . 1662 4168 421 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4169 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4169 2 land land NN 1662 4169 3 : : : 1662 4169 4 94,000 94,000 CD 1662 4169 5 sq sq NNP 1662 4169 6 km km NNP 1662 4169 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4169 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 4169 9 est est NNP 1662 4169 10 . . . 1662 4169 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4170 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 4170 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4170 3 : : : 1662 4170 4 periodic periodic JJ 1662 4170 5 droughts drought NNS 1662 4170 6 , , , 1662 4170 7 floods flood NNS 1662 4170 8 ; ; : 1662 4170 9 dust dust NN 1662 4170 10 storms storm NNS 1662 4170 11 , , , 1662 4170 12 sandstorms sandstorm NNS 1662 4170 13 ; ; : 1662 4170 14 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 4170 15 along along IN 1662 4170 16 the the DT 1662 4170 17 Western western JJ 1662 4170 18 border border NN 1662 4170 19 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4170 20 - - HYPH 1662 4170 21 current current JJ 1662 4170 22 issues issue NNS 1662 4170 23 : : : 1662 4170 24 air air NN 1662 4170 25 pollution pollution NN 1662 4170 26 , , , 1662 4170 27 especially especially RB 1662 4170 28 in in IN 1662 4170 29 urban urban JJ 1662 4170 30 areas area NNS 1662 4170 31 , , , 1662 4170 32 from from IN 1662 4170 33 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 4170 34 emissions emission NNS 1662 4170 35 , , , 1662 4170 36 refinery refinery NN 1662 4170 37 operations operation NNS 1662 4170 38 , , , 1662 4170 39 and and CC 1662 4170 40 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4170 41 effluents effluent NNS 1662 4170 42 ; ; : 1662 4170 43 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 4170 44 ; ; : 1662 4170 45 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 4170 46 ; ; : 1662 4170 47 desertification desertification NN 1662 4170 48 ; ; : 1662 4170 49 oil oil NN 1662 4170 50 pollution pollution NN 1662 4170 51 in in IN 1662 4170 52 the the DT 1662 4170 53 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4170 54 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4170 55 ; ; : 1662 4170 56 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 4170 57 supplies supply NNS 1662 4170 58 of of IN 1662 4170 59 potable potable JJ 1662 4170 60 water water NN 1662 4170 61 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4170 62 - - HYPH 1662 4170 63 international international JJ 1662 4170 64 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4170 65 : : : 1662 4170 66 party party NN 1662 4170 67 to to TO 1662 4170 68 : : : 1662 4170 69 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 4170 70 , , , 1662 4170 71 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4170 72 Change Change NNP 1662 4170 73 , , , 1662 4170 74 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 4170 75 Species Species NNPS 1662 4170 76 , , , 1662 4170 77 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 4170 78 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 4170 79 , , , 1662 4170 80 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 4170 81 Test Test NNP 1662 4170 82 Ban Ban NNP 1662 4170 83 , , , 1662 4170 84 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 4170 85 Layer Layer NNP 1662 4170 86 Protection Protection NNP 1662 4170 87 , , , 1662 4170 88 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 4170 89 signed sign VBD 1662 4170 90 , , , 1662 4170 91 but but CC 1662 4170 92 not not RB 1662 4170 93 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4170 94 : : : 1662 4170 95 Desertification desertification NN 1662 4170 96 , , , 1662 4170 97 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 4170 98 Modification Modification NNP 1662 4170 99 , , , 1662 4170 100 Law Law NNP 1662 4170 101 of of IN 1662 4170 102 the the DT 1662 4170 103 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4170 104 , , , 1662 4170 105 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4170 106 Life Life NNP 1662 4170 107 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 4170 108 @Iran @iran NN 1662 4170 109 : : : 1662 4170 110 People People NNP 1662 4170 111 Population Population NNP 1662 4170 112 : : : 1662 4170 113 67,540,002 67,540,002 CD 1662 4170 114 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4170 115 July July NNP 1662 4170 116 1997 1997 CD 1662 4170 117 est est NNP 1662 4170 118 . . . 1662 4170 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4171 1 note note NN 1662 4171 2 : : : 1662 4171 3 includes include VBZ 1662 4171 4 917,078 917,078 CD 1662 4171 5 non non NNS 1662 4171 6 - - NNS 1662 4171 7 nationals nationals JJ 1662 4171 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4171 9 July July NNP 1662 4171 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4171 11 est est NNP 1662 4171 12 . . . 1662 4171 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4172 1 Age age NN 1662 4172 2 structure structure NN 1662 4172 3 : : : 1662 4172 4 0 0 CD 1662 4172 5 - - HYPH 1662 4172 6 14 14 CD 1662 4172 7 years year NNS 1662 4172 8 : : : 1662 4172 9 44 44 CD 1662 4172 10 % % NN 1662 4172 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4172 12 male male JJ 1662 4172 13 15,292,783 15,292,783 CD 1662 4172 14 ; ; : 1662 4172 15 female female JJ 1662 4172 16 14,423,911 14,423,911 CD 1662 4172 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4172 18 15 15 CD 1662 4172 19 - - SYM 1662 4172 20 64 64 CD 1662 4172 21 years year NNS 1662 4172 22 : : : 1662 4172 23 52 52 CD 1662 4172 24 % % NN 1662 4172 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4172 26 male male JJ 1662 4172 27 17,880,617 17,880,617 CD 1662 4172 28 ; ; : 1662 4172 29 female female JJ 1662 4172 30 17,254,711 17,254,711 CD 1662 4172 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4172 32 65 65 CD 1662 4172 33 years year NNS 1662 4172 34 and and CC 1662 4172 35 over over IN 1662 4172 36 : : : 1662 4172 37 4 4 CD 1662 4172 38 % % NN 1662 4172 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4172 40 male male JJ 1662 4172 41 1,378,395 1,378,395 CD 1662 4172 42 ; ; : 1662 4172 43 female female JJ 1662 4172 44 1,309,585 1,309,585 CD 1662 4172 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4172 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4172 47 July July NNP 1662 4172 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 4172 49 est est NNP 1662 4172 50 . . . 1662 4172 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4173 1 Population population NN 1662 4173 2 growth growth NN 1662 4173 3 rate rate NN 1662 4173 4 : : : 1662 4173 5 2.12 2.12 CD 1662 4173 6 % % NN 1662 4173 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4173 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4173 9 est est NNP 1662 4173 10 . . . 1662 4173 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4174 1 Birth birth NN 1662 4174 2 rate rate NN 1662 4174 3 : : : 1662 4174 4 32.51 32.51 CD 1662 4174 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 4174 6 population population NN 1662 4174 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4174 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4174 9 est est NNP 1662 4174 10 . . . 1662 4174 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4175 1 Death death NN 1662 4175 2 rate rate NN 1662 4175 3 : : : 1662 4175 4 6.39 6.39 CD 1662 4175 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4175 6 population population NN 1662 4175 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4175 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4175 9 est est NNP 1662 4175 10 . . . 1662 4175 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4176 1 Net net JJ 1662 4176 2 migration migration NN 1662 4176 3 rate rate NN 1662 4176 4 : : : 1662 4176 5 -4.89 -4.89 NFP 1662 4176 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 4176 7 population population NN 1662 4176 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4176 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 4176 10 est est NNP 1662 4176 11 . . . 1662 4176 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4177 1 Sex sex NN 1662 4177 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 4177 3 : : : 1662 4177 4 at at IN 1662 4177 5 birth birth NN 1662 4177 6 : : : 1662 4177 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 4177 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4177 9 under under IN 1662 4177 10 15 15 CD 1662 4177 11 years year NNS 1662 4177 12 : : : 1662 4177 13 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 4177 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4177 15 15 15 CD 1662 4177 16 - - SYM 1662 4177 17 64 64 CD 1662 4177 18 years year NNS 1662 4177 19 : : : 1662 4177 20 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 4177 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4177 22 65 65 CD 1662 4177 23 years year NNS 1662 4177 24 and and CC 1662 4177 25 over over IN 1662 4177 26 : : : 1662 4177 27 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 4177 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 4177 29 total total JJ 1662 4177 30 population population NN 1662 4177 31 : : : 1662 4177 32 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 4177 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4177 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4177 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 4177 36 est e JJS 1662 4177 37 . . . 1662 4177 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4178 1 Infant infant NN 1662 4178 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 4178 3 rate rate NN 1662 4178 4 : : : 1662 4178 5 50.8 50.8 CD 1662 4178 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4178 7 live live JJ 1662 4178 8 births birth NNS 1662 4178 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4178 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4178 11 est est NNP 1662 4178 12 . . . 1662 4178 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4179 1 Life life NN 1662 4179 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 4179 3 at at IN 1662 4179 4 birth birth NN 1662 4179 5 : : : 1662 4179 6 total total JJ 1662 4179 7 population population NN 1662 4179 8 : : : 1662 4179 9 67.82 67.82 CD 1662 4179 10 years year NNS 1662 4179 11 male male NN 1662 4179 12 : : : 1662 4179 13 66.47 66.47 CD 1662 4179 14 years year NNS 1662 4179 15 female female JJ 1662 4179 16 : : : 1662 4179 17 69.23 69.23 CD 1662 4179 18 years year NNS 1662 4179 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4179 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 4179 21 est est NNP 1662 4179 22 . . . 1662 4179 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4180 1 Total total JJ 1662 4180 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 4180 3 rate rate NN 1662 4180 4 : : : 1662 4180 5 4.52 4.52 CD 1662 4180 6 children child NNS 1662 4180 7 born bear VBN 1662 4180 8 / / SYM 1662 4180 9 woman woman NN 1662 4180 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4180 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 4180 12 est est NNP 1662 4180 13 . . . 1662 4180 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4181 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 4181 2 : : : 1662 4181 3 noun noun NNP 1662 4181 4 : : : 1662 4181 5 Iranian(s Iranian(s NNP 1662 4181 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4181 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 4181 8 : : : 1662 4181 9 Iranian iranian JJ 1662 4181 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4181 11 groups group NNS 1662 4181 12 : : : 1662 4181 13 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4181 14 51 51 CD 1662 4181 15 % % NN 1662 4181 16 , , , 1662 4181 17 Azerbaijani Azerbaijani NNP 1662 4181 18 24 24 CD 1662 4181 19 % % NN 1662 4181 20 , , , 1662 4181 21 Gilaki Gilaki NNP 1662 4181 22 and and CC 1662 4181 23 Mazandarani Mazandarani NNP 1662 4181 24 8 8 CD 1662 4181 25 % % NN 1662 4181 26 , , , 1662 4181 27 Kurd Kurd NNP 1662 4181 28 7 7 CD 1662 4181 29 % % NN 1662 4181 30 , , , 1662 4181 31 Arab Arab NNP 1662 4181 32 3 3 CD 1662 4181 33 % % NN 1662 4181 34 , , , 1662 4181 35 Lur lur NN 1662 4181 36 2 2 CD 1662 4181 37 % % NN 1662 4181 38 , , , 1662 4181 39 Baloch Baloch NNP 1662 4181 40 2 2 CD 1662 4181 41 % % NN 1662 4181 42 , , , 1662 4181 43 Turkmen Turkmen NNP 1662 4181 44 2 2 CD 1662 4181 45 % % NN 1662 4181 46 , , , 1662 4181 47 other other JJ 1662 4181 48 1 1 CD 1662 4181 49 % % NN 1662 4181 50 Religions religion NNS 1662 4181 51 : : : 1662 4181 52 Shi'a Shi'a : 1662 4181 53 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 4181 54 89 89 CD 1662 4181 55 % % NN 1662 4181 56 , , , 1662 4181 57 Sunni Sunni NNP 1662 4181 58 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 4181 59 10 10 CD 1662 4181 60 % % NN 1662 4181 61 , , , 1662 4181 62 Zoroastrian zoroastrian JJ 1662 4181 63 , , , 1662 4181 64 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 4181 65 , , , 1662 4181 66 Christian Christian NNP 1662 4181 67 , , , 1662 4181 68 and and CC 1662 4181 69 Baha'i baha'i UH 1662 4181 70 1 1 CD 1662 4181 71 % % NN 1662 4181 72 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 4181 73 : : : 1662 4181 74 Persian persian JJ 1662 4181 75 and and CC 1662 4181 76 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4181 77 dialects dialect VBZ 1662 4181 78 58 58 CD 1662 4181 79 % % NN 1662 4181 80 , , , 1662 4181 81 Turkic Turkic NNP 1662 4181 82 and and CC 1662 4181 83 Turkic Turkic NNP 1662 4181 84 dialects dialect VBZ 1662 4181 85 26 26 CD 1662 4181 86 % % NN 1662 4181 87 , , , 1662 4181 88 Kurdish kurdish JJ 1662 4181 89 9 9 CD 1662 4181 90 % % NN 1662 4181 91 , , , 1662 4181 92 Luri Luri NNP 1662 4181 93 2 2 CD 1662 4181 94 % % NN 1662 4181 95 , , , 1662 4181 96 Balochi balochi NN 1662 4181 97 1 1 CD 1662 4181 98 % % NN 1662 4181 99 , , , 1662 4181 100 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 4181 101 1 1 CD 1662 4181 102 % % NN 1662 4181 103 , , , 1662 4181 104 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 4181 105 1 1 CD 1662 4181 106 % % NN 1662 4181 107 , , , 1662 4181 108 other other JJ 1662 4181 109 2 2 CD 1662 4181 110 % % NN 1662 4181 111 Literacy literacy NN 1662 4181 112 : : : 1662 4181 113 definition definition NN 1662 4181 114 : : : 1662 4181 115 age age NN 1662 4181 116 15 15 CD 1662 4181 117 and and CC 1662 4181 118 over over RB 1662 4181 119 can can MD 1662 4181 120 read read VB 1662 4181 121 and and CC 1662 4181 122 write write VB 1662 4181 123 total total JJ 1662 4181 124 population population NN 1662 4181 125 : : : 1662 4181 126 72.1 72.1 CD 1662 4181 127 % % NN 1662 4181 128 male male NN 1662 4181 129 : : : 1662 4181 130 78.4 78.4 CD 1662 4181 131 % % NN 1662 4181 132 female female NN 1662 4181 133 : : : 1662 4181 134 65.8 65.8 CD 1662 4181 135 % % NN 1662 4181 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4181 137 1994 1994 CD 1662 4181 138 est est NNP 1662 4181 139 . . . 1662 4181 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4182 1 @Iran @Iran NNP 1662 4182 2 : : : 1662 4182 3 Government Government NNP 1662 4182 4 Country Country NNP 1662 4182 5 name name NN 1662 4182 6 : : : 1662 4182 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4182 8 long long JJ 1662 4182 9 form form NN 1662 4182 10 : : : 1662 4182 11 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 4182 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4182 13 of of IN 1662 4182 14 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4182 15 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4182 16 short short JJ 1662 4182 17 form form NN 1662 4182 18 : : : 1662 4182 19 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4182 20 local local JJ 1662 4182 21 long long JJ 1662 4182 22 form form NN 1662 4182 23 : : : 1662 4182 24 Jomhuri Jomhuri NNP 1662 4182 25 - - HYPH 1662 4182 26 ye ye NNP 1662 4182 27 Eslami Eslami NNP 1662 4182 28 - - HYPH 1662 4182 29 ye ye NNP 1662 4182 30 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4182 31 local local JJ 1662 4182 32 short short JJ 1662 4182 33 form form NN 1662 4182 34 : : : 1662 4182 35 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4182 36 Data Data NNP 1662 4182 37 code code NN 1662 4182 38 : : : 1662 4182 39 IR IR NNP 1662 4182 40 Government Government NNP 1662 4182 41 type type NN 1662 4182 42 : : : 1662 4182 43 theocratic theocratic NNP 1662 4182 44 republic republic NNP 1662 4182 45 National national JJ 1662 4182 46 capital capital NN 1662 4182 47 : : : 1662 4182 48 Tehran Tehran NNP 1662 4182 49 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 4182 50 divisions division NNS 1662 4182 51 : : : 1662 4182 52 25 25 CD 1662 4182 53 provinces province NNS 1662 4182 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4182 55 ostanha ostanha NNS 1662 4182 56 , , , 1662 4182 57 singular singular NNP 1662 4182 58 - - HYPH 1662 4182 59 ostan ostan NNP 1662 4182 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4182 61 ; ; : 1662 4182 62 Ardabil Ardabil NNP 1662 4182 63 , , , 1662 4182 64 Azarbayjan Azarbayjan NNP 1662 4182 65 - - HYPH 1662 4182 66 e e NNP 1662 4182 67 Gharbi Gharbi NNP 1662 4182 68 , , , 1662 4182 69 Azarbayjan Azarbayjan NNP 1662 4182 70 - - HYPH 1662 4182 71 e e NNP 1662 4182 72 Sharqi Sharqi NNP 1662 4182 73 , , , 1662 4182 74 Bushehr Bushehr NNP 1662 4182 75 , , , 1662 4182 76 Chahar Chahar NNP 1662 4182 77 Mahall Mahall NNP 1662 4182 78 va va NNP 1662 4182 79 Bakhtiari Bakhtiari NNP 1662 4182 80 , , , 1662 4182 81 Esfahan Esfahan NNP 1662 4182 82 , , , 1662 4182 83 Fars Fars NNP 1662 4182 84 , , , 1662 4182 85 Gilan Gilan NNP 1662 4182 86 , , , 1662 4182 87 Hamadan Hamadan NNP 1662 4182 88 , , , 1662 4182 89 Hormozgan Hormozgan NNP 1662 4182 90 , , , 1662 4182 91 Ilam Ilam NNP 1662 4182 92 , , , 1662 4182 93 Kerman Kerman NNP 1662 4182 94 , , , 1662 4182 95 Kermanshahan Kermanshahan NNP 1662 4182 96 , , , 1662 4182 97 Khorasan Khorasan NNP 1662 4182 98 , , , 1662 4182 99 Khuzestan Khuzestan NNP 1662 4182 100 , , , 1662 4182 101 Kohkiluyeh Kohkiluyeh NNP 1662 4182 102 va va NNP 1662 4182 103 Buyer Buyer NNP 1662 4182 104 Ahmadi Ahmadi NNP 1662 4182 105 , , , 1662 4182 106 Kordestan Kordestan NNP 1662 4182 107 , , , 1662 4182 108 Lorestan Lorestan NNP 1662 4182 109 , , , 1662 4182 110 Markazi Markazi NNP 1662 4182 111 , , , 1662 4182 112 Mazandaran Mazandaran NNP 1662 4182 113 , , , 1662 4182 114 Semnan Semnan NNP 1662 4182 115 , , , 1662 4182 116 Sistan Sistan NNP 1662 4182 117 va va NNP 1662 4182 118 Baluchestan Baluchestan NNP 1662 4182 119 , , , 1662 4182 120 Tehran Tehran NNP 1662 4182 121 , , , 1662 4182 122 Yazd Yazd NNP 1662 4182 123 , , , 1662 4182 124 Zanjan Zanjan NNP 1662 4182 125 note note NN 1662 4182 126 : : : 1662 4182 127 there there EX 1662 4182 128 may may MD 1662 4182 129 be be VB 1662 4182 130 two two CD 1662 4182 131 new new JJ 1662 4182 132 provinces province NNS 1662 4182 133 named name VBN 1662 4182 134 Qom Qom NNP 1662 4182 135 and and CC 1662 4182 136 Qazvin Qazvin NNP 1662 4182 137 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4182 138 : : : 1662 4182 139 1 1 CD 1662 4182 140 April April NNP 1662 4182 141 1979 1979 CD 1662 4182 142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4182 143 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 4182 144 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4182 145 of of IN 1662 4182 146 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4182 147 proclaimed proclaim VBD 1662 4182 148 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4182 149 National national JJ 1662 4182 150 holiday holiday NN 1662 4182 151 : : : 1662 4182 152 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 4182 153 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4182 154 Day Day NNP 1662 4182 155 , , , 1662 4182 156 1 1 CD 1662 4182 157 April April NNP 1662 4182 158 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4182 159 1979 1979 CD 1662 4182 160 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4182 161 Constitution constitution NN 1662 4182 162 : : : 1662 4182 163 2 2 CD 1662 4182 164 - - SYM 1662 4182 165 3 3 CD 1662 4182 166 December December NNP 1662 4182 167 1979 1979 CD 1662 4182 168 ; ; : 1662 4182 169 revised revise VBD 1662 4182 170 1989 1989 CD 1662 4182 171 to to TO 1662 4182 172 expand expand VB 1662 4182 173 powers power NNS 1662 4182 174 of of IN 1662 4182 175 the the DT 1662 4182 176 presidency presidency NN 1662 4182 177 and and CC 1662 4182 178 eliminate eliminate VB 1662 4182 179 the the DT 1662 4182 180 prime prime JJ 1662 4182 181 ministership ministership NN 1662 4182 182 Legal legal JJ 1662 4182 183 system system NN 1662 4182 184 : : : 1662 4182 185 the the DT 1662 4182 186 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 4182 187 codifies codify VBZ 1662 4182 188 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 4182 189 principles principle NNS 1662 4182 190 of of IN 1662 4182 191 government government NN 1662 4182 192 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 4182 193 : : : 1662 4182 194 15 15 CD 1662 4182 195 years year NNS 1662 4182 196 of of IN 1662 4182 197 age age NN 1662 4182 198 ; ; : 1662 4182 199 universal universal JJ 1662 4182 200 Executive Executive NNP 1662 4182 201 branch branch NN 1662 4182 202 : : : 1662 4182 203 chief chief NN 1662 4182 204 of of IN 1662 4182 205 state state NN 1662 4182 206 : : : 1662 4182 207 supreme supreme NNP 1662 4182 208 leader leader NNP 1662 4182 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4182 210 rahbar rahbar NN 1662 4182 211 - - HYPH 1662 4182 212 e e NNP 1662 4182 213 moazam moazam NNP 1662 4182 214 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4182 215 and and CC 1662 4182 216 functional functional JJ 1662 4182 217 chief chief NN 1662 4182 218 of of IN 1662 4182 219 state state NN 1662 4182 220 - - HYPH 1662 4182 221 Leader leader NN 1662 4182 222 of of IN 1662 4182 223 the the DT 1662 4182 224 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 4182 225 Revolution Revolution NNP 1662 4182 226 Ayatollah Ayatollah NNP 1662 4182 227 Ali Ali NNP 1662 4182 228 Hoseini Hoseini NNP 1662 4182 229 - - HYPH 1662 4182 230 KHAMENEI KHAMENEI NNP 1662 4182 231 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4182 232 since since IN 1662 4182 233 4 4 CD 1662 4182 234 June June NNP 1662 4182 235 1989 1989 CD 1662 4182 236 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4182 237 head head NN 1662 4182 238 of of IN 1662 4182 239 government government NN 1662 4182 240 : : : 1662 4182 241 President President NNP 1662 4182 242 Ali Ali NNP 1662 4182 243 Akbar Akbar NNP 1662 4182 244 HASHEMI HASHEMI NNP 1662 4182 245 - - HYPH 1662 4182 246 RAFSANJANI RAFSANJANI NNP 1662 4182 247 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4182 248 since since IN 1662 4182 249 3 3 CD 1662 4182 250 August August NNP 1662 4182 251 1989 1989 CD 1662 4182 252 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4182 253 ; ; : 1662 4182 254 First First NNP 1662 4182 255 Vice Vice NNP 1662 4182 256 President President NNP 1662 4182 257 Hasan Hasan NNP 1662 4182 258 Ebrahim Ebrahim NNP 1662 4182 259 HABIBI HABIBI NNP 1662 4182 260 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4182 261 since since IN 1662 4182 262 NA NA NNP 1662 4182 263 August August NNP 1662 4182 264 1989 1989 CD 1662 4182 265 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4182 266 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4182 267 : : : 1662 4182 268 Council Council NNP 1662 4182 269 of of IN 1662 4182 270 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 4182 271 selected select VBN 1662 4182 272 by by IN 1662 4182 273 the the DT 1662 4182 274 president president NN 1662 4182 275 with with IN 1662 4182 276 legislative legislative JJ 1662 4182 277 approval approval NN 1662 4182 278 elections election NNS 1662 4182 279 : : : 1662 4182 280 supreme supreme NNP 1662 4182 281 leader leader NNP 1662 4182 282 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4182 283 for for IN 1662 4182 284 life life NN 1662 4182 285 by by IN 1662 4182 286 the the DT 1662 4182 287 Council Council NNP 1662 4182 288 of of IN 1662 4182 289 Experts Experts NNPS 1662 4182 290 ; ; : 1662 4182 291 president president NN 1662 4182 292 elected elect VBN 1662 4182 293 by by IN 1662 4182 294 popular popular JJ 1662 4182 295 vote vote NN 1662 4182 296 for for IN 1662 4182 297 a a DT 1662 4182 298 four four CD 1662 4182 299 - - HYPH 1662 4182 300 year year NN 1662 4182 301 term term NN 1662 4182 302 ; ; : 1662 4182 303 election election NN 1662 4182 304 last last JJ 1662 4182 305 held hold VBD 1662 4182 306 11 11 CD 1662 4182 307 June June NNP 1662 4182 308 1993 1993 CD 1662 4182 309 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4182 310 next next JJ 1662 4182 311 to to TO 1662 4182 312 be be VB 1662 4182 313 held hold VBN 1662 4182 314 23 23 CD 1662 4182 315 May May NNP 1662 4182 316 1997 1997 CD 1662 4182 317 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4182 318 election election NN 1662 4182 319 results result NNS 1662 4182 320 : : : 1662 4182 321 Ali Ali NNP 1662 4182 322 Akbar Akbar NNP 1662 4182 323 HASHEMI HASHEMI NNP 1662 4182 324 - - HYPH 1662 4182 325 RAFSANJANI RAFSANJANI NNP 1662 4182 326 elected elect VBN 1662 4182 327 president president NN 1662 4182 328 ; ; , 1662 4182 329 percent percent NN 1662 4182 330 of of IN 1662 4182 331 vote vote NN 1662 4182 332 - - HYPH 1662 4182 333 Ali Ali NNP 1662 4182 334 Akbar Akbar NNP 1662 4182 335 HASHEMI HASHEMI NNP 1662 4182 336 - - HYPH 1662 4182 337 RAFSANJANI RAFSANJANI NNP 1662 4182 338 63 63 CD 1662 4182 339 % % NN 1662 4182 340 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 4182 341 branch branch NN 1662 4182 342 : : : 1662 4182 343 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 4182 344 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 4182 345 Consultative Consultative NNP 1662 4182 346 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4182 347 or or CC 1662 4182 348 Majles Majles NNP 1662 4182 349 - - HYPH 1662 4182 350 e e NNP 1662 4182 351 - - : 1662 4182 352 Shura Shura NNP 1662 4182 353 - - HYPH 1662 4182 354 ye ye NNP 1662 4182 355 - - HYPH 1662 4182 356 Eslami Eslami NNP 1662 4182 357 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4182 358 270 270 CD 1662 4182 359 seats seat NNS 1662 4182 360 ; ; : 1662 4182 361 members member NNS 1662 4182 362 elected elect VBN 1662 4182 363 by by IN 1662 4182 364 popular popular JJ 1662 4182 365 vote vote NN 1662 4182 366 to to TO 1662 4182 367 serve serve VB 1662 4182 368 four four CD 1662 4182 369 - - HYPH 1662 4182 370 year year NN 1662 4182 371 terms term NNS 1662 4182 372 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4182 373 elections election NNS 1662 4182 374 : : : 1662 4182 375 last last RB 1662 4182 376 held hold VBD 1662 4182 377 8 8 CD 1662 4182 378 March March NNP 1662 4182 379 and and CC 1662 4182 380 19 19 CD 1662 4182 381 April April NNP 1662 4182 382 1996 1996 CD 1662 4182 383 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4182 384 next next JJ 1662 4182 385 to to TO 1662 4182 386 be be VB 1662 4182 387 held hold VBN 1662 4182 388 NA NA NNP 1662 4182 389 March March NNP 1662 4182 390 2000 2000 CD 1662 4182 391 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4182 392 election election NN 1662 4182 393 results result NNS 1662 4182 394 : : : 1662 4182 395 percent percent NN 1662 4182 396 of of IN 1662 4182 397 vote vote NN 1662 4182 398 by by IN 1662 4182 399 party party NN 1662 4182 400 - - HYPH 1662 4182 401 NA NA NNP 1662 4182 402 ; ; , 1662 4182 403 seats seat NNS 1662 4182 404 by by IN 1662 4182 405 party party NN 1662 4182 406 - - HYPH 1662 4182 407 NA NA NNP 1662 4182 408 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 4182 409 branch branch NN 1662 4182 410 : : : 1662 4182 411 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 4182 412 Court Court NNP 1662 4182 413 Political political JJ 1662 4182 414 parties party NNS 1662 4182 415 and and CC 1662 4182 416 leaders leader NNS 1662 4182 417 : : : 1662 4182 418 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4182 419 has have VBZ 1662 4182 420 no no DT 1662 4182 421 political political JJ 1662 4182 422 parties party NNS 1662 4182 423 ; ; : 1662 4182 424 the the DT 1662 4182 425 most most RBS 1662 4182 426 important important JJ 1662 4182 427 political political JJ 1662 4182 428 " " `` 1662 4182 429 groupings grouping NNS 1662 4182 430 " " '' 1662 4182 431 are be VBP 1662 4182 432 - - : 1662 4182 433 Tehran Tehran NNP 1662 4182 434 Militant Militant NNP 1662 4182 435 Clergy Clergy NNP 1662 4182 436 Association Association NNP 1662 4182 437 , , , 1662 4182 438 Secretary Secretary NNP 1662 4182 439 General General NNP 1662 4182 440 Ayatollah Ayatollah NNP 1662 4182 441 Mohammad Mohammad NNP 1662 4182 442 EMAMI EMAMI NNP 1662 4182 443 - - HYPH 1662 4182 444 KASHANI KASHANI NNP 1662 4182 445 ; ; : 1662 4182 446 Militant Militant NNP 1662 4182 447 Clerics Clerics NNP 1662 4182 448 Association Association NNP 1662 4182 449 , , , 1662 4182 450 Mehdi Mehdi NNP 1662 4182 451 MAHDAVI MAHDAVI NNP 1662 4182 452 - - HYPH 1662 4182 453 KARUBI KARUBI NNP 1662 4182 454 and and CC 1662 4182 455 Mohammad Mohammad NNP 1662 4182 456 Asqar Asqar NNP 1662 4182 457 MUSAVI MUSAVI NNP 1662 4182 458 - - HYPH 1662 4182 459 KHOINIHA KHOINIHA NNP 1662 4182 460 ; ; : 1662 4182 461 Servants servant NNS 1662 4182 462 of of IN 1662 4182 463 Reconstruction Reconstruction NNP 1662 4182 464 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4182 465 G-6 G-6 NNP 1662 4182 466 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4182 467 , , , 1662 4182 468 Mohammad Mohammad NNP 1662 4182 469 HASHEMI HASHEMI NNP 1662 4182 470 - - HYPH 1662 4182 471 RAFSANJANI RAFSANJANI NNP 1662 4182 472 , , , 1662 4182 473 Hosein Hosein NNP 1662 4182 474 MARASHI marashi NN 1662 4182 475 Political political JJ 1662 4182 476 pressure pressure NN 1662 4182 477 groups group NNS 1662 4182 478 and and CC 1662 4182 479 leaders leader NNS 1662 4182 480 : : : 1662 4182 481 groups group NNS 1662 4182 482 that that WDT 1662 4182 483 generally generally RB 1662 4182 484 support support VBP 1662 4182 485 the the DT 1662 4182 486 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 4182 487 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4182 488 include include VBP 1662 4182 489 Ansar Ansar NNP 1662 4182 490 - - HYPH 1662 4182 491 e e NNP 1662 4182 492 Hizballah Hizballah NNP 1662 4182 493 , , , 1662 4182 494 Mojahedin Mojahedin NNP 1662 4182 495 of of IN 1662 4182 496 the the DT 1662 4182 497 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 4182 498 Revolution Revolution NNP 1662 4182 499 , , , 1662 4182 500 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 4182 501 Students student NNS 1662 4182 502 Following follow VBG 1662 4182 503 the the DT 1662 4182 504 Line Line NNP 1662 4182 505 of of IN 1662 4182 506 the the DT 1662 4182 507 Imam Imam NNP 1662 4182 508 , , , 1662 4182 509 and and CC 1662 4182 510 the the DT 1662 4182 511 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 4182 512 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 4182 513 Association Association NNP 1662 4182 514 ; ; : 1662 4182 515 opposition opposition NN 1662 4182 516 groups group NNS 1662 4182 517 include include VBP 1662 4182 518 the the DT 1662 4182 519 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 4182 520 Movement Movement NNP 1662 4182 521 of of IN 1662 4182 522 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4182 523 and and CC 1662 4182 524 the the DT 1662 4182 525 Nation Nation NNP 1662 4182 526 of of IN 1662 4182 527 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4182 528 party party NN 1662 4182 529 ; ; , 1662 4182 530 armed armed JJ 1662 4182 531 political political JJ 1662 4182 532 groups group NNS 1662 4182 533 that that WDT 1662 4182 534 have have VBP 1662 4182 535 been be VBN 1662 4182 536 almost almost RB 1662 4182 537 completely completely RB 1662 4182 538 repressed repress VBN 1662 4182 539 by by IN 1662 4182 540 the the DT 1662 4182 541 government government NN 1662 4182 542 include include VBP 1662 4182 543 Mojahedin Mojahedin NNP 1662 4182 544 - - HYPH 1662 4182 545 e e NNP 1662 4182 546 Khalq Khalq NNP 1662 4182 547 Organization Organization NNP 1662 4182 548 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4182 549 MEK MEK NNP 1662 4182 550 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4182 551 , , , 1662 4182 552 People People NNPS 1662 4182 553 's 's POS 1662 4182 554 Fedayeen Fedayeen NNP 1662 4182 555 , , , 1662 4182 556 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4182 557 Party Party NNP 1662 4182 558 of of IN 1662 4182 559 Iranian Iranian NNP 1662 4182 560 Kurdistan Kurdistan NNP 1662 4182 561 ; ; : 1662 4182 562 the the DT 1662 4182 563 Society Society NNP 1662 4182 564 for for IN 1662 4182 565 the the DT 1662 4182 566 Defense Defense NNP 1662 4182 567 of of IN 1662 4182 568 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 4182 569 International International NNP 1662 4182 570 organization organization NN 1662 4182 571 participation participation NN 1662 4182 572 : : : 1662 4182 573 CCC CCC NNP 1662 4182 574 , , , 1662 4182 575 CP CP NNP 1662 4182 576 , , , 1662 4182 577 ECO ECO NNP 1662 4182 578 , , , 1662 4182 579 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 4182 580 , , , 1662 4182 581 FAO FAO NNP 1662 4182 582 , , , 1662 4182 583 G-19 g-19 CD 1662 4182 584 , , , 1662 4182 585 G-24 g-24 CD 1662 4182 586 , , , 1662 4182 587 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 4182 588 , , , 1662 4182 589 IAEA iaea NN 1662 4182 590 , , , 1662 4182 591 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 4182 592 , , , 1662 4182 593 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 4182 594 , , , 1662 4182 595 ICC ICC NNP 1662 4182 596 , , , 1662 4182 597 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 4182 598 , , , 1662 4182 599 IDA IDA NNP 1662 4182 600 , , , 1662 4182 601 IDB IDB NNP 1662 4182 602 , , , 1662 4182 603 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 4182 604 , , , 1662 4182 605 IFC IFC NNP 1662 4182 606 , , , 1662 4182 607 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 4182 608 , , , 1662 4182 609 IHO IHO NNP 1662 4182 610 , , , 1662 4182 611 ILO ILO NNP 1662 4182 612 , , , 1662 4182 613 IMF IMF NNP 1662 4182 614 , , , 1662 4182 615 IMO imo RB 1662 4182 616 , , , 1662 4182 617 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 4182 618 , , , 1662 4182 619 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4182 620 , , , 1662 4182 621 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 4182 622 , , , 1662 4182 623 IOC IOC NNP 1662 4182 624 , , , 1662 4182 625 IOM IOM NNP 1662 4182 626 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4182 627 observer observer NN 1662 4182 628 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4182 629 , , , 1662 4182 630 ISO ISO NNP 1662 4182 631 , , , 1662 4182 632 ITU ITU NNP 1662 4182 633 , , , 1662 4182 634 NAM NAM NNP 1662 4182 635 , , , 1662 4182 636 OIC OIC NNP 1662 4182 637 , , , 1662 4182 638 OPEC OPEC NNP 1662 4182 639 , , , 1662 4182 640 PCA PCA NNP 1662 4182 641 , , , 1662 4182 642 UN UN NNP 1662 4182 643 , , , 1662 4182 644 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 4182 645 , , , 1662 4182 646 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 4182 647 , , , 1662 4182 648 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 4182 649 , , , 1662 4182 650 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 4182 651 , , , 1662 4182 652 UPU UPU NNP 1662 4182 653 , , , 1662 4182 654 WCL WCL NNP 1662 4182 655 , , , 1662 4182 656 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 4182 657 , , , 1662 4182 658 WHO who WP 1662 4182 659 , , , 1662 4182 660 WMO WMO NNP 1662 4182 661 , , , 1662 4182 662 WToO WToO VBD 1662 4182 663 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4182 664 representation representation NN 1662 4182 665 in in IN 1662 4182 666 the the DT 1662 4182 667 US US NNP 1662 4182 668 : : : 1662 4182 669 none none NN 1662 4182 670 ; ; : 1662 4182 671 note note VB 1662 4182 672 - - : 1662 4182 673 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4182 674 has have VBZ 1662 4182 675 an an DT 1662 4182 676 Interests Interests NNP 1662 4182 677 Section Section NNP 1662 4182 678 in in IN 1662 4182 679 the the DT 1662 4182 680 Pakistani Pakistani NNP 1662 4182 681 Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 4182 682 , , , 1662 4182 683 headed head VBN 1662 4182 684 by by IN 1662 4182 685 Faramarz Faramarz NNP 1662 4182 686 FATH FATH NNP 1662 4182 687 - - HYPH 1662 4182 688 NEJAD NEJAD NNP 1662 4182 689 ; ; : 1662 4182 690 address address NN 1662 4182 691 : : : 1662 4182 692 Iranian iranian JJ 1662 4182 693 Interests Interests NNPS 1662 4182 694 Section Section NNP 1662 4182 695 , , , 1662 4182 696 Pakistani Pakistani NNP 1662 4182 697 Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 4182 698 , , , 1662 4182 699 2209 2209 CD 1662 4182 700 Wisconsin Wisconsin NNP 1662 4182 701 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 4182 702 NW NW NNP 1662 4182 703 , , , 1662 4182 704 Washington Washington NNP 1662 4182 705 , , , 1662 4182 706 DC DC NNP 1662 4182 707 20007 20007 CD 1662 4182 708 ; ; : 1662 4182 709 telephone telephone NN 1662 4182 710 : : : 1662 4182 711 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4182 712 1 1 CD 1662 4182 713 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4182 714 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4182 715 202 202 CD 1662 4182 716 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4182 717 965 965 CD 1662 4182 718 - - HYPH 1662 4182 719 4990 4990 CD 1662 4182 720 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4182 721 representation representation NN 1662 4182 722 from from IN 1662 4182 723 the the DT 1662 4182 724 US US NNP 1662 4182 725 : : : 1662 4182 726 none none NN 1662 4182 727 ; ; : 1662 4182 728 note note VB 1662 4182 729 - - HYPH 1662 4182 730 protecting protect VBG 1662 4182 731 power power NN 1662 4182 732 in in IN 1662 4182 733 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4182 734 is be VBZ 1662 4182 735 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 4182 736 Flag Flag NNP 1662 4182 737 description description NN 1662 4182 738 : : : 1662 4182 739 three three CD 1662 4182 740 equal equal JJ 1662 4182 741 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 4182 742 bands band NNS 1662 4182 743 of of IN 1662 4182 744 green green JJ 1662 4182 745 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4182 746 top top NN 1662 4182 747 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4182 748 , , , 1662 4182 749 white white JJ 1662 4182 750 , , , 1662 4182 751 and and CC 1662 4182 752 red red NN 1662 4182 753 ; ; : 1662 4182 754 the the DT 1662 4182 755 national national NNP 1662 4182 756 emblem emblem NN 1662 4182 757 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4182 758 a a DT 1662 4182 759 stylized stylize VBN 1662 4182 760 representation representation NN 1662 4182 761 of of IN 1662 4182 762 the the DT 1662 4182 763 word word NN 1662 4182 764 Allah Allah NNP 1662 4182 765 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4182 766 in in IN 1662 4182 767 red red NN 1662 4182 768 is be VBZ 1662 4182 769 centered center VBN 1662 4182 770 in in IN 1662 4182 771 the the DT 1662 4182 772 white white JJ 1662 4182 773 band band NN 1662 4182 774 ; ; : 1662 4182 775 ALLAH ALLAH NNP 1662 4182 776 AKBAR AKBAR NNP 1662 4182 777 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4182 778 God God NNP 1662 4182 779 is be VBZ 1662 4182 780 Great great JJ 1662 4182 781 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4182 782 in in IN 1662 4182 783 white white JJ 1662 4182 784 Arabic arabic JJ 1662 4182 785 script script NN 1662 4182 786 is be VBZ 1662 4182 787 repeated repeat VBN 1662 4182 788 11 11 CD 1662 4182 789 times time NNS 1662 4182 790 along along IN 1662 4182 791 the the DT 1662 4182 792 bottom bottom JJ 1662 4182 793 edge edge NN 1662 4182 794 of of IN 1662 4182 795 the the DT 1662 4182 796 green green JJ 1662 4182 797 band band NN 1662 4182 798 and and CC 1662 4182 799 11 11 CD 1662 4182 800 times time NNS 1662 4182 801 along along IN 1662 4182 802 the the DT 1662 4182 803 top top JJ 1662 4182 804 edge edge NN 1662 4182 805 of of IN 1662 4182 806 the the DT 1662 4182 807 red red JJ 1662 4182 808 band band NN 1662 4182 809 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4182 810 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4182 811 - - HYPH 1662 4182 812 overview overview NN 1662 4182 813 : : : 1662 4182 814 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4182 815 's 's POS 1662 4182 816 economy economy NN 1662 4182 817 is be VBZ 1662 4182 818 a a DT 1662 4182 819 mixture mixture NN 1662 4182 820 of of IN 1662 4182 821 central central JJ 1662 4182 822 planning planning NN 1662 4182 823 , , , 1662 4182 824 state state NN 1662 4182 825 ownership ownership NN 1662 4182 826 of of IN 1662 4182 827 oil oil NN 1662 4182 828 and and CC 1662 4182 829 other other JJ 1662 4182 830 large large JJ 1662 4182 831 enterprises enterprise NNS 1662 4182 832 , , , 1662 4182 833 village village NN 1662 4182 834 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4182 835 , , , 1662 4182 836 and and CC 1662 4182 837 small small JJ 1662 4182 838 - - HYPH 1662 4182 839 scale scale NN 1662 4182 840 private private JJ 1662 4182 841 trading trading NN 1662 4182 842 and and CC 1662 4182 843 service service NN 1662 4182 844 ventures venture NNS 1662 4182 845 . . . 1662 4183 1 Under under IN 1662 4183 2 President President NNP 1662 4183 3 RAFSANJANI RAFSANJANI NNP 1662 4183 4 , , , 1662 4183 5 the the DT 1662 4183 6 government government NN 1662 4183 7 adopted adopt VBD 1662 4183 8 a a DT 1662 4183 9 number number NN 1662 4183 10 of of IN 1662 4183 11 market market NN 1662 4183 12 reforms reform NNS 1662 4183 13 to to TO 1662 4183 14 reduce reduce VB 1662 4183 15 the the DT 1662 4183 16 state state NN 1662 4183 17 's 's POS 1662 4183 18 role role NN 1662 4183 19 in in IN 1662 4183 20 the the DT 1662 4183 21 economy economy NN 1662 4183 22 , , , 1662 4183 23 but but CC 1662 4183 24 most most JJS 1662 4183 25 of of IN 1662 4183 26 these these DT 1662 4183 27 changes change NNS 1662 4183 28 have have VBP 1662 4183 29 moved move VBN 1662 4183 30 slowly slowly RB 1662 4183 31 or or CC 1662 4183 32 have have VBP 1662 4183 33 been be VBN 1662 4183 34 reversed reverse VBN 1662 4183 35 because because IN 1662 4183 36 of of IN 1662 4183 37 political political JJ 1662 4183 38 opposition opposition NN 1662 4183 39 . . . 1662 4184 1 In in IN 1662 4184 2 the the DT 1662 4184 3 early early JJ 1662 4184 4 1990s 1990 NNS 1662 4184 5 , , , 1662 4184 6 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4184 7 experienced experience VBD 1662 4184 8 a a DT 1662 4184 9 financial financial JJ 1662 4184 10 crisis crisis NN 1662 4184 11 caused cause VBN 1662 4184 12 by by IN 1662 4184 13 an an DT 1662 4184 14 import import NN 1662 4184 15 surge surge NN 1662 4184 16 that that WDT 1662 4184 17 began begin VBD 1662 4184 18 in in IN 1662 4184 19 1989 1989 CD 1662 4184 20 and and CC 1662 4184 21 general general JJ 1662 4184 22 financial financial JJ 1662 4184 23 mismanagement mismanagement NN 1662 4184 24 . . . 1662 4185 1 In in IN 1662 4185 2 1993 1993 CD 1662 4185 3 - - SYM 1662 4185 4 1994 1994 CD 1662 4185 5 , , , 1662 4185 6 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4185 7 rescheduled reschedule VBD 1662 4185 8 $ $ $ 1662 4185 9 15 15 CD 1662 4185 10 billion billion CD 1662 4185 11 in in IN 1662 4185 12 debt debt NN 1662 4185 13 , , , 1662 4185 14 with with IN 1662 4185 15 the the DT 1662 4185 16 bulk bulk NN 1662 4185 17 of of IN 1662 4185 18 payments payment NNS 1662 4185 19 due due JJ 1662 4185 20 in in IN 1662 4185 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 4185 22 - - SYM 1662 4185 23 97 97 CD 1662 4185 24 . . . 1662 4186 1 The the DT 1662 4186 2 strong strong JJ 1662 4186 3 oil oil NN 1662 4186 4 market market NN 1662 4186 5 in in IN 1662 4186 6 1996 1996 CD 1662 4186 7 has have VBZ 1662 4186 8 helped help VBN 1662 4186 9 ease ease VB 1662 4186 10 financial financial JJ 1662 4186 11 pressures pressure NNS 1662 4186 12 , , , 1662 4186 13 however however RB 1662 4186 14 , , , 1662 4186 15 and and CC 1662 4186 16 Tehran Tehran NNP 1662 4186 17 has have VBZ 1662 4186 18 so so RB 1662 4186 19 far far RB 1662 4186 20 made make VBN 1662 4186 21 timely timely JJ 1662 4186 22 debt debt NN 1662 4186 23 service service NN 1662 4186 24 payments payment NNS 1662 4186 25 . . . 1662 4187 1 In in IN 1662 4187 2 1996 1996 CD 1662 4187 3 , , , 1662 4187 4 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4187 5 's 's POS 1662 4187 6 oil oil NN 1662 4187 7 earnings earning NNS 1662 4187 8 - - , 1662 4187 9 which which WDT 1662 4187 10 account account VBP 1662 4187 11 for for IN 1662 4187 12 85 85 CD 1662 4187 13 % % NN 1662 4187 14 of of IN 1662 4187 15 total total JJ 1662 4187 16 export export NN 1662 4187 17 revenues revenue NNS 1662 4187 18 - - , 1662 4187 19 climbed climb VBD 1662 4187 20 20 20 CD 1662 4187 21 % % NN 1662 4187 22 from from IN 1662 4187 23 the the DT 1662 4187 24 previous previous JJ 1662 4187 25 year year NN 1662 4187 26 . . . 1662 4188 1 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4188 2 's 's POS 1662 4188 3 financial financial JJ 1662 4188 4 situation situation NN 1662 4188 5 will will MD 1662 4188 6 remain remain VB 1662 4188 7 tight tight JJ 1662 4188 8 through through IN 1662 4188 9 the the DT 1662 4188 10 end end NN 1662 4188 11 of of IN 1662 4188 12 the the DT 1662 4188 13 decade decade NN 1662 4188 14 , , , 1662 4188 15 and and CC 1662 4188 16 continued continue VBD 1662 4188 17 timely timely JJ 1662 4188 18 debt debt NN 1662 4188 19 service service NN 1662 4188 20 payments payment NNS 1662 4188 21 will will MD 1662 4188 22 depend depend VB 1662 4188 23 , , , 1662 4188 24 in in IN 1662 4188 25 part part NN 1662 4188 26 , , , 1662 4188 27 on on IN 1662 4188 28 persistent persistent JJ 1662 4188 29 strong strong JJ 1662 4188 30 oil oil NN 1662 4188 31 prices price NNS 1662 4188 32 during during IN 1662 4188 33 the the DT 1662 4188 34 next next JJ 1662 4188 35 few few JJ 1662 4188 36 years year NNS 1662 4188 37 . . . 1662 4189 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4189 2 : : : 1662 4189 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4189 4 power power NN 1662 4189 5 parity parity NN 1662 4189 6 - - : 1662 4189 7 $ $ $ 1662 4189 8 343.5 343.5 CD 1662 4189 9 billion billion CD 1662 4189 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4189 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4189 12 est est NNP 1662 4189 13 . . . 1662 4189 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4190 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4190 2 - - HYPH 1662 4190 3 real real JJ 1662 4190 4 growth growth NN 1662 4190 5 rate rate NN 1662 4190 6 : : : 1662 4190 7 3.6 3.6 CD 1662 4190 8 % % NN 1662 4190 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4190 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 4190 11 est est NNP 1662 4190 12 . . . 1662 4190 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4191 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4191 2 - - HYPH 1662 4191 3 per per FW 1662 4191 4 capita capita NN 1662 4191 5 : : : 1662 4191 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4191 7 power power NN 1662 4191 8 parity parity NN 1662 4191 9 - - : 1662 4191 10 $ $ $ 1662 4191 11 5,200 5,200 CD 1662 4191 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4191 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 4191 14 est est NNP 1662 4191 15 . . . 1662 4191 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4192 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4192 2 - - HYPH 1662 4192 3 composition composition NN 1662 4192 4 by by IN 1662 4192 5 sector sector NN 1662 4192 6 : : : 1662 4192 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4192 8 : : : 1662 4192 9 21 21 CD 1662 4192 10 % % NN 1662 4192 11 industry industry NN 1662 4192 12 : : : 1662 4192 13 37 37 CD 1662 4192 14 % % NN 1662 4192 15 services service NNS 1662 4192 16 : : : 1662 4192 17 42 42 CD 1662 4192 18 % % NN 1662 4192 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4192 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 4192 21 est est NNP 1662 4192 22 . . . 1662 4192 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4193 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 4193 2 rate rate NN 1662 4193 3 - - HYPH 1662 4193 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 4193 5 price price NN 1662 4193 6 index index NN 1662 4193 7 : : : 1662 4193 8 23 23 CD 1662 4193 9 % % NN 1662 4193 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4193 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4193 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4193 13 Labor labor NN 1662 4193 14 force force NN 1662 4193 15 : : : 1662 4193 16 total total NN 1662 4193 17 : : : 1662 4193 18 15.4 15.4 CD 1662 4193 19 million million CD 1662 4193 20 by by IN 1662 4193 21 occupation occupation NN 1662 4193 22 : : : 1662 4193 23 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4193 24 33 33 CD 1662 4193 25 % % NN 1662 4193 26 , , , 1662 4193 27 manufacturing manufacture VBG 1662 4193 28 21 21 CD 1662 4193 29 % % NN 1662 4193 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4193 31 1988 1988 CD 1662 4193 32 est est NNP 1662 4193 33 . . . 1662 4193 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4194 1 note note NN 1662 4194 2 : : : 1662 4194 3 shortage shortage NN 1662 4194 4 of of IN 1662 4194 5 skilled skilled JJ 1662 4194 6 labor labor NN 1662 4194 7 ; ; : 1662 4194 8 1.38 1.38 CD 1662 4194 9 % % NN 1662 4194 10 of of IN 1662 4194 11 the the DT 1662 4194 12 population population NN 1662 4194 13 in in IN 1662 4194 14 the the DT 1662 4194 15 15 15 CD 1662 4194 16 - - SYM 1662 4194 17 64 64 CD 1662 4194 18 age age NN 1662 4194 19 group group NN 1662 4194 20 is be VBZ 1662 4194 21 non non JJ 1662 4194 22 - - JJ 1662 4194 23 national national JJ 1662 4194 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4194 25 July July NNP 1662 4194 26 1997 1997 CD 1662 4194 27 est est NNP 1662 4194 28 . . . 1662 4194 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4195 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4195 2 rate rate NN 1662 4195 3 : : : 1662 4195 4 over over IN 1662 4195 5 30 30 CD 1662 4195 6 % % NN 1662 4195 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4195 8 1995 1995 CD 1662 4195 9 est est NNP 1662 4195 10 . . . 1662 4195 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4196 1 Budget budget NN 1662 4196 2 : : : 1662 4196 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 4196 4 : : : 1662 4196 5 $ $ $ 1662 4196 6 NA na NN 1662 4196 7 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4196 8 : : : 1662 4196 9 $ $ $ 1662 4196 10 NA na NN 1662 4196 11 , , , 1662 4196 12 including include VBG 1662 4196 13 capital capital NN 1662 4196 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4196 15 of of IN 1662 4196 16 $ $ $ 1662 4196 17 NA NA NNP 1662 4196 18 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 4196 19 : : : 1662 4196 20 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4196 21 , , , 1662 4196 22 petrochemicals petrochemical NNS 1662 4196 23 , , , 1662 4196 24 textiles textile NNS 1662 4196 25 , , , 1662 4196 26 cement cement NN 1662 4196 27 and and CC 1662 4196 28 other other JJ 1662 4196 29 construction construction NN 1662 4196 30 materials material NNS 1662 4196 31 , , , 1662 4196 32 food food NN 1662 4196 33 processing processing NN 1662 4196 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4196 35 particularly particularly RB 1662 4196 36 sugar sugar NN 1662 4196 37 refining refining NN 1662 4196 38 and and CC 1662 4196 39 vegetable vegetable NN 1662 4196 40 oil oil NN 1662 4196 41 production production NN 1662 4196 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4196 43 , , , 1662 4196 44 metal metal NN 1662 4196 45 fabricating fabricating NN 1662 4196 46 , , , 1662 4196 47 armaments armament VBZ 1662 4196 48 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 4196 49 production production NN 1662 4196 50 growth growth NN 1662 4196 51 rate rate NN 1662 4196 52 : : : 1662 4196 53 4.3 4.3 CD 1662 4196 54 % % NN 1662 4196 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4196 56 1994 1994 CD 1662 4196 57 est est NNP 1662 4196 58 . . . 1662 4196 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4197 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4197 2 - - HYPH 1662 4197 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 4197 4 : : : 1662 4197 5 25.12 25.12 CD 1662 4197 6 million million CD 1662 4197 7 kW kW NNP 1662 4197 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4197 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 4197 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4197 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4197 12 - - HYPH 1662 4197 13 production production NN 1662 4197 14 : : : 1662 4197 15 74.76 74.76 CD 1662 4197 16 billion billion CD 1662 4197 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4197 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4197 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 4197 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4197 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4197 22 - - HYPH 1662 4197 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 4197 24 per per IN 1662 4197 25 capita capita NN 1662 4197 26 : : : 1662 4197 27 1,137 1,137 CD 1662 4197 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4197 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4197 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 4197 31 est est NNP 1662 4197 32 . . . 1662 4197 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4198 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4198 2 - - HYPH 1662 4198 3 products product NNS 1662 4198 4 : : : 1662 4198 5 wheat wheat NN 1662 4198 6 , , , 1662 4198 7 rice rice NN 1662 4198 8 , , , 1662 4198 9 other other JJ 1662 4198 10 grains grain NNS 1662 4198 11 , , , 1662 4198 12 sugar sugar NN 1662 4198 13 beets beet NNS 1662 4198 14 , , , 1662 4198 15 fruits fruit NNS 1662 4198 16 , , , 1662 4198 17 nuts nut NNS 1662 4198 18 , , , 1662 4198 19 cotton cotton NN 1662 4198 20 ; ; , 1662 4198 21 dairy dairy NN 1662 4198 22 products product NNS 1662 4198 23 , , , 1662 4198 24 wool wool NN 1662 4198 25 ; ; : 1662 4198 26 caviar caviar JJ 1662 4198 27 Exports export NNS 1662 4198 28 : : : 1662 4198 29 total total JJ 1662 4198 30 value value NN 1662 4198 31 : : : 1662 4198 32 $ $ $ 1662 4198 33 21.3 21.3 CD 1662 4198 34 billion billion CD 1662 4198 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4198 36 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 4198 37 . . NNP 1662 4198 38 , , , 1662 4198 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 4198 40 est est NNP 1662 4198 41 . . . 1662 4198 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4199 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4199 2 : : : 1662 4199 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4199 4 85 85 CD 1662 4199 5 % % NN 1662 4199 6 , , , 1662 4199 7 carpets carpet NNS 1662 4199 8 , , , 1662 4199 9 fruits fruit NNS 1662 4199 10 , , , 1662 4199 11 nuts nut NNS 1662 4199 12 , , , 1662 4199 13 hides hide NNS 1662 4199 14 , , , 1662 4199 15 iron iron NN 1662 4199 16 , , , 1662 4199 17 steel steel NN 1662 4199 18 partners partner NNS 1662 4199 19 : : : 1662 4199 20 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4199 21 , , , 1662 4199 22 Italy Italy NNP 1662 4199 23 , , , 1662 4199 24 France France NNP 1662 4199 25 , , , 1662 4199 26 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 4199 27 , , , 1662 4199 28 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 4199 29 / / SYM 1662 4199 30 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 4199 31 , , , 1662 4199 32 Spain Spain NNP 1662 4199 33 , , , 1662 4199 34 and and CC 1662 4199 35 Germany Germany NNP 1662 4199 36 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 4199 37 : : : 1662 4199 38 total total JJ 1662 4199 39 value value NN 1662 4199 40 : : : 1662 4199 41 $ $ $ 1662 4199 42 13.3 13.3 CD 1662 4199 43 billion billion CD 1662 4199 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4199 45 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 4199 46 . . NNP 1662 4199 47 , , , 1662 4199 48 1996 1996 CD 1662 4199 49 est est NNP 1662 4199 50 . . . 1662 4199 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4200 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4200 2 : : : 1662 4200 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 4200 4 , , , 1662 4200 5 military military JJ 1662 4200 6 supplies supply NNS 1662 4200 7 , , , 1662 4200 8 metal metal NN 1662 4200 9 works work NNS 1662 4200 10 , , , 1662 4200 11 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 4200 12 , , , 1662 4200 13 pharmaceuticals pharmaceutical NNS 1662 4200 14 , , , 1662 4200 15 technical technical JJ 1662 4200 16 services service NNS 1662 4200 17 , , , 1662 4200 18 refined refined JJ 1662 4200 19 oil oil NN 1662 4200 20 products product NNS 1662 4200 21 partners partner NNS 1662 4200 22 : : : 1662 4200 23 Germany Germany NNP 1662 4200 24 , , , 1662 4200 25 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4200 26 , , , 1662 4200 27 Italy Italy NNP 1662 4200 28 , , , 1662 4200 29 UK UK NNP 1662 4200 30 , , , 1662 4200 31 UAE UAE NNP 1662 4200 32 , , , 1662 4200 33 Russia Russia NNP 1662 4200 34 , , , 1662 4200 35 France France NNP 1662 4200 36 Debt Debt NNP 1662 4200 37 - - HYPH 1662 4200 38 external external JJ 1662 4200 39 : : : 1662 4200 40 $ $ $ 1662 4200 41 30 30 CD 1662 4200 42 billion billion CD 1662 4200 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4200 44 1996 1996 CD 1662 4200 45 est est NNP 1662 4200 46 . . . 1662 4200 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4201 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 4201 2 aid aid NN 1662 4201 3 : : : 1662 4201 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 4201 5 : : : 1662 4201 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 4201 7 , , , 1662 4201 8 $ $ $ 1662 4201 9 40 40 CD 1662 4201 10 million million CD 1662 4201 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4201 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 4201 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4201 14 Currency currency NN 1662 4201 15 : : : 1662 4201 16 10 10 CD 1662 4201 17 Iranian iranian JJ 1662 4201 18 rials rial NNS 1662 4201 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4201 20 IR IR NNP 1662 4201 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4201 22 = = NFP 1662 4201 23 1 1 CD 1662 4201 24 toman toman NN 1662 4201 25 ; ; : 1662 4201 26 note note VB 1662 4201 27 - - HYPH 1662 4201 28 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4201 29 figures figure NNS 1662 4201 30 are be VBP 1662 4201 31 generally generally RB 1662 4201 32 referred refer VBN 1662 4201 33 to to IN 1662 4201 34 in in IN 1662 4201 35 terms term NNS 1662 4201 36 of of IN 1662 4201 37 the the DT 1662 4201 38 toman toman NN 1662 4201 39 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 4201 40 rates rate NNS 1662 4201 41 : : : 1662 4201 42 Iranian iranian JJ 1662 4201 43 rials rial NNS 1662 4201 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4201 45 IR IR NNP 1662 4201 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4201 47 per per IN 1662 4201 48 US$ us$ $ 1662 4201 49 1 1 CD 1662 4201 50 - - SYM 1662 4201 51 1,755.12 1,755.12 CD 1662 4201 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4201 53 January January NNP 1662 4201 54 1997 1997 CD 1662 4201 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4201 56 , , , 1662 4201 57 1,750.76 1,750.76 CD 1662 4201 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4201 59 1996 1996 CD 1662 4201 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4201 61 , , , 1662 4201 62 1,747.93 1,747.93 CD 1662 4201 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4201 64 1995 1995 CD 1662 4201 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4201 66 , , , 1662 4201 67 1,748.75 1,748.75 CD 1662 4201 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4201 69 1994 1994 CD 1662 4201 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4201 71 , , , 1662 4201 72 1,267.77 1,267.77 CD 1662 4201 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4201 74 1993 1993 CD 1662 4201 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4201 76 , , , 1662 4201 77 65.55 65.55 CD 1662 4201 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4201 79 1992 1992 CD 1662 4201 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4201 81 ; ; : 1662 4201 82 black black JJ 1662 4201 83 market market NN 1662 4201 84 rate rate NN 1662 4201 85 : : : 1662 4201 86 4,600 4,600 CD 1662 4201 87 rials rial NNS 1662 4201 88 per per IN 1662 4201 89 US$ us$ $ 1662 4201 90 1 1 CD 1662 4201 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4201 92 March March NNP 1662 4201 93 1997 1997 CD 1662 4201 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4201 95 ; ; : 1662 4201 96 note note VB 1662 4201 97 - - : 1662 4201 98 as as IN 1662 4201 99 of of IN 1662 4201 100 May May NNP 1662 4201 101 1995 1995 CD 1662 4201 102 , , , 1662 4201 103 the the DT 1662 4201 104 " " `` 1662 4201 105 official official JJ 1662 4201 106 rate rate NN 1662 4201 107 " " '' 1662 4201 108 of of IN 1662 4201 109 1,750 1,750 CD 1662 4201 110 rials rial NNS 1662 4201 111 per per IN 1662 4201 112 US$ us$ $ 1662 4201 113 1 1 CD 1662 4201 114 is be VBZ 1662 4201 115 used use VBN 1662 4201 116 for for IN 1662 4201 117 imports import NNS 1662 4201 118 of of IN 1662 4201 119 essential essential JJ 1662 4201 120 goods good NNS 1662 4201 121 and and CC 1662 4201 122 services service NNS 1662 4201 123 and and CC 1662 4201 124 for for IN 1662 4201 125 oil oil NN 1662 4201 126 exports export NNS 1662 4201 127 , , , 1662 4201 128 whereas whereas IN 1662 4201 129 the the DT 1662 4201 130 " " `` 1662 4201 131 official official JJ 1662 4201 132 export export NN 1662 4201 133 rate rate NN 1662 4201 134 " " '' 1662 4201 135 of of IN 1662 4201 136 3,000 3,000 CD 1662 4201 137 rials rial NNS 1662 4201 138 per per IN 1662 4201 139 US$ us$ $ 1662 4201 140 1 1 CD 1662 4201 141 is be VBZ 1662 4201 142 used use VBN 1662 4201 143 for for IN 1662 4201 144 non non JJ 1662 4201 145 - - JJ 1662 4201 146 oil oil JJ 1662 4201 147 exports export NNS 1662 4201 148 and and CC 1662 4201 149 imports import NNS 1662 4201 150 not not RB 1662 4201 151 covered cover VBN 1662 4201 152 by by IN 1662 4201 153 the the DT 1662 4201 154 official official JJ 1662 4201 155 rate rate NN 1662 4201 156 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4201 157 year year NN 1662 4201 158 : : : 1662 4201 159 21 21 CD 1662 4201 160 March March NNP 1662 4201 161 - - HYPH 1662 4201 162 20 20 CD 1662 4201 163 March March NNP 1662 4201 164 @Iran @iran NN 1662 4201 165 : : : 1662 4201 166 Communications communication NNS 1662 4201 167 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 4201 168 : : : 1662 4201 169 3.02 3.02 CD 1662 4201 170 million million CD 1662 4201 171 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4201 172 1992 1992 CD 1662 4201 173 est est NNP 1662 4201 174 . . . 1662 4201 175 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4202 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 4202 2 system system NN 1662 4202 3 : : : 1662 4202 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4202 5 : : : 1662 4202 6 microwave microwave NN 1662 4202 7 radio radio NN 1662 4202 8 relay relay NN 1662 4202 9 extends extend VBZ 1662 4202 10 throughout throughout IN 1662 4202 11 country country NN 1662 4202 12 ; ; : 1662 4202 13 system system NN 1662 4202 14 centered center VBN 1662 4202 15 in in IN 1662 4202 16 Tehran Tehran NNP 1662 4202 17 international international JJ 1662 4202 18 : : : 1662 4202 19 satellite satellite NN 1662 4202 20 earth earth NN 1662 4202 21 stations station NNS 1662 4202 22 - - , 1662 4202 23 3 3 CD 1662 4202 24 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4202 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4202 26 2 2 CD 1662 4202 27 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4202 28 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4202 29 and and CC 1662 4202 30 1 1 CD 1662 4202 31 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4202 32 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4202 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4202 34 and and CC 1662 4202 35 1 1 CD 1662 4202 36 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 4202 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4202 38 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4202 39 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4202 40 Region Region NNP 1662 4202 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4202 42 ; ; : 1662 4202 43 HF HF NNP 1662 4202 44 radio radio NN 1662 4202 45 and and CC 1662 4202 46 microwave microwave NN 1662 4202 47 radio radio NN 1662 4202 48 relay relay NN 1662 4202 49 to to IN 1662 4202 50 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 4202 51 , , , 1662 4202 52 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 4202 53 , , , 1662 4202 54 Syria Syria NNP 1662 4202 55 , , , 1662 4202 56 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 4202 57 , , , 1662 4202 58 Tajikistan Tajikistan NNP 1662 4202 59 , , , 1662 4202 60 and and CC 1662 4202 61 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 1662 4202 62 ; ; : 1662 4202 63 submarine submarine NN 1662 4202 64 fiber fiber NN 1662 4202 65 - - HYPH 1662 4202 66 optic optic NN 1662 4202 67 cable cable NN 1662 4202 68 to to IN 1662 4202 69 UAE UAE NNP 1662 4202 70 Radio Radio NNP 1662 4202 71 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4202 72 stations station NNS 1662 4202 73 : : : 1662 4202 74 AM AM NNP 1662 4202 75 77 77 CD 1662 4202 76 , , , 1662 4202 77 FM FM NNP 1662 4202 78 3 3 CD 1662 4202 79 , , , 1662 4202 80 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 4202 81 0 0 CD 1662 4202 82 Radios radio NNS 1662 4202 83 : : : 1662 4202 84 14.3 14.3 CD 1662 4202 85 million million CD 1662 4202 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4202 87 1992 1992 CD 1662 4202 88 est est NNP 1662 4202 89 . . . 1662 4202 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4203 1 Television television NN 1662 4203 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4203 3 stations station NNS 1662 4203 4 : : : 1662 4203 5 28 28 CD 1662 4203 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 4203 7 : : : 1662 4203 8 3.9 3.9 CD 1662 4203 9 million million CD 1662 4203 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4203 11 1992 1992 CD 1662 4203 12 est est NNP 1662 4203 13 . . . 1662 4203 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4204 1 @Iran @Iran NNP 1662 4204 2 : : : 1662 4204 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4204 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 4204 5 : : : 1662 4204 6 total total NN 1662 4204 7 : : : 1662 4204 8 7,286 7,286 CD 1662 4204 9 km km NN 1662 4204 10 broad broad JJ 1662 4204 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 4204 12 : : : 1662 4204 13 94 94 CD 1662 4204 14 km km NN 1662 4204 15 1.676-m 1.676-m CD 1662 4204 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 4204 17 standard standard JJ 1662 4204 18 gauge gauge NN 1662 4204 19 : : : 1662 4204 20 7,192 7,192 CD 1662 4204 21 km km NN 1662 4204 22 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 4204 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 4204 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4204 25 146 146 CD 1662 4204 26 km km NN 1662 4204 27 electrified electrify VBN 1662 4204 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4204 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4204 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 4204 31 est est NNP 1662 4204 32 . . . 1662 4204 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4205 1 Highways highway NNS 1662 4205 2 : : : 1662 4205 3 total total NN 1662 4205 4 : : : 1662 4205 5 158,000 158,000 CD 1662 4205 6 km km NN 1662 4205 7 paved pave VBN 1662 4205 8 : : : 1662 4205 9 93,378 93,378 CD 1662 4205 10 km km NNS 1662 4205 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4205 12 including include VBG 1662 4205 13 460 460 CD 1662 4205 14 km km NNS 1662 4205 15 of of IN 1662 4205 16 expressways expressway NNS 1662 4205 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4205 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4205 19 : : : 1662 4205 20 64,622 64,622 CD 1662 4205 21 km km NNS 1662 4205 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4205 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 4205 24 est est NNP 1662 4205 25 . . . 1662 4205 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4206 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 4206 2 : : : 1662 4206 3 904 904 CD 1662 4206 4 km km NN 1662 4206 5 ; ; : 1662 4206 6 the the DT 1662 4206 7 Shatt Shatt NNP 1662 4206 8 al al NNP 1662 4206 9 Arab Arab NNP 1662 4206 10 is be VBZ 1662 4206 11 usually usually RB 1662 4206 12 navigable navigable JJ 1662 4206 13 by by IN 1662 4206 14 maritime maritime JJ 1662 4206 15 traffic traffic NN 1662 4206 16 for for IN 1662 4206 17 about about RB 1662 4206 18 130 130 CD 1662 4206 19 km km NNS 1662 4206 20 ; ; : 1662 4206 21 channel channel NNP 1662 4206 22 has have VBZ 1662 4206 23 been be VBN 1662 4206 24 dredged dredge VBN 1662 4206 25 to to IN 1662 4206 26 3 3 CD 1662 4206 27 m m NN 1662 4206 28 and and CC 1662 4206 29 is be VBZ 1662 4206 30 in in IN 1662 4206 31 use use NN 1662 4206 32 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 4206 33 : : : 1662 4206 34 crude crude JJ 1662 4206 35 oil oil NN 1662 4206 36 5,900 5,900 CD 1662 4206 37 km km NN 1662 4206 38 ; ; : 1662 4206 39 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4206 40 products product NNS 1662 4206 41 3,900 3,900 CD 1662 4206 42 km km NN 1662 4206 43 ; ; : 1662 4206 44 natural natural JJ 1662 4206 45 gas gas NN 1662 4206 46 4,550 4,550 CD 1662 4206 47 km km NN 1662 4206 48 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 4206 49 and and CC 1662 4206 50 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4206 51 : : : 1662 4206 52 Abadan Abadan NNP 1662 4206 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4206 54 largely largely RB 1662 4206 55 destroyed destroy VBN 1662 4206 56 in in IN 1662 4206 57 fighting fighting NN 1662 4206 58 during during IN 1662 4206 59 1980 1980 CD 1662 4206 60 - - SYM 1662 4206 61 88 88 CD 1662 4206 62 war war NN 1662 4206 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4206 64 , , , 1662 4206 65 Ahvaz Ahvaz NNP 1662 4206 66 , , , 1662 4206 67 Bandar Bandar NNP 1662 4206 68 Beheshti Beheshti NNP 1662 4206 69 , , , 1662 4206 70 Bandar Bandar NNP 1662 4206 71 - - HYPH 1662 4206 72 e e NNP 1662 4206 73 ' ' '' 1662 4206 74 Abbas Abbas NNP 1662 4206 75 , , , 1662 4206 76 Bandar Bandar NNP 1662 4206 77 - - HYPH 1662 4206 78 e e NNP 1662 4206 79 Anzali Anzali NNP 1662 4206 80 , , , 1662 4206 81 Bandar Bandar NNP 1662 4206 82 - - HYPH 1662 4206 83 e e NNP 1662 4206 84 Bushehr Bushehr NNP 1662 4206 85 , , , 1662 4206 86 Bandar Bandar NNP 1662 4206 87 - - HYPH 1662 4206 88 e e NNP 1662 4206 89 Khomeyni Khomeyni NNP 1662 4206 90 , , , 1662 4206 91 Bandar Bandar NNP 1662 4206 92 - - HYPH 1662 4206 93 e e NNP 1662 4206 94 Mah Mah NNP 1662 4206 95 Shahr Shahr NNP 1662 4206 96 , , , 1662 4206 97 Bandar Bandar NNP 1662 4206 98 - - HYPH 1662 4206 99 e e NNP 1662 4206 100 Torkeman Torkeman NNP 1662 4206 101 , , , 1662 4206 102 Jazireh Jazireh NNP 1662 4206 103 - - HYPH 1662 4206 104 ye ye NNP 1662 4206 105 Khark Khark NNP 1662 4206 106 , , , 1662 4206 107 Jazireh Jazireh NNP 1662 4206 108 - - HYPH 1662 4206 109 ye ye NNP 1662 4206 110 Lavan Lavan NNP 1662 4206 111 , , , 1662 4206 112 Jazireh Jazireh NNP 1662 4206 113 - - HYPH 1662 4206 114 ye ye NNP 1662 4206 115 Sirri Sirri NNP 1662 4206 116 , , , 1662 4206 117 Khorramshahr Khorramshahr NNP 1662 4206 118 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4206 119 limited limited JJ 1662 4206 120 operation operation NN 1662 4206 121 since since IN 1662 4206 122 November November NNP 1662 4206 123 1992 1992 CD 1662 4206 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4206 125 , , , 1662 4206 126 Now now RB 1662 4206 127 Shahr Shahr NNP 1662 4206 128 Merchant merchant NN 1662 4206 129 marine marine NN 1662 4206 130 : : : 1662 4206 131 total total NN 1662 4206 132 : : : 1662 4206 133 132 132 CD 1662 4206 134 ships ship NNS 1662 4206 135 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4206 136 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4206 137 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4206 138 or or CC 1662 4206 139 over over RB 1662 4206 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4206 141 totaling total VBG 1662 4206 142 3,436,384 3,436,384 CD 1662 4206 143 GRT/6,095,124 grt/6,095,124 NN 1662 4206 144 DWT dwt NN 1662 4206 145 ships ship NNS 1662 4206 146 by by IN 1662 4206 147 type type NN 1662 4206 148 : : : 1662 4206 149 bulk bulk NNP 1662 4206 150 47 47 CD 1662 4206 151 , , , 1662 4206 152 cargo cargo NN 1662 4206 153 36 36 CD 1662 4206 154 , , , 1662 4206 155 chemical chemical NN 1662 4206 156 tanker tanker NN 1662 4206 157 4 4 CD 1662 4206 158 , , , 1662 4206 159 combination combination NN 1662 4206 160 bulk bulk NN 1662 4206 161 2 2 CD 1662 4206 162 , , , 1662 4206 163 container container NN 1662 4206 164 1 1 CD 1662 4206 165 , , , 1662 4206 166 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 4206 167 gas gas NN 1662 4206 168 tanker tanker NN 1662 4206 169 1 1 CD 1662 4206 170 , , , 1662 4206 171 multifunction multifunction NN 1662 4206 172 large large JJ 1662 4206 173 - - HYPH 1662 4206 174 load load NN 1662 4206 175 carrier carrier NN 1662 4206 176 6 6 CD 1662 4206 177 , , , 1662 4206 178 oil oil NN 1662 4206 179 tanker tanker NN 1662 4206 180 22 22 CD 1662 4206 181 , , , 1662 4206 182 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 4206 183 cargo cargo NN 1662 4206 184 3 3 CD 1662 4206 185 , , , 1662 4206 186 roll roll NN 1662 4206 187 - - HYPH 1662 4206 188 on on IN 1662 4206 189 / / SYM 1662 4206 190 roll roll NN 1662 4206 191 - - HYPH 1662 4206 192 off off RP 1662 4206 193 cargo cargo NN 1662 4206 194 9 9 CD 1662 4206 195 , , , 1662 4206 196 short short JJ 1662 4206 197 - - HYPH 1662 4206 198 sea sea NN 1662 4206 199 passenger passenger NN 1662 4206 200 1 1 CD 1662 4206 201 note note NN 1662 4206 202 : : : 1662 4206 203 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4206 204 owns own VBZ 1662 4206 205 an an DT 1662 4206 206 additional additional JJ 1662 4206 207 3 3 CD 1662 4206 208 ships ship NNS 1662 4206 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4206 210 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4206 211 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4206 212 or or CC 1662 4206 213 over over RB 1662 4206 214 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4206 215 totaling total VBG 1662 4206 216 141,992 141,992 CD 1662 4206 217 DWT DWT NNP 1662 4206 218 that that WDT 1662 4206 219 operate operate VBP 1662 4206 220 under under IN 1662 4206 221 the the DT 1662 4206 222 registry registry NN 1662 4206 223 of of IN 1662 4206 224 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 4206 225 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4206 226 1996 1996 CD 1662 4206 227 est est NNP 1662 4206 228 . . . 1662 4206 229 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4207 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4207 2 : : : 1662 4207 3 227 227 CD 1662 4207 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4207 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4207 6 est est NNP 1662 4207 7 . . . 1662 4207 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4208 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4208 2 - - , 1662 4208 3 with with IN 1662 4208 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4208 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4208 6 : : : 1662 4208 7 total total NN 1662 4208 8 : : : 1662 4208 9 115 115 CD 1662 4208 10 over over IN 1662 4208 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4208 12 m m NN 1662 4208 13 : : : 1662 4208 14 32 32 CD 1662 4208 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4208 16 to to TO 1662 4208 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4208 18 m m CD 1662 4208 19 : : : 1662 4208 20 11 11 CD 1662 4208 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4208 22 to to TO 1662 4208 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4208 24 m m NN 1662 4208 25 : : : 1662 4208 26 29 29 CD 1662 4208 27 914 914 CD 1662 4208 28 to to TO 1662 4208 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4208 30 m m NN 1662 4208 31 : : : 1662 4208 32 18 18 CD 1662 4208 33 under under IN 1662 4208 34 914 914 CD 1662 4208 35 m m NN 1662 4208 36 : : : 1662 4208 37 25 25 CD 1662 4208 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4208 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 4208 40 est est NNP 1662 4208 41 . . . 1662 4208 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4209 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4209 2 - - , 1662 4209 3 with with IN 1662 4209 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4209 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4209 6 : : : 1662 4209 7 total total NN 1662 4209 8 : : : 1662 4209 9 112 112 CD 1662 4209 10 over over IN 1662 4209 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4209 12 m m NN 1662 4209 13 : : : 1662 4209 14 2 2 CD 1662 4209 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4209 16 to to TO 1662 4209 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4209 18 m m NN 1662 4209 19 : : : 1662 4209 20 2 2 CD 1662 4209 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4209 22 to to TO 1662 4209 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4209 24 m m NN 1662 4209 25 : : : 1662 4209 26 10 10 CD 1662 4209 27 914 914 CD 1662 4209 28 to to TO 1662 4209 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4209 30 m m NN 1662 4209 31 : : : 1662 4209 32 98 98 CD 1662 4209 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4209 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 4209 35 est est NNP 1662 4209 36 . . . 1662 4209 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4210 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 4210 2 : : : 1662 4210 3 12 12 CD 1662 4210 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4210 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4210 6 est est NNP 1662 4210 7 . . . 1662 4210 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4211 1 Military military JJ 1662 4211 2 Military military JJ 1662 4211 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4211 4 : : : 1662 4211 5 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 4211 6 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4211 7 of of IN 1662 4211 8 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4211 9 regular regular JJ 1662 4211 10 forces force NNS 1662 4211 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4211 12 includes include VBZ 1662 4211 13 Ground Ground NNP 1662 4211 14 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 4211 15 , , , 1662 4211 16 Navy Navy NNP 1662 4211 17 , , , 1662 4211 18 Air Air NNP 1662 4211 19 and and CC 1662 4211 20 Air Air NNP 1662 4211 21 Defense Defense NNP 1662 4211 22 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 4211 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4211 24 , , , 1662 4211 25 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 4211 26 Guards Guards NNPS 1662 4211 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4211 28 includes include VBZ 1662 4211 29 Ground Ground NNP 1662 4211 30 , , , 1662 4211 31 Air Air NNP 1662 4211 32 , , , 1662 4211 33 Navy Navy NNP 1662 4211 34 , , , 1662 4211 35 Qods Qods NNP 1662 4211 36 , , , 1662 4211 37 and and CC 1662 4211 38 Basij Basij NNP 1662 4211 39 - - HYPH 1662 4211 40 mobilization mobilization NN 1662 4211 41 - - HYPH 1662 4211 42 forces force NNS 1662 4211 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4211 44 , , , 1662 4211 45 Law Law NNP 1662 4211 46 Enforcement Enforcement NNP 1662 4211 47 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 4211 48 Military Military NNP 1662 4211 49 manpower manpower NN 1662 4211 50 - - HYPH 1662 4211 51 military military NN 1662 4211 52 age age NN 1662 4211 53 : : : 1662 4211 54 21 21 CD 1662 4211 55 years year NNS 1662 4211 56 of of IN 1662 4211 57 age age NN 1662 4211 58 Military military JJ 1662 4211 59 manpower manpower NN 1662 4211 60 - - HYPH 1662 4211 61 availability availability NN 1662 4211 62 : : : 1662 4211 63 males male NNS 1662 4211 64 age age NNP 1662 4211 65 15 15 CD 1662 4211 66 - - HYPH 1662 4211 67 49 49 CD 1662 4211 68 : : SYM 1662 4211 69 15,700,662 15,700,662 CD 1662 4211 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4211 71 1997 1997 CD 1662 4211 72 est est NNP 1662 4211 73 . . . 1662 4211 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4212 1 Military military JJ 1662 4212 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4212 3 - - HYPH 1662 4212 4 fit fit NN 1662 4212 5 for for IN 1662 4212 6 military military JJ 1662 4212 7 service service NN 1662 4212 8 : : : 1662 4212 9 males male NNS 1662 4212 10 : : : 1662 4212 11 9,332,944 9,332,944 CD 1662 4212 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4212 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4212 14 est est NNP 1662 4212 15 . . . 1662 4212 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4213 1 Military military JJ 1662 4213 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4213 3 - - HYPH 1662 4213 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 4213 5 military military JJ 1662 4213 6 age age NN 1662 4213 7 annually annually RB 1662 4213 8 : : : 1662 4213 9 males male NNS 1662 4213 10 : : : 1662 4213 11 650,804 650,804 CD 1662 4213 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4213 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4213 14 est est NNP 1662 4213 15 . . . 1662 4213 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4214 1 Military military JJ 1662 4214 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4214 3 - - HYPH 1662 4214 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4214 5 figure figure NN 1662 4214 6 : : : 1662 4214 7 according accord VBG 1662 4214 8 to to IN 1662 4214 9 official official JJ 1662 4214 10 Iranian iranian JJ 1662 4214 11 data datum NNS 1662 4214 12 , , , 1662 4214 13 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4214 14 budgeted budget VBD 1662 4214 15 8,283.9 8,283.9 CD 1662 4214 16 billion billion CD 1662 4214 17 rials rial NNS 1662 4214 18 for for IN 1662 4214 19 defense defense NN 1662 4214 20 in in IN 1662 4214 21 1997 1997 CD 1662 4214 22 ; ; : 1662 4214 23 note note NN 1662 4214 24 - - HYPH 1662 4214 25 conversion conversion NN 1662 4214 26 of of IN 1662 4214 27 defense defense NN 1662 4214 28 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4214 29 into into IN 1662 4214 30 US US NNP 1662 4214 31 dollars dollar NNS 1662 4214 32 using use VBG 1662 4214 33 current current JJ 1662 4214 34 exchange exchange NN 1662 4214 35 rates rate NNS 1662 4214 36 could could MD 1662 4214 37 produce produce VB 1662 4214 38 misleading misleading JJ 1662 4214 39 results result NNS 1662 4214 40 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4214 41 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4214 42 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 4214 43 - - : 1662 4214 44 international international RB 1662 4214 45 : : : 1662 4214 46 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4214 47 and and CC 1662 4214 48 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 4214 49 restored restore VBD 1662 4214 50 diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4214 51 relations relation NNS 1662 4214 52 in in IN 1662 4214 53 1990 1990 CD 1662 4214 54 but but CC 1662 4214 55 are be VBP 1662 4214 56 still still RB 1662 4214 57 trying try VBG 1662 4214 58 to to TO 1662 4214 59 work work VB 1662 4214 60 out out RP 1662 4214 61 written write VBN 1662 4214 62 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4214 63 settling settle VBG 1662 4214 64 outstanding outstanding JJ 1662 4214 65 disputes dispute NNS 1662 4214 66 from from IN 1662 4214 67 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4214 68 eight eight CD 1662 4214 69 - - HYPH 1662 4214 70 year year NN 1662 4214 71 war war NN 1662 4214 72 concerning concern VBG 1662 4214 73 border border NN 1662 4214 74 demarcation demarcation NN 1662 4214 75 , , , 1662 4214 76 prisoners prisoner NNS 1662 4214 77 - - HYPH 1662 4214 78 of of IN 1662 4214 79 - - HYPH 1662 4214 80 war war NN 1662 4214 81 , , , 1662 4214 82 and and CC 1662 4214 83 freedom freedom NN 1662 4214 84 of of IN 1662 4214 85 navigation navigation NN 1662 4214 86 and and CC 1662 4214 87 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 4214 88 over over IN 1662 4214 89 the the DT 1662 4214 90 Shatt Shatt NNP 1662 4214 91 al al NNP 1662 4214 92 - - HYPH 1662 4214 93 Arab arab JJ 1662 4214 94 waterway waterway NN 1662 4214 95 ; ; : 1662 4214 96 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4214 97 occupies occupy VBZ 1662 4214 98 two two CD 1662 4214 99 islands island NNS 1662 4214 100 in in IN 1662 4214 101 the the DT 1662 4214 102 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4214 103 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4214 104 claimed claim VBD 1662 4214 105 by by IN 1662 4214 106 the the DT 1662 4214 107 UAE UAE NNP 1662 4214 108 : : : 1662 4214 109 Lesser Lesser NNP 1662 4214 110 Tunb Tunb NNP 1662 4214 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4214 112 called call VBN 1662 4214 113 Tunb Tunb NNP 1662 4214 114 as as IN 1662 4214 115 Sughra Sughra NNP 1662 4214 116 in in IN 1662 4214 117 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 4214 118 by by IN 1662 4214 119 UAE UAE NNP 1662 4214 120 and and CC 1662 4214 121 Jazireh Jazireh NNP 1662 4214 122 - - HYPH 1662 4214 123 ye ye NNP 1662 4214 124 Tonb Tonb NNP 1662 4214 125 - - HYPH 1662 4214 126 e e NNP 1662 4214 127 Kuchek Kuchek NNP 1662 4214 128 in in IN 1662 4214 129 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4214 130 by by IN 1662 4214 131 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4214 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4214 133 and and CC 1662 4214 134 Greater Greater NNP 1662 4214 135 Tunb Tunb NNP 1662 4214 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4214 137 called call VBN 1662 4214 138 Tunb Tunb NNP 1662 4214 139 al al NNP 1662 4214 140 Kubra Kubra NNP 1662 4214 141 in in IN 1662 4214 142 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 4214 143 by by IN 1662 4214 144 UAE UAE NNP 1662 4214 145 and and CC 1662 4214 146 Jazireh Jazireh NNP 1662 4214 147 - - HYPH 1662 4214 148 ye ye NNP 1662 4214 149 Tonb Tonb NNP 1662 4214 150 - - HYPH 1662 4214 151 e e NNP 1662 4214 152 Bozorg Bozorg NNP 1662 4214 153 in in IN 1662 4214 154 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4214 155 by by IN 1662 4214 156 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4214 157 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4214 158 ; ; : 1662 4214 159 it -PRON- PRP 1662 4214 160 jointly jointly RB 1662 4214 161 administers administer VBZ 1662 4214 162 with with IN 1662 4214 163 the the DT 1662 4214 164 UAE UAE NNP 1662 4214 165 an an DT 1662 4214 166 island island NN 1662 4214 167 in in IN 1662 4214 168 the the DT 1662 4214 169 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4214 170 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4214 171 claimed claim VBD 1662 4214 172 by by IN 1662 4214 173 the the DT 1662 4214 174 UAE UAE NNP 1662 4214 175 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4214 176 called call VBN 1662 4214 177 Abu Abu NNP 1662 4214 178 Musa Musa NNP 1662 4214 179 in in IN 1662 4214 180 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 4214 181 by by IN 1662 4214 182 UAE UAE NNP 1662 4214 183 and and CC 1662 4214 184 Jazireh Jazireh NNP 1662 4214 185 - - HYPH 1662 4214 186 ye ye NNP 1662 4214 187 Abu Abu NNP 1662 4214 188 Musa Musa NNP 1662 4214 189 in in IN 1662 4214 190 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4214 191 by by IN 1662 4214 192 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4214 193 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4214 194 - - , 1662 4214 195 over over IN 1662 4214 196 which which WDT 1662 4214 197 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4214 198 has have VBZ 1662 4214 199 taken take VBN 1662 4214 200 steps step NNS 1662 4214 201 to to TO 1662 4214 202 exert exert VB 1662 4214 203 unilateral unilateral JJ 1662 4214 204 control control NN 1662 4214 205 since since IN 1662 4214 206 1992 1992 CD 1662 4214 207 , , , 1662 4214 208 including include VBG 1662 4214 209 access access NN 1662 4214 210 restrictions restriction NNS 1662 4214 211 and and CC 1662 4214 212 a a DT 1662 4214 213 military military JJ 1662 4214 214 build build NN 1662 4214 215 - - HYPH 1662 4214 216 up up NN 1662 4214 217 on on IN 1662 4214 218 the the DT 1662 4214 219 island island NN 1662 4214 220 ; ; : 1662 4214 221 the the DT 1662 4214 222 UAE UAE NNP 1662 4214 223 has have VBZ 1662 4214 224 garnered garner VBN 1662 4214 225 significant significant JJ 1662 4214 226 diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4214 227 support support NN 1662 4214 228 in in IN 1662 4214 229 the the DT 1662 4214 230 region region NN 1662 4214 231 in in IN 1662 4214 232 protesting protest VBG 1662 4214 233 these these DT 1662 4214 234 Iranian iranian JJ 1662 4214 235 actions action NNS 1662 4214 236 ; ; : 1662 4214 237 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 4214 238 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4214 239 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4214 240 are be VBP 1662 4214 241 not not RB 1662 4214 242 yet yet RB 1662 4214 243 determined determine VBN 1662 4214 244 among among IN 1662 4214 245 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 4214 246 , , , 1662 4214 247 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4214 248 , , , 1662 4214 249 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 4214 250 , , , 1662 4214 251 Russia Russia NNP 1662 4214 252 , , , 1662 4214 253 and and CC 1662 4214 254 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 1662 4214 255 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 4214 256 drugs drug VBZ 1662 4214 257 : : : 1662 4214 258 illicit illicit JJ 1662 4214 259 producer producer NN 1662 4214 260 of of IN 1662 4214 261 opium opium NN 1662 4214 262 poppy poppy NNP 1662 4214 263 for for IN 1662 4214 264 the the DT 1662 4214 265 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4214 266 and and CC 1662 4214 267 international international JJ 1662 4214 268 drug drug NN 1662 4214 269 trade trade NN 1662 4214 270 ; ; : 1662 4214 271 net net JJ 1662 4214 272 opiate opiate NN 1662 4214 273 importer importer NN 1662 4214 274 but but CC 1662 4214 275 also also RB 1662 4214 276 a a DT 1662 4214 277 key key JJ 1662 4214 278 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 4214 279 point point NN 1662 4214 280 for for IN 1662 4214 281 Southwest southwest JJ 1662 4214 282 Asian asian JJ 1662 4214 283 heroin heroin NN 1662 4214 284 to to IN 1662 4214 285 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4214 286 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 287 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 288 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 289 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 290 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 291 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 292 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 293 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 294 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 295 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 296 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 297 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 298 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 299 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 300 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 301 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 302 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 303 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 304 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 305 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 306 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 307 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 308 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 309 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 310 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 311 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 312 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 313 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 314 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 315 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 316 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 317 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 318 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 319 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 320 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 321 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 322 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 323 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 324 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 325 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 326 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 327 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 328 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 329 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 330 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 331 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 332 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 333 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 334 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 335 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 336 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 337 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 338 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 339 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 340 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 341 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 342 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 343 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 344 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 345 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 346 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 347 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 348 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 349 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 350 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 351 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 352 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 353 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 354 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 355 _ _ NNP 1662 4214 356 IRAQ IRAQ NNP 1662 4214 357 @Iraq @iraq NN 1662 4214 358 : : : 1662 4214 359 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4214 360 Location Location NNP 1662 4214 361 : : : 1662 4214 362 Middle Middle NNP 1662 4214 363 East East NNP 1662 4214 364 , , , 1662 4214 365 bordering border VBG 1662 4214 366 the the DT 1662 4214 367 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4214 368 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4214 369 , , , 1662 4214 370 between between IN 1662 4214 371 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4214 372 and and CC 1662 4214 373 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 4214 374 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4214 375 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4214 376 : : : 1662 4214 377 33 33 CD 1662 4214 378 00 00 CD 1662 4214 379 N n CD 1662 4214 380 , , , 1662 4214 381 44 44 CD 1662 4214 382 00 00 CD 1662 4214 383 E e NN 1662 4214 384 Map Map NNP 1662 4214 385 references reference NNS 1662 4214 386 : : : 1662 4214 387 Middle Middle NNP 1662 4214 388 East East NNP 1662 4214 389 Area Area NNP 1662 4214 390 : : : 1662 4214 391 total total NN 1662 4214 392 : : : 1662 4214 393 437,072 437,072 CD 1662 4214 394 sq sq NNP 1662 4214 395 km km NNP 1662 4214 396 land land NN 1662 4214 397 : : : 1662 4214 398 432,162 432,162 CD 1662 4214 399 sq sq RB 1662 4214 400 km km NNP 1662 4214 401 water water NN 1662 4214 402 : : : 1662 4214 403 4,910 4,910 CD 1662 4214 404 sq sq NNP 1662 4214 405 km km NNP 1662 4214 406 Area area NN 1662 4214 407 - - HYPH 1662 4214 408 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4214 409 : : : 1662 4214 410 slightly slightly RB 1662 4214 411 more more JJR 1662 4214 412 than than IN 1662 4214 413 twice twice RB 1662 4214 414 the the DT 1662 4214 415 size size NN 1662 4214 416 of of IN 1662 4214 417 Idaho Idaho NNP 1662 4214 418 Land Land NNP 1662 4214 419 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4214 420 : : : 1662 4214 421 total total JJ 1662 4214 422 : : : 1662 4214 423 3,631 3,631 CD 1662 4214 424 km km NN 1662 4214 425 border border NN 1662 4214 426 countries country NNS 1662 4214 427 : : : 1662 4214 428 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4214 429 1,458 1,458 CD 1662 4214 430 km km NN 1662 4214 431 , , , 1662 4214 432 Jordan Jordan NNP 1662 4214 433 181 181 CD 1662 4214 434 km km NN 1662 4214 435 , , , 1662 4214 436 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 4214 437 242 242 CD 1662 4214 438 km km NN 1662 4214 439 , , , 1662 4214 440 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 4214 441 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 4214 442 814 814 CD 1662 4214 443 km km NNS 1662 4214 444 , , , 1662 4214 445 Syria Syria NNP 1662 4214 446 605 605 CD 1662 4214 447 km km NN 1662 4214 448 , , , 1662 4214 449 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 4214 450 331 331 CD 1662 4214 451 km km NN 1662 4214 452 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4214 453 : : : 1662 4214 454 58 58 CD 1662 4214 455 km km NN 1662 4214 456 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4214 457 claims claim VBZ 1662 4214 458 : : : 1662 4214 459 continental continental NNP 1662 4214 460 shelf shelf NNP 1662 4214 461 : : : 1662 4214 462 not not RB 1662 4214 463 specified specify VBN 1662 4214 464 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4214 465 sea sea NN 1662 4214 466 : : : 1662 4214 467 12 12 CD 1662 4214 468 nm nm NNP 1662 4214 469 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4214 470 : : : 1662 4214 471 mostly mostly RB 1662 4214 472 desert desert NN 1662 4214 473 ; ; , 1662 4214 474 mild mild JJ 1662 4214 475 to to IN 1662 4214 476 cool cool JJ 1662 4214 477 winters winter NNS 1662 4214 478 with with IN 1662 4214 479 dry dry JJ 1662 4214 480 , , , 1662 4214 481 hot hot JJ 1662 4214 482 , , , 1662 4214 483 cloudless cloudless JJ 1662 4214 484 summers summer NNS 1662 4214 485 ; ; : 1662 4214 486 northern northern JJ 1662 4214 487 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 4214 488 regions region NNS 1662 4214 489 along along IN 1662 4214 490 Iranian iranian JJ 1662 4214 491 and and CC 1662 4214 492 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 4214 493 borders border NNS 1662 4214 494 experience experience VBP 1662 4214 495 cold cold JJ 1662 4214 496 winters winter NNS 1662 4214 497 with with IN 1662 4214 498 occasionally occasionally RB 1662 4214 499 heavy heavy JJ 1662 4214 500 snows snow NNS 1662 4214 501 which which WDT 1662 4214 502 melt melt VBP 1662 4214 503 in in IN 1662 4214 504 early early JJ 1662 4214 505 spring spring NN 1662 4214 506 , , , 1662 4214 507 sometimes sometimes RB 1662 4214 508 causing cause VBG 1662 4214 509 extensive extensive JJ 1662 4214 510 flooding flooding NN 1662 4214 511 in in IN 1662 4214 512 central central JJ 1662 4214 513 and and CC 1662 4214 514 southern southern JJ 1662 4214 515 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 4214 516 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4214 517 : : : 1662 4214 518 mostly mostly RB 1662 4214 519 broad broad JJ 1662 4214 520 plains plain NNS 1662 4214 521 ; ; : 1662 4214 522 reedy reedy NN 1662 4214 523 marshes marsh NNS 1662 4214 524 along along IN 1662 4214 525 Iranian iranian JJ 1662 4214 526 border border NN 1662 4214 527 in in IN 1662 4214 528 south south NN 1662 4214 529 ; ; : 1662 4214 530 mountains mountain NNS 1662 4214 531 along along IN 1662 4214 532 borders border NNS 1662 4214 533 with with IN 1662 4214 534 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4214 535 and and CC 1662 4214 536 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 4214 537 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4214 538 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4214 539 : : : 1662 4214 540 lowest low JJS 1662 4214 541 point point NN 1662 4214 542 : : : 1662 4214 543 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4214 544 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4214 545 0 0 CD 1662 4214 546 m m DT 1662 4214 547 highest high JJS 1662 4214 548 point point NN 1662 4214 549 : : : 1662 4214 550 Gundah Gundah NNP 1662 4214 551 Zhur Zhur NNP 1662 4214 552 3,608 3,608 CD 1662 4214 553 m m NNP 1662 4214 554 Natural natural JJ 1662 4214 555 resources resource NNS 1662 4214 556 : : : 1662 4214 557 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4214 558 , , , 1662 4214 559 natural natural JJ 1662 4214 560 gas gas NN 1662 4214 561 , , , 1662 4214 562 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 4214 563 , , , 1662 4214 564 sulfur sulfur NN 1662 4214 565 Land Land NNP 1662 4214 566 use use NN 1662 4214 567 : : : 1662 4214 568 arable arable JJ 1662 4214 569 land land NN 1662 4214 570 : : : 1662 4214 571 12 12 CD 1662 4214 572 % % NN 1662 4214 573 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4214 574 crops crop NNS 1662 4214 575 : : : 1662 4214 576 0 0 CD 1662 4214 577 % % NN 1662 4214 578 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4214 579 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4214 580 : : : 1662 4214 581 9 9 CD 1662 4214 582 % % NN 1662 4214 583 forests forest NNS 1662 4214 584 and and CC 1662 4214 585 woodland woodland JJ 1662 4214 586 : : : 1662 4214 587 0 0 CD 1662 4214 588 % % NN 1662 4214 589 other other JJ 1662 4214 590 : : : 1662 4214 591 79 79 CD 1662 4214 592 % % NN 1662 4214 593 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4214 594 1993 1993 CD 1662 4214 595 est est NNP 1662 4214 596 . . . 1662 4214 597 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4215 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4215 2 land land NN 1662 4215 3 : : : 1662 4215 4 25,500 25,500 CD 1662 4215 5 sq sq IN 1662 4215 6 km km NNP 1662 4215 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4215 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 4215 9 est est NNP 1662 4215 10 . . . 1662 4215 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4216 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 4216 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4216 3 : : : 1662 4216 4 dust dust NN 1662 4216 5 storms storm NNS 1662 4216 6 , , , 1662 4216 7 sandstorms sandstorm NNS 1662 4216 8 , , , 1662 4216 9 floods flood VBZ 1662 4216 10 Environment environment NN 1662 4216 11 - - HYPH 1662 4216 12 current current JJ 1662 4216 13 issues issue NNS 1662 4216 14 : : : 1662 4216 15 government government NN 1662 4216 16 water water NN 1662 4216 17 control control NN 1662 4216 18 projects project NNS 1662 4216 19 have have VBP 1662 4216 20 drained drain VBN 1662 4216 21 most most JJS 1662 4216 22 of of IN 1662 4216 23 the the DT 1662 4216 24 inhabited inhabit VBN 1662 4216 25 marsh marsh NNP 1662 4216 26 areas area NNS 1662 4216 27 east east RB 1662 4216 28 of of IN 1662 4216 29 An an DT 1662 4216 30 Nasiriyah Nasiriyah NNP 1662 4216 31 by by IN 1662 4216 32 drying dry VBG 1662 4216 33 up up RP 1662 4216 34 or or CC 1662 4216 35 diverting divert VBG 1662 4216 36 the the DT 1662 4216 37 feeder feeder NN 1662 4216 38 streams stream NNS 1662 4216 39 and and CC 1662 4216 40 rivers river NNS 1662 4216 41 ; ; : 1662 4216 42 a a DT 1662 4216 43 once once RB 1662 4216 44 sizable sizable JJ 1662 4216 45 population population NN 1662 4216 46 of of IN 1662 4216 47 Shi'a Shi'a : 1662 4216 48 Muslims Muslims NNPS 1662 4216 49 , , , 1662 4216 50 who who WP 1662 4216 51 have have VBP 1662 4216 52 inhabited inhabit VBN 1662 4216 53 these these DT 1662 4216 54 areas area NNS 1662 4216 55 for for IN 1662 4216 56 thousands thousand NNS 1662 4216 57 of of IN 1662 4216 58 years year NNS 1662 4216 59 , , , 1662 4216 60 has have VBZ 1662 4216 61 been be VBN 1662 4216 62 displaced displace VBN 1662 4216 63 ; ; : 1662 4216 64 furthermore furthermore RB 1662 4216 65 , , , 1662 4216 66 the the DT 1662 4216 67 destruction destruction NN 1662 4216 68 of of IN 1662 4216 69 the the DT 1662 4216 70 natural natural JJ 1662 4216 71 habitat habitat NN 1662 4216 72 poses pose VBZ 1662 4216 73 serious serious JJ 1662 4216 74 threats threat NNS 1662 4216 75 to to IN 1662 4216 76 the the DT 1662 4216 77 area area NN 1662 4216 78 's 's POS 1662 4216 79 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 4216 80 populations population NNS 1662 4216 81 ; ; , 1662 4216 82 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 4216 83 supplies supply NNS 1662 4216 84 of of IN 1662 4216 85 potable potable JJ 1662 4216 86 water water NN 1662 4216 87 ; ; , 1662 4216 88 development development NN 1662 4216 89 of of IN 1662 4216 90 Tigris Tigris NNP 1662 4216 91 - - HYPH 1662 4216 92 Euphrates Euphrates NNP 1662 4216 93 Rivers Rivers NNP 1662 4216 94 system system NN 1662 4216 95 contingent contingent NN 1662 4216 96 upon upon IN 1662 4216 97 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4216 98 with with IN 1662 4216 99 upstream upstream JJ 1662 4216 100 riparian riparian JJ 1662 4216 101 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 4216 102 ; ; : 1662 4216 103 air air NN 1662 4216 104 and and CC 1662 4216 105 water water NN 1662 4216 106 pollution pollution NN 1662 4216 107 ; ; , 1662 4216 108 soil soil NN 1662 4216 109 degradation degradation NN 1662 4216 110 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4216 111 salinization salinization NN 1662 4216 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4216 113 and and CC 1662 4216 114 erosion erosion NN 1662 4216 115 ; ; , 1662 4216 116 desertification desertification NN 1662 4216 117 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4216 118 - - HYPH 1662 4216 119 international international JJ 1662 4216 120 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4216 121 : : : 1662 4216 122 party party NN 1662 4216 123 to to TO 1662 4216 124 : : : 1662 4216 125 Law Law NNP 1662 4216 126 of of IN 1662 4216 127 the the DT 1662 4216 128 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4216 129 , , , 1662 4216 130 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 4216 131 Test Test NNP 1662 4216 132 Ban Ban NNP 1662 4216 133 signed sign VBD 1662 4216 134 , , , 1662 4216 135 but but CC 1662 4216 136 not not RB 1662 4216 137 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4216 138 : : : 1662 4216 139 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 4216 140 Modification Modification NNP 1662 4216 141 @Iraq @iraq NN 1662 4216 142 : : : 1662 4216 143 People People NNS 1662 4216 144 Population Population NNP 1662 4216 145 : : : 1662 4216 146 22,219,289 22,219,289 CD 1662 4216 147 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4216 148 July July NNP 1662 4216 149 1997 1997 CD 1662 4216 150 est est NNP 1662 4216 151 . . . 1662 4216 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4217 1 Age age NN 1662 4217 2 structure structure NN 1662 4217 3 : : : 1662 4217 4 0 0 CD 1662 4217 5 - - HYPH 1662 4217 6 14 14 CD 1662 4217 7 years year NNS 1662 4217 8 : : : 1662 4217 9 47 47 CD 1662 4217 10 % % NN 1662 4217 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4217 12 male male NN 1662 4217 13 5,353,088 5,353,088 CD 1662 4217 14 ; ; : 1662 4217 15 female female JJ 1662 4217 16 5,181,960 5,181,960 CD 1662 4217 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4217 18 15 15 CD 1662 4217 19 - - SYM 1662 4217 20 64 64 CD 1662 4217 21 years year NNS 1662 4217 22 : : : 1662 4217 23 50 50 CD 1662 4217 24 % % NN 1662 4217 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4217 26 male male NN 1662 4217 27 5,565,926 5,565,926 CD 1662 4217 28 ; ; : 1662 4217 29 female female JJ 1662 4217 30 5,442,949 5,442,949 CD 1662 4217 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4217 32 65 65 CD 1662 4217 33 years year NNS 1662 4217 34 and and CC 1662 4217 35 over over IN 1662 4217 36 : : : 1662 4217 37 3 3 CD 1662 4217 38 % % NN 1662 4217 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4217 40 male male JJ 1662 4217 41 314,705 314,705 CD 1662 4217 42 ; ; , 1662 4217 43 female female JJ 1662 4217 44 360,661 360,661 CD 1662 4217 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4217 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4217 47 July July NNP 1662 4217 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 4217 49 est est NNP 1662 4217 50 . . . 1662 4217 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4218 1 Population population NN 1662 4218 2 growth growth NN 1662 4218 3 rate rate NN 1662 4218 4 : : : 1662 4218 5 3.62 3.62 CD 1662 4218 6 % % NN 1662 4218 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4218 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4218 9 est est NNP 1662 4218 10 . . . 1662 4218 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4219 1 Birth birth NN 1662 4219 2 rate rate NN 1662 4219 3 : : : 1662 4219 4 42.52 42.52 CD 1662 4219 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 4219 6 population population NN 1662 4219 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4219 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4219 9 est est NNP 1662 4219 10 . . . 1662 4219 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4220 1 Death death NN 1662 4220 2 rate rate NN 1662 4220 3 : : : 1662 4220 4 6.33 6.33 CD 1662 4220 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4220 6 population population NN 1662 4220 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4220 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4220 9 est est NNP 1662 4220 10 . . . 1662 4220 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4221 1 Net net JJ 1662 4221 2 migration migration NN 1662 4221 3 rate rate NN 1662 4221 4 : : : 1662 4221 5 0 0 NFP 1662 4221 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 4221 7 population population NN 1662 4221 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4221 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 4221 10 est est NNP 1662 4221 11 . . . 1662 4221 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4222 1 Sex sex NN 1662 4222 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 4222 3 : : : 1662 4222 4 at at IN 1662 4222 5 birth birth NN 1662 4222 6 : : : 1662 4222 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 4222 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4222 9 under under IN 1662 4222 10 15 15 CD 1662 4222 11 years year NNS 1662 4222 12 : : : 1662 4222 13 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 4222 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4222 15 15 15 CD 1662 4222 16 - - HYPH 1662 4222 17 64 64 CD 1662 4222 18 years year NNS 1662 4222 19 : : : 1662 4222 20 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 4222 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4222 22 65 65 CD 1662 4222 23 years year NNS 1662 4222 24 and and CC 1662 4222 25 over over IN 1662 4222 26 : : : 1662 4222 27 0.87 0.87 CD 1662 4222 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 4222 29 total total JJ 1662 4222 30 population population NN 1662 4222 31 : : : 1662 4222 32 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 4222 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4222 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4222 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 4222 36 est e JJS 1662 4222 37 . . . 1662 4222 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4223 1 Infant infant NN 1662 4223 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 4223 3 rate rate NN 1662 4223 4 : : : 1662 4223 5 57.5 57.5 CD 1662 4223 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4223 7 live live JJ 1662 4223 8 births birth NNS 1662 4223 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4223 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4223 11 est est NNP 1662 4223 12 . . . 1662 4223 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4224 1 Life life NN 1662 4224 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 4224 3 at at IN 1662 4224 4 birth birth NN 1662 4224 5 : : : 1662 4224 6 total total JJ 1662 4224 7 population population NN 1662 4224 8 : : : 1662 4224 9 67.38 67.38 CD 1662 4224 10 years year NNS 1662 4224 11 male male JJ 1662 4224 12 : : : 1662 4224 13 66.31 66.31 CD 1662 4224 14 years year NNS 1662 4224 15 female female JJ 1662 4224 16 : : : 1662 4224 17 68.5 68.5 CD 1662 4224 18 years year NNS 1662 4224 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4224 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 4224 21 est est NNP 1662 4224 22 . . . 1662 4224 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4225 1 Total total JJ 1662 4225 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 4225 3 rate rate NN 1662 4225 4 : : : 1662 4225 5 6.26 6.26 CD 1662 4225 6 children child NNS 1662 4225 7 born bear VBN 1662 4225 8 / / SYM 1662 4225 9 woman woman NN 1662 4225 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4225 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 4225 12 est est NNP 1662 4225 13 . . . 1662 4225 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4226 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 4226 2 : : : 1662 4226 3 noun noun NNP 1662 4226 4 : : : 1662 4226 5 Iraqi(s iraqi(s LS 1662 4226 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4226 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 4226 8 : : : 1662 4226 9 Iraqi iraqi JJ 1662 4226 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4226 11 groups group NNS 1662 4226 12 : : : 1662 4226 13 Arab arab JJ 1662 4226 14 75%-80 75%-80 CD 1662 4226 15 % % NN 1662 4226 16 , , , 1662 4226 17 Kurdish kurdish JJ 1662 4226 18 15%-20 15%-20 CD 1662 4226 19 % % NN 1662 4226 20 , , , 1662 4226 21 Turkoman Turkoman NNP 1662 4226 22 , , , 1662 4226 23 Assyrian Assyrian NNP 1662 4226 24 or or CC 1662 4226 25 other other JJ 1662 4226 26 5 5 CD 1662 4226 27 % % NN 1662 4226 28 Religions religion NNS 1662 4226 29 : : : 1662 4226 30 Muslim muslim VB 1662 4226 31 97 97 CD 1662 4226 32 % % NN 1662 4226 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4226 34 Shi'a Shi'a NNP 1662 4226 35 60%-65 60%-65 CD 1662 4226 36 % % NN 1662 4226 37 , , , 1662 4226 38 Sunni Sunni NNP 1662 4226 39 32%-37 32%-37 CD 1662 4226 40 % % NN 1662 4226 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4226 42 , , , 1662 4226 43 Christian Christian NNP 1662 4226 44 or or CC 1662 4226 45 other other JJ 1662 4226 46 3 3 CD 1662 4226 47 % % NN 1662 4226 48 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 4226 49 : : : 1662 4226 50 Arabic arabic JJ 1662 4226 51 , , , 1662 4226 52 Kurdish kurdish JJ 1662 4226 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4226 54 official official NN 1662 4226 55 in in IN 1662 4226 56 Kurdish kurdish JJ 1662 4226 57 regions region NNS 1662 4226 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4226 59 , , , 1662 4226 60 Assyrian assyrian JJ 1662 4226 61 , , , 1662 4226 62 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 4226 63 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 4226 64 : : : 1662 4226 65 definition definition NN 1662 4226 66 : : : 1662 4226 67 age age NN 1662 4226 68 15 15 CD 1662 4226 69 and and CC 1662 4226 70 over over RB 1662 4226 71 can can MD 1662 4226 72 read read VB 1662 4226 73 and and CC 1662 4226 74 write write VB 1662 4226 75 total total JJ 1662 4226 76 population population NN 1662 4226 77 : : : 1662 4226 78 58 58 CD 1662 4226 79 % % NN 1662 4226 80 male male NN 1662 4226 81 : : : 1662 4226 82 70.7 70.7 CD 1662 4226 83 % % NN 1662 4226 84 female female NN 1662 4226 85 : : : 1662 4226 86 45 45 CD 1662 4226 87 % % NN 1662 4226 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4226 89 1995 1995 CD 1662 4226 90 est est NNP 1662 4226 91 . . . 1662 4226 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4227 1 @Iraq @Iraq NNP 1662 4227 2 : : : 1662 4227 3 Government Government NNP 1662 4227 4 Country Country NNP 1662 4227 5 name name NN 1662 4227 6 : : : 1662 4227 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4227 8 long long JJ 1662 4227 9 form form NN 1662 4227 10 : : : 1662 4227 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4227 12 of of IN 1662 4227 13 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 4227 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4227 15 short short JJ 1662 4227 16 form form NN 1662 4227 17 : : : 1662 4227 18 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 4227 19 local local JJ 1662 4227 20 long long JJ 1662 4227 21 form form NN 1662 4227 22 : : : 1662 4227 23 Al Al NNP 1662 4227 24 Jumhuriyah Jumhuriyah NNP 1662 4227 25 al al NNP 1662 4227 26 Iraqiyah Iraqiyah NNP 1662 4227 27 local local JJ 1662 4227 28 short short JJ 1662 4227 29 form form NN 1662 4227 30 : : : 1662 4227 31 Al Al NNP 1662 4227 32 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 4227 33 Data Data NNP 1662 4227 34 code code NN 1662 4227 35 : : : 1662 4227 36 IZ IZ NNP 1662 4227 37 Government Government NNP 1662 4227 38 type type NN 1662 4227 39 : : : 1662 4227 40 republic republic NNP 1662 4227 41 National national JJ 1662 4227 42 capital capital NN 1662 4227 43 : : : 1662 4227 44 Baghdad Baghdad NNP 1662 4227 45 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 4227 46 divisions division NNS 1662 4227 47 : : : 1662 4227 48 18 18 CD 1662 4227 49 provinces province NNS 1662 4227 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4227 51 muhafazat muhafazat JJ 1662 4227 52 , , , 1662 4227 53 singular singular NNP 1662 4227 54 - - HYPH 1662 4227 55 muhafazah muhafazah NNP 1662 4227 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4227 57 ; ; : 1662 4227 58 Al Al NNP 1662 4227 59 Anbar Anbar NNP 1662 4227 60 , , , 1662 4227 61 Al Al NNP 1662 4227 62 Basrah Basrah NNP 1662 4227 63 , , , 1662 4227 64 Al Al NNP 1662 4227 65 Muthanna Muthanna NNP 1662 4227 66 , , , 1662 4227 67 Al Al NNP 1662 4227 68 Qadisiyah Qadisiyah NNP 1662 4227 69 , , , 1662 4227 70 An an DT 1662 4227 71 Najaf Najaf NNP 1662 4227 72 , , , 1662 4227 73 Arbil Arbil NNP 1662 4227 74 , , , 1662 4227 75 As as IN 1662 4227 76 Sulaymaniyah Sulaymaniyah NNP 1662 4227 77 , , , 1662 4227 78 At at IN 1662 4227 79 Ta'mim Ta'mim NNP 1662 4227 80 , , , 1662 4227 81 Babil Babil NNP 1662 4227 82 , , , 1662 4227 83 Baghdad Baghdad NNP 1662 4227 84 , , , 1662 4227 85 Dahuk Dahuk NNP 1662 4227 86 , , , 1662 4227 87 Dhi Dhi NNP 1662 4227 88 Qar Qar NNP 1662 4227 89 , , , 1662 4227 90 Diyala Diyala NNP 1662 4227 91 , , , 1662 4227 92 Karbala Karbala NNP 1662 4227 93 ' ' POS 1662 4227 94 , , , 1662 4227 95 Maysan Maysan NNP 1662 4227 96 , , , 1662 4227 97 Ninawa Ninawa NNP 1662 4227 98 , , , 1662 4227 99 Salah Salah NNP 1662 4227 100 ad ad NN 1662 4227 101 Din din NN 1662 4227 102 , , , 1662 4227 103 Wasit Wasit NNP 1662 4227 104 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4227 105 : : : 1662 4227 106 3 3 CD 1662 4227 107 October October NNP 1662 4227 108 1932 1932 CD 1662 4227 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4227 110 from from IN 1662 4227 111 League League NNP 1662 4227 112 of of IN 1662 4227 113 Nations Nations NNPS 1662 4227 114 mandate mandate NN 1662 4227 115 under under IN 1662 4227 116 British british JJ 1662 4227 117 administration administration NN 1662 4227 118 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4227 119 National national JJ 1662 4227 120 holiday holiday NN 1662 4227 121 : : : 1662 4227 122 Anniversary anniversary NN 1662 4227 123 of of IN 1662 4227 124 the the DT 1662 4227 125 Revolution Revolution NNP 1662 4227 126 , , , 1662 4227 127 17 17 CD 1662 4227 128 July July NNP 1662 4227 129 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4227 130 1968 1968 CD 1662 4227 131 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4227 132 Constitution constitution NN 1662 4227 133 : : : 1662 4227 134 22 22 CD 1662 4227 135 September September NNP 1662 4227 136 1968 1968 CD 1662 4227 137 , , , 1662 4227 138 effective effective JJ 1662 4227 139 16 16 CD 1662 4227 140 July July NNP 1662 4227 141 1970 1970 CD 1662 4227 142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4227 143 provisional provisional JJ 1662 4227 144 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 4227 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4227 146 ; ; : 1662 4227 147 new new JJ 1662 4227 148 constitution constitution NN 1662 4227 149 drafted draft VBN 1662 4227 150 in in IN 1662 4227 151 1990 1990 CD 1662 4227 152 but but CC 1662 4227 153 not not RB 1662 4227 154 adopted adopt VBN 1662 4227 155 Legal legal JJ 1662 4227 156 system system NN 1662 4227 157 : : : 1662 4227 158 based base VBN 1662 4227 159 on on IN 1662 4227 160 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 4227 161 law law NN 1662 4227 162 in in IN 1662 4227 163 special special JJ 1662 4227 164 religious religious JJ 1662 4227 165 courts court NNS 1662 4227 166 , , , 1662 4227 167 civil civil JJ 1662 4227 168 law law NN 1662 4227 169 system system NN 1662 4227 170 elsewhere elsewhere RB 1662 4227 171 ; ; : 1662 4227 172 has have VBZ 1662 4227 173 not not RB 1662 4227 174 accepted accept VBN 1662 4227 175 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 4227 176 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 4227 177 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 4227 178 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 4227 179 : : : 1662 4227 180 18 18 CD 1662 4227 181 years year NNS 1662 4227 182 of of IN 1662 4227 183 age age NN 1662 4227 184 ; ; : 1662 4227 185 universal universal JJ 1662 4227 186 Executive Executive NNP 1662 4227 187 branch branch NN 1662 4227 188 : : : 1662 4227 189 chief chief NN 1662 4227 190 of of IN 1662 4227 191 state state NN 1662 4227 192 : : : 1662 4227 193 President President NNP 1662 4227 194 SADDAM SADDAM NNP 1662 4227 195 Husayn Husayn NNP 1662 4227 196 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4227 197 since since IN 1662 4227 198 16 16 CD 1662 4227 199 July July NNP 1662 4227 200 1979 1979 CD 1662 4227 201 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4227 202 ; ; : 1662 4227 203 Vice Vice NNP 1662 4227 204 President President NNP 1662 4227 205 Taha Taha NNP 1662 4227 206 Muhyi Muhyi NNP 1662 4227 207 al al NNP 1662 4227 208 - - HYPH 1662 4227 209 Din Din NNP 1662 4227 210 MARUF MARUF NNP 1662 4227 211 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4227 212 since since IN 1662 4227 213 21 21 CD 1662 4227 214 April April NNP 1662 4227 215 1974 1974 CD 1662 4227 216 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4227 217 ; ; : 1662 4227 218 Vice Vice NNP 1662 4227 219 President President NNP 1662 4227 220 Taha Taha NNP 1662 4227 221 Yasin Yasin NNP 1662 4227 222 RAMADAN RAMADAN NNP 1662 4227 223 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4227 224 since since IN 1662 4227 225 23 23 CD 1662 4227 226 March March NNP 1662 4227 227 1991 1991 CD 1662 4227 228 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4227 229 head head NN 1662 4227 230 of of IN 1662 4227 231 government government NN 1662 4227 232 : : : 1662 4227 233 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4227 234 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4227 235 SADDAM SADDAM NNP 1662 4227 236 Husayn Husayn NNP 1662 4227 237 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4227 238 since since IN 1662 4227 239 NA NA NNP 1662 4227 240 May May NNP 1662 4227 241 1994 1994 CD 1662 4227 242 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4227 243 ; ; : 1662 4227 244 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 4227 245 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4227 246 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4227 247 Tariq Tariq NNP 1662 4227 248 Mikhail Mikhail NNP 1662 4227 249 AZIZ AZIZ NNP 1662 4227 250 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4227 251 since since IN 1662 4227 252 NA NA NNP 1662 4227 253 1979 1979 CD 1662 4227 254 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4227 255 ; ; : 1662 4227 256 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 4227 257 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4227 258 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4227 259 Taha Taha NNP 1662 4227 260 Yasin Yasin NNP 1662 4227 261 RAMADAN RAMADAN NNP 1662 4227 262 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4227 263 since since IN 1662 4227 264 NA NA NNP 1662 4227 265 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4227 266 ; ; : 1662 4227 267 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 4227 268 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4227 269 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4227 270 Muhammad Muhammad NNP 1662 4227 271 Hamza Hamza NNP 1662 4227 272 al al NNP 1662 4227 273 - - HYPH 1662 4227 274 ZUBAYDI ZUBAYDI NNP 1662 4227 275 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4227 276 since since IN 1662 4227 277 NA NA NNP 1662 4227 278 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4227 279 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4227 280 : : : 1662 4227 281 Council Council NNP 1662 4227 282 of of IN 1662 4227 283 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 4227 284 note note VBP 1662 4227 285 : : : 1662 4227 286 there there EX 1662 4227 287 is be VBZ 1662 4227 288 also also RB 1662 4227 289 a a DT 1662 4227 290 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 4227 291 Command Command NNP 1662 4227 292 Council Council NNP 1662 4227 293 ; ; : 1662 4227 294 Chairman Chairman NNP 1662 4227 295 SADDAM SADDAM NNP 1662 4227 296 Husayn Husayn NNP 1662 4227 297 , , , 1662 4227 298 Vice Vice NNP 1662 4227 299 Chairman Chairman NNP 1662 4227 300 Izzat Izzat NNP 1662 4227 301 IBRAHIM IBRAHIM NNP 1662 4227 302 al al NNP 1662 4227 303 - - HYPH 1662 4227 304 Duri Duri NNP 1662 4227 305 elections election NNS 1662 4227 306 : : : 1662 4227 307 president president NN 1662 4227 308 and and CC 1662 4227 309 vice vice NN 1662 4227 310 presidents president NNS 1662 4227 311 elected elect VBN 1662 4227 312 by by IN 1662 4227 313 a a DT 1662 4227 314 two two CD 1662 4227 315 - - HYPH 1662 4227 316 thirds third NNS 1662 4227 317 majority majority NN 1662 4227 318 of of IN 1662 4227 319 the the DT 1662 4227 320 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 4227 321 Command Command NNP 1662 4227 322 Council Council NNP 1662 4227 323 ; ; : 1662 4227 324 election election NN 1662 4227 325 last last JJ 1662 4227 326 held hold VBD 1662 4227 327 17 17 CD 1662 4227 328 October October NNP 1662 4227 329 1995 1995 CD 1662 4227 330 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4227 331 next next JJ 1662 4227 332 to to TO 1662 4227 333 be be VB 1662 4227 334 held hold VBN 1662 4227 335 NA NA NNP 1662 4227 336 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4227 337 election election NN 1662 4227 338 results result NNS 1662 4227 339 : : : 1662 4227 340 SADDAM SADDAM NNP 1662 4227 341 Husayn Husayn NNP 1662 4227 342 reelected reelect VBD 1662 4227 343 president president NN 1662 4227 344 ; ; : 1662 4227 345 percent percent NN 1662 4227 346 of of IN 1662 4227 347 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 4227 348 Command Command NNP 1662 4227 349 Council Council NNP 1662 4227 350 vote vote NN 1662 4227 351 - - HYPH 1662 4227 352 99 99 CD 1662 4227 353 % % NN 1662 4227 354 ; ; : 1662 4227 355 Taha Taha NNP 1662 4227 356 Muhyi Muhyi NNP 1662 4227 357 al al NNP 1662 4227 358 - - HYPH 1662 4227 359 Din Din NNP 1662 4227 360 MARUF MARUF NNP 1662 4227 361 and and CC 1662 4227 362 Taha Taha NNP 1662 4227 363 Yasin Yasin NNP 1662 4227 364 RAMADAN RAMADAN NNP 1662 4227 365 elected elect VBD 1662 4227 366 vice vice NN 1662 4227 367 presidents president NNS 1662 4227 368 ; ; : 1662 4227 369 percent percent NN 1662 4227 370 of of IN 1662 4227 371 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 4227 372 Command Command NNP 1662 4227 373 Council Council NNP 1662 4227 374 vote vote NN 1662 4227 375 - - HYPH 1662 4227 376 NA NA NNP 1662 4227 377 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 4227 378 branch branch NN 1662 4227 379 : : : 1662 4227 380 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 4227 381 National National NNP 1662 4227 382 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4227 383 or or CC 1662 4227 384 Majlis Majlis NNP 1662 4227 385 al al NNP 1662 4227 386 - - HYPH 1662 4227 387 Watani Watani NNP 1662 4227 388 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4227 389 250 250 CD 1662 4227 390 seats seat NNS 1662 4227 391 ; ; : 1662 4227 392 30 30 CD 1662 4227 393 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4227 394 by by IN 1662 4227 395 SADDAM SADDAM NNP 1662 4227 396 Husayn Husayn NNP 1662 4227 397 to to TO 1662 4227 398 represent represent VB 1662 4227 399 the the DT 1662 4227 400 three three CD 1662 4227 401 northern northern JJ 1662 4227 402 provinces province NNS 1662 4227 403 of of IN 1662 4227 404 Dahuk Dahuk NNP 1662 4227 405 , , , 1662 4227 406 Arbil Arbil NNP 1662 4227 407 , , , 1662 4227 408 and and CC 1662 4227 409 As as IN 1662 4227 410 Sulaymaniyah Sulaymaniyah NNP 1662 4227 411 ; ; : 1662 4227 412 220 220 CD 1662 4227 413 elected elect VBN 1662 4227 414 by by IN 1662 4227 415 popular popular JJ 1662 4227 416 vote vote NN 1662 4227 417 ; ; : 1662 4227 418 members member NNS 1662 4227 419 serve serve VBP 1662 4227 420 four four CD 1662 4227 421 - - HYPH 1662 4227 422 year year NN 1662 4227 423 terms term NNS 1662 4227 424 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4227 425 elections election NNS 1662 4227 426 : : : 1662 4227 427 last last RB 1662 4227 428 held hold VBD 1662 4227 429 24 24 CD 1662 4227 430 March March NNP 1662 4227 431 1996 1996 CD 1662 4227 432 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4227 433 next next JJ 1662 4227 434 to to TO 1662 4227 435 be be VB 1662 4227 436 held hold VBN 1662 4227 437 NA NA NNP 1662 4227 438 2000 2000 CD 1662 4227 439 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4227 440 election election NN 1662 4227 441 results result NNS 1662 4227 442 : : : 1662 4227 443 percent percent NN 1662 4227 444 of of IN 1662 4227 445 vote vote NN 1662 4227 446 by by IN 1662 4227 447 party party NN 1662 4227 448 - - HYPH 1662 4227 449 NA NA NNP 1662 4227 450 ; ; , 1662 4227 451 seats seat NNS 1662 4227 452 by by IN 1662 4227 453 party party NN 1662 4227 454 - - HYPH 1662 4227 455 NA NA NNP 1662 4227 456 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 4227 457 branch branch NN 1662 4227 458 : : : 1662 4227 459 Court court NN 1662 4227 460 of of IN 1662 4227 461 Cassation Cassation NNP 1662 4227 462 Political political JJ 1662 4227 463 parties party NNS 1662 4227 464 and and CC 1662 4227 465 leaders leader NNS 1662 4227 466 : : : 1662 4227 467 Ba'th Ba'th NNP 1662 4227 468 Party Party NNP 1662 4227 469 , , , 1662 4227 470 SADDAM SADDAM NNP 1662 4227 471 Husayn Husayn NNP 1662 4227 472 , , , 1662 4227 473 central central JJ 1662 4227 474 party party NN 1662 4227 475 leader leader NN 1662 4227 476 Political political JJ 1662 4227 477 pressure pressure NN 1662 4227 478 groups group NNS 1662 4227 479 and and CC 1662 4227 480 leaders leader NNS 1662 4227 481 : : : 1662 4227 482 political political JJ 1662 4227 483 parties party NNS 1662 4227 484 and and CC 1662 4227 485 activity activity NN 1662 4227 486 severely severely RB 1662 4227 487 restricted restrict VBN 1662 4227 488 ; ; : 1662 4227 489 opposition opposition NN 1662 4227 490 to to IN 1662 4227 491 regime regime NN 1662 4227 492 from from IN 1662 4227 493 disaffected disaffected JJ 1662 4227 494 members member NNS 1662 4227 495 of of IN 1662 4227 496 the the DT 1662 4227 497 Ba'th Ba'th NNP 1662 4227 498 Party Party NNP 1662 4227 499 , , , 1662 4227 500 Army Army NNP 1662 4227 501 officers officer NNS 1662 4227 502 , , , 1662 4227 503 tribes tribe NNS 1662 4227 504 , , , 1662 4227 505 and and CC 1662 4227 506 Shi'a Shi'a HYPH 1662 4227 507 religious religious JJ 1662 4227 508 and and CC 1662 4227 509 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4227 510 Kurdish kurdish JJ 1662 4227 511 dissidents dissident NNS 1662 4227 512 ; ; : 1662 4227 513 the the DT 1662 4227 514 Green Green NNP 1662 4227 515 Party Party NNP 1662 4227 516 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4227 517 government government NN 1662 4227 518 - - HYPH 1662 4227 519 controlled control VBN 1662 4227 520 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4227 521 International international JJ 1662 4227 522 organization organization NN 1662 4227 523 participation participation NN 1662 4227 524 : : : 1662 4227 525 ABEDA ABEDA NNP 1662 4227 526 , , , 1662 4227 527 ACC ACC NNP 1662 4227 528 , , , 1662 4227 529 AFESD AFESD NNP 1662 4227 530 , , , 1662 4227 531 AL AL NNP 1662 4227 532 , , , 1662 4227 533 AMF AMF NNP 1662 4227 534 , , , 1662 4227 535 CAEU CAEU NNP 1662 4227 536 , , , 1662 4227 537 CCC CCC NNP 1662 4227 538 , , , 1662 4227 539 ESCWA ESCWA NNP 1662 4227 540 , , , 1662 4227 541 FAO FAO NNP 1662 4227 542 , , , 1662 4227 543 G-19 g-19 CD 1662 4227 544 , , , 1662 4227 545 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 4227 546 , , , 1662 4227 547 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 4227 548 , , , 1662 4227 549 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 4227 550 , , , 1662 4227 551 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 4227 552 , , , 1662 4227 553 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 4227 554 , , , 1662 4227 555 IDA IDA NNP 1662 4227 556 , , , 1662 4227 557 IDB IDB NNP 1662 4227 558 , , , 1662 4227 559 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 4227 560 , , , 1662 4227 561 IFC IFC NNP 1662 4227 562 , , , 1662 4227 563 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 4227 564 , , , 1662 4227 565 ILO ILO NNP 1662 4227 566 , , , 1662 4227 567 IMF IMF NNP 1662 4227 568 , , , 1662 4227 569 IMO imo RB 1662 4227 570 , , , 1662 4227 571 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 4227 572 , , , 1662 4227 573 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4227 574 , , , 1662 4227 575 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 4227 576 , , , 1662 4227 577 IOC IOC NNP 1662 4227 578 , , , 1662 4227 579 ITU ITU NNP 1662 4227 580 , , , 1662 4227 581 NAM NAM NNP 1662 4227 582 , , , 1662 4227 583 OAPEC OAPEC NNP 1662 4227 584 , , , 1662 4227 585 OIC OIC NNP 1662 4227 586 , , , 1662 4227 587 OPEC OPEC NNP 1662 4227 588 , , , 1662 4227 589 PCA PCA NNP 1662 4227 590 , , , 1662 4227 591 UN UN NNP 1662 4227 592 , , , 1662 4227 593 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 4227 594 , , , 1662 4227 595 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 4227 596 , , , 1662 4227 597 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 4227 598 , , , 1662 4227 599 UPU UPU NNP 1662 4227 600 , , , 1662 4227 601 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 4227 602 , , , 1662 4227 603 WHO who WP 1662 4227 604 , , , 1662 4227 605 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 4227 606 , , , 1662 4227 607 WMO WMO NNP 1662 4227 608 , , , 1662 4227 609 WToO WToO VBD 1662 4227 610 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4227 611 representation representation NN 1662 4227 612 in in IN 1662 4227 613 the the DT 1662 4227 614 US US NNP 1662 4227 615 : : : 1662 4227 616 none none NN 1662 4227 617 ; ; : 1662 4227 618 note note NN 1662 4227 619 - - HYPH 1662 4227 620 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 4227 621 has have VBZ 1662 4227 622 an an DT 1662 4227 623 Interest Interest NNP 1662 4227 624 Section Section NNP 1662 4227 625 in in IN 1662 4227 626 the the DT 1662 4227 627 Algerian Algerian NNP 1662 4227 628 Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 4227 629 headed head VBN 1662 4227 630 by by IN 1662 4227 631 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 4227 632 Khairi Khairi NNP 1662 4227 633 O. O. NNP 1662 4227 634 T. T. 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31.8 CD 1662 4247 127 billion billion CD 1662 4247 128 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4247 129 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4247 130 1996 1996 CD 1662 4247 131 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4247 132 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4247 133 - - HYPH 1662 4247 134 consumption consumption NN 1662 4247 135 per per IN 1662 4247 136 capita capita NN 1662 4247 137 : : : 1662 4247 138 1,362 1,362 CD 1662 4247 139 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4247 140 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4247 141 1996 1996 CD 1662 4247 142 est est NNP 1662 4247 143 . . . 1662 4247 144 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4248 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4248 2 - - HYPH 1662 4248 3 products product NNS 1662 4248 4 : : : 1662 4248 5 wheat wheat NN 1662 4248 6 , , , 1662 4248 7 barley barley NN 1662 4248 8 , , , 1662 4248 9 rice rice NN 1662 4248 10 , , , 1662 4248 11 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 4248 12 , , , 1662 4248 13 dates date NNS 1662 4248 14 , , , 1662 4248 15 other other JJ 1662 4248 16 fruit fruit NN 1662 4248 17 , , , 1662 4248 18 cotton cotton NN 1662 4248 19 ; ; : 1662 4248 20 cattle cattle 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59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4248 60 1996 1996 CD 1662 4248 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4248 62 Debt debt NN 1662 4248 63 - - HYPH 1662 4248 64 external external JJ 1662 4248 65 : : : 1662 4248 66 very very RB 1662 4248 67 heavy heavy JJ 1662 4248 68 relative relative NN 1662 4248 69 to to IN 1662 4248 70 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4248 71 but but CC 1662 4248 72 amount amount NN 1662 4248 73 unknown unknown JJ 1662 4248 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4248 75 1996 1996 CD 1662 4248 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4248 77 Economic economic JJ 1662 4248 78 aid aid NN 1662 4248 79 : : : 1662 4248 80 recipient recipient NN 1662 4248 81 : : : 1662 4248 82 ODA ODA NNP 1662 4248 83 , , , 1662 4248 84 $ $ $ 1662 4248 85 NA NA NNP 1662 4248 86 Currency currency NN 1662 4248 87 : : : 1662 4248 88 1 1 CD 1662 4248 89 Iraqi iraqi JJ 1662 4248 90 dinar dinar NN 1662 4248 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4248 92 ID ID NNP 1662 4248 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4248 94 = = NFP 1662 4248 95 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4248 96 fils fil VBZ 1662 4248 97 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 4248 98 rates rate NNS 1662 4248 99 : : : 1662 4248 100 Iraqi iraqi JJ 1662 4248 101 dinars dinar NNS 1662 4248 102 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4248 103 ID ID NNP 1662 4248 104 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4248 105 per per IN 1662 4248 106 US$ us$ $ 1662 4248 107 1 1 CD 1662 4248 108 - - HYPH 1662 4248 109 0.3109 0.3109 CD 1662 4248 110 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4248 111 fixed fix VBN 1662 4248 112 official official JJ 1662 4248 113 rate rate NN 1662 4248 114 since since IN 1662 4248 115 1982 1982 CD 1662 4248 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4248 117 ; ; : 1662 4248 118 black black JJ 1662 4248 119 market market NN 1662 4248 120 rate rate NN 1662 4248 121 - - HYPH 1662 4248 122 Iraqi iraqi JJ 1662 4248 123 dinars dinar NNS 1662 4248 124 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4248 125 ID ID NNP 1662 4248 126 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4248 127 per per IN 1662 4248 128 US$ us$ $ 1662 4248 129 1 1 CD 1662 4248 130 - - SYM 1662 4248 131 1,200 1,200 CD 1662 4248 132 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4248 133 May May NNP 1662 4248 134 1997 1997 CD 1662 4248 135 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4248 136 , , , 1662 4248 137 3,000 3,000 CD 1662 4248 138 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4248 139 December December NNP 1662 4248 140 1995 1995 CD 1662 4248 141 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4248 142 ; ; : 1662 4248 143 subject subject JJ 1662 4248 144 to to IN 1662 4248 145 wide wide JJ 1662 4248 146 fluctuations fluctuation NNS 1662 4248 147 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4248 148 year year NN 1662 4248 149 : : : 1662 4248 150 calendar calendar NNP 1662 4248 151 year year NN 1662 4248 152 @Iraq @Iraq NNP 1662 4248 153 : : : 1662 4248 154 Communications Communications NNP 1662 4248 155 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 4248 156 : : : 1662 4248 157 632,000 632,000 CD 1662 4248 158 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4248 159 1987 1987 CD 1662 4248 160 est est NNP 1662 4248 161 . . . 1662 4248 162 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4249 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 4249 2 system system NN 1662 4249 3 : : : 1662 4249 4 reconstitution reconstitution NN 1662 4249 5 of of IN 1662 4249 6 damaged damaged JJ 1662 4249 7 telecommunication telecommunication NN 1662 4249 8 facilities facility NNS 1662 4249 9 began begin VBD 1662 4249 10 after after IN 1662 4249 11 the the DT 1662 4249 12 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4249 13 war war NN 1662 4249 14 ; ; , 1662 4249 15 most most RBS 1662 4249 16 damaged damage VBN 1662 4249 17 facilities facility NNS 1662 4249 18 have have VBP 1662 4249 19 been be VBN 1662 4249 20 rebuilt rebuild VBN 1662 4249 21 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4249 22 : : : 1662 4249 23 the the DT 1662 4249 24 network network NN 1662 4249 25 consists consist VBZ 1662 4249 26 of of IN 1662 4249 27 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 4249 28 cables cable NNS 1662 4249 29 and and CC 1662 4249 30 microwave microwave NN 1662 4249 31 radio radio NN 1662 4249 32 relay relay NN 1662 4249 33 links link NNS 1662 4249 34 international international JJ 1662 4249 35 : : : 1662 4249 36 satellite satellite NN 1662 4249 37 earth earth NN 1662 4249 38 stations station NNS 1662 4249 39 - - , 1662 4249 40 2 2 CD 1662 4249 41 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4249 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4249 43 1 1 CD 1662 4249 44 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4249 45 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4249 46 and and CC 1662 4249 47 1 1 CD 1662 4249 48 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4249 49 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4249 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4249 51 , , , 1662 4249 52 1 1 CD 1662 4249 53 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 4249 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4249 55 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4249 56 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4249 57 Region Region NNP 1662 4249 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4249 59 and and CC 1662 4249 60 1 1 CD 1662 4249 61 Arabsat Arabsat NNP 1662 4249 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4249 63 inoperative inoperative JJ 1662 4249 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4249 65 ; ; : 1662 4249 66 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 4249 67 cable cable NN 1662 4249 68 and and CC 1662 4249 69 microwave microwave NN 1662 4249 70 radio radio NN 1662 4249 71 relay relay NN 1662 4249 72 to to IN 1662 4249 73 Jordan Jordan NNP 1662 4249 74 , , , 1662 4249 75 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 4249 76 , , , 1662 4249 77 Syria Syria NNP 1662 4249 78 , , , 1662 4249 79 and and CC 1662 4249 80 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 4249 81 ; ; : 1662 4249 82 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 4249 83 line line NN 1662 4249 84 is be VBZ 1662 4249 85 probably probably RB 1662 4249 86 nonoperational nonoperational JJ 1662 4249 87 Radio radio NN 1662 4249 88 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4249 89 stations station NNS 1662 4249 90 : : : 1662 4249 91 AM AM NNP 1662 4249 92 16 16 CD 1662 4249 93 , , , 1662 4249 94 FM FM NNP 1662 4249 95 1 1 CD 1662 4249 96 , , , 1662 4249 97 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 4249 98 0 0 CD 1662 4249 99 Radios radio NNS 1662 4249 100 : : : 1662 4249 101 4.02 4.02 CD 1662 4249 102 million million CD 1662 4249 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4249 104 1991 1991 CD 1662 4249 105 est est NNP 1662 4249 106 . . . 1662 4249 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4250 1 Television television NN 1662 4250 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4250 3 stations station NNS 1662 4250 4 : : : 1662 4250 5 13 13 CD 1662 4250 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 4250 7 : : : 1662 4250 8 1 1 CD 1662 4250 9 million million CD 1662 4250 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4250 11 1992 1992 CD 1662 4250 12 est est NNP 1662 4250 13 . . . 1662 4250 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4251 1 @Iraq @Iraq NNP 1662 4251 2 : : : 1662 4251 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4251 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 4251 5 : : : 1662 4251 6 total total NN 1662 4251 7 : : : 1662 4251 8 2,032 2,032 CD 1662 4251 9 km km NN 1662 4251 10 standard standard JJ 1662 4251 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 4251 12 : : : 1662 4251 13 2,032 2,032 CD 1662 4251 14 km km NN 1662 4251 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 4251 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 4251 17 Highways highway NNS 1662 4251 18 : : : 1662 4251 19 total total NN 1662 4251 20 : : : 1662 4251 21 46,500 46,500 CD 1662 4251 22 km km NNS 1662 4251 23 paved pave VBN 1662 4251 24 : : : 1662 4251 25 39,990 39,990 CD 1662 4251 26 km km NN 1662 4251 27 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4251 28 : : : 1662 4251 29 6,510 6,510 CD 1662 4251 30 km km NNS 1662 4251 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4251 32 1995 1995 CD 1662 4251 33 est est NNP 1662 4251 34 . . . 1662 4251 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4252 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 4252 2 : : : 1662 4252 3 1,015 1,015 CD 1662 4252 4 km km NN 1662 4252 5 ; ; : 1662 4252 6 Shatt Shatt NNP 1662 4252 7 al al NNP 1662 4252 8 Arab Arab NNP 1662 4252 9 is be VBZ 1662 4252 10 usually usually RB 1662 4252 11 navigable navigable JJ 1662 4252 12 by by IN 1662 4252 13 maritime maritime JJ 1662 4252 14 traffic traffic NN 1662 4252 15 for for IN 1662 4252 16 about about RB 1662 4252 17 130 130 CD 1662 4252 18 km km NNS 1662 4252 19 ; ; : 1662 4252 20 channel channel NNP 1662 4252 21 has have VBZ 1662 4252 22 been be VBN 1662 4252 23 dredged dredge VBN 1662 4252 24 to to IN 1662 4252 25 3 3 CD 1662 4252 26 meters meter NNS 1662 4252 27 and and CC 1662 4252 28 is be VBZ 1662 4252 29 in in IN 1662 4252 30 use use NN 1662 4252 31 ; ; : 1662 4252 32 Tigris Tigris NNP 1662 4252 33 and and CC 1662 4252 34 Euphrates Euphrates NNP 1662 4252 35 Rivers Rivers NNPS 1662 4252 36 have have VBP 1662 4252 37 navigable navigable JJ 1662 4252 38 sections section NNS 1662 4252 39 for for IN 1662 4252 40 shallow shallow JJ 1662 4252 41 - - HYPH 1662 4252 42 draft draft NN 1662 4252 43 watercraft watercraft NN 1662 4252 44 ; ; : 1662 4252 45 Shatt Shatt NNP 1662 4252 46 al al NNP 1662 4252 47 Basrah Basrah NNP 1662 4252 48 canal canal NN 1662 4252 49 was be VBD 1662 4252 50 navigable navigable JJ 1662 4252 51 by by IN 1662 4252 52 shallow shallow JJ 1662 4252 53 - - HYPH 1662 4252 54 draft draft NN 1662 4252 55 craft craft NN 1662 4252 56 before before IN 1662 4252 57 closing close VBG 1662 4252 58 in in IN 1662 4252 59 1991 1991 CD 1662 4252 60 because because IN 1662 4252 61 of of IN 1662 4252 62 the the DT 1662 4252 63 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4252 64 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4252 65 war war NN 1662 4252 66 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 4252 67 : : : 1662 4252 68 crude crude JJ 1662 4252 69 oil oil NN 1662 4252 70 4,350 4,350 CD 1662 4252 71 km km NN 1662 4252 72 ; ; : 1662 4252 73 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4252 74 products product NNS 1662 4252 75 725 725 CD 1662 4252 76 km km NN 1662 4252 77 ; ; : 1662 4252 78 natural natural JJ 1662 4252 79 gas gas NN 1662 4252 80 1,360 1,360 CD 1662 4252 81 km km NN 1662 4252 82 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 4252 83 and and CC 1662 4252 84 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4252 85 : : : 1662 4252 86 Umm Umm NNP 1662 4252 87 Qasr Qasr NNP 1662 4252 88 , , , 1662 4252 89 Khawr Khawr NNP 1662 4252 90 az az NNP 1662 4252 91 Zubayr Zubayr NNP 1662 4252 92 , , , 1662 4252 93 and and CC 1662 4252 94 Al Al NNP 1662 4252 95 Basrah Basrah NNP 1662 4252 96 have have VBP 1662 4252 97 limited limit VBN 1662 4252 98 functionality functionality NN 1662 4252 99 Merchant merchant NN 1662 4252 100 marine marine NN 1662 4252 101 : : : 1662 4252 102 total total NN 1662 4252 103 : : : 1662 4252 104 35 35 CD 1662 4252 105 ships ship NNS 1662 4252 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4252 107 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4252 108 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4252 109 or or CC 1662 4252 110 over over RB 1662 4252 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4252 112 totaling total VBG 1662 4252 113 791,485 791,485 CD 1662 4252 114 GRT/1,428,307 GRT/1,428,307 NNP 1662 4252 115 DWT dwt NN 1662 4252 116 ships ship NNS 1662 4252 117 by by IN 1662 4252 118 type type NN 1662 4252 119 : : : 1662 4252 120 cargo cargo NN 1662 4252 121 14 14 CD 1662 4252 122 , , , 1662 4252 123 oil oil NN 1662 4252 124 tanker tanker NN 1662 4252 125 16 16 CD 1662 4252 126 , , , 1662 4252 127 passenger passenger NN 1662 4252 128 1 1 CD 1662 4252 129 , , , 1662 4252 130 passenger passenger NN 1662 4252 131 - - HYPH 1662 4252 132 cargo cargo NN 1662 4252 133 1 1 CD 1662 4252 134 , , , 1662 4252 135 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 4252 136 cargo cargo NN 1662 4252 137 1 1 CD 1662 4252 138 , , , 1662 4252 139 roll roll NN 1662 4252 140 - - HYPH 1662 4252 141 on on IN 1662 4252 142 / / SYM 1662 4252 143 roll roll NN 1662 4252 144 - - HYPH 1662 4252 145 off off RP 1662 4252 146 cargo cargo NN 1662 4252 147 2 2 CD 1662 4252 148 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4252 149 1996 1996 CD 1662 4252 150 est est NNP 1662 4252 151 . . . 1662 4252 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4253 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4253 2 : : : 1662 4253 3 101 101 CD 1662 4253 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4253 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4253 6 est est NNP 1662 4253 7 . . . 1662 4253 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4254 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4254 2 - - , 1662 4254 3 with with IN 1662 4254 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4254 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4254 6 : : : 1662 4254 7 total total NN 1662 4254 8 : : : 1662 4254 9 85 85 CD 1662 4254 10 over over IN 1662 4254 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4254 12 m m NN 1662 4254 13 : : : 1662 4254 14 21 21 CD 1662 4254 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4254 16 to to TO 1662 4254 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4254 18 m m NN 1662 4254 19 : : : 1662 4254 20 33 33 CD 1662 4254 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4254 22 to to TO 1662 4254 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4254 24 m m NN 1662 4254 25 : : : 1662 4254 26 9 9 CD 1662 4254 27 914 914 CD 1662 4254 28 to to TO 1662 4254 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4254 30 m m NN 1662 4254 31 : : : 1662 4254 32 6 6 CD 1662 4254 33 under under IN 1662 4254 34 914 914 CD 1662 4254 35 m m NN 1662 4254 36 : : : 1662 4254 37 16 16 CD 1662 4254 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4254 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 4254 40 est est NNP 1662 4254 41 . . . 1662 4254 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4255 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4255 2 - - , 1662 4255 3 with with IN 1662 4255 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4255 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4255 6 : : : 1662 4255 7 total total NN 1662 4255 8 : : : 1662 4255 9 16 16 CD 1662 4255 10 over over IN 1662 4255 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4255 12 m m NN 1662 4255 13 : : : 1662 4255 14 2 2 CD 1662 4255 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4255 16 to to TO 1662 4255 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4255 18 m m NN 1662 4255 19 : : : 1662 4255 20 4 4 CD 1662 4255 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4255 22 to to TO 1662 4255 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4255 24 m m NN 1662 4255 25 : : : 1662 4255 26 2 2 CD 1662 4255 27 914 914 CD 1662 4255 28 to to TO 1662 4255 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4255 30 m m NN 1662 4255 31 : : : 1662 4255 32 8 8 CD 1662 4255 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4255 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 4255 35 est est NNP 1662 4255 36 . . . 1662 4255 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4256 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 4256 2 : : : 1662 4256 3 4 4 CD 1662 4256 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4256 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4256 6 est est NNP 1662 4256 7 . . . 1662 4256 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4257 1 Military military JJ 1662 4257 2 Military military JJ 1662 4257 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4257 4 : : : 1662 4257 5 Army Army NNP 1662 4257 6 , , , 1662 4257 7 Republican Republican NNP 1662 4257 8 Guard Guard NNP 1662 4257 9 and and CC 1662 4257 10 Special Special NNP 1662 4257 11 Republican Republican NNP 1662 4257 12 Guard Guard NNP 1662 4257 13 , , , 1662 4257 14 Navy Navy NNP 1662 4257 15 , , , 1662 4257 16 Air Air NNP 1662 4257 17 Force Force NNP 1662 4257 18 , , , 1662 4257 19 Air Air NNP 1662 4257 20 Defense Defense NNP 1662 4257 21 Force Force NNP 1662 4257 22 , , , 1662 4257 23 Border Border NNP 1662 4257 24 Guard Guard NNP 1662 4257 25 Force Force NNP 1662 4257 26 , , , 1662 4257 27 Internal Internal NNP 1662 4257 28 Security Security NNP 1662 4257 29 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 4257 30 Military Military NNP 1662 4257 31 manpower manpower NN 1662 4257 32 - - HYPH 1662 4257 33 military military NN 1662 4257 34 age age NN 1662 4257 35 : : : 1662 4257 36 18 18 CD 1662 4257 37 years year NNS 1662 4257 38 of of IN 1662 4257 39 age age NN 1662 4257 40 Military military JJ 1662 4257 41 manpower manpower NN 1662 4257 42 - - HYPH 1662 4257 43 availability availability NN 1662 4257 44 : : : 1662 4257 45 males male NNS 1662 4257 46 age age NNP 1662 4257 47 15 15 CD 1662 4257 48 - - HYPH 1662 4257 49 49 49 CD 1662 4257 50 : : : 1662 4257 51 5,039,332 5,039,332 CD 1662 4257 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4257 53 1997 1997 CD 1662 4257 54 est est NNP 1662 4257 55 . . . 1662 4257 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4258 1 Military military JJ 1662 4258 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4258 3 - - HYPH 1662 4258 4 fit fit NN 1662 4258 5 for for IN 1662 4258 6 military military JJ 1662 4258 7 service service NN 1662 4258 8 : : : 1662 4258 9 males male NNS 1662 4258 10 : : : 1662 4258 11 2,825,888 2,825,888 CD 1662 4258 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4258 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4258 14 est est NNP 1662 4258 15 . . . 1662 4258 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4259 1 Military military JJ 1662 4259 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4259 3 - - HYPH 1662 4259 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 4259 5 military military JJ 1662 4259 6 age age NN 1662 4259 7 annually annually RB 1662 4259 8 : : : 1662 4259 9 males male NNS 1662 4259 10 : : : 1662 4259 11 246,404 246,404 CD 1662 4259 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4259 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4259 14 est est NNP 1662 4259 15 . . . 1662 4259 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4260 1 Military military JJ 1662 4260 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4260 3 - - HYPH 1662 4260 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4260 5 figure figure NN 1662 4260 6 : : : 1662 4260 7 $ $ $ 1662 4260 8 NA NA NNP 1662 4260 9 Military military JJ 1662 4260 10 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4260 11 - - : 1662 4260 12 percent percent NN 1662 4260 13 of of IN 1662 4260 14 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4260 15 : : : 1662 4260 16 NA% NA% `` 1662 4260 17 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4260 18 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4260 19 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 4260 20 - - : 1662 4260 21 international international RB 1662 4260 22 : : : 1662 4260 23 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4260 24 and and CC 1662 4260 25 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 4260 26 restored restore VBD 1662 4260 27 diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4260 28 relations relation NNS 1662 4260 29 in in IN 1662 4260 30 1990 1990 CD 1662 4260 31 but but CC 1662 4260 32 are be VBP 1662 4260 33 still still RB 1662 4260 34 trying try VBG 1662 4260 35 to to TO 1662 4260 36 work work VB 1662 4260 37 out out RP 1662 4260 38 written write VBN 1662 4260 39 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4260 40 settling settle VBG 1662 4260 41 outstanding outstanding JJ 1662 4260 42 disputes dispute NNS 1662 4260 43 from from IN 1662 4260 44 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4260 45 eight eight CD 1662 4260 46 - - HYPH 1662 4260 47 year year NN 1662 4260 48 war war NN 1662 4260 49 concerning concern VBG 1662 4260 50 border border NN 1662 4260 51 demarcation demarcation NN 1662 4260 52 , , , 1662 4260 53 prisoners prisoner NNS 1662 4260 54 - - HYPH 1662 4260 55 of of IN 1662 4260 56 - - HYPH 1662 4260 57 war war NN 1662 4260 58 , , , 1662 4260 59 and and CC 1662 4260 60 freedom freedom NN 1662 4260 61 of of IN 1662 4260 62 navigation navigation NN 1662 4260 63 and and CC 1662 4260 64 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 4260 65 over over IN 1662 4260 66 the the DT 1662 4260 67 Shatt Shatt NNP 1662 4260 68 al al NNP 1662 4260 69 Arab Arab NNP 1662 4260 70 waterway waterway NN 1662 4260 71 ; ; : 1662 4260 72 in in IN 1662 4260 73 November November NNP 1662 4260 74 1994 1994 CD 1662 4260 75 , , , 1662 4260 76 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 4260 77 formally formally RB 1662 4260 78 accepted accept VBD 1662 4260 79 the the DT 1662 4260 80 UN UN NNP 1662 4260 81 - - HYPH 1662 4260 82 demarcated demarcate VBN 1662 4260 83 border border NN 1662 4260 84 with with IN 1662 4260 85 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 4260 86 which which WDT 1662 4260 87 had have VBD 1662 4260 88 been be VBN 1662 4260 89 spelled spell VBN 1662 4260 90 out out RP 1662 4260 91 in in IN 1662 4260 92 Security Security NNP 1662 4260 93 Council Council NNP 1662 4260 94 Resolutions Resolutions NNPS 1662 4260 95 687 687 CD 1662 4260 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4260 97 1991 1991 CD 1662 4260 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4260 99 , , , 1662 4260 100 773 773 CD 1662 4260 101 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4260 102 1993 1993 CD 1662 4260 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4260 104 , , , 1662 4260 105 and and CC 1662 4260 106 883 883 CD 1662 4260 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4260 108 1993 1993 CD 1662 4260 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4260 110 ; ; : 1662 4260 111 this this DT 1662 4260 112 formally formally RB 1662 4260 113 ends end VBZ 1662 4260 114 earlier early JJR 1662 4260 115 claims claim NNS 1662 4260 116 to to IN 1662 4260 117 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 4260 118 and and CC 1662 4260 119 to to IN 1662 4260 120 Bubiyan Bubiyan NNP 1662 4260 121 and and CC 1662 4260 122 Warbah Warbah NNP 1662 4260 123 islands island NNS 1662 4260 124 ; ; : 1662 4260 125 dispute dispute VBP 1662 4260 126 over over IN 1662 4260 127 water water NN 1662 4260 128 development development NN 1662 4260 129 plans plan NNS 1662 4260 130 by by IN 1662 4260 131 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 4260 132 for for IN 1662 4260 133 the the DT 1662 4260 134 Tigris Tigris NNP 1662 4260 135 and and CC 1662 4260 136 Euphrates Euphrates NNP 1662 4260 137 Rivers Rivers NNPS 1662 4260 138 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 139 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 140 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 141 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 142 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 143 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 144 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 145 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 146 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 147 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 148 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 149 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 150 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 151 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 152 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 153 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 154 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 155 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 156 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 157 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 158 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 159 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 160 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 161 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 162 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 163 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 164 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 165 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 166 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 167 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 168 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 169 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 170 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 171 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 172 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 173 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 174 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 175 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 176 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 177 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 178 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 179 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 180 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 181 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 182 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 183 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 184 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 185 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 186 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 187 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 188 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 189 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 190 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 191 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 192 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 193 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 194 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 195 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 196 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 197 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 198 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 199 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 200 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 201 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 202 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 203 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 204 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 205 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 206 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 207 _ _ NNP 1662 4260 208 IRELAND IRELAND NNP 1662 4260 209 @Ireland @ireland NN 1662 4260 210 : : : 1662 4260 211 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4260 212 Location Location NNP 1662 4260 213 : : : 1662 4260 214 Western Western NNP 1662 4260 215 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4260 216 , , , 1662 4260 217 occupying occupy VBG 1662 4260 218 five five CD 1662 4260 219 - - HYPH 1662 4260 220 sixths sixth NNS 1662 4260 221 of of IN 1662 4260 222 the the DT 1662 4260 223 island island NN 1662 4260 224 of of IN 1662 4260 225 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 4260 226 in in IN 1662 4260 227 the the DT 1662 4260 228 North North NNP 1662 4260 229 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4260 230 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4260 231 , , , 1662 4260 232 west west NN 1662 4260 233 of of IN 1662 4260 234 Great Great NNP 1662 4260 235 Britain Britain NNP 1662 4260 236 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4260 237 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4260 238 : : : 1662 4260 239 53 53 CD 1662 4260 240 00 00 CD 1662 4260 241 N n CD 1662 4260 242 , , , 1662 4260 243 8 8 CD 1662 4260 244 00 00 NFP 1662 4260 245 W W NNP 1662 4260 246 Map Map NNP 1662 4260 247 references reference NNS 1662 4260 248 : : : 1662 4260 249 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4260 250 Area Area NNP 1662 4260 251 : : : 1662 4260 252 total total NN 1662 4260 253 : : : 1662 4260 254 70,280 70,280 CD 1662 4260 255 sq sq VB 1662 4260 256 km km NNP 1662 4260 257 land land NN 1662 4260 258 : : : 1662 4260 259 68,890 68,890 CD 1662 4260 260 sq sq NNP 1662 4260 261 km km NNP 1662 4260 262 water water NN 1662 4260 263 : : : 1662 4260 264 1,390 1,390 CD 1662 4260 265 sq sq NNP 1662 4260 266 km km NNP 1662 4260 267 Area Area NNP 1662 4260 268 - - HYPH 1662 4260 269 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4260 270 : : : 1662 4260 271 slightly slightly RB 1662 4260 272 larger large JJR 1662 4260 273 than than IN 1662 4260 274 West West NNP 1662 4260 275 Virginia Virginia NNP 1662 4260 276 Land Land NNP 1662 4260 277 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4260 278 : : : 1662 4260 279 total total JJ 1662 4260 280 : : : 1662 4260 281 360 360 CD 1662 4260 282 km km NN 1662 4260 283 border border NN 1662 4260 284 countries country NNS 1662 4260 285 : : : 1662 4260 286 UK UK NNP 1662 4260 287 360 360 CD 1662 4260 288 km km NN 1662 4260 289 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4260 290 : : : 1662 4260 291 1,448 1,448 CD 1662 4260 292 km km NN 1662 4260 293 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4260 294 claims claim VBZ 1662 4260 295 : : : 1662 4260 296 continental continental NNP 1662 4260 297 shelf shelf NNP 1662 4260 298 : : : 1662 4260 299 not not RB 1662 4260 300 specified specify VBN 1662 4260 301 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 4260 302 fishing fishing NN 1662 4260 303 zone zone NN 1662 4260 304 : : : 1662 4260 305 200 200 CD 1662 4260 306 nm nm CD 1662 4260 307 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4260 308 sea sea NN 1662 4260 309 : : : 1662 4260 310 12 12 CD 1662 4260 311 nm nm NNP 1662 4260 312 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4260 313 : : : 1662 4260 314 temperate temperate VB 1662 4260 315 maritime maritime NN 1662 4260 316 ; ; , 1662 4260 317 modified modify VBN 1662 4260 318 by by IN 1662 4260 319 North North NNP 1662 4260 320 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4260 321 Current Current NNP 1662 4260 322 ; ; : 1662 4260 323 mild mild JJ 1662 4260 324 winters winter NNS 1662 4260 325 , , , 1662 4260 326 cool cool JJ 1662 4260 327 summers summer NNS 1662 4260 328 ; ; : 1662 4260 329 consistently consistently RB 1662 4260 330 humid humid JJ 1662 4260 331 ; ; , 1662 4260 332 overcast overcast JJ 1662 4260 333 about about IN 1662 4260 334 half half PDT 1662 4260 335 the the DT 1662 4260 336 time time NN 1662 4260 337 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4260 338 : : : 1662 4260 339 mostly mostly RB 1662 4260 340 level level NN 1662 4260 341 to to IN 1662 4260 342 rolling roll VBG 1662 4260 343 interior interior JJ 1662 4260 344 plain plain NN 1662 4260 345 surrounded surround VBN 1662 4260 346 by by IN 1662 4260 347 rugged rugged JJ 1662 4260 348 hills hill NNS 1662 4260 349 and and CC 1662 4260 350 low low JJ 1662 4260 351 mountains mountain NNS 1662 4260 352 ; ; : 1662 4260 353 sea sea NN 1662 4260 354 cliffs cliff NNS 1662 4260 355 on on IN 1662 4260 356 west west NNP 1662 4260 357 coast coast NNP 1662 4260 358 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4260 359 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4260 360 : : : 1662 4260 361 lowest low JJS 1662 4260 362 point point NN 1662 4260 363 : : : 1662 4260 364 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4260 365 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4260 366 0 0 NFP 1662 4260 367 m m DT 1662 4260 368 highest high JJS 1662 4260 369 point point NN 1662 4260 370 : : : 1662 4260 371 Carrauntoohill carrauntoohill VB 1662 4260 372 1,041 1,041 CD 1662 4260 373 m m NNP 1662 4260 374 Natural natural JJ 1662 4260 375 resources resource NNS 1662 4260 376 : : : 1662 4260 377 zinc zinc NN 1662 4260 378 , , , 1662 4260 379 lead lead NN 1662 4260 380 , , , 1662 4260 381 natural natural JJ 1662 4260 382 gas gas NN 1662 4260 383 , , , 1662 4260 384 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4260 385 , , , 1662 4260 386 barite barite NN 1662 4260 387 , , , 1662 4260 388 copper copper NN 1662 4260 389 , , , 1662 4260 390 gypsum gypsum NN 1662 4260 391 , , , 1662 4260 392 limestone limestone NN 1662 4260 393 , , , 1662 4260 394 dolomite dolomite VB 1662 4260 395 , , , 1662 4260 396 peat peat VBP 1662 4260 397 , , , 1662 4260 398 silver silver NN 1662 4260 399 Land Land NNP 1662 4260 400 use use NN 1662 4260 401 : : : 1662 4260 402 arable arable JJ 1662 4260 403 land land NN 1662 4260 404 : : : 1662 4260 405 13 13 CD 1662 4260 406 % % NN 1662 4260 407 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4260 408 crops crop NNS 1662 4260 409 : : : 1662 4260 410 0 0 CD 1662 4260 411 % % NN 1662 4260 412 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4260 413 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4260 414 : : : 1662 4260 415 68 68 CD 1662 4260 416 % % NN 1662 4260 417 forests forest NNS 1662 4260 418 and and CC 1662 4260 419 woodland woodland NN 1662 4260 420 : : : 1662 4260 421 5 5 CD 1662 4260 422 % % NN 1662 4260 423 other other JJ 1662 4260 424 : : : 1662 4260 425 14 14 CD 1662 4260 426 % % NN 1662 4260 427 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4260 428 1993 1993 CD 1662 4260 429 est est NNP 1662 4260 430 . . . 1662 4260 431 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4261 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4261 2 land land NN 1662 4261 3 : : : 1662 4261 4 NA NA NNP 1662 4261 5 sq sq RB 1662 4261 6 km km VB 1662 4261 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 4261 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4261 9 : : : 1662 4261 10 NA NA NNP 1662 4261 11 Environment environment NN 1662 4261 12 - - HYPH 1662 4261 13 current current JJ 1662 4261 14 issues issue NNS 1662 4261 15 : : : 1662 4261 16 water water NN 1662 4261 17 pollution pollution NN 1662 4261 18 , , , 1662 4261 19 especially especially RB 1662 4261 20 of of IN 1662 4261 21 lakes lake NNS 1662 4261 22 , , , 1662 4261 23 from from IN 1662 4261 24 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4261 25 runoff runoff NN 1662 4261 26 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4261 27 - - HYPH 1662 4261 28 international international JJ 1662 4261 29 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4261 30 : : : 1662 4261 31 party party NN 1662 4261 32 to to TO 1662 4261 33 : : : 1662 4261 34 Air Air NNP 1662 4261 35 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4261 36 , , , 1662 4261 37 Air Air NNP 1662 4261 38 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4261 39 - - HYPH 1662 4261 40 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 4261 41 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 4261 42 , , , 1662 4261 43 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 4261 44 , , , 1662 4261 45 Climate climate NN 1662 4261 46 Change change NN 1662 4261 47 , , , 1662 4261 48 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 4261 49 Modification Modification NNP 1662 4261 50 , , , 1662 4261 51 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 4261 52 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 4261 53 , , , 1662 4261 54 Law Law NNP 1662 4261 55 of of IN 1662 4261 56 the the DT 1662 4261 57 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4261 58 , , , 1662 4261 59 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4261 60 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 4261 61 , , , 1662 4261 62 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 4261 63 Test Test NNP 1662 4261 64 Ban Ban NNP 1662 4261 65 , , , 1662 4261 66 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 4261 67 Layer Layer NNP 1662 4261 68 Protection Protection NNP 1662 4261 69 , , , 1662 4261 70 Ship Ship NNP 1662 4261 71 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4261 72 , , , 1662 4261 73 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 4261 74 Timber Timber NNP 1662 4261 75 83 83 CD 1662 4261 76 , , , 1662 4261 77 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 4261 78 , , , 1662 4261 79 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 4261 80 signed sign VBD 1662 4261 81 , , , 1662 4261 82 but but CC 1662 4261 83 not not RB 1662 4261 84 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4261 85 : : : 1662 4261 86 Air Air NNP 1662 4261 87 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4261 88 - - HYPH 1662 4261 89 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 4261 90 94 94 CD 1662 4261 91 , , , 1662 4261 92 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 4261 93 , , , 1662 4261 94 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 4261 95 Species Species NNPS 1662 4261 96 , , , 1662 4261 97 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4261 98 Life Life NNP 1662 4261 99 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 4261 100 , , , 1662 4261 101 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 4261 102 Timber Timber NNP 1662 4261 103 94 94 CD 1662 4261 104 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4261 105 - - HYPH 1662 4261 106 note note NN 1662 4261 107 : : : 1662 4261 108 strategic strategic JJ 1662 4261 109 location location NN 1662 4261 110 on on IN 1662 4261 111 major major JJ 1662 4261 112 air air NN 1662 4261 113 and and CC 1662 4261 114 sea sea NN 1662 4261 115 routes route NNS 1662 4261 116 between between IN 1662 4261 117 North North NNP 1662 4261 118 America America NNP 1662 4261 119 and and CC 1662 4261 120 northern northern JJ 1662 4261 121 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4261 122 ; ; : 1662 4261 123 over over IN 1662 4261 124 40 40 CD 1662 4261 125 % % NN 1662 4261 126 of of IN 1662 4261 127 the the DT 1662 4261 128 population population NN 1662 4261 129 resides reside VBZ 1662 4261 130 within within IN 1662 4261 131 60 60 CD 1662 4261 132 miles mile NNS 1662 4261 133 of of IN 1662 4261 134 Dublin Dublin NNP 1662 4261 135 @Ireland @ireland XX 1662 4261 136 : : : 1662 4261 137 People People NNP 1662 4261 138 Population Population NNP 1662 4261 139 : : : 1662 4261 140 3,606,952 3,606,952 CD 1662 4261 141 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4261 142 July July NNP 1662 4261 143 1997 1997 CD 1662 4261 144 est est NNP 1662 4261 145 . . . 1662 4261 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4262 1 Age age NN 1662 4262 2 structure structure NN 1662 4262 3 : : : 1662 4262 4 0 0 CD 1662 4262 5 - - HYPH 1662 4262 6 14 14 CD 1662 4262 7 years year NNS 1662 4262 8 : : : 1662 4262 9 23 23 CD 1662 4262 10 % % NN 1662 4262 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4262 12 male male JJ 1662 4262 13 415,747 415,747 CD 1662 4262 14 ; ; : 1662 4262 15 female female JJ 1662 4262 16 393,181 393,181 CD 1662 4262 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4262 18 15 15 CD 1662 4262 19 - - SYM 1662 4262 20 64 64 CD 1662 4262 21 years year NNS 1662 4262 22 : : : 1662 4262 23 66 66 CD 1662 4262 24 % % NN 1662 4262 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4262 26 male male JJ 1662 4262 27 1,203,792 1,203,792 CD 1662 4262 28 ; ; : 1662 4262 29 female female JJ 1662 4262 30 1,185,935 1,185,935 CD 1662 4262 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4262 32 65 65 CD 1662 4262 33 years year NNS 1662 4262 34 and and CC 1662 4262 35 over over IN 1662 4262 36 : : : 1662 4262 37 11 11 CD 1662 4262 38 % % NN 1662 4262 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4262 40 male male JJ 1662 4262 41 173,566 173,566 CD 1662 4262 42 ; ; : 1662 4262 43 female female JJ 1662 4262 44 234,731 234,731 CD 1662 4262 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4262 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4262 47 July July NNP 1662 4262 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 4262 49 est est NNP 1662 4262 50 . . . 1662 4262 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4263 1 Population population NN 1662 4263 2 growth growth NN 1662 4263 3 rate rate NN 1662 4263 4 : : : 1662 4263 5 -0.33 -0.33 CD 1662 4263 6 % % NN 1662 4263 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4263 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4263 9 est est NNP 1662 4263 10 . . . 1662 4263 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4264 1 Birth birth NN 1662 4264 2 rate rate NN 1662 4264 3 : : : 1662 4264 4 13.43 13.43 CD 1662 4264 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 4264 6 population population NN 1662 4264 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4264 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4264 9 est est NNP 1662 4264 10 . . . 1662 4264 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4265 1 Death death NN 1662 4265 2 rate rate NN 1662 4265 3 : : : 1662 4265 4 8.6 8.6 CD 1662 4265 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4265 6 population population NN 1662 4265 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4265 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4265 9 est est NNP 1662 4265 10 . . . 1662 4265 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4266 1 Net net JJ 1662 4266 2 migration migration NN 1662 4266 3 rate rate NN 1662 4266 4 : : : 1662 4266 5 -1.49 -1.49 NFP 1662 4266 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 4266 7 population population NN 1662 4266 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4266 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 4266 10 est est NNP 1662 4266 11 . . . 1662 4266 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4267 1 Sex sex NN 1662 4267 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 4267 3 : : : 1662 4267 4 at at IN 1662 4267 5 birth birth NN 1662 4267 6 : : : 1662 4267 7 1.07 1.07 CD 1662 4267 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4267 9 under under IN 1662 4267 10 15 15 CD 1662 4267 11 years year NNS 1662 4267 12 : : : 1662 4267 13 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 4267 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4267 15 15 15 CD 1662 4267 16 - - SYM 1662 4267 17 64 64 CD 1662 4267 18 years year NNS 1662 4267 19 : : : 1662 4267 20 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 4267 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4267 22 65 65 CD 1662 4267 23 years year NNS 1662 4267 24 and and CC 1662 4267 25 over over IN 1662 4267 26 : : : 1662 4267 27 0.74 0.74 CD 1662 4267 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 4267 29 total total JJ 1662 4267 30 population population NN 1662 4267 31 : : : 1662 4267 32 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 4267 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4267 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4267 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 4267 36 est est NNP 1662 4267 37 . . . 1662 4267 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4268 1 Infant infant NN 1662 4268 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 4268 3 rate rate NN 1662 4268 4 : : : 1662 4268 5 6.1 6.1 CD 1662 4268 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4268 7 live live JJ 1662 4268 8 births birth NNS 1662 4268 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4268 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4268 11 est est NNP 1662 4268 12 . . . 1662 4268 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4269 1 Life life NN 1662 4269 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 4269 3 at at IN 1662 4269 4 birth birth NN 1662 4269 5 : : : 1662 4269 6 total total JJ 1662 4269 7 population population NN 1662 4269 8 : : : 1662 4269 9 75.98 75.98 CD 1662 4269 10 years year NNS 1662 4269 11 male male NN 1662 4269 12 : : : 1662 4269 13 73.24 73.24 CD 1662 4269 14 years year NNS 1662 4269 15 female female JJ 1662 4269 16 : : : 1662 4269 17 78.89 78.89 CD 1662 4269 18 years year NNS 1662 4269 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4269 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 4269 21 est est NNP 1662 4269 22 . . . 1662 4269 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4270 1 Total total JJ 1662 4270 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 4270 3 rate rate NN 1662 4270 4 : : : 1662 4270 5 1.83 1.83 CD 1662 4270 6 children child NNS 1662 4270 7 born bear VBN 1662 4270 8 / / SYM 1662 4270 9 woman woman NN 1662 4270 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4270 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 4270 12 est est NNP 1662 4270 13 . . . 1662 4270 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4271 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 4271 2 : : : 1662 4271 3 noun noun NN 1662 4271 4 : : : 1662 4271 5 Irishman(men Irishman(men NNP 1662 4271 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4271 7 , , , 1662 4271 8 Irishwoman(men Irishwoman(men NNP 1662 4271 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4271 10 , , , 1662 4271 11 Irish Irish NNP 1662 4271 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4271 13 collective collective JJ 1662 4271 14 plural plural JJ 1662 4271 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4271 16 adjective adjective NN 1662 4271 17 : : : 1662 4271 18 Irish irish JJ 1662 4271 19 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4271 20 groups group NNS 1662 4271 21 : : : 1662 4271 22 Celtic celtic JJ 1662 4271 23 , , , 1662 4271 24 English English NNP 1662 4271 25 Religions Religions NNPS 1662 4271 26 : : : 1662 4271 27 Roman Roman NNP 1662 4271 28 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 4271 29 93 93 CD 1662 4271 30 % % NN 1662 4271 31 , , , 1662 4271 32 Anglican Anglican NNP 1662 4271 33 3 3 CD 1662 4271 34 % % NN 1662 4271 35 , , , 1662 4271 36 none none NN 1662 4271 37 1 1 CD 1662 4271 38 % % NN 1662 4271 39 , , , 1662 4271 40 unknown unknown JJ 1662 4271 41 2 2 CD 1662 4271 42 % % NN 1662 4271 43 , , , 1662 4271 44 other other JJ 1662 4271 45 1 1 CD 1662 4271 46 % % NN 1662 4271 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4271 48 1981 1981 CD 1662 4271 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4271 50 Languages language NNS 1662 4271 51 : : : 1662 4271 52 Irish Irish NNP 1662 4271 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4271 54 Gaelic Gaelic NNP 1662 4271 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4271 56 , , , 1662 4271 57 spoken speak VBN 1662 4271 58 mainly mainly RB 1662 4271 59 in in IN 1662 4271 60 areas area NNS 1662 4271 61 located locate VBN 1662 4271 62 along along IN 1662 4271 63 the the DT 1662 4271 64 western western JJ 1662 4271 65 seaboard seaboard NN 1662 4271 66 , , , 1662 4271 67 English English NNP 1662 4271 68 is be VBZ 1662 4271 69 the the DT 1662 4271 70 language language NN 1662 4271 71 generally generally RB 1662 4271 72 used use VBD 1662 4271 73 Literacy literacy NN 1662 4271 74 : : : 1662 4271 75 definition definition NN 1662 4271 76 : : : 1662 4271 77 age age NN 1662 4271 78 15 15 CD 1662 4271 79 and and CC 1662 4271 80 over over RB 1662 4271 81 can can MD 1662 4271 82 read read VB 1662 4271 83 and and CC 1662 4271 84 write write VB 1662 4271 85 total total JJ 1662 4271 86 population population NN 1662 4271 87 : : : 1662 4271 88 98 98 CD 1662 4271 89 % % NN 1662 4271 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4271 91 1981 1981 CD 1662 4271 92 est est NNP 1662 4271 93 . . . 1662 4271 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 1 male male NN 1662 4272 2 : : : 1662 4272 3 NA% NA% NNP 1662 4272 4 female female NNP 1662 4272 5 : : : 1662 4272 6 NA% na% ADD 1662 4272 7 @Ireland @ireland NN 1662 4272 8 : : : 1662 4272 9 Government Government NNP 1662 4272 10 Country Country NNP 1662 4272 11 name name NN 1662 4272 12 : : : 1662 4272 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4272 14 long long JJ 1662 4272 15 form form NN 1662 4272 16 : : : 1662 4272 17 none none NN 1662 4272 18 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4272 19 short short JJ 1662 4272 20 form form NN 1662 4272 21 : : : 1662 4272 22 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 4272 23 Data Data NNP 1662 4272 24 code code NN 1662 4272 25 : : : 1662 4272 26 EI EI NNP 1662 4272 27 Government Government NNP 1662 4272 28 type type NN 1662 4272 29 : : : 1662 4272 30 republic republic NNP 1662 4272 31 National national JJ 1662 4272 32 capital capital NN 1662 4272 33 : : : 1662 4272 34 Dublin Dublin NNP 1662 4272 35 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 4272 36 divisions division NNS 1662 4272 37 : : : 1662 4272 38 26 26 CD 1662 4272 39 counties county NNS 1662 4272 40 ; ; : 1662 4272 41 Carlow Carlow NNP 1662 4272 42 , , , 1662 4272 43 Cavan Cavan NNP 1662 4272 44 , , , 1662 4272 45 Clare Clare NNP 1662 4272 46 , , , 1662 4272 47 Cork Cork NNP 1662 4272 48 , , , 1662 4272 49 Donegal Donegal NNP 1662 4272 50 , , , 1662 4272 51 Dublin Dublin NNP 1662 4272 52 , , , 1662 4272 53 Galway Galway NNP 1662 4272 54 , , , 1662 4272 55 Kerry Kerry NNP 1662 4272 56 , , , 1662 4272 57 Kildare Kildare NNP 1662 4272 58 , , , 1662 4272 59 Kilkenny Kilkenny NNP 1662 4272 60 , , , 1662 4272 61 Laois Laois NNP 1662 4272 62 , , , 1662 4272 63 Leitrim Leitrim NNP 1662 4272 64 , , , 1662 4272 65 Limerick Limerick NNP 1662 4272 66 , , , 1662 4272 67 Longford Longford NNP 1662 4272 68 , , , 1662 4272 69 Louth Louth NNP 1662 4272 70 , , , 1662 4272 71 Mayo Mayo NNP 1662 4272 72 , , , 1662 4272 73 Meath Meath NNP 1662 4272 74 , , , 1662 4272 75 Monaghan Monaghan NNP 1662 4272 76 , , , 1662 4272 77 Offaly Offaly NNP 1662 4272 78 , , , 1662 4272 79 Roscommon Roscommon NNP 1662 4272 80 , , , 1662 4272 81 Sligo Sligo NNP 1662 4272 82 , , , 1662 4272 83 Tipperary Tipperary NNP 1662 4272 84 , , , 1662 4272 85 Waterford Waterford NNP 1662 4272 86 , , , 1662 4272 87 Westmeath Westmeath NNP 1662 4272 88 , , , 1662 4272 89 Wexford Wexford NNP 1662 4272 90 , , , 1662 4272 91 Wicklow Wicklow NNP 1662 4272 92 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4272 93 : : : 1662 4272 94 6 6 CD 1662 4272 95 December December NNP 1662 4272 96 1921 1921 CD 1662 4272 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 98 from from IN 1662 4272 99 UK UK NNP 1662 4272 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 101 National national JJ 1662 4272 102 holiday holiday NN 1662 4272 103 : : : 1662 4272 104 Saint Saint NNP 1662 4272 105 Patrick Patrick NNP 1662 4272 106 's 's POS 1662 4272 107 Day Day NNP 1662 4272 108 , , , 1662 4272 109 17 17 CD 1662 4272 110 March March NNP 1662 4272 111 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 4272 112 : : : 1662 4272 113 29 29 CD 1662 4272 114 December December NNP 1662 4272 115 1937 1937 CD 1662 4272 116 ; ; : 1662 4272 117 adopted adopt VBD 1662 4272 118 1 1 CD 1662 4272 119 July July NNP 1662 4272 120 1937 1937 CD 1662 4272 121 by by IN 1662 4272 122 plebiscite plebiscite NN 1662 4272 123 Legal legal JJ 1662 4272 124 system system NN 1662 4272 125 : : : 1662 4272 126 based base VBN 1662 4272 127 on on IN 1662 4272 128 English English NNP 1662 4272 129 common common JJ 1662 4272 130 law law NN 1662 4272 131 , , , 1662 4272 132 substantially substantially RB 1662 4272 133 modified modify VBN 1662 4272 134 by by IN 1662 4272 135 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 4272 136 concepts concept NNS 1662 4272 137 ; ; : 1662 4272 138 judicial judicial JJ 1662 4272 139 review review NN 1662 4272 140 of of IN 1662 4272 141 legislative legislative JJ 1662 4272 142 acts act NNS 1662 4272 143 in in IN 1662 4272 144 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 4272 145 Court Court NNP 1662 4272 146 ; ; : 1662 4272 147 has have VBZ 1662 4272 148 not not RB 1662 4272 149 accepted accept VBN 1662 4272 150 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 4272 151 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 4272 152 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 4272 153 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 4272 154 : : : 1662 4272 155 18 18 CD 1662 4272 156 years year NNS 1662 4272 157 of of IN 1662 4272 158 age age NN 1662 4272 159 ; ; : 1662 4272 160 universal universal JJ 1662 4272 161 Executive Executive NNP 1662 4272 162 branch branch NN 1662 4272 163 : : : 1662 4272 164 chief chief NN 1662 4272 165 of of IN 1662 4272 166 state state NN 1662 4272 167 : : : 1662 4272 168 President President NNP 1662 4272 169 Mary Mary NNP 1662 4272 170 Bourke Bourke NNP 1662 4272 171 ROBINSON ROBINSON NNP 1662 4272 172 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 173 since since IN 1662 4272 174 9 9 CD 1662 4272 175 November November NNP 1662 4272 176 1990 1990 CD 1662 4272 177 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 178 head head NN 1662 4272 179 of of IN 1662 4272 180 government government NN 1662 4272 181 : : : 1662 4272 182 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4272 183 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4272 184 John John NNP 1662 4272 185 BRUTON BRUTON NNP 1662 4272 186 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 187 since since IN 1662 4272 188 15 15 CD 1662 4272 189 December December NNP 1662 4272 190 1994 1994 CD 1662 4272 191 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 192 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4272 193 : : : 1662 4272 194 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 4272 195 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4272 196 by by IN 1662 4272 197 the the DT 1662 4272 198 president president NN 1662 4272 199 with with IN 1662 4272 200 previous previous JJ 1662 4272 201 nomination nomination NN 1662 4272 202 by by IN 1662 4272 203 the the DT 1662 4272 204 prime prime NNP 1662 4272 205 minister minister NN 1662 4272 206 and and CC 1662 4272 207 approval approval NN 1662 4272 208 of of IN 1662 4272 209 the the DT 1662 4272 210 House House NNP 1662 4272 211 of of IN 1662 4272 212 Representatives Representatives NNP 1662 4272 213 elections election NNS 1662 4272 214 : : : 1662 4272 215 president president NN 1662 4272 216 elected elect VBN 1662 4272 217 by by IN 1662 4272 218 popular popular JJ 1662 4272 219 vote vote NN 1662 4272 220 for for IN 1662 4272 221 a a DT 1662 4272 222 seven seven CD 1662 4272 223 - - HYPH 1662 4272 224 year year NN 1662 4272 225 term term NN 1662 4272 226 ; ; : 1662 4272 227 election election NN 1662 4272 228 last last JJ 1662 4272 229 held hold VBD 1662 4272 230 9 9 CD 1662 4272 231 November November NNP 1662 4272 232 1990 1990 CD 1662 4272 233 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 234 next next JJ 1662 4272 235 to to TO 1662 4272 236 be be VB 1662 4272 237 held hold VBN 1662 4272 238 NA NA NNP 1662 4272 239 November November NNP 1662 4272 240 1997 1997 CD 1662 4272 241 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 242 ; ; : 1662 4272 243 prime prime NNP 1662 4272 244 minister minister NNP 1662 4272 245 nominated nominate VBN 1662 4272 246 by by IN 1662 4272 247 the the DT 1662 4272 248 House House NNP 1662 4272 249 of of IN 1662 4272 250 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 4272 251 and and CC 1662 4272 252 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4272 253 by by IN 1662 4272 254 the the DT 1662 4272 255 president president NNP 1662 4272 256 election election NN 1662 4272 257 results result NNS 1662 4272 258 : : : 1662 4272 259 Mary Mary NNP 1662 4272 260 Bourke Bourke NNP 1662 4272 261 ROBINSON ROBINSON NNP 1662 4272 262 elected elect VBD 1662 4272 263 president president NN 1662 4272 264 ; ; , 1662 4272 265 percent percent NN 1662 4272 266 of of IN 1662 4272 267 vote vote NN 1662 4272 268 - - : 1662 4272 269 Mary Mary NNP 1662 4272 270 Bourke Bourke NNP 1662 4272 271 ROBINSON ROBINSON NNP 1662 4272 272 52.8 52.8 CD 1662 4272 273 % % NN 1662 4272 274 , , , 1662 4272 275 Brian Brian NNP 1662 4272 276 LENIHAN LENIHAN NNP 1662 4272 277 47.2 47.2 CD 1662 4272 278 % % NN 1662 4272 279 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 4272 280 branch branch NN 1662 4272 281 : : : 1662 4272 282 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 4272 283 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 4272 284 or or CC 1662 4272 285 Oireachtas Oireachtas NNP 1662 4272 286 consists consist VBZ 1662 4272 287 of of IN 1662 4272 288 the the DT 1662 4272 289 Senate Senate NNP 1662 4272 290 or or CC 1662 4272 291 Seanad Seanad NNP 1662 4272 292 Eireann Eireann NNP 1662 4272 293 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 294 60 60 CD 1662 4272 295 seats seat NNS 1662 4272 296 , , , 1662 4272 297 49 49 CD 1662 4272 298 elected elect VBN 1662 4272 299 by by IN 1662 4272 300 the the DT 1662 4272 301 universities university NNS 1662 4272 302 and and CC 1662 4272 303 from from IN 1662 4272 304 candidates candidate NNS 1662 4272 305 put put VBN 1662 4272 306 forward forward RP 1662 4272 307 by by IN 1662 4272 308 five five CD 1662 4272 309 vocational vocational JJ 1662 4272 310 panels panel NNS 1662 4272 311 , , , 1662 4272 312 11 11 CD 1662 4272 313 are be VBP 1662 4272 314 nominated nominate VBN 1662 4272 315 by by IN 1662 4272 316 the the DT 1662 4272 317 prime prime NNP 1662 4272 318 minister minister NN 1662 4272 319 ; ; : 1662 4272 320 members member NNS 1662 4272 321 serve serve VBP 1662 4272 322 five five CD 1662 4272 323 - - HYPH 1662 4272 324 year year NN 1662 4272 325 terms term NNS 1662 4272 326 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 327 and and CC 1662 4272 328 the the DT 1662 4272 329 House House NNP 1662 4272 330 of of IN 1662 4272 331 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 4272 332 or or CC 1662 4272 333 Dail Dail NNP 1662 4272 334 Eireann Eireann NNP 1662 4272 335 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 336 166 166 CD 1662 4272 337 seats seat NNS 1662 4272 338 ; ; : 1662 4272 339 members member NNS 1662 4272 340 are be VBP 1662 4272 341 elected elect VBN 1662 4272 342 by by IN 1662 4272 343 direct direct JJ 1662 4272 344 popular popular JJ 1662 4272 345 vote vote NN 1662 4272 346 and and CC 1662 4272 347 proportional proportional JJ 1662 4272 348 representation representation NN 1662 4272 349 to to TO 1662 4272 350 serve serve VB 1662 4272 351 five five CD 1662 4272 352 - - HYPH 1662 4272 353 year year NN 1662 4272 354 terms term NNS 1662 4272 355 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 356 elections election NNS 1662 4272 357 : : : 1662 4272 358 Senate Senate NNP 1662 4272 359 - - HYPH 1662 4272 360 last last RB 1662 4272 361 held hold VBN 1662 4272 362 NA NA NNP 1662 4272 363 February February NNP 1662 4272 364 1992 1992 CD 1662 4272 365 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 366 next next JJ 1662 4272 367 to to TO 1662 4272 368 be be VB 1662 4272 369 held hold VBN 1662 4272 370 NA NA NNP 1662 4272 371 February February NNP 1662 4272 372 1997 1997 CD 1662 4272 373 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 374 ; ; : 1662 4272 375 House House NNP 1662 4272 376 of of IN 1662 4272 377 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 4272 378 - - HYPH 1662 4272 379 last last RB 1662 4272 380 held hold VBN 1662 4272 381 25 25 CD 1662 4272 382 November November NNP 1662 4272 383 1992 1992 CD 1662 4272 384 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 385 next next JJ 1662 4272 386 to to TO 1662 4272 387 be be VB 1662 4272 388 held hold VBN 1662 4272 389 NA NA NNP 1662 4272 390 November November NNP 1662 4272 391 1997 1997 CD 1662 4272 392 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 393 election election NN 1662 4272 394 results result NNS 1662 4272 395 : : : 1662 4272 396 Senate Senate NNP 1662 4272 397 - - HYPH 1662 4272 398 percent percent NN 1662 4272 399 of of IN 1662 4272 400 vote vote NN 1662 4272 401 by by IN 1662 4272 402 party party NN 1662 4272 403 - - HYPH 1662 4272 404 NA NA NNP 1662 4272 405 ; ; , 1662 4272 406 seats seat NNS 1662 4272 407 by by IN 1662 4272 408 party party NN 1662 4272 409 - - HYPH 1662 4272 410 Fianna Fianna NNP 1662 4272 411 Fail Fail NNP 1662 4272 412 26 26 CD 1662 4272 413 , , , 1662 4272 414 Fine Fine NNP 1662 4272 415 Gael Gael NNP 1662 4272 416 16 16 CD 1662 4272 417 , , , 1662 4272 418 Labor Labor NNP 1662 4272 419 9 9 CD 1662 4272 420 , , , 1662 4272 421 Progressive progressive JJ 1662 4272 422 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 4272 423 2 2 CD 1662 4272 424 , , , 1662 4272 425 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4272 426 Left Left NNP 1662 4272 427 1 1 CD 1662 4272 428 , , , 1662 4272 429 independents independent NNS 1662 4272 430 6 6 CD 1662 4272 431 ; ; : 1662 4272 432 House House NNP 1662 4272 433 of of IN 1662 4272 434 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 4272 435 - - HYPH 1662 4272 436 percent percent NN 1662 4272 437 of of IN 1662 4272 438 vote vote NN 1662 4272 439 by by IN 1662 4272 440 party party NN 1662 4272 441 - - HYPH 1662 4272 442 Fianna Fianna NNP 1662 4272 443 Fail Fail NNP 1662 4272 444 39.1 39.1 CD 1662 4272 445 % % NN 1662 4272 446 , , , 1662 4272 447 Fine Fine NNP 1662 4272 448 Gael Gael NNP 1662 4272 449 24.5 24.5 CD 1662 4272 450 % % NN 1662 4272 451 , , , 1662 4272 452 Labor Labor NNP 1662 4272 453 Party Party NNP 1662 4272 454 19.3 19.3 CD 1662 4272 455 % % NN 1662 4272 456 , , , 1662 4272 457 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 4272 458 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 4272 459 4.7 4.7 CD 1662 4272 460 % % NN 1662 4272 461 , , , 1662 4272 462 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 4272 463 Left Left NNP 1662 4272 464 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 4272 465 % % NN 1662 4272 466 , , , 1662 4272 467 Sinn Sinn NNP 1662 4272 468 Fein Fein NNP 1662 4272 469 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 4272 470 % % NN 1662 4272 471 , , , 1662 4272 472 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 4272 473 ' ' POS 1662 4272 474 Party Party NNP 1662 4272 475 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 4272 476 % % NN 1662 4272 477 , , , 1662 4272 478 independents independent NNS 1662 4272 479 5.9 5.9 CD 1662 4272 480 % % NN 1662 4272 481 ; ; , 1662 4272 482 seats seat NNS 1662 4272 483 by by IN 1662 4272 484 party party NN 1662 4272 485 - - HYPH 1662 4272 486 Fianna Fianna NNP 1662 4272 487 Fail Fail NNP 1662 4272 488 68 68 CD 1662 4272 489 , , , 1662 4272 490 Fine Fine NNP 1662 4272 491 Gael Gael NNP 1662 4272 492 45 45 CD 1662 4272 493 , , , 1662 4272 494 Labor Labor NNP 1662 4272 495 Party Party NNP 1662 4272 496 33 33 CD 1662 4272 497 , , , 1662 4272 498 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 4272 499 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 4272 500 10 10 CD 1662 4272 501 , , , 1662 4272 502 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4272 503 Left Left NNP 1662 4272 504 4 4 CD 1662 4272 505 , , , 1662 4272 506 Greens Greens NNP 1662 4272 507 1 1 CD 1662 4272 508 , , , 1662 4272 509 independents independent VBZ 1662 4272 510 5 5 CD 1662 4272 511 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 4272 512 branch branch NN 1662 4272 513 : : : 1662 4272 514 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 4272 515 Court Court NNP 1662 4272 516 , , , 1662 4272 517 judges judge NNS 1662 4272 518 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4272 519 by by IN 1662 4272 520 the the DT 1662 4272 521 president president NN 1662 4272 522 on on IN 1662 4272 523 the the DT 1662 4272 524 advice advice NN 1662 4272 525 of of IN 1662 4272 526 the the DT 1662 4272 527 government government NN 1662 4272 528 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 529 prime prime NNP 1662 4272 530 minister minister NNP 1662 4272 531 and and CC 1662 4272 532 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4272 533 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 534 Political political JJ 1662 4272 535 parties party NNS 1662 4272 536 and and CC 1662 4272 537 leaders leader NNS 1662 4272 538 : : : 1662 4272 539 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 4272 540 Left left NN 1662 4272 541 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4272 542 Proinsias Proinsias NNP 1662 4272 543 DE DE NNP 1662 4272 544 ROSSA ROSSA NNP 1662 4272 545 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4272 546 ; ; : 1662 4272 547 Fianna Fianna NNP 1662 4272 548 Fail Fail NNP 1662 4272 549 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4272 550 Bertie Bertie NNP 1662 4272 551 AHERN ahern NN 1662 4272 552 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4272 553 ; ; : 1662 4272 554 Labor Labor NNP 1662 4272 555 Party Party NNP 1662 4272 556 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4272 557 Richard Richard NNP 1662 4272 558 SPRING SPRING NNP 1662 4272 559 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4272 560 ; ; : 1662 4272 561 Fine Fine NNP 1662 4272 562 Gael Gael NNP 1662 4272 563 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4272 564 John John NNP 1662 4272 565 BRUTON BRUTON NNP 1662 4272 566 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4272 567 ; ; : 1662 4272 568 Communist Communist NNP 1662 4272 569 Party Party NNP 1662 4272 570 of of IN 1662 4272 571 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 4272 572 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4272 573 Michael Michael NNP 1662 4272 574 O'RIORDAN O'RIORDAN NNP 1662 4272 575 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4272 576 ; ; : 1662 4272 577 Sinn Sinn NNP 1662 4272 578 Fein Fein NNP 1662 4272 579 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4272 580 Gerry Gerry NNP 1662 4272 581 ADAMS ADAMS NNP 1662 4272 582 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4272 583 ; ; : 1662 4272 584 Progressive progressive JJ 1662 4272 585 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 4272 586 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4272 587 Mary Mary NNP 1662 4272 588 HARNEY HARNEY NNP 1662 4272 589 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4272 590 ; ; : 1662 4272 591 The the DT 1662 4272 592 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 4272 593 ' ' POS 1662 4272 594 Party Party NNP 1662 4272 595 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4272 596 Marion Marion NNP 1662 4272 597 DONNELLY DONNELLY NNP 1662 4272 598 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4272 599 ; ; : 1662 4272 600 Green Green NNP 1662 4272 601 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 4272 602 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4272 603 Bronwen Bronwen NNP 1662 4272 604 MAHER MAHER NNP 1662 4272 605 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4272 606 note note NN 1662 4272 607 : : : 1662 4272 608 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4272 609 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4272 610 BRUTON BRUTON NNP 1662 4272 611 heads head VBZ 1662 4272 612 a a DT 1662 4272 613 three three CD 1662 4272 614 - - HYPH 1662 4272 615 party party NN 1662 4272 616 coalition coalition NN 1662 4272 617 consisting consist VBG 1662 4272 618 of of IN 1662 4272 619 the the DT 1662 4272 620 Fine Fine NNP 1662 4272 621 Gael Gael NNP 1662 4272 622 , , , 1662 4272 623 the the DT 1662 4272 624 Labor Labor NNP 1662 4272 625 Party Party NNP 1662 4272 626 , , , 1662 4272 627 and and CC 1662 4272 628 the the DT 1662 4272 629 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 4272 630 Left Left NNP 1662 4272 631 International International NNP 1662 4272 632 organization organization NN 1662 4272 633 participation participation NN 1662 4272 634 : : : 1662 4272 635 Australia Australia NNP 1662 4272 636 Group Group NNP 1662 4272 637 , , , 1662 4272 638 BIS BIS NNP 1662 4272 639 , , , 1662 4272 640 CCC CCC NNP 1662 4272 641 , , , 1662 4272 642 CE CE NNP 1662 4272 643 , , , 1662 4272 644 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 4272 645 , , , 1662 4272 646 ECE ECE NNP 1662 4272 647 , , , 1662 4272 648 EIB EIB NNP 1662 4272 649 , , , 1662 4272 650 ESA ESA NNP 1662 4272 651 , , , 1662 4272 652 EU EU NNP 1662 4272 653 , , , 1662 4272 654 FAO FAO NNP 1662 4272 655 , , , 1662 4272 656 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 4272 657 , , , 1662 4272 658 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 4272 659 , , , 1662 4272 660 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 4272 661 , , , 1662 4272 662 ICC ICC NNP 1662 4272 663 , , , 1662 4272 664 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 4272 665 , , , 1662 4272 666 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 4272 667 , , , 1662 4272 668 IDA IDA NNP 1662 4272 669 , , , 1662 4272 670 IEA IEA NNP 1662 4272 671 , , , 1662 4272 672 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 4272 673 , , , 1662 4272 674 IFC IFC NNP 1662 4272 675 , , , 1662 4272 676 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 4272 677 , , , 1662 4272 678 ILO ILO NNP 1662 4272 679 , , , 1662 4272 680 IMF IMF NNP 1662 4272 681 , , , 1662 4272 682 IMO imo RB 1662 4272 683 , , , 1662 4272 684 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4272 685 , , , 1662 4272 686 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 4272 687 , , , 1662 4272 688 IOC IOC NNP 1662 4272 689 , , , 1662 4272 690 IOM IOM NNP 1662 4272 691 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 692 observer observer NN 1662 4272 693 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 694 , , , 1662 4272 695 ISO ISO NNP 1662 4272 696 , , , 1662 4272 697 ITU ITU NNP 1662 4272 698 , , , 1662 4272 699 MINURSO MINURSO NNP 1662 4272 700 , , , 1662 4272 701 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 4272 702 , , , 1662 4272 703 NEA NEA NNP 1662 4272 704 , , , 1662 4272 705 NSG NSG NNP 1662 4272 706 , , , 1662 4272 707 OECD OECD NNP 1662 4272 708 , , , 1662 4272 709 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 4272 710 , , , 1662 4272 711 UN UN NNP 1662 4272 712 , , , 1662 4272 713 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 4272 714 , , , 1662 4272 715 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 4272 716 , , , 1662 4272 717 UNFICYP UNFICYP NNP 1662 4272 718 , , , 1662 4272 719 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 4272 720 , , , 1662 4272 721 UNIFIL UNIFIL NNP 1662 4272 722 , , , 1662 4272 723 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 4272 724 , , , 1662 4272 725 UNITAR UNITAR NNP 1662 4272 726 , , , 1662 4272 727 UNMIBH UNMIBH NNP 1662 4272 728 , , , 1662 4272 729 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 4272 730 , , , 1662 4272 731 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 4272 732 , , , 1662 4272 733 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 4272 734 , , , 1662 4272 735 UNTSO UNTSO NNP 1662 4272 736 , , , 1662 4272 737 UPU UPU NNP 1662 4272 738 , , , 1662 4272 739 WEU WEU NNP 1662 4272 740 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 741 observer observer NN 1662 4272 742 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 743 , , , 1662 4272 744 WHO who WP 1662 4272 745 , , , 1662 4272 746 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 4272 747 , , , 1662 4272 748 WMO WMO NNP 1662 4272 749 , , , 1662 4272 750 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 4272 751 , , , 1662 4272 752 ZC ZC NNP 1662 4272 753 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4272 754 representation representation NN 1662 4272 755 in in IN 1662 4272 756 the the DT 1662 4272 757 US US NNP 1662 4272 758 : : : 1662 4272 759 chief chief NN 1662 4272 760 of of IN 1662 4272 761 mission mission NN 1662 4272 762 : : : 1662 4272 763 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 4272 764 Dermot Dermot NNP 1662 4272 765 A. a. NN 1662 4272 766 GALLAGHER GALLAGHER NNP 1662 4272 767 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 768 will will MD 1662 4272 769 return return VB 1662 4272 770 to to IN 1662 4272 771 Dublin Dublin NNP 1662 4272 772 in in IN 1662 4272 773 July July NNP 1662 4272 774 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 775 chancery chancery NN 1662 4272 776 : : : 1662 4272 777 2234 2234 CD 1662 4272 778 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 4272 779 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 4272 780 NW NW NNP 1662 4272 781 , , , 1662 4272 782 Washington Washington NNP 1662 4272 783 , , , 1662 4272 784 DC DC NNP 1662 4272 785 20008 20008 CD 1662 4272 786 telephone telephone NN 1662 4272 787 : : : 1662 4272 788 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4272 789 1 1 CD 1662 4272 790 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4272 791 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 792 202 202 CD 1662 4272 793 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 794 462 462 CD 1662 4272 795 - - SYM 1662 4272 796 3939 3939 CD 1662 4272 797 FAX FAX NNP 1662 4272 798 : : : 1662 4272 799 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4272 800 1 1 CD 1662 4272 801 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4272 802 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 803 202 202 CD 1662 4272 804 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 805 232 232 CD 1662 4272 806 - - HYPH 1662 4272 807 5993 5993 CD 1662 4272 808 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 4272 809 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 810 general general NN 1662 4272 811 : : : 1662 4272 812 Boston Boston NNP 1662 4272 813 , , , 1662 4272 814 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 4272 815 , , , 1662 4272 816 New New NNP 1662 4272 817 York York NNP 1662 4272 818 , , , 1662 4272 819 and and CC 1662 4272 820 San San NNP 1662 4272 821 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 4272 822 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4272 823 representation representation NN 1662 4272 824 from from IN 1662 4272 825 the the DT 1662 4272 826 US US NNP 1662 4272 827 : : : 1662 4272 828 chief chief NN 1662 4272 829 of of IN 1662 4272 830 mission mission NN 1662 4272 831 : : : 1662 4272 832 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 4272 833 Jean Jean NNP 1662 4272 834 Kennedy Kennedy NNP 1662 4272 835 SMITH SMITH NNP 1662 4272 836 embassy embassy NN 1662 4272 837 : : : 1662 4272 838 42 42 CD 1662 4272 839 Elgin Elgin NNP 1662 4272 840 Road Road NNP 1662 4272 841 , , , 1662 4272 842 Ballsbridge Ballsbridge NNP 1662 4272 843 , , , 1662 4272 844 Dublin Dublin NNP 1662 4272 845 mailing mail VBG 1662 4272 846 address address NN 1662 4272 847 : : : 1662 4272 848 use use NNP 1662 4272 849 embassy embassy NNP 1662 4272 850 street street NNP 1662 4272 851 address address NN 1662 4272 852 telephone telephone NNP 1662 4272 853 : : : 1662 4272 854 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4272 855 353 353 CD 1662 4272 856 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4272 857 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 858 1 1 CD 1662 4272 859 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 860 6688777 6688777 CD 1662 4272 861 FAX FAX NNP 1662 4272 862 : : : 1662 4272 863 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4272 864 353 353 CD 1662 4272 865 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4272 866 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 867 1 1 CD 1662 4272 868 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 869 6689946 6689946 CD 1662 4272 870 Flag flag NN 1662 4272 871 description description NN 1662 4272 872 : : : 1662 4272 873 three three CD 1662 4272 874 equal equal JJ 1662 4272 875 vertical vertical JJ 1662 4272 876 bands band NNS 1662 4272 877 of of IN 1662 4272 878 green green JJ 1662 4272 879 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 880 hoist hoist NN 1662 4272 881 side side NN 1662 4272 882 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 883 , , , 1662 4272 884 white white JJ 1662 4272 885 , , , 1662 4272 886 and and CC 1662 4272 887 orange orange JJ 1662 4272 888 ; ; : 1662 4272 889 similar similar JJ 1662 4272 890 to to IN 1662 4272 891 the the DT 1662 4272 892 flag flag NN 1662 4272 893 of of IN 1662 4272 894 Cote Cote NNP 1662 4272 895 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 4272 896 , , , 1662 4272 897 which which WDT 1662 4272 898 is be VBZ 1662 4272 899 shorter short JJR 1662 4272 900 and and CC 1662 4272 901 has have VBZ 1662 4272 902 the the DT 1662 4272 903 colors color NNS 1662 4272 904 reversed reverse VBN 1662 4272 905 - - HYPH 1662 4272 906 orange orange NN 1662 4272 907 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 908 hoist hoist NN 1662 4272 909 side side NN 1662 4272 910 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 911 , , , 1662 4272 912 white white JJ 1662 4272 913 , , , 1662 4272 914 and and CC 1662 4272 915 green green JJ 1662 4272 916 ; ; : 1662 4272 917 also also RB 1662 4272 918 similar similar JJ 1662 4272 919 to to IN 1662 4272 920 the the DT 1662 4272 921 flag flag NN 1662 4272 922 of of IN 1662 4272 923 Italy Italy NNP 1662 4272 924 , , , 1662 4272 925 which which WDT 1662 4272 926 is be VBZ 1662 4272 927 shorter short JJR 1662 4272 928 and and CC 1662 4272 929 has have VBZ 1662 4272 930 colors color NNS 1662 4272 931 of of IN 1662 4272 932 green green JJ 1662 4272 933 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4272 934 hoist hoist NN 1662 4272 935 side side NN 1662 4272 936 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4272 937 , , , 1662 4272 938 white white JJ 1662 4272 939 , , , 1662 4272 940 and and CC 1662 4272 941 red red JJ 1662 4272 942 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4272 943 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4272 944 - - HYPH 1662 4272 945 overview overview NN 1662 4272 946 : : : 1662 4272 947 The the DT 1662 4272 948 economy economy NN 1662 4272 949 is be VBZ 1662 4272 950 small small JJ 1662 4272 951 and and CC 1662 4272 952 trade trade NN 1662 4272 953 dependent dependent JJ 1662 4272 954 . . . 1662 4273 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4273 2 , , , 1662 4273 3 once once RB 1662 4273 4 the the DT 1662 4273 5 most most RBS 1662 4273 6 important important JJ 1662 4273 7 sector sector NN 1662 4273 8 , , , 1662 4273 9 is be VBZ 1662 4273 10 now now RB 1662 4273 11 dwarfed dwarf VBN 1662 4273 12 by by IN 1662 4273 13 industry industry NN 1662 4273 14 , , , 1662 4273 15 which which WDT 1662 4273 16 accounts account VBZ 1662 4273 17 for for IN 1662 4273 18 38 38 CD 1662 4273 19 % % NN 1662 4273 20 of of IN 1662 4273 21 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4273 22 , , , 1662 4273 23 about about RB 1662 4273 24 80 80 CD 1662 4273 25 % % NN 1662 4273 26 of of IN 1662 4273 27 exports export NNS 1662 4273 28 , , , 1662 4273 29 and and CC 1662 4273 30 employs employ VBZ 1662 4273 31 26 26 CD 1662 4273 32 % % NN 1662 4273 33 of of IN 1662 4273 34 the the DT 1662 4273 35 labor labor NN 1662 4273 36 force force NN 1662 4273 37 . . . 1662 4274 1 Although although IN 1662 4274 2 exports export NNS 1662 4274 3 remain remain VBP 1662 4274 4 the the DT 1662 4274 5 primary primary JJ 1662 4274 6 engine engine NN 1662 4274 7 for for IN 1662 4274 8 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 4274 9 's 's POS 1662 4274 10 robust robust JJ 1662 4274 11 growth growth NN 1662 4274 12 , , , 1662 4274 13 the the DT 1662 4274 14 economy economy NN 1662 4274 15 is be VBZ 1662 4274 16 also also RB 1662 4274 17 benefiting benefit VBG 1662 4274 18 from from IN 1662 4274 19 a a DT 1662 4274 20 rise rise NN 1662 4274 21 in in IN 1662 4274 22 consumer consumer NN 1662 4274 23 spending spending NN 1662 4274 24 and and CC 1662 4274 25 recovery recovery NN 1662 4274 26 in in IN 1662 4274 27 both both CC 1662 4274 28 construction construction NN 1662 4274 29 and and CC 1662 4274 30 business business NN 1662 4274 31 investment investment NN 1662 4274 32 . . . 1662 4275 1 Since since IN 1662 4275 2 the the DT 1662 4275 3 1980s 1980 NNS 1662 4275 4 , , , 1662 4275 5 inflation inflation NN 1662 4275 6 has have VBZ 1662 4275 7 fallen fall VBN 1662 4275 8 sharply sharply RB 1662 4275 9 and and CC 1662 4275 10 chronic chronic JJ 1662 4275 11 trade trade NN 1662 4275 12 deficits deficit NNS 1662 4275 13 have have VBP 1662 4275 14 been be VBN 1662 4275 15 transformed transform VBN 1662 4275 16 into into IN 1662 4275 17 annual annual JJ 1662 4275 18 surpluses surplus NNS 1662 4275 19 . . . 1662 4276 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4276 2 remains remain VBZ 1662 4276 3 a a DT 1662 4276 4 serious serious JJ 1662 4276 5 problem problem NN 1662 4276 6 , , , 1662 4276 7 however however RB 1662 4276 8 , , , 1662 4276 9 and and CC 1662 4276 10 job job NN 1662 4276 11 creation creation NN 1662 4276 12 is be VBZ 1662 4276 13 the the DT 1662 4276 14 main main JJ 1662 4276 15 focus focus NN 1662 4276 16 of of IN 1662 4276 17 government government NN 1662 4276 18 policy policy NN 1662 4276 19 . . . 1662 4277 1 To to TO 1662 4277 2 ease ease VB 1662 4277 3 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4277 4 , , , 1662 4277 5 Dublin Dublin NNP 1662 4277 6 aggressively aggressively RB 1662 4277 7 courts court VBZ 1662 4277 8 foreign foreign JJ 1662 4277 9 investors investor NNS 1662 4277 10 and and CC 1662 4277 11 recently recently RB 1662 4277 12 created create VBD 1662 4277 13 a a DT 1662 4277 14 new new JJ 1662 4277 15 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4277 16 development development NN 1662 4277 17 agency agency NN 1662 4277 18 to to TO 1662 4277 19 aid aid VB 1662 4277 20 small small JJ 1662 4277 21 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 4277 22 firms firm NNS 1662 4277 23 . . . 1662 4278 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4278 2 : : : 1662 4278 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4278 4 power power NN 1662 4278 5 parity parity NN 1662 4278 6 - - : 1662 4278 7 $ $ $ 1662 4278 8 59.9 59.9 CD 1662 4278 9 billion billion CD 1662 4278 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4278 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4278 12 est est NNP 1662 4278 13 . . . 1662 4278 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4279 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4279 2 - - HYPH 1662 4279 3 real real JJ 1662 4279 4 growth growth NN 1662 4279 5 rate rate NN 1662 4279 6 : : : 1662 4279 7 7 7 CD 1662 4279 8 % % NN 1662 4279 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4279 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 4279 11 est est NNP 1662 4279 12 . . . 1662 4279 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4280 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4280 2 - - HYPH 1662 4280 3 per per FW 1662 4280 4 capita capita NN 1662 4280 5 : : : 1662 4280 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4280 7 power power NN 1662 4280 8 parity parity NN 1662 4280 9 - - : 1662 4280 10 $ $ $ 1662 4280 11 16,800 16,800 CD 1662 4280 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4280 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 4280 14 est est NNP 1662 4280 15 . . . 1662 4280 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4281 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4281 2 - - HYPH 1662 4281 3 composition composition NN 1662 4281 4 by by IN 1662 4281 5 sector sector NN 1662 4281 6 : : : 1662 4281 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4281 8 : : : 1662 4281 9 8.9 8.9 CD 1662 4281 10 % % NN 1662 4281 11 industry industry NN 1662 4281 12 : : : 1662 4281 13 38.6 38.6 CD 1662 4281 14 % % NN 1662 4281 15 services service NNS 1662 4281 16 : : : 1662 4281 17 52.5 52.5 CD 1662 4281 18 % % NN 1662 4281 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4281 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 4281 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4281 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 4281 23 rate rate NN 1662 4281 24 - - HYPH 1662 4281 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 4281 26 price price NN 1662 4281 27 index index NN 1662 4281 28 : : : 1662 4281 29 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 4281 30 % % NN 1662 4281 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4281 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 4281 33 est est NNP 1662 4281 34 . . . 1662 4281 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4282 1 Labor labor NN 1662 4282 2 force force NN 1662 4282 3 : : : 1662 4282 4 total total NN 1662 4282 5 : : : 1662 4282 6 1.474 1.474 CD 1662 4282 7 million million CD 1662 4282 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4282 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 4282 10 est est NNP 1662 4282 11 . . . 1662 4282 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4283 1 by by IN 1662 4283 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 4283 3 : : : 1662 4283 4 services service NNS 1662 4283 5 62.3 62.3 CD 1662 4283 6 % % NN 1662 4283 7 , , , 1662 4283 8 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 4283 9 and and CC 1662 4283 10 construction construction NN 1662 4283 11 26.0 26.0 CD 1662 4283 12 % % NN 1662 4283 13 , , , 1662 4283 14 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4283 15 , , , 1662 4283 16 forestry forestry NN 1662 4283 17 , , , 1662 4283 18 and and CC 1662 4283 19 fishing fish VBG 1662 4283 20 10.6 10.6 CD 1662 4283 21 % % NN 1662 4283 22 , , , 1662 4283 23 utilities utility NNS 1662 4283 24 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 4283 25 % % NN 1662 4283 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4283 27 1996 1996 CD 1662 4283 28 est est NNP 1662 4283 29 . . . 1662 4283 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4284 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4284 2 rate rate NN 1662 4284 3 : : : 1662 4284 4 11.9 11.9 CD 1662 4284 5 % % NN 1662 4284 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4284 7 April April NNP 1662 4284 8 1996 1996 CD 1662 4284 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4284 10 Budget budget NN 1662 4284 11 : : : 1662 4284 12 revenues revenue NNS 1662 4284 13 : : : 1662 4284 14 $ $ $ 1662 4284 15 22.6 22.6 CD 1662 4284 16 billion billion CD 1662 4284 17 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4284 18 : : : 1662 4284 19 $ $ $ 1662 4284 20 23.6 23.6 CD 1662 4284 21 billion billion CD 1662 4284 22 , , , 1662 4284 23 including include VBG 1662 4284 24 capital capital NN 1662 4284 25 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4284 26 of of IN 1662 4284 27 $ $ $ 1662 4284 28 4.3 4.3 CD 1662 4284 29 billion billion CD 1662 4284 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4284 31 1995 1995 CD 1662 4284 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4284 33 Industries industry NNS 1662 4284 34 : : : 1662 4284 35 food food NN 1662 4284 36 products product NNS 1662 4284 37 , , , 1662 4284 38 brewing brewing NN 1662 4284 39 , , , 1662 4284 40 textiles textile NNS 1662 4284 41 , , , 1662 4284 42 clothing clothing NN 1662 4284 43 , , , 1662 4284 44 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4284 45 , , , 1662 4284 46 pharmaceuticals pharmaceutical NNS 1662 4284 47 , , , 1662 4284 48 machinery machinery NN 1662 4284 49 , , , 1662 4284 50 transportation transportation NN 1662 4284 51 equipment equipment NN 1662 4284 52 , , , 1662 4284 53 glass glass NN 1662 4284 54 and and CC 1662 4284 55 crystal crystal NN 1662 4284 56 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 4284 57 production production NN 1662 4284 58 growth growth NN 1662 4284 59 rate rate NN 1662 4284 60 : : : 1662 4284 61 8.9 8.9 CD 1662 4284 62 % % NN 1662 4284 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4284 64 1995 1995 CD 1662 4284 65 est est NNP 1662 4284 66 . . . 1662 4284 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4285 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4285 2 - - HYPH 1662 4285 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 4285 4 : : : 1662 4285 5 3.62 3.62 CD 1662 4285 6 million million CD 1662 4285 7 kW kW NNP 1662 4285 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4285 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 4285 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4285 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4285 12 - - HYPH 1662 4285 13 production production NN 1662 4285 14 : : : 1662 4285 15 17.9 17.9 CD 1662 4285 16 billion billion CD 1662 4285 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4285 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4285 19 1995 1995 CD 1662 4285 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4285 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4285 22 - - HYPH 1662 4285 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 4285 24 per per IN 1662 4285 25 capita capita NN 1662 4285 26 : : : 1662 4285 27 4,343 4,343 CD 1662 4285 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4285 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4285 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 4285 31 est est NNP 1662 4285 32 . . . 1662 4285 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4286 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4286 2 - - HYPH 1662 4286 3 products product NNS 1662 4286 4 : : : 1662 4286 5 turnips turnip NNS 1662 4286 6 , , , 1662 4286 7 barley barley NN 1662 4286 8 , , , 1662 4286 9 potatoes potato NNS 1662 4286 10 , , , 1662 4286 11 sugar sugar NN 1662 4286 12 beets beet NNS 1662 4286 13 , , , 1662 4286 14 wheat wheat NN 1662 4286 15 ; ; : 1662 4286 16 meat meat NN 1662 4286 17 and and CC 1662 4286 18 dairy dairy NN 1662 4286 19 products product NNS 1662 4286 20 Exports export NNS 1662 4286 21 : : : 1662 4286 22 total total JJ 1662 4286 23 value value NN 1662 4286 24 : : : 1662 4286 25 $ $ $ 1662 4286 26 43.4 43.4 CD 1662 4286 27 billion billion CD 1662 4286 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4286 29 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 4286 30 . . NNP 1662 4286 31 , , , 1662 4286 32 1995 1995 CD 1662 4286 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4286 34 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4286 35 : : : 1662 4286 36 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4286 37 , , , 1662 4286 38 data datum NNS 1662 4286 39 processing processing NN 1662 4286 40 equipment equipment NN 1662 4286 41 , , , 1662 4286 42 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4286 43 machinery machinery NN 1662 4286 44 , , , 1662 4286 45 live live JJ 1662 4286 46 animals animal NNS 1662 4286 47 , , , 1662 4286 48 animal animal NN 1662 4286 49 products product NNS 1662 4286 50 partners partner NNS 1662 4286 51 : : : 1662 4286 52 EU EU NNP 1662 4286 53 70 70 CD 1662 4286 54 % % NN 1662 4286 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4286 56 UK UK NNP 1662 4286 57 26 26 CD 1662 4286 58 % % NN 1662 4286 59 , , , 1662 4286 60 Germany Germany NNP 1662 4286 61 14 14 CD 1662 4286 62 % % NN 1662 4286 63 , , , 1662 4286 64 France France NNP 1662 4286 65 9 9 CD 1662 4286 66 % % NN 1662 4286 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4286 68 , , , 1662 4286 69 US US NNP 1662 4286 70 6 6 CD 1662 4286 71 % % NN 1662 4286 72 Imports import NNS 1662 4286 73 : : : 1662 4286 74 total total JJ 1662 4286 75 value value NN 1662 4286 76 : : : 1662 4286 77 $ $ $ 1662 4286 78 32.7 32.7 CD 1662 4286 79 billion billion CD 1662 4286 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4286 81 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 4286 82 . . NNP 1662 4286 83 , , , 1662 4286 84 1995 1995 CD 1662 4286 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4286 86 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4286 87 : : : 1662 4286 88 food food NN 1662 4286 89 , , , 1662 4286 90 animal animal NN 1662 4286 91 feed feed NN 1662 4286 92 , , , 1662 4286 93 data datum NNS 1662 4286 94 processing processing NN 1662 4286 95 equipment equipment NN 1662 4286 96 , , , 1662 4286 97 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4286 98 and and CC 1662 4286 99 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4286 100 products product NNS 1662 4286 101 , , , 1662 4286 102 machinery machinery NN 1662 4286 103 , , , 1662 4286 104 textiles textile NNS 1662 4286 105 , , , 1662 4286 106 clothing clothing NN 1662 4286 107 partners partner NNS 1662 4286 108 : : : 1662 4286 109 EU EU NNP 1662 4286 110 58 58 CD 1662 4286 111 % % NN 1662 4286 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4286 113 UK UK NNP 1662 4286 114 37 37 CD 1662 4286 115 % % NN 1662 4286 116 , , , 1662 4286 117 Germany Germany NNP 1662 4286 118 7 7 CD 1662 4286 119 % % NN 1662 4286 120 , , , 1662 4286 121 France France NNP 1662 4286 122 4 4 CD 1662 4286 123 % % NN 1662 4286 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4286 125 , , , 1662 4286 126 US US NNP 1662 4286 127 17 17 CD 1662 4286 128 % % NN 1662 4286 129 Debt debt NN 1662 4286 130 - - HYPH 1662 4286 131 external external JJ 1662 4286 132 : : : 1662 4286 133 $ $ $ 1662 4286 134 17.5 17.5 CD 1662 4286 135 billion billion CD 1662 4286 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4286 137 1995 1995 CD 1662 4286 138 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4286 139 Economic economic JJ 1662 4286 140 aid aid NN 1662 4286 141 : : : 1662 4286 142 donor donor NN 1662 4286 143 : : : 1662 4286 144 ODA ODA NNP 1662 4286 145 , , , 1662 4286 146 $ $ $ 1662 4286 147 81 81 CD 1662 4286 148 million million CD 1662 4286 149 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4286 150 1993 1993 CD 1662 4286 151 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4286 152 Currency currency NN 1662 4286 153 : : : 1662 4286 154 1 1 CD 1662 4286 155 Irish irish JJ 1662 4286 156 pound pound NN 1662 4286 157 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4286 158 £Ir â£ir NN 1662 4286 159 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4286 160 = = NFP 1662 4286 161 100 100 CD 1662 4286 162 pence penny NNS 1662 4286 163 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 4286 164 rates rate NNS 1662 4286 165 : : : 1662 4286 166 Irish irish JJ 1662 4286 167 pounds pound NNS 1662 4286 168 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4286 169 £Ir â£ir NN 1662 4286 170 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4286 171 per per IN 1662 4286 172 US$ us$ $ 1662 4286 173 1 1 CD 1662 4286 174 - - HYPH 1662 4286 175 0.6123 0.6123 CD 1662 4286 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4286 177 January January NNP 1662 4286 178 1997 1997 CD 1662 4286 179 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4286 180 , , , 1662 4286 181 0.6248 0.6248 CD 1662 4286 182 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4286 183 1996 1996 CD 1662 4286 184 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4286 185 , , , 1662 4286 186 0.6235 0.6235 CD 1662 4286 187 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4286 188 1995 1995 CD 1662 4286 189 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4286 190 , , , 1662 4286 191 0.6676 0.6676 CD 1662 4286 192 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4286 193 1994 1994 CD 1662 4286 194 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4286 195 , , , 1662 4286 196 0.6816 0.6816 NNP 1662 4286 197 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4286 198 1993 1993 CD 1662 4286 199 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4286 200 , , , 1662 4286 201 0.5864 0.5864 CD 1662 4286 202 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4286 203 1992 1992 CD 1662 4286 204 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4286 205 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4286 206 year year NN 1662 4286 207 : : : 1662 4286 208 calendar calendar NNP 1662 4286 209 year year NN 1662 4286 210 @Ireland @ireland XX 1662 4286 211 : : : 1662 4286 212 Communications Communications NNP 1662 4286 213 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 4286 214 : : : 1662 4286 215 900,000 900,000 CD 1662 4286 216 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4286 217 1987 1987 CD 1662 4286 218 est est NNP 1662 4286 219 . . . 1662 4286 220 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4287 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 4287 2 system system NN 1662 4287 3 : : : 1662 4287 4 modern modern JJ 1662 4287 5 digital digital JJ 1662 4287 6 system system NN 1662 4287 7 using use VBG 1662 4287 8 cable cable NN 1662 4287 9 and and CC 1662 4287 10 microwave microwave NN 1662 4287 11 radio radio NN 1662 4287 12 relay relay NN 1662 4287 13 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4287 14 : : : 1662 4287 15 microwave microwave NN 1662 4287 16 radio radio NN 1662 4287 17 relay relay NN 1662 4287 18 international international NNP 1662 4287 19 : : : 1662 4287 20 satellite satellite NN 1662 4287 21 earth earth NNP 1662 4287 22 station station NNP 1662 4287 23 - - : 1662 4287 24 1 1 CD 1662 4287 25 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4287 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4287 27 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4287 28 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4287 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4287 30 Radio radio NN 1662 4287 31 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4287 32 stations station NNS 1662 4287 33 : : : 1662 4287 34 AM am VBP 1662 4287 35 9 9 CD 1662 4287 36 , , , 1662 4287 37 FM FM NNP 1662 4287 38 45 45 CD 1662 4287 39 , , , 1662 4287 40 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 4287 41 0 0 CD 1662 4287 42 Radios radio NNS 1662 4287 43 : : : 1662 4287 44 2.2 2.2 CD 1662 4287 45 million million CD 1662 4287 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4287 47 1991 1991 CD 1662 4287 48 est est NNP 1662 4287 49 . . . 1662 4287 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4288 1 Television television NN 1662 4288 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4288 3 stations station NNS 1662 4288 4 : : : 1662 4288 5 86 86 CD 1662 4288 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4288 7 1987 1987 CD 1662 4288 8 est est NNP 1662 4288 9 . . . 1662 4288 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4289 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 4289 2 : : : 1662 4289 3 1.025 1.025 CD 1662 4289 4 million million CD 1662 4289 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4289 6 1990 1990 CD 1662 4289 7 est est NNP 1662 4289 8 . . . 1662 4289 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4290 1 @Ireland @ireland XX 1662 4290 2 : : : 1662 4290 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4290 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 4290 5 : : : 1662 4290 6 total total NN 1662 4290 7 : : : 1662 4290 8 1,947 1,947 CD 1662 4290 9 km km NN 1662 4290 10 broad broad JJ 1662 4290 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 4290 12 : : : 1662 4290 13 1,947 1,947 CD 1662 4290 14 km km NN 1662 4290 15 1.600-m 1.600-m CD 1662 4290 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 4290 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4290 18 37 37 CD 1662 4290 19 km km NN 1662 4290 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 4290 21 ; ; : 1662 4290 22 485 485 CD 1662 4290 23 km km NN 1662 4290 24 double double JJ 1662 4290 25 track track NN 1662 4290 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4290 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4290 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 4290 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4290 30 Highways highway NNS 1662 4290 31 : : : 1662 4290 32 total total NN 1662 4290 33 : : : 1662 4290 34 92,430 92,430 CD 1662 4290 35 km km NN 1662 4290 36 paved pave VBN 1662 4290 37 : : : 1662 4290 38 86,884 86,884 CD 1662 4290 39 km km NNS 1662 4290 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4290 41 including include VBG 1662 4290 42 70 70 CD 1662 4290 43 km km NNS 1662 4290 44 of of IN 1662 4290 45 expressways expressway NNS 1662 4290 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4290 47 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4290 48 : : : 1662 4290 49 5,546 5,546 CD 1662 4290 50 km km NNS 1662 4290 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4290 52 1995 1995 CD 1662 4290 53 est est NNP 1662 4290 54 . . . 1662 4290 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4291 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 4291 2 : : : 1662 4291 3 limited limited JJ 1662 4291 4 for for IN 1662 4291 5 commercial commercial JJ 1662 4291 6 traffic traffic NN 1662 4291 7 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 4291 8 : : : 1662 4291 9 natural natural JJ 1662 4291 10 gas gas NN 1662 4291 11 225 225 CD 1662 4291 12 km km NNS 1662 4291 13 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 4291 14 and and CC 1662 4291 15 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4291 16 : : : 1662 4291 17 Arklow Arklow NNP 1662 4291 18 , , , 1662 4291 19 Cork Cork NNP 1662 4291 20 , , , 1662 4291 21 Drogheda Drogheda NNP 1662 4291 22 , , , 1662 4291 23 Dublin Dublin NNP 1662 4291 24 , , , 1662 4291 25 Foynes Foynes NNPS 1662 4291 26 , , , 1662 4291 27 Galway Galway NNP 1662 4291 28 , , , 1662 4291 29 Limerick Limerick NNP 1662 4291 30 , , , 1662 4291 31 New New NNP 1662 4291 32 Ross Ross NNP 1662 4291 33 , , , 1662 4291 34 Waterford Waterford NNP 1662 4291 35 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 4291 36 marine marine RB 1662 4291 37 : : : 1662 4291 38 total total NN 1662 4291 39 : : : 1662 4291 40 39 39 CD 1662 4291 41 ships ship NNS 1662 4291 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4291 43 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4291 44 GRT GRT NNP 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1662 4292 3 40 40 CD 1662 4292 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4292 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4292 6 est est NNP 1662 4292 7 . . . 1662 4292 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4293 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4293 2 - - , 1662 4293 3 with with IN 1662 4293 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4293 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4293 6 : : : 1662 4293 7 total total NN 1662 4293 8 : : : 1662 4293 9 37 37 CD 1662 4293 10 over over IN 1662 4293 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4293 12 m m NN 1662 4293 13 : : : 1662 4293 14 1 1 CD 1662 4293 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4293 16 to to IN 1662 4293 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4293 18 m m NN 1662 4293 19 : : : 1662 4293 20 1 1 CD 1662 4293 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4293 22 to to TO 1662 4293 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4293 24 m m NN 1662 4293 25 : : : 1662 4293 26 3 3 CD 1662 4293 27 914 914 CD 1662 4293 28 to to TO 1662 4293 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4293 30 m m NN 1662 4293 31 : : : 1662 4293 32 3 3 CD 1662 4293 33 under under IN 1662 4293 34 914 914 CD 1662 4293 35 m m NN 1662 4293 36 : : : 1662 4293 37 29 29 CD 1662 4293 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4293 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 4293 40 est est NNP 1662 4293 41 . . . 1662 4293 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4294 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4294 2 - - , 1662 4294 3 with with IN 1662 4294 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4294 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4294 6 : : : 1662 4294 7 total total NN 1662 4294 8 : : : 1662 4294 9 3 3 CD 1662 4294 10 914 914 CD 1662 4294 11 to to TO 1662 4294 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4294 13 m m NN 1662 4294 14 : : : 1662 4294 15 3 3 CD 1662 4294 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4294 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 4294 18 est est NNP 1662 4294 19 . . . 1662 4294 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4295 1 Military military JJ 1662 4295 2 Military military JJ 1662 4295 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4295 4 : : : 1662 4295 5 Army Army NNP 1662 4295 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4295 7 includes include VBZ 1662 4295 8 Naval Naval NNP 1662 4295 9 Service Service NNP 1662 4295 10 and and CC 1662 4295 11 Air Air NNP 1662 4295 12 Corps Corps NNP 1662 4295 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4295 14 , , , 1662 4295 15 National National NNP 1662 4295 16 Police Police NNP 1662 4295 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4295 18 Garda Garda NNP 1662 4295 19 Siochana Siochana NNP 1662 4295 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4295 21 Military military JJ 1662 4295 22 manpower manpower NN 1662 4295 23 - - HYPH 1662 4295 24 military military NN 1662 4295 25 age age NN 1662 4295 26 : : : 1662 4295 27 17 17 CD 1662 4295 28 years year NNS 1662 4295 29 of of IN 1662 4295 30 age age NN 1662 4295 31 Military military JJ 1662 4295 32 manpower manpower NN 1662 4295 33 - - HYPH 1662 4295 34 availability availability NN 1662 4295 35 : : : 1662 4295 36 males male NNS 1662 4295 37 age age NNP 1662 4295 38 15 15 CD 1662 4295 39 - - HYPH 1662 4295 40 49 49 CD 1662 4295 41 : : : 1662 4295 42 959,807 959,807 CD 1662 4295 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4295 44 1997 1997 CD 1662 4295 45 est est NNP 1662 4295 46 . . . 1662 4295 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4296 1 Military military JJ 1662 4296 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4296 3 - - HYPH 1662 4296 4 fit fit NN 1662 4296 5 for for IN 1662 4296 6 military military JJ 1662 4296 7 service service NN 1662 4296 8 : : : 1662 4296 9 males male NNS 1662 4296 10 : : : 1662 4296 11 778,234 778,234 CD 1662 4296 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4296 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4296 14 est est NNP 1662 4296 15 . . . 1662 4296 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4297 1 Military military JJ 1662 4297 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4297 3 - - HYPH 1662 4297 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 4297 5 military military JJ 1662 4297 6 age age NN 1662 4297 7 annually annually RB 1662 4297 8 : : : 1662 4297 9 males male NNS 1662 4297 10 : : : 1662 4297 11 36,560 36,560 CD 1662 4297 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4297 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4297 14 est est NNP 1662 4297 15 . . . 1662 4297 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4298 1 Military military JJ 1662 4298 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4298 3 - - HYPH 1662 4298 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4298 5 figure figure NN 1662 4298 6 : : : 1662 4298 7 $ $ $ 1662 4298 8 618 618 CD 1662 4298 9 million million CD 1662 4298 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4298 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 4298 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4298 13 Military military JJ 1662 4298 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4298 15 - - : 1662 4298 16 percent percent NN 1662 4298 17 of of IN 1662 4298 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4298 19 : : : 1662 4298 20 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 4298 21 % % NN 1662 4298 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4298 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 4298 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4298 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4298 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4298 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 4298 28 - - : 1662 4298 29 international international RB 1662 4298 30 : : : 1662 4298 31 Northern Northern NNP 1662 4298 32 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 4298 33 question question NN 1662 4298 34 with with IN 1662 4298 35 the the DT 1662 4298 36 UK UK NNP 1662 4298 37 ; ; : 1662 4298 38 Rockall Rockall NNP 1662 4298 39 continental continental JJ 1662 4298 40 shelf shelf NN 1662 4298 41 dispute dispute NN 1662 4298 42 involving involve VBG 1662 4298 43 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 4298 44 , , , 1662 4298 45 Iceland Iceland NNP 1662 4298 46 , , , 1662 4298 47 and and CC 1662 4298 48 the the DT 1662 4298 49 UK UK NNP 1662 4298 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4298 51 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 4298 52 and and CC 1662 4298 53 the the DT 1662 4298 54 UK UK NNP 1662 4298 55 have have VBP 1662 4298 56 signed sign VBN 1662 4298 57 a a DT 1662 4298 58 boundary boundary JJ 1662 4298 59 agreement agreement NN 1662 4298 60 in in IN 1662 4298 61 the the DT 1662 4298 62 Rockall Rockall NNP 1662 4298 63 area area NN 1662 4298 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4298 65 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 4298 66 drugs drug VBZ 1662 4298 67 : : : 1662 4298 68 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 4298 69 point point NN 1662 4298 70 for for IN 1662 4298 71 and and CC 1662 4298 72 consumer consumer NN 1662 4298 73 of of IN 1662 4298 74 hashish hashish NN 1662 4298 75 from from IN 1662 4298 76 North North NNP 1662 4298 77 Africa Africa NNP 1662 4298 78 to to IN 1662 4298 79 the the DT 1662 4298 80 UK UK NNP 1662 4298 81 and and CC 1662 4298 82 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 4298 83 and and CC 1662 4298 84 of of IN 1662 4298 85 European European NNP 1662 4298 86 - - HYPH 1662 4298 87 produced produce VBN 1662 4298 88 synthetic synthetic JJ 1662 4298 89 drugs drug NNS 1662 4298 90 ; ; : 1662 4298 91 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 4298 92 point point NN 1662 4298 93 for for IN 1662 4298 94 heroin heroin NN 1662 4298 95 and and CC 1662 4298 96 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 4298 97 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 98 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 99 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 100 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 101 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 102 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 103 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 104 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 105 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 106 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 107 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 108 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 109 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 110 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 111 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 112 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 113 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 114 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 115 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 116 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 117 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 118 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 119 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 120 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 121 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 122 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 123 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 124 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 125 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 126 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 127 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 128 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 129 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 130 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 131 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 132 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 133 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 134 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 135 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 136 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 137 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 138 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 139 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 140 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 141 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 142 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 143 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 144 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 145 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 146 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 147 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 148 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 149 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 150 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 151 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 152 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 153 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 154 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 155 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 156 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 157 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 158 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 159 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 160 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 161 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 162 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 163 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 164 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 165 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 166 _ _ NNP 1662 4298 167 ISRAEL ISRAEL NNP 1662 4298 168 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4298 169 also also RB 1662 4298 170 see see VB 1662 4298 171 separate separate JJ 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the DT 1662 4299 5 framework framework NN 1662 4299 6 established establish VBN 1662 4299 7 at at IN 1662 4299 8 the the DT 1662 4299 9 Madrid Madrid NNP 1662 4299 10 Conference Conference NNP 1662 4299 11 in in IN 1662 4299 12 October October NNP 1662 4299 13 1991 1991 CD 1662 4299 14 , , , 1662 4299 15 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 4299 16 negotiations negotiation NNS 1662 4299 17 are be VBP 1662 4299 18 being be VBG 1662 4299 19 conducted conduct VBN 1662 4299 20 between between IN 1662 4299 21 Israel Israel NNP 1662 4299 22 and and CC 1662 4299 23 Palestinian palestinian JJ 1662 4299 24 representatives representative NNS 1662 4299 25 , , , 1662 4299 26 and and CC 1662 4299 27 Israel Israel NNP 1662 4299 28 and and CC 1662 4299 29 Syria Syria NNP 1662 4299 30 , , , 1662 4299 31 to to TO 1662 4299 32 achieve achieve VB 1662 4299 33 a a DT 1662 4299 34 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4299 35 settlement settlement NN 1662 4299 36 between between IN 1662 4299 37 them -PRON- PRP 1662 4299 38 . . . 1662 4300 1 On on IN 1662 4300 2 25 25 CD 1662 4300 3 April April NNP 1662 4300 4 1982 1982 CD 1662 4300 5 , , , 1662 4300 6 Israel Israel NNP 1662 4300 7 withdrew withdraw VBD 1662 4300 8 from from IN 1662 4300 9 the the DT 1662 4300 10 Sinai Sinai NNP 1662 4300 11 pursuant pursuant JJ 1662 4300 12 to to IN 1662 4300 13 the the DT 1662 4300 14 1979 1979 CD 1662 4300 15 Israel Israel NNP 1662 4300 16 - - HYPH 1662 4300 17 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 4300 18 Peace Peace NNP 1662 4300 19 treaty treaty NN 1662 4300 20 . . . 1662 4301 1 Outstanding outstanding JJ 1662 4301 2 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4301 3 and and CC 1662 4301 4 other other JJ 1662 4301 5 disputes dispute NNS 1662 4301 6 with with IN 1662 4301 7 Jordan Jordan NNP 1662 4301 8 were be VBD 1662 4301 9 resolved resolve VBN 1662 4301 10 in in IN 1662 4301 11 the the DT 1662 4301 12 26 26 CD 1662 4301 13 October October NNP 1662 4301 14 1994 1994 CD 1662 4301 15 Israel Israel NNP 1662 4301 16 - - HYPH 1662 4301 17 Jordan Jordan NNP 1662 4301 18 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 4301 19 of of IN 1662 4301 20 Peace Peace NNP 1662 4301 21 . . . 1662 4302 1 @Israel @israel LS 1662 4302 2 : : : 1662 4302 3 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4302 4 Location Location NNP 1662 4302 5 : : : 1662 4302 6 Middle Middle NNP 1662 4302 7 East East NNP 1662 4302 8 , , , 1662 4302 9 bordering border VBG 1662 4302 10 the the DT 1662 4302 11 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 4302 12 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4302 13 , , , 1662 4302 14 between between IN 1662 4302 15 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 4302 16 and and CC 1662 4302 17 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 1662 4302 18 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4302 19 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4302 20 : : : 1662 4302 21 31 31 CD 1662 4302 22 30 30 CD 1662 4302 23 N n CD 1662 4302 24 , , , 1662 4302 25 34 34 CD 1662 4302 26 45 45 CD 1662 4302 27 E e NN 1662 4302 28 Map Map NNP 1662 4302 29 references reference NNS 1662 4302 30 : : : 1662 4302 31 Middle Middle NNP 1662 4302 32 East East NNP 1662 4302 33 Area Area NNP 1662 4302 34 : : : 1662 4302 35 total total NN 1662 4302 36 : : : 1662 4302 37 20,770 20,770 CD 1662 4302 38 sq sq IN 1662 4302 39 km km NNP 1662 4302 40 land land NN 1662 4302 41 : : : 1662 4302 42 20,330 20,330 CD 1662 4302 43 sq sq NN 1662 4302 44 km km NNP 1662 4302 45 water water NN 1662 4302 46 : : : 1662 4302 47 440 440 CD 1662 4302 48 sq sq NN 1662 4302 49 km km NNP 1662 4302 50 Area area NN 1662 4302 51 - - HYPH 1662 4302 52 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4302 53 : : : 1662 4302 54 slightly slightly RB 1662 4302 55 smaller small JJR 1662 4302 56 than than IN 1662 4302 57 New New NNP 1662 4302 58 Jersey Jersey NNP 1662 4302 59 Land Land NNP 1662 4302 60 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4302 61 : : : 1662 4302 62 total total JJ 1662 4302 63 : : : 1662 4302 64 1,006 1,006 CD 1662 4302 65 km km NN 1662 4302 66 border border NN 1662 4302 67 countries country NNS 1662 4302 68 : : : 1662 4302 69 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 4302 70 255 255 CD 1662 4302 71 km km NN 1662 4302 72 , , , 1662 4302 73 Gaza Gaza NNP 1662 4302 74 Strip Strip NNP 1662 4302 75 51 51 CD 1662 4302 76 km km NN 1662 4302 77 , , , 1662 4302 78 Jordan Jordan NNP 1662 4302 79 238 238 CD 1662 4302 80 km km NN 1662 4302 81 , , , 1662 4302 82 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 1662 4302 83 79 79 CD 1662 4302 84 km km NNS 1662 4302 85 , , , 1662 4302 86 Syria Syria NNP 1662 4302 87 76 76 CD 1662 4302 88 km km NN 1662 4302 89 , , , 1662 4302 90 West West NNP 1662 4302 91 Bank Bank NNP 1662 4302 92 307 307 CD 1662 4302 93 km km NNP 1662 4302 94 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4302 95 : : : 1662 4302 96 273 273 CD 1662 4302 97 km km NN 1662 4302 98 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4302 99 claims claim VBZ 1662 4302 100 : : : 1662 4302 101 continental continental NNP 1662 4302 102 shelf shelf NNP 1662 4302 103 : : : 1662 4302 104 to to TO 1662 4302 105 depth depth NN 1662 4302 106 of of IN 1662 4302 107 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 4302 108 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4302 109 sea sea NN 1662 4302 110 : : : 1662 4302 111 12 12 CD 1662 4302 112 nm nm NNP 1662 4302 113 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4302 114 : : : 1662 4302 115 temperate temperate VB 1662 4302 116 ; ; : 1662 4302 117 hot hot JJ 1662 4302 118 and and CC 1662 4302 119 dry dry JJ 1662 4302 120 in in IN 1662 4302 121 southern southern JJ 1662 4302 122 and and CC 1662 4302 123 eastern eastern JJ 1662 4302 124 desert desert NN 1662 4302 125 areas area NNS 1662 4302 126 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4302 127 : : : 1662 4302 128 Negev Negev NNP 1662 4302 129 desert desert NN 1662 4302 130 in in IN 1662 4302 131 the the DT 1662 4302 132 south south NN 1662 4302 133 ; ; : 1662 4302 134 low low JJ 1662 4302 135 coastal coastal JJ 1662 4302 136 plain plain NN 1662 4302 137 ; ; : 1662 4302 138 central central JJ 1662 4302 139 mountains mountain NNS 1662 4302 140 ; ; : 1662 4302 141 Jordan Jordan NNP 1662 4302 142 Rift Rift NNP 1662 4302 143 Valley Valley NNP 1662 4302 144 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4302 145 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4302 146 : : : 1662 4302 147 lowest low JJS 1662 4302 148 point point NN 1662 4302 149 : : : 1662 4302 150 Dead Dead NNP 1662 4302 151 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4302 152 -408 -408 NN 1662 4302 153 m m NNP 1662 4302 154 highest high JJS 1662 4302 155 point point NN 1662 4302 156 : : : 1662 4302 157 Har Har NNP 1662 4302 158 Meron Meron NNP 1662 4302 159 1,208 1,208 CD 1662 4302 160 m m NNP 1662 4302 161 Natural natural JJ 1662 4302 162 resources resource NNS 1662 4302 163 : : : 1662 4302 164 copper copper NN 1662 4302 165 , , , 1662 4302 166 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 4302 167 , , , 1662 4302 168 bromide bromide NN 1662 4302 169 , , , 1662 4302 170 potash potash NN 1662 4302 171 , , , 1662 4302 172 clay clay NN 1662 4302 173 , , , 1662 4302 174 sand sand NN 1662 4302 175 , , , 1662 4302 176 sulfur sulfur NN 1662 4302 177 , , , 1662 4302 178 asphalt asphalt NN 1662 4302 179 , , , 1662 4302 180 manganese manganese JJ 1662 4302 181 , , , 1662 4302 182 small small JJ 1662 4302 183 amounts amount NNS 1662 4302 184 of of IN 1662 4302 185 natural natural JJ 1662 4302 186 gas gas NN 1662 4302 187 and and CC 1662 4302 188 crude crude JJ 1662 4302 189 oil oil NN 1662 4302 190 Land Land NNP 1662 4302 191 use use NN 1662 4302 192 : : : 1662 4302 193 arable arable JJ 1662 4302 194 land land NN 1662 4302 195 : : : 1662 4302 196 17 17 CD 1662 4302 197 % % NN 1662 4302 198 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4302 199 crops crop NNS 1662 4302 200 : : : 1662 4302 201 4 4 CD 1662 4302 202 % % NN 1662 4302 203 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4302 204 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4302 205 : : : 1662 4302 206 7 7 CD 1662 4302 207 % % NN 1662 4302 208 forests forest NNS 1662 4302 209 and and CC 1662 4302 210 woodland woodland NN 1662 4302 211 : : : 1662 4302 212 6 6 CD 1662 4302 213 % % NN 1662 4302 214 other other JJ 1662 4302 215 : : : 1662 4302 216 66 66 CD 1662 4302 217 % % NN 1662 4302 218 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4302 219 1993 1993 CD 1662 4302 220 est est NNP 1662 4302 221 . . . 1662 4302 222 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4303 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4303 2 land land NN 1662 4303 3 : : : 1662 4303 4 1,800 1,800 CD 1662 4303 5 sq sq NNP 1662 4303 6 km km NNP 1662 4303 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4303 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 4303 9 est est NNP 1662 4303 10 . . . 1662 4303 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4304 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 4304 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4304 3 : : : 1662 4304 4 sandstorms sandstorm NNS 1662 4304 5 may may MD 1662 4304 6 occur occur VB 1662 4304 7 during during IN 1662 4304 8 spring spring NN 1662 4304 9 and and CC 1662 4304 10 summer summer NN 1662 4304 11 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4304 12 - - HYPH 1662 4304 13 current current JJ 1662 4304 14 issues issue NNS 1662 4304 15 : : : 1662 4304 16 limited limited JJ 1662 4304 17 arable arable JJ 1662 4304 18 land land NN 1662 4304 19 and and CC 1662 4304 20 natural natural JJ 1662 4304 21 fresh fresh JJ 1662 4304 22 water water NN 1662 4304 23 resources resource NNS 1662 4304 24 pose pose VBP 1662 4304 25 serious serious JJ 1662 4304 26 constraints constraint NNS 1662 4304 27 ; ; : 1662 4304 28 desertification desertification NN 1662 4304 29 ; ; : 1662 4304 30 air air NN 1662 4304 31 pollution pollution NN 1662 4304 32 from from IN 1662 4304 33 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4304 34 and and CC 1662 4304 35 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 4304 36 emissions emission NNS 1662 4304 37 ; ; : 1662 4304 38 groundwater groundwater NN 1662 4304 39 pollution pollution NN 1662 4304 40 from from IN 1662 4304 41 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4304 42 and and CC 1662 4304 43 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4304 44 waste waste NN 1662 4304 45 , , , 1662 4304 46 chemical chemical NN 1662 4304 47 fertilizers fertilizer NNS 1662 4304 48 , , , 1662 4304 49 and and CC 1662 4304 50 pesticides pesticide VBZ 1662 4304 51 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4304 52 - - HYPH 1662 4304 53 international international JJ 1662 4304 54 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4304 55 : : : 1662 4304 56 party party NN 1662 4304 57 to to TO 1662 4304 58 : : : 1662 4304 59 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 4304 60 , , , 1662 4304 61 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4304 62 Change Change NNP 1662 4304 63 , , , 1662 4304 64 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 4304 65 , , , 1662 4304 66 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 4304 67 Species Species NNPS 1662 4304 68 , , , 1662 4304 69 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 4304 70 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 4304 71 , , , 1662 4304 72 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 4304 73 Test Test NNP 1662 4304 74 Ban Ban NNP 1662 4304 75 , , , 1662 4304 76 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 4304 77 Layer Layer NNP 1662 4304 78 Protection Protection NNP 1662 4304 79 , , , 1662 4304 80 Ship Ship NNP 1662 4304 81 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4304 82 signed sign VBD 1662 4304 83 , , , 1662 4304 84 but but CC 1662 4304 85 not not RB 1662 4304 86 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4304 87 : : : 1662 4304 88 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4304 89 Life Life NNP 1662 4304 90 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 4304 91 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4304 92 - - HYPH 1662 4304 93 note note NN 1662 4304 94 : : : 1662 4304 95 there there EX 1662 4304 96 are 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675 Third Third NNP 1662 4318 676 Way Way NNP 1662 4318 677 , , , 1662 4318 678 Avigdor Avigdor NNP 1662 4318 679 KAHALANI KAHALANI NNP 1662 4318 680 ; ; : 1662 4318 681 Moledet Moledet NNP 1662 4318 682 , , , 1662 4318 683 Rehavam Rehavam NNP 1662 4318 684 ZEEVI ZEEVI NNP 1662 4318 685 opposition opposition NN 1662 4318 686 : : : 1662 4318 687 Labor Labor NNP 1662 4318 688 Party Party NNP 1662 4318 689 , , , 1662 4318 690 Shimon Shimon NNP 1662 4318 691 PERES PERES NNP 1662 4318 692 ; ; : 1662 4318 693 MERETZ MERETZ NNP 1662 4318 694 , , , 1662 4318 695 Yossi Yossi NNP 1662 4318 696 SARID SARID NNP 1662 4318 697 ; ; : 1662 4318 698 United United NNP 1662 4318 699 Arab Arab NNP 1662 4318 700 List List NNP 1662 4318 701 , , , 1662 4318 702 Abd Abd NNP 1662 4318 703 al al NNP 1662 4318 704 - - HYPH 1662 4318 705 Malik Malik NNP 1662 4318 706 DAHAMSHAH DAHAMSHAH NNS 1662 4318 707 ; ; : 1662 4318 708 Hadash Hadash NNP 1662 4318 709 - - HYPH 1662 4318 710 Balad Balad NNP 1662 4318 711 , , , 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S. 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- HYPH 1662 4322 6 sufficient sufficient JJ 1662 4322 7 in in IN 1662 4322 8 food food NN 1662 4322 9 production production NN 1662 4322 10 except except IN 1662 4322 11 for for IN 1662 4322 12 grains grain NNS 1662 4322 13 . . . 1662 4323 1 Diamonds diamond NNS 1662 4323 2 , , , 1662 4323 3 high high JJ 1662 4323 4 - - HYPH 1662 4323 5 technology technology NN 1662 4323 6 equipment equipment NN 1662 4323 7 , , , 1662 4323 8 and and CC 1662 4323 9 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4323 10 products product NNS 1662 4323 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4323 12 fruits fruit NNS 1662 4323 13 and and CC 1662 4323 14 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 4323 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4323 16 are be VBP 1662 4323 17 leading lead VBG 1662 4323 18 exports export NNS 1662 4323 19 . . . 1662 4324 1 Israel Israel NNP 1662 4324 2 usually usually RB 1662 4324 3 posts post VBZ 1662 4324 4 sizable sizable JJ 1662 4324 5 current current JJ 1662 4324 6 account account NN 1662 4324 7 deficits deficit NNS 1662 4324 8 , , , 1662 4324 9 which which WDT 1662 4324 10 are be VBP 1662 4324 11 covered cover VBN 1662 4324 12 by by IN 1662 4324 13 large large JJ 1662 4324 14 transfer transfer NN 1662 4324 15 payments payment NNS 1662 4324 16 from from IN 1662 4324 17 abroad abroad RB 1662 4324 18 and and CC 1662 4324 19 by by IN 1662 4324 20 foreign foreign JJ 1662 4324 21 loans loan NNS 1662 4324 22 . . . 1662 4325 1 Roughly roughly RB 1662 4325 2 half half NN 1662 4325 3 of of IN 1662 4325 4 the the DT 1662 4325 5 government government NN 1662 4325 6 's 's POS 1662 4325 7 external external JJ 1662 4325 8 debt debt NN 1662 4325 9 is be VBZ 1662 4325 10 owed owe VBN 1662 4325 11 to to IN 1662 4325 12 the the DT 1662 4325 13 US US NNP 1662 4325 14 , , , 1662 4325 15 which which WDT 1662 4325 16 is be VBZ 1662 4325 17 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4325 18 major major JJ 1662 4325 19 source source NN 1662 4325 20 of of IN 1662 4325 21 economic economic JJ 1662 4325 22 and and CC 1662 4325 23 military military JJ 1662 4325 24 aid aid NN 1662 4325 25 . . . 1662 4326 1 To to TO 1662 4326 2 earn earn VB 1662 4326 3 needed need VBN 1662 4326 4 foreign foreign JJ 1662 4326 5 exchange exchange NN 1662 4326 6 , , , 1662 4326 7 Israel Israel NNP 1662 4326 8 has have VBZ 1662 4326 9 been be VBN 1662 4326 10 targeting target VBG 1662 4326 11 high high JJ 1662 4326 12 - - HYPH 1662 4326 13 technology technology NN 1662 4326 14 niches niche NNS 1662 4326 15 in in IN 1662 4326 16 international international JJ 1662 4326 17 markets market NNS 1662 4326 18 , , , 1662 4326 19 such such JJ 1662 4326 20 as as IN 1662 4326 21 medical medical JJ 1662 4326 22 scanning scanning NN 1662 4326 23 equipment equipment NN 1662 4326 24 . . . 1662 4327 1 The the DT 1662 4327 2 influx influx NN 1662 4327 3 of of IN 1662 4327 4 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 4327 5 immigrants immigrant NNS 1662 4327 6 from from IN 1662 4327 7 the the DT 1662 4327 8 former former JJ 1662 4327 9 USSR USSR NNP 1662 4327 10 , , , 1662 4327 11 which which WDT 1662 4327 12 topped top VBD 1662 4327 13 750,000 750,000 CD 1662 4327 14 during during IN 1662 4327 15 the the DT 1662 4327 16 period period NN 1662 4327 17 1989 1989 CD 1662 4327 18 - - SYM 1662 4327 19 96 96 CD 1662 4327 20 , , , 1662 4327 21 initially initially RB 1662 4327 22 increased increase VBN 1662 4327 23 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4327 24 , , , 1662 4327 25 intensified intensify VBD 1662 4327 26 housing housing NN 1662 4327 27 problems problem NNS 1662 4327 28 , , , 1662 4327 29 and and CC 1662 4327 30 strained strain VBD 1662 4327 31 the the DT 1662 4327 32 government government NN 1662 4327 33 budget budget NN 1662 4327 34 . . . 1662 4328 1 At at IN 1662 4328 2 the the DT 1662 4328 3 same same JJ 1662 4328 4 time time NN 1662 4328 5 , , , 1662 4328 6 the the DT 1662 4328 7 immigrants immigrant NNS 1662 4328 8 bring bring VBP 1662 4328 9 to to IN 1662 4328 10 the the DT 1662 4328 11 economy economy NN 1662 4328 12 valuable valuable JJ 1662 4328 13 scientific scientific JJ 1662 4328 14 and and CC 1662 4328 15 professional professional JJ 1662 4328 16 expertise expertise NN 1662 4328 17 . . . 1662 4329 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4329 2 : : : 1662 4329 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4329 4 power power NN 1662 4329 5 parity parity NN 1662 4329 6 - - : 1662 4329 7 $ $ $ 1662 4329 8 85.7 85.7 CD 1662 4329 9 billion billion CD 1662 4329 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4329 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4329 12 est est NNP 1662 4329 13 . . . 1662 4329 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4330 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4330 2 - - HYPH 1662 4330 3 real real JJ 1662 4330 4 growth growth NN 1662 4330 5 rate rate NN 1662 4330 6 : : : 1662 4330 7 4.6 4.6 CD 1662 4330 8 % % NN 1662 4330 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4330 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 4330 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4330 12 GDP gdp NN 1662 4330 13 - - HYPH 1662 4330 14 per per FW 1662 4330 15 capita capita NN 1662 4330 16 : : : 1662 4330 17 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4330 18 power power NN 1662 4330 19 parity parity NN 1662 4330 20 - - : 1662 4330 21 $ $ $ 1662 4330 22 16,400 16,400 CD 1662 4330 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4330 24 1996 1996 CD 1662 4330 25 est est NNP 1662 4330 26 . . . 1662 4330 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4331 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4331 2 - - HYPH 1662 4331 3 composition composition NN 1662 4331 4 by by IN 1662 4331 5 sector sector NN 1662 4331 6 : : : 1662 4331 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4331 8 : : : 1662 4331 9 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 4331 10 % % NN 1662 4331 11 industry industry NN 1662 4331 12 : : : 1662 4331 13 22 22 CD 1662 4331 14 % % NN 1662 4331 15 services service NNS 1662 4331 16 : : : 1662 4331 17 74.5 74.5 CD 1662 4331 18 % % NN 1662 4331 19 Inflation inflation NN 1662 4331 20 rate rate NN 1662 4331 21 - - HYPH 1662 4331 22 consumer consumer NN 1662 4331 23 price price NN 1662 4331 24 index index NN 1662 4331 25 : : : 1662 4331 26 11.3 11.3 CD 1662 4331 27 % % NN 1662 4331 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4331 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 4331 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4331 31 Labor labor NN 1662 4331 32 force force NN 1662 4331 33 : : : 1662 4331 34 total total NN 1662 4331 35 : : : 1662 4331 36 2.2 2.2 CD 1662 4331 37 million million CD 1662 4331 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4331 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 4331 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4331 41 by by IN 1662 4331 42 occupation occupation NN 1662 4331 43 : : : 1662 4331 44 public public JJ 1662 4331 45 services service NNS 1662 4331 46 29.3 29.3 CD 1662 4331 47 % % NN 1662 4331 48 , , , 1662 4331 49 manufacturing manufacture VBG 1662 4331 50 22.1 22.1 CD 1662 4331 51 % % NN 1662 4331 52 , , , 1662 4331 53 construction construction NN 1662 4331 54 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 4331 55 % % NN 1662 4331 56 , , , 1662 4331 57 commerce commerce NN 1662 4331 58 13.9 13.9 CD 1662 4331 59 % % NN 1662 4331 60 , , , 1662 4331 61 finance finance NN 1662 4331 62 and and CC 1662 4331 63 business business NN 1662 4331 64 10.4 10.4 CD 1662 4331 65 % % NN 1662 4331 66 , , , 1662 4331 67 personal personal JJ 1662 4331 68 and and CC 1662 4331 69 other other JJ 1662 4331 70 services service NNS 1662 4331 71 7.4 7.4 CD 1662 4331 72 % % NN 1662 4331 73 , , , 1662 4331 74 transport transport NN 1662 4331 75 , , , 1662 4331 76 storage storage NN 1662 4331 77 , , , 1662 4331 78 and and CC 1662 4331 79 communications communication NNS 1662 4331 80 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 4331 81 % % NN 1662 4331 82 , , , 1662 4331 83 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4331 84 , , , 1662 4331 85 forestry forestry NN 1662 4331 86 , , , 1662 4331 87 and and CC 1662 4331 88 fishing fish VBG 1662 4331 89 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 4331 90 % % NN 1662 4331 91 , , , 1662 4331 92 other other JJ 1662 4331 93 0.6 0.6 CD 1662 4331 94 % % NN 1662 4331 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4331 96 1992 1992 CD 1662 4331 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4331 98 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4331 99 rate rate NN 1662 4331 100 : : : 1662 4331 101 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 4331 102 % % NN 1662 4331 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4331 104 1996 1996 CD 1662 4331 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4331 106 Budget budget NN 1662 4331 107 : : : 1662 4331 108 revenues revenue NNS 1662 4331 109 : : : 1662 4331 110 $ $ $ 1662 4331 111 41 41 CD 1662 4331 112 billion billion CD 1662 4331 113 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4331 114 : : : 1662 4331 115 $ $ $ 1662 4331 116 53 53 CD 1662 4331 117 billion billion CD 1662 4331 118 , , , 1662 4331 119 including include VBG 1662 4331 120 capital capital NN 1662 4331 121 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4331 122 of of IN 1662 4331 123 $ $ $ 1662 4331 124 NA na NN 1662 4331 125 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4331 126 1996 1996 CD 1662 4331 127 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4331 128 Industries industry NNS 1662 4331 129 : : : 1662 4331 130 food food NN 1662 4331 131 processing processing NN 1662 4331 132 , , , 1662 4331 133 diamond diamond NN 1662 4331 134 cutting cutting NN 1662 4331 135 and and CC 1662 4331 136 polishing polishing NN 1662 4331 137 , , , 1662 4331 138 textiles textile NNS 1662 4331 139 and and CC 1662 4331 140 apparel apparel NN 1662 4331 141 , , , 1662 4331 142 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4331 143 , , , 1662 4331 144 metal metal NN 1662 4331 145 products product NNS 1662 4331 146 , , , 1662 4331 147 military military JJ 1662 4331 148 equipment equipment NN 1662 4331 149 , , , 1662 4331 150 transport transport NN 1662 4331 151 equipment equipment NN 1662 4331 152 , , , 1662 4331 153 electrical electrical JJ 1662 4331 154 equipment equipment NN 1662 4331 155 , , , 1662 4331 156 potash potash NN 1662 4331 157 mining mining NN 1662 4331 158 , , , 1662 4331 159 high high JJ 1662 4331 160 - - HYPH 1662 4331 161 technology technology NN 1662 4331 162 electronics electronic NNS 1662 4331 163 , , , 1662 4331 164 tourism tourism NN 1662 4331 165 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 4331 166 production production NN 1662 4331 167 growth growth NN 1662 4331 168 rate rate NN 1662 4331 169 : : : 1662 4331 170 8 8 CD 1662 4331 171 % % NN 1662 4331 172 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4331 173 1995 1995 CD 1662 4331 174 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4331 175 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4331 176 - - HYPH 1662 4331 177 capacity capacity NN 1662 4331 178 : : : 1662 4331 179 6.92 6.92 CD 1662 4331 180 million million CD 1662 4331 181 kW kW NNP 1662 4331 182 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4331 183 1995 1995 CD 1662 4331 184 est est NNP 1662 4331 185 . . . 1662 4331 186 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4332 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4332 2 - - HYPH 1662 4332 3 production production NN 1662 4332 4 : : : 1662 4332 5 30.4 30.4 CD 1662 4332 6 billion billion CD 1662 4332 7 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4332 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4332 9 1995 1995 CD 1662 4332 10 est est NNP 1662 4332 11 . . . 1662 4332 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4333 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4333 2 - - HYPH 1662 4333 3 consumption consumption NN 1662 4333 4 per per IN 1662 4333 5 capita capita NN 1662 4333 6 : : : 1662 4333 7 4,738 4,738 CD 1662 4333 8 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4333 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4333 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 4333 11 est est NNP 1662 4333 12 . . . 1662 4333 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4334 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4334 2 - - HYPH 1662 4334 3 products product NNS 1662 4334 4 : : : 1662 4334 5 citrus citrus NNP 1662 4334 6 and and CC 1662 4334 7 other other JJ 1662 4334 8 fruits fruit NNS 1662 4334 9 , , , 1662 4334 10 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 4334 11 , , , 1662 4334 12 cotton cotton NN 1662 4334 13 ; ; : 1662 4334 14 beef beef NN 1662 4334 15 , , , 1662 4334 16 poultry poultry NN 1662 4334 17 , , , 1662 4334 18 dairy dairy NN 1662 4334 19 products product NNS 1662 4334 20 Exports export NNS 1662 4334 21 : : : 1662 4334 22 total total JJ 1662 4334 23 value value NN 1662 4334 24 : : : 1662 4334 25 $ $ $ 1662 4334 26 20.3 20.3 CD 1662 4334 27 billion billion CD 1662 4334 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4334 29 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 4334 30 . . NNP 1662 4334 31 , , , 1662 4334 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 4334 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4334 34 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4334 35 : : : 1662 4334 36 machinery machinery NN 1662 4334 37 and and CC 1662 4334 38 equipment equipment NN 1662 4334 39 , , , 1662 4334 40 cut cut VB 1662 4334 41 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 4334 42 , , , 1662 4334 43 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4334 44 , , , 1662 4334 45 textiles textile NNS 1662 4334 46 and and CC 1662 4334 47 apparel apparel NN 1662 4334 48 , , , 1662 4334 49 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4334 50 products product NNS 1662 4334 51 , , , 1662 4334 52 metals metal NNS 1662 4334 53 partners partner NNS 1662 4334 54 : : : 1662 4334 55 US US NNP 1662 4334 56 , , , 1662 4334 57 EU EU NNP 1662 4334 58 , , , 1662 4334 59 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4334 60 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 4334 61 : : : 1662 4334 62 total total JJ 1662 4334 63 value value NN 1662 4334 64 : : : 1662 4334 65 $ $ $ 1662 4334 66 28.3 28.3 CD 1662 4334 67 billion billion CD 1662 4334 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4334 69 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 4334 70 . . NNP 1662 4334 71 , , , 1662 4334 72 1996 1996 CD 1662 4334 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4334 74 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4334 75 : : : 1662 4334 76 military military JJ 1662 4334 77 equipment equipment NN 1662 4334 78 , , , 1662 4334 79 investment investment NN 1662 4334 80 goods good NNS 1662 4334 81 , , , 1662 4334 82 rough rough JJ 1662 4334 83 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 4334 84 , , , 1662 4334 85 oil oil NN 1662 4334 86 , , , 1662 4334 87 other other JJ 1662 4334 88 productive productive JJ 1662 4334 89 inputs input NNS 1662 4334 90 , , , 1662 4334 91 consumer consumer NN 1662 4334 92 goods good NNS 1662 4334 93 partners partner NNS 1662 4334 94 : : : 1662 4334 95 EU EU NNP 1662 4334 96 , , , 1662 4334 97 US US NNP 1662 4334 98 , , , 1662 4334 99 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4334 100 Debt Debt NNP 1662 4334 101 - - HYPH 1662 4334 102 external external JJ 1662 4334 103 : : : 1662 4334 104 $ $ $ 1662 4334 105 25.7 25.7 CD 1662 4334 106 billion billion CD 1662 4334 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4334 108 1996 1996 CD 1662 4334 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4334 110 Economic economic JJ 1662 4334 111 aid aid NN 1662 4334 112 : : : 1662 4334 113 recipient recipient NN 1662 4334 114 : : : 1662 4334 115 total total JJ 1662 4334 116 receipts receipt NNS 1662 4334 117 $ $ $ 1662 4334 118 12.14 12.14 CD 1662 4334 119 billion billion CD 1662 4334 120 of of IN 1662 4334 121 which which WDT 1662 4334 122 $ $ $ 1662 4334 123 11.38 11.38 CD 1662 4334 124 billion billion CD 1662 4334 125 from from IN 1662 4334 126 the the DT 1662 4334 127 US US NNP 1662 4334 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4334 129 1990 1990 CD 1662 4334 130 - - SYM 1662 4334 131 93 93 CD 1662 4334 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4334 133 Currency currency NN 1662 4334 134 : : : 1662 4334 135 1 1 CD 1662 4334 136 new new JJ 1662 4334 137 Israeli israeli JJ 1662 4334 138 shekel shekel NN 1662 4334 139 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4334 140 NIS NIS NNP 1662 4334 141 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4334 142 = = NFP 1662 4334 143 100 100 CD 1662 4334 144 new new JJ 1662 4334 145 agorot agorot NNP 1662 4334 146 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 4334 147 rates rate NNS 1662 4334 148 : : : 1662 4334 149 new new JJ 1662 4334 150 Israeli israeli JJ 1662 4334 151 shekels shekel NNS 1662 4334 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4334 153 NIS NIS NNP 1662 4334 154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4334 155 per per IN 1662 4334 156 US$ us$ $ 1662 4334 157 1 1 CD 1662 4334 158 - - SYM 1662 4334 159 3.2761 3.2761 CD 1662 4334 160 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4334 161 January January NNP 1662 4334 162 1997 1997 CD 1662 4334 163 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4334 164 , , , 1662 4334 165 3.2882 3.2882 CD 1662 4334 166 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4334 167 1996 1996 CD 1662 4334 168 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4334 169 , , , 1662 4334 170 3.0113 3.0113 CD 1662 4334 171 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4334 172 1995 1995 CD 1662 4334 173 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4334 174 , , , 1662 4334 175 3.0111 3.0111 CD 1662 4334 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4334 177 1994 1994 CD 1662 4334 178 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4334 179 , , , 1662 4334 180 2.8301 2.8301 CD 1662 4334 181 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4334 182 1993 1993 CD 1662 4334 183 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4334 184 , , , 1662 4334 185 2.4591 2.4591 CD 1662 4334 186 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4334 187 1992 1992 CD 1662 4334 188 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4334 189 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4334 190 year year NN 1662 4334 191 : : : 1662 4334 192 calendar calendar NNP 1662 4334 193 year year NNP 1662 4334 194 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4334 195 since since IN 1662 4334 196 1 1 CD 1662 4334 197 January January NNP 1662 4334 198 1992 1992 CD 1662 4334 199 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4334 200 @Israel @israel NN 1662 4334 201 : : : 1662 4334 202 Communications communication NNS 1662 4334 203 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 4334 204 : : : 1662 4334 205 2.425 2.425 CD 1662 4334 206 million million CD 1662 4334 207 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4334 208 1990 1990 CD 1662 4334 209 est est NNP 1662 4334 210 . . . 1662 4334 211 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4335 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 4335 2 system system NN 1662 4335 3 : : : 1662 4335 4 most most RBS 1662 4335 5 highly highly RB 1662 4335 6 developed developed JJ 1662 4335 7 system system NN 1662 4335 8 in in IN 1662 4335 9 the the DT 1662 4335 10 Middle Middle NNP 1662 4335 11 East East NNP 1662 4335 12 although although IN 1662 4335 13 not not RB 1662 4335 14 the the DT 1662 4335 15 largest large JJS 1662 4335 16 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4335 17 : : : 1662 4335 18 good good JJ 1662 4335 19 system system NN 1662 4335 20 of of IN 1662 4335 21 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 4335 22 cable cable NN 1662 4335 23 and and CC 1662 4335 24 microwave microwave NN 1662 4335 25 radio radio NN 1662 4335 26 relay relay NN 1662 4335 27 international international NNP 1662 4335 28 : : : 1662 4335 29 3 3 CD 1662 4335 30 submarine submarine NN 1662 4335 31 cables cable NNS 1662 4335 32 ; ; : 1662 4335 33 satellite satellite NN 1662 4335 34 earth earth NN 1662 4335 35 stations station NNS 1662 4335 36 - - , 1662 4335 37 3 3 CD 1662 4335 38 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4335 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4335 40 2 2 CD 1662 4335 41 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4335 42 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4335 43 and and CC 1662 4335 44 1 1 CD 1662 4335 45 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4335 46 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4335 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4335 48 Radio radio NN 1662 4335 49 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4335 50 stations station NNS 1662 4335 51 : : : 1662 4335 52 AM am VBP 1662 4335 53 9 9 CD 1662 4335 54 , , , 1662 4335 55 FM FM NNP 1662 4335 56 45 45 CD 1662 4335 57 , , , 1662 4335 58 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 4335 59 0 0 CD 1662 4335 60 Radios radio NNS 1662 4335 61 : : : 1662 4335 62 2.25 2.25 CD 1662 4335 63 million million CD 1662 4335 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4335 65 1993 1993 CD 1662 4335 66 est est NNP 1662 4335 67 . . . 1662 4335 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4336 1 Television television NN 1662 4336 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4336 3 stations station NNS 1662 4336 4 : : : 1662 4336 5 20 20 CD 1662 4336 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 4336 7 : : : 1662 4336 8 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 4336 9 million million CD 1662 4336 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4336 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 4336 12 est est NNP 1662 4336 13 . . . 1662 4336 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4337 1 @Israel @israel LS 1662 4337 2 : : : 1662 4337 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4337 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 4337 5 : : : 1662 4337 6 total total NN 1662 4337 7 : : : 1662 4337 8 526 526 CD 1662 4337 9 km km NN 1662 4337 10 standard standard JJ 1662 4337 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 4337 12 : : : 1662 4337 13 526 526 CD 1662 4337 14 km km NNS 1662 4337 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 4337 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 4337 17 Highways highway NNS 1662 4337 18 : : : 1662 4337 19 total total NN 1662 4337 20 : : : 1662 4337 21 14,700 14,700 CD 1662 4337 22 km km NN 1662 4337 23 paved pave VBN 1662 4337 24 : : : 1662 4337 25 14,700 14,700 CD 1662 4337 26 km km NNS 1662 4337 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4337 28 including include VBG 1662 4337 29 56 56 CD 1662 4337 30 km km NNS 1662 4337 31 of of IN 1662 4337 32 expressways expressway NNS 1662 4337 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4337 34 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4337 35 : : : 1662 4337 36 0 0 CD 1662 4337 37 km km NNS 1662 4337 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4337 39 1995 1995 CD 1662 4337 40 est est NNP 1662 4337 41 . . . 1662 4337 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4338 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 4338 2 : : : 1662 4338 3 crude crude JJ 1662 4338 4 oil oil NN 1662 4338 5 708 708 CD 1662 4338 6 km km NN 1662 4338 7 ; ; : 1662 4338 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4338 9 products product NNS 1662 4338 10 290 290 CD 1662 4338 11 km km NNS 1662 4338 12 ; ; : 1662 4338 13 natural natural JJ 1662 4338 14 gas gas NN 1662 4338 15 89 89 CD 1662 4338 16 km km NN 1662 4338 17 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 4338 18 and and CC 1662 4338 19 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4338 20 : : : 1662 4338 21 Ashdod Ashdod NNP 1662 4338 22 , , , 1662 4338 23 Ashqelon Ashqelon NNP 1662 4338 24 , , , 1662 4338 25 Elat Elat NNP 1662 4338 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4338 27 Eilat Eilat NNP 1662 4338 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4338 29 , , , 1662 4338 30 Hadera Hadera NNP 1662 4338 31 , , , 1662 4338 32 Haifa Haifa NNP 1662 4338 33 , , , 1662 4338 34 Tel Tel NNP 1662 4338 35 Aviv Aviv NNP 1662 4338 36 - - HYPH 1662 4338 37 Yafo Yafo NNP 1662 4338 38 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 4338 39 marine marine NN 1662 4338 40 : : : 1662 4338 41 total total NN 1662 4338 42 : : : 1662 4338 43 26 26 CD 1662 4338 44 ships ship NNS 1662 4338 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4338 46 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4338 47 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4338 48 or or CC 1662 4338 49 over over RB 1662 4338 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4338 51 totaling total VBG 1662 4338 52 659,505 659,505 CD 1662 4338 53 GRT/778,780 GRT/778,780 NNP 1662 4338 54 DWT DWT NNP 1662 4338 55 ships ship NNS 1662 4338 56 by by IN 1662 4338 57 type type NN 1662 4338 58 : : : 1662 4338 59 cargo cargo NN 1662 4338 60 2 2 CD 1662 4338 61 , , , 1662 4338 62 container container NN 1662 4338 63 23 23 CD 1662 4338 64 , , , 1662 4338 65 roll roll NN 1662 4338 66 - - HYPH 1662 4338 67 on on IN 1662 4338 68 / / SYM 1662 4338 69 roll roll NN 1662 4338 70 - - HYPH 1662 4338 71 off off RP 1662 4338 72 cargo cargo NN 1662 4338 73 1 1 CD 1662 4338 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4338 75 1996 1996 CD 1662 4338 76 est est NNP 1662 4338 77 . . . 1662 4338 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4339 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4339 2 : : : 1662 4339 3 50 50 CD 1662 4339 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4339 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4339 6 est est NNP 1662 4339 7 . . . 1662 4339 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4340 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4340 2 - - , 1662 4340 3 with with IN 1662 4340 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4340 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4340 6 : : : 1662 4340 7 total total NN 1662 4340 8 : : : 1662 4340 9 45 45 CD 1662 4340 10 over over IN 1662 4340 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4340 12 m m NN 1662 4340 13 : : : 1662 4340 14 1 1 CD 1662 4340 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4340 16 to to IN 1662 4340 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4340 18 m m NN 1662 4340 19 : : : 1662 4340 20 7 7 CD 1662 4340 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4340 22 to to TO 1662 4340 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4340 24 m m NN 1662 4340 25 : : : 1662 4340 26 7 7 CD 1662 4340 27 914 914 CD 1662 4340 28 to to TO 1662 4340 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4340 30 m m NN 1662 4340 31 : : : 1662 4340 32 8 8 CD 1662 4340 33 under under IN 1662 4340 34 914 914 CD 1662 4340 35 m m NN 1662 4340 36 : : : 1662 4340 37 22 22 CD 1662 4340 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4340 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 4340 40 est est NNP 1662 4340 41 . . . 1662 4340 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4341 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4341 2 - - , 1662 4341 3 with with IN 1662 4341 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4341 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4341 6 : : : 1662 4341 7 total total NN 1662 4341 8 : : : 1662 4341 9 5 5 CD 1662 4341 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4341 11 to to TO 1662 4341 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4341 13 m m NN 1662 4341 14 : : : 1662 4341 15 2 2 CD 1662 4341 16 914 914 CD 1662 4341 17 to to TO 1662 4341 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4341 19 m m NN 1662 4341 20 : : : 1662 4341 21 3 3 CD 1662 4341 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4341 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 4341 24 est est NNP 1662 4341 25 . . . 1662 4341 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4342 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 4342 2 : : : 1662 4342 3 2 2 CD 1662 4342 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4342 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4342 6 est est NNP 1662 4342 7 . . . 1662 4342 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4343 1 Military military JJ 1662 4343 2 Military military JJ 1662 4343 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4343 4 : : : 1662 4343 5 Israel Israel NNP 1662 4343 6 Defense Defense NNP 1662 4343 7 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 4343 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4343 9 includes include VBZ 1662 4343 10 ground ground NN 1662 4343 11 , , , 1662 4343 12 naval naval JJ 1662 4343 13 , , , 1662 4343 14 and and CC 1662 4343 15 air air NN 1662 4343 16 components component NNS 1662 4343 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4343 18 , , , 1662 4343 19 Pioneer Pioneer NNP 1662 4343 20 Fighting Fighting NNP 1662 4343 21 Youth Youth NNP 1662 4343 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4343 23 Nahal Nahal NNP 1662 4343 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4343 25 , , , 1662 4343 26 Frontier Frontier NNP 1662 4343 27 Guard Guard NNP 1662 4343 28 , , , 1662 4343 29 Chen Chen NNP 1662 4343 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4343 31 women woman NNS 1662 4343 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4343 33 ; ; : 1662 4343 34 note note VB 1662 4343 35 - - HYPH 1662 4343 36 historically historically RB 1662 4343 37 there there EX 1662 4343 38 have have VBP 1662 4343 39 been be VBN 1662 4343 40 no no DT 1662 4343 41 separate separate JJ 1662 4343 42 Israeli israeli JJ 1662 4343 43 military military JJ 1662 4343 44 services service NNS 1662 4343 45 Military Military NNP 1662 4343 46 manpower manpower NN 1662 4343 47 - - HYPH 1662 4343 48 military military NN 1662 4343 49 age age NN 1662 4343 50 : : : 1662 4343 51 18 18 CD 1662 4343 52 years year NNS 1662 4343 53 of of IN 1662 4343 54 age age NN 1662 4343 55 Military military JJ 1662 4343 56 manpower manpower NN 1662 4343 57 - - HYPH 1662 4343 58 availability availability NN 1662 4343 59 : : : 1662 4343 60 males male NNS 1662 4343 61 age age NNP 1662 4343 62 15 15 CD 1662 4343 63 - - HYPH 1662 4343 64 49 49 CD 1662 4343 65 : : : 1662 4343 66 1,420,066 1,420,066 CD 1662 4343 67 females female NNS 1662 4343 68 age age NN 1662 4343 69 15 15 CD 1662 4343 70 - - HYPH 1662 4343 71 49 49 CD 1662 4343 72 : : : 1662 4343 73 1,391,042 1,391,042 CD 1662 4343 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4343 75 1997 1997 CD 1662 4343 76 est est NNP 1662 4343 77 . . . 1662 4343 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4344 1 Military military JJ 1662 4344 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4344 3 - - HYPH 1662 4344 4 fit fit NN 1662 4344 5 for for IN 1662 4344 6 military military JJ 1662 4344 7 service service NN 1662 4344 8 : : : 1662 4344 9 males male NNS 1662 4344 10 : : : 1662 4344 11 1,162,745 1,162,745 CD 1662 4344 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4344 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4344 14 est est NNP 1662 4344 15 . . . 1662 4344 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4345 1 females female NNS 1662 4345 2 : : : 1662 4345 3 1,134,610 1,134,610 CD 1662 4345 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4345 5 1997 1997 CD 1662 4345 6 est est NNP 1662 4345 7 . . . 1662 4345 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4346 1 Military military JJ 1662 4346 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4346 3 - - HYPH 1662 4346 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 4346 5 military military JJ 1662 4346 6 age age NN 1662 4346 7 annually annually RB 1662 4346 8 : : : 1662 4346 9 males male NNS 1662 4346 10 : : : 1662 4346 11 50,744 50,744 CD 1662 4346 12 females female NNS 1662 4346 13 : : : 1662 4346 14 48,519 48,519 CD 1662 4346 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4346 16 1997 1997 CD 1662 4346 17 est est NNP 1662 4346 18 . . . 1662 4346 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4347 1 Military military JJ 1662 4347 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4347 3 - - HYPH 1662 4347 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4347 5 figure figure NN 1662 4347 6 : : : 1662 4347 7 $ $ $ 1662 4347 8 9.2 9.2 CD 1662 4347 9 billion billion CD 1662 4347 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4347 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4347 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4347 13 Military military JJ 1662 4347 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4347 15 - - : 1662 4347 16 percent percent NN 1662 4347 17 of of IN 1662 4347 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4347 19 : : : 1662 4347 20 about about IN 1662 4347 21 9.8 9.8 CD 1662 4347 22 % % NN 1662 4347 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4347 24 1996 1996 CD 1662 4347 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4347 26 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4347 27 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4347 28 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 4347 29 - - : 1662 4347 30 international international JJ 1662 4347 31 : : : 1662 4347 32 West West NNP 1662 4347 33 Bank Bank NNP 1662 4347 34 and and CC 1662 4347 35 Gaza Gaza NNP 1662 4347 36 Strip Strip NNP 1662 4347 37 are be VBP 1662 4347 38 Israeli israeli JJ 1662 4347 39 occupied occupy VBN 1662 4347 40 with with IN 1662 4347 41 current current JJ 1662 4347 42 status status NN 1662 4347 43 subject subject JJ 1662 4347 44 to to IN 1662 4347 45 the the DT 1662 4347 46 Israeli israeli JJ 1662 4347 47 - - HYPH 1662 4347 48 Palestinian palestinian JJ 1662 4347 49 Interim Interim NNP 1662 4347 50 Agreement Agreement NNP 1662 4347 51 - - HYPH 1662 4347 52 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4347 53 status status NN 1662 4347 54 to to TO 1662 4347 55 be be VB 1662 4347 56 determined determine VBN 1662 4347 57 through through IN 1662 4347 58 further further JJ 1662 4347 59 negotiation negotiation NN 1662 4347 60 ; ; : 1662 4347 61 Golan Golan NNP 1662 4347 62 Heights Heights NNPS 1662 4347 63 is be VBZ 1662 4347 64 Israeli Israeli NNP 1662 4347 65 occupied occupy VBN 1662 4347 66 ; ; : 1662 4347 67 Israeli israeli JJ 1662 4347 68 troops troop NNS 1662 4347 69 in in IN 1662 4347 70 southern southern JJ 1662 4347 71 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 1662 4347 72 since since IN 1662 4347 73 June June NNP 1662 4347 74 1982 1982 CD 1662 4347 75 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 4347 76 drugs drug VBZ 1662 4347 77 : : : 1662 4347 78 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 4347 79 concerned concerned JJ 1662 4347 80 about about IN 1662 4347 81 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 4347 82 and and CC 1662 4347 83 heroin heroin NN 1662 4347 84 abuse abuse NN 1662 4347 85 and and CC 1662 4347 86 trafficking trafficking NN 1662 4347 87 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 88 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 89 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 90 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 91 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 92 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 93 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 94 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 95 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 96 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 97 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 98 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 99 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 100 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 101 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 102 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 103 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 104 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 105 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 106 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 107 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 108 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 109 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 110 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 111 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 112 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 113 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 114 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 115 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 116 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 117 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 118 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 119 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 120 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 121 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 122 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 123 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 124 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 125 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 126 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 127 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 128 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 129 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 130 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 131 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 132 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 133 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 134 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 135 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 136 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 137 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 138 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 139 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 140 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 141 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 142 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 143 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 144 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 145 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 146 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 147 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 148 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 149 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 150 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 151 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 152 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 153 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 154 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 155 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 156 _ _ NNP 1662 4347 157 ITALY ITALY NNP 1662 4347 158 @Italy @italy NN 1662 4347 159 : : : 1662 4347 160 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4347 161 Location Location NNP 1662 4347 162 : : : 1662 4347 163 Southern Southern NNP 1662 4347 164 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4347 165 , , , 1662 4347 166 a a DT 1662 4347 167 peninsula peninsula NN 1662 4347 168 extending extend VBG 1662 4347 169 into into IN 1662 4347 170 the the DT 1662 4347 171 central central JJ 1662 4347 172 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 4347 173 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4347 174 , , , 1662 4347 175 northeast northeast RB 1662 4347 176 of of IN 1662 4347 177 Tunisia Tunisia NNP 1662 4347 178 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4347 179 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4347 180 : : : 1662 4347 181 42 42 CD 1662 4347 182 50 50 CD 1662 4347 183 N n CD 1662 4347 184 , , , 1662 4347 185 12 12 CD 1662 4347 186 50 50 CD 1662 4347 187 E e NN 1662 4347 188 Map Map NNP 1662 4347 189 references reference NNS 1662 4347 190 : : : 1662 4347 191 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4347 192 Area Area NNP 1662 4347 193 : : : 1662 4347 194 total total NN 1662 4347 195 : : : 1662 4347 196 301,230 301,230 CD 1662 4347 197 sq sq NN 1662 4347 198 km km NNP 1662 4347 199 land land NN 1662 4347 200 : : : 1662 4347 201 294,020 294,020 CD 1662 4347 202 sq sq NN 1662 4347 203 km km NNP 1662 4347 204 water water NN 1662 4347 205 : : : 1662 4347 206 7,210 7,210 CD 1662 4347 207 sq sq NNP 1662 4347 208 km km NNP 1662 4347 209 note note NN 1662 4347 210 : : : 1662 4347 211 includes include VBZ 1662 4347 212 Sardinia Sardinia NNP 1662 4347 213 and and CC 1662 4347 214 Sicily Sicily NNP 1662 4347 215 Area Area NNP 1662 4347 216 - - HYPH 1662 4347 217 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4347 218 : : : 1662 4347 219 slightly slightly RB 1662 4347 220 larger large JJR 1662 4347 221 than than IN 1662 4347 222 Arizona Arizona NNP 1662 4347 223 Land Land NNP 1662 4347 224 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4347 225 : : : 1662 4347 226 total total JJ 1662 4347 227 : : : 1662 4347 228 1,932.2 1,932.2 CD 1662 4347 229 km km NN 1662 4347 230 border border NN 1662 4347 231 countries country NNS 1662 4347 232 : : : 1662 4347 233 Austria Austria NNP 1662 4347 234 430 430 CD 1662 4347 235 km km NNS 1662 4347 236 , , , 1662 4347 237 France France NNP 1662 4347 238 488 488 CD 1662 4347 239 km km NNS 1662 4347 240 , , , 1662 4347 241 Holy Holy NNP 1662 4347 242 See See NNP 1662 4347 243 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4347 244 Vatican Vatican NNP 1662 4347 245 City City NNP 1662 4347 246 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4347 247 3.2 3.2 CD 1662 4347 248 km km NNS 1662 4347 249 , , , 1662 4347 250 San San NNP 1662 4347 251 Marino Marino NNP 1662 4347 252 39 39 CD 1662 4347 253 km km NN 1662 4347 254 , , , 1662 4347 255 Slovenia Slovenia NNP 1662 4347 256 232 232 CD 1662 4347 257 km km NNS 1662 4347 258 , , , 1662 4347 259 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 4347 260 740 740 CD 1662 4347 261 km km NN 1662 4347 262 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4347 263 : : : 1662 4347 264 7,600 7,600 CD 1662 4347 265 km km NN 1662 4347 266 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4347 267 claims claim VBZ 1662 4347 268 : : : 1662 4347 269 continental continental NNP 1662 4347 270 shelf shelf NNP 1662 4347 271 : : : 1662 4347 272 200-m 200-m CD 1662 4347 273 depth depth NN 1662 4347 274 or or CC 1662 4347 275 to to IN 1662 4347 276 the the DT 1662 4347 277 depth depth NN 1662 4347 278 of of IN 1662 4347 279 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 4347 280 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4347 281 sea sea NN 1662 4347 282 : : : 1662 4347 283 12 12 CD 1662 4347 284 nm nm NNP 1662 4347 285 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4347 286 : : : 1662 4347 287 predominantly predominantly RB 1662 4347 288 Mediterranean mediterranean JJ 1662 4347 289 ; ; : 1662 4347 290 Alpine alpine VB 1662 4347 291 in in IN 1662 4347 292 far far JJ 1662 4347 293 north north NN 1662 4347 294 ; ; , 1662 4347 295 hot hot JJ 1662 4347 296 , , , 1662 4347 297 dry dry JJ 1662 4347 298 in in IN 1662 4347 299 south south JJ 1662 4347 300 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4347 301 : : : 1662 4347 302 mostly mostly RB 1662 4347 303 rugged rugged JJ 1662 4347 304 and and CC 1662 4347 305 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 4347 306 ; ; : 1662 4347 307 some some DT 1662 4347 308 plains plain NNS 1662 4347 309 , , , 1662 4347 310 coastal coastal JJ 1662 4347 311 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 4347 312 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4347 313 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4347 314 : : : 1662 4347 315 lowest low JJS 1662 4347 316 point point NN 1662 4347 317 : : : 1662 4347 318 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 4347 319 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4347 320 0 0 NFP 1662 4347 321 m m DT 1662 4347 322 highest high JJS 1662 4347 323 point point NN 1662 4347 324 : : : 1662 4347 325 Mont Mont NNP 1662 4347 326 Blanc Blanc NNP 1662 4347 327 4,807 4,807 CD 1662 4347 328 m m NNP 1662 4347 329 Natural natural JJ 1662 4347 330 resources resource NNS 1662 4347 331 : : : 1662 4347 332 mercury mercury NNP 1662 4347 333 , , , 1662 4347 334 potash potash NNP 1662 4347 335 , , , 1662 4347 336 marble marble NN 1662 4347 337 , , , 1662 4347 338 sulfur sulfur NN 1662 4347 339 , , , 1662 4347 340 dwindling dwindle VBG 1662 4347 341 natural natural JJ 1662 4347 342 gas gas NN 1662 4347 343 and and CC 1662 4347 344 crude crude JJ 1662 4347 345 oil oil NN 1662 4347 346 reserves reserve NNS 1662 4347 347 , , , 1662 4347 348 fish fish NN 1662 4347 349 , , , 1662 4347 350 coal coal NN 1662 4347 351 Land land NN 1662 4347 352 use use NN 1662 4347 353 : : : 1662 4347 354 arable arable JJ 1662 4347 355 land land NN 1662 4347 356 : : : 1662 4347 357 31 31 CD 1662 4347 358 % % NN 1662 4347 359 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4347 360 crops crop NNS 1662 4347 361 : : : 1662 4347 362 10 10 CD 1662 4347 363 % % NN 1662 4347 364 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4347 365 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4347 366 : : : 1662 4347 367 15 15 CD 1662 4347 368 % % NN 1662 4347 369 forests forest NNS 1662 4347 370 and and CC 1662 4347 371 woodland woodland NN 1662 4347 372 : : : 1662 4347 373 23 23 CD 1662 4347 374 % % NN 1662 4347 375 other other JJ 1662 4347 376 : : : 1662 4347 377 21 21 CD 1662 4347 378 % % NN 1662 4347 379 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4347 380 1993 1993 CD 1662 4347 381 est est NNP 1662 4347 382 . . . 1662 4347 383 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4348 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4348 2 land land NN 1662 4348 3 : : : 1662 4348 4 27,100 27,100 CD 1662 4348 5 sq sq IN 1662 4348 6 km km NNP 1662 4348 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4348 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 4348 9 est est NNP 1662 4348 10 . . . 1662 4348 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4349 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 4349 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4349 3 : : : 1662 4349 4 regional regional JJ 1662 4349 5 risks risk NNS 1662 4349 6 include include VBP 1662 4349 7 landslides landslide NNS 1662 4349 8 , , , 1662 4349 9 mudflows mudflow NNS 1662 4349 10 , , , 1662 4349 11 avalanches avalanche NNS 1662 4349 12 , , , 1662 4349 13 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 4349 14 , , , 1662 4349 15 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 4349 16 eruptions eruption NNS 1662 4349 17 , , , 1662 4349 18 flooding flooding NN 1662 4349 19 ; ; : 1662 4349 20 land land NN 1662 4349 21 subsidence subsidence NN 1662 4349 22 in in IN 1662 4349 23 Venice Venice NNP 1662 4349 24 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4349 25 - - HYPH 1662 4349 26 current current JJ 1662 4349 27 issues issue NNS 1662 4349 28 : : : 1662 4349 29 air air NN 1662 4349 30 pollution pollution NN 1662 4349 31 from from IN 1662 4349 32 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4349 33 emissions emission NNS 1662 4349 34 such such JJ 1662 4349 35 as as IN 1662 4349 36 sulfur sulfur NN 1662 4349 37 dioxide dioxide NN 1662 4349 38 ; ; , 1662 4349 39 coastal coastal JJ 1662 4349 40 and and CC 1662 4349 41 inland inland JJ 1662 4349 42 rivers river NNS 1662 4349 43 polluted pollute VBD 1662 4349 44 from from IN 1662 4349 45 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4349 46 and and CC 1662 4349 47 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4349 48 effluents effluent NNS 1662 4349 49 ; ; : 1662 4349 50 acid acid JJ 1662 4349 51 rain rain NN 1662 4349 52 damaging damaging JJ 1662 4349 53 lakes lake NNS 1662 4349 54 ; ; : 1662 4349 55 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 4349 56 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4349 57 waste waste NN 1662 4349 58 treatment treatment NN 1662 4349 59 and and CC 1662 4349 60 disposal disposal NN 1662 4349 61 facilities facility NNS 1662 4349 62 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4349 63 - - HYPH 1662 4349 64 international international JJ 1662 4349 65 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4349 66 : : : 1662 4349 67 party party NN 1662 4349 68 to to TO 1662 4349 69 : : : 1662 4349 70 Air Air NNP 1662 4349 71 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4349 72 , , , 1662 4349 73 Air Air NNP 1662 4349 74 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4349 75 - - HYPH 1662 4349 76 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 4349 77 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 4349 78 , , , 1662 4349 79 Air Air NNP 1662 4349 80 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4349 81 - - HYPH 1662 4349 82 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 4349 83 85 85 CD 1662 4349 84 , , , 1662 4349 85 Air Air NNP 1662 4349 86 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4349 87 - - HYPH 1662 4349 88 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 4349 89 Organic Organic NNP 1662 4349 90 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 4349 91 , , , 1662 4349 92 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 4349 93 - - HYPH 1662 4349 94 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 4349 95 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 4349 96 , , , 1662 4349 97 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 4349 98 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 4349 99 , , , 1662 4349 100 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 4349 101 , , , 1662 4349 102 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4349 103 Change Change NNP 1662 4349 104 , , , 1662 4349 105 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 4349 106 Species Species NNPS 1662 4349 107 , , , 1662 4349 108 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 4349 109 Modification Modification NNP 1662 4349 110 , , , 1662 4349 111 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 4349 112 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 4349 113 , , , 1662 4349 114 Law Law NNP 1662 4349 115 of of IN 1662 4349 116 the the DT 1662 4349 117 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4349 118 , , , 1662 4349 119 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4349 120 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 4349 121 , , , 1662 4349 122 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 4349 123 Test Test NNP 1662 4349 124 Ban Ban NNP 1662 4349 125 , , , 1662 4349 126 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 4349 127 Layer Layer NNP 1662 4349 128 Protection Protection NNP 1662 4349 129 , , , 1662 4349 130 Ship Ship NNP 1662 4349 131 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4349 132 , , , 1662 4349 133 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 4349 134 Timber Timber NNP 1662 4349 135 83 83 CD 1662 4349 136 , , , 1662 4349 137 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 4349 138 , , , 1662 4349 139 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 4349 140 signed sign VBD 1662 4349 141 , , , 1662 4349 142 but but CC 1662 4349 143 not not RB 1662 4349 144 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4349 145 : : : 1662 4349 146 Air Air NNP 1662 4349 147 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4349 148 - - HYPH 1662 4349 149 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 4349 150 94 94 CD 1662 4349 151 , , , 1662 4349 152 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 4349 153 , , , 1662 4349 154 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 4349 155 Timber Timber NNP 1662 4349 156 94 94 CD 1662 4349 157 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4349 158 - - HYPH 1662 4349 159 note note NN 1662 4349 160 : : : 1662 4349 161 strategic strategic JJ 1662 4349 162 location location NN 1662 4349 163 dominating dominate VBG 1662 4349 164 central central JJ 1662 4349 165 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 4349 166 as as RB 1662 4349 167 well well RB 1662 4349 168 as as IN 1662 4349 169 southern southern JJ 1662 4349 170 sea sea NN 1662 4349 171 and and CC 1662 4349 172 air air NN 1662 4349 173 approaches approach NNS 1662 4349 174 to to IN 1662 4349 175 Western Western NNP 1662 4349 176 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4349 177 @Italy @italy NN 1662 4349 178 : : : 1662 4349 179 People People NNS 1662 4349 180 Population Population NNP 1662 4349 181 : : : 1662 4349 182 56,830,508 56,830,508 CD 1662 4349 183 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4349 184 July July NNP 1662 4349 185 1997 1997 CD 1662 4349 186 est est NNP 1662 4349 187 . . . 1662 4349 188 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4350 1 Age age NN 1662 4350 2 structure structure NN 1662 4350 3 : : : 1662 4350 4 0 0 CD 1662 4350 5 - - HYPH 1662 4350 6 14 14 CD 1662 4350 7 years year NNS 1662 4350 8 : : : 1662 4350 9 15 15 CD 1662 4350 10 % % NN 1662 4350 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4350 12 male male JJ 1662 4350 13 4,234,767 4,234,767 CD 1662 4350 14 ; ; : 1662 4350 15 female female JJ 1662 4350 16 3,997,589 3,997,589 CD 1662 4350 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4350 18 15 15 CD 1662 4350 19 - - SYM 1662 4350 20 64 64 CD 1662 4350 21 years year NNS 1662 4350 22 : : : 1662 4350 23 68 68 CD 1662 4350 24 % % NN 1662 4350 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4350 26 male male JJ 1662 4350 27 19,314,674 19,314,674 NNS 1662 4350 28 ; ; : 1662 4350 29 female female JJ 1662 4350 30 19,442,196 19,442,196 CD 1662 4350 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4350 32 65 65 CD 1662 4350 33 years year NNS 1662 4350 34 and and CC 1662 4350 35 over over IN 1662 4350 36 : : : 1662 4350 37 17 17 CD 1662 4350 38 % % NN 1662 4350 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4350 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1662 4360 68 - - HYPH 1662 4360 69 Romagna Romagna NNP 1662 4360 70 , , , 1662 4360 71 Friuli Friuli NNP 1662 4360 72 - - HYPH 1662 4360 73 Venezia Venezia NNP 1662 4360 74 Giulia Giulia NNP 1662 4360 75 , , , 1662 4360 76 Lazio Lazio NNP 1662 4360 77 , , , 1662 4360 78 Liguria Liguria NNP 1662 4360 79 , , , 1662 4360 80 Lombardia Lombardia NNP 1662 4360 81 , , , 1662 4360 82 Marche Marche NNP 1662 4360 83 , , , 1662 4360 84 Molise Molise NNP 1662 4360 85 , , , 1662 4360 86 Piemonte Piemonte NNP 1662 4360 87 , , , 1662 4360 88 Puglia Puglia NNP 1662 4360 89 , , , 1662 4360 90 Sardegna Sardegna NNP 1662 4360 91 , , , 1662 4360 92 Sicilia Sicilia NNP 1662 4360 93 , , , 1662 4360 94 Toscana Toscana NNP 1662 4360 95 , , , 1662 4360 96 Trentino Trentino NNP 1662 4360 97 - - HYPH 1662 4360 98 Alto Alto NNP 1662 4360 99 Adige Adige NNP 1662 4360 100 , , , 1662 4360 101 Umbria Umbria NNP 1662 4360 102 , , , 1662 4360 103 Valle Valle NNP 1662 4360 104 d'Aosta d'Aosta NNP 1662 4360 105 , , , 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4360 211 government government NN 1662 4360 212 : : : 1662 4360 213 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4360 214 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4360 215 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 216 referred refer VBN 1662 4360 217 to to IN 1662 4360 218 in in IN 1662 4360 219 Italy Italy NNP 1662 4360 220 as as IN 1662 4360 221 the the DT 1662 4360 222 president president NN 1662 4360 223 of of IN 1662 4360 224 the the DT 1662 4360 225 Council Council NNP 1662 4360 226 of of IN 1662 4360 227 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 4360 228 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 229 Romano Romano NNP 1662 4360 230 PRODI PRODI NNP 1662 4360 231 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 232 since since IN 1662 4360 233 18 18 CD 1662 4360 234 May May NNP 1662 4360 235 1996 1996 CD 1662 4360 236 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 237 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4360 238 : : : 1662 4360 239 Council Council NNP 1662 4360 240 of of IN 1662 4360 241 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 4360 242 nominated nominate VBN 1662 4360 243 by by IN 1662 4360 244 the the DT 1662 4360 245 prime prime JJ 1662 4360 246 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proportional proportional JJ 1662 4360 386 representation representation NN 1662 4360 387 ; ; : 1662 4360 388 members member NNS 1662 4360 389 serve serve VBP 1662 4360 390 five five CD 1662 4360 391 - - HYPH 1662 4360 392 year year NN 1662 4360 393 terms term NNS 1662 4360 394 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 395 elections election NNS 1662 4360 396 : : : 1662 4360 397 Senate Senate NNP 1662 4360 398 - - HYPH 1662 4360 399 last last RB 1662 4360 400 held hold VBD 1662 4360 401 21 21 CD 1662 4360 402 April April NNP 1662 4360 403 1996 1996 CD 1662 4360 404 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 405 next next JJ 1662 4360 406 to to TO 1662 4360 407 be be VB 1662 4360 408 held hold VBN 1662 4360 409 by by IN 1662 4360 410 NA NA NNP 1662 4360 411 April April NNP 1662 4360 412 2001 2001 CD 1662 4360 413 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 414 ; ; : 1662 4360 415 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 4360 416 of of IN 1662 4360 417 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 4360 418 - - , 1662 4360 419 last last RB 1662 4360 420 held hold VBD 1662 4360 421 21 21 CD 1662 4360 422 April April NNP 1662 4360 423 1996 1996 CD 1662 4360 424 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 425 next next JJ 1662 4360 426 to to TO 1662 4360 427 be be VB 1662 4360 428 held hold VBN 1662 4360 429 by by IN 1662 4360 430 NA NA NNP 1662 4360 431 April April NNP 1662 4360 432 2001 2001 CD 1662 4360 433 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 434 election election NN 1662 4360 435 results result NNS 1662 4360 436 : : : 1662 4360 437 Senate Senate NNP 1662 4360 438 - - HYPH 1662 4360 439 percent percent NN 1662 4360 440 of of IN 1662 4360 441 vote vote NN 1662 4360 442 by by IN 1662 4360 443 party party NN 1662 4360 444 - - HYPH 1662 4360 445 NA NA NNP 1662 4360 446 ; ; , 1662 4360 447 seats seat NNS 1662 4360 448 by by IN 1662 4360 449 party party NN 1662 4360 450 - - HYPH 1662 4360 451 Olive Olive NNP 1662 4360 452 Tree Tree NNP 1662 4360 453 157 157 CD 1662 4360 454 , , , 1662 4360 455 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 4360 456 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 4360 457 116 116 CD 1662 4360 458 , , , 1662 4360 459 Northern Northern NNP 1662 4360 460 League League NNP 1662 4360 461 27 27 CD 1662 4360 462 , , , 1662 4360 463 Refounded Refounded NNP 1662 4360 464 Communists Communists NNPS 1662 4360 465 10 10 CD 1662 4360 466 , , , 1662 4360 467 regional regional JJ 1662 4360 468 lists list NNS 1662 4360 469 3 3 CD 1662 4360 470 , , , 1662 4360 471 Social Social NNP 1662 4360 472 Movement Movement NNP 1662 4360 473 - - HYPH 1662 4360 474 Tricolor Tricolor NNP 1662 4360 475 Flames flame NNS 1662 4360 476 1 1 CD 1662 4360 477 , , , 1662 4360 478 Panella Panella NNP 1662 4360 479 Reformers Reformers NNP 1662 4360 480 1 1 CD 1662 4360 481 ; ; : 1662 4360 482 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 4360 483 of of IN 1662 4360 484 Deputies Deputies NNP 1662 4360 485 - - HYPH 1662 4360 486 percent percent NN 1662 4360 487 of of IN 1662 4360 488 vote vote NN 1662 4360 489 by by IN 1662 4360 490 party party NN 1662 4360 491 - - HYPH 1662 4360 492 NA NA NNP 1662 4360 493 ; ; , 1662 4360 494 seats seat NNS 1662 4360 495 by by IN 1662 4360 496 party party NN 1662 4360 497 - - HYPH 1662 4360 498 Olive Olive NNP 1662 4360 499 Tree Tree NNP 1662 4360 500 284 284 CD 1662 4360 501 , , , 1662 4360 502 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 4360 503 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 4360 504 246 246 CD 1662 4360 505 , , , 1662 4360 506 Northern Northern NNP 1662 4360 507 League League NNP 1662 4360 508 59 59 CD 1662 4360 509 , , , 1662 4360 510 Refounded Refounded NNP 1662 4360 511 Communists Communists NNPS 1662 4360 512 35 35 CD 1662 4360 513 , , , 1662 4360 514 Southern Southern NNP 1662 4360 515 Tyrol Tyrol NNP 1662 4360 516 List List NNP 1662 4360 517 3 3 CD 1662 4360 518 , , , 1662 4360 519 Autonomous Autonomous NNP 1662 4360 520 List List NNP 1662 4360 521 2 2 CD 1662 4360 522 , , , 1662 4360 523 other other JJ 1662 4360 524 1 1 CD 1662 4360 525 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 4360 526 branch branch NN 1662 4360 527 : : : 1662 4360 528 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 4360 529 Court Court NNP 1662 4360 530 or or CC 1662 4360 531 Corte Corte NNP 1662 4360 532 Costituzionale Costituzionale NNP 1662 4360 533 , , , 1662 4360 534 composed compose VBN 1662 4360 535 of of IN 1662 4360 536 15 15 CD 1662 4360 537 judges judge NNS 1662 4360 538 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 539 one one CD 1662 4360 540 - - HYPH 1662 4360 541 third third NN 1662 4360 542 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4360 543 by by IN 1662 4360 544 the the DT 1662 4360 545 president president NN 1662 4360 546 , , , 1662 4360 547 one one CD 1662 4360 548 - - HYPH 1662 4360 549 third third NN 1662 4360 550 elected elect VBN 1662 4360 551 by by IN 1662 4360 552 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 4360 553 , , , 1662 4360 554 one one CD 1662 4360 555 - - HYPH 1662 4360 556 third third NN 1662 4360 557 elected elect VBN 1662 4360 558 by by IN 1662 4360 559 the the DT 1662 4360 560 ordinary ordinary JJ 1662 4360 561 and and CC 1662 4360 562 administrative administrative JJ 1662 4360 563 supreme supreme JJ 1662 4360 564 courts court NNS 1662 4360 565 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 566 Political political JJ 1662 4360 567 parties party NNS 1662 4360 568 and and CC 1662 4360 569 leaders leader NNS 1662 4360 570 : : : 1662 4360 571 Olive Olive NNP 1662 4360 572 Tree Tree NNP 1662 4360 573 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 574 Ulivo Ulivo NNP 1662 4360 575 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 576 : : : 1662 4360 577 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4360 578 Party Party NNP 1662 4360 579 of of IN 1662 4360 580 the the DT 1662 4360 581 Left Left NNP 1662 4360 582 or or CC 1662 4360 583 PDS PDS NNP 1662 4360 584 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4360 585 Massimo Massimo NNP 1662 4360 586 D'ALEMA D'ALEMA NNP 1662 4360 587 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4360 588 ; ; : 1662 4360 589 Greens Greens NNP 1662 4360 590 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 591 Verdi Verdi NNP 1662 4360 592 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 593 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4360 594 Carlo Carlo NNP 1662 4360 595 RIPA RIPA NNP 1662 4360 596 DI DI NNP 1662 4360 597 MEANA MEANA NNP 1662 4360 598 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4360 599 ; ; : 1662 4360 600 Italian Italian NNP 1662 4360 601 Renewal Renewal NNP 1662 4360 602 or or CC 1662 4360 603 RI RI NNP 1662 4360 604 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4360 605 Lamberto Lamberto NNP 1662 4360 606 DINI DINI NNP 1662 4360 607 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4360 608 ; ; : 1662 4360 609 Italian italian JJ 1662 4360 610 Popular Popular NNP 1662 4360 611 Party Party NNP 1662 4360 612 or or CC 1662 4360 613 PPI PPI NNP 1662 4360 614 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4360 615 Franco Franco NNP 1662 4360 616 MARINI MARINI NNP 1662 4360 617 - - HYPH 1662 4360 618 elected elect VBN 1662 4360 619 12 12 CD 1662 4360 620 January January NNP 1662 4360 621 1997 1997 CD 1662 4360 622 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4360 623 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 4360 624 Pole Pole NNP 1662 4360 625 : : : 1662 4360 626 Forza Forza NNP 1662 4360 627 Italia Italia NNP 1662 4360 628 or or CC 1662 4360 629 FI FI NNP 1662 4360 630 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4360 631 Silvio Silvio NNP 1662 4360 632 BERLUSCONI BERLUSCONI NNP 1662 4360 633 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4360 634 ; ; : 1662 4360 635 National National NNP 1662 4360 636 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 4360 637 or or CC 1662 4360 638 AN an DT 1662 4360 639 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4360 640 Gianfranco Gianfranco NNP 1662 4360 641 FINI FINI NNP 1662 4360 642 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4360 643 ; ; : 1662 4360 644 Christian Christian NNP 1662 4360 645 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4360 646 Center Center NNP 1662 4360 647 or or CC 1662 4360 648 CCD CCD NNP 1662 4360 649 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4360 650 Pierferdinando Pierferdinando NNP 1662 4360 651 CASINI CASINI NNP 1662 4360 652 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4360 653 ; ; : 1662 4360 654 Christian Christian NNP 1662 4360 655 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4360 656 Union Union NNP 1662 4360 657 or or CC 1662 4360 658 CDU CDU NNP 1662 4360 659 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4360 660 Rocco Rocco NNP 1662 4360 661 BUTTIGLIONE BUTTIGLIONE NNP 1662 4360 662 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4360 663 other other JJ 1662 4360 664 : : : 1662 4360 665 Northern Northern NNP 1662 4360 666 League League NNP 1662 4360 667 or or CC 1662 4360 668 NL NL NNP 1662 4360 669 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4360 670 Umberto Umberto NNP 1662 4360 671 BOSSI BOSSI NNP 1662 4360 672 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4360 673 ; ; : 1662 4360 674 Communism Communism NNP 1662 4360 675 Refoundation Refoundation NNP 1662 4360 676 or or CC 1662 4360 677 RC rc NN 1662 4360 678 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4360 679 Fausto Fausto NNP 1662 4360 680 BERTINOTTI BERTINOTTI NNP 1662 4360 681 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4360 682 ; ; : 1662 4360 683 Italian italian JJ 1662 4360 684 Social Social NNP 1662 4360 685 Movement Movement NNP 1662 4360 686 - - HYPH 1662 4360 687 Tricolor Tricolor NNP 1662 4360 688 Flame Flame NNP 1662 4360 689 or or CC 1662 4360 690 MSI MSI NNP 1662 4360 691 - - HYPH 1662 4360 692 Fiamma Fiamma NNP 1662 4360 693 Tricolore tricolore NN 1662 4360 694 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4360 695 Pino Pino NNP 1662 4360 696 RAUTI RAUTI NNP 1662 4360 697 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4360 698 ; ; : 1662 4360 699 Pannella Pannella NNP 1662 4360 700 - - HYPH 1662 4360 701 Sgarbi Sgarbi NNP 1662 4360 702 's 's POS 1662 4360 703 List list NN 1662 4360 704 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 705 Lista Lista NNP 1662 4360 706 Pannella Pannella NNP 1662 4360 707 - - HYPH 1662 4360 708 Sgarbi Sgarbi NNP 1662 4360 709 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 710 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4360 711 Marco Marco NNP 1662 4360 712 PANNELLA PANNELLA NNP 1662 4360 713 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4360 714 ; ; : 1662 4360 715 Italian italian JJ 1662 4360 716 Socialists Socialists NNPS 1662 4360 717 or or CC 1662 4360 718 SI SI NNP 1662 4360 719 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4360 720 Enrico Enrico NNP 1662 4360 721 BOSELLI BOSELLI NNP 1662 4360 722 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4360 723 ; ; : 1662 4360 724 Autonomous Autonomous NNP 1662 4360 725 List List NNP 1662 4360 726 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 727 a a DT 1662 4360 728 group group NN 1662 4360 729 of of IN 1662 4360 730 minor minor JJ 1662 4360 731 parties party NNS 1662 4360 732 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 733 ; ; : 1662 4360 734 Southern Southern NNP 1662 4360 735 Tyrols Tyrols NNPS 1662 4360 736 List list NN 1662 4360 737 or or CC 1662 4360 738 SVP SVP NNP 1662 4360 739 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 740 German german JJ 1662 4360 741 speakers speaker NNS 1662 4360 742 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 743 Political political JJ 1662 4360 744 pressure pressure NN 1662 4360 745 groups group NNS 1662 4360 746 and and CC 1662 4360 747 leaders leader NNS 1662 4360 748 : : : 1662 4360 749 the the DT 1662 4360 750 Roman Roman NNP 1662 4360 751 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 4360 752 Church Church NNP 1662 4360 753 ; ; : 1662 4360 754 three three CD 1662 4360 755 major major JJ 1662 4360 756 trade trade NN 1662 4360 757 union union NN 1662 4360 758 confederations confederation NNS 1662 4360 759 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 760 Confederazione Confederazione NNP 1662 4360 761 Generale Generale NNP 1662 4360 762 Italiana Italiana NNP 1662 4360 763 del del FW 1662 4360 764 Lavoro Lavoro NNP 1662 4360 765 or or CC 1662 4360 766 CGIL CGIL NNP 1662 4360 767 which which WDT 1662 4360 768 is be VBZ 1662 4360 769 PDS PDS NNP 1662 4360 770 - - HYPH 1662 4360 771 dominated dominate VBN 1662 4360 772 , , , 1662 4360 773 Confederazione Confederazione NNP 1662 4360 774 Italiana Italiana NNP 1662 4360 775 dei dei VBD 1662 4360 776 Sindacati Sindacati NNP 1662 4360 777 Lavoratori Lavoratori NNP 1662 4360 778 or or CC 1662 4360 779 CISL CISL NNP 1662 4360 780 which which WDT 1662 4360 781 is be VBZ 1662 4360 782 centrist centrist JJ 1662 4360 783 , , , 1662 4360 784 and and CC 1662 4360 785 Unione Unione NNP 1662 4360 786 Italiana Italiana NNP 1662 4360 787 del del NNP 1662 4360 788 Lavoro Lavoro NNP 1662 4360 789 or or CC 1662 4360 790 UIL UIL NNP 1662 4360 791 which which WDT 1662 4360 792 is be VBZ 1662 4360 793 center center NN 1662 4360 794 - - HYPH 1662 4360 795 right right NN 1662 4360 796 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 797 ; ; : 1662 4360 798 Italian italian JJ 1662 4360 799 manufacturers manufacturer NNS 1662 4360 800 and and CC 1662 4360 801 merchants merchant NNS 1662 4360 802 associations association NNS 1662 4360 803 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 804 Confindustria Confindustria NNP 1662 4360 805 , , , 1662 4360 806 Confcommercio Confcommercio NNP 1662 4360 807 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 808 ; ; : 1662 4360 809 organized organize VBN 1662 4360 810 farm farm NN 1662 4360 811 groups group NNS 1662 4360 812 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 813 Confcoltivatori confcoltivatori VB 1662 4360 814 , , , 1662 4360 815 Confagricoltura Confagricoltura NNP 1662 4360 816 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 817 International international JJ 1662 4360 818 organization organization NN 1662 4360 819 participation participation NN 1662 4360 820 : : : 1662 4360 821 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 4360 822 , , , 1662 4360 823 AG AG NNP 1662 4360 824 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 825 observer observer NNP 1662 4360 826 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 827 , , , 1662 4360 828 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 4360 829 , , , 1662 4360 830 Australia Australia NNP 1662 4360 831 Group Group NNP 1662 4360 832 , , , 1662 4360 833 BIS BIS NNP 1662 4360 834 , , , 1662 4360 835 CCC CCC NNP 1662 4360 836 , , , 1662 4360 837 CDB CDB NNP 1662 4360 838 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 839 non non JJ 1662 4360 840 - - JJ 1662 4360 841 regional regional JJ 1662 4360 842 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 843 , , , 1662 4360 844 CE CE NNP 1662 4360 845 , , , 1662 4360 846 CE CE NNP 1662 4360 847 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 848 observer observer NN 1662 4360 849 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 850 , , , 1662 4360 851 CEI CEI NNP 1662 4360 852 , , , 1662 4360 853 CERN CERN NNP 1662 4360 854 , , , 1662 4360 855 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 4360 856 , , , 1662 4360 857 ECE ECE NNP 1662 4360 858 , , , 1662 4360 859 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 4360 860 , , , 1662 4360 861 EIB EIB NNP 1662 4360 862 , , , 1662 4360 863 ESA ESA NNP 1662 4360 864 , , , 1662 4360 865 EU EU NNP 1662 4360 866 , , , 1662 4360 867 FAO FAO NNP 1662 4360 868 , , , 1662 4360 869 G- G- NNP 1662 4360 870 7 7 CD 1662 4360 871 , , , 1662 4360 872 G-10 g-10 CD 1662 4360 873 , , , 1662 4360 874 IADB IADB NNP 1662 4360 875 , , , 1662 4360 876 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 4360 877 , , , 1662 4360 878 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 4360 879 , , , 1662 4360 880 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 4360 881 , , , 1662 4360 882 ICC ICC NNP 1662 4360 883 , , , 1662 4360 884 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 4360 885 , , , 1662 4360 886 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 4360 887 , , , 1662 4360 888 IDA IDA NNP 1662 4360 889 , , , 1662 4360 890 IEA IEA NNP 1662 4360 891 , , , 1662 4360 892 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 4360 893 , , , 1662 4360 894 IFC IFC NNP 1662 4360 895 , , , 1662 4360 896 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 4360 897 , , , 1662 4360 898 IHO IHO NNP 1662 4360 899 , , , 1662 4360 900 ILO ILO NNP 1662 4360 901 , , , 1662 4360 902 IMF IMF NNP 1662 4360 903 , , , 1662 4360 904 IMO imo RB 1662 4360 905 , , , 1662 4360 906 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 4360 907 , , , 1662 4360 908 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4360 909 , , , 1662 4360 910 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 4360 911 , , , 1662 4360 912 IOC IOC NNP 1662 4360 913 , , , 1662 4360 914 IOM IOM NNP 1662 4360 915 , , , 1662 4360 916 ISO ISO NNP 1662 4360 917 , , , 1662 4360 918 ITU ITU NNP 1662 4360 919 , , , 1662 4360 920 LAIA LAIA NNP 1662 4360 921 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 922 observer observer NN 1662 4360 923 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 924 , , , 1662 4360 925 MINURSO MINURSO NNP 1662 4360 926 , , , 1662 4360 927 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 4360 928 , , , 1662 4360 929 NACC NACC NNP 1662 4360 930 , , , 1662 4360 931 NAM NAM NNP 1662 4360 932 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 933 guest guest NNP 1662 4360 934 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 935 , , , 1662 4360 936 NATO NATO NNP 1662 4360 937 , , , 1662 4360 938 NEA NEA NNP 1662 4360 939 , , , 1662 4360 940 NSG NSG NNP 1662 4360 941 , , , 1662 4360 942 OAS OAS NNP 1662 4360 943 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 944 observer observer NNP 1662 4360 945 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 946 , , , 1662 4360 947 OECD OECD NNP 1662 4360 948 , , , 1662 4360 949 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 4360 950 , , , 1662 4360 951 PCA PCA NNP 1662 4360 952 , , , 1662 4360 953 UN UN NNP 1662 4360 954 , , , 1662 4360 955 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 4360 956 III III NNP 1662 4360 957 , , , 1662 4360 958 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 4360 959 , , , 1662 4360 960 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 4360 961 , , , 1662 4360 962 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 4360 963 , , , 1662 4360 964 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 4360 965 , , , 1662 4360 966 UNIFIL UNIFIL NNP 1662 4360 967 , , , 1662 4360 968 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 4360 969 , , , 1662 4360 970 UNITAR UNITAR NNP 1662 4360 971 , , , 1662 4360 972 UNMOGIP UNMOGIP NNP 1662 4360 973 , , , 1662 4360 974 UNTSO UNTSO NNP 1662 4360 975 , , , 1662 4360 976 UPU UPU NNP 1662 4360 977 , , , 1662 4360 978 WCL WCL NNP 1662 4360 979 , , , 1662 4360 980 WEU WEU NNP 1662 4360 981 , , , 1662 4360 982 WHO who WP 1662 4360 983 , , , 1662 4360 984 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 4360 985 , , , 1662 4360 986 WMO WMO NNP 1662 4360 987 , , , 1662 4360 988 WToO wtoo FW 1662 4360 989 , , , 1662 4360 990 WTrO wtro VB 1662 4360 991 , , , 1662 4360 992 ZC ZC NNP 1662 4360 993 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4360 994 representation representation NN 1662 4360 995 in in IN 1662 4360 996 the the DT 1662 4360 997 US US NNP 1662 4360 998 : : : 1662 4360 999 chief chief NN 1662 4360 1000 of of IN 1662 4360 1001 mission mission NN 1662 4360 1002 : : : 1662 4360 1003 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 4360 1004 Ferdinando Ferdinando NNP 1662 4360 1005 SALLEO SALLEO NNP 1662 4360 1006 chancery chancery NN 1662 4360 1007 : : : 1662 4360 1008 1601 1601 CD 1662 4360 1009 Fuller Fuller NNP 1662 4360 1010 Street Street NNP 1662 4360 1011 NW NW NNP 1662 4360 1012 , , , 1662 4360 1013 Washington Washington NNP 1662 4360 1014 , , , 1662 4360 1015 DC DC NNP 1662 4360 1016 20009 20009 CD 1662 4360 1017 and and CC 1662 4360 1018 2700 2700 CD 1662 4360 1019 16th 16th NNP 1662 4360 1020 Street Street NNP 1662 4360 1021 NW NW NNP 1662 4360 1022 , , , 1662 4360 1023 Washington Washington NNP 1662 4360 1024 , , , 1662 4360 1025 DC DC NNP 1662 4360 1026 20009 20009 CD 1662 4360 1027 telephone telephone NN 1662 4360 1028 : : : 1662 4360 1029 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4360 1030 1 1 CD 1662 4360 1031 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4360 1032 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 1033 202 202 CD 1662 4360 1034 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 1035 328 328 CD 1662 4360 1036 - - HYPH 1662 4360 1037 5500 5500 CD 1662 4360 1038 FAX FAX NNP 1662 4360 1039 : : : 1662 4360 1040 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4360 1041 1 1 CD 1662 4360 1042 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4360 1043 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 1044 202 202 CD 1662 4360 1045 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 1046 483 483 CD 1662 4360 1047 - - HYPH 1662 4360 1048 2187 2187 CD 1662 4360 1049 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 4360 1050 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 1051 general general NN 1662 4360 1052 : : : 1662 4360 1053 Boston Boston NNP 1662 4360 1054 , , , 1662 4360 1055 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 4360 1056 , , , 1662 4360 1057 Houston Houston NNP 1662 4360 1058 , , , 1662 4360 1059 Miami Miami NNP 1662 4360 1060 , , , 1662 4360 1061 New New NNP 1662 4360 1062 York York NNP 1662 4360 1063 , , , 1662 4360 1064 Los Los NNP 1662 4360 1065 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 4360 1066 , , , 1662 4360 1067 Philadelphia Philadelphia NNP 1662 4360 1068 , , , 1662 4360 1069 San San NNP 1662 4360 1070 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 4360 1071 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 4360 1072 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 1073 : : : 1662 4360 1074 Detroit Detroit NNP 1662 4360 1075 and and CC 1662 4360 1076 New New NNP 1662 4360 1077 Orleans Orleans NNP 1662 4360 1078 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4360 1079 representation representation NN 1662 4360 1080 from from IN 1662 4360 1081 the the DT 1662 4360 1082 US US NNP 1662 4360 1083 : : : 1662 4360 1084 chief chief NN 1662 4360 1085 of of IN 1662 4360 1086 mission mission NN 1662 4360 1087 : : : 1662 4360 1088 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 4360 1089 Reginald Reginald NNP 1662 4360 1090 BARTHOLOMEW BARTHOLOMEW NNP 1662 4360 1091 embassy embassy NN 1662 4360 1092 : : : 1662 4360 1093 Via Via NNP 1662 4360 1094 Veneto Veneto NNP 1662 4360 1095 119 119 CD 1662 4360 1096 / / SYM 1662 4360 1097 A a NN 1662 4360 1098 , , , 1662 4360 1099 00187-Rome 00187-rome CD 1662 4360 1100 mailing mail VBG 1662 4360 1101 address address NN 1662 4360 1102 : : : 1662 4360 1103 PSC psc NN 1662 4360 1104 59 59 CD 1662 4360 1105 , , , 1662 4360 1106 Box Box NNP 1662 4360 1107 100 100 CD 1662 4360 1108 , , , 1662 4360 1109 APO APO NNP 1662 4360 1110 AE AE NNP 1662 4360 1111 09624 09624 CD 1662 4360 1112 telephone telephone NN 1662 4360 1113 : : : 1662 4360 1114 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4360 1115 39 39 CD 1662 4360 1116 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4360 1117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 1118 6 6 CD 1662 4360 1119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 1120 46741 46741 CD 1662 4360 1121 FAX fax NN 1662 4360 1122 : : : 1662 4360 1123 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4360 1124 39 39 CD 1662 4360 1125 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4360 1126 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 1127 6 6 CD 1662 4360 1128 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 1129 488 488 CD 1662 4360 1130 - - SYM 1662 4360 1131 2672 2672 CD 1662 4360 1132 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 4360 1133 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 1134 general general NN 1662 4360 1135 : : : 1662 4360 1136 Florence Florence NNP 1662 4360 1137 , , , 1662 4360 1138 Milan Milan NNP 1662 4360 1139 , , , 1662 4360 1140 Naples Naples NNP 1662 4360 1141 Flag Flag NNP 1662 4360 1142 description description NN 1662 4360 1143 : : : 1662 4360 1144 three three CD 1662 4360 1145 equal equal JJ 1662 4360 1146 vertical vertical JJ 1662 4360 1147 bands band NNS 1662 4360 1148 of of IN 1662 4360 1149 green green JJ 1662 4360 1150 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 1151 hoist hoist NN 1662 4360 1152 side side NN 1662 4360 1153 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 1154 , , , 1662 4360 1155 white white JJ 1662 4360 1156 , , , 1662 4360 1157 and and CC 1662 4360 1158 red red JJ 1662 4360 1159 ; ; : 1662 4360 1160 similar similar JJ 1662 4360 1161 to to IN 1662 4360 1162 the the DT 1662 4360 1163 flag flag NN 1662 4360 1164 of of IN 1662 4360 1165 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 4360 1166 , , , 1662 4360 1167 which which WDT 1662 4360 1168 is be VBZ 1662 4360 1169 longer long JJR 1662 4360 1170 and and CC 1662 4360 1171 is be VBZ 1662 4360 1172 green green JJ 1662 4360 1173 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 1174 hoist hoist NN 1662 4360 1175 side side NN 1662 4360 1176 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 1177 , , , 1662 4360 1178 white white JJ 1662 4360 1179 , , , 1662 4360 1180 and and CC 1662 4360 1181 orange orange NNP 1662 4360 1182 ; ; : 1662 4360 1183 also also RB 1662 4360 1184 similar similar JJ 1662 4360 1185 to to IN 1662 4360 1186 the the DT 1662 4360 1187 flag flag NN 1662 4360 1188 of of IN 1662 4360 1189 the the DT 1662 4360 1190 Cote Cote NNP 1662 4360 1191 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 4360 1192 , , , 1662 4360 1193 which which WDT 1662 4360 1194 has have VBZ 1662 4360 1195 the the DT 1662 4360 1196 colors color NNS 1662 4360 1197 reversed reverse VBN 1662 4360 1198 - - HYPH 1662 4360 1199 orange orange NN 1662 4360 1200 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4360 1201 hoist hoist NN 1662 4360 1202 side side NN 1662 4360 1203 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4360 1204 , , , 1662 4360 1205 white white JJ 1662 4360 1206 , , , 1662 4360 1207 and and CC 1662 4360 1208 green green JJ 1662 4360 1209 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4360 1210 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4360 1211 - - HYPH 1662 4360 1212 overview overview NN 1662 4360 1213 : : : 1662 4360 1214 Since since IN 1662 4360 1215 World World NNP 1662 4360 1216 War War NNP 1662 4360 1217 II II NNP 1662 4360 1218 , , , 1662 4360 1219 the the DT 1662 4360 1220 Italian italian JJ 1662 4360 1221 economy economy NN 1662 4360 1222 has have VBZ 1662 4360 1223 changed change VBN 1662 4360 1224 from from IN 1662 4360 1225 one one CD 1662 4360 1226 based base VBN 1662 4360 1227 on on IN 1662 4360 1228 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4360 1229 into into IN 1662 4360 1230 a a DT 1662 4360 1231 ranking rank VBG 1662 4360 1232 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4360 1233 economy economy NN 1662 4360 1234 , , , 1662 4360 1235 with with IN 1662 4360 1236 approximately approximately RB 1662 4360 1237 the the DT 1662 4360 1238 same same JJ 1662 4360 1239 total total NN 1662 4360 1240 and and CC 1662 4360 1241 per per IN 1662 4360 1242 capita capita NN 1662 4360 1243 output output NN 1662 4360 1244 as as IN 1662 4360 1245 France France NNP 1662 4360 1246 and and CC 1662 4360 1247 the the DT 1662 4360 1248 UK UK NNP 1662 4360 1249 . . . 1662 4361 1 This this DT 1662 4361 2 basically basically RB 1662 4361 3 capitalistic capitalistic JJ 1662 4361 4 economy economy NN 1662 4361 5 is be VBZ 1662 4361 6 still still RB 1662 4361 7 divided divide VBN 1662 4361 8 into into IN 1662 4361 9 a a DT 1662 4361 10 developed develop VBN 1662 4361 11 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4361 12 north north NN 1662 4361 13 , , , 1662 4361 14 dominated dominate VBN 1662 4361 15 by by IN 1662 4361 16 private private JJ 1662 4361 17 companies company NNS 1662 4361 18 , , , 1662 4361 19 and and CC 1662 4361 20 a a DT 1662 4361 21 less less RBR 1662 4361 22 developed developed JJ 1662 4361 23 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4361 24 south south NN 1662 4361 25 , , , 1662 4361 26 with with IN 1662 4361 27 large large JJ 1662 4361 28 public public JJ 1662 4361 29 enterprises enterprise NNS 1662 4361 30 . . . 1662 4362 1 Most Most JJS 1662 4362 2 raw raw JJ 1662 4362 3 materials material NNS 1662 4362 4 needed need VBN 1662 4362 5 by by IN 1662 4362 6 industry industry NN 1662 4362 7 and and CC 1662 4362 8 over over IN 1662 4362 9 75 75 CD 1662 4362 10 % % NN 1662 4362 11 of of IN 1662 4362 12 energy energy NN 1662 4362 13 requirements requirement NNS 1662 4362 14 must must MD 1662 4362 15 be be VB 1662 4362 16 imported import VBN 1662 4362 17 . . . 1662 4363 1 In in IN 1662 4363 2 the the DT 1662 4363 3 second second JJ 1662 4363 4 half half NN 1662 4363 5 of of IN 1662 4363 6 1992 1992 CD 1662 4363 7 , , , 1662 4363 8 Rome Rome NNP 1662 4363 9 became become VBD 1662 4363 10 unsettled unsettled JJ 1662 4363 11 by by IN 1662 4363 12 the the DT 1662 4363 13 prospect prospect NN 1662 4363 14 of of IN 1662 4363 15 not not RB 1662 4363 16 qualifying qualify VBG 1662 4363 17 to to TO 1662 4363 18 participate participate VB 1662 4363 19 in in IN 1662 4363 20 EU EU NNP 1662 4363 21 plans plan NNS 1662 4363 22 for for IN 1662 4363 23 economic economic JJ 1662 4363 24 and and CC 1662 4363 25 monetary monetary JJ 1662 4363 26 union union NN 1662 4363 27 later later RB 1662 4363 28 in in IN 1662 4363 29 the the DT 1662 4363 30 decade decade NN 1662 4363 31 ; ; : 1662 4363 32 thus thus RB 1662 4363 33 , , , 1662 4363 34 it -PRON- PRP 1662 4363 35 finally finally RB 1662 4363 36 began begin VBD 1662 4363 37 to to TO 1662 4363 38 address address VB 1662 4363 39 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4363 40 huge huge JJ 1662 4363 41 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4363 42 imbalances imbalance NNS 1662 4363 43 . . . 1662 4364 1 Subsequently subsequently RB 1662 4364 2 , , , 1662 4364 3 the the DT 1662 4364 4 government government NN 1662 4364 5 has have VBZ 1662 4364 6 adopted adopt VBN 1662 4364 7 fairly fairly RB 1662 4364 8 stringent stringent JJ 1662 4364 9 budgets budget NNS 1662 4364 10 , , , 1662 4364 11 abandoned abandon VBD 1662 4364 12 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4364 13 inflationary inflationary JJ 1662 4364 14 wage wage NN 1662 4364 15 indexation indexation NN 1662 4364 16 system system NN 1662 4364 17 , , , 1662 4364 18 and and CC 1662 4364 19 started start VBD 1662 4364 20 to to TO 1662 4364 21 scale scale VB 1662 4364 22 back back RP 1662 4364 23 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4364 24 generous generous JJ 1662 4364 25 social social JJ 1662 4364 26 welfare welfare NN 1662 4364 27 programs program NNS 1662 4364 28 , , , 1662 4364 29 including include VBG 1662 4364 30 pension pension NN 1662 4364 31 and and CC 1662 4364 32 health health NN 1662 4364 33 care care NN 1662 4364 34 benefits benefit NNS 1662 4364 35 . . . 1662 4365 1 In in IN 1662 4365 2 November November NNP 1662 4365 3 1996 1996 CD 1662 4365 4 the the DT 1662 4365 5 lire lira NNS 1662 4365 6 rejoined rejoin VBD 1662 4365 7 the the DT 1662 4365 8 European european JJ 1662 4365 9 monetary monetary JJ 1662 4365 10 system system NN 1662 4365 11 , , , 1662 4365 12 which which WDT 1662 4365 13 it -PRON- PRP 1662 4365 14 had have VBD 1662 4365 15 left leave VBN 1662 4365 16 in in IN 1662 4365 17 September September NNP 1662 4365 18 1992 1992 CD 1662 4365 19 when when WRB 1662 4365 20 under under IN 1662 4365 21 extreme extreme JJ 1662 4365 22 pressure pressure NN 1662 4365 23 in in IN 1662 4365 24 currency currency NN 1662 4365 25 markets market NNS 1662 4365 26 . . . 1662 4366 1 Italy Italy NNP 1662 4366 2 in in IN 1662 4366 3 early early JJ 1662 4366 4 1997 1997 CD 1662 4366 5 faces face VBZ 1662 4366 6 the the DT 1662 4366 7 problem problem NN 1662 4366 8 of of IN 1662 4366 9 restructuring restructure VBG 1662 4366 10 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4366 11 economy economy NN 1662 4366 12 to to TO 1662 4366 13 meet meet VB 1662 4366 14 Maastricht Maastricht NNP 1662 4366 15 criteria criterion NNS 1662 4366 16 for for IN 1662 4366 17 inclusion inclusion NN 1662 4366 18 in in IN 1662 4366 19 the the DT 1662 4366 20 EMU EMU NNP 1662 4366 21 , , , 1662 4366 22 together together RB 1662 4366 23 with with IN 1662 4366 24 other other JJ 1662 4366 25 problems problem NNS 1662 4366 26 of of IN 1662 4366 27 refurbishing refurbish VBG 1662 4366 28 a a DT 1662 4366 29 tottering totter VBG 1662 4366 30 communications communication NNS 1662 4366 31 system system NN 1662 4366 32 , , , 1662 4366 33 curbing curb VBG 1662 4366 34 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4366 35 pollution pollution NN 1662 4366 36 , , , 1662 4366 37 and and CC 1662 4366 38 adjusting adjust VBG 1662 4366 39 to to IN 1662 4366 40 new new JJ 1662 4366 41 EU EU NNP 1662 4366 42 and and CC 1662 4366 43 global global JJ 1662 4366 44 competitive competitive JJ 1662 4366 45 forces force NNS 1662 4366 46 . . . 1662 4367 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4367 2 : : : 1662 4367 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4367 4 power power NN 1662 4367 5 parity parity NN 1662 4367 6 - - : 1662 4367 7 $ $ $ 1662 4367 8 1.12 1.12 CD 1662 4367 9 trillion trillion CD 1662 4367 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4367 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4367 12 est est NNP 1662 4367 13 . . . 1662 4367 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4368 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4368 2 - - HYPH 1662 4368 3 real real JJ 1662 4368 4 growth growth NN 1662 4368 5 rate rate NN 1662 4368 6 : : : 1662 4368 7 0.8 0.8 CD 1662 4368 8 % % NN 1662 4368 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4368 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 4368 11 est est NNP 1662 4368 12 . . . 1662 4368 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4369 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4369 2 - - HYPH 1662 4369 3 per per FW 1662 4369 4 capita capita NN 1662 4369 5 : : : 1662 4369 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4369 7 power power NN 1662 4369 8 parity parity NN 1662 4369 9 - - : 1662 4369 10 $ $ $ 1662 4369 11 19,600 19,600 CD 1662 4369 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4369 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 4369 14 est est NNP 1662 4369 15 . . . 1662 4369 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4370 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4370 2 - - HYPH 1662 4370 3 composition composition NN 1662 4370 4 by by IN 1662 4370 5 sector sector NN 1662 4370 6 : : : 1662 4370 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4370 8 : : : 1662 4370 9 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 4370 10 % % NN 1662 4370 11 industry industry NN 1662 4370 12 : : : 1662 4370 13 33 33 CD 1662 4370 14 % % NN 1662 4370 15 services service NNS 1662 4370 16 : : : 1662 4370 17 63.7 63.7 CD 1662 4370 18 % % NN 1662 4370 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4370 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 4370 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4370 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 4370 23 rate rate NN 1662 4370 24 - - HYPH 1662 4370 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 4370 26 price price NN 1662 4370 27 index index NN 1662 4370 28 : : : 1662 4370 29 4 4 CD 1662 4370 30 % % NN 1662 4370 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4370 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 4370 33 est est NNP 1662 4370 34 . . . 1662 4370 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4371 1 Labor labor NN 1662 4371 2 force force NN 1662 4371 3 : : : 1662 4371 4 total total NN 1662 4371 5 : : : 1662 4371 6 22.851 22.851 CD 1662 4371 7 million million CD 1662 4371 8 by by IN 1662 4371 9 occupation occupation NN 1662 4371 10 : : : 1662 4371 11 services service NNS 1662 4371 12 61 61 CD 1662 4371 13 % % NN 1662 4371 14 , , , 1662 4371 15 industry industry NN 1662 4371 16 32 32 CD 1662 4371 17 % % NN 1662 4371 18 , , , 1662 4371 19 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4371 20 7 7 CD 1662 4371 21 % % NN 1662 4371 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4371 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 4371 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4371 25 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4371 26 rate rate NN 1662 4371 27 : : : 1662 4371 28 12 12 CD 1662 4371 29 % % NN 1662 4371 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4371 31 1996 1996 CD 1662 4371 32 est est NNP 1662 4371 33 . . . 1662 4371 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4372 1 Budget budget NN 1662 4372 2 : : : 1662 4372 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 4372 4 : : : 1662 4372 5 $ $ $ 1662 4372 6 416 416 CD 1662 4372 7 billion billion CD 1662 4372 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4372 9 : : : 1662 4372 10 $ $ $ 1662 4372 11 506 506 CD 1662 4372 12 billion billion CD 1662 4372 13 , , , 1662 4372 14 including include VBG 1662 4372 15 capital capital NN 1662 4372 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4372 17 of of IN 1662 4372 18 $ $ $ 1662 4372 19 NA na NN 1662 4372 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4372 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 4372 22 est est NNP 1662 4372 23 . . . 1662 4372 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4373 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 4373 2 : : : 1662 4373 3 tourism tourism NN 1662 4373 4 , , , 1662 4373 5 machinery machinery NN 1662 4373 6 , , , 1662 4373 7 iron iron NN 1662 4373 8 and and CC 1662 4373 9 steel steel NN 1662 4373 10 , , , 1662 4373 11 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4373 12 , , , 1662 4373 13 food food NN 1662 4373 14 processing processing NN 1662 4373 15 , , , 1662 4373 16 textiles textile NNS 1662 4373 17 , , , 1662 4373 18 motor motor NN 1662 4373 19 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 4373 20 , , , 1662 4373 21 clothing clothing NN 1662 4373 22 , , , 1662 4373 23 footwear footwear NN 1662 4373 24 , , , 1662 4373 25 ceramics ceramic VBZ 1662 4373 26 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 4373 27 production production NN 1662 4373 28 growth growth NN 1662 4373 29 rate rate NN 1662 4373 30 : : : 1662 4373 31 0.5 0.5 CD 1662 4373 32 % % NN 1662 4373 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4373 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 4373 35 est est NNP 1662 4373 36 . . . 1662 4373 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4374 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4374 2 - - HYPH 1662 4374 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 4374 4 : : : 1662 4374 5 57.19 57.19 CD 1662 4374 6 million million CD 1662 4374 7 kW kW NNP 1662 4374 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4374 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 4374 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4374 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4374 12 - - HYPH 1662 4374 13 production production NN 1662 4374 14 : : : 1662 4374 15 241.6 241.6 CD 1662 4374 16 billion billion CD 1662 4374 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4374 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4374 19 1995 1995 CD 1662 4374 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4374 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4374 22 - - HYPH 1662 4374 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 4374 24 per per IN 1662 4374 25 capita capita NN 1662 4374 26 : : : 1662 4374 27 4,238 4,238 CD 1662 4374 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4374 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4374 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 4374 31 est est NNP 1662 4374 32 . . . 1662 4374 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4375 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4375 2 - - HYPH 1662 4375 3 products product NNS 1662 4375 4 : : : 1662 4375 5 fruits fruit NNS 1662 4375 6 , , , 1662 4375 7 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 4375 8 , , , 1662 4375 9 grapes grape NNS 1662 4375 10 , , , 1662 4375 11 potatoes potato NNS 1662 4375 12 , , , 1662 4375 13 sugar sugar NN 1662 4375 14 beets beet NNS 1662 4375 15 , , , 1662 4375 16 soybeans soybean NNS 1662 4375 17 , , , 1662 4375 18 grain grain NN 1662 4375 19 , , , 1662 4375 20 olives olive VBZ 1662 4375 21 ; ; : 1662 4375 22 meat meat NN 1662 4375 23 and and CC 1662 4375 24 dairy dairy NN 1662 4375 25 products product NNS 1662 4375 26 ; ; , 1662 4375 27 fish fish NN 1662 4375 28 catch catch NN 1662 4375 29 of of IN 1662 4375 30 525,000 525,000 CD 1662 4375 31 metric metric JJ 1662 4375 32 tons ton NNS 1662 4375 33 in in IN 1662 4375 34 1990 1990 CD 1662 4375 35 Exports export NNS 1662 4375 36 : : : 1662 4375 37 total total JJ 1662 4375 38 value value NN 1662 4375 39 : : : 1662 4375 40 $ $ $ 1662 4375 41 250 250 CD 1662 4375 42 billion billion CD 1662 4375 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4375 44 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 4375 45 . . NNP 1662 4375 46 , , , 1662 4375 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 4375 48 est est NNP 1662 4375 49 . . . 1662 4375 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4376 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4376 2 : : : 1662 4376 3 metals metal NNS 1662 4376 4 , , , 1662 4376 5 textiles textile NNS 1662 4376 6 and and CC 1662 4376 7 clothing clothing NN 1662 4376 8 , , , 1662 4376 9 production production NN 1662 4376 10 machinery machinery NN 1662 4376 11 , , , 1662 4376 12 motor motor NN 1662 4376 13 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 4376 14 , , , 1662 4376 15 transportation transportation NN 1662 4376 16 equipment equipment NN 1662 4376 17 , , , 1662 4376 18 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4376 19 partners partner NNS 1662 4376 20 : : : 1662 4376 21 EU EU NNP 1662 4376 22 53.4 53.4 CD 1662 4376 23 % % NN 1662 4376 24 , , , 1662 4376 25 US US NNP 1662 4376 26 7.8 7.8 CD 1662 4376 27 % % NN 1662 4376 28 , , , 1662 4376 29 OPEC OPEC NNP 1662 4376 30 3.8 3.8 CD 1662 4376 31 % % NN 1662 4376 32 Imports import NNS 1662 4376 33 : : : 1662 4376 34 total total JJ 1662 4376 35 value value NN 1662 4376 36 : : : 1662 4376 37 $ $ $ 1662 4376 38 205 205 CD 1662 4376 39 billion billion CD 1662 4376 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4376 41 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 4376 42 . . NNP 1662 4376 43 , , , 1662 4376 44 1996 1996 CD 1662 4376 45 est est NNP 1662 4376 46 . . . 1662 4376 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4377 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4377 2 : : : 1662 4377 3 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4377 4 machinery machinery NN 1662 4377 5 , , , 1662 4377 6 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4377 7 , , , 1662 4377 8 transport transport NN 1662 4377 9 equipment equipment NN 1662 4377 10 , , , 1662 4377 11 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4377 12 , , , 1662 4377 13 metals metal NNS 1662 4377 14 , , , 1662 4377 15 food food NN 1662 4377 16 , , , 1662 4377 17 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4377 18 products product NNS 1662 4377 19 partners partner NNS 1662 4377 20 : : : 1662 4377 21 EU EU NNP 1662 4377 22 56.3 56.3 CD 1662 4377 23 % % NN 1662 4377 24 , , , 1662 4377 25 OPEC OPEC NNP 1662 4377 26 5.3 5.3 CD 1662 4377 27 % % NN 1662 4377 28 , , , 1662 4377 29 US US NNP 1662 4377 30 4.6 4.6 CD 1662 4377 31 % % NN 1662 4377 32 Debt debt NN 1662 4377 33 - - HYPH 1662 4377 34 external external JJ 1662 4377 35 : : : 1662 4377 36 $ $ $ 1662 4377 37 45 45 CD 1662 4377 38 billion billion CD 1662 4377 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4377 40 1996 1996 CD 1662 4377 41 est est NNP 1662 4377 42 . . . 1662 4377 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4378 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 4378 2 aid aid NN 1662 4378 3 : : : 1662 4378 4 donor donor NN 1662 4378 5 : : : 1662 4378 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 4378 7 , , , 1662 4378 8 $ $ $ 1662 4378 9 3.043 3.043 CD 1662 4378 10 billion billion CD 1662 4378 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4378 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 4378 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4378 14 Currency currency NN 1662 4378 15 : : : 1662 4378 16 1 1 CD 1662 4378 17 Italian italian JJ 1662 4378 18 lira lira NN 1662 4378 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4378 20 Lit Lit NNP 1662 4378 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4378 22 = = NFP 1662 4378 23 100 100 CD 1662 4378 24 centesimi centesimi NNP 1662 4378 25 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 4378 26 rates rate NNS 1662 4378 27 : : : 1662 4378 28 Italian italian JJ 1662 4378 29 lire lira NNS 1662 4378 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4378 31 Lit Lit NNP 1662 4378 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4378 33 per per IN 1662 4378 34 US$ us$ $ 1662 4378 35 1 1 CD 1662 4378 36 - - SYM 1662 4378 37 1,568.1 1,568.1 CD 1662 4378 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4378 39 January January NNP 1662 4378 40 1997 1997 CD 1662 4378 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4378 42 , , , 1662 4378 43 1,542.9 1,542.9 CD 1662 4378 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4378 45 1996 1996 CD 1662 4378 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4378 47 , , , 1662 4378 48 1,628.9 1,628.9 CD 1662 4378 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4378 50 1995 1995 CD 1662 4378 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4378 52 , , , 1662 4378 53 1,612.4 1,612.4 CD 1662 4378 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4378 55 1994 1994 CD 1662 4378 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4378 57 , , , 1662 4378 58 1,573.7 1,573.7 CD 1662 4378 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4378 60 1993 1993 CD 1662 4378 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4378 62 , , , 1662 4378 63 1,232.4 1,232.4 CD 1662 4378 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4378 65 1992 1992 CD 1662 4378 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4378 67 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4378 68 year year NN 1662 4378 69 : : : 1662 4378 70 calendar calendar NNP 1662 4378 71 year year NN 1662 4378 72 @Italy @italy CD 1662 4378 73 : : : 1662 4378 74 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 4378 75 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 4378 76 : : : 1662 4378 77 25.6 25.6 CD 1662 4378 78 million million CD 1662 4378 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4378 80 1996 1996 CD 1662 4378 81 est est NNP 1662 4378 82 . . . 1662 4378 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4379 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 4379 2 system system NN 1662 4379 3 : : : 1662 4379 4 modern modern JJ 1662 4379 5 , , , 1662 4379 6 well well RB 1662 4379 7 - - HYPH 1662 4379 8 developed develop VBN 1662 4379 9 , , , 1662 4379 10 fast fast RB 1662 4379 11 ; ; : 1662 4379 12 fully fully RB 1662 4379 13 automated automate VBD 1662 4379 14 telephone telephone NN 1662 4379 15 , , , 1662 4379 16 telex telex NN 1662 4379 17 , , , 1662 4379 18 and and CC 1662 4379 19 data data NN 1662 4379 20 services service NNS 1662 4379 21 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4379 22 : : : 1662 4379 23 high high JJ 1662 4379 24 - - HYPH 1662 4379 25 capacity capacity NN 1662 4379 26 cable cable NN 1662 4379 27 and and CC 1662 4379 28 microwave microwave NN 1662 4379 29 radio radio NN 1662 4379 30 relay relay NN 1662 4379 31 trunks trunks NNP 1662 4379 32 international international NNP 1662 4379 33 : : : 1662 4379 34 satellite satellite NN 1662 4379 35 earth earth NN 1662 4379 36 stations station NNS 1662 4379 37 - - , 1662 4379 38 3 3 CD 1662 4379 39 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4379 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4379 41 with with IN 1662 4379 42 a a DT 1662 4379 43 total total NN 1662 4379 44 of of IN 1662 4379 45 5 5 CD 1662 4379 46 antennas antenna NNS 1662 4379 47 - - : 1662 4379 48 3 3 CD 1662 4379 49 for for IN 1662 4379 50 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4379 51 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4379 52 and and CC 1662 4379 53 2 2 CD 1662 4379 54 for for IN 1662 4379 55 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4379 56 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4379 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4379 58 , , , 1662 4379 59 1 1 CD 1662 4379 60 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 4379 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4379 62 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4379 63 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4379 64 Region Region NNP 1662 4379 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4379 66 , , , 1662 4379 67 and and CC 1662 4379 68 NA NA NNP 1662 4379 69 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNP 1662 4379 70 ; ; : 1662 4379 71 21 21 CD 1662 4379 72 submarine submarine NN 1662 4379 73 cables cable NNS 1662 4379 74 Radio Radio NNP 1662 4379 75 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4379 76 stations station NNS 1662 4379 77 : : : 1662 4379 78 AM AM NNP 1662 4379 79 135 135 CD 1662 4379 80 , , , 1662 4379 81 FM FM NNP 1662 4379 82 28 28 CD 1662 4379 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4379 84 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 4379 85 1,840 1,840 CD 1662 4379 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4379 87 , , , 1662 4379 88 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 4379 89 0 0 CD 1662 4379 90 Radios radio NNS 1662 4379 91 : : : 1662 4379 92 45.7 45.7 CD 1662 4379 93 million million CD 1662 4379 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4379 95 1996 1996 CD 1662 4379 96 est est NNP 1662 4379 97 . . . 1662 4379 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4380 1 Television television NN 1662 4380 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4380 3 stations station NNS 1662 4380 4 : : : 1662 4380 5 83 83 CD 1662 4380 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4380 7 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 4380 8 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4380 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4380 10 Televisions television NNS 1662 4380 11 : : : 1662 4380 12 17 17 CD 1662 4380 13 million million CD 1662 4380 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4380 15 1996 1996 CD 1662 4380 16 est est NNP 1662 4380 17 . . . 1662 4380 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4381 1 @Italy @italy LS 1662 4381 2 : : : 1662 4381 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4381 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 4381 5 : : : 1662 4381 6 total total JJ 1662 4381 7 : : : 1662 4381 8 18,961 18,961 CD 1662 4381 9 km km NN 1662 4381 10 standard standard JJ 1662 4381 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 4381 12 : : : 1662 4381 13 17,981 17,981 CD 1662 4381 14 km km NN 1662 4381 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 4381 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 4381 17 ; ; : 1662 4381 18 Italian Italian NNP 1662 4381 19 Railways Railways NNP 1662 4381 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4381 21 FS fs NN 1662 4381 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4381 23 operates operate VBZ 1662 4381 24 16,118 16,118 CD 1662 4381 25 km km NNS 1662 4381 26 of of IN 1662 4381 27 the the DT 1662 4381 28 total total JJ 1662 4381 29 standard standard JJ 1662 4381 30 gauge gauge NN 1662 4381 31 routes route NNS 1662 4381 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4381 33 10,560 10,560 CD 1662 4381 34 km km NNS 1662 4381 35 electrified electrify VBN 1662 4381 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4381 37 narrow narrow JJ 1662 4381 38 gauge gauge NN 1662 4381 39 : : : 1662 4381 40 113 113 CD 1662 4381 41 km km NN 1662 4381 42 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 4381 43 gauge gauge NN 1662 4381 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4381 45 113 113 CD 1662 4381 46 km km NN 1662 4381 47 electrified electrify VBN 1662 4381 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4381 49 ; ; : 1662 4381 50 867 867 CD 1662 4381 51 km km NN 1662 4381 52 0.950-m 0.950-m NN 1662 4381 53 gauge gauge NN 1662 4381 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4381 55 144 144 CD 1662 4381 56 km km NN 1662 4381 57 electrified electrify VBN 1662 4381 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4381 59 Highways highway NNS 1662 4381 60 : : : 1662 4381 61 total total NN 1662 4381 62 : : : 1662 4381 63 305,388 305,388 CD 1662 4381 64 km km NN 1662 4381 65 paved pave VBN 1662 4381 66 : : : 1662 4381 67 305,388 305,388 CD 1662 4381 68 km km NN 1662 4381 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4381 70 including include VBG 1662 4381 71 6,301 6,301 CD 1662 4381 72 km km NNS 1662 4381 73 of of IN 1662 4381 74 expressways expressway NNS 1662 4381 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4381 76 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4381 77 : : : 1662 4381 78 0 0 CD 1662 4381 79 km km NN 1662 4381 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4381 81 1991 1991 CD 1662 4381 82 est est NNP 1662 4381 83 . . . 1662 4381 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4382 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 4382 2 : : : 1662 4382 3 2,400 2,400 CD 1662 4382 4 km km NN 1662 4382 5 for for IN 1662 4382 6 various various JJ 1662 4382 7 types type NNS 1662 4382 8 of of IN 1662 4382 9 commercial commercial JJ 1662 4382 10 traffic traffic NN 1662 4382 11 , , , 1662 4382 12 although although IN 1662 4382 13 of of IN 1662 4382 14 limited limited JJ 1662 4382 15 overall overall JJ 1662 4382 16 value value NN 1662 4382 17 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 4382 18 : : : 1662 4382 19 crude crude JJ 1662 4382 20 oil oil NN 1662 4382 21 1,703 1,703 CD 1662 4382 22 km km NN 1662 4382 23 ; ; : 1662 4382 24 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4382 25 products product NNS 1662 4382 26 2,148 2,148 CD 1662 4382 27 km km NN 1662 4382 28 ; ; : 1662 4382 29 natural natural JJ 1662 4382 30 gas gas NN 1662 4382 31 19,400 19,400 CD 1662 4382 32 km km NN 1662 4382 33 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 4382 34 and and CC 1662 4382 35 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4382 36 : : : 1662 4382 37 Ancona Ancona NNP 1662 4382 38 , , , 1662 4382 39 Augusta Augusta NNP 1662 4382 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4382 41 Sicily Sicily NNP 1662 4382 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4382 43 , , , 1662 4382 44 Bari Bari NNP 1662 4382 45 , , , 1662 4382 46 Cagliari Cagliari NNP 1662 4382 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4382 48 Sardinia Sardinia NNP 1662 4382 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4382 50 , , , 1662 4382 51 Catania Catania NNP 1662 4382 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4382 53 Sicily Sicily NNP 1662 4382 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4382 55 , , , 1662 4382 56 Gaeta Gaeta NNP 1662 4382 57 , , , 1662 4382 58 Genoa Genoa NNP 1662 4382 59 , , , 1662 4382 60 La La NNP 1662 4382 61 Spezia Spezia NNP 1662 4382 62 , , , 1662 4382 63 Livorno Livorno NNP 1662 4382 64 , , , 1662 4382 65 Naples Naples NNP 1662 4382 66 , , , 1662 4382 67 Oristano Oristano NNP 1662 4382 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4382 69 Sardinia Sardinia NNP 1662 4382 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4382 71 , , , 1662 4382 72 Palermo Palermo NNP 1662 4382 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4382 74 Sicily Sicily NNP 1662 4382 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4382 76 , , , 1662 4382 77 Piombino Piombino NNP 1662 4382 78 , , , 1662 4382 79 Porto Porto NNP 1662 4382 80 Torres Torres NNP 1662 4382 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4382 82 Sardinia Sardinia NNP 1662 4382 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4382 84 , , , 1662 4382 85 Ravenna Ravenna NNP 1662 4382 86 , , , 1662 4382 87 Savona Savona NNP 1662 4382 88 , , , 1662 4382 89 Trieste Trieste NNP 1662 4382 90 , , , 1662 4382 91 Venice Venice NNP 1662 4382 92 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 4382 93 marine marine NN 1662 4382 94 : : : 1662 4382 95 total total NN 1662 4382 96 : : : 1662 4382 97 396 396 CD 1662 4382 98 ships ship NNS 1662 4382 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4382 100 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4382 101 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4382 102 or or CC 1662 4382 103 over over RB 1662 4382 104 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4382 105 totaling total VBG 1662 4382 106 5,503,637 5,503,637 CD 1662 4382 107 GRT/7,794,505 GRT/7,794,505 NNS 1662 4382 108 DWT dwt NN 1662 4382 109 ships ship NNS 1662 4382 110 by by IN 1662 4382 111 type type NN 1662 4382 112 : : : 1662 4382 113 bulk bulk NNP 1662 4382 114 36 36 CD 1662 4382 115 , , , 1662 4382 116 cargo cargo NN 1662 4382 117 50 50 CD 1662 4382 118 , , , 1662 4382 119 chemical chemical NN 1662 4382 120 tanker tanker NN 1662 4382 121 39 39 CD 1662 4382 122 , , , 1662 4382 123 combination combination NN 1662 4382 124 ore ore NN 1662 4382 125 / / SYM 1662 4382 126 oil oil NN 1662 4382 127 2 2 CD 1662 4382 128 , , , 1662 4382 129 container container NN 1662 4382 130 17 17 CD 1662 4382 131 , , , 1662 4382 132 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 4382 133 gas gas NN 1662 4382 134 tanker tanker NN 1662 4382 135 36 36 CD 1662 4382 136 , , , 1662 4382 137 multifunction multifunction NN 1662 4382 138 large large JJ 1662 4382 139 - - HYPH 1662 4382 140 load load NN 1662 4382 141 carrier carrier NN 1662 4382 142 1 1 CD 1662 4382 143 , , , 1662 4382 144 oil oil NN 1662 4382 145 tanker tanker NN 1662 4382 146 106 106 CD 1662 4382 147 , , , 1662 4382 148 passenger passenger NN 1662 4382 149 7 7 CD 1662 4382 150 , , , 1662 4382 151 roll roll NN 1662 4382 152 - - HYPH 1662 4382 153 on on IN 1662 4382 154 / / SYM 1662 4382 155 roll roll NN 1662 4382 156 - - HYPH 1662 4382 157 off off RP 1662 4382 158 cargo cargo NN 1662 4382 159 54 54 CD 1662 4382 160 , , , 1662 4382 161 short short JJ 1662 4382 162 - - HYPH 1662 4382 163 sea sea NN 1662 4382 164 passenger passenger NN 1662 4382 165 30 30 CD 1662 4382 166 , , , 1662 4382 167 specialized specialized NNP 1662 4382 168 tanker tanker NN 1662 4382 169 11 11 CD 1662 4382 170 , , , 1662 4382 171 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 4382 172 carrier carrier NN 1662 4382 173 7 7 CD 1662 4382 174 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4382 175 1996 1996 CD 1662 4382 176 est est NNP 1662 4382 177 . . . 1662 4382 178 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4383 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4383 2 : : : 1662 4383 3 132 132 CD 1662 4383 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4383 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4383 6 est est NNP 1662 4383 7 . . . 1662 4383 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4384 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4384 2 - - , 1662 4384 3 with with IN 1662 4384 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4384 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4384 6 : : : 1662 4384 7 total total NN 1662 4384 8 : : : 1662 4384 9 112 112 CD 1662 4384 10 over over IN 1662 4384 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4384 12 m m NN 1662 4384 13 : : : 1662 4384 14 5 5 CD 1662 4384 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4384 16 to to TO 1662 4384 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4384 18 m m NN 1662 4384 19 : : : 1662 4384 20 34 34 CD 1662 4384 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4384 22 to to TO 1662 4384 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4384 24 m m NN 1662 4384 25 : : : 1662 4384 26 15 15 CD 1662 4384 27 914 914 CD 1662 4384 28 to to TO 1662 4384 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4384 30 m m NN 1662 4384 31 : : : 1662 4384 32 24 24 CD 1662 4384 33 under under IN 1662 4384 34 914 914 CD 1662 4384 35 m m NN 1662 4384 36 : : : 1662 4384 37 34 34 CD 1662 4384 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4384 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 4384 40 est est NNP 1662 4384 41 . . . 1662 4384 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4385 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4385 2 - - , 1662 4385 3 with with IN 1662 4385 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4385 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4385 6 : : : 1662 4385 7 total total NN 1662 4385 8 : : : 1662 4385 9 20 20 CD 1662 4385 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4385 11 to to TO 1662 4385 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4385 13 m m NN 1662 4385 14 : : : 1662 4385 15 2 2 CD 1662 4385 16 914 914 CD 1662 4385 17 to to TO 1662 4385 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4385 19 m m NN 1662 4385 20 : : : 1662 4385 21 18 18 CD 1662 4385 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4385 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 4385 24 est est NNP 1662 4385 25 . . . 1662 4385 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4386 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 4386 2 : : : 1662 4386 3 2 2 CD 1662 4386 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4386 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4386 6 est est NNP 1662 4386 7 . . . 1662 4386 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4387 1 Military military JJ 1662 4387 2 Military military JJ 1662 4387 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4387 4 : : : 1662 4387 5 Army Army NNP 1662 4387 6 , , , 1662 4387 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 4387 8 , , , 1662 4387 9 Air Air NNP 1662 4387 10 Force Force NNP 1662 4387 11 , , , 1662 4387 12 Carabinieri Carabinieri NNP 1662 4387 13 Military Military NNP 1662 4387 14 manpower manpower NN 1662 4387 15 - - HYPH 1662 4387 16 military military NN 1662 4387 17 age age NN 1662 4387 18 : : : 1662 4387 19 18 18 CD 1662 4387 20 years year NNS 1662 4387 21 of of IN 1662 4387 22 age age NN 1662 4387 23 Military military JJ 1662 4387 24 manpower manpower NN 1662 4387 25 - - HYPH 1662 4387 26 availability availability NN 1662 4387 27 : : : 1662 4387 28 males male NNS 1662 4387 29 age age NNP 1662 4387 30 15 15 CD 1662 4387 31 - - HYPH 1662 4387 32 49 49 CD 1662 4387 33 : : : 1662 4387 34 14,356,666 14,356,666 CD 1662 4387 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4387 36 1997 1997 CD 1662 4387 37 est est NNP 1662 4387 38 . . . 1662 4387 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4388 1 Military military JJ 1662 4388 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4388 3 - - HYPH 1662 4388 4 fit fit NN 1662 4388 5 for for IN 1662 4388 6 military military JJ 1662 4388 7 service service NN 1662 4388 8 : : : 1662 4388 9 males male NNS 1662 4388 10 : : : 1662 4388 11 12,423,178 12,423,178 CD 1662 4388 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4388 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4388 14 est est NNP 1662 4388 15 . . . 1662 4388 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4389 1 Military military JJ 1662 4389 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4389 3 - - HYPH 1662 4389 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 4389 5 military military JJ 1662 4389 6 age age NN 1662 4389 7 annually annually RB 1662 4389 8 : : : 1662 4389 9 males male NNS 1662 4389 10 : : : 1662 4389 11 339,255 339,255 CD 1662 4389 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4389 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4389 14 est est NNP 1662 4389 15 . . . 1662 4389 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4390 1 Military military JJ 1662 4390 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4390 3 - - HYPH 1662 4390 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4390 5 figure figure NN 1662 4390 6 : : : 1662 4390 7 $ $ $ 1662 4390 8 20.4 20.4 CD 1662 4390 9 billion billion CD 1662 4390 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4390 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 4390 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4390 13 Military military JJ 1662 4390 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4390 15 - - : 1662 4390 16 percent percent NN 1662 4390 17 of of IN 1662 4390 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4390 19 : : : 1662 4390 20 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 4390 21 % % NN 1662 4390 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4390 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 4390 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4390 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4390 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4390 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 4390 28 - - : 1662 4390 29 international international JJ 1662 4390 30 : : : 1662 4390 31 Italy Italy NNP 1662 4390 32 is be VBZ 1662 4390 33 negotiating negotiate VBG 1662 4390 34 with with IN 1662 4390 35 Slovenia Slovenia NNP 1662 4390 36 over over IN 1662 4390 37 property property NN 1662 4390 38 and and CC 1662 4390 39 minority minority NN 1662 4390 40 rights right NNS 1662 4390 41 issues issue NNS 1662 4390 42 dating date VBG 1662 4390 43 from from IN 1662 4390 44 World World NNP 1662 4390 45 War War NNP 1662 4390 46 II II NNP 1662 4390 47 ; ; : 1662 4390 48 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 4390 49 and and CC 1662 4390 50 Italy Italy NNP 1662 4390 51 have have VBP 1662 4390 52 not not RB 1662 4390 53 resolved resolve VBN 1662 4390 54 a a DT 1662 4390 55 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 4390 56 issue issue NN 1662 4390 57 dating date VBG 1662 4390 58 from from IN 1662 4390 59 WWII WWII NNP 1662 4390 60 over over IN 1662 4390 61 property property NN 1662 4390 62 and and CC 1662 4390 63 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4390 64 minority minority NN 1662 4390 65 rights right NNS 1662 4390 66 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 4390 67 drugs drug NNS 1662 4390 68 : : : 1662 4390 69 important important JJ 1662 4390 70 gateway gateway NN 1662 4390 71 for for IN 1662 4390 72 and and CC 1662 4390 73 consumer consumer NN 1662 4390 74 of of IN 1662 4390 75 Latin latin JJ 1662 4390 76 American american JJ 1662 4390 77 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 4390 78 and and CC 1662 4390 79 Southwest southwest JJ 1662 4390 80 Asian asian JJ 1662 4390 81 heroin heroin NN 1662 4390 82 entering enter VBG 1662 4390 83 the the DT 1662 4390 84 European european JJ 1662 4390 85 market market NN 1662 4390 86 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 87 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 88 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 89 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 90 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 91 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 92 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 93 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 94 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 95 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 96 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 97 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 98 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 99 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 100 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 101 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 102 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 103 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 104 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 105 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 106 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 107 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 108 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 109 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 110 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 111 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 112 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 113 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 114 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 115 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 116 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 117 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 118 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 119 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 120 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 121 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 122 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 123 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 124 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 125 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 126 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 127 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 128 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 129 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 130 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 131 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 132 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 133 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 134 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 135 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 136 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 137 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 138 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 139 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 140 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 141 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 142 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 143 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 144 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 145 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 146 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 147 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 148 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 149 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 150 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 151 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 152 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 153 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 154 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 155 _ _ NNP 1662 4390 156 JAMAICA JAMAICA NNP 1662 4390 157 @Jamaica @jamaica NN 1662 4390 158 : : : 1662 4390 159 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4390 160 Location Location NNP 1662 4390 161 : : : 1662 4390 162 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 4390 163 , , , 1662 4390 164 island island NN 1662 4390 165 in in IN 1662 4390 166 the the DT 1662 4390 167 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 4390 168 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4390 169 , , , 1662 4390 170 south south NN 1662 4390 171 of of IN 1662 4390 172 Cuba Cuba NNP 1662 4390 173 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4390 174 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4390 175 : : : 1662 4390 176 18 18 CD 1662 4390 177 15 15 CD 1662 4390 178 N n CD 1662 4390 179 , , , 1662 4390 180 77 77 CD 1662 4390 181 30 30 CD 1662 4390 182 W W NNP 1662 4390 183 Map Map NNP 1662 4390 184 references reference NNS 1662 4390 185 : : : 1662 4390 186 Central Central NNP 1662 4390 187 America America NNP 1662 4390 188 and and CC 1662 4390 189 the the DT 1662 4390 190 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 4390 191 Area Area NNP 1662 4390 192 : : : 1662 4390 193 total total NN 1662 4390 194 : : : 1662 4390 195 10,990 10,990 CD 1662 4390 196 sq sq NN 1662 4390 197 km km NNP 1662 4390 198 land land NN 1662 4390 199 : : : 1662 4390 200 10,830 10,830 CD 1662 4390 201 sq sq NN 1662 4390 202 km km NNP 1662 4390 203 water water NN 1662 4390 204 : : : 1662 4390 205 160 160 CD 1662 4390 206 sq sq NN 1662 4390 207 km km NNP 1662 4390 208 Area Area NNP 1662 4390 209 - - HYPH 1662 4390 210 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4390 211 : : : 1662 4390 212 slightly slightly RB 1662 4390 213 smaller small JJR 1662 4390 214 than than IN 1662 4390 215 Connecticut Connecticut NNP 1662 4390 216 Land Land NNP 1662 4390 217 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4390 218 : : : 1662 4390 219 0 0 LS 1662 4390 220 km km NN 1662 4390 221 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4390 222 : : : 1662 4390 223 1,022 1,022 CD 1662 4390 224 km km NN 1662 4390 225 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4390 226 claims claim NNS 1662 4390 227 : : : 1662 4390 228 measured measure VBN 1662 4390 229 from from IN 1662 4390 230 claimed claim VBN 1662 4390 231 archipelagic archipelagic JJ 1662 4390 232 baselines baselines NNP 1662 4390 233 continental continental NNP 1662 4390 234 shelf shelf NNP 1662 4390 235 : : : 1662 4390 236 200-m 200-m CD 1662 4390 237 depth depth NN 1662 4390 238 or or CC 1662 4390 239 to to IN 1662 4390 240 the the DT 1662 4390 241 depth depth NN 1662 4390 242 of of IN 1662 4390 243 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 4390 244 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 4390 245 economic economic JJ 1662 4390 246 zone zone NN 1662 4390 247 : : : 1662 4390 248 200 200 CD 1662 4390 249 nm nm CD 1662 4390 250 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4390 251 sea sea NN 1662 4390 252 : : : 1662 4390 253 12 12 CD 1662 4390 254 nm nm NNP 1662 4390 255 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4390 256 : : : 1662 4390 257 tropical tropical JJ 1662 4390 258 ; ; : 1662 4390 259 hot hot JJ 1662 4390 260 , , , 1662 4390 261 humid humid JJ 1662 4390 262 ; ; : 1662 4390 263 temperate temperate NN 1662 4390 264 interior interior JJ 1662 4390 265 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4390 266 : : : 1662 4390 267 mostly mostly RB 1662 4390 268 mountains mountain NNS 1662 4390 269 with with IN 1662 4390 270 narrow narrow JJ 1662 4390 271 , , , 1662 4390 272 discontinuous discontinuous JJ 1662 4390 273 coastal coastal JJ 1662 4390 274 plain plain JJ 1662 4390 275 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4390 276 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4390 277 : : : 1662 4390 278 lowest low JJS 1662 4390 279 point point NN 1662 4390 280 : : : 1662 4390 281 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 4390 282 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4390 283 0 0 NFP 1662 4390 284 m m DT 1662 4390 285 highest high JJS 1662 4390 286 point point NN 1662 4390 287 : : : 1662 4390 288 Blue Blue NNP 1662 4390 289 Mountain Mountain NNP 1662 4390 290 Peak Peak NNP 1662 4390 291 2,256 2,256 CD 1662 4390 292 m m CD 1662 4390 293 Natural natural JJ 1662 4390 294 resources resource NNS 1662 4390 295 : : : 1662 4390 296 bauxite bauxite NNP 1662 4390 297 , , , 1662 4390 298 gypsum gypsum NN 1662 4390 299 , , , 1662 4390 300 limestone limestone NN 1662 4390 301 Land Land NNP 1662 4390 302 use use NN 1662 4390 303 : : : 1662 4390 304 arable arable JJ 1662 4390 305 land land NN 1662 4390 306 : : : 1662 4390 307 14 14 CD 1662 4390 308 % % NN 1662 4390 309 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4390 310 crops crop NNS 1662 4390 311 : : : 1662 4390 312 6 6 CD 1662 4390 313 % % NN 1662 4390 314 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4390 315 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4390 316 : : : 1662 4390 317 24 24 CD 1662 4390 318 % % NN 1662 4390 319 forests forest NNS 1662 4390 320 and and CC 1662 4390 321 woodland woodland NN 1662 4390 322 : : : 1662 4390 323 17 17 CD 1662 4390 324 % % NN 1662 4390 325 other other JJ 1662 4390 326 : : : 1662 4390 327 39 39 CD 1662 4390 328 % % NN 1662 4390 329 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4390 330 1993 1993 CD 1662 4390 331 est est NNP 1662 4390 332 . . . 1662 4390 333 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4391 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4391 2 land land NN 1662 4391 3 : : : 1662 4391 4 350 350 CD 1662 4391 5 sq sq IN 1662 4391 6 km km NNP 1662 4391 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4391 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 4391 9 est est NNP 1662 4391 10 . . . 1662 4391 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4392 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 4392 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4392 3 : : : 1662 4392 4 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 4392 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4392 6 especially especially RB 1662 4392 7 July July NNP 1662 4392 8 to to IN 1662 4392 9 November November NNP 1662 4392 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4392 11 Environment environment NN 1662 4392 12 - - HYPH 1662 4392 13 current current JJ 1662 4392 14 issues issue NNS 1662 4392 15 : : : 1662 4392 16 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 4392 17 ; ; : 1662 4392 18 coastal coastal JJ 1662 4392 19 waters water NNS 1662 4392 20 polluted pollute VBN 1662 4392 21 by by IN 1662 4392 22 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4392 23 waste waste NN 1662 4392 24 , , , 1662 4392 25 sewage sewage NN 1662 4392 26 , , , 1662 4392 27 and and CC 1662 4392 28 oil oil NN 1662 4392 29 spills spill NNS 1662 4392 30 ; ; : 1662 4392 31 damage damage NN 1662 4392 32 to to IN 1662 4392 33 coral coral JJ 1662 4392 34 reefs reef NNS 1662 4392 35 ; ; : 1662 4392 36 air air NN 1662 4392 37 pollution pollution NN 1662 4392 38 in in IN 1662 4392 39 Kingston Kingston NNP 1662 4392 40 results result NNS 1662 4392 41 from from IN 1662 4392 42 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 4392 43 emissions emission NNS 1662 4392 44 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4392 45 - - HYPH 1662 4392 46 international international JJ 1662 4392 47 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4392 48 : : : 1662 4392 49 party party NN 1662 4392 50 to to TO 1662 4392 51 : : : 1662 4392 52 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 4392 53 , , , 1662 4392 54 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4392 55 Change Change NNP 1662 4392 56 , , , 1662 4392 57 Law Law NNP 1662 4392 58 of of IN 1662 4392 59 the the DT 1662 4392 60 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4392 61 , , , 1662 4392 62 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4392 63 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 4392 64 , , , 1662 4392 65 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4392 66 Life Life NNP 1662 4392 67 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 4392 68 , , , 1662 4392 69 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 4392 70 Test Test NNP 1662 4392 71 Ban Ban NNP 1662 4392 72 , , , 1662 4392 73 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 4392 74 Layer Layer NNP 1662 4392 75 Protection Protection NNP 1662 4392 76 , , , 1662 4392 77 Ship Ship NNP 1662 4392 78 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4392 79 , , , 1662 4392 80 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 4392 81 signed sign VBD 1662 4392 82 , , , 1662 4392 83 but but CC 1662 4392 84 not not RB 1662 4392 85 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4392 86 : : : 1662 4392 87 none none NN 1662 4392 88 of of IN 1662 4392 89 the the DT 1662 4392 90 selected select VBN 1662 4392 91 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4392 92 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4392 93 - - HYPH 1662 4392 94 note note NNP 1662 4392 95 : : : 1662 4392 96 strategic strategic JJ 1662 4392 97 location location NN 1662 4392 98 between between IN 1662 4392 99 Cayman Cayman NNP 1662 4392 100 Trench Trench NNP 1662 4392 101 and and CC 1662 4392 102 Jamaica Jamaica NNP 1662 4392 103 Channel Channel NNP 1662 4392 104 , , , 1662 4392 105 the the DT 1662 4392 106 main main JJ 1662 4392 107 sea sea NN 1662 4392 108 lanes lane VBZ 1662 4392 109 for for IN 1662 4392 110 Panama Panama NNP 1662 4392 111 Canal Canal NNP 1662 4392 112 @Jamaica @jamaica NN 1662 4392 113 : : : 1662 4392 114 People People NNP 1662 4392 115 Population Population NNP 1662 4392 116 : : : 1662 4392 117 2,615,582 2,615,582 CD 1662 4392 118 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4392 119 July July NNP 1662 4392 120 1997 1997 CD 1662 4392 121 est est NNP 1662 4392 122 . . . 1662 4392 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4393 1 Age age NN 1662 4393 2 structure structure NN 1662 4393 3 : : : 1662 4393 4 0 0 CD 1662 4393 5 - - HYPH 1662 4393 6 14 14 CD 1662 4393 7 years year NNS 1662 4393 8 : : : 1662 4393 9 32 32 CD 1662 4393 10 % % NN 1662 4393 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4393 12 male male JJ 1662 4393 13 428,831 428,831 CD 1662 4393 14 ; ; : 1662 4393 15 female female JJ 1662 4393 16 409,959 409,959 CD 1662 4393 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4393 18 15 15 CD 1662 4393 19 - - HYPH 1662 4393 20 64 64 CD 1662 4393 21 years year NNS 1662 4393 22 : : : 1662 4393 23 61 61 CD 1662 4393 24 % % NN 1662 4393 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4393 26 male male JJ 1662 4393 27 793,609 793,609 CD 1662 4393 28 ; ; : 1662 4393 29 female female JJ 1662 4393 30 806,031 806,031 CD 1662 4393 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4393 32 65 65 CD 1662 4393 33 years year NNS 1662 4393 34 and and CC 1662 4393 35 over over IN 1662 4393 36 : : : 1662 4393 37 7 7 CD 1662 4393 38 % % NN 1662 4393 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4393 40 male male JJ 1662 4393 41 78,453 78,453 CD 1662 4393 42 ; ; : 1662 4393 43 female female JJ 1662 4393 44 98,699 98,699 CD 1662 4393 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4393 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4393 47 July July NNP 1662 4393 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 4393 49 est est NNP 1662 4393 50 . . . 1662 4393 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4394 1 Population population NN 1662 4394 2 growth growth NN 1662 4394 3 rate rate NN 1662 4394 4 : : : 1662 4394 5 0.75 0.75 CD 1662 4394 6 % % NN 1662 4394 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4394 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4394 9 est est NNP 1662 4394 10 . . . 1662 4394 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4395 1 Birth birth NN 1662 4395 2 rate rate NN 1662 4395 3 : : : 1662 4395 4 21.56 21.56 CD 1662 4395 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 JJ 1662 4395 6 population population NN 1662 4395 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4395 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4395 9 est est NNP 1662 4395 10 . . . 1662 4395 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4396 1 Death death NN 1662 4396 2 rate rate NN 1662 4396 3 : : : 1662 4396 4 5.5 5.5 CD 1662 4396 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4396 6 population population NN 1662 4396 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4396 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4396 9 est est NNP 1662 4396 10 . . . 1662 4396 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4397 1 Net net JJ 1662 4397 2 migration migration NN 1662 4397 3 rate rate NN 1662 4397 4 : : : 1662 4397 5 -8.51 -8.51 NFP 1662 4397 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 4397 7 population population NN 1662 4397 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4397 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 4397 10 est est NNP 1662 4397 11 . . . 1662 4397 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4398 1 Sex sex NN 1662 4398 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 4398 3 : : : 1662 4398 4 at at IN 1662 4398 5 birth birth NN 1662 4398 6 : : : 1662 4398 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 4398 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4398 9 under under IN 1662 4398 10 15 15 CD 1662 4398 11 years year NNS 1662 4398 12 : : : 1662 4398 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 4398 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4398 15 15 15 CD 1662 4398 16 - - HYPH 1662 4398 17 64 64 CD 1662 4398 18 years year NNS 1662 4398 19 : : : 1662 4398 20 0.98 0.98 CD 1662 4398 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4398 22 65 65 CD 1662 4398 23 years year NNS 1662 4398 24 and and CC 1662 4398 25 over over IN 1662 4398 26 : : : 1662 4398 27 0.8 0.8 CD 1662 4398 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 4398 29 total total JJ 1662 4398 30 population population NN 1662 4398 31 : : : 1662 4398 32 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 4398 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4398 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4398 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 4398 36 est est NNP 1662 4398 37 . . . 1662 4398 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4399 1 Infant infant NN 1662 4399 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 4399 3 rate rate NN 1662 4399 4 : : : 1662 4399 5 15 15 CD 1662 4399 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4399 7 live live JJ 1662 4399 8 births birth NNS 1662 4399 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4399 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4399 11 est est NNP 1662 4399 12 . . . 1662 4399 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4400 1 Life life NN 1662 4400 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 4400 3 at at IN 1662 4400 4 birth birth NN 1662 4400 5 : : : 1662 4400 6 total total JJ 1662 4400 7 population population NN 1662 4400 8 : : : 1662 4400 9 75.12 75.12 CD 1662 4400 10 years year NNS 1662 4400 11 male male JJ 1662 4400 12 : : : 1662 4400 13 72.8 72.8 CD 1662 4400 14 years year NNS 1662 4400 15 female female JJ 1662 4400 16 : : : 1662 4400 17 77.56 77.56 CD 1662 4400 18 years year NNS 1662 4400 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4400 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 4400 21 est est NNP 1662 4400 22 . . . 1662 4400 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4401 1 Total total JJ 1662 4401 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 4401 3 rate rate NN 1662 4401 4 : : : 1662 4401 5 2.39 2.39 CD 1662 4401 6 children child NNS 1662 4401 7 born bear VBN 1662 4401 8 / / SYM 1662 4401 9 woman woman NN 1662 4401 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4401 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 4401 12 est est NNP 1662 4401 13 . . . 1662 4401 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4402 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 4402 2 : : : 1662 4402 3 noun noun NNP 1662 4402 4 : : : 1662 4402 5 Jamaican(s Jamaican(s NNP 1662 4402 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4402 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 4402 8 : : : 1662 4402 9 Jamaican jamaican JJ 1662 4402 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4402 11 groups group NNS 1662 4402 12 : : : 1662 4402 13 black black JJ 1662 4402 14 76.3 76.3 CD 1662 4402 15 % % NN 1662 4402 16 , , , 1662 4402 17 Afro Afro NNP 1662 4402 18 - - HYPH 1662 4402 19 European European NNP 1662 4402 20 15.1 15.1 CD 1662 4402 21 % % NN 1662 4402 22 , , , 1662 4402 23 East East NNP 1662 4402 24 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4402 25 and and CC 1662 4402 26 Afro Afro NNP 1662 4402 27 - - HYPH 1662 4402 28 East east NN 1662 4402 29 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4402 30 3 3 CD 1662 4402 31 % % NN 1662 4402 32 , , , 1662 4402 33 white white JJ 1662 4402 34 3.2 3.2 CD 1662 4402 35 % % NN 1662 4402 36 , , , 1662 4402 37 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 4402 38 and and CC 1662 4402 39 Afro Afro NNP 1662 4402 40 - - HYPH 1662 4402 41 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 4402 42 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 4402 43 % % NN 1662 4402 44 , , , 1662 4402 45 other other JJ 1662 4402 46 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 4402 47 % % NN 1662 4402 48 Religions religion NNS 1662 4402 49 : : : 1662 4402 50 Protestant protestant NN 1662 4402 51 55.9 55.9 CD 1662 4402 52 % % NN 1662 4402 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4402 54 Church Church NNP 1662 4402 55 of of IN 1662 4402 56 God God NNP 1662 4402 57 18.4 18.4 CD 1662 4402 58 % % NN 1662 4402 59 , , , 1662 4402 60 Baptist Baptist NNP 1662 4402 61 10 10 CD 1662 4402 62 % % NN 1662 4402 63 , , , 1662 4402 64 Anglican Anglican NNP 1662 4402 65 7.1 7.1 CD 1662 4402 66 % % NN 1662 4402 67 , , , 1662 4402 68 Seventh Seventh NNP 1662 4402 69 - - HYPH 1662 4402 70 Day Day NNP 1662 4402 71 Adventist Adventist NNP 1662 4402 72 6.9 6.9 CD 1662 4402 73 % % NN 1662 4402 74 , , , 1662 4402 75 Pentecostal Pentecostal NNP 1662 4402 76 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 4402 77 % % NN 1662 4402 78 , , , 1662 4402 79 Methodist Methodist NNP 1662 4402 80 3.1 3.1 CD 1662 4402 81 % % NN 1662 4402 82 , , , 1662 4402 83 United United NNP 1662 4402 84 Church Church NNP 1662 4402 85 2.7 2.7 CD 1662 4402 86 % % NN 1662 4402 87 , , , 1662 4402 88 other other JJ 1662 4402 89 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 4402 90 % % NN 1662 4402 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4402 92 , , , 1662 4402 93 Roman Roman NNP 1662 4402 94 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 4402 95 5 5 CD 1662 4402 96 % % NN 1662 4402 97 , , , 1662 4402 98 other other JJ 1662 4402 99 , , , 1662 4402 100 including include VBG 1662 4402 101 some some DT 1662 4402 102 spiritual spiritual JJ 1662 4402 103 cults cult NNS 1662 4402 104 39.1 39.1 CD 1662 4402 105 % % NN 1662 4402 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4402 107 1982 1982 CD 1662 4402 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4402 109 Languages Languages NNP 1662 4402 110 : : : 1662 4402 111 English English NNP 1662 4402 112 , , , 1662 4402 113 Creole Creole NNP 1662 4402 114 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 4402 115 : : : 1662 4402 116 definition definition NN 1662 4402 117 : : : 1662 4402 118 age age NN 1662 4402 119 15 15 CD 1662 4402 120 and and CC 1662 4402 121 over over RB 1662 4402 122 has have VBZ 1662 4402 123 ever ever RB 1662 4402 124 attended attend VBN 1662 4402 125 school school NN 1662 4402 126 total total JJ 1662 4402 127 population population NN 1662 4402 128 : : : 1662 4402 129 85 85 CD 1662 4402 130 % % NN 1662 4402 131 male male NN 1662 4402 132 : : : 1662 4402 133 80.8 80.8 CD 1662 4402 134 % % NN 1662 4402 135 female female NN 1662 4402 136 : : : 1662 4402 137 89.1 89.1 CD 1662 4402 138 % % NN 1662 4402 139 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4402 140 1995 1995 CD 1662 4402 141 est est NNP 1662 4402 142 . . . 1662 4402 143 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 1 @Jamaica @Jamaica NNP 1662 4403 2 : : : 1662 4403 3 Government Government NNP 1662 4403 4 Country Country NNP 1662 4403 5 name name NN 1662 4403 6 : : : 1662 4403 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4403 8 long long JJ 1662 4403 9 form form NN 1662 4403 10 : : : 1662 4403 11 none none NN 1662 4403 12 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4403 13 short short JJ 1662 4403 14 form form NN 1662 4403 15 : : : 1662 4403 16 Jamaica Jamaica NNP 1662 4403 17 Data Data NNP 1662 4403 18 code code NN 1662 4403 19 : : : 1662 4403 20 JM JM NNP 1662 4403 21 Government Government NNP 1662 4403 22 type type NN 1662 4403 23 : : : 1662 4403 24 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 4403 25 democracy democracy NN 1662 4403 26 National national JJ 1662 4403 27 capital capital NN 1662 4403 28 : : : 1662 4403 29 Kingston Kingston NNP 1662 4403 30 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 4403 31 divisions division NNS 1662 4403 32 : : : 1662 4403 33 14 14 CD 1662 4403 34 parishes parish NNS 1662 4403 35 ; ; : 1662 4403 36 Clarendon Clarendon NNP 1662 4403 37 , , , 1662 4403 38 Hanover Hanover NNP 1662 4403 39 , , , 1662 4403 40 Kingston Kingston NNP 1662 4403 41 , , , 1662 4403 42 Manchester Manchester NNP 1662 4403 43 , , , 1662 4403 44 Portland Portland NNP 1662 4403 45 , , , 1662 4403 46 Saint Saint NNP 1662 4403 47 Andrew Andrew NNP 1662 4403 48 , , , 1662 4403 49 Saint Saint NNP 1662 4403 50 Ann Ann NNP 1662 4403 51 , , , 1662 4403 52 Saint Saint NNP 1662 4403 53 Catherine Catherine NNP 1662 4403 54 , , , 1662 4403 55 Saint Saint NNP 1662 4403 56 Elizabeth Elizabeth NNP 1662 4403 57 , , , 1662 4403 58 Saint Saint NNP 1662 4403 59 James James NNP 1662 4403 60 , , , 1662 4403 61 Saint Saint NNP 1662 4403 62 Mary Mary NNP 1662 4403 63 , , , 1662 4403 64 Saint Saint NNP 1662 4403 65 Thomas Thomas NNP 1662 4403 66 , , , 1662 4403 67 Trelawny Trelawny NNP 1662 4403 68 , , , 1662 4403 69 Westmoreland Westmoreland NNP 1662 4403 70 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4403 71 : : : 1662 4403 72 6 6 CD 1662 4403 73 August August NNP 1662 4403 74 1962 1962 CD 1662 4403 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 76 from from IN 1662 4403 77 UK UK NNP 1662 4403 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 79 National national JJ 1662 4403 80 holiday holiday NN 1662 4403 81 : : : 1662 4403 82 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4403 83 Day Day NNP 1662 4403 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 85 first first JJ 1662 4403 86 Monday Monday NNP 1662 4403 87 in in IN 1662 4403 88 August August NNP 1662 4403 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 91 1962 1962 CD 1662 4403 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 93 Constitution constitution NN 1662 4403 94 : : : 1662 4403 95 6 6 CD 1662 4403 96 August August NNP 1662 4403 97 1962 1962 CD 1662 4403 98 Legal legal JJ 1662 4403 99 system system NN 1662 4403 100 : : : 1662 4403 101 based base VBN 1662 4403 102 on on IN 1662 4403 103 English English NNP 1662 4403 104 common common JJ 1662 4403 105 law law NN 1662 4403 106 ; ; : 1662 4403 107 has have VBZ 1662 4403 108 not not RB 1662 4403 109 accepted accept VBN 1662 4403 110 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 4403 111 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 4403 112 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 4403 113 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 4403 114 : : : 1662 4403 115 18 18 CD 1662 4403 116 years year NNS 1662 4403 117 of of IN 1662 4403 118 age age NN 1662 4403 119 ; ; : 1662 4403 120 universal universal JJ 1662 4403 121 Executive Executive NNP 1662 4403 122 branch branch NN 1662 4403 123 : : : 1662 4403 124 chief chief NN 1662 4403 125 of of IN 1662 4403 126 state state NN 1662 4403 127 : : : 1662 4403 128 Queen Queen NNP 1662 4403 129 ELIZABETH ELIZABETH NNP 1662 4403 130 II ii CD 1662 4403 131 of of IN 1662 4403 132 the the DT 1662 4403 133 UK UK NNP 1662 4403 134 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 135 since since IN 1662 4403 136 6 6 CD 1662 4403 137 February February NNP 1662 4403 138 1952 1952 CD 1662 4403 139 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 140 , , , 1662 4403 141 represented represent VBN 1662 4403 142 by by IN 1662 4403 143 Governor Governor NNP 1662 4403 144 General General NNP 1662 4403 145 Sir Sir NNP 1662 4403 146 Howard Howard NNP 1662 4403 147 Felix Felix NNP 1662 4403 148 COOKE COOKE NNP 1662 4403 149 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 150 since since IN 1662 4403 151 1 1 CD 1662 4403 152 August August NNP 1662 4403 153 1991 1991 CD 1662 4403 154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 155 head head NN 1662 4403 156 of of IN 1662 4403 157 government government NN 1662 4403 158 : : : 1662 4403 159 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4403 160 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4403 161 Percival Percival NNP 1662 4403 162 James James NNP 1662 4403 163 PATTERSON PATTERSON NNP 1662 4403 164 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 165 since since IN 1662 4403 166 30 30 CD 1662 4403 167 March March NNP 1662 4403 168 1992 1992 CD 1662 4403 169 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 170 and and CC 1662 4403 171 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 4403 172 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4403 173 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4403 174 Seymour Seymour NNP 1662 4403 175 MULLINGS MULLINGS NNP 1662 4403 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 177 since since IN 1662 4403 178 NA NA NNP 1662 4403 179 1993 1993 CD 1662 4403 180 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 181 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4403 182 : : : 1662 4403 183 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 4403 184 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4403 185 by by IN 1662 4403 186 the the DT 1662 4403 187 governor governor NN 1662 4403 188 general general NN 1662 4403 189 on on IN 1662 4403 190 the the DT 1662 4403 191 advice advice NN 1662 4403 192 of of IN 1662 4403 193 the the DT 1662 4403 194 prime prime NNP 1662 4403 195 minister minister NNP 1662 4403 196 elections election NNS 1662 4403 197 : : : 1662 4403 198 none none NN 1662 4403 199 ; ; : 1662 4403 200 the the DT 1662 4403 201 queen queen NN 1662 4403 202 is be VBZ 1662 4403 203 a a DT 1662 4403 204 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 4403 205 monarch monarch NN 1662 4403 206 ; ; : 1662 4403 207 governor governor NN 1662 4403 208 general general NNP 1662 4403 209 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4403 210 by by IN 1662 4403 211 the the DT 1662 4403 212 queen queen NN 1662 4403 213 on on IN 1662 4403 214 the the DT 1662 4403 215 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 4403 216 of of IN 1662 4403 217 the the DT 1662 4403 218 prime prime NNP 1662 4403 219 minister minister NN 1662 4403 220 ; ; : 1662 4403 221 prime prime NNP 1662 4403 222 minister minister NNP 1662 4403 223 and and CC 1662 4403 224 deputy deputy JJ 1662 4403 225 prime prime NNP 1662 4403 226 minister minister NN 1662 4403 227 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4403 228 by by IN 1662 4403 229 the the DT 1662 4403 230 governor governor NN 1662 4403 231 general general JJ 1662 4403 232 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 4403 233 branch branch NN 1662 4403 234 : : : 1662 4403 235 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 4403 236 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 4403 237 consists consist VBZ 1662 4403 238 of of IN 1662 4403 239 the the DT 1662 4403 240 Senate Senate NNP 1662 4403 241 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 242 a a DT 1662 4403 243 21-member 21-member CD 1662 4403 244 body body NN 1662 4403 245 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4403 246 by by IN 1662 4403 247 the the DT 1662 4403 248 governor governor NN 1662 4403 249 general general NN 1662 4403 250 on on IN 1662 4403 251 the the DT 1662 4403 252 recommendations recommendation NNS 1662 4403 253 of of IN 1662 4403 254 the the DT 1662 4403 255 prime prime NNP 1662 4403 256 minister minister NN 1662 4403 257 and and CC 1662 4403 258 the the DT 1662 4403 259 leader leader NN 1662 4403 260 of of IN 1662 4403 261 the the DT 1662 4403 262 opposition opposition NN 1662 4403 263 ; ; : 1662 4403 264 ruling rule VBG 1662 4403 265 party party NN 1662 4403 266 13 13 CD 1662 4403 267 seats seat NNS 1662 4403 268 , , , 1662 4403 269 opposition opposition NN 1662 4403 270 8 8 CD 1662 4403 271 seats seat NNS 1662 4403 272 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 273 and and CC 1662 4403 274 the the DT 1662 4403 275 House House NNP 1662 4403 276 of of IN 1662 4403 277 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 4403 278 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 279 60 60 CD 1662 4403 280 seats seat NNS 1662 4403 281 ; ; : 1662 4403 282 members member NNS 1662 4403 283 are be VBP 1662 4403 284 elected elect VBN 1662 4403 285 by by IN 1662 4403 286 popular popular JJ 1662 4403 287 vote vote NN 1662 4403 288 to to TO 1662 4403 289 serve serve VB 1662 4403 290 five five CD 1662 4403 291 - - HYPH 1662 4403 292 year year NN 1662 4403 293 terms term NNS 1662 4403 294 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 295 elections election NNS 1662 4403 296 : : : 1662 4403 297 last last RB 1662 4403 298 held held JJ 1662 4403 299 30 30 CD 1662 4403 300 March March NNP 1662 4403 301 1993 1993 CD 1662 4403 302 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 303 next next JJ 1662 4403 304 to to TO 1662 4403 305 be be VB 1662 4403 306 held hold VBN 1662 4403 307 by by IN 1662 4403 308 March March NNP 1662 4403 309 1998 1998 CD 1662 4403 310 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 311 election election NN 1662 4403 312 results result NNS 1662 4403 313 : : : 1662 4403 314 percent percent NN 1662 4403 315 of of IN 1662 4403 316 vote vote NN 1662 4403 317 by by IN 1662 4403 318 party party NN 1662 4403 319 - - HYPH 1662 4403 320 NA NA NNP 1662 4403 321 ; ; , 1662 4403 322 seats seat NNS 1662 4403 323 by by IN 1662 4403 324 party party NNP 1662 4403 325 - - HYPH 1662 4403 326 PNP PNP NNP 1662 4403 327 52 52 CD 1662 4403 328 , , , 1662 4403 329 JLP JLP NNP 1662 4403 330 8 8 CD 1662 4403 331 ; ; : 1662 4403 332 note note VB 1662 4403 333 - - HYPH 1662 4403 334 the the DT 1662 4403 335 establishment establishment NN 1662 4403 336 of of IN 1662 4403 337 a a DT 1662 4403 338 major major JJ 1662 4403 339 third third JJ 1662 4403 340 party party NN 1662 4403 341 , , , 1662 4403 342 the the DT 1662 4403 343 National National NNP 1662 4403 344 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4403 345 Movement Movement NNP 1662 4403 346 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 347 NDM NDM NNP 1662 4403 348 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 349 in in IN 1662 4403 350 1995 1995 CD 1662 4403 351 led lead VBD 1662 4403 352 to to IN 1662 4403 353 a a DT 1662 4403 354 realignment realignment NN 1662 4403 355 of of IN 1662 4403 356 seats seat NNS 1662 4403 357 - - HYPH 1662 4403 358 PNP PNP NNP 1662 4403 359 51 51 CD 1662 4403 360 , , , 1662 4403 361 JLP JLP NNP 1662 4403 362 7 7 CD 1662 4403 363 , , , 1662 4403 364 NDM NDM NNP 1662 4403 365 2 2 CD 1662 4403 366 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 4403 367 branch branch NN 1662 4403 368 : : : 1662 4403 369 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 4403 370 Court Court NNP 1662 4403 371 , , , 1662 4403 372 judges judge NNS 1662 4403 373 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4403 374 by by IN 1662 4403 375 the the DT 1662 4403 376 governor governor NN 1662 4403 377 general general NN 1662 4403 378 on on IN 1662 4403 379 advice advice NN 1662 4403 380 of of IN 1662 4403 381 the the DT 1662 4403 382 prime prime JJ 1662 4403 383 minister minister NN 1662 4403 384 Political political JJ 1662 4403 385 parties party NNS 1662 4403 386 and and CC 1662 4403 387 leaders leader NNS 1662 4403 388 : : : 1662 4403 389 People People NNS 1662 4403 390 's 's POS 1662 4403 391 National National NNP 1662 4403 392 Party Party NNP 1662 4403 393 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 394 PNP PNP NNP 1662 4403 395 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 396 , , , 1662 4403 397 P. P. NNP 1662 4403 398 J. J. NNP 1662 4403 399 PATTERSON PATTERSON NNP 1662 4403 400 ; ; : 1662 4403 401 Jamaica Jamaica NNP 1662 4403 402 Labor Labor NNP 1662 4403 403 Party Party NNP 1662 4403 404 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 405 JLP JLP NNP 1662 4403 406 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 407 , , , 1662 4403 408 Edward Edward NNP 1662 4403 409 SEAGA SEAGA NNP 1662 4403 410 ; ; : 1662 4403 411 National National NNP 1662 4403 412 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4403 413 Movement Movement NNP 1662 4403 414 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 415 NDM NDM NNP 1662 4403 416 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 417 , , , 1662 4403 418 Bruce Bruce NNP 1662 4403 419 GOLDING golde VBG 1662 4403 420 Political political JJ 1662 4403 421 pressure pressure NN 1662 4403 422 groups group NNS 1662 4403 423 and and CC 1662 4403 424 leaders leader NNS 1662 4403 425 : : : 1662 4403 426 Rastafarians Rastafarians NNPS 1662 4403 427 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 428 black black JJ 1662 4403 429 religious religious JJ 1662 4403 430 / / SYM 1662 4403 431 racial racial JJ 1662 4403 432 cultists cultist NNS 1662 4403 433 , , , 1662 4403 434 pan pan NN 1662 4403 435 - - HYPH 1662 4403 436 Africanists Africanists NNPS 1662 4403 437 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 438 ; ; : 1662 4403 439 New New NNP 1662 4403 440 Beginnings Beginnings NNP 1662 4403 441 Movement Movement NNP 1662 4403 442 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 443 NBM NBM NNP 1662 4403 444 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 445 International international JJ 1662 4403 446 organization organization NN 1662 4403 447 participation participation NN 1662 4403 448 : : : 1662 4403 449 ACP ACP NNP 1662 4403 450 , , , 1662 4403 451 C C NNP 1662 4403 452 , , , 1662 4403 453 Caricom Caricom NNP 1662 4403 454 , , , 1662 4403 455 CCC CCC NNP 1662 4403 456 , , , 1662 4403 457 CDB CDB NNP 1662 4403 458 , , , 1662 4403 459 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 4403 460 , , , 1662 4403 461 FAO FAO NNP 1662 4403 462 , , , 1662 4403 463 G-15 g-15 CD 1662 4403 464 , , , 1662 4403 465 G-19 g-19 CD 1662 4403 466 , , , 1662 4403 467 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 4403 468 , , , 1662 4403 469 IADB IADB NNP 1662 4403 470 , , , 1662 4403 471 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 4403 472 , , , 1662 4403 473 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 4403 474 , , , 1662 4403 475 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 4403 476 , , , 1662 4403 477 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 4403 478 , , , 1662 4403 479 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 4403 480 , , , 1662 4403 481 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 4403 482 , , , 1662 4403 483 IFC IFC NNP 1662 4403 484 , , , 1662 4403 485 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 4403 486 , , , 1662 4403 487 IHO IHO NNP 1662 4403 488 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 489 pending pende VBG 1662 4403 490 member member NN 1662 4403 491 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 492 , , , 1662 4403 493 ILO ILO NNP 1662 4403 494 , , , 1662 4403 495 IMF IMF NNP 1662 4403 496 , , , 1662 4403 497 IMO imo RB 1662 4403 498 , , , 1662 4403 499 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4403 500 , , , 1662 4403 501 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 4403 502 , , , 1662 4403 503 IOC IOC NNP 1662 4403 504 , , , 1662 4403 505 ISO ISO NNP 1662 4403 506 , , , 1662 4403 507 ITU ITU NNP 1662 4403 508 , , , 1662 4403 509 LAES LAES NNP 1662 4403 510 , , , 1662 4403 511 NAM NAM NNP 1662 4403 512 , , , 1662 4403 513 OAS OAS NNP 1662 4403 514 , , , 1662 4403 515 OPANAL OPANAL NNP 1662 4403 516 , , , 1662 4403 517 UN UN NNP 1662 4403 518 , , , 1662 4403 519 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 4403 520 , , , 1662 4403 521 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 4403 522 , , , 1662 4403 523 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 4403 524 , , , 1662 4403 525 UNITAR UNITAR NNP 1662 4403 526 , , , 1662 4403 527 UPU UPU NNP 1662 4403 528 , , , 1662 4403 529 WCL WCL NNP 1662 4403 530 , , , 1662 4403 531 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 4403 532 , , , 1662 4403 533 WHO who WP 1662 4403 534 , , , 1662 4403 535 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 4403 536 , , , 1662 4403 537 WMO WMO NNP 1662 4403 538 , , , 1662 4403 539 WToO wtoo FW 1662 4403 540 , , , 1662 4403 541 WTrO wtro VB 1662 4403 542 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4403 543 representation representation NN 1662 4403 544 in in IN 1662 4403 545 the the DT 1662 4403 546 US US NNP 1662 4403 547 : : : 1662 4403 548 chief chief NN 1662 4403 549 of of IN 1662 4403 550 mission mission NN 1662 4403 551 : : : 1662 4403 552 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 4403 553 Richard Richard NNP 1662 4403 554 Leighton Leighton NNP 1662 4403 555 BERNAL BERNAL NNP 1662 4403 556 chancery chancery NN 1662 4403 557 : : : 1662 4403 558 1520 1520 CD 1662 4403 559 New New NNP 1662 4403 560 Hampshire Hampshire NNP 1662 4403 561 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 4403 562 NW NW NNP 1662 4403 563 , , , 1662 4403 564 Washington Washington NNP 1662 4403 565 , , , 1662 4403 566 DC DC NNP 1662 4403 567 20036 20036 CD 1662 4403 568 telephone telephone NN 1662 4403 569 : : : 1662 4403 570 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4403 571 1 1 CD 1662 4403 572 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4403 573 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 574 202 202 CD 1662 4403 575 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 576 452 452 CD 1662 4403 577 - - HYPH 1662 4403 578 0660 0660 CD 1662 4403 579 FAX FAX NNP 1662 4403 580 : : : 1662 4403 581 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4403 582 1 1 CD 1662 4403 583 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4403 584 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 585 202 202 CD 1662 4403 586 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 587 452 452 CD 1662 4403 588 - - HYPH 1662 4403 589 0081 0081 CD 1662 4403 590 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 4403 591 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 592 general general NN 1662 4403 593 : : : 1662 4403 594 Miami Miami NNP 1662 4403 595 and and CC 1662 4403 596 New New NNP 1662 4403 597 York York NNP 1662 4403 598 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4403 599 representation representation NN 1662 4403 600 from from IN 1662 4403 601 the the DT 1662 4403 602 US US NNP 1662 4403 603 : : : 1662 4403 604 chief chief NN 1662 4403 605 of of IN 1662 4403 606 mission mission NN 1662 4403 607 : : : 1662 4403 608 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 4403 609 J. J. NNP 1662 4403 610 Gary Gary NNP 1662 4403 611 COOPER COOPER NNP 1662 4403 612 embassy embassy NN 1662 4403 613 : : : 1662 4403 614 Jamaica Jamaica NNP 1662 4403 615 Mutual Mutual NNP 1662 4403 616 Life Life NNP 1662 4403 617 Center Center NNP 1662 4403 618 , , , 1662 4403 619 2 2 CD 1662 4403 620 Oxford Oxford NNP 1662 4403 621 Road Road NNP 1662 4403 622 , , , 1662 4403 623 3rd 3rd JJ 1662 4403 624 floor floor NN 1662 4403 625 , , , 1662 4403 626 Kingston Kingston NNP 1662 4403 627 mailing mailing NN 1662 4403 628 address address NN 1662 4403 629 : : : 1662 4403 630 use use VB 1662 4403 631 embassy embassy NNP 1662 4403 632 street street NNP 1662 4403 633 address address NN 1662 4403 634 telephone telephone NNP 1662 4403 635 : : : 1662 4403 636 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4403 637 1 1 CD 1662 4403 638 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4403 639 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 640 876 876 CD 1662 4403 641 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 642 929 929 CD 1662 4403 643 - - CD 1662 4403 644 4850 4850 CD 1662 4403 645 through through IN 1662 4403 646 4859 4859 CD 1662 4403 647 FAX fax NN 1662 4403 648 : : : 1662 4403 649 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4403 650 1 1 CD 1662 4403 651 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4403 652 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 653 876 876 CD 1662 4403 654 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 655 926 926 CD 1662 4403 656 - - HYPH 1662 4403 657 6743 6743 CD 1662 4403 658 Flag flag NN 1662 4403 659 description description NN 1662 4403 660 : : : 1662 4403 661 diagonal diagonal JJ 1662 4403 662 yellow yellow JJ 1662 4403 663 cross cross NN 1662 4403 664 divides divide VBZ 1662 4403 665 the the DT 1662 4403 666 flag flag NN 1662 4403 667 into into IN 1662 4403 668 four four CD 1662 4403 669 triangles triangle NNS 1662 4403 670 - - HYPH 1662 4403 671 green green JJ 1662 4403 672 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 673 top top JJ 1662 4403 674 and and CC 1662 4403 675 bottom bottom NN 1662 4403 676 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 677 and and CC 1662 4403 678 black black JJ 1662 4403 679 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 680 hoist hoist NN 1662 4403 681 side side NN 1662 4403 682 and and CC 1662 4403 683 outer outer JJ 1662 4403 684 side side NN 1662 4403 685 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 686 Economy economy NN 1662 4403 687 Economy economy NN 1662 4403 688 - - HYPH 1662 4403 689 overview overview NN 1662 4403 690 : : : 1662 4403 691 Key key JJ 1662 4403 692 sectors sector NNS 1662 4403 693 in in IN 1662 4403 694 this this DT 1662 4403 695 island island NN 1662 4403 696 economy economy NN 1662 4403 697 are be VBP 1662 4403 698 bauxite bauxite JJ 1662 4403 699 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4403 700 alumina alumina NNP 1662 4403 701 and and CC 1662 4403 702 bauxite bauxite NNP 1662 4403 703 account account VBP 1662 4403 704 for for IN 1662 4403 705 more more JJR 1662 4403 706 than than IN 1662 4403 707 half half NN 1662 4403 708 of of IN 1662 4403 709 exports export NNS 1662 4403 710 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4403 711 and and CC 1662 4403 712 tourism tourism NN 1662 4403 713 . . . 1662 4404 1 Since since IN 1662 4404 2 assuming assume VBG 1662 4404 3 office office NN 1662 4404 4 in in IN 1662 4404 5 1992 1992 CD 1662 4404 6 , , , 1662 4404 7 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4404 8 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4404 9 PATTERSON PATTERSON NNP 1662 4404 10 has have VBZ 1662 4404 11 consolidated consolidate VBN 1662 4404 12 the the DT 1662 4404 13 market market NN 1662 4404 14 - - HYPH 1662 4404 15 oriented orient VBN 1662 4404 16 reforms reform NNS 1662 4404 17 initiated initiate VBN 1662 4404 18 by by IN 1662 4404 19 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4404 20 predecessor predecessor NN 1662 4404 21 , , , 1662 4404 22 Michael Michael NNP 1662 4404 23 MANLEY MANLEY NNP 1662 4404 24 , , , 1662 4404 25 to to TO 1662 4404 26 make make VB 1662 4404 27 Jamaica Jamaica NNP 1662 4404 28 a a DT 1662 4404 29 regional regional JJ 1662 4404 30 leader leader NN 1662 4404 31 in in IN 1662 4404 32 economic economic JJ 1662 4404 33 reform reform NN 1662 4404 34 . . . 1662 4405 1 PATTERSON PATTERSON NNP 1662 4405 2 has have VBZ 1662 4405 3 eliminated eliminate VBN 1662 4405 4 most most JJS 1662 4405 5 price price NN 1662 4405 6 controls control NNS 1662 4405 7 , , , 1662 4405 8 streamlined streamline VBD 1662 4405 9 tax tax NN 1662 4405 10 schedules schedule NNS 1662 4405 11 , , , 1662 4405 12 and and CC 1662 4405 13 privatized privatized JJ 1662 4405 14 government government NN 1662 4405 15 enterprises enterprise NNS 1662 4405 16 . . . 1662 4406 1 Tight tight JJ 1662 4406 2 monetary monetary JJ 1662 4406 3 and and CC 1662 4406 4 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4406 5 policies policy NNS 1662 4406 6 under under IN 1662 4406 7 an an DT 1662 4406 8 IMF IMF NNP 1662 4406 9 program program NN 1662 4406 10 have have VBP 1662 4406 11 helped help VBN 1662 4406 12 slow slow VB 1662 4406 13 inflation inflation NN 1662 4406 14 and and CC 1662 4406 15 stabilize stabilize VB 1662 4406 16 the the DT 1662 4406 17 exchange exchange NN 1662 4406 18 rate rate NN 1662 4406 19 , , , 1662 4406 20 but but CC 1662 4406 21 , , , 1662 4406 22 as as IN 1662 4406 23 a a DT 1662 4406 24 result result NN 1662 4406 25 , , , 1662 4406 26 economic economic JJ 1662 4406 27 growth growth NN 1662 4406 28 has have VBZ 1662 4406 29 slowed slow VBN 1662 4406 30 down down RP 1662 4406 31 and and CC 1662 4406 32 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4406 33 remains remain VBZ 1662 4406 34 high high JJ 1662 4406 35 . . . 1662 4407 1 Jamaica Jamaica NNP 1662 4407 2 's 's POS 1662 4407 3 medium medium JJ 1662 4407 4 - - HYPH 1662 4407 5 term term NN 1662 4407 6 prospects prospect NNS 1662 4407 7 depend depend VBP 1662 4407 8 largely largely RB 1662 4407 9 on on IN 1662 4407 10 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4407 11 ability ability NN 1662 4407 12 to to TO 1662 4407 13 continue continue VB 1662 4407 14 to to TO 1662 4407 15 attract attract VB 1662 4407 16 foreign foreign JJ 1662 4407 17 capital capital NN 1662 4407 18 and and CC 1662 4407 19 to to TO 1662 4407 20 limit limit VB 1662 4407 21 speculation speculation NN 1662 4407 22 against against IN 1662 4407 23 the the DT 1662 4407 24 Jamaican jamaican JJ 1662 4407 25 dollar dollar NN 1662 4407 26 . . . 1662 4408 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4408 2 : : : 1662 4408 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4408 4 power power NN 1662 4408 5 parity parity NN 1662 4408 6 - - : 1662 4408 7 $ $ $ 1662 4408 8 8.4 8.4 CD 1662 4408 9 billion billion CD 1662 4408 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4408 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4408 12 est est NNP 1662 4408 13 . . . 1662 4408 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4409 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4409 2 - - HYPH 1662 4409 3 real real JJ 1662 4409 4 growth growth NN 1662 4409 5 rate rate NN 1662 4409 6 : : : 1662 4409 7 0.5 0.5 CD 1662 4409 8 % % NN 1662 4409 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4409 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 4409 11 est est NNP 1662 4409 12 . . . 1662 4409 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4410 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4410 2 - - HYPH 1662 4410 3 per per FW 1662 4410 4 capita capita NN 1662 4410 5 : : : 1662 4410 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4410 7 power power NN 1662 4410 8 parity parity NN 1662 4410 9 - - : 1662 4410 10 $ $ $ 1662 4410 11 3,260 3,260 CD 1662 4410 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4410 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 4410 14 est est NNP 1662 4410 15 . . . 1662 4410 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4411 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4411 2 - - HYPH 1662 4411 3 composition composition NN 1662 4411 4 by by IN 1662 4411 5 sector sector NN 1662 4411 6 : : : 1662 4411 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4411 8 : : : 1662 4411 9 8.1 8.1 CD 1662 4411 10 % % NN 1662 4411 11 industry industry NN 1662 4411 12 : : : 1662 4411 13 36.2 36.2 CD 1662 4411 14 % % NN 1662 4411 15 services service NNS 1662 4411 16 : : : 1662 4411 17 55.7 55.7 CD 1662 4411 18 % % NN 1662 4411 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4411 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 4411 21 est est NNP 1662 4411 22 . . . 1662 4411 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4412 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 4412 2 rate rate NN 1662 4412 3 - - HYPH 1662 4412 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 4412 5 price price NN 1662 4412 6 index index NN 1662 4412 7 : : : 1662 4412 8 17 17 CD 1662 4412 9 % % NN 1662 4412 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4412 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4412 12 est est NNP 1662 4412 13 . . . 1662 4412 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4413 1 Labor labor NN 1662 4413 2 force force NN 1662 4413 3 : : : 1662 4413 4 total total NN 1662 4413 5 : : : 1662 4413 6 1,062,100 1,062,100 CD 1662 4413 7 by by IN 1662 4413 8 occupation occupation NN 1662 4413 9 : : : 1662 4413 10 services service NNS 1662 4413 11 41 41 CD 1662 4413 12 % % NN 1662 4413 13 , , , 1662 4413 14 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4413 15 22.5 22.5 CD 1662 4413 16 % % NN 1662 4413 17 , , , 1662 4413 18 industry industry NN 1662 4413 19 19 19 CD 1662 4413 20 % % NN 1662 4413 21 , , , 1662 4413 22 unemployed unemployed JJ 1662 4413 23 17.5 17.5 CD 1662 4413 24 % % NN 1662 4413 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4413 26 1989 1989 CD 1662 4413 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4413 28 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4413 29 rate rate NN 1662 4413 30 : : : 1662 4413 31 15.4 15.4 CD 1662 4413 32 % % NN 1662 4413 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4413 34 1994 1994 CD 1662 4413 35 est est NNP 1662 4413 36 . . . 1662 4413 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4414 1 Budget budget NN 1662 4414 2 : : : 1662 4414 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 4414 4 : : : 1662 4414 5 $ $ $ 1662 4414 6 1.45 1.45 CD 1662 4414 7 billion billion CD 1662 4414 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4414 9 : : : 1662 4414 10 $ $ $ 1662 4414 11 2 2 CD 1662 4414 12 billion billion CD 1662 4414 13 , , , 1662 4414 14 including include VBG 1662 4414 15 capital capital NN 1662 4414 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4414 17 of of IN 1662 4414 18 $ $ $ 1662 4414 19 732 732 CD 1662 4414 20 million million CD 1662 4414 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4414 22 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 4414 23 est est NNP 1662 4414 24 . . . 1662 4414 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4415 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 4415 2 : : : 1662 4415 3 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 4415 4 , , , 1662 4415 5 tourism tourism NN 1662 4415 6 , , , 1662 4415 7 textiles textile NNS 1662 4415 8 , , , 1662 4415 9 food food NN 1662 4415 10 processing processing NN 1662 4415 11 , , , 1662 4415 12 light light JJ 1662 4415 13 manufactures manufacture VBZ 1662 4415 14 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 4415 15 production production NN 1662 4415 16 growth growth NN 1662 4415 17 rate rate NN 1662 4415 18 : : : 1662 4415 19 NA% NA% `` 1662 4415 20 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4415 21 - - HYPH 1662 4415 22 capacity capacity NN 1662 4415 23 : : : 1662 4415 24 848,400 848,400 CD 1662 4415 25 kW kw NN 1662 4415 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4415 27 1995 1995 CD 1662 4415 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4415 29 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4415 30 - - HYPH 1662 4415 31 production production NN 1662 4415 32 : : : 1662 4415 33 5.829 5.829 CD 1662 4415 34 billion billion CD 1662 4415 35 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4415 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4415 37 1995 1995 CD 1662 4415 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4415 39 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4415 40 - - HYPH 1662 4415 41 consumption consumption NN 1662 4415 42 per per IN 1662 4415 43 capita capita NN 1662 4415 44 : : : 1662 4415 45 2,014 2,014 CD 1662 4415 46 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4415 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4415 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 4415 49 est est NNP 1662 4415 50 . . . 1662 4415 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4416 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4416 2 - - HYPH 1662 4416 3 products product NNS 1662 4416 4 : : : 1662 4416 5 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 4416 6 , , , 1662 4416 7 bananas banana NNS 1662 4416 8 , , , 1662 4416 9 coffee coffee NN 1662 4416 10 , , , 1662 4416 11 citrus citrus NN 1662 4416 12 , , , 1662 4416 13 potatoes potato NNS 1662 4416 14 , , , 1662 4416 15 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 4416 16 ; ; : 1662 4416 17 poultry poultry NN 1662 4416 18 , , , 1662 4416 19 goats goat NNS 1662 4416 20 , , , 1662 4416 21 milk milk NN 1662 4416 22 Exports export NNS 1662 4416 23 : : : 1662 4416 24 total total JJ 1662 4416 25 value value NN 1662 4416 26 : : : 1662 4416 27 $ $ $ 1662 4416 28 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 4416 29 billion billion CD 1662 4416 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4416 31 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 4416 32 . . NNP 1662 4416 33 , , , 1662 4416 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 4416 35 est est NNP 1662 4416 36 . . . 1662 4416 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4417 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4417 2 : : : 1662 4417 3 alumina alumina NNP 1662 4417 4 , , , 1662 4417 5 bauxite bauxite NNP 1662 4417 6 , , , 1662 4417 7 sugar sugar NN 1662 4417 8 , , , 1662 4417 9 bananas bananas NNP 1662 4417 10 , , , 1662 4417 11 rum rum NN 1662 4417 12 partners partner NNS 1662 4417 13 : : : 1662 4417 14 US US NNP 1662 4417 15 47 47 CD 1662 4417 16 % % NN 1662 4417 17 , , , 1662 4417 18 UK UK NNP 1662 4417 19 11 11 CD 1662 4417 20 % % NN 1662 4417 21 , , , 1662 4417 22 Canada Canada NNP 1662 4417 23 9 9 CD 1662 4417 24 % % NN 1662 4417 25 , , , 1662 4417 26 Norway Norway NNP 1662 4417 27 7 7 CD 1662 4417 28 % % NN 1662 4417 29 , , , 1662 4417 30 France France NNP 1662 4417 31 4 4 CD 1662 4417 32 % % NN 1662 4417 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4417 34 1993 1993 CD 1662 4417 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4417 36 Imports import NNS 1662 4417 37 : : : 1662 4417 38 total total JJ 1662 4417 39 value value NN 1662 4417 40 : : : 1662 4417 41 $ $ $ 1662 4417 42 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 4417 43 billion billion CD 1662 4417 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4417 45 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 4417 46 . . NNP 1662 4417 47 , , , 1662 4417 48 1996 1996 CD 1662 4417 49 est est NNP 1662 4417 50 . . . 1662 4417 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4418 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4418 2 : : : 1662 4418 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 4418 4 and and CC 1662 4418 5 transport transport NN 1662 4418 6 equipment equipment NN 1662 4418 7 , , , 1662 4418 8 construction construction NN 1662 4418 9 materials material NNS 1662 4418 10 , , , 1662 4418 11 fuel fuel NN 1662 4418 12 , , , 1662 4418 13 food food NN 1662 4418 14 , , , 1662 4418 15 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4418 16 partners partner NNS 1662 4418 17 : : : 1662 4418 18 US US NNP 1662 4418 19 54 54 CD 1662 4418 20 % % NN 1662 4418 21 , , , 1662 4418 22 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4418 23 4.0 4.0 CD 1662 4418 24 % % NN 1662 4418 25 , , , 1662 4418 26 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 4418 27 6 6 CD 1662 4418 28 % % NN 1662 4418 29 , , , 1662 4418 30 UK UK NNP 1662 4418 31 4 4 CD 1662 4418 32 % % NN 1662 4418 33 , , , 1662 4418 34 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 4418 35 3 3 CD 1662 4418 36 % % NN 1662 4418 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4418 38 1993 1993 CD 1662 4418 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4418 40 Debt debt NN 1662 4418 41 - - HYPH 1662 4418 42 external external JJ 1662 4418 43 : : : 1662 4418 44 $ $ $ 1662 4418 45 4.2 4.2 CD 1662 4418 46 billion billion CD 1662 4418 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4418 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 4418 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4418 50 Economic economic JJ 1662 4418 51 aid aid NN 1662 4418 52 : : : 1662 4418 53 recipient recipient NN 1662 4418 54 : : : 1662 4418 55 ODA ODA NNP 1662 4418 56 , , , 1662 4418 57 $ $ $ 1662 4418 58 239 239 CD 1662 4418 59 million million CD 1662 4418 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4418 61 1993 1993 CD 1662 4418 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4418 63 Currency currency NN 1662 4418 64 : : : 1662 4418 65 1 1 CD 1662 4418 66 Jamaican jamaican JJ 1662 4418 67 dollar dollar NN 1662 4418 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4418 69 J$ J$ NNP 1662 4418 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4418 71 = = NFP 1662 4418 72 100 100 CD 1662 4418 73 cents cent NNS 1662 4418 74 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 4418 75 rates rate NNS 1662 4418 76 : : : 1662 4418 77 Jamaican jamaican JJ 1662 4418 78 dollars dollar NNS 1662 4418 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4418 80 J$ J$ NNP 1662 4418 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4418 82 per per IN 1662 4418 83 US$ us$ $ 1662 4418 84 1 1 CD 1662 4418 85 - - SYM 1662 4418 86 34.952 34.952 CD 1662 4418 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4418 88 December December NNP 1662 4418 89 1996 1996 CD 1662 4418 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4418 91 , , , 1662 4418 92 37.120 37.120 CD 1662 4418 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4418 94 1996 1996 CD 1662 4418 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4418 96 , , , 1662 4418 97 35.142 35.142 CD 1662 4418 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4418 99 1995 1995 CD 1662 4418 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4418 101 , , , 1662 4418 102 33.086 33.086 CD 1662 4418 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4418 104 1994 1994 CD 1662 4418 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4418 106 , , , 1662 4418 107 24.949 24.949 CD 1662 4418 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4418 109 1993 1993 CD 1662 4418 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4418 111 , , , 1662 4418 112 22.960 22.960 CD 1662 4418 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4418 114 1992 1992 CD 1662 4418 115 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4418 116 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4418 117 year year NN 1662 4418 118 : : : 1662 4418 119 1 1 CD 1662 4418 120 April April NNP 1662 4418 121 - - HYPH 1662 4418 122 31 31 CD 1662 4418 123 March March NNP 1662 4418 124 @Jamaica @jamaica NN 1662 4418 125 : : : 1662 4418 126 Communications Communications NNP 1662 4418 127 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 4418 128 : : : 1662 4418 129 212,257 212,257 CD 1662 4418 130 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4418 131 1991 1991 CD 1662 4418 132 est est NNP 1662 4418 133 . . . 1662 4418 134 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4419 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 4419 2 system system NN 1662 4419 3 : : : 1662 4419 4 fully fully RB 1662 4419 5 automatic automatic JJ 1662 4419 6 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4419 7 telephone telephone NN 1662 4419 8 network network NN 1662 4419 9 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4419 10 : : : 1662 4419 11 NA NA NNP 1662 4419 12 international international JJ 1662 4419 13 : : : 1662 4419 14 satellite satellite NN 1662 4419 15 earth earth NN 1662 4419 16 stations station NNS 1662 4419 17 - - , 1662 4419 18 2 2 CD 1662 4419 19 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4419 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4419 21 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4419 22 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4419 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4419 24 ; ; : 1662 4419 25 3 3 CD 1662 4419 26 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 4419 27 submarine submarine NN 1662 4419 28 cables cable NNS 1662 4419 29 Radio Radio NNP 1662 4419 30 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4419 31 stations station NNS 1662 4419 32 : : : 1662 4419 33 AM AM NNP 1662 4419 34 10 10 CD 1662 4419 35 , , , 1662 4419 36 FM FM NNP 1662 4419 37 17 17 CD 1662 4419 38 , , , 1662 4419 39 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 4419 40 0 0 CD 1662 4419 41 Radios radio NNS 1662 4419 42 : : : 1662 4419 43 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 4419 44 million million CD 1662 4419 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4419 46 1992 1992 CD 1662 4419 47 est est NNP 1662 4419 48 . . . 1662 4419 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4420 1 Television television NN 1662 4420 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4420 3 stations station NNS 1662 4420 4 : : : 1662 4420 5 8 8 CD 1662 4420 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 4420 7 : : : 1662 4420 8 330,000 330,000 CD 1662 4420 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4420 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 4420 11 est est NNP 1662 4420 12 . . . 1662 4420 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4421 1 @Jamaica @Jamaica NNP 1662 4421 2 : : : 1662 4421 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4421 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 4421 5 : : : 1662 4421 6 total total NN 1662 4421 7 : : : 1662 4421 8 272 272 CD 1662 4421 9 km km NN 1662 4421 10 standard standard JJ 1662 4421 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 4421 12 : : : 1662 4421 13 272 272 CD 1662 4421 14 km km NN 1662 4421 15 1.435-m 1.435-m JJ 1662 4421 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 4421 17 ; ; : 1662 4421 18 note note NN 1662 4421 19 - - HYPH 1662 4421 20 207 207 CD 1662 4421 21 km km NN 1662 4421 22 belonging belong VBG 1662 4421 23 to to IN 1662 4421 24 the the DT 1662 4421 25 Jamaica Jamaica NNP 1662 4421 26 Railway Railway NNP 1662 4421 27 Corporation Corporation NNP 1662 4421 28 which which WDT 1662 4421 29 were be VBD 1662 4421 30 in in IN 1662 4421 31 common common JJ 1662 4421 32 carrier carrier NN 1662 4421 33 service service NN 1662 4421 34 are be VBP 1662 4421 35 no no RB 1662 4421 36 longer long RBR 1662 4421 37 operational operational JJ 1662 4421 38 ; ; : 1662 4421 39 the the DT 1662 4421 40 remaining remain VBG 1662 4421 41 track track NN 1662 4421 42 is be VBZ 1662 4421 43 privately privately RB 1662 4421 44 owned own VBN 1662 4421 45 and and CC 1662 4421 46 used use VBN 1662 4421 47 to to TO 1662 4421 48 transport transport VB 1662 4421 49 bauxite bauxite JJ 1662 4421 50 Highways highway NNS 1662 4421 51 : : : 1662 4421 52 total total NN 1662 4421 53 : : : 1662 4421 54 18,600 18,600 CD 1662 4421 55 km km NN 1662 4421 56 paved pave VBN 1662 4421 57 : : : 1662 4421 58 13,132 13,132 CD 1662 4421 59 km km NN 1662 4421 60 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4421 61 : : : 1662 4421 62 5,468 5,468 CD 1662 4421 63 km km NNS 1662 4421 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4421 65 1995 1995 CD 1662 4421 66 est est NNP 1662 4421 67 . . . 1662 4421 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4422 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 4422 2 : : : 1662 4422 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4422 4 products product NNS 1662 4422 5 10 10 CD 1662 4422 6 km km NN 1662 4422 7 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 4422 8 and and CC 1662 4422 9 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4422 10 : : : 1662 4422 11 Alligator Alligator NNP 1662 4422 12 Pond Pond NNP 1662 4422 13 , , , 1662 4422 14 Discovery Discovery NNP 1662 4422 15 Bay Bay NNP 1662 4422 16 , , , 1662 4422 17 Kingston Kingston NNP 1662 4422 18 , , , 1662 4422 19 Montego Montego NNP 1662 4422 20 Bay Bay NNP 1662 4422 21 , , , 1662 4422 22 Ocho Ocho NNP 1662 4422 23 Rios Rios NNP 1662 4422 24 , , , 1662 4422 25 Port Port NNP 1662 4422 26 Antonio Antonio NNP 1662 4422 27 , , , 1662 4422 28 Rocky Rocky NNP 1662 4422 29 Point Point NNP 1662 4422 30 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 4422 31 marine marine NN 1662 4422 32 : : : 1662 4422 33 total total NN 1662 4422 34 : : : 1662 4422 35 2 2 CD 1662 4422 36 ships ship NNS 1662 4422 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4422 38 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4422 39 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4422 40 or or CC 1662 4422 41 over over RB 1662 4422 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4422 43 totaling total VBG 1662 4422 44 3,435 3,435 CD 1662 4422 45 GRT/6,105 GRT/6,105 NNP 1662 4422 46 DWT DWT NNP 1662 4422 47 ships ship NNS 1662 4422 48 by by IN 1662 4422 49 type type NN 1662 4422 50 : : : 1662 4422 51 oil oil NN 1662 4422 52 tanker tanker NN 1662 4422 53 1 1 CD 1662 4422 54 , , , 1662 4422 55 roll roll NN 1662 4422 56 - - HYPH 1662 4422 57 on on IN 1662 4422 58 / / SYM 1662 4422 59 roll roll NN 1662 4422 60 - - HYPH 1662 4422 61 off off RP 1662 4422 62 cargo cargo NN 1662 4422 63 1 1 CD 1662 4422 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4422 65 1996 1996 CD 1662 4422 66 est est NNP 1662 4422 67 . . . 1662 4422 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4423 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4423 2 : : : 1662 4423 3 26 26 CD 1662 4423 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4423 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4423 6 est est NNP 1662 4423 7 . . . 1662 4423 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4424 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4424 2 - - , 1662 4424 3 with with IN 1662 4424 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4424 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4424 6 : : : 1662 4424 7 total total NN 1662 4424 8 : : : 1662 4424 9 25 25 CD 1662 4424 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4424 11 to to TO 1662 4424 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4424 13 m m NN 1662 4424 14 : : : 1662 4424 15 2 2 CD 1662 4424 16 914 914 CD 1662 4424 17 to to TO 1662 4424 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4424 19 m m NN 1662 4424 20 : : : 1662 4424 21 3 3 CD 1662 4424 22 under under IN 1662 4424 23 914 914 CD 1662 4424 24 m m NN 1662 4424 25 : : : 1662 4424 26 20 20 CD 1662 4424 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4424 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 4424 29 est est NNP 1662 4424 30 . . . 1662 4424 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4425 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4425 2 - - , 1662 4425 3 with with IN 1662 4425 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4425 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4425 6 : : : 1662 4425 7 total total NN 1662 4425 8 : : : 1662 4425 9 1 1 CD 1662 4425 10 914 914 CD 1662 4425 11 to to TO 1662 4425 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4425 13 m m NN 1662 4425 14 : : : 1662 4425 15 1 1 CD 1662 4425 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4425 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 4425 18 est est NNP 1662 4425 19 . . . 1662 4425 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4426 1 Military military JJ 1662 4426 2 Military military JJ 1662 4426 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4426 4 : : : 1662 4426 5 Jamaica Jamaica NNP 1662 4426 6 Defense Defense NNP 1662 4426 7 Force Force NNP 1662 4426 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4426 9 includes include VBZ 1662 4426 10 Ground Ground NNP 1662 4426 11 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 4426 12 , , , 1662 4426 13 Coast Coast NNP 1662 4426 14 Guard Guard NNP 1662 4426 15 and and CC 1662 4426 16 Air Air NNP 1662 4426 17 Wing Wing NNP 1662 4426 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4426 19 , , , 1662 4426 20 Jamaica Jamaica NNP 1662 4426 21 Constabulary Constabulary NNP 1662 4426 22 Force Force NNP 1662 4426 23 Military Military NNP 1662 4426 24 manpower manpower NN 1662 4426 25 - - HYPH 1662 4426 26 military military NN 1662 4426 27 age age NN 1662 4426 28 : : : 1662 4426 29 18 18 CD 1662 4426 30 years year NNS 1662 4426 31 of of IN 1662 4426 32 age age NN 1662 4426 33 Military military JJ 1662 4426 34 manpower manpower NN 1662 4426 35 - - HYPH 1662 4426 36 availability availability NN 1662 4426 37 : : : 1662 4426 38 males male NNS 1662 4426 39 age age NNP 1662 4426 40 15 15 CD 1662 4426 41 - - HYPH 1662 4426 42 49 49 CD 1662 4426 43 : : : 1662 4426 44 691,799 691,799 CD 1662 4426 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4426 46 1997 1997 CD 1662 4426 47 est est NNP 1662 4426 48 . . . 1662 4426 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4427 1 Military military JJ 1662 4427 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4427 3 - - HYPH 1662 4427 4 fit fit NN 1662 4427 5 for for IN 1662 4427 6 military military JJ 1662 4427 7 service service NN 1662 4427 8 : : : 1662 4427 9 males male NNS 1662 4427 10 : : : 1662 4427 11 488,569 488,569 CD 1662 4427 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4427 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4427 14 est est NNP 1662 4427 15 . . . 1662 4427 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4428 1 Military military JJ 1662 4428 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4428 3 - - HYPH 1662 4428 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 4428 5 military military JJ 1662 4428 6 age age NN 1662 4428 7 annually annually RB 1662 4428 8 : : : 1662 4428 9 males male NNS 1662 4428 10 : : : 1662 4428 11 25,532 25,532 CD 1662 4428 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4428 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4428 14 est est NNP 1662 4428 15 . . . 1662 4428 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4429 1 Military military JJ 1662 4429 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4429 3 - - HYPH 1662 4429 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4429 5 figure figure NN 1662 4429 6 : : : 1662 4429 7 $ $ $ 1662 4429 8 30 30 CD 1662 4429 9 million million CD 1662 4429 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4429 11 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 4429 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4429 13 Military military JJ 1662 4429 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4429 15 - - : 1662 4429 16 percent percent NN 1662 4429 17 of of IN 1662 4429 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4429 19 : : : 1662 4429 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 4429 21 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4429 22 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4429 23 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 4429 24 - - : 1662 4429 25 international international RB 1662 4429 26 : : : 1662 4429 27 none none NN 1662 4429 28 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 4429 29 drugs drug VBZ 1662 4429 30 : : : 1662 4429 31 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 4429 32 point point NN 1662 4429 33 for for IN 1662 4429 34 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 4429 35 from from IN 1662 4429 36 Central Central NNP 1662 4429 37 and and CC 1662 4429 38 South South NNP 1662 4429 39 America America NNP 1662 4429 40 to to IN 1662 4429 41 North North NNP 1662 4429 42 America America NNP 1662 4429 43 and and CC 1662 4429 44 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4429 45 ; ; : 1662 4429 46 illicit illicit JJ 1662 4429 47 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 4429 48 of of IN 1662 4429 49 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 4429 50 ; ; : 1662 4429 51 government government NN 1662 4429 52 has have VBZ 1662 4429 53 an an DT 1662 4429 54 active active JJ 1662 4429 55 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 4429 56 eradication eradication NN 1662 4429 57 program program NN 1662 4429 58 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 59 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 60 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 61 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 62 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 63 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 64 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 65 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 66 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 67 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 68 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 69 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 70 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 71 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 72 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 73 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 74 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 75 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 76 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 77 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 78 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 79 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 80 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 81 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 82 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 83 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 84 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 85 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 86 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 87 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 88 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 89 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 90 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 91 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 92 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 93 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 94 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 95 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 96 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 97 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 98 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 99 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 100 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 101 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 102 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 103 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 104 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 105 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 106 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 107 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 108 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 109 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 110 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 111 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 112 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 113 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 114 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 115 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 116 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 117 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 118 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 119 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 120 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 121 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 122 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 123 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 124 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 125 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 126 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 127 _ _ NNP 1662 4429 128 JAN JAN NNP 1662 4429 129 MAYEN MAYEN NNP 1662 4429 130 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4429 131 territory territory NN 1662 4429 132 of of IN 1662 4429 133 Norway Norway NNP 1662 4429 134 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4429 135 @Jan @Jan . 1662 4429 136 Mayen Mayen NNP 1662 4429 137 : : : 1662 4429 138 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4429 139 Location Location NNP 1662 4429 140 : : : 1662 4429 141 Northern Northern NNP 1662 4429 142 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4429 143 , , , 1662 4429 144 island island NN 1662 4429 145 between between IN 1662 4429 146 the the DT 1662 4429 147 Greenland Greenland NNP 1662 4429 148 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4429 149 and and CC 1662 4429 150 the the DT 1662 4429 151 Norwegian Norwegian NNP 1662 4429 152 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4429 153 , , , 1662 4429 154 northeast northeast RB 1662 4429 155 of of IN 1662 4429 156 Iceland Iceland NNP 1662 4429 157 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4429 158 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4429 159 : : : 1662 4429 160 71 71 CD 1662 4429 161 00 00 CD 1662 4429 162 N n CD 1662 4429 163 , , , 1662 4429 164 8 8 CD 1662 4429 165 00 00 NFP 1662 4429 166 W W NNP 1662 4429 167 Map Map NNP 1662 4429 168 references reference NNS 1662 4429 169 : : : 1662 4429 170 Arctic Arctic NNP 1662 4429 171 Region Region NNP 1662 4429 172 Area Area NNP 1662 4429 173 : : : 1662 4429 174 total total NN 1662 4429 175 : : : 1662 4429 176 373 373 CD 1662 4429 177 sq sq RB 1662 4429 178 km km NNP 1662 4429 179 land land NN 1662 4429 180 : : : 1662 4429 181 373 373 CD 1662 4429 182 sq sq NN 1662 4429 183 km km NNP 1662 4429 184 water water NN 1662 4429 185 : : : 1662 4429 186 0 0 NFP 1662 4429 187 sq sq NN 1662 4429 188 km km NNP 1662 4429 189 Area area NN 1662 4429 190 - - HYPH 1662 4429 191 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4429 192 : : : 1662 4429 193 slightly slightly RB 1662 4429 194 more more JJR 1662 4429 195 than than IN 1662 4429 196 twice twice RB 1662 4429 197 the the DT 1662 4429 198 size size NN 1662 4429 199 of of IN 1662 4429 200 Washington Washington NNP 1662 4429 201 , , , 1662 4429 202 DC DC NNP 1662 4429 203 Land Land NNP 1662 4429 204 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4429 205 : : : 1662 4429 206 0 0 LS 1662 4429 207 km km NN 1662 4429 208 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4429 209 : : : 1662 4429 210 124.1 124.1 CD 1662 4429 211 km km NN 1662 4429 212 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4429 213 claims claim VBZ 1662 4429 214 : : : 1662 4429 215 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 4429 216 zone zone NN 1662 4429 217 : : : 1662 4429 218 10 10 CD 1662 4429 219 nm nm NNP 1662 4429 220 continental continental NNP 1662 4429 221 shelf shelf NNP 1662 4429 222 : : : 1662 4429 223 200-m 200-m CD 1662 4429 224 depth depth NN 1662 4429 225 or or CC 1662 4429 226 to to IN 1662 4429 227 the the DT 1662 4429 228 depth depth NN 1662 4429 229 of of IN 1662 4429 230 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 4429 231 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 4429 232 economic economic JJ 1662 4429 233 zone zone NN 1662 4429 234 : : : 1662 4429 235 200 200 CD 1662 4429 236 nm nm CD 1662 4429 237 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4429 238 sea sea NN 1662 4429 239 : : : 1662 4429 240 4 4 CD 1662 4429 241 nm nm NNP 1662 4429 242 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4429 243 : : : 1662 4429 244 arctic arctic NNP 1662 4429 245 maritime maritime NN 1662 4429 246 with with IN 1662 4429 247 frequent frequent JJ 1662 4429 248 storms storm NNS 1662 4429 249 and and CC 1662 4429 250 persistent persistent JJ 1662 4429 251 fog fog NN 1662 4429 252 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4429 253 : : : 1662 4429 254 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 4429 255 island island NN 1662 4429 256 , , , 1662 4429 257 partly partly RB 1662 4429 258 covered cover VBN 1662 4429 259 by by IN 1662 4429 260 glaciers glacier NNS 1662 4429 261 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4429 262 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4429 263 : : : 1662 4429 264 lowest low JJS 1662 4429 265 point point NN 1662 4429 266 : : : 1662 4429 267 Norwegian Norwegian NNP 1662 4429 268 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4429 269 0 0 NFP 1662 4429 270 m m DT 1662 4429 271 highest high JJS 1662 4429 272 point point NN 1662 4429 273 : : : 1662 4429 274 Haakon Haakon NNP 1662 4429 275 VII VII NNP 1662 4429 276 Toppen Toppen NNP 1662 4429 277 / / SYM 1662 4429 278 Beerenberg Beerenberg NNP 1662 4429 279 2,277 2,277 CD 1662 4429 280 m m NNP 1662 4429 281 Natural natural JJ 1662 4429 282 resources resource NNS 1662 4429 283 : : : 1662 4429 284 none none NN 1662 4429 285 Land Land NNP 1662 4429 286 use use NN 1662 4429 287 : : : 1662 4429 288 arable arable JJ 1662 4429 289 land land NN 1662 4429 290 : : : 1662 4429 291 0 0 CD 1662 4429 292 % % NN 1662 4429 293 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4429 294 crops crop NNS 1662 4429 295 : : : 1662 4429 296 0 0 CD 1662 4429 297 % % NN 1662 4429 298 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4429 299 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4429 300 : : : 1662 4429 301 0 0 CD 1662 4429 302 % % NN 1662 4429 303 forests forest NNS 1662 4429 304 and and CC 1662 4429 305 woodland woodland JJ 1662 4429 306 : : : 1662 4429 307 0 0 CD 1662 4429 308 % % NN 1662 4429 309 other other JJ 1662 4429 310 : : : 1662 4429 311 100 100 CD 1662 4429 312 % % NN 1662 4429 313 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4429 314 land land NN 1662 4429 315 : : : 1662 4429 316 0 0 LS 1662 4429 317 sq sq NNP 1662 4429 318 km km NNP 1662 4429 319 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4429 320 1993 1993 CD 1662 4429 321 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4429 322 Natural natural JJ 1662 4429 323 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4429 324 : : : 1662 4429 325 dominated dominate VBN 1662 4429 326 by by IN 1662 4429 327 the the DT 1662 4429 328 volcano volcano NN 1662 4429 329 Beerenberg Beerenberg NNP 1662 4429 330 ; ; : 1662 4429 331 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 4429 332 activity activity NN 1662 4429 333 resumed resume VBD 1662 4429 334 in in IN 1662 4429 335 1970 1970 CD 1662 4429 336 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4429 337 - - HYPH 1662 4429 338 current current JJ 1662 4429 339 issues issue NNS 1662 4429 340 : : : 1662 4429 341 NA NA NNP 1662 4429 342 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4429 343 - - HYPH 1662 4429 344 international international JJ 1662 4429 345 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4429 346 : : : 1662 4429 347 party party NN 1662 4429 348 to to IN 1662 4429 349 : : : 1662 4429 350 NA NA NNP 1662 4429 351 signed sign VBN 1662 4429 352 , , , 1662 4429 353 but but CC 1662 4429 354 not not RB 1662 4429 355 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4429 356 : : : 1662 4429 357 NA NA NNP 1662 4429 358 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4429 359 - - HYPH 1662 4429 360 note note NN 1662 4429 361 : : : 1662 4429 362 barren barren NNP 1662 4429 363 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 4429 364 island island NN 1662 4429 365 with with IN 1662 4429 366 some some DT 1662 4429 367 moss moss NN 1662 4429 368 and and CC 1662 4429 369 grass grass NN 1662 4429 370 @Jan @Jan : 1662 4429 371 Mayen Mayen NNP 1662 4429 372 : : : 1662 4429 373 People People NNP 1662 4429 374 Population Population NNP 1662 4429 375 : : : 1662 4429 376 no no DT 1662 4429 377 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4429 378 inhabitants inhabitant NNS 1662 4429 379 note note VBP 1662 4429 380 : : : 1662 4429 381 there there EX 1662 4429 382 are be VBP 1662 4429 383 personnel personnel NNS 1662 4429 384 who who WP 1662 4429 385 operate operate VBP 1662 4429 386 the the DT 1662 4429 387 Long Long NNP 1662 4429 388 Range Range NNP 1662 4429 389 Navigation Navigation NNP 1662 4429 390 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4429 391 Loran Loran NNP 1662 4429 392 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4429 393 C C NNP 1662 4429 394 base base NN 1662 4429 395 and and CC 1662 4429 396 the the DT 1662 4429 397 weather weather NN 1662 4429 398 and and CC 1662 4429 399 coastal coastal JJ 1662 4429 400 services service NNS 1662 4429 401 radio radio NN 1662 4429 402 station station NN 1662 4429 403 @Jan @Jan . 1662 4429 404 Mayen Mayen NNP 1662 4429 405 : : : 1662 4429 406 Government Government NNP 1662 4429 407 Country Country NNP 1662 4429 408 name name NN 1662 4429 409 : : : 1662 4429 410 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4429 411 long long JJ 1662 4429 412 form form NN 1662 4429 413 : : : 1662 4429 414 none none NN 1662 4429 415 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4429 416 short short JJ 1662 4429 417 form form NN 1662 4429 418 : : : 1662 4429 419 Jan Jan NNP 1662 4429 420 Mayen Mayen NNP 1662 4429 421 Data Data NNP 1662 4429 422 code code NN 1662 4429 423 : : : 1662 4429 424 JN JN NNP 1662 4429 425 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 4429 426 status status NN 1662 4429 427 : : : 1662 4429 428 territory territory NN 1662 4429 429 of of IN 1662 4429 430 Norway Norway NNP 1662 4429 431 ; ; : 1662 4429 432 administered administer VBN 1662 4429 433 from from IN 1662 4429 434 Oslo Oslo NNP 1662 4429 435 , , , 1662 4429 436 Norway Norway NNP 1662 4429 437 , , , 1662 4429 438 through through IN 1662 4429 439 a a DT 1662 4429 440 governor governor NN 1662 4429 441 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4429 442 sysselmann sysselmann NNP 1662 4429 443 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4429 444 resident resident NN 1662 4429 445 in in IN 1662 4429 446 Longyearbyen Longyearbyen NNP 1662 4429 447 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4429 448 Svalbard Svalbard NNP 1662 4429 449 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4429 450 ; ; : 1662 4429 451 however however RB 1662 4429 452 , , , 1662 4429 453 authority authority NN 1662 4429 454 has have VBZ 1662 4429 455 been be VBN 1662 4429 456 delegated delegate VBN 1662 4429 457 to to IN 1662 4429 458 a a DT 1662 4429 459 station station NN 1662 4429 460 commander commander NN 1662 4429 461 of of IN 1662 4429 462 the the DT 1662 4429 463 Norwegian Norwegian NNP 1662 4429 464 Defense Defense NNP 1662 4429 465 Communication Communication NNP 1662 4429 466 Service Service NNP 1662 4429 467 Flag Flag NNP 1662 4429 468 description description NN 1662 4429 469 : : : 1662 4429 470 the the DT 1662 4429 471 flag flag NN 1662 4429 472 of of IN 1662 4429 473 Norway Norway NNP 1662 4429 474 is be VBZ 1662 4429 475 used use VBN 1662 4429 476 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4429 477 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4429 478 - - HYPH 1662 4429 479 overview overview NN 1662 4429 480 : : : 1662 4429 481 Jan Jan NNP 1662 4429 482 Mayen Mayen NNP 1662 4429 483 is be VBZ 1662 4429 484 a a DT 1662 4429 485 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 4429 486 island island NN 1662 4429 487 with with IN 1662 4429 488 no no DT 1662 4429 489 exploitable exploitable JJ 1662 4429 490 natural natural JJ 1662 4429 491 resources resource NNS 1662 4429 492 . . . 1662 4430 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 4430 2 activity activity NN 1662 4430 3 is be VBZ 1662 4430 4 limited limit VBN 1662 4430 5 to to IN 1662 4430 6 providing provide VBG 1662 4430 7 services service NNS 1662 4430 8 for for IN 1662 4430 9 employees employee NNS 1662 4430 10 of of IN 1662 4430 11 Norway Norway NNP 1662 4430 12 's 's POS 1662 4430 13 radio radio NN 1662 4430 14 and and CC 1662 4430 15 meteorological meteorological JJ 1662 4430 16 stations station NNS 1662 4430 17 located locate VBN 1662 4430 18 on on IN 1662 4430 19 the the DT 1662 4430 20 island island NN 1662 4430 21 . . . 1662 4431 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4431 2 - - HYPH 1662 4431 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 4431 4 : : : 1662 4431 5 NA NA NNP 1662 4431 6 kW kW NNP 1662 4431 7 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4431 8 - - HYPH 1662 4431 9 production production NN 1662 4431 10 : : : 1662 4431 11 NA na IN 1662 4431 12 kWh kwh ADD 1662 4431 13 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4431 14 - - HYPH 1662 4431 15 consumption consumption NN 1662 4431 16 per per IN 1662 4431 17 capita capita NN 1662 4431 18 : : : 1662 4431 19 NA na NN 1662 4431 20 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4431 21 @Jan @Jan . 1662 4431 22 Mayen Mayen NNP 1662 4431 23 : : : 1662 4431 24 Communications Communications NNP 1662 4431 25 Telephone Telephone NNP 1662 4431 26 system system NN 1662 4431 27 : : : 1662 4431 28 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4431 29 : : : 1662 4431 30 NA NA NNP 1662 4431 31 international international JJ 1662 4431 32 : : : 1662 4431 33 NA NA NNP 1662 4431 34 Radio Radio NNP 1662 4431 35 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4431 36 stations station NNS 1662 4431 37 : : : 1662 4431 38 AM am VBP 1662 4431 39 NA NA NNP 1662 4431 40 , , , 1662 4431 41 FM FM NNP 1662 4431 42 NA NA NNP 1662 4431 43 , , , 1662 4431 44 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 4431 45 NA NA NNP 1662 4431 46 note note VB 1662 4431 47 : : : 1662 4431 48 radio radio NN 1662 4431 49 and and CC 1662 4431 50 meteorological meteorological JJ 1662 4431 51 station station NN 1662 4431 52 Radios radio NNS 1662 4431 53 : : : 1662 4431 54 NA NA NNP 1662 4431 55 Television Television NNP 1662 4431 56 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4431 57 stations station NNS 1662 4431 58 : : : 1662 4431 59 NA NA NNP 1662 4431 60 Televisions television NNS 1662 4431 61 : : : 1662 4431 62 NA NA NNP 1662 4431 63 @Jan @Jan . 1662 4431 64 Mayen Mayen NNP 1662 4431 65 : : : 1662 4431 66 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4431 67 Highways highway NNS 1662 4431 68 : : : 1662 4431 69 total total NN 1662 4431 70 : : : 1662 4431 71 NA NA NNP 1662 4431 72 km km PRP 1662 4431 73 paved pave VBN 1662 4431 74 : : : 1662 4431 75 NA NA NNP 1662 4431 76 km km PRP 1662 4431 77 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4431 78 : : : 1662 4431 79 NA NA NNP 1662 4431 80 km km VB 1662 4431 81 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 4431 82 and and CC 1662 4431 83 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4431 84 : : : 1662 4431 85 none none NN 1662 4431 86 ; ; : 1662 4431 87 offshore offshore RB 1662 4431 88 anchorage anchorage VB 1662 4431 89 only only JJ 1662 4431 90 Airports airport NNS 1662 4431 91 : : : 1662 4431 92 1 1 CD 1662 4431 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4431 94 1996 1996 CD 1662 4431 95 est est NNP 1662 4431 96 . . . 1662 4431 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4432 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4432 2 - - , 1662 4432 3 with with IN 1662 4432 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4432 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4432 6 : : : 1662 4432 7 total total NN 1662 4432 8 : : : 1662 4432 9 1 1 CD 1662 4432 10 914 914 CD 1662 4432 11 to to TO 1662 4432 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4432 13 m m NN 1662 4432 14 : : : 1662 4432 15 1 1 CD 1662 4432 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4432 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 4432 18 est est NNP 1662 4432 19 . . . 1662 4432 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4433 1 Military military JJ 1662 4433 2 Military Military NNP 1662 4433 3 - - HYPH 1662 4433 4 note note NN 1662 4433 5 : : : 1662 4433 6 defense defense NN 1662 4433 7 is be VBZ 1662 4433 8 the the DT 1662 4433 9 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 4433 10 of of IN 1662 4433 11 Norway Norway NNP 1662 4433 12 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4433 13 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4433 14 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 4433 15 - - : 1662 4433 16 international international RB 1662 4433 17 : : : 1662 4433 18 none none NN 1662 4433 19 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 20 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 21 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 22 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 23 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 24 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 25 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 26 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 27 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 28 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 29 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 30 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 31 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 32 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 33 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 34 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 35 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 36 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 37 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 38 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 39 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 40 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 41 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 42 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 43 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 44 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 45 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 46 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 47 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 48 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 49 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 50 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 51 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 52 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 53 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 54 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 55 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 56 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 57 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 58 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 59 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 60 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 61 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 62 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 63 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 64 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 65 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 66 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 67 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 68 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 69 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 70 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 71 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 72 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 73 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 74 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 75 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 76 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 77 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 78 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 79 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 80 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 81 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 82 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 83 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 84 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 85 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 86 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 87 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 88 _ _ NNP 1662 4433 89 JAPAN JAPAN NNP 1662 4433 90 @Japan @Japan , 1662 4433 91 : : : 1662 4433 92 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4433 93 Location Location NNP 1662 4433 94 : : : 1662 4433 95 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 4433 96 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4433 97 , , , 1662 4433 98 island island NN 1662 4433 99 chain chain NN 1662 4433 100 between between IN 1662 4433 101 the the DT 1662 4433 102 North North NNP 1662 4433 103 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 4433 104 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4433 105 and and CC 1662 4433 106 the the DT 1662 4433 107 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4433 108 of of IN 1662 4433 109 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4433 110 , , , 1662 4433 111 east east RB 1662 4433 112 of of IN 1662 4433 113 the the DT 1662 4433 114 Korean Korean NNP 1662 4433 115 Peninsula Peninsula NNP 1662 4433 116 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4433 117 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4433 118 : : : 1662 4433 119 36 36 CD 1662 4433 120 00 00 CD 1662 4433 121 N n CD 1662 4433 122 , , , 1662 4433 123 138 138 CD 1662 4433 124 00 00 CD 1662 4433 125 E e NN 1662 4433 126 Map Map NNP 1662 4433 127 references reference NNS 1662 4433 128 : : : 1662 4433 129 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4433 130 Area Area NNP 1662 4433 131 : : : 1662 4433 132 total total NN 1662 4433 133 : : : 1662 4433 134 377,835 377,835 CD 1662 4433 135 sq sq NNP 1662 4433 136 km km NNP 1662 4433 137 land land NN 1662 4433 138 : : : 1662 4433 139 374,744 374,744 CD 1662 4433 140 sq sq NNP 1662 4433 141 km km NNP 1662 4433 142 water water NN 1662 4433 143 : : : 1662 4433 144 3,091 3,091 CD 1662 4433 145 sq sq NNP 1662 4433 146 km km NNP 1662 4433 147 note note NN 1662 4433 148 : : : 1662 4433 149 includes include VBZ 1662 4433 150 Bonin Bonin NNP 1662 4433 151 Islands Islands NNP 1662 4433 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4433 153 Ogasawara Ogasawara NNP 1662 4433 154 - - HYPH 1662 4433 155 gunto gunto JJ 1662 4433 156 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4433 157 , , , 1662 4433 158 Daito Daito NNP 1662 4433 159 - - HYPH 1662 4433 160 shoto shoto NNP 1662 4433 161 , , , 1662 4433 162 Minami Minami NNP 1662 4433 163 - - HYPH 1662 4433 164 jima jima NNP 1662 4433 165 , , , 1662 4433 166 Okinotori okinotori NN 1662 4433 167 - - HYPH 1662 4433 168 shima shima NNP 1662 4433 169 , , , 1662 4433 170 Ryukyu Ryukyu NNP 1662 4433 171 Islands Islands NNP 1662 4433 172 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4433 173 Nansei Nansei NNP 1662 4433 174 - - HYPH 1662 4433 175 shoto shoto NN 1662 4433 176 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4433 177 , , , 1662 4433 178 and and CC 1662 4433 179 Volcano Volcano NNP 1662 4433 180 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 4433 181 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4433 182 Kazan Kazan NNP 1662 4433 183 - - HYPH 1662 4433 184 retto retto NNP 1662 4433 185 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4433 186 Area area NN 1662 4433 187 - - HYPH 1662 4433 188 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4433 189 : : : 1662 4433 190 slightly slightly RB 1662 4433 191 smaller small JJR 1662 4433 192 than than IN 1662 4433 193 California California NNP 1662 4433 194 Land Land NNP 1662 4433 195 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4433 196 : : : 1662 4433 197 0 0 LS 1662 4433 198 km km NN 1662 4433 199 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4433 200 : : : 1662 4433 201 29,751 29,751 CD 1662 4433 202 km km NN 1662 4433 203 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4433 204 claims claim VBZ 1662 4433 205 : : : 1662 4433 206 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 4433 207 economic economic JJ 1662 4433 208 zone zone NN 1662 4433 209 : : : 1662 4433 210 200 200 CD 1662 4433 211 nm nm CD 1662 4433 212 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4433 213 sea sea NN 1662 4433 214 : : : 1662 4433 215 12 12 CD 1662 4433 216 nm nm CD 1662 4433 217 ; ; : 1662 4433 218 3 3 CD 1662 4433 219 nm nm UH 1662 4433 220 in in IN 1662 4433 221 the the DT 1662 4433 222 international international JJ 1662 4433 223 straits strait NNS 1662 4433 224 - - , 1662 4433 225 La La NNP 1662 4433 226 Perouse Perouse NNP 1662 4433 227 or or CC 1662 4433 228 Soya Soya NNP 1662 4433 229 , , , 1662 4433 230 Tsugaru Tsugaru NNP 1662 4433 231 , , , 1662 4433 232 Osumi Osumi NNP 1662 4433 233 , , , 1662 4433 234 and and CC 1662 4433 235 Eastern eastern JJ 1662 4433 236 and and CC 1662 4433 237 Western western JJ 1662 4433 238 Channels Channels NNPS 1662 4433 239 of of IN 1662 4433 240 the the DT 1662 4433 241 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4433 242 or or CC 1662 4433 243 Tsushima Tsushima NNP 1662 4433 244 Strait Strait NNP 1662 4433 245 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4433 246 : : : 1662 4433 247 varies vary VBZ 1662 4433 248 from from IN 1662 4433 249 tropical tropical JJ 1662 4433 250 in in IN 1662 4433 251 south south NN 1662 4433 252 to to IN 1662 4433 253 cool cool JJ 1662 4433 254 temperate temperate NN 1662 4433 255 in in IN 1662 4433 256 north north JJ 1662 4433 257 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4433 258 : : : 1662 4433 259 mostly mostly RB 1662 4433 260 rugged rugged JJ 1662 4433 261 and and CC 1662 4433 262 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 4433 263 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4433 264 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4433 265 : : : 1662 4433 266 lowest low JJS 1662 4433 267 point point NN 1662 4433 268 : : : 1662 4433 269 Hachiro Hachiro NNP 1662 4433 270 - - HYPH 1662 4433 271 gata gata NNP 1662 4433 272 -4 -4 NNP 1662 4433 273 m m NN 1662 4433 274 highest high JJS 1662 4433 275 point point NN 1662 4433 276 : : : 1662 4433 277 Fujiyama Fujiyama NNP 1662 4433 278 3,776 3,776 CD 1662 4433 279 m m NNP 1662 4433 280 Natural natural JJ 1662 4433 281 resources resource NNS 1662 4433 282 : : : 1662 4433 283 negligible negligible JJ 1662 4433 284 mineral mineral NN 1662 4433 285 resources resource NNS 1662 4433 286 , , , 1662 4433 287 fish fish NN 1662 4433 288 Land land NN 1662 4433 289 use use NN 1662 4433 290 : : : 1662 4433 291 arable arable JJ 1662 4433 292 land land NN 1662 4433 293 : : : 1662 4433 294 11 11 CD 1662 4433 295 % % NN 1662 4433 296 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4433 297 crops crop NNS 1662 4433 298 : : : 1662 4433 299 1 1 CD 1662 4433 300 % % NN 1662 4433 301 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4433 302 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4433 303 : : : 1662 4433 304 2 2 CD 1662 4433 305 % % NN 1662 4433 306 forests forest NNS 1662 4433 307 and and CC 1662 4433 308 woodland woodland JJ 1662 4433 309 : : : 1662 4433 310 67 67 CD 1662 4433 311 % % NN 1662 4433 312 other other JJ 1662 4433 313 : : : 1662 4433 314 19 19 CD 1662 4433 315 % % NN 1662 4433 316 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4433 317 1993 1993 CD 1662 4433 318 est est NNP 1662 4433 319 . . . 1662 4433 320 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4434 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4434 2 land land NN 1662 4434 3 : : : 1662 4434 4 27,820 27,820 CD 1662 4434 5 sq sq IN 1662 4434 6 km km NNP 1662 4434 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4434 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 4434 9 est est NNP 1662 4434 10 . . . 1662 4434 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4435 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 4435 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4435 3 : : : 1662 4435 4 many many JJ 1662 4435 5 dormant dormant JJ 1662 4435 6 and and CC 1662 4435 7 some some DT 1662 4435 8 active active JJ 1662 4435 9 volcanoes volcano NNS 1662 4435 10 ; ; : 1662 4435 11 about about RB 1662 4435 12 1,500 1,500 CD 1662 4435 13 seismic seismic JJ 1662 4435 14 occurrences occurrence NNS 1662 4435 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4435 16 mostly mostly RB 1662 4435 17 tremors tremor NNS 1662 4435 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4435 19 every every DT 1662 4435 20 year year NN 1662 4435 21 ; ; : 1662 4435 22 tsunamis tsunamis NNP 1662 4435 23 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4435 24 - - HYPH 1662 4435 25 current current JJ 1662 4435 26 issues issue NNS 1662 4435 27 : : : 1662 4435 28 air air NN 1662 4435 29 pollution pollution NN 1662 4435 30 from from IN 1662 4435 31 power power NN 1662 4435 32 plant plant NN 1662 4435 33 emissions emission NNS 1662 4435 34 results result NNS 1662 4435 35 in in IN 1662 4435 36 acid acid JJ 1662 4435 37 rain rain NN 1662 4435 38 ; ; , 1662 4435 39 acidification acidification NN 1662 4435 40 of of IN 1662 4435 41 lakes lake NNS 1662 4435 42 and and CC 1662 4435 43 reservoirs reservoirs NNPS 1662 4435 44 degrading degrading NNP 1662 4435 45 water water NN 1662 4435 46 quality quality NN 1662 4435 47 and and CC 1662 4435 48 threatening threaten VBG 1662 4435 49 aquatic aquatic JJ 1662 4435 50 life life NN 1662 4435 51 ; ; : 1662 4435 52 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4435 53 's 's POS 1662 4435 54 appetite appetite NN 1662 4435 55 for for IN 1662 4435 56 fish fish NN 1662 4435 57 and and CC 1662 4435 58 tropical tropical JJ 1662 4435 59 timber timber NN 1662 4435 60 is be VBZ 1662 4435 61 contributing contribute VBG 1662 4435 62 to to IN 1662 4435 63 the the DT 1662 4435 64 depletion depletion NN 1662 4435 65 of of IN 1662 4435 66 these these DT 1662 4435 67 resources resource NNS 1662 4435 68 in in IN 1662 4435 69 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4435 70 and and CC 1662 4435 71 elsewhere elsewhere RB 1662 4435 72 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4435 73 - - HYPH 1662 4435 74 international international JJ 1662 4435 75 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4435 76 : : : 1662 4435 77 party party NN 1662 4435 78 to to TO 1662 4435 79 : : : 1662 4435 80 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 4435 81 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 4435 82 , , , 1662 4435 83 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 4435 84 , , , 1662 4435 85 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4435 86 Change Change NNP 1662 4435 87 , , , 1662 4435 88 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 4435 89 Species Species NNPS 1662 4435 90 , , , 1662 4435 91 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 4435 92 Modification Modification NNP 1662 4435 93 , , , 1662 4435 94 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 4435 95 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 4435 96 , , , 1662 4435 97 Law Law NNP 1662 4435 98 of of IN 1662 4435 99 the the DT 1662 4435 100 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4435 101 , , , 1662 4435 102 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4435 103 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 4435 104 , , , 1662 4435 105 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 4435 106 Test Test NNP 1662 4435 107 Ban Ban NNP 1662 4435 108 , , , 1662 4435 109 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 4435 110 Layer Layer NNP 1662 4435 111 Protection Protection NNP 1662 4435 112 , , , 1662 4435 113 Ship Ship NNP 1662 4435 114 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4435 115 , , , 1662 4435 116 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 4435 117 Timber Timber NNP 1662 4435 118 83 83 CD 1662 4435 119 , , , 1662 4435 120 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 4435 121 Timber Timber NNP 1662 4435 122 94 94 CD 1662 4435 123 , , , 1662 4435 124 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 4435 125 signed sign VBD 1662 4435 126 , , , 1662 4435 127 but but CC 1662 4435 128 not not RB 1662 4435 129 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4435 130 : : : 1662 4435 131 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 4435 132 - - HYPH 1662 4435 133 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 4435 134 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 4435 135 , , , 1662 4435 136 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 4435 137 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4435 138 - - HYPH 1662 4435 139 note note NN 1662 4435 140 : : : 1662 4435 141 strategic strategic JJ 1662 4435 142 location location NN 1662 4435 143 in in IN 1662 4435 144 northeast northeast JJ 1662 4435 145 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4435 146 @Japan @japan NN 1662 4435 147 : : : 1662 4435 148 People People NNPS 1662 4435 149 Population Population NNP 1662 4435 150 : : : 1662 4435 151 125,732,794 125,732,794 LS 1662 4435 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4435 153 July July NNP 1662 4435 154 1997 1997 CD 1662 4435 155 est est NNP 1662 4435 156 . . . 1662 4435 157 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4436 1 Age age NN 1662 4436 2 structure structure NN 1662 4436 3 : : : 1662 4436 4 0 0 CD 1662 4436 5 - - HYPH 1662 4436 6 14 14 CD 1662 4436 7 years year NNS 1662 4436 8 : : : 1662 4436 9 15 15 CD 1662 4436 10 % % NN 1662 4436 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4436 12 male male JJ 1662 4436 13 9,931,114 9,931,114 CD 1662 4436 14 ; ; : 1662 4436 15 female female JJ 1662 4436 16 9,464,940 9,464,940 CD 1662 4436 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4436 18 15 15 CD 1662 4436 19 - - SYM 1662 4436 20 64 64 CD 1662 4436 21 years year NNS 1662 4436 22 : : : 1662 4436 23 69 69 CD 1662 4436 24 % % NN 1662 4436 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4436 26 male male JJ 1662 4436 27 43,577,219 43,577,219 CD 1662 4436 28 ; ; : 1662 4436 29 female female JJ 1662 4436 30 43,250,874 43,250,874 CD 1662 4436 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4436 32 65 65 CD 1662 4436 33 years year NNS 1662 4436 34 and and CC 1662 4436 35 over over RB 1662 4436 36 : : : 1662 4436 37 16 16 CD 1662 4436 38 % % NN 1662 4436 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4436 40 male male JJ 1662 4436 41 8,089,200 8,089,200 CD 1662 4436 42 ; ; : 1662 4436 43 female female JJ 1662 4436 44 11,419,447 11,419,447 CD 1662 4436 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4436 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4436 47 July July NNP 1662 4436 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 4436 49 est est NNP 1662 4436 50 . . . 1662 4436 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4437 1 Population population NN 1662 4437 2 growth growth NN 1662 4437 3 rate rate NN 1662 4437 4 : : : 1662 4437 5 0.23 0.23 CD 1662 4437 6 % % NN 1662 4437 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4437 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4437 9 est est NNP 1662 4437 10 . . . 1662 4437 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4438 1 Birth birth NN 1662 4438 2 rate rate NN 1662 4438 3 : : : 1662 4438 4 10.01 10.01 CD 1662 4438 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 4438 6 population population NN 1662 4438 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4438 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4438 9 est est NNP 1662 4438 10 . . . 1662 4438 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4439 1 Death death NN 1662 4439 2 rate rate NN 1662 4439 3 : : : 1662 4439 4 7.39 7.39 CD 1662 4439 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4439 6 population population NN 1662 4439 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4439 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4439 9 est est NNP 1662 4439 10 . . . 1662 4439 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4440 1 Net net JJ 1662 4440 2 migration migration NN 1662 4440 3 rate rate NN 1662 4440 4 : : : 1662 4440 5 -0.37 -0.37 NFP 1662 4440 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 4440 7 population population NN 1662 4440 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4440 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 4440 10 est est NNP 1662 4440 11 . . . 1662 4440 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4441 1 Sex sex NN 1662 4441 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 4441 3 : : : 1662 4441 4 at at IN 1662 4441 5 birth birth NN 1662 4441 6 : : : 1662 4441 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 4441 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4441 9 under under IN 1662 4441 10 15 15 CD 1662 4441 11 years year NNS 1662 4441 12 : : : 1662 4441 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 4441 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4441 15 15 15 CD 1662 4441 16 - - HYPH 1662 4441 17 64 64 CD 1662 4441 18 years year NNS 1662 4441 19 : : : 1662 4441 20 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 4441 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4441 22 65 65 CD 1662 4441 23 years year NNS 1662 4441 24 and and CC 1662 4441 25 over over IN 1662 4441 26 : : : 1662 4441 27 0.71 0.71 CD 1662 4441 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 4441 29 total total JJ 1662 4441 30 population population NN 1662 4441 31 : : : 1662 4441 32 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 4441 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4441 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4441 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 4441 36 est e JJS 1662 4441 37 . . . 1662 4441 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4442 1 Infant infant NN 1662 4442 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 4442 3 rate rate NN 1662 4442 4 : : : 1662 4442 5 4 4 CD 1662 4442 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4442 7 live live JJ 1662 4442 8 births birth NNS 1662 4442 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4442 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4442 11 est est NNP 1662 4442 12 . . . 1662 4442 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4443 1 Life life NN 1662 4443 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 4443 3 at at IN 1662 4443 4 birth birth NN 1662 4443 5 : : : 1662 4443 6 total total JJ 1662 4443 7 population population NN 1662 4443 8 : : : 1662 4443 9 80.45 80.45 CD 1662 4443 10 years year NNS 1662 4443 11 male male JJ 1662 4443 12 : : : 1662 4443 13 77.4 77.4 CD 1662 4443 14 years year NNS 1662 4443 15 female female JJ 1662 4443 16 : : : 1662 4443 17 83.65 83.65 CD 1662 4443 18 years year NNS 1662 4443 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4443 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 4443 21 est est NNP 1662 4443 22 . . . 1662 4443 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4444 1 Total total JJ 1662 4444 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 4444 3 rate rate NN 1662 4444 4 : : : 1662 4444 5 1.44 1.44 CD 1662 4444 6 children child NNS 1662 4444 7 born bear VBN 1662 4444 8 / / SYM 1662 4444 9 woman woman NN 1662 4444 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4444 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 4444 12 est est NNP 1662 4444 13 . . . 1662 4444 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4445 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 4445 2 : : : 1662 4445 3 noun noun NN 1662 4445 4 : : : 1662 4445 5 Japanese Japanese NNP 1662 4445 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4445 7 singular singular JJ 1662 4445 8 and and CC 1662 4445 9 plural plural JJ 1662 4445 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4445 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 4445 12 : : : 1662 4445 13 Japanese japanese JJ 1662 4445 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4445 15 groups group NNS 1662 4445 16 : : : 1662 4445 17 Japanese japanese JJ 1662 4445 18 99.4 99.4 CD 1662 4445 19 % % NN 1662 4445 20 , , , 1662 4445 21 other other JJ 1662 4445 22 0.6 0.6 CD 1662 4445 23 % % NN 1662 4445 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4445 25 mostly mostly RB 1662 4445 26 Korean korean JJ 1662 4445 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4445 28 Religions religion NNS 1662 4445 29 : : : 1662 4445 30 observe observe VBP 1662 4445 31 both both DT 1662 4445 32 Shinto Shinto NNP 1662 4445 33 and and CC 1662 4445 34 Buddhist Buddhist NNP 1662 4445 35 84 84 CD 1662 4445 36 % % NN 1662 4445 37 , , , 1662 4445 38 other other JJ 1662 4445 39 16 16 CD 1662 4445 40 % % NN 1662 4445 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4445 42 including include VBG 1662 4445 43 Christian Christian NNP 1662 4445 44 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 4445 45 % % NN 1662 4445 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4445 47 Languages language NNS 1662 4445 48 : : : 1662 4445 49 Japanese japanese JJ 1662 4445 50 Literacy literacy NN 1662 4445 51 : : : 1662 4445 52 definition definition NN 1662 4445 53 : : : 1662 4445 54 age age NN 1662 4445 55 15 15 CD 1662 4445 56 and and CC 1662 4445 57 over over RB 1662 4445 58 can can MD 1662 4445 59 read read VB 1662 4445 60 and and CC 1662 4445 61 write write VB 1662 4445 62 total total JJ 1662 4445 63 population population NN 1662 4445 64 : : : 1662 4445 65 99 99 CD 1662 4445 66 % % NN 1662 4445 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4445 68 1970 1970 CD 1662 4445 69 est est NNP 1662 4445 70 . . . 1662 4445 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 1 male male NN 1662 4446 2 : : : 1662 4446 3 NA% NA% NNP 1662 4446 4 female female NNP 1662 4446 5 : : : 1662 4446 6 NA% NA% `` 1662 4446 7 @Japan @japan NN 1662 4446 8 : : : 1662 4446 9 Government Government NNP 1662 4446 10 Country Country NNP 1662 4446 11 name name NN 1662 4446 12 : : : 1662 4446 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4446 14 long long JJ 1662 4446 15 form form NN 1662 4446 16 : : : 1662 4446 17 none none NN 1662 4446 18 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4446 19 short short JJ 1662 4446 20 form form NN 1662 4446 21 : : : 1662 4446 22 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4446 23 Data Data NNP 1662 4446 24 code code NN 1662 4446 25 : : : 1662 4446 26 JA JA NNP 1662 4446 27 Government Government NNP 1662 4446 28 type type NN 1662 4446 29 : : : 1662 4446 30 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 4446 31 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 4446 32 National national JJ 1662 4446 33 capital capital NN 1662 4446 34 : : : 1662 4446 35 Tokyo Tokyo NNP 1662 4446 36 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 4446 37 divisions division NNS 1662 4446 38 : : : 1662 4446 39 47 47 CD 1662 4446 40 prefectures prefecture NNS 1662 4446 41 ; ; : 1662 4446 42 Aichi Aichi NNP 1662 4446 43 , , , 1662 4446 44 Akita Akita NNP 1662 4446 45 , , , 1662 4446 46 Aomori Aomori NNP 1662 4446 47 , , , 1662 4446 48 Chiba Chiba NNP 1662 4446 49 , , , 1662 4446 50 Ehime Ehime NNP 1662 4446 51 , , , 1662 4446 52 Fukui Fukui NNP 1662 4446 53 , , , 1662 4446 54 Fukuoka Fukuoka NNP 1662 4446 55 , , , 1662 4446 56 Fukushima Fukushima NNP 1662 4446 57 , , , 1662 4446 58 Gifu Gifu NNP 1662 4446 59 , , , 1662 4446 60 Gumma Gumma NNP 1662 4446 61 , , , 1662 4446 62 Hiroshima Hiroshima NNP 1662 4446 63 , , , 1662 4446 64 Hokkaido Hokkaido NNP 1662 4446 65 , , , 1662 4446 66 Hyogo Hyogo NNP 1662 4446 67 , , , 1662 4446 68 Ibaraki Ibaraki NNP 1662 4446 69 , , , 1662 4446 70 Ishikawa Ishikawa NNP 1662 4446 71 , , , 1662 4446 72 Iwate Iwate NNP 1662 4446 73 , , , 1662 4446 74 Kagawa Kagawa NNP 1662 4446 75 , , , 1662 4446 76 Kagoshima Kagoshima NNP 1662 4446 77 , , , 1662 4446 78 Kanagawa Kanagawa NNP 1662 4446 79 , , , 1662 4446 80 Kochi Kochi NNP 1662 4446 81 , , , 1662 4446 82 Kumamoto Kumamoto NNP 1662 4446 83 , , , 1662 4446 84 Kyoto Kyoto NNP 1662 4446 85 , , , 1662 4446 86 Mie Mie NNP 1662 4446 87 , , , 1662 4446 88 Miyagi Miyagi NNP 1662 4446 89 , , , 1662 4446 90 Miyazaki Miyazaki NNP 1662 4446 91 , , , 1662 4446 92 Nagano Nagano NNP 1662 4446 93 , , , 1662 4446 94 Nagasaki Nagasaki NNP 1662 4446 95 , , , 1662 4446 96 Nara Nara NNP 1662 4446 97 , , , 1662 4446 98 Niigata Niigata NNP 1662 4446 99 , , , 1662 4446 100 Oita Oita NNP 1662 4446 101 , , , 1662 4446 102 Okayama Okayama NNP 1662 4446 103 , , , 1662 4446 104 Okinawa Okinawa NNP 1662 4446 105 , , , 1662 4446 106 Osaka Osaka NNP 1662 4446 107 , , , 1662 4446 108 Saga Saga NNP 1662 4446 109 , , , 1662 4446 110 Saitama Saitama NNP 1662 4446 111 , , , 1662 4446 112 Shiga Shiga NNP 1662 4446 113 , , , 1662 4446 114 Shimane Shimane NNP 1662 4446 115 , , , 1662 4446 116 Shizuoka Shizuoka NNP 1662 4446 117 , , , 1662 4446 118 Tochigi Tochigi NNP 1662 4446 119 , , , 1662 4446 120 Tokushima Tokushima NNP 1662 4446 121 , , , 1662 4446 122 Tokyo Tokyo NNP 1662 4446 123 , , , 1662 4446 124 Tottori Tottori NNP 1662 4446 125 , , , 1662 4446 126 Toyama Toyama NNP 1662 4446 127 , , , 1662 4446 128 Wakayama Wakayama NNP 1662 4446 129 , , , 1662 4446 130 Yamagata Yamagata NNP 1662 4446 131 , , , 1662 4446 132 Yamaguchi Yamaguchi NNP 1662 4446 133 , , , 1662 4446 134 Yamanashi Yamanashi NNP 1662 4446 135 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4446 136 : : : 1662 4446 137 660 660 CD 1662 4446 138 BC BC NNP 1662 4446 139 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 140 traditional traditional JJ 1662 4446 141 founding founding NN 1662 4446 142 by by IN 1662 4446 143 Emperor Emperor NNP 1662 4446 144 Jimmu Jimmu NNP 1662 4446 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 146 National national JJ 1662 4446 147 holiday holiday NN 1662 4446 148 : : : 1662 4446 149 Birthday birthday NN 1662 4446 150 of of IN 1662 4446 151 the the DT 1662 4446 152 Emperor Emperor NNP 1662 4446 153 , , , 1662 4446 154 23 23 CD 1662 4446 155 December December NNP 1662 4446 156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 157 1933 1933 CD 1662 4446 158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 159 Constitution constitution NN 1662 4446 160 : : : 1662 4446 161 3 3 CD 1662 4446 162 May May NNP 1662 4446 163 1947 1947 CD 1662 4446 164 Legal legal JJ 1662 4446 165 system system NN 1662 4446 166 : : : 1662 4446 167 modeled model VBN 1662 4446 168 after after IN 1662 4446 169 European european JJ 1662 4446 170 civil civil JJ 1662 4446 171 law law NN 1662 4446 172 system system NN 1662 4446 173 with with IN 1662 4446 174 English english JJ 1662 4446 175 - - HYPH 1662 4446 176 American american JJ 1662 4446 177 influence influence NN 1662 4446 178 ; ; , 1662 4446 179 judicial judicial JJ 1662 4446 180 review review NN 1662 4446 181 of of IN 1662 4446 182 legislative legislative JJ 1662 4446 183 acts act NNS 1662 4446 184 in in IN 1662 4446 185 the the DT 1662 4446 186 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 4446 187 Court Court NNP 1662 4446 188 ; ; : 1662 4446 189 accepts accept VBZ 1662 4446 190 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 4446 191 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 4446 192 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 4446 193 , , , 1662 4446 194 with with IN 1662 4446 195 reservations reservation NNS 1662 4446 196 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 4446 197 : : : 1662 4446 198 20 20 CD 1662 4446 199 years year NNS 1662 4446 200 of of IN 1662 4446 201 age age NN 1662 4446 202 ; ; : 1662 4446 203 universal universal JJ 1662 4446 204 Executive Executive NNP 1662 4446 205 branch branch NN 1662 4446 206 : : : 1662 4446 207 chief chief NN 1662 4446 208 of of IN 1662 4446 209 state state NN 1662 4446 210 : : : 1662 4446 211 Emperor Emperor NNP 1662 4446 212 AKIHITO AKIHITO NNP 1662 4446 213 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 214 since since IN 1662 4446 215 7 7 CD 1662 4446 216 January January NNP 1662 4446 217 1989 1989 CD 1662 4446 218 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 219 head head NN 1662 4446 220 of of IN 1662 4446 221 government government NN 1662 4446 222 : : : 1662 4446 223 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4446 224 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4446 225 Ryutaro Ryutaro NNP 1662 4446 226 HASHIMOTO HASHIMOTO NNP 1662 4446 227 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 228 since since IN 1662 4446 229 11 11 CD 1662 4446 230 January January NNP 1662 4446 231 1996 1996 CD 1662 4446 232 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 233 ; ; : 1662 4446 234 note note VB 1662 4446 235 - - : 1662 4446 236 an an DT 1662 4446 237 acting act VBG 1662 4446 238 prime prime JJ 1662 4446 239 minister minister NN 1662 4446 240 - - : 1662 4446 241 determined determine VBN 1662 4446 242 upon upon IN 1662 4446 243 a a DT 1662 4446 244 rotational rotational JJ 1662 4446 245 basis basis NN 1662 4446 246 - - HYPH 1662 4446 247 serves serve VBZ 1662 4446 248 when when WRB 1662 4446 249 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4446 250 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4446 251 HASHIMOTO HASHIMOTO NNP 1662 4446 252 is be VBZ 1662 4446 253 out out IN 1662 4446 254 of of IN 1662 4446 255 the the DT 1662 4446 256 country country NN 1662 4446 257 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4446 258 : : : 1662 4446 259 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 4446 260 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4446 261 by by IN 1662 4446 262 the the DT 1662 4446 263 prime prime NNP 1662 4446 264 minister minister NNP 1662 4446 265 elections election NNS 1662 4446 266 : : : 1662 4446 267 none none NN 1662 4446 268 ; ; : 1662 4446 269 the the DT 1662 4446 270 emperor emperor NN 1662 4446 271 is be VBZ 1662 4446 272 a a DT 1662 4446 273 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 4446 274 monarch monarch NN 1662 4446 275 ; ; : 1662 4446 276 the the DT 1662 4446 277 Diet Diet NNP 1662 4446 278 designates designate VBZ 1662 4446 279 the the DT 1662 4446 280 prime prime JJ 1662 4446 281 minister minister NN 1662 4446 282 ; ; : 1662 4446 283 the the DT 1662 4446 284 constitution constitution NN 1662 4446 285 requires require VBZ 1662 4446 286 that that IN 1662 4446 287 the the DT 1662 4446 288 prime prime NNP 1662 4446 289 minister minister NN 1662 4446 290 must must MD 1662 4446 291 command command VB 1662 4446 292 a a DT 1662 4446 293 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 4446 294 majority majority NN 1662 4446 295 , , , 1662 4446 296 therefore therefore RB 1662 4446 297 , , , 1662 4446 298 following follow VBG 1662 4446 299 legislative legislative JJ 1662 4446 300 elections election NNS 1662 4446 301 , , , 1662 4446 302 the the DT 1662 4446 303 leader leader NN 1662 4446 304 of of IN 1662 4446 305 the the DT 1662 4446 306 majority majority NNP 1662 4446 307 party party NN 1662 4446 308 or or CC 1662 4446 309 leader leader NN 1662 4446 310 of of IN 1662 4446 311 a a DT 1662 4446 312 majority majority NN 1662 4446 313 coalition coalition NN 1662 4446 314 in in IN 1662 4446 315 the the DT 1662 4446 316 House House NNP 1662 4446 317 of of IN 1662 4446 318 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 4446 319 usually usually RB 1662 4446 320 becomes become VBZ 1662 4446 321 prime prime JJ 1662 4446 322 minister minister NN 1662 4446 323 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 4446 324 branch branch NN 1662 4446 325 : : : 1662 4446 326 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 4446 327 Diet Diet NNP 1662 4446 328 or or CC 1662 4446 329 Kokkai Kokkai NNP 1662 4446 330 consists consist VBZ 1662 4446 331 of of IN 1662 4446 332 the the DT 1662 4446 333 House House NNP 1662 4446 334 of of IN 1662 4446 335 Councillors Councillors NNPS 1662 4446 336 or or CC 1662 4446 337 Sangi Sangi NNP 1662 4446 338 - - HYPH 1662 4446 339 in in RP 1662 4446 340 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 341 252 252 CD 1662 4446 342 seats seat NNS 1662 4446 343 ; ; : 1662 4446 344 one one CD 1662 4446 345 - - HYPH 1662 4446 346 half half NN 1662 4446 347 of of IN 1662 4446 348 the the DT 1662 4446 349 members member NNS 1662 4446 350 elected elect VBD 1662 4446 351 every every DT 1662 4446 352 three three CD 1662 4446 353 years year NNS 1662 4446 354 - - : 1662 4446 355 76 76 CD 1662 4446 356 seats seat NNS 1662 4446 357 of of IN 1662 4446 358 which which WDT 1662 4446 359 are be VBP 1662 4446 360 elected elect VBN 1662 4446 361 from from IN 1662 4446 362 the the DT 1662 4446 363 47 47 CD 1662 4446 364 multi multi JJ 1662 4446 365 - - JJ 1662 4446 366 seat seat JJ 1662 4446 367 prefectural prefectural JJ 1662 4446 368 districts district NNS 1662 4446 369 and and CC 1662 4446 370 50 50 CD 1662 4446 371 of of IN 1662 4446 372 which which WDT 1662 4446 373 are be VBP 1662 4446 374 elected elect VBN 1662 4446 375 from from IN 1662 4446 376 a a DT 1662 4446 377 single single JJ 1662 4446 378 nationwide nationwide JJ 1662 4446 379 list list NN 1662 4446 380 with with IN 1662 4446 381 voters voter NNS 1662 4446 382 casting cast VBG 1662 4446 383 ballots ballot NNS 1662 4446 384 by by IN 1662 4446 385 party party NN 1662 4446 386 ; ; : 1662 4446 387 members member NNS 1662 4446 388 elected elect VBN 1662 4446 389 by by IN 1662 4446 390 popular popular JJ 1662 4446 391 vote vote NN 1662 4446 392 to to TO 1662 4446 393 serve serve VB 1662 4446 394 six six CD 1662 4446 395 - - HYPH 1662 4446 396 year year NN 1662 4446 397 terms term NNS 1662 4446 398 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 399 and and CC 1662 4446 400 the the DT 1662 4446 401 House House NNP 1662 4446 402 of of IN 1662 4446 403 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 4446 404 or or CC 1662 4446 405 Shugi Shugi NNP 1662 4446 406 - - HYPH 1662 4446 407 in in NNP 1662 4446 408 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 409 500 500 CD 1662 4446 410 seats seat NNS 1662 4446 411 - - : 1662 4446 412 200 200 CD 1662 4446 413 of of IN 1662 4446 414 which which WDT 1662 4446 415 are be VBP 1662 4446 416 elected elect VBN 1662 4446 417 from from IN 1662 4446 418 11 11 CD 1662 4446 419 regional regional JJ 1662 4446 420 blocks block NNS 1662 4446 421 on on IN 1662 4446 422 a a DT 1662 4446 423 proportional proportional JJ 1662 4446 424 representation representation NN 1662 4446 425 basis basis NN 1662 4446 426 and and CC 1662 4446 427 300 300 CD 1662 4446 428 of of IN 1662 4446 429 which which WDT 1662 4446 430 are be VBP 1662 4446 431 elected elect VBN 1662 4446 432 from from IN 1662 4446 433 300 300 CD 1662 4446 434 single single JJ 1662 4446 435 - - HYPH 1662 4446 436 seat seat NN 1662 4446 437 districts district NNS 1662 4446 438 ; ; : 1662 4446 439 members member NNS 1662 4446 440 elected elect VBN 1662 4446 441 by by IN 1662 4446 442 popular popular JJ 1662 4446 443 vote vote NN 1662 4446 444 to to TO 1662 4446 445 serve serve VB 1662 4446 446 four four CD 1662 4446 447 - - HYPH 1662 4446 448 year year NN 1662 4446 449 terms term NNS 1662 4446 450 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 451 elections election NNS 1662 4446 452 : : : 1662 4446 453 House House NNP 1662 4446 454 of of IN 1662 4446 455 Councillors Councillors NNPS 1662 4446 456 - - : 1662 4446 457 last last RB 1662 4446 458 held hold VBD 1662 4446 459 23 23 CD 1662 4446 460 July July NNP 1662 4446 461 1995 1995 CD 1662 4446 462 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 463 next next JJ 1662 4446 464 to to TO 1662 4446 465 be be VB 1662 4446 466 held hold VBN 1662 4446 467 NA NA NNP 1662 4446 468 July July NNP 1662 4446 469 1998 1998 CD 1662 4446 470 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 471 ; ; : 1662 4446 472 House House NNP 1662 4446 473 of of IN 1662 4446 474 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 4446 475 - - HYPH 1662 4446 476 last last RB 1662 4446 477 held hold VBD 1662 4446 478 20 20 CD 1662 4446 479 October October NNP 1662 4446 480 1996 1996 CD 1662 4446 481 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 482 next next JJ 1662 4446 483 to to TO 1662 4446 484 be be VB 1662 4446 485 held hold VBN 1662 4446 486 by by IN 1662 4446 487 October October NNP 1662 4446 488 2000 2000 CD 1662 4446 489 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 490 election election NN 1662 4446 491 results result NNS 1662 4446 492 : : : 1662 4446 493 House House NNP 1662 4446 494 of of IN 1662 4446 495 Councillors Councillors NNP 1662 4446 496 - - HYPH 1662 4446 497 percent percent NN 1662 4446 498 of of IN 1662 4446 499 vote vote NN 1662 4446 500 by by IN 1662 4446 501 party party NN 1662 4446 502 - - HYPH 1662 4446 503 NA NA NNP 1662 4446 504 ; ; , 1662 4446 505 seats seat NNS 1662 4446 506 by by IN 1662 4446 507 party party NN 1662 4446 508 - - HYPH 1662 4446 509 LDP LDP NNP 1662 4446 510 110 110 CD 1662 4446 511 , , , 1662 4446 512 NFP NFP NNP 1662 4446 513 56 56 CD 1662 4446 514 , , , 1662 4446 515 SDP SDP NNP 1662 4446 516 38 38 CD 1662 4446 517 , , , 1662 4446 518 JCP JCP NNP 1662 4446 519 14 14 CD 1662 4446 520 , , , 1662 4446 521 Sakigake Sakigake NNP 1662 4446 522 3 3 CD 1662 4446 523 , , , 1662 4446 524 others other NNS 1662 4446 525 19 19 CD 1662 4446 526 , , , 1662 4446 527 independents independent NNS 1662 4446 528 12 12 CD 1662 4446 529 ; ; : 1662 4446 530 note note VB 1662 4446 531 - - : 1662 4446 532 the the DT 1662 4446 533 distribution distribution NN 1662 4446 534 of of IN 1662 4446 535 seats seat NNS 1662 4446 536 as as IN 1662 4446 537 of of IN 1662 4446 538 March March NNP 1662 4446 539 1997 1997 CD 1662 4446 540 is be VBZ 1662 4446 541 as as IN 1662 4446 542 follows follow VBZ 1662 4446 543 - - HYPH 1662 4446 544 LDP LDP NNP 1662 4446 545 112 112 CD 1662 4446 546 , , , 1662 4446 547 NFP NFP NNP 1662 4446 548 61 61 CD 1662 4446 549 , , , 1662 4446 550 SDP SDP NNP 1662 4446 551 23 23 CD 1662 4446 552 , , , 1662 4446 553 JCP JCP NNP 1662 4446 554 14 14 CD 1662 4446 555 , , , 1662 4446 556 Sakigake Sakigake NNP 1662 4446 557 3 3 CD 1662 4446 558 , , , 1662 4446 559 others other NNS 1662 4446 560 39 39 CD 1662 4446 561 ; ; : 1662 4446 562 House House NNP 1662 4446 563 of of IN 1662 4446 564 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 4446 565 - - HYPH 1662 4446 566 percent percent NN 1662 4446 567 of of IN 1662 4446 568 vote vote NN 1662 4446 569 by by IN 1662 4446 570 party party NN 1662 4446 571 - - HYPH 1662 4446 572 NA NA NNP 1662 4446 573 ; ; , 1662 4446 574 seats seat NNS 1662 4446 575 by by IN 1662 4446 576 party party NN 1662 4446 577 - - HYPH 1662 4446 578 LDP LDP NNP 1662 4446 579 240 240 CD 1662 4446 580 , , , 1662 4446 581 NFP NFP NNP 1662 4446 582 142 142 CD 1662 4446 583 , , , 1662 4446 584 DPJ DPJ NNP 1662 4446 585 52 52 CD 1662 4446 586 , , , 1662 4446 587 JCP JCP NNP 1662 4446 588 26 26 CD 1662 4446 589 , , , 1662 4446 590 SDP SDP NNP 1662 4446 591 15 15 CD 1662 4446 592 , , , 1662 4446 593 Sun Sun NNP 1662 4446 594 Party Party NNP 1662 4446 595 10 10 CD 1662 4446 596 , , , 1662 4446 597 others other NNS 1662 4446 598 and and CC 1662 4446 599 independents independent NNS 1662 4446 600 15 15 CD 1662 4446 601 ; ; : 1662 4446 602 note note VB 1662 4446 603 - - : 1662 4446 604 the the DT 1662 4446 605 distribution distribution NN 1662 4446 606 of of IN 1662 4446 607 seats seat NNS 1662 4446 608 as as IN 1662 4446 609 of of IN 1662 4446 610 March March NNP 1662 4446 611 1997 1997 CD 1662 4446 612 is be VBZ 1662 4446 613 as as IN 1662 4446 614 follows follow VBZ 1662 4446 615 - - HYPH 1662 4446 616 LDP LDP NNP 1662 4446 617 241 241 CD 1662 4446 618 , , , 1662 4446 619 NFP NFP NNP 1662 4446 620 141 141 CD 1662 4446 621 , , , 1662 4446 622 DPJ DPJ NNP 1662 4446 623 52 52 CD 1662 4446 624 , , , 1662 4446 625 JCP JCP NNP 1662 4446 626 26 26 CD 1662 4446 627 , , , 1662 4446 628 SDP SDP NNP 1662 4446 629 15 15 CD 1662 4446 630 , , , 1662 4446 631 Sun Sun NNP 1662 4446 632 Party Party NNP 1662 4446 633 10 10 CD 1662 4446 634 , , , 1662 4446 635 others other NNS 1662 4446 636 and and CC 1662 4446 637 independents independent NNS 1662 4446 638 15 15 CD 1662 4446 639 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 4446 640 branch branch NN 1662 4446 641 : : : 1662 4446 642 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 4446 643 Court Court NNP 1662 4446 644 , , , 1662 4446 645 chief chief JJ 1662 4446 646 justice justice NN 1662 4446 647 is be VBZ 1662 4446 648 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4446 649 by by IN 1662 4446 650 the the DT 1662 4446 651 emperor emperor NN 1662 4446 652 after after IN 1662 4446 653 designation designation NN 1662 4446 654 by by IN 1662 4446 655 the the DT 1662 4446 656 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4446 657 , , , 1662 4446 658 all all DT 1662 4446 659 other other JJ 1662 4446 660 justices justice NNS 1662 4446 661 are be VBP 1662 4446 662 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4446 663 by by IN 1662 4446 664 the the DT 1662 4446 665 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4446 666 Political political JJ 1662 4446 667 parties party NNS 1662 4446 668 and and CC 1662 4446 669 leaders leader NNS 1662 4446 670 : : : 1662 4446 671 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 4446 672 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4446 673 Party Party NNP 1662 4446 674 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 675 LDP LDP NNP 1662 4446 676 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 677 , , , 1662 4446 678 Ryutaro Ryutaro NNP 1662 4446 679 HASHIMOTO HASHIMOTO NNP 1662 4446 680 , , , 1662 4446 681 president president NN 1662 4446 682 , , , 1662 4446 683 Koichi Koichi NNP 1662 4446 684 KATO KATO NNP 1662 4446 685 , , , 1662 4446 686 secretary secretary NN 1662 4446 687 general general NN 1662 4446 688 ; ; : 1662 4446 689 Social Social NNP 1662 4446 690 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4446 691 Party Party NNP 1662 4446 692 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 693 SDP SDP NNP 1662 4446 694 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 695 , , , 1662 4446 696 Takako Takako NNP 1662 4446 697 DOI DOI NNP 1662 4446 698 , , , 1662 4446 699 chairman chairman NN 1662 4446 700 , , , 1662 4446 701 Shigeru Shigeru NNP 1662 4446 702 ITO ITO NNP 1662 4446 703 , , , 1662 4446 704 secretary secretary NN 1662 4446 705 general general NN 1662 4446 706 ; ; : 1662 4446 707 Sakigake Sakigake NNP 1662 4446 708 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 709 Harbinger Harbinger NNP 1662 4446 710 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 711 , , , 1662 4446 712 Akiko Akiko NNP 1662 4446 713 DOMOTO DOMOTO NNP 1662 4446 714 , , , 1662 4446 715 acting act VBG 1662 4446 716 chairman chairman NN 1662 4446 717 , , , 1662 4446 718 Hiroyuki Hiroyuki NNP 1662 4446 719 SONODA SONODA NNP 1662 4446 720 , , , 1662 4446 721 secretary secretary NN 1662 4446 722 general general NN 1662 4446 723 ; ; : 1662 4446 724 New New NNP 1662 4446 725 Frontier Frontier NNP 1662 4446 726 Party Party NNP 1662 4446 727 or or CC 1662 4446 728 NFP NFP NNP 1662 4446 729 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 730 Shinshinto Shinshinto NNP 1662 4446 731 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 732 , , , 1662 4446 733 Ichiro Ichiro NNP 1662 4446 734 OZAWA OZAWA NNP 1662 4446 735 , , , 1662 4446 736 president president NN 1662 4446 737 , , , 1662 4446 738 Takeo Takeo NNP 1662 4446 739 NISHIOKA NISHIOKA NNP 1662 4446 740 , , , 1662 4446 741 secretary secretary NN 1662 4446 742 general general NN 1662 4446 743 ; ; : 1662 4446 744 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4446 745 Party Party NNP 1662 4446 746 of of IN 1662 4446 747 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4446 748 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 749 DPJ DPJ NNP 1662 4446 750 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 751 , , , 1662 4446 752 coleaders coleader NNS 1662 4446 753 Yukio Yukio NNP 1662 4446 754 HATOYAMA HATOYAMA NNP 1662 4446 755 and and CC 1662 4446 756 Naoto Naoto NNP 1662 4446 757 KAN KAN NNP 1662 4446 758 ; ; : 1662 4446 759 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4446 760 Communist Communist NNP 1662 4446 761 Party Party NNP 1662 4446 762 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 763 JCP JCP NNP 1662 4446 764 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 765 , , , 1662 4446 766 Tetsuzo Tetsuzo NNP 1662 4446 767 FUWA FUWA NNP 1662 4446 768 , , , 1662 4446 769 chairman chairman NN 1662 4446 770 , , , 1662 4446 771 Kazuo Kazuo NNP 1662 4446 772 SHII SHII NNP 1662 4446 773 , , , 1662 4446 774 secretary secretary NN 1662 4446 775 general general NN 1662 4446 776 ; ; : 1662 4446 777 Sun Sun NNP 1662 4446 778 Party Party NNP 1662 4446 779 , , , 1662 4446 780 Tsutomu Tsutomu NNP 1662 4446 781 HATA HATA NNP 1662 4446 782 , , , 1662 4446 783 chairman chairman NN 1662 4446 784 , , , 1662 4446 785 Eijiro Eijiro NNP 1662 4446 786 HATA HATA NNP 1662 4446 787 , , , 1662 4446 788 secretary secretary NN 1662 4446 789 general general NNP 1662 4446 790 note note NN 1662 4446 791 : : : 1662 4446 792 DPJ DPJ NNP 1662 4446 793 was be VBD 1662 4446 794 formed form VBN 1662 4446 795 in in IN 1662 4446 796 September September NNP 1662 4446 797 1996 1996 CD 1662 4446 798 by by IN 1662 4446 799 former former JJ 1662 4446 800 members member NNS 1662 4446 801 of of IN 1662 4446 802 SDP SDP NNP 1662 4446 803 and and CC 1662 4446 804 Sakigake Sakigake NNP 1662 4446 805 ; ; : 1662 4446 806 Sun Sun NNP 1662 4446 807 Party Party NNP 1662 4446 808 was be VBD 1662 4446 809 formed form VBN 1662 4446 810 in in IN 1662 4446 811 December December NNP 1662 4446 812 1996 1996 CD 1662 4446 813 by by IN 1662 4446 814 former former JJ 1662 4446 815 members member NNS 1662 4446 816 of of IN 1662 4446 817 NFP NFP NNP 1662 4446 818 International International NNP 1662 4446 819 organization organization NN 1662 4446 820 participation participation NN 1662 4446 821 : : : 1662 4446 822 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 4446 823 , , , 1662 4446 824 AG AG NNP 1662 4446 825 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 826 observer observer NN 1662 4446 827 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 828 , , , 1662 4446 829 APEC APEC NNP 1662 4446 830 , , , 1662 4446 831 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 4446 832 , , , 1662 4446 833 Australia Australia NNP 1662 4446 834 Group Group NNP 1662 4446 835 , , , 1662 4446 836 BIS BIS NNP 1662 4446 837 , , , 1662 4446 838 CCC CCC NNP 1662 4446 839 , , , 1662 4446 840 CE CE NNP 1662 4446 841 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 842 observer observer NN 1662 4446 843 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 844 , , , 1662 4446 845 CP CP NNP 1662 4446 846 , , , 1662 4446 847 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 4446 848 , , , 1662 4446 849 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 4446 850 , , , 1662 4446 851 FAO FAO NNP 1662 4446 852 , , , 1662 4446 853 G- G- NNP 1662 4446 854 2 2 CD 1662 4446 855 , , , 1662 4446 856 G- G- NNP 1662 4446 857 5 5 CD 1662 4446 858 , , , 1662 4446 859 G- G- NNP 1662 4446 860 7 7 CD 1662 4446 861 , , , 1662 4446 862 G- G- NNP 1662 4446 863 8 8 CD 1662 4446 864 , , , 1662 4446 865 G-10 g-10 CD 1662 4446 866 , , , 1662 4446 867 IADB IADB NNP 1662 4446 868 , , , 1662 4446 869 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 4446 870 , , , 1662 4446 871 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 4446 872 , , , 1662 4446 873 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 4446 874 , , , 1662 4446 875 ICC ICC NNP 1662 4446 876 , , , 1662 4446 877 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 4446 878 , , , 1662 4446 879 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 4446 880 , , , 1662 4446 881 IDA IDA NNP 1662 4446 882 , , , 1662 4446 883 IEA IEA NNP 1662 4446 884 , , , 1662 4446 885 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 4446 886 , , , 1662 4446 887 IFC IFC NNP 1662 4446 888 , , , 1662 4446 889 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 4446 890 , , , 1662 4446 891 IHO IHO NNP 1662 4446 892 , , , 1662 4446 893 ILO ILO NNP 1662 4446 894 , , , 1662 4446 895 IMF IMF NNP 1662 4446 896 , , , 1662 4446 897 IMO imo RB 1662 4446 898 , , , 1662 4446 899 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 4446 900 , , , 1662 4446 901 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4446 902 , , , 1662 4446 903 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 4446 904 , , , 1662 4446 905 IOC IOC NNP 1662 4446 906 , , , 1662 4446 907 IOM IOM NNP 1662 4446 908 , , , 1662 4446 909 ISO ISO NNP 1662 4446 910 , , , 1662 4446 911 ITU ITU NNP 1662 4446 912 , , , 1662 4446 913 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 4446 914 , , , 1662 4446 915 NEA NEA NNP 1662 4446 916 , , , 1662 4446 917 NSG NSG NNP 1662 4446 918 , , , 1662 4446 919 OAS OAS NNP 1662 4446 920 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 921 observer observer NNP 1662 4446 922 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 923 , , , 1662 4446 924 OECD OECD NNP 1662 4446 925 , , , 1662 4446 926 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 4446 927 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 928 partner partner NN 1662 4446 929 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 930 , , , 1662 4446 931 PCA PCA NNP 1662 4446 932 , , , 1662 4446 933 UN UN NNP 1662 4446 934 , , , 1662 4446 935 UN UN NNP 1662 4446 936 Security Security NNP 1662 4446 937 Council Council NNP 1662 4446 938 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 939 temporary temporary JJ 1662 4446 940 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 941 , , , 1662 4446 942 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 4446 943 , , , 1662 4446 944 UNDOF UNDOF NNP 1662 4446 945 , , , 1662 4446 946 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 4446 947 , , , 1662 4446 948 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 4446 949 , , , 1662 4446 950 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 4446 951 , , , 1662 4446 952 UNITAR UNITAR NNP 1662 4446 953 , , , 1662 4446 954 UNRWA UNRWA NNP 1662 4446 955 , , , 1662 4446 956 UNU UNU NNP 1662 4446 957 , , , 1662 4446 958 UPU UPU NNP 1662 4446 959 , , , 1662 4446 960 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 4446 961 , , , 1662 4446 962 WHO who WP 1662 4446 963 , , , 1662 4446 964 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 4446 965 , , , 1662 4446 966 WMO WMO NNP 1662 4446 967 , , , 1662 4446 968 WToO wtoo FW 1662 4446 969 , , , 1662 4446 970 WTrO wtro VB 1662 4446 971 , , , 1662 4446 972 ZC ZC NNP 1662 4446 973 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4446 974 representation representation NN 1662 4446 975 in in IN 1662 4446 976 the the DT 1662 4446 977 US US NNP 1662 4446 978 : : : 1662 4446 979 chief chief NN 1662 4446 980 of of IN 1662 4446 981 mission mission NN 1662 4446 982 : : : 1662 4446 983 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 4446 984 Kunihiko Kunihiko NNP 1662 4446 985 SAITO SAITO NNP 1662 4446 986 chancery chancery NN 1662 4446 987 : : : 1662 4446 988 2520 2520 CD 1662 4446 989 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 4446 990 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 4446 991 NW NW NNP 1662 4446 992 , , , 1662 4446 993 Washington Washington NNP 1662 4446 994 , , , 1662 4446 995 DC DC NNP 1662 4446 996 20008 20008 CD 1662 4446 997 telephone telephone NN 1662 4446 998 : : : 1662 4446 999 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4446 1000 1 1 CD 1662 4446 1001 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4446 1002 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 1003 202 202 CD 1662 4446 1004 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 1005 939 939 CD 1662 4446 1006 - - SYM 1662 4446 1007 6700 6700 CD 1662 4446 1008 FAX fax NN 1662 4446 1009 : : : 1662 4446 1010 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4446 1011 1 1 CD 1662 4446 1012 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4446 1013 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 1014 202 202 CD 1662 4446 1015 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 1016 328 328 CD 1662 4446 1017 - - HYPH 1662 4446 1018 2187 2187 CD 1662 4446 1019 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 4446 1020 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 1021 general general NN 1662 4446 1022 : : : 1662 4446 1023 Agana Agana NNP 1662 4446 1024 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 1025 Guam Guam NNP 1662 4446 1026 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 1027 , , , 1662 4446 1028 Anchorage Anchorage NNP 1662 4446 1029 , , , 1662 4446 1030 Atlanta Atlanta NNP 1662 4446 1031 , , , 1662 4446 1032 Boston Boston NNP 1662 4446 1033 , , , 1662 4446 1034 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 4446 1035 , , , 1662 4446 1036 Detroit Detroit NNP 1662 4446 1037 , , , 1662 4446 1038 Honolulu Honolulu NNP 1662 4446 1039 , , , 1662 4446 1040 Houston Houston NNP 1662 4446 1041 , , , 1662 4446 1042 Kansas Kansas NNP 1662 4446 1043 City City NNP 1662 4446 1044 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 1045 Missouri Missouri NNP 1662 4446 1046 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 1047 , , , 1662 4446 1048 Los Los NNP 1662 4446 1049 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 4446 1050 , , , 1662 4446 1051 Miami Miami NNP 1662 4446 1052 , , , 1662 4446 1053 New New NNP 1662 4446 1054 Orleans Orleans NNP 1662 4446 1055 , , , 1662 4446 1056 New New NNP 1662 4446 1057 York York NNP 1662 4446 1058 , , , 1662 4446 1059 Portland Portland NNP 1662 4446 1060 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 1061 Oregon Oregon NNP 1662 4446 1062 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 1063 , , , 1662 4446 1064 San San NNP 1662 4446 1065 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 4446 1066 , , , 1662 4446 1067 and and CC 1662 4446 1068 Seattle Seattle NNP 1662 4446 1069 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 4446 1070 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 1071 : : : 1662 4446 1072 Saipan Saipan NNP 1662 4446 1073 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 1074 Northern Northern NNP 1662 4446 1075 Mariana Mariana NNP 1662 4446 1076 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 4446 1077 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 1078 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4446 1079 representation representation NN 1662 4446 1080 from from IN 1662 4446 1081 the the DT 1662 4446 1082 US US NNP 1662 4446 1083 : : : 1662 4446 1084 chief chief NN 1662 4446 1085 of of IN 1662 4446 1086 mission mission NN 1662 4446 1087 : : : 1662 4446 1088 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 4446 1089 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 1090 vacant vacant JJ 1662 4446 1091 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 1092 embassy embassy NN 1662 4446 1093 : : : 1662 4446 1094 10 10 CD 1662 4446 1095 - - SYM 1662 4446 1096 5 5 CD 1662 4446 1097 , , , 1662 4446 1098 Akasaka Akasaka NNP 1662 4446 1099 1-chome 1-chome CD 1662 4446 1100 , , , 1662 4446 1101 Minato Minato NNP 1662 4446 1102 - - HYPH 1662 4446 1103 ku ku NNP 1662 4446 1104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 1105 107 107 CD 1662 4446 1106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 1107 , , , 1662 4446 1108 Tokyo Tokyo NNP 1662 4446 1109 mailing mail VBG 1662 4446 1110 address address NN 1662 4446 1111 : : : 1662 4446 1112 Unit unit NN 1662 4446 1113 45004 45004 CD 1662 4446 1114 , , , 1662 4446 1115 Box Box NNP 1662 4446 1116 258 258 CD 1662 4446 1117 , , , 1662 4446 1118 APO APO NNP 1662 4446 1119 AP AP NNP 1662 4446 1120 96337 96337 CD 1662 4446 1121 - - HYPH 1662 4446 1122 0001 0001 CD 1662 4446 1123 telephone telephone NN 1662 4446 1124 : : : 1662 4446 1125 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4446 1126 81 81 CD 1662 4446 1127 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4446 1128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 1129 3 3 CD 1662 4446 1130 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 1131 3224 3224 CD 1662 4446 1132 - - SYM 1662 4446 1133 5000 5000 CD 1662 4446 1134 FAX fax NN 1662 4446 1135 : : : 1662 4446 1136 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4446 1137 81 81 CD 1662 4446 1138 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4446 1139 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 1140 3 3 CD 1662 4446 1141 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 1142 3505 3505 CD 1662 4446 1143 - - SYM 1662 4446 1144 1862 1862 CD 1662 4446 1145 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 4446 1146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 1147 general general NN 1662 4446 1148 : : : 1662 4446 1149 Naha Naha NNP 1662 4446 1150 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 1151 Okinawa Okinawa NNP 1662 4446 1152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 1153 , , , 1662 4446 1154 Osaka Osaka NNP 1662 4446 1155 - - HYPH 1662 4446 1156 Kobe Kobe NNP 1662 4446 1157 , , , 1662 4446 1158 Sapporo Sapporo NNP 1662 4446 1159 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 4446 1160 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 1161 : : : 1662 4446 1162 Fukuoka Fukuoka NNP 1662 4446 1163 , , , 1662 4446 1164 Nagoya Nagoya NNP 1662 4446 1165 Flag Flag NNP 1662 4446 1166 description description NN 1662 4446 1167 : : : 1662 4446 1168 white white JJ 1662 4446 1169 with with IN 1662 4446 1170 a a DT 1662 4446 1171 large large JJ 1662 4446 1172 red red JJ 1662 4446 1173 disk disk NN 1662 4446 1174 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 1175 representing represent VBG 1662 4446 1176 the the DT 1662 4446 1177 sun sun NN 1662 4446 1178 without without IN 1662 4446 1179 rays ray NNS 1662 4446 1180 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 1181 in in IN 1662 4446 1182 the the DT 1662 4446 1183 center center NN 1662 4446 1184 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4446 1185 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4446 1186 - - HYPH 1662 4446 1187 overview overview NN 1662 4446 1188 : : : 1662 4446 1189 Government government NN 1662 4446 1190 - - HYPH 1662 4446 1191 industry industry NN 1662 4446 1192 cooperation cooperation NN 1662 4446 1193 , , , 1662 4446 1194 a a DT 1662 4446 1195 strong strong JJ 1662 4446 1196 work work NN 1662 4446 1197 ethic ethic NN 1662 4446 1198 , , , 1662 4446 1199 mastery mastery NN 1662 4446 1200 of of IN 1662 4446 1201 high high JJ 1662 4446 1202 technology technology NN 1662 4446 1203 , , , 1662 4446 1204 and and CC 1662 4446 1205 a a DT 1662 4446 1206 comparatively comparatively RB 1662 4446 1207 small small JJ 1662 4446 1208 defense defense NN 1662 4446 1209 allocation allocation NN 1662 4446 1210 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4446 1211 roughly roughly RB 1662 4446 1212 1 1 CD 1662 4446 1213 % % NN 1662 4446 1214 of of IN 1662 4446 1215 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4446 1216 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4446 1217 have have VBP 1662 4446 1218 helped help VBN 1662 4446 1219 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4446 1220 advance advance VB 1662 4446 1221 with with IN 1662 4446 1222 extraordinary extraordinary JJ 1662 4446 1223 rapidity rapidity NN 1662 4446 1224 to to IN 1662 4446 1225 the the DT 1662 4446 1226 rank rank NN 1662 4446 1227 of of IN 1662 4446 1228 second second RB 1662 4446 1229 most most RBS 1662 4446 1230 powerful powerful JJ 1662 4446 1231 economy economy NN 1662 4446 1232 in in IN 1662 4446 1233 the the DT 1662 4446 1234 world world NN 1662 4446 1235 . . . 1662 4447 1 One one CD 1662 4447 2 notable notable JJ 1662 4447 3 characteristic characteristic NN 1662 4447 4 of of IN 1662 4447 5 the the DT 1662 4447 6 economy economy NN 1662 4447 7 is be VBZ 1662 4447 8 the the DT 1662 4447 9 working work VBG 1662 4447 10 together together RB 1662 4447 11 of of IN 1662 4447 12 manufacturers manufacturer NNS 1662 4447 13 , , , 1662 4447 14 suppliers supplier NNS 1662 4447 15 , , , 1662 4447 16 and and CC 1662 4447 17 distributors distributor NNS 1662 4447 18 in in IN 1662 4447 19 closely closely RB 1662 4447 20 knit knit VBN 1662 4447 21 groups group NNS 1662 4447 22 called call VBN 1662 4447 23 keiretsu keiretsu NNP 1662 4447 24 . . . 1662 4448 1 A a DT 1662 4448 2 second second JJ 1662 4448 3 basic basic JJ 1662 4448 4 feature feature NN 1662 4448 5 has have VBZ 1662 4448 6 been be VBN 1662 4448 7 the the DT 1662 4448 8 guarantee guarantee NN 1662 4448 9 of of IN 1662 4448 10 lifetime lifetime NN 1662 4448 11 employment employment NN 1662 4448 12 for for IN 1662 4448 13 a a DT 1662 4448 14 substantial substantial JJ 1662 4448 15 portion portion NN 1662 4448 16 of of IN 1662 4448 17 the the DT 1662 4448 18 urban urban NNP 1662 4448 19 labor labor NN 1662 4448 20 force force NN 1662 4448 21 ; ; : 1662 4448 22 this this DT 1662 4448 23 guarantee guarantee NN 1662 4448 24 is be VBZ 1662 4448 25 slowly slowly RB 1662 4448 26 eroding erode VBG 1662 4448 27 . . . 1662 4449 1 Industry industry NN 1662 4449 2 , , , 1662 4449 3 the the DT 1662 4449 4 most most RBS 1662 4449 5 important important JJ 1662 4449 6 sector sector NN 1662 4449 7 of of IN 1662 4449 8 the the DT 1662 4449 9 economy economy NN 1662 4449 10 , , , 1662 4449 11 is be VBZ 1662 4449 12 heavily heavily RB 1662 4449 13 dependent dependent JJ 1662 4449 14 on on IN 1662 4449 15 imported import VBN 1662 4449 16 raw raw JJ 1662 4449 17 materials material NNS 1662 4449 18 and and CC 1662 4449 19 fuels fuel NNS 1662 4449 20 . . . 1662 4450 1 The the DT 1662 4450 2 much much RB 1662 4450 3 smaller small JJR 1662 4450 4 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4450 5 sector sector NN 1662 4450 6 is be VBZ 1662 4450 7 highly highly RB 1662 4450 8 subsidized subsidize VBN 1662 4450 9 and and CC 1662 4450 10 protected protect VBN 1662 4450 11 , , , 1662 4450 12 with with IN 1662 4450 13 crop crop NN 1662 4450 14 yields yield NNS 1662 4450 15 among among IN 1662 4450 16 the the DT 1662 4450 17 highest high JJS 1662 4450 18 in in IN 1662 4450 19 the the DT 1662 4450 20 world world NN 1662 4450 21 . . . 1662 4451 1 Usually usually RB 1662 4451 2 self self NN 1662 4451 3 - - HYPH 1662 4451 4 sufficient sufficient JJ 1662 4451 5 in in IN 1662 4451 6 rice rice NN 1662 4451 7 , , , 1662 4451 8 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4451 9 must must MD 1662 4451 10 import import VB 1662 4451 11 about about RB 1662 4451 12 50 50 CD 1662 4451 13 % % NN 1662 4451 14 of of IN 1662 4451 15 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4451 16 requirements requirement NNS 1662 4451 17 of of IN 1662 4451 18 other other JJ 1662 4451 19 grain grain NN 1662 4451 20 and and CC 1662 4451 21 fodder fodder NN 1662 4451 22 crops crop NNS 1662 4451 23 . . . 1662 4452 1 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4452 2 maintains maintain VBZ 1662 4452 3 one one CD 1662 4452 4 of of IN 1662 4452 5 the the DT 1662 4452 6 world world NN 1662 4452 7 's 's POS 1662 4452 8 largest large JJS 1662 4452 9 fishing fishing NN 1662 4452 10 fleets fleet NNS 1662 4452 11 and and CC 1662 4452 12 accounts account NNS 1662 4452 13 for for IN 1662 4452 14 nearly nearly RB 1662 4452 15 15 15 CD 1662 4452 16 % % NN 1662 4452 17 of of IN 1662 4452 18 the the DT 1662 4452 19 global global JJ 1662 4452 20 catch catch NN 1662 4452 21 . . . 1662 4453 1 For for IN 1662 4453 2 three three CD 1662 4453 3 decades decade NNS 1662 4453 4 overall overall JJ 1662 4453 5 real real JJ 1662 4453 6 economic economic JJ 1662 4453 7 growth growth NN 1662 4453 8 had have VBD 1662 4453 9 been be VBN 1662 4453 10 spectacular spectacular JJ 1662 4453 11 : : : 1662 4453 12 a a DT 1662 4453 13 10 10 CD 1662 4453 14 % % NN 1662 4453 15 average average NN 1662 4453 16 in in IN 1662 4453 17 the the DT 1662 4453 18 1960s 1960 NNS 1662 4453 19 , , , 1662 4453 20 a a DT 1662 4453 21 5 5 CD 1662 4453 22 % % NN 1662 4453 23 average average NN 1662 4453 24 in in IN 1662 4453 25 the the DT 1662 4453 26 1970s 1970 NNS 1662 4453 27 , , , 1662 4453 28 and and CC 1662 4453 29 a a DT 1662 4453 30 4 4 CD 1662 4453 31 % % NN 1662 4453 32 average average NN 1662 4453 33 in in IN 1662 4453 34 the the DT 1662 4453 35 1980s 1980s CD 1662 4453 36 . . . 1662 4454 1 Growth growth NN 1662 4454 2 slowed slow VBD 1662 4454 3 considerably considerably RB 1662 4454 4 in in IN 1662 4454 5 1992 1992 CD 1662 4454 6 - - SYM 1662 4454 7 95 95 CD 1662 4454 8 largely largely RB 1662 4454 9 because because IN 1662 4454 10 of of IN 1662 4454 11 the the DT 1662 4454 12 aftereffects aftereffect NNS 1662 4454 13 of of IN 1662 4454 14 overinvestment overinvestment NN 1662 4454 15 during during IN 1662 4454 16 the the DT 1662 4454 17 late late JJ 1662 4454 18 1980s 1980 NNS 1662 4454 19 and and CC 1662 4454 20 contractionary contractionary JJ 1662 4454 21 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4454 22 policies policy NNS 1662 4454 23 intended intend VBN 1662 4454 24 to to TO 1662 4454 25 wring wring VB 1662 4454 26 speculative speculative JJ 1662 4454 27 excesses excess NNS 1662 4454 28 from from IN 1662 4454 29 the the DT 1662 4454 30 stock stock NN 1662 4454 31 and and CC 1662 4454 32 real real JJ 1662 4454 33 estate estate NN 1662 4454 34 markets market NNS 1662 4454 35 . . . 1662 4455 1 Growth growth NN 1662 4455 2 picked pick VBD 1662 4455 3 up up RP 1662 4455 4 in in IN 1662 4455 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4455 6 , , , 1662 4455 7 largely largely RB 1662 4455 8 a a DT 1662 4455 9 reflection reflection NN 1662 4455 10 of of IN 1662 4455 11 stimulative stimulative JJ 1662 4455 12 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4455 13 and and CC 1662 4455 14 monetary monetary JJ 1662 4455 15 policies policy NNS 1662 4455 16 as as RB 1662 4455 17 well well RB 1662 4455 18 as as IN 1662 4455 19 low low JJ 1662 4455 20 rates rate NNS 1662 4455 21 of of IN 1662 4455 22 inflation inflation NN 1662 4455 23 and and CC 1662 4455 24 social social JJ 1662 4455 25 disorder disorder NN 1662 4455 26 . . . 1662 4456 1 As as IN 1662 4456 2 a a DT 1662 4456 3 result result NN 1662 4456 4 of of IN 1662 4456 5 the the DT 1662 4456 6 expansionary expansionary JJ 1662 4456 7 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4456 8 policies policy NNS 1662 4456 9 and and CC 1662 4456 10 declining decline VBG 1662 4456 11 tax tax NN 1662 4456 12 revenues revenue NNS 1662 4456 13 due due IN 1662 4456 14 to to IN 1662 4456 15 the the DT 1662 4456 16 recession recession NN 1662 4456 17 , , , 1662 4456 18 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4456 19 currently currently RB 1662 4456 20 has have VBZ 1662 4456 21 one one CD 1662 4456 22 of of IN 1662 4456 23 the the DT 1662 4456 24 largest large JJS 1662 4456 25 budget budget NN 1662 4456 26 deficits deficit NNS 1662 4456 27 as as IN 1662 4456 28 a a DT 1662 4456 29 percent percent NN 1662 4456 30 of of IN 1662 4456 31 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4456 32 among among IN 1662 4456 33 the the DT 1662 4456 34 industrialized industrialize VBN 1662 4456 35 countries country NNS 1662 4456 36 . . . 1662 4457 1 The the DT 1662 4457 2 crowding crowding NN 1662 4457 3 of of IN 1662 4457 4 habitable habitable JJ 1662 4457 5 land land NN 1662 4457 6 area area NN 1662 4457 7 and and CC 1662 4457 8 the the DT 1662 4457 9 aging aging NN 1662 4457 10 of of IN 1662 4457 11 the the DT 1662 4457 12 population population NN 1662 4457 13 are be VBP 1662 4457 14 two two CD 1662 4457 15 other other JJ 1662 4457 16 major major JJ 1662 4457 17 long long JJ 1662 4457 18 - - HYPH 1662 4457 19 run run NN 1662 4457 20 problems problem NNS 1662 4457 21 . . . 1662 4458 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4458 2 : : : 1662 4458 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4458 4 power power NN 1662 4458 5 parity parity NN 1662 4458 6 - - : 1662 4458 7 $ $ $ 1662 4458 8 2.85 2.85 CD 1662 4458 9 trillion trillion CD 1662 4458 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4458 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4458 12 est est NNP 1662 4458 13 . . . 1662 4458 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4459 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4459 2 - - HYPH 1662 4459 3 real real JJ 1662 4459 4 growth growth NN 1662 4459 5 rate rate NN 1662 4459 6 : : : 1662 4459 7 3.6 3.6 CD 1662 4459 8 % % NN 1662 4459 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4459 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 4459 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4459 12 GDP gdp NN 1662 4459 13 - - HYPH 1662 4459 14 per per FW 1662 4459 15 capita capita NN 1662 4459 16 : : : 1662 4459 17 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4459 18 power power NN 1662 4459 19 parity parity NN 1662 4459 20 - - : 1662 4459 21 $ $ $ 1662 4459 22 22,700 22,700 CD 1662 4459 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4459 24 1996 1996 CD 1662 4459 25 est est NNP 1662 4459 26 . . . 1662 4459 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4460 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4460 2 - - HYPH 1662 4460 3 composition composition NN 1662 4460 4 by by IN 1662 4460 5 sector sector NN 1662 4460 6 : : : 1662 4460 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4460 8 : : : 1662 4460 9 2 2 CD 1662 4460 10 % % NN 1662 4460 11 industry industry NN 1662 4460 12 : : : 1662 4460 13 41.5 41.5 CD 1662 4460 14 % % NN 1662 4460 15 services service NNS 1662 4460 16 : : : 1662 4460 17 56.5 56.5 CD 1662 4460 18 % % NN 1662 4460 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4460 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 4460 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4460 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 4460 23 rate rate NN 1662 4460 24 - - HYPH 1662 4460 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 4460 26 price price NN 1662 4460 27 index index NN 1662 4460 28 : : : 1662 4460 29 0.3 0.3 CD 1662 4460 30 % % NN 1662 4460 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4460 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 4460 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4460 34 Labor labor NN 1662 4460 35 force force NN 1662 4460 36 : : : 1662 4460 37 total total NN 1662 4460 38 : : : 1662 4460 39 67.23 67.23 CD 1662 4460 40 million million CD 1662 4460 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4460 42 March March NNP 1662 4460 43 1997 1997 CD 1662 4460 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4460 45 by by IN 1662 4460 46 occupation occupation NN 1662 4460 47 : : : 1662 4460 48 trade trade NN 1662 4460 49 and and CC 1662 4460 50 services service NNS 1662 4460 51 50 50 CD 1662 4460 52 % % NN 1662 4460 53 , , , 1662 4460 54 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 4460 55 , , , 1662 4460 56 mining mining NN 1662 4460 57 , , , 1662 4460 58 and and CC 1662 4460 59 construction construction NN 1662 4460 60 33 33 CD 1662 4460 61 % % NN 1662 4460 62 , , , 1662 4460 63 utilities utility NNS 1662 4460 64 and and CC 1662 4460 65 communication communication NN 1662 4460 66 7 7 CD 1662 4460 67 % % NN 1662 4460 68 , , , 1662 4460 69 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4460 70 , , , 1662 4460 71 forestry forestry NN 1662 4460 72 , , , 1662 4460 73 and and CC 1662 4460 74 fishing fish VBG 1662 4460 75 6 6 CD 1662 4460 76 % % NN 1662 4460 77 , , , 1662 4460 78 government government NN 1662 4460 79 3 3 CD 1662 4460 80 % % NN 1662 4460 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4460 82 1994 1994 CD 1662 4460 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4460 84 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4460 85 rate rate NN 1662 4460 86 : : : 1662 4460 87 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 4460 88 % % NN 1662 4460 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4460 90 1996 1996 CD 1662 4460 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4460 92 Budget budget NN 1662 4460 93 : : : 1662 4460 94 revenues revenue NNS 1662 4460 95 : : : 1662 4460 96 $ $ $ 1662 4460 97 528 528 CD 1662 4460 98 billion billion CD 1662 4460 99 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4460 100 : : : 1662 4460 101 $ $ $ 1662 4460 102 673 673 CD 1662 4460 103 billion billion CD 1662 4460 104 , , , 1662 4460 105 including include VBG 1662 4460 106 capital capital NN 1662 4460 107 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4460 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4460 109 public public JJ 1662 4460 110 works work NNS 1662 4460 111 only only RB 1662 4460 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4460 113 of of IN 1662 4460 114 about about RB 1662 4460 115 $ $ $ 1662 4460 116 75 75 CD 1662 4460 117 billion billion CD 1662 4460 118 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4460 119 FY97/98 fy97/98 CD 1662 4460 120 est est NNP 1662 4460 121 . . . 1662 4460 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4461 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 4461 2 : : : 1662 4461 3 among among IN 1662 4461 4 world world NN 1662 4461 5 's 's POS 1662 4461 6 largest large JJS 1662 4461 7 and and CC 1662 4461 8 technologically technologically RB 1662 4461 9 advanced advanced JJ 1662 4461 10 producers producer NNS 1662 4461 11 of of IN 1662 4461 12 steel steel NN 1662 4461 13 and and CC 1662 4461 14 nonferrous nonferrous JJ 1662 4461 15 metallurgy metallurgy NN 1662 4461 16 , , , 1662 4461 17 heavy heavy JJ 1662 4461 18 electrical electrical JJ 1662 4461 19 equipment equipment NN 1662 4461 20 , , , 1662 4461 21 construction construction NN 1662 4461 22 and and CC 1662 4461 23 mining mining NN 1662 4461 24 equipment equipment NN 1662 4461 25 , , , 1662 4461 26 motor motor NN 1662 4461 27 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 4461 28 and and CC 1662 4461 29 parts part NNS 1662 4461 30 , , , 1662 4461 31 electronic electronic JJ 1662 4461 32 and and CC 1662 4461 33 telecommunication telecommunication NN 1662 4461 34 equipment equipment NN 1662 4461 35 , , , 1662 4461 36 machine machine NN 1662 4461 37 tools tool NNS 1662 4461 38 , , , 1662 4461 39 automated automate VBD 1662 4461 40 production production NN 1662 4461 41 systems system NNS 1662 4461 42 , , , 1662 4461 43 locomotives locomotive NNS 1662 4461 44 and and CC 1662 4461 45 railroad railroad NN 1662 4461 46 rolling roll VBG 1662 4461 47 stock stock NN 1662 4461 48 , , , 1662 4461 49 ships ship NNS 1662 4461 50 , , , 1662 4461 51 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4461 52 ; ; , 1662 4461 53 textiles textile NNS 1662 4461 54 , , , 1662 4461 55 processed process VBN 1662 4461 56 foods food NNS 1662 4461 57 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 4461 58 production production NN 1662 4461 59 growth growth NN 1662 4461 60 rate rate NN 1662 4461 61 : : : 1662 4461 62 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 4461 63 % % NN 1662 4461 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4461 65 1996 1996 CD 1662 4461 66 est est NNP 1662 4461 67 . . . 1662 4461 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4462 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4462 2 - - HYPH 1662 4462 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 4462 4 : : : 1662 4462 5 199.88 199.88 CD 1662 4462 6 million million CD 1662 4462 7 kW kW NNP 1662 4462 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4462 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 4462 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4462 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4462 12 - - HYPH 1662 4462 13 production production NN 1662 4462 14 : : : 1662 4462 15 992.5 992.5 CD 1662 4462 16 billion billion CD 1662 4462 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4462 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4462 19 1995 1995 CD 1662 4462 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4462 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4462 22 - - HYPH 1662 4462 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 4462 24 per per IN 1662 4462 25 capita capita NN 1662 4462 26 : : : 1662 4462 27 6,895 6,895 CD 1662 4462 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4462 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4462 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 4462 31 est est NNP 1662 4462 32 . . . 1662 4462 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4463 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4463 2 - - HYPH 1662 4463 3 products product NNS 1662 4463 4 : : : 1662 4463 5 rice rice NN 1662 4463 6 , , , 1662 4463 7 sugar sugar NN 1662 4463 8 beets beet NNS 1662 4463 9 , , , 1662 4463 10 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 4463 11 , , , 1662 4463 12 fruit fruit NN 1662 4463 13 ; ; : 1662 4463 14 pork pork NN 1662 4463 15 , , , 1662 4463 16 poultry poultry NN 1662 4463 17 , , , 1662 4463 18 dairy dairy NN 1662 4463 19 products product NNS 1662 4463 20 , , , 1662 4463 21 eggs egg NNS 1662 4463 22 ; ; : 1662 4463 23 world world NN 1662 4463 24 's 's POS 1662 4463 25 largest large JJS 1662 4463 26 fish fish NN 1662 4463 27 catch catch NN 1662 4463 28 of of IN 1662 4463 29 10 10 CD 1662 4463 30 million million CD 1662 4463 31 metric metric JJ 1662 4463 32 tons ton NNS 1662 4463 33 in in IN 1662 4463 34 1991 1991 CD 1662 4463 35 Exports export NNS 1662 4463 36 : : : 1662 4463 37 total total JJ 1662 4463 38 value value NN 1662 4463 39 : : : 1662 4463 40 $ $ $ 1662 4463 41 385 385 CD 1662 4463 42 billion billion CD 1662 4463 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4463 44 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 4463 45 . . NNP 1662 4463 46 , , , 1662 4463 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 4463 48 est est NNP 1662 4463 49 . . . 1662 4463 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4464 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4464 2 : : : 1662 4464 3 manufactures manufacture VBZ 1662 4464 4 96 96 CD 1662 4464 5 % % NN 1662 4464 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4464 7 including include VBG 1662 4464 8 machinery machinery NN 1662 4464 9 50 50 CD 1662 4464 10 % % NN 1662 4464 11 , , , 1662 4464 12 motor motor NN 1662 4464 13 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 4464 14 19 19 CD 1662 4464 15 % % NN 1662 4464 16 , , , 1662 4464 17 consumer consumer NN 1662 4464 18 electronics electronic NNS 1662 4464 19 3 3 CD 1662 4464 20 % % NN 1662 4464 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4464 22 partners partner NNS 1662 4464 23 : : : 1662 4464 24 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 4464 25 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4464 26 37 37 CD 1662 4464 27 % % NN 1662 4464 28 , , , 1662 4464 29 US US NNP 1662 4464 30 27 27 CD 1662 4464 31 % % NN 1662 4464 32 , , , 1662 4464 33 Western Western NNP 1662 4464 34 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4464 35 15 15 CD 1662 4464 36 % % NN 1662 4464 37 , , , 1662 4464 38 China China NNP 1662 4464 39 5 5 CD 1662 4464 40 % % NN 1662 4464 41 Imports import NNS 1662 4464 42 : : : 1662 4464 43 total total JJ 1662 4464 44 value value NN 1662 4464 45 : : : 1662 4464 46 $ $ $ 1662 4464 47 329 329 CD 1662 4464 48 billion billion CD 1662 4464 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4464 50 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 4464 51 . . NNP 1662 4464 52 , , , 1662 4464 53 1996 1996 CD 1662 4464 54 est est NNP 1662 4464 55 . . . 1662 4464 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4465 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4465 2 : : : 1662 4465 3 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 4465 4 54 54 CD 1662 4465 5 % % NN 1662 4465 6 , , , 1662 4465 7 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 4465 8 and and CC 1662 4465 9 raw raw JJ 1662 4465 10 materials material NNS 1662 4465 11 28 28 CD 1662 4465 12 % % NN 1662 4465 13 , , , 1662 4465 14 fossil fossil NN 1662 4465 15 fuels fuel NNS 1662 4465 16 16 16 CD 1662 4465 17 % % NN 1662 4465 18 partners partner NNS 1662 4465 19 : : : 1662 4465 20 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 4465 21 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4465 22 24 24 CD 1662 4465 23 % % NN 1662 4465 24 , , , 1662 4465 25 US US NNP 1662 4465 26 22 22 CD 1662 4465 27 % % NN 1662 4465 28 , , , 1662 4465 29 Western Western NNP 1662 4465 30 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4465 31 15 15 CD 1662 4465 32 % % NN 1662 4465 33 , , , 1662 4465 34 China China NNP 1662 4465 35 12 12 CD 1662 4465 36 % % NN 1662 4465 37 Debt debt NN 1662 4465 38 - - HYPH 1662 4465 39 external external JJ 1662 4465 40 : : : 1662 4465 41 $ $ $ 1662 4465 42 NA na JJ 1662 4465 43 Economic economic JJ 1662 4465 44 aid aid NN 1662 4465 45 : : : 1662 4465 46 donor donor NN 1662 4465 47 : : : 1662 4465 48 ODA ODA NNP 1662 4465 49 , , , 1662 4465 50 $ $ $ 1662 4465 51 14.7 14.7 CD 1662 4465 52 billion billion CD 1662 4465 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4465 54 1995 1995 CD 1662 4465 55 est est NNP 1662 4465 56 . . . 1662 4465 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4466 1 note note NN 1662 4466 2 : : : 1662 4466 3 ODA ODA NNP 1662 4466 4 and and CC 1662 4466 5 OOF OOF NNP 1662 4466 6 commitments commitment NNS 1662 4466 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4466 8 1970 1970 CD 1662 4466 9 - - SYM 1662 4466 10 94 94 CD 1662 4466 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4466 12 , , , 1662 4466 13 $ $ $ 1662 4466 14 174 174 CD 1662 4466 15 billion billion CD 1662 4466 16 Currency Currency NNP 1662 4466 17 : : : 1662 4466 18 yen yen NN 1662 4466 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4466 20 Â¥ ⥠ADD 1662 4466 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4466 22 Exchange exchange NN 1662 4466 23 rates rate NNS 1662 4466 24 : : : 1662 4466 25 yen yen NN 1662 4466 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4466 27 Â¥ ⥠ADD 1662 4466 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4466 29 per per IN 1662 4466 30 US$ us$ $ 1662 4466 31 1 1 CD 1662 4466 32 - - SYM 1662 4466 33 118.02 118.02 CD 1662 4466 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4466 35 January January NNP 1662 4466 36 1997 1997 CD 1662 4466 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4466 38 , , , 1662 4466 39 108.78 108.78 CD 1662 4466 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4466 41 1996 1996 CD 1662 4466 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4466 43 , , , 1662 4466 44 94.06 94.06 CD 1662 4466 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4466 46 1995 1995 CD 1662 4466 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4466 48 , , , 1662 4466 49 102.21 102.21 CD 1662 4466 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4466 51 1994 1994 CD 1662 4466 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4466 53 , , , 1662 4466 54 111.20 111.20 CD 1662 4466 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4466 56 1993 1993 CD 1662 4466 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4466 58 , , , 1662 4466 59 126.65 126.65 CD 1662 4466 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4466 61 1992 1992 CD 1662 4466 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4466 63 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4466 64 year year NN 1662 4466 65 : : : 1662 4466 66 1 1 CD 1662 4466 67 April April NNP 1662 4466 68 - - HYPH 1662 4466 69 31 31 CD 1662 4466 70 March March NNP 1662 4466 71 @Japan @japan NN 1662 4466 72 : : : 1662 4466 73 Communications communication NNS 1662 4466 74 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 4466 75 : : : 1662 4466 76 64 64 CD 1662 4466 77 million million CD 1662 4466 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4466 79 1987 1987 CD 1662 4466 80 est est NNP 1662 4466 81 . . . 1662 4466 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4467 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 4467 2 system system NN 1662 4467 3 : : : 1662 4467 4 excellent excellent JJ 1662 4467 5 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4467 6 and and CC 1662 4467 7 international international JJ 1662 4467 8 service service NN 1662 4467 9 domestic domestic NN 1662 4467 10 : : : 1662 4467 11 NA NA NNP 1662 4467 12 international international JJ 1662 4467 13 : : : 1662 4467 14 satellite satellite NN 1662 4467 15 earth earth NN 1662 4467 16 stations station NNS 1662 4467 17 - - : 1662 4467 18 5 5 CD 1662 4467 19 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4467 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4467 21 4 4 CD 1662 4467 22 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 4467 23 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4467 24 and and CC 1662 4467 25 1 1 CD 1662 4467 26 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4467 27 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4467 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4467 29 , , , 1662 4467 30 1 1 CD 1662 4467 31 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 4467 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4467 33 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4467 34 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4467 35 Region Region NNP 1662 4467 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4467 37 , , , 1662 4467 38 and and CC 1662 4467 39 1 1 CD 1662 4467 40 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 4467 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4467 42 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 4467 43 and and CC 1662 4467 44 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4467 45 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4467 46 Regions Regions NNPS 1662 4467 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4467 48 ; ; : 1662 4467 49 submarine submarine NN 1662 4467 50 cables cable NNS 1662 4467 51 to to IN 1662 4467 52 China China NNP 1662 4467 53 , , , 1662 4467 54 Philippines Philippines NNP 1662 4467 55 , , , 1662 4467 56 Russia Russia NNP 1662 4467 57 , , , 1662 4467 58 and and CC 1662 4467 59 US US NNP 1662 4467 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4467 61 via via IN 1662 4467 62 Guam Guam NNP 1662 4467 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4467 64 Radio Radio NNP 1662 4467 65 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4467 66 stations station NNS 1662 4467 67 : : : 1662 4467 68 AM AM NNP 1662 4467 69 318 318 CD 1662 4467 70 , , , 1662 4467 71 FM FM NNP 1662 4467 72 58 58 CD 1662 4467 73 , , , 1662 4467 74 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 4467 75 0 0 CD 1662 4467 76 Radios radio NNS 1662 4467 77 : : : 1662 4467 78 97 97 CD 1662 4467 79 million million CD 1662 4467 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4467 81 1993 1993 CD 1662 4467 82 est est NNP 1662 4467 83 . . . 1662 4467 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4468 1 Television television NN 1662 4468 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4468 3 stations station NNS 1662 4468 4 : : : 1662 4468 5 12,350 12,350 CD 1662 4468 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4468 7 1 1 CD 1662 4468 8 kW kw NN 1662 4468 9 or or CC 1662 4468 10 greater great JJR 1662 4468 11 196 196 CD 1662 4468 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4468 13 Televisions television NNS 1662 4468 14 : : : 1662 4468 15 100 100 CD 1662 4468 16 million million CD 1662 4468 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4468 18 1993 1993 CD 1662 4468 19 est est NNP 1662 4468 20 . . . 1662 4468 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4469 1 @Japan @japan XX 1662 4469 2 : : : 1662 4469 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4469 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 4469 5 : : : 1662 4469 6 total total NN 1662 4469 7 : : : 1662 4469 8 23,670.7 23,670.7 CD 1662 4469 9 km km NN 1662 4469 10 standard standard JJ 1662 4469 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 4469 12 : : : 1662 4469 13 2,893.1 2,893.1 CD 1662 4469 14 km km VBZ 1662 4469 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 4469 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 4469 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4469 18 entirely entirely RB 1662 4469 19 electrified electrify VBN 1662 4469 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4469 21 narrow narrow JJ 1662 4469 22 gauge gauge NN 1662 4469 23 : : : 1662 4469 24 89.8 89.8 CD 1662 4469 25 km km NN 1662 4469 26 1.372-m 1.372-m CD 1662 4469 27 gauge gauge NN 1662 4469 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4469 29 89.8 89.8 CD 1662 4469 30 km km NNS 1662 4469 31 electrified electrify VBN 1662 4469 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4469 33 ; ; : 1662 4469 34 20,656.8 20,656.8 CD 1662 4469 35 km km NN 1662 4469 36 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 4469 37 gauge gauge NN 1662 4469 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4469 39 10,383.6 10,383.6 CD 1662 4469 40 km km NN 1662 4469 41 electrified electrify VBN 1662 4469 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4469 43 ; ; : 1662 4469 44 31 31 CD 1662 4469 45 km km NN 1662 4469 46 0.762-m 0.762-m NN 1662 4469 47 gauge gauge NN 1662 4469 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4469 49 3.6 3.6 CD 1662 4469 50 km km NN 1662 4469 51 electrified electrify VBN 1662 4469 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4469 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4469 54 1994 1994 CD 1662 4469 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4469 56 Highways highway NNS 1662 4469 57 : : : 1662 4469 58 total total NN 1662 4469 59 : : : 1662 4469 60 1,144,360 1,144,360 CD 1662 4469 61 km km NN 1662 4469 62 paved pave VBN 1662 4469 63 : : : 1662 4469 64 846,826 846,826 CD 1662 4469 65 km km NNP 1662 4469 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4469 67 including include VBG 1662 4469 68 5,860 5,860 CD 1662 4469 69 km km NNS 1662 4469 70 of of IN 1662 4469 71 expressways expressway NNS 1662 4469 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4469 73 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4469 74 : : : 1662 4469 75 297,534 297,534 CD 1662 4469 76 km km NNS 1662 4469 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4469 78 1995 1995 CD 1662 4469 79 est est NNP 1662 4469 80 . . . 1662 4469 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4470 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 4470 2 : : : 1662 4470 3 about about IN 1662 4470 4 1,770 1,770 CD 1662 4470 5 km km NNS 1662 4470 6 ; ; : 1662 4470 7 seagoing seagoe VBG 1662 4470 8 craft craft NN 1662 4470 9 ply ply VBP 1662 4470 10 all all DT 1662 4470 11 coastal coastal JJ 1662 4470 12 inland inland NN 1662 4470 13 seas sea NNS 1662 4470 14 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 4470 15 : : : 1662 4470 16 crude crude JJ 1662 4470 17 oil oil NN 1662 4470 18 84 84 CD 1662 4470 19 km km NN 1662 4470 20 ; ; : 1662 4470 21 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4470 22 products product NNS 1662 4470 23 322 322 CD 1662 4470 24 km km NN 1662 4470 25 ; ; : 1662 4470 26 natural natural JJ 1662 4470 27 gas gas NN 1662 4470 28 1,800 1,800 CD 1662 4470 29 km km NN 1662 4470 30 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 4470 31 and and CC 1662 4470 32 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4470 33 : : : 1662 4470 34 Akita Akita NNP 1662 4470 35 , , , 1662 4470 36 Amagasaki Amagasaki NNP 1662 4470 37 , , , 1662 4470 38 Chiba Chiba NNP 1662 4470 39 , , , 1662 4470 40 Hachinohe Hachinohe NNP 1662 4470 41 , , , 1662 4470 42 Hakodate Hakodate NNP 1662 4470 43 , , , 1662 4470 44 Higashi Higashi NNP 1662 4470 45 - - HYPH 1662 4470 46 Harima Harima NNP 1662 4470 47 , , , 1662 4470 48 Himeji Himeji NNP 1662 4470 49 , , , 1662 4470 50 Hiroshima Hiroshima NNP 1662 4470 51 , , , 1662 4470 52 Kawasaki Kawasaki NNP 1662 4470 53 , , , 1662 4470 54 Kinuura Kinuura NNP 1662 4470 55 , , , 1662 4470 56 Kobe Kobe NNP 1662 4470 57 , , , 1662 4470 58 Kushiro Kushiro NNP 1662 4470 59 , , , 1662 4470 60 Mizushima Mizushima NNP 1662 4470 61 , , , 1662 4470 62 Moji Moji NNP 1662 4470 63 , , , 1662 4470 64 Nagoya Nagoya NNP 1662 4470 65 , , , 1662 4470 66 Osaka Osaka NNP 1662 4470 67 , , , 1662 4470 68 Sakai Sakai NNP 1662 4470 69 , , , 1662 4470 70 Sakaide Sakaide NNP 1662 4470 71 , , , 1662 4470 72 Shimizu Shimizu NNP 1662 4470 73 , , , 1662 4470 74 Tokyo Tokyo NNP 1662 4470 75 , , , 1662 4470 76 Tomakomai Tomakomai NNP 1662 4470 77 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 4470 78 marine marine NN 1662 4470 79 : : : 1662 4470 80 total total NN 1662 4470 81 : : : 1662 4470 82 773 773 CD 1662 4470 83 ships ship NNS 1662 4470 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4470 85 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4470 86 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4470 87 or or CC 1662 4470 88 over over RB 1662 4470 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4470 90 totaling total VBG 1662 4470 91 15,026,322 15,026,322 CD 1662 4470 92 GRT/21,941,516 GRT/21,941,516 , 1662 4470 93 DWT DWT NNP 1662 4470 94 ships ship NNS 1662 4470 95 by by IN 1662 4470 96 type type NN 1662 4470 97 : : : 1662 4470 98 bulk bulk NNP 1662 4470 99 178 178 CD 1662 4470 100 , , , 1662 4470 101 cargo cargo NN 1662 4470 102 56 56 CD 1662 4470 103 , , , 1662 4470 104 chemical chemical NN 1662 4470 105 tanker tanker NN 1662 4470 106 7 7 CD 1662 4470 107 , , , 1662 4470 108 combination combination NN 1662 4470 109 bulk bulk NN 1662 4470 110 6 6 CD 1662 4470 111 , , , 1662 4470 112 combination combination NN 1662 4470 113 ore ore NN 1662 4470 114 / / SYM 1662 4470 115 oil oil NN 1662 4470 116 6 6 CD 1662 4470 117 , , , 1662 4470 118 container container NN 1662 4470 119 38 38 CD 1662 4470 120 , , , 1662 4470 121 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 4470 122 gas gas NN 1662 4470 123 tanker tanker NN 1662 4470 124 39 39 CD 1662 4470 125 , , , 1662 4470 126 oil oil NN 1662 4470 127 tanker tanker NN 1662 4470 128 254 254 CD 1662 4470 129 , , , 1662 4470 130 passenger passenger NN 1662 4470 131 8 8 CD 1662 4470 132 , , , 1662 4470 133 passenger passenger NN 1662 4470 134 - - HYPH 1662 4470 135 cargo cargo NN 1662 4470 136 2 2 CD 1662 4470 137 , , , 1662 4470 138 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 4470 139 cargo cargo NN 1662 4470 140 38 38 CD 1662 4470 141 , , , 1662 4470 142 roll roll NN 1662 4470 143 - - HYPH 1662 4470 144 on on IN 1662 4470 145 / / SYM 1662 4470 146 roll roll NN 1662 4470 147 - - HYPH 1662 4470 148 off off RP 1662 4470 149 cargo cargo NN 1662 4470 150 43 43 CD 1662 4470 151 , , , 1662 4470 152 short short JJ 1662 4470 153 - - HYPH 1662 4470 154 sea sea NN 1662 4470 155 passenger passenger NN 1662 4470 156 23 23 CD 1662 4470 157 , , , 1662 4470 158 specialized specialized JJ 1662 4470 159 tanker tanker NN 1662 4470 160 2 2 CD 1662 4470 161 , , , 1662 4470 162 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 4470 163 carrier carrier NN 1662 4470 164 73 73 CD 1662 4470 165 note note NN 1662 4470 166 : : : 1662 4470 167 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4470 168 owns own VBZ 1662 4470 169 an an DT 1662 4470 170 additional additional JJ 1662 4470 171 1,579 1,579 CD 1662 4470 172 ships ship NNS 1662 4470 173 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4470 174 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4470 175 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4470 176 or or CC 1662 4470 177 over over RB 1662 4470 178 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4470 179 totaling total VBG 1662 4470 180 54,474,380 54,474,380 CD 1662 4470 181 DWT dwt NN 1662 4470 182 operating operate VBG 1662 4470 183 under under IN 1662 4470 184 the the DT 1662 4470 185 registries registry NNS 1662 4470 186 of of IN 1662 4470 187 The the DT 1662 4470 188 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 4470 189 , , , 1662 4470 190 Burma Burma NNP 1662 4470 191 , , , 1662 4470 192 Cayman Cayman NNP 1662 4470 193 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 4470 194 , , , 1662 4470 195 Hong Hong NNP 1662 4470 196 Kong Kong NNP 1662 4470 197 , , , 1662 4470 198 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 4470 199 , , , 1662 4470 200 South South NNP 1662 4470 201 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4470 202 , , , 1662 4470 203 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 4470 204 , , , 1662 4470 205 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 4470 206 , , , 1662 4470 207 Malta Malta NNP 1662 4470 208 , , , 1662 4470 209 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 4470 210 , , , 1662 4470 211 Panama Panama NNP 1662 4470 212 , , , 1662 4470 213 Philippines Philippines NNP 1662 4470 214 , , , 1662 4470 215 Saint Saint NNP 1662 4470 216 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 4470 217 and and CC 1662 4470 218 the the DT 1662 4470 219 Grenadines Grenadines NNPS 1662 4470 220 , , , 1662 4470 221 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 4470 222 , , , 1662 4470 223 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 4470 224 , , , 1662 4470 225 US US NNP 1662 4470 226 , , , 1662 4470 227 and and CC 1662 4470 228 Vanuatu Vanuatu NNP 1662 4470 229 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4470 230 1996 1996 CD 1662 4470 231 est est NNP 1662 4470 232 . . . 1662 4470 233 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4471 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4471 2 : : : 1662 4471 3 164 164 CD 1662 4471 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4471 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4471 6 est est NNP 1662 4471 7 . . . 1662 4471 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4472 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4472 2 - - , 1662 4472 3 with with IN 1662 4472 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4472 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4472 6 : : : 1662 4472 7 total total NN 1662 4472 8 : : : 1662 4472 9 162 162 CD 1662 4472 10 over over IN 1662 4472 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4472 12 m m NN 1662 4472 13 : : : 1662 4472 14 6 6 CD 1662 4472 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4472 16 to to TO 1662 4472 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4472 18 m m NN 1662 4472 19 : : : 1662 4472 20 32 32 CD 1662 4472 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4472 22 to to TO 1662 4472 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4472 24 m m CD 1662 4472 25 : : : 1662 4472 26 35 35 CD 1662 4472 27 914 914 CD 1662 4472 28 to to TO 1662 4472 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4472 30 m m NN 1662 4472 31 : : : 1662 4472 32 29 29 CD 1662 4472 33 under under IN 1662 4472 34 914 914 CD 1662 4472 35 m m NN 1662 4472 36 : : : 1662 4472 37 60 60 CD 1662 4472 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4472 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 4472 40 est est NNP 1662 4472 41 . . . 1662 4472 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4473 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4473 2 - - , 1662 4473 3 with with IN 1662 4473 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4473 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4473 6 : : : 1662 4473 7 total total NN 1662 4473 8 : : : 1662 4473 9 2 2 CD 1662 4473 10 914 914 CD 1662 4473 11 to to TO 1662 4473 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4473 13 m m NN 1662 4473 14 : : : 1662 4473 15 2 2 CD 1662 4473 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4473 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 4473 18 est est NNP 1662 4473 19 . . . 1662 4473 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4474 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 4474 2 : : : 1662 4474 3 12 12 CD 1662 4474 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4474 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4474 6 est est NNP 1662 4474 7 . . . 1662 4474 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4475 1 Military military JJ 1662 4475 2 Military military JJ 1662 4475 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4475 4 : : : 1662 4475 5 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4475 6 Ground Ground NNP 1662 4475 7 Self Self NNP 1662 4475 8 - - HYPH 1662 4475 9 Defense Defense NNP 1662 4475 10 Force Force NNP 1662 4475 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4475 12 Army Army NNP 1662 4475 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4475 14 , , , 1662 4475 15 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4475 16 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4475 17 Self Self NNP 1662 4475 18 - - HYPH 1662 4475 19 Defense Defense NNP 1662 4475 20 Force Force NNP 1662 4475 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4475 22 Navy Navy NNP 1662 4475 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4475 24 , , , 1662 4475 25 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4475 26 Air Air NNP 1662 4475 27 Self Self NNP 1662 4475 28 - - HYPH 1662 4475 29 Defense Defense NNP 1662 4475 30 Force Force NNP 1662 4475 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4475 32 Air Air NNP 1662 4475 33 Force Force NNP 1662 4475 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4475 35 Military military JJ 1662 4475 36 manpower manpower NN 1662 4475 37 - - HYPH 1662 4475 38 military military NN 1662 4475 39 age age NN 1662 4475 40 : : : 1662 4475 41 18 18 CD 1662 4475 42 years year NNS 1662 4475 43 of of IN 1662 4475 44 age age NN 1662 4475 45 Military military JJ 1662 4475 46 manpower manpower NN 1662 4475 47 - - HYPH 1662 4475 48 availability availability NN 1662 4475 49 : : : 1662 4475 50 males male NNS 1662 4475 51 age age NNP 1662 4475 52 15 15 CD 1662 4475 53 - - HYPH 1662 4475 54 49 49 CD 1662 4475 55 : : SYM 1662 4475 56 31,549,081 31,549,081 CD 1662 4475 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4475 58 1997 1997 CD 1662 4475 59 est est NNP 1662 4475 60 . . . 1662 4475 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4476 1 Military military JJ 1662 4476 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4476 3 - - HYPH 1662 4476 4 fit fit NN 1662 4476 5 for for IN 1662 4476 6 military military JJ 1662 4476 7 service service NN 1662 4476 8 : : : 1662 4476 9 males male NNS 1662 4476 10 : : : 1662 4476 11 27,107,305 27,107,305 CD 1662 4476 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4476 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4476 14 est est NNP 1662 4476 15 . . . 1662 4476 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4477 1 Military military JJ 1662 4477 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4477 3 - - HYPH 1662 4477 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 4477 5 military military JJ 1662 4477 6 age age NN 1662 4477 7 annually annually RB 1662 4477 8 : : : 1662 4477 9 males male NNS 1662 4477 10 : : : 1662 4477 11 835,296 835,296 CD 1662 4477 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4477 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4477 14 est est NNP 1662 4477 15 . . . 1662 4477 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4478 1 Military military JJ 1662 4478 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4478 3 - - HYPH 1662 4478 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4478 5 figure figure NN 1662 4478 6 : : : 1662 4478 7 $ $ $ 1662 4478 8 48.5 48.5 CD 1662 4478 9 billion billion CD 1662 4478 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4478 11 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 4478 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4478 13 Military military JJ 1662 4478 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4478 15 - - : 1662 4478 16 percent percent NN 1662 4478 17 of of IN 1662 4478 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4478 19 : : : 1662 4478 20 1 1 CD 1662 4478 21 % % NN 1662 4478 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4478 23 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 4478 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4478 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4478 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4478 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 4478 28 - - HYPH 1662 4478 29 international international JJ 1662 4478 30 : : : 1662 4478 31 islands island NNS 1662 4478 32 of of IN 1662 4478 33 Etorofu Etorofu NNP 1662 4478 34 , , , 1662 4478 35 Kunashiri Kunashiri NNP 1662 4478 36 , , , 1662 4478 37 Shikotan Shikotan NNP 1662 4478 38 , , , 1662 4478 39 and and CC 1662 4478 40 the the DT 1662 4478 41 Habomai Habomai NNP 1662 4478 42 group group NN 1662 4478 43 occupied occupy VBN 1662 4478 44 by by IN 1662 4478 45 the the DT 1662 4478 46 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 4478 47 Union Union NNP 1662 4478 48 in in IN 1662 4478 49 1945 1945 CD 1662 4478 50 , , , 1662 4478 51 now now RB 1662 4478 52 administered administer VBN 1662 4478 53 by by IN 1662 4478 54 Russia Russia NNP 1662 4478 55 , , , 1662 4478 56 claimed claim VBN 1662 4478 57 by by IN 1662 4478 58 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4478 59 ; ; : 1662 4478 60 Liancourt Liancourt NNP 1662 4478 61 Rocks Rocks NNPS 1662 4478 62 disputed dispute VBD 1662 4478 63 with with IN 1662 4478 64 South South NNP 1662 4478 65 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4478 66 ; ; : 1662 4478 67 Senkaku Senkaku NNP 1662 4478 68 - - HYPH 1662 4478 69 shoto shoto NN 1662 4478 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4478 71 Senkaku Senkaku NNP 1662 4478 72 Islands Islands NNP 1662 4478 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4478 74 claimed claim VBN 1662 4478 75 by by IN 1662 4478 76 China China NNP 1662 4478 77 and and CC 1662 4478 78 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 4478 79 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 80 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 81 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 82 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 83 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 84 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 85 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 86 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 87 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 88 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 89 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 90 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 91 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 92 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 93 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 94 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 95 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 96 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 97 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 98 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 99 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 100 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 101 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 102 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 103 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 104 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 105 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 106 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 107 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 108 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 109 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 110 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 111 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 112 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 113 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 114 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 115 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 116 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 117 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 118 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 119 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 120 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 121 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 122 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 123 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 124 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 125 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 126 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 127 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 128 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 129 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 130 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 131 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 132 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 133 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 134 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 135 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 136 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 137 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 138 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 139 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 140 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 141 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 142 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 143 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 144 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 145 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 146 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 147 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 148 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 149 JARVIS JARVIS NNP 1662 4478 150 ISLAND ISLAND NNP 1662 4478 151 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4478 152 territory territory NN 1662 4478 153 of of IN 1662 4478 154 the the DT 1662 4478 155 US US NNP 1662 4478 156 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4478 157 @Jarvis @Jarvis NFP 1662 4478 158 Island Island NNP 1662 4478 159 : : : 1662 4478 160 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4478 161 Location Location NNP 1662 4478 162 : : : 1662 4478 163 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 4478 164 , , , 1662 4478 165 island island NN 1662 4478 166 in in IN 1662 4478 167 the the DT 1662 4478 168 South South NNP 1662 4478 169 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 4478 170 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4478 171 , , , 1662 4478 172 about about RB 1662 4478 173 one one CD 1662 4478 174 - - HYPH 1662 4478 175 half half NN 1662 4478 176 of of IN 1662 4478 177 the the DT 1662 4478 178 way way NN 1662 4478 179 from from IN 1662 4478 180 Hawaii Hawaii NNP 1662 4478 181 to to IN 1662 4478 182 the the DT 1662 4478 183 Cook Cook NNP 1662 4478 184 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 4478 185 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4478 186 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4478 187 : : : 1662 4478 188 0 0 NFP 1662 4478 189 22 22 CD 1662 4478 190 S s NN 1662 4478 191 , , , 1662 4478 192 160 160 CD 1662 4478 193 03 03 CD 1662 4478 194 W W NNP 1662 4478 195 Map Map NNP 1662 4478 196 references reference NNS 1662 4478 197 : : : 1662 4478 198 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 4478 199 Area Area NNP 1662 4478 200 : : : 1662 4478 201 total total NN 1662 4478 202 : : : 1662 4478 203 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 4478 204 sq sq VB 1662 4478 205 km km NNP 1662 4478 206 land land NN 1662 4478 207 : : : 1662 4478 208 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 4478 209 sq sq VB 1662 4478 210 km km NNP 1662 4478 211 water water NN 1662 4478 212 : : : 1662 4478 213 0 0 NFP 1662 4478 214 sq sq NN 1662 4478 215 km km NNP 1662 4478 216 Area area NN 1662 4478 217 - - HYPH 1662 4478 218 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4478 219 : : : 1662 4478 220 about about IN 1662 4478 221 eight eight CD 1662 4478 222 times time NNS 1662 4478 223 the the DT 1662 4478 224 size size NN 1662 4478 225 of of IN 1662 4478 226 The the DT 1662 4478 227 Mall Mall NNP 1662 4478 228 in in IN 1662 4478 229 Washington Washington NNP 1662 4478 230 , , , 1662 4478 231 DC DC NNP 1662 4478 232 Land Land NNP 1662 4478 233 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4478 234 : : : 1662 4478 235 0 0 LS 1662 4478 236 km km NN 1662 4478 237 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4478 238 : : : 1662 4478 239 8 8 CD 1662 4478 240 km km NN 1662 4478 241 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4478 242 claims claim VBZ 1662 4478 243 : : : 1662 4478 244 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 4478 245 economic economic JJ 1662 4478 246 zone zone NN 1662 4478 247 : : : 1662 4478 248 200 200 CD 1662 4478 249 nm nm CD 1662 4478 250 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4478 251 sea sea NN 1662 4478 252 : : : 1662 4478 253 12 12 CD 1662 4478 254 nm nm NNP 1662 4478 255 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4478 256 : : : 1662 4478 257 tropical tropical JJ 1662 4478 258 ; ; : 1662 4478 259 scant scant JJ 1662 4478 260 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 4478 261 , , , 1662 4478 262 constant constant JJ 1662 4478 263 wind wind NN 1662 4478 264 , , , 1662 4478 265 burning burn VBG 1662 4478 266 sun sun NN 1662 4478 267 Terrain terrain NN 1662 4478 268 : : : 1662 4478 269 sandy sandy NNP 1662 4478 270 , , , 1662 4478 271 coral coral JJ 1662 4478 272 island island NN 1662 4478 273 surrounded surround VBN 1662 4478 274 by by IN 1662 4478 275 a a DT 1662 4478 276 narrow narrow JJ 1662 4478 277 fringing fringing NN 1662 4478 278 reef reef NN 1662 4478 279 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4478 280 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4478 281 : : : 1662 4478 282 lowest low JJS 1662 4478 283 point point NN 1662 4478 284 : : : 1662 4478 285 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 4478 286 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4478 287 0 0 NFP 1662 4478 288 m m DT 1662 4478 289 highest high JJS 1662 4478 290 point point NN 1662 4478 291 : : : 1662 4478 292 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 4478 293 location location NN 1662 4478 294 23 23 CD 1662 4478 295 m m CD 1662 4478 296 Natural natural JJ 1662 4478 297 resources resource NNS 1662 4478 298 : : : 1662 4478 299 guano guano NNP 1662 4478 300 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4478 301 deposits deposit NNS 1662 4478 302 worked work VBD 1662 4478 303 until until IN 1662 4478 304 late late JJ 1662 4478 305 1800s 1800 NNS 1662 4478 306 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4478 307 Land land NN 1662 4478 308 use use NN 1662 4478 309 : : : 1662 4478 310 arable arable JJ 1662 4478 311 land land NN 1662 4478 312 : : : 1662 4478 313 0 0 CD 1662 4478 314 % % NN 1662 4478 315 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4478 316 crops crop NNS 1662 4478 317 : : : 1662 4478 318 0 0 CD 1662 4478 319 % % NN 1662 4478 320 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4478 321 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4478 322 : : : 1662 4478 323 0 0 CD 1662 4478 324 % % NN 1662 4478 325 forests forest NNS 1662 4478 326 and and CC 1662 4478 327 woodland woodland JJ 1662 4478 328 : : : 1662 4478 329 0 0 CD 1662 4478 330 % % NN 1662 4478 331 other other JJ 1662 4478 332 : : : 1662 4478 333 100 100 CD 1662 4478 334 % % NN 1662 4478 335 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4478 336 land land NN 1662 4478 337 : : : 1662 4478 338 0 0 LS 1662 4478 339 sq sq NNP 1662 4478 340 km km NNP 1662 4478 341 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4478 342 1993 1993 CD 1662 4478 343 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4478 344 Natural natural JJ 1662 4478 345 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4478 346 : : : 1662 4478 347 the the DT 1662 4478 348 narrow narrow JJ 1662 4478 349 fringing fringing NN 1662 4478 350 reef reef NN 1662 4478 351 surrounding surround VBG 1662 4478 352 the the DT 1662 4478 353 island island NN 1662 4478 354 can can MD 1662 4478 355 be be VB 1662 4478 356 a a DT 1662 4478 357 maritime maritime JJ 1662 4478 358 hazard hazard NN 1662 4478 359 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4478 360 - - HYPH 1662 4478 361 current current JJ 1662 4478 362 issues issue NNS 1662 4478 363 : : : 1662 4478 364 no no DT 1662 4478 365 natural natural JJ 1662 4478 366 fresh fresh JJ 1662 4478 367 water water NN 1662 4478 368 resources resource NNS 1662 4478 369 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4478 370 - - HYPH 1662 4478 371 international international JJ 1662 4478 372 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4478 373 : : : 1662 4478 374 party party NN 1662 4478 375 to to IN 1662 4478 376 : : : 1662 4478 377 NA NA NNP 1662 4478 378 signed sign VBN 1662 4478 379 , , , 1662 4478 380 but but CC 1662 4478 381 not not RB 1662 4478 382 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4478 383 : : : 1662 4478 384 NA NA NNP 1662 4478 385 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4478 386 - - HYPH 1662 4478 387 note note NN 1662 4478 388 : : : 1662 4478 389 sparse sparse NNP 1662 4478 390 bunch bunch NNP 1662 4478 391 grass grass NN 1662 4478 392 , , , 1662 4478 393 prostrate prostrate NN 1662 4478 394 vines vine NNS 1662 4478 395 , , , 1662 4478 396 and and CC 1662 4478 397 low low RB 1662 4478 398 - - HYPH 1662 4478 399 growing grow VBG 1662 4478 400 shrubs shrub NNS 1662 4478 401 ; ; : 1662 4478 402 primarily primarily RB 1662 4478 403 a a DT 1662 4478 404 nesting nesting NN 1662 4478 405 , , , 1662 4478 406 roosting roosting NN 1662 4478 407 , , , 1662 4478 408 and and CC 1662 4478 409 foraging forage VBG 1662 4478 410 habitat habitat NN 1662 4478 411 for for IN 1662 4478 412 seabirds seabird NNS 1662 4478 413 , , , 1662 4478 414 shorebirds shorebird NNS 1662 4478 415 , , , 1662 4478 416 and and CC 1662 4478 417 marine marine JJ 1662 4478 418 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 4478 419 ; ; : 1662 4478 420 feral feral JJ 1662 4478 421 cats cat NNS 1662 4478 422 @Jarvis @Jarvis NFP 1662 4478 423 Island Island NNP 1662 4478 424 : : : 1662 4478 425 People People NNP 1662 4478 426 Population Population NNP 1662 4478 427 : : : 1662 4478 428 uninhabited uninhabited JJ 1662 4478 429 note note NN 1662 4478 430 : : : 1662 4478 431 Millersville Millersville NNP 1662 4478 432 settlement settlement NN 1662 4478 433 on on IN 1662 4478 434 western western JJ 1662 4478 435 side side NN 1662 4478 436 of of IN 1662 4478 437 island island NN 1662 4478 438 occasionally occasionally RB 1662 4478 439 used use VBN 1662 4478 440 as as IN 1662 4478 441 a a DT 1662 4478 442 weather weather NN 1662 4478 443 station station NN 1662 4478 444 from from IN 1662 4478 445 1935 1935 CD 1662 4478 446 until until IN 1662 4478 447 World World NNP 1662 4478 448 War War NNP 1662 4478 449 II II NNP 1662 4478 450 , , , 1662 4478 451 when when WRB 1662 4478 452 it -PRON- PRP 1662 4478 453 was be VBD 1662 4478 454 abandoned abandon VBN 1662 4478 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669 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 670 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 671 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 672 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 673 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 674 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 675 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 676 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 677 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 678 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 679 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 680 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 681 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 682 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 683 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 684 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 685 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 686 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 687 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 688 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 689 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 690 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 691 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 692 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 693 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 694 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 695 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 696 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 697 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 698 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 699 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 700 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 701 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 702 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 703 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 704 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 705 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 706 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 707 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 708 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 709 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 710 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 711 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 712 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 713 _ _ NNP 1662 4478 714 _ _ 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0 LS 1662 4478 790 km km NN 1662 4478 791 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4478 792 : : : 1662 4478 793 70 70 CD 1662 4478 794 km km NN 1662 4478 795 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4478 796 claims claim VBZ 1662 4478 797 : : : 1662 4478 798 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 4478 799 fishing fishing NN 1662 4478 800 zone zone NN 1662 4478 801 : : : 1662 4478 802 12 12 CD 1662 4478 803 nm nm NNP 1662 4478 804 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4478 805 sea sea NN 1662 4478 806 : : : 1662 4478 807 3 3 CD 1662 4478 808 nm nm IN 1662 4478 809 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4478 810 : : : 1662 4478 811 temperate temperate VB 1662 4478 812 ; ; : 1662 4478 813 mild mild JJ 1662 4478 814 winters winter NNS 1662 4478 815 and and CC 1662 4478 816 cool cool JJ 1662 4478 817 summers summer NNS 1662 4478 818 Terrain terrain NN 1662 4478 819 : : : 1662 4478 820 gently gently RB 1662 4478 821 rolling roll VBG 1662 4478 822 plain plain JJ 1662 4478 823 with with IN 1662 4478 824 low low JJ 1662 4478 825 , , , 1662 4478 826 rugged rugged JJ 1662 4478 827 hills hill NNS 1662 4478 828 along along IN 1662 4478 829 north north NNP 1662 4478 830 coast coast NNP 1662 4478 831 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4478 832 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4478 833 : : : 1662 4478 834 lowest low JJS 1662 4478 835 point point NN 1662 4478 836 : : : 1662 4478 837 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4478 838 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4478 839 0 0 NFP 1662 4478 840 m m DT 1662 4478 841 highest high JJS 1662 4478 842 point point NN 1662 4478 843 : : : 1662 4478 844 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 4478 845 location location NN 1662 4478 846 143 143 CD 1662 4478 847 m m NNP 1662 4478 848 Natural natural JJ 1662 4478 849 resources resource NNS 1662 4478 850 : : : 1662 4478 851 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4478 852 land land NN 1662 4478 853 Land Land NNP 1662 4478 854 use use NN 1662 4478 855 : : : 1662 4478 856 arable arable JJ 1662 4478 857 land land NN 1662 4478 858 : : : 1662 4478 859 57 57 CD 1662 4478 860 % % NN 1662 4478 861 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4478 862 crops crop NNS 1662 4478 863 : : : 1662 4478 864 NA% na% IN 1662 4478 865 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4478 866 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4478 867 : : : 1662 4478 868 NA% NA% NNS 1662 4478 869 forests forest NNS 1662 4478 870 and and CC 1662 4478 871 woodland woodland NN 1662 4478 872 : : : 1662 4478 873 NA% NA% NNS 1662 4478 874 other other JJ 1662 4478 875 : : : 1662 4478 876 43 43 CD 1662 4478 877 % % NN 1662 4478 878 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4478 879 land land NN 1662 4478 880 : : : 1662 4478 881 NA NA NNP 1662 4478 882 sq sq RB 1662 4478 883 km km VB 1662 4478 884 Natural natural JJ 1662 4478 885 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4478 886 : : : 1662 4478 887 NA NA NNP 1662 4478 888 Environment environment NN 1662 4478 889 - - HYPH 1662 4478 890 current current JJ 1662 4478 891 issues issue NNS 1662 4478 892 : : : 1662 4478 893 NA NA NNP 1662 4478 894 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4478 895 - - HYPH 1662 4478 896 international international JJ 1662 4478 897 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4478 898 : : : 1662 4478 899 party party NN 1662 4478 900 to to IN 1662 4478 901 : : : 1662 4478 902 NA NA NNP 1662 4478 903 signed sign VBN 1662 4478 904 , , , 1662 4478 905 but but CC 1662 4478 906 not not RB 1662 4478 907 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4478 908 : : : 1662 4478 909 NA NA NNP 1662 4478 910 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4478 911 - - HYPH 1662 4478 912 note note NN 1662 4478 913 : : : 1662 4478 914 largest large JJS 1662 4478 915 and and CC 1662 4478 916 southernmost southernmost JJS 1662 4478 917 of of IN 1662 4478 918 Channel Channel NNP 1662 4478 919 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 4478 920 ; ; : 1662 4478 921 about about RB 1662 4478 922 30 30 CD 1662 4478 923 % % NN 1662 4478 924 of of IN 1662 4478 925 population population NN 1662 4478 926 concentrated concentrate VBN 1662 4478 927 in in IN 1662 4478 928 Saint Saint NNP 1662 4478 929 Helier Helier NNP 1662 4478 930 @Jersey @jersey NN 1662 4478 931 : : : 1662 4478 932 People People NNP 1662 4478 933 Population Population NNP 1662 4478 934 : : : 1662 4478 935 88,510 88,510 CD 1662 4478 936 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4478 937 July July NNP 1662 4478 938 1997 1997 CD 1662 4478 939 est est NNP 1662 4478 940 . . . 1662 4478 941 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4479 1 Age age NN 1662 4479 2 structure structure NN 1662 4479 3 : : : 1662 4479 4 0 0 CD 1662 4479 5 - - HYPH 1662 4479 6 14 14 CD 1662 4479 7 years year NNS 1662 4479 8 : : : 1662 4479 9 18 18 CD 1662 4479 10 % % NN 1662 4479 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4479 12 male male JJ 1662 4479 13 7,995 7,995 CD 1662 4479 14 ; ; : 1662 4479 15 female female JJ 1662 4479 16 7,435 7,435 CD 1662 4479 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4479 18 15 15 CD 1662 4479 19 - - SYM 1662 4479 20 64 64 CD 1662 4479 21 years year NNS 1662 4479 22 : : : 1662 4479 23 68 68 CD 1662 4479 24 % % NN 1662 4479 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4479 26 male male JJ 1662 4479 27 30,009 30,009 CD 1662 4479 28 ; ; : 1662 4479 29 female female JJ 1662 4479 30 30,523 30,523 CD 1662 4479 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4479 32 65 65 CD 1662 4479 33 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15 15 CD 1662 4484 16 - - HYPH 1662 4484 17 64 64 CD 1662 4484 18 years year NNS 1662 4484 19 : : : 1662 4484 20 0.98 0.98 CD 1662 4484 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4484 22 65 65 CD 1662 4484 23 years year NNS 1662 4484 24 and and CC 1662 4484 25 over over IN 1662 4484 26 : : : 1662 4484 27 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 4484 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 4484 29 total total JJ 1662 4484 30 population population NN 1662 4484 31 : : : 1662 4484 32 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 4484 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4484 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4484 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 4484 36 est est NNP 1662 4484 37 . . . 1662 4484 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4485 1 Infant infant NN 1662 4485 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 4485 3 rate rate NN 1662 4485 4 : : : 1662 4485 5 2.7 2.7 CD 1662 4485 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4485 7 live live JJ 1662 4485 8 births birth NNS 1662 4485 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4485 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4485 11 est est NNP 1662 4485 12 . . . 1662 4485 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4486 1 Life life NN 1662 4486 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 4486 3 at at IN 1662 4486 4 birth birth NN 1662 4486 5 : : : 1662 4486 6 total total JJ 1662 4486 7 population population NN 1662 4486 8 : : : 1662 4486 9 78.51 78.51 CD 1662 4486 10 years year NNS 1662 4486 11 male male NN 1662 4486 12 : : : 1662 4486 13 75.78 75.78 CD 1662 4486 14 years year NNS 1662 4486 15 female female JJ 1662 4486 16 : : : 1662 4486 17 81.55 81.55 CD 1662 4486 18 years year NNS 1662 4486 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4486 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 4486 21 est est NNP 1662 4486 22 . . . 1662 4486 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4487 1 Total total JJ 1662 4487 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 4487 3 rate rate NN 1662 4487 4 : : : 1662 4487 5 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 4487 6 children child NNS 1662 4487 7 born bear VBN 1662 4487 8 / / SYM 1662 4487 9 woman woman NN 1662 4487 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4487 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 4487 12 est est NNP 1662 4487 13 . . . 1662 4487 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4488 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 4488 2 : : : 1662 4488 3 noun noun NN 1662 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_ _ NNP 1662 4499 68 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 69 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 70 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 71 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 72 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 73 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 74 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 75 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 76 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 77 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 78 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 79 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 80 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 81 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 82 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 83 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 84 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 85 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 86 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 87 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 88 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 89 _ _ NNP 1662 4499 90 JOHNSTON JOHNSTON NNP 1662 4499 91 ATOLL ATOLL NNP 1662 4499 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4499 93 territory territory NN 1662 4499 94 of of IN 1662 4499 95 the the DT 1662 4499 96 US US NNP 1662 4499 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4499 98 @Johnston @Johnston NNP 1662 4499 99 Atoll Atoll NNP 1662 4499 100 : : : 1662 4499 101 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4499 102 Location Location NNP 1662 4499 103 : : : 1662 4499 104 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 4499 105 , , , 1662 4499 106 atoll atoll NN 1662 4499 107 in in IN 1662 4499 108 the the DT 1662 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_ _ NNP 1662 4503 51 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 52 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 53 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 54 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 55 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 56 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 57 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 58 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 59 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 60 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 61 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 62 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 63 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 64 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 65 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 66 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 67 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 68 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 69 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 70 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 71 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 72 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 73 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 74 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 75 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 76 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 77 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 78 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 79 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 80 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 81 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 82 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 83 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 84 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 85 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 86 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 87 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 88 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 89 _ _ NNP 1662 4503 90 JORDAN JORDAN NNP 1662 4503 91 @Jordan @Jordan NNP 1662 4503 92 : : : 1662 4503 93 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4503 94 Location Location NNP 1662 4503 95 : : : 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4503 134 km km NNP 1662 4503 135 Area area NN 1662 4503 136 - - HYPH 1662 4503 137 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4503 138 : : : 1662 4503 139 slightly slightly RB 1662 4503 140 smaller small JJR 1662 4503 141 than than IN 1662 4503 142 Indiana Indiana NNP 1662 4503 143 Land Land NNP 1662 4503 144 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4503 145 : : : 1662 4503 146 total total JJ 1662 4503 147 : : : 1662 4503 148 1,619 1,619 CD 1662 4503 149 km km NN 1662 4503 150 border border NN 1662 4503 151 countries country NNS 1662 4503 152 : : : 1662 4503 153 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 4503 154 181 181 CD 1662 4503 155 km km NNS 1662 4503 156 , , , 1662 4503 157 Israel Israel NNP 1662 4503 158 238 238 CD 1662 4503 159 km km NN 1662 4503 160 , , , 1662 4503 161 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 4503 162 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 4503 163 728 728 CD 1662 4503 164 km km NN 1662 4503 165 , , , 1662 4503 166 Syria Syria NNP 1662 4503 167 375 375 CD 1662 4503 168 km km NN 1662 4503 169 , , , 1662 4503 170 West West NNP 1662 4503 171 Bank Bank NNP 1662 4503 172 97 97 CD 1662 4503 173 km km NN 1662 4503 174 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4503 175 : : : 1662 4503 176 26 26 CD 1662 4503 177 km km NN 1662 4503 178 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4503 179 claims claim NNS 1662 4503 180 : : : 1662 4503 181 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4503 182 sea sea NN 1662 4503 183 : : : 1662 4503 184 3 3 CD 1662 4503 185 nm nm IN 1662 4503 186 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4503 187 : : : 1662 4503 188 mostly mostly RB 1662 4503 189 arid arid NNP 1662 4503 190 desert desert NNP 1662 4503 191 ; ; , 1662 4503 192 rainy rainy NNP 1662 4503 193 season season NN 1662 4503 194 in in IN 1662 4503 195 west west NNP 1662 4503 196 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4503 197 November November NNP 1662 4503 198 to to IN 1662 4503 199 April April NNP 1662 4503 200 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4503 201 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4503 202 : : : 1662 4503 203 mostly mostly RB 1662 4503 204 desert desert NN 1662 4503 205 plateau plateau NNP 1662 4503 206 in in IN 1662 4503 207 east east NNP 1662 4503 208 , , , 1662 4503 209 highland highland NNP 1662 4503 210 area area NNP 1662 4503 211 in in IN 1662 4503 212 west west NNP 1662 4503 213 ; ; : 1662 4503 214 Great Great NNP 1662 4503 215 Rift Rift NNP 1662 4503 216 Valley Valley NNP 1662 4503 217 separates separate VBZ 1662 4503 218 East East NNP 1662 4503 219 and and CC 1662 4503 220 West West NNP 1662 4503 221 Banks Banks NNPS 1662 4503 222 of of IN 1662 4503 223 the the DT 1662 4503 224 Jordan Jordan NNP 1662 4503 225 River River NNP 1662 4503 226 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4503 227 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4503 228 : : : 1662 4503 229 lowest low JJS 1662 4503 230 point point NN 1662 4503 231 : : : 1662 4503 232 Dead Dead NNP 1662 4503 233 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4503 234 -408 -408 NN 1662 4503 235 m m NNP 1662 4503 236 highest high JJS 1662 4503 237 point point NN 1662 4503 238 : : : 1662 4503 239 Jabal Jabal NNP 1662 4503 240 Ram Ram NNP 1662 4503 241 1,754 1,754 CD 1662 4503 242 m m CD 1662 4503 243 Natural natural JJ 1662 4503 244 resources resource NNS 1662 4503 245 : : : 1662 4503 246 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 4503 247 , , , 1662 4503 248 potash potash NN 1662 4503 249 , , , 1662 4503 250 shale shale JJ 1662 4503 251 oil oil NN 1662 4503 252 Land Land NNP 1662 4503 253 use use NN 1662 4503 254 : : : 1662 4503 255 arable arable JJ 1662 4503 256 land land NN 1662 4503 257 : : : 1662 4503 258 4 4 CD 1662 4503 259 % % NN 1662 4503 260 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4503 261 crops crop NNS 1662 4503 262 : : : 1662 4503 263 1 1 CD 1662 4503 264 % % NN 1662 4503 265 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4503 266 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4503 267 : : : 1662 4503 268 9 9 CD 1662 4503 269 % % NN 1662 4503 270 forests forest NNS 1662 4503 271 and and CC 1662 4503 272 woodland woodland NN 1662 4503 273 : : : 1662 4503 274 1 1 CD 1662 4503 275 % % NN 1662 4503 276 other other JJ 1662 4503 277 : : : 1662 4503 278 85 85 CD 1662 4503 279 % % NN 1662 4503 280 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4503 281 1993 1993 CD 1662 4503 282 est est NNP 1662 4503 283 . . . 1662 4503 284 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4504 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4504 2 land land NN 1662 4504 3 : : : 1662 4504 4 630 630 CD 1662 4504 5 sq sq NNP 1662 4504 6 km km NNP 1662 4504 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4504 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 4504 9 est est NNP 1662 4504 10 . . . 1662 4504 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4505 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 4505 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4505 3 : : : 1662 4505 4 NA NA NNP 1662 4505 5 Environment environment NN 1662 4505 6 - - HYPH 1662 4505 7 current current JJ 1662 4505 8 issues issue NNS 1662 4505 9 : : : 1662 4505 10 limited limit VBN 1662 4505 11 natural natural JJ 1662 4505 12 fresh fresh JJ 1662 4505 13 water water NN 1662 4505 14 resources resource NNS 1662 4505 15 ; ; : 1662 4505 16 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 4505 17 ; ; : 1662 4505 18 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 4505 19 ; ; : 1662 4505 20 soil soil NN 1662 4505 21 erosion erosion NN 1662 4505 22 ; ; , 1662 4505 23 desertification desertification NN 1662 4505 24 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4505 25 - - HYPH 1662 4505 26 international international JJ 1662 4505 27 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4505 28 : : : 1662 4505 29 party party NN 1662 4505 30 to to TO 1662 4505 31 : : : 1662 4505 32 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 4505 33 , , , 1662 4505 34 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4505 35 Change Change NNP 1662 4505 36 , , , 1662 4505 37 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 4505 38 , , , 1662 4505 39 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 4505 40 Species Species NNPS 1662 4505 41 , , , 1662 4505 42 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 4505 43 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 4505 44 , , , 1662 4505 45 Law Law NNP 1662 4505 46 of of IN 1662 4505 47 the the DT 1662 4505 48 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4505 49 , , , 1662 4505 50 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4505 51 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 4505 52 , , , 1662 4505 53 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 4505 54 Test Test NNP 1662 4505 55 Ban Ban NNP 1662 4505 56 , , , 1662 4505 57 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 4505 58 Layer Layer NNP 1662 4505 59 Protection Protection NNP 1662 4505 60 , , , 1662 4505 61 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 4505 62 signed sign VBD 1662 4505 63 , , , 1662 4505 64 but but CC 1662 4505 65 not not RB 1662 4505 66 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4505 67 : : : 1662 4505 68 none none NN 1662 4505 69 of of IN 1662 4505 70 the the DT 1662 4505 71 selected select VBN 1662 4505 72 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4505 73 @Jordan @Jordan NNP 1662 4505 74 : : : 1662 4505 75 People People NNP 1662 4505 76 Population Population NNP 1662 4505 77 : : : 1662 4505 78 4,324,638 4,324,638 CD 1662 4505 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4505 80 July July NNP 1662 4505 81 1997 1997 CD 1662 4505 82 est est NNP 1662 4505 83 . . . 1662 4505 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4506 1 Age age NN 1662 4506 2 structure structure NN 1662 4506 3 : : : 1662 4506 4 0 0 CD 1662 4506 5 - - HYPH 1662 4506 6 14 14 CD 1662 4506 7 years year NNS 1662 4506 8 : : : 1662 4506 9 44 44 CD 1662 4506 10 % % NN 1662 4506 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4506 12 male male JJ 1662 4506 13 968,833 968,833 CD 1662 4506 14 ; ; : 1662 4506 15 female female JJ 1662 4506 16 921,158 921,158 CD 1662 4506 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4506 18 15 15 CD 1662 4506 19 - - SYM 1662 4506 20 64 64 CD 1662 4506 21 years year NNS 1662 4506 22 : : : 1662 4506 23 53 53 CD 1662 4506 24 % % NN 1662 4506 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4506 26 male male JJ 1662 4506 27 1,188,248 1,188,248 CD 1662 4506 28 ; ; : 1662 4506 29 female female JJ 1662 4506 30 1,125,527 1,125,527 CD 1662 4506 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4506 32 65 65 CD 1662 4506 33 years year NNS 1662 4506 34 and and CC 1662 4506 35 over over IN 1662 4506 36 : : : 1662 4506 37 3 3 CD 1662 4506 38 % % NN 1662 4506 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4506 40 male male JJ 1662 4506 41 60,876 60,876 CD 1662 4506 42 ; ; : 1662 4506 43 female female JJ 1662 4506 44 59,996 59,996 CD 1662 4506 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4506 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4506 47 July July NNP 1662 4506 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 4506 49 est est NNP 1662 4506 50 . . . 1662 4506 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4507 1 Population population NN 1662 4507 2 growth growth NN 1662 4507 3 rate rate NN 1662 4507 4 : : : 1662 4507 5 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 4507 6 % % NN 1662 4507 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4507 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4507 9 est est NNP 1662 4507 10 . . . 1662 4507 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4508 1 Birth birth NN 1662 4508 2 rate rate NN 1662 4508 3 : : : 1662 4508 4 35.95 35.95 CD 1662 4508 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 4508 6 population population NN 1662 4508 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4508 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4508 9 est est NNP 1662 4508 10 . . . 1662 4508 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4509 1 Death death NN 1662 4509 2 rate rate NN 1662 4509 3 : : : 1662 4509 4 3.88 3.88 CD 1662 4509 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4509 6 population population NN 1662 4509 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4509 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4509 9 est est NNP 1662 4509 10 . . . 1662 4509 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4510 1 Net net JJ 1662 4510 2 migration migration NN 1662 4510 3 rate rate NN 1662 4510 4 : : : 1662 4510 5 -6.07 -6.07 NFP 1662 4510 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 4510 7 population population NN 1662 4510 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4510 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 4510 10 est est NNP 1662 4510 11 . . . 1662 4510 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4511 1 Sex sex NN 1662 4511 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 4511 3 : : : 1662 4511 4 at at IN 1662 4511 5 birth birth NN 1662 4511 6 : : : 1662 4511 7 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 4511 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4511 9 under under IN 1662 4511 10 15 15 CD 1662 4511 11 years year NNS 1662 4511 12 : : : 1662 4511 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 4511 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4511 15 15 15 CD 1662 4511 16 - - HYPH 1662 4511 17 64 64 CD 1662 4511 18 years year NNS 1662 4511 19 : : : 1662 4511 20 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 4511 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4511 22 65 65 CD 1662 4511 23 years year NNS 1662 4511 24 and and CC 1662 4511 25 over over IN 1662 4511 26 : : : 1662 4511 27 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 4511 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 4511 29 total total JJ 1662 4511 30 population population NN 1662 4511 31 : : : 1662 4511 32 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 4511 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4511 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4511 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 4511 36 est e JJS 1662 4511 37 . . . 1662 4511 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4512 1 Infant infant NN 1662 4512 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 4512 3 rate rate NN 1662 4512 4 : : : 1662 4512 5 30.7 30.7 CD 1662 4512 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4512 7 live live JJ 1662 4512 8 births birth NNS 1662 4512 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4512 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4512 11 est est NNP 1662 4512 12 . . . 1662 4512 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4513 1 Life life NN 1662 4513 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 4513 3 at at IN 1662 4513 4 birth birth NN 1662 4513 5 : : : 1662 4513 6 total total JJ 1662 4513 7 population population NN 1662 4513 8 : : : 1662 4513 9 72.69 72.69 CD 1662 4513 10 years year NNS 1662 4513 11 male male NN 1662 4513 12 : : : 1662 4513 13 70.81 70.81 CD 1662 4513 14 years year NNS 1662 4513 15 female female JJ 1662 4513 16 : : : 1662 4513 17 74.68 74.68 CD 1662 4513 18 years year NNS 1662 4513 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4513 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 4513 21 est est NNP 1662 4513 22 . . . 1662 4513 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4514 1 Total total JJ 1662 4514 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 4514 3 rate rate NN 1662 4514 4 : : : 1662 4514 5 4.94 4.94 CD 1662 4514 6 children child NNS 1662 4514 7 born bear VBN 1662 4514 8 / / SYM 1662 4514 9 woman woman NN 1662 4514 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4514 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 4514 12 est est NNP 1662 4514 13 . . . 1662 4514 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4515 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 4515 2 : : : 1662 4515 3 noun noun NNP 1662 4515 4 : : : 1662 4515 5 Jordanian(s Jordanian(s NNP 1662 4515 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4515 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 4515 8 : : : 1662 4515 9 Jordanian jordanian JJ 1662 4515 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4515 11 groups group NNS 1662 4515 12 : : : 1662 4515 13 Arab Arab NNP 1662 4515 14 98 98 CD 1662 4515 15 % % NN 1662 4515 16 , , , 1662 4515 17 Circassian Circassian NNP 1662 4515 18 1 1 CD 1662 4515 19 % % NN 1662 4515 20 , , , 1662 4515 21 Armenian Armenian NNP 1662 4515 22 1 1 CD 1662 4515 23 % % NN 1662 4515 24 Religions religion NNS 1662 4515 25 : : : 1662 4515 26 Sunni Sunni NNP 1662 4515 27 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 4515 28 92 92 CD 1662 4515 29 % % NN 1662 4515 30 , , , 1662 4515 31 Christian Christian NNP 1662 4515 32 8 8 CD 1662 4515 33 % % NN 1662 4515 34 Languages language NNS 1662 4515 35 : : : 1662 4515 36 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 4515 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4515 38 official official JJ 1662 4515 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4515 40 , , , 1662 4515 41 English English NNP 1662 4515 42 widely widely RB 1662 4515 43 understood understand VBD 1662 4515 44 among among IN 1662 4515 45 upper upper JJ 1662 4515 46 and and CC 1662 4515 47 middle middle JJ 1662 4515 48 classes class NNS 1662 4515 49 Literacy literacy NN 1662 4515 50 : : : 1662 4515 51 definition definition NN 1662 4515 52 : : : 1662 4515 53 age age NN 1662 4515 54 15 15 CD 1662 4515 55 and and CC 1662 4515 56 over over RB 1662 4515 57 can can MD 1662 4515 58 read read VB 1662 4515 59 and and CC 1662 4515 60 write write VB 1662 4515 61 total total JJ 1662 4515 62 population 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-LRB- 1662 4516 58 muhafazat muhafazat JJ 1662 4516 59 , , , 1662 4516 60 singular singular NNP 1662 4516 61 - - HYPH 1662 4516 62 muhafazah muhafazah NNP 1662 4516 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4516 64 ; ; : 1662 4516 65 Al Al NNP 1662 4516 66 Balqa Balqa NNP 1662 4516 67 ' ' '' 1662 4516 68 , , , 1662 4516 69 Al Al NNP 1662 4516 70 Karak Karak NNP 1662 4516 71 , , , 1662 4516 72 Al Al NNP 1662 4516 73 Mafraq Mafraq NNP 1662 4516 74 , , , 1662 4516 75 ' ' '' 1662 4516 76 Amman Amman NNP 1662 4516 77 , , , 1662 4516 78 At at IN 1662 4516 79 Tafilah Tafilah NNP 1662 4516 80 , , , 1662 4516 81 Az Az NNP 1662 4516 82 Zarqa Zarqa NNP 1662 4516 83 ' ' POS 1662 4516 84 , , , 1662 4516 85 Irbid Irbid NNP 1662 4516 86 , , , 1662 4516 87 Ma'an Ma'an NNP 1662 4516 88 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4516 89 : : : 1662 4516 90 25 25 CD 1662 4516 91 May May NNP 1662 4516 92 1946 1946 CD 1662 4516 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4516 94 from from IN 1662 4516 95 League League NNP 1662 4516 96 of of IN 1662 4516 97 Nations Nations NNPS 1662 4516 98 mandate mandate NN 1662 4516 99 under under IN 1662 4516 100 British british JJ 1662 4516 101 administration administration NN 1662 4516 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4516 103 National national JJ 1662 4516 104 holiday holiday NN 1662 4516 105 : : : 1662 4516 106 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4516 107 Day Day NNP 1662 4516 108 , , , 1662 4516 109 25 25 CD 1662 4516 110 May May NNP 1662 4516 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4516 112 1946 1946 CD 1662 4516 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4516 114 Constitution constitution NN 1662 4516 115 : : : 1662 4516 116 8 8 CD 1662 4516 117 January January NNP 1662 4516 118 1952 1952 CD 1662 4516 119 Legal legal JJ 1662 4516 120 system system NN 1662 4516 121 : : : 1662 4516 122 based base VBN 1662 4516 123 on on IN 1662 4516 124 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 4516 125 law law NN 1662 4516 126 and and CC 1662 4516 127 French french JJ 1662 4516 128 codes code NNS 1662 4516 129 ; ; , 1662 4516 130 judicial judicial JJ 1662 4516 131 review review NN 1662 4516 132 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167 Al Al NNP 1662 4516 168 - - HYPH 1662 4516 169 Hashimi Hashimi NNP 1662 4516 170 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4516 171 since since IN 1662 4516 172 2 2 CD 1662 4516 173 May May NNP 1662 4516 174 1953 1953 CD 1662 4516 175 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4516 176 head head NN 1662 4516 177 of of IN 1662 4516 178 government government NN 1662 4516 179 : : : 1662 4516 180 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4516 181 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4516 182 Abd Abd NNP 1662 4516 183 al al NNP 1662 4516 184 - - HYPH 1662 4516 185 Salam Salam NNP 1662 4516 186 al al NNP 1662 4516 187 - - HYPH 1662 4516 188 MAJALI MAJALI NNP 1662 4516 189 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4516 190 since since IN 1662 4516 191 19 19 CD 1662 4516 192 March March NNP 1662 4516 193 1997 1997 CD 1662 4516 194 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4516 195 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4516 196 : : : 1662 4516 197 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 4516 198 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4516 199 by by IN 1662 4516 200 the the DT 1662 4516 201 prime prime NNP 1662 4516 202 minister minister NN 1662 4516 203 in in IN 1662 4516 204 consultation consultation NN 1662 4516 205 with with IN 1662 4516 206 the the DT 1662 4516 207 king king NN 1662 4516 208 elections election NNS 1662 4516 209 : : : 1662 4516 210 none none NN 1662 4516 211 ; ; : 1662 4516 212 the the DT 1662 4516 213 king king NN 1662 4516 214 is be VBZ 1662 4516 215 a a DT 1662 4516 216 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 4516 217 monarch monarch NN 1662 4516 218 ; ; : 1662 4516 219 prime prime NNP 1662 4516 220 minister minister NNP 1662 4516 221 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4516 222 by by IN 1662 4516 223 the the DT 1662 4516 224 king king NN 1662 4516 225 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 4516 226 branch branch NN 1662 4516 227 : : : 1662 4516 228 bicameral bicameral NNP 1662 4516 229 National National NNP 1662 4516 230 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4516 231 or or CC 1662 4516 232 Majlis Majlis NNP 1662 4516 233 al-'Umma al-'umma NN 1662 4516 234 consists consist VBZ 1662 4516 235 of of IN 1662 4516 236 the the DT 1662 4516 237 House House NNP 1662 4516 238 of of IN 1662 4516 239 Notables Notables NNPS 1662 4516 240 or or CC 1662 4516 241 Majlis Majlis NNP 1662 4516 242 al al NNP 1662 4516 243 - - HYPH 1662 4516 244 A'ayan A'ayan NNP 1662 4516 245 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4516 246 a a DT 1662 4516 247 40-member 40-member CD 1662 4516 248 body body NN 1662 4516 249 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4516 250 by by IN 1662 4516 251 the the DT 1662 4516 252 king king NN 1662 4516 253 from from IN 1662 4516 254 designated designate VBN 1662 4516 255 categories category NNS 1662 4516 256 of of IN 1662 4516 257 public public JJ 1662 4516 258 figures figure NNS 1662 4516 259 ; ; : 1662 4516 260 members member NNS 1662 4516 261 serve serve VBP 1662 4516 262 four four CD 1662 4516 263 - - HYPH 1662 4516 264 year year NN 1662 4516 265 terms term NNS 1662 4516 266 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4516 267 and and CC 1662 4516 268 the the DT 1662 4516 269 House House NNP 1662 4516 270 of of IN 1662 4516 271 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 4516 272 ( ( -LRB- 1662 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be VB 1662 4516 309 held hold VBN 1662 4516 310 NA NA NNP 1662 4516 311 November November NNP 1662 4516 312 1997 1997 CD 1662 4516 313 election election NN 1662 4516 314 results result NNS 1662 4516 315 : : : 1662 4516 316 House House NNP 1662 4516 317 of of IN 1662 4516 318 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 4516 319 - - HYPH 1662 4516 320 percent percent NN 1662 4516 321 of of IN 1662 4516 322 vote vote NN 1662 4516 323 by by IN 1662 4516 324 party party NN 1662 4516 325 - - HYPH 1662 4516 326 NA NA NNP 1662 4516 327 ; ; , 1662 4516 328 seats seat NNS 1662 4516 329 by by IN 1662 4516 330 party party NNP 1662 4516 331 - - HYPH 1662 4516 332 IAF IAF NNP 1662 4516 333 16 16 CD 1662 4516 334 , , , 1662 4516 335 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4516 336 National National NNP 1662 4516 337 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 4516 338 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 339 4 4 CD 1662 4516 340 , , , 1662 4516 341 Al Al NNP 1662 4516 342 - - HYPH 1662 4516 343 Yaqazah Yaqazah NNP 1662 4516 344 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 345 2 2 CD 1662 4516 346 , , , 1662 4516 347 Al Al NNP 1662 4516 348 - - HYPH 1662 4516 349 Watan Watan NNP 1662 4516 350 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 351 2 2 CD 1662 4516 352 , , , 1662 4516 353 Al-'Ahd Al-'Ahd NNP 1662 4516 354 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 355 2 2 CD 1662 4516 356 , , , 1662 4516 357 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4516 358 Arab Arab NNP 1662 4516 359 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4516 360 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 361 2 2 CD 1662 4516 362 , , , 1662 4516 363 Al Al NNP 1662 4516 364 - - HYPH 1662 4516 365 Mustaqbal Mustaqbal NNP 1662 4516 366 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 367 1 1 CD 1662 4516 368 , , , 1662 4516 369 Jordanian jordanian JJ 1662 4516 370 Arab arab JJ 1662 4516 371 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 4516 372 Ba'th Ba'th NNP 1662 4516 373 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 374 1 1 CD 1662 4516 375 , , , 1662 4516 376 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4516 377 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4516 378 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 4516 379 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 380 1 1 CD 1662 4516 381 , , , 1662 4516 382 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4516 383 People People NNPS 1662 4516 384 's 's POS 1662 4516 385 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4516 386 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 387 - - HYPH 1662 4516 388 Hashd Hashd NNP 1662 4516 389 1 1 CD 1662 4516 390 , , , 1662 4516 391 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4516 392 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 4516 393 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4516 394 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 395 1 1 CD 1662 4516 396 , , , 1662 4516 397 independents independent VBZ 1662 4516 398 47 47 CD 1662 4516 399 note note NN 1662 4516 400 : : : 1662 4516 401 the the DT 1662 4516 402 House House NNP 1662 4516 403 of of IN 1662 4516 404 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 4516 405 has have VBZ 1662 4516 406 been be VBN 1662 4516 407 convened convene VBN 1662 4516 408 and and CC 1662 4516 409 dissolved dissolve VBN 1662 4516 410 by by IN 1662 4516 411 the the DT 1662 4516 412 king king NN 1662 4516 413 several several JJ 1662 4516 414 times time NNS 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450 al al NNP 1662 4516 451 - - HYPH 1662 4516 452 ZU'BI ZU'BI NNP 1662 4516 453 , , , 1662 4516 454 secretary secretary NN 1662 4516 455 general general NN 1662 4516 456 ; ; : 1662 4516 457 Al Al NNP 1662 4516 458 - - HYPH 1662 4516 459 Taqaddumi Taqaddumi NNP 1662 4516 460 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4516 461 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 4516 462 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4516 463 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 464 , , , 1662 4516 465 Fawwaz Fawwaz NNP 1662 4516 466 al al NNP 1662 4516 467 - - HYPH 1662 4516 468 ZUBI ZUBI NNP 1662 4516 469 , , , 1662 4516 470 secretary secretary NN 1662 4516 471 general general NN 1662 4516 472 ; ; : 1662 4516 473 Constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 4516 474 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4516 475 Arab Arab NNP 1662 4516 476 Front Front NNP 1662 4516 477 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 478 , , , 1662 4516 479 Milhim Milhim NNP 1662 4516 480 al al NNP 1662 4516 481 - - HYPH 1662 4516 482 TALL TALL NNP 1662 4516 483 , , , 1662 4516 484 leader leader NN 1662 4516 485 ; ; : 1662 4516 486 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 4516 487 Arab Arab NNP 1662 4516 488 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 4516 489 Movement Movement NNP 1662 4516 490 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 491 - - HYPH 1662 4516 492 Du'a Du'a NNP 1662 4516 493 ' ' '' 1662 4516 494 , , , 1662 4516 495 Yusuf Yusuf NNP 1662 4516 496 ABU ABU NNP 1662 4516 497 BAKR BAKR NNP 1662 4516 498 , , , 1662 4516 499 secretary secretary NN 1662 4516 500 general general NN 1662 4516 501 ; ; : 1662 4516 502 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 4516 503 Action Action NNP 1662 4516 504 Front Front NNP 1662 4516 505 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4516 506 IAF IAF NNP 1662 4516 507 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4516 508 , , , 1662 4516 509 Ishaq Ishaq NNP 1662 4516 510 al al NNP 1662 4516 511 - - HYPH 1662 4516 512 FARHAN FARHAN NNP 1662 4516 513 , , , 1662 4516 514 secretary secretary NN 1662 4516 515 general general NN 1662 4516 516 ; ; : 1662 4516 517 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4516 518 Arab arab JJ 1662 4516 519 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 4516 520 Ba'th Ba'th NNP 1662 4516 521 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 522 , , , 1662 4516 523 Taysir Taysir NNP 1662 4516 524 al al NNP 1662 4516 525 - - HYPH 1662 4516 526 HIMSI HIMSI NNP 1662 4516 527 , , , 1662 4516 528 command command NN 1662 4516 529 first first JJ 1662 4516 530 secretary secretary NN 1662 4516 531 ; ; : 1662 4516 532 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4516 533 Communist Communist NNP 1662 4516 534 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 535 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4516 536 JCP JCP NNP 1662 4516 537 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4516 538 , , , 1662 4516 539 Ya'qub Ya'qub NNP 1662 4516 540 ZAYADIN ZAYADIN NNP 1662 4516 541 , , , 1662 4516 542 secretary secretary NN 1662 4516 543 general general NN 1662 4516 544 ; ; : 1662 4516 545 Jordanian jordanian JJ 1662 4516 546 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4516 547 Popular Popular NNP 1662 4516 548 Unity Unity NNP 1662 4516 549 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 550 , , , 1662 4516 551 ' ' '' 1662 4516 552 Azmi Azmi NNP 1662 4516 553 al al NNP 1662 4516 554 - - HYPH 1662 4516 555 KHAWAJA KHAWAJA NNP 1662 4516 556 , , , 1662 4516 557 secretary secretary NN 1662 4516 558 general general NN 1662 4516 559 ; ; : 1662 4516 560 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4516 561 People People NNPS 1662 4516 562 's 's POS 1662 4516 563 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4516 564 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 565 - - HYPH 1662 4516 566 Hashd Hashd NNP 1662 4516 567 , , , 1662 4516 568 Salim Salim NNP 1662 4516 569 al al NNP 1662 4516 570 - - HYPH 1662 4516 571 NAHHAS NAHHAS NNP 1662 4516 572 , , , 1662 4516 573 secretary secretary NN 1662 4516 574 general general NN 1662 4516 575 ; ; : 1662 4516 576 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4516 577 Unionist Unionist NNP 1662 4516 578 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4516 579 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 580 , , , 1662 4516 581 ' ' '' 1662 4516 582 Isa Isa NNP 1662 4516 583 MADANAT MADANAT NNP 1662 4516 584 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4516 585 secretary secretary NNP 1662 4516 586 general general NNP 1662 4516 587 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4516 588 , , , 1662 4516 589 Ali Ali NNP 1662 4516 590 AMIR AMIR NNP 1662 4516 591 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4516 592 secretary secretary NNP 1662 4516 593 general general NNP 1662 4516 594 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4516 595 , , , 1662 4516 596 Munis Munis NNP 1662 4516 597 al al NNP 1662 4516 598 - - HYPH 1662 4516 599 RAZZAZ RAZZAZ NNP 1662 4516 600 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4516 601 secretary secretary NNP 1662 4516 602 general general NN 1662 4516 603 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4516 604 ; ; : 1662 4516 605 Pan Pan NNP 1662 4516 606 - - JJ 1662 4516 607 Arab Arab NNP 1662 4516 608 Action Action NNP 1662 4516 609 Front Front NNP 1662 4516 610 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 611 , , , 1662 4516 612 Muhammad Muhammad NNP 1662 4516 613 al al NNP 1662 4516 614 - - HYPH 1662 4516 615 ZU'BI ZU'BI NNP 1662 4516 616 , , , 1662 4516 617 secretary secretary NN 1662 4516 618 general general NN 1662 4516 619 ; ; : 1662 4516 620 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 4516 621 Arab Arab NNP 1662 4516 622 Ba'th Ba'th NNP 1662 4516 623 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 624 , , , 1662 4516 625 Mahmud Mahmud NNP 1662 4516 626 al al NNP 1662 4516 627 - - HYPH 1662 4516 628 MA'AYITAH MA'AYITAH NNP 1662 4516 629 , , , 1662 4516 630 command command NN 1662 4516 631 secretary secretary NN 1662 4516 632 ; ; : 1662 4516 633 Al Al NNP 1662 4516 634 - - HYPH 1662 4516 635 Mustaqbal Mustaqbal NNP 1662 4516 636 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4516 637 Future Future NNP 1662 4516 638 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4516 639 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 640 , , , 1662 4516 641 Sulayman Sulayman NNP 1662 4516 642 ' ' '' 1662 4516 643 ARAR ARAR NNP 1662 4516 644 , , , 1662 4516 645 secretary secretary NN 1662 4516 646 general general NN 1662 4516 647 ; ; : 1662 4516 648 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4516 649 Arab Arab NNP 1662 4516 650 Partisans Partisans NNPS 1662 4516 651 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 652 , , , 1662 4516 653 Muhammad Muhammad NNP 1662 4516 654 al al NNP 1662 4516 655 - - HYPH 1662 4516 656 MAJALI MAJALI NNP 1662 4516 657 , , , 1662 4516 658 leader leader NN 1662 4516 659 , , , 1662 4516 660 Muhammad Muhammad NNP 1662 4516 661 al al NNP 1662 4516 662 - - HYPH 1662 4516 663 SHURAYDAH SHURAYDAH NNP 1662 4516 664 , , , 1662 4516 665 secretary secretary NN 1662 4516 666 general general NN 1662 4516 667 ; ; : 1662 4516 668 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4516 669 Peace Peace NNP 1662 4516 670 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 671 , , , 1662 4516 672 leader leader NN 1662 4516 673 NA NA NNP 1662 4516 674 ; ; : 1662 4516 675 Ansar Ansar NNP 1662 4516 676 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 677 , , , 1662 4516 678 leader leader NN 1662 4516 679 NA NA NNP 1662 4516 680 ; ; : 1662 4516 681 Ummah Ummah NNP 1662 4516 682 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 683 , , , 1662 4516 684 leader leader NN 1662 4516 685 NA NA NNP 1662 4516 686 ; ; : 1662 4516 687 Arab Arab NNP 1662 4516 688 Land Land NNP 1662 4516 689 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 690 , , , 1662 4516 691 leader leader NN 1662 4516 692 NA NA NNP 1662 4516 693 note note NN 1662 4516 694 : : : 1662 4516 695 in in IN 1662 4516 696 1995 1995 CD 1662 4516 697 , , , 1662 4516 698 the the DT 1662 4516 699 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4516 700 Arab Arab NNP 1662 4516 701 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4516 702 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 703 , , , 1662 4516 704 the the DT 1662 4516 705 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4516 706 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4516 707 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 4516 708 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 709 , , , 1662 4516 710 and and CC 1662 4516 711 the the DT 1662 4516 712 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4516 713 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 4516 714 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4516 715 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 716 merged merge VBD 1662 4516 717 to to TO 1662 4516 718 form form VB 1662 4516 719 the the DT 1662 4516 720 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4516 721 Unionist Unionist NNP 1662 4516 722 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4516 723 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 724 , , , 1662 4516 725 Isa Isa NNP 1662 4516 726 MADANAT MADANAT NNP 1662 4516 727 , , , 1662 4516 728 Ali Ali NNP 1662 4516 729 AMIR AMIR NNP 1662 4516 730 , , , 1662 4516 731 Munis Munis NNP 1662 4516 732 al al NNP 1662 4516 733 - - HYPH 1662 4516 734 RAZZAZ RAZZAZ NNP 1662 4516 735 , , , 1662 4516 736 secretaries secretary NNS 1662 4516 737 general general NN 1662 4516 738 ; ; : 1662 4516 739 in in IN 1662 4516 740 May May NNP 1662 4516 741 1997 1997 CD 1662 4516 742 the the DT 1662 4516 743 following follow VBG 1662 4516 744 parties party NNS 1662 4516 745 - - , 1662 4516 746 Al-'Ahd Al-'Ahd NNP 1662 4516 747 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4516 748 Pledge Pledge NNP 1662 4516 749 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4516 750 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 751 , , , 1662 4516 752 ' ' '' 1662 4516 753 Abd Abd NNP 1662 4516 754 al al NNP 1662 4516 755 - - HYPH 1662 4516 756 Hadi Hadi NNP 1662 4516 757 al al NNP 1662 4516 758 - - HYPH 1662 4516 759 MAJALI MAJALI NNP 1662 4516 760 , , , 1662 4516 761 secretary secretary NN 1662 4516 762 general general NN 1662 4516 763 ; ; : 1662 4516 764 Al Al NNP 1662 4516 765 - - HYPH 1662 4516 766 Watan Watan NNP 1662 4516 767 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4516 768 Homeland Homeland NNP 1662 4516 769 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4516 770 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 771 , , , 1662 4516 772 ' ' '' 1662 4516 773 Akif Akif NNP 1662 4516 774 al al NNP 1662 4516 775 - - HYPH 1662 4516 776 FAYIZ FAYIZ NNP 1662 4516 777 , , , 1662 4516 778 leader leader NN 1662 4516 779 ; ; : 1662 4516 780 Al Al NNP 1662 4516 781 - - HYPH 1662 4516 782 Yaqazah Yaqazah NNP 1662 4516 783 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4516 784 Awakening Awakening NNP 1662 4516 785 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4516 786 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 787 , , , 1662 4516 788 ' ' '' 1662 4516 789 Abd Abd NNP 1662 4516 790 al al NNP 1662 4516 791 - - HYPH 1662 4516 792 Ra'uf Ra'uf NNP 1662 4516 793 al al NNP 1662 4516 794 - - HYPH 1662 4516 795 RAWABIDAH RAWABIDAH NNP 1662 4516 796 , , , 1662 4516 797 secretary secretary NN 1662 4516 798 general general NN 1662 4516 799 ; ; : 1662 4516 800 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4516 801 Arab Arab NNP 1662 4516 802 Unionist Unionist NNP 1662 4516 803 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 804 - - HYPH 1662 4516 805 Wa'd Wa'd NNP 1662 4516 806 , , , 1662 4516 807 Anis Anis NNP 1662 4516 808 al al NNP 1662 4516 809 - - HYPH 1662 4516 810 MU'ASHIR MU'ASHIR NNP 1662 4516 811 , , , 1662 4516 812 secretary secretary NN 1662 4516 813 general general NN 1662 4516 814 ; ; : 1662 4516 815 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4516 816 Arab Arab NNP 1662 4516 817 Masses Masses NNPS 1662 4516 818 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 819 , , , 1662 4516 820 ' ' '' 1662 4516 821 Abd Abd NNP 1662 4516 822 al al NNP 1662 4516 823 - - HYPH 1662 4516 824 Khaliq Khaliq NNP 1662 4516 825 SHATAT SHATAT NNP 1662 4516 826 , , , 1662 4516 827 secretary secretary NN 1662 4516 828 general general NN 1662 4516 829 ; ; : 1662 4516 830 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4516 831 National National NNP 1662 4516 832 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 4516 833 Party Party NNP 1662 4516 834 , , , 1662 4516 835 Mijhim Mijhim NNP 1662 4516 836 al al NNP 1662 4516 837 - - HYPH 1662 4516 838 KHURAYSHAH KHURAYSHAH NNP 1662 4516 839 , , , 1662 4516 840 secretary secretary NN 1662 4516 841 general general NN 1662 4516 842 ; ; : 1662 4516 843 Popular 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957 , , , 1662 4516 958 ITU ITU NNP 1662 4516 959 , , , 1662 4516 960 NAM NAM NNP 1662 4516 961 , , , 1662 4516 962 OIC OIC NNP 1662 4516 963 , , , 1662 4516 964 PCA PCA NNP 1662 4516 965 , , , 1662 4516 966 UN UN NNP 1662 4516 967 , , , 1662 4516 968 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 4516 969 III III NNP 1662 4516 970 , , , 1662 4516 971 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 4516 972 , , , 1662 4516 973 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 4516 974 , , , 1662 4516 975 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 4516 976 , , , 1662 4516 977 UNMIBH unmibh NN 1662 4516 978 , , , 1662 4516 979 UNMOT UNMOT NNP 1662 4516 980 , , , 1662 4516 981 UNOMIG UNOMIG NNP 1662 4516 982 , , , 1662 4516 983 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 4516 984 , , , 1662 4516 985 UNRWA UNRWA NNP 1662 4516 986 , , , 1662 4516 987 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 4516 988 , , , 1662 4516 989 UPU UPU NNP 1662 4516 990 , , , 1662 4516 991 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 4516 992 , , , 1662 4516 993 WHO who WP 1662 4516 994 , , , 1662 4516 995 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 4516 996 , , , 1662 4516 997 WMO WMO NNP 1662 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and and CC 1662 4537 16 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 4537 17 links link NNS 1662 4537 18 international international RB 1662 4537 19 : : : 1662 4537 20 satellite satellite NN 1662 4537 21 earth earth NN 1662 4537 22 stations station NNS 1662 4537 23 - - , 1662 4537 24 2 2 CD 1662 4537 25 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4537 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4537 27 1 1 CD 1662 4537 28 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4537 29 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4537 30 and and CC 1662 4537 31 1 1 CD 1662 4537 32 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4537 33 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4537 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4537 35 and and CC 1662 4537 36 1 1 CD 1662 4537 37 Arabsat Arabsat NNP 1662 4537 38 ; ; , 1662 4537 39 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 4537 40 cable cable NN 1662 4537 41 and and CC 1662 4537 42 microwave microwave NN 1662 4537 43 radio radio NN 1662 4537 44 relay relay NN 1662 4537 45 to to IN 1662 4537 46 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 4537 47 , , , 1662 4537 48 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 4537 49 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 4537 50 , , , 1662 4537 51 and and CC 1662 4537 52 Syria Syria NNP 1662 4537 53 ; ; : 1662 4537 54 microwave microwave NN 1662 4537 55 radio radio NN 1662 4537 56 relay relay NN 1662 4537 57 to to IN 1662 4537 58 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 1662 4537 59 is be VBZ 1662 4537 60 inactive inactive JJ 1662 4537 61 ; ; : 1662 4537 62 participant participant NN 1662 4537 63 in in IN 1662 4537 64 Medarabtel Medarabtel NNP 1662 4537 65 Radio Radio NNP 1662 4537 66 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4537 67 stations station NNS 1662 4537 68 : : : 1662 4537 69 AM AM NNP 1662 4537 70 5 5 CD 1662 4537 71 , , , 1662 4537 72 FM FM NNP 1662 4537 73 7 7 CD 1662 4537 74 , , , 1662 4537 75 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 4537 76 0 0 CD 1662 4537 77 Radios radio NNS 1662 4537 78 : : : 1662 4537 79 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 4537 80 million million CD 1662 4537 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4537 82 1992 1992 CD 1662 4537 83 est est NNP 1662 4537 84 . . . 1662 4537 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4538 1 Television television NN 1662 4538 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4538 3 stations station NNS 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, 1662 4543 17 Royal Royal NNP 1662 4543 18 Naval Naval NNP 1662 4543 19 Force Force NNP 1662 4543 20 , , , 1662 4543 21 and and CC 1662 4543 22 Royal Royal NNP 1662 4543 23 Jordanian Jordanian NNP 1662 4543 24 Air Air NNP 1662 4543 25 Force Force NNP 1662 4543 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4543 27 ; ; : 1662 4543 28 Ministry Ministry NNP 1662 4543 29 of of IN 1662 4543 30 the the DT 1662 4543 31 Interior Interior NNP 1662 4543 32 's 's POS 1662 4543 33 Public Public NNP 1662 4543 34 Security Security NNP 1662 4543 35 Force Force NNP 1662 4543 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4543 37 falls fall VBZ 1662 4543 38 under under IN 1662 4543 39 JAF JAF NNP 1662 4543 40 only only RB 1662 4543 41 in in IN 1662 4543 42 wartime wartime NN 1662 4543 43 or or CC 1662 4543 44 crisis crisis NN 1662 4543 45 situations situation NNS 1662 4543 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4543 47 Military military JJ 1662 4543 48 manpower manpower NN 1662 4543 49 - - HYPH 1662 4543 50 military military NN 1662 4543 51 age age NN 1662 4543 52 : : : 1662 4543 53 18 18 CD 1662 4543 54 years year NNS 1662 4543 55 of of IN 1662 4543 56 age age NN 1662 4543 57 Military military JJ 1662 4543 58 manpower manpower NN 1662 4543 59 - - HYPH 1662 4543 60 availability availability NN 1662 4543 61 : : : 1662 4543 62 males male NNS 1662 4543 63 age age NNP 1662 4543 64 15 15 CD 1662 4543 65 - - HYPH 1662 4543 66 49 49 CD 1662 4543 67 : : : 1662 4543 68 1,043,324 1,043,324 CD 1662 4543 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4543 70 1997 1997 CD 1662 4543 71 est est NNP 1662 4543 72 . . . 1662 4543 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4544 1 Military military JJ 1662 4544 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4544 3 - - HYPH 1662 4544 4 fit fit NN 1662 4544 5 for for IN 1662 4544 6 military military JJ 1662 4544 7 service service NN 1662 4544 8 : : : 1662 4544 9 males male NNS 1662 4544 10 : : : 1662 4544 11 743,712 743,712 CD 1662 4544 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4544 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4544 14 est est NNP 1662 4544 15 . . . 1662 4544 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4545 1 Military military JJ 1662 4545 2 manpower 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_ NNP 1662 4546 70 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 71 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 72 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 73 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 74 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 75 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 76 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 77 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 78 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 79 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 80 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 81 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 82 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 83 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 84 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 85 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 86 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 87 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 88 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 89 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 90 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 91 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 92 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 93 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 94 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 95 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 96 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 97 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 98 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 99 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 100 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 101 _ _ NNP 1662 4546 102 JUAN JUAN NNP 1662 4546 103 DE DE NNP 1662 4546 104 NOVA NOVA NNP 1662 4546 105 ISLAND ISLAND NNP 1662 4546 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4546 107 possession possession NN 1662 4546 108 of of IN 1662 4546 109 France France NNP 1662 4546 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4546 111 @Juan @juan NN 1662 4546 112 de de FW 1662 4546 113 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4546 149 Map Map NNP 1662 4546 150 references reference NNS 1662 4546 151 : : : 1662 4546 152 Africa Africa NNP 1662 4546 153 Area Area NNP 1662 4546 154 : : : 1662 4546 155 total total NN 1662 4546 156 : : : 1662 4546 157 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 4546 158 sq sq NNP 1662 4546 159 km km NNP 1662 4546 160 land land NN 1662 4546 161 : : : 1662 4546 162 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 4546 163 sq sq NNP 1662 4546 164 km km NNP 1662 4546 165 water water NN 1662 4546 166 : : : 1662 4546 167 0 0 NFP 1662 4546 168 sq sq NN 1662 4546 169 km km NNP 1662 4546 170 Area area NN 1662 4546 171 - - HYPH 1662 4546 172 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4546 173 : : : 1662 4546 174 about about RB 1662 4546 175 seven seven CD 1662 4546 176 times time NNS 1662 4546 177 the the DT 1662 4546 178 size size NN 1662 4546 179 of of IN 1662 4546 180 The the DT 1662 4546 181 Mall Mall NNP 1662 4546 182 in in IN 1662 4546 183 Washington Washington NNP 1662 4546 184 , , , 1662 4546 185 DC DC NNP 1662 4546 186 Land Land NNP 1662 4546 187 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4546 188 : : : 1662 4546 189 0 0 LS 1662 4546 190 km km NN 1662 4546 191 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4546 192 : : : 1662 4546 193 24.1 24.1 CD 1662 4546 194 km km NN 1662 4546 195 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4546 196 claims claim VBZ 1662 4546 197 : : : 1662 4546 198 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 4546 199 zone zone NN 1662 4546 200 : : : 1662 4546 201 12 12 CD 1662 4546 202 nm nm NNP 1662 4546 203 continental continental NNP 1662 4546 204 shelf shelf NNP 1662 4546 205 : : : 1662 4546 206 200-m 200-m CD 1662 4546 207 depth depth NN 1662 4546 208 or or CC 1662 4546 209 to to TO 1662 4546 210 depth depth VB 1662 4546 211 the the DT 1662 4546 212 of of IN 1662 4546 213 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 4546 214 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 4546 215 economic economic JJ 1662 4546 216 zone zone NN 1662 4546 217 : : : 1662 4546 218 200 200 CD 1662 4546 219 nm nm CD 1662 4546 220 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4546 221 sea sea NN 1662 4546 222 : : : 1662 4546 223 12 12 CD 1662 4546 224 nm nm NNP 1662 4546 225 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4546 226 : : : 1662 4546 227 tropical tropical JJ 1662 4546 228 Terrain terrain NN 1662 4546 229 : : : 1662 4546 230 NA NA NNP 1662 4546 231 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4546 232 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4546 233 : : : 1662 4546 234 lowest low JJS 1662 4546 235 point point NN 1662 4546 236 : : : 1662 4546 237 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4546 238 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4546 239 0 0 NFP 1662 4546 240 m m DT 1662 4546 241 highest high JJS 1662 4546 242 point point NN 1662 4546 243 : : : 1662 4546 244 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 4546 245 location location NN 1662 4546 246 10 10 CD 1662 4546 247 m m NNP 1662 4546 248 Natural natural JJ 1662 4546 249 resources resource NNS 1662 4546 250 : : : 1662 4546 251 guano guano NN 1662 4546 252 deposits deposit NNS 1662 4546 253 and and CC 1662 4546 254 other other JJ 1662 4546 255 fertilizers fertilizer NNS 1662 4546 256 Land Land NNP 1662 4546 257 use use NN 1662 4546 258 : : : 1662 4546 259 arable arable JJ 1662 4546 260 land land NN 1662 4546 261 : : : 1662 4546 262 0 0 CD 1662 4546 263 % % NN 1662 4546 264 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4546 265 crops crop NNS 1662 4546 266 : : : 1662 4546 267 0 0 CD 1662 4546 268 % % NN 1662 4546 269 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4546 270 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4546 271 : : : 1662 4546 272 0 0 CD 1662 4546 273 % % NN 1662 4546 274 forests forest NNS 1662 4546 275 and and CC 1662 4546 276 woodland woodland JJ 1662 4546 277 : : : 1662 4546 278 90 90 CD 1662 4546 279 % % NN 1662 4546 280 other other JJ 1662 4546 281 : : : 1662 4546 282 10 10 CD 1662 4546 283 % % NN 1662 4546 284 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4546 285 land land NN 1662 4546 286 : : : 1662 4546 287 0 0 LS 1662 4546 288 sq sq NNP 1662 4546 289 km km NNP 1662 4546 290 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4546 291 1993 1993 CD 1662 4546 292 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4546 293 Natural natural JJ 1662 4546 294 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4546 295 : : : 1662 4546 296 periodic periodic JJ 1662 4546 297 cyclones 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Population NNP 1662 4546 333 : : : 1662 4546 334 uninhabited uninhabited JJ 1662 4546 335 @Juan @juan NN 1662 4546 336 de de FW 1662 4546 337 Nova Nova NNP 1662 4546 338 Island Island NNP 1662 4546 339 : : : 1662 4546 340 Government Government NNP 1662 4546 341 Country Country NNP 1662 4546 342 name name NN 1662 4546 343 : : : 1662 4546 344 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4546 345 long long JJ 1662 4546 346 form form NN 1662 4546 347 : : : 1662 4546 348 none none NN 1662 4546 349 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4546 350 short short JJ 1662 4546 351 form form NN 1662 4546 352 : : : 1662 4546 353 Juan Juan NNP 1662 4546 354 de de NNP 1662 4546 355 Nova Nova NNP 1662 4546 356 Island Island NNP 1662 4546 357 local local JJ 1662 4546 358 long long JJ 1662 4546 359 form form NN 1662 4546 360 : : : 1662 4546 361 none none NN 1662 4546 362 local local JJ 1662 4546 363 short short JJ 1662 4546 364 form form NN 1662 4546 365 : : : 1662 4546 366 Ile Ile NNP 1662 4546 367 Juan Juan NNP 1662 4546 368 de de NNP 1662 4546 369 Nova Nova NNP 1662 4546 370 Data Data NNP 1662 4546 371 code code NN 1662 4546 372 : : : 1662 4546 373 JU JU NNP 1662 4546 374 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 4546 375 status status NN 1662 4546 376 : : : 1662 4546 377 possession possession NN 1662 4546 378 of of IN 1662 4546 379 France France NNP 1662 4546 380 ; ; : 1662 4546 381 administered administer VBN 1662 4546 382 by by IN 1662 4546 383 a a DT 1662 4546 384 high high JJ 1662 4546 385 commissioner commissioner NN 1662 4546 386 of of IN 1662 4546 387 the the DT 1662 4546 388 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4546 389 , , , 1662 4546 390 resident resident NN 1662 4546 391 in in IN 1662 4546 392 Reunion Reunion NNP 1662 4546 393 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4546 394 : : : 1662 4546 395 none none NN 1662 4546 396 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4546 397 possession possession NN 1662 4546 398 of of IN 1662 4546 399 France France NNP 1662 4546 400 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4546 401 Flag flag NN 1662 4546 402 description description 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1662 4548 47 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 48 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 49 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 50 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 51 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 52 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 53 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 54 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 55 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 56 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 57 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 58 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 59 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 60 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 61 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 62 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 63 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 64 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 65 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 66 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 67 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 68 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 69 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 70 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 71 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 72 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 73 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 74 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 75 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 76 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 77 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 78 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 79 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 80 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 81 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 82 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 83 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 84 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 85 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 86 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 87 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 88 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 89 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 90 _ _ NNP 1662 4548 91 KAZAKSTAN KAZAKSTAN NNP 1662 4548 92 @Kazakstan @kazakstan NN 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4557 3 rate rate NN 1662 4557 4 : : : 1662 4557 5 57.7 57.7 CD 1662 4557 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 VBP 1662 4557 7 live live JJ 1662 4557 8 births birth NNS 1662 4557 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4557 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4557 11 est est NNP 1662 4557 12 . . . 1662 4557 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4558 1 Life life NN 1662 4558 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 4558 3 at at IN 1662 4558 4 birth birth NN 1662 4558 5 : : : 1662 4558 6 total total JJ 1662 4558 7 population population NN 1662 4558 8 : : : 1662 4558 9 63.79 63.79 CD 1662 4558 10 years year NNS 1662 4558 11 male male JJ 1662 4558 12 : : : 1662 4558 13 58.32 58.32 CD 1662 4558 14 years year NNS 1662 4558 15 female female JJ 1662 4558 16 : : : 1662 4558 17 69.53 69.53 CD 1662 4558 18 years year NNS 1662 4558 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4558 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 4558 21 est est NNP 1662 4558 22 . . . 1662 4558 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4559 1 Total total JJ 1662 4559 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 4559 3 rate rate NN 1662 4559 4 : : : 1662 4559 5 2.14 2.14 CD 1662 4559 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1662 4560 32 Uzbek Uzbek NNP 1662 4560 33 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 4560 34 % % NN 1662 4560 35 , , , 1662 4560 36 Tatar Tatar NNP 1662 4560 37 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 4560 38 % % NN 1662 4560 39 , , , 1662 4560 40 other other JJ 1662 4560 41 7.1 7.1 CD 1662 4560 42 % % NN 1662 4560 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4560 44 1996 1996 CD 1662 4560 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4560 46 Religions religion NNS 1662 4560 47 : : : 1662 4560 48 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 4560 49 47 47 CD 1662 4560 50 % % NN 1662 4560 51 , , , 1662 4560 52 Russian russian JJ 1662 4560 53 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 4560 54 44 44 CD 1662 4560 55 % % NN 1662 4560 56 , , , 1662 4560 57 Protestant protestant NN 1662 4560 58 2 2 CD 1662 4560 59 % % NN 1662 4560 60 , , , 1662 4560 61 other other JJ 1662 4560 62 7 7 CD 1662 4560 63 % % NN 1662 4560 64 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 4560 65 : : : 1662 4560 66 Kazak Kazak NNP 1662 4560 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4560 68 Qazaq Qazaq NNP 1662 4560 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4560 70 official official JJ 1662 4560 71 language language NN 1662 4560 72 spoken speak VBN 1662 4560 73 by by IN 1662 4560 74 over over IN 1662 4560 75 40 40 CD 1662 4560 76 % % NN 1662 4560 77 of of IN 1662 4560 78 population population NN 1662 4560 79 , , , 1662 4560 80 Russian russian JJ 1662 4560 81 official official JJ 1662 4560 82 language language NN 1662 4560 83 spoken speak VBN 1662 4560 84 by by IN 1662 4560 85 two two CD 1662 4560 86 - - HYPH 1662 4560 87 thirds third NNS 1662 4560 88 of of IN 1662 4560 89 population population NN 1662 4560 90 and and CC 1662 4560 91 used use VBN 1662 4560 92 in in IN 1662 4560 93 everyday everyday JJ 1662 4560 94 business business NN 1662 4560 95 Literacy literacy NN 1662 4560 96 : : : 1662 4560 97 definition definition NN 1662 4560 98 : : : 1662 4560 99 age age NN 1662 4560 100 15 15 CD 1662 4560 101 and and CC 1662 4560 102 over over RB 1662 4560 103 can can MD 1662 4560 104 read read VB 1662 4560 105 and and CC 1662 4560 106 write write VB 1662 4560 107 total total JJ 1662 4560 108 population population NN 1662 4560 109 : : : 1662 4560 110 98 98 CD 1662 4560 111 % % NN 1662 4560 112 male male NN 1662 4560 113 : : : 1662 4560 114 99 99 CD 1662 4560 115 % % NN 1662 4560 116 female female NN 1662 4560 117 : : : 1662 4560 118 96 96 CD 1662 4560 119 % % NN 1662 4560 120 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4560 121 1989 1989 CD 1662 4560 122 est est NNP 1662 4560 123 . . . 1662 4560 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 1 @Kazakstan @kazakstan NN 1662 4561 2 : : : 1662 4561 3 Government Government NNP 1662 4561 4 Country Country NNP 1662 4561 5 name name NN 1662 4561 6 : : : 1662 4561 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4561 8 long long JJ 1662 4561 9 form form NN 1662 4561 10 : : : 1662 4561 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4561 12 of of IN 1662 4561 13 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 4561 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4561 15 short short JJ 1662 4561 16 form form NN 1662 4561 17 : : : 1662 4561 18 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 4561 19 local local JJ 1662 4561 20 long long JJ 1662 4561 21 form form NN 1662 4561 22 : : : 1662 4561 23 Qazaqstan Qazaqstan NNP 1662 4561 24 Respublikasy respublikasy JJ 1662 4561 25 local local JJ 1662 4561 26 short short JJ 1662 4561 27 form form NN 1662 4561 28 : : : 1662 4561 29 none none NN 1662 4561 30 former former JJ 1662 4561 31 : : : 1662 4561 32 Kazakh Kazakh NNP 1662 4561 33 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 4561 34 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 4561 35 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4561 36 Data Data NNP 1662 4561 37 code code NN 1662 4561 38 : : : 1662 4561 39 KZ KZ NNP 1662 4561 40 Government Government NNP 1662 4561 41 type type NN 1662 4561 42 : : : 1662 4561 43 republic republic NNP 1662 4561 44 National national JJ 1662 4561 45 capital capital NN 1662 4561 46 : : : 1662 4561 47 Almaty Almaty NNP 1662 4561 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 49 according accord VBG 1662 4561 50 to to IN 1662 4561 51 a a DT 1662 4561 52 September September NNP 1662 4561 53 1995 1995 CD 1662 4561 54 presidential presidential JJ 1662 4561 55 decree decree NN 1662 4561 56 , , , 1662 4561 57 the the DT 1662 4561 58 capital capital NN 1662 4561 59 is be VBZ 1662 4561 60 to to TO 1662 4561 61 be be VB 1662 4561 62 moved move VBN 1662 4561 63 to to IN 1662 4561 64 Aqmola Aqmola NNP 1662 4561 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 66 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 4561 67 divisions division NNS 1662 4561 68 : : : 1662 4561 69 16 16 CD 1662 4561 70 oblystar oblystar NN 1662 4561 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 72 singular singular JJ 1662 4561 73 - - HYPH 1662 4561 74 oblys oblys NN 1662 4561 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 76 and and CC 1662 4561 77 1 1 CD 1662 4561 78 city city NN 1662 4561 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 80 qalalar qalalar JJ 1662 4561 81 , , , 1662 4561 82 singular singular NNP 1662 4561 83 - - HYPH 1662 4561 84 qala qala NN 1662 4561 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 86 * * NFP 1662 4561 87 ; ; : 1662 4561 88 Almaty Almaty NNP 1662 4561 89 Qalasy Qalasy NNP 1662 4561 90 * * NFP 1662 4561 91 , , , 1662 4561 92 Almaty Almaty NNP 1662 4561 93 Oblysy Oblysy NNP 1662 4561 94 , , , 1662 4561 95 Aqmola Aqmola NNP 1662 4561 96 Oblysy Oblysy NNP 1662 4561 97 , , , 1662 4561 98 Aqtobe Aqtobe NNP 1662 4561 99 Oblysy Oblysy NNP 1662 4561 100 , , , 1662 4561 101 Atyrau Atyrau NNP 1662 4561 102 Oblysy Oblysy NNP 1662 4561 103 , , , 1662 4561 104 Batys Batys NNP 1662 4561 105 Qazaqstan Qazaqstan NNP 1662 4561 106 Oblysy Oblysy NNP 1662 4561 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 108 Oral Oral NNP 1662 4561 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 110 , , , 1662 4561 111 Mangghystau Mangghystau NNP 1662 4561 112 Oblysy Oblysy NNP 1662 4561 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 114 Aqtau Aqtau NNP 1662 4561 115 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 116 , , , 1662 4561 117 Ongtustik Ongtustik NNP 1662 4561 118 Qazaqstan Qazaqstan NNP 1662 4561 119 Oblysy Oblysy NNP 1662 4561 120 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 121 Shymkent Shymkent NNP 1662 4561 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 123 , , , 1662 4561 124 Pavlodar Pavlodar NNP 1662 4561 125 Oblysy Oblysy NNP 1662 4561 126 , , , 1662 4561 127 Qaraghandy Qaraghandy NNP 1662 4561 128 Oblysy Oblysy NNP 1662 4561 129 , , , 1662 4561 130 Qostanay Qostanay NNP 1662 4561 131 Oblysy Oblysy NNP 1662 4561 132 , , , 1662 4561 133 Qyzylorda Qyzylorda NNP 1662 4561 134 Oblysy Oblysy NNP 1662 4561 135 , , , 1662 4561 136 Shyghys Shyghys NNP 1662 4561 137 Qazaqstan Qazaqstan NNP 1662 4561 138 Oblysy Oblysy NNP 1662 4561 139 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 140 Oskemen Oskemen NNP 1662 4561 141 ; ; : 1662 4561 142 formerly formerly RB 1662 4561 143 Ust'-Kamenogorsk Ust'-Kamenogorsk NNP 1662 4561 144 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 145 , , , 1662 4561 146 Soltustik Soltustik NNP 1662 4561 147 Qazaqstan Qazaqstan NNP 1662 4561 148 Oblysy Oblysy NNP 1662 4561 149 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 150 Petropavl Petropavl NNP 1662 4561 151 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 152 , , , 1662 4561 153 Taldyqorghan Taldyqorghan NNP 1662 4561 154 Oblysy Oblysy NNP 1662 4561 155 , , , 1662 4561 156 Torghay Torghay NNP 1662 4561 157 Oblysy Oblysy NNP 1662 4561 158 , , , 1662 4561 159 Zhambyl Zhambyl NNP 1662 4561 160 Oblysy Oblysy NNP 1662 4561 161 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 162 Taraz Taraz NNP 1662 4561 163 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 164 note note NN 1662 4561 165 : : : 1662 4561 166 on on IN 1662 4561 167 3 3 CD 1662 4561 168 May May NNP 1662 4561 169 1997 1997 CD 1662 4561 170 , , , 1662 4561 171 President President NNP 1662 4561 172 NAZARBAYEV NAZARBAYEV NNP 1662 4561 173 that that IN 1662 4561 174 the the DT 1662 4561 175 total total JJ 1662 4561 176 number number NN 1662 4561 177 of of IN 1662 4561 178 oblasts oblast NNS 1662 4561 179 would would MD 1662 4561 180 be be VB 1662 4561 181 reduced reduce VBN 1662 4561 182 to to IN 1662 4561 183 14 14 CD 1662 4561 184 ; ; : 1662 4561 185 administrative administrative JJ 1662 4561 186 divisions division NNS 1662 4561 187 have have VBP 1662 4561 188 the the DT 1662 4561 189 same same JJ 1662 4561 190 names name NNS 1662 4561 191 as as IN 1662 4561 192 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4561 193 administrative administrative JJ 1662 4561 194 centers center NNS 1662 4561 195 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 196 exceptions exception NNS 1662 4561 197 have have VBP 1662 4561 198 the the DT 1662 4561 199 administrative administrative JJ 1662 4561 200 center center NN 1662 4561 201 name name NN 1662 4561 202 following follow VBG 1662 4561 203 in in IN 1662 4561 204 parentheses parenthesis NNS 1662 4561 205 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 206 Independence independence NN 1662 4561 207 : : : 1662 4561 208 16 16 CD 1662 4561 209 December December NNP 1662 4561 210 1991 1991 CD 1662 4561 211 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 212 from from IN 1662 4561 213 the the DT 1662 4561 214 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 4561 215 Union Union NNP 1662 4561 216 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 217 National national JJ 1662 4561 218 holiday holiday NN 1662 4561 219 : : : 1662 4561 220 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4561 221 Day Day NNP 1662 4561 222 , , , 1662 4561 223 25 25 CD 1662 4561 224 October October NNP 1662 4561 225 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 226 1991 1991 CD 1662 4561 227 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 228 ; ; : 1662 4561 229 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4561 230 Day Day NNP 1662 4561 231 , , , 1662 4561 232 16 16 CD 1662 4561 233 December December NNP 1662 4561 234 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 235 1991 1991 CD 1662 4561 236 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 237 Constitution constitution NN 1662 4561 238 : : : 1662 4561 239 adopted adopt VBN 1662 4561 240 by by IN 1662 4561 241 national national JJ 1662 4561 242 referendum referendum NN 1662 4561 243 30 30 CD 1662 4561 244 August August NNP 1662 4561 245 1995 1995 CD 1662 4561 246 ; ; : 1662 4561 247 first first JJ 1662 4561 248 post post JJ 1662 4561 249 - - JJ 1662 4561 250 independence independence NN 1662 4561 251 constitution constitution NN 1662 4561 252 was be VBD 1662 4561 253 adopted adopt VBN 1662 4561 254 28 28 CD 1662 4561 255 January January NNP 1662 4561 256 1993 1993 CD 1662 4561 257 Legal legal JJ 1662 4561 258 system system NN 1662 4561 259 : : : 1662 4561 260 based base VBN 1662 4561 261 on on IN 1662 4561 262 civil civil JJ 1662 4561 263 law law NN 1662 4561 264 system system NN 1662 4561 265 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 4561 266 : : : 1662 4561 267 18 18 CD 1662 4561 268 years year NNS 1662 4561 269 of of IN 1662 4561 270 age age NN 1662 4561 271 ; ; : 1662 4561 272 universal universal JJ 1662 4561 273 Executive Executive NNP 1662 4561 274 branch branch NN 1662 4561 275 : : : 1662 4561 276 chief chief NN 1662 4561 277 of of IN 1662 4561 278 state state NN 1662 4561 279 : : : 1662 4561 280 President President NNP 1662 4561 281 Nursultan Nursultan NNP 1662 4561 282 A. A. NNP 1662 4561 283 NAZARBAYEV NAZARBAYEV NNP 1662 4561 284 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 285 chairman chairman NN 1662 4561 286 of of IN 1662 4561 287 the the DT 1662 4561 288 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 4561 289 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 4561 290 from from IN 1662 4561 291 22 22 CD 1662 4561 292 February February NNP 1662 4561 293 1990 1990 CD 1662 4561 294 - - SYM 1662 4561 295 91 91 CD 1662 4561 296 , , , 1662 4561 297 president president NN 1662 4561 298 since since IN 1662 4561 299 1 1 CD 1662 4561 300 December December NNP 1662 4561 301 1991 1991 CD 1662 4561 302 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 303 ; ; : 1662 4561 304 State State NNP 1662 4561 305 Secretary Secretary NNP 1662 4561 306 Abish Abish NNP 1662 4561 307 KEKILDAYEV KEKILDAYEV NNP 1662 4561 308 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 309 since since IN 1662 4561 310 30 30 CD 1662 4561 311 October October NNP 1662 4561 312 1996 1996 CD 1662 4561 313 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 314 is be VBZ 1662 4561 315 second second JJ 1662 4561 316 in in IN 1662 4561 317 rank rank NN 1662 4561 318 to to IN 1662 4561 319 the the DT 1662 4561 320 president president NNP 1662 4561 321 head head NN 1662 4561 322 of of IN 1662 4561 323 government government NN 1662 4561 324 : : : 1662 4561 325 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4561 326 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4561 327 Akezhan Akezhan NNP 1662 4561 328 KAZHEGELDIN KAZHEGELDIN NNP 1662 4561 329 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 330 since since IN 1662 4561 331 12 12 CD 1662 4561 332 October October NNP 1662 4561 333 1994 1994 CD 1662 4561 334 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 335 and and CC 1662 4561 336 First First NNP 1662 4561 337 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 4561 338 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4561 339 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4561 340 Akhmetzhan Akhmetzhan NNP 1662 4561 341 YESIMOV YESIMOV NNP 1662 4561 342 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 343 since since IN 1662 4561 344 24 24 CD 1662 4561 345 October October NNP 1662 4561 346 1996 1996 CD 1662 4561 347 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 348 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4561 349 : : : 1662 4561 350 Council Council NNP 1662 4561 351 of of IN 1662 4561 352 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 4561 353 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4561 354 by by IN 1662 4561 355 the the DT 1662 4561 356 president president NNP 1662 4561 357 elections election NNS 1662 4561 358 : : : 1662 4561 359 president president NNP 1662 4561 360 elected elect VBN 1662 4561 361 by by IN 1662 4561 362 popular popular JJ 1662 4561 363 vote vote NN 1662 4561 364 for for IN 1662 4561 365 a a DT 1662 4561 366 five five CD 1662 4561 367 - - HYPH 1662 4561 368 year year NN 1662 4561 369 term term NN 1662 4561 370 ; ; : 1662 4561 371 election election NN 1662 4561 372 last last JJ 1662 4561 373 held hold VBD 1662 4561 374 1 1 CD 1662 4561 375 December December NNP 1662 4561 376 1991 1991 CD 1662 4561 377 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 378 next next JJ 1662 4561 379 to to TO 1662 4561 380 be be VB 1662 4561 381 held hold VBN 1662 4561 382 NA NA NNP 1662 4561 383 2000 2000 CD 1662 4561 384 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 385 ; ; : 1662 4561 386 note note NN 1662 4561 387 - - HYPH 1662 4561 388 President President NNP 1662 4561 389 NAZARBAYEV NAZARBAYEV NNP 1662 4561 390 's 's POS 1662 4561 391 term term NN 1662 4561 392 was be VBD 1662 4561 393 extended extend VBN 1662 4561 394 to to IN 1662 4561 395 the the DT 1662 4561 396 year year NN 1662 4561 397 2000 2000 CD 1662 4561 398 by by IN 1662 4561 399 a a DT 1662 4561 400 nationwide nationwide JJ 1662 4561 401 referendum referendum NN 1662 4561 402 held hold VBD 1662 4561 403 30 30 CD 1662 4561 404 April April NNP 1662 4561 405 1995 1995 CD 1662 4561 406 ; ; : 1662 4561 407 state state NN 1662 4561 408 secretary secretary NN 1662 4561 409 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 410 created create VBN 1662 4561 411 by by IN 1662 4561 412 presidential presidential JJ 1662 4561 413 decree decree NN 1662 4561 414 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 415 is be VBZ 1662 4561 416 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4561 417 by by IN 1662 4561 418 the the DT 1662 4561 419 president president NN 1662 4561 420 ; ; : 1662 4561 421 prime prime NNP 1662 4561 422 minister minister NNP 1662 4561 423 and and CC 1662 4561 424 first first JJ 1662 4561 425 deputy deputy JJ 1662 4561 426 prime prime JJ 1662 4561 427 minister minister NN 1662 4561 428 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4561 429 by by IN 1662 4561 430 the the DT 1662 4561 431 president president NNP 1662 4561 432 election election NN 1662 4561 433 results result NNS 1662 4561 434 : : : 1662 4561 435 Nursultan Nursultan NNP 1662 4561 436 A. A. NNP 1662 4561 437 NAZARBAYEV NAZARBAYEV NNP 1662 4561 438 elected elect VBD 1662 4561 439 president president NN 1662 4561 440 without without IN 1662 4561 441 opposition opposition NN 1662 4561 442 ; ; : 1662 4561 443 percent percent NN 1662 4561 444 of of IN 1662 4561 445 vote vote NN 1662 4561 446 - - HYPH 1662 4561 447 NA NA NNP 1662 4561 448 note note NN 1662 4561 449 : : : 1662 4561 450 President President NNP 1662 4561 451 NAZARBAYEV NAZARBAYEV NNP 1662 4561 452 has have VBZ 1662 4561 453 expanded expand VBN 1662 4561 454 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4561 455 presidential presidential JJ 1662 4561 456 powers power NNS 1662 4561 457 by by IN 1662 4561 458 decree decree NN 1662 4561 459 : : : 1662 4561 460 only only RB 1662 4561 461 he -PRON- PRP 1662 4561 462 can can MD 1662 4561 463 initiate initiate VB 1662 4561 464 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 4561 465 amendments amendment NNS 1662 4561 466 , , , 1662 4561 467 appoint appoint VB 1662 4561 468 and and CC 1662 4561 469 dismiss dismiss VB 1662 4561 470 the the DT 1662 4561 471 government government NN 1662 4561 472 , , , 1662 4561 473 dissolve dissolve VB 1662 4561 474 parliament parliament NN 1662 4561 475 , , , 1662 4561 476 call call VB 1662 4561 477 referenda referenda NNP 1662 4561 478 at at IN 1662 4561 479 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4561 480 discretion discretion NN 1662 4561 481 , , , 1662 4561 482 and and CC 1662 4561 483 appoint appoint VB 1662 4561 484 administrative administrative JJ 1662 4561 485 heads head NNS 1662 4561 486 of of IN 1662 4561 487 regions region NNS 1662 4561 488 and and CC 1662 4561 489 cities city NNS 1662 4561 490 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 4561 491 branch branch NN 1662 4561 492 : : : 1662 4561 493 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 4561 494 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 4561 495 consists consist VBZ 1662 4561 496 of of IN 1662 4561 497 the the DT 1662 4561 498 Senate Senate NNP 1662 4561 499 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 500 47 47 CD 1662 4561 501 seats seat NNS 1662 4561 502 ; ; : 1662 4561 503 7 7 CD 1662 4561 504 senators senator NNS 1662 4561 505 are be VBP 1662 4561 506 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4561 507 by by IN 1662 4561 508 the the DT 1662 4561 509 president president NN 1662 4561 510 ; ; : 1662 4561 511 other other JJ 1662 4561 512 members member NNS 1662 4561 513 are be VBP 1662 4561 514 popularly popularly RB 1662 4561 515 elected elect VBN 1662 4561 516 , , , 1662 4561 517 two two CD 1662 4561 518 each each DT 1662 4561 519 from from IN 1662 4561 520 each each DT 1662 4561 521 oblast oblast NN 1662 4561 522 and and CC 1662 4561 523 Almaty almaty NN 1662 4561 524 , , , 1662 4561 525 to to TO 1662 4561 526 serve serve VB 1662 4561 527 four four CD 1662 4561 528 - - HYPH 1662 4561 529 year year NN 1662 4561 530 terms term NNS 1662 4561 531 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 532 and and CC 1662 4561 533 the the DT 1662 4561 534 Majilis Majilis NNPS 1662 4561 535 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 536 67 67 CD 1662 4561 537 seats seat NNS 1662 4561 538 ; ; : 1662 4561 539 members member NNS 1662 4561 540 are be VBP 1662 4561 541 popularly popularly RB 1662 4561 542 elected elect VBN 1662 4561 543 to to TO 1662 4561 544 serve serve VB 1662 4561 545 four four CD 1662 4561 546 - - HYPH 1662 4561 547 year year NN 1662 4561 548 terms term NNS 1662 4561 549 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 550 ; ; : 1662 4561 551 note note VB 1662 4561 552 - - : 1662 4561 553 with with IN 1662 4561 554 the the DT 1662 4561 555 oblasts oblast NNS 1662 4561 556 being be VBG 1662 4561 557 reduced reduce VBN 1662 4561 558 to to IN 1662 4561 559 14 14 CD 1662 4561 560 , , , 1662 4561 561 the the DT 1662 4561 562 Senate Senate NNP 1662 4561 563 will will MD 1662 4561 564 eventually eventually RB 1662 4561 565 be be VB 1662 4561 566 reduced reduce VBN 1662 4561 567 to to IN 1662 4561 568 37 37 CD 1662 4561 569 elections election NNS 1662 4561 570 : : : 1662 4561 571 Senate Senate NNP 1662 4561 572 - - HYPH 1662 4561 573 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 574 indirect indirect NNP 1662 4561 575 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 576 last last RB 1662 4561 577 held hold VBN 1662 4561 578 5 5 CD 1662 4561 579 December December NNP 1662 4561 580 1995 1995 CD 1662 4561 581 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 582 next next JJ 1662 4561 583 to to TO 1662 4561 584 be be VB 1662 4561 585 held hold VBN 1662 4561 586 NA NA NNP 1662 4561 587 1999 1999 CD 1662 4561 588 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 589 ; ; : 1662 4561 590 Majilis Majilis NNP 1662 4561 591 - - HYPH 1662 4561 592 last last RB 1662 4561 593 held hold VBD 1662 4561 594 9 9 CD 1662 4561 595 December December NNP 1662 4561 596 and and CC 1662 4561 597 23 23 CD 1662 4561 598 December December NNP 1662 4561 599 1995 1995 CD 1662 4561 600 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 601 next next JJ 1662 4561 602 to to TO 1662 4561 603 be be VB 1662 4561 604 held hold VBN 1662 4561 605 NA NA NNP 1662 4561 606 1999 1999 CD 1662 4561 607 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 608 election election NN 1662 4561 609 results result NNS 1662 4561 610 : : : 1662 4561 611 Senate Senate NNP 1662 4561 612 - - HYPH 1662 4561 613 percent percent NN 1662 4561 614 of of IN 1662 4561 615 vote vote NN 1662 4561 616 by by IN 1662 4561 617 party party NN 1662 4561 618 - - HYPH 1662 4561 619 NA NA NNP 1662 4561 620 ; ; , 1662 4561 621 seats seat NNS 1662 4561 622 by by IN 1662 4561 623 party party NN 1662 4561 624 - - HYPH 1662 4561 625 party party NN 1662 4561 626 members member NNS 1662 4561 627 13 13 CD 1662 4561 628 , , , 1662 4561 629 no no DT 1662 4561 630 party party NN 1662 4561 631 affiliation affiliation NN 1662 4561 632 34 34 CD 1662 4561 633 , , , 1662 4561 634 of of IN 1662 4561 635 which which WDT 1662 4561 636 " " `` 1662 4561 637 independent independent JJ 1662 4561 638 " " '' 1662 4561 639 state state NN 1662 4561 640 officials official NNS 1662 4561 641 25 25 CD 1662 4561 642 , , , 1662 4561 643 nominated nominate VBN 1662 4561 644 by by IN 1662 4561 645 the the DT 1662 4561 646 president president NNP 1662 4561 647 7 7 CD 1662 4561 648 , , , 1662 4561 649 elected elect VBN 1662 4561 650 by by IN 1662 4561 651 popular popular JJ 1662 4561 652 vote vote NN 1662 4561 653 15 15 CD 1662 4561 654 ; ; : 1662 4561 655 Majilis Majilis NNP 1662 4561 656 - - HYPH 1662 4561 657 percent percent NN 1662 4561 658 of of IN 1662 4561 659 vote vote NN 1662 4561 660 by by IN 1662 4561 661 party party NN 1662 4561 662 - - HYPH 1662 4561 663 NA NA NNP 1662 4561 664 ; ; , 1662 4561 665 seats seat NNS 1662 4561 666 by by IN 1662 4561 667 party party NN 1662 4561 668 - - HYPH 1662 4561 669 party party NN 1662 4561 670 members member NNS 1662 4561 671 22 22 CD 1662 4561 672 , , , 1662 4561 673 no no DT 1662 4561 674 party party NN 1662 4561 675 affiliation affiliation NN 1662 4561 676 45 45 CD 1662 4561 677 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 4561 678 branch branch NN 1662 4561 679 : : : 1662 4561 680 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 4561 681 Court Court NNP 1662 4561 682 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 683 44 44 CD 1662 4561 684 members member NNS 1662 4561 685 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 686 ; ; : 1662 4561 687 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 4561 688 Council Council NNP 1662 4561 689 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 690 7 7 CD 1662 4561 691 members member NNS 1662 4561 692 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 693 Political political JJ 1662 4561 694 parties party NNS 1662 4561 695 and and CC 1662 4561 696 leaders leader NNS 1662 4561 697 : : : 1662 4561 698 Alash Alash NNP 1662 4561 699 National National NNP 1662 4561 700 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 4561 701 Party Party NNP 1662 4561 702 party party NN 1662 4561 703 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 704 Aron Aron NNP 1662 4561 705 ATABEK ATABEK NNP 1662 4561 706 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 707 ; ; : 1662 4561 708 People People NNS 1662 4561 709 's 's POS 1662 4561 710 Unity Unity NNP 1662 4561 711 Party Party NNP 1662 4561 712 or or CC 1662 4561 713 PUP PUP NNP 1662 4561 714 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 715 was be VBD 1662 4561 716 Union Union NNP 1662 4561 717 of of IN 1662 4561 718 People People NNPS 1662 4561 719 's 's POS 1662 4561 720 Unity unity NN 1662 4561 721 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 722 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 723 Akhan Akhan NNP 1662 4561 724 BIZHANOV BIZHANOV NNP 1662 4561 725 , , , 1662 4561 726 chairman chairman NN 1662 4561 727 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 728 ; ; : 1662 4561 729 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4561 730 Party Party NNP 1662 4561 731 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 732 Tulegen Tulegen NNP 1662 4561 733 ZHUKEYEV ZHUKEYEV NNP 1662 4561 734 and and CC 1662 4561 735 Altynbek Altynbek NNP 1662 4561 736 SARSENBAYEV SARSENBAYEV NNP 1662 4561 737 , , , 1662 4561 738 cochairmen cochairman NNS 1662 4561 739 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 740 ; ; : 1662 4561 741 People People NNS 1662 4561 742 's 's POS 1662 4561 743 Congress Congress NNP 1662 4561 744 of of IN 1662 4561 745 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 4561 746 or or CC 1662 4561 747 NKK NKK NNP 1662 4561 748 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 749 Olzhas Olzhas NNP 1662 4561 750 SULEYMENOV SULEYMENOV NNP 1662 4561 751 , , , 1662 4561 752 chairman chairman NN 1662 4561 753 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 754 ; ; : 1662 4561 755 AZAMAT AZAMAT NNP 1662 4561 756 Movement Movement NNP 1662 4561 757 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 758 Petr Petr NNP 1662 4561 759 SVOIK SVOIK NNP 1662 4561 760 , , , 1662 4561 761 Murat Murat NNP 1662 4561 762 AUEZOV AUEZOV VBD 1662 4561 763 , , , 1662 4561 764 and and CC 1662 4561 765 Galym Galym NNP 1662 4561 766 ABILSAITOV ABILSAITOV NNP 1662 4561 767 , , , 1662 4561 768 cochairmen cochairman NNS 1662 4561 769 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 770 ; ; : 1662 4561 771 Communist Communist NNP 1662 4561 772 Party Party NNP 1662 4561 773 or or CC 1662 4561 774 KPK KPK NNP 1662 4561 775 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 776 Serikbolsyn Serikbolsyn NNP 1662 4561 777 ABDILDIN ABDILDIN NNP 1662 4561 778 , , , 1662 4561 779 first first JJ 1662 4561 780 secretary secretary NN 1662 4561 781 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 782 ; ; : 1662 4561 783 National National NNP 1662 4561 784 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4561 785 Party Party NNP 1662 4561 786 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 787 Kamal Kamal NNP 1662 4561 788 ORMANTAYEV ORMANTAYEV NNP 1662 4561 789 , , , 1662 4561 790 chairman chairman NN 1662 4561 791 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 792 ; ; : 1662 4561 793 AZAT AZAT NNP 1662 4561 794 party party NN 1662 4561 795 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 796 Toleubek Toleubek NNP 1662 4561 797 KARAMENDIN KARAMENDIN NNP 1662 4561 798 , , , 1662 4561 799 chairman chairman NN 1662 4561 800 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 801 ; ; : 1662 4561 802 Labor labor NN 1662 4561 803 movement movement NN 1662 4561 804 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 805 Madel Madel NNP 1662 4561 806 ISMAILOV ISMAILOV NNP 1662 4561 807 , , , 1662 4561 808 chairman chairman NN 1662 4561 809 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 810 ; ; : 1662 4561 811 Peasant Peasant NNP 1662 4561 812 Union Union NNP 1662 4561 813 of of IN 1662 4561 814 the the DT 1662 4561 815 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4561 816 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 4561 817 or or CC 1662 4561 818 KPU KPU NNP 1662 4561 819 ; ; : 1662 4561 820 Republican Republican NNP 1662 4561 821 People People NNPS 1662 4561 822 's 's POS 1662 4561 823 Slavic Slavic NNP 1662 4561 824 Movement Movement NNP 1662 4561 825 - - HYPH 1662 4561 826 Harmony Harmony NNP 1662 4561 827 or or CC 1662 4561 828 Lad Lad NNP 1662 4561 829 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 830 Aleksander Aleksander NNP 1662 4561 831 SAMARKIN SAMARKIN NNP 1662 4561 832 , , , 1662 4561 833 chairman chairman NN 1662 4561 834 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 835 ; ; : 1662 4561 836 Party Party NNP 1662 4561 837 for for IN 1662 4561 838 Social Social NNP 1662 4561 839 Justice Justice NNP 1662 4561 840 and and CC 1662 4561 841 Economic Economic NNP 1662 4561 842 Revival Revival NNP 1662 4561 843 " " '' 1662 4561 844 Tagibat Tagibat NNP 1662 4561 845 " " '' 1662 4561 846 ; ; : 1662 4561 847 Social Social NNP 1662 4561 848 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4561 849 Party Party NNP 1662 4561 850 of of IN 1662 4561 851 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 4561 852 or or CC 1662 4561 853 SDPK SDPK NNP 1662 4561 854 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 855 Dos Dos NNP 1662 4561 856 KUSHIMOV KUSHIMOV NNP 1662 4561 857 , , , 1662 4561 858 cochairman cochairman NN 1662 4561 859 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 860 ; ; : 1662 4561 861 People People NNS 1662 4561 862 's 's POS 1662 4561 863 Cooperative Cooperative NNP 1662 4561 864 Party Party NNP 1662 4561 865 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 866 Umirzak Umirzak NNP 1662 4561 867 SARSENOV SARSENOV NNP 1662 4561 868 , , , 1662 4561 869 chairman chairman NN 1662 4561 870 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 871 ; ; : 1662 4561 872 Organization Organization NNP 1662 4561 873 of of IN 1662 4561 874 Veterans Veterans NNPS 1662 4561 875 ; ; : 1662 4561 876 Republican Republican NNP 1662 4561 877 Party Party NNP 1662 4561 878 ; ; , 1662 4561 879 Russian Russian NNP 1662 4561 880 Center Center NNP 1662 4561 881 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 882 Nina Nina NNP 1662 4561 883 SIDOROVA SIDOROVA NNP 1662 4561 884 , , , 1662 4561 885 chairwoman chairwoman NN 1662 4561 886 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 887 ; ; : 1662 4561 888 Russian russian JJ 1662 4561 889 Cossacks Cossacks NNP 1662 4561 890 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 891 Vladimir Vladimir NNP 1662 4561 892 DESYATOV DESYATOV NNP 1662 4561 893 , , , 1662 4561 894 head head NN 1662 4561 895 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 896 ataman ataman NNP 1662 4561 897 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 898 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 899 ; ; : 1662 4561 900 Pensioners Pensioners NNP 1662 4561 901 Movement Movement NNP 1662 4561 902 or or CC 1662 4561 903 Pokoleniye Pokoleniye NNP 1662 4561 904 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 905 Irina Irina NNP 1662 4561 906 SAVOSTINA SAVOSTINA NNP 1662 4561 907 , , , 1662 4561 908 chairwoman chairwoman NN 1662 4561 909 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 910 Political political JJ 1662 4561 911 pressure pressure NN 1662 4561 912 groups group NNS 1662 4561 913 and and CC 1662 4561 914 leaders leader NNS 1662 4561 915 : : : 1662 4561 916 Independent Independent NNP 1662 4561 917 Trade Trade NNP 1662 4561 918 Union Union NNP 1662 4561 919 Center Center NNP 1662 4561 920 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 921 Leonid Leonid NNP 1662 4561 922 SOLOMIN SOLOMIN NNP 1662 4561 923 , , , 1662 4561 924 president president NN 1662 4561 925 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 926 ; ; : 1662 4561 927 Kazakstani Kazakstani NNP 1662 4561 928 - - HYPH 1662 4561 929 American American NNP 1662 4561 930 Bureau Bureau NNP 1662 4561 931 on on IN 1662 4561 932 Human Human NNP 1662 4561 933 Rights Rights NNPS 1662 4561 934 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 935 Yevgeniy Yevgeniy NNP 1662 4561 936 ZHOVTIS ZHOVTIS NNP 1662 4561 937 , , , 1662 4561 938 executive executive NN 1662 4561 939 director director NN 1662 4561 940 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 941 ; ; : 1662 4561 942 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4561 943 Committee Committee NNP 1662 4561 944 on on IN 1662 4561 945 Human Human NNP 1662 4561 946 Rights Rights NNPS 1662 4561 947 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 948 Baretta Baretta NNP 1662 4561 949 YERGALIEVA YERGALIEVA NNP 1662 4561 950 , , , 1662 4561 951 chairwoman chairwoman NN 1662 4561 952 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 953 ; ; : 1662 4561 954 Independent Independent NNP 1662 4561 955 Miners Miners NNPS 1662 4561 956 Union Union NNP 1662 4561 957 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 958 Victor Victor NNP 1662 4561 959 GAIPOV GAIPOV NNP 1662 4561 960 , , , 1662 4561 961 president president NN 1662 4561 962 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 963 ; ; : 1662 4561 964 The the DT 1662 4561 965 Almaty Almaty NNP 1662 4561 966 - - HYPH 1662 4561 967 Helsinki Helsinki NNP 1662 4561 968 Foundation Foundation NNP 1662 4561 969 for for IN 1662 4561 970 Human Human NNP 1662 4561 971 Rights Rights NNPS 1662 4561 972 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 973 Ninel Ninel NNP 1662 4561 974 FOKINA FOKINA NNP 1662 4561 975 , , , 1662 4561 976 chairwoman chairwoman NN 1662 4561 977 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 978 ; ; : 1662 4561 979 Legal Legal NNP 1662 4561 980 Development Development NNP 1662 4561 981 of of IN 1662 4561 982 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 4561 983 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 984 Vitaliy Vitaliy NNP 1662 4561 985 VORONOV VORONOV NNP 1662 4561 986 , , , 1662 4561 987 chairman chairman NN 1662 4561 988 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 989 International international JJ 1662 4561 990 organization organization NN 1662 4561 991 participation participation NN 1662 4561 992 : : : 1662 4561 993 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 4561 994 , , , 1662 4561 995 CCC CCC NNP 1662 4561 996 , , , 1662 4561 997 CIS CIS NNP 1662 4561 998 , , , 1662 4561 999 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 4561 1000 , , , 1662 4561 1001 ECE ECE NNP 1662 4561 1002 , , , 1662 4561 1003 ECO ECO NNP 1662 4561 1004 , , , 1662 4561 1005 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 4561 1006 , , , 1662 4561 1007 IAEA iaea NN 1662 4561 1008 , , , 1662 4561 1009 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 4561 1010 , , , 1662 4561 1011 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 4561 1012 , , , 1662 4561 1013 IDA IDA NNP 1662 4561 1014 , , , 1662 4561 1015 IDB IDB NNP 1662 4561 1016 , , , 1662 4561 1017 IFC IFC NNP 1662 4561 1018 , , , 1662 4561 1019 ILO ILO NNP 1662 4561 1020 , , , 1662 4561 1021 IMF IMF NNP 1662 4561 1022 , , , 1662 4561 1023 IMO imo RB 1662 4561 1024 , , , 1662 4561 1025 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4561 1026 , , , 1662 4561 1027 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 4561 1028 , , , 1662 4561 1029 IOC IOC NNP 1662 4561 1030 , , , 1662 4561 1031 ISO ISO NNP 1662 4561 1032 , , , 1662 4561 1033 ITU ITU NNP 1662 4561 1034 , , , 1662 4561 1035 NACC NACC NNP 1662 4561 1036 , , , 1662 4561 1037 OIC OIC NNP 1662 4561 1038 , , , 1662 4561 1039 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 4561 1040 , , , 1662 4561 1041 PFP PFP NNP 1662 4561 1042 , , , 1662 4561 1043 UN UN NNP 1662 4561 1044 , , , 1662 4561 1045 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 4561 1046 , , , 1662 4561 1047 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 4561 1048 , , , 1662 4561 1049 UPU UPU NNP 1662 4561 1050 , , , 1662 4561 1051 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 4561 1052 , , , 1662 4561 1053 WHO who WP 1662 4561 1054 , , , 1662 4561 1055 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 4561 1056 , , , 1662 4561 1057 WMO WMO NNP 1662 4561 1058 , , , 1662 4561 1059 WToO wtoo FW 1662 4561 1060 , , , 1662 4561 1061 WTrO wtro VB 1662 4561 1062 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 1063 applicant applicant NN 1662 4561 1064 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 1065 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4561 1066 representation representation NN 1662 4561 1067 in in IN 1662 4561 1068 the the DT 1662 4561 1069 US US NNP 1662 4561 1070 : : : 1662 4561 1071 chief chief NN 1662 4561 1072 of of IN 1662 4561 1073 mission mission NN 1662 4561 1074 : : : 1662 4561 1075 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 4561 1076 Bolat Bolat NNP 1662 4561 1077 K. K. NNP 1662 4561 1078 NURGALIYEV NURGALIYEV NNP 1662 4561 1079 chancery chancery NN 1662 4561 1080 : : : 1662 4561 1081 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 1082 temporary temporary JJ 1662 4561 1083 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 1084 3421 3421 CD 1662 4561 1085 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 4561 1086 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 4561 1087 , , , 1662 4561 1088 NW NW NNP 1662 4561 1089 , , , 1662 4561 1090 Washington Washington NNP 1662 4561 1091 , , , 1662 4561 1092 DC DC NNP 1662 4561 1093 20008 20008 CD 1662 4561 1094 telephone telephone NN 1662 4561 1095 : : : 1662 4561 1096 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 1097 1 1 CD 1662 4561 1098 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 1099 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 1100 202 202 CD 1662 4561 1101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 1102 333 333 CD 1662 4561 1103 - - HYPH 1662 4561 1104 4504 4504 CD 1662 4561 1105 through through IN 1662 4561 1106 4507 4507 CD 1662 4561 1107 FAX FAX NNP 1662 4561 1108 : : : 1662 4561 1109 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 1110 1 1 CD 1662 4561 1111 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 1112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 1113 202 202 CD 1662 4561 1114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 1115 333 333 CD 1662 4561 1116 - - HYPH 1662 4561 1117 4509 4509 CD 1662 4561 1118 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4561 1119 representation representation NN 1662 4561 1120 from from IN 1662 4561 1121 the the DT 1662 4561 1122 US US NNP 1662 4561 1123 : : : 1662 4561 1124 chief chief NN 1662 4561 1125 of of IN 1662 4561 1126 mission mission NN 1662 4561 1127 : : : 1662 4561 1128 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 4561 1129 A. a. NN 1662 4561 1130 Elizabeth Elizabeth NNP 1662 4561 1131 JONES JONES NNP 1662 4561 1132 embassy embassy NN 1662 4561 1133 : : : 1662 4561 1134 99/97 99/97 CD 1662 4561 1135 Furmanova Furmanova NNP 1662 4561 1136 Street Street NNP 1662 4561 1137 , , , 1662 4561 1138 Almaty Almaty NNP 1662 4561 1139 , , , 1662 4561 1140 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4561 1141 of of IN 1662 4561 1142 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 4561 1143 480012 480012 CD 1662 4561 1144 mailing mail VBG 1662 4561 1145 address address NN 1662 4561 1146 : : : 1662 4561 1147 use use NNP 1662 4561 1148 embassy embassy NNP 1662 4561 1149 street street NNP 1662 4561 1150 address address NN 1662 4561 1151 telephone telephone NNP 1662 4561 1152 : : : 1662 4561 1153 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 1154 7 7 CD 1662 4561 1155 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 1156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 1157 3272 3272 CD 1662 4561 1158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 1159 63 63 CD 1662 4561 1160 - - HYPH 1662 4561 1161 39 39 CD 1662 4561 1162 - - SYM 1662 4561 1163 21 21 CD 1662 4561 1164 , , , 1662 4561 1165 50 50 CD 1662 4561 1166 - - HYPH 1662 4561 1167 76 76 CD 1662 4561 1168 - - HYPH 1662 4561 1169 23 23 CD 1662 4561 1170 , , , 1662 4561 1171 50 50 CD 1662 4561 1172 - - HYPH 1662 4561 1173 76 76 CD 1662 4561 1174 - - HYPH 1662 4561 1175 26 26 CD 1662 4561 1176 FAX fax NN 1662 4561 1177 : : : 1662 4561 1178 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4561 1179 7 7 CD 1662 4561 1180 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4561 1181 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4561 1182 3272 3272 CD 1662 4561 1183 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4561 1184 63 63 CD 1662 4561 1185 - - HYPH 1662 4561 1186 38 38 CD 1662 4561 1187 - - HYPH 1662 4561 1188 83 83 CD 1662 4561 1189 Flag flag NN 1662 4561 1190 description description NN 1662 4561 1191 : : : 1662 4561 1192 sky sky NN 1662 4561 1193 blue blue JJ 1662 4561 1194 background background NN 1662 4561 1195 representing represent VBG 1662 4561 1196 the the DT 1662 4561 1197 endless endless JJ 1662 4561 1198 sky sky NN 1662 4561 1199 and and CC 1662 4561 1200 a a DT 1662 4561 1201 gold gold NN 1662 4561 1202 sun sun NN 1662 4561 1203 with with IN 1662 4561 1204 32 32 CD 1662 4561 1205 rays ray NNS 1662 4561 1206 soaring soar VBG 1662 4561 1207 above above IN 1662 4561 1208 a a DT 1662 4561 1209 golden golden JJ 1662 4561 1210 steppe steppe NN 1662 4561 1211 eagle eagle NN 1662 4561 1212 in in IN 1662 4561 1213 the the DT 1662 4561 1214 center center NN 1662 4561 1215 ; ; : 1662 4561 1216 on on IN 1662 4561 1217 the the DT 1662 4561 1218 hoist hoist NN 1662 4561 1219 side side NN 1662 4561 1220 is be VBZ 1662 4561 1221 a a DT 1662 4561 1222 " " `` 1662 4561 1223 national national JJ 1662 4561 1224 ornamentation ornamentation NN 1662 4561 1225 " " '' 1662 4561 1226 in in IN 1662 4561 1227 yellow yellow JJ 1662 4561 1228 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4561 1229 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4561 1230 - - HYPH 1662 4561 1231 overview overview NN 1662 4561 1232 : : : 1662 4561 1233 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 4561 1234 , , , 1662 4561 1235 the the DT 1662 4561 1236 second second RB 1662 4561 1237 largest large JJS 1662 4561 1238 of of IN 1662 4561 1239 the the DT 1662 4561 1240 former former JJ 1662 4561 1241 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 4561 1242 states state NNS 1662 4561 1243 in in IN 1662 4561 1244 territory territory NN 1662 4561 1245 , , , 1662 4561 1246 possesses possess VBZ 1662 4561 1247 enormous enormous JJ 1662 4561 1248 untapped untapped JJ 1662 4561 1249 fossil fossil NN 1662 4561 1250 fuel fuel NN 1662 4561 1251 reserves reserve NNS 1662 4561 1252 as as RB 1662 4561 1253 well well RB 1662 4561 1254 as as IN 1662 4561 1255 plentiful plentiful JJ 1662 4561 1256 supplies supply NNS 1662 4561 1257 of of IN 1662 4561 1258 other other JJ 1662 4561 1259 minerals mineral NNS 1662 4561 1260 and and CC 1662 4561 1261 metals metal NNS 1662 4561 1262 . . . 1662 4562 1 It -PRON- PRP 1662 4562 2 also also RB 1662 4562 3 has have VBZ 1662 4562 4 considerable considerable JJ 1662 4562 5 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4562 6 potential potential NN 1662 4562 7 with with IN 1662 4562 8 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4562 9 vast vast JJ 1662 4562 10 steppe steppe NN 1662 4562 11 lands land NNS 1662 4562 12 accommodating accommodate VBG 1662 4562 13 both both CC 1662 4562 14 livestock livestock NN 1662 4562 15 and and CC 1662 4562 16 grain grain NN 1662 4562 17 production production NN 1662 4562 18 . . . 1662 4563 1 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 4563 2 's 's POS 1662 4563 3 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4563 4 sector sector NN 1662 4563 5 rests rest VBZ 1662 4563 6 on on IN 1662 4563 7 the the DT 1662 4563 8 extraction extraction NN 1662 4563 9 and and CC 1662 4563 10 processing processing NN 1662 4563 11 of of IN 1662 4563 12 these these DT 1662 4563 13 natural natural JJ 1662 4563 14 resources resource NNS 1662 4563 15 and and CC 1662 4563 16 also also RB 1662 4563 17 on on IN 1662 4563 18 a a DT 1662 4563 19 relatively relatively RB 1662 4563 20 large large JJ 1662 4563 21 machine machine NN 1662 4563 22 building building NN 1662 4563 23 sector sector NN 1662 4563 24 specializing specialize VBG 1662 4563 25 in in IN 1662 4563 26 construction construction NN 1662 4563 27 equipment equipment NN 1662 4563 28 , , , 1662 4563 29 tractors tractor NNS 1662 4563 30 , , , 1662 4563 31 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4563 32 machinery machinery NN 1662 4563 33 , , , 1662 4563 34 and and CC 1662 4563 35 some some DT 1662 4563 36 defense defense NN 1662 4563 37 items item NNS 1662 4563 38 . . . 1662 4564 1 The the DT 1662 4564 2 breakup breakup NN 1662 4564 3 of of IN 1662 4564 4 the the DT 1662 4564 5 USSR USSR NNP 1662 4564 6 and and CC 1662 4564 7 the the DT 1662 4564 8 collapse collapse NN 1662 4564 9 of of IN 1662 4564 10 demand demand NN 1662 4564 11 for for IN 1662 4564 12 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 4564 13 's 's POS 1662 4564 14 traditional traditional JJ 1662 4564 15 heavy heavy JJ 1662 4564 16 industry industry NN 1662 4564 17 products product NNS 1662 4564 18 have have VBP 1662 4564 19 resulted result VBN 1662 4564 20 in in IN 1662 4564 21 a a DT 1662 4564 22 sharp sharp JJ 1662 4564 23 contraction contraction NN 1662 4564 24 of of IN 1662 4564 25 the the DT 1662 4564 26 economy economy NN 1662 4564 27 since since IN 1662 4564 28 1991 1991 CD 1662 4564 29 , , , 1662 4564 30 with with IN 1662 4564 31 the the DT 1662 4564 32 steepest steep JJS 1662 4564 33 annual annual JJ 1662 4564 34 decline decline NN 1662 4564 35 occurring occur VBG 1662 4564 36 in in IN 1662 4564 37 1994 1994 CD 1662 4564 38 . . . 1662 4565 1 In in IN 1662 4565 2 1995 1995 CD 1662 4565 3 - - SYM 1662 4565 4 96 96 CD 1662 4565 5 the the DT 1662 4565 6 pace pace NN 1662 4565 7 of of IN 1662 4565 8 the the DT 1662 4565 9 government government NN 1662 4565 10 program program NN 1662 4565 11 of of IN 1662 4565 12 economic economic JJ 1662 4565 13 reform reform NN 1662 4565 14 and and CC 1662 4565 15 privatization privatization NN 1662 4565 16 quickened quicken VBD 1662 4565 17 , , , 1662 4565 18 resulting result VBG 1662 4565 19 in in IN 1662 4565 20 a a DT 1662 4565 21 substantial substantial JJ 1662 4565 22 shifting shifting NN 1662 4565 23 of of IN 1662 4565 24 assets asset NNS 1662 4565 25 into into IN 1662 4565 26 the the DT 1662 4565 27 private private JJ 1662 4565 28 sector sector NN 1662 4565 29 . . . 1662 4566 1 The the DT 1662 4566 2 December December NNP 1662 4566 3 1996 1996 CD 1662 4566 4 signing signing NN 1662 4566 5 of of IN 1662 4566 6 the the DT 1662 4566 7 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 4566 8 Pipeline Pipeline NNP 1662 4566 9 Consortium Consortium NNP 1662 4566 10 agreement agreement NN 1662 4566 11 to to TO 1662 4566 12 build build VB 1662 4566 13 a a DT 1662 4566 14 new new JJ 1662 4566 15 pipeline pipeline NN 1662 4566 16 from from IN 1662 4566 17 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 4566 18 's 's POS 1662 4566 19 western western JJ 1662 4566 20 Tengiz Tengiz NNP 1662 4566 21 oil oil NN 1662 4566 22 field field NN 1662 4566 23 to to IN 1662 4566 24 the the DT 1662 4566 25 Black Black NNP 1662 4566 26 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4566 27 increases increase VBZ 1662 4566 28 prospects prospect NNS 1662 4566 29 for for IN 1662 4566 30 substantially substantially RB 1662 4566 31 larger large JJR 1662 4566 32 oil oil NN 1662 4566 33 exports export NNS 1662 4566 34 in in IN 1662 4566 35 several several JJ 1662 4566 36 years year NNS 1662 4566 37 . . . 1662 4567 1 The the DT 1662 4567 2 emigration emigration NN 1662 4567 3 of of IN 1662 4567 4 large large JJ 1662 4567 5 numbers number NNS 1662 4567 6 of of IN 1662 4567 7 skilled skilled JJ 1662 4567 8 Slavic slavic JJ 1662 4567 9 managers manager NNS 1662 4567 10 and and CC 1662 4567 11 technicians technician NNS 1662 4567 12 from from IN 1662 4567 13 the the DT 1662 4567 14 northern northern JJ 1662 4567 15 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4567 16 areas area NNS 1662 4567 17 will will MD 1662 4567 18 hold hold VB 1662 4567 19 back back RP 1662 4567 20 future future JJ 1662 4567 21 growth growth NN 1662 4567 22 . . . 1662 4568 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4568 2 : : : 1662 4568 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4568 4 power power NN 1662 4568 5 parity parity NN 1662 4568 6 - - : 1662 4568 7 $ $ $ 1662 4568 8 48.6 48.6 CD 1662 4568 9 billion billion CD 1662 4568 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4568 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4568 12 estimate estimate NN 1662 4568 13 as as IN 1662 4568 14 extrapolated extrapolate VBN 1662 4568 15 from from IN 1662 4568 16 World World NNP 1662 4568 17 Bank Bank NNP 1662 4568 18 estimate estimate NN 1662 4568 19 for for IN 1662 4568 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 4568 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4568 22 GDP gdp NN 1662 4568 23 - - HYPH 1662 4568 24 real real JJ 1662 4568 25 growth growth NN 1662 4568 26 rate rate NN 1662 4568 27 : : : 1662 4568 28 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 4568 29 % % NN 1662 4568 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4568 31 1996 1996 CD 1662 4568 32 est est NNP 1662 4568 33 . . . 1662 4568 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4569 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4569 2 - - HYPH 1662 4569 3 per per FW 1662 4569 4 capita capita NN 1662 4569 5 : : : 1662 4569 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4569 7 power power NN 1662 4569 8 parity parity NN 1662 4569 9 - - : 1662 4569 10 $ $ $ 1662 4569 11 2,880 2,880 CD 1662 4569 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4569 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 4569 14 est est NNP 1662 4569 15 . . . 1662 4569 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4570 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4570 2 - - HYPH 1662 4570 3 composition composition NN 1662 4570 4 by by IN 1662 4570 5 sector sector NN 1662 4570 6 : : : 1662 4570 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4570 8 : : : 1662 4570 9 12 12 CD 1662 4570 10 % % NN 1662 4570 11 industry industry NN 1662 4570 12 : : : 1662 4570 13 30 30 CD 1662 4570 14 % % NN 1662 4570 15 services service NNS 1662 4570 16 : : : 1662 4570 17 58 58 CD 1662 4570 18 % % NN 1662 4570 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4570 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 4570 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4570 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 4570 23 rate rate NN 1662 4570 24 - - HYPH 1662 4570 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 4570 26 price price NN 1662 4570 27 index index NN 1662 4570 28 : : : 1662 4570 29 28.7 28.7 CD 1662 4570 30 % % NN 1662 4570 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4570 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 4570 33 est est NNP 1662 4570 34 . . . 1662 4570 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4571 1 Labor labor NN 1662 4571 2 force force NN 1662 4571 3 : : : 1662 4571 4 total total NN 1662 4571 5 : : : 1662 4571 6 6.9 6.9 CD 1662 4571 7 million million CD 1662 4571 8 by by IN 1662 4571 9 occupation occupation NN 1662 4571 10 : : : 1662 4571 11 industry industry NN 1662 4571 12 27 27 CD 1662 4571 13 % % NN 1662 4571 14 , , , 1662 4571 15 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4571 16 and and CC 1662 4571 17 forestry forestry NN 1662 4571 18 23 23 CD 1662 4571 19 % % NN 1662 4571 20 , , , 1662 4571 21 other other JJ 1662 4571 22 50 50 CD 1662 4571 23 % % NN 1662 4571 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4571 25 1996 1996 CD 1662 4571 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4571 27 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4571 28 rate rate NN 1662 4571 29 : : : 1662 4571 30 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 4571 31 % % NN 1662 4571 32 includes include VBZ 1662 4571 33 only only RB 1662 4571 34 officially officially RB 1662 4571 35 registered register VBN 1662 4571 36 unemployed unemployed JJ 1662 4571 37 ; ; : 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23 , , , 1662 4572 24 iron iron NN 1662 4572 25 ore ore NN 1662 4572 26 , , , 1662 4572 27 manganese manganese NNP 1662 4572 28 , , , 1662 4572 29 chromite chromite NN 1662 4572 30 , , , 1662 4572 31 lead lead NN 1662 4572 32 , , , 1662 4572 33 zinc zinc NN 1662 4572 34 , , , 1662 4572 35 copper copper NN 1662 4572 36 , , , 1662 4572 37 titanium titanium NN 1662 4572 38 , , , 1662 4572 39 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 4572 40 , , , 1662 4572 41 gold gold NN 1662 4572 42 , , , 1662 4572 43 silver silver NN 1662 4572 44 , , , 1662 4572 45 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 4572 46 , , , 1662 4572 47 sulfur sulfur NN 1662 4572 48 , , , 1662 4572 49 iron iron NN 1662 4572 50 and and CC 1662 4572 51 steel steel NN 1662 4572 52 , , , 1662 4572 53 nonferrous nonferrous JJ 1662 4572 54 metal metal NN 1662 4572 55 , , , 1662 4572 56 tractors tractor NNS 1662 4572 57 and and CC 1662 4572 58 other other JJ 1662 4572 59 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4572 60 machinery machinery NN 1662 4572 61 , , , 1662 4572 62 electric electric JJ 1662 4572 63 motors motor NNS 1662 4572 64 , , , 1662 4572 65 construction construction NN 1662 4572 66 materials material NNS 1662 4572 67 ; ; , 1662 4572 68 much much JJ 1662 4572 69 of of IN 1662 4572 70 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4572 71 capacity capacity NN 1662 4572 72 is be VBZ 1662 4572 73 shut shut VBN 1662 4572 74 down down RP 1662 4572 75 and/or and/or CC 1662 4572 76 is be VBZ 1662 4572 77 in in IN 1662 4572 78 need need NN 1662 4572 79 of of IN 1662 4572 80 repair repair NN 1662 4572 81 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 4572 82 production production NN 1662 4572 83 growth growth NN 1662 4572 84 rate rate NN 1662 4572 85 : : : 1662 4572 86 0.3 0.3 CD 1662 4572 87 % % NN 1662 4572 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4572 89 1996 1996 CD 1662 4572 90 est est NNP 1662 4572 91 . . . 1662 4572 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4573 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4573 2 - - HYPH 1662 4573 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 4573 4 : : : 1662 4573 5 17 17 CD 1662 4573 6 million million CD 1662 4573 7 kW kw NN 1662 4573 8 000 000 CD 1662 4573 9 kW kW NNP 1662 4573 10 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4573 11 - - HYPH 1662 4573 12 production production NN 1662 4573 13 : : : 1662 4573 14 58.9 58.9 CD 1662 4573 15 billion billion CD 1662 4573 16 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4573 17 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4573 18 - - HYPH 1662 4573 19 consumption consumption NN 1662 4573 20 per per IN 1662 4573 21 capita capita NN 1662 4573 22 : : : 1662 4573 23 3,800 3,800 CD 1662 4573 24 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4573 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4573 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 4573 27 est est NNP 1662 4573 28 . . . 1662 4573 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4574 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4574 2 - - HYPH 1662 4574 3 products product NNS 1662 4574 4 : : : 1662 4574 5 grain grain NN 1662 4574 6 , , , 1662 4574 7 mostly mostly RB 1662 4574 8 spring spring VB 1662 4574 9 wheat wheat NN 1662 4574 10 , , , 1662 4574 11 cotton cotton NN 1662 4574 12 ; ; : 1662 4574 13 wool wool NN 1662 4574 14 , , , 1662 4574 15 meat meat NN 1662 4574 16 Exports export NNS 1662 4574 17 : : : 1662 4574 18 total total JJ 1662 4574 19 value value NN 1662 4574 20 : : : 1662 4574 21 $ $ $ 1662 4574 22 5.7 5.7 CD 1662 4574 23 billion billion CD 1662 4574 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4574 25 1996 1996 CD 1662 4574 26 est est NNP 1662 4574 27 . . . 1662 4574 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4575 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4575 2 : : : 1662 4575 3 oil oil NN 1662 4575 4 , , , 1662 4575 5 ferrous ferrous JJ 1662 4575 6 and and CC 1662 4575 7 nonferrous nonferrous JJ 1662 4575 8 metals metal NNS 1662 4575 9 , , , 1662 4575 10 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4575 11 , , , 1662 4575 12 grain grain NN 1662 4575 13 , , , 1662 4575 14 wool wool NN 1662 4575 15 , , , 1662 4575 16 meat meat NN 1662 4575 17 , , , 1662 4575 18 coal coal NN 1662 4575 19 partners partner NNS 1662 4575 20 : : : 1662 4575 21 Russia Russia NNP 1662 4575 22 , , , 1662 4575 23 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 4575 24 , , , 1662 4575 25 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 1662 4575 26 , , , 1662 4575 27 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 4575 28 , , , 1662 4575 29 China China NNP 1662 4575 30 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 4575 31 : : : 1662 4575 32 total total JJ 1662 4575 33 value value NN 1662 4575 34 : : : 1662 4575 35 $ $ $ 1662 4575 36 6 6 CD 1662 4575 37 billion billion CD 1662 4575 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4575 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 4575 40 est est NNP 1662 4575 41 . . . 1662 4575 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4576 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4576 2 : : : 1662 4576 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 4576 4 and and CC 1662 4576 5 parts part NNS 1662 4576 6 , , , 1662 4576 7 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4576 8 materials material NNS 1662 4576 9 , , , 1662 4576 10 oil oil NN 1662 4576 11 and and CC 1662 4576 12 gas gas NN 1662 4576 13 partners partner NNS 1662 4576 14 : : : 1662 4576 15 Russia Russia NNP 1662 4576 16 , , , 1662 4576 17 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 4576 18 , , , 1662 4576 19 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 1662 4576 20 , , , 1662 4576 21 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 4576 22 , , , 1662 4576 23 Germany Germany NNP 1662 4576 24 Debt Debt NNP 1662 4576 25 - - HYPH 1662 4576 26 external external JJ 1662 4576 27 : : : 1662 4576 28 $ $ $ 1662 4576 29 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 4576 30 billion billion CD 1662 4576 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4576 32 July July NNP 1662 4576 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 4576 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4576 35 Economic economic JJ 1662 4576 36 aid aid NN 1662 4576 37 : : : 1662 4576 38 recipient recipient NN 1662 4576 39 : : : 1662 4576 40 ODA ODA NNP 1662 4576 41 , , , 1662 4576 42 $ $ $ 1662 4576 43 10 10 CD 1662 4576 44 million million CD 1662 4576 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4576 46 1993 1993 CD 1662 4576 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4576 48 note note NN 1662 4576 49 : : : 1662 4576 50 commitments commitment NNS 1662 4576 51 , , , 1662 4576 52 1992 1992 CD 1662 4576 53 - - SYM 1662 4576 54 95 95 CD 1662 4576 55 , , , 1662 4576 56 $ $ $ 1662 4576 57 4,780 4,780 CD 1662 4576 58 million million CD 1662 4576 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4576 60 $ $ $ 1662 4576 61 1,795 1,795 CD 1662 4576 62 million million CD 1662 4576 63 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year year NN 1662 4576 103 : : : 1662 4576 104 calendar calendar NNP 1662 4576 105 year year NN 1662 4576 106 @Kazakstan @kazakstan NN 1662 4576 107 : : : 1662 4576 108 Communications Communications NNP 1662 4576 109 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 4576 110 : : : 1662 4576 111 2.2 2.2 CD 1662 4576 112 million million CD 1662 4576 113 Telephone Telephone NNP 1662 4576 114 system system NN 1662 4576 115 : : : 1662 4576 116 service service NN 1662 4576 117 is be VBZ 1662 4576 118 poor poor JJ 1662 4576 119 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4576 120 : : : 1662 4576 121 landline landline NN 1662 4576 122 and and CC 1662 4576 123 microwave microwave NN 1662 4576 124 radio radio NN 1662 4576 125 relay relay NN 1662 4576 126 international international NNP 1662 4576 127 : : : 1662 4576 128 international international JJ 1662 4576 129 traffic traffic NN 1662 4576 130 with with IN 1662 4576 131 other other JJ 1662 4576 132 former former JJ 1662 4576 133 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 4576 134 republics republic NNS 1662 4576 135 and and CC 1662 4576 136 China China NNP 1662 4576 137 carried carry VBD 1662 4576 138 by by IN 1662 4576 139 landline landline NN 1662 4576 140 and and CC 1662 4576 141 microwave microwave NN 1662 4576 142 radio radio NN 1662 4576 143 relay relay NN 1662 4576 144 and and CC 1662 4576 145 with with IN 1662 4576 146 other other JJ 1662 4576 147 countries country NNS 1662 4576 148 by by IN 1662 4576 149 satellite satellite NN 1662 4576 150 and and CC 1662 4576 151 through through IN 1662 4576 152 8 8 CD 1662 4576 153 international international JJ 1662 4576 154 telecommunications telecommunications NN 1662 4576 155 circuits circuit NNS 1662 4576 156 at at IN 1662 4576 157 the the DT 1662 4576 158 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 4576 159 international international JJ 1662 4576 160 gateway gateway NN 1662 4576 161 switch switch NN 1662 4576 162 ; ; , 1662 4576 163 satellite satellite NN 1662 4576 164 earth earth NN 1662 4576 165 stations station NNS 1662 4576 166 - - , 1662 4576 167 1 1 CD 1662 4576 168 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4576 169 and and CC 1662 4576 170 a a DT 1662 4576 171 new new JJ 1662 4576 172 satellite satellite NN 1662 4576 173 earth earth NN 1662 4576 174 station station NN 1662 4576 175 established establish VBN 1662 4576 176 at at IN 1662 4576 177 Almaty almaty NN 1662 4576 178 of of IN 1662 4576 179 unknown unknown JJ 1662 4576 180 type type NN 1662 4576 181 Radio Radio NNP 1662 4576 182 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4576 183 stations station NNS 1662 4576 184 : : : 1662 4576 185 AM am VBP 1662 4576 186 NA NA NNP 1662 4576 187 , , , 1662 4576 188 FM FM NNP 1662 4576 189 NA NA NNP 1662 4576 190 , , , 1662 4576 191 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 4576 192 NA NA NNP 1662 4576 193 Radios radio NNS 1662 4576 194 : : : 1662 4576 195 4.088 4.088 CD 1662 4576 196 million million CD 1662 4576 197 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4576 198 with with IN 1662 4576 199 multiple multiple JJ 1662 4576 200 speakers speaker NNS 1662 4576 201 for for IN 1662 4576 202 program 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236 in in IN 1662 4576 237 common common JJ 1662 4576 238 carrier carrier NN 1662 4576 239 service service NN 1662 4576 240 ; ; : 1662 4576 241 does do VBZ 1662 4576 242 not not RB 1662 4576 243 include include VB 1662 4576 244 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4576 245 lines line NNS 1662 4576 246 broad broad JJ 1662 4576 247 gauge gauge NN 1662 4576 248 : : : 1662 4576 249 13,841 13,841 CD 1662 4576 250 km km NN 1662 4576 251 1.520-m 1.520-m NN 1662 4576 252 gauge gauge NN 1662 4576 253 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4576 254 3,299 3,299 CD 1662 4576 255 km km NN 1662 4576 256 electrified electrify VBN 1662 4576 257 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4576 258 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4576 259 1992 1992 CD 1662 4576 260 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4576 261 Highways highway NNS 1662 4576 262 : : : 1662 4576 263 total total NN 1662 4576 264 : : : 1662 4576 265 158,581 158,581 CD 1662 4576 266 km km NN 1662 4576 267 paved pave VBN 1662 4576 268 : : : 1662 4576 269 NA NA NNP 1662 4576 270 km km PRP 1662 4576 271 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4576 272 : : : 1662 4576 273 NA NA NNP 1662 4576 274 km km PRP 1662 4576 275 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4576 276 1994 1994 CD 1662 4576 277 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4576 278 note note NN 1662 4576 279 : : : 1662 4576 280 there there EX 1662 4576 281 are be VBP 1662 4576 282 87,572 87,572 CD 1662 4576 283 km km NNS 1662 4576 284 of of IN 1662 4576 285 public public JJ 1662 4576 286 roads road NNS 1662 4576 287 , , , 1662 4576 288 maintained maintain VBN 1662 4576 289 by by IN 1662 4576 290 governmental governmental JJ 1662 4576 291 highway highway NN 1662 4576 292 maintenance maintenance NN 1662 4576 293 organizations organization NNS 1662 4576 294 ; ; : 1662 4576 295 the the DT 1662 4576 296 rest rest NN 1662 4576 297 are be VBP 1662 4576 298 privately privately RB 1662 4576 299 maintained maintain VBN 1662 4576 300 by by IN 1662 4576 301 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4576 302 organizations organization NNS 1662 4576 303 ; ; : 1662 4576 304 of of IN 1662 4576 305 the the DT 1662 4576 306 total total NN 1662 4576 307 , , , 1662 4576 308 107,885 107,885 CD 1662 4576 309 km km NNS 1662 4576 310 are be VBP 1662 4576 311 either either CC 1662 4576 312 paved paved JJ 1662 4576 313 or or CC 1662 4576 314 otherwise otherwise RB 1662 4576 315 surfaced surface VBD 1662 4576 316 for for IN 1662 4576 317 all all DT 1662 4576 318 - - HYPH 1662 4576 319 weather weather NN 1662 4576 320 use use NN 1662 4576 321 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 4576 322 : : : 1662 4576 323 4,002 4,002 CD 1662 4576 324 km km NN 1662 4576 325 on on IN 1662 4576 326 the the DT 1662 4576 327 Syrdariya Syrdariya NNP 1662 4576 328 River River NNP 1662 4576 329 and and CC 1662 4576 330 Ertis Ertis NNP 1662 4576 331 River River NNP 1662 4576 332 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 4576 333 : : : 1662 4576 334 crude crude JJ 1662 4576 335 oil oil NN 1662 4576 336 2,850 2,850 CD 1662 4576 337 km km NN 1662 4576 338 ; ; : 1662 4576 339 refined refined JJ 1662 4576 340 products product NNS 1662 4576 341 1,500 1,500 CD 1662 4576 342 km km NN 1662 4576 343 ; ; : 1662 4576 344 natural natural JJ 1662 4576 345 gas gas NN 1662 4576 346 3,480 3,480 CD 1662 4576 347 km km NNS 1662 4576 348 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4576 349 1992 1992 CD 1662 4576 350 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4576 351 Ports port NNS 1662 4576 352 and and CC 1662 4576 353 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4576 354 : : : 1662 4576 355 Aqtau Aqtau NNP 1662 4576 356 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4576 357 Shevchenko Shevchenko NNP 1662 4576 358 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4576 359 , , , 1662 4576 360 Atyrau Atyrau NNP 1662 4576 361 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4576 362 Gur'yev Gur'yev NNP 1662 4576 363 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4576 364 , , , 1662 4576 365 Oskemen Oskemen NNP 1662 4576 366 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4576 367 Ust Ust NNP 1662 4576 368 - - HYPH 1662 4576 369 Kamenogorsk Kamenogorsk NNP 1662 4576 370 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4576 371 , , , 1662 4576 372 Pavlodar Pavlodar NNP 1662 4576 373 , , , 1662 4576 374 Semey Semey NNP 1662 4576 375 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4576 376 Semipalatinsk Semipalatinsk NNP 1662 4576 377 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4576 378 Airports airport NNS 1662 4576 379 : : : 1662 4576 380 352 352 CD 1662 4576 381 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4576 382 1994 1994 CD 1662 4576 383 est est NNP 1662 4576 384 . . . 1662 4576 385 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4577 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4577 2 - - , 1662 4577 3 with with IN 1662 4577 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4577 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4577 6 : : : 1662 4577 7 total total NN 1662 4577 8 : : : 1662 4577 9 55 55 CD 1662 4577 10 over over IN 1662 4577 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4577 12 m m NN 1662 4577 13 : : : 1662 4577 14 7 7 CD 1662 4577 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4577 16 to to TO 1662 4577 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4577 18 m m NN 1662 4577 19 : : : 1662 4577 20 23 23 CD 1662 4577 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4577 22 to to TO 1662 4577 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4577 24 m m CD 1662 4577 25 : : : 1662 4577 26 11 11 CD 1662 4577 27 914 914 CD 1662 4577 28 to to TO 1662 4577 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4577 30 m m NN 1662 4577 31 : : : 1662 4577 32 5 5 CD 1662 4577 33 under under IN 1662 4577 34 914 914 CD 1662 4577 35 m m NN 1662 4577 36 : : : 1662 4577 37 9 9 CD 1662 4577 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4577 39 1994 1994 CD 1662 4577 40 est est NNP 1662 4577 41 . . . 1662 4577 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4578 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4578 2 - - , 1662 4578 3 with with IN 1662 4578 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4578 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4578 6 : : : 1662 4578 7 total total NN 1662 4578 8 : : : 1662 4578 9 297 297 CD 1662 4578 10 over over IN 1662 4578 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4578 12 m m NN 1662 4578 13 : : : 1662 4578 14 9 9 CD 1662 4578 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4578 16 to to IN 1662 4578 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4578 18 m m NN 1662 4578 19 : : : 1662 4578 20 8 8 CD 1662 4578 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4578 22 to to TO 1662 4578 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4578 24 m m NN 1662 4578 25 : : : 1662 4578 26 25 25 CD 1662 4578 27 914 914 CD 1662 4578 28 to to TO 1662 4578 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4578 30 m m NN 1662 4578 31 : : : 1662 4578 32 65 65 CD 1662 4578 33 under under IN 1662 4578 34 914 914 CD 1662 4578 35 m m NN 1662 4578 36 : : : 1662 4578 37 190 190 CD 1662 4578 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4578 39 1994 1994 CD 1662 4578 40 est est NNP 1662 4578 41 . . . 1662 4578 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4579 1 Military military JJ 1662 4579 2 Military military JJ 1662 4579 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4579 4 : : : 1662 4579 5 Army Army NNP 1662 4579 6 , , , 1662 4579 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 4579 8 , , , 1662 4579 9 Air Air NNP 1662 4579 10 Force Force NNP 1662 4579 11 , , , 1662 4579 12 Air Air NNP 1662 4579 13 Defense Defense NNP 1662 4579 14 Force Force NNP 1662 4579 15 , , , 1662 4579 16 National National NNP 1662 4579 17 Guard Guard NNP 1662 4579 18 , , , 1662 4579 19 Security Security NNP 1662 4579 20 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 4579 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4579 22 internal internal JJ 1662 4579 23 and and CC 1662 4579 24 border border NN 1662 4579 25 troops troop NNS 1662 4579 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4579 27 Military military JJ 1662 4579 28 manpower manpower NN 1662 4579 29 - - HYPH 1662 4579 30 military military NN 1662 4579 31 age age NN 1662 4579 32 : : : 1662 4579 33 18 18 CD 1662 4579 34 years year NNS 1662 4579 35 of of IN 1662 4579 36 age age NN 1662 4579 37 Military military JJ 1662 4579 38 manpower manpower NN 1662 4579 39 - - HYPH 1662 4579 40 availability availability NN 1662 4579 41 : : : 1662 4579 42 males male NNS 1662 4579 43 age age NNP 1662 4579 44 15 15 CD 1662 4579 45 - - HYPH 1662 4579 46 49 49 CD 1662 4579 47 : : : 1662 4579 48 4,416,061 4,416,061 CD 1662 4579 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4579 50 1997 1997 CD 1662 4579 51 est est NNP 1662 4579 52 . . . 1662 4579 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4580 1 Military military JJ 1662 4580 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4580 3 - - HYPH 1662 4580 4 fit fit NN 1662 4580 5 for for IN 1662 4580 6 military military JJ 1662 4580 7 service service NN 1662 4580 8 : : : 1662 4580 9 males male NNS 1662 4580 10 : : : 1662 4580 11 3,526,153 3,526,153 CD 1662 4580 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4580 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4580 14 est est NNP 1662 4580 15 . . . 1662 4580 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4581 1 Military military JJ 1662 4581 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4581 3 - - HYPH 1662 4581 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 4581 5 military military JJ 1662 4581 6 age age NN 1662 4581 7 annually annually RB 1662 4581 8 : : : 1662 4581 9 males male NNS 1662 4581 10 : : : 1662 4581 11 154,520 154,520 CD 1662 4581 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4581 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4581 14 est est NNP 1662 4581 15 . . . 1662 4581 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4582 1 Military military JJ 1662 4582 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4582 3 - - HYPH 1662 4582 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4582 5 figure figure NN 1662 4582 6 : : : 1662 4582 7 18.9 18.9 CD 1662 4582 8 billion billion CD 1662 4582 9 tenges tenge NNS 1662 4582 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4582 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 4582 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4582 13 ; ; : 1662 4582 14 note note NN 1662 4582 15 - - HYPH 1662 4582 16 conversion conversion NN 1662 4582 17 of of IN 1662 4582 18 defense defense NN 1662 4582 19 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4582 20 into into IN 1662 4582 21 US US NNP 1662 4582 22 dollars dollar NNS 1662 4582 23 using use VBG 1662 4582 24 the the DT 1662 4582 25 current current JJ 1662 4582 26 exchange exchange NN 1662 4582 27 rate rate NN 1662 4582 28 could could MD 1662 4582 29 produce produce VB 1662 4582 30 misleading misleading JJ 1662 4582 31 results result NNS 1662 4582 32 Military military JJ 1662 4582 33 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4582 34 - - : 1662 4582 35 percent percent NN 1662 4582 36 of of IN 1662 4582 37 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4582 38 : : : 1662 4582 39 NA% NA% `` 1662 4582 40 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4582 41 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4582 42 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 4582 43 - - : 1662 4582 44 international international JJ 1662 4582 45 : : : 1662 4582 46 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 4582 47 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4582 48 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4582 49 are be VBP 1662 4582 50 not not RB 1662 4582 51 yet yet RB 1662 4582 52 determined determine VBN 1662 4582 53 among among IN 1662 4582 54 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 4582 55 , , , 1662 4582 56 Iran Iran NNP 1662 4582 57 , , , 1662 4582 58 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 4582 59 , , , 1662 4582 60 Russia Russia NNP 1662 4582 61 , , , 1662 4582 62 and and CC 1662 4582 63 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 1662 4582 64 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 4582 65 drugs drug VBZ 1662 4582 66 : : : 1662 4582 67 significant significant JJ 1662 4582 68 illicit illicit JJ 1662 4582 69 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 4582 70 of of IN 1662 4582 71 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 4582 72 and and CC 1662 4582 73 limited limited JJ 1662 4582 74 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 4582 75 of of IN 1662 4582 76 opium opium NN 1662 4582 77 poppy poppy NNP 1662 4582 78 and and CC 1662 4582 79 ephedra ephedra NNP 1662 4582 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4582 81 for for IN 1662 4582 82 the the DT 1662 4582 83 drug drug NN 1662 4582 84 ephedrone ephedrone NN 1662 4582 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4582 86 ; ; : 1662 4582 87 limited limited JJ 1662 4582 88 government government NN 1662 4582 89 eradication eradication NN 1662 4582 90 program program NN 1662 4582 91 ; ; : 1662 4582 92 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 4582 93 consumed consume VBN 1662 4582 94 largely largely RB 1662 4582 95 in in IN 1662 4582 96 the the DT 1662 4582 97 CIS CIS NNP 1662 4582 98 ; ; : 1662 4582 99 used use VBN 1662 4582 100 as as IN 1662 4582 101 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 4582 102 point point NN 1662 4582 103 for for IN 1662 4582 104 illicit illicit JJ 1662 4582 105 drugs drug NNS 1662 4582 106 to to IN 1662 4582 107 Russia Russia NNP 1662 4582 108 , , , 1662 4582 109 North North NNP 1662 4582 110 America America NNP 1662 4582 111 , , , 1662 4582 112 and and CC 1662 4582 113 Western Western NNP 1662 4582 114 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4582 115 from from IN 1662 4582 116 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 4582 117 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4582 118 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 119 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 120 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 121 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 122 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 123 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 124 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 125 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 126 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 127 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 128 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 129 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 130 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 131 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 132 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 133 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 134 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 135 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 136 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 137 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 138 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 139 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 140 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 141 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 142 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 143 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 144 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 145 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 146 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 147 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 148 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 149 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 150 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 151 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 152 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 153 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 154 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 155 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 156 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 157 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 158 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 159 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 160 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 161 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 162 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 163 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 164 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 165 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 166 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 167 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 168 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 169 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 170 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 171 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 172 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 173 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 174 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 175 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 176 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 177 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 178 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 179 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 180 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 181 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 182 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 183 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 184 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 185 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 186 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 187 _ _ NNP 1662 4582 188 KENYA KENYA NNP 1662 4582 189 @Kenya @kenya DT 1662 4582 190 : : : 1662 4582 191 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4582 192 Location Location NNP 1662 4582 193 : : : 1662 4582 194 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 4582 195 Africa Africa NNP 1662 4582 196 , , , 1662 4582 197 bordering border VBG 1662 4582 198 the the DT 1662 4582 199 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4582 200 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4582 201 , , , 1662 4582 202 between between IN 1662 4582 203 Somalia Somalia NNP 1662 4582 204 and and CC 1662 4582 205 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 4582 206 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4582 207 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4582 208 : : : 1662 4582 209 1 1 CD 1662 4582 210 00 00 CD 1662 4582 211 N n CD 1662 4582 212 , , , 1662 4582 213 38 38 CD 1662 4582 214 00 00 CD 1662 4582 215 E e NN 1662 4582 216 Map Map NNP 1662 4582 217 references reference NNS 1662 4582 218 : : : 1662 4582 219 Africa Africa NNP 1662 4582 220 Area Area NNP 1662 4582 221 : : : 1662 4582 222 total total NN 1662 4582 223 : : : 1662 4582 224 582,650 582,650 CD 1662 4582 225 sq sq NN 1662 4582 226 km km NNP 1662 4582 227 land land NN 1662 4582 228 : : : 1662 4582 229 569,250 569,250 CD 1662 4582 230 sq sq NNP 1662 4582 231 km km NNP 1662 4582 232 water water NN 1662 4582 233 : : : 1662 4582 234 13,400 13,400 CD 1662 4582 235 sq sq RB 1662 4582 236 km km NNP 1662 4582 237 Area Area NNP 1662 4582 238 - - HYPH 1662 4582 239 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4582 240 : : : 1662 4582 241 slightly slightly RB 1662 4582 242 more more JJR 1662 4582 243 than than IN 1662 4582 244 twice twice RB 1662 4582 245 the the DT 1662 4582 246 size size NN 1662 4582 247 of of IN 1662 4582 248 Nevada Nevada NNP 1662 4582 249 Land Land NNP 1662 4582 250 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4582 251 : : : 1662 4582 252 total total JJ 1662 4582 253 : : : 1662 4582 254 3,446 3,446 CD 1662 4582 255 km km NN 1662 4582 256 border border NN 1662 4582 257 countries country NNS 1662 4582 258 : : : 1662 4582 259 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 4582 260 830 830 CD 1662 4582 261 km km NN 1662 4582 262 , , , 1662 4582 263 Somalia Somalia NNP 1662 4582 264 682 682 CD 1662 4582 265 km km NN 1662 4582 266 , , , 1662 4582 267 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 4582 268 232 232 CD 1662 4582 269 km km NN 1662 4582 270 , , , 1662 4582 271 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 4582 272 769 769 CD 1662 4582 273 km km NN 1662 4582 274 , , , 1662 4582 275 Uganda Uganda NNP 1662 4582 276 933 933 CD 1662 4582 277 km km NN 1662 4582 278 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4582 279 : : : 1662 4582 280 536 536 CD 1662 4582 281 km km NN 1662 4582 282 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4582 283 claims claim NNS 1662 4582 284 : : : 1662 4582 285 continental continental NNP 1662 4582 286 shelf shelf NNP 1662 4582 287 : : : 1662 4582 288 200-m 200-m CD 1662 4582 289 depth depth NN 1662 4582 290 or or CC 1662 4582 291 to to IN 1662 4582 292 the the DT 1662 4582 293 depth depth NN 1662 4582 294 of of IN 1662 4582 295 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 4582 296 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 4582 297 economic economic JJ 1662 4582 298 zone zone NN 1662 4582 299 : : : 1662 4582 300 200 200 CD 1662 4582 301 nm nm CD 1662 4582 302 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4582 303 sea sea NN 1662 4582 304 : : : 1662 4582 305 12 12 CD 1662 4582 306 nm nm NNP 1662 4582 307 Climate climate NN 1662 4582 308 : : : 1662 4582 309 varies vary VBZ 1662 4582 310 from from IN 1662 4582 311 tropical tropical JJ 1662 4582 312 along along RB 1662 4582 313 coast coast NN 1662 4582 314 to to TO 1662 4582 315 arid arid VB 1662 4582 316 in in IN 1662 4582 317 interior interior JJ 1662 4582 318 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4582 319 : : : 1662 4582 320 low low JJ 1662 4582 321 plains plain NNS 1662 4582 322 rise rise VBP 1662 4582 323 to to IN 1662 4582 324 central central JJ 1662 4582 325 highlands highland NNS 1662 4582 326 bisected bisect VBN 1662 4582 327 by by IN 1662 4582 328 Great Great NNP 1662 4582 329 Rift Rift NNP 1662 4582 330 Valley Valley NNP 1662 4582 331 ; ; : 1662 4582 332 fertile fertile JJ 1662 4582 333 plateau plateau NN 1662 4582 334 in in IN 1662 4582 335 west west NNP 1662 4582 336 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4582 337 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4582 338 : : : 1662 4582 339 lowest low JJS 1662 4582 340 point point NN 1662 4582 341 : : : 1662 4582 342 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4582 343 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4582 344 0 0 NFP 1662 4582 345 m m DT 1662 4582 346 highest high JJS 1662 4582 347 point point NN 1662 4582 348 : : : 1662 4582 349 Mount Mount NNP 1662 4582 350 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 4582 351 5,199 5,199 CD 1662 4582 352 m m NNP 1662 4582 353 Natural natural JJ 1662 4582 354 resources resource NNS 1662 4582 355 : : : 1662 4582 356 gold gold NN 1662 4582 357 , , , 1662 4582 358 limestone limestone NN 1662 4582 359 , , , 1662 4582 360 soda soda NNP 1662 4582 361 ash ash NNP 1662 4582 362 , , , 1662 4582 363 salt salt NN 1662 4582 364 barytes baryte NNS 1662 4582 365 , , , 1662 4582 366 rubies ruby NNS 1662 4582 367 , , , 1662 4582 368 fluorspar fluorspar NNS 1662 4582 369 , , , 1662 4582 370 garnets garnet NNS 1662 4582 371 , , , 1662 4582 372 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 4582 373 Land Land NNP 1662 4582 374 use use NN 1662 4582 375 : : : 1662 4582 376 arable arable JJ 1662 4582 377 land land NN 1662 4582 378 : : : 1662 4582 379 7 7 CD 1662 4582 380 % % NN 1662 4582 381 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4582 382 crops crop NNS 1662 4582 383 : : : 1662 4582 384 1 1 CD 1662 4582 385 % % NN 1662 4582 386 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4582 387 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4582 388 : : : 1662 4582 389 37 37 CD 1662 4582 390 % % NN 1662 4582 391 forests forest NNS 1662 4582 392 and and CC 1662 4582 393 woodland woodland JJ 1662 4582 394 : : : 1662 4582 395 30 30 CD 1662 4582 396 % % NN 1662 4582 397 other other JJ 1662 4582 398 : : : 1662 4582 399 25 25 CD 1662 4582 400 % % NN 1662 4582 401 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4582 402 1993 1993 CD 1662 4582 403 est est NNP 1662 4582 404 . . . 1662 4582 405 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4583 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4583 2 land land NN 1662 4583 3 : : : 1662 4583 4 660 660 CD 1662 4583 5 sq sq NN 1662 4583 6 km km NNP 1662 4583 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4583 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 4583 9 est est NNP 1662 4583 10 . . . 1662 4583 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4584 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 4584 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4584 3 : : : 1662 4584 4 NA NA NNP 1662 4584 5 Environment environment NN 1662 4584 6 - - HYPH 1662 4584 7 current current JJ 1662 4584 8 issues issue NNS 1662 4584 9 : : : 1662 4584 10 water water NN 1662 4584 11 pollution pollution NN 1662 4584 12 from from IN 1662 4584 13 urban urban JJ 1662 4584 14 and and CC 1662 4584 15 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4584 16 wastes waste NNS 1662 4584 17 ; ; , 1662 4584 18 degradation degradation NN 1662 4584 19 of of IN 1662 4584 20 water water NN 1662 4584 21 quality quality NN 1662 4584 22 from from IN 1662 4584 23 increased increase VBN 1662 4584 24 use use NN 1662 4584 25 of of IN 1662 4584 26 pesticides pesticide NNS 1662 4584 27 and and CC 1662 4584 28 fertilizers fertilizer NNS 1662 4584 29 ; ; : 1662 4584 30 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 4584 31 ; ; , 1662 4584 32 soil soil NN 1662 4584 33 erosion erosion NN 1662 4584 34 ; ; , 1662 4584 35 desertification desertification NN 1662 4584 36 ; ; , 1662 4584 37 poaching poach VBG 1662 4584 38 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4584 39 - - HYPH 1662 4584 40 international international JJ 1662 4584 41 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4584 42 : : : 1662 4584 43 party party NN 1662 4584 44 to to TO 1662 4584 45 : : : 1662 4584 46 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 4584 47 , , , 1662 4584 48 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4584 49 Change Change NNP 1662 4584 50 , , , 1662 4584 51 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 4584 52 Species Species NNPS 1662 4584 53 , , , 1662 4584 54 Law Law NNP 1662 4584 55 of of IN 1662 4584 56 the the DT 1662 4584 57 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4584 58 , , , 1662 4584 59 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4584 60 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 4584 61 , , , 1662 4584 62 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4584 63 Life Life NNP 1662 4584 64 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 4584 65 , , , 1662 4584 66 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 4584 67 Test Test NNP 1662 4584 68 Ban Ban NNP 1662 4584 69 , , , 1662 4584 70 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 4584 71 Layer Layer NNP 1662 4584 72 Protection Protection NNP 1662 4584 73 , , , 1662 4584 74 Ship Ship NNP 1662 4584 75 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4584 76 , , , 1662 4584 77 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 4584 78 signed sign VBD 1662 4584 79 , , , 1662 4584 80 but but CC 1662 4584 81 not not RB 1662 4584 82 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4584 83 : : : 1662 4584 84 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 4584 85 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4584 86 - - HYPH 1662 4584 87 note note NN 1662 4584 88 : : : 1662 4584 89 the the DT 1662 4584 90 Kenyan Kenyan NNP 1662 4584 91 Highlands Highlands NNPS 1662 4584 92 comprise comprise VBP 1662 4584 93 one one CD 1662 4584 94 of of IN 1662 4584 95 the the DT 1662 4584 96 most most RBS 1662 4584 97 successful successful JJ 1662 4584 98 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4584 99 production production NN 1662 4584 100 regions region NNS 1662 4584 101 in in IN 1662 4584 102 Africa Africa NNP 1662 4584 103 ; ; : 1662 4584 104 glaciers glacier NNS 1662 4584 105 on on IN 1662 4584 106 Mt. Mount NNP 1662 4585 1 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 4585 2 ; ; : 1662 4585 3 unique unique JJ 1662 4585 4 physiography physiography NN 1662 4585 5 supports support VBZ 1662 4585 6 abundant abundant JJ 1662 4585 7 and and CC 1662 4585 8 varied varied JJ 1662 4585 9 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 4585 10 of of IN 1662 4585 11 scientific scientific JJ 1662 4585 12 and and CC 1662 4585 13 economic economic JJ 1662 4585 14 value value NN 1662 4585 15 @Kenya @Kenya NFP 1662 4585 16 : : : 1662 4585 17 People People NNS 1662 4585 18 Population Population NNP 1662 4585 19 : : : 1662 4585 20 28,803,085 28,803,085 CD 1662 4585 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4585 22 July July NNP 1662 4585 23 1997 1997 CD 1662 4585 24 est est NNP 1662 4585 25 . . . 1662 4585 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4586 1 Age age NN 1662 4586 2 structure structure NN 1662 4586 3 : : : 1662 4586 4 0 0 CD 1662 4586 5 - - HYPH 1662 4586 6 14 14 CD 1662 4586 7 years year NNS 1662 4586 8 : : : 1662 4586 9 44 44 CD 1662 4586 10 % % NN 1662 4586 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4586 12 male male JJ 1662 4586 13 6,403,826 6,403,826 CD 1662 4586 14 ; ; : 1662 4586 15 female female JJ 1662 4586 16 6,264,971 6,264,971 CD 1662 4586 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4586 18 15 15 CD 1662 4586 19 - - SYM 1662 4586 20 64 64 CD 1662 4586 21 years year NNS 1662 4586 22 : : : 1662 4586 23 53 53 CD 1662 4586 24 % % NN 1662 4586 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4586 26 male male JJ 1662 4586 27 7,682,401 7,682,401 CD 1662 4586 28 ; ; : 1662 4586 29 female female JJ 1662 4586 30 7,696,504 7,696,504 CD 1662 4586 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4586 32 65 65 CD 1662 4586 33 years year NNS 1662 4586 34 and and CC 1662 4586 35 over over IN 1662 4586 36 : : : 1662 4586 37 3 3 CD 1662 4586 38 % % NN 1662 4586 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4586 40 male male JJ 1662 4586 41 340,664 340,664 CD 1662 4586 42 ; ; : 1662 4586 43 female female JJ 1662 4586 44 414,719 414,719 CD 1662 4586 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4586 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4586 47 July July NNP 1662 4586 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 4586 49 est est NNP 1662 4586 50 . . . 1662 4586 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4587 1 Population population NN 1662 4587 2 growth growth NN 1662 4587 3 rate rate NN 1662 4587 4 : : : 1662 4587 5 2.13 2.13 CD 1662 4587 6 % % NN 1662 4587 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4587 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4587 9 est est NNP 1662 4587 10 . . . 1662 4587 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4588 1 Birth birth NN 1662 4588 2 rate rate NN 1662 4588 3 : : : 1662 4588 4 32.44 32.44 CD 1662 4588 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 4588 6 population population NN 1662 4588 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4588 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4588 9 est est NNP 1662 4588 10 . . . 1662 4588 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4589 1 Death death NN 1662 4589 2 rate rate NN 1662 4589 3 : : : 1662 4589 4 10.83 10.83 CD 1662 4589 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4589 6 population population NN 1662 4589 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4589 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4589 9 est est NNP 1662 4589 10 . . . 1662 4589 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4590 1 Net net JJ 1662 4590 2 migration migration NN 1662 4590 3 rate rate NN 1662 4590 4 : : : 1662 4590 5 -0.34 -0.34 NFP 1662 4590 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 4590 7 population population NN 1662 4590 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4590 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 4590 10 est est NNP 1662 4590 11 . . . 1662 4590 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4591 1 Sex sex NN 1662 4591 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 4591 3 : : : 1662 4591 4 at at IN 1662 4591 5 birth birth NN 1662 4591 6 : : : 1662 4591 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 4591 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4591 9 under under IN 1662 4591 10 15 15 CD 1662 4591 11 years year NNS 1662 4591 12 : : : 1662 4591 13 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 4591 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4591 15 15 15 CD 1662 4591 16 - - HYPH 1662 4591 17 64 64 CD 1662 4591 18 years year NNS 1662 4591 19 : : : 1662 4591 20 1 1 CD 1662 4591 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4591 22 65 65 CD 1662 4591 23 years year NNS 1662 4591 24 and and CC 1662 4591 25 over over IN 1662 4591 26 : : : 1662 4591 27 0.82 0.82 CD 1662 4591 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 4591 29 total total JJ 1662 4591 30 population population NN 1662 4591 31 : : : 1662 4591 32 1 1 CD 1662 4591 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4591 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4591 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 4591 36 est e JJS 1662 4591 37 . . . 1662 4591 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4592 1 Infant infant NN 1662 4592 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 4592 3 rate rate NN 1662 4592 4 : : : 1662 4592 5 55.2 55.2 CD 1662 4592 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4592 7 live live JJ 1662 4592 8 births birth NNS 1662 4592 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4592 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4592 11 est est NNP 1662 4592 12 . . . 1662 4592 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4593 1 Life life NN 1662 4593 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 4593 3 at at IN 1662 4593 4 birth birth NN 1662 4593 5 : : : 1662 4593 6 total total JJ 1662 4593 7 population population NN 1662 4593 8 : : : 1662 4593 9 54.39 54.39 CD 1662 4593 10 years year NNS 1662 4593 11 male male JJ 1662 4593 12 : : : 1662 4593 13 54.21 54.21 CD 1662 4593 14 years year NNS 1662 4593 15 female female JJ 1662 4593 16 : : : 1662 4593 17 54.59 54.59 CD 1662 4593 18 years year NNS 1662 4593 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4593 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 4593 21 est est NNP 1662 4593 22 . . . 1662 4593 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4594 1 Total total JJ 1662 4594 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 4594 3 rate rate NN 1662 4594 4 : : : 1662 4594 5 4.26 4.26 CD 1662 4594 6 children child NNS 1662 4594 7 born bear VBN 1662 4594 8 / / SYM 1662 4594 9 woman woman NN 1662 4594 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4594 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 4594 12 est est NNP 1662 4594 13 . . . 1662 4594 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4595 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 4595 2 : : : 1662 4595 3 noun noun NNP 1662 4595 4 : : : 1662 4595 5 Kenyan(s Kenyan(s NNP 1662 4595 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4595 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 4595 8 : : : 1662 4595 9 Kenyan kenyan JJ 1662 4595 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4595 11 groups group NNS 1662 4595 12 : : : 1662 4595 13 Kikuyu Kikuyu NNP 1662 4595 14 22 22 CD 1662 4595 15 % % NN 1662 4595 16 , , , 1662 4595 17 Luhya Luhya NNP 1662 4595 18 14 14 CD 1662 4595 19 % % NN 1662 4595 20 , , , 1662 4595 21 Luo Luo NNP 1662 4595 22 13 13 CD 1662 4595 23 % % NN 1662 4595 24 , , , 1662 4595 25 Kalenjin Kalenjin NNP 1662 4595 26 12 12 CD 1662 4595 27 % % NN 1662 4595 28 , , , 1662 4595 29 Kamba Kamba NNP 1662 4595 30 11 11 CD 1662 4595 31 % % NN 1662 4595 32 , , , 1662 4595 33 Kisii Kisii NNP 1662 4595 34 6 6 CD 1662 4595 35 % % NN 1662 4595 36 , , , 1662 4595 37 Meru Meru NNP 1662 4595 38 6 6 CD 1662 4595 39 % % NN 1662 4595 40 , , , 1662 4595 41 other other JJ 1662 4595 42 African african JJ 1662 4595 43 15 15 CD 1662 4595 44 % % NN 1662 4595 45 , , , 1662 4595 46 non non JJ 1662 4595 47 - - JJ 1662 4595 48 African african JJ 1662 4595 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4595 50 Asian asian JJ 1662 4595 51 , , , 1662 4595 52 European european JJ 1662 4595 53 , , , 1662 4595 54 and and CC 1662 4595 55 Arab arab JJ 1662 4595 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4595 57 1 1 CD 1662 4595 58 % % NN 1662 4595 59 Religions religion NNS 1662 4595 60 : : : 1662 4595 61 Protestant protestant NN 1662 4595 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4595 63 including include VBG 1662 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conventional conventional JJ 1662 4596 15 short short JJ 1662 4596 16 form form NN 1662 4596 17 : : : 1662 4596 18 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 4596 19 former former JJ 1662 4596 20 : : : 1662 4596 21 British British NNP 1662 4596 22 East East NNP 1662 4596 23 Africa Africa NNP 1662 4596 24 Data Data NNP 1662 4596 25 code code NN 1662 4596 26 : : : 1662 4596 27 KE KE NNP 1662 4596 28 Government Government NNP 1662 4596 29 type type NN 1662 4596 30 : : : 1662 4596 31 republic republic NNP 1662 4596 32 National National NNP 1662 4596 33 capital capital NN 1662 4596 34 : : : 1662 4596 35 Nairobi Nairobi NNP 1662 4596 36 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 4596 37 divisions division NNS 1662 4596 38 : : : 1662 4596 39 7 7 CD 1662 4596 40 provinces province NNS 1662 4596 41 and and CC 1662 4596 42 1 1 CD 1662 4596 43 area area NN 1662 4596 44 * * NFP 1662 4596 45 ; ; : 1662 4596 46 Central Central NNP 1662 4596 47 , , , 1662 4596 48 Coast Coast NNP 1662 4596 49 , , , 1662 4596 50 Eastern Eastern 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December December NNP 1662 4596 89 1963 1963 CD 1662 4596 90 , , , 1662 4596 91 amended amend VBD 1662 4596 92 as as IN 1662 4596 93 a a DT 1662 4596 94 republic republic NN 1662 4596 95 1964 1964 CD 1662 4596 96 ; ; : 1662 4596 97 reissued reissue VBD 1662 4596 98 with with IN 1662 4596 99 amendments amendment NNS 1662 4596 100 1979 1979 CD 1662 4596 101 , , , 1662 4596 102 1983 1983 CD 1662 4596 103 , , , 1662 4596 104 1986 1986 CD 1662 4596 105 , , , 1662 4596 106 1988 1988 CD 1662 4596 107 , , , 1662 4596 108 1991 1991 CD 1662 4596 109 , , , 1662 4596 110 and and CC 1662 4596 111 1992 1992 CD 1662 4596 112 Legal legal JJ 1662 4596 113 system system NN 1662 4596 114 : : : 1662 4596 115 based base VBN 1662 4596 116 on on IN 1662 4596 117 English English NNP 1662 4596 118 common common JJ 1662 4596 119 law law NN 1662 4596 120 , , , 1662 4596 121 tribal tribal JJ 1662 4596 122 law law NN 1662 4596 123 , , , 1662 4596 124 and and CC 1662 4596 125 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 4596 126 law 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4596 233 May May NNP 1662 4596 234 1989 1989 CD 1662 4596 235 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4596 236 ; ; : 1662 4596 237 note note VB 1662 4596 238 - - : 1662 4596 239 the the DT 1662 4596 240 president president NN 1662 4596 241 is be VBZ 1662 4596 242 both both CC 1662 4596 243 the the DT 1662 4596 244 chief chief NN 1662 4596 245 of of IN 1662 4596 246 state state NN 1662 4596 247 and and CC 1662 4596 248 head head NN 1662 4596 249 of of IN 1662 4596 250 government government NN 1662 4596 251 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4596 252 : : : 1662 4596 253 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 4596 254 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4596 255 by by IN 1662 4596 256 the the DT 1662 4596 257 president president NNP 1662 4596 258 elections election NNS 1662 4596 259 : : : 1662 4596 260 president president NNP 1662 4596 261 elected elect VBN 1662 4596 262 by by IN 1662 4596 263 popular popular JJ 1662 4596 264 vote vote NN 1662 4596 265 from from IN 1662 4596 266 among among IN 1662 4596 267 the the DT 1662 4596 268 members member 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4596 305 President President NNP 1662 4596 306 Daniel Daniel NNP 1662 4596 307 T. T. NNP 1662 4596 308 arap arap NN 1662 4596 309 MOI MOI NNP 1662 4596 310 reelected reelect VBN 1662 4596 311 ; ; : 1662 4596 312 percent percent NN 1662 4596 313 of of IN 1662 4596 314 vote vote NN 1662 4596 315 - - HYPH 1662 4596 316 Daniel Daniel NNP 1662 4596 317 T. T. NNP 1662 4596 318 arap arap NN 1662 4596 319 MOI MOI NNP 1662 4596 320 37 37 CD 1662 4596 321 % % NN 1662 4596 322 , , , 1662 4596 323 Kenneth Kenneth NNP 1662 4596 324 MATIBA MATIBA NNP 1662 4596 325 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4596 326 FORD FORD NNP 1662 4596 327 - - HYPH 1662 4596 328 ASILI ASILI NNP 1662 4596 329 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4596 330 26 26 CD 1662 4596 331 % % NN 1662 4596 332 , , , 1662 4596 333 Mwai Mwai NNP 1662 4596 334 KIBAKI KIBAKI NNP 1662 4596 335 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4596 336 DP dp NN 1662 4596 337 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4596 338 19 19 CD 1662 4596 339 % % NN 1662 4596 340 , , , 1662 4596 341 Oginga Oginga NNP 1662 4596 342 ODINGA ODINGA NNP 1662 4596 343 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4596 344 FORD FORD NNP 1662 4596 345 - - HYPH 1662 4596 346 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 4596 347 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4596 348 17 17 CD 1662 4596 349 % % NN 1662 4596 350 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 4596 351 branch branch NN 1662 4596 352 : : : 1662 4596 353 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 4596 354 National National NNP 1662 4596 355 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parties party NNS 1662 4596 431 3 3 CD 1662 4596 432 ; ; : 1662 4596 433 president president NNP 1662 4596 434 nominates nominate VBZ 1662 4596 435 12 12 CD 1662 4596 436 additional additional JJ 1662 4596 437 members member NNS 1662 4596 438 ; ; : 1662 4596 439 note note VB 1662 4596 440 - - : 1662 4596 441 as as IN 1662 4596 442 of of IN 1662 4596 443 9 9 CD 1662 4596 444 April April NNP 1662 4596 445 1996 1996 CD 1662 4596 446 seat seat NN 1662 4596 447 distribution distribution NN 1662 4596 448 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4596 449 among among IN 1662 4596 450 non non JJ 1662 4596 451 - - JJ 1662 4596 452 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4596 453 seats seat NNS 1662 4596 454 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4596 455 was be VBD 1662 4596 456 : : : 1662 4596 457 KANU KANU NNP 1662 4596 458 106 106 CD 1662 4596 459 , , , 1662 4596 460 FORD FORD NNP 1662 4596 461 - - HYPH 1662 4596 462 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 4596 463 32 32 CD 1662 4596 464 , , , 1662 4596 465 FORD FORD NNP 1662 4596 466 - - HYPH 1662 4596 467 Asili Asili NNP 1662 4596 468 22 22 CD 1662 4596 469 , , , 1662 4596 470 DP DP NNP 1662 4596 471 22 22 CD 1662 4596 472 , , , 1662 4596 473 smaller small JJR 1662 4596 474 parties party NNS 1662 4596 475 and and CC 1662 4596 476 vacancies vacancy NNS 1662 4596 477 6 6 CD 1662 4596 478 note note NN 1662 4596 479 : : : 1662 4596 480 first first JJ 1662 4596 481 multiparty multiparty JJ 1662 4596 482 election election NN 1662 4596 483 since since IN 1662 4596 484 repeal repeal NN 1662 4596 485 of of IN 1662 4596 486 one one CD 1662 4596 487 - - HYPH 1662 4596 488 party party NN 1662 4596 489 state state NN 1662 4596 490 law law NN 1662 4596 491 in in IN 1662 4596 492 1991 1991 CD 1662 4596 493 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 4596 494 branch branch NN 1662 4596 495 : : : 1662 4596 496 Court Court NNP 1662 4596 497 of of IN 1662 4596 498 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 4596 499 , , , 1662 4596 500 chief chief JJ 1662 4596 501 justice justice NN 1662 4596 502 is be VBZ 1662 4596 503 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4596 504 by by IN 1662 4596 505 the the DT 1662 4596 506 president president NN 1662 4596 507 ; ; : 1662 4596 508 High High NNP 1662 4596 509 Court Court NNP 1662 4596 510 Political political JJ 1662 4596 511 parties party NNS 1662 4596 512 and and CC 1662 4596 513 leaders leader NNS 1662 4596 514 : : : 1662 4596 515 ruling rule VBG 1662 4596 516 party party NN 1662 4596 517 : : : 1662 4596 518 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 4596 519 African African NNP 1662 4596 520 National National NNP 1662 4596 521 Union Union NNP 1662 4596 522 or or CC 1662 4596 523 KANU KANU NNP 1662 4596 524 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4596 525 President President NNP 1662 4596 526 Daniel Daniel NNP 1662 4596 527 Toroitich Toroitich NNP 1662 4596 528 arap arap NN 1662 4596 529 MOI MOI NNP 1662 4596 530 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4596 531 opposition opposition NN 1662 4596 532 party party NN 1662 4596 533 : : : 1662 4596 534 Forum forum NN 1662 4596 535 for for IN 1662 4596 536 the the DT 1662 4596 537 Restoration Restoration NNP 1662 4596 538 of of IN 1662 4596 539 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 4596 540 or or CC 1662 4596 541 FORD FORD NNP 1662 4596 542 - - HYPH 1662 4596 543 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 4596 544 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4596 545 Michael Michael NNP 1662 4596 546 WAMALWA WAMALWA NNP 1662 4596 547 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4596 548 ; ; : 1662 4596 549 Forum Forum NNP 1662 4596 550 for for IN 1662 4596 551 the the DT 1662 4596 552 Restoration Restoration NNP 1662 4596 553 of of IN 1662 4596 554 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 4596 555 or or CC 1662 4596 556 FORD FORD NNP 1662 4596 557 - - HYPH 1662 4596 558 Asili Asili NNP 1662 4596 559 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4596 560 Kenneth Kenneth NNP 1662 4596 561 MATIBA MATIBA NNP 1662 4596 562 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4596 563 ; ; : 1662 4596 564 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4596 565 Party Party NNP 1662 4596 566 of of IN 1662 4596 567 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 4596 568 or or CC 1662 4596 569 DP DP NNP 1662 4596 570 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4596 571 Mwai Mwai NNP 1662 4596 572 KIBAKI KIBAKI NNP 1662 4596 573 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4596 574 Political 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687 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 4596 688 , , , 1662 4596 689 UNOMIL UNOMIL NNP 1662 4596 690 , , , 1662 4596 691 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 4596 692 , , , 1662 4596 693 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 4596 694 , , , 1662 4596 695 UNU UNU NNP 1662 4596 696 , , , 1662 4596 697 UPU UPU NNP 1662 4596 698 , , , 1662 4596 699 WCL WCL NNP 1662 4596 700 , , , 1662 4596 701 WHO WHO NNP 1662 4596 702 , , , 1662 4596 703 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 4596 704 , , , 1662 4596 705 WMO WMO NNP 1662 4596 706 , , , 1662 4596 707 WToO wtoo FW 1662 4596 708 , , , 1662 4596 709 WTrO wtro VB 1662 4596 710 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4596 711 representation representation NN 1662 4596 712 in in IN 1662 4596 713 the the DT 1662 4596 714 US US NNP 1662 4596 715 : : : 1662 4596 716 chief chief NN 1662 4596 717 of of IN 1662 4596 718 mission mission NN 1662 4596 719 : : : 1662 4596 720 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 4596 721 Benjamin Benjamin NNP 1662 4596 722 Edgar Edgar NNP 1662 4596 723 KIPKORIR KIPKORIR NNP 1662 4596 724 chancery 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- HYPH 1662 4606 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 4606 5 price price NN 1662 4606 6 index index NN 1662 4606 7 : : : 1662 4606 8 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 4606 9 % % NN 1662 4606 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4606 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 4606 12 est est NNP 1662 4606 13 . . . 1662 4606 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4607 1 Labor labor NN 1662 4607 2 force force NN 1662 4607 3 : : : 1662 4607 4 total total NN 1662 4607 5 : : : 1662 4607 6 8.78 8.78 CD 1662 4607 7 million million CD 1662 4607 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4607 9 1993 1993 CD 1662 4607 10 est est NNP 1662 4607 11 . . . 1662 4607 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4608 1 by by IN 1662 4608 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 4608 3 : : : 1662 4608 4 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4608 5 75%-80 75%-80 CD 1662 4608 6 % % NN 1662 4608 7 , , , 1662 4608 8 non non JJ 1662 4608 9 - - NN 1662 4608 10 agriculture agriculture JJ 1662 4608 11 20%-25 20%-25 CD 1662 4608 12 % % NN 1662 4608 13 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4608 14 rate rate NN 1662 4608 15 : : : 1662 4608 16 35 35 CD 1662 4608 17 % % NN 1662 4608 18 urban urban JJ 1662 4608 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4608 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 4608 21 est est NNP 1662 4608 22 . . . 1662 4608 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4609 1 Budget budget NN 1662 4609 2 : : : 1662 4609 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 4609 4 : : : 1662 4609 5 $ $ $ 1662 4609 6 2.7 2.7 CD 1662 4609 7 billion billion CD 1662 4609 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4609 9 : : : 1662 4609 10 $ $ $ 1662 4609 11 2.7 2.7 CD 1662 4609 12 billion billion CD 1662 4609 13 , , , 1662 4609 14 including include VBG 1662 4609 15 capital capital NN 1662 4609 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4609 17 of of IN 1662 4609 18 $ $ $ 1662 4609 19 620 620 CD 1662 4609 20 million million CD 1662 4609 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4609 22 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 4609 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4609 24 Industries industry NNS 1662 4609 25 : : : 1662 4609 26 small small JJ 1662 4609 27 - 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NNS 1662 4612 34 : : : 1662 4612 35 UK UK NNP 1662 4612 36 21.3 21.3 CD 1662 4612 37 % % NN 1662 4612 38 , , , 1662 4612 39 UAE UAE NNP 1662 4612 40 18 18 CD 1662 4612 41 % % NN 1662 4612 42 , , , 1662 4612 43 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4612 44 14 14 CD 1662 4612 45 % % NN 1662 4612 46 , , , 1662 4612 47 Germany Germany NNP 1662 4612 48 , , , 1662 4612 49 US US NNP 1662 4612 50 Debt Debt NNP 1662 4612 51 - - HYPH 1662 4612 52 external external JJ 1662 4612 53 : : : 1662 4612 54 $ $ $ 1662 4612 55 7 7 CD 1662 4612 56 billion billion CD 1662 4612 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4612 58 1994 1994 CD 1662 4612 59 est est NNP 1662 4612 60 . . . 1662 4612 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4613 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 4613 2 aid aid NN 1662 4613 3 : : : 1662 4613 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 4613 5 : : : 1662 4613 6 multilateral multilateral JJ 1662 4613 7 $ $ $ 1662 4613 8 490 490 CD 1662 4613 9 million million CD 1662 4613 10 ; ; : 1662 4613 11 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 4613 12 $ $ $ 1662 4613 13 433 433 CD 1662 4613 14 million million CD 1662 4613 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4613 16 1993 1993 CD 1662 4613 17 est est NNP 1662 4613 18 . . . 1662 4613 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4614 1 Currency currency NN 1662 4614 2 : : : 1662 4614 3 1 1 CD 1662 4614 4 Kenyan kenyan JJ 1662 4614 5 shilling shilling NN 1662 4614 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4614 7 KSh KSh NNP 1662 4614 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4614 9 = = NFP 1662 4614 10 100 100 CD 1662 4614 11 cents cent NNS 1662 4614 12 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 4614 13 rates rate NNS 1662 4614 14 : : : 1662 4614 15 Kenyan kenyan JJ 1662 4614 16 shillings shilling NNS 1662 4614 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4614 18 KSh KSh NNP 1662 4614 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4614 20 per per IN 1662 4614 21 US$ us$ $ 1662 4614 22 1 1 CD 1662 4614 23 - - HYPH 1662 4614 24 54.738 54.738 CD 1662 4614 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4614 26 January January NNP 1662 4614 27 1997 1997 CD 1662 4614 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4614 29 , , , 1662 4614 30 57.115 57.115 CD 1662 4614 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4614 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 4614 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4614 34 , , , 1662 4614 35 51.430 51.430 CD 1662 4614 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4614 37 1995 1995 CD 1662 4614 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4614 39 , , , 1662 4614 40 56.051 56.051 CD 1662 4614 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4614 42 1994 1994 CD 1662 4614 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4614 44 , , , 1662 4614 45 58.001 58.001 CD 1662 4614 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4614 47 1993 1993 CD 1662 4614 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4614 49 , , , 1662 4614 50 32.217 32.217 CD 1662 4614 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4614 52 1992 1992 CD 1662 4614 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4614 54 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4614 55 year year NN 1662 4614 56 : : : 1662 4614 57 1 1 CD 1662 4614 58 July July NNP 1662 4614 59 - - HYPH 1662 4614 60 30 30 CD 1662 4614 61 June June NNP 1662 4614 62 @Kenya @kenya NN 1662 4614 63 : : : 1662 4614 64 Communications Communications NNP 1662 4614 65 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 4614 66 : : : 1662 4614 67 357,251 357,251 CD 1662 4614 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4614 69 1989 1989 CD 1662 4614 70 est est NNP 1662 4614 71 . . . 1662 4614 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4615 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 4615 2 system system NN 1662 4615 3 : : : 1662 4615 4 in in IN 1662 4615 5 top top JJ 1662 4615 6 group group NN 1662 4615 7 of of IN 1662 4615 8 African african JJ 1662 4615 9 systems system NNS 1662 4615 10 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4615 11 : : : 1662 4615 12 primarily primarily RB 1662 4615 13 microwave microwave VB 1662 4615 14 radio radio NN 1662 4615 15 relay relay NN 1662 4615 16 international international NNP 1662 4615 17 : : : 1662 4615 18 satellite satellite NN 1662 4615 19 earth earth NN 1662 4615 20 stations station NNS 1662 4615 21 - - , 1662 4615 22 2 2 CD 1662 4615 23 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4615 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4615 25 1 1 CD 1662 4615 26 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4615 27 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4615 28 and and CC 1662 4615 29 1 1 CD 1662 4615 30 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4615 31 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4615 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4615 33 Radio radio NN 1662 4615 34 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4615 35 stations station NNS 1662 4615 36 : : : 1662 4615 37 AM AM NNP 1662 4615 38 16 16 CD 1662 4615 39 , , , 1662 4615 40 FM FM NNP 1662 4615 41 4 4 CD 1662 4615 42 , , , 1662 4615 43 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 4615 44 0 0 CD 1662 4615 45 Radios radio NNS 1662 4615 46 : : : 1662 4615 47 NA NA NNP 1662 4615 48 Television Television NNP 1662 4615 49 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4615 50 stations station NNS 1662 4615 51 : : : 1662 4615 52 6 6 CD 1662 4615 53 Televisions television NNS 1662 4615 54 : : : 1662 4615 55 260,000 260,000 CD 1662 4615 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4615 57 1993 1993 CD 1662 4615 58 est est NNP 1662 4615 59 . . . 1662 4615 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4616 1 @Kenya @kenya LS 1662 4616 2 : : : 1662 4616 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4616 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 4616 5 : : : 1662 4616 6 total total NN 1662 4616 7 : : : 1662 4616 8 2,652 2,652 CD 1662 4616 9 km km NN 1662 4616 10 narrow narrow JJ 1662 4616 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 4616 12 : : : 1662 4616 13 2,652 2,652 CD 1662 4616 14 km km NN 1662 4616 15 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 4616 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 4616 17 Highways highway NNS 1662 4616 18 : : : 1662 4616 19 total total NN 1662 4616 20 : : : 1662 4616 21 63,663 63,663 CD 1662 4616 22 km km NN 1662 4616 23 paved pave VBN 1662 4616 24 : : : 1662 4616 25 8,785 8,785 CD 1662 4616 26 km km NNS 1662 4616 27 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4616 28 : : : 1662 4616 29 54,878 54,878 CD 1662 4616 30 km km NNS 1662 4616 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4616 32 1995 1995 CD 1662 4616 33 est est NNP 1662 4616 34 . . . 1662 4616 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4617 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 4617 2 : : : 1662 4617 3 part part NN 1662 4617 4 of of IN 1662 4617 5 Lake Lake NNP 1662 4617 6 Victoria Victoria NNP 1662 4617 7 system system NN 1662 4617 8 is be VBZ 1662 4617 9 within within IN 1662 4617 10 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4617 11 of of IN 1662 4617 12 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 4617 13 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 4617 14 : : : 1662 4617 15 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4617 16 products product NNS 1662 4617 17 483 483 CD 1662 4617 18 km km NN 1662 4617 19 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 4617 20 and and CC 1662 4617 21 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4617 22 : : : 1662 4617 23 Kisumu Kisumu NNP 1662 4617 24 , , , 1662 4617 25 Lamu Lamu NNP 1662 4617 26 , , , 1662 4617 27 Mombasa Mombasa NNP 1662 4617 28 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 4617 29 marine marine NN 1662 4617 30 : : : 1662 4617 31 total total NN 1662 4617 32 : : : 1662 4617 33 2 2 CD 1662 4617 34 ships ship NNS 1662 4617 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4617 36 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4617 37 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4617 38 or or CC 1662 4617 39 over over RB 1662 4617 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4617 41 totaling total VBG 1662 4617 42 4,883 4,883 CD 1662 4617 43 GRT/6,255 GRT/6,255 NNP 1662 4617 44 DWT DWT NNP 1662 4617 45 ships ship NNS 1662 4617 46 by by IN 1662 4617 47 type type NN 1662 4617 48 : : : 1662 4617 49 oil oil NN 1662 4617 50 tanker tanker NN 1662 4617 51 1 1 CD 1662 4617 52 , , , 1662 4617 53 roll roll VB 1662 4617 54 on on RP 1662 4617 55 / / SYM 1662 4617 56 roll roll NN 1662 4617 57 off off RP 1662 4617 58 1 1 CD 1662 4617 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4617 60 1996 1996 CD 1662 4617 61 est est NNP 1662 4617 62 . . . 1662 4617 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4618 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4618 2 : : : 1662 4618 3 200 200 CD 1662 4618 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4618 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4618 6 est est NNP 1662 4618 7 . . . 1662 4618 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4619 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4619 2 - - , 1662 4619 3 with with IN 1662 4619 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4619 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4619 6 : : : 1662 4619 7 total total NN 1662 4619 8 : : : 1662 4619 9 92 92 CD 1662 4619 10 over over IN 1662 4619 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4619 12 m m NN 1662 4619 13 : : : 1662 4619 14 3 3 CD 1662 4619 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4619 16 to to IN 1662 4619 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4619 18 m m NN 1662 4619 19 : : : 1662 4619 20 2 2 CD 1662 4619 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4619 22 to to TO 1662 4619 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4619 24 m m NN 1662 4619 25 : : : 1662 4619 26 2 2 CD 1662 4619 27 914 914 CD 1662 4619 28 to to TO 1662 4619 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4619 30 m m NN 1662 4619 31 : : : 1662 4619 32 22 22 CD 1662 4619 33 under under IN 1662 4619 34 914 914 CD 1662 4619 35 m m NN 1662 4619 36 : : : 1662 4619 37 63 63 CD 1662 4619 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4619 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 4619 40 est est NNP 1662 4619 41 . . . 1662 4619 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4620 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4620 2 - - , 1662 4620 3 with with IN 1662 4620 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4620 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4620 6 : : : 1662 4620 7 total total NN 1662 4620 8 : : : 1662 4620 9 108 108 CD 1662 4620 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4620 11 to to IN 1662 4620 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4620 13 m m NN 1662 4620 14 : : : 1662 4620 15 1 1 CD 1662 4620 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4620 17 to to TO 1662 4620 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4620 19 m m NN 1662 4620 20 : : : 1662 4620 21 12 12 CD 1662 4620 22 914 914 CD 1662 4620 23 to to TO 1662 4620 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4620 25 m m NN 1662 4620 26 : : : 1662 4620 27 95 95 CD 1662 4620 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4620 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 4620 30 est est NNP 1662 4620 31 . . . 1662 4620 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4621 1 Military military JJ 1662 4621 2 Military military JJ 1662 4621 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4621 4 : : : 1662 4621 5 Army Army NNP 1662 4621 6 , , , 1662 4621 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 4621 8 , , , 1662 4621 9 Air Air NNP 1662 4621 10 Force Force NNP 1662 4621 11 , , , 1662 4621 12 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 4621 13 General General NNP 1662 4621 14 Service Service NNP 1662 4621 15 Unit Unit NNP 1662 4621 16 of of IN 1662 4621 17 the the DT 1662 4621 18 Police Police NNP 1662 4621 19 Military Military NNP 1662 4621 20 manpower manpower NN 1662 4621 21 - - HYPH 1662 4621 22 availability availability NN 1662 4621 23 : : : 1662 4621 24 males male NNS 1662 4621 25 age age NNP 1662 4621 26 15 15 CD 1662 4621 27 - - HYPH 1662 4621 28 49 49 CD 1662 4621 29 : : : 1662 4621 30 6,903,241 6,903,241 CD 1662 4621 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4621 32 1997 1997 CD 1662 4621 33 est est NNP 1662 4621 34 . . . 1662 4621 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4622 1 Military military JJ 1662 4622 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4622 3 - - HYPH 1662 4622 4 fit fit NN 1662 4622 5 for for IN 1662 4622 6 military military JJ 1662 4622 7 service service NN 1662 4622 8 : : : 1662 4622 9 males male NNS 1662 4622 10 : : : 1662 4622 11 4,266,063 4,266,063 CD 1662 4622 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4622 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4622 14 est est NNP 1662 4622 15 . . . 1662 4622 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4623 1 Military military JJ 1662 4623 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4623 3 - - HYPH 1662 4623 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4623 5 figure figure NN 1662 4623 6 : : : 1662 4623 7 $ $ $ 1662 4623 8 134 134 CD 1662 4623 9 million million CD 1662 4623 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4623 11 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 4623 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4623 13 Military military JJ 1662 4623 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4623 15 - - : 1662 4623 16 percent percent NN 1662 4623 17 of of IN 1662 4623 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4623 19 : : : 1662 4623 20 3.9 3.9 CD 1662 4623 21 % % NN 1662 4623 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4623 23 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 4623 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4623 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4623 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4623 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 4623 28 - - HYPH 1662 4623 29 international international JJ 1662 4623 30 : : : 1662 4623 31 administrative administrative JJ 1662 4623 32 boundary boundary NN 1662 4623 33 with with IN 1662 4623 34 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 4623 35 does do VBZ 1662 4623 36 not not RB 1662 4623 37 coincide coincide VB 1662 4623 38 with with IN 1662 4623 39 international international JJ 1662 4623 40 boundary boundary NN 1662 4623 41 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 4623 42 drugs drug VBZ 1662 4623 43 : : : 1662 4623 44 widespread widespread JJ 1662 4623 45 harvesting harvesting NN 1662 4623 46 of of IN 1662 4623 47 small small JJ 1662 4623 48 , , , 1662 4623 49 wild wild JJ 1662 4623 50 plots plot NNS 1662 4623 51 of of IN 1662 4623 52 marijuana marijuana NNP 1662 4623 53 and and CC 1662 4623 54 qat qat NNP 1662 4623 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4623 56 chat chat NN 1662 4623 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4623 58 ; ; : 1662 4623 59 transit transit NN 1662 4623 60 country country NN 1662 4623 61 for for IN 1662 4623 62 South south JJ 1662 4623 63 Asian asian JJ 1662 4623 64 heroin heroin NN 1662 4623 65 destined destine VBN 1662 4623 66 for for IN 1662 4623 67 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4623 68 and and CC 1662 4623 69 , , , 1662 4623 70 sometimes sometimes RB 1662 4623 71 , , , 1662 4623 72 North North NNP 1662 4623 73 America America NNP 1662 4623 74 ; ; : 1662 4623 75 Indian indian JJ 1662 4623 76 methaqualone methaqualone NN 1662 4623 77 also also RB 1662 4623 78 transits transit VBZ 1662 4623 79 on on IN 1662 4623 80 way way NN 1662 4623 81 to to IN 1662 4623 82 South South NNP 1662 4623 83 Africa Africa NNP 1662 4623 84 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 85 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 86 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 87 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 88 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 89 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 90 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 91 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 92 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 93 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 94 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 95 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 96 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 97 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 98 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 99 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 100 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 101 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 102 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 103 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 104 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 105 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 106 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 107 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 108 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 109 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 110 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 111 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 112 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 113 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 114 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 115 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 116 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 117 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 118 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 119 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 120 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 121 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 122 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 123 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 124 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 125 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 126 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 127 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 128 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 129 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 130 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 131 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 132 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 133 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 134 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 135 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 136 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 137 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 138 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 139 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 140 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 141 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 142 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 143 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 144 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 145 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 146 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 147 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 148 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 149 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 150 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 151 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 152 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 153 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 154 KINGMAN KINGMAN NNP 1662 4623 155 REEF REEF NNP 1662 4623 156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4623 157 territory territory NN 1662 4623 158 of of IN 1662 4623 159 the the DT 1662 4623 160 US US NNP 1662 4623 161 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4623 162 @Kingman @Kingman NNP 1662 4623 163 Reef Reef NNP 1662 4623 164 : : : 1662 4623 165 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4623 166 Location Location NNP 1662 4623 167 : : : 1662 4623 168 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 4623 169 , , , 1662 4623 170 reef reef NN 1662 4623 171 in in IN 1662 4623 172 the the DT 1662 4623 173 North North NNP 1662 4623 174 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 4623 175 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4623 176 , , , 1662 4623 177 about about RB 1662 4623 178 one one CD 1662 4623 179 - - HYPH 1662 4623 180 half half NN 1662 4623 181 of of IN 1662 4623 182 the the DT 1662 4623 183 way way NN 1662 4623 184 from from IN 1662 4623 185 Hawaii Hawaii NNP 1662 4623 186 to to IN 1662 4623 187 American American NNP 1662 4623 188 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 4623 189 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4623 190 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4623 191 : : : 1662 4623 192 6 6 CD 1662 4623 193 24 24 CD 1662 4623 194 N n CD 1662 4623 195 , , , 1662 4623 196 162 162 CD 1662 4623 197 24 24 CD 1662 4623 198 W W NNP 1662 4623 199 Map Map NNP 1662 4623 200 references reference NNS 1662 4623 201 : : : 1662 4623 202 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 4623 203 Area Area NNP 1662 4623 204 : : : 1662 4623 205 total total NN 1662 4623 206 : : : 1662 4623 207 1 1 LS 1662 4623 208 sq sq NN 1662 4623 209 km km NNP 1662 4623 210 land land NN 1662 4623 211 : : : 1662 4623 212 1 1 LS 1662 4623 213 sq sq NNP 1662 4623 214 km km NNP 1662 4623 215 water water NN 1662 4623 216 : : : 1662 4623 217 0 0 NFP 1662 4623 218 sq sq NN 1662 4623 219 km km NNP 1662 4623 220 Area area NN 1662 4623 221 - - HYPH 1662 4623 222 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4623 223 : : : 1662 4623 224 about about IN 1662 4623 225 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 4623 226 times time NNS 1662 4623 227 the the DT 1662 4623 228 size size NN 1662 4623 229 of of IN 1662 4623 230 The the DT 1662 4623 231 Mall Mall NNP 1662 4623 232 in in IN 1662 4623 233 Washington Washington NNP 1662 4623 234 , , , 1662 4623 235 DC DC NNP 1662 4623 236 Land Land NNP 1662 4623 237 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4623 238 : : : 1662 4623 239 0 0 LS 1662 4623 240 km km NN 1662 4623 241 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4623 242 : : : 1662 4623 243 3 3 LS 1662 4623 244 km km NN 1662 4623 245 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4623 246 claims claim NNS 1662 4623 247 : : : 1662 4623 248 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 4623 249 economic economic JJ 1662 4623 250 zone zone NN 1662 4623 251 : : : 1662 4623 252 200 200 CD 1662 4623 253 nm nm CD 1662 4623 254 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4623 255 sea sea NN 1662 4623 256 : : : 1662 4623 257 12 12 CD 1662 4623 258 nm nm NNP 1662 4623 259 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4623 260 : : : 1662 4623 261 tropical tropical JJ 1662 4623 262 , , , 1662 4623 263 but but CC 1662 4623 264 moderated moderate VBN 1662 4623 265 by by IN 1662 4623 266 prevailing prevail VBG 1662 4623 267 winds wind NNS 1662 4623 268 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4623 269 : : : 1662 4623 270 low low JJ 1662 4623 271 and and CC 1662 4623 272 nearly nearly RB 1662 4623 273 level level NN 1662 4623 274 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4623 275 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4623 276 : : : 1662 4623 277 lowest low JJS 1662 4623 278 point point NN 1662 4623 279 : : : 1662 4623 280 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 4623 281 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4623 282 0 0 NFP 1662 4623 283 m m DT 1662 4623 284 highest high JJS 1662 4623 285 point point NN 1662 4623 286 : : : 1662 4623 287 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 4623 288 location location NN 1662 4623 289 1 1 CD 1662 4623 290 m m NNP 1662 4623 291 Natural natural JJ 1662 4623 292 resources resource NNS 1662 4623 293 : : : 1662 4623 294 none none NN 1662 4623 295 Land Land NNP 1662 4623 296 use use NN 1662 4623 297 : : : 1662 4623 298 arable arable JJ 1662 4623 299 land land NN 1662 4623 300 : : : 1662 4623 301 0 0 CD 1662 4623 302 % % NN 1662 4623 303 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4623 304 crops crop NNS 1662 4623 305 : : : 1662 4623 306 0 0 CD 1662 4623 307 % % NN 1662 4623 308 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4623 309 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4623 310 : : : 1662 4623 311 0 0 CD 1662 4623 312 % % NN 1662 4623 313 forests forest NNS 1662 4623 314 and and CC 1662 4623 315 woodland woodland JJ 1662 4623 316 : : : 1662 4623 317 0 0 CD 1662 4623 318 % % NN 1662 4623 319 other other JJ 1662 4623 320 : : : 1662 4623 321 100 100 CD 1662 4623 322 % % NN 1662 4623 323 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4623 324 land land NN 1662 4623 325 : : : 1662 4623 326 0 0 LS 1662 4623 327 sq sq NNP 1662 4623 328 km km NNP 1662 4623 329 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4623 330 1996 1996 CD 1662 4623 331 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4623 332 Natural natural JJ 1662 4623 333 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4623 334 : : : 1662 4623 335 wet wet JJ 1662 4623 336 or or CC 1662 4623 337 awash awash VB 1662 4623 338 most most JJS 1662 4623 339 of of IN 1662 4623 340 the the DT 1662 4623 341 time time NN 1662 4623 342 , , , 1662 4623 343 maximum maximum JJ 1662 4623 344 elevation elevation NN 1662 4623 345 of of IN 1662 4623 346 about about RB 1662 4623 347 1 1 CD 1662 4623 348 meter meter NN 1662 4623 349 makes make VBZ 1662 4623 350 Kingman Kingman NNP 1662 4623 351 Reef Reef NNP 1662 4623 352 a a DT 1662 4623 353 maritime maritime JJ 1662 4623 354 hazard hazard NN 1662 4623 355 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4623 356 - - HYPH 1662 4623 357 current current JJ 1662 4623 358 issues issue NNS 1662 4623 359 : : : 1662 4623 360 none none NN 1662 4623 361 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4623 362 - - HYPH 1662 4623 363 international international JJ 1662 4623 364 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4623 365 : : : 1662 4623 366 party party NN 1662 4623 367 to to IN 1662 4623 368 : : : 1662 4623 369 NA NA NNP 1662 4623 370 signed sign VBN 1662 4623 371 , , , 1662 4623 372 but but CC 1662 4623 373 not not RB 1662 4623 374 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4623 375 : : : 1662 4623 376 NA NA NNP 1662 4623 377 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4623 378 - - HYPH 1662 4623 379 note note NN 1662 4623 380 : : : 1662 4623 381 barren barren NNP 1662 4623 382 coral coral NNP 1662 4623 383 atoll atoll NNP 1662 4623 384 with with IN 1662 4623 385 deep deep JJ 1662 4623 386 interior interior JJ 1662 4623 387 lagoon lagoon NN 1662 4623 388 ; ; , 1662 4623 389 closed close VBD 1662 4623 390 to to IN 1662 4623 391 the the DT 1662 4623 392 public public NN 1662 4623 393 @Kingman @Kingman NNP 1662 4623 394 Reef Reef NNP 1662 4623 395 : : : 1662 4623 396 People People NNP 1662 4623 397 Population Population NNP 1662 4623 398 : : : 1662 4623 399 uninhabited uninhabited JJ 1662 4623 400 @Kingman @Kingman NNP 1662 4623 401 Reef Reef NNP 1662 4623 402 : : : 1662 4623 403 Government Government NNP 1662 4623 404 Country Country NNP 1662 4623 405 name name NN 1662 4623 406 : : : 1662 4623 407 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4623 408 long long JJ 1662 4623 409 form form NN 1662 4623 410 : : : 1662 4623 411 none none NN 1662 4623 412 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4623 413 short short JJ 1662 4623 414 form form NN 1662 4623 415 : : : 1662 4623 416 Kingman Kingman NNP 1662 4623 417 Reef Reef NNP 1662 4623 418 Data Data NNP 1662 4623 419 code code NN 1662 4623 420 : : : 1662 4623 421 KQ kq NN 1662 4623 422 Dependency dependency NN 1662 4623 423 status status NN 1662 4623 424 : : : 1662 4623 425 unincorporated unincorporated JJ 1662 4623 426 territory territory NN 1662 4623 427 of of IN 1662 4623 428 the the DT 1662 4623 429 US US NNP 1662 4623 430 ; ; : 1662 4623 431 administered administer VBN 1662 4623 432 by by IN 1662 4623 433 the the DT 1662 4623 434 US US NNP 1662 4623 435 Navy Navy NNP 1662 4623 436 ; ; : 1662 4623 437 however however RB 1662 4623 438 , , , 1662 4623 439 it -PRON- PRP 1662 4623 440 is be VBZ 1662 4623 441 awash awash JJ 1662 4623 442 the the DT 1662 4623 443 majority majority NN 1662 4623 444 of of IN 1662 4623 445 the the DT 1662 4623 446 time time NN 1662 4623 447 , , , 1662 4623 448 so so CC 1662 4623 449 it -PRON- PRP 1662 4623 450 is be VBZ 1662 4623 451 not not RB 1662 4623 452 usable usable JJ 1662 4623 453 and and CC 1662 4623 454 is be VBZ 1662 4623 455 uninhabited uninhabited JJ 1662 4623 456 National national JJ 1662 4623 457 capital capital NN 1662 4623 458 : : : 1662 4623 459 none none NN 1662 4623 460 ; ; , 1662 4623 461 administered administer VBN 1662 4623 462 from from IN 1662 4623 463 Washington Washington NNP 1662 4623 464 , , , 1662 4623 465 DC DC NNP 1662 4623 466 Flag Flag NNP 1662 4623 467 description description NN 1662 4623 468 : : : 1662 4623 469 the the DT 1662 4623 470 flag flag NN 1662 4623 471 of of IN 1662 4623 472 the the DT 1662 4623 473 US US NNP 1662 4623 474 is be VBZ 1662 4623 475 used use VBN 1662 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4623 510 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 4623 511 by by IN 1662 4623 512 Pan Pan NNP 1662 4623 513 American American NNP 1662 4623 514 Airways Airways NNP 1662 4623 515 for for IN 1662 4623 516 flying fly VBG 1662 4623 517 boats boat NNS 1662 4623 518 in in IN 1662 4623 519 1937 1937 CD 1662 4623 520 and and CC 1662 4623 521 1938 1938 CD 1662 4623 522 Military Military NNP 1662 4623 523 Military Military NNP 1662 4623 524 - - HYPH 1662 4623 525 note note NN 1662 4623 526 : : : 1662 4623 527 defense defense NN 1662 4623 528 is be VBZ 1662 4623 529 the the DT 1662 4623 530 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 4623 531 of of IN 1662 4623 532 the the DT 1662 4623 533 US US NNP 1662 4623 534 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4623 535 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4623 536 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 4623 537 - - : 1662 4623 538 international international RB 1662 4623 539 : : : 1662 4623 540 none none NN 1662 4623 541 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 542 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 543 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 544 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 545 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 546 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 547 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 548 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 549 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 550 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 551 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 552 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 553 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 554 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 555 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 556 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 557 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 558 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 559 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 560 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 561 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 562 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 563 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 564 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 565 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 566 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 567 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 568 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 569 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 570 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 571 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 572 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 573 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 574 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 575 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 576 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 577 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 578 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 579 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 580 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 581 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 582 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 583 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 584 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 585 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 586 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 587 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 588 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 589 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 590 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 591 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 592 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 593 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 594 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 595 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 596 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 597 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 598 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 599 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 600 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 601 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 602 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 603 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 604 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 605 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 606 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 607 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 608 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 609 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 610 _ _ NNP 1662 4623 611 KIRIBATI KIRIBATI NNP 1662 4623 612 @Kiribati @kiribati XX 1662 4623 613 : : : 1662 4623 614 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4623 615 Location Location NNP 1662 4623 616 : : : 1662 4623 617 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 4623 618 , , , 1662 4623 619 group group NN 1662 4623 620 of of IN 1662 4623 621 islands island NNS 1662 4623 622 in in IN 1662 4623 623 the the DT 1662 4623 624 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 4623 625 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4623 626 , , , 1662 4623 627 straddling straddle VBG 1662 4623 628 the the DT 1662 4623 629 equator equator NN 1662 4623 630 , , , 1662 4623 631 about about RB 1662 4623 632 one one CD 1662 4623 633 - - HYPH 1662 4623 634 half half NN 1662 4623 635 of of IN 1662 4623 636 the the DT 1662 4623 637 way way NN 1662 4623 638 from from IN 1662 4623 639 Hawaii Hawaii NNP 1662 4623 640 to to IN 1662 4623 641 Australia Australia NNP 1662 4623 642 ; ; : 1662 4623 643 note note VB 1662 4623 644 - - HYPH 1662 4623 645 on on IN 1662 4623 646 1 1 CD 1662 4623 647 January January NNP 1662 4623 648 1995 1995 CD 1662 4623 649 , , , 1662 4623 650 Kiribati Kiribati NNP 1662 4623 651 unilaterally unilaterally RB 1662 4623 652 moved move VBD 1662 4623 653 the the DT 1662 4623 654 International International NNP 1662 4623 655 Date Date NNP 1662 4623 656 Line Line NNP 1662 4623 657 from from IN 1662 4623 658 the the DT 1662 4623 659 middle middle NN 1662 4623 660 of of IN 1662 4623 661 the the DT 1662 4623 662 country country NN 1662 4623 663 to to TO 1662 4623 664 include include VB 1662 4623 665 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 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water water NN 1662 4623 704 : : : 1662 4623 705 0 0 NFP 1662 4623 706 sq sq NNP 1662 4623 707 km km NNP 1662 4623 708 note note NN 1662 4623 709 : : : 1662 4623 710 includes include VBZ 1662 4623 711 three three CD 1662 4623 712 island island NN 1662 4623 713 groups group NNS 1662 4623 714 - - : 1662 4623 715 Gilbert Gilbert NNP 1662 4623 716 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 4623 717 , , , 1662 4623 718 Line Line NNP 1662 4623 719 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 4623 720 , , , 1662 4623 721 Phoenix Phoenix NNP 1662 4623 722 Islands Islands NNP 1662 4623 723 Area Area NNP 1662 4623 724 - - HYPH 1662 4623 725 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4623 726 : : : 1662 4623 727 four four CD 1662 4623 728 times time NNS 1662 4623 729 the the DT 1662 4623 730 size size NN 1662 4623 731 of of IN 1662 4623 732 Washington Washington NNP 1662 4623 733 , , , 1662 4623 734 DC DC NNP 1662 4623 735 Land Land NNP 1662 4623 736 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4623 737 : : : 1662 4623 738 0 0 LS 1662 4623 739 km km NN 1662 4623 740 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4623 741 : : : 1662 4623 742 1,143 1,143 CD 1662 4623 743 km km NN 1662 4623 744 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4623 745 claims claim VBZ 1662 4623 746 : : : 1662 4623 747 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 4623 748 economic economic JJ 1662 4623 749 zone zone NN 1662 4623 750 : : : 1662 4623 751 200 200 CD 1662 4623 752 nm nm CD 1662 4623 753 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4623 754 sea sea NN 1662 4623 755 : : : 1662 4623 756 12 12 CD 1662 4623 757 nm nm NNP 1662 4623 758 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4623 759 : : : 1662 4623 760 tropical tropical JJ 1662 4623 761 ; ; : 1662 4623 762 marine marine JJ 1662 4623 763 , , , 1662 4623 764 hot hot JJ 1662 4623 765 and and CC 1662 4623 766 humid humid JJ 1662 4623 767 , , , 1662 4623 768 moderated moderate VBN 1662 4623 769 by by IN 1662 4623 770 trade trade NN 1662 4623 771 winds wind NNS 1662 4623 772 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4623 773 : : : 1662 4623 774 mostly mostly RB 1662 4623 775 low low RB 1662 4623 776 - - 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Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 4624 79 Layer Layer NNP 1662 4624 80 Protection Protection NNP 1662 4624 81 , , , 1662 4624 82 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 4624 83 signed sign VBD 1662 4624 84 , , , 1662 4624 85 but but CC 1662 4624 86 not not RB 1662 4624 87 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4624 88 : : : 1662 4624 89 none none NN 1662 4624 90 of of IN 1662 4624 91 the the DT 1662 4624 92 selected select VBN 1662 4624 93 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4624 94 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4624 95 - - HYPH 1662 4624 96 note note NNP 1662 4624 97 : : : 1662 4624 98 20 20 CD 1662 4624 99 of of IN 1662 4624 100 the the DT 1662 4624 101 33 33 CD 1662 4624 102 islands island NNS 1662 4624 103 are be VBP 1662 4624 104 inhabited inhabit VBN 1662 4624 105 ; ; : 1662 4624 106 Banaba Banaba NNP 1662 4624 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4624 108 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4624 109 Island Island NNP 1662 4624 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4624 111 in in IN 1662 4624 112 Kiribati Kiribati NNP 1662 4624 113 is be VBZ 1662 4624 114 one one CD 1662 4624 115 of of IN 1662 4624 116 the the DT 1662 4624 117 three three CD 1662 4624 118 great great JJ 1662 4624 119 phosphate phosphate NN 1662 4624 120 rock rock NN 1662 4624 121 islands island NNS 1662 4624 122 in in IN 1662 4624 123 the the DT 1662 4624 124 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 4624 125 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4624 126 - - , 1662 4624 127 the the DT 1662 4624 128 others other NNS 1662 4624 129 are be VBP 1662 4624 130 Makatea Makatea NNP 1662 4624 131 in in IN 1662 4624 132 French french JJ 1662 4624 133 Polynesia Polynesia NNP 1662 4624 134 and and CC 1662 4624 135 Nauru Nauru NNP 1662 4624 136 @Kiribati @Kiribati NNP 1662 4624 137 : : : 1662 4624 138 People People NNS 1662 4624 139 Population Population NNP 1662 4624 140 : : : 1662 4624 141 82,449 82,449 CD 1662 4624 142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4624 143 July July NNP 1662 4624 144 1997 1997 CD 1662 4624 145 est est NNP 1662 4624 146 . . . 1662 4624 147 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4625 1 Age age NN 1662 4625 2 structure structure NN 1662 4625 3 : : : 1662 4625 4 0 0 CD 1662 4625 5 - - HYPH 1662 4625 6 14 14 CD 1662 4625 7 years year NNS 1662 4625 8 : : : 1662 4625 9 NA NA NNP 1662 4625 10 15 15 CD 1662 4625 11 - - SYM 1662 4625 12 64 64 CD 1662 4625 13 years year NNS 1662 4625 14 : : : 1662 4625 15 NA na IN 1662 4625 16 65 65 CD 1662 4625 17 years year NNS 1662 4625 18 and and CC 1662 4625 19 over over RB 1662 4625 20 : : : 1662 4625 21 NA NA NNP 1662 4625 22 Population Population NNP 1662 4625 23 growth growth NN 1662 4625 24 rate rate NN 1662 4625 25 : : : 1662 4625 26 1.85 1.85 CD 1662 4625 27 % % NN 1662 4625 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4625 29 1997 1997 CD 1662 4625 30 est est NNP 1662 4625 31 . . . 1662 4625 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4626 1 Birth birth NN 1662 4626 2 rate rate NN 1662 4626 3 : : : 1662 4626 4 26.79 26.79 CD 1662 4626 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 4626 6 population population NN 1662 4626 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4626 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4626 9 est est NNP 1662 4626 10 . . . 1662 4626 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4627 1 Death death NN 1662 4627 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4638 3 is be VBZ 1662 4638 4 constrained constrain VBN 1662 4638 5 by by IN 1662 4638 6 a a DT 1662 4638 7 shortage shortage NN 1662 4638 8 of of IN 1662 4638 9 skilled skilled JJ 1662 4638 10 workers worker NNS 1662 4638 11 , , , 1662 4638 12 weak weak JJ 1662 4638 13 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 4638 14 , , , 1662 4638 15 and and CC 1662 4638 16 remoteness remoteness NN 1662 4638 17 from from IN 1662 4638 18 international international JJ 1662 4638 19 markets market NNS 1662 4638 20 . . . 1662 4639 1 The the DT 1662 4639 2 financial financial JJ 1662 4639 3 sector sector NN 1662 4639 4 is be VBZ 1662 4639 5 at at IN 1662 4639 6 an an DT 1662 4639 7 early early JJ 1662 4639 8 stage stage NN 1662 4639 9 of of IN 1662 4639 10 development development NN 1662 4639 11 . . . 1662 4640 1 Foreign foreign JJ 1662 4640 2 financial financial JJ 1662 4640 3 aid aid NN 1662 4640 4 , , , 1662 4640 5 largely largely RB 1662 4640 6 from from IN 1662 4640 7 the the DT 1662 4640 8 UK UK NNP 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4642 2 : : : 1662 4642 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4642 4 power power NN 1662 4642 5 parity parity NN 1662 4642 6 - - : 1662 4642 7 $ $ $ 1662 4642 8 62 62 CD 1662 4642 9 million million CD 1662 4642 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4642 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4642 12 est est NNP 1662 4642 13 . . . 1662 4642 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4643 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4643 2 - - HYPH 1662 4643 3 real real JJ 1662 4643 4 growth growth NN 1662 4643 5 rate rate NN 1662 4643 6 : : : 1662 4643 7 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 4643 8 % % NN 1662 4643 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4643 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 4643 11 est est NNP 1662 4643 12 . . . 1662 4643 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4644 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4644 2 - - HYPH 1662 4644 3 per per FW 1662 4644 4 capita capita NN 1662 4644 5 : : : 1662 4644 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4644 7 power power NN 1662 4644 8 parity parity NN 1662 4644 9 - - : 1662 4644 10 $ $ $ 1662 4644 11 800 800 CD 1662 4644 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4644 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 4644 14 est est NNP 1662 4644 15 . . . 1662 4644 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4645 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4645 2 - - HYPH 1662 4645 3 composition composition NN 1662 4645 4 by by IN 1662 4645 5 sector sector NN 1662 4645 6 : : : 1662 4645 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4645 8 : : : 1662 4645 9 11 11 CD 1662 4645 10 % % NN 1662 4645 11 industry industry NN 1662 4645 12 : : : 1662 4645 13 4 4 CD 1662 4645 14 % % NN 1662 4645 15 services service NNS 1662 4645 16 : : : 1662 4645 17 85 85 CD 1662 4645 18 % % NN 1662 4645 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4645 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 4645 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4645 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 4645 23 rate rate NN 1662 4645 24 - - HYPH 1662 4645 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 4645 26 price price NN 1662 4645 27 index index NN 1662 4645 28 : : : 1662 4645 29 5.1 5.1 CD 1662 4645 30 % % NN 1662 4645 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4645 32 1994 1994 CD 1662 4645 33 est est NNP 1662 4645 34 . . . 1662 4645 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4646 1 Labor labor NN 1662 4646 2 force force NN 1662 4646 3 : : : 1662 4646 4 total total NN 1662 4646 5 : : : 1662 4646 6 7,870 7,870 CD 1662 4646 7 economically economically RB 1662 4646 8 active active JJ 1662 4646 9 , , , 1662 4646 10 not not RB 1662 4646 11 including include VBG 1662 4646 12 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 4646 13 farmers farmer NNS 1662 4646 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4646 15 1985 1985 CD 1662 4646 16 est est NNP 1662 4646 17 . . . 1662 4646 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4647 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4647 2 rate rate NN 1662 4647 3 : : : 1662 4647 4 2 2 CD 1662 4647 5 % % NN 1662 4647 6 ; ; , 1662 4647 7 underemployment underemployment JJ 1662 4647 8 70 70 CD 1662 4647 9 % % NN 1662 4647 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4647 11 1992 1992 CD 1662 4647 12 est est NNP 1662 4647 13 . . . 1662 4647 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4648 1 Budget budget NN 1662 4648 2 : : : 1662 4648 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 4648 4 : : : 1662 4648 5 $ $ $ 1662 4648 6 32.5 32.5 CD 1662 4648 7 million million CD 1662 4648 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4648 9 : : : 1662 4648 10 $ $ $ 1662 4648 11 54.3 54.3 CD 1662 4648 12 million million CD 1662 4648 13 , , , 1662 4648 14 including include VBG 1662 4648 15 capital capital NN 1662 4648 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4648 17 of of IN 1662 4648 18 $ $ $ 1662 4648 19 NA na NN 1662 4648 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4648 21 1995 1995 CD 1662 4648 22 est est NNP 1662 4648 23 . . . 1662 4648 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4649 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 4649 2 : : : 1662 4649 3 fishing fishing NN 1662 4649 4 , , , 1662 4649 5 handicrafts handicrafts JJ 1662 4649 6 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 4649 7 production production NN 1662 4649 8 growth growth NN 1662 4649 9 rate rate NN 1662 4649 10 : : : 1662 4649 11 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 4649 12 % % NN 1662 4649 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4649 14 1992 1992 CD 1662 4649 15 est est NNP 1662 4649 16 . . . 1662 4649 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4650 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4650 2 - - HYPH 1662 4650 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 4650 4 : : : 1662 4650 5 5,000 5,000 CD 1662 4650 6 kW kw NN 1662 4650 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4650 8 1994 1994 CD 1662 4650 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4650 10 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4650 11 - - HYPH 1662 4650 12 production production NN 1662 4650 13 : : : 1662 4650 14 10 10 CD 1662 4650 15 million million CD 1662 4650 16 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4650 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4650 18 1994 1994 CD 1662 4650 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4650 20 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4650 21 - - HYPH 1662 4650 22 consumption consumption NN 1662 4650 23 per per IN 1662 4650 24 capita capita NN 1662 4650 25 : : : 1662 4650 26 NA NA NNP 1662 4650 27 kWh kwh ADD 1662 4650 28 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4650 29 - - HYPH 1662 4650 30 products product NNS 1662 4650 31 : : : 1662 4650 32 copra copra NNP 1662 4650 33 , , , 1662 4650 34 taro taro NNP 1662 4650 35 , , , 1662 4650 36 breadfruit breadfruit NN 1662 4650 37 , , , 1662 4650 38 sweet sweet JJ 1662 4650 39 potatoes potato NNS 1662 4650 40 , , , 1662 4650 41 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 4650 42 ; ; , 1662 4650 43 fish fish NN 1662 4650 44 Exports export NNS 1662 4650 45 : : : 1662 4650 46 total total JJ 1662 4650 47 value value NN 1662 4650 48 : : : 1662 4650 49 $ $ $ 1662 4650 50 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 4650 51 million million CD 1662 4650 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4650 53 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 4650 54 . . NNP 1662 4650 55 , , , 1662 4650 56 1995 1995 CD 1662 4650 57 est est NNP 1662 4650 58 . . . 1662 4650 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4651 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4651 2 : : : 1662 4651 3 copra copra NNP 1662 4651 4 50 50 CD 1662 4651 5 % % NN 1662 4651 6 , , , 1662 4651 7 seaweed seaweed VB 1662 4651 8 16 16 CD 1662 4651 9 % % NN 1662 4651 10 , , , 1662 4651 11 fish fish NN 1662 4651 12 15 15 CD 1662 4651 13 % % NN 1662 4651 14 partners partner NNS 1662 4651 15 : : : 1662 4651 16 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 4651 17 , , , 1662 4651 18 Fiji Fiji NNP 1662 4651 19 , , , 1662 4651 20 US US NNP 1662 4651 21 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 4651 22 : : : 1662 4651 23 total total JJ 1662 4651 24 value value NN 1662 4651 25 : : : 1662 4651 26 $ $ $ 1662 4651 27 38.6 38.6 CD 1662 4651 28 million million CD 1662 4651 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4651 30 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 4651 31 . . NNP 1662 4651 32 , , , 1662 4651 33 1995 1995 CD 1662 4651 34 est est NNP 1662 4651 35 . . . 1662 4651 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4652 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4652 2 : : : 1662 4652 3 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 4652 4 , , , 1662 4652 5 machinery machinery NN 1662 4652 6 and and CC 1662 4652 7 equipment equipment NN 1662 4652 8 , , , 1662 4652 9 miscellaneous miscellaneous JJ 1662 4652 10 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 4652 11 goods good NNS 1662 4652 12 , , , 1662 4652 13 fuel fuel NN 1662 4652 14 partners partner NNS 1662 4652 15 : : : 1662 4652 16 Australia Australia NNP 1662 4652 17 40 40 CD 1662 4652 18 % % NN 1662 4652 19 , , , 1662 4652 20 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4652 21 13 13 CD 1662 4652 22 % % NN 1662 4652 23 , , , 1662 4652 24 Fiji Fiji NNP 1662 4652 25 10 10 CD 1662 4652 26 % % NN 1662 4652 27 , , , 1662 4652 28 NZ NZ NNP 1662 4652 29 6 6 CD 1662 4652 30 % % NN 1662 4652 31 , , , 1662 4652 32 US US NNP 1662 4652 33 4 4 CD 1662 4652 34 % % NN 1662 4652 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4652 36 1994 1994 CD 1662 4652 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4652 38 Debt debt NN 1662 4652 39 - - HYPH 1662 4652 40 external external JJ 1662 4652 41 : : : 1662 4652 42 $ $ $ 1662 4652 43 2 2 CD 1662 4652 44 million million CD 1662 4652 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4652 46 December December NNP 1662 4652 47 1989 1989 CD 1662 4652 48 est est NNP 1662 4652 49 . . . 1662 4652 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4653 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 4653 2 aid aid NN 1662 4653 3 : : : 1662 4653 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 4653 5 : : : 1662 4653 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 4653 7 , , , 1662 4653 8 $ $ $ 1662 4653 9 4.725 4.725 CD 1662 4653 10 million million CD 1662 4653 11 from from IN 1662 4653 12 Australia Australia NNP 1662 4653 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4653 14 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 4653 15 est est NNP 1662 4653 16 . . . 1662 4654 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4654 2 ; ; : 1662 4654 3 $ $ $ 1662 4654 4 2.175 2.175 CD 1662 4654 5 million million CD 1662 4654 6 from from IN 1662 4654 7 NZ NZ NNP 1662 4654 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4654 9 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 4654 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4654 11 Currency currency NN 1662 4654 12 : : : 1662 4654 13 1 1 CD 1662 4654 14 Australian australian JJ 1662 4654 15 dollar dollar NN 1662 4654 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4654 17 $ $ $ 1662 4654 18 A a NN 1662 4654 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4654 20 = = SYM 1662 4654 21 100 100 CD 1662 4654 22 cents cent NNS 1662 4654 23 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 4654 24 rates rate NNS 1662 4654 25 : : : 1662 4654 26 Australian australian JJ 1662 4654 27 dollars dollar NNS 1662 4654 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4654 29 $ $ $ 1662 4654 30 A a NN 1662 4654 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4654 32 per per IN 1662 4654 33 US$ us$ $ 1662 4654 34 1 1 CD 1662 4654 35 - 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- : 1662 4655 13 1 1 CD 1662 4655 14 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4655 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4655 16 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 4655 17 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4655 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4655 19 note note NN 1662 4655 20 : : : 1662 4655 21 Kiribati Kiribati NNP 1662 4655 22 is be VBZ 1662 4655 23 being be VBG 1662 4655 24 linked link VBN 1662 4655 25 to to IN 1662 4655 26 the the DT 1662 4655 27 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 4655 28 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4655 29 Cooperative Cooperative NNP 1662 4655 30 Telecommunications Telecommunications NNP 1662 4655 31 Network Network NNP 1662 4655 32 , , , 1662 4655 33 which which WDT 1662 4655 34 should should MD 1662 4655 35 improve improve VB 1662 4655 36 telephone telephone NN 1662 4655 37 service service NN 1662 4655 38 Radio Radio NNP 1662 4655 39 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4655 40 stations station NNS 1662 4655 41 : : : 1662 4655 42 AM AM NNP 1662 4655 43 1 1 CD 1662 4655 44 , , , 1662 4655 45 FM FM NNP 1662 4655 46 0 0 CD 1662 4655 47 , , , 1662 4655 48 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 4655 49 0 0 CD 1662 4655 50 Radios radio NNS 1662 4655 51 : : : 1662 4655 52 15,000 15,000 CD 1662 4655 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4655 54 1992 1992 CD 1662 4655 55 est est NNP 1662 4655 56 . . . 1662 4655 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4656 1 Television television NN 1662 4656 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4656 3 stations station NNS 1662 4656 4 : : : 1662 4656 5 0 0 CD 1662 4656 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4656 7 1988 1988 CD 1662 4656 8 est est NNP 1662 4656 9 . . . 1662 4656 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4657 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 4657 2 : : : 1662 4657 3 0 0 CD 1662 4657 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4657 5 1988 1988 CD 1662 4657 6 est est NNP 1662 4657 7 . . . 1662 4657 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4658 1 @Kiribati @Kiribati NNP 1662 4658 2 : : : 1662 4658 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4658 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 4658 5 : : : 1662 4658 6 0 0 LS 1662 4658 7 km km NN 1662 4658 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 4658 9 : : : 1662 4658 10 total total NN 1662 4658 11 : : : 1662 4658 12 655 655 CD 1662 4658 13 km km NNS 1662 4658 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4658 15 1995 1995 CD 1662 4658 16 est est NNP 1662 4658 17 . . . 1662 4658 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4659 1 paved pave VBN 1662 4659 2 : : : 1662 4659 3 NA NA NNP 1662 4659 4 km km PRP 1662 4659 5 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4659 6 : : : 1662 4659 7 NA NA NNP 1662 4659 8 km km POS 1662 4659 9 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 4659 10 : : : 1662 4659 11 small small JJ 1662 4659 12 network network NN 1662 4659 13 of of IN 1662 4659 14 canals canal NNS 1662 4659 15 , , , 1662 4659 16 totaling total VBG 1662 4659 17 5 5 CD 1662 4659 18 km km NN 1662 4659 19 , , , 1662 4659 20 in in IN 1662 4659 21 Line Line NNP 1662 4659 22 Islands Islands NNP 1662 4659 23 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 4659 24 and and CC 1662 4659 25 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4659 26 : : : 1662 4659 27 Banaba Banaba NNP 1662 4659 28 , , , 1662 4659 29 Betio Betio NNP 1662 4659 30 , , , 1662 4659 31 English English NNP 1662 4659 32 Harbor Harbor NNP 1662 4659 33 , , , 1662 4659 34 Kanton Kanton NNP 1662 4659 35 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 4659 36 marine marine NN 1662 4659 37 : : : 1662 4659 38 total total NN 1662 4659 39 : : : 1662 4659 40 2 2 CD 1662 4659 41 ships ship NNS 1662 4659 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4659 43 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4659 44 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4659 45 or or CC 1662 4659 46 over over RB 1662 4659 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4659 48 totaling total VBG 1662 4659 49 3,248 3,248 CD 1662 4659 50 GRT/4,496 GRT/4,496 NNP 1662 4659 51 DWT DWT NNP 1662 4659 52 ships ship NNS 1662 4659 53 by by IN 1662 4659 54 type type NN 1662 4659 55 : : : 1662 4659 56 oil oil NN 1662 4659 57 tanker tanker NN 1662 4659 58 1 1 CD 1662 4659 59 , , , 1662 4659 60 short short JJ 1662 4659 61 - - HYPH 1662 4659 62 sea sea NN 1662 4659 63 passenger passenger NN 1662 4659 64 1 1 CD 1662 4659 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4659 66 1996 1996 CD 1662 4659 67 est est NNP 1662 4659 68 . . . 1662 4659 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4660 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4660 2 : : : 1662 4660 3 20 20 CD 1662 4660 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4660 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4660 6 est est NNP 1662 4660 7 . . . 1662 4660 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4661 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4661 2 - - , 1662 4661 3 with with IN 1662 4661 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4661 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4661 6 : : : 1662 4661 7 total total NN 1662 4661 8 : : : 1662 4661 9 9 9 CD 1662 4661 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4661 11 to to TO 1662 4661 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4661 13 m m NN 1662 4661 14 : : : 1662 4661 15 4 4 CD 1662 4661 16 under under IN 1662 4661 17 914 914 CD 1662 4661 18 m m NN 1662 4661 19 : : : 1662 4661 20 5 5 CD 1662 4661 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4661 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 4661 23 est est NNP 1662 4661 24 . . . 1662 4661 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4662 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4662 2 - - , 1662 4662 3 with with IN 1662 4662 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4662 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4662 6 : : : 1662 4662 7 total total NN 1662 4662 8 : : : 1662 4662 9 11 11 CD 1662 4662 10 914 914 CD 1662 4662 11 to to TO 1662 4662 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4662 13 m m NN 1662 4662 14 : : : 1662 4662 15 11 11 CD 1662 4662 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4662 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 4662 18 est est NNP 1662 4662 19 . . . 1662 4662 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4663 1 Military military JJ 1662 4663 2 Military military JJ 1662 4663 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4663 4 : : : 1662 4663 5 no no DT 1662 4663 6 regular regular JJ 1662 4663 7 military military JJ 1662 4663 8 forces force NNS 1662 4663 9 ; ; : 1662 4663 10 Police Police NNP 1662 4663 11 Force Force NNP 1662 4663 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4663 13 carries carry VBZ 1662 4663 14 out out RP 1662 4663 15 law law NN 1662 4663 16 enforcement enforcement NN 1662 4663 17 functions function NNS 1662 4663 18 and and CC 1662 4663 19 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 4663 20 duties duty NNS 1662 4663 21 ; ; , 1662 4663 22 small small JJ 1662 4663 23 police police NN 1662 4663 24 posts post NNS 1662 4663 25 are be VBP 1662 4663 26 on on IN 1662 4663 27 all all DT 1662 4663 28 islands island NNS 1662 4663 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4663 30 Military military JJ 1662 4663 31 manpower manpower NN 1662 4663 32 - 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- HYPH 1662 4665 21 current current JJ 1662 4665 22 issues issue NNS 1662 4665 23 : : : 1662 4665 24 localized localize VBN 1662 4665 25 air air NN 1662 4665 26 pollution pollution NN 1662 4665 27 attributable attributable JJ 1662 4665 28 to to TO 1662 4665 29 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 4665 30 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4665 31 controls control NNS 1662 4665 32 ; ; : 1662 4665 33 water water NN 1662 4665 34 pollution pollution NN 1662 4665 35 ; ; , 1662 4665 36 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 4665 37 supplies supply NNS 1662 4665 38 of of IN 1662 4665 39 potable potable JJ 1662 4665 40 water water NN 1662 4665 41 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4665 42 - - HYPH 1662 4665 43 international international JJ 1662 4665 44 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4665 45 : : : 1662 4665 46 party party NN 1662 4665 47 to to TO 1662 4665 48 : : : 1662 4665 49 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 4665 50 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 4665 51 , , , 1662 4665 52 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 4665 53 , , , 1662 4665 54 Climate climate NN 1662 4665 55 Change change NN 1662 4665 56 , , , 1662 4665 57 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 4665 58 Modification Modification NNP 1662 4665 59 , , , 1662 4665 60 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 4665 61 Layer Layer NNP 1662 4665 62 Protection Protection NNP 1662 4665 63 , , , 1662 4665 64 Ship Ship NNP 1662 4665 65 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4665 66 signed sign VBD 1662 4665 67 , , , 1662 4665 68 but but CC 1662 4665 69 not not RB 1662 4665 70 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4665 71 : : : 1662 4665 72 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 4665 73 - - HYPH 1662 4665 74 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 4665 75 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 4665 76 , , , 1662 4665 77 Law Law NNP 1662 4665 78 of of IN 1662 4665 79 the the DT 1662 4665 80 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4665 81 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4665 82 - - HYPH 1662 4665 83 note note NNP 1662 4665 84 : : : 1662 4665 85 strategic strategic JJ 1662 4665 86 location location NN 1662 4665 87 bordering border VBG 1662 4665 88 China China NNP 1662 4665 89 , , , 1662 4665 90 South South NNP 1662 4665 91 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4665 92 , , , 1662 4665 93 and and CC 1662 4665 94 Russia Russia NNP 1662 4665 95 ; ; , 1662 4665 96 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 4665 97 interior interior NN 1662 4665 98 is be VBZ 1662 4665 99 isolated isolate VBN 1662 4665 100 , , , 1662 4665 101 nearly nearly RB 1662 4665 102 inaccessible inaccessible JJ 1662 4665 103 , , , 1662 4665 104 and and CC 1662 4665 105 sparsely sparsely RB 1662 4665 106 populated populated JJ 1662 4665 107 @Korea @Korea NNP 1662 4665 108 , , , 1662 4665 109 North North NNP 1662 4665 110 : : : 1662 4665 111 People People NNP 1662 4665 112 Population Population NNP 1662 4665 113 : : : 1662 4665 114 24,317,004 24,317,004 CD 1662 4665 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4665 116 July July NNP 1662 4665 117 1997 1997 CD 1662 4665 118 est est NNP 1662 4665 119 . . . 1662 4665 120 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4666 1 Age age NN 1662 4666 2 structure structure NN 1662 4666 3 : : : 1662 4666 4 0 0 CD 1662 4666 5 - 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- HYPH 1662 4675 37 sponsored sponsor VBN 1662 4675 38 religious religious JJ 1662 4675 39 groups group NNS 1662 4675 40 exist exist VBP 1662 4675 41 to to TO 1662 4675 42 provide provide VB 1662 4675 43 illusion illusion NN 1662 4675 44 of of IN 1662 4675 45 religious religious JJ 1662 4675 46 freedom freedom NN 1662 4675 47 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 4675 48 : : : 1662 4675 49 Korean Korean NNP 1662 4675 50 Literacy literacy NN 1662 4675 51 : : : 1662 4675 52 definition definition NN 1662 4675 53 : : : 1662 4675 54 age age NN 1662 4675 55 15 15 CD 1662 4675 56 and and CC 1662 4675 57 over over RB 1662 4675 58 can can MD 1662 4675 59 read read VB 1662 4675 60 and and CC 1662 4675 61 write write VB 1662 4675 62 Korean korean JJ 1662 4675 63 total total JJ 1662 4675 64 population population NN 1662 4675 65 : : : 1662 4675 66 99 99 CD 1662 4675 67 % % NN 1662 4675 68 male male NN 1662 4675 69 : : : 1662 4675 70 99 99 CD 1662 4675 71 % % NN 1662 4675 72 female female NN 1662 4675 73 : : : 1662 4675 74 99 99 CD 1662 4675 75 % % NN 1662 4675 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4675 77 1990 1990 CD 1662 4675 78 est est NNP 1662 4675 79 . . . 1662 4675 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4676 1 @Korea @korea NN 1662 4676 2 , , , 1662 4676 3 North North NNP 1662 4676 4 : : : 1662 4676 5 Government Government NNP 1662 4676 6 Country Country NNP 1662 4676 7 name name NN 1662 4676 8 : : : 1662 4676 9 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4676 10 long long JJ 1662 4676 11 form form NN 1662 4676 12 : : : 1662 4676 13 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4676 14 People People NNPS 1662 4676 15 's 's POS 1662 4676 16 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4676 17 of of IN 1662 4676 18 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4676 19 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4676 20 short short JJ 1662 4676 21 form form NN 1662 4676 22 : : : 1662 4676 23 North North NNP 1662 4676 24 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4676 25 local local JJ 1662 4676 26 long long JJ 1662 4676 27 form form NN 1662 4676 28 : : : 1662 4676 29 Choson Choson NNP 1662 4676 30 - 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- HYPH 1662 4676 498 song song NN 1662 4676 499 in in IN 1662 4676 500 July July NNP 1662 4676 501 1994 1994 CD 1662 4676 502 election election NN 1662 4676 503 results result NNS 1662 4676 504 : : : 1662 4676 505 percent percent NN 1662 4676 506 of of IN 1662 4676 507 vote vote NN 1662 4676 508 by by IN 1662 4676 509 party party NN 1662 4676 510 - - HYPH 1662 4676 511 NA NA NNP 1662 4676 512 ; ; , 1662 4676 513 seats seat NNS 1662 4676 514 by by IN 1662 4676 515 party party NN 1662 4676 516 - - , 1662 4676 517 the the DT 1662 4676 518 KWP KWP NNP 1662 4676 519 approves approve VBZ 1662 4676 520 a a DT 1662 4676 521 single single JJ 1662 4676 522 list list NN 1662 4676 523 of of IN 1662 4676 524 candidates candidate NNS 1662 4676 525 who who WP 1662 4676 526 are be VBP 1662 4676 527 elected elect VBN 1662 4676 528 without without IN 1662 4676 529 opposition opposition NN 1662 4676 530 ; ; : 1662 4676 531 minor minor JJ 1662 4676 532 parties party NNS 1662 4676 533 hold hold VBP 1662 4676 534 a a DT 1662 4676 535 few few JJ 1662 4676 536 seats seat NNS 1662 4676 537 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 4676 538 branch branch NN 1662 4676 539 : : : 1662 4676 540 Central Central NNP 1662 4676 541 Court Court NNP 1662 4676 542 , , , 1662 4676 543 judges judge NNS 1662 4676 544 are be VBP 1662 4676 545 elected elect VBN 1662 4676 546 by by IN 1662 4676 547 the the DT 1662 4676 548 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 4676 549 People People NNPS 1662 4676 550 's 's POS 1662 4676 551 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4676 552 Political political JJ 1662 4676 553 parties party NNS 1662 4676 554 and and CC 1662 4676 555 leaders leader NNS 1662 4676 556 : : : 1662 4676 557 major major JJ 1662 4676 558 party party NN 1662 4676 559 - 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- HYPH 1662 4678 36 style style NN 1662 4678 37 economic economic JJ 1662 4678 38 relations relation NNS 1662 4678 39 and and CC 1662 4678 40 technological technological JJ 1662 4678 41 links link NNS 1662 4678 42 with with IN 1662 4678 43 the the DT 1662 4678 44 former former JJ 1662 4678 45 USSR USSR NNP 1662 4678 46 and and CC 1662 4678 47 China China NNP 1662 4678 48 . . . 1662 4679 1 The the DT 1662 4679 2 leadership leadership NN 1662 4679 3 has have VBZ 1662 4679 4 insisted insist VBN 1662 4679 5 on on IN 1662 4679 6 maintaining maintain VBG 1662 4679 7 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4679 8 high high JJ 1662 4679 9 level level NN 1662 4679 10 of of IN 1662 4679 11 military military JJ 1662 4679 12 outlays outlay NNS 1662 4679 13 from from IN 1662 4679 14 a a DT 1662 4679 15 shrinking shrink VBG 1662 4679 16 economic economic JJ 1662 4679 17 pie pie NN 1662 4679 18 . . . 1662 4680 1 Moreover moreover RB 1662 4680 2 , , , 1662 4680 3 a a DT 1662 4680 4 serious serious JJ 1662 4680 5 drawdown drawdown NN 1662 4680 6 in in IN 1662 4680 7 inventories inventory NNS 1662 4680 8 and and CC 1662 4680 9 critical critical JJ 1662 4680 10 shortages shortage NNS 1662 4680 11 in in IN 1662 4680 12 the the DT 1662 4680 13 energy energy NN 1662 4680 14 sector sector NN 1662 4680 15 have have VBP 1662 4680 16 led lead VBN 1662 4680 17 to to IN 1662 4680 18 increasing increase VBG 1662 4680 19 interruptions interruption NNS 1662 4680 20 in in IN 1662 4680 21 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4680 22 production production NN 1662 4680 23 . . . 1662 4681 1 Abundant abundant JJ 1662 4681 2 mineral mineral NN 1662 4681 3 resources resource NNS 1662 4681 4 and and CC 1662 4681 5 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 4681 6 have have VBP 1662 4681 7 formed form VBN 1662 4681 8 the the DT 1662 4681 9 basis basis NN 1662 4681 10 of of IN 1662 4681 11 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4681 12 development development NN 1662 4681 13 since since IN 1662 4681 14 World World NNP 1662 4681 15 War War NNP 1662 4681 16 II II NNP 1662 4681 17 . . . 1662 4682 1 Manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 4682 2 is be VBZ 1662 4682 3 centered center VBN 1662 4682 4 on on IN 1662 4682 5 heavy heavy JJ 1662 4682 6 industry industry NN 1662 4682 7 , , , 1662 4682 8 including include VBG 1662 4682 9 military military JJ 1662 4682 10 industry industry NN 1662 4682 11 , , , 1662 4682 12 with with IN 1662 4682 13 light light JJ 1662 4682 14 industry industry NN 1662 4682 15 lagging lag VBG 1662 4682 16 far far RB 1662 4682 17 behind behind RB 1662 4682 18 . . . 1662 4683 1 Despite despite IN 1662 4683 2 the the DT 1662 4683 3 use use NN 1662 4683 4 of of IN 1662 4683 5 improved improved JJ 1662 4683 6 seed seed NN 1662 4683 7 varieties variety NNS 1662 4683 8 , , , 1662 4683 9 expansion expansion NN 1662 4683 10 of of IN 1662 4683 11 irrigation irrigation NN 1662 4683 12 , , , 1662 4683 13 and and CC 1662 4683 14 the the DT 1662 4683 15 heavy heavy JJ 1662 4683 16 use use NN 1662 4683 17 of of IN 1662 4683 18 fertilizers fertilizer NNS 1662 4683 19 , , , 1662 4683 20 North North NNP 1662 4683 21 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4683 22 has have VBZ 1662 4683 23 not not RB 1662 4683 24 yet yet RB 1662 4683 25 become become VBN 1662 4683 26 self self NN 1662 4683 27 - - HYPH 1662 4683 28 sufficient sufficient JJ 1662 4683 29 in in IN 1662 4683 30 food food NN 1662 4683 31 production production NN 1662 4683 32 . . . 1662 4684 1 Indeed indeed RB 1662 4684 2 , , , 1662 4684 3 a a DT 1662 4684 4 shortage shortage NN 1662 4684 5 of of IN 1662 4684 6 arable arable JJ 1662 4684 7 lands land NNS 1662 4684 8 , , , 1662 4684 9 several several JJ 1662 4684 10 years year NNS 1662 4684 11 of of IN 1662 4684 12 poor poor JJ 1662 4684 13 harvests harvest NNS 1662 4684 14 , , , 1662 4684 15 systemic systemic JJ 1662 4684 16 inefficiencies inefficiency NNS 1662 4684 17 , , , 1662 4684 18 a a DT 1662 4684 19 cumbersome cumbersome JJ 1662 4684 20 distribution distribution NN 1662 4684 21 system system NN 1662 4684 22 , , , 1662 4684 23 and and CC 1662 4684 24 extensive extensive JJ 1662 4684 25 floods flood NNS 1662 4684 26 in in IN 1662 4684 27 1995 1995 CD 1662 4684 28 - - SYM 1662 4684 29 96 96 CD 1662 4684 30 have have VBP 1662 4684 31 resulted result VBN 1662 4684 32 in in IN 1662 4684 33 recurring recur VBG 1662 4684 34 food food NN 1662 4684 35 shortages shortage NNS 1662 4684 36 . . . 1662 4685 1 Substantial substantial JJ 1662 4685 2 grain grain NN 1662 4685 3 shipments shipment NNS 1662 4685 4 from from IN 1662 4685 5 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4685 6 and and CC 1662 4685 7 South South NNP 1662 4685 8 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4685 9 are be VBP 1662 4685 10 offsetting offset VBG 1662 4685 11 a a DT 1662 4685 12 portion portion NN 1662 4685 13 of of IN 1662 4685 14 the the DT 1662 4685 15 losses loss NNS 1662 4685 16 . . . 1662 4686 1 North North NNP 1662 4686 2 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4686 3 remains remain VBZ 1662 4686 4 far far RB 1662 4686 5 behind behind IN 1662 4686 6 South South NNP 1662 4686 7 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4686 8 in in IN 1662 4686 9 economic economic JJ 1662 4686 10 development development NN 1662 4686 11 and and CC 1662 4686 12 living living NN 1662 4686 13 standards standard NNS 1662 4686 14 . . . 1662 4687 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4687 2 : : : 1662 4687 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4687 4 power power NN 1662 4687 5 parity parity NN 1662 4687 6 - - : 1662 4687 7 $ $ $ 1662 4687 8 20.9 20.9 CD 1662 4687 9 billion billion CD 1662 4687 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4687 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4687 12 est est NNP 1662 4687 13 . . . 1662 4687 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4688 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4688 2 - - HYPH 1662 4688 3 real real JJ 1662 4688 4 growth growth NN 1662 4688 5 rate rate NN 1662 4688 6 : : : 1662 4688 7 -5 -5 . 1662 4688 8 % % NN 1662 4688 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4688 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 4688 11 est est NNP 1662 4688 12 . . . 1662 4688 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4689 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4689 2 - - HYPH 1662 4689 3 per per FW 1662 4689 4 capita capita NN 1662 4689 5 : : : 1662 4689 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4689 7 power power NN 1662 4689 8 parity parity NN 1662 4689 9 - - : 1662 4689 10 $ $ $ 1662 4689 11 900 900 CD 1662 4689 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4689 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 4689 14 est est NNP 1662 4689 15 . . . 1662 4689 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4690 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4690 2 - - HYPH 1662 4690 3 composition composition NN 1662 4690 4 by by IN 1662 4690 5 sector sector NN 1662 4690 6 : : : 1662 4690 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4690 8 : : : 1662 4690 9 25 25 CD 1662 4690 10 % % NN 1662 4690 11 industry industry NN 1662 4690 12 : : : 1662 4690 13 60 60 CD 1662 4690 14 % % NN 1662 4690 15 services service NNS 1662 4690 16 : : : 1662 4690 17 15 15 CD 1662 4690 18 % % NN 1662 4690 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4690 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 4690 21 est est NNP 1662 4690 22 . . . 1662 4690 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4691 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 4691 2 rate rate NN 1662 4691 3 - - HYPH 1662 4691 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 4691 5 price price NN 1662 4691 6 index index NN 1662 4691 7 : : : 1662 4691 8 NA% NA% `` 1662 4691 9 Labor labor NN 1662 4691 10 force force NN 1662 4691 11 : : : 1662 4691 12 total total NN 1662 4691 13 : : : 1662 4691 14 9.615 9.615 CD 1662 4691 15 million million CD 1662 4691 16 by by IN 1662 4691 17 occupation occupation NN 1662 4691 18 : : : 1662 4691 19 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4691 20 36 36 CD 1662 4691 21 % % NN 1662 4691 22 , , , 1662 4691 23 nonagricultural nonagricultural JJ 1662 4691 24 64 64 CD 1662 4691 25 % % NN 1662 4691 26 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4691 27 rate rate NN 1662 4691 28 : : : 1662 4691 29 NA% NA% `` 1662 4691 30 Budget budget NN 1662 4691 31 : : : 1662 4691 32 revenues revenue NNS 1662 4691 33 : : : 1662 4691 34 $ $ $ 1662 4691 35 19.3 19.3 CD 1662 4691 36 billion billion CD 1662 4691 37 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4691 38 : : : 1662 4691 39 $ $ $ 1662 4691 40 19.3 19.3 CD 1662 4691 41 billion billion CD 1662 4691 42 , , , 1662 4691 43 including include VBG 1662 4691 44 capital capital NN 1662 4691 45 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4691 46 of of IN 1662 4691 47 $ $ $ 1662 4691 48 NA na NN 1662 4691 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4691 50 1992 1992 CD 1662 4691 51 est est NNP 1662 4691 52 . . . 1662 4691 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4692 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 4692 2 : : : 1662 4692 3 military military JJ 1662 4692 4 products product NNS 1662 4692 5 ; ; : 1662 4692 6 machine machine NN 1662 4692 7 building building NN 1662 4692 8 , , , 1662 4692 9 electric electric JJ 1662 4692 10 power power NN 1662 4692 11 , , , 1662 4692 12 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4692 13 ; ; : 1662 4692 14 mining mining NN 1662 4692 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4692 16 coal coal NN 1662 4692 17 , , , 1662 4692 18 iron iron NN 1662 4692 19 ore ore NN 1662 4692 20 , , , 1662 4692 21 magnesite magnesite NN 1662 4692 22 , , , 1662 4692 23 graphite graphite NN 1662 4692 24 , , , 1662 4692 25 copper copper NN 1662 4692 26 , , , 1662 4692 27 zinc zinc NN 1662 4692 28 , , , 1662 4692 29 lead lead VBP 1662 4692 30 , , , 1662 4692 31 and and CC 1662 4692 32 precious precious JJ 1662 4692 33 metals metal NNS 1662 4692 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4692 35 , , , 1662 4692 36 metallurgy metallurgy NN 1662 4692 37 ; ; : 1662 4692 38 textiles textile NNS 1662 4692 39 , , , 1662 4692 40 food food NN 1662 4692 41 processing process VBG 1662 4692 42 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 4692 43 production production NN 1662 4692 44 growth growth NN 1662 4692 45 rate rate NN 1662 4692 46 : : : 1662 4692 47 -7 -7 : 1662 4692 48 % % NN 1662 4692 49 to to IN 1662 4692 50 -9 -9 . 1662 4692 51 % % NN 1662 4692 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4692 53 1992 1992 CD 1662 4692 54 est est NNP 1662 4692 55 . . . 1662 4692 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4693 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4693 2 - - HYPH 1662 4693 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 4693 4 : : : 1662 4693 5 9.5 9.5 CD 1662 4693 6 million million CD 1662 4693 7 kW kW NNP 1662 4693 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4693 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 4693 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4693 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4693 12 - - HYPH 1662 4693 13 production production NN 1662 4693 14 : : : 1662 4693 15 35.96 35.96 CD 1662 4693 16 billion billion CD 1662 4693 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4693 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4693 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 4693 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4693 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4693 22 - - HYPH 1662 4693 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 4693 24 per per IN 1662 4693 25 capita capita NN 1662 4693 26 : : : 1662 4693 27 1,394 1,394 CD 1662 4693 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4693 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4693 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 4693 31 est est NNP 1662 4693 32 . . . 1662 4693 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4694 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4694 2 - - HYPH 1662 4694 3 products product NNS 1662 4694 4 : : : 1662 4694 5 rice rice NN 1662 4694 6 , , , 1662 4694 7 corn corn NN 1662 4694 8 , , , 1662 4694 9 potatoes potato NNS 1662 4694 10 , , , 1662 4694 11 soybeans soybean NNS 1662 4694 12 , , , 1662 4694 13 pulses pulse NNS 1662 4694 14 ; ; : 1662 4694 15 cattle cattle NNS 1662 4694 16 , , , 1662 4694 17 pigs pig NNS 1662 4694 18 , , , 1662 4694 19 pork pork NN 1662 4694 20 , , , 1662 4694 21 eggs egg NNS 1662 4694 22 Exports export NNS 1662 4694 23 : : : 1662 4694 24 total total JJ 1662 4694 25 value value NN 1662 4694 26 : : : 1662 4694 27 $ $ $ 1662 4694 28 805 805 CD 1662 4694 29 million million CD 1662 4694 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4694 31 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 4694 32 . . NNP 1662 4694 33 , , , 1662 4694 34 1995 1995 CD 1662 4694 35 est est NNP 1662 4694 36 . . . 1662 4694 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4695 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4695 2 : : : 1662 4695 3 minerals mineral NNS 1662 4695 4 , , , 1662 4695 5 metallurgical metallurgical JJ 1662 4695 6 products product NNS 1662 4695 7 , , , 1662 4695 8 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4695 9 and and CC 1662 4695 10 fishery fishery JJ 1662 4695 11 products product NNS 1662 4695 12 , , , 1662 4695 13 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 4695 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4695 15 including include VBG 1662 4695 16 armaments armament NNS 1662 4695 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4695 18 partners partner NNS 1662 4695 19 : : : 1662 4695 20 China China NNP 1662 4695 21 , , , 1662 4695 22 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4695 23 , , , 1662 4695 24 South South NNP 1662 4695 25 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4695 26 , , , 1662 4695 27 Germany Germany NNP 1662 4695 28 , , , 1662 4695 29 Hong Hong NNP 1662 4695 30 Kong Kong NNP 1662 4695 31 , , , 1662 4695 32 Russia Russia NNP 1662 4695 33 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 4695 34 : : : 1662 4695 35 total total JJ 1662 4695 36 value value NN 1662 4695 37 : : : 1662 4695 38 $ $ $ 1662 4695 39 1.24 1.24 CD 1662 4695 40 billion billion CD 1662 4695 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4695 42 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 4695 43 . . NNP 1662 4695 44 , , , 1662 4695 45 1995 1995 CD 1662 4695 46 est est NNP 1662 4695 47 . . . 1662 4695 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4696 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4696 2 : : : 1662 4696 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4696 4 , , , 1662 4696 5 grain grain NN 1662 4696 6 , , , 1662 4696 7 coking coke VBG 1662 4696 8 coal coal NN 1662 4696 9 , , , 1662 4696 10 machinery machinery NN 1662 4696 11 and and CC 1662 4696 12 equipment equipment NN 1662 4696 13 , , , 1662 4696 14 consumer consumer NN 1662 4696 15 goods good NNS 1662 4696 16 partners partner NNS 1662 4696 17 : : : 1662 4696 18 China China NNP 1662 4696 19 , , , 1662 4696 20 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4696 21 , , , 1662 4696 22 Hong Hong NNP 1662 4696 23 Kong Kong NNP 1662 4696 24 , , , 1662 4696 25 Germany Germany NNP 1662 4696 26 , , , 1662 4696 27 Russia Russia NNP 1662 4696 28 , , , 1662 4696 29 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 4696 30 Debt Debt NNP 1662 4696 31 - - HYPH 1662 4696 32 external external JJ 1662 4696 33 : : : 1662 4696 34 $ $ $ 1662 4696 35 8 8 CD 1662 4696 36 billion billion CD 1662 4696 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4696 38 1992 1992 CD 1662 4696 39 est est NNP 1662 4696 40 . . . 1662 4696 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4697 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 4697 2 aid aid NN 1662 4697 3 : : : 1662 4697 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 4697 5 : : : 1662 4697 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 4697 7 , , , 1662 4697 8 $ $ $ 1662 4697 9 NA NA NNP 1662 4697 10 note note NN 1662 4697 11 : : : 1662 4697 12 small small JJ 1662 4697 13 amounts amount NNS 1662 4697 14 of of IN 1662 4697 15 grant grant NN 1662 4697 16 aid aid NN 1662 4697 17 from from IN 1662 4697 18 South South NNP 1662 4697 19 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4697 20 , , , 1662 4697 21 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4697 22 , , , 1662 4697 23 US US NNP 1662 4697 24 and and CC 1662 4697 25 other other JJ 1662 4697 26 countries country NNS 1662 4697 27 Currency currency NN 1662 4697 28 : : : 1662 4697 29 1 1 CD 1662 4697 30 North north JJ 1662 4697 31 Korean korean JJ 1662 4697 32 won won NN 1662 4697 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4697 34 Wn Wn NNP 1662 4697 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4697 36 = = NFP 1662 4697 37 100 100 CD 1662 4697 38 chon chon NN 1662 4697 39 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 4697 40 rates rate NNS 1662 4697 41 : : : 1662 4697 42 North north JJ 1662 4697 43 Korean korean JJ 1662 4697 44 won won NN 1662 4697 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4697 46 Wn Wn NNP 1662 4697 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4697 48 per per IN 1662 4697 49 US$ us$ $ 1662 4697 50 1 1 CD 1662 4697 51 - - SYM 1662 4697 52 2.15 2.15 CD 1662 4697 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4697 54 May May NNP 1662 4697 55 1994 1994 CD 1662 4697 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4697 57 , , , 1662 4697 58 2.13 2.13 CD 1662 4697 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4697 60 May May NNP 1662 4697 61 1992 1992 CD 1662 4697 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4697 63 , , , 1662 4697 64 2.14 2.14 CD 1662 4697 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4697 66 September September NNP 1662 4697 67 1991 1991 CD 1662 4697 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4697 69 , , , 1662 4697 70 2.1 2.1 CD 1662 4697 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4697 72 January January NNP 1662 4697 73 1990 1990 CD 1662 4697 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4697 75 , , , 1662 4697 76 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 4697 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4697 78 December December NNP 1662 4697 79 1989 1989 CD 1662 4697 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4697 81 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4697 82 year year NN 1662 4697 83 : : : 1662 4697 84 calendar calendar NNP 1662 4697 85 year year NN 1662 4697 86 @Korea @Korea NNP 1662 4697 87 , , , 1662 4697 88 North North NNP 1662 4697 89 : : : 1662 4697 90 Communications Communications NNP 1662 4697 91 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 4697 92 : : : 1662 4697 93 30,000 30,000 CD 1662 4697 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4697 95 1990 1990 CD 1662 4697 96 est est NNP 1662 4697 97 . . . 1662 4697 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4698 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 4698 2 system system NN 1662 4698 3 : : : 1662 4698 4 system system NN 1662 4698 5 is be VBZ 1662 4698 6 believed believe VBN 1662 4698 7 to to TO 1662 4698 8 be be VB 1662 4698 9 available available JJ 1662 4698 10 principally principally RB 1662 4698 11 for for IN 1662 4698 12 government government NN 1662 4698 13 business business NN 1662 4698 14 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4698 15 : : : 1662 4698 16 NA NA NNP 1662 4698 17 international international JJ 1662 4698 18 : : : 1662 4698 19 satellite satellite NN 1662 4698 20 earth earth NN 1662 4698 21 stations station NNS 1662 4698 22 - - , 1662 4698 23 1 1 CD 1662 4698 24 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4698 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4698 26 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4698 27 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4698 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4698 29 and and CC 1662 4698 30 1 1 CD 1662 4698 31 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 4698 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4698 33 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4698 34 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4698 35 Region Region NNP 1662 4698 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4698 37 ; ; : 1662 4698 38 other other JJ 1662 4698 39 international international JJ 1662 4698 40 connections connection NNS 1662 4698 41 through through IN 1662 4698 42 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 4698 43 and and CC 1662 4698 44 Beijing Beijing NNP 1662 4698 45 Radio Radio NNP 1662 4698 46 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4698 47 stations station NNS 1662 4698 48 : : : 1662 4698 49 AM AM NNP 1662 4698 50 18 18 CD 1662 4698 51 , , , 1662 4698 52 FM FM NNP 1662 4698 53 0 0 CD 1662 4698 54 , , , 1662 4698 55 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 4698 56 0 0 CD 1662 4698 57 Radios radio NNS 1662 4698 58 : : : 1662 4698 59 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 4698 60 million million CD 1662 4698 61 Television Television NNP 1662 4698 62 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4698 63 stations station NNS 1662 4698 64 : : : 1662 4698 65 11 11 CD 1662 4698 66 Televisions television NNS 1662 4698 67 : : : 1662 4698 68 400,000 400,000 CD 1662 4698 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4698 70 1992 1992 CD 1662 4698 71 est est NNP 1662 4698 72 . . . 1662 4698 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4699 1 @Korea @korea NN 1662 4699 2 , , , 1662 4699 3 North North NNP 1662 4699 4 : : : 1662 4699 5 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4699 6 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 4699 7 : : : 1662 4699 8 total total NN 1662 4699 9 : : : 1662 4699 10 5,000 5,000 CD 1662 4699 11 km km NN 1662 4699 12 standard standard JJ 1662 4699 13 gauge gauge NN 1662 4699 14 : : : 1662 4699 15 4,095 4,095 CD 1662 4699 16 km km NN 1662 4699 17 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 4699 18 gauge gauge NN 1662 4699 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4699 20 3,500 3,500 CD 1662 4699 21 km km NNS 1662 4699 22 electrified electrify VBN 1662 4699 23 ; ; : 1662 4699 24 159 159 CD 1662 4699 25 km km NN 1662 4699 26 double double JJ 1662 4699 27 track track NN 1662 4699 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4699 29 narrow narrow JJ 1662 4699 30 gauge gauge NN 1662 4699 31 : : : 1662 4699 32 665 665 CD 1662 4699 33 km km NN 1662 4699 34 0.762-m 0.762-m CD 1662 4699 35 gauge gauge NN 1662 4699 36 dual dual JJ 1662 4699 37 gauge gauge NN 1662 4699 38 : : : 1662 4699 39 240 240 CD 1662 4699 40 km km NN 1662 4699 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4699 42 standard standard JJ 1662 4699 43 and and CC 1662 4699 44 broad broad JJ 1662 4699 45 gauge gauge NN 1662 4699 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4699 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4699 48 1996 1996 CD 1662 4699 49 est est NNP 1662 4699 50 . . . 1662 4699 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4700 1 Highways highway NNS 1662 4700 2 : : : 1662 4700 3 total total NN 1662 4700 4 : : : 1662 4700 5 23,000 23,000 CD 1662 4700 6 to to TO 1662 4700 7 30,000 30,000 CD 1662 4700 8 km km NN 1662 4700 9 paved pave VBN 1662 4700 10 : : : 1662 4700 11 1,725 1,725 CD 1662 4700 12 km km NNP 1662 4700 13 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4700 14 : : : 1662 4700 15 21,275 21,275 CD 1662 4700 16 to to TO 1662 4700 17 28,275 28,275 CD 1662 4700 18 km km NNS 1662 4700 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4700 20 1990 1990 CD 1662 4700 21 est est NNP 1662 4700 22 . . . 1662 4700 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4701 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 4701 2 : : : 1662 4701 3 2,253 2,253 CD 1662 4701 4 km km NNS 1662 4701 5 ; ; : 1662 4701 6 mostly mostly RB 1662 4701 7 navigable navigable JJ 1662 4701 8 by by IN 1662 4701 9 small small JJ 1662 4701 10 craft craft NN 1662 4701 11 only only RB 1662 4701 12 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 4701 13 : : : 1662 4701 14 crude crude JJ 1662 4701 15 oil oil NN 1662 4701 16 37 37 CD 1662 4701 17 km km NN 1662 4701 18 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 4701 19 and and CC 1662 4701 20 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4701 21 : : : 1662 4701 22 Ch'ongjin Ch'ongjin NNP 1662 4701 23 , , , 1662 4701 24 Haeju Haeju NNP 1662 4701 25 , , , 1662 4701 26 Hungnam Hungnam NNP 1662 4701 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4701 28 Hamhung Hamhung NNP 1662 4701 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4701 30 , , , 1662 4701 31 Kimch'aek kimch'aek JJ 1662 4701 32 , , , 1662 4701 33 Kosong Kosong NNP 1662 4701 34 , , , 1662 4701 35 Najin Najin NNP 1662 4701 36 , , , 1662 4701 37 Namp'o Namp'o NNP 1662 4701 38 , , , 1662 4701 39 Sinuiju Sinuiju NNP 1662 4701 40 , , , 1662 4701 41 Songnim Songnim NNP 1662 4701 42 , , , 1662 4701 43 Sonbong Sonbong NNP 1662 4701 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4701 45 formerly formerly RB 1662 4701 46 Unggi unggi JJ 1662 4701 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4701 48 , , , 1662 4701 49 Ungsang Ungsang NNP 1662 4701 50 , , , 1662 4701 51 Wonsan Wonsan NNP 1662 4701 52 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 4701 53 marine marine NN 1662 4701 54 : : : 1662 4701 55 total total NN 1662 4701 56 : : : 1662 4701 57 99 99 CD 1662 4701 58 ships ship NNS 1662 4701 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4701 60 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4701 61 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4701 62 or or CC 1662 4701 63 over over RB 1662 4701 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4701 65 totaling total VBG 1662 4701 66 641,090 641,090 CD 1662 4701 67 GRT/899,243 GRT/899,243 NNP 1662 4701 68 DWT DWT NNP 1662 4701 69 ships ship NNS 1662 4701 70 by by IN 1662 4701 71 type type NN 1662 4701 72 : : : 1662 4701 73 bulk bulk NNP 1662 4701 74 8 8 CD 1662 4701 75 , , , 1662 4701 76 cargo cargo NN 1662 4701 77 83 83 CD 1662 4701 78 , , , 1662 4701 79 combination combination NN 1662 4701 80 bulk bulk NN 1662 4701 81 1 1 CD 1662 4701 82 , , , 1662 4701 83 oil oil NN 1662 4701 84 tanker tanker NN 1662 4701 85 2 2 CD 1662 4701 86 , , , 1662 4701 87 passenger passenger NN 1662 4701 88 2 2 CD 1662 4701 89 , , , 1662 4701 90 passenger passenger NN 1662 4701 91 - - HYPH 1662 4701 92 cargo cargo NN 1662 4701 93 1 1 CD 1662 4701 94 , , , 1662 4701 95 short short JJ 1662 4701 96 - - HYPH 1662 4701 97 sea sea NN 1662 4701 98 passenger passenger NN 1662 4701 99 2 2 CD 1662 4701 100 note note NN 1662 4701 101 : : : 1662 4701 102 North North NNP 1662 4701 103 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4701 104 owns own VBZ 1662 4701 105 an an DT 1662 4701 106 additional additional JJ 1662 4701 107 5 5 CD 1662 4701 108 ships ship NNS 1662 4701 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4701 110 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4701 111 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4701 112 or or CC 1662 4701 113 over over RB 1662 4701 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4701 115 totaling total VBG 1662 4701 116 58,435 58,435 CD 1662 4701 117 DWT dwt NN 1662 4701 118 operating operate VBG 1662 4701 119 under under IN 1662 4701 120 the the DT 1662 4701 121 registries registry NNS 1662 4701 122 of of IN 1662 4701 123 Cambodia Cambodia NNP 1662 4701 124 , , , 1662 4701 125 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 4701 126 , , , 1662 4701 127 and and CC 1662 4701 128 Poland Poland NNP 1662 4701 129 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4701 130 1996 1996 CD 1662 4701 131 est est NNP 1662 4701 132 . . . 1662 4701 133 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4702 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4702 2 : : : 1662 4702 3 49 49 CD 1662 4702 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4702 5 1994 1994 CD 1662 4702 6 est est NNP 1662 4702 7 . . . 1662 4702 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4703 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4703 2 - - , 1662 4703 3 with with IN 1662 4703 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4703 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4703 6 : : : 1662 4703 7 total total NN 1662 4703 8 : : : 1662 4703 9 22 22 CD 1662 4703 10 over over IN 1662 4703 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4703 12 m m NN 1662 4703 13 : : : 1662 4703 14 2 2 CD 1662 4703 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4703 16 to to TO 1662 4703 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4703 18 m m NN 1662 4703 19 : : : 1662 4703 20 15 15 CD 1662 4703 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4703 22 to to TO 1662 4703 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4703 24 m m NN 1662 4703 25 : : : 1662 4703 26 2 2 CD 1662 4703 27 914 914 CD 1662 4703 28 to to TO 1662 4703 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4703 30 m m NN 1662 4703 31 : : : 1662 4703 32 1 1 CD 1662 4703 33 under under IN 1662 4703 34 914 914 CD 1662 4703 35 m m NN 1662 4703 36 : : : 1662 4703 37 2 2 CD 1662 4703 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4703 39 1994 1994 CD 1662 4703 40 est est NNP 1662 4703 41 . . . 1662 4703 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4704 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4704 2 - - , 1662 4704 3 with with IN 1662 4704 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4704 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4704 6 : : : 1662 4704 7 total total NN 1662 4704 8 : : : 1662 4704 9 27 27 CD 1662 4704 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4704 11 to to IN 1662 4704 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4704 13 m m NN 1662 4704 14 : : : 1662 4704 15 4 4 CD 1662 4704 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4704 17 to to TO 1662 4704 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4704 19 m m NN 1662 4704 20 : : : 1662 4704 21 5 5 CD 1662 4704 22 914 914 CD 1662 4704 23 to to TO 1662 4704 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4704 25 m m NN 1662 4704 26 : : : 1662 4704 27 12 12 CD 1662 4704 28 under under IN 1662 4704 29 914 914 CD 1662 4704 30 m m NN 1662 4704 31 : : : 1662 4704 32 6 6 CD 1662 4704 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4704 34 1994 1994 CD 1662 4704 35 est est NNP 1662 4704 36 . . . 1662 4704 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4705 1 Military military JJ 1662 4705 2 Military military JJ 1662 4705 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4705 4 : : : 1662 4705 5 Korean Korean NNP 1662 4705 6 People People NNPS 1662 4705 7 's 's POS 1662 4705 8 Army Army NNP 1662 4705 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4705 10 includes include VBZ 1662 4705 11 Army Army NNP 1662 4705 12 , , , 1662 4705 13 Navy Navy NNP 1662 4705 14 , , , 1662 4705 15 Air Air NNP 1662 4705 16 Force Force NNP 1662 4705 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4705 18 , , , 1662 4705 19 Civil Civil NNP 1662 4705 20 Security Security NNP 1662 4705 21 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 4705 22 Military Military NNP 1662 4705 23 manpower manpower NN 1662 4705 24 - - HYPH 1662 4705 25 military military NN 1662 4705 26 age age NN 1662 4705 27 : : : 1662 4705 28 18 18 CD 1662 4705 29 years year NNS 1662 4705 30 of of IN 1662 4705 31 age age NN 1662 4705 32 Military military JJ 1662 4705 33 manpower manpower NN 1662 4705 34 - - HYPH 1662 4705 35 availability availability NN 1662 4705 36 : : : 1662 4705 37 males male NNS 1662 4705 38 age age NNP 1662 4705 39 15 15 CD 1662 4705 40 - - HYPH 1662 4705 41 49 49 CD 1662 4705 42 : : : 1662 4705 43 6,928,338 6,928,338 CD 1662 4705 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4705 45 1997 1997 CD 1662 4705 46 est est NNP 1662 4705 47 . . . 1662 4705 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4706 1 Military military JJ 1662 4706 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4706 3 - - HYPH 1662 4706 4 fit fit NN 1662 4706 5 for for IN 1662 4706 6 military military JJ 1662 4706 7 service service NN 1662 4706 8 : : : 1662 4706 9 males male NNS 1662 4706 10 : : : 1662 4706 11 4,188,070 4,188,070 CD 1662 4706 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4706 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4706 14 est est NNP 1662 4706 15 . . . 1662 4706 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4707 1 Military military JJ 1662 4707 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4707 3 - - HYPH 1662 4707 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 4707 5 military military JJ 1662 4707 6 age age NN 1662 4707 7 annually annually RB 1662 4707 8 : : : 1662 4707 9 males male NNS 1662 4707 10 : : : 1662 4707 11 200,136 200,136 CD 1662 4707 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4707 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4707 14 est est NNP 1662 4707 15 . . . 1662 4707 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4708 1 Military military JJ 1662 4708 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4708 3 - - HYPH 1662 4708 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4708 5 figure figure NN 1662 4708 6 : : : 1662 4708 7 $ $ $ 1662 4708 8 5 5 CD 1662 4708 9 billion billion CD 1662 4708 10 to to TO 1662 4708 11 $ $ $ 1662 4708 12 7 7 CD 1662 4708 13 billion billion CD 1662 4708 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4708 15 1995 1995 CD 1662 4708 16 est est NNP 1662 4708 17 . . . 1662 4708 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4709 1 Military military JJ 1662 4709 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4709 3 - - : 1662 4709 4 percent percent NN 1662 4709 5 of of IN 1662 4709 6 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4709 7 : : : 1662 4709 8 25 25 CD 1662 4709 9 % % NN 1662 4709 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4709 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 4709 12 est est NNP 1662 4709 13 . . . 1662 4709 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4710 1 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4710 2 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4710 3 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 4710 4 - - HYPH 1662 4710 5 international international JJ 1662 4710 6 : : : 1662 4710 7 short short JJ 1662 4710 8 section section NN 1662 4710 9 of of IN 1662 4710 10 boundary boundary JJ 1662 4710 11 with with IN 1662 4710 12 China China NNP 1662 4710 13 is be VBZ 1662 4710 14 indefinite indefinite JJ 1662 4710 15 ; ; : 1662 4710 16 Demarcation demarcation NN 1662 4710 17 Line Line NNP 1662 4710 18 with with IN 1662 4710 19 South South NNP 1662 4710 20 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4710 21 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 22 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 23 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 24 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 25 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 26 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 27 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 28 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 29 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 30 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 31 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 32 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 33 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 34 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 35 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 36 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 37 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 38 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 39 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 40 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 41 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 42 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 43 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 44 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 45 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 46 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 47 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 48 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 49 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 50 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 51 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 52 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 53 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 54 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 55 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 56 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 57 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 58 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 59 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 60 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 61 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 62 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 63 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 64 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 65 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 66 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 67 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 68 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 69 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 70 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 71 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 72 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 73 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 74 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 75 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 76 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 77 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 78 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 79 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 80 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 81 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 82 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 83 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 84 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 85 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 86 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 87 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 88 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 89 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 90 _ _ NNP 1662 4710 91 KOREA KOREA NNP 1662 4710 92 , , , 1662 4710 93 SOUTH SOUTH NNP 1662 4710 94 @Korea @Korea NNP 1662 4710 95 , , , 1662 4710 96 South South NNP 1662 4710 97 : : : 1662 4710 98 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4710 99 Location Location NNP 1662 4710 100 : : : 1662 4710 101 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 4710 102 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4710 103 , , , 1662 4710 104 southern southern JJ 1662 4710 105 half half NN 1662 4710 106 of of IN 1662 4710 107 the the DT 1662 4710 108 Korean Korean NNP 1662 4710 109 Peninsula Peninsula NNP 1662 4710 110 bordering border VBG 1662 4710 111 the the DT 1662 4710 112 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4710 113 of of IN 1662 4710 114 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4710 115 and and CC 1662 4710 116 the the DT 1662 4710 117 Yellow Yellow NNP 1662 4710 118 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4710 119 , , , 1662 4710 120 south south NN 1662 4710 121 of of IN 1662 4710 122 North North NNP 1662 4710 123 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4710 124 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4710 125 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4710 126 : : : 1662 4710 127 37 37 CD 1662 4710 128 00 00 CD 1662 4710 129 N n CD 1662 4710 130 , , , 1662 4710 131 127 127 CD 1662 4710 132 30 30 CD 1662 4710 133 E e NN 1662 4710 134 Map Map NNP 1662 4710 135 references reference NNS 1662 4710 136 : : : 1662 4710 137 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4710 138 Area Area NNP 1662 4710 139 : : : 1662 4710 140 total total NN 1662 4710 141 : : : 1662 4710 142 98,480 98,480 CD 1662 4710 143 sq sq IN 1662 4710 144 km km NNP 1662 4710 145 land land NN 1662 4710 146 : : : 1662 4710 147 98,190 98,190 CD 1662 4710 148 sq sq NN 1662 4710 149 km km NNP 1662 4710 150 water water NN 1662 4710 151 : : : 1662 4710 152 290 290 CD 1662 4710 153 sq sq NN 1662 4710 154 km km NNP 1662 4710 155 Area Area NNP 1662 4710 156 - - HYPH 1662 4710 157 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4710 158 : : : 1662 4710 159 slightly slightly RB 1662 4710 160 larger large JJR 1662 4710 161 than than IN 1662 4710 162 Indiana Indiana NNP 1662 4710 163 Land Land NNP 1662 4710 164 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4710 165 : : : 1662 4710 166 total total JJ 1662 4710 167 : : : 1662 4710 168 238 238 CD 1662 4710 169 km km NN 1662 4710 170 border border NN 1662 4710 171 countries country NNS 1662 4710 172 : : : 1662 4710 173 North North NNP 1662 4710 174 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4710 175 238 238 CD 1662 4710 176 km km NN 1662 4710 177 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4710 178 : : : 1662 4710 179 2,413 2,413 CD 1662 4710 180 km km NN 1662 4710 181 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4710 182 claims claim VBZ 1662 4710 183 : : : 1662 4710 184 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 4710 185 zone zone NN 1662 4710 186 : : : 1662 4710 187 24 24 CD 1662 4710 188 nm nm NNP 1662 4710 189 continental continental JJ 1662 4710 190 shelf shelf NNP 1662 4710 191 : : : 1662 4710 192 not not RB 1662 4710 193 specified specify VBN 1662 4710 194 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 4710 195 economic economic JJ 1662 4710 196 zone zone NN 1662 4710 197 : : : 1662 4710 198 200 200 CD 1662 4710 199 nm nm CD 1662 4710 200 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4710 201 sea sea NN 1662 4710 202 : : : 1662 4710 203 12 12 CD 1662 4710 204 nm nm CD 1662 4710 205 ; ; : 1662 4710 206 3 3 CD 1662 4710 207 nm nm UH 1662 4710 208 in in IN 1662 4710 209 the the DT 1662 4710 210 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4710 211 Strait Strait NNP 1662 4710 212 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4710 213 : : : 1662 4710 214 temperate temperate VB 1662 4710 215 , , , 1662 4710 216 with with IN 1662 4710 217 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 4710 218 heavier heavier RBR 1662 4710 219 in in IN 1662 4710 220 summer summer NN 1662 4710 221 than than IN 1662 4710 222 winter winter NN 1662 4710 223 Terrain terrain NN 1662 4710 224 : : : 1662 4710 225 mostly mostly RB 1662 4710 226 hills hill NNS 1662 4710 227 and and CC 1662 4710 228 mountains mountain NNS 1662 4710 229 ; ; , 1662 4710 230 wide wide JJ 1662 4710 231 coastal coastal JJ 1662 4710 232 plains plain NNS 1662 4710 233 in in IN 1662 4710 234 west west NN 1662 4710 235 and and CC 1662 4710 236 south south NNP 1662 4710 237 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4710 238 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4710 239 : : : 1662 4710 240 lowest low JJS 1662 4710 241 point point NN 1662 4710 242 : : : 1662 4710 243 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4710 244 of of IN 1662 4710 245 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4710 246 0 0 CD 1662 4710 247 m m DT 1662 4710 248 highest high JJS 1662 4710 249 point point NN 1662 4710 250 : : : 1662 4710 251 Halla Halla NNP 1662 4710 252 - - HYPH 1662 4710 253 san san NNP 1662 4710 254 1,950 1,950 CD 1662 4710 255 m m NNP 1662 4710 256 Natural natural JJ 1662 4710 257 resources resource NNS 1662 4710 258 : : : 1662 4710 259 coal coal NN 1662 4710 260 , , , 1662 4710 261 tungsten tungsten NN 1662 4710 262 , , , 1662 4710 263 graphite graphite NN 1662 4710 264 , , , 1662 4710 265 molybdenum molybdenum NN 1662 4710 266 , , , 1662 4710 267 lead lead NN 1662 4710 268 , , , 1662 4710 269 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 4710 270 Land Land NNP 1662 4710 271 use use NN 1662 4710 272 : : : 1662 4710 273 arable arable JJ 1662 4710 274 land land NN 1662 4710 275 : : : 1662 4710 276 19 19 CD 1662 4710 277 % % NN 1662 4710 278 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4710 279 crops crop NNS 1662 4710 280 : : : 1662 4710 281 2 2 CD 1662 4710 282 % % NN 1662 4710 283 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4710 284 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4710 285 : : : 1662 4710 286 1 1 CD 1662 4710 287 % % NN 1662 4710 288 forests forest NNS 1662 4710 289 and and CC 1662 4710 290 woodland woodland JJ 1662 4710 291 : : : 1662 4710 292 65 65 CD 1662 4710 293 % % NN 1662 4710 294 other other JJ 1662 4710 295 : : : 1662 4710 296 13 13 CD 1662 4710 297 % % NN 1662 4710 298 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4710 299 1993 1993 CD 1662 4710 300 est est NNP 1662 4710 301 . . . 1662 4710 302 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4711 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4711 2 land land NN 1662 4711 3 : : : 1662 4711 4 13,350 13,350 CD 1662 4711 5 sq sq NNP 1662 4711 6 km km NNP 1662 4711 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4711 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 4711 9 est est NNP 1662 4711 10 . . . 1662 4711 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4712 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 4712 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4712 3 : : : 1662 4712 4 occasional occasional JJ 1662 4712 5 typhoons typhoon NNS 1662 4712 6 bring bring VBP 1662 4712 7 high high JJ 1662 4712 8 winds wind NNS 1662 4712 9 and and CC 1662 4712 10 floods flood NNS 1662 4712 11 ; ; : 1662 4712 12 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 4712 13 in in IN 1662 4712 14 southwest southwest JJ 1662 4712 15 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4712 16 - - HYPH 1662 4712 17 current current JJ 1662 4712 18 issues issue NNS 1662 4712 19 : : : 1662 4712 20 air air NN 1662 4712 21 pollution pollution NN 1662 4712 22 in in IN 1662 4712 23 large large JJ 1662 4712 24 cities city NNS 1662 4712 25 ; ; : 1662 4712 26 water water NN 1662 4712 27 pollution pollution NN 1662 4712 28 from from IN 1662 4712 29 the the DT 1662 4712 30 discharge discharge NN 1662 4712 31 of of IN 1662 4712 32 sewage sewage NN 1662 4712 33 and and CC 1662 4712 34 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4712 35 effluents effluent NNS 1662 4712 36 ; ; : 1662 4712 37 drift drift NN 1662 4712 38 net net JJ 1662 4712 39 fishing fish VBG 1662 4712 40 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4712 41 - - HYPH 1662 4712 42 international international JJ 1662 4712 43 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4712 44 : : : 1662 4712 45 party party NN 1662 4712 46 to to TO 1662 4712 47 : : : 1662 4712 48 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 4712 49 - - HYPH 1662 4712 50 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 4712 51 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 4712 52 , , , 1662 4712 53 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 4712 54 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 4712 55 , , , 1662 4712 56 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 4712 57 , , , 1662 4712 58 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4712 59 Change Change NNP 1662 4712 60 , , , 1662 4712 61 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 4712 62 Species Species NNPS 1662 4712 63 , , , 1662 4712 64 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 4712 65 Modification Modification NNP 1662 4712 66 , , , 1662 4712 67 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 4712 68 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 4712 69 , , , 1662 4712 70 Law Law NNP 1662 4712 71 of of IN 1662 4712 72 the the DT 1662 4712 73 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4712 74 , , , 1662 4712 75 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 4712 76 Test Test NNP 1662 4712 77 Ban Ban NNP 1662 4712 78 , , , 1662 4712 79 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 4712 80 Layer Layer NNP 1662 4712 81 Protection Protection NNP 1662 4712 82 , , , 1662 4712 83 Ship Ship NNP 1662 4712 84 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4712 85 , , , 1662 4712 86 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 4712 87 Timber Timber NNP 1662 4712 88 83 83 CD 1662 4712 89 , , , 1662 4712 90 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 4712 91 Timber Timber NNP 1662 4712 92 94 94 CD 1662 4712 93 signed sign VBD 1662 4712 94 , , , 1662 4712 95 but but CC 1662 4712 96 not not RB 1662 4712 97 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4712 98 : : : 1662 4712 99 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 4712 100 @Korea @Korea NNP 1662 4712 101 , , , 1662 4712 102 South South NNP 1662 4712 103 : : : 1662 4712 104 People People NNP 1662 4712 105 Population Population NNP 1662 4712 106 : : : 1662 4712 107 45,948,811 45,948,811 CD 1662 4712 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4712 109 July July NNP 1662 4712 110 1997 1997 CD 1662 4712 111 est est NNP 1662 4712 112 . . . 1662 4712 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4713 1 Age age NN 1662 4713 2 structure structure NN 1662 4713 3 : : : 1662 4713 4 0 0 CD 1662 4713 5 - - HYPH 1662 4713 6 14 14 CD 1662 4713 7 years year NNS 1662 4713 8 : : : 1662 4713 9 23 23 CD 1662 4713 10 % % NN 1662 4713 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4713 12 male male NN 1662 4713 13 5,515,667 5,515,667 CD 1662 4713 14 ; ; : 1662 4713 15 female female JJ 1662 4713 16 4,925,479 4,925,479 CD 1662 4713 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4713 18 15 15 CD 1662 4713 19 - - SYM 1662 4713 20 64 64 CD 1662 4713 21 years year NNS 1662 4713 22 : : : 1662 4713 23 71 71 CD 1662 4713 24 % % NN 1662 4713 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4713 26 male male JJ 1662 4713 27 16,579,117 16,579,117 CD 1662 4713 28 ; ; : 1662 4713 29 female female JJ 1662 4713 30 16,096,684 16,096,684 CD 1662 4713 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4713 32 65 65 CD 1662 4713 33 years year NNS 1662 4713 34 and and CC 1662 4713 35 over over IN 1662 4713 36 : : : 1662 4713 37 6 6 CD 1662 4713 38 % % NN 1662 4713 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4713 40 male male JJ 1662 4713 41 1,067,663 1,067,663 CD 1662 4713 42 ; ; : 1662 4713 43 female female JJ 1662 4713 44 1,764,201 1,764,201 CD 1662 4713 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4713 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4713 47 July July NNP 1662 4713 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 4713 49 est est NNP 1662 4713 50 . . . 1662 4713 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4714 1 Population population NN 1662 4714 2 growth growth NN 1662 4714 3 rate rate NN 1662 4714 4 : : : 1662 4714 5 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 4714 6 % % NN 1662 4714 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4714 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4714 9 est est NNP 1662 4714 10 . . . 1662 4714 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4715 1 Birth birth NN 1662 4715 2 rate rate NN 1662 4715 3 : : : 1662 4715 4 16.17 16.17 CD 1662 4715 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 4715 6 population population NN 1662 4715 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4715 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4715 9 est est NNP 1662 4715 10 . . . 1662 4715 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4716 1 Death death NN 1662 4716 2 rate rate NN 1662 4716 3 : : : 1662 4716 4 5.66 5.66 CD 1662 4716 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4716 6 population population NN 1662 4716 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4716 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4716 9 est est NNP 1662 4716 10 . . . 1662 4716 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4717 1 Net net JJ 1662 4717 2 migration migration NN 1662 4717 3 rate rate NN 1662 4717 4 : : : 1662 4717 5 -0.33 -0.33 NFP 1662 4717 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 FW 1662 4717 7 population population NN 1662 4717 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4717 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 4717 10 est est NNP 1662 4717 11 . . . 1662 4717 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4718 1 Sex sex NN 1662 4718 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 4718 3 : : : 1662 4718 4 at at IN 1662 4718 5 birth birth NN 1662 4718 6 : : : 1662 4718 7 1.14 1.14 CD 1662 4718 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4718 9 under under IN 1662 4718 10 15 15 CD 1662 4718 11 years year NNS 1662 4718 12 : : : 1662 4718 13 1.12 1.12 CD 1662 4718 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4718 15 15 15 CD 1662 4718 16 - - HYPH 1662 4718 17 64 64 CD 1662 4718 18 years year NNS 1662 4718 19 : : : 1662 4718 20 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 4718 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4718 22 65 65 CD 1662 4718 23 years year NNS 1662 4718 24 and and CC 1662 4718 25 over over IN 1662 4718 26 : : : 1662 4718 27 0.6 0.6 CD 1662 4718 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 4718 29 total total JJ 1662 4718 30 population population NN 1662 4718 31 : : : 1662 4718 32 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 4718 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4718 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4718 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 4718 36 est e JJS 1662 4718 37 . . . 1662 4718 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4719 1 Infant infant NN 1662 4719 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 4719 3 rate rate NN 1662 4719 4 : : : 1662 4719 5 8 8 CD 1662 4719 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4719 7 live live JJ 1662 4719 8 births birth NNS 1662 4719 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4719 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4719 11 est est NNP 1662 4719 12 . . . 1662 4719 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4720 1 Life life NN 1662 4720 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 4720 3 at at IN 1662 4720 4 birth birth NN 1662 4720 5 : : : 1662 4720 6 total total JJ 1662 4720 7 population population NN 1662 4720 8 : : : 1662 4720 9 73.6 73.6 CD 1662 4720 10 years year NNS 1662 4720 11 male male JJ 1662 4720 12 : : : 1662 4720 13 70.01 70.01 CD 1662 4720 14 years year NNS 1662 4720 15 female female JJ 1662 4720 16 : : : 1662 4720 17 77.69 77.69 CD 1662 4720 18 years year NNS 1662 4720 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4720 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 4720 21 est est NNP 1662 4720 22 . . . 1662 4720 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4721 1 Total total JJ 1662 4721 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 4721 3 rate rate NN 1662 4721 4 : : : 1662 4721 5 1.78 1.78 CD 1662 4721 6 children child NNS 1662 4721 7 born bear VBN 1662 4721 8 / / SYM 1662 4721 9 woman woman NN 1662 4721 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4721 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 4721 12 est est NNP 1662 4721 13 . . . 1662 4721 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4722 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 4722 2 : : : 1662 4722 3 noun noun NNP 1662 4722 4 : : : 1662 4722 5 Korean(s Korean(s NNP 1662 4722 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4722 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 4722 8 : : : 1662 4722 9 Korean korean JJ 1662 4722 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4722 11 groups group NNS 1662 4722 12 : : : 1662 4722 13 homogeneous homogeneous JJ 1662 4722 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4722 15 except except IN 1662 4722 16 for for IN 1662 4722 17 about about RB 1662 4722 18 20,000 20,000 CD 1662 4722 19 Chinese Chinese NNPS 1662 4722 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4722 21 Religions religion NNS 1662 4722 22 : : : 1662 4722 23 Christianity Christianity NNP 1662 4722 24 49 49 CD 1662 4722 25 % % NN 1662 4722 26 , , , 1662 4722 27 Buddhism Buddhism NNP 1662 4722 28 47 47 CD 1662 4722 29 % % NN 1662 4722 30 , , , 1662 4722 31 Confucianism confucianism NN 1662 4722 32 3 3 CD 1662 4722 33 % % NN 1662 4722 34 , , , 1662 4722 35 pervasive pervasive JJ 1662 4722 36 folk folk NN 1662 4722 37 religion religion NN 1662 4722 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4722 39 shamanism shamanism NN 1662 4722 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4722 41 , , , 1662 4722 42 Chondogyo Chondogyo NNP 1662 4722 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4722 44 Religion religion NN 1662 4722 45 of of IN 1662 4722 46 the the DT 1662 4722 47 Heavenly Heavenly NNP 1662 4722 48 Way Way NNP 1662 4722 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4722 50 , , , 1662 4722 51 and and CC 1662 4722 52 other other JJ 1662 4722 53 1 1 CD 1662 4722 54 % % NN 1662 4722 55 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 4722 56 : : : 1662 4722 57 Korean korean JJ 1662 4722 58 , , , 1662 4722 59 English English NNP 1662 4722 60 widely widely RB 1662 4722 61 taught teach VBD 1662 4722 62 in in IN 1662 4722 63 high high JJ 1662 4722 64 school school NN 1662 4722 65 Literacy literacy NN 1662 4722 66 : : : 1662 4722 67 definition definition NN 1662 4722 68 : : : 1662 4722 69 age age NN 1662 4722 70 15 15 CD 1662 4722 71 and and CC 1662 4722 72 over over RB 1662 4722 73 can can MD 1662 4722 74 read read VB 1662 4722 75 and and CC 1662 4722 76 write write VB 1662 4722 77 total total JJ 1662 4722 78 population population NN 1662 4722 79 : : : 1662 4722 80 98 98 CD 1662 4722 81 % % NN 1662 4722 82 male male NN 1662 4722 83 : : : 1662 4722 84 99.3 99.3 CD 1662 4722 85 % % NN 1662 4722 86 female female NN 1662 4722 87 : : : 1662 4722 88 96.7 96.7 CD 1662 4722 89 % % NN 1662 4722 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4722 91 1995 1995 CD 1662 4722 92 est est NNP 1662 4722 93 . . . 1662 4722 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 1 @Korea @Korea NNP 1662 4723 2 , , , 1662 4723 3 South South NNP 1662 4723 4 : : : 1662 4723 5 Government Government NNP 1662 4723 6 Country Country NNP 1662 4723 7 name name NN 1662 4723 8 : : : 1662 4723 9 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4723 10 long long JJ 1662 4723 11 form form NN 1662 4723 12 : : : 1662 4723 13 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4723 14 of of IN 1662 4723 15 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4723 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4723 17 short short JJ 1662 4723 18 form form NN 1662 4723 19 : : : 1662 4723 20 South South NNP 1662 4723 21 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4723 22 local local JJ 1662 4723 23 long long JJ 1662 4723 24 form form NN 1662 4723 25 : : : 1662 4723 26 Taehan Taehan NNP 1662 4723 27 - - HYPH 1662 4723 28 min'guk min'guk NNP 1662 4723 29 local local JJ 1662 4723 30 short short JJ 1662 4723 31 form form NN 1662 4723 32 : : : 1662 4723 33 none none NN 1662 4723 34 note note NN 1662 4723 35 : : : 1662 4723 36 the the DT 1662 4723 37 South South NNPS 1662 4723 38 Koreans Koreans NNPS 1662 4723 39 generally generally RB 1662 4723 40 use use VBP 1662 4723 41 the the DT 1662 4723 42 term term NN 1662 4723 43 " " `` 1662 4723 44 Hanguk Hanguk NNP 1662 4723 45 " " '' 1662 4723 46 to to TO 1662 4723 47 refer refer VB 1662 4723 48 to to IN 1662 4723 49 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4723 50 country country NN 1662 4723 51 abbreviation abbreviation NN 1662 4723 52 : : : 1662 4723 53 ROK ROK NNP 1662 4723 54 Data Data NNP 1662 4723 55 code code NN 1662 4723 56 : : : 1662 4723 57 KS KS NNP 1662 4723 58 Government Government NNP 1662 4723 59 type type NN 1662 4723 60 : : : 1662 4723 61 republic republic NNP 1662 4723 62 National national JJ 1662 4723 63 capital capital NN 1662 4723 64 : : : 1662 4723 65 Seoul Seoul NNP 1662 4723 66 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 4723 67 divisions division NNS 1662 4723 68 : : : 1662 4723 69 9 9 CD 1662 4723 70 provinces province NNS 1662 4723 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 72 do do VB 1662 4723 73 , , , 1662 4723 74 singular singular JJ 1662 4723 75 and and CC 1662 4723 76 plural plural JJ 1662 4723 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 78 and and CC 1662 4723 79 6 6 CD 1662 4723 80 special special JJ 1662 4723 81 cities city NNS 1662 4723 82 * * NFP 1662 4723 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 84 gwangyoksi gwangyoksi NN 1662 4723 85 , , , 1662 4723 86 singular singular JJ 1662 4723 87 and and CC 1662 4723 88 plural plural JJ 1662 4723 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 90 ; ; : 1662 4723 91 Cheju cheju NN 1662 4723 92 - - HYPH 1662 4723 93 do do VBP 1662 4723 94 , , , 1662 4723 95 Cholla Cholla NNP 1662 4723 96 - - HYPH 1662 4723 97 bukto bukto NNP 1662 4723 98 , , , 1662 4723 99 Cholla Cholla NNP 1662 4723 100 - - HYPH 1662 4723 101 namdo namdo NN 1662 4723 102 , , , 1662 4723 103 Ch'ungch'ong Ch'ungch'ong NNP 1662 4723 104 - - HYPH 1662 4723 105 bukto bukto NNP 1662 4723 106 , , , 1662 4723 107 Ch'ungch'ong Ch'ungch'ong NNP 1662 4723 108 - - HYPH 1662 4723 109 namdo namdo NNP 1662 4723 110 , , , 1662 4723 111 Inch'on Inch'on NNP 1662 4723 112 - - HYPH 1662 4723 113 gwangyoksi gwangyoksi NNP 1662 4723 114 * * NFP 1662 4723 115 , , , 1662 4723 116 Kangwon Kangwon NNP 1662 4723 117 - - HYPH 1662 4723 118 do do NNP 1662 4723 119 , , , 1662 4723 120 Kwangju Kwangju NNP 1662 4723 121 - - HYPH 1662 4723 122 gwangyoksi gwangyoksi NNP 1662 4723 123 * * NFP 1662 4723 124 , , , 1662 4723 125 Kyonggi Kyonggi NNP 1662 4723 126 - - HYPH 1662 4723 127 do do NNP 1662 4723 128 , , , 1662 4723 129 Kyongsang Kyongsang NNP 1662 4723 130 - - HYPH 1662 4723 131 bukto bukto NNP 1662 4723 132 , , , 1662 4723 133 Kyongsang Kyongsang NNP 1662 4723 134 - - HYPH 1662 4723 135 namdo namdo NNP 1662 4723 136 , , , 1662 4723 137 Pusan Pusan NNP 1662 4723 138 - - HYPH 1662 4723 139 gwangyoksi gwangyoksi NNP 1662 4723 140 * * NFP 1662 4723 141 , , , 1662 4723 142 Soul Soul NNP 1662 4723 143 - - HYPH 1662 4723 144 t'ukpyolsi t'ukpyolsi NNP 1662 4723 145 * * NFP 1662 4723 146 , , , 1662 4723 147 Taegu Taegu NNP 1662 4723 148 - - HYPH 1662 4723 149 gwangyoksi gwangyoksi NNP 1662 4723 150 * * NFP 1662 4723 151 , , , 1662 4723 152 Taejon taejon NN 1662 4723 153 - - HYPH 1662 4723 154 gwangyoksi gwangyoksi NN 1662 4723 155 * * NFP 1662 4723 156 Independence independence NN 1662 4723 157 : : : 1662 4723 158 15 15 CD 1662 4723 159 August August NNP 1662 4723 160 1948 1948 CD 1662 4723 161 National national JJ 1662 4723 162 holiday holiday NN 1662 4723 163 : : : 1662 4723 164 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4723 165 Day Day NNP 1662 4723 166 , , , 1662 4723 167 15 15 CD 1662 4723 168 August August NNP 1662 4723 169 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 170 1948 1948 CD 1662 4723 171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 172 Constitution constitution NN 1662 4723 173 : : : 1662 4723 174 25 25 CD 1662 4723 175 February February NNP 1662 4723 176 1988 1988 CD 1662 4723 177 Legal legal JJ 1662 4723 178 system system NN 1662 4723 179 : : : 1662 4723 180 combines combine VBZ 1662 4723 181 elements element NNS 1662 4723 182 of of IN 1662 4723 183 continental continental JJ 1662 4723 184 European european JJ 1662 4723 185 civil civil JJ 1662 4723 186 law law NN 1662 4723 187 systems system NNS 1662 4723 188 , , , 1662 4723 189 Anglo anglo JJ 1662 4723 190 - - HYPH 1662 4723 191 American american JJ 1662 4723 192 law law NN 1662 4723 193 , , , 1662 4723 194 and and CC 1662 4723 195 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 4723 196 classical classical JJ 1662 4723 197 thought thought NN 1662 4723 198 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 4723 199 : : : 1662 4723 200 20 20 CD 1662 4723 201 years year NNS 1662 4723 202 of of IN 1662 4723 203 age age NN 1662 4723 204 ; ; : 1662 4723 205 universal universal JJ 1662 4723 206 Executive Executive NNP 1662 4723 207 branch branch NN 1662 4723 208 : : : 1662 4723 209 chief chief NN 1662 4723 210 of of IN 1662 4723 211 state state NN 1662 4723 212 : : : 1662 4723 213 President President NNP 1662 4723 214 KIM KIM NNP 1662 4723 215 Yong Yong NNP 1662 4723 216 - - HYPH 1662 4723 217 sam sam NNP 1662 4723 218 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 219 since since IN 1662 4723 220 25 25 CD 1662 4723 221 February February NNP 1662 4723 222 1993 1993 CD 1662 4723 223 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 224 head head NN 1662 4723 225 of of IN 1662 4723 226 government government NN 1662 4723 227 : : : 1662 4723 228 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4723 229 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4723 230 KO KO NNP 1662 4723 231 Kon Kon NNP 1662 4723 232 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 233 since since IN 1662 4723 234 4 4 CD 1662 4723 235 March March NNP 1662 4723 236 1997 1997 CD 1662 4723 237 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 238 ; ; : 1662 4723 239 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 4723 240 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4723 241 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 4723 242 KANG KANG NNP 1662 4723 243 Kyong Kyong NNP 1662 4723 244 - - HYPH 1662 4723 245 sik sik NNP 1662 4723 246 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 247 since since IN 1662 4723 248 5 5 CD 1662 4723 249 March March NNP 1662 4723 250 1997 1997 CD 1662 4723 251 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 252 and and CC 1662 4723 253 KWON KWON VBN 1662 4723 254 O O NNP 1662 4723 255 - - HYPH 1662 4723 256 ki ki NNP 1662 4723 257 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 258 since since IN 1662 4723 259 20 20 CD 1662 4723 260 December December NNP 1662 4723 261 1995 1995 CD 1662 4723 262 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 263 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4723 264 : : : 1662 4723 265 State State NNP 1662 4723 266 Council Council NNP 1662 4723 267 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4723 268 by by IN 1662 4723 269 the the DT 1662 4723 270 president president NN 1662 4723 271 on on IN 1662 4723 272 the the DT 1662 4723 273 prime prime NNP 1662 4723 274 minister minister NN 1662 4723 275 's 's POS 1662 4723 276 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 4723 277 elections election NNS 1662 4723 278 : : : 1662 4723 279 president president NN 1662 4723 280 elected elect VBN 1662 4723 281 by by IN 1662 4723 282 popular popular JJ 1662 4723 283 vote vote NN 1662 4723 284 for for IN 1662 4723 285 a a DT 1662 4723 286 single single JJ 1662 4723 287 five five CD 1662 4723 288 - - HYPH 1662 4723 289 year year NN 1662 4723 290 term term NN 1662 4723 291 ; ; : 1662 4723 292 election election NN 1662 4723 293 last last JJ 1662 4723 294 held hold VBD 1662 4723 295 18 18 CD 1662 4723 296 December December NNP 1662 4723 297 1992 1992 CD 1662 4723 298 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 299 next next JJ 1662 4723 300 to to TO 1662 4723 301 be be VB 1662 4723 302 held hold VBN 1662 4723 303 18 18 CD 1662 4723 304 December December NNP 1662 4723 305 1997 1997 CD 1662 4723 306 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 307 ; ; : 1662 4723 308 prime prime NNP 1662 4723 309 minister minister NN 1662 4723 310 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4723 311 by by IN 1662 4723 312 the the DT 1662 4723 313 president president NN 1662 4723 314 ; ; : 1662 4723 315 deputy deputy JJ 1662 4723 316 prime prime JJ 1662 4723 317 ministers minister NNS 1662 4723 318 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4723 319 by by IN 1662 4723 320 the the DT 1662 4723 321 president president NN 1662 4723 322 on on IN 1662 4723 323 the the DT 1662 4723 324 prime prime NNP 1662 4723 325 minister minister NN 1662 4723 326 's 's POS 1662 4723 327 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 4723 328 election election NN 1662 4723 329 results result NNS 1662 4723 330 : : : 1662 4723 331 KIM KIM NNP 1662 4723 332 Yong Yong NNP 1662 4723 333 - - HYPH 1662 4723 334 sam sam NNP 1662 4723 335 elected elect VBD 1662 4723 336 president president NN 1662 4723 337 ; ; , 1662 4723 338 percent percent NN 1662 4723 339 of of IN 1662 4723 340 vote vote NN 1662 4723 341 - - HYPH 1662 4723 342 KIM KIM NNP 1662 4723 343 Yong Yong NNP 1662 4723 344 - - HYPH 1662 4723 345 sam sam NNP 1662 4723 346 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 347 DLP DLP NNP 1662 4723 348 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 349 41.9 41.9 CD 1662 4723 350 % % NN 1662 4723 351 , , , 1662 4723 352 KIM KIM NNP 1662 4723 353 Tae Tae NNP 1662 4723 354 - - HYPH 1662 4723 355 chung chung NNP 1662 4723 356 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 357 DP DP NNP 1662 4723 358 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 359 33.8 33.8 CD 1662 4723 360 % % NN 1662 4723 361 , , , 1662 4723 362 CHONG CHONG NNP 1662 4723 363 Chu Chu NNP 1662 4723 364 - - HYPH 1662 4723 365 yong yong NNP 1662 4723 366 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 367 UPP UPP NNP 1662 4723 368 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 369 16.3 16.3 CD 1662 4723 370 % % NN 1662 4723 371 , , , 1662 4723 372 other other JJ 1662 4723 373 8 8 CD 1662 4723 374 % % NN 1662 4723 375 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 4723 376 branch branch NN 1662 4723 377 : : : 1662 4723 378 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 4723 379 National National NNP 1662 4723 380 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4723 381 or or CC 1662 4723 382 Kukhoe Kukhoe NNP 1662 4723 383 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 384 299 299 CD 1662 4723 385 seats seat NNS 1662 4723 386 ; ; : 1662 4723 387 members member NNS 1662 4723 388 elected elect VBN 1662 4723 389 by by IN 1662 4723 390 popular popular JJ 1662 4723 391 vote vote NN 1662 4723 392 to to TO 1662 4723 393 serve serve VB 1662 4723 394 four four CD 1662 4723 395 - - HYPH 1662 4723 396 year year NN 1662 4723 397 terms term NNS 1662 4723 398 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 399 elections election NNS 1662 4723 400 : : : 1662 4723 401 last last RB 1662 4723 402 held hold VBD 1662 4723 403 11 11 CD 1662 4723 404 April April NNP 1662 4723 405 1996 1996 CD 1662 4723 406 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 407 next next JJ 1662 4723 408 to to TO 1662 4723 409 be be VB 1662 4723 410 held hold VBN 1662 4723 411 NA NA NNP 1662 4723 412 2000 2000 CD 1662 4723 413 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 414 election election NN 1662 4723 415 results result NNS 1662 4723 416 : : : 1662 4723 417 percent percent NN 1662 4723 418 of of IN 1662 4723 419 vote vote NN 1662 4723 420 by by IN 1662 4723 421 party party NN 1662 4723 422 - - HYPH 1662 4723 423 NA NA NNP 1662 4723 424 ; ; , 1662 4723 425 seats seat NNS 1662 4723 426 by by IN 1662 4723 427 party party NN 1662 4723 428 - - HYPH 1662 4723 429 NKP NKP NNP 1662 4723 430 139 139 CD 1662 4723 431 , , , 1662 4723 432 NCNP NCNP NNP 1662 4723 433 79 79 CD 1662 4723 434 , , , 1662 4723 435 ULD ULD NNP 1662 4723 436 50 50 CD 1662 4723 437 , , , 1662 4723 438 DP DP NNP 1662 4723 439 15 15 CD 1662 4723 440 , , , 1662 4723 441 independents independent NNS 1662 4723 442 16 16 CD 1662 4723 443 ; ; : 1662 4723 444 note note VB 1662 4723 445 - - : 1662 4723 446 the the DT 1662 4723 447 distribution distribution NN 1662 4723 448 of of IN 1662 4723 449 seats seat NNS 1662 4723 450 as as IN 1662 4723 451 of of IN 1662 4723 452 December December NNP 1662 4723 453 1996 1996 CD 1662 4723 454 was be VBD 1662 4723 455 NKP NKP NNP 1662 4723 456 155 155 CD 1662 4723 457 , , , 1662 4723 458 NCNP NCNP NNP 1662 4723 459 78 78 CD 1662 4723 460 , , , 1662 4723 461 ULD ULD NNP 1662 4723 462 47 47 CD 1662 4723 463 , , , 1662 4723 464 DP DP NNP 1662 4723 465 12 12 CD 1662 4723 466 , , , 1662 4723 467 independents independent VBZ 1662 4723 468 7 7 CD 1662 4723 469 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 4723 470 branch branch NN 1662 4723 471 : : : 1662 4723 472 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 4723 473 Court Court NNP 1662 4723 474 , , , 1662 4723 475 justices justice NNS 1662 4723 476 are be VBP 1662 4723 477 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4723 478 by by IN 1662 4723 479 the the DT 1662 4723 480 president president NNP 1662 4723 481 subject subject JJ 1662 4723 482 to to IN 1662 4723 483 the the DT 1662 4723 484 consent consent NN 1662 4723 485 of of IN 1662 4723 486 the the DT 1662 4723 487 National National NNP 1662 4723 488 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4723 489 Political political JJ 1662 4723 490 parties party NNS 1662 4723 491 and and CC 1662 4723 492 leaders leader NNS 1662 4723 493 : : : 1662 4723 494 majority majority NN 1662 4723 495 party party NN 1662 4723 496 : : : 1662 4723 497 New New NNP 1662 4723 498 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4723 499 Party Party NNP 1662 4723 500 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 501 NKP NKP NNP 1662 4723 502 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 503 , , , 1662 4723 504 KIM KIM NNP 1662 4723 505 Yong Yong NNP 1662 4723 506 - - HYPH 1662 4723 507 sam sam NNP 1662 4723 508 , , , 1662 4723 509 president president NNP 1662 4723 510 opposition opposition NN 1662 4723 511 : : : 1662 4723 512 United United NNP 1662 4723 513 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 4723 514 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4723 515 Party Party NNP 1662 4723 516 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 517 ULD ULD NNP 1662 4723 518 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 519 , , , 1662 4723 520 KIM KIM NNP 1662 4723 521 Chong Chong NNP 1662 4723 522 - - HYPH 1662 4723 523 pil pil NNP 1662 4723 524 , , , 1662 4723 525 president president NN 1662 4723 526 ; ; : 1662 4723 527 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4723 528 Party Party NNP 1662 4723 529 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 530 DP DP NNP 1662 4723 531 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 532 , , , 1662 4723 533 YI YI NNP 1662 4723 534 Ki Ki NNP 1662 4723 535 - - HYPH 1662 4723 536 taek taek NNP 1662 4723 537 , , , 1662 4723 538 chairman chairman NN 1662 4723 539 ; ; : 1662 4723 540 National National NNP 1662 4723 541 Congress Congress NNP 1662 4723 542 for for IN 1662 4723 543 New New NNP 1662 4723 544 Politics Politics NNP 1662 4723 545 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 546 NCNP NCNP NNP 1662 4723 547 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 548 , , , 1662 4723 549 KIM KIM NNP 1662 4723 550 Tae Tae NNP 1662 4723 551 - - HYPH 1662 4723 552 chung chung NNP 1662 4723 553 , , , 1662 4723 554 president president NN 1662 4723 555 Political political JJ 1662 4723 556 pressure pressure NN 1662 4723 557 groups group NNS 1662 4723 558 and and CC 1662 4723 559 leaders leader NNS 1662 4723 560 : : : 1662 4723 561 Korean Korean NNP 1662 4723 562 National National NNP 1662 4723 563 Council Council NNP 1662 4723 564 of of IN 1662 4723 565 Churches Churches NNPS 1662 4723 566 ; ; : 1662 4723 567 National National NNP 1662 4723 568 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4723 569 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 4723 570 of of IN 1662 4723 571 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4723 572 ; ; : 1662 4723 573 National National NNP 1662 4723 574 Federation Federation NNP 1662 4723 575 of of IN 1662 4723 576 Student Student NNP 1662 4723 577 Associations Associations NNPS 1662 4723 578 ; ; : 1662 4723 579 National National NNP 1662 4723 580 Federation Federation NNP 1662 4723 581 of of IN 1662 4723 582 Farmers Farmers NNP 1662 4723 583 ' ' POS 1662 4723 584 Associations association NNS 1662 4723 585 ; ; : 1662 4723 586 National National NNP 1662 4723 587 Council Council NNP 1662 4723 588 of of IN 1662 4723 589 Labor Labor NNP 1662 4723 590 Unions Unions NNP 1662 4723 591 ; ; : 1662 4723 592 Federation Federation NNP 1662 4723 593 of of IN 1662 4723 594 Korean Korean NNP 1662 4723 595 Trade Trade NNP 1662 4723 596 Unions Unions NNPS 1662 4723 597 ; ; : 1662 4723 598 Korean Korean NNP 1662 4723 599 Veterans Veterans NNP 1662 4723 600 ' ' POS 1662 4723 601 Association Association NNP 1662 4723 602 ; ; : 1662 4723 603 Federation Federation NNP 1662 4723 604 of of IN 1662 4723 605 Korean Korean NNP 1662 4723 606 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 4723 607 ; ; : 1662 4723 608 Korean Korean NNP 1662 4723 609 Traders Traders NNPS 1662 4723 610 Association Association NNP 1662 4723 611 ; ; : 1662 4723 612 Korean Korean NNP 1662 4723 613 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 4723 614 of of IN 1662 4723 615 Trade Trade NNP 1662 4723 616 Unions Unions NNPS 1662 4723 617 International International NNP 1662 4723 618 organization organization NN 1662 4723 619 participation participation NN 1662 4723 620 : : : 1662 4723 621 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 4723 622 , , , 1662 4723 623 APEC APEC NNP 1662 4723 624 , , , 1662 4723 625 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 4723 626 , , , 1662 4723 627 BIS BIS NNP 1662 4723 628 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 629 pending pende VBG 1662 4723 630 member member NN 1662 4723 631 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 632 , , , 1662 4723 633 CCC CCC NNP 1662 4723 634 , , , 1662 4723 635 CP CP NNP 1662 4723 636 , , , 1662 4723 637 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 4723 638 , , , 1662 4723 639 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 4723 640 , , , 1662 4723 641 FAO FAO NNP 1662 4723 642 , , , 1662 4723 643 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 4723 644 , , , 1662 4723 645 IAEA iaea NN 1662 4723 646 , , , 1662 4723 647 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 4723 648 , , , 1662 4723 649 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 4723 650 , , , 1662 4723 651 ICC ICC NNP 1662 4723 652 , , , 1662 4723 653 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 4723 654 , , , 1662 4723 655 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 4723 656 , , , 1662 4723 657 IDA IDA NNP 1662 4723 658 , , , 1662 4723 659 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 4723 660 , , , 1662 4723 661 IFC IFC NNP 1662 4723 662 , , , 1662 4723 663 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 4723 664 , , , 1662 4723 665 IHO IHO NNP 1662 4723 666 , , , 1662 4723 667 ILO ILO NNP 1662 4723 668 , , , 1662 4723 669 IMF IMF NNP 1662 4723 670 , , , 1662 4723 671 IMO imo RB 1662 4723 672 , , , 1662 4723 673 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 4723 674 , , , 1662 4723 675 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4723 676 , , , 1662 4723 677 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 4723 678 , , , 1662 4723 679 IOC IOC NNP 1662 4723 680 , , , 1662 4723 681 IOM IOM NNP 1662 4723 682 , , , 1662 4723 683 ISO ISO NNP 1662 4723 684 , , , 1662 4723 685 ITU ITU NNP 1662 4723 686 , , , 1662 4723 687 MINURSO MINURSO NNP 1662 4723 688 , , , 1662 4723 689 OAS OAS NNP 1662 4723 690 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 691 observer observer NNP 1662 4723 692 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 693 , , , 1662 4723 694 OECD OECD NNP 1662 4723 695 , , , 1662 4723 696 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 4723 697 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 698 partner partner NN 1662 4723 699 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 700 , , , 1662 4723 701 UN UN NNP 1662 4723 702 , , , 1662 4723 703 UN UN NNP 1662 4723 704 Security Security NNP 1662 4723 705 Council Council NNP 1662 4723 706 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 707 temporary temporary JJ 1662 4723 708 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 709 , , , 1662 4723 710 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 4723 711 III III NNP 1662 4723 712 , , , 1662 4723 713 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 4723 714 , , , 1662 4723 715 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 4723 716 , , , 1662 4723 717 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 4723 718 , , , 1662 4723 719 UNMOGIP UNMOGIP NNP 1662 4723 720 , , , 1662 4723 721 UNOMIG UNOMIG NNP 1662 4723 722 , , , 1662 4723 723 UNU UNU NNP 1662 4723 724 , , , 1662 4723 725 UPU UPU NNP 1662 4723 726 , , , 1662 4723 727 WHO who WP 1662 4723 728 , , , 1662 4723 729 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 4723 730 , , , 1662 4723 731 WMO WMO NNP 1662 4723 732 , , , 1662 4723 733 WToO wtoo FW 1662 4723 734 , , , 1662 4723 735 WTrO wtro VB 1662 4723 736 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4723 737 representation representation NN 1662 4723 738 in in IN 1662 4723 739 the the DT 1662 4723 740 US US NNP 1662 4723 741 : : : 1662 4723 742 chief chief NN 1662 4723 743 of of IN 1662 4723 744 mission mission NN 1662 4723 745 : : : 1662 4723 746 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 4723 747 PAK PAK NNP 1662 4723 748 Kun Kun NNP 1662 4723 749 - - HYPH 1662 4723 750 u u NNP 1662 4723 751 chancery chancery NN 1662 4723 752 : : : 1662 4723 753 2450 2450 CD 1662 4723 754 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 4723 755 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 4723 756 NW NW NNP 1662 4723 757 , , , 1662 4723 758 Washington Washington NNP 1662 4723 759 , , , 1662 4723 760 DC DC NNP 1662 4723 761 20008 20008 CD 1662 4723 762 telephone telephone NN 1662 4723 763 : : : 1662 4723 764 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4723 765 1 1 CD 1662 4723 766 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4723 767 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 768 202 202 CD 1662 4723 769 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 770 939 939 CD 1662 4723 771 - - SYM 1662 4723 772 5600 5600 CD 1662 4723 773 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 4723 774 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 775 general general NN 1662 4723 776 : : : 1662 4723 777 Agana Agana NNP 1662 4723 778 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 779 Guam Guam NNP 1662 4723 780 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 781 , , , 1662 4723 782 Anchorage Anchorage NNP 1662 4723 783 , , , 1662 4723 784 Atlanta Atlanta NNP 1662 4723 785 , , , 1662 4723 786 Boston Boston NNP 1662 4723 787 , , , 1662 4723 788 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 4723 789 , , , 1662 4723 790 Honolulu Honolulu NNP 1662 4723 791 , , , 1662 4723 792 Houston Houston NNP 1662 4723 793 , , , 1662 4723 794 Los Los NNP 1662 4723 795 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 4723 796 , , , 1662 4723 797 Miami Miami NNP 1662 4723 798 , , , 1662 4723 799 New New NNP 1662 4723 800 York York NNP 1662 4723 801 , , , 1662 4723 802 San San NNP 1662 4723 803 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 4723 804 , , , 1662 4723 805 and and CC 1662 4723 806 Seattle Seattle NNP 1662 4723 807 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4723 808 representation representation NN 1662 4723 809 from from IN 1662 4723 810 the the DT 1662 4723 811 US US NNP 1662 4723 812 : : : 1662 4723 813 chief chief NN 1662 4723 814 of of IN 1662 4723 815 mission mission NN 1662 4723 816 : : : 1662 4723 817 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 4723 818 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 819 vacant vacant JJ 1662 4723 820 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 821 embassy embassy NN 1662 4723 822 : : : 1662 4723 823 82 82 CD 1662 4723 824 Sejong Sejong NNP 1662 4723 825 - - HYPH 1662 4723 826 Ro Ro NNP 1662 4723 827 , , , 1662 4723 828 Chongro Chongro NNP 1662 4723 829 - - HYPH 1662 4723 830 ku ku NNP 1662 4723 831 , , , 1662 4723 832 Seoul Seoul NNP 1662 4723 833 mailing mail VBG 1662 4723 834 address address NN 1662 4723 835 : : : 1662 4723 836 American American NNP 1662 4723 837 Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 4723 838 , , , 1662 4723 839 Unit Unit NNP 1662 4723 840 15550 15550 CD 1662 4723 841 , , , 1662 4723 842 APO APO NNP 1662 4723 843 AP AP NNP 1662 4723 844 96205 96205 CD 1662 4723 845 - - HYPH 1662 4723 846 0001 0001 CD 1662 4723 847 telephone telephone NN 1662 4723 848 : : : 1662 4723 849 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4723 850 82 82 CD 1662 4723 851 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4723 852 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 853 2 2 CD 1662 4723 854 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 855 397 397 CD 1662 4723 856 - - HYPH 1662 4723 857 4114 4114 CD 1662 4723 858 FAX fax NN 1662 4723 859 : : : 1662 4723 860 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4723 861 82 82 CD 1662 4723 862 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4723 863 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4723 864 2 2 CD 1662 4723 865 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4723 866 738 738 CD 1662 4723 867 - - HYPH 1662 4723 868 8845 8845 CD 1662 4723 869 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 4723 870 ) ) -RRB- 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1662 4735 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4736 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 4736 2 : : : 1662 4736 3 electronics electronic NNS 1662 4736 4 , , , 1662 4736 5 automobile automobile NN 1662 4736 6 production production NN 1662 4736 7 , , , 1662 4736 8 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4736 9 , , , 1662 4736 10 shipbuilding shipbuilding NN 1662 4736 11 , , , 1662 4736 12 steel steel NN 1662 4736 13 , , , 1662 4736 14 textiles textile NNS 1662 4736 15 , , , 1662 4736 16 clothing clothing NN 1662 4736 17 , , , 1662 4736 18 footwear footwear NN 1662 4736 19 , , , 1662 4736 20 food food NN 1662 4736 21 processing process VBG 1662 4736 22 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 4736 23 production production NN 1662 4736 24 growth growth NN 1662 4736 25 rate rate NN 1662 4736 26 : : : 1662 4736 27 11.9 11.9 CD 1662 4736 28 % % NN 1662 4736 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4736 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 4736 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4736 32 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4736 33 - - HYPH 1662 4736 34 capacity capacity NN 1662 4736 35 : : : 1662 4736 36 31.67 31.67 CD 1662 4736 37 million million CD 1662 4736 38 kW kW NNP 1662 4736 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4736 40 1994 1994 CD 1662 4736 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4736 42 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4736 43 - - HYPH 1662 4736 44 production production NN 1662 4736 45 : : : 1662 4736 46 155.89 155.89 CD 1662 4736 47 billion billion CD 1662 4736 48 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4736 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4736 50 1994 1994 CD 1662 4736 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4736 52 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4736 53 - - HYPH 1662 4736 54 consumption consumption NN 1662 4736 55 per per IN 1662 4736 56 capita capita NN 1662 4736 57 : : : 1662 4736 58 3,563 3,563 CD 1662 4736 59 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4736 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4736 61 1995 1995 CD 1662 4736 62 est est NNP 1662 4736 63 . . . 1662 4736 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4737 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4737 2 - - HYPH 1662 4737 3 products product NNS 1662 4737 4 : : : 1662 4737 5 rice rice NN 1662 4737 6 , , , 1662 4737 7 root root NN 1662 4737 8 crops crop NNS 1662 4737 9 , , , 1662 4737 10 barley barley NN 1662 4737 11 , , , 1662 4737 12 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 4737 13 , , , 1662 4737 14 fruit fruit NN 1662 4737 15 ; ; : 1662 4737 16 cattle cattle NNS 1662 4737 17 , , , 1662 4737 18 pigs pig NNS 1662 4737 19 , , , 1662 4737 20 chickens chicken NNS 1662 4737 21 , , , 1662 4737 22 milk milk NN 1662 4737 23 , , , 1662 4737 24 eggs egg NNS 1662 4737 25 ; ; , 1662 4737 26 fish fish NN 1662 4737 27 catch catch NN 1662 4737 28 of of IN 1662 4737 29 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 4737 30 million million CD 1662 4737 31 metric metric JJ 1662 4737 32 tons ton NNS 1662 4737 33 , , , 1662 4737 34 seventh seventh JJ 1662 4737 35 largest large JJS 1662 4737 36 in in IN 1662 4737 37 world world NN 1662 4737 38 Exports export NNS 1662 4737 39 : : : 1662 4737 40 total total JJ 1662 4737 41 value value NN 1662 4737 42 : : : 1662 4737 43 $ $ $ 1662 4737 44 130.9 130.9 CD 1662 4737 45 billion billion CD 1662 4737 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4737 47 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 4737 48 . . NNP 1662 4737 49 , , , 1662 4737 50 1996 1996 CD 1662 4737 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4737 52 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4737 53 : : : 1662 4737 54 electronic electronic JJ 1662 4737 55 and and CC 1662 4737 56 electrical electrical JJ 1662 4737 57 equipment equipment NN 1662 4737 58 , , , 1662 4737 59 machinery machinery NN 1662 4737 60 , , , 1662 4737 61 steel steel NN 1662 4737 62 , , , 1662 4737 63 automobiles automobile NNS 1662 4737 64 , , , 1662 4737 65 ships ship NNS 1662 4737 66 ; ; : 1662 4737 67 textiles textile NNS 1662 4737 68 , , , 1662 4737 69 clothing clothing NN 1662 4737 70 , , , 1662 4737 71 footwear footwear NN 1662 4737 72 ; ; , 1662 4737 73 fish fish NN 1662 4737 74 partners partner NNS 1662 4737 75 : : : 1662 4737 76 US US NNP 1662 4737 77 17 17 CD 1662 4737 78 % % NN 1662 4737 79 , , , 1662 4737 80 EU EU NNP 1662 4737 81 13 13 CD 1662 4737 82 % % NN 1662 4737 83 , , , 1662 4737 84 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4737 85 12 12 CD 1662 4737 86 % % NN 1662 4737 87 Imports import NNS 1662 4737 88 : : : 1662 4737 89 total total JJ 1662 4737 90 value value NN 1662 4737 91 : : : 1662 4737 92 $ $ $ 1662 4737 93 150.2 150.2 CD 1662 4737 94 billion billion CD 1662 4737 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4737 96 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 4737 97 . . NNP 1662 4737 98 , , , 1662 4737 99 1996 1996 CD 1662 4737 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4737 101 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4737 102 : : : 1662 4737 103 machinery machinery NN 1662 4737 104 , , , 1662 4737 105 electronics electronic NNS 1662 4737 106 and and CC 1662 4737 107 electronic electronic JJ 1662 4737 108 equipment equipment NN 1662 4737 109 , , , 1662 4737 110 oil oil NN 1662 4737 111 , , , 1662 4737 112 steel steel NN 1662 4737 113 , , , 1662 4737 114 transport transport NN 1662 4737 115 equipment equipment NN 1662 4737 116 , , , 1662 4737 117 textiles textile NNS 1662 4737 118 , , , 1662 4737 119 organic organic JJ 1662 4737 120 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4737 121 , , , 1662 4737 122 grains grain VBZ 1662 4737 123 partners partner NNS 1662 4737 124 : : : 1662 4737 125 US US NNP 1662 4737 126 22 22 CD 1662 4737 127 % % NN 1662 4737 128 , , , 1662 4737 129 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4737 130 21 21 CD 1662 4737 131 % % NN 1662 4737 132 , , , 1662 4737 133 EU EU NNP 1662 4737 134 13 13 CD 1662 4737 135 % % NN 1662 4737 136 Debt debt NN 1662 4737 137 - - HYPH 1662 4737 138 external external JJ 1662 4737 139 : : : 1662 4737 140 $ $ $ 1662 4737 141 93 93 CD 1662 4737 142 billion billion CD 1662 4737 143 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4737 144 1996 1996 CD 1662 4737 145 est est NNP 1662 4737 146 . . . 1662 4737 147 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4738 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 4738 2 aid aid NN 1662 4738 3 : : : 1662 4738 4 $ $ $ 1662 4738 5 NA NA NNP 1662 4738 6 Currency currency NN 1662 4738 7 : : : 1662 4738 8 1 1 CD 1662 4738 9 South south JJ 1662 4738 10 Korean korean JJ 1662 4738 11 won won NN 1662 4738 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4738 13 W w NN 1662 4738 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4738 15 = = SYM 1662 4738 16 100 100 CD 1662 4738 17 chun chun NN 1662 4738 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4738 19 theoretical theoretical JJ 1662 4738 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4738 21 Exchange exchange NN 1662 4738 22 rates rate NNS 1662 4738 23 : : : 1662 4738 24 South south JJ 1662 4738 25 Korean korean JJ 1662 4738 26 won won NN 1662 4738 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4738 28 W w NN 1662 4738 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4738 30 per per IN 1662 4738 31 US$ us$ $ 1662 4738 32 1 1 CD 1662 4738 33 - - SYM 1662 4738 34 849.88 849.88 CD 1662 4738 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4738 36 January January NNP 1662 4738 37 1997 1997 CD 1662 4738 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4738 39 , , , 1662 4738 40 804.45 804.45 CD 1662 4738 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4738 42 1996 1996 CD 1662 4738 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4738 44 , , , 1662 4738 45 771.27 771.27 CD 1662 4738 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4738 47 1995 1995 CD 1662 4738 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4738 49 , , , 1662 4738 50 803.45 803.45 CD 1662 4738 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4738 52 1994 1994 CD 1662 4738 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4738 54 , , , 1662 4738 55 802.67 802.67 CD 1662 4738 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4738 57 1993 1993 CD 1662 4738 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4738 59 , , , 1662 4738 60 780.65 780.65 CD 1662 4738 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4738 62 1992 1992 CD 1662 4738 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4738 64 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4738 65 year year NN 1662 4738 66 : : : 1662 4738 67 calendar calendar NNP 1662 4738 68 year year NNP 1662 4738 69 @Korea @Korea NNP 1662 4738 70 , , , 1662 4738 71 South South NNP 1662 4738 72 : : : 1662 4738 73 Communications Communications NNP 1662 4738 74 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 4738 75 : : : 1662 4738 76 16.6 16.6 CD 1662 4738 77 million million CD 1662 4738 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4738 79 1993 1993 CD 1662 4738 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4738 81 Telephone telephone NN 1662 4738 82 system system NN 1662 4738 83 : : : 1662 4738 84 excellent excellent JJ 1662 4738 85 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4738 86 and and CC 1662 4738 87 international international JJ 1662 4738 88 services service NNS 1662 4738 89 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4738 90 : : : 1662 4738 91 NA NA NNP 1662 4738 92 international international JJ 1662 4738 93 : : : 1662 4738 94 fiber fiber NN 1662 4738 95 - - HYPH 1662 4738 96 optic optic NN 1662 4738 97 submarine submarine NN 1662 4738 98 cable cable NN 1662 4738 99 to to IN 1662 4738 100 China China NNP 1662 4738 101 ; ; : 1662 4738 102 satellite satellite NN 1662 4738 103 earth earth NN 1662 4738 104 stations station NNS 1662 4738 105 - - , 1662 4738 106 3 3 CD 1662 4738 107 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4738 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4738 109 2 2 CD 1662 4738 110 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 4738 111 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4738 112 and and CC 1662 4738 113 1 1 CD 1662 4738 114 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4738 115 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4738 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4738 117 and and CC 1662 4738 118 1 1 CD 1662 4738 119 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 4738 120 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4738 121 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 4738 122 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4738 123 Region Region NNP 1662 4738 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4738 125 Radio radio NN 1662 4738 126 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4738 127 stations station NNS 1662 4738 128 : : : 1662 4738 129 AM am VBP 1662 4738 130 79 79 CD 1662 4738 131 , , , 1662 4738 132 FM FM NNP 1662 4738 133 46 46 CD 1662 4738 134 , , , 1662 4738 135 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 4738 136 0 0 CD 1662 4738 137 Radios radio NNS 1662 4738 138 : : : 1662 4738 139 42 42 CD 1662 4738 140 million million CD 1662 4738 141 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4738 142 1993 1993 CD 1662 4738 143 est est NNP 1662 4738 144 . . . 1662 4738 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4739 1 Television television NN 1662 4739 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4739 3 stations station NNS 1662 4739 4 : : : 1662 4739 5 256 256 CD 1662 4739 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4739 7 57 57 CD 1662 4739 8 of of IN 1662 4739 9 which which WDT 1662 4739 10 are be VBP 1662 4739 11 1 1 CD 1662 4739 12 kW kw NN 1662 4739 13 or or CC 1662 4739 14 greater great JJR 1662 4739 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4739 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4739 17 1987 1987 CD 1662 4739 18 est est NNP 1662 4739 19 . . . 1662 4739 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4740 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 4740 2 : : : 1662 4740 3 9.3 9.3 CD 1662 4740 4 million million CD 1662 4740 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4740 6 1992 1992 CD 1662 4740 7 est est NNP 1662 4740 8 . . . 1662 4740 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4741 1 @Korea @Korea NNP 1662 4741 2 , , , 1662 4741 3 South South NNP 1662 4741 4 : : : 1662 4741 5 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4741 6 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 4741 7 : : : 1662 4741 8 total total NN 1662 4741 9 : : : 1662 4741 10 3,081 3,081 CD 1662 4741 11 km km NN 1662 4741 12 standard standard JJ 1662 4741 13 gauge gauge NN 1662 4741 14 : : : 1662 4741 15 3,081 3,081 CD 1662 4741 16 km km NN 1662 4741 17 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 4741 18 gauge gauge NN 1662 4741 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4741 20 560 560 CD 1662 4741 21 km km NN 1662 4741 22 electrified electrify VBN 1662 4741 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4741 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4741 25 1996 1996 CD 1662 4741 26 est est NNP 1662 4741 27 . . . 1662 4741 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4742 1 Highways highway NNS 1662 4742 2 : : : 1662 4742 3 total total NN 1662 4742 4 : : : 1662 4742 5 74,235 74,235 CD 1662 4742 6 km km NNS 1662 4742 7 paved pave VBN 1662 4742 8 : : : 1662 4742 9 56,419 56,419 CD 1662 4742 10 km km NNS 1662 4742 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4742 12 including include VBG 1662 4742 13 1,824 1,824 CD 1662 4742 14 km km NNS 1662 4742 15 of of IN 1662 4742 16 expressways expressway NNS 1662 4742 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4742 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4742 19 : : : 1662 4742 20 17,816 17,816 CD 1662 4742 21 km km NNS 1662 4742 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4742 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 4742 24 est est NNP 1662 4742 25 . . . 1662 4742 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4743 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 4743 2 : : : 1662 4743 3 1,609 1,609 CD 1662 4743 4 km km NN 1662 4743 5 ; ; : 1662 4743 6 use use NN 1662 4743 7 restricted restrict VBN 1662 4743 8 to to IN 1662 4743 9 small small JJ 1662 4743 10 native native JJ 1662 4743 11 craft craft NN 1662 4743 12 Pipelines Pipelines NNP 1662 4743 13 : : : 1662 4743 14 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4743 15 products product NNS 1662 4743 16 455 455 CD 1662 4743 17 km km NN 1662 4743 18 ; ; : 1662 4743 19 note note VB 1662 4743 20 - - : 1662 4743 21 additionally additionally RB 1662 4743 22 , , , 1662 4743 23 there there EX 1662 4743 24 is be VBZ 1662 4743 25 a a DT 1662 4743 26 parallel parallel JJ 1662 4743 27 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4743 28 , , , 1662 4743 29 oils oil NNS 1662 4743 30 , , , 1662 4743 31 and and CC 1662 4743 32 lubricants lubricant NNS 1662 4743 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4743 34 POL POL NNP 1662 4743 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4743 36 pipeline pipeline NN 1662 4743 37 being being NN 1662 4743 38 completed complete VBN 1662 4743 39 Ports port NNS 1662 4743 40 and and CC 1662 4743 41 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4743 42 : : : 1662 4743 43 Chinhae Chinhae NNP 1662 4743 44 , , , 1662 4743 45 Inch'on Inch'on NNP 1662 4743 46 , , , 1662 4743 47 Kunsan Kunsan NNP 1662 4743 48 , , , 1662 4743 49 Masan Masan NNP 1662 4743 50 , , , 1662 4743 51 Mokp'o Mokp'o NNP 1662 4743 52 , , , 1662 4743 53 P'ohang P'ohang NNP 1662 4743 54 , , , 1662 4743 55 Pusan Pusan NNP 1662 4743 56 , , , 1662 4743 57 Ulsan Ulsan NNP 1662 4743 58 , , , 1662 4743 59 Yosu Yosu NNP 1662 4743 60 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 4743 61 marine marine NN 1662 4743 62 : : : 1662 4743 63 total total NN 1662 4743 64 : : : 1662 4743 65 461 461 CD 1662 4743 66 ships ship NNS 1662 4743 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4743 68 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4743 69 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4743 70 or or CC 1662 4743 71 over over RB 1662 4743 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4743 73 totaling total VBG 1662 4743 74 6,634,127 6,634,127 CD 1662 4743 75 GRT/10,343,557 GRT/10,343,557 , 1662 4743 76 DWT dwt NN 1662 4743 77 ships ship NNS 1662 4743 78 by by IN 1662 4743 79 type type NN 1662 4743 80 : : : 1662 4743 81 bulk bulk NNP 1662 4743 82 123 123 CD 1662 4743 83 , , , 1662 4743 84 cargo cargo NN 1662 4743 85 124 124 CD 1662 4743 86 , , , 1662 4743 87 chemical chemical NN 1662 4743 88 tanker tanker NN 1662 4743 89 27 27 CD 1662 4743 90 , , , 1662 4743 91 combination combination NN 1662 4743 92 bulk bulk NN 1662 4743 93 3 3 CD 1662 4743 94 , , , 1662 4743 95 combination combination NN 1662 4743 96 ore ore NN 1662 4743 97 / / SYM 1662 4743 98 oil oil NN 1662 4743 99 1 1 CD 1662 4743 100 , , , 1662 4743 101 container container NN 1662 4743 102 71 71 CD 1662 4743 103 , , , 1662 4743 104 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 4743 105 gas gas NN 1662 4743 106 tanker tanker NN 1662 4743 107 13 13 CD 1662 4743 108 , , , 1662 4743 109 multifunction multifunction NN 1662 4743 110 large large JJ 1662 4743 111 - - HYPH 1662 4743 112 load load NN 1662 4743 113 carrier carrier NN 1662 4743 114 1 1 CD 1662 4743 115 , , , 1662 4743 116 oil oil NN 1662 4743 117 tanker tanker NN 1662 4743 118 68 68 CD 1662 4743 119 , , , 1662 4743 120 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 4743 121 cargo cargo NN 1662 4743 122 17 17 CD 1662 4743 123 , , , 1662 4743 124 short short JJ 1662 4743 125 - - HYPH 1662 4743 126 sea sea NN 1662 4743 127 passenger passenger NN 1662 4743 128 2 2 CD 1662 4743 129 , , , 1662 4743 130 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 4743 131 carrier carrier NN 1662 4743 132 11 11 CD 1662 4743 133 note note NN 1662 4743 134 : : : 1662 4743 135 South South NNP 1662 4743 136 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4743 137 owns own VBZ 1662 4743 138 an an DT 1662 4743 139 additional additional JJ 1662 4743 140 254 254 CD 1662 4743 141 ships ship NNS 1662 4743 142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4743 143 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4743 144 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4743 145 or or CC 1662 4743 146 over over RB 1662 4743 147 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4743 148 totaling total VBG 1662 4743 149 12,744,507 12,744,507 CD 1662 4743 150 DWT dwt NN 1662 4743 151 operating operate VBG 1662 4743 152 under under IN 1662 4743 153 the the DT 1662 4743 154 registries registry NNS 1662 4743 155 of of IN 1662 4743 156 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 4743 157 , , , 1662 4743 158 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 4743 159 , , , 1662 4743 160 Malta Malta NNP 1662 4743 161 , , , 1662 4743 162 Panama Panama NNP 1662 4743 163 , , , 1662 4743 164 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 4743 165 , , , 1662 4743 166 and and CC 1662 4743 167 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 4743 168 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4743 169 1996 1996 CD 1662 4743 170 est est NNP 1662 4743 171 . . . 1662 4743 172 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4744 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4744 2 : : : 1662 4744 3 103 103 CD 1662 4744 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4744 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4744 6 est est NNP 1662 4744 7 . . . 1662 4744 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4745 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4745 2 - - , 1662 4745 3 with with IN 1662 4745 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4745 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4745 6 : : : 1662 4745 7 total total NN 1662 4745 8 : : : 1662 4745 9 101 101 CD 1662 4745 10 over over IN 1662 4745 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4745 12 m m NN 1662 4745 13 : : : 1662 4745 14 1 1 CD 1662 4745 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4745 16 to to IN 1662 4745 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4745 18 m m NN 1662 4745 19 : : : 1662 4745 20 18 18 CD 1662 4745 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4745 22 to to TO 1662 4745 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4745 24 m m NN 1662 4745 25 : : : 1662 4745 26 15 15 CD 1662 4745 27 914 914 CD 1662 4745 28 to to TO 1662 4745 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4745 30 m m NN 1662 4745 31 : : : 1662 4745 32 14 14 CD 1662 4745 33 under under IN 1662 4745 34 914 914 CD 1662 4745 35 m m NN 1662 4745 36 : : : 1662 4745 37 53 53 CD 1662 4745 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4745 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 4745 40 est est NNP 1662 4745 41 . . . 1662 4745 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4746 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4746 2 - - , 1662 4746 3 with with IN 1662 4746 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4746 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4746 6 : : : 1662 4746 7 total total NN 1662 4746 8 : : : 1662 4746 9 2 2 CD 1662 4746 10 914 914 CD 1662 4746 11 to to TO 1662 4746 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4746 13 m m NN 1662 4746 14 : : : 1662 4746 15 2 2 CD 1662 4746 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4746 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 4746 18 est est NNP 1662 4746 19 . . . 1662 4746 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4747 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 4747 2 : : : 1662 4747 3 199 199 CD 1662 4747 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4747 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4747 6 est est NNP 1662 4747 7 . . . 1662 4747 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4748 1 Military military JJ 1662 4748 2 Military military JJ 1662 4748 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4748 4 : : : 1662 4748 5 Army Army NNP 1662 4748 6 , , , 1662 4748 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 4748 8 , , , 1662 4748 9 Air Air NNP 1662 4748 10 Force Force NNP 1662 4748 11 , , , 1662 4748 12 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4748 13 Corps Corps NNP 1662 4748 14 , , , 1662 4748 15 National National NNP 1662 4748 16 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4748 17 Police Police NNP 1662 4748 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4748 19 Coast Coast NNP 1662 4748 20 Guard Guard NNP 1662 4748 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4748 22 Military military JJ 1662 4748 23 manpower manpower NN 1662 4748 24 - - HYPH 1662 4748 25 military military NN 1662 4748 26 age age NN 1662 4748 27 : : : 1662 4748 28 18 18 CD 1662 4748 29 years year NNS 1662 4748 30 of of IN 1662 4748 31 age age NN 1662 4748 32 Military military JJ 1662 4748 33 manpower manpower NN 1662 4748 34 - - HYPH 1662 4748 35 availability availability NN 1662 4748 36 : : : 1662 4748 37 males male NNS 1662 4748 38 age age NNP 1662 4748 39 15 15 CD 1662 4748 40 - - HYPH 1662 4748 41 49 49 CD 1662 4748 42 : : SYM 1662 4748 43 13,730,520 13,730,520 CD 1662 4748 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4748 45 1997 1997 CD 1662 4748 46 est est NNP 1662 4748 47 . . . 1662 4748 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4749 1 Military military JJ 1662 4749 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4749 3 - - HYPH 1662 4749 4 fit fit NN 1662 4749 5 for for IN 1662 4749 6 military military JJ 1662 4749 7 service service NN 1662 4749 8 : : : 1662 4749 9 males male NNS 1662 4749 10 : : : 1662 4749 11 8,775,136 8,775,136 CD 1662 4749 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4749 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4749 14 est e JJS 1662 4749 15 . . . 1662 4749 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4750 1 Military military JJ 1662 4750 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4750 3 - - HYPH 1662 4750 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 4750 5 military military JJ 1662 4750 6 age age NN 1662 4750 7 annually annually RB 1662 4750 8 : : : 1662 4750 9 males male NNS 1662 4750 10 : : : 1662 4750 11 397,167 397,167 CD 1662 4750 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4750 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4750 14 est est NNP 1662 4750 15 . . . 1662 4750 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4751 1 Military military JJ 1662 4751 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4751 3 - - HYPH 1662 4751 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4751 5 figure figure NN 1662 4751 6 : : : 1662 4751 7 $ $ $ 1662 4751 8 17.4 17.4 CD 1662 4751 9 billion billion CD 1662 4751 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4751 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4751 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4751 13 Military military JJ 1662 4751 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4751 15 - - : 1662 4751 16 percent percent NN 1662 4751 17 of of IN 1662 4751 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4751 19 : : : 1662 4751 20 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 4751 21 % % NN 1662 4751 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4751 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 4751 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4751 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4751 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4751 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 4751 28 - - : 1662 4751 29 international international JJ 1662 4751 30 : : : 1662 4751 31 Demarcation demarcation NN 1662 4751 32 Line Line NNP 1662 4751 33 with with IN 1662 4751 34 North North NNP 1662 4751 35 Korea Korea NNP 1662 4751 36 ; ; : 1662 4751 37 Liancourt Liancourt NNP 1662 4751 38 Rocks Rocks NNPS 1662 4751 39 claimed claim VBD 1662 4751 40 by by IN 1662 4751 41 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4751 42 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 43 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 44 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 45 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 46 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 47 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 48 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 49 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 50 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 51 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 52 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 53 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 54 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 55 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 56 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 57 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 58 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 59 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 60 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 61 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 62 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 63 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 64 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 65 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 66 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 67 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 68 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 69 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 70 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 71 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 72 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 73 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 74 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 75 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 76 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 77 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 78 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 79 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 80 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 81 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 82 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 83 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 84 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 85 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 86 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 87 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 88 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 89 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 90 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 91 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 92 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 93 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 94 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 95 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 96 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 97 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 98 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 99 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 100 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 101 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 102 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 103 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 104 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 105 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 106 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 107 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 108 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 109 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 110 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 111 _ _ NNP 1662 4751 112 KUWAIT KUWAIT NNP 1662 4751 113 @Kuwait @kuwait VBP 1662 4751 114 : : : 1662 4751 115 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4751 116 Location location NN 1662 4751 117 : : : 1662 4751 118 Middle Middle NNP 1662 4751 119 East East NNP 1662 4751 120 , , , 1662 4751 121 bordering border VBG 1662 4751 122 the the DT 1662 4751 123 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4751 124 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4751 125 , , , 1662 4751 126 between between IN 1662 4751 127 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 4751 128 and and CC 1662 4751 129 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 4751 130 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 4751 131 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4751 132 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4751 133 : : : 1662 4751 134 29 29 CD 1662 4751 135 30 30 CD 1662 4751 136 N n CD 1662 4751 137 , , , 1662 4751 138 45 45 CD 1662 4751 139 45 45 CD 1662 4751 140 E e NN 1662 4751 141 Map Map NNP 1662 4751 142 references reference NNS 1662 4751 143 : : : 1662 4751 144 Middle Middle NNP 1662 4751 145 East East NNP 1662 4751 146 Area Area NNP 1662 4751 147 : : : 1662 4751 148 total total NN 1662 4751 149 : : : 1662 4751 150 17,820 17,820 CD 1662 4751 151 sq sq NN 1662 4751 152 km km NNP 1662 4751 153 land land NN 1662 4751 154 : : : 1662 4751 155 17,820 17,820 CD 1662 4751 156 sq sq NN 1662 4751 157 km km NNP 1662 4751 158 water water NN 1662 4751 159 : : : 1662 4751 160 0 0 NFP 1662 4751 161 sq sq NN 1662 4751 162 km km NNP 1662 4751 163 Area area NN 1662 4751 164 - - HYPH 1662 4751 165 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4751 166 : : : 1662 4751 167 slightly slightly RB 1662 4751 168 smaller small JJR 1662 4751 169 than than IN 1662 4751 170 New New NNP 1662 4751 171 Jersey Jersey NNP 1662 4751 172 Land Land NNP 1662 4751 173 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4751 174 : : : 1662 4751 175 total total JJ 1662 4751 176 : : : 1662 4751 177 464 464 CD 1662 4751 178 km km NN 1662 4751 179 border border NN 1662 4751 180 countries country NNS 1662 4751 181 : : : 1662 4751 182 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 4751 183 242 242 CD 1662 4751 184 km km NN 1662 4751 185 , , , 1662 4751 186 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 4751 187 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 4751 188 222 222 CD 1662 4751 189 km km NN 1662 4751 190 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4751 191 : : : 1662 4751 192 499 499 CD 1662 4751 193 km km NN 1662 4751 194 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4751 195 claims claim VBZ 1662 4751 196 : : : 1662 4751 197 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4751 198 sea sea NN 1662 4751 199 : : : 1662 4751 200 12 12 CD 1662 4751 201 nm nm NNP 1662 4751 202 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4751 203 : : : 1662 4751 204 dry dry JJ 1662 4751 205 desert desert NN 1662 4751 206 ; ; : 1662 4751 207 intensely intensely RB 1662 4751 208 hot hot JJ 1662 4751 209 summers summer NNS 1662 4751 210 ; ; : 1662 4751 211 short short JJ 1662 4751 212 , , , 1662 4751 213 cool cool JJ 1662 4751 214 winters winter NNS 1662 4751 215 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4751 216 : : : 1662 4751 217 flat flat JJ 1662 4751 218 to to IN 1662 4751 219 slightly slightly RB 1662 4751 220 undulating undulate VBG 1662 4751 221 desert desert NN 1662 4751 222 plain plain JJ 1662 4751 223 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4751 224 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4751 225 : : : 1662 4751 226 lowest low JJS 1662 4751 227 point point NN 1662 4751 228 : : : 1662 4751 229 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4751 230 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4751 231 0 0 CD 1662 4751 232 m m DT 1662 4751 233 highest high JJS 1662 4751 234 point point NN 1662 4751 235 : : : 1662 4751 236 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 4751 237 location location NN 1662 4751 238 306 306 CD 1662 4751 239 m m NNP 1662 4751 240 Natural natural JJ 1662 4751 241 resources resource NNS 1662 4751 242 : : : 1662 4751 243 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4751 244 , , , 1662 4751 245 fish fish NN 1662 4751 246 , , , 1662 4751 247 shrimp shrimp NN 1662 4751 248 , , , 1662 4751 249 natural natural JJ 1662 4751 250 gas gas NN 1662 4751 251 Land land NN 1662 4751 252 use use NN 1662 4751 253 : : : 1662 4751 254 arable arable JJ 1662 4751 255 land land NN 1662 4751 256 : : : 1662 4751 257 0 0 CD 1662 4751 258 % % NN 1662 4751 259 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4751 260 crops crop NNS 1662 4751 261 : : : 1662 4751 262 0 0 CD 1662 4751 263 % % NN 1662 4751 264 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4751 265 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4751 266 : : : 1662 4751 267 8 8 CD 1662 4751 268 % % NN 1662 4751 269 forests forest NNS 1662 4751 270 and and CC 1662 4751 271 woodland woodland JJ 1662 4751 272 : : : 1662 4751 273 0 0 CD 1662 4751 274 % % NN 1662 4751 275 other other JJ 1662 4751 276 : : : 1662 4751 277 92 92 CD 1662 4751 278 % % NN 1662 4751 279 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4751 280 1993 1993 CD 1662 4751 281 est est NNP 1662 4751 282 . . . 1662 4751 283 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4752 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4752 2 land land NN 1662 4752 3 : : : 1662 4752 4 20 20 CD 1662 4752 5 sq sq NNP 1662 4752 6 km km NNP 1662 4752 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4752 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 4752 9 est est NNP 1662 4752 10 . . . 1662 4752 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4753 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 4753 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4753 3 : : : 1662 4753 4 sudden sudden JJ 1662 4753 5 cloudbursts cloudburst NNS 1662 4753 6 are be VBP 1662 4753 7 common common JJ 1662 4753 8 from from IN 1662 4753 9 October October NNP 1662 4753 10 to to IN 1662 4753 11 April April NNP 1662 4753 12 , , , 1662 4753 13 they -PRON- PRP 1662 4753 14 bring bring VBP 1662 4753 15 inordinate inordinate JJ 1662 4753 16 amounts amount NNS 1662 4753 17 of of IN 1662 4753 18 rain rain NN 1662 4753 19 which which WDT 1662 4753 20 can can MD 1662 4753 21 damage damage VB 1662 4753 22 roads road NNS 1662 4753 23 and and CC 1662 4753 24 houses house NNS 1662 4753 25 ; ; : 1662 4753 26 sandstorms sandstorm NNS 1662 4753 27 and and CC 1662 4753 28 dust dust NN 1662 4753 29 storms storm NNS 1662 4753 30 occur occur VBP 1662 4753 31 throughout throughout IN 1662 4753 32 the the DT 1662 4753 33 year year NN 1662 4753 34 , , , 1662 4753 35 but but CC 1662 4753 36 are be VBP 1662 4753 37 most most RBS 1662 4753 38 common common JJ 1662 4753 39 between between IN 1662 4753 40 March March NNP 1662 4753 41 and and CC 1662 4753 42 August August NNP 1662 4753 43 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4753 44 - - HYPH 1662 4753 45 current current JJ 1662 4753 46 issues issue NNS 1662 4753 47 : : : 1662 4753 48 limited limit VBN 1662 4753 49 natural natural JJ 1662 4753 50 fresh fresh JJ 1662 4753 51 water water NN 1662 4753 52 resources resource NNS 1662 4753 53 ; ; : 1662 4753 54 some some DT 1662 4753 55 of of IN 1662 4753 56 world world NN 1662 4753 57 's 's POS 1662 4753 58 largest large JJS 1662 4753 59 and and CC 1662 4753 60 most most RBS 1662 4753 61 sophisticated sophisticated JJ 1662 4753 62 desalination desalination NN 1662 4753 63 facilities facility NNS 1662 4753 64 provide provide VBP 1662 4753 65 much much JJ 1662 4753 66 of of IN 1662 4753 67 the the DT 1662 4753 68 water water NN 1662 4753 69 ; ; : 1662 4753 70 air air NN 1662 4753 71 and and CC 1662 4753 72 water water NN 1662 4753 73 pollution pollution NN 1662 4753 74 ; ; , 1662 4753 75 desertification desertification NN 1662 4753 76 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4753 77 - - HYPH 1662 4753 78 international international JJ 1662 4753 79 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4753 80 : : : 1662 4753 81 party party NN 1662 4753 82 to to TO 1662 4753 83 : : : 1662 4753 84 Climate climate NN 1662 4753 85 Change change NN 1662 4753 86 , , , 1662 4753 87 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 4753 88 Modification Modification NNP 1662 4753 89 , , , 1662 4753 90 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 4753 91 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 4753 92 , , , 1662 4753 93 Law Law NNP 1662 4753 94 of of IN 1662 4753 95 the the DT 1662 4753 96 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4753 97 , , , 1662 4753 98 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 4753 99 Test Test NNP 1662 4753 100 Ban Ban NNP 1662 4753 101 , , , 1662 4753 102 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 4753 103 Layer Layer NNP 1662 4753 104 Protection Protection NNP 1662 4753 105 signed sign VBD 1662 4753 106 , , , 1662 4753 107 but but CC 1662 4753 108 not not RB 1662 4753 109 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4753 110 : : : 1662 4753 111 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 4753 112 , , , 1662 4753 113 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 4753 114 , , , 1662 4753 115 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 4753 116 Species Species NNPS 1662 4753 117 , , , 1662 4753 118 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4753 119 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 4753 120 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4753 121 - - HYPH 1662 4753 122 note note NN 1662 4753 123 : : : 1662 4753 124 strategic strategic JJ 1662 4753 125 location location NN 1662 4753 126 at at IN 1662 4753 127 head head NN 1662 4753 128 of of IN 1662 4753 129 Persian Persian NNP 1662 4753 130 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4753 131 @Kuwait @kuwait VB 1662 4753 132 : : : 1662 4753 133 People People NNPS 1662 4753 134 Population Population NNP 1662 4753 135 : : : 1662 4753 136 1,834,269 1,834,269 CD 1662 4753 137 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4753 138 July July NNP 1662 4753 139 1997 1997 CD 1662 4753 140 est est NNP 1662 4753 141 . . . 1662 4753 142 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4754 1 note note NN 1662 4754 2 : : : 1662 4754 3 includes include VBZ 1662 4754 4 1,381,063 1,381,063 CD 1662 4754 5 non non NNS 1662 4754 6 - - NNS 1662 4754 7 nationals nationals JJ 1662 4754 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4754 9 July July NNP 1662 4754 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4754 11 est est NNP 1662 4754 12 . . . 1662 4754 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4755 1 Age age NN 1662 4755 2 structure structure NN 1662 4755 3 : : : 1662 4755 4 0 0 CD 1662 4755 5 - - HYPH 1662 4755 6 14 14 CD 1662 4755 7 years year NNS 1662 4755 8 : : : 1662 4755 9 33 33 CD 1662 4755 10 % % NN 1662 4755 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4755 12 male male JJ 1662 4755 13 333,251 333,251 CD 1662 4755 14 ; ; : 1662 4755 15 female female JJ 1662 4755 16 272,206 272,206 CD 1662 4755 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4755 18 15 15 CD 1662 4755 19 - - SYM 1662 4755 20 64 64 CD 1662 4755 21 years year NNS 1662 4755 22 : : : 1662 4755 23 65 65 CD 1662 4755 24 % % NN 1662 4755 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4755 26 male male JJ 1662 4755 27 772,612 772,612 CD 1662 4755 28 ; ; : 1662 4755 29 female female JJ 1662 4755 30 421,205 421,205 CD 1662 4755 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4755 32 65 65 CD 1662 4755 33 years year NNS 1662 4755 34 and and CC 1662 4755 35 over over IN 1662 4755 36 : : : 1662 4755 37 2 2 CD 1662 4755 38 % % NN 1662 4755 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4755 40 male male JJ 1662 4755 41 21,028 21,028 CD 1662 4755 42 ; ; : 1662 4755 43 female female JJ 1662 4755 44 13,967 13,967 CD 1662 4755 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4755 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4755 47 July July NNP 1662 4755 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 4755 49 est est NNP 1662 4755 50 . . . 1662 4755 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4756 1 Population population NN 1662 4756 2 growth growth NN 1662 4756 3 rate rate NN 1662 4756 4 : : : 1662 4756 5 4.34 4.34 CD 1662 4756 6 % % NN 1662 4756 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4756 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4756 9 est est NNP 1662 4756 10 . . . 1662 4756 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4757 1 note note VB 1662 4757 2 : : : 1662 4757 3 this this DT 1662 4757 4 rate rate NN 1662 4757 5 reflects reflect VBZ 1662 4757 6 the the DT 1662 4757 7 continued continued JJ 1662 4757 8 post post JJ 1662 4757 9 - - JJ 1662 4757 10 Gulf gulf JJ 1662 4757 11 crisis crisis NN 1662 4757 12 return return NN 1662 4757 13 of of IN 1662 4757 14 expatriates expatriate VBZ 1662 4757 15 Birth birth NN 1662 4757 16 rate rate NN 1662 4757 17 : : : 1662 4757 18 21.54 21.54 CD 1662 4757 19 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 4757 20 population population NN 1662 4757 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4757 22 1997 1997 CD 1662 4757 23 est est NNP 1662 4757 24 . . . 1662 4757 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4758 1 Death death NN 1662 4758 2 rate rate NN 1662 4758 3 : : : 1662 4758 4 2.28 2.28 CD 1662 4758 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4758 6 population population NN 1662 4758 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4758 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4758 9 est est NNP 1662 4758 10 . . . 1662 4758 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4759 1 Net net JJ 1662 4759 2 migration migration NN 1662 4759 3 rate rate NN 1662 4759 4 : : : 1662 4759 5 24.14 24.14 CD 1662 4759 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 4759 7 population population NN 1662 4759 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4759 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 4759 10 est est NNP 1662 4759 11 . . . 1662 4759 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4760 1 Sex sex NN 1662 4760 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 4760 3 : : : 1662 4760 4 at at IN 1662 4760 5 birth birth NN 1662 4760 6 : : : 1662 4760 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 4760 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4760 9 under under IN 1662 4760 10 15 15 CD 1662 4760 11 years year NNS 1662 4760 12 : : : 1662 4760 13 1.22 1.22 CD 1662 4760 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4760 15 15 15 CD 1662 4760 16 - - HYPH 1662 4760 17 64 64 CD 1662 4760 18 years year NNS 1662 4760 19 : : : 1662 4760 20 1.83 1.83 CD 1662 4760 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4760 22 65 65 CD 1662 4760 23 years year NNS 1662 4760 24 and and CC 1662 4760 25 over over IN 1662 4760 26 : : : 1662 4760 27 1.51 1.51 CD 1662 4760 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 4760 29 total total JJ 1662 4760 30 population population NN 1662 4760 31 : : : 1662 4760 32 1.59 1.59 CD 1662 4760 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4760 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4760 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 4760 36 est e JJS 1662 4760 37 . . . 1662 4760 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4761 1 Infant infant NN 1662 4761 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 4761 3 rate rate NN 1662 4761 4 : : : 1662 4761 5 11.2 11.2 CD 1662 4761 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4761 7 live live JJ 1662 4761 8 births birth NNS 1662 4761 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4761 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4761 11 est est NNP 1662 4761 12 . . . 1662 4761 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4762 1 Life life NN 1662 4762 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 4762 3 at at IN 1662 4762 4 birth birth NN 1662 4762 5 : : : 1662 4762 6 total total JJ 1662 4762 7 population population NN 1662 4762 8 : : : 1662 4762 9 76.44 76.44 CD 1662 4762 10 years year NNS 1662 4762 11 male male JJ 1662 4762 12 : : : 1662 4762 13 74.43 74.43 CD 1662 4762 14 years year NNS 1662 4762 15 female female JJ 1662 4762 16 : : : 1662 4762 17 78.56 78.56 CD 1662 4762 18 years year NNS 1662 4762 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4762 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 4762 21 est est NNP 1662 4762 22 . . . 1662 4762 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4763 1 Total total JJ 1662 4763 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 4763 3 rate rate NN 1662 4763 4 : : : 1662 4763 5 3.54 3.54 CD 1662 4763 6 children child NNS 1662 4763 7 born bear VBN 1662 4763 8 / / SYM 1662 4763 9 woman woman NN 1662 4763 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4763 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 4763 12 est est NNP 1662 4763 13 . . . 1662 4763 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4764 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 4764 2 : : : 1662 4764 3 noun noun NNP 1662 4764 4 : : : 1662 4764 5 Kuwaiti(s Kuwaiti(s NNP 1662 4764 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4764 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 4764 8 : : : 1662 4764 9 Kuwaiti Kuwaiti NNP 1662 4764 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4764 11 groups group NNS 1662 4764 12 : : : 1662 4764 13 Kuwaiti Kuwaiti NNP 1662 4764 14 45 45 CD 1662 4764 15 % % NN 1662 4764 16 , , , 1662 4764 17 other other JJ 1662 4764 18 Arab Arab NNP 1662 4764 19 35 35 CD 1662 4764 20 % % NN 1662 4764 21 , , , 1662 4764 22 South south JJ 1662 4764 23 Asian asian JJ 1662 4764 24 9 9 CD 1662 4764 25 % % NN 1662 4764 26 , , , 1662 4764 27 Iranian iranian JJ 1662 4764 28 4 4 CD 1662 4764 29 % % NN 1662 4764 30 , , , 1662 4764 31 other other JJ 1662 4764 32 7 7 CD 1662 4764 33 % % NN 1662 4764 34 Religions religion NNS 1662 4764 35 : : : 1662 4764 36 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 4764 37 85 85 CD 1662 4764 38 % % NN 1662 4764 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4764 40 Shi'a Shi'a NNP 1662 4764 41 30 30 CD 1662 4764 42 % % NN 1662 4764 43 , , , 1662 4764 44 Sunni Sunni NNP 1662 4764 45 45 45 CD 1662 4764 46 % % NN 1662 4764 47 , , , 1662 4764 48 other other JJ 1662 4764 49 10 10 CD 1662 4764 50 % % NN 1662 4764 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4764 52 , , , 1662 4764 53 Christian Christian NNP 1662 4764 54 , , , 1662 4764 55 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 4764 56 , , , 1662 4764 57 Parsi Parsi NNP 1662 4764 58 , , , 1662 4764 59 and and CC 1662 4764 60 other other JJ 1662 4764 61 15 15 CD 1662 4764 62 % % NN 1662 4764 63 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 4764 64 : : : 1662 4764 65 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 4764 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4764 67 official official JJ 1662 4764 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4764 69 , , , 1662 4764 70 English English NNP 1662 4764 71 widely widely RB 1662 4764 72 spoken speak VBN 1662 4764 73 Literacy literacy NN 1662 4764 74 : : : 1662 4764 75 definition definition NN 1662 4764 76 : : : 1662 4764 77 age age NN 1662 4764 78 15 15 CD 1662 4764 79 and and CC 1662 4764 80 over over RB 1662 4764 81 can can MD 1662 4764 82 read read VB 1662 4764 83 and and CC 1662 4764 84 write write VB 1662 4764 85 total total JJ 1662 4764 86 population population NN 1662 4764 87 : : : 1662 4764 88 78.6 78.6 CD 1662 4764 89 % % NN 1662 4764 90 male male NN 1662 4764 91 : : : 1662 4764 92 82.2 82.2 CD 1662 4764 93 % % NN 1662 4764 94 female female NN 1662 4764 95 : : : 1662 4764 96 74.9 74.9 CD 1662 4764 97 % % NN 1662 4764 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4764 99 1995 1995 CD 1662 4764 100 est est NNP 1662 4764 101 . . . 1662 4764 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4765 1 @Kuwait @kuwait VB 1662 4765 2 : : : 1662 4765 3 Government Government NNP 1662 4765 4 Country Country NNP 1662 4765 5 name name NN 1662 4765 6 : : : 1662 4765 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4765 8 long long JJ 1662 4765 9 form form NN 1662 4765 10 : : : 1662 4765 11 State State NNP 1662 4765 12 of of IN 1662 4765 13 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 4765 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4765 15 short short JJ 1662 4765 16 form form NN 1662 4765 17 : : : 1662 4765 18 Kuwait kuwait VB 1662 4765 19 local local JJ 1662 4765 20 long long JJ 1662 4765 21 form form NN 1662 4765 22 : : : 1662 4765 23 Dawlat Dawlat NNP 1662 4765 24 al al NNP 1662 4765 25 Kuwayt Kuwayt NNP 1662 4765 26 local local JJ 1662 4765 27 short short JJ 1662 4765 28 form form NN 1662 4765 29 : : : 1662 4765 30 Al Al NNP 1662 4765 31 Kuwayt Kuwayt NNP 1662 4765 32 Data Data NNP 1662 4765 33 code code NN 1662 4765 34 : : : 1662 4765 35 KU KU NNP 1662 4765 36 Government Government NNP 1662 4765 37 type type NN 1662 4765 38 : : : 1662 4765 39 nominal nominal JJ 1662 4765 40 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 4765 41 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 4765 42 National national JJ 1662 4765 43 capital capital NN 1662 4765 44 : : : 1662 4765 45 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 4765 46 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 4765 47 divisions division NNS 1662 4765 48 : : : 1662 4765 49 5 5 CD 1662 4765 50 governorates governorate NNS 1662 4765 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4765 52 muhafazat muhafazat JJ 1662 4765 53 , , , 1662 4765 54 singular singular NNP 1662 4765 55 - - HYPH 1662 4765 56 muhafazah muhafazah NNP 1662 4765 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4765 58 ; ; : 1662 4765 59 Al Al NNP 1662 4765 60 Ahmadi Ahmadi NNP 1662 4765 61 , , , 1662 4765 62 Al Al NNP 1662 4765 63 Jahrah Jahrah NNP 1662 4765 64 , , , 1662 4765 65 Al Al NNP 1662 4765 66 Kuwayt Kuwayt NNP 1662 4765 67 , , , 1662 4765 68 Hawalli Hawalli NNP 1662 4765 69 , , , 1662 4765 70 Al Al NNP 1662 4765 71 Farwaniyah Farwaniyah NNP 1662 4765 72 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4765 73 : : : 1662 4765 74 19 19 CD 1662 4765 75 June June NNP 1662 4765 76 1961 1961 CD 1662 4765 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4765 78 from from IN 1662 4765 79 UK UK NNP 1662 4765 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4765 81 National national JJ 1662 4765 82 holiday holiday NN 1662 4765 83 : : : 1662 4765 84 National National NNP 1662 4765 85 Day Day NNP 1662 4765 86 , , , 1662 4765 87 25 25 CD 1662 4765 88 February February NNP 1662 4765 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4765 90 1950 1950 CD 1662 4765 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4765 92 Constitution constitution NN 1662 4765 93 : : : 1662 4765 94 approved approve VBN 1662 4765 95 and and CC 1662 4765 96 promulgated promulgate VBD 1662 4765 97 11 11 CD 1662 4765 98 November November NNP 1662 4765 99 1962 1962 CD 1662 4765 100 Legal legal 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- HYPH 1662 4780 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 4780 26 price price NN 1662 4780 27 index index NN 1662 4780 28 : : : 1662 4780 29 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 4780 30 % % NN 1662 4780 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4780 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 4780 33 est est NNP 1662 4780 34 . . . 1662 4780 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4781 1 Labor labor NN 1662 4781 2 force force NN 1662 4781 3 : : : 1662 4781 4 total total NN 1662 4781 5 : : : 1662 4781 6 1 1 CD 1662 4781 7 million million CD 1662 4781 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4781 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 4781 10 est est NNP 1662 4781 11 . . . 1662 4781 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4782 1 by by IN 1662 4782 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 4782 3 : : : 1662 4782 4 industry industry NN 1662 4782 5 and and CC 1662 4782 6 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4782 7 25 25 CD 1662 4782 8 % % NN 1662 4782 9 , , , 1662 4782 10 services service NNS 1662 4782 11 25 25 CD 1662 4782 12 % % NN 1662 4782 13 , , , 1662 4782 14 government government NN 1662 4782 15 and and CC 1662 4782 16 social social JJ 1662 4782 17 services service NNS 1662 4782 18 50 50 CD 1662 4782 19 % % NN 1662 4782 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4782 21 1994 1994 CD 1662 4782 22 est est NNP 1662 4782 23 . . . 1662 4782 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4783 1 note note NN 1662 4783 2 : : : 1662 4783 3 72.07 72.07 CD 1662 4783 4 % % NN 1662 4783 5 of of IN 1662 4783 6 the the DT 1662 4783 7 population population NN 1662 4783 8 in in IN 1662 4783 9 the the DT 1662 4783 10 15 15 CD 1662 4783 11 - - SYM 1662 4783 12 64 64 CD 1662 4783 13 age age NN 1662 4783 14 group group NN 1662 4783 15 is be VBZ 1662 4783 16 non non JJ 1662 4783 17 - - JJ 1662 4783 18 national national JJ 1662 4783 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4783 20 July July NNP 1662 4783 21 1997 1997 CD 1662 4783 22 est est NNP 1662 4783 23 . . . 1662 4783 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4784 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4784 2 rate rate NN 1662 4784 3 : : : 1662 4784 4 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 4784 5 % % NN 1662 4784 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4784 7 official official JJ 1662 4784 8 1996 1996 CD 1662 4784 9 est est NNP 1662 4784 10 . . . 1662 4784 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4785 1 Budget budget NN 1662 4785 2 : : : 1662 4785 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 4785 4 : : : 1662 4785 5 $ $ $ 1662 4785 6 10 10 CD 1662 4785 7 billion billion CD 1662 4785 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4785 9 : : : 1662 4785 10 $ $ $ 1662 4785 11 14 14 CD 1662 4785 12 billion billion CD 1662 4785 13 , , , 1662 4785 14 including include VBG 1662 4785 15 capital capital NN 1662 4785 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4785 17 of of IN 1662 4785 18 $ $ $ 1662 4785 19 NA NA NNP 1662 4785 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4785 21 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 4785 22 est est NNP 1662 4785 23 . . . 1662 4785 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4786 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 4786 2 : : : 1662 4786 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4786 4 , , , 1662 4786 5 petrochemicals petrochemical NNS 1662 4786 6 , , , 1662 4786 7 desalination desalination NN 1662 4786 8 , , , 1662 4786 9 food food NN 1662 4786 10 processing processing NN 1662 4786 11 , , , 1662 4786 12 construction construction NN 1662 4786 13 materials material NNS 1662 4786 14 , , , 1662 4786 15 salt salt NN 1662 4786 16 , , , 1662 4786 17 construction construction NN 1662 4786 18 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 4786 19 production production NN 1662 4786 20 growth growth NN 1662 4786 21 rate rate NN 1662 4786 22 : : : 1662 4786 23 1 1 CD 1662 4786 24 % % NN 1662 4786 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4786 26 1995 1995 CD 1662 4786 27 est est NNP 1662 4786 28 . . . 1662 4786 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4787 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4787 2 - - HYPH 1662 4787 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 4787 4 : : : 1662 4787 5 6.99 6.99 CD 1662 4787 6 million million CD 1662 4787 7 kW kW NNP 1662 4787 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4787 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 4787 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4787 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4787 12 - - HYPH 1662 4787 13 production production NN 1662 4787 14 : : : 1662 4787 15 21.76 21.76 CD 1662 4787 16 billion billion CD 1662 4787 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4787 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4787 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 4787 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4787 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4787 22 - - HYPH 1662 4787 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 4787 24 per per IN 1662 4787 25 capita capita NN 1662 4787 26 : : : 1662 4787 27 12,793 12,793 CD 1662 4787 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4787 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4787 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 4787 31 est est NNP 1662 4787 32 . . . 1662 4787 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4788 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4788 2 - - HYPH 1662 4788 3 products product NNS 1662 4788 4 : : : 1662 4788 5 practically practically RB 1662 4788 6 no no DT 1662 4788 7 crops crop NNS 1662 4788 8 ; ; : 1662 4788 9 extensive extensive JJ 1662 4788 10 fishing fishing NN 1662 4788 11 in in IN 1662 4788 12 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4788 13 waters water NNS 1662 4788 14 Exports export NNS 1662 4788 15 : : : 1662 4788 16 total total JJ 1662 4788 17 value value NN 1662 4788 18 : : : 1662 4788 19 $ $ $ 1662 4788 20 13.6 13.6 CD 1662 4788 21 billion billion CD 1662 4788 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4788 23 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 4788 24 . . NNP 1662 4788 25 , , , 1662 4788 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 4788 27 est est NNP 1662 4788 28 . . . 1662 4788 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4789 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4789 2 : : : 1662 4789 3 oil oil NN 1662 4789 4 partners partner NNS 1662 4789 5 : : : 1662 4789 6 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4789 7 23 23 CD 1662 4789 8 % % NN 1662 4789 9 , , , 1662 4789 10 India India NNP 1662 4789 11 16 16 CD 1662 4789 12 % % NN 1662 4789 13 , , , 1662 4789 14 US US NNP 1662 4789 15 12 12 CD 1662 4789 16 % % NN 1662 4789 17 , , , 1662 4789 18 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 4789 19 10 10 CD 1662 4789 20 % % NN 1662 4789 21 , , , 1662 4789 22 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 4789 23 10 10 CD 1662 4789 24 % % NN 1662 4789 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4789 26 1995 1995 CD 1662 4789 27 est est NNP 1662 4789 28 . . . 1662 4789 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4790 1 Imports import NNS 1662 4790 2 : : : 1662 4790 3 total total JJ 1662 4790 4 value value NN 1662 4790 5 : : : 1662 4790 6 $ $ $ 1662 4790 7 8.4 8.4 CD 1662 4790 8 billion billion CD 1662 4790 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4790 10 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 4790 11 . . NNP 1662 4790 12 , , , 1662 4790 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 4790 14 est est NNP 1662 4790 15 . . . 1662 4790 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4791 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4791 2 : : : 1662 4791 3 food food NN 1662 4791 4 , , , 1662 4791 5 construction construction NN 1662 4791 6 materials material NNS 1662 4791 7 , , , 1662 4791 8 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 4791 9 and and CC 1662 4791 10 parts part NNS 1662 4791 11 , , , 1662 4791 12 clothing clothing NN 1662 4791 13 partners partner NNS 1662 4791 14 : : : 1662 4791 15 US US NNP 1662 4791 16 24 24 CD 1662 4791 17 % % NN 1662 4791 18 , , , 1662 4791 19 UK UK NNP 1662 4791 20 14 14 CD 1662 4791 21 % % NN 1662 4791 22 , , , 1662 4791 23 France France NNP 1662 4791 24 13 13 CD 1662 4791 25 % % NN 1662 4791 26 , , , 1662 4791 27 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4791 28 10 10 CD 1662 4791 29 % % NN 1662 4791 30 , , , 1662 4791 31 Germany Germany NNP 1662 4791 32 8 8 CD 1662 4791 33 % % NN 1662 4791 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4791 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 4791 36 est est NNP 1662 4791 37 . . . 1662 4791 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4792 1 Debt debt NN 1662 4792 2 - - HYPH 1662 4792 3 external external JJ 1662 4792 4 : : : 1662 4792 5 $ $ $ 1662 4792 6 8 8 CD 1662 4792 7 billion billion CD 1662 4792 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4792 9 1995 1995 CD 1662 4792 10 est est NNP 1662 4792 11 . . . 1662 4792 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4793 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 4793 2 aid aid NN 1662 4793 3 : : : 1662 4793 4 $ $ $ 1662 4793 5 NA NA NNP 1662 4793 6 Currency currency NN 1662 4793 7 : : : 1662 4793 8 1 1 CD 1662 4793 9 Kuwaiti Kuwaiti NNP 1662 4793 10 dinar dinar NN 1662 4793 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4793 12 KD KD NNP 1662 4793 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4793 14 = = NFP 1662 4793 15 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4793 16 fils fil VBZ 1662 4793 17 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 4793 18 rates rate NNS 1662 4793 19 : : : 1662 4793 20 Kuwaiti Kuwaiti NNP 1662 4793 21 dinars dinar NNS 1662 4793 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4793 23 KD KD NNP 1662 4793 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4793 25 per per IN 1662 4793 26 US$ us$ $ 1662 4793 27 1 1 CD 1662 4793 28 - - HYPH 1662 4793 29 0.3010 0.3010 CD 1662 4793 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4793 31 January January NNP 1662 4793 32 1997 1997 CD 1662 4793 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4793 34 , , , 1662 4793 35 0.2994 0.2994 CD 1662 4793 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4793 37 1996 1996 CD 1662 4793 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4793 39 , , , 1662 4793 40 0.2984 0.2984 CD 1662 4793 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4793 42 1995 1995 CD 1662 4793 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4793 44 , , , 1662 4793 45 0.2976 0.2976 CD 1662 4793 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4793 47 1994 1994 CD 1662 4793 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4793 49 , , , 1662 4793 50 0.3017 0.3017 CD 1662 4793 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4793 52 1993 1993 CD 1662 4793 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4793 54 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4793 55 year year NN 1662 4793 56 : : : 1662 4793 57 1 1 CD 1662 4793 58 July July NNP 1662 4793 59 - - HYPH 1662 4793 60 30 30 CD 1662 4793 61 June June NNP 1662 4793 62 @Kuwait @kuwait NN 1662 4793 63 : : : 1662 4793 64 Communications communication NNS 1662 4793 65 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 4793 66 : : : 1662 4793 67 548,000 548,000 CD 1662 4793 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4793 69 1991 1991 CD 1662 4793 70 est est NNP 1662 4793 71 . . . 1662 4793 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4794 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 4794 2 system system NN 1662 4794 3 : : : 1662 4794 4 the the DT 1662 4794 5 civil civil JJ 1662 4794 6 network network NN 1662 4794 7 suffered suffer VBD 1662 4794 8 some some DT 1662 4794 9 damage damage NN 1662 4794 10 as as IN 1662 4794 11 a a DT 1662 4794 12 result result NN 1662 4794 13 of of IN 1662 4794 14 the the DT 1662 4794 15 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4794 16 war war NN 1662 4794 17 , , , 1662 4794 18 but but CC 1662 4794 19 most most JJS 1662 4794 20 of of IN 1662 4794 21 the the DT 1662 4794 22 telephone telephone NN 1662 4794 23 exchanges exchange NNS 1662 4794 24 were be VBD 1662 4794 25 left leave VBN 1662 4794 26 intact intact JJ 1662 4794 27 and and CC 1662 4794 28 , , , 1662 4794 29 by by IN 1662 4794 30 the the DT 1662 4794 31 end end NN 1662 4794 32 of of IN 1662 4794 33 1994 1994 CD 1662 4794 34 , , , 1662 4794 35 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4794 36 and and CC 1662 4794 37 international international JJ 1662 4794 38 telecommunications telecommunication NNS 1662 4794 39 had have VBD 1662 4794 40 been be VBN 1662 4794 41 restored restore VBN 1662 4794 42 to to IN 1662 4794 43 normal normal JJ 1662 4794 44 operation operation NN 1662 4794 45 ; ; : 1662 4794 46 the the DT 1662 4794 47 quality quality NN 1662 4794 48 of of IN 1662 4794 49 service service NN 1662 4794 50 is be VBZ 1662 4794 51 excellent excellent JJ 1662 4794 52 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4794 53 : : : 1662 4794 54 new new JJ 1662 4794 55 telephone telephone NN 1662 4794 56 exchanges exchange NNS 1662 4794 57 provide provide VBP 1662 4794 58 a a DT 1662 4794 59 large large JJ 1662 4794 60 capacity capacity NN 1662 4794 61 for for IN 1662 4794 62 new new JJ 1662 4794 63 subscribers subscriber NNS 1662 4794 64 ; ; : 1662 4794 65 trunk trunk NN 1662 4794 66 traffic traffic NN 1662 4794 67 is be VBZ 1662 4794 68 carried carry VBN 1662 4794 69 by by IN 1662 4794 70 microwave microwave JJ 1662 4794 71 radio radio NN 1662 4794 72 relay relay NN 1662 4794 73 , , , 1662 4794 74 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 4794 75 cable cable NN 1662 4794 76 , , , 1662 4794 77 open open JJ 1662 4794 78 wire wire NN 1662 4794 79 and and CC 1662 4794 80 fiber fiber NN 1662 4794 81 - - HYPH 1662 4794 82 optic optic NN 1662 4794 83 cable cable NN 1662 4794 84 ; ; : 1662 4794 85 a a DT 1662 4794 86 cellular cellular JJ 1662 4794 87 telephone telephone NN 1662 4794 88 system system NN 1662 4794 89 operates operate VBZ 1662 4794 90 throughout throughout IN 1662 4794 91 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 4794 92 and and CC 1662 4794 93 the the DT 1662 4794 94 country country NN 1662 4794 95 is be VBZ 1662 4794 96 well well RB 1662 4794 97 supplied supply VBN 1662 4794 98 with with IN 1662 4794 99 pay pay NN 1662 4794 100 telephones telephone NNS 1662 4794 101 international international RB 1662 4794 102 : : : 1662 4794 103 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 4794 104 cable cable NN 1662 4794 105 and and CC 1662 4794 106 microwave microwave NN 1662 4794 107 radio radio NN 1662 4794 108 relay relay NN 1662 4794 109 to to IN 1662 4794 110 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 4794 111 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 4794 112 ; ; : 1662 4794 113 satellite satellite NN 1662 4794 114 earth earth NN 1662 4794 115 stations station NNS 1662 4794 116 - - , 1662 4794 117 3 3 CD 1662 4794 118 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4794 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4794 120 1 1 CD 1662 4794 121 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4794 122 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4794 123 , , , 1662 4794 124 2 2 CD 1662 4794 125 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4794 126 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4794 127 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4794 128 , , , 1662 4794 129 1 1 CD 1662 4794 130 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 4794 131 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4794 132 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4794 133 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4794 134 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4794 135 , , , 1662 4794 136 and and CC 1662 4794 137 1 1 CD 1662 4794 138 Arabsat Arabsat NNP 1662 4794 139 Radio Radio NNP 1662 4794 140 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4794 141 stations station NNS 1662 4794 142 : : : 1662 4794 143 AM am VBP 1662 4794 144 3 3 CD 1662 4794 145 , , , 1662 4794 146 FM FM NNP 1662 4794 147 0 0 NFP 1662 4794 148 , , , 1662 4794 149 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 4794 150 0 0 CD 1662 4794 151 Radios radio NNS 1662 4794 152 : : : 1662 4794 153 720,000 720,000 CD 1662 4794 154 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4794 155 1992 1992 CD 1662 4794 156 est est NNP 1662 4794 157 . . . 1662 4794 158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4795 1 Television television NN 1662 4795 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4795 3 stations station NNS 1662 4795 4 : : : 1662 4795 5 3 3 CD 1662 4795 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4795 7 1986 1986 CD 1662 4795 8 est est NNP 1662 4795 9 . . . 1662 4795 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4796 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 4796 2 : : : 1662 4796 3 800,000 800,000 CD 1662 4796 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4796 5 1993 1993 CD 1662 4796 6 est est NNP 1662 4796 7 . . . 1662 4796 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4797 1 @Kuwait @kuwait VB 1662 4797 2 : : : 1662 4797 3 Transportation transportation NN 1662 4797 4 Railways railway NNS 1662 4797 5 : : : 1662 4797 6 0 0 LS 1662 4797 7 km km NN 1662 4797 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 4797 9 : : : 1662 4797 10 total total NN 1662 4797 11 : : : 1662 4797 12 4,360 4,360 CD 1662 4797 13 km km NNS 1662 4797 14 paved pave VBN 1662 4797 15 : : : 1662 4797 16 3,510 3,510 CD 1662 4797 17 km km NN 1662 4797 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4797 19 : : : 1662 4797 20 850 850 CD 1662 4797 21 km km NNS 1662 4797 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4797 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 4797 24 est est NNP 1662 4797 25 . . . 1662 4797 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4798 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 4798 2 : : : 1662 4798 3 crude crude JJ 1662 4798 4 oil oil NN 1662 4798 5 877 877 CD 1662 4798 6 km km NN 1662 4798 7 ; ; : 1662 4798 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4798 9 products product NNS 1662 4798 10 40 40 CD 1662 4798 11 km km NN 1662 4798 12 ; ; : 1662 4798 13 natural natural JJ 1662 4798 14 gas gas NN 1662 4798 15 165 165 CD 1662 4798 16 km km NN 1662 4798 17 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 4798 18 and and CC 1662 4798 19 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4798 20 : : : 1662 4798 21 Ash Ash NNP 1662 4798 22 Shu'aybah Shu'aybah NNP 1662 4798 23 , , , 1662 4798 24 Ash Ash NNP 1662 4798 25 Shuwaykh Shuwaykh NNP 1662 4798 26 , , , 1662 4798 27 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 4798 28 , , , 1662 4798 29 Mina Mina NNP 1662 4798 30 ' ' '' 1662 4798 31 ' ' '' 1662 4798 32 Abd Abd NNP 1662 4798 33 Allah Allah NNP 1662 4798 34 , , , 1662 4798 35 Mina Mina NNP 1662 4798 36 ' ' POS 1662 4798 37 al al NNP 1662 4798 38 Ahmadi Ahmadi NNP 1662 4798 39 , , , 1662 4798 40 Mina Mina NNP 1662 4798 41 ' ' POS 1662 4798 42 Su'ud Su'ud NNP 1662 4798 43 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 4798 44 marine marine NN 1662 4798 45 : : : 1662 4798 46 total total NN 1662 4798 47 : : : 1662 4798 48 46 46 CD 1662 4798 49 ships ship NNS 1662 4798 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4798 51 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4798 52 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4798 53 or or CC 1662 4798 54 over over RB 1662 4798 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4798 56 totaling total VBG 1662 4798 57 2,053,667 2,053,667 CD 1662 4798 58 GRT/3,246,597 GRT/3,246,597 . 1662 4798 59 DWT dwt NN 1662 4798 60 ships ship NNS 1662 4798 61 by by IN 1662 4798 62 type type NN 1662 4798 63 : : : 1662 4798 64 cargo cargo NN 1662 4798 65 10 10 CD 1662 4798 66 , , , 1662 4798 67 container container NN 1662 4798 68 3 3 CD 1662 4798 69 , , , 1662 4798 70 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 4798 71 gas gas NN 1662 4798 72 tanker tanker NN 1662 4798 73 7 7 CD 1662 4798 74 , , , 1662 4798 75 livestock livestock NN 1662 4798 76 carrier carrier NN 1662 4798 77 4 4 CD 1662 4798 78 , , , 1662 4798 79 oil oil NN 1662 4798 80 tanker tanker NN 1662 4798 81 21 21 CD 1662 4798 82 , , , 1662 4798 83 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 4798 84 carrier carrier NN 1662 4798 85 1 1 CD 1662 4798 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4798 87 1996 1996 CD 1662 4798 88 est est NNP 1662 4798 89 . . . 1662 4798 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4799 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4799 2 : : : 1662 4799 3 5 5 CD 1662 4799 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4799 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4799 6 est est NNP 1662 4799 7 . . . 1662 4799 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4800 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4800 2 - - , 1662 4800 3 with with IN 1662 4800 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4800 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4800 6 : : : 1662 4800 7 total total NN 1662 4800 8 : : : 1662 4800 9 5 5 CD 1662 4800 10 over over IN 1662 4800 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4800 12 m m NN 1662 4800 13 : : : 1662 4800 14 3 3 CD 1662 4800 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4800 16 to to IN 1662 4800 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4800 18 m m NN 1662 4800 19 : : : 1662 4800 20 1 1 CD 1662 4800 21 under under IN 1662 4800 22 914 914 CD 1662 4800 23 m m NN 1662 4800 24 : : : 1662 4800 25 1 1 CD 1662 4800 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4800 27 1996 1996 CD 1662 4800 28 est est NNP 1662 4800 29 . . . 1662 4800 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4801 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 4801 2 : : : 1662 4801 3 1 1 CD 1662 4801 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4801 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4801 6 est est NNP 1662 4801 7 . . . 1662 4801 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4802 1 Military military JJ 1662 4802 2 Military military JJ 1662 4802 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4802 4 : : : 1662 4802 5 Army Army NNP 1662 4802 6 , , , 1662 4802 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 4802 8 , , , 1662 4802 9 Air Air NNP 1662 4802 10 Force Force NNP 1662 4802 11 , , , 1662 4802 12 National National NNP 1662 4802 13 Guard Guard NNP 1662 4802 14 , , , 1662 4802 15 Ministry Ministry NNP 1662 4802 16 of of IN 1662 4802 17 Interior Interior NNP 1662 4802 18 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 4802 19 , , , 1662 4802 20 Coast Coast NNP 1662 4802 21 Guard Guard NNP 1662 4802 22 Military Military NNP 1662 4802 23 manpower manpower NN 1662 4802 24 - - HYPH 1662 4802 25 military military NN 1662 4802 26 age age NN 1662 4802 27 : : : 1662 4802 28 18 18 CD 1662 4802 29 years year NNS 1662 4802 30 of of IN 1662 4802 31 age age NN 1662 4802 32 Military military JJ 1662 4802 33 manpower manpower NN 1662 4802 34 - - HYPH 1662 4802 35 availability availability NN 1662 4802 36 : : : 1662 4802 37 males male NNS 1662 4802 38 age age NNP 1662 4802 39 15 15 CD 1662 4802 40 - - HYPH 1662 4802 41 49 49 CD 1662 4802 42 : : SYM 1662 4802 43 663,032 663,032 CD 1662 4802 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4802 45 1997 1997 CD 1662 4802 46 est est NNP 1662 4802 47 . . . 1662 4802 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4803 1 Military military JJ 1662 4803 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4803 3 - - HYPH 1662 4803 4 fit fit NN 1662 4803 5 for for IN 1662 4803 6 military military JJ 1662 4803 7 service service NN 1662 4803 8 : : : 1662 4803 9 males male NNS 1662 4803 10 : : : 1662 4803 11 393,541 393,541 CD 1662 4803 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4803 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4803 14 est est NNP 1662 4803 15 . . . 1662 4803 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4804 1 Military military JJ 1662 4804 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4804 3 - - HYPH 1662 4804 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 4804 5 military military JJ 1662 4804 6 age age NN 1662 4804 7 annually annually RB 1662 4804 8 : : : 1662 4804 9 males male NNS 1662 4804 10 : : : 1662 4804 11 18,340 18,340 CD 1662 4804 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4804 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4804 14 est est NNP 1662 4804 15 . . . 1662 4804 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4805 1 Military military JJ 1662 4805 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4805 3 - - HYPH 1662 4805 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4805 5 figure figure NN 1662 4805 6 : : : 1662 4805 7 $ $ $ 1662 4805 8 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 4805 9 billion billion CD 1662 4805 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4805 11 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 4805 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4805 13 Military military JJ 1662 4805 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4805 15 - - : 1662 4805 16 percent percent NN 1662 4805 17 of of IN 1662 4805 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4805 19 : : : 1662 4805 20 12.8 12.8 CD 1662 4805 21 % % NN 1662 4805 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4805 23 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 4805 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4805 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4805 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4805 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 4805 28 - - : 1662 4805 29 international international JJ 1662 4805 30 : : : 1662 4805 31 in in IN 1662 4805 32 November November NNP 1662 4805 33 1994 1994 CD 1662 4805 34 , , , 1662 4805 35 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 4805 36 formally formally RB 1662 4805 37 accepted accept VBD 1662 4805 38 the the DT 1662 4805 39 UN UN NNP 1662 4805 40 - - HYPH 1662 4805 41 demarcated demarcate VBN 1662 4805 42 border border NN 1662 4805 43 with with IN 1662 4805 44 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 4805 45 which which WDT 1662 4805 46 had have VBD 1662 4805 47 been be VBN 1662 4805 48 spelled spell VBN 1662 4805 49 out out RP 1662 4805 50 in in IN 1662 4805 51 Security Security NNP 1662 4805 52 Council Council NNP 1662 4805 53 Resolutions Resolutions NNPS 1662 4805 54 687 687 CD 1662 4805 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4805 56 1991 1991 CD 1662 4805 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4805 58 , , , 1662 4805 59 773 773 CD 1662 4805 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4805 61 1993 1993 CD 1662 4805 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4805 63 , , , 1662 4805 64 and and CC 1662 4805 65 883 883 CD 1662 4805 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4805 67 1993 1993 CD 1662 4805 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4805 69 ; ; : 1662 4805 70 this this DT 1662 4805 71 formally formally RB 1662 4805 72 ends end VBZ 1662 4805 73 earlier early JJR 1662 4805 74 claims claim NNS 1662 4805 75 to to IN 1662 4805 76 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 4805 77 and and CC 1662 4805 78 to to IN 1662 4805 79 Bubiyan Bubiyan NNP 1662 4805 80 and and CC 1662 4805 81 Warbah Warbah NNP 1662 4805 82 islands island NNS 1662 4805 83 ; ; : 1662 4805 84 ownership ownership NN 1662 4805 85 of of IN 1662 4805 86 Qaruh Qaruh NNP 1662 4805 87 and and CC 1662 4805 88 Umm Umm NNP 1662 4805 89 al al NNP 1662 4805 90 Maradim Maradim NNP 1662 4805 91 islands island NNS 1662 4805 92 disputed dispute VBN 1662 4805 93 by by IN 1662 4805 94 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 4805 95 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 4805 96 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 97 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 98 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 99 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 100 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 101 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 102 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 103 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 104 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 105 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 106 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 107 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 108 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 109 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 110 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 111 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 112 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 113 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 114 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 115 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 116 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 117 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 118 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 119 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 120 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 121 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 122 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 123 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 124 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 125 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 126 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 127 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 128 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 129 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 130 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 131 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 132 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 133 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 134 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 135 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 136 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 137 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 138 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 139 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 140 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 141 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 142 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 143 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 144 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 145 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 146 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 147 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 148 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 149 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 150 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 151 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 152 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 153 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 154 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 155 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 156 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 157 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 158 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 159 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 160 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 161 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 162 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 163 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 164 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 165 _ _ NNP 1662 4805 166 KYRGYZSTAN KYRGYZSTAN NNP 1662 4805 167 @Kyrgyzstan @Kyrgyzstan NNP 1662 4805 168 : : : 1662 4805 169 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4805 170 Location Location NNP 1662 4805 171 : : : 1662 4805 172 Central Central NNP 1662 4805 173 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4805 174 , , , 1662 4805 175 west west NN 1662 4805 176 of of IN 1662 4805 177 China China NNP 1662 4805 178 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4805 179 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4805 180 : : : 1662 4805 181 41 41 CD 1662 4805 182 00 00 CD 1662 4805 183 N n CD 1662 4805 184 , , , 1662 4805 185 75 75 CD 1662 4805 186 00 00 CD 1662 4805 187 E e NN 1662 4805 188 Map Map NNP 1662 4805 189 references reference NNS 1662 4805 190 : : : 1662 4805 191 Commonwealth Commonwealth NNP 1662 4805 192 of of IN 1662 4805 193 Independent Independent NNP 1662 4805 194 States States NNPS 1662 4805 195 Area Area NNP 1662 4805 196 : : : 1662 4805 197 total total NN 1662 4805 198 : : : 1662 4805 199 198,500 198,500 CD 1662 4805 200 sq sq RB 1662 4805 201 km km NNP 1662 4805 202 land land NN 1662 4805 203 : : : 1662 4805 204 191,300 191,300 CD 1662 4805 205 sq sq NNP 1662 4805 206 km km NNP 1662 4805 207 water water NN 1662 4805 208 : : : 1662 4805 209 7,200 7,200 CD 1662 4805 210 sq sq NNP 1662 4805 211 km km NNP 1662 4805 212 Area Area NNP 1662 4805 213 - - HYPH 1662 4805 214 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4805 215 : : : 1662 4805 216 slightly slightly RB 1662 4805 217 smaller small JJR 1662 4805 218 than than IN 1662 4805 219 South South NNP 1662 4805 220 Dakota Dakota NNP 1662 4805 221 Land Land NNP 1662 4805 222 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4805 223 : : : 1662 4805 224 total total JJ 1662 4805 225 : : : 1662 4805 226 3,878 3,878 CD 1662 4805 227 km km NN 1662 4805 228 border border NN 1662 4805 229 countries country NNS 1662 4805 230 : : : 1662 4805 231 China China NNP 1662 4805 232 858 858 CD 1662 4805 233 km km NNS 1662 4805 234 , , , 1662 4805 235 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 4805 236 1,051 1,051 CD 1662 4805 237 km km NNS 1662 4805 238 , , , 1662 4805 239 Tajikistan Tajikistan NNP 1662 4805 240 870 870 CD 1662 4805 241 km km NNS 1662 4805 242 , , , 1662 4805 243 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 1662 4805 244 1,099 1,099 CD 1662 4805 245 km km NN 1662 4805 246 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4805 247 : : : 1662 4805 248 0 0 CD 1662 4805 249 km km NN 1662 4805 250 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4805 251 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 4805 252 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4805 253 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4805 254 claims claim VBZ 1662 4805 255 : : : 1662 4805 256 none none NN 1662 4805 257 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4805 258 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 4805 259 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4805 260 Climate climate NN 1662 4805 261 : : : 1662 4805 262 dry dry VB 1662 4805 263 continental continental NNP 1662 4805 264 to to TO 1662 4805 265 polar polar VB 1662 4805 266 in in IN 1662 4805 267 high high JJ 1662 4805 268 Tien Tien NNP 1662 4805 269 Shan Shan NNP 1662 4805 270 ; ; : 1662 4805 271 subtropical subtropical JJ 1662 4805 272 in in IN 1662 4805 273 southwest southwest NN 1662 4805 274 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4805 275 Fergana Fergana NNP 1662 4805 276 Valley Valley NNP 1662 4805 277 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4805 278 ; ; : 1662 4805 279 temperate temperate VB 1662 4805 280 in in IN 1662 4805 281 northern northern JJ 1662 4805 282 foothill foothill NNP 1662 4805 283 zone zone NN 1662 4805 284 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4805 285 : : : 1662 4805 286 peaks peak NNS 1662 4805 287 of of IN 1662 4805 288 Tien Tien NNP 1662 4805 289 Shan Shan NNP 1662 4805 290 and and CC 1662 4805 291 associated associate VBD 1662 4805 292 valleys valley NNS 1662 4805 293 and and CC 1662 4805 294 basins basin NNS 1662 4805 295 encompass encompass VBP 1662 4805 296 entire entire JJ 1662 4805 297 nation nation NN 1662 4805 298 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4805 299 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4805 300 : : : 1662 4805 301 lowest low JJS 1662 4805 302 point point NN 1662 4805 303 : : : 1662 4805 304 Kara Kara NNP 1662 4805 305 - - HYPH 1662 4805 306 Daryya Daryya NNP 1662 4805 307 132 132 CD 1662 4805 308 m m NN 1662 4805 309 highest high JJS 1662 4805 310 point point NN 1662 4805 311 : : : 1662 4805 312 Jengish Jengish NNP 1662 4805 313 Chokusu Chokusu NNP 1662 4805 314 7,439 7,439 CD 1662 4805 315 m m NNP 1662 4805 316 Natural natural JJ 1662 4805 317 resources resource NNS 1662 4805 318 : : : 1662 4805 319 abundant abundant JJ 1662 4805 320 hydroelectric hydroelectric JJ 1662 4805 321 potential potential NN 1662 4805 322 ; ; : 1662 4805 323 significant significant JJ 1662 4805 324 deposits deposit NNS 1662 4805 325 of of IN 1662 4805 326 gold gold NN 1662 4805 327 and and CC 1662 4805 328 rare rare JJ 1662 4805 329 earth earth NN 1662 4805 330 metals metal NNS 1662 4805 331 ; ; , 1662 4805 332 locally locally RB 1662 4805 333 exploitable exploitable JJ 1662 4805 334 coal coal NN 1662 4805 335 , , , 1662 4805 336 oil oil NN 1662 4805 337 , , , 1662 4805 338 and and CC 1662 4805 339 natural natural JJ 1662 4805 340 gas gas NN 1662 4805 341 ; ; , 1662 4805 342 other other JJ 1662 4805 343 deposits deposit NNS 1662 4805 344 of of IN 1662 4805 345 nepheline nepheline NNP 1662 4805 346 , , , 1662 4805 347 mercury mercury NNP 1662 4805 348 , , , 1662 4805 349 bismuth bismuth NNP 1662 4805 350 , , , 1662 4805 351 lead lead NNP 1662 4805 352 , , , 1662 4805 353 and and CC 1662 4805 354 zinc zinc VB 1662 4805 355 Land Land NNP 1662 4805 356 use use NN 1662 4805 357 : : : 1662 4805 358 arable arable JJ 1662 4805 359 land land NN 1662 4805 360 : : : 1662 4805 361 7 7 CD 1662 4805 362 % % NN 1662 4805 363 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4805 364 crops crop NNS 1662 4805 365 : : : 1662 4805 366 0 0 CD 1662 4805 367 % % NN 1662 4805 368 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4805 369 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4805 370 : : : 1662 4805 371 44 44 CD 1662 4805 372 % % NN 1662 4805 373 forests forest NNS 1662 4805 374 and and CC 1662 4805 375 woodland woodland NN 1662 4805 376 : : : 1662 4805 377 4 4 CD 1662 4805 378 % % NN 1662 4805 379 other other JJ 1662 4805 380 : : : 1662 4805 381 45 45 CD 1662 4805 382 % % NN 1662 4805 383 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4805 384 1993 1993 CD 1662 4805 385 est est NNP 1662 4805 386 . . . 1662 4805 387 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4806 1 note note NN 1662 4806 2 : : : 1662 4806 3 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan NNP 1662 4806 4 has have VBZ 1662 4806 5 the the DT 1662 4806 6 world world NN 1662 4806 7 's 's POS 1662 4806 8 largest large JJS 1662 4806 9 natural natural JJ 1662 4806 10 growth growth NN 1662 4806 11 walnut walnut NN 1662 4806 12 forest forest , 1662 4806 13 Irrigated Irrigated NNP 1662 4806 14 land land NN 1662 4806 15 : : : 1662 4806 16 9,000 9,000 CD 1662 4806 17 sq sq NNP 1662 4806 18 km km NNP 1662 4806 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4806 20 1993 1993 CD 1662 4806 21 est est NNP 1662 4806 22 . . . 1662 4806 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4807 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 4807 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4807 3 : : : 1662 4807 4 NA NA NNP 1662 4807 5 Environment environment NN 1662 4807 6 - - HYPH 1662 4807 7 current current JJ 1662 4807 8 issues issue NNS 1662 4807 9 : : : 1662 4807 10 water water NN 1662 4807 11 pollution pollution NN 1662 4807 12 ; ; : 1662 4807 13 many many JJ 1662 4807 14 people people NNS 1662 4807 15 get get VBP 1662 4807 16 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4807 17 water water NN 1662 4807 18 directly directly RB 1662 4807 19 from from IN 1662 4807 20 contaminated contaminate VBN 1662 4807 21 streams stream NNS 1662 4807 22 and and CC 1662 4807 23 wells well NNS 1662 4807 24 ; ; : 1662 4807 25 as as IN 1662 4807 26 a a DT 1662 4807 27 result result NN 1662 4807 28 , , , 1662 4807 29 water water NN 1662 4807 30 - - HYPH 1662 4807 31 borne bear VBN 1662 4807 32 diseases disease NNS 1662 4807 33 are be VBP 1662 4807 34 prevalent prevalent JJ 1662 4807 35 ; ; : 1662 4807 36 increasing increase VBG 1662 4807 37 soil soil NN 1662 4807 38 salinity salinity NN 1662 4807 39 from from IN 1662 4807 40 faulty faulty JJ 1662 4807 41 irrigation irrigation NN 1662 4807 42 practices practice NNS 1662 4807 43 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4807 44 - - HYPH 1662 4807 45 international international JJ 1662 4807 46 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4807 47 : : : 1662 4807 48 party party NN 1662 4807 49 to to TO 1662 4807 50 : : : 1662 4807 51 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 4807 52 , , , 1662 4807 53 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 4807 54 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 4807 55 signed sign VBD 1662 4807 56 , , , 1662 4807 57 but but CC 1662 4807 58 not not RB 1662 4807 59 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4807 60 : : : 1662 4807 61 none none NN 1662 4807 62 of of IN 1662 4807 63 the the DT 1662 4807 64 selected select VBN 1662 4807 65 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4807 66 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4807 67 - - HYPH 1662 4807 68 note note NNP 1662 4807 69 : : : 1662 4807 70 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 4807 71 @Kyrgyzstan @Kyrgyzstan NNP 1662 4807 72 : : : 1662 4807 73 People People NNP 1662 4807 74 Population Population NNP 1662 4807 75 : : : 1662 4807 76 4,512,809 4,512,809 CD 1662 4807 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4807 78 July July NNP 1662 4807 79 1997 1997 CD 1662 4807 80 est est NNP 1662 4807 81 . . . 1662 4807 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4808 1 Age age NN 1662 4808 2 structure structure NN 1662 4808 3 : : : 1662 4808 4 0 0 CD 1662 4808 5 - - HYPH 1662 4808 6 14 14 CD 1662 4808 7 years year NNS 1662 4808 8 : : : 1662 4808 9 36 36 CD 1662 4808 10 % % NN 1662 4808 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4808 12 male male JJ 1662 4808 13 829,888 829,888 CD 1662 4808 14 ; ; , 1662 4808 15 female female JJ 1662 4808 16 812,056 812,056 CD 1662 4808 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4808 18 15 15 CD 1662 4808 19 - - HYPH 1662 4808 20 64 64 CD 1662 4808 21 years year NNS 1662 4808 22 : : : 1662 4808 23 58 58 CD 1662 4808 24 % % NN 1662 4808 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4808 26 male male JJ 1662 4808 27 1,271,390 1,271,390 CD 1662 4808 28 ; ; : 1662 4808 29 female female JJ 1662 4808 30 1,321,774 1,321,774 CD 1662 4808 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4808 32 65 65 CD 1662 4808 33 years year NNS 1662 4808 34 and and CC 1662 4808 35 over over IN 1662 4808 36 : : : 1662 4808 37 6 6 CD 1662 4808 38 % % NN 1662 4808 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4808 40 male male NN 1662 4808 41 101,616 101,616 CD 1662 4808 42 ; ; : 1662 4808 43 female female JJ 1662 4808 44 176,085 176,085 CD 1662 4808 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4808 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4808 47 July July NNP 1662 4808 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 4808 49 est est NNP 1662 4808 50 . . . 1662 4808 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4809 1 Population population NN 1662 4809 2 growth growth NN 1662 4809 3 rate rate NN 1662 4809 4 : : : 1662 4809 5 0.05 0.05 CD 1662 4809 6 % % NN 1662 4809 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4809 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4809 9 est est NNP 1662 4809 10 . . . 1662 4809 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4810 1 Birth birth NN 1662 4810 2 rate rate NN 1662 4810 3 : : : 1662 4810 4 22.27 22.27 CD 1662 4810 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 4810 6 population population NN 1662 4810 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4810 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4810 9 est est NNP 1662 4810 10 . . . 1662 4810 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4811 1 Death death NN 1662 4811 2 rate rate NN 1662 4811 3 : : : 1662 4811 4 8.59 8.59 CD 1662 4811 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4811 6 population population NN 1662 4811 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4811 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4811 9 est est NNP 1662 4811 10 . . . 1662 4811 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4812 1 Net net JJ 1662 4812 2 migration migration NN 1662 4812 3 rate rate NN 1662 4812 4 : : : 1662 4812 5 -13.15 -13.15 . 1662 4812 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 VBN 1662 4812 7 population population NN 1662 4812 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4812 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 4812 10 est est NNP 1662 4812 11 . . . 1662 4812 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4813 1 Sex sex NN 1662 4813 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 4813 3 : : : 1662 4813 4 at at IN 1662 4813 5 birth birth NN 1662 4813 6 : : : 1662 4813 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 4813 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4813 9 under under IN 1662 4813 10 15 15 CD 1662 4813 11 years year NNS 1662 4813 12 : : : 1662 4813 13 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 4813 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4813 15 15 15 CD 1662 4813 16 - - HYPH 1662 4813 17 64 64 CD 1662 4813 18 years year NNS 1662 4813 19 : : : 1662 4813 20 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 4813 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4813 22 65 65 CD 1662 4813 23 years year NNS 1662 4813 24 and and CC 1662 4813 25 over over IN 1662 4813 26 : : : 1662 4813 27 0.58 0.58 CD 1662 4813 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4813 29 total total JJ 1662 4813 30 population population NN 1662 4813 31 : : : 1662 4813 32 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 4813 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4813 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4813 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 4813 36 est est NNP 1662 4813 37 . . . 1662 4813 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4814 1 Infant infant NN 1662 4814 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 4814 3 rate rate NN 1662 4814 4 : : : 1662 4814 5 73.6 73.6 CD 1662 4814 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 CD 1662 4814 7 live live JJ 1662 4814 8 births birth NNS 1662 4814 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4814 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4814 11 est est NNP 1662 4814 12 . . . 1662 4814 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4815 1 Life life NN 1662 4815 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 4815 3 at at IN 1662 4815 4 birth birth NN 1662 4815 5 : : : 1662 4815 6 total total JJ 1662 4815 7 population population NN 1662 4815 8 : : : 1662 4815 9 63.97 63.97 CD 1662 4815 10 years year NNS 1662 4815 11 male male NN 1662 4815 12 : : : 1662 4815 13 59.65 59.65 CD 1662 4815 14 years year NNS 1662 4815 15 female female JJ 1662 4815 16 : : : 1662 4815 17 68.49 68.49 CD 1662 4815 18 years year NNS 1662 4815 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4815 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 4815 21 est est NNP 1662 4815 22 . . . 1662 4815 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4816 1 Total total JJ 1662 4816 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 4816 3 rate rate NN 1662 4816 4 : : : 1662 4816 5 2.73 2.73 CD 1662 4816 6 children child NNS 1662 4816 7 born bear VBN 1662 4816 8 / / SYM 1662 4816 9 woman woman NN 1662 4816 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4816 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 4816 12 est est NNP 1662 4816 13 . . . 1662 4816 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4817 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 4817 2 : : : 1662 4817 3 noun noun NNP 1662 4817 4 : : : 1662 4817 5 Kyrgyzstani(s Kyrgyzstani(s NNP 1662 4817 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4817 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 4817 8 : : : 1662 4817 9 Kyrgyzstani Kyrgyzstani NNP 1662 4817 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4817 11 groups group NNS 1662 4817 12 : : : 1662 4817 13 Kirghiz Kirghiz NNS 1662 4817 14 52.4 52.4 CD 1662 4817 15 % % NN 1662 4817 16 , , , 1662 4817 17 Russian Russian NNP 1662 4817 18 18 18 CD 1662 4817 19 % % NN 1662 4817 20 , , , 1662 4817 21 Uzbek Uzbek NNP 1662 4817 22 12.9 12.9 CD 1662 4817 23 % % NN 1662 4817 24 , , , 1662 4817 25 Ukrainian ukrainian JJ 1662 4817 26 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 4817 27 % % NN 1662 4817 28 , , , 1662 4817 29 German german JJ 1662 4817 30 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 4817 31 % % NN 1662 4817 32 , , , 1662 4817 33 other other JJ 1662 4817 34 11.8 11.8 CD 1662 4817 35 % % NN 1662 4817 36 Religions religion NNS 1662 4817 37 : : : 1662 4817 38 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 4817 39 75 75 CD 1662 4817 40 % % NN 1662 4817 41 , , , 1662 4817 42 Russian Russian NNP 1662 4817 43 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 4817 44 20 20 CD 1662 4817 45 % % NN 1662 4817 46 , , , 1662 4817 47 other other JJ 1662 4817 48 5 5 CD 1662 4817 49 % % NN 1662 4817 50 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 4817 51 : : : 1662 4817 52 Kirghiz Kirghiz NNP 1662 4817 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4817 54 Kyrgyz Kyrgyz NNP 1662 4817 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4817 56 - - : 1662 4817 57 official official JJ 1662 4817 58 language language NN 1662 4817 59 , , , 1662 4817 60 Russian russian JJ 1662 4817 61 - - HYPH 1662 4817 62 official official JJ 1662 4817 63 language language NN 1662 4817 64 note note NN 1662 4817 65 : : : 1662 4817 66 in in IN 1662 4817 67 March March NNP 1662 4817 68 1996 1996 CD 1662 4817 69 , , , 1662 4817 70 the the DT 1662 4817 71 Kyrgyzstani kyrgyzstani JJ 1662 4817 72 legislature legislature NN 1662 4817 73 amended amend VBD 1662 4817 74 the the DT 1662 4817 75 constitution constitution NN 1662 4817 76 to to TO 1662 4817 77 make make VB 1662 4817 78 Russian russian JJ 1662 4817 79 an an DT 1662 4817 80 official official JJ 1662 4817 81 language language NN 1662 4817 82 , , , 1662 4817 83 along along IN 1662 4817 84 with with IN 1662 4817 85 Kirghiz Kirghiz NNPS 1662 4817 86 , , , 1662 4817 87 in in IN 1662 4817 88 territories territory NNS 1662 4817 89 and and CC 1662 4817 90 work work NN 1662 4817 91 places place NNS 1662 4817 92 where where WRB 1662 4817 93 Russian Russian NNP 1662 4817 94 - - HYPH 1662 4817 95 speaking speak VBG 1662 4817 96 citizens citizen NNS 1662 4817 97 predominate predominate VBP 1662 4817 98 Literacy literacy NN 1662 4817 99 : : : 1662 4817 100 definition definition NN 1662 4817 101 : : : 1662 4817 102 age age NN 1662 4817 103 15 15 CD 1662 4817 104 and and CC 1662 4817 105 over over RB 1662 4817 106 can can MD 1662 4817 107 read read VB 1662 4817 108 and and CC 1662 4817 109 write write VB 1662 4817 110 total total JJ 1662 4817 111 population population NN 1662 4817 112 : : : 1662 4817 113 97 97 CD 1662 4817 114 % % NN 1662 4817 115 male male 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203 chief chief NN 1662 4818 204 of of IN 1662 4818 205 state state NN 1662 4818 206 : : : 1662 4818 207 President President NNP 1662 4818 208 Askar Askar NNP 1662 4818 209 AKAYEV AKAYEV NNP 1662 4818 210 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4818 211 since since IN 1662 4818 212 28 28 CD 1662 4818 213 October October NNP 1662 4818 214 1990 1990 CD 1662 4818 215 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4818 216 head head NN 1662 4818 217 of of IN 1662 4818 218 government government NN 1662 4818 219 : : : 1662 4818 220 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4818 221 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4818 222 Apas Apas NNP 1662 4818 223 JUMAGULOV JUMAGULOV NNP 1662 4818 224 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4818 225 since since IN 1662 4818 226 NA NA NNP 1662 4818 227 December December NNP 1662 4818 228 1993 1993 CD 1662 4818 229 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4818 230 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4818 231 : : : 1662 4818 232 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 4818 233 of of IN 1662 4818 234 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 4818 235 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4818 236 by by IN 1662 4818 237 the the DT 1662 4818 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4818 274 ; ; : 1662 4818 275 prime prime NNP 1662 4818 276 minister minister NN 1662 4818 277 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4818 278 by by IN 1662 4818 279 the the DT 1662 4818 280 president president NNP 1662 4818 281 election election NN 1662 4818 282 results result NNS 1662 4818 283 : : : 1662 4818 284 Askar Askar NNP 1662 4818 285 AKAYEV AKAYEV NNP 1662 4818 286 elected elect VBD 1662 4818 287 president president NN 1662 4818 288 ; ; , 1662 4818 289 percent percent NN 1662 4818 290 of of IN 1662 4818 291 vote vote NN 1662 4818 292 - - HYPH 1662 4818 293 Askar Askar NNP 1662 4818 294 AKAYEV AKAYEV NNP 1662 4818 295 75 75 CD 1662 4818 296 % % NN 1662 4818 297 ; ; : 1662 4818 298 note note NN 1662 4818 299 - - HYPH 1662 4818 300 elections election NNS 1662 4818 301 were be VBD 1662 4818 302 held hold VBN 1662 4818 303 early early RB 1662 4818 304 which which WDT 1662 4818 305 gave give VBD 1662 4818 306 the the DT 1662 4818 307 two two CD 1662 4818 308 opposition opposition NN 1662 4818 309 candidates candidate NNS 1662 4818 310 little little JJ 1662 4818 311 time time NN 1662 4818 312 to to TO 1662 4818 313 campaign campaign VB 1662 4818 314 ; ; : 1662 4818 315 AKAYEV AKAYEV NNP 1662 4818 316 may may MD 1662 4818 317 have have VB 1662 4818 318 orchestrated orchestrate VBN 1662 4818 319 the the DT 1662 4818 320 " " `` 1662 4818 321 deregistration deregistration NN 1662 4818 322 " " '' 1662 4818 323 of of IN 1662 4818 324 two two CD 1662 4818 325 other other JJ 1662 4818 326 candidates candidate NNS 1662 4818 327 , , , 1662 4818 328 one one CD 1662 4818 329 of of IN 1662 4818 330 whom whom WP 1662 4818 331 was be VBD 1662 4818 332 a a DT 1662 4818 333 major major JJ 1662 4818 334 rival rival JJ 1662 4818 335 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 4818 336 branch branch NN 1662 4818 337 : : : 1662 4818 338 bicameral bicameral NNP 1662 4818 339 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 4818 340 Council Council NNP 1662 4818 341 or or CC 1662 4818 342 Zhogorku Zhogorku NNP 1662 4818 343 Kenesh Kenesh NNP 1662 4818 344 consists consist VBZ 1662 4818 345 of of IN 1662 4818 346 the the DT 1662 4818 347 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4818 348 of of IN 1662 4818 349 People People NNPS 1662 4818 350 's 's POS 1662 4818 351 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 4818 352 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4818 353 70 70 CD 1662 4818 354 seats seat NNS 1662 4818 355 ; ; : 1662 4818 356 members member NNS 1662 4818 357 are be VBP 1662 4818 358 elected elect VBN 1662 4818 359 by by IN 1662 4818 360 popular popular JJ 1662 4818 361 vote vote NN 1662 4818 362 to to TO 1662 4818 363 serve serve VB 1662 4818 364 five five CD 1662 4818 365 - - HYPH 1662 4818 366 year year NN 1662 4818 367 terms term NNS 1662 4818 368 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4818 369 and and CC 1662 4818 370 the the DT 1662 4818 371 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 4818 372 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4818 373 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4818 374 35 35 CD 1662 4818 375 seats seat NNS 1662 4818 376 ; ; : 1662 4818 377 members member NNS 1662 4818 378 are be VBP 1662 4818 379 elected elect VBN 1662 4818 380 by by IN 1662 4818 381 popular popular JJ 1662 4818 382 vote vote NN 1662 4818 383 to to TO 1662 4818 384 serve serve VB 1662 4818 385 five five CD 1662 4818 386 - - HYPH 1662 4818 387 year year NN 1662 4818 388 terms term NNS 1662 4818 389 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4818 390 elections election NNS 1662 4818 391 : : : 1662 4818 392 Assembly assembly NN 1662 4818 393 of of IN 1662 4818 394 People People NNPS 1662 4818 395 's 's POS 1662 4818 396 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 4818 397 - - HYPH 1662 4818 398 last last RB 1662 4818 399 held hold VBN 1662 4818 400 5 5 CD 1662 4818 401 February February NNP 1662 4818 402 1995 1995 CD 1662 4818 403 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4818 404 next next JJ 1662 4818 405 to to TO 1662 4818 406 be be VB 1662 4818 407 held hold VBN 1662 4818 408 NA NA NNP 1662 4818 409 2000 2000 CD 1662 4818 410 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4818 411 ; ; : 1662 4818 412 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 4818 413 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4818 414 - - : 1662 4818 415 last last RB 1662 4818 416 held hold VBD 1662 4818 417 5 5 CD 1662 4818 418 February February NNP 1662 4818 419 1995 1995 CD 1662 4818 420 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4818 421 next next JJ 1662 4818 422 to to TO 1662 4818 423 be be VB 1662 4818 424 held hold VBN 1662 4818 425 NA NA NNP 1662 4818 426 2000 2000 CD 1662 4818 427 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4818 428 election election NN 1662 4818 429 results result NNS 1662 4818 430 : : : 1662 4818 431 Assembly assembly NN 1662 4818 432 of of IN 1662 4818 433 People People NNPS 1662 4818 434 's 's POS 1662 4818 435 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 4818 436 - - HYPH 1662 4818 437 percent percent NN 1662 4818 438 of of IN 1662 4818 439 vote vote NN 1662 4818 440 by by IN 1662 4818 441 party party NN 1662 4818 442 - - HYPH 1662 4818 443 NA NA NNP 1662 4818 444 ; ; , 1662 4818 445 seats seat NNS 1662 4818 446 by by IN 1662 4818 447 party party NN 1662 4818 448 - - HYPH 1662 4818 449 NA NA NNP 1662 4818 450 ; ; : 1662 4818 451 note note VB 1662 4818 452 - - : 1662 4818 453 not not RB 1662 4818 454 all all DT 1662 4818 455 of of IN 1662 4818 456 the the DT 1662 4818 457 70 70 CD 1662 4818 458 seats seat NNS 1662 4818 459 were be VBD 1662 4818 460 filled fill VBN 1662 4818 461 at at IN 1662 4818 462 the the DT 1662 4818 463 5 5 CD 1662 4818 464 February February NNP 1662 4818 465 1995 1995 CD 1662 4818 466 elections election NNS 1662 4818 467 ; ; : 1662 4818 468 as as IN 1662 4818 469 a a DT 1662 4818 470 result result NN 1662 4818 471 , , , 1662 4818 472 run run VBN 1662 4818 473 - - HYPH 1662 4818 474 off off RP 1662 4818 475 elections election NNS 1662 4818 476 were be VBD 1662 4818 477 held hold VBN 1662 4818 478 at at IN 1662 4818 479 later later JJ 1662 4818 480 dates date NNS 1662 4818 481 ; ; : 1662 4818 482 the the DT 1662 4818 483 assembly assembly NN 1662 4818 484 meets meet VBZ 1662 4818 485 twice twice RB 1662 4818 486 yearly yearly RB 1662 4818 487 ; ; : 1662 4818 488 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 4818 489 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4818 490 - - HYPH 1662 4818 491 percent percent NN 1662 4818 492 of of IN 1662 4818 493 vote vote NN 1662 4818 494 by by IN 1662 4818 495 party party NN 1662 4818 496 - - HYPH 1662 4818 497 NA NA NNP 1662 4818 498 ; ; , 1662 4818 499 seats seat NNS 1662 4818 500 by by IN 1662 4818 501 party party NN 1662 4818 502 - - HYPH 1662 4818 503 NA NA NNP 1662 4818 504 ; ; : 1662 4818 505 note note VB 1662 4818 506 - - : 1662 4818 507 not not RB 1662 4818 508 all all DT 1662 4818 509 of of IN 1662 4818 510 the the DT 1662 4818 511 35 35 CD 1662 4818 512 seats seat NNS 1662 4818 513 were be VBD 1662 4818 514 filled fill VBN 1662 4818 515 at at IN 1662 4818 516 the the DT 1662 4818 517 5 5 CD 1662 4818 518 February February NNP 1662 4818 519 1995 1995 CD 1662 4818 520 elections election NNS 1662 4818 521 ; ; : 1662 4818 522 as as IN 1662 4818 523 a a DT 1662 4818 524 result result NN 1662 4818 525 , , , 1662 4818 526 run run VBN 1662 4818 527 - - HYPH 1662 4818 528 off off RP 1662 4818 529 elections election NNS 1662 4818 530 were be VBD 1662 4818 531 held hold VBN 1662 4818 532 note note NN 1662 4818 533 : : : 1662 4818 534 the the DT 1662 4818 535 legislature legislature NN 1662 4818 536 became become VBD 1662 4818 537 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 4818 538 for for IN 1662 4818 539 the the DT 1662 4818 540 5 5 CD 1662 4818 541 February February NNP 1662 4818 542 1995 1995 CD 1662 4818 543 elections election NNS 1662 4818 544 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 4818 545 branch branch NN 1662 4818 546 : : : 1662 4818 547 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 4818 548 Court Court NNP 1662 4818 549 , , , 1662 4818 550 judges judge NNS 1662 4818 551 are be VBP 1662 4818 552 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4818 553 for for IN 1662 4818 554 a a DT 1662 4818 555 10-year 10-year CD 1662 4818 556 term term NN 1662 4818 557 by by IN 1662 4818 558 the the DT 1662 4818 559 Zhogorku Zhogorku NNP 1662 4818 560 Kenesh Kenesh NNP 1662 4818 561 on on IN 1662 4818 562 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 4818 563 of of IN 1662 4818 564 the the DT 1662 4818 565 president president NN 1662 4818 566 ; ; : 1662 4818 567 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 4818 568 Court Court NNP 1662 4818 569 ; ; : 1662 4818 570 Higher high JJR 1662 4818 571 Court Court NNP 1662 4818 572 of of IN 1662 4818 573 Arbitration Arbitration NNP 1662 4818 574 Political political JJ 1662 4818 575 parties party NNS 1662 4818 576 and and CC 1662 4818 577 leaders leader NNS 1662 4818 578 : : : 1662 4818 579 Social Social NNP 1662 4818 580 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4818 581 Party Party NNP 1662 4818 582 or or CC 1662 4818 583 SDP SDP NNP 1662 4818 584 ; ; : 1662 4818 585 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4818 586 Movement Movement NNP 1662 4818 587 of of IN 1662 4818 588 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan NNP 1662 4818 589 or or CC 1662 4818 590 DDK DDK NNP 1662 4818 591 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4818 592 Jypar Jypar NNP 1662 4818 593 JEKSHEYEV JEKSHEYEV NNP 1662 4818 594 , , , 1662 4818 595 chairman chairman NN 1662 4818 596 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4818 597 ; ; : 1662 4818 598 National national JJ 1662 4818 599 Unity Unity NNP 1662 4818 600 ; ; , 1662 4818 601 Communist Communist NNP 1662 4818 602 Party Party NNP 1662 4818 603 of of IN 1662 4818 604 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan NNP 1662 4818 605 or or CC 1662 4818 606 PCK PCK NNP 1662 4818 607 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4818 608 Absamat absamat NN 1662 4818 609 MASALIYEV MASALIYEV NNP 1662 4818 610 , , , 1662 4818 611 chairman chairman NN 1662 4818 612 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4818 613 ; ; : 1662 4818 614 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4818 615 Movement Movement NNP 1662 4818 616 of of IN 1662 4818 617 Free Free NNP 1662 4818 618 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan NNP 1662 4818 619 or or CC 1662 4818 620 ErK erk NN 1662 4818 621 ; ; , 1662 4818 622 Republican Republican NNP 1662 4818 623 Popular Popular NNP 1662 4818 624 Party Party NNP 1662 4818 625 of of IN 1662 4818 626 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan NNP 1662 4818 627 ; ; : 1662 4818 628 Agrarian Agrarian NNP 1662 4818 629 Party Party NNP 1662 4818 630 of of IN 1662 4818 631 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan NNP 1662 4818 632 ; ; : 1662 4818 633 Ata Ata NNP 1662 4818 634 Meken Meken NNP 1662 4818 635 Party Party NNP 1662 4818 636 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4818 637 Omurbek Omurbek NNP 1662 4818 638 TEKEBAYEV TEKEBAYEV NNP 1662 4818 639 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4818 640 ; ; : 1662 4818 641 ASABA asaba NN 1662 4818 642 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4818 643 Chaprashty Chaprashty NNP 1662 4818 644 BAZARBAY BAZARBAY NNP 1662 4818 645 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4818 646 ; ; : 1662 4818 647 Movement movement NN 1662 4818 648 for for IN 1662 4818 649 the the DT 1662 4818 650 People People NNPS 1662 4818 651 's 's POS 1662 4818 652 Salvation Salvation NNP 1662 4818 653 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4818 654 Djumgalbek Djumgalbek NNP 1662 4818 655 AMAMBAYEV AMAMBAYEV NNP 1662 4818 656 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4818 657 ; ; : 1662 4818 658 Ashar Ashar NNP 1662 4818 659 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4818 660 Zhumagazy Zhumagazy NNP 1662 4818 661 USUPOV USUPOV NNP 1662 4818 662 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4818 663 Political political JJ 1662 4818 664 pressure pressure NN 1662 4818 665 groups group NNS 1662 4818 666 and and CC 1662 4818 667 leaders leader NNS 1662 4818 668 : : : 1662 4818 669 National National NNP 1662 4818 670 Unity Unity NNP 1662 4818 671 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4818 672 Movement Movement NNP 1662 4818 673 ; ; : 1662 4818 674 Peasant Peasant NNP 1662 4818 675 Party Party NNP 1662 4818 676 ; ; : 1662 4818 677 Council Council NNP 1662 4818 678 of of IN 1662 4818 679 Free Free NNP 1662 4818 680 Trade Trade NNP 1662 4818 681 Unions Unions NNPS 1662 4818 682 ; ; : 1662 4818 683 Union Union NNP 1662 4818 684 of of IN 1662 4818 685 Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurs NNP 1662 4818 686 ; ; : 1662 4818 687 Agrarian Agrarian NNP 1662 4818 688 Party Party NNP 1662 4818 689 ; ; : 1662 4818 690 Kyrgyz Kyrgyz NNP 1662 4818 691 Committee Committee NNP 1662 4818 692 on on IN 1662 4818 693 Human Human NNP 1662 4818 694 Rights Rights NNPS 1662 4818 695 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4818 696 Ramazan Ramazan NNP 1662 4818 697 DYRYIDAYEV DYRYIDAYEV NNP 1662 4818 698 ] ] 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NN 1662 4818 839 MALLOY MALLOY NNP 1662 4818 840 embassy embassy NN 1662 4818 841 : : : 1662 4818 842 Erkindik Erkindik NNP 1662 4818 843 Prospekt Prospekt NNP 1662 4818 844 # # $ 1662 4818 845 66 66 CD 1662 4818 846 , , , 1662 4818 847 Bishkek Bishkek NNP 1662 4818 848 720002 720002 CD 1662 4818 849 mailing mail VBG 1662 4818 850 address address NN 1662 4818 851 : : : 1662 4818 852 use use NNP 1662 4818 853 embassy embassy NNP 1662 4818 854 street street NNP 1662 4818 855 address address NN 1662 4818 856 telephone telephone NNP 1662 4818 857 : : : 1662 4818 858 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4818 859 7 7 CD 1662 4818 860 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4818 861 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4818 862 3312 3312 CD 1662 4818 863 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4818 864 22 22 CD 1662 4818 865 - - HYPH 1662 4818 866 26 26 CD 1662 4818 867 - - SYM 1662 4818 868 93 93 CD 1662 4818 869 , , , 1662 4818 870 22 22 CD 1662 4818 871 - - HYPH 1662 4818 872 32 32 CD 1662 4818 873 - - SYM 1662 4818 874 89 89 CD 1662 4818 875 FAX fax NN 1662 4818 876 : : : 1662 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4822 5 program program NN 1662 4822 6 , , , 1662 4822 7 which which WDT 1662 4822 8 lowered lower VBD 1662 4822 9 inflation inflation NN 1662 4822 10 from from IN 1662 4822 11 88 88 CD 1662 4822 12 % % NN 1662 4822 13 in in IN 1662 4822 14 1994 1994 CD 1662 4822 15 to to IN 1662 4822 16 32 32 CD 1662 4822 17 % % NN 1662 4822 18 for for IN 1662 4822 19 1996 1996 CD 1662 4822 20 , , , 1662 4822 21 attention attention NN 1662 4822 22 is be VBZ 1662 4822 23 turning turn VBG 1662 4822 24 toward toward IN 1662 4822 25 stimulating stimulate VBG 1662 4822 26 growth growth NN 1662 4822 27 . . . 1662 4823 1 Much much JJ 1662 4823 2 of of IN 1662 4823 3 the the DT 1662 4823 4 government government NN 1662 4823 5 's 's POS 1662 4823 6 stock stock NN 1662 4823 7 in in IN 1662 4823 8 enterprises enterprise NNS 1662 4823 9 has have VBZ 1662 4823 10 been be VBN 1662 4823 11 sold sell VBN 1662 4823 12 . . . 1662 4824 1 Drops drop NNS 1662 4824 2 in in IN 1662 4824 3 production production NN 1662 4824 4 have have VBP 1662 4824 5 been be VBN 1662 4824 6 severe severe JJ 1662 4824 7 since since IN 1662 4824 8 the the DT 1662 4824 9 break break NN 1662 4824 10 up up IN 1662 4824 11 of of IN 1662 4824 12 the the DT 1662 4824 13 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 4824 14 Union Union NNP 1662 4824 15 in in IN 1662 4824 16 December December NNP 1662 4824 17 1991 1991 CD 1662 4824 18 , , , 1662 4824 19 but but CC 1662 4824 20 by by IN 1662 4824 21 mid-1995 mid-1995 JJ 1662 4824 22 production production NN 1662 4824 23 began begin VBD 1662 4824 24 to to TO 1662 4824 25 recover recover VB 1662 4824 26 and and CC 1662 4824 27 exports export NNS 1662 4824 28 began begin VBD 1662 4824 29 to to TO 1662 4824 30 increase increase VB 1662 4824 31 . . . 1662 4825 1 Pensioners pensioner NNS 1662 4825 2 , , , 1662 4825 3 unemployed unemployed JJ 1662 4825 4 workers worker NNS 1662 4825 5 , , , 1662 4825 6 and and CC 1662 4825 7 government government NN 1662 4825 8 workers worker NNS 1662 4825 9 with with IN 1662 4825 10 salaries salary NNS 1662 4825 11 arrears arrear NNS 1662 4825 12 continue continue VBP 1662 4825 13 to to TO 1662 4825 14 suffer suffer VB 1662 4825 15 . . . 1662 4826 1 Foreign foreign JJ 1662 4826 2 assistance assistance NN 1662 4826 3 plays play VBZ 1662 4826 4 a a DT 1662 4826 5 substantial substantial JJ 1662 4826 6 role role NN 1662 4826 7 in in IN 1662 4826 8 the the DT 1662 4826 9 country country NN 1662 4826 10 's 's POS 1662 4826 11 budget budget NN 1662 4826 12 . . . 1662 4827 1 In in IN 1662 4827 2 1996 1996 CD 1662 4827 3 the the DT 1662 4827 4 economy economy NN 1662 4827 5 showed show VBD 1662 4827 6 strong strong JJ 1662 4827 7 signs sign NNS 1662 4827 8 that that IN 1662 4827 9 recovery recovery NN 1662 4827 10 was be VBD 1662 4827 11 underway underway JJ 1662 4827 12 . . . 1662 4828 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4828 2 : : : 1662 4828 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4828 4 power power NN 1662 4828 5 parity parity NN 1662 4828 6 - - : 1662 4828 7 $ $ $ 1662 4828 8 5.8 5.8 CD 1662 4828 9 billion billion CD 1662 4828 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4828 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4828 12 estimate estimate NN 1662 4828 13 as as IN 1662 4828 14 extrapolated extrapolate VBN 1662 4828 15 from from IN 1662 4828 16 World World NNP 1662 4828 17 Bank Bank NNP 1662 4828 18 estimate estimate NN 1662 4828 19 for for IN 1662 4828 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 4828 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4828 22 GDP gdp NN 1662 4828 23 - - HYPH 1662 4828 24 real real JJ 1662 4828 25 growth growth NN 1662 4828 26 rate rate NN 1662 4828 27 : : : 1662 4828 28 5.6 5.6 CD 1662 4828 29 % % NN 1662 4828 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4828 31 1996 1996 CD 1662 4828 32 est est NNP 1662 4828 33 . . . 1662 4828 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4829 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4829 2 - - HYPH 1662 4829 3 per per FW 1662 4829 4 capita capita NN 1662 4829 5 : : : 1662 4829 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4829 7 power power NN 1662 4829 8 parity parity NN 1662 4829 9 - - : 1662 4829 10 $ $ $ 1662 4829 11 1,290 1,290 CD 1662 4829 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4829 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 4829 14 est est NNP 1662 4829 15 . . . 1662 4829 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4830 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4830 2 - - HYPH 1662 4830 3 composition composition NN 1662 4830 4 by by IN 1662 4830 5 sector sector NN 1662 4830 6 : : : 1662 4830 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4830 8 : : : 1662 4830 9 35 35 CD 1662 4830 10 % % NN 1662 4830 11 industry industry NN 1662 4830 12 : : : 1662 4830 13 28 28 CD 1662 4830 14 % % NN 1662 4830 15 services service NNS 1662 4830 16 : : : 1662 4830 17 37 37 CD 1662 4830 18 % % NN 1662 4830 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4830 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 4830 21 est est NNP 1662 4830 22 . . . 1662 4830 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4831 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 4831 2 rate rate NN 1662 4831 3 - - HYPH 1662 4831 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 4831 5 price price NN 1662 4831 6 index index NN 1662 4831 7 : : : 1662 4831 8 32 32 CD 1662 4831 9 % % NN 1662 4831 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4831 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4831 12 est est NNP 1662 4831 13 . . . 1662 4831 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4832 1 Labor labor NN 1662 4832 2 force force NN 1662 4832 3 : : : 1662 4832 4 total total NN 1662 4832 5 : : : 1662 4832 6 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 4832 7 million million CD 1662 4832 8 by by IN 1662 4832 9 occupation occupation NN 1662 4832 10 : : : 1662 4832 11 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4832 12 and and CC 1662 4832 13 forestry forestry NN 1662 4832 14 40 40 CD 1662 4832 15 % % NN 1662 4832 16 , , , 1662 4832 17 industry industry NN 1662 4832 18 and and CC 1662 4832 19 construction construction NN 1662 4832 20 19 19 CD 1662 4832 21 % % NN 1662 4832 22 , , , 1662 4832 23 other other JJ 1662 4832 24 41 41 CD 1662 4832 25 % % NN 1662 4832 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4832 27 1995 1995 CD 1662 4832 28 est est NNP 1662 4832 29 . . . 1662 4832 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4833 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4833 2 rate rate NN 1662 4833 3 : : : 1662 4833 4 4.8 4.8 CD 1662 4833 5 % % NN 1662 4833 6 includes include VBZ 1662 4833 7 officially officially RB 1662 4833 8 registered register VBN 1662 4833 9 unemployed unemployed JJ 1662 4833 10 ; ; : 1662 4833 11 7.8 7.8 CD 1662 4833 12 % % NN 1662 4833 13 by by IN 1662 4833 14 ILO ILO NNP 1662 4833 15 methodology methodology NN 1662 4833 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4833 17 December December NNP 1662 4833 18 1996 1996 CD 1662 4833 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4833 20 Budget budget NN 1662 4833 21 : : : 1662 4833 22 revenues revenue NNS 1662 4833 23 : : : 1662 4833 24 $ $ $ 1662 4833 25 NA na NN 1662 4833 26 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4833 27 : : : 1662 4833 28 $ $ $ 1662 4833 29 NA na NN 1662 4833 30 , , , 1662 4833 31 including include VBG 1662 4833 32 capital capital NN 1662 4833 33 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4833 34 of of IN 1662 4833 35 $ $ $ 1662 4833 36 NA NA NNP 1662 4833 37 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 4833 38 : : : 1662 4833 39 small small JJ 1662 4833 40 machinery machinery NN 1662 4833 41 , , , 1662 4833 42 textiles textile NNS 1662 4833 43 , , , 1662 4833 44 food food NN 1662 4833 45 processing processing NN 1662 4833 46 , , , 1662 4833 47 cement cement NN 1662 4833 48 , , , 1662 4833 49 shoes shoe NNS 1662 4833 50 , , , 1662 4833 51 sawn sawn NN 1662 4833 52 logs log NNS 1662 4833 53 , , , 1662 4833 54 refrigerators refrigerator NNS 1662 4833 55 , , , 1662 4833 56 furniture furniture NN 1662 4833 57 , , , 1662 4833 58 electric electric JJ 1662 4833 59 motors motor NNS 1662 4833 60 , , , 1662 4833 61 gold gold NN 1662 4833 62 , , , 1662 4833 63 rare rare JJ 1662 4833 64 earth earth NN 1662 4833 65 metals metal NNS 1662 4833 66 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 4833 67 production production NN 1662 4833 68 growth growth NN 1662 4833 69 rate rate NN 1662 4833 70 : : : 1662 4833 71 10.8 10.8 CD 1662 4833 72 % % NN 1662 4833 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4833 74 1996 1996 CD 1662 4833 75 est est NNP 1662 4833 76 . . . 1662 4833 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4834 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4834 2 - - HYPH 1662 4834 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 4834 4 : : : 1662 4834 5 3.63 3.63 CD 1662 4834 6 million million CD 1662 4834 7 kW kW NNP 1662 4834 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4834 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 4834 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4834 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4834 12 - - HYPH 1662 4834 13 production production NN 1662 4834 14 : : : 1662 4834 15 13.7 13.7 CD 1662 4834 16 billion billion CD 1662 4834 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4834 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4834 19 1996 1996 CD 1662 4834 20 est est NNP 1662 4834 21 . . . 1662 4834 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4835 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4835 2 - - HYPH 1662 4835 3 consumption consumption NN 1662 4835 4 per per IN 1662 4835 5 capita capita NN 1662 4835 6 : : : 1662 4835 7 1,912 1,912 CD 1662 4835 8 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4835 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4835 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 4835 11 est est NNP 1662 4835 12 . . . 1662 4835 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4836 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4836 2 - - HYPH 1662 4836 3 products product NNS 1662 4836 4 : : : 1662 4836 5 wool wool NN 1662 4836 6 , , , 1662 4836 7 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 4836 8 , , , 1662 4836 9 cotton cotton NN 1662 4836 10 , , , 1662 4836 11 potatoes potato NNS 1662 4836 12 , , , 1662 4836 13 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 4836 14 , , , 1662 4836 15 grapes grape NNS 1662 4836 16 , , , 1662 4836 17 fruits fruit NNS 1662 4836 18 and and CC 1662 4836 19 berries berry NNS 1662 4836 20 ; ; , 1662 4836 21 sheep sheep NNS 1662 4836 22 , , , 1662 4836 23 goats goat NNS 1662 4836 24 , , , 1662 4836 25 cattle cattle NNS 1662 4836 26 Exports export NNS 1662 4836 27 : : : 1662 4836 28 total total JJ 1662 4836 29 value value NN 1662 4836 30 : : : 1662 4836 31 $ $ $ 1662 4836 32 506 506 CD 1662 4836 33 million million CD 1662 4836 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4836 35 1996 1996 CD 1662 4836 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4836 37 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4836 38 : : : 1662 4836 39 cotton cotton NN 1662 4836 40 , , , 1662 4836 41 wool wool NN 1662 4836 42 , , , 1662 4836 43 meat meat NN 1662 4836 44 , , , 1662 4836 45 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 4836 46 ; ; : 1662 4836 47 gold gold NN 1662 4836 48 , , , 1662 4836 49 mercury mercury NN 1662 4836 50 , , , 1662 4836 51 uranium uranium NN 1662 4836 52 , , , 1662 4836 53 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 4836 54 ; ; : 1662 4836 55 machinery machinery NN 1662 4836 56 ; ; : 1662 4836 57 shoes shoe NNS 1662 4836 58 partners partner NNS 1662 4836 59 : : : 1662 4836 60 China China NNP 1662 4836 61 , , , 1662 4836 62 UK UK NNP 1662 4836 63 , , , 1662 4836 64 FSU FSU NNP 1662 4836 65 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 4836 66 : : : 1662 4836 67 total total JJ 1662 4836 68 value value NN 1662 4836 69 : : : 1662 4836 70 $ $ $ 1662 4836 71 890 890 CD 1662 4836 72 million million CD 1662 4836 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4836 74 1996 1996 CD 1662 4836 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4836 76 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4836 77 : : : 1662 4836 78 grain grain NN 1662 4836 79 , , , 1662 4836 80 lumber lumber NN 1662 4836 81 , , , 1662 4836 82 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4836 83 products product NNS 1662 4836 84 , , , 1662 4836 85 ferrous ferrous JJ 1662 4836 86 metals metal NNS 1662 4836 87 , , , 1662 4836 88 fuel fuel NN 1662 4836 89 , , , 1662 4836 90 machinery machinery NN 1662 4836 91 , , , 1662 4836 92 textiles textile NNS 1662 4836 93 , , , 1662 4836 94 footwear footwear NN 1662 4836 95 partners partner NNS 1662 4836 96 : : : 1662 4836 97 US US NNP 1662 4836 98 , , , 1662 4836 99 China China NNP 1662 4836 100 , , , 1662 4836 101 FSU FSU NNP 1662 4836 102 Debt Debt NNP 1662 4836 103 - - HYPH 1662 4836 104 external external JJ 1662 4836 105 : : : 1662 4836 106 $ $ $ 1662 4836 107 584 584 CD 1662 4836 108 million million CD 1662 4836 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4836 110 of of IN 1662 4836 111 which which WDT 1662 4836 112 $ $ $ 1662 4836 113 115 115 CD 1662 4836 114 million million CD 1662 4836 115 to to IN 1662 4836 116 Russia Russia NNP 1662 4836 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4836 118 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4836 119 1995 1995 CD 1662 4836 120 est est NNP 1662 4836 121 . . . 1662 4836 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4837 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 4837 2 aid aid NN 1662 4837 3 : : : 1662 4837 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 4837 5 : : : 1662 4837 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 4837 7 , , , 1662 4837 8 $ $ $ 1662 4837 9 56 56 CD 1662 4837 10 million million CD 1662 4837 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4837 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 4837 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4837 14 note note NN 1662 4837 15 : : : 1662 4837 16 commitments commitment NNS 1662 4837 17 , , , 1662 4837 18 1992 1992 CD 1662 4837 19 - - SYM 1662 4837 20 95 95 CD 1662 4837 21 , , , 1662 4837 22 $ $ $ 1662 4837 23 1,695 1,695 CD 1662 4837 24 million million CD 1662 4837 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4837 26 $ $ $ 1662 4837 27 390 390 CD 1662 4837 28 million million CD 1662 4837 29 disbursements disbursement NNS 1662 4837 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4837 31 Currency currency NN 1662 4837 32 : : : 1662 4837 33 1 1 CD 1662 4837 34 Kyrgyzstani kyrgyzstani JJ 1662 4837 35 som som NN 1662 4837 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4837 37 KGS KGS NNP 1662 4837 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4837 39 = = SYM 1662 4837 40 100 100 CD 1662 4837 41 tyiyn tyiyn NNP 1662 4837 42 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 4837 43 rates rate NNS 1662 4837 44 : : : 1662 4837 45 soms som NNS 1662 4837 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4837 47 KGS KGS NNP 1662 4837 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4837 49 per per IN 1662 4837 50 US$ us$ $ 1662 4837 51 1 1 CD 1662 4837 52 - - SYM 1662 4837 53 14.6 14.6 CD 1662 4837 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4837 55 January January NNP 1662 4837 56 1997 1997 CD 1662 4837 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4837 58 , , , 1662 4837 59 11.2 11.2 CD 1662 4837 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4837 61 yearend yearend VB 1662 4837 62 1995 1995 CD 1662 4837 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4837 64 , , , 1662 4837 65 10.6 10.6 CD 1662 4837 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4837 67 yearend yearend VB 1662 4837 68 1994 1994 CD 1662 4837 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4837 70 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4837 71 year year NN 1662 4837 72 : : : 1662 4837 73 calendar calendar NNP 1662 4837 74 year year NN 1662 4837 75 @Kyrgyzstan @Kyrgyzstan NNP 1662 4837 76 : : : 1662 4837 77 Communications Communications NNP 1662 4837 78 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 4837 79 : : : 1662 4837 80 342,000 342,000 CD 1662 4837 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4837 82 1991 1991 CD 1662 4837 83 est est NNP 1662 4837 84 . . . 1662 4837 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4838 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 4838 2 system system NN 1662 4838 3 : : : 1662 4838 4 poorly poorly RB 1662 4838 5 developed develop VBN 1662 4838 6 ; ; : 1662 4838 7 about about RB 1662 4838 8 100,000 100,000 CD 1662 4838 9 unsatisfied unsatisfied JJ 1662 4838 10 applications application NNS 1662 4838 11 for for IN 1662 4838 12 household household NN 1662 4838 13 telephones telephone NNS 1662 4838 14 domestic domestic RB 1662 4838 15 : : : 1662 4838 16 principally principally RB 1662 4838 17 microwave microwave VB 1662 4838 18 radio radio NN 1662 4838 19 relay relay NN 1662 4838 20 international international JJ 1662 4838 21 : : : 1662 4838 22 connections connection NNS 1662 4838 23 with with IN 1662 4838 24 other other JJ 1662 4838 25 CIS CIS NNP 1662 4838 26 countries country NNS 1662 4838 27 by by IN 1662 4838 28 landline landline NN 1662 4838 29 or or CC 1662 4838 30 microwave microwave NN 1662 4838 31 radio radio NN 1662 4838 32 relay relay NN 1662 4838 33 and and CC 1662 4838 34 with with IN 1662 4838 35 other other JJ 1662 4838 36 countries country NNS 1662 4838 37 by by IN 1662 4838 38 leased lease VBN 1662 4838 39 connections connection NNS 1662 4838 40 with with IN 1662 4838 41 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 4838 42 international international JJ 1662 4838 43 gateway gateway NN 1662 4838 44 switch switch NN 1662 4838 45 and and CC 1662 4838 46 by by IN 1662 4838 47 satellite satellite NN 1662 4838 48 ; ; : 1662 4838 49 satellite satellite NN 1662 4838 50 earth earth NN 1662 4838 51 stations station NNS 1662 4838 52 - - , 1662 4838 53 1 1 CD 1662 4838 54 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 4838 55 and and CC 1662 4838 56 1 1 CD 1662 4838 57 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4838 58 Radio Radio NNP 1662 4838 59 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4838 60 stations station NNS 1662 4838 61 : : : 1662 4838 62 1 1 CD 1662 4838 63 state state NN 1662 4838 64 - - HYPH 1662 4838 65 run run VBN 1662 4838 66 radio radio NN 1662 4838 67 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4838 68 station station NN 1662 4838 69 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total NN 1662 4838 103 : : : 1662 4838 104 370 370 CD 1662 4838 105 km km NNS 1662 4838 106 in in IN 1662 4838 107 common common JJ 1662 4838 108 carrier carrier NN 1662 4838 109 service service NN 1662 4838 110 ; ; : 1662 4838 111 does do VBZ 1662 4838 112 not not RB 1662 4838 113 include include VB 1662 4838 114 industrial industrial JJ 1662 4838 115 lines line NNS 1662 4838 116 broad broad JJ 1662 4838 117 gauge gauge NN 1662 4838 118 : : : 1662 4838 119 370 370 CD 1662 4838 120 km km NN 1662 4838 121 1.520-m 1.520-m NN 1662 4838 122 gauge gauge NN 1662 4838 123 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4838 124 1990 1990 CD 1662 4838 125 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4838 126 Highways highway NNS 1662 4838 127 : : : 1662 4838 128 total total NN 1662 4838 129 : : : 1662 4838 130 18,560 18,560 CD 1662 4838 131 km km NN 1662 4838 132 paved pave VBN 1662 4838 133 : : : 1662 4838 134 16,890 16,890 CD 1662 4838 135 km km NNS 1662 4838 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4838 137 including include VBG 1662 4838 138 140 140 CD 1662 4838 139 km km NNS 1662 4838 140 of of IN 1662 4838 141 expressways expressway NNS 1662 4838 142 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4838 143 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4838 144 : : : 1662 4838 145 1,670 1,670 CD 1662 4838 146 km km NNS 1662 4838 147 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4838 148 1995 1995 CD 1662 4838 149 est est NNP 1662 4838 150 . . . 1662 4838 151 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4839 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 4839 2 : : : 1662 4839 3 600 600 CD 1662 4839 4 km km NNS 1662 4839 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4839 6 1990 1990 CD 1662 4839 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4839 8 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 4839 9 : : : 1662 4839 10 natural natural JJ 1662 4839 11 gas gas NN 1662 4839 12 200 200 CD 1662 4839 13 km km NN 1662 4839 14 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 4839 15 and and CC 1662 4839 16 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4839 17 : : : 1662 4839 18 Balykchy Balykchy NNP 1662 4839 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4839 20 Ysyk Ysyk NNP 1662 4839 21 - - HYPH 1662 4839 22 Kol Kol NNP 1662 4839 23 or or CC 1662 4839 24 Rybach'ye Rybach'ye NNP 1662 4839 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4839 26 Airports Airports NNPS 1662 4839 27 : : : 1662 4839 28 54 54 CD 1662 4839 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4839 30 1994 1994 CD 1662 4839 31 est est NNP 1662 4839 32 . . . 1662 4839 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4840 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4840 2 - - , 1662 4840 3 with with IN 1662 4840 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4840 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4840 6 : : : 1662 4840 7 total total NN 1662 4840 8 : : : 1662 4840 9 14 14 CD 1662 4840 10 over over IN 1662 4840 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4840 12 m m NN 1662 4840 13 : : : 1662 4840 14 1 1 CD 1662 4840 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4840 16 to to IN 1662 4840 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4840 18 m m NN 1662 4840 19 : : : 1662 4840 20 3 3 CD 1662 4840 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4840 22 to to TO 1662 4840 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4840 24 m m NN 1662 4840 25 : : : 1662 4840 26 9 9 CD 1662 4840 27 under under IN 1662 4840 28 914 914 CD 1662 4840 29 m m NN 1662 4840 30 : : : 1662 4840 31 1 1 CD 1662 4840 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4840 33 1994 1994 CD 1662 4840 34 est est NNP 1662 4840 35 . . . 1662 4840 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4841 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4841 2 - - , 1662 4841 3 with with IN 1662 4841 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4841 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4841 6 : : : 1662 4841 7 total total NN 1662 4841 8 : : : 1662 4841 9 40 40 CD 1662 4841 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4841 11 to to TO 1662 4841 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4841 13 m m NN 1662 4841 14 : : : 1662 4841 15 4 4 CD 1662 4841 16 914 914 CD 1662 4841 17 to to TO 1662 4841 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4841 19 m m NN 1662 4841 20 : : : 1662 4841 21 4 4 CD 1662 4841 22 under under IN 1662 4841 23 914 914 CD 1662 4841 24 m m NN 1662 4841 25 : : : 1662 4841 26 32 32 CD 1662 4841 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4841 28 1994 1994 CD 1662 4841 29 est est NNP 1662 4841 30 . . . 1662 4841 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4842 1 Military military JJ 1662 4842 2 Military military JJ 1662 4842 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4842 4 : : : 1662 4842 5 Army Army NNP 1662 4842 6 , , , 1662 4842 7 National National NNP 1662 4842 8 Guard Guard NNP 1662 4842 9 , , , 1662 4842 10 Security Security NNP 1662 4842 11 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 4842 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4842 13 internal internal JJ 1662 4842 14 and and CC 1662 4842 15 border border NN 1662 4842 16 troops troop NNS 1662 4842 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4842 18 , , , 1662 4842 19 Civil Civil NNP 1662 4842 20 Defense Defense NNP 1662 4842 21 Military Military NNP 1662 4842 22 manpower manpower NN 1662 4842 23 - - HYPH 1662 4842 24 military military NN 1662 4842 25 age age NN 1662 4842 26 : : : 1662 4842 27 18 18 CD 1662 4842 28 years year NNS 1662 4842 29 of of IN 1662 4842 30 age age NN 1662 4842 31 Military military JJ 1662 4842 32 manpower manpower NN 1662 4842 33 - - HYPH 1662 4842 34 availability availability NN 1662 4842 35 : : : 1662 4842 36 males male NNS 1662 4842 37 age age NNP 1662 4842 38 15 15 CD 1662 4842 39 - - SYM 1662 4842 40 49 49 CD 1662 4842 41 : : : 1662 4842 42 1,109,139 1,109,139 CD 1662 4842 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4842 44 1997 1997 CD 1662 4842 45 est est NNP 1662 4842 46 . . . 1662 4842 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4843 1 Military military JJ 1662 4843 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4843 3 - - HYPH 1662 4843 4 fit fit NN 1662 4843 5 for for IN 1662 4843 6 military military JJ 1662 4843 7 service service NN 1662 4843 8 : : : 1662 4843 9 males male NNS 1662 4843 10 : : : 1662 4843 11 900,105 900,105 CD 1662 4843 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4843 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4843 14 est est NNP 1662 4843 15 . . . 1662 4843 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4844 1 Military military JJ 1662 4844 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4844 3 - - HYPH 1662 4844 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 4844 5 military military JJ 1662 4844 6 age age NN 1662 4844 7 annually annually RB 1662 4844 8 : : : 1662 4844 9 males male NNS 1662 4844 10 : : : 1662 4844 11 44,447 44,447 CD 1662 4844 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4844 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4844 14 est est NNP 1662 4844 15 . . . 1662 4844 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4845 1 Military military JJ 1662 4845 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4845 3 - - HYPH 1662 4845 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4845 5 figure figure NN 1662 4845 6 : : : 1662 4845 7 151 151 CD 1662 4845 8 million million CD 1662 4845 9 soms som NNS 1662 4845 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4845 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 4845 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4845 13 ; ; : 1662 4845 14 note note NN 1662 4845 15 - - HYPH 1662 4845 16 conversion conversion NN 1662 4845 17 of of IN 1662 4845 18 defense defense NN 1662 4845 19 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4845 20 into into IN 1662 4845 21 US US NNP 1662 4845 22 dollars dollar NNS 1662 4845 23 using use VBG 1662 4845 24 the the DT 1662 4845 25 current current JJ 1662 4845 26 exchange exchange NN 1662 4845 27 rate rate NN 1662 4845 28 could could MD 1662 4845 29 produce produce VB 1662 4845 30 misleading misleading JJ 1662 4845 31 results result NNS 1662 4845 32 Military military JJ 1662 4845 33 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4845 34 - - : 1662 4845 35 percent percent NN 1662 4845 36 of of IN 1662 4845 37 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4845 38 : : : 1662 4845 39 NA% NA% `` 1662 4845 40 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4845 41 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4845 42 Disputes Disputes NNPS 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eradication NN 1662 4845 77 program program NN 1662 4845 78 ; ; : 1662 4845 79 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 4845 80 used use VBN 1662 4845 81 as as IN 1662 4845 82 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 4845 83 point point NN 1662 4845 84 for for IN 1662 4845 85 illicit illicit JJ 1662 4845 86 drugs drug NNS 1662 4845 87 to to IN 1662 4845 88 Russia Russia NNP 1662 4845 89 and and CC 1662 4845 90 Western Western NNP 1662 4845 91 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4845 92 from from IN 1662 4845 93 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 4845 94 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4845 95 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 96 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 97 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 98 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 99 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 100 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 101 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 102 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 103 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 104 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 105 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 106 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 107 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 108 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 109 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 110 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 111 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 112 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 113 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 114 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 115 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 116 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 117 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 118 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 119 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 120 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 121 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 122 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 123 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 124 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 125 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 126 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 127 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 128 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 129 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 130 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 131 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 132 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 133 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 134 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 135 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 136 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 137 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 138 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 139 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 140 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 141 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 142 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 143 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 144 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 145 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 146 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 147 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 148 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 149 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 150 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 151 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 152 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 153 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 154 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 155 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 156 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 157 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 158 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 159 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 160 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 161 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 162 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 163 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 164 _ _ NNP 1662 4845 165 LAOS LAOS NNP 1662 4845 166 @Laos @laos NN 1662 4845 167 : : : 1662 4845 168 Geography geography NN 1662 4845 169 Location Location NNP 1662 4845 170 : : : 1662 4845 171 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 4845 172 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4845 173 , , , 1662 4845 174 northeast northeast RB 1662 4845 175 of of IN 1662 4845 176 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 4845 177 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4845 178 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4845 179 : : : 1662 4845 180 18 18 CD 1662 4845 181 00 00 CD 1662 4845 182 N n CD 1662 4845 183 , , , 1662 4845 184 105 105 CD 1662 4845 185 00 00 CD 1662 4845 186 E e NN 1662 4845 187 Map Map NNP 1662 4845 188 references reference NNS 1662 4845 189 : : : 1662 4845 190 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 4845 191 Asia Asia NNP 1662 4845 192 Area Area NNP 1662 4845 193 : : : 1662 4845 194 total total NN 1662 4845 195 : : : 1662 4845 196 236,800 236,800 CD 1662 4845 197 sq sq IN 1662 4845 198 km km NNP 1662 4845 199 land land NN 1662 4845 200 : : : 1662 4845 201 230,800 230,800 CD 1662 4845 202 sq sq NNP 1662 4845 203 km km NNP 1662 4845 204 water water NN 1662 4845 205 : : : 1662 4845 206 6,000 6,000 CD 1662 4845 207 sq sq NN 1662 4845 208 km km NNP 1662 4845 209 Area area NN 1662 4845 210 - - HYPH 1662 4845 211 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4845 212 : : : 1662 4845 213 slightly slightly RB 1662 4845 214 larger large JJR 1662 4845 215 than than IN 1662 4845 216 Utah Utah NNP 1662 4845 217 Land Land NNP 1662 4845 218 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4845 219 : : : 1662 4845 220 total total JJ 1662 4845 221 : : : 1662 4845 222 5,083 5,083 CD 1662 4845 223 km km NN 1662 4845 224 border border NN 1662 4845 225 countries country NNS 1662 4845 226 : : : 1662 4845 227 Burma Burma NNP 1662 4845 228 235 235 CD 1662 4845 229 km km NNS 1662 4845 230 , , , 1662 4845 231 Cambodia Cambodia NNP 1662 4845 232 541 541 CD 1662 4845 233 km km NN 1662 4845 234 , , , 1662 4845 235 China China NNP 1662 4845 236 423 423 CD 1662 4845 237 km km NNS 1662 4845 238 , , , 1662 4845 239 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 4845 240 1,754 1,754 CD 1662 4845 241 km km NNS 1662 4845 242 , , , 1662 4845 243 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 4845 244 2,130 2,130 CD 1662 4845 245 km km NN 1662 4845 246 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4845 247 : : : 1662 4845 248 0 0 CD 1662 4845 249 km km NN 1662 4845 250 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4845 251 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 4845 252 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4845 253 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4845 254 claims claim VBZ 1662 4845 255 : : : 1662 4845 256 none none NN 1662 4845 257 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4845 258 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 4845 259 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4845 260 Climate climate NN 1662 4845 261 : : : 1662 4845 262 tropical tropical JJ 1662 4845 263 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 4845 264 ; ; , 1662 4845 265 rainy rainy JJ 1662 4845 266 season season NN 1662 4845 267 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4845 268 May May NNP 1662 4845 269 to to IN 1662 4845 270 November November NNP 1662 4845 271 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4845 272 ; ; : 1662 4845 273 dry dry JJ 1662 4845 274 season season NN 1662 4845 275 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4845 276 December December NNP 1662 4845 277 to to IN 1662 4845 278 April April NNP 1662 4845 279 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4845 280 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4845 281 : : : 1662 4845 282 mostly mostly RB 1662 4845 283 rugged rugged JJ 1662 4845 284 mountains mountain NNS 1662 4845 285 ; ; : 1662 4845 286 some some DT 1662 4845 287 plains plain NNS 1662 4845 288 and and CC 1662 4845 289 plateaus plateaus NN 1662 4845 290 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4845 291 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4845 292 : : : 1662 4845 293 lowest low JJS 1662 4845 294 point point NN 1662 4845 295 : : : 1662 4845 296 Mekong Mekong NNP 1662 4845 297 River River NNP 1662 4845 298 70 70 CD 1662 4845 299 m m NN 1662 4845 300 highest high JJS 1662 4845 301 point point NN 1662 4845 302 : : : 1662 4845 303 Phou Phou NNP 1662 4845 304 Bia Bia NNP 1662 4845 305 2,817 2,817 CD 1662 4845 306 m m CD 1662 4845 307 Natural natural JJ 1662 4845 308 resources resource NNS 1662 4845 309 : : : 1662 4845 310 timber timber NN 1662 4845 311 , , , 1662 4845 312 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 4845 313 , , , 1662 4845 314 gypsum gypsum NN 1662 4845 315 , , , 1662 4845 316 tin tin NN 1662 4845 317 , , , 1662 4845 318 gold gold NN 1662 4845 319 , , , 1662 4845 320 gemstones gemstone NNS 1662 4845 321 Land Land NNP 1662 4845 322 use use NN 1662 4845 323 : : : 1662 4845 324 arable arable JJ 1662 4845 325 land land NN 1662 4845 326 : : : 1662 4845 327 3 3 CD 1662 4845 328 % % NN 1662 4845 329 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4845 330 crops crop NNS 1662 4845 331 : : : 1662 4845 332 0 0 CD 1662 4845 333 % % NN 1662 4845 334 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4845 335 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4845 336 : : : 1662 4845 337 3 3 CD 1662 4845 338 % % NN 1662 4845 339 forests forest NNS 1662 4845 340 and and CC 1662 4845 341 woodland woodland JJ 1662 4845 342 : : : 1662 4845 343 54 54 CD 1662 4845 344 % % NN 1662 4845 345 other other JJ 1662 4845 346 : : : 1662 4845 347 40 40 CD 1662 4845 348 % % NN 1662 4845 349 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4845 350 1993 1993 CD 1662 4845 351 est est NNP 1662 4845 352 . . . 1662 4845 353 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4846 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4846 2 land land NN 1662 4846 3 : : : 1662 4846 4 1,250 1,250 CD 1662 4846 5 sq sq NNP 1662 4846 6 km km NNP 1662 4846 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4846 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 4846 9 est est NNP 1662 4846 10 . . . 1662 4846 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4847 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 4847 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4847 3 : : : 1662 4847 4 floods flood NNS 1662 4847 5 , , , 1662 4847 6 droughts drought NNS 1662 4847 7 , , , 1662 4847 8 and and CC 1662 4847 9 blight blight NN 1662 4847 10 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4847 11 - - HYPH 1662 4847 12 current current JJ 1662 4847 13 issues issue NNS 1662 4847 14 : : : 1662 4847 15 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 4847 16 ; ; , 1662 4847 17 soil soil NN 1662 4847 18 erosion erosion NN 1662 4847 19 ; ; : 1662 4847 20 a a DT 1662 4847 21 majority majority NN 1662 4847 22 of of IN 1662 4847 23 the the DT 1662 4847 24 population population NN 1662 4847 25 does do VBZ 1662 4847 26 not not RB 1662 4847 27 have have VB 1662 4847 28 access access NN 1662 4847 29 to to TO 1662 4847 30 potable potable VB 1662 4847 31 water water NN 1662 4847 32 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4847 33 - - HYPH 1662 4847 34 international international JJ 1662 4847 35 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4847 36 : : : 1662 4847 37 party party NN 1662 4847 38 to to TO 1662 4847 39 : : : 1662 4847 40 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 4847 41 , , , 1662 4847 42 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4847 43 Change Change NNP 1662 4847 44 , , , 1662 4847 45 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 4847 46 , , , 1662 4847 47 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 4847 48 Modification Modification NNP 1662 4847 49 , , , 1662 4847 50 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 4847 51 Test Test NNP 1662 4847 52 Ban Ban NNP 1662 4847 53 signed sign VBD 1662 4847 54 , , , 1662 4847 55 but but CC 1662 4847 56 not not RB 1662 4847 57 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4847 58 : : : 1662 4847 59 Law Law NNP 1662 4847 60 of of IN 1662 4847 61 the the DT 1662 4847 62 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4847 63 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4847 64 - - HYPH 1662 4847 65 note note NNP 1662 4847 66 : : : 1662 4847 67 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 4847 68 @Laos @laos NN 1662 4847 69 : : : 1662 4847 70 People People NNPS 1662 4847 71 Population Population NNP 1662 4847 72 : : : 1662 4847 73 5,116,959 5,116,959 CD 1662 4847 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4847 75 July July NNP 1662 4847 76 1997 1997 CD 1662 4847 77 est est NNP 1662 4847 78 . . . 1662 4847 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4848 1 Age age NN 1662 4848 2 structure structure NN 1662 4848 3 : : : 1662 4848 4 0 0 CD 1662 4848 5 - - HYPH 1662 4848 6 14 14 CD 1662 4848 7 years year NNS 1662 4848 8 : : : 1662 4848 9 45 45 CD 1662 4848 10 % % NN 1662 4848 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4848 12 male male JJ 1662 4848 13 1,174,029 1,174,029 CD 1662 4848 14 ; ; , 1662 4848 15 female female JJ 1662 4848 16 1,144,634 1,144,634 CD 1662 4848 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4848 18 15 15 CD 1662 4848 19 - - SYM 1662 4848 20 64 64 CD 1662 4848 21 years year NNS 1662 4848 22 : : : 1662 4848 23 52 52 CD 1662 4848 24 % % NN 1662 4848 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4848 26 male male JJ 1662 4848 27 1,277,175 1,277,175 CD 1662 4848 28 ; ; : 1662 4848 29 female female JJ 1662 4848 30 1,354,220 1,354,220 CD 1662 4848 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4848 32 65 65 CD 1662 4848 33 years year NNS 1662 4848 34 and and CC 1662 4848 35 over over IN 1662 4848 36 : : : 1662 4848 37 3 3 CD 1662 4848 38 % % NN 1662 4848 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4848 40 male male NN 1662 4848 41 76,544 76,544 CD 1662 4848 42 ; ; : 1662 4848 43 female female JJ 1662 4848 44 90,357 90,357 CD 1662 4848 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4848 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4848 47 July July NNP 1662 4848 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 4848 49 est est NNP 1662 4848 50 . . . 1662 4848 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4849 1 Population population NN 1662 4849 2 growth growth NN 1662 4849 3 rate rate NN 1662 4849 4 : : : 1662 4849 5 2.78 2.78 CD 1662 4849 6 % % NN 1662 4849 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4849 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4849 9 est est NNP 1662 4849 10 . . . 1662 4849 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4850 1 Birth birth NN 1662 4850 2 rate rate NN 1662 4850 3 : : : 1662 4850 4 41.25 41.25 CD 1662 4850 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 4850 6 population population NN 1662 4850 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4850 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4850 9 est est NNP 1662 4850 10 . . . 1662 4850 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4851 1 Death death NN 1662 4851 2 rate rate NN 1662 4851 3 : : : 1662 4851 4 13.4 13.4 CD 1662 4851 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4851 6 population population NN 1662 4851 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4851 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4851 9 est est NNP 1662 4851 10 . . . 1662 4851 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4852 1 Net net JJ 1662 4852 2 migration migration NN 1662 4852 3 rate rate NN 1662 4852 4 : : : 1662 4852 5 0 0 NFP 1662 4852 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 4852 7 population population NN 1662 4852 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4852 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 4852 10 est est NNP 1662 4852 11 . . . 1662 4852 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4853 1 Sex sex NN 1662 4853 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 4853 3 : : : 1662 4853 4 at at IN 1662 4853 5 birth birth NN 1662 4853 6 : : : 1662 4853 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 4853 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4853 9 under under IN 1662 4853 10 15 15 CD 1662 4853 11 years year NNS 1662 4853 12 : : : 1662 4853 13 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 4853 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4853 15 15 15 CD 1662 4853 16 - - HYPH 1662 4853 17 64 64 CD 1662 4853 18 years year NNS 1662 4853 19 : : : 1662 4853 20 0.94 0.94 CD 1662 4853 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4853 22 65 65 CD 1662 4853 23 years year NNS 1662 4853 24 and and CC 1662 4853 25 over over IN 1662 4853 26 : : : 1662 4853 27 0.85 0.85 CD 1662 4853 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4853 29 total total JJ 1662 4853 30 population population NN 1662 4853 31 : : : 1662 4853 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 4853 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4853 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4853 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 4853 36 est e JJS 1662 4853 37 . . . 1662 4853 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4854 1 Infant infant NN 1662 4854 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 4854 3 rate rate NN 1662 4854 4 : : : 1662 4854 5 94.3 94.3 CD 1662 4854 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4854 7 live live JJ 1662 4854 8 births birth NNS 1662 4854 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4854 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4854 11 est est NNP 1662 4854 12 . . . 1662 4854 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4855 1 Life life NN 1662 4855 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 4855 3 at at IN 1662 4855 4 birth birth NN 1662 4855 5 : : : 1662 4855 6 total total JJ 1662 4855 7 population population NN 1662 4855 8 : : : 1662 4855 9 53.19 53.19 CD 1662 4855 10 years year NNS 1662 4855 11 male male JJ 1662 4855 12 : : : 1662 4855 13 51.63 51.63 CD 1662 4855 14 years year NNS 1662 4855 15 female female JJ 1662 4855 16 : : : 1662 4855 17 54.83 54.83 CD 1662 4855 18 years year NNS 1662 4855 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4855 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 4855 21 est est NNP 1662 4855 22 . . . 1662 4855 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4856 1 Total total JJ 1662 4856 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 4856 3 rate rate NN 1662 4856 4 : : : 1662 4856 5 5.76 5.76 CD 1662 4856 6 children child NNS 1662 4856 7 born bear VBN 1662 4856 8 / / SYM 1662 4856 9 woman woman NN 1662 4856 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4856 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 4856 12 est est NNP 1662 4856 13 . . . 1662 4856 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4857 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 4857 2 : : : 1662 4857 3 noun noun NNP 1662 4857 4 : : : 1662 4857 5 Lao(s Lao(s NNP 1662 4857 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4857 7 or or CC 1662 4857 8 Laotian(s laotian(s FW 1662 4857 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4857 10 adjective adjective NN 1662 4857 11 : : : 1662 4857 12 Lao Lao NNP 1662 4857 13 or or CC 1662 4857 14 Laotian laotian JJ 1662 4857 15 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4857 16 groups group NNS 1662 4857 17 : : : 1662 4857 18 Lao Lao NNP 1662 4857 19 Loum Loum NNP 1662 4857 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4857 21 lowland lowland NNP 1662 4857 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4857 23 68 68 CD 1662 4857 24 % % NN 1662 4857 25 , , , 1662 4857 26 Lao Lao NNP 1662 4857 27 Theung Theung NNP 1662 4857 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4857 29 upland upland NNP 1662 4857 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4857 31 22 22 CD 1662 4857 32 % % NN 1662 4857 33 , , , 1662 4857 34 Lao Lao NNP 1662 4857 35 Soung Soung NNP 1662 4857 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4857 37 highland highland NN 1662 4857 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4857 39 including include VBG 1662 4857 40 the the DT 1662 4857 41 Hmong Hmong NNP 1662 4857 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4857 43 " " `` 1662 4857 44 Meo Meo NNP 1662 4857 45 " " '' 1662 4857 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4857 47 and and CC 1662 4857 48 the the DT 1662 4857 49 Yao Yao NNP 1662 4857 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4857 51 Mien Mien NNP 1662 4857 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4857 53 9 9 CD 1662 4857 54 % % NN 1662 4857 55 , , , 1662 4857 56 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4857 57 Vietnamese vietnamese JJ 1662 4857 58 / / SYM 1662 4857 59 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 4857 60 1 1 CD 1662 4857 61 % % NN 1662 4857 62 Religions religion NNS 1662 4857 63 : : : 1662 4857 64 Buddhist buddhist VB 1662 4857 65 60 60 CD 1662 4857 66 % % NN 1662 4857 67 , , , 1662 4857 68 animist animist NN 1662 4857 69 and and CC 1662 4857 70 other other JJ 1662 4857 71 40 40 CD 1662 4857 72 % % NN 1662 4857 73 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 4857 74 : : : 1662 4857 75 Lao Lao NNP 1662 4857 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4857 77 official official NN 1662 4857 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4857 79 , , , 1662 4857 80 French French NNP 1662 4857 81 , , , 1662 4857 82 English English NNP 1662 4857 83 , , , 1662 4857 84 and and CC 1662 4857 85 various various JJ 1662 4857 86 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4857 87 languages language NNS 1662 4857 88 Literacy literacy NN 1662 4857 89 : : : 1662 4857 90 definition definition NN 1662 4857 91 : : : 1662 4857 92 age age NN 1662 4857 93 15 15 CD 1662 4857 94 and and CC 1662 4857 95 over over RB 1662 4857 96 can can MD 1662 4857 97 read read VB 1662 4857 98 and and CC 1662 4857 99 write write VB 1662 4857 100 total total JJ 1662 4857 101 population population NN 1662 4857 102 : : : 1662 4857 103 56.6 56.6 CD 1662 4857 104 % % NN 1662 4857 105 male male NN 1662 4857 106 : : : 1662 4857 107 69.4 69.4 CD 1662 4857 108 % % NN 1662 4857 109 female female NN 1662 4857 110 : : : 1662 4857 111 44.4 44.4 CD 1662 4857 112 % % NN 1662 4857 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4857 114 1995 1995 CD 1662 4857 115 est est NNP 1662 4857 116 . . . 1662 4857 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4858 1 @Laos @laos LS 1662 4858 2 : : : 1662 4858 3 Government Government NNP 1662 4858 4 Country Country NNP 1662 4858 5 name name NN 1662 4858 6 : : : 1662 4858 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4858 8 long long JJ 1662 4858 9 form form NN 1662 4858 10 : : : 1662 4858 11 Lao Lao NNP 1662 4858 12 People People NNPS 1662 4858 13 's 's POS 1662 4858 14 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4858 15 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4858 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4858 17 short short JJ 1662 4858 18 form form NN 1662 4858 19 : : : 1662 4858 20 Laos laos VB 1662 4858 21 local local JJ 1662 4858 22 long long JJ 1662 4858 23 form form NN 1662 4858 24 : : : 1662 4858 25 Sathalanalat Sathalanalat NNP 1662 4858 26 Paxathipatai Paxathipatai NNP 1662 4858 27 Paxaxon Paxaxon NNP 1662 4858 28 Lao Lao NNP 1662 4858 29 local local JJ 1662 4858 30 short short JJ 1662 4858 31 form form NN 1662 4858 32 : : : 1662 4858 33 none none NN 1662 4858 34 Data Data NNP 1662 4858 35 code code NN 1662 4858 36 : : : 1662 4858 37 LA LA NNP 1662 4858 38 Government Government NNP 1662 4858 39 type type NN 1662 4858 40 : : : 1662 4858 41 Communist communist JJ 1662 4858 42 state state NN 1662 4858 43 National national JJ 1662 4858 44 capital capital NN 1662 4858 45 : : : 1662 4858 46 Vientiane Vientiane NNP 1662 4858 47 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 4858 48 divisions division NNS 1662 4858 49 : : : 1662 4858 50 16 16 CD 1662 4858 51 provinces province NNS 1662 4858 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4858 53 khoueng khoueng NNP 1662 4858 54 , , , 1662 4858 55 singular singular NNP 1662 4858 56 and and CC 1662 4858 57 plural plural JJ 1662 4858 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4858 59 , , , 1662 4858 60 1 1 CD 1662 4858 61 municipality municipality NN 1662 4858 62 * * NFP 1662 4858 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4858 64 kampheng kampheng NNP 1662 4858 65 nakhon nakhon NNP 1662 4858 66 , , , 1662 4858 67 singular singular JJ 1662 4858 68 and and CC 1662 4858 69 plural plural JJ 1662 4858 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4858 71 , , , 1662 4858 72 and and CC 1662 4858 73 1 1 CD 1662 4858 74 special special JJ 1662 4858 75 zone zone NN 1662 4858 76 * * NFP 1662 4858 77 * * NFP 1662 4858 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4858 79 khetphiset khetphiset NNP 1662 4858 80 , , , 1662 4858 81 singular singular JJ 1662 4858 82 and and CC 1662 4858 83 plural plural JJ 1662 4858 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4858 85 ; ; : 1662 4858 86 Attapu attapu RB 1662 4858 87 , , , 1662 4858 88 Bokeo Bokeo NNP 1662 4858 89 , , , 1662 4858 90 Bolikhamxai Bolikhamxai NNP 1662 4858 91 , , , 1662 4858 92 Champasak Champasak NNP 1662 4858 93 , , , 1662 4858 94 Houaphan Houaphan NNP 1662 4858 95 , , , 1662 4858 96 Khammouan Khammouan NNP 1662 4858 97 , , , 1662 4858 98 Louangnamtha Louangnamtha NNP 1662 4858 99 , , , 1662 4858 100 Louangphabang Louangphabang NNP 1662 4858 101 , , , 1662 4858 102 Oudomxai Oudomxai NNP 1662 4858 103 , , , 1662 4858 104 Phongsali Phongsali NNP 1662 4858 105 , , , 1662 4858 106 Salavan Salavan NNP 1662 4858 107 , , , 1662 4858 108 Savannakhet Savannakhet NNP 1662 4858 109 , , , 1662 4858 110 Viangchan Viangchan NNP 1662 4858 111 * * NFP 1662 4858 112 , , , 1662 4858 113 Viangchan Viangchan NNP 1662 4858 114 , , , 1662 4858 115 Xaignabouli Xaignabouli NNP 1662 4858 116 , , , 1662 4858 117 Xaisomboun Xaisomboun NNP 1662 4858 118 * * NFP 1662 4858 119 * * NFP 1662 4858 120 , , , 1662 4858 121 Xekong Xekong NNP 1662 4858 122 , , , 1662 4858 123 Xiangkhoang Xiangkhoang NNP 1662 4858 124 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4858 125 : : : 1662 4858 126 19 19 CD 1662 4858 127 July July NNP 1662 4858 128 1949 1949 CD 1662 4858 129 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4858 130 from from IN 1662 4858 131 France France NNP 1662 4858 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4858 133 National national JJ 1662 4858 134 holiday holiday NN 1662 4858 135 : : : 1662 4858 136 National National NNP 1662 4858 137 Day Day NNP 1662 4858 138 , , , 1662 4858 139 2 2 CD 1662 4858 140 December December NNP 1662 4858 141 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4858 142 1975 1975 CD 1662 4858 143 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4858 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4858 145 proclamation proclamation NN 1662 4858 146 of of IN 1662 4858 147 the the DT 1662 4858 148 Lao Lao NNP 1662 4858 149 People People NNPS 1662 4858 150 's 's POS 1662 4858 151 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4858 152 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4858 153 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4858 154 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 4858 155 : : : 1662 4858 156 promulgated promulgate VBN 1662 4858 157 14 14 CD 1662 4858 158 August August NNP 1662 4858 159 1991 1991 CD 1662 4858 160 Legal legal JJ 1662 4858 161 system system NN 1662 4858 162 : : : 1662 4858 163 based base VBN 1662 4858 164 on on IN 1662 4858 165 traditional traditional JJ 1662 4858 166 customs custom NNS 1662 4858 167 , , , 1662 4858 168 French french JJ 1662 4858 169 legal legal JJ 1662 4858 170 norms norm NNS 1662 4858 171 and and CC 1662 4858 172 procedures procedure NNS 1662 4858 173 , , , 1662 4858 174 and and CC 1662 4858 175 Socialist socialist JJ 1662 4858 176 practice practice NN 1662 4858 177 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 4858 178 : : : 1662 4858 179 18 18 CD 1662 4858 180 years year NNS 1662 4858 181 of of IN 1662 4858 182 age age NN 1662 4858 183 ; ; : 1662 4858 184 universal universal JJ 1662 4858 185 Executive Executive NNP 1662 4858 186 branch branch NN 1662 4858 187 : : : 1662 4858 188 chief chief NN 1662 4858 189 of of IN 1662 4858 190 state state NN 1662 4858 191 : : : 1662 4858 192 President President NNP 1662 4858 193 NOUHAK NOUHAK NNP 1662 4858 194 PHOUMSAVAN PHOUMSAVAN NNP 1662 4858 195 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4858 196 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4858 197 25 25 CD 1662 4858 198 November November NNP 1662 4858 199 1992 1992 CD 1662 4858 200 by by IN 1662 4858 201 the the DT 1662 4858 202 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 4858 203 People People NNPS 1662 4858 204 's 's POS 1662 4858 205 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4858 206 to to TO 1662 4858 207 succeed succeed VB 1662 4858 208 KAYSONE KAYSONE NNP 1662 4858 209 PHOMVIHAN PHOMVIHAN NNP 1662 4858 210 who who WP 1662 4858 211 died die VBD 1662 4858 212 in in IN 1662 4858 213 office office NN 1662 4858 214 ; ; : 1662 4858 215 elected elect VBN 1662 4858 216 by by IN 1662 4858 217 the the DT 1662 4858 218 new new JJ 1662 4858 219 National National NNP 1662 4858 220 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4858 221 22 22 CD 1662 4858 222 February February NNP 1662 4858 223 1993 1993 CD 1662 4858 224 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4858 225 ; ; : 1662 4858 226 Vice Vice NNP 1662 4858 227 President President NNP 1662 4858 228 SISAVAT SISAVAT NNP 1662 4858 229 KEOBOUNPHAN KEOBOUNPHAN NNP 1662 4858 230 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4858 231 since since IN 1662 4858 232 20 20 CD 1662 4858 233 April April NNP 1662 4858 234 1996 1996 CD 1662 4858 235 when when WRB 1662 4858 236 the the DT 1662 4858 237 position position NN 1662 4858 238 of of IN 1662 4858 239 vice vice NN 1662 4858 240 president president NN 1662 4858 241 was be VBD 1662 4858 242 first first RB 1662 4858 243 created create VBN 1662 4858 244 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4858 245 head head NN 1662 4858 246 of of IN 1662 4858 247 government government NN 1662 4858 248 : : : 1662 4858 249 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4858 250 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4858 251 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 4858 252 KHAMTAI KHAMTAI NNP 1662 4858 253 SIPHANDON SIPHANDON NNP 1662 4858 254 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4858 255 since since IN 1662 4858 256 15 15 CD 1662 4858 257 August August NNP 1662 4858 258 1991 1991 CD 1662 4858 259 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4858 260 ; ; : 1662 4858 261 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 4858 262 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4858 263 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 4858 264 KHAMPHOUI KHAMPHOUI NNP 1662 4858 265 KEOBOUALAPHA KEOBOUALAPHA NNP 1662 4858 266 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4858 267 since since IN 1662 4858 268 15 15 CD 1662 4858 269 August August NNP 1662 4858 270 1991 1991 CD 1662 4858 271 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4858 272 and and CC 1662 4858 273 BOUNGNANG BOUNGNANG NNP 1662 4858 274 VOLACHIT VOLACHIT NNP 1662 4858 275 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4858 276 since since IN 1662 4858 277 20 20 CD 1662 4858 278 April April NNP 1662 4858 279 1996 1996 CD 1662 4858 280 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4858 281 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4858 282 : : : 1662 4858 283 Council Council NNP 1662 4858 284 of of IN 1662 4858 285 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 4858 286 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4858 287 by by IN 1662 4858 288 the the DT 1662 4858 289 president president NN 1662 4858 290 , , , 1662 4858 291 approved approve VBN 1662 4858 292 by by IN 1662 4858 293 the the DT 1662 4858 294 National National NNP 1662 4858 295 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4858 296 elections election NNS 1662 4858 297 : : : 1662 4858 298 president president NN 1662 4858 299 elected elect VBN 1662 4858 300 by by IN 1662 4858 301 the the DT 1662 4858 302 National National NNP 1662 4858 303 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4858 304 for for IN 1662 4858 305 a a DT 1662 4858 306 five five CD 1662 4858 307 - - HYPH 1662 4858 308 year year NN 1662 4858 309 term term NN 1662 4858 310 ; ; : 1662 4858 311 election election NN 1662 4858 312 last last JJ 1662 4858 313 held hold VBD 1662 4858 314 22 22 CD 1662 4858 315 February February NNP 1662 4858 316 1993 1993 CD 1662 4858 317 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4858 318 next next JJ 1662 4858 319 to to TO 1662 4858 320 be be VB 1662 4858 321 held hold VBN 1662 4858 322 NA NA NNP 1662 4858 323 1998 1998 CD 1662 4858 324 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4858 325 ; ; : 1662 4858 326 prime prime NNP 1662 4858 327 minister minister NN 1662 4858 328 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4858 329 by by IN 1662 4858 330 the the DT 1662 4858 331 president president NN 1662 4858 332 with with IN 1662 4858 333 the the DT 1662 4858 334 approval approval NN 1662 4858 335 of of IN 1662 4858 336 the the DT 1662 4858 337 National National NNP 1662 4858 338 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4858 339 for for IN 1662 4858 340 a a DT 1662 4858 341 five five CD 1662 4858 342 - - HYPH 1662 4858 343 year year NN 1662 4858 344 term term NN 1662 4858 345 election election NN 1662 4858 346 results result NNS 1662 4858 347 : : : 1662 4858 348 NOUHAK NOUHAK NNP 1662 4858 349 PHOUMSAVAN PHOUMSAVAN NNP 1662 4858 350 elected elect VBD 1662 4858 351 president president NN 1662 4858 352 ; ; : 1662 4858 353 percent percent NN 1662 4858 354 of of IN 1662 4858 355 National National NNP 1662 4858 356 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4858 357 vote vote NN 1662 4858 358 - - HYPH 1662 4858 359 NA NA NNP 1662 4858 360 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 4858 361 branch branch NN 1662 4858 362 : : : 1662 4858 363 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 4858 364 National National NNP 1662 4858 365 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4858 366 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4858 367 85 85 CD 1662 4858 368 seats seat NNS 1662 4858 369 ; ; : 1662 4858 370 members member NNS 1662 4858 371 elected elect VBN 1662 4858 372 by by IN 1662 4858 373 popular popular JJ 1662 4858 374 vote vote NN 1662 4858 375 to to TO 1662 4858 376 serve serve VB 1662 4858 377 five five CD 1662 4858 378 - - HYPH 1662 4858 379 year year NN 1662 4858 380 terms term NNS 1662 4858 381 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4858 382 elections election NNS 1662 4858 383 : : : 1662 4858 384 last last RB 1662 4858 385 held hold VBD 1662 4858 386 20 20 CD 1662 4858 387 December December NNP 1662 4858 388 1992 1992 CD 1662 4858 389 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4858 390 next next JJ 1662 4858 391 to to TO 1662 4858 392 be be VB 1662 4858 393 held hold VBN 1662 4858 394 NA NA NNP 1662 4858 395 1997 1997 CD 1662 4858 396 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4858 397 election election NN 1662 4858 398 results result NNS 1662 4858 399 : : : 1662 4858 400 percent percent NN 1662 4858 401 of of IN 1662 4858 402 vote vote NN 1662 4858 403 by by IN 1662 4858 404 party party NN 1662 4858 405 - - HYPH 1662 4858 406 NA NA NNP 1662 4858 407 ; ; , 1662 4858 408 seats seat NNS 1662 4858 409 by by IN 1662 4858 410 party party NN 1662 4858 411 - - HYPH 1662 4858 412 LPRP LPRP NNP 1662 4858 413 or or CC 1662 4858 414 LPRP LPRP NNP 1662 4858 415 - - HYPH 1662 4858 416 approved approve VBN 1662 4858 417 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4858 418 independent independent JJ 1662 4858 419 , , , 1662 4858 420 non non JJ 1662 4858 421 - - JJ 1662 4858 422 party party JJ 1662 4858 423 members member NNS 1662 4858 424 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4858 425 85 85 CD 1662 4858 426 ; ; : 1662 4858 427 note note VB 1662 4858 428 - - : 1662 4858 429 the the DT 1662 4858 430 distribution distribution NN 1662 4858 431 of of IN 1662 4858 432 seats seat NNS 1662 4858 433 as as IN 1662 4858 434 of of IN 1662 4858 435 January January NNP 1662 4858 436 1997 1997 CD 1662 4858 437 is be VBZ 1662 4858 438 as as IN 1662 4858 439 follows follow VBZ 1662 4858 440 - - : 1662 4858 441 LPRP LPRP NNP 1662 4858 442 78 78 CD 1662 4858 443 , , , 1662 4858 444 independents independent NNS 1662 4858 445 5 5 CD 1662 4858 446 , , , 1662 4858 447 vacant vacant JJ 1662 4858 448 2 2 CD 1662 4858 449 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 4858 450 branch branch NN 1662 4858 451 : : : 1662 4858 452 People People NNS 1662 4858 453 's 's POS 1662 4858 454 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 4858 455 Court Court NNP 1662 4858 456 , , , 1662 4858 457 the the DT 1662 4858 458 president president NN 1662 4858 459 of of IN 1662 4858 460 the the DT 1662 4858 461 People People NNPS 1662 4858 462 's 's POS 1662 4858 463 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 4858 464 Court Court NNP 1662 4858 465 is be VBZ 1662 4858 466 elected elect VBN 1662 4858 467 by by IN 1662 4858 468 the the DT 1662 4858 469 National National NNP 1662 4858 470 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4858 471 on on IN 1662 4858 472 the the DT 1662 4858 473 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 4858 474 of of IN 1662 4858 475 the the DT 1662 4858 476 National National NNP 1662 4858 477 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4858 478 Standing Standing NNP 1662 4858 479 Committee Committee NNP 1662 4858 480 , , , 1662 4858 481 the the DT 1662 4858 482 vice vice NN 1662 4858 483 president president NN 1662 4858 484 of of IN 1662 4858 485 the the DT 1662 4858 486 People People NNPS 1662 4858 487 's 's POS 1662 4858 488 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 4858 489 Court Court NNP 1662 4858 490 and and CC 1662 4858 491 the the DT 1662 4858 492 judges judge NNS 1662 4858 493 are be VBP 1662 4858 494 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4858 495 by by IN 1662 4858 496 the the DT 1662 4858 497 National National NNP 1662 4858 498 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 4858 499 Standing Standing NNP 1662 4858 500 Committee Committee NNP 1662 4858 501 Political Political NNP 1662 4858 502 parties party NNS 1662 4858 503 and and CC 1662 4858 504 leaders leader NNS 1662 4858 505 : : : 1662 4858 506 Lao Lao NNP 1662 4858 507 People People NNPS 1662 4858 508 's 's POS 1662 4858 509 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 4858 510 Party Party NNP 1662 4858 511 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4858 512 LPRP LPRP NNP 1662 4858 513 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4858 514 , , , 1662 4858 515 KHAMTAI KHAMTAI NNP 1662 4858 516 Siphandon Siphandon NNP 1662 4858 517 , , , 1662 4858 518 party party NN 1662 4858 519 president president NN 1662 4858 520 ; 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B.P. NNP 1662 4859 1 114 114 CD 1662 4859 2 , , , 1662 4859 3 Vientiane Vientiane NNP 1662 4859 4 mailing mailing NN 1662 4859 5 address address NN 1662 4859 6 : : : 1662 4859 7 American American NNP 1662 4859 8 Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 4859 9 , , , 1662 4859 10 Box Box NNP 1662 4859 11 V V NNP 1662 4859 12 , , , 1662 4859 13 APO APO NNP 1662 4859 14 AP AP NNP 1662 4859 15 96546 96546 CD 1662 4859 16 telephone telephone NN 1662 4859 17 : : : 1662 4859 18 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4859 19 856 856 CD 1662 4859 20 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4859 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4859 22 21 21 CD 1662 4859 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4859 24 212581 212581 CD 1662 4859 25 , , , 1662 4859 26 212582 212582 CD 1662 4859 27 , , , 1662 4859 28 212585 212585 CD 1662 4859 29 FAX FAX NNP 1662 4859 30 : : : 1662 4859 31 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4859 32 856 856 CD 1662 4859 33 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4859 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4859 35 21 21 CD 1662 4859 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4859 37 212584 212584 CD 1662 4859 38 Flag flag NN 1662 4859 39 description description NN 1662 4859 40 : : : 1662 4859 41 three three CD 1662 4859 42 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 4859 43 bands band NNS 1662 4859 44 of of IN 1662 4859 45 red red JJ 1662 4859 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4859 47 top top NNP 1662 4859 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4859 49 , , , 1662 4859 50 blue blue NNP 1662 4859 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4859 52 double double JJ 1662 4859 53 width width NN 1662 4859 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4859 55 , , , 1662 4859 56 and and CC 1662 4859 57 red red JJ 1662 4859 58 with with IN 1662 4859 59 a a DT 1662 4859 60 large large JJ 1662 4859 61 white white JJ 1662 4859 62 disk disk NN 1662 4859 63 centered center VBN 1662 4859 64 in in IN 1662 4859 65 the the DT 1662 4859 66 blue blue JJ 1662 4859 67 band band NN 1662 4859 68 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4859 69 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4859 70 - 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- HYPH 1662 4860 15 growth growth NN 1662 4860 16 has have VBZ 1662 4860 17 averaged average VBN 1662 4860 18 7.5 7.5 CD 1662 4860 19 % % NN 1662 4860 20 annually annually RB 1662 4860 21 since since IN 1662 4860 22 1988 1988 CD 1662 4860 23 . . . 1662 4861 1 Even even RB 1662 4861 2 so so RB 1662 4861 3 , , , 1662 4861 4 Laos Laos NNP 1662 4861 5 is be VBZ 1662 4861 6 a a DT 1662 4861 7 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 4861 8 country country NN 1662 4861 9 with with IN 1662 4861 10 a a DT 1662 4861 11 primitive primitive JJ 1662 4861 12 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 4861 13 . . . 1662 4862 1 It -PRON- PRP 1662 4862 2 has have VBZ 1662 4862 3 no no DT 1662 4862 4 railroads railroad NNS 1662 4862 5 , , , 1662 4862 6 a a DT 1662 4862 7 rudimentary rudimentary JJ 1662 4862 8 road road NN 1662 4862 9 system system NN 1662 4862 10 , , , 1662 4862 11 and and CC 1662 4862 12 limited limited JJ 1662 4862 13 external external JJ 1662 4862 14 and and CC 1662 4862 15 internal internal JJ 1662 4862 16 telecommunications telecommunication NNS 1662 4862 17 . . . 1662 4863 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4863 2 is be VBZ 1662 4863 3 available available JJ 1662 4863 4 in in IN 1662 4863 5 only only RB 1662 4863 6 a a DT 1662 4863 7 few few JJ 1662 4863 8 urban urban JJ 1662 4863 9 areas area NNS 1662 4863 10 . . . 1662 4864 1 Subsistence subsistence NN 1662 4864 2 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4864 3 accounts account VBZ 1662 4864 4 for for IN 1662 4864 5 half half NN 1662 4864 6 of of IN 1662 4864 7 GDP gdp NN 1662 4864 8 and and CC 1662 4864 9 provides provide VBZ 1662 4864 10 80 80 CD 1662 4864 11 % % NN 1662 4864 12 of of IN 1662 4864 13 total total JJ 1662 4864 14 employment employment NN 1662 4864 15 . . . 1662 4865 1 The the DT 1662 4865 2 predominant predominant JJ 1662 4865 3 crop crop NN 1662 4865 4 is be VBZ 1662 4865 5 rice rice NN 1662 4865 6 . . . 1662 4866 1 In in IN 1662 4866 2 non non JJ 1662 4866 3 - - JJ 1662 4866 4 drought drought JJ 1662 4866 5 years year NNS 1662 4866 6 , , , 1662 4866 7 Laos Laos NNP 1662 4866 8 is be VBZ 1662 4866 9 self self NN 1662 4866 10 - - HYPH 1662 4866 11 sufficient sufficient JJ 1662 4866 12 overall overall NN 1662 4866 13 in in IN 1662 4866 14 food food NN 1662 4866 15 , , , 1662 4866 16 but but CC 1662 4866 17 each each DT 1662 4866 18 year year NN 1662 4866 19 flood flood NN 1662 4866 20 , , , 1662 4866 21 pests pest NNS 1662 4866 22 , , , 1662 4866 23 and and CC 1662 4866 24 localized localize VBD 1662 4866 25 drought drought NN 1662 4866 26 cause cause VB 1662 4866 27 shortages shortage NNS 1662 4866 28 in in IN 1662 4866 29 various various JJ 1662 4866 30 parts part NNS 1662 4866 31 of of IN 1662 4866 32 the the DT 1662 4866 33 country country NN 1662 4866 34 . . . 1662 4867 1 For for IN 1662 4867 2 the the DT 1662 4867 3 foreseeable foreseeable JJ 1662 4867 4 future future NN 1662 4867 5 the the DT 1662 4867 6 economy economy NN 1662 4867 7 will will MD 1662 4867 8 continue continue VB 1662 4867 9 to to TO 1662 4867 10 depend depend VB 1662 4867 11 on on IN 1662 4867 12 aid aid NN 1662 4867 13 from from IN 1662 4867 14 the the DT 1662 4867 15 IMF IMF NNP 1662 4867 16 and and CC 1662 4867 17 other other JJ 1662 4867 18 international international JJ 1662 4867 19 sources source NNS 1662 4867 20 ; ; : 1662 4867 21 aid aid NN 1662 4867 22 from from IN 1662 4867 23 the the DT 1662 4867 24 former former JJ 1662 4867 25 USSR USSR NNP 1662 4867 26 / / SYM 1662 4867 27 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 4867 28 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4867 29 has have VBZ 1662 4867 30 been be VBN 1662 4867 31 cut cut VBN 1662 4867 32 sharply sharply RB 1662 4867 33 . . . 1662 4868 1 As as IN 1662 4868 2 in in IN 1662 4868 3 many many JJ 1662 4868 4 developing develop VBG 1662 4868 5 countries country NNS 1662 4868 6 , , , 1662 4868 7 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 4868 8 and and CC 1662 4868 9 soil soil NN 1662 4868 10 erosion erosion NN 1662 4868 11 will will MD 1662 4868 12 hamper hamper VB 1662 4868 13 efforts effort NNS 1662 4868 14 to to TO 1662 4868 15 maintain maintain VB 1662 4868 16 the the DT 1662 4868 17 high high JJ 1662 4868 18 rate rate NN 1662 4868 19 of of IN 1662 4868 20 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4868 21 growth growth NN 1662 4868 22 . . . 1662 4869 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4869 2 : : : 1662 4869 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4869 4 power power NN 1662 4869 5 parity parity NN 1662 4869 6 - - : 1662 4869 7 $ $ $ 1662 4869 8 5.7 5.7 CD 1662 4869 9 billion billion CD 1662 4869 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4869 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4869 12 est est NNP 1662 4869 13 . . . 1662 4869 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4870 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4870 2 - - HYPH 1662 4870 3 real real JJ 1662 4870 4 growth growth NN 1662 4870 5 rate rate NN 1662 4870 6 : : : 1662 4870 7 7.5 7.5 CD 1662 4870 8 % % NN 1662 4870 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4870 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 4870 11 est est NNP 1662 4870 12 . . . 1662 4870 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4871 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4871 2 - - HYPH 1662 4871 3 per per FW 1662 4871 4 capita capita NN 1662 4871 5 : : : 1662 4871 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4871 7 power power NN 1662 4871 8 parity parity NN 1662 4871 9 - - : 1662 4871 10 $ $ $ 1662 4871 11 1,150 1,150 CD 1662 4871 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4871 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 4871 14 est est NNP 1662 4871 15 . . . 1662 4871 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4872 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4872 2 - - HYPH 1662 4872 3 composition composition NN 1662 4872 4 by by IN 1662 4872 5 sector sector NN 1662 4872 6 : : : 1662 4872 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4872 8 : : : 1662 4872 9 56 56 CD 1662 4872 10 % % NN 1662 4872 11 industry industry NN 1662 4872 12 : : : 1662 4872 13 19 19 CD 1662 4872 14 % % NN 1662 4872 15 services service NNS 1662 4872 16 : : : 1662 4872 17 25 25 CD 1662 4872 18 % % NN 1662 4872 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4872 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 4872 21 est est NNP 1662 4872 22 . . . 1662 4872 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4873 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 4873 2 rate rate NN 1662 4873 3 - - HYPH 1662 4873 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 4873 5 price price NN 1662 4873 6 index index NN 1662 4873 7 : : : 1662 4873 8 15 15 CD 1662 4873 9 % % NN 1662 4873 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4873 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4873 12 est est NNP 1662 4873 13 . . . 1662 4873 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4874 1 Labor labor NN 1662 4874 2 force force NN 1662 4874 3 : : : 1662 4874 4 1 1 CD 1662 4874 5 million-1.5 million-1.5 NNS 1662 4874 6 million million CD 1662 4874 7 by by IN 1662 4874 8 occupation occupation NN 1662 4874 9 : : : 1662 4874 10 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4874 11 80 80 CD 1662 4874 12 % % NN 1662 4874 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4874 14 1992 1992 CD 1662 4874 15 est est NNP 1662 4874 16 . . . 1662 4874 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4875 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4875 2 rate rate NN 1662 4875 3 : : : 1662 4875 4 5.6 5.6 CD 1662 4875 5 % % NN 1662 4875 6 in in IN 1662 4875 7 urban urban JJ 1662 4875 8 areas area NNS 1662 4875 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4875 10 1994 1994 CD 1662 4875 11 est est NNP 1662 4875 12 . . . 1662 4875 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4876 1 Budget budget NN 1662 4876 2 : : : 1662 4876 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 4876 4 : : : 1662 4876 5 $ $ $ 1662 4876 6 218 218 CD 1662 4876 7 million million CD 1662 4876 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4876 9 : : : 1662 4876 10 $ $ $ 1662 4876 11 379 379 CD 1662 4876 12 million million CD 1662 4876 13 , , , 1662 4876 14 including include VBG 1662 4876 15 capital capital NN 1662 4876 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4876 17 of of IN 1662 4876 18 $ $ $ 1662 4876 19 NA na NN 1662 4876 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4876 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 4876 22 est est NNP 1662 4876 23 . . . 1662 4876 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4877 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 4877 2 : : : 1662 4877 3 tin tin NN 1662 4877 4 and and CC 1662 4877 5 gypsum gypsum NN 1662 4877 6 mining mining NN 1662 4877 7 , , , 1662 4877 8 timber timber NN 1662 4877 9 , , , 1662 4877 10 electric electric JJ 1662 4877 11 power power NN 1662 4877 12 , , , 1662 4877 13 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4877 14 processing processing NN 1662 4877 15 , , , 1662 4877 16 construction construction NN 1662 4877 17 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 4877 18 production production NN 1662 4877 19 growth growth NN 1662 4877 20 rate rate NN 1662 4877 21 : : : 1662 4877 22 7.5 7.5 CD 1662 4877 23 % % NN 1662 4877 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4877 25 1992 1992 CD 1662 4877 26 est est NNP 1662 4877 27 . . . 1662 4877 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4878 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4878 2 - - HYPH 1662 4878 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 4878 4 : : : 1662 4878 5 261,000 261,000 CD 1662 4878 6 kW kw NN 1662 4878 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4878 8 1995 1995 CD 1662 4878 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4878 10 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4878 11 - - HYPH 1662 4878 12 production production NN 1662 4878 13 : : : 1662 4878 14 890 890 CD 1662 4878 15 million million CD 1662 4878 16 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4878 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4878 18 1994 1994 CD 1662 4878 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4878 20 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4878 21 - - HYPH 1662 4878 22 consumption consumption NN 1662 4878 23 per per IN 1662 4878 24 capita capita NN 1662 4878 25 : : : 1662 4878 26 48 48 CD 1662 4878 27 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4878 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4878 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 4878 30 est est NNP 1662 4878 31 . . . 1662 4878 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4879 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4879 2 - - HYPH 1662 4879 3 products product NNS 1662 4879 4 : : : 1662 4879 5 sweet sweet JJ 1662 4879 6 potatoes potato NNS 1662 4879 7 , , , 1662 4879 8 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 4879 9 , , , 1662 4879 10 corn corn NN 1662 4879 11 , , , 1662 4879 12 coffee coffee NN 1662 4879 13 , , , 1662 4879 14 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 4879 15 , , , 1662 4879 16 cotton cotton NN 1662 4879 17 ; ; : 1662 4879 18 water water NN 1662 4879 19 buffalo buffalo NNP 1662 4879 20 , , , 1662 4879 21 pigs pig NNS 1662 4879 22 , , , 1662 4879 23 cattle cattle NNS 1662 4879 24 , , , 1662 4879 25 poultry poultry NN 1662 4879 26 Exports export NNS 1662 4879 27 : : : 1662 4879 28 total total JJ 1662 4879 29 value value NN 1662 4879 30 : : : 1662 4879 31 $ $ $ 1662 4879 32 240 240 CD 1662 4879 33 million million CD 1662 4879 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4879 35 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 4879 36 . . NNP 1662 4879 37 , , , 1662 4879 38 1996 1996 CD 1662 4879 39 est est NNP 1662 4879 40 . . . 1662 4879 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4880 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4880 2 : : : 1662 4880 3 electricity electricity NN 1662 4880 4 , , , 1662 4880 5 wood wood NN 1662 4880 6 products product NNS 1662 4880 7 , , , 1662 4880 8 coffee coffee NN 1662 4880 9 , , , 1662 4880 10 tin tin NN 1662 4880 11 , , , 1662 4880 12 garments garment NNS 1662 4880 13 partners partner NNS 1662 4880 14 : : : 1662 4880 15 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 4880 16 , , , 1662 4880 17 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4880 18 , , , 1662 4880 19 France France NNP 1662 4880 20 , , , 1662 4880 21 Germany Germany NNP 1662 4880 22 , , , 1662 4880 23 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 4880 24 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 4880 25 : : : 1662 4880 26 total total JJ 1662 4880 27 value value NN 1662 4880 28 : : : 1662 4880 29 $ $ $ 1662 4880 30 570 570 CD 1662 4880 31 million million CD 1662 4880 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4880 33 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 4880 34 . . NNP 1662 4880 35 , , , 1662 4880 36 1996 1996 CD 1662 4880 37 est est NNP 1662 4880 38 . . . 1662 4880 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4881 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4881 2 : : : 1662 4881 3 food food NN 1662 4881 4 , , , 1662 4881 5 fuel fuel NN 1662 4881 6 oil oil NN 1662 4881 7 , , , 1662 4881 8 consumer consumer NN 1662 4881 9 goods good NNS 1662 4881 10 , , , 1662 4881 11 manufactures manufacture VBZ 1662 4881 12 partners partner NNS 1662 4881 13 : : : 1662 4881 14 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 4881 15 , , , 1662 4881 16 China China NNP 1662 4881 17 , , , 1662 4881 18 Japan Japan NNP 1662 4881 19 , , , 1662 4881 20 France France NNP 1662 4881 21 , , , 1662 4881 22 US US NNP 1662 4881 23 Debt Debt NNP 1662 4881 24 - - HYPH 1662 4881 25 external external JJ 1662 4881 26 : : : 1662 4881 27 $ $ $ 1662 4881 28 2 2 CD 1662 4881 29 billion billion CD 1662 4881 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4881 31 1995 1995 CD 1662 4881 32 est est NNP 1662 4881 33 . . . 1662 4881 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4882 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 4882 2 aid aid NN 1662 4882 3 : : : 1662 4882 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 4882 5 : : : 1662 4882 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 4882 7 , , , 1662 4882 8 $ $ $ 1662 4882 9 NA NA NNP 1662 4882 10 Currency currency NN 1662 4882 11 : : : 1662 4882 12 1 1 CD 1662 4882 13 new new NNP 1662 4882 14 kip kip NNP 1662 4882 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4882 16 NK NK NNP 1662 4882 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4882 18 = = NFP 1662 4882 19 100 100 CD 1662 4882 20 at at IN 1662 4882 21 Exchange exchange NN 1662 4882 22 rates rate NNS 1662 4882 23 : : : 1662 4882 24 new new JJ 1662 4882 25 kips kip NNS 1662 4882 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4882 27 NK NK NNP 1662 4882 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4882 29 per per IN 1662 4882 30 US$ us$ $ 1662 4882 31 1 1 CD 1662 4882 32 - - SYM 1662 4882 33 961.00 961.00 CD 1662 4882 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4882 35 January January NNP 1662 4882 36 1997 1997 CD 1662 4882 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4882 38 , , , 1662 4882 39 921.14 921.14 CD 1662 4882 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4882 41 1996 1996 CD 1662 4882 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4882 43 , , , 1662 4882 44 804.69 804.69 CD 1662 4882 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4882 46 1995 1995 CD 1662 4882 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4882 48 , , , 1662 4882 49 717.67 717.67 CD 1662 4882 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4882 51 1994 1994 CD 1662 4882 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4882 53 , , , 1662 4882 54 716.25 716.25 CD 1662 4882 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4882 56 1993 1993 CD 1662 4882 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4882 58 , , , 1662 4882 59 716.08 716.08 CD 1662 4882 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4882 61 1992 1992 CD 1662 4882 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4882 63 note note NN 1662 4882 64 : : : 1662 4882 65 as as IN 1662 4882 66 of of IN 1662 4882 67 September September NNP 1662 4882 68 1995 1995 CD 1662 4882 69 , , , 1662 4882 70 a a DT 1662 4882 71 floating float VBG 1662 4882 72 exchange exchange NN 1662 4882 73 rate rate NN 1662 4882 74 policy policy NN 1662 4882 75 was be VBD 1662 4882 76 adopted adopt VBN 1662 4882 77 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4882 78 year year NN 1662 4882 79 : : : 1662 4882 80 1 1 CD 1662 4882 81 October October NNP 1662 4882 82 - - HYPH 1662 4882 83 30 30 CD 1662 4882 84 September September NNP 1662 4882 85 @Laos @laos NN 1662 4882 86 : : : 1662 4882 87 Communications communication NNS 1662 4882 88 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 4882 89 : : : 1662 4882 90 6,600 6,600 CD 1662 4882 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4882 92 1991 1991 CD 1662 4882 93 est est NNP 1662 4882 94 . . . 1662 4882 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4883 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 4883 2 system system NN 1662 4883 3 : : : 1662 4883 4 service service NN 1662 4883 5 to to IN 1662 4883 6 general general JJ 1662 4883 7 public public JJ 1662 4883 8 very very RB 1662 4883 9 poor poor JJ 1662 4883 10 ; ; : 1662 4883 11 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 4883 12 communications communication NNS 1662 4883 13 network network NN 1662 4883 14 provides provide VBZ 1662 4883 15 generally generally RB 1662 4883 16 erratic erratic JJ 1662 4883 17 service service NN 1662 4883 18 to to IN 1662 4883 19 government government NN 1662 4883 20 users user NNS 1662 4883 21 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4883 22 : : : 1662 4883 23 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 4883 24 communications communications NNPS 1662 4883 25 international international NNP 1662 4883 26 : : : 1662 4883 27 satellite satellite NN 1662 4883 28 earth earth NNP 1662 4883 29 station station NNP 1662 4883 30 - - : 1662 4883 31 1 1 CD 1662 4883 32 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 4883 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4883 34 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4883 35 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4883 36 Region Region NNP 1662 4883 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4883 38 Radio radio NN 1662 4883 39 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4883 40 stations station NNS 1662 4883 41 : : : 1662 4883 42 AM AM NNP 1662 4883 43 10 10 CD 1662 4883 44 , , , 1662 4883 45 FM FM NNP 1662 4883 46 0 0 CD 1662 4883 47 , , , 1662 4883 48 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 4883 49 0 0 CD 1662 4883 50 Radios radio NNS 1662 4883 51 : : : 1662 4883 52 560,000 560,000 CD 1662 4883 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4883 54 1992 1992 CD 1662 4883 55 est est NNP 1662 4883 56 . . . 1662 4883 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4884 1 Television television NN 1662 4884 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4884 3 stations station NNS 1662 4884 4 : : : 1662 4884 5 2 2 CD 1662 4884 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 4884 7 : : : 1662 4884 8 32,000 32,000 CD 1662 4884 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4884 10 1993 1993 CD 1662 4884 11 est est NNP 1662 4884 12 . . . 1662 4884 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4885 1 @Laos @laos LS 1662 4885 2 : : : 1662 4885 3 Transportation transportation NN 1662 4885 4 Railways railway NNS 1662 4885 5 : : : 1662 4885 6 0 0 LS 1662 4885 7 km km NN 1662 4885 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 4885 9 : : : 1662 4885 10 total total NN 1662 4885 11 : : : 1662 4885 12 18,153 18,153 CD 1662 4885 13 km km NN 1662 4885 14 paved pave VBN 1662 4885 15 : : : 1662 4885 16 2,505 2,505 CD 1662 4885 17 km km NNP 1662 4885 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4885 19 : : : 1662 4885 20 15,648 15,648 CD 1662 4885 21 km km NNS 1662 4885 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4885 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 4885 24 est est NNP 1662 4885 25 . . . 1662 4885 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4886 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 4886 2 : : : 1662 4886 3 about about IN 1662 4886 4 4,587 4,587 CD 1662 4886 5 km km NNS 1662 4886 6 , , , 1662 4886 7 primarily primarily RB 1662 4886 8 Mekong Mekong NNP 1662 4886 9 and and CC 1662 4886 10 tributaries tributary NNS 1662 4886 11 ; ; : 1662 4886 12 2,897 2,897 CD 1662 4886 13 additional additional JJ 1662 4886 14 kilometers kilometer NNS 1662 4886 15 are be VBP 1662 4886 16 sectionally sectionally RB 1662 4886 17 navigable navigable JJ 1662 4886 18 by by IN 1662 4886 19 craft craft NN 1662 4886 20 drawing draw VBG 1662 4886 21 less less JJR 1662 4886 22 than than IN 1662 4886 23 0.5 0.5 CD 1662 4886 24 m m NNP 1662 4886 25 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 4886 26 : : : 1662 4886 27 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4886 28 products product NNS 1662 4886 29 136 136 CD 1662 4886 30 km km NN 1662 4886 31 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 4886 32 and and CC 1662 4886 33 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4886 34 : : : 1662 4886 35 none none NN 1662 4886 36 Merchant merchant NN 1662 4886 37 marine marine NN 1662 4886 38 : : : 1662 4886 39 total total NN 1662 4886 40 : : : 1662 4886 41 1 1 CD 1662 4886 42 cargo cargo NN 1662 4886 43 ship ship NN 1662 4886 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4886 45 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4886 46 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4886 47 or or CC 1662 4886 48 over over RB 1662 4886 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4886 50 totaling total VBG 1662 4886 51 2,370 2,370 CD 1662 4886 52 GRT/3,000 grt/3,000 CD 1662 4886 53 DWT DWT NNP 1662 4886 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4886 55 1996 1996 CD 1662 4886 56 est est NNP 1662 4886 57 . . . 1662 4886 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4887 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4887 2 : : : 1662 4887 3 39 39 CD 1662 4887 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4887 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4887 6 est est NNP 1662 4887 7 . . . 1662 4887 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4888 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4888 2 - - , 1662 4888 3 with with IN 1662 4888 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4888 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4888 6 : : : 1662 4888 7 total total NN 1662 4888 8 : : : 1662 4888 9 25 25 CD 1662 4888 10 over over IN 1662 4888 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4888 12 m m NN 1662 4888 13 : : : 1662 4888 14 1 1 CD 1662 4888 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4888 16 to to TO 1662 4888 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4888 18 m m NN 1662 4888 19 : : : 1662 4888 20 5 5 CD 1662 4888 21 914 914 CD 1662 4888 22 to to TO 1662 4888 23 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4888 24 m m NN 1662 4888 25 : : : 1662 4888 26 3 3 CD 1662 4888 27 under under IN 1662 4888 28 914 914 CD 1662 4888 29 m m NN 1662 4888 30 : : : 1662 4888 31 16 16 CD 1662 4888 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4888 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 4888 34 est est NNP 1662 4888 35 . . . 1662 4888 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4889 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4889 2 - - , 1662 4889 3 with with IN 1662 4889 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4889 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4889 6 : : : 1662 4889 7 total total NN 1662 4889 8 : : : 1662 4889 9 14 14 CD 1662 4889 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4889 11 to to TO 1662 4889 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4889 13 m m NN 1662 4889 14 : : : 1662 4889 15 1 1 CD 1662 4889 16 914 914 CD 1662 4889 17 to to TO 1662 4889 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4889 19 m m NN 1662 4889 20 : : : 1662 4889 21 13 13 CD 1662 4889 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4889 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 4889 24 est est NNP 1662 4889 25 . . . 1662 4889 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4890 1 Military military JJ 1662 4890 2 Military military JJ 1662 4890 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4890 4 : : : 1662 4890 5 Lao Lao NNP 1662 4890 6 People People NNPS 1662 4890 7 's 's POS 1662 4890 8 Army Army NNP 1662 4890 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4890 10 LPA LPA NNP 1662 4890 11 ; ; : 1662 4890 12 includes include VBZ 1662 4890 13 riverine riverine NNP 1662 4890 14 naval naval JJ 1662 4890 15 and and CC 1662 4890 16 militia militia NN 1662 4890 17 elements element NNS 1662 4890 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4890 19 , , , 1662 4890 20 Air Air NNP 1662 4890 21 Force Force NNP 1662 4890 22 , , , 1662 4890 23 National National NNP 1662 4890 24 Police Police NNP 1662 4890 25 Department Department NNP 1662 4890 26 Military Military NNP 1662 4890 27 manpower manpower NN 1662 4890 28 - - HYPH 1662 4890 29 military military NN 1662 4890 30 age age NN 1662 4890 31 : : : 1662 4890 32 18 18 CD 1662 4890 33 years year NNS 1662 4890 34 of of IN 1662 4890 35 age age NN 1662 4890 36 Military military JJ 1662 4890 37 manpower manpower NN 1662 4890 38 - - HYPH 1662 4890 39 availability availability NN 1662 4890 40 : : : 1662 4890 41 males male NNS 1662 4890 42 age age NNP 1662 4890 43 15 15 CD 1662 4890 44 - - HYPH 1662 4890 45 49 49 CD 1662 4890 46 : : : 1662 4890 47 1,123,934 1,123,934 CD 1662 4890 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4890 49 1997 1997 CD 1662 4890 50 est est NNP 1662 4890 51 . . . 1662 4890 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4891 1 Military military JJ 1662 4891 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4891 3 - - HYPH 1662 4891 4 fit fit NN 1662 4891 5 for for IN 1662 4891 6 military military JJ 1662 4891 7 service service NN 1662 4891 8 : : : 1662 4891 9 males male NNS 1662 4891 10 : : : 1662 4891 11 606,542 606,542 CD 1662 4891 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4891 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4891 14 est est NNP 1662 4891 15 . . . 1662 4891 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4892 1 Military military JJ 1662 4892 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4892 3 - - HYPH 1662 4892 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 4892 5 military military JJ 1662 4892 6 age age NN 1662 4892 7 annually annually RB 1662 4892 8 : : : 1662 4892 9 males male NNS 1662 4892 10 : : : 1662 4892 11 54,712 54,712 CD 1662 4892 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4892 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4892 14 est est NNP 1662 4892 15 . . . 1662 4892 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4893 1 Military military JJ 1662 4893 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4893 3 - - HYPH 1662 4893 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4893 5 figure figure NN 1662 4893 6 : : : 1662 4893 7 $ $ $ 1662 4893 8 105 105 CD 1662 4893 9 million million CD 1662 4893 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4893 11 FY92/93 fy92/93 CD 1662 4893 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4893 13 Military military JJ 1662 4893 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4893 15 - - : 1662 4893 16 percent percent NN 1662 4893 17 of of IN 1662 4893 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4893 19 : : : 1662 4893 20 8.1 8.1 CD 1662 4893 21 % % NN 1662 4893 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4893 23 FY92/93 fy92/93 CD 1662 4893 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4893 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4893 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4893 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 4893 28 - - : 1662 4893 29 international international JJ 1662 4893 30 : : : 1662 4893 31 boundary boundary JJ 1662 4893 32 dispute dispute NN 1662 4893 33 with with IN 1662 4893 34 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 4893 35 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 4893 36 drugs drug NNS 1662 4893 37 : : : 1662 4893 38 world world NN 1662 4893 39 's 's POS 1662 4893 40 third third RB 1662 4893 41 largest large JJS 1662 4893 42 opium opium NN 1662 4893 43 producer producer NN 1662 4893 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4893 45 200 200 CD 1662 4893 46 metric metric JJ 1662 4893 47 tons ton NNS 1662 4893 48 from from IN 1662 4893 49 some some RB 1662 4893 50 25,250 25,250 CD 1662 4893 51 hectares hectare NNS 1662 4893 52 in in IN 1662 4893 53 1996 1996 CD 1662 4893 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4893 55 ; ; : 1662 4893 56 heroin heroin NN 1662 4893 57 producer producer NN 1662 4893 58 ; ; : 1662 4893 59 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 4893 60 used use VBN 1662 4893 61 as as IN 1662 4893 62 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 4893 63 point point NN 1662 4893 64 for for IN 1662 4893 65 heroin heroin NN 1662 4893 66 produced produce VBN 1662 4893 67 in in IN 1662 4893 68 Burma Burma NNP 1662 4893 69 ; ; : 1662 4893 70 illicit illicit JJ 1662 4893 71 producer producer NN 1662 4893 72 of of IN 1662 4893 73 cannabis cannabis NNP 1662 4893 74 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 75 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 76 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 77 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 78 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 79 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 80 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 81 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 82 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 83 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 84 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 85 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 86 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 87 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 88 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 89 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 90 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 91 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 92 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 93 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 94 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 95 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 96 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 97 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 98 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 99 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 100 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 101 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 102 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 103 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 104 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 105 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 106 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 107 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 108 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 109 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 110 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 111 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 112 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 113 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 114 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 115 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 116 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 117 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 118 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 119 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 120 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 121 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 122 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 123 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 124 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 125 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 126 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 127 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 128 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 129 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 130 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 131 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 132 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 133 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 134 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 135 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 136 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 137 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 138 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 139 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 140 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 141 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 142 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 143 _ _ NNP 1662 4893 144 LATVIA LATVIA NNP 1662 4893 145 @Latvia @latvia XX 1662 4893 146 : : : 1662 4893 147 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4893 148 Location Location NNP 1662 4893 149 : : : 1662 4893 150 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 4893 151 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4893 152 , , , 1662 4893 153 bordering border VBG 1662 4893 154 the the DT 1662 4893 155 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 4893 156 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4893 157 , , , 1662 4893 158 between between IN 1662 4893 159 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 4893 160 and and CC 1662 4893 161 Lithuania Lithuania NNP 1662 4893 162 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4893 163 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4893 164 : : : 1662 4893 165 57 57 CD 1662 4893 166 00 00 CD 1662 4893 167 N n CD 1662 4893 168 , , , 1662 4893 169 25 25 CD 1662 4893 170 00 00 CD 1662 4893 171 E e NN 1662 4893 172 Map Map NNP 1662 4893 173 references reference NNS 1662 4893 174 : : : 1662 4893 175 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4893 176 Area Area NNP 1662 4893 177 : : : 1662 4893 178 total total NN 1662 4893 179 : : : 1662 4893 180 64,100 64,100 CD 1662 4893 181 sq sq RB 1662 4893 182 km km NNP 1662 4893 183 land land NN 1662 4893 184 : : : 1662 4893 185 64,100 64,100 CD 1662 4893 186 sq sq NN 1662 4893 187 km km NNP 1662 4893 188 water water NN 1662 4893 189 : : : 1662 4893 190 0 0 NFP 1662 4893 191 sq sq NN 1662 4893 192 km km NNP 1662 4893 193 Area area NN 1662 4893 194 - - HYPH 1662 4893 195 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4893 196 : : : 1662 4893 197 slightly slightly RB 1662 4893 198 larger large JJR 1662 4893 199 than than IN 1662 4893 200 West West NNP 1662 4893 201 Virginia Virginia NNP 1662 4893 202 Land Land NNP 1662 4893 203 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4893 204 : : : 1662 4893 205 total total JJ 1662 4893 206 : : : 1662 4893 207 1,150 1,150 CD 1662 4893 208 km km NN 1662 4893 209 border border NN 1662 4893 210 countries country NNS 1662 4893 211 : : : 1662 4893 212 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 4893 213 141 141 CD 1662 4893 214 km km NNS 1662 4893 215 , , , 1662 4893 216 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 4893 217 339 339 CD 1662 4893 218 km km NN 1662 4893 219 , , , 1662 4893 220 Lithuania Lithuania NNP 1662 4893 221 453 453 CD 1662 4893 222 km km NNS 1662 4893 223 , , , 1662 4893 224 Russia Russia NNP 1662 4893 225 217 217 CD 1662 4893 226 km km NN 1662 4893 227 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4893 228 : : : 1662 4893 229 531 531 CD 1662 4893 230 km km NN 1662 4893 231 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4893 232 claims claim VBZ 1662 4893 233 : : : 1662 4893 234 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 4893 235 economic economic JJ 1662 4893 236 zone zone NN 1662 4893 237 : : : 1662 4893 238 200 200 CD 1662 4893 239 nm nm CD 1662 4893 240 territorial territorial JJ 1662 4893 241 sea sea NN 1662 4893 242 : : : 1662 4893 243 12 12 CD 1662 4893 244 nm nm NNP 1662 4893 245 continental continental NNP 1662 4893 246 shelf shelf NNP 1662 4893 247 : : : 1662 4893 248 200-m 200-m CD 1662 4893 249 depth depth NN 1662 4893 250 or or CC 1662 4893 251 to to IN 1662 4893 252 the the DT 1662 4893 253 depth depth NN 1662 4893 254 of of IN 1662 4893 255 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 4893 256 Climate climate NN 1662 4893 257 : : : 1662 4893 258 maritime maritime NN 1662 4893 259 ; ; , 1662 4893 260 wet wet JJ 1662 4893 261 , , , 1662 4893 262 moderate moderate JJ 1662 4893 263 winters winter NNS 1662 4893 264 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4893 265 : : : 1662 4893 266 low low JJ 1662 4893 267 plain plain JJ 1662 4893 268 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4893 269 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4893 270 : : : 1662 4893 271 lowest low JJS 1662 4893 272 point point NN 1662 4893 273 : : : 1662 4893 274 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 4893 275 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4893 276 0 0 NFP 1662 4893 277 m m DT 1662 4893 278 highest high JJS 1662 4893 279 point point NN 1662 4893 280 : : : 1662 4893 281 Gaizinkalns Gaizinkalns NNP 1662 4893 282 312 312 CD 1662 4893 283 m m CD 1662 4893 284 Natural natural JJ 1662 4893 285 resources resource NNS 1662 4893 286 : : : 1662 4893 287 minimal minimal JJ 1662 4893 288 ; ; : 1662 4893 289 amber amber NNP 1662 4893 290 , , , 1662 4893 291 peat peat NNP 1662 4893 292 , , , 1662 4893 293 limestone limestone NN 1662 4893 294 , , , 1662 4893 295 dolomite dolomite VB 1662 4893 296 Land Land NNP 1662 4893 297 use use NN 1662 4893 298 : : : 1662 4893 299 arable arable JJ 1662 4893 300 land land NN 1662 4893 301 : : : 1662 4893 302 27 27 CD 1662 4893 303 % % NN 1662 4893 304 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4893 305 crops crop NNS 1662 4893 306 : : : 1662 4893 307 0 0 CD 1662 4893 308 % % NN 1662 4893 309 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4893 310 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4893 311 : : : 1662 4893 312 13 13 CD 1662 4893 313 % % NN 1662 4893 314 forests forest NNS 1662 4893 315 and and CC 1662 4893 316 woodland woodland NN 1662 4893 317 : : : 1662 4893 318 46 46 CD 1662 4893 319 % % NN 1662 4893 320 other other JJ 1662 4893 321 : : : 1662 4893 322 14 14 CD 1662 4893 323 % % NN 1662 4893 324 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4893 325 1993 1993 CD 1662 4893 326 est est NNP 1662 4893 327 . . . 1662 4893 328 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4894 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4894 2 land land NN 1662 4894 3 : : : 1662 4894 4 160 160 CD 1662 4894 5 sq sq NNP 1662 4894 6 km km NNP 1662 4894 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4894 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 4894 9 est est NNP 1662 4894 10 . . . 1662 4894 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4895 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 4895 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4895 3 : : : 1662 4895 4 NA NA NNP 1662 4895 5 Environment environment NN 1662 4895 6 - - HYPH 1662 4895 7 current current JJ 1662 4895 8 issues issue NNS 1662 4895 9 : : : 1662 4895 10 air air NN 1662 4895 11 and and CC 1662 4895 12 water water NN 1662 4895 13 pollution pollution NN 1662 4895 14 because because IN 1662 4895 15 of of IN 1662 4895 16 a a DT 1662 4895 17 lack lack NN 1662 4895 18 of of IN 1662 4895 19 waste waste NN 1662 4895 20 conversion conversion NN 1662 4895 21 equipment equipment NN 1662 4895 22 ; ; : 1662 4895 23 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 4895 24 of of IN 1662 4895 25 Riga Riga NNP 1662 4895 26 and and CC 1662 4895 27 Daugava Daugava NNP 1662 4895 28 River River NNP 1662 4895 29 heavily heavily RB 1662 4895 30 polluted polluted JJ 1662 4895 31 ; ; : 1662 4895 32 contamination contamination NN 1662 4895 33 of of IN 1662 4895 34 soil soil NN 1662 4895 35 and and CC 1662 4895 36 groundwater groundwater NN 1662 4895 37 with with IN 1662 4895 38 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4895 39 and and CC 1662 4895 40 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 4895 41 products product NNS 1662 4895 42 at at IN 1662 4895 43 military military JJ 1662 4895 44 bases basis NNS 1662 4895 45 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4895 46 - - HYPH 1662 4895 47 international international JJ 1662 4895 48 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4895 49 : : : 1662 4895 50 party party NN 1662 4895 51 to to TO 1662 4895 52 : : : 1662 4895 53 Air Air NNP 1662 4895 54 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4895 55 , , , 1662 4895 56 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 4895 57 , , , 1662 4895 58 Climate climate NN 1662 4895 59 Change Change NNP 1662 4895 60 , , , 1662 4895 61 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 4895 62 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 4895 63 , , , 1662 4895 64 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 4895 65 Layer Layer NNP 1662 4895 66 Protection Protection NNP 1662 4895 67 , , , 1662 4895 68 Ship Ship NNP 1662 4895 69 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 4895 70 , , , 1662 4895 71 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 4895 72 , , , 1662 4895 73 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 4895 74 signed sign VBD 1662 4895 75 , , , 1662 4895 76 but but CC 1662 4895 77 not not RB 1662 4895 78 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4895 79 : : : 1662 4895 80 none none NN 1662 4895 81 of of IN 1662 4895 82 the the DT 1662 4895 83 selected select VBN 1662 4895 84 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4895 85 @Latvia @latvia XX 1662 4895 86 : : : 1662 4895 87 People People NNPS 1662 4895 88 Population Population NNP 1662 4895 89 : : : 1662 4895 90 2,421,163 2,421,163 CD 1662 4895 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4895 92 July July NNP 1662 4895 93 1997 1997 CD 1662 4895 94 est est NNP 1662 4895 95 . . . 1662 4895 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4896 1 Age age NN 1662 4896 2 structure structure NN 1662 4896 3 : : : 1662 4896 4 0 0 CD 1662 4896 5 - - HYPH 1662 4896 6 14 14 CD 1662 4896 7 years year NNS 1662 4896 8 : : : 1662 4896 9 19 19 CD 1662 4896 10 % % NN 1662 4896 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4896 12 male male JJ 1662 4896 13 238,793 238,793 CD 1662 4896 14 ; ; : 1662 4896 15 female female JJ 1662 4896 16 229,160 229,160 CD 1662 4896 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4896 18 15 15 CD 1662 4896 19 - - SYM 1662 4896 20 64 64 CD 1662 4896 21 years year NNS 1662 4896 22 : : : 1662 4896 23 66 66 CD 1662 4896 24 % % NN 1662 4896 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4896 26 male male JJ 1662 4896 27 762,635 762,635 CD 1662 4896 28 ; ; : 1662 4896 29 female female JJ 1662 4896 30 836,839 836,839 CD 1662 4896 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4896 32 65 65 CD 1662 4896 33 years year NNS 1662 4896 34 and and CC 1662 4896 35 over over RB 1662 4896 36 : : : 1662 4896 37 15 15 CD 1662 4896 38 % % NN 1662 4896 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4896 40 male male JJ 1662 4896 41 112,989 112,989 CD 1662 4896 42 ; ; : 1662 4896 43 female female JJ 1662 4896 44 240,747 240,747 CD 1662 4896 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4896 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4896 47 July July NNP 1662 4896 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 4896 49 est est NNP 1662 4896 50 . . . 1662 4896 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4897 1 Population population NN 1662 4897 2 growth growth NN 1662 4897 3 rate rate NN 1662 4897 4 : : : 1662 4897 5 -1.56 -1.56 CD 1662 4897 6 % % NN 1662 4897 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4897 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4897 9 est est NNP 1662 4897 10 . . . 1662 4897 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4898 1 Birth birth NN 1662 4898 2 rate rate NN 1662 4898 3 : : : 1662 4898 4 8.21 8.21 CD 1662 4898 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 4898 6 population population NN 1662 4898 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4898 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4898 9 est est NNP 1662 4898 10 . . . 1662 4898 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4899 1 Death death NN 1662 4899 2 rate rate NN 1662 4899 3 : : : 1662 4899 4 15.72 15.72 CD 1662 4899 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4899 6 population population NN 1662 4899 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4899 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4899 9 est est NNP 1662 4899 10 . . . 1662 4899 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4900 1 Net net JJ 1662 4900 2 migration migration NN 1662 4900 3 rate rate NN 1662 4900 4 : : : 1662 4900 5 -8.13 -8.13 NFP 1662 4900 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 4900 7 population population NN 1662 4900 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4900 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 4900 10 est est NNP 1662 4900 11 . . . 1662 4900 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4901 1 Sex sex NN 1662 4901 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 4901 3 : : : 1662 4901 4 at at IN 1662 4901 5 birth birth NN 1662 4901 6 : : : 1662 4901 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 4901 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4901 9 under under IN 1662 4901 10 15 15 CD 1662 4901 11 years year NNS 1662 4901 12 : : : 1662 4901 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 4901 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4901 15 15 15 CD 1662 4901 16 - - HYPH 1662 4901 17 64 64 CD 1662 4901 18 years year NNS 1662 4901 19 : : : 1662 4901 20 0.91 0.91 CD 1662 4901 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4901 22 65 65 CD 1662 4901 23 years year NNS 1662 4901 24 and and CC 1662 4901 25 over over IN 1662 4901 26 : : : 1662 4901 27 0.47 0.47 CD 1662 4901 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 4901 29 total total JJ 1662 4901 30 population population NN 1662 4901 31 : : : 1662 4901 32 0.85 0.85 CD 1662 4901 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 4901 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4901 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 4901 36 est e JJS 1662 4901 37 . . . 1662 4901 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4902 1 Infant infant NN 1662 4902 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 4902 3 rate rate NN 1662 4902 4 : : : 1662 4902 5 17.7 17.7 CD 1662 4902 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4902 7 live live JJ 1662 4902 8 births birth NNS 1662 4902 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4902 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4902 11 est est NNP 1662 4902 12 . . . 1662 4902 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4903 1 Life life NN 1662 4903 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 4903 3 at at IN 1662 4903 4 birth birth NN 1662 4903 5 : : : 1662 4903 6 total total JJ 1662 4903 7 population population NN 1662 4903 8 : : : 1662 4903 9 66.91 66.91 CD 1662 4903 10 years year NNS 1662 4903 11 male male JJ 1662 4903 12 : : : 1662 4903 13 60.8 60.8 CD 1662 4903 14 years year NNS 1662 4903 15 female female JJ 1662 4903 16 : : : 1662 4903 17 73.33 73.33 CD 1662 4903 18 years year NNS 1662 4903 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4903 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 4903 21 est est NNP 1662 4903 22 . . . 1662 4903 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4904 1 Total total JJ 1662 4904 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 4904 3 rate rate NN 1662 4904 4 : : : 1662 4904 5 1.21 1.21 CD 1662 4904 6 children child NNS 1662 4904 7 born bear VBN 1662 4904 8 / / SYM 1662 4904 9 woman woman NN 1662 4904 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4904 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 4904 12 est est NNP 1662 4904 13 . . . 1662 4904 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4905 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 4905 2 : : : 1662 4905 3 noun noun NNP 1662 4905 4 : : : 1662 4905 5 Latvian(s Latvian(s NNP 1662 4905 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4905 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 4905 8 : : : 1662 4905 9 Latvian latvian JJ 1662 4905 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 4905 11 groups group NNS 1662 4905 12 : : : 1662 4905 13 Latvian latvian JJ 1662 4905 14 51.8 51.8 CD 1662 4905 15 % % NN 1662 4905 16 , , , 1662 4905 17 Russian russian JJ 1662 4905 18 33.8 33.8 CD 1662 4905 19 % % NN 1662 4905 20 , , , 1662 4905 21 Byelorussian Byelorussian NNP 1662 4905 22 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 4905 23 % % NN 1662 4905 24 , , , 1662 4905 25 Ukrainian ukrainian JJ 1662 4905 26 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 4905 27 % % NN 1662 4905 28 , , , 1662 4905 29 Polish Polish NNP 1662 4905 30 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 4905 31 % % NN 1662 4905 32 , , , 1662 4905 33 other other JJ 1662 4905 34 4.2 4.2 CD 1662 4905 35 % % NN 1662 4905 36 Religions religion NNS 1662 4905 37 : : : 1662 4905 38 Lutheran Lutheran NNP 1662 4905 39 , , , 1662 4905 40 Roman Roman NNP 1662 4905 41 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 4905 42 , , , 1662 4905 43 Russian russian JJ 1662 4905 44 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 4905 45 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 4905 46 : : : 1662 4905 47 Lettish Lettish NNP 1662 4905 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4905 49 official official NN 1662 4905 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4905 51 , , , 1662 4905 52 Lithuanian lithuanian JJ 1662 4905 53 , , , 1662 4905 54 Russian russian JJ 1662 4905 55 , , , 1662 4905 56 other other JJ 1662 4905 57 Literacy literacy NN 1662 4905 58 : : : 1662 4905 59 definition definition NN 1662 4905 60 : : : 1662 4905 61 age age NN 1662 4905 62 15 15 CD 1662 4905 63 and and CC 1662 4905 64 over over RB 1662 4905 65 can can MD 1662 4905 66 read read VB 1662 4905 67 and and CC 1662 4905 68 write write VB 1662 4905 69 total total JJ 1662 4905 70 population population NN 1662 4905 71 : : : 1662 4905 72 100 100 CD 1662 4905 73 % % NN 1662 4905 74 male male NN 1662 4905 75 : : : 1662 4905 76 100 100 CD 1662 4905 77 % % NN 1662 4905 78 female female JJ 1662 4905 79 : : : 1662 4905 80 99 99 CD 1662 4905 81 % % NN 1662 4905 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4905 83 1989 1989 CD 1662 4905 84 est est NNP 1662 4905 85 . . . 1662 4905 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 1 @Latvia @latvia LS 1662 4906 2 : : : 1662 4906 3 Government Government NNP 1662 4906 4 Country Country NNP 1662 4906 5 name name NN 1662 4906 6 : : : 1662 4906 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4906 8 long long JJ 1662 4906 9 form form NN 1662 4906 10 : : : 1662 4906 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4906 12 of of IN 1662 4906 13 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 4906 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 4906 15 short short JJ 1662 4906 16 form form NN 1662 4906 17 : : : 1662 4906 18 Latvia latvia VB 1662 4906 19 local local JJ 1662 4906 20 long long JJ 1662 4906 21 form form NN 1662 4906 22 : : : 1662 4906 23 Latvijas Latvijas NNP 1662 4906 24 Republika Republika NNP 1662 4906 25 local local JJ 1662 4906 26 short short JJ 1662 4906 27 form form NN 1662 4906 28 : : : 1662 4906 29 Latvija Latvija NNP 1662 4906 30 former former JJ 1662 4906 31 : : : 1662 4906 32 Latvian latvian JJ 1662 4906 33 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 4906 34 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 4906 35 Republic Republic NNP 1662 4906 36 Data Data NNP 1662 4906 37 code code NN 1662 4906 38 : : : 1662 4906 39 LG LG NNP 1662 4906 40 Government Government NNP 1662 4906 41 type type NN 1662 4906 42 : : : 1662 4906 43 republic republic NNP 1662 4906 44 National national JJ 1662 4906 45 capital capital NN 1662 4906 46 : : : 1662 4906 47 Riga Riga NNP 1662 4906 48 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 4906 49 divisions division NNS 1662 4906 50 : : : 1662 4906 51 26 26 CD 1662 4906 52 counties county NNS 1662 4906 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 54 singular singular JJ 1662 4906 55 - - HYPH 1662 4906 56 rajons rajon NNS 1662 4906 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 58 and and CC 1662 4906 59 7 7 CD 1662 4906 60 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 4906 61 * * NFP 1662 4906 62 : : : 1662 4906 63 Aizkraukles Aizkraukles NNP 1662 4906 64 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 65 , , , 1662 4906 66 Aluksnes Aluksnes NNP 1662 4906 67 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 68 , , , 1662 4906 69 Balvu Balvu NNP 1662 4906 70 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 71 , , , 1662 4906 72 Bauskas Bauskas NNP 1662 4906 73 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 74 , , , 1662 4906 75 Cesu Cesu NNP 1662 4906 76 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 77 , , , 1662 4906 78 Daugavpils daugavpil NNS 1662 4906 79 * * NFP 1662 4906 80 , , , 1662 4906 81 Daugavpils Daugavpils NNP 1662 4906 82 Rajons Rajons NNPS 1662 4906 83 , , , 1662 4906 84 Dobeles Dobeles NNP 1662 4906 85 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 86 , , , 1662 4906 87 Gulbenes Gulbenes NNP 1662 4906 88 Rajons Rajons NNPS 1662 4906 89 , , , 1662 4906 90 Jekabpils Jekabpils NNP 1662 4906 91 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 92 , , , 1662 4906 93 Jelgava Jelgava NNP 1662 4906 94 * * NFP 1662 4906 95 , , , 1662 4906 96 Jelgavas Jelgavas NNP 1662 4906 97 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 98 , , , 1662 4906 99 Jurmala Jurmala NNP 1662 4906 100 * * NFP 1662 4906 101 , , , 1662 4906 102 Kraslavas Kraslavas NNP 1662 4906 103 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 104 , , , 1662 4906 105 Kuldigas Kuldigas NNP 1662 4906 106 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 107 , , , 1662 4906 108 Leipaja Leipaja NNP 1662 4906 109 * * NFP 1662 4906 110 , , , 1662 4906 111 Liepajas Liepajas NNP 1662 4906 112 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 113 , , , 1662 4906 114 Limbazu Limbazu NNP 1662 4906 115 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 116 , , , 1662 4906 117 Ludzas Ludzas NNP 1662 4906 118 Rajons Rajons NNPS 1662 4906 119 , , , 1662 4906 120 Madonas Madonas NNP 1662 4906 121 Rajons Rajons NNPS 1662 4906 122 , , , 1662 4906 123 Ogres Ogres NNP 1662 4906 124 Rajons Rajons NNPS 1662 4906 125 , , , 1662 4906 126 Preiju Preiju NNP 1662 4906 127 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 128 , , , 1662 4906 129 Rezekne Rezekne NNP 1662 4906 130 * * NFP 1662 4906 131 , , , 1662 4906 132 Rezeknes Rezeknes NNP 1662 4906 133 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 134 , , , 1662 4906 135 Riga Riga NNP 1662 4906 136 * * NFP 1662 4906 137 , , , 1662 4906 138 Rigas Rigas NNP 1662 4906 139 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 140 , , , 1662 4906 141 Saldus Saldus NNP 1662 4906 142 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 143 , , , 1662 4906 144 Talsu Talsu NNP 1662 4906 145 Rajons Rajons NNPS 1662 4906 146 , , , 1662 4906 147 Tukuma Tukuma NNP 1662 4906 148 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 149 , , , 1662 4906 150 Valkas Valkas NNP 1662 4906 151 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 152 , , , 1662 4906 153 Valmieras Valmieras NNP 1662 4906 154 Rajons Rajons NNP 1662 4906 155 , , , 1662 4906 156 Ventspils Ventspils NNP 1662 4906 157 * * NFP 1662 4906 158 , , , 1662 4906 159 Ventspils Ventspils NNP 1662 4906 160 Rajons Rajons NNPS 1662 4906 161 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4906 162 : : : 1662 4906 163 6 6 CD 1662 4906 164 September September NNP 1662 4906 165 1991 1991 CD 1662 4906 166 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 167 from from IN 1662 4906 168 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 4906 169 Union Union NNP 1662 4906 170 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 171 National national JJ 1662 4906 172 holiday holiday NN 1662 4906 173 : : : 1662 4906 174 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4906 175 Day Day NNP 1662 4906 176 , , , 1662 4906 177 18 18 CD 1662 4906 178 November November NNP 1662 4906 179 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 180 1918 1918 CD 1662 4906 181 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 182 Constitution constitution NN 1662 4906 183 : : : 1662 4906 184 the the DT 1662 4906 185 1991 1991 CD 1662 4906 186 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 4906 187 Law Law NNP 1662 4906 188 which which WDT 1662 4906 189 supplements supplement VBZ 1662 4906 190 the the DT 1662 4906 191 1922 1922 CD 1662 4906 192 constitution constitution NN 1662 4906 193 , , , 1662 4906 194 provides provide VBZ 1662 4906 195 for for IN 1662 4906 196 basic basic JJ 1662 4906 197 rights right NNS 1662 4906 198 and and CC 1662 4906 199 freedoms freedom NNS 1662 4906 200 Legal legal JJ 1662 4906 201 system system NN 1662 4906 202 : : : 1662 4906 203 based base VBN 1662 4906 204 on on IN 1662 4906 205 civil civil JJ 1662 4906 206 law law NN 1662 4906 207 system system NN 1662 4906 208 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 4906 209 : : : 1662 4906 210 18 18 CD 1662 4906 211 years year NNS 1662 4906 212 of of IN 1662 4906 213 age age NN 1662 4906 214 ; ; : 1662 4906 215 universal universal JJ 1662 4906 216 Executive Executive NNP 1662 4906 217 branch branch NN 1662 4906 218 : : : 1662 4906 219 chief chief NN 1662 4906 220 of of IN 1662 4906 221 state state NN 1662 4906 222 : : : 1662 4906 223 President President NNP 1662 4906 224 Guntis Guntis NNP 1662 4906 225 ULMANIS ULMANIS NNP 1662 4906 226 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 227 since since IN 1662 4906 228 7 7 CD 1662 4906 229 July July NNP 1662 4906 230 1993 1993 CD 1662 4906 231 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 232 head head NN 1662 4906 233 of of IN 1662 4906 234 government government NN 1662 4906 235 : : : 1662 4906 236 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4906 237 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4906 238 Andris Andris NNP 1662 4906 239 SKELE SKELE NNP 1662 4906 240 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 241 since since IN 1662 4906 242 21 21 CD 1662 4906 243 December December NNP 1662 4906 244 1995 1995 CD 1662 4906 245 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 246 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 4906 247 : : : 1662 4906 248 Council Council NNP 1662 4906 249 of of IN 1662 4906 250 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 4906 251 nominated nominate VBN 1662 4906 252 by by IN 1662 4906 253 the the DT 1662 4906 254 prime prime JJ 1662 4906 255 minister minister NN 1662 4906 256 and and CC 1662 4906 257 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4906 258 by by IN 1662 4906 259 the the DT 1662 4906 260 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 4906 261 elections election NNS 1662 4906 262 : : : 1662 4906 263 president president NN 1662 4906 264 elected elect VBN 1662 4906 265 by by IN 1662 4906 266 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 4906 267 for for IN 1662 4906 268 a a DT 1662 4906 269 four four CD 1662 4906 270 - - HYPH 1662 4906 271 year year NN 1662 4906 272 term term NN 1662 4906 273 ; ; : 1662 4906 274 election election NN 1662 4906 275 last last JJ 1662 4906 276 held hold VBD 1662 4906 277 7 7 CD 1662 4906 278 July July NNP 1662 4906 279 1993 1993 CD 1662 4906 280 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 281 next next JJ 1662 4906 282 to to TO 1662 4906 283 be be VB 1662 4906 284 held hold VBN 1662 4906 285 by by IN 1662 4906 286 20 20 CD 1662 4906 287 June June NNP 1662 4906 288 1997 1997 CD 1662 4906 289 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 290 ; ; : 1662 4906 291 prime prime NNP 1662 4906 292 minister minister NN 1662 4906 293 appointed appoint VBN 1662 4906 294 by by IN 1662 4906 295 the the DT 1662 4906 296 president president NNP 1662 4906 297 election election NN 1662 4906 298 results result NNS 1662 4906 299 : : : 1662 4906 300 Guntis Guntis NNP 1662 4906 301 ULMANIS ULMANIS NNP 1662 4906 302 elected elect VBD 1662 4906 303 president president NN 1662 4906 304 in in IN 1662 4906 305 the the DT 1662 4906 306 first first JJ 1662 4906 307 round round NN 1662 4906 308 of of IN 1662 4906 309 balloting balloting NN 1662 4906 310 ; ; : 1662 4906 311 percent percent NN 1662 4906 312 of of IN 1662 4906 313 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 4906 314 vote vote NN 1662 4906 315 - - HYPH 1662 4906 316 53 53 CD 1662 4906 317 % % NN 1662 4906 318 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 4906 319 branch branch NN 1662 4906 320 : : : 1662 4906 321 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 4906 322 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 4906 323 or or CC 1662 4906 324 Saeima Saeima NNP 1662 4906 325 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 326 100 100 CD 1662 4906 327 seats seat NNS 1662 4906 328 ; ; : 1662 4906 329 members member NNS 1662 4906 330 are be VBP 1662 4906 331 elected elect VBN 1662 4906 332 by by IN 1662 4906 333 direct direct JJ 1662 4906 334 popular popular JJ 1662 4906 335 vote vote NN 1662 4906 336 to to TO 1662 4906 337 serve serve VB 1662 4906 338 three three CD 1662 4906 339 - - HYPH 1662 4906 340 year year NN 1662 4906 341 terms term NNS 1662 4906 342 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 343 elections election NNS 1662 4906 344 : : : 1662 4906 345 last last RB 1662 4906 346 held held JJ 1662 4906 347 30 30 CD 1662 4906 348 September-1 September-1 NNP 1662 4906 349 October October NNP 1662 4906 350 1995 1995 CD 1662 4906 351 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 352 next next JJ 1662 4906 353 to to TO 1662 4906 354 be be VB 1662 4906 355 held hold VBN 1662 4906 356 NA NA NNP 1662 4906 357 October October NNP 1662 4906 358 1998 1998 CD 1662 4906 359 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 360 election election NN 1662 4906 361 results result NNS 1662 4906 362 : : : 1662 4906 363 percent percent NN 1662 4906 364 of of IN 1662 4906 365 vote vote NN 1662 4906 366 by by IN 1662 4906 367 party party NN 1662 4906 368 - - HYPH 1662 4906 369 Saimnieks Saimnieks NNP 1662 4906 370 18 18 CD 1662 4906 371 % % NN 1662 4906 372 , , , 1662 4906 373 LC LC NNP 1662 4906 374 17 17 CD 1662 4906 375 % % NN 1662 4906 376 , , , 1662 4906 377 For for IN 1662 4906 378 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 4906 379 16 16 CD 1662 4906 380 % % NN 1662 4906 381 , , , 1662 4906 382 TB TB NNP 1662 4906 383 14 14 CD 1662 4906 384 % % NN 1662 4906 385 , , , 1662 4906 386 LNNK lnnk VB 1662 4906 387 8 8 CD 1662 4906 388 % % NN 1662 4906 389 , , , 1662 4906 390 Unity unity NN 1662 4906 391 8 8 CD 1662 4906 392 % % NN 1662 4906 393 , , , 1662 4906 394 LSZ LSZ NNP 1662 4906 395 / / SYM 1662 4906 396 LKDS LKDS NNP 1662 4906 397 7 7 CD 1662 4906 398 % % NN 1662 4906 399 , , , 1662 4906 400 Harmony harmony NN 1662 4906 401 6 6 CD 1662 4906 402 % % NN 1662 4906 403 , , , 1662 4906 404 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 4906 405 6 6 CD 1662 4906 406 % % NN 1662 4906 407 ; ; , 1662 4906 408 seats seat NNS 1662 4906 409 by by IN 1662 4906 410 party party NN 1662 4906 411 - - HYPH 1662 4906 412 Saimnieks Saimnieks NNP 1662 4906 413 18 18 CD 1662 4906 414 , , , 1662 4906 415 LC LC NNP 1662 4906 416 17 17 CD 1662 4906 417 , , , 1662 4906 418 For for IN 1662 4906 419 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 4906 420 16 16 CD 1662 4906 421 , , , 1662 4906 422 TB TB NNP 1662 4906 423 14 14 CD 1662 4906 424 , , , 1662 4906 425 LNNK LNNK NNP 1662 4906 426 8 8 CD 1662 4906 427 , , , 1662 4906 428 Unity Unity NNP 1662 4906 429 8 8 CD 1662 4906 430 , , , 1662 4906 431 LSZ LSZ NNP 1662 4906 432 / / SYM 1662 4906 433 LKDS LKDS NNP 1662 4906 434 7 7 CD 1662 4906 435 , , , 1662 4906 436 Harmony Harmony NNP 1662 4906 437 6 6 CD 1662 4906 438 , , , 1662 4906 439 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 4906 440 6 6 CD 1662 4906 441 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 4906 442 branch branch NN 1662 4906 443 : : : 1662 4906 444 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 4906 445 Court Court NNP 1662 4906 446 , , , 1662 4906 447 judges judge NNS 1662 4906 448 ' ' POS 1662 4906 449 appointments appointment NNS 1662 4906 450 are be VBP 1662 4906 451 confirmed confirm VBN 1662 4906 452 by by IN 1662 4906 453 the the DT 1662 4906 454 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 4906 455 Political Political NNP 1662 4906 456 parties party NNS 1662 4906 457 and and CC 1662 4906 458 leaders leader NNS 1662 4906 459 : : : 1662 4906 460 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4906 461 Party Party NNP 1662 4906 462 " " `` 1662 4906 463 Saimnieks Saimnieks NNPS 1662 4906 464 " " '' 1662 4906 465 or or CC 1662 4906 466 DPS DPS NNP 1662 4906 467 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 468 Ziedonis Ziedonis NNP 1662 4906 469 CEVERS CEVERS NNP 1662 4906 470 , , , 1662 4906 471 chairman chairman NN 1662 4906 472 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 473 ; ; : 1662 4906 474 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 4906 475 's 's POS 1662 4906 476 Way Way NNP 1662 4906 477 or or CC 1662 4906 478 LC LC NNP 1662 4906 479 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 480 Valdis Valdis NNP 1662 4906 481 BIRKAVS BIRKAVS NNP 1662 4906 482 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 483 ; ; : 1662 4906 484 For for IN 1662 4906 485 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 4906 486 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 487 Joachim Joachim NNP 1662 4906 488 SIEGERIST SIEGERIST NNP 1662 4906 489 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 490 ; ; : 1662 4906 491 Fatherland Fatherland NNP 1662 4906 492 and and CC 1662 4906 493 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 4906 494 or or CC 1662 4906 495 TB TB NNP 1662 4906 496 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 497 Maris Maris NNP 1662 4906 498 GRINBLATS GRINBLATS NNP 1662 4906 499 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 500 ; ; : 1662 4906 501 Latvian latvian JJ 1662 4906 502 Unity Unity NNP 1662 4906 503 Party Party NNP 1662 4906 504 or or CC 1662 4906 505 LVP LVP NNP 1662 4906 506 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 507 A. a. NN 1662 4906 508 KAULS KAULS NNP 1662 4906 509 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 510 ; ; : 1662 4906 511 Latvian Latvian NNP 1662 4906 512 National National NNP 1662 4906 513 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 4906 514 Party Party NNP 1662 4906 515 or or CC 1662 4906 516 LNNK LNNK NNP 1662 4906 517 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 518 Anna Anna NNP 1662 4906 519 SEILE SEILE NNP 1662 4906 520 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 521 ; ; : 1662 4906 522 Green Green NNP 1662 4906 523 Party Party NNP 1662 4906 524 or or CC 1662 4906 525 LSZ LSZ NNP 1662 4906 526 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 527 O. O. NNP 1662 4906 528 BATAREVSK BATAREVSK NNP 1662 4906 529 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 530 ; ; : 1662 4906 531 Latvian Latvian NNP 1662 4906 532 Farmers Farmers NNPS 1662 4906 533 Union Union NNP 1662 4906 534 or or CC 1662 4906 535 LZS LZS NNP 1662 4906 536 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 537 A. a. NN 1662 4906 538 ROZENTALS ROZENTALS NNP 1662 4906 539 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 540 ; ; : 1662 4906 541 Christian Christian NNP 1662 4906 542 Democrat Democrat NNP 1662 4906 543 Union Union NNP 1662 4906 544 or or CC 1662 4906 545 LKDS LKDS NNP 1662 4906 546 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 547 Maris Maris NNP 1662 4906 548 VITOLDS VITOLDS NNP 1662 4906 549 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 550 ; ; : 1662 4906 551 National National NNP 1662 4906 552 Harmony Harmony NNP 1662 4906 553 Party Party NNP 1662 4906 554 or or CC 1662 4906 555 TSP TSP NNP 1662 4906 556 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 557 Janis Janis NNP 1662 4906 558 JURKANS JURKANS NNP 1662 4906 559 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 560 ; ; : 1662 4906 561 Latvian latvian JJ 1662 4906 562 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 4906 563 Party Party NNP 1662 4906 564 or or CC 1662 4906 565 LSP LSP NNP 1662 4906 566 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 567 F. F. NNP 1662 4906 568 STROGANOVS stroganovs NN 1662 4906 569 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 570 ; ; : 1662 4906 571 Latvian Latvian NNP 1662 4906 572 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 4906 573 Party Party NNP 1662 4906 574 or or CC 1662 4906 575 LLP LLP NNP 1662 4906 576 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 577 J. J. NNP 1662 4906 578 DANOSS DANOSS NNP 1662 4906 579 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 580 ; ; : 1662 4906 581 Political Political NNP 1662 4906 582 Association Association NNP 1662 4906 583 of of IN 1662 4906 584 the the DT 1662 4906 585 Underprivileged Underprivileged NNP 1662 4906 586 or or CC 1662 4906 587 MPA MPA NNP 1662 4906 588 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 589 B. B. NNP 1662 4906 590 PELSE PELSE NNP 1662 4906 591 , , , 1662 4906 592 V. V. NNP 1662 4906 593 DIMANTS DIMANTS NNP 1662 4906 594 , , , 1662 4906 595 J. J. NNP 1662 4906 596 KALNINS KALNINS NNP 1662 4906 597 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 598 ; ; : 1662 4906 599 Latvian latvian JJ 1662 4906 600 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4906 601 Labor Labor NNP 1662 4906 602 Party Party NNP 1662 4906 603 or or CC 1662 4906 604 LDDP lddp IN 1662 4906 605 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 606 J. J. NNP 1662 4906 607 BOJARS BOJARS NNP 1662 4906 608 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 609 ; ; : 1662 4906 610 Party Party NNP 1662 4906 611 of of IN 1662 4906 612 Russian Russian NNP 1662 4906 613 Citizens Citizens NNPS 1662 4906 614 or or CC 1662 4906 615 LKPP LKPP NNP 1662 4906 616 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 617 V. V. NNP 1662 4906 618 SOROCHIN SOROCHIN NNP 1662 4906 619 , , , 1662 4906 620 V. V. NNP 1662 4906 621 IVANOV IVANOV NNP 1662 4906 622 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 623 ; ; : 1662 4906 624 Peoples Peoples NNP 1662 4906 625 Front Front NNP 1662 4906 626 of of IN 1662 4906 627 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 4906 628 or or CC 1662 4906 629 LTF LTF NNP 1662 4906 630 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 631 Uldis Uldis NNP 1662 4906 632 AUGSTKALNS AUGSTKALNS NNP 1662 4906 633 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 634 ; ; : 1662 4906 635 Political Political NNP 1662 4906 636 Union Union NNP 1662 4906 637 of of IN 1662 4906 638 Economists Economists NNPS 1662 4906 639 or or CC 1662 4906 640 TPA TPA NNP 1662 4906 641 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 642 E. E. NNP 1662 4906 643 KIDE KIDE NNP 1662 4906 644 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 645 ; ; : 1662 4906 646 Latvian Latvian NNP 1662 4906 647 National National NNP 1662 4906 648 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4906 649 Party Party NNP 1662 4906 650 or or CC 1662 4906 651 LNDP LNDP NNP 1662 4906 652 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 653 A. a. NN 1662 4906 654 MALINS MALINS NNP 1662 4906 655 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 656 ; ; : 1662 4906 657 " " `` 1662 4906 658 Our -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4906 659 Land Land NNP 1662 4906 660 " " '' 1662 4906 661 or or CC 1662 4906 662 MZ MZ NNP 1662 4906 663 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 664 M. M. NNP 1662 4906 665 DAMBEKALNE DAMBEKALNE NNP 1662 4906 666 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 667 ; ; : 1662 4906 668 Anticommunist Anticommunist NNP 1662 4906 669 Union Union NNP 1662 4906 670 or or CC 1662 4906 671 PA PA NNP 1662 4906 672 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 673 P. P. NNP 1662 4906 674 MUCENIEKS MUCENIEKS NNP 1662 4906 675 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 676 ; ; : 1662 4906 677 Latvian latvian JJ 1662 4906 678 Social Social NNP 1662 4906 679 - - HYPH 1662 4906 680 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 4906 681 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 4906 682 Party Party NNP 1662 4906 683 or or CC 1662 4906 684 LSDSP LSDSP NNP 1662 4906 685 ; ; : 1662 4906 686 Party Party NNP 1662 4906 687 for for IN 1662 4906 688 the the DT 1662 4906 689 Defense Defense NNP 1662 4906 690 of of IN 1662 4906 691 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 4906 692 's 's POS 1662 4906 693 Defrauded defrauded JJ 1662 4906 694 People People NNS 1662 4906 695 ; ; : 1662 4906 696 Latvian latvian JJ 1662 4906 697 Independence Independence NNP 1662 4906 698 Party Party NNP 1662 4906 699 or or CC 1662 4906 700 LNP LNP NNP 1662 4906 701 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 702 Valdis Valdis NNP 1662 4906 703 KONOVALOVS KONOVALOVS NNP 1662 4906 704 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 705 International international JJ 1662 4906 706 organization organization NN 1662 4906 707 participation participation NN 1662 4906 708 : : : 1662 4906 709 BIS BIS NNP 1662 4906 710 , , , 1662 4906 711 CBSS CBSS NNP 1662 4906 712 , , , 1662 4906 713 CCC CCC NNP 1662 4906 714 , , , 1662 4906 715 CE CE NNP 1662 4906 716 , , , 1662 4906 717 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 4906 718 , , , 1662 4906 719 ECE ECE NNP 1662 4906 720 , , , 1662 4906 721 EU EU NNP 1662 4906 722 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 723 applicant applicant NN 1662 4906 724 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 725 , , , 1662 4906 726 FAO FAO NNP 1662 4906 727 , , , 1662 4906 728 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 4906 729 , , , 1662 4906 730 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 4906 731 , , , 1662 4906 732 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 4906 733 , , , 1662 4906 734 IDA IDA NNP 1662 4906 735 , , , 1662 4906 736 IFC IFC NNP 1662 4906 737 , , , 1662 4906 738 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 4906 739 , , , 1662 4906 740 ILO ILO NNP 1662 4906 741 , , , 1662 4906 742 IMF IMF NNP 1662 4906 743 , , , 1662 4906 744 IMO imo RB 1662 4906 745 , , , 1662 4906 746 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4906 747 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 748 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 4906 749 user user NN 1662 4906 750 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 751 , , , 1662 4906 752 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 4906 753 , , , 1662 4906 754 IOC IOC NNP 1662 4906 755 , , , 1662 4906 756 IOM IOM NNP 1662 4906 757 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 758 observer observer NN 1662 4906 759 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 760 , , , 1662 4906 761 ISO ISO NNP 1662 4906 762 , , , 1662 4906 763 ITU ITU NNP 1662 4906 764 , , , 1662 4906 765 NACC NACC NNP 1662 4906 766 , , , 1662 4906 767 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 4906 768 , , , 1662 4906 769 PFP PFP NNP 1662 4906 770 , , , 1662 4906 771 UN UN NNP 1662 4906 772 , , , 1662 4906 773 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 4906 774 , , , 1662 4906 775 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 4906 776 , , , 1662 4906 777 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 4906 778 , , , 1662 4906 779 UPU UPU NNP 1662 4906 780 , , , 1662 4906 781 WEU WEU NNP 1662 4906 782 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 783 associate associate JJ 1662 4906 784 partner partner NN 1662 4906 785 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 786 , , , 1662 4906 787 WHO who WP 1662 4906 788 , , , 1662 4906 789 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 4906 790 , , , 1662 4906 791 WMO WMO NNP 1662 4906 792 , , , 1662 4906 793 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 4906 794 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 795 applicant applicant NN 1662 4906 796 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 797 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4906 798 representation representation NN 1662 4906 799 in in IN 1662 4906 800 the the DT 1662 4906 801 US US NNP 1662 4906 802 : : : 1662 4906 803 chief chief NN 1662 4906 804 of of IN 1662 4906 805 mission mission NN 1662 4906 806 : : : 1662 4906 807 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 4906 808 Ojars Ojars NNP 1662 4906 809 Eriks Eriks NNP 1662 4906 810 KALNINS KALNINS NNP 1662 4906 811 chancery chancery NN 1662 4906 812 : : : 1662 4906 813 4325 4325 CD 1662 4906 814 17th 17th JJ 1662 4906 815 Street Street NNP 1662 4906 816 NW NW NNP 1662 4906 817 , , , 1662 4906 818 Washington Washington NNP 1662 4906 819 , , , 1662 4906 820 DC DC NNP 1662 4906 821 20011 20011 CD 1662 4906 822 telephone telephone NN 1662 4906 823 : : : 1662 4906 824 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 825 1 1 CD 1662 4906 826 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 827 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 828 202 202 CD 1662 4906 829 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 830 726 726 CD 1662 4906 831 - - SYM 1662 4906 832 8213 8213 CD 1662 4906 833 , , , 1662 4906 834 8214 8214 CD 1662 4906 835 FAX FAX NNP 1662 4906 836 : : : 1662 4906 837 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 838 1 1 CD 1662 4906 839 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 840 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 841 202 202 CD 1662 4906 842 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 843 726 726 CD 1662 4906 844 - - HYPH 1662 4906 845 6785 6785 CD 1662 4906 846 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 4906 847 representation representation NN 1662 4906 848 from from IN 1662 4906 849 the the DT 1662 4906 850 US US NNP 1662 4906 851 : : : 1662 4906 852 chief chief NN 1662 4906 853 of of IN 1662 4906 854 mission mission NN 1662 4906 855 : : : 1662 4906 856 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 4906 857 Larry Larry NNP 1662 4906 858 C. C. NNP 1662 4906 859 NAPPER NAPPER NNP 1662 4906 860 embassy embassy NN 1662 4906 861 : : : 1662 4906 862 Raina Raina NNP 1662 4906 863 Boulevard Boulevard NNP 1662 4906 864 7 7 CD 1662 4906 865 , , , 1662 4906 866 LV-1510 LV-1510 NNP 1662 4906 867 , , , 1662 4906 868 Riga Riga NNP 1662 4906 869 mailing mail VBG 1662 4906 870 address address NN 1662 4906 871 : : : 1662 4906 872 PSC PSC NNP 1662 4906 873 78 78 CD 1662 4906 874 , , , 1662 4906 875 Box Box NNP 1662 4906 876 R R NNP 1662 4906 877 , , , 1662 4906 878 APO APO NNP 1662 4906 879 AE AE NNP 1662 4906 880 09723 09723 CD 1662 4906 881 telephone telephone NN 1662 4906 882 : : : 1662 4906 883 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 884 371 371 CD 1662 4906 885 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 886 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 887 2 2 CD 1662 4906 888 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 889 210 210 CD 1662 4906 890 - - HYPH 1662 4906 891 005 005 CD 1662 4906 892 FAX fax NN 1662 4906 893 : : : 1662 4906 894 [ [ -LRB- 1662 4906 895 371 371 CD 1662 4906 896 ] ] -RRB- 1662 4906 897 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 898 2 2 CD 1662 4906 899 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 900 226 226 CD 1662 4906 901 - - HYPH 1662 4906 902 530 530 CD 1662 4906 903 Flag flag NN 1662 4906 904 description description NN 1662 4906 905 : : : 1662 4906 906 three three CD 1662 4906 907 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 4906 908 bands band NNS 1662 4906 909 of of IN 1662 4906 910 maroon maroon NNP 1662 4906 911 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 912 top top NNP 1662 4906 913 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 914 , , , 1662 4906 915 white white JJ 1662 4906 916 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4906 917 half half JJ 1662 4906 918 - - HYPH 1662 4906 919 width width NN 1662 4906 920 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4906 921 , , , 1662 4906 922 and and CC 1662 4906 923 maroon maroon NN 1662 4906 924 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4906 925 Economy Economy NNP 1662 4906 926 - - HYPH 1662 4906 927 overview overview NN 1662 4906 928 : : : 1662 4906 929 In in IN 1662 4906 930 the the DT 1662 4906 931 five five CD 1662 4906 932 years year NNS 1662 4906 933 following follow VBG 1662 4906 934 the the DT 1662 4906 935 implosion implosion NN 1662 4906 936 of of IN 1662 4906 937 the the DT 1662 4906 938 USSR USSR NNP 1662 4906 939 in in IN 1662 4906 940 December December NNP 1662 4906 941 1991 1991 CD 1662 4906 942 , , , 1662 4906 943 the the DT 1662 4906 944 Latvian latvian JJ 1662 4906 945 economy economy NN 1662 4906 946 has have VBZ 1662 4906 947 made make VBN 1662 4906 948 substantial substantial JJ 1662 4906 949 progress progress NN 1662 4906 950 toward toward IN 1662 4906 951 establishing establish VBG 1662 4906 952 a a DT 1662 4906 953 modern modern JJ 1662 4906 954 market market NN 1662 4906 955 economy economy NN 1662 4906 956 and and CC 1662 4906 957 widening widen VBG 1662 4906 958 economic economic JJ 1662 4906 959 ties tie NNS 1662 4906 960 with with IN 1662 4906 961 the the DT 1662 4906 962 West West NNP 1662 4906 963 . . . 1662 4907 1 Two two CD 1662 4907 2 major major JJ 1662 4907 3 long long JJ 1662 4907 4 - - HYPH 1662 4907 5 term term NN 1662 4907 6 concerns concern NNS 1662 4907 7 are be VBP 1662 4907 8 the the DT 1662 4907 9 growing grow VBG 1662 4907 10 trade trade NN 1662 4907 11 deficit deficit NN 1662 4907 12 and and CC 1662 4907 13 the the DT 1662 4907 14 impact impact NN 1662 4907 15 of of IN 1662 4907 16 organized organize VBN 1662 4907 17 crime crime NN 1662 4907 18 . . . 1662 4908 1 The the DT 1662 4908 2 economy economy NN 1662 4908 3 in in IN 1662 4908 4 1996 1996 CD 1662 4908 5 has have VBZ 1662 4908 6 largely largely RB 1662 4908 7 recovered recover VBN 1662 4908 8 from from IN 1662 4908 9 the the DT 1662 4908 10 mid-1995 mid-1995 JJ 1662 4908 11 collapse collapse NN 1662 4908 12 of of IN 1662 4908 13 several several JJ 1662 4908 14 commercial commercial JJ 1662 4908 15 banks bank NNS 1662 4908 16 - - : 1662 4908 17 including include VBG 1662 4908 18 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 4908 19 's 's POS 1662 4908 20 large large JJ 1662 4908 21 bank bank NN 1662 4908 22 , , , 1662 4908 23 Bank Bank NNP 1662 4908 24 Baltija Baltija NNP 1662 4908 25 - - : 1662 4908 26 and and CC 1662 4908 27 a a DT 1662 4908 28 severe severe JJ 1662 4908 29 government government NN 1662 4908 30 budget budget NN 1662 4908 31 crisis crisis NN 1662 4908 32 . . . 1662 4909 1 Prime Prime NNP 1662 4909 2 Minister Minister NNP 1662 4909 3 SKELE SKELE NNP 1662 4909 4 has have VBZ 1662 4909 5 stated state VBN 1662 4909 6 that that IN 1662 4909 7 he -PRON- PRP 1662 4909 8 expects expect VBZ 1662 4909 9 the the DT 1662 4909 10 country country NN 1662 4909 11 's 's POS 1662 4909 12 GDP gdp NN 1662 4909 13 to to TO 1662 4909 14 grow grow VB 1662 4909 15 5 5 CD 1662 4909 16 % % NN 1662 4909 17 in in IN 1662 4909 18 1997 1997 CD 1662 4909 19 through through IN 1662 4909 20 the the DT 1662 4909 21 implementation implementation NN 1662 4909 22 of of IN 1662 4909 23 the the DT 1662 4909 24 government government NN 1662 4909 25 's 's POS 1662 4909 26 new new JJ 1662 4909 27 economic economic JJ 1662 4909 28 reform reform NN 1662 4909 29 program program NN 1662 4909 30 . . . 1662 4910 1 In in IN 1662 4910 2 December December NNP 1662 4910 3 1996 1996 CD 1662 4910 4 , , , 1662 4910 5 the the DT 1662 4910 6 government government NN 1662 4910 7 passed pass VBD 1662 4910 8 a a DT 1662 4910 9 balanced balanced JJ 1662 4910 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 4910 11 budget budget NN 1662 4910 12 - - : 1662 4910 13 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 4910 14 first first JJ 1662 4910 15 - - : 1662 4910 16 that that IN 1662 4910 17 SKELE SKELE NNP 1662 4910 18 predicts predict NNS 1662 4910 19 will will MD 1662 4910 20 reduce reduce VB 1662 4910 21 inflation inflation NN 1662 4910 22 to to IN 1662 4910 23 10 10 CD 1662 4910 24 % % NN 1662 4910 25 to to TO 1662 4910 26 12 12 CD 1662 4910 27 % % NN 1662 4910 28 in in IN 1662 4910 29 1997 1997 CD 1662 4910 30 . . . 1662 4911 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4911 2 , , , 1662 4911 3 which which WDT 1662 4911 4 has have VBZ 1662 4911 5 held hold VBN 1662 4911 6 steady steady JJ 1662 4911 7 at at IN 1662 4911 8 about about RB 1662 4911 9 6 6 CD 1662 4911 10 % % NN 1662 4911 11 over over IN 1662 4911 12 the the DT 1662 4911 13 past past JJ 1662 4911 14 two two CD 1662 4911 15 years year NNS 1662 4911 16 , , , 1662 4911 17 reached reach VBD 1662 4911 18 roughly roughly RB 1662 4911 19 7.5 7.5 CD 1662 4911 20 % % NN 1662 4911 21 in in IN 1662 4911 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 4911 23 . . . 1662 4912 1 One one CD 1662 4912 2 of of IN 1662 4912 3 SKELE SKELE NNP 1662 4912 4 's 's POS 1662 4912 5 key key JJ 1662 4912 6 objectives objective NNS 1662 4912 7 for for IN 1662 4912 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4912 9 is be VBZ 1662 4912 10 to to TO 1662 4912 11 speed speed VB 1662 4912 12 up up RP 1662 4912 13 the the DT 1662 4912 14 privatization privatization NN 1662 4912 15 program program NN 1662 4912 16 , , , 1662 4912 17 which which WDT 1662 4912 18 has have VBZ 1662 4912 19 lagged lag VBN 1662 4912 20 behind behind IN 1662 4912 21 other other JJ 1662 4912 22 areas area NNS 1662 4912 23 of of IN 1662 4912 24 reform reform NN 1662 4912 25 . . . 1662 4913 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4913 2 : : : 1662 4913 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4913 4 power power NN 1662 4913 5 parity parity NN 1662 4913 6 - - : 1662 4913 7 $ $ $ 1662 4913 8 9.4 9.4 CD 1662 4913 9 billion billion CD 1662 4913 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4913 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 4913 12 est est NNP 1662 4913 13 . . . 1662 4913 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4914 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4914 2 - - HYPH 1662 4914 3 real real JJ 1662 4914 4 growth growth NN 1662 4914 5 rate rate NN 1662 4914 6 : : : 1662 4914 7 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 4914 8 % % NN 1662 4914 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4914 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 4914 11 est est NNP 1662 4914 12 . . . 1662 4914 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4915 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 4915 2 - - HYPH 1662 4915 3 per per FW 1662 4915 4 capita capita NN 1662 4915 5 : : : 1662 4915 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 4915 7 power power NN 1662 4915 8 parity parity NN 1662 4915 9 - - : 1662 4915 10 $ $ $ 1662 4915 11 3,800 3,800 CD 1662 4915 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4915 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 4915 14 estimate estimate NN 1662 4915 15 as as IN 1662 4915 16 extrapolated extrapolate VBN 1662 4915 17 from from IN 1662 4915 18 World World NNP 1662 4915 19 Bank Bank NNP 1662 4915 20 estimate estimate NN 1662 4915 21 for for IN 1662 4915 22 1994 1994 CD 1662 4915 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4915 24 GDP gdp NN 1662 4915 25 - - HYPH 1662 4915 26 composition composition NN 1662 4915 27 by by IN 1662 4915 28 sector sector NN 1662 4915 29 : : : 1662 4915 30 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4915 31 : : : 1662 4915 32 9 9 CD 1662 4915 33 % % NN 1662 4915 34 industry industry NN 1662 4915 35 : : : 1662 4915 36 34 34 CD 1662 4915 37 % % NN 1662 4915 38 services service NNS 1662 4915 39 : : : 1662 4915 40 57 57 CD 1662 4915 41 % % NN 1662 4915 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4915 43 1994 1994 CD 1662 4915 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4915 45 Inflation inflation NN 1662 4915 46 rate rate NN 1662 4915 47 - - HYPH 1662 4915 48 consumer consumer NN 1662 4915 49 price price NN 1662 4915 50 index index NN 1662 4915 51 : : : 1662 4915 52 13.2 13.2 CD 1662 4915 53 % % NN 1662 4915 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4915 55 1996 1996 CD 1662 4915 56 est est NNP 1662 4915 57 . . . 1662 4915 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4916 1 Labor labor NN 1662 4916 2 force force NN 1662 4916 3 : : : 1662 4916 4 total total NN 1662 4916 5 : : : 1662 4916 6 1.268 1.268 CD 1662 4916 7 million million CD 1662 4916 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4916 9 1995 1995 CD 1662 4916 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4916 11 by by IN 1662 4916 12 occupation occupation NN 1662 4916 13 : : : 1662 4916 14 industry industry NN 1662 4916 15 41 41 CD 1662 4916 16 % % NN 1662 4916 17 , , , 1662 4916 18 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4916 19 and and CC 1662 4916 20 forestry forestry NN 1662 4916 21 16 16 CD 1662 4916 22 % % NN 1662 4916 23 , , , 1662 4916 24 services service NNS 1662 4916 25 43 43 CD 1662 4916 26 % % NN 1662 4916 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4916 28 1990 1990 CD 1662 4916 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4916 30 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 4916 31 rate rate NN 1662 4916 32 : : : 1662 4916 33 7.5 7.5 CD 1662 4916 34 % % NN 1662 4916 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4916 36 1996 1996 CD 1662 4916 37 official official NN 1662 4916 38 est est NNP 1662 4916 39 . . . 1662 4916 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4917 1 Budget budget NN 1662 4917 2 : : : 1662 4917 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 4917 4 : : : 1662 4917 5 $ $ $ 1662 4917 6 NA na NN 1662 4917 7 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4917 8 : : : 1662 4917 9 $ $ $ 1662 4917 10 NA na NN 1662 4917 11 , , , 1662 4917 12 including include VBG 1662 4917 13 capital capital NN 1662 4917 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4917 15 of of IN 1662 4917 16 $ $ $ 1662 4917 17 NA NA NNP 1662 4917 18 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 4917 19 : : : 1662 4917 20 buses bus NNS 1662 4917 21 , , , 1662 4917 22 vans van NNS 1662 4917 23 , , , 1662 4917 24 street street NN 1662 4917 25 and and CC 1662 4917 26 railroad railroad NN 1662 4917 27 cars car NNS 1662 4917 28 , , , 1662 4917 29 synthetic synthetic JJ 1662 4917 30 fibers fiber NNS 1662 4917 31 , , , 1662 4917 32 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4917 33 machinery machinery NN 1662 4917 34 , , , 1662 4917 35 fertilizers fertilizer NNS 1662 4917 36 , , , 1662 4917 37 washing washing NN 1662 4917 38 machines machine NNS 1662 4917 39 , , , 1662 4917 40 radios radio NNS 1662 4917 41 , , , 1662 4917 42 electronics electronic NNS 1662 4917 43 , , , 1662 4917 44 pharmaceuticals pharmaceutical NNS 1662 4917 45 , , , 1662 4917 46 processed process VBN 1662 4917 47 foods food NNS 1662 4917 48 , , , 1662 4917 49 textiles textile NNS 1662 4917 50 ; ; , 1662 4917 51 dependent dependent JJ 1662 4917 52 on on IN 1662 4917 53 imports import NNS 1662 4917 54 for for IN 1662 4917 55 energy energy NN 1662 4917 56 , , , 1662 4917 57 raw raw JJ 1662 4917 58 materials material NNS 1662 4917 59 , , , 1662 4917 60 and and CC 1662 4917 61 intermediate intermediate JJ 1662 4917 62 products product NNS 1662 4917 63 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 4917 64 production production NN 1662 4917 65 growth growth NN 1662 4917 66 rate rate NN 1662 4917 67 : : : 1662 4917 68 2 2 CD 1662 4917 69 % % NN 1662 4917 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4917 71 1996 1996 CD 1662 4917 72 est est NNP 1662 4917 73 . . . 1662 4917 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4918 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4918 2 - - HYPH 1662 4918 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 4918 4 : : : 1662 4918 5 2.018 2.018 CD 1662 4918 6 million million CD 1662 4918 7 kW kW NNP 1662 4918 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4918 9 1993 1993 CD 1662 4918 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4918 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4918 12 - - HYPH 1662 4918 13 production production NN 1662 4918 14 : : : 1662 4918 15 4.27 4.27 CD 1662 4918 16 billion billion CD 1662 4918 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4918 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4918 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 4918 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4918 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 4918 22 - - HYPH 1662 4918 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 4918 24 per per IN 1662 4918 25 capita capita NN 1662 4918 26 : : : 1662 4918 27 2,197 2,197 CD 1662 4918 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 4918 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4918 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 4918 31 est est NNP 1662 4918 32 . . . 1662 4918 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4919 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 4919 2 - - HYPH 1662 4919 3 products product NNS 1662 4919 4 : : : 1662 4919 5 grain grain NN 1662 4919 6 , , , 1662 4919 7 sugar sugar NN 1662 4919 8 beets beet NNS 1662 4919 9 , , , 1662 4919 10 potatoes potato NNS 1662 4919 11 , , , 1662 4919 12 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 4919 13 ; ; : 1662 4919 14 meat meat NN 1662 4919 15 , , , 1662 4919 16 milk milk NN 1662 4919 17 , , , 1662 4919 18 eggs egg NNS 1662 4919 19 ; ; , 1662 4919 20 fish fish NN 1662 4919 21 Exports export NNS 1662 4919 22 : : : 1662 4919 23 total total JJ 1662 4919 24 value value NN 1662 4919 25 : : : 1662 4919 26 $ $ $ 1662 4919 27 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 4919 28 billion billion CD 1662 4919 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4919 30 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 4919 31 . . NNP 1662 4919 32 , , , 1662 4919 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 4919 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4919 35 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4919 36 : : : 1662 4919 37 machinery machinery NN 1662 4919 38 and and CC 1662 4919 39 equipment equipment NN 1662 4919 40 , , , 1662 4919 41 timber timber NN 1662 4919 42 , , , 1662 4919 43 textiles textile NNS 1662 4919 44 , , , 1662 4919 45 foodstuffs foodstuff VBZ 1662 4919 46 partners partner NNS 1662 4919 47 : : : 1662 4919 48 Russia Russia NNP 1662 4919 49 , , , 1662 4919 50 other other JJ 1662 4919 51 CIS CIS NNP 1662 4919 52 , , , 1662 4919 53 Germany Germany NNP 1662 4919 54 , , , 1662 4919 55 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 4919 56 , , , 1662 4919 57 UK UK NNP 1662 4919 58 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 4919 59 : : : 1662 4919 60 total total JJ 1662 4919 61 value value NN 1662 4919 62 : : : 1662 4919 63 $ $ $ 1662 4919 64 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 4919 65 billion billion CD 1662 4919 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4919 67 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 4919 68 . . NNP 1662 4919 69 , , , 1662 4919 70 1996 1996 CD 1662 4919 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4919 72 commodities commodity NNS 1662 4919 73 : : : 1662 4919 74 fuels fuel NNS 1662 4919 75 , , , 1662 4919 76 machinery machinery NN 1662 4919 77 and and CC 1662 4919 78 equipment equipment NN 1662 4919 79 , , , 1662 4919 80 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 4919 81 partners partner NNS 1662 4919 82 : : : 1662 4919 83 Russia Russia NNP 1662 4919 84 , , , 1662 4919 85 other other JJ 1662 4919 86 CIS CIS NNP 1662 4919 87 , , , 1662 4919 88 Germany Germany NNP 1662 4919 89 , , , 1662 4919 90 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 4919 91 , , , 1662 4919 92 UK UK NNP 1662 4919 93 , , , 1662 4919 94 Finland Finland NNP 1662 4919 95 Debt Debt NNP 1662 4919 96 - - HYPH 1662 4919 97 external external JJ 1662 4919 98 : : : 1662 4919 99 $ $ $ 1662 4919 100 NA na JJ 1662 4919 101 Economic economic JJ 1662 4919 102 aid aid NN 1662 4919 103 : : : 1662 4919 104 recipient recipient NN 1662 4919 105 : : : 1662 4919 106 ODA ODA NNP 1662 4919 107 , , , 1662 4919 108 $ $ $ 1662 4919 109 122 122 CD 1662 4919 110 million million CD 1662 4919 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4919 112 1993 1993 CD 1662 4919 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4919 114 note note NN 1662 4919 115 : : : 1662 4919 116 commitments commitment NNS 1662 4919 117 from from IN 1662 4919 118 the the DT 1662 4919 119 West West NNP 1662 4919 120 and and CC 1662 4919 121 international international JJ 1662 4919 122 institutions institution NNS 1662 4919 123 , , , 1662 4919 124 $ $ $ 1662 4919 125 525 525 CD 1662 4919 126 million million CD 1662 4919 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4919 128 1992 1992 CD 1662 4919 129 - - SYM 1662 4919 130 95 95 CD 1662 4919 131 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4919 132 Currency currency NN 1662 4919 133 : : : 1662 4919 134 1 1 CD 1662 4919 135 Latvian latvian JJ 1662 4919 136 lat lat NN 1662 4919 137 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4919 138 LVL LVL NNP 1662 4919 139 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4919 140 = = SYM 1662 4919 141 100 100 CD 1662 4919 142 santims santim NNS 1662 4919 143 ; ; , 1662 4919 144 introduced introduce VBN 1662 4919 145 NA NA NNP 1662 4919 146 March March NNP 1662 4919 147 1993 1993 CD 1662 4919 148 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 4919 149 rates rate NNS 1662 4919 150 : : : 1662 4919 151 lats lat NNS 1662 4919 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4919 153 LVL LVL NNP 1662 4919 154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4919 155 per per IN 1662 4919 156 US$ us$ $ 1662 4919 157 1 1 CD 1662 4919 158 - - HYPH 1662 4919 159 0.563 0.563 CD 1662 4919 160 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4919 161 January January NNP 1662 4919 162 1997 1997 CD 1662 4919 163 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4919 164 , , , 1662 4919 165 0.551 0.551 CD 1662 4919 166 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4919 167 1996 1996 CD 1662 4919 168 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4919 169 , , , 1662 4919 170 0.528 0.528 CD 1662 4919 171 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4919 172 1995 1995 CD 1662 4919 173 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4919 174 , , , 1662 4919 175 0.560 0.560 CD 1662 4919 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4919 177 1994 1994 CD 1662 4919 178 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4919 179 , , , 1662 4919 180 0.675 0.675 CD 1662 4919 181 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4919 182 1993 1993 CD 1662 4919 183 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4919 184 , , , 1662 4919 185 0.736 0.736 CD 1662 4919 186 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4919 187 1992 1992 CD 1662 4919 188 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4919 189 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4919 190 year year NN 1662 4919 191 : : : 1662 4919 192 calendar calendar NN 1662 4919 193 year year NN 1662 4919 194 @Latvia @Latvia NNP 1662 4919 195 : : : 1662 4919 196 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 4919 197 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 4919 198 : : : 1662 4919 199 660,000 660,000 CD 1662 4919 200 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4919 201 1993 1993 CD 1662 4919 202 est est NNP 1662 4919 203 . . . 1662 4919 204 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4920 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 4920 2 system system NN 1662 4920 3 : : : 1662 4920 4 service service NN 1662 4920 5 is be VBZ 1662 4920 6 better well JJR 1662 4920 7 than than IN 1662 4920 8 in in IN 1662 4920 9 most most JJS 1662 4920 10 of of IN 1662 4920 11 the the DT 1662 4920 12 other other JJ 1662 4920 13 former former JJ 1662 4920 14 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 4920 15 republics republic NNS 1662 4920 16 domestic domestic JJ 1662 4920 17 : : : 1662 4920 18 an an DT 1662 4920 19 NMT-450 nmt-450 XX 1662 4920 20 analog analog JJ 1662 4920 21 cellular cellular JJ 1662 4920 22 telephone telephone NN 1662 4920 23 network network NN 1662 4920 24 covers cover VBZ 1662 4920 25 75 75 CD 1662 4920 26 % % NN 1662 4920 27 of of IN 1662 4920 28 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 4920 29 's 's POS 1662 4920 30 population population NN 1662 4920 31 international international JJ 1662 4920 32 : : : 1662 4920 33 international international JJ 1662 4920 34 traffic traffic NN 1662 4920 35 carried carry VBN 1662 4920 36 by by IN 1662 4920 37 leased lease VBN 1662 4920 38 connection connection NN 1662 4920 39 to to IN 1662 4920 40 the the DT 1662 4920 41 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 4920 42 international international JJ 1662 4920 43 gateway gateway NN 1662 4920 44 switch switch NN 1662 4920 45 , , , 1662 4920 46 through through IN 1662 4920 47 the the DT 1662 4920 48 new new JJ 1662 4920 49 Ericsson Ericsson NNP 1662 4920 50 digital digital JJ 1662 4920 51 telephone telephone NN 1662 4920 52 exchange exchange NN 1662 4920 53 in in IN 1662 4920 54 Riga Riga NNP 1662 4920 55 , , , 1662 4920 56 and and CC 1662 4920 57 through through IN 1662 4920 58 the the DT 1662 4920 59 Finnish finnish JJ 1662 4920 60 cellular cellular JJ 1662 4920 61 net net NN 1662 4920 62 ; ; : 1662 4920 63 Sprint Sprint NNP 1662 4920 64 data data NN 1662 4920 65 network network NN 1662 4920 66 carries carry VBZ 1662 4920 67 electronic electronic JJ 1662 4920 68 mail mail NN 1662 4920 69 Radio Radio NNP 1662 4920 70 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4920 71 stations station NNS 1662 4920 72 : : : 1662 4920 73 25 25 CD 1662 4920 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4920 75 unknown unknown JJ 1662 4920 76 type type NN 1662 4920 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4920 78 Radios radio NNS 1662 4920 79 : : : 1662 4920 80 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 4920 81 million million CD 1662 4920 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4920 83 1993 1993 CD 1662 4920 84 est est NNP 1662 4920 85 . . . 1662 4920 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4921 1 Television television NN 1662 4921 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4921 3 stations station NNS 1662 4921 4 : : : 1662 4921 5 30 30 CD 1662 4921 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 4921 7 : : : 1662 4921 8 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 4921 9 million million CD 1662 4921 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4921 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 4921 12 est est NNP 1662 4921 13 . . . 1662 4921 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4922 1 @Latvia @latvia NN 1662 4922 2 : : : 1662 4922 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4922 4 Railways railway NNS 1662 4922 5 : : : 1662 4922 6 total total NN 1662 4922 7 : : : 1662 4922 8 2,412 2,412 CD 1662 4922 9 km km NN 1662 4922 10 broad broad JJ 1662 4922 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 4922 12 : : : 1662 4922 13 2,379 2,379 CD 1662 4922 14 km km NN 1662 4922 15 1.520-m 1.520-m NN 1662 4922 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 4922 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4922 18 271 271 CD 1662 4922 19 km km NNS 1662 4922 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 4922 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4922 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4922 23 1992 1992 CD 1662 4922 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4922 25 narrow narrow JJ 1662 4922 26 gauge gauge NN 1662 4922 27 : : : 1662 4922 28 33 33 CD 1662 4922 29 km km NN 1662 4922 30 0.750-m 0.750-m CD 1662 4922 31 gauge gauge NN 1662 4922 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4922 33 1994 1994 CD 1662 4922 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4922 35 Highways highway NNS 1662 4922 36 : : : 1662 4922 37 total total JJ 1662 4922 38 : : : 1662 4922 39 60,046 60,046 CD 1662 4922 40 km km NN 1662 4922 41 paved pave VBN 1662 4922 42 : : : 1662 4922 43 22,998 22,998 CD 1662 4922 44 km km NN 1662 4922 45 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4922 46 : : : 1662 4922 47 37,048 37,048 CD 1662 4922 48 km km NNS 1662 4922 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4922 50 1995 1995 CD 1662 4922 51 est est NNP 1662 4922 52 . . . 1662 4922 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4923 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 4923 2 : : : 1662 4923 3 300 300 CD 1662 4923 4 km km NNS 1662 4923 5 perennially perennially RB 1662 4923 6 navigable navigable JJ 1662 4923 7 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 4923 8 : : : 1662 4923 9 crude crude JJ 1662 4923 10 oil oil NN 1662 4923 11 750 750 CD 1662 4923 12 km km NN 1662 4923 13 ; ; : 1662 4923 14 refined refined JJ 1662 4923 15 products product NNS 1662 4923 16 780 780 CD 1662 4923 17 km km NNS 1662 4923 18 ; ; : 1662 4923 19 natural natural JJ 1662 4923 20 gas gas NN 1662 4923 21 560 560 CD 1662 4923 22 km km NNS 1662 4923 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4923 24 1992 1992 CD 1662 4923 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4923 26 Ports port NNS 1662 4923 27 and and CC 1662 4923 28 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4923 29 : : : 1662 4923 30 Daugavpils daugavpil NNS 1662 4923 31 , , , 1662 4923 32 Liepaja Liepaja NNP 1662 4923 33 , , , 1662 4923 34 Riga Riga NNP 1662 4923 35 , , , 1662 4923 36 Ventspils Ventspils NNP 1662 4923 37 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 4923 38 marine marine NN 1662 4923 39 : : : 1662 4923 40 total total NN 1662 4923 41 : : : 1662 4923 42 51 51 CD 1662 4923 43 ships ship NNS 1662 4923 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4923 45 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4923 46 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4923 47 or or CC 1662 4923 48 over over RB 1662 4923 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4923 50 totaling total VBG 1662 4923 51 491,582 491,582 CD 1662 4923 52 GRT/639,414 GRT/639,414 NNP 1662 4923 53 DWT DWT NNP 1662 4923 54 ships ship NNS 1662 4923 55 by by IN 1662 4923 56 type type NN 1662 4923 57 : : : 1662 4923 58 cargo cargo NN 1662 4923 59 7 7 CD 1662 4923 60 , , , 1662 4923 61 oil oil NN 1662 4923 62 tanker tanker NN 1662 4923 63 19 19 CD 1662 4923 64 , , , 1662 4923 65 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 4923 66 cargo cargo NN 1662 4923 67 18 18 CD 1662 4923 68 , , , 1662 4923 69 roll roll NN 1662 4923 70 - - HYPH 1662 4923 71 on on IN 1662 4923 72 / / SYM 1662 4923 73 roll roll NN 1662 4923 74 - - HYPH 1662 4923 75 off off RP 1662 4923 76 cargo cargo NN 1662 4923 77 7 7 CD 1662 4923 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4923 79 1996 1996 CD 1662 4923 80 est est NNP 1662 4923 81 . . . 1662 4923 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4924 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4924 2 : : : 1662 4924 3 50 50 CD 1662 4924 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4924 5 1994 1994 CD 1662 4924 6 est est NNP 1662 4924 7 . . . 1662 4924 8 ) ) 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1662 4926 6 : : : 1662 4926 7 total total NN 1662 4926 8 : : : 1662 4926 9 14 14 CD 1662 4926 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4926 11 to to IN 1662 4926 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4926 13 m m NN 1662 4926 14 : : : 1662 4926 15 2 2 CD 1662 4926 16 914 914 CD 1662 4926 17 to to TO 1662 4926 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4926 19 m m NN 1662 4926 20 : : : 1662 4926 21 2 2 CD 1662 4926 22 under under IN 1662 4926 23 914 914 CD 1662 4926 24 m m NN 1662 4926 25 : : : 1662 4926 26 10 10 CD 1662 4926 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4926 28 1994 1994 CD 1662 4926 29 est est NNP 1662 4926 30 . . . 1662 4926 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4927 1 Military military JJ 1662 4927 2 Military military JJ 1662 4927 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4927 4 : : : 1662 4927 5 Ground Ground NNP 1662 4927 6 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 4927 7 , , , 1662 4927 8 Navy Navy NNP 1662 4927 9 , , , 1662 4927 10 Air Air NNP 1662 4927 11 and and CC 1662 4927 12 Air Air NNP 1662 4927 13 Defense Defense NNP 1662 4927 14 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 4927 15 , , , 1662 4927 16 Security Security NNP 1662 4927 17 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 4927 18 , , , 1662 4927 19 Border Border NNP 1662 4927 20 Guard Guard NNP 1662 4927 21 , , , 1662 4927 22 Home Home NNP 1662 4927 23 Guard Guard NNP 1662 4927 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4927 25 Zemessardze Zemessardze NNP 1662 4927 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4927 27 Military military JJ 1662 4927 28 manpower manpower NN 1662 4927 29 - - HYPH 1662 4927 30 military military NN 1662 4927 31 age age NN 1662 4927 32 : : : 1662 4927 33 18 18 CD 1662 4927 34 years year NNS 1662 4927 35 of of IN 1662 4927 36 age age NN 1662 4927 37 Military military JJ 1662 4927 38 manpower manpower NN 1662 4927 39 - - HYPH 1662 4927 40 availability availability NN 1662 4927 41 : : : 1662 4927 42 males male NNS 1662 4927 43 age age NNP 1662 4927 44 15 15 CD 1662 4927 45 - - SYM 1662 4927 46 49 49 CD 1662 4927 47 : : : 1662 4927 48 575,121 575,121 CD 1662 4927 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4927 50 1997 1997 CD 1662 4927 51 est est NNP 1662 4927 52 . . . 1662 4927 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4928 1 Military military JJ 1662 4928 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4928 3 - - HYPH 1662 4928 4 fit fit NN 1662 4928 5 for for IN 1662 4928 6 military military JJ 1662 4928 7 service service NN 1662 4928 8 : : : 1662 4928 9 males male NNS 1662 4928 10 : : : 1662 4928 11 450,640 450,640 CD 1662 4928 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4928 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4928 14 est est NNP 1662 4928 15 . . . 1662 4928 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4929 1 Military military JJ 1662 4929 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4929 3 - - HYPH 1662 4929 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 4929 5 military military JJ 1662 4929 6 age age NN 1662 4929 7 annually annually RB 1662 4929 8 : : : 1662 4929 9 males male NNS 1662 4929 10 : : : 1662 4929 11 16,323 16,323 CD 1662 4929 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4929 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4929 14 est est NNP 1662 4929 15 . . . 1662 4929 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4930 1 Military military JJ 1662 4930 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4930 3 - - HYPH 1662 4930 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4930 5 figure figure NN 1662 4930 6 : : : 1662 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154 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 155 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 156 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 157 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 158 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 159 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 160 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 161 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 162 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 163 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 164 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 165 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 166 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 167 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 168 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 169 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 170 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 171 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 172 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 173 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 174 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 175 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 176 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 177 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 178 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 179 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 180 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 181 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 182 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 183 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 184 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 185 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 186 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 187 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 188 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 189 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 190 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 191 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 192 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 193 _ _ NNP 1662 4930 194 LEBANON LEBANON NNP 1662 4930 195 Introduction Introduction NNP 1662 4930 196 Current current JJ 1662 4930 197 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war war NN 1662 4932 8 , , , 1662 4932 9 the the DT 1662 4932 10 Lebanese Lebanese NNPS 1662 4932 11 have have VBP 1662 4932 12 formed form VBN 1662 4932 13 five five CD 1662 4932 14 cabinets cabinet NNS 1662 4932 15 and and CC 1662 4932 16 conducted conduct VBD 1662 4932 17 two two CD 1662 4932 18 legislative legislative JJ 1662 4932 19 elections election NNS 1662 4932 20 . . . 1662 4933 1 Most Most JJS 1662 4933 2 of of IN 1662 4933 3 the the DT 1662 4933 4 militias militia NNS 1662 4933 5 have have VBP 1662 4933 6 been be VBN 1662 4933 7 weakened weaken VBN 1662 4933 8 or or CC 1662 4933 9 disbanded disband VBN 1662 4933 10 . . . 1662 4934 1 The the DT 1662 4934 2 Lebanese lebanese JJ 1662 4934 3 Armed Armed NNP 1662 4934 4 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 4934 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4934 6 LAF LAF NNP 1662 4934 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4934 8 has have VBZ 1662 4934 9 seized seize VBN 1662 4934 10 vast vast JJ 1662 4934 11 quantities quantity NNS 1662 4934 12 of of IN 1662 4934 13 weapons weapon NNS 1662 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, , 1662 4945 86 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4945 87 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 4945 88 , , , 1662 4945 89 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4945 90 Life Life NNP 1662 4945 91 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 4945 92 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4945 93 - - HYPH 1662 4945 94 note note NN 1662 4945 95 : : : 1662 4945 96 Nahr Nahr NNP 1662 4945 97 al al NNP 1662 4945 98 Litani Litani NNP 1662 4945 99 only only RB 1662 4945 100 major major JJ 1662 4945 101 river river NN 1662 4945 102 in in IN 1662 4945 103 Near Near NNP 1662 4945 104 East East NNP 1662 4945 105 not not RB 1662 4945 106 crossing cross VBG 1662 4945 107 an an DT 1662 4945 108 international international JJ 1662 4945 109 boundary boundary NN 1662 4945 110 ; ; : 1662 4945 111 rugged rugged JJ 1662 4945 112 terrain terrain NN 1662 4945 113 historically historically RB 1662 4945 114 helped help VBD 1662 4945 115 isolate isolate VB 1662 4945 116 , , , 1662 4945 117 protect protect VB 1662 4945 118 , , , 1662 4945 119 and and CC 1662 4945 120 develop develop VB 1662 4945 121 numerous numerous JJ 1662 4945 122 factional factional JJ 1662 4945 123 groups group NNS 1662 4945 124 based base VBN 1662 4945 125 on on IN 1662 4945 126 religion religion NN 1662 4945 127 , , , 1662 4945 128 clan clan NN 1662 4945 129 , , , 1662 4945 130 and and CC 1662 4945 131 ethnicity ethnicity NN 1662 4945 132 @Lebanon @lebanon NN 1662 4945 133 : : : 1662 4945 134 People People NNP 1662 4945 135 Population Population NNP 1662 4945 136 : : : 1662 4945 137 3,449,578 3,449,578 CD 1662 4945 138 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4945 139 July July NNP 1662 4945 140 1997 1997 CD 1662 4945 141 est est NNP 1662 4945 142 . . . 1662 4945 143 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4946 1 Age age NN 1662 4946 2 structure structure NN 1662 4946 3 : : : 1662 4946 4 0 0 CD 1662 4946 5 - - HYPH 1662 4946 6 14 14 CD 1662 4946 7 years year NNS 1662 4946 8 : : : 1662 4946 9 30 30 CD 1662 4946 10 % % NN 1662 4946 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4946 12 male male NN 1662 4946 13 531,171 531,171 CD 1662 4946 14 ; ; : 1662 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1662 4981 37 partners partner NNS 1662 4981 38 : : : 1662 4981 39 Italy Italy NNP 1662 4981 40 19 19 CD 1662 4981 41 % % NN 1662 4981 42 , , , 1662 4981 43 France France NNP 1662 4981 44 13 13 CD 1662 4981 45 % % NN 1662 4981 46 , , , 1662 4981 47 US US NNP 1662 4981 48 12 12 CD 1662 4981 49 % % NN 1662 4981 50 , , , 1662 4981 51 Germany Germany NNP 1662 4981 52 11 11 CD 1662 4981 53 % % NN 1662 4981 54 , , , 1662 4981 55 UK UK NNP 1662 4981 56 6 6 CD 1662 4981 57 % % NN 1662 4981 58 , , , 1662 4981 59 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 4981 60 5 5 CD 1662 4981 61 % % NN 1662 4981 62 , , , 1662 4981 63 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 4981 64 3 3 CD 1662 4981 65 % % NN 1662 4981 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4981 67 1995 1995 CD 1662 4981 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4981 69 Debt debt NN 1662 4981 70 - - HYPH 1662 4981 71 external external JJ 1662 4981 72 : : : 1662 4981 73 $ $ $ 1662 4981 74 3 3 CD 1662 4981 75 billion billion CD 1662 4981 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4981 77 1996 1996 CD 1662 4981 78 est est NNP 1662 4981 79 . . . 1662 4981 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4982 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 4982 2 aid aid NN 1662 4982 3 : : : 1662 4982 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 4982 5 : : : 1662 4982 6 aid aid NN 1662 4982 7 pledges pledge NNS 1662 4982 8 of of IN 1662 4982 9 $ $ $ 1662 4982 10 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 4982 11 billion billion CD 1662 4982 12 for for IN 1662 4982 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4982 14 - - SYM 1662 4982 15 2001 2001 CD 1662 4982 16 Currency currency NN 1662 4982 17 : : : 1662 4982 18 1 1 CD 1662 4982 19 Lebanese lebanese JJ 1662 4982 20 pound pound NN 1662 4982 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4982 22 £L £L NNP 1662 4982 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4982 24 = = NFP 1662 4982 25 100 100 CD 1662 4982 26 piasters piaster NNS 1662 4982 27 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 4982 28 rates rate NNS 1662 4982 29 : : : 1662 4982 30 Lebanese lebanese JJ 1662 4982 31 pounds pound NNS 1662 4982 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4982 33 £L £L NNP 1662 4982 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4982 35 per per IN 1662 4982 36 US$ us$ $ 1662 4982 37 1 1 CD 1662 4982 38 - - HYPH 1662 4982 39 1,550.8 1,550.8 CD 1662 4982 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4982 41 January January NNP 1662 4982 42 1997 1997 CD 1662 4982 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4982 44 , , , 1662 4982 45 1,571.4 1,571.4 CD 1662 4982 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4982 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 4982 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4982 49 , , , 1662 4982 50 1,621.4 1,621.4 CD 1662 4982 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4982 52 1995 1995 CD 1662 4982 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4982 54 , , , 1662 4982 55 1,680.1 1,680.1 CD 1662 4982 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4982 57 1994 1994 CD 1662 4982 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4982 59 , , , 1662 4982 60 1,741.4 1,741.4 CD 1662 4982 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4982 62 1993 1993 CD 1662 4982 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4982 64 , , , 1662 4982 65 1,712.8 1,712.8 CD 1662 4982 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4982 67 1992 1992 CD 1662 4982 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4982 69 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 4982 70 year year NN 1662 4982 71 : : : 1662 4982 72 calendar calendar NN 1662 4982 73 year year NN 1662 4982 74 @Lebanon @Lebanon NNP 1662 4982 75 : : : 1662 4982 76 Communications Communications NNP 1662 4982 77 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 4982 78 : : : 1662 4982 79 150,000 150,000 CD 1662 4982 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4982 81 1990 1990 CD 1662 4982 82 est est NNP 1662 4982 83 . . . 1662 4982 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4983 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 4983 2 system system NN 1662 4983 3 : : : 1662 4983 4 telecommunications telecommunications NN 1662 4983 5 system system NN 1662 4983 6 severely severely RB 1662 4983 7 damaged damage VBN 1662 4983 8 by by IN 1662 4983 9 civil civil JJ 1662 4983 10 war war NN 1662 4983 11 ; ; , 1662 4983 12 rebuilding rebuild VBG 1662 4983 13 well well UH 1662 4983 14 underway underway JJ 1662 4983 15 domestic domestic NN 1662 4983 16 : : : 1662 4983 17 primarily primarily RB 1662 4983 18 microwave microwave VB 1662 4983 19 radio radio NN 1662 4983 20 relay relay NN 1662 4983 21 and and CC 1662 4983 22 cable cable NN 1662 4983 23 international international JJ 1662 4983 24 : : : 1662 4983 25 satellite satellite NN 1662 4983 26 earth earth NN 1662 4983 27 stations station NNS 1662 4983 28 - - , 1662 4983 29 2 2 CD 1662 4983 30 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 4983 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4983 32 1 1 CD 1662 4983 33 Indian Indian NNP 1662 4983 34 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4983 35 and and CC 1662 4983 36 1 1 CD 1662 4983 37 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 4983 38 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 4983 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4983 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4983 41 erratic erratic JJ 1662 4983 42 operations operation NNS 1662 4983 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4983 44 ; ; : 1662 4983 45 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 4983 46 cable cable NN 1662 4983 47 to to IN 1662 4983 48 Syria Syria NNP 1662 4983 49 ; ; : 1662 4983 50 microwave microwave NN 1662 4983 51 radio radio NN 1662 4983 52 relay relay NN 1662 4983 53 to to IN 1662 4983 54 Syria Syria NNP 1662 4983 55 but but CC 1662 4983 56 inoperable inoperable JJ 1662 4983 57 beyond beyond IN 1662 4983 58 Syria Syria NNP 1662 4983 59 to to IN 1662 4983 60 Jordan Jordan NNP 1662 4983 61 ; ; : 1662 4983 62 3 3 CD 1662 4983 63 submarine submarine NN 1662 4983 64 coaxial coaxial NN 1662 4983 65 cables cable NNS 1662 4983 66 Radio radio NN 1662 4983 67 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 4983 68 stations station NNS 1662 4983 69 : : : 1662 4983 70 AM AM NNP 1662 4983 71 5 5 CD 1662 4983 72 , , , 1662 4983 73 FM FM NNP 1662 4983 74 3 3 CD 1662 4983 75 , , , 1662 4983 76 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 4983 77 1 1 CD 1662 4983 78 note note NN 1662 4983 79 : : : 1662 4983 80 government government NN 1662 4983 81 is be VBZ 1662 4983 82 licensing license VBG 1662 4983 83 a a DT 1662 4983 84 limited limited JJ 1662 4983 85 number number NN 1662 4983 86 of of IN 1662 4983 87 the the DT 1662 4983 88 more more JJR 1662 4983 89 than than IN 1662 4983 90 100 100 CD 1662 4983 91 AM am NN 1662 4983 92 and and CC 1662 4983 93 FM FM NNP 1662 4983 94 stations station NNS 1662 4983 95 operated operate VBN 1662 4983 96 sporadically sporadically RB 1662 4983 97 by by IN 1662 4983 98 various various JJ 1662 4983 99 factions faction NNS 1662 4983 100 that that WDT 1662 4983 101 sprang spring VBD 1662 4983 102 up up 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4984 24 million million CD 1662 4984 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4984 26 1993 1993 CD 1662 4984 27 est est NNP 1662 4984 28 . . . 1662 4984 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4985 1 @Lebanon @lebanon XX 1662 4985 2 : : : 1662 4985 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 4985 4 Railways railway NNS 1662 4985 5 : : : 1662 4985 6 total total NN 1662 4985 7 : : : 1662 4985 8 222 222 CD 1662 4985 9 km km NN 1662 4985 10 standard standard JJ 1662 4985 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 4985 12 : : : 1662 4985 13 222 222 CD 1662 4985 14 km km NN 1662 4985 15 1.435-m 1.435-m JJ 1662 4985 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4985 17 from from IN 1662 4985 18 Beirut Beirut NNP 1662 4985 19 to to IN 1662 4985 20 the the DT 1662 4985 21 Syrian syrian JJ 1662 4985 22 border border NN 1662 4985 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4985 24 Highways highway NNS 1662 4985 25 : : : 1662 4985 26 total total NN 1662 4985 27 : : : 1662 4985 28 6,359 6,359 CD 1662 4985 29 km km NN 1662 4985 30 paved pave VBN 1662 4985 31 : : : 1662 4985 32 6,041 6,041 CD 1662 4985 33 km km NN 1662 4985 34 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4985 35 : : : 1662 4985 36 318 318 CD 1662 4985 37 km km NNS 1662 4985 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4985 39 1995 1995 CD 1662 4985 40 est est NNP 1662 4985 41 . . . 1662 4985 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4986 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 4986 2 : : : 1662 4986 3 crude crude JJ 1662 4986 4 oil oil NN 1662 4986 5 72 72 CD 1662 4986 6 km km NN 1662 4986 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4986 8 none none NN 1662 4986 9 in in IN 1662 4986 10 operation operation NN 1662 4986 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4986 12 Ports port NNS 1662 4986 13 and and CC 1662 4986 14 harbors harbor NNS 1662 4986 15 : : : 1662 4986 16 Al Al NNP 1662 4986 17 Batrun Batrun NNP 1662 4986 18 , , , 1662 4986 19 Al Al NNP 1662 4986 20 Mina Mina NNP 1662 4986 21 , , , 1662 4986 22 An an DT 1662 4986 23 Naqurah Naqurah NNP 1662 4986 24 , , , 1662 4986 25 Antilyas Antilyas NNP 1662 4986 26 , , , 1662 4986 27 Az Az NNP 1662 4986 28 Zahrani Zahrani NNP 1662 4986 29 , , , 1662 4986 30 Beirut Beirut NNP 1662 4986 31 , , , 1662 4986 32 Jubayl Jubayl NNP 1662 4986 33 , , , 1662 4986 34 Juniyah Juniyah NNP 1662 4986 35 , , , 1662 4986 36 Shikka Shikka NNP 1662 4986 37 , , , 1662 4986 38 Sidon Sidon NNP 1662 4986 39 , , , 1662 4986 40 Tripoli Tripoli NNP 1662 4986 41 , , , 1662 4986 42 Tyre Tyre NNP 1662 4986 43 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 4986 44 marine marine RB 1662 4986 45 : : : 1662 4986 46 total total NN 1662 4986 47 : : : 1662 4986 48 64 64 CD 1662 4986 49 ships ship NNS 1662 4986 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4986 51 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 4986 52 GRT GRT NNP 1662 4986 53 or or CC 1662 4986 54 over over RB 1662 4986 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4986 56 totaling total VBG 1662 4986 57 241,583 241,583 CD 1662 4986 58 GRT/366,093 GRT/366,093 NNP 1662 4986 59 DWT DWT NNP 1662 4986 60 ships ship NNS 1662 4986 61 by by IN 1662 4986 62 type type NN 1662 4986 63 : : : 1662 4986 64 bulk bulk NNP 1662 4986 65 5 5 CD 1662 4986 66 , , , 1662 4986 67 cargo cargo NN 1662 4986 68 43 43 CD 1662 4986 69 , , , 1662 4986 70 chemical chemical NN 1662 4986 71 tanker tanker NN 1662 4986 72 1 1 CD 1662 4986 73 , , , 1662 4986 74 combination combination NN 1662 4986 75 ore ore NN 1662 4986 76 / / SYM 1662 4986 77 oil oil NN 1662 4986 78 1 1 CD 1662 4986 79 , , , 1662 4986 80 container container NN 1662 4986 81 2 2 CD 1662 4986 82 , , , 1662 4986 83 livestock livestock NN 1662 4986 84 carrier carrier NN 1662 4986 85 5 5 CD 1662 4986 86 , , , 1662 4986 87 oil oil NN 1662 4986 88 tanker tanker NN 1662 4986 89 1 1 CD 1662 4986 90 , , , 1662 4986 91 roll roll NN 1662 4986 92 - - HYPH 1662 4986 93 on on IN 1662 4986 94 / / SYM 1662 4986 95 roll roll NN 1662 4986 96 - - HYPH 1662 4986 97 off off RP 1662 4986 98 cargo cargo NN 1662 4986 99 2 2 CD 1662 4986 100 , , , 1662 4986 101 specialized specialized NNP 1662 4986 102 tanker tanker NN 1662 4986 103 1 1 CD 1662 4986 104 , , , 1662 4986 105 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 4986 106 carrier carrier NN 1662 4986 107 3 3 CD 1662 4986 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4986 109 1996 1996 CD 1662 4986 110 est est NNP 1662 4986 111 . . . 1662 4986 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4987 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4987 2 : : : 1662 4987 3 7 7 CD 1662 4987 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4987 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 4987 6 est est NNP 1662 4987 7 . . . 1662 4987 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4988 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4988 2 - - , 1662 4988 3 with with IN 1662 4988 4 paved paved JJ 1662 4988 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4988 6 : : : 1662 4988 7 total total NN 1662 4988 8 : : : 1662 4988 9 6 6 CD 1662 4988 10 over over IN 1662 4988 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4988 12 m m NN 1662 4988 13 : : : 1662 4988 14 1 1 CD 1662 4988 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 4988 16 to to IN 1662 4988 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 4988 18 m m NN 1662 4988 19 : : : 1662 4988 20 2 2 CD 1662 4988 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 4988 22 to to TO 1662 4988 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 4988 24 m m NN 1662 4988 25 : : : 1662 4988 26 1 1 CD 1662 4988 27 under under IN 1662 4988 28 914 914 CD 1662 4988 29 m m NN 1662 4988 30 : : : 1662 4988 31 2 2 CD 1662 4988 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4988 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 4988 34 est est NNP 1662 4988 35 . . . 1662 4988 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4989 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 4989 2 - - , 1662 4989 3 with with IN 1662 4989 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 4989 5 runways runway NNS 1662 4989 6 : : : 1662 4989 7 total total NN 1662 4989 8 : : : 1662 4989 9 1 1 CD 1662 4989 10 914 914 CD 1662 4989 11 to to TO 1662 4989 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 4989 13 m m NN 1662 4989 14 : : : 1662 4989 15 1 1 CD 1662 4989 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4989 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 4989 18 est est NNP 1662 4989 19 . . . 1662 4989 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4990 1 Military military JJ 1662 4990 2 Military military JJ 1662 4990 3 branches branch NNS 1662 4990 4 : : : 1662 4990 5 Lebanese lebanese JJ 1662 4990 6 Armed Armed NNP 1662 4990 7 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 4990 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4990 9 LAF LAF NNP 1662 4990 10 ; ; : 1662 4990 11 includes include VBZ 1662 4990 12 Army Army NNP 1662 4990 13 , , , 1662 4990 14 Navy Navy NNP 1662 4990 15 , , , 1662 4990 16 and and CC 1662 4990 17 Air Air NNP 1662 4990 18 Force Force NNP 1662 4990 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4990 20 Military military JJ 1662 4990 21 manpower manpower NN 1662 4990 22 - - HYPH 1662 4990 23 availability availability NN 1662 4990 24 : : : 1662 4990 25 males male NNS 1662 4990 26 age age NNP 1662 4990 27 15 15 CD 1662 4990 28 - - HYPH 1662 4990 29 49 49 CD 1662 4990 30 : : : 1662 4990 31 876,677 876,677 CD 1662 4990 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4990 33 1997 1997 CD 1662 4990 34 est est NNP 1662 4990 35 . . . 1662 4990 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4991 1 Military military JJ 1662 4991 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 4991 3 - - HYPH 1662 4991 4 fit fit NN 1662 4991 5 for for IN 1662 4991 6 military military JJ 1662 4991 7 service service NN 1662 4991 8 : : : 1662 4991 9 males male NNS 1662 4991 10 : : : 1662 4991 11 543,861 543,861 CD 1662 4991 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4991 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 4991 14 est est NNP 1662 4991 15 . . . 1662 4991 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4992 1 Military military JJ 1662 4992 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4992 3 - - HYPH 1662 4992 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 4992 5 figure figure NN 1662 4992 6 : : : 1662 4992 7 $ $ $ 1662 4992 8 278 278 CD 1662 4992 9 million million CD 1662 4992 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4992 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 4992 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4992 13 Military military JJ 1662 4992 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 4992 15 - - : 1662 4992 16 percent percent NN 1662 4992 17 of of IN 1662 4992 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 4992 19 : : : 1662 4992 20 5.5 5.5 CD 1662 4992 21 % % NN 1662 4992 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4992 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 4992 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4992 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 4992 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 4992 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 4992 28 - - : 1662 4992 29 international international RB 1662 4992 30 : : : 1662 4992 31 Israeli israeli JJ 1662 4992 32 troops troop NNS 1662 4992 33 in in IN 1662 4992 34 southern southern JJ 1662 4992 35 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 1662 4992 36 since since IN 1662 4992 37 June June NNP 1662 4992 38 1982 1982 CD 1662 4992 39 ; ; : 1662 4992 40 Syrian syrian JJ 1662 4992 41 troops troop NNS 1662 4992 42 in in IN 1662 4992 43 northern northern JJ 1662 4992 44 , , , 1662 4992 45 central central JJ 1662 4992 46 , , , 1662 4992 47 and and CC 1662 4992 48 eastern eastern JJ 1662 4992 49 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 1662 4992 50 since since IN 1662 4992 51 October October NNP 1662 4992 52 1976 1976 CD 1662 4992 53 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 4992 54 drugs drug VBZ 1662 4992 55 : : : 1662 4992 56 small small JJ 1662 4992 57 illicit illicit JJ 1662 4992 58 producer producer NN 1662 4992 59 of of IN 1662 4992 60 hashish hashish NN 1662 4992 61 and and CC 1662 4992 62 heroin heroin NN 1662 4992 63 for for IN 1662 4992 64 the the DT 1662 4992 65 international international JJ 1662 4992 66 drug drug NN 1662 4992 67 trade trade NN 1662 4992 68 ; ; : 1662 4992 69 hashish hashish NN 1662 4992 70 production production NN 1662 4992 71 is be VBZ 1662 4992 72 shipped ship VBN 1662 4992 73 to to IN 1662 4992 74 Western Western NNP 1662 4992 75 Europe Europe NNP 1662 4992 76 , , , 1662 4992 77 the the DT 1662 4992 78 Middle Middle NNP 1662 4992 79 East East NNP 1662 4992 80 , , , 1662 4992 81 and and CC 1662 4992 82 North North NNP 1662 4992 83 and and CC 1662 4992 84 South South NNP 1662 4992 85 America America NNP 1662 4992 86 ; ; : 1662 4992 87 a a DT 1662 4992 88 key key JJ 1662 4992 89 locus locus NN 1662 4992 90 of of IN 1662 4992 91 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 4992 92 processing processing NN 1662 4992 93 and and CC 1662 4992 94 trafficking trafficking NN 1662 4992 95 ; ; : 1662 4992 96 a a DT 1662 4992 97 Lebanese lebanese JJ 1662 4992 98 / / SYM 1662 4992 99 Syrian syrian JJ 1662 4992 100 eradication eradication NN 1662 4992 101 campaign campaign NN 1662 4992 102 started start VBD 1662 4992 103 in in IN 1662 4992 104 the the DT 1662 4992 105 early early JJ 1662 4992 106 1990s 1990s CD 1662 4992 107 has have VBZ 1662 4992 108 practically practically RB 1662 4992 109 eliminated eliminate VBN 1662 4992 110 the the DT 1662 4992 111 opium opium NN 1662 4992 112 and and CC 1662 4992 113 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 4992 114 crops crop NNS 1662 4992 115 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 116 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 117 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 118 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 119 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 120 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 121 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 122 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 123 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 124 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 125 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 126 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 127 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 128 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 129 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 130 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 131 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 132 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 133 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 134 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 135 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 136 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 137 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 138 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 139 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 140 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 141 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 142 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 143 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 144 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 145 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 146 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 147 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 148 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 149 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 150 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 151 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 152 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 153 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 154 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 155 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 156 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 157 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 158 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 159 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 160 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 161 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 162 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 163 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 164 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 165 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 166 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 167 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 168 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 169 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 170 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 171 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 172 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 173 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 174 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 175 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 176 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 177 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 178 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 179 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 180 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 181 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 182 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 183 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 184 _ _ NNP 1662 4992 185 LESOTHO LESOTHO NNP 1662 4992 186 @Lesotho @lesotho NN 1662 4992 187 : : : 1662 4992 188 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4992 189 Location Location NNP 1662 4992 190 : : : 1662 4992 191 Southern Southern NNP 1662 4992 192 Africa Africa NNP 1662 4992 193 , , , 1662 4992 194 an an DT 1662 4992 195 enclave enclave NN 1662 4992 196 of of IN 1662 4992 197 South South NNP 1662 4992 198 Africa Africa NNP 1662 4992 199 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 4992 200 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 4992 201 : : : 1662 4992 202 29 29 CD 1662 4992 203 30 30 CD 1662 4992 204 S s NN 1662 4992 205 , , , 1662 4992 206 28 28 CD 1662 4992 207 30 30 CD 1662 4992 208 E e NN 1662 4992 209 Map Map NNP 1662 4992 210 references reference NNS 1662 4992 211 : : : 1662 4992 212 Africa Africa NNP 1662 4992 213 Area Area NNP 1662 4992 214 : : : 1662 4992 215 total total NN 1662 4992 216 : : : 1662 4992 217 30,350 30,350 CD 1662 4992 218 sq sq NN 1662 4992 219 km km NNP 1662 4992 220 land land NN 1662 4992 221 : : : 1662 4992 222 30,350 30,350 CD 1662 4992 223 sq sq NN 1662 4992 224 km km NNP 1662 4992 225 water water NN 1662 4992 226 : : : 1662 4992 227 0 0 NFP 1662 4992 228 sq sq NN 1662 4992 229 km km NNP 1662 4992 230 Area area NN 1662 4992 231 - - HYPH 1662 4992 232 comparative comparative JJ 1662 4992 233 : : : 1662 4992 234 slightly slightly RB 1662 4992 235 smaller small JJR 1662 4992 236 than than IN 1662 4992 237 Maryland Maryland NNP 1662 4992 238 Land Land NNP 1662 4992 239 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 4992 240 : : : 1662 4992 241 total total JJ 1662 4992 242 : : : 1662 4992 243 909 909 CD 1662 4992 244 km km NN 1662 4992 245 border border NN 1662 4992 246 countries country NNS 1662 4992 247 : : : 1662 4992 248 South South NNP 1662 4992 249 Africa Africa NNP 1662 4992 250 909 909 CD 1662 4992 251 km km NN 1662 4992 252 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 4992 253 : : : 1662 4992 254 0 0 CD 1662 4992 255 km km NN 1662 4992 256 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4992 257 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 4992 258 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4992 259 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 4992 260 claims claim VBZ 1662 4992 261 : : : 1662 4992 262 none none NN 1662 4992 263 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4992 264 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 4992 265 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4992 266 Climate climate NN 1662 4992 267 : : : 1662 4992 268 temperate temperate VB 1662 4992 269 ; ; : 1662 4992 270 cool cool JJ 1662 4992 271 to to IN 1662 4992 272 cold cold JJ 1662 4992 273 , , , 1662 4992 274 dry dry JJ 1662 4992 275 winters winter NNS 1662 4992 276 ; ; : 1662 4992 277 hot hot JJ 1662 4992 278 , , , 1662 4992 279 wet wet JJ 1662 4992 280 summers summer NNS 1662 4992 281 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 4992 282 : : : 1662 4992 283 mostly mostly RB 1662 4992 284 highland highland NNP 1662 4992 285 with with IN 1662 4992 286 plateaus plateaus NNP 1662 4992 287 , , , 1662 4992 288 hills hill NNS 1662 4992 289 , , , 1662 4992 290 and and CC 1662 4992 291 mountains mountain NNS 1662 4992 292 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 4992 293 extremes extreme NNS 1662 4992 294 : : : 1662 4992 295 lowest low JJS 1662 4992 296 point point NN 1662 4992 297 : : : 1662 4992 298 junction junction NN 1662 4992 299 of of IN 1662 4992 300 the the DT 1662 4992 301 Orange Orange NNP 1662 4992 302 and and CC 1662 4992 303 Makhaleng Makhaleng NNP 1662 4992 304 Rivers Rivers NNP 1662 4992 305 1,400 1,400 CD 1662 4992 306 m m DT 1662 4992 307 highest high JJS 1662 4992 308 point point NN 1662 4992 309 : : : 1662 4992 310 Mount Mount NNP 1662 4992 311 Thabana Thabana NNP 1662 4992 312 Ntlenyana Ntlenyana NNP 1662 4992 313 3,482 3,482 CD 1662 4992 314 m m NNP 1662 4992 315 Natural natural JJ 1662 4992 316 resources resource NNS 1662 4992 317 : : : 1662 4992 318 water water NN 1662 4992 319 , , , 1662 4992 320 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 4992 321 and and CC 1662 4992 322 grazing graze VBG 1662 4992 323 land land NN 1662 4992 324 , , , 1662 4992 325 some some DT 1662 4992 326 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 4992 327 and and CC 1662 4992 328 other other JJ 1662 4992 329 minerals mineral NNS 1662 4992 330 Land Land NNP 1662 4992 331 use use NN 1662 4992 332 : : : 1662 4992 333 arable arable JJ 1662 4992 334 land land NN 1662 4992 335 : : : 1662 4992 336 11 11 CD 1662 4992 337 % % NN 1662 4992 338 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4992 339 crops crop NNS 1662 4992 340 : : : 1662 4992 341 NA% na% IN 1662 4992 342 permanent permanent JJ 1662 4992 343 pastures pasture NNS 1662 4992 344 : : : 1662 4992 345 66 66 CD 1662 4992 346 % % NN 1662 4992 347 forests forest NNS 1662 4992 348 and and CC 1662 4992 349 woodland woodland NN 1662 4992 350 : : : 1662 4992 351 NA% NA% NNS 1662 4992 352 other other JJ 1662 4992 353 : : : 1662 4992 354 23 23 CD 1662 4992 355 % % NN 1662 4992 356 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4992 357 1993 1993 CD 1662 4992 358 est est NNP 1662 4992 359 . . . 1662 4992 360 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4993 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 4993 2 land land NN 1662 4993 3 : : : 1662 4993 4 30 30 CD 1662 4993 5 sq sq NN 1662 4993 6 km km NNP 1662 4993 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4993 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 4993 9 est est NNP 1662 4993 10 . . . 1662 4993 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4994 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 4994 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 4994 3 : : : 1662 4994 4 periodic periodic JJ 1662 4994 5 droughts drought NNS 1662 4994 6 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4994 7 - - HYPH 1662 4994 8 current current JJ 1662 4994 9 issues issue NNS 1662 4994 10 : : : 1662 4994 11 population population NN 1662 4994 12 pressure pressure NN 1662 4994 13 forcing force VBG 1662 4994 14 settlement settlement NN 1662 4994 15 in in IN 1662 4994 16 marginal marginal JJ 1662 4994 17 areas area NNS 1662 4994 18 results result NNS 1662 4994 19 in in IN 1662 4994 20 overgrazing overgraze VBG 1662 4994 21 , , , 1662 4994 22 severe severe JJ 1662 4994 23 soil soil NN 1662 4994 24 erosion erosion NN 1662 4994 25 , , , 1662 4994 26 soil soil NN 1662 4994 27 exhaustion exhaustion NN 1662 4994 28 ; ; , 1662 4994 29 desertification desertification NN 1662 4994 30 ; ; : 1662 4994 31 Highlands Highlands NNP 1662 4994 32 Water Water NNP 1662 4994 33 Project Project NNP 1662 4994 34 will will MD 1662 4994 35 control control VB 1662 4994 36 , , , 1662 4994 37 store store VB 1662 4994 38 , , , 1662 4994 39 and and CC 1662 4994 40 redirect redirect VB 1662 4994 41 water water NN 1662 4994 42 to to IN 1662 4994 43 South South NNP 1662 4994 44 Africa Africa NNP 1662 4994 45 Environment Environment NNP 1662 4994 46 - - HYPH 1662 4994 47 international international JJ 1662 4994 48 agreements agreement NNS 1662 4994 49 : : : 1662 4994 50 party party NN 1662 4994 51 to to TO 1662 4994 52 : : : 1662 4994 53 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 4994 54 , , , 1662 4994 55 Climate Climate NNP 1662 4994 56 Change Change NNP 1662 4994 57 , , , 1662 4994 58 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 4994 59 , , , 1662 4994 60 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4994 61 Life Life NNP 1662 4994 62 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 4994 63 , , , 1662 4994 64 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 4994 65 Layer Layer NNP 1662 4994 66 Protection Protection NNP 1662 4994 67 , , , 1662 4994 68 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 4994 69 signed sign VBD 1662 4994 70 , , , 1662 4994 71 but but CC 1662 4994 72 not not RB 1662 4994 73 ratified ratified JJ 1662 4994 74 : : : 1662 4994 75 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 4994 76 Species Species NNPS 1662 4994 77 , , , 1662 4994 78 Law Law NNP 1662 4994 79 of of IN 1662 4994 80 the the DT 1662 4994 81 Sea Sea NNP 1662 4994 82 , , , 1662 4994 83 Marine Marine NNP 1662 4994 84 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 4994 85 Geography Geography NNP 1662 4994 86 - - HYPH 1662 4994 87 note note NN 1662 4994 88 : : : 1662 4994 89 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 4994 90 ; ; : 1662 4994 91 surrounded surround VBN 1662 4994 92 by by IN 1662 4994 93 South South NNP 1662 4994 94 Africa Africa NNP 1662 4994 95 @Lesotho @lesotho NN 1662 4994 96 : : : 1662 4994 97 People People NNPS 1662 4994 98 Population Population NNP 1662 4994 99 : : : 1662 4994 100 2,007,814 2,007,814 CD 1662 4994 101 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4994 102 July July NNP 1662 4994 103 1997 1997 CD 1662 4994 104 est est NNP 1662 4994 105 . . . 1662 4994 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4995 1 Age age NN 1662 4995 2 structure structure NN 1662 4995 3 : : : 1662 4995 4 0 0 CD 1662 4995 5 - - HYPH 1662 4995 6 14 14 CD 1662 4995 7 years year NNS 1662 4995 8 : : : 1662 4995 9 41 41 CD 1662 4995 10 % % NN 1662 4995 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4995 12 male male JJ 1662 4995 13 408,723 408,723 CD 1662 4995 14 ; ; : 1662 4995 15 female female JJ 1662 4995 16 406,849 406,849 CD 1662 4995 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4995 18 15 15 CD 1662 4995 19 - - HYPH 1662 4995 20 64 64 CD 1662 4995 21 years year NNS 1662 4995 22 : : : 1662 4995 23 55 55 CD 1662 4995 24 % % NN 1662 4995 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4995 26 male male JJ 1662 4995 27 533,327 533,327 CD 1662 4995 28 ; ; : 1662 4995 29 female female JJ 1662 4995 30 566,684 566,684 CD 1662 4995 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4995 32 65 65 CD 1662 4995 33 years year NNS 1662 4995 34 and and CC 1662 4995 35 over over IN 1662 4995 36 : : : 1662 4995 37 4 4 CD 1662 4995 38 % % NN 1662 4995 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4995 40 male male NN 1662 4995 41 37,990 37,990 CD 1662 4995 42 ; ; : 1662 4995 43 female female JJ 1662 4995 44 54,241 54,241 CD 1662 4995 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4995 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4995 47 July July NNP 1662 4995 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 4995 49 est est NNP 1662 4995 50 . . . 1662 4995 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4996 1 Population population NN 1662 4996 2 growth growth NN 1662 4996 3 rate rate NN 1662 4996 4 : : : 1662 4996 5 1.83 1.83 CD 1662 4996 6 % % NN 1662 4996 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4996 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4996 9 est est NNP 1662 4996 10 . . . 1662 4996 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4997 1 Birth birth NN 1662 4997 2 rate rate NN 1662 4997 3 : : : 1662 4997 4 32.19 32.19 CD 1662 4997 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NNP 1662 4997 6 population population NN 1662 4997 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4997 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4997 9 est est NNP 1662 4997 10 . . . 1662 4997 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4998 1 Death death NN 1662 4998 2 rate rate NN 1662 4998 3 : : : 1662 4998 4 13.92 13.92 CD 1662 4998 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 4998 6 population population NN 1662 4998 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4998 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 4998 9 est est NNP 1662 4998 10 . . . 1662 4998 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 4999 1 Net net JJ 1662 4999 2 migration migration NN 1662 4999 3 rate rate NN 1662 4999 4 : : : 1662 4999 5 0 0 NFP 1662 4999 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 4999 7 population population NN 1662 4999 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 4999 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 4999 10 est est NNP 1662 4999 11 . . . 1662 4999 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5000 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5000 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5000 3 : : : 1662 5000 4 at at IN 1662 5000 5 birth birth NN 1662 5000 6 : : : 1662 5000 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 5000 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5000 9 under under IN 1662 5000 10 15 15 CD 1662 5000 11 years year NNS 1662 5000 12 : : : 1662 5000 13 1 1 CD 1662 5000 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5000 15 15 15 CD 1662 5000 16 - - HYPH 1662 5000 17 64 64 CD 1662 5000 18 years year NNS 1662 5000 19 : : : 1662 5000 20 0.94 0.94 CD 1662 5000 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5000 22 65 65 CD 1662 5000 23 years year NNS 1662 5000 24 and and CC 1662 5000 25 over over IN 1662 5000 26 : : : 1662 5000 27 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 5000 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 5000 29 total total JJ 1662 5000 30 population population NN 1662 5000 31 : : : 1662 5000 32 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 5000 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5000 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5000 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5000 36 est est NNP 1662 5000 37 . . . 1662 5000 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5001 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5001 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5001 3 rate rate NN 1662 5001 4 : : : 1662 5001 5 80.3 80.3 CD 1662 5001 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5001 7 live live JJ 1662 5001 8 births birth NNS 1662 5001 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5001 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5001 11 est est NNP 1662 5001 12 . . . 1662 5001 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5002 1 Life life NN 1662 5002 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5002 3 at at IN 1662 5002 4 birth birth NN 1662 5002 5 : : : 1662 5002 6 total total JJ 1662 5002 7 population population NN 1662 5002 8 : : : 1662 5002 9 51.66 51.66 CD 1662 5002 10 years year NNS 1662 5002 11 male male JJ 1662 5002 12 : : : 1662 5002 13 49.48 49.48 CD 1662 5002 14 years year NNS 1662 5002 15 female female JJ 1662 5002 16 : : : 1662 5002 17 53.91 53.91 CD 1662 5002 18 years year NNS 1662 5002 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5002 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5002 21 est est NNP 1662 5002 22 . . . 1662 5002 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5003 1 Total total JJ 1662 5003 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5003 3 rate rate NN 1662 5003 4 : : : 1662 5003 5 4.22 4.22 CD 1662 5003 6 children child NNS 1662 5003 7 born bear VBN 1662 5003 8 / / SYM 1662 5003 9 woman woman NN 1662 5003 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5003 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5003 12 est est NNP 1662 5003 13 . . . 1662 5003 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5004 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5004 2 : : : 1662 5004 3 noun noun NN 1662 5004 4 : : : 1662 5004 5 Mosotho Mosotho NNP 1662 5004 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5004 7 singular singular JJ 1662 5004 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5004 9 , , , 1662 5004 10 Basotho Basotho NNP 1662 5004 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5004 12 plural plural JJ 1662 5004 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5004 14 adjective adjective NN 1662 5004 15 : : : 1662 5004 16 Basotho basotho JJ 1662 5004 17 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5004 18 groups group NNS 1662 5004 19 : : : 1662 5004 20 Sotho sotho NN 1662 5004 21 99.7 99.7 CD 1662 5004 22 % % NN 1662 5004 23 , , , 1662 5004 24 Europeans Europeans NNPS 1662 5004 25 1,600 1,600 CD 1662 5004 26 , , , 1662 5004 27 Asians Asians NNPS 1662 5004 28 800 800 CD 1662 5004 29 Religions religion NNS 1662 5004 30 : : : 1662 5004 31 Christian Christian NNP 1662 5004 32 80 80 CD 1662 5004 33 % % NN 1662 5004 34 , , , 1662 5004 35 rest rest VB 1662 5004 36 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 5004 37 beliefs belief NNS 1662 5004 38 Languages language NNS 1662 5004 39 : : : 1662 5004 40 Sesotho Sesotho NNP 1662 5004 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5004 42 southern southern JJ 1662 5004 43 Sotho Sotho NNP 1662 5004 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5004 45 , , , 1662 5004 46 English English NNP 1662 5004 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5004 48 official official NN 1662 5004 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5004 50 , , , 1662 5004 51 Zulu Zulu NNP 1662 5004 52 , , , 1662 5004 53 Xhosa Xhosa NNP 1662 5004 54 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 5004 55 : : : 1662 5004 56 definition definition NN 1662 5004 57 : : : 1662 5004 58 age age NN 1662 5004 59 15 15 CD 1662 5004 60 and and CC 1662 5004 61 over over RB 1662 5004 62 can can MD 1662 5004 63 read read VB 1662 5004 64 and and CC 1662 5004 65 write write VB 1662 5004 66 total total JJ 1662 5004 67 population population NN 1662 5004 68 : : : 1662 5004 69 71.3 71.3 CD 1662 5004 70 % % NN 1662 5004 71 male male NN 1662 5004 72 : : : 1662 5004 73 81.1 81.1 CD 1662 5004 74 % % NN 1662 5004 75 female female NN 1662 5004 76 : : : 1662 5004 77 62.3 62.3 CD 1662 5004 78 % % NN 1662 5004 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5004 80 1995 1995 CD 1662 5004 81 est est NNP 1662 5004 82 . . . 1662 5004 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5005 1 @Lesotho @lesotho XX 1662 5005 2 : : : 1662 5005 3 Government Government NNP 1662 5005 4 Country Country NNP 1662 5005 5 name name NN 1662 5005 6 : : : 1662 5005 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5005 8 long long JJ 1662 5005 9 form form NN 1662 5005 10 : : : 1662 5005 11 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 5005 12 of of IN 1662 5005 13 Lesotho Lesotho NNP 1662 5005 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5005 15 short short JJ 1662 5005 16 form form NN 1662 5005 17 : : : 1662 5005 18 Lesotho Lesotho NNP 1662 5005 19 former former JJ 1662 5005 20 : : : 1662 5005 21 Basutoland Basutoland NNP 1662 5005 22 Data Data NNP 1662 5005 23 code code NN 1662 5005 24 : : : 1662 5005 25 LT LT NNP 1662 5005 26 Government Government NNP 1662 5005 27 type type NN 1662 5005 28 : : : 1662 5005 29 modified modify VBN 1662 5005 30 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 5005 31 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 5005 32 National national JJ 1662 5005 33 capital capital NN 1662 5005 34 : : : 1662 5005 35 Maseru Maseru NNP 1662 5005 36 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 5005 37 divisions division NNS 1662 5005 38 : : : 1662 5005 39 10 10 CD 1662 5005 40 districts district NNS 1662 5005 41 ; ; : 1662 5005 42 Berea Berea NNP 1662 5005 43 , , , 1662 5005 44 Butha Butha NNP 1662 5005 45 - - HYPH 1662 5005 46 Buthe Buthe NNP 1662 5005 47 , , , 1662 5005 48 Leribe Leribe NNP 1662 5005 49 , , , 1662 5005 50 Mafeteng Mafeteng NNP 1662 5005 51 , , , 1662 5005 52 Maseru Maseru NNP 1662 5005 53 , , , 1662 5005 54 Mohale Mohale NNP 1662 5005 55 's 's POS 1662 5005 56 Hoek Hoek NNP 1662 5005 57 , , , 1662 5005 58 Mokhotlong Mokhotlong NNP 1662 5005 59 , , , 1662 5005 60 Qacha Qacha NNP 1662 5005 61 's 's POS 1662 5005 62 Nek Nek NNP 1662 5005 63 , , , 1662 5005 64 Quthing Quthing NNP 1662 5005 65 , , , 1662 5005 66 Thaba Thaba NNP 1662 5005 67 - - HYPH 1662 5005 68 Tseka Tseka NNP 1662 5005 69 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5005 70 : : : 1662 5005 71 4 4 CD 1662 5005 72 October October NNP 1662 5005 73 1966 1966 CD 1662 5005 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5005 75 from from IN 1662 5005 76 UK UK NNP 1662 5005 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5005 78 National national JJ 1662 5005 79 holiday holiday NN 1662 5005 80 : : : 1662 5005 81 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5005 82 Day Day NNP 1662 5005 83 , , , 1662 5005 84 4 4 CD 1662 5005 85 October October NNP 1662 5005 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5005 87 1966 1966 CD 1662 5005 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5005 89 Constitution constitution NN 1662 5005 90 : : : 1662 5005 91 2 2 CD 1662 5005 92 April April NNP 1662 5005 93 1993 1993 CD 1662 5005 94 Legal legal JJ 1662 5005 95 system system NN 1662 5005 96 : : : 1662 5005 97 based base VBN 1662 5005 98 on on IN 1662 5005 99 English English NNP 1662 5005 100 common common JJ 1662 5005 101 law law NN 1662 5005 102 and and CC 1662 5005 103 Roman roman JJ 1662 5005 104 - - HYPH 1662 5005 105 Dutch dutch JJ 1662 5005 106 law law NN 1662 5005 107 ; ; : 1662 5005 108 judicial judicial JJ 1662 5005 109 review review NN 1662 5005 110 of of IN 1662 5005 111 legislative legislative JJ 1662 5005 112 acts act NNS 1662 5005 113 in in IN 1662 5005 114 High High NNP 1662 5005 115 Court Court NNP 1662 5005 116 and and CC 1662 5005 117 Court Court NNP 1662 5005 118 of of IN 1662 5005 119 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 5005 120 ; ; : 1662 5005 121 has have VBZ 1662 5005 122 not not RB 1662 5005 123 accepted accept VBN 1662 5005 124 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 5005 125 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 5005 126 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 5005 127 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 5005 128 : : : 1662 5005 129 21 21 CD 1662 5005 130 years year NNS 1662 5005 131 of of IN 1662 5005 132 age age NN 1662 5005 133 ; ; : 1662 5005 134 universal universal JJ 1662 5005 135 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5005 136 branch branch NN 1662 5005 137 : : : 1662 5005 138 chief chief NN 1662 5005 139 of of IN 1662 5005 140 state state NN 1662 5005 141 : : : 1662 5005 142 King King NNP 1662 5005 143 LETSIE LETSIE NNP 1662 5005 144 III III NNP 1662 5005 145 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5005 146 since since IN 1662 5005 147 7 7 CD 1662 5005 148 February February NNP 1662 5005 149 1996 1996 CD 1662 5005 150 , , , 1662 5005 151 succeeded succeed VBD 1662 5005 152 to to IN 1662 5005 153 the the DT 1662 5005 154 throne throne NN 1662 5005 155 following follow VBG 1662 5005 156 the the DT 1662 5005 157 death death NN 1662 5005 158 of of IN 1662 5005 159 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5005 160 father father NN 1662 5005 161 , , , 1662 5005 162 King King NNP 1662 5005 163 MOSHOESHOE MOSHOESHOE NNP 1662 5005 164 II II NNP 1662 5005 165 , , , 1662 5005 166 on on IN 1662 5005 167 16 16 CD 1662 5005 168 January January NNP 1662 5005 169 1996 1996 CD 1662 5005 170 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5005 171 ; ; : 1662 5005 172 note note NN 1662 5005 173 - - HYPH 1662 5005 174 King king NN 1662 5005 175 LETSIE LETSIE NNP 1662 5005 176 III III NNP 1662 5005 177 formerly formerly RB 1662 5005 178 occupied occupy VBD 1662 5005 179 the the DT 1662 5005 180 throne throne NN 1662 5005 181 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5005 182 November November NNP 1662 5005 183 1990 1990 CD 1662 5005 184 to to IN 1662 5005 185 February February NNP 1662 5005 186 1995 1995 CD 1662 5005 187 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5005 188 while while IN 1662 5005 189 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5005 190 father father NN 1662 5005 191 was be VBD 1662 5005 192 in in IN 1662 5005 193 exile exile NN 1662 5005 194 head head NN 1662 5005 195 of of IN 1662 5005 196 government government NN 1662 5005 197 : : : 1662 5005 198 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5005 199 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5005 200 Ntsu Ntsu NNP 1662 5005 201 MOKHEHLE MOKHEHLE NNP 1662 5005 202 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5005 203 since since IN 1662 5005 204 2 2 CD 1662 5005 205 April April NNP 1662 5005 206 1993 1993 CD 1662 5005 207 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5005 208 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5005 209 : : : 1662 5005 210 Cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5005 211 elections election NNS 1662 5005 212 : : : 1662 5005 213 none none NN 1662 5005 214 ; ; : 1662 5005 215 the the DT 1662 5005 216 king king NN 1662 5005 217 is be VBZ 1662 5005 218 a a DT 1662 5005 219 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 5005 220 monarch monarch NN 1662 5005 221 , , , 1662 5005 222 but but CC 1662 5005 223 , , , 1662 5005 224 under under IN 1662 5005 225 the the DT 1662 5005 226 terms term NNS 1662 5005 227 of of IN 1662 5005 228 the the DT 1662 5005 229 constitution constitution NN 1662 5005 230 which which WDT 1662 5005 231 came come VBD 1662 5005 232 into into IN 1662 5005 233 effect effect NN 1662 5005 234 after after IN 1662 5005 235 the the DT 1662 5005 236 March March NNP 1662 5005 237 1993 1993 CD 1662 5005 238 election election NN 1662 5005 239 , , , 1662 5005 240 he -PRON- PRP 1662 5005 241 has have VBZ 1662 5005 242 no no DT 1662 5005 243 executive executive JJ 1662 5005 244 or or CC 1662 5005 245 legislative legislative JJ 1662 5005 246 powers power NNS 1662 5005 247 ; ; : 1662 5005 248 moreover moreover RB 1662 5005 249 , , , 1662 5005 250 under under IN 1662 5005 251 traditional traditional JJ 1662 5005 252 law law NN 1662 5005 253 the the DT 1662 5005 254 king king NN 1662 5005 255 can can MD 1662 5005 256 be be VB 1662 5005 257 elected elect VBN 1662 5005 258 or or CC 1662 5005 259 deposed depose VBN 1662 5005 260 by by IN 1662 5005 261 a a DT 1662 5005 262 majority majority NN 1662 5005 263 vote vote NN 1662 5005 264 of of IN 1662 5005 265 the the DT 1662 5005 266 College College NNP 1662 5005 267 of of IN 1662 5005 268 Chiefs Chiefs NNPS 1662 5005 269 ; ; : 1662 5005 270 following follow VBG 1662 5005 271 legislative legislative JJ 1662 5005 272 elections election NNS 1662 5005 273 , , , 1662 5005 274 the the DT 1662 5005 275 leader leader NN 1662 5005 276 of of IN 1662 5005 277 the the DT 1662 5005 278 party party NN 1662 5005 279 that that WDT 1662 5005 280 wins win VBZ 1662 5005 281 the the DT 1662 5005 282 most most JJS 1662 5005 283 seats seat NNS 1662 5005 284 usually usually RB 1662 5005 285 becomes become VBZ 1662 5005 286 prime prime JJ 1662 5005 287 minister minister NN 1662 5005 288 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 5005 289 branch branch NN 1662 5005 290 : : : 1662 5005 291 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 5005 292 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 5005 293 consists consist VBZ 1662 5005 294 of of IN 1662 5005 295 the the DT 1662 5005 296 Senate Senate NNP 1662 5005 297 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5005 298 33 33 CD 1662 5005 299 members member NNS 1662 5005 300 - - HYPH 1662 5005 301 22 22 CD 1662 5005 302 principal principal JJ 1662 5005 303 chiefs chief NNS 1662 5005 304 and and CC 1662 5005 305 11 11 CD 1662 5005 306 other other JJ 1662 5005 307 members member NNS 1662 5005 308 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5005 309 by by IN 1662 5005 310 the the DT 1662 5005 311 ruling rule VBG 1662 5005 312 party party NN 1662 5005 313 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5005 314 and and CC 1662 5005 315 the the DT 1662 5005 316 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5005 317 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5005 318 65 65 CD 1662 5005 319 seats seat NNS 1662 5005 320 ; ; : 1662 5005 321 members member NNS 1662 5005 322 elected elect VBD 1662 5005 323 for for IN 1662 5005 324 a a DT 1662 5005 325 five five CD 1662 5005 326 - - HYPH 1662 5005 327 year year NN 1662 5005 328 term term NN 1662 5005 329 by by IN 1662 5005 330 popular popular JJ 1662 5005 331 vote vote NN 1662 5005 332 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5005 333 elections election NNS 1662 5005 334 : : : 1662 5005 335 last last RB 1662 5005 336 held hold VBD 1662 5005 337 27 27 CD 1662 5005 338 March March NNP 1662 5005 339 1993 1993 CD 1662 5005 340 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5005 341 next next JJ 1662 5005 342 to to TO 1662 5005 343 be be VB 1662 5005 344 held hold VBN 1662 5005 345 by by IN 1662 5005 346 March March NNP 1662 5005 347 1998 1998 CD 1662 5005 348 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5005 349 election election NN 1662 5005 350 results result NNS 1662 5005 351 : : : 1662 5005 352 percent percent NN 1662 5005 353 of of IN 1662 5005 354 vote vote NN 1662 5005 355 by by IN 1662 5005 356 party party NN 1662 5005 357 - - HYPH 1662 5005 358 NA NA NNP 1662 5005 359 ; ; , 1662 5005 360 seats seat NNS 1662 5005 361 by by IN 1662 5005 362 party party NN 1662 5005 363 - - HYPH 1662 5005 364 BCP BCP NNP 1662 5005 365 65 65 CD 1662 5005 366 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 5005 367 branch branch NN 1662 5005 368 : : : 1662 5005 369 High High NNP 1662 5005 370 Court Court NNP 1662 5005 371 ; ; : 1662 5005 372 Court Court NNP 1662 5005 373 of of IN 1662 5005 374 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 5005 375 ; ; : 1662 5005 376 Magistrate Magistrate NNP 1662 5005 377 's 's POS 1662 5005 378 Court Court NNP 1662 5005 379 ; ; : 1662 5005 380 customary customary JJ 1662 5005 381 or or CC 1662 5005 382 traditional traditional JJ 1662 5005 383 court court NN 1662 5005 384 Political political JJ 1662 5005 385 parties party NNS 1662 5005 386 and and CC 1662 5005 387 leaders leader NNS 1662 5005 388 : : : 1662 5005 389 Basotho Basotho NNP 1662 5005 390 National National NNP 1662 5005 391 Party Party NNP 1662 5005 392 or or CC 1662 5005 393 BNP BNP NNP 1662 5005 394 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5005 395 Evaristus Evaristus NNP 1662 5005 396 SEKHONYANA SEKHONYANA NNP 1662 5005 397 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5005 398 ; ; : 1662 5005 399 Basotholand Basotholand NNP 1662 5005 400 Congress Congress NNP 1662 5005 401 Party Party NNP 1662 5005 402 or or CC 1662 5005 403 BCP BCP NNP 1662 5005 404 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5005 405 Ntsu Ntsu NNP 1662 5005 406 MOKHEHLE MOKHEHLE NNP 1662 5005 407 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5005 408 ; ; : 1662 5005 409 Marematlou Marematlou NNP 1662 5005 410 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 5005 411 Party Party NNP 1662 5005 412 or or CC 1662 5005 413 MFP MFP NNP 1662 5005 414 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5005 415 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 5005 416 MALEBO MALEBO NNP 1662 5005 417 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5005 418 ; ; : 1662 5005 419 United United NNP 1662 5005 420 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5005 421 Party Party NNP 1662 5005 422 or or CC 1662 5005 423 UDP UDP NNP 1662 5005 424 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5005 425 Charles Charles NNP 1662 5005 426 MOFELI MOFELI NNP 1662 5005 427 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5005 428 International international JJ 1662 5005 429 organization organization NN 1662 5005 430 participation participation NN 1662 5005 431 : : : 1662 5005 432 ACP ACP NNP 1662 5005 433 , , , 1662 5005 434 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 5005 435 , , , 1662 5005 436 C C NNP 1662 5005 437 , , , 1662 5005 438 CCC CCC NNP 1662 5005 439 , , , 1662 5005 440 ECA ECA NNP 1662 5005 441 , , , 1662 5005 442 FAO FAO NNP 1662 5005 443 , , , 1662 5005 444 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 5005 445 , , , 1662 5005 446 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 5005 447 , , , 1662 5005 448 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 5005 449 , , , 1662 5005 450 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 5005 451 , , , 1662 5005 452 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 5005 453 , , , 1662 5005 454 IDA IDA NNP 1662 5005 455 , , , 1662 5005 456 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 5005 457 , , , 1662 5005 458 IFC IFC NNP 1662 5005 459 , , , 1662 5005 460 IFCTU IFCTU NNP 1662 5005 461 , , , 1662 5005 462 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 5005 463 , , , 1662 5005 464 ILO ILO NNP 1662 5005 465 , , , 1662 5005 466 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5005 467 , , , 1662 5005 468 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5005 469 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5005 470 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 5005 471 user user NN 1662 5005 472 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5005 473 , , , 1662 5005 474 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 5005 475 , , , 1662 5005 476 IOC IOC NNP 1662 5005 477 , , , 1662 5005 478 ITU ITU NNP 1662 5005 479 , , , 1662 5005 480 NAM NAM NNP 1662 5005 481 , , , 1662 5005 482 OAU OAU NNP 1662 5005 483 , , , 1662 5005 484 SACU SACU NNP 1662 5005 485 , , , 1662 5005 486 SADC SADC NNP 1662 5005 487 , , , 1662 5005 488 UN UN NNP 1662 5005 489 , , , 1662 5005 490 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 5005 491 , , , 1662 5005 492 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 5005 493 , , , 1662 5005 494 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 5005 495 , , , 1662 5005 496 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 5005 497 , , , 1662 5005 498 UPU UPU NNP 1662 5005 499 , , , 1662 5005 500 WCL WCL NNP 1662 5005 501 , , , 1662 5005 502 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 5005 503 , , , 1662 5005 504 WHO who WP 1662 5005 505 , , , 1662 5005 506 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 5005 507 , , , 1662 5005 508 WMO WMO NNP 1662 5005 509 , , , 1662 5005 510 WToO wtoo FW 1662 5005 511 , , , 1662 5005 512 WTrO wtro VB 1662 5005 513 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5005 514 representation representation NN 1662 5005 515 in in IN 1662 5005 516 the the DT 1662 5005 517 US US NNP 1662 5005 518 : : : 1662 5005 519 chief chief NN 1662 5005 520 of of IN 1662 5005 521 mission mission NN 1662 5005 522 : : : 1662 5005 523 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5005 524 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 5005 525 Eunice Eunice NNP 1662 5005 526 M. M. NNP 1662 5005 527 BULANE BULANE NNP 1662 5005 528 chancery chancery NN 1662 5005 529 : : : 1662 5005 530 2511 2511 CD 1662 5005 531 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 5005 532 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 5005 533 NW NW NNP 1662 5005 534 , , , 1662 5005 535 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5005 536 , , , 1662 5005 537 DC DC NNP 1662 5005 538 20008 20008 CD 1662 5005 539 telephone telephone NN 1662 5005 540 : : : 1662 5005 541 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5005 542 1 1 CD 1662 5005 543 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5005 544 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5005 545 202 202 CD 1662 5005 546 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5005 547 797 797 CD 1662 5005 548 - - SYM 1662 5005 549 5533 5533 CD 1662 5005 550 through through IN 1662 5005 551 5536 5536 CD 1662 5005 552 FAX fax NN 1662 5005 553 : : : 1662 5005 554 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5005 555 1 1 CD 1662 5005 556 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5005 557 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5005 558 202 202 CD 1662 5005 559 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5005 560 234 234 CD 1662 5005 561 - - HYPH 1662 5005 562 6815 6815 CD 1662 5005 563 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5005 564 representation representation NN 1662 5005 565 from from IN 1662 5005 566 the the DT 1662 5005 567 US US NNP 1662 5005 568 : : : 1662 5005 569 chief chief NN 1662 5005 570 of of IN 1662 5005 571 mission mission NN 1662 5005 572 : : : 1662 5005 573 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5005 574 Bismarck Bismarck NNP 1662 5005 575 MYRICK MYRICK NNP 1662 5005 576 embassy embassy NN 1662 5005 577 : : : 1662 5005 578 254 254 CD 1662 5005 579 Kingsway Kingsway NNP 1662 5005 580 , , , 1662 5005 581 Maseru Maseru NNP 1662 5005 582 West West NNP 1662 5005 583 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5005 584 Consular Consular NNP 1662 5005 585 Section Section NNP 1662 5005 586 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5005 587 mailing mail VBG 1662 5005 588 address address NN 1662 5005 589 : : : 1662 5005 590 P. P. NNP 1662 5005 591 O. O. NNP 1662 5006 1 Box Box NNP 1662 5006 2 333 333 CD 1662 5006 3 , , , 1662 5006 4 Maseru Maseru NNP 1662 5006 5 100 100 CD 1662 5006 6 , , , 1662 5006 7 Lesotho lesotho JJ 1662 5006 8 telephone telephone NN 1662 5006 9 : : : 1662 5006 10 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5006 11 266 266 CD 1662 5006 12 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5006 13 312666 312666 CD 1662 5006 14 FAX FAX NNP 1662 5006 15 : : : 1662 5006 16 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5006 17 266 266 CD 1662 5006 18 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5006 19 310116 310116 CD 1662 5006 20 Flag flag NN 1662 5006 21 description description NN 1662 5006 22 : : : 1662 5006 23 divided divide VBN 1662 5006 24 diagonally diagonally RB 1662 5006 25 from from IN 1662 5006 26 the the DT 1662 5006 27 lower low JJR 1662 5006 28 hoist hoist NN 1662 5006 29 side side NN 1662 5006 30 corner corner NN 1662 5006 31 ; ; : 1662 5006 32 the the DT 1662 5006 33 upper upper JJ 1662 5006 34 half half NN 1662 5006 35 is be VBZ 1662 5006 36 white white JJ 1662 5006 37 , , , 1662 5006 38 bearing bear VBG 1662 5006 39 the the DT 1662 5006 40 brown brown JJ 1662 5006 41 silhouette silhouette NN 1662 5006 42 of of IN 1662 5006 43 a a DT 1662 5006 44 large large JJ 1662 5006 45 shield shield NN 1662 5006 46 with with IN 1662 5006 47 crossed cross VBN 1662 5006 48 spear spear NN 1662 5006 49 and and CC 1662 5006 50 club club NN 1662 5006 51 ; ; : 1662 5006 52 the the DT 1662 5006 53 lower low JJR 1662 5006 54 half half NN 1662 5006 55 is be VBZ 1662 5006 56 a a DT 1662 5006 57 diagonal diagonal JJ 1662 5006 58 blue blue JJ 1662 5006 59 band band NN 1662 5006 60 with with IN 1662 5006 61 a a DT 1662 5006 62 green green JJ 1662 5006 63 triangle triangle NN 1662 5006 64 in in IN 1662 5006 65 the the DT 1662 5006 66 corner corner NN 1662 5006 67 Economy Economy NNP 1662 5006 68 Economy Economy NNP 1662 5006 69 - - HYPH 1662 5006 70 overview overview NN 1662 5006 71 : : : 1662 5006 72 Small small JJ 1662 5006 73 , , , 1662 5006 74 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 5006 75 , , , 1662 5006 76 and and CC 1662 5006 77 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 5006 78 , , , 1662 5006 79 Lesotho Lesotho NNP 1662 5006 80 has have VBZ 1662 5006 81 no no DT 1662 5006 82 important important JJ 1662 5006 83 natural natural JJ 1662 5006 84 resources resource NNS 1662 5006 85 other other JJ 1662 5006 86 than than IN 1662 5006 87 water water NN 1662 5006 88 . . . 1662 5007 1 Its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5007 2 economy economy NN 1662 5007 3 is be VBZ 1662 5007 4 based base VBN 1662 5007 5 on on IN 1662 5007 6 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5007 7 , , , 1662 5007 8 light light NN 1662 5007 9 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 5007 10 , , , 1662 5007 11 and and CC 1662 5007 12 remittances remittance NNS 1662 5007 13 from from IN 1662 5007 14 miners miner NNS 1662 5007 15 employed employ VBN 1662 5007 16 in in IN 1662 5007 17 South South NNP 1662 5007 18 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5007 19 . . . 1662 5008 1 The the DT 1662 5008 2 number number NN 1662 5008 3 of of IN 1662 5008 4 such such JJ 1662 5008 5 mine mine JJ 1662 5008 6 workers worker NNS 1662 5008 7 has have VBZ 1662 5008 8 declined decline VBN 1662 5008 9 steadily steadily RB 1662 5008 10 over over IN 1662 5008 11 the the DT 1662 5008 12 past past JJ 1662 5008 13 five five CD 1662 5008 14 years year NNS 1662 5008 15 ; ; : 1662 5008 16 in in IN 1662 5008 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 5008 18 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5008 19 remittances remittance NNS 1662 5008 20 added add VBD 1662 5008 21 about about IN 1662 5008 22 33 33 CD 1662 5008 23 % % NN 1662 5008 24 to to IN 1662 5008 25 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5008 26 compared compare VBN 1662 5008 27 with with IN 1662 5008 28 the the DT 1662 5008 29 addition addition NN 1662 5008 30 of of IN 1662 5008 31 roughly roughly RB 1662 5008 32 67 67 CD 1662 5008 33 % % NN 1662 5008 34 in in IN 1662 5008 35 1990 1990 CD 1662 5008 36 . . . 1662 5009 1 The the DT 1662 5009 2 great great JJ 1662 5009 3 majority majority NN 1662 5009 4 of of IN 1662 5009 5 households household NNS 1662 5009 6 gain gain VBP 1662 5009 7 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5009 8 livelihoods livelihood NNS 1662 5009 9 from from IN 1662 5009 10 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 5009 11 farming farming NN 1662 5009 12 and and CC 1662 5009 13 migrant migrant JJ 1662 5009 14 labor labor NN 1662 5009 15 ; ; : 1662 5009 16 a a DT 1662 5009 17 large large JJ 1662 5009 18 portion portion NN 1662 5009 19 of of IN 1662 5009 20 the the DT 1662 5009 21 adult adult NN 1662 5009 22 male male NN 1662 5009 23 work work NN 1662 5009 24 force force NN 1662 5009 25 is be VBZ 1662 5009 26 employed employ VBN 1662 5009 27 in in IN 1662 5009 28 South south JJ 1662 5009 29 African african JJ 1662 5009 30 mines mine NNS 1662 5009 31 . . . 1662 5010 1 Manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 5010 2 depends depend VBZ 1662 5010 3 largely largely RB 1662 5010 4 on on IN 1662 5010 5 farm farm NN 1662 5010 6 products product NNS 1662 5010 7 which which WDT 1662 5010 8 support support VBP 1662 5010 9 the the DT 1662 5010 10 milling milling NN 1662 5010 11 , , , 1662 5010 12 canning canning NN 1662 5010 13 , , , 1662 5010 14 leather leather NN 1662 5010 15 , , , 1662 5010 16 and and CC 1662 5010 17 jute jute NN 1662 5010 18 industries industry NNS 1662 5010 19 . . . 1662 5011 1 Although although IN 1662 5011 2 drought drought NN 1662 5011 3 has have VBZ 1662 5011 4 decreased decrease VBN 1662 5011 5 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 5011 6 activity activity NN 1662 5011 7 over over IN 1662 5011 8 the the DT 1662 5011 9 past past JJ 1662 5011 10 few few JJ 1662 5011 11 years year NNS 1662 5011 12 , , , 1662 5011 13 completion completion NN 1662 5011 14 of of IN 1662 5011 15 a a DT 1662 5011 16 major major JJ 1662 5011 17 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 5011 18 facility facility NN 1662 5011 19 will will MD 1662 5011 20 permit permit VB 1662 5011 21 the the DT 1662 5011 22 sale sale NN 1662 5011 23 of of IN 1662 5011 24 water water NN 1662 5011 25 to to IN 1662 5011 26 South South NNP 1662 5011 27 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5011 28 and and CC 1662 5011 29 will will MD 1662 5011 30 support support VB 1662 5011 31 the the DT 1662 5011 32 economy economy NN 1662 5011 33 's 's POS 1662 5011 34 continued continued JJ 1662 5011 35 expansion expansion NN 1662 5011 36 . . . 1662 5012 1 The the DT 1662 5012 2 pace pace NN 1662 5012 3 of of IN 1662 5012 4 the the DT 1662 5012 5 privatization privatization NN 1662 5012 6 of of IN 1662 5012 7 state state NN 1662 5012 8 - - HYPH 1662 5012 9 owned own VBN 1662 5012 10 firms firm NNS 1662 5012 11 increased increase VBD 1662 5012 12 toward toward IN 1662 5012 13 the the DT 1662 5012 14 end end NN 1662 5012 15 of of IN 1662 5012 16 1994 1994 CD 1662 5012 17 . . . 1662 5013 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5013 2 : : : 1662 5013 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5013 4 power power NN 1662 5013 5 parity parity NN 1662 5013 6 - - : 1662 5013 7 $ $ $ 1662 5013 8 3.7 3.7 CD 1662 5013 9 billion billion CD 1662 5013 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5013 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 5013 12 est est NNP 1662 5013 13 . . . 1662 5013 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5014 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5014 2 - - HYPH 1662 5014 3 real real JJ 1662 5014 4 growth growth NN 1662 5014 5 rate rate NN 1662 5014 6 : : : 1662 5014 7 10 10 CD 1662 5014 8 % % NN 1662 5014 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5014 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 5014 11 est est NNP 1662 5014 12 . . . 1662 5014 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5015 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5015 2 - - HYPH 1662 5015 3 per per FW 1662 5015 4 capita capita NN 1662 5015 5 : : : 1662 5015 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5015 7 power power NN 1662 5015 8 parity parity NN 1662 5015 9 - - : 1662 5015 10 $ $ $ 1662 5015 11 1,860 1,860 CD 1662 5015 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5015 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 5015 14 est est NNP 1662 5015 15 . . . 1662 5015 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5016 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5016 2 - - HYPH 1662 5016 3 composition composition NN 1662 5016 4 by by IN 1662 5016 5 sector sector NN 1662 5016 6 : : : 1662 5016 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5016 8 : : : 1662 5016 9 14 14 CD 1662 5016 10 % % NN 1662 5016 11 industry industry NN 1662 5016 12 : : : 1662 5016 13 46 46 CD 1662 5016 14 % % NN 1662 5016 15 services service NNS 1662 5016 16 : : : 1662 5016 17 40 40 CD 1662 5016 18 % % NN 1662 5016 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5016 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 5016 21 est est NNP 1662 5016 22 . . . 1662 5016 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5017 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 5017 2 rate rate NN 1662 5017 3 - - HYPH 1662 5017 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 5017 5 price price NN 1662 5017 6 index index NN 1662 5017 7 : : : 1662 5017 8 8.7 8.7 CD 1662 5017 9 % % NN 1662 5017 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5017 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 5017 12 est est NNP 1662 5017 13 . . . 1662 5017 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5018 1 Labor labor NN 1662 5018 2 force force NN 1662 5018 3 : : : 1662 5018 4 total total NN 1662 5018 5 : : : 1662 5018 6 689,000 689,000 CD 1662 5018 7 economically economically RB 1662 5018 8 active active JJ 1662 5018 9 by by IN 1662 5018 10 occupation occupation NN 1662 5018 11 : : : 1662 5018 12 86 86 CD 1662 5018 13 % % NN 1662 5018 14 of of IN 1662 5018 15 resident resident JJ 1662 5018 16 population population NN 1662 5018 17 engaged engage VBD 1662 5018 18 in in IN 1662 5018 19 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 5018 20 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5018 21 ; ; : 1662 5018 22 roughly roughly RB 1662 5018 23 35 35 CD 1662 5018 24 % % NN 1662 5018 25 of of IN 1662 5018 26 the the DT 1662 5018 27 active active JJ 1662 5018 28 male male JJ 1662 5018 29 wage wage NN 1662 5018 30 earners earner NNS 1662 5018 31 work work VBP 1662 5018 32 in in IN 1662 5018 33 South South NNP 1662 5018 34 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5018 35 Unemployment Unemployment NNP 1662 5018 36 rate rate NN 1662 5018 37 : : : 1662 5018 38 substantial substantial JJ 1662 5018 39 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 5018 40 and and CC 1662 5018 41 underemployment underemployment NN 1662 5018 42 effecting effect VBG 1662 5018 43 more more JJR 1662 5018 44 than than IN 1662 5018 45 half half NN 1662 5018 46 of of IN 1662 5018 47 the the DT 1662 5018 48 labor labor NN 1662 5018 49 force force NN 1662 5018 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5018 51 1996 1996 CD 1662 5018 52 est est NNP 1662 5018 53 . . . 1662 5018 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5019 1 Budget budget NN 1662 5019 2 : : : 1662 5019 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 5019 4 : : : 1662 5019 5 $ $ $ 1662 5019 6 445 445 CD 1662 5019 7 million million CD 1662 5019 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5019 9 : : : 1662 5019 10 $ $ $ 1662 5019 11 400 400 CD 1662 5019 12 million million CD 1662 5019 13 , , , 1662 5019 14 including include VBG 1662 5019 15 capital capital NN 1662 5019 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5019 17 of of IN 1662 5019 18 $ $ $ 1662 5019 19 128 128 CD 1662 5019 20 million million CD 1662 5019 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5019 22 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 5019 23 est est NNP 1662 5019 24 . . . 1662 5019 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5020 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 5020 2 : : : 1662 5020 3 food food NN 1662 5020 4 , , , 1662 5020 5 beverages beverage NNS 1662 5020 6 , , , 1662 5020 7 textiles textile NNS 1662 5020 8 , , , 1662 5020 9 handicrafts handicraft NNS 1662 5020 10 ; ; : 1662 5020 11 construction construction NN 1662 5020 12 ; ; , 1662 5020 13 tourism tourism NN 1662 5020 14 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 5020 15 production production NN 1662 5020 16 growth growth NN 1662 5020 17 rate rate NN 1662 5020 18 : : : 1662 5020 19 12.5 12.5 CD 1662 5020 20 % % NN 1662 5020 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5020 22 1994 1994 CD 1662 5020 23 est est NNP 1662 5020 24 . . . 1662 5020 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5021 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5021 2 - - HYPH 1662 5021 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 5021 4 : : : 1662 5021 5 13,400 13,400 CD 1662 5021 6 kW kw NN 1662 5021 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5021 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 5021 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5021 10 note note NN 1662 5021 11 : : : 1662 5021 12 98 98 CD 1662 5021 13 % % NN 1662 5021 14 of of IN 1662 5021 15 electricity electricity NN 1662 5021 16 supplied supply VBN 1662 5021 17 by by IN 1662 5021 18 South South NNP 1662 5021 19 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5021 20 Electricity Electricity NNP 1662 5021 21 - - HYPH 1662 5021 22 production production NN 1662 5021 23 : : : 1662 5021 24 NA na NN 1662 5021 25 kWh kwh ADD 1662 5021 26 note note NN 1662 5021 27 : : : 1662 5021 28 98 98 CD 1662 5021 29 % % NN 1662 5021 30 of of IN 1662 5021 31 electricity electricity NN 1662 5021 32 supplied supply VBN 1662 5021 33 by by IN 1662 5021 34 South South NNP 1662 5021 35 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5021 36 Electricity Electricity NNP 1662 5021 37 - - HYPH 1662 5021 38 consumption consumption NN 1662 5021 39 per per IN 1662 5021 40 capita capita NN 1662 5021 41 : : : 1662 5021 42 NA NA NNP 1662 5021 43 kWh kwh ADD 1662 5021 44 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5021 45 - - HYPH 1662 5021 46 products product NNS 1662 5021 47 : : : 1662 5021 48 corn corn NN 1662 5021 49 , , , 1662 5021 50 wheat wheat NN 1662 5021 51 , , , 1662 5021 52 pulses pulse NNS 1662 5021 53 , , , 1662 5021 54 sorghum sorghum NN 1662 5021 55 , , , 1662 5021 56 barley barley NN 1662 5021 57 ; ; , 1662 5021 58 livestock livestock NN 1662 5021 59 Exports export NNS 1662 5021 60 : : : 1662 5021 61 total total JJ 1662 5021 62 value value NN 1662 5021 63 : : : 1662 5021 64 $ $ $ 1662 5021 65 218 218 CD 1662 5021 66 million million CD 1662 5021 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5021 68 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5021 69 . . NNP 1662 5021 70 , , , 1662 5021 71 1996 1996 CD 1662 5021 72 est est NNP 1662 5021 73 . . . 1662 5021 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5022 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5022 2 : : : 1662 5022 3 clothing clothing NN 1662 5022 4 , , , 1662 5022 5 furniture furniture NN 1662 5022 6 , , , 1662 5022 7 footwear footwear NN 1662 5022 8 , , , 1662 5022 9 machinery machinery NN 1662 5022 10 and and CC 1662 5022 11 equipment equipment NN 1662 5022 12 , , , 1662 5022 13 wool wool NN 1662 5022 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5022 15 1993 1993 CD 1662 5022 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5022 17 partners partner NNS 1662 5022 18 : : : 1662 5022 19 South south JJ 1662 5022 20 African African NNP 1662 5022 21 Customs Customs NNP 1662 5022 22 Union Union NNP 1662 5022 23 46 46 CD 1662 5022 24 % % NN 1662 5022 25 , , , 1662 5022 26 North North NNP 1662 5022 27 America America NNP 1662 5022 28 34 34 CD 1662 5022 29 % % NN 1662 5022 30 , , , 1662 5022 31 EU EU NNP 1662 5022 32 18 18 CD 1662 5022 33 % % NN 1662 5022 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5022 35 1993 1993 CD 1662 5022 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5022 37 Imports import NNS 1662 5022 38 : : : 1662 5022 39 total total JJ 1662 5022 40 value value NN 1662 5022 41 : : : 1662 5022 42 $ $ $ 1662 5022 43 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 5022 44 billion billion CD 1662 5022 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5022 46 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 5022 47 . . NNP 1662 5022 48 , , , 1662 5022 49 1996 1996 CD 1662 5022 50 est est NNP 1662 5022 51 . . . 1662 5022 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5023 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5023 2 : : : 1662 5023 3 corn corn NN 1662 5023 4 , , , 1662 5023 5 clothing clothing NN 1662 5023 6 , , , 1662 5023 7 building building NN 1662 5023 8 materials material NNS 1662 5023 9 , , , 1662 5023 10 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 5023 11 , , , 1662 5023 12 machinery machinery NN 1662 5023 13 , , , 1662 5023 14 medicines medicines NNP 1662 5023 15 , , , 1662 5023 16 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5023 17 products product NNS 1662 5023 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5023 19 1993 1993 CD 1662 5023 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5023 21 partners partner NNS 1662 5023 22 : : : 1662 5023 23 South south JJ 1662 5023 24 African African NNP 1662 5023 25 Customs Customs NNP 1662 5023 26 Union Union NNP 1662 5023 27 83 83 CD 1662 5023 28 % % NN 1662 5023 29 , , , 1662 5023 30 Asia Asia NNP 1662 5023 31 12 12 CD 1662 5023 32 % % NN 1662 5023 33 , , , 1662 5023 34 EU EU NNP 1662 5023 35 3 3 CD 1662 5023 36 % % NN 1662 5023 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5023 38 1993 1993 CD 1662 5023 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5023 40 Debt debt NN 1662 5023 41 - - HYPH 1662 5023 42 external external JJ 1662 5023 43 : : : 1662 5023 44 $ $ $ 1662 5023 45 512 512 CD 1662 5023 46 million million CD 1662 5023 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5023 48 1993 1993 CD 1662 5023 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5023 50 Economic economic JJ 1662 5023 51 aid aid NN 1662 5023 52 : : : 1662 5023 53 recipient recipient NN 1662 5023 54 : : : 1662 5023 55 ODA ODA NNP 1662 5023 56 , , , 1662 5023 57 $ $ $ 1662 5023 58 NA NA NNP 1662 5023 59 Currency currency NN 1662 5023 60 : : : 1662 5023 61 1 1 CD 1662 5023 62 loti loti NN 1662 5023 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5023 64 L l NN 1662 5023 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5023 66 = = SYM 1662 5023 67 100 100 CD 1662 5023 68 lisente lisente JJ 1662 5023 69 note note NN 1662 5023 70 : : : 1662 5023 71 maloti maloti NNP 1662 5023 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5023 73 M m NN 1662 5023 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5023 75 is be VBZ 1662 5023 76 the the DT 1662 5023 77 plural plural JJ 1662 5023 78 form form NN 1662 5023 79 of of IN 1662 5023 80 loti loti NNP 1662 5023 81 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5023 82 rates rate NNS 1662 5023 83 : : : 1662 5023 84 maloti maloti NNP 1662 5023 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5023 86 M m NN 1662 5023 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5023 88 per per IN 1662 5023 89 US$ us$ $ 1662 5023 90 1 1 CD 1662 5023 91 - - SYM 1662 5023 92 4.6410 4.6410 CD 1662 5023 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5023 94 January January NNP 1662 5023 95 1997 1997 CD 1662 5023 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5023 97 , , , 1662 5023 98 4.2706 4.2706 CD 1662 5023 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5023 100 1996 1996 CD 1662 5023 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5023 102 , , , 1662 5023 103 3.6266 3.6266 CD 1662 5023 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5023 105 1995 1995 CD 1662 5023 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5023 107 , , , 1662 5023 108 3.5490 3.5490 CD 1662 5023 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5023 110 1994 1994 CD 1662 5023 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5023 112 , , , 1662 5023 113 3.2636 3.2636 CD 1662 5023 114 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5023 115 1993 1993 CD 1662 5023 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5023 117 , , , 1662 5023 118 2.8497 2.8497 CD 1662 5023 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5023 120 1992 1992 CD 1662 5023 121 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5023 122 ; ; : 1662 5023 123 note note VB 1662 5023 124 - - HYPH 1662 5023 125 the the DT 1662 5023 126 Basotho Basotho NNP 1662 5023 127 loti loti NN 1662 5023 128 is be VBZ 1662 5023 129 at at IN 1662 5023 130 par par NN 1662 5023 131 with with IN 1662 5023 132 the the DT 1662 5023 133 South south JJ 1662 5023 134 African african JJ 1662 5023 135 rand rand NN 1662 5023 136 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5023 137 year year NN 1662 5023 138 : : : 1662 5023 139 1 1 CD 1662 5023 140 April April NNP 1662 5023 141 - - HYPH 1662 5023 142 31 31 CD 1662 5023 143 March March NNP 1662 5023 144 @Lesotho @lesotho NN 1662 5023 145 : : : 1662 5023 146 Communications communication NNS 1662 5023 147 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 5023 148 : : : 1662 5023 149 12,000 12,000 CD 1662 5023 150 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5023 151 1991 1991 CD 1662 5023 152 est est NNP 1662 5023 153 . . . 1662 5023 154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5024 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5024 2 system system NN 1662 5024 3 : : : 1662 5024 4 rudimentary rudimentary JJ 1662 5024 5 system system NN 1662 5024 6 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5024 7 : : : 1662 5024 8 consists consist VBZ 1662 5024 9 of of IN 1662 5024 10 a a DT 1662 5024 11 few few JJ 1662 5024 12 landlines landline NNS 1662 5024 13 , , , 1662 5024 14 a a DT 1662 5024 15 small small JJ 1662 5024 16 microwave microwave NN 1662 5024 17 radio radio NN 1662 5024 18 relay relay NN 1662 5024 19 system system NN 1662 5024 20 , , , 1662 5024 21 and and CC 1662 5024 22 a a DT 1662 5024 23 minor minor JJ 1662 5024 24 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 5024 25 communication communication NN 1662 5024 26 system system NN 1662 5024 27 international international NNP 1662 5024 28 : : : 1662 5024 29 satellite satellite NN 1662 5024 30 earth earth NNP 1662 5024 31 station station NNP 1662 5024 32 - - : 1662 5024 33 1 1 CD 1662 5024 34 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5024 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5024 36 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 5024 37 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5024 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5024 39 Radio radio NN 1662 5024 40 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5024 41 stations station NNS 1662 5024 42 : : : 1662 5024 43 AM am VBP 1662 5024 44 3 3 CD 1662 5024 45 , , , 1662 5024 46 FM FM NNP 1662 5024 47 4 4 CD 1662 5024 48 , , , 1662 5024 49 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 5024 50 0 0 CD 1662 5024 51 Radios radio NNS 1662 5024 52 : : : 1662 5024 53 66,000 66,000 CD 1662 5024 54 Television Television NNP 1662 5024 55 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5024 56 stations station NNS 1662 5024 57 : : : 1662 5024 58 1 1 CD 1662 5024 59 Televisions television NNS 1662 5024 60 : : : 1662 5024 61 11,000 11,000 CD 1662 5024 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5024 63 1992 1992 CD 1662 5024 64 est est NNP 1662 5024 65 . . . 1662 5024 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5025 1 @Lesotho @lesotho XX 1662 5025 2 : : : 1662 5025 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5025 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5025 5 : : : 1662 5025 6 total total NN 1662 5025 7 : : : 1662 5025 8 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 5025 9 km km NN 1662 5025 10 ; ; : 1662 5025 11 note note NN 1662 5025 12 - - HYPH 1662 5025 13 owned own VBN 1662 5025 14 by by IN 1662 5025 15 , , , 1662 5025 16 operated operate VBN 1662 5025 17 by by IN 1662 5025 18 , , , 1662 5025 19 and and CC 1662 5025 20 included include VBN 1662 5025 21 in in IN 1662 5025 22 the the DT 1662 5025 23 statistics statistic NNS 1662 5025 24 of of IN 1662 5025 25 South South NNP 1662 5025 26 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5025 27 narrow narrow JJ 1662 5025 28 gauge gauge NN 1662 5025 29 : : : 1662 5025 30 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 5025 31 km km NN 1662 5025 32 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 5025 33 gauge gauge NN 1662 5025 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5025 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 5025 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5025 37 Highways highway NNS 1662 5025 38 : : : 1662 5025 39 total total NN 1662 5025 40 : : : 1662 5025 41 4,955 4,955 CD 1662 5025 42 km km NN 1662 5025 43 paved pave VBN 1662 5025 44 : : : 1662 5025 45 887 887 CD 1662 5025 46 km km NN 1662 5025 47 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5025 48 : : : 1662 5025 49 4,068 4,068 CD 1662 5025 50 km km NNS 1662 5025 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5025 52 1995 1995 CD 1662 5025 53 est est NNP 1662 5025 54 . . . 1662 5025 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5026 1 Ports port NNS 1662 5026 2 and and CC 1662 5026 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5026 4 : : : 1662 5026 5 none none NN 1662 5026 6 Airports airport NNS 1662 5026 7 : : : 1662 5026 8 29 29 CD 1662 5026 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5026 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 5026 11 est est NNP 1662 5026 12 . . . 1662 5026 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5027 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5027 2 - - , 1662 5027 3 with with IN 1662 5027 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5027 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5027 6 : : : 1662 5027 7 total total NN 1662 5027 8 : : : 1662 5027 9 25 25 CD 1662 5027 10 over over IN 1662 5027 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5027 12 m m NN 1662 5027 13 : : : 1662 5027 14 1 1 CD 1662 5027 15 914 914 CD 1662 5027 16 to to TO 1662 5027 17 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5027 18 m m NN 1662 5027 19 : : : 1662 5027 20 1 1 CD 1662 5027 21 under under IN 1662 5027 22 914 914 CD 1662 5027 23 m m NN 1662 5027 24 : : : 1662 5027 25 23 23 CD 1662 5027 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5027 27 1996 1996 CD 1662 5027 28 est est NNP 1662 5027 29 . . . 1662 5027 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5028 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5028 2 - - , 1662 5028 3 with with IN 1662 5028 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5028 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5028 6 : : : 1662 5028 7 total total NN 1662 5028 8 : : : 1662 5028 9 4 4 CD 1662 5028 10 914 914 CD 1662 5028 11 to to TO 1662 5028 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5028 13 m m NN 1662 5028 14 : : : 1662 5028 15 4 4 CD 1662 5028 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5028 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 5028 18 est est NNP 1662 5028 19 . . . 1662 5028 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5029 1 Military military JJ 1662 5029 2 Military military JJ 1662 5029 3 branches branch NNS 1662 5029 4 : : : 1662 5029 5 Lesotho Lesotho NNP 1662 5029 6 Defense Defense NNP 1662 5029 7 Force Force NNP 1662 5029 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5029 9 LDF LDF NNP 1662 5029 10 ; ; : 1662 5029 11 includes include VBZ 1662 5029 12 Army Army NNP 1662 5029 13 and and CC 1662 5029 14 Air Air NNP 1662 5029 15 Wing Wing NNP 1662 5029 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5029 17 , , , 1662 5029 18 Lesotho Lesotho NNP 1662 5029 19 Mounted Mounted NNP 1662 5029 20 Police Police NNP 1662 5029 21 Military Military NNP 1662 5029 22 manpower manpower NN 1662 5029 23 - - HYPH 1662 5029 24 availability availability NN 1662 5029 25 : : : 1662 5029 26 males male NNS 1662 5029 27 age age NNP 1662 5029 28 15 15 CD 1662 5029 29 - - HYPH 1662 5029 30 49 49 CD 1662 5029 31 : : : 1662 5029 32 468,658 468,658 CD 1662 5029 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5029 34 1997 1997 CD 1662 5029 35 est est NNP 1662 5029 36 . . . 1662 5029 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5030 1 Military military JJ 1662 5030 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5030 3 - - HYPH 1662 5030 4 fit fit NN 1662 5030 5 for for IN 1662 5030 6 military military JJ 1662 5030 7 service service NN 1662 5030 8 : : : 1662 5030 9 males male NNS 1662 5030 10 : : : 1662 5030 11 253,025 253,025 CD 1662 5030 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5030 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5030 14 est est NNP 1662 5030 15 . . . 1662 5030 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5031 1 Military military JJ 1662 5031 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5031 3 - - HYPH 1662 5031 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 5031 5 figure figure NN 1662 5031 6 : : : 1662 5031 7 $ $ $ 1662 5031 8 NA NA NNP 1662 5031 9 Military military JJ 1662 5031 10 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5031 11 - - : 1662 5031 12 percent percent NN 1662 5031 13 of of IN 1662 5031 14 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5031 15 : : : 1662 5031 16 NA% NA% `` 1662 5031 17 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5031 18 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5031 19 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 5031 20 - - : 1662 5031 21 international international RB 1662 5031 22 : : : 1662 5031 23 none none NN 1662 5031 24 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 25 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 26 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 27 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 28 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 29 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 30 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 31 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 32 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 33 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 34 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 35 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 36 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 37 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 38 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 39 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 40 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 41 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 42 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 43 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 44 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 45 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 46 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 47 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 48 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 49 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 50 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 51 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 52 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 53 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 54 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 55 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 56 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 57 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 58 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 59 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 60 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 61 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 62 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 63 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 64 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 65 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 66 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 67 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 68 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 69 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 70 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 71 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 72 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 73 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 74 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 75 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 76 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 77 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 78 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 90 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 91 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 92 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 93 _ _ NNP 1662 5031 94 LIBERIA LIBERIA NNP 1662 5031 95 Introduction Introduction NNP 1662 5031 96 Current current JJ 1662 5031 97 issues issue NNS 1662 5031 98 : : : 1662 5031 99 Years year NNS 1662 5031 100 of of IN 1662 5031 101 civil civil JJ 1662 5031 102 strife strife NN 1662 5031 103 have have VBP 1662 5031 104 destroyed destroy VBN 1662 5031 105 much much JJ 1662 5031 106 of of IN 1662 5031 107 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 5031 108 's 's POS 1662 5031 109 economic economic JJ 1662 5031 110 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 5031 111 , , , 1662 5031 112 made make VBD 1662 5031 113 civil civil JJ 1662 5031 114 administration administration NN 1662 5031 115 nearly nearly RB 1662 5031 116 impossible impossible JJ 1662 5031 117 , , , 1662 5031 118 and and CC 1662 5031 119 brought bring VBD 1662 5031 120 economic economic JJ 1662 5031 121 activity activity NN 1662 5031 122 virtually virtually RB 1662 5031 123 to to IN 1662 5031 124 a a DT 1662 5031 125 halt halt NN 1662 5031 126 . . . 1662 5032 1 The the DT 1662 5032 2 deterioration deterioration NN 1662 5032 3 of of IN 1662 5032 4 economic economic JJ 1662 5032 5 conditions condition NNS 1662 5032 6 has have VBZ 1662 5032 7 been be VBN 1662 5032 8 greatly greatly RB 1662 5032 9 exacerbated exacerbate VBN 1662 5032 10 by by IN 1662 5032 11 the the DT 1662 5032 12 flight flight NN 1662 5032 13 of of IN 1662 5032 14 most most JJS 1662 5032 15 business business NN 1662 5032 16 people people NNS 1662 5032 17 with with IN 1662 5032 18 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5032 19 expertise expertise NN 1662 5032 20 and and CC 1662 5032 21 capital capital NN 1662 5032 22 . . . 1662 5033 1 Civil civil JJ 1662 5033 2 order order NN 1662 5033 3 ended end VBD 1662 5033 4 in in IN 1662 5033 5 1990 1990 CD 1662 5033 6 when when WRB 1662 5033 7 President President NNP 1662 5033 8 Samuel Samuel NNP 1662 5033 9 Kenyon Kenyon NNP 1662 5033 10 DOE DOE NNP 1662 5033 11 was be VBD 1662 5033 12 killed kill VBN 1662 5033 13 by by IN 1662 5033 14 rebel rebel JJ 1662 5033 15 forces force NNS 1662 5033 16 . . . 1662 5034 1 In in IN 1662 5034 2 April April NNP 1662 5034 3 1996 1996 CD 1662 5034 4 , , , 1662 5034 5 when when WRB 1662 5034 6 forces force NNS 1662 5034 7 loyal loyal JJ 1662 5034 8 to to IN 1662 5034 9 faction faction NN 1662 5034 10 leaders leader NNS 1662 5034 11 Charles Charles NNP 1662 5034 12 Ghankay Ghankay NNP 1662 5034 13 TAYLOR TAYLOR NNP 1662 5034 14 and and CC 1662 5034 15 Alhaji Alhaji NNP 1662 5034 16 KROMAH KROMAH NNP 1662 5034 17 attacked attack VBD 1662 5034 18 rival rival JJ 1662 5034 19 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5034 20 Krahn Krahn NNP 1662 5034 21 factions faction NNS 1662 5034 22 , , , 1662 5034 23 the the DT 1662 5034 24 fighting fight VBG 1662 5034 25 further further RB 1662 5034 26 damaged damage VBN 1662 5034 27 Monrovia Monrovia NNP 1662 5034 28 's 's POS 1662 5034 29 dilapidated dilapidated JJ 1662 5034 30 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 5034 31 . . . 1662 5035 1 Fighting fighting NN 1662 5035 2 waned wane VBN 1662 5035 3 in in IN 1662 5035 4 late late JJ 1662 5035 5 May May NNP 1662 5035 6 1996 1996 CD 1662 5035 7 , , , 1662 5035 8 allowing allow VBG 1662 5035 9 West west JJ 1662 5035 10 African african JJ 1662 5035 11 peacekeepers peacekeeper NNS 1662 5035 12 to to TO 1662 5035 13 regain regain VB 1662 5035 14 control control NN 1662 5035 15 of of IN 1662 5035 16 Monrovia Monrovia NNP 1662 5035 17 . . . 1662 5036 1 The the DT 1662 5036 2 Abuja Abuja NNP 1662 5036 3 II II NNP 1662 5036 4 peace peace NN 1662 5036 5 accord accord NN 1662 5036 6 was be VBD 1662 5036 7 signed sign VBN 1662 5036 8 in in IN 1662 5036 9 August August NNP 1662 5036 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 5036 11 replacing replace VBG 1662 5036 12 the the DT 1662 5036 13 Chairman Chairman NNP 1662 5036 14 of of IN 1662 5036 15 the the DT 1662 5036 16 ruling rule VBG 1662 5036 17 Council Council NNP 1662 5036 18 of of IN 1662 5036 19 State State NNP 1662 5036 20 , , , 1662 5036 21 Wilton Wilton NNP 1662 5036 22 SANKAWULO SANKAWULO NNP 1662 5036 23 , , , 1662 5036 24 with with IN 1662 5036 25 Ruth Ruth NNP 1662 5036 26 PERRY PERRY NNP 1662 5036 27 . . . 1662 5037 1 National national JJ 1662 5037 2 elections election NNS 1662 5037 3 were be VBD 1662 5037 4 scheduled schedule VBN 1662 5037 5 for for IN 1662 5037 6 30 30 CD 1662 5037 7 May May NNP 1662 5037 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5037 9 , , , 1662 5037 10 but but CC 1662 5037 11 long long JJ 1662 5037 12 - - HYPH 1662 5037 13 term term NN 1662 5037 14 prospects prospect NNS 1662 5037 15 for for IN 1662 5037 16 peace peace NN 1662 5037 17 will will MD 1662 5037 18 remain remain VB 1662 5037 19 poor poor JJ 1662 5037 20 unless unless IN 1662 5037 21 the the DT 1662 5037 22 warring war VBG 1662 5037 23 factions faction NNS 1662 5037 24 can can MD 1662 5037 25 overcome overcome VB 1662 5037 26 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5037 27 greed greed NN 1662 5037 28 , , , 1662 5037 29 mutual mutual JJ 1662 5037 30 suspicions suspicion NNS 1662 5037 31 and and CC 1662 5037 32 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5037 33 hatreds hatred NNS 1662 5037 34 . . . 1662 5038 1 @Liberia @liberia XX 1662 5038 2 : : : 1662 5038 3 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5038 4 Location Location NNP 1662 5038 5 : : : 1662 5038 6 Western Western NNP 1662 5038 7 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5038 8 , , , 1662 5038 9 bordering border VBG 1662 5038 10 the the DT 1662 5038 11 North North NNP 1662 5038 12 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 5038 13 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5038 14 , , , 1662 5038 15 between between IN 1662 5038 16 Cote Cote NNP 1662 5038 17 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 5038 18 and and CC 1662 5038 19 Sierra Sierra NNP 1662 5038 20 Leone Leone NNP 1662 5038 21 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5038 22 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5038 23 : : : 1662 5038 24 6 6 CD 1662 5038 25 30 30 CD 1662 5038 26 N n CD 1662 5038 27 , , , 1662 5038 28 9 9 CD 1662 5038 29 30 30 CD 1662 5038 30 W W NNP 1662 5038 31 Map Map NNP 1662 5038 32 references reference NNS 1662 5038 33 : : : 1662 5038 34 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5038 35 Area Area NNP 1662 5038 36 : : : 1662 5038 37 total total NN 1662 5038 38 : : : 1662 5038 39 111,370 111,370 CD 1662 5038 40 sq sq NNP 1662 5038 41 km km NNP 1662 5038 42 land land NN 1662 5038 43 : : : 1662 5038 44 96,320 96,320 CD 1662 5038 45 sq sq NN 1662 5038 46 km km NNP 1662 5038 47 water water NN 1662 5038 48 : : : 1662 5038 49 15,050 15,050 CD 1662 5038 50 sq sq RB 1662 5038 51 km km NNP 1662 5038 52 Area area NN 1662 5038 53 - - HYPH 1662 5038 54 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5038 55 : : : 1662 5038 56 slightly slightly RB 1662 5038 57 larger large JJR 1662 5038 58 than than IN 1662 5038 59 Tennessee Tennessee NNP 1662 5038 60 Land Land NNP 1662 5038 61 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5038 62 : : : 1662 5038 63 total total JJ 1662 5038 64 : : : 1662 5038 65 1,585 1,585 CD 1662 5038 66 km km NN 1662 5038 67 border border NN 1662 5038 68 countries country NNS 1662 5038 69 : : : 1662 5038 70 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 5038 71 563 563 CD 1662 5038 72 km km NNS 1662 5038 73 , , , 1662 5038 74 Cote Cote NNP 1662 5038 75 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 5038 76 716 716 CD 1662 5038 77 km km NNS 1662 5038 78 , , , 1662 5038 79 Sierra Sierra NNP 1662 5038 80 Leone Leone NNP 1662 5038 81 306 306 CD 1662 5038 82 km km NN 1662 5038 83 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5038 84 : : : 1662 5038 85 579 579 CD 1662 5038 86 km km NN 1662 5038 87 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5038 88 claims claim VBZ 1662 5038 89 : : : 1662 5038 90 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5038 91 sea sea NN 1662 5038 92 : : : 1662 5038 93 200 200 CD 1662 5038 94 nm nm NNP 1662 5038 95 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5038 96 : : : 1662 5038 97 tropical tropical JJ 1662 5038 98 ; ; : 1662 5038 99 hot hot JJ 1662 5038 100 , , , 1662 5038 101 humid humid JJ 1662 5038 102 ; ; , 1662 5038 103 dry dry JJ 1662 5038 104 winters winter NNS 1662 5038 105 with with IN 1662 5038 106 hot hot JJ 1662 5038 107 days day NNS 1662 5038 108 and and CC 1662 5038 109 cool cool JJ 1662 5038 110 to to IN 1662 5038 111 cold cold JJ 1662 5038 112 nights night NNS 1662 5038 113 ; ; : 1662 5038 114 wet wet JJ 1662 5038 115 , , , 1662 5038 116 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 5038 117 summers summer NNS 1662 5038 118 with with IN 1662 5038 119 frequent frequent JJ 1662 5038 120 heavy heavy JJ 1662 5038 121 showers shower NNS 1662 5038 122 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 5038 123 : : : 1662 5038 124 mostly mostly RB 1662 5038 125 flat flat JJ 1662 5038 126 to to IN 1662 5038 127 rolling roll VBG 1662 5038 128 coastal coastal JJ 1662 5038 129 plains plain NNS 1662 5038 130 rising rise VBG 1662 5038 131 to to IN 1662 5038 132 rolling roll VBG 1662 5038 133 plateau plateau NN 1662 5038 134 and and CC 1662 5038 135 low low JJ 1662 5038 136 mountains mountain NNS 1662 5038 137 in in IN 1662 5038 138 northeast northeast NNP 1662 5038 139 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5038 140 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5038 141 : : : 1662 5038 142 lowest low JJS 1662 5038 143 point point NN 1662 5038 144 : : : 1662 5038 145 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 5038 146 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5038 147 0 0 NFP 1662 5038 148 m m DT 1662 5038 149 highest high JJS 1662 5038 150 point point NN 1662 5038 151 : : : 1662 5038 152 Mount Mount NNP 1662 5038 153 Wuteve Wuteve NNP 1662 5038 154 1,380 1,380 CD 1662 5038 155 m m CD 1662 5038 156 Natural natural JJ 1662 5038 157 resources resource NNS 1662 5038 158 : : : 1662 5038 159 iron iron NN 1662 5038 160 ore ore NN 1662 5038 161 , , , 1662 5038 162 timber timber NN 1662 5038 163 , , , 1662 5038 164 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 5038 165 , , , 1662 5038 166 gold gold NN 1662 5038 167 Land Land NNP 1662 5038 168 use use NN 1662 5038 169 : : : 1662 5038 170 arable arable JJ 1662 5038 171 land land NN 1662 5038 172 : : : 1662 5038 173 1 1 CD 1662 5038 174 % % NN 1662 5038 175 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5038 176 crops crop NNS 1662 5038 177 : : : 1662 5038 178 3 3 CD 1662 5038 179 % % NN 1662 5038 180 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5038 181 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5038 182 : : : 1662 5038 183 59 59 CD 1662 5038 184 % % NN 1662 5038 185 forests forest NNS 1662 5038 186 and and CC 1662 5038 187 woodland woodland JJ 1662 5038 188 : : : 1662 5038 189 18 18 CD 1662 5038 190 % % NN 1662 5038 191 other other JJ 1662 5038 192 : : : 1662 5038 193 19 19 CD 1662 5038 194 % % NN 1662 5038 195 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5038 196 1993 1993 CD 1662 5038 197 est est NNP 1662 5038 198 . . . 1662 5038 199 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5039 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5039 2 land land NN 1662 5039 3 : : : 1662 5039 4 20 20 CD 1662 5039 5 sq sq NNP 1662 5039 6 km km NNP 1662 5039 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5039 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 5039 9 est est NNP 1662 5039 10 . . . 1662 5039 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5040 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 5040 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5040 3 : : : 1662 5040 4 dust dust NN 1662 5040 5 - - HYPH 1662 5040 6 laden laden NNP 1662 5040 7 harmattan harmattan NNP 1662 5040 8 winds wind NNS 1662 5040 9 blow blow VBP 1662 5040 10 from from IN 1662 5040 11 the the DT 1662 5040 12 Sahara Sahara NNP 1662 5040 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5040 14 December December NNP 1662 5040 15 to to IN 1662 5040 16 March March NNP 1662 5040 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5040 18 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5040 19 - - HYPH 1662 5040 20 current current JJ 1662 5040 21 issues issue NNS 1662 5040 22 : : : 1662 5040 23 tropical tropical JJ 1662 5040 24 rain rain NN 1662 5040 25 forest forest NN 1662 5040 26 subject subject NN 1662 5040 27 to to IN 1662 5040 28 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 5040 29 ; ; , 1662 5040 30 soil soil NN 1662 5040 31 erosion erosion NN 1662 5040 32 ; ; : 1662 5040 33 loss loss NN 1662 5040 34 of of IN 1662 5040 35 biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 5040 36 ; ; : 1662 5040 37 pollution pollution NN 1662 5040 38 of of IN 1662 5040 39 rivers river NNS 1662 5040 40 from from IN 1662 5040 41 the the DT 1662 5040 42 dumping dumping NN 1662 5040 43 of of IN 1662 5040 44 iron iron NN 1662 5040 45 ore ore NN 1662 5040 46 tailings tailing NNS 1662 5040 47 and and CC 1662 5040 48 of of IN 1662 5040 49 coastal coastal JJ 1662 5040 50 waters water NNS 1662 5040 51 from from IN 1662 5040 52 oil oil NN 1662 5040 53 residue residue NN 1662 5040 54 and and CC 1662 5040 55 raw raw JJ 1662 5040 56 sewage sewage NN 1662 5040 57 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5040 58 - - HYPH 1662 5040 59 international international JJ 1662 5040 60 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5040 61 : : : 1662 5040 62 party party NN 1662 5040 63 to to TO 1662 5040 64 : : : 1662 5040 65 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 5040 66 Species Species NNPS 1662 5040 67 , , , 1662 5040 68 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 5040 69 Test Test NNP 1662 5040 70 Ban Ban NNP 1662 5040 71 , , , 1662 5040 72 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5040 73 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5040 74 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5040 75 , , , 1662 5040 76 Ship Ship NNP 1662 5040 77 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5040 78 , , , 1662 5040 79 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 5040 80 Timber Timber NNP 1662 5040 81 83 83 CD 1662 5040 82 , , , 1662 5040 83 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 5040 84 Timber Timber NNP 1662 5040 85 94 94 CD 1662 5040 86 signed sign VBD 1662 5040 87 , , , 1662 5040 88 but but CC 1662 5040 89 not not RB 1662 5040 90 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5040 91 : : : 1662 5040 92 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 5040 93 , , , 1662 5040 94 Climate climate NN 1662 5040 95 Change change NN 1662 5040 96 , , , 1662 5040 97 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 5040 98 Modification Modification NNP 1662 5040 99 , , , 1662 5040 100 Law Law NNP 1662 5040 101 of of IN 1662 5040 102 the the DT 1662 5040 103 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5040 104 , , , 1662 5040 105 Marine Marine NNP 1662 5040 106 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 5040 107 , , , 1662 5040 108 Marine Marine NNP 1662 5040 109 Life Life NNP 1662 5040 110 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 5040 111 @Liberia @liberia NN 1662 5040 112 : : : 1662 5040 113 People People NNP 1662 5040 114 Population Population NNP 1662 5040 115 : : : 1662 5040 116 2,602,068 2,602,068 CD 1662 5040 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5040 118 July July NNP 1662 5040 119 1997 1997 CD 1662 5040 120 est est NNP 1662 5040 121 . . . 1662 5040 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5041 1 Age age NN 1662 5041 2 structure structure NN 1662 5041 3 : : : 1662 5041 4 0 0 CD 1662 5041 5 - - HYPH 1662 5041 6 14 14 CD 1662 5041 7 years year NNS 1662 5041 8 : : : 1662 5041 9 45 45 CD 1662 5041 10 % % NN 1662 5041 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5041 12 male male NN 1662 5041 13 584,918 584,918 CD 1662 5041 14 ; ; : 1662 5041 15 female female JJ 1662 5041 16 579,728 579,728 CD 1662 5041 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5041 18 15 15 CD 1662 5041 19 - - SYM 1662 5041 20 64 64 CD 1662 5041 21 years year NNS 1662 5041 22 : : : 1662 5041 23 52 52 CD 1662 5041 24 % % NN 1662 5041 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5041 26 male male JJ 1662 5041 27 689,376 689,376 CD 1662 5041 28 ; ; : 1662 5041 29 female female JJ 1662 5041 30 657,029 657,029 CD 1662 5041 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5041 32 65 65 CD 1662 5041 33 years year NNS 1662 5041 34 and and CC 1662 5041 35 over over IN 1662 5041 36 : : : 1662 5041 37 3 3 CD 1662 5041 38 % % NN 1662 5041 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5041 40 male male JJ 1662 5041 41 43,868 43,868 CD 1662 5041 42 ; ; : 1662 5041 43 female female JJ 1662 5041 44 47,149 47,149 CD 1662 5041 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5041 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5041 47 July July NNP 1662 5041 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5041 49 est est NNP 1662 5041 50 . . . 1662 5041 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5042 1 Population population NN 1662 5042 2 growth growth NN 1662 5042 3 rate rate NN 1662 5042 4 : : : 1662 5042 5 6.92 6.92 CD 1662 5042 6 % % NN 1662 5042 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5042 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5042 9 est est NNP 1662 5042 10 . . . 1662 5042 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5043 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5043 2 rate rate NN 1662 5043 3 : : : 1662 5043 4 42.3 42.3 CD 1662 5043 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 5043 6 population population NN 1662 5043 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5043 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5043 9 est est NNP 1662 5043 10 . . . 1662 5043 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5044 1 Death death NN 1662 5044 2 rate rate NN 1662 5044 3 : : : 1662 5044 4 11.53 11.53 CD 1662 5044 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5044 6 population population NN 1662 5044 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5044 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5044 9 est est NNP 1662 5044 10 . . . 1662 5044 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5045 1 Net net JJ 1662 5045 2 migration migration NN 1662 5045 3 rate rate NN 1662 5045 4 : : : 1662 5045 5 38.39 38.39 CD 1662 5045 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 5045 7 population population NN 1662 5045 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5045 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5045 10 est est NNP 1662 5045 11 . . . 1662 5045 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5046 1 note note NN 1662 5046 2 : : : 1662 5046 3 until until IN 1662 5046 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5046 5 peace peace NN 1662 5046 6 is be VBZ 1662 5046 7 restored restore VBN 1662 5046 8 , , , 1662 5046 9 many many JJ 1662 5046 10 Liberian liberian JJ 1662 5046 11 refugees refugee NNS 1662 5046 12 will will MD 1662 5046 13 not not RB 1662 5046 14 return return VB 1662 5046 15 from from IN 1662 5046 16 exile exile NN 1662 5046 17 Sex sex NN 1662 5046 18 ratio ratio NN 1662 5046 19 : : : 1662 5046 20 at at IN 1662 5046 21 birth birth NN 1662 5046 22 : : : 1662 5046 23 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 5046 24 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5046 25 under under IN 1662 5046 26 15 15 CD 1662 5046 27 years year NNS 1662 5046 28 : : : 1662 5046 29 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 5046 30 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5046 31 15 15 CD 1662 5046 32 - - HYPH 1662 5046 33 64 64 CD 1662 5046 34 years year NNS 1662 5046 35 : : : 1662 5046 36 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 5046 37 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5046 38 65 65 CD 1662 5046 39 years year NNS 1662 5046 40 and and CC 1662 5046 41 over over IN 1662 5046 42 : : : 1662 5046 43 0.93 0.93 CD 1662 5046 44 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 5046 45 total total JJ 1662 5046 46 population population NN 1662 5046 47 : : : 1662 5046 48 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 5046 49 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5046 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5046 51 1997 1997 CD 1662 5046 52 est e JJS 1662 5046 53 . . . 1662 5046 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5047 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5047 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5047 3 rate rate NN 1662 5047 4 : : : 1662 5047 5 105.6 105.6 CD 1662 5047 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5047 7 live live JJ 1662 5047 8 births birth NNS 1662 5047 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5047 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5047 11 est est NNP 1662 5047 12 . . . 1662 5047 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5048 1 Life life NN 1662 5048 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5048 3 at at IN 1662 5048 4 birth birth NN 1662 5048 5 : : : 1662 5048 6 total total JJ 1662 5048 7 population population NN 1662 5048 8 : : : 1662 5048 9 59.02 59.02 CD 1662 5048 10 years year NNS 1662 5048 11 male male NN 1662 5048 12 : : : 1662 5048 13 56.43 56.43 CD 1662 5048 14 years year NNS 1662 5048 15 female female JJ 1662 5048 16 : : : 1662 5048 17 61.69 61.69 CD 1662 5048 18 years year NNS 1662 5048 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5048 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5048 21 est est NNP 1662 5048 22 . . . 1662 5048 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5049 1 Total total JJ 1662 5049 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5049 3 rate rate NN 1662 5049 4 : : : 1662 5049 5 6.16 6.16 CD 1662 5049 6 children child NNS 1662 5049 7 born bear VBN 1662 5049 8 / / SYM 1662 5049 9 woman woman NN 1662 5049 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5049 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5049 12 est est NNP 1662 5049 13 . . . 1662 5049 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5050 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5050 2 : : : 1662 5050 3 noun noun NNP 1662 5050 4 : : : 1662 5050 5 Liberian(s Liberian(s NNP 1662 5050 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5050 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 5050 8 : : : 1662 5050 9 Liberian liberian JJ 1662 5050 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5050 11 groups group NNS 1662 5050 12 : : : 1662 5050 13 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 5050 14 African african JJ 1662 5050 15 tribes tribe NNS 1662 5050 16 95 95 CD 1662 5050 17 % % NN 1662 5050 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5050 19 including include VBG 1662 5050 20 Kpelle Kpelle NNP 1662 5050 21 , , , 1662 5050 22 Bassa Bassa NNP 1662 5050 23 , , , 1662 5050 24 Gio Gio NNP 1662 5050 25 , , , 1662 5050 26 Kru Kru NNP 1662 5050 27 , , , 1662 5050 28 Grebo Grebo NNP 1662 5050 29 , , , 1662 5050 30 Mano Mano NNP 1662 5050 31 , , , 1662 5050 32 Krahn Krahn NNP 1662 5050 33 , , , 1662 5050 34 Gola Gola NNP 1662 5050 35 , , , 1662 5050 36 Gbandi Gbandi NNP 1662 5050 37 , , , 1662 5050 38 Loma Loma NNP 1662 5050 39 , , , 1662 5050 40 Kissi Kissi NNP 1662 5050 41 , , , 1662 5050 42 Vai Vai NNP 1662 5050 43 , , , 1662 5050 44 and and CC 1662 5050 45 Bella Bella NNP 1662 5050 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5050 47 , , , 1662 5050 48 Americo Americo NNP 1662 5050 49 - - HYPH 1662 5050 50 Liberians Liberians NNP 1662 5050 51 5 5 CD 1662 5050 52 % % NN 1662 5050 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5050 54 descendants descendant NNS 1662 5050 55 of of IN 1662 5050 56 former former JJ 1662 5050 57 slaves slave NNS 1662 5050 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5050 59 Religions religion NNS 1662 5050 60 : : : 1662 5050 61 traditional traditional JJ 1662 5050 62 70 70 CD 1662 5050 63 % % NN 1662 5050 64 , , , 1662 5050 65 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 5050 66 20 20 CD 1662 5050 67 % % NN 1662 5050 68 , , , 1662 5050 69 Christian Christian NNP 1662 5050 70 10 10 CD 1662 5050 71 % % NN 1662 5050 72 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 5050 73 : : : 1662 5050 74 English English NNP 1662 5050 75 20 20 CD 1662 5050 76 % % NN 1662 5050 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5050 78 official official NN 1662 5050 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5050 80 , , , 1662 5050 81 about about RB 1662 5050 82 20 20 CD 1662 5050 83 tribal tribal JJ 1662 5050 84 languages language NNS 1662 5050 85 , , , 1662 5050 86 of of IN 1662 5050 87 which which WDT 1662 5050 88 a a DT 1662 5050 89 few few JJ 1662 5050 90 can can MD 1662 5050 91 be be VB 1662 5050 92 written write VBN 1662 5050 93 and and CC 1662 5050 94 are be VBP 1662 5050 95 used use VBN 1662 5050 96 in in IN 1662 5050 97 correspondence correspondence NN 1662 5050 98 Literacy literacy NN 1662 5050 99 : : : 1662 5050 100 definition definition NN 1662 5050 101 : : : 1662 5050 102 age age NN 1662 5050 103 15 15 CD 1662 5050 104 and and CC 1662 5050 105 over over RB 1662 5050 106 can can MD 1662 5050 107 read read VB 1662 5050 108 and and CC 1662 5050 109 write write VB 1662 5050 110 total total JJ 1662 5050 111 population population NN 1662 5050 112 : : : 1662 5050 113 38.3 38.3 CD 1662 5050 114 % % NN 1662 5050 115 male male NN 1662 5050 116 : : : 1662 5050 117 53.9 53.9 CD 1662 5050 118 % % NN 1662 5050 119 female female NN 1662 5050 120 : : : 1662 5050 121 22.4 22.4 CD 1662 5050 122 % % NN 1662 5050 123 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5050 124 1995 1995 CD 1662 5050 125 est est NNP 1662 5050 126 . . . 1662 5050 127 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5051 1 @Liberia @liberia XX 1662 5051 2 : : : 1662 5051 3 Government Government NNP 1662 5051 4 Country Country NNP 1662 5051 5 name name NN 1662 5051 6 : : : 1662 5051 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5051 8 long long JJ 1662 5051 9 form form NN 1662 5051 10 : : : 1662 5051 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5051 12 of of IN 1662 5051 13 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 5051 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5051 15 short short JJ 1662 5051 16 form form NN 1662 5051 17 : : : 1662 5051 18 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 5051 19 Data Data NNP 1662 5051 20 code code NN 1662 5051 21 : : : 1662 5051 22 LI LI NNP 1662 5051 23 Government Government NNP 1662 5051 24 type type NN 1662 5051 25 : : : 1662 5051 26 republic republic NNP 1662 5051 27 National national JJ 1662 5051 28 capital capital NN 1662 5051 29 : : : 1662 5051 30 Monrovia Monrovia NNP 1662 5051 31 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 5051 32 divisions division NNS 1662 5051 33 : : : 1662 5051 34 13 13 CD 1662 5051 35 counties county NNS 1662 5051 36 ; ; : 1662 5051 37 Bomi Bomi NNP 1662 5051 38 , , , 1662 5051 39 Bong Bong NNP 1662 5051 40 , , , 1662 5051 41 Grand Grand NNP 1662 5051 42 Bassa Bassa NNP 1662 5051 43 , , , 1662 5051 44 Grand Grand NNP 1662 5051 45 Cape Cape NNP 1662 5051 46 Mount Mount NNP 1662 5051 47 , , , 1662 5051 48 Grand Grand NNP 1662 5051 49 Gedeh Gedeh NNP 1662 5051 50 , , , 1662 5051 51 Grand Grand NNP 1662 5051 52 Kru Kru NNP 1662 5051 53 , , , 1662 5051 54 Lofa Lofa NNP 1662 5051 55 , , , 1662 5051 56 Margibi Margibi NNP 1662 5051 57 , , , 1662 5051 58 Maryland Maryland NNP 1662 5051 59 , , , 1662 5051 60 Montserrado Montserrado NNP 1662 5051 61 , , , 1662 5051 62 Nimba Nimba NNP 1662 5051 63 , , , 1662 5051 64 River River NNP 1662 5051 65 Cess Cess NNP 1662 5051 66 , , , 1662 5051 67 Sinoe Sinoe NNP 1662 5051 68 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5051 69 : : : 1662 5051 70 26 26 CD 1662 5051 71 July July NNP 1662 5051 72 1847 1847 CD 1662 5051 73 National national JJ 1662 5051 74 holiday holiday NN 1662 5051 75 : : : 1662 5051 76 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5051 77 Day Day NNP 1662 5051 78 , , , 1662 5051 79 26 26 CD 1662 5051 80 July July NNP 1662 5051 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5051 82 1847 1847 CD 1662 5051 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5051 84 Constitution constitution NN 1662 5051 85 : : : 1662 5051 86 6 6 CD 1662 5051 87 January January NNP 1662 5051 88 1986 1986 CD 1662 5051 89 Legal legal JJ 1662 5051 90 system system NN 1662 5051 91 : : : 1662 5051 92 dual dual JJ 1662 5051 93 system system NN 1662 5051 94 of of IN 1662 5051 95 statutory statutory JJ 1662 5051 96 law law NN 1662 5051 97 based base VBN 1662 5051 98 on on IN 1662 5051 99 Anglo anglo JJ 1662 5051 100 - - HYPH 1662 5051 101 American american JJ 1662 5051 102 common common JJ 1662 5051 103 law law NN 1662 5051 104 for for IN 1662 5051 105 the the DT 1662 5051 106 modern modern JJ 1662 5051 107 sector sector NN 1662 5051 108 and and CC 1662 5051 109 customary customary JJ 1662 5051 110 law law NN 1662 5051 111 based base VBN 1662 5051 112 on on IN 1662 5051 113 unwritten unwritten JJ 1662 5051 114 tribal tribal JJ 1662 5051 115 practices practice NNS 1662 5051 116 for for IN 1662 5051 117 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 5051 118 sector sector NN 1662 5051 119 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 5051 120 : : : 1662 5051 121 18 18 CD 1662 5051 122 years year NNS 1662 5051 123 of of IN 1662 5051 124 age age NN 1662 5051 125 ; ; : 1662 5051 126 universal universal JJ 1662 5051 127 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5051 128 branch branch NN 1662 5051 129 : : : 1662 5051 130 chief chief NN 1662 5051 131 of of IN 1662 5051 132 state state NN 1662 5051 133 : : : 1662 5051 134 Chairman chairman NN 1662 5051 135 of of IN 1662 5051 136 the the DT 1662 5051 137 Council Council NNP 1662 5051 138 of of IN 1662 5051 139 State State NNP 1662 5051 140 Ruth Ruth NNP 1662 5051 141 PERRY PERRY NNP 1662 5051 142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5051 143 since since IN 1662 5051 144 NA NA NNP 1662 5051 145 August August NNP 1662 5051 146 1996 1996 CD 1662 5051 147 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5051 148 ; ; : 1662 5051 149 note note NN 1662 5051 150 - - HYPH 1662 5051 151 chairman chairman NN 1662 5051 152 of of IN 1662 5051 153 the the DT 1662 5051 154 Council Council NNP 1662 5051 155 of of IN 1662 5051 156 State State NNP 1662 5051 157 is be VBZ 1662 5051 158 both both CC 1662 5051 159 the the DT 1662 5051 160 chief chief NN 1662 5051 161 of of IN 1662 5051 162 state state NN 1662 5051 163 and and CC 1662 5051 164 head head NN 1662 5051 165 of of IN 1662 5051 166 government government NN 1662 5051 167 head head NN 1662 5051 168 of of IN 1662 5051 169 government government NN 1662 5051 170 : : : 1662 5051 171 Chairman chairman NN 1662 5051 172 of of IN 1662 5051 173 the the DT 1662 5051 174 Council Council NNP 1662 5051 175 of of IN 1662 5051 176 State State NNP 1662 5051 177 Ruth Ruth NNP 1662 5051 178 PERRY PERRY NNP 1662 5051 179 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5051 180 since since IN 1662 5051 181 NA NA NNP 1662 5051 182 August August NNP 1662 5051 183 1996 1996 CD 1662 5051 184 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5051 185 ; ; : 1662 5051 186 note note NN 1662 5051 187 - - HYPH 1662 5051 188 chairman chairman NN 1662 5051 189 of of IN 1662 5051 190 the the DT 1662 5051 191 Council Council NNP 1662 5051 192 of of IN 1662 5051 193 State State NNP 1662 5051 194 is be VBZ 1662 5051 195 both both CC 1662 5051 196 the the DT 1662 5051 197 chief chief NN 1662 5051 198 of of IN 1662 5051 199 state state NN 1662 5051 200 and and CC 1662 5051 201 head head NN 1662 5051 202 of of IN 1662 5051 203 government government NN 1662 5051 204 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5051 205 : : : 1662 5051 206 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 5051 207 selected select VBN 1662 5051 208 by by IN 1662 5051 209 the the DT 1662 5051 210 leaders leader NNS 1662 5051 211 of of IN 1662 5051 212 the the DT 1662 5051 213 major major JJ 1662 5051 214 factions faction NNS 1662 5051 215 in in IN 1662 5051 216 the the DT 1662 5051 217 civil civil JJ 1662 5051 218 war war NN 1662 5051 219 elections election NNS 1662 5051 220 : : : 1662 5051 221 last last JJ 1662 5051 222 presidential presidential JJ 1662 5051 223 election election NN 1662 5051 224 held hold VBD 1662 5051 225 15 15 CD 1662 5051 226 October October NNP 1662 5051 227 1985 1985 CD 1662 5051 228 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5051 229 next next JJ 1662 5051 230 to to TO 1662 5051 231 be be VB 1662 5051 232 held hold VBN 1662 5051 233 19 19 CD 1662 5051 234 July July NNP 1662 5051 235 1997 1997 CD 1662 5051 236 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5051 237 ; ; : 1662 5051 238 results result NNS 1662 5051 239 - - : 1662 5051 240 Samuel Samuel NNP 1662 5051 241 Kanyon Kanyon NNP 1662 5051 242 DOE DOE NNP 1662 5051 243 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5051 244 NDPL NDPL NNP 1662 5051 245 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5051 246 50.9 50.9 CD 1662 5051 247 % % NN 1662 5051 248 , , , 1662 5051 249 Jackson Jackson NNP 1662 5051 250 DOE DOE NNP 1662 5051 251 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5051 252 LAP LAP NNP 1662 5051 253 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5051 254 26.4 26.4 CD 1662 5051 255 % % NN 1662 5051 256 , , , 1662 5051 257 other other JJ 1662 5051 258 22.7 22.7 CD 1662 5051 259 % % NN 1662 5051 260 note note NN 1662 5051 261 : : : 1662 5051 262 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 5051 263 government government NN 1662 5051 264 ended end VBD 1662 5051 265 in in IN 1662 5051 266 September September NNP 1662 5051 267 1990 1990 CD 1662 5051 268 when when WRB 1662 5051 269 President President NNP 1662 5051 270 Samuel Samuel NNP 1662 5051 271 Kanyon Kanyon NNP 1662 5051 272 DOE DOE NNP 1662 5051 273 was be VBD 1662 5051 274 killed kill VBN 1662 5051 275 by by IN 1662 5051 276 rebel rebel JJ 1662 5051 277 forces force NNS 1662 5051 278 ; ; : 1662 5051 279 civil civil JJ 1662 5051 280 war war NN 1662 5051 281 ensued ensue VBN 1662 5051 282 and and CC 1662 5051 283 in in IN 1662 5051 284 August August NNP 1662 5051 285 1996 1996 CD 1662 5051 286 the the DT 1662 5051 287 Abuja Abuja NNP 1662 5051 288 II II NNP 1662 5051 289 peace peace NN 1662 5051 290 accord accord NN 1662 5051 291 was be VBD 1662 5051 292 signed sign VBN 1662 5051 293 by by IN 1662 5051 294 the the DT 1662 5051 295 major major JJ 1662 5051 296 warring warring NN 1662 5051 297 factions faction NNS 1662 5051 298 ; ; : 1662 5051 299 a a DT 1662 5051 300 transitional transitional JJ 1662 5051 301 coalition coalition NN 1662 5051 302 government government NN 1662 5051 303 under under IN 1662 5051 304 Ruth Ruth NNP 1662 5051 305 PERRY PERRY NNP 1662 5051 306 was be VBD 1662 5051 307 formed form VBN 1662 5051 308 in in IN 1662 5051 309 August August NNP 1662 5051 310 1996 1996 CD 1662 5051 311 ; ; : 1662 5051 312 presidential presidential JJ 1662 5051 313 elections election NNS 1662 5051 314 are be VBP 1662 5051 315 scheduled schedule VBN 1662 5051 316 for for IN 1662 5051 317 19 19 CD 1662 5051 318 July July NNP 1662 5051 319 1997 1997 CD 1662 5051 320 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 5051 321 branch branch NN 1662 5051 322 : : : 1662 5051 323 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 5051 324 Transitional Transitional NNP 1662 5051 325 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 5051 326 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5051 327 , , , 1662 5051 328 the the DT 1662 5051 329 members member NNS 1662 5051 330 of of IN 1662 5051 331 which which WDT 1662 5051 332 are be VBP 1662 5051 333 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5051 334 by by IN 1662 5051 335 the the DT 1662 5051 336 leaders leader NNS 1662 5051 337 of of IN 1662 5051 338 the the DT 1662 5051 339 major major JJ 1662 5051 340 factions faction NNS 1662 5051 341 in in IN 1662 5051 342 the the DT 1662 5051 343 civil civil JJ 1662 5051 344 war war NN 1662 5051 345 note note NN 1662 5051 346 : : : 1662 5051 347 the the DT 1662 5051 348 former former JJ 1662 5051 349 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 5051 350 legislature legislature NN 1662 5051 351 no no RB 1662 5051 352 longer long RBR 1662 5051 353 exists exist VBZ 1662 5051 354 and and CC 1662 5051 355 is be VBZ 1662 5051 356 unlikely unlikely JJ 1662 5051 357 to to TO 1662 5051 358 be be VB 1662 5051 359 reconstituted reconstitute VBN 1662 5051 360 soon soon RB 1662 5051 361 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 5051 362 branch branch NN 1662 5051 363 : : : 1662 5051 364 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5051 365 Court Court NNP 1662 5051 366 Political political JJ 1662 5051 367 parties party NNS 1662 5051 368 and and CC 1662 5051 369 leaders leader NNS 1662 5051 370 : : : 1662 5051 371 present present JJ 1662 5051 372 conditions condition NNS 1662 5051 373 of of IN 1662 5051 374 civil civil JJ 1662 5051 375 strife strife NN 1662 5051 376 and and CC 1662 5051 377 anarchy anarchy NN 1662 5051 378 have have VBP 1662 5051 379 rendered render VBN 1662 5051 380 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 5051 381 's 's POS 1662 5051 382 political political JJ 1662 5051 383 parties party NNS 1662 5051 384 completely completely RB 1662 5051 385 ineffectual ineffectual JJ 1662 5051 386 ; ; : 1662 5051 387 prior prior RB 1662 5051 388 to to IN 1662 5051 389 the the DT 1662 5051 390 outbreak outbreak NN 1662 5051 391 of of IN 1662 5051 392 warfare warfare NN 1662 5051 393 among among IN 1662 5051 394 armed armed JJ 1662 5051 395 factions faction NNS 1662 5051 396 the the DT 1662 5051 397 following follow VBG 1662 5051 398 political political JJ 1662 5051 399 parties party NNS 1662 5051 400 were be VBD 1662 5051 401 prominent prominent JJ 1662 5051 402 : : : 1662 5051 403 National National NNP 1662 5051 404 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5051 405 Party Party NNP 1662 5051 406 of of IN 1662 5051 407 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 5051 408 or or CC 1662 5051 409 NDPL NDPL NNP 1662 5051 410 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5051 411 Augustus Augustus NNP 1662 5051 412 CAINE CAINE NNP 1662 5051 413 , , , 1662 5051 414 chairman chairman NN 1662 5051 415 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5051 416 ; ; : 1662 5051 417 Liberian Liberian NNP 1662 5051 418 Action Action NNP 1662 5051 419 Party Party NNP 1662 5051 420 or or CC 1662 5051 421 LAP LAP NNP 1662 5051 422 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5051 423 Emmanuel Emmanuel NNP 1662 5051 424 KOROMAH KOROMAH NNP 1662 5051 425 , , , 1662 5051 426 chairman chairman NN 1662 5051 427 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5051 428 ; ; : 1662 5051 429 Unity Unity NNP 1662 5051 430 Party Party NNP 1662 5051 431 or or CC 1662 5051 432 UP UP NNP 1662 5051 433 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5051 434 Joseph Joseph NNP 1662 5051 435 KOFA KOFA NNP 1662 5051 436 , , , 1662 5051 437 chairman chairman NN 1662 5051 438 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5051 439 ; ; : 1662 5051 440 United United NNP 1662 5051 441 People People NNP 1662 5051 442 's 's POS 1662 5051 443 Party Party NNP 1662 5051 444 or or CC 1662 5051 445 UPP UPP NNP 1662 5051 446 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5051 447 Gabriel Gabriel NNP 1662 5051 448 Baccus Baccus NNP 1662 5051 449 MATTHEWS MATTHEWS NNP 1662 5051 450 , , , 1662 5051 451 chairman chairman NN 1662 5051 452 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5051 453 ; ; : 1662 5051 454 National National NNP 1662 5051 455 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 5051 456 Party Party NNP 1662 5051 457 or or CC 1662 5051 458 NPP NPP NNP 1662 5051 459 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5051 460 Charles Charles NNP 1662 5051 461 Ghankay Ghankay NNP 1662 5051 462 TAYLOR TAYLOR NNP 1662 5051 463 , , , 1662 5051 464 chairman chairman NN 1662 5051 465 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5051 466 ; ; : 1662 5051 467 Liberian Liberian NNP 1662 5051 468 Peoples Peoples NNPS 1662 5051 469 Party Party NNP 1662 5051 470 or or CC 1662 5051 471 LPP LPP NNP 1662 5051 472 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5051 473 Dusty Dusty NNP 1662 5051 474 WOLOKOLLIE WOLOKOLLIE NNP 1662 5051 475 , , , 1662 5051 476 chairman chairman NN 1662 5051 477 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5051 478 Political political JJ 1662 5051 479 pressure pressure NN 1662 5051 480 groups group NNS 1662 5051 481 and and CC 1662 5051 482 leaders leader NNS 1662 5051 483 : : : 1662 5051 484 the the DT 1662 5051 485 following follow VBG 1662 5051 486 armed armed JJ 1662 5051 487 factions faction NNS 1662 5051 488 , , , 1662 5051 489 in in IN 1662 5051 490 accordance accordance NN 1662 5051 491 with with IN 1662 5051 492 the the DT 1662 5051 493 peace peace NN 1662 5051 494 accord accord NN 1662 5051 495 of of IN 1662 5051 496 August August NNP 1662 5051 497 1995 1995 CD 1662 5051 498 , , , 1662 5051 499 form form VB 1662 5051 500 the the DT 1662 5051 501 transitional transitional JJ 1662 5051 502 government government NN 1662 5051 503 of of IN 1662 5051 504 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 5051 505 : : : 1662 5051 506 Armed Armed NNP 1662 5051 507 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5051 508 of of IN 1662 5051 509 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 5051 510 or or CC 1662 5051 511 AFL AFL NNP 1662 5051 512 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5051 513 formerly formerly RB 1662 5051 514 a a DT 1662 5051 515 part part NN 1662 5051 516 of of IN 1662 5051 517 the the DT 1662 5051 518 national national NNP 1662 5051 519 armed armed JJ 1662 5051 520 forces force NNS 1662 5051 521 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5051 522 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5051 523 Lt Lt NNP 1662 5051 524 . . NNP 1662 5051 525 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 5051 526 Hezekiah Hezekiah NNP 1662 5051 527 BOWEN BOWEN NNP 1662 5051 528 , , , 1662 5051 529 leader leader NN 1662 5051 530 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5051 531 ; ; : 1662 5051 532 National National NNP 1662 5051 533 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 5051 534 Front Front NNP 1662 5051 535 of of IN 1662 5051 536 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 5051 537 or or CC 1662 5051 538 NPFL NPFL NNP 1662 5051 539 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5051 540 initiated initiate VBN 1662 5051 541 hostilities hostility NNS 1662 5051 542 against against IN 1662 5051 543 Samuel Samuel NNP 1662 5051 544 DOE DOE NNP 1662 5051 545 's 's POS 1662 5051 546 government government NN 1662 5051 547 from from IN 1662 5051 548 Cote Cote NNP 1662 5051 549 d d NNP 1662 5051 550 ' ' '' 1662 5051 551 Ivoire Ivoire NNP 1662 5051 552 in in IN 1662 5051 553 December December NNP 1662 5051 554 1989 1989 CD 1662 5051 555 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5051 556 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5051 557 Charles Charles NNP 1662 5051 558 Ghankay Ghankay NNP 1662 5051 559 TAYLOR TAYLOR NNP 1662 5051 560 , , , 1662 5051 561 leader leader NN 1662 5051 562 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5051 563 ; ; : 1662 5051 564 Central Central NNP 1662 5051 565 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 5051 566 Committee Committee NNP 1662 5051 567 or or CC 1662 5051 568 CRC CRC NNP 1662 5051 569 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5051 570 dissident dissident JJ 1662 5051 571 members member NNS 1662 5051 572 of of IN 1662 5051 573 the the DT 1662 5051 574 NPFL NPFL NNP 1662 5051 575 in in IN 1662 5051 576 conflict conflict NN 1662 5051 577 with with IN 1662 5051 578 forces force NNS 1662 5051 579 loyal loyal JJ 1662 5051 580 to to IN 1662 5051 581 Charles Charles NNP 1662 5051 582 Ghankay Ghankay NNP 1662 5051 583 TAYLOR TAYLOR NNP 1662 5051 584 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5051 585 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5051 586 Thomas Thomas NNP 1662 5051 587 J. J. NNP 1662 5051 588 WOEWIYU WOEWIYU NNP 1662 5051 589 , , , 1662 5051 590 LEADER LEADER NNP 1662 5051 591 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5051 592 ; ; : 1662 5051 593 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 5051 594 Peace Peace NNP 1662 5051 595 Council Council NNP 1662 5051 596 or or CC 1662 5051 597 LPC LPC NNP 1662 5051 598 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5051 599 has have VBZ 1662 5051 600 opposed oppose VBN 1662 5051 601 NPLF NPLF NNP 1662 5051 602 forces force NNS 1662 5051 603 in in IN 1662 5051 604 southeastern southeastern JJ 1662 5051 605 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 5051 606 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5051 607 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5051 608 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 5051 609 George George NNP 1662 5051 610 F. F. NNP 1662 5051 611 SAIGBE SAIGBE NNP 1662 5051 612 BOLEY BOLEY NNP 1662 5051 613 , , , 1662 5051 614 chairman chairman NN 1662 5051 615 ; ; : 1662 5051 616 Octavius Octavius NNP 1662 5051 617 WALKER WALKER NNP 1662 5051 618 , , , 1662 5051 619 secretary secretary NN 1662 5051 620 - - HYPH 1662 5051 621 general general JJ 1662 5051 622 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5051 623 ; ; : 1662 5051 624 United United NNP 1662 5051 625 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 5051 626 Movement Movement NNP 1662 5051 627 of of IN 1662 5051 628 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 5051 629 for for IN 1662 5051 630 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 5051 631 or or CC 1662 5051 632 ULIMO ULIMO NNP 1662 5051 633 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5051 634 former former JJ 1662 5051 635 supporters supporter NNS 1662 5051 636 of of IN 1662 5051 637 Samuel Samuel NNP 1662 5051 638 DOE DOE NNP 1662 5051 639 that that WDT 1662 5051 640 have have VBP 1662 5051 641 split split VBN 1662 5051 642 on on IN 1662 5051 643 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5051 644 lines line NNS 1662 5051 645 into into IN 1662 5051 646 two two CD 1662 5051 647 groups group NNS 1662 5051 648 in in IN 1662 5051 649 conflict conflict NN 1662 5051 650 with with IN 1662 5051 651 each each DT 1662 5051 652 other other JJ 1662 5051 653 : : : 1662 5051 654 ULIMO ULIMO NNP 1662 5051 655 - - HYPH 1662 5051 656 K K NNP 1662 5051 657 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5051 658 Alhaji Alhaji NNP 1662 5051 659 G. G. NNP 1662 5051 660 V. V. NNP 1662 5051 661 KROMAH KROMAH NNP 1662 5051 662 , , , 1662 5051 663 leader leader NN 1662 5051 664 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5051 665 and and CC 1662 5051 666 ULIMO ULIMO NNP 1662 5051 667 - - HYPH 1662 5051 668 J J NNP 1662 5051 669 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5051 670 Maj Maj NNP 1662 5051 671 . . NNP 1662 5051 672 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 5051 673 Roosevelt Roosevelt NNP 1662 5051 674 JOHNSON JOHNSON NNP 1662 5051 675 , , , 1662 5051 676 leader leader NN 1662 5051 677 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5051 678 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5051 679 ; ; : 1662 5051 680 Lofa Lofa NNP 1662 5051 681 Defence Defence NNP 1662 5051 682 Force Force NNP 1662 5051 683 or or CC 1662 5051 684 LDF LDF NNP 1662 5051 685 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5051 686 has have VBZ 1662 5051 687 fought fight VBN 1662 5051 688 the the DT 1662 5051 689 ULIMO ULIMO NNP 1662 5051 690 forces force NNS 1662 5051 691 in in IN 1662 5051 692 Lofa Lofa NNP 1662 5051 693 county county NN 1662 5051 694 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5051 695 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5051 696 Francois Francois NNP 1662 5051 697 MASSAQUOI MASSAQUOI NNP 1662 5051 698 , , , 1662 5051 699 leader leader NN 1662 5051 700 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5051 701 ; ; : 1662 5051 702 note note VB 1662 5051 703 - - : 1662 5051 704 the the DT 1662 5051 705 ULIMO ULIMO NNP 1662 5051 706 - - HYPH 1662 5051 707 J J NNP 1662 5051 708 forces force NNS 1662 5051 709 are be VBP 1662 5051 710 of of IN 1662 5051 711 the the DT 1662 5051 712 Krahn Krahn NNP 1662 5051 713 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5051 714 group group NN 1662 5051 715 and and CC 1662 5051 716 the the DT 1662 5051 717 ULIMO ULIMO NNP 1662 5051 718 - - HYPH 1662 5051 719 K K NNP 1662 5051 720 forces force NNS 1662 5051 721 are be VBP 1662 5051 722 of of IN 1662 5051 723 the the DT 1662 5051 724 Mandingo Mandingo NNP 1662 5051 725 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5051 726 group group NN 1662 5051 727 International international JJ 1662 5051 728 organization organization NN 1662 5051 729 participation participation NN 1662 5051 730 : : : 1662 5051 731 ACP ACP NNP 1662 5051 732 , , , 1662 5051 733 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 5051 734 , , , 1662 5051 735 CCC CCC NNP 1662 5051 736 , , , 1662 5051 737 ECA ECA NNP 1662 5051 738 , , , 1662 5051 739 ECOWAS ECOWAS NNP 1662 5051 740 , , , 1662 5051 741 FAO FAO NNP 1662 5051 742 , , , 1662 5051 743 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 5051 744 , , , 1662 5051 745 IAEA iaea NN 1662 5051 746 , , , 1662 5051 747 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 5051 748 , , , 1662 5051 749 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 5051 750 , , , 1662 5051 751 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 5051 752 , , , 1662 5051 753 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 5051 754 , , , 1662 5051 755 IDA IDA NNP 1662 5051 756 , , , 1662 5051 757 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 5051 758 , , , 1662 5051 759 IFC IFC NNP 1662 5051 760 , , , 1662 5051 761 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 5051 762 , , , 1662 5051 763 ILO ILO NNP 1662 5051 764 , , , 1662 5051 765 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5051 766 , , , 1662 5051 767 IMO imo RB 1662 5051 768 , , , 1662 5051 769 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 5051 770 , , , 1662 5051 771 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5051 772 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5051 773 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 5051 774 user user NN 1662 5051 775 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5051 776 , , , 1662 5051 777 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 5051 778 , , , 1662 5051 779 IOC IOC NNP 1662 5051 780 , , , 1662 5051 781 IOM IOM NNP 1662 5051 782 , , , 1662 5051 783 ITU ITU NNP 1662 5051 784 , , , 1662 5051 785 NAM NAM NNP 1662 5051 786 , , , 1662 5051 787 OAU OAU NNP 1662 5051 788 , , , 1662 5051 789 UN UN NNP 1662 5051 790 , , , 1662 5051 791 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 5051 792 , , , 1662 5051 793 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 5051 794 , , , 1662 5051 795 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 5051 796 , , , 1662 5051 797 UPU UPU NNP 1662 5051 798 , , , 1662 5051 799 WCL WCL NNP 1662 5051 800 , , , 1662 5051 801 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 5051 802 , , , 1662 5051 803 WHO who WP 1662 5051 804 , , , 1662 5051 805 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 5051 806 , , , 1662 5051 807 WMO WMO NNP 1662 5051 808 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5051 809 representation representation NN 1662 5051 810 in in IN 1662 5051 811 the the DT 1662 5051 812 US US NNP 1662 5051 813 : : : 1662 5051 814 chief chief NN 1662 5051 815 of of IN 1662 5051 816 mission mission NN 1662 5051 817 : : : 1662 5051 818 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5051 819 Konah Konah NNP 1662 5051 820 K. K. NNP 1662 5051 821 BLACKETT BLACKETT NNP 1662 5051 822 chancery chancery NN 1662 5051 823 : : : 1662 5051 824 5201 5201 CD 1662 5051 825 16th 16th JJ 1662 5051 826 Street Street NNP 1662 5051 827 NW NW NNP 1662 5051 828 , , , 1662 5051 829 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5051 830 , , , 1662 5051 831 DC DC NNP 1662 5051 832 20011 20011 CD 1662 5051 833 telephone telephone NN 1662 5051 834 : : : 1662 5051 835 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5051 836 1 1 CD 1662 5051 837 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5051 838 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5051 839 202 202 CD 1662 5051 840 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5051 841 723 723 CD 1662 5051 842 - - HYPH 1662 5051 843 0437 0437 CD 1662 5051 844 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 5051 845 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5051 846 general general NN 1662 5051 847 : : : 1662 5051 848 New New NNP 1662 5051 849 York York NNP 1662 5051 850 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5051 851 representation representation NN 1662 5051 852 from from IN 1662 5051 853 the the DT 1662 5051 854 US US NNP 1662 5051 855 : : : 1662 5051 856 chief chief NN 1662 5051 857 of of IN 1662 5051 858 mission mission NN 1662 5051 859 : : : 1662 5051 860 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5051 861 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5051 862 vacant vacant JJ 1662 5051 863 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5051 864 ; ; : 1662 5051 865 Chief Chief NNP 1662 5051 866 of of IN 1662 5051 867 Mission Mission NNP 1662 5051 868 William William NNP 1662 5051 869 MILAM MILAM NNP 1662 5051 870 embassy embassy NN 1662 5051 871 : : : 1662 5051 872 111 111 CD 1662 5051 873 United United NNP 1662 5051 874 Nations Nations NNP 1662 5051 875 Drive Drive NNP 1662 5051 876 , , , 1662 5051 877 Monrovia Monrovia NNP 1662 5051 878 mailing mail VBG 1662 5051 879 address address NN 1662 5051 880 : : : 1662 5051 881 P. P. NNP 1662 5051 882 O. O. NNP 1662 5052 1 Box Box NNP 1662 5052 2 100098 100098 CD 1662 5052 3 , , , 1662 5052 4 Mamba Mamba NNP 1662 5052 5 Point Point NNP 1662 5052 6 , , , 1662 5052 7 Monrovia Monrovia NNP 1662 5052 8 telephone telephone NN 1662 5052 9 : : : 1662 5052 10 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5052 11 231 231 CD 1662 5052 12 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5052 13 226 226 CD 1662 5052 14 - - HYPH 1662 5052 15 370 370 CD 1662 5052 16 FAX fax NN 1662 5052 17 : : : 1662 5052 18 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5052 19 231 231 CD 1662 5052 20 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5052 21 226 226 CD 1662 5052 22 - - HYPH 1662 5052 23 148 148 CD 1662 5052 24 Flag flag NN 1662 5052 25 description description NN 1662 5052 26 : : : 1662 5052 27 11 11 CD 1662 5052 28 equal equal JJ 1662 5052 29 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 5052 30 stripes stripe NNS 1662 5052 31 of of IN 1662 5052 32 red red JJ 1662 5052 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5052 34 top top JJ 1662 5052 35 and and CC 1662 5052 36 bottom bottom NN 1662 5052 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5052 38 alternating alternate VBG 1662 5052 39 with with IN 1662 5052 40 white white JJ 1662 5052 41 ; ; : 1662 5052 42 there there EX 1662 5052 43 is be VBZ 1662 5052 44 a a DT 1662 5052 45 white white JJ 1662 5052 46 five five CD 1662 5052 47 - - HYPH 1662 5052 48 pointed point VBN 1662 5052 49 star star NN 1662 5052 50 on on IN 1662 5052 51 a a DT 1662 5052 52 blue blue JJ 1662 5052 53 square square NN 1662 5052 54 in in IN 1662 5052 55 the the DT 1662 5052 56 upper upper JJ 1662 5052 57 hoist hoist NN 1662 5052 58 - - HYPH 1662 5052 59 side side NN 1662 5052 60 corner corner NN 1662 5052 61 ; ; : 1662 5052 62 the the DT 1662 5052 63 design design NN 1662 5052 64 was be VBD 1662 5052 65 based base VBN 1662 5052 66 on on IN 1662 5052 67 the the DT 1662 5052 68 US US NNP 1662 5052 69 flag flag NN 1662 5052 70 Economy Economy NNP 1662 5052 71 Economy Economy NNP 1662 5052 72 - - HYPH 1662 5052 73 overview overview NN 1662 5052 74 : : : 1662 5052 75 Civil civil JJ 1662 5052 76 war war NN 1662 5052 77 since since IN 1662 5052 78 1990 1990 CD 1662 5052 79 has have VBZ 1662 5052 80 destroyed destroy VBN 1662 5052 81 much much JJ 1662 5052 82 of of IN 1662 5052 83 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 5052 84 's 's POS 1662 5052 85 economy economy NN 1662 5052 86 , , , 1662 5052 87 especially especially RB 1662 5052 88 the the DT 1662 5052 89 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 5052 90 in in IN 1662 5052 91 and and CC 1662 5052 92 around around IN 1662 5052 93 Monrovia Monrovia NNP 1662 5052 94 . . . 1662 5053 1 Businessmen businessman NNS 1662 5053 2 have have VBP 1662 5053 3 fled flee VBN 1662 5053 4 the the DT 1662 5053 5 country country NN 1662 5053 6 , , , 1662 5053 7 taking take VBG 1662 5053 8 capital capital NN 1662 5053 9 and and CC 1662 5053 10 expertise expertise NN 1662 5053 11 with with IN 1662 5053 12 them -PRON- PRP 1662 5053 13 . . . 1662 5054 1 Many many JJ 1662 5054 2 will will MD 1662 5054 3 not not RB 1662 5054 4 return return VB 1662 5054 5 . . . 1662 5055 1 Richly richly RB 1662 5055 2 endowed endow VBN 1662 5055 3 with with IN 1662 5055 4 water water NN 1662 5055 5 , , , 1662 5055 6 mineral mineral NN 1662 5055 7 resources resource NNS 1662 5055 8 , , , 1662 5055 9 forests forest NNS 1662 5055 10 and and CC 1662 5055 11 a a DT 1662 5055 12 climate climate NN 1662 5055 13 favorable favorable JJ 1662 5055 14 to to IN 1662 5055 15 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5055 16 , , , 1662 5055 17 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 5055 18 had have VBD 1662 5055 19 been be VBN 1662 5055 20 a a DT 1662 5055 21 producer producer NN 1662 5055 22 and and CC 1662 5055 23 exporter exporter NN 1662 5055 24 of of IN 1662 5055 25 basic basic JJ 1662 5055 26 products product NNS 1662 5055 27 , , , 1662 5055 28 while while IN 1662 5055 29 local local JJ 1662 5055 30 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 5055 31 , , , 1662 5055 32 mainly mainly RB 1662 5055 33 foreign foreign JJ 1662 5055 34 owned own VBN 1662 5055 35 , , , 1662 5055 36 had have VBD 1662 5055 37 been be VBN 1662 5055 38 small small JJ 1662 5055 39 in in IN 1662 5055 40 scope scope NN 1662 5055 41 . . . 1662 5056 1 Political political JJ 1662 5056 2 and and CC 1662 5056 3 economic economic JJ 1662 5056 4 instability instability NN 1662 5056 5 - - : 1662 5056 6 including include VBG 1662 5056 7 the the DT 1662 5056 8 stripping stripping NN 1662 5056 9 of of IN 1662 5056 10 resources resource NNS 1662 5056 11 by by IN 1662 5056 12 local local JJ 1662 5056 13 warlords warlord NNS 1662 5056 14 - - HYPH 1662 5056 15 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 5056 16 prospects prospect NNS 1662 5056 17 for for IN 1662 5056 18 reconstruction reconstruction NN 1662 5056 19 as as RB 1662 5056 20 well well RB 1662 5056 21 as as IN 1662 5056 22 the the DT 1662 5056 23 repatriation repatriation NN 1662 5056 24 of of IN 1662 5056 25 an an DT 1662 5056 26 estimated estimate VBN 1662 5056 27 750,000 750,000 CD 1662 5056 28 Liberian liberian JJ 1662 5056 29 refugees refugee NNS 1662 5056 30 who who WP 1662 5056 31 have have VBP 1662 5056 32 fled flee VBN 1662 5056 33 to to IN 1662 5056 34 neighboring neighboring NN 1662 5056 35 countries country NNS 1662 5056 36 . . . 1662 5057 1 The the DT 1662 5057 2 continued continue VBN 1662 5057 3 political political JJ 1662 5057 4 turmoil turmoil NN 1662 5057 5 has have VBZ 1662 5057 6 prevented prevent VBN 1662 5057 7 restoration restoration NN 1662 5057 8 of of IN 1662 5057 9 normal normal JJ 1662 5057 10 economic economic JJ 1662 5057 11 life life NN 1662 5057 12 , , , 1662 5057 13 including include VBG 1662 5057 14 the the DT 1662 5057 15 re re NN 1662 5057 16 - - NN 1662 5057 17 establishment establishment NN 1662 5057 18 of of IN 1662 5057 19 a a DT 1662 5057 20 strong strong JJ 1662 5057 21 central central JJ 1662 5057 22 government government NN 1662 5057 23 with with IN 1662 5057 24 effective effective JJ 1662 5057 25 economic economic JJ 1662 5057 26 development development NN 1662 5057 27 programs program NNS 1662 5057 28 . . . 1662 5058 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5058 2 : : : 1662 5058 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5058 4 power power NN 1662 5058 5 parity parity NN 1662 5058 6 - - : 1662 5058 7 $ $ $ 1662 5058 8 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 5058 9 billion billion CD 1662 5058 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5058 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 5058 12 est est NNP 1662 5058 13 . . . 1662 5058 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5059 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5059 2 - - HYPH 1662 5059 3 real real JJ 1662 5059 4 growth growth NN 1662 5059 5 rate rate NN 1662 5059 6 : : : 1662 5059 7 0 0 CD 1662 5059 8 % % NN 1662 5059 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5059 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 5059 11 est est NNP 1662 5059 12 . . . 1662 5059 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5060 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5060 2 - - HYPH 1662 5060 3 per per FW 1662 5060 4 capita capita NN 1662 5060 5 : : : 1662 5060 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5060 7 power power NN 1662 5060 8 parity parity NN 1662 5060 9 - - : 1662 5060 10 $ $ $ 1662 5060 11 1,100 1,100 CD 1662 5060 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5060 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 5060 14 est est NNP 1662 5060 15 . . . 1662 5060 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5061 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5061 2 - - HYPH 1662 5061 3 composition composition NN 1662 5061 4 by by IN 1662 5061 5 sector sector NN 1662 5061 6 : : : 1662 5061 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5061 8 : : : 1662 5061 9 30 30 CD 1662 5061 10 % % NN 1662 5061 11 industry industry NN 1662 5061 12 : : : 1662 5061 13 36 36 CD 1662 5061 14 % % NN 1662 5061 15 services service NNS 1662 5061 16 : : : 1662 5061 17 34 34 CD 1662 5061 18 % % NN 1662 5061 19 Inflation inflation NN 1662 5061 20 rate rate NN 1662 5061 21 - - HYPH 1662 5061 22 consumer consumer NN 1662 5061 23 price price NN 1662 5061 24 index index NN 1662 5061 25 : : : 1662 5061 26 50 50 CD 1662 5061 27 % % NN 1662 5061 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5061 29 1994 1994 CD 1662 5061 30 est est NNP 1662 5061 31 . . . 1662 5061 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5062 1 Labor labor NN 1662 5062 2 force force NN 1662 5062 3 : : : 1662 5062 4 total total NN 1662 5062 5 : : : 1662 5062 6 510,000 510,000 CD 1662 5062 7 including include VBG 1662 5062 8 220,000 220,000 CD 1662 5062 9 in in IN 1662 5062 10 the the DT 1662 5062 11 monetary monetary JJ 1662 5062 12 economy economy NN 1662 5062 13 by by IN 1662 5062 14 occupation occupation NN 1662 5062 15 : : : 1662 5062 16 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5062 17 70.5 70.5 CD 1662 5062 18 % % NN 1662 5062 19 , , , 1662 5062 20 services service NNS 1662 5062 21 10.8 10.8 CD 1662 5062 22 % % NN 1662 5062 23 , , , 1662 5062 24 industry industry NN 1662 5062 25 and and CC 1662 5062 26 commerce commerce NN 1662 5062 27 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 5062 28 % % NN 1662 5062 29 , , , 1662 5062 30 other other JJ 1662 5062 31 14.2 14.2 CD 1662 5062 32 % % NN 1662 5062 33 note note NN 1662 5062 34 : : : 1662 5062 35 non non JJ 1662 5062 36 - - JJ 1662 5062 37 African african JJ 1662 5062 38 foreigners foreigner NNS 1662 5062 39 hold hold VBP 1662 5062 40 about about RB 1662 5062 41 95 95 CD 1662 5062 42 % % NN 1662 5062 43 of of IN 1662 5062 44 the the DT 1662 5062 45 top top JJ 1662 5062 46 - - HYPH 1662 5062 47 level level NN 1662 5062 48 management management NN 1662 5062 49 and and CC 1662 5062 50 engineering engineering NN 1662 5062 51 jobs job NNS 1662 5062 52 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 5062 53 rate rate NN 1662 5062 54 : : : 1662 5062 55 NA% NA% `` 1662 5062 56 Budget budget NN 1662 5062 57 : : : 1662 5062 58 revenues revenue NNS 1662 5062 59 : : : 1662 5062 60 $ $ $ 1662 5062 61 225 225 CD 1662 5062 62 million million CD 1662 5062 63 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5062 64 : : : 1662 5062 65 $ $ $ 1662 5062 66 285 285 CD 1662 5062 67 million million CD 1662 5062 68 , , , 1662 5062 69 including include VBG 1662 5062 70 capital capital NN 1662 5062 71 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5062 72 of of IN 1662 5062 73 $ $ $ 1662 5062 74 NA na NN 1662 5062 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5062 76 1994 1994 CD 1662 5062 77 est est NNP 1662 5062 78 . . . 1662 5062 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5063 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 5063 2 : : : 1662 5063 3 rubber rubber NN 1662 5063 4 processing processing NN 1662 5063 5 , , , 1662 5063 6 food food NN 1662 5063 7 processing processing NN 1662 5063 8 , , , 1662 5063 9 construction construction NN 1662 5063 10 materials material NNS 1662 5063 11 , , , 1662 5063 12 furniture furniture NN 1662 5063 13 , , , 1662 5063 14 palm palm NN 1662 5063 15 oil oil NN 1662 5063 16 processing processing NN 1662 5063 17 , , , 1662 5063 18 iron iron NN 1662 5063 19 ore ore NN 1662 5063 20 , , , 1662 5063 21 diamonds diamond VBZ 1662 5063 22 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 5063 23 production production NN 1662 5063 24 growth growth NN 1662 5063 25 rate rate NN 1662 5063 26 : : : 1662 5063 27 NA% NA% `` 1662 5063 28 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5063 29 - - HYPH 1662 5063 30 capacity capacity NN 1662 5063 31 : : : 1662 5063 32 430,000 430,000 CD 1662 5063 33 kW kw NN 1662 5063 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5063 35 1991 1991 CD 1662 5063 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5063 37 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5063 38 - - HYPH 1662 5063 39 production production NN 1662 5063 40 : : : 1662 5063 41 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 5063 42 billion billion CD 1662 5063 43 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5063 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5063 45 1991 1991 CD 1662 5063 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5063 47 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5063 48 - - HYPH 1662 5063 49 consumption consumption NN 1662 5063 50 per per IN 1662 5063 51 capita capita NN 1662 5063 52 : : : 1662 5063 53 384 384 CD 1662 5063 54 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5063 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5063 56 1991 1991 CD 1662 5063 57 est est NNP 1662 5063 58 . . . 1662 5063 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5064 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5064 2 - - HYPH 1662 5064 3 products product NNS 1662 5064 4 : : : 1662 5064 5 rubber rubber NN 1662 5064 6 , , , 1662 5064 7 coffee coffee NN 1662 5064 8 , , , 1662 5064 9 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 5064 10 , , , 1662 5064 11 rice rice NN 1662 5064 12 , , , 1662 5064 13 cassava cassava NNP 1662 5064 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5064 15 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 5064 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5064 17 , , , 1662 5064 18 palm palm NN 1662 5064 19 oil oil NN 1662 5064 20 , , , 1662 5064 21 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 5064 22 , , , 1662 5064 23 bananas banana NNS 1662 5064 24 ; ; , 1662 5064 25 sheep sheep NN 1662 5064 26 , , , 1662 5064 27 goats goat NNS 1662 5064 28 ; ; , 1662 5064 29 timber timber NN 1662 5064 30 Exports export NNS 1662 5064 31 : : : 1662 5064 32 total total JJ 1662 5064 33 value value NN 1662 5064 34 : : : 1662 5064 35 $ $ $ 1662 5064 36 667 667 CD 1662 5064 37 million million CD 1662 5064 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5064 39 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5064 40 . . NNP 1662 5064 41 , , , 1662 5064 42 1995 1995 CD 1662 5064 43 est est NNP 1662 5064 44 . . . 1662 5064 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5065 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5065 2 : : : 1662 5065 3 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 5065 4 , , , 1662 5065 5 iron iron NN 1662 5065 6 ore ore NN 1662 5065 7 , , , 1662 5065 8 rubber rubber NN 1662 5065 9 , , , 1662 5065 10 timber timber NN 1662 5065 11 , , , 1662 5065 12 coffee coffee NN 1662 5065 13 partners partner NNS 1662 5065 14 : : : 1662 5065 15 US US NNP 1662 5065 16 , , , 1662 5065 17 EU EU NNP 1662 5065 18 , , , 1662 5065 19 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 5065 20 , , , 1662 5065 21 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 5065 22 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 5065 23 : : : 1662 5065 24 total total JJ 1662 5065 25 value value NN 1662 5065 26 : : : 1662 5065 27 $ $ $ 1662 5065 28 5.8 5.8 CD 1662 5065 29 billion billion CD 1662 5065 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5065 31 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5065 32 . . NNP 1662 5065 33 , , , 1662 5065 34 1995 1995 CD 1662 5065 35 est est NNP 1662 5065 36 . . . 1662 5065 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5066 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5066 2 : : : 1662 5066 3 mineral mineral NNP 1662 5066 4 fuels fuel NNS 1662 5066 5 , , , 1662 5066 6 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 5066 7 , , , 1662 5066 8 machinery machinery NN 1662 5066 9 , , , 1662 5066 10 transportation transportation NN 1662 5066 11 equipment equipment NN 1662 5066 12 , , , 1662 5066 13 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 5066 14 goods good NNS 1662 5066 15 ; ; : 1662 5066 16 rice rice NN 1662 5066 17 and and CC 1662 5066 18 other other JJ 1662 5066 19 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 5066 20 partners partner NNS 1662 5066 21 : : : 1662 5066 22 US US NNP 1662 5066 23 , , , 1662 5066 24 EU EU NNP 1662 5066 25 , , , 1662 5066 26 Japan Japan NNP 1662 5066 27 , , , 1662 5066 28 China China NNP 1662 5066 29 , , , 1662 5066 30 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 5066 31 , , , 1662 5066 32 ECOWAS ECOWAS NNP 1662 5066 33 , , , 1662 5066 34 South South NNP 1662 5066 35 Korea Korea NNP 1662 5066 36 Debt Debt NNP 1662 5066 37 - - HYPH 1662 5066 38 external external JJ 1662 5066 39 : : : 1662 5066 40 $ $ $ 1662 5066 41 2.1 2.1 CD 1662 5066 42 billion billion CD 1662 5066 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5066 44 1994 1994 CD 1662 5066 45 est est NNP 1662 5066 46 . . . 1662 5066 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5067 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 5067 2 aid aid NN 1662 5067 3 : : : 1662 5067 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 5067 5 : : : 1662 5067 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 5067 7 , , , 1662 5067 8 $ $ $ 1662 5067 9 NA NA NNP 1662 5067 10 Currency currency NN 1662 5067 11 : : : 1662 5067 12 1 1 CD 1662 5067 13 Liberian liberian JJ 1662 5067 14 dollar dollar NN 1662 5067 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5067 16 L$ L$ NNP 1662 5067 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5067 18 = = NFP 1662 5067 19 100 100 CD 1662 5067 20 cents cent NNS 1662 5067 21 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5067 22 rates rate NNS 1662 5067 23 : : : 1662 5067 24 Liberian liberian JJ 1662 5067 25 dollars dollar NNS 1662 5067 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5067 27 L$ L$ NNP 1662 5067 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5067 29 per per IN 1662 5067 30 US$ us$ $ 1662 5067 31 1 1 CD 1662 5067 32 - - SYM 1662 5067 33 1.0000 1.0000 CD 1662 5067 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5067 35 officially officially RB 1662 5067 36 fixed fix VBN 1662 5067 37 rate rate NN 1662 5067 38 since since IN 1662 5067 39 1940 1940 CD 1662 5067 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5067 41 ; ; : 1662 5067 42 market market NN 1662 5067 43 exchange exchange NN 1662 5067 44 rate rate NN 1662 5067 45 : : : 1662 5067 46 Liberian liberian JJ 1662 5067 47 dollars dollar NNS 1662 5067 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5067 49 L$ L$ NNP 1662 5067 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5067 51 per per IN 1662 5067 52 US$ us$ $ 1662 5067 53 1 1 CD 1662 5067 54 - - SYM 1662 5067 55 50 50 CD 1662 5067 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5067 57 October October NNP 1662 5067 58 1995 1995 CD 1662 5067 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5067 60 , , , 1662 5067 61 7 7 CD 1662 5067 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5067 63 January January NNP 1662 5067 64 1992 1992 CD 1662 5067 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5067 66 ; ; : 1662 5067 67 market market NN 1662 5067 68 rate rate NN 1662 5067 69 floats float VBZ 1662 5067 70 against against IN 1662 5067 71 the the DT 1662 5067 72 US US NNP 1662 5067 73 dollar dollar NN 1662 5067 74 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5067 75 year year NN 1662 5067 76 : : : 1662 5067 77 calendar calendar NNP 1662 5067 78 year year NNP 1662 5067 79 @Liberia @liberia XX 1662 5067 80 : : : 1662 5067 81 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 5067 82 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 5067 83 : : : 1662 5067 84 less less JJR 1662 5067 85 than than IN 1662 5067 86 25,000 25,000 CD 1662 5067 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5067 88 1991 1991 CD 1662 5067 89 est est NNP 1662 5067 90 . . . 1662 5067 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5068 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5068 2 system system NN 1662 5068 3 : : : 1662 5068 4 telephone telephone NN 1662 5068 5 and and CC 1662 5068 6 telegraph telegraph NN 1662 5068 7 service service NN 1662 5068 8 via via IN 1662 5068 9 microwave microwave NN 1662 5068 10 radio radio NN 1662 5068 11 relay relay NN 1662 5068 12 network network NN 1662 5068 13 ; ; : 1662 5068 14 main main JJ 1662 5068 15 center center NN 1662 5068 16 is be VBZ 1662 5068 17 Monrovia Monrovia NNP 1662 5068 18 ; ; : 1662 5068 19 most most JJS 1662 5068 20 telecommunications telecommunications NN 1662 5068 21 services service NNS 1662 5068 22 inoperable inoperable JJ 1662 5068 23 due due RB 1662 5068 24 to to IN 1662 5068 25 insurgency insurgency NN 1662 5068 26 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5068 27 : : : 1662 5068 28 NA NA NNP 1662 5068 29 international international JJ 1662 5068 30 : : : 1662 5068 31 satellite satellite NN 1662 5068 32 earth earth NNP 1662 5068 33 station station NNP 1662 5068 34 - - : 1662 5068 35 1 1 CD 1662 5068 36 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5068 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5068 38 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 5068 39 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5068 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5068 41 Radio radio NN 1662 5068 42 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5068 43 stations station NNS 1662 5068 44 : : : 1662 5068 45 AM am VBP 1662 5068 46 3 3 CD 1662 5068 47 , , , 1662 5068 48 FM FM NNP 1662 5068 49 4 4 CD 1662 5068 50 , , , 1662 5068 51 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 5068 52 0 0 CD 1662 5068 53 Radios radio NNS 1662 5068 54 : : : 1662 5068 55 622,000 622,000 CD 1662 5068 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5068 57 1992 1992 CD 1662 5068 58 est est NNP 1662 5068 59 . . . 1662 5068 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5069 1 Television television NN 1662 5069 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5069 3 stations station NNS 1662 5069 4 : : : 1662 5069 5 5 5 CD 1662 5069 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5069 7 1987 1987 CD 1662 5069 8 est est NNP 1662 5069 9 . . . 1662 5069 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5070 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 5070 2 : : : 1662 5070 3 51,000 51,000 CD 1662 5070 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5070 5 1992 1992 CD 1662 5070 6 est est NNP 1662 5070 7 . . . 1662 5070 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5071 1 @Liberia @liberia XX 1662 5071 2 : : : 1662 5071 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5071 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5071 5 : : : 1662 5071 6 total total NN 1662 5071 7 : : : 1662 5071 8 490 490 CD 1662 5071 9 km km NN 1662 5071 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5071 11 single single JJ 1662 5071 12 track track NN 1662 5071 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5071 14 ; ; : 1662 5071 15 note note VB 1662 5071 16 - - HYPH 1662 5071 17 three three CD 1662 5071 18 rail rail NN 1662 5071 19 systems system NNS 1662 5071 20 owned own VBN 1662 5071 21 and and CC 1662 5071 22 operated operate VBN 1662 5071 23 by by IN 1662 5071 24 foreign foreign JJ 1662 5071 25 steel steel NN 1662 5071 26 and and CC 1662 5071 27 financial financial JJ 1662 5071 28 interests interest NNS 1662 5071 29 in in IN 1662 5071 30 conjunction conjunction NN 1662 5071 31 with with IN 1662 5071 32 Liberian liberian JJ 1662 5071 33 Government Government NNP 1662 5071 34 ; ; : 1662 5071 35 one one CD 1662 5071 36 of of IN 1662 5071 37 these these DT 1662 5071 38 , , , 1662 5071 39 the the DT 1662 5071 40 Lamco Lamco NNP 1662 5071 41 Railroad Railroad NNP 1662 5071 42 , , , 1662 5071 43 closed close VBD 1662 5071 44 in in IN 1662 5071 45 1989 1989 CD 1662 5071 46 after after IN 1662 5071 47 iron iron NN 1662 5071 48 ore ore NN 1662 5071 49 production production NN 1662 5071 50 ceased cease VBD 1662 5071 51 ; ; : 1662 5071 52 the the DT 1662 5071 53 other other JJ 1662 5071 54 two two CD 1662 5071 55 have have VBP 1662 5071 56 been be VBN 1662 5071 57 shut shut VBN 1662 5071 58 down down RP 1662 5071 59 by by IN 1662 5071 60 the the DT 1662 5071 61 civil civil JJ 1662 5071 62 war war NN 1662 5071 63 standard standard JJ 1662 5071 64 gauge gauge NN 1662 5071 65 : : : 1662 5071 66 345 345 CD 1662 5071 67 km km NN 1662 5071 68 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 5071 69 gauge gauge NN 1662 5071 70 narrow narrow JJ 1662 5071 71 gauge gauge NN 1662 5071 72 : : : 1662 5071 73 145 145 CD 1662 5071 74 km km NN 1662 5071 75 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 5071 76 gauge gauge NN 1662 5071 77 Highways highway NNS 1662 5071 78 : : : 1662 5071 79 total total NN 1662 5071 80 : : : 1662 5071 81 10,300 10,300 CD 1662 5071 82 km km NN 1662 5071 83 paved pave VBN 1662 5071 84 : : : 1662 5071 85 628 628 CD 1662 5071 86 km km NN 1662 5071 87 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5071 88 : : : 1662 5071 89 9,672 9,672 CD 1662 5071 90 km km NNS 1662 5071 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5071 92 1995 1995 CD 1662 5071 93 est est NNP 1662 5071 94 . . . 1662 5071 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5072 1 Ports port NNS 1662 5072 2 and and CC 1662 5072 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5072 4 : : : 1662 5072 5 Buchanan Buchanan NNP 1662 5072 6 , , , 1662 5072 7 Greenville Greenville NNP 1662 5072 8 , , , 1662 5072 9 Harper Harper NNP 1662 5072 10 , , , 1662 5072 11 Monrovia Monrovia NNP 1662 5072 12 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 5072 13 marine marine NN 1662 5072 14 : : : 1662 5072 15 total total NN 1662 5072 16 : : : 1662 5072 17 1,616 1,616 CD 1662 5072 18 ships ship NNS 1662 5072 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5072 20 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 5072 21 GRT GRT NNP 1662 5072 22 or or CC 1662 5072 23 over over RB 1662 5072 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5072 25 totaling total VBG 1662 5072 26 60,081,452 60,081,452 CD 1662 5072 27 GRT/99,395,792 GRT/99,395,792 NNP 1662 5072 28 DWT dwt NN 1662 5072 29 ships ship NNS 1662 5072 30 by by IN 1662 5072 31 type type NN 1662 5072 32 : : : 1662 5072 33 barge barge NN 1662 5072 34 carrier carrier NN 1662 5072 35 3 3 CD 1662 5072 36 , , , 1662 5072 37 bulk bulk JJ 1662 5072 38 418 418 CD 1662 5072 39 , , , 1662 5072 40 cargo cargo NN 1662 5072 41 121 121 CD 1662 5072 42 , , , 1662 5072 43 chemical chemical NN 1662 5072 44 tanker tanker NN 1662 5072 45 117 117 CD 1662 5072 46 , , , 1662 5072 47 combination combination NN 1662 5072 48 bulk bulk NN 1662 5072 49 29 29 CD 1662 5072 50 , , , 1662 5072 51 combination combination NN 1662 5072 52 ore ore NN 1662 5072 53 / / SYM 1662 5072 54 oil oil NN 1662 5072 55 58 58 CD 1662 5072 56 , , , 1662 5072 57 container container NN 1662 5072 58 151 151 CD 1662 5072 59 , , , 1662 5072 60 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 5072 61 gas gas NN 1662 5072 62 tanker tanker NN 1662 5072 63 83 83 CD 1662 5072 64 , , , 1662 5072 65 multifunction multifunction NN 1662 5072 66 large large JJ 1662 5072 67 - - HYPH 1662 5072 68 load load NN 1662 5072 69 carrier carrier NN 1662 5072 70 1 1 CD 1662 5072 71 , , , 1662 5072 72 oil oil NN 1662 5072 73 tanker tanker NN 1662 5072 74 450 450 CD 1662 5072 75 , , , 1662 5072 76 passenger passenger NN 1662 5072 77 36 36 CD 1662 5072 78 , , , 1662 5072 79 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 5072 80 cargo cargo NN 1662 5072 81 68 68 CD 1662 5072 82 , , , 1662 5072 83 roll roll NN 1662 5072 84 - - HYPH 1662 5072 85 on on IN 1662 5072 86 / / SYM 1662 5072 87 roll roll NN 1662 5072 88 - - HYPH 1662 5072 89 off off RP 1662 5072 90 cargo cargo NN 1662 5072 91 29 29 CD 1662 5072 92 , , , 1662 5072 93 short short JJ 1662 5072 94 - - HYPH 1662 5072 95 sea sea NN 1662 5072 96 passenger passenger NN 1662 5072 97 1 1 CD 1662 5072 98 , , , 1662 5072 99 specialized specialized NNP 1662 5072 100 tanker tanker NN 1662 5072 101 11 11 CD 1662 5072 102 , , , 1662 5072 103 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 5072 104 carrier carrier NN 1662 5072 105 40 40 CD 1662 5072 106 note note NN 1662 5072 107 : : : 1662 5072 108 a a DT 1662 5072 109 flag flag NN 1662 5072 110 of of IN 1662 5072 111 convenience convenience NN 1662 5072 112 registry registry NN 1662 5072 113 ; ; : 1662 5072 114 includes include VBZ 1662 5072 115 ships ship NNS 1662 5072 116 from from IN 1662 5072 117 56 56 CD 1662 5072 118 countries country NNS 1662 5072 119 among among IN 1662 5072 120 which which WDT 1662 5072 121 are be VBP 1662 5072 122 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5072 123 179 179 CD 1662 5072 124 , , , 1662 5072 125 US US NNP 1662 5072 126 176 176 CD 1662 5072 127 , , , 1662 5072 128 Norway Norway NNP 1662 5072 129 166 166 CD 1662 5072 130 , , , 1662 5072 131 Japan Japan NNP 1662 5072 132 154 154 CD 1662 5072 133 , , , 1662 5072 134 Greece Greece NNP 1662 5072 135 147 147 CD 1662 5072 136 , , , 1662 5072 137 Hong Hong NNP 1662 5072 138 Kong Kong NNP 1662 5072 139 120 120 CD 1662 5072 140 , , , 1662 5072 141 China China NNP 1662 5072 142 45 45 CD 1662 5072 143 , , , 1662 5072 144 UK UK NNP 1662 5072 145 40 40 CD 1662 5072 146 , , , 1662 5072 147 Monaco Monaco NNP 1662 5072 148 39 39 CD 1662 5072 149 , , , 1662 5072 150 and and CC 1662 5072 151 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 5072 152 33 33 CD 1662 5072 153 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5072 154 1996 1996 CD 1662 5072 155 est est NNP 1662 5072 156 . . . 1662 5072 157 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5073 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5073 2 : : : 1662 5073 3 36 36 CD 1662 5073 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5073 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 5073 6 est est NNP 1662 5073 7 . . . 1662 5073 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5074 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5074 2 - - , 1662 5074 3 with with IN 1662 5074 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5074 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5074 6 : : : 1662 5074 7 total total NN 1662 5074 8 : : : 1662 5074 9 30 30 CD 1662 5074 10 over over IN 1662 5074 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5074 12 m m NN 1662 5074 13 : : : 1662 5074 14 1 1 CD 1662 5074 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5074 16 to to TO 1662 5074 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5074 18 m m NN 1662 5074 19 : : : 1662 5074 20 1 1 CD 1662 5074 21 under under IN 1662 5074 22 914 914 CD 1662 5074 23 m m NN 1662 5074 24 : : : 1662 5074 25 28 28 CD 1662 5074 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5074 27 1996 1996 CD 1662 5074 28 est est NNP 1662 5074 29 . . . 1662 5074 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5075 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5075 2 - - , 1662 5075 3 with with IN 1662 5075 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5075 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5075 6 : : : 1662 5075 7 total total NN 1662 5075 8 : : : 1662 5075 9 6 6 CD 1662 5075 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5075 11 to to TO 1662 5075 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5075 13 m m NN 1662 5075 14 : : : 1662 5075 15 2 2 CD 1662 5075 16 914 914 CD 1662 5075 17 to to TO 1662 5075 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5075 19 m m NN 1662 5075 20 : : : 1662 5075 21 4 4 CD 1662 5075 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5075 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 5075 24 est est NNP 1662 5075 25 . . . 1662 5075 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5076 1 Military military JJ 1662 5076 2 Military military JJ 1662 5076 3 branches branch NNS 1662 5076 4 : : : 1662 5076 5 NA NA NNP 1662 5076 6 ; ; : 1662 5076 7 the the DT 1662 5076 8 ultimate ultimate JJ 1662 5076 9 structure structure NN 1662 5076 10 of of IN 1662 5076 11 the the DT 1662 5076 12 Liberian liberian JJ 1662 5076 13 military military JJ 1662 5076 14 force force NN 1662 5076 15 will will MD 1662 5076 16 depend depend VB 1662 5076 17 on on IN 1662 5076 18 who who WP 1662 5076 19 is be VBZ 1662 5076 20 the the DT 1662 5076 21 victor victor NN 1662 5076 22 in in IN 1662 5076 23 the the DT 1662 5076 24 ongoing ongoing JJ 1662 5076 25 civil civil JJ 1662 5076 26 war war NN 1662 5076 27 Military Military NNP 1662 5076 28 manpower manpower NN 1662 5076 29 - - HYPH 1662 5076 30 availability availability NN 1662 5076 31 : : : 1662 5076 32 males male NNS 1662 5076 33 age age NNP 1662 5076 34 15 15 CD 1662 5076 35 - - HYPH 1662 5076 36 49 49 CD 1662 5076 37 : : : 1662 5076 38 592,730 592,730 CD 1662 5076 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5076 40 1997 1997 CD 1662 5076 41 est est NNP 1662 5076 42 . . . 1662 5076 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5077 1 Military military JJ 1662 5077 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5077 3 - - HYPH 1662 5077 4 fit fit NN 1662 5077 5 for for IN 1662 5077 6 military military JJ 1662 5077 7 service service NN 1662 5077 8 : : : 1662 5077 9 males male NNS 1662 5077 10 : : : 1662 5077 11 316,906 316,906 CD 1662 5077 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5077 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5077 14 est est NNP 1662 5077 15 . . . 1662 5077 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5078 1 Military military JJ 1662 5078 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5078 3 - - HYPH 1662 5078 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 5078 5 figure figure NN 1662 5078 6 : : : 1662 5078 7 $ $ $ 1662 5078 8 14 14 CD 1662 5078 9 million million CD 1662 5078 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5078 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 5078 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5078 13 Military military JJ 1662 5078 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5078 15 - - : 1662 5078 16 percent percent NN 1662 5078 17 of of IN 1662 5078 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5078 19 : : : 1662 5078 20 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 5078 21 % % NN 1662 5078 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5078 23 1993 1993 CD 1662 5078 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5078 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5078 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5078 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 5078 28 - - : 1662 5078 29 international international RB 1662 5078 30 : : : 1662 5078 31 none none NN 1662 5078 32 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 5078 33 drugs drug VBZ 1662 5078 34 : : : 1662 5078 35 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 5078 36 a a DT 1662 5078 37 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 5078 38 point point NN 1662 5078 39 for for IN 1662 5078 40 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 5078 41 and and CC 1662 5078 42 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 5078 43 Asian asian JJ 1662 5078 44 heroin heroin NN 1662 5078 45 and and CC 1662 5078 46 South south JJ 1662 5078 47 American american JJ 1662 5078 48 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 5078 49 for for IN 1662 5078 50 the the DT 1662 5078 51 European european JJ 1662 5078 52 and and CC 1662 5078 53 US US NNP 1662 5078 54 markets market NNS 1662 5078 55 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 56 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 57 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 58 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 59 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 60 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 61 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 62 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 63 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 64 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 65 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 66 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 67 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 68 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 69 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 70 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 71 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 72 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 73 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 74 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 75 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 76 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 77 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 78 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 90 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 91 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 92 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 93 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 94 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 95 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 96 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 97 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 98 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 99 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 100 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 101 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 102 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 103 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 104 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 105 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 106 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 107 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 108 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 109 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 110 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 111 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 112 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 113 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 114 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 115 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 116 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 117 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 118 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 119 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 120 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 121 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 122 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 123 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 124 _ _ NNP 1662 5078 125 LIBYA LIBYA NNP 1662 5078 126 @Libya @libya XX 1662 5078 127 : : : 1662 5078 128 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5078 129 Location Location NNP 1662 5078 130 : : : 1662 5078 131 Northern Northern NNP 1662 5078 132 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5078 133 , , , 1662 5078 134 bordering border VBG 1662 5078 135 the the DT 1662 5078 136 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 5078 137 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5078 138 , , , 1662 5078 139 between between IN 1662 5078 140 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 5078 141 and and CC 1662 5078 142 Tunisia Tunisia NNP 1662 5078 143 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5078 144 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5078 145 : : : 1662 5078 146 25 25 CD 1662 5078 147 00 00 CD 1662 5078 148 N n CD 1662 5078 149 , , , 1662 5078 150 17 17 CD 1662 5078 151 00 00 CD 1662 5078 152 E e NN 1662 5078 153 Map Map NNP 1662 5078 154 references reference NNS 1662 5078 155 : : : 1662 5078 156 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5078 157 Area Area NNP 1662 5078 158 : : : 1662 5078 159 total total NN 1662 5078 160 : : : 1662 5078 161 1,759,540 1,759,540 CD 1662 5078 162 sq sq VB 1662 5078 163 km km NNP 1662 5078 164 land land NN 1662 5078 165 : : : 1662 5078 166 1,759,540 1,759,540 CD 1662 5078 167 sq sq NN 1662 5078 168 km km NN 1662 5078 169 water water NN 1662 5078 170 : : : 1662 5078 171 0 0 NFP 1662 5078 172 sq sq NN 1662 5078 173 km km NNP 1662 5078 174 Area area NN 1662 5078 175 - - HYPH 1662 5078 176 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5078 177 : : : 1662 5078 178 slightly slightly RB 1662 5078 179 larger large JJR 1662 5078 180 than than IN 1662 5078 181 Alaska Alaska NNP 1662 5078 182 Land Land NNP 1662 5078 183 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5078 184 : : : 1662 5078 185 total total NN 1662 5078 186 : : : 1662 5078 187 4,383 4,383 CD 1662 5078 188 km km NN 1662 5078 189 border border NN 1662 5078 190 countries country NNS 1662 5078 191 : : : 1662 5078 192 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 5078 193 982 982 CD 1662 5078 194 km km NN 1662 5078 195 , , , 1662 5078 196 Chad Chad NNP 1662 5078 197 1,055 1,055 CD 1662 5078 198 km km NN 1662 5078 199 , , , 1662 5078 200 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 5078 201 1,150 1,150 CD 1662 5078 202 km km NN 1662 5078 203 , , , 1662 5078 204 Niger Niger NNP 1662 5078 205 354 354 CD 1662 5078 206 km km NN 1662 5078 207 , , , 1662 5078 208 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 5078 209 383 383 CD 1662 5078 210 km km NN 1662 5078 211 , , , 1662 5078 212 Tunisia Tunisia NNP 1662 5078 213 459 459 CD 1662 5078 214 km km NN 1662 5078 215 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5078 216 : : : 1662 5078 217 1,770 1,770 CD 1662 5078 218 km km NN 1662 5078 219 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5078 220 claims claim VBZ 1662 5078 221 : : : 1662 5078 222 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5078 223 sea sea NN 1662 5078 224 : : : 1662 5078 225 12 12 CD 1662 5078 226 nm nm IN 1662 5078 227 note note NN 1662 5078 228 : : : 1662 5078 229 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 5078 230 of of IN 1662 5078 231 Sidra Sidra NNP 1662 5078 232 closing closing NN 1662 5078 233 line line NN 1662 5078 234 - - HYPH 1662 5078 235 32 32 CD 1662 5078 236 degrees degree NNS 1662 5078 237 30 30 CD 1662 5078 238 minutes minute NNS 1662 5078 239 north north JJ 1662 5078 240 Climate climate NN 1662 5078 241 : : : 1662 5078 242 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 5078 243 along along IN 1662 5078 244 coast coast NN 1662 5078 245 ; ; : 1662 5078 246 dry dry JJ 1662 5078 247 , , , 1662 5078 248 extreme extreme JJ 1662 5078 249 desert desert NN 1662 5078 250 interior interior NNP 1662 5078 251 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 5078 252 : : : 1662 5078 253 mostly mostly RB 1662 5078 254 barren barren JJ 1662 5078 255 , , , 1662 5078 256 flat flat JJ 1662 5078 257 to to IN 1662 5078 258 undulating undulating NN 1662 5078 259 plains plain NNS 1662 5078 260 , , , 1662 5078 261 plateaus plateaus NN 1662 5078 262 , , , 1662 5078 263 depressions depression NNS 1662 5078 264 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5078 265 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5078 266 : : : 1662 5078 267 lowest low JJS 1662 5078 268 point point NN 1662 5078 269 : : : 1662 5078 270 Sabkhat Sabkhat NNP 1662 5078 271 Ghuzayyil Ghuzayyil NNS 1662 5078 272 -47 -47 NNP 1662 5078 273 m m DT 1662 5078 274 highest high JJS 1662 5078 275 point point NN 1662 5078 276 : : : 1662 5078 277 Bikku Bikku NNP 1662 5078 278 Bitti Bitti NNP 1662 5078 279 2,267 2,267 CD 1662 5078 280 m m NNP 1662 5078 281 Natural natural JJ 1662 5078 282 resources resource NNS 1662 5078 283 : : : 1662 5078 284 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5078 285 , , , 1662 5078 286 natural natural JJ 1662 5078 287 gas gas NN 1662 5078 288 , , , 1662 5078 289 gypsum gypsum NNP 1662 5078 290 Land Land NNP 1662 5078 291 use use NN 1662 5078 292 : : : 1662 5078 293 arable arable JJ 1662 5078 294 land land NN 1662 5078 295 : : : 1662 5078 296 1 1 CD 1662 5078 297 % % NN 1662 5078 298 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5078 299 crops crop NNS 1662 5078 300 : : : 1662 5078 301 0 0 CD 1662 5078 302 % % NN 1662 5078 303 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5078 304 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5078 305 : : : 1662 5078 306 8 8 CD 1662 5078 307 % % NN 1662 5078 308 forests forest NNS 1662 5078 309 and and CC 1662 5078 310 woodland woodland JJ 1662 5078 311 : : : 1662 5078 312 0 0 CD 1662 5078 313 % % NN 1662 5078 314 other other JJ 1662 5078 315 : : : 1662 5078 316 91 91 CD 1662 5078 317 % % NN 1662 5078 318 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5078 319 1993 1993 CD 1662 5078 320 est est NNP 1662 5078 321 . . . 1662 5078 322 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5079 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5079 2 land land NN 1662 5079 3 : : : 1662 5079 4 4,700 4,700 CD 1662 5079 5 sq sq NNP 1662 5079 6 km km NNP 1662 5079 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5079 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 5079 9 est est NNP 1662 5079 10 . . . 1662 5079 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5080 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 5080 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5080 3 : : : 1662 5080 4 hot hot JJ 1662 5080 5 , , , 1662 5080 6 dry dry JJ 1662 5080 7 , , , 1662 5080 8 dust dust NN 1662 5080 9 - - HYPH 1662 5080 10 laden laden NNP 1662 5080 11 ghibli ghibli NNP 1662 5080 12 is be VBZ 1662 5080 13 a a DT 1662 5080 14 southern southern JJ 1662 5080 15 wind wind NN 1662 5080 16 lasting last VBG 1662 5080 17 one one CD 1662 5080 18 to to TO 1662 5080 19 four four CD 1662 5080 20 days day NNS 1662 5080 21 in in IN 1662 5080 22 spring spring NN 1662 5080 23 and and CC 1662 5080 24 fall fall VBP 1662 5080 25 ; ; : 1662 5080 26 dust dust NN 1662 5080 27 storms storm NNS 1662 5080 28 , , , 1662 5080 29 sandstorms sandstorm VBZ 1662 5080 30 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5080 31 - - HYPH 1662 5080 32 current current JJ 1662 5080 33 issues issue NNS 1662 5080 34 : : : 1662 5080 35 desertification desertification NN 1662 5080 36 ; ; : 1662 5080 37 very very RB 1662 5080 38 limited limited JJ 1662 5080 39 natural natural JJ 1662 5080 40 fresh fresh JJ 1662 5080 41 water water NN 1662 5080 42 resources resource NNS 1662 5080 43 ; ; : 1662 5080 44 the the DT 1662 5080 45 Great Great NNP 1662 5080 46 Manmade Manmade NNP 1662 5080 47 River River NNP 1662 5080 48 Project Project NNP 1662 5080 49 , , , 1662 5080 50 the the DT 1662 5080 51 largest large JJS 1662 5080 52 water water NN 1662 5080 53 development development NN 1662 5080 54 scheme scheme NN 1662 5080 55 in in IN 1662 5080 56 the the DT 1662 5080 57 world world NN 1662 5080 58 , , , 1662 5080 59 is be VBZ 1662 5080 60 being be VBG 1662 5080 61 built build VBN 1662 5080 62 to to TO 1662 5080 63 bring bring VB 1662 5080 64 water water NN 1662 5080 65 from from IN 1662 5080 66 large large JJ 1662 5080 67 aquifers aquifer NNS 1662 5080 68 under under IN 1662 5080 69 the the DT 1662 5080 70 Sahara Sahara NNP 1662 5080 71 to to IN 1662 5080 72 coastal coastal JJ 1662 5080 73 cities city NNS 1662 5080 74 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5080 75 - - HYPH 1662 5080 76 international international JJ 1662 5080 77 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5080 78 : : : 1662 5080 79 party party NN 1662 5080 80 to to IN 1662 5080 81 : : : 1662 5080 82 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 5080 83 , , , 1662 5080 84 Marine Marine NNP 1662 5080 85 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 5080 86 , , , 1662 5080 87 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 5080 88 Test Test NNP 1662 5080 89 Ban Ban NNP 1662 5080 90 , , , 1662 5080 91 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5080 92 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5080 93 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5080 94 signed sign VBD 1662 5080 95 , , , 1662 5080 96 but but CC 1662 5080 97 not not RB 1662 5080 98 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5080 99 : : : 1662 5080 100 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 5080 101 , , , 1662 5080 102 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5080 103 Change Change NNP 1662 5080 104 , , , 1662 5080 105 Law Law NNP 1662 5080 106 of of IN 1662 5080 107 the the DT 1662 5080 108 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5080 109 @Libya @libya XX 1662 5080 110 : : : 1662 5080 111 People People NNP 1662 5080 112 Population Population NNP 1662 5080 113 : : : 1662 5080 114 5,648,359 5,648,359 CD 1662 5080 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5080 116 July July NNP 1662 5080 117 1997 1997 CD 1662 5080 118 est est NNP 1662 5080 119 . . . 1662 5080 120 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5081 1 note note NN 1662 5081 2 : : : 1662 5081 3 includes include VBZ 1662 5081 4 305,959 305,959 CD 1662 5081 5 non non JJ 1662 5081 6 - - NNS 1662 5081 7 nationals nationals JJ 1662 5081 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5081 9 July July NNP 1662 5081 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5081 11 est est NNP 1662 5081 12 . . . 1662 5081 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5082 1 Age age NN 1662 5082 2 structure structure NN 1662 5082 3 : : : 1662 5082 4 0 0 CD 1662 5082 5 - - HYPH 1662 5082 6 14 14 CD 1662 5082 7 years year NNS 1662 5082 8 : : : 1662 5082 9 48 48 CD 1662 5082 10 % % NN 1662 5082 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5082 12 male male JJ 1662 5082 13 1,369,984 1,369,984 CD 1662 5082 14 ; ; : 1662 5082 15 female female JJ 1662 5082 16 1,323,254 1,323,254 CD 1662 5082 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5082 18 15 15 CD 1662 5082 19 - - SYM 1662 5082 20 64 64 CD 1662 5082 21 years year NNS 1662 5082 22 : : : 1662 5082 23 49 49 CD 1662 5082 24 % % NN 1662 5082 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5082 26 male male JJ 1662 5082 27 1,422,043 1,422,043 CD 1662 5082 28 ; ; : 1662 5082 29 female female JJ 1662 5082 30 1,358,013 1,358,013 CD 1662 5082 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5082 32 65 65 CD 1662 5082 33 years year NNS 1662 5082 34 and and CC 1662 5082 35 over over IN 1662 5082 36 : : : 1662 5082 37 3 3 CD 1662 5082 38 % % NN 1662 5082 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5082 40 male male NN 1662 5082 41 91,953 91,953 CD 1662 5082 42 ; ; : 1662 5082 43 female female JJ 1662 5082 44 83,112 83,112 CD 1662 5082 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5082 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5082 47 July July NNP 1662 5082 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5082 49 est est NNP 1662 5082 50 . . . 1662 5082 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5083 1 Population population NN 1662 5083 2 growth growth NN 1662 5083 3 rate rate NN 1662 5083 4 : : : 1662 5083 5 3.64 3.64 CD 1662 5083 6 % % NN 1662 5083 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5083 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5083 9 est est NNP 1662 5083 10 . . . 1662 5083 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5084 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5084 2 rate rate NN 1662 5084 3 : : : 1662 5084 4 43.94 43.94 CD 1662 5084 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 5084 6 population population NN 1662 5084 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5084 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5084 9 est est NNP 1662 5084 10 . . . 1662 5084 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5085 1 Death death NN 1662 5085 2 rate rate NN 1662 5085 3 : : : 1662 5085 4 7.49 7.49 CD 1662 5085 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5085 6 population population NN 1662 5085 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5085 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5085 9 est est NNP 1662 5085 10 . . . 1662 5085 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5086 1 Net net JJ 1662 5086 2 migration migration NN 1662 5086 3 rate rate NN 1662 5086 4 : : : 1662 5086 5 0 0 NFP 1662 5086 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 5086 7 population population NN 1662 5086 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5086 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5086 10 est est NNP 1662 5086 11 . . . 1662 5086 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5087 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5087 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5087 3 : : : 1662 5087 4 at at IN 1662 5087 5 birth birth NN 1662 5087 6 : : : 1662 5087 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 5087 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5087 9 under under IN 1662 5087 10 15 15 CD 1662 5087 11 years year NNS 1662 5087 12 : : : 1662 5087 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 5087 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5087 15 15 15 CD 1662 5087 16 - - HYPH 1662 5087 17 64 64 CD 1662 5087 18 years year NNS 1662 5087 19 : : : 1662 5087 20 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 5087 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5087 22 65 65 CD 1662 5087 23 years year NNS 1662 5087 24 and and CC 1662 5087 25 over over IN 1662 5087 26 : : : 1662 5087 27 1.11 1.11 CD 1662 5087 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 5087 29 total total JJ 1662 5087 30 population population NN 1662 5087 31 : : : 1662 5087 32 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 5087 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5087 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5087 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5087 36 est e JJS 1662 5087 37 . . . 1662 5087 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5088 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5088 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5088 3 rate rate NN 1662 5088 4 : : : 1662 5088 5 57.7 57.7 CD 1662 5088 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 VBP 1662 5088 7 live live JJ 1662 5088 8 births birth NNS 1662 5088 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5088 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5088 11 est est NNP 1662 5088 12 . . . 1662 5088 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5089 1 Life life NN 1662 5089 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5089 3 at at IN 1662 5089 4 birth birth NN 1662 5089 5 : : : 1662 5089 6 total total JJ 1662 5089 7 population population NN 1662 5089 8 : : : 1662 5089 9 65.05 65.05 CD 1662 5089 10 years year NNS 1662 5089 11 male male NN 1662 5089 12 : : : 1662 5089 13 62.84 62.84 CD 1662 5089 14 years year NNS 1662 5089 15 female female JJ 1662 5089 16 : : : 1662 5089 17 67.37 67.37 CD 1662 5089 18 years year NNS 1662 5089 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5089 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5089 21 est est NNP 1662 5089 22 . . . 1662 5089 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5090 1 Total total JJ 1662 5090 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5090 3 rate rate NN 1662 5090 4 : : : 1662 5090 5 6.19 6.19 CD 1662 5090 6 children child NNS 1662 5090 7 born bear VBN 1662 5090 8 / / SYM 1662 5090 9 woman woman NN 1662 5090 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5090 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5090 12 est est NNP 1662 5090 13 . . . 1662 5090 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5091 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5091 2 : : : 1662 5091 3 noun noun NNP 1662 5091 4 : : : 1662 5091 5 Libyan(s Libyan(s NNP 1662 5091 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5091 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 5091 8 : : : 1662 5091 9 Libyan libyan JJ 1662 5091 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5091 11 groups group NNS 1662 5091 12 : : : 1662 5091 13 Berber Berber NNP 1662 5091 14 and and CC 1662 5091 15 Arab Arab NNP 1662 5091 16 97 97 CD 1662 5091 17 % % NN 1662 5091 18 , , , 1662 5091 19 Greeks Greeks NNPS 1662 5091 20 , , , 1662 5091 21 Maltese Maltese NNPS 1662 5091 22 , , , 1662 5091 23 Italians Italians NNPS 1662 5091 24 , , , 1662 5091 25 Egyptians Egyptians NNPS 1662 5091 26 , , , 1662 5091 27 Pakistanis Pakistanis NNP 1662 5091 28 , , , 1662 5091 29 Turks Turks NNPS 1662 5091 30 , , , 1662 5091 31 Indians Indians NNPS 1662 5091 32 , , , 1662 5091 33 Tunisians Tunisians NNPS 1662 5091 34 Religions religion NNS 1662 5091 35 : : : 1662 5091 36 Sunni Sunni NNP 1662 5091 37 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 5091 38 97 97 CD 1662 5091 39 % % NN 1662 5091 40 Languages language NNS 1662 5091 41 : : : 1662 5091 42 Arabic arabic JJ 1662 5091 43 , , , 1662 5091 44 Italian italian JJ 1662 5091 45 , , , 1662 5091 46 English English NNP 1662 5091 47 , , , 1662 5091 48 all all DT 1662 5091 49 are be VBP 1662 5091 50 widely widely RB 1662 5091 51 understood understand VBN 1662 5091 52 in in IN 1662 5091 53 the the DT 1662 5091 54 major major JJ 1662 5091 55 cities city NNS 1662 5091 56 Literacy literacy NN 1662 5091 57 : : : 1662 5091 58 definition definition NN 1662 5091 59 : : : 1662 5091 60 age age NN 1662 5091 61 15 15 CD 1662 5091 62 and and CC 1662 5091 63 over over RB 1662 5091 64 can can MD 1662 5091 65 read read VB 1662 5091 66 and and CC 1662 5091 67 write write VB 1662 5091 68 total total JJ 1662 5091 69 population population NN 1662 5091 70 : : : 1662 5091 71 76.2 76.2 CD 1662 5091 72 % % NN 1662 5091 73 male male NN 1662 5091 74 : : : 1662 5091 75 87.9 87.9 CD 1662 5091 76 % % NN 1662 5091 77 female female NN 1662 5091 78 : : : 1662 5091 79 63 63 CD 1662 5091 80 % % NN 1662 5091 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5091 82 1995 1995 CD 1662 5091 83 est est NNP 1662 5091 84 . . . 1662 5091 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5092 1 @Libya @libya XX 1662 5092 2 : : : 1662 5092 3 Government Government NNP 1662 5092 4 Country Country NNP 1662 5092 5 name name NN 1662 5092 6 : : : 1662 5092 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5092 8 long long JJ 1662 5092 9 form form NN 1662 5092 10 : : : 1662 5092 11 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 5092 12 People People NNPS 1662 5092 13 's 's POS 1662 5092 14 Libyan libyan JJ 1662 5092 15 Arab Arab NNP 1662 5092 16 Jamahiriya Jamahiriya NNP 1662 5092 17 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5092 18 short short JJ 1662 5092 19 form form NN 1662 5092 20 : : : 1662 5092 21 Libya Libya NNP 1662 5092 22 local local JJ 1662 5092 23 long long JJ 1662 5092 24 form form NN 1662 5092 25 : : : 1662 5092 26 Al Al NNP 1662 5092 27 Jumahiriyah Jumahiriyah NNP 1662 5092 28 al al NNP 1662 5092 29 Arabiyah Arabiyah NNP 1662 5092 30 al al NNP 1662 5092 31 Libiyah Libiyah NNP 1662 5092 32 ash ash NNP 1662 5092 33 Shabiyah Shabiyah NNP 1662 5092 34 al al NNP 1662 5092 35 Ishtirakiyah Ishtirakiyah NNP 1662 5092 36 local local JJ 1662 5092 37 short short JJ 1662 5092 38 form form NN 1662 5092 39 : : : 1662 5092 40 none none NN 1662 5092 41 Data Data NNP 1662 5092 42 code code NN 1662 5092 43 : : : 1662 5092 44 LY LY NNP 1662 5092 45 Government Government NNP 1662 5092 46 type type NN 1662 5092 47 : : : 1662 5092 48 Jamahiriya Jamahiriya NNP 1662 5092 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5092 50 a a DT 1662 5092 51 state state NN 1662 5092 52 of of IN 1662 5092 53 the the DT 1662 5092 54 masses masse NNS 1662 5092 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5092 56 in in IN 1662 5092 57 theory theory NN 1662 5092 58 , , , 1662 5092 59 governed govern VBN 1662 5092 60 by by IN 1662 5092 61 the the DT 1662 5092 62 populace populace NN 1662 5092 63 through through IN 1662 5092 64 local local JJ 1662 5092 65 councils council NNS 1662 5092 66 ; ; : 1662 5092 67 in in IN 1662 5092 68 fact fact NN 1662 5092 69 , , , 1662 5092 70 a a DT 1662 5092 71 military military JJ 1662 5092 72 dictatorship dictatorship NN 1662 5092 73 National national JJ 1662 5092 74 capital capital NN 1662 5092 75 : : : 1662 5092 76 Tripoli Tripoli NNP 1662 5092 77 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 5092 78 divisions division NNS 1662 5092 79 : : : 1662 5092 80 25 25 CD 1662 5092 81 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 5092 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5092 83 baladiyah baladiyah NNP 1662 5092 84 , , , 1662 5092 85 singular singular JJ 1662 5092 86 - - HYPH 1662 5092 87 baladiyat baladiyat NN 1662 5092 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5092 89 ; ; : 1662 5092 90 Ajdabiya Ajdabiya NNP 1662 5092 91 , , , 1662 5092 92 Al Al NNP 1662 5092 93 ' ' '' 1662 5092 94 Aziziyah Aziziyah NNP 1662 5092 95 , , , 1662 5092 96 Al Al NNP 1662 5092 97 Fatih Fatih NNP 1662 5092 98 , , , 1662 5092 99 Al Al NNP 1662 5092 100 Jabal Jabal NNP 1662 5092 101 al al NNP 1662 5092 102 Akhdar Akhdar NNP 1662 5092 103 , , , 1662 5092 104 Al Al NNP 1662 5092 105 Jufrah Jufrah NNP 1662 5092 106 , , , 1662 5092 107 Al Al NNP 1662 5092 108 Khums Khums NNP 1662 5092 109 , , , 1662 5092 110 Al Al NNP 1662 5092 111 Kufrah Kufrah NNP 1662 5092 112 , , , 1662 5092 113 An an DT 1662 5092 114 Nuqat Nuqat NNP 1662 5092 115 al al NNP 1662 5092 116 Khams Khams NNP 1662 5092 117 , , , 1662 5092 118 Ash Ash NNP 1662 5092 119 Shati Shati NNP 1662 5092 120 ' ' POS 1662 5092 121 , , , 1662 5092 122 Awbari Awbari NNP 1662 5092 123 , , , 1662 5092 124 Az Az NNP 1662 5092 125 Zawiyah Zawiyah NNP 1662 5092 126 , , , 1662 5092 127 Banghazi Banghazi NNP 1662 5092 128 , , , 1662 5092 129 Darnah Darnah NNP 1662 5092 130 , , , 1662 5092 131 Ghadamis Ghadamis NNP 1662 5092 132 , , , 1662 5092 133 Gharyan Gharyan NNP 1662 5092 134 , , , 1662 5092 135 Misratah Misratah NNP 1662 5092 136 , , , 1662 5092 137 Murzuq Murzuq NNP 1662 5092 138 , , , 1662 5092 139 Sabha Sabha NNP 1662 5092 140 , , , 1662 5092 141 Sawfajjin Sawfajjin NNP 1662 5092 142 , , , 1662 5092 143 Surt Surt NNP 1662 5092 144 , , , 1662 5092 145 Tarabulus Tarabulus NNP 1662 5092 146 , , , 1662 5092 147 Tarhunah Tarhunah NNP 1662 5092 148 , , , 1662 5092 149 Tubruq Tubruq NNP 1662 5092 150 , , , 1662 5092 151 Yafran Yafran NNP 1662 5092 152 , , , 1662 5092 153 Zlitan Zlitan NNP 1662 5092 154 note note NN 1662 5092 155 : : : 1662 5092 156 the the DT 1662 5092 157 25 25 CD 1662 5092 158 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 5092 159 may may MD 1662 5092 160 have have VB 1662 5092 161 been be VBN 1662 5092 162 replaced replace VBN 1662 5092 163 by by IN 1662 5092 164 1,500 1,500 CD 1662 5092 165 communes commune NNS 1662 5092 166 in in IN 1662 5092 167 1992 1992 CD 1662 5092 168 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5092 169 : : : 1662 5092 170 24 24 CD 1662 5092 171 December December NNP 1662 5092 172 1951 1951 CD 1662 5092 173 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5092 174 from from IN 1662 5092 175 Italy Italy NNP 1662 5092 176 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5092 177 National national JJ 1662 5092 178 holiday holiday NN 1662 5092 179 : : : 1662 5092 180 Revolution Revolution NNP 1662 5092 181 Day Day NNP 1662 5092 182 , , , 1662 5092 183 1 1 CD 1662 5092 184 September September NNP 1662 5092 185 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5092 186 1969 1969 CD 1662 5092 187 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5092 188 Constitution constitution NN 1662 5092 189 : : : 1662 5092 190 11 11 CD 1662 5092 191 December December NNP 1662 5092 192 1969 1969 CD 1662 5092 193 , , , 1662 5092 194 amended amend VBD 1662 5092 195 2 2 CD 1662 5092 196 March March NNP 1662 5092 197 1977 1977 CD 1662 5092 198 Legal legal JJ 1662 5092 199 system system NN 1662 5092 200 : : : 1662 5092 201 based base VBN 1662 5092 202 on on IN 1662 5092 203 Italian italian JJ 1662 5092 204 civil civil JJ 1662 5092 205 law law NN 1662 5092 206 system system NN 1662 5092 207 and and CC 1662 5092 208 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 5092 209 law law NN 1662 5092 210 ; ; : 1662 5092 211 separate separate JJ 1662 5092 212 religious religious JJ 1662 5092 213 courts court NNS 1662 5092 214 ; ; : 1662 5092 215 no no DT 1662 5092 216 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 5092 217 provision provision NN 1662 5092 218 for for IN 1662 5092 219 judicial judicial JJ 1662 5092 220 review review NN 1662 5092 221 of of IN 1662 5092 222 legislative legislative JJ 1662 5092 223 acts act NNS 1662 5092 224 ; ; : 1662 5092 225 has have VBZ 1662 5092 226 not not RB 1662 5092 227 accepted accept VBN 1662 5092 228 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 5092 229 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 5092 230 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 5092 231 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Gen. 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NNP 1662 5107 33 , , , 1662 5107 34 1995 1995 CD 1662 5107 35 est est NNP 1662 5107 36 . . . 1662 5107 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5108 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5108 2 : : : 1662 5108 3 crude crude JJ 1662 5108 4 oil oil NN 1662 5108 5 , , , 1662 5108 6 refined refined JJ 1662 5108 7 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5108 8 products product NNS 1662 5108 9 , , , 1662 5108 10 natural natural JJ 1662 5108 11 gas gas NN 1662 5108 12 partners partner NNS 1662 5108 13 : : : 1662 5108 14 Italy Italy NNP 1662 5108 15 , , , 1662 5108 16 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5108 17 , , , 1662 5108 18 Spain Spain NNP 1662 5108 19 , , , 1662 5108 20 France France NNP 1662 5108 21 , , , 1662 5108 22 UK UK NNP 1662 5108 23 , , , 1662 5108 24 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 5108 25 , , , 1662 5108 26 Greece Greece NNP 1662 5108 27 , , , 1662 5108 28 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 5108 29 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 5108 30 : : : 1662 5108 31 total total JJ 1662 5108 32 value value NN 1662 5108 33 : : : 1662 5108 34 $ $ $ 1662 5108 35 7.3 7.3 CD 1662 5108 36 billion billion CD 1662 5108 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5108 38 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5108 39 . . NNP 1662 5108 40 , , , 1662 5108 41 1995 1995 CD 1662 5108 42 est est NNP 1662 5108 43 . . . 1662 5108 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5109 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5109 2 : : : 1662 5109 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 5109 4 , , , 1662 5109 5 transport transport NN 1662 5109 6 equipment equipment NN 1662 5109 7 , , , 1662 5109 8 food food NN 1662 5109 9 , , , 1662 5109 10 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 5109 11 goods good NNS 1662 5109 12 partners partner NNS 1662 5109 13 : : : 1662 5109 14 Italy Italy NNP 1662 5109 15 , , , 1662 5109 16 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5109 17 , , , 1662 5109 18 UK UK NNP 1662 5109 19 , , , 1662 5109 20 France France NNP 1662 5109 21 , , , 1662 5109 22 Spain Spain NNP 1662 5109 23 , , , 1662 5109 24 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 5109 25 , , , 1662 5109 26 Tunisia Tunisia NNP 1662 5109 27 , , , 1662 5109 28 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 5109 29 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5109 30 Debt Debt NNP 1662 5109 31 - - HYPH 1662 5109 32 external external JJ 1662 5109 33 : : : 1662 5109 34 $ $ $ 1662 5109 35 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 5109 36 billion billion CD 1662 5109 37 excluding exclude VBG 1662 5109 38 military military JJ 1662 5109 39 debt debt NN 1662 5109 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5109 41 1995 1995 CD 1662 5109 42 est est NNP 1662 5109 43 . . . 1662 5109 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5110 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 5110 2 aid aid NN 1662 5110 3 : : : 1662 5110 4 $ $ $ 1662 5110 5 NA NA NNP 1662 5110 6 Currency currency NN 1662 5110 7 : : : 1662 5110 8 1 1 LS 1662 5110 9 Libyan libyan JJ 1662 5110 10 dinar dinar NN 1662 5110 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5110 12 LD LD NNP 1662 5110 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5110 14 = = NFP 1662 5110 15 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 5110 16 dirhams dirham NNS 1662 5110 17 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5110 18 rates rate NNS 1662 5110 19 : : : 1662 5110 20 Libyan libyan JJ 1662 5110 21 dinars dinar NNS 1662 5110 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5110 23 LD LD NNP 1662 5110 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5110 25 per per IN 1662 5110 26 US$ us$ $ 1662 5110 27 1 1 CD 1662 5110 28 - - HYPH 1662 5110 29 0.3764 0.3764 CD 1662 5110 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5110 31 January January NNP 1662 5110 32 1997 1997 CD 1662 5110 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5110 34 , , , 1662 5110 35 0.3651 0.3651 CD 1662 5110 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5110 37 1996 1996 CD 1662 5110 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5110 39 , , , 1662 5110 40 0.3532 0.3532 CD 1662 5110 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5110 42 1995 1995 CD 1662 5110 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5110 44 , , , 1662 5110 45 0.3596 0.3596 CD 1662 5110 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5110 47 1994 1994 CD 1662 5110 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5110 49 , , , 1662 5110 50 0.3250 0.3250 CD 1662 5110 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5110 52 1993 1993 CD 1662 5110 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5110 54 , , , 1662 5110 55 0.3013 0.3013 CD 1662 5110 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5110 57 1992 1992 CD 1662 5110 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5110 59 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5110 60 year year NN 1662 5110 61 : : : 1662 5110 62 calendar calendar NNP 1662 5110 63 year year NNP 1662 5110 64 @Libya @libya XX 1662 5110 65 : : : 1662 5110 66 Communications Communications NNP 1662 5110 67 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 5110 68 : : : 1662 5110 69 370,000 370,000 CD 1662 5110 70 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5110 71 system system NN 1662 5110 72 : : : 1662 5110 73 modern modern JJ 1662 5110 74 telecommunications telecommunications NN 1662 5110 75 system system NN 1662 5110 76 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5110 77 : : : 1662 5110 78 microwave microwave NN 1662 5110 79 radio radio NN 1662 5110 80 relay relay NN 1662 5110 81 , , , 1662 5110 82 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 5110 83 cable cable NN 1662 5110 84 , , , 1662 5110 85 tropospheric tropospheric JJ 1662 5110 86 scatter scatter NN 1662 5110 87 , , , 1662 5110 88 and and CC 1662 5110 89 a a DT 1662 5110 90 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5110 91 satellite satellite NN 1662 5110 92 system system NN 1662 5110 93 with with IN 1662 5110 94 14 14 CD 1662 5110 95 earth earth NN 1662 5110 96 stations station NNS 1662 5110 97 international international JJ 1662 5110 98 : : : 1662 5110 99 satellite satellite NN 1662 5110 100 earth earth NN 1662 5110 101 stations station NNS 1662 5110 102 - - , 1662 5110 103 2 2 CD 1662 5110 104 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5110 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5110 106 1 1 CD 1662 5110 107 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 5110 108 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5110 109 and and CC 1662 5110 110 1 1 CD 1662 5110 111 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5110 112 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5110 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5110 114 ; ; : 1662 5110 115 planned plan VBN 1662 5110 116 Arabsat Arabsat NNP 1662 5110 117 and and CC 1662 5110 118 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 5110 119 satellite satellite NN 1662 5110 120 earth earth NN 1662 5110 121 stations station NNS 1662 5110 122 ; ; : 1662 5110 123 submarine submarine NN 1662 5110 124 cables cable NNS 1662 5110 125 to to IN 1662 5110 126 France France NNP 1662 5110 127 and and CC 1662 5110 128 Italy Italy NNP 1662 5110 129 ; ; : 1662 5110 130 microwave microwave NN 1662 5110 131 radio radio NN 1662 5110 132 relay relay NN 1662 5110 133 to to IN 1662 5110 134 Tunisia Tunisia NNP 1662 5110 135 and and CC 1662 5110 136 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 5110 137 ; ; : 1662 5110 138 tropospheric tropospheric JJ 1662 5110 139 scatter scatter NN 1662 5110 140 to to IN 1662 5110 141 Greece Greece NNP 1662 5110 142 ; ; : 1662 5110 143 participant participant NN 1662 5110 144 in in IN 1662 5110 145 Medarabtel Medarabtel NNP 1662 5110 146 Radio Radio NNP 1662 5110 147 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5110 148 stations station NNS 1662 5110 149 : : : 1662 5110 150 AM am VBP 1662 5110 151 17 17 CD 1662 5110 152 , , , 1662 5110 153 FM FM NNP 1662 5110 154 3 3 CD 1662 5110 155 , , , 1662 5110 156 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 5110 157 0 0 CD 1662 5110 158 Radios radio NNS 1662 5110 159 : : : 1662 5110 160 1 1 CD 1662 5110 161 million million CD 1662 5110 162 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5110 163 1993 1993 CD 1662 5110 164 est est NNP 1662 5110 165 . . . 1662 5110 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5111 1 Television television NN 1662 5111 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5111 3 stations station NNS 1662 5111 4 : : : 1662 5111 5 12 12 CD 1662 5111 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5111 7 1987 1987 CD 1662 5111 8 est est NNP 1662 5111 9 . . . 1662 5111 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5112 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 5112 2 : : : 1662 5112 3 500,000 500,000 CD 1662 5112 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5112 5 1993 1993 CD 1662 5112 6 est est NNP 1662 5112 7 . . . 1662 5112 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5113 1 @Libya @libya XX 1662 5113 2 : : : 1662 5113 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5113 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5113 5 : : : 1662 5113 6 note note NN 1662 5113 7 : : : 1662 5113 8 Libya Libya NNP 1662 5113 9 has have VBZ 1662 5113 10 had have VBN 1662 5113 11 no no DT 1662 5113 12 railroad railroad NN 1662 5113 13 in in IN 1662 5113 14 operation operation NN 1662 5113 15 since since IN 1662 5113 16 1965 1965 CD 1662 5113 17 , , , 1662 5113 18 all all DT 1662 5113 19 previous previous JJ 1662 5113 20 systems system NNS 1662 5113 21 having have VBG 1662 5113 22 been be VBN 1662 5113 23 dismantled dismantle VBN 1662 5113 24 ; ; : 1662 5113 25 current current JJ 1662 5113 26 plans plan NNS 1662 5113 27 are be VBP 1662 5113 28 to to TO 1662 5113 29 construct construct VB 1662 5113 30 a a DT 1662 5113 31 1.435-m 1.435-m JJ 1662 5113 32 standard standard JJ 1662 5113 33 gauge gauge NN 1662 5113 34 line line NN 1662 5113 35 from from IN 1662 5113 36 the the DT 1662 5113 37 Tunisian tunisian JJ 1662 5113 38 frontier frontier NN 1662 5113 39 to to IN 1662 5113 40 Tripoli Tripoli NNP 1662 5113 41 and and CC 1662 5113 42 Misratah Misratah NNP 1662 5113 43 , , , 1662 5113 44 then then RB 1662 5113 45 inland inland RB 1662 5113 46 to to IN 1662 5113 47 Sabha Sabha NNP 1662 5113 48 , , , 1662 5113 49 center center NN 1662 5113 50 of of IN 1662 5113 51 a a DT 1662 5113 52 mineral mineral NN 1662 5113 53 - - HYPH 1662 5113 54 rich rich JJ 1662 5113 55 area area NN 1662 5113 56 , , , 1662 5113 57 but but CC 1662 5113 58 there there EX 1662 5113 59 has have VBZ 1662 5113 60 been be VBN 1662 5113 61 no no DT 1662 5113 62 progress progress NN 1662 5113 63 ; ; : 1662 5113 64 other other JJ 1662 5113 65 plans plan NNS 1662 5113 66 made make VBN 1662 5113 67 jointly jointly RB 1662 5113 68 with with IN 1662 5113 69 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 5113 70 would would MD 1662 5113 71 establish establish VB 1662 5113 72 a a DT 1662 5113 73 rail rail NN 1662 5113 74 line line NN 1662 5113 75 from from IN 1662 5113 76 As as IN 1662 5113 77 Sallum Sallum NNP 1662 5113 78 , , , 1662 5113 79 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 5113 80 , , , 1662 5113 81 to to IN 1662 5113 82 Tobruk Tobruk NNP 1662 5113 83 with with IN 1662 5113 84 completion completion NN 1662 5113 85 set set VBN 1662 5113 86 for for IN 1662 5113 87 mid-1994 mid-1994 NN 1662 5113 88 ; ; : 1662 5113 89 no no DT 1662 5113 90 progress progress NN 1662 5113 91 has have VBZ 1662 5113 92 been be VBN 1662 5113 93 reported report VBN 1662 5113 94 Highways highway NNS 1662 5113 95 : : : 1662 5113 96 total total NN 1662 5113 97 : : : 1662 5113 98 19,189 19,189 CD 1662 5113 99 km km NN 1662 5113 100 paved pave VBN 1662 5113 101 : : : 1662 5113 102 10,738 10,738 CD 1662 5113 103 km km NN 1662 5113 104 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5113 105 : : : 1662 5113 106 8,451 8,451 CD 1662 5113 107 km km NNS 1662 5113 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5113 109 1987 1987 CD 1662 5113 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5113 111 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 5113 112 : : : 1662 5113 113 none none NN 1662 5113 114 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 5113 115 : : : 1662 5113 116 crude crude JJ 1662 5113 117 oil oil NN 1662 5113 118 4,383 4,383 CD 1662 5113 119 km km NN 1662 5113 120 ; ; : 1662 5113 121 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5113 122 products product NNS 1662 5113 123 443 443 CD 1662 5113 124 km km NNS 1662 5113 125 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5113 126 includes include VBZ 1662 5113 127 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 5113 128 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5113 129 gas gas NN 1662 5113 130 or or CC 1662 5113 131 LPG LPG NNP 1662 5113 132 256 256 CD 1662 5113 133 km km NN 1662 5113 134 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5113 135 ; ; : 1662 5113 136 natural natural JJ 1662 5113 137 gas gas NN 1662 5113 138 1,947 1,947 CD 1662 5113 139 km km NN 1662 5113 140 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 5113 141 and and CC 1662 5113 142 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5113 143 : : : 1662 5113 144 Al Al NNP 1662 5113 145 Khums Khums NNP 1662 5113 146 , , , 1662 5113 147 Banghazi Banghazi NNP 1662 5113 148 , , , 1662 5113 149 Darnah Darnah NNP 1662 5113 150 , , , 1662 5113 151 Marsa Marsa NNP 1662 5113 152 al al NNP 1662 5113 153 Burayqah Burayqah NNP 1662 5113 154 , , , 1662 5113 155 Misratah Misratah NNP 1662 5113 156 , , , 1662 5113 157 Ra Ra NNP 1662 5113 158 's 's POS 1662 5113 159 Lanuf Lanuf NNP 1662 5113 160 , , , 1662 5113 161 Tobruk Tobruk NNP 1662 5113 162 , , , 1662 5113 163 Tripoli Tripoli NNP 1662 5113 164 , , , 1662 5113 165 Zuwarah Zuwarah NNP 1662 5113 166 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 5113 167 marine marine NN 1662 5113 168 : : : 1662 5113 169 total total NN 1662 5113 170 : : : 1662 5113 171 30 30 CD 1662 5113 172 ships ship NNS 1662 5113 173 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5113 174 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 5113 175 GRT GRT NNP 1662 5113 176 or or CC 1662 5113 177 over over RB 1662 5113 178 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5113 179 totaling total VBG 1662 5113 180 689,086 689,086 CD 1662 5113 181 GRT/1,209,083 grt/1,209,083 NN 1662 5113 182 DWT dwt NN 1662 5113 183 ships ship NNS 1662 5113 184 by by IN 1662 5113 185 type type NN 1662 5113 186 : : : 1662 5113 187 cargo cargo NN 1662 5113 188 9 9 CD 1662 5113 189 , , , 1662 5113 190 chemical chemical NN 1662 5113 191 tanker tanker NN 1662 5113 192 1 1 CD 1662 5113 193 , , , 1662 5113 194 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 5113 195 gas gas NN 1662 5113 196 tanker tanker NN 1662 5113 197 2 2 CD 1662 5113 198 , , , 1662 5113 199 oil oil NN 1662 5113 200 tanker tanker NN 1662 5113 201 10 10 CD 1662 5113 202 , , , 1662 5113 203 roll roll NN 1662 5113 204 - - HYPH 1662 5113 205 on on IN 1662 5113 206 / / SYM 1662 5113 207 roll roll NN 1662 5113 208 - - HYPH 1662 5113 209 off off RP 1662 5113 210 cargo cargo NN 1662 5113 211 4 4 CD 1662 5113 212 , , , 1662 5113 213 short short JJ 1662 5113 214 - - HYPH 1662 5113 215 sea sea NN 1662 5113 216 passenger passenger NN 1662 5113 217 4 4 CD 1662 5113 218 note note NN 1662 5113 219 : : : 1662 5113 220 Libya Libya NNP 1662 5113 221 owns own VBZ 1662 5113 222 an an DT 1662 5113 223 additional additional JJ 1662 5113 224 5 5 CD 1662 5113 225 ships ship NNS 1662 5113 226 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5113 227 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 5113 228 GRT GRT NNP 1662 5113 229 or or CC 1662 5113 230 over over RB 1662 5113 231 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5113 232 totaling total VBG 1662 5113 233 33,050 33,050 CD 1662 5113 234 DWT dwt NN 1662 5113 235 operating operate VBG 1662 5113 236 under under IN 1662 5113 237 the the DT 1662 5113 238 registries registry NNS 1662 5113 239 of of IN 1662 5113 240 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 5113 241 and and CC 1662 5113 242 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 5113 243 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5113 244 1996 1996 CD 1662 5113 245 est est NNP 1662 5113 246 . . . 1662 5113 247 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5114 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5114 2 : : : 1662 5114 3 131 131 CD 1662 5114 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5114 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 5114 6 est est NNP 1662 5114 7 . . . 1662 5114 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5115 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5115 2 - - , 1662 5115 3 with with IN 1662 5115 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5115 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5115 6 : : : 1662 5115 7 total total NN 1662 5115 8 : : : 1662 5115 9 71 71 CD 1662 5115 10 over over IN 1662 5115 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5115 12 m m CD 1662 5115 13 : : : 1662 5115 14 24 24 CD 1662 5115 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 5115 16 to to TO 1662 5115 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5115 18 m m NN 1662 5115 19 : : : 1662 5115 20 5 5 CD 1662 5115 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5115 22 to to TO 1662 5115 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5115 24 m m NN 1662 5115 25 : : : 1662 5115 26 22 22 CD 1662 5115 27 914 914 CD 1662 5115 28 to to TO 1662 5115 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5115 30 m m NN 1662 5115 31 : : : 1662 5115 32 6 6 CD 1662 5115 33 under under IN 1662 5115 34 914 914 CD 1662 5115 35 m m NN 1662 5115 36 : : : 1662 5115 37 14 14 CD 1662 5115 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5115 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 5115 40 est est NNP 1662 5115 41 . . . 1662 5115 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5116 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5116 2 - - , 1662 5116 3 with with IN 1662 5116 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5116 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5116 6 : : : 1662 5116 7 total total NN 1662 5116 8 : : : 1662 5116 9 60 60 CD 1662 5116 10 over over IN 1662 5116 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5116 12 m m NN 1662 5116 13 : : : 1662 5116 14 5 5 CD 1662 5116 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 5116 16 to to TO 1662 5116 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5116 18 m m NN 1662 5116 19 : : : 1662 5116 20 2 2 CD 1662 5116 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5116 22 to to TO 1662 5116 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5116 24 m m NN 1662 5116 25 : : : 1662 5116 26 14 14 CD 1662 5116 27 914 914 CD 1662 5116 28 to to TO 1662 5116 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5116 30 m m NN 1662 5116 31 : : : 1662 5116 32 39 39 CD 1662 5116 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5116 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 5116 35 est est NNP 1662 5116 36 . . . 1662 5116 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5117 1 Military military JJ 1662 5117 2 Military military JJ 1662 5117 3 branches branch NNS 1662 5117 4 : : : 1662 5117 5 Army Army NNP 1662 5117 6 , , , 1662 5117 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 5117 8 , , , 1662 5117 9 Air Air NNP 1662 5117 10 and and CC 1662 5117 11 Air Air NNP 1662 5117 12 Defense Defense NNP 1662 5117 13 Command Command NNP 1662 5117 14 Military Military NNP 1662 5117 15 manpower manpower NN 1662 5117 16 - - HYPH 1662 5117 17 military military NN 1662 5117 18 age age NN 1662 5117 19 : : : 1662 5117 20 17 17 CD 1662 5117 21 years year NNS 1662 5117 22 of of IN 1662 5117 23 age age NN 1662 5117 24 Military military JJ 1662 5117 25 manpower manpower NN 1662 5117 26 - - HYPH 1662 5117 27 availability availability NN 1662 5117 28 : : : 1662 5117 29 males male NNS 1662 5117 30 age age NNP 1662 5117 31 15 15 CD 1662 5117 32 - - HYPH 1662 5117 33 49 49 CD 1662 5117 34 : : : 1662 5117 35 1,211,700 1,211,700 CD 1662 5117 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5117 37 1997 1997 CD 1662 5117 38 est est NNP 1662 5117 39 . . . 1662 5117 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5118 1 Military military JJ 1662 5118 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5118 3 - - HYPH 1662 5118 4 fit fit NN 1662 5118 5 for for IN 1662 5118 6 military military JJ 1662 5118 7 service service NN 1662 5118 8 : : : 1662 5118 9 males male NNS 1662 5118 10 : : : 1662 5118 11 721,592 721,592 CD 1662 5118 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5118 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5118 14 est est NNP 1662 5118 15 . . . 1662 5118 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5119 1 Military military JJ 1662 5119 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5119 3 - - HYPH 1662 5119 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 5119 5 military military JJ 1662 5119 6 age age NN 1662 5119 7 annually annually RB 1662 5119 8 : : : 1662 5119 9 males male NNS 1662 5119 10 : : : 1662 5119 11 59,216 59,216 CD 1662 5119 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5119 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5119 14 est est NNP 1662 5119 15 . . . 1662 5119 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5120 1 Military military JJ 1662 5120 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5120 3 - - HYPH 1662 5120 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 5120 5 figure figure NN 1662 5120 6 : : : 1662 5120 7 $ $ $ 1662 5120 8 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 5120 9 billion billion CD 1662 5120 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5120 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 5120 12 est est NNP 1662 5120 13 . . . 1662 5120 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5121 1 Military military JJ 1662 5121 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5121 3 - - : 1662 5121 4 percent percent NN 1662 5121 5 of of IN 1662 5121 6 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5121 7 : : : 1662 5121 8 6.1 6.1 CD 1662 5121 9 % % NN 1662 5121 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5121 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 5121 12 est est NNP 1662 5121 13 . . . 1662 5121 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5122 1 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5122 2 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5122 3 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 5122 4 - - HYPH 1662 5122 5 international international JJ 1662 5122 6 : : : 1662 5122 7 maritime maritime JJ 1662 5122 8 boundary boundary JJ 1662 5122 9 dispute dispute NN 1662 5122 10 with with IN 1662 5122 11 Tunisia Tunisia NNP 1662 5122 12 ; ; : 1662 5122 13 Libya Libya NNP 1662 5122 14 claims claim VBZ 1662 5122 15 about about IN 1662 5122 16 19,400 19,400 CD 1662 5122 17 sq sq NN 1662 5122 18 km km NNS 1662 5122 19 in in IN 1662 5122 20 northern northern JJ 1662 5122 21 Niger Niger NNP 1662 5122 22 and and CC 1662 5122 23 part part NN 1662 5122 24 of of IN 1662 5122 25 southeastern southeastern JJ 1662 5122 26 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 5122 27 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 28 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 29 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 30 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 31 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 32 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 33 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 34 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 35 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 36 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 37 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 38 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 39 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 40 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 41 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 42 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 43 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 44 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 45 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 46 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 47 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 48 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 49 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 50 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 51 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 52 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 53 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 54 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 55 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 56 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 57 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 58 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 59 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 60 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 61 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 62 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 63 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 64 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 65 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 66 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 67 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 68 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 69 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 70 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 71 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 72 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 73 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 74 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 75 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 76 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 77 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 78 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 90 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 91 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 92 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 93 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 94 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 95 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 96 _ _ NNP 1662 5122 97 LIECHTENSTEIN LIECHTENSTEIN NNP 1662 5122 98 @Liechtenstein @Liechtenstein NNP 1662 5122 99 : : : 1662 5122 100 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5122 101 Location Location NNP 1662 5122 102 : : : 1662 5122 103 Central Central NNP 1662 5122 104 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5122 105 , , , 1662 5122 106 between between IN 1662 5122 107 Austria Austria NNP 1662 5122 108 and and CC 1662 5122 109 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 5122 110 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5122 111 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5122 112 : : : 1662 5122 113 47 47 CD 1662 5122 114 10 10 CD 1662 5122 115 N n CD 1662 5122 116 , , , 1662 5122 117 9 9 CD 1662 5122 118 32 32 CD 1662 5122 119 E e NN 1662 5122 120 Map Map NNP 1662 5122 121 references reference NNS 1662 5122 122 : : : 1662 5122 123 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5122 124 Area Area NNP 1662 5122 125 : : : 1662 5122 126 total total NN 1662 5122 127 : : : 1662 5122 128 160 160 CD 1662 5122 129 sq sq NN 1662 5122 130 km km NNP 1662 5122 131 land land NN 1662 5122 132 : : : 1662 5122 133 160 160 CD 1662 5122 134 sq sq NN 1662 5122 135 km km NNP 1662 5122 136 water water NN 1662 5122 137 : : : 1662 5122 138 0 0 NFP 1662 5122 139 sq sq NN 1662 5122 140 km km NNP 1662 5122 141 Area area NN 1662 5122 142 - - HYPH 1662 5122 143 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5122 144 : : : 1662 5122 145 about about IN 1662 5122 146 0.9 0.9 CD 1662 5122 147 times time NNS 1662 5122 148 the the DT 1662 5122 149 size size NN 1662 5122 150 of of IN 1662 5122 151 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5122 152 , , , 1662 5122 153 DC DC NNP 1662 5122 154 Land Land NNP 1662 5122 155 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5122 156 : : : 1662 5122 157 total total JJ 1662 5122 158 : : : 1662 5122 159 78 78 CD 1662 5122 160 km km NN 1662 5122 161 border border NN 1662 5122 162 countries country NNS 1662 5122 163 : : : 1662 5122 164 Austria Austria NNP 1662 5122 165 37 37 CD 1662 5122 166 km km NN 1662 5122 167 , , , 1662 5122 168 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 5122 169 41 41 CD 1662 5122 170 km km NN 1662 5122 171 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5122 172 : : : 1662 5122 173 0 0 CD 1662 5122 174 km km NN 1662 5122 175 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5122 176 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 5122 177 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5122 178 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5122 179 claims claim VBZ 1662 5122 180 : : : 1662 5122 181 none none NN 1662 5122 182 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5122 183 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 5122 184 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5122 185 Climate climate NN 1662 5122 186 : : : 1662 5122 187 continental continental JJ 1662 5122 188 ; ; : 1662 5122 189 cold cold JJ 1662 5122 190 , , , 1662 5122 191 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 5122 192 winters winter NNS 1662 5122 193 with with IN 1662 5122 194 frequent frequent JJ 1662 5122 195 snow snow NN 1662 5122 196 or or CC 1662 5122 197 rain rain NN 1662 5122 198 ; ; , 1662 5122 199 cool cool JJ 1662 5122 200 to to TO 1662 5122 201 moderately moderately RB 1662 5122 202 warm warm JJ 1662 5122 203 , , , 1662 5122 204 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 5122 205 , , , 1662 5122 206 humid humid JJ 1662 5122 207 summers summer NNS 1662 5122 208 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 5122 209 : : : 1662 5122 210 mostly mostly RB 1662 5122 211 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 5122 212 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5122 213 Alps Alps NNP 1662 5122 214 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5122 215 with with IN 1662 5122 216 Rhine Rhine NNP 1662 5122 217 Valley Valley NNP 1662 5122 218 in in IN 1662 5122 219 western western JJ 1662 5122 220 third third JJ 1662 5122 221 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5122 222 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5122 223 : : : 1662 5122 224 lowest low JJS 1662 5122 225 point point NN 1662 5122 226 : : : 1662 5122 227 Ruggleller Ruggleller NNP 1662 5122 228 Riet Riet NNP 1662 5122 229 430 430 CD 1662 5122 230 m m DT 1662 5122 231 highest high JJS 1662 5122 232 point point NN 1662 5122 233 : : : 1662 5122 234 Grauspitz grauspitz NN 1662 5122 235 2,599 2,599 CD 1662 5122 236 m m NNP 1662 5122 237 Natural natural JJ 1662 5122 238 resources resource NNS 1662 5122 239 : : : 1662 5122 240 hydroelectric hydroelectric JJ 1662 5122 241 potential potential JJ 1662 5122 242 Land Land NNP 1662 5122 243 use use NN 1662 5122 244 : : : 1662 5122 245 arable arable JJ 1662 5122 246 land land NN 1662 5122 247 : : : 1662 5122 248 25 25 CD 1662 5122 249 % % NN 1662 5122 250 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5122 251 crops crop NNS 1662 5122 252 : : : 1662 5122 253 0 0 CD 1662 5122 254 % % NN 1662 5122 255 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5122 256 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5122 257 : : : 1662 5122 258 38 38 CD 1662 5122 259 % % NN 1662 5122 260 forests forest NNS 1662 5122 261 and and CC 1662 5122 262 woodland woodland NN 1662 5122 263 : : : 1662 5122 264 19 19 CD 1662 5122 265 % % NN 1662 5122 266 other other JJ 1662 5122 267 : : : 1662 5122 268 18 18 CD 1662 5122 269 % % NN 1662 5122 270 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5122 271 1993 1993 CD 1662 5122 272 est est NNP 1662 5122 273 . . . 1662 5122 274 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5123 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5123 2 land land NN 1662 5123 3 : : : 1662 5123 4 NA NA NNP 1662 5123 5 sq sq RB 1662 5123 6 km km VB 1662 5123 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 5123 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5123 9 : : : 1662 5123 10 NA NA NNP 1662 5123 11 Environment environment NN 1662 5123 12 - - HYPH 1662 5123 13 current current JJ 1662 5123 14 issues issue NNS 1662 5123 15 : : : 1662 5123 16 NA NA NNP 1662 5123 17 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5123 18 - - HYPH 1662 5123 19 international international JJ 1662 5123 20 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5123 21 : : : 1662 5123 22 party party NN 1662 5123 23 to to TO 1662 5123 24 : : : 1662 5123 25 Air Air NNP 1662 5123 26 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5123 27 , , , 1662 5123 28 Air Air NNP 1662 5123 29 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5123 30 - - HYPH 1662 5123 31 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 5123 32 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 5123 33 , , , 1662 5123 34 Air Air NNP 1662 5123 35 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5123 36 - - HYPH 1662 5123 37 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 5123 38 85 85 CD 1662 5123 39 , , , 1662 5123 40 Air Air NNP 1662 5123 41 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5123 42 - - HYPH 1662 5123 43 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 5123 44 Organic Organic NNP 1662 5123 45 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 5123 46 , , , 1662 5123 47 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5123 48 Change Change NNP 1662 5123 49 , , , 1662 5123 50 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 5123 51 Species Species NNPS 1662 5123 52 , , , 1662 5123 53 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 5123 54 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 5123 55 , , , 1662 5123 56 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5123 57 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5123 58 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5123 59 , , , 1662 5123 60 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 5123 61 signed sign VBD 1662 5123 62 , , , 1662 5123 63 but but CC 1662 5123 64 not not RB 1662 5123 65 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5123 66 : : : 1662 5123 67 Air Air NNP 1662 5123 68 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5123 69 - - HYPH 1662 5123 70 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 5123 71 94 94 CD 1662 5123 72 , , , 1662 5123 73 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 5123 74 , , , 1662 5123 75 Law Law NNP 1662 5123 76 of of IN 1662 5123 77 the the DT 1662 5123 78 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5123 79 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5123 80 - - HYPH 1662 5123 81 note note NNP 1662 5123 82 : : : 1662 5123 83 along along IN 1662 5123 84 with with IN 1662 5123 85 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 1662 5123 86 , , , 1662 5123 87 one one CD 1662 5123 88 of of IN 1662 5123 89 the the DT 1662 5123 90 only only JJ 1662 5123 91 two two CD 1662 5123 92 doubly doubly RB 1662 5123 93 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 5123 94 countries country NNS 1662 5123 95 in in IN 1662 5123 96 the the DT 1662 5123 97 world world NN 1662 5123 98 ; ; : 1662 5123 99 variety variety NN 1662 5123 100 of of IN 1662 5123 101 microclimatic microclimatic JJ 1662 5123 102 variations variation NNS 1662 5123 103 based base VBN 1662 5123 104 on on IN 1662 5123 105 elevation elevation NN 1662 5123 106 @Liechtenstein @liechtenstein NN 1662 5123 107 : : : 1662 5123 108 People People NNPS 1662 5123 109 Population Population NNP 1662 5123 110 : : : 1662 5123 111 31,389 31,389 CD 1662 5123 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5123 113 July July NNP 1662 5123 114 1997 1997 CD 1662 5123 115 est est NNP 1662 5123 116 . . . 1662 5123 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5124 1 Age age NN 1662 5124 2 structure structure NN 1662 5124 3 : : : 1662 5124 4 0 0 CD 1662 5124 5 - - HYPH 1662 5124 6 14 14 CD 1662 5124 7 years year NNS 1662 5124 8 : : : 1662 5124 9 19 19 CD 1662 5124 10 % % NN 1662 5124 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5124 12 male male JJ 1662 5124 13 3,032 3,032 CD 1662 5124 14 ; ; : 1662 5124 15 female female JJ 1662 5124 16 2,909 2,909 CD 1662 5124 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5124 18 15 15 CD 1662 5124 19 - - HYPH 1662 5124 20 64 64 CD 1662 5124 21 years year NNS 1662 5124 22 : : : 1662 5124 23 70 70 CD 1662 5124 24 % % NN 1662 5124 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5124 26 male male JJ 1662 5124 27 10,952 10,952 CD 1662 5124 28 ; ; : 1662 5124 29 female female JJ 1662 5124 30 11,059 11,059 CD 1662 5124 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5124 32 65 65 CD 1662 5124 33 years year NNS 1662 5124 34 and and CC 1662 5124 35 over over IN 1662 5124 36 : : : 1662 5124 37 11 11 CD 1662 5124 38 % % NN 1662 5124 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5124 40 male male JJ 1662 5124 41 1,410 1,410 CD 1662 5124 42 ; ; : 1662 5124 43 female female JJ 1662 5124 44 2,027 2,027 CD 1662 5124 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5124 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5124 47 July July NNP 1662 5124 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5124 49 est est NNP 1662 5124 50 . . . 1662 5124 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5125 1 Population population NN 1662 5125 2 growth growth NN 1662 5125 3 rate rate NN 1662 5125 4 : : : 1662 5125 5 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 5125 6 % % NN 1662 5125 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5125 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5125 9 est est NNP 1662 5125 10 . . . 1662 5125 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5126 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5126 2 rate rate NN 1662 5126 3 : : : 1662 5126 4 13.03 13.03 CD 1662 5126 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 5126 6 population population NN 1662 5126 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5126 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5126 9 est est NNP 1662 5126 10 . . . 1662 5126 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5127 1 Death death NN 1662 5127 2 rate rate NN 1662 5127 3 : : : 1662 5127 4 7.33 7.33 CD 1662 5127 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5127 6 population population NN 1662 5127 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5127 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5127 9 est est NNP 1662 5127 10 . . . 1662 5127 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5128 1 Net net JJ 1662 5128 2 migration migration NN 1662 5128 3 rate rate NN 1662 5128 4 : : : 1662 5128 5 4.52 4.52 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population population NN 1662 5129 31 : : : 1662 5129 32 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 5129 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5129 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5129 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5129 36 est e JJS 1662 5129 37 . . . 1662 5129 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5130 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5130 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5130 3 rate rate NN 1662 5130 4 : : : 1662 5130 5 5.3 5.3 CD 1662 5130 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5130 7 live live JJ 1662 5130 8 births birth NNS 1662 5130 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5130 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5130 11 est est NNP 1662 5130 12 . . . 1662 5130 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5131 1 Life life NN 1662 5131 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5131 3 at at IN 1662 5131 4 birth birth NN 1662 5131 5 : : : 1662 5131 6 total total JJ 1662 5131 7 population population NN 1662 5131 8 : : : 1662 5131 9 77.82 77.82 CD 1662 5131 10 years year NNS 1662 5131 11 male male JJ 1662 5131 12 : : : 1662 5131 13 75.38 75.38 CD 1662 5131 14 years year NNS 1662 5131 15 female female JJ 1662 5131 16 : : : 1662 5131 17 80.36 80.36 CD 1662 5131 18 years year NNS 1662 5131 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5131 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5131 21 est est NNP 1662 5131 22 . . . 1662 5131 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5132 1 Total total JJ 1662 5132 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5132 3 rate rate NN 1662 5132 4 : : : 1662 5132 5 1.62 1.62 CD 1662 5132 6 children child NNS 1662 5132 7 born bear VBN 1662 5132 8 / / SYM 1662 5132 9 woman woman NN 1662 5132 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5132 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5132 12 est est NNP 1662 5132 13 . . . 1662 5132 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5133 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5133 2 : : : 1662 5133 3 noun noun NNP 1662 5133 4 : : : 1662 5133 5 Liechtensteiner(s Liechtensteiner(s NNP 1662 5133 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5133 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 5133 8 : : : 1662 5133 9 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein NNP 1662 5133 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5133 11 groups group NNS 1662 5133 12 : : : 1662 5133 13 Alemannic alemannic JJ 1662 5133 14 87.5 87.5 CD 1662 5133 15 % % NN 1662 5133 16 , , , 1662 5133 17 Italian italian JJ 1662 5133 18 , , , 1662 5133 19 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 5133 20 , , , 1662 5133 21 and and CC 1662 5133 22 other other JJ 1662 5133 23 12.5 12.5 CD 1662 5133 24 % % NN 1662 5133 25 Religions religion NNS 1662 5133 26 : : : 1662 5133 27 Roman Roman NNP 1662 5133 28 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 5133 29 80 80 CD 1662 5133 30 % % NN 1662 5133 31 , , , 1662 5133 32 Protestant protestant NN 1662 5133 33 6.9 6.9 CD 1662 5133 34 % % NN 1662 5133 35 , , , 1662 5133 36 unknown unknown JJ 1662 5133 37 5.6 5.6 CD 1662 5133 38 % % NN 1662 5133 39 , , , 1662 5133 40 other other JJ 1662 5133 41 7.5 7.5 CD 1662 5133 42 % % NN 1662 5133 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5133 44 1995 1995 CD 1662 5133 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5133 46 Languages language NNS 1662 5133 47 : : : 1662 5133 48 German German NNP 1662 5133 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5133 50 official official NN 1662 5133 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5133 52 , , , 1662 5133 53 Alemannic alemannic JJ 1662 5133 54 dialect dialect NN 1662 5133 55 Literacy literacy NN 1662 5133 56 : : : 1662 5133 57 definition definition NN 1662 5133 58 : : : 1662 5133 59 age age NN 1662 5133 60 10 10 CD 1662 5133 61 and and CC 1662 5133 62 over over RB 1662 5133 63 can can MD 1662 5133 64 read read VB 1662 5133 65 and and CC 1662 5133 66 write write VB 1662 5133 67 total total JJ 1662 5133 68 population population NN 1662 5133 69 : : : 1662 5133 70 100 100 CD 1662 5133 71 % % NN 1662 5133 72 male male NN 1662 5133 73 : : : 1662 5133 74 100 100 CD 1662 5133 75 % % NN 1662 5133 76 female female NN 1662 5133 77 : : : 1662 5133 78 100 100 CD 1662 5133 79 % % NN 1662 5133 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5133 81 1981 1981 CD 1662 5133 82 est est NNP 1662 5133 83 . . . 1662 5133 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5134 1 @Liechtenstein @Liechtenstein NFP 1662 5134 2 : : : 1662 5134 3 Government Government NNP 1662 5134 4 Country Country NNP 1662 5134 5 name name NN 1662 5134 6 : : : 1662 5134 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5134 8 long long JJ 1662 5134 9 form form NN 1662 5134 10 : : : 1662 5134 11 Principality principality NN 1662 5134 12 of of IN 1662 5134 13 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein NNP 1662 5134 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5134 15 short short JJ 1662 5134 16 form form NN 1662 5134 17 : : : 1662 5134 18 Liechtenstein liechtenstein VB 1662 5134 19 local local JJ 1662 5134 20 long long JJ 1662 5134 21 form form NN 1662 5134 22 : : : 1662 5134 23 Furstentum Furstentum NNP 1662 5134 24 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein NNP 1662 5134 25 local local JJ 1662 5134 26 short short JJ 1662 5134 27 form form NN 1662 5134 28 : : : 1662 5134 29 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein NNP 1662 5134 30 Data Data NNP 1662 5134 31 code code NN 1662 5134 32 : : : 1662 5134 33 LS LS NNP 1662 5134 34 Government Government NNP 1662 5134 35 type type NN 1662 5134 36 : : : 1662 5134 37 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 5134 38 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 5134 39 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 5134 40 National national JJ 1662 5134 41 capital capital NN 1662 5134 42 : : : 1662 5134 43 Vaduz Vaduz NNP 1662 5134 44 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 5134 45 divisions division NNS 1662 5134 46 : : : 1662 5134 47 11 11 CD 1662 5134 48 communes commune NNS 1662 5134 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5134 50 Gemeinden Gemeinden NNP 1662 5134 51 , , , 1662 5134 52 singular singular JJ 1662 5134 53 - - HYPH 1662 5134 54 Gemeinde Gemeinde NNP 1662 5134 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5134 56 ; ; : 1662 5134 57 Balzers Balzers NNP 1662 5134 58 , , , 1662 5134 59 Eschen Eschen NNP 1662 5134 60 , , , 1662 5134 61 Gamprin Gamprin NNP 1662 5134 62 , , , 1662 5134 63 Mauren Mauren NNP 1662 5134 64 , , , 1662 5134 65 Planken Planken NNP 1662 5134 66 , , , 1662 5134 67 Ruggell Ruggell NNP 1662 5134 68 , , , 1662 5134 69 Schaan Schaan NNP 1662 5134 70 , , , 1662 5134 71 Schellenberg Schellenberg NNP 1662 5134 72 , , , 1662 5134 73 Triesen Triesen NNP 1662 5134 74 , , , 1662 5134 75 Triesenberg Triesenberg NNP 1662 5134 76 , , , 1662 5134 77 Vaduz Vaduz NNP 1662 5134 78 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5134 79 : : : 1662 5134 80 23 23 CD 1662 5134 81 January January NNP 1662 5134 82 1719 1719 CD 1662 5134 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5134 84 Imperial Imperial NNP 1662 5134 85 Principality Principality NNP 1662 5134 86 of of IN 1662 5134 87 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein NNP 1662 5134 88 established establish VBN 1662 5134 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5134 90 National national JJ 1662 5134 91 holiday holiday NN 1662 5134 92 : : : 1662 5134 93 Assumption assumption NN 1662 5134 94 Day Day NNP 1662 5134 95 , , , 1662 5134 96 15 15 CD 1662 5134 97 August August NNP 1662 5134 98 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 5134 99 : : : 1662 5134 100 5 5 CD 1662 5134 101 October October NNP 1662 5134 102 1921 1921 CD 1662 5134 103 Legal legal JJ 1662 5134 104 system system NN 1662 5134 105 : : : 1662 5134 106 local local JJ 1662 5134 107 civil civil JJ 1662 5134 108 and and CC 1662 5134 109 penal penal JJ 1662 5134 110 codes code NNS 1662 5134 111 ; ; , 1662 5134 112 accepts accept VBZ 1662 5134 113 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 5134 114 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 5134 115 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 5134 116 , , , 1662 5134 117 with with IN 1662 5134 118 reservations reservation NNS 1662 5134 119 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 5134 120 : : : 1662 5134 121 20 20 CD 1662 5134 122 years year NNS 1662 5134 123 of of IN 1662 5134 124 age age NN 1662 5134 125 ; ; : 1662 5134 126 universal universal JJ 1662 5134 127 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5134 128 branch branch NN 1662 5134 129 : : : 1662 5134 130 chief chief NN 1662 5134 131 of of IN 1662 5134 132 state state NN 1662 5134 133 : : : 1662 5134 134 Prince Prince NNP 1662 5134 135 Hans Hans NNP 1662 5134 136 ADAM ADAM NNP 1662 5134 137 II II NNP 1662 5134 138 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5134 139 since since IN 1662 5134 140 13 13 CD 1662 5134 141 November November NNP 1662 5134 142 1989 1989 CD 1662 5134 143 , , , 1662 5134 144 assumed assume VBD 1662 5134 145 executive executive JJ 1662 5134 146 powers power NNS 1662 5134 147 26 26 CD 1662 5134 148 August August NNP 1662 5134 149 1984 1984 CD 1662 5134 150 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5134 151 ; ; : 1662 5134 152 Heir heir VB 1662 5134 153 Apparent Apparent NNP 1662 5134 154 Prince Prince NNP 1662 5134 155 ALOIS ALOIS NNP 1662 5134 156 von von NNP 1662 5134 157 und und RB 1662 5134 158 zu zu NNP 1662 5134 159 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein NNP 1662 5134 160 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5134 161 born bear VBN 1662 5134 162 11 11 CD 1662 5134 163 June June NNP 1662 5134 164 1968 1968 CD 1662 5134 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5134 166 head head NN 1662 5134 167 of of IN 1662 5134 168 government government NN 1662 5134 169 : : : 1662 5134 170 Head head NN 1662 5134 171 of of IN 1662 5134 172 Government Government NNP 1662 5134 173 Mario Mario NNP 1662 5134 174 FRICK FRICK NNP 1662 5134 175 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5134 176 since since IN 1662 5134 177 15 15 CD 1662 5134 178 December December NNP 1662 5134 179 1993 1993 CD 1662 5134 180 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5134 181 and and CC 1662 5134 182 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 5134 183 Head Head NNP 1662 5134 184 of of IN 1662 5134 185 Government Government NNP 1662 5134 186 Michael Michael NNP 1662 5134 187 RITTER RITTER NNP 1662 5134 188 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5134 189 since since IN 1662 5134 190 14 14 CD 1662 5134 191 April April NNP 1662 5134 192 1997 1997 CD 1662 5134 193 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5134 194 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5134 195 : : : 1662 5134 196 Cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5134 197 elected elect VBN 1662 5134 198 by by IN 1662 5134 199 the the DT 1662 5134 200 Diet Diet NNP 1662 5134 201 ; ; : 1662 5134 202 confirmed confirm VBN 1662 5134 203 by by IN 1662 5134 204 the the DT 1662 5134 205 prince prince NNP 1662 5134 206 elections election NNS 1662 5134 207 : : : 1662 5134 208 none none NN 1662 5134 209 ; ; : 1662 5134 210 the the DT 1662 5134 211 prince prince NN 1662 5134 212 is be VBZ 1662 5134 213 a a DT 1662 5134 214 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 5134 215 monarch monarch NN 1662 5134 216 ; ; : 1662 5134 217 following follow VBG 1662 5134 218 legislative legislative JJ 1662 5134 219 elections election NNS 1662 5134 220 , , , 1662 5134 221 the the DT 1662 5134 222 leader leader NN 1662 5134 223 of of IN 1662 5134 224 the the DT 1662 5134 225 majority majority NN 1662 5134 226 party party NN 1662 5134 227 in in IN 1662 5134 228 the the DT 1662 5134 229 Diet Diet NNP 1662 5134 230 is be VBZ 1662 5134 231 usually usually RB 1662 5134 232 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5134 233 the the DT 1662 5134 234 head head NN 1662 5134 235 of of IN 1662 5134 236 government government NN 1662 5134 237 by by IN 1662 5134 238 the the DT 1662 5134 239 prince prince NN 1662 5134 240 and and CC 1662 5134 241 the the DT 1662 5134 242 leader leader NN 1662 5134 243 of of IN 1662 5134 244 the the DT 1662 5134 245 largest large JJS 1662 5134 246 minority minority NN 1662 5134 247 party party NN 1662 5134 248 in in IN 1662 5134 249 the the DT 1662 5134 250 Diet Diet NNP 1662 5134 251 is be VBZ 1662 5134 252 usually usually RB 1662 5134 253 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5134 254 the the DT 1662 5134 255 deputy deputy JJ 1662 5134 256 head head NN 1662 5134 257 of 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2 system system NN 1662 5147 3 : : : 1662 5147 4 limited limited JJ 1662 5147 5 , , , 1662 5147 6 but but CC 1662 5147 7 sufficient sufficient JJ 1662 5147 8 automatic automatic JJ 1662 5147 9 telephone telephone NN 1662 5147 10 system system NN 1662 5147 11 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5147 12 : : : 1662 5147 13 NA NA NNP 1662 5147 14 international international RB 1662 5147 15 : : : 1662 5147 16 linked link VBN 1662 5147 17 to to IN 1662 5147 18 Swiss swiss JJ 1662 5147 19 networks network NNS 1662 5147 20 by by IN 1662 5147 21 cable cable NN 1662 5147 22 and and CC 1662 5147 23 microwave microwave NN 1662 5147 24 radio radio NN 1662 5147 25 relay relay NN 1662 5147 26 Radio Radio NNP 1662 5147 27 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5147 28 stations station NNS 1662 5147 29 : : : 1662 5147 30 1 1 CD 1662 5147 31 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5147 32 station station NN 1662 5147 33 in in IN 1662 5147 34 Triesea Triesea NNP 1662 5147 35 note note NN 1662 5147 36 : : : 1662 5147 37 linked link VBN 1662 5147 38 to to IN 1662 5147 39 Swiss swiss JJ 1662 5147 40 networks network NNS 1662 5147 41 Radios radio NNS 1662 5147 42 : : : 1662 5147 43 11,203 11,203 CD 1662 5147 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5147 45 1995 1995 CD 1662 5147 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5147 47 Television television NN 1662 5147 48 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5147 49 stations station NNS 1662 5147 50 : : : 1662 5147 51 NA na TO 1662 5147 52 note note VB 1662 5147 53 : : : 1662 5147 54 linked link VBN 1662 5147 55 to to IN 1662 5147 56 Swiss swiss JJ 1662 5147 57 networks network NNS 1662 5147 58 Televisions television NNS 1662 5147 59 : : : 1662 5147 60 11,421 11,421 CD 1662 5147 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5147 62 1995 1995 CD 1662 5147 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5147 64 @Liechtenstein @liechtenstein NN 1662 5147 65 : : : 1662 5147 66 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5147 67 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5147 68 : : : 1662 5147 69 total total NN 1662 5147 70 : : : 1662 5147 71 18.5 18.5 CD 1662 5147 72 km km NN 1662 5147 73 ; ; : 1662 5147 74 note note NN 1662 5147 75 - - HYPH 1662 5147 76 owned own VBN 1662 5147 77 , , , 1662 5147 78 operated operate VBN 1662 5147 79 , , , 1662 5147 80 and and CC 1662 5147 81 included include VBN 1662 5147 82 in in IN 1662 5147 83 statistics statistic NNS 1662 5147 84 of of IN 1662 5147 85 Austrian Austrian NNP 1662 5147 86 Federal Federal NNP 1662 5147 87 Railways Railways NNP 1662 5147 88 standard standard JJ 1662 5147 89 gauge gauge NN 1662 5147 90 : : : 1662 5147 91 18.5 18.5 CD 1662 5147 92 km km NNS 1662 5147 93 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 5147 94 gauge gauge NN 1662 5147 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5147 96 electrified electrify VBN 1662 5147 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5147 98 Highways highway NNS 1662 5147 99 : : : 1662 5147 100 total total NN 1662 5147 101 : : : 1662 5147 102 250 250 CD 1662 5147 103 km km NNS 1662 5147 104 paved pave VBN 1662 5147 105 : : : 1662 5147 106 250 250 CD 1662 5147 107 km km NNS 1662 5147 108 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5147 109 : : : 1662 5147 110 0 0 LS 1662 5147 111 km km NN 1662 5147 112 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 5147 113 and and CC 1662 5147 114 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5147 115 : : : 1662 5147 116 none none NN 1662 5147 117 Airports airport NNS 1662 5147 118 : : : 1662 5147 119 none none NN 1662 5147 120 Military Military NNP 1662 5147 121 Military Military NNP 1662 5147 122 - - HYPH 1662 5147 123 note note NN 1662 5147 124 : : : 1662 5147 125 defense defense NN 1662 5147 126 is be VBZ 1662 5147 127 the the DT 1662 5147 128 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 5147 129 of of IN 1662 5147 130 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 5147 131 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5147 132 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5147 133 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 5147 134 - - HYPH 1662 5147 135 international international JJ 1662 5147 136 : : : 1662 5147 137 claims claim VBZ 1662 5147 138 1,600 1,600 CD 1662 5147 139 sq sq IN 1662 5147 140 km km NNS 1662 5147 141 of of IN 1662 5147 142 Czech czech JJ 1662 5147 143 territory territory NN 1662 5147 144 confiscated confiscate VBN 1662 5147 145 from from IN 1662 5147 146 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5147 147 royal royal JJ 1662 5147 148 family family NN 1662 5147 149 in in IN 1662 5147 150 1918 1918 CD 1662 5147 151 ; ; : 1662 5147 152 the the DT 1662 5147 153 Czech Czech NNP 1662 5147 154 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5147 155 insists insist VBZ 1662 5147 156 that that IN 1662 5147 157 restitution restitution NN 1662 5147 158 does do VBZ 1662 5147 159 not not RB 1662 5147 160 go go VB 1662 5147 161 back back RB 1662 5147 162 before before IN 1662 5147 163 February February NNP 1662 5147 164 1948 1948 CD 1662 5147 165 , , , 1662 5147 166 when when WRB 1662 5147 167 the the DT 1662 5147 168 communists communist NNS 1662 5147 169 seized seize VBD 1662 5147 170 power power NN 1662 5147 171 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 172 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 173 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 174 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 175 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 176 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 177 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 178 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 179 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 180 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 181 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 182 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 183 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 184 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 185 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 186 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 187 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 188 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 189 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 190 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 191 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 192 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 193 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 194 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 195 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 196 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 197 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 198 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 199 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 200 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 201 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 202 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 203 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 204 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 205 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 206 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 207 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 208 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 209 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 210 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 211 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 212 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 213 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 214 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 215 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 216 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 217 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 218 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 219 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 220 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 221 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 222 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 223 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 224 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 225 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 226 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 227 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 228 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 229 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 230 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 231 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 232 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 233 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 234 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 235 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 236 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 237 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 238 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 239 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 240 _ _ NNP 1662 5147 241 LITHUANIA LITHUANIA NNP 1662 5147 242 @Lithuania @Lithuania NNP 1662 5147 243 : : : 1662 5147 244 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5147 245 Location Location NNP 1662 5147 246 : : : 1662 5147 247 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 5147 248 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5147 249 , , , 1662 5147 250 bordering border VBG 1662 5147 251 the the DT 1662 5147 252 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 5147 253 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5147 254 , , , 1662 5147 255 between between IN 1662 5147 256 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 5147 257 and and CC 1662 5147 258 Russia Russia NNP 1662 5147 259 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5147 260 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5147 261 : : : 1662 5147 262 56 56 CD 1662 5147 263 00 00 CD 1662 5147 264 N n CD 1662 5147 265 , , , 1662 5147 266 24 24 CD 1662 5147 267 00 00 CD 1662 5147 268 E e NN 1662 5147 269 Map Map NNP 1662 5147 270 references reference NNS 1662 5147 271 : : : 1662 5147 272 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5147 273 Area Area NNP 1662 5147 274 : : : 1662 5147 275 total total NN 1662 5147 276 : : : 1662 5147 277 65,200 65,200 CD 1662 5147 278 sq sq NN 1662 5147 279 km km NNP 1662 5147 280 land land NN 1662 5147 281 : : : 1662 5147 282 65,200 65,200 CD 1662 5147 283 sq sq NN 1662 5147 284 km km NNP 1662 5147 285 water water NN 1662 5147 286 : : : 1662 5147 287 0 0 NFP 1662 5147 288 sq sq NN 1662 5147 289 km km NNP 1662 5147 290 Area area NN 1662 5147 291 - - HYPH 1662 5147 292 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5147 293 : : : 1662 5147 294 slightly slightly RB 1662 5147 295 larger large JJR 1662 5147 296 than than IN 1662 5147 297 West West NNP 1662 5147 298 Virginia Virginia NNP 1662 5147 299 Land Land NNP 1662 5147 300 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5147 301 : : : 1662 5147 302 total total NN 1662 5147 303 : : : 1662 5147 304 1,273 1,273 CD 1662 5147 305 km km NN 1662 5147 306 border border NN 1662 5147 307 countries country NNS 1662 5147 308 : : : 1662 5147 309 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 5147 310 502 502 CD 1662 5147 311 km km NNS 1662 5147 312 , , , 1662 5147 313 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 5147 314 453 453 CD 1662 5147 315 km km NN 1662 5147 316 , , , 1662 5147 317 Poland Poland NNP 1662 5147 318 91 91 CD 1662 5147 319 km km NNS 1662 5147 320 , , , 1662 5147 321 Russia Russia NNP 1662 5147 322 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5147 323 Kaliningrad Kaliningrad NNP 1662 5147 324 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5147 325 227 227 CD 1662 5147 326 km km NN 1662 5147 327 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5147 328 : : : 1662 5147 329 99 99 CD 1662 5147 330 km km NN 1662 5147 331 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5147 332 claims claim VBZ 1662 5147 333 : : : 1662 5147 334 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5147 335 sea sea NN 1662 5147 336 : : : 1662 5147 337 12 12 CD 1662 5147 338 nm nm NNP 1662 5147 339 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5147 340 : : : 1662 5147 341 transitional transitional JJ 1662 5147 342 , , , 1662 5147 343 between between IN 1662 5147 344 maritime maritime NN 1662 5147 345 and and CC 1662 5147 346 continental continental NN 1662 5147 347 ; ; : 1662 5147 348 wet wet JJ 1662 5147 349 , , , 1662 5147 350 moderate moderate JJ 1662 5147 351 winters winter NNS 1662 5147 352 and and CC 1662 5147 353 summers summer NNS 1662 5147 354 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 5147 355 : : : 1662 5147 356 lowland lowland NNP 1662 5147 357 , , , 1662 5147 358 many many JJ 1662 5147 359 scattered scatter VBN 1662 5147 360 small small JJ 1662 5147 361 lakes lake NNS 1662 5147 362 , , , 1662 5147 363 fertile fertile JJ 1662 5147 364 soil soil NN 1662 5147 365 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5147 366 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5147 367 : : : 1662 5147 368 lowest low JJS 1662 5147 369 point point NN 1662 5147 370 : : : 1662 5147 371 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 5147 372 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5147 373 0 0 NFP 1662 5147 374 m m DT 1662 5147 375 highest high JJS 1662 5147 376 point point NN 1662 5147 377 : : : 1662 5147 378 Juozapine Juozapine NNP 1662 5147 379 Kalnas Kalnas NNP 1662 5147 380 292 292 CD 1662 5147 381 m m NNP 1662 5147 382 Natural natural JJ 1662 5147 383 resources resource NNS 1662 5147 384 : : : 1662 5147 385 peat peat VB 1662 5147 386 Land Land NNP 1662 5147 387 use use NN 1662 5147 388 : : : 1662 5147 389 arable arable JJ 1662 5147 390 land land NN 1662 5147 391 : : : 1662 5147 392 35 35 CD 1662 5147 393 % % NN 1662 5147 394 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5147 395 crops crop NNS 1662 5147 396 : : : 1662 5147 397 12 12 CD 1662 5147 398 % % NN 1662 5147 399 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5147 400 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5147 401 : : : 1662 5147 402 7 7 CD 1662 5147 403 % % NN 1662 5147 404 forests forest NNS 1662 5147 405 and and CC 1662 5147 406 woodland woodland JJ 1662 5147 407 : : : 1662 5147 408 31 31 CD 1662 5147 409 % % NN 1662 5147 410 other other JJ 1662 5147 411 : : : 1662 5147 412 15 15 CD 1662 5147 413 % % NN 1662 5147 414 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5147 415 1993 1993 CD 1662 5147 416 est est NNP 1662 5147 417 . . . 1662 5147 418 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5148 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5148 2 land land NN 1662 5148 3 : : : 1662 5148 4 430 430 CD 1662 5148 5 sq sq NNP 1662 5148 6 km km NNP 1662 5148 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5148 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 5148 9 est est NNP 1662 5148 10 . . . 1662 5148 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5149 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 5149 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5149 3 : : : 1662 5149 4 NA NA NNP 1662 5149 5 Environment environment NN 1662 5149 6 - - HYPH 1662 5149 7 current current JJ 1662 5149 8 issues issue NNS 1662 5149 9 : : : 1662 5149 10 contamination contamination NN 1662 5149 11 of of IN 1662 5149 12 soil soil NN 1662 5149 13 and and CC 1662 5149 14 groundwater groundwater NN 1662 5149 15 with with IN 1662 5149 16 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5149 17 products product NNS 1662 5149 18 and and CC 1662 5149 19 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 5149 20 at at IN 1662 5149 21 military military JJ 1662 5149 22 bases basis NNS 1662 5149 23 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5149 24 - - HYPH 1662 5149 25 international international JJ 1662 5149 26 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5149 27 : : : 1662 5149 28 party party NN 1662 5149 29 to to TO 1662 5149 30 : : : 1662 5149 31 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 5149 32 , , , 1662 5149 33 Climate climate NN 1662 5149 34 Change change NN 1662 5149 35 , , , 1662 5149 36 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5149 37 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5149 38 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5149 39 , , , 1662 5149 40 Ship Ship NNP 1662 5149 41 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5149 42 , , , 1662 5149 43 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 5149 44 signed sign VBD 1662 5149 45 , , , 1662 5149 46 but but CC 1662 5149 47 not not RB 1662 5149 48 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5149 49 : : : 1662 5149 50 none none NN 1662 5149 51 of of IN 1662 5149 52 the the DT 1662 5149 53 selected select VBN 1662 5149 54 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5149 55 @Lithuania @lithuania IN 1662 5149 56 : : : 1662 5149 57 People People NNPS 1662 5149 58 Population Population NNP 1662 5149 59 : : : 1662 5149 60 3,617,104 3,617,104 CD 1662 5149 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5149 62 July July NNP 1662 5149 63 1997 1997 CD 1662 5149 64 est est NNP 1662 5149 65 . . . 1662 5149 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5150 1 Age age NN 1662 5150 2 structure structure NN 1662 5150 3 : : : 1662 5150 4 0 0 CD 1662 5150 5 - - HYPH 1662 5150 6 14 14 CD 1662 5150 7 years year NNS 1662 5150 8 : : : 1662 5150 9 21 21 CD 1662 5150 10 % % NN 1662 5150 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5150 12 male male JJ 1662 5150 13 385,959 385,959 CD 1662 5150 14 ; ; : 1662 5150 15 female female JJ 1662 5150 16 370,100 370,100 CD 1662 5150 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5150 18 15 15 CD 1662 5150 19 - - SYM 1662 5150 20 64 64 CD 1662 5150 21 years year NNS 1662 5150 22 : : : 1662 5150 23 66 66 CD 1662 5150 24 % % NN 1662 5150 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5150 26 male male JJ 1662 5150 27 1,157,987 1,157,987 CD 1662 5150 28 ; ; : 1662 5150 29 female female JJ 1662 5150 30 1,240,850 1,240,850 CD 1662 5150 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5150 32 65 65 CD 1662 5150 33 years year NNS 1662 5150 34 and and CC 1662 5150 35 over over IN 1662 5150 36 : : : 1662 5150 37 13 13 CD 1662 5150 38 % % NN 1662 5150 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5150 40 male male JJ 1662 5150 41 157,328 157,328 CD 1662 5150 42 ; ; : 1662 5150 43 female female JJ 1662 5150 44 304,880 304,880 CD 1662 5150 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5150 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5150 47 July July NNP 1662 5150 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5150 49 est est NNP 1662 5150 50 . . . 1662 5150 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5151 1 Population population NN 1662 5151 2 growth growth NN 1662 5151 3 rate rate NN 1662 5151 4 : : : 1662 5151 5 -0.49 -0.49 CD 1662 5151 6 % % NN 1662 5151 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5151 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5151 9 est est NNP 1662 5151 10 . . . 1662 5151 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5152 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5152 2 rate rate NN 1662 5152 3 : : : 1662 5152 4 10.64 10.64 CD 1662 5152 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 5152 6 population population NN 1662 5152 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5152 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5152 9 est est NNP 1662 5152 10 . . . 1662 5152 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5153 1 Death death NN 1662 5153 2 rate rate NN 1662 5153 3 : : : 1662 5153 4 12.96 12.96 CD 1662 5153 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5153 6 population population NN 1662 5153 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5153 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5153 9 est est NNP 1662 5153 10 . . . 1662 5153 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5154 1 Net net JJ 1662 5154 2 migration migration NN 1662 5154 3 rate rate NN 1662 5154 4 : : : 1662 5154 5 -2.6 -2.6 NNP 1662 5154 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 5154 7 population population NN 1662 5154 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5154 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5154 10 est est NNP 1662 5154 11 . . . 1662 5154 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5155 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5155 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5155 3 : : : 1662 5155 4 at at IN 1662 5155 5 birth birth NN 1662 5155 6 : : : 1662 5155 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 5155 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5155 9 under under IN 1662 5155 10 15 15 CD 1662 5155 11 years year NNS 1662 5155 12 : : : 1662 5155 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 5155 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5155 15 15 15 CD 1662 5155 16 - - HYPH 1662 5155 17 64 64 CD 1662 5155 18 years year NNS 1662 5155 19 : : : 1662 5155 20 0.93 0.93 CD 1662 5155 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5155 22 65 65 CD 1662 5155 23 years year NNS 1662 5155 24 and and CC 1662 5155 25 over over IN 1662 5155 26 : : : 1662 5155 27 0.52 0.52 CD 1662 5155 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 5155 29 total total JJ 1662 5155 30 population population NN 1662 5155 31 : : : 1662 5155 32 0.89 0.89 CD 1662 5155 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5155 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5155 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5155 36 est e JJS 1662 5155 37 . . . 1662 5155 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5156 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5156 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5156 3 rate rate NN 1662 5156 4 : : : 1662 5156 5 14.8 14.8 CD 1662 5156 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5156 7 live live JJ 1662 5156 8 births birth NNS 1662 5156 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5156 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5156 11 est est NNP 1662 5156 12 . . . 1662 5156 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5157 1 Life life NN 1662 5157 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5157 3 at at IN 1662 5157 4 birth birth NN 1662 5157 5 : : : 1662 5157 6 total total JJ 1662 5157 7 population population NN 1662 5157 8 : : : 1662 5157 9 68.7 68.7 CD 1662 5157 10 years year NNS 1662 5157 11 male male JJ 1662 5157 12 : : : 1662 5157 13 62.61 62.61 CD 1662 5157 14 years year NNS 1662 5157 15 female female JJ 1662 5157 16 : : : 1662 5157 17 75.11 75.11 CD 1662 5157 18 years year NNS 1662 5157 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5157 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5157 21 est est NNP 1662 5157 22 . . . 1662 5157 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5158 1 Total total JJ 1662 5158 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5158 3 rate rate NN 1662 5158 4 : : : 1662 5158 5 1.47 1.47 CD 1662 5158 6 children child NNS 1662 5158 7 born bear VBN 1662 5158 8 / / SYM 1662 5158 9 woman woman NN 1662 5158 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5158 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5158 12 est est NNP 1662 5158 13 . . . 1662 5158 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5159 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5159 2 : : : 1662 5159 3 noun noun NNP 1662 5159 4 : : : 1662 5159 5 Lithuanian(s Lithuanian(s NNP 1662 5159 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5159 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 5159 8 : : : 1662 5159 9 Lithuanian lithuanian JJ 1662 5159 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5159 11 groups group NNS 1662 5159 12 : : : 1662 5159 13 Lithuanian lithuanian JJ 1662 5159 14 80.1 80.1 CD 1662 5159 15 % % NN 1662 5159 16 , , , 1662 5159 17 Russian russian JJ 1662 5159 18 8.6 8.6 CD 1662 5159 19 % % NN 1662 5159 20 , , , 1662 5159 21 Polish Polish NNP 1662 5159 22 7.7 7.7 CD 1662 5159 23 % % NN 1662 5159 24 , , , 1662 5159 25 Byelorussian Byelorussian NNP 1662 5159 26 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 5159 27 % % NN 1662 5159 28 , , , 1662 5159 29 other other JJ 1662 5159 30 2.1 2.1 CD 1662 5159 31 % % NN 1662 5159 32 Religions religion NNS 1662 5159 33 : : : 1662 5159 34 primarily primarily RB 1662 5159 35 Roman Roman NNP 1662 5159 36 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 5159 37 , , , 1662 5159 38 others other NNS 1662 5159 39 include include VBP 1662 5159 40 Lutheran Lutheran NNP 1662 5159 41 , , , 1662 5159 42 Russian Russian NNP 1662 5159 43 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 5159 44 , , , 1662 5159 45 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 5159 46 , , , 1662 5159 47 evangelical evangelical JJ 1662 5159 48 Christian Christian NNP 1662 5159 49 Baptist Baptist NNP 1662 5159 50 , , , 1662 5159 51 Islam Islam NNP 1662 5159 52 , , , 1662 5159 53 Judaism Judaism NNP 1662 5159 54 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 5159 55 : : : 1662 5159 56 Lithuanian Lithuanian NNP 1662 5159 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5159 58 official official NN 1662 5159 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5159 60 , , , 1662 5159 61 Polish polish JJ 1662 5159 62 , , , 1662 5159 63 Russian russian JJ 1662 5159 64 Literacy literacy NN 1662 5159 65 : : : 1662 5159 66 definition definition NN 1662 5159 67 : : : 1662 5159 68 age age NN 1662 5159 69 15 15 CD 1662 5159 70 and and CC 1662 5159 71 over over RB 1662 5159 72 can can MD 1662 5159 73 read read VB 1662 5159 74 and and CC 1662 5159 75 write write VB 1662 5159 76 total total JJ 1662 5159 77 population population NN 1662 5159 78 : : : 1662 5159 79 98 98 CD 1662 5159 80 % % NN 1662 5159 81 male male NN 1662 5159 82 : : : 1662 5159 83 99 99 CD 1662 5159 84 % % NN 1662 5159 85 female female NN 1662 5159 86 : : : 1662 5159 87 98 98 CD 1662 5159 88 % % NN 1662 5159 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5159 90 1989 1989 CD 1662 5159 91 est est NNP 1662 5159 92 . . . 1662 5159 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5160 1 @Lithuania @lithuania LS 1662 5160 2 : : : 1662 5160 3 Government Government NNP 1662 5160 4 Country Country NNP 1662 5160 5 name name NN 1662 5160 6 : : : 1662 5160 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5160 8 long long JJ 1662 5160 9 form form NN 1662 5160 10 : : : 1662 5160 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5160 12 of of IN 1662 5160 13 Lithuania Lithuania NNP 1662 5160 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5160 15 short short JJ 1662 5160 16 form form NN 1662 5160 17 : : : 1662 5160 18 Lithuania Lithuania NNP 1662 5160 19 local local JJ 1662 5160 20 long long JJ 1662 5160 21 form form NN 1662 5160 22 : : : 1662 5160 23 Lietuvos lietuvos JJ 1662 5160 24 Respublika Respublika NNP 1662 5160 25 local local JJ 1662 5160 26 short short JJ 1662 5160 27 form form NN 1662 5160 28 : : : 1662 5160 29 Lietuva Lietuva NNP 1662 5160 30 former former JJ 1662 5160 31 : : : 1662 5160 32 Lithuanian lithuanian JJ 1662 5160 33 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 5160 34 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 5160 35 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5160 36 Data Data NNP 1662 5160 37 code code NN 1662 5160 38 : : : 1662 5160 39 LH LH NNP 1662 5160 40 Government Government NNP 1662 5160 41 type type NN 1662 5160 42 : : : 1662 5160 43 independent independent JJ 1662 5160 44 , , , 1662 5160 45 democratic democratic JJ 1662 5160 46 republic republic NNP 1662 5160 47 National national JJ 1662 5160 48 capital capital NN 1662 5160 49 : : : 1662 5160 50 Vilnius Vilnius NNP 1662 5160 51 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 5160 52 divisions division NNS 1662 5160 53 : : : 1662 5160 54 44 44 CD 1662 5160 55 regions region NNS 1662 5160 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5160 57 rajonai rajonai NNS 1662 5160 58 , , , 1662 5160 59 singular singular NN 1662 5160 60 - - HYPH 1662 5160 61 rajonas rajona NNS 1662 5160 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5160 63 and and CC 1662 5160 64 11 11 CD 1662 5160 65 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 5160 66 * * NFP 1662 5160 67 : : : 1662 5160 68 Akmenes Akmenes NNP 1662 5160 69 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 70 , , , 1662 5160 71 Alytaus Alytaus NNP 1662 5160 72 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 73 , , , 1662 5160 74 Alytus Alytus NNP 1662 5160 75 * * NFP 1662 5160 76 , , , 1662 5160 77 Anyksciu Anyksciu NNP 1662 5160 78 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 79 , , , 1662 5160 80 Birsionas Birsionas NNP 1662 5160 81 * * NFP 1662 5160 82 , , , 1662 5160 83 Birzu Birzu NNP 1662 5160 84 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 85 , , , 1662 5160 86 Druskininkai Druskininkai NNP 1662 5160 87 * * NFP 1662 5160 88 , , , 1662 5160 89 Ignalinos Ignalinos NNP 1662 5160 90 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 91 , , , 1662 5160 92 Jonavos Jonavos NNP 1662 5160 93 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 94 , , , 1662 5160 95 Joniskio Joniskio NNP 1662 5160 96 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 97 , , , 1662 5160 98 Jurbarko Jurbarko NNP 1662 5160 99 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 100 , , , 1662 5160 101 Kaisiadoriu Kaisiadoriu NNP 1662 5160 102 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 103 , , , 1662 5160 104 Marijampoles Marijampoles NNP 1662 5160 105 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 106 , , , 1662 5160 107 Kaunas Kaunas NNP 1662 5160 108 * * NFP 1662 5160 109 , , , 1662 5160 110 Kauno Kauno NNP 1662 5160 111 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 112 , , , 1662 5160 113 Kedainiu Kedainiu NNP 1662 5160 114 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 115 , , , 1662 5160 116 Kelmes Kelmes NNP 1662 5160 117 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 118 , , , 1662 5160 119 Klaipeda Klaipeda NNP 1662 5160 120 * * NFP 1662 5160 121 , , , 1662 5160 122 Klaipedos Klaipedos NNP 1662 5160 123 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 124 , , , 1662 5160 125 Kretingos Kretingos NNP 1662 5160 126 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 127 , , , 1662 5160 128 Kupiskio Kupiskio NNP 1662 5160 129 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 130 , , , 1662 5160 131 Lazdiju Lazdiju NNP 1662 5160 132 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 133 , , , 1662 5160 134 Marijampole Marijampole NNP 1662 5160 135 * * NFP 1662 5160 136 , , , 1662 5160 137 Mazeikiu Mazeikiu NNP 1662 5160 138 Rajonas rajona NNS 1662 5160 139 , , , 1662 5160 140 Moletu Moletu NNP 1662 5160 141 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 142 , , , 1662 5160 143 Neringa Neringa NNP 1662 5160 144 * * NFP 1662 5160 145 Pakruojo Pakruojo NNP 1662 5160 146 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 147 , , , 1662 5160 148 Palanga Palanga NNP 1662 5160 149 * * NFP 1662 5160 150 , , , 1662 5160 151 Panevezio Panevezio NNP 1662 5160 152 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 153 , , , 1662 5160 154 Panevezys Panevezys NNP 1662 5160 155 * * NFP 1662 5160 156 , , , 1662 5160 157 Pasvalio Pasvalio NNP 1662 5160 158 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 159 , , , 1662 5160 160 Plunges Plunges NNP 1662 5160 161 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 162 , , , 1662 5160 163 Prienu Prienu NNP 1662 5160 164 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 165 , , , 1662 5160 166 Radviliskio Radviliskio NNP 1662 5160 167 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 168 , , , 1662 5160 169 Raseiniu Raseiniu NNP 1662 5160 170 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 171 , , , 1662 5160 172 Rokiskio Rokiskio NNP 1662 5160 173 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 174 , , , 1662 5160 175 Sakiu Sakiu NNP 1662 5160 176 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 177 , , , 1662 5160 178 Salcininky Salcininky NNP 1662 5160 179 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 180 , , , 1662 5160 181 Siauliai Siauliai NNP 1662 5160 182 * * NFP 1662 5160 183 , , , 1662 5160 184 Siauliu Siauliu NNP 1662 5160 185 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 186 , , , 1662 5160 187 Silales Silales NNPS 1662 5160 188 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 189 , , , 1662 5160 190 Siltues Siltues NNP 1662 5160 191 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 192 , , , 1662 5160 193 Sirvinty Sirvinty NNP 1662 5160 194 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 195 , , , 1662 5160 196 Skuodo Skuodo NNP 1662 5160 197 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 198 , , , 1662 5160 199 Svencioniu Svencioniu NNP 1662 5160 200 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 201 , , , 1662 5160 202 Taurages Taurages NNP 1662 5160 203 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 204 , , , 1662 5160 205 Telsiu Telsiu NNP 1662 5160 206 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 207 , , , 1662 5160 208 Traky Traky NNP 1662 5160 209 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 210 , , , 1662 5160 211 Ukmerges Ukmerges NNP 1662 5160 212 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 213 , , , 1662 5160 214 Utenos Utenos NNP 1662 5160 215 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 216 , , , 1662 5160 217 Varenos Varenos NNP 1662 5160 218 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 219 , , , 1662 5160 220 Vilkaviskio Vilkaviskio NNP 1662 5160 221 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 222 , , , 1662 5160 223 Vilniaus Vilniaus NNP 1662 5160 224 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 225 , , , 1662 5160 226 Vilnius Vilnius NNP 1662 5160 227 * * NFP 1662 5160 228 , , , 1662 5160 229 Zarasu Zarasu NNP 1662 5160 230 Rajonas Rajonas NNP 1662 5160 231 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5160 232 : : : 1662 5160 233 6 6 CD 1662 5160 234 September September NNP 1662 5160 235 1991 1991 CD 1662 5160 236 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5160 237 from from IN 1662 5160 238 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 5160 239 Union Union NNP 1662 5160 240 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5160 241 National national JJ 1662 5160 242 holiday holiday NN 1662 5160 243 : : : 1662 5160 244 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5160 245 Day Day NNP 1662 5160 246 , , , 1662 5160 247 16 16 CD 1662 5160 248 February February NNP 1662 5160 249 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5160 250 1918 1918 CD 1662 5160 251 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5160 252 Constitution constitution NN 1662 5160 253 : : : 1662 5160 254 adopted adopt VBN 1662 5160 255 25 25 CD 1662 5160 256 October October NNP 1662 5160 257 1992 1992 CD 1662 5160 258 Legal legal JJ 1662 5160 259 system system NN 1662 5160 260 : : : 1662 5160 261 based base VBN 1662 5160 262 on on IN 1662 5160 263 civil civil JJ 1662 5160 264 law law NN 1662 5160 265 system system NN 1662 5160 266 ; ; : 1662 5160 267 no no DT 1662 5160 268 judicial judicial JJ 1662 5160 269 review review NN 1662 5160 270 of of IN 1662 5160 271 legislative legislative JJ 1662 5160 272 acts act NNS 1662 5160 273 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 5160 274 : : : 1662 5160 275 18 18 CD 1662 5160 276 years year NNS 1662 5160 277 of of IN 1662 5160 278 age age NN 1662 5160 279 ; ; : 1662 5160 280 universal universal JJ 1662 5160 281 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5160 282 branch branch NN 1662 5160 283 : : : 1662 5160 284 chief chief NN 1662 5160 285 of of IN 1662 5160 286 state state NN 1662 5160 287 : : : 1662 5160 288 President President NNP 1662 5160 289 Algirdas Algirdas NNP 1662 5160 290 Mykolas Mykolas NNP 1662 5160 291 BRAZAUSKAS BRAZAUSKAS NNP 1662 5160 292 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5160 293 acting act VBG 1662 5160 294 president president NN 1662 5160 295 since since IN 1662 5160 296 25 25 CD 1662 5160 297 November November NNP 1662 5160 298 1992 1992 CD 1662 5160 299 , , , 1662 5160 300 president president NN 1662 5160 301 since since IN 1662 5160 302 15 15 CD 1662 5160 303 February February NNP 1662 5160 304 1993 1993 CD 1662 5160 305 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5160 306 head head NN 1662 5160 307 of of IN 1662 5160 308 government government NN 1662 5160 309 : : : 1662 5160 310 Premier Premier NNP 1662 5160 311 Gediminas Gediminas NNP 1662 5160 312 VAGNORIUS VAGNORIUS NNP 1662 5160 313 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5160 314 since since IN 1662 5160 315 28 28 CD 1662 5160 316 November November NNP 1662 5160 317 1996 1996 CD 1662 5160 318 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5160 319 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5160 320 : : : 1662 5160 321 Council Council NNP 1662 5160 322 of of IN 1662 5160 323 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 5160 324 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5160 325 by by IN 1662 5160 326 the the DT 1662 5160 327 president president NN 1662 5160 328 on on IN 1662 5160 329 the the DT 1662 5160 330 nomination nomination NN 1662 5160 331 of of IN 1662 5160 332 the the DT 1662 5160 333 premier premier JJ 1662 5160 334 elections election NNS 1662 5160 335 : : : 1662 5160 336 president president NNP 1662 5160 337 elected elect VBN 1662 5160 338 by by IN 1662 5160 339 popular popular JJ 1662 5160 340 vote vote NN 1662 5160 341 for for IN 1662 5160 342 a a DT 1662 5160 343 five five CD 1662 5160 344 - - HYPH 1662 5160 345 year year NN 1662 5160 346 term term NN 1662 5160 347 ; ; : 1662 5160 348 election election NN 1662 5160 349 last last JJ 1662 5160 350 held hold VBN 1662 5160 351 14 14 CD 1662 5160 352 February February NNP 1662 5160 353 1993 1993 CD 1662 5160 354 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5160 355 next next JJ 1662 5160 356 to to TO 1662 5160 357 be be VB 1662 5160 358 held hold VBN 1662 5160 359 spring spring NN 1662 5160 360 1997 1997 CD 1662 5160 361 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5160 362 ; ; : 1662 5160 363 premier premier NN 1662 5160 364 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5160 365 by by IN 1662 5160 366 the the DT 1662 5160 367 president president NN 1662 5160 368 on on IN 1662 5160 369 the the DT 1662 5160 370 approval approval NN 1662 5160 371 of of IN 1662 5160 372 the the DT 1662 5160 373 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 5160 374 election election NN 1662 5160 375 results result VBZ 1662 5160 376 : : : 1662 5160 377 Algirdas Algirdas NNP 1662 5160 378 BRAZAUSKAS BRAZAUSKAS NNP 1662 5160 379 elected elect VBD 1662 5160 380 president president NN 1662 5160 381 ; ; , 1662 5160 382 percent percent NN 1662 5160 383 of of IN 1662 5160 384 vote vote NN 1662 5160 385 - - HYPH 1662 5160 386 NA NA NNP 1662 5160 387 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 5160 388 branch branch NN 1662 5160 389 : : : 1662 5160 390 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 5160 391 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 5160 392 or or CC 1662 5160 393 Seimas Seimas NNP 1662 5160 394 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5160 395 141 141 CD 1662 5160 396 seats seat NNS 1662 5160 397 , , , 1662 5160 398 71 71 CD 1662 5160 399 members member NNS 1662 5160 400 are be VBP 1662 5160 401 directly directly RB 1662 5160 402 elected elect VBN 1662 5160 403 by by IN 1662 5160 404 popular popular JJ 1662 5160 405 vote vote NN 1662 5160 406 , , , 1662 5160 407 70 70 CD 1662 5160 408 are be VBP 1662 5160 409 elected elect VBN 1662 5160 410 by by IN 1662 5160 411 proportional proportional JJ 1662 5160 412 representation representation NN 1662 5160 413 ; ; : 1662 5160 414 members member NNS 1662 5160 415 serve serve VBP 1662 5160 416 four four CD 1662 5160 417 - - HYPH 1662 5160 418 year year NN 1662 5160 419 terms term NNS 1662 5160 420 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5160 421 elections election NNS 1662 5160 422 : : : 1662 5160 423 last last RB 1662 5160 424 held hold VBD 1662 5160 425 20 20 CD 1662 5160 426 October October NNP 1662 5160 427 and and CC 1662 5160 428 10 10 CD 1662 5160 429 November November NNP 1662 5160 430 1996 1996 CD 1662 5160 431 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5160 432 next next JJ 1662 5160 433 to to TO 1662 5160 434 be be VB 1662 5160 435 held hold VBN 1662 5160 436 NA NA NNP 1662 5160 437 October October NNP 1662 5160 438 2000 2000 CD 1662 5160 439 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5160 440 election election NN 1662 5160 441 results result NNS 1662 5160 442 : : : 1662 5160 443 percent percent NN 1662 5160 444 of of IN 1662 5160 445 vote vote NN 1662 5160 446 by by IN 1662 5160 447 party party NN 1662 5160 448 - - HYPH 1662 5160 449 NA NA NNP 1662 5160 450 ; ; , 1662 5160 451 seats seat NNS 1662 5160 452 by by IN 1662 5160 453 party party NN 1662 5160 454 - - HYPH 1662 5160 455 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 5160 456 Party Party NNP 1662 5160 457 70 70 CD 1662 5160 458 , , , 1662 5160 459 LKDP LKDP NNP 1662 5160 460 16 16 CD 1662 5160 461 , , , 1662 5160 462 Center Center NNP 1662 5160 463 Union Union NNP 1662 5160 464 13 13 CD 1662 5160 465 , , , 1662 5160 466 LDDP lddp IN 1662 5160 467 12 12 CD 1662 5160 468 , , , 1662 5160 469 LSDP LSDP NNP 1662 5160 470 12 12 CD 1662 5160 471 , , , 1662 5160 472 DP DP NNP 1662 5160 473 2 2 CD 1662 5160 474 , , , 1662 5160 475 independents independent NNS 1662 5160 476 4 4 CD 1662 5160 477 , , , 1662 5160 478 others other NNS 1662 5160 479 8 8 CD 1662 5160 480 , , , 1662 5160 481 vacant vacant JJ 1662 5160 482 4 4 CD 1662 5160 483 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 5160 484 branch branch NN 1662 5160 485 : : : 1662 5160 486 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5160 487 Court Court NNP 1662 5160 488 , , , 1662 5160 489 judges judge NNS 1662 5160 490 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5160 491 by by IN 1662 5160 492 the the DT 1662 5160 493 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 5160 494 ; ; : 1662 5160 495 Court Court NNP 1662 5160 496 of of IN 1662 5160 497 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 5160 498 , , , 1662 5160 499 judges judge NNS 1662 5160 500 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5160 501 by by IN 1662 5160 502 the the DT 1662 5160 503 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 5160 504 Political Political NNP 1662 5160 505 parties party NNS 1662 5160 506 and and CC 1662 5160 507 leaders leader NNS 1662 5160 508 : : : 1662 5160 509 Christian Christian NNP 1662 5160 510 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5160 511 Party Party NNP 1662 5160 512 or or CC 1662 5160 513 LKDP LKDP NNP 1662 5160 514 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5160 515 Algirdas Algirdas NNP 1662 5160 516 SAUDARGAS SAUDARGAS NNP 1662 5160 517 , , , 1662 5160 518 chairman chairman NN 1662 5160 519 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5160 520 ; ; : 1662 5160 521 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5160 522 Labor Labor NNP 1662 5160 523 Party Party NNP 1662 5160 524 of of IN 1662 5160 525 Lithuania Lithuania NNP 1662 5160 526 or or CC 1662 5160 527 LDDP lddp IN 1662 5160 528 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5160 529 Mindaugas Mindaugas NNP 1662 5160 530 STANKEVICIUS stankeviciu NNS 1662 5160 531 , , , 1662 5160 532 chairman chairman NN 1662 5160 533 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5160 534 ; ; : 1662 5160 535 Lithuanian Lithuanian NNP 1662 5160 536 Nationalist Nationalist NNP 1662 5160 537 Union Union NNP 1662 5160 538 or or CC 1662 5160 539 LTS LTS NNP 1662 5160 540 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5160 541 Rimantas Rimantas NNP 1662 5160 542 SMETONA SMETONA NNP 1662 5160 543 , , , 1662 5160 544 chairman chairman NN 1662 5160 545 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5160 546 ; ; : 1662 5160 547 Lithuanian lithuanian JJ 1662 5160 548 Social Social NNP 1662 5160 549 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5160 550 Party Party NNP 1662 5160 551 or or CC 1662 5160 552 LSDP LSDP NNP 1662 5160 553 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5160 554 Aloyzas Aloyzas NNP 1662 5160 555 SAKALAS SAKALAS NNP 1662 5160 556 , , , 1662 5160 557 chairman chairman NN 1662 5160 558 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5160 559 ; ; : 1662 5160 560 Farmers Farmers NNP 1662 5160 561 ' ' POS 1662 5160 562 Union Union NNP 1662 5160 563 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5160 564 Jonas Jonas NNP 1662 5160 565 CIULEVICIUS CIULEVICIUS NNP 1662 5160 566 , , , 1662 5160 567 chairman chairman NN 1662 5160 568 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5160 569 ; ; : 1662 5160 570 Center Center NNP 1662 5160 571 Union Union NNP 1662 5160 572 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5160 573 Romualdas Romualdas NNP 1662 5160 574 OZOLAS OZOLAS NNP 1662 5160 575 , , , 1662 5160 576 chairman chairman NN 1662 5160 577 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5160 578 ; ; : 1662 5160 579 Homeland Homeland NNP 1662 5160 580 Union Union NNP 1662 5160 581 / / SYM 1662 5160 582 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 5160 583 Party Party NNP 1662 5160 584 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5160 585 Vytautas Vytautas NNP 1662 5160 586 LANDSBERGIS LANDSBERGIS NNP 1662 5160 587 , , , 1662 5160 588 chairman chairman NN 1662 5160 589 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5160 590 ; ; : 1662 5160 591 Lithuanian lithuanian JJ 1662 5160 592 Polish Polish NNP 1662 5160 593 Union Union NNP 1662 5160 594 or or CC 1662 5160 595 LLS LLS NNP 1662 5160 596 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5160 597 Rsztardas Rsztardas NNP 1662 5160 598 MACIEKIANIEC MACIEKIANIEC NNP 1662 5160 599 , , , 1662 5160 600 chairman chairman NN 1662 5160 601 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5160 602 ; ; : 1662 5160 603 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5160 604 Party Party NNP 1662 5160 605 or or CC 1662 5160 606 DP DP NNP 1662 5160 607 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5160 608 Lydie Lydie NNP 1662 5160 609 WURTH WURTH NNP 1662 5160 610 - - HYPH 1662 5160 611 POLFER POLFER NNP 1662 5160 612 , , , 1662 5160 613 president president NN 1662 5160 614 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5160 615 Political political JJ 1662 5160 616 pressure pressure NN 1662 5160 617 groups group NNS 1662 5160 618 and and CC 1662 5160 619 leaders leader NNS 1662 5160 620 : : : 1662 5160 621 Lithuanian lithuanian JJ 1662 5160 622 Future Future NNP 1662 5160 623 Forum Forum NNP 1662 5160 624 International International NNP 1662 5160 625 organization organization NN 1662 5160 626 participation participation NN 1662 5160 627 : : : 1662 5160 628 BIS BIS NNP 1662 5160 629 , , , 1662 5160 630 CBSS CBSS NNP 1662 5160 631 , , , 1662 5160 632 CCC CCC NNP 1662 5160 633 , , , 1662 5160 634 CE CE NNP 1662 5160 635 , , , 1662 5160 636 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 5160 637 , , , 1662 5160 638 ECE ECE NNP 1662 5160 639 , , , 1662 5160 640 EU EU NNP 1662 5160 641 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5160 642 applicant applicant NN 1662 5160 643 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5160 644 , , , 1662 5160 645 FAO FAO NNP 1662 5160 646 , , , 1662 5160 647 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 5160 648 , , , 1662 5160 649 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 5160 650 , , , 1662 5160 651 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 5160 652 , , , 1662 5160 653 ICC ICC NNP 1662 5160 654 , , , 1662 5160 655 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 5160 656 , , , 1662 5160 657 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 5160 658 , , , 1662 5160 659 IFC IFC NNP 1662 5160 660 , , , 1662 5160 661 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 5160 662 , , , 1662 5160 663 ILO ILO NNP 1662 5160 664 , , , 1662 5160 665 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5160 666 , , , 1662 5160 667 IMO imo RB 1662 5160 668 , , , 1662 5160 669 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5160 670 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5160 671 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 5160 672 user user NN 1662 5160 673 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5160 674 , , , 1662 5160 675 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 5160 676 , , , 1662 5160 677 IOC IOC NNP 1662 5160 678 , , , 1662 5160 679 IOM IOM NNP 1662 5160 680 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5160 681 observer observer NN 1662 5160 682 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5160 683 , , , 1662 5160 684 ISO ISO NNP 1662 5160 685 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5160 686 correspondent correspondent NN 1662 5160 687 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5160 688 , , , 1662 5160 689 ITU ITU NNP 1662 5160 690 , , , 1662 5160 691 NACC NACC NNP 1662 5160 692 , , , 1662 5160 693 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 5160 694 , , , 1662 5160 695 PFP PFP NNP 1662 5160 696 , , , 1662 5160 697 UN UN NNP 1662 5160 698 , , , 1662 5160 699 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 5160 700 , , , 1662 5160 701 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 5160 702 , , , 1662 5160 703 UPU UPU NNP 1662 5160 704 , , , 1662 5160 705 WEU WEU NNP 1662 5160 706 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5160 707 associate associate JJ 1662 5160 708 partner partner NN 1662 5160 709 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5160 710 , , , 1662 5160 711 WHO who WP 1662 5160 712 , , , 1662 5160 713 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 5160 714 , , , 1662 5160 715 WMO WMO NNP 1662 5160 716 , , , 1662 5160 717 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 5160 718 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5160 719 applicant applicant NN 1662 5160 720 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5160 721 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5160 722 representation representation NN 1662 5160 723 in in IN 1662 5160 724 the the DT 1662 5160 725 US US NNP 1662 5160 726 : : : 1662 5160 727 chief chief NN 1662 5160 728 of of IN 1662 5160 729 mission mission NN 1662 5160 730 : : : 1662 5160 731 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5160 732 Alfonsas Alfonsas NNP 1662 5160 733 EIDINTAS EIDINTAS NNP 1662 5160 734 chancery chancery NN 1662 5160 735 : : : 1662 5160 736 2622 2622 CD 1662 5160 737 16th 16th NNP 1662 5160 738 Street Street NNP 1662 5160 739 NW NW NNP 1662 5160 740 , , , 1662 5160 741 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5160 742 , , , 1662 5160 743 DC DC NNP 1662 5160 744 20009 20009 CD 1662 5160 745 telephone telephone NN 1662 5160 746 : : : 1662 5160 747 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5160 748 1 1 CD 1662 5160 749 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5160 750 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5160 751 202 202 CD 1662 5160 752 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5160 753 234 234 CD 1662 5160 754 - - HYPH 1662 5160 755 5860 5860 CD 1662 5160 756 FAX fax NN 1662 5160 757 : : : 1662 5160 758 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5160 759 1 1 CD 1662 5160 760 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5160 761 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5160 762 202 202 CD 1662 5160 763 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5160 764 328 328 CD 1662 5160 765 - - HYPH 1662 5160 766 0466 0466 CD 1662 5160 767 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 5160 768 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5160 769 general general NN 1662 5160 770 : : : 1662 5160 771 New New NNP 1662 5160 772 York York NNP 1662 5160 773 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5160 774 representation representation NN 1662 5160 775 from from IN 1662 5160 776 the the DT 1662 5160 777 US US NNP 1662 5160 778 : : : 1662 5160 779 chief chief NN 1662 5160 780 of of IN 1662 5160 781 mission mission NN 1662 5160 782 : : : 1662 5160 783 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5160 784 James James NNP 1662 5160 785 W. 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NNP 1662 5160 786 SWIHART SWIHART NNP 1662 5160 787 , , , 1662 5160 788 Jr. Jr. NNP 1662 5160 789 embassy embassy NN 1662 5160 790 : : : 1662 5160 791 Akmenu Akmenu NNP 1662 5160 792 6 6 CD 1662 5160 793 , , , 1662 5160 794 Vilnius Vilnius NNP 1662 5160 795 2600 2600 CD 1662 5160 796 mailing mail VBG 1662 5160 797 address address NN 1662 5160 798 : : : 1662 5160 799 PSC PSC NNP 1662 5160 800 78 78 CD 1662 5160 801 , , , 1662 5160 802 Box Box NNP 1662 5160 803 V V NNP 1662 5160 804 , , , 1662 5160 805 APO APO NNP 1662 5160 806 AE AE NNP 1662 5160 807 09723 09723 CD 1662 5160 808 telephone telephone NN 1662 5160 809 : : : 1662 5160 810 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5160 811 370 370 CD 1662 5160 812 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5160 813 670 670 CD 1662 5160 814 - - HYPH 1662 5160 815 6083 6083 CD 1662 5160 816 FAX FAX NNP 1662 5160 817 : : : 1662 5160 818 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5160 819 370 370 CD 1662 5160 820 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5160 821 670 670 CD 1662 5160 822 - - HYPH 1662 5160 823 6084 6084 CD 1662 5160 824 Flag flag NN 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the the DT 1662 5160 860 vestiges vestige NNS 1662 5160 861 of of IN 1662 5160 862 the the DT 1662 5160 863 former former JJ 1662 5160 864 socialist socialist JJ 1662 5160 865 system system NN 1662 5160 866 . . . 1662 5161 1 With with IN 1662 5161 2 the the DT 1662 5161 3 help help NN 1662 5161 4 of of IN 1662 5161 5 the the DT 1662 5161 6 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5161 7 and and CC 1662 5161 8 other other JJ 1662 5161 9 international international JJ 1662 5161 10 institutions institution NNS 1662 5161 11 , , , 1662 5161 12 the the DT 1662 5161 13 government government NN 1662 5161 14 has have VBZ 1662 5161 15 adopted adopt VBN 1662 5161 16 a a DT 1662 5161 17 disciplined disciplined JJ 1662 5161 18 program program NN 1662 5161 19 to to TO 1662 5161 20 restrain restrain VB 1662 5161 21 inflation inflation NN 1662 5161 22 , , , 1662 5161 23 abolish abolish VB 1662 5161 24 most most JJS 1662 5161 25 price price NN 1662 5161 26 controls control NNS 1662 5161 27 , , , 1662 5161 28 lower lower VB 1662 5161 29 the the DT 1662 5161 30 budget budget NN 1662 5161 31 deficit deficit NN 1662 5161 32 , , , 1662 5161 33 and and CC 1662 5161 34 privatize privatize VB 1662 5161 35 the the DT 1662 5161 36 economy economy NN 1662 5161 37 . . . 1662 5162 1 More More JJR 1662 5162 2 than than IN 1662 5162 3 two two CD 1662 5162 4 - - HYPH 1662 5162 5 thirds third NNS 1662 5162 6 of of IN 1662 5162 7 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5162 8 industrial industrial JJ 1662 5162 9 facilities facility NNS 1662 5162 10 as as RB 1662 5162 11 well well RB 1662 5162 12 as as IN 1662 5162 13 most most JJS 1662 5162 14 housing housing NN 1662 5162 15 and and CC 1662 5162 16 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 5162 17 enterprises enterprise NNS 1662 5162 18 have have VBP 1662 5162 19 been be VBN 1662 5162 20 privatized privatize VBN 1662 5162 21 . . . 1662 5163 1 Although although IN 1662 5163 2 some some DT 1662 5163 3 important important JJ 1662 5163 4 " " `` 1662 5163 5 strategic strategic JJ 1662 5163 6 " " '' 1662 5163 7 enterprises enterprise NNS 1662 5163 8 remain remain VBP 1662 5163 9 exempt exempt JJ 1662 5163 10 from from IN 1662 5163 11 privatization privatization NN 1662 5163 12 , , , 1662 5163 13 the the DT 1662 5163 14 new new JJ 1662 5163 15 government government NN 1662 5163 16 has have VBZ 1662 5163 17 outlined outline VBN 1662 5163 18 plans plan NNS 1662 5163 19 to to TO 1662 5163 20 privatize privatize VB 1662 5163 21 large large JJ 1662 5163 22 companies company NNS 1662 5163 23 dealing deal VBG 1662 5163 24 with with IN 1662 5163 25 transport transport NN 1662 5163 26 , , , 1662 5163 27 pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 5163 28 , , , 1662 5163 29 communications communication NNS 1662 5163 30 , , , 1662 5163 31 and and CC 1662 5163 32 energy energy NN 1662 5163 33 . . . 1662 5164 1 While while IN 1662 5164 2 Lithuania Lithuania NNP 1662 5164 3 has have VBZ 1662 5164 4 reduced reduce VBN 1662 5164 5 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5164 6 trade trade NN 1662 5164 7 dependence dependence NN 1662 5164 8 on on IN 1662 5164 9 Russia Russia NNP 1662 5164 10 and and CC 1662 5164 11 other other JJ 1662 5164 12 republics republic NNS 1662 5164 13 of of IN 1662 5164 14 the the DT 1662 5164 15 FSU FSU NNP 1662 5164 16 from from IN 1662 5164 17 85 85 CD 1662 5164 18 % % NN 1662 5164 19 in in IN 1662 5164 20 1991 1991 CD 1662 5164 21 to to IN 1662 5164 22 about about RB 1662 5164 23 40 40 CD 1662 5164 24 % % NN 1662 5164 25 in in IN 1662 5164 26 1995 1995 CD 1662 5164 27 , , , 1662 5164 28 Russia Russia NNP 1662 5164 29 remains remain VBZ 1662 5164 30 Lithuania Lithuania NNP 1662 5164 31 's 's POS 1662 5164 32 leading lead VBG 1662 5164 33 trading trading NN 1662 5164 34 partner partner NN 1662 5164 35 . . . 1662 5165 1 Lithuania Lithuania NNP 1662 5165 2 has have VBZ 1662 5165 3 made make VBN 1662 5165 4 great great JJ 1662 5165 5 strides stride NNS 1662 5165 6 in in IN 1662 5165 7 reducing reduce VBG 1662 5165 8 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5165 9 annual annual JJ 1662 5165 10 rate rate NN 1662 5165 11 of of IN 1662 5165 12 inflation inflation NN 1662 5165 13 - - : 1662 5165 14 from from IN 1662 5165 15 over over IN 1662 5165 16 1,100 1,100 CD 1662 5165 17 % % NN 1662 5165 18 in in IN 1662 5165 19 1992 1992 CD 1662 5165 20 to to IN 1662 5165 21 about about RB 1662 5165 22 35 35 CD 1662 5165 23 % % NN 1662 5165 24 in in IN 1662 5165 25 1995 1995 CD 1662 5165 26 and and CC 1662 5165 27 13.1 13.1 CD 1662 5165 28 % % NN 1662 5165 29 in in IN 1662 5165 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 5165 31 . . . 1662 5166 1 Although although IN 1662 5166 2 the the DT 1662 5166 3 government government NN 1662 5166 4 tried try VBD 1662 5166 5 to to TO 1662 5166 6 stay stay VB 1662 5166 7 the the DT 1662 5166 8 course course NN 1662 5166 9 on on IN 1662 5166 10 economic economic JJ 1662 5166 11 reform reform NN 1662 5166 12 and and CC 1662 5166 13 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5166 14 discipline discipline NN 1662 5166 15 in in IN 1662 5166 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 5166 17 , , , 1662 5166 18 the the DT 1662 5166 19 new new JJ 1662 5166 20 government government NN 1662 5166 21 , , , 1662 5166 22 which which WDT 1662 5166 23 took take VBD 1662 5166 24 office office NN 1662 5166 25 in in IN 1662 5166 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 5166 27 inherited inherit VBD 1662 5166 28 high high JJ 1662 5166 29 debts debt NNS 1662 5166 30 for for IN 1662 5166 31 energy energy NN 1662 5166 32 supplies supply NNS 1662 5166 33 . . . 1662 5167 1 As as IN 1662 5167 2 for for IN 1662 5167 3 real real JJ 1662 5167 4 resources resource NNS 1662 5167 5 , , , 1662 5167 6 Lithuania Lithuania NNP 1662 5167 7 's 's POS 1662 5167 8 growth growth NN 1662 5167 9 depends depend VBZ 1662 5167 10 largely largely RB 1662 5167 11 on on IN 1662 5167 12 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5167 13 ability ability NN 1662 5167 14 to to TO 1662 5167 15 exploit exploit VB 1662 5167 16 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5167 17 strategic strategic JJ 1662 5167 18 location location NN 1662 5167 19 - - , 1662 5167 20 with with IN 1662 5167 21 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5167 22 ice ice 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metal NN 1662 5173 64 - - HYPH 1662 5173 65 cutting cut VBG 1662 5173 66 machine machine NN 1662 5173 67 tools tool NNS 1662 5173 68 , , , 1662 5173 69 electric electric JJ 1662 5173 70 motors motor NNS 1662 5173 71 , , , 1662 5173 72 television television NN 1662 5173 73 sets set NNS 1662 5173 74 , , , 1662 5173 75 refrigerators refrigerator NNS 1662 5173 76 and and CC 1662 5173 77 freezers freezer NNS 1662 5173 78 , , , 1662 5173 79 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5173 80 refining refining NN 1662 5173 81 , , , 1662 5173 82 shipbuilding shipbuilde VBG 1662 5173 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5173 84 small small JJ 1662 5173 85 ships ship NNS 1662 5173 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5173 87 , , , 1662 5173 88 furniture furniture NN 1662 5173 89 making making NN 1662 5173 90 , , , 1662 5173 91 textiles textile NNS 1662 5173 92 , , , 1662 5173 93 food food NN 1662 5173 94 processing processing NN 1662 5173 95 , , , 1662 5173 96 fertilizers fertilizer NNS 1662 5173 97 , , , 1662 5173 98 agricultural agricultural JJ 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133 : : : 1662 5173 134 9.57 9.57 CD 1662 5173 135 billion billion CD 1662 5173 136 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5173 137 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5173 138 1994 1994 CD 1662 5173 139 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5173 140 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5173 141 - - HYPH 1662 5173 142 consumption consumption NN 1662 5173 143 per per IN 1662 5173 144 capita capita NN 1662 5173 145 : : : 1662 5173 146 2,151 2,151 CD 1662 5173 147 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5173 148 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5173 149 1995 1995 CD 1662 5173 150 est est NNP 1662 5173 151 . . . 1662 5173 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5174 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5174 2 - - HYPH 1662 5174 3 products product NNS 1662 5174 4 : : : 1662 5174 5 grain grain NN 1662 5174 6 , , , 1662 5174 7 potatoes potato NNS 1662 5174 8 , , , 1662 5174 9 sugar sugar NN 1662 5174 10 beets beet NNS 1662 5174 11 , , , 1662 5174 12 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 5174 13 ; ; : 1662 5174 14 meat meat NN 1662 5174 15 , , , 1662 5174 16 milk milk NN 1662 5174 17 , , , 1662 5174 18 eggs egg NNS 1662 5174 19 ; ; , 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1662 5175 25 1995 1995 CD 1662 5175 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5175 27 partners partner NNS 1662 5175 28 : : : 1662 5175 29 Russia Russia NNP 1662 5175 30 , , , 1662 5175 31 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5175 32 , , , 1662 5175 33 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 5175 34 , , , 1662 5175 35 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 5175 36 , , , 1662 5175 37 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 5175 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5175 39 1995 1995 CD 1662 5175 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5175 41 Imports import NNS 1662 5175 42 : : : 1662 5175 43 total total JJ 1662 5175 44 value value NN 1662 5175 45 : : : 1662 5175 46 $ $ $ 1662 5175 47 4.56 4.56 CD 1662 5175 48 billion billion CD 1662 5175 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5175 50 1996 1996 CD 1662 5175 51 est est NNP 1662 5175 52 . . . 1662 5175 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5176 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5176 2 : : : 1662 5176 3 oil oil NN 1662 5176 4 25 25 CD 1662 5176 5 % % NN 1662 5176 6 , , , 1662 5176 7 machinery machinery NN 1662 5176 8 17 17 CD 1662 5176 9 % % NN 1662 5176 10 , , , 1662 5176 11 textiles textile VBZ 1662 5176 12 10 10 CD 1662 5176 13 % % NN 1662 5176 14 , , , 1662 5176 15 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 5176 16 9 9 CD 1662 5176 17 % % NN 1662 5176 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5176 19 1995 1995 CD 1662 5176 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5176 21 partners partner NNS 1662 5176 22 : : : 1662 5176 23 Russia Russia NNP 1662 5176 24 , , , 1662 5176 25 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5176 26 , , , 1662 5176 27 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 5176 28 , , , 1662 5176 29 Poland Poland NNP 1662 5176 30 , , , 1662 5176 31 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 5176 32 Debt Debt NNP 1662 5176 33 - - HYPH 1662 5176 34 external external JJ 1662 5176 35 : : : 1662 5176 36 $ $ $ 1662 5176 37 895 895 CD 1662 5176 38 million million CD 1662 5176 39 Economic economic JJ 1662 5176 40 aid aid NN 1662 5176 41 : : : 1662 5176 42 recipient recipient NN 1662 5176 43 : : : 1662 5176 44 ODA ODA NNP 1662 5176 45 , , , 1662 5176 46 $ $ $ 1662 5176 47 144 144 CD 1662 5176 48 million million CD 1662 5176 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5176 50 1993 1993 CD 1662 5176 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5176 52 note note NN 1662 5176 53 : : : 1662 5176 54 commitments commitment NNS 1662 5176 55 from from IN 1662 5176 56 the the DT 1662 5176 57 West West NNP 1662 5176 58 and and CC 1662 5176 59 international international JJ 1662 5176 60 financial financial JJ 1662 5176 61 institutions institution NNS 1662 5176 62 , , , 1662 5176 63 $ $ $ 1662 5176 64 765 765 CD 1662 5176 65 million million CD 1662 5176 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5176 67 1992 1992 CD 1662 5176 68 - - SYM 1662 5176 69 95 95 CD 1662 5176 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5176 71 Currency currency NN 1662 5176 72 : : : 1662 5176 73 1 1 CD 1662 5176 74 Lithuanian lithuanian JJ 1662 5176 75 litas lita NNS 1662 5176 76 = = SYM 1662 5176 77 100 100 CD 1662 5176 78 centas centas NNPS 1662 5176 79 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5176 80 rates rate NNS 1662 5176 81 : : : 1662 5176 82 litai litai NN 1662 5176 83 per per IN 1662 5176 84 US$ us$ $ 1662 5176 85 1 1 CD 1662 5176 86 - - SYM 1662 5176 87 4.000 4.000 CD 1662 5176 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5176 89 January January NNP 1662 5176 90 1997 1997 CD 1662 5176 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5176 92 , , , 1662 5176 93 4.000 4.000 CD 1662 5176 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5176 95 1996 1996 CD 1662 5176 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5176 97 , , , 1662 5176 98 4.000 4.000 CD 1662 5176 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5176 100 1995 1995 CD 1662 5176 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5176 102 , , , 1662 5176 103 3.978 3.978 CD 1662 5176 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5176 105 1994 1994 CD 1662 5176 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5176 107 , , , 1662 5176 108 4.344 4.344 CD 1662 5176 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5176 110 1993 1993 CD 1662 5176 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5176 112 , , , 1662 5176 113 1.773 1.773 CD 1662 5176 114 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5176 115 1992 1992 CD 1662 5176 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5176 117 ; ; : 1662 5176 118 note note NN 1662 5176 119 - - HYPH 1662 5176 120 fixed fix VBN 1662 5176 121 rate rate NN 1662 5176 122 since since IN 1662 5176 123 1 1 CD 1662 5176 124 May May NNP 1662 5176 125 1994 1994 CD 1662 5176 126 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5176 127 year year NN 1662 5176 128 : : : 1662 5176 129 calendar calendar NNP 1662 5176 130 year year NN 1662 5176 131 @Lithuania @Lithuania NNP 1662 5176 132 : : : 1662 5176 133 Communications communication NNS 1662 5176 134 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 5176 135 : : : 1662 5176 136 1.012 1.012 CD 1662 5176 137 million million CD 1662 5176 138 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5176 139 1995 1995 CD 1662 5176 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5176 141 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5176 142 system system NN 1662 5176 143 : : : 1662 5176 144 telecommunications telecommunications NN 1662 5176 145 system system NN 1662 5176 146 ranks rank VBZ 1662 5176 147 among among IN 1662 5176 148 the the DT 1662 5176 149 most most RBS 1662 5176 150 modern modern JJ 1662 5176 151 of of IN 1662 5176 152 the the DT 1662 5176 153 former former JJ 1662 5176 154 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 5176 155 republics republic NNS 1662 5176 156 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5176 157 : : : 1662 5176 158 an an DT 1662 5176 159 NMT-450 nmt-450 XX 1662 5176 160 analog analog JJ 1662 5176 161 cellular cellular JJ 1662 5176 162 telephone telephone NN 1662 5176 163 network network NN 1662 5176 164 operates operate VBZ 1662 5176 165 in in IN 1662 5176 166 Vilnius Vilnius NNP 1662 5176 167 and and CC 1662 5176 168 other other JJ 1662 5176 169 cities city NNS 1662 5176 170 ; ; : 1662 5176 171 landlines landline NNS 1662 5176 172 and and CC 1662 5176 173 microwave microwave NN 1662 5176 174 radio radio NN 1662 5176 175 relay relay NN 1662 5176 176 connect connect NN 1662 5176 177 switching switching NN 1662 5176 178 centers centers NNPS 1662 5176 179 international international JJ 1662 5176 180 : : : 1662 5176 181 international international JJ 1662 5176 182 connections connection NNS 1662 5176 183 no no RB 1662 5176 184 longer longer RB 1662 5176 185 depend depend VBP 1662 5176 186 on on IN 1662 5176 187 the the DT 1662 5176 188 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 5176 189 international international JJ 1662 5176 190 gateway gateway NN 1662 5176 191 switch switch NN 1662 5176 192 , , , 1662 5176 193 but but CC 1662 5176 194 are be VBP 1662 5176 195 established establish VBN 1662 5176 196 by by IN 1662 5176 197 satellite satellite NN 1662 5176 198 through through IN 1662 5176 199 Oslo Oslo NNP 1662 5176 200 from from IN 1662 5176 201 Vilnius Vilnius NNP 1662 5176 202 and and CC 1662 5176 203 through through IN 1662 5176 204 Copenhagen Copenhagen NNP 1662 5176 205 from from IN 1662 5176 206 Kaunas Kaunas NNP 1662 5176 207 ; ; : 1662 5176 208 satellite satellite NN 1662 5176 209 earth earth NN 1662 5176 210 stations station NNS 1662 5176 211 - - , 1662 5176 212 1 1 CD 1662 5176 213 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNS 1662 5176 214 and and CC 1662 5176 215 1 1 CD 1662 5176 216 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5176 217 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5176 218 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 5176 219 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5176 220 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5176 221 ; ; : 1662 5176 222 cellular cellular JJ 1662 5176 223 network network NN 1662 5176 224 linked link VBN 1662 5176 225 internationally internationally RB 1662 5176 226 through through IN 1662 5176 227 Copenhagen Copenhagen NNP 1662 5176 228 by by IN 1662 5176 229 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNP 1662 5176 230 ; ; : 1662 5176 231 international international JJ 1662 5176 232 electronic electronic JJ 1662 5176 233 mail mail NN 1662 5176 234 is be VBZ 1662 5176 235 available available JJ 1662 5176 236 ; ; : 1662 5176 237 landlines landline NNS 1662 5176 238 or or CC 1662 5176 239 microwave microwave NN 1662 5176 240 radio radio NN 1662 5176 241 relay relay NN 1662 5176 242 to to IN 1662 5176 243 former former JJ 1662 5176 244 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 5176 245 republics republic NNS 1662 5176 246 Radio Radio NNP 1662 5176 247 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5176 248 stations station NNS 1662 5176 249 : : : 1662 5176 250 AM AM NNP 1662 5176 251 13 13 CD 1662 5176 252 , , , 1662 5176 253 FM FM NNP 1662 5176 254 26 26 CD 1662 5176 255 , , , 1662 5176 256 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 5176 257 1 1 CD 1662 5176 258 , , , 1662 5176 259 longwave longwave VB 1662 5176 260 1 1 CD 1662 5176 261 Radios radio NNS 1662 5176 262 : : : 1662 5176 263 1.42 1.42 CD 1662 5176 264 million million CD 1662 5176 265 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5176 266 1993 1993 CD 1662 5176 267 est est NNP 1662 5176 268 . . . 1662 5176 269 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5177 1 Television television NN 1662 5177 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5177 3 stations station NNS 1662 5177 4 : : : 1662 5177 5 3 3 CD 1662 5177 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 5177 7 : : : 1662 5177 8 1.77 1.77 CD 1662 5177 9 million million CD 1662 5177 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5177 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 5177 12 est est NNP 1662 5177 13 . . . 1662 5177 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5178 1 @Lithuania @lithuania LS 1662 5178 2 : : : 1662 5178 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5178 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5178 5 : : : 1662 5178 6 total total NN 1662 5178 7 : : : 1662 5178 8 2,002 2,002 CD 1662 5178 9 km km NN 1662 5178 10 broad broad JJ 1662 5178 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 5178 12 : : : 1662 5178 13 2,002 2,002 CD 1662 5178 14 km km NN 1662 5178 15 1.524-m 1.524-m CD 1662 5178 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 5178 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5178 18 122 122 CD 1662 5178 19 km km NN 1662 5178 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 5178 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5178 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5178 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 5178 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5178 25 Highways highway NNS 1662 5178 26 : : : 1662 5178 27 total total NN 1662 5178 28 : : : 1662 5178 29 61,442 61,442 CD 1662 5178 30 km km NN 1662 5178 31 paved pave VBN 1662 5178 32 : : : 1662 5178 33 53,086 53,086 CD 1662 5178 34 km km NNS 1662 5178 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5178 36 including include VBG 1662 5178 37 394 394 CD 1662 5178 38 km km NNS 1662 5178 39 of of IN 1662 5178 40 expressways expressway NNS 1662 5178 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5178 42 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5178 43 : : : 1662 5178 44 8,356 8,356 CD 1662 5178 45 km km NNS 1662 5178 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5178 47 1995 1995 CD 1662 5178 48 est est NNP 1662 5178 49 . . . 1662 5178 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5179 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 5179 2 : : : 1662 5179 3 600 600 CD 1662 5179 4 km km NNS 1662 5179 5 perennially perennially RB 1662 5179 6 navigable navigable JJ 1662 5179 7 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 5179 8 : : : 1662 5179 9 crude crude JJ 1662 5179 10 oil oil NN 1662 5179 11 , , , 1662 5179 12 105 105 CD 1662 5179 13 km km NN 1662 5179 14 ; ; : 1662 5179 15 natural natural JJ 1662 5179 16 gas gas NN 1662 5179 17 760 760 CD 1662 5179 18 km km NNS 1662 5179 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5179 20 1992 1992 CD 1662 5179 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5179 22 Ports port NNS 1662 5179 23 and and CC 1662 5179 24 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5179 25 : : : 1662 5179 26 Kaunas Kaunas NNP 1662 5179 27 , , , 1662 5179 28 Klaipeda Klaipeda NNP 1662 5179 29 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 5179 30 marine marine NN 1662 5179 31 : : : 1662 5179 32 total total NN 1662 5179 33 : : : 1662 5179 34 45 45 CD 1662 5179 35 ships ship NNS 1662 5179 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5179 37 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 5179 38 GRT GRT NNP 1662 5179 39 or or CC 1662 5179 40 over over RB 1662 5179 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5179 42 totaling total VBG 1662 5179 43 275,871 275,871 CD 1662 5179 44 GRT/305,943 GRT/305,943 NNP 1662 5179 45 DWT DWT NNP 1662 5179 46 ships ship NNS 1662 5179 47 by by IN 1662 5179 48 type type NN 1662 5179 49 : : : 1662 5179 50 cargo cargo NN 1662 5179 51 24 24 CD 1662 5179 52 , , , 1662 5179 53 combination combination NN 1662 5179 54 bulk bulk NN 1662 5179 55 11 11 CD 1662 5179 56 , , , 1662 5179 57 oil oil NN 1662 5179 58 tanker tanker NN 1662 5179 59 2 2 CD 1662 5179 60 , , , 1662 5179 61 railcar railcar NN 1662 5179 62 carrier carrier NN 1662 5179 63 1 1 CD 1662 5179 64 , , , 1662 5179 65 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 5179 66 cargo cargo NN 1662 5179 67 3 3 CD 1662 5179 68 , , , 1662 5179 69 roll roll NN 1662 5179 70 - - HYPH 1662 5179 71 on on IN 1662 5179 72 / / SYM 1662 5179 73 roll roll NN 1662 5179 74 - - HYPH 1662 5179 75 off off RP 1662 5179 76 cargo cargo NN 1662 5179 77 1 1 CD 1662 5179 78 , , , 1662 5179 79 short short JJ 1662 5179 80 - - HYPH 1662 5179 81 sea sea NN 1662 5179 82 passenger passenger NN 1662 5179 83 3 3 CD 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1662 5181 31 : : : 1662 5181 32 2 2 CD 1662 5181 33 under under IN 1662 5181 34 914 914 CD 1662 5181 35 m m NN 1662 5181 36 : : : 1662 5181 37 14 14 CD 1662 5181 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5181 39 1994 1994 CD 1662 5181 40 est est NNP 1662 5181 41 . . . 1662 5181 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5182 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5182 2 - - , 1662 5182 3 with with IN 1662 5182 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5182 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5182 6 : : : 1662 5182 7 total total NN 1662 5182 8 : : : 1662 5182 9 71 71 CD 1662 5182 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 5182 11 to to TO 1662 5182 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5182 13 m m NN 1662 5182 14 : : : 1662 5182 15 1 1 CD 1662 5182 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5182 17 to to TO 1662 5182 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5182 19 m m NN 1662 5182 20 : : : 1662 5182 21 1 1 CD 1662 5182 22 914 914 CD 1662 5182 23 to to TO 1662 5182 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5182 25 m m NN 1662 5182 26 : : : 1662 5182 27 6 6 CD 1662 5182 28 under under IN 1662 5182 29 914 914 CD 1662 5182 30 m m NN 1662 5182 31 : : : 1662 5182 32 63 63 CD 1662 5182 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5182 34 1994 1994 CD 1662 5182 35 est est NNP 1662 5182 36 . . . 1662 5182 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5183 1 Military military JJ 1662 5183 2 Military military JJ 1662 5183 3 branches branch NNS 1662 5183 4 : : : 1662 5183 5 Ground Ground NNP 1662 5183 6 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5183 7 , , , 1662 5183 8 Navy Navy NNP 1662 5183 9 , , , 1662 5183 10 Air Air NNP 1662 5183 11 and and CC 1662 5183 12 Air Air NNP 1662 5183 13 Defense Defense NNP 1662 5183 14 Force Force NNP 1662 5183 15 , , , 1662 5183 16 Security Security NNP 1662 5183 17 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5183 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5183 19 internal internal JJ 1662 5183 20 and and CC 1662 5183 21 border border NN 1662 5183 22 troops troop NNS 1662 5183 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5183 24 , , , 1662 5183 25 National National NNP 1662 5183 26 Guard Guard NNP 1662 5183 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5183 28 Skat Skat NNP 1662 5183 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5183 30 Military military JJ 1662 5183 31 manpower manpower NN 1662 5183 32 - - HYPH 1662 5183 33 military military NN 1662 5183 34 age age NN 1662 5183 35 : : : 1662 5183 36 18 18 CD 1662 5183 37 years year NNS 1662 5183 38 of of IN 1662 5183 39 age age NN 1662 5183 40 Military military JJ 1662 5183 41 manpower manpower NN 1662 5183 42 - - HYPH 1662 5183 43 availability availability NN 1662 5183 44 : : : 1662 5183 45 males male NNS 1662 5183 46 age age NNP 1662 5183 47 15 15 CD 1662 5183 48 - - HYPH 1662 5183 49 49 49 CD 1662 5183 50 : : : 1662 5183 51 904,096 904,096 CD 1662 5183 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5183 53 1997 1997 CD 1662 5183 54 est est NNP 1662 5183 55 . . . 1662 5183 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5184 1 Military military JJ 1662 5184 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5184 3 - - HYPH 1662 5184 4 fit fit NN 1662 5184 5 for for IN 1662 5184 6 military military JJ 1662 5184 7 service service NN 1662 5184 8 : : : 1662 5184 9 males male NNS 1662 5184 10 : : : 1662 5184 11 712,366 712,366 CD 1662 5184 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5184 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5184 14 est est NNP 1662 5184 15 . . . 1662 5184 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5185 1 Military military JJ 1662 5185 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5185 3 - - HYPH 1662 5185 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 5185 5 military military JJ 1662 5185 6 age age NN 1662 5185 7 annually annually RB 1662 5185 8 : : : 1662 5185 9 males male NNS 1662 5185 10 : : : 1662 5185 11 26,204 26,204 CD 1662 5185 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5185 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5185 14 est est NNP 1662 5185 15 . . . 1662 5185 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5186 1 Military military JJ 1662 5186 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5186 3 - - HYPH 1662 5186 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 5186 5 figure figure NN 1662 5186 6 : : : 1662 5186 7 $ $ $ 1662 5186 8 31.7 31.7 CD 1662 5186 9 million million CD 1662 5186 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5186 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 5186 12 est est NNP 1662 5186 13 . . . 1662 5186 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5187 1 Military military JJ 1662 5187 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5187 3 - - : 1662 5187 4 percent percent NN 1662 5187 5 of of IN 1662 5187 6 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5187 7 : : : 1662 5187 8 1 1 CD 1662 5187 9 % % NN 1662 5187 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5187 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 5187 12 est est NNP 1662 5187 13 . . . 1662 5187 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5188 1 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5188 2 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5188 3 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 5188 4 - - HYPH 1662 5188 5 international international JJ 1662 5188 6 : : : 1662 5188 7 dispute dispute NN 1662 5188 8 with with IN 1662 5188 9 Russia Russia NNP 1662 5188 10 over over IN 1662 5188 11 the the DT 1662 5188 12 position position NN 1662 5188 13 of of IN 1662 5188 14 the the DT 1662 5188 15 riparian riparian JJ 1662 5188 16 and and CC 1662 5188 17 maritime maritime JJ 1662 5188 18 boundary boundary JJ 1662 5188 19 with with IN 1662 5188 20 Kaliningrad Kaliningrad NNP 1662 5188 21 Oblast Oblast NNP 1662 5188 22 ; ; : 1662 5188 23 disputes dispute VBZ 1662 5188 24 maritime maritime JJ 1662 5188 25 border border NN 1662 5188 26 with with IN 1662 5188 27 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 5188 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5188 29 primary primary JJ 1662 5188 30 concern concern NN 1662 5188 31 is be VBZ 1662 5188 32 oil oil NN 1662 5188 33 exploration exploration NN 1662 5188 34 rights right NNS 1662 5188 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5188 36 ; ; : 1662 5188 37 treaty treaty NN 1662 5188 38 with with IN 1662 5188 39 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 5188 40 defining define VBG 1662 5188 41 the the DT 1662 5188 42 border border NN 1662 5188 43 awaits await VBZ 1662 5188 44 demarcation demarcation NN 1662 5188 45 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 5188 46 drugs drug VBZ 1662 5188 47 : : : 1662 5188 48 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 5188 49 point point NN 1662 5188 50 for for IN 1662 5188 51 opiates opiate NNS 1662 5188 52 and and CC 1662 5188 53 other other JJ 1662 5188 54 illicit illicit JJ 1662 5188 55 drugs drug NNS 1662 5188 56 from from IN 1662 5188 57 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 5188 58 Asia Asia NNP 1662 5188 59 and and CC 1662 5188 60 Latin Latin NNP 1662 5188 61 America America NNP 1662 5188 62 to to IN 1662 5188 63 Western Western NNP 1662 5188 64 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5188 65 and and CC 1662 5188 66 Scandinavia Scandinavia NNP 1662 5188 67 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 68 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 69 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 70 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 71 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 72 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 73 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 74 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 75 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 76 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 77 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 78 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 90 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 91 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 92 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 93 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 94 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 95 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 96 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 97 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 98 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 99 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 100 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 101 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 102 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 103 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 104 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 105 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 106 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 107 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 108 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 109 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 110 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 111 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 112 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 113 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 114 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 115 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 116 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 117 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 118 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 119 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 120 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 121 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 122 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 123 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 124 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 125 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 126 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 127 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 128 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 129 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 130 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 131 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 132 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 133 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 134 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 135 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 136 _ _ NNP 1662 5188 137 LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG NNP 1662 5188 138 @Luxembourg @luxembourg NN 1662 5188 139 : : : 1662 5188 140 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5188 141 Location Location NNP 1662 5188 142 : : : 1662 5188 143 Western Western NNP 1662 5188 144 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5188 145 , , , 1662 5188 146 between between IN 1662 5188 147 France France NNP 1662 5188 148 and and CC 1662 5188 149 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5188 150 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5188 151 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5188 152 : : : 1662 5188 153 49 49 CD 1662 5188 154 45 45 CD 1662 5188 155 N n CD 1662 5188 156 , , , 1662 5188 157 6 6 CD 1662 5188 158 10 10 CD 1662 5188 159 E e NN 1662 5188 160 Map Map NNP 1662 5188 161 references reference NNS 1662 5188 162 : : : 1662 5188 163 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5188 164 Area Area NNP 1662 5188 165 : : : 1662 5188 166 total total NN 1662 5188 167 : : : 1662 5188 168 2,586 2,586 CD 1662 5188 169 sq sq NN 1662 5188 170 km km NNP 1662 5188 171 land land NN 1662 5188 172 : : : 1662 5188 173 2,586 2,586 CD 1662 5188 174 sq sq NNP 1662 5188 175 km km NNP 1662 5188 176 water water NN 1662 5188 177 : : : 1662 5188 178 0 0 NFP 1662 5188 179 sq sq NN 1662 5188 180 km km NNP 1662 5188 181 Area area NN 1662 5188 182 - - HYPH 1662 5188 183 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5188 184 : : : 1662 5188 185 slightly slightly RB 1662 5188 186 smaller small JJR 1662 5188 187 than than IN 1662 5188 188 Rhode Rhode NNP 1662 5188 189 Island Island NNP 1662 5188 190 Land Land NNP 1662 5188 191 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5188 192 : : : 1662 5188 193 total total JJ 1662 5188 194 : : : 1662 5188 195 359 359 CD 1662 5188 196 km km NN 1662 5188 197 border border NN 1662 5188 198 countries country NNS 1662 5188 199 : : : 1662 5188 200 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 5188 201 148 148 CD 1662 5188 202 km km NNS 1662 5188 203 , , , 1662 5188 204 France France NNP 1662 5188 205 73 73 CD 1662 5188 206 km km NNS 1662 5188 207 , , , 1662 5188 208 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5188 209 138 138 CD 1662 5188 210 km km NN 1662 5188 211 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5188 212 : : : 1662 5188 213 0 0 CD 1662 5188 214 km km NN 1662 5188 215 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5188 216 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 5188 217 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5188 218 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5188 219 claims claim VBZ 1662 5188 220 : : : 1662 5188 221 none none NN 1662 5188 222 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5188 223 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 5188 224 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5188 225 Climate climate NN 1662 5188 226 : : : 1662 5188 227 modified modify VBN 1662 5188 228 continental continental NNP 1662 5188 229 with with IN 1662 5188 230 mild mild JJ 1662 5188 231 winters winter NNS 1662 5188 232 , , , 1662 5188 233 cool cool JJ 1662 5188 234 summers summer NNS 1662 5188 235 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 5188 236 : : : 1662 5188 237 mostly mostly RB 1662 5188 238 gently gently RB 1662 5188 239 rolling roll VBG 1662 5188 240 uplands upland NNS 1662 5188 241 with with IN 1662 5188 242 broad broad JJ 1662 5188 243 , , , 1662 5188 244 shallow shallow JJ 1662 5188 245 valleys valley NNS 1662 5188 246 ; ; , 1662 5188 247 uplands upland NNS 1662 5188 248 to to TO 1662 5188 249 slightly slightly RB 1662 5188 250 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 5188 251 in in IN 1662 5188 252 the the DT 1662 5188 253 north north NN 1662 5188 254 ; ; : 1662 5188 255 steep steep JJ 1662 5188 256 slope slope NN 1662 5188 257 down down RB 1662 5188 258 to to IN 1662 5188 259 Moselle Moselle NNP 1662 5188 260 floodplain floodplain NN 1662 5188 261 in in IN 1662 5188 262 the the DT 1662 5188 263 southeast southeast NN 1662 5188 264 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5188 265 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5188 266 : : : 1662 5188 267 lowest low JJS 1662 5188 268 point point NN 1662 5188 269 : : : 1662 5188 270 Moselle Moselle NNP 1662 5188 271 River River NNP 1662 5188 272 133 133 CD 1662 5188 273 m m DT 1662 5188 274 highest high JJS 1662 5188 275 point point NN 1662 5188 276 : : : 1662 5188 277 Burgplatz burgplatz NN 1662 5188 278 559 559 CD 1662 5188 279 m m CD 1662 5188 280 Natural natural JJ 1662 5188 281 resources resource NNS 1662 5188 282 : : : 1662 5188 283 iron iron NN 1662 5188 284 ore ore NNP 1662 5188 285 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5188 286 no no RB 1662 5188 287 longer long RBR 1662 5188 288 exploited exploit VBN 1662 5188 289 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5188 290 Land land NN 1662 5188 291 use use NN 1662 5188 292 : : : 1662 5188 293 arable arable JJ 1662 5188 294 land land NN 1662 5188 295 : : : 1662 5188 296 24 24 CD 1662 5188 297 % % NN 1662 5188 298 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5188 299 crops crop NNS 1662 5188 300 : : : 1662 5188 301 1 1 CD 1662 5188 302 % % NN 1662 5188 303 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5188 304 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5188 305 : : : 1662 5188 306 20 20 CD 1662 5188 307 % % NN 1662 5188 308 forests forest NNS 1662 5188 309 and and CC 1662 5188 310 woodland woodland NN 1662 5188 311 : : : 1662 5188 312 21 21 CD 1662 5188 313 % % NN 1662 5188 314 other other JJ 1662 5188 315 : : : 1662 5188 316 34 34 CD 1662 5188 317 % % NN 1662 5188 318 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5188 319 land land NN 1662 5188 320 : : : 1662 5188 321 NA NA NNP 1662 5188 322 sq sq RB 1662 5188 323 km km VB 1662 5188 324 Natural natural JJ 1662 5188 325 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5188 326 : : : 1662 5188 327 NA NA NNP 1662 5188 328 Environment environment NN 1662 5188 329 - - HYPH 1662 5188 330 current current JJ 1662 5188 331 issues issue NNS 1662 5188 332 : : : 1662 5188 333 air air NN 1662 5188 334 and and CC 1662 5188 335 water water NN 1662 5188 336 pollution pollution NN 1662 5188 337 in in IN 1662 5188 338 urban urban JJ 1662 5188 339 areas area NNS 1662 5188 340 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5188 341 - - HYPH 1662 5188 342 international international JJ 1662 5188 343 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5188 344 : : : 1662 5188 345 party party NN 1662 5188 346 to to TO 1662 5188 347 : : : 1662 5188 348 Air Air NNP 1662 5188 349 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5188 350 , , , 1662 5188 351 Air Air NNP 1662 5188 352 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5188 353 - - HYPH 1662 5188 354 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 5188 355 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 5188 356 , , , 1662 5188 357 Air Air NNP 1662 5188 358 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5188 359 - - HYPH 1662 5188 360 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 5188 361 85 85 CD 1662 5188 362 , , , 1662 5188 363 Air Air NNP 1662 5188 364 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5188 365 - - HYPH 1662 5188 366 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 5188 367 94 94 CD 1662 5188 368 , , , 1662 5188 369 Air Air NNP 1662 5188 370 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5188 371 - - HYPH 1662 5188 372 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 5188 373 Organic Organic NNP 1662 5188 374 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 5188 375 , , , 1662 5188 376 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 5188 377 , , , 1662 5188 378 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5188 379 Change Change NNP 1662 5188 380 , , , 1662 5188 381 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 5188 382 Species Species NNPS 1662 5188 383 , , , 1662 5188 384 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 5188 385 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 5188 386 , , , 1662 5188 387 Marine Marine NNP 1662 5188 388 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 5188 389 , , , 1662 5188 390 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 5188 391 Test Test NNP 1662 5188 392 Ban Ban NNP 1662 5188 393 , , , 1662 5188 394 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5188 395 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5188 396 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5188 397 , , , 1662 5188 398 Ship Ship NNP 1662 5188 399 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5188 400 , , , 1662 5188 401 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 5188 402 Timber Timber NNP 1662 5188 403 83 83 CD 1662 5188 404 , , , 1662 5188 405 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 5188 406 Timber Timber NNP 1662 5188 407 94 94 CD 1662 5188 408 signed sign VBD 1662 5188 409 , , , 1662 5188 410 but but CC 1662 5188 411 not not RB 1662 5188 412 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5188 413 : : : 1662 5188 414 Desertification desertification NN 1662 5188 415 , , , 1662 5188 416 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 5188 417 Modification Modification NNP 1662 5188 418 , , , 1662 5188 419 Law Law NNP 1662 5188 420 of of IN 1662 5188 421 the the DT 1662 5188 422 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5188 423 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5188 424 - - HYPH 1662 5188 425 note note NN 1662 5188 426 : : : 1662 5188 427 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 5188 428 @Luxembourg @luxembourg NN 1662 5188 429 : : : 1662 5188 430 People People NNPS 1662 5188 431 Population Population NNP 1662 5188 432 : : : 1662 5188 433 420,416 420,416 CD 1662 5188 434 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5188 435 July July NNP 1662 5188 436 1997 1997 CD 1662 5188 437 est est NNP 1662 5188 438 . . . 1662 5188 439 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5189 1 Age age NN 1662 5189 2 structure structure NN 1662 5189 3 : : : 1662 5189 4 0 0 CD 1662 5189 5 - - HYPH 1662 5189 6 14 14 CD 1662 5189 7 years year NNS 1662 5189 8 : : : 1662 5189 9 18 18 CD 1662 5189 10 % % NN 1662 5189 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5189 12 male male NN 1662 5189 13 39,219 39,219 CD 1662 5189 14 ; ; : 1662 5189 15 female female JJ 1662 5189 16 37,459 37,459 CD 1662 5189 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5189 18 15 15 CD 1662 5189 19 - - SYM 1662 5189 20 64 64 CD 1662 5189 21 years year NNS 1662 5189 22 : : : 1662 5189 23 67 67 CD 1662 5189 24 % % NN 1662 5189 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5189 26 male male JJ 1662 5189 27 143,754 143,754 CD 1662 5189 28 ; ; : 1662 5189 29 female female JJ 1662 5189 30 138,493 138,493 CD 1662 5189 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5189 32 65 65 CD 1662 5189 33 years year NNS 1662 5189 34 and and CC 1662 5189 35 over over RB 1662 5189 36 : : : 1662 5189 37 15 15 CD 1662 5189 38 % % NN 1662 5189 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5189 40 male male NNP 1662 5189 41 24,653 24,653 CD 1662 5189 42 ; ; : 1662 5189 43 female female JJ 1662 5189 44 36,838 36,838 CD 1662 5189 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5189 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5189 47 July July NNP 1662 5189 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5189 49 est est NNP 1662 5189 50 . . . 1662 5189 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5190 1 Population population NN 1662 5190 2 growth growth NN 1662 5190 3 rate rate NN 1662 5190 4 : : : 1662 5190 5 1.16 1.16 CD 1662 5190 6 % % NN 1662 5190 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5190 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5190 9 est est NNP 1662 5190 10 . . . 1662 5190 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5191 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5191 2 rate rate NN 1662 5191 3 : : : 1662 5191 4 11.92 11.92 CD 1662 5191 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 5191 6 population population NN 1662 5191 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5191 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5191 9 est est NNP 1662 5191 10 . . . 1662 5191 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5192 1 Death death NN 1662 5192 2 rate rate NN 1662 5192 3 : : : 1662 5192 4 9.29 9.29 CD 1662 5192 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5192 6 population population NN 1662 5192 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5192 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5192 9 est est NNP 1662 5192 10 . . . 1662 5192 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5193 1 Net net JJ 1662 5193 2 migration migration NN 1662 5193 3 rate rate NN 1662 5193 4 : : : 1662 5193 5 8.92 8.92 CD 1662 5193 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 5193 7 population population NN 1662 5193 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5193 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5193 10 est est NNP 1662 5193 11 . . . 1662 5193 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5194 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5194 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5194 3 : : : 1662 5194 4 at at IN 1662 5194 5 birth birth NN 1662 5194 6 : : : 1662 5194 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 5194 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5194 9 under under IN 1662 5194 10 15 15 CD 1662 5194 11 years year NNS 1662 5194 12 : : : 1662 5194 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 5194 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5194 15 15 15 CD 1662 5194 16 - - HYPH 1662 5194 17 64 64 CD 1662 5194 18 years year NNS 1662 5194 19 : : : 1662 5194 20 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 5194 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5194 22 65 65 CD 1662 5194 23 years year NNS 1662 5194 24 and and CC 1662 5194 25 over over IN 1662 5194 26 : : : 1662 5194 27 0.67 0.67 CD 1662 5194 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 5194 29 total total JJ 1662 5194 30 population population NN 1662 5194 31 : : : 1662 5194 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 5194 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5194 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5194 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5194 36 est e JJS 1662 5194 37 . . . 1662 5194 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5195 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5195 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5195 3 rate rate NN 1662 5195 4 : : : 1662 5195 5 5.1 5.1 CD 1662 5195 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5195 7 live live JJ 1662 5195 8 births birth NNS 1662 5195 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5195 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5195 11 est est NNP 1662 5195 12 . . . 1662 5195 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5196 1 Life life NN 1662 5196 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5196 3 at at IN 1662 5196 4 birth birth NN 1662 5196 5 : : : 1662 5196 6 total total JJ 1662 5196 7 population population NN 1662 5196 8 : : : 1662 5196 9 77.33 77.33 CD 1662 5196 10 years year NNS 1662 5196 11 male male JJ 1662 5196 12 : : : 1662 5196 13 74.24 74.24 CD 1662 5196 14 years year NNS 1662 5196 15 female female JJ 1662 5196 16 : : : 1662 5196 17 80.52 80.52 CD 1662 5196 18 years year NNS 1662 5196 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5196 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5196 21 est est NNP 1662 5196 22 . . . 1662 5196 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5197 1 Total total JJ 1662 5197 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5197 3 rate rate NN 1662 5197 4 : : : 1662 5197 5 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 5197 6 children child NNS 1662 5197 7 born bear VBN 1662 5197 8 / / SYM 1662 5197 9 woman woman NN 1662 5197 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5197 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5197 12 est est NNP 1662 5197 13 . . . 1662 5197 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5198 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5198 2 : : : 1662 5198 3 noun noun NNP 1662 5198 4 : : : 1662 5198 5 Luxembourger(s Luxembourger(s NNP 1662 5198 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5198 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 5198 8 : : : 1662 5198 9 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 5198 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5198 11 groups group NNS 1662 5198 12 : : : 1662 5198 13 Celtic celtic JJ 1662 5198 14 base base NN 1662 5198 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5198 16 with with IN 1662 5198 17 French french JJ 1662 5198 18 and and CC 1662 5198 19 German german JJ 1662 5198 20 blend blend NN 1662 5198 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5198 22 , , , 1662 5198 23 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 5198 24 , , , 1662 5198 25 Italian italian JJ 1662 5198 26 , , , 1662 5198 27 and and CC 1662 5198 28 European european JJ 1662 5198 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5198 30 guest guest NN 1662 5198 31 and and CC 1662 5198 32 worker worker NN 1662 5198 33 residents resident NNS 1662 5198 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5198 35 Religions religion NNS 1662 5198 36 : : : 1662 5198 37 Roman Roman NNP 1662 5198 38 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 5198 39 97 97 CD 1662 5198 40 % % NN 1662 5198 41 , , , 1662 5198 42 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 5198 43 and and CC 1662 5198 44 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 5198 45 3 3 CD 1662 5198 46 % % NN 1662 5198 47 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 5198 48 : : : 1662 5198 49 Luxembourgish Luxembourgish NNP 1662 5198 50 , , , 1662 5198 51 German german JJ 1662 5198 52 , , , 1662 5198 53 French french JJ 1662 5198 54 , , , 1662 5198 55 English English NNP 1662 5198 56 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 5198 57 : : : 1662 5198 58 definition definition NN 1662 5198 59 : : : 1662 5198 60 age age NN 1662 5198 61 15 15 CD 1662 5198 62 and and CC 1662 5198 63 over over RB 1662 5198 64 can can MD 1662 5198 65 read read VB 1662 5198 66 and and CC 1662 5198 67 write write VB 1662 5198 68 total total JJ 1662 5198 69 population population NN 1662 5198 70 : : : 1662 5198 71 100 100 CD 1662 5198 72 % % NN 1662 5198 73 male male NN 1662 5198 74 : : : 1662 5198 75 100 100 CD 1662 5198 76 % % NN 1662 5198 77 female female NN 1662 5198 78 : : : 1662 5198 79 100 100 CD 1662 5198 80 % % NN 1662 5198 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5198 82 1980 1980 CD 1662 5198 83 est est NNP 1662 5198 84 . . . 1662 5198 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5199 1 @Luxembourg @luxembourg NN 1662 5199 2 : : : 1662 5199 3 Government Government NNP 1662 5199 4 Country Country NNP 1662 5199 5 name name NN 1662 5199 6 : : : 1662 5199 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5199 8 long long JJ 1662 5199 9 form form NN 1662 5199 10 : : : 1662 5199 11 Grand Grand NNP 1662 5199 12 Duchy Duchy NNP 1662 5199 13 of of IN 1662 5199 14 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 5199 15 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5199 16 short short JJ 1662 5199 17 form form NN 1662 5199 18 : : : 1662 5199 19 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 5199 20 local local JJ 1662 5199 21 long long JJ 1662 5199 22 form form NN 1662 5199 23 : : : 1662 5199 24 Grand Grand NNP 1662 5199 25 - - HYPH 1662 5199 26 Duche Duche NNP 1662 5199 27 de de IN 1662 5199 28 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 5199 29 local local JJ 1662 5199 30 short short JJ 1662 5199 31 form form NN 1662 5199 32 : : : 1662 5199 33 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 5199 34 Data Data NNP 1662 5199 35 code code NN 1662 5199 36 : : : 1662 5199 37 LU LU NNP 1662 5199 38 Government Government NNP 1662 5199 39 type type NN 1662 5199 40 : : : 1662 5199 41 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 5199 42 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 5199 43 National national JJ 1662 5199 44 capital capital NN 1662 5199 45 : : : 1662 5199 46 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 5199 47 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 5199 48 divisions division NNS 1662 5199 49 : : : 1662 5199 50 3 3 CD 1662 5199 51 districts district NNS 1662 5199 52 ; ; : 1662 5199 53 Diekirch Diekirch NNP 1662 5199 54 , , , 1662 5199 55 Grevenmacher Grevenmacher NNP 1662 5199 56 , , , 1662 5199 57 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 5199 58 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5199 59 : : : 1662 5199 60 1839 1839 CD 1662 5199 61 National national JJ 1662 5199 62 holiday holiday NN 1662 5199 63 : : : 1662 5199 64 National National NNP 1662 5199 65 Day Day NNP 1662 5199 66 , , , 1662 5199 67 23 23 CD 1662 5199 68 June June NNP 1662 5199 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5199 70 1921 1921 CD 1662 5199 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5199 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5199 73 public public JJ 1662 5199 74 celebration celebration NN 1662 5199 75 of of IN 1662 5199 76 the the DT 1662 5199 77 Grand Grand NNP 1662 5199 78 Duke Duke NNP 1662 5199 79 's 's POS 1662 5199 80 birthday birthday NN 1662 5199 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5199 82 Constitution constitution NN 1662 5199 83 : : : 1662 5199 84 17 17 CD 1662 5199 85 October October NNP 1662 5199 86 1868 1868 CD 1662 5199 87 , , , 1662 5199 88 occasional occasional JJ 1662 5199 89 revisions revision NNS 1662 5199 90 Legal legal JJ 1662 5199 91 system system NN 1662 5199 92 : : : 1662 5199 93 based base VBN 1662 5199 94 on on IN 1662 5199 95 civil civil JJ 1662 5199 96 law law NN 1662 5199 97 system system NN 1662 5199 98 ; ; : 1662 5199 99 accepts accept VBZ 1662 5199 100 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 5199 101 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 5199 102 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 5199 103 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 5199 104 : : : 1662 5199 105 18 18 CD 1662 5199 106 years year NNS 1662 5199 107 of of IN 1662 5199 108 age age NN 1662 5199 109 ; ; : 1662 5199 110 universal universal JJ 1662 5199 111 and and CC 1662 5199 112 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 5199 113 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5199 114 branch branch NN 1662 5199 115 : : : 1662 5199 116 chief chief NN 1662 5199 117 of of IN 1662 5199 118 state state NN 1662 5199 119 : : : 1662 5199 120 Grand Grand NNP 1662 5199 121 Duke Duke NNP 1662 5199 122 JEAN JEAN NNP 1662 5199 123 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5199 124 since since IN 1662 5199 125 12 12 CD 1662 5199 126 November November NNP 1662 5199 127 1964 1964 CD 1662 5199 128 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5199 129 ; ; : 1662 5199 130 Heir heir VB 1662 5199 131 Apparent apparent JJ 1662 5199 132 Prince Prince NNP 1662 5199 133 HENRI HENRI NNP 1662 5199 134 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5199 135 son son NN 1662 5199 136 of of IN 1662 5199 137 Grand Grand NNP 1662 5199 138 Duke Duke NNP 1662 5199 139 JEAN JEAN NNP 1662 5199 140 , , , 1662 5199 141 born bear VBN 1662 5199 142 16 16 CD 1662 5199 143 April April NNP 1662 5199 144 1955 1955 CD 1662 5199 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5199 146 head head NN 1662 5199 147 of of IN 1662 5199 148 government government NN 1662 5199 149 : : : 1662 5199 150 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5199 151 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5199 152 Jean Jean NNP 1662 5199 153 - - HYPH 1662 5199 154 Claude Claude NNP 1662 5199 155 JUNCKER JUNCKER NNPS 1662 5199 156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5199 157 since since IN 1662 5199 158 1 1 CD 1662 5199 159 January January NNP 1662 5199 160 1995 1995 CD 1662 5199 161 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5199 162 and and CC 1662 5199 163 Vice Vice NNP 1662 5199 164 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5199 165 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5199 166 Jacques Jacques NNP 1662 5199 167 F. F. NNP 1662 5199 168 POOS POOS NNP 1662 5199 169 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5199 170 since since IN 1662 5199 171 21 21 CD 1662 5199 172 July July NNP 1662 5199 173 1984 1984 CD 1662 5199 174 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5199 175 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5199 176 : : : 1662 5199 177 Council Council NNP 1662 5199 178 of of IN 1662 5199 179 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 5199 180 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5199 181 by by IN 1662 5199 182 the the DT 1662 5199 183 sovereign sovereign JJ 1662 5199 184 , , , 1662 5199 185 responsible responsible JJ 1662 5199 186 to to IN 1662 5199 187 the the DT 1662 5199 188 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 5199 189 of of IN 1662 5199 190 Deputies Deputies NNP 1662 5199 191 elections election NNS 1662 5199 192 : : : 1662 5199 193 none none NN 1662 5199 194 ; ; : 1662 5199 195 the the DT 1662 5199 196 grand grand JJ 1662 5199 197 duke duke NNP 1662 5199 198 is be VBZ 1662 5199 199 a a DT 1662 5199 200 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 5199 201 monarch monarch NN 1662 5199 202 ; ; : 1662 5199 203 prime prime NNP 1662 5199 204 minister minister NNP 1662 5199 205 and and CC 1662 5199 206 vice vice NNP 1662 5199 207 prime prime NNP 1662 5199 208 minister minister NN 1662 5199 209 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5199 210 by by IN 1662 5199 211 the the DT 1662 5199 212 sovereign sovereign NN 1662 5199 213 but but CC 1662 5199 214 are be VBP 1662 5199 215 responsible responsible JJ 1662 5199 216 to to IN 1662 5199 217 the the DT 1662 5199 218 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 5199 219 of of IN 1662 5199 220 Deputies Deputies NNP 1662 5199 221 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 5199 222 branch branch NN 1662 5199 223 : : : 1662 5199 224 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 5199 225 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 5199 226 of of IN 1662 5199 227 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 5199 228 or or CC 1662 5199 229 Chambre Chambre NNP 1662 5199 230 des des NNP 1662 5199 231 Deputes Deputes NNP 1662 5199 232 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5199 233 60 60 CD 1662 5199 234 seats seat NNS 1662 5199 235 ; ; : 1662 5199 236 members member NNS 1662 5199 237 are be VBP 1662 5199 238 elected elect VBN 1662 5199 239 by by IN 1662 5199 240 direct direct JJ 1662 5199 241 popular popular JJ 1662 5199 242 vote vote NN 1662 5199 243 to to TO 1662 5199 244 serve serve VB 1662 5199 245 five five CD 1662 5199 246 - - HYPH 1662 5199 247 year year NN 1662 5199 248 terms term NNS 1662 5199 249 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5199 250 elections election NNS 1662 5199 251 : : : 1662 5199 252 last last RB 1662 5199 253 held hold VBD 1662 5199 254 12 12 CD 1662 5199 255 June June NNP 1662 5199 256 1994 1994 CD 1662 5199 257 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5199 258 next next JJ 1662 5199 259 to to TO 1662 5199 260 be be VB 1662 5199 261 held hold VBN 1662 5199 262 by by IN 1662 5199 263 June June NNP 1662 5199 264 1999 1999 CD 1662 5199 265 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5199 266 election election NN 1662 5199 267 results result NNS 1662 5199 268 : : : 1662 5199 269 percent percent NN 1662 5199 270 of of IN 1662 5199 271 vote vote NN 1662 5199 272 by by IN 1662 5199 273 party party NN 1662 5199 274 - - HYPH 1662 5199 275 NA NA NNP 1662 5199 276 ; ; , 1662 5199 277 seats seat NNS 1662 5199 278 by by IN 1662 5199 279 party party NN 1662 5199 280 - - HYPH 1662 5199 281 CSV CSV NNP 1662 5199 282 21 21 CD 1662 5199 283 , , , 1662 5199 284 LSAP lsap VB 1662 5199 285 17 17 CD 1662 5199 286 , , , 1662 5199 287 DP DP NNP 1662 5199 288 12 12 CD 1662 5199 289 , , , 1662 5199 290 Action Action NNP 1662 5199 291 Committee Committee NNP 1662 5199 292 for for IN 1662 5199 293 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 5199 294 and and CC 1662 5199 295 Pension Pension NNP 1662 5199 296 Rights Rights NNPS 1662 5199 297 5 5 CD 1662 5199 298 , , , 1662 5199 299 Greens Greens NNP 1662 5199 300 5 5 CD 1662 5199 301 note note NN 1662 5199 302 : : : 1662 5199 303 the the DT 1662 5199 304 Conseil Conseil NNP 1662 5199 305 d'Etat d'Etat NNP 1662 5199 306 or or CC 1662 5199 307 Council Council NNP 1662 5199 308 of of IN 1662 5199 309 State State NNP 1662 5199 310 is be VBZ 1662 5199 311 an an DT 1662 5199 312 advisory advisory JJ 1662 5199 313 body body NN 1662 5199 314 whose whose WP$ 1662 5199 315 views view NNS 1662 5199 316 are be VBP 1662 5199 317 considered consider VBN 1662 5199 318 by by IN 1662 5199 319 the the DT 1662 5199 320 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 5199 321 of of IN 1662 5199 322 Deputies Deputies NNP 1662 5199 323 Judicial Judicial NNP 1662 5199 324 branch branch NN 1662 5199 325 : : : 1662 5199 326 Superior Superior NNP 1662 5199 327 Court Court NNP 1662 5199 328 of of IN 1662 5199 329 Justice Justice NNP 1662 5199 330 or or CC 1662 5199 331 Cour Cour NNP 1662 5199 332 Superieure Superieure NNP 1662 5199 333 de de FW 1662 5199 334 Justice Justice NNP 1662 5199 335 , , , 1662 5199 336 judges judge NNS 1662 5199 337 are be VBP 1662 5199 338 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5199 339 for for IN 1662 5199 340 life life NN 1662 5199 341 by by IN 1662 5199 342 the the DT 1662 5199 343 Grand Grand NNP 1662 5199 344 Duke Duke NNP 1662 5199 345 ; ; : 1662 5199 346 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 5199 347 Court Court NNP 1662 5199 348 or or CC 1662 5199 349 Tribunale Tribunale NNP 1662 5199 350 Administratin Administratin NNP 1662 5199 351 Political political JJ 1662 5199 352 parties party NNS 1662 5199 353 and and CC 1662 5199 354 leaders leader NNS 1662 5199 355 : : : 1662 5199 356 Christian Christian NNP 1662 5199 357 Social Social NNP 1662 5199 358 People People NNPS 1662 5199 359 's 's POS 1662 5199 360 Party Party NNP 1662 5199 361 or or CC 1662 5199 362 CSV CSV NNP 1662 5199 363 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5199 364 Erna Erna NNP 1662 5199 365 HENNICOT HENNICOT NNP 1662 5199 366 - - HYPH 1662 5199 367 SCHOEPGES SCHOEPGES NNP 1662 5199 368 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5199 369 ; ; : 1662 5199 370 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 5199 371 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 5199 372 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 5199 373 ' ' POS 1662 5199 374 Party Party NNP 1662 5199 375 or or CC 1662 5199 376 LSAP lsap VB 1662 5199 377 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5199 378 Ben Ben NNP 1662 5199 379 FAYOT FAYOT NNP 1662 5199 380 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5199 381 ; ; : 1662 5199 382 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5199 383 Party Party NNP 1662 5199 384 or or CC 1662 5199 385 DP DP NNP 1662 5199 386 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5199 387 Lydie Lydie NNP 1662 5199 388 Wurth Wurth NNP 1662 5199 389 POLFER POLFER NNP 1662 5199 390 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5199 391 ; ; : 1662 5199 392 Action Action NNP 1662 5199 393 Committee Committee NNP 1662 5199 394 for for IN 1662 5199 395 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 5199 396 and and CC 1662 5199 397 Pension Pension NNP 1662 5199 398 Rights Rights NNPS 1662 5199 399 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5199 400 Roby Roby NNP 1662 5199 401 MEHLEN MEHLEN NNP 1662 5199 402 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5199 403 ; ; : 1662 5199 404 the the DT 1662 5199 405 Green Green NNP 1662 5199 406 Alternative Alternative NNP 1662 5199 407 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5199 408 Abbes Abbes NNP 1662 5199 409 JACOBY JACOBY NNP 1662 5199 410 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5199 411 ; ; : 1662 5199 412 other other JJ 1662 5199 413 minor minor JJ 1662 5199 414 parties party NNS 1662 5199 415 Political political JJ 1662 5199 416 pressure pressure NN 1662 5199 417 groups group NNS 1662 5199 418 and and CC 1662 5199 419 leaders leader NNS 1662 5199 420 : : : 1662 5199 421 group group NN 1662 5199 422 of of IN 1662 5199 423 steel steel NN 1662 5199 424 companies company NNS 1662 5199 425 representing represent VBG 1662 5199 426 iron iron NN 1662 5199 427 and and CC 1662 5199 428 steel steel NN 1662 5199 429 industry industry NN 1662 5199 430 ; ; : 1662 5199 431 Centrale Centrale NNP 1662 5199 432 Paysanne Paysanne NNP 1662 5199 433 representing represent VBG 1662 5199 434 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 5199 435 producers producer NNS 1662 5199 436 ; ; : 1662 5199 437 Christian christian JJ 1662 5199 438 and and CC 1662 5199 439 Socialist socialist JJ 1662 5199 440 labor labor NN 1662 5199 441 unions union NNS 1662 5199 442 ; ; : 1662 5199 443 Federation Federation NNP 1662 5199 444 of of IN 1662 5199 445 Industrialists Industrialists NNPS 1662 5199 446 ; ; : 1662 5199 447 Artisans Artisans NNPS 1662 5199 448 and and CC 1662 5199 449 Shopkeepers Shopkeepers NNPS 1662 5199 450 Federation Federation NNP 1662 5199 451 International International NNP 1662 5199 452 organization organization NN 1662 5199 453 participation participation NN 1662 5199 454 : : : 1662 5199 455 ACCT acct JJ 1662 5199 456 , , , 1662 5199 457 Australia Australia NNP 1662 5199 458 Group Group NNP 1662 5199 459 , , , 1662 5199 460 Benelux Benelux NNP 1662 5199 461 , , , 1662 5199 462 CCC CCC NNP 1662 5199 463 , , , 1662 5199 464 CE CE NNP 1662 5199 465 , , , 1662 5199 466 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 5199 467 , , , 1662 5199 468 ECE ECE NNP 1662 5199 469 , , , 1662 5199 470 EIB EIB NNP 1662 5199 471 , , , 1662 5199 472 EU EU NNP 1662 5199 473 , , , 1662 5199 474 FAO FAO NNP 1662 5199 475 , , , 1662 5199 476 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 5199 477 , , , 1662 5199 478 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 5199 479 , , , 1662 5199 480 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 5199 481 , , , 1662 5199 482 ICC ICC NNP 1662 5199 483 , , , 1662 5199 484 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 5199 485 , , , 1662 5199 486 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 5199 487 , , , 1662 5199 488 IDA IDA NNP 1662 5199 489 , , , 1662 5199 490 IEA IEA NNP 1662 5199 491 , , , 1662 5199 492 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 5199 493 , , , 1662 5199 494 IFC IFC NNP 1662 5199 495 , , , 1662 5199 496 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 5199 497 , , , 1662 5199 498 ILO ILO NNP 1662 5199 499 , , , 1662 5199 500 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5199 501 , , , 1662 5199 502 IMO imo RB 1662 5199 503 , , , 1662 5199 504 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5199 505 , , , 1662 5199 506 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 5199 507 , , , 1662 5199 508 IOC IOC NNP 1662 5199 509 , , , 1662 5199 510 IOM IOM NNP 1662 5199 511 , , , 1662 5199 512 ITU ITU NNP 1662 5199 513 , , , 1662 5199 514 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 5199 515 , , , 1662 5199 516 NACC NACC NNP 1662 5199 517 , , , 1662 5199 518 NATO NATO NNP 1662 5199 519 , , , 1662 5199 520 NEA NEA NNP 1662 5199 521 , , , 1662 5199 522 NSG NSG NNP 1662 5199 523 , , , 1662 5199 524 OECD OECD NNP 1662 5199 525 , , , 1662 5199 526 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 5199 527 , , , 1662 5199 528 PCA PCA NNP 1662 5199 529 , , , 1662 5199 530 UN UN NNP 1662 5199 531 , , , 1662 5199 532 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 5199 533 , , , 1662 5199 534 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 5199 535 , , , 1662 5199 536 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 5199 537 , , , 1662 5199 538 UPU UPU NNP 1662 5199 539 , , , 1662 5199 540 WCL WCL NNP 1662 5199 541 , , , 1662 5199 542 WEU WEU NNP 1662 5199 543 , , , 1662 5199 544 WHO who WP 1662 5199 545 , , , 1662 5199 546 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 5199 547 , , , 1662 5199 548 WMO WMO NNP 1662 5199 549 , , , 1662 5199 550 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 5199 551 , , , 1662 5199 552 ZC ZC NNP 1662 5199 553 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5199 554 representation representation NN 1662 5199 555 in in IN 1662 5199 556 the the DT 1662 5199 557 US US NNP 1662 5199 558 : : : 1662 5199 559 chief chief NN 1662 5199 560 of of IN 1662 5199 561 mission mission NN 1662 5199 562 : : : 1662 5199 563 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5199 564 Alphonse Alphonse NNP 1662 5199 565 BERNS BERNS NNP 1662 5199 566 chancery chancery NN 1662 5199 567 : : : 1662 5199 568 2200 2200 CD 1662 5199 569 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 5199 570 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 5199 571 NW NW NNP 1662 5199 572 , , , 1662 5199 573 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5199 574 , , , 1662 5199 575 DC DC NNP 1662 5199 576 20008 20008 CD 1662 5199 577 telephone telephone NN 1662 5199 578 : : : 1662 5199 579 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5199 580 1 1 CD 1662 5199 581 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5199 582 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5199 583 202 202 CD 1662 5199 584 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5199 585 265 265 CD 1662 5199 586 - - HYPH 1662 5199 587 4171 4171 CD 1662 5199 588 FAX FAX NNP 1662 5199 589 : : : 1662 5199 590 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5199 591 1 1 CD 1662 5199 592 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5199 593 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5199 594 202 202 CD 1662 5199 595 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5199 596 328 328 CD 1662 5199 597 - - HYPH 1662 5199 598 8270 8270 CD 1662 5199 599 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 5199 600 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5199 601 general general NN 1662 5199 602 : : : 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Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 5199 637 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 5199 638 , , , 1662 5199 639 Unit unit NN 1662 5199 640 1410 1410 CD 1662 5199 641 , , , 1662 5199 642 APO APO NNP 1662 5199 643 AE AE NNP 1662 5199 644 09126 09126 CD 1662 5199 645 - - SYM 1662 5199 646 1410 1410 CD 1662 5199 647 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5199 648 official official JJ 1662 5199 649 mail mail NN 1662 5199 650 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5199 651 ; ; : 1662 5199 652 American American NNP 1662 5199 653 Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 5199 654 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 5199 655 , , , 1662 5199 656 PSC psc NN 1662 5199 657 9 9 CD 1662 5199 658 , , , 1662 5199 659 Box Box NNP 1662 5199 660 9500 9500 CD 1662 5199 661 , , , 1662 5199 662 APO APO NNP 1662 5199 663 AE AE NNP 1662 5199 664 09123 09123 CD 1662 5199 665 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5199 666 personal personal JJ 1662 5199 667 mail mail NN 1662 5199 668 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5199 669 telephone telephone NN 1662 5199 670 : : : 1662 5199 671 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5199 672 352 352 CD 1662 5199 673 ] ] -RRB- 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be VBZ 1662 5208 48 foreign foreign JJ 1662 5208 49 workers worker NNS 1662 5208 50 , , , 1662 5208 51 mostly mostly RB 1662 5208 52 from from IN 1662 5208 53 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 5208 54 , , , 1662 5208 55 Italy Italy NNP 1662 5208 56 , , , 1662 5208 57 France France NNP 1662 5208 58 , , , 1662 5208 59 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 5208 60 , , , 1662 5208 61 and and CC 1662 5208 62 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5208 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5208 64 by by IN 1662 5208 65 occupation occupation NN 1662 5208 66 : : : 1662 5208 67 trade trade NN 1662 5208 68 , , , 1662 5208 69 restaurants restaurant NNS 1662 5208 70 , , , 1662 5208 71 hotels hotel VBZ 1662 5208 72 20 20 CD 1662 5208 73 % % NN 1662 5208 74 , , , 1662 5208 75 mining mining NN 1662 5208 76 , , , 1662 5208 77 quarrying quarrying NN 1662 5208 78 , , , 1662 5208 79 manufacturing manufacture VBG 1662 5208 80 16 16 CD 1662 5208 81 % % NN 1662 5208 82 , , , 1662 5208 83 other other JJ 1662 5208 84 market market NN 1662 5208 85 services 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economic JJ 1662 5214 36 aid aid NN 1662 5214 37 : : : 1662 5214 38 donor donor NN 1662 5214 39 : : : 1662 5214 40 ODA ODA NNP 1662 5214 41 , , , 1662 5214 42 $ $ $ 1662 5214 43 50 50 CD 1662 5214 44 million million CD 1662 5214 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5214 46 1993 1993 CD 1662 5214 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5214 48 Currency currency NN 1662 5214 49 : : : 1662 5214 50 1 1 CD 1662 5214 51 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 5214 52 franc franc NN 1662 5214 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5214 54 LuxF LuxF NNP 1662 5214 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5214 56 = = NFP 1662 5214 57 100 100 CD 1662 5214 58 centimes centime NNS 1662 5214 59 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5214 60 rates rate NNS 1662 5214 61 : : : 1662 5214 62 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 5214 63 francs franc NNS 1662 5214 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5214 65 LuxF LuxF NNP 1662 5214 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5214 67 per per IN 1662 5214 68 US$ us$ $ 1662 5214 69 1 1 CD 1662 5214 70 - - SYM 1662 5214 71 30.067 30.067 CD 1662 5214 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5214 73 January January NNP 1662 5214 74 1997 1997 CD 1662 5214 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5214 76 , , , 1662 5214 77 30.962 30.962 CD 1662 5214 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5214 79 1996 1996 CD 1662 5214 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5214 81 , , , 1662 5214 82 29.480 29.480 CD 1662 5214 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5214 84 1995 1995 CD 1662 5214 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5214 86 , , , 1662 5214 87 33.456 33.456 CD 1662 5214 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5214 89 1994 1994 CD 1662 5214 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5214 91 , , , 1662 5214 92 34.597 34.597 CD 1662 5214 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5214 94 1993 1993 CD 1662 5214 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5214 96 , , , 1662 5214 97 32.150 32.150 CD 1662 5214 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5214 99 1992 1992 CD 1662 5214 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5214 101 ; ; : 1662 5214 102 note note VB 1662 5214 103 - - : 1662 5214 104 the the DT 1662 5214 105 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 5214 106 franc franc NN 1662 5214 107 is be VBZ 1662 5214 108 at at IN 1662 5214 109 par par NN 1662 5214 110 with with IN 1662 5214 111 the the DT 1662 5214 112 Belgian belgian JJ 1662 5214 113 franc franc NN 1662 5214 114 , , , 1662 5214 115 which which WDT 1662 5214 116 circulates circulate VBZ 1662 5214 117 freely freely RB 1662 5214 118 in in IN 1662 5214 119 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 5214 120 Fiscal Fiscal NNP 1662 5214 121 year year NN 1662 5214 122 : : : 1662 5214 123 calendar calendar NNP 1662 5214 124 year year NN 1662 5214 125 @Luxembourg @luxembourg NN 1662 5214 126 : : : 1662 5214 127 Communications Communications NNP 1662 5214 128 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 5214 129 : : : 1662 5214 130 221,900 221,900 CD 1662 5214 131 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5214 132 1994 1994 CD 1662 5214 133 est est NNP 1662 5214 134 . . . 1662 5214 135 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5215 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5215 2 system system NN 1662 5215 3 : : : 1662 5215 4 highly highly RB 1662 5215 5 developed developed JJ 1662 5215 6 , , , 1662 5215 7 completely completely RB 1662 5215 8 automated automated JJ 1662 5215 9 and and CC 1662 5215 10 efficient efficient JJ 1662 5215 11 system system NN 1662 5215 12 , , , 1662 5215 13 mainly mainly RB 1662 5215 14 buried bury VBD 1662 5215 15 cables cable NNS 1662 5215 16 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5215 17 : : : 1662 5215 18 nationwide nationwide JJ 1662 5215 19 cellular cellular JJ 1662 5215 20 telephone telephone NN 1662 5215 21 system system NN 1662 5215 22 ; ; : 1662 5215 23 buried bury VBN 1662 5215 24 cable cable NNP 1662 5215 25 international international NNP 1662 5215 26 : : : 1662 5215 27 3 3 CD 1662 5215 28 channels channel NNS 1662 5215 29 leased lease VBN 1662 5215 30 on on IN 1662 5215 31 TAT-6 TAT-6 NNP 1662 5215 32 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 5215 33 submarine submarine NN 1662 5215 34 cable cable NN 1662 5215 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5215 36 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5215 37 to to IN 1662 5215 38 North North NNP 1662 5215 39 America America NNP 1662 5215 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5215 41 Radio Radio NNP 1662 5215 42 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5215 43 stations station NNS 1662 5215 44 : : : 1662 5215 45 AM AM NNP 1662 5215 46 0 0 CD 1662 5215 47 , , , 1662 5215 48 FM FM NNP 1662 5215 49 6 6 CD 1662 5215 50 , , , 1662 5215 51 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 5215 52 0 0 CD 1662 5215 53 Radios radio NNS 1662 5215 54 : : : 1662 5215 55 230,000 230,000 CD 1662 5215 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5215 57 1993 1993 CD 1662 5215 58 est est NNP 1662 5215 59 . . . 1662 5215 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5216 1 Television television NN 1662 5216 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5216 3 stations station NNS 1662 5216 4 : : : 1662 5216 5 1 1 CD 1662 5216 6 plus plus CC 1662 5216 7 1 1 CD 1662 5216 8 direct direct JJ 1662 5216 9 - - HYPH 1662 5216 10 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5216 11 satellite satellite NN 1662 5216 12 link link NN 1662 5216 13 Televisions television NNS 1662 5216 14 : : : 1662 5216 15 100,500 100,500 CD 1662 5216 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5216 17 1993 1993 CD 1662 5216 18 est est NNP 1662 5216 19 . . . 1662 5216 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5217 1 @Luxembourg @luxembourg NN 1662 5217 2 : : : 1662 5217 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5217 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5217 5 : : : 1662 5217 6 total total NN 1662 5217 7 : : : 1662 5217 8 275 275 CD 1662 5217 9 km km NN 1662 5217 10 standard standard JJ 1662 5217 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 5217 12 : : : 1662 5217 13 275 275 CD 1662 5217 14 km km NN 1662 5217 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 5217 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 5217 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5217 18 262 262 CD 1662 5217 19 km km NN 1662 5217 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 5217 21 ; ; : 1662 5217 22 178 178 CD 1662 5217 23 km km NN 1662 5217 24 double double JJ 1662 5217 25 track track NN 1662 5217 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5217 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5217 28 1995 1995 CD 1662 5217 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5217 30 Highways highway NNS 1662 5217 31 : : : 1662 5217 32 total total NN 1662 5217 33 : : : 1662 5217 34 5,137 5,137 CD 1662 5217 35 km km NN 1662 5217 36 paved pave VBN 1662 5217 37 : : : 1662 5217 38 5,086 5,086 CD 1662 5217 39 km km NN 1662 5217 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5217 41 including include VBG 1662 5217 42 123 123 CD 1662 5217 43 km km NNS 1662 5217 44 of of IN 1662 5217 45 expressways expressway NNS 1662 5217 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5217 47 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5217 48 : : : 1662 5217 49 51 51 CD 1662 5217 50 km km NNS 1662 5217 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5217 52 1995 1995 CD 1662 5217 53 est est NNP 1662 5217 54 . . . 1662 5217 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5218 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 5218 2 : : : 1662 5218 3 37 37 CD 1662 5218 4 km km NN 1662 5218 5 ; ; : 1662 5218 6 Moselle Moselle NNP 1662 5218 7 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 5218 8 : : : 1662 5218 9 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5218 10 products product NNS 1662 5218 11 48 48 CD 1662 5218 12 km km NN 1662 5218 13 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 5218 14 and and CC 1662 5218 15 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5218 16 : : : 1662 5218 17 Mertert Mertert NNP 1662 5218 18 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 5218 19 marine marine NN 1662 5218 20 : : : 1662 5218 21 total total NN 1662 5218 22 : : : 1662 5218 23 32 32 CD 1662 5218 24 ships ship NNS 1662 5218 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5218 26 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 5218 27 GRT GRT NNP 1662 5218 28 or or CC 1662 5218 29 over over RB 1662 5218 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5218 31 totaling total VBG 1662 5218 32 858,861 858,861 CD 1662 5218 33 GRT/1,188,457 GRT/1,188,457 -RRB- 1662 5218 34 DWT dwt NN 1662 5218 35 ships ship NNS 1662 5218 36 by by IN 1662 5218 37 type type NN 1662 5218 38 : : : 1662 5218 39 bulk bulk NNP 1662 5218 40 1 1 CD 1662 5218 41 , , , 1662 5218 42 chemical chemical NN 1662 5218 43 tanker tanker NN 1662 5218 44 5 5 CD 1662 5218 45 , , , 1662 5218 46 container container NN 1662 5218 47 2 2 CD 1662 5218 48 , , , 1662 5218 49 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 5218 50 gas gas NN 1662 5218 51 tanker tanker NN 1662 5218 52 12 12 CD 1662 5218 53 , , , 1662 5218 54 oil oil NN 1662 5218 55 tanker tanker NN 1662 5218 56 4 4 CD 1662 5218 57 , , , 1662 5218 58 passenger passenger NN 1662 5218 59 2 2 CD 1662 5218 60 , , , 1662 5218 61 roll roll NN 1662 5218 62 - - HYPH 1662 5218 63 on on IN 1662 5218 64 / / SYM 1662 5218 65 roll roll NN 1662 5218 66 - - HYPH 1662 5218 67 off off RP 1662 5218 68 cargo cargo NN 1662 5218 69 6 6 CD 1662 5218 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5218 71 1996 1996 CD 1662 5218 72 est est NNP 1662 5218 73 . . . 1662 5218 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5219 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5219 2 : : : 1662 5219 3 2 2 CD 1662 5219 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5219 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 5219 6 est est NNP 1662 5219 7 . . . 1662 5219 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5220 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5220 2 - - , 1662 5220 3 with with IN 1662 5220 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5220 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5220 6 : : : 1662 5220 7 total total NN 1662 5220 8 : : : 1662 5220 9 2 2 CD 1662 5220 10 over over IN 1662 5220 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5220 12 m m NN 1662 5220 13 : : : 1662 5220 14 1 1 CD 1662 5220 15 under under IN 1662 5220 16 914 914 CD 1662 5220 17 m m NN 1662 5220 18 : : : 1662 5220 19 1 1 CD 1662 5220 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5220 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 5220 22 est est NNP 1662 5220 23 . . . 1662 5220 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5221 1 Military military JJ 1662 5221 2 Military military JJ 1662 5221 3 branches branch NNS 1662 5221 4 : : : 1662 5221 5 Army Army NNP 1662 5221 6 , , , 1662 5221 7 National National NNP 1662 5221 8 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 5221 9 Military Military NNP 1662 5221 10 manpower manpower NN 1662 5221 11 - - HYPH 1662 5221 12 military military NN 1662 5221 13 age age NN 1662 5221 14 : : : 1662 5221 15 19 19 CD 1662 5221 16 years year NNS 1662 5221 17 of of IN 1662 5221 18 age age NN 1662 5221 19 Military military JJ 1662 5221 20 manpower manpower NN 1662 5221 21 - - HYPH 1662 5221 22 availability availability NN 1662 5221 23 : : : 1662 5221 24 males male NNS 1662 5221 25 age age NNP 1662 5221 26 15 15 CD 1662 5221 27 - - HYPH 1662 5221 28 49 49 CD 1662 5221 29 : : SYM 1662 5221 30 107,842 107,842 CD 1662 5221 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5221 32 1997 1997 CD 1662 5221 33 est est NNP 1662 5221 34 . . . 1662 5221 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5222 1 Military military JJ 1662 5222 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5222 3 - - HYPH 1662 5222 4 fit fit NN 1662 5222 5 for for IN 1662 5222 6 military military JJ 1662 5222 7 service service NN 1662 5222 8 : : : 1662 5222 9 males male NNS 1662 5222 10 : : : 1662 5222 11 88,733 88,733 CD 1662 5222 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5222 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5222 14 est est NNP 1662 5222 15 . . . 1662 5222 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5223 1 Military military JJ 1662 5223 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5223 3 - - HYPH 1662 5223 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 5223 5 military military JJ 1662 5223 6 age age NN 1662 5223 7 annually annually RB 1662 5223 8 : : : 1662 5223 9 males male NNS 1662 5223 10 : : : 1662 5223 11 2,337 2,337 CD 1662 5223 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5223 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5223 14 est est NNP 1662 5223 15 . . . 1662 5223 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5224 1 Military military JJ 1662 5224 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5224 3 - - HYPH 1662 5224 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 5224 5 figure figure NN 1662 5224 6 : : : 1662 5224 7 $ $ $ 1662 5224 8 142 142 CD 1662 5224 9 million million CD 1662 5224 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5224 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 5224 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5224 13 Military military JJ 1662 5224 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5224 15 - - : 1662 5224 16 percent percent NN 1662 5224 17 of of IN 1662 5224 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5224 19 : : : 1662 5224 20 0.8 0.8 CD 1662 5224 21 % % NN 1662 5224 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5224 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 5224 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5224 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5224 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5224 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 5224 28 - - : 1662 5224 29 international international RB 1662 5224 30 : : : 1662 5224 31 none none NN 1662 5224 32 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 33 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 34 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 35 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 36 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 37 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 38 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 39 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 40 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 41 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 42 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 43 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 44 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 45 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 46 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 47 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 48 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 49 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 50 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 51 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 52 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 53 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 54 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 55 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 56 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 57 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 58 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 59 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 60 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 61 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 62 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 63 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 64 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 65 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 66 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 67 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 68 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 69 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 70 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 71 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 72 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 73 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 74 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 75 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 76 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 77 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 78 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 90 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 91 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 92 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 93 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 94 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 95 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 96 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 97 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 98 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 99 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 100 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 101 _ _ NNP 1662 5224 102 MACAU MACAU NNP 1662 5224 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5224 104 overseas overseas JJ 1662 5224 105 territory territory NN 1662 5224 106 of of IN 1662 5224 107 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 5224 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5224 109 @Macau @Macau NNP 1662 5224 110 : : : 1662 5224 111 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5224 112 Location Location NNP 1662 5224 113 : : : 1662 5224 114 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 5224 115 Asia Asia NNP 1662 5224 116 , , , 1662 5224 117 bordering border VBG 1662 5224 118 the the DT 1662 5224 119 South South NNP 1662 5224 120 China China NNP 1662 5224 121 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5224 122 and and CC 1662 5224 123 China China NNP 1662 5224 124 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5224 125 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5224 126 : : : 1662 5224 127 22 22 CD 1662 5224 128 10 10 CD 1662 5224 129 N n CD 1662 5224 130 , , , 1662 5224 131 113 113 CD 1662 5224 132 33 33 CD 1662 5224 133 E e NN 1662 5224 134 Map Map NNP 1662 5224 135 references reference NNS 1662 5224 136 : : : 1662 5224 137 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 5224 138 Asia Asia NNP 1662 5224 139 Area Area NNP 1662 5224 140 : : : 1662 5224 141 total total NN 1662 5224 142 : : : 1662 5224 143 16 16 CD 1662 5224 144 sq sq RB 1662 5224 145 km km NNP 1662 5224 146 land land NN 1662 5224 147 : : : 1662 5224 148 16 16 CD 1662 5224 149 sq sq RB 1662 5224 150 km km NNP 1662 5224 151 water water NN 1662 5224 152 : : : 1662 5224 153 0 0 NFP 1662 5224 154 sq sq NN 1662 5224 155 km km NNP 1662 5224 156 Area area NN 1662 5224 157 - - HYPH 1662 5224 158 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5224 159 : : : 1662 5224 160 about about IN 1662 5224 161 0.1 0.1 CD 1662 5224 162 times time NNS 1662 5224 163 the the DT 1662 5224 164 size size NN 1662 5224 165 of of IN 1662 5224 166 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5224 167 , , , 1662 5224 168 DC DC NNP 1662 5224 169 Land Land NNP 1662 5224 170 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5224 171 : : : 1662 5224 172 total total JJ 1662 5224 173 : : : 1662 5224 174 0.34 0.34 CD 1662 5224 175 km km NN 1662 5224 176 border border NN 1662 5224 177 countries country NNS 1662 5224 178 : : : 1662 5224 179 China China NNP 1662 5224 180 0.34 0.34 CD 1662 5224 181 km km NN 1662 5224 182 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5224 183 : : : 1662 5224 184 40 40 CD 1662 5224 185 km km NN 1662 5224 186 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5224 187 claims claim VBZ 1662 5224 188 : : : 1662 5224 189 not not RB 1662 5224 190 specified specify VBN 1662 5224 191 Climate climate NN 1662 5224 192 : : : 1662 5224 193 subtropical subtropical JJ 1662 5224 194 ; ; : 1662 5224 195 marine marine JJ 1662 5224 196 with with IN 1662 5224 197 cool cool JJ 1662 5224 198 winters winter NNS 1662 5224 199 , , , 1662 5224 200 warm warm JJ 1662 5224 201 summers summer NNS 1662 5224 202 Terrain terrain NN 1662 5224 203 : : : 1662 5224 204 generally generally RB 1662 5224 205 flat flat JJ 1662 5224 206 Elevation elevation NN 1662 5224 207 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5224 208 : : : 1662 5224 209 lowest low JJS 1662 5224 210 point point NN 1662 5224 211 : : : 1662 5224 212 South South NNP 1662 5224 213 China China NNP 1662 5224 214 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5224 215 0 0 NFP 1662 5224 216 m m DT 1662 5224 217 highest high JJS 1662 5224 218 point point NN 1662 5224 219 : : : 1662 5224 220 Coloane Coloane NNP 1662 5224 221 Alto Alto NNP 1662 5224 222 174 174 CD 1662 5224 223 m m NNP 1662 5224 224 Natural natural JJ 1662 5224 225 resources resource NNS 1662 5224 226 : : : 1662 5224 227 NEGL NEGL NNP 1662 5224 228 Land Land NNP 1662 5224 229 use use NN 1662 5224 230 : : : 1662 5224 231 arable arable JJ 1662 5224 232 land land NN 1662 5224 233 : : : 1662 5224 234 0 0 CD 1662 5224 235 % % NN 1662 5224 236 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5224 237 crops crop NNS 1662 5224 238 : : : 1662 5224 239 0 0 CD 1662 5224 240 % % NN 1662 5224 241 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5224 242 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5224 243 : : : 1662 5224 244 0 0 CD 1662 5224 245 % % NN 1662 5224 246 forests forest NNS 1662 5224 247 and and CC 1662 5224 248 woodland woodland JJ 1662 5224 249 : : : 1662 5224 250 0 0 CD 1662 5224 251 % % NN 1662 5224 252 other other JJ 1662 5224 253 : : : 1662 5224 254 100 100 CD 1662 5224 255 % % NN 1662 5224 256 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5224 257 1993 1993 CD 1662 5224 258 est est NNP 1662 5224 259 . . . 1662 5224 260 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5225 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5225 2 land land NN 1662 5225 3 : : : 1662 5225 4 NA NA NNP 1662 5225 5 sq sq RB 1662 5225 6 km km VB 1662 5225 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 5225 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5225 9 : : : 1662 5225 10 NA NA NNP 1662 5225 11 Environment environment NN 1662 5225 12 - - HYPH 1662 5225 13 current current JJ 1662 5225 14 issues issue NNS 1662 5225 15 : : : 1662 5225 16 NA NA NNP 1662 5225 17 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5225 18 - - HYPH 1662 5225 19 international international JJ 1662 5225 20 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5225 21 : : : 1662 5225 22 party party NN 1662 5225 23 to to TO 1662 5225 24 : : : 1662 5225 25 Ozone ozone NN 1662 5225 26 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5225 27 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5225 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5225 29 extended extend VBN 1662 5225 30 from from IN 1662 5225 31 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 5225 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5225 33 signed sign VBD 1662 5225 34 , , , 1662 5225 35 but but CC 1662 5225 36 not not RB 1662 5225 37 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5225 38 : : : 1662 5225 39 NA NA NNP 1662 5225 40 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5225 41 - - HYPH 1662 5225 42 note note NN 1662 5225 43 : : : 1662 5225 44 essentially essentially RB 1662 5225 45 urban urban JJ 1662 5225 46 ; ; : 1662 5225 47 one one CD 1662 5225 48 causeway causeway NN 1662 5225 49 and and CC 1662 5225 50 two two CD 1662 5225 51 bridges bridge NNS 1662 5225 52 connect connect VBP 1662 5225 53 the the DT 1662 5225 54 two two CD 1662 5225 55 islands island NNS 1662 5225 56 to to IN 1662 5225 57 the the DT 1662 5225 58 peninsula peninsula NN 1662 5225 59 on on IN 1662 5225 60 mainland mainland NN 1662 5225 61 @Macau @Macau NFP 1662 5225 62 : : : 1662 5225 63 People People NNPS 1662 5225 64 Population Population NNP 1662 5225 65 : : : 1662 5225 66 502,325 502,325 CD 1662 5225 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5225 68 July July NNP 1662 5225 69 1997 1997 CD 1662 5225 70 est est NNP 1662 5225 71 . . . 1662 5225 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5226 1 Age age NN 1662 5226 2 structure structure NN 1662 5226 3 : : : 1662 5226 4 0 0 CD 1662 5226 5 - - HYPH 1662 5226 6 14 14 CD 1662 5226 7 years year NNS 1662 5226 8 : : : 1662 5226 9 23 23 CD 1662 5226 10 % % NN 1662 5226 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5226 12 male male JJ 1662 5226 13 60,270 60,270 CD 1662 5226 14 ; ; : 1662 5226 15 female female JJ 1662 5226 16 56,803 56,803 CD 1662 5226 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5226 18 15 15 CD 1662 5226 19 - - HYPH 1662 5226 20 64 64 CD 1662 5226 21 years year NNS 1662 5226 22 : : : 1662 5226 23 68 68 CD 1662 5226 24 % % NN 1662 5226 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5226 26 male male JJ 1662 5226 27 169,850 169,850 CD 1662 5226 28 ; ; : 1662 5226 29 female female JJ 1662 5226 30 171,551 171,551 CD 1662 5226 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5226 32 65 65 CD 1662 5226 33 years year NNS 1662 5226 34 and and CC 1662 5226 35 over over IN 1662 5226 36 : : : 1662 5226 37 9 9 CD 1662 5226 38 % % NN 1662 5226 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5226 40 male male NN 1662 5226 41 18,208 18,208 CD 1662 5226 42 ; ; : 1662 5226 43 female female JJ 1662 5226 44 25,643 25,643 CD 1662 5226 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5226 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5226 47 July July NNP 1662 5226 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5226 49 est est NNP 1662 5226 50 . . . 1662 5226 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5227 1 Population population NN 1662 5227 2 growth growth NN 1662 5227 3 rate rate NN 1662 5227 4 : : : 1662 5227 5 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 5227 6 % % NN 1662 5227 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5227 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5227 9 est est NNP 1662 5227 10 . . . 1662 5227 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5228 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5228 2 rate rate NN 1662 5228 3 : : : 1662 5228 4 13.78 13.78 CD 1662 5228 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 5228 6 population population NN 1662 5228 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5228 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5228 9 est est NNP 1662 5228 10 . . . 1662 5228 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5229 1 Death death NN 1662 5229 2 rate rate NN 1662 5229 3 : : : 1662 5229 4 4.41 4.41 CD 1662 5229 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5229 6 population population NN 1662 5229 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5229 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5229 9 est est NNP 1662 5229 10 . . . 1662 5229 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5230 1 Net net JJ 1662 5230 2 migration migration NN 1662 5230 3 rate rate NN 1662 5230 4 : : : 1662 5230 5 1.09 1.09 CD 1662 5230 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 5230 7 population population NN 1662 5230 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5230 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5230 10 est est NNP 1662 5230 11 . . . 1662 5230 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5231 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5231 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5231 3 : : : 1662 5231 4 at at IN 1662 5231 5 birth birth NN 1662 5231 6 : : : 1662 5231 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 5231 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5231 9 under under IN 1662 5231 10 15 15 CD 1662 5231 11 years year NNS 1662 5231 12 : : : 1662 5231 13 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 5231 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5231 15 15 15 CD 1662 5231 16 - - SYM 1662 5231 17 64 64 CD 1662 5231 18 years year NNS 1662 5231 19 : : : 1662 5231 20 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 5231 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5231 22 65 65 CD 1662 5231 23 years year NNS 1662 5231 24 and and CC 1662 5231 25 over over IN 1662 5231 26 : : : 1662 5231 27 0.71 0.71 CD 1662 5231 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 5231 29 total total JJ 1662 5231 30 population population NN 1662 5231 31 : : : 1662 5231 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 5231 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5231 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5231 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5231 36 est e JJS 1662 5231 37 . . . 1662 5231 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5232 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5232 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5232 3 rate rate NN 1662 5232 4 : : : 1662 5232 5 5.3 5.3 CD 1662 5232 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5232 7 live live JJ 1662 5232 8 births birth NNS 1662 5232 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5232 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5232 11 est est NNP 1662 5232 12 . . . 1662 5232 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5233 1 Life life NN 1662 5233 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5233 3 at at IN 1662 5233 4 birth birth NN 1662 5233 5 : : : 1662 5233 6 total total JJ 1662 5233 7 population population NN 1662 5233 8 : : : 1662 5233 9 80.05 80.05 CD 1662 5233 10 years year NNS 1662 5233 11 male male JJ 1662 5233 12 : : : 1662 5233 13 77.57 77.57 CD 1662 5233 14 years year NNS 1662 5233 15 female female JJ 1662 5233 16 : : : 1662 5233 17 82.65 82.65 CD 1662 5233 18 years year NNS 1662 5233 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5233 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5233 21 est est NNP 1662 5233 22 . . . 1662 5233 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5234 1 Total total JJ 1662 5234 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5234 3 rate rate NN 1662 5234 4 : : : 1662 5234 5 1.53 1.53 CD 1662 5234 6 children child NNS 1662 5234 7 born bear VBN 1662 5234 8 / / SYM 1662 5234 9 woman woman NN 1662 5234 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5234 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5234 12 est est NNP 1662 5234 13 . . . 1662 5234 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5235 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5235 2 : : : 1662 5235 3 noun noun NN 1662 5235 4 : : : 1662 5235 5 Macanese Macanese NNP 1662 5235 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5235 7 singular singular JJ 1662 5235 8 and and CC 1662 5235 9 plural plural JJ 1662 5235 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5235 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 5235 12 : : : 1662 5235 13 Macau Macau NNP 1662 5235 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5235 15 groups group NNS 1662 5235 16 : : : 1662 5235 17 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 5235 18 95 95 CD 1662 5235 19 % % NN 1662 5235 20 , , , 1662 5235 21 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 5235 22 3 3 CD 1662 5235 23 % % NN 1662 5235 24 , , , 1662 5235 25 other other JJ 1662 5235 26 2 2 CD 1662 5235 27 % % NN 1662 5235 28 Religions religion NNS 1662 5235 29 : : : 1662 5235 30 Buddhist buddhist NN 1662 5235 31 45 45 CD 1662 5235 32 % % NN 1662 5235 33 , , , 1662 5235 34 Roman roman JJ 1662 5235 35 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 5235 36 7 7 CD 1662 5235 37 % % NN 1662 5235 38 , , , 1662 5235 39 Protestant protestant NN 1662 5235 40 1 1 CD 1662 5235 41 % % NN 1662 5235 42 , , , 1662 5235 43 none none NN 1662 5235 44 45.8 45.8 CD 1662 5235 45 % % NN 1662 5235 46 , , , 1662 5235 47 other other JJ 1662 5235 48 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 5235 49 % % NN 1662 5235 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5235 51 1981 1981 CD 1662 5235 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5235 53 Languages language NNS 1662 5235 54 : : : 1662 5235 55 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 5235 56 , , , 1662 5235 57 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 5235 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5235 59 Cantonese Cantonese NNP 1662 5235 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5235 61 Literacy literacy NN 1662 5235 62 : : : 1662 5235 63 definition definition NN 1662 5235 64 : : : 1662 5235 65 age age NN 1662 5235 66 15 15 CD 1662 5235 67 and and CC 1662 5235 68 over over RB 1662 5235 69 can can MD 1662 5235 70 read read VB 1662 5235 71 and and CC 1662 5235 72 write write VB 1662 5235 73 total total JJ 1662 5235 74 population population NN 1662 5235 75 : : : 1662 5235 76 90 90 CD 1662 5235 77 % % NN 1662 5235 78 male male NN 1662 5235 79 : : : 1662 5235 80 93 93 CD 1662 5235 81 % % NN 1662 5235 82 female female NN 1662 5235 83 : : : 1662 5235 84 86 86 CD 1662 5235 85 % % NN 1662 5235 86 ( ( 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status NN 1662 5236 35 : : : 1662 5236 36 overseas overseas JJ 1662 5236 37 territory territory NN 1662 5236 38 of of IN 1662 5236 39 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 5236 40 ; ; : 1662 5236 41 note note NN 1662 5236 42 - - HYPH 1662 5236 43 scheduled schedule VBN 1662 5236 44 to to TO 1662 5236 45 revert revert VB 1662 5236 46 to to IN 1662 5236 47 China China NNP 1662 5236 48 on on IN 1662 5236 49 20 20 CD 1662 5236 50 December December NNP 1662 5236 51 1999 1999 CD 1662 5236 52 Government Government NNP 1662 5236 53 type type NN 1662 5236 54 : : : 1662 5236 55 NA NA NNP 1662 5236 56 National national JJ 1662 5236 57 capital capital NN 1662 5236 58 : : : 1662 5236 59 Macau Macau NNP 1662 5236 60 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 5236 61 divisions division NNS 1662 5236 62 : : : 1662 5236 63 2 2 CD 1662 5236 64 districts district NNS 1662 5236 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5236 66 concelhos concelhos NN 1662 5236 67 , , , 1662 5236 68 singular singular JJ 1662 5236 69 - - HYPH 1662 5236 70 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142 17 17 CD 1662 5236 143 February February NNP 1662 5236 144 1976 1976 CD 1662 5236 145 , , , 1662 5236 146 Organic Organic NNP 1662 5236 147 Law Law NNP 1662 5236 148 of of IN 1662 5236 149 Macau Macau NNP 1662 5236 150 ; ; : 1662 5236 151 basic basic JJ 1662 5236 152 law law NN 1662 5236 153 drafted draft VBN 1662 5236 154 primarily primarily RB 1662 5236 155 by by IN 1662 5236 156 Beijing Beijing NNP 1662 5236 157 , , , 1662 5236 158 promulgated promulgate VBD 1662 5236 159 31 31 CD 1662 5236 160 March March NNP 1662 5236 161 1993 1993 CD 1662 5236 162 Legal legal JJ 1662 5236 163 system system NN 1662 5236 164 : : : 1662 5236 165 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 5236 166 civil civil JJ 1662 5236 167 law law NN 1662 5236 168 system system NN 1662 5236 169 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 5236 170 : : : 1662 5236 171 18 18 CD 1662 5236 172 years year NNS 1662 5236 173 of of IN 1662 5236 174 age age NN 1662 5236 175 ; ; : 1662 5236 176 universal universal JJ 1662 5236 177 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5236 178 branch branch NN 1662 5236 179 : : : 1662 5236 180 chief chief NN 1662 5236 181 of of IN 1662 5236 182 state state NN 1662 5236 183 : : : 1662 5236 184 President President NNP 1662 5236 185 of of IN 1662 5236 186 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 5236 187 Jorge Jorge NNP 1662 5236 188 SAMPAIO SAMPAIO NNP 1662 5236 189 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5236 190 since since IN 1662 5236 191 9 9 CD 1662 5236 192 March March NNP 1662 5236 193 1996 1996 CD 1662 5236 194 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5236 195 head head NN 1662 5236 196 of of IN 1662 5236 197 government government NN 1662 5236 198 : : : 1662 5236 199 Governor Governor NNP 1662 5236 200 General General NNP 1662 5236 201 Vasco Vasco NNP 1662 5236 202 Joachim Joachim NNP 1662 5236 203 Rocha Rocha NNP 1662 5236 204 VIERA VIERA NNP 1662 5236 205 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5236 206 since since IN 1662 5236 207 20 20 CD 1662 5236 208 March March NNP 1662 5236 209 1991 1991 CD 1662 5236 210 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5236 211 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5236 212 : : : 1662 5236 213 Consultative Consultative NNP 1662 5236 214 Council Council NNP 1662 5236 215 consists consist VBZ 1662 5236 216 of of IN 1662 5236 217 a a DT 1662 5236 218 total total NN 1662 5236 219 of of IN 1662 5236 220 15 15 CD 1662 5236 221 members member NNS 1662 5236 222 - - HYPH 1662 5236 223 five five CD 1662 5236 224 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5236 225 by by IN 1662 5236 226 the the DT 1662 5236 227 governor governor NN 1662 5236 228 , , , 1662 5236 229 two two CD 1662 5236 230 nominated nominate VBN 1662 5236 231 by by IN 1662 5236 232 the the DT 1662 5236 233 governor governor NN 1662 5236 234 , , , 1662 5236 235 five five CD 1662 5236 236 elected elect VBN 1662 5236 237 for for IN 1662 5236 238 a a DT 1662 5236 239 four four CD 1662 5236 240 - - HYPH 1662 5236 241 year year NN 1662 5236 242 term term NN 1662 5236 243 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5236 244 two two CD 1662 5236 245 represent represent VB 1662 5236 246 administrative administrative JJ 1662 5236 247 bodies body NNS 1662 5236 248 , , , 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5236 283 consultation consultation NN 1662 5236 284 with with IN 1662 5236 285 the the DT 1662 5236 286 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 5236 287 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5236 288 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 5236 289 branch branch NN 1662 5236 290 : : : 1662 5236 291 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 5236 292 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 5236 293 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5236 294 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5236 295 23 23 CD 1662 5236 296 seats seat NNS 1662 5236 297 ; ; : 1662 5236 298 8 8 CD 1662 5236 299 elected elect VBN 1662 5236 300 by by IN 1662 5236 301 popular popular JJ 1662 5236 302 vote vote NN 1662 5236 303 , , , 1662 5236 304 8 8 CD 1662 5236 305 by by IN 1662 5236 306 indirect indirect JJ 1662 5236 307 vote vote NN 1662 5236 308 , , , 1662 5236 309 and and CC 1662 5236 310 7 7 CD 1662 5236 311 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5236 312 by by IN 1662 5236 313 the the DT 1662 5236 314 governor governor NN 1662 5236 315 ; ; : 1662 5236 316 members member NNS 1662 5236 317 serve serve 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5236 425 : : : 1662 5236 426 wealthy wealthy JJ 1662 5236 427 Macanese Macanese NNP 1662 5236 428 and and CC 1662 5236 429 Chinese Chinese NNPS 1662 5236 430 representing represent VBG 1662 5236 431 local local JJ 1662 5236 432 interests interest NNS 1662 5236 433 , , , 1662 5236 434 wealthy wealthy JJ 1662 5236 435 procommunist procommunist NN 1662 5236 436 merchants merchant NNS 1662 5236 437 representing represent VBG 1662 5236 438 China China NNP 1662 5236 439 's 's POS 1662 5236 440 interests interest NNS 1662 5236 441 ; ; : 1662 5236 442 in in IN 1662 5236 443 January January NNP 1662 5236 444 1967 1967 CD 1662 5236 445 the the DT 1662 5236 446 Macau Macau NNP 1662 5236 447 Government Government NNP 1662 5236 448 acceded accede VBD 1662 5236 449 to to IN 1662 5236 450 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 5236 451 demands demand NNS 1662 5236 452 that that WDT 1662 5236 453 gave give VBD 1662 5236 454 China China NNP 1662 5236 455 veto veto NN 1662 5236 456 power power NN 1662 5236 457 over over IN 1662 5236 458 administration administration NN 1662 5236 459 International international JJ 1662 5236 460 organization organization NN 1662 5236 461 participation participation NN 1662 5236 462 : : : 1662 5236 463 CCC CCC NNP 1662 5236 464 , , , 1662 5236 465 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 5236 466 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5236 467 associate associate NN 1662 5236 468 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5236 469 , , , 1662 5236 470 IMO imo RB 1662 5236 471 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5236 472 associate associate NN 1662 5236 473 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5236 474 , , , 1662 5236 475 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 5236 476 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5236 477 subbureau subbureau NNP 1662 5236 478 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5236 479 , , , 1662 5236 480 WMO WMO NNP 1662 5236 481 , , , 1662 5236 482 WToO wtoo FW 1662 5236 483 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5236 484 associate associate NN 1662 5236 485 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5236 486 , , , 1662 5236 487 WTrO wtro VB 1662 5236 488 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5236 489 representation representation NN 1662 5236 490 in in IN 1662 5236 491 the the DT 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5237 2 to to TO 1662 5237 3 diversify diversify VB 1662 5237 4 have have VBP 1662 5237 5 spawned spawn VBN 1662 5237 6 other other JJ 1662 5237 7 small small JJ 1662 5237 8 industries industry NNS 1662 5237 9 - - HYPH 1662 5237 10 toys toy NNS 1662 5237 11 , , , 1662 5237 12 artificial artificial JJ 1662 5237 13 flowers flower NNS 1662 5237 14 , , , 1662 5237 15 and and CC 1662 5237 16 electronics electronic NNS 1662 5237 17 . . . 1662 5238 1 The the DT 1662 5238 2 tourist tourist NN 1662 5238 3 sector sector NN 1662 5238 4 has have VBZ 1662 5238 5 accounted account VBN 1662 5238 6 for for IN 1662 5238 7 roughly roughly RB 1662 5238 8 25 25 CD 1662 5238 9 % % NN 1662 5238 10 of of IN 1662 5238 11 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5238 12 , , , 1662 5238 13 and and CC 1662 5238 14 the the DT 1662 5238 15 clothing clothing NN 1662 5238 16 industry industry NN 1662 5238 17 has have VBZ 1662 5238 18 provided provide VBN 1662 5238 19 about about RB 1662 5238 20 two two CD 1662 5238 21 - - HYPH 1662 5238 22 thirds third NNS 1662 5238 23 of of IN 1662 5238 24 export export NN 1662 5238 25 earnings earning NNS 1662 5238 26 ; ; : 1662 5238 27 the the DT 1662 5238 28 gambling gambling NN 1662 5238 29 industry industry NN 1662 5238 30 probably probably RB 1662 5238 31 represents represent VBZ 1662 5238 32 over over IN 1662 5238 33 40 40 CD 1662 5238 34 % % NN 1662 5238 35 of of IN 1662 5238 36 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5238 37 . . . 1662 5239 1 Macau Macau NNP 1662 5239 2 depends depend VBZ 1662 5239 3 on on IN 1662 5239 4 China China NNP 1662 5239 5 for for IN 1662 5239 6 most most JJS 1662 5239 7 of of IN 1662 5239 8 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5239 9 food food NN 1662 5239 10 , , , 1662 5239 11 fresh fresh JJ 1662 5239 12 water water NN 1662 5239 13 , , , 1662 5239 14 and and CC 1662 5239 15 energy energy NN 1662 5239 16 imports import NNS 1662 5239 17 . . . 1662 5240 1 Japan Japan NNP 1662 5240 2 and and CC 1662 5240 3 Hong Hong NNP 1662 5240 4 Kong Kong NNP 1662 5240 5 are be VBP 1662 5240 6 the the DT 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29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5244 30 Labor labor NN 1662 5244 31 force force NN 1662 5244 32 : : : 1662 5244 33 total total NN 1662 5244 34 : : : 1662 5244 35 180,000 180,000 CD 1662 5244 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5244 37 1986 1986 CD 1662 5244 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5244 39 by by IN 1662 5244 40 occupation occupation NN 1662 5244 41 : : : 1662 5244 42 NA NA NNP 1662 5244 43 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 5244 44 rate rate NN 1662 5244 45 : : : 1662 5244 46 2 2 CD 1662 5244 47 % % NN 1662 5244 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5244 49 1992 1992 CD 1662 5244 50 est est NNP 1662 5244 51 . . . 1662 5244 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5245 1 Budget budget NN 1662 5245 2 : : : 1662 5245 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 5245 4 : : : 1662 5245 5 $ $ $ 1662 5245 6 305 305 CD 1662 5245 7 million million CD 1662 5245 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5245 9 : : : 1662 5245 10 $ $ $ 1662 5245 11 298 298 CD 1662 5245 12 million million CD 1662 5245 13 , , , 1662 5245 14 including include VBG 1662 5245 15 capital capital NN 1662 5245 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5245 17 of of IN 1662 5245 18 $ $ $ 1662 5245 19 NA na NN 1662 5245 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5245 21 1989 1989 CD 1662 5245 22 est est NNP 1662 5245 23 . . . 1662 5245 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5246 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 5246 2 : : : 1662 5246 3 clothing clothing NN 1662 5246 4 , , , 1662 5246 5 textiles textile NNS 1662 5246 6 , , , 1662 5246 7 toys toy NNS 1662 5246 8 , , , 1662 5246 9 plastic plastic NN 1662 5246 10 products product NNS 1662 5246 11 , , , 1662 5246 12 furniture furniture NN 1662 5246 13 , , , 1662 5246 14 tourism tourism NN 1662 5246 15 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 5246 16 production production NN 1662 5246 17 growth growth NN 1662 5246 18 rate rate NN 1662 5246 19 : : : 1662 5246 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 5246 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5246 22 - - HYPH 1662 5246 23 capacity capacity NN 1662 5246 24 : : : 1662 5246 25 260,000 260,000 CD 1662 5246 26 kW kW NNP 1662 5246 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5246 28 1994 1994 CD 1662 5246 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5246 30 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5246 31 - - HYPH 1662 5246 32 production production NN 1662 5246 33 : : : 1662 5246 34 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 5246 35 billion billion CD 1662 5246 36 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5246 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5246 38 1994 1994 CD 1662 5246 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5246 40 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5246 41 - - HYPH 1662 5246 42 consumption consumption NN 1662 5246 43 per per IN 1662 5246 44 capita capita NN 1662 5246 45 : : : 1662 5246 46 2,750 2,750 CD 1662 5246 47 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5246 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5246 49 1995 1995 CD 1662 5246 50 est est NNP 1662 5246 51 . . . 1662 5246 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5247 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5247 2 - - HYPH 1662 5247 3 products product NNS 1662 5247 4 : : : 1662 5247 5 rice rice NN 1662 5247 6 , , , 1662 5247 7 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 5247 8 Exports export NNS 1662 5247 9 : : : 1662 5247 10 total total JJ 1662 5247 11 value value NN 1662 5247 12 : : : 1662 5247 13 $ $ $ 1662 5247 14 1.99 1.99 CD 1662 5247 15 billion billion CD 1662 5247 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5247 17 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5247 18 . . 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- SYM 1662 5250 49 95 95 CD 1662 5250 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5250 51 , , , 1662 5250 52 7.973 7.973 CD 1662 5250 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5250 54 1992 1992 CD 1662 5250 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5250 56 ; ; : 1662 5250 57 note note NN 1662 5250 58 - - HYPH 1662 5250 59 linked link VBN 1662 5250 60 to to IN 1662 5250 61 the the DT 1662 5250 62 Hong Hong NNP 1662 5250 63 Kong Kong NNP 1662 5250 64 dollar dollar NN 1662 5250 65 at at IN 1662 5250 66 the the DT 1662 5250 67 rate rate NN 1662 5250 68 of of IN 1662 5250 69 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 5250 70 patacas patacas NN 1662 5250 71 per per IN 1662 5250 72 Hong Hong NNP 1662 5250 73 Kong Kong NNP 1662 5250 74 dollar dollar NN 1662 5250 75 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5250 76 year year NN 1662 5250 77 : : : 1662 5250 78 calendar calendar NNP 1662 5250 79 year year NN 1662 5250 80 @Macau @Macau NNP 1662 5250 81 : : : 1662 5250 82 Communications Communications NNP 1662 5250 83 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 5250 84 : : : 1662 5250 85 170,021 170,021 CD 1662 5250 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5250 87 1994 1994 CD 1662 5250 88 est est NNP 1662 5250 89 . . . 1662 5250 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5251 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5251 2 system system NN 1662 5251 3 : : : 1662 5251 4 fairly fairly RB 1662 5251 5 modern modern JJ 1662 5251 6 communication communication NN 1662 5251 7 facilities facility NNS 1662 5251 8 maintained maintain VBN 1662 5251 9 for for IN 1662 5251 10 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5251 11 and and CC 1662 5251 12 international international JJ 1662 5251 13 services service NNS 1662 5251 14 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5251 15 : : : 1662 5251 16 NA NA NNP 1662 5251 17 international international JJ 1662 5251 18 : : : 1662 5251 19 HF HF NNP 1662 5251 20 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 5251 21 communication communication NN 1662 5251 22 facility facility NN 1662 5251 23 ; ; : 1662 5251 24 access access NN 1662 5251 25 to to IN 1662 5251 26 international international JJ 1662 5251 27 communications communication NNS 1662 5251 28 carriers carrier NNS 1662 5251 29 provided provide VBN 1662 5251 30 via via IN 1662 5251 31 Hong Hong NNP 1662 5251 32 Kong Kong NNP 1662 5251 33 and and CC 1662 5251 34 China China NNP 1662 5251 35 ; ; : 1662 5251 36 satellite satellite NN 1662 5251 37 earth earth NN 1662 5251 38 station station NN 1662 5251 39 - 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- HYPH 1662 5257 136 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5257 137 : : : 1662 5257 138 slightly slightly RB 1662 5257 139 larger large JJR 1662 5257 140 than than IN 1662 5257 141 Vermont Vermont NNP 1662 5257 142 Land Land NNP 1662 5257 143 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5257 144 : : : 1662 5257 145 total total JJ 1662 5257 146 : : : 1662 5257 147 748 748 CD 1662 5257 148 km km NN 1662 5257 149 border border NN 1662 5257 150 countries country NNS 1662 5257 151 : : : 1662 5257 152 Albania Albania NNP 1662 5257 153 151 151 CD 1662 5257 154 km km NNS 1662 5257 155 , , , 1662 5257 156 Bulgaria Bulgaria NNP 1662 5257 157 148 148 CD 1662 5257 158 km km NN 1662 5257 159 , , , 1662 5257 160 Greece Greece NNP 1662 5257 161 228 228 CD 1662 5257 162 km km NNS 1662 5257 163 , , , 1662 5257 164 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 5257 165 and and CC 1662 5257 166 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 5257 167 221 221 CD 1662 5257 168 km km VBZ 1662 5257 169 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5257 170 all all RB 1662 5257 171 with with IN 1662 5257 172 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 5257 173 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5257 174 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5257 175 : : : 1662 5257 176 0 0 CD 1662 5257 177 km km NN 1662 5257 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5257 179 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 5257 180 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5257 181 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5257 182 claims claim VBZ 1662 5257 183 : : : 1662 5257 184 none none NN 1662 5257 185 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5257 186 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 5257 187 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5257 188 Climate climate NN 1662 5257 189 : : : 1662 5257 190 hot hot JJ 1662 5257 191 , , , 1662 5257 192 dry dry JJ 1662 5257 193 summers summer NNS 1662 5257 194 and and CC 1662 5257 195 autumns autumn NNS 1662 5257 196 and and CC 1662 5257 197 relatively relatively RB 1662 5257 198 cold cold JJ 1662 5257 199 winters winter NNS 1662 5257 200 with with IN 1662 5257 201 heavy heavy JJ 1662 5257 202 snowfall snowfall NN 1662 5257 203 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 5257 204 : : : 1662 5257 205 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 5257 206 territory territory NN 1662 5257 207 covered cover VBN 1662 5257 208 with with IN 1662 5257 209 deep deep JJ 1662 5257 210 basins basin NNS 1662 5257 211 and and CC 1662 5257 212 valleys valley NNS 1662 5257 213 ; ; , 1662 5257 214 there there EX 1662 5257 215 are be VBP 1662 5257 216 three three CD 1662 5257 217 large large JJ 1662 5257 218 lakes lake NNS 1662 5257 219 , , , 1662 5257 220 each each DT 1662 5257 221 divided divide VBN 1662 5257 222 by by IN 1662 5257 223 a a DT 1662 5257 224 frontier frontier NN 1662 5257 225 line line NN 1662 5257 226 ; ; : 1662 5257 227 country country NN 1662 5257 228 bisected bisect VBN 1662 5257 229 by by IN 1662 5257 230 the the DT 1662 5257 231 Vardar Vardar NNP 1662 5257 232 River River NNP 1662 5257 233 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5257 234 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5257 235 : : : 1662 5257 236 lowest low JJS 1662 5257 237 point point NN 1662 5257 238 : : : 1662 5257 239 Vardar Vardar NNP 1662 5257 240 River River NNP 1662 5257 241 50 50 CD 1662 5257 242 m m CD 1662 5257 243 highest high JJS 1662 5257 244 point point NN 1662 5257 245 : : : 1662 5257 246 Korab Korab NNP 1662 5257 247 2,753 2,753 CD 1662 5257 248 m m NNP 1662 5257 249 Natural natural JJ 1662 5257 250 resources resource NNS 1662 5257 251 : : : 1662 5257 252 chromium chromium NN 1662 5257 253 , , , 1662 5257 254 lead lead NN 1662 5257 255 , , , 1662 5257 256 zinc zinc NN 1662 5257 257 , , , 1662 5257 258 manganese manganese NNP 1662 5257 259 , , , 1662 5257 260 tungsten tungsten NN 1662 5257 261 , , , 1662 5257 262 nickel nickel NN 1662 5257 263 , , , 1662 5257 264 low low JJ 1662 5257 265 - - HYPH 1662 5257 266 grade grade NN 1662 5257 267 iron iron NN 1662 5257 268 ore ore NN 1662 5257 269 , , , 1662 5257 270 asbestos asbestos NN 1662 5257 271 , , , 1662 5257 272 sulfur sulfur NN 1662 5257 273 , , , 1662 5257 274 timber timber NN 1662 5257 275 Land land NN 1662 5257 276 use use NN 1662 5257 277 : : : 1662 5257 278 arable arable JJ 1662 5257 279 land land NN 1662 5257 280 : : : 1662 5257 281 24 24 CD 1662 5257 282 % % NN 1662 5257 283 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5257 284 crops crop NNS 1662 5257 285 : : : 1662 5257 286 2 2 CD 1662 5257 287 % % NN 1662 5257 288 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5257 289 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5257 290 : : : 1662 5257 291 25 25 CD 1662 5257 292 % % NN 1662 5257 293 forests forest NNS 1662 5257 294 and and CC 1662 5257 295 woodland woodland NN 1662 5257 296 : : : 1662 5257 297 39 39 CD 1662 5257 298 % % NN 1662 5257 299 other other JJ 1662 5257 300 : : : 1662 5257 301 10 10 CD 1662 5257 302 % % NN 1662 5257 303 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5257 304 1993 1993 CD 1662 5257 305 est est NNP 1662 5257 306 . . . 1662 5257 307 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5258 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5258 2 land land NN 1662 5258 3 : : : 1662 5258 4 830 830 CD 1662 5258 5 sq sq NNP 1662 5258 6 km km NNP 1662 5258 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5258 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 5258 9 est est NNP 1662 5258 10 . . . 1662 5258 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5259 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 5259 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5259 3 : : : 1662 5259 4 high high JJ 1662 5259 5 seismic seismic JJ 1662 5259 6 risks risk NNS 1662 5259 7 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5259 8 - - HYPH 1662 5259 9 current current JJ 1662 5259 10 issues issue NNS 1662 5259 11 : : : 1662 5259 12 air air NN 1662 5259 13 pollution pollution NN 1662 5259 14 from from IN 1662 5259 15 metallurgical metallurgical JJ 1662 5259 16 plants plant NNS 1662 5259 17 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5259 18 - - HYPH 1662 5259 19 international international JJ 1662 5259 20 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5259 21 : : : 1662 5259 22 party party NN 1662 5259 23 to to TO 1662 5259 24 : : : 1662 5259 25 Law Law NNP 1662 5259 26 of of IN 1662 5259 27 the the DT 1662 5259 28 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5259 29 , , , 1662 5259 30 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5259 31 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5259 32 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5259 33 signed sign VBD 1662 5259 34 , , , 1662 5259 35 but but CC 1662 5259 36 not not RB 1662 5259 37 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5259 38 : : : 1662 5259 39 none none NN 1662 5259 40 of of IN 1662 5259 41 the the DT 1662 5259 42 selected select VBN 1662 5259 43 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5259 44 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5259 45 - - HYPH 1662 5259 46 note note NN 1662 5259 47 : : : 1662 5259 48 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 5259 49 ; ; : 1662 5259 50 major major JJ 1662 5259 51 transportation transportation NN 1662 5259 52 corridor corridor NN 1662 5259 53 from from IN 1662 5259 54 Western Western NNP 1662 5259 55 and and CC 1662 5259 56 Central Central NNP 1662 5259 57 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5259 58 to to IN 1662 5259 59 Aegean Aegean NNP 1662 5259 60 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5259 61 and and CC 1662 5259 62 Southern Southern NNP 1662 5259 63 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5259 64 to to IN 1662 5259 65 Western Western NNP 1662 5259 66 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5259 67 @Macedonia,:People @macedonia,:people NN 1662 5259 68 Population Population NNP 1662 5259 69 : : : 1662 5259 70 1,995,859 1,995,859 CD 1662 5259 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5259 72 July July NNP 1662 5259 73 1997 1997 CD 1662 5259 74 est est NNP 1662 5259 75 . . . 1662 5259 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5260 1 note note VB 1662 5260 2 : : : 1662 5260 3 the the DT 1662 5260 4 Macedonian macedonian JJ 1662 5260 5 government government NN 1662 5260 6 census census NN 1662 5260 7 of of IN 1662 5260 8 July July NNP 1662 5260 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 5260 10 put put VBD 1662 5260 11 the the DT 1662 5260 12 population population NN 1662 5260 13 at at IN 1662 5260 14 1.94 1.94 CD 1662 5260 15 million million CD 1662 5260 16 , , , 1662 5260 17 but but CC 1662 5260 18 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5260 19 allocations allocation NNS 1662 5260 20 were be VBD 1662 5260 21 likely likely RB 1662 5260 22 undercounted undercounted JJ 1662 5260 23 Age Age NNP 1662 5260 24 structure structure NN 1662 5260 25 : : : 1662 5260 26 0 0 CD 1662 5260 27 - - HYPH 1662 5260 28 14 14 CD 1662 5260 29 years year NNS 1662 5260 30 : : : 1662 5260 31 24 24 CD 1662 5260 32 % % NN 1662 5260 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5260 34 male male JJ 1662 5260 35 245,923 245,923 CD 1662 5260 36 ; ; : 1662 5260 37 female female JJ 1662 5260 38 231,621 231,621 CD 1662 5260 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5260 40 15 15 CD 1662 5260 41 - - SYM 1662 5260 42 64 64 CD 1662 5260 43 years year NNS 1662 5260 44 : : : 1662 5260 45 67 67 CD 1662 5260 46 % % NN 1662 5260 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5260 48 male male JJ 1662 5260 49 670,535 670,535 CD 1662 5260 50 ; ; : 1662 5260 51 female female JJ 1662 5260 52 665,556 665,556 CD 1662 5260 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5260 54 65 65 CD 1662 5260 55 years year NNS 1662 5260 56 and and CC 1662 5260 57 over over IN 1662 5260 58 : : : 1662 5260 59 9 9 CD 1662 5260 60 % % NN 1662 5260 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5260 62 male male NN 1662 5260 63 82,285 82,285 CD 1662 5260 64 ; ; : 1662 5260 65 female female JJ 1662 5260 66 99,939 99,939 CD 1662 5260 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5260 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5260 69 July July NNP 1662 5260 70 1997 1997 CD 1662 5260 71 est est NNP 1662 5260 72 . . . 1662 5260 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5261 1 Population population NN 1662 5261 2 growth growth NN 1662 5261 3 rate rate NN 1662 5261 4 : : : 1662 5261 5 0.68 0.68 CD 1662 5261 6 % % NN 1662 5261 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5261 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5261 9 est est NNP 1662 5261 10 . . . 1662 5261 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5262 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5262 2 rate rate NN 1662 5262 3 : : : 1662 5262 4 15.88 15.88 CD 1662 5262 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 5262 6 population population NN 1662 5262 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5262 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5262 9 est est NNP 1662 5262 10 . . . 1662 5262 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5263 1 Death death NN 1662 5263 2 rate rate NN 1662 5263 3 : : : 1662 5263 4 8.13 8.13 CD 1662 5263 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5263 6 population population NN 1662 5263 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5263 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5263 9 est est NNP 1662 5263 10 . . . 1662 5263 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5264 1 Net net JJ 1662 5264 2 migration migration NN 1662 5264 3 rate rate NN 1662 5264 4 : : : 1662 5264 5 -1.01 -1.01 NFP 1662 5264 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 5264 7 population population NN 1662 5264 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5264 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5264 10 est est NNP 1662 5264 11 . . . 1662 5264 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5265 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5265 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5265 3 : : : 1662 5265 4 at at IN 1662 5265 5 birth birth NN 1662 5265 6 : : : 1662 5265 7 1.08 1.08 CD 1662 5265 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5265 9 under under IN 1662 5265 10 15 15 CD 1662 5265 11 years year NNS 1662 5265 12 : : : 1662 5265 13 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 5265 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5265 15 15 15 CD 1662 5265 16 - - SYM 1662 5265 17 64 64 CD 1662 5265 18 years year NNS 1662 5265 19 : : : 1662 5265 20 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 5265 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5265 22 65 65 CD 1662 5265 23 years year NNS 1662 5265 24 and and CC 1662 5265 25 over over IN 1662 5265 26 : : : 1662 5265 27 0.82 0.82 CD 1662 5265 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 5265 29 total total JJ 1662 5265 30 population population NN 1662 5265 31 : : : 1662 5265 32 1 1 CD 1662 5265 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5265 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5265 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5265 36 est e JJS 1662 5265 37 . . . 1662 5265 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5266 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5266 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5266 3 rate rate NN 1662 5266 4 : : : 1662 5266 5 20.3 20.3 CD 1662 5266 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5266 7 live live JJ 1662 5266 8 births birth NNS 1662 5266 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5266 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5266 11 est est NNP 1662 5266 12 . . . 1662 5266 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5267 1 Life life NN 1662 5267 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5267 3 at at IN 1662 5267 4 birth birth NN 1662 5267 5 : : : 1662 5267 6 total total JJ 1662 5267 7 population population NN 1662 5267 8 : : : 1662 5267 9 72.48 72.48 CD 1662 5267 10 years year NNS 1662 5267 11 male male NN 1662 5267 12 : : : 1662 5267 13 70.41 70.41 CD 1662 5267 14 years year NNS 1662 5267 15 female female JJ 1662 5267 16 : : : 1662 5267 17 74.71 74.71 CD 1662 5267 18 years year NNS 1662 5267 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5267 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5267 21 est est NNP 1662 5267 22 . . . 1662 5267 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5268 1 Total total JJ 1662 5268 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5268 3 rate rate NN 1662 5268 4 : : : 1662 5268 5 2.07 2.07 CD 1662 5268 6 children child NNS 1662 5268 7 born bear VBN 1662 5268 8 / / SYM 1662 5268 9 woman woman NN 1662 5268 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5268 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5268 12 est est NNP 1662 5268 13 . . . 1662 5268 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5269 2 : : : 1662 5269 3 noun noun NNP 1662 5269 4 : : : 1662 5269 5 Macedonian(s macedonian(s ADD 1662 5269 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 5269 8 : : : 1662 5269 9 Macedonian macedonian JJ 1662 5269 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5269 11 groups group NNS 1662 5269 12 : : : 1662 5269 13 Macedonian Macedonian NNP 1662 5269 14 65 65 CD 1662 5269 15 % % NN 1662 5269 16 , , , 1662 5269 17 Albanian Albanian NNP 1662 5269 18 22 22 CD 1662 5269 19 % % NN 1662 5269 20 , , , 1662 5269 21 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 5269 22 4 4 CD 1662 5269 23 % % NN 1662 5269 24 , , , 1662 5269 25 Serb Serb NNP 1662 5269 26 2 2 CD 1662 5269 27 % % NN 1662 5269 28 , , , 1662 5269 29 Gypsies gypsy NNS 1662 5269 30 3 3 CD 1662 5269 31 % % NN 1662 5269 32 , , , 1662 5269 33 other other JJ 1662 5269 34 4 4 CD 1662 5269 35 % % NN 1662 5269 36 Religions religion NNS 1662 5269 37 : : : 1662 5269 38 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 5269 39 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 5269 40 67 67 CD 1662 5269 41 % % NN 1662 5269 42 , , , 1662 5269 43 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 5269 44 30 30 CD 1662 5269 45 % % NN 1662 5269 46 , , , 1662 5269 47 other other JJ 1662 5269 48 3 3 CD 1662 5269 49 % % NN 1662 5269 50 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 5269 51 : : : 1662 5269 52 Macedonian Macedonian NNP 1662 5269 53 70 70 CD 1662 5269 54 % % NN 1662 5269 55 , , , 1662 5269 56 Albanian Albanian NNP 1662 5269 57 21 21 CD 1662 5269 58 % % NN 1662 5269 59 , , , 1662 5269 60 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 5269 61 3 3 CD 1662 5269 62 % % NN 1662 5269 63 , , , 1662 5269 64 Serbo Serbo NNP 1662 5269 65 - - HYPH 1662 5269 66 Croatian Croatian NNP 1662 5269 67 3 3 CD 1662 5269 68 % % NN 1662 5269 69 , , , 1662 5269 70 other other JJ 1662 5269 71 3 3 CD 1662 5269 72 % % NN 1662 5269 73 Literacy literacy NN 1662 5269 74 : : : 1662 5269 75 NA NA NNP 1662 5269 76 @Macedonia,:Government @Macedonia,:Government NFP 1662 5269 77 Country country NN 1662 5269 78 name name NN 1662 5269 79 : : : 1662 5269 80 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5269 81 long long JJ 1662 5269 82 form form NN 1662 5269 83 : : : 1662 5269 84 The The NNP 1662 5269 85 Former Former NNP 1662 5269 86 Yugoslav Yugoslav NNP 1662 5269 87 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5269 88 of of IN 1662 5269 89 Macedonia Macedonia NNP 1662 5269 90 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5269 91 short short JJ 1662 5269 92 form form NN 1662 5269 93 : : : 1662 5269 94 none none NN 1662 5269 95 local local JJ 1662 5269 96 long long JJ 1662 5269 97 form form NN 1662 5269 98 : : : 1662 5269 99 Republika Republika NNP 1662 5269 100 Makedonija Makedonija NNP 1662 5269 101 local local JJ 1662 5269 102 short short JJ 1662 5269 103 form form NN 1662 5269 104 : : : 1662 5269 105 Makedonija makedonija JJ 1662 5269 106 abbreviation abbreviation NN 1662 5269 107 : : : 1662 5269 108 FYROM FYROM NNP 1662 5269 109 Data Data NNP 1662 5269 110 code code NN 1662 5269 111 : : : 1662 5269 112 MK MK NNP 1662 5269 113 Government Government NNP 1662 5269 114 type type NN 1662 5269 115 : : : 1662 5269 116 emerging emerge VBG 1662 5269 117 democracy democracy NN 1662 5269 118 National national JJ 1662 5269 119 capital capital NN 1662 5269 120 : : : 1662 5269 121 Skopje Skopje NNP 1662 5269 122 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 5269 123 divisions division NNS 1662 5269 124 : : : 1662 5269 125 34 34 CD 1662 5269 126 counties county NNS 1662 5269 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5269 128 opstinas opstinas IN 1662 5269 129 , , , 1662 5269 130 singular singular NNP 1662 5269 131 - - HYPH 1662 5269 132 opstina opstina NNP 1662 5269 133 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 134 Berovo Berovo NNP 1662 5269 135 , , , 1662 5269 136 Bitola Bitola NNP 1662 5269 137 , , , 1662 5269 138 Brod Brod NNP 1662 5269 139 , , , 1662 5269 140 Debar Debar NNP 1662 5269 141 , , , 1662 5269 142 Delcevo Delcevo NNP 1662 5269 143 , , , 1662 5269 144 Gevgelija Gevgelija NNP 1662 5269 145 , , , 1662 5269 146 Gostivar Gostivar NNP 1662 5269 147 , , , 1662 5269 148 Kavadarci Kavadarci NNP 1662 5269 149 , , , 1662 5269 150 Kicevo Kicevo NNP 1662 5269 151 , , , 1662 5269 152 Kocani Kocani NNP 1662 5269 153 , , , 1662 5269 154 Kratovo Kratovo NNP 1662 5269 155 , , , 1662 5269 156 Kriva Kriva NNP 1662 5269 157 Palanka Palanka NNP 1662 5269 158 , , , 1662 5269 159 Krusevo Krusevo NNP 1662 5269 160 , , , 1662 5269 161 Kumanovo Kumanovo NNP 1662 5269 162 , , , 1662 5269 163 Murgasevo Murgasevo NNP 1662 5269 164 , , , 1662 5269 165 Negotino Negotino NNP 1662 5269 166 , , , 1662 5269 167 Ohrid Ohrid NNP 1662 5269 168 , , , 1662 5269 169 Prilep Prilep NNP 1662 5269 170 , , , 1662 5269 171 Probistip Probistip NNP 1662 5269 172 , , , 1662 5269 173 Radovis Radovis NNP 1662 5269 174 , , , 1662 5269 175 Resen Resen NNP 1662 5269 176 , , , 1662 5269 177 Skopje Skopje NNP 1662 5269 178 - - HYPH 1662 5269 179 Centar Centar NNP 1662 5269 180 , , , 1662 5269 181 Skopje Skopje NNP 1662 5269 182 - - HYPH 1662 5269 183 Cair Cair NNP 1662 5269 184 , , , 1662 5269 185 Skopje Skopje NNP 1662 5269 186 - - HYPH 1662 5269 187 Karpos Karpos NNP 1662 5269 188 , , , 1662 5269 189 Skopje Skopje NNP 1662 5269 190 - - HYPH 1662 5269 191 Kisela Kisela NNP 1662 5269 192 Voda Voda NNP 1662 5269 193 , , , 1662 5269 194 Skopje Skopje NNP 1662 5269 195 - - HYPH 1662 5269 196 Gazi Gazi NNP 1662 5269 197 Baba Baba NNP 1662 5269 198 , , , 1662 5269 199 Stip Stip NNP 1662 5269 200 , , , 1662 5269 201 Struga Struga NNP 1662 5269 202 , , , 1662 5269 203 Strumica Strumica NNP 1662 5269 204 , , , 1662 5269 205 Sveti Sveti NNP 1662 5269 206 Nikole Nikole NNP 1662 5269 207 , , , 1662 5269 208 Tetovo Tetovo NNP 1662 5269 209 , , , 1662 5269 210 Titov Titov NNP 1662 5269 211 Veles Veles NNP 1662 5269 212 , , , 1662 5269 213 Valandovo Valandovo NNP 1662 5269 214 , , , 1662 5269 215 Vinica Vinica NNP 1662 5269 216 note note NN 1662 5269 217 : : : 1662 5269 218 in in IN 1662 5269 219 September September NNP 1662 5269 220 1996 1996 CD 1662 5269 221 , , , 1662 5269 222 the the DT 1662 5269 223 Macedonian Macedonian NNP 1662 5269 224 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 5269 225 passed pass VBD 1662 5269 226 legislation legislation NN 1662 5269 227 changing change VBG 1662 5269 228 the the DT 1662 5269 229 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5269 230 division division NN 1662 5269 231 of of IN 1662 5269 232 the the DT 1662 5269 233 country country NN 1662 5269 234 ; ; : 1662 5269 235 names name NNS 1662 5269 236 of of IN 1662 5269 237 the the DT 1662 5269 238 123 123 CD 1662 5269 239 new new JJ 1662 5269 240 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 5269 241 are be VBP 1662 5269 242 not not RB 1662 5269 243 yet yet RB 1662 5269 244 available available JJ 1662 5269 245 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5269 246 : : : 1662 5269 247 17 17 CD 1662 5269 248 September September NNP 1662 5269 249 1991 1991 CD 1662 5269 250 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5269 251 from from IN 1662 5269 252 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia NNP 1662 5269 253 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 254 National national JJ 1662 5269 255 holiday holiday NN 1662 5269 256 : : : 1662 5269 257 8 8 CD 1662 5269 258 September September NNP 1662 5269 259 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 5269 260 : : : 1662 5269 261 adopted adopt VBN 1662 5269 262 17 17 CD 1662 5269 263 November November NNP 1662 5269 264 1991 1991 CD 1662 5269 265 , , , 1662 5269 266 effective effective JJ 1662 5269 267 20 20 CD 1662 5269 268 November November NNP 1662 5269 269 1991 1991 CD 1662 5269 270 Legal legal JJ 1662 5269 271 system system NN 1662 5269 272 : : : 1662 5269 273 based base VBN 1662 5269 274 on on IN 1662 5269 275 civil civil JJ 1662 5269 276 law law NN 1662 5269 277 system system NN 1662 5269 278 ; ; : 1662 5269 279 judicial judicial JJ 1662 5269 280 review review NN 1662 5269 281 of of IN 1662 5269 282 legislative legislative JJ 1662 5269 283 acts act NNS 1662 5269 284 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 5269 285 : : : 1662 5269 286 18 18 CD 1662 5269 287 years year NNS 1662 5269 288 of of IN 1662 5269 289 age age NN 1662 5269 290 ; ; : 1662 5269 291 universal universal JJ 1662 5269 292 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5269 293 branch branch NN 1662 5269 294 : : : 1662 5269 295 chief chief NN 1662 5269 296 of of IN 1662 5269 297 state state NN 1662 5269 298 : : : 1662 5269 299 President President NNP 1662 5269 300 Kiro Kiro NNP 1662 5269 301 GLIGOROV GLIGOROV NNP 1662 5269 302 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5269 303 since since IN 1662 5269 304 27 27 CD 1662 5269 305 January January NNP 1662 5269 306 1991 1991 CD 1662 5269 307 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 308 head head NN 1662 5269 309 of of IN 1662 5269 310 government government NN 1662 5269 311 : : : 1662 5269 312 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5269 313 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5269 314 Branko Branko NNP 1662 5269 315 CRVENKOVSKI CRVENKOVSKI NNP 1662 5269 316 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5269 317 since since IN 1662 5269 318 4 4 CD 1662 5269 319 September September NNP 1662 5269 320 1992 1992 CD 1662 5269 321 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 322 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5269 323 : : : 1662 5269 324 Council Council NNP 1662 5269 325 of of IN 1662 5269 326 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 5269 327 elected elect VBN 1662 5269 328 by by IN 1662 5269 329 the the DT 1662 5269 330 majority majority NN 1662 5269 331 vote vote NN 1662 5269 332 of of IN 1662 5269 333 all all PDT 1662 5269 334 the the DT 1662 5269 335 deputies deputy NNS 1662 5269 336 in in IN 1662 5269 337 the the DT 1662 5269 338 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5269 339 ; ; : 1662 5269 340 note note NN 1662 5269 341 - - : 1662 5269 342 after after IN 1662 5269 343 the the DT 1662 5269 344 withdrawal withdrawal NN 1662 5269 345 of of IN 1662 5269 346 the the DT 1662 5269 347 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 5269 348 Party Party NNP 1662 5269 349 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5269 350 LP LP NNP 1662 5269 351 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 352 from from IN 1662 5269 353 the the DT 1662 5269 354 ruling rule VBG 1662 5269 355 coalition coalition NN 1662 5269 356 in in IN 1662 5269 357 early early JJ 1662 5269 358 1996 1996 CD 1662 5269 359 , , , 1662 5269 360 the the DT 1662 5269 361 Council Council NNP 1662 5269 362 of of IN 1662 5269 363 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 5269 364 was be VBD 1662 5269 365 reorganized reorganize VBN 1662 5269 366 without without IN 1662 5269 367 LP LP NNP 1662 5269 368 participation participation NN 1662 5269 369 elections election NNS 1662 5269 370 : : : 1662 5269 371 president president NN 1662 5269 372 elected elect VBN 1662 5269 373 by by IN 1662 5269 374 popular popular JJ 1662 5269 375 vote vote NN 1662 5269 376 for for IN 1662 5269 377 a a DT 1662 5269 378 five five CD 1662 5269 379 - - HYPH 1662 5269 380 year year NN 1662 5269 381 term term NN 1662 5269 382 ; ; : 1662 5269 383 election election NN 1662 5269 384 last last JJ 1662 5269 385 held hold VBD 1662 5269 386 16 16 CD 1662 5269 387 October October NNP 1662 5269 388 1994 1994 CD 1662 5269 389 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5269 390 next next JJ 1662 5269 391 to to TO 1662 5269 392 be be VB 1662 5269 393 held hold VBN 1662 5269 394 NA NA NNP 1662 5269 395 1999 1999 CD 1662 5269 396 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 397 election election NN 1662 5269 398 results result NNS 1662 5269 399 : : : 1662 5269 400 Kiro Kiro NNP 1662 5269 401 GLIGOROV GLIGOROV NNP 1662 5269 402 elected elect VBD 1662 5269 403 president president NN 1662 5269 404 ; ; , 1662 5269 405 percent percent NN 1662 5269 406 of of IN 1662 5269 407 vote vote NN 1662 5269 408 - - HYPH 1662 5269 409 NA NA NNP 1662 5269 410 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 5269 411 branch branch NN 1662 5269 412 : : : 1662 5269 413 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 5269 414 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5269 415 or or CC 1662 5269 416 Sobranje Sobranje NNP 1662 5269 417 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5269 418 120 120 CD 1662 5269 419 seats seat NNS 1662 5269 420 ; ; : 1662 5269 421 members member NNS 1662 5269 422 are be VBP 1662 5269 423 elected elect VBN 1662 5269 424 by by IN 1662 5269 425 popular popular JJ 1662 5269 426 vote vote NN 1662 5269 427 to to TO 1662 5269 428 serve serve VB 1662 5269 429 four four CD 1662 5269 430 - - HYPH 1662 5269 431 year year NN 1662 5269 432 terms term NNS 1662 5269 433 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 434 elections election NNS 1662 5269 435 : : : 1662 5269 436 last last RB 1662 5269 437 held hold VBD 1662 5269 438 16 16 CD 1662 5269 439 and and CC 1662 5269 440 30 30 CD 1662 5269 441 October October NNP 1662 5269 442 1994 1994 CD 1662 5269 443 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5269 444 next next JJ 1662 5269 445 to to TO 1662 5269 446 be be VB 1662 5269 447 held hold VBN 1662 5269 448 NA NA NNP 1662 5269 449 November November NNP 1662 5269 450 1998 1998 CD 1662 5269 451 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 452 election election NN 1662 5269 453 results result NNS 1662 5269 454 : : : 1662 5269 455 percent percent NN 1662 5269 456 of of IN 1662 5269 457 vote vote NN 1662 5269 458 by by IN 1662 5269 459 party party NN 1662 5269 460 - - HYPH 1662 5269 461 NA NA NNP 1662 5269 462 ; ; , 1662 5269 463 seats seat NNS 1662 5269 464 by by IN 1662 5269 465 party party NN 1662 5269 466 - - HYPH 1662 5269 467 SDSM SDSM NNP 1662 5269 468 58 58 CD 1662 5269 469 , , , 1662 5269 470 LP LP NNP 1662 5269 471 29 29 CD 1662 5269 472 , , , 1662 5269 473 SP SP NNP 1662 5269 474 8 8 CD 1662 5269 475 , , , 1662 5269 476 PDP PDP NNP 1662 5269 477 10 10 CD 1662 5269 478 , , , 1662 5269 479 NDP NDP NNP 1662 5269 480 4 4 CD 1662 5269 481 , , , 1662 5269 482 independents independent NNS 1662 5269 483 7 7 CD 1662 5269 484 , , , 1662 5269 485 other other JJ 1662 5269 486 4 4 CD 1662 5269 487 ; ; : 1662 5269 488 note note NN 1662 5269 489 - - HYPH 1662 5269 490 since since IN 1662 5269 491 October October NNP 1662 5269 492 1994 1994 CD 1662 5269 493 elections election NNS 1662 5269 494 , , , 1662 5269 495 some some DT 1662 5269 496 members member NNS 1662 5269 497 of of IN 1662 5269 498 the the DT 1662 5269 499 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5269 500 have have VBP 1662 5269 501 changed change VBN 1662 5269 502 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5269 503 party party NN 1662 5269 504 affiliation affiliation NN 1662 5269 505 ; ; : 1662 5269 506 the the DT 1662 5269 507 seating seating NN 1662 5269 508 as as IN 1662 5269 509 of of IN 1662 5269 510 January January NNP 1662 5269 511 1997 1997 CD 1662 5269 512 is be VBZ 1662 5269 513 as as IN 1662 5269 514 follows follow VBZ 1662 5269 515 : : : 1662 5269 516 SDSM SDSM NNP 1662 5269 517 61 61 CD 1662 5269 518 , , , 1662 5269 519 LP LP NNP 1662 5269 520 27 27 CD 1662 5269 521 , , , 1662 5269 522 SP SP NNP 1662 5269 523 6 6 CD 1662 5269 524 , , , 1662 5269 525 PDP PDP NNP 1662 5269 526 11 11 CD 1662 5269 527 , , , 1662 5269 528 NDP NDP NNP 1662 5269 529 2 2 CD 1662 5269 530 , , , 1662 5269 531 PDPA PDPA NNP 1662 5269 532 5 5 CD 1662 5269 533 , , , 1662 5269 534 independents independent NNS 1662 5269 535 3 3 CD 1662 5269 536 , , , 1662 5269 537 other other JJ 1662 5269 538 5 5 CD 1662 5269 539 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 5269 540 branch branch NN 1662 5269 541 : : : 1662 5269 542 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 5269 543 Court Court NNP 1662 5269 544 , , , 1662 5269 545 judges judge NNS 1662 5269 546 are be VBP 1662 5269 547 elected elect VBN 1662 5269 548 by by IN 1662 5269 549 the the DT 1662 5269 550 Judicial Judicial NNP 1662 5269 551 Council Council NNP 1662 5269 552 ; ; : 1662 5269 553 Judicial Judicial NNP 1662 5269 554 Court Court NNP 1662 5269 555 of of IN 1662 5269 556 the the DT 1662 5269 557 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5269 558 , , , 1662 5269 559 judges judge NNS 1662 5269 560 are be VBP 1662 5269 561 elected elect VBN 1662 5269 562 by by IN 1662 5269 563 the the DT 1662 5269 564 Judicial Judicial NNP 1662 5269 565 Council Council NNP 1662 5269 566 Political Political NNP 1662 5269 567 parties party NNS 1662 5269 568 and and CC 1662 5269 569 leaders leader NNS 1662 5269 570 : : : 1662 5269 571 Social Social NNP 1662 5269 572 - - HYPH 1662 5269 573 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5269 574 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 5269 575 of of IN 1662 5269 576 Macedonia Macedonia NNP 1662 5269 577 or or CC 1662 5269 578 SDSM SDSM NNP 1662 5269 579 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5269 580 former former JJ 1662 5269 581 Communist Communist NNP 1662 5269 582 Party Party NNP 1662 5269 583 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 584 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5269 585 Branko Branko NNP 1662 5269 586 CRVENKOVSKI CRVENKOVSKI NNP 1662 5269 587 , , , 1662 5269 588 president president NN 1662 5269 589 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5269 590 ; ; : 1662 5269 591 Party Party NNP 1662 5269 592 for for IN 1662 5269 593 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5269 594 Prosperity Prosperity NNP 1662 5269 595 or or CC 1662 5269 596 PDP PDP NNP 1662 5269 597 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5269 598 Abdurahman Abdurahman NNP 1662 5269 599 ALITI ALITI NNP 1662 5269 600 , , , 1662 5269 601 president president NN 1662 5269 602 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5269 603 ; ; : 1662 5269 604 National National NNP 1662 5269 605 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5269 606 Party Party NNP 1662 5269 607 or or CC 1662 5269 608 NDP NDP NNP 1662 5269 609 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5269 610 Ilijas Ilijas NNP 1662 5269 611 HALIMI HALIMI NNP 1662 5269 612 , , , 1662 5269 613 president president NN 1662 5269 614 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5269 615 ; ; : 1662 5269 616 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 5269 617 Party Party NNP 1662 5269 618 or or CC 1662 5269 619 LP LP NNP 1662 5269 620 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5269 621 Stojan Stojan NNP 1662 5269 622 ANDOV ANDOV NNP 1662 5269 623 , , , 1662 5269 624 president president NN 1662 5269 625 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5269 626 ; ; : 1662 5269 627 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 5269 628 Party Party NNP 1662 5269 629 of of IN 1662 5269 630 Macedonia Macedonia NNP 1662 5269 631 or or CC 1662 5269 632 SP SP NNP 1662 5269 633 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5269 634 Ljubislav Ljubislav NNP 1662 5269 635 IVANOV IVANOV NNP 1662 5269 636 - - HYPH 1662 5269 637 ZINGO ZINGO NNP 1662 5269 638 , , , 1662 5269 639 president president NN 1662 5269 640 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5269 641 ; ; : 1662 5269 642 Internal Internal NNP 1662 5269 643 Macedonian Macedonian NNP 1662 5269 644 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 5269 645 Organization Organization NNP 1662 5269 646 - - HYPH 1662 5269 647 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5269 648 Party Party NNP 1662 5269 649 for for IN 1662 5269 650 Macedonian Macedonian NNP 1662 5269 651 National National NNP 1662 5269 652 Unity Unity NNP 1662 5269 653 or or CC 1662 5269 654 VMRO VMRO NNP 1662 5269 655 - - HYPH 1662 5269 656 DPMNE DPMNE NNP 1662 5269 657 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5269 658 Ljupco Ljupco NNP 1662 5269 659 GEORGIEVSKI GEORGIEVSKI NNP 1662 5269 660 , , , 1662 5269 661 president president NN 1662 5269 662 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5269 663 ; ; : 1662 5269 664 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5269 665 Party Party NNP 1662 5269 666 or or CC 1662 5269 667 DP DP NNP 1662 5269 668 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5269 669 Petar Petar NNP 1662 5269 670 GOSEV GOSEV NNP 1662 5269 671 , , , 1662 5269 672 president president NN 1662 5269 673 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5269 674 ; ; : 1662 5269 675 Party Party NNP 1662 5269 676 for for IN 1662 5269 677 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 5269 678 Prosperity Prosperity NNP 1662 5269 679 of of IN 1662 5269 680 Albanians Albanians NNPS 1662 5269 681 or or CC 1662 5269 682 PDPA pdpa VBP 1662 5269 683 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5269 684 Arben Arben NNP 1662 5269 685 XHAFFERI XHAFFERI NNP 1662 5269 686 , , , 1662 5269 687 president president NN 1662 5269 688 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5269 689 Political political JJ 1662 5269 690 pressure pressure NN 1662 5269 691 groups group NNS 1662 5269 692 and and CC 1662 5269 693 leaders leader NNS 1662 5269 694 : : : 1662 5269 695 Movement movement NN 1662 5269 696 for for IN 1662 5269 697 All all DT 1662 5269 698 Macedonian Macedonian NNP 1662 5269 699 Action Action NNP 1662 5269 700 or or CC 1662 5269 701 MAAK MAAK NNP 1662 5269 702 ; ; : 1662 5269 703 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5269 704 Party Party NNP 1662 5269 705 of of IN 1662 5269 706 Serbs Serbs NNPS 1662 5269 707 ; ; : 1662 5269 708 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5269 709 Party Party NNP 1662 5269 710 of of IN 1662 5269 711 Turks Turks NNPS 1662 5269 712 ; ; : 1662 5269 713 Party Party NNP 1662 5269 714 for for IN 1662 5269 715 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5269 716 Action Action NNP 1662 5269 717 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5269 718 Slavic Slavic NNP 1662 5269 719 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 5269 720 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 721 International international JJ 1662 5269 722 organization organization NN 1662 5269 723 participation participation NN 1662 5269 724 : : : 1662 5269 725 CCC CCC NNP 1662 5269 726 , , , 1662 5269 727 CE CE NNP 1662 5269 728 , , , 1662 5269 729 CEI CEI NNP 1662 5269 730 , , , 1662 5269 731 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 5269 732 , , , 1662 5269 733 ECE ECE NNP 1662 5269 734 , , , 1662 5269 735 FAO FAO NNP 1662 5269 736 , , , 1662 5269 737 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 5269 738 , , , 1662 5269 739 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 5269 740 , , , 1662 5269 741 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 5269 742 , , , 1662 5269 743 IDA IDA NNP 1662 5269 744 , , , 1662 5269 745 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 5269 746 , , , 1662 5269 747 IFC IFC NNP 1662 5269 748 , , , 1662 5269 749 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 5269 750 , , , 1662 5269 751 ILO ILO NNP 1662 5269 752 , , , 1662 5269 753 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5269 754 , , , 1662 5269 755 IMO imo RB 1662 5269 756 , , , 1662 5269 757 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5269 758 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5269 759 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 5269 760 user user NN 1662 5269 761 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 762 , , , 1662 5269 763 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 5269 764 , , , 1662 5269 765 IOC IOC NNP 1662 5269 766 , , , 1662 5269 767 ISO ISO NNP 1662 5269 768 , , , 1662 5269 769 ITU ITU NNP 1662 5269 770 , , , 1662 5269 771 NACC NACC NNP 1662 5269 772 , , , 1662 5269 773 PFP PFP NNP 1662 5269 774 , , , 1662 5269 775 UN UN NNP 1662 5269 776 , , , 1662 5269 777 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 5269 778 , , , 1662 5269 779 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 5269 780 , , , 1662 5269 781 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 5269 782 , , , 1662 5269 783 UPU UPU NNP 1662 5269 784 , , , 1662 5269 785 WHO who WP 1662 5269 786 , , , 1662 5269 787 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 5269 788 , , , 1662 5269 789 WMO WMO NNP 1662 5269 790 , , , 1662 5269 791 WToO wtoo FW 1662 5269 792 , , , 1662 5269 793 WTrO wtro VB 1662 5269 794 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5269 795 applicant applicant NN 1662 5269 796 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 797 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5269 798 representation representation NN 1662 5269 799 in in IN 1662 5269 800 the the DT 1662 5269 801 US US NNP 1662 5269 802 : : : 1662 5269 803 chief chief NN 1662 5269 804 of of IN 1662 5269 805 mission mission NN 1662 5269 806 : : : 1662 5269 807 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5269 808 Ljubica Ljubica NNP 1662 5269 809 Z. Z. NNP 1662 5269 810 ACEVSKA ACEVSKA NNP 1662 5269 811 chancery chancery NN 1662 5269 812 : : : 1662 5269 813 3050 3050 CD 1662 5269 814 K K NNP 1662 5269 815 Street Street NNP 1662 5269 816 , , , 1662 5269 817 NW NW NNP 1662 5269 818 , , , 1662 5269 819 Suite Suite NNP 1662 5269 820 210 210 CD 1662 5269 821 , , , 1662 5269 822 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5269 823 , , , 1662 5269 824 DC DC NNP 1662 5269 825 20007 20007 CD 1662 5269 826 telephone telephone NN 1662 5269 827 : : : 1662 5269 828 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5269 829 1 1 CD 1662 5269 830 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5269 831 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5269 832 202 202 CD 1662 5269 833 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 834 337 337 CD 1662 5269 835 3063 3063 CD 1662 5269 836 FAX FAX NNP 1662 5269 837 : : : 1662 5269 838 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5269 839 1 1 CD 1662 5269 840 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5269 841 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5269 842 202 202 CD 1662 5269 843 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 844 337 337 CD 1662 5269 845 3093 3093 CD 1662 5269 846 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5269 847 representation representation NN 1662 5269 848 from from IN 1662 5269 849 the the DT 1662 5269 850 US US NNP 1662 5269 851 : : : 1662 5269 852 chief chief NN 1662 5269 853 of of IN 1662 5269 854 mission mission NN 1662 5269 855 : : : 1662 5269 856 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5269 857 Christopher Christopher NNP 1662 5269 858 Robert Robert NNP 1662 5269 859 HILL HILL NNP 1662 5269 860 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5269 861 18 18 CD 1662 5269 862 July July NNP 1662 5269 863 1996 1996 CD 1662 5269 864 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 865 embassy embassy NN 1662 5269 866 : : : 1662 5269 867 Ilindenska Ilindenska NNP 1662 5269 868 BB BB NNP 1662 5269 869 , , , 1662 5269 870 9100 9100 CD 1662 5269 871 Skopje Skopje NNP 1662 5269 872 mailing mailing NN 1662 5269 873 address address NN 1662 5269 874 : : : 1662 5269 875 American American NNP 1662 5269 876 Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 5269 877 Skopje Skopje NNP 1662 5269 878 , , , 1662 5269 879 Department Department NNP 1662 5269 880 of of IN 1662 5269 881 State State NNP 1662 5269 882 , , , 1662 5269 883 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5269 884 , , , 1662 5269 885 DC DC NNP 1662 5269 886 20521 20521 CD 1662 5269 887 - - SYM 1662 5269 888 7120 7120 CD 1662 5269 889 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5269 890 pouch pouch JJ 1662 5269 891 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 892 telephone telephone NN 1662 5269 893 : : : 1662 5269 894 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5269 895 389 389 CD 1662 5269 896 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5269 897 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5269 898 91 91 CD 1662 5269 899 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 900 116 116 CD 1662 5269 901 - - SYM 1662 5269 902 180 180 CD 1662 5269 903 FAX fax NN 1662 5269 904 : : : 1662 5269 905 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5269 906 389 389 CD 1662 5269 907 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5269 908 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5269 909 91 91 CD 1662 5269 910 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5269 911 117 117 CD 1662 5269 912 - - SYM 1662 5269 913 103 103 CD 1662 5269 914 Flag flag NN 1662 5269 915 description description NN 1662 5269 916 : : : 1662 5269 917 a a DT 1662 5269 918 rising rise VBG 1662 5269 919 yellow yellow JJ 1662 5269 920 sun sun NN 1662 5269 921 with with IN 1662 5269 922 8 8 CD 1662 5269 923 rays ray NNS 1662 5269 924 extending extend VBG 1662 5269 925 to to IN 1662 5269 926 the the DT 1662 5269 927 edges edge NNS 1662 5269 928 of of IN 1662 5269 929 the the DT 1662 5269 930 red red JJ 1662 5269 931 field field NN 1662 5269 932 Economy Economy NNP 1662 5269 933 Economy Economy NNP 1662 5269 934 - - HYPH 1662 5269 935 overview overview NN 1662 5269 936 : : : 1662 5269 937 The the DT 1662 5269 938 Former Former NNP 1662 5269 939 Yugoslav Yugoslav NNP 1662 5269 940 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5269 941 of of IN 1662 5269 942 Macedonia Macedonia NNP 1662 5269 943 , , , 1662 5269 944 although although IN 1662 5269 945 the the DT 1662 5269 946 poorest poor JJS 1662 5269 947 republic republic NNP 1662 5269 948 in in IN 1662 5269 949 the the DT 1662 5269 950 former former JJ 1662 5269 951 Yugoslav yugoslav JJ 1662 5269 952 federation federation NN 1662 5269 953 , , , 1662 5269 954 can can MD 1662 5269 955 meet meet VB 1662 5269 956 basic basic JJ 1662 5269 957 food food NN 1662 5269 958 and and CC 1662 5269 959 energy energy NN 1662 5269 960 needs need NNS 1662 5269 961 through through IN 1662 5269 962 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5269 963 own own JJ 1662 5269 964 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 5269 965 and and CC 1662 5269 966 coal coal NN 1662 5269 967 resources resource NNS 1662 5269 968 . . . 1662 5270 1 The the DT 1662 5270 2 economy economy NN 1662 5270 3 slowly slowly RB 1662 5270 4 rebounded rebound VBD 1662 5270 5 in in IN 1662 5270 6 1996 1996 CD 1662 5270 7 after after IN 1662 5270 8 years year NNS 1662 5270 9 of of IN 1662 5270 10 recession recession NN 1662 5270 11 . . . 1662 5271 1 Continued continue VBN 1662 5271 2 recovery recovery NN 1662 5271 3 depends depend VBZ 1662 5271 4 on on IN 1662 5271 5 Macedonia Macedonia NNP 1662 5271 6 's 's POS 1662 5271 7 ability ability NN 1662 5271 8 to to TO 1662 5271 9 redevelop redevelop VB 1662 5271 10 trade trade NN 1662 5271 11 ties tie NNS 1662 5271 12 with with IN 1662 5271 13 Greece Greece NNP 1662 5271 14 and and CC 1662 5271 15 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 5271 16 and and CC 1662 5271 17 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 5271 18 ; ; : 1662 5271 19 as as RB 1662 5271 20 well well RB 1662 5271 21 as as IN 1662 5271 22 on on IN 1662 5271 23 Skopje Skopje NNP 1662 5271 24 's 's POS 1662 5271 25 continued continue VBN 1662 5271 26 commitment commitment NN 1662 5271 27 to to IN 1662 5271 28 economic economic JJ 1662 5271 29 liberalization liberalization NN 1662 5271 30 . . . 1662 5272 1 The the DT 1662 5272 2 economy economy NN 1662 5272 3 depends depend VBZ 1662 5272 4 on on IN 1662 5272 5 outside outside JJ 1662 5272 6 sources source NNS 1662 5272 7 for for IN 1662 5272 8 all all DT 1662 5272 9 of of IN 1662 5272 10 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5272 11 oil oil NN 1662 5272 12 and and CC 1662 5272 13 gas gas NN 1662 5272 14 and and CC 1662 5272 15 most most JJS 1662 5272 16 of of IN 1662 5272 17 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5272 18 modern modern JJ 1662 5272 19 machinery machinery NN 1662 5272 20 and and CC 1662 5272 21 parts part NNS 1662 5272 22 . . . 1662 5273 1 An an DT 1662 5273 2 important important JJ 1662 5273 3 supplement supplement NN 1662 5273 4 of of IN 1662 5273 5 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5273 6 is be VBZ 1662 5273 7 the the DT 1662 5273 8 remittances remittance NNS 1662 5273 9 from from IN 1662 5273 10 thousands thousand NNS 1662 5273 11 of of IN 1662 5273 12 Macedonians Macedonians NNPS 1662 5273 13 working work VBG 1662 5273 14 in in IN 1662 5273 15 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5273 16 and and CC 1662 5273 17 other other JJ 1662 5273 18 West west JJ 1662 5273 19 European european JJ 1662 5273 20 nations nation NNS 1662 5273 21 . . . 1662 5274 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5274 2 : : : 1662 5274 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5274 4 power power NN 1662 5274 5 parity parity NN 1662 5274 6 - - : 1662 5274 7 $ $ $ 1662 5274 8 2 2 CD 1662 5274 9 billion billion CD 1662 5274 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5274 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 5274 12 est est NNP 1662 5274 13 . . . 1662 5274 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5275 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5275 2 - - HYPH 1662 5275 3 real real JJ 1662 5275 4 growth growth NN 1662 5275 5 rate rate NN 1662 5275 6 : : : 1662 5275 7 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 5275 8 % % NN 1662 5275 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5275 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 5275 11 est est NNP 1662 5275 12 . . . 1662 5275 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5276 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5276 2 - - HYPH 1662 5276 3 per per FW 1662 5276 4 capita capita NN 1662 5276 5 : : : 1662 5276 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5276 7 power power NN 1662 5276 8 parity parity NN 1662 5276 9 - - : 1662 5276 10 $ $ $ 1662 5276 11 960 960 CD 1662 5276 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5276 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 5276 14 est est NNP 1662 5276 15 . . . 1662 5276 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5277 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5277 2 - - HYPH 1662 5277 3 composition composition NN 1662 5277 4 by by IN 1662 5277 5 sector sector NN 1662 5277 6 : : : 1662 5277 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5277 8 : : : 1662 5277 9 24 24 CD 1662 5277 10 % % NN 1662 5277 11 industry industry NN 1662 5277 12 : : : 1662 5277 13 44 44 CD 1662 5277 14 % % NN 1662 5277 15 services service NNS 1662 5277 16 : : : 1662 5277 17 32 32 CD 1662 5277 18 % % NN 1662 5277 19 Inflation inflation NN 1662 5277 20 rate rate NN 1662 5277 21 - - HYPH 1662 5277 22 consumer consumer NN 1662 5277 23 price price NN 1662 5277 24 index index NN 1662 5277 25 : : : 1662 5277 26 5 5 CD 1662 5277 27 % % NN 1662 5277 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5277 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 5277 30 est est NNP 1662 5277 31 . . . 1662 5277 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5278 1 Labor labor NN 1662 5278 2 force force NN 1662 5278 3 : : : 1662 5278 4 total total NN 1662 5278 5 : : : 1662 5278 6 591,773 591,773 CD 1662 5278 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5278 8 June June NNP 1662 5278 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 5278 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5278 11 by by IN 1662 5278 12 occupation occupation NN 1662 5278 13 : : : 1662 5278 14 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 5278 15 and and CC 1662 5278 16 mining mine VBG 1662 5278 17 40 40 CD 1662 5278 18 % % NN 1662 5278 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5278 20 1992 1992 CD 1662 5278 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5278 22 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 5278 23 rate rate NN 1662 5278 24 : : : 1662 5278 25 38 38 CD 1662 5278 26 % % NN 1662 5278 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5278 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 5278 29 est est NNP 1662 5278 30 . . . 1662 5279 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5279 2 ; ; : 1662 5279 3 note note VB 1662 5279 4 - - HYPH 1662 5279 5 many many JJ 1662 5279 6 employed employ VBN 1662 5279 7 workers worker NNS 1662 5279 8 are be VBP 1662 5279 9 , , , 1662 5279 10 in in IN 1662 5279 11 fact fact NN 1662 5279 12 , , , 1662 5279 13 furloughees furloughee VBZ 1662 5279 14 Budget Budget NNP 1662 5279 15 : : : 1662 5279 16 revenues revenue NNS 1662 5279 17 : : : 1662 5279 18 $ $ $ 1662 5279 19 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 5279 20 billion billion CD 1662 5279 21 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5279 22 : : : 1662 5279 23 $ $ $ 1662 5279 24 1 1 CD 1662 5279 25 billion billion CD 1662 5279 26 , , , 1662 5279 27 including include VBG 1662 5279 28 capital capital NN 1662 5279 29 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5279 30 of of IN 1662 5279 31 $ $ $ 1662 5279 32 NA na NN 1662 5279 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5279 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 5279 35 est est NNP 1662 5279 36 . . . 1662 5279 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5280 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 5280 2 : : : 1662 5280 3 coal coal NN 1662 5280 4 , , , 1662 5280 5 metallic metallic JJ 1662 5280 6 chromium chromium NN 1662 5280 7 , , , 1662 5280 8 lead lead NN 1662 5280 9 , , , 1662 5280 10 zinc zinc NN 1662 5280 11 , , , 1662 5280 12 ferronickel ferronickel NN 1662 5280 13 , , , 1662 5280 14 textiles textile NNS 1662 5280 15 , , , 1662 5280 16 wood wood NN 1662 5280 17 products product NNS 1662 5280 18 , , , 1662 5280 19 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 5280 20 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 5280 21 production production NN 1662 5280 22 growth growth NN 1662 5280 23 rate rate NN 1662 5280 24 : : : 1662 5280 25 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 5280 26 % % NN 1662 5280 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5280 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 5280 29 est est NNP 1662 5280 30 . . . 1662 5280 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5281 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5281 2 - - HYPH 1662 5281 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 5281 4 : : : 1662 5281 5 1.38 1.38 CD 1662 5281 6 million million CD 1662 5281 7 kW kw NN 1662 5281 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5281 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 5281 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5281 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5281 12 - - HYPH 1662 5281 13 production production NN 1662 5281 14 : : : 1662 5281 15 5.22 5.22 CD 1662 5281 16 billion billion CD 1662 5281 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5281 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5281 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 5281 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5281 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5281 22 - - HYPH 1662 5281 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 5281 24 per per IN 1662 5281 25 capita capita NN 1662 5281 26 : : : 1662 5281 27 2,408 2,408 CD 1662 5281 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5281 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5281 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 5281 31 est est NNP 1662 5281 32 . . . 1662 5281 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5282 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5282 2 - - HYPH 1662 5282 3 products product NNS 1662 5282 4 : : : 1662 5282 5 rice rice NN 1662 5282 6 , , , 1662 5282 7 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 5282 8 , , , 1662 5282 9 wheat wheat NN 1662 5282 10 , , , 1662 5282 11 corn corn NN 1662 5282 12 , , , 1662 5282 13 millet millet NN 1662 5282 14 , , , 1662 5282 15 cotton cotton NN 1662 5282 16 , , , 1662 5282 17 sesame sesame NNP 1662 5282 18 , , , 1662 5282 19 mulberry mulberry NN 1662 5282 20 leaves leave NNS 1662 5282 21 , , , 1662 5282 22 citrus citrus NNP 1662 5282 23 , , , 1662 5282 24 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 5282 25 ; ; : 1662 5282 26 beef beef NN 1662 5282 27 , , , 1662 5282 28 pork pork NN 1662 5282 29 , , , 1662 5282 30 poultry poultry NN 1662 5282 31 , , , 1662 5282 32 mutton mutton NN 1662 5282 33 Exports export NNS 1662 5282 34 : : : 1662 5282 35 total total JJ 1662 5282 36 value value NN 1662 5282 37 : : : 1662 5282 38 $ $ $ 1662 5282 39 900 900 CD 1662 5282 40 million million CD 1662 5282 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5282 42 1996 1996 CD 1662 5282 43 est est NNP 1662 5282 44 . . . 1662 5282 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5283 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5283 2 : : : 1662 5283 3 food food NN 1662 5283 4 , , , 1662 5283 5 beverage beverage NN 1662 5283 6 , , , 1662 5283 7 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 5283 8 17.0 17.0 CD 1662 5283 9 % % NN 1662 5283 10 , , , 1662 5283 11 machinery machinery NN 1662 5283 12 and and CC 1662 5283 13 transport transport NN 1662 5283 14 equipment equipment NN 1662 5283 15 13.3 13.3 CD 1662 5283 16 % % NN 1662 5283 17 , , , 1662 5283 18 other other JJ 1662 5283 19 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 5283 20 goods good NNS 1662 5283 21 58 58 CD 1662 5283 22 % % NN 1662 5283 23 partners partner NNS 1662 5283 24 : : : 1662 5283 25 Bulgaria Bulgaria NNP 1662 5283 26 , , , 1662 5283 27 other other JJ 1662 5283 28 former former JJ 1662 5283 29 Yugoslav yugoslav JJ 1662 5283 30 republics republic NNS 1662 5283 31 , , , 1662 5283 32 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5283 33 , , , 1662 5283 34 Italy Italy NNP 1662 5283 35 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 5283 36 : : : 1662 5283 37 total total JJ 1662 5283 38 value value NN 1662 5283 39 : : : 1662 5283 40 $ $ $ 1662 5283 41 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 5283 42 billion billion CD 1662 5283 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5283 44 1996 1996 CD 1662 5283 45 est est NNP 1662 5283 46 . . . 1662 5283 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5284 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5284 2 : : : 1662 5284 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 5284 4 and and CC 1662 5284 5 equipment equipment NN 1662 5284 6 19 19 CD 1662 5284 7 % % NN 1662 5284 8 , , , 1662 5284 9 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 5284 10 14 14 CD 1662 5284 11 % % NN 1662 5284 12 , , , 1662 5284 13 fuels fuel NNS 1662 5284 14 12 12 CD 1662 5284 15 % % NN 1662 5284 16 partners partner NNS 1662 5284 17 : : : 1662 5284 18 other other JJ 1662 5284 19 former former JJ 1662 5284 20 Yugoslav yugoslav JJ 1662 5284 21 republics republic NNS 1662 5284 22 , , , 1662 5284 23 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5284 24 , , , 1662 5284 25 Bulgaria Bulgaria NNP 1662 5284 26 , , , 1662 5284 27 Italy Italy NNP 1662 5284 28 , , , 1662 5284 29 Austria Austria NNP 1662 5284 30 Debt Debt NNP 1662 5284 31 - - HYPH 1662 5284 32 external external JJ 1662 5284 33 : : : 1662 5284 34 $ $ $ 1662 5284 35 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 5284 36 billion billion CD 1662 5284 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5284 38 1996 1996 CD 1662 5284 39 est est NNP 1662 5284 40 . . . 1662 5284 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5285 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 5285 2 aid aid NN 1662 5285 3 : : : 1662 5285 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 5285 5 : : : 1662 5285 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 5285 7 , , , 1662 5285 8 $ $ $ 1662 5285 9 NA NA NNP 1662 5285 10 note note NN 1662 5285 11 : : : 1662 5285 12 US US NNP 1662 5285 13 , , , 1662 5285 14 $ $ $ 1662 5285 15 10 10 CD 1662 5285 16 million million CD 1662 5285 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5285 18 for for IN 1662 5285 19 humanitarian humanitarian JJ 1662 5285 20 and and CC 1662 5285 21 technical technical JJ 1662 5285 22 assistance assistance NN 1662 5285 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5285 24 ; ; : 1662 5285 25 in in IN 1662 5285 26 December December NNP 1662 5285 27 1995 1995 CD 1662 5285 28 , , , 1662 5285 29 the the DT 1662 5285 30 EU EU NNP 1662 5285 31 agreed agree VBD 1662 5285 32 to to TO 1662 5285 33 provide provide VB 1662 5285 34 a a DT 1662 5285 35 credit credit NN 1662 5285 36 line line NN 1662 5285 37 of of IN 1662 5285 38 ECU ECU NNP 1662 5285 39 21.7 21.7 CD 1662 5285 40 million million CD 1662 5285 41 for for IN 1662 5285 42 investment investment NN 1662 5285 43 projects project NNS 1662 5285 44 Currency currency NN 1662 5285 45 : : : 1662 5285 46 1 1 CD 1662 5285 47 Macedonian macedonian JJ 1662 5285 48 denar denar NN 1662 5285 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5285 50 MKD MKD NNP 1662 5285 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5285 52 = = NFP 1662 5285 53 100 100 CD 1662 5285 54 deni deni JJ 1662 5285 55 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5285 56 rates rate NNS 1662 5285 57 : : : 1662 5285 58 denar denar NN 1662 5285 59 per per IN 1662 5285 60 US$ us$ $ 1662 5285 61 1 1 CD 1662 5285 62 - - SYM 1662 5285 63 40.5 40.5 CD 1662 5285 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5285 65 September September NNP 1662 5285 66 1996 1996 CD 1662 5285 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5285 68 , , , 1662 5285 69 38.8 38.8 CD 1662 5285 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5285 71 December December NNP 1662 5285 72 1995 1995 CD 1662 5285 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5285 74 , , , 1662 5285 75 39 39 CD 1662 5285 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5285 77 November November NNP 1662 5285 78 1994 1994 CD 1662 5285 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5285 80 , , , 1662 5285 81 865 865 CD 1662 5285 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5285 83 October October NNP 1662 5285 84 1992 1992 CD 1662 5285 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5285 86 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5285 87 year year NN 1662 5285 88 : : : 1662 5285 89 calendar calendar NN 1662 5285 90 year year NN 1662 5285 91 @Macedonia,:Communications @macedonia,:communication NNS 1662 5285 92 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 5285 93 : : : 1662 5285 94 125,000 125,000 CD 1662 5285 95 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5285 96 system system NN 1662 5285 97 : : : 1662 5285 98 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5285 99 : : : 1662 5285 100 NA NA NNP 1662 5285 101 international international JJ 1662 5285 102 : : : 1662 5285 103 NA NA NNP 1662 5285 104 Radio 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@macedonia,:transportation NN 1662 5287 2 Railways railway NNS 1662 5287 3 : : : 1662 5287 4 total total NN 1662 5287 5 : : : 1662 5287 6 699 699 CD 1662 5287 7 km km NN 1662 5287 8 standard standard JJ 1662 5287 9 gauge gauge NN 1662 5287 10 : : : 1662 5287 11 699 699 CD 1662 5287 12 km km VBP 1662 5287 13 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 5287 14 gauge gauge NN 1662 5287 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5287 16 232 232 CD 1662 5287 17 km km NNS 1662 5287 18 electrified electrify VBN 1662 5287 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5287 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5287 21 1995 1995 CD 1662 5287 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5287 23 Highways highway NNS 1662 5287 24 : : : 1662 5287 25 total total NN 1662 5287 26 : : : 1662 5287 27 8,532 8,532 CD 1662 5287 28 km km NN 1662 5287 29 paved pave VBN 1662 5287 30 : : : 1662 5287 31 5,401 5,401 CD 1662 5287 32 km km NNP 1662 5287 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5287 34 including include VBG 1662 5287 35 133 133 CD 1662 5287 36 km km NNS 1662 5287 37 of of IN 1662 5287 38 expressways expressway NNS 1662 5287 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5287 40 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5287 41 : : : 1662 5287 42 3,131 3,131 CD 1662 5287 43 km km NN 1662 5287 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5287 45 1995 1995 CD 1662 5287 46 est est NNP 1662 5287 47 . . . 1662 5287 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5288 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 5288 2 : : : 1662 5288 3 none none NN 1662 5288 4 , , , 1662 5288 5 lake lake NNP 1662 5288 6 transport transport NN 1662 5288 7 only only RB 1662 5288 8 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 5288 9 : : : 1662 5288 10 0 0 LS 1662 5288 11 km km NN 1662 5288 12 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 5288 13 and and CC 1662 5288 14 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5288 15 : : : 1662 5288 16 none none NN 1662 5288 17 Airports airport NNS 1662 5288 18 : : : 1662 5288 19 16 16 CD 1662 5288 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5288 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 5288 22 est est NNP 1662 5288 23 . . . 1662 5288 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5289 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5289 2 - - , 1662 5289 3 with with IN 1662 5289 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5289 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5289 6 : : : 1662 5289 7 total total NN 1662 5289 8 : : : 1662 5289 9 14 14 CD 1662 5289 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 5289 11 to to IN 1662 5289 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5289 13 m m NN 1662 5289 14 : : : 1662 5289 15 2 2 CD 1662 5289 16 under under IN 1662 5289 17 914 914 CD 1662 5289 18 m m NN 1662 5289 19 : : : 1662 5289 20 12 12 CD 1662 5289 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5289 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 5289 23 est est NNP 1662 5289 24 . . . 1662 5289 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5290 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5290 2 - - , 1662 5290 3 with with IN 1662 5290 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5290 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5290 6 : : : 1662 5290 7 total total NN 1662 5290 8 : : : 1662 5290 9 2 2 CD 1662 5290 10 914 914 CD 1662 5290 11 to to TO 1662 5290 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5290 13 m m NN 1662 5290 14 : : : 1662 5290 15 2 2 CD 1662 5290 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5290 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 5290 18 est est NNP 1662 5290 19 . . . 1662 5290 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5291 1 Military military JJ 1662 5291 2 Military military JJ 1662 5291 3 branches branch NNS 1662 5291 4 : : : 1662 5291 5 Army Army NNP 1662 5291 6 , , , 1662 5291 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 5291 8 , , , 1662 5291 9 Air Air NNP 1662 5291 10 and and CC 1662 5291 11 Air Air NNP 1662 5291 12 Defense Defense NNP 1662 5291 13 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5291 14 , , , 1662 5291 15 Police Police NNP 1662 5291 16 Force Force NNP 1662 5291 17 Military Military NNP 1662 5291 18 manpower manpower NN 1662 5291 19 - - HYPH 1662 5291 20 military military NN 1662 5291 21 age age NN 1662 5291 22 : : : 1662 5291 23 19 19 CD 1662 5291 24 years year NNS 1662 5291 25 of of IN 1662 5291 26 age age NN 1662 5291 27 Military military JJ 1662 5291 28 manpower manpower NN 1662 5291 29 - - HYPH 1662 5291 30 availability availability NN 1662 5291 31 : : : 1662 5291 32 males male NNS 1662 5291 33 age age NNP 1662 5291 34 15 15 CD 1662 5291 35 - - HYPH 1662 5291 36 49 49 CD 1662 5291 37 : : : 1662 5291 38 532,578 532,578 CD 1662 5291 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5291 40 1997 1997 CD 1662 5291 41 est est NNP 1662 5291 42 . . . 1662 5291 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5292 1 Military military JJ 1662 5292 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5292 3 - - HYPH 1662 5292 4 fit fit NN 1662 5292 5 for for IN 1662 5292 6 military military JJ 1662 5292 7 service service NN 1662 5292 8 : : : 1662 5292 9 males male NNS 1662 5292 10 : : : 1662 5292 11 429,419 429,419 CD 1662 5292 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5292 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5292 14 est est NNP 1662 5292 15 . . . 1662 5292 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5293 1 Military military JJ 1662 5293 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5293 3 - - HYPH 1662 5293 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 5293 5 military military JJ 1662 5293 6 age age NN 1662 5293 7 annually annually RB 1662 5293 8 : : : 1662 5293 9 males male NNS 1662 5293 10 : : : 1662 5293 11 16,468 16,468 CD 1662 5293 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5293 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5293 14 est est NNP 1662 5293 15 . . . 1662 5293 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5294 1 Military military JJ 1662 5294 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5294 3 - - HYPH 1662 5294 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 5294 5 figure figure NN 1662 5294 6 : : : 1662 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1662 5295 30 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5295 31 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 5295 32 - - HYPH 1662 5295 33 international international JJ 1662 5295 34 : : : 1662 5295 35 dispute dispute NN 1662 5295 36 with with IN 1662 5295 37 Greece Greece NNP 1662 5295 38 over over IN 1662 5295 39 name name NN 1662 5295 40 ; ; : 1662 5295 41 in in IN 1662 5295 42 September September NNP 1662 5295 43 1995 1995 CD 1662 5295 44 , , , 1662 5295 45 Skopje Skopje NNP 1662 5295 46 and and CC 1662 5295 47 Athens Athens NNP 1662 5295 48 signed sign VBD 1662 5295 49 an an DT 1662 5295 50 interim interim JJ 1662 5295 51 accord accord NN 1662 5295 52 resolving resolve VBG 1662 5295 53 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5295 54 dispute dispute NN 1662 5295 55 over over IN 1662 5295 56 symbols symbol NNS 1662 5295 57 and and CC 1662 5295 58 certain certain JJ 1662 5295 59 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 5295 60 provisions provision NNS 1662 5295 61 ; ; : 1662 5295 62 Athens Athens NNP 1662 5295 63 also also RB 1662 5295 64 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138 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 139 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 140 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 141 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 142 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 143 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 144 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 145 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 146 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 147 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 148 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 149 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 150 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 151 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 152 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 153 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 154 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 155 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 156 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 157 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 158 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 159 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 160 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 161 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 162 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 163 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 164 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 165 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 166 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 167 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 168 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 169 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 170 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 171 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 172 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 173 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 174 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 175 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 176 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 177 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 178 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 179 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 180 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 181 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 182 _ _ NNP 1662 5295 183 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219 587,040 587,040 CD 1662 5295 220 sq sq NN 1662 5295 221 km km NNP 1662 5295 222 land land NN 1662 5295 223 : : : 1662 5295 224 581,540 581,540 CD 1662 5295 225 sq sq NNP 1662 5295 226 km km NNP 1662 5295 227 water water NN 1662 5295 228 : : : 1662 5295 229 5,500 5,500 CD 1662 5295 230 sq sq RB 1662 5295 231 km km NNP 1662 5295 232 Area Area NNP 1662 5295 233 - - HYPH 1662 5295 234 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5295 235 : : : 1662 5295 236 slightly slightly RB 1662 5295 237 less less JJR 1662 5295 238 than than IN 1662 5295 239 twice twice RB 1662 5295 240 the the DT 1662 5295 241 size size NN 1662 5295 242 of of IN 1662 5295 243 Arizona Arizona NNP 1662 5295 244 Land Land NNP 1662 5295 245 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5295 246 : : : 1662 5295 247 0 0 LS 1662 5295 248 km km NN 1662 5295 249 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5295 250 : : : 1662 5295 251 4,828 4,828 CD 1662 5295 252 km km NN 1662 5295 253 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5295 254 claims claim VBZ 1662 5295 255 : : : 1662 5295 256 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 5295 257 zone zone NN 1662 5295 258 : : : 1662 5295 259 24 24 CD 1662 5295 260 nm nm NNP 1662 5295 261 continental continental JJ 1662 5295 262 shelf shelf NNP 1662 5295 263 : : : 1662 5295 264 200 200 CD 1662 5295 265 nm nm CD 1662 5295 266 or or CC 1662 5295 267 100 100 CD 1662 5295 268 nm nm NN 1662 5295 269 from from IN 1662 5295 270 the the DT 1662 5295 271 2,500-m 2,500-m CD 1662 5295 272 isobath isobath NNP 1662 5295 273 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 5295 274 economic economic JJ 1662 5295 275 zone zone NN 1662 5295 276 : : : 1662 5295 277 200 200 CD 1662 5295 278 nm nm CD 1662 5295 279 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5295 280 sea sea NN 1662 5295 281 : : : 1662 5295 282 12 12 CD 1662 5295 283 nm nm NNP 1662 5295 284 Climate climate NN 1662 5295 285 : : : 1662 5295 286 tropical tropical JJ 1662 5295 287 along along IN 1662 5295 288 coast coast NN 1662 5295 289 , , , 1662 5295 290 temperate temperate VB 1662 5295 291 inland inland RB 1662 5295 292 , , , 1662 5295 293 arid arid NNP 1662 5295 294 in in IN 1662 5295 295 south south JJ 1662 5295 296 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 5295 297 : : : 1662 5295 298 narrow narrow JJ 1662 5295 299 coastal coastal JJ 1662 5295 300 plain plain JJ 1662 5295 301 , , , 1662 5295 302 high high JJ 1662 5295 303 plateau plateau NN 1662 5295 304 and and CC 1662 5295 305 mountains mountain NNS 1662 5295 306 in in IN 1662 5295 307 center center JJ 1662 5295 308 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5295 309 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5295 310 : : : 1662 5295 311 lowest low JJS 1662 5295 312 point point NN 1662 5295 313 : : : 1662 5295 314 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5295 315 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5295 316 0 0 NFP 1662 5295 317 m m DT 1662 5295 318 highest high JJS 1662 5295 319 point point NN 1662 5295 320 : : : 1662 5295 321 Maromokotro Maromokotro NNP 1662 5295 322 2,876 2,876 CD 1662 5295 323 m m NNP 1662 5295 324 Natural natural JJ 1662 5295 325 resources resource NNS 1662 5295 326 : : : 1662 5295 327 graphite graphite NN 1662 5295 328 , , , 1662 5295 329 chromite chromite NNP 1662 5295 330 , , , 1662 5295 331 coal coal NN 1662 5295 332 , , , 1662 5295 333 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 5295 334 , , , 1662 5295 335 salt salt NN 1662 5295 336 , , , 1662 5295 337 quartz quartz NN 1662 5295 338 , , , 1662 5295 339 tar tar NN 1662 5295 340 sands sand NNS 1662 5295 341 , , , 1662 5295 342 semiprecious semiprecious JJ 1662 5295 343 stones stone NNS 1662 5295 344 , , , 1662 5295 345 mica mica NNP 1662 5295 346 , , , 1662 5295 347 fish fish NN 1662 5295 348 Land land NN 1662 5295 349 use use NN 1662 5295 350 : : : 1662 5295 351 arable arable JJ 1662 5295 352 land land NN 1662 5295 353 : : : 1662 5295 354 4 4 CD 1662 5295 355 % % NN 1662 5295 356 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5295 357 crops crop NNS 1662 5295 358 : : : 1662 5295 359 1 1 CD 1662 5295 360 % % NN 1662 5295 361 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5295 362 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5295 363 : : : 1662 5295 364 41 41 CD 1662 5295 365 % % NN 1662 5295 366 forests forest NNS 1662 5295 367 and and CC 1662 5295 368 woodland woodland RB 1662 5295 369 : : : 1662 5295 370 40 40 CD 1662 5295 371 % % NN 1662 5295 372 other other JJ 1662 5295 373 : : : 1662 5295 374 14 14 CD 1662 5295 375 % % NN 1662 5295 376 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5295 377 1993 1993 CD 1662 5295 378 est est NNP 1662 5295 379 . . . 1662 5295 380 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5296 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5296 2 land land NN 1662 5296 3 : : : 1662 5296 4 10,870 10,870 CD 1662 5296 5 sq sq NNP 1662 5296 6 km km NNP 1662 5296 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5296 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 5296 9 est est NNP 1662 5296 10 . . . 1662 5296 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5297 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 5297 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5297 3 : : : 1662 5297 4 periodic periodic JJ 1662 5297 5 cyclones cyclone NNS 1662 5297 6 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5297 7 - - HYPH 1662 5297 8 current current JJ 1662 5297 9 issues issue NNS 1662 5297 10 : : : 1662 5297 11 soil soil NN 1662 5297 12 erosion erosion NN 1662 5297 13 results result NNS 1662 5297 14 from from IN 1662 5297 15 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 5297 16 and and CC 1662 5297 17 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 5297 18 ; ; : 1662 5297 19 desertification desertification NN 1662 5297 20 ; ; : 1662 5297 21 surface surface NN 1662 5297 22 water water NN 1662 5297 23 contaminated contaminate VBN 1662 5297 24 with with IN 1662 5297 25 raw raw JJ 1662 5297 26 sewage sewage NN 1662 5297 27 and and CC 1662 5297 28 other other JJ 1662 5297 29 organic organic JJ 1662 5297 30 wastes waste NNS 1662 5297 31 ; ; , 1662 5297 32 several several JJ 1662 5297 33 species specie NNS 1662 5297 34 of of IN 1662 5297 35 flora flora NNS 1662 5297 36 and and CC 1662 5297 37 fauna fauna NNS 1662 5297 38 unique unique JJ 1662 5297 39 to to IN 1662 5297 40 the the DT 1662 5297 41 island island NN 1662 5297 42 are be VBP 1662 5297 43 endangered endanger VBN 1662 5297 44 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5297 45 - - HYPH 1662 5297 46 international international JJ 1662 5297 47 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5297 48 : : : 1662 5297 49 party party NN 1662 5297 50 to to TO 1662 5297 51 : : : 1662 5297 52 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 5297 53 , , , 1662 5297 54 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 5297 55 Species Species NNPS 1662 5297 56 , , , 1662 5297 57 Marine Marine NNP 1662 5297 58 Life Life NNP 1662 5297 59 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 5297 60 , , , 1662 5297 61 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 5297 62 Test Test NNP 1662 5297 63 Ban Ban NNP 1662 5297 64 , , , 1662 5297 65 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5297 66 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5297 67 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5297 68 signed sign VBD 1662 5297 69 , , , 1662 5297 70 but but CC 1662 5297 71 not not RB 1662 5297 72 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5297 73 : : : 1662 5297 74 Climate climate NN 1662 5297 75 Change Change NNP 1662 5297 76 , , , 1662 5297 77 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 5297 78 , , , 1662 5297 79 Law Law NNP 1662 5297 80 of of IN 1662 5297 81 the the DT 1662 5297 82 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5297 83 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5297 84 - - HYPH 1662 5297 85 note note NN 1662 5297 86 : : : 1662 5297 87 world world NN 1662 5297 88 's 's POS 1662 5297 89 fourth fourth RB 1662 5297 90 - - HYPH 1662 5297 91 largest large JJS 1662 5297 92 island island NN 1662 5297 93 ; ; : 1662 5297 94 strategic strategic JJ 1662 5297 95 location location NN 1662 5297 96 along along IN 1662 5297 97 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 5297 98 Channel Channel NNP 1662 5297 99 @Madagascar @Madagascar NFP 1662 5297 100 : : : 1662 5297 101 People People NNS 1662 5297 102 Population population NN 1662 5297 103 : : : 1662 5297 104 14,061,627 14,061,627 CD 1662 5297 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5297 106 July July NNP 1662 5297 107 1997 1997 CD 1662 5297 108 est est NNP 1662 5297 109 . . . 1662 5297 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5298 1 Age age NN 1662 5298 2 structure structure NN 1662 5298 3 : : : 1662 5298 4 0 0 CD 1662 5298 5 - - HYPH 1662 5298 6 14 14 CD 1662 5298 7 years year NNS 1662 5298 8 : : : 1662 5298 9 45 45 CD 1662 5298 10 % % NN 1662 5298 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5298 12 male male JJ 1662 5298 13 3,188,839 3,188,839 CD 1662 5298 14 ; ; : 1662 5298 15 female female JJ 1662 5298 16 3,114,958 3,114,958 CD 1662 5298 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5298 18 15 15 CD 1662 5298 19 - - SYM 1662 5298 20 64 64 CD 1662 5298 21 years year NNS 1662 5298 22 : : : 1662 5298 23 52 52 CD 1662 5298 24 % % NN 1662 5298 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5298 26 male male NN 1662 5298 27 3,608,508 3,608,508 CD 1662 5298 28 ; ; : 1662 5298 29 female female JJ 1662 5298 30 3,680,574 3,680,574 CD 1662 5298 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5298 32 65 65 CD 1662 5298 33 years year NNS 1662 5298 34 and and CC 1662 5298 35 over over IN 1662 5298 36 : : : 1662 5298 37 3 3 CD 1662 5298 38 % % NN 1662 5298 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5298 40 male male JJ 1662 5298 41 228,230 228,230 CD 1662 5298 42 ; ; : 1662 5298 43 female female JJ 1662 5298 44 240,518 240,518 CD 1662 5298 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5298 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5298 47 July July NNP 1662 5298 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5298 49 est est NNP 1662 5298 50 . . . 1662 5298 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5299 1 Population population NN 1662 5299 2 growth growth NN 1662 5299 3 rate rate NN 1662 5299 4 : : : 1662 5299 5 2.82 2.82 CD 1662 5299 6 % % NN 1662 5299 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5299 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5299 9 est est NNP 1662 5299 10 . . . 1662 5299 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5300 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5300 2 rate rate NN 1662 5300 3 : : : 1662 5300 4 42.26 42.26 CD 1662 5300 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 5300 6 population population NN 1662 5300 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5300 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5300 9 est est NNP 1662 5300 10 . . . 1662 5300 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5301 1 Death death NN 1662 5301 2 rate rate NN 1662 5301 3 : : : 1662 5301 4 14.1 14.1 CD 1662 5301 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5301 6 population population NN 1662 5301 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5301 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5301 9 est est NNP 1662 5301 10 . . . 1662 5301 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5302 1 Net net JJ 1662 5302 2 migration migration NN 1662 5302 3 rate rate NN 1662 5302 4 : : : 1662 5302 5 0 0 NFP 1662 5302 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 5302 7 population population NN 1662 5302 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5302 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5302 10 est est NNP 1662 5302 11 . . . 1662 5302 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5303 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5303 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5303 3 : : : 1662 5303 4 at at IN 1662 5303 5 birth birth NN 1662 5303 6 : : : 1662 5303 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 5303 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5303 9 under under IN 1662 5303 10 15 15 CD 1662 5303 11 years year NNS 1662 5303 12 : : : 1662 5303 13 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 5303 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5303 15 15 15 CD 1662 5303 16 - - HYPH 1662 5303 17 64 64 CD 1662 5303 18 years year NNS 1662 5303 19 : : : 1662 5303 20 0.98 0.98 CD 1662 5303 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5303 22 65 65 CD 1662 5303 23 years year NNS 1662 5303 24 and and CC 1662 5303 25 over over IN 1662 5303 26 : : : 1662 5303 27 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 5303 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 5303 29 total total JJ 1662 5303 30 population population NN 1662 5303 31 : : : 1662 5303 32 1 1 CD 1662 5303 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5303 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5303 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5303 36 est e JJS 1662 5303 37 . . . 1662 5303 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5304 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5304 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5304 3 rate rate NN 1662 5304 4 : : : 1662 5304 5 92 92 CD 1662 5304 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5304 7 live live JJ 1662 5304 8 births birth NNS 1662 5304 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5304 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5304 11 est est NNP 1662 5304 12 . . . 1662 5304 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5305 1 Life life NN 1662 5305 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5305 3 at at IN 1662 5305 4 birth birth NN 1662 5305 5 : : : 1662 5305 6 total total JJ 1662 5305 7 population population NN 1662 5305 8 : : : 1662 5305 9 52.53 52.53 CD 1662 5305 10 years year NNS 1662 5305 11 male male JJ 1662 5305 12 : : : 1662 5305 13 51.4 51.4 CD 1662 5305 14 years year NNS 1662 5305 15 female female JJ 1662 5305 16 : : : 1662 5305 17 53.7 53.7 CD 1662 5305 18 years year NNS 1662 5305 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5305 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5305 21 est est NNP 1662 5305 22 . . . 1662 5305 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5306 1 Total total JJ 1662 5306 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5306 3 rate rate NN 1662 5306 4 : : : 1662 5306 5 5.83 5.83 CD 1662 5306 6 children child NNS 1662 5306 7 born bear VBN 1662 5306 8 / / SYM 1662 5306 9 woman woman NN 1662 5306 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5306 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5306 12 est est NNP 1662 5306 13 . . . 1662 5306 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5307 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5307 2 : : : 1662 5307 3 noun noun NN 1662 5307 4 : : : 1662 5307 5 Malagasy Malagasy NNP 1662 5307 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5307 7 singular singular JJ 1662 5307 8 and and CC 1662 5307 9 plural plural JJ 1662 5307 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5307 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 5307 12 : : : 1662 5307 13 Malagasy Malagasy NNP 1662 5307 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5307 15 groups group NNS 1662 5307 16 : : : 1662 5307 17 Malayo malayo JJ 1662 5307 18 - - HYPH 1662 5307 19 Indonesian Indonesian NNP 1662 5307 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5307 21 Merina Merina NNP 1662 5307 22 and and CC 1662 5307 23 related related JJ 1662 5307 24 Betsileo Betsileo NNP 1662 5307 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5307 26 , , , 1662 5307 27 Cotiers Cotiers NNP 1662 5307 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5307 29 mixed mix VBN 1662 5307 30 African african JJ 1662 5307 31 , , , 1662 5307 32 Malayo malayo JJ 1662 5307 33 - - HYPH 1662 5307 34 Indonesian Indonesian NNP 1662 5307 35 , , , 1662 5307 36 and and CC 1662 5307 37 Arab arab JJ 1662 5307 38 ancestry ancestry NN 1662 5307 39 - - HYPH 1662 5307 40 Betsimisaraka Betsimisaraka NNP 1662 5307 41 , , , 1662 5307 42 Tsimihety Tsimihety NNP 1662 5307 43 , , , 1662 5307 44 Antaisaka Antaisaka NNP 1662 5307 45 , , , 1662 5307 46 Sakalava Sakalava NNP 1662 5307 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5307 48 , , , 1662 5307 49 French french JJ 1662 5307 50 , , , 1662 5307 51 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5307 52 , , , 1662 5307 53 Creole Creole NNP 1662 5307 54 , , , 1662 5307 55 Comoran Comoran NNP 1662 5307 56 Religions Religions NNPS 1662 5307 57 : : : 1662 5307 58 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 5307 59 beliefs belief NNS 1662 5307 60 52 52 CD 1662 5307 61 % % NN 1662 5307 62 , , , 1662 5307 63 Christian Christian NNP 1662 5307 64 41 41 CD 1662 5307 65 % % NN 1662 5307 66 , , , 1662 5307 67 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 5307 68 7 7 CD 1662 5307 69 % % NN 1662 5307 70 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 5307 71 : : : 1662 5307 72 French French NNP 1662 5307 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5307 74 official official NN 1662 5307 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5307 76 , , , 1662 5307 77 Malagasy Malagasy NNP 1662 5307 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5307 79 official official NN 1662 5307 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5307 81 Literacy literacy NN 1662 5307 82 : : : 1662 5307 83 definition definition NN 1662 5307 84 : : : 1662 5307 85 age age NN 1662 5307 86 15 15 CD 1662 5307 87 and and CC 1662 5307 88 over over RB 1662 5307 89 can can MD 1662 5307 90 read read VB 1662 5307 91 and and CC 1662 5307 92 write write VB 1662 5307 93 total total JJ 1662 5307 94 population population NN 1662 5307 95 : : : 1662 5307 96 80 80 CD 1662 5307 97 % % NN 1662 5307 98 male male NN 1662 5307 99 : : : 1662 5307 100 88 88 CD 1662 5307 101 % % NN 1662 5307 102 female female NN 1662 5307 103 : : : 1662 5307 104 73 73 CD 1662 5307 105 % % NN 1662 5307 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5307 107 1990 1990 CD 1662 5307 108 est est NNP 1662 5307 109 . . . 1662 5307 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5308 1 @Madagascar @madagascar LS 1662 5308 2 : : : 1662 5308 3 Government Government NNP 1662 5308 4 Country Country NNP 1662 5308 5 name name NN 1662 5308 6 : : : 1662 5308 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5308 8 long long JJ 1662 5308 9 form form NN 1662 5308 10 : : : 1662 5308 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5308 12 of of IN 1662 5308 13 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 5308 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5308 15 short short JJ 1662 5308 16 form form NN 1662 5308 17 : : : 1662 5308 18 Madagascar madagascar VB 1662 5308 19 local local JJ 1662 5308 20 long long JJ 1662 5308 21 form form NN 1662 5308 22 : : : 1662 5308 23 Republique Republique NNP 1662 5308 24 de de NNP 1662 5308 25 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 5308 26 local local JJ 1662 5308 27 short short JJ 1662 5308 28 form form NN 1662 5308 29 : : : 1662 5308 30 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 5308 31 former former JJ 1662 5308 32 : : : 1662 5308 33 Malagasy Malagasy NNP 1662 5308 34 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5308 35 Data Data NNP 1662 5308 36 code code NN 1662 5308 37 : : : 1662 5308 38 MA MA NNP 1662 5308 39 Government Government NNP 1662 5308 40 type type NN 1662 5308 41 : : : 1662 5308 42 republic republic NNP 1662 5308 43 National national JJ 1662 5308 44 capital capital NN 1662 5308 45 : : : 1662 5308 46 Antananarivo Antananarivo NNP 1662 5308 47 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 5308 48 divisions division NNS 1662 5308 49 : : : 1662 5308 50 6 6 CD 1662 5308 51 provinces province NNS 1662 5308 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5308 53 faritany faritany NN 1662 5308 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5308 55 ; ; : 1662 5308 56 Antananarivo Antananarivo NNP 1662 5308 57 , , , 1662 5308 58 Antsiranana Antsiranana NNP 1662 5308 59 , , , 1662 5308 60 Fianarantsoa Fianarantsoa NNP 1662 5308 61 , , , 1662 5308 62 Mahajanga Mahajanga NNP 1662 5308 63 , , , 1662 5308 64 Toamasina Toamasina NNP 1662 5308 65 , , , 1662 5308 66 Toliary Toliary NNP 1662 5308 67 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5308 68 : : : 1662 5308 69 26 26 CD 1662 5308 70 June June NNP 1662 5308 71 1960 1960 CD 1662 5308 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5308 73 from from IN 1662 5308 74 France France NNP 1662 5308 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5308 76 National national JJ 1662 5308 77 holiday holiday NN 1662 5308 78 : : : 1662 5308 79 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5308 80 Day Day NNP 1662 5308 81 , , , 1662 5308 82 26 26 CD 1662 5308 83 June June NNP 1662 5308 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5308 85 1960 1960 CD 1662 5308 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5308 87 Constitution constitution NN 1662 5308 88 : : : 1662 5308 89 19 19 CD 1662 5308 90 August August NNP 1662 5308 91 1992 1992 CD 1662 5308 92 by by IN 1662 5308 93 national national JJ 1662 5308 94 referendum referendum NN 1662 5308 95 Legal Legal NNP 1662 5308 96 system system NN 1662 5308 97 : : : 1662 5308 98 based base VBN 1662 5308 99 on on IN 1662 5308 100 French french JJ 1662 5308 101 civil civil JJ 1662 5308 102 law law NN 1662 5308 103 system system NN 1662 5308 104 and and CC 1662 5308 105 traditional traditional JJ 1662 5308 106 Malagasy Malagasy NNP 1662 5308 107 law law NN 1662 5308 108 ; ; : 1662 5308 109 has have VBZ 1662 5308 110 not not RB 1662 5308 111 accepted accept VBN 1662 5308 112 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 5308 113 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 5308 114 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 5308 115 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 5308 116 : : : 1662 5308 117 18 18 CD 1662 5308 118 years year NNS 1662 5308 119 of of IN 1662 5308 120 age age NN 1662 5308 121 ; ; : 1662 5308 122 universal universal JJ 1662 5308 123 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5308 124 branch branch NN 1662 5308 125 : : : 1662 5308 126 chief chief NN 1662 5308 127 of of IN 1662 5308 128 state state NN 1662 5308 129 : : : 1662 5308 130 President President NNP 1662 5308 131 Didier Didier NNP 1662 5308 132 RATSIRAKA RATSIRAKA NNP 1662 5308 133 ; ; , 1662 5308 134 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5308 135 since since IN 1662 5308 136 10 10 CD 1662 5308 137 February February NNP 1662 5308 138 1997 1997 CD 1662 5308 139 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5308 140 note note NN 1662 5308 141 - - HYPH 1662 5308 142 President President NNP 1662 5308 143 Albert Albert NNP 1662 5308 144 ZAFY ZAFY NNP 1662 5308 145 impeached impeach VBN 1662 5308 146 by by IN 1662 5308 147 the the DT 1662 5308 148 High High NNP 1662 5308 149 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 5308 150 Court Court NNP 1662 5308 151 on on IN 1662 5308 152 5 5 CD 1662 5308 153 September September NNP 1662 5308 154 1996 1996 CD 1662 5308 155 ; ; : 1662 5308 156 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5308 157 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5308 158 Emmanuel Emmanuel NNP 1662 5308 159 RAKOTOVAHINY RAKOTOVAHINY NNP 1662 5308 160 served serve VBD 1662 5308 161 as as IN 1662 5308 162 interim interim JJ 1662 5308 163 president president NN 1662 5308 164 until until IN 1662 5308 165 the the DT 1662 5308 166 election election NN 1662 5308 167 of of IN 1662 5308 168 President President NNP 1662 5308 169 RATSIRAKA RATSIRAKA NNP 1662 5308 170 and and CC 1662 5308 171 then then RB 1662 5308 172 retired retire VBD 1662 5308 173 from from IN 1662 5308 174 the the DT 1662 5308 175 office office NNP 1662 5308 176 of of IN 1662 5308 177 prime prime NNP 1662 5308 178 minister minister NNP 1662 5308 179 head head NN 1662 5308 180 of of IN 1662 5308 181 government government NN 1662 5308 182 : : : 1662 5308 183 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5308 184 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5308 185 Pascal Pascal NNP 1662 5308 186 RAKOTOMAVO RAKOTOMAVO NNP 1662 5308 187 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5308 188 since since IN 1662 5308 189 21 21 CD 1662 5308 190 February February NNP 1662 5308 191 1997 1997 CD 1662 5308 192 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5308 193 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5308 194 : : : 1662 5308 195 Council Council NNP 1662 5308 196 of of IN 1662 5308 197 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 5308 198 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5308 199 by by IN 1662 5308 200 the the DT 1662 5308 201 prime prime NNP 1662 5308 202 minister minister NNP 1662 5308 203 elections election NNS 1662 5308 204 : : : 1662 5308 205 president president NNP 1662 5308 206 elected elect VBN 1662 5308 207 by by IN 1662 5308 208 popular popular JJ 1662 5308 209 vote vote NN 1662 5308 210 for for IN 1662 5308 211 a a DT 1662 5308 212 five five CD 1662 5308 213 - - HYPH 1662 5308 214 year year NN 1662 5308 215 term term NN 1662 5308 216 ; ; : 1662 5308 217 election election NN 1662 5308 218 last last JJ 1662 5308 219 held hold VBD 1662 5308 220 29 29 CD 1662 5308 221 December December NNP 1662 5308 222 1996 1996 CD 1662 5308 223 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5308 224 next next JJ 1662 5308 225 to to TO 1662 5308 226 be be VB 1662 5308 227 held hold VBN 1662 5308 228 NA NA NNP 1662 5308 229 2002 2002 CD 1662 5308 230 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5308 231 ; ; : 1662 5308 232 prime prime NNP 1662 5308 233 minister minister NNP 1662 5308 234 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5308 235 by by IN 1662 5308 236 the the DT 1662 5308 237 president president NN 1662 5308 238 from from IN 1662 5308 239 a a DT 1662 5308 240 list list NN 1662 5308 241 of of IN 1662 5308 242 candidates candidate NNS 1662 5308 243 nominated nominate VBN 1662 5308 244 by by IN 1662 5308 245 the the DT 1662 5308 246 National National NNP 1662 5308 247 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5308 248 election election NN 1662 5308 249 results result NNS 1662 5308 250 : : : 1662 5308 251 percent percent NN 1662 5308 252 of of IN 1662 5308 253 the the DT 1662 5308 254 popular popular JJ 1662 5308 255 vote vote NN 1662 5308 256 for for IN 1662 5308 257 president president NN 1662 5308 258 - - HYPH 1662 5308 259 Didier didier NN 1662 5308 260 RATSIRAKA RATSIRAKA NNP 1662 5308 261 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5308 262 AREMA AREMA NNP 1662 5308 263 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5308 264 50.7 50.7 CD 1662 5308 265 % % NN 1662 5308 266 , , , 1662 5308 267 Albert Albert NNP 1662 5308 268 ZAFY ZAFY NNP 1662 5308 269 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5308 270 UNDD UNDD NNP 1662 5308 271 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5308 272 49.3 49.3 CD 1662 5308 273 % % NN 1662 5308 274 ; ; , 1662 5308 275 percent percent NN 1662 5308 276 of of IN 1662 5308 277 the the DT 1662 5308 278 National National NNP 1662 5308 279 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5308 280 vote vote NN 1662 5308 281 for for IN 1662 5308 282 prime prime NNP 1662 5308 283 minister minister NNP 1662 5308 284 - - HYPH 1662 5308 285 NA NA NNP 1662 5308 286 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 5308 287 branch branch NN 1662 5308 288 : : : 1662 5308 289 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 5308 290 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 5308 291 consists consist VBZ 1662 5308 292 of of IN 1662 5308 293 the the DT 1662 5308 294 Senate Senate NNP 1662 5308 295 or or CC 1662 5308 296 Senat Senat NNP 1662 5308 297 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5308 298 two two CD 1662 5308 299 - - HYPH 1662 5308 300 thirds third NNS 1662 5308 301 of of IN 1662 5308 302 upper upper JJ 1662 5308 303 house house NN 1662 5308 304 seats seat NNS 1662 5308 305 are be VBP 1662 5308 306 to to TO 1662 5308 307 be be VB 1662 5308 308 filled fill VBN 1662 5308 309 from from IN 1662 5308 310 popularly popularly RB 1662 5308 311 elected elect VBN 1662 5308 312 regional regional JJ 1662 5308 313 assemblies assembly NNS 1662 5308 314 ; ; : 1662 5308 315 the the DT 1662 5308 316 remaining remain VBG 1662 5308 317 third third NN 1662 5308 318 is be VBZ 1662 5308 319 to to TO 1662 5308 320 be be VB 1662 5308 321 filled fill VBN 1662 5308 322 by by IN 1662 5308 323 presidential presidential JJ 1662 5308 324 appointment appointment NN 1662 5308 325 ; ; : 1662 5308 326 members member NNS 1662 5308 327 serve serve VBP 1662 5308 328 four four CD 1662 5308 329 - - HYPH 1662 5308 330 year year NN 1662 5308 331 terms term NNS 1662 5308 332 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5308 333 and and CC 1662 5308 334 the the DT 1662 5308 335 National National NNP 1662 5308 336 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5308 337 or or CC 1662 5308 338 Assemblee Assemblee NNP 1662 5308 339 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 5308 340 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5308 341 138 138 CD 1662 5308 342 seats seat NNS 1662 5308 343 ; ; : 1662 5308 344 members member NNS 1662 5308 345 are be VBP 1662 5308 346 directly directly RB 1662 5308 347 elected elect VBN 1662 5308 348 by by IN 1662 5308 349 popular popular JJ 1662 5308 350 vote vote NN 1662 5308 351 to to TO 1662 5308 352 serve serve VB 1662 5308 353 four four CD 1662 5308 354 - - HYPH 1662 5308 355 year year NN 1662 5308 356 terms term NNS 1662 5308 357 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5308 358 elections election NNS 1662 5308 359 : : : 1662 5308 360 National National NNP 1662 5308 361 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5308 362 - - : 1662 5308 363 last last RB 1662 5308 364 held hold VBD 1662 5308 365 16 16 CD 1662 5308 366 June June NNP 1662 5308 367 1993 1993 CD 1662 5308 368 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5308 369 next next JJ 1662 5308 370 to to TO 1662 5308 371 be be VB 1662 5308 372 held hold VBN 1662 5308 373 3 3 CD 1662 5308 374 August August NNP 1662 5308 375 1997 1997 CD 1662 5308 376 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5308 377 election election NN 1662 5308 378 results result NNS 1662 5308 379 : : : 1662 5308 380 National National NNP 1662 5308 381 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5308 382 - - HYPH 1662 5308 383 percent percent NN 1662 5308 384 of of IN 1662 5308 385 vote vote NN 1662 5308 386 by by IN 1662 5308 387 party party NN 1662 5308 388 - - HYPH 1662 5308 389 NA NA NNP 1662 5308 390 ; ; , 1662 5308 391 seats seat NNS 1662 5308 392 by by IN 1662 5308 393 party party NN 1662 5308 394 - - HYPH 1662 5308 395 CFV CFV NNP 1662 5308 396 coalition coalition NN 1662 5308 397 76 76 CD 1662 5308 398 , , , 1662 5308 399 PMDM PMDM NNP 1662 5308 400 / / SYM 1662 5308 401 MFM MFM NNP 1662 5308 402 16 16 CD 1662 5308 403 , , , 1662 5308 404 CSCD CSCD NNP 1662 5308 405 11 11 CD 1662 5308 406 , , , 1662 5308 407 Famima Famima NNP 1662 5308 408 10 10 CD 1662 5308 409 , , , 1662 5308 410 RPSD RPSD NNP 1662 5308 411 7 7 CD 1662 5308 412 , , , 1662 5308 413 various various JJ 1662 5308 414 pro pro JJ 1662 5308 415 - - JJ 1662 5308 416 Ratsiraka ratsiraka JJ 1662 5308 417 groups group NNS 1662 5308 418 10 10 CD 1662 5308 419 , , , 1662 5308 420 others other NNS 1662 5308 421 8 8 CD 1662 5308 422 note note VBP 1662 5308 423 : : : 1662 5308 424 the the DT 1662 5308 425 Senate Senate NNP 1662 5308 426 has have VBZ 1662 5308 427 never never RB 1662 5308 428 been be VBN 1662 5308 429 established establish VBN 1662 5308 430 because because IN 1662 5308 431 the the DT 1662 5308 432 regional regional JJ 1662 5308 433 assemblies assembly NNS 1662 5308 434 have have VBP 1662 5308 435 not not RB 1662 5308 436 been be VBN 1662 5308 437 formed form VBN 1662 5308 438 and and CC 1662 5308 439 are be VBP 1662 5308 440 not not RB 1662 5308 441 expected expect VBN 1662 5308 442 to to TO 1662 5308 443 be be VB 1662 5308 444 formed form VBN 1662 5308 445 before before IN 1662 5308 446 late late RB 1662 5308 447 in in IN 1662 5308 448 1997 1997 CD 1662 5308 449 , , , 1662 5308 450 following follow VBG 1662 5308 451 a a DT 1662 5308 452 national national JJ 1662 5308 453 referendum referendum NN 1662 5308 454 on on IN 1662 5308 455 a a DT 1662 5308 456 new new JJ 1662 5308 457 constitution constitution NN 1662 5308 458 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 5308 459 branch branch NN 1662 5308 460 : : : 1662 5308 461 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5308 462 Court Court NNP 1662 5308 463 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5308 464 Cour Cour NNP 1662 5308 465 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5308 466 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5308 467 ; ; : 1662 5308 468 High High NNP 1662 5308 469 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 5308 470 Court Court NNP 1662 5308 471 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5308 472 Haute Haute NNP 1662 5308 473 Cour Cour NNP 1662 5308 474 Constitutionnelle Constitutionnelle NNP 1662 5308 475 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5308 476 Political political JJ 1662 5308 477 parties party NNS 1662 5308 478 and and CC 1662 5308 479 leaders leader NNS 1662 5308 480 : : : 1662 5308 481 Committee Committee NNP 1662 5308 482 of of IN 1662 5308 483 Living Living NNP 1662 5308 484 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5308 485 or or CC 1662 5308 486 CFV CFV NNP 1662 5308 487 , , , 1662 5308 488 an an DT 1662 5308 489 alliance alliance NN 1662 5308 490 of of IN 1662 5308 491 National National NNP 1662 5308 492 Union Union NNP 1662 5308 493 for for IN 1662 5308 494 Development Development NNP 1662 5308 495 and and CC 1662 5308 496 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 5308 497 or or CC 1662 5308 498 UNDD UNDD NNS 1662 5308 499 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5308 500 Emmanuel Emmanuel NNP 1662 5308 501 RAKOTOVAHINY RAKOTOVAHINY NNS 1662 5308 502 , , , 1662 5308 503 president president NN 1662 5308 504 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5308 505 , , , 1662 5308 506 Support Support NNP 1662 5308 507 Committee Committee NNP 1662 5308 508 for for IN 1662 5308 509 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 5308 510 and and CC 1662 5308 511 Development Development NNP 1662 5308 512 in in IN 1662 5308 513 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 5308 514 or or CC 1662 5308 515 CSDDM CSDDM NNP 1662 5308 516 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5308 517 Francisque Francisque NNP 1662 5308 518 RAVONY RAVONY NNP 1662 5308 519 , , , 1662 5308 520 president president NN 1662 5308 521 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5308 522 , , , 1662 5308 523 Action Action NNP 1662 5308 524 and and CC 1662 5308 525 Reflection Reflection NNP 1662 5308 526 Group Group NNP 1662 5308 527 for for IN 1662 5308 528 the the DT 1662 5308 529 Development Development NNP 1662 5308 530 of of IN 1662 5308 531 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 5308 532 or or CC 1662 5308 533 GRAD GRAD NNP 1662 5308 534 , , , 1662 5308 535 Congress Congress NNP 1662 5308 536 Party Party NNP 1662 5308 537 for for IN 1662 5308 538 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 5308 539 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5308 540 - - HYPH 1662 5308 541 Renewal Renewal NNP 1662 5308 542 or or CC 1662 5308 543 AKFM AKFM NNP 1662 5308 544 - - HYPH 1662 5308 545 Fanavaozana Fanavaozana NNP 1662 5308 546 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5308 547 Richard Richard NNP 1662 5308 548 ANDRIAMANJATO ANDRIAMANJATO NNP 1662 5308 549 , , , 1662 5308 550 president president NN 1662 5308 551 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5308 552 , , , 1662 5308 553 and and CC 1662 5308 554 some some DT 1662 5308 555 12 12 CD 1662 5308 556 other other JJ 1662 5308 557 parties party NNS 1662 5308 558 , , , 1662 5308 559 trade trade NN 1662 5308 560 unions union NNS 1662 5308 561 , , , 1662 5308 562 and and CC 1662 5308 563 religious religious JJ 1662 5308 564 groups group NNS 1662 5308 565 ; ; : 1662 5308 566 Association Association NNP 1662 5308 567 of of IN 1662 5308 568 United United NNP 1662 5308 569 Malagasys Malagasys NNP 1662 5308 570 or or CC 1662 5308 571 Famima Famima NNP 1662 5308 572 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5308 573 Didier didier NN 1662 5308 574 RATSIRAKA RATSIRAKA NNP 1662 5308 575 , , , 1662 5308 576 leader leader NN 1662 5308 577 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5308 578 ; ; : 1662 5308 579 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 5308 580 of of IN 1662 5308 581 Civil Civil NNP 1662 5308 582 Societies Societies NNPS 1662 5308 583 for for IN 1662 5308 584 Development Development NNP 1662 5308 585 or or CC 1662 5308 586 CSCD CSCD NNP 1662 5308 587 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5308 588 Guy Guy NNP 1662 5308 589 Willy Willy NNP 1662 5308 590 RAZANAMASY razanamasy NN 1662 5308 591 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5308 592 ; ; : 1662 5308 593 Militant Militant NNP 1662 5308 594 Party Party NNP 1662 5308 595 for for IN 1662 5308 596 the the DT 1662 5308 597 Development Development NNP 1662 5308 598 of of IN 1662 5308 599 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 5308 600 or or CC 1662 5308 601 PMDM PMDM NNP 1662 5308 602 / / SYM 1662 5308 603 MFM MFM NNP 1662 5308 604 , , , 1662 5308 605 formerly formerly RB 1662 5308 606 the the DT 1662 5308 607 Movement Movement NNP 1662 5308 608 for for IN 1662 5308 609 Proletarian proletarian JJ 1662 5308 610 Power Power NNP 1662 5308 611 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5308 612 Manandafy Manandafy NNP 1662 5308 613 RAKOTONIRINA RAKOTONIRINA NNP 1662 5308 614 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5308 615 ; ; : 1662 5308 616 Rally Rally NNP 1662 5308 617 for for IN 1662 5308 618 Social Social NNP 1662 5308 619 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 5308 620 or or CC 1662 5308 621 RPSD RPSD NNP 1662 5308 622 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5308 623 Evariste Evariste NNP 1662 5308 624 MARSON MARSON NNP 1662 5308 625 , , , 1662 5308 626 president president NN 1662 5308 627 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5308 628 Political political JJ 1662 5308 629 pressure pressure NN 1662 5308 630 groups group NNS 1662 5308 631 and and CC 1662 5308 632 leaders leader NNS 1662 5308 633 : : : 1662 5308 634 National National NNP 1662 5308 635 Council Council NNP 1662 5308 636 of of IN 1662 5308 637 Christian Christian NNP 1662 5308 638 Churches Churches NNPS 1662 5308 639 or or CC 1662 5308 640 FFKM FFKM NNP 1662 5308 641 ; ; : 1662 5308 642 Federalist Federalist NNP 1662 5308 643 Movement Movement NNP 1662 5308 644 International International NNP 1662 5308 645 organization organization NN 1662 5308 646 participation participation NN 1662 5308 647 : : : 1662 5308 648 ACCT acct JJ 1662 5308 649 , , , 1662 5308 650 ACP ACP NNP 1662 5308 651 , , , 1662 5308 652 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 5308 653 , , , 1662 5308 654 CCC CCC NNP 1662 5308 655 , , , 1662 5308 656 ECA ECA NNP 1662 5308 657 , , , 1662 5308 658 FAO FAO NNP 1662 5308 659 , , , 1662 5308 660 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 5308 661 , , , 1662 5308 662 IAEA iaea NN 1662 5308 663 , , , 1662 5308 664 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 5308 665 , , , 1662 5308 666 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 5308 667 , , , 1662 5308 668 ICC ICC NNP 1662 5308 669 , , , 1662 5308 670 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 5308 671 , , , 1662 5308 672 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 5308 673 , , , 1662 5308 674 IDA IDA NNP 1662 5308 675 , , , 1662 5308 676 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 5308 677 , , , 1662 5308 678 IFC IFC NNP 1662 5308 679 , , , 1662 5308 680 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 5308 681 , , , 1662 5308 682 ILO ILO NNP 1662 5308 683 , , , 1662 5308 684 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5308 685 , , , 1662 5308 686 IMO imo RB 1662 5308 687 , , , 1662 5308 688 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5308 689 , , , 1662 5308 690 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 5308 691 , , , 1662 5308 692 IOC IOC NNP 1662 5308 693 , , , 1662 5308 694 ITU ITU NNP 1662 5308 695 , , , 1662 5308 696 NAM NAM NNP 1662 5308 697 , , , 1662 5308 698 OAU OAU NNP 1662 5308 699 , , , 1662 5308 700 UN UN NNP 1662 5308 701 , , , 1662 5308 702 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 5308 703 , , , 1662 5308 704 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 5308 705 , , , 1662 5308 706 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 5308 707 , , , 1662 5308 708 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 5308 709 , , , 1662 5308 710 UPU UPU NNP 1662 5308 711 , , , 1662 5308 712 WCL WCL NNP 1662 5308 713 , , , 1662 5308 714 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 5308 715 , , , 1662 5308 716 WHO who WP 1662 5308 717 , , , 1662 5308 718 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 5308 719 , , , 1662 5308 720 WMO WMO NNP 1662 5308 721 , , , 1662 5308 722 WToO wtoo FW 1662 5308 723 , , , 1662 5308 724 WTrO wtro VB 1662 5308 725 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5308 726 representation representation NN 1662 5308 727 in in IN 1662 5308 728 the the DT 1662 5308 729 US US NNP 1662 5308 730 : : : 1662 5308 731 chief chief NN 1662 5308 732 of of IN 1662 5308 733 mission mission NN 1662 5308 734 : : : 1662 5308 735 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5308 736 Pierrot Pierrot NNP 1662 5308 737 Jocelyn Jocelyn NNP 1662 5308 738 RAJAONARIVELO RAJAONARIVELO NNP 1662 5308 739 chancery chancery NN 1662 5308 740 : : : 1662 5308 741 2374 2374 CD 1662 5308 742 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 5308 743 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 5308 744 NW NW NNP 1662 5308 745 , , , 1662 5308 746 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5308 747 , , , 1662 5308 748 DC DC NNP 1662 5308 749 20008 20008 CD 1662 5308 750 telephone telephone NN 1662 5308 751 : : : 1662 5308 752 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5308 753 1 1 CD 1662 5308 754 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5308 755 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5308 756 202 202 CD 1662 5308 757 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5308 758 265 265 CD 1662 5308 759 - - HYPH 1662 5308 760 5525 5525 CD 1662 5308 761 , , , 1662 5308 762 5526 5526 CD 1662 5308 763 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 5308 764 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5308 765 general general NN 1662 5308 766 : : : 1662 5308 767 New New NNP 1662 5308 768 York York NNP 1662 5308 769 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5308 770 representation representation NN 1662 5308 771 from from IN 1662 5308 772 the the DT 1662 5308 773 US US NNP 1662 5308 774 : : : 1662 5308 775 chief chief NN 1662 5308 776 of of IN 1662 5308 777 mission mission NN 1662 5308 778 : : : 1662 5308 779 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5308 780 Vicki Vicki NNP 1662 5308 781 J. J. NNP 1662 5308 782 HUDDLESTON HUDDLESTON NNP 1662 5308 783 embassy embassy NN 1662 5308 784 : : : 1662 5308 785 14 14 CD 1662 5308 786 - - SYM 1662 5308 787 16 16 CD 1662 5308 788 Rue Rue NNP 1662 5308 789 Rainitovo Rainitovo NNP 1662 5308 790 , , , 1662 5308 791 Antsahavola Antsahavola NNP 1662 5308 792 , , , 1662 5308 793 Antananarivo Antananarivo NNP 1662 5308 794 mailing mail VBG 1662 5308 795 address address NN 1662 5308 796 : : : 1662 5308 797 B. B. NNP 1662 5308 798 P. P. 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- SYM 1662 5311 7 95 95 CD 1662 5311 8 averaged average VBD 1662 5311 9 only only RB 1662 5311 10 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 5311 11 % % NN 1662 5311 12 , , , 1662 5311 13 less less JJR 1662 5311 14 than than IN 1662 5311 15 half half PDT 1662 5311 16 the the DT 1662 5311 17 growth growth NN 1662 5311 18 rate rate NN 1662 5311 19 of of IN 1662 5311 20 the the DT 1662 5311 21 population population NN 1662 5311 22 . . . 1662 5312 1 Growth growth NN 1662 5312 2 has have VBZ 1662 5312 3 been be VBN 1662 5312 4 held hold VBN 1662 5312 5 back back RP 1662 5312 6 by by IN 1662 5312 7 antigovernment antigovernment NN 1662 5312 8 strikes strike NNS 1662 5312 9 and and CC 1662 5312 10 demonstrations demonstration NNS 1662 5312 11 , , , 1662 5312 12 a a DT 1662 5312 13 decline decline NN 1662 5312 14 in in IN 1662 5312 15 world world NN 1662 5312 16 coffee coffee NN 1662 5312 17 demand demand NN 1662 5312 18 , , , 1662 5312 19 and and CC 1662 5312 20 the the DT 1662 5312 21 erratic erratic JJ 1662 5312 22 commitment commitment NN 1662 5312 23 of of IN 1662 5312 24 the the DT 1662 5312 25 government government NN 1662 5312 26 to to IN 1662 5312 27 economic economic JJ 1662 5312 28 reform reform NN 1662 5312 29 . . . 1662 5313 1 Formidable formidable JJ 1662 5313 2 obstacles obstacle NNS 1662 5313 3 stand stand VBP 1662 5313 4 in in IN 1662 5313 5 the the DT 1662 5313 6 way way NN 1662 5313 7 of of IN 1662 5313 8 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 5313 9 's 's POS 1662 5313 10 realizing realize VBG 1662 5313 11 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5313 12 considerable considerable JJ 1662 5313 13 growth growth NN 1662 5313 14 potential potential NN 1662 5313 15 ; ; : 1662 5313 16 the the DT 1662 5313 17 extent extent NN 1662 5313 18 of of IN 1662 5313 19 government government NN 1662 5313 20 reforms reform NNS 1662 5313 21 , , , 1662 5313 22 outside outside IN 1662 5313 23 financial financial JJ 1662 5313 24 aid aid NN 1662 5313 25 , , , 1662 5313 26 and and CC 1662 5313 27 foreign foreign JJ 1662 5313 28 investment investment NN 1662 5313 29 will will MD 1662 5313 30 be be VB 1662 5313 31 key key JJ 1662 5313 32 determinants determinant NNS 1662 5313 33 . . . 1662 5314 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5314 2 : : : 1662 5314 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5314 4 power power NN 1662 5314 5 parity parity NN 1662 5314 6 - - : 1662 5314 7 $ $ $ 1662 5314 8 12.1 12.1 CD 1662 5314 9 billion billion CD 1662 5314 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5314 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 5314 12 est est NNP 1662 5314 13 . . . 1662 5314 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5315 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5315 2 - - HYPH 1662 5315 3 real real JJ 1662 5315 4 growth growth NN 1662 5315 5 rate rate NN 1662 5315 6 : : : 1662 5315 7 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 5315 8 % % NN 1662 5315 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5315 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 5315 11 est est NNP 1662 5315 12 . . . 1662 5315 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5316 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5316 2 - - HYPH 1662 5316 3 per per FW 1662 5316 4 capita capita NN 1662 5316 5 : : : 1662 5316 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5316 7 power power NN 1662 5316 8 parity parity NN 1662 5316 9 - - : 1662 5316 10 $ $ $ 1662 5316 11 880 880 CD 1662 5316 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5316 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 5316 14 est est NNP 1662 5316 15 . . . 1662 5316 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5317 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5317 2 - - HYPH 1662 5317 3 composition composition NN 1662 5317 4 by by IN 1662 5317 5 sector sector NN 1662 5317 6 : : : 1662 5317 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5317 8 : : : 1662 5317 9 33 33 CD 1662 5317 10 % % NN 1662 5317 11 industry industry NN 1662 5317 12 : : : 1662 5317 13 15 15 CD 1662 5317 14 % % NN 1662 5317 15 services service NNS 1662 5317 16 : : : 1662 5317 17 52 52 CD 1662 5317 18 % % NN 1662 5317 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5317 20 1996 1996 CD 1662 5317 21 est est NNP 1662 5317 22 . . . 1662 5317 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5318 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 5318 2 rate rate NN 1662 5318 3 - - HYPH 1662 5318 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 5318 5 price price NN 1662 5318 6 index index NN 1662 5318 7 : : : 1662 5318 8 47 47 CD 1662 5318 9 % % NN 1662 5318 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5318 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 5318 12 est est NNP 1662 5318 13 . . . 1662 5318 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5319 1 Labor labor NN 1662 5319 2 force force NN 1662 5319 3 : : : 1662 5319 4 total total NN 1662 5319 5 : : : 1662 5319 6 4.9 4.9 CD 1662 5319 7 million million CD 1662 5319 8 by by IN 1662 5319 9 occupation occupation NN 1662 5319 10 : : : 1662 5319 11 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5319 12 45,500 45,500 CD 1662 5319 13 , , , 1662 5319 14 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5319 15 service service NN 1662 5319 16 29,750 29,750 CD 1662 5319 17 , , , 1662 5319 18 industry industry NN 1662 5319 19 26,250 26,250 CD 1662 5319 20 , , , 1662 5319 21 commerce commerce NN 1662 5319 22 24,500 24,500 CD 1662 5319 23 , , , 1662 5319 24 construction construction NN 1662 5319 25 19,250 19,250 CD 1662 5319 26 , , , 1662 5319 27 service service NN 1662 5319 28 15,750 15,750 CD 1662 5319 29 , , , 1662 5319 30 transportation transportation NN 1662 5319 31 10,500 10,500 CD 1662 5319 32 , , , 1662 5319 33 other other JJ 1662 5319 34 3,500 3,500 CD 1662 5319 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5319 36 1985 1985 CD 1662 5319 37 est est NNP 1662 5319 38 . . . 1662 5319 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5320 1 note note NN 1662 5320 2 : : : 1662 5320 3 175,000 175,000 CD 1662 5320 4 workers worker NNS 1662 5320 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5320 6 3.6 3.6 CD 1662 5320 7 % % NN 1662 5320 8 of of IN 1662 5320 9 the the DT 1662 5320 10 total total JJ 1662 5320 11 work work NN 1662 5320 12 force force NN 1662 5320 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5320 14 earn earn VB 1662 5320 15 money money NN 1662 5320 16 wages wage NNS 1662 5320 17 ; ; : 1662 5320 18 4,725,000 4,725,000 CD 1662 5320 19 workers worker NNS 1662 5320 20 receive receive VBP 1662 5320 21 no no DT 1662 5320 22 monetary monetary JJ 1662 5320 23 wage wage NN 1662 5320 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5320 25 of of IN 1662 5320 26 these these DT 1662 5320 27 , , , 1662 5320 28 91 91 CD 1662 5320 29 % % NN 1662 5320 30 are be VBP 1662 5320 31 engaged engage VBN 1662 5320 32 in in IN 1662 5320 33 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 5320 34 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5320 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5320 36 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 5320 37 rate rate NN 1662 5320 38 : : : 1662 5320 39 NA% NA% `` 1662 5320 40 Budget budget NN 1662 5320 41 : : : 1662 5320 42 revenues revenue NNS 1662 5320 43 : : : 1662 5320 44 $ $ $ 1662 5320 45 250 250 CD 1662 5320 46 million million CD 1662 5320 47 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5320 48 : : : 1662 5320 49 $ $ $ 1662 5320 50 265 265 CD 1662 5320 51 million million CD 1662 5320 52 , , , 1662 5320 53 including include VBG 1662 5320 54 capital capital NN 1662 5320 55 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5320 56 of of IN 1662 5320 57 $ $ $ 1662 5320 58 180 180 CD 1662 5320 59 million million CD 1662 5320 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5320 61 1991 1991 CD 1662 5320 62 est est NNP 1662 5320 63 . . . 1662 5320 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5321 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 5321 2 : : : 1662 5321 3 meat meat NN 1662 5321 4 processing processing NN 1662 5321 5 , , , 1662 5321 6 soap soap NN 1662 5321 7 , , , 1662 5321 8 breweries brewery NNS 1662 5321 9 , , , 1662 5321 10 tanneries tannery NNS 1662 5321 11 , , , 1662 5321 12 sugar sugar NN 1662 5321 13 , , , 1662 5321 14 textiles textile NNS 1662 5321 15 , , , 1662 5321 16 glassware glassware NN 1662 5321 17 , , , 1662 5321 18 cement cement NN 1662 5321 19 , , , 1662 5321 20 automobile automobile NN 1662 5321 21 assembly assembly NN 1662 5321 22 plant plant NN 1662 5321 23 , , , 1662 5321 24 paper paper NN 1662 5321 25 , , , 1662 5321 26 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5321 27 , , , 1662 5321 28 tourism tourism NN 1662 5321 29 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 5321 30 production production NN 1662 5321 31 growth growth NN 1662 5321 32 rate rate NN 1662 5321 33 : : : 1662 5321 34 3.8 3.8 CD 1662 5321 35 % % NN 1662 5321 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5321 37 1993 1993 CD 1662 5321 38 est est NNP 1662 5321 39 . . . 1662 5321 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5322 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5322 2 - - HYPH 1662 5322 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 5322 4 : : : 1662 5322 5 208,000 208,000 CD 1662 5322 6 kW kw NN 1662 5322 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5322 8 1991 1991 CD 1662 5322 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5322 10 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5322 11 - - HYPH 1662 5322 12 production production NN 1662 5322 13 : : : 1662 5322 14 450 450 CD 1662 5322 15 million million CD 1662 5322 16 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5322 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5322 18 1991 1991 CD 1662 5322 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5322 20 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5322 21 - - HYPH 1662 5322 22 consumption consumption NN 1662 5322 23 per per IN 1662 5322 24 capita capita NN 1662 5322 25 : : : 1662 5322 26 36 36 CD 1662 5322 27 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5322 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5322 29 1992 1992 CD 1662 5322 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5322 31 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5322 32 - - HYPH 1662 5322 33 products product NNS 1662 5322 34 : : : 1662 5322 35 coffee coffee NN 1662 5322 36 , , , 1662 5322 37 vanilla vanilla NN 1662 5322 38 , , , 1662 5322 39 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 5322 40 , , , 1662 5322 41 cloves clove NNS 1662 5322 42 , , , 1662 5322 43 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 5322 44 , , , 1662 5322 45 rice rice NN 1662 5322 46 , , , 1662 5322 47 cassava cassava NNP 1662 5322 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5322 49 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 5322 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5322 51 , , , 1662 5322 52 beans bean NNS 1662 5322 53 , , , 1662 5322 54 bananas banana NNS 1662 5322 55 , , , 1662 5322 56 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 5322 57 ; ; : 1662 5322 58 livestock livestock NN 1662 5322 59 products product NNS 1662 5322 60 Exports export NNS 1662 5322 61 : : : 1662 5322 62 total total JJ 1662 5322 63 value value NN 1662 5322 64 : : : 1662 5322 65 $ $ $ 1662 5322 66 493 493 CD 1662 5322 67 million million CD 1662 5322 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5322 69 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5322 70 . . NNP 1662 5322 71 , , , 1662 5322 72 1996 1996 CD 1662 5322 73 est est NNP 1662 5322 74 . . . 1662 5322 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5323 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5323 2 : : : 1662 5323 3 coffee coffee NN 1662 5323 4 45 45 CD 1662 5323 5 % % NN 1662 5323 6 , , , 1662 5323 7 vanilla vanilla NN 1662 5323 8 20 20 CD 1662 5323 9 % % NN 1662 5323 10 , , , 1662 5323 11 cloves clove NNS 1662 5323 12 , , , 1662 5323 13 shellfish shellfish NN 1662 5323 14 , , , 1662 5323 15 sugar sugar NN 1662 5323 16 , , , 1662 5323 17 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5323 18 products product NNS 1662 5323 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5323 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 5323 21 est est NNP 1662 5323 22 . . . 1662 5323 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5324 1 partners partner NNS 1662 5324 2 : : : 1662 5324 3 France France NNP 1662 5324 4 41 41 CD 1662 5324 5 % % NN 1662 5324 6 , , , 1662 5324 7 US US NNP 1662 5324 8 , , , 1662 5324 9 Japan Japan NNP 1662 5324 10 , , , 1662 5324 11 Italy Italy NNP 1662 5324 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5324 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 5324 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5324 15 Imports import NNS 1662 5324 16 : : : 1662 5324 17 total total JJ 1662 5324 18 value value NN 1662 5324 19 : : : 1662 5324 20 $ $ $ 1662 5324 21 612 612 CD 1662 5324 22 million million CD 1662 5324 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5324 24 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5324 25 . . NNP 1662 5324 26 , , , 1662 5324 27 1996 1996 CD 1662 5324 28 est est NNP 1662 5324 29 . . . 1662 5324 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5325 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5325 2 : : : 1662 5325 3 intermediate intermediate JJ 1662 5325 4 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 5325 5 30 30 CD 1662 5325 6 % % NN 1662 5325 7 , , , 1662 5325 8 capital capital NN 1662 5325 9 goods good NNS 1662 5325 10 28 28 CD 1662 5325 11 % % NN 1662 5325 12 , , , 1662 5325 13 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5325 14 15 15 CD 1662 5325 15 % % NN 1662 5325 16 , , , 1662 5325 17 consumer consumer NN 1662 5325 18 goods good NNS 1662 5325 19 14 14 CD 1662 5325 20 % % NN 1662 5325 21 , , , 1662 5325 22 food food NN 1662 5325 23 13 13 CD 1662 5325 24 % % NN 1662 5325 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5325 26 1995 1995 CD 1662 5325 27 est est NNP 1662 5325 28 . . . 1662 5325 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5326 1 partners partner NNS 1662 5326 2 : : : 1662 5326 3 France France NNP 1662 5326 4 40 40 CD 1662 5326 5 % % NN 1662 5326 6 , , , 1662 5326 7 Japan Japan NNP 1662 5326 8 , , , 1662 5326 9 Hong Hong NNP 1662 5326 10 Kong Kong NNP 1662 5326 11 , , , 1662 5326 12 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 5326 13 , , , 1662 5326 14 US US NNP 1662 5326 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5326 16 1995 1995 CD 1662 5326 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5326 18 Debt debt NN 1662 5326 19 - - HYPH 1662 5326 20 external external JJ 1662 5326 21 : : : 1662 5326 22 $ $ $ 1662 5326 23 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 5326 24 billion billion CD 1662 5326 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5326 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 5326 27 est est NNP 1662 5326 28 . . . 1662 5326 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5327 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 5327 2 aid aid NN 1662 5327 3 : : : 1662 5327 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 5327 5 : : : 1662 5327 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 5327 7 , , , 1662 5327 8 $ $ $ 1662 5327 9 454 454 CD 1662 5327 10 million million CD 1662 5327 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5327 12 1992 1992 CD 1662 5327 13 - - SYM 1662 5327 14 96 96 CD 1662 5327 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5327 16 Currency currency NN 1662 5327 17 : : : 1662 5327 18 1 1 CD 1662 5327 19 Malagasy Malagasy NNP 1662 5327 20 franc franc NN 1662 5327 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5327 22 FMG FMG NNP 1662 5327 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5327 24 = = SYM 1662 5327 25 100 100 CD 1662 5327 26 centimes centime NNS 1662 5327 27 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5327 28 rates rate NNS 1662 5327 29 : : : 1662 5327 30 Malagasy Malagasy NNP 1662 5327 31 francs franc NNS 1662 5327 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5327 33 FMG FMG NNP 1662 5327 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5327 35 per per IN 1662 5327 36 US$ us$ $ 1662 5327 37 1 1 CD 1662 5327 38 - - SYM 1662 5327 39 3,950 3,950 CD 1662 5327 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5327 41 November November NNP 1662 5327 42 1996 1996 CD 1662 5327 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5327 44 , , , 1662 5327 45 3,974.9 3,974.9 CD 1662 5327 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5327 47 August August NNP 1662 5327 48 1996 1996 CD 1662 5327 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5327 50 , , , 1662 5327 51 4,265.6 4,265.6 CD 1662 5327 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5327 53 1995 1995 CD 1662 5327 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5327 55 , , , 1662 5327 56 3,067.3 3,067.3 CD 1662 5327 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5327 58 1994 1994 CD 1662 5327 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5327 60 , , , 1662 5327 61 1,913.8 1,913.8 CD 1662 5327 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5327 63 1993 1993 CD 1662 5327 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5327 65 , , , 1662 5327 66 1,864.0 1,864.0 CD 1662 5327 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5327 68 1992 1992 CD 1662 5327 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5327 70 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5327 71 year year NN 1662 5327 72 : : : 1662 5327 73 calendar calendar NNP 1662 5327 74 year year NN 1662 5327 75 @Madagascar @madagascar CD 1662 5327 76 : : : 1662 5327 77 Communications communication NNS 1662 5327 78 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 5327 79 : : : 1662 5327 80 96,000 96,000 CD 1662 5327 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5327 82 1988 1988 CD 1662 5327 83 est est NNP 1662 5327 84 . . . 1662 5327 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5328 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5328 2 system system NN 1662 5328 3 : : : 1662 5328 4 system system NN 1662 5328 5 is be VBZ 1662 5328 6 above above IN 1662 5328 7 average average NN 1662 5328 8 for for IN 1662 5328 9 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5328 10 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5328 11 : : : 1662 5328 12 open open JJ 1662 5328 13 - - HYPH 1662 5328 14 wire wire NN 1662 5328 15 lines line NNS 1662 5328 16 , , , 1662 5328 17 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 5328 18 cables cable NNS 1662 5328 19 , , , 1662 5328 20 microwave microwave JJ 1662 5328 21 radio radio NN 1662 5328 22 relay relay NN 1662 5328 23 , , , 1662 5328 24 and and CC 1662 5328 25 tropospheric tropospheric NN 1662 5328 26 scatter scatter NN 1662 5328 27 links link NNS 1662 5328 28 international international JJ 1662 5328 29 : : : 1662 5328 30 submarine submarine NN 1662 5328 31 cable cable NN 1662 5328 32 to to IN 1662 5328 33 Bahrain Bahrain NNP 1662 5328 34 ; ; : 1662 5328 35 satellite satellite NN 1662 5328 36 earth earth NN 1662 5328 37 stations station NNS 1662 5328 38 - - , 1662 5328 39 1 1 CD 1662 5328 40 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5328 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5328 42 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5328 43 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5328 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5328 45 and and CC 1662 5328 46 1 1 CD 1662 5328 47 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 5328 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5328 49 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 5328 50 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5328 51 Region Region NNP 1662 5328 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5328 53 Radio radio NN 1662 5328 54 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5328 55 stations station NNS 1662 5328 56 : : : 1662 5328 57 AM am VBP 1662 5328 58 17 17 CD 1662 5328 59 , , , 1662 5328 60 FM FM NNP 1662 5328 61 3 3 CD 1662 5328 62 , , , 1662 5328 63 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 5328 64 0 0 CD 1662 5328 65 Radios radio NNS 1662 5328 66 : : : 1662 5328 67 2.565 2.565 CD 1662 5328 68 million million CD 1662 5328 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5328 70 1992 1992 CD 1662 5328 71 est est NNP 1662 5328 72 . . . 1662 5328 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5329 1 Television television NN 1662 5329 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5329 3 stations station NNS 1662 5329 4 : : : 1662 5329 5 1 1 LS 1662 5329 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5329 7 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 5329 8 36 36 CD 1662 5329 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5329 10 Televisions television NNS 1662 5329 11 : : : 1662 5329 12 260,000 260,000 CD 1662 5329 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5329 14 1992 1992 CD 1662 5329 15 est est NNP 1662 5329 16 . . . 1662 5329 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5330 1 @Madagascar @madagascar LS 1662 5330 2 : : : 1662 5330 3 Transportation transportation NN 1662 5330 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5330 5 : : : 1662 5330 6 total total NN 1662 5330 7 : : : 1662 5330 8 883 883 CD 1662 5330 9 km km NN 1662 5330 10 narrow narrow JJ 1662 5330 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 5330 12 : : : 1662 5330 13 883 883 CD 1662 5330 14 km km NN 1662 5330 15 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 5330 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 5330 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5330 18 1994 1994 CD 1662 5330 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5330 20 Highways highway NNS 1662 5330 21 : : : 1662 5330 22 total total NN 1662 5330 23 : : : 1662 5330 24 49,837 49,837 CD 1662 5330 25 km km NNS 1662 5330 26 paved pave VBN 1662 5330 27 : : : 1662 5330 28 5,731 5,731 CD 1662 5330 29 km km NN 1662 5330 30 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5330 31 : : : 1662 5330 32 44,106 44,106 CD 1662 5330 33 km km NNS 1662 5330 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5330 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 5330 36 est est NNP 1662 5330 37 . . . 1662 5330 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5331 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 5331 2 : : : 1662 5331 3 of of IN 1662 5331 4 local local JJ 1662 5331 5 importance importance NN 1662 5331 6 only only RB 1662 5331 7 ; ; , 1662 5331 8 isolated isolated JJ 1662 5331 9 streams stream NNS 1662 5331 10 and and CC 1662 5331 11 small small JJ 1662 5331 12 portions portion NNS 1662 5331 13 of of IN 1662 5331 14 Canal Canal NNP 1662 5331 15 des des NNP 1662 5331 16 Pangalanes Pangalanes NNP 1662 5331 17 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 5331 18 and and CC 1662 5331 19 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5331 20 : : : 1662 5331 21 Antsiranana Antsiranana NNP 1662 5331 22 , , , 1662 5331 23 Antsohimbondrona Antsohimbondrona NNP 1662 5331 24 , , , 1662 5331 25 Mahajanga Mahajanga NNP 1662 5331 26 , , , 1662 5331 27 Toamasina Toamasina NNP 1662 5331 28 , , , 1662 5331 29 Toliara Toliara NNP 1662 5331 30 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 5331 31 marine marine RB 1662 5331 32 : : : 1662 5331 33 total total NN 1662 5331 34 : : : 1662 5331 35 10 10 CD 1662 5331 36 ships ship NNS 1662 5331 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5331 38 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 5331 39 GRT GRT NNP 1662 5331 40 or or CC 1662 5331 41 over over RB 1662 5331 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5331 43 totaling total VBG 1662 5331 44 20,624 20,624 CD 1662 5331 45 GRT/28,621 GRT/28,621 NNP 1662 5331 46 DWT DWT NNP 1662 5331 47 ships ship NNS 1662 5331 48 by by IN 1662 5331 49 type type NN 1662 5331 50 : : : 1662 5331 51 cargo cargo NN 1662 5331 52 4 4 CD 1662 5331 53 , , , 1662 5331 54 chemical chemical NN 1662 5331 55 tanker tanker NN 1662 5331 56 1 1 CD 1662 5331 57 , , , 1662 5331 58 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 5331 59 gas gas NN 1662 5331 60 tanker tanker NN 1662 5331 61 1 1 CD 1662 5331 62 , , , 1662 5331 63 oil oil NN 1662 5331 64 tanker tanker NN 1662 5331 65 2 2 CD 1662 5331 66 , , , 1662 5331 67 roll roll NN 1662 5331 68 - - HYPH 1662 5331 69 on on IN 1662 5331 70 / / SYM 1662 5331 71 roll roll NN 1662 5331 72 - - HYPH 1662 5331 73 off off RP 1662 5331 74 cargo cargo NN 1662 5331 75 2 2 CD 1662 5331 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5331 77 1996 1996 CD 1662 5331 78 est est NNP 1662 5331 79 . . . 1662 5331 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5332 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5332 2 : : : 1662 5332 3 105 105 CD 1662 5332 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5332 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 5332 6 est est NNP 1662 5332 7 . . . 1662 5332 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5333 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5333 2 - - , 1662 5333 3 with with IN 1662 5333 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5333 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5333 6 : : : 1662 5333 7 total total NN 1662 5333 8 : : : 1662 5333 9 58 58 CD 1662 5333 10 over over IN 1662 5333 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5333 12 m m NN 1662 5333 13 : : : 1662 5333 14 1 1 CD 1662 5333 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 5333 16 to to IN 1662 5333 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5333 18 m m NN 1662 5333 19 : : : 1662 5333 20 2 2 CD 1662 5333 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5333 22 to to TO 1662 5333 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5333 24 m m NN 1662 5333 25 : : : 1662 5333 26 3 3 CD 1662 5333 27 914 914 CD 1662 5333 28 to to TO 1662 5333 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5333 30 m m NN 1662 5333 31 : : : 1662 5333 32 21 21 CD 1662 5333 33 under under IN 1662 5333 34 914 914 CD 1662 5333 35 m m NN 1662 5333 36 : : : 1662 5333 37 31 31 CD 1662 5333 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5333 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 5333 40 est est NNP 1662 5333 41 . . . 1662 5333 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5334 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5334 2 - - , 1662 5334 3 with with IN 1662 5334 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5334 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5334 6 : : : 1662 5334 7 total total NN 1662 5334 8 : : : 1662 5334 9 47 47 CD 1662 5334 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5334 11 to to TO 1662 5334 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5334 13 m m NN 1662 5334 14 : : : 1662 5334 15 2 2 CD 1662 5334 16 914 914 CD 1662 5334 17 to to TO 1662 5334 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5334 19 m m NN 1662 5334 20 : : : 1662 5334 21 45 45 CD 1662 5334 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5334 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 5334 24 est est NNP 1662 5334 25 . . . 1662 5334 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5335 1 Military military JJ 1662 5335 2 Military military JJ 1662 5335 3 branches branch NNS 1662 5335 4 : : : 1662 5335 5 Popular Popular NNP 1662 5335 6 Armed Armed NNP 1662 5335 7 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5335 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5335 9 includes include VBZ 1662 5335 10 Intervention Intervention NNP 1662 5335 11 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5335 12 , , , 1662 5335 13 Development Development NNP 1662 5335 14 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5335 15 , , , 1662 5335 16 Aeronaval Aeronaval NNP 1662 5335 17 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5335 18 - - : 1662 5335 19 includes include VBZ 1662 5335 20 Navy Navy NNP 1662 5335 21 and and CC 1662 5335 22 Air Air NNP 1662 5335 23 Force Force NNP 1662 5335 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5335 25 , , , 1662 5335 26 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 5335 27 , , , 1662 5335 28 Presidential Presidential NNP 1662 5335 29 Security Security NNP 1662 5335 30 Regiment Regiment NNP 1662 5335 31 Military Military NNP 1662 5335 32 manpower manpower NN 1662 5335 33 - - HYPH 1662 5335 34 military military NN 1662 5335 35 age age NN 1662 5335 36 : : : 1662 5335 37 20 20 CD 1662 5335 38 years year NNS 1662 5335 39 of of IN 1662 5335 40 age age NN 1662 5335 41 Military military JJ 1662 5335 42 manpower manpower NN 1662 5335 43 - - HYPH 1662 5335 44 availability availability NN 1662 5335 45 : : : 1662 5335 46 males male NNS 1662 5335 47 age age NNP 1662 5335 48 15 15 CD 1662 5335 49 - - HYPH 1662 5335 50 49 49 CD 1662 5335 51 : : : 1662 5335 52 3,204,200 3,204,200 CD 1662 5335 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5335 54 1997 1997 CD 1662 5335 55 est est NNP 1662 5335 56 . . . 1662 5335 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5336 1 Military military JJ 1662 5336 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5336 3 - - HYPH 1662 5336 4 fit fit NN 1662 5336 5 for for IN 1662 5336 6 military military JJ 1662 5336 7 service service NN 1662 5336 8 : : : 1662 5336 9 males male NNS 1662 5336 10 : : : 1662 5336 11 1,903,268 1,903,268 CD 1662 5336 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5336 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5336 14 est est NNP 1662 5336 15 . . . 1662 5336 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5337 1 Military military JJ 1662 5337 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5337 3 - - HYPH 1662 5337 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 5337 5 military military JJ 1662 5337 6 age age NN 1662 5337 7 annually annually RB 1662 5337 8 : : : 1662 5337 9 males male NNS 1662 5337 10 : : : 1662 5337 11 136,216 136,216 CD 1662 5337 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5337 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5337 14 est est NNP 1662 5337 15 . . . 1662 5337 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5338 1 Military military JJ 1662 5338 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5338 3 - - HYPH 1662 5338 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 5338 5 figure figure NN 1662 5338 6 : : : 1662 5338 7 $ $ $ 1662 5338 8 29 29 CD 1662 5338 9 million million CD 1662 5338 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5338 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 5338 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5338 13 Military military JJ 1662 5338 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5338 15 - - : 1662 5338 16 percent percent NN 1662 5338 17 of of IN 1662 5338 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5338 19 : : : 1662 5338 20 1 1 CD 1662 5338 21 % % NN 1662 5338 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5338 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 5338 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5338 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5338 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5338 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 5338 28 - - HYPH 1662 5338 29 international international JJ 1662 5338 30 : : : 1662 5338 31 claims claim VBZ 1662 5338 32 Bassas Bassas NNP 1662 5338 33 da da NNP 1662 5338 34 India India NNP 1662 5338 35 , , , 1662 5338 36 Europa Europa NNP 1662 5338 37 Island Island NNP 1662 5338 38 , , , 1662 5338 39 Glorioso Glorioso NNP 1662 5338 40 Islands Islands NNP 1662 5338 41 , , , 1662 5338 42 Juan Juan NNP 1662 5338 43 de de NNP 1662 5338 44 Nova Nova NNP 1662 5338 45 Island Island NNP 1662 5338 46 , , , 1662 5338 47 and and CC 1662 5338 48 Tromelin Tromelin NNP 1662 5338 49 Island Island NNP 1662 5338 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5338 51 all all DT 1662 5338 52 administered administer VBN 1662 5338 53 by by IN 1662 5338 54 France France NNP 1662 5338 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5338 56 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 5338 57 drugs drug VBZ 1662 5338 58 : : : 1662 5338 59 illicit illicit JJ 1662 5338 60 producer producer NN 1662 5338 61 of of IN 1662 5338 62 cannabis cannabis NNP 1662 5338 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5338 64 cultivated cultivate VBN 1662 5338 65 and and CC 1662 5338 66 wild wild JJ 1662 5338 67 varieties variety NNS 1662 5338 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5338 69 used use VBD 1662 5338 70 mostly mostly RB 1662 5338 71 for for IN 1662 5338 72 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5338 73 consumption consumption NN 1662 5338 74 ; ; : 1662 5338 75 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 5338 76 point point NN 1662 5338 77 for for IN 1662 5338 78 heroin heroin NNP 1662 5338 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 90 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 91 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 92 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 93 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 94 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 95 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 96 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 97 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 98 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 99 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 100 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 101 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 102 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 103 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 104 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 105 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 106 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 107 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 108 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 109 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 110 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 111 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 112 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 113 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 114 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 115 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 116 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 117 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 118 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 119 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 120 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 121 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 122 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 123 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 124 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 125 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 126 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 127 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 128 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 129 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 130 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 131 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 132 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 133 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 134 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 135 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 136 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 137 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 138 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 139 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 140 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 141 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 142 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 143 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 144 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 145 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 146 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 147 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 148 _ _ NNP 1662 5338 149 MALAWI MALAWI NNP 1662 5338 150 @Malawi @Malawi NNP 1662 5338 151 : : : 1662 5338 152 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5338 153 Location Location NNP 1662 5338 154 : : : 1662 5338 155 Southern Southern NNP 1662 5338 156 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5338 157 , , , 1662 5338 158 east east NN 1662 5338 159 of of IN 1662 5338 160 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 5338 161 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5338 162 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5338 163 : : : 1662 5338 164 13 13 CD 1662 5338 165 30 30 CD 1662 5338 166 S s NN 1662 5338 167 , , , 1662 5338 168 34 34 CD 1662 5338 169 00 00 CD 1662 5338 170 E e NN 1662 5338 171 Map Map NNP 1662 5338 172 references reference NNS 1662 5338 173 : : : 1662 5338 174 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5338 175 Area Area NNP 1662 5338 176 : : : 1662 5338 177 total total NN 1662 5338 178 : : : 1662 5338 179 118,480 118,480 CD 1662 5338 180 sq sq NN 1662 5338 181 km km NNP 1662 5338 182 land land NN 1662 5338 183 : : : 1662 5338 184 94,080 94,080 CD 1662 5338 185 sq sq IN 1662 5338 186 km km NNP 1662 5338 187 water water NN 1662 5338 188 : : : 1662 5338 189 24,400 24,400 CD 1662 5338 190 sq sq RB 1662 5338 191 km km NNP 1662 5338 192 Area area NN 1662 5338 193 - - HYPH 1662 5338 194 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5338 195 : : : 1662 5338 196 slightly slightly RB 1662 5338 197 smaller small JJR 1662 5338 198 than than IN 1662 5338 199 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania NNP 1662 5338 200 Land Land NNP 1662 5338 201 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5338 202 : : : 1662 5338 203 total total NN 1662 5338 204 : : : 1662 5338 205 2,881 2,881 CD 1662 5338 206 km km NN 1662 5338 207 border border NN 1662 5338 208 countries country NNS 1662 5338 209 : : : 1662 5338 210 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 5338 211 1,569 1,569 CD 1662 5338 212 km km NN 1662 5338 213 , , , 1662 5338 214 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 5338 215 475 475 CD 1662 5338 216 km km NNS 1662 5338 217 , , , 1662 5338 218 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 5338 219 837 837 CD 1662 5338 220 km km NN 1662 5338 221 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5338 222 : : : 1662 5338 223 0 0 CD 1662 5338 224 km km NN 1662 5338 225 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5338 226 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 5338 227 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5338 228 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5338 229 claims claim VBZ 1662 5338 230 : : : 1662 5338 231 none none NN 1662 5338 232 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5338 233 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 5338 234 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5338 235 Climate climate NN 1662 5338 236 : : : 1662 5338 237 tropical tropical JJ 1662 5338 238 ; ; : 1662 5338 239 rainy rainy JJ 1662 5338 240 season season NN 1662 5338 241 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5338 242 November November NNP 1662 5338 243 to to IN 1662 5338 244 May May NNP 1662 5338 245 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5338 246 ; ; : 1662 5338 247 dry dry JJ 1662 5338 248 season season NN 1662 5338 249 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5338 250 May May NNP 1662 5338 251 to to IN 1662 5338 252 November November NNP 1662 5338 253 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5338 254 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 5338 255 : : : 1662 5338 256 narrow narrow JJ 1662 5338 257 elongated elongated JJ 1662 5338 258 plateau plateau NN 1662 5338 259 with with IN 1662 5338 260 rolling rolling JJ 1662 5338 261 plains plain NNS 1662 5338 262 , , , 1662 5338 263 rounded round VBD 1662 5338 264 hills hill NNS 1662 5338 265 , , , 1662 5338 266 some some DT 1662 5338 267 mountains mountain NNS 1662 5338 268 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5338 269 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5338 270 : : : 1662 5338 271 lowest low JJS 1662 5338 272 point point NN 1662 5338 273 : : : 1662 5338 274 junction junction NN 1662 5338 275 of of IN 1662 5338 276 the the DT 1662 5338 277 Shire Shire NNP 1662 5338 278 River River NNP 1662 5338 279 and and CC 1662 5338 280 international international JJ 1662 5338 281 boundary boundary NN 1662 5338 282 with with IN 1662 5338 283 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 5338 284 37 37 CD 1662 5338 285 m m NN 1662 5338 286 highest high JJS 1662 5338 287 point point NN 1662 5338 288 : : : 1662 5338 289 Mount Mount NNP 1662 5338 290 Mlanje Mlanje NNP 1662 5338 291 Sapitwa Sapitwa NNP 1662 5338 292 3,002 3,002 CD 1662 5338 293 m m NNP 1662 5338 294 Natural natural JJ 1662 5338 295 resources resource NNS 1662 5338 296 : : : 1662 5338 297 limestone limestone NN 1662 5338 298 , , , 1662 5338 299 unexploited unexploited JJ 1662 5338 300 deposits deposit NNS 1662 5338 301 of of IN 1662 5338 302 uranium uranium NN 1662 5338 303 , , , 1662 5338 304 coal coal NN 1662 5338 305 , , , 1662 5338 306 and and CC 1662 5338 307 bauxite bauxite NNP 1662 5338 308 Land Land NNP 1662 5338 309 use use NN 1662 5338 310 : : : 1662 5338 311 arable arable JJ 1662 5338 312 land land NN 1662 5338 313 : : : 1662 5338 314 18 18 CD 1662 5338 315 % % NN 1662 5338 316 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5338 317 crops crop NNS 1662 5338 318 : : : 1662 5338 319 0 0 CD 1662 5338 320 % % NN 1662 5338 321 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5338 322 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5338 323 : : : 1662 5338 324 20 20 CD 1662 5338 325 % % NN 1662 5338 326 forests forest NNS 1662 5338 327 and and CC 1662 5338 328 woodland woodland NN 1662 5338 329 : : : 1662 5338 330 39 39 CD 1662 5338 331 % % NN 1662 5338 332 other other JJ 1662 5338 333 : : : 1662 5338 334 23 23 CD 1662 5338 335 % % NN 1662 5338 336 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5338 337 1993 1993 CD 1662 5338 338 est est NNP 1662 5338 339 . . . 1662 5338 340 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5339 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5339 2 land land NN 1662 5339 3 : : : 1662 5339 4 280 280 CD 1662 5339 5 sq sq NN 1662 5339 6 km km NNP 1662 5339 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5339 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 5339 9 est est NNP 1662 5339 10 . . . 1662 5339 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5340 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 5340 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5340 3 : : : 1662 5340 4 NA NA NNP 1662 5340 5 Environment environment NN 1662 5340 6 - - HYPH 1662 5340 7 current current JJ 1662 5340 8 issues issue NNS 1662 5340 9 : : : 1662 5340 10 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 5340 11 ; ; : 1662 5340 12 land land NN 1662 5340 13 degradation degradation NN 1662 5340 14 ; ; , 1662 5340 15 water water NN 1662 5340 16 pollution pollution NN 1662 5340 17 from from IN 1662 5340 18 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 5340 19 runoff runoff NN 1662 5340 20 , , , 1662 5340 21 sewage sewage NN 1662 5340 22 , , , 1662 5340 23 industrial industrial JJ 1662 5340 24 wastes waste NNS 1662 5340 25 ; ; , 1662 5340 26 siltation siltation NN 1662 5340 27 of of IN 1662 5340 28 spawning spawn VBG 1662 5340 29 grounds ground NNS 1662 5340 30 endangers endanger NNS 1662 5340 31 fish fish NN 1662 5340 32 populations population NNS 1662 5340 33 Environment environment NN 1662 5340 34 - - HYPH 1662 5340 35 international international JJ 1662 5340 36 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5340 37 : : : 1662 5340 38 party party NN 1662 5340 39 to to TO 1662 5340 40 : : : 1662 5340 41 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 5340 42 , , , 1662 5340 43 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5340 44 Change Change NNP 1662 5340 45 , , , 1662 5340 46 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 5340 47 , , , 1662 5340 48 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 5340 49 Species Species NNPS 1662 5340 50 , , , 1662 5340 51 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 5340 52 Modification Modification NNP 1662 5340 53 , , , 1662 5340 54 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 5340 55 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 5340 56 , , , 1662 5340 57 Marine Marine NNP 1662 5340 58 Life Life NNP 1662 5340 59 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 5340 60 , , , 1662 5340 61 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 5340 62 Test Test NNP 1662 5340 63 Ban Ban NNP 1662 5340 64 , , , 1662 5340 65 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5340 66 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5340 67 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5340 68 signed sign VBD 1662 5340 69 , , , 1662 5340 70 but but CC 1662 5340 71 not not RB 1662 5340 72 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5340 73 : : : 1662 5340 74 Law Law NNP 1662 5340 75 of of IN 1662 5340 76 the the DT 1662 5340 77 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5340 78 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5340 79 - - HYPH 1662 5340 80 note note NN 1662 5340 81 : : : 1662 5340 82 landlocked landlocked NNP 1662 5340 83 @Malawi @Malawi NNP 1662 5340 84 : : : 1662 5340 85 People People NNP 1662 5340 86 Population Population NNP 1662 5340 87 : : : 1662 5340 88 9,609,081 9,609,081 CD 1662 5340 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5340 90 July July NNP 1662 5340 91 1997 1997 CD 1662 5340 92 est est NNP 1662 5340 93 . . . 1662 5340 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5341 1 Age age NN 1662 5341 2 structure structure NN 1662 5341 3 : : : 1662 5341 4 0 0 CD 1662 5341 5 - - HYPH 1662 5341 6 14 14 CD 1662 5341 7 years year NNS 1662 5341 8 : : : 1662 5341 9 46 46 CD 1662 5341 10 % % NN 1662 5341 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5341 12 male male JJ 1662 5341 13 2,210,871 2,210,871 CD 1662 5341 14 ; ; : 1662 5341 15 female female JJ 1662 5341 16 2,190,564 2,190,564 CD 1662 5341 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5341 18 15 15 CD 1662 5341 19 - - SYM 1662 5341 20 64 64 CD 1662 5341 21 years year NNS 1662 5341 22 : : : 1662 5341 23 51 51 CD 1662 5341 24 % % NN 1662 5341 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5341 26 male male JJ 1662 5341 27 2,430,178 2,430,178 CD 1662 5341 28 ; ; : 1662 5341 29 female female JJ 1662 5341 30 2,520,608 2,520,608 CD 1662 5341 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5341 32 65 65 CD 1662 5341 33 years year NNS 1662 5341 34 and and CC 1662 5341 35 over over IN 1662 5341 36 : : : 1662 5341 37 3 3 CD 1662 5341 38 % % NN 1662 5341 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5341 40 male male JJ 1662 5341 41 109,010 109,010 CD 1662 5341 42 ; ; : 1662 5341 43 female female JJ 1662 5341 44 147,850 147,850 CD 1662 5341 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5341 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5341 47 July July NNP 1662 5341 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5341 49 est est NNP 1662 5341 50 . . . 1662 5341 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5342 1 Population population NN 1662 5342 2 growth growth NN 1662 5342 3 rate rate NN 1662 5342 4 : : : 1662 5342 5 1.57 1.57 CD 1662 5342 6 % % NN 1662 5342 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5342 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5342 9 est est NNP 1662 5342 10 . . . 1662 5342 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5343 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5343 2 rate rate NN 1662 5343 3 : : : 1662 5343 4 40.79 40.79 CD 1662 5343 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NNP 1662 5343 6 population population NN 1662 5343 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5343 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5343 9 est est NNP 1662 5343 10 . . . 1662 5343 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5344 1 Death death NN 1662 5344 2 rate rate NN 1662 5344 3 : : : 1662 5344 4 25.08 25.08 CD 1662 5344 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5344 6 population population NN 1662 5344 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5344 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5344 9 est est NNP 1662 5344 10 . . . 1662 5344 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5345 1 Net net JJ 1662 5345 2 migration migration NN 1662 5345 3 rate rate NN 1662 5345 4 : : : 1662 5345 5 0 0 NFP 1662 5345 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 5345 7 population population NN 1662 5345 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5345 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5345 10 est est NNP 1662 5345 11 . . . 1662 5345 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5346 1 note note VB 1662 5346 2 : : : 1662 5346 3 the the DT 1662 5346 4 return return NN 1662 5346 5 of of IN 1662 5346 6 refugees refugee NNS 1662 5346 7 to to IN 1662 5346 8 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 5346 9 is be VBZ 1662 5346 10 apparently apparently RB 1662 5346 11 complete complete JJ 1662 5346 12 Sex sex NN 1662 5346 13 ratio ratio NN 1662 5346 14 : : : 1662 5346 15 at at IN 1662 5346 16 birth birth NN 1662 5346 17 : : : 1662 5346 18 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 5346 19 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5346 20 under under IN 1662 5346 21 15 15 CD 1662 5346 22 years year NNS 1662 5346 23 : : : 1662 5346 24 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 5346 25 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5346 26 15 15 CD 1662 5346 27 - - HYPH 1662 5346 28 64 64 CD 1662 5346 29 years year NNS 1662 5346 30 : : : 1662 5346 31 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 5346 32 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5346 33 65 65 CD 1662 5346 34 years year NNS 1662 5346 35 and and CC 1662 5346 36 over over IN 1662 5346 37 : : : 1662 5346 38 0.74 0.74 CD 1662 5346 39 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 5346 40 total total JJ 1662 5346 41 population population NN 1662 5346 42 : : : 1662 5346 43 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 5346 44 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5346 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5346 46 1997 1997 CD 1662 5346 47 est e JJS 1662 5346 48 . . . 1662 5346 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5347 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5347 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5347 3 rate rate NN 1662 5347 4 : : : 1662 5347 5 138.9 138.9 CD 1662 5347 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5347 7 live live JJ 1662 5347 8 births birth NNS 1662 5347 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5347 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5347 11 est est NNP 1662 5347 12 . . . 1662 5347 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5348 1 Life life NN 1662 5348 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5348 3 at at IN 1662 5348 4 birth birth NN 1662 5348 5 : : : 1662 5348 6 total total JJ 1662 5348 7 population population NN 1662 5348 8 : : : 1662 5348 9 35.26 35.26 CD 1662 5348 10 years year NNS 1662 5348 11 male male NN 1662 5348 12 : : : 1662 5348 13 34.86 34.86 CD 1662 5348 14 years year NNS 1662 5348 15 female female JJ 1662 5348 16 : : : 1662 5348 17 35.68 35.68 CD 1662 5348 18 years year NNS 1662 5348 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5348 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5348 21 est est NNP 1662 5348 22 . . . 1662 5348 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5349 1 Total total JJ 1662 5349 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5349 3 rate rate NN 1662 5349 4 : : : 1662 5349 5 5.77 5.77 CD 1662 5349 6 children child NNS 1662 5349 7 born bear VBN 1662 5349 8 / / SYM 1662 5349 9 woman woman NN 1662 5349 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5349 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5349 12 est est NNP 1662 5349 13 . . . 1662 5349 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5350 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5350 2 : : : 1662 5350 3 noun noun NNP 1662 5350 4 : : : 1662 5350 5 Malawian(s Malawian(s NNP 1662 5350 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5350 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 5350 8 : : : 1662 5350 9 Malawian malawian JJ 1662 5350 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5350 11 groups group NNS 1662 5350 12 : : : 1662 5350 13 Chewa Chewa NNP 1662 5350 14 , , , 1662 5350 15 Nyanja Nyanja NNP 1662 5350 16 , , , 1662 5350 17 Tumbuko Tumbuko NNP 1662 5350 18 , , , 1662 5350 19 Yao Yao NNP 1662 5350 20 , , , 1662 5350 21 Lomwe Lomwe NNP 1662 5350 22 , , , 1662 5350 23 Sena Sena NNP 1662 5350 24 , , , 1662 5350 25 Tonga Tonga NNP 1662 5350 26 , , , 1662 5350 27 Ngoni Ngoni NNP 1662 5350 28 , , , 1662 5350 29 Ngonde Ngonde NNP 1662 5350 30 , , , 1662 5350 31 Asian asian JJ 1662 5350 32 , , , 1662 5350 33 European European NNP 1662 5350 34 Religions religion NNS 1662 5350 35 : : : 1662 5350 36 Protestant protestant NN 1662 5350 37 55 55 CD 1662 5350 38 % % NN 1662 5350 39 , , , 1662 5350 40 Roman Roman NNP 1662 5350 41 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 5350 42 20 20 CD 1662 5350 43 % % NN 1662 5350 44 , , , 1662 5350 45 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 5350 46 20 20 CD 1662 5350 47 % % NN 1662 5350 48 , , , 1662 5350 49 traditional traditional JJ 1662 5350 50 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 5350 51 beliefs belief NNS 1662 5350 52 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 5350 53 : : : 1662 5350 54 English English NNP 1662 5350 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5350 56 official official NN 1662 5350 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5350 58 , , , 1662 5350 59 Chichewa Chichewa NNP 1662 5350 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5350 61 official official JJ 1662 5350 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5350 63 , , , 1662 5350 64 other other JJ 1662 5350 65 languages language NNS 1662 5350 66 important important JJ 1662 5350 67 regionally regionally RB 1662 5350 68 Literacy literacy NN 1662 5350 69 : : : 1662 5350 70 definition definition NN 1662 5350 71 : : : 1662 5350 72 age age NN 1662 5350 73 15 15 CD 1662 5350 74 and and CC 1662 5350 75 over over RB 1662 5350 76 can can MD 1662 5350 77 read read VB 1662 5350 78 and and CC 1662 5350 79 write write VB 1662 5350 80 total total JJ 1662 5350 81 population population NN 1662 5350 82 : : : 1662 5350 83 56.4 56.4 CD 1662 5350 84 % % NN 1662 5350 85 male male NN 1662 5350 86 : : : 1662 5350 87 71.9 71.9 CD 1662 5350 88 % % NN 1662 5350 89 female female NN 1662 5350 90 : : : 1662 5350 91 41.8 41.8 CD 1662 5350 92 % % NN 1662 5350 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5350 94 1995 1995 CD 1662 5350 95 est est NNP 1662 5350 96 . . . 1662 5350 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5351 1 @Malawi @Malawi NNP 1662 5351 2 : : : 1662 5351 3 Government Government NNP 1662 5351 4 Country Country NNP 1662 5351 5 name name NN 1662 5351 6 : : : 1662 5351 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5351 8 long long JJ 1662 5351 9 form form NN 1662 5351 10 : : : 1662 5351 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5351 12 of of IN 1662 5351 13 Malawi Malawi NNP 1662 5351 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5351 15 short short JJ 1662 5351 16 form form NN 1662 5351 17 : : : 1662 5351 18 Malawi Malawi NNP 1662 5351 19 former former JJ 1662 5351 20 : : : 1662 5351 21 Nyasaland Nyasaland NNP 1662 5351 22 Data Data NNP 1662 5351 23 code code NN 1662 5351 24 : : : 1662 5351 25 MI MI NNP 1662 5351 26 Government Government NNP 1662 5351 27 type type NN 1662 5351 28 : : : 1662 5351 29 multiparty multiparty NN 1662 5351 30 democracy democracy NN 1662 5351 31 National national JJ 1662 5351 32 capital capital NN 1662 5351 33 : : : 1662 5351 34 Lilongwe lilongwe JJ 1662 5351 35 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 5351 36 divisions division NNS 1662 5351 37 : : : 1662 5351 38 24 24 CD 1662 5351 39 districts district NNS 1662 5351 40 ; ; : 1662 5351 41 Blantyre Blantyre NNP 1662 5351 42 , , , 1662 5351 43 Chikwawa Chikwawa NNP 1662 5351 44 , , , 1662 5351 45 Chiradzulu Chiradzulu NNP 1662 5351 46 , , , 1662 5351 47 Chitipa Chitipa NNP 1662 5351 48 , , , 1662 5351 49 Dedza Dedza NNP 1662 5351 50 , , , 1662 5351 51 Dowa Dowa NNP 1662 5351 52 , , , 1662 5351 53 Karonga Karonga NNP 1662 5351 54 , , , 1662 5351 55 Kasungu Kasungu NNP 1662 5351 56 , , , 1662 5351 57 Lilongwe Lilongwe NNP 1662 5351 58 , , , 1662 5351 59 Machinga Machinga NNP 1662 5351 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5351 61 Kasupe Kasupe NNP 1662 5351 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5351 63 , , , 1662 5351 64 Mangochi Mangochi NNP 1662 5351 65 , , , 1662 5351 66 Mchinji Mchinji NNP 1662 5351 67 , , , 1662 5351 68 Mulanje Mulanje NNP 1662 5351 69 , , , 1662 5351 70 Mwanza Mwanza NNP 1662 5351 71 , , , 1662 5351 72 Mzimba Mzimba NNP 1662 5351 73 , , , 1662 5351 74 Ntcheu Ntcheu NNP 1662 5351 75 , , , 1662 5351 76 Nkhata Nkhata NNP 1662 5351 77 Bay Bay NNP 1662 5351 78 , , , 1662 5351 79 Nkhotakota Nkhotakota NNP 1662 5351 80 , , , 1662 5351 81 Nsanje Nsanje NNP 1662 5351 82 , , , 1662 5351 83 Ntchisi Ntchisi NNP 1662 5351 84 , , , 1662 5351 85 Rumphi Rumphi NNP 1662 5351 86 , , , 1662 5351 87 Salima Salima NNP 1662 5351 88 , , , 1662 5351 89 Thyolo Thyolo NNP 1662 5351 90 , , , 1662 5351 91 Zomba Zomba NNP 1662 5351 92 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5351 93 : : : 1662 5351 94 6 6 CD 1662 5351 95 July July NNP 1662 5351 96 1964 1964 CD 1662 5351 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5351 98 from from IN 1662 5351 99 UK UK NNP 1662 5351 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5351 101 National national JJ 1662 5351 102 holiday holiday NN 1662 5351 103 : : : 1662 5351 104 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5351 105 Day Day NNP 1662 5351 106 6 6 CD 1662 5351 107 July July NNP 1662 5351 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5351 109 1964 1964 CD 1662 5351 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5351 111 ; ; : 1662 5351 112 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5351 113 Day Day NNP 1662 5351 114 6 6 CD 1662 5351 115 July July NNP 1662 5351 116 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5351 117 1966 1966 CD 1662 5351 118 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5351 119 Constitution constitution NN 1662 5351 120 : : : 1662 5351 121 18 18 CD 1662 5351 122 May May NNP 1662 5351 123 1995 1995 CD 1662 5351 124 Legal legal JJ 1662 5351 125 system system NN 1662 5351 126 : : : 1662 5351 127 based base VBN 1662 5351 128 on on IN 1662 5351 129 English English NNP 1662 5351 130 common common JJ 1662 5351 131 law law NN 1662 5351 132 and and CC 1662 5351 133 customary customary JJ 1662 5351 134 law law NN 1662 5351 135 ; ; : 1662 5351 136 judicial judicial JJ 1662 5351 137 review review NN 1662 5351 138 of of IN 1662 5351 139 legislative legislative JJ 1662 5351 140 acts act NNS 1662 5351 141 in in IN 1662 5351 142 the the DT 1662 5351 143 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5351 144 Court Court NNP 1662 5351 145 of of IN 1662 5351 146 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 5351 147 ; ; : 1662 5351 148 has have VBZ 1662 5351 149 not not RB 1662 5351 150 accepted accept VBN 1662 5351 151 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 5351 152 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 5351 153 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 5351 154 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 5351 155 : : : 1662 5351 156 18 18 CD 1662 5351 157 years year NNS 1662 5351 158 of of IN 1662 5351 159 age age NN 1662 5351 160 ; ; : 1662 5351 161 universal universal JJ 1662 5351 162 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5351 163 branch branch NN 1662 5351 164 : : : 1662 5351 165 chief chief NN 1662 5351 166 of of IN 1662 5351 167 state state NN 1662 5351 168 : : : 1662 5351 169 President President NNP 1662 5351 170 Bakili Bakili NNP 1662 5351 171 MULUZI MULUZI NNP 1662 5351 172 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5351 173 since since IN 1662 5351 174 21 21 CD 1662 5351 175 May May NNP 1662 5351 176 1994 1994 CD 1662 5351 177 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5351 178 ; ; : 1662 5351 179 note note VB 1662 5351 180 - - : 1662 5351 181 the the DT 1662 5351 182 president president NN 1662 5351 183 is be VBZ 1662 5351 184 both both CC 1662 5351 185 the the DT 1662 5351 186 chief chief NN 1662 5351 187 of of IN 1662 5351 188 state state NN 1662 5351 189 and and CC 1662 5351 190 head head NN 1662 5351 191 of of IN 1662 5351 192 government government NN 1662 5351 193 head head NN 1662 5351 194 of of IN 1662 5351 195 government government NN 1662 5351 196 : : : 1662 5351 197 President President NNP 1662 5351 198 Bakili Bakili NNP 1662 5351 199 MULUZI MULUZI NNP 1662 5351 200 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5351 201 since since IN 1662 5351 202 21 21 CD 1662 5351 203 May May NNP 1662 5351 204 1994 1994 CD 1662 5351 205 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5351 206 ; ; : 1662 5351 207 note note VB 1662 5351 208 - - : 1662 5351 209 the the DT 1662 5351 210 president president NN 1662 5351 211 is be VBZ 1662 5351 212 both both CC 1662 5351 213 the the DT 1662 5351 214 chief chief NN 1662 5351 215 of of IN 1662 5351 216 state state NN 1662 5351 217 and and CC 1662 5351 218 head head NN 1662 5351 219 of of IN 1662 5351 220 government government NN 1662 5351 221 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5351 222 : : : 1662 5351 223 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 5351 224 named name VBN 1662 5351 225 by by IN 1662 5351 226 the the DT 1662 5351 227 president president NNP 1662 5351 228 elections election NNS 1662 5351 229 : : : 1662 5351 230 president president NNP 1662 5351 231 elected elect VBN 1662 5351 232 by by IN 1662 5351 233 popular popular JJ 1662 5351 234 vote vote NN 1662 5351 235 for for IN 1662 5351 236 a a DT 1662 5351 237 five five CD 1662 5351 238 - - HYPH 1662 5351 239 year year NN 1662 5351 240 term term NN 1662 5351 241 ; ; : 1662 5351 242 election election NN 1662 5351 243 last last JJ 1662 5351 244 held hold VBD 1662 5351 245 17 17 CD 1662 5351 246 May May NNP 1662 5351 247 1994 1994 CD 1662 5351 248 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5351 249 next next JJ 1662 5351 250 to to TO 1662 5351 251 be be VB 1662 5351 252 held hold VBN 1662 5351 253 by by IN 1662 5351 254 May May NNP 1662 5351 255 1999 1999 CD 1662 5351 256 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5351 257 election election NN 1662 5351 258 results result NNS 1662 5351 259 : : : 1662 5351 260 Bakili Bakili NNP 1662 5351 261 MULUZI MULUZI NNP 1662 5351 262 elected elect VBD 1662 5351 263 president president NN 1662 5351 264 ; ; , 1662 5351 265 percent percent NN 1662 5351 266 of of IN 1662 5351 267 vote vote NN 1662 5351 268 - - HYPH 1662 5351 269 NA NA NNP 1662 5351 270 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 5351 271 branch branch NN 1662 5351 272 : : : 1662 5351 273 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 5351 274 National National NNP 1662 5351 275 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5351 276 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5351 277 177 177 CD 1662 5351 278 seats seat NNS 1662 5351 279 ; ; : 1662 5351 280 members member NNS 1662 5351 281 are be VBP 1662 5351 282 elected elect VBN 1662 5351 283 by by IN 1662 5351 284 popular popular JJ 1662 5351 285 vote vote NN 1662 5351 286 to to TO 1662 5351 287 serve serve VB 1662 5351 288 five five CD 1662 5351 289 - - HYPH 1662 5351 290 year year NN 1662 5351 291 terms term NNS 1662 5351 292 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5351 293 elections election NNS 1662 5351 294 : : : 1662 5351 295 last last RB 1662 5351 296 held hold VBD 1662 5351 297 17 17 CD 1662 5351 298 May May NNP 1662 5351 299 1994 1994 CD 1662 5351 300 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5351 301 next next JJ 1662 5351 302 to to TO 1662 5351 303 be be VB 1662 5351 304 held hold VBN 1662 5351 305 by by IN 1662 5351 306 May May NNP 1662 5351 307 1999 1999 CD 1662 5351 308 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5351 309 election election NN 1662 5351 310 results result NNS 1662 5351 311 : : : 1662 5351 312 percent percent NN 1662 5351 313 of of IN 1662 5351 314 vote vote NN 1662 5351 315 by by IN 1662 5351 316 party party NN 1662 5351 317 - - HYPH 1662 5351 318 NA NA NNP 1662 5351 319 ; ; , 1662 5351 320 seats seat NNS 1662 5351 321 by by IN 1662 5351 322 party party NN 1662 5351 323 - - HYPH 1662 5351 324 UDF UDF NNP 1662 5351 325 84 84 CD 1662 5351 326 , , , 1662 5351 327 AFORD AFORD NNP 1662 5351 328 33 33 CD 1662 5351 329 , , , 1662 5351 330 MCP MCP NNP 1662 5351 331 55 55 CD 1662 5351 332 , , , 1662 5351 333 others other NNS 1662 5351 334 5 5 CD 1662 5351 335 ; ; : 1662 5351 336 note note VB 1662 5351 337 - - HYPH 1662 5351 338 because because IN 1662 5351 339 of of IN 1662 5351 340 defections defection NNS 1662 5351 341 and and CC 1662 5351 342 byelections byelection NNS 1662 5351 343 , , , 1662 5351 344 the the DT 1662 5351 345 seats seat NNS 1662 5351 346 in in IN 1662 5351 347 the the DT 1662 5351 348 National National NNP 1662 5351 349 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5351 350 were be VBD 1662 5351 351 held hold VBN 1662 5351 352 at at IN 1662 5351 353 the the DT 1662 5351 354 end end NN 1662 5351 355 of of IN 1662 5351 356 the the DT 1662 5351 357 year year NN 1662 5351 358 as as IN 1662 5351 359 follows follow VBZ 1662 5351 360 : : : 1662 5351 361 UDF UDF NNP 1662 5351 362 84 84 CD 1662 5351 363 , , , 1662 5351 364 MCP MCP NNP 1662 5351 365 47 47 CD 1662 5351 366 , , , 1662 5351 367 AFORD AFORD NNP 1662 5351 368 34 34 CD 1662 5351 369 , , , 1662 5351 370 independents independent NNS 1662 5351 371 8 8 CD 1662 5351 372 , , , 1662 5351 373 and and CC 1662 5351 374 vacant vacant JJ 1662 5351 375 4 4 CD 1662 5351 376 note note NN 1662 5351 377 : : : 1662 5351 378 the the DT 1662 5351 379 constitution constitution NN 1662 5351 380 of of IN 1662 5351 381 18 18 CD 1662 5351 382 May May NNP 1662 5351 383 1995 1995 CD 1662 5351 384 , , , 1662 5351 385 in in IN 1662 5351 386 addition addition NN 1662 5351 387 to to IN 1662 5351 388 reducing reduce VBG 1662 5351 389 the the DT 1662 5351 390 age age NN 1662 5351 391 at at IN 1662 5351 392 which which WDT 1662 5351 393 universal universal JJ 1662 5351 394 suffrage suffrage NN 1662 5351 395 is be VBZ 1662 5351 396 conferred confer VBN 1662 5351 397 from from IN 1662 5351 398 21 21 CD 1662 5351 399 to to TO 1662 5351 400 18 18 CD 1662 5351 401 years year NNS 1662 5351 402 , , , 1662 5351 403 provided provide VBN 1662 5351 404 for for IN 1662 5351 405 a a DT 1662 5351 406 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 5351 407 legislature legislature NN 1662 5351 408 ; ; : 1662 5351 409 by by IN 1662 5351 410 1999 1999 CD 1662 5351 411 , , , 1662 5351 412 in in IN 1662 5351 413 addition addition NN 1662 5351 414 to to IN 1662 5351 415 the the DT 1662 5351 416 existing exist VBG 1662 5351 417 National National NNP 1662 5351 418 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5351 419 , , , 1662 5351 420 a a DT 1662 5351 421 Senate Senate NNP 1662 5351 422 of of IN 1662 5351 423 80 80 CD 1662 5351 424 seats seat NNS 1662 5351 425 is be VBZ 1662 5351 426 to to TO 1662 5351 427 be be VB 1662 5351 428 elected elect VBN 1662 5351 429 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 5351 430 branch branch NN 1662 5351 431 : : : 1662 5351 432 High High NNP 1662 5351 433 Court Court NNP 1662 5351 434 ; ; : 1662 5351 435 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5351 436 Court Court NNP 1662 5351 437 of of IN 1662 5351 438 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 5351 439 Political political JJ 1662 5351 440 parties party NNS 1662 5351 441 and and CC 1662 5351 442 leaders leader NNS 1662 5351 443 : : : 1662 5351 444 ruling rule VBG 1662 5351 445 party party NN 1662 5351 446 : : : 1662 5351 447 United United NNP 1662 5351 448 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5351 449 Front Front NNP 1662 5351 450 or or CC 1662 5351 451 UDF UDF NNP 1662 5351 452 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5351 453 Bakili Bakili NNP 1662 5351 454 MULUZI MULUZI NNP 1662 5351 455 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5351 456 opposition opposition NN 1662 5351 457 groups group NNS 1662 5351 458 : : : 1662 5351 459 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 5351 460 for for IN 1662 5351 461 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 5351 462 or or CC 1662 5351 463 AFORD AFORD NNP 1662 5351 464 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5351 465 Chakufwa Chakufwa NNP 1662 5351 466 CHIHANA CHIHANA NNP 1662 5351 467 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5351 468 ; ; : 1662 5351 469 Congress Congress NNP 1662 5351 470 for for IN 1662 5351 471 the the DT 1662 5351 472 Second Second NNP 1662 5351 473 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5351 474 or or CC 1662 5351 475 CSR CSR NNP 1662 5351 476 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5351 477 Kanyama Kanyama NNP 1662 5351 478 CHIUME CHIUME NNP 1662 5351 479 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5351 480 ; ; : 1662 5351 481 Malawi Malawi NNP 1662 5351 482 Congress Congress NNP 1662 5351 483 Party Party NNP 1662 5351 484 or or CC 1662 5351 485 MCP MCP NNP 1662 5351 486 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5351 487 Hastings Hastings NNP 1662 5351 488 KAMURU KAMURU NNP 1662 5351 489 BANDA BANDA NNP 1662 5351 490 , , , 1662 5351 491 president president NN 1662 5351 492 / / SYM 1662 5351 493 Gwanda Gwanda NNP 1662 5351 494 CHAKAUMBA CHAKAUMBA NNP 1662 5351 495 , , , 1662 5351 496 vice vice NN 1662 5351 497 president president NN 1662 5351 498 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5351 499 ; ; : 1662 5351 500 Malawi Malawi NNP 1662 5351 501 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5351 502 Party Party NNP 1662 5351 503 or or CC 1662 5351 504 MDP MDP NNP 1662 5351 505 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5351 506 Kampelo Kampelo NNP 1662 5351 507 KALUA KALUA NNP 1662 5351 508 , , , 1662 5351 509 president president NN 1662 5351 510 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5351 511 ; ; : 1662 5351 512 People People NNP 1662 5351 513 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5351 514 Party Party NNP 1662 5351 515 or or CC 1662 5351 516 PDP PDP NNP 1662 5351 517 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5351 518 Rolf Rolf NNP 1662 5351 519 PATEL PATEL NNP 1662 5351 520 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5351 521 ; ; : 1662 5351 522 Social Social NNP 1662 5351 523 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5351 524 Party Party NNP 1662 5351 525 or or CC 1662 5351 526 SDP SDP NNP 1662 5351 527 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5351 528 Eston Eston NNP 1662 5351 529 KAKHOME KAKHOME NNP 1662 5351 530 , , , 1662 5351 531 president president NN 1662 5351 532 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5351 533 International international JJ 1662 5351 534 organization organization NN 1662 5351 535 participation participation NN 1662 5351 536 : : : 1662 5351 537 ACP ACP NNP 1662 5351 538 , , , 1662 5351 539 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 5351 540 , , , 1662 5351 541 C C NNP 1662 5351 542 , , , 1662 5351 543 CCC CCC NNP 1662 5351 544 , , , 1662 5351 545 ECA ECA NNP 1662 5351 546 , , , 1662 5351 547 FAO FAO NNP 1662 5351 548 , , , 1662 5351 549 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 5351 550 , , , 1662 5351 551 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 5351 552 , , , 1662 5351 553 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 5351 554 , , , 1662 5351 555 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 5351 556 , , , 1662 5351 557 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 5351 558 , , , 1662 5351 559 IDA IDA NNP 1662 5351 560 , , , 1662 5351 561 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 5351 562 , , , 1662 5351 563 IFC IFC NNP 1662 5351 564 , , , 1662 5351 565 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 5351 566 , , , 1662 5351 567 ILO ILO NNP 1662 5351 568 , , , 1662 5351 569 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5351 570 , , , 1662 5351 571 IMO imo RB 1662 5351 572 , , , 1662 5351 573 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5351 574 , , , 1662 5351 575 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 5351 576 , , , 1662 5351 577 IOC IOC NNP 1662 5351 578 , , , 1662 5351 579 ISO ISO NNP 1662 5351 580 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5351 581 correspondent correspondent NN 1662 5351 582 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5351 583 , , , 1662 5351 584 ITU ITU NNP 1662 5351 585 , , , 1662 5351 586 NAM NAM NNP 1662 5351 587 , , , 1662 5351 588 OAU OAU NNP 1662 5351 589 , , , 1662 5351 590 SADC SADC NNP 1662 5351 591 , , , 1662 5351 592 UN UN NNP 1662 5351 593 , , , 1662 5351 594 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 5351 595 , , , 1662 5351 596 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 5351 597 , , , 1662 5351 598 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 5351 599 , , , 1662 5351 600 UPU UPU NNP 1662 5351 601 , , , 1662 5351 602 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 5351 603 , , , 1662 5351 604 WHO who WP 1662 5351 605 , , , 1662 5351 606 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 5351 607 , , , 1662 5351 608 WMO WMO NNP 1662 5351 609 , , , 1662 5351 610 WToO wtoo FW 1662 5351 611 , , , 1662 5351 612 WTrO wtro VB 1662 5351 613 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5351 614 representation representation NN 1662 5351 615 in in IN 1662 5351 616 the the DT 1662 5351 617 US US NNP 1662 5351 618 : : : 1662 5351 619 chief chief NN 1662 5351 620 of of IN 1662 5351 621 mission mission NN 1662 5351 622 : : : 1662 5351 623 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5351 624 Willie Willie NNP 1662 5351 625 CHOKANI CHOKANI NNP 1662 5351 626 chancery chancery NN 1662 5351 627 : : : 1662 5351 628 2408 2408 CD 1662 5351 629 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 5351 630 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 5351 631 NW NW NNP 1662 5351 632 , , , 1662 5351 633 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5351 634 , , , 1662 5351 635 DC DC NNP 1662 5351 636 20008 20008 CD 1662 5351 637 telephone telephone NN 1662 5351 638 : : : 1662 5351 639 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5351 640 1 1 CD 1662 5351 641 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5351 642 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5351 643 202 202 CD 1662 5351 644 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5351 645 797 797 CD 1662 5351 646 - - HYPH 1662 5351 647 1007 1007 CD 1662 5351 648 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5351 649 representation representation NN 1662 5351 650 from from IN 1662 5351 651 the the DT 1662 5351 652 US US NNP 1662 5351 653 : : : 1662 5351 654 chief chief NN 1662 5351 655 of of IN 1662 5351 656 mission mission NN 1662 5351 657 : : : 1662 5351 658 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5351 659 Peter Peter NNP 1662 5351 660 R. R. NNP 1662 5351 661 CHAVEAS CHAVEAS NNP 1662 5351 662 embassy embassy NN 1662 5351 663 : : : 1662 5351 664 address address NN 1662 5351 665 NA NA NNP 1662 5351 666 , , , 1662 5351 667 in in IN 1662 5351 668 new new JJ 1662 5351 669 capital capital NNP 1662 5351 670 city city NNP 1662 5351 671 development development NN 1662 5351 672 area area NN 1662 5351 673 in in IN 1662 5351 674 Lilongwe Lilongwe NNP 1662 5351 675 mailing mailing NN 1662 5351 676 address address NN 1662 5351 677 : : : 1662 5351 678 P. P. NNP 1662 5351 679 O. O. NNP 1662 5352 1 Box Box NNP 1662 5352 2 30016 30016 CD 1662 5352 3 , , , 1662 5352 4 Lilongwe Lilongwe NNP 1662 5352 5 3 3 CD 1662 5352 6 , , , 1662 5352 7 Malawi Malawi NNP 1662 5352 8 telephone telephone NN 1662 5352 9 : : : 1662 5352 10 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5352 11 265 265 CD 1662 5352 12 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5352 13 783 783 CD 1662 5352 14 166 166 CD 1662 5352 15 FAX fax NN 1662 5352 16 : : : 1662 5352 17 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5352 18 265 265 CD 1662 5352 19 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5352 20 780 780 CD 1662 5352 21 471 471 CD 1662 5352 22 Flag flag NN 1662 5352 23 description description NN 1662 5352 24 : : : 1662 5352 25 three three CD 1662 5352 26 equal equal JJ 1662 5352 27 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 5352 28 bands band NNS 1662 5352 29 of of IN 1662 5352 30 black black JJ 1662 5352 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5352 32 top top NN 1662 5352 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5352 34 , , , 1662 5352 35 red red NN 1662 5352 36 , , , 1662 5352 37 and and CC 1662 5352 38 green green JJ 1662 5352 39 with with IN 1662 5352 40 a a DT 1662 5352 41 radiant radiant NN 1662 5352 42 , , , 1662 5352 43 rising rise VBG 1662 5352 44 , , , 1662 5352 45 red red JJ 1662 5352 46 sun sun NN 1662 5352 47 centered center VBN 1662 5352 48 in in IN 1662 5352 49 the the DT 1662 5352 50 black black JJ 1662 5352 51 band band NN 1662 5352 52 Economy Economy NNP 1662 5352 53 Economy Economy NNP 1662 5352 54 - - HYPH 1662 5352 55 overview overview NN 1662 5352 56 : : : 1662 5352 57 Landlocked Landlocked NNP 1662 5352 58 Malawi Malawi NNP 1662 5352 59 ranks rank VBZ 1662 5352 60 among among IN 1662 5352 61 the the DT 1662 5352 62 world world NN 1662 5352 63 's 's POS 1662 5352 64 least least RBS 1662 5352 65 developed develop VBN 1662 5352 66 countries country NNS 1662 5352 67 . . . 1662 5353 1 The the DT 1662 5353 2 economy economy NN 1662 5353 3 is be VBZ 1662 5353 4 predominately predominately RB 1662 5353 5 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 5353 6 , , , 1662 5353 7 with with IN 1662 5353 8 about about RB 1662 5353 9 90 90 CD 1662 5353 10 % % NN 1662 5353 11 of of IN 1662 5353 12 the the DT 1662 5353 13 population population NN 1662 5353 14 living live VBG 1662 5353 15 in in IN 1662 5353 16 rural rural JJ 1662 5353 17 areas area NNS 1662 5353 18 . . . 1662 5354 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5354 2 accounts account VBZ 1662 5354 3 for for IN 1662 5354 4 45 45 CD 1662 5354 5 % % NN 1662 5354 6 of of IN 1662 5354 7 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5354 8 and and CC 1662 5354 9 90 90 CD 1662 5354 10 % % NN 1662 5354 11 of of IN 1662 5354 12 export export NN 1662 5354 13 revenues revenue NNS 1662 5354 14 . . . 1662 5355 1 The the DT 1662 5355 2 economy economy NN 1662 5355 3 depends depend VBZ 1662 5355 4 on on IN 1662 5355 5 substantial substantial JJ 1662 5355 6 inflows inflow NNS 1662 5355 7 of of IN 1662 5355 8 economic economic JJ 1662 5355 9 assistance assistance NN 1662 5355 10 from from IN 1662 5355 11 the the DT 1662 5355 12 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5355 13 , , , 1662 5355 14 the the DT 1662 5355 15 World World NNP 1662 5355 16 Bank Bank NNP 1662 5355 17 , , , 1662 5355 18 and and CC 1662 5355 19 individual individual JJ 1662 5355 20 donor donor NN 1662 5355 21 nations nation NNS 1662 5355 22 . . . 1662 5356 1 The the DT 1662 5356 2 new new JJ 1662 5356 3 government government NN 1662 5356 4 faces face VBZ 1662 5356 5 strong strong JJ 1662 5356 6 challenges challenge NNS 1662 5356 7 , , , 1662 5356 8 e.g. e.g. RB 1662 5356 9 , , , 1662 5356 10 to to TO 1662 5356 11 spur spur VB 1662 5356 12 exports export NNS 1662 5356 13 , , , 1662 5356 14 to to TO 1662 5356 15 improve improve VB 1662 5356 16 educational educational JJ 1662 5356 17 and and CC 1662 5356 18 health health NN 1662 5356 19 facilities facility NNS 1662 5356 20 , , , 1662 5356 21 and and CC 1662 5356 22 to to TO 1662 5356 23 deal deal VB 1662 5356 24 with with IN 1662 5356 25 environmental environmental JJ 1662 5356 26 problems problem NNS 1662 5356 27 of of IN 1662 5356 28 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 5356 29 and and CC 1662 5356 30 erosion erosion NN 1662 5356 31 . . . 1662 5357 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5357 2 : : : 1662 5357 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5357 4 power power NN 1662 5357 5 parity parity NN 1662 5357 6 - - : 1662 5357 7 $ $ $ 1662 5357 8 7.5 7.5 CD 1662 5357 9 billion billion CD 1662 5357 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5357 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 5357 12 est est NNP 1662 5357 13 . . . 1662 5357 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5358 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5358 2 - - HYPH 1662 5358 3 real real JJ 1662 5358 4 growth growth NN 1662 5358 5 rate rate NN 1662 5358 6 : : : 1662 5358 7 6 6 CD 1662 5358 8 % % NN 1662 5358 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5358 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 5358 11 est est NNP 1662 5358 12 . . . 1662 5358 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5359 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5359 2 - - HYPH 1662 5359 3 per per FW 1662 5359 4 capita capita NN 1662 5359 5 : : : 1662 5359 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5359 7 power power NN 1662 5359 8 parity parity NN 1662 5359 9 - - : 1662 5359 10 $ $ $ 1662 5359 11 800 800 CD 1662 5359 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5359 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 5359 14 est est NNP 1662 5359 15 . . . 1662 5359 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5360 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5360 2 - - HYPH 1662 5360 3 composition composition NN 1662 5360 4 by by IN 1662 5360 5 sector sector NN 1662 5360 6 : : : 1662 5360 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5360 8 : : : 1662 5360 9 45 45 CD 1662 5360 10 % % NN 1662 5360 11 industry industry NN 1662 5360 12 : : : 1662 5360 13 30 30 CD 1662 5360 14 % % NN 1662 5360 15 services service NNS 1662 5360 16 : : : 1662 5360 17 25 25 CD 1662 5360 18 % % NN 1662 5360 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5360 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 5360 21 est est NNP 1662 5360 22 . . . 1662 5360 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5361 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 5361 2 rate rate NN 1662 5361 3 - - HYPH 1662 5361 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 5361 5 price price NN 1662 5361 6 index index NN 1662 5361 7 : : : 1662 5361 8 83.3 83.3 CD 1662 5361 9 % % NN 1662 5361 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5361 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 5361 12 est est NNP 1662 5361 13 . . . 1662 5361 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5362 1 Labor labor NN 1662 5362 2 force force NN 1662 5362 3 : : : 1662 5362 4 total total NN 1662 5362 5 : : : 1662 5362 6 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 5362 7 million million CD 1662 5362 8 by by IN 1662 5362 9 occupation occupation NN 1662 5362 10 : : : 1662 5362 11 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5362 12 86 86 CD 1662 5362 13 % % NN 1662 5362 14 , , , 1662 5362 15 wage wage NN 1662 5362 16 earners earner NNS 1662 5362 17 14 14 CD 1662 5362 18 % % NN 1662 5362 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5362 20 1990 1990 CD 1662 5362 21 est est NNP 1662 5362 22 . . . 1662 5362 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5363 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 5363 2 rate rate NN 1662 5363 3 : : : 1662 5363 4 NA% NA% `` 1662 5363 5 Budget budget NN 1662 5363 6 : : : 1662 5363 7 revenues revenue NNS 1662 5363 8 : : : 1662 5363 9 $ $ $ 1662 5363 10 530 530 CD 1662 5363 11 million million CD 1662 5363 12 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5363 13 : : : 1662 5363 14 $ $ $ 1662 5363 15 674 674 CD 1662 5363 16 million million CD 1662 5363 17 , , , 1662 5363 18 including include VBG 1662 5363 19 capital capital NN 1662 5363 20 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5363 21 of of IN 1662 5363 22 $ $ $ 1662 5363 23 129 129 CD 1662 5363 24 million million CD 1662 5363 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5363 26 1993 1993 CD 1662 5363 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5363 28 Industries industry NNS 1662 5363 29 : : : 1662 5363 30 tea tea NN 1662 5363 31 , , , 1662 5363 32 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 5363 33 , , , 1662 5363 34 sugar sugar NN 1662 5363 35 , , , 1662 5363 36 sawmill sawmill NN 1662 5363 37 products product NNS 1662 5363 38 , , , 1662 5363 39 cement cement NN 1662 5363 40 , , , 1662 5363 41 consumer consumer NN 1662 5363 42 goods good NNS 1662 5363 43 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 5363 44 production production NN 1662 5363 45 growth growth NN 1662 5363 46 rate rate NN 1662 5363 47 : : : 1662 5363 48 1 1 CD 1662 5363 49 % % NN 1662 5363 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5363 51 1994 1994 CD 1662 5363 52 est est NNP 1662 5363 53 . . . 1662 5363 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5364 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5364 2 - - HYPH 1662 5364 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 5364 4 : : : 1662 5364 5 190,000 190,000 CD 1662 5364 6 kW kw NN 1662 5364 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5364 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 5364 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5364 10 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5364 11 - - HYPH 1662 5364 12 production production NN 1662 5364 13 : : : 1662 5364 14 782 782 CD 1662 5364 15 million million CD 1662 5364 16 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5364 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5364 18 1993 1993 CD 1662 5364 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5364 20 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5364 21 - - HYPH 1662 5364 22 consumption consumption NN 1662 5364 23 per per IN 1662 5364 24 capita capita NN 1662 5364 25 : : : 1662 5364 26 67 67 CD 1662 5364 27 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5364 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5364 29 1993 1993 CD 1662 5364 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5364 31 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5364 32 - - HYPH 1662 5364 33 products product NNS 1662 5364 34 : : : 1662 5364 35 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 5364 36 , , , 1662 5364 37 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 5364 38 , , , 1662 5364 39 cotton cotton NN 1662 5364 40 , , , 1662 5364 41 tea tea NN 1662 5364 42 , , , 1662 5364 43 corn corn NN 1662 5364 44 , , , 1662 5364 45 potatoes potato NNS 1662 5364 46 , , , 1662 5364 47 cassava cassava NNP 1662 5364 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5364 49 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 5364 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5364 51 , , , 1662 5364 52 sorghum sorghum NN 1662 5364 53 , , , 1662 5364 54 pulses pulse VBZ 1662 5364 55 ; ; : 1662 5364 56 cattle cattle NNS 1662 5364 57 , , , 1662 5364 58 goats goat NNS 1662 5364 59 Exports export NNS 1662 5364 60 : : : 1662 5364 61 total total JJ 1662 5364 62 value value NN 1662 5364 63 : : : 1662 5364 64 $ $ $ 1662 5364 65 431 431 CD 1662 5364 66 million million CD 1662 5364 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5364 68 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5364 69 . . NNP 1662 5364 70 , , , 1662 5364 71 1995 1995 CD 1662 5364 72 est est NNP 1662 5364 73 . . . 1662 5364 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5365 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5365 2 : : : 1662 5365 3 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 5365 4 , , , 1662 5365 5 tea tea NN 1662 5365 6 , , , 1662 5365 7 sugar sugar NN 1662 5365 8 , , , 1662 5365 9 coffee coffee NN 1662 5365 10 , , , 1662 5365 11 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 5365 12 , , , 1662 5365 13 wood wood NN 1662 5365 14 products product NNS 1662 5365 15 partners partner NNS 1662 5365 16 : : : 1662 5365 17 US US NNP 1662 5365 18 , , , 1662 5365 19 South South NNP 1662 5365 20 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5365 21 , , , 1662 5365 22 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5365 23 , , , 1662 5365 24 Japan Japan NNP 1662 5365 25 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 5365 26 : : : 1662 5365 27 total total JJ 1662 5365 28 value value NN 1662 5365 29 : : : 1662 5365 30 $ $ $ 1662 5365 31 348 348 CD 1662 5365 32 million million CD 1662 5365 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5365 34 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5365 35 . . NNP 1662 5365 36 , , , 1662 5365 37 1995 1995 CD 1662 5365 38 est est NNP 1662 5365 39 . . . 1662 5365 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5366 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5366 2 : : : 1662 5366 3 food food NN 1662 5366 4 , , , 1662 5366 5 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5366 6 products product NNS 1662 5366 7 , , , 1662 5366 8 semimanufactures semimanufacture NNS 1662 5366 9 , , , 1662 5366 10 consumer consumer NN 1662 5366 11 goods good NNS 1662 5366 12 , , , 1662 5366 13 transportation transportation NN 1662 5366 14 equipment equipment NN 1662 5366 15 partners partner NNS 1662 5366 16 : : : 1662 5366 17 South South NNP 1662 5366 18 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5366 19 , , , 1662 5366 20 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 5366 21 , , , 1662 5366 22 Japan Japan NNP 1662 5366 23 , , , 1662 5366 24 US US NNP 1662 5366 25 , , , 1662 5366 26 UK UK NNP 1662 5366 27 , , , 1662 5366 28 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5366 29 Debt Debt NNP 1662 5366 30 - - HYPH 1662 5366 31 external external JJ 1662 5366 32 : : : 1662 5366 33 $ $ $ 1662 5366 34 2.2 2.2 CD 1662 5366 35 billion billion CD 1662 5366 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5366 37 1995 1995 CD 1662 5366 38 est est NNP 1662 5366 39 . . . 1662 5366 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5367 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 5367 2 aid aid NN 1662 5367 3 : : : 1662 5367 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 5367 5 : : : 1662 5367 6 donor donor NN 1662 5367 7 pledges pledge NNS 1662 5367 8 , , , 1662 5367 9 $ $ $ 1662 5367 10 332 332 CD 1662 5367 11 million million CD 1662 5367 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5367 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 5367 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5367 15 Currency currency NN 1662 5367 16 : : : 1662 5367 17 1 1 CD 1662 5367 18 Malawian malawian JJ 1662 5367 19 kwacha kwacha NNS 1662 5367 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5367 21 MK MK NNP 1662 5367 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5367 23 = = NFP 1662 5367 24 100 100 CD 1662 5367 25 tambala tambala NN 1662 5367 26 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5367 27 rates rate NNS 1662 5367 28 : : : 1662 5367 29 Malawian malawian JJ 1662 5367 30 kwacha kwacha NNS 1662 5367 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5367 32 MK MK NNP 1662 5367 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5367 34 per per IN 1662 5367 35 US$ us$ $ 1662 5367 36 1 1 CD 1662 5367 37 - - SYM 1662 5367 38 15.3118 15.3118 CD 1662 5367 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5367 40 September September NNP 1662 5367 41 1996 1996 CD 1662 5367 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5367 43 , , , 1662 5367 44 15.2837 15.2837 CD 1662 5367 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5367 46 1995 1995 CD 1662 5367 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5367 48 , , , 1662 5367 49 8.7364 8.7364 CD 1662 5367 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5367 51 1994 1994 CD 1662 5367 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5367 53 , , , 1662 5367 54 4.4028 4.4028 CD 1662 5367 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5367 56 1993 1993 CD 1662 5367 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5367 58 , , , 1662 5367 59 3.6033 3.6033 CD 1662 5367 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5367 61 1992 1992 CD 1662 5367 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5367 63 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5367 64 year year NN 1662 5367 65 : : : 1662 5367 66 1 1 CD 1662 5367 67 April April NNP 1662 5367 68 - - HYPH 1662 5367 69 31 31 CD 1662 5367 70 March March NNP 1662 5367 71 @Malawi @Malawi NNP 1662 5367 72 : : : 1662 5367 73 Communications Communications NNP 1662 5367 74 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 5367 75 : : : 1662 5367 76 43,000 43,000 CD 1662 5367 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5367 78 1985 1985 CD 1662 5367 79 est est NNP 1662 5367 80 . . . 1662 5367 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5368 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5368 2 system system NN 1662 5368 3 : : : 1662 5368 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5368 5 : : : 1662 5368 6 fair fair JJ 1662 5368 7 system system NN 1662 5368 8 of of IN 1662 5368 9 open open JJ 1662 5368 10 - - HYPH 1662 5368 11 wire wire NN 1662 5368 12 lines line NNS 1662 5368 13 , , , 1662 5368 14 microwave microwave NN 1662 5368 15 radio radio NN 1662 5368 16 relay relay NN 1662 5368 17 links link NNS 1662 5368 18 , , , 1662 5368 19 and and CC 1662 5368 20 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 5368 21 communications communication NNS 1662 5368 22 stations station NNS 1662 5368 23 international international JJ 1662 5368 24 : : : 1662 5368 25 satellite satellite NN 1662 5368 26 earth earth NN 1662 5368 27 stations station NNS 1662 5368 28 - - , 1662 5368 29 2 2 CD 1662 5368 30 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5368 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5368 32 1 1 CD 1662 5368 33 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5368 34 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5368 35 and and CC 1662 5368 36 1 1 CD 1662 5368 37 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 5368 38 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5368 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5368 40 Radio radio NN 1662 5368 41 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5368 42 stations station NNS 1662 5368 43 : : : 1662 5368 44 AM AM NNP 1662 5368 45 10 10 CD 1662 5368 46 , , , 1662 5368 47 FM FM NNP 1662 5368 48 17 17 CD 1662 5368 49 , , , 1662 5368 50 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 5368 51 0 0 CD 1662 5368 52 Radios radio NNS 1662 5368 53 : : : 1662 5368 54 1.011 1.011 CD 1662 5368 55 million million CD 1662 5368 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5368 57 1995 1995 CD 1662 5368 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5368 59 Television television NN 1662 5368 60 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5368 61 stations station NNS 1662 5368 62 : : : 1662 5368 63 0 0 CD 1662 5368 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5368 65 1987 1987 CD 1662 5368 66 est est NNP 1662 5368 67 . . . 1662 5368 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5369 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 5369 2 : : : 1662 5369 3 NA NA NNP 1662 5369 4 @Malawi @Malawi NNP 1662 5369 5 : : : 1662 5369 6 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5369 7 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5369 8 : : : 1662 5369 9 total total NN 1662 5369 10 : : : 1662 5369 11 789 789 CD 1662 5369 12 km km NN 1662 5369 13 narrow narrow JJ 1662 5369 14 gauge gauge NN 1662 5369 15 : : : 1662 5369 16 789 789 CD 1662 5369 17 km km NN 1662 5369 18 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 5369 19 gauge gauge NN 1662 5369 20 Highways highway NNS 1662 5369 21 : : : 1662 5369 22 total total NN 1662 5369 23 : : : 1662 5369 24 49,837 49,837 CD 1662 5369 25 km km NNS 1662 5369 26 paved pave VBN 1662 5369 27 : : : 1662 5369 28 5,731 5,731 CD 1662 5369 29 km km NN 1662 5369 30 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5369 31 : : : 1662 5369 32 44,106 44,106 CD 1662 5369 33 km km NNS 1662 5369 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5369 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 5369 36 est est NNP 1662 5369 37 . . . 1662 5369 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5370 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 5370 2 : : : 1662 5370 3 Lake Lake NNP 1662 5370 4 Nyasa Nyasa NNP 1662 5370 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5370 6 Lake Lake NNP 1662 5370 7 Malawi Malawi NNP 1662 5370 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5370 9 ; ; : 1662 5370 10 Shire Shire NNP 1662 5370 11 River River NNP 1662 5370 12 , , , 1662 5370 13 144 144 CD 1662 5370 14 km km NN 1662 5370 15 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 5370 16 and and CC 1662 5370 17 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5370 18 : : : 1662 5370 19 Chipoka Chipoka NNP 1662 5370 20 , , , 1662 5370 21 Monkey Monkey NNP 1662 5370 22 Bay Bay NNP 1662 5370 23 , , , 1662 5370 24 Nkhata Nkhata NNP 1662 5370 25 Bay Bay NNP 1662 5370 26 , , , 1662 5370 27 Nkhotakota Nkhotakota NNP 1662 5370 28 Airports Airports NNPS 1662 5370 29 : : : 1662 5370 30 41 41 CD 1662 5370 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5370 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 5370 33 est est NNP 1662 5370 34 . . . 1662 5370 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5371 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5371 2 - - , 1662 5371 3 with with IN 1662 5371 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5371 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5371 6 : : : 1662 5371 7 total total NN 1662 5371 8 : : : 1662 5371 9 26 26 CD 1662 5371 10 over over IN 1662 5371 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5371 12 m m NN 1662 5371 13 : : : 1662 5371 14 1 1 CD 1662 5371 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5371 16 to to TO 1662 5371 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5371 18 m m NN 1662 5371 19 : : : 1662 5371 20 1 1 CD 1662 5371 21 914 914 CD 1662 5371 22 to to TO 1662 5371 23 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5371 24 m m NN 1662 5371 25 : : : 1662 5371 26 4 4 CD 1662 5371 27 under under IN 1662 5371 28 914 914 CD 1662 5371 29 m m NN 1662 5371 30 : : : 1662 5371 31 20 20 CD 1662 5371 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5371 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 5371 34 est est NNP 1662 5371 35 . . . 1662 5371 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5372 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5372 2 - - , 1662 5372 3 with with IN 1662 5372 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5372 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5372 6 : : : 1662 5372 7 total total NN 1662 5372 8 : : : 1662 5372 9 15 15 CD 1662 5372 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5372 11 to to TO 1662 5372 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5372 13 m m NN 1662 5372 14 : : : 1662 5372 15 1 1 CD 1662 5372 16 914 914 CD 1662 5372 17 to to TO 1662 5372 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5372 19 m m NN 1662 5372 20 : : : 1662 5372 21 14 14 CD 1662 5372 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5372 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 5372 24 est est NNP 1662 5372 25 . . . 1662 5372 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5373 1 Military military JJ 1662 5373 2 Military military JJ 1662 5373 3 branches branch NNS 1662 5373 4 : : : 1662 5373 5 Army Army NNP 1662 5373 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5373 7 includes include VBZ 1662 5373 8 Air Air NNP 1662 5373 9 Wing Wing NNP 1662 5373 10 and and CC 1662 5373 11 Naval Naval NNP 1662 5373 12 Detachment Detachment NNP 1662 5373 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5373 14 , , , 1662 5373 15 Police Police NNS 1662 5373 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5373 17 includes include VBZ 1662 5373 18 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 5373 19 Mobile Mobile NNP 1662 5373 20 Force Force NNP 1662 5373 21 Unit Unit NNP 1662 5373 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5373 23 Military military JJ 1662 5373 24 manpower manpower NN 1662 5373 25 - - HYPH 1662 5373 26 availability availability NN 1662 5373 27 : : : 1662 5373 28 males male NNS 1662 5373 29 age age NNP 1662 5373 30 15 15 CD 1662 5373 31 - - HYPH 1662 5373 32 49 49 CD 1662 5373 33 : : : 1662 5373 34 2,163,056 2,163,056 CD 1662 5373 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5373 36 1997 1997 CD 1662 5373 37 est est NNP 1662 5373 38 . . . 1662 5373 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5374 1 Military military JJ 1662 5374 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5374 3 - - HYPH 1662 5374 4 fit fit NN 1662 5374 5 for for IN 1662 5374 6 military military JJ 1662 5374 7 service service NN 1662 5374 8 : : : 1662 5374 9 males male NNS 1662 5374 10 : : : 1662 5374 11 1,106,487 1,106,487 CD 1662 5374 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5374 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5374 14 est est NNP 1662 5374 15 . . . 1662 5374 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5375 1 Military military JJ 1662 5375 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5375 3 - - HYPH 1662 5375 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 5375 5 figure figure NN 1662 5375 6 : : : 1662 5375 7 $ $ $ 1662 5375 8 10.4 10.4 CD 1662 5375 9 million million CD 1662 5375 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5375 11 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 5375 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5375 13 Military military JJ 1662 5375 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5375 15 - - : 1662 5375 16 percent percent NN 1662 5375 17 of of IN 1662 5375 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5375 19 : : : 1662 5375 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 5375 21 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5375 22 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5375 23 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 5375 24 - - HYPH 1662 5375 25 international international JJ 1662 5375 26 : : : 1662 5375 27 dispute dispute NN 1662 5375 28 with with IN 1662 5375 29 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 5375 30 over over IN 1662 5375 31 the the DT 1662 5375 32 boundary boundary NN 1662 5375 33 in in IN 1662 5375 34 Lake Lake NNP 1662 5375 35 Nyasa Nyasa NNP 1662 5375 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5375 37 Lake Lake NNP 1662 5375 38 Malawi Malawi NNP 1662 5375 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5375 40 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 41 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 42 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 43 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 44 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 45 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 46 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 47 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 48 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 49 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 50 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 51 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 52 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 53 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 54 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 55 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 56 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 57 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 58 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 59 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 60 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 61 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 62 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 63 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 64 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 65 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 66 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 67 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 68 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 69 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 70 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 71 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 72 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 73 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 74 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 75 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 76 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 77 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 78 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 90 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 91 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 92 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 93 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 94 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 95 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 96 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 97 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 98 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 99 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 100 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 101 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 102 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 103 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 104 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 105 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 106 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 107 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 108 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 109 _ _ NNP 1662 5375 110 MALAYSIA MALAYSIA NNP 1662 5375 111 @Malaysia @malaysia NN 1662 5375 112 : : : 1662 5375 113 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5375 114 Location Location NNP 1662 5375 115 : : : 1662 5375 116 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 5375 117 Asia Asia NNP 1662 5375 118 , , , 1662 5375 119 peninsula peninsula NN 1662 5375 120 and and CC 1662 5375 121 northern northern JJ 1662 5375 122 one one CD 1662 5375 123 - - HYPH 1662 5375 124 third third NN 1662 5375 125 of of IN 1662 5375 126 the the DT 1662 5375 127 island island NN 1662 5375 128 of of IN 1662 5375 129 Borneo Borneo NNP 1662 5375 130 , , , 1662 5375 131 bordering border VBG 1662 5375 132 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 5375 133 and and CC 1662 5375 134 the the DT 1662 5375 135 South South NNP 1662 5375 136 China China NNP 1662 5375 137 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5375 138 , , , 1662 5375 139 south south NN 1662 5375 140 of of IN 1662 5375 141 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 5375 142 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5375 143 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5375 144 : : : 1662 5375 145 2 2 CD 1662 5375 146 30 30 CD 1662 5375 147 N n CD 1662 5375 148 , , , 1662 5375 149 112 112 CD 1662 5375 150 30 30 CD 1662 5375 151 E e NN 1662 5375 152 Map Map NNP 1662 5375 153 references reference NNS 1662 5375 154 : : : 1662 5375 155 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 5375 156 Asia Asia NNP 1662 5375 157 Area Area NNP 1662 5375 158 : : : 1662 5375 159 total total NN 1662 5375 160 : : : 1662 5375 161 329,750 329,750 CD 1662 5375 162 sq sq IN 1662 5375 163 km km NNP 1662 5375 164 land land NN 1662 5375 165 : : : 1662 5375 166 328,550 328,550 CD 1662 5375 167 sq sq NN 1662 5375 168 km km NNP 1662 5375 169 water water NN 1662 5375 170 : : : 1662 5375 171 1,200 1,200 CD 1662 5375 172 sq sq NNP 1662 5375 173 km km NNP 1662 5375 174 Area Area NNP 1662 5375 175 - - HYPH 1662 5375 176 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5375 177 : : : 1662 5375 178 slightly slightly RB 1662 5375 179 larger large JJR 1662 5375 180 than than IN 1662 5375 181 New New NNP 1662 5375 182 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 5375 183 Land Land NNP 1662 5375 184 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5375 185 : : : 1662 5375 186 total total JJ 1662 5375 187 : : : 1662 5375 188 2,669 2,669 CD 1662 5375 189 km km NN 1662 5375 190 border border NN 1662 5375 191 countries country NNS 1662 5375 192 : : : 1662 5375 193 Brunei Brunei NNP 1662 5375 194 381 381 CD 1662 5375 195 km km NNS 1662 5375 196 , , , 1662 5375 197 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 5375 198 1,782 1,782 CD 1662 5375 199 km km NN 1662 5375 200 , , , 1662 5375 201 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 5375 202 506 506 CD 1662 5375 203 km km NN 1662 5375 204 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5375 205 : : : 1662 5375 206 4,675 4,675 CD 1662 5375 207 km km NNS 1662 5375 208 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5375 209 Peninsular Peninsular NNP 1662 5375 210 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 5375 211 2,068 2,068 CD 1662 5375 212 km km NN 1662 5375 213 , , , 1662 5375 214 East East NNP 1662 5375 215 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 5375 216 2,607 2,607 CD 1662 5375 217 km km NN 1662 5375 218 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5375 219 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5375 220 claims claim VBZ 1662 5375 221 : : : 1662 5375 222 continental continental NNP 1662 5375 223 shelf shelf NNP 1662 5375 224 : : : 1662 5375 225 200-m 200-m CD 1662 5375 226 depth depth NN 1662 5375 227 or or CC 1662 5375 228 to to IN 1662 5375 229 the the DT 1662 5375 230 depth depth NN 1662 5375 231 of of IN 1662 5375 232 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 5375 233 ; ; , 1662 5375 234 specified specify VBN 1662 5375 235 boundary boundary NN 1662 5375 236 in in IN 1662 5375 237 the the DT 1662 5375 238 South South NNP 1662 5375 239 China China NNP 1662 5375 240 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5375 241 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 5375 242 economic economic JJ 1662 5375 243 zone zone NN 1662 5375 244 : : : 1662 5375 245 200 200 CD 1662 5375 246 nm nm CD 1662 5375 247 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5375 248 sea sea NN 1662 5375 249 : : : 1662 5375 250 12 12 CD 1662 5375 251 nm nm NNP 1662 5375 252 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5375 253 : : : 1662 5375 254 tropical tropical JJ 1662 5375 255 ; ; : 1662 5375 256 annual annual JJ 1662 5375 257 southwest southwest NN 1662 5375 258 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5375 259 April April NNP 1662 5375 260 to to IN 1662 5375 261 October October NNP 1662 5375 262 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5375 263 and and CC 1662 5375 264 northeast northeast NNP 1662 5375 265 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5375 266 October October NNP 1662 5375 267 to to IN 1662 5375 268 February February NNP 1662 5375 269 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5375 270 monsoons monsoon NNS 1662 5375 271 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 5375 272 : : : 1662 5375 273 coastal coastal JJ 1662 5375 274 plains plain NNS 1662 5375 275 rising rise VBG 1662 5375 276 to to IN 1662 5375 277 hills hill NNS 1662 5375 278 and and CC 1662 5375 279 mountains mountain NNS 1662 5375 280 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5375 281 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5375 282 : : : 1662 5375 283 lowest low JJS 1662 5375 284 point point NN 1662 5375 285 : : : 1662 5375 286 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5375 287 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5375 288 0 0 NFP 1662 5375 289 m m DT 1662 5375 290 highest high JJS 1662 5375 291 point point NN 1662 5375 292 : : : 1662 5375 293 Mount Mount NNP 1662 5375 294 Kinabalu Kinabalu NNP 1662 5375 295 4,100 4,100 CD 1662 5375 296 m m NNP 1662 5375 297 Natural natural JJ 1662 5375 298 resources resource NNS 1662 5375 299 : : : 1662 5375 300 tin tin NN 1662 5375 301 , , , 1662 5375 302 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5375 303 , , , 1662 5375 304 timber timber NN 1662 5375 305 , , , 1662 5375 306 copper copper NN 1662 5375 307 , , , 1662 5375 308 iron iron NN 1662 5375 309 ore ore NN 1662 5375 310 , , , 1662 5375 311 natural natural JJ 1662 5375 312 gas gas NN 1662 5375 313 , , , 1662 5375 314 bauxite bauxite JJ 1662 5375 315 Land Land NNP 1662 5375 316 use use NN 1662 5375 317 : : : 1662 5375 318 arable arable JJ 1662 5375 319 land land NN 1662 5375 320 : : : 1662 5375 321 3 3 CD 1662 5375 322 % % NN 1662 5375 323 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5375 324 crops crop NNS 1662 5375 325 : : : 1662 5375 326 12 12 CD 1662 5375 327 % % NN 1662 5375 328 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5375 329 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5375 330 : : : 1662 5375 331 0 0 CD 1662 5375 332 % % NN 1662 5375 333 forests forest NNS 1662 5375 334 and and CC 1662 5375 335 woodland woodland JJ 1662 5375 336 : : : 1662 5375 337 68 68 CD 1662 5375 338 % % NN 1662 5375 339 other other JJ 1662 5375 340 : : : 1662 5375 341 17 17 CD 1662 5375 342 % % NN 1662 5375 343 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5375 344 1993 1993 CD 1662 5375 345 est est NNP 1662 5375 346 . . . 1662 5375 347 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5376 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5376 2 land land NN 1662 5376 3 : : : 1662 5376 4 3,400 3,400 ADD 1662 5376 5 sq sq NNP 1662 5376 6 km km NNP 1662 5376 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5376 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 5376 9 est est NNP 1662 5376 10 . . . 1662 5376 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5377 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 5377 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5377 3 : : : 1662 5377 4 flooding flooding NN 1662 5377 5 , , , 1662 5377 6 landslides landslide VBZ 1662 5377 7 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5377 8 - - HYPH 1662 5377 9 current current JJ 1662 5377 10 issues issue NNS 1662 5377 11 : : : 1662 5377 12 air air NN 1662 5377 13 pollution pollution NN 1662 5377 14 from from IN 1662 5377 15 industrial industrial JJ 1662 5377 16 and and CC 1662 5377 17 vehicular vehicular JJ 1662 5377 18 emissions emission NNS 1662 5377 19 ; ; : 1662 5377 20 water water NN 1662 5377 21 pollution pollution NN 1662 5377 22 from from IN 1662 5377 23 raw raw JJ 1662 5377 24 sewage sewage NN 1662 5377 25 ; ; , 1662 5377 26 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 5377 27 Environment environment NN 1662 5377 28 - - HYPH 1662 5377 29 international international JJ 1662 5377 30 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5377 31 : : : 1662 5377 32 party party NN 1662 5377 33 to to TO 1662 5377 34 : : : 1662 5377 35 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 5377 36 , , , 1662 5377 37 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5377 38 Change Change NNP 1662 5377 39 , , , 1662 5377 40 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 5377 41 Species Species NNPS 1662 5377 42 , , , 1662 5377 43 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 5377 44 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 5377 45 , , , 1662 5377 46 Law Law NNP 1662 5377 47 of of IN 1662 5377 48 the the DT 1662 5377 49 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5377 50 , , , 1662 5377 51 Marine Marine NNP 1662 5377 52 Life Life NNP 1662 5377 53 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 5377 54 , , , 1662 5377 55 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 5377 56 Test Test NNP 1662 5377 57 Ban Ban NNP 1662 5377 58 , , , 1662 5377 59 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5377 60 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5377 61 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5377 62 , , , 1662 5377 63 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 5377 64 Timber Timber NNP 1662 5377 65 83 83 CD 1662 5377 66 , , , 1662 5377 67 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 5377 68 Timber Timber NNP 1662 5377 69 94 94 CD 1662 5377 70 , , , 1662 5377 71 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 5377 72 signed sign VBD 1662 5377 73 , , , 1662 5377 74 but but CC 1662 5377 75 not not RB 1662 5377 76 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5377 77 : : : 1662 5377 78 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 5377 79 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5377 80 - - HYPH 1662 5377 81 note note NN 1662 5377 82 : : : 1662 5377 83 strategic strategic JJ 1662 5377 84 location location NN 1662 5377 85 along along IN 1662 5377 86 Strait Strait NNP 1662 5377 87 of of IN 1662 5377 88 Malacca Malacca NNP 1662 5377 89 and and CC 1662 5377 90 southern southern JJ 1662 5377 91 South South NNP 1662 5377 92 China China NNP 1662 5377 93 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5377 94 @Malaysia @malaysia NN 1662 5377 95 : : : 1662 5377 96 People People NNP 1662 5377 97 Population Population NNP 1662 5377 98 : : : 1662 5377 99 20,491,303 20,491,303 CD 1662 5377 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5377 101 July July NNP 1662 5377 102 1997 1997 CD 1662 5377 103 est est NNP 1662 5377 104 . . . 1662 5377 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5378 1 Age age NN 1662 5378 2 structure structure NN 1662 5378 3 : : : 1662 5378 4 0 0 CD 1662 5378 5 - - HYPH 1662 5378 6 14 14 CD 1662 5378 7 years year NNS 1662 5378 8 : : : 1662 5378 9 36 36 CD 1662 5378 10 % % NN 1662 5378 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5378 12 male male JJ 1662 5378 13 3,776,400 3,776,400 CD 1662 5378 14 ; ; : 1662 5378 15 female female JJ 1662 5378 16 3,587,445 3,587,445 CD 1662 5378 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5378 18 15 15 CD 1662 5378 19 - - SYM 1662 5378 20 64 64 CD 1662 5378 21 years year NNS 1662 5378 22 : : : 1662 5378 23 60 60 CD 1662 5378 24 % % NN 1662 5378 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5378 26 male male JJ 1662 5378 27 6,153,173 6,153,173 CD 1662 5378 28 ; ; , 1662 5378 29 female female JJ 1662 5378 30 6,171,287 6,171,287 CD 1662 5378 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5378 32 65 65 CD 1662 5378 33 years year NNS 1662 5378 34 and and CC 1662 5378 35 over over IN 1662 5378 36 : : : 1662 5378 37 4 4 CD 1662 5378 38 % % NN 1662 5378 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5378 40 male male JJ 1662 5378 41 350,523 350,523 CD 1662 5378 42 ; ; : 1662 5378 43 female female JJ 1662 5378 44 452,475 452,475 CD 1662 5378 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5378 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5378 47 July July NNP 1662 5378 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5378 49 est est NNP 1662 5378 50 . . . 1662 5378 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5379 1 Population population NN 1662 5379 2 growth growth NN 1662 5379 3 rate rate NN 1662 5379 4 : : : 1662 5379 5 2.15 2.15 CD 1662 5379 6 % % NN 1662 5379 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5379 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5379 9 est est NNP 1662 5379 10 . . . 1662 5379 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5380 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5380 2 rate rate NN 1662 5380 3 : : : 1662 5380 4 26.94 26.94 CD 1662 5380 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 5380 6 population population NN 1662 5380 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5380 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5380 9 est est NNP 1662 5380 10 . . . 1662 5380 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5381 1 Death death NN 1662 5381 2 rate rate NN 1662 5381 3 : : : 1662 5381 4 5.43 5.43 CD 1662 5381 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5381 6 population population NN 1662 5381 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5381 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5381 9 est est NNP 1662 5381 10 . . . 1662 5381 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5382 1 Net net JJ 1662 5382 2 migration migration NN 1662 5382 3 rate rate NN 1662 5382 4 : : : 1662 5382 5 0 0 NFP 1662 5382 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 5382 7 population population NN 1662 5382 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5382 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5382 10 est est NNP 1662 5382 11 . . . 1662 5382 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5383 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5383 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5383 3 : : : 1662 5383 4 at at IN 1662 5383 5 birth birth NN 1662 5383 6 : : : 1662 5383 7 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 5383 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5383 9 under under IN 1662 5383 10 15 15 CD 1662 5383 11 years year NNS 1662 5383 12 : : : 1662 5383 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 5383 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5383 15 15 15 CD 1662 5383 16 - - HYPH 1662 5383 17 64 64 CD 1662 5383 18 years year NNS 1662 5383 19 : : : 1662 5383 20 1 1 CD 1662 5383 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5383 22 65 65 CD 1662 5383 23 years year NNS 1662 5383 24 and and CC 1662 5383 25 over over IN 1662 5383 26 : : : 1662 5383 27 0.78 0.78 CD 1662 5383 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5383 29 total total JJ 1662 5383 30 population population NN 1662 5383 31 : : : 1662 5383 32 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 5383 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5383 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5383 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5383 36 est e JJS 1662 5383 37 . . . 1662 5383 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5384 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5384 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5384 3 rate rate NN 1662 5384 4 : : : 1662 5384 5 23.2 23.2 CD 1662 5384 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5384 7 live live JJ 1662 5384 8 births birth NNS 1662 5384 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5384 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5384 11 est est NNP 1662 5384 12 . . . 1662 5384 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5385 1 Life life NN 1662 5385 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5385 3 at at IN 1662 5385 4 birth birth NN 1662 5385 5 : : : 1662 5385 6 total total JJ 1662 5385 7 population population NN 1662 5385 8 : : : 1662 5385 9 70.06 70.06 CD 1662 5385 10 years year NNS 1662 5385 11 male male JJ 1662 5385 12 : : : 1662 5385 13 67.08 67.08 CD 1662 5385 14 years year NNS 1662 5385 15 female female JJ 1662 5385 16 : : : 1662 5385 17 73.22 73.22 CD 1662 5385 18 years year NNS 1662 5385 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5385 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5385 21 est est NNP 1662 5385 22 . . . 1662 5385 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5386 1 Total total JJ 1662 5386 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5386 3 rate rate NN 1662 5386 4 : : : 1662 5386 5 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 5386 6 children child NNS 1662 5386 7 born bear VBN 1662 5386 8 / / SYM 1662 5386 9 woman woman NN 1662 5386 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5386 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5386 12 est est NNP 1662 5386 13 . . . 1662 5386 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5387 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5387 2 : : : 1662 5387 3 noun noun NNP 1662 5387 4 : : : 1662 5387 5 Malaysian(s Malaysian(s NNP 1662 5387 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5387 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 5387 8 : : : 1662 5387 9 Malaysian malaysian JJ 1662 5387 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5387 11 groups group NNS 1662 5387 12 : : : 1662 5387 13 Malay malay JJ 1662 5387 14 and and CC 1662 5387 15 other other JJ 1662 5387 16 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 5387 17 58 58 CD 1662 5387 18 % % NN 1662 5387 19 , , , 1662 5387 20 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 5387 21 26 26 CD 1662 5387 22 % % NN 1662 5387 23 , , , 1662 5387 24 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5387 25 7 7 CD 1662 5387 26 % % NN 1662 5387 27 , , , 1662 5387 28 others other NNS 1662 5387 29 9 9 CD 1662 5387 30 % % NN 1662 5387 31 Religions religion NNS 1662 5387 32 : : : 1662 5387 33 Peninsular Peninsular NNP 1662 5387 34 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 5387 35 - - HYPH 1662 5387 36 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 5387 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5387 38 Malays Malays NNP 1662 5387 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5387 40 , , , 1662 5387 41 Buddhist Buddhist NNP 1662 5387 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5387 43 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 5387 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5387 45 , , , 1662 5387 46 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 5387 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5387 48 Indians Indians NNPS 1662 5387 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5387 50 ; ; : 1662 5387 51 Sabah Sabah NNP 1662 5387 52 - - HYPH 1662 5387 53 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 5387 54 38 38 CD 1662 5387 55 % % NN 1662 5387 56 , , , 1662 5387 57 Christian Christian NNP 1662 5387 58 17 17 CD 1662 5387 59 % % NN 1662 5387 60 , , , 1662 5387 61 other other JJ 1662 5387 62 45 45 CD 1662 5387 63 % % NN 1662 5387 64 ; ; : 1662 5387 65 Sarawak Sarawak NNP 1662 5387 66 - - HYPH 1662 5387 67 tribal tribal JJ 1662 5387 68 religion religion NN 1662 5387 69 35 35 CD 1662 5387 70 % % NN 1662 5387 71 , , , 1662 5387 72 Buddhist Buddhist NNP 1662 5387 73 and and CC 1662 5387 74 Confucianist Confucianist NNP 1662 5387 75 24 24 CD 1662 5387 76 % % NN 1662 5387 77 , , , 1662 5387 78 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 5387 79 20 20 CD 1662 5387 80 % % NN 1662 5387 81 , , , 1662 5387 82 Christian Christian NNP 1662 5387 83 16 16 CD 1662 5387 84 % % NN 1662 5387 85 , , , 1662 5387 86 other other JJ 1662 5387 87 5 5 CD 1662 5387 88 % % NN 1662 5387 89 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 5387 90 : : : 1662 5387 91 Peninsular Peninsular NNP 1662 5387 92 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 5387 93 - - HYPH 1662 5387 94 Malay Malay NNP 1662 5387 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5387 96 official official NN 1662 5387 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5387 98 , , , 1662 5387 99 English English NNP 1662 5387 100 , , , 1662 5387 101 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 5387 102 dialects dialect NNS 1662 5387 103 , , , 1662 5387 104 Tamil Tamil NNP 1662 5387 105 ; ; : 1662 5387 106 Sabah Sabah NNP 1662 5387 107 - - HYPH 1662 5387 108 English English NNP 1662 5387 109 , , , 1662 5387 110 Malay malay JJ 1662 5387 111 , , , 1662 5387 112 numerous numerous JJ 1662 5387 113 tribal tribal JJ 1662 5387 114 dialects dialect NNS 1662 5387 115 , , , 1662 5387 116 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 5387 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5387 118 Mandarin Mandarin NNP 1662 5387 119 and and CC 1662 5387 120 Hakka Hakka NNP 1662 5387 121 dialects dialect VBZ 1662 5387 122 predominate predominate NN 1662 5387 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5387 124 ; ; : 1662 5387 125 Sarawak Sarawak NNP 1662 5387 126 - - HYPH 1662 5387 127 English English NNP 1662 5387 128 , , , 1662 5387 129 Malay Malay NNP 1662 5387 130 , , , 1662 5387 131 Mandarin Mandarin NNP 1662 5387 132 , , , 1662 5387 133 numerous numerous JJ 1662 5387 134 tribal tribal JJ 1662 5387 135 languages language NNS 1662 5387 136 Literacy literacy NN 1662 5387 137 : : : 1662 5387 138 definition definition NN 1662 5387 139 : : : 1662 5387 140 age age NN 1662 5387 141 15 15 CD 1662 5387 142 and and CC 1662 5387 143 over over RB 1662 5387 144 can can MD 1662 5387 145 read read VB 1662 5387 146 and and CC 1662 5387 147 write write VB 1662 5387 148 total total JJ 1662 5387 149 population population NN 1662 5387 150 : : : 1662 5387 151 83.5 83.5 CD 1662 5387 152 % % NN 1662 5387 153 male male NN 1662 5387 154 : : : 1662 5387 155 89.1 89.1 CD 1662 5387 156 % % NN 1662 5387 157 female female NN 1662 5387 158 : : : 1662 5387 159 78.1 78.1 CD 1662 5387 160 % % NN 1662 5387 161 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5387 162 1995 1995 CD 1662 5387 163 est est NNP 1662 5387 164 . . . 1662 5387 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 1 @Malaysia @malaysia LS 1662 5388 2 : : : 1662 5388 3 Government Government NNP 1662 5388 4 Country Country NNP 1662 5388 5 name name NN 1662 5388 6 : : : 1662 5388 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5388 8 long long JJ 1662 5388 9 form form NN 1662 5388 10 : : : 1662 5388 11 none none NN 1662 5388 12 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5388 13 short short JJ 1662 5388 14 form form NN 1662 5388 15 : : : 1662 5388 16 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 5388 17 former former JJ 1662 5388 18 : : : 1662 5388 19 Malayan Malayan NNP 1662 5388 20 Union Union NNP 1662 5388 21 Data Data NNP 1662 5388 22 code code NN 1662 5388 23 : : : 1662 5388 24 MY MY NNP 1662 5388 25 Government Government NNP 1662 5388 26 type type NN 1662 5388 27 : : : 1662 5388 28 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 5388 29 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 5388 30 note note NN 1662 5388 31 : : : 1662 5388 32 Federation Federation NNP 1662 5388 33 of of IN 1662 5388 34 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 5388 35 formed form VBD 1662 5388 36 9 9 CD 1662 5388 37 July July NNP 1662 5388 38 1963 1963 CD 1662 5388 39 ; ; : 1662 5388 40 nominally nominally RB 1662 5388 41 headed head VBN 1662 5388 42 by by IN 1662 5388 43 the the DT 1662 5388 44 paramount paramount JJ 1662 5388 45 ruler ruler NN 1662 5388 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 47 king king NN 1662 5388 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 49 and and CC 1662 5388 50 a a DT 1662 5388 51 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 5388 52 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 5388 53 ; ; : 1662 5388 54 Peninsular Peninsular NNP 1662 5388 55 Malaysian malaysian JJ 1662 5388 56 states state NNS 1662 5388 57 - - HYPH 1662 5388 58 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 5388 59 rulers ruler NNS 1662 5388 60 in in IN 1662 5388 61 all all DT 1662 5388 62 but but CC 1662 5388 63 Melaka Melaka NNP 1662 5388 64 , , , 1662 5388 65 where where WRB 1662 5388 66 governors governor NNS 1662 5388 67 are be VBP 1662 5388 68 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5388 69 by by IN 1662 5388 70 Malaysian malaysian JJ 1662 5388 71 Government Government NNP 1662 5388 72 ; ; : 1662 5388 73 powers power NNS 1662 5388 74 of of IN 1662 5388 75 state state NN 1662 5388 76 governments government NNS 1662 5388 77 are be VBP 1662 5388 78 limited limit VBN 1662 5388 79 by by IN 1662 5388 80 the the DT 1662 5388 81 federal federal JJ 1662 5388 82 constitution constitution NN 1662 5388 83 ; ; : 1662 5388 84 Sabah Sabah NNP 1662 5388 85 - - HYPH 1662 5388 86 self self NN 1662 5388 87 - - HYPH 1662 5388 88 governing govern VBG 1662 5388 89 state state NN 1662 5388 90 , , , 1662 5388 91 holds hold VBZ 1662 5388 92 20 20 CD 1662 5388 93 seats seat NNS 1662 5388 94 in in IN 1662 5388 95 House House NNP 1662 5388 96 of of IN 1662 5388 97 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 5388 98 , , , 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federal federal JJ 1662 5388 169 territories territory NNS 1662 5388 170 * * NFP 1662 5388 171 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 172 wilayah wilayah JJ 1662 5388 173 - - HYPH 1662 5388 174 wilayah wilayah NN 1662 5388 175 persekutuan persekutuan JJ 1662 5388 176 , , , 1662 5388 177 singular singular JJ 1662 5388 178 - - HYPH 1662 5388 179 wilayah wilayah JJ 1662 5388 180 persekutuan persekutuan NN 1662 5388 181 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 182 ; ; : 1662 5388 183 Johor Johor NNP 1662 5388 184 , , , 1662 5388 185 Kedah Kedah NNP 1662 5388 186 , , , 1662 5388 187 Kelantan Kelantan NNP 1662 5388 188 , , , 1662 5388 189 Labuan Labuan NNP 1662 5388 190 * * NFP 1662 5388 191 , , , 1662 5388 192 Melaka Melaka NNP 1662 5388 193 , , , 1662 5388 194 Negeri Negeri NNP 1662 5388 195 Sembilan Sembilan NNP 1662 5388 196 , , , 1662 5388 197 Pahang Pahang NNP 1662 5388 198 , , , 1662 5388 199 Perak Perak NNP 1662 5388 200 , , , 1662 5388 201 Perlis Perlis NNP 1662 5388 202 , , , 1662 5388 203 Pulau Pulau NNP 1662 5388 204 Pinang Pinang NNP 1662 5388 205 , , , 1662 5388 206 Sabah Sabah NNP 1662 5388 207 , , , 1662 5388 208 Sarawak Sarawak NNP 1662 5388 209 , , , 1662 5388 210 Selangor Selangor NNP 1662 5388 211 , , , 1662 5388 212 Terengganu Terengganu NNP 1662 5388 213 , , , 1662 5388 214 Wilayah Wilayah NNP 1662 5388 215 Persekutuan Persekutuan NNP 1662 5388 216 * * NFP 1662 5388 217 Independence independence NN 1662 5388 218 : : : 1662 5388 219 31 31 CD 1662 5388 220 August August NNP 1662 5388 221 1957 1957 CD 1662 5388 222 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 223 from from IN 1662 5388 224 UK UK NNP 1662 5388 225 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 226 National national JJ 1662 5388 227 holiday holiday NN 1662 5388 228 : : : 1662 5388 229 National National NNP 1662 5388 230 Day Day NNP 1662 5388 231 , , , 1662 5388 232 31 31 CD 1662 5388 233 August August NNP 1662 5388 234 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 235 1957 1957 CD 1662 5388 236 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 237 Constitution constitution NN 1662 5388 238 : : : 1662 5388 239 31 31 CD 1662 5388 240 August August NNP 1662 5388 241 1957 1957 CD 1662 5388 242 , , , 1662 5388 243 amended amend VBD 1662 5388 244 16 16 CD 1662 5388 245 September September NNP 1662 5388 246 1963 1963 CD 1662 5388 247 Legal legal JJ 1662 5388 248 system system NN 1662 5388 249 : : : 1662 5388 250 based base VBN 1662 5388 251 on on IN 1662 5388 252 English English NNP 1662 5388 253 common common JJ 1662 5388 254 law law NN 1662 5388 255 ; ; : 1662 5388 256 judicial judicial JJ 1662 5388 257 review review NN 1662 5388 258 of of IN 1662 5388 259 legislative legislative JJ 1662 5388 260 acts act NNS 1662 5388 261 in in IN 1662 5388 262 the the DT 1662 5388 263 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5388 264 Court Court NNP 1662 5388 265 at at IN 1662 5388 266 request request NN 1662 5388 267 of of IN 1662 5388 268 supreme supreme JJ 1662 5388 269 head head NN 1662 5388 270 of of IN 1662 5388 271 the the DT 1662 5388 272 federation federation NN 1662 5388 273 ; ; : 1662 5388 274 has have VBZ 1662 5388 275 not not RB 1662 5388 276 accepted accept VBN 1662 5388 277 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 5388 278 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 5388 279 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 5388 280 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 5388 281 : : : 1662 5388 282 21 21 CD 1662 5388 283 years year NNS 1662 5388 284 of of IN 1662 5388 285 age age NN 1662 5388 286 ; ; : 1662 5388 287 universal universal JJ 1662 5388 288 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5388 289 branch branch NN 1662 5388 290 : : : 1662 5388 291 chief chief NN 1662 5388 292 of of IN 1662 5388 293 state state NN 1662 5388 294 : : : 1662 5388 295 Paramount Paramount NNP 1662 5388 296 Ruler Ruler NNP 1662 5388 297 TUANKU TUANKU NNP 1662 5388 298 JA'AFAR JA'AFAR NNP 1662 5388 299 ibni ibni VBZ 1662 5388 300 Al Al NNP 1662 5388 301 - - HYPH 1662 5388 302 Marhum Marhum NNP 1662 5388 303 Tuanku Tuanku NNP 1662 5388 304 Abdul Abdul NNP 1662 5388 305 Rahman Rahman NNP 1662 5388 306 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 307 since since IN 1662 5388 308 26 26 CD 1662 5388 309 April April NNP 1662 5388 310 1994 1994 CD 1662 5388 311 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 312 and and CC 1662 5388 313 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 5388 314 Paramount Paramount NNP 1662 5388 315 Ruler Ruler NNP 1662 5388 316 Sultan Sultan NNP 1662 5388 317 TUNKU TUNKU NNP 1662 5388 318 SALAHUDDIN SALAHUDDIN NNP 1662 5388 319 Abdul Abdul NNP 1662 5388 320 Aziz Aziz NNP 1662 5388 321 Shah Shah NNP 1662 5388 322 ibni ibni VBZ 1662 5388 323 Al Al NNP 1662 5388 324 - - HYPH 1662 5388 325 Marhum Marhum NNP 1662 5388 326 Sultan Sultan NNP 1662 5388 327 Hisammuddin Hisammuddin NNP 1662 5388 328 Alam Alam NNP 1662 5388 329 Shah Shah NNP 1662 5388 330 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 331 since since IN 1662 5388 332 26 26 CD 1662 5388 333 April April NNP 1662 5388 334 1994 1994 CD 1662 5388 335 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 336 head head NN 1662 5388 337 of of IN 1662 5388 338 government government NN 1662 5388 339 : : : 1662 5388 340 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5388 341 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5388 342 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 5388 343 MAHATHIR MAHATHIR NNP 1662 5388 344 bin bin NNP 1662 5388 345 Mohamad Mohamad NNP 1662 5388 346 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 347 since since IN 1662 5388 348 16 16 CD 1662 5388 349 July July NNP 1662 5388 350 1981 1981 CD 1662 5388 351 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 352 ; ; : 1662 5388 353 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 5388 354 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5388 355 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5388 356 ANWAR ANWAR NNP 1662 5388 357 bin bin NNP 1662 5388 358 Ibrahim Ibrahim NNP 1662 5388 359 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 360 since since IN 1662 5388 361 1 1 CD 1662 5388 362 December December NNP 1662 5388 363 1993 1993 CD 1662 5388 364 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 365 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5388 366 : : : 1662 5388 367 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 5388 368 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5388 369 by by IN 1662 5388 370 the the DT 1662 5388 371 paramount paramount JJ 1662 5388 372 ruler ruler NN 1662 5388 373 from from IN 1662 5388 374 among among IN 1662 5388 375 the the DT 1662 5388 376 members member NNS 1662 5388 377 of of IN 1662 5388 378 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 5388 379 elections 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VBN 1662 5388 416 NA NA NNP 1662 5388 417 1999 1999 CD 1662 5388 418 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 419 ; ; : 1662 5388 420 prime prime NNP 1662 5388 421 minister minister NN 1662 5388 422 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5388 423 by by IN 1662 5388 424 the the DT 1662 5388 425 paramount paramount JJ 1662 5388 426 ruler ruler NN 1662 5388 427 election election NN 1662 5388 428 results result NNS 1662 5388 429 : : : 1662 5388 430 TUANKU TUANKU NNP 1662 5388 431 JA'AFAR JA'AFAR NNP 1662 5388 432 ibni ibni VBZ 1662 5388 433 Al Al NNP 1662 5388 434 - - HYPH 1662 5388 435 Marhum Marhum NNP 1662 5388 436 Tuanku Tuanku NNP 1662 5388 437 Abdul Abdul NNP 1662 5388 438 Rahman Rahman NNP 1662 5388 439 elected elect VBD 1662 5388 440 paramount paramount JJ 1662 5388 441 ruler ruler NN 1662 5388 442 ; ; : 1662 5388 443 percent percent NN 1662 5388 444 of of IN 1662 5388 445 vote vote NN 1662 5388 446 - - HYPH 1662 5388 447 NA NA NNP 1662 5388 448 ; ; : 1662 5388 449 Sultan Sultan NNP 1662 5388 450 TUNKU tunku NN 1662 5388 451 SALAHUDDIN SALAHUDDIN NNP 1662 5388 452 Abdul Abdul NNP 1662 5388 453 Aziz Aziz NNP 1662 5388 454 Shah Shah NNP 1662 5388 455 ibni ibni VBZ 1662 5388 456 Al Al NNP 1662 5388 457 - - HYPH 1662 5388 458 Marhum Marhum NNP 1662 5388 459 Sultan Sultan NNP 1662 5388 460 Hisammuddin Hisammuddin NNP 1662 5388 461 Alam Alam NNP 1662 5388 462 Shah Shah NNP 1662 5388 463 elected elect VBD 1662 5388 464 deputy deputy JJ 1662 5388 465 paramount paramount JJ 1662 5388 466 ruler ruler NN 1662 5388 467 ; ; : 1662 5388 468 percent percent NN 1662 5388 469 of of IN 1662 5388 470 vote vote NN 1662 5388 471 - - HYPH 1662 5388 472 NA NA NNP 1662 5388 473 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 5388 474 branch branch NN 1662 5388 475 : : : 1662 5388 476 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 5388 477 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 5388 478 or or CC 1662 5388 479 Parlimen Parlimen NNP 1662 5388 480 consists consist VBZ 1662 5388 481 of of IN 1662 5388 482 the the DT 1662 5388 483 Senate Senate NNP 1662 5388 484 or or CC 1662 5388 485 Dewan Dewan NNP 1662 5388 486 Negara Negara NNP 1662 5388 487 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 488 69 69 CD 1662 5388 489 seats seat NNS 1662 5388 490 ; ; : 1662 5388 491 43 43 CD 1662 5388 492 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5388 493 by by IN 1662 5388 494 the the DT 1662 5388 495 paramount paramount JJ 1662 5388 496 ruler ruler NN 1662 5388 497 , , , 1662 5388 498 26 26 CD 1662 5388 499 elected elect VBN 1662 5388 500 by by IN 1662 5388 501 the the DT 1662 5388 502 state state NN 1662 5388 503 legislatures legislature NNS 1662 5388 504 ; ; , 1662 5388 505 elected elect VBN 1662 5388 506 members member NNS 1662 5388 507 serve serve VBP 1662 5388 508 six six CD 1662 5388 509 - - HYPH 1662 5388 510 year year NN 1662 5388 511 terms term NNS 1662 5388 512 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 513 and and CC 1662 5388 514 the the DT 1662 5388 515 House House NNP 1662 5388 516 of of IN 1662 5388 517 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 5388 518 or or CC 1662 5388 519 Dewan Dewan NNP 1662 5388 520 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556 be be VB 1662 5388 557 held hold VBN 1662 5388 558 by by IN 1662 5388 559 2000 2000 CD 1662 5388 560 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 561 ; ; : 1662 5388 562 House House NNP 1662 5388 563 of of IN 1662 5388 564 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 5388 565 - - HYPH 1662 5388 566 last last RB 1662 5388 567 held hold VBN 1662 5388 568 24 24 CD 1662 5388 569 - - SYM 1662 5388 570 25 25 CD 1662 5388 571 April April NNP 1662 5388 572 1995 1995 CD 1662 5388 573 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 574 next next JJ 1662 5388 575 to to TO 1662 5388 576 be be VB 1662 5388 577 held hold VBN 1662 5388 578 by by IN 1662 5388 579 2000 2000 CD 1662 5388 580 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 581 election election NN 1662 5388 582 results result NNS 1662 5388 583 : : : 1662 5388 584 Senate Senate NNP 1662 5388 585 - - HYPH 1662 5388 586 percent percent NN 1662 5388 587 of of IN 1662 5388 588 vote vote NN 1662 5388 589 by by IN 1662 5388 590 party party NN 1662 5388 591 - - HYPH 1662 5388 592 NA NA NNP 1662 5388 593 ; ; , 1662 5388 594 seats seat NNS 1662 5388 595 by by IN 1662 5388 596 party party NN 1662 5388 597 - - HYPH 1662 5388 598 NA NA NNP 1662 5388 599 ; ; : 1662 5388 600 House House NNP 1662 5388 601 of of IN 1662 5388 602 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 5388 603 - - HYPH 1662 5388 604 percent percent NN 1662 5388 605 of of IN 1662 5388 606 vote vote NN 1662 5388 607 by by IN 1662 5388 608 party party NN 1662 5388 609 - - : 1662 5388 610 National National NNP 1662 5388 611 Front Front NNP 1662 5388 612 63 63 CD 1662 5388 613 % % NN 1662 5388 614 , , , 1662 5388 615 other other JJ 1662 5388 616 37 37 CD 1662 5388 617 % % NN 1662 5388 618 ; ; , 1662 5388 619 seats seat NNS 1662 5388 620 by by IN 1662 5388 621 party party NN 1662 5388 622 - - : 1662 5388 623 National National NNP 1662 5388 624 Front Front NNP 1662 5388 625 162 162 CD 1662 5388 626 , , , 1662 5388 627 DAP DAP NNP 1662 5388 628 9 9 CD 1662 5388 629 , , , 1662 5388 630 PBS PBS NNP 1662 5388 631 8 8 CD 1662 5388 632 , , , 1662 5388 633 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5388 703 Yaik Yaik NNP 1662 5388 704 ; ; : 1662 5388 705 Malaysian malaysian JJ 1662 5388 706 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5388 707 Congress Congress NNP 1662 5388 708 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 709 MIC MIC NNP 1662 5388 710 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 711 , , , 1662 5388 712 S. S. NNP 1662 5388 713 Samy Samy NNP 1662 5388 714 VELLU VELLU NNP 1662 5388 715 ; ; : 1662 5388 716 major major JJ 1662 5388 717 opposition opposition NN 1662 5388 718 parties party NNS 1662 5388 719 are be VBP 1662 5388 720 Parti Parti NNP 1662 5388 721 Islam Islam NNP 1662 5388 722 SeMalaysia SeMalaysia NNP 1662 5388 723 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 724 PAS PAS NNP 1662 5388 725 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 726 , , , 1662 5388 727 Ustaz Ustaz NNP 1662 5388 728 Fadzil Fadzil NNP 1662 5388 729 Mohamed Mohamed NNP 1662 5388 730 NOOR NOOR NNP 1662 5388 731 and and CC 1662 5388 732 the the DT 1662 5388 733 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5388 734 Action Action NNP 1662 5388 735 Party Party NNP 1662 5388 736 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 737 DAP DAP NNP 1662 5388 738 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 739 , , , 1662 5388 740 CHEN CHEN NNP 1662 5388 741 Man Man NNP 1662 5388 742 Hin Hin NNP 1662 5388 743 Sabah Sabah NNP 1662 5388 744 : : : 1662 5388 745 National National NNP 1662 5388 746 Front Front NNP 1662 5388 747 , , , 1662 5388 748 dominated dominate VBN 1662 5388 749 by by IN 1662 5388 750 the the DT 1662 5388 751 UMNO UMNO NNP 1662 5388 752 ; ; : 1662 5388 753 Sabah Sabah NNP 1662 5388 754 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 5388 755 Party Party NNP 1662 5388 756 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 757 SAPP SAPP NNP 1662 5388 758 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 759 , , , 1662 5388 760 Datuk Datuk NNP 1662 5388 761 YONG YONG NNP 1662 5388 762 Teck Teck NNP 1662 5388 763 Lee Lee NNP 1662 5388 764 ; ; : 1662 5388 765 Parti Parti NNP 1662 5388 766 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5388 767 Sabah Sabah NNP 1662 5388 768 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 769 PDS PDS NNP 1662 5388 770 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 771 , , , 1662 5388 772 Bernard Bernard NNP 1662 5388 773 DOMPOK DOMPOK NNP 1662 5388 774 ; ; : 1662 5388 775 Parti Parti NNP 1662 5388 776 Bersatu Bersatu NNP 1662 5388 777 Rakyat Rakyat NNP 1662 5388 778 Sabah Sabah NNP 1662 5388 779 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 780 PBRS PBRS NNP 1662 5388 781 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 782 , , , 1662 5388 783 Datuk Datuk NNP 1662 5388 784 Joseph Joseph NNP 1662 5388 785 KURUP KURUP NNP 1662 5388 786 Sarawak sarawak NN 1662 5388 787 : : : 1662 5388 788 National National NNP 1662 5388 789 Front Front NNP 1662 5388 790 , , , 1662 5388 791 composed compose VBN 1662 5388 792 of of IN 1662 5388 793 the the DT 1662 5388 794 Party Party NNP 1662 5388 795 Pesaka Pesaka NNP 1662 5388 796 Bumiputra Bumiputra NNP 1662 5388 797 Bersatu Bersatu NNP 1662 5388 798 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 799 PBB PBB NNP 1662 5388 800 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 801 , , , 1662 5388 802 Datuk Datuk NNP 1662 5388 803 Patinggi Patinggi NNP 1662 5388 804 Haji Haji NNP 1662 5388 805 Abdul Abdul NNP 1662 5388 806 TAIB TAIB NNP 1662 5388 807 Mahmud Mahmud NNP 1662 5388 808 ; ; : 1662 5388 809 Sarawak Sarawak NNP 1662 5388 810 United United NNP 1662 5388 811 People People NNP 1662 5388 812 's 's POS 1662 5388 813 Party Party NNP 1662 5388 814 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 815 SUPP SUPP NNP 1662 5388 816 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 817 , , , 1662 5388 818 Datuk Datuk NNP 1662 5388 819 Amar Amar NNP 1662 5388 820 Stephen Stephen NNP 1662 5388 821 YONG YONG NNP 1662 5388 822 Kuat Kuat NNP 1662 5388 823 Tze Tze NNP 1662 5388 824 ; ; : 1662 5388 825 Sarawak Sarawak NNP 1662 5388 826 National National NNP 1662 5388 827 Party Party NNP 1662 5388 828 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 829 SNAP SNAP NNP 1662 5388 830 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 831 , , , 1662 5388 832 Datuk Datuk NNP 1662 5388 833 Amar Amar NNP 1662 5388 834 James James NNP 1662 5388 835 WONG WONG NNP 1662 5388 836 ; ; : 1662 5388 837 Parti Parti NNP 1662 5388 838 Bansa Bansa NNP 1662 5388 839 Dayak Dayak NNP 1662 5388 840 Sarawak Sarawak NNP 1662 5388 841 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 842 PBDS PBDS NNP 1662 5388 843 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 844 , , , 1662 5388 845 Datuk Datuk NNP 1662 5388 846 Leo Leo NNP 1662 5388 847 MOGGIE MOGGIE NNP 1662 5388 848 ; ; , 1662 5388 849 major major JJ 1662 5388 850 opposition opposition NN 1662 5388 851 party party NN 1662 5388 852 is be VBZ 1662 5388 853 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5388 854 Action Action NNP 1662 5388 855 Party Party NNP 1662 5388 856 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5388 857 DAP DAP NNP 1662 5388 858 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5388 859 , , , 1662 5388 860 LIM LIM NNP 1662 5388 861 Kit Kit NNP 1662 5388 862 Siang Siang NNP 1662 5388 863 note note NN 1662 5388 864 : : : 1662 5388 865 subsequent subsequent JJ 1662 5388 866 to to IN 1662 5388 867 the the DT 1662 5388 868 election election NN 1662 5388 869 , , , 1662 5388 870 the the DT 1662 5388 871 following follow VBG 1662 5388 872 parties party NNS 1662 5388 873 were be VBD 1662 5388 874 dissolved dissolve VBN 1662 5388 875 - 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R. NNP 1662 5388 1084 MALOTT MALOTT NNP 1662 5388 1085 embassy embassy NN 1662 5388 1086 : : : 1662 5388 1087 376 376 CD 1662 5388 1088 Jalan Jalan NNP 1662 5388 1089 Tun Tun NNP 1662 5388 1090 Razak Razak NNP 1662 5388 1091 , , , 1662 5388 1092 50400 50400 CD 1662 5388 1093 Kuala Kuala NNP 1662 5388 1094 Lumpur Lumpur NNP 1662 5388 1095 mailing mail VBG 1662 5388 1096 address address NN 1662 5388 1097 : : : 1662 5388 1098 P. P. NNP 1662 5388 1099 O. O. 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5397 14 % % NN 1662 5397 15 services service NNS 1662 5397 16 : : : 1662 5397 17 41 41 CD 1662 5397 18 % % NN 1662 5397 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5397 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 5397 21 est est NNP 1662 5397 22 . . . 1662 5397 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5398 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 5398 2 rate rate NN 1662 5398 3 - - HYPH 1662 5398 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 5398 5 price price NN 1662 5398 6 index index NN 1662 5398 7 : : : 1662 5398 8 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 5398 9 % % NN 1662 5398 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5398 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 5398 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5398 13 Labor labor NN 1662 5398 14 force force NN 1662 5398 15 : : : 1662 5398 16 total total NN 1662 5398 17 : : : 1662 5398 18 8.398 8.398 CD 1662 5398 19 million million CD 1662 5398 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5398 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 5398 22 est est NNP 1662 5398 23 . . . 1662 5398 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5399 1 by by IN 1662 5399 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 5399 3 : : : 1662 5399 4 manufacturing manufacture VBG 1662 5399 5 25 25 CD 1662 5399 6 % % NN 1662 5399 7 , , , 1662 5399 8 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5399 9 , , , 1662 5399 10 forestry forestry NN 1662 5399 11 , , , 1662 5399 12 and and CC 1662 5399 13 fisheries fishery NNS 1662 5399 14 21 21 CD 1662 5399 15 % % NN 1662 5399 16 , , , 1662 5399 17 local local JJ 1662 5399 18 trade trade NN 1662 5399 19 and and CC 1662 5399 20 tourism tourism NN 1662 5399 21 17 17 CD 1662 5399 22 % % NN 1662 5399 23 , , , 1662 5399 24 services service NNS 1662 5399 25 12 12 CD 1662 5399 26 % % NN 1662 5399 27 , , , 1662 5399 28 government government NN 1662 5399 29 11 11 CD 1662 5399 30 % % NN 1662 5399 31 , , , 1662 5399 32 construction construction NN 1662 5399 33 8 8 CD 1662 5399 34 % % NN 1662 5399 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5399 36 1996 1996 CD 1662 5399 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5399 38 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 5399 39 rate rate NN 1662 5399 40 : : : 1662 5399 41 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 5399 42 % % NN 1662 5399 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5399 44 1996 1996 CD 1662 5399 45 est est NNP 1662 5399 46 . . . 1662 5399 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5400 1 Budget budget NN 1662 5400 2 : : : 1662 5400 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 5400 4 : : : 1662 5400 5 $ $ $ 1662 5400 6 22.6 22.6 CD 1662 5400 7 billion billion CD 1662 5400 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5400 9 : : : 1662 5400 10 $ $ $ 1662 5400 11 22 22 CD 1662 5400 12 billion billion CD 1662 5400 13 , , , 1662 5400 14 including include VBG 1662 5400 15 capital capital NN 1662 5400 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5400 17 of of IN 1662 5400 18 $ $ $ 1662 5400 19 5.3 5.3 CD 1662 5400 20 billion billion CD 1662 5400 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5400 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 5400 23 est est NNP 1662 5400 24 . . . 1662 5400 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5401 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 5401 2 : : : 1662 5401 3 Peninsular Peninsular NNP 1662 5401 4 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 5401 5 - - HYPH 1662 5401 6 rubber rubber NN 1662 5401 7 and and CC 1662 5401 8 oil oil NN 1662 5401 9 palm palm NN 1662 5401 10 processing processing NN 1662 5401 11 and and CC 1662 5401 12 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 5401 13 , , , 1662 5401 14 light light NN 1662 5401 15 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 5401 16 industry industry NN 1662 5401 17 , , , 1662 5401 18 electronics electronic NNS 1662 5401 19 , , , 1662 5401 20 tin tin NN 1662 5401 21 mining mining NN 1662 5401 22 and and CC 1662 5401 23 smelting smelting NN 1662 5401 24 , , , 1662 5401 25 logging log VBG 1662 5401 26 and and CC 1662 5401 27 processing processing NN 1662 5401 28 timber timber NN 1662 5401 29 ; ; : 1662 5401 30 Sabah Sabah NNP 1662 5401 31 - - HYPH 1662 5401 32 logging logging NNP 1662 5401 33 , , , 1662 5401 34 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5401 35 production production NN 1662 5401 36 ; ; : 1662 5401 37 Sarawak Sarawak NNP 1662 5401 38 - - HYPH 1662 5401 39 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5401 40 processing processing NN 1662 5401 41 , , , 1662 5401 42 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5401 43 production production NN 1662 5401 44 and and CC 1662 5401 45 refining refining NN 1662 5401 46 , , , 1662 5401 47 logging log VBG 1662 5401 48 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 5401 49 production production NN 1662 5401 50 growth growth NN 1662 5401 51 rate rate NN 1662 5401 52 : : : 1662 5401 53 12 12 CD 1662 5401 54 % % NN 1662 5401 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5401 56 1994 1994 CD 1662 5401 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5401 58 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5401 59 - - HYPH 1662 5401 60 capacity capacity NN 1662 5401 61 : : : 1662 5401 62 7.83 7.83 CD 1662 5401 63 million million CD 1662 5401 64 kW kW NNP 1662 5401 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5401 66 1994 1994 CD 1662 5401 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5401 68 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5401 69 - - HYPH 1662 5401 70 production production NN 1662 5401 71 : : : 1662 5401 72 37.85 37.85 CD 1662 5401 73 billion billion CD 1662 5401 74 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5401 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5401 76 1994 1994 CD 1662 5401 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5401 78 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5401 79 - - HYPH 1662 5401 80 consumption consumption NN 1662 5401 81 per per IN 1662 5401 82 capita capita NN 1662 5401 83 : : : 1662 5401 84 1,983 1,983 CD 1662 5401 85 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5401 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5401 87 1995 1995 CD 1662 5401 88 est est NNP 1662 5401 89 . . . 1662 5401 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5402 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5402 2 - - HYPH 1662 5402 3 products product NNS 1662 5402 4 : : : 1662 5402 5 Peninsular Peninsular NNP 1662 5402 6 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 5402 7 - - HYPH 1662 5402 8 natural natural JJ 1662 5402 9 rubber rubber NN 1662 5402 10 , , , 1662 5402 11 palm palm NN 1662 5402 12 oil oil NN 1662 5402 13 , , , 1662 5402 14 rice rice NN 1662 5402 15 ; ; : 1662 5402 16 Sabah sabah NN 1662 5402 17 - - HYPH 1662 5402 18 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 5402 19 crops crop NNS 1662 5402 20 , , , 1662 5402 21 rubber rubber NN 1662 5402 22 , , , 1662 5402 23 timber timber NN 1662 5402 24 , , , 1662 5402 25 coconut coconut NN 1662 5402 26 , , , 1662 5402 27 rice rice NN 1662 5402 28 ; ; : 1662 5402 29 Sarawak sarawak NN 1662 5402 30 - - HYPH 1662 5402 31 rubber rubber NN 1662 5402 32 , , , 1662 5402 33 pepper pepper NN 1662 5402 34 ; ; , 1662 5402 35 timber timber NN 1662 5402 36 Exports export NNS 1662 5402 37 : : : 1662 5402 38 total total JJ 1662 5402 39 value value NN 1662 5402 40 : : : 1662 5402 41 $ $ $ 1662 5402 42 84.6 84.6 CD 1662 5402 43 billion billion CD 1662 5402 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5402 45 1996 1996 CD 1662 5402 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5402 47 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5402 48 : : : 1662 5402 49 electronic electronic JJ 1662 5402 50 equipment equipment NN 1662 5402 51 , , , 1662 5402 52 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5402 53 and and CC 1662 5402 54 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5402 55 products product NNS 1662 5402 56 , , , 1662 5402 57 palm palm NN 1662 5402 58 oil oil NN 1662 5402 59 , , , 1662 5402 60 wood wood NN 1662 5402 61 and and CC 1662 5402 62 wood wood NN 1662 5402 63 products product NNS 1662 5402 64 , , , 1662 5402 65 rubber rubber NN 1662 5402 66 , , , 1662 5402 67 textiles textile VBZ 1662 5402 68 partners partner NNS 1662 5402 69 : : : 1662 5402 70 US US NNP 1662 5402 71 21 21 CD 1662 5402 72 % % NN 1662 5402 73 , , , 1662 5402 74 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 5402 75 20 20 CD 1662 5402 76 % % NN 1662 5402 77 , , , 1662 5402 78 Japan Japan NNP 1662 5402 79 12 12 CD 1662 5402 80 % % NN 1662 5402 81 , , , 1662 5402 82 Hong Hong NNP 1662 5402 83 Kong Kong NNP 1662 5402 84 5 5 CD 1662 5402 85 % % NN 1662 5402 86 , , , 1662 5402 87 UK UK NNP 1662 5402 88 4 4 CD 1662 5402 89 % % NN 1662 5402 90 , , , 1662 5402 91 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 5402 92 4 4 CD 1662 5402 93 % % NN 1662 5402 94 , , , 1662 5402 95 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5402 96 3 3 CD 1662 5402 97 % % NN 1662 5402 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5402 99 1995 1995 CD 1662 5402 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5402 101 Imports import NNS 1662 5402 102 : : : 1662 5402 103 total total JJ 1662 5402 104 value value NN 1662 5402 105 : : : 1662 5402 106 $ $ $ 1662 5402 107 83.2 83.2 CD 1662 5402 108 billion billion CD 1662 5402 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5402 110 1996 1996 CD 1662 5402 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5402 112 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5402 113 : : : 1662 5402 114 machinery machinery NN 1662 5402 115 and and CC 1662 5402 116 equipment equipment NN 1662 5402 117 , , , 1662 5402 118 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 5402 119 , , , 1662 5402 120 food food NN 1662 5402 121 partners partner NNS 1662 5402 122 : : : 1662 5402 123 Japan Japan NNP 1662 5402 124 27 27 CD 1662 5402 125 % % NN 1662 5402 126 , , , 1662 5402 127 US US NNP 1662 5402 128 16 16 CD 1662 5402 129 % % NN 1662 5402 130 , , , 1662 5402 131 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 5402 132 12 12 CD 1662 5402 133 % % NN 1662 5402 134 , , , 1662 5402 135 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 5402 136 5 5 CD 1662 5402 137 % % NN 1662 5402 138 , , , 1662 5402 139 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5402 140 4 4 CD 1662 5402 141 % % NN 1662 5402 142 , , , 1662 5402 143 South South NNP 1662 5402 144 Korea Korea NNP 1662 5402 145 4 4 CD 1662 5402 146 % % NN 1662 5402 147 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5402 148 1995 1995 CD 1662 5402 149 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5402 150 Debt debt NN 1662 5402 151 - - HYPH 1662 5402 152 external external JJ 1662 5402 153 : : : 1662 5402 154 $ $ $ 1662 5402 155 27.5 27.5 CD 1662 5402 156 billion billion CD 1662 5402 157 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5402 158 1995 1995 CD 1662 5402 159 est est NNP 1662 5402 160 . . . 1662 5402 161 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5403 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 5403 2 aid aid NN 1662 5403 3 : : : 1662 5403 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 5403 5 : : : 1662 5403 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 5403 7 , , , 1662 5403 8 $ $ $ 1662 5403 9 45 45 CD 1662 5403 10 million million CD 1662 5403 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5403 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 5403 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5403 14 Currency currency NN 1662 5403 15 : : : 1662 5403 16 1 1 CD 1662 5403 17 ringgit ringgit NN 1662 5403 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5403 19 M$ M$ NNP 1662 5403 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5403 21 = = NFP 1662 5403 22 100 100 CD 1662 5403 23 sen sen NNP 1662 5403 24 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5403 25 rates rate NNS 1662 5403 26 : : : 1662 5403 27 ringgits ringgit NNS 1662 5403 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5403 29 M$ M$ NNP 1662 5403 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5403 31 per per IN 1662 5403 32 US$ us$ $ 1662 5403 33 1 1 CD 1662 5403 34 - - HYPH 1662 5403 35 2.4914 2.4914 CD 1662 5403 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5403 37 January January NNP 1662 5403 38 1997 1997 CD 1662 5403 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5403 40 , , , 1662 5403 41 2.5158 2.5158 CD 1662 5403 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5403 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 5403 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5403 45 , , , 1662 5403 46 2.5044 2.5044 CD 1662 5403 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5403 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 5403 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5403 50 , , , 1662 5403 51 2.6243 2.6243 CD 1662 5403 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5403 53 1994 1994 CD 1662 5403 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5403 55 , , , 1662 5403 56 2.5741 2.5741 CD 1662 5403 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5403 58 1993 1993 CD 1662 5403 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5403 60 , , , 1662 5403 61 2.5474 2.5474 CD 1662 5403 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5403 63 1992 1992 CD 1662 5403 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5403 65 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5403 66 year year NN 1662 5403 67 : : : 1662 5403 68 calendar calendar NNP 1662 5403 69 year year NNP 1662 5403 70 @Malaysia @Malaysia NNP 1662 5403 71 : : : 1662 5403 72 Communications Communications NNP 1662 5403 73 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 5403 74 : : : 1662 5403 75 2,550,957 2,550,957 CD 1662 5403 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5403 77 1992 1992 CD 1662 5403 78 est est NNP 1662 5403 79 . . . 1662 5403 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5404 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5404 2 system system NN 1662 5404 3 : : : 1662 5404 4 international international JJ 1662 5404 5 service service NN 1662 5404 6 good good NNP 1662 5404 7 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5404 8 : : : 1662 5404 9 good good JJ 1662 5404 10 intercity intercity NN 1662 5404 11 service service NN 1662 5404 12 provided provide VBN 1662 5404 13 on on IN 1662 5404 14 Peninsular Peninsular NNP 1662 5404 15 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 5404 16 mainly mainly RB 1662 5404 17 by by IN 1662 5404 18 microwave microwave NN 1662 5404 19 radio radio NN 1662 5404 20 relay relay NN 1662 5404 21 ; ; : 1662 5404 22 adequate adequate JJ 1662 5404 23 intercity intercity NN 1662 5404 24 microwave microwave NN 1662 5404 25 radio radio NN 1662 5404 26 relay relay NN 1662 5404 27 network network NN 1662 5404 28 between between IN 1662 5404 29 Sabah Sabah NNP 1662 5404 30 and and CC 1662 5404 31 Sarawak Sarawak NNP 1662 5404 32 via via IN 1662 5404 33 Brunei Brunei NNP 1662 5404 34 ; ; : 1662 5404 35 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5404 36 satellite satellite NN 1662 5404 37 system system NN 1662 5404 38 with with IN 1662 5404 39 2 2 CD 1662 5404 40 earth earth NN 1662 5404 41 stations station NNS 1662 5404 42 international international JJ 1662 5404 43 : : : 1662 5404 44 submarine submarine NN 1662 5404 45 cables cable NNS 1662 5404 46 to to IN 1662 5404 47 India India NNP 1662 5404 48 , , , 1662 5404 49 Hong Hong NNP 1662 5404 50 Kong Kong NNP 1662 5404 51 and and CC 1662 5404 52 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 5404 53 ; ; : 1662 5404 54 satellite satellite NN 1662 5404 55 earth earth NN 1662 5404 56 stations station NNS 1662 5404 57 - - , 1662 5404 58 2 2 CD 1662 5404 59 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5404 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5404 61 1 1 CD 1662 5404 62 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5404 63 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5404 64 and and CC 1662 5404 65 1 1 CD 1662 5404 66 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 5404 67 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5404 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5404 69 Radio radio NN 1662 5404 70 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5404 71 stations station NNS 1662 5404 72 : : : 1662 5404 73 AM AM NNP 1662 5404 74 28 28 CD 1662 5404 75 , , , 1662 5404 76 FM FM NNP 1662 5404 77 3 3 CD 1662 5404 78 , , , 1662 5404 79 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 5404 80 0 0 CD 1662 5404 81 Radios radio NNS 1662 5404 82 : : : 1662 5404 83 8.08 8.08 CD 1662 5404 84 million million CD 1662 5404 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5404 86 1992 1992 CD 1662 5404 87 est est NNP 1662 5404 88 . . . 1662 5404 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5405 1 Television television NN 1662 5405 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5405 3 stations station NNS 1662 5405 4 : : : 1662 5405 5 33 33 CD 1662 5405 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 5405 7 : : : 1662 5405 8 2 2 CD 1662 5405 9 million million CD 1662 5405 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5405 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 5405 12 est est NNP 1662 5405 13 . . . 1662 5405 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5406 1 @Malaysia @malaysia LS 1662 5406 2 : : : 1662 5406 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5406 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5406 5 : : : 1662 5406 6 total total NN 1662 5406 7 : : : 1662 5406 8 1,806 1,806 CD 1662 5406 9 km km NNS 1662 5406 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5406 11 Peninsular Peninsular NNP 1662 5406 12 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 5406 13 1,672 1,672 CD 1662 5406 14 km km NN 1662 5406 15 ; ; : 1662 5406 16 Sabah Sabah NNP 1662 5406 17 134 134 CD 1662 5406 18 km km NN 1662 5406 19 ; ; : 1662 5406 20 Sarawak Sarawak NNP 1662 5406 21 0 0 CD 1662 5406 22 km km NN 1662 5406 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5406 24 narrow narrow JJ 1662 5406 25 gauge gauge NN 1662 5406 26 : : : 1662 5406 27 1,806 1,806 CD 1662 5406 28 km km NN 1662 5406 29 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 5406 30 gauge gauge NN 1662 5406 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5406 32 Peninsular Peninsular NNP 1662 5406 33 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 5406 34 1,672 1,672 CD 1662 5406 35 km km NN 1662 5406 36 ; ; : 1662 5406 37 Sabah sabah NN 1662 5406 38 134 134 CD 1662 5406 39 km km NN 1662 5406 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5406 41 Highways highway NNS 1662 5406 42 : : : 1662 5406 43 total total NN 1662 5406 44 : : : 1662 5406 45 93,975 93,975 CD 1662 5406 46 km km NN 1662 5406 47 paved pave VBN 1662 5406 48 : : : 1662 5406 49 70,481 70,481 CD 1662 5406 50 km km NNS 1662 5406 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5406 52 including include VBG 1662 5406 53 575 575 CD 1662 5406 54 km km NNS 1662 5406 55 of of IN 1662 5406 56 expressways expressway NNS 1662 5406 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5406 58 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5406 59 : : : 1662 5406 60 23,494 23,494 CD 1662 5406 61 km km NNS 1662 5406 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5406 63 1995 1995 CD 1662 5406 64 est est NNP 1662 5406 65 . . . 1662 5406 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5407 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 5407 2 : : : 1662 5407 3 7,296 7,296 CD 1662 5407 4 km km NNS 1662 5407 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5407 6 Peninsular Peninsular NNP 1662 5407 7 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 5407 8 3,209 3,209 CD 1662 5407 9 km km NN 1662 5407 10 , , , 1662 5407 11 Sabah Sabah NNP 1662 5407 12 1,569 1,569 CD 1662 5407 13 km km NN 1662 5407 14 , , , 1662 5407 15 Sarawak Sarawak NNP 1662 5407 16 2,518 2,518 CD 1662 5407 17 km km NN 1662 5407 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5407 19 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 5407 20 : : : 1662 5407 21 crude crude JJ 1662 5407 22 oil oil NN 1662 5407 23 1,307 1,307 CD 1662 5407 24 km km NN 1662 5407 25 ; ; : 1662 5407 26 natural natural JJ 1662 5407 27 gas gas NN 1662 5407 28 379 379 CD 1662 5407 29 km km NN 1662 5407 30 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 5407 31 and and CC 1662 5407 32 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5407 33 : : : 1662 5407 34 Kota Kota NNP 1662 5407 35 Kinabalu Kinabalu NNP 1662 5407 36 , , , 1662 5407 37 Kuantan Kuantan NNP 1662 5407 38 , , , 1662 5407 39 Kuching Kuching NNP 1662 5407 40 , , , 1662 5407 41 Kudat Kudat NNP 1662 5407 42 , , , 1662 5407 43 Labuan Labuan NNP 1662 5407 44 , , , 1662 5407 45 Lahad Lahad NNP 1662 5407 46 Datu Datu NNP 1662 5407 47 , , , 1662 5407 48 Lumut Lumut NNP 1662 5407 49 , , , 1662 5407 50 Miri Miri NNP 1662 5407 51 , , , 1662 5407 52 Pasir Pasir NNP 1662 5407 53 Gudang Gudang NNP 1662 5407 54 , , , 1662 5407 55 Penang Penang NNP 1662 5407 56 , , , 1662 5407 57 Port Port NNP 1662 5407 58 Dickson Dickson NNP 1662 5407 59 , , , 1662 5407 60 Port Port NNP 1662 5407 61 Kelang Kelang NNP 1662 5407 62 , , , 1662 5407 63 Sandakan Sandakan NNP 1662 5407 64 , , , 1662 5407 65 Sibu Sibu NNP 1662 5407 66 , , , 1662 5407 67 Tanjong Tanjong NNP 1662 5407 68 Berhala Berhala NNP 1662 5407 69 , , , 1662 5407 70 Tanjong Tanjong NNP 1662 5407 71 Kidurong Kidurong NNP 1662 5407 72 , , , 1662 5407 73 Tawau Tawau NNP 1662 5407 74 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 5407 75 marine marine NN 1662 5407 76 : : : 1662 5407 77 total total NN 1662 5407 78 : : : 1662 5407 79 299 299 CD 1662 5407 80 ships ship NNS 1662 5407 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5407 82 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 5407 83 GRT GRT NNP 1662 5407 84 or or CC 1662 5407 85 over over RB 1662 5407 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5407 87 totaling total VBG 1662 5407 88 3,904,915 3,904,915 CD 1662 5407 89 GRT/5,860,095 grt/5,860,095 JJ 1662 5407 90 DWT dwt NN 1662 5407 91 ships ship NNS 1662 5407 92 by by IN 1662 5407 93 type type NN 1662 5407 94 : : : 1662 5407 95 bulk bulk NNP 1662 5407 96 51 51 CD 1662 5407 97 , , , 1662 5407 98 cargo cargo NN 1662 5407 99 103 103 CD 1662 5407 100 , , , 1662 5407 101 chemical chemical NN 1662 5407 102 tanker tanker NN 1662 5407 103 16 16 CD 1662 5407 104 , , , 1662 5407 105 combination combination NN 1662 5407 106 bulk bulk NN 1662 5407 107 3 3 CD 1662 5407 108 , , , 1662 5407 109 container container NN 1662 5407 110 35 35 CD 1662 5407 111 , , , 1662 5407 112 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 5407 113 gas gas NN 1662 5407 114 tanker tanker NN 1662 5407 115 16 16 CD 1662 5407 116 , , , 1662 5407 117 oil oil NN 1662 5407 118 tanker tanker NN 1662 5407 119 62 62 CD 1662 5407 120 , , , 1662 5407 121 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 5407 122 cargo cargo NN 1662 5407 123 1 1 CD 1662 5407 124 , , , 1662 5407 125 roll roll NN 1662 5407 126 - - HYPH 1662 5407 127 on on IN 1662 5407 128 / / SYM 1662 5407 129 roll roll NN 1662 5407 130 - - HYPH 1662 5407 131 off off RP 1662 5407 132 cargo cargo NN 1662 5407 133 5 5 CD 1662 5407 134 , , , 1662 5407 135 short short JJ 1662 5407 136 - - HYPH 1662 5407 137 sea sea NN 1662 5407 138 passenger passenger NN 1662 5407 139 1 1 CD 1662 5407 140 , , , 1662 5407 141 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 5407 142 carrier carrier NN 1662 5407 143 6 6 CD 1662 5407 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5407 145 1996 1996 CD 1662 5407 146 est est NNP 1662 5407 147 . . . 1662 5407 148 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5408 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5408 2 : : : 1662 5408 3 106 106 CD 1662 5408 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5408 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 5408 6 est est NNP 1662 5408 7 . . . 1662 5408 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5409 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5409 2 - - , 1662 5409 3 with with IN 1662 5409 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5409 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5409 6 : : : 1662 5409 7 total total NN 1662 5409 8 : : : 1662 5409 9 99 99 CD 1662 5409 10 over over IN 1662 5409 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5409 12 m m NN 1662 5409 13 : : : 1662 5409 14 4 4 CD 1662 5409 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 5409 16 to to TO 1662 5409 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5409 18 m m NN 1662 5409 19 : : : 1662 5409 20 5 5 CD 1662 5409 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5409 22 to to TO 1662 5409 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5409 24 m m CD 1662 5409 25 : : : 1662 5409 26 11 11 CD 1662 5409 27 914 914 CD 1662 5409 28 to to TO 1662 5409 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5409 30 m m NN 1662 5409 31 : : : 1662 5409 32 6 6 CD 1662 5409 33 under under IN 1662 5409 34 914 914 CD 1662 5409 35 m m NN 1662 5409 36 : : : 1662 5409 37 73 73 CD 1662 5409 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5409 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 5409 40 est est NNP 1662 5409 41 . . . 1662 5409 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5410 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5410 2 - - , 1662 5410 3 with with IN 1662 5410 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5410 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5410 6 : : : 1662 5410 7 total total NN 1662 5410 8 : : : 1662 5410 9 7 7 CD 1662 5410 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5410 11 to to TO 1662 5410 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5410 13 m m NN 1662 5410 14 : : : 1662 5410 15 1 1 CD 1662 5410 16 914 914 CD 1662 5410 17 to to TO 1662 5410 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5410 19 m m NN 1662 5410 20 : : : 1662 5410 21 6 6 CD 1662 5410 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5410 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 5410 24 est est NNP 1662 5410 25 . . . 1662 5410 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5411 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 5411 2 : : : 1662 5411 3 2 2 CD 1662 5411 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5411 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 5411 6 est est NNP 1662 5411 7 . . . 1662 5411 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5412 1 Military military JJ 1662 5412 2 Military military JJ 1662 5412 3 branches branch NNS 1662 5412 4 : : : 1662 5412 5 Malaysian malaysian JJ 1662 5412 6 Army Army NNP 1662 5412 7 , , , 1662 5412 8 Royal Royal NNP 1662 5412 9 Malaysian Malaysian NNP 1662 5412 10 Navy Navy NNP 1662 5412 11 , , , 1662 5412 12 Royal Royal NNP 1662 5412 13 Malaysian Malaysian NNP 1662 5412 14 Air Air NNP 1662 5412 15 Force Force NNP 1662 5412 16 , , , 1662 5412 17 Royal Royal NNP 1662 5412 18 Malaysian Malaysian NNP 1662 5412 19 Police Police NNP 1662 5412 20 Force Force NNP 1662 5412 21 , , , 1662 5412 22 Marine Marine NNP 1662 5412 23 Police Police NNPS 1662 5412 24 , , , 1662 5412 25 Sarawak Sarawak NNP 1662 5412 26 Border Border NNP 1662 5412 27 Scouts Scouts NNP 1662 5412 28 Military Military NNP 1662 5412 29 manpower manpower NN 1662 5412 30 - - HYPH 1662 5412 31 military military NN 1662 5412 32 age age NN 1662 5412 33 : : : 1662 5412 34 21 21 CD 1662 5412 35 years year NNS 1662 5412 36 of of IN 1662 5412 37 age age NN 1662 5412 38 Military military JJ 1662 5412 39 manpower manpower NN 1662 5412 40 - - HYPH 1662 5412 41 availability availability NN 1662 5412 42 : : : 1662 5412 43 males male NNS 1662 5412 44 age age NNP 1662 5412 45 15 15 CD 1662 5412 46 - - HYPH 1662 5412 47 49 49 CD 1662 5412 48 : : : 1662 5412 49 5,280,741 5,280,741 CD 1662 5412 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5412 51 1997 1997 CD 1662 5412 52 est est NNP 1662 5412 53 . . . 1662 5412 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5413 1 Military military JJ 1662 5413 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5413 3 - - HYPH 1662 5413 4 fit fit NN 1662 5413 5 for for IN 1662 5413 6 military military JJ 1662 5413 7 service service NN 1662 5413 8 : : : 1662 5413 9 males male NNS 1662 5413 10 : : : 1662 5413 11 3,201,235 3,201,235 CD 1662 5413 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5413 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5413 14 est est NNP 1662 5413 15 . . . 1662 5413 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5414 1 Military military JJ 1662 5414 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5414 3 - - HYPH 1662 5414 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 5414 5 military military JJ 1662 5414 6 age age NN 1662 5414 7 annually annually RB 1662 5414 8 : : : 1662 5414 9 males male NNS 1662 5414 10 : : : 1662 5414 11 184,351 184,351 CD 1662 5414 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5414 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5414 14 est est NNP 1662 5414 15 . . . 1662 5414 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5415 1 Military military JJ 1662 5415 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5415 3 - - HYPH 1662 5415 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 5415 5 figure figure NN 1662 5415 6 : : : 1662 5415 7 $ $ $ 1662 5415 8 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 5415 9 billion billion CD 1662 5415 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5415 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5415 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5415 13 Military military JJ 1662 5415 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5415 15 - - : 1662 5415 16 percent percent NN 1662 5415 17 of of IN 1662 5415 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5415 19 : : : 1662 5415 20 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 5415 21 % % NN 1662 5415 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5415 23 1997 1997 CD 1662 5415 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5415 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5415 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5415 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 5415 28 - - : 1662 5415 29 international international RB 1662 5415 30 : : : 1662 5415 31 involved involve VBN 1662 5415 32 in in IN 1662 5415 33 a a DT 1662 5415 34 complex complex JJ 1662 5415 35 dispute dispute NN 1662 5415 36 over over IN 1662 5415 37 the the DT 1662 5415 38 Spratly Spratly NNP 1662 5415 39 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 5415 40 with with IN 1662 5415 41 China China NNP 1662 5415 42 , , , 1662 5415 43 Philippines Philippines NNP 1662 5415 44 , , , 1662 5415 45 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 5415 46 , , , 1662 5415 47 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 5415 48 , , , 1662 5415 49 and and CC 1662 5415 50 possibly possibly RB 1662 5415 51 Brunei Brunei NNP 1662 5415 52 ; ; : 1662 5415 53 State State NNP 1662 5415 54 of of IN 1662 5415 55 Sabah Sabah NNP 1662 5415 56 claimed claim VBD 1662 5415 57 by by IN 1662 5415 58 the the DT 1662 5415 59 Philippines Philippines NNPS 1662 5415 60 ; ; : 1662 5415 61 Brunei Brunei NNP 1662 5415 62 may may MD 1662 5415 63 wish wish VB 1662 5415 64 to to TO 1662 5415 65 purchase purchase VB 1662 5415 66 the the DT 1662 5415 67 Malaysian malaysian JJ 1662 5415 68 salient salient NN 1662 5415 69 that that WDT 1662 5415 70 divides divide VBZ 1662 5415 71 Brunei Brunei NNP 1662 5415 72 into into IN 1662 5415 73 two two CD 1662 5415 74 parts part NNS 1662 5415 75 ; ; : 1662 5415 76 two two CD 1662 5415 77 islands island NNS 1662 5415 78 in in IN 1662 5415 79 dispute dispute NN 1662 5415 80 with with IN 1662 5415 81 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 5415 82 ; ; : 1662 5415 83 two two CD 1662 5415 84 islands island NNS 1662 5415 85 in in IN 1662 5415 86 dispute dispute NN 1662 5415 87 with with IN 1662 5415 88 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 5415 89 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 5415 90 drugs drug VBZ 1662 5415 91 : : : 1662 5415 92 transit transit NN 1662 5415 93 point point NN 1662 5415 94 for for IN 1662 5415 95 Golden Golden NNP 1662 5415 96 Triangle Triangle NNP 1662 5415 97 heroin heroin NN 1662 5415 98 going go VBG 1662 5415 99 to to IN 1662 5415 100 Western western JJ 1662 5415 101 markets market NNS 1662 5415 102 despite despite IN 1662 5415 103 severe severe JJ 1662 5415 104 penalties penalty NNS 1662 5415 105 for for IN 1662 5415 106 drug drug NN 1662 5415 107 trafficking trafficking NN 1662 5415 108 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 109 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 110 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 111 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 112 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 113 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 114 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 115 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 116 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 117 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 118 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 119 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 120 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 121 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 122 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 123 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 124 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 125 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 126 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 127 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 128 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 129 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 130 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 131 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 132 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 133 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 134 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 135 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 136 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 137 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 138 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 139 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 140 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 141 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 142 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 143 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 144 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 145 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 146 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 147 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 148 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 149 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 150 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 151 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 152 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 153 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 154 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 155 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 156 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 157 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 158 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 159 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 160 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 161 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 162 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 163 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 164 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 165 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 166 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 167 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 168 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 169 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 170 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 171 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 172 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 173 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 174 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 175 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 176 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 177 _ _ NNP 1662 5415 178 MALDIVES MALDIVES NNP 1662 5415 179 @Maldives @maldives XX 1662 5415 180 : : : 1662 5415 181 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5415 182 Location Location NNP 1662 5415 183 : : : 1662 5415 184 Southern Southern NNP 1662 5415 185 Asia Asia NNP 1662 5415 186 , , , 1662 5415 187 group group NN 1662 5415 188 of of IN 1662 5415 189 atolls atoll NNS 1662 5415 190 in in IN 1662 5415 191 the the DT 1662 5415 192 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5415 193 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5415 194 , , , 1662 5415 195 south south JJ 1662 5415 196 - - HYPH 1662 5415 197 southwest southwest NN 1662 5415 198 of of IN 1662 5415 199 India India NNP 1662 5415 200 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5415 201 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5415 202 : : : 1662 5415 203 3 3 CD 1662 5415 204 15 15 CD 1662 5415 205 N n CD 1662 5415 206 , , , 1662 5415 207 73 73 CD 1662 5415 208 00 00 CD 1662 5415 209 E e NN 1662 5415 210 Map Map NNP 1662 5415 211 references reference NNS 1662 5415 212 : : : 1662 5415 213 Asia Asia NNP 1662 5415 214 Area Area NNP 1662 5415 215 : : : 1662 5415 216 total total NN 1662 5415 217 : : : 1662 5415 218 300 300 CD 1662 5415 219 sq sq RB 1662 5415 220 km km NNP 1662 5415 221 land land NN 1662 5415 222 : : : 1662 5415 223 300 300 CD 1662 5415 224 sq sq RB 1662 5415 225 km km NNP 1662 5415 226 water water NN 1662 5415 227 : : : 1662 5415 228 0 0 NFP 1662 5415 229 sq sq NN 1662 5415 230 km km NNP 1662 5415 231 Area area NN 1662 5415 232 - - HYPH 1662 5415 233 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5415 234 : : : 1662 5415 235 about about IN 1662 5415 236 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 5415 237 times time NNS 1662 5415 238 the the DT 1662 5415 239 size size NN 1662 5415 240 of of IN 1662 5415 241 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5415 242 , , , 1662 5415 243 DC DC NNP 1662 5415 244 Land Land NNP 1662 5415 245 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5415 246 : : : 1662 5415 247 0 0 LS 1662 5415 248 km km NN 1662 5415 249 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5415 250 : : : 1662 5415 251 644 644 CD 1662 5415 252 km km NN 1662 5415 253 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5415 254 claims claim VBZ 1662 5415 255 : : : 1662 5415 256 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 5415 257 economic economic JJ 1662 5415 258 zone zone NN 1662 5415 259 : : : 1662 5415 260 35 35 CD 1662 5415 261 - - SYM 1662 5415 262 310 310 CD 1662 5415 263 nm nm NN 1662 5415 264 as as IN 1662 5415 265 defined define VBN 1662 5415 266 by by IN 1662 5415 267 geographic geographic JJ 1662 5415 268 coordinates coordinate NNS 1662 5415 269 ; ; : 1662 5415 270 segment segment NN 1662 5415 271 of of IN 1662 5415 272 zone zone NNP 1662 5415 273 coincides coincide VBZ 1662 5415 274 with with IN 1662 5415 275 maritime maritime JJ 1662 5415 276 boundary boundary JJ 1662 5415 277 with with IN 1662 5415 278 India India NNP 1662 5415 279 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5415 280 sea sea NN 1662 5415 281 : : : 1662 5415 282 12 12 CD 1662 5415 283 nm nm NNP 1662 5415 284 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5415 285 : : : 1662 5415 286 tropical tropical JJ 1662 5415 287 ; ; : 1662 5415 288 hot hot JJ 1662 5415 289 , , , 1662 5415 290 humid humid JJ 1662 5415 291 ; ; , 1662 5415 292 dry dry JJ 1662 5415 293 , , , 1662 5415 294 northeast northeast JJ 1662 5415 295 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 5415 296 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5415 297 November November NNP 1662 5415 298 to to IN 1662 5415 299 March March NNP 1662 5415 300 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5415 301 ; ; : 1662 5415 302 rainy rainy NNP 1662 5415 303 , , , 1662 5415 304 southwest southwest NN 1662 5415 305 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 5415 306 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5415 307 June June NNP 1662 5415 308 to to IN 1662 5415 309 August August NNP 1662 5415 310 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5415 311 Terrain terrain NN 1662 5415 312 : : : 1662 5415 313 flat flat JJ 1662 5415 314 , , , 1662 5415 315 with with IN 1662 5415 316 white white JJ 1662 5415 317 sandy sandy NNP 1662 5415 318 beaches beach NNS 1662 5415 319 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5415 320 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5415 321 : : : 1662 5415 322 lowest low JJS 1662 5415 323 point point NN 1662 5415 324 : : : 1662 5415 325 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5415 326 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5415 327 0 0 NFP 1662 5415 328 m m DT 1662 5415 329 highest high JJS 1662 5415 330 point point NN 1662 5415 331 : : : 1662 5415 332 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 5415 333 location location NN 1662 5415 334 on on IN 1662 5415 335 Wilingili Wilingili NNP 1662 5415 336 24 24 CD 1662 5415 337 m m NNP 1662 5415 338 Natural natural JJ 1662 5415 339 resources resource NNS 1662 5415 340 : : : 1662 5415 341 fish fish VB 1662 5415 342 Land land NN 1662 5415 343 use use NN 1662 5415 344 : : : 1662 5415 345 arable arable JJ 1662 5415 346 land land NN 1662 5415 347 : : : 1662 5415 348 10 10 CD 1662 5415 349 % % NN 1662 5415 350 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5415 351 crops crop NNS 1662 5415 352 : : : 1662 5415 353 0 0 CD 1662 5415 354 % % NN 1662 5415 355 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5415 356 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5415 357 : : : 1662 5415 358 3 3 CD 1662 5415 359 % % NN 1662 5415 360 forests forest NNS 1662 5415 361 and and CC 1662 5415 362 woodland woodland NN 1662 5415 363 : : : 1662 5415 364 3 3 CD 1662 5415 365 % % NN 1662 5415 366 other other JJ 1662 5415 367 : : : 1662 5415 368 84 84 CD 1662 5415 369 % % NN 1662 5415 370 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5415 371 1993 1993 CD 1662 5415 372 est est NNP 1662 5415 373 . . . 1662 5415 374 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5416 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5416 2 land land NN 1662 5416 3 : : : 1662 5416 4 NA NA NNP 1662 5416 5 sq sq RB 1662 5416 6 km km VB 1662 5416 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 5416 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5416 9 : : : 1662 5416 10 low low JJ 1662 5416 11 level level NN 1662 5416 12 of of IN 1662 5416 13 islands island NNS 1662 5416 14 makes make VBZ 1662 5416 15 them -PRON- PRP 1662 5416 16 very very RB 1662 5416 17 sensitive sensitive JJ 1662 5416 18 to to IN 1662 5416 19 sea sea NN 1662 5416 20 level level NN 1662 5416 21 rise rise NN 1662 5416 22 Environment environment NN 1662 5416 23 - - HYPH 1662 5416 24 current current JJ 1662 5416 25 issues issue NNS 1662 5416 26 : : : 1662 5416 27 depletion depletion NN 1662 5416 28 of of IN 1662 5416 29 freshwater freshwater NN 1662 5416 30 aquifers aquifer NNS 1662 5416 31 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 5416 32 water water NN 1662 5416 33 supplies supply NNS 1662 5416 34 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5416 35 - - HYPH 1662 5416 36 international international JJ 1662 5416 37 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5416 38 : : : 1662 5416 39 party party NN 1662 5416 40 to to TO 1662 5416 41 : : : 1662 5416 42 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 5416 43 , , , 1662 5416 44 Climate climate NN 1662 5416 45 Change Change NNP 1662 5416 46 , , , 1662 5416 47 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 5416 48 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 5416 49 , , , 1662 5416 50 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5416 51 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5416 52 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5416 53 signed sign VBD 1662 5416 54 , , , 1662 5416 55 but but CC 1662 5416 56 not not RB 1662 5416 57 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5416 58 : : : 1662 5416 59 Law Law NNP 1662 5416 60 of of IN 1662 5416 61 the the DT 1662 5416 62 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5416 63 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5416 64 - - HYPH 1662 5416 65 note note NNP 1662 5416 66 : : : 1662 5416 67 1,190 1,190 CD 1662 5416 68 coral coral JJ 1662 5416 69 islands island NNS 1662 5416 70 grouped group VBN 1662 5416 71 into into IN 1662 5416 72 26 26 CD 1662 5416 73 atolls atoll NNS 1662 5416 74 ; ; : 1662 5416 75 archipelago archipelago NN 1662 5416 76 of of IN 1662 5416 77 strategic strategic JJ 1662 5416 78 location location NN 1662 5416 79 astride astride RB 1662 5416 80 and and CC 1662 5416 81 along along IN 1662 5416 82 major major JJ 1662 5416 83 sea sea NN 1662 5416 84 lanes lane NNS 1662 5416 85 in in IN 1662 5416 86 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5416 87 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5416 88 @Maldives @maldive VBZ 1662 5416 89 : : : 1662 5416 90 People People NNS 1662 5416 91 Population Population NNP 1662 5416 92 : : : 1662 5416 93 280,391 280,391 CD 1662 5416 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5416 95 July July NNP 1662 5416 96 1997 1997 CD 1662 5416 97 est est NNP 1662 5416 98 . . . 1662 5416 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5417 1 Age age NN 1662 5417 2 structure structure NN 1662 5417 3 : : : 1662 5417 4 0 0 CD 1662 5417 5 - - HYPH 1662 5417 6 14 14 CD 1662 5417 7 years year NNS 1662 5417 8 : : : 1662 5417 9 47 47 CD 1662 5417 10 % % NN 1662 5417 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5417 12 male male JJ 1662 5417 13 67,967 67,967 CD 1662 5417 14 ; ; : 1662 5417 15 female female JJ 1662 5417 16 64,643 64,643 CD 1662 5417 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5417 18 15 15 CD 1662 5417 19 - - SYM 1662 5417 20 64 64 CD 1662 5417 21 years year NNS 1662 5417 22 : : : 1662 5417 23 50 50 CD 1662 5417 24 % % NN 1662 5417 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5417 26 male male JJ 1662 5417 27 71,316 71,316 CD 1662 5417 28 ; ; : 1662 5417 29 female female JJ 1662 5417 30 67,993 67,993 CD 1662 5417 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5417 32 65 65 CD 1662 5417 33 years year NNS 1662 5417 34 and and CC 1662 5417 35 over over IN 1662 5417 36 : : : 1662 5417 37 3 3 CD 1662 5417 38 % % NN 1662 5417 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5417 40 male male JJ 1662 5417 41 4,534 4,534 CD 1662 5417 42 ; ; : 1662 5417 43 female female JJ 1662 5417 44 3,938 3,938 CD 1662 5417 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5417 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5417 47 July July NNP 1662 5417 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5417 49 est est NNP 1662 5417 50 . . . 1662 5417 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5418 1 Population population NN 1662 5418 2 growth growth NN 1662 5418 3 rate rate NN 1662 5418 4 : : : 1662 5418 5 3.47 3.47 CD 1662 5418 6 % % NN 1662 5418 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5418 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5418 9 est est NNP 1662 5418 10 . . . 1662 5418 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5419 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5419 2 rate rate NN 1662 5419 3 : : : 1662 5419 4 40.98 40.98 CD 1662 5419 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 5419 6 population population NN 1662 5419 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5419 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5419 9 est est NNP 1662 5419 10 . . . 1662 5419 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5420 1 Death death NN 1662 5420 2 rate rate NN 1662 5420 3 : : : 1662 5420 4 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 5420 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5420 6 population population NN 1662 5420 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5420 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5420 9 est est NNP 1662 5420 10 . . . 1662 5420 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5421 1 Net net JJ 1662 5421 2 migration migration NN 1662 5421 3 rate rate NN 1662 5421 4 : : : 1662 5421 5 0 0 NFP 1662 5421 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 5421 7 population population NN 1662 5421 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5421 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5421 10 est est NNP 1662 5421 11 . . . 1662 5421 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5422 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5422 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5422 3 : : : 1662 5422 4 at at IN 1662 5422 5 birth birth NN 1662 5422 6 : : : 1662 5422 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 5422 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5422 9 under under IN 1662 5422 10 15 15 CD 1662 5422 11 years year NNS 1662 5422 12 : : : 1662 5422 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 5422 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5422 15 15 15 CD 1662 5422 16 - - HYPH 1662 5422 17 64 64 CD 1662 5422 18 years year NNS 1662 5422 19 : : : 1662 5422 20 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 5422 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5422 22 65 65 CD 1662 5422 23 years year NNS 1662 5422 24 and and CC 1662 5422 25 over over IN 1662 5422 26 : : : 1662 5422 27 1.15 1.15 CD 1662 5422 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 5422 29 total total JJ 1662 5422 30 population population NN 1662 5422 31 : : : 1662 5422 32 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 5422 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5422 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5422 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5422 36 est e JJS 1662 5422 37 . . . 1662 5422 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5423 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5423 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5423 3 rate rate NN 1662 5423 4 : : : 1662 5423 5 44.1 44.1 CD 1662 5423 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 VBP 1662 5423 7 live live JJ 1662 5423 8 births birth NNS 1662 5423 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5423 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5423 11 est est NNP 1662 5423 12 . . . 1662 5423 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5424 1 Life life NN 1662 5424 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5424 3 at at IN 1662 5424 4 birth birth NN 1662 5424 5 : : : 1662 5424 6 total total JJ 1662 5424 7 population population NN 1662 5424 8 : : : 1662 5424 9 66.86 66.86 CD 1662 5424 10 years year NNS 1662 5424 11 male male NN 1662 5424 12 : : : 1662 5424 13 65.23 65.23 CD 1662 5424 14 years year NNS 1662 5424 15 female female JJ 1662 5424 16 : : : 1662 5424 17 68.58 68.58 CD 1662 5424 18 years year NNS 1662 5424 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5424 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5424 21 est est NNP 1662 5424 22 . . . 1662 5424 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5425 1 Total total JJ 1662 5425 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5425 3 rate rate NN 1662 5425 4 : : : 1662 5425 5 5.95 5.95 CD 1662 5425 6 children child NNS 1662 5425 7 born bear VBN 1662 5425 8 / / SYM 1662 5425 9 woman woman NN 1662 5425 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5425 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5425 12 est est NNP 1662 5425 13 . . . 1662 5425 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5426 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5426 2 : : : 1662 5426 3 noun noun NNP 1662 5426 4 : : : 1662 5426 5 Maldivian(s Maldivian(s NNP 1662 5426 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5426 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 5426 8 : : : 1662 5426 9 Maldivian maldivian JJ 1662 5426 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5426 11 groups group NNS 1662 5426 12 : : : 1662 5426 13 Sinhalese sinhalese JJ 1662 5426 14 , , , 1662 5426 15 Dravidian dravidian JJ 1662 5426 16 , , , 1662 5426 17 Arab arab JJ 1662 5426 18 , , , 1662 5426 19 African african JJ 1662 5426 20 Religions religion NNS 1662 5426 21 : : : 1662 5426 22 Sunni Sunni NNP 1662 5426 23 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 5426 24 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 5426 25 : : : 1662 5426 26 Maldivian Maldivian NNP 1662 5426 27 Divehi Divehi NNP 1662 5426 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5426 29 dialect dialect NN 1662 5426 30 of of IN 1662 5426 31 Sinhala Sinhala NNP 1662 5426 32 , , , 1662 5426 33 script script NN 1662 5426 34 derived derive VBN 1662 5426 35 from from IN 1662 5426 36 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 5426 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5426 38 , , , 1662 5426 39 English English NNP 1662 5426 40 spoken speak VBN 1662 5426 41 by by IN 1662 5426 42 most most JJS 1662 5426 43 government government NN 1662 5426 44 officials official NNS 1662 5426 45 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 5426 46 : : : 1662 5426 47 definition definition NN 1662 5426 48 : : : 1662 5426 49 age age NN 1662 5426 50 15 15 CD 1662 5426 51 and and CC 1662 5426 52 over over RB 1662 5426 53 can can MD 1662 5426 54 read read VB 1662 5426 55 and and CC 1662 5426 56 write write VB 1662 5426 57 total total JJ 1662 5426 58 population population NN 1662 5426 59 : : : 1662 5426 60 93.2 93.2 CD 1662 5426 61 % % NN 1662 5426 62 male male NN 1662 5426 63 : : : 1662 5426 64 93.3 93.3 CD 1662 5426 65 % % NN 1662 5426 66 female female NN 1662 5426 67 : : : 1662 5426 68 93 93 CD 1662 5426 69 % % NN 1662 5426 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5426 71 1995 1995 CD 1662 5426 72 est est NNP 1662 5426 73 . . . 1662 5426 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5427 1 @Maldives @maldives XX 1662 5427 2 : : : 1662 5427 3 Government Government NNP 1662 5427 4 Country Country NNP 1662 5427 5 name name NN 1662 5427 6 : : : 1662 5427 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5427 8 long long JJ 1662 5427 9 form form NN 1662 5427 10 : : : 1662 5427 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5427 12 of of IN 1662 5427 13 Maldives Maldives NNP 1662 5427 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5427 15 short short JJ 1662 5427 16 form form NN 1662 5427 17 : : : 1662 5427 18 Maldives maldive NNS 1662 5427 19 local local JJ 1662 5427 20 long long JJ 1662 5427 21 form form NN 1662 5427 22 : : : 1662 5427 23 Dhivehi Dhivehi NNP 1662 5427 24 Raajjeyge Raajjeyge NNP 1662 5427 25 Jumhooriyyaa Jumhooriyyaa NNP 1662 5427 26 local local JJ 1662 5427 27 short short JJ 1662 5427 28 form form NN 1662 5427 29 : : : 1662 5427 30 Dhivehi Dhivehi NNP 1662 5427 31 Raajje Raajje NNP 1662 5427 32 Data Data NNP 1662 5427 33 code code NN 1662 5427 34 : : : 1662 5427 35 MV MV NNP 1662 5427 36 Government Government NNP 1662 5427 37 type type NN 1662 5427 38 : : : 1662 5427 39 republic republic NNP 1662 5427 40 National national JJ 1662 5427 41 capital capital NN 1662 5427 42 : : : 1662 5427 43 Male male NN 1662 5427 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5427 45 Maale Maale NNP 1662 5427 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5427 47 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 5427 48 divisions division NNS 1662 5427 49 : : : 1662 5427 50 19 19 CD 1662 5427 51 atolls atoll NNS 1662 5427 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5427 53 atholhu atholhu JJ 1662 5427 54 , , , 1662 5427 55 singular singular JJ 1662 5427 56 and and CC 1662 5427 57 plural plural JJ 1662 5427 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5427 59 and and CC 1662 5427 60 1 1 CD 1662 5427 61 other other JJ 1662 5427 62 first first JJ 1662 5427 63 - - HYPH 1662 5427 64 order order NN 1662 5427 65 administrative administrative JJ 1662 5427 66 division division NN 1662 5427 67 * * NFP 1662 5427 68 ; ; : 1662 5427 69 Alifu Alifu NNP 1662 5427 70 , , , 1662 5427 71 Baa Baa NNP 1662 5427 72 , , , 1662 5427 73 Dhaalu Dhaalu NNP 1662 5427 74 , , , 1662 5427 75 Faafu Faafu NNP 1662 5427 76 , , , 1662 5427 77 Gaafu Gaafu NNP 1662 5427 78 Alifu Alifu NNP 1662 5427 79 , , , 1662 5427 80 Gaafu Gaafu NNP 1662 5427 81 Dhaalu Dhaalu NNP 1662 5427 82 , , , 1662 5427 83 Gnaviyani Gnaviyani NNP 1662 5427 84 , , , 1662 5427 85 Haa Haa NNP 1662 5427 86 Alifu Alifu NNP 1662 5427 87 , , , 1662 5427 88 Haa Haa NNP 1662 5427 89 Dhaalu Dhaalu NNP 1662 5427 90 , , , 1662 5427 91 Kaafu Kaafu NNP 1662 5427 92 , , , 1662 5427 93 Laamu Laamu NNP 1662 5427 94 , , , 1662 5427 95 Lhaviyani Lhaviyani NNP 1662 5427 96 , , , 1662 5427 97 Maale Maale NNP 1662 5427 98 * * NFP 1662 5427 99 , , , 1662 5427 100 Meemu Meemu NNP 1662 5427 101 , , , 1662 5427 102 Noonu Noonu NNP 1662 5427 103 , , , 1662 5427 104 Raa Raa NNP 1662 5427 105 , , , 1662 5427 106 Seenu Seenu NNP 1662 5427 107 , , , 1662 5427 108 Shaviyani Shaviyani NNP 1662 5427 109 , , , 1662 5427 110 Thaa Thaa NNP 1662 5427 111 , , , 1662 5427 112 Vaavu Vaavu NNP 1662 5427 113 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5427 114 : : : 1662 5427 115 26 26 CD 1662 5427 116 July July NNP 1662 5427 117 1965 1965 CD 1662 5427 118 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5427 119 from from IN 1662 5427 120 UK UK NNP 1662 5427 121 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5427 122 National national JJ 1662 5427 123 holiday holiday NN 1662 5427 124 : : : 1662 5427 125 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5427 126 Day Day NNP 1662 5427 127 , , , 1662 5427 128 26 26 CD 1662 5427 129 July July NNP 1662 5427 130 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5427 131 1965 1965 CD 1662 5427 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5427 133 Constitution constitution NN 1662 5427 134 : : : 1662 5427 135 4 4 CD 1662 5427 136 June June NNP 1662 5427 137 1968 1968 CD 1662 5427 138 Legal legal JJ 1662 5427 139 system system NN 1662 5427 140 : : : 1662 5427 141 based base VBN 1662 5427 142 on on IN 1662 5427 143 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 5427 144 law law NN 1662 5427 145 with with IN 1662 5427 146 admixtures admixture NNS 1662 5427 147 of of IN 1662 5427 148 English english JJ 1662 5427 149 common common JJ 1662 5427 150 law law NN 1662 5427 151 primarily primarily RB 1662 5427 152 in in IN 1662 5427 153 commercial commercial JJ 1662 5427 154 matters matter NNS 1662 5427 155 ; ; : 1662 5427 156 has have VBZ 1662 5427 157 not not RB 1662 5427 158 accepted accept VBN 1662 5427 159 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 5427 160 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 5427 161 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 5427 162 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 5427 163 : : : 1662 5427 164 21 21 CD 1662 5427 165 years year NNS 1662 5427 166 of of IN 1662 5427 167 age age NN 1662 5427 168 ; ; : 1662 5427 169 universal universal JJ 1662 5427 170 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5427 171 branch branch NN 1662 5427 172 : : : 1662 5427 173 chief chief NN 1662 5427 174 of of IN 1662 5427 175 state state NN 1662 5427 176 : : : 1662 5427 177 President President NNP 1662 5427 178 Maumoon Maumoon NNP 1662 5427 179 Abdul Abdul NNP 1662 5427 180 GAYOOM GAYOOM NNP 1662 5427 181 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5427 182 since since IN 1662 5427 183 11 11 CD 1662 5427 184 November November NNP 1662 5427 185 1978 1978 CD 1662 5427 186 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5427 187 ; ; : 1662 5427 188 note note VB 1662 5427 189 - - : 1662 5427 190 the the DT 1662 5427 191 president president NN 1662 5427 192 is be VBZ 1662 5427 193 both both CC 1662 5427 194 the the DT 1662 5427 195 chief chief NN 1662 5427 196 of of IN 1662 5427 197 state state NN 1662 5427 198 and and CC 1662 5427 199 head head NN 1662 5427 200 of of IN 1662 5427 201 government government NN 1662 5427 202 head head NN 1662 5427 203 of of IN 1662 5427 204 government government NN 1662 5427 205 : : : 1662 5427 206 President President NNP 1662 5427 207 Maumoon Maumoon NNP 1662 5427 208 Abdul Abdul NNP 1662 5427 209 GAYOOM GAYOOM NNP 1662 5427 210 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5427 211 since since IN 1662 5427 212 11 11 CD 1662 5427 213 November November NNP 1662 5427 214 1978 1978 CD 1662 5427 215 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5427 216 ; ; : 1662 5427 217 note note VB 1662 5427 218 - - : 1662 5427 219 the the DT 1662 5427 220 president president NN 1662 5427 221 is be VBZ 1662 5427 222 both both CC 1662 5427 223 the the DT 1662 5427 224 chief chief NN 1662 5427 225 of of IN 1662 5427 226 state state NN 1662 5427 227 and and CC 1662 5427 228 head head NN 1662 5427 229 of of IN 1662 5427 230 government government NN 1662 5427 231 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5427 232 : : : 1662 5427 233 Ministry Ministry NNP 1662 5427 234 of of IN 1662 5427 235 Atolls Atolls NNP 1662 5427 236 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5427 237 by by IN 1662 5427 238 the the DT 1662 5427 239 president president NN 1662 5427 240 ; ; : 1662 5427 241 note note NN 1662 5427 242 - - HYPH 1662 5427 243 need need NN 1662 5427 244 not not RB 1662 5427 245 be be VB 1662 5427 246 members member NNS 1662 5427 247 of of IN 1662 5427 248 Majilis Majilis NNP 1662 5427 249 elections election NNS 1662 5427 250 : : : 1662 5427 251 president president NNP 1662 5427 252 elected elect VBN 1662 5427 253 by by IN 1662 5427 254 secret secret JJ 1662 5427 255 ballot ballot NN 1662 5427 256 of of IN 1662 5427 257 the the DT 1662 5427 258 Majlis Majlis NNP 1662 5427 259 for for IN 1662 5427 260 a a DT 1662 5427 261 five five CD 1662 5427 262 - - HYPH 1662 5427 263 year year NN 1662 5427 264 term term NN 1662 5427 265 ; ; : 1662 5427 266 election election NN 1662 5427 267 last last JJ 1662 5427 268 held hold VBD 1662 5427 269 1 1 CD 1662 5427 270 October October NNP 1662 5427 271 1993 1993 CD 1662 5427 272 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5427 273 next next JJ 1662 5427 274 to to TO 1662 5427 275 be be VB 1662 5427 276 held hold VBN 1662 5427 277 NA NA NNP 1662 5427 278 October October NNP 1662 5427 279 1998 1998 CD 1662 5427 280 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5427 281 election election NN 1662 5427 282 results result NNS 1662 5427 283 : : : 1662 5427 284 President President NNP 1662 5427 285 Maumoon Maumoon NNP 1662 5427 286 Abdul Abdul NNP 1662 5427 287 GAYOOM GAYOOM NNP 1662 5427 288 reelected reelect VBD 1662 5427 289 ; ; : 1662 5427 290 percent percent NN 1662 5427 291 of of IN 1662 5427 292 Majlis Majlis NNP 1662 5427 293 vote vote NN 1662 5427 294 - - HYPH 1662 5427 295 Maumoon Maumoon NNP 1662 5427 296 Abdul Abdul NNP 1662 5427 297 GAYOOM GAYOOM NNP 1662 5427 298 92.76 92.76 CD 1662 5427 299 % % NN 1662 5427 300 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 5427 301 branch branch NN 1662 5427 302 : : : 1662 5427 303 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 5427 304 Citizens Citizens NNPS 1662 5427 305 ' ' POS 1662 5427 306 Council Council NNP 1662 5427 307 or or CC 1662 5427 308 Majlis Majlis NNP 1662 5427 309 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5427 310 48 48 CD 1662 5427 311 seats seat NNS 1662 5427 312 ; ; : 1662 5427 313 40 40 CD 1662 5427 314 elected elect VBN 1662 5427 315 by by IN 1662 5427 316 popular popular JJ 1662 5427 317 vote vote NN 1662 5427 318 , , , 1662 5427 319 8 8 CD 1662 5427 320 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5427 321 by by IN 1662 5427 322 the the DT 1662 5427 323 president president NN 1662 5427 324 ; ; : 1662 5427 325 members member NNS 1662 5427 326 serve serve VBP 1662 5427 327 five five CD 1662 5427 328 - - HYPH 1662 5427 329 year year NN 1662 5427 330 terms term NNS 1662 5427 331 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5427 332 elections election NNS 1662 5427 333 : : : 1662 5427 334 last last RB 1662 5427 335 held hold VBD 1662 5427 336 2 2 CD 1662 5427 337 December December NNP 1662 5427 338 1994 1994 CD 1662 5427 339 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5427 340 next next JJ 1662 5427 341 to to TO 1662 5427 342 be be VB 1662 5427 343 held hold VBN 1662 5427 344 NA NA NNP 1662 5427 345 December December NNP 1662 5427 346 1999 1999 CD 1662 5427 347 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5427 348 election election NN 1662 5427 349 results result NNS 1662 5427 350 : : : 1662 5427 351 percent percent NN 1662 5427 352 of of IN 1662 5427 353 vote vote NN 1662 5427 354 - - HYPH 1662 5427 355 NA na NN 1662 5427 356 ; ; : 1662 5427 357 seats seat NNS 1662 5427 358 - - HYPH 1662 5427 359 independents independent NNS 1662 5427 360 40 40 CD 1662 5427 361 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 5427 362 branch branch NN 1662 5427 363 : : : 1662 5427 364 High High NNP 1662 5427 365 Court Court NNP 1662 5427 366 Political political JJ 1662 5427 367 parties party NNS 1662 5427 368 and and CC 1662 5427 369 leaders leader NNS 1662 5427 370 : : : 1662 5427 371 although although IN 1662 5427 372 political political JJ 1662 5427 373 parties party NNS 1662 5427 374 are be VBP 1662 5427 375 not not RB 1662 5427 376 banned ban VBN 1662 5427 377 , , , 1662 5427 378 none none NN 1662 5427 379 exist exist VBP 1662 5427 380 International international JJ 1662 5427 381 organization organization NN 1662 5427 382 participation participation NN 1662 5427 383 : : : 1662 5427 384 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 5427 385 , , , 1662 5427 386 C C NNP 1662 5427 387 , , , 1662 5427 388 CCC CCC NNP 1662 5427 389 , , , 1662 5427 390 CP CP NNP 1662 5427 391 , , , 1662 5427 392 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 5427 393 , , , 1662 5427 394 FAO FAO NNP 1662 5427 395 , , , 1662 5427 396 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 5427 397 , , , 1662 5427 398 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 5427 399 , , , 1662 5427 400 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 5427 401 , , , 1662 5427 402 IDA IDA NNP 1662 5427 403 , , , 1662 5427 404 IDB IDB NNP 1662 5427 405 , , , 1662 5427 406 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 5427 407 , , , 1662 5427 408 IFC IFC NNP 1662 5427 409 , , , 1662 5427 410 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5427 411 , , , 1662 5427 412 IMO imo RB 1662 5427 413 , , , 1662 5427 414 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5427 415 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5427 416 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 5427 417 user user NN 1662 5427 418 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5427 419 , , , 1662 5427 420 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 5427 421 , , , 1662 5427 422 IOC IOC NNP 1662 5427 423 , , , 1662 5427 424 ITU ITU NNP 1662 5427 425 , , , 1662 5427 426 NAM NAM NNP 1662 5427 427 , , , 1662 5427 428 OIC OIC NNP 1662 5427 429 , , , 1662 5427 430 SAARC SAARC NNP 1662 5427 431 , , , 1662 5427 432 UN UN NNP 1662 5427 433 , , , 1662 5427 434 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 5427 435 , , , 1662 5427 436 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 5427 437 , , , 1662 5427 438 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 5427 439 , , , 1662 5427 440 UPU UPU NNP 1662 5427 441 , , , 1662 5427 442 WHO WHO NNP 1662 5427 443 , , , 1662 5427 444 WMO WMO NNP 1662 5427 445 , , , 1662 5427 446 WToO wtoo FW 1662 5427 447 , , , 1662 5427 448 WTrO wtro VB 1662 5427 449 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5427 450 representation representation NN 1662 5427 451 in in IN 1662 5427 452 the the DT 1662 5427 453 US US NNP 1662 5427 454 : : : 1662 5427 455 Maldives maldive NNS 1662 5427 456 does do VBZ 1662 5427 457 not not RB 1662 5427 458 have have VB 1662 5427 459 an an DT 1662 5427 460 embassy embassy NN 1662 5427 461 in in IN 1662 5427 462 the the DT 1662 5427 463 US US NNP 1662 5427 464 , , , 1662 5427 465 but but CC 1662 5427 466 does do VBZ 1662 5427 467 have have VB 1662 5427 468 a a DT 1662 5427 469 Permanent permanent JJ 1662 5427 470 Mission Mission NNP 1662 5427 471 to to IN 1662 5427 472 the the DT 1662 5427 473 UN UN NNP 1662 5427 474 in in IN 1662 5427 475 New New NNP 1662 5427 476 York York NNP 1662 5427 477 , , , 1662 5427 478 headed head VBN 1662 5427 479 by by IN 1662 5427 480 Ahmed Ahmed NNP 1662 5427 481 ZAKI ZAKI NNP 1662 5427 482 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5427 483 representation representation NN 1662 5427 484 from from IN 1662 5427 485 the the DT 1662 5427 486 US US NNP 1662 5427 487 : : : 1662 5427 488 the the DT 1662 5427 489 US US NNP 1662 5427 490 does do VBZ 1662 5427 491 not not RB 1662 5427 492 have have VB 1662 5427 493 an an DT 1662 5427 494 embassy embassy NN 1662 5427 495 in in IN 1662 5427 496 Maldives Maldives NNP 1662 5427 497 ; ; : 1662 5427 498 the the DT 1662 5427 499 US US NNP 1662 5427 500 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5427 501 to to IN 1662 5427 502 Sri Sri NNP 1662 5427 503 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 5427 504 is be VBZ 1662 5427 505 accredited accredit VBN 1662 5427 506 to to IN 1662 5427 507 Maldives Maldives NNP 1662 5427 508 and and CC 1662 5427 509 makes make VBZ 1662 5427 510 periodic periodic JJ 1662 5427 511 visits visit NNS 1662 5427 512 there there RB 1662 5427 513 Flag flag NN 1662 5427 514 description description NN 1662 5427 515 : : : 1662 5427 516 red red JJ 1662 5427 517 with with IN 1662 5427 518 a a DT 1662 5427 519 large large JJ 1662 5427 520 green green JJ 1662 5427 521 rectangle rectangle NN 1662 5427 522 in in IN 1662 5427 523 the the DT 1662 5427 524 center center NN 1662 5427 525 bearing bear VBG 1662 5427 526 a a DT 1662 5427 527 vertical vertical JJ 1662 5427 528 white white JJ 1662 5427 529 crescent crescent NN 1662 5427 530 ; ; : 1662 5427 531 the the DT 1662 5427 532 closed closed JJ 1662 5427 533 side side NN 1662 5427 534 of of IN 1662 5427 535 the the DT 1662 5427 536 crescent crescent NN 1662 5427 537 is be VBZ 1662 5427 538 on on IN 1662 5427 539 the the DT 1662 5427 540 hoist hoist NN 1662 5427 541 side side NN 1662 5427 542 of of IN 1662 5427 543 the the DT 1662 5427 544 flag flag NN 1662 5427 545 Economy Economy NNP 1662 5427 546 Economy Economy NNP 1662 5427 547 - - HYPH 1662 5427 548 overview overview NN 1662 5427 549 : : : 1662 5427 550 During during IN 1662 5427 551 the the DT 1662 5427 552 1980s 1980 NNS 1662 5427 553 tourism tourism NN 1662 5427 554 became become VBD 1662 5427 555 one one CD 1662 5427 556 of of IN 1662 5427 557 the the DT 1662 5427 558 most most RBS 1662 5427 559 important important JJ 1662 5427 560 and and CC 1662 5427 561 highest high JJS 1662 5427 562 growth growth NN 1662 5427 563 sectors sector NNS 1662 5427 564 of of IN 1662 5427 565 the the DT 1662 5427 566 economy economy NN 1662 5427 567 . . . 1662 5428 1 In in IN 1662 5428 2 1994 1994 CD 1662 5428 3 , , , 1662 5428 4 tourism tourism NN 1662 5428 5 , , , 1662 5428 6 Maldives Maldives NNP 1662 5428 7 largest large JJS 1662 5428 8 industry industry NN 1662 5428 9 , , , 1662 5428 10 accounted account VBD 1662 5428 11 for for IN 1662 5428 12 about about RB 1662 5428 13 18 18 CD 1662 5428 14 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1662 5430 16 taxes taxis NNS 1662 5430 17 . . . 1662 5431 1 The the DT 1662 5431 2 Maldivian Maldivian NNP 1662 5431 3 Government Government NNP 1662 5431 4 initiated initiate VBD 1662 5431 5 an an DT 1662 5431 6 economic economic JJ 1662 5431 7 reform reform NN 1662 5431 8 program program NN 1662 5431 9 in in IN 1662 5431 10 1989 1989 CD 1662 5431 11 initially initially RB 1662 5431 12 by by IN 1662 5431 13 lifting lift VBG 1662 5431 14 import import NN 1662 5431 15 quotas quota NNS 1662 5431 16 and and CC 1662 5431 17 opening open VBG 1662 5431 18 some some DT 1662 5431 19 exports export NNS 1662 5431 20 to to IN 1662 5431 21 the the DT 1662 5431 22 private private JJ 1662 5431 23 sector sector NN 1662 5431 24 . . . 1662 5432 1 Subsequently subsequently RB 1662 5432 2 , , , 1662 5432 3 it -PRON- PRP 1662 5432 4 has have VBZ 1662 5432 5 liberalized liberalize VBN 1662 5432 6 regulations regulation NNS 1662 5432 7 to to TO 1662 5432 8 allow allow VB 1662 5432 9 more more JJR 1662 5432 10 foreign foreign JJ 1662 5432 11 investment investment NN 1662 5432 12 . . . 1662 5433 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5433 2 and and CC 1662 5433 3 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 5433 4 continue continue VBP 1662 5433 5 to to TO 1662 5433 6 play play VB 1662 5433 7 a a DT 1662 5433 8 minor minor JJ 1662 5433 9 role role NN 1662 5433 10 in in IN 1662 5433 11 the the DT 1662 5433 12 economy economy NN 1662 5433 13 , , , 1662 5433 14 constrained constrain VBN 1662 5433 15 by by IN 1662 5433 16 the the DT 1662 5433 17 limited limited JJ 1662 5433 18 availability availability NN 1662 5433 19 of of IN 1662 5433 20 cultivable cultivable JJ 1662 5433 21 land land NN 1662 5433 22 and and CC 1662 5433 23 the the DT 1662 5433 24 shortage shortage NN 1662 5433 25 of of IN 1662 5433 26 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5433 27 labor labor NN 1662 5433 28 . . . 1662 5434 1 Most Most JJS 1662 5434 2 staple staple JJ 1662 5434 3 foods food NNS 1662 5434 4 must must MD 1662 5434 5 be be VB 1662 5434 6 imported import VBN 1662 5434 7 . . . 1662 5435 1 In in IN 1662 5435 2 1994 1994 CD 1662 5435 3 , , , 1662 5435 4 industry industry NN 1662 5435 5 which which WDT 1662 5435 6 consisted consist VBD 1662 5435 7 mainly mainly RB 1662 5435 8 of of IN 1662 5435 9 garment garment NN 1662 5435 10 production production NN 1662 5435 11 , , , 1662 5435 12 boat boat NN 1662 5435 13 building building NN 1662 5435 14 , , , 1662 5435 15 and and CC 1662 5435 16 handicrafts handicrafts NNP 1662 5435 17 accounted account VBD 1662 5435 18 for for IN 1662 5435 19 about about RB 1662 5435 20 15 15 CD 1662 5435 21 % % NN 1662 5435 22 of of IN 1662 5435 23 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5435 24 . . . 1662 5436 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5436 2 : : : 1662 5436 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5436 4 power power NN 1662 5436 5 parity parity NN 1662 5436 6 - - : 1662 5436 7 $ $ $ 1662 5436 8 423 423 CD 1662 5436 9 million million CD 1662 5436 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5436 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 5436 12 est est NNP 1662 5436 13 . . . 1662 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12 : : : 1662 5439 13 15.3 15.3 CD 1662 5439 14 % % NN 1662 5439 15 services service NNS 1662 5439 16 : : : 1662 5439 17 63.2 63.2 CD 1662 5439 18 % % NN 1662 5439 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5439 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 5439 21 est est NNP 1662 5439 22 . . . 1662 5439 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5440 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 5440 2 rate rate NN 1662 5440 3 - - HYPH 1662 5440 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 5440 5 price price NN 1662 5440 6 index index NN 1662 5440 7 : : : 1662 5440 8 7.7 7.7 CD 1662 5440 9 % % NN 1662 5440 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5440 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 5440 12 est est NNP 1662 5440 13 . . . 1662 5440 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5441 1 Labor labor NN 1662 5441 2 force force NN 1662 5441 3 : : : 1662 5441 4 total total NN 1662 5441 5 : : : 1662 5441 6 56,435 56,435 CD 1662 5441 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5441 8 1990 1990 CD 1662 5441 9 est est NNP 1662 5441 10 . . . 1662 5441 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5442 1 by by IN 1662 5442 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 5442 3 : : : 1662 5442 4 fishing fishing NN 1662 5442 5 industry 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Budget NNP 1662 5442 44 : : : 1662 5442 45 revenues revenue NNS 1662 5442 46 : : : 1662 5442 47 $ $ $ 1662 5442 48 88 88 CD 1662 5442 49 million million CD 1662 5442 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5442 51 excluding exclude VBG 1662 5442 52 foreign foreign JJ 1662 5442 53 grants grant NNS 1662 5442 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5442 55 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5442 56 : : : 1662 5442 57 $ $ $ 1662 5442 58 141 141 CD 1662 5442 59 million million CD 1662 5442 60 , , , 1662 5442 61 including include VBG 1662 5442 62 capital capital NN 1662 5442 63 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5442 64 of of IN 1662 5442 65 $ $ $ 1662 5442 66 NA na NN 1662 5442 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5442 68 1995 1995 CD 1662 5442 69 est est NNP 1662 5442 70 . . . 1662 5442 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5443 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 5443 2 : : : 1662 5443 3 fish fish NN 1662 5443 4 processing processing NN 1662 5443 5 , , , 1662 5443 6 tourism tourism NN 1662 5443 7 , , , 1662 5443 8 shipping shipping NN 1662 5443 9 , , , 1662 5443 10 boat boat NN 1662 5443 11 building building NN 1662 5443 12 , , , 1662 5443 13 coconut coconut NN 1662 5443 14 processing processing NN 1662 5443 15 , , , 1662 5443 16 garments garment NNS 1662 5443 17 , , , 1662 5443 18 woven weave VBN 1662 5443 19 mats mat NNS 1662 5443 20 , , , 1662 5443 21 rope rope NN 1662 5443 22 , , , 1662 5443 23 handicrafts handicraft NNS 1662 5443 24 , , , 1662 5443 25 coral coral NN 1662 5443 26 and and CC 1662 5443 27 sand sand NN 1662 5443 28 mining mine VBG 1662 5443 29 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 5443 30 production production NN 1662 5443 31 growth growth NN 1662 5443 32 rate rate NN 1662 5443 33 : : : 1662 5443 34 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 5443 35 % % NN 1662 5443 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5443 37 1994 1994 CD 1662 5443 38 est est NNP 1662 5443 39 . . . 1662 5443 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5444 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5444 2 - - HYPH 1662 5444 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 5444 4 : : : 1662 5444 5 18,000 18,000 CD 1662 5444 6 kW kW NNS 1662 5444 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5444 8 1994 1994 CD 1662 5444 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5444 10 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5444 11 - - HYPH 1662 5444 12 production production NN 1662 5444 13 : : : 1662 5444 14 40 40 CD 1662 5444 15 million million CD 1662 5444 16 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5444 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5444 18 1994 1994 CD 1662 5444 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5444 20 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5444 21 - - HYPH 1662 5444 22 consumption consumption NN 1662 5444 23 per per IN 1662 5444 24 capita capita NN 1662 5444 25 : : : 1662 5444 26 163 163 CD 1662 5444 27 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5444 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5444 29 1994 1994 CD 1662 5444 30 est est NNP 1662 5444 31 . . . 1662 5444 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5445 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5445 2 - - HYPH 1662 5445 3 products product NNS 1662 5445 4 : : : 1662 5445 5 coconuts coconut NNS 1662 5445 6 , , , 1662 5445 7 corn corn NN 1662 5445 8 , , , 1662 5445 9 sweet sweet JJ 1662 5445 10 potatoes potato NNS 1662 5445 11 ; ; , 1662 5445 12 fishing fishing NN 1662 5445 13 Exports export NNS 1662 5445 14 : : : 1662 5445 15 total total JJ 1662 5445 16 value value NN 1662 5445 17 : : : 1662 5445 18 $ $ $ 1662 5445 19 50 50 CD 1662 5445 20 million million CD 1662 5445 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5445 22 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5445 23 . . NNP 1662 5445 24 , , , 1662 5445 25 199 199 CD 1662 5445 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5445 27 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5445 28 : : : 1662 5445 29 fish fish NN 1662 5445 30 , , , 1662 5445 31 clothing clothing NN 1662 5445 32 partners partner NNS 1662 5445 33 : : : 1662 5445 34 Sri Sri NNP 1662 5445 35 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 5445 36 , , , 1662 5445 37 US US NNP 1662 5445 38 , , , 1662 5445 39 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5445 40 , , , 1662 5445 41 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 5445 42 , , , 1662 5445 43 UK UK NNP 1662 5445 44 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 5445 45 : : : 1662 5445 46 total total JJ 1662 5445 47 value value NN 1662 5445 48 : : : 1662 5445 49 $ $ $ 1662 5445 50 268 268 CD 1662 5445 51 million million CD 1662 5445 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5445 53 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5445 54 . . NNP 1662 5445 55 , , , 1662 5445 56 1995 1995 CD 1662 5445 57 est est NNP 1662 5445 58 . . . 1662 5445 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5446 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5446 2 : : : 1662 5446 3 consumer consumer NN 1662 5446 4 goods good NNS 1662 5446 5 , , , 1662 5446 6 intermediate intermediate JJ 1662 5446 7 and and CC 1662 5446 8 capital capital NN 1662 5446 9 goods good NNS 1662 5446 10 , , , 1662 5446 11 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5446 12 products product NNS 1662 5446 13 partners partner NNS 1662 5446 14 : : : 1662 5446 15 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 5446 16 , , , 1662 5446 17 India India NNP 1662 5446 18 , , , 1662 5446 19 Sri Sri NNP 1662 5446 20 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 5446 21 , , , 1662 5446 22 Hong Hong NNP 1662 5446 23 Kong Kong NNP 1662 5446 24 , , , 1662 5446 25 Japan Japan NNP 1662 5446 26 , , , 1662 5446 27 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 5446 28 Debt Debt NNP 1662 5446 29 - - HYPH 1662 5446 30 external external JJ 1662 5446 31 : : : 1662 5446 32 $ $ $ 1662 5446 33 137.5 137.5 CD 1662 5446 34 million million CD 1662 5446 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5446 36 1994 1994 CD 1662 5446 37 est est NNP 1662 5446 38 . . . 1662 5446 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5447 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 5447 2 aid aid NN 1662 5447 3 : : : 1662 5447 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 5447 5 : : : 1662 5447 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 5447 7 , , , 1662 5447 8 $ $ $ 1662 5447 9 NA NA NNP 1662 5447 10 Currency currency NN 1662 5447 11 : : : 1662 5447 12 1 1 CD 1662 5447 13 rufiyaa rufiyaa NNP 1662 5447 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5447 15 Rf Rf NNP 1662 5447 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5447 17 = = NFP 1662 5447 18 100 100 CD 1662 5447 19 laari laari JJ 1662 5447 20 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5447 21 rates rate NNS 1662 5447 22 : : : 1662 5447 23 rufiyaa rufiyaa NNP 1662 5447 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5447 25 Rf Rf NNP 1662 5447 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5447 27 per per IN 1662 5447 28 US$ us$ $ 1662 5447 29 1 1 CD 1662 5447 30 - - SYM 1662 5447 31 11.770 11.770 CD 1662 5447 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5447 33 January January NNP 1662 5447 34 1997 1997 CD 1662 5447 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5447 36 , , , 1662 5447 37 11.770 11.770 CD 1662 5447 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5447 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 5447 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5447 41 , , , 1662 5447 42 11.770 11.770 CD 1662 5447 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5447 44 1995 1995 CD 1662 5447 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5447 46 , , , 1662 5447 47 11.586 11.586 CD 1662 5447 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5447 49 1994 1994 CD 1662 5447 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5447 51 , , , 1662 5447 52 10.957 10.957 CD 1662 5447 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5447 54 1993 1993 CD 1662 5447 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5447 56 , , , 1662 5447 57 10.569 10.569 CD 1662 5447 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5447 59 1992 1992 CD 1662 5447 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5447 61 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5447 62 year year NN 1662 5447 63 : : : 1662 5447 64 calendar calendar NNP 1662 5447 65 year year NNP 1662 5447 66 @Maldives @maldives XX 1662 5447 67 : : : 1662 5447 68 Communications Communications NNP 1662 5447 69 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 5447 70 : : : 1662 5447 71 8,523 8,523 CD 1662 5447 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5447 73 1992 1992 CD 1662 5447 74 est est NNP 1662 5447 75 . . . 1662 5447 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5448 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5448 2 system system NN 1662 5448 3 : : : 1662 5448 4 minimal minimal JJ 1662 5448 5 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5448 6 and and CC 1662 5448 7 international international JJ 1662 5448 8 facilities facility NNS 1662 5448 9 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5448 10 : : : 1662 5448 11 inter inter JJ 1662 5448 12 - - JJ 1662 5448 13 atoll atoll JJ 1662 5448 14 communication communication NN 1662 5448 15 primarily primarily RB 1662 5448 16 through through IN 1662 5448 17 HF HF NNP 1662 5448 18 transceivers transceiver NNS 1662 5448 19 and and CC 1662 5448 20 VHF VHF NNP 1662 5448 21 / / SYM 1662 5448 22 UHF UHF NNP 1662 5448 23 telephones telephone VBZ 1662 5448 24 international international JJ 1662 5448 25 : : : 1662 5448 26 satellite satellite NN 1662 5448 27 earth earth NNP 1662 5448 28 station station NNP 1662 5448 29 - - : 1662 5448 30 1 1 CD 1662 5448 31 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5448 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5448 33 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5448 34 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5448 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5448 36 Radio radio NN 1662 5448 37 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5448 38 stations station NNS 1662 5448 39 : : : 1662 5448 40 AM AM NNP 1662 5448 41 2 2 CD 1662 5448 42 , , , 1662 5448 43 FM FM NNP 1662 5448 44 1 1 CD 1662 5448 45 , , , 1662 5448 46 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 5448 47 0 0 CD 1662 5448 48 Radios radio NNS 1662 5448 49 : : : 1662 5448 50 28,284 28,284 CD 1662 5448 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5448 52 1992 1992 CD 1662 5448 53 est est NNP 1662 5448 54 . . . 1662 5448 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5449 1 Television television NN 1662 5449 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5449 3 stations station NNS 1662 5449 4 : : : 1662 5449 5 1 1 CD 1662 5449 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 5449 7 : : : 1662 5449 8 7,309 7,309 CD 1662 5449 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5449 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 5449 11 est est NNP 1662 5449 12 . . . 1662 5449 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5450 1 @Maldives @maldives XX 1662 5450 2 : : : 1662 5450 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5450 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5450 5 : : : 1662 5450 6 0 0 LS 1662 5450 7 km km NN 1662 5450 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 5450 9 : : : 1662 5450 10 total total NN 1662 5450 11 : : : 1662 5450 12 NA NA NNP 1662 5450 13 km km PRP 1662 5450 14 paved pave VBN 1662 5450 15 : : : 1662 5450 16 NA NA NNP 1662 5450 17 km km PRP 1662 5450 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5450 19 : : : 1662 5450 20 NA NA NNP 1662 5450 21 km km NNP 1662 5450 22 ; ; : 1662 5450 23 note note VB 1662 5450 24 - - HYPH 1662 5450 25 Male male NN 1662 5450 26 has have VBZ 1662 5450 27 9.6 9.6 CD 1662 5450 28 km km NNS 1662 5450 29 of of IN 1662 5450 30 coral coral JJ 1662 5450 31 highways highway NNS 1662 5450 32 within within IN 1662 5450 33 the the DT 1662 5450 34 city city NN 1662 5450 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5450 36 1988 1988 CD 1662 5450 37 est est NNP 1662 5450 38 . . . 1662 5450 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5451 1 Ports port NNS 1662 5451 2 and and CC 1662 5451 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5451 4 : : : 1662 5451 5 Gan gan JJ 1662 5451 6 , , , 1662 5451 7 Male Male NNP 1662 5451 8 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 5451 9 marine marine NN 1662 5451 10 : : : 1662 5451 11 total total NN 1662 5451 12 : : : 1662 5451 13 19 19 CD 1662 5451 14 ships ship NNS 1662 5451 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5451 16 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 5451 17 GRT GRT NNP 1662 5451 18 or or CC 1662 5451 19 over over RB 1662 5451 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5451 21 totaling total VBG 1662 5451 22 70,079 70,079 CD 1662 5451 23 GRT/108,455 GRT/108,455 NNP 1662 5451 24 DWT DWT NNP 1662 5451 25 ships ship NNS 1662 5451 26 by by IN 1662 5451 27 type type NN 1662 5451 28 : : : 1662 5451 29 cargo cargo NN 1662 5451 30 17 17 CD 1662 5451 31 , , , 1662 5451 32 oil oil NN 1662 5451 33 tanker tanker NN 1662 5451 34 1 1 CD 1662 5451 35 , , , 1662 5451 36 short short JJ 1662 5451 37 - - HYPH 1662 5451 38 sea sea NN 1662 5451 39 passenger passenger NN 1662 5451 40 1 1 CD 1662 5451 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5451 42 1996 1996 CD 1662 5451 43 est est NNP 1662 5451 44 . . . 1662 5451 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5452 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5452 2 : : : 1662 5452 3 2 2 CD 1662 5452 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5452 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 5452 6 est est NNP 1662 5452 7 . . . 1662 5452 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5453 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5453 2 - - , 1662 5453 3 with with IN 1662 5453 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5453 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5453 6 : : : 1662 5453 7 total total NN 1662 5453 8 : : : 1662 5453 9 2 2 CD 1662 5453 10 over over IN 1662 5453 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5453 12 m m NN 1662 5453 13 : : : 1662 5453 14 1 1 CD 1662 5453 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 5453 16 to to IN 1662 5453 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5453 18 m m NN 1662 5453 19 : : : 1662 5453 20 1 1 CD 1662 5453 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5453 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 5453 23 est est NNP 1662 5453 24 . . . 1662 5453 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5454 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 5454 2 : : : 1662 5454 3 0 0 NFP 1662 5454 4 Military military JJ 1662 5454 5 Military military JJ 1662 5454 6 branches branch NNS 1662 5454 7 : : : 1662 5454 8 National National NNP 1662 5454 9 Security Security NNP 1662 5454 10 Service Service NNP 1662 5454 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5454 12 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 5454 13 police police NN 1662 5454 14 force force NN 1662 5454 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5454 16 Military military JJ 1662 5454 17 manpower manpower NN 1662 5454 18 - - HYPH 1662 5454 19 availability availability NN 1662 5454 20 : : : 1662 5454 21 males male NNS 1662 5454 22 age age NNP 1662 5454 23 15 15 CD 1662 5454 24 - - SYM 1662 5454 25 49 49 CD 1662 5454 26 : : : 1662 5454 27 61,408 61,408 CD 1662 5454 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5454 29 1997 1997 CD 1662 5454 30 est e JJS 1662 5454 31 . . . 1662 5454 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5455 1 Military military JJ 1662 5455 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5455 3 - - HYPH 1662 5455 4 fit fit NN 1662 5455 5 for for IN 1662 5455 6 military military JJ 1662 5455 7 service service NN 1662 5455 8 : : : 1662 5455 9 males male NNS 1662 5455 10 : : : 1662 5455 11 34,245 34,245 CD 1662 5455 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5455 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5455 14 est e JJS 1662 5455 15 . . . 1662 5455 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5456 1 Military military JJ 1662 5456 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5456 3 - - HYPH 1662 5456 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 5456 5 figure figure NN 1662 5456 6 : : : 1662 5456 7 $ $ $ 1662 5456 8 NA NA NNP 1662 5456 9 Military military JJ 1662 5456 10 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5456 11 - - : 1662 5456 12 percent percent NN 1662 5456 13 of of IN 1662 5456 14 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5456 15 : : : 1662 5456 16 NA% NA% `` 1662 5456 17 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5456 18 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5456 19 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 5456 20 - - : 1662 5456 21 international international RB 1662 5456 22 : : : 1662 5456 23 none none NN 1662 5456 24 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 25 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 26 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 27 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 28 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 29 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 30 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 31 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 32 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 33 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 34 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 35 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 36 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 37 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 38 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 39 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 40 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 41 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 42 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 43 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 44 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 45 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 46 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 47 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 48 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 49 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 50 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 51 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 52 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 53 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 54 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 55 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 56 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 57 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 58 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 59 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 60 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 61 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 62 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 63 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 64 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 65 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 66 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 67 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 68 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 69 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 70 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 71 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 72 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 73 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 74 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 75 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 76 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 77 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 78 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 90 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 91 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 92 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 93 _ _ NNP 1662 5456 94 MALI MALI NNP 1662 5456 95 @Mali @mali NN 1662 5456 96 : : : 1662 5456 97 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5456 98 Location Location NNP 1662 5456 99 : : : 1662 5456 100 Western Western NNP 1662 5456 101 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5456 102 , , , 1662 5456 103 southwest southwest NN 1662 5456 104 of of IN 1662 5456 105 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 5456 106 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5456 107 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5456 108 : : : 1662 5456 109 17 17 CD 1662 5456 110 00 00 CD 1662 5456 111 N n CD 1662 5456 112 , , , 1662 5456 113 4 4 CD 1662 5456 114 00 00 CD 1662 5456 115 W W NNP 1662 5456 116 Map Map NNP 1662 5456 117 references reference NNS 1662 5456 118 : : : 1662 5456 119 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5456 120 Area Area NNP 1662 5456 121 : : : 1662 5456 122 total total NN 1662 5456 123 : : : 1662 5456 124 1.24 1.24 CD 1662 5456 125 million million CD 1662 5456 126 sq sq IN 1662 5456 127 km km NNP 1662 5456 128 land land NN 1662 5456 129 : : : 1662 5456 130 1.22 1.22 CD 1662 5456 131 million million CD 1662 5456 132 sq sq IN 1662 5456 133 km km NNP 1662 5456 134 water water NN 1662 5456 135 : : : 1662 5456 136 20,000 20,000 CD 1662 5456 137 sq sq NN 1662 5456 138 km km NNP 1662 5456 139 Area area NN 1662 5456 140 - - HYPH 1662 5456 141 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5456 142 : : : 1662 5456 143 slightly slightly RB 1662 5456 144 less less JJR 1662 5456 145 than than IN 1662 5456 146 twice twice RB 1662 5456 147 the the DT 1662 5456 148 size size NN 1662 5456 149 of of IN 1662 5456 150 Texas Texas NNP 1662 5456 151 Land Land NNP 1662 5456 152 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5456 153 : : : 1662 5456 154 total total NN 1662 5456 155 : : : 1662 5456 156 7,243 7,243 CD 1662 5456 157 km km NN 1662 5456 158 border border NN 1662 5456 159 countries country NNS 1662 5456 160 : : : 1662 5456 161 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 5456 162 1,376 1,376 CD 1662 5456 163 km km NN 1662 5456 164 , , , 1662 5456 165 Burkina Burkina NNP 1662 5456 166 Faso Faso NNP 1662 5456 167 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 5456 168 km km NN 1662 5456 169 , , , 1662 5456 170 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 5456 171 858 858 CD 1662 5456 172 km km NN 1662 5456 173 , , , 1662 5456 174 Cote Cote NNP 1662 5456 175 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 5456 176 532 532 CD 1662 5456 177 km km NNS 1662 5456 178 , , , 1662 5456 179 Mauritania Mauritania NNP 1662 5456 180 2,237 2,237 CD 1662 5456 181 km km NN 1662 5456 182 , , , 1662 5456 183 Niger Niger NNP 1662 5456 184 821 821 CD 1662 5456 185 km km NNS 1662 5456 186 , , , 1662 5456 187 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 5456 188 419 419 CD 1662 5456 189 km km NN 1662 5456 190 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5456 191 : : : 1662 5456 192 0 0 CD 1662 5456 193 km km NN 1662 5456 194 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5456 195 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 5456 196 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5456 197 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5456 198 claims claim VBZ 1662 5456 199 : : : 1662 5456 200 none none NN 1662 5456 201 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5456 202 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 5456 203 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5456 204 Climate climate NN 1662 5456 205 : : : 1662 5456 206 subtropical subtropical JJ 1662 5456 207 to to TO 1662 5456 208 arid arid VB 1662 5456 209 ; ; : 1662 5456 210 hot hot JJ 1662 5456 211 and and CC 1662 5456 212 dry dry JJ 1662 5456 213 February February NNP 1662 5456 214 to to IN 1662 5456 215 June June NNP 1662 5456 216 ; ; : 1662 5456 217 rainy rainy JJ 1662 5456 218 , , , 1662 5456 219 humid humid JJ 1662 5456 220 , , , 1662 5456 221 and and CC 1662 5456 222 mild mild JJ 1662 5456 223 June June NNP 1662 5456 224 to to IN 1662 5456 225 November November NNP 1662 5456 226 ; ; : 1662 5456 227 cool cool JJ 1662 5456 228 and and CC 1662 5456 229 dry dry JJ 1662 5456 230 November November NNP 1662 5456 231 to to IN 1662 5456 232 February February NNP 1662 5456 233 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 5456 234 : : : 1662 5456 235 mostly mostly RB 1662 5456 236 flat flat JJ 1662 5456 237 to to IN 1662 5456 238 rolling roll VBG 1662 5456 239 northern northern JJ 1662 5456 240 plains plain NNS 1662 5456 241 covered cover VBN 1662 5456 242 by by IN 1662 5456 243 sand sand NN 1662 5456 244 ; ; : 1662 5456 245 savanna savanna NNP 1662 5456 246 in in IN 1662 5456 247 south south NNP 1662 5456 248 , , , 1662 5456 249 rugged rugged JJ 1662 5456 250 hills hill NNS 1662 5456 251 in in IN 1662 5456 252 northeast northeast NNP 1662 5456 253 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5456 254 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5456 255 : : : 1662 5456 256 lowest low JJS 1662 5456 257 point point NN 1662 5456 258 : : : 1662 5456 259 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 5456 260 River River NNP 1662 5456 261 23 23 CD 1662 5456 262 m m DT 1662 5456 263 highest high JJS 1662 5456 264 point point NN 1662 5456 265 : : : 1662 5456 266 Hombori Hombori NNP 1662 5456 267 Tondo Tondo NNP 1662 5456 268 1,155 1,155 CD 1662 5456 269 m m CD 1662 5456 270 Natural natural JJ 1662 5456 271 resources resource NNS 1662 5456 272 : : : 1662 5456 273 gold gold NN 1662 5456 274 , , , 1662 5456 275 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 5456 276 , , , 1662 5456 277 kaolin kaolin NNP 1662 5456 278 , , , 1662 5456 279 salt salt NNP 1662 5456 280 , , , 1662 5456 281 limestone limestone NN 1662 5456 282 , , , 1662 5456 283 uranium uranium NN 1662 5456 284 , , , 1662 5456 285 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 5456 286 , , , 1662 5456 287 iron iron NN 1662 5456 288 ore ore NN 1662 5456 289 , , , 1662 5456 290 manganese manganese JJ 1662 5456 291 , , , 1662 5456 292 tin tin NN 1662 5456 293 , , , 1662 5456 294 and and CC 1662 5456 295 copper copper NN 1662 5456 296 deposits deposit NNS 1662 5456 297 are be VBP 1662 5456 298 known know VBN 1662 5456 299 but but CC 1662 5456 300 not not RB 1662 5456 301 exploited exploit VBN 1662 5456 302 Land Land NNP 1662 5456 303 use use NN 1662 5456 304 : : : 1662 5456 305 arable arable JJ 1662 5456 306 land land NN 1662 5456 307 : : : 1662 5456 308 2 2 CD 1662 5456 309 % % NN 1662 5456 310 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5456 311 crops crop NNS 1662 5456 312 : : : 1662 5456 313 0 0 CD 1662 5456 314 % % NN 1662 5456 315 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5456 316 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5456 317 : : : 1662 5456 318 25 25 CD 1662 5456 319 % % NN 1662 5456 320 forests forest NNS 1662 5456 321 and and CC 1662 5456 322 woodland woodland NN 1662 5456 323 : : : 1662 5456 324 6 6 CD 1662 5456 325 % % NN 1662 5456 326 other other JJ 1662 5456 327 : : : 1662 5456 328 67 67 CD 1662 5456 329 % % NN 1662 5456 330 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5456 331 1993 1993 CD 1662 5456 332 est est NNP 1662 5456 333 . . . 1662 5456 334 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5457 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5457 2 land land NN 1662 5457 3 : : : 1662 5457 4 780 780 CD 1662 5457 5 sq sq NNP 1662 5457 6 km km NNP 1662 5457 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5457 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 5457 9 est est NNP 1662 5457 10 . . . 1662 5457 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5458 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 5458 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5458 3 : : : 1662 5458 4 hot hot JJ 1662 5458 5 , , , 1662 5458 6 dust dust NN 1662 5458 7 - - HYPH 1662 5458 8 laden laden NNP 1662 5458 9 harmattan harmattan NNP 1662 5458 10 haze haze NN 1662 5458 11 common common JJ 1662 5458 12 during during IN 1662 5458 13 dry dry JJ 1662 5458 14 seasons season NNS 1662 5458 15 ; ; , 1662 5458 16 recurring recur VBG 1662 5458 17 droughts drought VBZ 1662 5458 18 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5458 19 - - HYPH 1662 5458 20 current current JJ 1662 5458 21 issues issue NNS 1662 5458 22 : : : 1662 5458 23 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 5458 24 ; ; , 1662 5458 25 soil soil NN 1662 5458 26 erosion erosion NN 1662 5458 27 ; ; , 1662 5458 28 desertification desertification NN 1662 5458 29 ; ; : 1662 5458 30 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 5458 31 supplies supply NNS 1662 5458 32 of of IN 1662 5458 33 potable potable JJ 1662 5458 34 water water NN 1662 5458 35 ; ; , 1662 5458 36 poaching poach VBG 1662 5458 37 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5458 38 - - HYPH 1662 5458 39 international international JJ 1662 5458 40 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5458 41 : : : 1662 5458 42 party party NN 1662 5458 43 to to TO 1662 5458 44 : : : 1662 5458 45 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 5458 46 , , , 1662 5458 47 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5458 48 Change Change NNP 1662 5458 49 , , , 1662 5458 50 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 5458 51 , , , 1662 5458 52 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 5458 53 Species Species NNPS 1662 5458 54 , , , 1662 5458 55 Law Law NNP 1662 5458 56 of of IN 1662 5458 57 the the DT 1662 5458 58 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5458 59 , , , 1662 5458 60 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5458 61 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5458 62 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5458 63 , , , 1662 5458 64 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 5458 65 signed sign VBD 1662 5458 66 , , , 1662 5458 67 but but CC 1662 5458 68 not not RB 1662 5458 69 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5458 70 : : : 1662 5458 71 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 5458 72 Test Test NNP 1662 5458 73 Ban Ban NNP 1662 5458 74 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5458 75 - - HYPH 1662 5458 76 note note NN 1662 5458 77 : : : 1662 5458 78 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 5458 79 @Mali @mali NN 1662 5458 80 : : : 1662 5458 81 People People NNPS 1662 5458 82 Population Population NNP 1662 5458 83 : : : 1662 5458 84 9,788,904 9,788,904 CD 1662 5458 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5458 86 July July NNP 1662 5458 87 1997 1997 CD 1662 5458 88 est est NNP 1662 5458 89 . . . 1662 5458 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5459 1 Age age NN 1662 5459 2 structure structure NN 1662 5459 3 : : : 1662 5459 4 0 0 CD 1662 5459 5 - - HYPH 1662 5459 6 14 14 CD 1662 5459 7 years year NNS 1662 5459 8 : : : 1662 5459 9 47 47 CD 1662 5459 10 % % NN 1662 5459 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5459 12 male male JJ 1662 5459 13 2,329,669 2,329,669 CD 1662 5459 14 ; ; : 1662 5459 15 female female JJ 1662 5459 16 2,307,248 2,307,248 CD 1662 5459 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5459 18 15 15 CD 1662 5459 19 - - SYM 1662 5459 20 64 64 CD 1662 5459 21 years year NNS 1662 5459 22 : : : 1662 5459 23 50 50 CD 1662 5459 24 % % NN 1662 5459 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5459 26 male male JJ 1662 5459 27 2,287,769 2,287,769 CD 1662 5459 28 ; ; : 1662 5459 29 female female JJ 1662 5459 30 2,546,981 2,546,981 CD 1662 5459 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5459 32 65 65 CD 1662 5459 33 years year NNS 1662 5459 34 and and CC 1662 5459 35 over over IN 1662 5459 36 : : : 1662 5459 37 3 3 CD 1662 5459 38 % % NN 1662 5459 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5459 40 male male JJ 1662 5459 41 150,732 150,732 CD 1662 5459 42 ; ; : 1662 5459 43 female female JJ 1662 5459 44 166,505 166,505 CD 1662 5459 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5459 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5459 47 July July NNP 1662 5459 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5459 49 est est NNP 1662 5459 50 . . . 1662 5459 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5460 1 Population population NN 1662 5460 2 growth growth NN 1662 5460 3 rate rate NN 1662 5460 4 : : : 1662 5460 5 3.18 3.18 CD 1662 5460 6 % % NN 1662 5460 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5460 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5460 9 est est NNP 1662 5460 10 . . . 1662 5460 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5461 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5461 2 rate rate NN 1662 5461 3 : : : 1662 5461 4 50.26 50.26 CD 1662 5461 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 5461 6 population population NN 1662 5461 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5461 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5461 9 est est NNP 1662 5461 10 . . . 1662 5461 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5462 1 Death death NN 1662 5462 2 rate rate NN 1662 5462 3 : : : 1662 5462 4 19.52 19.52 CD 1662 5462 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5462 6 population population NN 1662 5462 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5462 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5462 9 est est NNP 1662 5462 10 . . . 1662 5462 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5463 1 Net net JJ 1662 5463 2 migration migration NN 1662 5463 3 rate rate NN 1662 5463 4 : : : 1662 5463 5 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 5463 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 5463 7 population population NN 1662 5463 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5463 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5463 10 est est NNP 1662 5463 11 . . . 1662 5463 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5464 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5464 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5464 3 : : : 1662 5464 4 at at IN 1662 5464 5 birth birth NN 1662 5464 6 : : : 1662 5464 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 5464 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5464 9 under under IN 1662 5464 10 15 15 CD 1662 5464 11 years year NNS 1662 5464 12 : : : 1662 5464 13 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 5464 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5464 15 15 15 CD 1662 5464 16 - - HYPH 1662 5464 17 64 64 CD 1662 5464 18 years year NNS 1662 5464 19 : : : 1662 5464 20 0.9 0.9 CD 1662 5464 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5464 22 65 65 CD 1662 5464 23 years year NNS 1662 5464 24 and and CC 1662 5464 25 over over IN 1662 5464 26 : : : 1662 5464 27 0.9 0.9 CD 1662 5464 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5464 29 total total JJ 1662 5464 30 population population NN 1662 5464 31 : : : 1662 5464 32 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 5464 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5464 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5464 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5464 36 est est NNP 1662 5464 37 . . . 1662 5464 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5465 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5465 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5465 3 rate rate NN 1662 5465 4 : : : 1662 5465 5 124 124 CD 1662 5465 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5465 7 live live JJ 1662 5465 8 births birth NNS 1662 5465 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5465 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5465 11 est est NNP 1662 5465 12 . . . 1662 5465 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5466 1 Life life NN 1662 5466 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5466 3 at at IN 1662 5466 4 birth birth NN 1662 5466 5 : : : 1662 5466 6 total total JJ 1662 5466 7 population population NN 1662 5466 8 : : : 1662 5466 9 46.56 46.56 CD 1662 5466 10 years year NNS 1662 5466 11 male male NN 1662 5466 12 : : : 1662 5466 13 45.25 45.25 CD 1662 5466 14 years year NNS 1662 5466 15 female female JJ 1662 5466 16 : : : 1662 5466 17 47.9 47.9 CD 1662 5466 18 years year NNS 1662 5466 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5466 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5466 21 est est NNP 1662 5466 22 . . . 1662 5466 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5467 1 Total total JJ 1662 5467 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5467 3 rate rate NN 1662 5467 4 : : : 1662 5467 5 7.09 7.09 CD 1662 5467 6 children child NNS 1662 5467 7 born bear VBN 1662 5467 8 / / SYM 1662 5467 9 woman woman NN 1662 5467 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5467 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5467 12 est est NNP 1662 5467 13 . . . 1662 5467 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5468 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5468 2 : : : 1662 5468 3 noun noun NNP 1662 5468 4 : : : 1662 5468 5 Malian(s Malian(s NNP 1662 5468 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5468 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 5468 8 : : : 1662 5468 9 Malian malian JJ 1662 5468 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5468 11 groups group NNS 1662 5468 12 : : : 1662 5468 13 Mande Mande NNP 1662 5468 14 50 50 CD 1662 5468 15 % % NN 1662 5468 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5468 17 Bambara Bambara NNP 1662 5468 18 , , , 1662 5468 19 Malinke Malinke NNP 1662 5468 20 , , , 1662 5468 21 Sarakole Sarakole NNP 1662 5468 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5468 23 , , , 1662 5468 24 Peul Peul NNP 1662 5468 25 17 17 CD 1662 5468 26 % % NN 1662 5468 27 , , , 1662 5468 28 Voltaic Voltaic NNP 1662 5468 29 12 12 CD 1662 5468 30 % % NN 1662 5468 31 , , , 1662 5468 32 Songhai Songhai NNP 1662 5468 33 6 6 CD 1662 5468 34 % % NN 1662 5468 35 , , , 1662 5468 36 Tuareg Tuareg NNP 1662 5468 37 and and CC 1662 5468 38 Moor Moor NNP 1662 5468 39 10 10 CD 1662 5468 40 % % NN 1662 5468 41 , , , 1662 5468 42 other other JJ 1662 5468 43 5 5 CD 1662 5468 44 % % NN 1662 5468 45 Religions religion NNS 1662 5468 46 : : : 1662 5468 47 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 5468 48 90 90 CD 1662 5468 49 % % NN 1662 5468 50 , , , 1662 5468 51 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 5468 52 beliefs belief NNS 1662 5468 53 9 9 CD 1662 5468 54 % % NN 1662 5468 55 , , , 1662 5468 56 Christian Christian NNP 1662 5468 57 1 1 CD 1662 5468 58 % % NN 1662 5468 59 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 5468 60 : : : 1662 5468 61 French French NNP 1662 5468 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5468 63 official official NN 1662 5468 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5468 65 , , , 1662 5468 66 Bambara Bambara NNP 1662 5468 67 80 80 CD 1662 5468 68 % % NN 1662 5468 69 , , , 1662 5468 70 numerous numerous JJ 1662 5468 71 African african JJ 1662 5468 72 languages language NNS 1662 5468 73 Literacy literacy NN 1662 5468 74 : : : 1662 5468 75 definition definition NN 1662 5468 76 : : : 1662 5468 77 age age NN 1662 5468 78 15 15 CD 1662 5468 79 and and CC 1662 5468 80 over over RB 1662 5468 81 can can MD 1662 5468 82 read read VB 1662 5468 83 and and CC 1662 5468 84 write write VB 1662 5468 85 total total JJ 1662 5468 86 population population NN 1662 5468 87 : : : 1662 5468 88 31 31 CD 1662 5468 89 % % NN 1662 5468 90 male male NN 1662 5468 91 : : : 1662 5468 92 39.4 39.4 CD 1662 5468 93 % % NN 1662 5468 94 female female NN 1662 5468 95 : : : 1662 5468 96 23.1 23.1 CD 1662 5468 97 % % NN 1662 5468 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5468 99 1995 1995 CD 1662 5468 100 est est NNP 1662 5468 101 . . . 1662 5468 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5469 1 @Mali @mali LS 1662 5469 2 : : : 1662 5469 3 Government Government NNP 1662 5469 4 Country Country NNP 1662 5469 5 name name NN 1662 5469 6 : : : 1662 5469 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5469 8 long long JJ 1662 5469 9 form form NN 1662 5469 10 : : : 1662 5469 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5469 12 of of IN 1662 5469 13 Mali Mali NNP 1662 5469 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5469 15 short short JJ 1662 5469 16 form form NN 1662 5469 17 : : : 1662 5469 18 Mali Mali NNP 1662 5469 19 local local JJ 1662 5469 20 long long JJ 1662 5469 21 form form NN 1662 5469 22 : : : 1662 5469 23 Republique Republique NNP 1662 5469 24 de de NNP 1662 5469 25 Mali Mali NNP 1662 5469 26 local local JJ 1662 5469 27 short short JJ 1662 5469 28 form form NN 1662 5469 29 : : : 1662 5469 30 Mali Mali NNP 1662 5469 31 former former JJ 1662 5469 32 : : : 1662 5469 33 French french JJ 1662 5469 34 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 5469 35 Data Data NNP 1662 5469 36 code code NN 1662 5469 37 : : : 1662 5469 38 ML ML NNP 1662 5469 39 Government Government NNP 1662 5469 40 type type NN 1662 5469 41 : : : 1662 5469 42 republic republic NNP 1662 5469 43 National national JJ 1662 5469 44 capital capital NN 1662 5469 45 : : : 1662 5469 46 Bamako Bamako NNP 1662 5469 47 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 5469 48 divisions division NNS 1662 5469 49 : : : 1662 5469 50 8 8 CD 1662 5469 51 regions region NNS 1662 5469 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5469 53 regions region NNS 1662 5469 54 , , , 1662 5469 55 singular singular JJ 1662 5469 56 - - HYPH 1662 5469 57 region region NN 1662 5469 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5469 59 ; ; : 1662 5469 60 Gao Gao NNP 1662 5469 61 , , , 1662 5469 62 Kayes Kayes NNP 1662 5469 63 , , , 1662 5469 64 Kidal Kidal NNP 1662 5469 65 , , , 1662 5469 66 Koulikoro Koulikoro NNP 1662 5469 67 , , , 1662 5469 68 Mopti Mopti NNP 1662 5469 69 , , , 1662 5469 70 Segou Segou NNP 1662 5469 71 , , , 1662 5469 72 Sikasso Sikasso NNP 1662 5469 73 , , , 1662 5469 74 Tombouctou Tombouctou NNP 1662 5469 75 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5469 76 : : : 1662 5469 77 22 22 CD 1662 5469 78 September September NNP 1662 5469 79 1960 1960 CD 1662 5469 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5469 81 from from IN 1662 5469 82 France France NNP 1662 5469 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5469 84 National national JJ 1662 5469 85 holiday holiday NN 1662 5469 86 : : : 1662 5469 87 Anniversary anniversary NN 1662 5469 88 of of IN 1662 5469 89 the the DT 1662 5469 90 Proclamation Proclamation NNP 1662 5469 91 of of IN 1662 5469 92 the the DT 1662 5469 93 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5469 94 , , , 1662 5469 95 22 22 CD 1662 5469 96 September September NNP 1662 5469 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5469 98 1960 1960 CD 1662 5469 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5469 100 Constitution constitution NN 1662 5469 101 : : : 1662 5469 102 adopted adopt VBD 1662 5469 103 12 12 CD 1662 5469 104 January January NNP 1662 5469 105 1992 1992 CD 1662 5469 106 Legal legal JJ 1662 5469 107 system system NN 1662 5469 108 : : : 1662 5469 109 based base VBN 1662 5469 110 on on IN 1662 5469 111 French french JJ 1662 5469 112 civil civil JJ 1662 5469 113 law law NN 1662 5469 114 system system NN 1662 5469 115 and and CC 1662 5469 116 customary customary JJ 1662 5469 117 law law NN 1662 5469 118 ; ; : 1662 5469 119 judicial judicial JJ 1662 5469 120 review review NN 1662 5469 121 of of IN 1662 5469 122 legislative legislative JJ 1662 5469 123 acts act NNS 1662 5469 124 in in IN 1662 5469 125 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 5469 126 Court Court NNP 1662 5469 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5469 128 which which WDT 1662 5469 129 was be VBD 1662 5469 130 formally formally RB 1662 5469 131 established establish VBN 1662 5469 132 on on IN 1662 5469 133 9 9 CD 1662 5469 134 March March NNP 1662 5469 135 1994 1994 CD 1662 5469 136 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5469 137 ; ; : 1662 5469 138 has have VBZ 1662 5469 139 not not RB 1662 5469 140 accepted accept VBN 1662 5469 141 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 5469 142 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 5469 143 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 5469 144 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 5469 145 : : : 1662 5469 146 21 21 CD 1662 5469 147 years year NNS 1662 5469 148 of of IN 1662 5469 149 age age NN 1662 5469 150 ; ; : 1662 5469 151 universal universal JJ 1662 5469 152 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5469 153 branch branch NN 1662 5469 154 : : : 1662 5469 155 chief chief NN 1662 5469 156 of of IN 1662 5469 157 state state NN 1662 5469 158 : : : 1662 5469 159 President President NNP 1662 5469 160 Alpha Alpha NNP 1662 5469 161 Oumar Oumar NNP 1662 5469 162 KONARE KONARE NNP 1662 5469 163 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5469 164 since since IN 1662 5469 165 8 8 CD 1662 5469 166 June June NNP 1662 5469 167 1992 1992 CD 1662 5469 168 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5469 169 head head NN 1662 5469 170 of of IN 1662 5469 171 government government NN 1662 5469 172 : : : 1662 5469 173 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5469 174 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5469 175 Ibrahima Ibrahima NNP 1662 5469 176 Boubacar Boubacar NNP 1662 5469 177 KEITA KEITA NNP 1662 5469 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5469 179 since since IN 1662 5469 180 NA NA NNP 1662 5469 181 March March NNP 1662 5469 182 1994 1994 CD 1662 5469 183 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5469 184 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5469 185 : : : 1662 5469 186 Council Council NNP 1662 5469 187 of of IN 1662 5469 188 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 5469 189 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5469 190 by by IN 1662 5469 191 the the DT 1662 5469 192 prime prime NNP 1662 5469 193 minister minister NNP 1662 5469 194 elections election NNS 1662 5469 195 : : : 1662 5469 196 president president NNP 1662 5469 197 elected elect VBN 1662 5469 198 by by IN 1662 5469 199 popular popular JJ 1662 5469 200 vote vote NN 1662 5469 201 for for IN 1662 5469 202 a a DT 1662 5469 203 five five CD 1662 5469 204 - - HYPH 1662 5469 205 year year NN 1662 5469 206 term term NN 1662 5469 207 ; ; : 1662 5469 208 election election NN 1662 5469 209 last last JJ 1662 5469 210 held hold VBD 1662 5469 211 11 11 CD 1662 5469 212 May May NNP 1662 5469 213 1997 1997 CD 1662 5469 214 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5469 215 next next JJ 1662 5469 216 to to TO 1662 5469 217 be be VB 1662 5469 218 held hold VBN 1662 5469 219 NA NA NNP 1662 5469 220 May May NNP 1662 5469 221 2002 2002 CD 1662 5469 222 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5469 223 ; ; : 1662 5469 224 prime prime NNP 1662 5469 225 minister minister NNP 1662 5469 226 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5469 227 by by IN 1662 5469 228 the the DT 1662 5469 229 president president NNP 1662 5469 230 election election NN 1662 5469 231 results result NNS 1662 5469 232 : : : 1662 5469 233 Alpha alpha NN 1662 5469 234 Oumar Oumar NNP 1662 5469 235 KONARE KONARE NNP 1662 5469 236 reelected reelect VBN 1662 5469 237 president president NN 1662 5469 238 ; ; : 1662 5469 239 percent percent NN 1662 5469 240 of of IN 1662 5469 241 vote vote NN 1662 5469 242 - - HYPH 1662 5469 243 Alpha alpha NN 1662 5469 244 Oumar Oumar NNP 1662 5469 245 KONARE KONARE NNP 1662 5469 246 85.15 85.15 CD 1662 5469 247 % % NN 1662 5469 248 , , , 1662 5469 249 Mamadou Mamadou NNP 1662 5469 250 DIABY DIABY NNP 1662 5469 251 4.09 4.09 CD 1662 5469 252 % % NN 1662 5469 253 , , , 1662 5469 254 other other JJ 1662 5469 255 10.76 10.76 CD 1662 5469 256 % % NN 1662 5469 257 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 5469 258 branch branch NN 1662 5469 259 : : : 1662 5469 260 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 5469 261 National National NNP 1662 5469 262 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5469 263 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5469 264 116 116 CD 1662 5469 265 seats seat NNS 1662 5469 266 ; ; : 1662 5469 267 members member NNS 1662 5469 268 are be VBP 1662 5469 269 elected elect VBN 1662 5469 270 by by IN 1662 5469 271 popular popular JJ 1662 5469 272 vote vote NN 1662 5469 273 to to TO 1662 5469 274 serve serve VB 1662 5469 275 five five CD 1662 5469 276 - - HYPH 1662 5469 277 year year NN 1662 5469 278 terms term NNS 1662 5469 279 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5469 280 elections election NNS 1662 5469 281 : : : 1662 5469 282 last last RB 1662 5469 283 held hold VBD 1662 5469 284 8 8 CD 1662 5469 285 March March NNP 1662 5469 286 1992 1992 CD 1662 5469 287 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5469 288 next next JJ 1662 5469 289 to to TO 1662 5469 290 be be VB 1662 5469 291 held hold VBN 1662 5469 292 in in IN 1662 5469 293 two two CD 1662 5469 294 rounds round NNS 1662 5469 295 on on IN 1662 5469 296 20 20 CD 1662 5469 297 July July NNP 1662 5469 298 and and CC 1662 5469 299 3 3 CD 1662 5469 300 August August NNP 1662 5469 301 1997 1997 CD 1662 5469 302 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5469 303 election election NN 1662 5469 304 results result NNS 1662 5469 305 : : : 1662 5469 306 percent percent NN 1662 5469 307 of of IN 1662 5469 308 vote vote NN 1662 5469 309 by by IN 1662 5469 310 party party NN 1662 5469 311 - - HYPH 1662 5469 312 NA NA NNP 1662 5469 313 ; ; , 1662 5469 314 seats seat NNS 1662 5469 315 by by IN 1662 5469 316 party party NN 1662 5469 317 - - HYPH 1662 5469 318 ADEMA ADEMA NNP 1662 5469 319 76 76 CD 1662 5469 320 , , , 1662 5469 321 CNID CNID NNP 1662 5469 322 9 9 CD 1662 5469 323 , , , 1662 5469 324 US US NNP 1662 5469 325 / / SYM 1662 5469 326 RAD RAD NNP 1662 5469 327 8 8 CD 1662 5469 328 , , , 1662 5469 329 Popular Popular NNP 1662 5469 330 Movement Movement NNP 1662 5469 331 for for IN 1662 5469 332 the the DT 1662 5469 333 Development Development NNP 1662 5469 334 of of IN 1662 5469 335 the the DT 1662 5469 336 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5469 337 of of IN 1662 5469 338 West West NNP 1662 5469 339 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5469 340 6 6 CD 1662 5469 341 , , , 1662 5469 342 RDP RDP NNP 1662 5469 343 4 4 CD 1662 5469 344 , , , 1662 5469 345 UDD UDD NNP 1662 5469 346 4 4 CD 1662 5469 347 , , , 1662 5469 348 RDT RDT NNP 1662 5469 349 3 3 CD 1662 5469 350 , , , 1662 5469 351 UFDP UFDP NNP 1662 5469 352 3 3 CD 1662 5469 353 , , , 1662 5469 354 PDP PDP NNP 1662 5469 355 2 2 CD 1662 5469 356 , , , 1662 5469 357 UMDD UMDD NNP 1662 5469 358 1 1 CD 1662 5469 359 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 5469 360 branch branch NN 1662 5469 361 : : : 1662 5469 362 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5469 363 Court Court NNP 1662 5469 364 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5469 365 Cour Cour NNP 1662 5469 366 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5469 367 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5469 368 Political political JJ 1662 5469 369 parties party NNS 1662 5469 370 and and CC 1662 5469 371 leaders leader NNS 1662 5469 372 : : : 1662 5469 373 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 5469 374 for for IN 1662 5469 375 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 5469 376 or or CC 1662 5469 377 ADEMA ADEMA NNP 1662 5469 378 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5469 379 Ibrahim Ibrahim NNP 1662 5469 380 N'DIAYE N'DIAYE NNP 1662 5469 381 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5469 382 ; ; : 1662 5469 383 National National NNP 1662 5469 384 Congress Congress NNP 1662 5469 385 for for IN 1662 5469 386 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5469 387 Initiative Initiative NNP 1662 5469 388 or or CC 1662 5469 389 CNID CNID NNP 1662 5469 390 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5469 391 Mountaga Mountaga NNP 1662 5469 392 TALL TALL NNP 1662 5469 393 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5469 394 ; ; : 1662 5469 395 Sudanese Sudanese NNP 1662 5469 396 Union Union NNP 1662 5469 397 / / SYM 1662 5469 398 African African NNP 1662 5469 399 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5469 400 Rally Rally NNP 1662 5469 401 or or CC 1662 5469 402 US US NNP 1662 5469 403 / / SYM 1662 5469 404 RDA RDA NNP 1662 5469 405 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5469 406 Mamadou Mamadou NNP 1662 5469 407 Madeira Madeira NNP 1662 5469 408 KEITA KEITA NNP 1662 5469 409 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5469 410 ; ; : 1662 5469 411 Popular Popular NNP 1662 5469 412 Movement Movement NNP 1662 5469 413 for for IN 1662 5469 414 the the DT 1662 5469 415 Development Development NNP 1662 5469 416 of of IN 1662 5469 417 the the DT 1662 5469 418 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5469 419 of of IN 1662 5469 420 West West NNP 1662 5469 421 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5469 422 ; ; : 1662 5469 423 Rally Rally NNP 1662 5469 424 for for IN 1662 5469 425 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 5469 426 and and CC 1662 5469 427 Progress Progress NNP 1662 5469 428 or or CC 1662 5469 429 RDP RDP NNP 1662 5469 430 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5469 431 Almamy Almamy NNP 1662 5469 432 SYLLA SYLLA NNP 1662 5469 433 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5469 434 ; ; : 1662 5469 435 Union Union NNP 1662 5469 436 for for IN 1662 5469 437 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 5469 438 and and CC 1662 5469 439 Development Development NNP 1662 5469 440 or or CC 1662 5469 441 UDD UDD NNP 1662 5469 442 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5469 443 Moussa Moussa NNP 1662 5469 444 Balla Balla NNP 1662 5469 445 COULIBALY COULIBALY NNP 1662 5469 446 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5469 447 ; ; : 1662 5469 448 Rally rally NN 1662 5469 449 for for IN 1662 5469 450 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 5469 451 and and CC 1662 5469 452 Labor Labor NNP 1662 5469 453 or or CC 1662 5469 454 RDT RDT NNP 1662 5469 455 ; ; : 1662 5469 456 Union Union NNP 1662 5469 457 of of IN 1662 5469 458 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5469 459 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5469 460 for for IN 1662 5469 461 Progress Progress NNP 1662 5469 462 or or CC 1662 5469 463 UFDP UFDP NNP 1662 5469 464 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5469 465 Dembo Dembo NNP 1662 5469 466 DIALLO DIALLO NNP 1662 5469 467 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5469 468 ; ; : 1662 5469 469 Party Party NNP 1662 5469 470 for for IN 1662 5469 471 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 5469 472 and and CC 1662 5469 473 Progress Progress NNP 1662 5469 474 or or CC 1662 5469 475 PDP PDP NNP 1662 5469 476 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5469 477 Idrissa Idrissa NNP 1662 5469 478 TRAORE TRAORE NNP 1662 5469 479 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5469 480 ; ; : 1662 5469 481 Malian Malian NNP 1662 5469 482 Union Union NNP 1662 5469 483 for for IN 1662 5469 484 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 5469 485 and and CC 1662 5469 486 Development Development NNP 1662 5469 487 or or CC 1662 5469 488 UMDD UMDD NNP 1662 5469 489 ; ; : 1662 5469 490 Movement movement NN 1662 5469 491 for for IN 1662 5469 492 the the DT 1662 5469 493 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5469 494 , , , 1662 5469 495 Renaissance Renaissance NNP 1662 5469 496 and and CC 1662 5469 497 Integration Integration NNP 1662 5469 498 of of IN 1662 5469 499 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5469 500 or or CC 1662 5469 501 MIRIA MIRIA NNP 1662 5469 502 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5469 503 Mohammed Mohammed NNP 1662 5469 504 Lamine Lamine NNP 1662 5469 505 TRAORE TRAORE NNP 1662 5469 506 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5469 507 Political political JJ 1662 5469 508 pressure pressure NN 1662 5469 509 groups group NNS 1662 5469 510 and and CC 1662 5469 511 leaders leader NNS 1662 5469 512 : : : 1662 5469 513 United United NNP 1662 5469 514 Movement Movement NNP 1662 5469 515 and and CC 1662 5469 516 Fronts Fronts NNPS 1662 5469 517 of of IN 1662 5469 518 Azawad Azawad NNP 1662 5469 519 or or CC 1662 5469 520 MFUA MFUA NNP 1662 5469 521 ; ; : 1662 5469 522 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 5469 523 Movement Movement NNP 1662 5469 524 of of IN 1662 5469 525 the the DT 1662 5469 526 Ghanda Ghanda NNP 1662 5469 527 Kaye Kaye NNP 1662 5469 528 or or CC 1662 5469 529 MPGK MPGK NNP 1662 5469 530 International International NNP 1662 5469 531 organization organization NN 1662 5469 532 participation participation NN 1662 5469 533 : : : 1662 5469 534 ACCT acct JJ 1662 5469 535 , , , 1662 5469 536 ACP ACP NNP 1662 5469 537 , , , 1662 5469 538 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 5469 539 , , , 1662 5469 540 CCC CCC NNP 1662 5469 541 , , , 1662 5469 542 ECA ECA NNP 1662 5469 543 , , , 1662 5469 544 ECOWAS ECOWAS NNP 1662 5469 545 , , , 1662 5469 546 FAO FAO NNP 1662 5469 547 , , , 1662 5469 548 FZ FZ NNP 1662 5469 549 , , , 1662 5469 550 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 5469 551 , , , 1662 5469 552 IAEA iaea NN 1662 5469 553 , , , 1662 5469 554 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 5469 555 , , , 1662 5469 556 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 5469 557 , , , 1662 5469 558 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 5469 559 , , , 1662 5469 560 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 5469 561 , , , 1662 5469 562 IDA IDA NNP 1662 5469 563 , , , 1662 5469 564 IDB IDB NNP 1662 5469 565 , , , 1662 5469 566 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 5469 567 , , , 1662 5469 568 IFC IFC NNP 1662 5469 569 , , , 1662 5469 570 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 5469 571 , , , 1662 5469 572 ILO ILO NNP 1662 5469 573 , , , 1662 5469 574 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5469 575 , , , 1662 5469 576 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5469 577 , , , 1662 5469 578 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 5469 579 , , , 1662 5469 580 IOC IOC NNP 1662 5469 581 , , , 1662 5469 582 ITU ITU NNP 1662 5469 583 , , , 1662 5469 584 NAM NAM NNP 1662 5469 585 , , , 1662 5469 586 OAU OAU NNP 1662 5469 587 , , , 1662 5469 588 OIC OIC NNP 1662 5469 589 , , , 1662 5469 590 UN UN NNP 1662 5469 591 , , , 1662 5469 592 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 5469 593 III III NNP 1662 5469 594 , , , 1662 5469 595 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 5469 596 , , , 1662 5469 597 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 5469 598 , , , 1662 5469 599 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 5469 600 , , , 1662 5469 601 UPU upu NN 1662 5469 602 , , , 1662 5469 603 WADB WADB NNP 1662 5469 604 , , , 1662 5469 605 WCL WCL NNP 1662 5469 606 , , , 1662 5469 607 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 5469 608 , , , 1662 5469 609 WHO who WP 1662 5469 610 , , , 1662 5469 611 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 5469 612 , , , 1662 5469 613 WMO WMO NNP 1662 5469 614 , , , 1662 5469 615 WToO wtoo FW 1662 5469 616 , , , 1662 5469 617 WTrO wtro VB 1662 5469 618 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5469 619 representation representation NN 1662 5469 620 in in IN 1662 5469 621 the the DT 1662 5469 622 US US NNP 1662 5469 623 : : : 1662 5469 624 chief chief NN 1662 5469 625 of of IN 1662 5469 626 mission mission NN 1662 5469 627 : : : 1662 5469 628 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5469 629 Cheick Cheick NNP 1662 5469 630 Oumar Oumar NNP 1662 5469 631 DIARRAH DIARRAH NNP 1662 5469 632 chancery chancery NN 1662 5469 633 : : : 1662 5469 634 2130 2130 CD 1662 5469 635 R R NNP 1662 5469 636 Street Street NNP 1662 5469 637 NW NW NNP 1662 5469 638 , , , 1662 5469 639 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5469 640 , , , 1662 5469 641 DC DC NNP 1662 5469 642 20008 20008 CD 1662 5469 643 telephone telephone NN 1662 5469 644 : : : 1662 5469 645 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5469 646 1 1 CD 1662 5469 647 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5469 648 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5469 649 202 202 CD 1662 5469 650 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5469 651 332 332 CD 1662 5469 652 - - HYPH 1662 5469 653 2249 2249 CD 1662 5469 654 , , , 1662 5469 655 939 939 CD 1662 5469 656 - - SYM 1662 5469 657 8950 8950 CD 1662 5469 658 FAX FAX NNP 1662 5469 659 : : : 1662 5469 660 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5469 661 1 1 CD 1662 5469 662 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5469 663 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5469 664 202 202 CD 1662 5469 665 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5469 666 332 332 CD 1662 5469 667 - - HYPH 1662 5469 668 6603 6603 CD 1662 5469 669 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5469 670 representation 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P. NNP 1662 5469 682 RAWSON RAWSON NNP 1662 5469 683 embassy embassy NN 1662 5469 684 : : : 1662 5469 685 Rue Rue NNP 1662 5469 686 Rochester Rochester NNP 1662 5469 687 NY NY NNP 1662 5469 688 and and CC 1662 5469 689 Rue Rue NNP 1662 5469 690 Mohamed Mohamed NNP 1662 5469 691 V V NNP 1662 5469 692 , , , 1662 5469 693 Bamako Bamako NNP 1662 5469 694 mailing mailing NN 1662 5469 695 address address NN 1662 5469 696 : : : 1662 5469 697 B. B. NNP 1662 5469 698 P. P. 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- HYPH 1662 5483 30 capacity capacity NN 1662 5483 31 : : : 1662 5483 32 84,100 84,100 CD 1662 5483 33 kW kw NN 1662 5483 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5483 35 1990 1990 CD 1662 5483 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5483 37 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5483 38 - - HYPH 1662 5483 39 production production NN 1662 5483 40 : : : 1662 5483 41 235 235 CD 1662 5483 42 million million CD 1662 5483 43 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5483 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5483 45 1995 1995 CD 1662 5483 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5483 47 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5483 48 - - HYPH 1662 5483 49 consumption consumption NN 1662 5483 50 per per IN 1662 5483 51 capita capita NN 1662 5483 52 : : : 1662 5483 53 28 28 CD 1662 5483 54 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5483 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5483 56 1991 1991 CD 1662 5483 57 est est NNP 1662 5483 58 . . . 1662 5483 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5484 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5484 2 - - HYPH 1662 5484 3 products product NNS 1662 5484 4 : : : 1662 5484 5 cotton cotton NN 1662 5484 6 , , , 1662 5484 7 millet millet NN 1662 5484 8 , , , 1662 5484 9 rice rice NN 1662 5484 10 , , , 1662 5484 11 corn corn NN 1662 5484 12 , , , 1662 5484 13 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 5484 14 , , , 1662 5484 15 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 5484 16 ; ; : 1662 5484 17 cattle cattle NNS 1662 5484 18 , , , 1662 5484 19 sheep sheep NNS 1662 5484 20 , , , 1662 5484 21 goats goat NNS 1662 5484 22 Exports export NNS 1662 5484 23 : : : 1662 5484 24 total total JJ 1662 5484 25 value value NN 1662 5484 26 : : : 1662 5484 27 $ $ $ 1662 5484 28 320 320 CD 1662 5484 29 million million CD 1662 5484 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5484 31 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5484 32 . . 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NNP 1662 5484 62 , , , 1662 5484 63 1994 1994 CD 1662 5484 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5484 65 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5484 66 : : : 1662 5484 67 machinery machinery NN 1662 5484 68 and and CC 1662 5484 69 equipment equipment NN 1662 5484 70 , , , 1662 5484 71 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 5484 72 , , , 1662 5484 73 construction construction NN 1662 5484 74 materials material NNS 1662 5484 75 , , , 1662 5484 76 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5484 77 , , , 1662 5484 78 textiles textile VBZ 1662 5484 79 partners partner NNS 1662 5484 80 : : : 1662 5484 81 mostly mostly RB 1662 5484 82 franc franc NN 1662 5484 83 zone zone NN 1662 5484 84 and and CC 1662 5484 85 Western Western NNP 1662 5484 86 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5484 87 Debt Debt NNP 1662 5484 88 - - HYPH 1662 5484 89 external external JJ 1662 5484 90 : : : 1662 5484 91 $ $ $ 1662 5484 92 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 5484 93 billion billion CD 1662 5484 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5484 95 1995 1995 CD 1662 5484 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5484 97 Economic economic JJ 1662 5484 98 aid aid NN 1662 5484 99 : : : 1662 5484 100 recipient recipient NN 1662 5484 101 : : : 1662 5484 102 ODA ODA NNP 1662 5484 103 , , , 1662 5484 104 $ $ $ 1662 5484 105 NA NA NNP 1662 5484 106 Currency currency NN 1662 5484 107 : : : 1662 5484 108 1 1 CD 1662 5484 109 Communaute Communaute NNP 1662 5484 110 Financiere Financiere NNP 1662 5484 111 Africaine Africaine NNP 1662 5484 112 franc franc NN 1662 5484 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5484 114 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 5484 115 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5484 116 = = SYM 1662 5484 117 100 100 CD 1662 5484 118 centimes centime NNS 1662 5484 119 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5484 120 rates rate NNS 1662 5484 121 : : : 1662 5484 122 CFA cfa NN 1662 5484 123 francs franc NNS 1662 5484 124 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5484 125 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 5484 126 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5484 127 per per IN 1662 5484 128 US$ us$ $ 1662 5484 129 1 1 CD 1662 5484 130 - - SYM 1662 5484 131 541.69 541.69 CD 1662 5484 132 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5484 133 January January NNP 1662 5484 134 1997 1997 CD 1662 5484 135 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5484 136 , , , 1662 5484 137 511.55 511.55 CD 1662 5484 138 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5484 139 1996 1996 CD 1662 5484 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5484 141 , , , 1662 5484 142 499.15 499.15 CD 1662 5484 143 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5484 144 1995 1995 CD 1662 5484 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5484 146 , , , 1662 5484 147 555.20 555.20 CD 1662 5484 148 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5484 149 1994 1994 CD 1662 5484 150 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5484 151 , , , 1662 5484 152 283.16 283.16 CD 1662 5484 153 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5484 154 1993 1993 CD 1662 5484 155 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5484 156 , , , 1662 5484 157 264.69 264.69 CD 1662 5484 158 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5484 159 1992 1992 CD 1662 5484 160 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5484 161 note note NN 1662 5484 162 : : : 1662 5484 163 beginning begin VBG 1662 5484 164 12 12 CD 1662 5484 165 January January NNP 1662 5484 166 1994 1994 CD 1662 5484 167 , , , 1662 5484 168 the the DT 1662 5484 169 CFA CFA NNP 1662 5484 170 franc franc NN 1662 5484 171 was be VBD 1662 5484 172 devalued devalue VBN 1662 5484 173 to to IN 1662 5484 174 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 5484 175 100 100 CD 1662 5484 176 per per IN 1662 5484 177 French french JJ 1662 5484 178 franc franc NN 1662 5484 179 from from IN 1662 5484 180 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 5484 181 50 50 CD 1662 5484 182 at at IN 1662 5484 183 which which WDT 1662 5484 184 it -PRON- PRP 1662 5484 185 had have VBD 1662 5484 186 been be VBN 1662 5484 187 fixed fix VBN 1662 5484 188 since since IN 1662 5484 189 1948 1948 CD 1662 5484 190 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5484 191 year year NN 1662 5484 192 : : : 1662 5484 193 calendar calendar NNP 1662 5484 194 year year NN 1662 5484 195 @Mali @mali NN 1662 5484 196 : : : 1662 5484 197 Communications communication NNS 1662 5484 198 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 5484 199 : : : 1662 5484 200 11,000 11,000 CD 1662 5484 201 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5484 202 1982 1982 CD 1662 5484 203 est est NNP 1662 5484 204 . . . 1662 5484 205 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5485 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5485 2 system system NN 1662 5485 3 : : : 1662 5485 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5485 5 system system NN 1662 5485 6 poor poor JJ 1662 5485 7 but but CC 1662 5485 8 improving improve VBG 1662 5485 9 ; ; : 1662 5485 10 provides provide VBZ 1662 5485 11 only only RB 1662 5485 12 minimal minimal JJ 1662 5485 13 service service NN 1662 5485 14 domestic domestic NN 1662 5485 15 : : : 1662 5485 16 network network NN 1662 5485 17 consists consist VBZ 1662 5485 18 of of IN 1662 5485 19 microwave microwave NN 1662 5485 20 radio radio NN 1662 5485 21 relay relay NN 1662 5485 22 , , , 1662 5485 23 open open JJ 1662 5485 24 wire wire NN 1662 5485 25 , , , 1662 5485 26 and and CC 1662 5485 27 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 5485 28 communications communication NNS 1662 5485 29 stations station NNS 1662 5485 30 ; ; : 1662 5485 31 expansion expansion NN 1662 5485 32 of of IN 1662 5485 33 microwave microwave NN 1662 5485 34 radio radio NN 1662 5485 35 relay relay NN 1662 5485 36 in in IN 1662 5485 37 progress progress NN 1662 5485 38 international international JJ 1662 5485 39 : : : 1662 5485 40 satellite satellite NN 1662 5485 41 earth earth NN 1662 5485 42 stations station NNS 1662 5485 43 - - , 1662 5485 44 2 2 CD 1662 5485 45 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5485 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5485 47 1 1 CD 1662 5485 48 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 5485 49 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5485 50 and and CC 1662 5485 51 1 1 CD 1662 5485 52 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5485 53 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5485 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5485 55 Radio radio NN 1662 5485 56 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5485 57 stations station NNS 1662 5485 58 : : : 1662 5485 59 AM AM NNP 1662 5485 60 2 2 CD 1662 5485 61 , , , 1662 5485 62 FM FM NNP 1662 5485 63 2 2 CD 1662 5485 64 , , , 1662 5485 65 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 5485 66 0 0 CD 1662 5485 67 Radios radio NNS 1662 5485 68 : : : 1662 5485 69 430,000 430,000 CD 1662 5485 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5485 71 1992 1992 CD 1662 5485 72 est est NNP 1662 5485 73 . . . 1662 5485 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5486 1 Television television NN 1662 5486 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5486 3 stations station NNS 1662 5486 4 : : : 1662 5486 5 2 2 CD 1662 5486 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5486 7 1987 1987 CD 1662 5486 8 est est NNP 1662 5486 9 . . . 1662 5486 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5487 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 5487 2 : : : 1662 5487 3 11,000 11,000 CD 1662 5487 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5487 5 1992 1992 CD 1662 5487 6 est est NNP 1662 5487 7 . . . 1662 5487 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5488 1 @Mali @mali LS 1662 5488 2 : : : 1662 5488 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5488 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5488 5 : : : 1662 5488 6 total total NN 1662 5488 7 : : : 1662 5488 8 641 641 CD 1662 5488 9 km km NN 1662 5488 10 ; ; , 1662 5488 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5488 12 linked link VBN 1662 5488 13 to to IN 1662 5488 14 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 5488 15 's 's POS 1662 5488 16 rail rail NN 1662 5488 17 system system NN 1662 5488 18 through through IN 1662 5488 19 Kayes Kayes NNP 1662 5488 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5488 21 narrow narrow JJ 1662 5488 22 gauge gauge NN 1662 5488 23 : : : 1662 5488 24 641 641 CD 1662 5488 25 km km NN 1662 5488 26 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 5488 27 gauge gauge NN 1662 5488 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5488 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 5488 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5488 31 Highways highway NNS 1662 5488 32 : : : 1662 5488 33 total total NN 1662 5488 34 : : : 1662 5488 35 14,776 14,776 CD 1662 5488 36 km km NN 1662 5488 37 paved pave VBN 1662 5488 38 : : : 1662 5488 39 1,773 1,773 CD 1662 5488 40 km km NN 1662 5488 41 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5488 42 : : : 1662 5488 43 13,003 13,003 CD 1662 5488 44 km km NNS 1662 5488 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5488 46 1995 1995 CD 1662 5488 47 est est NNP 1662 5488 48 . . . 1662 5488 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5489 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 5489 2 : : : 1662 5489 3 1,815 1,815 CD 1662 5489 4 km km NN 1662 5489 5 navigable navigable JJ 1662 5489 6 Ports port NNS 1662 5489 7 and and CC 1662 5489 8 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5489 9 : : : 1662 5489 10 Koulikoro Koulikoro NNP 1662 5489 11 Airports Airports NNPS 1662 5489 12 : : : 1662 5489 13 24 24 CD 1662 5489 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5489 15 1996 1996 CD 1662 5489 16 est est NNP 1662 5489 17 . . . 1662 5489 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5490 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5490 2 - - , 1662 5490 3 with with IN 1662 5490 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5490 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5490 6 : : : 1662 5490 7 total total NN 1662 5490 8 : : : 1662 5490 9 13 13 CD 1662 5490 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 5490 11 to to IN 1662 5490 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5490 13 m m NN 1662 5490 14 : : : 1662 5490 15 4 4 CD 1662 5490 16 914 914 CD 1662 5490 17 to to TO 1662 5490 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5490 19 m m NN 1662 5490 20 : : : 1662 5490 21 2 2 CD 1662 5490 22 under under IN 1662 5490 23 914 914 CD 1662 5490 24 m m NN 1662 5490 25 : : : 1662 5490 26 7 7 CD 1662 5490 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5490 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 5490 29 est est NNP 1662 5490 30 . . . 1662 5490 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5491 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5491 2 - - , 1662 5491 3 with with IN 1662 5491 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5491 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5491 6 : : : 1662 5491 7 total total NN 1662 5491 8 : : : 1662 5491 9 11 11 CD 1662 5491 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5491 11 to to TO 1662 5491 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5491 13 m m NN 1662 5491 14 : : : 1662 5491 15 3 3 CD 1662 5491 16 914 914 CD 1662 5491 17 to to TO 1662 5491 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5491 19 m m NN 1662 5491 20 : : : 1662 5491 21 8 8 CD 1662 5491 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5491 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 5491 24 est est NNP 1662 5491 25 . . . 1662 5491 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5492 1 Military military JJ 1662 5492 2 Military military JJ 1662 5492 3 branches branch NNS 1662 5492 4 : : : 1662 5492 5 Army Army NNP 1662 5492 6 , , , 1662 5492 7 Air Air NNP 1662 5492 8 Force Force NNP 1662 5492 9 , , , 1662 5492 10 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 5492 11 , , , 1662 5492 12 Republican Republican NNP 1662 5492 13 Guard Guard NNP 1662 5492 14 , , , 1662 5492 15 National National NNP 1662 5492 16 Guard Guard NNP 1662 5492 17 , , , 1662 5492 18 National National NNP 1662 5492 19 Police Police NNP 1662 5492 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5492 21 Surete Surete NNP 1662 5492 22 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 5492 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5492 24 Military military JJ 1662 5492 25 manpower manpower NN 1662 5492 26 - - HYPH 1662 5492 27 availability availability NN 1662 5492 28 : : : 1662 5492 29 males male NNS 1662 5492 30 age age NNP 1662 5492 31 15 15 CD 1662 5492 32 - - HYPH 1662 5492 33 49 49 CD 1662 5492 34 : : : 1662 5492 35 1,976,414 1,976,414 CD 1662 5492 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5492 37 1997 1997 CD 1662 5492 38 est est NNP 1662 5492 39 . . . 1662 5492 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5493 1 Military military JJ 1662 5493 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5493 3 - - HYPH 1662 5493 4 fit fit NN 1662 5493 5 for for IN 1662 5493 6 military military JJ 1662 5493 7 service service NN 1662 5493 8 : : : 1662 5493 9 males male NNS 1662 5493 10 : : : 1662 5493 11 1,129,765 1,129,765 CD 1662 5493 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5493 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5493 14 est est NNP 1662 5493 15 . . . 1662 5493 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5494 1 Military military JJ 1662 5494 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5494 3 - - HYPH 1662 5494 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 5494 5 figure figure NN 1662 5494 6 : : : 1662 5494 7 $ $ $ 1662 5494 8 66 66 CD 1662 5494 9 million million CD 1662 5494 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5494 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 5494 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5494 13 Military military JJ 1662 5494 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5494 15 - - : 1662 5494 16 percent percent NN 1662 5494 17 of of IN 1662 5494 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5494 19 : : : 1662 5494 20 2.2 2.2 CD 1662 5494 21 % % NN 1662 5494 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5494 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 5494 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5494 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5494 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5494 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 5494 28 - - : 1662 5494 29 international international RB 1662 5494 30 : : : 1662 5494 31 none none NN 1662 5494 32 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 33 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 34 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 35 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 36 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 37 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 38 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 39 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 40 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 41 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 42 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 43 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 44 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 45 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 46 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 47 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 48 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 49 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 50 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 51 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 52 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 53 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 54 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 55 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 56 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 57 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 58 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 59 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 60 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 61 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 62 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 63 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 64 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 65 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 66 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 67 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 68 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 69 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 70 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 71 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 72 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 73 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 74 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 75 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 76 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 77 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 78 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 90 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 91 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 92 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 93 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 94 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 95 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 96 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 97 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 98 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 99 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 100 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 101 _ _ NNP 1662 5494 102 MALTA MALTA NNP 1662 5494 103 @Malta @malta NN 1662 5494 104 : : : 1662 5494 105 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5494 106 Location Location NNP 1662 5494 107 : : : 1662 5494 108 Southern Southern NNP 1662 5494 109 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5494 110 , , , 1662 5494 111 islands island NNS 1662 5494 112 in in IN 1662 5494 113 the the DT 1662 5494 114 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 5494 115 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5494 116 , , , 1662 5494 117 south south NN 1662 5494 118 of of IN 1662 5494 119 Sicily Sicily NNP 1662 5494 120 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5494 121 Italy Italy NNP 1662 5494 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5494 123 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5494 124 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5494 125 : : : 1662 5494 126 35 35 CD 1662 5494 127 50 50 CD 1662 5494 128 N n CD 1662 5494 129 , , , 1662 5494 130 14 14 CD 1662 5494 131 35 35 CD 1662 5494 132 E e NN 1662 5494 133 Map Map NNP 1662 5494 134 references reference NNS 1662 5494 135 : : : 1662 5494 136 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5494 137 Area Area NNP 1662 5494 138 : : : 1662 5494 139 total total NN 1662 5494 140 : : : 1662 5494 141 320 320 CD 1662 5494 142 sq sq NN 1662 5494 143 km km NNP 1662 5494 144 land land NN 1662 5494 145 : : : 1662 5494 146 320 320 CD 1662 5494 147 sq sq NNP 1662 5494 148 km km NNP 1662 5494 149 water water NN 1662 5494 150 : : : 1662 5494 151 0 0 NFP 1662 5494 152 sq sq NN 1662 5494 153 km km NNP 1662 5494 154 Area area NN 1662 5494 155 - - HYPH 1662 5494 156 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5494 157 : : : 1662 5494 158 slightly slightly RB 1662 5494 159 less less JJR 1662 5494 160 than than IN 1662 5494 161 twice twice RB 1662 5494 162 the the DT 1662 5494 163 size size NN 1662 5494 164 of of IN 1662 5494 165 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5494 166 , , , 1662 5494 167 DC DC NNP 1662 5494 168 Land Land NNP 1662 5494 169 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5494 170 : : : 1662 5494 171 0 0 LS 1662 5494 172 km km NN 1662 5494 173 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5494 174 : : : 1662 5494 175 140 140 CD 1662 5494 176 km km NN 1662 5494 177 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5494 178 claims claim VBZ 1662 5494 179 : : : 1662 5494 180 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 5494 181 zone zone NN 1662 5494 182 : : : 1662 5494 183 24 24 CD 1662 5494 184 nm nm NNP 1662 5494 185 continental continental JJ 1662 5494 186 shelf shelf NNP 1662 5494 187 : : : 1662 5494 188 200-m 200-m CD 1662 5494 189 depth depth NN 1662 5494 190 or or CC 1662 5494 191 to to IN 1662 5494 192 the the DT 1662 5494 193 depth depth NN 1662 5494 194 of of IN 1662 5494 195 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 5494 196 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 5494 197 fishing fishing NN 1662 5494 198 zone zone NN 1662 5494 199 : : : 1662 5494 200 25 25 CD 1662 5494 201 nm nm CD 1662 5494 202 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5494 203 sea sea NN 1662 5494 204 : : : 1662 5494 205 12 12 CD 1662 5494 206 nm nm NNP 1662 5494 207 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5494 208 : : : 1662 5494 209 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 5494 210 with with IN 1662 5494 211 mild mild JJ 1662 5494 212 , , , 1662 5494 213 rainy rainy JJ 1662 5494 214 winters winter NNS 1662 5494 215 and and CC 1662 5494 216 hot hot JJ 1662 5494 217 , , , 1662 5494 218 dry dry JJ 1662 5494 219 summers summer NNS 1662 5494 220 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 5494 221 : : : 1662 5494 222 mostly mostly RB 1662 5494 223 low low JJ 1662 5494 224 , , , 1662 5494 225 rocky rocky JJ 1662 5494 226 , , , 1662 5494 227 flat flat JJ 1662 5494 228 to to IN 1662 5494 229 dissected dissect VBN 1662 5494 230 plains plain NNS 1662 5494 231 ; ; : 1662 5494 232 many many JJ 1662 5494 233 coastal coastal JJ 1662 5494 234 cliffs cliff NNS 1662 5494 235 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5494 236 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5494 237 : : : 1662 5494 238 lowest low JJS 1662 5494 239 point point NN 1662 5494 240 : : : 1662 5494 241 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 5494 242 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5494 243 0 0 NFP 1662 5494 244 m m DT 1662 5494 245 highest high JJS 1662 5494 246 point point NN 1662 5494 247 : : : 1662 5494 248 Dingli Dingli NNP 1662 5494 249 Cliffs Cliffs NNP 1662 5494 250 245 245 CD 1662 5494 251 m m CD 1662 5494 252 Natural natural JJ 1662 5494 253 resources resource NNS 1662 5494 254 : : : 1662 5494 255 limestone limestone NN 1662 5494 256 , , , 1662 5494 257 salt salt NN 1662 5494 258 Land Land NNP 1662 5494 259 use use NN 1662 5494 260 : : : 1662 5494 261 arable arable JJ 1662 5494 262 land land NN 1662 5494 263 : : : 1662 5494 264 38 38 CD 1662 5494 265 % % NN 1662 5494 266 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5494 267 crops crop NNS 1662 5494 268 : : : 1662 5494 269 3 3 CD 1662 5494 270 % % NN 1662 5494 271 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5494 272 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5494 273 : : : 1662 5494 274 NA% NA% NNS 1662 5494 275 forests forest NNS 1662 5494 276 and and CC 1662 5494 277 woodland woodland NN 1662 5494 278 : : : 1662 5494 279 NA% NA% NNS 1662 5494 280 other other JJ 1662 5494 281 : : : 1662 5494 282 59 59 CD 1662 5494 283 % % NN 1662 5494 284 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5494 285 1993 1993 CD 1662 5494 286 est est NNP 1662 5494 287 . . . 1662 5494 288 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5495 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5495 2 land land NN 1662 5495 3 : : : 1662 5495 4 10 10 CD 1662 5495 5 sq sq NNP 1662 5495 6 km km NNP 1662 5495 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5495 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 5495 9 est est NNP 1662 5495 10 . . . 1662 5495 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5496 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 5496 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5496 3 : : : 1662 5496 4 NA NA NNP 1662 5496 5 Environment environment NN 1662 5496 6 - - HYPH 1662 5496 7 current current JJ 1662 5496 8 issues issue NNS 1662 5496 9 : : : 1662 5496 10 very very RB 1662 5496 11 limited limited JJ 1662 5496 12 natural natural JJ 1662 5496 13 fresh fresh JJ 1662 5496 14 water water NN 1662 5496 15 resources resource NNS 1662 5496 16 ; ; , 1662 5496 17 increasing increase VBG 1662 5496 18 reliance reliance NN 1662 5496 19 on on IN 1662 5496 20 desalination desalination NN 1662 5496 21 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5496 22 - - HYPH 1662 5496 23 international international JJ 1662 5496 24 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5496 25 : : : 1662 5496 26 party party NN 1662 5496 27 to to TO 1662 5496 28 : : : 1662 5496 29 Climate climate NN 1662 5496 30 Change Change NNP 1662 5496 31 , , , 1662 5496 32 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 5496 33 Species Species NNPS 1662 5496 34 , , , 1662 5496 35 Law Law NNP 1662 5496 36 of of IN 1662 5496 37 the the DT 1662 5496 38 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5496 39 , , , 1662 5496 40 Marine Marine NNP 1662 5496 41 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 5496 42 , , , 1662 5496 43 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 5496 44 Test Test NNP 1662 5496 45 Ban Ban NNP 1662 5496 46 , , , 1662 5496 47 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5496 48 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5496 49 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5496 50 , , , 1662 5496 51 Ship Ship NNP 1662 5496 52 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5496 53 , , , 1662 5496 54 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 5496 55 , , , 1662 5496 56 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 5496 57 signed sign VBD 1662 5496 58 , , , 1662 5496 59 but but CC 1662 5496 60 not not RB 1662 5496 61 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5496 62 : : : 1662 5496 63 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 5496 64 , , , 1662 5496 65 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 5496 66 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5496 67 - - HYPH 1662 5496 68 note note NN 1662 5496 69 : : : 1662 5496 70 the the DT 1662 5496 71 country country NN 1662 5496 72 comprises comprise VBZ 1662 5496 73 an an DT 1662 5496 74 archipelago archipelago NN 1662 5496 75 , , , 1662 5496 76 with with IN 1662 5496 77 only only RB 1662 5496 78 the the DT 1662 5496 79 three three CD 1662 5496 80 largest large JJS 1662 5496 81 islands island NNS 1662 5496 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5496 83 Malta Malta NNP 1662 5496 84 , , , 1662 5496 85 Gozo Gozo NNP 1662 5496 86 , , , 1662 5496 87 and and CC 1662 5496 88 Comino Comino NNP 1662 5496 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5496 90 being be VBG 1662 5496 91 inhabited inhabit VBN 1662 5496 92 ; ; : 1662 5496 93 numerous numerous JJ 1662 5496 94 bays bay NNS 1662 5496 95 provide provide VBP 1662 5496 96 good good JJ 1662 5496 97 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5496 98 @Malta @malta NN 1662 5496 99 : : : 1662 5496 100 People People NNP 1662 5496 101 Population Population NNP 1662 5496 102 : : : 1662 5496 103 377,177 377,177 CD 1662 5496 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5496 105 July July NNP 1662 5496 106 1997 1997 CD 1662 5496 107 est est NNP 1662 5496 108 . . . 1662 5496 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5497 1 Age age NN 1662 5497 2 structure structure NN 1662 5497 3 : : : 1662 5497 4 0 0 CD 1662 5497 5 - - HYPH 1662 5497 6 14 14 CD 1662 5497 7 years year NNS 1662 5497 8 : : : 1662 5497 9 21 21 CD 1662 5497 10 % % NN 1662 5497 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5497 12 male male JJ 1662 5497 13 41,207 41,207 CD 1662 5497 14 ; ; : 1662 5497 15 female female JJ 1662 5497 16 39,041 39,041 CD 1662 5497 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5497 18 15 15 CD 1662 5497 19 - - HYPH 1662 5497 20 64 64 CD 1662 5497 21 years year NNS 1662 5497 22 : : : 1662 5497 23 67 67 CD 1662 5497 24 % % NN 1662 5497 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5497 26 male male JJ 1662 5497 27 127,553 127,553 CD 1662 5497 28 ; ; : 1662 5497 29 female female JJ 1662 5497 30 126,355 126,355 CD 1662 5497 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5497 32 65 65 CD 1662 5497 33 years year NNS 1662 5497 34 and and CC 1662 5497 35 over over RB 1662 5497 36 : : : 1662 5497 37 12 12 CD 1662 5497 38 % % NN 1662 5497 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5497 40 male male JJ 1662 5497 41 18,202 18,202 CD 1662 5497 42 ; ; : 1662 5497 43 female female JJ 1662 5497 44 24,819 24,819 CD 1662 5497 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5497 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5497 47 July July NNP 1662 5497 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5497 49 est est NNP 1662 5497 50 . . . 1662 5497 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5498 1 Population population NN 1662 5498 2 growth growth NN 1662 5498 3 rate rate NN 1662 5498 4 : : : 1662 5498 5 0.68 0.68 CD 1662 5498 6 % % NN 1662 5498 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5498 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5498 9 est est NNP 1662 5498 10 . . . 1662 5498 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5499 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5499 2 rate rate NN 1662 5499 3 : : : 1662 5499 4 12.47 12.47 CD 1662 5499 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 5499 6 population population NN 1662 5499 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5499 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5499 9 est est NNP 1662 5499 10 . . . 1662 5499 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5500 1 Death death NN 1662 5500 2 rate rate NN 1662 5500 3 : : : 1662 5500 4 7.34 7.34 CD 1662 5500 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5500 6 population population NN 1662 5500 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5500 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5500 9 est est NNP 1662 5500 10 . . . 1662 5500 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5501 1 Net net JJ 1662 5501 2 migration migration NN 1662 5501 3 rate rate NN 1662 5501 4 : : : 1662 5501 5 1.65 1.65 CD 1662 5501 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 5501 7 population population NN 1662 5501 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5501 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5501 10 est est NNP 1662 5501 11 . . . 1662 5501 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5502 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5502 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5502 3 : : : 1662 5502 4 at at IN 1662 5502 5 birth birth NN 1662 5502 6 : : : 1662 5502 7 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 5502 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5502 9 under under IN 1662 5502 10 15 15 CD 1662 5502 11 years year NNS 1662 5502 12 : : : 1662 5502 13 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 5502 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5502 15 15 15 CD 1662 5502 16 - - SYM 1662 5502 17 64 64 CD 1662 5502 18 years year NNS 1662 5502 19 : : : 1662 5502 20 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 5502 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5502 22 65 65 CD 1662 5502 23 years year NNS 1662 5502 24 and and CC 1662 5502 25 over over IN 1662 5502 26 : : : 1662 5502 27 0.73 0.73 CD 1662 5502 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 5502 29 total total JJ 1662 5502 30 population population NN 1662 5502 31 : : : 1662 5502 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 5502 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5502 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5502 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5502 36 est e JJS 1662 5502 37 . . . 1662 5502 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5503 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5503 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5503 3 rate rate NN 1662 5503 4 : : : 1662 5503 5 7.7 7.7 CD 1662 5503 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5503 7 live live JJ 1662 5503 8 births birth NNS 1662 5503 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5503 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5503 11 est est NNP 1662 5503 12 . . . 1662 5503 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5504 1 Life life NN 1662 5504 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5504 3 at at IN 1662 5504 4 birth birth NN 1662 5504 5 : : : 1662 5504 6 total total JJ 1662 5504 7 population population NN 1662 5504 8 : : : 1662 5504 9 77.44 77.44 CD 1662 5504 10 years year NNS 1662 5504 11 male male JJ 1662 5504 12 : : : 1662 5504 13 75.16 75.16 CD 1662 5504 14 years year NNS 1662 5504 15 female female JJ 1662 5504 16 : : : 1662 5504 17 79.87 79.87 CD 1662 5504 18 years year NNS 1662 5504 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5504 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5504 21 est est NNP 1662 5504 22 . . . 1662 5504 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5505 1 Total total JJ 1662 5505 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5505 3 rate rate NN 1662 5505 4 : : : 1662 5505 5 1.84 1.84 CD 1662 5505 6 children child NNS 1662 5505 7 born bear VBN 1662 5505 8 / / SYM 1662 5505 9 woman woman NN 1662 5505 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5505 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5505 12 est est NNP 1662 5505 13 . . . 1662 5505 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5506 2 : : : 1662 5506 3 noun noun NN 1662 5506 4 : : : 1662 5506 5 Maltese Maltese NNP 1662 5506 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 7 singular singular JJ 1662 5506 8 and and CC 1662 5506 9 plural plural JJ 1662 5506 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 5506 12 : : : 1662 5506 13 Maltese maltese JJ 1662 5506 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5506 15 groups group NNS 1662 5506 16 : : : 1662 5506 17 Maltese Maltese NNP 1662 5506 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 19 descendants descendant NNS 1662 5506 20 of of IN 1662 5506 21 ancient ancient JJ 1662 5506 22 Carthaginians Carthaginians NNPS 1662 5506 23 and and CC 1662 5506 24 Phoenicians Phoenicians NNPS 1662 5506 25 , , , 1662 5506 26 with with IN 1662 5506 27 strong strong JJ 1662 5506 28 elements element NNS 1662 5506 29 of of IN 1662 5506 30 Italian italian JJ 1662 5506 31 and and CC 1662 5506 32 other other JJ 1662 5506 33 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 5506 34 stock stock NN 1662 5506 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 36 Religions religion NNS 1662 5506 37 : : : 1662 5506 38 Roman Roman NNP 1662 5506 39 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 5506 40 98 98 CD 1662 5506 41 % % NN 1662 5506 42 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 5506 43 : : : 1662 5506 44 Maltese Maltese NNP 1662 5506 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 46 official official NN 1662 5506 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 48 , , , 1662 5506 49 English English NNP 1662 5506 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 51 official official JJ 1662 5506 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 53 Literacy literacy NN 1662 5506 54 : : : 1662 5506 55 definition definition NN 1662 5506 56 : : : 1662 5506 57 age age NN 1662 5506 58 10 10 CD 1662 5506 59 and and CC 1662 5506 60 over over RB 1662 5506 61 can can MD 1662 5506 62 read read VB 1662 5506 63 and and CC 1662 5506 64 write write VB 1662 5506 65 total total JJ 1662 5506 66 population population NN 1662 5506 67 : : : 1662 5506 68 88 88 CD 1662 5506 69 % % NN 1662 5506 70 male male NN 1662 5506 71 : : : 1662 5506 72 88 88 CD 1662 5506 73 % % NN 1662 5506 74 female female NN 1662 5506 75 : : : 1662 5506 76 88 88 CD 1662 5506 77 % % NN 1662 5506 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 79 1985 1985 CD 1662 5506 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 81 @Malta @malta NN 1662 5506 82 : : : 1662 5506 83 Government Government NNP 1662 5506 84 Country Country NNP 1662 5506 85 name name NN 1662 5506 86 : : : 1662 5506 87 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5506 88 long long JJ 1662 5506 89 form form NN 1662 5506 90 : : : 1662 5506 91 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5506 92 of of IN 1662 5506 93 Malta Malta NNP 1662 5506 94 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5506 95 short short JJ 1662 5506 96 form form NN 1662 5506 97 : : : 1662 5506 98 Malta Malta NNP 1662 5506 99 Data Data NNP 1662 5506 100 code code NN 1662 5506 101 : : : 1662 5506 102 MT MT NNP 1662 5506 103 Government Government NNP 1662 5506 104 type type NN 1662 5506 105 : : : 1662 5506 106 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 5506 107 democracy democracy NN 1662 5506 108 National national JJ 1662 5506 109 capital capital NN 1662 5506 110 : : : 1662 5506 111 Valletta Valletta NNP 1662 5506 112 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 5506 113 divisions division NNS 1662 5506 114 : : : 1662 5506 115 none none NN 1662 5506 116 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 117 administered administer VBN 1662 5506 118 directly directly RB 1662 5506 119 from from IN 1662 5506 120 Valletta Valletta NNP 1662 5506 121 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 122 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5506 123 : : : 1662 5506 124 21 21 CD 1662 5506 125 September September NNP 1662 5506 126 1964 1964 CD 1662 5506 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 128 from from IN 1662 5506 129 UK UK NNP 1662 5506 130 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 131 National national JJ 1662 5506 132 holiday holiday NN 1662 5506 133 : : : 1662 5506 134 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5506 135 Day Day NNP 1662 5506 136 , , , 1662 5506 137 21 21 CD 1662 5506 138 September September NNP 1662 5506 139 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 140 1964 1964 CD 1662 5506 141 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 142 Constitution constitution NN 1662 5506 143 : : : 1662 5506 144 1964 1964 CD 1662 5506 145 constitution constitution NN 1662 5506 146 substantially substantially RB 1662 5506 147 amended amend VBN 1662 5506 148 on on IN 1662 5506 149 13 13 CD 1662 5506 150 December December NNP 1662 5506 151 1974 1974 CD 1662 5506 152 Legal legal JJ 1662 5506 153 system system NN 1662 5506 154 : : : 1662 5506 155 based base VBN 1662 5506 156 on on IN 1662 5506 157 English English NNP 1662 5506 158 common common JJ 1662 5506 159 law law NN 1662 5506 160 and and CC 1662 5506 161 Roman roman JJ 1662 5506 162 civil civil JJ 1662 5506 163 law law NN 1662 5506 164 ; ; : 1662 5506 165 has have VBZ 1662 5506 166 accepted accept VBN 1662 5506 167 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 5506 168 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 5506 169 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 5506 170 , , , 1662 5506 171 with with IN 1662 5506 172 reservations reservation NNS 1662 5506 173 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 5506 174 : : : 1662 5506 175 18 18 CD 1662 5506 176 years year NNS 1662 5506 177 of of IN 1662 5506 178 age age NN 1662 5506 179 ; ; : 1662 5506 180 universal universal JJ 1662 5506 181 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5506 182 branch branch NN 1662 5506 183 : : : 1662 5506 184 chief chief NN 1662 5506 185 of of IN 1662 5506 186 state state NN 1662 5506 187 : : : 1662 5506 188 President President NNP 1662 5506 189 Ugo Ugo NNP 1662 5506 190 MIFSUD MIFSUD NNP 1662 5506 191 BONNICI BONNICI NNP 1662 5506 192 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 193 since since IN 1662 5506 194 4 4 CD 1662 5506 195 April April NNP 1662 5506 196 1994 1994 CD 1662 5506 197 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 198 head head NN 1662 5506 199 of of IN 1662 5506 200 government government NN 1662 5506 201 : : : 1662 5506 202 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5506 203 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5506 204 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 5506 205 Alfred Alfred NNP 1662 5506 206 SANT SANT NNP 1662 5506 207 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 208 since since IN 1662 5506 209 28 28 CD 1662 5506 210 October October NNP 1662 5506 211 1996 1996 CD 1662 5506 212 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 213 ; ; : 1662 5506 214 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 5506 215 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5506 216 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5506 217 and and CC 1662 5506 218 Foreign Foreign NNP 1662 5506 219 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5506 220 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 5506 221 George George NNP 1662 5506 222 VELLA VELLA NNP 1662 5506 223 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 224 since since IN 1662 5506 225 29 29 CD 1662 5506 226 October October NNP 1662 5506 227 1996 1996 CD 1662 5506 228 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 229 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5506 230 : : : 1662 5506 231 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 5506 232 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5506 233 by by IN 1662 5506 234 the the DT 1662 5506 235 president president NN 1662 5506 236 on on IN 1662 5506 237 the the DT 1662 5506 238 advice advice NN 1662 5506 239 of of IN 1662 5506 240 the the DT 1662 5506 241 prime prime NNP 1662 5506 242 minister minister NNP 1662 5506 243 elections election NNS 1662 5506 244 : : : 1662 5506 245 president president NNP 1662 5506 246 elected elect VBN 1662 5506 247 by by IN 1662 5506 248 the the DT 1662 5506 249 House House NNP 1662 5506 250 of of IN 1662 5506 251 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 5506 252 for for IN 1662 5506 253 a a DT 1662 5506 254 five five CD 1662 5506 255 - - HYPH 1662 5506 256 year year NN 1662 5506 257 term term NN 1662 5506 258 ; ; : 1662 5506 259 election election NN 1662 5506 260 last last JJ 1662 5506 261 held hold VBN 1662 5506 262 NA NA NNP 1662 5506 263 April April NNP 1662 5506 264 1994 1994 CD 1662 5506 265 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 266 next next JJ 1662 5506 267 to to TO 1662 5506 268 be be VB 1662 5506 269 held hold VBN 1662 5506 270 by by IN 1662 5506 271 NA NA NNP 1662 5506 272 April April NNP 1662 5506 273 1999 1999 CD 1662 5506 274 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 275 ; ; : 1662 5506 276 following follow VBG 1662 5506 277 House House NNP 1662 5506 278 of of IN 1662 5506 279 Representatives Representatives NNP 1662 5506 280 elections election NNS 1662 5506 281 , , , 1662 5506 282 the the DT 1662 5506 283 leader leader NN 1662 5506 284 of of IN 1662 5506 285 the the DT 1662 5506 286 majority majority NNP 1662 5506 287 party party NN 1662 5506 288 or or CC 1662 5506 289 leader leader NN 1662 5506 290 of of IN 1662 5506 291 a a DT 1662 5506 292 majority majority NN 1662 5506 293 coalition coalition NN 1662 5506 294 is be VBZ 1662 5506 295 usually usually RB 1662 5506 296 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5506 297 prime prime NNP 1662 5506 298 minister minister NNP 1662 5506 299 by by IN 1662 5506 300 the the DT 1662 5506 301 president president NN 1662 5506 302 for for IN 1662 5506 303 a a DT 1662 5506 304 five five CD 1662 5506 305 - - HYPH 1662 5506 306 year year NN 1662 5506 307 term term NN 1662 5506 308 election election NN 1662 5506 309 results result NNS 1662 5506 310 : : : 1662 5506 311 Ugo Ugo NNP 1662 5506 312 MIFSUD MIFSUD NNP 1662 5506 313 BONNICI BONNICI NNP 1662 5506 314 elected elect VBD 1662 5506 315 president president NN 1662 5506 316 ; ; : 1662 5506 317 percent percent NN 1662 5506 318 of of IN 1662 5506 319 House House NNP 1662 5506 320 of of IN 1662 5506 321 Representatives Representatives NNP 1662 5506 322 vote vote NN 1662 5506 323 - - HYPH 1662 5506 324 NA NA NNP 1662 5506 325 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 5506 326 branch branch NN 1662 5506 327 : : : 1662 5506 328 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 5506 329 House House NNP 1662 5506 330 of of IN 1662 5506 331 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 5506 332 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 333 usually usually RB 1662 5506 334 65 65 CD 1662 5506 335 seats seat NNS 1662 5506 336 ; ; : 1662 5506 337 note note NN 1662 5506 338 - - HYPH 1662 5506 339 additional additional JJ 1662 5506 340 seats seat NNS 1662 5506 341 are be VBP 1662 5506 342 given give VBN 1662 5506 343 to to IN 1662 5506 344 the the DT 1662 5506 345 party party NN 1662 5506 346 with with IN 1662 5506 347 the the DT 1662 5506 348 largest large JJS 1662 5506 349 popular popular JJ 1662 5506 350 vote vote NN 1662 5506 351 to to TO 1662 5506 352 ensure ensure VB 1662 5506 353 a a DT 1662 5506 354 legislative legislative JJ 1662 5506 355 majority majority NN 1662 5506 356 ; ; , 1662 5506 357 current current JJ 1662 5506 358 total total NN 1662 5506 359 : : : 1662 5506 360 69 69 CD 1662 5506 361 seats seat NNS 1662 5506 362 ; ; : 1662 5506 363 members member NNS 1662 5506 364 are be VBP 1662 5506 365 elected elect VBN 1662 5506 366 by by IN 1662 5506 367 proportional proportional JJ 1662 5506 368 representation representation NN 1662 5506 369 to to TO 1662 5506 370 serve serve VB 1662 5506 371 five five CD 1662 5506 372 - - HYPH 1662 5506 373 year year NN 1662 5506 374 terms term NNS 1662 5506 375 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 376 elections election NNS 1662 5506 377 : : : 1662 5506 378 last last RB 1662 5506 379 held hold VBD 1662 5506 380 26 26 CD 1662 5506 381 October October NNP 1662 5506 382 1996 1996 CD 1662 5506 383 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 384 next next JJ 1662 5506 385 to to TO 1662 5506 386 be be VB 1662 5506 387 held hold VBN 1662 5506 388 by by IN 1662 5506 389 October October NNP 1662 5506 390 2001 2001 CD 1662 5506 391 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 392 election election NN 1662 5506 393 results result NNS 1662 5506 394 : : : 1662 5506 395 percent percent NN 1662 5506 396 of of IN 1662 5506 397 vote vote NN 1662 5506 398 by by IN 1662 5506 399 party party NNP 1662 5506 400 - - HYPH 1662 5506 401 MLP MLP NNP 1662 5506 402 50.7 50.7 CD 1662 5506 403 % % NN 1662 5506 404 , , , 1662 5506 405 NP NP NNP 1662 5506 406 46.5 46.5 CD 1662 5506 407 % % NN 1662 5506 408 ; ; , 1662 5506 409 seats seat NNS 1662 5506 410 by by IN 1662 5506 411 party party NN 1662 5506 412 - - HYPH 1662 5506 413 NP NP NNP 1662 5506 414 34 34 CD 1662 5506 415 , , , 1662 5506 416 MLP MLP NNP 1662 5506 417 31 31 CD 1662 5506 418 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 419 MLP MLP NNP 1662 5506 420 35 35 CD 1662 5506 421 , , , 1662 5506 422 NP NP NNP 1662 5506 423 34 34 CD 1662 5506 424 after after IN 1662 5506 425 adjustment adjustment NN 1662 5506 426 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 427 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 5506 428 branch branch NN 1662 5506 429 : : : 1662 5506 430 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 5506 431 Court Court NNP 1662 5506 432 , , , 1662 5506 433 judges judge NNS 1662 5506 434 are be VBP 1662 5506 435 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5506 436 by by IN 1662 5506 437 the the DT 1662 5506 438 president president NN 1662 5506 439 on on IN 1662 5506 440 the the DT 1662 5506 441 advice advice NN 1662 5506 442 of of IN 1662 5506 443 the the DT 1662 5506 444 prime prime JJ 1662 5506 445 minister minister NN 1662 5506 446 ; ; : 1662 5506 447 Court Court NNP 1662 5506 448 of of IN 1662 5506 449 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 5506 450 , , , 1662 5506 451 judges judge NNS 1662 5506 452 are be VBP 1662 5506 453 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5506 454 by by IN 1662 5506 455 the the DT 1662 5506 456 president president NN 1662 5506 457 on on IN 1662 5506 458 the the DT 1662 5506 459 advice advice NN 1662 5506 460 of of IN 1662 5506 461 the the DT 1662 5506 462 prime prime JJ 1662 5506 463 minister minister NN 1662 5506 464 Political political JJ 1662 5506 465 parties party NNS 1662 5506 466 and and CC 1662 5506 467 leaders leader NNS 1662 5506 468 : : : 1662 5506 469 Nationalist Nationalist NNP 1662 5506 470 Party Party NNP 1662 5506 471 or or CC 1662 5506 472 NP NP NNP 1662 5506 473 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5506 474 Edward Edward NNP 1662 5506 475 FENECH FENECH NNP 1662 5506 476 ADAMI ADAMI NNP 1662 5506 477 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5506 478 ; ; : 1662 5506 479 Malta Malta NNP 1662 5506 480 Labor Labor NNP 1662 5506 481 Party Party NNP 1662 5506 482 or or CC 1662 5506 483 MLP MLP NNP 1662 5506 484 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5506 485 Alfred Alfred NNP 1662 5506 486 SANT SANT NNP 1662 5506 487 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5506 488 International international JJ 1662 5506 489 organization organization NN 1662 5506 490 participation participation NN 1662 5506 491 : : : 1662 5506 492 C C NNP 1662 5506 493 , , , 1662 5506 494 CCC CCC NNP 1662 5506 495 , , , 1662 5506 496 CE CE NNP 1662 5506 497 , , , 1662 5506 498 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 5506 499 , , , 1662 5506 500 ECE ECE NNP 1662 5506 501 , , , 1662 5506 502 EU EU NNP 1662 5506 503 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 504 applicant applicant NN 1662 5506 505 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 506 , , , 1662 5506 507 FAO FAO NNP 1662 5506 508 , , , 1662 5506 509 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 5506 510 , , , 1662 5506 511 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 5506 512 , , , 1662 5506 513 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 5506 514 , , , 1662 5506 515 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 5506 516 , , , 1662 5506 517 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 5506 518 , , , 1662 5506 519 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 5506 520 , , , 1662 5506 521 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 5506 522 , , , 1662 5506 523 ILO ILO NNP 1662 5506 524 , , , 1662 5506 525 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5506 526 , , , 1662 5506 527 IMO imo RB 1662 5506 528 , , , 1662 5506 529 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 5506 530 , , , 1662 5506 531 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5506 532 , , , 1662 5506 533 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 5506 534 , , , 1662 5506 535 IOC IOC NNP 1662 5506 536 , , , 1662 5506 537 IOM IOM NNP 1662 5506 538 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 539 observer observer NN 1662 5506 540 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 541 , , , 1662 5506 542 ISO ISO NNP 1662 5506 543 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 544 correspondent correspondent NN 1662 5506 545 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 546 , , , 1662 5506 547 ITU ITU NNP 1662 5506 548 , , , 1662 5506 549 NACC NACC NNP 1662 5506 550 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 551 observer observer NN 1662 5506 552 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 553 , , , 1662 5506 554 NAM NAM NNP 1662 5506 555 , , , 1662 5506 556 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 5506 557 , , , 1662 5506 558 PCA PCA NNP 1662 5506 559 , , , 1662 5506 560 UN UN NNP 1662 5506 561 , , , 1662 5506 562 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 5506 563 , , , 1662 5506 564 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 5506 565 , , , 1662 5506 566 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 5506 567 , , , 1662 5506 568 UPU UPU NNP 1662 5506 569 , , , 1662 5506 570 WCL WCL NNP 1662 5506 571 , , , 1662 5506 572 WHO WHO NNP 1662 5506 573 , , , 1662 5506 574 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 5506 575 , , , 1662 5506 576 WMO WMO NNP 1662 5506 577 , , , 1662 5506 578 WToO wtoo FW 1662 5506 579 , , , 1662 5506 580 WTrO wtro VB 1662 5506 581 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5506 582 representation representation NN 1662 5506 583 in in IN 1662 5506 584 the the DT 1662 5506 585 US US NNP 1662 5506 586 : : : 1662 5506 587 chief chief NN 1662 5506 588 of of IN 1662 5506 589 mission mission NN 1662 5506 590 : : : 1662 5506 591 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5506 592 Albert Albert NNP 1662 5506 593 Borg Borg NNP 1662 5506 594 Olivier Olivier NNP 1662 5506 595 DE DE NNP 1662 5506 596 PUGET PUGET NNP 1662 5506 597 chancery chancery NN 1662 5506 598 : : : 1662 5506 599 2017 2017 CD 1662 5506 600 Connecticut Connecticut NNP 1662 5506 601 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 5506 602 NW NW NNP 1662 5506 603 , , , 1662 5506 604 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5506 605 , , , 1662 5506 606 DC DC NNP 1662 5506 607 20008 20008 CD 1662 5506 608 telephone telephone NN 1662 5506 609 : : : 1662 5506 610 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5506 611 1 1 CD 1662 5506 612 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5506 613 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 614 202 202 CD 1662 5506 615 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 616 462 462 CD 1662 5506 617 - - SYM 1662 5506 618 3611 3611 CD 1662 5506 619 , , , 1662 5506 620 3612 3612 CD 1662 5506 621 FAX FAX NNP 1662 5506 622 : : : 1662 5506 623 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5506 624 1 1 CD 1662 5506 625 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5506 626 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 627 202 202 CD 1662 5506 628 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 629 387 387 CD 1662 5506 630 - - HYPH 1662 5506 631 5470 5470 CD 1662 5506 632 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 5506 633 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 634 : : : 1662 5506 635 New New NNP 1662 5506 636 York York NNP 1662 5506 637 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5506 638 representation representation NN 1662 5506 639 from from IN 1662 5506 640 the the DT 1662 5506 641 US US NNP 1662 5506 642 : : : 1662 5506 643 chief chief NN 1662 5506 644 of of IN 1662 5506 645 mission mission NN 1662 5506 646 : : : 1662 5506 647 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5506 648 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5506 649 vacant vacant JJ 1662 5506 650 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5506 651 ; ; : 1662 5506 652 Charge Charge NNP 1662 5506 653 d'Affaires d'Affaires NNP 1662 5506 654 Charles Charles NNP 1662 5506 655 N. N. NNP 1662 5506 656 PATTERSON PATTERSON NNP 1662 5506 657 , , , 1662 5506 658 Jr. Jr. NNP 1662 5506 659 embassy embassy NN 1662 5506 660 : : : 1662 5506 661 2nd 2nd JJ 1662 5506 662 Floor Floor NNP 1662 5506 663 , , , 1662 5506 664 Development Development NNP 1662 5506 665 House House NNP 1662 5506 666 , , , 1662 5506 667 Saint Saint NNP 1662 5506 668 Anne Anne NNP 1662 5506 669 Street Street NNP 1662 5506 670 , , , 1662 5506 671 Floriana Floriana NNP 1662 5506 672 , , , 1662 5506 673 Malta Malta NNP 1662 5506 674 mailing mail VBG 1662 5506 675 address address NN 1662 5506 676 : : : 1662 5506 677 P. P. NNP 1662 5506 678 O. O. 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148 1996 1996 CD 1662 5520 149 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5520 150 Economic economic JJ 1662 5520 151 aid aid NN 1662 5520 152 : : : 1662 5520 153 recipient recipient NN 1662 5520 154 : : : 1662 5520 155 ODA ODA NNP 1662 5520 156 , , , 1662 5520 157 $ $ $ 1662 5520 158 NA NA NNP 1662 5520 159 Currency currency NN 1662 5520 160 : : : 1662 5520 161 1 1 CD 1662 5520 162 Maltese maltese JJ 1662 5520 163 lira lira NN 1662 5520 164 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5520 165 LM LM NNP 1662 5520 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5520 167 = = NFP 1662 5520 168 100 100 CD 1662 5520 169 cents cent NNS 1662 5520 170 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5520 171 rates rate NNS 1662 5520 172 : : : 1662 5520 173 Maltese maltese JJ 1662 5520 174 liri liri NN 1662 5520 175 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5520 176 LM LM NNP 1662 5520 177 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5520 178 per per IN 1662 5520 179 US$ us$ $ 1662 5520 180 1 1 CD 1662 5520 181 - - HYPH 1662 5520 182 0.3677 0.3677 CD 1662 5520 183 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5520 184 January January NNP 1662 5520 185 1997 1997 CD 1662 5520 186 ) ) 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CD 1662 5521 30 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5521 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5521 32 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 5521 33 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5521 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5521 35 Radio radio NN 1662 5521 36 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5521 37 stations station NNS 1662 5521 38 : : : 1662 5521 39 AM AM NNP 1662 5521 40 8 8 CD 1662 5521 41 , , , 1662 5521 42 FM FM NNP 1662 5521 43 4 4 CD 1662 5521 44 , , , 1662 5521 45 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 5521 46 0 0 CD 1662 5521 47 Radios radio NNS 1662 5521 48 : : : 1662 5521 49 189,000 189,000 CD 1662 5521 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5521 51 1992 1992 CD 1662 5521 52 est est NNP 1662 5521 53 . . . 1662 5521 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5522 1 Television television NN 1662 5522 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5522 3 stations station NNS 1662 5522 4 : : : 1662 5522 5 4 4 CD 1662 5522 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5522 7 1996 1996 CD 1662 5522 8 est est NNP 1662 5522 9 . . . 1662 5522 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5523 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 5523 2 : : : 1662 5523 3 300,000 300,000 CD 1662 5523 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5523 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 5523 6 est est NNP 1662 5523 7 . . . 1662 5523 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5524 1 @Malta @malta LS 1662 5524 2 : : : 1662 5524 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5524 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5524 5 : : : 1662 5524 6 0 0 LS 1662 5524 7 km km NN 1662 5524 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 5524 9 : : : 1662 5524 10 total total NN 1662 5524 11 : : : 1662 5524 12 1,582 1,582 CD 1662 5524 13 km km NN 1662 5524 14 paved pave VBN 1662 5524 15 : : : 1662 5524 16 1,471 1,471 CD 1662 5524 17 km km NNP 1662 5524 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5524 19 : : : 1662 5524 20 111 111 CD 1662 5524 21 km km NNS 1662 5524 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5524 23 1993 1993 CD 1662 5524 24 est est NNP 1662 5524 25 . . . 1662 5524 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5525 1 Ports port NNS 1662 5525 2 and and CC 1662 5525 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5525 4 : : : 1662 5525 5 Marsaxlokk Marsaxlokk NNP 1662 5525 6 , , , 1662 5525 7 Valletta Valletta NNP 1662 5525 8 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 5525 9 marine marine NN 1662 5525 10 : : : 1662 5525 11 total total NN 1662 5525 12 : : : 1662 5525 13 1,128 1,128 CD 1662 5525 14 ships ship NNS 1662 5525 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5525 16 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 5525 17 GRT GRT NNP 1662 5525 18 or or CC 1662 5525 19 over over RB 1662 5525 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5525 21 totaling total VBG 1662 5525 22 18,806,358 18,806,358 CD 1662 5525 23 GRT/31,554,713 GRT/31,554,713 NNP 1662 5525 24 DWT DWT NNP 1662 5525 25 ships ship NNS 1662 5525 26 by by IN 1662 5525 27 type type NN 1662 5525 28 : : : 1662 5525 29 bulk bulk NNP 1662 5525 30 314 314 CD 1662 5525 31 , , , 1662 5525 32 cargo cargo NN 1662 5525 33 353 353 CD 1662 5525 34 , , , 1662 5525 35 chemical chemical NN 1662 5525 36 tanker tanker NN 1662 5525 37 32 32 CD 1662 5525 38 , , , 1662 5525 39 combination combination NN 1662 5525 40 bulk bulk NNP 1662 5525 41 27 27 CD 1662 5525 42 , , , 1662 5525 43 combination combination NN 1662 5525 44 ore ore NN 1662 5525 45 / / SYM 1662 5525 46 oil oil NN 1662 5525 47 13 13 CD 1662 5525 48 , , , 1662 5525 49 container container NN 1662 5525 50 43 43 CD 1662 5525 51 , , , 1662 5525 52 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 5525 53 gas gas NN 1662 5525 54 tanker tanker NN 1662 5525 55 2 2 CD 1662 5525 56 , , , 1662 5525 57 livestock livestock NN 1662 5525 58 carrier carrier NN 1662 5525 59 1 1 CD 1662 5525 60 , , , 1662 5525 61 multifunction multifunction NN 1662 5525 62 large large JJ 1662 5525 63 - - HYPH 1662 5525 64 load load NN 1662 5525 65 carrier carrier NN 1662 5525 66 3 3 CD 1662 5525 67 , , , 1662 5525 68 oil oil NN 1662 5525 69 tanker tanker NN 1662 5525 70 224 224 CD 1662 5525 71 , , , 1662 5525 72 passenger passenger NN 1662 5525 73 7 7 CD 1662 5525 74 , , , 1662 5525 75 passenger passenger NN 1662 5525 76 - - HYPH 1662 5525 77 cargo cargo NN 1662 5525 78 3 3 CD 1662 5525 79 , , , 1662 5525 80 railcar railcar NN 1662 5525 81 carrier carrier NN 1662 5525 82 1 1 CD 1662 5525 83 , , , 1662 5525 84 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 5525 85 cargo cargo NN 1662 5525 86 31 31 CD 1662 5525 87 , , , 1662 5525 88 roll roll NN 1662 5525 89 - - HYPH 1662 5525 90 on on IN 1662 5525 91 / / SYM 1662 5525 92 roll roll NN 1662 5525 93 - - HYPH 1662 5525 94 off off RP 1662 5525 95 cargo cargo NN 1662 5525 96 37 37 CD 1662 5525 97 , , , 1662 5525 98 short short JJ 1662 5525 99 - - HYPH 1662 5525 100 sea sea NN 1662 5525 101 passenger passenger NN 1662 5525 102 22 22 CD 1662 5525 103 , , , 1662 5525 104 specialized specialized NNP 1662 5525 105 tanker tanker NN 1662 5525 106 3 3 CD 1662 5525 107 , , , 1662 5525 108 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 5525 109 carrier carrier NN 1662 5525 110 12 12 CD 1662 5525 111 note note NN 1662 5525 112 : : : 1662 5525 113 a a DT 1662 5525 114 flag flag NN 1662 5525 115 of of IN 1662 5525 116 convenience convenience NN 1662 5525 117 registry registry NN 1662 5525 118 ; ; : 1662 5525 119 includes include VBZ 1662 5525 120 ships ship NNS 1662 5525 121 from from IN 1662 5525 122 46 46 CD 1662 5525 123 countries country NNS 1662 5525 124 among among 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5526 3 1 1 CD 1662 5526 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5526 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 5526 6 est est NNP 1662 5526 7 . . . 1662 5526 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5527 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5527 2 - - , 1662 5527 3 with with IN 1662 5527 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5527 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5527 6 : : : 1662 5527 7 total total NN 1662 5527 8 : : : 1662 5527 9 1 1 CD 1662 5527 10 over over IN 1662 5527 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5527 12 m m NN 1662 5527 13 : : : 1662 5527 14 1 1 CD 1662 5527 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5527 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 5527 17 est est NNP 1662 5527 18 . . . 1662 5527 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5528 1 Military military JJ 1662 5528 2 Military military JJ 1662 5528 3 branches branch NNS 1662 5528 4 : : : 1662 5528 5 Armed Armed NNP 1662 5528 6 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5528 7 , , , 1662 5528 8 Maltese Maltese NNP 1662 5528 9 Police Police NNPS 1662 5528 10 Force Force NNP 1662 5528 11 Military Military NNP 1662 5528 12 manpower manpower NN 1662 5528 13 - - HYPH 1662 5528 14 availability availability NN 1662 5528 15 : : : 1662 5528 16 males male NNS 1662 5528 17 age age NNP 1662 5528 18 15 15 CD 1662 5528 19 - - HYPH 1662 5528 20 49 49 CD 1662 5528 21 : : : 1662 5528 22 99,032 99,032 CD 1662 5528 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5528 24 1997 1997 CD 1662 5528 25 est est NNP 1662 5528 26 . . . 1662 5528 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5529 1 Military military JJ 1662 5529 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5529 3 - - HYPH 1662 5529 4 fit fit NN 1662 5529 5 for for IN 1662 5529 6 military military JJ 1662 5529 7 service service NN 1662 5529 8 : : : 1662 5529 9 males male NNS 1662 5529 10 : : : 1662 5529 11 78,710 78,710 CD 1662 5529 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5529 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5529 14 est est NNP 1662 5529 15 . . . 1662 5529 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5530 1 Military military JJ 1662 5530 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5530 3 - - HYPH 1662 5530 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 5530 5 figure figure NN 1662 5530 6 : : : 1662 5530 7 $ $ $ 1662 5530 8 65.5 65.5 CD 1662 5530 9 million million CD 1662 5530 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5530 11 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 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5530 132 _ _ NNP 1662 5530 133 _ _ NNP 1662 5530 134 _ _ NNP 1662 5530 135 MAN MAN NNP 1662 5530 136 , , , 1662 5530 137 ISLE ISLE NNP 1662 5530 138 OF of IN 1662 5530 139 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5530 140 British british JJ 1662 5530 141 crown crown NN 1662 5530 142 dependency dependency NN 1662 5530 143 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5530 144 @Man @Man NFP 1662 5530 145 , , , 1662 5530 146 Isle Isle NNP 1662 5530 147 of of IN 1662 5530 148 : : : 1662 5530 149 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5530 150 Location Location NNP 1662 5530 151 : : : 1662 5530 152 Western Western NNP 1662 5530 153 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5530 154 , , , 1662 5530 155 island island NN 1662 5530 156 in in IN 1662 5530 157 the the DT 1662 5530 158 Irish Irish NNP 1662 5530 159 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5530 160 , , , 1662 5530 161 between between IN 1662 5530 162 Great Great NNP 1662 5530 163 Britain Britain NNP 1662 5530 164 and and CC 1662 5530 165 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 5530 166 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5530 167 coordinates coordinate VBZ 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5554 11 the the DT 1662 5554 12 UK UK NNP 1662 5554 13 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5554 14 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5554 15 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 5554 16 - - : 1662 5554 17 international international RB 1662 5554 18 : : : 1662 5554 19 none none NN 1662 5554 20 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 21 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 22 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 23 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 24 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 25 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 26 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 27 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 28 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 29 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 30 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 31 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 32 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 33 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 34 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 35 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 36 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 37 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 38 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 39 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 40 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 41 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 42 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 43 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 44 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 45 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 46 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 47 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 48 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 49 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 50 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 51 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 52 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 53 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 54 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 55 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 56 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 57 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 58 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 59 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 60 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 61 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 62 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 63 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 64 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 65 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 66 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 67 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 68 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 69 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 70 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 71 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 72 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 73 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 74 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 75 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 76 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 77 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 78 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5554 90 MARSHALL MARSHALL NNP 1662 5554 91 ISLANDS island VBZ 1662 5554 92 @Marshall @marshall DT 1662 5554 93 Islands island NNS 1662 5554 94 : : : 1662 5554 95 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5554 96 Location Location NNP 1662 5554 97 : : : 1662 5554 98 Oceania 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5554 174 of of IN 1662 5554 175 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5554 176 , , , 1662 5554 177 DC DC NNP 1662 5554 178 Land Land NNP 1662 5554 179 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5554 180 : : : 1662 5554 181 0 0 LS 1662 5554 182 km km NN 1662 5554 183 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5554 184 : : : 1662 5554 185 370.4 370.4 CD 1662 5554 186 km km NN 1662 5554 187 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5554 188 claims claim VBZ 1662 5554 189 : : : 1662 5554 190 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 5554 191 zone zone NN 1662 5554 192 : : : 1662 5554 193 24 24 CD 1662 5554 194 nm nm IN 1662 5554 195 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 5554 196 economic economic JJ 1662 5554 197 zone zone NN 1662 5554 198 : : : 1662 5554 199 200 200 CD 1662 5554 200 nm nm CD 1662 5554 201 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5554 202 sea sea NN 1662 5554 203 : : : 1662 5554 204 12 12 CD 1662 5554 205 nm nm NNP 1662 5554 206 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5554 207 : : : 1662 5554 208 wet wet JJ 1662 5554 209 season season NN 1662 5554 210 from from IN 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- : 1662 5607 7 $ $ $ 1662 5607 8 3.95 3.95 CD 1662 5607 9 billion billion CD 1662 5607 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5607 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 5607 12 est est NNP 1662 5607 13 . . . 1662 5607 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5608 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5608 2 - - HYPH 1662 5608 3 real real JJ 1662 5608 4 growth growth NN 1662 5608 5 rate rate NN 1662 5608 6 : : : 1662 5608 7 NA% NA% `` 1662 5608 8 GDP gdp NN 1662 5608 9 - - HYPH 1662 5608 10 per per FW 1662 5608 11 capita capita NN 1662 5608 12 : : : 1662 5608 13 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5608 14 power power NN 1662 5608 15 parity parity NN 1662 5608 16 - - : 1662 5608 17 $ $ $ 1662 5608 18 10,000 10,000 CD 1662 5608 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5608 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 5608 21 est est NNP 1662 5608 22 . . . 1662 5608 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5609 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5609 2 - - HYPH 1662 5609 3 composition composition NN 1662 5609 4 by by IN 1662 5609 5 sector sector NN 1662 5609 6 : : : 1662 5609 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5609 8 : : : 1662 5609 9 6 6 CD 1662 5609 10 % % NN 1662 5609 11 industry industry NN 1662 5609 12 : : : 1662 5609 13 11 11 CD 1662 5609 14 % % NN 1662 5609 15 services service NNS 1662 5609 16 : : : 1662 5609 17 83 83 CD 1662 5609 18 % % NN 1662 5609 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5609 20 1992 1992 CD 1662 5609 21 est est NNP 1662 5609 22 . . . 1662 5609 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5610 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 5610 2 rate rate NN 1662 5610 3 - - HYPH 1662 5610 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 5610 5 price price NN 1662 5610 6 index index NN 1662 5610 7 : : : 1662 5610 8 3.9 3.9 CD 1662 5610 9 % % NN 1662 5610 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5610 11 1990 1990 CD 1662 5610 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5610 13 Labor labor NN 1662 5610 14 force force NN 1662 5610 15 : : : 1662 5610 16 total total NN 1662 5610 17 : : : 1662 5610 18 160,000 160,000 CD 1662 5610 19 by by IN 1662 5610 20 occupation occupation NN 1662 5610 21 : : : 1662 5610 22 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5610 23 10 10 CD 1662 5610 24 % % NN 1662 5610 25 , , , 1662 5610 26 industry industry NN 1662 5610 27 17 17 CD 1662 5610 28 % % NN 1662 5610 29 , , , 1662 5610 30 services service VBZ 1662 5610 31 73 73 CD 1662 5610 32 % % NN 1662 5610 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5610 34 1992 1992 CD 1662 5610 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5610 36 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 5610 37 rate rate NN 1662 5610 38 : : : 1662 5610 39 23.5 23.5 CD 1662 5610 40 % % NN 1662 5610 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5610 42 1993 1993 CD 1662 5610 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5610 44 Budget budget NN 1662 5610 45 : : : 1662 5610 46 revenues revenue NNS 1662 5610 47 : : : 1662 5610 48 $ $ $ 1662 5610 49 620 620 CD 1662 5610 50 million million CD 1662 5610 51 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5610 52 : : : 1662 5610 53 $ $ $ 1662 5610 54 2.1 2.1 CD 1662 5610 55 billion billion CD 1662 5610 56 , , , 1662 5610 57 including include VBG 1662 5610 58 capital capital NN 1662 5610 59 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5610 60 of of IN 1662 5610 61 $ $ $ 1662 5610 62 170 170 CD 1662 5610 63 million million CD 1662 5610 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5610 65 1992 1992 CD 1662 5610 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5610 67 Industries industry NNS 1662 5610 68 : : : 1662 5610 69 construction construction NN 1662 5610 70 , , , 1662 5610 71 rum rum NN 1662 5610 72 , , , 1662 5610 73 cement cement NN 1662 5610 74 , , , 1662 5610 75 oil oil NN 1662 5610 76 refining refining NN 1662 5610 77 , , , 1662 5610 78 sugar sugar NN 1662 5610 79 , , , 1662 5610 80 tourism tourism NN 1662 5610 81 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 5610 82 production production NN 1662 5610 83 growth growth NN 1662 5610 84 rate rate NN 1662 5610 85 : : : 1662 5610 86 NA% NA% `` 1662 5610 87 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5610 88 - - HYPH 1662 5610 89 capacity capacity NN 1662 5610 90 : : : 1662 5610 91 NA NA NNP 1662 5610 92 kW kW NNP 1662 5610 93 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5610 94 - - HYPH 1662 5610 95 production production NN 1662 5610 96 : : : 1662 5610 97 NA na IN 1662 5610 98 kWh kwh ADD 1662 5610 99 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5610 100 - - HYPH 1662 5610 101 consumption consumption NN 1662 5610 102 per per IN 1662 5610 103 capita capita NN 1662 5610 104 : : : 1662 5610 105 NA NA NNP 1662 5610 106 kWh kwh ADD 1662 5610 107 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5610 108 - - HYPH 1662 5610 109 products product NNS 1662 5610 110 : : : 1662 5610 111 pineapples pineapple NNS 1662 5610 112 , , , 1662 5610 113 avocados avocado NNS 1662 5610 114 , , , 1662 5610 115 bananas banana NNS 1662 5610 116 , , , 1662 5610 117 flowers flower NNS 1662 5610 118 , , , 1662 5610 119 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 5610 120 , , , 1662 5610 121 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 5610 122 for for IN 1662 5610 123 rum rum NN 1662 5610 124 Exports export NNS 1662 5610 125 : : : 1662 5610 126 total total JJ 1662 5610 127 value value NN 1662 5610 128 : : : 1662 5610 129 $ $ $ 1662 5610 130 220 220 CD 1662 5610 131 million million CD 1662 5610 132 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5610 133 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5610 134 . . NNP 1662 5610 135 , , , 1662 5610 136 1994 1994 CD 1662 5610 137 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5610 138 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5610 139 : : : 1662 5610 140 refined refined JJ 1662 5610 141 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5610 142 products product NNS 1662 5610 143 , , , 1662 5610 144 bananas banana NNS 1662 5610 145 , , , 1662 5610 146 rum rum NN 1662 5610 147 , , , 1662 5610 148 pineapples pineapple NNS 1662 5610 149 partners partner NNS 1662 5610 150 : : : 1662 5610 151 France France NNP 1662 5610 152 57 57 CD 1662 5610 153 % % NN 1662 5610 154 , , , 1662 5610 155 Guadeloupe guadeloupe NN 1662 5610 156 31 31 CD 1662 5610 157 % % NN 1662 5610 158 , , , 1662 5610 159 French French NNP 1662 5610 160 Guiana Guiana NNP 1662 5610 161 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5610 162 1991 1991 CD 1662 5610 163 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5610 164 Imports import NNS 1662 5610 165 : : : 1662 5610 166 total total JJ 1662 5610 167 value value NN 1662 5610 168 : : : 1662 5610 169 $ $ $ 1662 5610 170 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 5610 171 billion billion CD 1662 5610 172 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5610 173 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 5610 174 . . NNP 1662 5610 175 , , , 1662 5610 176 1994 1994 CD 1662 5610 177 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5610 178 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5610 179 : : : 1662 5610 180 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5610 181 products product NNS 1662 5610 182 , , , 1662 5610 183 crude crude JJ 1662 5610 184 oil oil NN 1662 5610 185 , , , 1662 5610 186 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 5610 187 , , , 1662 5610 188 construction construction NN 1662 5610 189 materials material NNS 1662 5610 190 , , , 1662 5610 191 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 5610 192 , , , 1662 5610 193 clothing clothing NN 1662 5610 194 and and CC 1662 5610 195 other other JJ 1662 5610 196 consumer consumer NN 1662 5610 197 goods good NNS 1662 5610 198 partners partner NNS 1662 5610 199 : : : 1662 5610 200 France France NNP 1662 5610 201 62 62 CD 1662 5610 202 % % NN 1662 5610 203 , , , 1662 5610 204 UK UK NNP 1662 5610 205 , , , 1662 5610 206 Italy Italy NNP 1662 5610 207 , , , 1662 5610 208 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5610 209 , , , 1662 5610 210 Japan Japan NNP 1662 5610 211 , , , 1662 5610 212 US US NNP 1662 5610 213 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5610 214 1991 1991 CD 1662 5610 215 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5610 216 Debt debt NN 1662 5610 217 - - HYPH 1662 5610 218 external external JJ 1662 5610 219 : : : 1662 5610 220 $ $ $ 1662 5610 221 180 180 CD 1662 5610 222 million million CD 1662 5610 223 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5610 224 1994 1994 CD 1662 5610 225 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5610 226 Economic economic JJ 1662 5610 227 aid aid NN 1662 5610 228 : : : 1662 5610 229 recipient recipient NN 1662 5610 230 : : : 1662 5610 231 ODA ODA NNP 1662 5610 232 , , , 1662 5610 233 $ $ $ 1662 5610 234 NA NA NNP 1662 5610 235 note note VB 1662 5610 236 : : : 1662 5610 237 substantial substantial JJ 1662 5610 238 annual annual JJ 1662 5610 239 French french JJ 1662 5610 240 aid aid NN 1662 5610 241 Currency currency NN 1662 5610 242 : : : 1662 5610 243 1 1 CD 1662 5610 244 French french JJ 1662 5610 245 franc franc NN 1662 5610 246 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5610 247 F f NN 1662 5610 248 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5610 249 = = NFP 1662 5610 250 100 100 CD 1662 5610 251 centimes centime NNS 1662 5610 252 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5610 253 rates rate NNS 1662 5610 254 : : : 1662 5610 255 French french JJ 1662 5610 256 francs franc NNS 1662 5610 257 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5610 258 F f NN 1662 5610 259 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5610 260 per per IN 1662 5610 261 US$ us$ $ 1662 5610 262 1 1 CD 1662 5610 263 - - SYM 1662 5610 264 5.4169 5.4169 CD 1662 5610 265 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5610 266 January January NNP 1662 5610 267 1997 1997 CD 1662 5610 268 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5610 269 , , , 1662 5610 270 5.1155 5.1155 CD 1662 5610 271 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5610 272 1996 1996 CD 1662 5610 273 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5610 274 , , , 1662 5610 275 4.9915 4.9915 CD 1662 5610 276 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5610 277 1995 1995 CD 1662 5610 278 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5610 279 , , , 1662 5610 280 5.5520 5.5520 CD 1662 5610 281 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5610 282 1994 1994 CD 1662 5610 283 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5610 284 , , , 1662 5610 285 5.6632 5.6632 CD 1662 5610 286 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5610 287 1993 1993 CD 1662 5610 288 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5610 289 , , , 1662 5610 290 5.2938 5.2938 CD 1662 5610 291 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5610 292 1992 1992 CD 1662 5610 293 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5610 294 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5610 295 year year NN 1662 5610 296 : : : 1662 5610 297 calendar calendar NN 1662 5610 298 year year NN 1662 5610 299 @Martinique @Martinique NNP 1662 5610 300 : : : 1662 5610 301 Communications communication NNS 1662 5610 302 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 5610 303 : : : 1662 5610 304 209,672 209,672 CD 1662 5610 305 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5610 306 1994 1994 CD 1662 5610 307 est est NNP 1662 5610 308 . . . 1662 5610 309 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5611 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5611 2 system system NN 1662 5611 3 : : : 1662 5611 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5611 5 facilities facility NNS 1662 5611 6 are be VBP 1662 5611 7 adequate adequate JJ 1662 5611 8 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5611 9 : : : 1662 5611 10 NA NA NNP 1662 5611 11 international international JJ 1662 5611 12 : : : 1662 5611 13 microwave microwave NN 1662 5611 14 radio radio NN 1662 5611 15 relay relay NN 1662 5611 16 to to IN 1662 5611 17 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe NNP 1662 5611 18 , , , 1662 5611 19 Dominica Dominica NNP 1662 5611 20 , , , 1662 5611 21 and and CC 1662 5611 22 Saint Saint NNP 1662 5611 23 Lucia Lucia NNP 1662 5611 24 ; ; : 1662 5611 25 satellite satellite NN 1662 5611 26 earth earth NN 1662 5611 27 stations station NNS 1662 5611 28 - - , 1662 5611 29 2 2 CD 1662 5611 30 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5611 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5611 32 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 5611 33 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5611 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5611 35 Radio radio NN 1662 5611 36 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5611 37 stations station NNS 1662 5611 38 : : : 1662 5611 39 AM AM NNP 1662 5611 40 1 1 CD 1662 5611 41 , , , 1662 5611 42 FM FM NNP 1662 5611 43 6 6 CD 1662 5611 44 , , , 1662 5611 45 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 5611 46 0 0 CD 1662 5611 47 Radios radio NNS 1662 5611 48 : : : 1662 5611 49 74,000 74,000 CD 1662 5611 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5611 51 1992 1992 CD 1662 5611 52 est est NNP 1662 5611 53 . . . 1662 5611 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5612 1 Television television NN 1662 5612 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5612 3 stations station NNS 1662 5612 4 : : : 1662 5612 5 10 10 CD 1662 5612 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 5612 7 : : : 1662 5612 8 65,000 65,000 CD 1662 5612 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5612 10 1993 1993 CD 1662 5612 11 est est NNP 1662 5612 12 . . . 1662 5612 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5613 1 @Martinique @martinique LS 1662 5613 2 : : : 1662 5613 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5613 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5613 5 : : : 1662 5613 6 0 0 LS 1662 5613 7 km km NN 1662 5613 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 5613 9 : : : 1662 5613 10 total total NN 1662 5613 11 : : : 1662 5613 12 2,724 2,724 CD 1662 5613 13 km km NNS 1662 5613 14 paved pave VBN 1662 5613 15 : : : 1662 5613 16 NA NA NNP 1662 5613 17 km km PRP 1662 5613 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5613 19 : : : 1662 5613 20 NA NA NNP 1662 5613 21 km km PRP 1662 5613 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5613 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 5613 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5613 25 Ports port NNS 1662 5613 26 and and CC 1662 5613 27 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5613 28 : : : 1662 5613 29 Fort Fort NNP 1662 5613 30 - - HYPH 1662 5613 31 de de NNP 1662 5613 32 - - NNP 1662 5613 33 France France NNP 1662 5613 34 , , , 1662 5613 35 La La NNP 1662 5613 36 Trinite Trinite NNP 1662 5613 37 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 5613 38 marine marine NN 1662 5613 39 : : : 1662 5613 40 none none NN 1662 5613 41 Airports airport NNS 1662 5613 42 : : : 1662 5613 43 2 2 CD 1662 5613 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5613 45 1996 1996 CD 1662 5613 46 est est NNP 1662 5613 47 . . . 1662 5613 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5614 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5614 2 - - , 1662 5614 3 with with IN 1662 5614 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5614 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5614 6 : : : 1662 5614 7 total total NN 1662 5614 8 : : : 1662 5614 9 1 1 CD 1662 5614 10 over over IN 1662 5614 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5614 12 m m NN 1662 5614 13 : : : 1662 5614 14 1 1 CD 1662 5614 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5614 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 5614 17 est est NNP 1662 5614 18 . . . 1662 5614 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5615 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5615 2 - - , 1662 5615 3 with with IN 1662 5615 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5615 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5615 6 : : : 1662 5615 7 total total NN 1662 5615 8 : : : 1662 5615 9 1 1 CD 1662 5615 10 914 914 CD 1662 5615 11 to to TO 1662 5615 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5615 13 m m NN 1662 5615 14 : : : 1662 5615 15 1 1 CD 1662 5615 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5615 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 5615 18 est est NNP 1662 5615 19 . . . 1662 5615 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5616 1 Military military JJ 1662 5616 2 Military military JJ 1662 5616 3 branches branch NNS 1662 5616 4 : : : 1662 5616 5 French french JJ 1662 5616 6 forces force NNS 1662 5616 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5616 8 Army Army NNP 1662 5616 9 , , , 1662 5616 10 Navy Navy NNP 1662 5616 11 , , , 1662 5616 12 Air Air NNP 1662 5616 13 Force Force NNP 1662 5616 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5616 15 , , , 1662 5616 16 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 5616 17 Military Military NNP 1662 5616 18 - - HYPH 1662 5616 19 note note NN 1662 5616 20 : : : 1662 5616 21 defense defense NN 1662 5616 22 is be VBZ 1662 5616 23 the the DT 1662 5616 24 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 5616 25 of of IN 1662 5616 26 France France NNP 1662 5616 27 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5616 28 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5616 29 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 5616 30 - - : 1662 5616 31 international international RB 1662 5616 32 : : : 1662 5616 33 none none NN 1662 5616 34 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 5616 35 drugs drug VBZ 1662 5616 36 : : : 1662 5616 37 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 5616 38 point point NN 1662 5616 39 for for IN 1662 5616 40 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 5616 41 and and CC 1662 5616 42 marijuana marijuana NNP 1662 5616 43 bound bind VBN 1662 5616 44 for for IN 1662 5616 45 the the DT 1662 5616 46 US US NNP 1662 5616 47 and and CC 1662 5616 48 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5616 49 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 50 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 51 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 52 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 53 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 54 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 55 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 56 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 57 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 58 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 59 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 60 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 61 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 62 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 63 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 64 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 65 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 66 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 67 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 68 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 69 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 70 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 71 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 72 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 73 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 74 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 75 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 76 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 77 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 78 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 90 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 91 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 92 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 93 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 94 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 95 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 96 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 97 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 98 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 99 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 100 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 101 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 102 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 103 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 104 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 105 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 106 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 107 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 108 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 109 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 110 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 111 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 112 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 113 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 114 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 115 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 116 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 117 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 118 _ _ NNP 1662 5616 119 MAURITANIA MAURITANIA NNP 1662 5616 120 @Mauritania @mauritania NN 1662 5616 121 : : : 1662 5616 122 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5616 123 Location Location NNP 1662 5616 124 : : : 1662 5616 125 Northern Northern NNP 1662 5616 126 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5616 127 , , , 1662 5616 128 bordering border VBG 1662 5616 129 the the DT 1662 5616 130 North North NNP 1662 5616 131 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 5616 132 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5616 133 , , , 1662 5616 134 between between IN 1662 5616 135 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 5616 136 and and CC 1662 5616 137 Western western JJ 1662 5616 138 Sahara Sahara NNP 1662 5616 139 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5616 140 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5616 141 : : : 1662 5616 142 20 20 CD 1662 5616 143 00 00 CD 1662 5616 144 N n CD 1662 5616 145 , , , 1662 5616 146 12 12 CD 1662 5616 147 00 00 CD 1662 5616 148 W W NNP 1662 5616 149 Map Map NNP 1662 5616 150 references reference NNS 1662 5616 151 : : : 1662 5616 152 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5616 153 Area Area NNP 1662 5616 154 : : : 1662 5616 155 total total NN 1662 5616 156 : : : 1662 5616 157 1,030,700 1,030,700 CD 1662 5616 158 sq sq RB 1662 5616 159 km km NNP 1662 5616 160 land land NN 1662 5616 161 : : : 1662 5616 162 1,030,400 1,030,400 CD 1662 5616 163 sq sq NN 1662 5616 164 km km NNP 1662 5616 165 water water NN 1662 5616 166 : : : 1662 5616 167 300 300 CD 1662 5616 168 sq sq RB 1662 5616 169 km km NNP 1662 5616 170 Area area NN 1662 5616 171 - - HYPH 1662 5616 172 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5616 173 : : : 1662 5616 174 slightly slightly RB 1662 5616 175 larger large JJR 1662 5616 176 than than IN 1662 5616 177 three three CD 1662 5616 178 times time NNS 1662 5616 179 the the DT 1662 5616 180 size size NN 1662 5616 181 of of IN 1662 5616 182 New New NNP 1662 5616 183 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 5616 184 Land Land NNP 1662 5616 185 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5616 186 : : : 1662 5616 187 total total NN 1662 5616 188 : : : 1662 5616 189 5,074 5,074 CD 1662 5616 190 km km NN 1662 5616 191 border border NN 1662 5616 192 countries country NNS 1662 5616 193 : : : 1662 5616 194 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 5616 195 463 463 CD 1662 5616 196 km km NN 1662 5616 197 , , , 1662 5616 198 Mali Mali NNP 1662 5616 199 2,237 2,237 CD 1662 5616 200 km km NN 1662 5616 201 , , , 1662 5616 202 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 5616 203 813 813 CD 1662 5616 204 km km NN 1662 5616 205 , , , 1662 5616 206 Western Western NNP 1662 5616 207 Sahara Sahara NNP 1662 5616 208 1,561 1,561 CD 1662 5616 209 km km NN 1662 5616 210 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5616 211 : : : 1662 5616 212 754 754 CD 1662 5616 213 km km NN 1662 5616 214 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5616 215 claims claim VBZ 1662 5616 216 : : : 1662 5616 217 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 5616 218 zone zone NN 1662 5616 219 : : : 1662 5616 220 24 24 CD 1662 5616 221 nm nm NNP 1662 5616 222 continental continental JJ 1662 5616 223 shelf shelf NNP 1662 5616 224 : : : 1662 5616 225 200 200 CD 1662 5616 226 nm nm CD 1662 5616 227 or or CC 1662 5616 228 to to IN 1662 5616 229 the the DT 1662 5616 230 edge edge NN 1662 5616 231 of of IN 1662 5616 232 the the DT 1662 5616 233 continental continental JJ 1662 5616 234 margin margin NN 1662 5616 235 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 5616 236 economic economic JJ 1662 5616 237 zone zone NN 1662 5616 238 : : : 1662 5616 239 200 200 CD 1662 5616 240 nm nm CD 1662 5616 241 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5616 242 sea sea NN 1662 5616 243 : : : 1662 5616 244 12 12 CD 1662 5616 245 nm nm NNP 1662 5616 246 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5616 247 : : : 1662 5616 248 desert desert NN 1662 5616 249 ; ; : 1662 5616 250 constantly constantly RB 1662 5616 251 hot hot JJ 1662 5616 252 , , , 1662 5616 253 dry dry JJ 1662 5616 254 , , , 1662 5616 255 dusty dusty JJ 1662 5616 256 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 5616 257 : : : 1662 5616 258 mostly mostly RB 1662 5616 259 barren barren JJ 1662 5616 260 , , , 1662 5616 261 flat flat JJ 1662 5616 262 plains plain NNS 1662 5616 263 of of IN 1662 5616 264 the the DT 1662 5616 265 Sahara Sahara NNP 1662 5616 266 ; ; : 1662 5616 267 some some DT 1662 5616 268 central central JJ 1662 5616 269 hills hill NNS 1662 5616 270 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5616 271 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5616 272 : : : 1662 5616 273 lowest low JJS 1662 5616 274 point point NN 1662 5616 275 : : : 1662 5616 276 Sebkha Sebkha NNP 1662 5616 277 de de NNP 1662 5616 278 Ndrhamcha Ndrhamcha NNP 1662 5616 279 -3 -3 . 1662 5616 280 m m LS 1662 5616 281 highest high JJS 1662 5616 282 point point NN 1662 5616 283 : : : 1662 5616 284 Kediet Kediet NNP 1662 5616 285 Ijill Ijill NNP 1662 5616 286 910 910 CD 1662 5616 287 m m CD 1662 5616 288 Natural natural JJ 1662 5616 289 resources resource NNS 1662 5616 290 : : : 1662 5616 291 iron iron NN 1662 5616 292 ore ore NNP 1662 5616 293 , , , 1662 5616 294 gypsum gypsum NN 1662 5616 295 , , , 1662 5616 296 fish fish NN 1662 5616 297 , , , 1662 5616 298 copper copper NN 1662 5616 299 , , , 1662 5616 300 phosphate phosphate NN 1662 5616 301 Land Land NNP 1662 5616 302 use use NN 1662 5616 303 : : : 1662 5616 304 arable arable JJ 1662 5616 305 land land NN 1662 5616 306 : : : 1662 5616 307 0 0 CD 1662 5616 308 % % NN 1662 5616 309 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5616 310 crops crop NNS 1662 5616 311 : : : 1662 5616 312 0 0 CD 1662 5616 313 % % NN 1662 5616 314 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5616 315 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5616 316 : : : 1662 5616 317 38 38 CD 1662 5616 318 % % NN 1662 5616 319 forests forest NNS 1662 5616 320 and and CC 1662 5616 321 woodland woodland NN 1662 5616 322 : : : 1662 5616 323 4 4 CD 1662 5616 324 % % NN 1662 5616 325 other other JJ 1662 5616 326 : : : 1662 5616 327 58 58 CD 1662 5616 328 % % NN 1662 5616 329 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5616 330 1993 1993 CD 1662 5616 331 est est NNP 1662 5616 332 . . . 1662 5616 333 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5617 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5617 2 land land NN 1662 5617 3 : : : 1662 5617 4 490 490 CD 1662 5617 5 sq sq NNP 1662 5617 6 km km NNP 1662 5617 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5617 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 5617 9 est est NNP 1662 5617 10 . . . 1662 5617 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5618 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 5618 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5618 3 : : : 1662 5618 4 hot hot JJ 1662 5618 5 , , , 1662 5618 6 dry dry JJ 1662 5618 7 , , , 1662 5618 8 dust dust NN 1662 5618 9 / / SYM 1662 5618 10 sand sand NN 1662 5618 11 - - HYPH 1662 5618 12 laden laden JJ 1662 5618 13 sirocco sirocco NN 1662 5618 14 wind wind NN 1662 5618 15 blows blow VBZ 1662 5618 16 primarily primarily RB 1662 5618 17 in in IN 1662 5618 18 March March NNP 1662 5618 19 and and CC 1662 5618 20 April April NNP 1662 5618 21 ; ; : 1662 5618 22 periodic periodic JJ 1662 5618 23 droughts drought VBZ 1662 5618 24 Environment environment NN 1662 5618 25 - - HYPH 1662 5618 26 current current JJ 1662 5618 27 issues issue NNS 1662 5618 28 : : : 1662 5618 29 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 5618 30 , , , 1662 5618 31 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 5618 32 , , , 1662 5618 33 and and CC 1662 5618 34 soil soil NN 1662 5618 35 erosion erosion NN 1662 5618 36 aggravated aggravate VBN 1662 5618 37 by by IN 1662 5618 38 drought drought NN 1662 5618 39 are be VBP 1662 5618 40 contributing contribute VBG 1662 5618 41 to to IN 1662 5618 42 desertification desertification NN 1662 5618 43 ; ; : 1662 5618 44 very very RB 1662 5618 45 limited limited JJ 1662 5618 46 natural natural JJ 1662 5618 47 fresh fresh JJ 1662 5618 48 water water NN 1662 5618 49 resources resource NNS 1662 5618 50 away away RB 1662 5618 51 from from IN 1662 5618 52 the the DT 1662 5618 53 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 5618 54 which which WDT 1662 5618 55 is be VBZ 1662 5618 56 the the DT 1662 5618 57 only only JJ 1662 5618 58 perennial perennial JJ 1662 5618 59 river river NN 1662 5618 60 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5618 61 - - HYPH 1662 5618 62 international international JJ 1662 5618 63 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5618 64 : : : 1662 5618 65 party party NN 1662 5618 66 to to TO 1662 5618 67 : : : 1662 5618 68 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 5618 69 , , , 1662 5618 70 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5618 71 Change Change NNP 1662 5618 72 , , , 1662 5618 73 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 5618 74 , , , 1662 5618 75 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 5618 76 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 5618 77 , , , 1662 5618 78 Law Law NNP 1662 5618 79 of of IN 1662 5618 80 the the DT 1662 5618 81 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5618 82 , , , 1662 5618 83 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 5618 84 Test Test NNP 1662 5618 85 Ban Ban NNP 1662 5618 86 , , , 1662 5618 87 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5618 88 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5618 89 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5618 90 , , , 1662 5618 91 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 5618 92 signed sign VBD 1662 5618 93 , , , 1662 5618 94 but but CC 1662 5618 95 not not RB 1662 5618 96 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5618 97 : : : 1662 5618 98 none none NN 1662 5618 99 of of IN 1662 5618 100 the the DT 1662 5618 101 selected select VBN 1662 5618 102 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5618 103 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5618 104 - - HYPH 1662 5618 105 note note NN 1662 5618 106 : : : 1662 5618 107 most most JJS 1662 5618 108 of of IN 1662 5618 109 the the DT 1662 5618 110 population population NN 1662 5618 111 concentrated concentrate VBN 1662 5618 112 along along IN 1662 5618 113 the the DT 1662 5618 114 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 5618 115 River River NNP 1662 5618 116 in in IN 1662 5618 117 the the DT 1662 5618 118 southern southern JJ 1662 5618 119 part part NN 1662 5618 120 of of IN 1662 5618 121 the the DT 1662 5618 122 country country NN 1662 5618 123 @Mauritania @mauritania NN 1662 5618 124 : : : 1662 5618 125 People People NNS 1662 5618 126 Population Population NNP 1662 5618 127 : : : 1662 5618 128 2,411,317 2,411,317 CD 1662 5618 129 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5618 130 July July NNP 1662 5618 131 1997 1997 CD 1662 5618 132 est est NNP 1662 5618 133 . . . 1662 5618 134 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5619 1 Age age NN 1662 5619 2 structure structure NN 1662 5619 3 : : : 1662 5619 4 0 0 CD 1662 5619 5 - - HYPH 1662 5619 6 14 14 CD 1662 5619 7 years year NNS 1662 5619 8 : : : 1662 5619 9 49 49 CD 1662 5619 10 % % NN 1662 5619 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5619 12 male male JJ 1662 5619 13 586,972 586,972 CD 1662 5619 14 ; ; : 1662 5619 15 female female JJ 1662 5619 16 580,408 580,408 CD 1662 5619 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5619 18 15 15 CD 1662 5619 19 - - SYM 1662 5619 20 64 64 CD 1662 5619 21 years year NNS 1662 5619 22 : : : 1662 5619 23 49 49 CD 1662 5619 24 % % NN 1662 5619 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5619 26 male male JJ 1662 5619 27 579,071 579,071 CD 1662 5619 28 ; ; : 1662 5619 29 female female JJ 1662 5619 30 612,343 612,343 CD 1662 5619 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5619 32 65 65 CD 1662 5619 33 years year NNS 1662 5619 34 and and CC 1662 5619 35 over over IN 1662 5619 36 : : : 1662 5619 37 2 2 CD 1662 5619 38 % % NN 1662 5619 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5619 40 male male JJ 1662 5619 41 22,098 22,098 CD 1662 5619 42 ; ; : 1662 5619 43 female female JJ 1662 5619 44 30,425 30,425 CD 1662 5619 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5619 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5619 47 July July NNP 1662 5619 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5619 49 est est NNP 1662 5619 50 . . . 1662 5619 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5620 1 Population population NN 1662 5620 2 growth growth NN 1662 5620 3 rate rate NN 1662 5620 4 : : : 1662 5620 5 3.17 3.17 CD 1662 5620 6 % % NN 1662 5620 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5620 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5620 9 est est NNP 1662 5620 10 . . . 1662 5620 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5621 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5621 2 rate rate NN 1662 5621 3 : : : 1662 5621 4 46.55 46.55 CD 1662 5621 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 5621 6 population population NN 1662 5621 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5621 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5621 9 est est NNP 1662 5621 10 . . . 1662 5621 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5622 1 Death death NN 1662 5622 2 rate rate NN 1662 5622 3 : : : 1662 5622 4 14.82 14.82 CD 1662 5622 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5622 6 population population NN 1662 5622 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5622 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5622 9 est est NNP 1662 5622 10 . . . 1662 5622 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5623 1 Net net JJ 1662 5623 2 migration migration NN 1662 5623 3 rate rate NN 1662 5623 4 : : : 1662 5623 5 0 0 NFP 1662 5623 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 5623 7 population population NN 1662 5623 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5623 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5623 10 est est NNP 1662 5623 11 . . . 1662 5623 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5624 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5624 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5624 3 : : : 1662 5624 4 at at IN 1662 5624 5 birth birth NN 1662 5624 6 : : : 1662 5624 7 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 5624 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5624 9 under under IN 1662 5624 10 15 15 CD 1662 5624 11 years year NNS 1662 5624 12 : : : 1662 5624 13 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 5624 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5624 15 15 15 CD 1662 5624 16 - - HYPH 1662 5624 17 64 64 CD 1662 5624 18 years year NNS 1662 5624 19 : : : 1662 5624 20 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 5624 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5624 22 65 65 CD 1662 5624 23 years year NNS 1662 5624 24 and and CC 1662 5624 25 over over IN 1662 5624 26 : : : 1662 5624 27 0.73 0.73 CD 1662 5624 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 5624 29 total total JJ 1662 5624 30 population population NN 1662 5624 31 : : : 1662 5624 32 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 5624 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5624 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5624 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5624 36 est e JJS 1662 5624 37 . . . 1662 5624 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5625 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5625 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5625 3 rate rate NN 1662 5625 4 : : : 1662 5625 5 80 80 CD 1662 5625 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5625 7 live live JJ 1662 5625 8 births birth NNS 1662 5625 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5625 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5625 11 est est NNP 1662 5625 12 . . . 1662 5625 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5626 1 Life life NN 1662 5626 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5626 3 at at IN 1662 5626 4 birth birth NN 1662 5626 5 : : : 1662 5626 6 total total JJ 1662 5626 7 population population NN 1662 5626 8 : : : 1662 5626 9 49.49 49.49 CD 1662 5626 10 years year NNS 1662 5626 11 male male JJ 1662 5626 12 : : : 1662 5626 13 46.52 46.52 CD 1662 5626 14 years year NNS 1662 5626 15 female female JJ 1662 5626 16 : : : 1662 5626 17 52.58 52.58 CD 1662 5626 18 years year NNS 1662 5626 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5626 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5626 21 est est NNP 1662 5626 22 . . . 1662 5626 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5627 1 Total total JJ 1662 5627 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5627 3 rate rate NN 1662 5627 4 : : : 1662 5627 5 6.76 6.76 CD 1662 5627 6 children child NNS 1662 5627 7 born bear VBN 1662 5627 8 / / SYM 1662 5627 9 woman woman NN 1662 5627 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5627 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5627 12 est est NNP 1662 5627 13 . . . 1662 5627 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5628 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5628 2 : : : 1662 5628 3 noun noun NNP 1662 5628 4 : : : 1662 5628 5 Mauritanian(s Mauritanian(s NNP 1662 5628 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5628 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 5628 8 : : : 1662 5628 9 Mauritanian mauritanian JJ 1662 5628 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5628 11 groups group NNS 1662 5628 12 : : : 1662 5628 13 mixed mixed JJ 1662 5628 14 Maur Maur NNP 1662 5628 15 / / SYM 1662 5628 16 black black JJ 1662 5628 17 40 40 CD 1662 5628 18 % % NN 1662 5628 19 , , , 1662 5628 20 Maur maur NN 1662 5628 21 30 30 CD 1662 5628 22 % % NN 1662 5628 23 , , , 1662 5628 24 black black JJ 1662 5628 25 30 30 CD 1662 5628 26 % % NN 1662 5628 27 Religions religion NNS 1662 5628 28 : : : 1662 5628 29 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 5628 30 100 100 CD 1662 5628 31 % % NN 1662 5628 32 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 5628 33 : : : 1662 5628 34 Hasaniya Hasaniya NNP 1662 5628 35 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 5628 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5628 37 official official JJ 1662 5628 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5628 39 , , , 1662 5628 40 Pular Pular NNP 1662 5628 41 , , , 1662 5628 42 Soninke Soninke NNPS 1662 5628 43 , , , 1662 5628 44 Wolof Wolof NNP 1662 5628 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5628 46 official official JJ 1662 5628 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5628 48 Literacy literacy NN 1662 5628 49 : : : 1662 5628 50 definition definition NN 1662 5628 51 : : : 1662 5628 52 age age NN 1662 5628 53 15 15 CD 1662 5628 54 and and CC 1662 5628 55 over over RB 1662 5628 56 can can MD 1662 5628 57 read read VB 1662 5628 58 and and CC 1662 5628 59 write write VB 1662 5628 60 total total JJ 1662 5628 61 population population NN 1662 5628 62 : : : 1662 5628 63 37.7 37.7 CD 1662 5628 64 % % NN 1662 5628 65 male male NN 1662 5628 66 : : : 1662 5628 67 49.6 49.6 CD 1662 5628 68 % % NN 1662 5628 69 female female NN 1662 5628 70 : : : 1662 5628 71 26.3 26.3 CD 1662 5628 72 % % NN 1662 5628 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5628 74 1995 1995 CD 1662 5628 75 est est NNP 1662 5628 76 . . . 1662 5628 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 1 @Mauritania @mauritania LS 1662 5629 2 : : : 1662 5629 3 Government Government NNP 1662 5629 4 Country Country NNP 1662 5629 5 name name NN 1662 5629 6 : : : 1662 5629 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5629 8 long long JJ 1662 5629 9 form form NN 1662 5629 10 : : : 1662 5629 11 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 5629 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5629 13 of of IN 1662 5629 14 Mauritania Mauritania NNP 1662 5629 15 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5629 16 short short JJ 1662 5629 17 form form NN 1662 5629 18 : : : 1662 5629 19 Mauritania Mauritania NNP 1662 5629 20 local local JJ 1662 5629 21 long long JJ 1662 5629 22 form form NN 1662 5629 23 : : : 1662 5629 24 Al Al NNP 1662 5629 25 Jumhuriyah Jumhuriyah NNP 1662 5629 26 al al NNP 1662 5629 27 Islamiyah Islamiyah NNP 1662 5629 28 al al NNP 1662 5629 29 Muritaniyah Muritaniyah NNP 1662 5629 30 local local JJ 1662 5629 31 short short JJ 1662 5629 32 form form NN 1662 5629 33 : : : 1662 5629 34 Muritaniyah Muritaniyah NNP 1662 5629 35 Data Data NNP 1662 5629 36 code code NN 1662 5629 37 : : : 1662 5629 38 MR MR NNP 1662 5629 39 Government Government NNP 1662 5629 40 type type NN 1662 5629 41 : : : 1662 5629 42 republic republic NNP 1662 5629 43 National national JJ 1662 5629 44 capital capital NN 1662 5629 45 : : : 1662 5629 46 Nouakchott Nouakchott NNP 1662 5629 47 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 5629 48 divisions division NNS 1662 5629 49 : : : 1662 5629 50 12 12 CD 1662 5629 51 regions region NNS 1662 5629 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 53 regions region NNS 1662 5629 54 , , , 1662 5629 55 singular singular JJ 1662 5629 56 - - HYPH 1662 5629 57 region region NN 1662 5629 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 59 ; ; : 1662 5629 60 Adrar Adrar NNP 1662 5629 61 , , , 1662 5629 62 Assaba Assaba NNP 1662 5629 63 , , , 1662 5629 64 Brakna Brakna NNP 1662 5629 65 , , , 1662 5629 66 Dakhlet Dakhlet NNP 1662 5629 67 Nouadhibou Nouadhibou NNP 1662 5629 68 , , , 1662 5629 69 Gorgol Gorgol NNP 1662 5629 70 , , , 1662 5629 71 Guidimaka Guidimaka NNP 1662 5629 72 , , , 1662 5629 73 Hodh Hodh NNP 1662 5629 74 ech ech NNP 1662 5629 75 Chargui Chargui NNP 1662 5629 76 , , , 1662 5629 77 Hodh Hodh NNP 1662 5629 78 el el NNP 1662 5629 79 Gharbi Gharbi NNP 1662 5629 80 , , , 1662 5629 81 Inchiri Inchiri NNP 1662 5629 82 , , , 1662 5629 83 Tagant Tagant NNP 1662 5629 84 , , , 1662 5629 85 Tiris Tiris NNP 1662 5629 86 Zemmour Zemmour NNP 1662 5629 87 , , , 1662 5629 88 Trarza Trarza NNP 1662 5629 89 note note NN 1662 5629 90 : : : 1662 5629 91 there there EX 1662 5629 92 may may MD 1662 5629 93 be be VB 1662 5629 94 a a DT 1662 5629 95 new new JJ 1662 5629 96 capital capital NN 1662 5629 97 district district NN 1662 5629 98 of of IN 1662 5629 99 Nouakchott Nouakchott NNP 1662 5629 100 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5629 101 : : : 1662 5629 102 28 28 CD 1662 5629 103 November November NNP 1662 5629 104 1960 1960 CD 1662 5629 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 106 from from IN 1662 5629 107 France France NNP 1662 5629 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 109 National national JJ 1662 5629 110 holiday holiday NN 1662 5629 111 : : : 1662 5629 112 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5629 113 Day Day NNP 1662 5629 114 , , , 1662 5629 115 28 28 CD 1662 5629 116 November November NNP 1662 5629 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 118 1960 1960 CD 1662 5629 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 120 Constitution constitution NN 1662 5629 121 : : : 1662 5629 122 12 12 CD 1662 5629 123 July July NNP 1662 5629 124 1991 1991 CD 1662 5629 125 Legal legal JJ 1662 5629 126 system system NN 1662 5629 127 : : : 1662 5629 128 three three CD 1662 5629 129 - - HYPH 1662 5629 130 tier tier NN 1662 5629 131 system system NN 1662 5629 132 : : : 1662 5629 133 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 5629 134 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 135 Shari'a Shari'a NNP 1662 5629 136 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 137 courts court NNS 1662 5629 138 , , , 1662 5629 139 special special JJ 1662 5629 140 courts court NNS 1662 5629 141 , , , 1662 5629 142 and and CC 1662 5629 143 state state NN 1662 5629 144 security security NN 1662 5629 145 courts court NNS 1662 5629 146 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 147 in in IN 1662 5629 148 the the DT 1662 5629 149 process process NN 1662 5629 150 of of IN 1662 5629 151 being be VBG 1662 5629 152 eliminated eliminate VBN 1662 5629 153 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 154 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 5629 155 : : : 1662 5629 156 18 18 CD 1662 5629 157 years year NNS 1662 5629 158 of of IN 1662 5629 159 age age NN 1662 5629 160 ; ; : 1662 5629 161 universal universal JJ 1662 5629 162 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5629 163 branch branch NN 1662 5629 164 : : : 1662 5629 165 chief chief NN 1662 5629 166 of of IN 1662 5629 167 state state NN 1662 5629 168 : : : 1662 5629 169 President President NNP 1662 5629 170 Col Col NNP 1662 5629 171 . . NNP 1662 5629 172 Maaouya Maaouya NNP 1662 5629 173 Ould Ould NNP 1662 5629 174 Sid Sid NNP 1662 5629 175 Ahmed Ahmed NNP 1662 5629 176 TAYA TAYA NNP 1662 5629 177 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 178 since since IN 1662 5629 179 12 12 CD 1662 5629 180 December December NNP 1662 5629 181 1984 1984 CD 1662 5629 182 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 183 head head NN 1662 5629 184 of of IN 1662 5629 185 government government NN 1662 5629 186 : : : 1662 5629 187 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5629 188 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5629 189 Cheikh Cheikh NNP 1662 5629 190 El El NNP 1662 5629 191 Afia Afia NNP 1662 5629 192 Ould Ould NNP 1662 5629 193 Mohamed Mohamed NNP 1662 5629 194 KHOUNA KHOUNA NNP 1662 5629 195 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 196 since since IN 1662 5629 197 2 2 CD 1662 5629 198 January January NNP 1662 5629 199 1996 1996 CD 1662 5629 200 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 201 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5629 202 : : : 1662 5629 203 Council Council NNP 1662 5629 204 of of IN 1662 5629 205 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 5629 206 elections election NNS 1662 5629 207 : : : 1662 5629 208 president president NN 1662 5629 209 elected elect VBN 1662 5629 210 by by IN 1662 5629 211 popular popular JJ 1662 5629 212 vote vote NN 1662 5629 213 for for IN 1662 5629 214 a a DT 1662 5629 215 six six CD 1662 5629 216 - - HYPH 1662 5629 217 year year NN 1662 5629 218 term term NN 1662 5629 219 ; ; : 1662 5629 220 election election NN 1662 5629 221 last last JJ 1662 5629 222 held hold VBD 1662 5629 223 17 17 CD 1662 5629 224 January January NNP 1662 5629 225 1992 1992 CD 1662 5629 226 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 227 next next JJ 1662 5629 228 to to TO 1662 5629 229 be be VB 1662 5629 230 held hold VBN 1662 5629 231 NA NA NNP 1662 5629 232 January January NNP 1662 5629 233 1998 1998 CD 1662 5629 234 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 235 ; ; : 1662 5629 236 prime prime NNP 1662 5629 237 minister minister NN 1662 5629 238 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5629 239 by by IN 1662 5629 240 the the DT 1662 5629 241 president president NNP 1662 5629 242 election election NN 1662 5629 243 results result NNS 1662 5629 244 : : : 1662 5629 245 President President NNP 1662 5629 246 Col Col NNP 1662 5629 247 . . NNP 1662 5629 248 Maaouya Maaouya NNP 1662 5629 249 Ould Ould NNP 1662 5629 250 Sid Sid NNP 1662 5629 251 Ahmed Ahmed NNP 1662 5629 252 TAYA TAYA NNP 1662 5629 253 reelected reelect VBN 1662 5629 254 ; ; : 1662 5629 255 percent percent NN 1662 5629 256 of of IN 1662 5629 257 vote vote NN 1662 5629 258 - - HYPH 1662 5629 259 NA NA NNP 1662 5629 260 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 5629 261 branch branch NN 1662 5629 262 : : : 1662 5629 263 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 5629 264 legislature legislature NN 1662 5629 265 consists consist VBZ 1662 5629 266 of of IN 1662 5629 267 the the DT 1662 5629 268 Senate Senate NNP 1662 5629 269 or or CC 1662 5629 270 Majlis Majlis NNP 1662 5629 271 al al NNP 1662 5629 272 - - HYPH 1662 5629 273 Shuyukh Shuyukh NNP 1662 5629 274 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 275 56 56 CD 1662 5629 276 seats seat NNS 1662 5629 277 ; ; : 1662 5629 278 17 17 CD 1662 5629 279 up up IN 1662 5629 280 for for IN 1662 5629 281 election election NN 1662 5629 282 every every DT 1662 5629 283 two two CD 1662 5629 284 years year NNS 1662 5629 285 ; ; : 1662 5629 286 members member NNS 1662 5629 287 elected elect VBN 1662 5629 288 by by IN 1662 5629 289 municipal municipal JJ 1662 5629 290 leaders leader NNS 1662 5629 291 to to TO 1662 5629 292 serve serve VB 1662 5629 293 six six CD 1662 5629 294 - - HYPH 1662 5629 295 year year NN 1662 5629 296 terms term NNS 1662 5629 297 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 298 and and CC 1662 5629 299 the the DT 1662 5629 300 National National NNP 1662 5629 301 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5629 302 or or CC 1662 5629 303 Majlis Majlis NNP 1662 5629 304 al al NNP 1662 5629 305 - - HYPH 1662 5629 306 Watani Watani NNP 1662 5629 307 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 308 79 79 CD 1662 5629 309 seats seat NNS 1662 5629 310 ; ; : 1662 5629 311 members member NNS 1662 5629 312 elected elect VBN 1662 5629 313 by by IN 1662 5629 314 popular popular JJ 1662 5629 315 vote vote NN 1662 5629 316 to to TO 1662 5629 317 serve serve VB 1662 5629 318 five five CD 1662 5629 319 - - HYPH 1662 5629 320 year year NN 1662 5629 321 terms term NNS 1662 5629 322 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 323 elections election NNS 1662 5629 324 : : : 1662 5629 325 Senate Senate NNP 1662 5629 326 - - HYPH 1662 5629 327 last last RB 1662 5629 328 held hold VBD 1662 5629 329 12 12 CD 1662 5629 330 April April NNP 1662 5629 331 1996 1996 CD 1662 5629 332 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 333 next next JJ 1662 5629 334 to to TO 1662 5629 335 be be VB 1662 5629 336 held hold VBN 1662 5629 337 NA NA NNP 1662 5629 338 1998 1998 CD 1662 5629 339 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 340 ; ; : 1662 5629 341 National National NNP 1662 5629 342 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5629 343 - - : 1662 5629 344 last last RB 1662 5629 345 held hold VBD 1662 5629 346 11 11 CD 1662 5629 347 and and CC 1662 5629 348 18 18 CD 1662 5629 349 October October NNP 1662 5629 350 1996 1996 CD 1662 5629 351 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 352 next next JJ 1662 5629 353 to to TO 1662 5629 354 be be VB 1662 5629 355 held hold VBN 1662 5629 356 NA NA NNP 1662 5629 357 2001 2001 CD 1662 5629 358 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 359 election election NN 1662 5629 360 results result NNS 1662 5629 361 : : : 1662 5629 362 Senate Senate NNP 1662 5629 363 - - HYPH 1662 5629 364 percent percent NN 1662 5629 365 of of IN 1662 5629 366 vote vote NN 1662 5629 367 by by IN 1662 5629 368 party party NN 1662 5629 369 - - HYPH 1662 5629 370 NA NA NNP 1662 5629 371 ; ; , 1662 5629 372 seats seat NNS 1662 5629 373 by by IN 1662 5629 374 party party NNP 1662 5629 375 - - HYPH 1662 5629 376 PRDS PRDS NNP 1662 5629 377 16 16 CD 1662 5629 378 , , , 1662 5629 379 UFD UFD NNP 1662 5629 380 / / SYM 1662 5629 381 NE NE NNP 1662 5629 382 1 1 CD 1662 5629 383 ; ; : 1662 5629 384 National National NNP 1662 5629 385 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5629 386 - - HYPH 1662 5629 387 percent percent NN 1662 5629 388 of of IN 1662 5629 389 vote vote NN 1662 5629 390 by by IN 1662 5629 391 party party NN 1662 5629 392 - - HYPH 1662 5629 393 NA NA NNP 1662 5629 394 ; ; , 1662 5629 395 seats seat NNS 1662 5629 396 by by IN 1662 5629 397 party party NN 1662 5629 398 - - HYPH 1662 5629 399 PRDS PRDS NNP 1662 5629 400 71 71 CD 1662 5629 401 , , , 1662 5629 402 AC AC NNP 1662 5629 403 1 1 CD 1662 5629 404 , , , 1662 5629 405 independents independent NNS 1662 5629 406 and and CC 1662 5629 407 other other JJ 1662 5629 408 7 7 CD 1662 5629 409 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 5629 410 branch branch NN 1662 5629 411 : : : 1662 5629 412 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5629 413 Court Court NNP 1662 5629 414 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 415 Cour Cour NNP 1662 5629 416 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5629 417 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 418 Political political JJ 1662 5629 419 parties party NNS 1662 5629 420 and and CC 1662 5629 421 leaders leader NNS 1662 5629 422 : : : 1662 5629 423 legalized legalize VBN 1662 5629 424 by by IN 1662 5629 425 constitution constitution NN 1662 5629 426 passed pass VBD 1662 5629 427 12 12 CD 1662 5629 428 July July NNP 1662 5629 429 1991 1991 CD 1662 5629 430 , , , 1662 5629 431 however however RB 1662 5629 432 , , , 1662 5629 433 politics politic NNS 1662 5629 434 continue continue VBP 1662 5629 435 to to TO 1662 5629 436 be be VB 1662 5629 437 tribally tribally RB 1662 5629 438 based base VBN 1662 5629 439 ; ; : 1662 5629 440 emerging emerge VBG 1662 5629 441 parties party NNS 1662 5629 442 include include VBP 1662 5629 443 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 5629 444 and and CC 1662 5629 445 Social Social NNP 1662 5629 446 Republican Republican NNP 1662 5629 447 Party Party NNP 1662 5629 448 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 449 PRDS PRDS NNP 1662 5629 450 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 451 , , , 1662 5629 452 led lead VBN 1662 5629 453 by by IN 1662 5629 454 President President NNP 1662 5629 455 Col Col NNP 1662 5629 456 . . NNP 1662 5629 457 Maaouya Maaouya NNP 1662 5629 458 Ould Ould NNP 1662 5629 459 Sid'Ahmed sid'ahme VBD 1662 5629 460 TAYA TAYA NNP 1662 5629 461 ; ; : 1662 5629 462 Union Union NNP 1662 5629 463 of of IN 1662 5629 464 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5629 465 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5629 466 - - HYPH 1662 5629 467 New New NNP 1662 5629 468 Era era NN 1662 5629 469 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 470 UFD UFD NNP 1662 5629 471 / / SYM 1662 5629 472 NE NE NNP 1662 5629 473 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 474 , , , 1662 5629 475 headed head VBN 1662 5629 476 by by IN 1662 5629 477 Ahmed Ahmed NNP 1662 5629 478 Ould Ould NNP 1662 5629 479 DADDAH DADDAH NNP 1662 5629 480 ; ; : 1662 5629 481 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5629 482 for for IN 1662 5629 483 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 5629 484 and and CC 1662 5629 485 Unity Unity NNP 1662 5629 486 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 487 RDU RDU NNP 1662 5629 488 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 489 , , , 1662 5629 490 Ahmed Ahmed NNP 1662 5629 491 Ould Ould NNP 1662 5629 492 SIDI SIDI NNP 1662 5629 493 BABA BABA NNP 1662 5629 494 ; ; : 1662 5629 495 Popular Popular NNP 1662 5629 496 Social Social NNP 1662 5629 497 and and CC 1662 5629 498 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5629 499 Union Union NNP 1662 5629 500 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 501 UPSD UPSD NNP 1662 5629 502 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 503 , , , 1662 5629 504 Mohamed Mohamed NNP 1662 5629 505 Mahmoud Mahmoud NNP 1662 5629 506 Ould Ould NNP 1662 5629 507 MAH MAH NNP 1662 5629 508 ; ; , 1662 5629 509 Mauritanian Mauritanian NNP 1662 5629 510 Party Party NNP 1662 5629 511 for for IN 1662 5629 512 Renewal Renewal NNP 1662 5629 513 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 514 PMR PMR NNP 1662 5629 515 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 516 , , , 1662 5629 517 Hameida Hameida NNP 1662 5629 518 BOUCHRAYA BOUCHRAYA VBZ 1662 5629 519 ; ; : 1662 5629 520 National National NNP 1662 5629 521 Avant Avant NNP 1662 5629 522 - - HYPH 1662 5629 523 Garde Garde NNP 1662 5629 524 Party Party NNP 1662 5629 525 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 526 PAN PAN NNP 1662 5629 527 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 528 , , , 1662 5629 529 Khattry Khattry NNP 1662 5629 530 Ould Ould NNP 1662 5629 531 JIDDOU JIDDOU NNP 1662 5629 532 ; ; : 1662 5629 533 Mauritanian Mauritanian NNP 1662 5629 534 Party Party NNP 1662 5629 535 of of IN 1662 5629 536 the the DT 1662 5629 537 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5629 538 Center Center NNP 1662 5629 539 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 540 PCDM PCDM NNP 1662 5629 541 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 542 , , , 1662 5629 543 Bamba Bamba NNP 1662 5629 544 Ould Ould NNP 1662 5629 545 SIDI SIDI NNP 1662 5629 546 BADI BADI NNP 1662 5629 547 ; ; : 1662 5629 548 Action action NN 1662 5629 549 for for IN 1662 5629 550 Change Change NNP 1662 5629 551 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 552 AC AC NNP 1662 5629 553 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 554 , , , 1662 5629 555 Messoud Messoud NNP 1662 5629 556 Ould Ould NNP 1662 5629 557 BOULKHEIR boulkheir VBP 1662 5629 558 Political political JJ 1662 5629 559 pressure pressure NN 1662 5629 560 groups group NNS 1662 5629 561 and and CC 1662 5629 562 leaders leader NNS 1662 5629 563 : : : 1662 5629 564 Mauritanian Mauritanian NNP 1662 5629 565 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 5629 566 Union Union NNP 1662 5629 567 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 568 UTM UTM NNP 1662 5629 569 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 570 International international JJ 1662 5629 571 organization organization NN 1662 5629 572 participation participation NN 1662 5629 573 : : : 1662 5629 574 ABEDA ABEDA NNP 1662 5629 575 , , , 1662 5629 576 ACCT ACCT NNP 1662 5629 577 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 578 associate associate NN 1662 5629 579 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 580 , , , 1662 5629 581 ACP ACP NNP 1662 5629 582 , , , 1662 5629 583 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 5629 584 , , , 1662 5629 585 AFESD AFESD NNP 1662 5629 586 , , , 1662 5629 587 AL AL NNP 1662 5629 588 , , , 1662 5629 589 AMF AMF NNP 1662 5629 590 , , , 1662 5629 591 AMU AMU NNP 1662 5629 592 , , , 1662 5629 593 CAEU CAEU NNP 1662 5629 594 , , , 1662 5629 595 CCC CCC NNP 1662 5629 596 , , , 1662 5629 597 ECA ECA NNP 1662 5629 598 , , , 1662 5629 599 ECOWAS ECOWAS NNP 1662 5629 600 , , , 1662 5629 601 FAO FAO NNP 1662 5629 602 , , , 1662 5629 603 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 5629 604 , , , 1662 5629 605 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 5629 606 , , , 1662 5629 607 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 5629 608 , , , 1662 5629 609 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 5629 610 , , , 1662 5629 611 IDA IDA NNP 1662 5629 612 , , , 1662 5629 613 IDB IDB NNP 1662 5629 614 , , , 1662 5629 615 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 5629 616 , , , 1662 5629 617 IFC IFC NNP 1662 5629 618 , , , 1662 5629 619 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 5629 620 , , , 1662 5629 621 IHO IHO NNP 1662 5629 622 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 623 pending pende VBG 1662 5629 624 member member NN 1662 5629 625 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 626 , , , 1662 5629 627 ILO ILO NNP 1662 5629 628 , , , 1662 5629 629 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5629 630 , , , 1662 5629 631 IMO imo RB 1662 5629 632 , , , 1662 5629 633 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5629 634 , , , 1662 5629 635 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 5629 636 , , , 1662 5629 637 IOC IOC NNP 1662 5629 638 , , , 1662 5629 639 ITU ITU NNP 1662 5629 640 , , , 1662 5629 641 NAM NAM NNP 1662 5629 642 , , , 1662 5629 643 OAU OAU NNP 1662 5629 644 , , , 1662 5629 645 OIC OIC NNP 1662 5629 646 , , , 1662 5629 647 UN UN NNP 1662 5629 648 , , , 1662 5629 649 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 5629 650 , , , 1662 5629 651 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 5629 652 , , , 1662 5629 653 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 5629 654 , , , 1662 5629 655 UPU UPU NNP 1662 5629 656 , , , 1662 5629 657 WHO who WP 1662 5629 658 , , , 1662 5629 659 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 5629 660 , , , 1662 5629 661 WMO WMO NNP 1662 5629 662 , , , 1662 5629 663 WToO wtoo FW 1662 5629 664 , , , 1662 5629 665 WTrO wtro VB 1662 5629 666 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5629 667 representation representation NN 1662 5629 668 in in IN 1662 5629 669 the the DT 1662 5629 670 US US NNP 1662 5629 671 : : : 1662 5629 672 chief chief NN 1662 5629 673 of of IN 1662 5629 674 mission mission NN 1662 5629 675 : : : 1662 5629 676 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5629 677 Bilal Bilal NNP 1662 5629 678 Ould Ould NNP 1662 5629 679 WERZEG WERZEG NNP 1662 5629 680 chancery chancery NN 1662 5629 681 : : : 1662 5629 682 2129 2129 CD 1662 5629 683 Leroy Leroy NNP 1662 5629 684 Place Place NNP 1662 5629 685 NW NW NNP 1662 5629 686 , , , 1662 5629 687 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5629 688 , , , 1662 5629 689 DC DC NNP 1662 5629 690 20008 20008 CD 1662 5629 691 telephone telephone NN 1662 5629 692 : : : 1662 5629 693 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5629 694 1 1 CD 1662 5629 695 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5629 696 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5629 697 202 202 CD 1662 5629 698 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5629 699 232 232 CD 1662 5629 700 - 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B. NNP 1662 5629 726 P. P. 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- HYPH 1662 5638 3 real real JJ 1662 5638 4 growth growth NN 1662 5638 5 rate rate NN 1662 5638 6 : : : 1662 5638 7 6 6 CD 1662 5638 8 % % NN 1662 5638 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5638 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 5638 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5638 12 GDP gdp NN 1662 5638 13 - - HYPH 1662 5638 14 per per FW 1662 5638 15 capita capita NN 1662 5638 16 : : : 1662 5638 17 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5638 18 power power NN 1662 5638 19 parity parity NN 1662 5638 20 - - : 1662 5638 21 $ $ $ 1662 5638 22 1,200 1,200 CD 1662 5638 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5638 24 1995 1995 CD 1662 5638 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5638 26 GDP gdp NN 1662 5638 27 - - HYPH 1662 5638 28 composition composition NN 1662 5638 29 by by IN 1662 5638 30 sector sector NN 1662 5638 31 : : : 1662 5638 32 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5638 33 : : : 1662 5638 34 25 25 CD 1662 5638 35 % % NN 1662 5638 36 industry industry NN 1662 5638 37 : : : 1662 5638 38 31 31 CD 1662 5638 39 % % NN 1662 5638 40 services service NNS 1662 5638 41 : : : 1662 5638 42 44 44 CD 1662 5638 43 % % NN 1662 5638 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5638 45 1994 1994 CD 1662 5638 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5638 47 Inflation inflation NN 1662 5638 48 rate rate NN 1662 5638 49 - - HYPH 1662 5638 50 consumer consumer NN 1662 5638 51 price price NN 1662 5638 52 index index NN 1662 5638 53 : : : 1662 5638 54 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 5638 55 % % NN 1662 5638 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5638 57 1995 1995 CD 1662 5638 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5638 59 Labor labor NN 1662 5638 60 force force NN 1662 5638 61 : : : 1662 5638 62 total total NN 1662 5638 63 : : : 1662 5638 64 465,000 465,000 CD 1662 5638 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5638 66 1981 1981 CD 1662 5638 67 est est NNP 1662 5638 68 . . . 1662 5639 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5639 2 ; ; : 1662 5639 3 45,000 45,000 CD 1662 5639 4 wage wage NN 1662 5639 5 earners earner NNS 1662 5639 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5639 7 1980 1980 CD 1662 5639 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5639 9 by by IN 1662 5639 10 occupation occupation NN 1662 5639 11 : : : 1662 5639 12 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5639 13 47 47 CD 1662 5639 14 % % NN 1662 5639 15 , , , 1662 5639 16 services service NNS 1662 5639 17 29 29 CD 1662 5639 18 % % NN 1662 5639 19 , , , 1662 5639 20 industry industry NN 1662 5639 21 and and CC 1662 5639 22 commerce commerce NN 1662 5639 23 14 14 CD 1662 5639 24 % % NN 1662 5639 25 , , , 1662 5639 26 government government NN 1662 5639 27 10 10 CD 1662 5639 28 % % NN 1662 5639 29 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 5639 30 rate rate NN 1662 5639 31 : : : 1662 5639 32 20 20 CD 1662 5639 33 % % NN 1662 5639 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5639 35 1991 1991 CD 1662 5639 36 est est NNP 1662 5639 37 . . . 1662 5639 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5640 1 Budget budget NN 1662 5640 2 : : : 1662 5640 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 5640 4 : : : 1662 5640 5 $ $ $ 1662 5640 6 256 256 CD 1662 5640 7 million million CD 1662 5640 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5640 9 : : : 1662 5640 10 $ $ $ 1662 5640 11 269 269 CD 1662 5640 12 million million CD 1662 5640 13 , , , 1662 5640 14 including include VBG 1662 5640 15 capital capital NN 1662 5640 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5640 17 of of IN 1662 5640 18 $ $ $ 1662 5640 19 54 54 CD 1662 5640 20 million million CD 1662 5640 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5640 22 1995 1995 CD 1662 5640 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5640 24 Industries industry NNS 1662 5640 25 : : : 1662 5640 26 fish fish NN 1662 5640 27 processing processing NN 1662 5640 28 , , , 1662 5640 29 mining mining NN 1662 5640 30 of of IN 1662 5640 31 iron iron NN 1662 5640 32 ore ore NNP 1662 5640 33 and and CC 1662 5640 34 gypsum gypsum NNP 1662 5640 35 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 5640 36 production production NN 1662 5640 37 growth growth NN 1662 5640 38 rate rate NN 1662 5640 39 : : : 1662 5640 40 7.2 7.2 CD 1662 5640 41 % % NN 1662 5640 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5640 43 1994 1994 CD 1662 5640 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5640 45 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5640 46 - - HYPH 1662 5640 47 capacity capacity NN 1662 5640 48 : : : 1662 5640 49 105,000 105,000 CD 1662 5640 50 kW kw NN 1662 5640 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5640 52 1991 1991 CD 1662 5640 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5640 54 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5640 55 - - HYPH 1662 5640 56 production production NN 1662 5640 57 : : : 1662 5640 58 135 135 CD 1662 5640 59 million million CD 1662 5640 60 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5640 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5640 62 1991 1991 CD 1662 5640 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5640 64 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5640 65 - - HYPH 1662 5640 66 consumption consumption NN 1662 5640 67 per per IN 1662 5640 68 capita capita NN 1662 5640 69 : : : 1662 5640 70 NA NA NNP 1662 5640 71 kWh kwh ADD 1662 5640 72 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5640 73 - - HYPH 1662 5640 74 products product NNS 1662 5640 75 : : : 1662 5640 76 dates date NNS 1662 5640 77 , , , 1662 5640 78 millet millet NN 1662 5640 79 , , , 1662 5640 80 sorghum sorghum NN 1662 5640 81 , , , 1662 5640 82 root root NN 1662 5640 83 crops crop NNS 1662 5640 84 ; ; : 1662 5640 85 cattle cattle NNS 1662 5640 86 , , , 1662 5640 87 sheep sheep NN 1662 5640 88 ; ; : 1662 5640 89 fish fish NN 1662 5640 90 products product NNS 1662 5640 91 Exports export NNS 1662 5640 92 : : : 1662 5640 93 total total JJ 1662 5640 94 value value NN 1662 5640 95 : : : 1662 5640 96 $ $ $ 1662 5640 97 483 483 CD 1662 5640 98 million million CD 1662 5640 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5640 100 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5640 101 . . NNP 1662 5640 102 , , , 1662 5640 103 1995 1995 CD 1662 5640 104 est est NNP 1662 5640 105 . . . 1662 5640 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5641 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5641 2 : : : 1662 5641 3 fish fish NN 1662 5641 4 and and CC 1662 5641 5 fish fish NN 1662 5641 6 products product NNS 1662 5641 7 , , , 1662 5641 8 iron iron NN 1662 5641 9 ore ore NN 1662 5641 10 , , , 1662 5641 11 gold gold NN 1662 5641 12 partners partner NNS 1662 5641 13 : : : 1662 5641 14 Japan Japan NNP 1662 5641 15 27 27 CD 1662 5641 16 % % NN 1662 5641 17 , , , 1662 5641 18 Italy Italy NNP 1662 5641 19 , , , 1662 5641 20 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 5641 21 , , , 1662 5641 22 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 5641 23 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 5641 24 : : : 1662 5641 25 total total JJ 1662 5641 26 value value NN 1662 5641 27 : : : 1662 5641 28 $ $ $ 1662 5641 29 365 365 CD 1662 5641 30 million million CD 1662 5641 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5641 32 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 5641 33 . . NNP 1662 5641 34 , , , 1662 5641 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 5641 36 est est NNP 1662 5641 37 . . . 1662 5641 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5642 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5642 2 : : : 1662 5642 3 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 5642 4 , , , 1662 5642 5 consumer consumer NN 1662 5642 6 goods good NNS 1662 5642 7 , , , 1662 5642 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5642 9 products product NNS 1662 5642 10 , , , 1662 5642 11 capital capital NN 1662 5642 12 goods good NNS 1662 5642 13 partners partner NNS 1662 5642 14 : : : 1662 5642 15 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 5642 16 15 15 CD 1662 5642 17 % % NN 1662 5642 18 , , , 1662 5642 19 China China NNP 1662 5642 20 6 6 CD 1662 5642 21 % % NN 1662 5642 22 , , , 1662 5642 23 US US NNP 1662 5642 24 3 3 CD 1662 5642 25 % % NN 1662 5642 26 , , , 1662 5642 27 France France NNP 1662 5642 28 , , , 1662 5642 29 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5642 30 , , , 1662 5642 31 Spain Spain NNP 1662 5642 32 , , , 1662 5642 33 Italy Italy NNP 1662 5642 34 Debt Debt NNP 1662 5642 35 - - HYPH 1662 5642 36 external external JJ 1662 5642 37 : : : 1662 5642 38 $ $ $ 1662 5642 39 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 5642 40 billion billion CD 1662 5642 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5642 42 1994 1994 CD 1662 5642 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5642 44 Economic economic JJ 1662 5642 45 aid aid NN 1662 5642 46 : : : 1662 5642 47 recipient recipient NN 1662 5642 48 : : : 1662 5642 49 ODA ODA NNP 1662 5642 50 , , , 1662 5642 51 $ $ $ 1662 5642 52 NA NA NNP 1662 5642 53 Currency currency NN 1662 5642 54 : : : 1662 5642 55 1 1 CD 1662 5642 56 ouguiya ouguiya NN 1662 5642 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5642 58 UM um NN 1662 5642 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5642 60 = = NFP 1662 5642 61 5 5 CD 1662 5642 62 khoums khoum NNS 1662 5642 63 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5642 64 rates rate NNS 1662 5642 65 : : : 1662 5642 66 ouguiyas ouguiyas JJ 1662 5642 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5642 68 UM UM NNP 1662 5642 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5642 70 per per IN 1662 5642 71 US$ us$ $ 1662 5642 72 1 1 CD 1662 5642 73 - - SYM 1662 5642 74 141.230 141.230 CD 1662 5642 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5642 76 December December NNP 1662 5642 77 1996 1996 CD 1662 5642 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5642 79 , , , 1662 5642 80 137.222 137.222 CD 1662 5642 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5642 82 1996 1996 CD 1662 5642 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5642 84 , , , 1662 5642 85 129.768 129.768 CD 1662 5642 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5642 87 1995 1995 CD 1662 5642 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5642 89 , , , 1662 5642 90 123.575 123.575 JJ 1662 5642 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5642 92 1994 1994 CD 1662 5642 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5642 94 , , , 1662 5642 95 120.806 120.806 CD 1662 5642 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5642 97 1993 1993 CD 1662 5642 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5642 99 , , , 1662 5642 100 87.027 87.027 CD 1662 5642 101 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5642 102 1992 1992 CD 1662 5642 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5642 104 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5642 105 year year NN 1662 5642 106 : : : 1662 5642 107 calendar calendar NNP 1662 5642 108 year year NN 1662 5642 109 @Mauritania @Mauritania NNP 1662 5642 110 : : : 1662 5642 111 Communications communication NNS 1662 5642 112 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 5642 113 : : : 1662 5642 114 17,000 17,000 CD 1662 5642 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5642 116 1991 1991 CD 1662 5642 117 est est NNP 1662 5642 118 . . . 1662 5642 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5643 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5643 2 system system NN 1662 5643 3 : : : 1662 5643 4 poor poor JJ 1662 5643 5 system system NN 1662 5643 6 of of IN 1662 5643 7 cable cable NN 1662 5643 8 and and CC 1662 5643 9 open open JJ 1662 5643 10 - - HYPH 1662 5643 11 wire wire NN 1662 5643 12 lines line NNS 1662 5643 13 , , , 1662 5643 14 minor minor JJ 1662 5643 15 microwave microwave NN 1662 5643 16 radio radio NN 1662 5643 17 relay relay NN 1662 5643 18 links link NNS 1662 5643 19 , , , 1662 5643 20 and and CC 1662 5643 21 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 5643 22 communications communication NNS 1662 5643 23 stations station NNS 1662 5643 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5643 25 improvements improvement NNS 1662 5643 26 being be VBG 1662 5643 27 made make VBN 1662 5643 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5643 29 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5643 30 : : : 1662 5643 31 mostly mostly RB 1662 5643 32 cable cable NN 1662 5643 33 and and CC 1662 5643 34 open open JJ 1662 5643 35 - - HYPH 1662 5643 36 wire wire NN 1662 5643 37 lines line NNS 1662 5643 38 international international JJ 1662 5643 39 : : : 1662 5643 40 satellite satellite NN 1662 5643 41 earth earth NN 1662 5643 42 stations station NNS 1662 5643 43 - - , 1662 5643 44 1 1 CD 1662 5643 45 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5643 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5643 47 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 5643 48 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5643 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5643 50 and and CC 1662 5643 51 2 2 CD 1662 5643 52 Arabsat Arabsat NNP 1662 5643 53 Radio Radio NNP 1662 5643 54 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5643 55 stations station NNS 1662 5643 56 : : : 1662 5643 57 AM AM NNP 1662 5643 58 2 2 CD 1662 5643 59 , , , 1662 5643 60 FM FM NNP 1662 5643 61 0 0 CD 1662 5643 62 , , , 1662 5643 63 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 5643 64 0 0 CD 1662 5643 65 Radios radio NNS 1662 5643 66 : : : 1662 5643 67 300,000 300,000 CD 1662 5643 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5643 69 1993 1993 CD 1662 5643 70 est est NNP 1662 5643 71 . . . 1662 5643 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5644 1 Television television NN 1662 5644 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5644 3 stations station NNS 1662 5644 4 : : : 1662 5644 5 1 1 CD 1662 5644 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5644 7 1987 1987 CD 1662 5644 8 est est NNP 1662 5644 9 . . . 1662 5644 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5645 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 5645 2 : : : 1662 5645 3 50,000 50,000 CD 1662 5645 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5645 5 1992 1992 CD 1662 5645 6 est est NNP 1662 5645 7 . . . 1662 5645 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5646 1 @Mauritania @mauritania LS 1662 5646 2 : : : 1662 5646 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5646 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5646 5 : : : 1662 5646 6 total total NN 1662 5646 7 : : : 1662 5646 8 704 704 CD 1662 5646 9 km km NNS 1662 5646 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5646 11 single single JJ 1662 5646 12 track track NN 1662 5646 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5646 14 ; ; : 1662 5646 15 note note NN 1662 5646 16 - - HYPH 1662 5646 17 owned own VBN 1662 5646 18 and and CC 1662 5646 19 operated operate VBN 1662 5646 20 by by IN 1662 5646 21 government government NN 1662 5646 22 mining mining NN 1662 5646 23 company company NN 1662 5646 24 standard standard JJ 1662 5646 25 gauge gauge NN 1662 5646 26 : : : 1662 5646 27 704 704 CD 1662 5646 28 km km NN 1662 5646 29 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 5646 30 gauge gauge NN 1662 5646 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5646 32 1995 1995 CD 1662 5646 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5646 34 Highways highway NNS 1662 5646 35 : : : 1662 5646 36 total total NN 1662 5646 37 : : : 1662 5646 38 7,600 7,600 CD 1662 5646 39 km km NN 1662 5646 40 paved pave VBN 1662 5646 41 : : : 1662 5646 42 851 851 CD 1662 5646 43 km km NNS 1662 5646 44 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5646 45 : : : 1662 5646 46 6,749 6,749 CD 1662 5646 47 km km NNS 1662 5646 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5646 49 1995 1995 CD 1662 5646 50 est est NNP 1662 5646 51 . . . 1662 5646 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5647 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 5647 2 : : : 1662 5647 3 mostly mostly RB 1662 5647 4 ferry ferry VB 1662 5647 5 traffic traffic NN 1662 5647 6 on on IN 1662 5647 7 the the DT 1662 5647 8 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 5647 9 River River NNP 1662 5647 10 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 5647 11 and and CC 1662 5647 12 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5647 13 : : : 1662 5647 14 Bogue Bogue NNP 1662 5647 15 , , , 1662 5647 16 Kaedi Kaedi NNP 1662 5647 17 , , , 1662 5647 18 Nouadhibou Nouadhibou NNP 1662 5647 19 , , , 1662 5647 20 Nouakchott Nouakchott NNP 1662 5647 21 , , , 1662 5647 22 Rosso Rosso NNP 1662 5647 23 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 5647 24 marine marine NN 1662 5647 25 : : : 1662 5647 26 none none NN 1662 5647 27 Airports airport NNS 1662 5647 28 : : : 1662 5647 29 24 24 CD 1662 5647 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5647 31 1996 1996 CD 1662 5647 32 est est NNP 1662 5647 33 . . . 1662 5647 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5648 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5648 2 - - , 1662 5648 3 with with IN 1662 5648 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5648 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5648 6 : : : 1662 5648 7 total total NN 1662 5648 8 : : : 1662 5648 9 10 10 CD 1662 5648 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 5648 11 to to TO 1662 5648 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5648 13 m m NN 1662 5648 14 : : : 1662 5648 15 3 3 CD 1662 5648 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5648 17 to to TO 1662 5648 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5648 19 m m NN 1662 5648 20 : : : 1662 5648 21 4 4 CD 1662 5648 22 914 914 CD 1662 5648 23 to to TO 1662 5648 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5648 25 m m NN 1662 5648 26 : : : 1662 5648 27 1 1 CD 1662 5648 28 under under IN 1662 5648 29 914 914 CD 1662 5648 30 m m NN 1662 5648 31 : : : 1662 5648 32 2 2 CD 1662 5648 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5648 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 5648 35 est est NNP 1662 5648 36 . . . 1662 5648 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5649 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5649 2 - - , 1662 5649 3 with with IN 1662 5649 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5649 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5649 6 : : : 1662 5649 7 total total NN 1662 5649 8 : : : 1662 5649 9 14 14 CD 1662 5649 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 5649 11 to to IN 1662 5649 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5649 13 m m NN 1662 5649 14 : : : 1662 5649 15 1 1 CD 1662 5649 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5649 17 to to TO 1662 5649 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5649 19 m m NN 1662 5649 20 : : : 1662 5649 21 4 4 CD 1662 5649 22 914 914 CD 1662 5649 23 to to TO 1662 5649 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5649 25 m m NN 1662 5649 26 : : : 1662 5649 27 9 9 CD 1662 5649 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5649 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 5649 30 est est NNP 1662 5649 31 . . . 1662 5649 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5650 1 Military military JJ 1662 5650 2 Military military JJ 1662 5650 3 branches branch NNS 1662 5650 4 : : : 1662 5650 5 Army Army NNP 1662 5650 6 , , , 1662 5650 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 5650 8 , , , 1662 5650 9 Air Air NNP 1662 5650 10 Force Force NNP 1662 5650 11 , , , 1662 5650 12 National National NNP 1662 5650 13 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 5650 14 , , , 1662 5650 15 National National NNP 1662 5650 16 Guard Guard NNP 1662 5650 17 , , , 1662 5650 18 National National NNP 1662 5650 19 Police Police NNPS 1662 5650 20 , , , 1662 5650 21 Presidential Presidential NNP 1662 5650 22 Guard Guard NNP 1662 5650 23 Military Military NNP 1662 5650 24 manpower manpower NN 1662 5650 25 - - HYPH 1662 5650 26 availability availability NN 1662 5650 27 : : : 1662 5650 28 males male NNS 1662 5650 29 age age NNP 1662 5650 30 15 15 CD 1662 5650 31 - - HYPH 1662 5650 32 49 49 CD 1662 5650 33 : : : 1662 5650 34 518,212 518,212 CD 1662 5650 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5650 36 1997 1997 CD 1662 5650 37 est est NNP 1662 5650 38 . . . 1662 5650 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5651 1 Military military JJ 1662 5651 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5651 3 - - HYPH 1662 5651 4 fit fit NN 1662 5651 5 for for IN 1662 5651 6 military military JJ 1662 5651 7 service service NN 1662 5651 8 : : : 1662 5651 9 males male NNS 1662 5651 10 : : : 1662 5651 11 253,047 253,047 CD 1662 5651 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5651 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5651 14 est est NNP 1662 5651 15 . . . 1662 5651 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5652 1 Military military JJ 1662 5652 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5652 3 - - HYPH 1662 5652 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 5652 5 figure figure NN 1662 5652 6 : : : 1662 5652 7 $ $ $ 1662 5652 8 33 33 CD 1662 5652 9 million million CD 1662 5652 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5652 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 5652 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5652 13 Military military JJ 1662 5652 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5652 15 - - : 1662 5652 16 percent percent NN 1662 5652 17 of of IN 1662 5652 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5652 19 : : : 1662 5652 20 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 5652 21 % % NN 1662 5652 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5652 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 5652 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5652 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5652 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5652 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 5652 28 - - : 1662 5652 29 international international RB 1662 5652 30 : : : 1662 5652 31 none none NN 1662 5652 32 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 33 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 34 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 35 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 36 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 37 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 38 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 39 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 40 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 41 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 42 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 43 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 44 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 45 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 46 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 47 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 48 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 49 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 50 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 51 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 52 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 53 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 54 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 55 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 56 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 57 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 58 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 59 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 60 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 61 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 62 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 63 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 64 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 65 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 66 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 67 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 68 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 69 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 70 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 71 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 72 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 73 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 74 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 75 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 76 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 77 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 78 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 90 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 91 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 92 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 93 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 94 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 95 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 96 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 97 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 98 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 99 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 100 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 101 _ _ NNP 1662 5652 102 MAURITIUS MAURITIUS NNP 1662 5652 103 @Mauritius @mauritius NN 1662 5652 104 : : : 1662 5652 105 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5652 106 Location Location NNP 1662 5652 107 : : : 1662 5652 108 Southern Southern NNP 1662 5652 109 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5652 110 , , , 1662 5652 111 island island NN 1662 5652 112 in in IN 1662 5652 113 the the DT 1662 5652 114 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5652 115 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5652 116 , , , 1662 5652 117 east east NN 1662 5652 118 of of IN 1662 5652 119 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 5652 120 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5652 121 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5652 122 : : : 1662 5652 123 20 20 CD 1662 5652 124 17 17 CD 1662 5652 125 S s NN 1662 5652 126 , , , 1662 5652 127 57 57 CD 1662 5652 128 33 33 CD 1662 5652 129 E e NN 1662 5652 130 Map Map NNP 1662 5652 131 references reference NNS 1662 5652 132 : : : 1662 5652 133 World World NNP 1662 5652 134 Area Area NNP 1662 5652 135 : : : 1662 5652 136 total total NN 1662 5652 137 : : : 1662 5652 138 1,860 1,860 CD 1662 5652 139 sq sq IN 1662 5652 140 km km NNP 1662 5652 141 land land NN 1662 5652 142 : : : 1662 5652 143 1,850 1,850 CD 1662 5652 144 sq sq NNP 1662 5652 145 km km NNP 1662 5652 146 water water NN 1662 5652 147 : : : 1662 5652 148 10 10 CD 1662 5652 149 sq sq NNP 1662 5652 150 km km NNP 1662 5652 151 note note NN 1662 5652 152 : : : 1662 5652 153 includes include VBZ 1662 5652 154 Agalega Agalega NNP 1662 5652 155 Islands Islands NNP 1662 5652 156 , , , 1662 5652 157 Cargados Cargados NNP 1662 5652 158 Carajos Carajos NNP 1662 5652 159 Shoals Shoals NNPS 1662 5652 160 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5652 161 Saint Saint NNP 1662 5652 162 Brandon Brandon NNP 1662 5652 163 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5652 164 , , , 1662 5652 165 and and CC 1662 5652 166 Rodrigues Rodrigues NNP 1662 5652 167 Area Area NNP 1662 5652 168 - - HYPH 1662 5652 169 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5652 170 : : : 1662 5652 171 almost almost RB 1662 5652 172 11 11 CD 1662 5652 173 times time NNS 1662 5652 174 the the DT 1662 5652 175 size size NN 1662 5652 176 of of IN 1662 5652 177 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5652 178 , , , 1662 5652 179 DC DC NNP 1662 5652 180 Land Land NNP 1662 5652 181 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5652 182 : : : 1662 5652 183 0 0 LS 1662 5652 184 km km NN 1662 5652 185 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5652 186 : : : 1662 5652 187 177 177 CD 1662 5652 188 km km NN 1662 5652 189 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5652 190 claims claim VBZ 1662 5652 191 : : : 1662 5652 192 continental continental NNP 1662 5652 193 shelf shelf NNP 1662 5652 194 : : : 1662 5652 195 200 200 CD 1662 5652 196 nm nm CD 1662 5652 197 or or CC 1662 5652 198 to to IN 1662 5652 199 the the DT 1662 5652 200 edge edge NN 1662 5652 201 of of IN 1662 5652 202 the the DT 1662 5652 203 continental continental JJ 1662 5652 204 margin margin NN 1662 5652 205 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 5652 206 economic economic JJ 1662 5652 207 zone zone NN 1662 5652 208 : : : 1662 5652 209 200 200 CD 1662 5652 210 nm nm CD 1662 5652 211 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5652 212 sea sea NN 1662 5652 213 : : : 1662 5652 214 12 12 CD 1662 5652 215 nm nm NNP 1662 5652 216 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5652 217 : : : 1662 5652 218 tropical tropical JJ 1662 5652 219 , , , 1662 5652 220 modified modify VBN 1662 5652 221 by by IN 1662 5652 222 southeast southeast JJ 1662 5652 223 trade trade NN 1662 5652 224 winds wind NNS 1662 5652 225 ; ; , 1662 5652 226 warm warm JJ 1662 5652 227 , , , 1662 5652 228 dry dry JJ 1662 5652 229 winter winter NN 1662 5652 230 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5652 231 May May NNP 1662 5652 232 to to IN 1662 5652 233 November November NNP 1662 5652 234 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5652 235 ; ; : 1662 5652 236 hot hot JJ 1662 5652 237 , , , 1662 5652 238 wet wet JJ 1662 5652 239 , , , 1662 5652 240 humid humid JJ 1662 5652 241 summer summer NN 1662 5652 242 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5652 243 November November NNP 1662 5652 244 to to IN 1662 5652 245 May May NNP 1662 5652 246 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5652 247 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 5652 248 : : : 1662 5652 249 small small JJ 1662 5652 250 coastal coastal JJ 1662 5652 251 plain plain RB 1662 5652 252 rising rise VBG 1662 5652 253 to to IN 1662 5652 254 discontinuous discontinuous JJ 1662 5652 255 mountains mountain NNS 1662 5652 256 encircling encircle VBG 1662 5652 257 central central JJ 1662 5652 258 plateau plateau NNP 1662 5652 259 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5652 260 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5652 261 : : : 1662 5652 262 lowest low JJS 1662 5652 263 point point NN 1662 5652 264 : : : 1662 5652 265 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5652 266 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5652 267 0 0 NFP 1662 5652 268 m m DT 1662 5652 269 highest high JJS 1662 5652 270 point point NN 1662 5652 271 : : : 1662 5652 272 Piton Piton NNP 1662 5652 273 de de NNP 1662 5652 274 la la NNP 1662 5652 275 Petite Petite NNP 1662 5652 276 Riviere Riviere NNP 1662 5652 277 Noire Noire NNP 1662 5652 278 828 828 CD 1662 5652 279 m m NNP 1662 5652 280 Natural natural JJ 1662 5652 281 resources resource NNS 1662 5652 282 : : : 1662 5652 283 arable arable JJ 1662 5652 284 land land NN 1662 5652 285 , , , 1662 5652 286 fish fish NN 1662 5652 287 Land land NN 1662 5652 288 use use NN 1662 5652 289 : : : 1662 5652 290 arable arable JJ 1662 5652 291 land land NN 1662 5652 292 : : : 1662 5652 293 49 49 CD 1662 5652 294 % % NN 1662 5652 295 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5652 296 crops crop NNS 1662 5652 297 : : : 1662 5652 298 3 3 CD 1662 5652 299 % % NN 1662 5652 300 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5652 301 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5652 302 : : : 1662 5652 303 3 3 CD 1662 5652 304 % % NN 1662 5652 305 forests forest NNS 1662 5652 306 and and CC 1662 5652 307 woodland woodland JJ 1662 5652 308 : : : 1662 5652 309 22 22 CD 1662 5652 310 % % NN 1662 5652 311 other other JJ 1662 5652 312 : : : 1662 5652 313 23 23 CD 1662 5652 314 % % NN 1662 5652 315 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5652 316 1993 1993 CD 1662 5652 317 est est NNP 1662 5652 318 . . . 1662 5652 319 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5653 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5653 2 land land NN 1662 5653 3 : : : 1662 5653 4 170 170 CD 1662 5653 5 sq sq NNP 1662 5653 6 km km NNP 1662 5653 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5653 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 5653 9 est est NNP 1662 5653 10 . . . 1662 5653 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5654 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 5654 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5654 3 : : : 1662 5654 4 cyclones cyclone NNS 1662 5654 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5654 6 November November NNP 1662 5654 7 to to IN 1662 5654 8 April April NNP 1662 5654 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5654 10 ; ; : 1662 5654 11 almost almost RB 1662 5654 12 completely completely RB 1662 5654 13 surrounded surround VBN 1662 5654 14 by by IN 1662 5654 15 reefs reef NNS 1662 5654 16 that that WDT 1662 5654 17 may may MD 1662 5654 18 pose pose VB 1662 5654 19 maritime maritime JJ 1662 5654 20 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5654 21 Environment environment NN 1662 5654 22 - - HYPH 1662 5654 23 current current JJ 1662 5654 24 issues issue NNS 1662 5654 25 : : : 1662 5654 26 water water NN 1662 5654 27 pollution pollution NN 1662 5654 28 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5654 29 - - HYPH 1662 5654 30 international international JJ 1662 5654 31 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5654 32 : : : 1662 5654 33 party party NN 1662 5654 34 to to TO 1662 5654 35 : : : 1662 5654 36 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 5654 37 , , , 1662 5654 38 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5654 39 Change Change NNP 1662 5654 40 , , , 1662 5654 41 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 5654 42 , , , 1662 5654 43 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 5654 44 Species Species NNPS 1662 5654 45 , , , 1662 5654 46 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 5654 47 Modification Modification NNP 1662 5654 48 , , , 1662 5654 49 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 5654 50 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 5654 51 , , , 1662 5654 52 Law Law NNP 1662 5654 53 of of IN 1662 5654 54 the the DT 1662 5654 55 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5654 56 , , , 1662 5654 57 Marine Marine NNP 1662 5654 58 Life Life NNP 1662 5654 59 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 5654 60 , , , 1662 5654 61 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 5654 62 Test Test NNP 1662 5654 63 Ban Ban NNP 1662 5654 64 , , , 1662 5654 65 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5654 66 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5654 67 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5654 68 , , , 1662 5654 69 Ship Ship NNP 1662 5654 70 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5654 71 , , , 1662 5654 72 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 5654 73 signed sign VBD 1662 5654 74 , , , 1662 5654 75 but but CC 1662 5654 76 not not RB 1662 5654 77 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5654 78 : : : 1662 5654 79 none none NN 1662 5654 80 of of IN 1662 5654 81 the the DT 1662 5654 82 selected select VBN 1662 5654 83 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5654 84 @Mauritius @Mauritius NNP 1662 5654 85 : : : 1662 5654 86 People People NNPS 1662 5654 87 Population Population NNP 1662 5654 88 : : : 1662 5654 89 1,154,272 1,154,272 CD 1662 5654 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5654 91 July July NNP 1662 5654 92 1997 1997 CD 1662 5654 93 est est NNP 1662 5654 94 . . . 1662 5654 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5655 1 Age age NN 1662 5655 2 structure structure NN 1662 5655 3 : : : 1662 5655 4 0 0 CD 1662 5655 5 - - HYPH 1662 5655 6 14 14 CD 1662 5655 7 years year NNS 1662 5655 8 : : : 1662 5655 9 27 27 CD 1662 5655 10 % % NN 1662 5655 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5655 12 male male JJ 1662 5655 13 155,779 155,779 CD 1662 5655 14 ; ; : 1662 5655 15 female female JJ 1662 5655 16 151,964 151,964 CD 1662 5655 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5655 18 15 15 CD 1662 5655 19 - - SYM 1662 5655 20 64 64 CD 1662 5655 21 years year NNS 1662 5655 22 : : : 1662 5655 23 67 67 CD 1662 5655 24 % % NN 1662 5655 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5655 26 male male JJ 1662 5655 27 387,406 387,406 CD 1662 5655 28 ; ; : 1662 5655 29 female female JJ 1662 5655 30 391,167 391,167 CD 1662 5655 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5655 32 65 65 CD 1662 5655 33 years year NNS 1662 5655 34 and and CC 1662 5655 35 over over IN 1662 5655 36 : : : 1662 5655 37 6 6 CD 1662 5655 38 % % NN 1662 5655 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5655 40 male male JJ 1662 5655 41 27,719 27,719 CD 1662 5655 42 ; ; : 1662 5655 43 female female JJ 1662 5655 44 40,237 40,237 CD 1662 5655 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5655 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5655 47 July July NNP 1662 5655 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5655 49 est est NNP 1662 5655 50 . . . 1662 5655 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5656 1 Population population NN 1662 5656 2 growth growth NN 1662 5656 3 rate rate NN 1662 5656 4 : : : 1662 5656 5 1.21 1.21 CD 1662 5656 6 % % NN 1662 5656 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5656 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5656 9 est est NNP 1662 5656 10 . . . 1662 5656 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5657 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5657 2 rate rate NN 1662 5657 3 : : : 1662 5657 4 18.81 18.81 CD 1662 5657 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 5657 6 population population NN 1662 5657 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5657 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5657 9 est est NNP 1662 5657 10 . . . 1662 5657 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5658 1 Death death NN 1662 5658 2 rate rate NN 1662 5658 3 : : : 1662 5658 4 6.68 6.68 CD 1662 5658 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5658 6 population population NN 1662 5658 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5658 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5658 9 est est NNP 1662 5658 10 . . . 1662 5658 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5659 1 Net net JJ 1662 5659 2 migration migration NN 1662 5659 3 rate rate NN 1662 5659 4 : : : 1662 5659 5 0 0 NFP 1662 5659 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 5659 7 population population NN 1662 5659 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5659 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5659 10 est est NNP 1662 5659 11 . . . 1662 5659 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5660 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5660 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5660 3 : : : 1662 5660 4 at at IN 1662 5660 5 birth birth NN 1662 5660 6 : : : 1662 5660 7 1 1 CD 1662 5660 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5660 9 under under IN 1662 5660 10 15 15 CD 1662 5660 11 years year NNS 1662 5660 12 : : : 1662 5660 13 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 5660 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5660 15 15 15 CD 1662 5660 16 - - HYPH 1662 5660 17 64 64 CD 1662 5660 18 years year NNS 1662 5660 19 : : : 1662 5660 20 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 5660 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5660 22 65 65 CD 1662 5660 23 years year NNS 1662 5660 24 and and CC 1662 5660 25 over over IN 1662 5660 26 : : : 1662 5660 27 0.69 0.69 CD 1662 5660 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 5660 29 total total JJ 1662 5660 30 population population NN 1662 5660 31 : : : 1662 5660 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 5660 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5660 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5660 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5660 36 est e JJS 1662 5660 37 . . . 1662 5660 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5661 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5661 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5661 3 rate rate NN 1662 5661 4 : : : 1662 5661 5 16.9 16.9 CD 1662 5661 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5661 7 live live JJ 1662 5661 8 births birth NNS 1662 5661 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5661 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5661 11 est est NNP 1662 5661 12 . . . 1662 5661 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5662 1 Life life NN 1662 5662 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5662 3 at at IN 1662 5662 4 birth birth NN 1662 5662 5 : : : 1662 5662 6 total total JJ 1662 5662 7 population population NN 1662 5662 8 : : : 1662 5662 9 70.71 70.71 CD 1662 5662 10 years year NNS 1662 5662 11 male male JJ 1662 5662 12 : : : 1662 5662 13 66.88 66.88 CD 1662 5662 14 years year NNS 1662 5662 15 female female JJ 1662 5662 16 : : : 1662 5662 17 74.53 74.53 CD 1662 5662 18 years year NNS 1662 5662 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5662 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5662 21 est est NNP 1662 5662 22 . . . 1662 5662 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5663 1 Total total JJ 1662 5663 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5663 3 rate rate NN 1662 5663 4 : : : 1662 5663 5 2.23 2.23 CD 1662 5663 6 children child NNS 1662 5663 7 born bear VBN 1662 5663 8 / / SYM 1662 5663 9 woman woman NN 1662 5663 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5663 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5663 12 est est NNP 1662 5663 13 . . . 1662 5663 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5664 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5664 2 : : : 1662 5664 3 noun noun NNP 1662 5664 4 : : : 1662 5664 5 Mauritian(s Mauritian(s NNP 1662 5664 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5664 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 5664 8 : : : 1662 5664 9 Mauritian mauritian JJ 1662 5664 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5664 11 groups group NNS 1662 5664 12 : : : 1662 5664 13 Indo Indo NNP 1662 5664 14 - - HYPH 1662 5664 15 Mauritian Mauritian NNP 1662 5664 16 68 68 CD 1662 5664 17 % % NN 1662 5664 18 , , , 1662 5664 19 Creole Creole NNP 1662 5664 20 27 27 CD 1662 5664 21 % % NN 1662 5664 22 , , , 1662 5664 23 Sino Sino NNP 1662 5664 24 - - HYPH 1662 5664 25 Mauritian Mauritian NNP 1662 5664 26 3 3 CD 1662 5664 27 % % NN 1662 5664 28 , , , 1662 5664 29 Franco Franco NNP 1662 5664 30 - - HYPH 1662 5664 31 Mauritian Mauritian NNP 1662 5664 32 2 2 CD 1662 5664 33 % % NN 1662 5664 34 Religions religion NNS 1662 5664 35 : : : 1662 5664 36 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 5664 37 52 52 CD 1662 5664 38 % % NN 1662 5664 39 , , , 1662 5664 40 Christian Christian NNP 1662 5664 41 28.3 28.3 CD 1662 5664 42 % % NN 1662 5664 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5664 44 Roman roman JJ 1662 5664 45 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 5664 46 26 26 CD 1662 5664 47 % % NN 1662 5664 48 , , , 1662 5664 49 Protestant protestant NN 1662 5664 50 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 5664 51 % % NN 1662 5664 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5664 53 , , , 1662 5664 54 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 5664 55 16.6 16.6 CD 1662 5664 56 % % NN 1662 5664 57 , , , 1662 5664 58 other other JJ 1662 5664 59 3.1 3.1 CD 1662 5664 60 % % NN 1662 5664 61 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 5664 62 : : : 1662 5664 63 English English NNP 1662 5664 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5664 65 official official NN 1662 5664 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5664 67 , , , 1662 5664 68 Creole Creole NNP 1662 5664 69 , , , 1662 5664 70 French French NNP 1662 5664 71 , , , 1662 5664 72 Hindi Hindi NNP 1662 5664 73 , , , 1662 5664 74 Urdu Urdu NNP 1662 5664 75 , , , 1662 5664 76 Hakka Hakka NNP 1662 5664 77 , , , 1662 5664 78 Bojpoori Bojpoori NNP 1662 5664 79 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 5664 80 : : : 1662 5664 81 definition definition NN 1662 5664 82 : : : 1662 5664 83 age age NN 1662 5664 84 15 15 CD 1662 5664 85 and and CC 1662 5664 86 over over RB 1662 5664 87 can can MD 1662 5664 88 read read VB 1662 5664 89 and and CC 1662 5664 90 write write VB 1662 5664 91 total total JJ 1662 5664 92 population population NN 1662 5664 93 : : : 1662 5664 94 82.9 82.9 CD 1662 5664 95 % % NNP 1662 5664 96 male male NN 1662 5664 97 : : : 1662 5664 98 87.1 87.1 CD 1662 5664 99 % % NN 1662 5664 100 female female NN 1662 5664 101 : : : 1662 5664 102 78.8 78.8 CD 1662 5664 103 % % NN 1662 5664 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5664 105 1995 1995 CD 1662 5664 106 est est NNP 1662 5664 107 . . . 1662 5664 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5665 1 @Mauritius @mauritius NN 1662 5665 2 : : : 1662 5665 3 Government Government NNP 1662 5665 4 Country Country NNP 1662 5665 5 name name NN 1662 5665 6 : : : 1662 5665 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5665 8 long long JJ 1662 5665 9 form form NN 1662 5665 10 : : : 1662 5665 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5665 12 of of IN 1662 5665 13 Mauritius Mauritius NNP 1662 5665 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5665 15 short short JJ 1662 5665 16 form form NN 1662 5665 17 : : : 1662 5665 18 Mauritius Mauritius NNP 1662 5665 19 Data Data NNP 1662 5665 20 code code NN 1662 5665 21 : : : 1662 5665 22 MP MP NNP 1662 5665 23 Government Government NNP 1662 5665 24 type type NN 1662 5665 25 : : : 1662 5665 26 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 5665 27 democracy democracy NN 1662 5665 28 National national JJ 1662 5665 29 capital capital NN 1662 5665 30 : : : 1662 5665 31 Port Port NNP 1662 5665 32 Louis Louis NNP 1662 5665 33 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 5665 34 divisions division NNS 1662 5665 35 : : : 1662 5665 36 9 9 CD 1662 5665 37 districts district NNS 1662 5665 38 and and CC 1662 5665 39 3 3 CD 1662 5665 40 dependencies dependency NNS 1662 5665 41 * * NFP 1662 5665 42 ; ; : 1662 5665 43 Agalega Agalega NNP 1662 5665 44 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 5665 45 * * NFP 1662 5665 46 , , , 1662 5665 47 Black Black NNP 1662 5665 48 River River NNP 1662 5665 49 , , , 1662 5665 50 Cargados Cargados NNP 1662 5665 51 Carajos Carajos NNP 1662 5665 52 * * NFP 1662 5665 53 , , , 1662 5665 54 Flacq Flacq NNP 1662 5665 55 , , , 1662 5665 56 Grand Grand NNP 1662 5665 57 Port Port NNP 1662 5665 58 , , , 1662 5665 59 Moka Moka NNP 1662 5665 60 , , , 1662 5665 61 Pamplemousses Pamplemousses NNPS 1662 5665 62 , , , 1662 5665 63 Plaines Plaines NNP 1662 5665 64 Wilhems Wilhems NNPS 1662 5665 65 , , , 1662 5665 66 Port Port NNP 1662 5665 67 Louis Louis NNP 1662 5665 68 , , , 1662 5665 69 Riviere Riviere NNP 1662 5665 70 du du NNP 1662 5665 71 Rempart Rempart NNP 1662 5665 72 , , , 1662 5665 73 Rodrigues Rodrigues NNP 1662 5665 74 * * NFP 1662 5665 75 , , , 1662 5665 76 Savanne Savanne NNP 1662 5665 77 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5665 78 : : : 1662 5665 79 12 12 CD 1662 5665 80 March March NNP 1662 5665 81 1968 1968 CD 1662 5665 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5665 83 from from IN 1662 5665 84 UK UK NNP 1662 5665 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5665 86 National national JJ 1662 5665 87 holiday holiday NN 1662 5665 88 : : : 1662 5665 89 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5665 90 Day Day NNP 1662 5665 91 , , , 1662 5665 92 12 12 CD 1662 5665 93 March March NNP 1662 5665 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5665 95 1968 1968 CD 1662 5665 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5665 97 Constitution constitution NN 1662 5665 98 : : : 1662 5665 99 12 12 CD 1662 5665 100 March March NNP 1662 5665 101 1968 1968 CD 1662 5665 102 ; ; : 1662 5665 103 amended amend VBD 1662 5665 104 12 12 CD 1662 5665 105 March March NNP 1662 5665 106 1992 1992 CD 1662 5665 107 Legal legal JJ 1662 5665 108 system system NN 1662 5665 109 : : : 1662 5665 110 based base VBN 1662 5665 111 on on IN 1662 5665 112 French french JJ 1662 5665 113 civil civil JJ 1662 5665 114 law law NN 1662 5665 115 system system NN 1662 5665 116 with with IN 1662 5665 117 elements element NNS 1662 5665 118 of of IN 1662 5665 119 English english JJ 1662 5665 120 common common JJ 1662 5665 121 law law NN 1662 5665 122 in in IN 1662 5665 123 certain certain JJ 1662 5665 124 areas area NNS 1662 5665 125 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 5665 126 : : : 1662 5665 127 18 18 CD 1662 5665 128 years year NNS 1662 5665 129 of of IN 1662 5665 130 age age NN 1662 5665 131 ; ; : 1662 5665 132 universal universal JJ 1662 5665 133 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5665 134 branch branch NN 1662 5665 135 : : : 1662 5665 136 chief chief NN 1662 5665 137 of of IN 1662 5665 138 state state NN 1662 5665 139 : : : 1662 5665 140 President President NNP 1662 5665 141 Cassam Cassam NNP 1662 5665 142 UTEEM UTEEM NNP 1662 5665 143 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5665 144 since since IN 1662 5665 145 1 1 CD 1662 5665 146 July July NNP 1662 5665 147 1992 1992 CD 1662 5665 148 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5665 149 and and CC 1662 5665 150 Vice Vice NNP 1662 5665 151 President President NNP 1662 5665 152 Rabindranath Rabindranath NNP 1662 5665 153 GHURBURRUN GHURBURRUN NNP 1662 5665 154 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5665 155 since since IN 1662 5665 156 1 1 CD 1662 5665 157 July July NNP 1662 5665 158 1992 1992 CD 1662 5665 159 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5665 160 head head NN 1662 5665 161 of of IN 1662 5665 162 government government NN 1662 5665 163 : : : 1662 5665 164 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5665 165 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5665 166 Navin Navin NNP 1662 5665 167 RAMGOOLAM RAMGOOLAM NNP 1662 5665 168 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5665 169 since since IN 1662 5665 170 27 27 CD 1662 5665 171 December December NNP 1662 5665 172 1995 1995 CD 1662 5665 173 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5665 174 and and CC 1662 5665 175 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 5665 176 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5665 177 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5665 178 Paul Paul NNP 1662 5665 179 BERENGER BERENGER NNP 1662 5665 180 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5665 181 since since IN 1662 5665 182 27 27 CD 1662 5665 183 December December NNP 1662 5665 184 1995 1995 CD 1662 5665 185 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5665 186 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5665 187 : : : 1662 5665 188 Council Council NNP 1662 5665 189 of of IN 1662 5665 190 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 5665 191 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5665 192 by by IN 1662 5665 193 the the DT 1662 5665 194 president president NN 1662 5665 195 on on IN 1662 5665 196 the the DT 1662 5665 197 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 5665 198 of of IN 1662 5665 199 the the DT 1662 5665 200 prime prime JJ 1662 5665 201 minister minister NNP 1662 5665 202 elections election NNS 1662 5665 203 : : : 1662 5665 204 president president NN 1662 5665 205 and and CC 1662 5665 206 vice vice NN 1662 5665 207 president president NN 1662 5665 208 elected elect VBN 1662 5665 209 by by IN 1662 5665 210 the the DT 1662 5665 211 National National NNP 1662 5665 212 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5665 213 for for IN 1662 5665 214 five five CD 1662 5665 215 - - HYPH 1662 5665 216 year year NN 1662 5665 217 terms term NNS 1662 5665 218 ; ; : 1662 5665 219 election election NN 1662 5665 220 last last JJ 1662 5665 221 held hold VBN 1662 5665 222 NA NA NNP 1662 5665 223 June June NNP 1662 5665 224 1992 1992 CD 1662 5665 225 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5665 226 next next JJ 1662 5665 227 to to TO 1662 5665 228 be be VB 1662 5665 229 held hold VBN 1662 5665 230 NA NA NNP 1662 5665 231 1997 1997 CD 1662 5665 232 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5665 233 ; ; : 1662 5665 234 prime prime NNP 1662 5665 235 minister minister NNP 1662 5665 236 and and CC 1662 5665 237 deputy deputy JJ 1662 5665 238 prime prime NNP 1662 5665 239 minister minister NN 1662 5665 240 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5665 241 by by IN 1662 5665 242 the the DT 1662 5665 243 president president NN 1662 5665 244 and and CC 1662 5665 245 are be VBP 1662 5665 246 responsible responsible JJ 1662 5665 247 to to IN 1662 5665 248 the the DT 1662 5665 249 National National NNP 1662 5665 250 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5665 251 election election NN 1662 5665 252 results result NNS 1662 5665 253 : : : 1662 5665 254 Cassam cassam JJ 1662 5665 255 UTEEM UTEEM NNP 1662 5665 256 elected elect VBD 1662 5665 257 president president NN 1662 5665 258 and and CC 1662 5665 259 Rabindranath Rabindranath NNP 1662 5665 260 GHURBURRUN GHURBURRUN NNP 1662 5665 261 elected elect VBD 1662 5665 262 vice vice NN 1662 5665 263 president president NN 1662 5665 264 ; ; : 1662 5665 265 percent percent NN 1662 5665 266 of of IN 1662 5665 267 vote vote NN 1662 5665 268 by by IN 1662 5665 269 the the DT 1662 5665 270 National National NNP 1662 5665 271 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5665 272 - - HYPH 1662 5665 273 NA NA NNP 1662 5665 274 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 5665 275 branch branch NN 1662 5665 276 : : : 1662 5665 277 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 5665 278 National National NNP 1662 5665 279 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5665 280 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5665 281 66 66 CD 1662 5665 282 seats seat NNS 1662 5665 283 - - : 1662 5665 284 62 62 CD 1662 5665 285 popularly popularly RB 1662 5665 286 elected elect VBN 1662 5665 287 , , , 1662 5665 288 4 4 CD 1662 5665 289 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5665 290 ; ; : 1662 5665 291 members member NNS 1662 5665 292 serve serve VBP 1662 5665 293 five five CD 1662 5665 294 - - HYPH 1662 5665 295 year year NN 1662 5665 296 terms term NNS 1662 5665 297 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5665 298 ; ; : 1662 5665 299 note note VB 1662 5665 300 - - : 1662 5665 301 the the DT 1662 5665 302 election election NNP 1662 5665 303 commission commission NNP 1662 5665 304 appoints appoint VBZ 1662 5665 305 four four CD 1662 5665 306 members member NNS 1662 5665 307 from from IN 1662 5665 308 the the DT 1662 5665 309 losing lose VBG 1662 5665 310 political political JJ 1662 5665 311 parties party NNS 1662 5665 312 to to TO 1662 5665 313 give give VB 1662 5665 314 representation representation NN 1662 5665 315 to to IN 1662 5665 316 various various JJ 1662 5665 317 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5665 318 minorities minority NNS 1662 5665 319 elections election NNS 1662 5665 320 : : : 1662 5665 321 last last RB 1662 5665 322 held hold VBN 1662 5665 323 on on IN 1662 5665 324 20 20 CD 1662 5665 325 December December NNP 1662 5665 326 1995 1995 CD 1662 5665 327 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5665 328 next next JJ 1662 5665 329 to to TO 1662 5665 330 be be VB 1662 5665 331 held hold VBN 1662 5665 332 by by IN 1662 5665 333 December December NNP 1662 5665 334 2000 2000 CD 1662 5665 335 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5665 336 election election NN 1662 5665 337 results result NNS 1662 5665 338 : : : 1662 5665 339 percent percent NN 1662 5665 340 of of IN 1662 5665 341 vote vote NN 1662 5665 342 by by IN 1662 5665 343 party party NNP 1662 5665 344 - - HYPH 1662 5665 345 MLP MLP NNP 1662 5665 346 / / SYM 1662 5665 347 MMM MMM NNP 1662 5665 348 65 65 CD 1662 5665 349 % % NN 1662 5665 350 , , , 1662 5665 351 MSM MSM NNP 1662 5665 352 / / SYM 1662 5665 353 RMM RMM NNP 1662 5665 354 20 20 CD 1662 5665 355 % % NN 1662 5665 356 , , , 1662 5665 357 other other JJ 1662 5665 358 15 15 CD 1662 5665 359 % % NN 1662 5665 360 ; ; , 1662 5665 361 seats seat NNS 1662 5665 362 by by IN 1662 5665 363 party party NN 1662 5665 364 - - HYPH 1662 5665 365 MLP MLP NNP 1662 5665 366 35 35 CD 1662 5665 367 , , , 1662 5665 368 MMM MMM NNP 1662 5665 369 25 25 CD 1662 5665 370 , , , 1662 5665 371 allies ally NNS 1662 5665 372 of of IN 1662 5665 373 MLP MLP NNP 1662 5665 374 and and CC 1662 5665 375 MMM MMM NNP 1662 5665 376 on on IN 1662 5665 377 Rodrigues Rodrigues NNP 1662 5665 378 Island Island NNP 1662 5665 379 2 2 CD 1662 5665 380 ; ; : 1662 5665 381 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5665 382 were be VBD 1662 5665 383 Rodrigues Rodrigues NNP 1662 5665 384 Movement Movement NNP 1662 5665 385 2 2 CD 1662 5665 386 , , , 1662 5665 387 PMSD PMSD NNP 1662 5665 388 1 1 CD 1662 5665 389 , , , 1662 5665 390 Hizbullah Hizbullah NNP 1662 5665 391 1 1 CD 1662 5665 392 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 5665 393 branch branch NN 1662 5665 394 : : : 1662 5665 395 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5665 396 Court Court NNP 1662 5665 397 Political political JJ 1662 5665 398 parties party NNS 1662 5665 399 and and CC 1662 5665 400 leaders leader NNS 1662 5665 401 : : : 1662 5665 402 government government NN 1662 5665 403 coalition coalition NN 1662 5665 404 : : : 1662 5665 405 MLP MLP NNP 1662 5665 406 / / SYM 1662 5665 407 MMM MMM NNP 1662 5665 408 alliance alliance NN 1662 5665 409 , , , 1662 5665 410 consisting consist VBG 1662 5665 411 of of IN 1662 5665 412 Mauritian Mauritian NNP 1662 5665 413 Labor Labor NNP 1662 5665 414 Party Party NNP 1662 5665 415 or or CC 1662 5665 416 MLP MLP NNP 1662 5665 417 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5665 418 Navin Navin NNP 1662 5665 419 RAMGOOLAM RAMGOOLAM NNP 1662 5665 420 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5665 421 and and CC 1662 5665 422 Mauritian Mauritian NNP 1662 5665 423 Militant Militant NNP 1662 5665 424 Movement Movement NNP 1662 5665 425 or or CC 1662 5665 426 MMM MMM NNP 1662 5665 427 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5665 428 Paul Paul NNP 1662 5665 429 BERENGER BERENGER NNP 1662 5665 430 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5665 431 opposition opposition NN 1662 5665 432 : : : 1662 5665 433 MSM MSM NNP 1662 5665 434 / / SYM 1662 5665 435 MSR MSR NNP 1662 5665 436 alliance alliance NN 1662 5665 437 consisting consist VBG 1662 5665 438 of of IN 1662 5665 439 the the DT 1662 5665 440 Militant Militant NNP 1662 5665 441 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 5665 442 Movement Movement NNP 1662 5665 443 or or CC 1662 5665 444 MSM MSM NNP 1662 5665 445 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5665 446 Sir Sir NNP 1662 5665 447 Anerood Anerood NNP 1662 5665 448 JUGNAUTH JUGNAUTH NNP 1662 5665 449 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5665 450 and and CC 1662 5665 451 the the DT 1662 5665 452 Mauritian Mauritian NNP 1662 5665 453 Militant Militant NNP 1662 5665 454 Renaissance Renaissance NNP 1662 5665 455 or or CC 1662 5665 456 MMR MMR NNP 1662 5665 457 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5665 458 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 5665 459 Paramhansa Paramhansa NNP 1662 5665 460 NABABSING NABABSING NNP 1662 5665 461 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5665 462 ; ; : 1662 5665 463 Organization organization NN 1662 5665 464 of of IN 1662 5665 465 the the DT 1662 5665 466 People People NNS 1662 5665 467 of of IN 1662 5665 468 Rodrigues Rodrigues NNPS 1662 5665 469 or or CC 1662 5665 470 OPR OPR NNP 1662 5665 471 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5665 472 Louis Louis NNP 1662 5665 473 Serge Serge NNP 1662 5665 474 CLAIR CLAIR NNP 1662 5665 475 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5665 476 ; ; : 1662 5665 477 Mauritius Mauritius NNP 1662 5665 478 Social Social NNP 1662 5665 479 Democrat Democrat NNP 1662 5665 480 Party Party NNP 1662 5665 481 or or CC 1662 5665 482 PMSD PMSD NNP 1662 5665 483 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5665 484 Xavier Xavier NNP 1662 5665 485 - - HYPH 1662 5665 486 Luc Luc NNP 1662 5665 487 DUVAL DUVAL NNP 1662 5665 488 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5665 489 ; ; : 1662 5665 490 Hizbullah Hizbullah NNP 1662 5665 491 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5665 492 Imam Imam NNP 1662 5665 493 Mustapha Mustapha NNP 1662 5665 494 BEEHARRY BEEHARRY NNP 1662 5665 495 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5665 496 Political political JJ 1662 5665 497 pressure pressure NN 1662 5665 498 groups group NNS 1662 5665 499 and and CC 1662 5665 500 leaders leader NNS 1662 5665 501 : : : 1662 5665 502 various various JJ 1662 5665 503 labor labor NN 1662 5665 504 unions union NNS 1662 5665 505 International international JJ 1662 5665 506 organization organization NN 1662 5665 507 participation participation NN 1662 5665 508 : : : 1662 5665 509 ACCT acct JJ 1662 5665 510 , , , 1662 5665 511 ACP ACP NNP 1662 5665 512 , , , 1662 5665 513 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 5665 514 , , , 1662 5665 515 C C NNP 1662 5665 516 , , , 1662 5665 517 CCC CCC NNP 1662 5665 518 , , , 1662 5665 519 ECA ECA NNP 1662 5665 520 , , , 1662 5665 521 FAO FAO NNP 1662 5665 522 , , , 1662 5665 523 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 5665 524 , , , 1662 5665 525 IAEA iaea NN 1662 5665 526 , , , 1662 5665 527 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 5665 528 , , , 1662 5665 529 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 5665 530 , , , 1662 5665 531 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 5665 532 , , , 1662 5665 533 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 5665 534 , , , 1662 5665 535 IDA IDA NNP 1662 5665 536 , , , 1662 5665 537 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 5665 538 , , , 1662 5665 539 IFC IFC NNP 1662 5665 540 , , , 1662 5665 541 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 5665 542 , , , 1662 5665 543 ILO ILO NNP 1662 5665 544 , , , 1662 5665 545 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5665 546 , , , 1662 5665 547 IMO imo RB 1662 5665 548 , , , 1662 5665 549 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 5665 550 , , , 1662 5665 551 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5665 552 , , , 1662 5665 553 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 5665 554 , , , 1662 5665 555 IOC IOC NNP 1662 5665 556 , , , 1662 5665 557 ISO ISO NNP 1662 5665 558 , , , 1662 5665 559 ITU ITU NNP 1662 5665 560 , , , 1662 5665 561 NAM NAM NNP 1662 5665 562 , , , 1662 5665 563 OAU OAU NNP 1662 5665 564 , , , 1662 5665 565 PCA PCA NNP 1662 5665 566 , , , 1662 5665 567 SADC SADC NNP 1662 5665 568 , , , 1662 5665 569 UN UN NNP 1662 5665 570 , , , 1662 5665 571 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 5665 572 , , , 1662 5665 573 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 5665 574 , , , 1662 5665 575 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 5665 576 , , , 1662 5665 577 UPU UPU NNP 1662 5665 578 , , , 1662 5665 579 WCL WCL NNP 1662 5665 580 , , , 1662 5665 581 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 5665 582 , , , 1662 5665 583 WHO who WP 1662 5665 584 , , , 1662 5665 585 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 5665 586 , , , 1662 5665 587 WMO WMO NNP 1662 5665 588 , , , 1662 5665 589 WToO wtoo FW 1662 5665 590 , , , 1662 5665 591 WTrO wtro VB 1662 5665 592 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5665 593 representation representation NN 1662 5665 594 in in IN 1662 5665 595 the the DT 1662 5665 596 US US NNP 1662 5665 597 : : : 1662 5665 598 chief chief NN 1662 5665 599 of of IN 1662 5665 600 mission mission NN 1662 5665 601 : : : 1662 5665 602 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5665 603 Chitmansing Chitmansing NNP 1662 5665 604 JESSERAMSING JESSERAMSING NNP 1662 5665 605 chancery chancery NN 1662 5665 606 : : : 1662 5665 607 Suite suite NN 1662 5665 608 441 441 CD 1662 5665 609 , , , 1662 5665 610 4301 4301 CD 1662 5665 611 Connecticut Connecticut NNP 1662 5665 612 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 5665 613 NW NW NNP 1662 5665 614 , , , 1662 5665 615 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5665 616 , , , 1662 5665 617 DC DC NNP 1662 5665 618 20008 20008 CD 1662 5665 619 telephone telephone NN 1662 5665 620 : : : 1662 5665 621 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5665 622 1 1 CD 1662 5665 623 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5665 624 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5665 625 202 202 CD 1662 5665 626 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5665 627 244 244 CD 1662 5665 628 - - SYM 1662 5665 629 1491 1491 CD 1662 5665 630 , , , 1662 5665 631 1492 1492 CD 1662 5665 632 FAX fax NN 1662 5665 633 : : : 1662 5665 634 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5665 635 1 1 CD 1662 5665 636 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5665 637 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5665 638 202 202 CD 1662 5665 639 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5665 640 966 966 CD 1662 5665 641 - - HYPH 1662 5665 642 0983 0983 CD 1662 5665 643 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5665 644 representation representation NN 1662 5665 645 from from IN 1662 5665 646 the the DT 1662 5665 647 US US NNP 1662 5665 648 : : : 1662 5665 649 chief chief NN 1662 5665 650 of of IN 1662 5665 651 mission mission NN 1662 5665 652 : : : 1662 5665 653 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5665 654 Harold Harold NNP 1662 5665 655 Walter Walter NNP 1662 5665 656 GEISEL GEISEL NNP 1662 5665 657 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5665 658 8 8 CD 1662 5665 659 July July NNP 1662 5665 660 1996 1996 CD 1662 5665 661 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5665 662 embassy embassy NN 1662 5665 663 : : : 1662 5665 664 4th 4th JJ 1662 5665 665 Floor Floor NNP 1662 5665 666 , , , 1662 5665 667 Rogers Rogers NNP 1662 5665 668 House House NNP 1662 5665 669 , , , 1662 5665 670 John John NNP 1662 5665 671 Kennedy Kennedy NNP 1662 5665 672 Street Street NNP 1662 5665 673 , , , 1662 5665 674 Port Port NNP 1662 5665 675 Louis Louis NNP 1662 5665 676 mailing mailing NN 1662 5665 677 address address NN 1662 5665 678 : : : 1662 5665 679 International International NNP 1662 5665 680 Mail Mail NNP 1662 5665 681 : : : 1662 5665 682 P.O. P.O. 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- HYPH 1662 5679 40 capacity capacity NN 1662 5679 41 : : : 1662 5679 42 235,000 235,000 CD 1662 5679 43 kW kw NN 1662 5679 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5679 45 1991 1991 CD 1662 5679 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5679 47 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5679 48 - - HYPH 1662 5679 49 production production NN 1662 5679 50 : : : 1662 5679 51 425 425 CD 1662 5679 52 million million CD 1662 5679 53 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5679 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5679 55 1991 1991 CD 1662 5679 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5679 57 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5679 58 - - HYPH 1662 5679 59 consumption consumption NN 1662 5679 60 per per IN 1662 5679 61 capita capita NN 1662 5679 62 : : : 1662 5679 63 393 393 CD 1662 5679 64 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5679 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5679 66 1991 1991 CD 1662 5679 67 est est NNP 1662 5679 68 . . . 1662 5679 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5680 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5680 2 - - HYPH 1662 5680 3 products product NNS 1662 5680 4 : : : 1662 5680 5 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 5680 6 , , , 1662 5680 7 tea tea NN 1662 5680 8 , , , 1662 5680 9 corn corn NN 1662 5680 10 , , , 1662 5680 11 potatoes potato NNS 1662 5680 12 , , , 1662 5680 13 bananas banana NNS 1662 5680 14 , , , 1662 5680 15 pulses pulse VBZ 1662 5680 16 ; ; : 1662 5680 17 cattle cattle NNS 1662 5680 18 , , , 1662 5680 19 goats goat NNS 1662 5680 20 ; ; , 1662 5680 21 fish fish NN 1662 5680 22 Exports export NNS 1662 5680 23 : : : 1662 5680 24 total total JJ 1662 5680 25 value value NN 1662 5680 26 : : : 1662 5680 27 $ $ $ 1662 5680 28 1.57 1.57 CD 1662 5680 29 billion billion CD 1662 5680 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5680 31 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5680 32 . . NNP 1662 5680 33 , , , 1662 5680 34 1995 1995 CD 1662 5680 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5680 36 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5680 37 : : : 1662 5680 38 clothing clothing NN 1662 5680 39 and and CC 1662 5680 40 textiles textile VBZ 1662 5680 41 67 67 CD 1662 5680 42 % % NN 1662 5680 43 , , , 1662 5680 44 sugar sugar NN 1662 5680 45 25 25 CD 1662 5680 46 % % NN 1662 5680 47 partners partner NNS 1662 5680 48 : : : 1662 5680 49 UK UK NNP 1662 5680 50 34 34 CD 1662 5680 51 % % NN 1662 5680 52 , , , 1662 5680 53 France France NNP 1662 5680 54 21 21 CD 1662 5680 55 % % NN 1662 5680 56 , , , 1662 5680 57 US US NNP 1662 5680 58 15 15 CD 1662 5680 59 % % NN 1662 5680 60 , , , 1662 5680 61 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5680 62 6 6 CD 1662 5680 63 % % NN 1662 5680 64 , , , 1662 5680 65 Italy Italy NNP 1662 5680 66 4 4 CD 1662 5680 67 % % NN 1662 5680 68 Imports import NNS 1662 5680 69 : : : 1662 5680 70 total total JJ 1662 5680 71 value value NN 1662 5680 72 : : : 1662 5680 73 $ $ $ 1662 5680 74 1.98 1.98 CD 1662 5680 75 billion billion CD 1662 5680 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5680 77 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 5680 78 . . NNP 1662 5680 79 , , , 1662 5680 80 1995 1995 CD 1662 5680 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5680 82 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5680 83 : : : 1662 5680 84 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 5680 85 goods good NNS 1662 5680 86 50 50 CD 1662 5680 87 % % NN 1662 5680 88 , , , 1662 5680 89 capital capital NN 1662 5680 90 equipment equipment NN 1662 5680 91 17 17 CD 1662 5680 92 % % NN 1662 5680 93 , , , 1662 5680 94 foodstuffs foodstuff VBZ 1662 5680 95 13 13 CD 1662 5680 96 % % NN 1662 5680 97 , , , 1662 5680 98 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5680 99 products product NNS 1662 5680 100 8 8 CD 1662 5680 101 % % NN 1662 5680 102 , , , 1662 5680 103 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 5680 104 7 7 CD 1662 5680 105 % % NN 1662 5680 106 partners partner NNS 1662 5680 107 : : : 1662 5680 108 France France NNP 1662 5680 109 20 20 CD 1662 5680 110 % % NN 1662 5680 111 , , , 1662 5680 112 India India NNP 1662 5680 113 8 8 CD 1662 5680 114 % % NN 1662 5680 115 , , , 1662 5680 116 Hong Hong NNP 1662 5680 117 Kong Kong NNP 1662 5680 118 7 7 CD 1662 5680 119 % % NN 1662 5680 120 , , , 1662 5680 121 UK UK NNP 1662 5680 122 6 6 CD 1662 5680 123 % % NN 1662 5680 124 , , , 1662 5680 125 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5680 126 5 5 CD 1662 5680 127 % % NN 1662 5680 128 Debt debt NN 1662 5680 129 - - HYPH 1662 5680 130 external external JJ 1662 5680 131 : : : 1662 5680 132 $ $ $ 1662 5680 133 996.8 996.8 CD 1662 5680 134 million million CD 1662 5680 135 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5680 136 1993 1993 CD 1662 5680 137 est est NNP 1662 5680 138 . . . 1662 5680 139 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5681 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 5681 2 aid aid NN 1662 5681 3 : : : 1662 5681 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 5681 5 : : : 1662 5681 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 5681 7 , , , 1662 5681 8 $ $ $ 1662 5681 9 NA NA NNP 1662 5681 10 Currency currency NN 1662 5681 11 : : : 1662 5681 12 1 1 CD 1662 5681 13 Mauritian mauritian JJ 1662 5681 14 rupee rupee NN 1662 5681 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5681 16 MauR MauR NNP 1662 5681 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5681 18 = = NFP 1662 5681 19 100 100 CD 1662 5681 20 cents cent NNS 1662 5681 21 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5681 22 rates rate NNS 1662 5681 23 : : : 1662 5681 24 Mauritian mauritian JJ 1662 5681 25 rupees rupee NNS 1662 5681 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5681 27 MauRs MauRs NNP 1662 5681 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5681 29 per per IN 1662 5681 30 US$ us$ $ 1662 5681 31 1 1 CD 1662 5681 32 - - SYM 1662 5681 33 18.528 18.528 CD 1662 5681 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5681 35 January January NNP 1662 5681 36 1997 1997 CD 1662 5681 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5681 38 , , , 1662 5681 39 17.948 17.948 CD 1662 5681 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5681 41 1996 1996 CD 1662 5681 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5681 43 , , , 1662 5681 44 17.386 17.386 CD 1662 5681 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5681 46 1995 1995 CD 1662 5681 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5681 48 , , , 1662 5681 49 17.960 17.960 CD 1662 5681 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5681 51 1994 1994 CD 1662 5681 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5681 53 , , , 1662 5681 54 17.648 17.648 CD 1662 5681 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5681 56 1993 1993 CD 1662 5681 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5681 58 , , , 1662 5681 59 15.563 15.563 CD 1662 5681 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5681 61 1992 1992 CD 1662 5681 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5681 63 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5681 64 year year NN 1662 5681 65 : : : 1662 5681 66 1 1 CD 1662 5681 67 July July NNP 1662 5681 68 - - HYPH 1662 5681 69 30 30 CD 1662 5681 70 June June NNP 1662 5681 71 @Mauritius @mauritius NN 1662 5681 72 : : : 1662 5681 73 Communications communication NNS 1662 5681 74 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 5681 75 : : : 1662 5681 76 65,000 65,000 CD 1662 5681 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5681 78 1985 1985 CD 1662 5681 79 est est NNP 1662 5681 80 . . . 1662 5681 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5682 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5682 2 system system NN 1662 5682 3 : : : 1662 5682 4 small small JJ 1662 5682 5 system system NN 1662 5682 6 with with IN 1662 5682 7 good good JJ 1662 5682 8 service service NN 1662 5682 9 domestic domestic NN 1662 5682 10 : : : 1662 5682 11 primarily primarily RB 1662 5682 12 microwave microwave VB 1662 5682 13 radio radio NN 1662 5682 14 relay relay NN 1662 5682 15 international international NNP 1662 5682 16 : : : 1662 5682 17 satellite satellite NN 1662 5682 18 earth earth NNP 1662 5682 19 station station NNP 1662 5682 20 - - : 1662 5682 21 1 1 CD 1662 5682 22 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5682 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5682 24 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5682 25 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5682 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5682 27 ; ; : 1662 5682 28 new new JJ 1662 5682 29 microwave microwave NN 1662 5682 30 link link NN 1662 5682 31 to to IN 1662 5682 32 Reunion Reunion NNP 1662 5682 33 ; ; : 1662 5682 34 HF HF NNP 1662 5682 35 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 5682 36 links link VBZ 1662 5682 37 to to IN 1662 5682 38 several several JJ 1662 5682 39 countries country NNS 1662 5682 40 Radio radio NN 1662 5682 41 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5682 42 stations station NNS 1662 5682 43 : : : 1662 5682 44 AM AM NNP 1662 5682 45 2 2 CD 1662 5682 46 , , , 1662 5682 47 FM FM NNP 1662 5682 48 0 0 CD 1662 5682 49 , , , 1662 5682 50 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 5682 51 0 0 CD 1662 5682 52 Radios radio NNS 1662 5682 53 : : : 1662 5682 54 395,000 395,000 CD 1662 5682 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5682 56 1992 1992 CD 1662 5682 57 est est NNP 1662 5682 58 . . . 1662 5682 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5683 1 Television television NN 1662 5683 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5683 3 stations station NNS 1662 5683 4 : : : 1662 5683 5 4 4 CD 1662 5683 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5683 7 1987 1987 CD 1662 5683 8 est est NNP 1662 5683 9 . . . 1662 5683 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5684 1 note note NN 1662 5684 2 : : : 1662 5684 3 two two CD 1662 5684 4 new new JJ 1662 5684 5 subscription subscription NN 1662 5684 6 channels channel NNS 1662 5684 7 began begin VBD 1662 5684 8 operation operation NN 1662 5684 9 in in IN 1662 5684 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 5684 11 Televisions television NNS 1662 5684 12 : : : 1662 5684 13 151,096 151,096 CD 1662 5684 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5684 15 1991 1991 CD 1662 5684 16 est est NNP 1662 5684 17 . . . 1662 5684 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5685 1 @Mauritius @mauritius NN 1662 5685 2 : : : 1662 5685 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5685 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5685 5 : : : 1662 5685 6 0 0 LS 1662 5685 7 km km NN 1662 5685 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 5685 9 : : : 1662 5685 10 total total NN 1662 5685 11 : : : 1662 5685 12 1,877 1,877 CD 1662 5685 13 km km NN 1662 5685 14 paved pave VBN 1662 5685 15 : : : 1662 5685 16 1,746 1,746 CD 1662 5685 17 km km NN 1662 5685 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5685 19 including include VBG 1662 5685 20 29 29 CD 1662 5685 21 km km NNS 1662 5685 22 of of IN 1662 5685 23 expressways expressway NNS 1662 5685 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5685 25 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5685 26 : : : 1662 5685 27 131 131 CD 1662 5685 28 km km NNS 1662 5685 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5685 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 5685 31 est est NNP 1662 5685 32 . . . 1662 5685 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5686 1 Ports port NNS 1662 5686 2 and and CC 1662 5686 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5686 4 : : : 1662 5686 5 Port Port NNP 1662 5686 6 Louis Louis NNP 1662 5686 7 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 5686 8 marine marine NN 1662 5686 9 : : : 1662 5686 10 total total NN 1662 5686 11 : : : 1662 5686 12 17 17 CD 1662 5686 13 ships ship NNS 1662 5686 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5686 15 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 5686 16 GRT GRT NNP 1662 5686 17 or or CC 1662 5686 18 over over RB 1662 5686 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5686 20 totaling total VBG 1662 5686 21 221,147 221,147 CD 1662 5686 22 GRT/309,513 GRT/309,513 NNP 1662 5686 23 DWT dwt NN 1662 5686 24 ships ship NNS 1662 5686 25 by by IN 1662 5686 26 type type NN 1662 5686 27 : : : 1662 5686 28 bulk bulk NNP 1662 5686 29 1 1 CD 1662 5686 30 , , , 1662 5686 31 cargo cargo NN 1662 5686 32 9 9 CD 1662 5686 33 , , , 1662 5686 34 container container NN 1662 5686 35 4 4 CD 1662 5686 36 , , , 1662 5686 37 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 5686 38 gas gas NN 1662 5686 39 tanker tanker NN 1662 5686 40 1 1 CD 1662 5686 41 , , , 1662 5686 42 oil oil NN 1662 5686 43 tanker tanker NN 1662 5686 44 1 1 CD 1662 5686 45 , , , 1662 5686 46 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 5686 47 cargo cargo NN 1662 5686 48 1 1 CD 1662 5686 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5686 50 1996 1996 CD 1662 5686 51 est est NNP 1662 5686 52 . . . 1662 5686 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5687 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5687 2 : : : 1662 5687 3 4 4 CD 1662 5687 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5687 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 5687 6 est est NNP 1662 5687 7 . . . 1662 5687 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5688 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5688 2 - - , 1662 5688 3 with with IN 1662 5688 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5688 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5688 6 : : : 1662 5688 7 total total NN 1662 5688 8 : : : 1662 5688 9 4 4 CD 1662 5688 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 5688 11 to to TO 1662 5688 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5688 13 m m NN 1662 5688 14 : : : 1662 5688 15 1 1 CD 1662 5688 16 914 914 CD 1662 5688 17 to to TO 1662 5688 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5688 19 m m NN 1662 5688 20 : : : 1662 5688 21 1 1 CD 1662 5688 22 under under IN 1662 5688 23 914 914 CD 1662 5688 24 m m NN 1662 5688 25 : : : 1662 5688 26 2 2 CD 1662 5688 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5688 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 5688 29 est est NNP 1662 5688 30 . . . 1662 5688 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5689 1 Military military JJ 1662 5689 2 Military military JJ 1662 5689 3 branches branch NNS 1662 5689 4 : : : 1662 5689 5 National National NNP 1662 5689 6 Police Police NNP 1662 5689 7 Force Force NNP 1662 5689 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5689 9 includes include VBZ 1662 5689 10 the the DT 1662 5689 11 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 5689 12 Special Special NNP 1662 5689 13 Mobile Mobile NNP 1662 5689 14 Force Force NNP 1662 5689 15 or or CC 1662 5689 16 SMF SMF NNP 1662 5689 17 , , , 1662 5689 18 Special Special NNP 1662 5689 19 Support Support NNP 1662 5689 20 Units Units NNPS 1662 5689 21 or or CC 1662 5689 22 SSU SSU NNP 1662 5689 23 , , , 1662 5689 24 and and CC 1662 5689 25 National National NNP 1662 5689 26 Coast Coast NNP 1662 5689 27 Guard Guard NNP 1662 5689 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5689 29 Military military JJ 1662 5689 30 manpower manpower NN 1662 5689 31 - - HYPH 1662 5689 32 availability availability NN 1662 5689 33 : : : 1662 5689 34 males male NNS 1662 5689 35 age age NNP 1662 5689 36 15 15 CD 1662 5689 37 - - HYPH 1662 5689 38 49 49 CD 1662 5689 39 : : : 1662 5689 40 333,029 333,029 CD 1662 5689 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5689 42 1997 1997 CD 1662 5689 43 est est NNP 1662 5689 44 . . . 1662 5689 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5690 1 Military military JJ 1662 5690 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5690 3 - - HYPH 1662 5690 4 fit fit NN 1662 5690 5 for for IN 1662 5690 6 military military JJ 1662 5690 7 service service NN 1662 5690 8 : : : 1662 5690 9 males male NNS 1662 5690 10 : : : 1662 5690 11 169,129 169,129 CD 1662 5690 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5690 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5690 14 est est NNP 1662 5690 15 . . . 1662 5690 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5691 1 Military military JJ 1662 5691 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5691 3 - - HYPH 1662 5691 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 5691 5 figure figure NN 1662 5691 6 : : : 1662 5691 7 $ $ $ 1662 5691 8 11.2 11.2 CD 1662 5691 9 million million CD 1662 5691 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5691 11 FY92/93 fy92/93 CD 1662 5691 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5691 13 Military military JJ 1662 5691 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5691 15 - - : 1662 5691 16 percent percent NN 1662 5691 17 of of IN 1662 5691 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5691 19 : : : 1662 5691 20 0.4 0.4 CD 1662 5691 21 % % NN 1662 5691 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5691 23 FY92/93 fy92/93 CD 1662 5691 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5691 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5691 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5691 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 5691 28 - - HYPH 1662 5691 29 international international JJ 1662 5691 30 : : : 1662 5691 31 claims claim VBZ 1662 5691 32 the the DT 1662 5691 33 island island NN 1662 5691 34 of of IN 1662 5691 35 Diego Diego NNP 1662 5691 36 Garcia Garcia NNP 1662 5691 37 in in IN 1662 5691 38 UK UK NNP 1662 5691 39 - - HYPH 1662 5691 40 administered administer VBN 1662 5691 41 British British NNP 1662 5691 42 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5691 43 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5691 44 Territory Territory NNP 1662 5691 45 ; ; : 1662 5691 46 claims claim VBZ 1662 5691 47 French French NNP 1662 5691 48 - - HYPH 1662 5691 49 administered administer VBN 1662 5691 50 Tromelin Tromelin NNP 1662 5691 51 Island Island NNP 1662 5691 52 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 5691 53 drugs drug VBZ 1662 5691 54 : : : 1662 5691 55 illicit illicit JJ 1662 5691 56 producer producer NN 1662 5691 57 of of IN 1662 5691 58 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 5691 59 for for IN 1662 5691 60 the the DT 1662 5691 61 international international JJ 1662 5691 62 drug drug NN 1662 5691 63 trade trade NN 1662 5691 64 ; ; : 1662 5691 65 heroin heroin NN 1662 5691 66 consumption consumption NN 1662 5691 67 and and CC 1662 5691 68 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 5691 69 are be VBP 1662 5691 70 growing grow VBG 1662 5691 71 problems problem NNS 1662 5691 72 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 73 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 74 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 75 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 76 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 77 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 78 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 90 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 91 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 92 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 93 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 94 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 95 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 96 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 97 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 98 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 99 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 100 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 101 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 102 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 103 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 104 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 105 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 106 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 107 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 108 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 109 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 110 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 111 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 112 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 113 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 114 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 115 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 116 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 117 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 118 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 119 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 120 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 121 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 122 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 123 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 124 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 125 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 126 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 127 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 128 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 129 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 130 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 131 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 132 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 133 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 134 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 135 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 136 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 137 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 138 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 139 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 140 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 141 _ _ NNP 1662 5691 142 MAYOTTE MAYOTTE NNP 1662 5691 143 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5691 144 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5691 145 collectivity collectivity NN 1662 5691 146 of of IN 1662 5691 147 France France NNP 1662 5691 148 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5691 149 @Mayotte @mayotte NN 1662 5691 150 : : : 1662 5691 151 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5691 152 Location Location NNP 1662 5691 153 : : : 1662 5691 154 Southern Southern NNP 1662 5691 155 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5691 156 , , , 1662 5691 157 island island NN 1662 5691 158 in in IN 1662 5691 159 the the DT 1662 5691 160 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 5691 161 Channel Channel NNP 1662 5691 162 , , , 1662 5691 163 about about RB 1662 5691 164 one one CD 1662 5691 165 - - HYPH 1662 5691 166 half half NN 1662 5691 167 of of IN 1662 5691 168 the the DT 1662 5691 169 way way NN 1662 5691 170 from from IN 1662 5691 171 northern northern JJ 1662 5691 172 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 5691 173 to to IN 1662 5691 174 northern northern JJ 1662 5691 175 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 5691 176 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5691 177 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5691 178 : : : 1662 5691 179 12 12 CD 1662 5691 180 50 50 CD 1662 5691 181 S s NN 1662 5691 182 , , , 1662 5691 183 45 45 CD 1662 5691 184 10 10 CD 1662 5691 185 E e NN 1662 5691 186 Map Map NNP 1662 5691 187 references reference NNS 1662 5691 188 : : : 1662 5691 189 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5691 190 Area Area NNP 1662 5691 191 : : : 1662 5691 192 total total NN 1662 5691 193 : : : 1662 5691 194 375 375 CD 1662 5691 195 sq sq RB 1662 5691 196 km km NNP 1662 5691 197 land land NN 1662 5691 198 : : : 1662 5691 199 375 375 CD 1662 5691 200 sq sq RB 1662 5691 201 km km NNP 1662 5691 202 water water NN 1662 5691 203 : : : 1662 5691 204 0 0 NFP 1662 5691 205 sq sq NN 1662 5691 206 km km NNP 1662 5691 207 Area area NN 1662 5691 208 - - HYPH 1662 5691 209 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5691 210 : : : 1662 5691 211 slightly slightly RB 1662 5691 212 more more JJR 1662 5691 213 than than IN 1662 5691 214 twice twice RB 1662 5691 215 the the DT 1662 5691 216 size size NN 1662 5691 217 of of IN 1662 5691 218 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5691 219 , , , 1662 5691 220 DC DC NNP 1662 5691 221 Land Land NNP 1662 5691 222 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5691 223 : : : 1662 5691 224 0 0 LS 1662 5691 225 km km NN 1662 5691 226 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5691 227 : : : 1662 5691 228 185.2 185.2 CD 1662 5691 229 km km NN 1662 5691 230 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5691 231 claims claim VBZ 1662 5691 232 : : : 1662 5691 233 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 5691 234 economic economic JJ 1662 5691 235 zone zone NN 1662 5691 236 : : : 1662 5691 237 200 200 CD 1662 5691 238 nm nm CD 1662 5691 239 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5691 240 sea sea NN 1662 5691 241 : : : 1662 5691 242 12 12 CD 1662 5691 243 nm nm NNP 1662 5691 244 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5691 245 : : : 1662 5691 246 tropical tropical JJ 1662 5691 247 ; ; : 1662 5691 248 marine marine JJ 1662 5691 249 ; ; : 1662 5691 250 hot hot JJ 1662 5691 251 , , , 1662 5691 252 humid humid JJ 1662 5691 253 , , , 1662 5691 254 rainy rainy JJ 1662 5691 255 season season NN 1662 5691 256 during during IN 1662 5691 257 northeastern northeastern JJ 1662 5691 258 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 5691 259 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5691 260 November November NNP 1662 5691 261 to to IN 1662 5691 262 May May NNP 1662 5691 263 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5691 264 ; ; : 1662 5691 265 dry dry JJ 1662 5691 266 season season NN 1662 5691 267 is be VBZ 1662 5691 268 cooler cooler NN 1662 5691 269 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5691 270 May May NNP 1662 5691 271 to to IN 1662 5691 272 November November NNP 1662 5691 273 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5691 274 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 5691 275 : : : 1662 5691 276 generally generally RB 1662 5691 277 undulating undulating JJ 1662 5691 278 , , , 1662 5691 279 with with IN 1662 5691 280 deep deep JJ 1662 5691 281 ravines ravine NNS 1662 5691 282 and and CC 1662 5691 283 ancient ancient JJ 1662 5691 284 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 5691 285 peaks peak NNS 1662 5691 286 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5691 287 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5691 288 : : : 1662 5691 289 lowest low JJS 1662 5691 290 point point NN 1662 5691 291 : : : 1662 5691 292 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5691 293 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5691 294 0 0 NFP 1662 5691 295 m m DT 1662 5691 296 highest high JJS 1662 5691 297 point point NN 1662 5691 298 : : : 1662 5691 299 Benara Benara NNP 1662 5691 300 660 660 CD 1662 5691 301 m m CD 1662 5691 302 Natural natural JJ 1662 5691 303 resources resource NNS 1662 5691 304 : : : 1662 5691 305 NEGL NEGL NNP 1662 5691 306 Land Land NNP 1662 5691 307 use use NN 1662 5691 308 : : : 1662 5691 309 arable arable JJ 1662 5691 310 land land NN 1662 5691 311 : : : 1662 5691 312 NA% NA% `` 1662 5691 313 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5691 314 crops crop NNS 1662 5691 315 : : : 1662 5691 316 NA% na% IN 1662 5691 317 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5691 318 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5691 319 : : : 1662 5691 320 NA% NA% NNS 1662 5691 321 forests forest NNS 1662 5691 322 and and CC 1662 5691 323 woodland woodland NN 1662 5691 324 : : : 1662 5691 325 NA% NA% NNS 1662 5691 326 other other JJ 1662 5691 327 : : : 1662 5691 328 NA% NA% `` 1662 5691 329 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5691 330 land land NN 1662 5691 331 : : : 1662 5691 332 NA NA NNP 1662 5691 333 sq sq RB 1662 5691 334 km km VB 1662 5691 335 Natural natural JJ 1662 5691 336 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5691 337 : : : 1662 5691 338 cyclones cyclone NNS 1662 5691 339 during during IN 1662 5691 340 rainy rainy JJ 1662 5691 341 season season NN 1662 5691 342 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5691 343 - - HYPH 1662 5691 344 current current JJ 1662 5691 345 issues issue NNS 1662 5691 346 : : : 1662 5691 347 NA NA NNP 1662 5691 348 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5691 349 - - HYPH 1662 5691 350 international international JJ 1662 5691 351 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per per FW 1662 5706 11 capita capita NN 1662 5706 12 : : : 1662 5706 13 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5706 14 power power NN 1662 5706 15 parity parity NN 1662 5706 16 - - : 1662 5706 17 $ $ $ 1662 5706 18 600 600 CD 1662 5706 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5706 20 1993 1993 CD 1662 5706 21 est est NNP 1662 5706 22 . . . 1662 5706 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5707 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5707 2 - - HYPH 1662 5707 3 composition composition NN 1662 5707 4 by by IN 1662 5707 5 sector sector NN 1662 5707 6 : : : 1662 5707 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5707 8 : : : 1662 5707 9 NA% na% LS 1662 5707 10 industry industry NN 1662 5707 11 : : : 1662 5707 12 NA% NA% NNS 1662 5707 13 services service NNS 1662 5707 14 : : : 1662 5707 15 NA% NA% `` 1662 5707 16 Inflation inflation NN 1662 5707 17 rate rate NN 1662 5707 18 - - HYPH 1662 5707 19 consumer consumer NN 1662 5707 20 price price NN 1662 5707 21 index index NN 1662 5707 22 : : : 1662 5707 23 NA% NA% `` 1662 5707 24 Labor labor NN 1662 5707 25 force force NN 1662 5707 26 : : : 1662 5707 27 NA NA NNP 1662 5707 28 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 5707 29 rate rate NN 1662 5707 30 : : : 1662 5707 31 NA% NA% `` 1662 5707 32 Budget budget NN 1662 5707 33 : : : 1662 5707 34 revenues revenue NNS 1662 5707 35 : : : 1662 5707 36 $ $ $ 1662 5707 37 NA na NN 1662 5707 38 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5707 39 : : : 1662 5707 40 $ $ $ 1662 5707 41 37.3 37.3 CD 1662 5707 42 million million CD 1662 5707 43 , , , 1662 5707 44 including include VBG 1662 5707 45 capital capital NN 1662 5707 46 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5707 47 of of IN 1662 5707 48 $ $ $ 1662 5707 49 NA na NN 1662 5707 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5707 51 1985 1985 CD 1662 5707 52 est est NNP 1662 5707 53 . . . 1662 5707 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5708 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 5708 2 : : : 1662 5708 3 newly newly RB 1662 5708 4 created create VBN 1662 5708 5 lobster lobster NN 1662 5708 6 and and CC 1662 5708 7 shrimp shrimp NN 1662 5708 8 industry industry NN 1662 5708 9 Industrial industrial JJ 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1662 5708 47 copra copra NNP 1662 5708 48 Exports export NNS 1662 5708 49 : : : 1662 5708 50 total total JJ 1662 5708 51 value value NN 1662 5708 52 : : : 1662 5708 53 $ $ $ 1662 5708 54 3.64 3.64 CD 1662 5708 55 million million CD 1662 5708 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5708 57 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5708 58 . . 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NNP 1662 5708 97 , , , 1662 5708 98 1996 1996 CD 1662 5708 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5708 100 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5708 101 : : : 1662 5708 102 building building NN 1662 5708 103 materials material NNS 1662 5708 104 , , , 1662 5708 105 machinery machinery NN 1662 5708 106 and and CC 1662 5708 107 transportation transportation NN 1662 5708 108 equipment equipment NN 1662 5708 109 , , , 1662 5708 110 metals metal NNS 1662 5708 111 , , , 1662 5708 112 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 5708 113 , , , 1662 5708 114 rice rice NN 1662 5708 115 , , , 1662 5708 116 clothing clothing NN 1662 5708 117 , , , 1662 5708 118 flour flour NN 1662 5708 119 partners partner NNS 1662 5708 120 : : : 1662 5708 121 France France NNP 1662 5708 122 66 66 CD 1662 5708 123 % % NN 1662 5708 124 , , , 1662 5708 125 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5708 126 14 14 CD 1662 5708 127 % % NN 1662 5708 128 , , , 1662 5708 129 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 5708 130 Asia Asia NNP 1662 5708 131 20 20 CD 1662 5708 132 % % NN 1662 5708 133 Debt debt NN 1662 5708 134 - - HYPH 1662 5708 135 external external JJ 1662 5708 136 : : : 1662 5708 137 $ $ $ 1662 5708 138 NA na JJ 1662 5708 139 Economic economic JJ 1662 5708 140 aid aid NN 1662 5708 141 : : : 1662 5708 142 recipient recipient NN 1662 5708 143 : : : 1662 5708 144 ODA ODA NNP 1662 5708 145 , , , 1662 5708 146 $ $ $ 1662 5708 147 NA NA NNP 1662 5708 148 note note VB 1662 5708 149 : : : 1662 5708 150 exhaustive exhaustive JJ 1662 5708 151 French french JJ 1662 5708 152 financial financial JJ 1662 5708 153 assistance assistance NN 1662 5708 154 Currency Currency NNP 1662 5708 155 : : : 1662 5708 156 1 1 CD 1662 5708 157 French french JJ 1662 5708 158 franc franc NN 1662 5708 159 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5708 160 F f NN 1662 5708 161 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5708 162 = = NFP 1662 5708 163 100 100 CD 1662 5708 164 centimes centime NNS 1662 5708 165 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5708 166 rates rate NNS 1662 5708 167 : : : 1662 5708 168 French french JJ 1662 5708 169 francs franc NNS 1662 5708 170 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5708 171 F f NN 1662 5708 172 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5708 173 per per IN 1662 5708 174 US$ us$ $ 1662 5708 175 1 1 CD 1662 5708 176 - - SYM 1662 5708 177 5.4169 5.4169 CD 1662 5708 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5708 179 January January NNP 1662 5708 180 1997 1997 CD 1662 5708 181 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5708 182 , , , 1662 5708 183 5.1155 5.1155 CD 1662 5708 184 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5708 185 1996 1996 CD 1662 5708 186 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5708 187 , , , 1662 5708 188 4.9915 4.9915 CD 1662 5708 189 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5708 190 1995 1995 CD 1662 5708 191 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5708 192 , , , 1662 5708 193 5.5520 5.5520 CD 1662 5708 194 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5708 195 1994 1994 CD 1662 5708 196 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5708 197 , , , 1662 5708 198 5.6632 5.6632 CD 1662 5708 199 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5708 200 1993 1993 CD 1662 5708 201 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5708 202 , , , 1662 5708 203 5.2938 5.2938 CD 1662 5708 204 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5708 205 1992 1992 CD 1662 5708 206 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5708 207 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5708 208 year year NN 1662 5708 209 : : : 1662 5708 210 calendar calendar NNP 1662 5708 211 year year NNP 1662 5708 212 @Mayotte @Mayotte NNP 1662 5708 213 : : : 1662 5708 214 Communications Communications NNP 1662 5708 215 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 5708 216 : : : 1662 5708 217 450 450 CD 1662 5708 218 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5708 219 system system NN 1662 5708 220 : : : 1662 5708 221 small small JJ 1662 5708 222 system system NN 1662 5708 223 administered administer VBN 1662 5708 224 by by IN 1662 5708 225 French French NNP 1662 5708 226 Department Department NNP 1662 5708 227 of of IN 1662 5708 228 Posts Posts NNPS 1662 5708 229 and and CC 1662 5708 230 Telecommunications Telecommunications NNPS 1662 5708 231 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5708 232 : : : 1662 5708 233 NA NA NNP 1662 5708 234 international international JJ 1662 5708 235 : : : 1662 5708 236 microwave microwave NN 1662 5708 237 radio radio NN 1662 5708 238 relay relay NN 1662 5708 239 and and CC 1662 5708 240 HF HF NNP 1662 5708 241 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 5708 242 communications communication NNS 1662 5708 243 to to IN 1662 5708 244 Comoros Comoros NNP 1662 5708 245 and and CC 1662 5708 246 other other JJ 1662 5708 247 international international JJ 1662 5708 248 connections connection NNS 1662 5708 249 Radio Radio NNP 1662 5708 250 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5708 251 stations station NNS 1662 5708 252 : : : 1662 5708 253 AM AM NNP 1662 5708 254 1 1 CD 1662 5708 255 , , , 1662 5708 256 FM FM NNP 1662 5708 257 0 0 CD 1662 5708 258 , , , 1662 5708 259 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 5708 260 0 0 CD 1662 5708 261 Radios radio NNS 1662 5708 262 : : : 1662 5708 263 30,000 30,000 CD 1662 5708 264 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5708 265 1994 1994 CD 1662 5708 266 est est NNP 1662 5708 267 . . . 1662 5708 268 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5709 1 Television television NN 1662 5709 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5709 3 stations station NNS 1662 5709 4 : : : 1662 5709 5 0 0 NFP 1662 5709 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 5709 7 : : : 1662 5709 8 3,500 3,500 CD 1662 5709 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5709 10 1994 1994 CD 1662 5709 11 est est NNP 1662 5709 12 . . . 1662 5709 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5710 1 @Mayotte @mayotte XX 1662 5710 2 : : : 1662 5710 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5710 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5710 5 : : : 1662 5710 6 0 0 LS 1662 5710 7 km km NN 1662 5710 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 5710 9 : : : 1662 5710 10 total total NN 1662 5710 11 : : : 1662 5710 12 93 93 CD 1662 5710 13 km km NN 1662 5710 14 paved pave VBN 1662 5710 15 : : : 1662 5710 16 72 72 CD 1662 5710 17 km km NN 1662 5710 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5710 19 : : : 1662 5710 20 21 21 CD 1662 5710 21 km km NN 1662 5710 22 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 5710 23 and and CC 1662 5710 24 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5710 25 : : : 1662 5710 26 Dzaoudzi Dzaoudzi NNP 1662 5710 27 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 5710 28 marine marine NN 1662 5710 29 : : : 1662 5710 30 none none NN 1662 5710 31 Airports airport NNS 1662 5710 32 : : : 1662 5710 33 1 1 CD 1662 5710 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5710 35 1996 1996 CD 1662 5710 36 est est NNP 1662 5710 37 . . . 1662 5710 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5711 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5711 2 - - , 1662 5711 3 with with IN 1662 5711 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5711 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5711 6 : : : 1662 5711 7 total total NN 1662 5711 8 : : : 1662 5711 9 1 1 CD 1662 5711 10 914 914 CD 1662 5711 11 to to TO 1662 5711 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5711 13 m m NN 1662 5711 14 : : : 1662 5711 15 1 1 CD 1662 5711 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5711 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 5711 18 est est NNP 1662 5711 19 . . . 1662 5711 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5712 1 Military military JJ 1662 5712 2 Military Military NNP 1662 5712 3 - - HYPH 1662 5712 4 note note NN 1662 5712 5 : : : 1662 5712 6 defense defense NN 1662 5712 7 is be VBZ 1662 5712 8 the the DT 1662 5712 9 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 5712 10 of of IN 1662 5712 11 France France NNP 1662 5712 12 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5712 13 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5712 14 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 5712 15 - - HYPH 1662 5712 16 international international JJ 1662 5712 17 : : : 1662 5712 18 claimed claim VBN 1662 5712 19 by by IN 1662 5712 20 Comoros Comoros NNP 1662 5712 21 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 22 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 23 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 24 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 25 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 26 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 27 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 28 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 29 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 30 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 31 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 32 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 33 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 34 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 35 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 36 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 37 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 38 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 39 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 40 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 41 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 42 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 43 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 44 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 45 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 46 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 47 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 48 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 49 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 50 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 51 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 52 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 53 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 54 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 55 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 56 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 57 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 58 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 59 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 60 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 61 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 62 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 63 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 64 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 65 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 66 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 67 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 68 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 69 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 70 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 71 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 72 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 73 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 74 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 75 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 76 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 77 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 78 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 90 _ _ NNP 1662 5712 91 MEXICO MEXICO NNP 1662 5712 92 @Mexico @mexico XX 1662 5712 93 : : : 1662 5712 94 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5712 95 Location Location NNP 1662 5712 96 : : : 1662 5712 97 Middle Middle NNP 1662 5712 98 America America NNP 1662 5712 99 , , , 1662 5712 100 bordering border VBG 1662 5712 101 the the DT 1662 5712 102 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 5712 103 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5712 104 and and CC 1662 5712 105 the the DT 1662 5712 106 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 5712 107 of of IN 1662 5712 108 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 5712 109 , , , 1662 5712 110 between between IN 1662 5712 111 Belize Belize NNP 1662 5712 112 and and CC 1662 5712 113 the the DT 1662 5712 114 US US NNP 1662 5712 115 and and CC 1662 5712 116 bordering border VBG 1662 5712 117 the the DT 1662 5712 118 North North NNP 1662 5712 119 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 5712 120 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5712 121 , , , 1662 5712 122 between between IN 1662 5712 123 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 5712 124 and and CC 1662 5712 125 the the DT 1662 5712 126 US US NNP 1662 5712 127 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5712 128 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5712 129 : : : 1662 5712 130 23 23 CD 1662 5712 131 00 00 CD 1662 5712 132 N n CD 1662 5712 133 , , , 1662 5712 134 102 102 CD 1662 5712 135 00 00 NFP 1662 5712 136 W W NNP 1662 5712 137 Map Map NNP 1662 5712 138 references reference NNS 1662 5712 139 : : : 1662 5712 140 North North NNP 1662 5712 141 America America NNP 1662 5712 142 Area Area NNP 1662 5712 143 : : : 1662 5712 144 total total NN 1662 5712 145 : : : 1662 5712 146 1,972,550 1,972,550 CD 1662 5712 147 sq sq NN 1662 5712 148 km km NNP 1662 5712 149 land land NN 1662 5712 150 : : : 1662 5712 151 1,923,040 1,923,040 CD 1662 5712 152 sq sq NNP 1662 5712 153 km km NNP 1662 5712 154 water water NN 1662 5712 155 : : : 1662 5712 156 49,510 49,510 CD 1662 5712 157 sq sq RB 1662 5712 158 km km NNP 1662 5712 159 Area area NN 1662 5712 160 - - HYPH 1662 5712 161 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5712 162 : : : 1662 5712 163 slightly slightly RB 1662 5712 164 less less JJR 1662 5712 165 than than IN 1662 5712 166 three three CD 1662 5712 167 times time NNS 1662 5712 168 the the DT 1662 5712 169 size size NN 1662 5712 170 of of IN 1662 5712 171 Texas Texas NNP 1662 5712 172 Land Land NNP 1662 5712 173 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5712 174 : : : 1662 5712 175 total total JJ 1662 5712 176 : : : 1662 5712 177 4,538 4,538 CD 1662 5712 178 km km NN 1662 5712 179 border border NN 1662 5712 180 countries country NNS 1662 5712 181 : : : 1662 5712 182 Belize Belize NNP 1662 5712 183 250 250 CD 1662 5712 184 km km NNS 1662 5712 185 , , , 1662 5712 186 Guatemala Guatemala NNP 1662 5712 187 962 962 CD 1662 5712 188 km km NN 1662 5712 189 , , , 1662 5712 190 US US NNP 1662 5712 191 3,326 3,326 CD 1662 5712 192 km km NN 1662 5712 193 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5712 194 : : : 1662 5712 195 9,330 9,330 CD 1662 5712 196 km km NN 1662 5712 197 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5712 198 claims claim VBZ 1662 5712 199 : : : 1662 5712 200 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 5712 201 zone zone NN 1662 5712 202 : : : 1662 5712 203 24 24 CD 1662 5712 204 nm nm NNP 1662 5712 205 continental continental JJ 1662 5712 206 shelf shelf NNP 1662 5712 207 : : : 1662 5712 208 200 200 CD 1662 5712 209 nm nm CD 1662 5712 210 or or CC 1662 5712 211 to to IN 1662 5712 212 the the DT 1662 5712 213 edge edge NN 1662 5712 214 of of IN 1662 5712 215 the the DT 1662 5712 216 continental continental JJ 1662 5712 217 margin margin NN 1662 5712 218 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 5712 219 economic economic JJ 1662 5712 220 zone zone NN 1662 5712 221 : : : 1662 5712 222 200 200 CD 1662 5712 223 nm nm CD 1662 5712 224 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5712 225 sea sea NN 1662 5712 226 : : : 1662 5712 227 12 12 CD 1662 5712 228 nm nm NNP 1662 5712 229 Climate climate NN 1662 5712 230 : : : 1662 5712 231 varies vary VBZ 1662 5712 232 from from IN 1662 5712 233 tropical tropical JJ 1662 5712 234 to to TO 1662 5712 235 desert desert VB 1662 5712 236 Terrain terrain NN 1662 5712 237 : : : 1662 5712 238 high high JJ 1662 5712 239 , , , 1662 5712 240 rugged rugged JJ 1662 5712 241 mountains mountain NNS 1662 5712 242 , , , 1662 5712 243 low low JJ 1662 5712 244 coastal coastal JJ 1662 5712 245 plains plain NNS 1662 5712 246 , , , 1662 5712 247 high high JJ 1662 5712 248 plateaus plateaus NN 1662 5712 249 , , , 1662 5712 250 and and CC 1662 5712 251 desert desert NN 1662 5712 252 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5712 253 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5712 254 : : : 1662 5712 255 lowest low JJS 1662 5712 256 point point NN 1662 5712 257 : : : 1662 5712 258 Laguna Laguna NNP 1662 5712 259 Salada Salada NNP 1662 5712 260 -10 -10 NNP 1662 5712 261 m m DT 1662 5712 262 highest high JJS 1662 5712 263 point point NN 1662 5712 264 : : : 1662 5712 265 Volcan Volcan NNP 1662 5712 266 Pico Pico NNP 1662 5712 267 de de NNP 1662 5712 268 Orizaba Orizaba NNP 1662 5712 269 5,700 5,700 CD 1662 5712 270 m m NNP 1662 5712 271 Natural natural JJ 1662 5712 272 resources resource NNS 1662 5712 273 : : : 1662 5712 274 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5712 275 , , , 1662 5712 276 silver silver NN 1662 5712 277 , , , 1662 5712 278 copper copper NN 1662 5712 279 , , , 1662 5712 280 gold gold NN 1662 5712 281 , , , 1662 5712 282 lead lead NN 1662 5712 283 , , , 1662 5712 284 zinc zinc NN 1662 5712 285 , , , 1662 5712 286 natural natural JJ 1662 5712 287 gas gas NN 1662 5712 288 , , , 1662 5712 289 timber timber NN 1662 5712 290 Land land NN 1662 5712 291 use use NN 1662 5712 292 : : : 1662 5712 293 arable arable JJ 1662 5712 294 land land NN 1662 5712 295 : : : 1662 5712 296 12 12 CD 1662 5712 297 % % NN 1662 5712 298 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5712 299 crops crop NNS 1662 5712 300 : : : 1662 5712 301 1 1 CD 1662 5712 302 % % NN 1662 5712 303 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5712 304 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5712 305 : : : 1662 5712 306 39 39 CD 1662 5712 307 % % NN 1662 5712 308 forests forest NNS 1662 5712 309 and and CC 1662 5712 310 woodland woodland NN 1662 5712 311 : : : 1662 5712 312 26 26 CD 1662 5712 313 % % NN 1662 5712 314 other other JJ 1662 5712 315 : : : 1662 5712 316 22 22 CD 1662 5712 317 % % NN 1662 5712 318 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5712 319 1993 1993 CD 1662 5712 320 est est NNP 1662 5712 321 . . . 1662 5712 322 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5713 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5713 2 land land NN 1662 5713 3 : : : 1662 5713 4 61,000 61,000 CD 1662 5713 5 sq sq NNP 1662 5713 6 km km NNP 1662 5713 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5713 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 5713 9 est est NNP 1662 5713 10 . . . 1662 5713 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5714 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 5714 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5714 3 : : : 1662 5714 4 tsunamis tsunamis VB 1662 5714 5 along along IN 1662 5714 6 the the DT 1662 5714 7 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 5714 8 coast coast NN 1662 5714 9 , , , 1662 5714 10 volcanoes volcano NNS 1662 5714 11 and and CC 1662 5714 12 destructive destructive JJ 1662 5714 13 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 5714 14 in in IN 1662 5714 15 the the DT 1662 5714 16 center center NN 1662 5714 17 and and CC 1662 5714 18 south south NN 1662 5714 19 , , , 1662 5714 20 and and CC 1662 5714 21 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 5714 22 on on IN 1662 5714 23 the the DT 1662 5714 24 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 5714 25 and and CC 1662 5714 26 Caribbean caribbean JJ 1662 5714 27 coasts coast NNS 1662 5714 28 Environment environment NN 1662 5714 29 - - HYPH 1662 5714 30 current current JJ 1662 5714 31 issues issue NNS 1662 5714 32 : : : 1662 5714 33 natural natural JJ 1662 5714 34 fresh fresh JJ 1662 5714 35 water water NN 1662 5714 36 resources resource NNS 1662 5714 37 scarce scarce JJ 1662 5714 38 and and CC 1662 5714 39 polluted polluted JJ 1662 5714 40 in in IN 1662 5714 41 north north NN 1662 5714 42 , , , 1662 5714 43 inaccessible inaccessible JJ 1662 5714 44 and and CC 1662 5714 45 poor poor JJ 1662 5714 46 quality quality NN 1662 5714 47 in in IN 1662 5714 48 center center NN 1662 5714 49 and and CC 1662 5714 50 extreme extreme JJ 1662 5714 51 southeast southeast NN 1662 5714 52 ; ; : 1662 5714 53 raw raw JJ 1662 5714 54 sewage sewage NN 1662 5714 55 and and CC 1662 5714 56 industrial industrial JJ 1662 5714 57 effluents effluent NNS 1662 5714 58 polluting pollute VBG 1662 5714 59 rivers river NNS 1662 5714 60 in in IN 1662 5714 61 urban urban JJ 1662 5714 62 areas area NNS 1662 5714 63 ; ; : 1662 5714 64 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 5714 65 ; ; : 1662 5714 66 widespread widespread JJ 1662 5714 67 erosion erosion NN 1662 5714 68 ; ; : 1662 5714 69 desertification desertification NN 1662 5714 70 ; ; : 1662 5714 71 serious serious JJ 1662 5714 72 air air NN 1662 5714 73 pollution pollution NN 1662 5714 74 in in IN 1662 5714 75 the the DT 1662 5714 76 national national JJ 1662 5714 77 capital capital NN 1662 5714 78 and and CC 1662 5714 79 urban urban JJ 1662 5714 80 centers center NNS 1662 5714 81 along along IN 1662 5714 82 US US NNP 1662 5714 83 - - HYPH 1662 5714 84 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 5714 85 border border NN 1662 5714 86 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5714 87 - - HYPH 1662 5714 88 international international JJ 1662 5714 89 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5714 90 : : : 1662 5714 91 party party NN 1662 5714 92 to to TO 1662 5714 93 : : : 1662 5714 94 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 5714 95 , , , 1662 5714 96 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5714 97 Change Change NNP 1662 5714 98 , , , 1662 5714 99 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 5714 100 , , , 1662 5714 101 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 5714 102 Species Species NNPS 1662 5714 103 , , , 1662 5714 104 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 5714 105 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 5714 106 , , , 1662 5714 107 Law Law NNP 1662 5714 108 of of IN 1662 5714 109 the the DT 1662 5714 110 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5714 111 , , , 1662 5714 112 Marine Marine NNP 1662 5714 113 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 5714 114 , , , 1662 5714 115 Marine Marine NNP 1662 5714 116 Life Life NNP 1662 5714 117 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 5714 118 , , , 1662 5714 119 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 5714 120 Test Test NNP 1662 5714 121 Ban Ban NNP 1662 5714 122 , , , 1662 5714 123 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5714 124 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5714 125 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5714 126 , , , 1662 5714 127 Ship Ship NNP 1662 5714 128 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5714 129 , , , 1662 5714 130 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 5714 131 , , , 1662 5714 132 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 5714 133 signed sign VBD 1662 5714 134 , , , 1662 5714 135 but but CC 1662 5714 136 not not RB 1662 5714 137 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5714 138 : : : 1662 5714 139 none none NN 1662 5714 140 of of IN 1662 5714 141 the the DT 1662 5714 142 selected select VBN 1662 5714 143 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5714 144 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5714 145 - - HYPH 1662 5714 146 note note NNP 1662 5714 147 : : : 1662 5714 148 strategic strategic JJ 1662 5714 149 location location NN 1662 5714 150 on on IN 1662 5714 151 southern southern JJ 1662 5714 152 border border NN 1662 5714 153 of of IN 1662 5714 154 US US NNP 1662 5714 155 @Mexico @mexico XX 1662 5714 156 : : : 1662 5714 157 People People NNPS 1662 5714 158 Population Population NNP 1662 5714 159 : : : 1662 5714 160 97,563,374 97,563,374 CD 1662 5714 161 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5714 162 July July NNP 1662 5714 163 1997 1997 CD 1662 5714 164 est est NNP 1662 5714 165 . . . 1662 5714 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5715 1 Age age NN 1662 5715 2 structure structure NN 1662 5715 3 : : : 1662 5715 4 0 0 CD 1662 5715 5 - - HYPH 1662 5715 6 14 14 CD 1662 5715 7 years year NNS 1662 5715 8 : : : 1662 5715 9 36 36 CD 1662 5715 10 % % NN 1662 5715 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5715 12 male male JJ 1662 5715 13 17,849,251 17,849,251 CD 1662 5715 14 ; ; : 1662 5715 15 female female JJ 1662 5715 16 17,236,639 17,236,639 CD 1662 5715 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5715 18 15 15 CD 1662 5715 19 - - SYM 1662 5715 20 64 64 CD 1662 5715 21 years year NNS 1662 5715 22 : : : 1662 5715 23 60 60 CD 1662 5715 24 % % NN 1662 5715 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5715 26 male male JJ 1662 5715 27 28,241,361 28,241,361 CD 1662 5715 28 ; ; : 1662 5715 29 female female JJ 1662 5715 30 29,883,766 29,883,766 CD 1662 5715 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5715 32 65 65 CD 1662 5715 33 years year NNS 1662 5715 34 and and CC 1662 5715 35 over over IN 1662 5715 36 : : : 1662 5715 37 4 4 CD 1662 5715 38 % % NN 1662 5715 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5715 40 male male JJ 1662 5715 41 1,982,329 1,982,329 CD 1662 5715 42 ; ; , 1662 5715 43 female female JJ 1662 5715 44 2,370,028 2,370,028 CD 1662 5715 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5715 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5715 47 July July NNP 1662 5715 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5715 49 est est NNP 1662 5715 50 . . . 1662 5715 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5716 1 Population population NN 1662 5716 2 growth growth NN 1662 5716 3 rate rate NN 1662 5716 4 : : : 1662 5716 5 1.84 1.84 CD 1662 5716 6 % % NN 1662 5716 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5716 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5716 9 est est NNP 1662 5716 10 . . . 1662 5716 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5717 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5717 2 rate rate NN 1662 5717 3 : : : 1662 5717 4 25.8 25.8 CD 1662 5717 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 5717 6 population population NN 1662 5717 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5717 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5717 9 est est NNP 1662 5717 10 . . . 1662 5717 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5718 1 Death death NN 1662 5718 2 rate rate NN 1662 5718 3 : : : 1662 5718 4 4.52 4.52 CD 1662 5718 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5718 6 population population NN 1662 5718 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5718 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5718 9 est est NNP 1662 5718 10 . . . 1662 5718 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5719 1 Net net JJ 1662 5719 2 migration migration NN 1662 5719 3 rate rate NN 1662 5719 4 : : : 1662 5719 5 -2.92 -2.92 NFP 1662 5719 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 5719 7 population population NN 1662 5719 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5719 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5719 10 est est NNP 1662 5719 11 . . . 1662 5719 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5720 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5720 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5720 3 : : : 1662 5720 4 at at IN 1662 5720 5 birth birth NN 1662 5720 6 : : : 1662 5720 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 5720 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5720 9 under under IN 1662 5720 10 15 15 CD 1662 5720 11 years year NNS 1662 5720 12 : : : 1662 5720 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 5720 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5720 15 15 15 CD 1662 5720 16 - - HYPH 1662 5720 17 64 64 CD 1662 5720 18 years year NNS 1662 5720 19 : : : 1662 5720 20 0.94 0.94 CD 1662 5720 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5720 22 65 65 CD 1662 5720 23 years year NNS 1662 5720 24 and and CC 1662 5720 25 over over IN 1662 5720 26 : : : 1662 5720 27 0.84 0.84 CD 1662 5720 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 5720 29 total total JJ 1662 5720 30 population population NN 1662 5720 31 : : : 1662 5720 32 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 5720 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5720 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5720 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5720 36 est e JJS 1662 5720 37 . . . 1662 5720 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5721 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5721 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5721 3 rate rate NN 1662 5721 4 : : : 1662 5721 5 23.9 23.9 CD 1662 5721 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 CD 1662 5721 7 live live JJ 1662 5721 8 births birth NNS 1662 5721 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5721 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5721 11 est est NNP 1662 5721 12 . . . 1662 5721 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5722 1 Life life NN 1662 5722 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5722 3 at at IN 1662 5722 4 birth birth NN 1662 5722 5 : : : 1662 5722 6 total total JJ 1662 5722 7 population population NN 1662 5722 8 : : : 1662 5722 9 74 74 CD 1662 5722 10 years year NNS 1662 5722 11 male male NN 1662 5722 12 : : : 1662 5722 13 70.39 70.39 CD 1662 5722 14 years year NNS 1662 5722 15 female female JJ 1662 5722 16 : : : 1662 5722 17 77.78 77.78 CD 1662 5722 18 years year NNS 1662 5722 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5722 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5722 21 est est NNP 1662 5722 22 . . . 1662 5722 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5723 1 Total total JJ 1662 5723 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5723 3 rate rate NN 1662 5723 4 : : : 1662 5723 5 2.97 2.97 CD 1662 5723 6 children child NNS 1662 5723 7 born bear VBN 1662 5723 8 / / SYM 1662 5723 9 woman woman NN 1662 5723 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5723 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5723 12 est est NNP 1662 5723 13 . . . 1662 5723 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5724 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5724 2 : : : 1662 5724 3 noun noun NNP 1662 5724 4 : : : 1662 5724 5 Mexican(s Mexican(s NNP 1662 5724 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5724 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 5724 8 : : : 1662 5724 9 Mexican mexican JJ 1662 5724 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5724 11 groups group NNS 1662 5724 12 : : : 1662 5724 13 mestizo mestizo NNP 1662 5724 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5724 15 Amerindian Amerindian NNP 1662 5724 16 - - HYPH 1662 5724 17 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 5724 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5724 19 60 60 CD 1662 5724 20 % % NN 1662 5724 21 , , , 1662 5724 22 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 5724 23 or or CC 1662 5724 24 predominantly predominantly RB 1662 5724 25 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 5724 26 30 30 CD 1662 5724 27 % % NN 1662 5724 28 , , , 1662 5724 29 white white JJ 1662 5724 30 9 9 CD 1662 5724 31 % % NN 1662 5724 32 , , , 1662 5724 33 other other JJ 1662 5724 34 1 1 CD 1662 5724 35 % % NN 1662 5724 36 Religions religion NNS 1662 5724 37 : : : 1662 5724 38 nominally nominally RB 1662 5724 39 Roman Roman NNP 1662 5724 40 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 5724 41 89 89 CD 1662 5724 42 % % NN 1662 5724 43 , , , 1662 5724 44 Protestant protestant NN 1662 5724 45 6 6 CD 1662 5724 46 % % NN 1662 5724 47 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 5724 48 : : : 1662 5724 49 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 5724 50 , , , 1662 5724 51 various various JJ 1662 5724 52 Mayan mayan JJ 1662 5724 53 dialects dialect VBZ 1662 5724 54 Literacy literacy NN 1662 5724 55 : : : 1662 5724 56 definition definition NN 1662 5724 57 : : : 1662 5724 58 age age NN 1662 5724 59 15 15 CD 1662 5724 60 and and CC 1662 5724 61 over over RB 1662 5724 62 can can MD 1662 5724 63 read read VB 1662 5724 64 and and CC 1662 5724 65 write write VB 1662 5724 66 total total JJ 1662 5724 67 population population NN 1662 5724 68 : : : 1662 5724 69 89.6 89.6 CD 1662 5724 70 % % NN 1662 5724 71 male male NN 1662 5724 72 : : : 1662 5724 73 91.8 91.8 CD 1662 5724 74 % % NN 1662 5724 75 female female NN 1662 5724 76 : : : 1662 5724 77 87.4 87.4 CD 1662 5724 78 % % NN 1662 5724 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5724 80 1995 1995 CD 1662 5724 81 est est NNP 1662 5724 82 . . . 1662 5724 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 1 @Mexico @mexico XX 1662 5725 2 : : : 1662 5725 3 Government Government NNP 1662 5725 4 Country Country NNP 1662 5725 5 name name NN 1662 5725 6 : : : 1662 5725 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5725 8 long long JJ 1662 5725 9 form form NN 1662 5725 10 : : : 1662 5725 11 United United NNP 1662 5725 12 Mexican Mexican NNP 1662 5725 13 States States NNP 1662 5725 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5725 15 short short JJ 1662 5725 16 form form NN 1662 5725 17 : : : 1662 5725 18 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 5725 19 local local JJ 1662 5725 20 long long JJ 1662 5725 21 form form NN 1662 5725 22 : : : 1662 5725 23 Estados Estados NNP 1662 5725 24 Unidos Unidos NNP 1662 5725 25 Mexicanos Mexicanos NNP 1662 5725 26 local local JJ 1662 5725 27 short short JJ 1662 5725 28 form form NN 1662 5725 29 : : : 1662 5725 30 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 5725 31 Data Data NNP 1662 5725 32 code code NN 1662 5725 33 : : : 1662 5725 34 MX MX NNP 1662 5725 35 Government Government NNP 1662 5725 36 type type NN 1662 5725 37 : : : 1662 5725 38 federal federal NNP 1662 5725 39 republic republic NNP 1662 5725 40 operating operate VBG 1662 5725 41 under under IN 1662 5725 42 a a DT 1662 5725 43 centralized centralized JJ 1662 5725 44 government government NN 1662 5725 45 National national JJ 1662 5725 46 capital capital NN 1662 5725 47 : : : 1662 5725 48 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 5725 49 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 5725 50 divisions division NNS 1662 5725 51 : : : 1662 5725 52 31 31 CD 1662 5725 53 states state NNS 1662 5725 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 55 estados estado NNS 1662 5725 56 , , , 1662 5725 57 singular singular NNP 1662 5725 58 - - HYPH 1662 5725 59 estado estado NN 1662 5725 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 61 and and CC 1662 5725 62 1 1 CD 1662 5725 63 federal federal JJ 1662 5725 64 district district NN 1662 5725 65 * * NFP 1662 5725 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 67 distrito distrito NNP 1662 5725 68 federal federal NNP 1662 5725 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 70 ; ; : 1662 5725 71 Aguascalientes Aguascalientes NNPS 1662 5725 72 , , , 1662 5725 73 Baja Baja NNP 1662 5725 74 California California NNP 1662 5725 75 , , , 1662 5725 76 Baja Baja NNP 1662 5725 77 California California NNP 1662 5725 78 Sur Sur NNP 1662 5725 79 , , , 1662 5725 80 Campeche Campeche NNP 1662 5725 81 , , , 1662 5725 82 Chiapas Chiapas NNP 1662 5725 83 , , , 1662 5725 84 Chihuahua Chihuahua NNP 1662 5725 85 , , , 1662 5725 86 Coahuila Coahuila NNP 1662 5725 87 de de NNP 1662 5725 88 Zaragoza Zaragoza NNP 1662 5725 89 , , , 1662 5725 90 Colima Colima NNP 1662 5725 91 , , , 1662 5725 92 Distrito Distrito NNP 1662 5725 93 Federal Federal NNP 1662 5725 94 * * NFP 1662 5725 95 , , , 1662 5725 96 Durango Durango NNP 1662 5725 97 , , , 1662 5725 98 Guanajuato Guanajuato NNP 1662 5725 99 , , , 1662 5725 100 Guerrero Guerrero NNP 1662 5725 101 , , , 1662 5725 102 Hidalgo Hidalgo NNP 1662 5725 103 , , , 1662 5725 104 Jalisco Jalisco NNP 1662 5725 105 , , , 1662 5725 106 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 5725 107 , , , 1662 5725 108 Michoacan Michoacan NNP 1662 5725 109 de de NNP 1662 5725 110 Ocampo Ocampo NNP 1662 5725 111 , , , 1662 5725 112 Morelos Morelos NNP 1662 5725 113 , , , 1662 5725 114 Nayarit Nayarit NNP 1662 5725 115 , , , 1662 5725 116 Nuevo Nuevo NNP 1662 5725 117 Leon Leon NNP 1662 5725 118 , , , 1662 5725 119 Oaxaca Oaxaca NNP 1662 5725 120 , , , 1662 5725 121 Puebla Puebla NNP 1662 5725 122 , , , 1662 5725 123 Queretaro Queretaro NNP 1662 5725 124 de de NNP 1662 5725 125 Arteaga Arteaga NNP 1662 5725 126 , , , 1662 5725 127 Quintana Quintana NNP 1662 5725 128 Roo Roo NNP 1662 5725 129 , , , 1662 5725 130 San San NNP 1662 5725 131 Luis Luis NNP 1662 5725 132 Potosi Potosi NNP 1662 5725 133 , , , 1662 5725 134 Sinaloa Sinaloa NNP 1662 5725 135 , , , 1662 5725 136 Sonora Sonora NNP 1662 5725 137 , , , 1662 5725 138 Tabasco Tabasco NNP 1662 5725 139 , , , 1662 5725 140 Tamaulipas Tamaulipas NNP 1662 5725 141 , , , 1662 5725 142 Tlaxcala Tlaxcala NNP 1662 5725 143 , , , 1662 5725 144 Veracruz Veracruz NNP 1662 5725 145 - - HYPH 1662 5725 146 Llave Llave NNP 1662 5725 147 , , , 1662 5725 148 Yucatan Yucatan NNP 1662 5725 149 , , , 1662 5725 150 Zacatecas Zacatecas NNP 1662 5725 151 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5725 152 : : : 1662 5725 153 16 16 CD 1662 5725 154 September September NNP 1662 5725 155 1810 1810 CD 1662 5725 156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 157 from from IN 1662 5725 158 Spain Spain NNP 1662 5725 159 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 160 National national JJ 1662 5725 161 holiday holiday NN 1662 5725 162 : : : 1662 5725 163 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5725 164 Day Day NNP 1662 5725 165 , , , 1662 5725 166 16 16 CD 1662 5725 167 September September NNP 1662 5725 168 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 169 1810 1810 CD 1662 5725 170 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 171 Constitution constitution NN 1662 5725 172 : : : 1662 5725 173 5 5 CD 1662 5725 174 February February NNP 1662 5725 175 1917 1917 CD 1662 5725 176 Legal legal JJ 1662 5725 177 system system NN 1662 5725 178 : : : 1662 5725 179 mixture mixture NN 1662 5725 180 of of IN 1662 5725 181 US US NNP 1662 5725 182 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 5725 183 theory theory NN 1662 5725 184 and and CC 1662 5725 185 civil civil JJ 1662 5725 186 law law NN 1662 5725 187 system system NN 1662 5725 188 ; ; : 1662 5725 189 judicial judicial JJ 1662 5725 190 review review NN 1662 5725 191 of of IN 1662 5725 192 legislative legislative JJ 1662 5725 193 acts act NNS 1662 5725 194 ; ; : 1662 5725 195 accepts accept VBZ 1662 5725 196 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 5725 197 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 5725 198 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 5725 199 , , , 1662 5725 200 with with IN 1662 5725 201 reservations reservation NNS 1662 5725 202 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 5725 203 : : : 1662 5725 204 18 18 CD 1662 5725 205 years year NNS 1662 5725 206 of of IN 1662 5725 207 age age NN 1662 5725 208 ; ; : 1662 5725 209 universal universal JJ 1662 5725 210 and and CC 1662 5725 211 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 5725 212 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 213 but but CC 1662 5725 214 not not RB 1662 5725 215 enforced enforce VBN 1662 5725 216 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 217 Executive executive JJ 1662 5725 218 branch branch NN 1662 5725 219 : : : 1662 5725 220 chief chief NN 1662 5725 221 of of IN 1662 5725 222 state state NN 1662 5725 223 : : : 1662 5725 224 President President NNP 1662 5725 225 Ernesto Ernesto NNP 1662 5725 226 ZEDILLO ZEDILLO NNP 1662 5725 227 Ponce Ponce NNP 1662 5725 228 de de IN 1662 5725 229 Leon Leon NNP 1662 5725 230 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 231 since since IN 1662 5725 232 1 1 CD 1662 5725 233 December December NNP 1662 5725 234 1994 1994 CD 1662 5725 235 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 236 ; ; : 1662 5725 237 note note VB 1662 5725 238 - - : 1662 5725 239 the the DT 1662 5725 240 president president NN 1662 5725 241 is be VBZ 1662 5725 242 both both CC 1662 5725 243 the the DT 1662 5725 244 chief chief NN 1662 5725 245 of of IN 1662 5725 246 state state NN 1662 5725 247 and and CC 1662 5725 248 head head NN 1662 5725 249 of of IN 1662 5725 250 government government NN 1662 5725 251 head head NN 1662 5725 252 of of IN 1662 5725 253 government government NN 1662 5725 254 : : : 1662 5725 255 President President NNP 1662 5725 256 Ernesto Ernesto NNP 1662 5725 257 ZEDILLO ZEDILLO NNP 1662 5725 258 Ponce Ponce NNP 1662 5725 259 de de IN 1662 5725 260 Leon Leon NNP 1662 5725 261 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 262 since since IN 1662 5725 263 1 1 CD 1662 5725 264 December December NNP 1662 5725 265 1994 1994 CD 1662 5725 266 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 267 ; ; : 1662 5725 268 note note VB 1662 5725 269 - - : 1662 5725 270 the the DT 1662 5725 271 president president NN 1662 5725 272 is be VBZ 1662 5725 273 both both CC 1662 5725 274 the the DT 1662 5725 275 chief chief NN 1662 5725 276 of of IN 1662 5725 277 state state NN 1662 5725 278 and and CC 1662 5725 279 head head NN 1662 5725 280 of of IN 1662 5725 281 government government NN 1662 5725 282 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5725 283 : : : 1662 5725 284 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 5725 285 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5725 286 by by IN 1662 5725 287 the the DT 1662 5725 288 president president NNP 1662 5725 289 elections election NNS 1662 5725 290 : : : 1662 5725 291 president president NNP 1662 5725 292 elected elect VBN 1662 5725 293 by by IN 1662 5725 294 popular popular JJ 1662 5725 295 vote vote NN 1662 5725 296 for for IN 1662 5725 297 a a DT 1662 5725 298 six six CD 1662 5725 299 - - HYPH 1662 5725 300 year year NN 1662 5725 301 term term NN 1662 5725 302 ; ; : 1662 5725 303 election election NN 1662 5725 304 last last JJ 1662 5725 305 held hold VBD 1662 5725 306 21 21 CD 1662 5725 307 August August NNP 1662 5725 308 1994 1994 CD 1662 5725 309 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 310 next next JJ 1662 5725 311 to to TO 1662 5725 312 be be VB 1662 5725 313 held hold VBN 1662 5725 314 NA NA NNP 1662 5725 315 2000 2000 CD 1662 5725 316 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 317 election election NN 1662 5725 318 results result NNS 1662 5725 319 : : : 1662 5725 320 Ernesto ernesto NN 1662 5725 321 ZEDILLO ZEDILLO NNP 1662 5725 322 Ponce Ponce NNP 1662 5725 323 de de IN 1662 5725 324 Leon Leon NNP 1662 5725 325 elected elect VBD 1662 5725 326 president president NN 1662 5725 327 ; ; , 1662 5725 328 percent percent NN 1662 5725 329 of of IN 1662 5725 330 vote vote NN 1662 5725 331 - - HYPH 1662 5725 332 Ernesto Ernesto NNP 1662 5725 333 ZEDILLO ZEDILLO NNP 1662 5725 334 Ponce Ponce NNP 1662 5725 335 de de IN 1662 5725 336 Leon Leon NNP 1662 5725 337 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 338 PRI PRI NNP 1662 5725 339 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 340 50.18 50.18 CD 1662 5725 341 % % NN 1662 5725 342 , , , 1662 5725 343 Cuauhtemoc Cuauhtemoc NNP 1662 5725 344 CARDENAS CARDENAS NNP 1662 5725 345 Solorzano Solorzano NNP 1662 5725 346 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 347 PRD PRD NNP 1662 5725 348 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 349 17.08 17.08 CD 1662 5725 350 % % NN 1662 5725 351 , , , 1662 5725 352 Diego Diego NNP 1662 5725 353 FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ NNP 1662 5725 354 DE DE NNP 1662 5725 355 CEVALLOS CEVALLOS NNP 1662 5725 356 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 357 PAN PAN NNP 1662 5725 358 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 359 26.69 26.69 CD 1662 5725 360 % % NN 1662 5725 361 , , , 1662 5725 362 other other JJ 1662 5725 363 6.049 6.049 CD 1662 5725 364 % % NN 1662 5725 365 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 5725 366 branch branch NN 1662 5725 367 : : : 1662 5725 368 bicameral bicameral NNP 1662 5725 369 National National NNP 1662 5725 370 Congress Congress NNP 1662 5725 371 or or CC 1662 5725 372 Congreso Congreso NNP 1662 5725 373 de de NNP 1662 5725 374 la la NNP 1662 5725 375 Union Union NNP 1662 5725 376 consists consist VBZ 1662 5725 377 of of IN 1662 5725 378 the the DT 1662 5725 379 Senate Senate NNP 1662 5725 380 or or CC 1662 5725 381 Camara Camara NNP 1662 5725 382 de de NNP 1662 5725 383 Senadores Senadores NNP 1662 5725 384 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 385 128 128 CD 1662 5725 386 seats seat NNS 1662 5725 387 , , , 1662 5725 388 expanded expand VBN 1662 5725 389 from from IN 1662 5725 390 64 64 CD 1662 5725 391 seats seat NNS 1662 5725 392 at at IN 1662 5725 393 the the DT 1662 5725 394 last last JJ 1662 5725 395 election election NN 1662 5725 396 ; ; : 1662 5725 397 members member NNS 1662 5725 398 are be VBP 1662 5725 399 elected elect VBN 1662 5725 400 by by IN 1662 5725 401 popular popular JJ 1662 5725 402 vote vote NN 1662 5725 403 to to TO 1662 5725 404 serve serve VB 1662 5725 405 six six CD 1662 5725 406 - - HYPH 1662 5725 407 year year NN 1662 5725 408 terms term NNS 1662 5725 409 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 410 and and CC 1662 5725 411 the the DT 1662 5725 412 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 5725 413 of of IN 1662 5725 414 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 5725 415 or or CC 1662 5725 416 Camara Camara NNP 1662 5725 417 de de FW 1662 5725 418 Diputados Diputados NNP 1662 5725 419 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 420 500 500 CD 1662 5725 421 seats seat NNS 1662 5725 422 ; ; : 1662 5725 423 members member NNS 1662 5725 424 are be VBP 1662 5725 425 directly directly RB 1662 5725 426 elected elect VBN 1662 5725 427 by by IN 1662 5725 428 popular popular JJ 1662 5725 429 vote vote NN 1662 5725 430 to to TO 1662 5725 431 serve serve VB 1662 5725 432 three three CD 1662 5725 433 - - HYPH 1662 5725 434 year year NN 1662 5725 435 terms term NNS 1662 5725 436 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 437 elections election NNS 1662 5725 438 : : : 1662 5725 439 Senate Senate NNP 1662 5725 440 - - HYPH 1662 5725 441 last last RB 1662 5725 442 held hold VBD 1662 5725 443 21 21 CD 1662 5725 444 August August NNP 1662 5725 445 1994 1994 CD 1662 5725 446 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 447 next next JJ 1662 5725 448 to to TO 1662 5725 449 be be VB 1662 5725 450 held hold VBN 1662 5725 451 6 6 CD 1662 5725 452 July July NNP 1662 5725 453 1997 1997 CD 1662 5725 454 for for IN 1662 5725 455 one one CD 1662 5725 456 - - HYPH 1662 5725 457 quarter quarter NN 1662 5725 458 of of IN 1662 5725 459 the the DT 1662 5725 460 seats seat NNS 1662 5725 461 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 462 ; ; : 1662 5725 463 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 5725 464 of of IN 1662 5725 465 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 5725 466 - - , 1662 5725 467 last last RB 1662 5725 468 held hold VBD 1662 5725 469 24 24 CD 1662 5725 470 August August NNP 1662 5725 471 1994 1994 CD 1662 5725 472 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 473 next next JJ 1662 5725 474 to to TO 1662 5725 475 be be VB 1662 5725 476 held hold VBN 1662 5725 477 6 6 CD 1662 5725 478 July July NNP 1662 5725 479 1997 1997 CD 1662 5725 480 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 481 election election NN 1662 5725 482 results result NNS 1662 5725 483 : : : 1662 5725 484 Senate Senate NNP 1662 5725 485 - - HYPH 1662 5725 486 percent percent NN 1662 5725 487 of of IN 1662 5725 488 vote vote NN 1662 5725 489 by by IN 1662 5725 490 party party NN 1662 5725 491 - - HYPH 1662 5725 492 NA NA NNP 1662 5725 493 ; ; , 1662 5725 494 seats seat NNS 1662 5725 495 by by IN 1662 5725 496 party party NN 1662 5725 497 in in IN 1662 5725 498 expanded expand VBN 1662 5725 499 Senate Senate NNP 1662 5725 500 - - HYPH 1662 5725 501 PRI PRI NNP 1662 5725 502 93 93 CD 1662 5725 503 , , , 1662 5725 504 PRD PRD NNP 1662 5725 505 25 25 CD 1662 5725 506 , , , 1662 5725 507 PAN PAN NNP 1662 5725 508 10 10 CD 1662 5725 509 ; ; : 1662 5725 510 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 5725 511 of of IN 1662 5725 512 Deputies Deputies NNP 1662 5725 513 - - HYPH 1662 5725 514 percent percent NN 1662 5725 515 of of IN 1662 5725 516 vote vote NN 1662 5725 517 by by IN 1662 5725 518 party party NN 1662 5725 519 - - HYPH 1662 5725 520 NA NA NNP 1662 5725 521 ; ; , 1662 5725 522 seats seat NNS 1662 5725 523 by by IN 1662 5725 524 party party NNP 1662 5725 525 - - HYPH 1662 5725 526 PRI PRI NNP 1662 5725 527 300 300 CD 1662 5725 528 , , , 1662 5725 529 PAN PAN NNP 1662 5725 530 119 119 CD 1662 5725 531 , , , 1662 5725 532 PRD PRD NNP 1662 5725 533 71 71 CD 1662 5725 534 , , , 1662 5725 535 PT PT NNP 1662 5725 536 10 10 CD 1662 5725 537 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 5725 538 branch branch NN 1662 5725 539 : : : 1662 5725 540 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5725 541 Court Court NNP 1662 5725 542 of of IN 1662 5725 543 Justice Justice NNP 1662 5725 544 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 545 Corte Corte NNP 1662 5725 546 Suprema Suprema NNP 1662 5725 547 de de NNP 1662 5725 548 Justicia Justicia NNP 1662 5725 549 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 550 , , , 1662 5725 551 judges judge NNS 1662 5725 552 are be VBP 1662 5725 553 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5725 554 by by IN 1662 5725 555 the the DT 1662 5725 556 president president NN 1662 5725 557 with with IN 1662 5725 558 consent consent NN 1662 5725 559 of of IN 1662 5725 560 the the DT 1662 5725 561 Senate Senate NNP 1662 5725 562 Political Political NNP 1662 5725 563 parties party NNS 1662 5725 564 and and CC 1662 5725 565 leaders leader NNS 1662 5725 566 : : : 1662 5725 567 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 568 recognized recognize VBN 1662 5725 569 parties party NNS 1662 5725 570 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 571 Institutional Institutional NNP 1662 5725 572 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 5725 573 Party Party NNP 1662 5725 574 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 575 PRI PRI NNP 1662 5725 576 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 577 , , , 1662 5725 578 Humberto Humberto NNP 1662 5725 579 ROQUE ROQUE NNP 1662 5725 580 Villanueva Villanueva NNP 1662 5725 581 ; ; : 1662 5725 582 National National NNP 1662 5725 583 Action Action NNP 1662 5725 584 Party Party NNP 1662 5725 585 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 586 PAN PAN NNP 1662 5725 587 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 588 , , , 1662 5725 589 Felipe Felipe NNP 1662 5725 590 CALDERON CALDERON NNP 1662 5725 591 Hinojosa Hinojosa NNP 1662 5725 592 ; ; : 1662 5725 593 Popular Popular NNP 1662 5725 594 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 5725 595 Party Party NNP 1662 5725 596 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 597 PPS PPS NNP 1662 5725 598 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 599 , , , 1662 5725 600 Indalecio Indalecio NNP 1662 5725 601 SAYAGO SAYAGO NNP 1662 5725 602 Herrera Herrera NNP 1662 5725 603 ; ; : 1662 5725 604 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5725 605 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 5725 606 Party Party NNP 1662 5725 607 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 608 PRD PRD NNP 1662 5725 609 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 610 , , , 1662 5725 611 Andres Andres NNP 1662 5725 612 Manuel Manuel NNP 1662 5725 613 LOPEZ LOPEZ NNP 1662 5725 614 Obrador Obrador NNP 1662 5725 615 ; ; : 1662 5725 616 Cardenist Cardenist NNP 1662 5725 617 Front Front NNP 1662 5725 618 for for IN 1662 5725 619 the the DT 1662 5725 620 National National NNP 1662 5725 621 Reconstruction Reconstruction NNP 1662 5725 622 Party Party NNP 1662 5725 623 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 624 PFCRN PFCRN NNP 1662 5725 625 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 626 , , , 1662 5725 627 Rafael Rafael NNP 1662 5725 628 AGUILAR AGUILAR NNP 1662 5725 629 Talamantes Talamantes NNPS 1662 5725 630 ; ; : 1662 5725 631 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5725 632 Forum Forum NNP 1662 5725 633 Party Party NNP 1662 5725 634 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 635 PFD PFD NNP 1662 5725 636 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 637 , , , 1662 5725 638 Pablo Pablo NNP 1662 5725 639 Emilio Emilio NNP 1662 5725 640 MADERO MADERO NNP 1662 5725 641 ; ; : 1662 5725 642 Mexican Mexican NNP 1662 5725 643 Green Green NNP 1662 5725 644 Ecologist Ecologist NNP 1662 5725 645 Party Party NNP 1662 5725 646 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 647 PVEM PVEM NNP 1662 5725 648 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 649 , , , 1662 5725 650 Jorge Jorge NNP 1662 5725 651 GONZALEZ GONZALEZ NNP 1662 5725 652 Torres Torres NNP 1662 5725 653 ; ; : 1662 5725 654 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 5725 655 Party Party NNP 1662 5725 656 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 657 PT PT NNP 1662 5725 658 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 659 , , , 1662 5725 660 Alberto Alberto NNP 1662 5725 661 ANYA ANYA NNP 1662 5725 662 Gutierrez Gutierrez NNP 1662 5725 663 Political political JJ 1662 5725 664 pressure pressure NN 1662 5725 665 groups group NNS 1662 5725 666 and and CC 1662 5725 667 leaders leader NNS 1662 5725 668 : : : 1662 5725 669 Roman Roman NNP 1662 5725 670 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 5725 671 Church Church NNP 1662 5725 672 ; ; : 1662 5725 673 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 5725 674 of of IN 1662 5725 675 Mexican Mexican NNP 1662 5725 676 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 5725 677 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 678 CTM CTM NNP 1662 5725 679 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 680 ; ; : 1662 5725 681 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 5725 682 of of IN 1662 5725 683 Industrial Industrial NNP 1662 5725 684 Chambers Chambers NNPS 1662 5725 685 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 686 CONCAMIN CONCAMIN NNP 1662 5725 687 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 688 ; ; : 1662 5725 689 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 5725 690 of of IN 1662 5725 691 National National NNP 1662 5725 692 Chambers Chambers NNPS 1662 5725 693 of of IN 1662 5725 694 Commerce Commerce NNP 1662 5725 695 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 696 CONCANACO CONCANACO NNP 1662 5725 697 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 698 ; ; : 1662 5725 699 National National NNP 1662 5725 700 Peasant Peasant NNP 1662 5725 701 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 5725 702 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 703 CNC CNC NNP 1662 5725 704 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 705 ; ; : 1662 5725 706 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 5725 707 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 5725 708 Party Party NNP 1662 5725 709 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 710 PRT PRT NNP 1662 5725 711 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 712 ; ; : 1662 5725 713 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 5725 714 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 5725 715 of of IN 1662 5725 716 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 5725 717 and and CC 1662 5725 718 Peasants Peasants NNPS 1662 5725 719 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 720 CROC CROC NNP 1662 5725 721 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 722 ; ; : 1662 5725 723 Regional Regional NNP 1662 5725 724 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 5725 725 of of IN 1662 5725 726 Mexican Mexican NNP 1662 5725 727 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 5725 728 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 729 CROM CROM NNP 1662 5725 730 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 731 ; ; : 1662 5725 732 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 5725 733 of of IN 1662 5725 734 Employers Employers NNPS 1662 5725 735 of of IN 1662 5725 736 the the DT 1662 5725 737 Mexican Mexican NNP 1662 5725 738 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5725 739 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 740 COPARMEX COPARMEX NNP 1662 5725 741 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 742 ; ; : 1662 5725 743 National National NNP 1662 5725 744 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 5725 745 of of IN 1662 5725 746 Transformation Transformation NNP 1662 5725 747 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 5725 748 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 749 CANACINTRA CANACINTRA NNP 1662 5725 750 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 751 ; ; : 1662 5725 752 Coordinator coordinator NN 1662 5725 753 for for IN 1662 5725 754 Foreign Foreign NNP 1662 5725 755 Trade Trade NNP 1662 5725 756 Business Business NNP 1662 5725 757 Organizations Organizations NNP 1662 5725 758 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 759 COECE COECE NNP 1662 5725 760 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 761 ; ; : 1662 5725 762 Federation Federation NNP 1662 5725 763 of of IN 1662 5725 764 Unions Unions NNPS 1662 5725 765 Providing provide VBG 1662 5725 766 Goods Goods NNPS 1662 5725 767 and and CC 1662 5725 768 Services Services NNPS 1662 5725 769 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 770 FESEBES FESEBES NNP 1662 5725 771 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 772 International international JJ 1662 5725 773 organization organization NN 1662 5725 774 participation participation NN 1662 5725 775 : : : 1662 5725 776 AG AG NNP 1662 5725 777 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 778 observer observer NN 1662 5725 779 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 780 , , , 1662 5725 781 APEC APEC NNP 1662 5725 782 , , , 1662 5725 783 BCIE BCIE NNP 1662 5725 784 , , , 1662 5725 785 BIS BIS NNP 1662 5725 786 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 787 pending pende VBG 1662 5725 788 member member NN 1662 5725 789 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 790 , , , 1662 5725 791 Caricom Caricom NNP 1662 5725 792 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 793 observer observer NN 1662 5725 794 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 795 , , , 1662 5725 796 CCC CCC NNP 1662 5725 797 , , , 1662 5725 798 CDB CDB NNP 1662 5725 799 , , , 1662 5725 800 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 5725 801 , , , 1662 5725 802 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 5725 803 , , , 1662 5725 804 FAO FAO NNP 1662 5725 805 , , , 1662 5725 806 G- G- NNP 1662 5725 807 6 6 CD 1662 5725 808 , , , 1662 5725 809 G-11 g-11 CD 1662 5725 810 , , , 1662 5725 811 G-15 g-15 CD 1662 5725 812 , , , 1662 5725 813 G-19 g-19 CD 1662 5725 814 , , , 1662 5725 815 G-24 g-24 CD 1662 5725 816 , , , 1662 5725 817 IADB IADB NNP 1662 5725 818 , , , 1662 5725 819 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 5725 820 , , , 1662 5725 821 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 5725 822 , , , 1662 5725 823 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 5725 824 , , , 1662 5725 825 ICC ICC NNP 1662 5725 826 , , , 1662 5725 827 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 5725 828 , , , 1662 5725 829 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 5725 830 , , , 1662 5725 831 IDA IDA NNP 1662 5725 832 , , , 1662 5725 833 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 5725 834 , , , 1662 5725 835 IFC IFC NNP 1662 5725 836 , , , 1662 5725 837 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 5725 838 , , , 1662 5725 839 ILO ILO NNP 1662 5725 840 , , , 1662 5725 841 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5725 842 , , , 1662 5725 843 IMO imo RB 1662 5725 844 , , , 1662 5725 845 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 5725 846 , , , 1662 5725 847 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5725 848 , , , 1662 5725 849 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 5725 850 , , , 1662 5725 851 IOC IOC NNP 1662 5725 852 , , , 1662 5725 853 IOM IOM NNP 1662 5725 854 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 855 observer observer NN 1662 5725 856 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 857 , , , 1662 5725 858 ISO ISO NNP 1662 5725 859 , , , 1662 5725 860 ITU ITU NNP 1662 5725 861 , , , 1662 5725 862 LAES LAES NNP 1662 5725 863 , , , 1662 5725 864 LAIA LAIA NNP 1662 5725 865 , , , 1662 5725 866 NAM NAM NNP 1662 5725 867 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 868 observer observer NNP 1662 5725 869 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 870 , , , 1662 5725 871 OAS OAS NNP 1662 5725 872 , , , 1662 5725 873 OECD OECD NNP 1662 5725 874 , , , 1662 5725 875 OPANAL OPANAL NNP 1662 5725 876 , , , 1662 5725 877 PCA PCA NNP 1662 5725 878 , , , 1662 5725 879 RG RG NNP 1662 5725 880 , , , 1662 5725 881 UN UN NNP 1662 5725 882 , , , 1662 5725 883 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 5725 884 , , , 1662 5725 885 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 5725 886 , , , 1662 5725 887 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 5725 888 , , , 1662 5725 889 UNU UNU NNP 1662 5725 890 , , , 1662 5725 891 UPU UPU NNP 1662 5725 892 , , , 1662 5725 893 WCL WCL NNP 1662 5725 894 , , , 1662 5725 895 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 5725 896 , , , 1662 5725 897 WHO who WP 1662 5725 898 , , , 1662 5725 899 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 5725 900 , , , 1662 5725 901 WMO WMO NNP 1662 5725 902 , , , 1662 5725 903 WToO wtoo FW 1662 5725 904 , , , 1662 5725 905 WTrO wtro VB 1662 5725 906 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5725 907 representation representation NN 1662 5725 908 in in IN 1662 5725 909 the the DT 1662 5725 910 US US NNP 1662 5725 911 : : : 1662 5725 912 chief chief NN 1662 5725 913 of of IN 1662 5725 914 mission mission NN 1662 5725 915 : : : 1662 5725 916 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5725 917 Jesus Jesus NNP 1662 5725 918 SILVA SILVA VBD 1662 5725 919 Herzog Herzog NNP 1662 5725 920 Flores Flores NNP 1662 5725 921 chancery chancery NN 1662 5725 922 : : : 1662 5725 923 1911 1911 CD 1662 5725 924 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania NNP 1662 5725 925 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 5725 926 NW NW NNP 1662 5725 927 , , , 1662 5725 928 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5725 929 , , , 1662 5725 930 DC DC NNP 1662 5725 931 20006 20006 CD 1662 5725 932 telephone telephone NN 1662 5725 933 : : : 1662 5725 934 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5725 935 1 1 CD 1662 5725 936 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5725 937 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 938 202 202 CD 1662 5725 939 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 940 728 728 CD 1662 5725 941 - - HYPH 1662 5725 942 1600 1600 CD 1662 5725 943 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 5725 944 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 945 general general NN 1662 5725 946 : : : 1662 5725 947 Atlanta Atlanta NNP 1662 5725 948 , , , 1662 5725 949 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 5725 950 , , , 1662 5725 951 Dallas Dallas NNP 1662 5725 952 , , , 1662 5725 953 Denver Denver NNP 1662 5725 954 , , , 1662 5725 955 El El NNP 1662 5725 956 Paso Paso NNP 1662 5725 957 , , , 1662 5725 958 Houston Houston NNP 1662 5725 959 , , , 1662 5725 960 Los Los NNP 1662 5725 961 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 5725 962 , , , 1662 5725 963 Miami Miami NNP 1662 5725 964 , , , 1662 5725 965 New New NNP 1662 5725 966 Orleans Orleans NNP 1662 5725 967 , , , 1662 5725 968 New New NNP 1662 5725 969 York York NNP 1662 5725 970 , , , 1662 5725 971 Phoenix Phoenix NNP 1662 5725 972 , , , 1662 5725 973 San San NNP 1662 5725 974 Antonio Antonio NNP 1662 5725 975 , , , 1662 5725 976 San San NNP 1662 5725 977 Diego Diego NNP 1662 5725 978 , , , 1662 5725 979 San San NNP 1662 5725 980 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 5725 981 , , , 1662 5725 982 San San NNP 1662 5725 983 Juan Juan NNP 1662 5725 984 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 985 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 5725 986 Rico Rico NNP 1662 5725 987 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 988 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 5725 989 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 990 : : : 1662 5725 991 Albuquerque Albuquerque NNP 1662 5725 992 , , , 1662 5725 993 Austin Austin NNP 1662 5725 994 , , , 1662 5725 995 Boston Boston NNP 1662 5725 996 , , , 1662 5725 997 Brownsville Brownsville NNP 1662 5725 998 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 999 Texas Texas NNP 1662 5725 1000 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 1001 , , , 1662 5725 1002 Calexico Calexico NNP 1662 5725 1003 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 1004 California California NNP 1662 5725 1005 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 1006 , , , 1662 5725 1007 Corpus Corpus NNP 1662 5725 1008 Christi Christi NNP 1662 5725 1009 , , , 1662 5725 1010 Del Del NNP 1662 5725 1011 Rio Rio NNP 1662 5725 1012 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 1013 Texas Texas NNP 1662 5725 1014 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 1015 , , , 1662 5725 1016 Detroit Detroit NNP 1662 5725 1017 , , , 1662 5725 1018 Eagle Eagle NNP 1662 5725 1019 Pass Pass NNP 1662 5725 1020 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 1021 Texas Texas NNP 1662 5725 1022 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 1023 , , , 1662 5725 1024 Fresno Fresno NNP 1662 5725 1025 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 1026 California California NNP 1662 5725 1027 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 1028 , , , 1662 5725 1029 Laredo Laredo NNP 1662 5725 1030 , , , 1662 5725 1031 McAllen McAllen NNP 1662 5725 1032 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 1033 Texas Texas NNP 1662 5725 1034 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 1035 , , , 1662 5725 1036 Midland Midland NNP 1662 5725 1037 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 1038 Texas Texas NNP 1662 5725 1039 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 1040 , , , 1662 5725 1041 Nogales Nogales NNP 1662 5725 1042 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 1043 Arizona Arizona NNP 1662 5725 1044 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 1045 , , , 1662 5725 1046 Oxnard Oxnard NNP 1662 5725 1047 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5725 1048 California California NNP 1662 5725 1049 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5725 1050 , , , 1662 5725 1051 Philadelphia Philadelphia NNP 1662 5725 1052 , , , 1662 5725 1053 Sacramento Sacramento NNP 1662 5725 1054 , , , 1662 5725 1055 St. St. NNP 1662 5725 1056 Louis Louis NNP 1662 5725 1057 , , , 1662 5725 1058 Salt Salt NNP 1662 5725 1059 Lake Lake NNP 1662 5725 1060 City City NNP 1662 5725 1061 , , , 1662 5725 1062 San San NNP 1662 5725 1063 Bernardino Bernardino NNP 1662 5725 1064 , , , 1662 5725 1065 San San NNP 1662 5725 1066 Jose Jose NNP 1662 5725 1067 , , , 1662 5725 1068 Santa Santa NNP 1662 5725 1069 Ana Ana NNP 1662 5725 1070 , , , 1662 5725 1071 Seattle Seattle NNP 1662 5725 1072 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5725 1073 representation representation NN 1662 5725 1074 from from IN 1662 5725 1075 the the DT 1662 5725 1076 US US NNP 1662 5725 1077 : : : 1662 5725 1078 chief chief NN 1662 5725 1079 of of IN 1662 5725 1080 mission mission NN 1662 5725 1081 : : : 1662 5725 1082 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5725 1083 James James NNP 1662 5725 1084 R. R. NNP 1662 5725 1085 JONES JONES NNP 1662 5725 1086 embassy embassy NN 1662 5725 1087 : : : 1662 5725 1088 Paseo Paseo NNP 1662 5725 1089 de de NNP 1662 5725 1090 la la NNP 1662 5725 1091 Reforma Reforma NNP 1662 5725 1092 305 305 CD 1662 5725 1093 , , , 1662 5725 1094 Colonia Colonia NNP 1662 5725 1095 Cuauhtemoc Cuauhtemoc NNP 1662 5725 1096 , , , 1662 5725 1097 06500 06500 CD 1662 5725 1098 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 5725 1099 , , , 1662 5725 1100 Distrito Distrito NNP 1662 5725 1101 Federal Federal NNP 1662 5725 1102 mailing mail VBG 1662 5725 1103 address address NN 1662 5725 1104 : : : 1662 5725 1105 P. P. NNP 1662 5725 1106 O. O. NNP 1662 5726 1 Box Box NNP 1662 5726 2 3087 3087 CD 1662 5726 3 , , , 1662 5726 4 Laredo Laredo NNP 1662 5726 5 , , , 1662 5726 6 TX TX NNP 1662 5726 7 78044 78044 CD 1662 5726 8 - - SYM 1662 5726 9 3087 3087 CD 1662 5726 10 telephone telephone NN 1662 5726 11 : : : 1662 5726 12 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5726 13 52 52 CD 1662 5726 14 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5726 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5726 16 5 5 CD 1662 5726 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5726 18 211 211 CD 1662 5726 19 - - HYPH 1662 5726 20 0042 0042 CD 1662 5726 21 FAX FAX NNP 1662 5726 22 : : : 1662 5726 23 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5726 24 52 52 CD 1662 5726 25 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5726 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5726 27 5 5 CD 1662 5726 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5726 29 511 511 CD 1662 5726 30 - - HYPH 1662 5726 31 9980 9980 CD 1662 5726 32 , , , 1662 5726 33 208 208 CD 1662 5726 34 - - SYM 1662 5726 35 3373 3373 CD 1662 5726 36 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 5726 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5726 38 general general NN 1662 5726 39 : : : 1662 5726 40 Ciudad Ciudad NNP 1662 5726 41 Juarez Juarez NNP 1662 5726 42 , , , 1662 5726 43 Guadalajara Guadalajara NNP 1662 5726 44 , , , 1662 5726 45 Monterrey Monterrey NNP 1662 5726 46 , , , 1662 5726 47 Tijuana Tijuana NNP 1662 5726 48 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 5726 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5726 50 : : : 1662 5726 51 Hermosillo Hermosillo NNP 1662 5726 52 , , , 1662 5726 53 Matamoros Matamoros NNP 1662 5726 54 , , , 1662 5726 55 Merida Merida NNP 1662 5726 56 , , , 1662 5726 57 Nuevo Nuevo NNP 1662 5726 58 Laredo Laredo NNP 1662 5726 59 Flag Flag NNP 1662 5726 60 description description NN 1662 5726 61 : : : 1662 5726 62 three three CD 1662 5726 63 equal equal JJ 1662 5726 64 vertical vertical JJ 1662 5726 65 bands band NNS 1662 5726 66 of of IN 1662 5726 67 green green JJ 1662 5726 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5726 69 hoist hoist NN 1662 5726 70 side side NN 1662 5726 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5726 72 , , , 1662 5726 73 white white JJ 1662 5726 74 , , , 1662 5726 75 and and CC 1662 5726 76 red red NN 1662 5726 77 ; ; : 1662 5726 78 the the DT 1662 5726 79 coat coat 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modern modern JJ 1662 5726 118 and and CC 1662 5726 119 outmoded outmoded JJ 1662 5726 120 industry industry NN 1662 5726 121 and and CC 1662 5726 122 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5726 123 , , , 1662 5726 124 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 5726 125 dominated dominate VBN 1662 5726 126 by by IN 1662 5726 127 the the DT 1662 5726 128 private private JJ 1662 5726 129 sector sector NN 1662 5726 130 . . . 1662 5727 1 The the DT 1662 5727 2 Mexican mexican JJ 1662 5727 3 economy economy NN 1662 5727 4 enters enter VBZ 1662 5727 5 1997 1997 CD 1662 5727 6 in in IN 1662 5727 7 the the DT 1662 5727 8 midst midst NN 1662 5727 9 of of IN 1662 5727 10 an an DT 1662 5727 11 economic economic JJ 1662 5727 12 recovery recovery NN 1662 5727 13 that that WDT 1662 5727 14 began begin VBD 1662 5727 15 to to TO 1662 5727 16 pick pick VB 1662 5727 17 up up RP 1662 5727 18 steam steam NN 1662 5727 19 in in IN 1662 5727 20 mid-1996 mid-1996 NN 1662 5727 21 . . . 1662 5728 1 After after IN 1662 5728 2 plummeting plummet VBG 1662 5728 3 more more JJR 1662 5728 4 than than IN 1662 5728 5 6 6 CD 1662 5728 6 % % NN 1662 5728 7 in in IN 1662 5728 8 1995 1995 CD 1662 5728 9 in in IN 1662 5728 10 the the DT 1662 5728 11 aftermath aftermath NN 1662 5728 12 of of IN 1662 5728 13 the the DT 1662 5728 14 peso peso JJ 1662 5728 15 crisis crisis NN 1662 5728 16 , , , 1662 5728 17 economic economic JJ 1662 5728 18 activity activity NN 1662 5728 19 in in IN 1662 5728 20 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 5728 21 grew grow VBD 1662 5728 22 by by IN 1662 5728 23 an an DT 1662 5728 24 estimated estimate VBN 1662 5728 25 5.1 5.1 CD 1662 5728 26 % % NN 1662 5728 27 in in IN 1662 5728 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 5728 29 . . . 1662 5729 1 Many many JJ 1662 5729 2 private private JJ 1662 5729 3 forecasters forecaster NNS 1662 5729 4 who who WP 1662 5729 5 had have VBD 1662 5729 6 scoffed scoff VBN 1662 5729 7 at at IN 1662 5729 8 the the DT 1662 5729 9 ZEDILLO ZEDILLO NNP 1662 5729 10 administration administration NN 1662 5729 11 's 's POS 1662 5729 12 3 3 CD 1662 5729 13 % % NN 1662 5729 14 growth growth NN 1662 5729 15 target target NN 1662 5729 16 for for IN 1662 5729 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 5729 18 are be VBP 1662 5729 19 now now RB 1662 5729 20 projecting project VBG 1662 5729 21 economic economic JJ 1662 5729 22 expansion expansion NN 1662 5729 23 of of IN 1662 5729 24 4 4 CD 1662 5729 25 - - SYM 1662 5729 26 5 5 CD 1662 5729 27 % % NN 1662 5729 28 for for IN 1662 5729 29 1997 1997 CD 1662 5729 30 . . . 1662 5730 1 Strong strong JJ 1662 5730 2 export export NN 1662 5730 3 growth growth NN 1662 5730 4 continues continue VBZ 1662 5730 5 to to TO 1662 5730 6 drive drive VB 1662 5730 7 the the DT 1662 5730 8 economy economy NN 1662 5730 9 ; ; , 1662 5730 10 total total JJ 1662 5730 11 exports export NNS 1662 5730 12 were be VBD 1662 5730 13 up up RB 1662 5730 14 roughly roughly RB 1662 5730 15 16 16 CD 1662 5730 16 % % NN 1662 5730 17 in in IN 1662 5730 18 1996 1996 CD 1662 5730 19 compared compare VBN 1662 5730 20 to to IN 1662 5730 21 1995 1995 CD 1662 5730 22 . . . 1662 5731 1 By by IN 1662 5731 2 the the DT 1662 5731 3 end end NN 1662 5731 4 of of IN 1662 5731 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 5731 6 , , , 1662 5731 7 however however RB 1662 5731 8 , , , 1662 5731 9 Mexican mexican JJ 1662 5731 10 government government NN 1662 5731 11 statistics statistic NNS 1662 5731 12 showed show VBD 1662 5731 13 that that IN 1662 5731 14 increased increase VBN 1662 5731 15 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5731 16 consumption consumption NN 1662 5731 17 and and CC 1662 5731 18 investment investment NN 1662 5731 19 spending spending NN 1662 5731 20 were be VBD 1662 5731 21 also also RB 1662 5731 22 beginning begin VBG 1662 5731 23 to to TO 1662 5731 24 contribute contribute VB 1662 5731 25 to to IN 1662 5731 26 the the DT 1662 5731 27 recovery recovery NN 1662 5731 28 . . . 1662 5732 1 Despite despite IN 1662 5732 2 these these DT 1662 5732 3 positive positive JJ 1662 5732 4 economic economic JJ 1662 5732 5 trends trend NNS 1662 5732 6 , , , 1662 5732 7 structural structural JJ 1662 5732 8 problems problem NNS 1662 5732 9 and and CC 1662 5732 10 vulnerabilities vulnerability NNS 1662 5732 11 remain remain VBP 1662 5732 12 . . . 1662 5733 1 Low low JJ 1662 5733 2 savings saving NNS 1662 5733 3 rates rate NNS 1662 5733 4 will will MD 1662 5733 5 keep keep VB 1662 5733 6 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 5733 7 dependent dependent JJ 1662 5733 8 on on IN 1662 5733 9 foreign foreign JJ 1662 5733 10 capital capital NN 1662 5733 11 ; ; , 1662 5733 12 national national JJ 1662 5733 13 savings saving NNS 1662 5733 14 as as IN 1662 5733 15 a a DT 1662 5733 16 share share NN 1662 5733 17 of of IN 1662 5733 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5733 19 plunged plunge VBD 1662 5733 20 from from IN 1662 5733 21 a a DT 1662 5733 22 peak peak NN 1662 5733 23 of of IN 1662 5733 24 25 25 CD 1662 5733 25 % % NN 1662 5733 26 in in IN 1662 5733 27 1983 1983 CD 1662 5733 28 to to IN 1662 5733 29 less less JJR 1662 5733 30 than than IN 1662 5733 31 14 14 CD 1662 5733 32 % % NN 1662 5733 33 in in IN 1662 5733 34 1994 1994 CD 1662 5733 35 . . . 1662 5734 1 Additionally additionally RB 1662 5734 2 , , , 1662 5734 3 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 5734 4 City City NNP 1662 5734 5 is be VBZ 1662 5734 6 still still RB 1662 5734 7 struggling struggle VBG 1662 5734 8 to to TO 1662 5734 9 bail bail VB 1662 5734 10 out out RP 1662 5734 11 a a DT 1662 5734 12 banking banking NN 1662 5734 13 sector sector NN 1662 5734 14 burdened burden VBN 1662 5734 15 with with IN 1662 5734 16 bad bad JJ 1662 5734 17 debts debt NNS 1662 5734 18 . . . 1662 5735 1 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 5735 2 's 's POS 1662 5735 3 international international JJ 1662 5735 4 trade trade NN 1662 5735 5 continues continue VBZ 1662 5735 6 to to TO 1662 5735 7 be be VB 1662 5735 8 highly highly RB 1662 5735 9 dependent dependent JJ 1662 5735 10 on on IN 1662 5735 11 the the DT 1662 5735 12 US US NNP 1662 5735 13 market market NN 1662 5735 14 . . . 1662 5736 1 The the DT 1662 5736 2 US US NNP 1662 5736 3 / / SYM 1662 5736 4 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 5736 5 trade trade NN 1662 5736 6 balance balance NN 1662 5736 7 has have VBZ 1662 5736 8 shifted shift VBN 1662 5736 9 over over IN 1662 5736 10 the the DT 1662 5736 11 last last JJ 1662 5736 12 two two CD 1662 5736 13 years year NNS 1662 5736 14 because because IN 1662 5736 15 of of IN 1662 5736 16 the the DT 1662 5736 17 peso peso NN 1662 5736 18 's 's POS 1662 5736 19 rapid rapid JJ 1662 5736 20 devaluation devaluation NN 1662 5736 21 in in IN 1662 5736 22 late late JJ 1662 5736 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 5736 24 , , , 1662 5736 25 which which WDT 1662 5736 26 made make VBD 1662 5736 27 Mexican mexican JJ 1662 5736 28 exports export NNS 1662 5736 29 much much RB 1662 5736 30 more more RBR 1662 5736 31 attractive attractive JJ 1662 5736 32 . . . 1662 5737 1 In in IN 1662 5737 2 1995 1995 CD 1662 5737 3 and and CC 1662 5737 4 1996 1996 CD 1662 5737 5 , , , 1662 5737 6 the the DT 1662 5737 7 US US NNP 1662 5737 8 ran run VBD 1662 5737 9 trade trade NN 1662 5737 10 deficits deficit NNS 1662 5737 11 with with IN 1662 5737 12 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 5737 13 , , , 1662 5737 14 a a DT 1662 5737 15 large large JJ 1662 5737 16 turnaround turnaround NN 1662 5737 17 from from IN 1662 5737 18 1994 1994 CD 1662 5737 19 's 's POS 1662 5737 20 trade trade NN 1662 5737 21 surplus surplus NN 1662 5737 22 of of IN 1662 5737 23 about about IN 1662 5737 24 $ $ $ 1662 5737 25 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 5737 26 billion billion CD 1662 5737 27 . . . 1662 5738 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5738 2 : : : 1662 5738 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5738 4 power power NN 1662 5738 5 parity parity NN 1662 5738 6 - - : 1662 5738 7 $ $ $ 1662 5738 8 777.3 777.3 CD 1662 5738 9 billion billion CD 1662 5738 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5738 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 5738 12 est est NNP 1662 5738 13 . . . 1662 5738 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5739 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5739 2 - - HYPH 1662 5739 3 real real JJ 1662 5739 4 growth growth NN 1662 5739 5 rate rate NN 1662 5739 6 : : : 1662 5739 7 5.1 5.1 CD 1662 5739 8 % % NN 1662 5739 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5739 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 5739 11 est est NNP 1662 5739 12 . . . 1662 5739 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5740 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5740 2 - - HYPH 1662 5740 3 per per FW 1662 5740 4 capita capita NN 1662 5740 5 : : : 1662 5740 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5740 7 power power NN 1662 5740 8 parity parity NN 1662 5740 9 - - : 1662 5740 10 $ $ $ 1662 5740 11 8,100 8,100 CD 1662 5740 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5740 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 5740 14 est est NNP 1662 5740 15 . . . 1662 5740 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5741 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5741 2 - - HYPH 1662 5741 3 composition composition NN 1662 5741 4 by by IN 1662 5741 5 sector sector NN 1662 5741 6 : : : 1662 5741 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5741 8 : : : 1662 5741 9 8 8 CD 1662 5741 10 % % NN 1662 5741 11 industry industry NN 1662 5741 12 : : : 1662 5741 13 28 28 CD 1662 5741 14 % % NN 1662 5741 15 services service NNS 1662 5741 16 : : : 1662 5741 17 63 63 CD 1662 5741 18 % % NN 1662 5741 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5741 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 5741 21 est est NNP 1662 5741 22 . . . 1662 5741 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5742 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 5742 2 rate rate NN 1662 5742 3 - - HYPH 1662 5742 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 5742 5 price price NN 1662 5742 6 index index NN 1662 5742 7 : : : 1662 5742 8 28 28 CD 1662 5742 9 % % NN 1662 5742 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5742 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 5742 12 est est NNP 1662 5742 13 . . . 1662 5742 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5743 1 Labor labor NN 1662 5743 2 force force NN 1662 5743 3 : : : 1662 5743 4 total total NN 1662 5743 5 : : : 1662 5743 6 36.3 36.3 CD 1662 5743 7 million million CD 1662 5743 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5743 9 November November NNP 1662 5743 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 5743 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5743 12 by by IN 1662 5743 13 occupation occupation NN 1662 5743 14 : : : 1662 5743 15 services service NNS 1662 5743 16 31.7 31.7 CD 1662 5743 17 % % NN 1662 5743 18 , , , 1662 5743 19 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5743 20 , , , 1662 5743 21 forestry forestry NN 1662 5743 22 , , , 1662 5743 23 hunting hunting NN 1662 5743 24 , , , 1662 5743 25 and and CC 1662 5743 26 fishing fish VBG 1662 5743 27 28 28 CD 1662 5743 28 % % NN 1662 5743 29 , , , 1662 5743 30 commerce commerce NN 1662 5743 31 14.6 14.6 CD 1662 5743 32 % % NN 1662 5743 33 , , , 1662 5743 34 manufacturing manufacture VBG 1662 5743 35 11.1 11.1 CD 1662 5743 36 % % NN 1662 5743 37 , , , 1662 5743 38 construction construction NN 1662 5743 39 8.4 8.4 CD 1662 5743 40 % % NN 1662 5743 41 , , , 1662 5743 42 transportation transportation NN 1662 5743 43 4.7 4.7 CD 1662 5743 44 % % NN 1662 5743 45 , , , 1662 5743 46 mining mining NN 1662 5743 47 and and CC 1662 5743 48 quarrying quarry VBG 1662 5743 49 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 5743 50 % % NN 1662 5743 51 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 5743 52 rate rate NN 1662 5743 53 : : : 1662 5743 54 10 10 CD 1662 5743 55 % % NN 1662 5743 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5743 57 1996 1996 CD 1662 5743 58 est est NNP 1662 5743 59 . . . 1662 5743 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5744 1 plus plus CC 1662 5744 2 considerable considerable JJ 1662 5744 3 underemployment underemployment JJ 1662 5744 4 Budget Budget NNP 1662 5744 5 : : : 1662 5744 6 revenues revenue NNS 1662 5744 7 : : : 1662 5744 8 $ $ $ 1662 5744 9 73.8 73.8 CD 1662 5744 10 billion billion CD 1662 5744 11 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5744 12 : : : 1662 5744 13 $ $ $ 1662 5744 14 74 74 CD 1662 5744 15 billion billion CD 1662 5744 16 , , , 1662 5744 17 including include VBG 1662 5744 18 capital capital NN 1662 5744 19 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5744 20 of of IN 1662 5744 21 $ $ $ 1662 5744 22 NA na NN 1662 5744 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5744 24 1996 1996 CD 1662 5744 25 est est NNP 1662 5744 26 . . . 1662 5744 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5745 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 5745 2 : : : 1662 5745 3 food food NN 1662 5745 4 and and CC 1662 5745 5 beverages beverage NNS 1662 5745 6 , , , 1662 5745 7 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 5745 8 , , , 1662 5745 9 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 5745 10 , , , 1662 5745 11 iron iron NN 1662 5745 12 and and CC 1662 5745 13 steel steel NN 1662 5745 14 , , , 1662 5745 15 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5745 16 , , , 1662 5745 17 mining mining NN 1662 5745 18 , , , 1662 5745 19 textiles textile NNS 1662 5745 20 , , , 1662 5745 21 clothing clothing NN 1662 5745 22 , , , 1662 5745 23 motor motor NN 1662 5745 24 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 5745 25 , , , 1662 5745 26 consumer consumer NN 1662 5745 27 durables durable NNS 1662 5745 28 , , , 1662 5745 29 tourism tourism NN 1662 5745 30 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 5745 31 production production NN 1662 5745 32 growth growth NN 1662 5745 33 rate rate NN 1662 5745 34 : : : 1662 5745 35 11 11 CD 1662 5745 36 % % NN 1662 5745 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5745 38 1996 1996 CD 1662 5745 39 est est NNP 1662 5745 40 . . . 1662 5745 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5746 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5746 2 - - HYPH 1662 5746 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 5746 4 : : : 1662 5746 5 40.502 40.502 CD 1662 5746 6 million million CD 1662 5746 7 kW kW NNP 1662 5746 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5746 9 1995 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1662 5747 15 cotton cotton NN 1662 5747 16 , , , 1662 5747 17 coffee coffee NN 1662 5747 18 , , , 1662 5747 19 fruit fruit NN 1662 5747 20 , , , 1662 5747 21 tomatoes tomato NNS 1662 5747 22 ; ; : 1662 5747 23 beef beef NN 1662 5747 24 , , , 1662 5747 25 poultry poultry NN 1662 5747 26 , , , 1662 5747 27 dairy dairy NN 1662 5747 28 products product NNS 1662 5747 29 ; ; , 1662 5747 30 wood wood NN 1662 5747 31 products product NNS 1662 5747 32 Exports export NNS 1662 5747 33 : : : 1662 5747 34 total total JJ 1662 5747 35 value value NN 1662 5747 36 : : : 1662 5747 37 $ $ $ 1662 5747 38 95 95 CD 1662 5747 39 billion billion CD 1662 5747 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5747 41 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5747 42 . . 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5750 34 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 5750 35 , , , 1662 5750 36 aircraft aircraft NN 1662 5750 37 , , , 1662 5750 38 and and CC 1662 5750 39 aircraft aircraft NN 1662 5750 40 parts part NNS 1662 5750 41 partners partner NNS 1662 5750 42 : : : 1662 5750 43 US US NNP 1662 5750 44 74.8 74.8 CD 1662 5750 45 % % NN 1662 5750 46 , , , 1662 5750 47 Japan Japan NNP 1662 5750 48 5.1 5.1 CD 1662 5750 49 % % NN 1662 5750 50 , , , 1662 5750 51 Germany Germany NNP 1662 5750 52 3.65 3.65 CD 1662 5750 53 % % NN 1662 5750 54 , , , 1662 5750 55 Canada Canada NNP 1662 5750 56 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 5750 57 % % NN 1662 5750 58 , , , 1662 5750 59 France France NNP 1662 5750 60 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 5750 61 % % NN 1662 5750 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5750 63 1996 1996 CD 1662 5750 64 est est NNP 1662 5750 65 . . . 1662 5750 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5751 1 Debt debt NN 1662 5751 2 - - HYPH 1662 5751 3 external external JJ 1662 5751 4 : : : 1662 5751 5 $ $ $ 1662 5751 6 170 170 CD 1662 5751 7 billion billion CD 1662 5751 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5751 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 5751 10 est est NNP 1662 5751 11 . . . 1662 5751 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5752 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 5752 2 aid aid NN 1662 5752 3 : : : 1662 5752 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 5752 5 : : : 1662 5752 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 5752 7 , , , 1662 5752 8 $ $ $ 1662 5752 9 85 85 CD 1662 5752 10 million million CD 1662 5752 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5752 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 5752 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5752 14 note note NN 1662 5752 15 : : : 1662 5752 16 US US NNP 1662 5752 17 commitments commitment NNS 1662 5752 18 , , , 1662 5752 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5752 20 Emergency Emergency NNP 1662 5752 21 Stabilization Stabilization NNP 1662 5752 22 Fund Fund NNP 1662 5752 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5752 24 , , , 1662 5752 25 $ $ $ 1662 5752 26 13.5 13.5 CD 1662 5752 27 billion billion CD 1662 5752 28 ; ; : 1662 5752 29 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5752 30 , , , 1662 5752 31 $ $ $ 1662 5752 32 13 13 CD 1662 5752 33 billion billion CD 1662 5752 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5752 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 5752 36 - - SYM 1662 5752 37 96 96 CD 1662 5752 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5752 39 Currency currency NN 1662 5752 40 : : : 1662 5752 41 1 1 CD 1662 5752 42 New new JJ 1662 5752 43 Mexican mexican JJ 1662 5752 44 peso peso NN 1662 5752 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5752 46 Mex$ mex$ JJ 1662 5752 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5752 48 = = NFP 1662 5752 49 100 100 CD 1662 5752 50 centavos centavos NNP 1662 5752 51 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5752 52 rates rate NNS 1662 5752 53 : : : 1662 5752 54 market market NN 1662 5752 55 rate rate NN 1662 5752 56 of of IN 1662 5752 57 Mexican mexican JJ 1662 5752 58 pesos peso NNS 1662 5752 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5752 60 Mex$ mex$ JJ 1662 5752 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5752 62 per per IN 1662 5752 63 US$ us$ $ 1662 5752 64 1 1 CD 1662 5752 65 - - SYM 1662 5752 66 7.8270 7.8270 CD 1662 5752 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5752 68 January January NNP 1662 5752 69 1997 1997 CD 1662 5752 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5752 71 , , , 1662 5752 72 7.6009 7.6009 CD 1662 5752 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5752 74 1996 1996 CD 1662 5752 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5752 76 , , , 1662 5752 77 6.4194 6.4194 CD 1662 5752 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5752 79 1995 1995 CD 1662 5752 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5752 81 , , , 1662 5752 82 3.3751 3.3751 CD 1662 5752 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5752 84 1994 1994 CD 1662 5752 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5752 86 , , , 1662 5752 87 3.1156 3.1156 CD 1662 5752 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5752 89 1993 1993 CD 1662 5752 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5752 91 , , , 1662 5752 92 3,094.9 3,094.9 CD 1662 5752 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5752 94 1992 1992 CD 1662 5752 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5752 96 note note NN 1662 5752 97 : : : 1662 5752 98 the the DT 1662 5752 99 new new JJ 1662 5752 100 peso peso NN 1662 5752 101 replaced replace VBD 1662 5752 102 the the DT 1662 5752 103 old old JJ 1662 5752 104 peso peso NN 1662 5752 105 on on IN 1662 5752 106 1 1 CD 1662 5752 107 January January NNP 1662 5752 108 1993 1993 CD 1662 5752 109 ; ; : 1662 5752 110 1 1 CD 1662 5752 111 new new JJ 1662 5752 112 peso peso NN 1662 5752 113 = = SYM 1662 5752 114 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 5752 115 old old JJ 1662 5752 116 pesos pesos NNP 1662 5752 117 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5752 118 year year NN 1662 5752 119 : : : 1662 5752 120 calendar calendar NNP 1662 5752 121 year year NN 1662 5752 122 @Mexico @mexico XX 1662 5752 123 : : : 1662 5752 124 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 5752 125 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 5752 126 : : : 1662 5752 127 11,890,868 11,890,868 CD 1662 5752 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5752 129 1993 1993 CD 1662 5752 130 est est NNP 1662 5752 131 . . . 1662 5752 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5753 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5753 2 system system NN 1662 5753 3 : : : 1662 5753 4 highly highly RB 1662 5753 5 developed developed JJ 1662 5753 6 system system NN 1662 5753 7 with with IN 1662 5753 8 extensive extensive JJ 1662 5753 9 microwave microwave NN 1662 5753 10 radio radio NN 1662 5753 11 relay relay NN 1662 5753 12 links link NNS 1662 5753 13 ; ; , 1662 5753 14 privatized privatize VBN 1662 5753 15 in in IN 1662 5753 16 December December NNP 1662 5753 17 1990 1990 CD 1662 5753 18 domestic domestic NN 1662 5753 19 : : : 1662 5753 20 adequate adequate JJ 1662 5753 21 telephone telephone NN 1662 5753 22 service service NN 1662 5753 23 for for IN 1662 5753 24 business business NN 1662 5753 25 and and CC 1662 5753 26 government government NN 1662 5753 27 , , , 1662 5753 28 but but CC 1662 5753 29 the the DT 1662 5753 30 population population NN 1662 5753 31 is be VBZ 1662 5753 32 poorly poorly RB 1662 5753 33 served serve VBN 1662 5753 34 ; ; : 1662 5753 35 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5753 36 satellite satellite NN 1662 5753 37 system system NN 1662 5753 38 with with IN 1662 5753 39 120 120 CD 1662 5753 40 earth earth NN 1662 5753 41 stations station NNS 1662 5753 42 ; ; , 1662 5753 43 extensive extensive JJ 1662 5753 44 microwave microwave NN 1662 5753 45 radio radio NN 1662 5753 46 relay relay NN 1662 5753 47 network network NNP 1662 5753 48 international international NNP 1662 5753 49 : : : 1662 5753 50 satellite satellite NN 1662 5753 51 earth earth NN 1662 5753 52 stations station NNS 1662 5753 53 - - : 1662 5753 54 5 5 CD 1662 5753 55 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5753 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5753 57 4 4 CD 1662 5753 58 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 5753 59 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5753 60 and and CC 1662 5753 61 1 1 CD 1662 5753 62 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 5753 63 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5753 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5753 65 ; ; : 1662 5753 66 launched launch VBD 1662 5753 67 Solidaridad Solidaridad NNP 1662 5753 68 I -PRON- PRP 1662 5753 69 satellite satellite NN 1662 5753 70 in in IN 1662 5753 71 November November NNP 1662 5753 72 1993 1993 CD 1662 5753 73 and and CC 1662 5753 74 Solidaridad Solidaridad NNP 1662 5753 75 II II NNP 1662 5753 76 in in IN 1662 5753 77 October October NNP 1662 5753 78 1994 1994 CD 1662 5753 79 , , , 1662 5753 80 giving give VBG 1662 5753 81 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 5753 82 improved improve VBD 1662 5753 83 access access NN 1662 5753 84 to to IN 1662 5753 85 South South NNP 1662 5753 86 America America NNP 1662 5753 87 , , , 1662 5753 88 Central Central NNP 1662 5753 89 America America NNP 1662 5753 90 and and CC 1662 5753 91 much much JJ 1662 5753 92 of of IN 1662 5753 93 the the DT 1662 5753 94 US US NNP 1662 5753 95 as as RB 1662 5753 96 well well RB 1662 5753 97 as as IN 1662 5753 98 enhancing enhance VBG 1662 5753 99 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5753 100 communications communication NNS 1662 5753 101 ; ; , 1662 5753 102 linked link VBN 1662 5753 103 to to IN 1662 5753 104 Central Central NNP 1662 5753 105 American American NNP 1662 5753 106 Microwave Microwave NNP 1662 5753 107 System System NNP 1662 5753 108 of of IN 1662 5753 109 trunk trunk NN 1662 5753 110 connections connection NNS 1662 5753 111 Radio Radio NNP 1662 5753 112 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5753 113 stations station NNS 1662 5753 114 : : : 1662 5753 115 AM am VBP 1662 5753 116 679 679 CD 1662 5753 117 , , , 1662 5753 118 FM FM NNP 1662 5753 119 0 0 NFP 1662 5753 120 , , , 1662 5753 121 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 5753 122 22 22 CD 1662 5753 123 Radios radio NNS 1662 5753 124 : : : 1662 5753 125 22.5 22.5 CD 1662 5753 126 million million CD 1662 5753 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5753 128 1992 1992 CD 1662 5753 129 est est NNP 1662 5753 130 . . . 1662 5753 131 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5754 1 Television television NN 1662 5754 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5754 3 stations station NNS 1662 5754 4 : : : 1662 5754 5 238 238 CD 1662 5754 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 5754 7 : : : 1662 5754 8 13.1 13.1 CD 1662 5754 9 million million CD 1662 5754 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5754 11 1992 1992 CD 1662 5754 12 est est NNP 1662 5754 13 . . . 1662 5754 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5755 1 @Mexico @mexico XX 1662 5755 2 : : : 1662 5755 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5755 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5755 5 : : : 1662 5755 6 total total NN 1662 5755 7 : : : 1662 5755 8 20,567 20,567 CD 1662 5755 9 km km NN 1662 5755 10 standard standard JJ 1662 5755 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 5755 12 : : : 1662 5755 13 20,477 20,477 CD 1662 5755 14 km km NN 1662 5755 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 5755 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 5755 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5755 18 246 246 CD 1662 5755 19 km km NN 1662 5755 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 5755 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5755 22 narrow narrow JJ 1662 5755 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 5755 24 : : : 1662 5755 25 90 90 CD 1662 5755 26 km km NN 1662 5755 27 0.914-m 0.914-m NN 1662 5755 28 gauge gauge NN 1662 5755 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5755 30 1994 1994 CD 1662 5755 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5755 32 Highways highway NNS 1662 5755 33 : : : 1662 5755 34 total total NN 1662 5755 35 : : : 1662 5755 36 249,520 249,520 CD 1662 5755 37 km km NNS 1662 5755 38 paved pave VBN 1662 5755 39 : : : 1662 5755 40 93,071 93,071 CD 1662 5755 41 km km NNS 1662 5755 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5755 43 including include VBG 1662 5755 44 5,920 5,920 CD 1662 5755 45 km km NNS 1662 5755 46 of of IN 1662 5755 47 expressways expressway NNS 1662 5755 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5755 49 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5755 50 : : : 1662 5755 51 156,449 156,449 CD 1662 5755 52 km km NN 1662 5755 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5755 54 1995 1995 CD 1662 5755 55 est 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1662 5756 36 Altamira Altamira NNP 1662 5756 37 , , , 1662 5756 38 Coatzacoalcos Coatzacoalcos NNP 1662 5756 39 , , , 1662 5756 40 Ensenada Ensenada NNP 1662 5756 41 , , , 1662 5756 42 Guaymas Guaymas NNP 1662 5756 43 , , , 1662 5756 44 La La NNP 1662 5756 45 Paz Paz NNP 1662 5756 46 , , , 1662 5756 47 Lazaro Lazaro NNP 1662 5756 48 Cardenas Cardenas NNP 1662 5756 49 , , , 1662 5756 50 Manzanillo Manzanillo NNP 1662 5756 51 , , , 1662 5756 52 Mazatlan Mazatlan NNP 1662 5756 53 , , , 1662 5756 54 Progreso Progreso NNP 1662 5756 55 , , , 1662 5756 56 Salina Salina NNP 1662 5756 57 Cruz Cruz NNP 1662 5756 58 , , , 1662 5756 59 Tampico Tampico NNP 1662 5756 60 , , , 1662 5756 61 Topolobampo Topolobampo NNP 1662 5756 62 , , , 1662 5756 63 Tuxpan Tuxpan NNP 1662 5756 64 , , , 1662 5756 65 Veracruz Veracruz NNP 1662 5756 66 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 5756 67 marine marine NN 1662 5756 68 : : : 1662 5756 69 total total NN 1662 5756 70 : : : 1662 5756 71 51 51 CD 1662 5756 72 ships ship NNS 1662 5756 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5756 74 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 5756 75 GRT GRT NNP 1662 5756 76 or or CC 1662 5756 77 over over RB 1662 5756 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5756 79 totaling total VBG 1662 5756 80 899,032 899,032 CD 1662 5756 81 GRT/1,297,346 GRT/1,297,346 . 1662 5756 82 DWT dwt NN 1662 5756 83 ships ship NNS 1662 5756 84 by by IN 1662 5756 85 type type NN 1662 5756 86 : : : 1662 5756 87 cargo cargo NN 1662 5756 88 1 1 CD 1662 5756 89 , , , 1662 5756 90 chemical chemical NN 1662 5756 91 tanker tanker NN 1662 5756 92 4 4 CD 1662 5756 93 , , , 1662 5756 94 combination combination NN 1662 5756 95 bulk bulk NN 1662 5756 96 1 1 CD 1662 5756 97 , , , 1662 5756 98 container container NN 1662 5756 99 4 4 CD 1662 5756 100 , , , 1662 5756 101 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 5756 102 gas gas NN 1662 5756 103 tanker tanker NN 1662 5756 104 7 7 CD 1662 5756 105 , , , 1662 5756 106 oil oil NN 1662 5756 107 tanker tanker NN 1662 5756 108 29 29 CD 1662 5756 109 , , , 1662 5756 110 roll roll NN 1662 5756 111 - - HYPH 1662 5756 112 on on IN 1662 5756 113 / / SYM 1662 5756 114 roll roll NN 1662 5756 115 - - HYPH 1662 5756 116 off off RP 1662 5756 117 cargo cargo NN 1662 5756 118 2 2 CD 1662 5756 119 , , , 1662 5756 120 short short JJ 1662 5756 121 - - HYPH 1662 5756 122 sea sea NN 1662 5756 123 passenger passenger NN 1662 5756 124 3 3 CD 1662 5756 125 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5756 126 1996 1996 CD 1662 5756 127 est est NNP 1662 5756 128 . . . 1662 5756 129 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5757 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5757 2 : : : 1662 5757 3 1,415 1,415 CD 1662 5757 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5757 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 5757 6 est est NNP 1662 5757 7 . . . 1662 5757 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5758 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5758 2 - - , 1662 5758 3 with with IN 1662 5758 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5758 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5758 6 : : : 1662 5758 7 total total NN 1662 5758 8 : : : 1662 5758 9 1,003 1,003 CD 1662 5758 10 over over IN 1662 5758 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5758 12 m m NN 1662 5758 13 : : : 1662 5758 14 9 9 CD 1662 5758 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 5758 16 to to IN 1662 5758 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5758 18 m m NN 1662 5758 19 : : : 1662 5758 20 26 26 CD 1662 5758 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5758 22 to to TO 1662 5758 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5758 24 m m NN 1662 5758 25 : : : 1662 5758 26 92 92 CD 1662 5758 27 914 914 CD 1662 5758 28 to to TO 1662 5758 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5758 30 m m NN 1662 5758 31 : : : 1662 5758 32 71 71 CD 1662 5758 33 under under IN 1662 5758 34 914 914 CD 1662 5758 35 m m NN 1662 5758 36 : : : 1662 5758 37 805 805 CD 1662 5758 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5758 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 5758 40 est est NNP 1662 5758 41 . . . 1662 5758 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5759 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5759 2 - - , 1662 5759 3 with with IN 1662 5759 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5759 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5759 6 : : : 1662 5759 7 total total NN 1662 5759 8 : : : 1662 5759 9 412 412 CD 1662 5759 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5759 11 to to TO 1662 5759 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5759 13 m m NN 1662 5759 14 : : : 1662 5759 15 50 50 CD 1662 5759 16 914 914 CD 1662 5759 17 to to TO 1662 5759 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5759 19 m m NN 1662 5759 20 : : : 1662 5759 21 362 362 CD 1662 5759 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5759 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 5759 24 est est NNP 1662 5759 25 . . . 1662 5759 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5760 1 Military military JJ 1662 5760 2 Military military JJ 1662 5760 3 branches branch NNS 1662 5760 4 : : : 1662 5760 5 National National NNP 1662 5760 6 Defense Defense NNP 1662 5760 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5760 8 includes include VBZ 1662 5760 9 Army Army NNP 1662 5760 10 and and CC 1662 5760 11 Air Air NNP 1662 5760 12 Force Force NNP 1662 5760 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5760 14 , , , 1662 5760 15 Navy Navy NNP 1662 5760 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5760 17 includes include VBZ 1662 5760 18 Naval Naval NNP 1662 5760 19 Air Air NNP 1662 5760 20 and and CC 1662 5760 21 Marines Marines NNPS 1662 5760 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5760 23 Military military JJ 1662 5760 24 manpower manpower NN 1662 5760 25 - - HYPH 1662 5760 26 military military NN 1662 5760 27 age age NN 1662 5760 28 : : : 1662 5760 29 18 18 CD 1662 5760 30 years year NNS 1662 5760 31 of of IN 1662 5760 32 age age NN 1662 5760 33 Military military JJ 1662 5760 34 manpower manpower NN 1662 5760 35 - - HYPH 1662 5760 36 availability availability NN 1662 5760 37 : : : 1662 5760 38 males male NNS 1662 5760 39 age age NNP 1662 5760 40 15 15 CD 1662 5760 41 - - HYPH 1662 5760 42 49 49 CD 1662 5760 43 : : : 1662 5760 44 24,518,142 24,518,142 CD 1662 5760 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5760 46 1997 1997 CD 1662 5760 47 est est NNP 1662 5760 48 . . . 1662 5760 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5761 1 Military military JJ 1662 5761 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5761 3 - - HYPH 1662 5761 4 fit fit NN 1662 5761 5 for for IN 1662 5761 6 military military JJ 1662 5761 7 service service NN 1662 5761 8 : : : 1662 5761 9 males male NNS 1662 5761 10 : : : 1662 5761 11 17,857,361 17,857,361 CD 1662 5761 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5761 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5761 14 est est NNP 1662 5761 15 . . . 1662 5761 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5762 1 Military military JJ 1662 5762 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5762 3 - - HYPH 1662 5762 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 5762 5 military military JJ 1662 5762 6 age age NN 1662 5762 7 annually annually RB 1662 5762 8 : : : 1662 5762 9 males male NNS 1662 5762 10 : : : 1662 5762 11 1,062,640 1,062,640 CD 1662 5762 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5762 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5762 14 est est NNP 1662 5762 15 . . . 1662 5762 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5763 1 Military military JJ 1662 5763 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5763 3 - - HYPH 1662 5763 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 5763 5 figure figure NN 1662 5763 6 : : : 1662 5763 7 $ $ $ 1662 5763 8 1.56 1.56 CD 1662 5763 9 billion billion CD 1662 5763 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5763 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5763 12 est est NNP 1662 5763 13 . . . 1662 5763 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5764 1 Military military JJ 1662 5764 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5764 3 - - : 1662 5764 4 percent percent NN 1662 5764 5 of of IN 1662 5764 6 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5764 7 : : : 1662 5764 8 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 5764 9 % % NN 1662 5764 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5764 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5764 12 est est NNP 1662 5764 13 . . . 1662 5764 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5765 1 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5765 2 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5765 3 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 5765 4 - - : 1662 5765 5 international international RB 1662 5765 6 : : : 1662 5765 7 none none NN 1662 5765 8 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 5765 9 drugs drug VBZ 1662 5765 10 : : : 1662 5765 11 illicit illicit JJ 1662 5765 12 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 5765 13 of of IN 1662 5765 14 opium opium NN 1662 5765 15 poppy poppy JJ 1662 5765 16 and and CC 1662 5765 17 cannabis cannabis NNP 1662 5765 18 continues continue VBZ 1662 5765 19 in in IN 1662 5765 20 spite spite NN 1662 5765 21 of of IN 1662 5765 22 increased increase VBN 1662 5765 23 government government NN 1662 5765 24 eradication eradication NN 1662 5765 25 ; ; , 1662 5765 26 major major JJ 1662 5765 27 supplier supplier NN 1662 5765 28 of of IN 1662 5765 29 heroin heroin NNP 1662 5765 30 and and CC 1662 5765 31 marijuana marijuana NNP 1662 5765 32 to to IN 1662 5765 33 the the DT 1662 5765 34 US US NNP 1662 5765 35 market market NN 1662 5765 36 ; ; : 1662 5765 37 continues continue VBZ 1662 5765 38 as as IN 1662 5765 39 the the DT 1662 5765 40 primary primary JJ 1662 5765 41 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 5765 42 country country NN 1662 5765 43 for for IN 1662 5765 44 US US NNP 1662 5765 45 - - HYPH 1662 5765 46 bound bind VBN 1662 5765 47 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 5765 48 from from IN 1662 5765 49 South South NNP 1662 5765 50 America America NNP 1662 5765 51 ; ; : 1662 5765 52 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 5765 53 involved involve VBN 1662 5765 54 in in IN 1662 5765 55 the the DT 1662 5765 56 production production NN 1662 5765 57 and and CC 1662 5765 58 distribution distribution NN 1662 5765 59 of of IN 1662 5765 60 methamphetamines methamphetamine NNS 1662 5765 61 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 62 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 63 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 64 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 65 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 66 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 67 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 68 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 69 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 70 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 71 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 72 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 73 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 74 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 75 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 76 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 77 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 78 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 90 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 91 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 92 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 93 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 94 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 95 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 96 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 97 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 98 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 99 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 100 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 101 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 102 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 103 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 104 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 105 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 106 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 107 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 108 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 109 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 110 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 111 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 112 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 113 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 114 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 115 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 116 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 117 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 118 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 119 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 120 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 121 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 122 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 123 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 124 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 125 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 126 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 127 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 128 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 129 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 130 _ _ NNP 1662 5765 131 MICRONESIA MICRONESIA NNP 1662 5765 132 , , , 1662 5765 133 FEDERATED FEDERATED NNP 1662 5765 134 STATES state NNS 1662 5765 135 OF of IN 1662 5765 136 States state NNS 1662 5765 137 of of IN 1662 5765 138 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5765 139 @Micronesia @micronesia CD 1662 5765 140 , , , 1662 5765 141 Federated Federated NNP 1662 5765 142 States States NNP 1662 5765 143 of of IN 1662 5765 144 : : : 1662 5765 145 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5765 146 Location Location NNP 1662 5765 147 : : : 1662 5765 148 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 5765 149 , , , 1662 5765 150 island island NN 1662 5765 151 group group NN 1662 5765 152 in in IN 1662 5765 153 the the DT 1662 5765 154 North North NNP 1662 5765 155 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 5765 156 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5765 157 , , , 1662 5765 158 about about RB 1662 5765 159 three three CD 1662 5765 160 - - HYPH 1662 5765 161 quarters quarter NNS 1662 5765 162 of of IN 1662 5765 163 the the DT 1662 5765 164 way way NN 1662 5765 165 from from IN 1662 5765 166 Hawaii Hawaii NNP 1662 5765 167 to to IN 1662 5765 168 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 5765 169 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5765 170 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5765 171 : : : 1662 5765 172 6 6 CD 1662 5765 173 55 55 CD 1662 5765 174 N n CD 1662 5765 175 , , , 1662 5765 176 158 158 CD 1662 5765 177 15 15 CD 1662 5765 178 E e NN 1662 5765 179 Map Map NNP 1662 5765 180 references reference NNS 1662 5765 181 : : : 1662 5765 182 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 5765 183 Area Area NNP 1662 5765 184 : : : 1662 5765 185 total total NN 1662 5765 186 : : : 1662 5765 187 702 702 CD 1662 5765 188 sq sq NN 1662 5765 189 km km NNP 1662 5765 190 land land NN 1662 5765 191 : : : 1662 5765 192 702 702 CD 1662 5765 193 sq sq NN 1662 5765 194 km km NN 1662 5765 195 water water NN 1662 5765 196 : : : 1662 5765 197 0 0 NFP 1662 5765 198 sq sq NNP 1662 5765 199 km km NNP 1662 5765 200 note note NN 1662 5765 201 : : : 1662 5765 202 includes include VBZ 1662 5765 203 Pohnpei Pohnpei NNP 1662 5765 204 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5765 205 Ponape Ponape NNP 1662 5765 206 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5765 207 , , , 1662 5765 208 Truk Truk NNP 1662 5765 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5765 210 Chuuk Chuuk NNP 1662 5765 211 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5765 212 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 5765 213 , , , 1662 5765 214 Yap Yap NNP 1662 5765 215 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 5765 216 , , , 1662 5765 217 and and CC 1662 5765 218 Kosrae Kosrae NNP 1662 5765 219 Area Area NNP 1662 5765 220 - - HYPH 1662 5765 221 comparative comparative NNP 1662 5765 222 : : : 1662 5765 223 four four CD 1662 5765 224 times time NNS 1662 5765 225 the the DT 1662 5765 226 size size NN 1662 5765 227 of of IN 1662 5765 228 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5765 229 , , , 1662 5765 230 DC DC NNP 1662 5765 231 Land Land NNP 1662 5765 232 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5765 233 : : : 1662 5765 234 0 0 LS 1662 5765 235 km km NN 1662 5765 236 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5765 237 : : : 1662 5765 238 6,112 6,112 CD 1662 5765 239 km km NN 1662 5765 240 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5765 241 claims claim VBZ 1662 5765 242 : : : 1662 5765 243 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 5765 244 economic economic JJ 1662 5765 245 zone zone NN 1662 5765 246 : : : 1662 5765 247 200 200 CD 1662 5765 248 nm nm CD 1662 5765 249 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5765 250 sea sea NN 1662 5765 251 : : : 1662 5765 252 12 12 CD 1662 5765 253 nm nm NNP 1662 5765 254 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5765 255 : : : 1662 5765 256 tropical tropical JJ 1662 5765 257 ; ; : 1662 5765 258 heavy heavy JJ 1662 5765 259 year year NN 1662 5765 260 - - HYPH 1662 5765 261 round round JJ 1662 5765 262 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 5765 263 , , , 1662 5765 264 especially especially RB 1662 5765 265 in in IN 1662 5765 266 the the DT 1662 5765 267 eastern eastern JJ 1662 5765 268 islands island NNS 1662 5765 269 ; ; : 1662 5765 270 located locate VBN 1662 5765 271 on on IN 1662 5765 272 southern southern JJ 1662 5765 273 edge edge NN 1662 5765 274 of of IN 1662 5765 275 the the DT 1662 5765 276 typhoon typhoon NN 1662 5765 277 belt belt NN 1662 5765 278 with with IN 1662 5765 279 occasionally occasionally RB 1662 5765 280 severe severe JJ 1662 5765 281 damage damage NN 1662 5765 282 Terrain terrain NN 1662 5765 283 : : : 1662 5765 284 islands island NNS 1662 5765 285 vary vary VBP 1662 5765 286 geologically geologically RB 1662 5765 287 from from IN 1662 5765 288 high high JJ 1662 5765 289 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 5765 290 islands island NNS 1662 5765 291 to to IN 1662 5765 292 low low JJ 1662 5765 293 , , , 1662 5765 294 coral coral JJ 1662 5765 295 atolls atoll NNS 1662 5765 296 ; ; , 1662 5765 297 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 5765 298 outcroppings outcropping NNS 1662 5765 299 on on IN 1662 5765 300 Pohnpei Pohnpei NNP 1662 5765 301 , , , 1662 5765 302 Kosrae Kosrae NNP 1662 5765 303 , , , 1662 5765 304 and and CC 1662 5765 305 Truk Truk NNP 1662 5765 306 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5765 307 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5765 308 : : : 1662 5765 309 lowest low JJS 1662 5765 310 point point NN 1662 5765 311 : : : 1662 5765 312 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 5765 313 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5765 314 0 0 NFP 1662 5765 315 m m DT 1662 5765 316 highest high JJS 1662 5765 317 point point NN 1662 5765 318 : : : 1662 5765 319 Totolom Totolom NNP 1662 5765 320 791 791 CD 1662 5765 321 m m NNP 1662 5765 322 Natural natural JJ 1662 5765 323 resources resource NNS 1662 5765 324 : : : 1662 5765 325 forests forest NNS 1662 5765 326 , , , 1662 5765 327 marine marine JJ 1662 5765 328 products product NNS 1662 5765 329 , , , 1662 5765 330 deep deep JJ 1662 5765 331 - - HYPH 1662 5765 332 seabed seabed NN 1662 5765 333 minerals mineral NNS 1662 5765 334 Land Land NNP 1662 5765 335 use use NN 1662 5765 336 : : : 1662 5765 337 arable arable JJ 1662 5765 338 land land NN 1662 5765 339 : : : 1662 5765 340 NA% NA% `` 1662 5765 341 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5765 342 crops crop NNS 1662 5765 343 : : : 1662 5765 344 NA% na% IN 1662 5765 345 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5765 346 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5765 347 : : : 1662 5765 348 NA% NA% NNS 1662 5765 349 forests forest NNS 1662 5765 350 and and CC 1662 5765 351 woodland woodland NN 1662 5765 352 : : : 1662 5765 353 NA% NA% NNS 1662 5765 354 other other JJ 1662 5765 355 : : : 1662 5765 356 NA% NA% `` 1662 5765 357 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5765 358 land land NN 1662 5765 359 : : : 1662 5765 360 NA NA NNP 1662 5765 361 sq sq RB 1662 5765 362 km km VB 1662 5765 363 Natural natural JJ 1662 5765 364 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5765 365 : : : 1662 5765 366 typhoons typhoon NNS 1662 5765 367 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5765 368 June June NNP 1662 5765 369 to to IN 1662 5765 370 December December NNP 1662 5765 371 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5765 372 Environment environment NN 1662 5765 373 - - HYPH 1662 5765 374 current current JJ 1662 5765 375 issues issue NNS 1662 5765 376 : : : 1662 5765 377 NA NA NNP 1662 5765 378 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5765 379 - - HYPH 1662 5765 380 international international JJ 1662 5765 381 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5765 382 : : : 1662 5765 383 party party NN 1662 5765 384 to to TO 1662 5765 385 : : : 1662 5765 386 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 5765 387 , , , 1662 5765 388 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5765 389 Change Change NNP 1662 5765 390 , , , 1662 5765 391 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 5765 392 , , , 1662 5765 393 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 5765 394 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 5765 395 , , , 1662 5765 396 Law Law NNP 1662 5765 397 of of IN 1662 5765 398 the the DT 1662 5765 399 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5765 400 , , , 1662 5765 401 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5765 402 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5765 403 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5765 404 signed sign VBD 1662 5765 405 , , , 1662 5765 406 but but CC 1662 5765 407 not not RB 1662 5765 408 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5765 409 : : : 1662 5765 410 none none NN 1662 5765 411 of of IN 1662 5765 412 the the DT 1662 5765 413 selected select VBN 1662 5765 414 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5765 415 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5765 416 - - HYPH 1662 5765 417 note note NNP 1662 5765 418 : : : 1662 5765 419 four four CD 1662 5765 420 major major JJ 1662 5765 421 island island NN 1662 5765 422 groups group NNS 1662 5765 423 totaling total VBG 1662 5765 424 607 607 CD 1662 5765 425 islands island NNS 1662 5765 426 @Micronesia @micronesia CD 1662 5765 427 , , , 1662 5765 428 Federated Federated NNP 1662 5765 429 States States NNP 1662 5765 430 of of IN 1662 5765 431 : : : 1662 5765 432 People People NNP 1662 5765 433 Population Population NNP 1662 5765 434 : : : 1662 5765 435 127,616 127,616 CD 1662 5765 436 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5765 437 July July NNP 1662 5765 438 1997 1997 CD 1662 5765 439 est est NNP 1662 5765 440 . . . 1662 5765 441 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5766 1 Age age NN 1662 5766 2 structure structure NN 1662 5766 3 : : : 1662 5766 4 0 0 CD 1662 5766 5 - - HYPH 1662 5766 6 14 14 CD 1662 5766 7 years year NNS 1662 5766 8 : : : 1662 5766 9 NA NA NNP 1662 5766 10 15 15 CD 1662 5766 11 - - SYM 1662 5766 12 64 64 CD 1662 5766 13 years year NNS 1662 5766 14 : : : 1662 5766 15 35 35 CD 1662 5766 16 % % NN 1662 5766 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5766 18 est est NNP 1662 5766 19 . . . 1662 5766 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5767 1 65 65 CD 1662 5767 2 years year NNS 1662 5767 3 and and CC 1662 5767 4 over over RB 1662 5767 5 : : : 1662 5767 6 NA NA NNP 1662 5767 7 Population Population NNP 1662 5767 8 growth growth NN 1662 5767 9 rate rate NN 1662 5767 10 : : : 1662 5767 11 3.33 3.33 CD 1662 5767 12 % % NN 1662 5767 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5767 14 1997 1997 CD 1662 5767 15 est est NNP 1662 5767 16 . . . 1662 5767 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5768 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5768 2 rate rate NN 1662 5768 3 : : : 1662 5768 4 27.75 27.75 CD 1662 5768 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 5768 6 population population NN 1662 5768 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5768 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5768 9 est est NNP 1662 5768 10 . . . 1662 5768 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5769 1 Death death NN 1662 5769 2 rate rate NN 1662 5769 3 : : : 1662 5769 4 6.14 6.14 CD 1662 5769 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5769 6 population population NN 1662 5769 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5769 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5769 9 est est NNP 1662 5769 10 . . . 1662 5769 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5770 1 Net net JJ 1662 5770 2 migration migration NN 1662 5770 3 rate rate NN 1662 5770 4 : : : 1662 5770 5 11.65 11.65 CD 1662 5770 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 5770 7 population population NN 1662 5770 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5770 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5770 10 est est NNP 1662 5770 11 . . . 1662 5770 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5771 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5771 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5771 3 : : : 1662 5771 4 at at IN 1662 5771 5 birth birth NN 1662 5771 6 : : : 1662 5771 7 NA NA NNP 1662 5771 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5771 9 under under IN 1662 5771 10 15 15 CD 1662 5771 11 years year NNS 1662 5771 12 : : : 1662 5771 13 NA NA NNP 1662 5771 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5771 15 15 15 CD 1662 5771 16 - - SYM 1662 5771 17 64 64 CD 1662 5771 18 years year NNS 1662 5771 19 : : : 1662 5771 20 NA NA NNP 1662 5771 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5771 22 65 65 CD 1662 5771 23 years year NNS 1662 5771 24 and and CC 1662 5771 25 over over RB 1662 5771 26 : : : 1662 5771 27 NA NA NNP 1662 5771 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 5771 29 total total JJ 1662 5771 30 population population NN 1662 5771 31 : : : 1662 5771 32 NA NA NNP 1662 5771 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5771 34 Infant Infant NNP 1662 5771 35 mortality mortality NN 1662 5771 36 rate rate NN 1662 5771 37 : : : 1662 5771 38 35.11 35.11 CD 1662 5771 39 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5771 40 live live JJ 1662 5771 41 births birth NNS 1662 5771 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5771 43 1997 1997 CD 1662 5771 44 est est NNP 1662 5771 45 . . . 1662 5771 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5772 1 Life life NN 1662 5772 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5772 3 at at IN 1662 5772 4 birth birth NN 1662 5772 5 : : : 1662 5772 6 total total JJ 1662 5772 7 population population NN 1662 5772 8 : : : 1662 5772 9 68.18 68.18 CD 1662 5772 10 years year NNS 1662 5772 11 male male JJ 1662 5772 12 : : : 1662 5772 13 66.21 66.21 CD 1662 5772 14 years year NNS 1662 5772 15 female female JJ 1662 5772 16 : : : 1662 5772 17 70.18 70.18 CD 1662 5772 18 years year NNS 1662 5772 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5772 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5772 21 est est NNP 1662 5772 22 . . . 1662 5772 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5773 1 Total total JJ 1662 5773 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5773 3 rate rate NN 1662 5773 4 : : : 1662 5773 5 3.93 3.93 CD 1662 5773 6 children child NNS 1662 5773 7 born bear VBN 1662 5773 8 / / SYM 1662 5773 9 woman woman NN 1662 5773 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5773 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5773 12 est est NNP 1662 5773 13 . . . 1662 5773 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5774 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5774 2 : : : 1662 5774 3 noun noun NNP 1662 5774 4 : : : 1662 5774 5 Micronesian(s Micronesian(s NNP 1662 5774 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5774 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 5774 8 : : : 1662 5774 9 Micronesian micronesian JJ 1662 5774 10 ; ; : 1662 5774 11 Kosrae(s Kosrae(s NNP 1662 5774 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5774 13 , , , 1662 5774 14 Pohnpeian(s Pohnpeian(s NNP 1662 5774 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5774 16 , , , 1662 5774 17 Trukese Trukese NNPS 1662 5774 18 , , , 1662 5774 19 Yapese yapese JJ 1662 5774 20 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5774 21 groups group NNS 1662 5774 22 : : : 1662 5774 23 nine nine CD 1662 5774 24 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5774 25 Micronesian micronesian JJ 1662 5774 26 and and CC 1662 5774 27 Polynesian polynesian JJ 1662 5774 28 groups group NNS 1662 5774 29 Religions religion NNS 1662 5774 30 : : : 1662 5774 31 Roman Roman NNP 1662 5774 32 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 5774 33 50 50 CD 1662 5774 34 % % NN 1662 5774 35 , , , 1662 5774 36 Protestant protestant NN 1662 5774 37 47 47 CD 1662 5774 38 % % NN 1662 5774 39 , , , 1662 5774 40 other other JJ 1662 5774 41 and and CC 1662 5774 42 none none NN 1662 5774 43 3 3 CD 1662 5774 44 % % NN 1662 5774 45 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 5774 46 : : : 1662 5774 47 English English NNP 1662 5774 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5774 49 official official JJ 1662 5774 50 and and CC 1662 5774 51 common common JJ 1662 5774 52 language language NN 1662 5774 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5774 54 , , , 1662 5774 55 Trukese Trukese NNPS 1662 5774 56 , , , 1662 5774 57 Pohnpeian pohnpeian JJ 1662 5774 58 , , , 1662 5774 59 Yapese yapese JJ 1662 5774 60 , , , 1662 5774 61 Kosrean Kosrean NNP 1662 5774 62 Literacy literacy NN 1662 5774 63 : : : 1662 5774 64 definition definition NN 1662 5774 65 : : : 1662 5774 66 age age NN 1662 5774 67 15 15 CD 1662 5774 68 and and CC 1662 5774 69 over over RB 1662 5774 70 can can MD 1662 5774 71 read read VB 1662 5774 72 and and CC 1662 5774 73 write write VB 1662 5774 74 total total JJ 1662 5774 75 population population NN 1662 5774 76 : : : 1662 5774 77 89 89 CD 1662 5774 78 % % NN 1662 5774 79 male male NN 1662 5774 80 : : : 1662 5774 81 91 91 CD 1662 5774 82 % % NN 1662 5774 83 female female NN 1662 5774 84 : : : 1662 5774 85 88 88 CD 1662 5774 86 % % NN 1662 5774 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5774 88 1980 1980 CD 1662 5774 89 est est NNP 1662 5774 90 . . . 1662 5774 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5775 1 @Micronesia @micronesia XX 1662 5775 2 , , , 1662 5775 3 Federated Federated NNP 1662 5775 4 States States NNP 1662 5775 5 of of IN 1662 5775 6 : : : 1662 5775 7 Government Government NNP 1662 5775 8 Country Country NNP 1662 5775 9 name name NN 1662 5775 10 : : : 1662 5775 11 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5775 12 long long JJ 1662 5775 13 form form NN 1662 5775 14 : : : 1662 5775 15 Federated Federated NNP 1662 5775 16 States States NNP 1662 5775 17 of of IN 1662 5775 18 Micronesia Micronesia NNP 1662 5775 19 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5775 20 short short JJ 1662 5775 21 form form NN 1662 5775 22 : : : 1662 5775 23 none none NN 1662 5775 24 former former JJ 1662 5775 25 : : : 1662 5775 26 Kosrae Kosrae NNP 1662 5775 27 , , , 1662 5775 28 Ponape Ponape NNP 1662 5775 29 , , , 1662 5775 30 Truk Truk NNP 1662 5775 31 , , , 1662 5775 32 and and CC 1662 5775 33 Yap Yap NNP 1662 5775 34 Districts Districts NNPS 1662 5775 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5775 36 Trust trust NN 1662 5775 37 Territory territory NN 1662 5775 38 of of IN 1662 5775 39 the the DT 1662 5775 40 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 5775 41 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 5775 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5775 43 abbreviation abbreviation NN 1662 5775 44 : : : 1662 5775 45 FSM FSM NNP 1662 5775 46 Data Data NNP 1662 5775 47 code code NN 1662 5775 48 : : : 1662 5775 49 FM FM NNP 1662 5775 50 Government Government NNP 1662 5775 51 type type NN 1662 5775 52 : : : 1662 5775 53 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 5775 54 government government NN 1662 5775 55 in in IN 1662 5775 56 free free NNP 1662 5775 57 association association NN 1662 5775 58 with with IN 1662 5775 59 the the DT 1662 5775 60 US US NNP 1662 5775 61 ; ; : 1662 5775 62 the the DT 1662 5775 63 Compact Compact NNP 1662 5775 64 of of IN 1662 5775 65 Free Free NNP 1662 5775 66 Association Association NNP 1662 5775 67 entered enter VBD 1662 5775 68 into into IN 1662 5775 69 force force NN 1662 5775 70 3 3 CD 1662 5775 71 November November NNP 1662 5775 72 1986 1986 CD 1662 5775 73 National national JJ 1662 5775 74 capital capital NN 1662 5775 75 : : : 1662 5775 76 Kolonia Kolonia NNP 1662 5775 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5775 78 on on IN 1662 5775 79 the the DT 1662 5775 80 island island NN 1662 5775 81 of of IN 1662 5775 82 Pohnpei Pohnpei NNP 1662 5775 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5775 84 note note NN 1662 5775 85 : : : 1662 5775 86 a a DT 1662 5775 87 new new JJ 1662 5775 88 capital capital NN 1662 5775 89 is be VBZ 1662 5775 90 being be VBG 1662 5775 91 built build VBN 1662 5775 92 about about IN 1662 5775 93 10 10 CD 1662 5775 94 km km NN 1662 5775 95 southwest southwest JJ 1662 5775 96 in in IN 1662 5775 97 the the DT 1662 5775 98 Palikir Palikir NNP 1662 5775 99 valley valley NN 1662 5775 100 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 5775 101 divisions division NNS 1662 5775 102 : : : 1662 5775 103 4 4 CD 1662 5775 104 states state NNS 1662 5775 105 ; ; : 1662 5775 106 Kosrae Kosrae NNP 1662 5775 107 , , , 1662 5775 108 Pohnpei Pohnpei NNP 1662 5775 109 , , , 1662 5775 110 Chuuk Chuuk NNP 1662 5775 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5775 112 Truk Truk NNP 1662 5775 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5775 114 , , , 1662 5775 115 Yap Yap NNP 1662 5775 116 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5775 117 : : : 1662 5775 118 3 3 CD 1662 5775 119 November November NNP 1662 5775 120 1986 1986 CD 1662 5775 121 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5775 122 from from IN 1662 5775 123 the the DT 1662 5775 124 US US NNP 1662 5775 125 - - HYPH 1662 5775 126 administered administer VBN 1662 5775 127 UN UN NNP 1662 5775 128 Trusteeship Trusteeship NNP 1662 5775 129 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5775 130 National national JJ 1662 5775 131 holiday holiday NN 1662 5775 132 : : : 1662 5775 133 Proclamation proclamation NN 1662 5775 134 of of IN 1662 5775 135 the the DT 1662 5775 136 Federated Federated NNP 1662 5775 137 States States NNP 1662 5775 138 of of IN 1662 5775 139 Micronesia Micronesia NNP 1662 5775 140 , , , 1662 5775 141 10 10 CD 1662 5775 142 May May NNP 1662 5775 143 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5775 144 1979 1979 CD 1662 5775 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5775 146 Constitution constitution NN 1662 5775 147 : : : 1662 5775 148 10 10 CD 1662 5775 149 May May NNP 1662 5775 150 1979 1979 CD 1662 5775 151 Legal legal JJ 1662 5775 152 system system NN 1662 5775 153 : : : 1662 5775 154 based base VBN 1662 5775 155 on on IN 1662 5775 156 adapted adapt VBN 1662 5775 157 Trust Trust NNP 1662 5775 158 Territory Territory NNP 1662 5775 159 laws law NNS 1662 5775 160 , , , 1662 5775 161 acts act NNS 1662 5775 162 of of IN 1662 5775 163 the the DT 1662 5775 164 legislature legislature NN 1662 5775 165 , , , 1662 5775 166 municipal municipal JJ 1662 5775 167 , , , 1662 5775 168 common common JJ 1662 5775 169 , , , 1662 5775 170 and and CC 1662 5775 171 customary customary JJ 1662 5775 172 laws law NNS 1662 5775 173 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 5775 174 : : : 1662 5775 175 18 18 CD 1662 5775 176 years year NNS 1662 5775 177 of of IN 1662 5775 178 age age NN 1662 5775 179 ; ; : 1662 5775 180 universal universal JJ 1662 5775 181 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5775 182 branch branch NN 1662 5775 183 : : : 1662 5775 184 chief chief NN 1662 5775 185 of of IN 1662 5775 186 state state NN 1662 5775 187 : : : 1662 5775 188 President President NNP 1662 5775 189 Jacob Jacob NNP 1662 5775 190 NENA NENA NNP 1662 5775 191 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5775 192 acting act VBG 1662 5775 193 president president NN 1662 5775 194 since since IN 1662 5775 195 NA NA NNP 1662 5775 196 July July NNP 1662 5775 197 1996 1996 CD 1662 5775 198 , , , 1662 5775 199 president president NN 1662 5775 200 since since IN 1662 5775 201 9 9 CD 1662 5775 202 May May NNP 1662 5775 203 1997 1997 CD 1662 5775 204 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5775 205 ; ; : 1662 5775 206 Vice Vice NNP 1662 5775 207 President President NNP 1662 5775 208 Leo Leo NNP 1662 5775 209 A. A. NNP 1662 5775 210 SALCAM SALCAM NNP 1662 5775 211 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5775 212 since since IN 1662 5775 213 9 9 CD 1662 5775 214 May May NNP 1662 5775 215 1997 1997 CD 1662 5775 216 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5775 217 ; ; : 1662 5775 218 note note VB 1662 5775 219 - - : 1662 5775 220 the the DT 1662 5775 221 president president NN 1662 5775 222 is be VBZ 1662 5775 223 both both CC 1662 5775 224 the the DT 1662 5775 225 chief chief NN 1662 5775 226 of of IN 1662 5775 227 state state NN 1662 5775 228 and and CC 1662 5775 229 head head NN 1662 5775 230 of of IN 1662 5775 231 government government NN 1662 5775 232 ; ; : 1662 5775 233 Vice Vice NNP 1662 5775 234 President President NNP 1662 5775 235 Jacob Jacob NNP 1662 5775 236 NENA NENA NNP 1662 5775 237 became become VBD 1662 5775 238 acting acting JJ 1662 5775 239 president president NN 1662 5775 240 in in IN 1662 5775 241 July July NNP 1662 5775 242 1996 1996 CD 1662 5775 243 after after IN 1662 5775 244 President President NNP 1662 5775 245 Bailey Bailey NNP 1662 5775 246 OLTER OLTER NNP 1662 5775 247 suffered suffer VBD 1662 5775 248 a a DT 1662 5775 249 stroke stroke NN 1662 5775 250 ; ; : 1662 5775 251 OLTER OLTER NNP 1662 5775 252 was be VBD 1662 5775 253 declared declare VBN 1662 5775 254 incapacitated incapacitate VBN 1662 5775 255 in in IN 1662 5775 256 November November NNP 1662 5775 257 1996 1996 CD 1662 5775 258 ; ; : 1662 5775 259 as as IN 1662 5775 260 provided provide VBN 1662 5775 261 for for IN 1662 5775 262 by by IN 1662 5775 263 the the DT 1662 5775 264 constitution constitution NN 1662 5775 265 , , , 1662 5775 266 180 180 CD 1662 5775 267 days day NNS 1662 5775 268 later later RB 1662 5775 269 , , , 1662 5775 270 with with IN 1662 5775 271 OLTER OLTER NNP 1662 5775 272 still still RB 1662 5775 273 unable unable JJ 1662 5775 274 to to TO 1662 5775 275 resume resume VB 1662 5775 276 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5775 277 duties duty NNS 1662 5775 278 , , , 1662 5775 279 NENA NENA NNP 1662 5775 280 was be VBD 1662 5775 281 sworn swear VBN 1662 5775 282 in in RP 1662 5775 283 as as IN 1662 5775 284 the the DT 1662 5775 285 new new JJ 1662 5775 286 president president NN 1662 5775 287 ; ; : 1662 5775 288 he -PRON- PRP 1662 5775 289 will will MD 1662 5775 290 serve serve VB 1662 5775 291 for for IN 1662 5775 292 the the DT 1662 5775 293 remaining remain VBG 1662 5775 294 two two CD 1662 5775 295 years year NNS 1662 5775 296 of of IN 1662 5775 297 OLTER OLTER NNP 1662 5775 298 's 's POS 1662 5775 299 term term NN 1662 5775 300 head head NN 1662 5775 301 of of IN 1662 5775 302 government government NN 1662 5775 303 : : : 1662 5775 304 President President NNP 1662 5775 305 Jacob Jacob NNP 1662 5775 306 NENA NENA NNP 1662 5775 307 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5775 308 acting act VBG 1662 5775 309 president president NN 1662 5775 310 since since IN 1662 5775 311 NA NA NNP 1662 5775 312 July July NNP 1662 5775 313 1996 1996 CD 1662 5775 314 , , , 1662 5775 315 president president NN 1662 5775 316 since since IN 1662 5775 317 9 9 CD 1662 5775 318 May May NNP 1662 5775 319 1997 1997 CD 1662 5775 320 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5775 321 ; ; : 1662 5775 322 Vice Vice NNP 1662 5775 323 President President NNP 1662 5775 324 Leo Leo NNP 1662 5775 325 A. A. NNP 1662 5775 326 SALCAM SALCAM NNP 1662 5775 327 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5775 328 since since IN 1662 5775 329 9 9 CD 1662 5775 330 May May NNP 1662 5775 331 1997 1997 CD 1662 5775 332 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5775 333 ; ; : 1662 5775 334 note note VB 1662 5775 335 - - : 1662 5775 336 the the DT 1662 5775 337 president president NN 1662 5775 338 is be VBZ 1662 5775 339 both both CC 1662 5775 340 the the DT 1662 5775 341 chief chief NN 1662 5775 342 of of IN 1662 5775 343 state state NN 1662 5775 344 and and CC 1662 5775 345 head head NN 1662 5775 346 of of IN 1662 5775 347 government government NN 1662 5775 348 ; ; : 1662 5775 349 Vice Vice NNP 1662 5775 350 President President NNP 1662 5775 351 Jacob Jacob NNP 1662 5775 352 NENA NENA NNP 1662 5775 353 became become VBD 1662 5775 354 acting acting JJ 1662 5775 355 president president NN 1662 5775 356 in in IN 1662 5775 357 July July NNP 1662 5775 358 1996 1996 CD 1662 5775 359 after after IN 1662 5775 360 President President NNP 1662 5775 361 Bailey Bailey NNP 1662 5775 362 OLTER OLTER NNP 1662 5775 363 suffered suffer VBD 1662 5775 364 a a DT 1662 5775 365 stroke stroke NN 1662 5775 366 ; 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US NNP 1662 5788 73 currency currency NN 1662 5788 74 is be VBZ 1662 5788 75 used use VBN 1662 5788 76 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5788 77 year year NN 1662 5788 78 : : : 1662 5788 79 1 1 CD 1662 5788 80 October October NNP 1662 5788 81 - - HYPH 1662 5788 82 30 30 CD 1662 5788 83 September September NNP 1662 5788 84 @Micronesia @Micronesia NNP 1662 5788 85 , , , 1662 5788 86 Federated Federated NNP 1662 5788 87 States States NNP 1662 5788 88 of of IN 1662 5788 89 : : : 1662 5788 90 Communications Communications NNP 1662 5788 91 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 5788 92 : : : 1662 5788 93 960 960 CD 1662 5788 94 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5788 95 system system NN 1662 5788 96 : : : 1662 5788 97 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5788 98 : : : 1662 5788 99 islands island NNS 1662 5788 100 interconnected interconnect VBN 1662 5788 101 by by IN 1662 5788 102 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 5788 103 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 5788 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5788 105 used use VBN 1662 5788 106 mostly mostly RB 1662 5788 107 for for IN 1662 5788 108 government government NN 1662 5788 109 purposes purpose NNS 1662 5788 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5788 111 international international JJ 1662 5788 112 : : : 1662 5788 113 satellite satellite NN 1662 5788 114 earth earth NN 1662 5788 115 stations station NNS 1662 5788 116 - - : 1662 5788 117 4 4 CD 1662 5788 118 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5788 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5788 120 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 5788 121 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5788 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5788 123 Radio radio NN 1662 5788 124 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5788 125 stations station NNS 1662 5788 126 : : : 1662 5788 127 AM AM NNP 1662 5788 128 5 5 CD 1662 5788 129 , , , 1662 5788 130 FM FM NNP 1662 5788 131 1 1 CD 1662 5788 132 , , , 1662 5788 133 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 5788 134 1 1 CD 1662 5788 135 Radios radio NNS 1662 5788 136 : : : 1662 5788 137 17,000 17,000 CD 1662 5788 138 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5788 139 1993 1993 CD 1662 5788 140 est est NNP 1662 5788 141 . . . 1662 5788 142 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5789 1 Television television NN 1662 5789 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5789 3 stations station NNS 1662 5789 4 : : : 1662 5789 5 6 6 CD 1662 5789 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 5789 7 : : : 1662 5789 8 1,290 1,290 CD 1662 5789 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5789 10 1993 1993 CD 1662 5789 11 est est NNP 1662 5789 12 . . . 1662 5789 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5790 1 @Micronesia @micronesia XX 1662 5790 2 , , , 1662 5790 3 Federated Federated NNP 1662 5790 4 States States NNP 1662 5790 5 of of IN 1662 5790 6 : : : 1662 5790 7 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5790 8 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5790 9 : : : 1662 5790 10 0 0 LS 1662 5790 11 km km NN 1662 5790 12 Highways highway NNS 1662 5790 13 : : : 1662 5790 14 total total NN 1662 5790 15 : : : 1662 5790 16 235 235 CD 1662 5790 17 km km NNS 1662 5790 18 paved pave VBN 1662 5790 19 : : : 1662 5790 20 41 41 CD 1662 5790 21 km km NN 1662 5790 22 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5790 23 : : : 1662 5790 24 194 194 CD 1662 5790 25 km km NNS 1662 5790 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5790 27 1995 1995 CD 1662 5790 28 est est NNP 1662 5790 29 . . . 1662 5790 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5791 1 Ports port NNS 1662 5791 2 and and CC 1662 5791 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5791 4 : : : 1662 5791 5 Colonia Colonia NNP 1662 5791 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5791 7 Yap Yap NNP 1662 5791 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5791 9 , , , 1662 5791 10 Kolonia Kolonia NNP 1662 5791 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5791 12 Pohnpei Pohnpei NNP 1662 5791 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5791 14 , , , 1662 5791 15 Lele Lele NNP 1662 5791 16 , , , 1662 5791 17 Moen Moen NNP 1662 5791 18 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 5791 19 marine marine NN 1662 5791 20 : : : 1662 5791 21 none none NN 1662 5791 22 Airports airport NNS 1662 5791 23 : : : 1662 5791 24 5 5 CD 1662 5791 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5791 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 5791 27 est est NNP 1662 5791 28 . . . 1662 5791 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5792 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5792 2 - - , 1662 5792 3 with with IN 1662 5792 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5792 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5792 6 : : : 1662 5792 7 total total NN 1662 5792 8 : : : 1662 5792 9 4 4 CD 1662 5792 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5792 11 to to TO 1662 5792 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5792 13 m m NN 1662 5792 14 : : : 1662 5792 15 4 4 CD 1662 5792 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5792 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 5792 18 est est NNP 1662 5792 19 . . . 1662 5792 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5793 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5793 2 - - , 1662 5793 3 with with IN 1662 5793 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5793 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5793 6 : : : 1662 5793 7 total total NN 1662 5793 8 : : : 1662 5793 9 1 1 CD 1662 5793 10 914 914 CD 1662 5793 11 to to TO 1662 5793 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5793 13 m m NN 1662 5793 14 : : : 1662 5793 15 1 1 CD 1662 5793 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5793 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 5793 18 est est NNP 1662 5793 19 . . . 1662 5793 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5794 1 Military military JJ 1662 5794 2 Military Military NNP 1662 5794 3 - - HYPH 1662 5794 4 note note NN 1662 5794 5 : : : 1662 5794 6 defense defense NN 1662 5794 7 is be VBZ 1662 5794 8 the the DT 1662 5794 9 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 5794 10 of of IN 1662 5794 11 the the DT 1662 5794 12 US US NNP 1662 5794 13 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5794 14 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5794 15 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 5794 16 - - : 1662 5794 17 international international RB 1662 5794 18 : : : 1662 5794 19 none none NN 1662 5794 20 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 21 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 22 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 23 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 24 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 25 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 26 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 27 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 28 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 29 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 30 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 31 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 32 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 33 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 34 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 35 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 36 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 37 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 38 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 39 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 40 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 41 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 42 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 43 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 44 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 45 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 46 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 47 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 48 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 49 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 50 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 51 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 52 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 53 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 54 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 55 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 56 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 57 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 58 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 59 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 60 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 61 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 62 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 63 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 64 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 65 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 66 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 67 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 68 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 69 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 70 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 71 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 72 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 73 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 74 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 75 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 76 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 77 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 78 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5794 90 MIDWAY MIDWAY NNP 1662 5794 91 ISLANDS island NNS 1662 5794 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5794 93 territory territory NN 1662 5794 94 of of IN 1662 5794 95 the the DT 1662 5794 96 US US NNP 1662 5794 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5794 98 @Midway @Midway NFP 1662 5794 99 Islands island NNS 1662 5794 100 : : : 1662 5794 101 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5794 102 Location Location NNP 1662 5794 103 : : : 1662 5794 104 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 5794 105 , , , 1662 5794 106 atoll atoll NN 1662 5794 107 in in IN 1662 5794 108 the the DT 1662 5794 109 North North NNP 1662 5794 110 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 5794 111 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5794 112 , , , 1662 5794 113 about about RB 1662 5794 114 one one CD 1662 5794 115 - - HYPH 1662 5794 116 third third NN 1662 5794 117 of of IN 1662 5794 118 the the DT 1662 5794 119 way way NN 1662 5794 120 from from IN 1662 5794 121 Honolulu Honolulu NNP 1662 5794 122 to to IN 1662 5794 123 Tokyo Tokyo NNP 1662 5794 124 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5794 125 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5794 126 : : : 1662 5794 127 28 28 CD 1662 5794 128 13 13 CD 1662 5794 129 N n CD 1662 5794 130 , , , 1662 5794 131 177 177 CD 1662 5794 132 22 22 CD 1662 5794 133 W w NN 1662 5794 134 Map Map NNP 1662 5794 135 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5794 173 The the DT 1662 5794 174 Mall Mall NNP 1662 5794 175 in in IN 1662 5794 176 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5794 177 , , , 1662 5794 178 DC DC NNP 1662 5794 179 Land Land NNP 1662 5794 180 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5794 181 : : : 1662 5794 182 0 0 LS 1662 5794 183 km km NN 1662 5794 184 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5794 185 : : : 1662 5794 186 15 15 CD 1662 5794 187 km km NN 1662 5794 188 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5794 189 claims claim VBZ 1662 5794 190 : : : 1662 5794 191 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 5794 192 economic economic JJ 1662 5794 193 zone zone NN 1662 5794 194 : : : 1662 5794 195 200 200 CD 1662 5794 196 nm nm CD 1662 5794 197 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5794 198 sea sea NN 1662 5794 199 : : : 1662 5794 200 12 12 CD 1662 5794 201 nm nm NNP 1662 5794 202 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5794 203 : : : 1662 5794 204 tropical tropical JJ 1662 5794 205 , , , 1662 5794 206 but but CC 1662 5794 207 moderated moderate VBN 1662 5794 208 by by IN 1662 5794 209 prevailing 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Islands Islands NNP 1662 5795 19 Data Data NNP 1662 5795 20 code code NN 1662 5795 21 : : : 1662 5795 22 MQ MQ NNP 1662 5795 23 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 5795 24 status status NN 1662 5795 25 : : : 1662 5795 26 unincorporated unincorporated JJ 1662 5795 27 territory territory NN 1662 5795 28 of of IN 1662 5795 29 the the DT 1662 5795 30 US US NNP 1662 5795 31 ; ; : 1662 5795 32 formerly formerly RB 1662 5795 33 administered administer VBN 1662 5795 34 by by IN 1662 5795 35 the the DT 1662 5795 36 US US NNP 1662 5795 37 Navy Navy NNP 1662 5795 38 , , , 1662 5795 39 under under IN 1662 5795 40 Naval Naval NNP 1662 5795 41 Facilities Facilities NNPS 1662 5795 42 Engineering Engineering NNP 1662 5795 43 Command Command NNP 1662 5795 44 , , , 1662 5795 45 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 5795 46 Division Division NNP 1662 5795 47 ; ; : 1662 5795 48 this this DT 1662 5795 49 facility facility NN 1662 5795 50 has have VBZ 1662 5795 51 been be VBN 1662 5795 52 operationally operationally RB 1662 5795 53 closed close VBN 1662 5795 54 since since IN 1662 5795 55 10 10 CD 1662 5795 56 September September NNP 1662 5795 57 1993 1993 CD 1662 5795 58 and and CC 1662 5795 59 is be VBZ 1662 5795 60 currently currently RB 1662 5795 61 undergoing undergo VBG 1662 5795 62 transfer transfer NN 1662 5795 63 of of IN 1662 5795 64 accountability accountability NN 1662 5795 65 and and CC 1662 5795 66 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 5795 67 to to IN 1662 5795 68 the the DT 1662 5795 69 US US NNP 1662 5795 70 Department Department NNP 1662 5795 71 of of IN 1662 5795 72 the the DT 1662 5795 73 Interior Interior NNP 1662 5795 74 , , , 1662 5795 75 Fish Fish NNP 1662 5795 76 and and CC 1662 5795 77 Wildlife Wildlife NNP 1662 5795 78 Service Service NNP 1662 5795 79 National National NNP 1662 5795 80 capital capital NN 1662 5795 81 : : : 1662 5795 82 none none NN 1662 5795 83 ; ; , 1662 5795 84 administered administer VBN 1662 5795 85 from from IN 1662 5795 86 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5795 87 , , , 1662 5795 88 DC DC NNP 1662 5795 89 Flag Flag NNP 1662 5795 90 description description NN 1662 5795 91 : : : 1662 5795 92 the the DT 1662 5795 93 flag flag NN 1662 5795 94 of of IN 1662 5795 95 the the DT 1662 5795 96 US US NNP 1662 5795 97 is be VBZ 1662 5795 98 used use VBN 1662 5795 99 Economy Economy NNP 1662 5795 100 Economy Economy NNP 1662 5795 101 - - HYPH 1662 5795 102 overview overview NN 1662 5795 103 : : : 1662 5795 104 The the DT 1662 5795 105 economy economy NN 1662 5795 106 is be VBZ 1662 5795 107 based base VBN 1662 5795 108 on on IN 1662 5795 109 providing provide VBG 1662 5795 110 support support NN 1662 5795 111 services service NNS 1662 5795 112 for for IN 1662 5795 113 remaining remain VBG 1662 5795 114 activities activity NNS 1662 5795 115 located locate VBN 1662 5795 116 on on IN 1662 5795 117 the the DT 1662 5795 118 islands island NNS 1662 5795 119 . . . 1662 5796 1 All all DT 1662 5796 2 food food NN 1662 5796 3 and and CC 1662 5796 4 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consumption NN 1662 5797 32 per per IN 1662 5797 33 capita capita NN 1662 5797 34 : : : 1662 5797 35 NA na NN 1662 5797 36 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5797 37 @Midway @midway JJ 1662 5797 38 Islands island NNS 1662 5797 39 : : : 1662 5797 40 Communications communication NNS 1662 5797 41 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 5797 42 : : : 1662 5797 43 NA NA NNP 1662 5797 44 Telephone Telephone NNP 1662 5797 45 system system NN 1662 5797 46 : : : 1662 5797 47 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5797 48 : : : 1662 5797 49 NA NA NNP 1662 5797 50 international international JJ 1662 5797 51 : : : 1662 5797 52 NA NA NNP 1662 5797 53 Radio Radio NNP 1662 5797 54 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5797 55 stations station NNS 1662 5797 56 : : : 1662 5797 57 AM am VBP 1662 5797 58 NA NA NNP 1662 5797 59 , , , 1662 5797 60 FM FM NNP 1662 5797 61 NA NA NNP 1662 5797 62 , , , 1662 5797 63 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 5797 64 NA NA NNP 1662 5797 65 Radios radio NNS 1662 5797 66 : : : 1662 5797 67 NA NA NNP 1662 5797 68 Television Television NNP 1662 5797 69 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5797 70 stations station NNS 1662 5797 71 : : : 1662 5797 72 NA NA NNP 1662 5797 73 Televisions television NNS 1662 5797 74 : : : 1662 5797 75 NA NA NNP 1662 5797 76 @Midway @midway JJ 1662 5797 77 Islands island NNS 1662 5797 78 : : : 1662 5797 79 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5797 80 Railways railway NNS 1662 5797 81 : : : 1662 5797 82 0 0 LS 1662 5797 83 km km NN 1662 5797 84 Highways highway NNS 1662 5797 85 : : : 1662 5797 86 total total NN 1662 5797 87 : : : 1662 5797 88 32 32 CD 1662 5797 89 km km NNS 1662 5797 90 paved pave VBN 1662 5797 91 : : : 1662 5797 92 NA NA NNP 1662 5797 93 km km PRP 1662 5797 94 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5797 95 : : : 1662 5797 96 NA NA NNP 1662 5797 97 km km NNP 1662 5797 98 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 5797 99 : : : 1662 5797 100 7.8 7.8 CD 1662 5797 101 km km NN 1662 5797 102 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 5797 103 and and CC 1662 5797 104 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5797 105 : : : 1662 5797 106 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1662 5800 33 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 34 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 35 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 36 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 37 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 38 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 39 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 40 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 41 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 42 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 43 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 44 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 45 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 46 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 47 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 48 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 49 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 50 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 51 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 52 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 53 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 54 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 55 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 56 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 57 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 58 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 59 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 60 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 61 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 62 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 63 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 64 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 65 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 66 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 67 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 68 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 69 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 70 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 71 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 72 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 73 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 74 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 75 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 76 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 77 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 78 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5800 90 MOLDOVA MOLDOVA NNP 1662 5800 91 @Moldova @Moldova NNP 1662 5800 92 : : : 1662 5800 93 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5800 94 Location Location NNP 1662 5800 95 : : : 1662 5800 96 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 5800 97 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5800 98 , , , 1662 5800 99 northeast northeast RB 1662 5800 100 of of IN 1662 5800 101 Romania Romania NNP 1662 5800 102 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5800 103 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5800 104 : : : 1662 5800 105 47 47 CD 1662 5800 106 00 00 CD 1662 5800 107 N n CD 1662 5800 108 , , , 1662 5800 109 29 29 CD 1662 5800 110 00 00 CD 1662 5800 111 E e NN 1662 5800 112 Map Map NNP 1662 5800 113 references reference NNS 1662 5800 114 : : : 1662 5800 115 Commonwealth Commonwealth NNP 1662 5800 116 of of IN 1662 5800 117 Independent Independent NNP 1662 5800 118 States States NNPS 1662 5800 119 Area Area NNP 1662 5800 120 : : : 1662 5800 121 total total NN 1662 5800 122 : : : 1662 5800 123 33,700 33,700 CD 1662 5800 124 sq sq NN 1662 5800 125 km km NNP 1662 5800 126 land land NN 1662 5800 127 : : : 1662 5800 128 33,700 33,700 CD 1662 5800 129 sq sq NN 1662 5800 130 km km NNP 1662 5800 131 water water NN 1662 5800 132 : : : 1662 5800 133 0 0 NFP 1662 5800 134 sq sq NN 1662 5800 135 km km NNP 1662 5800 136 Area area NN 1662 5800 137 - - HYPH 1662 5800 138 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5800 139 : : : 1662 5800 140 slightly slightly RB 1662 5800 141 more more JJR 1662 5800 142 than than IN 1662 5800 143 twice twice RB 1662 5800 144 the the DT 1662 5800 145 size size NN 1662 5800 146 of of IN 1662 5800 147 Hawaii Hawaii NNP 1662 5800 148 Land Land NNP 1662 5800 149 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5800 150 : : : 1662 5800 151 total total JJ 1662 5800 152 : : : 1662 5800 153 1,389 1,389 CD 1662 5800 154 km km NN 1662 5800 155 border border NN 1662 5800 156 countries country NNS 1662 5800 157 : : : 1662 5800 158 Romania Romania NNP 1662 5800 159 450 450 CD 1662 5800 160 km km NNS 1662 5800 161 , , , 1662 5800 162 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 5800 163 939 939 CD 1662 5800 164 km km NN 1662 5800 165 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5800 166 : : : 1662 5800 167 0 0 CD 1662 5800 168 km km NN 1662 5800 169 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5800 170 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 5800 171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5800 172 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5800 173 claims claim VBZ 1662 5800 174 : : : 1662 5800 175 none none NN 1662 5800 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5800 177 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 5800 178 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5800 179 Climate climate NN 1662 5800 180 : : : 1662 5800 181 moderate moderate JJ 1662 5800 182 winters winter NNS 1662 5800 183 , , , 1662 5800 184 warm warm JJ 1662 5800 185 summers summer NNS 1662 5800 186 Terrain terrain NN 1662 5800 187 : : : 1662 5800 188 rolling roll VBG 1662 5800 189 steppe steppe NN 1662 5800 190 , , , 1662 5800 191 gradual gradual JJ 1662 5800 192 slope slope NN 1662 5800 193 south south RB 1662 5800 194 to to IN 1662 5800 195 Black Black NNP 1662 5800 196 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5800 197 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5800 198 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5800 199 : : : 1662 5800 200 lowest low JJS 1662 5800 201 point point NN 1662 5800 202 : : : 1662 5800 203 Nistru Nistru NNP 1662 5800 204 River River NNP 1662 5800 205 2 2 CD 1662 5800 206 m m DT 1662 5800 207 highest high JJS 1662 5800 208 point point NN 1662 5800 209 : : : 1662 5800 210 Mount Mount NNP 1662 5800 211 Balaneshty Balaneshty NNP 1662 5800 212 430 430 CD 1662 5800 213 m m NNP 1662 5800 214 Natural natural JJ 1662 5800 215 resources resource NNS 1662 5800 216 : : : 1662 5800 217 lignite lignite NNP 1662 5800 218 , , , 1662 5800 219 phosphorites phosphorite NNS 1662 5800 220 , , , 1662 5800 221 gypsum gypsum NNP 1662 5800 222 Land Land NNP 1662 5800 223 use use NN 1662 5800 224 : : : 1662 5800 225 arable arable JJ 1662 5800 226 land land NN 1662 5800 227 : : : 1662 5800 228 53 53 CD 1662 5800 229 % % NN 1662 5800 230 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5800 231 crops crop NNS 1662 5800 232 : : : 1662 5800 233 14 14 CD 1662 5800 234 % % NN 1662 5800 235 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5800 236 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5800 237 : : : 1662 5800 238 13 13 CD 1662 5800 239 % % NN 1662 5800 240 forests forest NNS 1662 5800 241 and and CC 1662 5800 242 woodland woodland NN 1662 5800 243 : : : 1662 5800 244 13 13 CD 1662 5800 245 % % NN 1662 5800 246 other other JJ 1662 5800 247 : : : 1662 5800 248 7 7 CD 1662 5800 249 % % NN 1662 5800 250 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5800 251 1993 1993 CD 1662 5800 252 est est NNP 1662 5800 253 . . . 1662 5800 254 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5801 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5801 2 land land NN 1662 5801 3 : : : 1662 5801 4 3,110 3,110 CD 1662 5801 5 sq sq NNP 1662 5801 6 km km NNP 1662 5801 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5801 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 5801 9 est est NNP 1662 5801 10 . . . 1662 5801 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5802 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 5802 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5802 3 : : : 1662 5802 4 NA NA NNP 1662 5802 5 Environment environment NN 1662 5802 6 - - HYPH 1662 5802 7 current current JJ 1662 5802 8 issues issue NNS 1662 5802 9 : : : 1662 5802 10 heavy heavy JJ 1662 5802 11 use use NN 1662 5802 12 of of IN 1662 5802 13 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 5802 14 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 5802 15 , , , 1662 5802 16 including include VBG 1662 5802 17 banned ban VBN 1662 5802 18 pesticides pesticide NNS 1662 5802 19 such such JJ 1662 5802 20 as as IN 1662 5802 21 DDT DDT NNP 1662 5802 22 , , , 1662 5802 23 has have VBZ 1662 5802 24 contaminated contaminate VBN 1662 5802 25 soil soil NN 1662 5802 26 and and CC 1662 5802 27 groundwater groundwater NN 1662 5802 28 ; ; , 1662 5802 29 extensive extensive JJ 1662 5802 30 soil soil NN 1662 5802 31 erosion erosion NN 1662 5802 32 from from IN 1662 5802 33 poor poor JJ 1662 5802 34 farming farming NN 1662 5802 35 methods method NNS 1662 5802 36 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5802 37 - - HYPH 1662 5802 38 international international JJ 1662 5802 39 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5802 40 : : : 1662 5802 41 party party NN 1662 5802 42 to to TO 1662 5802 43 : : : 1662 5802 44 Air Air NNP 1662 5802 45 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5802 46 , , , 1662 5802 47 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 5802 48 , , , 1662 5802 49 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5802 50 Change change NN 1662 5802 51 , , , 1662 5802 52 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5802 53 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5802 54 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5802 55 signed sign VBD 1662 5802 56 , , , 1662 5802 57 but but CC 1662 5802 58 not not RB 1662 5802 59 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5802 60 : : : 1662 5802 61 none none NN 1662 5802 62 of of IN 1662 5802 63 the the DT 1662 5802 64 selected select VBN 1662 5802 65 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5802 66 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5802 67 - - HYPH 1662 5802 68 note note NN 1662 5802 69 : : : 1662 5802 70 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 5802 71 @Moldova @moldova NN 1662 5802 72 : : : 1662 5802 73 People People NNP 1662 5802 74 Population Population NNP 1662 5802 75 : : : 1662 5802 76 4,457,206 4,457,206 CD 1662 5802 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5802 78 July July NNP 1662 5802 79 1997 1997 CD 1662 5802 80 est est NNP 1662 5802 81 . . . 1662 5802 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5803 1 Age age NN 1662 5803 2 structure structure NN 1662 5803 3 : : : 1662 5803 4 0 0 CD 1662 5803 5 - - HYPH 1662 5803 6 14 14 CD 1662 5803 7 years year NNS 1662 5803 8 : : : 1662 5803 9 26 26 CD 1662 5803 10 % % NN 1662 5803 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5803 12 male male JJ 1662 5803 13 580,839 580,839 CD 1662 5803 14 ; ; : 1662 5803 15 female female JJ 1662 5803 16 560,784 560,784 CD 1662 5803 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5803 18 15 15 CD 1662 5803 19 - - SYM 1662 5803 20 64 64 CD 1662 5803 21 years year NNS 1662 5803 22 : : : 1662 5803 23 65 65 CD 1662 5803 24 % % NN 1662 5803 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5803 26 male male JJ 1662 5803 27 1,384,380 1,384,380 CD 1662 5803 28 ; ; : 1662 5803 29 female female JJ 1662 5803 30 1,503,831 1,503,831 CD 1662 5803 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5803 32 65 65 CD 1662 5803 33 years year NNS 1662 5803 34 and and CC 1662 5803 35 over over IN 1662 5803 36 : : : 1662 5803 37 9 9 CD 1662 5803 38 % % NN 1662 5803 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5803 40 male male JJ 1662 5803 41 158,886 158,886 CD 1662 5803 42 ; ; : 1662 5803 43 female female JJ 1662 5803 44 268,486 268,486 CD 1662 5803 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5803 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5803 47 July July NNP 1662 5803 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5803 49 est est NNP 1662 5803 50 . . . 1662 5803 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5804 1 Population population NN 1662 5804 2 growth growth NN 1662 5804 3 rate rate NN 1662 5804 4 : : : 1662 5804 5 -0.02 -0.02 CD 1662 5804 6 % % NN 1662 5804 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5804 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5804 9 est est NNP 1662 5804 10 . . . 1662 5804 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5805 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5805 2 rate rate NN 1662 5805 3 : : : 1662 5805 4 14.32 14.32 CD 1662 5805 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 5805 6 population population NN 1662 5805 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5805 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5805 9 est est NNP 1662 5805 10 . . . 1662 5805 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5806 1 Death death NN 1662 5806 2 rate rate NN 1662 5806 3 : : : 1662 5806 4 12.33 12.33 CD 1662 5806 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5806 6 population population NN 1662 5806 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5806 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5806 9 est est NNP 1662 5806 10 . . . 1662 5806 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5807 1 Net net JJ 1662 5807 2 migration migration NN 1662 5807 3 rate rate NN 1662 5807 4 : : : 1662 5807 5 -2.15 -2.15 NFP 1662 5807 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 5807 7 population population NN 1662 5807 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5807 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5807 10 est est NNP 1662 5807 11 . . . 1662 5807 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5808 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5808 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5808 3 : : : 1662 5808 4 at at IN 1662 5808 5 birth birth NN 1662 5808 6 : : : 1662 5808 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 5808 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5808 9 under under IN 1662 5808 10 15 15 CD 1662 5808 11 years year NNS 1662 5808 12 : : : 1662 5808 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 5808 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5808 15 15 15 CD 1662 5808 16 - - HYPH 1662 5808 17 64 64 CD 1662 5808 18 years year NNS 1662 5808 19 : : : 1662 5808 20 0.92 0.92 CD 1662 5808 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5808 22 65 65 CD 1662 5808 23 years year NNS 1662 5808 24 and and CC 1662 5808 25 over over IN 1662 5808 26 : : : 1662 5808 27 0.59 0.59 CD 1662 5808 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 5808 29 total total JJ 1662 5808 30 population population NN 1662 5808 31 : : : 1662 5808 32 0.91 0.91 CD 1662 5808 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5808 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5808 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5808 36 est e JJS 1662 5808 37 . . . 1662 5808 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5809 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5809 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5809 3 rate rate NN 1662 5809 4 : : : 1662 5809 5 43.9 43.9 CD 1662 5809 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 CD 1662 5809 7 live live JJ 1662 5809 8 births birth NNS 1662 5809 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5809 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5809 11 est est NNP 1662 5809 12 . . . 1662 5809 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5810 1 Life life NN 1662 5810 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5810 3 at at IN 1662 5810 4 birth birth NN 1662 5810 5 : : : 1662 5810 6 total total JJ 1662 5810 7 population population NN 1662 5810 8 : : : 1662 5810 9 64.25 64.25 CD 1662 5810 10 years year NNS 1662 5810 11 male male NN 1662 5810 12 : : : 1662 5810 13 59.46 59.46 CD 1662 5810 14 years year NNS 1662 5810 15 female female JJ 1662 5810 16 : : : 1662 5810 17 69.29 69.29 CD 1662 5810 18 years year NNS 1662 5810 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5810 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5810 21 est est NNP 1662 5810 22 . . . 1662 5810 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5811 1 Total total JJ 1662 5811 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5811 3 rate rate NN 1662 5811 4 : : : 1662 5811 5 1.89 1.89 CD 1662 5811 6 children child NNS 1662 5811 7 born bear VBN 1662 5811 8 / / SYM 1662 5811 9 woman woman NN 1662 5811 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5811 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5811 12 est est NNP 1662 5811 13 . . . 1662 5811 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5812 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5812 2 : : : 1662 5812 3 noun noun NNP 1662 5812 4 : : : 1662 5812 5 Moldovan(s Moldovan(s NNP 1662 5812 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5812 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 5812 8 : : : 1662 5812 9 Moldovan Moldovan NNP 1662 5812 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5812 11 groups group NNS 1662 5812 12 : : : 1662 5812 13 Moldavian Moldavian NNP 1662 5812 14 / / SYM 1662 5812 15 Romanian Romanian NNP 1662 5812 16 64.5 64.5 CD 1662 5812 17 % % NN 1662 5812 18 , , , 1662 5812 19 Ukrainian ukrainian JJ 1662 5812 20 13.8 13.8 CD 1662 5812 21 % % NN 1662 5812 22 , , , 1662 5812 23 Russian Russian NNP 1662 5812 24 13 13 CD 1662 5812 25 % % NN 1662 5812 26 , , , 1662 5812 27 Gagauz Gagauz NNP 1662 5812 28 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 5812 29 % % NN 1662 5812 30 , , , 1662 5812 31 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 5812 32 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 5812 33 % % NN 1662 5812 34 , , , 1662 5812 35 Bulgarian bulgarian JJ 1662 5812 36 2 2 CD 1662 5812 37 % % NN 1662 5812 38 , , , 1662 5812 39 other other JJ 1662 5812 40 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 5812 41 % % NN 1662 5812 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5812 43 1989 1989 CD 1662 5812 44 figures figure NNS 1662 5812 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5812 46 note note VBP 1662 5812 47 : : : 1662 5812 48 internal internal JJ 1662 5812 49 disputes dispute NNS 1662 5812 50 with with IN 1662 5812 51 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5812 52 Russians Russians NNPS 1662 5812 53 and and CC 1662 5812 54 Ukrainians Ukrainians NNPS 1662 5812 55 in in IN 1662 5812 56 the the DT 1662 5812 57 Nistru Nistru NNP 1662 5812 58 region region NN 1662 5812 59 and and CC 1662 5812 60 Gagauz Gagauz NNP 1662 5812 61 Turks Turks NNPS 1662 5812 62 in in IN 1662 5812 63 the the DT 1662 5812 64 south south JJ 1662 5812 65 Religions religion NNS 1662 5812 66 : : : 1662 5812 67 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 5812 68 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 5812 69 98.5 98.5 CD 1662 5812 70 % % NN 1662 5812 71 , , , 1662 5812 72 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 5812 73 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 5812 74 % % NN 1662 5812 75 , , , 1662 5812 76 Baptist Baptist NNP 1662 5812 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5812 78 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1662 5813 5 name name NN 1662 5813 6 : : : 1662 5813 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5813 8 long long JJ 1662 5813 9 form form NN 1662 5813 10 : : : 1662 5813 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5813 12 of of IN 1662 5813 13 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 5813 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5813 15 short short JJ 1662 5813 16 form form NN 1662 5813 17 : : : 1662 5813 18 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 5813 19 local local JJ 1662 5813 20 long long JJ 1662 5813 21 form form NN 1662 5813 22 : : : 1662 5813 23 Republica Republica NNP 1662 5813 24 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 5813 25 local local JJ 1662 5813 26 short short JJ 1662 5813 27 form form NN 1662 5813 28 : : : 1662 5813 29 none none NN 1662 5813 30 former former JJ 1662 5813 31 : : : 1662 5813 32 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 5813 33 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 5813 34 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5813 35 of of IN 1662 5813 36 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 5813 37 ; ; : 1662 5813 38 Moldavia Moldavia NNP 1662 5813 39 Data Data NNP 1662 5813 40 code code NN 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Soviet NNP 1662 5813 76 Union Union NNP 1662 5813 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5813 78 National national JJ 1662 5813 79 holiday holiday NN 1662 5813 80 : : : 1662 5813 81 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5813 82 Day Day NNP 1662 5813 83 , , , 1662 5813 84 27 27 CD 1662 5813 85 August August NNP 1662 5813 86 1991 1991 CD 1662 5813 87 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 5813 88 : : : 1662 5813 89 new new JJ 1662 5813 90 constitution constitution NN 1662 5813 91 adopted adopt VBD 1662 5813 92 28 28 CD 1662 5813 93 July July NNP 1662 5813 94 1994 1994 CD 1662 5813 95 ; ; : 1662 5813 96 replaces replace VBZ 1662 5813 97 old old JJ 1662 5813 98 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 5813 99 constitution constitution NN 1662 5813 100 of of IN 1662 5813 101 1979 1979 CD 1662 5813 102 Legal legal JJ 1662 5813 103 system system NN 1662 5813 104 : : : 1662 5813 105 based base VBN 1662 5813 106 on on IN 1662 5813 107 civil civil JJ 1662 5813 108 law law NN 1662 5813 109 system system NN 1662 5813 110 ; ; : 1662 5813 111 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 5813 112 Court Court NNP 1662 5813 113 reviews review VBZ 1662 5813 114 legality legality NN 1662 5813 115 of of IN 1662 5813 116 legislative legislative JJ 1662 5813 117 acts act NNS 1662 5813 118 and and CC 1662 5813 119 governmental governmental JJ 1662 5813 120 decisions decision NNS 1662 5813 121 of of IN 1662 5813 122 resolution resolution NN 1662 5813 123 ; ; : 1662 5813 124 it -PRON- PRP 1662 5813 125 is be VBZ 1662 5813 126 unclear unclear JJ 1662 5813 127 if if IN 1662 5813 128 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 5813 129 accepts accept VBZ 1662 5813 130 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 5813 131 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 5813 132 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 5813 133 but but CC 1662 5813 134 accepts accept VBZ 1662 5813 135 many many JJ 1662 5813 136 UN UN NNP 1662 5813 137 and and CC 1662 5813 138 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 5813 139 documents document NNS 1662 5813 140 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 5813 141 : : : 1662 5813 142 18 18 CD 1662 5813 143 years year NNS 1662 5813 144 of of IN 1662 5813 145 age age NN 1662 5813 146 ; ; : 1662 5813 147 universal universal JJ 1662 5813 148 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5813 149 branch branch NN 1662 5813 150 : : : 1662 5813 151 chief chief NN 1662 5813 152 of of IN 1662 5813 153 state state NN 1662 5813 154 : : : 1662 5813 155 President President NNP 1662 5813 156 Petru Petru NNP 1662 5813 157 LUCINSCHI LUCINSCHI NNP 1662 5813 158 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5813 159 since since IN 1662 5813 160 15 15 CD 1662 5813 161 January January NNP 1662 5813 162 1997 1997 CD 1662 5813 163 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5813 164 head head NN 1662 5813 165 of of IN 1662 5813 166 government government NN 1662 5813 167 : : : 1662 5813 168 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5813 169 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5813 170 Ion Ion NNP 1662 5813 171 CIUBUC CIUBUC NNP 1662 5813 172 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5813 173 since since IN 1662 5813 174 15 15 CD 1662 5813 175 January January NNP 1662 5813 176 1997 1997 CD 1662 5813 177 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5813 178 ; ; : 1662 5813 179 First First NNP 1662 5813 180 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 5813 181 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5813 182 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5813 183 Ion Ion NNP 1662 5813 184 GUTU GUTU NNP 1662 5813 185 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5813 186 since since IN 1662 5813 187 NA NA NNP 1662 5813 188 April April NNP 1662 5813 189 1994 1994 CD 1662 5813 190 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5813 191 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5813 192 : : : 1662 5813 193 Council Council NNP 1662 5813 194 of of IN 1662 5813 195 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 5813 196 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5813 197 by by IN 1662 5813 198 the the DT 1662 5813 199 president president NN 1662 5813 200 on on IN 1662 5813 201 the the DT 1662 5813 202 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 5813 203 of of IN 1662 5813 204 the the DT 1662 5813 205 prime prime JJ 1662 5813 206 minister minister NNP 1662 5813 207 elections election NNS 1662 5813 208 : : : 1662 5813 209 president president NNP 1662 5813 210 elected elect VBN 1662 5813 211 by by IN 1662 5813 212 popular popular JJ 1662 5813 213 vote vote NN 1662 5813 214 for for IN 1662 5813 215 a a DT 1662 5813 216 four four CD 1662 5813 217 - - HYPH 1662 5813 218 year year NN 1662 5813 219 term term NN 1662 5813 220 ; ; : 1662 5813 221 election election NN 1662 5813 222 last last JJ 1662 5813 223 held hold VBD 1662 5813 224 17 17 CD 1662 5813 225 November November NNP 1662 5813 226 1996 1996 CD 1662 5813 227 ; ; : 1662 5813 228 runoff runoff NN 1662 5813 229 election election NN 1662 5813 230 1 1 CD 1662 5813 231 December December NNP 1662 5813 232 1996 1996 CD 1662 5813 233 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5813 234 next next JJ 1662 5813 235 to to TO 1662 5813 236 be be VB 1662 5813 237 held hold VBN 1662 5813 238 NA NA NNP 1662 5813 239 November November NNP 1662 5813 240 2000 2000 CD 1662 5813 241 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5813 242 ; ; : 1662 5813 243 following follow VBG 1662 5813 244 legislative legislative JJ 1662 5813 245 elections election NNS 1662 5813 246 , , , 1662 5813 247 the the DT 1662 5813 248 leader leader NN 1662 5813 249 of of IN 1662 5813 250 the the DT 1662 5813 251 majority majority NNP 1662 5813 252 party party NN 1662 5813 253 or or CC 1662 5813 254 leader leader NN 1662 5813 255 of of IN 1662 5813 256 the the DT 1662 5813 257 majority majority NN 1662 5813 258 coalition coalition NN 1662 5813 259 is be VBZ 1662 5813 260 usually usually RB 1662 5813 261 elected elect VBN 1662 5813 262 prime prime JJ 1662 5813 263 minister minister NN 1662 5813 264 by by IN 1662 5813 265 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 5813 266 election election NN 1662 5813 267 results result NNS 1662 5813 268 : : : 1662 5813 269 Petru Petru NNP 1662 5813 270 LUCINSCHI LUCINSCHI NNP 1662 5813 271 ran run VBD 1662 5813 272 against against IN 1662 5813 273 Mircea Mircea NNP 1662 5813 274 SNEGUR SNEGUR NNP 1662 5813 275 and and CC 1662 5813 276 was be VBD 1662 5813 277 elected elect VBN 1662 5813 278 president president NN 1662 5813 279 ; ; , 1662 5813 280 percent percent NN 1662 5813 281 of of IN 1662 5813 282 vote vote NN 1662 5813 283 - - HYPH 1662 5813 284 LUCINSCHI LUCINSCHI NNP 1662 5813 285 54 54 CD 1662 5813 286 % % NN 1662 5813 287 , , , 1662 5813 288 SNEGUR SNEGUR NNP 1662 5813 289 46 46 CD 1662 5813 290 % % NN 1662 5813 291 ; ; : 1662 5813 292 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5813 293 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5813 294 Ion Ion NNP 1662 5813 295 CIUBU CIUBU NNP 1662 5813 296 was be VBD 1662 5813 297 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5813 298 by by IN 1662 5813 299 the the DT 1662 5813 300 president president NNP 1662 5813 301 15 15 CD 1662 5813 302 January January NNP 1662 5813 303 1997 1997 CD 1662 5813 304 and and CC 1662 5813 305 was be VBD 1662 5813 306 elected elect VBN 1662 5813 307 by by IN 1662 5813 308 a a DT 1662 5813 309 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 5813 310 vote vote NN 1662 5813 311 of of IN 1662 5813 312 75 75 CD 1662 5813 313 - - SYM 1662 5813 314 15 15 CD 1662 5813 315 on on IN 1662 5813 316 24 24 CD 1662 5813 317 January January NNP 1662 5813 318 1997 1997 CD 1662 5813 319 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 5813 320 branch branch NN 1662 5813 321 : : : 1662 5813 322 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 5813 323 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 5813 324 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5813 325 104 104 CD 1662 5813 326 seats seat NNS 1662 5813 327 ; ; : 1662 5813 328 members member NNS 1662 5813 329 are be VBP 1662 5813 330 directly directly RB 1662 5813 331 elected elect VBN 1662 5813 332 by by IN 1662 5813 333 popular popular JJ 1662 5813 334 vote vote NN 1662 5813 335 to to TO 1662 5813 336 serve serve VB 1662 5813 337 four four CD 1662 5813 338 - - HYPH 1662 5813 339 year year NN 1662 5813 340 terms term NNS 1662 5813 341 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5813 342 elections election NNS 1662 5813 343 : : : 1662 5813 344 last last RB 1662 5813 345 held hold VBD 1662 5813 346 27 27 CD 1662 5813 347 February February NNP 1662 5813 348 1994 1994 CD 1662 5813 349 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5813 350 next next JJ 1662 5813 351 to to TO 1662 5813 352 be be VB 1662 5813 353 held hold VBN 1662 5813 354 NA NA NNP 1662 5813 355 February February NNP 1662 5813 356 1998 1998 CD 1662 5813 357 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5813 358 election election NN 1662 5813 359 results result NNS 1662 5813 360 : : : 1662 5813 361 percent percent NN 1662 5813 362 of of IN 1662 5813 363 vote vote NN 1662 5813 364 by by IN 1662 5813 365 party party NN 1662 5813 366 - - HYPH 1662 5813 367 NA NA NNP 1662 5813 368 ; ; , 1662 5813 369 seats seat NNS 1662 5813 370 by by IN 1662 5813 371 party party NN 1662 5813 372 - - HYPH 1662 5813 373 PDAM PDAM NNP 1662 5813 374 56 56 CD 1662 5813 375 , , , 1662 5813 376 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 5813 377 / / SYM 1662 5813 378 Yedinstvo Yedinstvo NNP 1662 5813 379 Bloc Bloc NNP 1662 5813 380 28 28 CD 1662 5813 381 , , , 1662 5813 382 Peasants Peasants NNPS 1662 5813 383 and and CC 1662 5813 384 Intellectuals Intellectuals NNPS 1662 5813 385 Bloc Bloc NNP 1662 5813 386 11 11 CD 1662 5813 387 , , , 1662 5813 388 FPCDM FPCDM NNP 1662 5813 389 9 9 CD 1662 5813 390 ; ; : 1662 5813 391 note note NN 1662 5813 392 - - HYPH 1662 5813 393 seats seat NNS 1662 5813 394 as as IN 1662 5813 395 of of IN 1662 5813 396 June June NNP 1662 5813 397 - - HYPH 1662 5813 398 July July NNP 1662 5813 399 1995 1995 CD 1662 5813 400 were be VBD 1662 5813 401 as as IN 1662 5813 402 follows follow VBZ 1662 5813 403 : : : 1662 5813 404 PDAM pdam NN 1662 5813 405 45 45 CD 1662 5813 406 , , , 1662 5813 407 PSM PSM NNP 1662 5813 408 / / SYM 1662 5813 409 UN UN NNP 1662 5813 410 28 28 CD 1662 5813 411 , , , 1662 5813 412 Peasants Peasants NNPS 1662 5813 413 and and CC 1662 5813 414 Intellectuals Intellectuals NNPS 1662 5813 415 Bloc Bloc NNP 1662 5813 416 11 11 CD 1662 5813 417 , , , 1662 5813 418 PRCM PRCM NNP 1662 5813 419 11 11 CD 1662 5813 420 , , , 1662 5813 421 FPCDM FPCDM NNP 1662 5813 422 9 9 CD 1662 5813 423 note note NN 1662 5813 424 : : : 1662 5813 425 the the DT 1662 5813 426 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5813 427 breakdown breakdown NN 1662 5813 428 of of IN 1662 5813 429 seats seat NNS 1662 5813 430 by by IN 1662 5813 431 faction faction NN 1662 5813 432 is be VBZ 1662 5813 433 approximate approximate JJ 1662 5813 434 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 5813 435 branch branch NN 1662 5813 436 : : : 1662 5813 437 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5813 438 Court Court NNP 1662 5813 439 Political political JJ 1662 5813 440 parties party NNS 1662 5813 441 and and CC 1662 5813 442 leaders leader NNS 1662 5813 443 : : : 1662 5813 444 Christian Christian NNP 1662 5813 445 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5813 446 Popular Popular NNP 1662 5813 447 Front Front NNP 1662 5813 448 or or CC 1662 5813 449 FPCDM FPCDM NNP 1662 5813 450 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5813 451 formerly formerly RB 1662 5813 452 Moldovan Moldovan NNP 1662 5813 453 Popular Popular NNP 1662 5813 454 Front Front NNP 1662 5813 455 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5813 456 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 457 Iurie Iurie NNP 1662 5813 458 ROSCA ROSCA NNP 1662 5813 459 , , , 1662 5813 460 chairman chairman NN 1662 5813 461 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 462 ; ; : 1662 5813 463 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 5813 464 Unity Unity NNP 1662 5813 465 Faction Faction NNP 1662 5813 466 or or CC 1662 5813 467 US US NNP 1662 5813 468 of of IN 1662 5813 469 the the DT 1662 5813 470 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 5813 471 Party Party NNP 1662 5813 472 of of IN 1662 5813 473 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 5813 474 or or CC 1662 5813 475 PSM PSM NNP 1662 5813 476 ; ; : 1662 5813 477 Social Social NNP 1662 5813 478 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5813 479 Party Party NNP 1662 5813 480 of of IN 1662 5813 481 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 5813 482 or or CC 1662 5813 483 PSDM PSDM NNP 1662 5813 484 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 485 Anatol Anatol NNP 1662 5813 486 TARAN TARAN NNP 1662 5813 487 , , , 1662 5813 488 chairman chairman NN 1662 5813 489 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 490 ; ; : 1662 5813 491 Agrarian Agrarian NNP 1662 5813 492 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5813 493 Party Party NNP 1662 5813 494 of of IN 1662 5813 495 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 5813 496 or or CC 1662 5813 497 PDAM PDAM NNP 1662 5813 498 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 499 Dumitru Dumitru NNP 1662 5813 500 MOTPAN MOTPAN NNP 1662 5813 501 , , , 1662 5813 502 chairman chairman NN 1662 5813 503 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 504 ; ; : 1662 5813 505 Peasants Peasants NNPS 1662 5813 506 and and CC 1662 5813 507 Intellectuals Intellectuals NNPS 1662 5813 508 Bloc Bloc NNP 1662 5813 509 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 510 Lidia Lidia NNP 1662 5813 511 ISTRATI ISTRATI NNP 1662 5813 512 , , , 1662 5813 513 chairwoman chairwoman NN 1662 5813 514 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 515 ; ; : 1662 5813 516 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 5813 517 Party Party NNP 1662 5813 518 of of IN 1662 5813 519 Modova Modova NNP 1662 5813 520 or or CC 1662 5813 521 PLM PLM NNP 1662 5813 522 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 523 Mircea Mircea NNP 1662 5813 524 RUSU RUSU NNP 1662 5813 525 , , , 1662 5813 526 chairman chairman NN 1662 5813 527 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 528 ; ; : 1662 5813 529 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 5813 530 Party Party NNP 1662 5813 531 of of IN 1662 5813 532 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 5813 533 or or CC 1662 5813 534 PSM PSM NNP 1662 5813 535 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 536 Valeriu Valeriu NNP 1662 5813 537 SENIC SENIC NNP 1662 5813 538 and and CC 1662 5813 539 Victor Victor NNP 1662 5813 540 MOREV MOREV NNP 1662 5813 541 , , , 1662 5813 542 cochairmen cochairman NNS 1662 5813 543 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 544 ; ; : 1662 5813 545 Party Party NNP 1662 5813 546 of of IN 1662 5813 547 Rivival Rivival NNP 1662 5813 548 and and CC 1662 5813 549 Conciliation Conciliation NNP 1662 5813 550 of of IN 1662 5813 551 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 5813 552 or or CC 1662 5813 553 PRCM PRCM NNP 1662 5813 554 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 555 Mircea Mircea NNP 1662 5813 556 SNEGUR SNEGUR NNP 1662 5813 557 , , , 1662 5813 558 chairman chairman NN 1662 5813 559 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 560 ; ; : 1662 5813 561 Moldovan Moldovan NNP 1662 5813 562 Party Party NNP 1662 5813 563 of of IN 1662 5813 564 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5813 565 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5813 566 or or CC 1662 5813 567 PFDM PFDM NNP 1662 5813 568 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 569 Valeriu Valeriu NNP 1662 5813 570 MATEI MATEI NNP 1662 5813 571 , , , 1662 5813 572 chairman chairman NN 1662 5813 573 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 574 ; ; : 1662 5813 575 Party Party NNP 1662 5813 576 for for IN 1662 5813 577 Social Social NNP 1662 5813 578 Progress Progress NNP 1662 5813 579 or or CC 1662 5813 580 PPSM ppsm NN 1662 5813 581 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 582 Eugen Eugen NNP 1662 5813 583 SOBOR SOBOR NNP 1662 5813 584 , , , 1662 5813 585 chairman chairman NN 1662 5813 586 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 587 ; ; : 1662 5813 588 Communist Communist NNP 1662 5813 589 Party Party NNP 1662 5813 590 or or CC 1662 5813 591 PCM PCM NNP 1662 5813 592 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 593 Vladimir Vladimir NNP 1662 5813 594 VORONIN VORONIN NNP 1662 5813 595 , , , 1662 5813 596 first first JJ 1662 5813 597 chairman chairman NN 1662 5813 598 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 599 ; ; : 1662 5813 600 Civic civic JJ 1662 5813 601 Unity unity NN 1662 5813 602 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 603 Vladimir Vladimir NNP 1662 5813 604 SOLONARI SOLONARI NNP 1662 5813 605 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 606 Political political JJ 1662 5813 607 pressure pressure NN 1662 5813 608 groups group NNS 1662 5813 609 and and CC 1662 5813 610 leaders leader NNS 1662 5813 611 : : : 1662 5813 612 The the DT 1662 5813 613 Ecology Ecology NNP 1662 5813 614 Movement Movement NNP 1662 5813 615 of of IN 1662 5813 616 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 5813 617 or or CC 1662 5813 618 EMM EMM NNP 1662 5813 619 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 620 Alecu Alecu NNS 1662 5813 621 RENITSA RENITSA NNP 1662 5813 622 , , , 1662 5813 623 chairman chairman NN 1662 5813 624 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 625 ; ; : 1662 5813 626 The the DT 1662 5813 627 Christian Christian NNP 1662 5813 628 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5813 629 League League NNP 1662 5813 630 of of IN 1662 5813 631 Women Women NNPS 1662 5813 632 of of IN 1662 5813 633 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 5813 634 or or CC 1662 5813 635 CDLWM CDLWM NNP 1662 5813 636 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 637 Lidia Lidia NNP 1662 5813 638 ISTRATI ISTRATI NNP 1662 5813 639 , , , 1662 5813 640 chairwoman chairwoman NN 1662 5813 641 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 642 ; ; : 1662 5813 643 National National NNP 1662 5813 644 Christian Christian NNP 1662 5813 645 Party Party NNP 1662 5813 646 of of IN 1662 5813 647 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 5813 648 or or CC 1662 5813 649 NCPM NCPM NNP 1662 5813 650 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 651 V. V. NNP 1662 5813 652 NIKU NIKU NNP 1662 5813 653 , , , 1662 5813 654 leader leader NN 1662 5813 655 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 656 ; ; : 1662 5813 657 The the DT 1662 5813 658 Peoples Peoples NNPS 1662 5813 659 Movement Movement NNP 1662 5813 660 Gagauz Gagauz NNP 1662 5813 661 Khalky Khalky NNP 1662 5813 662 or or CC 1662 5813 663 GKh GKh NNP 1662 5813 664 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 665 S. S. NNP 1662 5813 666 GULGAR GULGAR NNP 1662 5813 667 , , , 1662 5813 668 leader leader NN 1662 5813 669 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 670 ; ; : 1662 5813 671 The the DT 1662 5813 672 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5813 673 Party Party NNP 1662 5813 674 of of IN 1662 5813 675 Gagauzia Gagauzia NNP 1662 5813 676 or or CC 1662 5813 677 DPG DPG NNP 1662 5813 678 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 679 G. G. NNP 1662 5813 680 SAVOSTIN SAVOSTIN NNP 1662 5813 681 , , , 1662 5813 682 chairman chairman NN 1662 5813 683 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 684 ; ; : 1662 5813 685 The the DT 1662 5813 686 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 5813 687 of of IN 1662 5813 688 Working Working NNP 1662 5813 689 People People NNPS 1662 5813 690 of of IN 1662 5813 691 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 5813 692 or or CC 1662 5813 693 AWPM AWPM NNP 1662 5813 694 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 695 G. G. NNP 1662 5813 696 POLOGOV POLOGOV NNP 1662 5813 697 , , , 1662 5813 698 president president NN 1662 5813 699 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 700 ; ; : 1662 5813 701 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 5813 702 Convention Convention NNP 1662 5813 703 of of IN 1662 5813 704 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 5813 705 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5813 706 now now RB 1662 5813 707 the the DT 1662 5813 708 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 5813 709 Party Party NNP 1662 5813 710 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5813 711 ; ; : 1662 5813 712 Association Association NNP 1662 5813 713 of of IN 1662 5813 714 Victims Victims NNPS 1662 5813 715 of of IN 1662 5813 716 Repression Repression NNP 1662 5813 717 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 718 Alexander Alexander NNP 1662 5813 719 USATIUC USATIUC NNP 1662 5813 720 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 721 ; ; : 1662 5813 722 Christian Christian NNP 1662 5813 723 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5813 724 Youth Youth NNP 1662 5813 725 Organization Organization NNP 1662 5813 726 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 727 Valeriu Valeriu NNP 1662 5813 728 BARBA BARBA NNP 1662 5813 729 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 730 ; ; : 1662 5813 731 National National NNP 1662 5813 732 Youth Youth NNP 1662 5813 733 League League NNP 1662 5813 734 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 735 Valeriu Valeriu NNP 1662 5813 736 STRELETS STRELETS NNP 1662 5813 737 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 738 ; ; : 1662 5813 739 Union Union NNP 1662 5813 740 of of IN 1662 5813 741 Youth Youth NNP 1662 5813 742 of of IN 1662 5813 743 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 5813 744 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 745 Petru Petru NNP 1662 5813 746 GAVTON GAVTON NNP 1662 5813 747 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 748 International international JJ 1662 5813 749 organization organization NN 1662 5813 750 participation participation NN 1662 5813 751 : : : 1662 5813 752 BIS BIS NNP 1662 5813 753 , , , 1662 5813 754 BSEC BSEC NNP 1662 5813 755 , , , 1662 5813 756 CCC CCC NNP 1662 5813 757 , , , 1662 5813 758 CE CE NNP 1662 5813 759 , , , 1662 5813 760 CEI CEI NNP 1662 5813 761 , , , 1662 5813 762 CIS CIS NNP 1662 5813 763 , , , 1662 5813 764 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 5813 765 , , , 1662 5813 766 ECE ECE NNP 1662 5813 767 , , , 1662 5813 768 FAO FAO NNP 1662 5813 769 , , , 1662 5813 770 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 5813 771 , , , 1662 5813 772 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 5813 773 , , , 1662 5813 774 IDA IDA NNP 1662 5813 775 , , , 1662 5813 776 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 5813 777 , , , 1662 5813 778 IFC IFC NNP 1662 5813 779 , , , 1662 5813 780 ILO ILO NNP 1662 5813 781 , , , 1662 5813 782 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5813 783 , , , 1662 5813 784 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5813 785 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5813 786 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 5813 787 user user NN 1662 5813 788 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5813 789 , , , 1662 5813 790 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 5813 791 , , , 1662 5813 792 IOC IOC NNP 1662 5813 793 , , , 1662 5813 794 IOM IOM NNP 1662 5813 795 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5813 796 observer observer NN 1662 5813 797 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5813 798 , , , 1662 5813 799 ITU ITU NNP 1662 5813 800 , , , 1662 5813 801 NACC NACC NNP 1662 5813 802 , , , 1662 5813 803 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 5813 804 , , , 1662 5813 805 PFP PFP NNP 1662 5813 806 , , , 1662 5813 807 UN UN NNP 1662 5813 808 , , , 1662 5813 809 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 5813 810 , , , 1662 5813 811 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 5813 812 , , , 1662 5813 813 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 5813 814 , , , 1662 5813 815 UPU UPU NNP 1662 5813 816 , , , 1662 5813 817 WHO who WP 1662 5813 818 , , , 1662 5813 819 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 5813 820 , , , 1662 5813 821 WMO WMO NNP 1662 5813 822 , , , 1662 5813 823 WToO wtoo FW 1662 5813 824 , , , 1662 5813 825 WTrO wtro VB 1662 5813 826 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5813 827 applicant applicant NN 1662 5813 828 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5813 829 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5813 830 representation representation NN 1662 5813 831 in in IN 1662 5813 832 the the DT 1662 5813 833 US US NNP 1662 5813 834 : : : 1662 5813 835 chief chief NN 1662 5813 836 of of IN 1662 5813 837 mission mission NN 1662 5813 838 : : : 1662 5813 839 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5813 840 Nicolae Nicolae NNP 1662 5813 841 TAU TAU NNP 1662 5813 842 chancery chancery NN 1662 5813 843 : : : 1662 5813 844 2101 2101 CD 1662 5813 845 S S NNP 1662 5813 846 Street Street NNP 1662 5813 847 NW NW NNP 1662 5813 848 , , , 1662 5813 849 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5813 850 , , , 1662 5813 851 DC DC NNP 1662 5813 852 20008 20008 CD 1662 5813 853 telephone telephone NN 1662 5813 854 : : : 1662 5813 855 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 856 1 1 CD 1662 5813 857 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 858 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5813 859 202 202 CD 1662 5813 860 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5813 861 667 667 CD 1662 5813 862 - - HYPH 1662 5813 863 1130 1130 CD 1662 5813 864 FAX fax NN 1662 5813 865 : : : 1662 5813 866 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5813 867 1 1 CD 1662 5813 868 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5813 869 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5813 870 202 202 CD 1662 5813 871 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5813 872 667 667 CD 1662 5813 873 - - HYPH 1662 5813 874 1204 1204 CD 1662 5813 875 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5813 876 representation representation NN 1662 5813 877 from from IN 1662 5813 878 the the DT 1662 5813 879 US US NNP 1662 5813 880 : : : 1662 5813 881 chief chief NN 1662 5813 882 of of 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1662 5828 17 1991 1991 CD 1662 5828 18 est est NNP 1662 5828 19 . . . 1662 5829 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5829 2 ; ; : 1662 5829 3 in in IN 1662 5829 4 early early JJ 1662 5829 5 1997 1997 CD 1662 5829 6 , , , 1662 5829 7 Chisinau Chisinau NNP 1662 5829 8 was be VBD 1662 5829 9 considering consider VBG 1662 5829 10 privatizing privatize VBG 1662 5829 11 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5829 12 state state NN 1662 5829 13 - - HYPH 1662 5829 14 owned own VBN 1662 5829 15 telephone telephone NN 1662 5829 16 company company NN 1662 5829 17 domestic domestic NN 1662 5829 18 : : : 1662 5829 19 NA NA NNP 1662 5829 20 international international JJ 1662 5829 21 : : : 1662 5829 22 international international JJ 1662 5829 23 connections connection NNS 1662 5829 24 to to IN 1662 5829 25 other other JJ 1662 5829 26 former former JJ 1662 5829 27 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 5829 28 republics republic NNS 1662 5829 29 by by IN 1662 5829 30 landline landline NN 1662 5829 31 and and CC 1662 5829 32 microwave microwave NN 1662 5829 33 radio radio NN 1662 5829 34 relay relay NN 1662 5829 35 through through IN 1662 5829 36 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 5829 37 and and CC 1662 5829 38 to to IN 1662 5829 39 other other JJ 1662 5829 40 countries country NNS 1662 5829 41 by by IN 1662 5829 42 leased lease VBN 1662 5829 43 connections connection NNS 1662 5829 44 to to IN 1662 5829 45 the the DT 1662 5829 46 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 5829 47 international international JJ 1662 5829 48 gateway gateway NN 1662 5829 49 switch switch NN 1662 5829 50 ; ; , 1662 5829 51 satellite satellite NN 1662 5829 52 earth earth NN 1662 5829 53 stations station NNS 1662 5829 54 - - , 1662 5829 55 1 1 CD 1662 5829 56 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNS 1662 5829 57 and and CC 1662 5829 58 1 1 CD 1662 5829 59 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5829 60 Radio Radio NNP 1662 5829 61 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5829 62 stations station NNS 1662 5829 63 : : : 1662 5829 64 AM am VBP 1662 5829 65 9 9 CD 1662 5829 66 , , , 1662 5829 67 FM FM NNP 1662 5829 68 5 5 CD 1662 5829 69 , , , 1662 5829 70 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 5829 71 NA NA NNP 1662 5829 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5829 73 1994 1994 CD 1662 5829 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5829 75 Radios radio NNS 1662 5829 76 : : : 1662 5829 77 NA NA NNP 1662 5829 78 Television Television NNP 1662 5829 79 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5829 80 stations station NNS 1662 5829 81 : : : 1662 5829 82 2 2 CD 1662 5829 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5829 84 one one CD 1662 5829 85 national national JJ 1662 5829 86 and and CC 1662 5829 87 one one CD 1662 5829 88 private private NN 1662 5829 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5829 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5829 91 1995 1995 CD 1662 5829 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5829 93 Televisions television NNS 1662 5829 94 : : : 1662 5829 95 NA NA NNP 1662 5829 96 @Moldova @moldova NN 1662 5829 97 : : : 1662 5829 98 Transportation transportation NN 1662 5829 99 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5829 100 : : : 1662 5829 101 total total NN 1662 5829 102 : : : 1662 5829 103 1,328 1,328 CD 1662 5829 104 km km NN 1662 5829 105 broad broad JJ 1662 5829 106 gauge gauge NN 1662 5829 107 : : : 1662 5829 108 1,328 1,328 CD 1662 5829 109 km km NNP 1662 5829 110 1.520-m 1.520-m NN 1662 5829 111 gauge gauge NN 1662 5829 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5829 113 1992 1992 CD 1662 5829 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5829 115 Highways highway NNS 1662 5829 116 : : : 1662 5829 117 total total NN 1662 5829 118 : : : 1662 5829 119 12,259 12,259 CD 1662 5829 120 km km NN 1662 5829 121 paved pave VBN 1662 5829 122 : : : 1662 5829 123 10,690 10,690 CD 1662 5829 124 km km NN 1662 5829 125 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5829 126 : : : 1662 5829 127 1,569 1,569 CD 1662 5829 128 km km NNS 1662 5829 129 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5829 130 1995 1995 CD 1662 5829 131 est est NNP 1662 5829 132 . . . 1662 5829 133 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5830 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 5830 2 : : : 1662 5830 3 424 424 CD 1662 5830 4 km km NNS 1662 5830 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5830 6 1994 1994 CD 1662 5830 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5830 8 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 5830 9 : : : 1662 5830 10 natural natural JJ 1662 5830 11 gas gas NN 1662 5830 12 310 310 CD 1662 5830 13 km km NNS 1662 5830 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5830 15 1992 1992 CD 1662 5830 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5830 17 Ports port NNS 1662 5830 18 and and CC 1662 5830 19 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5830 20 : : : 1662 5830 21 none none NN 1662 5830 22 Airports airport NNS 1662 5830 23 : : : 1662 5830 24 26 26 CD 1662 5830 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5830 26 1994 1994 CD 1662 5830 27 est est NNP 1662 5830 28 . . . 1662 5830 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5831 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5831 2 - - , 1662 5831 3 with with IN 1662 5831 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5831 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5831 6 : : : 1662 5831 7 total total NN 1662 5831 8 : : : 1662 5831 9 8 8 CD 1662 5831 10 over over IN 1662 5831 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5831 12 m m NN 1662 5831 13 : : : 1662 5831 14 1 1 CD 1662 5831 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 5831 16 to to IN 1662 5831 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5831 18 m m NN 1662 5831 19 : : : 1662 5831 20 2 2 CD 1662 5831 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5831 22 to to TO 1662 5831 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5831 24 m m NN 1662 5831 25 : : : 1662 5831 26 2 2 CD 1662 5831 27 under under IN 1662 5831 28 914 914 CD 1662 5831 29 m m NN 1662 5831 30 : : : 1662 5831 31 3 3 CD 1662 5831 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5831 33 1994 1994 CD 1662 5831 34 est est NNP 1662 5831 35 . . . 1662 5831 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5832 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5832 2 - - , 1662 5832 3 with with IN 1662 5832 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5832 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5832 6 : : : 1662 5832 7 total total NN 1662 5832 8 : : : 1662 5832 9 18 18 CD 1662 5832 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 5832 11 to to TO 1662 5832 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5832 13 m m NN 1662 5832 14 : : : 1662 5832 15 3 3 CD 1662 5832 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5832 17 to to TO 1662 5832 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5832 19 m m NN 1662 5832 20 : : : 1662 5832 21 2 2 CD 1662 5832 22 914 914 CD 1662 5832 23 to to TO 1662 5832 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5832 25 m m NN 1662 5832 26 : : : 1662 5832 27 5 5 CD 1662 5832 28 under under IN 1662 5832 29 914 914 CD 1662 5832 30 m m NN 1662 5832 31 : : : 1662 5832 32 8 8 CD 1662 5832 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5832 34 1994 1994 CD 1662 5832 35 est est NNP 1662 5832 36 . . . 1662 5832 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5833 1 Military military JJ 1662 5833 2 Military military JJ 1662 5833 3 branches branch NNS 1662 5833 4 : : : 1662 5833 5 Ground Ground NNP 1662 5833 6 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5833 7 , , , 1662 5833 8 Air Air NNP 1662 5833 9 and and CC 1662 5833 10 Air Air NNP 1662 5833 11 Defense Defense NNP 1662 5833 12 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5833 13 , , , 1662 5833 14 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5833 15 Security Security NNP 1662 5833 16 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5833 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5833 18 internal internal JJ 1662 5833 19 and and CC 1662 5833 20 border border NN 1662 5833 21 troops troop NNS 1662 5833 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5833 23 Military military JJ 1662 5833 24 manpower manpower NN 1662 5833 25 - - HYPH 1662 5833 26 military military NN 1662 5833 27 age age NN 1662 5833 28 : : : 1662 5833 29 18 18 CD 1662 5833 30 years year NNS 1662 5833 31 of of IN 1662 5833 32 age age NN 1662 5833 33 Military military JJ 1662 5833 34 manpower manpower NN 1662 5833 35 - - HYPH 1662 5833 36 availability availability NN 1662 5833 37 : : : 1662 5833 38 males male NNS 1662 5833 39 age age NNP 1662 5833 40 15 15 CD 1662 5833 41 - - HYPH 1662 5833 42 49 49 CD 1662 5833 43 : : : 1662 5833 44 1,134,619 1,134,619 CD 1662 5833 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5833 46 1997 1997 CD 1662 5833 47 est est NNP 1662 5833 48 . . . 1662 5833 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5834 1 Military military JJ 1662 5834 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5834 3 - - HYPH 1662 5834 4 fit fit NN 1662 5834 5 for for IN 1662 5834 6 military military JJ 1662 5834 7 service service NN 1662 5834 8 : : : 1662 5834 9 males male NNS 1662 5834 10 : : : 1662 5834 11 894,337 894,337 CD 1662 5834 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5834 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5834 14 est est NNP 1662 5834 15 . . . 1662 5834 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5835 1 Military military JJ 1662 5835 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5835 3 - - HYPH 1662 5835 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 5835 5 military military JJ 1662 5835 6 age age NN 1662 5835 7 annually annually RB 1662 5835 8 : : : 1662 5835 9 males male NNS 1662 5835 10 : : : 1662 5835 11 37,689 37,689 CD 1662 5835 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5835 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5835 14 est e JJS 1662 5835 15 . . . 1662 5835 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5836 1 Military military JJ 1662 5836 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5836 3 - - HYPH 1662 5836 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 5836 5 figure figure NN 1662 5836 6 : : : 1662 5836 7 203 203 CD 1662 5836 8 million million CD 1662 5836 9 lei lei NN 1662 5836 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5836 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 5836 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5836 13 ; ; : 1662 5836 14 note note NN 1662 5836 15 - - HYPH 1662 5836 16 conversion conversion NN 1662 5836 17 of of IN 1662 5836 18 defense defense NN 1662 5836 19 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5836 20 into into IN 1662 5836 21 US US NNP 1662 5836 22 dollars dollar NNS 1662 5836 23 using use VBG 1662 5836 24 the the DT 1662 5836 25 current current JJ 1662 5836 26 exchange exchange NN 1662 5836 27 rate rate NN 1662 5836 28 could could MD 1662 5836 29 produce produce VB 1662 5836 30 misleading misleading JJ 1662 5836 31 results result NNS 1662 5836 32 Military military JJ 1662 5836 33 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5836 34 - - : 1662 5836 35 percent percent NN 1662 5836 36 of of IN 1662 5836 37 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5836 38 : : : 1662 5836 39 NA% NA% `` 1662 5836 40 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5836 41 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5836 42 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 5836 43 - - : 1662 5836 44 international international JJ 1662 5836 45 : : : 1662 5836 46 certain certain JJ 1662 5836 47 territory territory NN 1662 5836 48 of of IN 1662 5836 49 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 5836 50 and and CC 1662 5836 51 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 5836 52 - - : 1662 5836 53 including include VBG 1662 5836 54 Bessarabia Bessarabia NNP 1662 5836 55 and and CC 1662 5836 56 Northern Northern NNP 1662 5836 57 Bukovina Bukovina NNP 1662 5836 58 - - , 1662 5836 59 are be VBP 1662 5836 60 considered consider VBN 1662 5836 61 by by IN 1662 5836 62 Bucharest Bucharest NNP 1662 5836 63 as as IN 1662 5836 64 historically historically RB 1662 5836 65 a a DT 1662 5836 66 part part NN 1662 5836 67 of of IN 1662 5836 68 Romania Romania NNP 1662 5836 69 ; ; : 1662 5836 70 this this DT 1662 5836 71 territory territory NN 1662 5836 72 was be VBD 1662 5836 73 incorporated incorporate VBN 1662 5836 74 into into IN 1662 5836 75 the the DT 1662 5836 76 former former JJ 1662 5836 77 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 5836 78 Union Union NNP 1662 5836 79 following follow VBG 1662 5836 80 the the DT 1662 5836 81 Molotov Molotov NNP 1662 5836 82 - - HYPH 1662 5836 83 Ribbentrop Ribbentrop NNP 1662 5836 84 Pact Pact NNP 1662 5836 85 in in IN 1662 5836 86 1940 1940 CD 1662 5836 87 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 5836 88 drugs drug NNS 1662 5836 89 : : : 1662 5836 90 limited limited JJ 1662 5836 91 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 5836 92 of of IN 1662 5836 93 opium opium NN 1662 5836 94 poppy poppy JJ 1662 5836 95 and and CC 1662 5836 96 cannabis cannabi NNS 1662 5836 97 , , , 1662 5836 98 mostly mostly RB 1662 5836 99 for for IN 1662 5836 100 CIS CIS NNP 1662 5836 101 consumption consumption NN 1662 5836 102 ; ; : 1662 5836 103 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 5836 104 point point NN 1662 5836 105 for for IN 1662 5836 106 illicit illicit JJ 1662 5836 107 drugs drug NNS 1662 5836 108 to to IN 1662 5836 109 Western Western NNP 1662 5836 110 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5836 111 and and CC 1662 5836 112 Russia Russia NNP 1662 5836 113 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 114 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 115 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 116 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 117 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 118 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 119 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 120 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 121 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 122 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 123 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 124 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 125 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 126 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 127 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 128 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 129 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 130 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 131 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 132 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 133 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 134 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 135 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 136 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 137 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 138 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 139 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 140 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 141 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 142 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 143 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 144 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 145 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 146 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 147 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 148 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 149 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 150 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 151 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 152 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 153 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 154 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 155 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 156 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 157 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 158 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 159 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 160 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 161 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 162 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 163 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 164 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 165 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 166 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 167 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 168 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 169 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 170 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 171 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 172 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 173 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 174 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 175 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 176 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 177 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 178 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 179 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 180 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 181 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 182 _ _ NNP 1662 5836 183 MONACO MONACO NNP 1662 5836 184 @Monaco @Monaco NNP 1662 5836 185 : : : 1662 5836 186 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5836 187 Location Location NNP 1662 5836 188 : : : 1662 5836 189 Western Western NNP 1662 5836 190 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5836 191 , , , 1662 5836 192 bordering border VBG 1662 5836 193 the the DT 1662 5836 194 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 5836 195 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5836 196 , , , 1662 5836 197 on on IN 1662 5836 198 the the DT 1662 5836 199 southern southern JJ 1662 5836 200 coast coast NN 1662 5836 201 of of IN 1662 5836 202 France France NNP 1662 5836 203 , , , 1662 5836 204 near near IN 1662 5836 205 the the DT 1662 5836 206 border border NN 1662 5836 207 with with IN 1662 5836 208 Italy Italy NNP 1662 5836 209 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5836 210 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5836 211 : : : 1662 5836 212 43 43 CD 1662 5836 213 44 44 CD 1662 5836 214 N n CD 1662 5836 215 , , , 1662 5836 216 7 7 CD 1662 5836 217 24 24 CD 1662 5836 218 E e NN 1662 5836 219 Map Map NNP 1662 5836 220 references reference NNS 1662 5836 221 : : : 1662 5836 222 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5836 223 Area Area NNP 1662 5836 224 : : : 1662 5836 225 total total NN 1662 5836 226 : : : 1662 5836 227 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 5836 228 sq sq NN 1662 5836 229 km km NNP 1662 5836 230 land land NN 1662 5836 231 : : : 1662 5836 232 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 5836 233 sq sq NN 1662 5836 234 km km NNP 1662 5836 235 water water NN 1662 5836 236 : : : 1662 5836 237 0 0 NFP 1662 5836 238 sq sq NN 1662 5836 239 km km NNP 1662 5836 240 Area area NN 1662 5836 241 - - HYPH 1662 5836 242 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5836 243 : : : 1662 5836 244 about about RB 1662 5836 245 three three CD 1662 5836 246 times time NNS 1662 5836 247 the the DT 1662 5836 248 size size NN 1662 5836 249 of of IN 1662 5836 250 The the DT 1662 5836 251 Mall Mall NNP 1662 5836 252 in in IN 1662 5836 253 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5836 254 , , , 1662 5836 255 DC DC NNP 1662 5836 256 Land Land NNP 1662 5836 257 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5836 258 : : : 1662 5836 259 total total JJ 1662 5836 260 : : : 1662 5836 261 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 5836 262 km km NN 1662 5836 263 border border NN 1662 5836 264 countries country NNS 1662 5836 265 : : : 1662 5836 266 France France NNP 1662 5836 267 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 5836 268 km km NN 1662 5836 269 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5836 270 : : : 1662 5836 271 4.1 4.1 CD 1662 5836 272 km km NN 1662 5836 273 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5836 274 claims claim VBZ 1662 5836 275 : : : 1662 5836 276 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5836 277 sea sea NN 1662 5836 278 : : : 1662 5836 279 12 12 CD 1662 5836 280 nm nm NNP 1662 5836 281 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5836 282 : : : 1662 5836 283 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 5836 284 with with IN 1662 5836 285 mild mild JJ 1662 5836 286 , , , 1662 5836 287 wet wet JJ 1662 5836 288 winters winter NNS 1662 5836 289 and and CC 1662 5836 290 hot hot JJ 1662 5836 291 , , , 1662 5836 292 dry dry JJ 1662 5836 293 summers summer NNS 1662 5836 294 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 5836 295 : : : 1662 5836 296 hilly hilly RB 1662 5836 297 , , , 1662 5836 298 rugged rugged JJ 1662 5836 299 , , , 1662 5836 300 rocky rocky JJ 1662 5836 301 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5836 302 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5836 303 : : : 1662 5836 304 lowest low JJS 1662 5836 305 point point NN 1662 5836 306 : : : 1662 5836 307 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 5836 308 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5836 309 0 0 NFP 1662 5836 310 m m DT 1662 5836 311 highest high JJS 1662 5836 312 point point NN 1662 5836 313 : : : 1662 5836 314 Mont Mont NNP 1662 5836 315 Agel Agel NNP 1662 5836 316 140 140 CD 1662 5836 317 m m NNP 1662 5836 318 Natural natural JJ 1662 5836 319 resources resource NNS 1662 5836 320 : : : 1662 5836 321 none none NN 1662 5836 322 Land Land NNP 1662 5836 323 use use NN 1662 5836 324 : : : 1662 5836 325 arable arable JJ 1662 5836 326 land land NN 1662 5836 327 : : : 1662 5836 328 0 0 CD 1662 5836 329 % % NN 1662 5836 330 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5836 331 crops crop NNS 1662 5836 332 : : : 1662 5836 333 0 0 CD 1662 5836 334 % % NN 1662 5836 335 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5836 336 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5836 337 : : : 1662 5836 338 0 0 CD 1662 5836 339 % % NN 1662 5836 340 forests forest NNS 1662 5836 341 and and CC 1662 5836 342 woodland woodland JJ 1662 5836 343 : : : 1662 5836 344 0 0 CD 1662 5836 345 % % NN 1662 5836 346 other other JJ 1662 5836 347 : : : 1662 5836 348 100 100 CD 1662 5836 349 % % NN 1662 5836 350 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5836 351 urban urban JJ 1662 5836 352 area area NN 1662 5836 353 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5836 354 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5836 355 land land NN 1662 5836 356 : : : 1662 5836 357 NA NA NNP 1662 5836 358 sq sq RB 1662 5836 359 km km VB 1662 5836 360 Natural natural JJ 1662 5836 361 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5836 362 : : : 1662 5836 363 NA NA NNP 1662 5836 364 Environment environment NN 1662 5836 365 - - HYPH 1662 5836 366 current current JJ 1662 5836 367 issues issue NNS 1662 5836 368 : : : 1662 5836 369 NA NA NNP 1662 5836 370 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5836 371 - - HYPH 1662 5836 372 international international JJ 1662 5836 373 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5836 374 : : : 1662 5836 375 party party NN 1662 5836 376 to to TO 1662 5836 377 : : : 1662 5836 378 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 5836 379 , , , 1662 5836 380 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5836 381 Change Change NNP 1662 5836 382 , , , 1662 5836 383 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 5836 384 Species Species NNPS 1662 5836 385 , , , 1662 5836 386 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 5836 387 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 5836 388 , , , 1662 5836 389 Law Law NNP 1662 5836 390 of of IN 1662 5836 391 the the DT 1662 5836 392 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5836 393 , , , 1662 5836 394 Marine Marine NNP 1662 5836 395 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 5836 396 , , , 1662 5836 397 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5836 398 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5836 399 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5836 400 , , , 1662 5836 401 Ship Ship NNP 1662 5836 402 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5836 403 , , , 1662 5836 404 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 5836 405 signed sign VBD 1662 5836 406 , , , 1662 5836 407 but but CC 1662 5836 408 not not RB 1662 5836 409 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5836 410 : : : 1662 5836 411 none none NN 1662 5836 412 of of IN 1662 5836 413 the the DT 1662 5836 414 selected select VBN 1662 5836 415 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5836 416 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5836 417 - - HYPH 1662 5836 418 note note NNP 1662 5836 419 : : : 1662 5836 420 second second RB 1662 5836 421 smallest small JJS 1662 5836 422 independent independent JJ 1662 5836 423 state state NN 1662 5836 424 in in IN 1662 5836 425 world world NN 1662 5836 426 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5836 427 after after IN 1662 5836 428 Holy Holy NNP 1662 5836 429 See See NNP 1662 5836 430 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5836 431 ; ; : 1662 5836 432 almost almost RB 1662 5836 433 entirely entirely RB 1662 5836 434 urban urban JJ 1662 5836 435 @Monaco @monaco NN 1662 5836 436 : : : 1662 5836 437 People 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1662 5846 77 de de IN 1662 5846 78 Monaco Monaco NNP 1662 5846 79 local local JJ 1662 5846 80 short short JJ 1662 5846 81 form form NN 1662 5846 82 : : : 1662 5846 83 Monaco Monaco NNP 1662 5846 84 Data Data NNP 1662 5846 85 code code NN 1662 5846 86 : : : 1662 5846 87 MN MN NNP 1662 5846 88 Government Government NNP 1662 5846 89 type type NN 1662 5846 90 : : : 1662 5846 91 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 5846 92 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 5846 93 National national JJ 1662 5846 94 capital capital NN 1662 5846 95 : : : 1662 5846 96 Monaco Monaco NNP 1662 5846 97 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 5846 98 divisions division NNS 1662 5846 99 : : : 1662 5846 100 4 4 CD 1662 5846 101 quarters quarter NNS 1662 5846 102 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5846 103 quartiers quartier NNS 1662 5846 104 , , , 1662 5846 105 singular singular JJ 1662 5846 106 - - HYPH 1662 5846 107 quartier quartier NN 1662 5846 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5846 109 ; ; : 1662 5846 110 Fontvieille Fontvieille NNP 1662 5846 111 , , , 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5846 254 French french JJ 1662 5846 255 Government Government NNP 1662 5846 256 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 5846 257 branch branch NN 1662 5846 258 : : : 1662 5846 259 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 5846 260 National National NNP 1662 5846 261 Council Council NNP 1662 5846 262 or or CC 1662 5846 263 Conseil Conseil NNP 1662 5846 264 National National NNP 1662 5846 265 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5846 266 18 18 CD 1662 5846 267 seats seat NNS 1662 5846 268 ; ; : 1662 5846 269 members member NNS 1662 5846 270 are be VBP 1662 5846 271 elected elect VBN 1662 5846 272 by by IN 1662 5846 273 popular popular JJ 1662 5846 274 vote vote NN 1662 5846 275 to to TO 1662 5846 276 serve serve VB 1662 5846 277 five five CD 1662 5846 278 - - HYPH 1662 5846 279 year year NN 1662 5846 280 terms term NNS 1662 5846 281 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5846 282 elections election NNS 1662 5846 283 : : : 1662 5846 284 last last RB 1662 5846 285 held held JJ 1662 5846 286 24 24 CD 1662 5846 287 and and CC 1662 5846 288 31 31 CD 1662 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326 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5846 327 Court Court NNP 1662 5846 328 or or CC 1662 5846 329 Tribunal Tribunal NNP 1662 5846 330 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5846 331 Political Political NNP 1662 5846 332 parties party NNS 1662 5846 333 and and CC 1662 5846 334 leaders leader NNS 1662 5846 335 : : : 1662 5846 336 National National NNP 1662 5846 337 and and CC 1662 5846 338 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5846 339 Union Union NNP 1662 5846 340 or or CC 1662 5846 341 UND UND NNP 1662 5846 342 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5846 343 Jean Jean NNP 1662 5846 344 - - HYPH 1662 5846 345 Louis Louis NNP 1662 5846 346 CAMPORA CAMPORA NNP 1662 5846 347 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5846 348 International international JJ 1662 5846 349 organization organization NN 1662 5846 350 participation participation NN 1662 5846 351 : : : 1662 5846 352 ACCT acct JJ 1662 5846 353 , , , 1662 5846 354 ECE ece NN 1662 5846 355 , , , 1662 5846 356 IAEA iaea NN 1662 5846 357 , , , 1662 5846 358 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 5846 359 , , , 1662 5846 360 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 5846 361 , , , 1662 5846 362 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 5846 363 , , , 1662 5846 364 IHO IHO NNP 1662 5846 365 , , , 1662 5846 366 IMO imo RB 1662 5846 367 , , , 1662 5846 368 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 5846 369 , , , 1662 5846 370 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5846 371 , , , 1662 5846 372 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 5846 373 , , , 1662 5846 374 IOC IOC NNP 1662 5846 375 , , , 1662 5846 376 ITU ITU NNP 1662 5846 377 , , , 1662 5846 378 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 5846 379 , , , 1662 5846 380 UN UN NNP 1662 5846 381 , , , 1662 5846 382 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 5846 383 , , , 1662 5846 384 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 5846 385 , , , 1662 5846 386 UPU UPU NNP 1662 5846 387 , , , 1662 5846 388 WHO who WP 1662 5846 389 , , , 1662 5846 390 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 5846 391 , , , 1662 5846 392 WMO WMO NNP 1662 5846 393 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5846 394 representation representation NN 1662 5846 395 in in IN 1662 5846 396 the the DT 1662 5846 397 US US NNP 1662 5846 398 : : : 1662 5846 399 Monaco Monaco NNP 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as as IN 1662 5848 14 a a DT 1662 5848 15 tax tax NN 1662 5848 16 haven haven NN 1662 5848 17 both both DT 1662 5848 18 for for IN 1662 5848 19 individuals individual NNS 1662 5848 20 who who WP 1662 5848 21 have have VBP 1662 5848 22 established establish VBN 1662 5848 23 residence residence NN 1662 5848 24 and and CC 1662 5848 25 for for IN 1662 5848 26 foreign foreign JJ 1662 5848 27 companies company NNS 1662 5848 28 that that WDT 1662 5848 29 have have VBP 1662 5848 30 set set VBN 1662 5848 31 up up RP 1662 5848 32 businesses business NNS 1662 5848 33 and and CC 1662 5848 34 offices office NNS 1662 5848 35 . . . 1662 5849 1 About about RB 1662 5849 2 55 55 CD 1662 5849 3 % % NN 1662 5849 4 of of IN 1662 5849 5 Monaco Monaco NNP 1662 5849 6 's 's POS 1662 5849 7 annual annual JJ 1662 5849 8 revenue revenue NN 1662 5849 9 comes come VBZ 1662 5849 10 from from IN 1662 5849 11 value value NN 1662 5849 12 - - HYPH 1662 5849 13 added add VBN 1662 5849 14 taxes taxis NNS 1662 5849 15 on on IN 1662 5849 16 hotels hotel NNS 1662 5849 17 , , , 1662 5849 18 banks bank NNS 1662 5849 19 , , , 1662 5849 20 and and CC 1662 5849 21 the the DT 1662 5849 22 industrial industrial JJ 1662 5849 23 sector sector NN 1662 5849 24 ; ; : 1662 5849 25 about about RB 1662 5849 26 25 25 CD 1662 5849 27 % % NN 1662 5849 28 of of IN 1662 5849 29 revenue revenue NN 1662 5849 30 comes come VBZ 1662 5849 31 from from IN 1662 5849 32 tourism tourism NN 1662 5849 33 . . . 1662 5850 1 Living live VBG 1662 5850 2 standards standard NNS 1662 5850 3 are be VBP 1662 5850 4 high high JJ 1662 5850 5 , , , 1662 5850 6 roughly roughly RB 1662 5850 7 comparable comparable JJ 1662 5850 8 to to IN 1662 5850 9 those those DT 1662 5850 10 in in IN 1662 5850 11 prosperous prosperous JJ 1662 5850 12 French french JJ 1662 5850 13 metropolitan metropolitan JJ 1662 5850 14 areas area NNS 1662 5850 15 . . . 1662 5851 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5851 2 : : : 1662 5851 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5851 4 power power NN 1662 5851 5 parity parity NN 1662 5851 6 - - : 1662 5851 7 $ $ $ 1662 5851 8 800 800 CD 1662 5851 9 million million CD 1662 5851 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5851 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 5851 12 est est NNP 1662 5851 13 . . . 1662 5851 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5852 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5852 2 - - HYPH 1662 5852 3 real real JJ 1662 5852 4 growth growth NN 1662 5852 5 rate rate NN 1662 5852 6 : : : 1662 5852 7 NA% NA% `` 1662 5852 8 GDP gdp NN 1662 5852 9 - - HYPH 1662 5852 10 per per FW 1662 5852 11 capita capita NN 1662 5852 12 : : : 1662 5852 13 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5852 14 power power NN 1662 5852 15 parity parity NN 1662 5852 16 - - : 1662 5852 17 $ $ $ 1662 5852 18 25,000 25,000 CD 1662 5852 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5852 20 1996 1996 CD 1662 5852 21 est est NNP 1662 5852 22 . . . 1662 5852 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5853 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5853 2 - - HYPH 1662 5853 3 composition composition NN 1662 5853 4 by by IN 1662 5853 5 sector sector NN 1662 5853 6 : : : 1662 5853 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5853 8 : : : 1662 5853 9 NA% na% LS 1662 5853 10 industry industry NN 1662 5853 11 : : : 1662 5853 12 NA% NA% NNS 1662 5853 13 services service NNS 1662 5853 14 : : : 1662 5853 15 NA% NA% `` 1662 5853 16 Inflation inflation NN 1662 5853 17 rate rate NN 1662 5853 18 - - HYPH 1662 5853 19 consumer consumer NN 1662 5853 20 price price NN 1662 5853 21 index index NN 1662 5853 22 : : : 1662 5853 23 NA% NA% `` 1662 5853 24 Labor labor NN 1662 5853 25 force force NN 1662 5853 26 : : : 1662 5853 27 total total NN 1662 5853 28 : : : 1662 5853 29 30,540 30,540 CD 1662 5853 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5853 31 1 1 CD 1662 5853 32 January January NNP 1662 5853 33 1994 1994 CD 1662 5853 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5853 35 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 5853 36 rate rate NN 1662 5853 37 : : : 1662 5853 38 3.1 3.1 CD 1662 5853 39 % % NN 1662 5853 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5853 41 1994 1994 CD 1662 5853 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5853 43 Budget budget NN 1662 5853 44 : : : 1662 5853 45 revenues revenue NNS 1662 5853 46 : : : 1662 5853 47 $ $ $ 1662 5853 48 570.4 570.4 CD 1662 5853 49 million million CD 1662 5853 50 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5853 51 : : : 1662 5853 52 $ $ $ 1662 5853 53 570.1 570.1 CD 1662 5853 54 million million CD 1662 5853 55 , , , 1662 5853 56 including include VBG 1662 5853 57 capital capital NN 1662 5853 58 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5853 59 of of IN 1662 5853 60 $ $ $ 1662 5853 61 NA na NN 1662 5853 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5853 63 1994 1994 CD 1662 5853 64 est est NNP 1662 5853 65 . . . 1662 5853 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5854 1 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 5854 2 production production NN 1662 5854 3 growth growth NN 1662 5854 4 rate rate NN 1662 5854 5 : : : 1662 5854 6 NA% NA% `` 1662 5854 7 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5854 8 - - HYPH 1662 5854 9 capacity capacity NN 1662 5854 10 : : : 1662 5854 11 10,000 10,000 CD 1662 5854 12 kW kW NNP 1662 5854 13 standby standby NNP 1662 5854 14 note note NN 1662 5854 15 : : : 1662 5854 16 electricity electricity NN 1662 5854 17 imported import VBN 1662 5854 18 from from IN 1662 5854 19 France France NNP 1662 5854 20 Electricity Electricity NNP 1662 5854 21 - - HYPH 1662 5854 22 production production NN 1662 5854 23 : : : 1662 5854 24 NA na IN 1662 5854 25 kWh kwh ADD 1662 5854 26 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5854 27 - - HYPH 1662 5854 28 consumption consumption NN 1662 5854 29 per per IN 1662 5854 30 capita capita NN 1662 5854 31 : : : 1662 5854 32 NA NA NNP 1662 5854 33 kWh kwh ADD 1662 5854 34 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5854 35 - - HYPH 1662 5854 36 products product NNS 1662 5854 37 : : : 1662 5854 38 none none NN 1662 5854 39 Exports export NNS 1662 5854 40 : : : 1662 5854 41 $ $ $ 1662 5854 42 NA na NN 1662 5854 43 ; ; : 1662 5854 44 full full JJ 1662 5854 45 customs custom NNS 1662 5854 46 integration integration NN 1662 5854 47 with with IN 1662 5854 48 France France NNP 1662 5854 49 , , , 1662 5854 50 which which WDT 1662 5854 51 collects collect VBZ 1662 5854 52 and and CC 1662 5854 53 rebates rebate VBZ 1662 5854 54 Monegasque monegasque JJ 1662 5854 55 trade trade NN 1662 5854 56 duties duty NNS 1662 5854 57 ; ; : 1662 5854 58 also also RB 1662 5854 59 participates participate VBZ 1662 5854 60 in in IN 1662 5854 61 EU EU NNP 1662 5854 62 market market NN 1662 5854 63 system system NN 1662 5854 64 through through IN 1662 5854 65 customs custom NNS 1662 5854 66 union union NN 1662 5854 67 with with IN 1662 5854 68 France France NNP 1662 5854 69 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 5854 70 : : : 1662 5854 71 $ $ $ 1662 5854 72 NA na NN 1662 5854 73 ; ; : 1662 5854 74 full full JJ 1662 5854 75 customs custom NNS 1662 5854 76 integration integration NN 1662 5854 77 with with IN 1662 5854 78 France France NNP 1662 5854 79 , , , 1662 5854 80 which which WDT 1662 5854 81 collects collect VBZ 1662 5854 82 and and CC 1662 5854 83 rebates rebate VBZ 1662 5854 84 Monegasque monegasque JJ 1662 5854 85 trade trade NN 1662 5854 86 duties duty NNS 1662 5854 87 ; ; : 1662 5854 88 also also RB 1662 5854 89 participates participate VBZ 1662 5854 90 in in IN 1662 5854 91 EU EU NNP 1662 5854 92 market market NN 1662 5854 93 system system NN 1662 5854 94 through through IN 1662 5854 95 customs custom NNS 1662 5854 96 union union NN 1662 5854 97 with with IN 1662 5854 98 France France NNP 1662 5854 99 Debt Debt NNP 1662 5854 100 - - HYPH 1662 5854 101 external external JJ 1662 5854 102 : : : 1662 5854 103 $ $ $ 1662 5854 104 NA na JJ 1662 5854 105 Economic economic JJ 1662 5854 106 aid aid NN 1662 5854 107 : : : 1662 5854 108 $ $ $ 1662 5854 109 NA NA NNP 1662 5854 110 Currency currency NN 1662 5854 111 : : : 1662 5854 112 1 1 CD 1662 5854 113 French french JJ 1662 5854 114 franc franc NN 1662 5854 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5854 116 F f NN 1662 5854 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5854 118 = = NFP 1662 5854 119 100 100 CD 1662 5854 120 centimes centime NNS 1662 5854 121 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5854 122 rates rate NNS 1662 5854 123 : : : 1662 5854 124 French french JJ 1662 5854 125 francs franc NNS 1662 5854 126 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5854 127 F f NN 1662 5854 128 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5854 129 per per IN 1662 5854 130 US$ us$ $ 1662 5854 131 1 1 CD 1662 5854 132 - - HYPH 1662 5854 133 5.4169(January 5.4169(january CD 1662 5854 134 1997 1997 CD 1662 5854 135 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5854 136 , , , 1662 5854 137 5.1155 5.1155 CD 1662 5854 138 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5854 139 1996 1996 CD 1662 5854 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5854 141 , , , 1662 5854 142 4.9915 4.9915 CD 1662 5854 143 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5854 144 1995 1995 CD 1662 5854 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5854 146 , , , 1662 5854 147 5.5520 5.5520 CD 1662 5854 148 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5854 149 1994 1994 CD 1662 5854 150 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5854 151 , , , 1662 5854 152 5.6632 5.6632 CD 1662 5854 153 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5854 154 1993 1993 CD 1662 5854 155 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5854 156 , , , 1662 5854 157 5.2938 5.2938 CD 1662 5854 158 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5854 159 1992 1992 CD 1662 5854 160 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5854 161 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5854 162 year year NN 1662 5854 163 : : : 1662 5854 164 calendar calendar NNP 1662 5854 165 year year NN 1662 5854 166 @Monaco @Monaco NNP 1662 5854 167 : : : 1662 5854 168 Communications Communications NNP 1662 5854 169 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 5854 170 : : : 1662 5854 171 53,180 53,180 CD 1662 5854 172 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5854 173 1994 1994 CD 1662 5854 174 est est NNP 1662 5854 175 . . . 1662 5854 176 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5855 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5855 2 system system NN 1662 5855 3 : : : 1662 5855 4 automatic automatic JJ 1662 5855 5 telephone telephone NN 1662 5855 6 system system NN 1662 5855 7 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5855 8 : : : 1662 5855 9 NA NA NNP 1662 5855 10 international international JJ 1662 5855 11 : : : 1662 5855 12 no no DT 1662 5855 13 satellite satellite NN 1662 5855 14 earth earth NN 1662 5855 15 stations station NNS 1662 5855 16 ; ; , 1662 5855 17 connected connect VBN 1662 5855 18 by by IN 1662 5855 19 cable cable NN 1662 5855 20 into into IN 1662 5855 21 the the DT 1662 5855 22 French french JJ 1662 5855 23 communications communication NNS 1662 5855 24 system system NN 1662 5855 25 Radio radio NN 1662 5855 26 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5855 27 stations station NNS 1662 5855 28 : : : 1662 5855 29 AM am VBP 1662 5855 30 3 3 CD 1662 5855 31 , , , 1662 5855 32 FM FM NNP 1662 5855 33 4 4 CD 1662 5855 34 , , , 1662 5855 35 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 5855 36 0 0 CD 1662 5855 37 Radios radio NNS 1662 5855 38 : : : 1662 5855 39 30,000 30,000 CD 1662 5855 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5855 41 1992 1992 CD 1662 5855 42 est est NNP 1662 5855 43 . . . 1662 5855 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5856 1 Television television NN 1662 5856 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5856 3 stations station NNS 1662 5856 4 : : : 1662 5856 5 5 5 CD 1662 5856 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5856 7 1987 1987 CD 1662 5856 8 est est NNP 1662 5856 9 . . . 1662 5856 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5857 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 5857 2 : : : 1662 5857 3 22,000 22,000 CD 1662 5857 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5857 5 1992 1992 CD 1662 5857 6 est est NNP 1662 5857 7 . . . 1662 5857 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5858 1 @Monaco @monaco XX 1662 5858 2 : : : 1662 5858 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5858 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5858 5 : : : 1662 5858 6 total total NN 1662 5858 7 : : : 1662 5858 8 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 5858 9 km km NN 1662 5858 10 standard standard JJ 1662 5858 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 5858 12 : : : 1662 5858 13 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 5858 14 km km NN 1662 5858 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 5858 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 5858 17 Highways highway NNS 1662 5858 18 : : : 1662 5858 19 total total NN 1662 5858 20 : : : 1662 5858 21 43 43 CD 1662 5858 22 km km NNS 1662 5858 23 paved pave VBN 1662 5858 24 : : : 1662 5858 25 43 43 CD 1662 5858 26 km km NNS 1662 5858 27 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5858 28 : : : 1662 5858 29 0 0 CD 1662 5858 30 km km NNS 1662 5858 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5858 32 1995 1995 CD 1662 5858 33 est est NNP 1662 5858 34 . . . 1662 5858 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5859 1 Ports port NNS 1662 5859 2 and and CC 1662 5859 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5859 4 : : : 1662 5859 5 Monaco Monaco NNP 1662 5859 6 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 5859 7 marine marine NN 1662 5859 8 : : : 1662 5859 9 none none NN 1662 5859 10 Airports airport NNS 1662 5859 11 : : : 1662 5859 12 linked link VBN 1662 5859 13 to to TO 1662 5859 14 airport airport VB 1662 5859 15 in in IN 1662 5859 16 Nice Nice NNP 1662 5859 17 , , , 1662 5859 18 France France NNP 1662 5859 19 , , , 1662 5859 20 by by IN 1662 5859 21 helicopter helicopter NN 1662 5859 22 service service NN 1662 5859 23 Military Military NNP 1662 5859 24 Military Military NNP 1662 5859 25 - - HYPH 1662 5859 26 note note NN 1662 5859 27 : : : 1662 5859 28 defense defense NN 1662 5859 29 is be VBZ 1662 5859 30 the the DT 1662 5859 31 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 5859 32 of of IN 1662 5859 33 France France NNP 1662 5859 34 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5859 35 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5859 36 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 5859 37 - - : 1662 5859 38 international international RB 1662 5859 39 : : : 1662 5859 40 none none NN 1662 5859 41 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 42 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 43 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 44 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 45 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 46 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 47 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 48 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 49 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 50 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 51 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 52 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 53 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 54 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 55 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 56 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 57 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 58 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 59 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 60 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 61 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 62 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 63 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 64 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 65 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 66 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 67 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 68 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 69 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 70 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 71 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 72 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 73 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 74 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 75 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 76 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 77 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 78 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 90 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 91 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 92 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 93 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 94 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 95 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 96 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 97 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 98 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 99 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 100 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 101 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 102 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 103 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 104 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 105 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 106 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 107 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 108 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 109 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 110 _ _ NNP 1662 5859 111 MONGOLIA MONGOLIA NNP 1662 5859 112 @Mongolia @mongolia NN 1662 5859 113 : : : 1662 5859 114 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5859 115 Location Location NNP 1662 5859 116 : : : 1662 5859 117 Northern Northern NNP 1662 5859 118 Asia Asia NNP 1662 5859 119 , , , 1662 5859 120 between between IN 1662 5859 121 China China NNP 1662 5859 122 and and CC 1662 5859 123 Russia Russia NNP 1662 5859 124 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5859 125 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5859 126 : : : 1662 5859 127 46 46 CD 1662 5859 128 00 00 CD 1662 5859 129 N n CD 1662 5859 130 , , , 1662 5859 131 105 105 CD 1662 5859 132 00 00 CD 1662 5859 133 E e NN 1662 5859 134 Map Map NNP 1662 5859 135 references reference NNS 1662 5859 136 : : : 1662 5859 137 Asia Asia NNP 1662 5859 138 Area Area NNP 1662 5859 139 : : : 1662 5859 140 total total NN 1662 5859 141 : : : 1662 5859 142 1.565 1.565 CD 1662 5859 143 million million CD 1662 5859 144 sq sq IN 1662 5859 145 km km NNP 1662 5859 146 land land NN 1662 5859 147 : : : 1662 5859 148 1.565 1.565 CD 1662 5859 149 million million CD 1662 5859 150 sq sq IN 1662 5859 151 km km NNP 1662 5859 152 water water NN 1662 5859 153 : : : 1662 5859 154 0 0 NFP 1662 5859 155 sq sq NN 1662 5859 156 km km NNP 1662 5859 157 Area area NN 1662 5859 158 - - HYPH 1662 5859 159 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5859 160 : : : 1662 5859 161 slightly slightly RB 1662 5859 162 smaller small JJR 1662 5859 163 than than IN 1662 5859 164 Alaska Alaska NNP 1662 5859 165 Land Land NNP 1662 5859 166 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5859 167 : : : 1662 5859 168 total total NN 1662 5859 169 : : : 1662 5859 170 8,114 8,114 CD 1662 5859 171 km km NN 1662 5859 172 border border NN 1662 5859 173 countries country NNS 1662 5859 174 : : : 1662 5859 175 China China NNP 1662 5859 176 4,673 4,673 CD 1662 5859 177 km km NNS 1662 5859 178 , , , 1662 5859 179 Russia Russia NNP 1662 5859 180 3,441 3,441 CD 1662 5859 181 km km NN 1662 5859 182 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5859 183 : : : 1662 5859 184 0 0 CD 1662 5859 185 km km NN 1662 5859 186 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5859 187 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 5859 188 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5859 189 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5859 190 claims claim VBZ 1662 5859 191 : : : 1662 5859 192 none none NN 1662 5859 193 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5859 194 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 5859 195 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5859 196 Climate climate NN 1662 5859 197 : : : 1662 5859 198 desert desert NN 1662 5859 199 ; ; : 1662 5859 200 continental continental NNP 1662 5859 201 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5859 202 large large JJ 1662 5859 203 daily daily JJ 1662 5859 204 and and CC 1662 5859 205 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 5859 206 temperature temperature NN 1662 5859 207 ranges range NNS 1662 5859 208 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5859 209 Terrain terrain NN 1662 5859 210 : : : 1662 5859 211 vast vast JJ 1662 5859 212 semidesert semidesert NN 1662 5859 213 and and CC 1662 5859 214 desert desert NN 1662 5859 215 plains plain VBZ 1662 5859 216 ; ; : 1662 5859 217 mountains mountain NNS 1662 5859 218 in in IN 1662 5859 219 west west NNP 1662 5859 220 and and CC 1662 5859 221 southwest southwest NNP 1662 5859 222 ; ; : 1662 5859 223 Gobi Gobi NNP 1662 5859 224 Desert Desert NNP 1662 5859 225 in in IN 1662 5859 226 southeast southeast JJ 1662 5859 227 Elevation elevation NN 1662 5859 228 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5859 229 : : : 1662 5859 230 lowest low JJS 1662 5859 231 point point NN 1662 5859 232 : : : 1662 5859 233 Hoh Hoh NNP 1662 5859 234 Nuur Nuur NNP 1662 5859 235 518 518 CD 1662 5859 236 m m DT 1662 5859 237 highest high JJS 1662 5859 238 point point NN 1662 5859 239 : : : 1662 5859 240 Tavan Tavan NNP 1662 5859 241 Bogd Bogd NNP 1662 5859 242 Uul Uul NNP 1662 5859 243 4,374 4,374 CD 1662 5859 244 m m NNP 1662 5859 245 Natural natural JJ 1662 5859 246 resources resource NNS 1662 5859 247 : : : 1662 5859 248 oil oil NN 1662 5859 249 , , , 1662 5859 250 coal coal NN 1662 5859 251 , , , 1662 5859 252 copper copper NN 1662 5859 253 , , , 1662 5859 254 molybdenum molybdenum NN 1662 5859 255 , , , 1662 5859 256 tungsten tungsten NN 1662 5859 257 , , , 1662 5859 258 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 5859 259 , , , 1662 5859 260 tin tin NN 1662 5859 261 , , , 1662 5859 262 nickel nickel NN 1662 5859 263 , , , 1662 5859 264 zinc zinc NN 1662 5859 265 , , , 1662 5859 266 wolfram wolfram NNP 1662 5859 267 , , , 1662 5859 268 fluorspar fluorspar NNP 1662 5859 269 , , , 1662 5859 270 gold gold NN 1662 5859 271 Land Land NNP 1662 5859 272 use use NN 1662 5859 273 : : : 1662 5859 274 arable arable JJ 1662 5859 275 land land NN 1662 5859 276 : : : 1662 5859 277 1 1 CD 1662 5859 278 % % NN 1662 5859 279 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5859 280 crops crop NNS 1662 5859 281 : : : 1662 5859 282 0 0 CD 1662 5859 283 % % NN 1662 5859 284 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5859 285 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5859 286 : : : 1662 5859 287 80 80 CD 1662 5859 288 % % NN 1662 5859 289 forests forest NNS 1662 5859 290 and and CC 1662 5859 291 woodland woodland NN 1662 5859 292 : : : 1662 5859 293 9 9 CD 1662 5859 294 % % NN 1662 5859 295 other other JJ 1662 5859 296 : : : 1662 5859 297 10 10 CD 1662 5859 298 % % NN 1662 5859 299 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5859 300 1993 1993 CD 1662 5859 301 est est NNP 1662 5859 302 . . . 1662 5859 303 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5860 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5860 2 land land NN 1662 5860 3 : : : 1662 5860 4 800 800 CD 1662 5860 5 sq sq NNP 1662 5860 6 km km NNP 1662 5860 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5860 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 5860 9 est est NNP 1662 5860 10 . . . 1662 5860 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5861 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 5861 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5861 3 : : : 1662 5861 4 dust dust NN 1662 5861 5 storms storm NNS 1662 5861 6 can can MD 1662 5861 7 occur occur VB 1662 5861 8 in in IN 1662 5861 9 the the DT 1662 5861 10 spring spring NN 1662 5861 11 ; ; : 1662 5861 12 grassland grassland NN 1662 5861 13 fires fire NNS 1662 5861 14 Environment environment NN 1662 5861 15 - - HYPH 1662 5861 16 current current JJ 1662 5861 17 issues issue NNS 1662 5861 18 : : : 1662 5861 19 limited limit VBN 1662 5861 20 natural natural JJ 1662 5861 21 fresh fresh JJ 1662 5861 22 water water NN 1662 5861 23 resources resource NNS 1662 5861 24 ; ; : 1662 5861 25 policies policy NNS 1662 5861 26 of of IN 1662 5861 27 the the DT 1662 5861 28 former former JJ 1662 5861 29 communist communist JJ 1662 5861 30 regime regime NN 1662 5861 31 promoting promote VBG 1662 5861 32 rapid rapid JJ 1662 5861 33 urbanization urbanization NN 1662 5861 34 and and CC 1662 5861 35 industrial industrial JJ 1662 5861 36 growth growth NN 1662 5861 37 have have VBP 1662 5861 38 raised raise VBN 1662 5861 39 concerns concern NNS 1662 5861 40 about about IN 1662 5861 41 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5861 42 negative negative JJ 1662 5861 43 effects effect NNS 1662 5861 44 on on IN 1662 5861 45 the the DT 1662 5861 46 environment environment NN 1662 5861 47 ; ; : 1662 5861 48 the the DT 1662 5861 49 burning burning NN 1662 5861 50 of of IN 1662 5861 51 soft soft JJ 1662 5861 52 coal coal NN 1662 5861 53 and and CC 1662 5861 54 the the DT 1662 5861 55 concentration concentration NN 1662 5861 56 of of IN 1662 5861 57 factories factory NNS 1662 5861 58 in in IN 1662 5861 59 Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar NNP 1662 5861 60 have have VBP 1662 5861 61 severely severely RB 1662 5861 62 polluted pollute VBN 1662 5861 63 the the DT 1662 5861 64 air air NN 1662 5861 65 ; ; : 1662 5861 66 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 5861 67 , , , 1662 5861 68 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 5861 69 , , , 1662 5861 70 the the DT 1662 5861 71 converting converting NN 1662 5861 72 of of IN 1662 5861 73 virgin virgin JJ 1662 5861 74 land land NN 1662 5861 75 to to IN 1662 5861 76 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 5861 77 production production NN 1662 5861 78 have have VBP 1662 5861 79 increased increase VBN 1662 5861 80 soil soil NN 1662 5861 81 erosion erosion NN 1662 5861 82 from from IN 1662 5861 83 wind wind NN 1662 5861 84 and and CC 1662 5861 85 rain rain NN 1662 5861 86 ; ; , 1662 5861 87 desertification desertification NN 1662 5861 88 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5861 89 - - HYPH 1662 5861 90 international international JJ 1662 5861 91 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5861 92 : : : 1662 5861 93 party party NN 1662 5861 94 to to TO 1662 5861 95 : : : 1662 5861 96 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 5861 97 , , , 1662 5861 98 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5861 99 Change Change NNP 1662 5861 100 , , , 1662 5861 101 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 5861 102 , , , 1662 5861 103 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 5861 104 Species Species NNPS 1662 5861 105 , , , 1662 5861 106 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 5861 107 Modification Modification NNP 1662 5861 108 , , , 1662 5861 109 Law Law NNP 1662 5861 110 of of IN 1662 5861 111 the the DT 1662 5861 112 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5861 113 , , , 1662 5861 114 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 5861 115 Test Test NNP 1662 5861 116 Ban Ban NNP 1662 5861 117 , , , 1662 5861 118 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5861 119 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5861 120 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5861 121 signed sign VBD 1662 5861 122 , , , 1662 5861 123 but but CC 1662 5861 124 not not RB 1662 5861 125 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5861 126 : : : 1662 5861 127 none none NN 1662 5861 128 of of IN 1662 5861 129 the the DT 1662 5861 130 selected select VBN 1662 5861 131 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5861 132 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5861 133 - - HYPH 1662 5861 134 note note NN 1662 5861 135 : : : 1662 5861 136 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 5861 137 ; ; : 1662 5861 138 strategic strategic JJ 1662 5861 139 location location NN 1662 5861 140 between between IN 1662 5861 141 China China NNP 1662 5861 142 and and CC 1662 5861 143 Russia Russia NNP 1662 5861 144 @Mongolia @Mongolia NFP 1662 5861 145 : : : 1662 5861 146 People People NNS 1662 5861 147 Population Population NNP 1662 5861 148 : : : 1662 5861 149 2,538,211 2,538,211 CD 1662 5861 150 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5861 151 July July NNP 1662 5861 152 1997 1997 CD 1662 5861 153 est est NNP 1662 5861 154 . . . 1662 5861 155 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5862 1 Age age NN 1662 5862 2 structure structure NN 1662 5862 3 : : : 1662 5862 4 0 0 CD 1662 5862 5 - - HYPH 1662 5862 6 14 14 CD 1662 5862 7 years year NNS 1662 5862 8 : : : 1662 5862 9 38 38 CD 1662 5862 10 % % NN 1662 5862 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5862 12 male male JJ 1662 5862 13 485,760 485,760 CD 1662 5862 14 ; ; : 1662 5862 15 female female JJ 1662 5862 16 471,005 471,005 CD 1662 5862 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5862 18 15 15 CD 1662 5862 19 - - HYPH 1662 5862 20 64 64 CD 1662 5862 21 years year NNS 1662 5862 22 : : : 1662 5862 23 58 58 CD 1662 5862 24 % % NN 1662 5862 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5862 26 male male JJ 1662 5862 27 743,194 743,194 CD 1662 5862 28 ; ; : 1662 5862 29 female female JJ 1662 5862 30 743,529 743,529 CD 1662 5862 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5862 32 65 65 CD 1662 5862 33 years year NNS 1662 5862 34 and and CC 1662 5862 35 over over IN 1662 5862 36 : : : 1662 5862 37 4 4 CD 1662 5862 38 % % NN 1662 5862 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5862 40 male male JJ 1662 5862 41 40,621 40,621 CD 1662 5862 42 ; ; : 1662 5862 43 female female JJ 1662 5862 44 54,102 54,102 CD 1662 5862 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5862 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5862 47 July July NNP 1662 5862 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5862 49 est est NNP 1662 5862 50 . . . 1662 5862 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5863 1 Population population NN 1662 5863 2 growth growth NN 1662 5863 3 rate rate NN 1662 5863 4 : : : 1662 5863 5 1.62 1.62 CD 1662 5863 6 % % NN 1662 5863 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5863 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5863 9 est est NNP 1662 5863 10 . . . 1662 5863 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5864 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5864 2 rate rate NN 1662 5864 3 : : : 1662 5864 4 24.57 24.57 CD 1662 5864 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 5864 6 population population NN 1662 5864 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5864 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5864 9 est est NNP 1662 5864 10 . . . 1662 5864 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5865 1 Death death NN 1662 5865 2 rate rate NN 1662 5865 3 : : : 1662 5865 4 8.41 8.41 CD 1662 5865 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5865 6 population population NN 1662 5865 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5865 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5865 9 est est NNP 1662 5865 10 . . . 1662 5865 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5866 1 Net net JJ 1662 5866 2 migration migration NN 1662 5866 3 rate rate NN 1662 5866 4 : : : 1662 5866 5 0 0 NFP 1662 5866 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 5866 7 population population NN 1662 5866 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5866 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5866 10 est est NNP 1662 5866 11 . . . 1662 5866 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5867 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5867 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5867 3 : : : 1662 5867 4 at at IN 1662 5867 5 birth birth NN 1662 5867 6 : : : 1662 5867 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 5867 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5867 9 under under IN 1662 5867 10 15 15 CD 1662 5867 11 years year NNS 1662 5867 12 : : : 1662 5867 13 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 5867 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5867 15 15 15 CD 1662 5867 16 - - HYPH 1662 5867 17 64 64 CD 1662 5867 18 years year NNS 1662 5867 19 : : : 1662 5867 20 1 1 CD 1662 5867 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5867 22 65 65 CD 1662 5867 23 years year NNS 1662 5867 24 and and CC 1662 5867 25 over over IN 1662 5867 26 : : : 1662 5867 27 0.75 0.75 CD 1662 5867 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 5867 29 total total JJ 1662 5867 30 population population NN 1662 5867 31 : : : 1662 5867 32 1 1 CD 1662 5867 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5867 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5867 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5867 36 est e JJS 1662 5867 37 . . . 1662 5867 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5868 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5868 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5868 3 rate rate NN 1662 5868 4 : : : 1662 5868 5 68 68 CD 1662 5868 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5868 7 live live JJ 1662 5868 8 births birth NNS 1662 5868 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5868 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5868 11 est est NNP 1662 5868 12 . . . 1662 5868 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5869 1 Life life NN 1662 5869 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5869 3 at at IN 1662 5869 4 birth birth NN 1662 5869 5 : : : 1662 5869 6 total total JJ 1662 5869 7 population population NN 1662 5869 8 : : : 1662 5869 9 61.1 61.1 CD 1662 5869 10 years year NNS 1662 5869 11 male male JJ 1662 5869 12 : : : 1662 5869 13 59.1 59.1 CD 1662 5869 14 years year NNS 1662 5869 15 female female JJ 1662 5869 16 : : : 1662 5869 17 63.2 63.2 CD 1662 5869 18 years year NNS 1662 5869 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5869 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5869 21 est est NNP 1662 5869 22 . . . 1662 5869 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5870 1 Total total JJ 1662 5870 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5870 3 rate rate NN 1662 5870 4 : : : 1662 5870 5 2.89 2.89 CD 1662 5870 6 children child NNS 1662 5870 7 born bear VBN 1662 5870 8 / / SYM 1662 5870 9 woman woman NN 1662 5870 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5870 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5870 12 est est NNP 1662 5870 13 . . . 1662 5870 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5871 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5871 2 : : : 1662 5871 3 noun noun NNP 1662 5871 4 : : : 1662 5871 5 Mongolian(s Mongolian(s NNP 1662 5871 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5871 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 5871 8 : : : 1662 5871 9 Mongolian mongolian JJ 1662 5871 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5871 11 groups group NNS 1662 5871 12 : : : 1662 5871 13 Mongol Mongol NNP 1662 5871 14 90 90 CD 1662 5871 15 % % NN 1662 5871 16 , , , 1662 5871 17 Kazak Kazak NNP 1662 5871 18 4 4 CD 1662 5871 19 % % NN 1662 5871 20 , , , 1662 5871 21 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 5871 22 2 2 CD 1662 5871 23 % % NN 1662 5871 24 , , , 1662 5871 25 Russian russian JJ 1662 5871 26 2 2 CD 1662 5871 27 % % NN 1662 5871 28 , , , 1662 5871 29 other other JJ 1662 5871 30 2 2 CD 1662 5871 31 % % NN 1662 5871 32 Religions religion NNS 1662 5871 33 : : : 1662 5871 34 predominantly predominantly RB 1662 5871 35 Tibetan Tibetan NNP 1662 5871 36 Buddhist Buddhist NNP 1662 5871 37 , , , 1662 5871 38 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 5871 39 4 4 CD 1662 5871 40 % % NN 1662 5871 41 note note NN 1662 5871 42 : : : 1662 5871 43 previously previously RB 1662 5871 44 limited limited JJ 1662 5871 45 religious religious JJ 1662 5871 46 activity activity NN 1662 5871 47 because because IN 1662 5871 48 of of IN 1662 5871 49 communist communist JJ 1662 5871 50 regime regime NN 1662 5871 51 Languages Languages NNP 1662 5871 52 : : : 1662 5871 53 Khalkha Khalkha NNP 1662 5871 54 Mongol Mongol NNP 1662 5871 55 90 90 CD 1662 5871 56 % % NN 1662 5871 57 , , , 1662 5871 58 Turkic Turkic NNP 1662 5871 59 , , , 1662 5871 60 Russian Russian NNP 1662 5871 61 , , , 1662 5871 62 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 5871 63 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 5871 64 : : : 1662 5871 65 definition definition NN 1662 5871 66 : : : 1662 5871 67 age age NN 1662 5871 68 15 15 CD 1662 5871 69 and and CC 1662 5871 70 over over RB 1662 5871 71 can can MD 1662 5871 72 read read VB 1662 5871 73 and and CC 1662 5871 74 write write VB 1662 5871 75 total total JJ 1662 5871 76 population population NN 1662 5871 77 : : : 1662 5871 78 82.9 82.9 CD 1662 5871 79 % % NNP 1662 5871 80 male male NN 1662 5871 81 : : : 1662 5871 82 88.6 88.6 CD 1662 5871 83 % % NN 1662 5871 84 female female NN 1662 5871 85 : : : 1662 5871 86 77.2 77.2 CD 1662 5871 87 % % NN 1662 5871 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5871 89 1988 1988 CD 1662 5871 90 est est NNP 1662 5871 91 . . . 1662 5871 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 1 @Mongolia @mongolia LS 1662 5872 2 : : : 1662 5872 3 Government Government NNP 1662 5872 4 Country Country NNP 1662 5872 5 name name NN 1662 5872 6 : : : 1662 5872 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5872 8 long long JJ 1662 5872 9 form form NN 1662 5872 10 : : : 1662 5872 11 none none NN 1662 5872 12 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5872 13 short short JJ 1662 5872 14 form form NN 1662 5872 15 : : : 1662 5872 16 Mongolia Mongolia NNP 1662 5872 17 local local JJ 1662 5872 18 long long JJ 1662 5872 19 form form NN 1662 5872 20 : : : 1662 5872 21 none none NN 1662 5872 22 local local JJ 1662 5872 23 short short JJ 1662 5872 24 form form NN 1662 5872 25 : : : 1662 5872 26 Mongol Mongol NNP 1662 5872 27 Uls uls VB 1662 5872 28 former former RB 1662 5872 29 : : : 1662 5872 30 Outer Outer NNP 1662 5872 31 Mongolia Mongolia NNP 1662 5872 32 Data Data NNP 1662 5872 33 code code NN 1662 5872 34 : : : 1662 5872 35 MG MG NNP 1662 5872 36 Government Government NNP 1662 5872 37 type type NN 1662 5872 38 : : : 1662 5872 39 republic republic NNP 1662 5872 40 National national JJ 1662 5872 41 capital capital NN 1662 5872 42 : : : 1662 5872 43 Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar NNP 1662 5872 44 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 5872 45 divisions division NNS 1662 5872 46 : : : 1662 5872 47 18 18 CD 1662 5872 48 provinces province NNS 1662 5872 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 50 aymguud aymguud JJ 1662 5872 51 , , , 1662 5872 52 singular singular JJ 1662 5872 53 - - HYPH 1662 5872 54 aymag aymag NN 1662 5872 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 56 and and CC 1662 5872 57 3 3 CD 1662 5872 58 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 5872 59 * * NFP 1662 5872 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 61 hotuud hotuud NNP 1662 5872 62 , , , 1662 5872 63 singular singular JJ 1662 5872 64 - - HYPH 1662 5872 65 hot hot JJ 1662 5872 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 67 ; ; : 1662 5872 68 Arhangay Arhangay NNP 1662 5872 69 , , , 1662 5872 70 Bayanhongor Bayanhongor NNP 1662 5872 71 , , , 1662 5872 72 Bayan Bayan NNP 1662 5872 73 - - HYPH 1662 5872 74 Olgiy Olgiy NNP 1662 5872 75 , , , 1662 5872 76 Bulgan Bulgan NNP 1662 5872 77 , , , 1662 5872 78 Darhan Darhan NNP 1662 5872 79 * * NFP 1662 5872 80 , , , 1662 5872 81 Dornod Dornod NNP 1662 5872 82 , , , 1662 5872 83 Dornogovi Dornogovi NNP 1662 5872 84 , , , 1662 5872 85 Dundgovi Dundgovi NNP 1662 5872 86 , , , 1662 5872 87 Dzavhan Dzavhan NNP 1662 5872 88 , , , 1662 5872 89 Erdenet Erdenet NNP 1662 5872 90 * * NFP 1662 5872 91 , , , 1662 5872 92 Govi Govi NNP 1662 5872 93 - - HYPH 1662 5872 94 Altay Altay NNP 1662 5872 95 , , , 1662 5872 96 Hentiy Hentiy NNP 1662 5872 97 , , , 1662 5872 98 Hovd Hovd NNP 1662 5872 99 , , , 1662 5872 100 Hovsgol Hovsgol NNP 1662 5872 101 , , , 1662 5872 102 Omnogovi Omnogovi NNP 1662 5872 103 , , , 1662 5872 104 Ovorhangay Ovorhangay NNP 1662 5872 105 , , , 1662 5872 106 Selenge Selenge NNP 1662 5872 107 , , , 1662 5872 108 Suhbaatar Suhbaatar NNP 1662 5872 109 , , , 1662 5872 110 Tov Tov NNP 1662 5872 111 , , , 1662 5872 112 Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar NNP 1662 5872 113 * * NFP 1662 5872 114 , , , 1662 5872 115 Uvs Uvs NNP 1662 5872 116 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5872 117 : : : 1662 5872 118 13 13 CD 1662 5872 119 March March NNP 1662 5872 120 1921 1921 CD 1662 5872 121 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 122 from from IN 1662 5872 123 China China NNP 1662 5872 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 125 National national JJ 1662 5872 126 holiday holiday NN 1662 5872 127 : : : 1662 5872 128 National National NNP 1662 5872 129 Day Day NNP 1662 5872 130 , , , 1662 5872 131 11 11 CD 1662 5872 132 July July NNP 1662 5872 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 134 1921 1921 CD 1662 5872 135 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 136 Constitution constitution NN 1662 5872 137 : : : 1662 5872 138 12 12 CD 1662 5872 139 February February NNP 1662 5872 140 1992 1992 CD 1662 5872 141 Legal legal JJ 1662 5872 142 system system NN 1662 5872 143 : : : 1662 5872 144 blend blend NN 1662 5872 145 of of IN 1662 5872 146 Russian russian JJ 1662 5872 147 , , , 1662 5872 148 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 5872 149 , , , 1662 5872 150 and and CC 1662 5872 151 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 5872 152 systems system NNS 1662 5872 153 of of IN 1662 5872 154 law law NN 1662 5872 155 ; ; : 1662 5872 156 no no DT 1662 5872 157 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 5872 158 provision provision NN 1662 5872 159 for for IN 1662 5872 160 judicial judicial JJ 1662 5872 161 review review NN 1662 5872 162 of of IN 1662 5872 163 legislative legislative JJ 1662 5872 164 acts act NNS 1662 5872 165 ; ; : 1662 5872 166 has have VBZ 1662 5872 167 not not RB 1662 5872 168 accepted accept VBN 1662 5872 169 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 5872 170 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 5872 171 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 5872 172 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 5872 173 : : : 1662 5872 174 18 18 CD 1662 5872 175 years year NNS 1662 5872 176 of of IN 1662 5872 177 age age NN 1662 5872 178 ; ; : 1662 5872 179 universal universal JJ 1662 5872 180 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5872 181 branch branch NN 1662 5872 182 : : : 1662 5872 183 chief chief NN 1662 5872 184 of of IN 1662 5872 185 state state NN 1662 5872 186 : : : 1662 5872 187 President President NNP 1662 5872 188 Punsalmaagiyn Punsalmaagiyn NNP 1662 5872 189 OCHIRBAT OCHIRBAT NNP 1662 5872 190 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 191 since since IN 1662 5872 192 3 3 CD 1662 5872 193 September September NNP 1662 5872 194 1990 1990 CD 1662 5872 195 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 196 head head NN 1662 5872 197 of of IN 1662 5872 198 government government NN 1662 5872 199 : : : 1662 5872 200 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5872 201 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5872 202 Mendsaihan Mendsaihan NNP 1662 5872 203 ENHSAIHAN ENHSAIHAN NNP 1662 5872 204 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 205 since since IN 1662 5872 206 18 18 CD 1662 5872 207 July July NNP 1662 5872 208 1996 1996 CD 1662 5872 209 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 210 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5872 211 : : : 1662 5872 212 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 5872 213 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5872 214 by by IN 1662 5872 215 the the DT 1662 5872 216 State State NNP 1662 5872 217 Great Great NNP 1662 5872 218 Hural hural JJ 1662 5872 219 elections election NNS 1662 5872 220 : : : 1662 5872 221 president president NN 1662 5872 222 nominated nominate VBN 1662 5872 223 by by IN 1662 5872 224 parties party NNS 1662 5872 225 in in IN 1662 5872 226 the the DT 1662 5872 227 State State NNP 1662 5872 228 Great Great NNP 1662 5872 229 Hural Hural NNP 1662 5872 230 and and CC 1662 5872 231 elected elect VBN 1662 5872 232 by by IN 1662 5872 233 popular popular JJ 1662 5872 234 vote vote NN 1662 5872 235 for for IN 1662 5872 236 a a DT 1662 5872 237 four four CD 1662 5872 238 - - HYPH 1662 5872 239 year year NN 1662 5872 240 term term NN 1662 5872 241 ; ; : 1662 5872 242 election election NN 1662 5872 243 last last JJ 1662 5872 244 held hold VBD 1662 5872 245 6 6 CD 1662 5872 246 June June NNP 1662 5872 247 1993 1993 CD 1662 5872 248 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 249 next next JJ 1662 5872 250 to to TO 1662 5872 251 be be VB 1662 5872 252 held hold VBN 1662 5872 253 19 19 CD 1662 5872 254 May May NNP 1662 5872 255 1997 1997 CD 1662 5872 256 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 257 ; ; : 1662 5872 258 following follow VBG 1662 5872 259 legislative legislative JJ 1662 5872 260 elections election NNS 1662 5872 261 , , , 1662 5872 262 the the DT 1662 5872 263 leader leader NN 1662 5872 264 of of IN 1662 5872 265 the the DT 1662 5872 266 majority majority NNP 1662 5872 267 party party NN 1662 5872 268 or or CC 1662 5872 269 majority majority NN 1662 5872 270 coalition coalition NN 1662 5872 271 is be VBZ 1662 5872 272 usually usually RB 1662 5872 273 elected elect VBN 1662 5872 274 prime prime JJ 1662 5872 275 minister minister NN 1662 5872 276 by by IN 1662 5872 277 the the DT 1662 5872 278 State State NNP 1662 5872 279 Great Great NNP 1662 5872 280 Hural hural JJ 1662 5872 281 election election NN 1662 5872 282 results result NNS 1662 5872 283 : : : 1662 5872 284 Punsalmaagiyn Punsalmaagiyn NNP 1662 5872 285 OCHIRBAT OCHIRBAT NNP 1662 5872 286 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 287 MNDP MNDP NNP 1662 5872 288 and and CC 1662 5872 289 MSDP MSDP NNP 1662 5872 290 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 291 reelected reelect VBD 1662 5872 292 president president NN 1662 5872 293 ; ; : 1662 5872 294 percent percent NN 1662 5872 295 of of IN 1662 5872 296 vote vote NN 1662 5872 297 - - HYPH 1662 5872 298 Punsalmaagiyn Punsalmaagiyn NNP 1662 5872 299 OCHIRBAT OCHIRBAT NNP 1662 5872 300 57.8 57.8 CD 1662 5872 301 % % NN 1662 5872 302 , , , 1662 5872 303 Lodongiyn lodongiyn NN 1662 5872 304 TUDEV TUDEV NNP 1662 5872 305 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 306 MPRP MPRP NNP 1662 5872 307 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 308 NA% na% XX 1662 5872 309 ; ; : 1662 5872 310 Mendsaihan Mendsaihan NNP 1662 5872 311 ENHSAIHAN ENHSAIHAN NNP 1662 5872 312 elected elect VBD 1662 5872 313 prime prime JJ 1662 5872 314 minister minister NN 1662 5872 315 ; ; : 1662 5872 316 percent percent NN 1662 5872 317 of of IN 1662 5872 318 State State NNP 1662 5872 319 Great Great NNP 1662 5872 320 Hural hural JJ 1662 5872 321 vote vote NN 1662 5872 322 - - HYPH 1662 5872 323 NA NA NNP 1662 5872 324 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 5872 325 branch branch NN 1662 5872 326 : : : 1662 5872 327 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 5872 328 State State NNP 1662 5872 329 Great Great NNP 1662 5872 330 Hural Hural NNP 1662 5872 331 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 332 76 76 CD 1662 5872 333 seats seat NNS 1662 5872 334 ; ; : 1662 5872 335 members member NNS 1662 5872 336 elected elect VBN 1662 5872 337 by by IN 1662 5872 338 popular popular JJ 1662 5872 339 vote vote NN 1662 5872 340 to to TO 1662 5872 341 serve serve VB 1662 5872 342 four four CD 1662 5872 343 - - HYPH 1662 5872 344 year year NN 1662 5872 345 terms term NNS 1662 5872 346 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 347 elections election NNS 1662 5872 348 : : : 1662 5872 349 last last RB 1662 5872 350 held hold VBD 1662 5872 351 30 30 CD 1662 5872 352 June June NNP 1662 5872 353 1996 1996 CD 1662 5872 354 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 355 next next JJ 1662 5872 356 to to TO 1662 5872 357 be be VB 1662 5872 358 held hold VBN 1662 5872 359 NA NA NNP 1662 5872 360 June June NNP 1662 5872 361 2000 2000 CD 1662 5872 362 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 363 election election NN 1662 5872 364 results result NNS 1662 5872 365 : : : 1662 5872 366 percent percent NN 1662 5872 367 of of IN 1662 5872 368 vote vote NN 1662 5872 369 by by IN 1662 5872 370 party party NNP 1662 5872 371 - - HYPH 1662 5872 372 DUC DUC NNP 1662 5872 373 66 66 CD 1662 5872 374 % % NN 1662 5872 375 , , , 1662 5872 376 MPRP MPRP NNP 1662 5872 377 33 33 CD 1662 5872 378 % % NN 1662 5872 379 , , , 1662 5872 380 MCP MCP NNP 1662 5872 381 1 1 CD 1662 5872 382 % % NN 1662 5872 383 ; ; , 1662 5872 384 seats seat NNS 1662 5872 385 by by IN 1662 5872 386 party party NN 1662 5872 387 - - HYPH 1662 5872 388 DUC DUC NNP 1662 5872 389 50 50 CD 1662 5872 390 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 391 MNDP MNDP NNP 1662 5872 392 34 34 CD 1662 5872 393 , , , 1662 5872 394 MSDP MSDP NNP 1662 5872 395 13 13 CD 1662 5872 396 , , , 1662 5872 397 independents independent NNS 1662 5872 398 3 3 CD 1662 5872 399 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 400 , , , 1662 5872 401 MPRP MPRP NNP 1662 5872 402 25 25 CD 1662 5872 403 , , , 1662 5872 404 MCP MCP NNP 1662 5872 405 1 1 CD 1662 5872 406 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 5872 407 branch branch NN 1662 5872 408 : : : 1662 5872 409 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5872 410 Court Court NNP 1662 5872 411 , , , 1662 5872 412 serves serve VBZ 1662 5872 413 as as IN 1662 5872 414 appeals appeal NNS 1662 5872 415 court court NN 1662 5872 416 for for IN 1662 5872 417 people people NNS 1662 5872 418 's 's POS 1662 5872 419 and and CC 1662 5872 420 provincial provincial JJ 1662 5872 421 courts court NNS 1662 5872 422 , , , 1662 5872 423 but but CC 1662 5872 424 to to IN 1662 5872 425 date date NN 1662 5872 426 rarely rarely RB 1662 5872 427 overturns overturn VBZ 1662 5872 428 verdicts verdict NNS 1662 5872 429 of of IN 1662 5872 430 lower low JJR 1662 5872 431 courts court NNS 1662 5872 432 , , , 1662 5872 433 judges judge NNS 1662 5872 434 are be VBP 1662 5872 435 nominated nominate VBN 1662 5872 436 by by IN 1662 5872 437 the the DT 1662 5872 438 General General NNP 1662 5872 439 Council Council NNP 1662 5872 440 of of IN 1662 5872 441 Courts Courts NNPS 1662 5872 442 for for IN 1662 5872 443 approval approval NN 1662 5872 444 by by IN 1662 5872 445 the the DT 1662 5872 446 Great Great NNP 1662 5872 447 Hural hural JJ 1662 5872 448 Political political JJ 1662 5872 449 parties party NNS 1662 5872 450 and and CC 1662 5872 451 leaders leader NNS 1662 5872 452 : : : 1662 5872 453 Mongolian Mongolian NNP 1662 5872 454 People People NNPS 1662 5872 455 's 's POS 1662 5872 456 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 5872 457 Party Party NNP 1662 5872 458 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 459 MPRP MPRP NNP 1662 5872 460 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 461 , , , 1662 5872 462 N. N. NNP 1662 5872 463 ENHBAYAR ENHBAYAR NNP 1662 5872 464 , , , 1662 5872 465 general general JJ 1662 5872 466 secretary secretary NN 1662 5872 467 ; ; : 1662 5872 468 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5872 469 Union Union NNP 1662 5872 470 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 5872 471 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 472 DUC DUC NNP 1662 5872 473 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 474 , , , 1662 5872 475 Mendsaihan Mendsaihan NNP 1662 5872 476 ENHSAIHAN ENHSAIHAN NNP 1662 5872 477 , , , 1662 5872 478 general general JJ 1662 5872 479 secretary secretary NN 1662 5872 480 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 481 includes include VBZ 1662 5872 482 Mongolian Mongolian NNP 1662 5872 483 National National NNP 1662 5872 484 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5872 485 Party Party NNP 1662 5872 486 or or CC 1662 5872 487 MNDP MNDP NNP 1662 5872 488 , , , 1662 5872 489 M. M. NNP 1662 5872 490 ENHSAIHAN ENHSAIHAN NNP 1662 5872 491 , , , 1662 5872 492 chairman chairman NN 1662 5872 493 ; ; : 1662 5872 494 Mongolian mongolian JJ 1662 5872 495 Social Social NNP 1662 5872 496 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5872 497 Party Party NNP 1662 5872 498 or or CC 1662 5872 499 MSDP MSDP NNP 1662 5872 500 , , , 1662 5872 501 Radnaasumbereliyn Radnaasumbereliyn NNP 1662 5872 502 GONCHIGDORJI GONCHIGDORJI NNP 1662 5872 503 , , , 1662 5872 504 chairman chairman NN 1662 5872 505 ; ; : 1662 5872 506 Green Green NNP 1662 5872 507 Party Party NNP 1662 5872 508 , , , 1662 5872 509 leader leader NN 1662 5872 510 NA NA NNP 1662 5872 511 ; ; , 1662 5872 512 and and CC 1662 5872 513 Mongolian Mongolian NNP 1662 5872 514 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5872 515 Party Party NNP 1662 5872 516 of of IN 1662 5872 517 Believers Believers NNPS 1662 5872 518 or or CC 1662 5872 519 MDPB MDPB NNP 1662 5872 520 , , , 1662 5872 521 leader leader NN 1662 5872 522 NA NA NNP 1662 5872 523 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 524 ; ; : 1662 5872 525 Mongolian Mongolian NNP 1662 5872 526 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 5872 527 Party Party NNP 1662 5872 528 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 529 MCP MCP NNP 1662 5872 530 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 531 , , , 1662 5872 532 leader leader NN 1662 5872 533 NA NA NNP 1662 5872 534 ; ; : 1662 5872 535 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5872 536 Power Power NNP 1662 5872 537 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 5872 538 , , , 1662 5872 539 D. D. NNP 1662 5872 540 BYAMBASUREN BYAMBASUREN NNP 1662 5872 541 , , , 1662 5872 542 chairman chairman NN 1662 5872 543 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 544 includes include VBZ 1662 5872 545 Mongolian Mongolian NNP 1662 5872 546 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5872 547 Renaissance Renaissance NNP 1662 5872 548 Party Party NNP 1662 5872 549 or or CC 1662 5872 550 MDRP MDRP NNP 1662 5872 551 , , , 1662 5872 552 BYAMBASUREN byambasuren NN 1662 5872 553 , , , 1662 5872 554 chairman chairman NN 1662 5872 555 , , , 1662 5872 556 and and CC 1662 5872 557 Mongolian Mongolian NNP 1662 5872 558 People People NNPS 1662 5872 559 's 's POS 1662 5872 560 Party Party NNP 1662 5872 561 or or CC 1662 5872 562 MPP MPP NNP 1662 5872 563 , , , 1662 5872 564 leader leader NN 1662 5872 565 NA NA NNP 1662 5872 566 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 567 ; ; : 1662 5872 568 Mongolian Mongolian NNP 1662 5872 569 National National NNP 1662 5872 570 Solidarity Solidarity NNP 1662 5872 571 Party Party NNP 1662 5872 572 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 573 MNSP MNSP NNP 1662 5872 574 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 575 , , , 1662 5872 576 leader leader NN 1662 5872 577 NA NA NNP 1662 5872 578 ; ; : 1662 5872 579 Bourgeois Bourgeois NNP 1662 5872 580 Party Party NNP 1662 5872 581 / / SYM 1662 5872 582 Capitalist Capitalist NNP 1662 5872 583 Party Party NNP 1662 5872 584 , , , 1662 5872 585 VARGALSAIHAN VARGALSAIHAN NNP 1662 5872 586 , , , 1662 5872 587 chairman chairman NN 1662 5872 588 ; ; : 1662 5872 589 United United NNP 1662 5872 590 Heritage Heritage NNP 1662 5872 591 Party Party NNP 1662 5872 592 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 593 UHP UHP NNP 1662 5872 594 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 595 , , , 1662 5872 596 B. B. NNP 1662 5872 597 JAMTSAI JAMTSAI NNP 1662 5872 598 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 599 includes include VBZ 1662 5872 600 United United NNP 1662 5872 601 Party Party NNP 1662 5872 602 of of IN 1662 5872 603 Herdsman Herdsman NNP 1662 5872 604 and and CC 1662 5872 605 Farmers Farmers NNP 1662 5872 606 , , , 1662 5872 607 leader leader NN 1662 5872 608 NA NA NNP 1662 5872 609 ; ; : 1662 5872 610 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5872 611 Party Party NNP 1662 5872 612 , , , 1662 5872 613 leader leader NN 1662 5872 614 NA na NN 1662 5872 615 ; ; , 1662 5872 616 Traditional Traditional NNP 1662 5872 617 United United NNP 1662 5872 618 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 5872 619 Party Party NNP 1662 5872 620 , , , 1662 5872 621 leader leader NN 1662 5872 622 NA NA NNP 1662 5872 623 ; ; , 1662 5872 624 and and CC 1662 5872 625 Mongolian mongolian JJ 1662 5872 626 United United NNP 1662 5872 627 Private Private NNP 1662 5872 628 Property Property NNP 1662 5872 629 Owners Owners NNP 1662 5872 630 Party Party NNP 1662 5872 631 , , , 1662 5872 632 leader leader NN 1662 5872 633 NA NA NNP 1662 5872 634 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 635 ; ; : 1662 5872 636 Workers Workers NNP 1662 5872 637 ' ' POS 1662 5872 638 Party Party NNP 1662 5872 639 , , , 1662 5872 640 leader leader NN 1662 5872 641 NA NA NNP 1662 5872 642 International international JJ 1662 5872 643 organization organization NN 1662 5872 644 participation participation NN 1662 5872 645 : : : 1662 5872 646 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 5872 647 , , , 1662 5872 648 CCC CCC NNP 1662 5872 649 , , , 1662 5872 650 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 5872 651 , , , 1662 5872 652 FAO FAO NNP 1662 5872 653 , , , 1662 5872 654 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 5872 655 , , , 1662 5872 656 IAEA iaea NN 1662 5872 657 , , , 1662 5872 658 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 5872 659 , , , 1662 5872 660 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 5872 661 , , , 1662 5872 662 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 5872 663 , , , 1662 5872 664 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 5872 665 , , , 1662 5872 666 IDA IDA NNP 1662 5872 667 , , , 1662 5872 668 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 5872 669 , , , 1662 5872 670 IFC IFC NNP 1662 5872 671 , , , 1662 5872 672 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 5872 673 , , , 1662 5872 674 ILO ILO NNP 1662 5872 675 , , , 1662 5872 676 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5872 677 , , , 1662 5872 678 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5872 679 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 680 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 5872 681 user user NN 1662 5872 682 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 683 , , , 1662 5872 684 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 5872 685 , , , 1662 5872 686 IOC IOC NNP 1662 5872 687 , , , 1662 5872 688 ISO ISO NNP 1662 5872 689 , , , 1662 5872 690 ITU ITU NNP 1662 5872 691 , , , 1662 5872 692 NAM NAM NNP 1662 5872 693 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 694 observer observer NNP 1662 5872 695 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 696 , , , 1662 5872 697 UN UN NNP 1662 5872 698 , , , 1662 5872 699 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 5872 700 , , , 1662 5872 701 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 5872 702 , , , 1662 5872 703 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 5872 704 , , , 1662 5872 705 UPU UPU NNP 1662 5872 706 , , , 1662 5872 707 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 5872 708 , , , 1662 5872 709 WHO who WP 1662 5872 710 , , , 1662 5872 711 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 5872 712 , , , 1662 5872 713 WMO WMO NNP 1662 5872 714 , , , 1662 5872 715 WToO wtoo FW 1662 5872 716 , , , 1662 5872 717 WTrO wtro VB 1662 5872 718 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5872 719 representation representation NN 1662 5872 720 in in IN 1662 5872 721 the the DT 1662 5872 722 US US NNP 1662 5872 723 : : : 1662 5872 724 chief chief NN 1662 5872 725 of of IN 1662 5872 726 mission mission NN 1662 5872 727 : : : 1662 5872 728 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5872 729 Jalbuugiyn Jalbuugiyn NNP 1662 5872 730 CHOINHOR CHOINHOR NNP 1662 5872 731 chancery chancery NN 1662 5872 732 : : : 1662 5872 733 2833 2833 CD 1662 5872 734 M M NNP 1662 5872 735 Street Street NNP 1662 5872 736 NW NW NNP 1662 5872 737 , , , 1662 5872 738 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5872 739 , , , 1662 5872 740 DC DC NNP 1662 5872 741 20007 20007 CD 1662 5872 742 telephone telephone NN 1662 5872 743 : : : 1662 5872 744 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5872 745 1 1 CD 1662 5872 746 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5872 747 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 748 202 202 CD 1662 5872 749 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 750 333 333 CD 1662 5872 751 - - HYPH 1662 5872 752 7117 7117 CD 1662 5872 753 FAX FAX NNP 1662 5872 754 : : : 1662 5872 755 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5872 756 1 1 CD 1662 5872 757 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5872 758 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 759 202 202 CD 1662 5872 760 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 761 298 298 CD 1662 5872 762 - - HYPH 1662 5872 763 9227 9227 CD 1662 5872 764 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 5872 765 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 766 general general NN 1662 5872 767 : : : 1662 5872 768 New New NNP 1662 5872 769 York York NNP 1662 5872 770 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5872 771 representation representation NN 1662 5872 772 from from IN 1662 5872 773 the the DT 1662 5872 774 US US NNP 1662 5872 775 : : : 1662 5872 776 chief chief NN 1662 5872 777 of of IN 1662 5872 778 mission mission NN 1662 5872 779 : : : 1662 5872 780 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5872 781 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 782 vacant vacant JJ 1662 5872 783 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 784 ; ; : 1662 5872 785 Charge charge NN 1662 5872 786 d'Affaires d'Affaires NNP 1662 5872 787 Llewellyn Llewellyn NNP 1662 5872 788 HEDGBETH HEDGBETH NNP 1662 5872 789 embassy embassy NN 1662 5872 790 : : : 1662 5872 791 inner inner JJ 1662 5872 792 north north NN 1662 5872 793 side side NN 1662 5872 794 of of IN 1662 5872 795 the the DT 1662 5872 796 Big Big NNP 1662 5872 797 Ring Ring NNP 1662 5872 798 , , , 1662 5872 799 just just RB 1662 5872 800 west west RB 1662 5872 801 of of IN 1662 5872 802 the the DT 1662 5872 803 Selbe Selbe NNP 1662 5872 804 Gol Gol NNP 1662 5872 805 , , , 1662 5872 806 Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar NNP 1662 5872 807 mailing mailing NN 1662 5872 808 address address NN 1662 5872 809 : : : 1662 5872 810 c c NN 1662 5872 811 / / SYM 1662 5872 812 o o NN 1662 5872 813 American American NNP 1662 5872 814 Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 5872 815 Beijing Beijing NNP 1662 5872 816 , , , 1662 5872 817 Micro Micro NNP 1662 5872 818 Region Region NNP 1662 5872 819 11 11 CD 1662 5872 820 , , , 1662 5872 821 Big Big NNP 1662 5872 822 Ring Ring NNP 1662 5872 823 Road Road NNP 1662 5872 824 ; ; : 1662 5872 825 PSC psc NN 1662 5872 826 461 461 CD 1662 5872 827 , , , 1662 5872 828 Box Box NNP 1662 5872 829 300 300 CD 1662 5872 830 , , , 1662 5872 831 FPO FPO NNP 1662 5872 832 AP AP NNP 1662 5872 833 96521 96521 CD 1662 5872 834 - - HYPH 1662 5872 835 0002 0002 CD 1662 5872 836 telephone telephone NN 1662 5872 837 : : : 1662 5872 838 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5872 839 976 976 CD 1662 5872 840 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5872 841 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 842 1 1 CD 1662 5872 843 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 844 329095 329095 CD 1662 5872 845 , , , 1662 5872 846 329606 329606 CD 1662 5872 847 FAX FAX NNP 1662 5872 848 : : : 1662 5872 849 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5872 850 976 976 CD 1662 5872 851 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5872 852 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 853 1 1 CD 1662 5872 854 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 855 320776 320776 CD 1662 5872 856 Flag flag NN 1662 5872 857 description description NN 1662 5872 858 : : : 1662 5872 859 three three CD 1662 5872 860 equal equal JJ 1662 5872 861 , , , 1662 5872 862 vertical vertical JJ 1662 5872 863 bands band NNS 1662 5872 864 of of IN 1662 5872 865 red red JJ 1662 5872 866 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 867 hoist hoist NN 1662 5872 868 side side NN 1662 5872 869 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 870 , , , 1662 5872 871 blue blue NNP 1662 5872 872 , , , 1662 5872 873 and and CC 1662 5872 874 red red NN 1662 5872 875 , , , 1662 5872 876 centered center VBN 1662 5872 877 on on IN 1662 5872 878 the the DT 1662 5872 879 hoist hoist NN 1662 5872 880 - - HYPH 1662 5872 881 side side NN 1662 5872 882 red red JJ 1662 5872 883 band band NN 1662 5872 884 in in IN 1662 5872 885 yellow yellow NNP 1662 5872 886 is be VBZ 1662 5872 887 the the DT 1662 5872 888 national national JJ 1662 5872 889 emblem emblem NN 1662 5872 890 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5872 891 " " `` 1662 5872 892 soyombo soyombo NNP 1662 5872 893 " " '' 1662 5872 894 - - , 1662 5872 895 a a DT 1662 5872 896 columnar columnar JJ 1662 5872 897 arrangement arrangement NN 1662 5872 898 of of IN 1662 5872 899 abstract abstract JJ 1662 5872 900 and and CC 1662 5872 901 geometric geometric JJ 1662 5872 902 representation representation NN 1662 5872 903 for for IN 1662 5872 904 fire fire NN 1662 5872 905 , , , 1662 5872 906 sun sun NN 1662 5872 907 , , , 1662 5872 908 moon moon NN 1662 5872 909 , , , 1662 5872 910 earth earth NN 1662 5872 911 , , , 1662 5872 912 water water NN 1662 5872 913 , , , 1662 5872 914 and and CC 1662 5872 915 the the DT 1662 5872 916 yin yin NNP 1662 5872 917 - - HYPH 1662 5872 918 yang yang NNP 1662 5872 919 symbol symbol NN 1662 5872 920 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5872 921 Economy Economy NNP 1662 5872 922 Economy economy NN 1662 5872 923 - - HYPH 1662 5872 924 overview overview NN 1662 5872 925 : : : 1662 5872 926 The the DT 1662 5872 927 new new JJ 1662 5872 928 government government NN 1662 5872 929 has have VBZ 1662 5872 930 embraced embrace VBN 1662 5872 931 free free JJ 1662 5872 932 - - HYPH 1662 5872 933 market market NN 1662 5872 934 economics economic NNS 1662 5872 935 , , , 1662 5872 936 freezing freeze VBG 1662 5872 937 spending spending NN 1662 5872 938 , , , 1662 5872 939 easing ease VBG 1662 5872 940 price price NN 1662 5872 941 controls control NNS 1662 5872 942 , , , 1662 5872 943 liberalizing liberalize VBG 1662 5872 944 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5872 945 and and CC 1662 5872 946 international international JJ 1662 5872 947 trade trade NN 1662 5872 948 . . . 1662 5873 1 Mongolia Mongolia NNP 1662 5873 2 's 's POS 1662 5873 3 severe severe JJ 1662 5873 4 climate climate NN 1662 5873 5 , , , 1662 5873 6 scattered scatter VBN 1662 5873 7 population population NN 1662 5873 8 , , , 1662 5873 9 and and CC 1662 5873 10 wide wide JJ 1662 5873 11 expanses expanse NNS 1662 5873 12 of of IN 1662 5873 13 unproductive unproductive JJ 1662 5873 14 land land NN 1662 5873 15 , , , 1662 5873 16 however however RB 1662 5873 17 , , , 1662 5873 18 have have VBP 1662 5873 19 constrained constrain VBN 1662 5873 20 economic economic JJ 1662 5873 21 development development NN 1662 5873 22 . . . 1662 5874 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 5874 2 activity activity NN 1662 5874 3 traditionally traditionally RB 1662 5874 4 has have VBZ 1662 5874 5 been be VBN 1662 5874 6 based base VBN 1662 5874 7 on on IN 1662 5874 8 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5874 9 and and CC 1662 5874 10 the the DT 1662 5874 11 breeding breeding NN 1662 5874 12 of of IN 1662 5874 13 livestock livestock NN 1662 5874 14 . . . 1662 5875 1 In in IN 1662 5875 2 past past JJ 1662 5875 3 years year NNS 1662 5875 4 extensive extensive JJ 1662 5875 5 mineral mineral NN 1662 5875 6 resources resource NNS 1662 5875 7 had have VBD 1662 5875 8 been be VBN 1662 5875 9 developed develop VBN 1662 5875 10 with with IN 1662 5875 11 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 5875 12 support support NN 1662 5875 13 ; ; : 1662 5875 14 total total JJ 1662 5875 15 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 5875 16 assistance assistance NN 1662 5875 17 at at IN 1662 5875 18 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 5875 19 height height NN 1662 5875 20 amounted amount VBD 1662 5875 21 to to IN 1662 5875 22 30 30 CD 1662 5875 23 % % NN 1662 5875 24 of of IN 1662 5875 25 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5875 26 . . . 1662 5876 1 The the DT 1662 5876 2 mining mining NN 1662 5876 3 and and CC 1662 5876 4 processing processing NN 1662 5876 5 of of IN 1662 5876 6 coal coal NN 1662 5876 7 , , , 1662 5876 8 copper copper NN 1662 5876 9 , , , 1662 5876 10 molybdenum molybdenum NN 1662 5876 11 , , , 1662 5876 12 tin tin NN 1662 5876 13 , , , 1662 5876 14 tungsten tungsten NN 1662 5876 15 , , , 1662 5876 16 and and CC 1662 5876 17 gold gold NN 1662 5876 18 account account NN 1662 5876 19 for for IN 1662 5876 20 a a DT 1662 5876 21 large large JJ 1662 5876 22 part part NN 1662 5876 23 of of IN 1662 5876 24 industrial industrial JJ 1662 5876 25 production production NN 1662 5876 26 . . . 1662 5877 1 The the DT 1662 5877 2 dramatic dramatic JJ 1662 5877 3 drop drop NN 1662 5877 4 in in IN 1662 5877 5 the the DT 1662 5877 6 price price NN 1662 5877 7 of of IN 1662 5877 8 copper copper NN 1662 5877 9 which which WDT 1662 5877 10 accounts account VBZ 1662 5877 11 for for IN 1662 5877 12 half half NN 1662 5877 13 of of IN 1662 5877 14 the the DT 1662 5877 15 country country NN 1662 5877 16 's 's POS 1662 5877 17 export export NN 1662 5877 18 earnings earning NNS 1662 5877 19 , , , 1662 5877 20 has have VBZ 1662 5877 21 held hold VBN 1662 5877 22 back back RP 1662 5877 23 economic economic JJ 1662 5877 24 growth growth NN 1662 5877 25 . . . 1662 5878 1 The the DT 1662 5878 2 Mongolian mongolian JJ 1662 5878 3 leadership leadership NN 1662 5878 4 also also RB 1662 5878 5 has have VBZ 1662 5878 6 been be VBN 1662 5878 7 soliciting solicit VBG 1662 5878 8 support support NN 1662 5878 9 from from IN 1662 5878 10 international international JJ 1662 5878 11 financial financial JJ 1662 5878 12 agencies agency NNS 1662 5878 13 and and CC 1662 5878 14 foreign foreign JJ 1662 5878 15 investors investor NNS 1662 5878 16 . . . 1662 5879 1 The the DT 1662 5879 2 economy economy NN 1662 5879 3 , , , 1662 5879 4 however however RB 1662 5879 5 , , , 1662 5879 6 has have VBZ 1662 5879 7 still still RB 1662 5879 8 not not RB 1662 5879 9 recovered recover VBN 1662 5879 10 from from IN 1662 5879 11 the the DT 1662 5879 12 loss loss NN 1662 5879 13 of of IN 1662 5879 14 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 5879 15 aid aid NN 1662 5879 16 . . . 1662 5880 1 The the DT 1662 5880 2 country country NN 1662 5880 3 continues continue VBZ 1662 5880 4 to to TO 1662 5880 5 suffer suffer VB 1662 5880 6 substantial substantial JJ 1662 5880 7 economic economic JJ 1662 5880 8 hardships hardship NNS 1662 5880 9 , , , 1662 5880 10 with with IN 1662 5880 11 one one CD 1662 5880 12 - - HYPH 1662 5880 13 fourth fourth NN 1662 5880 14 of of IN 1662 5880 15 the the DT 1662 5880 16 population population NN 1662 5880 17 below below IN 1662 5880 18 the the DT 1662 5880 19 poverty poverty NN 1662 5880 20 line line NN 1662 5880 21 . . . 1662 5881 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5881 2 : : : 1662 5881 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5881 4 power power NN 1662 5881 5 parity parity NN 1662 5881 6 - - : 1662 5881 7 $ $ $ 1662 5881 8 5.1 5.1 CD 1662 5881 9 billion billion CD 1662 5881 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5881 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 5881 12 est est NNP 1662 5881 13 . . . 1662 5881 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5882 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5882 2 - - HYPH 1662 5882 3 real real JJ 1662 5882 4 growth growth NN 1662 5882 5 rate rate NN 1662 5882 6 : : : 1662 5882 7 3 3 CD 1662 5882 8 % % NN 1662 5882 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5882 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 5882 11 est est NNP 1662 5882 12 . . . 1662 5882 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5883 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5883 2 - - HYPH 1662 5883 3 per per FW 1662 5883 4 capita capita NN 1662 5883 5 : : : 1662 5883 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 5883 7 power power NN 1662 5883 8 parity parity NN 1662 5883 9 - - : 1662 5883 10 $ $ $ 1662 5883 11 2,060 2,060 CD 1662 5883 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5883 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 5883 14 est est NNP 1662 5883 15 . . . 1662 5883 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5884 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 5884 2 - - HYPH 1662 5884 3 composition composition NN 1662 5884 4 by by IN 1662 5884 5 sector sector NN 1662 5884 6 : : : 1662 5884 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5884 8 : : : 1662 5884 9 28 28 CD 1662 5884 10 % % NN 1662 5884 11 industry industry NN 1662 5884 12 : : : 1662 5884 13 35 35 CD 1662 5884 14 % % NN 1662 5884 15 services service NNS 1662 5884 16 : : : 1662 5884 17 37 37 CD 1662 5884 18 % % NN 1662 5884 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5884 20 1993 1993 CD 1662 5884 21 est est NNP 1662 5884 22 . . . 1662 5884 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5885 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 5885 2 rate rate NN 1662 5885 3 - - HYPH 1662 5885 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 5885 5 price price NN 1662 5885 6 index index NN 1662 5885 7 : : : 1662 5885 8 53 53 CD 1662 5885 9 % % NN 1662 5885 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5885 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 5885 12 est est NNP 1662 5885 13 . . . 1662 5885 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5886 1 Labor labor NN 1662 5886 2 force force NN 1662 5886 3 : : : 1662 5886 4 total total NN 1662 5886 5 : : : 1662 5886 6 1.115 1.115 CD 1662 5886 7 million million CD 1662 5886 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5886 9 mid-1993 mid-1993 NN 1662 5886 10 est est NNP 1662 5886 11 . . . 1662 5886 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5887 1 by by IN 1662 5887 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 5887 3 : : : 1662 5887 4 primarily primarily RB 1662 5887 5 herding herd VBG 1662 5887 6 / / SYM 1662 5887 7 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 5887 8 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 5887 9 rate rate NN 1662 5887 10 : : : 1662 5887 11 6 6 CD 1662 5887 12 % % NN 1662 5887 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5887 14 1995 1995 CD 1662 5887 15 est est NNP 1662 5887 16 . . . 1662 5887 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5888 1 Budget budget NN 1662 5888 2 : : : 1662 5888 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 5888 4 : : : 1662 5888 5 $ $ $ 1662 5888 6 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 5888 7 billion billion CD 1662 5888 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5888 9 : : : 1662 5888 10 $ $ $ 1662 5888 11 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 5888 12 billion billion CD 1662 5888 13 , , , 1662 5888 14 including include VBG 1662 5888 15 capital capital NN 1662 5888 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5888 17 of of IN 1662 5888 18 $ $ $ 1662 5888 19 NA na NN 1662 5888 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5888 21 1995 1995 CD 1662 5888 22 est est NNP 1662 5888 23 . . . 1662 5888 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5889 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 5889 2 : : : 1662 5889 3 copper copper NN 1662 5889 4 , , , 1662 5889 5 construction construction NN 1662 5889 6 materials material NNS 1662 5889 7 , , , 1662 5889 8 mining mining NN 1662 5889 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5889 10 particularly particularly RB 1662 5889 11 coal coal NN 1662 5889 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5889 13 ; ; : 1662 5889 14 food food NN 1662 5889 15 and and CC 1662 5889 16 beverage beverage NN 1662 5889 17 , , , 1662 5889 18 processing processing NN 1662 5889 19 of of IN 1662 5889 20 animal animal NN 1662 5889 21 products product NNS 1662 5889 22 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 5889 23 production production NN 1662 5889 24 growth growth NN 1662 5889 25 rate rate NN 1662 5889 26 : : : 1662 5889 27 6 6 CD 1662 5889 28 % % NN 1662 5889 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5889 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 5889 31 est est NNP 1662 5889 32 . . . 1662 5889 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5890 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5890 2 - - HYPH 1662 5890 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 5890 4 : : : 1662 5890 5 900,000 900,000 CD 1662 5890 6 kW kw NN 1662 5890 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5890 8 1995 1995 CD 1662 5890 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5890 10 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5890 11 - - HYPH 1662 5890 12 production production NN 1662 5890 13 : : : 1662 5890 14 3.07 3.07 CD 1662 5890 15 billion billion CD 1662 5890 16 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5890 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5890 18 1994 1994 CD 1662 5890 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5890 20 Electricity electricity NN 1662 5890 21 - - HYPH 1662 5890 22 consumption consumption NN 1662 5890 23 per per IN 1662 5890 24 capita capita NN 1662 5890 25 : : : 1662 5890 26 1,215 1,215 CD 1662 5890 27 kWh kWh NNS 1662 5890 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5890 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 5890 30 est est NNP 1662 5890 31 . . . 1662 5890 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5891 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 5891 2 - - HYPH 1662 5891 3 products product NNS 1662 5891 4 : : : 1662 5891 5 wheat wheat NN 1662 5891 6 , , , 1662 5891 7 barley barley NN 1662 5891 8 , , , 1662 5891 9 potatoes potato NNS 1662 5891 10 , , , 1662 5891 11 forage forage NN 1662 5891 12 crops crop NNS 1662 5891 13 ; ; : 1662 5891 14 sheep sheep NNS 1662 5891 15 , , , 1662 5891 16 goats goat NNS 1662 5891 17 , , , 1662 5891 18 cattle cattle NNS 1662 5891 19 , , , 1662 5891 20 camels camel NNS 1662 5891 21 , , , 1662 5891 22 horses horse NNS 1662 5891 23 Exports export NNS 1662 5891 24 : : : 1662 5891 25 total total JJ 1662 5891 26 value value NN 1662 5891 27 : : : 1662 5891 28 $ $ $ 1662 5891 29 400 400 CD 1662 5891 30 million million CD 1662 5891 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5891 32 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5891 33 . . NNP 1662 5891 34 , , , 1662 5891 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 5891 36 est est NNP 1662 5891 37 . . . 1662 5891 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5892 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5892 2 : : : 1662 5892 3 copper copper NN 1662 5892 4 , , , 1662 5892 5 livestock livestock NN 1662 5892 6 , , , 1662 5892 7 animal animal NN 1662 5892 8 products product NNS 1662 5892 9 , , , 1662 5892 10 cashmere cashmere RB 1662 5892 11 , , , 1662 5892 12 wool wool NN 1662 5892 13 , , , 1662 5892 14 hides hide NNS 1662 5892 15 , , , 1662 5892 16 fluorspar fluorspar NNP 1662 5892 17 , , , 1662 5892 18 other other JJ 1662 5892 19 nonferrous nonferrous JJ 1662 5892 20 metals metal NNS 1662 5892 21 partners partner NNS 1662 5892 22 : : : 1662 5892 23 former former JJ 1662 5892 24 CMEA CMEA NNP 1662 5892 25 countries country NNS 1662 5892 26 30 30 CD 1662 5892 27 % % NN 1662 5892 28 , , , 1662 5892 29 China China NNP 1662 5892 30 15 15 CD 1662 5892 31 % % NN 1662 5892 32 , , , 1662 5892 33 EU EU NNP 1662 5892 34 9 9 CD 1662 5892 35 % % NN 1662 5892 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5892 37 1995 1995 CD 1662 5892 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5892 39 Imports import NNS 1662 5892 40 : : : 1662 5892 41 total total JJ 1662 5892 42 value value NN 1662 5892 43 : : : 1662 5892 44 $ $ $ 1662 5892 45 473 473 CD 1662 5892 46 million million CD 1662 5892 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5892 48 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 5892 49 . . NNP 1662 5892 50 , , , 1662 5892 51 1995 1995 CD 1662 5892 52 est est NNP 1662 5892 53 . . . 1662 5892 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5893 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 5893 2 : : : 1662 5893 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 5893 4 and and CC 1662 5893 5 equipment equipment NN 1662 5893 6 , , , 1662 5893 7 fuels fuel NNS 1662 5893 8 , , , 1662 5893 9 food food NN 1662 5893 10 products product NNS 1662 5893 11 , , , 1662 5893 12 industrial industrial JJ 1662 5893 13 consumer consumer NN 1662 5893 14 goods good NNS 1662 5893 15 , , , 1662 5893 16 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 5893 17 , , , 1662 5893 18 building building NN 1662 5893 19 materials material NNS 1662 5893 20 , , , 1662 5893 21 sugar sugar NN 1662 5893 22 , , , 1662 5893 23 tea tea NN 1662 5893 24 partners partner NNS 1662 5893 25 : : : 1662 5893 26 former former JJ 1662 5893 27 CMEA CMEA NNP 1662 5893 28 countries country NNS 1662 5893 29 56 56 CD 1662 5893 30 % % NN 1662 5893 31 , , , 1662 5893 32 China China NNP 1662 5893 33 9 9 CD 1662 5893 34 % % NN 1662 5893 35 , , , 1662 5893 36 EU EU NNP 1662 5893 37 8 8 CD 1662 5893 38 % % NN 1662 5893 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5893 40 1995 1995 CD 1662 5893 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5893 42 Debt debt NN 1662 5893 43 - - HYPH 1662 5893 44 external external JJ 1662 5893 45 : : : 1662 5893 46 $ $ $ 1662 5893 47 500 500 CD 1662 5893 48 million million CD 1662 5893 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5893 50 1996 1996 CD 1662 5893 51 est est NNP 1662 5893 52 . . . 1662 5893 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5894 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 5894 2 aid aid NN 1662 5894 3 : : : 1662 5894 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 5894 5 : : : 1662 5894 6 ODA oda NN 1662 5894 7 ; ; : 1662 5894 8 US US NNP 1662 5894 9 , , , 1662 5894 10 $ $ $ 1662 5894 11 9.5 9.5 CD 1662 5894 12 million million CD 1662 5894 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5894 14 1995 1995 CD 1662 5894 15 est est NNP 1662 5894 16 . . . 1662 5894 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5895 1 Currency currency NN 1662 5895 2 : : : 1662 5895 3 1 1 CD 1662 5895 4 tughrik tughrik NNP 1662 5895 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5895 6 Tug Tug NNP 1662 5895 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5895 8 = = NFP 1662 5895 9 100 100 CD 1662 5895 10 mongos mongos NNP 1662 5895 11 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5895 12 rates rate NNS 1662 5895 13 : : : 1662 5895 14 tughriks tughriks NN 1662 5895 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5895 16 Tug Tug NNP 1662 5895 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5895 18 per per IN 1662 5895 19 US$ us$ $ 1662 5895 20 1 1 CD 1662 5895 21 - - SYM 1662 5895 22 709.54 709.54 CD 1662 5895 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5895 24 January January NNP 1662 5895 25 1997 1997 CD 1662 5895 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5895 27 , , , 1662 5895 28 548.40 548.40 CD 1662 5895 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5895 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 5895 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5895 32 , , , 1662 5895 33 448.61 448.61 CD 1662 5895 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5895 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 5895 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5895 37 , , , 1662 5895 38 412.72 412.72 CD 1662 5895 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5895 40 1994 1994 CD 1662 5895 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5895 42 , , , 1662 5895 43 42.56 42.56 CD 1662 5895 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5895 45 1992 1992 CD 1662 5895 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5895 47 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5895 48 year year NN 1662 5895 49 : : : 1662 5895 50 calendar calendar NN 1662 5895 51 year year NN 1662 5895 52 @Mongolia @Mongolia NNP 1662 5895 53 : : : 1662 5895 54 Communications communication NNS 1662 5895 55 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 5895 56 : : : 1662 5895 57 89,000 89,000 CD 1662 5895 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5895 59 1995 1995 CD 1662 5895 60 est est NNP 1662 5895 61 . . . 1662 5895 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5896 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5896 2 system system NN 1662 5896 3 : : : 1662 5896 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5896 5 : : : 1662 5896 6 NA NA NNP 1662 5896 7 international international JJ 1662 5896 8 : : : 1662 5896 9 satellite satellite NN 1662 5896 10 earth earth NNP 1662 5896 11 station station NNP 1662 5896 12 - - : 1662 5896 13 1 1 CD 1662 5896 14 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 5896 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5896 16 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5896 17 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5896 18 Region Region NNP 1662 5896 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5896 20 Radio radio NN 1662 5896 21 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5896 22 stations station NNS 1662 5896 23 : : : 1662 5896 24 AM am VBP 1662 5896 25 12 12 CD 1662 5896 26 , , , 1662 5896 27 FM FM NNP 1662 5896 28 1 1 CD 1662 5896 29 , , , 1662 5896 30 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 5896 31 0 0 CD 1662 5896 32 Radios radio NNS 1662 5896 33 : : : 1662 5896 34 220,000 220,000 CD 1662 5896 35 Television television NN 1662 5896 36 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5896 37 stations station NNS 1662 5896 38 : : : 1662 5896 39 1 1 CD 1662 5896 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5896 41 provincial provincial JJ 1662 5896 42 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 5896 43 18 18 CD 1662 5896 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5896 45 Televisions television NNS 1662 5896 46 : : : 1662 5896 47 120,000 120,000 CD 1662 5896 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5896 49 1993 1993 CD 1662 5896 50 est est NNP 1662 5896 51 . . . 1662 5896 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5897 1 @Mongolia @mongolia LS 1662 5897 2 : : : 1662 5897 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5897 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5897 5 : : : 1662 5897 6 total total NN 1662 5897 7 : : : 1662 5897 8 1,928 1,928 CD 1662 5897 9 km km NN 1662 5897 10 broad broad JJ 1662 5897 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 5897 12 : : : 1662 5897 13 1,928 1,928 CD 1662 5897 14 km km NN 1662 5897 15 1.524-m 1.524-m CD 1662 5897 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 5897 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5897 18 1994 1994 CD 1662 5897 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5897 20 Highways highway NNS 1662 5897 21 : : : 1662 5897 22 total total NN 1662 5897 23 : : : 1662 5897 24 49,200 49,200 CD 1662 5897 25 km km NNP 1662 5897 26 paved pave VBN 1662 5897 27 : : : 1662 5897 28 1,120 1,120 CD 1662 5897 29 km km NN 1662 5897 30 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5897 31 : : : 1662 5897 32 48,080 48,080 CD 1662 5897 33 km km NNS 1662 5897 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5897 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 5897 36 est est NNP 1662 5897 37 . . . 1662 5897 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5898 1 note note VB 1662 5898 2 : : : 1662 5898 3 much much JJ 1662 5898 4 of of IN 1662 5898 5 the the DT 1662 5898 6 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5898 7 rural rural JJ 1662 5898 8 road road NN 1662 5898 9 system system NN 1662 5898 10 consists consist VBZ 1662 5898 11 of of IN 1662 5898 12 rough rough JJ 1662 5898 13 cross cross JJ 1662 5898 14 - - JJ 1662 5898 15 country country JJ 1662 5898 16 tracks track NNS 1662 5898 17 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 5898 18 : : : 1662 5898 19 397 397 CD 1662 5898 20 km km NNS 1662 5898 21 of of IN 1662 5898 22 principal principal JJ 1662 5898 23 routes route NNS 1662 5898 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5898 25 1988 1988 CD 1662 5898 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5898 27 Ports port NNS 1662 5898 28 and and CC 1662 5898 29 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5898 30 : : : 1662 5898 31 none none NN 1662 5898 32 Airports airport NNS 1662 5898 33 : : : 1662 5898 34 34 34 CD 1662 5898 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5898 36 1994 1994 CD 1662 5898 37 est est NNP 1662 5898 38 . . . 1662 5898 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5899 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5899 2 - - , 1662 5899 3 with with IN 1662 5899 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5899 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5899 6 : : : 1662 5899 7 total total NN 1662 5899 8 : : : 1662 5899 9 8 8 CD 1662 5899 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 5899 11 to to TO 1662 5899 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5899 13 m m NN 1662 5899 14 : : : 1662 5899 15 7 7 CD 1662 5899 16 under under IN 1662 5899 17 914 914 CD 1662 5899 18 m m NN 1662 5899 19 : : : 1662 5899 20 1 1 CD 1662 5899 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5899 22 1994 1994 CD 1662 5899 23 est est NNP 1662 5899 24 . . . 1662 5899 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5900 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5900 2 - - , 1662 5900 3 with with IN 1662 5900 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5900 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5900 6 : : : 1662 5900 7 total total NN 1662 5900 8 : : : 1662 5900 9 26 26 CD 1662 5900 10 over over IN 1662 5900 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5900 12 m m NN 1662 5900 13 : : : 1662 5900 14 3 3 CD 1662 5900 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 5900 16 to to IN 1662 5900 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5900 18 m m NN 1662 5900 19 : : : 1662 5900 20 5 5 CD 1662 5900 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5900 22 to to TO 1662 5900 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5900 24 m m NN 1662 5900 25 : : : 1662 5900 26 10 10 CD 1662 5900 27 914 914 CD 1662 5900 28 to to TO 1662 5900 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5900 30 m m NN 1662 5900 31 : : : 1662 5900 32 3 3 CD 1662 5900 33 under under IN 1662 5900 34 914 914 CD 1662 5900 35 m m NN 1662 5900 36 : : : 1662 5900 37 5 5 CD 1662 5900 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5900 39 1994 1994 CD 1662 5900 40 est est NNP 1662 5900 41 . . . 1662 5900 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5901 1 Military military JJ 1662 5901 2 Military military JJ 1662 5901 3 branches branch NNS 1662 5901 4 : : : 1662 5901 5 Mongolian Mongolian NNP 1662 5901 6 People People NNPS 1662 5901 7 's 's POS 1662 5901 8 Army Army NNP 1662 5901 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5901 10 includes include VBZ 1662 5901 11 Internal Internal NNP 1662 5901 12 Security Security NNP 1662 5901 13 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5901 14 and and CC 1662 5901 15 Frontier Frontier NNP 1662 5901 16 Guards Guards NNPS 1662 5901 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5901 18 , , , 1662 5901 19 Air Air NNP 1662 5901 20 Force Force NNP 1662 5901 21 Military Military NNP 1662 5901 22 manpower manpower NN 1662 5901 23 - - HYPH 1662 5901 24 military military NN 1662 5901 25 age age NN 1662 5901 26 : : : 1662 5901 27 18 18 CD 1662 5901 28 years year NNS 1662 5901 29 of of IN 1662 5901 30 age age NN 1662 5901 31 Military military JJ 1662 5901 32 manpower manpower NN 1662 5901 33 - - HYPH 1662 5901 34 availability availability NN 1662 5901 35 : : : 1662 5901 36 males male NNS 1662 5901 37 age age NNP 1662 5901 38 15 15 CD 1662 5901 39 - - HYPH 1662 5901 40 49 49 CD 1662 5901 41 : : : 1662 5901 42 659,173 659,173 CD 1662 5901 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5901 44 1997 1997 CD 1662 5901 45 est est NNP 1662 5901 46 . . . 1662 5901 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5902 1 Military military JJ 1662 5902 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5902 3 - - HYPH 1662 5902 4 fit fit NN 1662 5902 5 for for IN 1662 5902 6 military military JJ 1662 5902 7 service service NN 1662 5902 8 : : : 1662 5902 9 males male NNS 1662 5902 10 : : : 1662 5902 11 430,482 430,482 CD 1662 5902 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5902 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5902 14 est est NNP 1662 5902 15 . . . 1662 5902 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5903 1 Military military JJ 1662 5903 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5903 3 - - HYPH 1662 5903 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 5903 5 military military JJ 1662 5903 6 age age NN 1662 5903 7 annually annually RB 1662 5903 8 : : : 1662 5903 9 males male NNS 1662 5903 10 : : : 1662 5903 11 27,723 27,723 CD 1662 5903 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5903 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5903 14 est est NNP 1662 5903 15 . . . 1662 5903 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5904 1 Military military JJ 1662 5904 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5904 3 - - HYPH 1662 5904 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 5904 5 figure figure NN 1662 5904 6 : : : 1662 5904 7 $ $ $ 1662 5904 8 22.8 22.8 CD 1662 5904 9 million million CD 1662 5904 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5904 11 1992 1992 CD 1662 5904 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5904 13 Military military JJ 1662 5904 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5904 15 - - : 1662 5904 16 percent percent NN 1662 5904 17 of of IN 1662 5904 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5904 19 : : : 1662 5904 20 1 1 CD 1662 5904 21 % % NN 1662 5904 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5904 23 1992 1992 CD 1662 5904 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5904 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5904 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5904 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 5904 28 - 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- HYPH 1662 5904 164 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5904 165 : : : 1662 5904 166 about about IN 1662 5904 167 0.6 0.6 CD 1662 5904 168 times time NNS 1662 5904 169 the the DT 1662 5904 170 size size NN 1662 5904 171 of of IN 1662 5904 172 Washington Washington NNP 1662 5904 173 , , , 1662 5904 174 DC DC NNP 1662 5904 175 Land Land NNP 1662 5904 176 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5904 177 : : : 1662 5904 178 0 0 LS 1662 5904 179 km km NN 1662 5904 180 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5904 181 : : : 1662 5904 182 40 40 CD 1662 5904 183 km km NN 1662 5904 184 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5904 185 claims claim VBZ 1662 5904 186 : : : 1662 5904 187 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 5904 188 fishing fishing NN 1662 5904 189 zone zone NN 1662 5904 190 : : : 1662 5904 191 200 200 CD 1662 5904 192 nm nm CD 1662 5904 193 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5904 194 sea sea NN 1662 5904 195 : : : 1662 5904 196 3 3 CD 1662 5904 197 nm nm NNP 1662 5904 198 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5904 199 : : : 1662 5904 200 tropical tropical JJ 1662 5904 201 ; ; : 1662 5904 202 little little JJ 1662 5904 203 daily daily JJ 1662 5904 204 or or CC 1662 5904 205 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 5904 206 temperature temperature NN 1662 5904 207 variation variation NN 1662 5904 208 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 5904 209 : : : 1662 5904 210 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 5904 211 islands island NNS 1662 5904 212 , , , 1662 5904 213 mostly mostly RB 1662 5904 214 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 5904 215 , , , 1662 5904 216 with with IN 1662 5904 217 small small JJ 1662 5904 218 coastal coastal JJ 1662 5904 219 lowland lowland NN 1662 5904 220 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5904 221 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5904 222 : : : 1662 5904 223 lowest low JJS 1662 5904 224 point point NN 1662 5904 225 : : : 1662 5904 226 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 5904 227 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5904 228 0 0 NFP 1662 5904 229 m m DT 1662 5904 230 highest high JJS 1662 5904 231 point point NN 1662 5904 232 : : : 1662 5904 233 Chances Chances NNP 1662 5904 234 Peak Peak NNP 1662 5904 235 914 914 CD 1662 5904 236 m m NNP 1662 5904 237 Natural natural JJ 1662 5904 238 resources resource NNS 1662 5904 239 : : : 1662 5904 240 NEGL NEGL NNP 1662 5904 241 Land Land NNP 1662 5904 242 use use NN 1662 5904 243 : : : 1662 5904 244 arable arable JJ 1662 5904 245 land land NN 1662 5904 246 : : : 1662 5904 247 20 20 CD 1662 5904 248 % % NN 1662 5904 249 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5904 250 crops crop NNS 1662 5904 251 : : : 1662 5904 252 0 0 CD 1662 5904 253 % % NN 1662 5904 254 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5904 255 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5904 256 : : : 1662 5904 257 10 10 CD 1662 5904 258 % % NN 1662 5904 259 forests forest NNS 1662 5904 260 and and CC 1662 5904 261 woodland woodland RB 1662 5904 262 : : : 1662 5904 263 40 40 CD 1662 5904 264 % % NN 1662 5904 265 other other JJ 1662 5904 266 : : : 1662 5904 267 30 30 CD 1662 5904 268 % % NN 1662 5904 269 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5904 270 1993 1993 CD 1662 5904 271 est est NNP 1662 5904 272 . . . 1662 5904 273 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5905 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5905 2 land land NN 1662 5905 3 : : : 1662 5905 4 NA NA NNP 1662 5905 5 sq sq RB 1662 5905 6 km km VB 1662 5905 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 5905 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5905 9 : : : 1662 5905 10 severe severe JJ 1662 5905 11 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 5905 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5905 13 June June NNP 1662 5905 14 to to IN 1662 5905 15 November November NNP 1662 5905 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5905 17 ; ; : 1662 5905 18 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 5905 19 eruptions eruption NNS 1662 5905 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5905 21 full full JJ 1662 5905 22 - 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T. 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NNP 1662 5934 40 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 41 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 42 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 43 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 44 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 45 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 46 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 47 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 48 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 49 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 50 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 51 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 52 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 53 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 54 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 55 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 56 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 57 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 58 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 59 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 60 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 61 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 62 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 63 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 64 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 65 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 66 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 67 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 68 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 69 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 70 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 71 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 72 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 73 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 74 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 75 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 76 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 77 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 78 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 79 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 80 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 81 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 82 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 83 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 84 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 85 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 86 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 87 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 88 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 89 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 90 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 91 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 92 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 93 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 94 _ _ NNP 1662 5934 95 MOROCCO MOROCCO NNP 1662 5934 96 @Morocco @morocco NN 1662 5934 97 : : : 1662 5934 98 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5934 99 Location Location NNP 1662 5934 100 : : : 1662 5934 101 Northern Northern NNP 1662 5934 102 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5934 103 , , , 1662 5934 104 bordering border VBG 1662 5934 105 the the DT 1662 5934 106 North North NNP 1662 5934 107 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 5934 108 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5934 109 and and CC 1662 5934 110 the the DT 1662 5934 111 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 5934 112 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5934 113 , , , 1662 5934 114 between between IN 1662 5934 115 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 5934 116 and and CC 1662 5934 117 Western Western NNP 1662 5934 118 Sahara Sahara NNP 1662 5934 119 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5934 120 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5934 121 : : : 1662 5934 122 32 32 CD 1662 5934 123 00 00 CD 1662 5934 124 N n CD 1662 5934 125 , , , 1662 5934 126 5 5 CD 1662 5934 127 00 00 NFP 1662 5934 128 W W NNP 1662 5934 129 Map Map NNP 1662 5934 130 references reference NNS 1662 5934 131 : : : 1662 5934 132 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5934 133 Area Area NNP 1662 5934 134 : : : 1662 5934 135 total total NN 1662 5934 136 : : : 1662 5934 137 446,550 446,550 CD 1662 5934 138 sq sq RB 1662 5934 139 km km NNP 1662 5934 140 land land NN 1662 5934 141 : : : 1662 5934 142 446,300 446,300 CD 1662 5934 143 sq sq NNP 1662 5934 144 km km NNP 1662 5934 145 water water NN 1662 5934 146 : : : 1662 5934 147 250 250 CD 1662 5934 148 sq sq NN 1662 5934 149 km km NNP 1662 5934 150 Area area NN 1662 5934 151 - - HYPH 1662 5934 152 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5934 153 : : : 1662 5934 154 slightly slightly RB 1662 5934 155 larger large JJR 1662 5934 156 than than IN 1662 5934 157 California California NNP 1662 5934 158 Land Land NNP 1662 5934 159 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5934 160 : : : 1662 5934 161 total total NN 1662 5934 162 : : : 1662 5934 163 2,017.9 2,017.9 CD 1662 5934 164 km km NN 1662 5934 165 border border NN 1662 5934 166 countries country NNS 1662 5934 167 : : : 1662 5934 168 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 5934 169 1,559 1,559 CD 1662 5934 170 km km NN 1662 5934 171 , , , 1662 5934 172 Western Western NNP 1662 5934 173 Sahara Sahara NNP 1662 5934 174 443 443 CD 1662 5934 175 km km NNS 1662 5934 176 , , , 1662 5934 177 Spain Spain NNP 1662 5934 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5934 179 Ceuta Ceuta NNP 1662 5934 180 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5934 181 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 5934 182 km km NNS 1662 5934 183 , , , 1662 5934 184 Spain Spain NNP 1662 5934 185 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5934 186 Melilla Melilla NNP 1662 5934 187 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5934 188 9.6 9.6 CD 1662 5934 189 km km NN 1662 5934 190 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5934 191 : : : 1662 5934 192 1,835 1,835 CD 1662 5934 193 km km NN 1662 5934 194 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5934 195 claims claim VBZ 1662 5934 196 : : : 1662 5934 197 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 5934 198 zone zone NN 1662 5934 199 : : : 1662 5934 200 24 24 CD 1662 5934 201 nm nm NNP 1662 5934 202 continental continental JJ 1662 5934 203 shelf shelf NNP 1662 5934 204 : : : 1662 5934 205 200-m 200-m CD 1662 5934 206 depth depth NN 1662 5934 207 or or CC 1662 5934 208 to to IN 1662 5934 209 the the DT 1662 5934 210 depth depth NN 1662 5934 211 of of IN 1662 5934 212 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 5934 213 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 5934 214 economic economic JJ 1662 5934 215 zone zone NN 1662 5934 216 : : : 1662 5934 217 200 200 CD 1662 5934 218 nm nm CD 1662 5934 219 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5934 220 sea sea NN 1662 5934 221 : : : 1662 5934 222 12 12 CD 1662 5934 223 nm nm NNP 1662 5934 224 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5934 225 : : : 1662 5934 226 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 5934 227 , , , 1662 5934 228 becoming become VBG 1662 5934 229 more more RBR 1662 5934 230 extreme extreme JJ 1662 5934 231 in in IN 1662 5934 232 the the DT 1662 5934 233 interior interior JJ 1662 5934 234 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 5934 235 : : : 1662 5934 236 northern northern JJ 1662 5934 237 coast coast NN 1662 5934 238 and and CC 1662 5934 239 interior interior NNP 1662 5934 240 are be VBP 1662 5934 241 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 5934 242 with with IN 1662 5934 243 large large JJ 1662 5934 244 areas area NNS 1662 5934 245 of of IN 1662 5934 246 bordering border VBG 1662 5934 247 plateaus plateaus NN 1662 5934 248 , , , 1662 5934 249 intermontane intermontane NN 1662 5934 250 valleys valley NNS 1662 5934 251 , , , 1662 5934 252 and and CC 1662 5934 253 rich rich JJ 1662 5934 254 coastal coastal JJ 1662 5934 255 plains plain NNS 1662 5934 256 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5934 257 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5934 258 : : : 1662 5934 259 lowest low JJS 1662 5934 260 point point NN 1662 5934 261 : : : 1662 5934 262 Sebkha Sebkha NNP 1662 5934 263 Tah Tah NNP 1662 5934 264 -55 -55 NNP 1662 5934 265 m m DT 1662 5934 266 highest high JJS 1662 5934 267 point point NN 1662 5934 268 : : : 1662 5934 269 Jebel Jebel NNP 1662 5934 270 Toubkal Toubkal NNP 1662 5934 271 4,165 4,165 CD 1662 5934 272 m m CD 1662 5934 273 Natural natural JJ 1662 5934 274 resources resource NNS 1662 5934 275 : : : 1662 5934 276 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 5934 277 , , , 1662 5934 278 iron iron NN 1662 5934 279 ore ore NN 1662 5934 280 , , , 1662 5934 281 manganese manganese JJ 1662 5934 282 , , , 1662 5934 283 lead lead NN 1662 5934 284 , , , 1662 5934 285 zinc zinc NN 1662 5934 286 , , , 1662 5934 287 fish fish NN 1662 5934 288 , , , 1662 5934 289 salt salt NN 1662 5934 290 Land land NN 1662 5934 291 use use NN 1662 5934 292 : : : 1662 5934 293 arable arable JJ 1662 5934 294 land land NN 1662 5934 295 : : : 1662 5934 296 21 21 CD 1662 5934 297 % % NN 1662 5934 298 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5934 299 crops crop NNS 1662 5934 300 : : : 1662 5934 301 1 1 CD 1662 5934 302 % % NN 1662 5934 303 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5934 304 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5934 305 : : : 1662 5934 306 47 47 CD 1662 5934 307 % % NN 1662 5934 308 forests forest NNS 1662 5934 309 and and CC 1662 5934 310 woodland woodland JJ 1662 5934 311 : : : 1662 5934 312 20 20 CD 1662 5934 313 % % NN 1662 5934 314 other other JJ 1662 5934 315 : : : 1662 5934 316 11 11 CD 1662 5934 317 % % NN 1662 5934 318 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5934 319 1993 1993 CD 1662 5934 320 est est NNP 1662 5934 321 . . . 1662 5934 322 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5935 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5935 2 land land NN 1662 5935 3 : : : 1662 5935 4 12,580 12,580 CD 1662 5935 5 sq sq NN 1662 5935 6 km km NNP 1662 5935 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5935 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 5935 9 est est NNP 1662 5935 10 . . . 1662 5935 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5936 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 5936 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5936 3 : : : 1662 5936 4 northern northern JJ 1662 5936 5 mountains mountain NNS 1662 5936 6 geologically geologically RB 1662 5936 7 unstable unstable JJ 1662 5936 8 and and CC 1662 5936 9 subject subject JJ 1662 5936 10 to to IN 1662 5936 11 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 5936 12 ; ; , 1662 5936 13 periodic periodic JJ 1662 5936 14 droughts drought NNS 1662 5936 15 Environment environment NN 1662 5936 16 - - HYPH 1662 5936 17 current current JJ 1662 5936 18 issues issue NNS 1662 5936 19 : : : 1662 5936 20 land land NN 1662 5936 21 degradation degradation NN 1662 5936 22 / / SYM 1662 5936 23 desertification desertification NN 1662 5936 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5936 25 soil soil NN 1662 5936 26 erosion erosion NN 1662 5936 27 resulting result VBG 1662 5936 28 from from IN 1662 5936 29 farming farming NN 1662 5936 30 of of IN 1662 5936 31 marginal marginal JJ 1662 5936 32 areas area NNS 1662 5936 33 , , , 1662 5936 34 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 5936 35 , , , 1662 5936 36 destruction destruction NN 1662 5936 37 of of IN 1662 5936 38 vegetation vegetation NN 1662 5936 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5936 40 ; ; : 1662 5936 41 water water NN 1662 5936 42 supplies supply NNS 1662 5936 43 contaminated contaminate VBN 1662 5936 44 by by IN 1662 5936 45 raw raw JJ 1662 5936 46 sewage sewage NN 1662 5936 47 ; ; : 1662 5936 48 siltation siltation NN 1662 5936 49 of of IN 1662 5936 50 reservoirs reservoir NNS 1662 5936 51 ; ; : 1662 5936 52 oil oil NN 1662 5936 53 pollution pollution NN 1662 5936 54 of of IN 1662 5936 55 coastal coastal JJ 1662 5936 56 waters water NNS 1662 5936 57 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5936 58 - - HYPH 1662 5936 59 international international JJ 1662 5936 60 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5936 61 : : : 1662 5936 62 party party NN 1662 5936 63 to to TO 1662 5936 64 : : : 1662 5936 65 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 5936 66 , , , 1662 5936 67 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5936 68 Change Change NNP 1662 5936 69 , , , 1662 5936 70 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 5936 71 , , , 1662 5936 72 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 5936 73 Species Species NNPS 1662 5936 74 , , , 1662 5936 75 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 5936 76 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 5936 77 , , , 1662 5936 78 Marine Marine NNP 1662 5936 79 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 5936 80 , , , 1662 5936 81 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 5936 82 Test Test NNP 1662 5936 83 Ban Ban NNP 1662 5936 84 , , , 1662 5936 85 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5936 86 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5936 87 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5936 88 , , , 1662 5936 89 Ship Ship NNP 1662 5936 90 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 5936 91 , , , 1662 5936 92 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 5936 93 signed sign VBD 1662 5936 94 , , , 1662 5936 95 but but CC 1662 5936 96 not not RB 1662 5936 97 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5936 98 : : : 1662 5936 99 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 5936 100 Modification Modification NNP 1662 5936 101 , , , 1662 5936 102 Law Law NNP 1662 5936 103 of of IN 1662 5936 104 the the DT 1662 5936 105 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5936 106 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5936 107 - - HYPH 1662 5936 108 note note NNP 1662 5936 109 : : : 1662 5936 110 strategic strategic JJ 1662 5936 111 location location NN 1662 5936 112 along along IN 1662 5936 113 Strait Strait NNP 1662 5936 114 of of IN 1662 5936 115 Gibraltar Gibraltar NNP 1662 5936 116 @Morocco @morocco NN 1662 5936 117 : : : 1662 5936 118 People People NNPS 1662 5936 119 Population Population NNP 1662 5936 120 : : : 1662 5936 121 30,391,423 30,391,423 CD 1662 5936 122 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5936 123 July July NNP 1662 5936 124 1997 1997 CD 1662 5936 125 est est NNP 1662 5936 126 . . . 1662 5936 127 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5937 1 Age age NN 1662 5937 2 structure structure NN 1662 5937 3 : : : 1662 5937 4 0 0 CD 1662 5937 5 - - HYPH 1662 5937 6 14 14 CD 1662 5937 7 years year NNS 1662 5937 8 : : : 1662 5937 9 37 37 CD 1662 5937 10 % % NN 1662 5937 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5937 12 male male JJ 1662 5937 13 5,730,322 5,730,322 CD 1662 5937 14 ; ; : 1662 5937 15 female female JJ 1662 5937 16 5,552,490 5,552,490 CD 1662 5937 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5937 18 15 15 CD 1662 5937 19 - - SYM 1662 5937 20 64 64 CD 1662 5937 21 years year NNS 1662 5937 22 : : : 1662 5937 23 59 59 CD 1662 5937 24 % % NN 1662 5937 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5937 26 male male JJ 1662 5937 27 8,832,635 8,832,635 CD 1662 5937 28 ; ; , 1662 5937 29 female female JJ 1662 5937 30 8,949,126 8,949,126 CD 1662 5937 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5937 32 65 65 CD 1662 5937 33 years year NNS 1662 5937 34 and and CC 1662 5937 35 over over IN 1662 5937 36 : : : 1662 5937 37 4 4 CD 1662 5937 38 % % NN 1662 5937 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5937 40 male male JJ 1662 5937 41 629,816 629,816 CD 1662 5937 42 ; ; : 1662 5937 43 female female JJ 1662 5937 44 697,034 697,034 CD 1662 5937 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5937 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5937 47 July July NNP 1662 5937 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5937 49 est est NNP 1662 5937 50 . . . 1662 5937 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5938 1 Population population NN 1662 5938 2 growth growth NN 1662 5938 3 rate rate NN 1662 5938 4 : : : 1662 5938 5 2.02 2.02 CD 1662 5938 6 % % NN 1662 5938 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5938 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5938 9 est est NNP 1662 5938 10 . . . 1662 5938 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5939 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5939 2 rate rate NN 1662 5939 3 : : : 1662 5939 4 26.83 26.83 CD 1662 5939 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 5939 6 population population NN 1662 5939 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5939 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5939 9 est est NNP 1662 5939 10 . . . 1662 5939 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5940 1 Death death NN 1662 5940 2 rate rate NN 1662 5940 3 : : : 1662 5940 4 5.58 5.58 CD 1662 5940 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5940 6 population population NN 1662 5940 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5940 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5940 9 est est NNP 1662 5940 10 . . . 1662 5940 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5941 1 Net net JJ 1662 5941 2 migration migration NN 1662 5941 3 rate rate NN 1662 5941 4 : : : 1662 5941 5 -1.08 -1.08 NFP 1662 5941 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 5941 7 population population NN 1662 5941 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5941 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5941 10 est est NNP 1662 5941 11 . . . 1662 5941 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5942 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5942 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5942 3 : : : 1662 5942 4 at at IN 1662 5942 5 birth birth NN 1662 5942 6 : : : 1662 5942 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 5942 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5942 9 under under IN 1662 5942 10 15 15 CD 1662 5942 11 years year NNS 1662 5942 12 : : : 1662 5942 13 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 5942 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5942 15 15 15 CD 1662 5942 16 - - HYPH 1662 5942 17 64 64 CD 1662 5942 18 years year NNS 1662 5942 19 : : : 1662 5942 20 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 5942 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5942 22 65 65 CD 1662 5942 23 years year NNS 1662 5942 24 and and CC 1662 5942 25 over over IN 1662 5942 26 : : : 1662 5942 27 0.9 0.9 CD 1662 5942 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5942 29 total total JJ 1662 5942 30 population population NN 1662 5942 31 : : : 1662 5942 32 1 1 CD 1662 5942 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5942 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5942 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5942 36 est e JJS 1662 5942 37 . . . 1662 5942 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5943 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5943 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5943 3 rate rate NN 1662 5943 4 : : : 1662 5943 5 40.7 40.7 CD 1662 5943 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5943 7 live live JJ 1662 5943 8 births birth NNS 1662 5943 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5943 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5943 11 est est NNP 1662 5943 12 . . . 1662 5943 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5944 1 Life life NN 1662 5944 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5944 3 at at IN 1662 5944 4 birth birth NN 1662 5944 5 : : : 1662 5944 6 total total JJ 1662 5944 7 population population NN 1662 5944 8 : : : 1662 5944 9 70.08 70.08 CD 1662 5944 10 years year NNS 1662 5944 11 male male JJ 1662 5944 12 : : : 1662 5944 13 68.04 68.04 CD 1662 5944 14 years year NNS 1662 5944 15 female female JJ 1662 5944 16 : : : 1662 5944 17 72.21 72.21 CD 1662 5944 18 years year NNS 1662 5944 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5944 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5944 21 est est NNP 1662 5944 22 . . . 1662 5944 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5945 1 Total total JJ 1662 5945 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5945 3 rate rate NN 1662 5945 4 : : : 1662 5945 5 3.47 3.47 CD 1662 5945 6 children child NNS 1662 5945 7 born bear VBN 1662 5945 8 / / SYM 1662 5945 9 woman woman NN 1662 5945 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5945 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5945 12 est est NNP 1662 5945 13 . . . 1662 5945 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5946 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5946 2 : : : 1662 5946 3 noun noun NNP 1662 5946 4 : : : 1662 5946 5 Moroccan(s Moroccan(s NNP 1662 5946 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5946 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 5946 8 : : : 1662 5946 9 Moroccan moroccan JJ 1662 5946 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5946 11 groups group NNS 1662 5946 12 : : : 1662 5946 13 Arab Arab NNP 1662 5946 14 - - HYPH 1662 5946 15 Berber Berber NNP 1662 5946 16 99.1 99.1 CD 1662 5946 17 % % NN 1662 5946 18 , , , 1662 5946 19 other other JJ 1662 5946 20 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 5946 21 % % NN 1662 5946 22 , , , 1662 5946 23 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 5946 24 0.2 0.2 CD 1662 5946 25 % % NN 1662 5946 26 Religions religion NNS 1662 5946 27 : : : 1662 5946 28 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 5946 29 98.7 98.7 CD 1662 5946 30 % % NN 1662 5946 31 , , , 1662 5946 32 Christian Christian NNP 1662 5946 33 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 5946 34 % % NN 1662 5946 35 , , , 1662 5946 36 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 5946 37 0.2 0.2 CD 1662 5946 38 % % NN 1662 5946 39 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 5946 40 : : : 1662 5946 41 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 5946 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5946 43 official official JJ 1662 5946 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5946 45 , , , 1662 5946 46 Berber Berber NNP 1662 5946 47 dialects dialect VBZ 1662 5946 48 , , , 1662 5946 49 French French NNP 1662 5946 50 often often RB 1662 5946 51 the the DT 1662 5946 52 language language NN 1662 5946 53 of of IN 1662 5946 54 business business NN 1662 5946 55 , , , 1662 5946 56 government government NN 1662 5946 57 , , , 1662 5946 58 and and CC 1662 5946 59 diplomacy diplomacy NN 1662 5946 60 Literacy literacy NN 1662 5946 61 : : : 1662 5946 62 definition definition NN 1662 5946 63 : : : 1662 5946 64 age age NN 1662 5946 65 15 15 CD 1662 5946 66 and and CC 1662 5946 67 over over RB 1662 5946 68 can can MD 1662 5946 69 read read VB 1662 5946 70 and and CC 1662 5946 71 write write VB 1662 5946 72 total total JJ 1662 5946 73 population population NN 1662 5946 74 : : : 1662 5946 75 43.7 43.7 CD 1662 5946 76 % % NN 1662 5946 77 male male NN 1662 5946 78 : : : 1662 5946 79 56.6 56.6 CD 1662 5946 80 % % NN 1662 5946 81 female female NN 1662 5946 82 : : : 1662 5946 83 31 31 CD 1662 5946 84 % % NN 1662 5946 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5946 86 1995 1995 CD 1662 5946 87 est est NNP 1662 5946 88 . . . 1662 5946 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 1 @Morocco @Morocco NFP 1662 5947 2 : : : 1662 5947 3 Government Government NNP 1662 5947 4 Country Country NNP 1662 5947 5 name name NN 1662 5947 6 : : : 1662 5947 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5947 8 long long JJ 1662 5947 9 form form NN 1662 5947 10 : : : 1662 5947 11 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 5947 12 of of IN 1662 5947 13 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 5947 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5947 15 short short JJ 1662 5947 16 form form NN 1662 5947 17 : : : 1662 5947 18 Morocco morocco VB 1662 5947 19 local local JJ 1662 5947 20 long long JJ 1662 5947 21 form form NN 1662 5947 22 : : : 1662 5947 23 Al Al NNP 1662 5947 24 Mamlakah Mamlakah NNP 1662 5947 25 al al NNP 1662 5947 26 Maghribiyah Maghribiyah NNP 1662 5947 27 local local JJ 1662 5947 28 short short JJ 1662 5947 29 form form NN 1662 5947 30 : : : 1662 5947 31 Al Al NNP 1662 5947 32 Maghrib Maghrib NNP 1662 5947 33 Data Data NNP 1662 5947 34 code code NN 1662 5947 35 : : : 1662 5947 36 MO MO NNP 1662 5947 37 Government Government NNP 1662 5947 38 type type NN 1662 5947 39 : : : 1662 5947 40 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 5947 41 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 5947 42 National national JJ 1662 5947 43 capital capital NN 1662 5947 44 : : : 1662 5947 45 Rabat Rabat NNP 1662 5947 46 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 5947 47 divisions division NNS 1662 5947 48 : : : 1662 5947 49 36 36 CD 1662 5947 50 provinces province NNS 1662 5947 51 and and CC 1662 5947 52 5 5 CD 1662 5947 53 wilayas wilayas NN 1662 5947 54 * * NFP 1662 5947 55 ; ; : 1662 5947 56 Agadir Agadir NNP 1662 5947 57 , , , 1662 5947 58 Al Al NNP 1662 5947 59 Hoceima Hoceima NNP 1662 5947 60 , , , 1662 5947 61 Assa Assa NNP 1662 5947 62 - - HYPH 1662 5947 63 Zag Zag NNP 1662 5947 64 , , , 1662 5947 65 Azilal Azilal NNP 1662 5947 66 , , , 1662 5947 67 Beni Beni NNP 1662 5947 68 Mellal Mellal NNP 1662 5947 69 , , , 1662 5947 70 Ben Ben NNP 1662 5947 71 Slimane Slimane NNP 1662 5947 72 , , , 1662 5947 73 Boulemane Boulemane NNP 1662 5947 74 , , , 1662 5947 75 Casablanca Casablanca NNP 1662 5947 76 * * NFP 1662 5947 77 , , , 1662 5947 78 Chaouen Chaouen NNP 1662 5947 79 , , , 1662 5947 80 El El NNP 1662 5947 81 Jadida Jadida NNP 1662 5947 82 , , , 1662 5947 83 El El NNP 1662 5947 84 Kelaa Kelaa NNP 1662 5947 85 des des NNP 1662 5947 86 Srarhna Srarhna NNP 1662 5947 87 , , , 1662 5947 88 Er Er NNP 1662 5947 89 Rachidia Rachidia NNP 1662 5947 90 , , , 1662 5947 91 Essaouira Essaouira NNP 1662 5947 92 , , , 1662 5947 93 Es Es NNP 1662 5947 94 Smara Smara NNP 1662 5947 95 , , , 1662 5947 96 Fes Fes NNP 1662 5947 97 * * NFP 1662 5947 98 , , , 1662 5947 99 Figuig Figuig NNP 1662 5947 100 , , , 1662 5947 101 Guelmim Guelmim NNP 1662 5947 102 , , , 1662 5947 103 Ifrane Ifrane NNP 1662 5947 104 , , , 1662 5947 105 Kenitra Kenitra NNP 1662 5947 106 , , , 1662 5947 107 Khemisset Khemisset NNP 1662 5947 108 , , , 1662 5947 109 Khenifra Khenifra NNP 1662 5947 110 , , , 1662 5947 111 Khouribga Khouribga NNP 1662 5947 112 , , , 1662 5947 113 Laayoune Laayoune NNP 1662 5947 114 , , , 1662 5947 115 Larache Larache NNP 1662 5947 116 , , , 1662 5947 117 Marrakech Marrakech NNP 1662 5947 118 * * NFP 1662 5947 119 , , , 1662 5947 120 Meknes mekne NNS 1662 5947 121 * * NFP 1662 5947 122 , , , 1662 5947 123 Nador Nador NNP 1662 5947 124 , , , 1662 5947 125 Ouarzazate Ouarzazate NNP 1662 5947 126 , , , 1662 5947 127 Oujda Oujda NNP 1662 5947 128 , , , 1662 5947 129 Rabat Rabat NNP 1662 5947 130 - - HYPH 1662 5947 131 Sale Sale NNP 1662 5947 132 * * NFP 1662 5947 133 , , , 1662 5947 134 Safi Safi NNP 1662 5947 135 , , , 1662 5947 136 Settat Settat NNP 1662 5947 137 , , , 1662 5947 138 Sidi Sidi NNP 1662 5947 139 Kacem Kacem NNP 1662 5947 140 , , , 1662 5947 141 Tanger Tanger NNP 1662 5947 142 , , , 1662 5947 143 Tan Tan NNP 1662 5947 144 - - HYPH 1662 5947 145 Tan Tan NNP 1662 5947 146 , , , 1662 5947 147 Taounate Taounate NNP 1662 5947 148 , , , 1662 5947 149 Taroudannt Taroudannt NNP 1662 5947 150 , , , 1662 5947 151 Tata Tata NNP 1662 5947 152 , , , 1662 5947 153 Taza Taza NNP 1662 5947 154 , , , 1662 5947 155 Tetouan Tetouan NNP 1662 5947 156 , , , 1662 5947 157 Tiznit Tiznit NNP 1662 5947 158 note note NN 1662 5947 159 : : : 1662 5947 160 decentralization decentralization NN 1662 5947 161 / / SYM 1662 5947 162 regionalization regionalization NN 1662 5947 163 law law NN 1662 5947 164 passed pass VBN 1662 5947 165 by by IN 1662 5947 166 the the DT 1662 5947 167 legislature legislature NN 1662 5947 168 in in IN 1662 5947 169 March March NNP 1662 5947 170 1997 1997 CD 1662 5947 171 creating create VBG 1662 5947 172 many many JJ 1662 5947 173 new new JJ 1662 5947 174 provinces province NNS 1662 5947 175 / / SYM 1662 5947 176 regions region NNS 1662 5947 177 ; ; , 1662 5947 178 specific specific JJ 1662 5947 179 details detail NNS 1662 5947 180 and and CC 1662 5947 181 scope scope NN 1662 5947 182 of of IN 1662 5947 183 the the DT 1662 5947 184 reorganization reorganization NN 1662 5947 185 not not RB 1662 5947 186 yet yet RB 1662 5947 187 available available JJ 1662 5947 188 Independence independence NN 1662 5947 189 : : : 1662 5947 190 2 2 CD 1662 5947 191 March March NNP 1662 5947 192 1956 1956 CD 1662 5947 193 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 194 from from IN 1662 5947 195 France France NNP 1662 5947 196 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 197 National national JJ 1662 5947 198 holiday holiday NN 1662 5947 199 : : : 1662 5947 200 National National NNP 1662 5947 201 Day Day NNP 1662 5947 202 , , , 1662 5947 203 3 3 CD 1662 5947 204 March March NNP 1662 5947 205 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 206 1961 1961 CD 1662 5947 207 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 208 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 209 anniversary anniversary NN 1662 5947 210 of of IN 1662 5947 211 King King NNP 1662 5947 212 HASSAN HASSAN NNP 1662 5947 213 II II NNP 1662 5947 214 's 's POS 1662 5947 215 accession accession NN 1662 5947 216 to to IN 1662 5947 217 the the DT 1662 5947 218 throne throne NN 1662 5947 219 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 220 Constitution constitution NN 1662 5947 221 : : : 1662 5947 222 10 10 CD 1662 5947 223 March March NNP 1662 5947 224 1972 1972 CD 1662 5947 225 , , , 1662 5947 226 revised revise VBD 1662 5947 227 4 4 CD 1662 5947 228 September September NNP 1662 5947 229 1992 1992 CD 1662 5947 230 , , , 1662 5947 231 amended amend VBN 1662 5947 232 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 233 to to TO 1662 5947 234 create create VB 1662 5947 235 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 5947 236 legislature legislature NN 1662 5947 237 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 238 September September NNP 1662 5947 239 1996 1996 CD 1662 5947 240 Legal legal JJ 1662 5947 241 system system NN 1662 5947 242 : : : 1662 5947 243 based base VBN 1662 5947 244 on on IN 1662 5947 245 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 5947 246 law law NN 1662 5947 247 and and CC 1662 5947 248 French french JJ 1662 5947 249 and and CC 1662 5947 250 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 5947 251 civil civil JJ 1662 5947 252 law law NN 1662 5947 253 system system NN 1662 5947 254 ; ; : 1662 5947 255 judicial judicial JJ 1662 5947 256 review review NN 1662 5947 257 of of IN 1662 5947 258 legislative legislative JJ 1662 5947 259 acts act NNS 1662 5947 260 in in IN 1662 5947 261 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 5947 262 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 5947 263 of of IN 1662 5947 264 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5947 265 Court Court NNP 1662 5947 266 Suffrage Suffrage NNP 1662 5947 267 : : : 1662 5947 268 21 21 CD 1662 5947 269 years year NNS 1662 5947 270 of of IN 1662 5947 271 age age NN 1662 5947 272 ; ; : 1662 5947 273 universal universal JJ 1662 5947 274 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5947 275 branch branch NN 1662 5947 276 : : : 1662 5947 277 chief chief NN 1662 5947 278 of of IN 1662 5947 279 state state NN 1662 5947 280 : : : 1662 5947 281 King King NNP 1662 5947 282 HASSAN HASSAN NNP 1662 5947 283 II II NNP 1662 5947 284 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 285 since since IN 1662 5947 286 3 3 CD 1662 5947 287 March March NNP 1662 5947 288 1961 1961 CD 1662 5947 289 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 290 head head NN 1662 5947 291 of of IN 1662 5947 292 government government NN 1662 5947 293 : : : 1662 5947 294 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5947 295 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5947 296 Abdellatif Abdellatif NNP 1662 5947 297 FILALI FILALI NNP 1662 5947 298 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 299 since since IN 1662 5947 300 29 29 CD 1662 5947 301 May May NNP 1662 5947 302 1994 1994 CD 1662 5947 303 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 304 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5947 305 : : : 1662 5947 306 Council Council NNP 1662 5947 307 of of IN 1662 5947 308 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 5947 309 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5947 310 by by IN 1662 5947 311 the the DT 1662 5947 312 king king NN 1662 5947 313 elections election NNS 1662 5947 314 : : : 1662 5947 315 none none NN 1662 5947 316 ; ; : 1662 5947 317 the the DT 1662 5947 318 king king NN 1662 5947 319 is be VBZ 1662 5947 320 a a DT 1662 5947 321 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 5947 322 monarch monarch NN 1662 5947 323 ; ; : 1662 5947 324 prime prime NNP 1662 5947 325 minister minister NNP 1662 5947 326 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5947 327 by by IN 1662 5947 328 the the DT 1662 5947 329 king king NN 1662 5947 330 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 5947 331 branch branch NN 1662 5947 332 : : : 1662 5947 333 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 5947 334 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 5947 335 of of IN 1662 5947 336 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 5947 337 or or CC 1662 5947 338 Majlis Majlis NNP 1662 5947 339 Nawab Nawab NNP 1662 5947 340 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 341 333 333 CD 1662 5947 342 seats seat NNS 1662 5947 343 ; ; : 1662 5947 344 222 222 CD 1662 5947 345 elected elect VBN 1662 5947 346 by by IN 1662 5947 347 popular popular JJ 1662 5947 348 vote vote NN 1662 5947 349 , , , 1662 5947 350 111 111 CD 1662 5947 351 indirectly indirectly RB 1662 5947 352 elected elect VBN 1662 5947 353 by by IN 1662 5947 354 an an DT 1662 5947 355 electoral electoral JJ 1662 5947 356 college college NN 1662 5947 357 made make VBN 1662 5947 358 up up RP 1662 5947 359 of of IN 1662 5947 360 government government NN 1662 5947 361 , , , 1662 5947 362 professional professional JJ 1662 5947 363 , , , 1662 5947 364 and and CC 1662 5947 365 labor labor NN 1662 5947 366 representatives representative NNS 1662 5947 367 ; ; : 1662 5947 368 members member NNS 1662 5947 369 serve serve VBP 1662 5947 370 six six CD 1662 5947 371 - - HYPH 1662 5947 372 year year NN 1662 5947 373 terms term NNS 1662 5947 374 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 375 ; ; : 1662 5947 376 note note VB 1662 5947 377 - - HYPH 1662 5947 378 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 5947 379 legislature legislature NN 1662 5947 380 to to TO 1662 5947 381 be be VB 1662 5947 382 introduced introduce VBN 1662 5947 383 in in IN 1662 5947 384 September September NNP 1662 5947 385 1997 1997 CD 1662 5947 386 ; ; : 1662 5947 387 members member NNS 1662 5947 388 of of IN 1662 5947 389 the the DT 1662 5947 390 upper upper JJ 1662 5947 391 house house NN 1662 5947 392 will will MD 1662 5947 393 be be VB 1662 5947 394 indirectly indirectly RB 1662 5947 395 elected elect VBN 1662 5947 396 to to TO 1662 5947 397 serve serve VB 1662 5947 398 nine nine CD 1662 5947 399 - - HYPH 1662 5947 400 year year NN 1662 5947 401 terms term NNS 1662 5947 402 , , , 1662 5947 403 with with IN 1662 5947 404 one one CD 1662 5947 405 - - HYPH 1662 5947 406 third third NN 1662 5947 407 of of IN 1662 5947 408 the the DT 1662 5947 409 members member NNS 1662 5947 410 renewed renew VBD 1662 5947 411 every every DT 1662 5947 412 three three CD 1662 5947 413 years year NNS 1662 5947 414 ; ; : 1662 5947 415 members member NNS 1662 5947 416 of of IN 1662 5947 417 the the DT 1662 5947 418 lower low JJR 1662 5947 419 house house NN 1662 5947 420 will will MD 1662 5947 421 be be VB 1662 5947 422 directly directly RB 1662 5947 423 elected elect VBN 1662 5947 424 by by IN 1662 5947 425 popular popular JJ 1662 5947 426 vote vote NN 1662 5947 427 to to TO 1662 5947 428 serve serve VB 1662 5947 429 five five CD 1662 5947 430 - - HYPH 1662 5947 431 year year NN 1662 5947 432 terms term NNS 1662 5947 433 elections election NNS 1662 5947 434 : : : 1662 5947 435 popular popular JJ 1662 5947 436 elections election NNS 1662 5947 437 last last RB 1662 5947 438 held hold VBD 1662 5947 439 15 15 CD 1662 5947 440 June June NNP 1662 5947 441 1993 1993 CD 1662 5947 442 ; ; : 1662 5947 443 indirect indirect JJ 1662 5947 444 elections election NNS 1662 5947 445 last last RB 1662 5947 446 held hold VBD 1662 5947 447 17 17 CD 1662 5947 448 September September NNP 1662 5947 449 1993 1993 CD 1662 5947 450 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 451 next next JJ 1662 5947 452 election election NN 1662 5947 453 will will MD 1662 5947 454 be be VB 1662 5947 455 for for IN 1662 5947 456 the the DT 1662 5947 457 new new JJ 1662 5947 458 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 5947 459 legislature legislature NN 1662 5947 460 with with IN 1662 5947 461 both both CC 1662 5947 462 indirect indirect JJ 1662 5947 463 and and CC 1662 5947 464 popular popular JJ 1662 5947 465 elections election NNS 1662 5947 466 scheduled schedule VBN 1662 5947 467 to to TO 1662 5947 468 be be VB 1662 5947 469 held hold VBN 1662 5947 470 in in IN 1662 5947 471 September September NNP 1662 5947 472 1997 1997 CD 1662 5947 473 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 474 election election NN 1662 5947 475 results result NNS 1662 5947 476 : : : 1662 5947 477 popular popular JJ 1662 5947 478 elections election NNS 1662 5947 479 - - HYPH 1662 5947 480 percent percent NN 1662 5947 481 of of IN 1662 5947 482 vote vote NN 1662 5947 483 by by IN 1662 5947 484 party party NN 1662 5947 485 - - HYPH 1662 5947 486 NA NA NNP 1662 5947 487 ; ; , 1662 5947 488 seats seat NNS 1662 5947 489 by by IN 1662 5947 490 party party NN 1662 5947 491 - - HYPH 1662 5947 492 USFP USFP NNP 1662 5947 493 48 48 CD 1662 5947 494 , , , 1662 5947 495 IP IP NNP 1662 5947 496 43 43 CD 1662 5947 497 , , , 1662 5947 498 MP MP NNP 1662 5947 499 33 33 CD 1662 5947 500 , , , 1662 5947 501 RNI RNI NNP 1662 5947 502 28 28 CD 1662 5947 503 , , , 1662 5947 504 UC UC NNP 1662 5947 505 27 27 CD 1662 5947 506 , , , 1662 5947 507 PND PND NNP 1662 5947 508 14 14 CD 1662 5947 509 , , , 1662 5947 510 MNP MNP NNP 1662 5947 511 14 14 CD 1662 5947 512 , , , 1662 5947 513 PPS PPS NNP 1662 5947 514 6 6 CD 1662 5947 515 , , , 1662 5947 516 PDI PDI NNP 1662 5947 517 3 3 CD 1662 5947 518 , , , 1662 5947 519 SAP sap NN 1662 5947 520 2 2 CD 1662 5947 521 , , , 1662 5947 522 PA PA NNP 1662 5947 523 2 2 CD 1662 5947 524 , , , 1662 5947 525 OADP OADP NNP 1662 5947 526 2 2 CD 1662 5947 527 ; ; : 1662 5947 528 indirect indirect JJ 1662 5947 529 elections election NNS 1662 5947 530 - - HYPH 1662 5947 531 percent percent NN 1662 5947 532 of of IN 1662 5947 533 vote vote NN 1662 5947 534 by by IN 1662 5947 535 party party NN 1662 5947 536 - - HYPH 1662 5947 537 NA NA NNP 1662 5947 538 ; ; , 1662 5947 539 seats seat NNS 1662 5947 540 by by IN 1662 5947 541 party party NN 1662 5947 542 - - HYPH 1662 5947 543 UC UC NNP 1662 5947 544 27 27 CD 1662 5947 545 , , , 1662 5947 546 MP MP NNP 1662 5947 547 18 18 CD 1662 5947 548 , , , 1662 5947 549 RNI RNI NNP 1662 5947 550 13 13 CD 1662 5947 551 , , , 1662 5947 552 MNP MNP NNP 1662 5947 553 11 11 CD 1662 5947 554 , , , 1662 5947 555 PND PND NNP 1662 5947 556 10 10 CD 1662 5947 557 , , , 1662 5947 558 IP IP NNP 1662 5947 559 7 7 CD 1662 5947 560 , , , 1662 5947 561 Party Party NNP 1662 5947 562 of of IN 1662 5947 563 Shura Shura NNP 1662 5947 564 and and CC 1662 5947 565 Istiqlal Istiqlal NNP 1662 5947 566 6 6 CD 1662 5947 567 , , , 1662 5947 568 USFP USFP NNP 1662 5947 569 4 4 CD 1662 5947 570 , , , 1662 5947 571 PPS PPS NNP 1662 5947 572 4 4 CD 1662 5947 573 , , , 1662 5947 574 CDT CDT NNP 1662 5947 575 4 4 CD 1662 5947 576 , , , 1662 5947 577 UTM UTM NNP 1662 5947 578 3 3 CD 1662 5947 579 , , , 1662 5947 580 UGTM UGTM NNP 1662 5947 581 2 2 CD 1662 5947 582 , , , 1662 5947 583 SAP sap NN 1662 5947 584 2 2 CD 1662 5947 585 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 5947 586 branch branch NN 1662 5947 587 : : : 1662 5947 588 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5947 589 Court Court NNP 1662 5947 590 , , , 1662 5947 591 judges judge NNS 1662 5947 592 are be VBP 1662 5947 593 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5947 594 on on IN 1662 5947 595 the the DT 1662 5947 596 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 5947 597 of of IN 1662 5947 598 the the DT 1662 5947 599 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 5947 600 Council Council NNP 1662 5947 601 of of IN 1662 5947 602 the the DT 1662 5947 603 Judiciary Judiciary NNP 1662 5947 604 , , , 1662 5947 605 presided preside VBD 1662 5947 606 over over RP 1662 5947 607 by by IN 1662 5947 608 the the DT 1662 5947 609 king king NN 1662 5947 610 Political political JJ 1662 5947 611 parties party NNS 1662 5947 612 and and CC 1662 5947 613 leaders leader NNS 1662 5947 614 : : : 1662 5947 615 opposition opposition NN 1662 5947 616 : : : 1662 5947 617 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 5947 618 Union Union NNP 1662 5947 619 of of IN 1662 5947 620 Popular Popular NNP 1662 5947 621 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5947 622 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 623 USFP USFP NNP 1662 5947 624 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 625 , , , 1662 5947 626 Abderrahman Abderrahman NNP 1662 5947 627 YOUSSFI YOUSSFI NNP 1662 5947 628 ; ; : 1662 5947 629 Istiqlal Istiqlal NNP 1662 5947 630 Party Party NNP 1662 5947 631 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 632 IP IP NNP 1662 5947 633 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 634 , , , 1662 5947 635 M'Hamed M'Hamed NNP 1662 5947 636 BOUCETTA BOUCETTA NNP 1662 5947 637 ; ; : 1662 5947 638 Party Party NNP 1662 5947 639 of of IN 1662 5947 640 Progress Progress NNP 1662 5947 641 and and CC 1662 5947 642 Socialism Socialism NNP 1662 5947 643 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 644 PPS PPS NNP 1662 5947 645 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 646 , , , 1662 5947 647 Ali Ali NNP 1662 5947 648 YATA YATA NNP 1662 5947 649 ; ; : 1662 5947 650 Organization Organization NNP 1662 5947 651 of of IN 1662 5947 652 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5947 653 and and CC 1662 5947 654 Popular Popular NNP 1662 5947 655 Action Action NNP 1662 5947 656 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 657 OADP OADP NNP 1662 5947 658 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 659 , , , 1662 5947 660 Mohamed Mohamed NNP 1662 5947 661 Ben Ben NNP 1662 5947 662 SAID say VBD 1662 5947 663 ; ; : 1662 5947 664 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5947 665 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 5947 666 Party Party NNP 1662 5947 667 , , , 1662 5947 668 Issa Issa NNP 1662 5947 669 al al NNP 1662 5947 670 - - HYPH 1662 5947 671 OUARDIGHI OUARDIGHI NNP 1662 5947 672 pro pro JJ 1662 5947 673 - - JJ 1662 5947 674 government government NN 1662 5947 675 : : : 1662 5947 676 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 5947 677 Union Union NNP 1662 5947 678 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 679 UC UC NNP 1662 5947 680 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 681 , , , 1662 5947 682 Abdelatif Abdelatif NNP 1662 5947 683 SEMLALI SEMLALI NNS 1662 5947 684 ; ; : 1662 5947 685 Popular Popular NNP 1662 5947 686 Movement Movement NNP 1662 5947 687 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 688 MP MP NNP 1662 5947 689 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 690 , , , 1662 5947 691 Mohamed Mohamed NNP 1662 5947 692 LAENSER LAENSER NNP 1662 5947 693 ; ; : 1662 5947 694 National National NNP 1662 5947 695 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5947 696 Party Party NNP 1662 5947 697 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 698 PND PND NNP 1662 5947 699 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 700 , , , 1662 5947 701 Mohamed Mohamed NNP 1662 5947 702 Arsalane Arsalane NNP 1662 5947 703 EL EL NNP 1662 5947 704 - - HYPH 1662 5947 705 JADIDI JADIDI NNP 1662 5947 706 ; ; : 1662 5947 707 National National NNP 1662 5947 708 Popular Popular NNP 1662 5947 709 Movement Movement NNP 1662 5947 710 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 711 MNP MNP NNP 1662 5947 712 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 713 , , , 1662 5947 714 Mahjoubi Mahjoubi NNP 1662 5947 715 AHARDANE AHARDANE NNP 1662 5947 716 ; ; : 1662 5947 717 National National NNP 1662 5947 718 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5947 719 Movement Movement NNP 1662 5947 720 , , , 1662 5947 721 Mohamed Mohamed NNP 1662 5947 722 AARCHANE AARCHANE NNP 1662 5947 723 independents independent NNS 1662 5947 724 : : : 1662 5947 725 National National NNP 1662 5947 726 Rally Rally NNP 1662 5947 727 of of IN 1662 5947 728 Independents Independents NNPS 1662 5947 729 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 730 RNI RNI NNP 1662 5947 731 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 732 , , , 1662 5947 733 Ahmed Ahmed NNP 1662 5947 734 OSMAN OSMAN NNP 1662 5947 735 ; ; : 1662 5947 736 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 5947 737 and and CC 1662 5947 738 Istiqlal Istiqlal NNP 1662 5947 739 Party Party NNP 1662 5947 740 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 741 PDI PDI NNP 1662 5947 742 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 743 , , , 1662 5947 744 leader leader NN 1662 5947 745 NA NA NNP 1662 5947 746 ; ; : 1662 5947 747 Action Action NNP 1662 5947 748 Party Party NNP 1662 5947 749 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 750 PA PA NNP 1662 5947 751 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 752 , , , 1662 5947 753 Abdullah Abdullah NNP 1662 5947 754 SENHAJI SENHAJI NNP 1662 5947 755 ; ; : 1662 5947 756 Non non JJ 1662 5947 757 - - JJ 1662 5947 758 Obedience obedience JJ 1662 5947 759 Candidates candidate NNS 1662 5947 760 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 761 SAP SAP NNP 1662 5947 762 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 763 , , , 1662 5947 764 leader leader NN 1662 5947 765 NA NA NNP 1662 5947 766 labor labor NN 1662 5947 767 unions union NNS 1662 5947 768 and and CC 1662 5947 769 community community NN 1662 5947 770 organizations organization NNS 1662 5947 771 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 772 indirect indirect JJ 1662 5947 773 elections election NNS 1662 5947 774 only only RB 1662 5947 775 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 776 : : : 1662 5947 777 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5947 778 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 5947 779 of of IN 1662 5947 780 Labor Labor NNP 1662 5947 781 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 782 CDT CDT NNP 1662 5947 783 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 784 , , , 1662 5947 785 Nabir Nabir NNP 1662 5947 786 AMAOUI AMAOUI NNP 1662 5947 787 ; ; : 1662 5947 788 General General NNP 1662 5947 789 Union Union NNP 1662 5947 790 of of IN 1662 5947 791 Moroccan Moroccan NNP 1662 5947 792 Workers Workers NNP 1662 5947 793 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 794 UGTM UGTM NNP 1662 5947 795 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 796 , , , 1662 5947 797 Abderrazzak Abderrazzak NNP 1662 5947 798 AFILAL AFILAL NNP 1662 5947 799 ; ; : 1662 5947 800 Moroccan Moroccan NNP 1662 5947 801 Union Union NNP 1662 5947 802 of of IN 1662 5947 803 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 5947 804 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 805 UTM UTM NNP 1662 5947 806 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 807 , , , 1662 5947 808 Mahjoub Mahjoub NNP 1662 5947 809 BENSEDIQ BENSEDIQ NNP 1662 5947 810 ; ; : 1662 5947 811 Party Party NNP 1662 5947 812 of of IN 1662 5947 813 Shura Shura NNP 1662 5947 814 and and CC 1662 5947 815 Istiqlal Istiqlal NNP 1662 5947 816 , , , 1662 5947 817 Abdelwaheb Abdelwaheb NNP 1662 5947 818 MAASH MAASH NNP 1662 5947 819 ; ; : 1662 5947 820 Labor Labor NNP 1662 5947 821 Union Union NNP 1662 5947 822 Commissions Commissions NNPS 1662 5947 823 , , , 1662 5947 824 leader leader NN 1662 5947 825 NA NA NNP 1662 5947 826 International international JJ 1662 5947 827 organization organization NN 1662 5947 828 participation participation NN 1662 5947 829 : : : 1662 5947 830 ABEDA ABEDA NNP 1662 5947 831 , , , 1662 5947 832 ACCT ACCT NNP 1662 5947 833 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 834 associate associate NN 1662 5947 835 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 836 , , , 1662 5947 837 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 5947 838 , , , 1662 5947 839 AFESD AFESD NNP 1662 5947 840 , , , 1662 5947 841 AL AL NNP 1662 5947 842 , , , 1662 5947 843 AMF AMF NNP 1662 5947 844 , , , 1662 5947 845 AMU AMU NNP 1662 5947 846 , , , 1662 5947 847 CCC CCC NNP 1662 5947 848 , , , 1662 5947 849 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 5947 850 , , , 1662 5947 851 ECA ECA NNP 1662 5947 852 , , , 1662 5947 853 FAO FAO NNP 1662 5947 854 , , , 1662 5947 855 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 5947 856 , , , 1662 5947 857 IAEA iaea NN 1662 5947 858 , , , 1662 5947 859 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 5947 860 , , , 1662 5947 861 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 5947 862 , , , 1662 5947 863 ICC ICC NNP 1662 5947 864 , , , 1662 5947 865 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 5947 866 , , , 1662 5947 867 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 5947 868 , , , 1662 5947 869 IDA IDA NNP 1662 5947 870 , , , 1662 5947 871 IDB IDB NNP 1662 5947 872 , , , 1662 5947 873 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 5947 874 , , , 1662 5947 875 IFC IFC NNP 1662 5947 876 , , , 1662 5947 877 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 5947 878 , , , 1662 5947 879 IHO IHO NNP 1662 5947 880 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 881 pending pende VBG 1662 5947 882 member member NN 1662 5947 883 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 884 , , , 1662 5947 885 ILO ILO NNP 1662 5947 886 , , , 1662 5947 887 IMF IMF NNP 1662 5947 888 , , , 1662 5947 889 IMO imo RB 1662 5947 890 , , , 1662 5947 891 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5947 892 , , , 1662 5947 893 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 5947 894 , , , 1662 5947 895 IOC IOC NNP 1662 5947 896 , , , 1662 5947 897 IOM IOM NNP 1662 5947 898 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 899 observer observer NN 1662 5947 900 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 901 , , , 1662 5947 902 ISO ISO NNP 1662 5947 903 , , , 1662 5947 904 ITU ITU NNP 1662 5947 905 , , , 1662 5947 906 NAM NAM NNP 1662 5947 907 , , , 1662 5947 908 OAS OAS NNP 1662 5947 909 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 910 observer observer NN 1662 5947 911 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 912 , , , 1662 5947 913 OIC OIC NNP 1662 5947 914 , , , 1662 5947 915 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 5947 916 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 917 partner partner NN 1662 5947 918 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 919 , , , 1662 5947 920 UN UN NNP 1662 5947 921 , , , 1662 5947 922 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 5947 923 , , , 1662 5947 924 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 5947 925 , , , 1662 5947 926 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 5947 927 , , , 1662 5947 928 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 5947 929 , , , 1662 5947 930 UPU UPU NNP 1662 5947 931 , , , 1662 5947 932 WHO who WP 1662 5947 933 , , , 1662 5947 934 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 5947 935 , , , 1662 5947 936 WMO WMO NNP 1662 5947 937 , , , 1662 5947 938 WToO wtoo FW 1662 5947 939 , , , 1662 5947 940 WTrO wtro VB 1662 5947 941 Diplomatic diplomatic 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978 FAX FAX NNP 1662 5947 979 : : : 1662 5947 980 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5947 981 1 1 CD 1662 5947 982 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5947 983 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 984 202 202 CD 1662 5947 985 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 986 265 265 CD 1662 5947 987 - - HYPH 1662 5947 988 0161 0161 CD 1662 5947 989 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 5947 990 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 991 general general NN 1662 5947 992 : : : 1662 5947 993 New New NNP 1662 5947 994 York York NNP 1662 5947 995 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 5947 996 representation representation NN 1662 5947 997 from from IN 1662 5947 998 the the DT 1662 5947 999 US US NNP 1662 5947 1000 : : : 1662 5947 1001 chief chief NN 1662 5947 1002 of of IN 1662 5947 1003 mission mission NN 1662 5947 1004 : : : 1662 5947 1005 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 5947 1006 Marc Marc NNP 1662 5947 1007 C. C. NNP 1662 5947 1008 GINSBERG GINSBERG NNP 1662 5947 1009 embassy embassy NN 1662 5947 1010 : : : 1662 5947 1011 2 2 CD 1662 5947 1012 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 5947 1013 de de IN 1662 5947 1014 Marrakech Marrakech NNP 1662 5947 1015 , , , 1662 5947 1016 Rabat Rabat NNP 1662 5947 1017 mailing mail VBG 1662 5947 1018 address address NN 1662 5947 1019 : : : 1662 5947 1020 PSC psc NN 1662 5947 1021 74 74 CD 1662 5947 1022 , , , 1662 5947 1023 Box Box NNP 1662 5947 1024 003 003 CD 1662 5947 1025 , , , 1662 5947 1026 APO APO NNP 1662 5947 1027 AE AE NNP 1662 5947 1028 09718 09718 CD 1662 5947 1029 telephone telephone NN 1662 5947 1030 : : : 1662 5947 1031 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5947 1032 212 212 CD 1662 5947 1033 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5947 1034 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 1035 7 7 CD 1662 5947 1036 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 1037 76 76 CD 1662 5947 1038 22 22 CD 1662 5947 1039 65 65 CD 1662 5947 1040 FAX fax NN 1662 5947 1041 : : : 1662 5947 1042 [ [ -LRB- 1662 5947 1043 212 212 CD 1662 5947 1044 ] ] -RRB- 1662 5947 1045 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 1046 7 7 CD 1662 5947 1047 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 1048 76 76 CD 1662 5947 1049 56 56 CD 1662 5947 1050 61 61 CD 1662 5947 1051 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 5947 1052 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5947 1053 general general NN 1662 5947 1054 : : : 1662 5947 1055 Casablanca Casablanca NNP 1662 5947 1056 Flag Flag NNP 1662 5947 1057 description description NN 1662 5947 1058 : : : 1662 5947 1059 red red JJ 1662 5947 1060 with with IN 1662 5947 1061 a a DT 1662 5947 1062 green green JJ 1662 5947 1063 pentacle pentacle NN 1662 5947 1064 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5947 1065 five five CD 1662 5947 1066 - 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5968 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 5968 7 , , , 1662 5968 8 $ $ $ 1662 5968 9 297 297 CD 1662 5968 10 million million CD 1662 5968 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5968 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 5968 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5968 14 note note NN 1662 5968 15 : : : 1662 5968 16 $ $ $ 1662 5968 17 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 5968 18 billion billion CD 1662 5968 19 debt debt NN 1662 5968 20 canceled cancel VBN 1662 5968 21 by by IN 1662 5968 22 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 5968 23 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 5968 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5968 25 1991 1991 CD 1662 5968 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5968 27 Currency currency NN 1662 5968 28 : : : 1662 5968 29 1 1 CD 1662 5968 30 Moroccan Moroccan NNP 1662 5968 31 dirham dirham NN 1662 5968 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5968 33 DH DH NNP 1662 5968 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5968 35 = = SYM 1662 5968 36 100 100 CD 1662 5968 37 centimes centime NNS 1662 5968 38 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 5968 39 rates rate NNS 1662 5968 40 : : : 1662 5968 41 Moroccan moroccan JJ 1662 5968 42 dirhams dirham NNS 1662 5968 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5968 44 DH DH NNP 1662 5968 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5968 46 per per IN 1662 5968 47 US$ us$ $ 1662 5968 48 1 1 CD 1662 5968 49 - - SYM 1662 5968 50 9.018 9.018 CD 1662 5968 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5968 52 January January NNP 1662 5968 53 1997 1997 CD 1662 5968 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5968 55 , , , 1662 5968 56 8.716 8.716 CD 1662 5968 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5968 58 1996 1996 CD 1662 5968 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5968 60 , , , 1662 5968 61 8.540 8.540 CD 1662 5968 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5968 63 1995 1995 CD 1662 5968 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5968 65 , , , 1662 5968 66 9.203 9.203 CD 1662 5968 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5968 68 1994 1994 CD 1662 5968 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5968 70 , , , 1662 5968 71 9.299 9.299 CD 1662 5968 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5968 73 1993 1993 CD 1662 5968 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5968 75 , , , 1662 5968 76 8.538 8.538 CD 1662 5968 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5968 78 1992 1992 CD 1662 5968 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5968 80 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 5968 81 year year NN 1662 5968 82 : : : 1662 5968 83 July July NNP 1662 5968 84 1-June 1-june CD 1662 5968 85 30 30 CD 1662 5968 86 @Morocco @morocco NN 1662 5968 87 : : : 1662 5968 88 Communications communication NNS 1662 5968 89 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 5968 90 : : : 1662 5968 91 270,100 270,100 CD 1662 5968 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5968 93 1987 1987 CD 1662 5968 94 est est NNP 1662 5968 95 . . . 1662 5968 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5969 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 5969 2 system system NN 1662 5969 3 : : : 1662 5969 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5969 5 : : : 1662 5969 6 good good JJ 1662 5969 7 system system NN 1662 5969 8 composed compose VBN 1662 5969 9 of of IN 1662 5969 10 open open JJ 1662 5969 11 - - HYPH 1662 5969 12 wire wire NN 1662 5969 13 lines line NNS 1662 5969 14 , , , 1662 5969 15 cables cable NNS 1662 5969 16 , , , 1662 5969 17 and and CC 1662 5969 18 microwave microwave VB 1662 5969 19 radio radio NN 1662 5969 20 relay relay NN 1662 5969 21 links link NNS 1662 5969 22 ; ; : 1662 5969 23 principal principal JJ 1662 5969 24 centers center NNS 1662 5969 25 are be VBP 1662 5969 26 Casablanca Casablanca NNP 1662 5969 27 and and CC 1662 5969 28 Rabat Rabat NNP 1662 5969 29 ; ; : 1662 5969 30 secondary secondary JJ 1662 5969 31 centers center NNS 1662 5969 32 are be VBP 1662 5969 33 Fes Fes NNP 1662 5969 34 , , , 1662 5969 35 Marrakech Marrakech NNP 1662 5969 36 , , , 1662 5969 37 Oujda Oujda NNP 1662 5969 38 , , , 1662 5969 39 Tangier Tangier NNP 1662 5969 40 , , , 1662 5969 41 and and CC 1662 5969 42 Tetouan Tetouan NNP 1662 5969 43 international international JJ 1662 5969 44 : : : 1662 5969 45 5 5 CD 1662 5969 46 submarine submarine NN 1662 5969 47 cables cable NNS 1662 5969 48 ; ; : 1662 5969 49 satellite satellite NN 1662 5969 50 earth earth NN 1662 5969 51 stations station NNS 1662 5969 52 - - , 1662 5969 53 2 2 CD 1662 5969 54 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 5969 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5969 56 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 5969 57 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5969 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5969 59 and and CC 1662 5969 60 1 1 CD 1662 5969 61 Arabsat Arabsat NNP 1662 5969 62 ; ; : 1662 5969 63 microwave microwave NN 1662 5969 64 radio radio NN 1662 5969 65 relay relay NN 1662 5969 66 to to IN 1662 5969 67 Gibraltar Gibraltar NNP 1662 5969 68 , , , 1662 5969 69 Spain Spain NNP 1662 5969 70 , , , 1662 5969 71 and and CC 1662 5969 72 Western western JJ 1662 5969 73 Sahara Sahara NNP 1662 5969 74 ; ; : 1662 5969 75 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 5969 76 cable cable NN 1662 5969 77 and and CC 1662 5969 78 microwave microwave NN 1662 5969 79 radio radio NN 1662 5969 80 relay relay NN 1662 5969 81 to to IN 1662 5969 82 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 5969 83 ; ; : 1662 5969 84 participant participant NN 1662 5969 85 in in IN 1662 5969 86 Medarabtel Medarabtel NNP 1662 5969 87 Radio Radio NNP 1662 5969 88 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5969 89 stations station NNS 1662 5969 90 : : : 1662 5969 91 AM am VBP 1662 5969 92 20 20 CD 1662 5969 93 , , , 1662 5969 94 FM FM NNP 1662 5969 95 7 7 CD 1662 5969 96 , , , 1662 5969 97 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 5969 98 0 0 CD 1662 5969 99 Radios radio NNS 1662 5969 100 : : : 1662 5969 101 5.527 5.527 CD 1662 5969 102 million million CD 1662 5969 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5969 104 1992 1992 CD 1662 5969 105 est est NNP 1662 5969 106 . . . 1662 5969 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5970 1 Television television NN 1662 5970 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 5970 3 stations station NNS 1662 5970 4 : : : 1662 5970 5 26 26 CD 1662 5970 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5970 7 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 5970 8 26 26 CD 1662 5970 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5970 10 Televisions television NNS 1662 5970 11 : : : 1662 5970 12 1.21 1.21 CD 1662 5970 13 million million CD 1662 5970 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5970 15 1993 1993 CD 1662 5970 16 est est NNP 1662 5970 17 . . . 1662 5970 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5971 1 @Morocco @Morocco NFP 1662 5971 2 : : : 1662 5971 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 5971 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 5971 5 : : : 1662 5971 6 total total NN 1662 5971 7 : : : 1662 5971 8 1,907 1,907 CD 1662 5971 9 km km NN 1662 5971 10 standard standard JJ 1662 5971 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 5971 12 : : : 1662 5971 13 1,907 1,907 CD 1662 5971 14 km km NN 1662 5971 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 5971 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 5971 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5971 18 1003 1003 CD 1662 5971 19 km km NN 1662 5971 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 5971 21 ; ; : 1662 5971 22 246 246 CD 1662 5971 23 km km NN 1662 5971 24 double double JJ 1662 5971 25 track track NN 1662 5971 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5971 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5971 28 1994 1994 CD 1662 5971 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5971 30 Highways highway NNS 1662 5971 31 : : : 1662 5971 32 total total NN 1662 5971 33 : : : 1662 5971 34 60,513 60,513 CD 1662 5971 35 km km NN 1662 5971 36 paved pave VBN 1662 5971 37 : : : 1662 5971 38 30,438 30,438 CD 1662 5971 39 km km NNS 1662 5971 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5971 41 including include VBG 1662 5971 42 113 113 CD 1662 5971 43 km km NNS 1662 5971 44 of of IN 1662 5971 45 expressways expressway NNS 1662 5971 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5971 47 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5971 48 : : : 1662 5971 49 30,075 30,075 CD 1662 5971 50 km km NNS 1662 5971 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5971 52 1995 1995 CD 1662 5971 53 est est NNP 1662 5971 54 . . . 1662 5971 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5972 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 5972 2 : : : 1662 5972 3 crude crude JJ 1662 5972 4 oil oil NN 1662 5972 5 362 362 CD 1662 5972 6 km km NN 1662 5972 7 ; ; : 1662 5972 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 5972 9 products product NNS 1662 5972 10 491 491 CD 1662 5972 11 km km NNS 1662 5972 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5972 13 abandoned abandon VBN 1662 5972 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5972 15 ; ; : 1662 5972 16 natural natural JJ 1662 5972 17 gas gas NN 1662 5972 18 241 241 CD 1662 5972 19 km km NN 1662 5972 20 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 5972 21 and and CC 1662 5972 22 harbors harbor NNS 1662 5972 23 : : : 1662 5972 24 Agadir Agadir NNS 1662 5972 25 , , , 1662 5972 26 El El NNP 1662 5972 27 Jadida Jadida NNP 1662 5972 28 , , , 1662 5972 29 Casablanca Casablanca NNP 1662 5972 30 , , , 1662 5972 31 El El NNP 1662 5972 32 Jorf Jorf NNP 1662 5972 33 Lasfar Lasfar NNP 1662 5972 34 , , , 1662 5972 35 Kenitra Kenitra NNP 1662 5972 36 , , , 1662 5972 37 Mohammedia Mohammedia NNP 1662 5972 38 , , , 1662 5972 39 Nador Nador NNP 1662 5972 40 , , , 1662 5972 41 Rabat Rabat NNP 1662 5972 42 , , , 1662 5972 43 Safi Safi NNP 1662 5972 44 , , , 1662 5972 45 Tangier Tangier NNP 1662 5972 46 ; ; , 1662 5972 47 also also RB 1662 5972 48 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 5972 49 - - HYPH 1662 5972 50 controlled control VBN 1662 5972 51 Ceuta Ceuta NNP 1662 5972 52 and and CC 1662 5972 53 Melilla Melilla NNP 1662 5972 54 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 5972 55 marine marine NN 1662 5972 56 : : : 1662 5972 57 total total NN 1662 5972 58 : : : 1662 5972 59 36 36 CD 1662 5972 60 ships ship NNS 1662 5972 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5972 62 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 5972 63 GRT GRT NNP 1662 5972 64 or or CC 1662 5972 65 over over RB 1662 5972 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5972 67 totaling total VBG 1662 5972 68 180,172 180,172 CD 1662 5972 69 GRT/261,213 GRT/261,213 NNP 1662 5972 70 DWT DWT NNP 1662 5972 71 ships ship NNS 1662 5972 72 by by IN 1662 5972 73 type type NN 1662 5972 74 : : : 1662 5972 75 cargo cargo NN 1662 5972 76 7 7 CD 1662 5972 77 , , , 1662 5972 78 chemical chemical NN 1662 5972 79 tanker tanker NN 1662 5972 80 7 7 CD 1662 5972 81 , , , 1662 5972 82 container container NN 1662 5972 83 2 2 CD 1662 5972 84 , , , 1662 5972 85 oil oil NN 1662 5972 86 tanker tanker NN 1662 5972 87 3 3 CD 1662 5972 88 , , , 1662 5972 89 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 5972 90 cargo cargo NN 1662 5972 91 10 10 CD 1662 5972 92 , , , 1662 5972 93 roll roll NN 1662 5972 94 - - HYPH 1662 5972 95 on on IN 1662 5972 96 / / SYM 1662 5972 97 roll roll NN 1662 5972 98 - - HYPH 1662 5972 99 off off RP 1662 5972 100 cargo cargo NN 1662 5972 101 6 6 CD 1662 5972 102 , , , 1662 5972 103 short short JJ 1662 5972 104 - - HYPH 1662 5972 105 sea sea NN 1662 5972 106 passenger passenger NN 1662 5972 107 1 1 CD 1662 5972 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5972 109 1996 1996 CD 1662 5972 110 est est NNP 1662 5972 111 . . . 1662 5972 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5973 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5973 2 : : : 1662 5973 3 62 62 CD 1662 5973 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5973 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 5973 6 est est NNP 1662 5973 7 . . . 1662 5973 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5974 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5974 2 - - , 1662 5974 3 with with IN 1662 5974 4 paved paved JJ 1662 5974 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5974 6 : : : 1662 5974 7 total total NN 1662 5974 8 : : : 1662 5974 9 35 35 CD 1662 5974 10 over over IN 1662 5974 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5974 12 m m CD 1662 5974 13 : : : 1662 5974 14 11 11 CD 1662 5974 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 5974 16 to to IN 1662 5974 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5974 18 m m NN 1662 5974 19 : : : 1662 5974 20 4 4 CD 1662 5974 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5974 22 to to TO 1662 5974 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5974 24 m m NN 1662 5974 25 : : : 1662 5974 26 7 7 CD 1662 5974 27 914 914 CD 1662 5974 28 to to TO 1662 5974 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5974 30 m m NN 1662 5974 31 : : : 1662 5974 32 2 2 CD 1662 5974 33 under under IN 1662 5974 34 914 914 CD 1662 5974 35 m m NN 1662 5974 36 : : : 1662 5974 37 11 11 CD 1662 5974 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5974 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 5974 40 est est NNP 1662 5974 41 . . . 1662 5974 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5975 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 5975 2 - - , 1662 5975 3 with with IN 1662 5975 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 5975 5 runways runway NNS 1662 5975 6 : : : 1662 5975 7 total total NN 1662 5975 8 : : : 1662 5975 9 27 27 CD 1662 5975 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 5975 11 to to IN 1662 5975 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 5975 13 m m NN 1662 5975 14 : : : 1662 5975 15 1 1 CD 1662 5975 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 5975 17 to to TO 1662 5975 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 5975 19 m m CD 1662 5975 20 : : : 1662 5975 21 11 11 CD 1662 5975 22 914 914 CD 1662 5975 23 to to TO 1662 5975 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 5975 25 m m NN 1662 5975 26 : : : 1662 5975 27 15 15 CD 1662 5975 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5975 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 5975 30 est est NNP 1662 5975 31 . . . 1662 5975 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5976 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 5976 2 : : : 1662 5976 3 1 1 CD 1662 5976 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5976 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 5976 6 est est NNP 1662 5976 7 . . . 1662 5976 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5977 1 Military military JJ 1662 5977 2 Military military JJ 1662 5977 3 branches branch NNS 1662 5977 4 : : : 1662 5977 5 Royal Royal NNP 1662 5977 6 Armed Armed NNP 1662 5977 7 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 5977 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5977 9 includes include VBZ 1662 5977 10 Army Army NNP 1662 5977 11 , , , 1662 5977 12 Navy Navy NNP 1662 5977 13 , , , 1662 5977 14 Air Air NNP 1662 5977 15 Force Force NNP 1662 5977 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5977 17 Military military JJ 1662 5977 18 manpower manpower NN 1662 5977 19 - - HYPH 1662 5977 20 military military NN 1662 5977 21 age age NN 1662 5977 22 : : : 1662 5977 23 18 18 CD 1662 5977 24 years year NNS 1662 5977 25 of of IN 1662 5977 26 age age NN 1662 5977 27 Military military JJ 1662 5977 28 manpower manpower NN 1662 5977 29 - - HYPH 1662 5977 30 availability availability NN 1662 5977 31 : : : 1662 5977 32 males male NNS 1662 5977 33 age age NNP 1662 5977 34 15 15 CD 1662 5977 35 - - HYPH 1662 5977 36 49 49 CD 1662 5977 37 : : : 1662 5977 38 7,779,077 7,779,077 CD 1662 5977 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5977 40 1997 1997 CD 1662 5977 41 est est NNP 1662 5977 42 . . . 1662 5977 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5978 1 Military military JJ 1662 5978 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5978 3 - - HYPH 1662 5978 4 fit fit NN 1662 5978 5 for for IN 1662 5978 6 military military JJ 1662 5978 7 service service NN 1662 5978 8 : : : 1662 5978 9 males male NNS 1662 5978 10 : : : 1662 5978 11 4,927,589 4,927,589 CD 1662 5978 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5978 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5978 14 est est NNP 1662 5978 15 . . . 1662 5978 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5979 1 Military military JJ 1662 5979 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 5979 3 - - HYPH 1662 5979 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 5979 5 military military JJ 1662 5979 6 age age NN 1662 5979 7 annually annually RB 1662 5979 8 : : : 1662 5979 9 males male NNS 1662 5979 10 : : : 1662 5979 11 336,969 336,969 CD 1662 5979 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5979 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 5979 14 est est NNP 1662 5979 15 . . . 1662 5979 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5980 1 Military military JJ 1662 5980 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5980 3 - - HYPH 1662 5980 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 5980 5 figure figure NN 1662 5980 6 : : : 1662 5980 7 $ $ $ 1662 5980 8 1.38 1.38 CD 1662 5980 9 billion billion CD 1662 5980 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5980 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 5980 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5980 13 Military military JJ 1662 5980 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 5980 15 - - : 1662 5980 16 percent percent NN 1662 5980 17 of of IN 1662 5980 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 5980 19 : : : 1662 5980 20 4.1 4.1 CD 1662 5980 21 % % NN 1662 5980 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5980 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 5980 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5980 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 5980 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 5980 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 5980 28 - - HYPH 1662 5980 29 international international JJ 1662 5980 30 : : : 1662 5980 31 claims claim NNS 1662 5980 32 and and CC 1662 5980 33 administers administer VBZ 1662 5980 34 Western Western NNP 1662 5980 35 Sahara Sahara NNP 1662 5980 36 , , , 1662 5980 37 but but CC 1662 5980 38 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 5980 39 is be VBZ 1662 5980 40 unresolved unresolved JJ 1662 5980 41 and and CC 1662 5980 42 the the DT 1662 5980 43 UN UN NNP 1662 5980 44 is be VBZ 1662 5980 45 attempting attempt VBG 1662 5980 46 to to TO 1662 5980 47 hold hold VB 1662 5980 48 a a DT 1662 5980 49 referendum referendum NN 1662 5980 50 on on IN 1662 5980 51 the the DT 1662 5980 52 issue issue NN 1662 5980 53 ; ; : 1662 5980 54 the the DT 1662 5980 55 UN UN NNP 1662 5980 56 - - HYPH 1662 5980 57 administered administer VBN 1662 5980 58 cease cease NN 1662 5980 59 - - HYPH 1662 5980 60 fire fire NN 1662 5980 61 has have VBZ 1662 5980 62 been be VBN 1662 5980 63 in in IN 1662 5980 64 effect effect NN 1662 5980 65 since since IN 1662 5980 66 September September NNP 1662 5980 67 1991 1991 CD 1662 5980 68 ; ; : 1662 5980 69 Spain Spain NNP 1662 5980 70 controls control VBZ 1662 5980 71 five five CD 1662 5980 72 places place NNS 1662 5980 73 of of IN 1662 5980 74 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 5980 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5980 76 plazas plaza NNS 1662 5980 77 de de IN 1662 5980 78 soberania soberania NNP 1662 5980 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5980 80 on on RB 1662 5980 81 and and CC 1662 5980 82 off off IN 1662 5980 83 the the DT 1662 5980 84 coast coast NN 1662 5980 85 of of IN 1662 5980 86 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 5980 87 - - : 1662 5980 88 the the DT 1662 5980 89 coastal coastal JJ 1662 5980 90 enclaves enclave NNS 1662 5980 91 of of IN 1662 5980 92 Ceuta Ceuta NNP 1662 5980 93 and and CC 1662 5980 94 Melilla Melilla NNP 1662 5980 95 which which WDT 1662 5980 96 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 5980 97 contests contest NNS 1662 5980 98 as as RB 1662 5980 99 well well RB 1662 5980 100 as as IN 1662 5980 101 the the DT 1662 5980 102 islands island NNS 1662 5980 103 of of IN 1662 5980 104 Penon Penon NNP 1662 5980 105 de de NNP 1662 5980 106 Alhucemas Alhucemas NNP 1662 5980 107 , , , 1662 5980 108 Penon Penon NNP 1662 5980 109 de de NNP 1662 5980 110 Velez Velez NNP 1662 5980 111 de de NNP 1662 5980 112 la la NNP 1662 5980 113 Gomera Gomera NNP 1662 5980 114 , , , 1662 5980 115 and and CC 1662 5980 116 Islas Islas NNP 1662 5980 117 Chafarinas Chafarinas NNP 1662 5980 118 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 5980 119 drugs drug VBZ 1662 5980 120 : : : 1662 5980 121 illicit illicit JJ 1662 5980 122 producer producer NN 1662 5980 123 of of IN 1662 5980 124 hashish hashish NN 1662 5980 125 ; ; : 1662 5980 126 trafficking traffic VBG 1662 5980 127 on on IN 1662 5980 128 the the DT 1662 5980 129 increase increase NN 1662 5980 130 for for IN 1662 5980 131 both both CC 1662 5980 132 domestic domestic JJ 1662 5980 133 and and CC 1662 5980 134 international international JJ 1662 5980 135 drug drug NN 1662 5980 136 markets market NNS 1662 5980 137 ; ; : 1662 5980 138 shipments shipment NNS 1662 5980 139 of of IN 1662 5980 140 hashish hashish NN 1662 5980 141 mostly mostly RB 1662 5980 142 directed direct VBN 1662 5980 143 to to IN 1662 5980 144 Western Western NNP 1662 5980 145 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5980 146 ; ; : 1662 5980 147 transit transit NN 1662 5980 148 point point NN 1662 5980 149 for for IN 1662 5980 150 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 5980 151 from from IN 1662 5980 152 South South NNP 1662 5980 153 America America NNP 1662 5980 154 destined destine VBD 1662 5980 155 for for IN 1662 5980 156 Western Western NNP 1662 5980 157 Europe Europe NNP 1662 5980 158 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 159 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 160 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 161 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 162 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 163 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 164 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 165 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 166 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 167 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 168 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 169 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 170 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 171 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 172 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 173 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 174 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 175 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 176 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 177 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 178 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 179 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 180 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 181 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 182 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 183 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 184 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 185 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 186 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 187 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 188 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 189 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 190 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 191 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 192 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 193 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 194 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 195 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 196 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 197 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 198 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 199 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 200 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 201 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 202 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 203 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 204 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 205 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 206 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 207 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 208 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 209 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 210 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 211 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 212 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 213 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 214 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 215 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 216 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 217 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 218 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 219 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 220 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 221 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 222 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 223 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 224 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 225 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 226 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 227 _ _ NNP 1662 5980 228 MOZAMBIQUE MOZAMBIQUE NNP 1662 5980 229 @Mozambique @mozambique NN 1662 5980 230 : : : 1662 5980 231 Geography Geography NNP 1662 5980 232 Location Location NNP 1662 5980 233 : : : 1662 5980 234 Southern Southern NNP 1662 5980 235 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5980 236 , , , 1662 5980 237 bordering border VBG 1662 5980 238 the the DT 1662 5980 239 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 5980 240 Channel Channel NNP 1662 5980 241 , , , 1662 5980 242 between between IN 1662 5980 243 South South NNP 1662 5980 244 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5980 245 and and CC 1662 5980 246 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 5980 247 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 5980 248 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 5980 249 : : : 1662 5980 250 18 18 CD 1662 5980 251 15 15 CD 1662 5980 252 S s NN 1662 5980 253 , , , 1662 5980 254 35 35 CD 1662 5980 255 00 00 NFP 1662 5980 256 E e NN 1662 5980 257 Map Map NNP 1662 5980 258 references reference NNS 1662 5980 259 : : : 1662 5980 260 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5980 261 Area Area NNP 1662 5980 262 : : : 1662 5980 263 total total NN 1662 5980 264 : : : 1662 5980 265 801,590 801,590 CD 1662 5980 266 sq sq IN 1662 5980 267 km km NNP 1662 5980 268 land land NN 1662 5980 269 : : : 1662 5980 270 784,090 784,090 CD 1662 5980 271 sq sq NNP 1662 5980 272 km km NNP 1662 5980 273 water water NN 1662 5980 274 : : : 1662 5980 275 17,500 17,500 CD 1662 5980 276 sq sq NNP 1662 5980 277 km km NNP 1662 5980 278 Area area NN 1662 5980 279 - - HYPH 1662 5980 280 comparative comparative JJ 1662 5980 281 : : : 1662 5980 282 slightly slightly RB 1662 5980 283 less less JJR 1662 5980 284 than than IN 1662 5980 285 twice twice RB 1662 5980 286 the the DT 1662 5980 287 size size NN 1662 5980 288 of of IN 1662 5980 289 California California NNP 1662 5980 290 Land Land NNP 1662 5980 291 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 5980 292 : : : 1662 5980 293 total total JJ 1662 5980 294 : : : 1662 5980 295 4,571 4,571 CD 1662 5980 296 km km NN 1662 5980 297 border border NN 1662 5980 298 countries country NNS 1662 5980 299 : : : 1662 5980 300 Malawi Malawi NNP 1662 5980 301 1,569 1,569 CD 1662 5980 302 km km NN 1662 5980 303 , , , 1662 5980 304 South South NNP 1662 5980 305 Africa Africa NNP 1662 5980 306 491 491 CD 1662 5980 307 km km NNS 1662 5980 308 , , , 1662 5980 309 Swaziland Swaziland NNP 1662 5980 310 105 105 CD 1662 5980 311 km km NNS 1662 5980 312 , , , 1662 5980 313 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 5980 314 756 756 CD 1662 5980 315 km km NNS 1662 5980 316 , , , 1662 5980 317 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 5980 318 419 419 CD 1662 5980 319 km km NN 1662 5980 320 , , , 1662 5980 321 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 5980 322 1,231 1,231 CD 1662 5980 323 km km NN 1662 5980 324 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 5980 325 : : : 1662 5980 326 2,470 2,470 CD 1662 5980 327 km km NN 1662 5980 328 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 5980 329 claims claim VBZ 1662 5980 330 : : : 1662 5980 331 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 5980 332 economic economic JJ 1662 5980 333 zone zone NN 1662 5980 334 : : : 1662 5980 335 200 200 CD 1662 5980 336 nm nm CD 1662 5980 337 territorial territorial JJ 1662 5980 338 sea sea NN 1662 5980 339 : : : 1662 5980 340 12 12 CD 1662 5980 341 nm nm NNP 1662 5980 342 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5980 343 : : : 1662 5980 344 tropical tropical JJ 1662 5980 345 to to IN 1662 5980 346 subtropical subtropical JJ 1662 5980 347 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 5980 348 : : : 1662 5980 349 mostly mostly RB 1662 5980 350 coastal coastal JJ 1662 5980 351 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 5980 352 , , , 1662 5980 353 uplands upland NNS 1662 5980 354 in in IN 1662 5980 355 center center NN 1662 5980 356 , , , 1662 5980 357 high high JJ 1662 5980 358 plateaus plateaus NN 1662 5980 359 in in IN 1662 5980 360 northwest northwest NNP 1662 5980 361 , , , 1662 5980 362 mountains mountain NNS 1662 5980 363 in in IN 1662 5980 364 west west NNP 1662 5980 365 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 5980 366 extremes extreme NNS 1662 5980 367 : : : 1662 5980 368 lowest low JJS 1662 5980 369 point point NN 1662 5980 370 : : : 1662 5980 371 Indian Indian NNP 1662 5980 372 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 5980 373 0 0 NFP 1662 5980 374 m m DT 1662 5980 375 highest high JJS 1662 5980 376 point point NN 1662 5980 377 : : : 1662 5980 378 Monte Monte NNP 1662 5980 379 Binga Binga NNP 1662 5980 380 2,436 2,436 CD 1662 5980 381 m m NNP 1662 5980 382 Natural natural JJ 1662 5980 383 resources resource NNS 1662 5980 384 : : : 1662 5980 385 coal coal NN 1662 5980 386 , , , 1662 5980 387 titanium titanium NN 1662 5980 388 , , , 1662 5980 389 natural natural JJ 1662 5980 390 gas gas NN 1662 5980 391 Land land NN 1662 5980 392 use use NN 1662 5980 393 : : : 1662 5980 394 arable arable JJ 1662 5980 395 land land NN 1662 5980 396 : : : 1662 5980 397 4 4 CD 1662 5980 398 % % NN 1662 5980 399 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5980 400 crops crop NNS 1662 5980 401 : : : 1662 5980 402 0 0 CD 1662 5980 403 % % NN 1662 5980 404 permanent permanent JJ 1662 5980 405 pastures pasture NNS 1662 5980 406 : : : 1662 5980 407 56 56 CD 1662 5980 408 % % NN 1662 5980 409 forests forest NNS 1662 5980 410 and and CC 1662 5980 411 woodland woodland JJ 1662 5980 412 : : : 1662 5980 413 18 18 CD 1662 5980 414 % % NN 1662 5980 415 other other JJ 1662 5980 416 : : : 1662 5980 417 22 22 CD 1662 5980 418 % % NN 1662 5980 419 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5980 420 1993 1993 CD 1662 5980 421 est est NNP 1662 5980 422 . . . 1662 5980 423 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5981 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 5981 2 land land NN 1662 5981 3 : : : 1662 5981 4 1,180 1,180 CD 1662 5981 5 sq sq NNP 1662 5981 6 km km NNP 1662 5981 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5981 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 5981 9 est est NNP 1662 5981 10 . . . 1662 5981 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5982 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 5982 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 5982 3 : : : 1662 5982 4 severe severe JJ 1662 5982 5 droughts drought NNS 1662 5982 6 and and CC 1662 5982 7 floods flood NNS 1662 5982 8 occur occur VBP 1662 5982 9 in in IN 1662 5982 10 central central JJ 1662 5982 11 and and CC 1662 5982 12 southern southern JJ 1662 5982 13 provinces province NNS 1662 5982 14 ; ; : 1662 5982 15 devastating devastating JJ 1662 5982 16 cyclones cyclone NNS 1662 5982 17 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5982 18 - - HYPH 1662 5982 19 current current JJ 1662 5982 20 issues issue NNS 1662 5982 21 : : : 1662 5982 22 a a DT 1662 5982 23 long long JJ 1662 5982 24 civil civil JJ 1662 5982 25 war war NN 1662 5982 26 and and CC 1662 5982 27 recurrent recurrent JJ 1662 5982 28 drought drought NN 1662 5982 29 in in IN 1662 5982 30 the the DT 1662 5982 31 hinterlands hinterland NNS 1662 5982 32 have have VBP 1662 5982 33 resulted result VBN 1662 5982 34 in in IN 1662 5982 35 increased increase VBN 1662 5982 36 migration migration NN 1662 5982 37 of of IN 1662 5982 38 the the DT 1662 5982 39 population population NN 1662 5982 40 to to IN 1662 5982 41 urban urban JJ 1662 5982 42 and and CC 1662 5982 43 coastal coastal JJ 1662 5982 44 areas area NNS 1662 5982 45 with with IN 1662 5982 46 adverse adverse JJ 1662 5982 47 environmental environmental JJ 1662 5982 48 consequences consequence NNS 1662 5982 49 ; ; : 1662 5982 50 desertification desertification NN 1662 5982 51 ; ; : 1662 5982 52 pollution pollution NN 1662 5982 53 of of IN 1662 5982 54 surface surface NN 1662 5982 55 and and CC 1662 5982 56 coastal coastal JJ 1662 5982 57 waters water NNS 1662 5982 58 Environment Environment NNP 1662 5982 59 - - HYPH 1662 5982 60 international international JJ 1662 5982 61 agreements agreement NNS 1662 5982 62 : : : 1662 5982 63 party party NN 1662 5982 64 to to TO 1662 5982 65 : : : 1662 5982 66 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 5982 67 , , , 1662 5982 68 Climate Climate NNP 1662 5982 69 Change Change NNP 1662 5982 70 , , , 1662 5982 71 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 5982 72 Species Species NNPS 1662 5982 73 , , , 1662 5982 74 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 5982 75 Layer Layer NNP 1662 5982 76 Protection Protection NNP 1662 5982 77 signed sign VBD 1662 5982 78 , , , 1662 5982 79 but but CC 1662 5982 80 not not RB 1662 5982 81 ratified ratified JJ 1662 5982 82 : : : 1662 5982 83 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 5982 84 , , , 1662 5982 85 Law Law NNP 1662 5982 86 of of IN 1662 5982 87 the the DT 1662 5982 88 Sea Sea NNP 1662 5982 89 @Mozambique @mozambique NN 1662 5982 90 : : : 1662 5982 91 People People NNS 1662 5982 92 Population Population NNP 1662 5982 93 : : : 1662 5982 94 18,165,476 18,165,476 CD 1662 5982 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5982 96 July July NNP 1662 5982 97 1997 1997 CD 1662 5982 98 est est NNP 1662 5982 99 . . . 1662 5982 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5983 1 Age age NN 1662 5983 2 structure structure NN 1662 5983 3 : : : 1662 5983 4 0 0 CD 1662 5983 5 - - HYPH 1662 5983 6 14 14 CD 1662 5983 7 years year NNS 1662 5983 8 : : : 1662 5983 9 45 45 CD 1662 5983 10 % % NN 1662 5983 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5983 12 male male JJ 1662 5983 13 4,021,791 4,021,791 CD 1662 5983 14 ; ; : 1662 5983 15 female female JJ 1662 5983 16 4,136,853 4,136,853 CD 1662 5983 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5983 18 15 15 CD 1662 5983 19 - - SYM 1662 5983 20 64 64 CD 1662 5983 21 years year NNS 1662 5983 22 : : : 1662 5983 23 53 53 CD 1662 5983 24 % % NN 1662 5983 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5983 26 male male JJ 1662 5983 27 4,678,819 4,678,819 CD 1662 5983 28 ; ; , 1662 5983 29 female female JJ 1662 5983 30 4,910,085 4,910,085 CD 1662 5983 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5983 32 65 65 CD 1662 5983 33 years year NNS 1662 5983 34 and and CC 1662 5983 35 over over IN 1662 5983 36 : : : 1662 5983 37 2 2 CD 1662 5983 38 % % NN 1662 5983 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5983 40 male male JJ 1662 5983 41 173,177 173,177 CD 1662 5983 42 ; ; : 1662 5983 43 female female JJ 1662 5983 44 244,751 244,751 CD 1662 5983 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5983 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5983 47 July July NNP 1662 5983 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 5983 49 est est NNP 1662 5983 50 . . . 1662 5983 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5984 1 Population population NN 1662 5984 2 growth growth NN 1662 5984 3 rate rate NN 1662 5984 4 : : : 1662 5984 5 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 5984 6 % % NN 1662 5984 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5984 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5984 9 est est NNP 1662 5984 10 . . . 1662 5984 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5985 1 Birth birth NN 1662 5985 2 rate rate NN 1662 5985 3 : : : 1662 5985 4 44.33 44.33 CD 1662 5985 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 5985 6 population population NN 1662 5985 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5985 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5985 9 est est NNP 1662 5985 10 . . . 1662 5985 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5986 1 Death death NN 1662 5986 2 rate rate NN 1662 5986 3 : : : 1662 5986 4 18.31 18.31 CD 1662 5986 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5986 6 population population NN 1662 5986 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5986 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 5986 9 est est NNP 1662 5986 10 . . . 1662 5986 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5987 1 Net net JJ 1662 5987 2 migration migration NN 1662 5987 3 rate rate NN 1662 5987 4 : : : 1662 5987 5 0 0 NFP 1662 5987 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 5987 7 population population NN 1662 5987 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5987 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 5987 10 est est NNP 1662 5987 11 . . . 1662 5987 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5988 1 Sex sex NN 1662 5988 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 5988 3 : : : 1662 5988 4 at at IN 1662 5988 5 birth birth NN 1662 5988 6 : : : 1662 5988 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 5988 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5988 9 under under IN 1662 5988 10 15 15 CD 1662 5988 11 years year NNS 1662 5988 12 : : : 1662 5988 13 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 5988 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5988 15 15 15 CD 1662 5988 16 - - SYM 1662 5988 17 64 64 CD 1662 5988 18 years year NNS 1662 5988 19 : : : 1662 5988 20 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 5988 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5988 22 65 65 CD 1662 5988 23 years year NNS 1662 5988 24 and and CC 1662 5988 25 over over IN 1662 5988 26 : : : 1662 5988 27 0.71 0.71 CD 1662 5988 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 5988 29 total total JJ 1662 5988 30 population population NN 1662 5988 31 : : : 1662 5988 32 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 5988 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 5988 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5988 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 5988 36 est e JJS 1662 5988 37 . . . 1662 5988 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5989 1 Infant infant NN 1662 5989 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 5989 3 rate rate NN 1662 5989 4 : : : 1662 5989 5 122.9 122.9 CD 1662 5989 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 5989 7 live live JJ 1662 5989 8 births birth NNS 1662 5989 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5989 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 5989 11 est est NNP 1662 5989 12 . . . 1662 5989 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5990 1 Life life NN 1662 5990 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 5990 3 at at IN 1662 5990 4 birth birth NN 1662 5990 5 : : : 1662 5990 6 total total JJ 1662 5990 7 population population NN 1662 5990 8 : : : 1662 5990 9 44.85 44.85 CD 1662 5990 10 years year NNS 1662 5990 11 male male NN 1662 5990 12 : : : 1662 5990 13 43.71 43.71 CD 1662 5990 14 years year NNS 1662 5990 15 female female JJ 1662 5990 16 : : : 1662 5990 17 46.02 46.02 CD 1662 5990 18 years year NNS 1662 5990 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5990 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 5990 21 est est NNP 1662 5990 22 . . . 1662 5990 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5991 1 Total total JJ 1662 5991 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 5991 3 rate rate NN 1662 5991 4 : : : 1662 5991 5 6.11 6.11 CD 1662 5991 6 children child NNS 1662 5991 7 born bear VBN 1662 5991 8 / / SYM 1662 5991 9 woman woman NN 1662 5991 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5991 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 5991 12 est est NNP 1662 5991 13 . . . 1662 5991 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5992 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 5992 2 : : : 1662 5992 3 noun noun NNP 1662 5992 4 : : : 1662 5992 5 Mozambican(s Mozambican(s NNP 1662 5992 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5992 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 5992 8 : : : 1662 5992 9 Mozambican mozambican JJ 1662 5992 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 5992 11 groups group NNS 1662 5992 12 : : : 1662 5992 13 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 5992 14 tribal tribal JJ 1662 5992 15 groups group NNS 1662 5992 16 99.66 99.66 CD 1662 5992 17 % % NN 1662 5992 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5992 19 Shangaan Shangaan NNP 1662 5992 20 , , , 1662 5992 21 Chokwe Chokwe NNP 1662 5992 22 , , , 1662 5992 23 Manyika Manyika NNP 1662 5992 24 , , , 1662 5992 25 Sena Sena NNP 1662 5992 26 , , , 1662 5992 27 Makua Makua NNP 1662 5992 28 , , , 1662 5992 29 and and CC 1662 5992 30 others other NNS 1662 5992 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5992 32 , , , 1662 5992 33 Europeans Europeans NNPS 1662 5992 34 0.06 0.06 CD 1662 5992 35 % % NN 1662 5992 36 , , , 1662 5992 37 Euro Euro NNP 1662 5992 38 - - HYPH 1662 5992 39 Africans Africans NNP 1662 5992 40 0.2 0.2 CD 1662 5992 41 % % NN 1662 5992 42 , , , 1662 5992 43 Indians Indians NNPS 1662 5992 44 0.08 0.08 CD 1662 5992 45 % % NN 1662 5992 46 Religions religion NNS 1662 5992 47 : : : 1662 5992 48 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 5992 49 beliefs belief NNS 1662 5992 50 50 50 CD 1662 5992 51 % % NN 1662 5992 52 , , , 1662 5992 53 Christian Christian NNP 1662 5992 54 30 30 CD 1662 5992 55 % % NN 1662 5992 56 , , , 1662 5992 57 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 5992 58 20 20 CD 1662 5992 59 % % NN 1662 5992 60 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 5992 61 : : : 1662 5992 62 Portuguese Portuguese NNP 1662 5992 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5992 64 official official JJ 1662 5992 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5992 66 , , , 1662 5992 67 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 5992 68 dialects dialect VBZ 1662 5992 69 Literacy literacy NN 1662 5992 70 : : : 1662 5992 71 definition definition NN 1662 5992 72 : : : 1662 5992 73 age age NN 1662 5992 74 15 15 CD 1662 5992 75 and and CC 1662 5992 76 over over RB 1662 5992 77 can can MD 1662 5992 78 read read VB 1662 5992 79 and and CC 1662 5992 80 write write VB 1662 5992 81 total total JJ 1662 5992 82 population population NN 1662 5992 83 : : : 1662 5992 84 40.1 40.1 CD 1662 5992 85 % % NN 1662 5992 86 male male NN 1662 5992 87 : : : 1662 5992 88 57.7 57.7 CD 1662 5992 89 % % NN 1662 5992 90 female female NN 1662 5992 91 : : : 1662 5992 92 23.3 23.3 CD 1662 5992 93 % % NN 1662 5992 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5992 95 1995 1995 CD 1662 5992 96 est est NNP 1662 5992 97 . . . 1662 5992 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5993 1 @Mozambique @mozambique LS 1662 5993 2 : : : 1662 5993 3 Government Government NNP 1662 5993 4 Country Country NNP 1662 5993 5 name name NN 1662 5993 6 : : : 1662 5993 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5993 8 long long JJ 1662 5993 9 form form NN 1662 5993 10 : : : 1662 5993 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5993 12 of of IN 1662 5993 13 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 5993 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 5993 15 short short JJ 1662 5993 16 form form NN 1662 5993 17 : : : 1662 5993 18 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 5993 19 local local JJ 1662 5993 20 long long JJ 1662 5993 21 form form NN 1662 5993 22 : : : 1662 5993 23 Republica Republica NNP 1662 5993 24 Popular Popular NNP 1662 5993 25 de de IN 1662 5993 26 Mocambique Mocambique NNP 1662 5993 27 local local JJ 1662 5993 28 short short JJ 1662 5993 29 form form NN 1662 5993 30 : : : 1662 5993 31 Mocambique Mocambique NNP 1662 5993 32 Data Data NNP 1662 5993 33 code code NN 1662 5993 34 : : : 1662 5993 35 MZ MZ NNP 1662 5993 36 Government Government NNP 1662 5993 37 type type NN 1662 5993 38 : : : 1662 5993 39 republic republic NNP 1662 5993 40 National national JJ 1662 5993 41 capital capital NN 1662 5993 42 : : : 1662 5993 43 Maputo Maputo NNP 1662 5993 44 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 5993 45 divisions division NNS 1662 5993 46 : : : 1662 5993 47 10 10 CD 1662 5993 48 provinces province NNS 1662 5993 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5993 50 provincias provincia NNS 1662 5993 51 , , , 1662 5993 52 singular singular JJ 1662 5993 53 - - HYPH 1662 5993 54 provincia provincia NN 1662 5993 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5993 56 ; ; : 1662 5993 57 Cabo Cabo NNP 1662 5993 58 Delgado Delgado NNP 1662 5993 59 , , , 1662 5993 60 Gaza Gaza NNP 1662 5993 61 , , , 1662 5993 62 Inhambane Inhambane NNP 1662 5993 63 , , , 1662 5993 64 Manica Manica NNP 1662 5993 65 , , , 1662 5993 66 Maputo Maputo NNP 1662 5993 67 , , , 1662 5993 68 Nampula Nampula NNP 1662 5993 69 , , , 1662 5993 70 Niassa Niassa NNP 1662 5993 71 , , , 1662 5993 72 Sofala Sofala NNP 1662 5993 73 , , , 1662 5993 74 Tete Tete NNP 1662 5993 75 , , , 1662 5993 76 Zambezia Zambezia NNP 1662 5993 77 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5993 78 : : : 1662 5993 79 25 25 CD 1662 5993 80 June June NNP 1662 5993 81 1975 1975 CD 1662 5993 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5993 83 from from IN 1662 5993 84 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 5993 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5993 86 National national JJ 1662 5993 87 holiday holiday NN 1662 5993 88 : : : 1662 5993 89 Independence Independence NNP 1662 5993 90 Day Day NNP 1662 5993 91 , , , 1662 5993 92 25 25 CD 1662 5993 93 June June NNP 1662 5993 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5993 95 1975 1975 CD 1662 5993 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5993 97 Constitution constitution NN 1662 5993 98 : : : 1662 5993 99 30 30 CD 1662 5993 100 November November NNP 1662 5993 101 1990 1990 CD 1662 5993 102 Legal legal JJ 1662 5993 103 system system NN 1662 5993 104 : : : 1662 5993 105 based base VBN 1662 5993 106 on on IN 1662 5993 107 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 5993 108 civil civil JJ 1662 5993 109 law law NN 1662 5993 110 system system NN 1662 5993 111 and and CC 1662 5993 112 customary customary JJ 1662 5993 113 law law NN 1662 5993 114 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 5993 115 : : : 1662 5993 116 18 18 CD 1662 5993 117 years year NNS 1662 5993 118 of of IN 1662 5993 119 age age NN 1662 5993 120 ; ; : 1662 5993 121 universal universal JJ 1662 5993 122 Executive Executive NNP 1662 5993 123 branch branch NN 1662 5993 124 : : : 1662 5993 125 chief chief NN 1662 5993 126 of of IN 1662 5993 127 state state NN 1662 5993 128 : : : 1662 5993 129 President President NNP 1662 5993 130 Joaquim Joaquim NNP 1662 5993 131 Alberto Alberto NNP 1662 5993 132 CHISSANO CHISSANO NNP 1662 5993 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5993 134 since since IN 1662 5993 135 6 6 CD 1662 5993 136 November November NNP 1662 5993 137 1986 1986 CD 1662 5993 138 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5993 139 ; ; : 1662 5993 140 note note NN 1662 5993 141 - - HYPH 1662 5993 142 before before IN 1662 5993 143 being be VBG 1662 5993 144 popularly popularly RB 1662 5993 145 elected elect VBN 1662 5993 146 , , , 1662 5993 147 CHISSANO CHISSANO NNP 1662 5993 148 was be VBD 1662 5993 149 elected elect VBN 1662 5993 150 president president NN 1662 5993 151 by by IN 1662 5993 152 FRELIMO FRELIMO NNP 1662 5993 153 's 's POS 1662 5993 154 Central Central NNP 1662 5993 155 Committee Committee NNP 1662 5993 156 4 4 CD 1662 5993 157 November November NNP 1662 5993 158 1986 1986 CD 1662 5993 159 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5993 160 reelected reelect VBN 1662 5993 161 by by IN 1662 5993 162 the the DT 1662 5993 163 Committee Committee NNP 1662 5993 164 30 30 CD 1662 5993 165 July July NNP 1662 5993 166 1989 1989 CD 1662 5993 167 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5993 168 head head NN 1662 5993 169 of of IN 1662 5993 170 government government NN 1662 5993 171 : : : 1662 5993 172 Prime Prime NNP 1662 5993 173 Minister Minister NNP 1662 5993 174 Pascoal Pascoal NNP 1662 5993 175 MOCUMBI MOCUMBI NNP 1662 5993 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5993 177 since since IN 1662 5993 178 NA NA NNP 1662 5993 179 December December NNP 1662 5993 180 1994 1994 CD 1662 5993 181 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5993 182 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5993 183 : : : 1662 5993 184 Cabinet cabinet NN 1662 5993 185 elections election NNS 1662 5993 186 : : : 1662 5993 187 president president NN 1662 5993 188 elected elect VBN 1662 5993 189 by by IN 1662 5993 190 popular popular JJ 1662 5993 191 vote vote NN 1662 5993 192 for for IN 1662 5993 193 a a DT 1662 5993 194 five five CD 1662 5993 195 - - HYPH 1662 5993 196 year year NN 1662 5993 197 term term NN 1662 5993 198 ; ; : 1662 5993 199 election election NN 1662 5993 200 last last JJ 1662 5993 201 held hold VBD 1662 5993 202 27 27 CD 1662 5993 203 October October NNP 1662 5993 204 1994 1994 CD 1662 5993 205 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5993 206 next next JJ 1662 5993 207 to to TO 1662 5993 208 be be VB 1662 5993 209 held hold VBN 1662 5993 210 NA NA NNP 1662 5993 211 1999 1999 CD 1662 5993 212 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5993 213 ; ; : 1662 5993 214 prime prime NNP 1662 5993 215 minister minister NN 1662 5993 216 appointed appoint VBN 1662 5993 217 by by IN 1662 5993 218 the the DT 1662 5993 219 president president NNP 1662 5993 220 election election NN 1662 5993 221 results result NNS 1662 5993 222 : : : 1662 5993 223 Joaquim Joaquim NNP 1662 5993 224 Alberto Alberto NNP 1662 5993 225 CHISSANO CHISSANO NNP 1662 5993 226 elected elect VBD 1662 5993 227 president president NN 1662 5993 228 ; ; , 1662 5993 229 percent percent NN 1662 5993 230 of of IN 1662 5993 231 vote vote NN 1662 5993 232 - - HYPH 1662 5993 233 Joaquim Joaquim NNP 1662 5993 234 CHISSANO CHISSANO NNP 1662 5993 235 53.3 53.3 CD 1662 5993 236 % % NN 1662 5993 237 , , , 1662 5993 238 Afonso Afonso NNP 1662 5993 239 DHLAKAMA DHLAKAMA NNP 1662 5993 240 33.3 33.3 CD 1662 5993 241 % % NN 1662 5993 242 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 5993 243 branch branch NN 1662 5993 244 : : : 1662 5993 245 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 5993 246 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 5993 247 of of IN 1662 5993 248 the the DT 1662 5993 249 Republic Republic NNP 1662 5993 250 or or CC 1662 5993 251 Assembleia Assembleia NNP 1662 5993 252 da da FW 1662 5993 253 Republica Republica NNP 1662 5993 254 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5993 255 250 250 CD 1662 5993 256 seats seat NNS 1662 5993 257 ; ; : 1662 5993 258 members member NNS 1662 5993 259 are be VBP 1662 5993 260 directly directly RB 1662 5993 261 elected elect VBN 1662 5993 262 by by IN 1662 5993 263 popular popular JJ 1662 5993 264 vote vote NN 1662 5993 265 on on IN 1662 5993 266 a a DT 1662 5993 267 secret secret JJ 1662 5993 268 ballot ballot NN 1662 5993 269 to to TO 1662 5993 270 serve serve VB 1662 5993 271 five five CD 1662 5993 272 - - HYPH 1662 5993 273 year year NN 1662 5993 274 terms term NNS 1662 5993 275 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5993 276 elections election NNS 1662 5993 277 : : : 1662 5993 278 last last RB 1662 5993 279 held hold VBN 1662 5993 280 27 27 CD 1662 5993 281 - - SYM 1662 5993 282 29 29 CD 1662 5993 283 October October NNP 1662 5993 284 1994 1994 CD 1662 5993 285 ( ( -LRB- 1662 5993 286 next next JJ 1662 5993 287 to to TO 1662 5993 288 be be VB 1662 5993 289 held hold VBN 1662 5993 290 NA NA NNP 1662 5993 291 October October NNP 1662 5993 292 1999 1999 CD 1662 5993 293 ) ) -RRB- 1662 5993 294 election election NN 1662 5993 295 results result NNS 1662 5993 296 : : : 1662 5993 297 percent percent NN 1662 5993 298 of of IN 1662 5993 299 vote vote NN 1662 5993 300 by by IN 1662 5993 301 party party NNP 1662 5993 302 - - : 1662 5993 303 Frelimo Frelimo NNP 1662 5993 304 44.33 44.33 CD 1662 5993 305 % % NN 1662 5993 306 , , , 1662 5993 307 RENAMO RENAMO NNP 1662 5993 308 33.78 33.78 CD 1662 5993 309 % % NN 1662 5993 310 , , , 1662 5993 311 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5993 312 Union Union NNP 1662 5993 313 5.15 5.15 CD 1662 5993 314 % % NN 1662 5993 315 , , , 1662 5993 316 other other JJ 1662 5993 317 16.74 16.74 CD 1662 5993 318 % % NN 1662 5993 319 ; ; , 1662 5993 320 seats seat NNS 1662 5993 321 by by IN 1662 5993 322 party party NN 1662 5993 323 - - HYPH 1662 5993 324 Frelimo Frelimo NNP 1662 5993 325 129 129 CD 1662 5993 326 , , , 1662 5993 327 RENAMO RENAMO NNP 1662 5993 328 112 112 CD 1662 5993 329 , , , 1662 5993 330 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 5993 331 Union Union NNP 1662 5993 332 9 9 CD 1662 5993 333 note note NN 1662 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petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6010 17 products product NNS 1662 6010 18 , , , 1662 6010 19 textiles textile NNS 1662 6010 20 , , , 1662 6010 21 cement cement NN 1662 6010 22 , , , 1662 6010 23 glass glass NN 1662 6010 24 , , , 1662 6010 25 asbestos asbestos NN 1662 6010 26 , , , 1662 6010 27 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 6010 28 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 6010 29 production production NN 1662 6010 30 growth growth NN 1662 6010 31 rate rate NN 1662 6010 32 : : : 1662 6010 33 5.8 5.8 CD 1662 6010 34 % % NN 1662 6010 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6010 36 1993 1993 CD 1662 6010 37 est est NNP 1662 6010 38 . . . 1662 6010 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6011 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6011 2 - - HYPH 1662 6011 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 6011 4 : : : 1662 6011 5 2.36 2.36 CD 1662 6011 6 million million CD 1662 6011 7 kW kW NNP 1662 6011 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6011 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 6011 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6011 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6011 12 - - HYPH 1662 6011 13 production production NN 1662 6011 14 : : : 1662 6011 15 490 490 CD 1662 6011 16 million million CD 1662 6011 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6011 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6011 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 6011 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6011 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6011 22 - - HYPH 1662 6011 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 6011 24 per per IN 1662 6011 25 capita capita NN 1662 6011 26 : : : 1662 6011 27 45 45 CD 1662 6011 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6011 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6011 30 1993 1993 CD 1662 6011 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6011 32 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6011 33 - - HYPH 1662 6011 34 products product NNS 1662 6011 35 : : : 1662 6011 36 cotton cotton NN 1662 6011 37 , , , 1662 6011 38 cashew cashew NN 1662 6011 39 nuts nut NNS 1662 6011 40 , , , 1662 6011 41 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 6011 42 , , , 1662 6011 43 tea tea NN 1662 6011 44 , , , 1662 6011 45 cassava cassava NNP 1662 6011 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6011 47 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 6011 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6011 49 , , , 1662 6011 50 corn corn NN 1662 6011 51 , , , 1662 6011 52 rice rice NN 1662 6011 53 , , , 1662 6011 54 tropical tropical JJ 1662 6011 55 fruits fruit NNS 1662 6011 56 ; ; : 1662 6011 57 beef beef NN 1662 6011 58 , , , 1662 6011 59 poultry poultry NN 1662 6011 60 Exports export NNS 1662 6011 61 : : : 1662 6011 62 total total JJ 1662 6011 63 value value NN 1662 6011 64 : : : 1662 6011 65 $ $ $ 1662 6011 66 169 169 CD 1662 6011 67 million million CD 1662 6011 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6011 69 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 6011 70 . . NNP 1662 6011 71 , , , 1662 6011 72 1995 1995 CD 1662 6011 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6011 74 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6011 75 : : : 1662 6011 76 shrimp shrimp VB 1662 6011 77 40 40 CD 1662 6011 78 % % NN 1662 6011 79 , , , 1662 6011 80 cashews cashews NN 1662 6011 81 , , , 1662 6011 82 cotton cotton NN 1662 6011 83 , , , 1662 6011 84 sugar sugar NN 1662 6011 85 , , , 1662 6011 86 copra copra NNP 1662 6011 87 , , , 1662 6011 88 citrus citrus NNP 1662 6011 89 partners partner NNS 1662 6011 90 : : : 1662 6011 91 Spain Spain NNP 1662 6011 92 , , , 1662 6011 93 South South NNP 1662 6011 94 Africa Africa NNP 1662 6011 95 , , , 1662 6011 96 US US NNP 1662 6011 97 , , , 1662 6011 98 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 6011 99 , , , 1662 6011 100 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6011 101 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 6011 102 : : : 1662 6011 103 total total JJ 1662 6011 104 value value NN 1662 6011 105 : : : 1662 6011 106 $ $ $ 1662 6011 107 784 784 CD 1662 6011 108 million million CD 1662 6011 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6011 110 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 6011 111 . . NNP 1662 6011 112 , , , 1662 6011 113 1995 1995 CD 1662 6011 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6011 115 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6011 116 : : : 1662 6011 117 food food NN 1662 6011 118 , , , 1662 6011 119 clothing clothing NN 1662 6011 120 , , , 1662 6011 121 farm farm NN 1662 6011 122 equipment equipment NN 1662 6011 123 , , , 1662 6011 124 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6011 125 partners partner NNS 1662 6011 126 : : : 1662 6011 127 South South NNP 1662 6011 128 Africa Africa NNP 1662 6011 129 44 44 CD 1662 6011 130 % % NN 1662 6011 131 , , , 1662 6011 132 UK UK NNP 1662 6011 133 , , , 1662 6011 134 France France NNP 1662 6011 135 , , , 1662 6011 136 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6011 137 , , , 1662 6011 138 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 6011 139 Debt Debt NNP 1662 6011 140 - - HYPH 1662 6011 141 external external JJ 1662 6011 142 : : : 1662 6011 143 $ $ $ 1662 6011 144 5.5 5.5 CD 1662 6011 145 billion billion CD 1662 6011 146 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6011 147 1995 1995 CD 1662 6011 148 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6011 149 Economic economic JJ 1662 6011 150 aid aid NN 1662 6011 151 : : : 1662 6011 152 recipient recipient NN 1662 6011 153 : : : 1662 6011 154 ODA ODA NNP 1662 6011 155 , , , 1662 6011 156 $ $ $ 1662 6011 157 NA NA NNP 1662 6011 158 Currency currency NN 1662 6011 159 : : : 1662 6011 160 1 1 CD 1662 6011 161 metical metical JJ 1662 6011 162 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6011 163 Mt Mt NNP 1662 6011 164 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6011 165 = = NFP 1662 6011 166 100 100 CD 1662 6011 167 centavos centavos NNP 1662 6011 168 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 6011 169 rates rate NNS 1662 6011 170 : : : 1662 6011 171 meticais meticais NNP 1662 6011 172 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6011 173 Mt Mt NNP 1662 6011 174 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6011 175 per per IN 1662 6011 176 US$ us$ $ 1662 6011 177 1 1 CD 1662 6011 178 - - SYM 1662 6011 179 11,455.0 11,455.0 CD 1662 6011 180 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6011 181 December December NNP 1662 6011 182 1996 1996 CD 1662 6011 183 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6011 184 , , , 1662 6011 185 11,293.8 11,293.8 CD 1662 6011 186 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6011 187 1996 1996 CD 1662 6011 188 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6011 189 , , , 1662 6011 190 9,024.3 9,024.3 CD 1662 6011 191 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6011 192 1995 1995 CD 1662 6011 193 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6011 194 , , , 1662 6011 195 6,038.6 6,038.6 CD 1662 6011 196 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6011 197 1994 1994 CD 1662 6011 198 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6011 199 , , , 1662 6011 200 3,874.2 3,874.2 CD 1662 6011 201 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6011 202 1993 1993 CD 1662 6011 203 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6011 204 , , , 1662 6011 205 2,516.5 2,516.5 CD 1662 6011 206 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6011 207 1992 1992 CD 1662 6011 208 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6011 209 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6011 210 year year NN 1662 6011 211 : : : 1662 6011 212 calendar calendar NN 1662 6011 213 year year NN 1662 6011 214 @Mozambique @mozambique XX 1662 6011 215 : : : 1662 6011 216 Communications communication NNS 1662 6011 217 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 6011 218 : : : 1662 6011 219 59,000 59,000 CD 1662 6011 220 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6011 221 1983 1983 CD 1662 6011 222 est est NNP 1662 6011 223 . . . 1662 6011 224 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6012 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 6012 2 system system NN 1662 6012 3 : : : 1662 6012 4 fair fair JJ 1662 6012 5 system system NN 1662 6012 6 of of IN 1662 6012 7 tropospheric tropospheric NN 1662 6012 8 scatter scatter NN 1662 6012 9 , , , 1662 6012 10 open open JJ 1662 6012 11 - - HYPH 1662 6012 12 wire wire NN 1662 6012 13 lines line NNS 1662 6012 14 , , , 1662 6012 15 and and CC 1662 6012 16 microwave microwave VB 1662 6012 17 radio radio NN 1662 6012 18 relay relay NN 1662 6012 19 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6012 20 : : : 1662 6012 21 microwave microwave NN 1662 6012 22 radio radio NN 1662 6012 23 relay relay NN 1662 6012 24 and and CC 1662 6012 25 tropospheric tropospheric NN 1662 6012 26 scatter scatter NN 1662 6012 27 international international NNP 1662 6012 28 : : : 1662 6012 29 satellite satellite NN 1662 6012 30 earth earth NN 1662 6012 31 stations station NNS 1662 6012 32 - - : 1662 6012 33 5 5 CD 1662 6012 34 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6012 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6012 36 2 2 CD 1662 6012 37 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6012 38 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6012 39 and and CC 1662 6012 40 3 3 CD 1662 6012 41 Indian Indian NNP 1662 6012 42 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6012 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6012 44 Radio radio NN 1662 6012 45 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6012 46 stations station NNS 1662 6012 47 : : : 1662 6012 48 AM AM NNP 1662 6012 49 29 29 CD 1662 6012 50 , , , 1662 6012 51 FM FM NNP 1662 6012 52 4 4 CD 1662 6012 53 , , , 1662 6012 54 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 6012 55 0 0 CD 1662 6012 56 Radios radio NNS 1662 6012 57 : : : 1662 6012 58 700,000 700,000 CD 1662 6012 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6012 60 1992 1992 CD 1662 6012 61 est est NNP 1662 6012 62 . . . 1662 6012 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6013 1 Television television NN 1662 6013 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6013 3 stations station NNS 1662 6013 4 : : : 1662 6013 5 1 1 CD 1662 6013 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 6013 7 : : : 1662 6013 8 44,000 44,000 CD 1662 6013 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6013 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 6013 11 est est NNP 1662 6013 12 . . . 1662 6013 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6014 1 @Mozambique @mozambique LS 1662 6014 2 : : : 1662 6014 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 6014 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 6014 5 : : : 1662 6014 6 total total NN 1662 6014 7 : : : 1662 6014 8 3,131 3,131 CD 1662 6014 9 km km NN 1662 6014 10 narrow narrow JJ 1662 6014 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 6014 12 : : : 1662 6014 13 2,988 2,988 CD 1662 6014 14 km km NN 1662 6014 15 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 6014 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 6014 17 ; ; : 1662 6014 18 143 143 CD 1662 6014 19 km km NN 1662 6014 20 0.762-m 0.762-m JJ 1662 6014 21 gauge gauge NN 1662 6014 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6014 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 6014 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6014 25 Highways highway NNS 1662 6014 26 : : : 1662 6014 27 total total NN 1662 6014 28 : : : 1662 6014 29 29,810 29,810 CD 1662 6014 30 km km NN 1662 6014 31 paved pave VBN 1662 6014 32 : : : 1662 6014 33 5,545 5,545 CD 1662 6014 34 km km NNP 1662 6014 35 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6014 36 : : : 1662 6014 37 24,265 24,265 CD 1662 6014 38 km km NNS 1662 6014 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6014 40 1995 1995 CD 1662 6014 41 est est NNP 1662 6014 42 . . . 1662 6014 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6015 1 note note NN 1662 6015 2 : : : 1662 6015 3 highway highway NN 1662 6015 4 traffic traffic NN 1662 6015 5 impeded impede VBN 1662 6015 6 by by IN 1662 6015 7 land land NN 1662 6015 8 mines mine NNS 1662 6015 9 not not RB 1662 6015 10 removed remove VBN 1662 6015 11 at at IN 1662 6015 12 end end NN 1662 6015 13 of of IN 1662 6015 14 civil civil JJ 1662 6015 15 war war NN 1662 6015 16 Waterways Waterways NNPS 1662 6015 17 : : : 1662 6015 18 about about RB 1662 6015 19 3,750 3,750 CD 1662 6015 20 km km NNS 1662 6015 21 of of IN 1662 6015 22 navigable navigable JJ 1662 6015 23 routes route NNS 1662 6015 24 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 6015 25 : : : 1662 6015 26 crude crude JJ 1662 6015 27 oil oil NN 1662 6015 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6015 29 not not RB 1662 6015 30 operating operate VBG 1662 6015 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6015 32 306 306 CD 1662 6015 33 km km NN 1662 6015 34 ; ; : 1662 6015 35 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6015 36 products product NNS 1662 6015 37 289 289 CD 1662 6015 38 km km NN 1662 6015 39 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 6015 40 and and CC 1662 6015 41 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6015 42 : : : 1662 6015 43 Beira Beira NNP 1662 6015 44 , , , 1662 6015 45 Inhambane Inhambane NNP 1662 6015 46 , , , 1662 6015 47 Maputo Maputo NNP 1662 6015 48 , , , 1662 6015 49 Nacala Nacala NNP 1662 6015 50 , , , 1662 6015 51 Pemba Pemba NNP 1662 6015 52 Merchant merchant NN 1662 6015 53 marine marine NN 1662 6015 54 : : : 1662 6015 55 total total NN 1662 6015 56 : : : 1662 6015 57 4 4 CD 1662 6015 58 cargo cargo NN 1662 6015 59 ships ship NNS 1662 6015 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6015 61 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6015 62 GRT GRT NNP 1662 6015 63 or or CC 1662 6015 64 over over RB 1662 6015 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6015 66 totaling total VBG 1662 6015 67 5,694 5,694 CD 1662 6015 68 GRT/9,724 GRT/9,724 NNP 1662 6015 69 DWT DWT NNP 1662 6015 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6015 71 1996 1996 CD 1662 6015 72 est est NNP 1662 6015 73 . . . 1662 6015 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6016 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6016 2 : : : 1662 6016 3 129 129 CD 1662 6016 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6016 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6016 6 est est NNP 1662 6016 7 . . . 1662 6016 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6017 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6017 2 - - , 1662 6017 3 with with IN 1662 6017 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6017 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6017 6 : : : 1662 6017 7 total total NN 1662 6017 8 : : : 1662 6017 9 85 85 CD 1662 6017 10 over over IN 1662 6017 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6017 12 m m NN 1662 6017 13 : : : 1662 6017 14 1 1 CD 1662 6017 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 6017 16 to to IN 1662 6017 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6017 18 m m NN 1662 6017 19 : : : 1662 6017 20 4 4 CD 1662 6017 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6017 22 to to TO 1662 6017 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6017 24 m m NN 1662 6017 25 : : : 1662 6017 26 10 10 CD 1662 6017 27 914 914 CD 1662 6017 28 to to TO 1662 6017 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6017 30 m m NN 1662 6017 31 : : : 1662 6017 32 5 5 CD 1662 6017 33 under under IN 1662 6017 34 914 914 CD 1662 6017 35 m m NN 1662 6017 36 : : : 1662 6017 37 65 65 CD 1662 6017 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6017 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 6017 40 est est NNP 1662 6017 41 . . . 1662 6017 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6018 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6018 2 - - , 1662 6018 3 with with IN 1662 6018 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6018 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6018 6 : : : 1662 6018 7 total total NN 1662 6018 8 : : : 1662 6018 9 44 44 CD 1662 6018 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6018 11 to to TO 1662 6018 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6018 13 m m NN 1662 6018 14 : : : 1662 6018 15 12 12 CD 1662 6018 16 914 914 CD 1662 6018 17 to to TO 1662 6018 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6018 19 m m NN 1662 6018 20 : : : 1662 6018 21 32 32 CD 1662 6018 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6018 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 6018 24 est est NNP 1662 6018 25 . . . 1662 6018 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6019 1 Military military JJ 1662 6019 2 Military military JJ 1662 6019 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6019 4 : : : 1662 6019 5 Army Army NNP 1662 6019 6 , , , 1662 6019 7 Naval Naval NNP 1662 6019 8 Command Command NNP 1662 6019 9 , , , 1662 6019 10 Air Air NNP 1662 6019 11 and and CC 1662 6019 12 Air Air NNP 1662 6019 13 Defense Defense NNP 1662 6019 14 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 6019 15 , , , 1662 6019 16 Militia Militia NNP 1662 6019 17 Military Military NNP 1662 6019 18 manpower manpower NN 1662 6019 19 - - HYPH 1662 6019 20 availability availability NN 1662 6019 21 : : : 1662 6019 22 males male NNS 1662 6019 23 age age NNP 1662 6019 24 15 15 CD 1662 6019 25 - - HYPH 1662 6019 26 49 49 CD 1662 6019 27 : : : 1662 6019 28 4,149,766 4,149,766 CD 1662 6019 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6019 30 1997 1997 CD 1662 6019 31 est est NNP 1662 6019 32 . . . 1662 6019 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6020 1 Military military JJ 1662 6020 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6020 3 - - HYPH 1662 6020 4 fit fit NN 1662 6020 5 for for IN 1662 6020 6 military military JJ 1662 6020 7 service service NN 1662 6020 8 : : : 1662 6020 9 males male NNS 1662 6020 10 : : : 1662 6020 11 2,390,791 2,390,791 CD 1662 6020 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6020 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6020 14 est est NNP 1662 6020 15 . . . 1662 6020 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6021 1 Military military JJ 1662 6021 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6021 3 - - HYPH 1662 6021 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 6021 5 figure figure NN 1662 6021 6 : : : 1662 6021 7 $ $ $ 1662 6021 8 84 84 CD 1662 6021 9 million million CD 1662 6021 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6021 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 6021 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6021 13 Military military JJ 1662 6021 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6021 15 - - : 1662 6021 16 percent percent NN 1662 6021 17 of of IN 1662 6021 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6021 19 : : : 1662 6021 20 5.3 5.3 CD 1662 6021 21 % % NN 1662 6021 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6021 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 6021 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6021 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6021 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6021 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 6021 28 - - : 1662 6021 29 international international RB 1662 6021 30 : : : 1662 6021 31 none none NN 1662 6021 32 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 6021 33 drugs drug VBZ 1662 6021 34 : : : 1662 6021 35 Southern southern JJ 1662 6021 36 African african JJ 1662 6021 37 transit transit NN 1662 6021 38 hub hub NN 1662 6021 39 for for IN 1662 6021 40 South south JJ 1662 6021 41 American american JJ 1662 6021 42 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 6021 43 probably probably RB 1662 6021 44 destined destine VBN 1662 6021 45 for for IN 1662 6021 46 the the DT 1662 6021 47 European european JJ 1662 6021 48 and and CC 1662 6021 49 US US NNP 1662 6021 50 markets market NNS 1662 6021 51 ; ; : 1662 6021 52 producer producer NN 1662 6021 53 of of IN 1662 6021 54 hashish hashish NNP 1662 6021 55 and and CC 1662 6021 56 methaqualone methaqualone NNP 1662 6021 57 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 58 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 59 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 60 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 61 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 62 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 63 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 64 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 65 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 66 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 67 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 68 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 69 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 70 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 71 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 72 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 73 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 74 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 75 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 76 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 77 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 78 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 79 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 80 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 90 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 91 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 92 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 93 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 94 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 95 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 96 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 97 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 98 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 99 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 100 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 101 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 102 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 103 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 104 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 105 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 106 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 107 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 108 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 109 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 110 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 111 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 112 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 113 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 114 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 115 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 116 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 117 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 118 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 119 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 120 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 121 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 122 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 123 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 124 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 125 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 126 _ _ NNP 1662 6021 127 NAMIBIA NAMIBIA NNP 1662 6021 128 @Namibia @namibia NN 1662 6021 129 : : : 1662 6021 130 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6021 131 Location Location NNP 1662 6021 132 : : : 1662 6021 133 Southern Southern NNP 1662 6021 134 Africa Africa NNP 1662 6021 135 , , , 1662 6021 136 bordering border VBG 1662 6021 137 the the DT 1662 6021 138 South South NNP 1662 6021 139 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6021 140 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6021 141 , , , 1662 6021 142 between between IN 1662 6021 143 Angola Angola NNP 1662 6021 144 and and CC 1662 6021 145 South South NNP 1662 6021 146 Africa Africa NNP 1662 6021 147 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6021 148 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6021 149 : : : 1662 6021 150 22 22 CD 1662 6021 151 00 00 CD 1662 6021 152 S s NN 1662 6021 153 , , , 1662 6021 154 17 17 CD 1662 6021 155 00 00 CD 1662 6021 156 E e NN 1662 6021 157 Map Map NNP 1662 6021 158 references reference NNS 1662 6021 159 : : : 1662 6021 160 Africa Africa NNP 1662 6021 161 Area Area NNP 1662 6021 162 : : : 1662 6021 163 total total NN 1662 6021 164 : : : 1662 6021 165 825,418 825,418 CD 1662 6021 166 sq sq NNP 1662 6021 167 km km NNP 1662 6021 168 land land NN 1662 6021 169 : : : 1662 6021 170 825,418 825,418 CD 1662 6021 171 sq sq NNP 1662 6021 172 km km NNP 1662 6021 173 water water NN 1662 6021 174 : : : 1662 6021 175 0 0 NFP 1662 6021 176 sq sq NN 1662 6021 177 km km NNP 1662 6021 178 Area area NN 1662 6021 179 - - HYPH 1662 6021 180 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6021 181 : : : 1662 6021 182 slightly slightly RB 1662 6021 183 more more JJR 1662 6021 184 than than IN 1662 6021 185 half half PDT 1662 6021 186 the the DT 1662 6021 187 size size NN 1662 6021 188 of of IN 1662 6021 189 Alaska Alaska NNP 1662 6021 190 Land Land NNP 1662 6021 191 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6021 192 : : : 1662 6021 193 total total JJ 1662 6021 194 : : : 1662 6021 195 3,824 3,824 CD 1662 6021 196 km km NN 1662 6021 197 border border NN 1662 6021 198 countries country NNS 1662 6021 199 : : : 1662 6021 200 Angola Angola NNP 1662 6021 201 1,376 1,376 CD 1662 6021 202 km km NN 1662 6021 203 , , , 1662 6021 204 Botswana Botswana NNP 1662 6021 205 1,360 1,360 CD 1662 6021 206 km km NN 1662 6021 207 , , , 1662 6021 208 South South NNP 1662 6021 209 Africa Africa NNP 1662 6021 210 855 855 CD 1662 6021 211 km km NNS 1662 6021 212 , , , 1662 6021 213 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 6021 214 233 233 CD 1662 6021 215 km km NN 1662 6021 216 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6021 217 : : : 1662 6021 218 1,572 1,572 CD 1662 6021 219 km km NN 1662 6021 220 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6021 221 claims claim VBZ 1662 6021 222 : : : 1662 6021 223 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 6021 224 zone zone NN 1662 6021 225 : : : 1662 6021 226 24 24 CD 1662 6021 227 nm nm IN 1662 6021 228 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 6021 229 economic economic JJ 1662 6021 230 zone zone NN 1662 6021 231 : : : 1662 6021 232 200 200 CD 1662 6021 233 nm nm CD 1662 6021 234 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6021 235 sea sea NN 1662 6021 236 : : : 1662 6021 237 12 12 CD 1662 6021 238 nm nm NNP 1662 6021 239 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6021 240 : : : 1662 6021 241 desert desert NN 1662 6021 242 ; ; , 1662 6021 243 hot hot JJ 1662 6021 244 , , , 1662 6021 245 dry dry JJ 1662 6021 246 ; ; : 1662 6021 247 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 6021 248 sparse sparse NN 1662 6021 249 and and CC 1662 6021 250 erratic erratic JJ 1662 6021 251 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6021 252 : : : 1662 6021 253 mostly mostly RB 1662 6021 254 high high JJ 1662 6021 255 plateau plateau NN 1662 6021 256 ; ; : 1662 6021 257 Namib Namib NNP 1662 6021 258 Desert Desert NNP 1662 6021 259 along along IN 1662 6021 260 coast coast NN 1662 6021 261 ; ; : 1662 6021 262 Kalahari Kalahari NNP 1662 6021 263 Desert Desert NNP 1662 6021 264 in in IN 1662 6021 265 east east NNP 1662 6021 266 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6021 267 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6021 268 : : : 1662 6021 269 lowest low JJS 1662 6021 270 point point NN 1662 6021 271 : : : 1662 6021 272 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6021 273 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6021 274 0 0 NFP 1662 6021 275 m m DT 1662 6021 276 highest high JJS 1662 6021 277 point point NN 1662 6021 278 : : : 1662 6021 279 Konigstein Konigstein NNP 1662 6021 280 2,606 2,606 CD 1662 6021 281 m m NNP 1662 6021 282 Natural natural JJ 1662 6021 283 resources resource NNS 1662 6021 284 : : : 1662 6021 285 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 6021 286 , , , 1662 6021 287 copper copper NN 1662 6021 288 , , , 1662 6021 289 uranium uranium NN 1662 6021 290 , , , 1662 6021 291 gold gold NN 1662 6021 292 , , , 1662 6021 293 lead lead NN 1662 6021 294 , , , 1662 6021 295 tin tin NN 1662 6021 296 , , , 1662 6021 297 lithium lithium NN 1662 6021 298 , , , 1662 6021 299 cadmium cadmium NN 1662 6021 300 , , , 1662 6021 301 zinc zinc NN 1662 6021 302 , , , 1662 6021 303 salt salt NN 1662 6021 304 , , , 1662 6021 305 vanadium vanadium NN 1662 6021 306 , , , 1662 6021 307 natural natural JJ 1662 6021 308 gas gas NN 1662 6021 309 , , , 1662 6021 310 fish fish NN 1662 6021 311 ; ; , 1662 6021 312 suspected suspect VBN 1662 6021 313 deposits deposit NNS 1662 6021 314 of of IN 1662 6021 315 oil oil NN 1662 6021 316 , , , 1662 6021 317 natural natural JJ 1662 6021 318 gas gas NN 1662 6021 319 , , , 1662 6021 320 coal coal NN 1662 6021 321 , , , 1662 6021 322 iron iron NN 1662 6021 323 ore ore NN 1662 6021 324 Land Land NNP 1662 6021 325 use use NN 1662 6021 326 : : : 1662 6021 327 arable arable JJ 1662 6021 328 land land NN 1662 6021 329 : : : 1662 6021 330 1 1 CD 1662 6021 331 % % NN 1662 6021 332 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6021 333 crops crop NNS 1662 6021 334 : : : 1662 6021 335 0 0 CD 1662 6021 336 % % NN 1662 6021 337 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6021 338 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6021 339 : : : 1662 6021 340 46 46 CD 1662 6021 341 % % NN 1662 6021 342 forests forest NNS 1662 6021 343 and and CC 1662 6021 344 woodland woodland NN 1662 6021 345 : : : 1662 6021 346 22 22 CD 1662 6021 347 % % NN 1662 6021 348 other other JJ 1662 6021 349 : : : 1662 6021 350 31 31 CD 1662 6021 351 % % NN 1662 6021 352 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6021 353 1993 1993 CD 1662 6021 354 est est NNP 1662 6021 355 . . . 1662 6021 356 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6022 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6022 2 land land NN 1662 6022 3 : : : 1662 6022 4 60 60 CD 1662 6022 5 sq sq NN 1662 6022 6 km km NNP 1662 6022 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6022 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 6022 9 est est NNP 1662 6022 10 . . . 1662 6022 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6023 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 6023 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6023 3 : : : 1662 6023 4 prolonged prolong VBN 1662 6023 5 periods period NNS 1662 6023 6 of of IN 1662 6023 7 drought drought NN 1662 6023 8 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6023 9 - - HYPH 1662 6023 10 current current JJ 1662 6023 11 issues issue NNS 1662 6023 12 : : : 1662 6023 13 very very RB 1662 6023 14 limited 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49 , , , 1662 6023 50 but but CC 1662 6023 51 not not RB 1662 6023 52 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6023 53 : : : 1662 6023 54 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 6023 55 , , , 1662 6023 56 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 6023 57 @Namibia @namibia NN 1662 6023 58 : : : 1662 6023 59 People People NNPS 1662 6023 60 Population Population NNP 1662 6023 61 : : : 1662 6023 62 1,727,183 1,727,183 CD 1662 6023 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6023 64 July July NNP 1662 6023 65 1997 1997 CD 1662 6023 66 est est NNP 1662 6023 67 . . . 1662 6023 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6024 1 Age age NN 1662 6024 2 structure structure NN 1662 6024 3 : : : 1662 6024 4 0 0 CD 1662 6024 5 - - HYPH 1662 6024 6 14 14 CD 1662 6024 7 years year NNS 1662 6024 8 : : : 1662 6024 9 43 43 CD 1662 6024 10 % % NN 1662 6024 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6024 12 male male JJ 1662 6024 13 379,158 379,158 CD 1662 6024 14 ; ; : 1662 6024 15 female female JJ 1662 6024 16 371,008 371,008 CD 1662 6024 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6024 18 15 15 CD 1662 6024 19 - - HYPH 1662 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1662 6025 10 . . . 1662 6025 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6026 1 Birth birth NN 1662 6026 2 rate rate NN 1662 6026 3 : : : 1662 6026 4 37.08 37.08 CD 1662 6026 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 6026 6 population population NN 1662 6026 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6026 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6026 9 est est NNP 1662 6026 10 . . . 1662 6026 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6027 1 Death death NN 1662 6027 2 rate rate NN 1662 6027 3 : : : 1662 6027 4 7.72 7.72 CD 1662 6027 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6027 6 population population NN 1662 6027 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6027 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6027 9 est est NNP 1662 6027 10 . . . 1662 6027 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6028 1 Net net JJ 1662 6028 2 migration migration NN 1662 6028 3 rate rate NN 1662 6028 4 : : : 1662 6028 5 0 0 NFP 1662 6028 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 6028 7 population population NN 1662 6028 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6028 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6028 10 est est NNP 1662 6028 11 . . . 1662 6028 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6029 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6029 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6029 3 : : : 1662 6029 4 at at IN 1662 6029 5 birth birth NN 1662 6029 6 : : : 1662 6029 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 6029 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6029 9 under under IN 1662 6029 10 15 15 CD 1662 6029 11 years year NNS 1662 6029 12 : : : 1662 6029 13 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 6029 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6029 15 15 15 CD 1662 6029 16 - - HYPH 1662 6029 17 64 64 CD 1662 6029 18 years year NNS 1662 6029 19 : : : 1662 6029 20 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 6029 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6029 22 65 65 CD 1662 6029 23 years year NNS 1662 6029 24 and and CC 1662 6029 25 over over IN 1662 6029 26 : : : 1662 6029 27 0.75 0.75 CD 1662 6029 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 6029 29 total total JJ 1662 6029 30 population population NN 1662 6029 31 : : : 1662 6029 32 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 6029 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6029 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6029 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 6029 36 est e JJS 1662 6029 37 . . . 1662 6029 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6030 1 Infant infant NN 1662 6030 2 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6032 5 5.05 5.05 CD 1662 6032 6 children child NNS 1662 6032 7 born bear VBN 1662 6032 8 / / SYM 1662 6032 9 woman woman NN 1662 6032 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6032 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6032 12 est est NNP 1662 6032 13 . . . 1662 6032 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6033 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 6033 2 : : : 1662 6033 3 noun noun NNP 1662 6033 4 : : : 1662 6033 5 Namibian(s Namibian(s NNP 1662 6033 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6033 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 6033 8 : : : 1662 6033 9 Namibian namibian JJ 1662 6033 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 6033 11 groups group NNS 1662 6033 12 : : : 1662 6033 13 black black JJ 1662 6033 14 86 86 CD 1662 6033 15 % % NN 1662 6033 16 , , , 1662 6033 17 white white JJ 1662 6033 18 6.6 6.6 CD 1662 6033 19 % % NN 1662 6033 20 , , , 1662 6033 21 mixed mixed JJ 1662 6033 22 7.4 7.4 CD 1662 6033 23 % % NN 1662 6033 24 note note NN 1662 6033 25 : : : 1662 6033 26 about about IN 1662 6033 27 50 50 CD 1662 6033 28 % % NN 1662 6033 29 of of IN 1662 6033 30 the the DT 1662 6033 31 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conventional conventional JJ 1662 6034 15 short short JJ 1662 6034 16 form form NN 1662 6034 17 : : : 1662 6034 18 Namibia Namibia NNP 1662 6034 19 Data Data NNP 1662 6034 20 code code NN 1662 6034 21 : : : 1662 6034 22 WA WA NNP 1662 6034 23 Government Government NNP 1662 6034 24 type type NN 1662 6034 25 : : : 1662 6034 26 republic republic NNP 1662 6034 27 National national JJ 1662 6034 28 capital capital NN 1662 6034 29 : : : 1662 6034 30 Windhoek Windhoek NNP 1662 6034 31 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 6034 32 divisions division NNS 1662 6034 33 : : : 1662 6034 34 13 13 CD 1662 6034 35 regions region NNS 1662 6034 36 ; ; : 1662 6034 37 Caprivi Caprivi NNP 1662 6034 38 , , , 1662 6034 39 Erongo Erongo NNP 1662 6034 40 , , , 1662 6034 41 Hardap Hardap NNP 1662 6034 42 , , , 1662 6034 43 Karas Karas NNP 1662 6034 44 , , , 1662 6034 45 Khomas Khomas NNP 1662 6034 46 , , , 1662 6034 47 Kunene Kunene NNP 1662 6034 48 , , , 1662 6034 49 Ohangwena Ohangwena NNP 1662 6034 50 , , , 1662 6034 51 Okavango Okavango NNP 1662 6034 52 , , , 1662 6034 53 Omaheke Omaheke NNP 1662 6034 54 , , , 1662 6034 55 Omusati Omusati NNP 1662 6034 56 , , , 1662 6034 57 Oshana Oshana NNP 1662 6034 58 , , , 1662 6034 59 Oshikoto Oshikoto NNP 1662 6034 60 , , , 1662 6034 61 Otjozondjupa Otjozondjupa NNP 1662 6034 62 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6034 63 : : : 1662 6034 64 21 21 CD 1662 6034 65 March March NNP 1662 6034 66 1990 1990 CD 1662 6034 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6034 68 from from IN 1662 6034 69 South south JJ 1662 6034 70 African african JJ 1662 6034 71 mandate mandate NN 1662 6034 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6034 73 National national JJ 1662 6034 74 holiday holiday NN 1662 6034 75 : : : 1662 6034 76 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6034 77 Day Day NNP 1662 6034 78 , , , 1662 6034 79 21 21 CD 1662 6034 80 March March NNP 1662 6034 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6034 82 1990 1990 CD 1662 6034 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6034 84 Constitution constitution NN 1662 6034 85 : : : 1662 6034 86 ratified ratify VBD 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Sam NNP 1662 6034 124 NUJOMA NUJOMA NNP 1662 6034 125 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6034 126 since since IN 1662 6034 127 21 21 CD 1662 6034 128 March March NNP 1662 6034 129 1990 1990 CD 1662 6034 130 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6034 131 ; ; : 1662 6034 132 note note VB 1662 6034 133 - - : 1662 6034 134 the the DT 1662 6034 135 president president NN 1662 6034 136 is be VBZ 1662 6034 137 both both CC 1662 6034 138 the the DT 1662 6034 139 chief chief NN 1662 6034 140 of of IN 1662 6034 141 state state NN 1662 6034 142 and and CC 1662 6034 143 head head NN 1662 6034 144 of of IN 1662 6034 145 government government NN 1662 6034 146 head head NN 1662 6034 147 of of IN 1662 6034 148 government government NN 1662 6034 149 : : : 1662 6034 150 President President NNP 1662 6034 151 Sam Sam NNP 1662 6034 152 NUJOMA NUJOMA NNP 1662 6034 153 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6034 154 since since IN 1662 6034 155 21 21 CD 1662 6034 156 March March NNP 1662 6034 157 1990 1990 CD 1662 6034 158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6034 159 ; ; : 1662 6034 160 note 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419 West West NNP 1662 6034 420 Africa Africa NNP 1662 6034 421 People People NNPS 1662 6034 422 's 's POS 1662 6034 423 Organization Organization NNP 1662 6034 424 or or CC 1662 6034 425 SWAPO SWAPO NNP 1662 6034 426 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6034 427 Sam Sam NNP 1662 6034 428 NUJOMA NUJOMA NNP 1662 6034 429 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6034 430 ; ; : 1662 6034 431 National National NNP 1662 6034 432 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6034 433 Party Party NNP 1662 6034 434 for for IN 1662 6034 435 Justice Justice NNP 1662 6034 436 or or CC 1662 6034 437 NDPFJ NDPFJ NNP 1662 6034 438 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6034 439 Nbhwete Nbhwete NNP 1662 6034 440 NDJOBA NDJOBA NNP 1662 6034 441 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6034 442 ; ; : 1662 6034 443 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 6034 444 Turnhalle Turnhalle NNP 1662 6034 445 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 6034 446 of of IN 1662 6034 447 Namibia Namibia NNP 1662 6034 448 or or CC 1662 6034 449 DTA DTA NNP 1662 6034 450 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6034 451 Mishake Mishake NNP 1662 6034 452 MUYONGO MUYONGO NNP 1662 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K. 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- HYPH 1662 6048 79 products product NNS 1662 6048 80 : : : 1662 6048 81 millet millet NNP 1662 6048 82 , , , 1662 6048 83 sorghum sorghum NN 1662 6048 84 , , , 1662 6048 85 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 6048 86 ; ; : 1662 6048 87 livestock livestock NN 1662 6048 88 ; ; , 1662 6048 89 fish fish NN 1662 6048 90 catch catch NN 1662 6048 91 potential potential NN 1662 6048 92 of of IN 1662 6048 93 over over IN 1662 6048 94 1 1 CD 1662 6048 95 million million CD 1662 6048 96 metric metric JJ 1662 6048 97 tons ton NNS 1662 6048 98 not not RB 1662 6048 99 being be VBG 1662 6048 100 fulfilled fulfil VBN 1662 6048 101 Exports export NNS 1662 6048 102 : : : 1662 6048 103 total total JJ 1662 6048 104 value value NN 1662 6048 105 : : : 1662 6048 106 $ $ $ 1662 6048 107 1.45 1.45 CD 1662 6048 108 billion billion CD 1662 6048 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6048 110 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 6048 111 . . NNP 1662 6048 112 , , , 1662 6048 113 1996 1996 CD 1662 6048 114 est est NNP 1662 6048 115 . . . 1662 6048 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6049 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6049 2 : : : 1662 6049 3 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 6049 4 , , , 1662 6049 5 copper copper NN 1662 6049 6 , , , 1662 6049 7 gold gold NN 1662 6049 8 , , , 1662 6049 9 zinc zinc NN 1662 6049 10 , , , 1662 6049 11 lead lead NN 1662 6049 12 , , , 1662 6049 13 uranium uranium NN 1662 6049 14 , , , 1662 6049 15 cattle cattle NNS 1662 6049 16 , , , 1662 6049 17 processed process VBN 1662 6049 18 fish fish NN 1662 6049 19 , , , 1662 6049 20 karakul karakul NNP 1662 6049 21 skins skin VBZ 1662 6049 22 partners partner NNS 1662 6049 23 : : : 1662 6049 24 UK UK NNP 1662 6049 25 , , , 1662 6049 26 South South NNP 1662 6049 27 Africa Africa NNP 1662 6049 28 , , , 1662 6049 29 Spain Spain NNP 1662 6049 30 , , , 1662 6049 31 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6049 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6049 33 1994 1994 CD 1662 6049 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6049 35 Imports import NNS 1662 6049 36 : : : 1662 6049 37 total total JJ 1662 6049 38 value value NN 1662 6049 39 : : : 1662 6049 40 $ $ $ 1662 6049 41 1.55 1.55 CD 1662 6049 42 billion billion CD 1662 6049 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6049 44 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 6049 45 . . NNP 1662 6049 46 , , , 1662 6049 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 6049 48 est est NNP 1662 6049 49 . . . 1662 6049 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6050 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6050 2 : : : 1662 6050 3 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 6050 4 , , , 1662 6050 5 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6050 6 products product NNS 1662 6050 7 and and CC 1662 6050 8 fuel fuel NN 1662 6050 9 , , , 1662 6050 10 machinery machinery NN 1662 6050 11 and and CC 1662 6050 12 equipment equipment NN 1662 6050 13 , , , 1662 6050 14 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 6050 15 partners partner NNS 1662 6050 16 : : : 1662 6050 17 South South NNP 1662 6050 18 Africa Africa NNP 1662 6050 19 85 85 CD 1662 6050 20 % % NN 1662 6050 21 , , , 1662 6050 22 Germany Germany NNP 1662 6050 23 , , , 1662 6050 24 US US NNP 1662 6050 25 , , , 1662 6050 26 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6050 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6050 28 1994 1994 CD 1662 6050 29 est est NNP 1662 6050 30 . . . 1662 6050 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6051 1 Debt debt NN 1662 6051 2 - - HYPH 1662 6051 3 external external JJ 1662 6051 4 : : : 1662 6051 5 about about RB 1662 6051 6 $ $ $ 1662 6051 7 315 315 CD 1662 6051 8 million million CD 1662 6051 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6051 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 6051 11 est est NNP 1662 6051 12 . . . 1662 6051 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6052 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 6052 2 aid aid NN 1662 6052 3 : : : 1662 6052 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 6052 5 : : : 1662 6052 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 6052 7 , , , 1662 6052 8 $ $ $ 1662 6052 9 NA NA NNP 1662 6052 10 Currency currency NN 1662 6052 11 : : : 1662 6052 12 1 1 CD 1662 6052 13 Namibian namibian JJ 1662 6052 14 dollar dollar NN 1662 6052 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6052 16 N$ N$ NNP 1662 6052 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6052 18 = = NFP 1662 6052 19 100 100 CD 1662 6052 20 cents cent NNS 1662 6052 21 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 6052 22 rates rate NNS 1662 6052 23 : : : 1662 6052 24 Nambian nambian JJ 1662 6052 25 dollars dollar NNS 1662 6052 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6052 27 N$ N$ NNP 1662 6052 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6052 29 per per IN 1662 6052 30 US$ us$ $ 1662 6052 31 1 1 CD 1662 6052 32 - - SYM 1662 6052 33 4.64152 4.64152 CD 1662 6052 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6052 35 January January NNP 1662 6052 36 1997 1997 CD 1662 6052 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6052 38 , , , 1662 6052 39 4.29935 4.29935 CD 1662 6052 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6052 41 1996 1996 CD 1662 6052 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6052 43 , , , 1662 6052 44 3.62709 3.62709 CD 1662 6052 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6052 46 1995 1995 CD 1662 6052 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6052 48 , , , 1662 6052 49 3.55080 3.55080 CD 1662 6052 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6052 51 1994 1994 CD 1662 6052 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6052 53 , , , 1662 6052 54 3.26774 3.26774 CD 1662 6052 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6052 56 1993 1993 CD 1662 6052 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6052 58 , , , 1662 6052 59 2.85201 2.85201 CD 1662 6052 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6052 61 1992 1992 CD 1662 6052 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6052 63 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6052 64 year year NN 1662 6052 65 : : : 1662 6052 66 1 1 CD 1662 6052 67 April April NNP 1662 6052 68 - - HYPH 1662 6052 69 31 31 CD 1662 6052 70 March March NNP 1662 6052 71 @Namibia @namibia NN 1662 6052 72 : : : 1662 6052 73 Communications Communications NNP 1662 6052 74 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 6052 75 : : : 1662 6052 76 89,722 89,722 CD 1662 6052 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6052 78 1992 1992 CD 1662 6052 79 est est NNP 1662 6052 80 . . . 1662 6052 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6053 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 6053 2 system system NN 1662 6053 3 : : : 1662 6053 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6053 5 : : : 1662 6053 6 good good JJ 1662 6053 7 urban urban JJ 1662 6053 8 services service NNS 1662 6053 9 ; ; : 1662 6053 10 fair fair JJ 1662 6053 11 rural rural JJ 1662 6053 12 service service NN 1662 6053 13 ; ; : 1662 6053 14 microwave microwave NN 1662 6053 15 radio radio NN 1662 6053 16 relay relay NN 1662 6053 17 links link VBZ 1662 6053 18 major major JJ 1662 6053 19 towns town NNS 1662 6053 20 ; ; , 1662 6053 21 connections connection NNS 1662 6053 22 to to IN 1662 6053 23 other other JJ 1662 6053 24 populated populated JJ 1662 6053 25 places place NNS 1662 6053 26 are be VBP 1662 6053 27 by by IN 1662 6053 28 open open JJ 1662 6053 29 wire wire NN 1662 6053 30 international international RB 1662 6053 31 : : : 1662 6053 32 NA NA NNP 1662 6053 33 note note VB 1662 6053 34 : : : 1662 6053 35 a a DT 1662 6053 36 fully fully RB 1662 6053 37 automated automate VBN 1662 6053 38 digital digital JJ 1662 6053 39 network network NN 1662 6053 40 is be VBZ 1662 6053 41 to to TO 1662 6053 42 be be VB 1662 6053 43 operational operational JJ 1662 6053 44 by by IN 1662 6053 45 1997 1997 CD 1662 6053 46 Radio Radio NNP 1662 6053 47 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6053 48 stations station NNS 1662 6053 49 : : : 1662 6053 50 AM am VBP 1662 6053 51 4 4 CD 1662 6053 52 , , , 1662 6053 53 FM FM NNP 1662 6053 54 40 40 CD 1662 6053 55 , , , 1662 6053 56 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 6053 57 0 0 CD 1662 6053 58 Radios radio NNS 1662 6053 59 : : : 1662 6053 60 195,000 195,000 CD 1662 6053 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6053 62 1992 1992 CD 1662 6053 63 est est NNP 1662 6053 64 . . . 1662 6053 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6054 1 Television television NN 1662 6054 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6054 3 stations station NNS 1662 6054 4 : : : 1662 6054 5 3 3 CD 1662 6054 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 6054 7 : : : 1662 6054 8 27,000 27,000 CD 1662 6054 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6054 10 1993 1993 CD 1662 6054 11 est est NNP 1662 6054 12 . . . 1662 6054 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6055 1 @Namibia @namibia XX 1662 6055 2 : : : 1662 6055 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 6055 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 6055 5 : : : 1662 6055 6 total total NN 1662 6055 7 : : : 1662 6055 8 2,382 2,382 CD 1662 6055 9 km km NN 1662 6055 10 narrow narrow JJ 1662 6055 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 6055 12 : : : 1662 6055 13 2,382 2,382 CD 1662 6055 14 km km NN 1662 6055 15 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 6055 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 6055 17 ; ; , 1662 6055 18 single single JJ 1662 6055 19 track track NN 1662 6055 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6055 21 1995 1995 CD 1662 6055 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6055 23 Highways highway NNS 1662 6055 24 : : : 1662 6055 25 total total NN 1662 6055 26 : : : 1662 6055 27 40,450 40,450 CD 1662 6055 28 km km NNS 1662 6055 29 paved pave VBN 1662 6055 30 : : : 1662 6055 31 5,299 5,299 CD 1662 6055 32 km km NN 1662 6055 33 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6055 34 : : : 1662 6055 35 35,151 35,151 CD 1662 6055 36 km km NNS 1662 6055 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6055 38 1995 1995 CD 1662 6055 39 est est NNP 1662 6055 40 . . . 1662 6055 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6056 1 Ports port NNS 1662 6056 2 and and CC 1662 6056 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6056 4 : : : 1662 6056 5 Luderitz Luderitz NNP 1662 6056 6 , , , 1662 6056 7 Walvis Walvis NNP 1662 6056 8 Bay Bay NNP 1662 6056 9 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 6056 10 marine marine NN 1662 6056 11 : : : 1662 6056 12 total total NN 1662 6056 13 : : : 1662 6056 14 1 1 CD 1662 6056 15 roll roll NN 1662 6056 16 - - HYPH 1662 6056 17 on on IN 1662 6056 18 / / SYM 1662 6056 19 roll roll NN 1662 6056 20 - - HYPH 1662 6056 21 off off RP 1662 6056 22 ship ship NN 1662 6056 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6056 24 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6056 25 GRT GRT NNP 1662 6056 26 or or CC 1662 6056 27 over over RB 1662 6056 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6056 29 totaling total VBG 1662 6056 30 2,330 2,330 CD 1662 6056 31 GRT/2,233 GRT/2,233 NNP 1662 6056 32 DWT DWT NNP 1662 6056 33 Airports Airports NNPS 1662 6056 34 : : : 1662 6056 35 111 111 CD 1662 6056 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6056 37 1996 1996 CD 1662 6056 38 est est NNP 1662 6056 39 . . . 1662 6056 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6057 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6057 2 - - , 1662 6057 3 with with IN 1662 6057 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6057 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6057 6 : : : 1662 6057 7 total total NN 1662 6057 8 : : : 1662 6057 9 32 32 CD 1662 6057 10 over over IN 1662 6057 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6057 12 m m NN 1662 6057 13 : : : 1662 6057 14 2 2 CD 1662 6057 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 6057 16 to to TO 1662 6057 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6057 18 m m NN 1662 6057 19 : : : 1662 6057 20 2 2 CD 1662 6057 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6057 22 to to TO 1662 6057 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6057 24 m m NN 1662 6057 25 : : : 1662 6057 26 15 15 CD 1662 6057 27 914 914 CD 1662 6057 28 to to TO 1662 6057 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6057 30 m m NN 1662 6057 31 : : : 1662 6057 32 3 3 CD 1662 6057 33 under under IN 1662 6057 34 914 914 CD 1662 6057 35 m m NN 1662 6057 36 : : : 1662 6057 37 10 10 CD 1662 6057 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6057 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 6057 40 est est NNP 1662 6057 41 . . . 1662 6057 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6058 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6058 2 - - , 1662 6058 3 with with IN 1662 6058 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6058 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6058 6 : : : 1662 6058 7 total total NN 1662 6058 8 : : : 1662 6058 9 79 79 CD 1662 6058 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 6058 11 to to TO 1662 6058 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6058 13 m m NN 1662 6058 14 : : : 1662 6058 15 2 2 CD 1662 6058 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6058 17 to to TO 1662 6058 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6058 19 m m NN 1662 6058 20 : : : 1662 6058 21 18 18 CD 1662 6058 22 914 914 CD 1662 6058 23 to to TO 1662 6058 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6058 25 m m NN 1662 6058 26 : : : 1662 6058 27 59 59 CD 1662 6058 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6058 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 6058 30 est est NNP 1662 6058 31 . . . 1662 6058 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6059 1 Military military JJ 1662 6059 2 Military military JJ 1662 6059 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6059 4 : : : 1662 6059 5 National National NNP 1662 6059 6 Defense Defense NNP 1662 6059 7 Force Force NNP 1662 6059 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6059 9 Army Army NNP 1662 6059 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6059 11 , , , 1662 6059 12 Police Police NNP 1662 6059 13 Military Military NNP 1662 6059 14 manpower manpower NN 1662 6059 15 - - HYPH 1662 6059 16 availability availability NN 1662 6059 17 : : : 1662 6059 18 males male NNS 1662 6059 19 age age NNP 1662 6059 20 15 15 CD 1662 6059 21 - - SYM 1662 6059 22 49 49 CD 1662 6059 23 : : : 1662 6059 24 392,228 392,228 CD 1662 6059 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6059 26 1997 1997 CD 1662 6059 27 est est NNP 1662 6059 28 . . . 1662 6059 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6060 1 Military military JJ 1662 6060 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6060 3 - - HYPH 1662 6060 4 fit fit NN 1662 6060 5 for for IN 1662 6060 6 military military JJ 1662 6060 7 service service NN 1662 6060 8 : : : 1662 6060 9 males male NNS 1662 6060 10 : : : 1662 6060 11 233,336 233,336 CD 1662 6060 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6060 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6060 14 est est NNP 1662 6060 15 . . . 1662 6060 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6061 1 Military military JJ 1662 6061 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6061 3 - - HYPH 1662 6061 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 6061 5 figure figure NN 1662 6061 6 : : : 1662 6061 7 $ $ $ 1662 6061 8 64 64 CD 1662 6061 9 million million CD 1662 6061 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6061 11 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 6061 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6061 13 Military military JJ 1662 6061 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6061 15 - - : 1662 6061 16 percent percent NN 1662 6061 17 of of IN 1662 6061 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6061 19 : : : 1662 6061 20 2.1 2.1 CD 1662 6061 21 % % NN 1662 6061 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6061 23 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 6061 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6061 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6061 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6061 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 6061 28 - - HYPH 1662 6061 29 international international JJ 1662 6061 30 : : : 1662 6061 31 quadripoint quadripoint NN 1662 6061 32 with with IN 1662 6061 33 Botswana Botswana NNP 1662 6061 34 , , , 1662 6061 35 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 6061 36 , , , 1662 6061 37 and and CC 1662 6061 38 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 6061 39 is be VBZ 1662 6061 40 in in IN 1662 6061 41 disagreement disagreement NN 1662 6061 42 ; ; : 1662 6061 43 dispute dispute NN 1662 6061 44 with with IN 1662 6061 45 Botswana Botswana NNP 1662 6061 46 over over IN 1662 6061 47 uninhabited uninhabited JJ 1662 6061 48 Kasikili Kasikili NNP 1662 6061 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6061 50 Sidudu Sidudu NNP 1662 6061 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6061 52 Island Island NNP 1662 6061 53 in in IN 1662 6061 54 Linyanti Linyanti NNP 1662 6061 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6061 56 Chobe Chobe NNP 1662 6061 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6061 58 River River NNP 1662 6061 59 remained remain VBD 1662 6061 60 unresolved unresolved JJ 1662 6061 61 in in IN 1662 6061 62 December December NNP 1662 6061 63 1995 1995 CD 1662 6061 64 , , , 1662 6061 65 and and CC 1662 6061 66 the the DT 1662 6061 67 parties party NNS 1662 6061 68 agreed agree VBD 1662 6061 69 to to TO 1662 6061 70 refer refer VB 1662 6061 71 the the DT 1662 6061 72 matter matter NN 1662 6061 73 to to IN 1662 6061 74 the the DT 1662 6061 75 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 6061 76 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 77 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 78 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 79 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 80 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 90 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 91 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 92 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 93 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 94 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 95 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 96 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 97 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 98 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 99 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 100 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 101 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 102 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 103 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 104 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 105 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 106 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 107 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 108 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 109 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 110 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 111 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 112 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 113 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 114 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 115 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 116 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 117 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 118 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 119 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 120 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 121 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 122 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 123 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 124 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 125 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 126 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 127 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 128 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 129 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 130 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 131 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 132 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 133 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 134 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 135 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 136 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 137 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 138 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 139 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 140 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 141 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 142 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 143 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 144 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 145 _ _ NNP 1662 6061 146 NAURU NAURU NNP 1662 6061 147 @Nauru @nauru NN 1662 6061 148 : : : 1662 6061 149 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6061 150 Location Location NNP 1662 6061 151 : : : 1662 6061 152 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 6061 153 , , , 1662 6061 154 island island NN 1662 6061 155 in in IN 1662 6061 156 the the DT 1662 6061 157 South South NNP 1662 6061 158 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6061 159 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6061 160 , , , 1662 6061 161 south south NN 1662 6061 162 of of IN 1662 6061 163 the the DT 1662 6061 164 Marshall Marshall NNP 1662 6061 165 Islands Islands NNP 1662 6061 166 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6061 167 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6061 168 : : : 1662 6061 169 0 0 NFP 1662 6061 170 32 32 CD 1662 6061 171 S s NN 1662 6061 172 , , , 1662 6061 173 166 166 CD 1662 6061 174 55 55 CD 1662 6061 175 E e NN 1662 6061 176 Map Map NNP 1662 6061 177 references reference NNS 1662 6061 178 : : : 1662 6061 179 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 6061 180 Area Area NNP 1662 6061 181 : : : 1662 6061 182 total total NN 1662 6061 183 : : : 1662 6061 184 21 21 CD 1662 6061 185 sq sq NN 1662 6061 186 km km NNP 1662 6061 187 land land NN 1662 6061 188 : : : 1662 6061 189 21 21 CD 1662 6061 190 sq sq NN 1662 6061 191 km km NNP 1662 6061 192 water water NN 1662 6061 193 : : : 1662 6061 194 0 0 NFP 1662 6061 195 sq sq NN 1662 6061 196 km km NNP 1662 6061 197 Area area NN 1662 6061 198 - - HYPH 1662 6061 199 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6061 200 : : : 1662 6061 201 about about IN 1662 6061 202 0.1 0.1 CD 1662 6061 203 times time NNS 1662 6061 204 the the DT 1662 6061 205 size size NN 1662 6061 206 of of IN 1662 6061 207 Washington Washington NNP 1662 6061 208 , , , 1662 6061 209 DC DC NNP 1662 6061 210 Land Land NNP 1662 6061 211 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6061 212 : : : 1662 6061 213 0 0 LS 1662 6061 214 km km NN 1662 6061 215 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6061 216 : : : 1662 6061 217 30 30 CD 1662 6061 218 km km NN 1662 6061 219 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6061 220 claims claim VBZ 1662 6061 221 : : : 1662 6061 222 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 6061 223 fishing fishing NN 1662 6061 224 zone zone NN 1662 6061 225 : : : 1662 6061 226 200 200 CD 1662 6061 227 nm nm CD 1662 6061 228 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6061 229 sea sea NN 1662 6061 230 : : : 1662 6061 231 12 12 CD 1662 6061 232 nm nm NNP 1662 6061 233 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6061 234 : : : 1662 6061 235 tropical tropical JJ 1662 6061 236 ; ; : 1662 6061 237 monsoonal monsoonal NN 1662 6061 238 ; ; : 1662 6061 239 rainy rainy JJ 1662 6061 240 season season NN 1662 6061 241 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6061 242 November November NNP 1662 6061 243 to to IN 1662 6061 244 February February NNP 1662 6061 245 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6061 246 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6061 247 : : : 1662 6061 248 sandy sandy JJ 1662 6061 249 beach beach NN 1662 6061 250 rises rise VBZ 1662 6061 251 to to IN 1662 6061 252 fertile fertile JJ 1662 6061 253 ring ring NN 1662 6061 254 around around RB 1662 6061 255 raised raise VBN 1662 6061 256 coral coral JJ 1662 6061 257 reefs reef NNS 1662 6061 258 with with IN 1662 6061 259 phosphate phosphate NNP 1662 6061 260 plateau plateau NN 1662 6061 261 in in IN 1662 6061 262 center center NNP 1662 6061 263 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6061 264 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6061 265 : : : 1662 6061 266 lowest low JJS 1662 6061 267 point point NN 1662 6061 268 : : : 1662 6061 269 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6061 270 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6061 271 0 0 NFP 1662 6061 272 m m DT 1662 6061 273 highest high JJS 1662 6061 274 point point NN 1662 6061 275 : : : 1662 6061 276 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 6061 277 location location NN 1662 6061 278 along along IN 1662 6061 279 plateau plateau NN 1662 6061 280 rim rim NN 1662 6061 281 61 61 CD 1662 6061 282 m m NNP 1662 6061 283 Natural natural JJ 1662 6061 284 resources resource NNS 1662 6061 285 : : : 1662 6061 286 phosphates phosphate VBZ 1662 6061 287 Land Land NNP 1662 6061 288 use use NN 1662 6061 289 : : : 1662 6061 290 arable arable JJ 1662 6061 291 land land NN 1662 6061 292 : : : 1662 6061 293 NA% NA% `` 1662 6061 294 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6061 295 crops crop NNS 1662 6061 296 : : : 1662 6061 297 NA% na% IN 1662 6061 298 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6061 299 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6061 300 : : : 1662 6061 301 NA% NA% NNS 1662 6061 302 forests forest NNS 1662 6061 303 and and CC 1662 6061 304 woodland woodland NN 1662 6061 305 : : : 1662 6061 306 NA% NA% NNS 1662 6061 307 other other JJ 1662 6061 308 : : : 1662 6061 309 100 100 CD 1662 6061 310 % % NN 1662 6061 311 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6061 312 1993 1993 CD 1662 6061 313 est est NNP 1662 6061 314 . . . 1662 6061 315 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6062 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6062 2 land land NN 1662 6062 3 : : : 1662 6062 4 NA NA NNP 1662 6062 5 sq sq RB 1662 6062 6 km km VB 1662 6062 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 6062 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6062 9 : : : 1662 6062 10 periodic periodic JJ 1662 6062 11 droughts drought NNS 1662 6062 12 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6062 13 - - HYPH 1662 6062 14 current current JJ 1662 6062 15 issues issue NNS 1662 6062 16 : : : 1662 6062 17 limited limit VBN 1662 6062 18 natural natural JJ 1662 6062 19 fresh fresh JJ 1662 6062 20 water water NN 1662 6062 21 resources resource NNS 1662 6062 22 , , , 1662 6062 23 roof roof NN 1662 6062 24 storage storage NN 1662 6062 25 tanks tank NNS 1662 6062 26 collect collect VBP 1662 6062 27 rainwater rainwater NN 1662 6062 28 ; ; , 1662 6062 29 phosphate phosphate NN 1662 6062 30 mining mining NN 1662 6062 31 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 6062 32 limited limited JJ 1662 6062 33 remaining remain VBG 1662 6062 34 land land NN 1662 6062 35 resources resource NNS 1662 6062 36 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6062 37 - - HYPH 1662 6062 38 international international JJ 1662 6062 39 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6062 40 : : : 1662 6062 41 party party NN 1662 6062 42 to to TO 1662 6062 43 : : : 1662 6062 44 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 6062 45 , , , 1662 6062 46 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6062 47 Change Change NNP 1662 6062 48 , , , 1662 6062 49 Law Law NNP 1662 6062 50 of of IN 1662 6062 51 the the DT 1662 6062 52 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6062 53 , , , 1662 6062 54 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6062 55 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 6062 56 signed sign VBD 1662 6062 57 , , , 1662 6062 58 but but CC 1662 6062 59 not not RB 1662 6062 60 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6062 61 : : : 1662 6062 62 none none NN 1662 6062 63 of of IN 1662 6062 64 the the DT 1662 6062 65 selected select VBN 1662 6062 66 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6062 67 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6062 68 - - HYPH 1662 6062 69 note note NN 1662 6062 70 : : : 1662 6062 71 Nauru nauru NN 1662 6062 72 is be VBZ 1662 6062 73 one one CD 1662 6062 74 of of IN 1662 6062 75 the the DT 1662 6062 76 three three CD 1662 6062 77 great great JJ 1662 6062 78 phosphate phosphate NN 1662 6062 79 rock rock NN 1662 6062 80 islands island NNS 1662 6062 81 in in IN 1662 6062 82 the the DT 1662 6062 83 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6062 84 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6062 85 - - , 1662 6062 86 the the DT 1662 6062 87 others other NNS 1662 6062 88 are be 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6073 69 2,000 2,000 CD 1662 6073 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6073 71 1989 1989 CD 1662 6073 72 est est NNP 1662 6073 73 . . . 1662 6073 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6074 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 6074 2 system system NN 1662 6074 3 : : : 1662 6074 4 adequate adequate JJ 1662 6074 5 local local JJ 1662 6074 6 and and CC 1662 6074 7 international international JJ 1662 6074 8 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 6074 9 communications communication NNS 1662 6074 10 provided provide VBN 1662 6074 11 via via IN 1662 6074 12 Australian australian JJ 1662 6074 13 facilities facility NNS 1662 6074 14 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6074 15 : : : 1662 6074 16 NA NA NNP 1662 6074 17 international international JJ 1662 6074 18 : : : 1662 6074 19 satellite satellite NN 1662 6074 20 earth earth NNP 1662 6074 21 station station NNP 1662 6074 22 - - : 1662 6074 23 1 1 CD 1662 6074 24 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6074 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6074 26 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6074 27 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6074 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6074 29 Radio radio NN 1662 6074 30 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6074 31 stations station NNS 1662 6074 32 : : : 1662 6074 33 AM AM NNP 1662 6074 34 1 1 CD 1662 6074 35 , , , 1662 6074 36 FM FM NNP 1662 6074 37 0 0 CD 1662 6074 38 , , , 1662 6074 39 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 6074 40 0 0 CD 1662 6074 41 Radios radio NNS 1662 6074 42 : : : 1662 6074 43 4,000 4,000 CD 1662 6074 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6074 45 1993 1993 CD 1662 6074 46 est est NNP 1662 6074 47 . . . 1662 6074 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6075 1 Television television NN 1662 6075 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6075 3 stations station NNS 1662 6075 4 : : : 1662 6075 5 1 1 CD 1662 6075 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6075 7 1991 1991 CD 1662 6075 8 est est NNP 1662 6075 9 . . . 1662 6075 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6076 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 6076 2 : : : 1662 6076 3 NA NA NNP 1662 6076 4 @Nauru @nauru NN 1662 6076 5 : : : 1662 6076 6 Transportation transportation NN 1662 6076 7 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 6076 8 : : : 1662 6076 9 total total NN 1662 6076 10 : : : 1662 6076 11 3.9 3.9 CD 1662 6076 12 km km NN 1662 6076 13 ; ; : 1662 6076 14 note note NN 1662 6076 15 - - HYPH 1662 6076 16 used use VBN 1662 6076 17 to to TO 1662 6076 18 haul haul VB 1662 6076 19 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 6076 20 from from IN 1662 6076 21 the the DT 1662 6076 22 center center NN 1662 6076 23 of of IN 1662 6076 24 the the DT 1662 6076 25 island island NN 1662 6076 26 to to IN 1662 6076 27 processing process VBG 1662 6076 28 facilities facility NNS 1662 6076 29 on on IN 1662 6076 30 the the DT 1662 6076 31 southwest southwest NNP 1662 6076 32 coast coast NNP 1662 6076 33 Highways Highways NNP 1662 6076 34 : : : 1662 6076 35 total total NN 1662 6076 36 : : : 1662 6076 37 28 28 CD 1662 6076 38 km km NN 1662 6076 39 paved pave VBN 1662 6076 40 : : : 1662 6076 41 22 22 CD 1662 6076 42 km km NN 1662 6076 43 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6076 44 : : : 1662 6076 45 6 6 CD 1662 6076 46 km km NNS 1662 6076 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6076 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 6076 49 est est NNP 1662 6076 50 . . . 1662 6076 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6077 1 Ports port NNS 1662 6077 2 and and CC 1662 6077 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6077 4 : : : 1662 6077 5 Nauru Nauru NNP 1662 6077 6 Merchant merchant NN 1662 6077 7 marine marine NN 1662 6077 8 : : : 1662 6077 9 none none NN 1662 6077 10 Airports airport NNS 1662 6077 11 : : : 1662 6077 12 1 1 CD 1662 6077 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6077 14 1996 1996 CD 1662 6077 15 est est NNP 1662 6077 16 . . . 1662 6077 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6078 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6078 2 - - , 1662 6078 3 with with IN 1662 6078 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6078 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6078 6 : : : 1662 6078 7 total total NN 1662 6078 8 : : : 1662 6078 9 1 1 CD 1662 6078 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6078 11 to to TO 1662 6078 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6078 13 m m NN 1662 6078 14 : : : 1662 6078 15 1 1 CD 1662 6078 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6078 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 6078 18 est est NNP 1662 6078 19 . . . 1662 6078 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6079 1 Military military JJ 1662 6079 2 Military military JJ 1662 6079 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6079 4 : : : 1662 6079 5 no no DT 1662 6079 6 regular regular JJ 1662 6079 7 armed armed JJ 1662 6079 8 forces force NNS 1662 6079 9 ; ; : 1662 6079 10 Directorate Directorate NNP 1662 6079 11 of of IN 1662 6079 12 the the DT 1662 6079 13 Nauru Nauru NNP 1662 6079 14 Police Police NNPS 1662 6079 15 Force Force NNP 1662 6079 16 Military Military NNP 1662 6079 17 manpower manpower NN 1662 6079 18 - - HYPH 1662 6079 19 availability availability NN 1662 6079 20 : : : 1662 6079 21 males male NNS 1662 6079 22 age age NNP 1662 6079 23 15 15 CD 1662 6079 24 - - SYM 1662 6079 25 49 49 CD 1662 6079 26 : : : 1662 6079 27 NA NA NNP 1662 6079 28 Military military JJ 1662 6079 29 manpower manpower NN 1662 6079 30 - - HYPH 1662 6079 31 fit fit NN 1662 6079 32 for for IN 1662 6079 33 military military JJ 1662 6079 34 service service NN 1662 6079 35 : : : 1662 6079 36 males male NNS 1662 6079 37 : : : 1662 6079 38 NA NA NNP 1662 6079 39 Military military JJ 1662 6079 40 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_ _ NNP 1662 6079 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 90 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 91 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 92 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 93 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 94 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 95 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 96 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 97 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 98 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 99 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 100 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 101 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 102 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 103 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 104 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 105 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 106 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 107 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 108 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 109 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 110 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 111 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 112 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 113 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 114 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 115 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 116 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 117 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 118 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 119 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 120 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 121 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 122 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 123 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 124 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 125 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 126 _ _ NNP 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comparative comparative JJ 1662 6079 203 : : : 1662 6079 204 about about IN 1662 6079 205 nine nine CD 1662 6079 206 times time NNS 1662 6079 207 the the DT 1662 6079 208 size size NN 1662 6079 209 of of IN 1662 6079 210 The the DT 1662 6079 211 Mall Mall NNP 1662 6079 212 in in IN 1662 6079 213 Washington Washington NNP 1662 6079 214 , , , 1662 6079 215 DC DC NNP 1662 6079 216 Land Land NNP 1662 6079 217 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6079 218 : : : 1662 6079 219 0 0 LS 1662 6079 220 km km NN 1662 6079 221 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6079 222 : : : 1662 6079 223 8 8 CD 1662 6079 224 km km NN 1662 6079 225 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6079 226 claims claim VBZ 1662 6079 227 : : : 1662 6079 228 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 6079 229 economic economic JJ 1662 6079 230 zone zone NN 1662 6079 231 : : : 1662 6079 232 200 200 CD 1662 6079 233 nm nm CD 1662 6079 234 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6079 235 sea sea NN 1662 6079 236 : : : 1662 6079 237 12 12 CD 1662 6079 238 nm nm NNP 1662 6079 239 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6079 275 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6079 276 0 0 NFP 1662 6079 277 m m DT 1662 6079 278 highest high JJS 1662 6079 279 point point NN 1662 6079 280 : : : 1662 6079 281 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 6079 282 location location NN 1662 6079 283 on on IN 1662 6079 284 southwest southwest NN 1662 6079 285 side side NN 1662 6079 286 77 77 CD 1662 6079 287 m m NNP 1662 6079 288 Natural natural JJ 1662 6079 289 resources resource NNS 1662 6079 290 : : : 1662 6079 291 guano guano NNP 1662 6079 292 Land Land NNP 1662 6079 293 use use NN 1662 6079 294 : : : 1662 6079 295 arable arable JJ 1662 6079 296 land land NN 1662 6079 297 : : : 1662 6079 298 0 0 CD 1662 6079 299 % % NN 1662 6079 300 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6079 301 crops crop NNS 1662 6079 302 : : : 1662 6079 303 0 0 CD 1662 6079 304 % % NN 1662 6079 305 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6079 306 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6079 307 : : : 1662 6079 308 10 10 CD 1662 6079 309 % % NN 1662 6079 310 forests forest NNS 1662 6079 311 and and CC 1662 6079 312 woodland woodland JJ 1662 6079 313 : : : 1662 6079 314 0 0 CD 1662 6079 315 % % NN 1662 6079 316 other other JJ 1662 6079 317 : : : 1662 6079 318 90 90 CD 1662 6079 319 % % NN 1662 6079 320 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6079 321 land land NN 1662 6079 322 : : : 1662 6079 323 0 0 LS 1662 6079 324 sq sq NNP 1662 6079 325 km km NNP 1662 6079 326 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6079 327 1993 1993 CD 1662 6079 328 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6079 329 Natural natural JJ 1662 6079 330 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6079 331 : : : 1662 6079 332 NA NA NNP 1662 6079 333 Environment environment NN 1662 6079 334 - - HYPH 1662 6079 335 current current JJ 1662 6079 336 issues issue NNS 1662 6079 337 : : : 1662 6079 338 NA NA NNP 1662 6079 339 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6079 340 - - HYPH 1662 6079 341 international international JJ 1662 6079 342 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6079 343 : : : 1662 6079 344 party party NN 1662 6079 345 to to IN 1662 6079 346 : : : 1662 6079 347 NA NA NNP 1662 6079 348 signed sign VBN 1662 6079 349 , , , 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1996 1996 CD 1662 6079 456 , , , 1662 6079 457 the the DT 1662 6079 458 Coast Coast NNP 1662 6079 459 Guard Guard NNP 1662 6079 460 ceased cease VBD 1662 6079 461 operations operation NNS 1662 6079 462 and and CC 1662 6079 463 maintenance maintenance NN 1662 6079 464 of of IN 1662 6079 465 Navassa Navassa NNP 1662 6079 466 Island Island NNP 1662 6079 467 Light Light NNP 1662 6079 468 , , , 1662 6079 469 a a DT 1662 6079 470 46 46 CD 1662 6079 471 meter meter NN 1662 6079 472 tall tall JJ 1662 6079 473 lighthouse lighthouse NN 1662 6079 474 located locate VBN 1662 6079 475 on on IN 1662 6079 476 the the DT 1662 6079 477 southern southern JJ 1662 6079 478 side side NN 1662 6079 479 of of IN 1662 6079 480 the the DT 1662 6079 481 island island NN 1662 6079 482 ; ; : 1662 6079 483 negotiations negotiation NNS 1662 6079 484 are be VBP 1662 6079 485 currently currently RB 1662 6079 486 underway underway JJ 1662 6079 487 between between IN 1662 6079 488 the the DT 1662 6079 489 Coast Coast NNP 1662 6079 490 Guard Guard NNP 1662 6079 491 , , , 1662 6079 492 General General NNP 1662 6079 493 Services Services NNPS 1662 6079 494 Administration Administration NNP 1662 6079 495 , , , 1662 6079 496 and and CC 1662 6079 497 Department Department NNP 1662 6079 498 of of IN 1662 6079 499 Interior Interior NNP 1662 6079 500 for for IN 1662 6079 501 transfer transfer NN 1662 6079 502 of of IN 1662 6079 503 administration administration NN 1662 6079 504 of of IN 1662 6079 505 the the DT 1662 6079 506 island island NN 1662 6079 507 ; ; : 1662 6079 508 there there EX 1662 6079 509 has have VBZ 1662 6079 510 also also RB 1662 6079 511 been be VBN 1662 6079 512 a a DT 1662 6079 513 private private JJ 1662 6079 514 claim claim NN 1662 6079 515 advanced advance VBN 1662 6079 516 against against IN 1662 6079 517 the the DT 1662 6079 518 island island NN 1662 6079 519 National National NNP 1662 6079 520 capital capital NN 1662 6079 521 : : : 1662 6079 522 none none NN 1662 6079 523 ; ; , 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595 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 596 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 597 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 598 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 599 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 600 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 601 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 602 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 603 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 604 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 605 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 606 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 607 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 608 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 609 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 610 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 611 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 612 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 613 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 614 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 615 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 616 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 617 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 618 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 619 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 620 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 621 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 622 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 623 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 624 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 625 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 626 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 627 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 628 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 629 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 630 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 631 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 632 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 633 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 634 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 635 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 636 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 637 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 638 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 639 _ _ NNP 1662 6079 640 _ _ 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1662 6079 716 , , , 1662 6079 717 India India NNP 1662 6079 718 1,690 1,690 CD 1662 6079 719 km km NN 1662 6079 720 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6079 721 : : : 1662 6079 722 0 0 CD 1662 6079 723 km km NN 1662 6079 724 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6079 725 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 6079 726 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6079 727 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6079 728 claims claim VBZ 1662 6079 729 : : : 1662 6079 730 none none NN 1662 6079 731 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6079 732 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 6079 733 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6079 734 Climate climate NN 1662 6079 735 : : : 1662 6079 736 varies vary VBZ 1662 6079 737 from from IN 1662 6079 738 cool cool JJ 1662 6079 739 summers summer NNS 1662 6079 740 and and CC 1662 6079 741 severe severe JJ 1662 6079 742 winters winter NNS 1662 6079 743 in in IN 1662 6079 744 north north NN 1662 6079 745 to to IN 1662 6079 746 subtropical subtropical JJ 1662 6079 747 summers summer NNS 1662 6079 748 and and CC 1662 6079 749 mild mild JJ 1662 6079 750 winters winter NNS 1662 6079 751 in in IN 1662 6079 752 south south JJ 1662 6079 753 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6079 754 : : : 1662 6079 755 Terai Terai NNP 1662 6079 756 or or CC 1662 6079 757 flat flat JJ 1662 6079 758 river river NN 1662 6079 759 plain plain NN 1662 6079 760 of of IN 1662 6079 761 the the DT 1662 6079 762 Ganges Ganges NNPS 1662 6079 763 in in IN 1662 6079 764 south south NNP 1662 6079 765 , , , 1662 6079 766 central central NNP 1662 6079 767 hill hill NNP 1662 6079 768 region region NN 1662 6079 769 , , , 1662 6079 770 rugged rugge VBN 1662 6079 771 Himalayas Himalayas NNP 1662 6079 772 in in IN 1662 6079 773 north north JJ 1662 6079 774 Elevation elevation NN 1662 6079 775 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6079 776 : : : 1662 6079 777 lowest low JJS 1662 6079 778 point point NN 1662 6079 779 : : : 1662 6079 780 Kanchan Kanchan NNP 1662 6079 781 Kalan Kalan NNP 1662 6079 782 70 70 CD 1662 6079 783 m m NN 1662 6079 784 highest high JJS 1662 6079 785 point point NN 1662 6079 786 : : : 1662 6079 787 Mount 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severe JJ 1662 6081 5 thunderstorms thunderstorm NNS 1662 6081 6 , , , 1662 6081 7 flooding flooding NN 1662 6081 8 , , , 1662 6081 9 landslides landslide NNS 1662 6081 10 , , , 1662 6081 11 drought drought NN 1662 6081 12 , , , 1662 6081 13 and and CC 1662 6081 14 famine famine NN 1662 6081 15 depending depend VBG 1662 6081 16 on on IN 1662 6081 17 the the DT 1662 6081 18 timing timing NN 1662 6081 19 , , , 1662 6081 20 intensity intensity NN 1662 6081 21 , , , 1662 6081 22 and and CC 1662 6081 23 duration duration NN 1662 6081 24 of of IN 1662 6081 25 the the DT 1662 6081 26 summer summer NN 1662 6081 27 monsoons monsoon NNS 1662 6081 28 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6081 29 - - HYPH 1662 6081 30 current current JJ 1662 6081 31 issues issue NNS 1662 6081 32 : : : 1662 6081 33 the the DT 1662 6081 34 almost almost RB 1662 6081 35 total total JJ 1662 6081 36 dependence dependence NN 1662 6081 37 on on IN 1662 6081 38 wood wood NN 1662 6081 39 for for IN 1662 6081 40 fuel fuel NN 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RB 1662 6081 110 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6081 111 : : : 1662 6081 112 Law Law NNP 1662 6081 113 of of IN 1662 6081 114 the the DT 1662 6081 115 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6081 116 , , , 1662 6081 117 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6081 118 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 6081 119 , , , 1662 6081 120 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6081 121 Life Life NNP 1662 6081 122 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 6081 123 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6081 124 - - HYPH 1662 6081 125 note note NN 1662 6081 126 : : : 1662 6081 127 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 6081 128 ; ; : 1662 6081 129 strategic strategic JJ 1662 6081 130 location location NN 1662 6081 131 between between IN 1662 6081 132 China China NNP 1662 6081 133 and and CC 1662 6081 134 India India NNP 1662 6081 135 ; ; : 1662 6081 136 contains contain VBZ 1662 6081 137 eight eight CD 1662 6081 138 of of IN 1662 6081 139 world world NN 1662 6081 140 's 's POS 1662 6081 141 10 10 CD 1662 6081 142 highest high JJS 1662 6081 143 peaks peak NNS 1662 6081 144 @Nepal @nepal NN 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1662 6084 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6084 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6084 9 est est NNP 1662 6084 10 . . . 1662 6084 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6085 1 Death death NN 1662 6085 2 rate rate NN 1662 6085 3 : : : 1662 6085 4 10.71 10.71 CD 1662 6085 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6085 6 population population NN 1662 6085 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6085 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6085 9 est est NNP 1662 6085 10 . . . 1662 6085 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6086 1 Net net JJ 1662 6086 2 migration migration NN 1662 6086 3 rate rate NN 1662 6086 4 : : : 1662 6086 5 0 0 NFP 1662 6086 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 6086 7 population population NN 1662 6086 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6086 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6086 10 est est NNP 1662 6086 11 . . . 1662 6086 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6087 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6087 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6087 3 : : : 1662 6087 4 at at IN 1662 6087 5 birth birth NN 1662 6087 6 : : : 1662 6087 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6087 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6087 9 under under IN 1662 6087 10 15 15 CD 1662 6087 11 years year NNS 1662 6087 12 : : : 1662 6087 13 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 6087 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6087 15 15 15 CD 1662 6087 16 - - SYM 1662 6087 17 64 64 CD 1662 6087 18 years year NNS 1662 6087 19 : : : 1662 6087 20 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 6087 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6087 22 65 65 CD 1662 6087 23 years year NNS 1662 6087 24 and and CC 1662 6087 25 over over IN 1662 6087 26 : : : 1662 6087 27 1 1 CD 1662 6087 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 6087 29 total total JJ 1662 6087 30 population population NN 1662 6087 31 : : : 1662 6087 32 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6087 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6087 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6087 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 6087 36 est e JJS 1662 6087 37 . . . 1662 6087 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6088 1 Infant infant NN 1662 6088 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 6088 3 rate rate NN 1662 6088 4 : : : 1662 6088 5 78.4 78.4 CD 1662 6088 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6088 7 live live JJ 1662 6088 8 births birth NNS 1662 6088 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6088 10 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33 Refugees Refugees NNPS 1662 6092 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6092 35 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 6092 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6092 37 camps camp NNS 1662 6092 38 @Nepal @nepal NN 1662 6092 39 : : : 1662 6092 40 Government Government NNP 1662 6092 41 Country Country NNP 1662 6092 42 name name NN 1662 6092 43 : : : 1662 6092 44 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6092 45 long long JJ 1662 6092 46 form form NN 1662 6092 47 : : : 1662 6092 48 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 6092 49 of of IN 1662 6092 50 Nepal Nepal NNP 1662 6092 51 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6092 52 short short JJ 1662 6092 53 form form NN 1662 6092 54 : : : 1662 6092 55 Nepal Nepal NNP 1662 6092 56 Data Data NNP 1662 6092 57 code code NN 1662 6092 58 : : : 1662 6092 59 NP NP NNP 1662 6092 60 Government Government NNP 1662 6092 61 type type NN 1662 6092 62 : : : 1662 6092 63 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 6092 64 democracy democracy NN 1662 6092 65 as as IN 1662 6092 66 of of IN 1662 6092 67 12 12 CD 1662 6092 68 May May NNP 1662 6092 69 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6092 106 , , , 1662 6092 107 Narayani Narayani NNP 1662 6092 108 , , , 1662 6092 109 Rapti Rapti NNP 1662 6092 110 , , , 1662 6092 111 Sagarmatha Sagarmatha NNP 1662 6092 112 , , , 1662 6092 113 Seti Seti NNP 1662 6092 114 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6092 115 : : : 1662 6092 116 1768 1768 CD 1662 6092 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6092 118 unified unify VBN 1662 6092 119 by by IN 1662 6092 120 Prithvi prithvi JJ 1662 6092 121 Narayan Narayan NNP 1662 6092 122 Shah Shah NNP 1662 6092 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6092 124 National national JJ 1662 6092 125 holiday holiday NN 1662 6092 126 : : : 1662 6092 127 Birthday birthday NN 1662 6092 128 of of IN 1662 6092 129 His -PRON- PRP$ 1662 6092 130 Majesty Majesty NNP 1662 6092 131 the the DT 1662 6092 132 King King NNP 1662 6092 133 , , , 1662 6092 134 28 28 CD 1662 6092 135 December December NNP 1662 6092 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6092 137 1945 1945 CD 1662 6092 138 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6092 139 Constitution constitution NN 1662 6092 140 : : : 1662 6092 141 9 9 CD 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645 KOIRALA KOIRALA NNP 1662 6092 646 , , , 1662 6092 647 party party NN 1662 6092 648 president president NN 1662 6092 649 ; ; : 1662 6092 650 National National NNP 1662 6092 651 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6092 652 Party Party NNP 1662 6092 653 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6092 654 NDP NDP NNP 1662 6092 655 ; ; : 1662 6092 656 also also RB 1662 6092 657 called call VBN 1662 6092 658 Rastriya Rastriya NNP 1662 6092 659 Prajantra Prajantra NNP 1662 6092 660 Party Party NNP 1662 6092 661 or or CC 1662 6092 662 RPP RPP NNP 1662 6092 663 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6092 664 , , , 1662 6092 665 Surya Surya NNP 1662 6092 666 Bahadur Bahadur NNP 1662 6092 667 THAPA THAPA NNP 1662 6092 668 ; ; : 1662 6092 669 Sadbhavana Sadbhavana NNP 1662 6092 670 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6092 671 Goodwill Goodwill NNP 1662 6092 672 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6092 673 Party Party NNP 1662 6092 674 , , , 1662 6092 675 Gajendra Gajendra NNP 1662 6092 676 Narayan Narayan NNP 1662 6092 677 SINGH SINGH NNP 1662 6092 678 , , , 1662 6092 679 president 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NNP 1662 6092 752 , , , 1662 6092 753 ILO ILO NNP 1662 6092 754 , , , 1662 6092 755 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6092 756 , , , 1662 6092 757 IMO imo RB 1662 6092 758 , , , 1662 6092 759 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6092 760 , , , 1662 6092 761 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 6092 762 , , , 1662 6092 763 IOC IOC NNP 1662 6092 764 , , , 1662 6092 765 ISO ISO NNP 1662 6092 766 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6092 767 correspondent correspondent NN 1662 6092 768 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6092 769 , , , 1662 6092 770 ITU ITU NNP 1662 6092 771 , , , 1662 6092 772 NAM NAM NNP 1662 6092 773 , , , 1662 6092 774 SAARC SAARC NNP 1662 6092 775 , , , 1662 6092 776 UN UN NNP 1662 6092 777 , , , 1662 6092 778 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 6092 779 , , , 1662 6092 780 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 6092 781 , , , 1662 6092 782 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 6092 783 , , , 1662 6092 784 UNIFIL UNIFIL NNP 1662 6092 785 , , , 1662 6092 786 UNMIBH UNMIBH NNP 1662 6092 787 , , , 1662 6092 788 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 6092 789 , , , 1662 6092 790 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 6092 791 , , , 1662 6092 792 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 6092 793 , , , 1662 6092 794 UPU UPU NNP 1662 6092 795 , , , 1662 6092 796 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 6092 797 , , , 1662 6092 798 WHO who WP 1662 6092 799 , , , 1662 6092 800 WMO WMO NNP 1662 6092 801 , , , 1662 6092 802 WToO wtoo FW 1662 6092 803 , , , 1662 6092 804 WTrO wtro VB 1662 6092 805 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6092 806 applicant applicant NN 1662 6092 807 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6092 808 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6092 809 representation representation NN 1662 6092 810 in in IN 1662 6092 811 the the DT 1662 6092 812 US US NNP 1662 6092 813 : : : 1662 6092 814 chief chief NN 1662 6092 815 of of IN 1662 6092 816 mission mission NN 1662 6092 817 : : : 1662 6092 818 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6092 819 Bekh Bekh NNP 1662 6092 820 Bahadur Bahadur NNP 1662 6092 821 THAPA THAPA NNP 1662 6092 822 chancery chancery NN 1662 6092 823 : : : 1662 6092 824 2131 2131 CD 1662 6092 825 Leroy Leroy NNP 1662 6092 826 Place Place NNP 1662 6092 827 NW NW NNP 1662 6092 828 , , , 1662 6092 829 Washington Washington NNP 1662 6092 830 , , , 1662 6092 831 DC DC NNP 1662 6092 832 20008 20008 CD 1662 6092 833 telephone telephone NN 1662 6092 834 : : : 1662 6092 835 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6092 836 1 1 CD 1662 6092 837 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6092 838 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6092 839 202 202 CD 1662 6092 840 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6092 841 667 667 CD 1662 6092 842 - - SYM 1662 6092 843 4550 4550 CD 1662 6092 844 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 6092 845 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6092 846 general general NN 1662 6092 847 : : : 1662 6092 848 New New NNP 1662 6092 849 York York NNP 1662 6092 850 FAX FAX NNP 1662 6092 851 : : : 1662 6092 852 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6092 853 1 1 CD 1662 6092 854 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6092 855 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6092 856 202 202 CD 1662 6092 857 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6092 858 667 667 CD 1662 6092 859 - - HYPH 1662 6092 860 5534 5534 CD 1662 6092 861 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6092 862 representation representation NN 1662 6092 863 from from IN 1662 6092 864 the the DT 1662 6092 865 US US NNP 1662 6092 866 : : : 1662 6092 867 chief chief NN 1662 6092 868 of of IN 1662 6092 869 mission mission NN 1662 6092 870 : : : 1662 6092 871 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6092 872 Sandra Sandra NNP 1662 6092 873 L. L. 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1662 6100 18 attracting attract VBG 1662 6100 19 substantial substantial JJ 1662 6100 20 foreign foreign JJ 1662 6100 21 investment investment NN 1662 6100 22 in in IN 1662 6100 23 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 6100 24 . . . 1662 6101 1 Prospects prospect NNS 1662 6101 2 for for IN 1662 6101 3 foreign foreign JJ 1662 6101 4 trade trade NN 1662 6101 5 and and CC 1662 6101 6 investment investment NN 1662 6101 7 in in IN 1662 6101 8 areas area NNS 1662 6101 9 besides besides IN 1662 6101 10 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 6101 11 and and CC 1662 6101 12 tourism tourism NN 1662 6101 13 will will MD 1662 6101 14 continue continue VB 1662 6101 15 to to TO 1662 6101 16 remain remain VB 1662 6101 17 poor poor JJ 1662 6101 18 because because IN 1662 6101 19 of of IN 1662 6101 20 the the DT 1662 6101 21 small small JJ 1662 6101 22 size size NN 1662 6101 23 of of IN 1662 6101 24 the the DT 1662 6101 25 economy economy NN 1662 6101 26 , , , 1662 6101 27 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 6101 28 technological 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6105 7 power power NN 1662 6105 8 parity parity NN 1662 6105 9 - - : 1662 6105 10 $ $ $ 1662 6105 11 1,200 1,200 CD 1662 6105 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6105 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 6105 14 est est NNP 1662 6105 15 . . . 1662 6105 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6106 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6106 2 - - HYPH 1662 6106 3 composition composition NN 1662 6106 4 by by IN 1662 6106 5 sector sector NN 1662 6106 6 : : : 1662 6106 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6106 8 : : : 1662 6106 9 42 42 CD 1662 6106 10 % % NN 1662 6106 11 industry industry NN 1662 6106 12 : : : 1662 6106 13 22 22 CD 1662 6106 14 % % NN 1662 6106 15 services service NNS 1662 6106 16 : : : 1662 6106 17 36 36 CD 1662 6106 18 % % NN 1662 6106 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6106 20 1996 1996 CD 1662 6106 21 est est NNP 1662 6106 22 . . . 1662 6106 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6107 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 6107 2 rate rate NN 1662 6107 3 - - HYPH 1662 6107 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 6107 5 price price NN 1662 6107 6 index index NN 1662 6107 7 : : : 1662 6107 8 9.2 9.2 CD 1662 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rate NN 1662 6109 24 : : : 1662 6109 25 NA% na% LS 1662 6109 26 ; ; : 1662 6109 27 substantial substantial JJ 1662 6109 28 underemployment underemployment NN 1662 6109 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6109 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 6109 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6109 32 Budget budget NN 1662 6109 33 : : : 1662 6109 34 revenues revenue NNS 1662 6109 35 : : : 1662 6109 36 $ $ $ 1662 6109 37 645 645 CD 1662 6109 38 million million CD 1662 6109 39 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6109 40 : : : 1662 6109 41 $ $ $ 1662 6109 42 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6109 43 billion billion CD 1662 6109 44 , , , 1662 6109 45 including include VBG 1662 6109 46 capital capital NN 1662 6109 47 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6109 48 of of IN 1662 6109 49 $ $ $ 1662 6109 50 NA na NN 1662 6109 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6109 52 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 6109 53 est est NNP 1662 6109 54 . . . 1662 6109 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6110 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 6110 2 : : : 1662 6110 3 tourism tourism NN 1662 6110 4 , , , 1662 6110 5 carpet carpet NN 1662 6110 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CD 1662 6111 8 kW kW NNP 1662 6111 9 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6111 10 - - HYPH 1662 6111 11 production production NN 1662 6111 12 : : : 1662 6111 13 980 980 CD 1662 6111 14 million million CD 1662 6111 15 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6111 16 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6111 17 - - HYPH 1662 6111 18 consumption consumption NN 1662 6111 19 per per IN 1662 6111 20 capita capita NN 1662 6111 21 : : : 1662 6111 22 48 48 CD 1662 6111 23 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6111 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6111 25 1996 1996 CD 1662 6111 26 est est NNP 1662 6111 27 . . . 1662 6111 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6112 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6112 2 - - HYPH 1662 6112 3 products product NNS 1662 6112 4 : : : 1662 6112 5 rice rice NN 1662 6112 6 , , , 1662 6112 7 corn corn NN 1662 6112 8 , , , 1662 6112 9 wheat wheat NN 1662 6112 10 , , , 1662 6112 11 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 6112 12 , , , 1662 6112 13 root root NN 1662 6112 14 crops crop NNS 1662 6112 15 ; ; : 1662 6112 16 milk milk NN 1662 6112 17 , , , 1662 6112 18 water water NN 1662 6112 19 buffalo buffalo VBZ 1662 6112 20 meat meat NN 1662 6112 21 Exports export NNS 1662 6112 22 : : : 1662 6112 23 total total JJ 1662 6112 24 value value NN 1662 6112 25 : : : 1662 6112 26 $ $ $ 1662 6112 27 343 343 CD 1662 6112 28 million million CD 1662 6112 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6112 30 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 6112 31 . . NNP 1662 6112 32 , , , 1662 6112 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 6112 34 est est NNP 1662 6112 35 . . . 1662 6112 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6113 1 but but CC 1662 6113 2 does do VBZ 1662 6113 3 not not RB 1662 6113 4 include include VB 1662 6113 5 unrecorded unrecorded JJ 1662 6113 6 border border NN 1662 6113 7 trade trade NN 1662 6113 8 with with IN 1662 6113 9 India India NNP 1662 6113 10 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6113 11 : : : 1662 6113 12 carpets carpet NNS 1662 6113 13 , , , 1662 6113 14 clothing clothing NN 1662 6113 15 , , , 1662 6113 16 leather leather NN 1662 6113 17 goods good NNS 1662 6113 18 , , , 1662 6113 19 jute jute NN 1662 6113 20 goods good NNS 1662 6113 21 , , , 1662 6113 22 grain grain NN 1662 6113 23 partners partner NNS 1662 6113 24 : : : 1662 6113 25 India India NNP 1662 6113 26 , , , 1662 6113 27 US US NNP 1662 6113 28 , , , 1662 6113 29 Germany Germany NNP 1662 6113 30 , , , 1662 6113 31 UK UK NNP 1662 6113 32 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 6113 33 : : : 1662 6113 34 total total JJ 1662 6113 35 value value NN 1662 6113 36 : : : 1662 6113 37 $ $ $ 1662 6113 38 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 6113 39 billion billion CD 1662 6113 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6113 41 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 6113 42 . . NNP 1662 6113 43 , , , 1662 6113 44 1996 1996 CD 1662 6113 45 est est NNP 1662 6113 46 . . . 1662 6113 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6114 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6114 2 : : : 1662 6114 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6114 4 products product NNS 1662 6114 5 20 20 CD 1662 6114 6 % % NN 1662 6114 7 , , , 1662 6114 8 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 6114 9 11 11 CD 1662 6114 10 % % NN 1662 6114 11 , , , 1662 6114 12 machinery machinery NN 1662 6114 13 10 10 CD 1662 6114 14 % % NN 1662 6114 15 partners partner NNS 1662 6114 16 : : : 1662 6114 17 India India NNP 1662 6114 18 , , , 1662 6114 19 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 6114 20 , , , 1662 6114 21 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6114 22 , , , 1662 6114 23 Germany Germany NNP 1662 6114 24 Debt Debt NNP 1662 6114 25 - - HYPH 1662 6114 26 external external JJ 1662 6114 27 : : : 1662 6114 28 $ $ $ 1662 6114 29 2.85 2.85 CD 1662 6114 30 billion billion CD 1662 6114 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6114 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 6114 33 est est NNP 1662 6114 34 . . . 1662 6114 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6115 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 6115 2 aid aid NN 1662 6115 3 : : : 1662 6115 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 6115 5 : : : 1662 6115 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 6115 7 , , , 1662 6115 8 $ $ $ 1662 6115 9 310 310 CD 1662 6115 10 million million CD 1662 6115 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6115 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 6115 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6115 14 note note NN 1662 6115 15 : : : 1662 6115 16 total total JJ 1662 6115 17 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 6115 18 and and CC 1662 6115 19 multilateral multilateral JJ 1662 6115 20 aid aid NN 1662 6115 21 of of IN 1662 6115 22 $ $ $ 1662 6115 23 217 217 CD 1662 6115 24 million million CD 1662 6115 25 in in IN 1662 6115 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 6115 27 Currency Currency NNP 1662 6115 28 : : : 1662 6115 29 1 1 CD 1662 6115 30 Nepalese nepalese JJ 1662 6115 31 rupee rupee NN 1662 6115 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6115 33 NR NR NNP 1662 6115 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6115 35 = = SYM 1662 6115 36 100 100 CD 1662 6115 37 paisa paisa NNP 1662 6115 38 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 6115 39 rates rate NNS 1662 6115 40 : : : 1662 6115 41 Nepalese nepalese JJ 1662 6115 42 rupees rupee NNS 1662 6115 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6115 44 NRs nr NNS 1662 6115 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6115 46 per per IN 1662 6115 47 US$ us$ $ 1662 6115 48 1 1 CD 1662 6115 49 - - SYM 1662 6115 50 57.030 57.030 CD 1662 6115 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6115 52 January January NNP 1662 6115 53 1997 1997 CD 1662 6115 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6115 55 , , , 1662 6115 56 56.692 56.692 CD 1662 6115 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6115 58 1996 1996 CD 1662 6115 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6115 60 , , , 1662 6115 61 51.890 51.890 CD 1662 6115 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6115 63 1995 1995 CD 1662 6115 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6115 65 , , , 1662 6115 66 49.398 49.398 CD 1662 6115 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6115 68 1994 1994 CD 1662 6115 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6115 70 , , , 1662 6115 71 48.607 48.607 CD 1662 6115 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6115 73 1993 1993 CD 1662 6115 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6115 75 , , , 1662 6115 76 42.718 42.718 CD 1662 6115 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6115 78 1992 1992 CD 1662 6115 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6115 80 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6115 81 year year NN 1662 6115 82 : : : 1662 6115 83 16 16 CD 1662 6115 84 July July NNP 1662 6115 85 - - HYPH 1662 6115 86 15 15 CD 1662 6115 87 July July NNP 1662 6115 88 @Nepal @nepal NN 1662 6115 89 : : : 1662 6115 90 Communications communication NNS 1662 6115 91 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 6115 92 : : : 1662 6115 93 115,911 115,911 CD 1662 6115 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6115 95 1996 1996 CD 1662 6115 96 est est NNP 1662 6115 97 . . . 1662 6115 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6116 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 6116 2 system system NN 1662 6116 3 : : : 1662 6116 4 poor poor JJ 1662 6116 5 telephone telephone NN 1662 6116 6 and and CC 1662 6116 7 telegraph telegraph NN 1662 6116 8 service service NN 1662 6116 9 ; ; : 1662 6116 10 fair fair JJ 1662 6116 11 radiotelephone radiotelephone NNP 1662 6116 12 communication communication NN 1662 6116 13 service service NN 1662 6116 14 domestic domestic NN 1662 6116 15 : : : 1662 6116 16 NA NA NNP 1662 6116 17 international international JJ 1662 6116 18 : : : 1662 6116 19 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 6116 20 communications communications NNPS 1662 6116 21 ; ; : 1662 6116 22 satellite satellite NN 1662 6116 23 earth earth NN 1662 6116 24 station station NN 1662 6116 25 - - : 1662 6116 26 1 1 CD 1662 6116 27 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6116 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6116 29 Indian Indian NNP 1662 6116 30 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6116 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6116 32 Radio radio NN 1662 6116 33 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6116 34 stations station NNS 1662 6116 35 : : : 1662 6116 36 AM AM NNP 1662 6116 37 88 88 CD 1662 6116 38 , , , 1662 6116 39 FM FM NNP 1662 6116 40 1 1 CD 1662 6116 41 , , , 1662 6116 42 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 6116 43 0 0 CD 1662 6116 44 Radios radio NNS 1662 6116 45 : : : 1662 6116 46 690,000 690,000 CD 1662 6116 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6116 48 1992 1992 CD 1662 6116 49 est est NNP 1662 6116 50 . . . 1662 6116 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6117 1 Television television NN 1662 6117 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6117 3 stations station NNS 1662 6117 4 : : : 1662 6117 5 9 9 CD 1662 6117 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6117 7 1996 1996 CD 1662 6117 8 est est NNP 1662 6117 9 . . . 1662 6117 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6118 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 6118 2 : : : 1662 6118 3 45,000 45,000 CD 1662 6118 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6118 5 1992 1992 CD 1662 6118 6 est est NNP 1662 6118 7 . . . 1662 6118 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6119 1 @Nepal @nepal NN 1662 6119 2 : : : 1662 6119 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 6119 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 6119 5 : : : 1662 6119 6 total total NN 1662 6119 7 : : : 1662 6119 8 101 101 CD 1662 6119 9 km km NN 1662 6119 10 ; ; : 1662 6119 11 note note VB 1662 6119 12 - - : 1662 6119 13 all all DT 1662 6119 14 in in IN 1662 6119 15 Kosi Kosi NNP 1662 6119 16 close close RB 1662 6119 17 to to IN 1662 6119 18 Indian indian JJ 1662 6119 19 border border NN 1662 6119 20 narrow narrow JJ 1662 6119 21 gauge gauge NN 1662 6119 22 : : : 1662 6119 23 101 101 CD 1662 6119 24 km km NN 1662 6119 25 0.762-m 0.762-m NN 1662 6119 26 gauge gauge NN 1662 6119 27 Highways highway NNS 1662 6119 28 : : : 1662 6119 29 total total NN 1662 6119 30 : : : 1662 6119 31 7,550 7,550 CD 1662 6119 32 km km NN 1662 6119 33 paved pave VBN 1662 6119 34 : : : 1662 6119 35 3,126 3,126 CD 1662 6119 36 km km NN 1662 6119 37 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6119 38 : : : 1662 6119 39 4,424 4,424 CD 1662 6119 40 km km NNS 1662 6119 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6119 42 1995 1995 CD 1662 6119 43 est est NNP 1662 6119 44 . . . 1662 6119 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6120 1 Ports port NNS 1662 6120 2 and and CC 1662 6120 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6120 4 : : : 1662 6120 5 none none NN 1662 6120 6 Airports airport NNS 1662 6120 7 : : : 1662 6120 8 43 43 CD 1662 6120 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6120 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 6120 11 est est NNP 1662 6120 12 . . . 1662 6120 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6121 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6121 2 - - , 1662 6121 3 with with IN 1662 6121 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6121 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6121 6 : : : 1662 6121 7 total total NN 1662 6121 8 : : : 1662 6121 9 32 32 CD 1662 6121 10 over over IN 1662 6121 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6121 12 m m NN 1662 6121 13 : : : 1662 6121 14 1 1 CD 1662 6121 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6121 16 to to TO 1662 6121 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6121 18 m m NN 1662 6121 19 : : : 1662 6121 20 3 3 CD 1662 6121 21 914 914 CD 1662 6121 22 to to TO 1662 6121 23 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6121 24 m m NN 1662 6121 25 : : : 1662 6121 26 1 1 CD 1662 6121 27 under under IN 1662 6121 28 914 914 CD 1662 6121 29 m m NN 1662 6121 30 : : : 1662 6121 31 27 27 CD 1662 6121 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6121 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 6121 34 est est NNP 1662 6121 35 . . . 1662 6121 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6122 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6122 2 - - , 1662 6122 3 with with IN 1662 6122 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6122 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6122 6 : : : 1662 6122 7 total total NN 1662 6122 8 : : : 1662 6122 9 11 11 CD 1662 6122 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6122 11 to to TO 1662 6122 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6122 13 m m NN 1662 6122 14 : : : 1662 6122 15 1 1 CD 1662 6122 16 914 914 CD 1662 6122 17 to to TO 1662 6122 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6122 19 m m NN 1662 6122 20 : : : 1662 6122 21 10 10 CD 1662 6122 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6122 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 6122 24 est est NNP 1662 6122 25 . . . 1662 6122 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6123 1 Military military JJ 1662 6123 2 Military military JJ 1662 6123 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6123 4 : : : 1662 6123 5 Royal Royal NNP 1662 6123 6 Nepalese Nepalese NNP 1662 6123 7 Army Army NNP 1662 6123 8 , , , 1662 6123 9 Royal Royal NNP 1662 6123 10 Nepalese Nepalese NNP 1662 6123 11 Army Army NNP 1662 6123 12 Air Air NNP 1662 6123 13 Service Service NNP 1662 6123 14 , , , 1662 6123 15 Nepalese Nepalese NNP 1662 6123 16 Police Police NNP 1662 6123 17 Force Force NNP 1662 6123 18 Military Military NNP 1662 6123 19 manpower manpower NN 1662 6123 20 - - HYPH 1662 6123 21 military military NN 1662 6123 22 age age NN 1662 6123 23 : : : 1662 6123 24 17 17 CD 1662 6123 25 years year NNS 1662 6123 26 of of IN 1662 6123 27 age age NN 1662 6123 28 Military military JJ 1662 6123 29 manpower manpower NN 1662 6123 30 - - HYPH 1662 6123 31 availability availability NN 1662 6123 32 : : : 1662 6123 33 males male NNS 1662 6123 34 age age NNP 1662 6123 35 15 15 CD 1662 6123 36 - - SYM 1662 6123 37 49 49 CD 1662 6123 38 : : : 1662 6123 39 5,556,791 5,556,791 CD 1662 6123 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6123 41 1997 1997 CD 1662 6123 42 est est NNP 1662 6123 43 . . . 1662 6123 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6124 1 Military military JJ 1662 6124 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6124 3 - - HYPH 1662 6124 4 fit fit NN 1662 6124 5 for for IN 1662 6124 6 military military JJ 1662 6124 7 service service NN 1662 6124 8 : : : 1662 6124 9 males male NNS 1662 6124 10 : : : 1662 6124 11 2,888,628 2,888,628 CD 1662 6124 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6124 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6124 14 est est NNP 1662 6124 15 . . . 1662 6124 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6125 1 Military military JJ 1662 6125 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6125 3 - - HYPH 1662 6125 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 6125 5 military military JJ 1662 6125 6 age age NN 1662 6125 7 annually annually RB 1662 6125 8 : : : 1662 6125 9 males male NNS 1662 6125 10 : : : 1662 6125 11 268,085 268,085 CD 1662 6125 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6125 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6125 14 est est NNP 1662 6125 15 . . . 1662 6125 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6126 1 Military military JJ 1662 6126 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6126 3 - - HYPH 1662 6126 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 6126 5 figure figure NN 1662 6126 6 : : : 1662 6126 7 $ $ $ 1662 6126 8 36 36 CD 1662 6126 9 million million CD 1662 6126 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6126 11 FY92/93 fy92/93 CD 1662 6126 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6126 13 Military military JJ 1662 6126 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6126 15 - - : 1662 6126 16 percent percent NN 1662 6126 17 of of IN 1662 6126 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6126 19 : : : 1662 6126 20 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 6126 21 % % NN 1662 6126 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6126 23 FY92/93 fy92/93 CD 1662 6126 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6126 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6126 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6126 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 6126 28 - - : 1662 6126 29 international international RB 1662 6126 30 : : : 1662 6126 31 none none NN 1662 6126 32 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 6126 33 drugs drug VBZ 1662 6126 34 : : : 1662 6126 35 illicit illicit JJ 1662 6126 36 producer producer NN 1662 6126 37 of of IN 1662 6126 38 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 6126 39 for for IN 1662 6126 40 the the DT 1662 6126 41 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6126 42 and and CC 1662 6126 43 international international JJ 1662 6126 44 drug drug NN 1662 6126 45 markets market NNS 1662 6126 46 ; ; : 1662 6126 47 transit transit NN 1662 6126 48 point point NN 1662 6126 49 for for IN 1662 6126 50 heroin heroin NN 1662 6126 51 from from IN 1662 6126 52 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 6126 53 Asia Asia NNP 1662 6126 54 to to IN 1662 6126 55 the the DT 1662 6126 56 West West NNP 1662 6126 57 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 58 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 59 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 60 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 61 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 62 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 63 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 64 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 65 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 66 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 67 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 68 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 69 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 70 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 71 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 72 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 73 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 74 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 75 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 76 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 77 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 78 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 79 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 80 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 90 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 91 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 92 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 93 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 94 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 95 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 96 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 97 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 98 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 99 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 100 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 101 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 102 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 103 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 104 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 105 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 106 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 107 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 108 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 109 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 110 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 111 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 112 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 113 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 114 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 115 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 116 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 117 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 118 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 119 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 120 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 121 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 122 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 123 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 124 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 125 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 126 _ _ NNP 1662 6126 127 NETHERLANDS NETHERLANDS NNP 1662 6126 128 @Netherlands @netherlands XX 1662 6126 129 : : : 1662 6126 130 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6126 131 Location Location NNP 1662 6126 132 : : : 1662 6126 133 Western Western NNP 1662 6126 134 Europe Europe NNP 1662 6126 135 , , , 1662 6126 136 bordering border VBG 1662 6126 137 the the DT 1662 6126 138 North North NNP 1662 6126 139 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6126 140 , , , 1662 6126 141 between between IN 1662 6126 142 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 6126 143 and and CC 1662 6126 144 Germany Germany NNP 1662 6126 145 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6126 146 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6126 147 : : : 1662 6126 148 52 52 CD 1662 6126 149 30 30 CD 1662 6126 150 N n CD 1662 6126 151 , , , 1662 6126 152 5 5 CD 1662 6126 153 45 45 CD 1662 6126 154 E e NN 1662 6126 155 Map Map NNP 1662 6126 156 references reference NNS 1662 6126 157 : : : 1662 6126 158 Europe Europe NNP 1662 6126 159 Area Area NNP 1662 6126 160 : : : 1662 6126 161 total total NN 1662 6126 162 : : : 1662 6126 163 37,330 37,330 CD 1662 6126 164 sq sq NN 1662 6126 165 km km NNP 1662 6126 166 land land NN 1662 6126 167 : : : 1662 6126 168 33,920 33,920 CD 1662 6126 169 sq sq NN 1662 6126 170 km km NNP 1662 6126 171 water water NN 1662 6126 172 : : : 1662 6126 173 3,410 3,410 CD 1662 6126 174 sq sq NNP 1662 6126 175 km km NNP 1662 6126 176 Area area NN 1662 6126 177 - - HYPH 1662 6126 178 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6126 179 : : : 1662 6126 180 slightly slightly RB 1662 6126 181 less less JJR 1662 6126 182 than than IN 1662 6126 183 twice twice RB 1662 6126 184 the the DT 1662 6126 185 size size NN 1662 6126 186 of of IN 1662 6126 187 New New NNP 1662 6126 188 Jersey Jersey NNP 1662 6126 189 Land Land NNP 1662 6126 190 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6126 191 : : : 1662 6126 192 total total JJ 1662 6126 193 : : : 1662 6126 194 1,027 1,027 CD 1662 6126 195 km km NN 1662 6126 196 border border NN 1662 6126 197 countries country NNS 1662 6126 198 : : : 1662 6126 199 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 6126 200 450 450 CD 1662 6126 201 km km NNS 1662 6126 202 , , , 1662 6126 203 Germany Germany NNP 1662 6126 204 577 577 CD 1662 6126 205 km km NN 1662 6126 206 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6126 207 : : : 1662 6126 208 451 451 CD 1662 6126 209 km km NN 1662 6126 210 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6126 211 claims claim VBZ 1662 6126 212 : : : 1662 6126 213 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 6126 214 fishing fishing NN 1662 6126 215 zone zone NN 1662 6126 216 : : : 1662 6126 217 200 200 CD 1662 6126 218 nm nm CD 1662 6126 219 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6126 220 sea sea NN 1662 6126 221 : : : 1662 6126 222 12 12 CD 1662 6126 223 nm nm NNP 1662 6126 224 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6126 225 : : : 1662 6126 226 temperate temperate VB 1662 6126 227 ; ; : 1662 6126 228 marine marine NNP 1662 6126 229 ; ; : 1662 6126 230 cool cool JJ 1662 6126 231 summers summer NNS 1662 6126 232 and and CC 1662 6126 233 mild mild JJ 1662 6126 234 winters winter NNS 1662 6126 235 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6126 236 : : : 1662 6126 237 mostly mostly RB 1662 6126 238 coastal coastal JJ 1662 6126 239 lowland lowland NN 1662 6126 240 and and CC 1662 6126 241 reclaimed reclaim VBN 1662 6126 242 land land NN 1662 6126 243 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6126 244 polders polder NNS 1662 6126 245 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6126 246 ; ; : 1662 6126 247 some some DT 1662 6126 248 hills hill NNS 1662 6126 249 in in IN 1662 6126 250 southeast southeast JJ 1662 6126 251 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6126 252 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6126 253 : : : 1662 6126 254 lowest low JJS 1662 6126 255 point point NN 1662 6126 256 : : : 1662 6126 257 Prins Prins NNPS 1662 6126 258 Alexanderpolder Alexanderpolder NNP 1662 6126 259 -7 -7 . 1662 6126 260 m m DT 1662 6126 261 highest high JJS 1662 6126 262 point point NN 1662 6126 263 : : : 1662 6126 264 Vaalserberg Vaalserberg NNP 1662 6126 265 321 321 CD 1662 6126 266 m m NNP 1662 6126 267 Natural natural JJ 1662 6126 268 resources resource NNS 1662 6126 269 : : : 1662 6126 270 natural natural JJ 1662 6126 271 gas gas NN 1662 6126 272 , , , 1662 6126 273 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6126 274 , , , 1662 6126 275 fertile fertile JJ 1662 6126 276 soil soil NN 1662 6126 277 Land Land NNP 1662 6126 278 use use NN 1662 6126 279 : : : 1662 6126 280 arable arable JJ 1662 6126 281 land land NN 1662 6126 282 : : : 1662 6126 283 27 27 CD 1662 6126 284 % % NN 1662 6126 285 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6126 286 crops crop NNS 1662 6126 287 : : : 1662 6126 288 1 1 CD 1662 6126 289 % % NN 1662 6126 290 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6126 291 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6126 292 : : : 1662 6126 293 31 31 CD 1662 6126 294 % % NN 1662 6126 295 forests forest NNS 1662 6126 296 and and CC 1662 6126 297 woodland woodland NN 1662 6126 298 : : : 1662 6126 299 10 10 CD 1662 6126 300 % % NN 1662 6126 301 other other JJ 1662 6126 302 : : : 1662 6126 303 31 31 CD 1662 6126 304 % % NN 1662 6126 305 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6126 306 1993 1993 CD 1662 6126 307 est est NNP 1662 6126 308 . . . 1662 6126 309 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6127 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6127 2 land land NN 1662 6127 3 : : : 1662 6127 4 5,600 5,600 CD 1662 6127 5 sq sq NNP 1662 6127 6 km km NNP 1662 6127 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6127 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 6127 9 est est NNP 1662 6127 10 . . . 1662 6127 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6128 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 6128 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6128 3 : : : 1662 6128 4 the the DT 1662 6128 5 extensive extensive JJ 1662 6128 6 system system NN 1662 6128 7 of of IN 1662 6128 8 dikes dike NNS 1662 6128 9 and and CC 1662 6128 10 dams dam NNS 1662 6128 11 , , , 1662 6128 12 protects protect VBZ 1662 6128 13 nearly nearly RB 1662 6128 14 one one CD 1662 6128 15 - - HYPH 1662 6128 16 half half NN 1662 6128 17 of of IN 1662 6128 18 the the DT 1662 6128 19 total total JJ 1662 6128 20 area area NN 1662 6128 21 from from IN 1662 6128 22 being be VBG 1662 6128 23 flooded flood VBN 1662 6128 24 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6128 25 - - HYPH 1662 6128 26 current current JJ 1662 6128 27 issues issue NNS 1662 6128 28 : : : 1662 6128 29 water water NN 1662 6128 30 pollution pollution NN 1662 6128 31 in in IN 1662 6128 32 the the DT 1662 6128 33 form form NN 1662 6128 34 of of IN 1662 6128 35 heavy heavy JJ 1662 6128 36 metals metal NNS 1662 6128 37 , , , 1662 6128 38 organic organic JJ 1662 6128 39 compounds compound NNS 1662 6128 40 , , , 1662 6128 41 and and CC 1662 6128 42 nutrients nutrient NNS 1662 6128 43 such such JJ 1662 6128 44 as as IN 1662 6128 45 nitrates nitrate NNS 1662 6128 46 and and CC 1662 6128 47 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 6128 48 ; ; , 1662 6128 49 air air NN 1662 6128 50 pollution pollution NN 1662 6128 51 from from IN 1662 6128 52 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 6128 53 and and CC 1662 6128 54 refining refining NN 1662 6128 55 activities activity NNS 1662 6128 56 ; ; : 1662 6128 57 acid acid JJ 1662 6128 58 rain rain NN 1662 6128 59 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6128 60 - - HYPH 1662 6128 61 international international JJ 1662 6128 62 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6128 63 : : : 1662 6128 64 party party NN 1662 6128 65 to to TO 1662 6128 66 : : : 1662 6128 67 Air Air NNP 1662 6128 68 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6128 69 , , , 1662 6128 70 Air Air NNP 1662 6128 71 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6128 72 - - HYPH 1662 6128 73 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 6128 74 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 6128 75 , , , 1662 6128 76 Air Air NNP 1662 6128 77 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6128 78 - - HYPH 1662 6128 79 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 6128 80 85 85 CD 1662 6128 81 , , , 1662 6128 82 Air Air NNP 1662 6128 83 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6128 84 - - HYPH 1662 6128 85 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 6128 86 94 94 CD 1662 6128 87 , , , 1662 6128 88 Air Air NNP 1662 6128 89 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6128 90 - - HYPH 1662 6128 91 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 6128 92 Organic Organic NNP 1662 6128 93 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 6128 94 , , , 1662 6128 95 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 6128 96 - - HYPH 1662 6128 97 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 6128 98 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 6128 99 , , , 1662 6128 100 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 6128 101 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 6128 102 , , , 1662 6128 103 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 6128 104 , , , 1662 6128 105 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6128 106 Change Change NNP 1662 6128 107 , , , 1662 6128 108 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 6128 109 , , , 1662 6128 110 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 6128 111 Species Species NNPS 1662 6128 112 , , , 1662 6128 113 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 6128 114 Modification Modification NNP 1662 6128 115 , , , 1662 6128 116 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 6128 117 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 6128 118 , , , 1662 6128 119 Law Law NNP 1662 6128 120 of of IN 1662 6128 121 the the DT 1662 6128 122 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6128 123 , , , 1662 6128 124 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6128 125 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 6128 126 , , , 1662 6128 127 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6128 128 Life Life NNP 1662 6128 129 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 6128 130 , , , 1662 6128 131 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 6128 132 Test Test NNP 1662 6128 133 Ban Ban NNP 1662 6128 134 , , , 1662 6128 135 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 6128 136 Layer Layer NNP 1662 6128 137 Protection Protection NNP 1662 6128 138 , , , 1662 6128 139 Ship Ship NNP 1662 6128 140 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6128 141 , , , 1662 6128 142 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 6128 143 Timber Timber NNP 1662 6128 144 83 83 CD 1662 6128 145 , , , 1662 6128 146 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 6128 147 Timber Timber NNP 1662 6128 148 94 94 CD 1662 6128 149 , , , 1662 6128 150 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 6128 151 , , , 1662 6128 152 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 6128 153 signed sign VBD 1662 6128 154 , , , 1662 6128 155 but but CC 1662 6128 156 not not RB 1662 6128 157 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6128 158 : : : 1662 6128 159 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 6128 160 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6128 161 - - HYPH 1662 6128 162 note note NN 1662 6128 163 : : : 1662 6128 164 located locate VBN 1662 6128 165 at at IN 1662 6128 166 mouths mouth NNS 1662 6128 167 of of IN 1662 6128 168 three three CD 1662 6128 169 major major JJ 1662 6128 170 European european JJ 1662 6128 171 rivers river NNS 1662 6128 172 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6128 173 Rhine Rhine NNP 1662 6128 174 , , , 1662 6128 175 Maas Maas NNP 1662 6128 176 or or CC 1662 6128 177 Meuse Meuse NNP 1662 6128 178 , , , 1662 6128 179 and and CC 1662 6128 180 Schelde Schelde NNP 1662 6128 181 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6128 182 @Netherlands @netherlands XX 1662 6128 183 : : : 1662 6128 184 People People NNP 1662 6128 185 Population Population NNP 1662 6128 186 : : : 1662 6128 187 15,649,729 15,649,729 CD 1662 6128 188 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6128 189 July July NNP 1662 6128 190 1997 1997 CD 1662 6128 191 est est NNP 1662 6128 192 . . . 1662 6128 193 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6129 1 Age age NN 1662 6129 2 structure structure NN 1662 6129 3 : : : 1662 6129 4 0 0 CD 1662 6129 5 - - HYPH 1662 6129 6 14 14 CD 1662 6129 7 years year NNS 1662 6129 8 : : : 1662 6129 9 18 18 CD 1662 6129 10 % % NN 1662 6129 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6129 12 male male JJ 1662 6129 13 1,466,463 1,466,463 CD 1662 6129 14 ; ; : 1662 6129 15 female female JJ 1662 6129 16 1,401,507 1,401,507 CD 1662 6129 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6129 18 15 15 CD 1662 6129 19 - - SYM 1662 6129 20 64 64 CD 1662 6129 21 years year NNS 1662 6129 22 : : : 1662 6129 23 68 68 CD 1662 6129 24 % % NN 1662 6129 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6129 26 male male JJ 1662 6129 27 5,432,512 5,432,512 CD 1662 6129 28 ; ; : 1662 6129 29 female female JJ 1662 6129 30 5,248,823 5,248,823 CD 1662 6129 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6129 32 65 65 CD 1662 6129 33 years year NNS 1662 6129 34 and and CC 1662 6129 35 over over IN 1662 6129 36 : : : 1662 6129 37 14 14 CD 1662 6129 38 % % NN 1662 6129 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6129 40 male male JJ 1662 6129 41 848,853 848,853 CD 1662 6129 42 ; ; , 1662 6129 43 female female JJ 1662 6129 44 1,251,571 1,251,571 CD 1662 6129 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6129 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6129 47 July July NNP 1662 6129 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 6129 49 est est NNP 1662 6129 50 . . . 1662 6129 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6130 1 Population population NN 1662 6130 2 growth growth NN 1662 6130 3 rate rate NN 1662 6130 4 : : : 1662 6130 5 0.53 0.53 CD 1662 6130 6 % % NN 1662 6130 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6130 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6130 9 est est NNP 1662 6130 10 . . . 1662 6130 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6131 1 Birth birth NN 1662 6131 2 rate rate NN 1662 6131 3 : : : 1662 6131 4 11.84 11.84 CD 1662 6131 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 6131 6 population population NN 1662 6131 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6131 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6131 9 est est NNP 1662 6131 10 . . . 1662 6131 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6132 1 Death death NN 1662 6132 2 rate rate NN 1662 6132 3 : : : 1662 6132 4 8.69 8.69 CD 1662 6132 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6132 6 population population NN 1662 6132 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6132 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6132 9 est est NNP 1662 6132 10 . . . 1662 6132 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6133 1 Net net JJ 1662 6133 2 migration migration NN 1662 6133 3 rate rate NN 1662 6133 4 : : : 1662 6133 5 2.18 2.18 CD 1662 6133 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 6133 7 population population NN 1662 6133 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6133 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6133 10 est est NNP 1662 6133 11 . . . 1662 6133 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6134 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6134 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6134 3 : : : 1662 6134 4 at at IN 1662 6134 5 birth birth NN 1662 6134 6 : : : 1662 6134 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6134 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6134 9 under under IN 1662 6134 10 15 15 CD 1662 6134 11 years year NNS 1662 6134 12 : : : 1662 6134 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6134 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6134 15 15 15 CD 1662 6134 16 - - HYPH 1662 6134 17 64 64 CD 1662 6134 18 years year NNS 1662 6134 19 : : : 1662 6134 20 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 6134 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6134 22 65 65 CD 1662 6134 23 years year NNS 1662 6134 24 and and CC 1662 6134 25 over over IN 1662 6134 26 : : : 1662 6134 27 0.68 0.68 NNP 1662 6134 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 6134 29 total total JJ 1662 6134 30 population population NN 1662 6134 31 : : : 1662 6134 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 6134 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6134 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6134 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 6134 36 est e JJS 1662 6134 37 . . . 1662 6134 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6135 1 Infant infant NN 1662 6135 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 6135 3 rate rate NN 1662 6135 4 : : : 1662 6135 5 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 6135 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6135 7 live live JJ 1662 6135 8 births birth NNS 1662 6135 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6135 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 6135 11 est est NNP 1662 6135 12 . . . 1662 6135 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6136 1 Life life NN 1662 6136 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 6136 3 at at IN 1662 6136 4 birth birth NN 1662 6136 5 : : : 1662 6136 6 total total JJ 1662 6136 7 population population NN 1662 6136 8 : : : 1662 6136 9 77.87 77.87 CD 1662 6136 10 years year NNS 1662 6136 11 male male JJ 1662 6136 12 : : : 1662 6136 13 75 75 CD 1662 6136 14 years year NNS 1662 6136 15 female female JJ 1662 6136 16 : : : 1662 6136 17 80.88 80.88 CD 1662 6136 18 years year NNS 1662 6136 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6136 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 6136 21 est est NNP 1662 6136 22 . . . 1662 6136 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6137 1 Total total JJ 1662 6137 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 6137 3 rate rate NN 1662 6137 4 : : : 1662 6137 5 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 6137 6 children child NNS 1662 6137 7 born bear VBN 1662 6137 8 / / SYM 1662 6137 9 woman woman NN 1662 6137 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6137 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6137 12 est est NNP 1662 6137 13 . . . 1662 6137 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6138 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 6138 2 : : : 1662 6138 3 noun noun NN 1662 6138 4 : : : 1662 6138 5 Dutchman(men Dutchman(men NNP 1662 6138 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6138 7 , , , 1662 6138 8 Dutchwoman(women Dutchwoman(women NNP 1662 6138 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6138 10 adjective adjective NN 1662 6138 11 : : : 1662 6138 12 Dutch dutch JJ 1662 6138 13 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 6138 14 groups group NNS 1662 6138 15 : : : 1662 6138 16 Dutch dutch VB 1662 6138 17 96 96 CD 1662 6138 18 % % NN 1662 6138 19 , , , 1662 6138 20 Moroccans Moroccans NNPS 1662 6138 21 , , , 1662 6138 22 Turks Turks NNPS 1662 6138 23 , , , 1662 6138 24 and and CC 1662 6138 25 other other JJ 1662 6138 26 4 4 CD 1662 6138 27 % % NN 1662 6138 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6138 29 1988 1988 CD 1662 6138 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6138 31 Religions religion NNS 1662 6138 32 : : : 1662 6138 33 Roman Roman NNP 1662 6138 34 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 6138 35 34 34 CD 1662 6138 36 % % NN 1662 6138 37 , , , 1662 6138 38 Protestant protestant NN 1662 6138 39 25 25 CD 1662 6138 40 % % NN 1662 6138 41 , , , 1662 6138 42 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 6138 43 3 3 CD 1662 6138 44 % % NN 1662 6138 45 , , , 1662 6138 46 other other JJ 1662 6138 47 2 2 CD 1662 6138 48 % % NN 1662 6138 49 , , , 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9 Government Government NNP 1662 6139 10 Country Country NNP 1662 6139 11 name name NN 1662 6139 12 : : : 1662 6139 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6139 14 long long JJ 1662 6139 15 form form NN 1662 6139 16 : : : 1662 6139 17 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 6139 18 of of IN 1662 6139 19 the the DT 1662 6139 20 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6139 21 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6139 22 short short JJ 1662 6139 23 form form NN 1662 6139 24 : : : 1662 6139 25 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6139 26 local local JJ 1662 6139 27 long long JJ 1662 6139 28 form form NN 1662 6139 29 : : : 1662 6139 30 Koninkrijk Koninkrijk NNP 1662 6139 31 der der VBP 1662 6139 32 Nederlanden nederlanden JJ 1662 6139 33 local local JJ 1662 6139 34 short short JJ 1662 6139 35 form form NN 1662 6139 36 : : : 1662 6139 37 Nederland Nederland NNP 1662 6139 38 Data Data NNP 1662 6139 39 code code NN 1662 6139 40 : : : 1662 6139 41 NL NL NNP 1662 6139 42 Government Government NNP 1662 6139 43 type type NN 1662 6139 44 : : : 1662 6139 45 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 6139 46 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 6139 47 National national JJ 1662 6139 48 capital capital NN 1662 6139 49 : : : 1662 6139 50 Amsterdam Amsterdam NNP 1662 6139 51 ; ; : 1662 6139 52 The the DT 1662 6139 53 Hague Hague NNP 1662 6139 54 is be VBZ 1662 6139 55 the the DT 1662 6139 56 seat seat NN 1662 6139 57 of of IN 1662 6139 58 government government NN 1662 6139 59 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 6139 60 divisions division NNS 1662 6139 61 : : : 1662 6139 62 12 12 CD 1662 6139 63 provinces province NNS 1662 6139 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 65 provincien provincien NNP 1662 6139 66 , , , 1662 6139 67 singular singular NNP 1662 6139 68 - - HYPH 1662 6139 69 provincie provincie NN 1662 6139 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 71 ; ; : 1662 6139 72 Drenthe Drenthe NNP 1662 6139 73 , , , 1662 6139 74 Flevoland Flevoland NNP 1662 6139 75 , , , 1662 6139 76 Friesland Friesland NNP 1662 6139 77 , , , 1662 6139 78 Gelderland Gelderland NNP 1662 6139 79 , , , 1662 6139 80 Groningen Groningen NNP 1662 6139 81 , , , 1662 6139 82 Limburg Limburg NNP 1662 6139 83 , , , 1662 6139 84 Noord Noord NNP 1662 6139 85 - - HYPH 1662 6139 86 Brabant Brabant NNP 1662 6139 87 , , , 1662 6139 88 Noord Noord NNP 1662 6139 89 - - HYPH 1662 6139 90 Holland Holland NNP 1662 6139 91 , , , 1662 6139 92 Overijssel Overijssel NNP 1662 6139 93 , , , 1662 6139 94 Utrecht Utrecht NNP 1662 6139 95 , , , 1662 6139 96 Zeeland Zeeland NNP 1662 6139 97 , , , 1662 6139 98 Zuid Zuid NNP 1662 6139 99 - - HYPH 1662 6139 100 Holland Holland NNP 1662 6139 101 Dependent Dependent NNP 1662 6139 102 areas area NNS 1662 6139 103 : : : 1662 6139 104 Aruba Aruba NNP 1662 6139 105 , , , 1662 6139 106 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6139 107 Antilles Antilles NNP 1662 6139 108 Independence independence NN 1662 6139 109 : : : 1662 6139 110 1579 1579 CD 1662 6139 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 112 from from IN 1662 6139 113 Spain Spain NNP 1662 6139 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 115 National national JJ 1662 6139 116 holiday holiday NN 1662 6139 117 : : : 1662 6139 118 Queen Queen NNP 1662 6139 119 's 's POS 1662 6139 120 Day Day NNP 1662 6139 121 , , , 1662 6139 122 30 30 CD 1662 6139 123 April April NNP 1662 6139 124 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 125 1938 1938 CD 1662 6139 126 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 127 Constitution constitution NN 1662 6139 128 : : : 1662 6139 129 17 17 CD 1662 6139 130 February February NNP 1662 6139 131 1983 1983 CD 1662 6139 132 Legal legal JJ 1662 6139 133 system system NN 1662 6139 134 : : : 1662 6139 135 civil civil JJ 1662 6139 136 law law NN 1662 6139 137 system system NN 1662 6139 138 incorporating incorporate VBG 1662 6139 139 French french JJ 1662 6139 140 penal penal JJ 1662 6139 141 theory theory NN 1662 6139 142 ; ; , 1662 6139 143 judicial judicial JJ 1662 6139 144 review review NN 1662 6139 145 in in IN 1662 6139 146 the the DT 1662 6139 147 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 6139 148 Court Court NNP 1662 6139 149 of of IN 1662 6139 150 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185 BEATRIX BEATRIX NNP 1662 6139 186 Wilhelmina Wilhelmina NNP 1662 6139 187 Armgard Armgard NNP 1662 6139 188 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 189 since since IN 1662 6139 190 30 30 CD 1662 6139 191 April April NNP 1662 6139 192 1980 1980 CD 1662 6139 193 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 194 ; ; : 1662 6139 195 Heir heir VB 1662 6139 196 Apparent apparent JJ 1662 6139 197 WILLEM WILLEM NNP 1662 6139 198 - - HYPH 1662 6139 199 ALEXANDER ALEXANDER NNP 1662 6139 200 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 201 born bear VBN 1662 6139 202 27 27 CD 1662 6139 203 April April NNP 1662 6139 204 1967 1967 CD 1662 6139 205 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 206 , , , 1662 6139 207 Prince Prince NNP 1662 6139 208 of of IN 1662 6139 209 Orange Orange NNP 1662 6139 210 , , , 1662 6139 211 son son NN 1662 6139 212 of of IN 1662 6139 213 Queen Queen NNP 1662 6139 214 BEATRIX BEATRIX NNP 1662 6139 215 head head NN 1662 6139 216 of of IN 1662 6139 217 government government NN 1662 6139 218 : : : 1662 6139 219 Prime Prime NNP 1662 6139 220 Minister Minister NNP 1662 6139 221 Wim Wim NNP 1662 6139 222 KOK KOK NNP 1662 6139 223 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 224 since since IN 1662 6139 225 22 22 CD 1662 6139 226 August August NNP 1662 6139 227 1994 1994 CD 1662 6139 228 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 229 and and CC 1662 6139 230 Vice Vice NNP 1662 6139 231 Prime Prime NNP 1662 6139 232 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 6139 233 Hans Hans NNP 1662 6139 234 DIJKSTAL DIJKSTAL NNP 1662 6139 235 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 236 since since IN 1662 6139 237 22 22 CD 1662 6139 238 August August NNP 1662 6139 239 1994 1994 CD 1662 6139 240 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 241 and and CC 1662 6139 242 Hans Hans NNP 1662 6139 243 VAN VAN NNP 1662 6139 244 MIERLO MIERLO NNP 1662 6139 245 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 246 since since IN 1662 6139 247 22 22 CD 1662 6139 248 August August NNP 1662 6139 249 1994 1994 CD 1662 6139 250 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 251 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 6139 252 : : : 1662 6139 253 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 6139 254 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6139 255 by by IN 1662 6139 256 the the DT 1662 6139 257 prime prime NNP 1662 6139 258 minister minister NNP 1662 6139 259 elections election NNS 1662 6139 260 : : : 1662 6139 261 none none NN 1662 6139 262 ; ; : 1662 6139 263 the the DT 1662 6139 264 queen queen NN 1662 6139 265 is be VBZ 1662 6139 266 a a DT 1662 6139 267 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 6139 268 monarch monarch NN 1662 6139 269 ; ; : 1662 6139 270 following follow VBG 1662 6139 271 Second Second NNP 1662 6139 272 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 6139 273 elections election NNS 1662 6139 274 , , , 1662 6139 275 the the DT 1662 6139 276 leader leader NN 1662 6139 277 of of IN 1662 6139 278 the the DT 1662 6139 279 majority majority NNP 1662 6139 280 party party NN 1662 6139 281 or or CC 1662 6139 282 leader leader NN 1662 6139 283 of of IN 1662 6139 284 a a DT 1662 6139 285 majority majority NN 1662 6139 286 coalition coalition NN 1662 6139 287 is be VBZ 1662 6139 288 usually usually RB 1662 6139 289 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6139 290 prime prime JJ 1662 6139 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indirectly RB 1662 6139 326 elected elect VBD 1662 6139 327 by by IN 1662 6139 328 the the DT 1662 6139 329 country country NN 1662 6139 330 's 's POS 1662 6139 331 12 12 CD 1662 6139 332 provincial provincial JJ 1662 6139 333 councils council NNS 1662 6139 334 for for IN 1662 6139 335 four four CD 1662 6139 336 - - HYPH 1662 6139 337 year year NN 1662 6139 338 terms term NNS 1662 6139 339 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 340 and and CC 1662 6139 341 the the DT 1662 6139 342 Second Second NNP 1662 6139 343 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 6139 344 or or CC 1662 6139 345 Tweede Tweede NNP 1662 6139 346 Kamer Kamer NNP 1662 6139 347 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 348 150 150 CD 1662 6139 349 seats seat NNS 1662 6139 350 ; ; : 1662 6139 351 members member NNS 1662 6139 352 directly directly RB 1662 6139 353 elected elect VBN 1662 6139 354 by by IN 1662 6139 355 popular popular JJ 1662 6139 356 vote vote NN 1662 6139 357 to to TO 1662 6139 358 serve serve VB 1662 6139 359 four four CD 1662 6139 360 - - HYPH 1662 6139 361 year year NN 1662 6139 362 terms term NNS 1662 6139 363 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 364 elections election NNS 1662 6139 365 : : : 1662 6139 366 First First NNP 1662 6139 367 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 6139 368 - - HYPH 1662 6139 369 last last RB 1662 6139 370 held hold VBD 1662 6139 371 9 9 CD 1662 6139 372 June June NNP 1662 6139 373 1995 1995 CD 1662 6139 374 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 375 next next JJ 1662 6139 376 to to TO 1662 6139 377 be be VB 1662 6139 378 held hold VBN 1662 6139 379 9 9 CD 1662 6139 380 June June NNP 1662 6139 381 1999 1999 CD 1662 6139 382 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 383 ; ; : 1662 6139 384 Second Second NNP 1662 6139 385 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 6139 386 - - HYPH 1662 6139 387 last last RB 1662 6139 388 held hold VBD 1662 6139 389 3 3 CD 1662 6139 390 May May NNP 1662 6139 391 1994 1994 CD 1662 6139 392 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 393 next next JJ 1662 6139 394 to to TO 1662 6139 395 be be VB 1662 6139 396 held hold VBN 1662 6139 397 in in IN 1662 6139 398 1998 1998 CD 1662 6139 399 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 400 election election NN 1662 6139 401 results result NNS 1662 6139 402 : : : 1662 6139 403 First First NNP 1662 6139 404 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 6139 405 - - HYPH 1662 6139 406 percent percent NN 1662 6139 407 of of IN 1662 6139 408 vote vote NN 1662 6139 409 by by IN 1662 6139 410 party party NN 1662 6139 411 - - HYPH 1662 6139 412 NA NA NNP 1662 6139 413 ; ; , 1662 6139 414 seats seat NNS 1662 6139 415 by by IN 1662 6139 416 party party NN 1662 6139 417 - - HYPH 1662 6139 418 NA na NN 1662 6139 419 ; ; : 1662 6139 420 Second Second NNP 1662 6139 421 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 6139 422 - - HYPH 1662 6139 423 percent percent NN 1662 6139 424 of of IN 1662 6139 425 vote vote NN 1662 6139 426 by by IN 1662 6139 427 party party NNP 1662 6139 428 - - HYPH 1662 6139 429 PvdA PvdA NNP 1662 6139 430 24.3 24.3 CD 1662 6139 431 % % NN 1662 6139 432 , , , 1662 6139 433 CDA CDA NNP 1662 6139 434 22.3 22.3 CD 1662 6139 435 % % NN 1662 6139 436 , , , 1662 6139 437 VVD VVD NNP 1662 6139 438 20.4 20.4 CD 1662 6139 439 % % NN 1662 6139 440 , , , 1662 6139 441 D'66 D'66 NNP 1662 6139 442 16.5 16.5 CD 1662 6139 443 % % NN 1662 6139 444 , , , 1662 6139 445 other other JJ 1662 6139 446 16.5 16.5 CD 1662 6139 447 % % NN 1662 6139 448 ; ; , 1662 6139 449 seats seat NNS 1662 6139 450 by by IN 1662 6139 451 party party NN 1662 6139 452 - - HYPH 1662 6139 453 PvdA PvdA NNP 1662 6139 454 37 37 CD 1662 6139 455 , , , 1662 6139 456 CDA CDA NNP 1662 6139 457 34 34 CD 1662 6139 458 , , , 1662 6139 459 VVD VVD NNP 1662 6139 460 31 31 CD 1662 6139 461 , , , 1662 6139 462 D'66 D'66 NNP 1662 6139 463 24 24 CD 1662 6139 464 , , , 1662 6139 465 other other JJ 1662 6139 466 24 24 CD 1662 6139 467 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 6139 468 branch branch NN 1662 6139 469 : : : 1662 6139 470 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 6139 471 Court Court NNP 1662 6139 472 or or CC 1662 6139 473 De De NNP 1662 6139 474 Hoge Hoge NNP 1662 6139 475 Raad Raad NNP 1662 6139 476 , , , 1662 6139 477 justices justice NNS 1662 6139 478 are be VBP 1662 6139 479 nominated nominate VBN 1662 6139 480 for for IN 1662 6139 481 life life NN 1662 6139 482 by by IN 1662 6139 483 the the DT 1662 6139 484 crown crown NN 1662 6139 485 from from IN 1662 6139 486 a a DT 1662 6139 487 list list NN 1662 6139 488 compiled compile VBN 1662 6139 489 by by IN 1662 6139 490 the the DT 1662 6139 491 Second Second NNP 1662 6139 492 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 6139 493 of of IN 1662 6139 494 the the DT 1662 6139 495 States States NNP 1662 6139 496 General General NNP 1662 6139 497 Political political JJ 1662 6139 498 parties party NNS 1662 6139 499 and and CC 1662 6139 500 leaders leader NNS 1662 6139 501 : : : 1662 6139 502 Christian Christian NNP 1662 6139 503 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6139 504 Appeal appeal NN 1662 6139 505 or or CC 1662 6139 506 CDA cda NN 1662 6139 507 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6139 508 Hans Hans NNP 1662 6139 509 HELGERS HELGERS NNP 1662 6139 510 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6139 511 ; ; : 1662 6139 512 Labor Labor NNP 1662 6139 513 or or CC 1662 6139 514 PvdA PvdA NNP 1662 6139 515 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6139 516 Wim Wim NNP 1662 6139 517 KOK KOK NNP 1662 6139 518 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6139 519 ; ; : 1662 6139 520 Liberal liberal JJ 1662 6139 521 or or CC 1662 6139 522 VVD vvd NN 1662 6139 523 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6139 524 Frits Frits NNP 1662 6139 525 BOLKESTEIN BOLKESTEIN NNP 1662 6139 526 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6139 527 ; ; : 1662 6139 528 Democrats Democrats NNP 1662 6139 529 ' ' POS 1662 6139 530 66 66 CD 1662 6139 531 or or CC 1662 6139 532 D'66 D'66 NNS 1662 6139 533 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6139 534 Hans Hans NNP 1662 6139 535 VAN VAN NNP 1662 6139 536 MIERLO mierlo NN 1662 6139 537 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6139 538 ; ; : 1662 6139 539 a a DT 1662 6139 540 host host NN 1662 6139 541 of of IN 1662 6139 542 minor minor JJ 1662 6139 543 parties party NNS 1662 6139 544 Political political JJ 1662 6139 545 pressure pressure NN 1662 6139 546 groups group NNS 1662 6139 547 and and CC 1662 6139 548 leaders leader NNS 1662 6139 549 : : : 1662 6139 550 large large JJ 1662 6139 551 multinational multinational JJ 1662 6139 552 firms firm NNS 1662 6139 553 ; ; : 1662 6139 554 Federation Federation NNP 1662 6139 555 of of IN 1662 6139 556 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6139 557 Trade Trade NNP 1662 6139 558 Union Union NNP 1662 6139 559 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6139 560 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 561 comprising comprise VBG 1662 6139 562 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 6139 563 and and CC 1662 6139 564 Catholic catholic JJ 1662 6139 565 trade trade NN 1662 6139 566 unions union NNS 1662 6139 567 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 568 and and CC 1662 6139 569 a a DT 1662 6139 570 Protestant protestant JJ 1662 6139 571 trade trade NN 1662 6139 572 union union NN 1662 6139 573 ; ; : 1662 6139 574 Federation Federation NNP 1662 6139 575 of of IN 1662 6139 576 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 6139 577 and and CC 1662 6139 578 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 6139 579 Employers Employers NNPS 1662 6139 580 Associations Associations NNPS 1662 6139 581 ; ; , 1662 6139 582 the the DT 1662 6139 583 nondenominational nondenominational JJ 1662 6139 584 Federation Federation NNP 1662 6139 585 of of IN 1662 6139 586 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6139 587 Enterprises Enterprises NNPS 1662 6139 588 ; ; : 1662 6139 589 and and CC 1662 6139 590 Interchurch Interchurch NNP 1662 6139 591 Peace Peace NNP 1662 6139 592 Council Council NNP 1662 6139 593 or or CC 1662 6139 594 IKV IKV NNP 1662 6139 595 International International NNP 1662 6139 596 organization organization NN 1662 6139 597 participation participation NN 1662 6139 598 : : : 1662 6139 599 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 6139 600 , , , 1662 6139 601 AG AG NNP 1662 6139 602 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 603 observer observer NNP 1662 6139 604 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 605 , , , 1662 6139 606 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 6139 607 , , , 1662 6139 608 Australia Australia NNP 1662 6139 609 Group Group NNP 1662 6139 610 , , , 1662 6139 611 Benelux Benelux NNP 1662 6139 612 , , , 1662 6139 613 BIS BIS NNP 1662 6139 614 , , , 1662 6139 615 CCC CCC NNP 1662 6139 616 , , , 1662 6139 617 CE CE NNP 1662 6139 618 , , , 1662 6139 619 CERN CERN NNP 1662 6139 620 , , , 1662 6139 621 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 6139 622 , , , 1662 6139 623 ECE ECE NNP 1662 6139 624 , , , 1662 6139 625 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 6139 626 , , , 1662 6139 627 EIB EIB NNP 1662 6139 628 , , , 1662 6139 629 ESA ESA NNP 1662 6139 630 , , , 1662 6139 631 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 6139 632 , , , 1662 6139 633 EU EU NNP 1662 6139 634 , , , 1662 6139 635 FAO FAO NNP 1662 6139 636 , , , 1662 6139 637 G-10 g-10 CD 1662 6139 638 , , , 1662 6139 639 IADB IADB NNP 1662 6139 640 , , , 1662 6139 641 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 6139 642 , , , 1662 6139 643 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 6139 644 , , , 1662 6139 645 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 6139 646 , , , 1662 6139 647 ICC ICC NNP 1662 6139 648 , , , 1662 6139 649 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 6139 650 , , , 1662 6139 651 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 6139 652 , , , 1662 6139 653 IDA IDA NNP 1662 6139 654 , , , 1662 6139 655 IEA IEA NNP 1662 6139 656 , , , 1662 6139 657 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 6139 658 , , , 1662 6139 659 IFC IFC NNP 1662 6139 660 , , , 1662 6139 661 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 6139 662 , , , 1662 6139 663 IHO IHO NNP 1662 6139 664 , , , 1662 6139 665 ILO ILO NNP 1662 6139 666 , , , 1662 6139 667 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6139 668 , , , 1662 6139 669 IMO imo RB 1662 6139 670 , , , 1662 6139 671 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 6139 672 , , , 1662 6139 673 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6139 674 , , , 1662 6139 675 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 6139 676 , , , 1662 6139 677 IOC IOC NNP 1662 6139 678 , , , 1662 6139 679 IOM IOM NNP 1662 6139 680 , , , 1662 6139 681 ISO ISO NNP 1662 6139 682 , , , 1662 6139 683 ITU ITU NNP 1662 6139 684 , , , 1662 6139 685 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 6139 686 , , , 1662 6139 687 NACC NACC NNP 1662 6139 688 , , , 1662 6139 689 NAM NAM NNP 1662 6139 690 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 691 guest guest NNP 1662 6139 692 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 693 , , , 1662 6139 694 NATO NATO NNP 1662 6139 695 , , , 1662 6139 696 NEA NEA NNP 1662 6139 697 , , , 1662 6139 698 NSG NSG NNP 1662 6139 699 , , , 1662 6139 700 OAS OAS NNP 1662 6139 701 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 702 observer observer NNP 1662 6139 703 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 704 , , , 1662 6139 705 OECD OECD NNP 1662 6139 706 , , , 1662 6139 707 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 6139 708 , , , 1662 6139 709 PCA PCA NNP 1662 6139 710 , , , 1662 6139 711 UN UN NNP 1662 6139 712 , , , 1662 6139 713 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 6139 714 III III NNP 1662 6139 715 , , , 1662 6139 716 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 6139 717 , , , 1662 6139 718 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 6139 719 , , , 1662 6139 720 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 6139 721 , , , 1662 6139 722 UNIDO unido NN 1662 6139 723 , , , 1662 6139 724 UNMIBH unmibh NN 1662 6139 725 , , , 1662 6139 726 UNTSO UNTSO NNP 1662 6139 727 , , , 1662 6139 728 UNU UNU NNP 1662 6139 729 , , , 1662 6139 730 UPU UPU NNP 1662 6139 731 , , , 1662 6139 732 WCL WCL NNP 1662 6139 733 , , , 1662 6139 734 WEU WEU NNP 1662 6139 735 , , , 1662 6139 736 WHO who WP 1662 6139 737 , , , 1662 6139 738 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 6139 739 , , , 1662 6139 740 WMO WMO NNP 1662 6139 741 , , , 1662 6139 742 WToO wtoo FW 1662 6139 743 , , , 1662 6139 744 WTrO wtro VB 1662 6139 745 , , , 1662 6139 746 ZC ZC NNP 1662 6139 747 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6139 748 representation representation NN 1662 6139 749 in in IN 1662 6139 750 the the DT 1662 6139 751 US US NNP 1662 6139 752 : : : 1662 6139 753 chief chief NN 1662 6139 754 of of IN 1662 6139 755 mission mission NN 1662 6139 756 : : : 1662 6139 757 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6139 758 Adriaan Adriaan NNP 1662 6139 759 Pieter Pieter NNP 1662 6139 760 Roetert Roetert NNP 1662 6139 761 JACOBOVITS JACOBOVITS NNP 1662 6139 762 DE DE NNP 1662 6139 763 SZEGED SZEGED NNP 1662 6139 764 chancery chancery NN 1662 6139 765 : : : 1662 6139 766 4200 4200 CD 1662 6139 767 Linnean Linnean NNP 1662 6139 768 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 6139 769 NW NW NNP 1662 6139 770 , , , 1662 6139 771 Washington Washington NNP 1662 6139 772 , , , 1662 6139 773 DC DC NNP 1662 6139 774 20008 20008 CD 1662 6139 775 telephone telephone NN 1662 6139 776 : : : 1662 6139 777 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6139 778 1 1 CD 1662 6139 779 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6139 780 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 781 202 202 CD 1662 6139 782 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 783 244 244 CD 1662 6139 784 - - HYPH 1662 6139 785 5300 5300 CD 1662 6139 786 FAX FAX NNP 1662 6139 787 : : : 1662 6139 788 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6139 789 1 1 CD 1662 6139 790 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6139 791 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 792 202 202 CD 1662 6139 793 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 794 362 362 CD 1662 6139 795 - - HYPH 1662 6139 796 3430 3430 CD 1662 6139 797 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 6139 798 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 799 general general NN 1662 6139 800 : : : 1662 6139 801 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 6139 802 , , , 1662 6139 803 Houston Houston NNP 1662 6139 804 , , , 1662 6139 805 Los Los NNP 1662 6139 806 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 6139 807 , , , 1662 6139 808 New New NNP 1662 6139 809 York York NNP 1662 6139 810 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6139 811 representation representation NN 1662 6139 812 from from IN 1662 6139 813 the the DT 1662 6139 814 US US NNP 1662 6139 815 : : : 1662 6139 816 chief chief NN 1662 6139 817 of of IN 1662 6139 818 mission mission NN 1662 6139 819 : : : 1662 6139 820 Ambassador ambassador NN 1662 6139 821 Kirk Kirk NNP 1662 6139 822 Terry Terry NNP 1662 6139 823 DORNBUSH DORNBUSH NNP 1662 6139 824 embassy embassy NN 1662 6139 825 : : : 1662 6139 826 Lange Lange NNP 1662 6139 827 Voorhout Voorhout NNP 1662 6139 828 102 102 CD 1662 6139 829 , , , 1662 6139 830 2514 2514 CD 1662 6139 831 EJ EJ NNP 1662 6139 832 The the DT 1662 6139 833 Hague Hague NNP 1662 6139 834 mailing mail VBG 1662 6139 835 address address NN 1662 6139 836 : : : 1662 6139 837 PSC psc NN 1662 6139 838 71 71 CD 1662 6139 839 , , , 1662 6139 840 Box Box NNP 1662 6139 841 1000 1000 CD 1662 6139 842 , , , 1662 6139 843 APO APO NNP 1662 6139 844 AE AE NNP 1662 6139 845 09715 09715 CD 1662 6139 846 telephone telephone NN 1662 6139 847 : : : 1662 6139 848 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6139 849 31 31 CD 1662 6139 850 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6139 851 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 852 70 70 CD 1662 6139 853 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 854 310 310 CD 1662 6139 855 - - SYM 1662 6139 856 9209 9209 CD 1662 6139 857 FAX fax NN 1662 6139 858 : : : 1662 6139 859 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6139 860 31 31 CD 1662 6139 861 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6139 862 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 863 70 70 CD 1662 6139 864 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 865 361 361 CD 1662 6139 866 - - HYPH 1662 6139 867 4688 4688 CD 1662 6139 868 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 6139 869 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 870 general general NN 1662 6139 871 : : : 1662 6139 872 Amsterdam Amsterdam NNP 1662 6139 873 Flag Flag NNP 1662 6139 874 description description NN 1662 6139 875 : : : 1662 6139 876 three three CD 1662 6139 877 equal equal JJ 1662 6139 878 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 6139 879 bands band NNS 1662 6139 880 of of IN 1662 6139 881 red red JJ 1662 6139 882 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6139 883 top top NNP 1662 6139 884 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6139 885 , , , 1662 6139 886 white white JJ 1662 6139 887 , , , 1662 6139 888 and and CC 1662 6139 889 blue blue JJ 1662 6139 890 ; ; : 1662 6139 891 similar similar JJ 1662 6139 892 to to IN 1662 6139 893 the the DT 1662 6139 894 flag flag NN 1662 6139 895 of of IN 1662 6139 896 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 6139 897 , , , 1662 6139 898 which which WDT 1662 6139 899 uses use VBZ 1662 6139 900 a a DT 1662 6139 901 lighter light JJR 1662 6139 902 blue blue NN 1662 6139 903 and and CC 1662 6139 904 is be VBZ 1662 6139 905 longer long JJR 1662 6139 906 Economy Economy NNP 1662 6139 907 Economy Economy NNP 1662 6139 908 - - HYPH 1662 6139 909 overview overview NN 1662 6139 910 : : : 1662 6139 911 This this DT 1662 6139 912 highly highly RB 1662 6139 913 developed developed JJ 1662 6139 914 and and CC 1662 6139 915 affluent affluent JJ 1662 6139 916 economy economy NN 1662 6139 917 is be VBZ 1662 6139 918 based base VBN 1662 6139 919 on on IN 1662 6139 920 private private JJ 1662 6139 921 enterprise enterprise NN 1662 6139 922 . . . 1662 6140 1 The the DT 1662 6140 2 government government NN 1662 6140 3 makes make VBZ 1662 6140 4 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 6140 5 presence presence NN 1662 6140 6 felt feel VBN 1662 6140 7 , , , 1662 6140 8 however however RB 1662 6140 9 , , , 1662 6140 10 through through IN 1662 6140 11 many many JJ 1662 6140 12 regulations regulation NNS 1662 6140 13 , , , 1662 6140 14 permit permit NN 1662 6140 15 requirements requirement NNS 1662 6140 16 , , , 1662 6140 17 and and CC 1662 6140 18 welfare welfare NN 1662 6140 19 programs program NNS 1662 6140 20 affecting affect VBG 1662 6140 21 most most JJS 1662 6140 22 aspects aspect NNS 1662 6140 23 of of IN 1662 6140 24 economic economic JJ 1662 6140 25 activity activity NN 1662 6140 26 . . . 1662 6141 1 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 6141 2 activity activity NN 1662 6141 3 features feature VBZ 1662 6141 4 food food NN 1662 6141 5 - - HYPH 1662 6141 6 processing processing NN 1662 6141 7 , , , 1662 6141 8 oil oil NN 1662 6141 9 - - HYPH 1662 6141 10 refining refining NN 1662 6141 11 , , , 1662 6141 12 and and CC 1662 6141 13 metalworking metalworking NN 1662 6141 14 . . . 1662 6142 1 The the DT 1662 6142 2 highly highly RB 1662 6142 3 mechanized mechanized JJ 1662 6142 4 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 6142 5 sector sector NN 1662 6142 6 employs employ VBZ 1662 6142 7 only only RB 1662 6142 8 4 4 CD 1662 6142 9 % % NN 1662 6142 10 of of IN 1662 6142 11 the the DT 1662 6142 12 labor labor NN 1662 6142 13 force force NN 1662 6142 14 but but CC 1662 6142 15 provides provide VBZ 1662 6142 16 large large JJ 1662 6142 17 surpluses surplus NNS 1662 6142 18 for for IN 1662 6142 19 export export NN 1662 6142 20 and and CC 1662 6142 21 the the DT 1662 6142 22 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6142 23 food food NN 1662 6142 24 - - HYPH 1662 6142 25 processing processing NN 1662 6142 26 industry industry NN 1662 6142 27 . . . 1662 6143 1 Indeed indeed RB 1662 6143 2 , , , 1662 6143 3 the the DT 1662 6143 4 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6143 5 ranks rank VBZ 1662 6143 6 third third RB 1662 6143 7 worldwide worldwide RB 1662 6143 8 in in IN 1662 6143 9 value value NN 1662 6143 10 of of IN 1662 6143 11 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 6143 12 exports export NNS 1662 6143 13 , , , 1662 6143 14 behind behind IN 1662 6143 15 the the DT 1662 6143 16 US US NNP 1662 6143 17 and and CC 1662 6143 18 France France NNP 1662 6143 19 . . . 1662 6144 1 Sharp sharp JJ 1662 6144 2 cuts cut NNS 1662 6144 3 in in IN 1662 6144 4 subsidy subsidy NN 1662 6144 5 and and CC 1662 6144 6 social social JJ 1662 6144 7 security security NN 1662 6144 8 spending spending NN 1662 6144 9 have have VBP 1662 6144 10 been be VBN 1662 6144 11 accompanied accompany VBN 1662 6144 12 by by IN 1662 6144 13 sustained sustained JJ 1662 6144 14 growth growth NN 1662 6144 15 in in IN 1662 6144 16 output output NN 1662 6144 17 and and CC 1662 6144 18 employment employment NN 1662 6144 19 . . . 1662 6145 1 The the DT 1662 6145 2 Dutch Dutch NNPS 1662 6145 3 will will MD 1662 6145 4 almost almost RB 1662 6145 5 certainly certainly RB 1662 6145 6 qualify qualify VB 1662 6145 7 for for IN 1662 6145 8 the the DT 1662 6145 9 first first JJ 1662 6145 10 wave wave NN 1662 6145 11 of of IN 1662 6145 12 countries country NNS 1662 6145 13 entering enter VBG 1662 6145 14 the the DT 1662 6145 15 Economic Economic NNP 1662 6145 16 and and CC 1662 6145 17 Monetary Monetary NNP 1662 6145 18 Union Union NNP 1662 6145 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6145 20 EMU EMU NNP 1662 6145 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6145 22 in in IN 1662 6145 23 1999 1999 CD 1662 6145 24 . . . 1662 6146 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6146 2 : : : 1662 6146 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6146 4 power power NN 1662 6146 5 parity parity NN 1662 6146 6 - - : 1662 6146 7 $ $ $ 1662 6146 8 317.8 317.8 CD 1662 6146 9 billion billion CD 1662 6146 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6146 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6146 12 est est NNP 1662 6146 13 . . . 1662 6146 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6147 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6147 2 - - HYPH 1662 6147 3 real real JJ 1662 6147 4 growth growth NN 1662 6147 5 rate rate NN 1662 6147 6 : : : 1662 6147 7 2.7 2.7 CD 1662 6147 8 % % NN 1662 6147 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6147 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 6147 11 est est NNP 1662 6147 12 . . . 1662 6147 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6148 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6148 2 - - HYPH 1662 6148 3 per per FW 1662 6148 4 capita capita NN 1662 6148 5 : : : 1662 6148 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6148 7 power power NN 1662 6148 8 parity parity NN 1662 6148 9 - - : 1662 6148 10 $ $ $ 1662 6148 11 20,500 20,500 CD 1662 6148 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6148 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 6148 14 est est NNP 1662 6148 15 . . . 1662 6148 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6149 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6149 2 - - HYPH 1662 6149 3 composition composition NN 1662 6149 4 by by IN 1662 6149 5 sector sector NN 1662 6149 6 : : : 1662 6149 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6149 8 : : : 1662 6149 9 3 3 CD 1662 6149 10 % % NN 1662 6149 11 industry industry NN 1662 6149 12 : : : 1662 6149 13 26 26 CD 1662 6149 14 % % NN 1662 6149 15 services service NNS 1662 6149 16 : : : 1662 6149 17 71 71 CD 1662 6149 18 % % NN 1662 6149 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6149 20 1993 1993 CD 1662 6149 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6149 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 6149 23 rate rate NN 1662 6149 24 - - HYPH 1662 6149 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 6149 26 price price NN 1662 6149 27 index index NN 1662 6149 28 : : : 1662 6149 29 2 2 CD 1662 6149 30 % % NN 1662 6149 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6149 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 6149 33 est est NNP 1662 6149 34 . . . 1662 6149 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6150 1 Labor labor NN 1662 6150 2 force force NN 1662 6150 3 : : : 1662 6150 4 total total NN 1662 6150 5 : : : 1662 6150 6 6.4 6.4 CD 1662 6150 7 million million CD 1662 6150 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6150 9 1993 1993 CD 1662 6150 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6150 11 by by IN 1662 6150 12 occupation occupation NN 1662 6150 13 : : : 1662 6150 14 services service NNS 1662 6150 15 73 73 CD 1662 6150 16 % % NN 1662 6150 17 , , , 1662 6150 18 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 6150 19 and and CC 1662 6150 20 construction construction NN 1662 6150 21 23 23 CD 1662 6150 22 % % NN 1662 6150 23 , , , 1662 6150 24 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6150 25 4 4 CD 1662 6150 26 % % NN 1662 6150 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6150 28 1994 1994 CD 1662 6150 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6150 30 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 6150 31 rate rate NN 1662 6150 32 : : : 1662 6150 33 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 6150 34 % % NN 1662 6150 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6150 36 November November NNP 1662 6150 37 1996 1996 CD 1662 6150 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6150 39 Budget budget NN 1662 6150 40 : : : 1662 6150 41 revenues revenue NNS 1662 6150 42 : : : 1662 6150 43 $ $ $ 1662 6150 44 107.2 107.2 CD 1662 6150 45 billion billion CD 1662 6150 46 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6150 47 : : : 1662 6150 48 $ $ $ 1662 6150 49 118.9 118.9 CD 1662 6150 50 billion billion CD 1662 6150 51 , , , 1662 6150 52 including include VBG 1662 6150 53 capital capital NN 1662 6150 54 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6150 55 of of IN 1662 6150 56 $ $ $ 1662 6150 57 NA na NN 1662 6150 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6150 59 1996 1996 CD 1662 6150 60 est est NNP 1662 6150 61 . . . 1662 6150 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6151 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 6151 2 : : : 1662 6151 3 agroindustries agroindustrie NNS 1662 6151 4 , , , 1662 6151 5 metal metal NN 1662 6151 6 and and CC 1662 6151 7 engineering engineering NN 1662 6151 8 products product NNS 1662 6151 9 , , , 1662 6151 10 electrical electrical JJ 1662 6151 11 machinery machinery NN 1662 6151 12 and and CC 1662 6151 13 equipment equipment NN 1662 6151 14 , , , 1662 6151 15 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 6151 16 , , , 1662 6151 17 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6151 18 , , , 1662 6151 19 fishing fishing NN 1662 6151 20 , , , 1662 6151 21 construction construction NN 1662 6151 22 , , , 1662 6151 23 microelectronics microelectronic VBZ 1662 6151 24 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 6151 25 production production NN 1662 6151 26 growth growth NN 1662 6151 27 rate rate NN 1662 6151 28 : : : 1662 6151 29 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 6151 30 % % NN 1662 6151 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6151 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 6151 33 est est NNP 1662 6151 34 . . . 1662 6151 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6152 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6152 2 - - HYPH 1662 6152 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 6152 4 : : : 1662 6152 5 18.65 18.65 CD 1662 6152 6 million million CD 1662 6152 7 kW kW NNP 1662 6152 8 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6152 9 - - HYPH 1662 6152 10 production production NN 1662 6152 11 : : : 1662 6152 12 78 78 CD 1662 6152 13 billion billion CD 1662 6152 14 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6152 15 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6152 16 - - HYPH 1662 6152 17 consumption consumption NN 1662 6152 18 per per IN 1662 6152 19 capita capita NN 1662 6152 20 : : : 1662 6152 21 5,140 5,140 CD 1662 6152 22 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6152 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6152 24 1995 1995 CD 1662 6152 25 est est NNP 1662 6152 26 . . . 1662 6152 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6153 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6153 2 - - HYPH 1662 6153 3 products product NNS 1662 6153 4 : : : 1662 6153 5 grains grain NNS 1662 6153 6 , , , 1662 6153 7 potatoes potato NNS 1662 6153 8 , , , 1662 6153 9 sugar sugar NN 1662 6153 10 beets beet NNS 1662 6153 11 , , , 1662 6153 12 fruits fruit NNS 1662 6153 13 , , , 1662 6153 14 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 6153 15 ; ; , 1662 6153 16 livestock livestock NN 1662 6153 17 Exports export NNS 1662 6153 18 : : : 1662 6153 19 total total JJ 1662 6153 20 value value NN 1662 6153 21 : : : 1662 6153 22 $ $ $ 1662 6153 23 176.2 176.2 CD 1662 6153 24 billion billion CD 1662 6153 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6153 26 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 6153 27 . . NNP 1662 6153 28 , , , 1662 6153 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 6153 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6153 31 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6153 32 : : : 1662 6153 33 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 6153 34 and and CC 1662 6153 35 machinery machinery NN 1662 6153 36 , , , 1662 6153 37 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 6153 38 ; ; , 1662 6153 39 processed process VBN 1662 6153 40 food food NN 1662 6153 41 and and CC 1662 6153 42 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 6153 43 , , , 1662 6153 44 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 6153 45 products product NNS 1662 6153 46 partners partner NNS 1662 6153 47 : : : 1662 6153 48 EU EU NNP 1662 6153 49 75 75 CD 1662 6153 50 % % NN 1662 6153 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6153 52 Germany Germany NNP 1662 6153 53 29 29 CD 1662 6153 54 % % NN 1662 6153 55 , , , 1662 6153 56 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 6153 57 - - HYPH 1662 6153 58 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 6153 59 13 13 CD 1662 6153 60 % % NN 1662 6153 61 , , , 1662 6153 62 UK UK NNP 1662 6153 63 9 9 CD 1662 6153 64 % % NN 1662 6153 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6153 66 , , , 1662 6153 67 Central Central NNP 1662 6153 68 and and CC 1662 6153 69 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 6153 70 Europe Europe NNP 1662 6153 71 3 3 CD 1662 6153 72 % % NN 1662 6153 73 , , , 1662 6153 74 US US NNP 1662 6153 75 4 4 CD 1662 6153 76 % % NN 1662 6153 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6153 78 1994 1994 CD 1662 6153 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6153 80 Imports import NNS 1662 6153 81 : : : 1662 6153 82 total total JJ 1662 6153 83 value value NN 1662 6153 84 : : : 1662 6153 85 $ $ $ 1662 6153 86 159.7 159.7 CD 1662 6153 87 billion billion CD 1662 6153 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6153 89 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 6153 90 . . NNP 1662 6153 91 , , , 1662 6153 92 1996 1996 CD 1662 6153 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6153 94 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6153 95 : : : 1662 6153 96 raw raw JJ 1662 6153 97 materials material NNS 1662 6153 98 and and CC 1662 6153 99 semifinished semifinished JJ 1662 6153 100 products product NNS 1662 6153 101 , , , 1662 6153 102 consumer consumer NN 1662 6153 103 goods good NNS 1662 6153 104 , , , 1662 6153 105 transportation transportation NN 1662 6153 106 equipment equipment NN 1662 6153 107 , , , 1662 6153 108 crude crude JJ 1662 6153 109 oil oil NN 1662 6153 110 , , , 1662 6153 111 food food NN 1662 6153 112 products product NNS 1662 6153 113 partners partner NNS 1662 6153 114 : : : 1662 6153 115 EU EU NNP 1662 6153 116 61 61 CD 1662 6153 117 % % NN 1662 6153 118 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6153 119 Germany Germany NNP 1662 6153 120 24 24 CD 1662 6153 121 % % NN 1662 6153 122 , , , 1662 6153 123 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 6153 124 - - HYPH 1662 6153 125 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 6153 126 12 12 CD 1662 6153 127 % % NN 1662 6153 128 , , , 1662 6153 129 UK UK NNP 1662 6153 130 9 9 CD 1662 6153 131 % % NN 1662 6153 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6153 133 , , , 1662 6153 134 US US NNP 1662 6153 135 8 8 CD 1662 6153 136 % % NN 1662 6153 137 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6153 138 1994 1994 CD 1662 6153 139 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6153 140 Debt debt NN 1662 6153 141 - - HYPH 1662 6153 142 external external JJ 1662 6153 143 : : : 1662 6153 144 $ $ $ 1662 6153 145 0 0 CD 1662 6153 146 Economic economic JJ 1662 6153 147 aid aid NN 1662 6153 148 : : : 1662 6153 149 donor donor NN 1662 6153 150 : : : 1662 6153 151 ODA ODA NNP 1662 6153 152 , , , 1662 6153 153 $ $ $ 1662 6153 154 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 6153 155 billion billion CD 1662 6153 156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6153 157 1996 1996 CD 1662 6153 158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6153 159 Currency currency NN 1662 6153 160 : : : 1662 6153 161 1 1 CD 1662 6153 162 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6153 163 guilder guilder NN 1662 6153 164 , , , 1662 6153 165 gulden gulden NNP 1662 6153 166 , , , 1662 6153 167 or or CC 1662 6153 168 florin florin NNP 1662 6153 169 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6153 170 f. f. NNP 1662 6153 171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6153 172 = = SYM 1662 6153 173 100 100 CD 1662 6153 174 cents cent NNS 1662 6153 175 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 6153 176 rates rate NNS 1662 6153 177 : : : 1662 6153 178 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6153 179 guilders guilde NNS 1662 6153 180 , , , 1662 6153 181 gulden gulden NNP 1662 6153 182 , , , 1662 6153 183 or or CC 1662 6153 184 florins florins NNP 1662 6153 185 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6153 186 f. f. NNP 1662 6153 187 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6153 188 per per IN 1662 6153 189 US$ us$ $ 1662 6153 190 1 1 CD 1662 6153 191 - - SYM 1662 6153 192 1.8009 1.8009 CD 1662 6153 193 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6153 194 January January NNP 1662 6153 195 1997 1997 CD 1662 6153 196 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6153 197 , , , 1662 6153 198 1.6859 1.6859 CD 1662 6153 199 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6153 200 1996 1996 CD 1662 6153 201 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6153 202 , , , 1662 6153 203 1.6057 1.6057 CD 1662 6153 204 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6153 205 1995 1995 CD 1662 6153 206 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6153 207 , , , 1662 6153 208 1.8200 1.8200 CD 1662 6153 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6153 210 1994 1994 CD 1662 6153 211 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6153 212 , , , 1662 6153 213 1.8573 1.8573 CD 1662 6153 214 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6153 215 1993 1993 CD 1662 6153 216 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6153 217 , , , 1662 6153 218 1.7585 1.7585 CD 1662 6153 219 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6153 220 1992 1992 CD 1662 6153 221 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6153 222 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6153 223 year year NN 1662 6153 224 : : : 1662 6153 225 calendar calendar NNP 1662 6153 226 year year NN 1662 6153 227 @Netherlands @Netherlands NNP 1662 6153 228 : : : 1662 6153 229 Communications Communications NNP 1662 6153 230 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 6153 231 : : : 1662 6153 232 8.272 8.272 CD 1662 6153 233 million million CD 1662 6153 234 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6153 235 1983 1983 CD 1662 6153 236 est est NNP 1662 6153 237 . . . 1662 6153 238 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6154 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 6154 2 system system NN 1662 6154 3 : : : 1662 6154 4 highly highly RB 1662 6154 5 developed developed JJ 1662 6154 6 and and CC 1662 6154 7 well well RB 1662 6154 8 maintained maintain VBN 1662 6154 9 ; ; : 1662 6154 10 extensive extensive JJ 1662 6154 11 redundant redundant JJ 1662 6154 12 system system NN 1662 6154 13 of of IN 1662 6154 14 multiconductor multiconductor NN 1662 6154 15 cables cable NNS 1662 6154 16 , , , 1662 6154 17 supplemented supplement VBN 1662 6154 18 by by IN 1662 6154 19 microwave microwave JJ 1662 6154 20 radio radio NN 1662 6154 21 relay relay NN 1662 6154 22 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6154 23 : : : 1662 6154 24 nationwide nationwide JJ 1662 6154 25 cellular cellular JJ 1662 6154 26 telephone telephone NN 1662 6154 27 system system NN 1662 6154 28 ; ; : 1662 6154 29 microwave microwave NN 1662 6154 30 radio radio NN 1662 6154 31 relay relay NN 1662 6154 32 international international NNP 1662 6154 33 : : : 1662 6154 34 5 5 CD 1662 6154 35 submarine submarine NN 1662 6154 36 cables cable NNS 1662 6154 37 ; ; : 1662 6154 38 satellite satellite NN 1662 6154 39 earth earth NN 1662 6154 40 stations station NNS 1662 6154 41 - - , 1662 6154 42 3 3 CD 1662 6154 43 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6154 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6154 45 1 1 CD 1662 6154 46 Indian Indian NNP 1662 6154 47 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6154 48 and and CC 1662 6154 49 2 2 CD 1662 6154 50 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6154 51 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6154 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6154 53 , , , 1662 6154 54 1 1 CD 1662 6154 55 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNP 1662 6154 56 , , , 1662 6154 57 and and CC 1662 6154 58 1 1 CD 1662 6154 59 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 6154 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6154 61 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6154 62 and and CC 1662 6154 63 Indian Indian NNP 1662 6154 64 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6154 65 Regions Regions NNPS 1662 6154 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6154 67 Radio radio NN 1662 6154 68 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6154 69 stations station NNS 1662 6154 70 : : : 1662 6154 71 AM am VBP 1662 6154 72 3 3 CD 1662 6154 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6154 74 relays relay NNS 1662 6154 75 3 3 CD 1662 6154 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6154 77 , , , 1662 6154 78 FM FM NNP 1662 6154 79 12 12 CD 1662 6154 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6154 81 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 6154 82 39 39 CD 1662 6154 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6154 84 , , , 1662 6154 85 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 6154 86 0 0 CD 1662 6154 87 Radios radio NNS 1662 6154 88 : : : 1662 6154 89 13.755 13.755 CD 1662 6154 90 million million CD 1662 6154 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6154 92 1992 1992 CD 1662 6154 93 est est NNP 1662 6154 94 . . . 1662 6154 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6155 1 Television television NN 1662 6155 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6155 3 stations station NNS 1662 6155 4 : : : 1662 6155 5 8 8 CD 1662 6155 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6155 7 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 6155 8 7 7 CD 1662 6155 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6155 10 Televisions television NNS 1662 6155 11 : : : 1662 6155 12 7.4 7.4 CD 1662 6155 13 million million CD 1662 6155 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6155 15 1992 1992 CD 1662 6155 16 est est NNP 1662 6155 17 . . . 1662 6155 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6156 1 @Netherlands @netherlands XX 1662 6156 2 : : : 1662 6156 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 6156 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 6156 5 : : : 1662 6156 6 total total NN 1662 6156 7 : : : 1662 6156 8 2,791 2,791 CD 1662 6156 9 km km NN 1662 6156 10 standard standard JJ 1662 6156 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 6156 12 : : : 1662 6156 13 2,791 2,791 CD 1662 6156 14 km km NN 1662 6156 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 6156 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 6156 17 ; ; : 1662 6156 18 2,757 2,757 CD 1662 6156 19 km km NNS 1662 6156 20 are be VBP 1662 6156 21 in in IN 1662 6156 22 common common JJ 1662 6156 23 carrier carrier NN 1662 6156 24 service service NN 1662 6156 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6156 26 1,991 1,991 CD 1662 6156 27 km km NNS 1662 6156 28 electrified electrify VBN 1662 6156 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6156 30 and and CC 1662 6156 31 34 34 CD 1662 6156 32 km km NN 1662 6156 33 serve serve VBP 1662 6156 34 tourists tourist NNS 1662 6156 35 Highways Highways NNP 1662 6156 36 : : : 1662 6156 37 total total NN 1662 6156 38 : : : 1662 6156 39 120,800 120,800 CD 1662 6156 40 km km NN 1662 6156 41 paved pave VBN 1662 6156 42 : : : 1662 6156 43 108,720 108,720 CD 1662 6156 44 km km NN 1662 6156 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6156 46 including include VBG 1662 6156 47 2,300 2,300 CD 1662 6156 48 km km NNS 1662 6156 49 of of IN 1662 6156 50 expressways expressway NNS 1662 6156 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6156 52 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6156 53 : : : 1662 6156 54 12,080 12,080 CD 1662 6156 55 km km NNS 1662 6156 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6156 57 1995 1995 CD 1662 6156 58 est est NNP 1662 6156 59 . . . 1662 6156 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6157 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 6157 2 : : : 1662 6157 3 6,340 6,340 CD 1662 6157 4 km km NN 1662 6157 5 , , , 1662 6157 6 of of IN 1662 6157 7 which which WDT 1662 6157 8 35 35 CD 1662 6157 9 % % NN 1662 6157 10 is be VBZ 1662 6157 11 usable usable JJ 1662 6157 12 by by IN 1662 6157 13 craft craft NN 1662 6157 14 of of IN 1662 6157 15 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6157 16 metric metric JJ 1662 6157 17 ton ton NN 1662 6157 18 capacity capacity NN 1662 6157 19 or or CC 1662 6157 20 larger large JJR 1662 6157 21 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 6157 22 : : : 1662 6157 23 crude crude JJ 1662 6157 24 oil oil NN 1662 6157 25 418 418 CD 1662 6157 26 km km NN 1662 6157 27 ; ; : 1662 6157 28 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6157 29 products product NNS 1662 6157 30 965 965 CD 1662 6157 31 km km NN 1662 6157 32 ; ; : 1662 6157 33 natural natural JJ 1662 6157 34 gas gas NN 1662 6157 35 10,230 10,230 CD 1662 6157 36 km km NN 1662 6157 37 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 6157 38 and and CC 1662 6157 39 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6157 40 : : : 1662 6157 41 Amsterdam Amsterdam NNP 1662 6157 42 , , , 1662 6157 43 Delfzijl Delfzijl NNP 1662 6157 44 , , , 1662 6157 45 Dordrecht Dordrecht NNP 1662 6157 46 , , , 1662 6157 47 Eemshaven Eemshaven NNP 1662 6157 48 , , , 1662 6157 49 Groningen Groningen NNP 1662 6157 50 , , , 1662 6157 51 Haarlem Haarlem NNP 1662 6157 52 , , , 1662 6157 53 IJmuiden IJmuiden NNP 1662 6157 54 , , , 1662 6157 55 Maastricht Maastricht NNP 1662 6157 56 , , , 1662 6157 57 Rotterdam Rotterdam NNP 1662 6157 58 , , , 1662 6157 59 Terneuzen Terneuzen NNP 1662 6157 60 , , , 1662 6157 61 Utrecht Utrecht NNP 1662 6157 62 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 6157 63 marine marine NN 1662 6157 64 : : : 1662 6157 65 total total NN 1662 6157 66 : : : 1662 6157 67 406 406 CD 1662 6157 68 ships ship NNS 1662 6157 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6157 70 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6157 71 GRT GRT NNP 1662 6157 72 or or CC 1662 6157 73 over over RB 1662 6157 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6157 75 totaling total VBG 1662 6157 76 3,333,353 3,333,353 CD 1662 6157 77 GRT/3,880,155 GRT/3,880,155 . 1662 6157 78 DWT dwt NN 1662 6157 79 ships ship NNS 1662 6157 80 by by IN 1662 6157 81 type type NN 1662 6157 82 : : : 1662 6157 83 bulk bulk NNP 1662 6157 84 1 1 CD 1662 6157 85 , , , 1662 6157 86 cargo cargo NN 1662 6157 87 237 237 CD 1662 6157 88 , , , 1662 6157 89 chemical chemical NN 1662 6157 90 tanker tanker NN 1662 6157 91 32 32 CD 1662 6157 92 , , , 1662 6157 93 combination combination NN 1662 6157 94 bulk bulk NN 1662 6157 95 3 3 CD 1662 6157 96 , , , 1662 6157 97 container container NN 1662 6157 98 40 40 CD 1662 6157 99 , , , 1662 6157 100 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 6157 101 gas gas NN 1662 6157 102 tanker tanker NN 1662 6157 103 15 15 CD 1662 6157 104 , , , 1662 6157 105 livestock livestock NN 1662 6157 106 carrier carrier NN 1662 6157 107 1 1 CD 1662 6157 108 , , , 1662 6157 109 multifunction multifunction NN 1662 6157 110 large large JJ 1662 6157 111 - - HYPH 1662 6157 112 load load NN 1662 6157 113 carrier carrier NN 1662 6157 114 4 4 CD 1662 6157 115 , , , 1662 6157 116 oil oil NN 1662 6157 117 tanker tanker NN 1662 6157 118 34 34 CD 1662 6157 119 , , , 1662 6157 120 passenger passenger NN 1662 6157 121 7 7 CD 1662 6157 122 , , , 1662 6157 123 refrigerated refrigerated JJ 1662 6157 124 cargo cargo NN 1662 6157 125 16 16 CD 1662 6157 126 , , , 1662 6157 127 roll roll NN 1662 6157 128 - - HYPH 1662 6157 129 on on IN 1662 6157 130 / / SYM 1662 6157 131 roll roll NN 1662 6157 132 - - HYPH 1662 6157 133 off off RP 1662 6157 134 cargo cargo NN 1662 6157 135 11 11 CD 1662 6157 136 , , , 1662 6157 137 short short JJ 1662 6157 138 - - HYPH 1662 6157 139 sea sea NN 1662 6157 140 passenger passenger NN 1662 6157 141 3 3 CD 1662 6157 142 , , , 1662 6157 143 specialized specialized NNP 1662 6157 144 tanker tanker NN 1662 6157 145 2 2 CD 1662 6157 146 note note NN 1662 6157 147 : : : 1662 6157 148 many many JJ 1662 6157 149 Dutch Dutch NNP 1662 6157 150 - - HYPH 1662 6157 151 owned own VBN 1662 6157 152 ships ship NNS 1662 6157 153 are be VBP 1662 6157 154 operating operate VBG 1662 6157 155 under under IN 1662 6157 156 the the DT 1662 6157 157 registry registry NN 1662 6157 158 of of IN 1662 6157 159 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6157 160 Antilles Antilles NNPS 1662 6157 161 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6157 162 1996 1996 CD 1662 6157 163 est est NNP 1662 6157 164 . . . 1662 6157 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6158 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6158 2 : : : 1662 6158 3 28 28 CD 1662 6158 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6158 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6158 6 est est NNP 1662 6158 7 . . . 1662 6158 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6159 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6159 2 - - , 1662 6159 3 with with IN 1662 6159 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6159 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6159 6 : : : 1662 6159 7 total total NN 1662 6159 8 : : : 1662 6159 9 25 25 CD 1662 6159 10 over over IN 1662 6159 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6159 12 m m NN 1662 6159 13 : : : 1662 6159 14 1 1 CD 1662 6159 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 6159 16 to to IN 1662 6159 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6159 18 m m NN 1662 6159 19 : : : 1662 6159 20 9 9 CD 1662 6159 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6159 22 to to TO 1662 6159 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6159 24 m m NN 1662 6159 25 : : : 1662 6159 26 6 6 CD 1662 6159 27 914 914 CD 1662 6159 28 to to TO 1662 6159 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6159 30 m m NN 1662 6159 31 : : : 1662 6159 32 3 3 CD 1662 6159 33 under under IN 1662 6159 34 914 914 CD 1662 6159 35 m m NN 1662 6159 36 : : : 1662 6159 37 6 6 CD 1662 6159 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6159 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 6159 40 est est NNP 1662 6159 41 . . . 1662 6159 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6160 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6160 2 - - , 1662 6160 3 with with IN 1662 6160 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6160 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6160 6 : : : 1662 6160 7 total total NN 1662 6160 8 : : : 1662 6160 9 3 3 CD 1662 6160 10 914 914 CD 1662 6160 11 to to TO 1662 6160 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6160 13 m m NN 1662 6160 14 : : : 1662 6160 15 3 3 CD 1662 6160 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6160 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 6160 18 est est NNP 1662 6160 19 . . . 1662 6160 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6161 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 6161 2 : : : 1662 6161 3 1 1 CD 1662 6161 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6161 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6161 6 est est NNP 1662 6161 7 . . . 1662 6161 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6162 1 Military military JJ 1662 6162 2 Military military JJ 1662 6162 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6162 4 : : : 1662 6162 5 Royal Royal NNP 1662 6162 6 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6162 7 Army Army NNP 1662 6162 8 , , , 1662 6162 9 Royal Royal NNP 1662 6162 10 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6162 11 Navy Navy NNP 1662 6162 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6162 13 includes include VBZ 1662 6162 14 Naval Naval NNP 1662 6162 15 Air Air NNP 1662 6162 16 Service Service NNP 1662 6162 17 and and CC 1662 6162 18 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6162 19 Corps Corps NNP 1662 6162 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6162 21 , , , 1662 6162 22 Royal Royal NNP 1662 6162 23 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6162 24 Air Air NNP 1662 6162 25 Force Force NNP 1662 6162 26 , , , 1662 6162 27 Royal Royal NNP 1662 6162 28 Constabulary Constabulary NNP 1662 6162 29 Military Military NNP 1662 6162 30 manpower manpower NN 1662 6162 31 - - HYPH 1662 6162 32 military military NN 1662 6162 33 age age NN 1662 6162 34 : : : 1662 6162 35 20 20 CD 1662 6162 36 years year NNS 1662 6162 37 of of IN 1662 6162 38 age age NN 1662 6162 39 Military military JJ 1662 6162 40 manpower manpower NN 1662 6162 41 - - HYPH 1662 6162 42 availability availability NN 1662 6162 43 : : : 1662 6162 44 males male NNS 1662 6162 45 age age NNP 1662 6162 46 15 15 CD 1662 6162 47 - - HYPH 1662 6162 48 49 49 CD 1662 6162 49 : : SYM 1662 6162 50 4,160,723 4,160,723 CD 1662 6162 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6162 52 1997 1997 CD 1662 6162 53 est est NNP 1662 6162 54 . . . 1662 6162 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6163 1 Military military JJ 1662 6163 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6163 3 - - HYPH 1662 6163 4 fit fit NN 1662 6163 5 for for IN 1662 6163 6 military military JJ 1662 6163 7 service service NN 1662 6163 8 : : : 1662 6163 9 males male NNS 1662 6163 10 : : : 1662 6163 11 3,642,218 3,642,218 CD 1662 6163 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6163 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6163 14 est est NNP 1662 6163 15 . . . 1662 6163 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6164 1 Military military JJ 1662 6164 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6164 3 - - HYPH 1662 6164 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 6164 5 military military JJ 1662 6164 6 age age NN 1662 6164 7 annually annually RB 1662 6164 8 : : : 1662 6164 9 males male NNS 1662 6164 10 : : : 1662 6164 11 95,006 95,006 CD 1662 6164 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6164 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6164 14 est est NNP 1662 6164 15 . . . 1662 6164 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6165 1 Military military JJ 1662 6165 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6165 3 - - HYPH 1662 6165 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 6165 5 figure figure NN 1662 6165 6 : : : 1662 6165 7 $ $ $ 1662 6165 8 8.2 8.2 CD 1662 6165 9 billion billion CD 1662 6165 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6165 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 6165 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6165 13 Military military JJ 1662 6165 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6165 15 - - : 1662 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NNP 1662 6165 98 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 99 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 100 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 101 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 102 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 103 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 104 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 105 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 106 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 107 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 108 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 109 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 110 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 111 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 112 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 113 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 114 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 115 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 116 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 117 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 118 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 119 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 120 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 121 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 122 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 123 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 124 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 125 _ _ NNP 1662 6165 126 NETHERLANDS NETHERLANDS NNP 1662 6165 127 ANTILLES antille VBZ 1662 6165 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6165 129 part part NN 1662 6165 130 of of IN 1662 6165 131 the the DT 1662 6165 132 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 6165 133 of of IN 1662 6165 134 the the DT 1662 6165 135 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6165 136 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6165 137 @Netherlands @Netherlands NFP 1662 6165 138 Antilles antille NNS 1662 6165 139 : : : 1662 6165 140 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6165 141 Location location NN 1662 6165 142 : : : 1662 6165 143 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 6165 144 , , , 1662 6165 145 two two CD 1662 6165 146 island island NN 1662 6165 147 groups group NNS 1662 6165 148 in in IN 1662 6165 149 the the DT 1662 6165 150 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 6165 151 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6165 152 - - HYPH 1662 6165 153 one one NNP 1662 6165 154 includes include VBZ 1662 6165 155 Curacao Curacao NNP 1662 6165 156 and and CC 1662 6165 157 Bonaire Bonaire NNP 1662 6165 158 north north RB 1662 6165 159 of of IN 1662 6165 160 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 6165 161 and and CC 1662 6165 162 the the DT 1662 6165 163 other other JJ 1662 6165 164 is be VBZ 1662 6165 165 east east NN 1662 6165 166 of of IN 1662 6165 167 the the DT 1662 6165 168 Virgin Virgin NNP 1662 6165 169 Islands Islands NNP 1662 6165 170 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6165 171 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6165 172 : : : 1662 6165 173 12 12 CD 1662 6165 174 15 15 CD 1662 6165 175 N n CD 1662 6165 176 , , , 1662 6165 177 68 68 CD 1662 6165 178 45 45 CD 1662 6165 179 W W NNP 1662 6165 180 Map Map NNP 1662 6165 181 references reference NNS 1662 6165 182 : : : 1662 6165 183 Central Central NNP 1662 6165 184 America America NNP 1662 6165 185 and and CC 1662 6165 186 the the DT 1662 6165 187 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 6165 188 Area Area NNP 1662 6165 189 : : : 1662 6165 190 total total NN 1662 6165 191 : : : 1662 6165 192 960 960 CD 1662 6165 193 sq sq NN 1662 6165 194 km km NNP 1662 6165 195 land land NN 1662 6165 196 : : : 1662 6165 197 960 960 CD 1662 6165 198 sq sq NN 1662 6165 199 km km NN 1662 6165 200 water water NN 1662 6165 201 : : : 1662 6165 202 0 0 NFP 1662 6165 203 sq sq NNP 1662 6165 204 km km NNP 1662 6165 205 note note NN 1662 6165 206 : : : 1662 6165 207 includes include VBZ 1662 6165 208 Bonaire Bonaire NNP 1662 6165 209 , , , 1662 6165 210 Curacao Curacao NNP 1662 6165 211 , , , 1662 6165 212 Saba Saba NNP 1662 6165 213 , , , 1662 6165 214 Sint Sint NNP 1662 6165 215 Eustatius Eustatius NNP 1662 6165 216 , , , 1662 6165 217 and and CC 1662 6165 218 Sint Sint NNP 1662 6165 219 Maarten Maarten NNP 1662 6165 220 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6165 221 Dutch dutch JJ 1662 6165 222 part part NN 1662 6165 223 of of IN 1662 6165 224 the the DT 1662 6165 225 island island NN 1662 6165 226 of of IN 1662 6165 227 Saint Saint NNP 1662 6165 228 Martin Martin NNP 1662 6165 229 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6165 230 Area area NN 1662 6165 231 - - HYPH 1662 6165 232 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6165 233 : : : 1662 6165 234 more more JJR 1662 6165 235 than than IN 1662 6165 236 five five CD 1662 6165 237 times time NNS 1662 6165 238 the the DT 1662 6165 239 size size NN 1662 6165 240 of of IN 1662 6165 241 Washington Washington NNP 1662 6165 242 , , , 1662 6165 243 DC DC NNP 1662 6165 244 Land Land NNP 1662 6165 245 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6165 246 : : : 1662 6165 247 total total JJ 1662 6165 248 : : : 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319 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6165 320 , , , 1662 6165 321 salt salt NN 1662 6165 322 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6165 323 Bonaire Bonaire NNP 1662 6165 324 only only RB 1662 6165 325 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6165 326 Land land NN 1662 6165 327 use use NN 1662 6165 328 : : : 1662 6165 329 arable arable JJ 1662 6165 330 land land NN 1662 6165 331 : : : 1662 6165 332 10 10 CD 1662 6165 333 % % NN 1662 6165 334 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6165 335 crops crop NNS 1662 6165 336 : : : 1662 6165 337 0 0 CD 1662 6165 338 % % NN 1662 6165 339 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6165 340 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6165 341 : : : 1662 6165 342 0 0 CD 1662 6165 343 % % NN 1662 6165 344 forests forest NNS 1662 6165 345 and and CC 1662 6165 346 woodland woodland JJ 1662 6165 347 : : : 1662 6165 348 0 0 CD 1662 6165 349 % % NN 1662 6165 350 other other JJ 1662 6165 351 : : : 1662 6165 352 90 90 CD 1662 6165 353 % % NN 1662 6165 354 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6165 355 1993 1993 CD 1662 6165 356 est est NNP 1662 6165 357 . . . 1662 6165 358 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6166 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6166 2 land land NN 1662 6166 3 : : : 1662 6166 4 NA NA NNP 1662 6166 5 sq sq RB 1662 6166 6 km km VB 1662 6166 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 6166 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6166 9 : : : 1662 6166 10 Curacao Curacao NNP 1662 6166 11 and and CC 1662 6166 12 Bonaire Bonaire NNP 1662 6166 13 are be VBP 1662 6166 14 south south RB 1662 6166 15 of of IN 1662 6166 16 Caribbean caribbean JJ 1662 6166 17 hurricane hurricane NN 1662 6166 18 belt belt NN 1662 6166 19 , , , 1662 6166 20 so so RB 1662 6166 21 are be VBP 1662 6166 22 rarely rarely RB 1662 6166 23 threatened threaten VBN 1662 6166 24 ; ; : 1662 6166 25 Sint Sint NNP 1662 6166 26 Maarten Maarten NNP 1662 6166 27 , , , 1662 6166 28 Saba Saba NNP 1662 6166 29 , , , 1662 6166 30 and and CC 1662 6166 31 Sint Sint NNP 1662 6166 32 Eustatius Eustatius NNP 1662 6166 33 are be VBP 1662 6166 34 subject subject JJ 1662 6166 35 to to IN 1662 6166 36 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 6166 37 from from IN 1662 6166 38 July July NNP 1662 6166 39 to to IN 1662 6166 40 October October NNP 1662 6166 41 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6166 42 - - HYPH 1662 6166 43 current current JJ 1662 6166 44 issues issue NNS 1662 6166 45 : : : 1662 6166 46 NA NA NNP 1662 6166 47 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6166 48 - - HYPH 1662 6166 49 international international JJ 1662 6166 50 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6166 51 : : : 1662 6166 52 party party NN 1662 6166 53 to to TO 1662 6166 54 : : : 1662 6166 55 Whaling whale VBG 1662 6166 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6166 57 extended extend VBN 1662 6166 58 from from IN 1662 6166 59 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6166 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6166 61 signed sign VBD 1662 6166 62 , , , 1662 6166 63 but but CC 1662 6166 64 not not RB 1662 6166 65 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6166 66 : : : 1662 6166 67 NA NA NNP 1662 6166 68 @Netherlands @Netherlands NNP 1662 6166 69 Antilles antille NNS 1662 6166 70 : : : 1662 6166 71 People People NNPS 1662 6166 72 Population population NN 1662 6166 73 : : 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represented represent VBN 1662 6177 168 by by IN 1662 6177 169 Governor Governor NNP 1662 6177 170 General General NNP 1662 6177 171 Jaime Jaime NNP 1662 6177 172 SALEH SALEH NNP 1662 6177 173 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 174 since since IN 1662 6177 175 NA NA NNP 1662 6177 176 October October NNP 1662 6177 177 1989 1989 CD 1662 6177 178 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 179 head head NN 1662 6177 180 of of IN 1662 6177 181 government government NN 1662 6177 182 : : : 1662 6177 183 Prime Prime NNP 1662 6177 184 Minister Minister NNP 1662 6177 185 Miguel Miguel NNP 1662 6177 186 POURIER POURIER NNP 1662 6177 187 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 188 since since IN 1662 6177 189 25 25 CD 1662 6177 190 February February NNP 1662 6177 191 1994 1994 CD 1662 6177 192 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 193 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 6177 194 : : : 1662 6177 195 Council Council NNP 1662 6177 196 of of IN 1662 6177 197 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 6177 198 elected elect VBN 1662 6177 199 by by IN 1662 6177 200 the the DT 1662 6177 201 Staten Staten NNP 1662 6177 202 elections election NNS 1662 6177 203 : : : 1662 6177 204 the the DT 1662 6177 205 queen queen NN 1662 6177 206 is be VBZ 1662 6177 207 a a DT 1662 6177 208 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 6177 209 monarch monarch NN 1662 6177 210 ; ; : 1662 6177 211 governor governor NN 1662 6177 212 general general NNP 1662 6177 213 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6177 214 by by IN 1662 6177 215 the the DT 1662 6177 216 queen queen NN 1662 6177 217 for for IN 1662 6177 218 a a DT 1662 6177 219 six six CD 1662 6177 220 - - HYPH 1662 6177 221 year year NN 1662 6177 222 term term NN 1662 6177 223 ; ; , 1662 6177 224 following follow VBG 1662 6177 225 legislative legislative JJ 1662 6177 226 elections election NNS 1662 6177 227 , , , 1662 6177 228 the the DT 1662 6177 229 leader leader NN 1662 6177 230 of of IN 1662 6177 231 the the DT 1662 6177 232 majority majority NN 1662 6177 233 party party NN 1662 6177 234 is be VBZ 1662 6177 235 usually usually RB 1662 6177 236 elected elect VBN 1662 6177 237 prime prime JJ 1662 6177 238 minister minister NN 1662 6177 239 by by IN 1662 6177 240 the the DT 1662 6177 241 Staten Staten NNP 1662 6177 242 ; ; : 1662 6177 243 election election NN 1662 6177 244 last last JJ 1662 6177 245 held hold VBD 1662 6177 246 31 31 CD 1662 6177 247 March March NNP 1662 6177 248 1994 1994 CD 1662 6177 249 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 250 next next JJ 1662 6177 251 to to TO 1662 6177 252 be be VB 1662 6177 253 held hold VBN 1662 6177 254 NA NA NNP 1662 6177 255 1998 1998 CD 1662 6177 256 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 257 election election NN 1662 6177 258 results result NNS 1662 6177 259 : : : 1662 6177 260 Miguel Miguel NNP 1662 6177 261 POURIER POURIER NNP 1662 6177 262 elected elect VBD 1662 6177 263 prime prime JJ 1662 6177 264 minister minister NN 1662 6177 265 ; ; : 1662 6177 266 percent percent NN 1662 6177 267 of of IN 1662 6177 268 legislative legislative JJ 1662 6177 269 vote vote NN 1662 6177 270 - - HYPH 1662 6177 271 NA NA NNP 1662 6177 272 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 6177 273 branch branch NN 1662 6177 274 : : : 1662 6177 275 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 6177 276 States States NNP 1662 6177 277 or or CC 1662 6177 278 Staten Staten NNP 1662 6177 279 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 280 23 23 CD 1662 6177 281 seats seat NNS 1662 6177 282 ; ; : 1662 6177 283 members member NNS 1662 6177 284 are be VBP 1662 6177 285 elected elect VBN 1662 6177 286 by by IN 1662 6177 287 popular popular JJ 1662 6177 288 vote vote NN 1662 6177 289 to to TO 1662 6177 290 serve serve VB 1662 6177 291 four four CD 1662 6177 292 - - HYPH 1662 6177 293 year year NN 1662 6177 294 terms term NNS 1662 6177 295 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 296 elections election NNS 1662 6177 297 : : : 1662 6177 298 last last RB 1662 6177 299 held hold VBD 1662 6177 300 25 25 CD 1662 6177 301 February February NNP 1662 6177 302 1994 1994 CD 1662 6177 303 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 304 next next JJ 1662 6177 305 to to TO 1662 6177 306 be be VB 1662 6177 307 held hold VBN 1662 6177 308 NA NA NNP 1662 6177 309 March March NNP 1662 6177 310 1998 1998 CD 1662 6177 311 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 312 election election NN 1662 6177 313 results result NNS 1662 6177 314 : : : 1662 6177 315 percent percent NN 1662 6177 316 of of IN 1662 6177 317 vote vote NN 1662 6177 318 by by IN 1662 6177 319 party party NN 1662 6177 320 - - HYPH 1662 6177 321 NA NA NNP 1662 6177 322 ; ; , 1662 6177 323 seats seat NNS 1662 6177 324 by by IN 1662 6177 325 party party NNP 1662 6177 326 - - HYPH 1662 6177 327 PAR PAR NNP 1662 6177 328 8 8 CD 1662 6177 329 , , , 1662 6177 330 PNP PNP NNP 1662 6177 331 3 3 CD 1662 6177 332 , , , 1662 6177 333 SPA SPA NNP 1662 6177 334 2 2 CD 1662 6177 335 , , , 1662 6177 336 PDB PDB NNP 1662 6177 337 2 2 CD 1662 6177 338 , , , 1662 6177 339 UPB UPB NNP 1662 6177 340 1 1 CD 1662 6177 341 , , , 1662 6177 342 MAN MAN NNP 1662 6177 343 2 2 CD 1662 6177 344 , , , 1662 6177 345 DP DP NNP 1662 6177 346 1 1 CD 1662 6177 347 , , , 1662 6177 348 WIPM WIPM NNP 1662 6177 349 1 1 CD 1662 6177 350 , , , 1662 6177 351 DP DP NNP 1662 6177 352 - - HYPH 1662 6177 353 St St NNP 1662 6177 354 . . . 1662 6177 355 E E NNP 1662 6177 356 1 1 CD 1662 6177 357 , , , 1662 6177 358 DP DP NNP 1662 6177 359 - - HYPH 1662 6177 360 St St NNP 1662 6177 361 . . . 1662 6177 362 M M NNP 1662 6177 363 1 1 CD 1662 6177 364 , , , 1662 6177 365 Nos Nos NNP 1662 6177 366 Patria Patria NNP 1662 6177 367 1 1 CD 1662 6177 368 note note NN 1662 6177 369 : : : 1662 6177 370 the the DT 1662 6177 371 government government NN 1662 6177 372 of of IN 1662 6177 373 Prime Prime NNP 1662 6177 374 Minister Minister NNP 1662 6177 375 Miguel Miguel NNP 1662 6177 376 POURIER POURIER NNP 1662 6177 377 is be VBZ 1662 6177 378 a a DT 1662 6177 379 coalition coalition NN 1662 6177 380 of of IN 1662 6177 381 several several JJ 1662 6177 382 parties party NNS 1662 6177 383 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 6177 384 branch branch NN 1662 6177 385 : : : 1662 6177 386 Joint Joint NNP 1662 6177 387 High High NNP 1662 6177 388 Court Court NNP 1662 6177 389 of of IN 1662 6177 390 Justice Justice NNP 1662 6177 391 Political political JJ 1662 6177 392 parties party NNS 1662 6177 393 and and CC 1662 6177 394 leaders leader NNS 1662 6177 395 : : : 1662 6177 396 political political JJ 1662 6177 397 parties party NNS 1662 6177 398 are be VBP 1662 6177 399 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 6177 400 to to IN 1662 6177 401 each each DT 1662 6177 402 island island NN 1662 6177 403 Bonaire Bonaire NNP 1662 6177 404 : : : 1662 6177 405 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 6177 406 Union Union NNP 1662 6177 407 of of IN 1662 6177 408 Bonaire Bonaire NNP 1662 6177 409 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 410 UPB UPB NNP 1662 6177 411 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 412 , , , 1662 6177 413 Rudy Rudy NNP 1662 6177 414 ELLIS ELLIS NNP 1662 6177 415 ; ; : 1662 6177 416 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6177 417 Party Party NNP 1662 6177 418 of of IN 1662 6177 419 Bonaire Bonaire NNP 1662 6177 420 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 421 PDB PDB NNP 1662 6177 422 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 423 , , , 1662 6177 424 Broertje Broertje NNP 1662 6177 425 JANJA JANJA NNP 1662 6177 426 Curacao Curacao NNP 1662 6177 427 : : : 1662 6177 428 Antillean Antillean NNP 1662 6177 429 Restructuring Restructuring NNP 1662 6177 430 Party Party NNP 1662 6177 431 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 432 PAR PAR NNP 1662 6177 433 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 434 , , , 1662 6177 435 Miguel Miguel NNP 1662 6177 436 POURIER POURIER NNP 1662 6177 437 ; ; : 1662 6177 438 National National NNP 1662 6177 439 People People NNPS 1662 6177 440 's 's POS 1662 6177 441 Party Party NNP 1662 6177 442 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 443 PNP PNP NNP 1662 6177 444 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 445 , , , 1662 6177 446 Maria Maria NNP 1662 6177 447 LIBERIA LIBERIA NNP 1662 6177 448 - - HYPH 1662 6177 449 PETERS PETERS NNP 1662 6177 450 ; ; : 1662 6177 451 New New NNP 1662 6177 452 Antilles Antilles NNP 1662 6177 453 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6177 454 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 455 MAN MAN NNP 1662 6177 456 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 457 , , , 1662 6177 458 Domenico Domenico NNP 1662 6177 459 Felip Felip NNP 1662 6177 460 Don Don NNP 1662 6177 461 MARTINA MARTINA NNP 1662 6177 462 ; ; : 1662 6177 463 Workers Workers NNP 1662 6177 464 ' ' POS 1662 6177 465 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 6177 466 Front Front NNP 1662 6177 467 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 468 FOL FOL NNP 1662 6177 469 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 470 , , , 1662 6177 471 Wilson Wilson NNP 1662 6177 472 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 473 Papa Papa NNP 1662 6177 474 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 475 GODETT GODETT NNP 1662 6177 476 ; ; : 1662 6177 477 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 6177 478 Independent Independent NNP 1662 6177 479 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 480 SI SI NNP 1662 6177 481 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 482 , , , 1662 6177 483 George George NNP 1662 6177 484 HUECK HUECK NNP 1662 6177 485 and and CC 1662 6177 486 Nelson Nelson NNP 1662 6177 487 MONTE MONTE NNP 1662 6177 488 ; ; : 1662 6177 489 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6177 490 Party Party NNP 1662 6177 491 of of IN 1662 6177 492 Curacao Curacao NNP 1662 6177 493 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 494 DP DP NNP 1662 6177 495 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 496 , , , 1662 6177 497 Augustin Augustin NNP 1662 6177 498 DIAZ DIAZ NNP 1662 6177 499 ; ; : 1662 6177 500 Nos Nos NNP 1662 6177 501 Patria Patria NNP 1662 6177 502 , , , 1662 6177 503 Chin Chin NNP 1662 6177 504 BEHILIA BEHILIA NNP 1662 6177 505 Saba Saba NNP 1662 6177 506 : : : 1662 6177 507 Windward Windward NNP 1662 6177 508 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 6177 509 People People NNPS 1662 6177 510 's 's POS 1662 6177 511 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6177 512 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 513 WIPM WIPM NNP 1662 6177 514 Saba Saba NNP 1662 6177 515 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 516 , , , 1662 6177 517 Ray Ray NNP 1662 6177 518 HASSELL HASSELL NNP 1662 6177 519 ; ; : 1662 6177 520 Saba Saba NNP 1662 6177 521 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6177 522 Labor Labor NNP 1662 6177 523 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6177 524 , , , 1662 6177 525 Steve Steve NNP 1662 6177 526 HASSELL HASSELL NNP 1662 6177 527 ; ; : 1662 6177 528 Saba Saba NNP 1662 6177 529 Unity Unity NNP 1662 6177 530 Party Party NNP 1662 6177 531 , , , 1662 6177 532 Carmen Carmen NNP 1662 6177 533 SIMMONDS SIMMONDS NNP 1662 6177 534 Sint Sint NNP 1662 6177 535 Eustatius Eustatius NNP 1662 6177 536 : : : 1662 6177 537 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6177 538 Party Party NNP 1662 6177 539 of of IN 1662 6177 540 Sint Sint NNP 1662 6177 541 Eustatius Eustatius NNP 1662 6177 542 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 543 DP DP NNP 1662 6177 544 - - HYPH 1662 6177 545 St St NNP 1662 6177 546 . . . 1662 6177 547 E E NNP 1662 6177 548 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 549 , , , 1662 6177 550 Julian julian JJ 1662 6177 551 WOODLEY WOODLEY NNP 1662 6177 552 ; ; : 1662 6177 553 Windward Windward NNP 1662 6177 554 Islands Islands NNP 1662 6177 555 People People NNPS 1662 6177 556 's 's POS 1662 6177 557 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6177 558 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 559 WIPM WIPM NNP 1662 6177 560 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 561 ; ; : 1662 6177 562 St. St. NNP 1662 6177 563 Eustatius Eustatius NNP 1662 6177 564 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 6177 565 ( ( 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602 JAMES JAMES NNP 1662 6177 603 ; ; : 1662 6177 604 Serious Serious NNP 1662 6177 605 Alternative Alternative NNP 1662 6177 606 People People NNPS 1662 6177 607 's 's POS 1662 6177 608 Party Party NNP 1662 6177 609 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 610 SAPP SAPP NNP 1662 6177 611 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 612 Julian Julian NNP 1662 6177 613 ROLLOCKS ROLLOCKS NNP 1662 6177 614 International international JJ 1662 6177 615 organization organization NN 1662 6177 616 participation participation NN 1662 6177 617 : : : 1662 6177 618 Caricom Caricom NNP 1662 6177 619 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 620 observer observer NN 1662 6177 621 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 622 , , , 1662 6177 623 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 6177 624 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 625 associate associate NN 1662 6177 626 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 627 , , , 1662 6177 628 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 6177 629 , , , 1662 6177 630 IOC IOC NNP 1662 6177 631 , , , 1662 6177 632 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 6177 633 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 634 associate associate NN 1662 6177 635 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 636 , , , 1662 6177 637 UPU UPU NNP 1662 6177 638 , , , 1662 6177 639 WMO WMO NNP 1662 6177 640 , , , 1662 6177 641 WToO wtoo FW 1662 6177 642 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 643 associate associate NN 1662 6177 644 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 645 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6177 646 representation representation NN 1662 6177 647 in in IN 1662 6177 648 the the DT 1662 6177 649 US US NNP 1662 6177 650 : : : 1662 6177 651 none none NN 1662 6177 652 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6177 653 represented represent VBN 1662 6177 654 by by IN 1662 6177 655 the the DT 1662 6177 656 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 6177 657 of of IN 1662 6177 658 the the DT 1662 6177 659 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6177 660 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 661 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6177 662 representation representation NN 1662 6177 663 from from IN 1662 6177 664 the the DT 1662 6177 665 US US NNP 1662 6177 666 : : : 1662 6177 667 chief chief NN 1662 6177 668 of of IN 1662 6177 669 mission mission NN 1662 6177 670 : : : 1662 6177 671 Consul Consul NNP 1662 6177 672 General General NNP 1662 6177 673 James James NNP 1662 6177 674 L. L. NNP 1662 6177 675 WILLIAMS WILLIAMS NNP 1662 6177 676 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 6177 677 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6177 678 general general NN 1662 6177 679 : : : 1662 6177 680 J.B. J.B. NNP 1662 6177 681 Gorsiraweg Gorsiraweg NNP 1662 6177 682 # # NN 1662 6177 683 1 1 CD 1662 6177 684 , , , 1662 6177 685 Curacao Curacao NNP 1662 6177 686 mailing mailing NN 1662 6177 687 address address NN 1662 6177 688 : : : 1662 6177 689 P. P. NNP 1662 6177 690 O. O. 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- HYPH 1662 6178 54 pointed pointed JJ 1662 6178 55 stars star NNS 1662 6178 56 are be VBP 1662 6178 57 arranged arrange VBN 1662 6178 58 in in IN 1662 6178 59 an an DT 1662 6178 60 oval oval JJ 1662 6178 61 pattern pattern NN 1662 6178 62 in in IN 1662 6178 63 the the DT 1662 6178 64 center center NN 1662 6178 65 of of IN 1662 6178 66 the the DT 1662 6178 67 blue blue JJ 1662 6178 68 band band NN 1662 6178 69 ; ; : 1662 6178 70 the the DT 1662 6178 71 five five CD 1662 6178 72 stars star NNS 1662 6178 73 represent represent VBP 1662 6178 74 the the DT 1662 6178 75 five five CD 1662 6178 76 main main JJ 1662 6178 77 islands island NNS 1662 6178 78 of of IN 1662 6178 79 Bonaire Bonaire NNP 1662 6178 80 , , , 1662 6178 81 Curacao Curacao NNP 1662 6178 82 , , , 1662 6178 83 Saba Saba NNP 1662 6178 84 , , , 1662 6178 85 Sint Sint NNP 1662 6178 86 Eustatius Eustatius NNP 1662 6178 87 , , , 1662 6178 88 and and CC 1662 6178 89 Sint Sint NNP 1662 6178 90 Maarten Maarten NNP 1662 6178 91 Economy Economy NNP 1662 6178 92 Economy Economy NNP 1662 6178 93 - 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- HYPH 1662 6186 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 6186 5 price price NN 1662 6186 6 index index NN 1662 6186 7 : : : 1662 6186 8 3 3 CD 1662 6186 9 % % NN 1662 6186 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6186 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6186 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6186 13 Labor labor NN 1662 6186 14 force force NN 1662 6186 15 : : : 1662 6186 16 total total NN 1662 6186 17 : : : 1662 6186 18 89,000 89,000 CD 1662 6186 19 by by IN 1662 6186 20 occupation occupation NN 1662 6186 21 : : : 1662 6186 22 government government NN 1662 6186 23 65 65 CD 1662 6186 24 % % NN 1662 6186 25 , , , 1662 6186 26 industry industry NN 1662 6186 27 and and CC 1662 6186 28 commerce commerce NN 1662 6186 29 28 28 CD 1662 6186 30 % % NN 1662 6186 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6186 32 1983 1983 CD 1662 6186 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6186 34 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 6186 35 rate rate NN 1662 6186 36 : : : 1662 6186 37 13.4 13.4 CD 1662 6186 38 % % NN 1662 6186 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6186 40 1993 1993 CD 1662 6186 41 est est NNP 1662 6186 42 . . . 1662 6186 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6187 1 Budget budget NN 1662 6187 2 : : : 1662 6187 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 6187 4 : : : 1662 6187 5 $ $ $ 1662 6187 6 209 209 CD 1662 6187 7 million million CD 1662 6187 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6187 9 : : : 1662 6187 10 $ $ $ 1662 6187 11 232 232 CD 1662 6187 12 million million CD 1662 6187 13 , , , 1662 6187 14 including include VBG 1662 6187 15 capital capital NN 1662 6187 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6187 17 of of IN 1662 6187 18 $ $ $ 1662 6187 19 8 8 CD 1662 6187 20 million million CD 1662 6187 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6187 22 1992 1992 CD 1662 6187 23 est est NNP 1662 6187 24 . . . 1662 6187 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6188 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 6188 2 : : : 1662 6188 3 tourism tourism NN 1662 6188 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6188 5 Curacao Curacao NNP 1662 6188 6 , , , 1662 6188 7 Sint Sint NNP 1662 6188 8 Maarten Maarten NNP 1662 6188 9 , , , 1662 6188 10 and and CC 1662 6188 11 Bonaire Bonaire NNP 1662 6188 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6188 13 , , , 1662 6188 14 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6188 15 refining refining NN 1662 6188 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6188 17 Curacao Curacao NNP 1662 6188 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6188 19 , , , 1662 6188 20 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6188 21 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 6188 22 facilities facility NNS 1662 6188 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6188 24 Curacao Curacao NNP 1662 6188 25 and and CC 1662 6188 26 Bonaire Bonaire NNP 1662 6188 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6188 28 , , , 1662 6188 29 light light JJ 1662 6188 30 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 6188 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6188 32 Curacao Curacao NNP 1662 6188 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6188 34 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 6188 35 production production NN 1662 6188 36 growth growth NN 1662 6188 37 rate rate NN 1662 6188 38 : : : 1662 6188 39 NA% NA% `` 1662 6188 40 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6188 41 - 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billion billion CD 1662 6189 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6189 101 December December NNP 1662 6189 102 1995 1995 CD 1662 6189 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6189 104 Economic economic JJ 1662 6189 105 aid aid NN 1662 6189 106 : : : 1662 6189 107 recipient recipient NN 1662 6189 108 : : : 1662 6189 109 ODA ODA NNP 1662 6189 110 , , , 1662 6189 111 $ $ $ 1662 6189 112 NA na NN 1662 6189 113 ; ; : 1662 6189 114 the the DT 1662 6189 115 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6189 116 Antilles Antilles NNPS 1662 6189 117 received receive VBD 1662 6189 118 a a DT 1662 6189 119 $ $ $ 1662 6189 120 97 97 CD 1662 6189 121 million million CD 1662 6189 122 Dutch dutch JJ 1662 6189 123 aid aid NN 1662 6189 124 package package NN 1662 6189 125 in in IN 1662 6189 126 1996 1996 CD 1662 6189 127 , , , 1662 6189 128 making make VBG 1662 6189 129 it -PRON- PRP 1662 6189 130 the the DT 1662 6189 131 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6189 132 ' ' POS 1662 6189 133 second second RB 1662 6189 134 largest large JJS 1662 6189 135 aid aid 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1662 6191 2 US$ us$ $ 1662 6191 3 1 1 CD 1662 6191 4 - - SYM 1662 6191 5 1.790 1.790 CD 1662 6191 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6191 7 fixed fix VBN 1662 6191 8 rate rate NN 1662 6191 9 since since IN 1662 6191 10 1989 1989 CD 1662 6191 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6191 12 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6191 13 year year NN 1662 6191 14 : : : 1662 6191 15 calendar calendar NN 1662 6191 16 year year NN 1662 6191 17 @Netherlands @Netherlands NNP 1662 6191 18 Antilles antille NNS 1662 6191 19 : : : 1662 6191 20 Communications communication NNS 1662 6191 21 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 6191 22 : : : 1662 6191 23 NA NA NNP 1662 6191 24 Telephone Telephone NNP 1662 6191 25 system system NN 1662 6191 26 : : : 1662 6191 27 generally generally RB 1662 6191 28 adequate adequate JJ 1662 6191 29 facilities facility NNS 1662 6191 30 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6191 31 : : : 1662 6191 32 extensive extensive JJ 1662 6191 33 interisland interisland NN 1662 6191 34 microwave microwave NN 1662 6191 35 radio radio NN 1662 6191 36 relay relay NN 1662 6191 37 links link NNS 1662 6191 38 international international JJ 1662 6191 39 : : : 1662 6191 40 2 2 CD 1662 6191 41 submarine submarine NN 1662 6191 42 cables cable NNS 1662 6191 43 ; ; : 1662 6191 44 satellite satellite NN 1662 6191 45 earth earth NN 1662 6191 46 stations station NNS 1662 6191 47 - - , 1662 6191 48 2 2 CD 1662 6191 49 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6191 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6191 51 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6191 52 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6191 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6191 54 Radio radio NN 1662 6191 55 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6191 56 stations station NNS 1662 6191 57 : : : 1662 6191 58 AM am VBP 1662 6191 59 9 9 CD 1662 6191 60 , , , 1662 6191 61 FM FM NNP 1662 6191 62 4 4 CD 1662 6191 63 , , , 1662 6191 64 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 6191 65 0 0 CD 1662 6191 66 Radios radio NNS 1662 6191 67 : : : 1662 6191 68 205,000 205,000 CD 1662 6191 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6191 70 1992 1992 CD 1662 6191 71 est est NNP 1662 6191 72 . . . 1662 6191 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6192 1 Television television NN 1662 6192 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6192 3 stations station NNS 1662 6192 4 : : : 1662 6192 5 1 1 CD 1662 6192 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 6192 7 : : : 1662 6192 8 64,000 64,000 CD 1662 6192 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6192 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 6192 11 est est NNP 1662 6192 12 . . . 1662 6192 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6193 1 @Netherlands @Netherlands NNP 1662 6193 2 Antilles antille NNS 1662 6193 3 : : : 1662 6193 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 6193 5 Railways railway NNS 1662 6193 6 : : : 1662 6193 7 0 0 LS 1662 6193 8 km km NN 1662 6193 9 Highways highway NNS 1662 6193 10 : : : 1662 6193 11 total total NN 1662 6193 12 : : : 1662 6193 13 600 600 CD 1662 6193 14 km km NN 1662 6193 15 paved pave VBN 1662 6193 16 : : : 1662 6193 17 300 300 CD 1662 6193 18 km km NN 1662 6193 19 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6193 20 : : : 1662 6193 21 300 300 CD 1662 6193 22 km km NNS 1662 6193 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6193 24 1992 1992 CD 1662 6193 25 est est NNP 1662 6193 26 . . . 1662 6193 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6194 1 Ports port NNS 1662 6194 2 and and CC 1662 6194 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6194 4 : : : 1662 6194 5 Kralendijk Kralendijk NNP 1662 6194 6 , , , 1662 6194 7 Philipsburg Philipsburg NNP 1662 6194 8 , , , 1662 6194 9 Willemstad Willemstad NNP 1662 6194 10 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 6194 11 marine marine NN 1662 6194 12 : : : 1662 6194 13 total total NN 1662 6194 14 : : : 1662 6194 15 106 106 CD 1662 6194 16 ships ship NNS 1662 6194 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6194 18 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6194 19 GRT GRT NNP 1662 6194 20 or or CC 1662 6194 21 over over RB 1662 6194 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6194 23 totaling total VBG 1662 6194 24 971,002 971,002 CD 1662 6194 25 GRT/1,318,064 GRT/1,318,064 NNP 1662 6194 26 DWT dwt NN 1662 6194 27 ships ship NNS 1662 6194 28 by by IN 1662 6194 29 type type NN 1662 6194 30 : : : 1662 6194 31 bulk bulk NNP 1662 6194 32 3 3 CD 1662 6194 33 , , , 1662 6194 34 cargo cargo NN 1662 6194 35 33 33 CD 1662 6194 36 , , , 1662 6194 37 container container NN 1662 6194 38 4 4 CD 1662 6194 39 , , , 1662 6194 40 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 6194 41 gas gas NN 1662 6194 42 tanker tanker NN 1662 6194 43 4 4 CD 1662 6194 44 , , , 1662 6194 45 multifunction multifunction NN 1662 6194 46 large large JJ 1662 6194 47 - - HYPH 1662 6194 48 load load NN 1662 6194 49 carrier carrier NN 1662 6194 50 20 20 CD 1662 6194 51 , , , 1662 6194 52 oil oil NN 1662 6194 53 tanker tanker NN 1662 6194 54 7 7 CD 1662 6194 55 , , , 1662 6194 56 passenger passenger NN 1662 6194 57 1 1 CD 1662 6194 58 , , , 1662 6194 59 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 6194 60 cargo cargo NN 1662 6194 61 26 26 CD 1662 6194 62 , , , 1662 6194 63 roll roll NN 1662 6194 64 - - HYPH 1662 6194 65 on on IN 1662 6194 66 / / SYM 1662 6194 67 roll roll NN 1662 6194 68 - - HYPH 1662 6194 69 off off RP 1662 6194 70 cargo cargo NN 1662 6194 71 8 8 CD 1662 6194 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6194 73 1996 1996 CD 1662 6194 74 est est NNP 1662 6194 75 . . . 1662 6194 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6195 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6195 2 : : : 1662 6195 3 4 4 CD 1662 6195 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6195 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6195 6 est est NNP 1662 6195 7 . . . 1662 6195 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6196 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6196 2 - - , 1662 6196 3 with with IN 1662 6196 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6196 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6196 6 : : : 1662 6196 7 total total NN 1662 6196 8 : : : 1662 6196 9 4 4 CD 1662 6196 10 over over IN 1662 6196 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6196 12 m m NN 1662 6196 13 : : : 1662 6196 14 1 1 CD 1662 6196 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6196 16 to to TO 1662 6196 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6196 18 m m NN 1662 6196 19 : : : 1662 6196 20 2 2 CD 1662 6196 21 914 914 CD 1662 6196 22 to to TO 1662 6196 23 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6196 24 m m NN 1662 6196 25 : : : 1662 6196 26 1 1 CD 1662 6196 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6196 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 6196 29 est est NNP 1662 6196 30 . . . 1662 6196 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6197 1 Military military JJ 1662 6197 2 Military military JJ 1662 6197 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6197 4 : : : 1662 6197 5 Royal Royal NNP 1662 6197 6 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6197 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 6197 8 , , , 1662 6197 9 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6197 10 Corps Corps NNP 1662 6197 11 , , , 1662 6197 12 Royal Royal NNP 1662 6197 13 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6197 14 Air Air NNP 1662 6197 15 Force Force NNP 1662 6197 16 , , , 1662 6197 17 National National NNP 1662 6197 18 Guard Guard NNP 1662 6197 19 , , , 1662 6197 20 Police Police NNP 1662 6197 21 Force Force NNP 1662 6197 22 Military Military NNP 1662 6197 23 manpower manpower NN 1662 6197 24 - - HYPH 1662 6197 25 military military NN 1662 6197 26 age age NN 1662 6197 27 : : : 1662 6197 28 20 20 CD 1662 6197 29 years year NNS 1662 6197 30 of of IN 1662 6197 31 age age NN 1662 6197 32 Military military JJ 1662 6197 33 manpower manpower NN 1662 6197 34 - - HYPH 1662 6197 35 availability availability NN 1662 6197 36 : : : 1662 6197 37 males male NNS 1662 6197 38 age age NNP 1662 6197 39 15 15 CD 1662 6197 40 - - HYPH 1662 6197 41 49 49 CD 1662 6197 42 : : SYM 1662 6197 43 57,691 57,691 CD 1662 6197 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6197 45 1997 1997 CD 1662 6197 46 est est NNP 1662 6197 47 . . . 1662 6197 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6198 1 Military military JJ 1662 6198 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6198 3 - - HYPH 1662 6198 4 fit fit NN 1662 6198 5 for for IN 1662 6198 6 military military JJ 1662 6198 7 service service NN 1662 6198 8 : : : 1662 6198 9 males male NNS 1662 6198 10 : : : 1662 6198 11 32,406 32,406 CD 1662 6198 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6198 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6198 14 est est NNP 1662 6198 15 . . . 1662 6198 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6199 1 Military military JJ 1662 6199 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6199 3 - - HYPH 1662 6199 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 6199 5 military military JJ 1662 6199 6 age age NN 1662 6199 7 annually annually RB 1662 6199 8 : : : 1662 6199 9 males male NNS 1662 6199 10 : : : 1662 6199 11 1,640 1,640 CD 1662 6199 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6199 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6199 14 est est NNP 1662 6199 15 . . . 1662 6199 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6200 1 Military 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bound bind VBN 1662 6200 37 for for IN 1662 6200 38 the the DT 1662 6200 39 US US NNP 1662 6200 40 and and CC 1662 6200 41 Europe Europe NNP 1662 6200 42 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 43 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 44 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 45 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 46 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 47 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 48 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 49 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 50 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 51 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 52 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 53 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 54 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 55 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 56 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 57 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 58 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 59 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 60 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 61 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 62 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 63 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 64 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 65 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 66 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 67 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 68 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 69 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 70 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 71 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 72 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 73 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 74 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 75 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 76 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 77 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 78 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 79 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 80 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 90 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 91 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 92 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 93 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 94 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 95 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 96 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 97 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 98 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 99 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 100 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 101 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 102 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 103 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 104 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 105 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 106 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 107 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 108 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 109 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 110 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 111 _ _ NNP 1662 6200 112 NEW NEW NNP 1662 6200 113 CALEDONIA CALEDONIA NNP 1662 6200 114 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6200 115 overseas overseas JJ 1662 6200 116 territory territory NN 1662 6200 117 of of IN 1662 6200 118 France France NNP 1662 6200 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6200 120 @New @New : 1662 6200 121 Caledonia Caledonia NNP 1662 6200 122 : : : 1662 6200 123 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6200 124 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18,575 CD 1662 6200 162 sq sq NN 1662 6200 163 km km NNP 1662 6200 164 water water NN 1662 6200 165 : : : 1662 6200 166 485 485 CD 1662 6200 167 sq sq NN 1662 6200 168 km km NNP 1662 6200 169 Area area NN 1662 6200 170 - - HYPH 1662 6200 171 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6200 172 : : : 1662 6200 173 slightly slightly RB 1662 6200 174 smaller small JJR 1662 6200 175 than than IN 1662 6200 176 New New NNP 1662 6200 177 Jersey Jersey NNP 1662 6200 178 Land Land NNP 1662 6200 179 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6200 180 : : : 1662 6200 181 0 0 LS 1662 6200 182 km km NN 1662 6200 183 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6200 184 : : : 1662 6200 185 2,254 2,254 CD 1662 6200 186 km km NN 1662 6200 187 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6200 188 claims claim VBZ 1662 6200 189 : : : 1662 6200 190 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 6200 191 economic economic JJ 1662 6200 192 zone zone NN 1662 6200 193 : : : 1662 6200 194 200 200 CD 1662 6200 195 nm nm CD 1662 6200 196 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6200 197 sea sea NN 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6200 234 Mont Mont NNP 1662 6200 235 Panie Panie NNP 1662 6200 236 1,628 1,628 CD 1662 6200 237 m m CD 1662 6200 238 Natural natural JJ 1662 6200 239 resources resource NNS 1662 6200 240 : : : 1662 6200 241 nickel nickel NN 1662 6200 242 , , , 1662 6200 243 chrome chrome NN 1662 6200 244 , , , 1662 6200 245 iron iron NN 1662 6200 246 , , , 1662 6200 247 cobalt cobalt NN 1662 6200 248 , , , 1662 6200 249 manganese manganese JJ 1662 6200 250 , , , 1662 6200 251 silver silver NN 1662 6200 252 , , , 1662 6200 253 gold gold NN 1662 6200 254 , , , 1662 6200 255 lead lead NN 1662 6200 256 , , , 1662 6200 257 copper copper NN 1662 6200 258 Land Land NNP 1662 6200 259 use use NN 1662 6200 260 : : : 1662 6200 261 arable arable JJ 1662 6200 262 land land NN 1662 6200 263 : : : 1662 6200 264 0 0 CD 1662 6200 265 % % NN 1662 6200 266 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6200 267 crops crop NNS 1662 6200 268 : : : 1662 6200 269 0 0 CD 1662 6200 270 % % NN 1662 6200 271 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6200 272 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6200 273 : : : 1662 6200 274 12 12 CD 1662 6200 275 % % NN 1662 6200 276 forests forest NNS 1662 6200 277 and and CC 1662 6200 278 woodland woodland NN 1662 6200 279 : : : 1662 6200 280 39 39 CD 1662 6200 281 % % NN 1662 6200 282 other other JJ 1662 6200 283 : : : 1662 6200 284 49 49 CD 1662 6200 285 % % NN 1662 6200 286 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6200 287 1993 1993 CD 1662 6200 288 est est NNP 1662 6200 289 . . . 1662 6200 290 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6201 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6201 2 land land NN 1662 6201 3 : : : 1662 6201 4 NA NA NNP 1662 6201 5 sq sq RB 1662 6201 6 km km VB 1662 6201 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 6201 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6201 9 : : : 1662 6201 10 typhoons typhoon NNS 1662 6201 11 most most RBS 1662 6201 12 frequent frequent JJ 1662 6201 13 from from IN 1662 6201 14 November November NNP 1662 6201 15 to to IN 1662 6201 16 March March NNP 1662 6201 17 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6201 18 - - HYPH 1662 6201 19 current current JJ 1662 6201 20 issues issue NNS 1662 6201 21 : : : 1662 6201 22 NA NA NNP 1662 6201 23 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6201 24 - - HYPH 1662 6201 25 international international JJ 1662 6201 26 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6201 27 : : : 1662 6201 28 party party NN 1662 6201 29 to to IN 1662 6201 30 : : : 1662 6201 31 NA NA NNP 1662 6201 32 signed sign VBN 1662 6201 33 , , , 1662 6201 34 but but CC 1662 6201 35 not not RB 1662 6201 36 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6201 37 : : : 1662 6201 38 NA NA NNP 1662 6201 39 @New @New : 1662 6201 40 Caledonia Caledonia NNP 1662 6201 41 : : : 1662 6201 42 People People NNP 1662 6201 43 Population Population NNP 1662 6201 44 : : : 1662 6201 45 191,003 191,003 CD 1662 6201 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6201 47 July July NNP 1662 6201 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 6201 49 est est NNP 1662 6201 50 . . . 1662 6201 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6202 1 Age age NN 1662 6202 2 structure structure NN 1662 6202 3 : : : 1662 6202 4 0 0 CD 1662 6202 5 - - HYPH 1662 6202 6 14 14 CD 1662 6202 7 years year NNS 1662 6202 8 : : : 1662 6202 9 30 30 CD 1662 6202 10 % % NN 1662 6202 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6202 12 male male JJ 1662 6202 13 29,204 29,204 CD 1662 6202 14 ; ; : 1662 6202 15 female female JJ 1662 6202 16 28,140 28,140 CD 1662 6202 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6202 18 15 15 CD 1662 6202 19 - - HYPH 1662 6202 20 64 64 CD 1662 6202 21 years year NNS 1662 6202 22 : : : 1662 6202 23 65 65 CD 1662 6202 24 % % NN 1662 6202 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6202 26 male male JJ 1662 6202 27 62,344 62,344 CD 1662 6202 28 ; ; : 1662 6202 29 female female JJ 1662 6202 30 60,864 60,864 CD 1662 6202 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6202 32 65 65 CD 1662 6202 33 years year NNS 1662 6202 34 and and CC 1662 6202 35 over over IN 1662 6202 36 : : : 1662 6202 37 5 5 CD 1662 6202 38 % % NN 1662 6202 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6202 40 male male JJ 1662 6202 41 4,972 4,972 CD 1662 6202 42 ; ; , 1662 6202 43 female female JJ 1662 6202 44 5,479 5,479 CD 1662 6202 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6202 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6202 47 July July NNP 1662 6202 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 6202 49 est est NNP 1662 6202 50 . . . 1662 6202 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6203 1 Population population NN 1662 6203 2 growth growth NN 1662 6203 3 rate rate NN 1662 6203 4 : : : 1662 6203 5 1.68 1.68 CD 1662 6203 6 % % NN 1662 6203 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6203 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6203 9 est est NNP 1662 6203 10 . . . 1662 6203 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6204 1 Birth birth NN 1662 6204 2 rate rate NN 1662 6204 3 : : : 1662 6204 4 21.43 21.43 CD 1662 6204 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 6204 6 population population NN 1662 6204 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6204 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6204 9 est est NNP 1662 6204 10 . . . 1662 6204 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6205 1 Death death NN 1662 6205 2 rate rate NN 1662 6205 3 : : : 1662 6205 4 4.86 4.86 CD 1662 6205 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6205 6 population population NN 1662 6205 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6205 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6205 9 est est NNP 1662 6205 10 . . . 1662 6205 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6206 1 Net net JJ 1662 6206 2 migration migration NN 1662 6206 3 rate rate NN 1662 6206 4 : : : 1662 6206 5 0.23 0.23 CD 1662 6206 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 6206 7 population population NN 1662 6206 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6206 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6206 10 est est NNP 1662 6206 11 . . . 1662 6206 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6207 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6207 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6207 3 : : : 1662 6207 4 at at IN 1662 6207 5 birth birth NN 1662 6207 6 : : : 1662 6207 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6207 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6207 9 under under IN 1662 6207 10 15 15 CD 1662 6207 11 years year NNS 1662 6207 12 : : : 1662 6207 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 6207 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6207 15 15 15 CD 1662 6207 16 - - HYPH 1662 6207 17 64 64 CD 1662 6207 18 years year NNS 1662 6207 19 : : : 1662 6207 20 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 6207 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6207 22 65 65 CD 1662 6207 23 years year NNS 1662 6207 24 and and CC 1662 6207 25 over over IN 1662 6207 26 : : : 1662 6207 27 0.91 0.91 CD 1662 6207 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 6207 29 total total JJ 1662 6207 30 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78.11 78.11 CD 1662 6209 18 years year NNS 1662 6209 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6209 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 6209 21 est est NNP 1662 6209 22 . . . 1662 6209 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6210 1 Total total JJ 1662 6210 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 6210 3 rate rate NN 1662 6210 4 : : : 1662 6210 5 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 6210 6 children child NNS 1662 6210 7 born bear VBN 1662 6210 8 / / SYM 1662 6210 9 woman woman NN 1662 6210 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6210 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6210 12 est est NNP 1662 6210 13 . . . 1662 6210 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6211 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 6211 2 : : : 1662 6211 3 noun noun NN 1662 6211 4 : : : 1662 6211 5 New new JJ 1662 6211 6 Caledonian(s caledonian(s NN 1662 6211 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6211 8 adjective adjective NN 1662 6211 9 : : : 1662 6211 10 New new JJ 1662 6211 11 Caledonian caledonian JJ 1662 6211 12 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 6211 13 groups group NNS 1662 6211 14 : : : 1662 6211 15 Melanesian melanesian JJ 1662 6211 16 42.5 42.5 CD 1662 6211 17 % % NN 1662 6211 18 , , , 1662 6211 19 European european JJ 1662 6211 20 37.1 37.1 CD 1662 6211 21 % % NN 1662 6211 22 , , , 1662 6211 23 Wallisian Wallisian NNP 1662 6211 24 8.4 8.4 CD 1662 6211 25 % % NN 1662 6211 26 , , , 1662 6211 27 Polynesian Polynesian NNP 1662 6211 28 3.8 3.8 CD 1662 6211 29 % % NN 1662 6211 30 , , , 1662 6211 31 Indonesian Indonesian NNP 1662 6211 32 3.6 3.6 CD 1662 6211 33 % % NN 1662 6211 34 , , , 1662 6211 35 Vietnamese Vietnamese NNP 1662 6211 36 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 6211 37 % % NN 1662 6211 38 , , , 1662 6211 39 other other JJ 1662 6211 40 3 3 CD 1662 6211 41 % % NN 1662 6211 42 Religions religion NNS 1662 6211 43 : : : 1662 6211 44 Roman Roman NNP 1662 6211 45 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 6211 46 60 60 CD 1662 6211 47 % % NN 1662 6211 48 , , , 1662 6211 49 Protestant protestant NN 1662 6211 50 30 30 CD 1662 6211 51 % % NN 1662 6211 52 , , , 1662 6211 53 other other JJ 1662 6211 54 10 10 CD 1662 6211 55 % % NN 1662 6211 56 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 6211 57 : : : 1662 6211 58 French French NNP 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Government Government NNP 1662 6212 5 Country Country NNP 1662 6212 6 name name NN 1662 6212 7 : : : 1662 6212 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6212 9 long long JJ 1662 6212 10 form form NN 1662 6212 11 : : : 1662 6212 12 Territory territory NN 1662 6212 13 of of IN 1662 6212 14 New New NNP 1662 6212 15 Caledonia Caledonia NNP 1662 6212 16 and and CC 1662 6212 17 Dependencies Dependencies NNPS 1662 6212 18 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6212 19 short short JJ 1662 6212 20 form form NN 1662 6212 21 : : : 1662 6212 22 New New NNP 1662 6212 23 Caledonia Caledonia NNP 1662 6212 24 local local JJ 1662 6212 25 long long JJ 1662 6212 26 form form NN 1662 6212 27 : : : 1662 6212 28 Territoire territoire NN 1662 6212 29 des des FW 1662 6212 30 Nouvelle Nouvelle NNP 1662 6212 31 - - HYPH 1662 6212 32 Caledonie Caledonie NNP 1662 6212 33 et et NNP 1662 6212 34 Dependances dependance VBZ 1662 6212 35 local local JJ 1662 6212 36 short short JJ 1662 6212 37 form form NN 1662 6212 38 : : : 1662 6212 39 Nouvelle Nouvelle NNP 1662 6212 40 - - HYPH 1662 6212 41 Caledonie Caledonie NNP 1662 6212 42 Data Data NNP 1662 6212 43 code code NN 1662 6212 44 : : : 1662 6212 45 NC NC NNP 1662 6212 46 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 6212 47 status status NN 1662 6212 48 : : : 1662 6212 49 overseas overseas JJ 1662 6212 50 territory territory NN 1662 6212 51 of of IN 1662 6212 52 France France NNP 1662 6212 53 since since IN 1662 6212 54 1956 1956 CD 1662 6212 55 Government Government NNP 1662 6212 56 type type NN 1662 6212 57 : : : 1662 6212 58 NA NA NNP 1662 6212 59 National national JJ 1662 6212 60 capital capital NN 1662 6212 61 : : : 1662 6212 62 Noumea Noumea NNP 1662 6212 63 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 6212 64 divisions division NNS 1662 6212 65 : : : 1662 6212 66 none none NN 1662 6212 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6212 68 overseas overseas JJ 1662 6212 69 territory territory NN 1662 6212 70 of of IN 1662 6212 71 France France NNP 1662 6212 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6212 73 ; ; : 1662 6212 74 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NNP 1662 6212 250 ; ; : 1662 6212 251 president president NN 1662 6212 252 of of IN 1662 6212 253 the the DT 1662 6212 254 Territorial Territorial NNP 1662 6212 255 Congress Congress NNP 1662 6212 256 elected elect VBN 1662 6212 257 by by IN 1662 6212 258 the the DT 1662 6212 259 members member NNS 1662 6212 260 of of IN 1662 6212 261 the the DT 1662 6212 262 congress congress NNP 1662 6212 263 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 6212 264 branch branch NN 1662 6212 265 : : : 1662 6212 266 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 6212 267 Territorial Territorial NNP 1662 6212 268 Congress Congress NNP 1662 6212 269 or or CC 1662 6212 270 Congres Congres NNPS 1662 6212 271 Territorial Territorial NNP 1662 6212 272 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6212 273 54 54 CD 1662 6212 274 seats seat NNS 1662 6212 275 ; ; : 1662 6212 276 members member NNS 1662 6212 277 are be VBP 1662 6212 278 members member NNS 1662 6212 279 of of IN 1662 6212 280 the the DT 1662 6212 281 three three CD 1662 6212 282 Provincial Provincial NNP 1662 6212 283 Assemblies Assemblies NNPS 1662 6212 284 or or CC 1662 6212 285 Assemblees Assemblees NNPS 1662 6212 286 Provinciales Provinciales NNPS 1662 6212 287 elected elect VBN 1662 6212 288 by by IN 1662 6212 289 popular popular JJ 1662 6212 290 vote vote NN 1662 6212 291 to to TO 1662 6212 292 serve serve VB 1662 6212 293 six six CD 1662 6212 294 - - HYPH 1662 6212 295 year year NN 1662 6212 296 terms term NNS 1662 6212 297 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6212 298 elections election NNS 1662 6212 299 : : : 1662 6212 300 last last RB 1662 6212 301 held hold VBD 1662 6212 302 9 9 CD 1662 6212 303 July July NNP 1662 6212 304 1995 1995 CD 1662 6212 305 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6212 306 next next JJ 1662 6212 307 to to TO 1662 6212 308 be be VB 1662 6212 309 held hold VBN 1662 6212 310 NA NA NNP 1662 6212 311 July July NNP 1662 6212 312 2001 2001 CD 1662 6212 313 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6212 314 election election NN 1662 6212 315 results result NNS 1662 6212 316 : : : 1662 6212 317 percent percent NN 1662 6212 318 of of IN 1662 6212 319 vote vote NN 1662 6212 320 by by IN 1662 6212 321 party party NN 1662 6212 322 - - HYPH 1662 6212 323 NA NA NNP 1662 6212 324 ; ; , 1662 6212 325 seats seat NNS 1662 6212 326 by by IN 1662 6212 327 party party NN 1662 6212 328 - - HYPH 1662 6212 329 RPCR RPCR NNP 1662 6212 330 22 22 CD 1662 6212 331 , , , 1662 6212 332 FLNKS FLNKS NNP 1662 6212 333 12 12 CD 1662 6212 334 , , , 1662 6212 335 UNCT UNCT NNP 1662 6212 336 7 7 CD 1662 6212 337 , , , 1662 6212 338 various various JJ 1662 6212 339 left left JJ 1662 6212 340 parties party NNS 1662 6212 341 7 7 CD 1662 6212 342 , , , 1662 6212 343 various various JJ 1662 6212 344 right right JJ 1662 6212 345 parties party NNS 1662 6212 346 6 6 CD 1662 6212 347 note note NN 1662 6212 348 : : : 1662 6212 349 New New NNP 1662 6212 350 Caledonia Caledonia NNP 1662 6212 351 elects elect VBZ 1662 6212 352 1 1 CD 1662 6212 353 seat seat NN 1662 6212 354 to to IN 1662 6212 355 the the DT 1662 6212 356 French french JJ 1662 6212 357 Senate Senate NNP 1662 6212 358 ; ; : 1662 6212 359 elections election NNS 1662 6212 360 last last RB 1662 6212 361 held hold VBD 1662 6212 362 27 27 CD 1662 6212 363 September September NNP 1662 6212 364 1992 1992 CD 1662 6212 365 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6212 366 next next JJ 1662 6212 367 to to TO 1662 6212 368 be be VB 1662 6212 369 held hold VBN 1662 6212 370 NA NA NNP 1662 6212 371 September September NNP 1662 6212 372 2001 2001 CD 1662 6212 373 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6212 374 ; ; : 1662 6212 375 results result NNS 1662 6212 376 - - HYPH 1662 6212 377 percent percent NN 1662 6212 378 of of IN 1662 6212 379 vote vote NN 1662 6212 380 by by IN 1662 6212 381 party party NN 1662 6212 382 - - HYPH 1662 6212 383 NA NA NNP 1662 6212 384 ; ; , 1662 6212 385 seats seat NNS 1662 6212 386 by by IN 1662 6212 387 party party NN 1662 6212 388 - - HYPH 1662 6212 389 RPCR RPCR NNP 1662 6212 390 1 1 CD 1662 6212 391 ; ; : 1662 6212 392 New New NNP 1662 6212 393 Caledonia Caledonia NNP 1662 6212 394 also also RB 1662 6212 395 elects elect VBZ 1662 6212 396 2 2 CD 1662 6212 397 seats seat NNS 1662 6212 398 to to IN 1662 6212 399 the the DT 1662 6212 400 French French NNP 1662 6212 401 National National NNP 1662 6212 402 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 6212 403 ; ; : 1662 6212 404 elections election NNS 1662 6212 405 last last RB 1662 6212 406 held hold VBD 1662 6212 407 21 21 CD 1662 6212 408 March March NNP 1662 6212 409 1993 1993 CD 1662 6212 410 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6212 411 next next JJ 1662 6212 412 to to TO 1662 6212 413 be be VB 1662 6212 414 held hold VBN 1662 6212 415 25 25 CD 1662 6212 416 May-1 May-1 NNP 1662 6212 417 June June NNP 1662 6212 418 1997 1997 CD 1662 6212 419 - - HYPH 1662 6212 420 special special JJ 1662 6212 421 election election NN 1662 6212 422 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6212 423 ; ; : 1662 6212 424 results result NNS 1662 6212 425 - - HYPH 1662 6212 426 percent percent NN 1662 6212 427 of of IN 1662 6212 428 vote vote NN 1662 6212 429 by by IN 1662 6212 430 party party NN 1662 6212 431 - - HYPH 1662 6212 432 NA NA NNP 1662 6212 433 ; ; , 1662 6212 434 seats seat NNS 1662 6212 435 by by IN 1662 6212 436 party party NN 1662 6212 437 - - HYPH 1662 6212 438 RPCR RPCR NNP 1662 6212 439 2 2 CD 1662 6212 440 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 6212 441 branch branch NN 1662 6212 442 : : : 1662 6212 443 Court Court NNP 1662 6212 444 of of IN 1662 6212 445 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 6212 446 or or CC 1662 6212 447 Cour Cour NNP 1662 6212 448 d'Appel d'Appel NNP 1662 6212 449 Political political JJ 1662 6212 450 parties party NNS 1662 6212 451 and and CC 1662 6212 452 leaders leader NNS 1662 6212 453 : : : 1662 6212 454 white white RB 1662 6212 455 - - HYPH 1662 6212 456 dominated dominate VBN 1662 6212 457 Rassemblement rassemblement JJ 1662 6212 458 pour pour NN 1662 6212 459 la la NNP 1662 6212 460 Caledonie Caledonie NNP 1662 6212 461 dans dan NNS 1662 6212 462 la la NNP 1662 6212 463 Republique Republique NNP 1662 6212 464 or or CC 1662 6212 465 RPCR RPCR NNP 1662 6212 466 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6212 467 conservative conservative JJ 1662 6212 468 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6212 469 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6212 470 Jacques Jacques NNP 1662 6212 471 LAFLEUR LAFLEUR NNP 1662 6212 472 , , , 1662 6212 473 president president NN 1662 6212 474 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6212 475 - - : 1662 6212 476 affiliated affiliate VBN 1662 6212 477 to to IN 1662 6212 478 France France NNP 1662 6212 479 's 's POS 1662 6212 480 Rassemblement rassemblement JJ 1662 6212 481 pour pour NN 1662 6212 482 la la NNP 1662 6212 483 Republique Republique NNP 1662 6212 484 or or CC 1662 6212 485 RPR RPR NNP 1662 6212 486 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6212 487 also also RB 1662 6212 488 called call VBN 1662 6212 489 South South NNP 1662 6212 490 Province Province NNP 1662 6212 491 Party Party NNP 1662 6212 492 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6212 493 ; ; : 1662 6212 494 Melanesian melanesian JJ 1662 6212 495 proindependence proindependence NN 1662 6212 496 Kanaka Kanaka NNP 1662 6212 497 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 6212 498 National National NNP 1662 6212 499 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 6212 500 Front Front NNP 1662 6212 501 or or CC 1662 6212 502 FLNKS FLNKS NNP 1662 6212 503 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6212 504 Rock Rock NNP 1662 6212 505 WAMYTAN WAMYTAN NNP 1662 6212 506 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6212 507 ; ; : 1662 6212 508 Melanesian melanesian JJ 1662 6212 509 moderate moderate JJ 1662 6212 510 Kanak Kanak NNP 1662 6212 511 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 6212 512 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 6212 513 or or CC 1662 6212 514 LKS LKS NNP 1662 6212 515 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6212 516 Nidoish Nidoish NNP 1662 6212 517 NAISSELINE NAISSELINE NNP 1662 6212 518 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6212 519 ; ; : 1662 6212 520 National National NNP 1662 6212 521 Front Front NNP 1662 6212 522 or or CC 1662 6212 523 FN FN NNP 1662 6212 524 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6212 525 extreme extreme JJ 1662 6212 526 right right NN 1662 6212 527 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6212 528 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6212 529 Guy Guy NNP 1662 6212 530 GEORGE GEORGE NNP 1662 6212 531 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6212 532 ; ; : 1662 6212 533 Caledonie Caledonie NNP 1662 6212 534 Demain Demain NNP 1662 6212 535 or or CC 1662 6212 536 CD CD NNP 1662 6212 537 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6212 538 right right JJ 1662 6212 539 - - HYPH 1662 6212 540 wing wing NN 1662 6212 541 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6212 542 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6212 543 Bernard Bernard NNP 1662 6212 544 MARANT MARANT NNP 1662 6212 545 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6212 546 ; ; : 1662 6212 547 Union Union NNP 1662 6212 548 Oceanienne Oceanienne NNP 1662 6212 549 or or CC 1662 6212 550 UO UO NNP 1662 6212 551 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6212 552 conservative conservative JJ 1662 6212 553 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6212 554 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6212 555 Michel Michel NNP 1662 6212 556 HEMA HEMA NNP 1662 6212 557 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6212 558 ; ; : 1662 6212 559 Front Front NNP 1662 6212 560 de de IN 1662 6212 561 Developpement Developpement NNP 1662 6212 562 des des NNP 1662 6212 563 Iles Iles NNP 1662 6212 564 Loyautes Loyautes NNPS 1662 6212 565 or or CC 1662 6212 566 FDIL FDIL VBN 1662 6212 567 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6212 568 Cono Cono NNP 1662 6212 569 HAMU HAMU NNP 1662 6212 570 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1662 6212 606 , , , 1662 6212 607 SPC SPC NNP 1662 6212 608 , , , 1662 6212 609 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 6212 610 , , , 1662 6212 611 WMO WMO NNP 1662 6212 612 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6212 613 representation representation NN 1662 6212 614 in in IN 1662 6212 615 the the DT 1662 6212 616 US US NNP 1662 6212 617 : : : 1662 6212 618 none none NN 1662 6212 619 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6212 620 overseas overseas JJ 1662 6212 621 territory territory NN 1662 6212 622 of of IN 1662 6212 623 France France NNP 1662 6212 624 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6212 625 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6212 626 representation representation NN 1662 6212 627 from from IN 1662 6212 628 the the DT 1662 6212 629 US US NNP 1662 6212 630 : : : 1662 6212 631 none none NN 1662 6212 632 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6212 633 overseas overseas JJ 1662 6212 634 territory territory NN 1662 6212 635 of of IN 1662 6212 636 France France NNP 1662 6212 637 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6212 638 Flag flag NN 1662 6212 639 description description NN 1662 6212 640 : : : 1662 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6221 106 external external JJ 1662 6221 107 : : : 1662 6221 108 $ $ $ 1662 6221 109 NA na JJ 1662 6221 110 Economic economic JJ 1662 6221 111 aid aid NN 1662 6221 112 : : : 1662 6221 113 recipient recipient NN 1662 6221 114 : : : 1662 6221 115 ODA ODA NNP 1662 6221 116 , , , 1662 6221 117 $ $ $ 1662 6221 118 NA NA NNP 1662 6221 119 note note VB 1662 6221 120 : : : 1662 6221 121 important important JJ 1662 6221 122 support support NN 1662 6221 123 from from IN 1662 6221 124 France France NNP 1662 6221 125 Currency Currency NNP 1662 6221 126 : : : 1662 6221 127 1 1 CD 1662 6221 128 CFP CFP NNP 1662 6221 129 franc franc NN 1662 6221 130 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6221 131 CFPF CFPF NNP 1662 6221 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6221 133 = = SYM 1662 6221 134 100 100 CD 1662 6221 135 centimes centime NNS 1662 6221 136 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 6221 137 rates rate NNS 1662 6221 138 : : : 1662 6221 139 Comptoirs Comptoirs NNP 1662 6221 140 Francais Francais NNP 1662 6221 141 du du VBP 1662 6221 142 Pacifique Pacifique NNP 1662 6221 143 francs franc NNS 1662 6221 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6221 145 CFPF CFPF NNP 1662 6221 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6221 147 per per IN 1662 6221 148 US$ us$ $ 1662 6221 149 1 1 CD 1662 6221 150 - - SYM 1662 6221 151 98.48 98.48 CD 1662 6221 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6221 153 January January NNP 1662 6221 154 1997 1997 CD 1662 6221 155 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6221 156 , , , 1662 6221 157 93.00 93.00 CD 1662 6221 158 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6221 159 1996 1996 CD 1662 6221 160 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6221 161 , , , 1662 6221 162 90.75 90.75 CD 1662 6221 163 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6221 164 1995 1995 CD 1662 6221 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6221 166 , , , 1662 6221 167 100.93 100.93 CD 1662 6221 168 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6221 169 1994 1994 CD 1662 6221 170 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6221 171 , , , 1662 6221 172 102.96 102.96 CD 1662 6221 173 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6221 174 1993 1993 CD 1662 6221 175 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6221 176 , , , 1662 6221 177 96.24 96.24 CD 1662 6221 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6221 179 1992 1992 CD 1662 6221 180 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6221 181 ; ; : 1662 6221 182 note note NN 1662 6221 183 - - HYPH 1662 6221 184 linked link VBN 1662 6221 185 at at IN 1662 6221 186 the the DT 1662 6221 187 rate rate NN 1662 6221 188 of of IN 1662 6221 189 18.18 18.18 CD 1662 6221 190 to to IN 1662 6221 191 the the DT 1662 6221 192 French french JJ 1662 6221 193 franc franc NN 1662 6221 194 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6221 195 year year NN 1662 6221 196 : : : 1662 6221 197 calendar calendar NN 1662 6221 198 year year NN 1662 6221 199 @New @New : 1662 6221 200 Caledonia Caledonia NNP 1662 6221 201 : : : 1662 6221 202 Communications Communications NNP 1662 6221 203 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 6221 204 : : : 1662 6221 205 38,748 38,748 CD 1662 6221 206 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6221 207 1993 1993 CD 1662 6221 208 est est NNP 1662 6221 209 . . . 1662 6221 210 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6222 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 6222 2 system system NN 1662 6222 3 : : : 1662 6222 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6222 5 : : : 1662 6222 6 NA NA NNP 1662 6222 7 international international JJ 1662 6222 8 : : : 1662 6222 9 satellite satellite NN 1662 6222 10 earth earth NNP 1662 6222 11 station station NNP 1662 6222 12 - - : 1662 6222 13 1 1 CD 1662 6222 14 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6222 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6222 16 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6222 17 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6222 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6222 19 Radio radio NN 1662 6222 20 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6222 21 stations station NNS 1662 6222 22 : : : 1662 6222 23 AM AM NNP 1662 6222 24 5 5 CD 1662 6222 25 , , , 1662 6222 26 FM FM NNP 1662 6222 27 3 3 CD 1662 6222 28 , , , 1662 6222 29 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 6222 30 0 0 CD 1662 6222 31 Radios radio NNS 1662 6222 32 : : : 1662 6222 33 97,000 97,000 CD 1662 6222 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6222 35 1992 1992 CD 1662 6222 36 est est NNP 1662 6222 37 . . . 1662 6222 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6223 1 Television television NN 1662 6223 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6223 3 stations station NNS 1662 6223 4 : : : 1662 6223 5 7 7 CD 1662 6223 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 6223 7 : : : 1662 6223 8 47,000 47,000 CD 1662 6223 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6223 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 6223 11 est est NNP 1662 6223 12 . . . 1662 6223 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6224 1 @New @New NFP 1662 6224 2 Caledonia Caledonia NNP 1662 6224 3 : : : 1662 6224 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 6224 5 Railways railway NNS 1662 6224 6 : : : 1662 6224 7 0 0 LS 1662 6224 8 km km NN 1662 6224 9 Highways highway NNS 1662 6224 10 : : : 1662 6224 11 total total NN 1662 6224 12 : : : 1662 6224 13 5,562 5,562 CD 1662 6224 14 km km NNS 1662 6224 15 paved pave VBN 1662 6224 16 : : : 1662 6224 17 975 975 CD 1662 6224 18 km km NN 1662 6224 19 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6224 20 : : : 1662 6224 21 4,587 4,587 CD 1662 6224 22 km km NNS 1662 6224 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6224 24 1993 1993 CD 1662 6224 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6224 26 Ports port NNS 1662 6224 27 and and CC 1662 6224 28 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6224 29 : : : 1662 6224 30 Mueo Mueo NNP 1662 6224 31 , , , 1662 6224 32 Noumea Noumea NNP 1662 6224 33 , , , 1662 6224 34 Thio Thio NNP 1662 6224 35 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 6224 36 marine marine NN 1662 6224 37 : : : 1662 6224 38 total total NN 1662 6224 39 : : : 1662 6224 40 1 1 CD 1662 6224 41 roll roll NN 1662 6224 42 - - HYPH 1662 6224 43 on on IN 1662 6224 44 / / SYM 1662 6224 45 roll roll NN 1662 6224 46 - - HYPH 1662 6224 47 off off RP 1662 6224 48 ship ship NN 1662 6224 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6224 50 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6224 51 GRT GRT NNP 1662 6224 52 or or CC 1662 6224 53 over over RB 1662 6224 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6224 55 totaling total VBG 1662 6224 56 3,079 3,079 CD 1662 6224 57 GRT/724 grt/724 NN 1662 6224 58 DWT DWT NNP 1662 6224 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6224 60 1996 1996 CD 1662 6224 61 est est NNP 1662 6224 62 . . . 1662 6224 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6225 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6225 2 : : : 1662 6225 3 28 28 CD 1662 6225 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6225 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6225 6 est est NNP 1662 6225 7 . . . 1662 6225 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6226 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6226 2 - - , 1662 6226 3 with with IN 1662 6226 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6226 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6226 6 : : : 1662 6226 7 total total NN 1662 6226 8 : : : 1662 6226 9 16 16 CD 1662 6226 10 over over IN 1662 6226 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6226 12 m m NN 1662 6226 13 : : : 1662 6226 14 1 1 CD 1662 6226 15 914 914 CD 1662 6226 16 to to TO 1662 6226 17 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6226 18 m m NN 1662 6226 19 : : : 1662 6226 20 3 3 CD 1662 6226 21 under under IN 1662 6226 22 914 914 CD 1662 6226 23 m m NN 1662 6226 24 : : : 1662 6226 25 12 12 CD 1662 6226 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6226 27 1996 1996 CD 1662 6226 28 est est NNP 1662 6226 29 . . . 1662 6226 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6227 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6227 2 - - , 1662 6227 3 with with IN 1662 6227 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6227 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6227 6 : : : 1662 6227 7 total total NN 1662 6227 8 : : : 1662 6227 9 12 12 CD 1662 6227 10 914 914 CD 1662 6227 11 to to TO 1662 6227 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6227 13 m m NN 1662 6227 14 : : : 1662 6227 15 12 12 CD 1662 6227 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6227 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 6227 18 est est NNP 1662 6227 19 . . . 1662 6227 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6228 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 6228 2 : : : 1662 6228 3 7 7 CD 1662 6228 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6228 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6228 6 est est NNP 1662 6228 7 . . . 1662 6228 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6229 1 Military military JJ 1662 6229 2 Military military JJ 1662 6229 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6229 4 : : : 1662 6229 5 French french JJ 1662 6229 6 Armed Armed NNP 1662 6229 7 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 6229 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6229 9 Army Army NNP 1662 6229 10 , , , 1662 6229 11 Navy Navy NNP 1662 6229 12 , , , 1662 6229 13 Air Air NNP 1662 6229 14 Force Force NNP 1662 6229 15 , , , 1662 6229 16 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 6229 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6229 18 ; ; : 1662 6229 19 Police Police NNP 1662 6229 20 Force Force NNP 1662 6229 21 Military Military NNP 1662 6229 22 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6229 23 - - HYPH 1662 6229 24 dollar dollar NN 1662 6229 25 figure figure NN 1662 6229 26 : : : 1662 6229 27 $ $ $ 1662 6229 28 NA NA NNP 1662 6229 29 Military military JJ 1662 6229 30 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6229 31 - - : 1662 6229 32 percent percent NN 1662 6229 33 of of IN 1662 6229 34 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6229 35 : : : 1662 6229 36 NA% NA% NNP 1662 6229 37 Military Military NNP 1662 6229 38 - - HYPH 1662 6229 39 note note NN 1662 6229 40 : : : 1662 6229 41 defense defense NN 1662 6229 42 is be VBZ 1662 6229 43 the the DT 1662 6229 44 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 6229 45 of of IN 1662 6229 46 France France NNP 1662 6229 47 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6229 48 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6229 49 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 6229 50 - - : 1662 6229 51 international international RB 1662 6229 52 : : : 1662 6229 53 Matthew Matthew NNP 1662 6229 54 and and CC 1662 6229 55 Hunter Hunter NNP 1662 6229 56 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 6229 57 claimed claim VBN 1662 6229 58 by by IN 1662 6229 59 France France NNP 1662 6229 60 and and CC 1662 6229 61 Vanuatu Vanuatu NNP 1662 6229 62 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 63 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 64 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 65 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 66 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 67 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 68 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 69 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 70 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 71 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 72 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 73 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 74 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 75 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 76 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 77 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 78 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 79 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 80 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 90 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 91 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 92 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 93 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 94 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 95 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 96 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 97 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 98 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 99 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 100 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 101 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 102 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 103 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 104 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 105 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 106 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 107 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 108 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 109 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 110 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 111 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 112 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 113 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 114 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 115 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 116 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 117 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 118 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 119 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 120 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 121 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 122 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 123 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 124 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 125 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 126 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 127 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 128 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 129 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 130 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 131 _ _ NNP 1662 6229 132 NEW NEW NNP 1662 6229 133 ZEALAND ZEALAND NNP 1662 6229 134 @New @New HYPH 1662 6229 135 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 6229 136 : : : 1662 6229 137 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6229 138 Location Location NNP 1662 6229 139 : : : 1662 6229 140 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 6229 141 , , , 1662 6229 142 islands island NNS 1662 6229 143 in in IN 1662 6229 144 the the DT 1662 6229 145 South South NNP 1662 6229 146 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6229 147 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6229 148 , , , 1662 6229 149 southeast southeast NN 1662 6229 150 of of IN 1662 6229 151 Australia Australia NNP 1662 6229 152 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6229 153 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6229 154 : : : 1662 6229 155 41 41 CD 1662 6229 156 00 00 CD 1662 6229 157 S s NN 1662 6229 158 , , , 1662 6229 159 174 174 CD 1662 6229 160 00 00 CD 1662 6229 161 E e NN 1662 6229 162 Map Map NNP 1662 6229 163 references reference NNS 1662 6229 164 : : : 1662 6229 165 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 6229 166 Area Area NNP 1662 6229 167 : : : 1662 6229 168 total total NN 1662 6229 169 : : : 1662 6229 170 268,680 268,680 CD 1662 6229 171 sq sq NN 1662 6229 172 km km NNP 1662 6229 173 land land NN 1662 6229 174 : : : 1662 6229 175 268,670 268,670 CD 1662 6229 176 sq sq NNP 1662 6229 177 km km NNP 1662 6229 178 water water NN 1662 6229 179 : : : 1662 6229 180 10 10 CD 1662 6229 181 sq sq NNP 1662 6229 182 km km NNP 1662 6229 183 note note NN 1662 6229 184 : : : 1662 6229 185 includes include VBZ 1662 6229 186 Antipodes Antipodes NNP 1662 6229 187 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 6229 188 , , , 1662 6229 189 Auckland Auckland NNP 1662 6229 190 Islands Islands NNP 1662 6229 191 , , , 1662 6229 192 Bounty Bounty NNP 1662 6229 193 Islands Islands NNP 1662 6229 194 , , , 1662 6229 195 Campbell Campbell NNP 1662 6229 196 Island Island NNP 1662 6229 197 , , , 1662 6229 198 Chatham Chatham NNP 1662 6229 199 Islands Islands NNP 1662 6229 200 , , , 1662 6229 201 and and CC 1662 6229 202 Kermadec Kermadec NNP 1662 6229 203 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 6229 204 Area Area NNP 1662 6229 205 - - HYPH 1662 6229 206 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6229 207 : : : 1662 6229 208 about about IN 1662 6229 209 the the DT 1662 6229 210 size size NN 1662 6229 211 of of IN 1662 6229 212 Colorado Colorado NNP 1662 6229 213 Land Land NNP 1662 6229 214 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6229 215 : : : 1662 6229 216 0 0 LS 1662 6229 217 km km NN 1662 6229 218 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6229 219 : : : 1662 6229 220 15,134 15,134 CD 1662 6229 221 km km NN 1662 6229 222 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6229 223 claims claim VBZ 1662 6229 224 : : : 1662 6229 225 continental continental NNP 1662 6229 226 shelf shelf NNP 1662 6229 227 : : : 1662 6229 228 200 200 CD 1662 6229 229 nm nm CD 1662 6229 230 or or CC 1662 6229 231 to to IN 1662 6229 232 the the DT 1662 6229 233 edge edge NN 1662 6229 234 of of IN 1662 6229 235 the the DT 1662 6229 236 continental continental JJ 1662 6229 237 margin margin NN 1662 6229 238 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 6229 239 economic economic JJ 1662 6229 240 zone zone NN 1662 6229 241 : : : 1662 6229 242 200 200 CD 1662 6229 243 nm nm CD 1662 6229 244 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6229 245 sea sea NN 1662 6229 246 : : : 1662 6229 247 12 12 CD 1662 6229 248 nm nm NNP 1662 6229 249 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6229 250 : : : 1662 6229 251 temperate temperate VB 1662 6229 252 with with IN 1662 6229 253 sharp sharp JJ 1662 6229 254 regional regional JJ 1662 6229 255 contrasts contrast NNS 1662 6229 256 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6229 257 : : : 1662 6229 258 predominately predominately RB 1662 6229 259 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 6229 260 with with IN 1662 6229 261 some some DT 1662 6229 262 large large JJ 1662 6229 263 coastal coastal JJ 1662 6229 264 plains plain NNS 1662 6229 265 Elevation elevation NN 1662 6229 266 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6229 267 : : : 1662 6229 268 lowest low JJS 1662 6229 269 point point NN 1662 6229 270 : : : 1662 6229 271 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6229 272 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6229 273 0 0 NFP 1662 6229 274 m m DT 1662 6229 275 highest high JJS 1662 6229 276 point point NN 1662 6229 277 : : : 1662 6229 278 Mount Mount NNP 1662 6229 279 Cook Cook NNP 1662 6229 280 3,764 3,764 CD 1662 6229 281 m m NNP 1662 6229 282 Natural natural JJ 1662 6229 283 resources resource NNS 1662 6229 284 : : : 1662 6229 285 natural natural JJ 1662 6229 286 gas gas NN 1662 6229 287 , , , 1662 6229 288 iron iron NN 1662 6229 289 ore ore NN 1662 6229 290 , , , 1662 6229 291 sand sand NN 1662 6229 292 , , , 1662 6229 293 coal coal NN 1662 6229 294 , , , 1662 6229 295 timber timber NN 1662 6229 296 , , , 1662 6229 297 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 6229 298 , , , 1662 6229 299 gold gold NN 1662 6229 300 , , , 1662 6229 301 limestone limestone NN 1662 6229 302 Land Land NNP 1662 6229 303 use use NN 1662 6229 304 : : : 1662 6229 305 arable arable JJ 1662 6229 306 land land NN 1662 6229 307 : : : 1662 6229 308 9 9 CD 1662 6229 309 % % NN 1662 6229 310 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6229 311 crops crop NNS 1662 6229 312 : : : 1662 6229 313 5 5 CD 1662 6229 314 % % NN 1662 6229 315 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6229 316 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6229 317 : : : 1662 6229 318 50 50 CD 1662 6229 319 % % NN 1662 6229 320 forests forest NNS 1662 6229 321 and and CC 1662 6229 322 woodland woodland JJ 1662 6229 323 : : : 1662 6229 324 28 28 CD 1662 6229 325 % % NN 1662 6229 326 other other JJ 1662 6229 327 : : : 1662 6229 328 8 8 CD 1662 6229 329 % % NN 1662 6229 330 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6229 331 1993 1993 CD 1662 6229 332 est est NNP 1662 6229 333 . . . 1662 6229 334 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6230 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6230 2 land land NN 1662 6230 3 : : : 1662 6230 4 2,850 2,850 CD 1662 6230 5 sq sq IN 1662 6230 6 km km NNP 1662 6230 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6230 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 6230 9 est est NNP 1662 6230 10 . . . 1662 6230 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6231 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 6231 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6231 3 : : : 1662 6231 4 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 6231 5 are be VBP 1662 6231 6 common common JJ 1662 6231 7 , , , 1662 6231 8 though though IN 1662 6231 9 usually usually RB 1662 6231 10 not not RB 1662 6231 11 severe severe JJ 1662 6231 12 ; ; : 1662 6231 13 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 6231 14 activity activity NN 1662 6231 15 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6231 16 - - HYPH 1662 6231 17 current current JJ 1662 6231 18 issues issue NNS 1662 6231 19 : : : 1662 6231 20 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 6231 21 ; ; , 1662 6231 22 soil soil NN 1662 6231 23 erosion erosion NN 1662 6231 24 ; ; , 1662 6231 25 native native JJ 1662 6231 26 flora flora NNP 1662 6231 27 and and CC 1662 6231 28 fauna fauna NNP 1662 6231 29 hard hard RB 1662 6231 30 - - HYPH 1662 6231 31 hit hit VBN 1662 6231 32 by by IN 1662 6231 33 species specie NNS 1662 6231 34 introduced introduce VBN 1662 6231 35 from from IN 1662 6231 36 outside outside JJ 1662 6231 37 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6231 38 - - HYPH 1662 6231 39 international international JJ 1662 6231 40 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6231 41 : : : 1662 6231 42 party party NN 1662 6231 43 to to TO 1662 6231 44 : : : 1662 6231 45 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 6231 46 - - HYPH 1662 6231 47 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 6231 48 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 6231 49 , , , 1662 6231 50 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 6231 51 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 6231 52 , , , 1662 6231 53 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 6231 54 , , , 1662 6231 55 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6231 56 Change Change NNP 1662 6231 57 , , , 1662 6231 58 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 6231 59 Species Species NNPS 1662 6231 60 , , , 1662 6231 61 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 6231 62 Modification Modification NNP 1662 6231 63 , , , 1662 6231 64 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 6231 65 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 6231 66 , , , 1662 6231 67 Law Law NNP 1662 6231 68 of of IN 1662 6231 69 the the DT 1662 6231 70 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6231 71 , , , 1662 6231 72 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6231 73 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 6231 74 , , , 1662 6231 75 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 6231 76 Test Test NNP 1662 6231 77 Ban Ban NNP 1662 6231 78 , , , 1662 6231 79 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 6231 80 Layer Layer NNP 1662 6231 81 Protection Protection NNP 1662 6231 82 , , , 1662 6231 83 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 6231 84 Timber Timber NNP 1662 6231 85 83 83 CD 1662 6231 86 , , , 1662 6231 87 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 6231 88 Timber Timber NNP 1662 6231 89 94 94 CD 1662 6231 90 , , , 1662 6231 91 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 6231 92 , , , 1662 6231 93 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 6231 94 signed sign VBD 1662 6231 95 , , , 1662 6231 96 but but CC 1662 6231 97 not not RB 1662 6231 98 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6231 99 : : : 1662 6231 100 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6231 101 Life Life NNP 1662 6231 102 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 6231 103 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6231 104 - - HYPH 1662 6231 105 note note NN 1662 6231 106 : : : 1662 6231 107 about about IN 1662 6231 108 80 80 CD 1662 6231 109 % % NN 1662 6231 110 of of IN 1662 6231 111 the the DT 1662 6231 112 population population NN 1662 6231 113 lives live VBZ 1662 6231 114 in in IN 1662 6231 115 cities city NNS 1662 6231 116 @New @New : 1662 6231 117 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 6231 118 : : : 1662 6231 119 People People NNPS 1662 6231 120 Population Population NNP 1662 6231 121 : : : 1662 6231 122 3,587,275 3,587,275 CD 1662 6231 123 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6231 124 July July NNP 1662 6231 125 1997 1997 CD 1662 6231 126 est est NNP 1662 6231 127 . . . 1662 6231 128 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6232 1 Age age NN 1662 6232 2 structure structure NN 1662 6232 3 : : : 1662 6232 4 0 0 CD 1662 6232 5 - - HYPH 1662 6232 6 14 14 CD 1662 6232 7 years year NNS 1662 6232 8 : : : 1662 6232 9 23 23 CD 1662 6232 10 % % NN 1662 6232 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6232 12 male male JJ 1662 6232 13 424,584 424,584 CD 1662 6232 14 ; ; : 1662 6232 15 female female JJ 1662 6232 16 403,792 403,792 CD 1662 6232 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6232 18 15 15 CD 1662 6232 19 - - SYM 1662 6232 20 64 64 CD 1662 6232 21 years year NNS 1662 6232 22 : : : 1662 6232 23 65 65 CD 1662 6232 24 % % NN 1662 6232 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6232 26 male male JJ 1662 6232 27 1,174,945 1,174,945 CD 1662 6232 28 ; ; : 1662 6232 29 female female JJ 1662 6232 30 1,167,913 1,167,913 CD 1662 6232 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6232 32 65 65 CD 1662 6232 33 years year NNS 1662 6232 34 and and CC 1662 6232 35 over over RB 1662 6232 36 : : : 1662 6232 37 12 12 CD 1662 6232 38 % % NN 1662 6232 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6232 40 male male JJ 1662 6232 41 179,853 179,853 CD 1662 6232 42 ; ; , 1662 6232 43 female female JJ 1662 6232 44 236,188 236,188 CD 1662 6232 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6232 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6232 47 July July NNP 1662 6232 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 6232 49 est est NNP 1662 6232 50 . . . 1662 6232 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6233 1 Population population NN 1662 6233 2 growth growth NN 1662 6233 3 rate rate NN 1662 6233 4 : : : 1662 6233 5 1.08 1.08 CD 1662 6233 6 % % NN 1662 6233 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6233 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6233 9 est est NNP 1662 6233 10 . . . 1662 6233 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6234 1 Birth birth NN 1662 6234 2 rate rate NN 1662 6234 3 : : : 1662 6234 4 15.35 15.35 CD 1662 6234 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 6234 6 population population NN 1662 6234 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6234 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6234 9 est est NNP 1662 6234 10 . . . 1662 6234 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6235 1 Death death NN 1662 6235 2 rate rate NN 1662 6235 3 : : : 1662 6235 4 7.67 7.67 CD 1662 6235 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6235 6 population population NN 1662 6235 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6235 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6235 9 est est NNP 1662 6235 10 . . . 1662 6235 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6236 1 Net net JJ 1662 6236 2 migration migration NN 1662 6236 3 rate rate NN 1662 6236 4 : : : 1662 6236 5 3.12 3.12 CD 1662 6236 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 6236 7 population population NN 1662 6236 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6236 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6236 10 est est NNP 1662 6236 11 . . . 1662 6236 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6237 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6237 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6237 3 : : : 1662 6237 4 at at IN 1662 6237 5 birth birth NN 1662 6237 6 : : : 1662 6237 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6237 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6237 9 under under IN 1662 6237 10 15 15 CD 1662 6237 11 years year NNS 1662 6237 12 : : : 1662 6237 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6237 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6237 15 15 15 CD 1662 6237 16 - - HYPH 1662 6237 17 64 64 CD 1662 6237 18 years year NNS 1662 6237 19 : : : 1662 6237 20 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 6237 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6237 22 65 65 CD 1662 6237 23 years year NNS 1662 6237 24 and and CC 1662 6237 25 over over IN 1662 6237 26 : : : 1662 6237 27 0.76 0.76 CD 1662 6237 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 6237 29 total total JJ 1662 6237 30 population population NN 1662 6237 31 : : : 1662 6237 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 6237 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6237 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6237 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 6237 36 est e JJS 1662 6237 37 . . . 1662 6237 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6238 1 Infant infant NN 1662 6238 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 6238 3 rate rate NN 1662 6238 4 : : : 1662 6238 5 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 6238 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6238 7 live live JJ 1662 6238 8 births birth NNS 1662 6238 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6238 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 6238 11 est est NNP 1662 6238 12 . . . 1662 6238 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6239 1 Life life NN 1662 6239 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 6239 3 at at IN 1662 6239 4 birth birth NN 1662 6239 5 : : : 1662 6239 6 total total JJ 1662 6239 7 population population NN 1662 6239 8 : : : 1662 6239 9 77.27 77.27 CD 1662 6239 10 years year NNS 1662 6239 11 male male JJ 1662 6239 12 : : : 1662 6239 13 74.16 74.16 CD 1662 6239 14 years year NNS 1662 6239 15 female female JJ 1662 6239 16 : : : 1662 6239 17 80.56 80.56 CD 1662 6239 18 years year NNS 1662 6239 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6239 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 6239 21 est est NNP 1662 6239 22 . . . 1662 6239 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6240 1 Total total JJ 1662 6240 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 6240 3 rate rate NN 1662 6240 4 : : : 1662 6240 5 1.96 1.96 CD 1662 6240 6 children child NNS 1662 6240 7 born bear VBN 1662 6240 8 / / SYM 1662 6240 9 woman woman NN 1662 6240 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6240 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6240 12 est est NNP 1662 6240 13 . . . 1662 6240 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6241 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 6241 2 : : : 1662 6241 3 noun noun NN 1662 6241 4 : : : 1662 6241 5 New New NNP 1662 6241 6 Zealander(s Zealander(s NNP 1662 6241 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6241 8 adjective adjective NN 1662 6241 9 : : : 1662 6241 10 New New NNP 1662 6241 11 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 6241 12 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 6241 13 groups group NNS 1662 6241 14 : : : 1662 6241 15 European european JJ 1662 6241 16 88 88 CD 1662 6241 17 % % NN 1662 6241 18 , , , 1662 6241 19 Maori Maori NNP 1662 6241 20 8.9 8.9 CD 1662 6241 21 % % NN 1662 6241 22 , , , 1662 6241 23 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6241 24 Islander Islander NNP 1662 6241 25 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 6241 26 % % NN 1662 6241 27 , , , 1662 6241 28 other other JJ 1662 6241 29 0.2 0.2 CD 1662 6241 30 % % NN 1662 6241 31 Religions religion NNS 1662 6241 32 : : : 1662 6241 33 Anglican Anglican NNP 1662 6241 34 24 24 CD 1662 6241 35 % % NN 1662 6241 36 , , , 1662 6241 37 Presbyterian Presbyterian NNP 1662 6241 38 18 18 CD 1662 6241 39 % % NN 1662 6241 40 , , , 1662 6241 41 Roman Roman NNP 1662 6241 42 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 6241 43 15 15 CD 1662 6241 44 % % NN 1662 6241 45 , , , 1662 6241 46 Methodist Methodist NNP 1662 6241 47 5 5 CD 1662 6241 48 % % NN 1662 6241 49 , , , 1662 6241 50 Baptist Baptist NNP 1662 6241 51 2 2 CD 1662 6241 52 % % NN 1662 6241 53 , , , 1662 6241 54 other other JJ 1662 6241 55 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 6241 56 3 3 CD 1662 6241 57 % % NN 1662 6241 58 , , , 1662 6241 59 unspecified unspecified JJ 1662 6241 60 or or CC 1662 6241 61 none none NN 1662 6241 62 33 33 CD 1662 6241 63 % % NN 1662 6241 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6241 65 1986 1986 CD 1662 6241 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6241 67 Languages language NNS 1662 6241 68 : : : 1662 6241 69 English English NNP 1662 6241 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6241 71 official official NN 1662 6241 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6241 73 , , , 1662 6241 74 Maori Maori NNP 1662 6241 75 Literacy literacy NN 1662 6241 76 : : : 1662 6241 77 definition definition NN 1662 6241 78 : : : 1662 6241 79 age age NN 1662 6241 80 15 15 CD 1662 6241 81 and and CC 1662 6241 82 over over RB 1662 6241 83 can can MD 1662 6241 84 read read VB 1662 6241 85 and and CC 1662 6241 86 write write VB 1662 6241 87 total total JJ 1662 6241 88 population population NN 1662 6241 89 : : : 1662 6241 90 99 99 CD 1662 6241 91 % % NN 1662 6241 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6241 93 1980 1980 CD 1662 6241 94 est est NNP 1662 6241 95 . . . 1662 6241 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6242 1 male male NN 1662 6242 2 : : : 1662 6242 3 NA% NA% NNP 1662 6242 4 female female JJ 1662 6242 5 : : : 1662 6242 6 NA% na% LS 1662 6242 7 @New @New : 1662 6242 8 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 6242 9 : : : 1662 6242 10 Government Government NNP 1662 6242 11 Country Country NNP 1662 6242 12 name name NN 1662 6242 13 : : : 1662 6242 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6242 15 long long JJ 1662 6242 16 form form NN 1662 6242 17 : : : 1662 6242 18 none none NN 1662 6242 19 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6242 20 short short JJ 1662 6242 21 form form NN 1662 6242 22 : : : 1662 6242 23 New New NNP 1662 6242 24 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 6242 25 abbreviation abbreviation NN 1662 6242 26 : : : 1662 6242 27 NZ NZ NNP 1662 6242 28 Data Data NNP 1662 6242 29 code code NN 1662 6242 30 : : : 1662 6242 31 NZ NZ NNP 1662 6242 32 Government Government NNP 1662 6242 33 type type NN 1662 6242 34 : : : 1662 6242 35 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 6242 36 democracy democracy NN 1662 6242 37 National national JJ 1662 6242 38 capital capital NN 1662 6242 39 : : : 1662 6242 40 Wellington Wellington NNP 1662 6242 41 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 6242 42 divisions division NNS 1662 6242 43 : : : 1662 6242 44 93 93 CD 1662 6242 45 counties county NNS 1662 6242 46 , , , 1662 6242 47 9 9 CD 1662 6242 48 districts district NNS 1662 6242 49 * * NFP 1662 6242 50 , , , 1662 6242 51 and and CC 1662 6242 52 3 3 CD 1662 6242 53 town town NN 1662 6242 54 districts district NNS 1662 6242 55 * * NFP 1662 6242 56 * * NFP 1662 6242 57 ; ; : 1662 6242 58 Akaroa Akaroa NNP 1662 6242 59 , , , 1662 6242 60 Amuri Amuri NNP 1662 6242 61 , , , 1662 6242 62 Ashburton Ashburton NNP 1662 6242 63 , , , 1662 6242 64 Bay Bay NNP 1662 6242 65 of of IN 1662 6242 66 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 6242 67 , , , 1662 6242 68 Bruce Bruce NNP 1662 6242 69 , , , 1662 6242 70 Buller Buller NNP 1662 6242 71 , , , 1662 6242 72 Chatham Chatham NNP 1662 6242 73 Islands Islands NNP 1662 6242 74 , , , 1662 6242 75 Cheviot Cheviot NNP 1662 6242 76 , , , 1662 6242 77 Clifton Clifton NNP 1662 6242 78 , , , 1662 6242 79 Clutha Clutha NNP 1662 6242 80 , , , 1662 6242 81 Cook Cook NNP 1662 6242 82 , , , 1662 6242 83 Dannevirke Dannevirke NNP 1662 6242 84 , , , 1662 6242 85 Egmont Egmont NNP 1662 6242 86 , , , 1662 6242 87 Eketahuna Eketahuna NNP 1662 6242 88 , , , 1662 6242 89 Ellesmere Ellesmere NNP 1662 6242 90 , , , 1662 6242 91 Eltham Eltham NNP 1662 6242 92 , , , 1662 6242 93 Eyre Eyre NNP 1662 6242 94 , , , 1662 6242 95 Featherston Featherston NNP 1662 6242 96 , , , 1662 6242 97 Franklin Franklin NNP 1662 6242 98 , , , 1662 6242 99 Golden Golden NNP 1662 6242 100 Bay Bay NNP 1662 6242 101 , , , 1662 6242 102 Great Great NNP 1662 6242 103 Barrier Barrier NNP 1662 6242 104 Island Island NNP 1662 6242 105 , , , 1662 6242 106 Grey Grey NNP 1662 6242 107 , , , 1662 6242 108 Hauraki Hauraki NNP 1662 6242 109 Plains Plains NNPS 1662 6242 110 , , , 1662 6242 111 Hawera Hawera NNP 1662 6242 112 * * NFP 1662 6242 113 , , , 1662 6242 114 Hawke Hawke NNP 1662 6242 115 's 's POS 1662 6242 116 Bay Bay NNP 1662 6242 117 , , , 1662 6242 118 Heathcote Heathcote NNP 1662 6242 119 , , , 1662 6242 120 Hikurangi Hikurangi NNP 1662 6242 121 * * NFP 1662 6242 122 * * NFP 1662 6242 123 , , , 1662 6242 124 Hobson Hobson NNP 1662 6242 125 , , , 1662 6242 126 Hokianga Hokianga NNP 1662 6242 127 , , , 1662 6242 128 Horowhenua Horowhenua NNP 1662 6242 129 , , , 1662 6242 130 Hurunui Hurunui NNP 1662 6242 131 , , , 1662 6242 132 Hutt Hutt NNP 1662 6242 133 , , , 1662 6242 134 Inangahua Inangahua NNP 1662 6242 135 , , , 1662 6242 136 Inglewood Inglewood NNP 1662 6242 137 , , , 1662 6242 138 Kaikoura Kaikoura NNP 1662 6242 139 , , , 1662 6242 140 Kairanga Kairanga NNP 1662 6242 141 , , , 1662 6242 142 Kiwitea Kiwitea NNP 1662 6242 143 , , , 1662 6242 144 Lake Lake NNP 1662 6242 145 , , , 1662 6242 146 Mackenzie Mackenzie NNP 1662 6242 147 , , , 1662 6242 148 Malvern Malvern NNP 1662 6242 149 , , , 1662 6242 150 Manaia Manaia NNP 1662 6242 151 * * NFP 1662 6242 152 * * NFP 1662 6242 153 , , , 1662 6242 154 Manawatu Manawatu NNP 1662 6242 155 , , , 1662 6242 156 Mangonui Mangonui NNP 1662 6242 157 , , , 1662 6242 158 Maniototo Maniototo NNP 1662 6242 159 , , , 1662 6242 160 Marlborough Marlborough NNP 1662 6242 161 , , , 1662 6242 162 Masterton Masterton NNP 1662 6242 163 , , , 1662 6242 164 Matamata Matamata NNP 1662 6242 165 , , , 1662 6242 166 Mount Mount NNP 1662 6242 167 Herbert Herbert NNP 1662 6242 168 , , , 1662 6242 169 Ohinemuri Ohinemuri NNP 1662 6242 170 , , , 1662 6242 171 Opotiki Opotiki NNP 1662 6242 172 , , , 1662 6242 173 Oroua Oroua NNP 1662 6242 174 , , , 1662 6242 175 Otamatea Otamatea NNP 1662 6242 176 , , , 1662 6242 177 Otorohanga Otorohanga NNP 1662 6242 178 * * NFP 1662 6242 179 , , , 1662 6242 180 Oxford Oxford NNP 1662 6242 181 , , , 1662 6242 182 Pahiatua Pahiatua NNP 1662 6242 183 , , , 1662 6242 184 Paparua Paparua NNP 1662 6242 185 , , , 1662 6242 186 Patea Patea NNP 1662 6242 187 , , , 1662 6242 188 Piako Piako NNP 1662 6242 189 , , , 1662 6242 190 Pohangina Pohangina NNP 1662 6242 191 , , , 1662 6242 192 Raglan Raglan NNP 1662 6242 193 , , , 1662 6242 194 Rangiora Rangiora NNP 1662 6242 195 * * NFP 1662 6242 196 , , , 1662 6242 197 Rangitikei Rangitikei NNP 1662 6242 198 , , , 1662 6242 199 Rodney Rodney NNP 1662 6242 200 , , , 1662 6242 201 Rotorua Rotorua NNP 1662 6242 202 * * NFP 1662 6242 203 , , , 1662 6242 204 Runanga Runanga NNP 1662 6242 205 , , , 1662 6242 206 Saint Saint NNP 1662 6242 207 Kilda Kilda NNP 1662 6242 208 , , , 1662 6242 209 Silverpeaks Silverpeaks NNP 1662 6242 210 , , , 1662 6242 211 Southland Southland NNP 1662 6242 212 , , , 1662 6242 213 Stewart Stewart NNP 1662 6242 214 Island Island NNP 1662 6242 215 , , , 1662 6242 216 Stratford Stratford NNP 1662 6242 217 , , , 1662 6242 218 Strathallan Strathallan NNP 1662 6242 219 , , , 1662 6242 220 Taranaki Taranaki NNP 1662 6242 221 , , , 1662 6242 222 Taumarunui Taumarunui NNP 1662 6242 223 , , , 1662 6242 224 Taupo Taupo NNP 1662 6242 225 , , , 1662 6242 226 Tauranga Tauranga NNP 1662 6242 227 , , , 1662 6242 228 Thames Thames NNP 1662 6242 229 - - HYPH 1662 6242 230 Coromandel Coromandel NNP 1662 6242 231 * * NFP 1662 6242 232 , , , 1662 6242 233 Tuapeka Tuapeka NNP 1662 6242 234 , , , 1662 6242 235 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 6242 236 , , , 1662 6242 237 Waiapu Waiapu NNP 1662 6242 238 , , , 1662 6242 239 Waiheke Waiheke NNP 1662 6242 240 , , , 1662 6242 241 Waihemo Waihemo NNP 1662 6242 242 , , , 1662 6242 243 Waikato Waikato NNP 1662 6242 244 , , , 1662 6242 245 Waikohu Waikohu NNP 1662 6242 246 , , , 1662 6242 247 Waimairi Waimairi NNP 1662 6242 248 , , , 1662 6242 249 Waimarino Waimarino NNP 1662 6242 250 , , , 1662 6242 251 Waimate Waimate NNP 1662 6242 252 , , , 1662 6242 253 Waimate Waimate NNP 1662 6242 254 West West NNP 1662 6242 255 , , , 1662 6242 256 Waimea Waimea NNP 1662 6242 257 , , , 1662 6242 258 Waipa Waipa NNP 1662 6242 259 , , , 1662 6242 260 Waipawa Waipawa NNP 1662 6242 261 * * NFP 1662 6242 262 , , , 1662 6242 263 Waipukurau waipukurau JJ 1662 6242 264 * * NFP 1662 6242 265 , , , 1662 6242 266 Wairarapa Wairarapa NNP 1662 6242 267 South South NNP 1662 6242 268 , , , 1662 6242 269 Wairewa Wairewa NNP 1662 6242 270 , , , 1662 6242 271 Wairoa Wairoa NNP 1662 6242 272 , , , 1662 6242 273 Waitaki Waitaki NNP 1662 6242 274 , , , 1662 6242 275 Waitomo Waitomo NNP 1662 6242 276 * * NFP 1662 6242 277 , , , 1662 6242 278 Waitotara Waitotara NNP 1662 6242 279 , , , 1662 6242 280 Wallace Wallace NNP 1662 6242 281 , , , 1662 6242 282 Wanganui Wanganui NNP 1662 6242 283 , , , 1662 6242 284 Waverley Waverley NNP 1662 6242 285 * * NFP 1662 6242 286 * * NFP 1662 6242 287 , , , 1662 6242 288 Westland Westland NNP 1662 6242 289 , , , 1662 6242 290 Whakatane Whakatane NNP 1662 6242 291 * * NFP 1662 6242 292 , , , 1662 6242 293 Whangarei Whangarei NNP 1662 6242 294 , , , 1662 6242 295 Whangaroa Whangaroa NNP 1662 6242 296 , , , 1662 6242 297 Woodville Woodville NNP 1662 6242 298 note note NN 1662 6242 299 : : : 1662 6242 300 there there EX 1662 6242 301 may may MD 1662 6242 302 be be VB 1662 6242 303 a a DT 1662 6242 304 new new JJ 1662 6242 305 administrative administrative JJ 1662 6242 306 structure structure NN 1662 6242 307 of of IN 1662 6242 308 16 16 CD 1662 6242 309 regions region NNS 1662 6242 310 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6242 311 Auckland Auckland NNP 1662 6242 312 , , , 1662 6242 313 Bay Bay NNP 1662 6242 314 of of IN 1662 6242 315 Plenty Plenty NNP 1662 6242 316 , , , 1662 6242 317 Canterbury Canterbury NNP 1662 6242 318 , , , 1662 6242 319 Gisborne Gisborne NNP 1662 6242 320 , , , 1662 6242 321 Hawke Hawke NNP 1662 6242 322 's 's POS 1662 6242 323 Bay Bay NNP 1662 6242 324 , , , 1662 6242 325 Marlborough Marlborough NNP 1662 6242 326 , , , 1662 6242 327 Nelson Nelson NNP 1662 6242 328 , , , 1662 6242 329 Northland Northland NNP 1662 6242 330 , , , 1662 6242 331 Otago Otago NNP 1662 6242 332 , , , 1662 6242 333 Southland Southland NNP 1662 6242 334 , , , 1662 6242 335 Taranaki Taranaki NNP 1662 6242 336 , , , 1662 6242 337 Tasman Tasman NNP 1662 6242 338 , , , 1662 6242 339 Waikato Waikato NNP 1662 6242 340 , , , 1662 6242 341 Wanganui Wanganui NNP 1662 6242 342 - - HYPH 1662 6242 343 Manawatu Manawatu NNP 1662 6242 344 , , , 1662 6242 345 Wellington Wellington NNP 1662 6242 346 , , , 1662 6242 347 West West NNP 1662 6242 348 Coast Coast NNP 1662 6242 349 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6242 350 that that WDT 1662 6242 351 are be VBP 1662 6242 352 subdivided subdivide VBN 1662 6242 353 into into IN 1662 6242 354 57 57 CD 1662 6242 355 districts district NNS 1662 6242 356 and and CC 1662 6242 357 16 16 CD 1662 6242 358 cities city NNS 1662 6242 359 * * NFP 1662 6242 360 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6242 361 Ashburton Ashburton NNP 1662 6242 362 , , , 1662 6242 363 Auckland Auckland NNP 1662 6242 364 * * NFP 1662 6242 365 , , , 1662 6242 366 Banks Banks NNPS 1662 6242 367 Peninsula Peninsula NNP 1662 6242 368 , , , 1662 6242 369 Buller Buller NNP 1662 6242 370 , , , 1662 6242 371 Carterton Carterton NNP 1662 6242 372 , , , 1662 6242 373 Central Central NNP 1662 6242 374 Hawke Hawke NNP 1662 6242 375 's 's POS 1662 6242 376 Bay Bay NNP 1662 6242 377 , , , 1662 6242 378 Central Central NNP 1662 6242 379 Otago Otago NNP 1662 6242 380 , , , 1662 6242 381 Christchurch christchurch NN 1662 6242 382 * * NFP 1662 6242 383 , , , 1662 6242 384 Clutha Clutha NNP 1662 6242 385 , , , 1662 6242 386 Dunedin Dunedin NNP 1662 6242 387 * * NFP 1662 6242 388 , , , 1662 6242 389 Far Far NNP 1662 6242 390 North North NNP 1662 6242 391 , , , 1662 6242 392 Franklin Franklin NNP 1662 6242 393 , , , 1662 6242 394 Gisborne Gisborne NNP 1662 6242 395 , , , 1662 6242 396 Gore Gore NNP 1662 6242 397 , , , 1662 6242 398 Grey Grey NNP 1662 6242 399 , , , 1662 6242 400 Hamilton Hamilton NNP 1662 6242 401 * * NFP 1662 6242 402 , , , 1662 6242 403 Hastings Hastings NNP 1662 6242 404 , , , 1662 6242 405 Hauraki Hauraki NNP 1662 6242 406 , , , 1662 6242 407 Horowhenua Horowhenua NNP 1662 6242 408 , , , 1662 6242 409 Hurunui Hurunui NNP 1662 6242 410 , , , 1662 6242 411 Hutt hutt NN 1662 6242 412 * * NFP 1662 6242 413 , , , 1662 6242 414 Invercargill invercargill NN 1662 6242 415 * * NFP 1662 6242 416 , , , 1662 6242 417 Kaikoura Kaikoura NNP 1662 6242 418 , , , 1662 6242 419 Kaipara Kaipara NNP 1662 6242 420 , , , 1662 6242 421 Kapiti Kapiti NNP 1662 6242 422 Coast Coast NNP 1662 6242 423 , , , 1662 6242 424 Kawerau Kawerau NNP 1662 6242 425 , , , 1662 6242 426 Mackenzie Mackenzie NNP 1662 6242 427 , , , 1662 6242 428 Manawatu Manawatu NNP 1662 6242 429 , , , 1662 6242 430 Manukau Manukau NNP 1662 6242 431 * * NFP 1662 6242 432 , , , 1662 6242 433 Marlborough Marlborough NNP 1662 6242 434 , , , 1662 6242 435 Masterton Masterton NNP 1662 6242 436 , , , 1662 6242 437 Matamata Matamata NNP 1662 6242 438 Piako Piako NNP 1662 6242 439 , , , 1662 6242 440 Napier Napier NNP 1662 6242 441 * * NFP 1662 6242 442 , , , 1662 6242 443 Nelson Nelson NNP 1662 6242 444 * * NFP 1662 6242 445 , , , 1662 6242 446 New New NNP 1662 6242 447 Plymouth Plymouth NNP 1662 6242 448 , , , 1662 6242 449 North North NNP 1662 6242 450 Shore Shore NNP 1662 6242 451 * * NFP 1662 6242 452 , , , 1662 6242 453 Opotiki Opotiki NNP 1662 6242 454 , , , 1662 6242 455 Otorohanga Otorohanga NNP 1662 6242 456 , , , 1662 6242 457 Palmerston Palmerston NNP 1662 6242 458 North North NNP 1662 6242 459 * * NFP 1662 6242 460 , , , 1662 6242 461 Papakura Papakura NNP 1662 6242 462 * * NFP 1662 6242 463 , , , 1662 6242 464 Porirua porirua NN 1662 6242 465 * * NFP 1662 6242 466 , , , 1662 6242 467 Queenstown Queenstown NNP 1662 6242 468 Lakes Lakes NNP 1662 6242 469 , , , 1662 6242 470 Rangitikei Rangitikei NNP 1662 6242 471 , , , 1662 6242 472 Rodney Rodney NNP 1662 6242 473 , , , 1662 6242 474 Rotorua Rotorua NNP 1662 6242 475 , , , 1662 6242 476 Ruapehu Ruapehu NNP 1662 6242 477 , , , 1662 6242 478 Selwyn Selwyn NNP 1662 6242 479 , , , 1662 6242 480 Southland Southland NNP 1662 6242 481 , , , 1662 6242 482 South South NNP 1662 6242 483 Taranaki Taranaki NNP 1662 6242 484 , , , 1662 6242 485 South South NNP 1662 6242 486 Waikato Waikato NNP 1662 6242 487 , , , 1662 6242 488 South South NNP 1662 6242 489 Wairarapa Wairarapa NNP 1662 6242 490 , , , 1662 6242 491 Stratford Stratford NNP 1662 6242 492 , , , 1662 6242 493 Tararua Tararua NNP 1662 6242 494 , , , 1662 6242 495 Tasman Tasman NNP 1662 6242 496 , , , 1662 6242 497 Taupo Taupo NNP 1662 6242 498 , , , 1662 6242 499 Tauranga Tauranga NNP 1662 6242 500 , , , 1662 6242 501 Thames Thames NNP 1662 6242 502 Coromandel Coromandel NNP 1662 6242 503 , , , 1662 6242 504 Timaru Timaru NNP 1662 6242 505 , , , 1662 6242 506 Upper Upper NNP 1662 6242 507 Hutt Hutt NNP 1662 6242 508 * * NFP 1662 6242 509 , , , 1662 6242 510 Waikato Waikato NNP 1662 6242 511 , , , 1662 6242 512 Waimakariri Waimakariri NNP 1662 6242 513 , , , 1662 6242 514 Waimate Waimate NNP 1662 6242 515 , , , 1662 6242 516 Waipa Waipa NNP 1662 6242 517 , , , 1662 6242 518 Wairoa Wairoa NNP 1662 6242 519 , , , 1662 6242 520 Waitakere Waitakere NNP 1662 6242 521 * * NFP 1662 6242 522 , , , 1662 6242 523 Waitaki Waitaki NNP 1662 6242 524 , , , 1662 6242 525 Waitomo Waitomo NNP 1662 6242 526 , , , 1662 6242 527 Wanganui Wanganui NNP 1662 6242 528 , , , 1662 6242 529 Wellington Wellington NNP 1662 6242 530 * * NFP 1662 6242 531 , , , 1662 6242 532 Western Western NNP 1662 6242 533 Bay Bay NNP 1662 6242 534 of of IN 1662 6242 535 Plenty Plenty NNP 1662 6242 536 , , , 1662 6242 537 Westland Westland NNP 1662 6242 538 , , , 1662 6242 539 Whakatane Whakatane NNP 1662 6242 540 , , , 1662 6242 541 Whangarei Whangarei NNP 1662 6242 542 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6242 543 Dependent dependent JJ 1662 6242 544 areas area NNS 1662 6242 545 : : : 1662 6242 546 Cook Cook NNP 1662 6242 547 Islands Islands NNP 1662 6242 548 , , , 1662 6242 549 Niue Niue NNP 1662 6242 550 , , , 1662 6242 551 Tokelau Tokelau NNP 1662 6242 552 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6242 553 : : : 1662 6242 554 26 26 CD 1662 6242 555 September September NNP 1662 6242 556 1907 1907 CD 1662 6242 557 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6242 558 from from IN 1662 6242 559 UK UK NNP 1662 6242 560 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6242 561 National national JJ 1662 6242 562 holiday holiday NN 1662 6242 563 : : : 1662 6242 564 Waitangi Waitangi NNP 1662 6242 565 Day Day NNP 1662 6242 566 , , , 1662 6242 567 6 6 CD 1662 6242 568 February February NNP 1662 6242 569 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6242 570 1840 1840 CD 1662 6242 571 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6242 572 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6242 573 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 6242 574 of of IN 1662 6242 575 Waitangi Waitangi NNP 1662 6242 576 established establish VBD 1662 6242 577 British british JJ 1662 6242 578 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 6242 579 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6242 580 Constitution constitution NN 1662 6242 581 : : : 1662 6242 582 no no DT 1662 6242 583 formal formal JJ 1662 6242 584 , , , 1662 6242 585 written write VBN 1662 6242 586 constitution constitution NN 1662 6242 587 ; ; : 1662 6242 588 consists consist VBZ 1662 6242 589 of of IN 1662 6242 590 various various JJ 1662 6242 591 documents document NNS 1662 6242 592 , , , 1662 6242 593 including include VBG 1662 6242 594 certain certain JJ 1662 6242 595 acts act NNS 1662 6242 596 of of IN 1662 6242 597 the the DT 1662 6242 598 UK UK NNP 1662 6242 599 and and CC 1662 6242 600 New New NNP 1662 6242 601 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 6242 602 Parliaments Parliaments NNPS 1662 6242 603 ; ; : 1662 6242 604 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 6242 605 Act Act NNP 1662 6242 606 1986 1986 CD 1662 6242 607 was be VBD 1662 6242 608 to to TO 1662 6242 609 have have VB 1662 6242 610 come come VBN 1662 6242 611 into into IN 1662 6242 612 force force NN 1662 6242 613 1 1 CD 1662 6242 614 January January NNP 1662 6242 615 1987 1987 CD 1662 6242 616 , , , 1662 6242 617 but but CC 1662 6242 618 has have VBZ 1662 6242 619 not not RB 1662 6242 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Rev. 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P. NNP 1662 6243 202 O. O. 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113 a a DT 1662 6244 114 more more RBR 1662 6244 115 industrialized industrialized JJ 1662 6244 116 , , , 1662 6244 117 open open JJ 1662 6244 118 , , , 1662 6244 119 free free JJ 1662 6244 120 market market NN 1662 6244 121 economy economy NN 1662 6244 122 that that WDT 1662 6244 123 can can MD 1662 6244 124 compete compete VB 1662 6244 125 globally globally RB 1662 6244 126 . . . 1662 6245 1 This this DT 1662 6245 2 dynamic dynamic JJ 1662 6245 3 growth growth NN 1662 6245 4 has have VBZ 1662 6245 5 boosted boost VBN 1662 6245 6 real real JJ 1662 6245 7 incomes income NNS 1662 6245 8 , , , 1662 6245 9 broadened broaden VBD 1662 6245 10 and and CC 1662 6245 11 deepened deepen VBD 1662 6245 12 the the DT 1662 6245 13 technological technological JJ 1662 6245 14 capabilities capability NNS 1662 6245 15 of of IN 1662 6245 16 the the DT 1662 6245 17 industrial industrial JJ 1662 6245 18 sector sector NN 1662 6245 19 , , , 1662 6245 20 and and CC 1662 6245 21 contained contain VBD 1662 6245 22 inflationary inflationary JJ 1662 6245 23 pressures pressure NNS 1662 6245 24 . . . 1662 6246 1 Business business NN 1662 6246 2 confidence confidence NN 1662 6246 3 strengthened strengthen VBD 1662 6246 4 in in IN 1662 6246 5 1994 1994 CD 1662 6246 6 , , , 1662 6246 7 and and CC 1662 6246 8 export export NN 1662 6246 9 demand demand NN 1662 6246 10 picked pick VBD 1662 6246 11 up up RP 1662 6246 12 in in IN 1662 6246 13 the the DT 1662 6246 14 Asia Asia NNP 1662 6246 15 - - HYPH 1662 6246 16 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6246 17 region region NN 1662 6246 18 , , , 1662 6246 19 resulting result VBG 1662 6246 20 in in IN 1662 6246 21 6.2 6.2 CD 1662 6246 22 % % NN 1662 6246 23 growth growth NN 1662 6246 24 . . . 1662 6247 1 Growth growth NN 1662 6247 2 continued continue VBD 1662 6247 3 strong strong JJ 1662 6247 4 in in IN 1662 6247 5 1995 1995 CD 1662 6247 6 , , , 1662 6247 7 but but CC 1662 6247 8 tailed tail VBD 1662 6247 9 off off RP 1662 6247 10 in in IN 1662 6247 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6247 12 . . . 1662 6248 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 6248 2 remains remain VBZ 1662 6248 3 among among IN 1662 6248 4 the the DT 1662 6248 5 lowest low JJS 1662 6248 6 in in IN 1662 6248 7 the the DT 1662 6248 8 industrial industrial JJ 1662 6248 9 world world NN 1662 6248 10 . . . 1662 6249 1 Per per IN 1662 6249 2 capita capita FW 1662 6249 3 GDP gdp NN 1662 6249 4 now now RB 1662 6249 5 is be VBZ 1662 6249 6 up up IN 1662 6249 7 to to IN 1662 6249 8 the the DT 1662 6249 9 levels level NNS 1662 6249 10 of of IN 1662 6249 11 the the DT 1662 6249 12 big big JJ 1662 6249 13 West west JJ 1662 6249 14 European european JJ 1662 6249 15 economies economy NNS 1662 6249 16 . . . 1662 6250 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6250 2 : : : 1662 6250 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6250 4 power power NN 1662 6250 5 parity parity NN 1662 6250 6 - - : 1662 6250 7 $ $ $ 1662 6250 8 65.6 65.6 CD 1662 6250 9 billion billion CD 1662 6250 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6250 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6250 12 est est NNP 1662 6250 13 . . . 1662 6250 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6251 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6251 2 - - HYPH 1662 6251 3 real real JJ 1662 6251 4 growth growth NN 1662 6251 5 rate rate NN 1662 6251 6 : : : 1662 6251 7 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 6251 8 % % NN 1662 6251 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6251 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 6251 11 est est NNP 1662 6251 12 . . . 1662 6251 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6252 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6252 2 - - HYPH 1662 6252 3 per per FW 1662 6252 4 capita capita NN 1662 6252 5 : : : 1662 6252 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6252 7 power power NN 1662 6252 8 parity parity NN 1662 6252 9 - - : 1662 6252 10 $ $ $ 1662 6252 11 18,500 18,500 CD 1662 6252 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6252 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 6252 14 est est NNP 1662 6252 15 . . . 1662 6252 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6253 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6253 2 - - HYPH 1662 6253 3 composition composition NN 1662 6253 4 by by IN 1662 6253 5 sector sector NN 1662 6253 6 : : : 1662 6253 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6253 8 : : : 1662 6253 9 7.3 7.3 CD 1662 6253 10 % % NN 1662 6253 11 industry industry NN 1662 6253 12 : : : 1662 6253 13 25.9 25.9 CD 1662 6253 14 % % NN 1662 6253 15 services service NNS 1662 6253 16 : : : 1662 6253 17 66.8 66.8 CD 1662 6253 18 % % NN 1662 6253 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6253 20 1990 1990 CD 1662 6253 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6253 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 6253 23 rate rate NN 1662 6253 24 - - HYPH 1662 6253 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 6253 26 price price NN 1662 6253 27 index index NN 1662 6253 28 : : : 1662 6253 29 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 6253 30 % % NN 1662 6253 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6253 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 6253 33 est est NNP 1662 6253 34 . . . 1662 6253 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6254 1 Labor labor NN 1662 6254 2 force force NN 1662 6254 3 : : : 1662 6254 4 total total NN 1662 6254 5 : : : 1662 6254 6 1,634,500 1,634,500 CD 1662 6254 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6254 8 September September NNP 1662 6254 9 1995 1995 CD 1662 6254 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6254 11 by by IN 1662 6254 12 occupation occupation NN 1662 6254 13 : : : 1662 6254 14 services service NNS 1662 6254 15 64.6 64.6 CD 1662 6254 16 % % NN 1662 6254 17 , , , 1662 6254 18 industry industry NN 1662 6254 19 25.0 25.0 CD 1662 6254 20 % % NN 1662 6254 21 , , , 1662 6254 22 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6254 23 10.4 10.4 CD 1662 6254 24 % % NN 1662 6254 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6254 26 1994 1994 CD 1662 6254 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6254 28 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 6254 29 rate rate NN 1662 6254 30 : : : 1662 6254 31 5.9 5.9 CD 1662 6254 32 % % NN 1662 6254 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6254 34 December December NNP 1662 6254 35 1996 1996 CD 1662 6254 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6254 37 Budget budget NN 1662 6254 38 : : : 1662 6254 39 revenues revenue NNS 1662 6254 40 : : : 1662 6254 41 $ $ $ 1662 6254 42 22.18 22.18 CD 1662 6254 43 billion billion CD 1662 6254 44 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6254 45 : : : 1662 6254 46 $ $ $ 1662 6254 47 20.28 20.28 CD 1662 6254 48 billion billion CD 1662 6254 49 , , , 1662 6254 50 including include VBG 1662 6254 51 capital capital NN 1662 6254 52 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6254 53 of of IN 1662 6254 54 $ $ $ 1662 6254 55 NA na NN 1662 6254 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6254 57 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 6254 58 est est NN 1662 6254 59 . . . 1662 6254 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6255 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 6255 2 : : : 1662 6255 3 food food NN 1662 6255 4 processing processing NN 1662 6255 5 , , , 1662 6255 6 wood wood NN 1662 6255 7 and and CC 1662 6255 8 paper paper NN 1662 6255 9 products product NNS 1662 6255 10 , , , 1662 6255 11 textiles textile NNS 1662 6255 12 , , , 1662 6255 13 machinery machinery NN 1662 6255 14 , , , 1662 6255 15 transportation transportation NN 1662 6255 16 equipment equipment NN 1662 6255 17 , , , 1662 6255 18 banking banking NN 1662 6255 19 and and CC 1662 6255 20 insurance insurance NN 1662 6255 21 , , , 1662 6255 22 tourism tourism NN 1662 6255 23 , , , 1662 6255 24 mining mine VBG 1662 6255 25 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 6255 26 production production NN 1662 6255 27 growth growth NN 1662 6255 28 rate rate NN 1662 6255 29 : : : 1662 6255 30 NA% NA% `` 1662 6255 31 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6255 32 - - HYPH 1662 6255 33 capacity capacity NN 1662 6255 34 : : : 1662 6255 35 7.75 7.75 CD 1662 6255 36 million million CD 1662 6255 37 kW kW NNP 1662 6255 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6255 39 1994 1994 CD 1662 6255 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6255 41 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6255 42 - - HYPH 1662 6255 43 production production NN 1662 6255 44 : : : 1662 6255 45 34.4 34.4 CD 1662 6255 46 billion billion CD 1662 6255 47 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6255 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6255 49 1995 1995 CD 1662 6255 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6255 51 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6255 52 - - HYPH 1662 6255 53 consumption consumption NN 1662 6255 54 per per IN 1662 6255 55 capita capita NN 1662 6255 56 : : : 1662 6255 57 9,198 9,198 CD 1662 6255 58 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6255 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6255 60 1995 1995 CD 1662 6255 61 est est NNP 1662 6255 62 . . . 1662 6255 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6256 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6256 2 - - HYPH 1662 6256 3 products product NNS 1662 6256 4 : : : 1662 6256 5 wheat wheat NN 1662 6256 6 , , , 1662 6256 7 barley barley NN 1662 6256 8 , , , 1662 6256 9 potatoes potato NNS 1662 6256 10 , , , 1662 6256 11 pulses pulse NNS 1662 6256 12 , , , 1662 6256 13 fruits fruit NNS 1662 6256 14 , , , 1662 6256 15 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 6256 16 ; ; : 1662 6256 17 wool wool NN 1662 6256 18 , , , 1662 6256 19 meat meat NN 1662 6256 20 , , , 1662 6256 21 dairy dairy NN 1662 6256 22 products product NNS 1662 6256 23 ; ; , 1662 6256 24 fish fish NN 1662 6256 25 catch catch NN 1662 6256 26 reached reach VBD 1662 6256 27 a a DT 1662 6256 28 record record JJ 1662 6256 29 503,000 503,000 CD 1662 6256 30 metric metric JJ 1662 6256 31 tons ton NNS 1662 6256 32 in in IN 1662 6256 33 1988 1988 CD 1662 6256 34 Exports export NNS 1662 6256 35 : : : 1662 6256 36 total total JJ 1662 6256 37 value value NN 1662 6256 38 : : : 1662 6256 39 $ $ $ 1662 6256 40 13.7 13.7 CD 1662 6256 41 billion billion CD 1662 6256 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6256 43 1995 1995 CD 1662 6256 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6256 45 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6256 46 : : : 1662 6256 47 wool wool NN 1662 6256 48 , , , 1662 6256 49 lamb lamb NNP 1662 6256 50 , , , 1662 6256 51 mutton mutton NN 1662 6256 52 , , , 1662 6256 53 beef beef NN 1662 6256 54 , , , 1662 6256 55 fish fish NN 1662 6256 56 , , , 1662 6256 57 cheese cheese NN 1662 6256 58 , , , 1662 6256 59 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 6256 60 , , , 1662 6256 61 forestry forestry NN 1662 6256 62 products product NNS 1662 6256 63 , , , 1662 6256 64 fruits fruit NNS 1662 6256 65 and and CC 1662 6256 66 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 6256 67 , , , 1662 6256 68 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 6256 69 , , , 1662 6256 70 dairy dairy NN 1662 6256 71 products product NNS 1662 6256 72 , , , 1662 6256 73 wood wood NN 1662 6256 74 partners partner NNS 1662 6256 75 : : : 1662 6256 76 Australia Australia NNP 1662 6256 77 19 19 CD 1662 6256 78 % % NN 1662 6256 79 , , , 1662 6256 80 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6256 81 15 15 CD 1662 6256 82 % % NN 1662 6256 83 , , , 1662 6256 84 UK UK NNP 1662 6256 85 15 15 CD 1662 6256 86 % % NN 1662 6256 87 , , , 1662 6256 88 US US NNP 1662 6256 89 12 12 CD 1662 6256 90 % % NN 1662 6256 91 Imports import NNS 1662 6256 92 : : : 1662 6256 93 total total JJ 1662 6256 94 value value NN 1662 6256 95 : : : 1662 6256 96 $ $ $ 1662 6256 97 14 14 CD 1662 6256 98 billion billion CD 1662 6256 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6256 100 1995 1995 CD 1662 6256 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6256 102 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6256 103 : : : 1662 6256 104 machinery machinery NN 1662 6256 105 and and CC 1662 6256 106 equipment equipment NN 1662 6256 107 , , , 1662 6256 108 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 6256 109 and and CC 1662 6256 110 aircraft aircraft NN 1662 6256 111 , , , 1662 6256 112 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6256 113 , , , 1662 6256 114 consumer consumer NN 1662 6256 115 goods good NNS 1662 6256 116 , , , 1662 6256 117 plastics plastic NNS 1662 6256 118 partners partner NNS 1662 6256 119 : : : 1662 6256 120 Australia Australia NNP 1662 6256 121 21 21 CD 1662 6256 122 % % NN 1662 6256 123 , , , 1662 6256 124 US US NNP 1662 6256 125 18 18 CD 1662 6256 126 % % NN 1662 6256 127 , , , 1662 6256 128 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6256 129 16 16 CD 1662 6256 130 % % NN 1662 6256 131 , , , 1662 6256 132 UK UK NNP 1662 6256 133 6 6 CD 1662 6256 134 % % NN 1662 6256 135 Debt debt NN 1662 6256 136 - - HYPH 1662 6256 137 external external JJ 1662 6256 138 : : : 1662 6256 139 $ $ $ 1662 6256 140 38.5 38.5 CD 1662 6256 141 billion billion CD 1662 6256 142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6256 143 September September NNP 1662 6256 144 1994 1994 CD 1662 6256 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6256 146 Economic economic JJ 1662 6256 147 aid aid NN 1662 6256 148 : : : 1662 6256 149 donor donor NN 1662 6256 150 : : : 1662 6256 151 ODA ODA NNP 1662 6256 152 , , , 1662 6256 153 $ $ $ 1662 6256 154 98 98 CD 1662 6256 155 million million CD 1662 6256 156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6256 157 1993 1993 CD 1662 6256 158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6256 159 Currency currency NN 1662 6256 160 : : : 1662 6256 161 1 1 CD 1662 6256 162 New New NNP 1662 6256 163 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 6256 164 dollar dollar NN 1662 6256 165 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6256 166 NZ$ NZ$ NNP 1662 6256 167 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6256 168 = = NFP 1662 6256 169 100 100 CD 1662 6256 170 cents cent NNS 1662 6256 171 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 6256 172 rates rate NNS 1662 6256 173 : : : 1662 6256 174 New New NNP 1662 6256 175 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 6256 176 dollars dollar NNS 1662 6256 177 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6256 178 NZ$ NZ$ NNP 1662 6256 179 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6256 180 per per IN 1662 6256 181 US$ us$ $ 1662 6256 182 1 1 CD 1662 6256 183 - - SYM 1662 6256 184 1.4247 1.4247 CD 1662 6256 185 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6256 186 January January NNP 1662 6256 187 1997 1997 CD 1662 6256 188 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6256 189 , , , 1662 6256 190 1.4543 1.4543 CD 1662 6256 191 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6256 192 1996 1996 CD 1662 6256 193 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6256 194 , , , 1662 6256 195 1.5235 1.5235 CD 1662 6256 196 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6256 197 1995 1995 CD 1662 6256 198 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6256 199 , , , 1662 6256 200 1.6844 1.6844 CD 1662 6256 201 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6256 202 1994 1994 CD 1662 6256 203 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6256 204 , , , 1662 6256 205 1.8495 1.8495 CD 1662 6256 206 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6256 207 1993 1993 CD 1662 6256 208 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6256 209 , , , 1662 6256 210 1.8584 1.8584 CD 1662 6256 211 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6256 212 1992 1992 CD 1662 6256 213 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6256 214 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6256 215 year year NN 1662 6256 216 : : : 1662 6256 217 1 1 CD 1662 6256 218 July July NNP 1662 6256 219 - - HYPH 1662 6256 220 30 30 CD 1662 6256 221 June June NNP 1662 6256 222 @New @New HYPH 1662 6256 223 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 6256 224 : : : 1662 6256 225 Communications Communications NNP 1662 6256 226 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 6256 227 : : : 1662 6256 228 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 6256 229 million million CD 1662 6256 230 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6256 231 1986 1986 CD 1662 6256 232 est est NNP 1662 6256 233 . . . 1662 6256 234 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6257 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 6257 2 system system NN 1662 6257 3 : : : 1662 6257 4 excellent excellent JJ 1662 6257 5 international international JJ 1662 6257 6 and and CC 1662 6257 7 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6257 8 systems system NNS 1662 6257 9 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6257 10 : : : 1662 6257 11 NA NA NNP 1662 6257 12 international international JJ 1662 6257 13 : : : 1662 6257 14 submarine submarine NN 1662 6257 15 cables cable NNS 1662 6257 16 to to IN 1662 6257 17 Australia Australia NNP 1662 6257 18 and and CC 1662 6257 19 Fiji Fiji NNP 1662 6257 20 ; ; : 1662 6257 21 satellite satellite NN 1662 6257 22 earth earth NN 1662 6257 23 stations station NNS 1662 6257 24 - - , 1662 6257 25 2 2 CD 1662 6257 26 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6257 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6257 28 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6257 29 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6257 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6257 31 Radio radio NN 1662 6257 32 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6257 33 stations station NNS 1662 6257 34 : : : 1662 6257 35 AM AM NNP 1662 6257 36 64 64 CD 1662 6257 37 , , , 1662 6257 38 FM FM NNP 1662 6257 39 2 2 CD 1662 6257 40 , , , 1662 6257 41 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 6257 42 0 0 CD 1662 6257 43 Radios radio NNS 1662 6257 44 : : : 1662 6257 45 3.215 3.215 CD 1662 6257 46 million million CD 1662 6257 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6257 48 1992 1992 CD 1662 6257 49 est est NNP 1662 6257 50 . . . 1662 6257 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6258 1 Television television NN 1662 6258 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6258 3 stations station NNS 1662 6258 4 : : : 1662 6258 5 14 14 CD 1662 6258 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6258 7 1986 1986 CD 1662 6258 8 est est NNP 1662 6258 9 . . . 1662 6258 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6259 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 6259 2 : : : 1662 6259 3 1.53 1.53 CD 1662 6259 4 million million CD 1662 6259 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6259 6 1992 1992 CD 1662 6259 7 est est NNP 1662 6259 8 . . . 1662 6259 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6260 1 @New @New : 1662 6260 2 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 6260 3 : : : 1662 6260 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 6260 5 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 6260 6 : : : 1662 6260 7 total total NN 1662 6260 8 : : : 1662 6260 9 3,973 3,973 CD 1662 6260 10 km km NN 1662 6260 11 narrow narrow JJ 1662 6260 12 gauge gauge NN 1662 6260 13 : : : 1662 6260 14 3,973 3,973 CD 1662 6260 15 km km NN 1662 6260 16 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 6260 17 gauge gauge NN 1662 6260 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6260 19 504 504 CD 1662 6260 20 km km NN 1662 6260 21 electrified electrify VBN 1662 6260 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6260 23 Highways highway NNS 1662 6260 24 : : : 1662 6260 25 total total NN 1662 6260 26 : : : 1662 6260 27 92,306 92,306 CD 1662 6260 28 km km NN 1662 6260 29 paved pave VBN 1662 6260 30 : : : 1662 6260 31 53,537 53,537 CD 1662 6260 32 km km NNS 1662 6260 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6260 34 including include VBG 1662 6260 35 144 144 CD 1662 6260 36 km km NNS 1662 6260 37 of of IN 1662 6260 38 expressways expressway NNS 1662 6260 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6260 40 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6260 41 : : : 1662 6260 42 38,769 38,769 CD 1662 6260 43 km km NNS 1662 6260 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6260 45 1993 1993 CD 1662 6260 46 est est NNP 1662 6260 47 . . . 1662 6260 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6261 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 6261 2 : : : 1662 6261 3 1,609 1,609 CD 1662 6261 4 km km NN 1662 6261 5 ; ; : 1662 6261 6 of of IN 1662 6261 7 little little JJ 1662 6261 8 importance importance NN 1662 6261 9 to to IN 1662 6261 10 transportation transportation NN 1662 6261 11 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 6261 12 : : : 1662 6261 13 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6261 14 products product NNS 1662 6261 15 160 160 CD 1662 6261 16 km km NN 1662 6261 17 ; ; : 1662 6261 18 natural natural JJ 1662 6261 19 gas gas NN 1662 6261 20 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6261 21 km km NN 1662 6261 22 ; ; , 1662 6261 23 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 6261 24 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6261 25 gas gas NN 1662 6261 26 or or CC 1662 6261 27 LPG LPG NNP 1662 6261 28 150 150 CD 1662 6261 29 km km NNP 1662 6261 30 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 6261 31 and and CC 1662 6261 32 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6261 33 : : : 1662 6261 34 Auckland Auckland NNP 1662 6261 35 , , , 1662 6261 36 Christchurch Christchurch NNP 1662 6261 37 , , , 1662 6261 38 Dunedin Dunedin NNP 1662 6261 39 , , , 1662 6261 40 Tauranga Tauranga NNP 1662 6261 41 , , , 1662 6261 42 Wellington Wellington NNP 1662 6261 43 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 6261 44 marine marine RB 1662 6261 45 : : : 1662 6261 46 total total NN 1662 6261 47 : : : 1662 6261 48 18 18 CD 1662 6261 49 ships ship NNS 1662 6261 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6261 51 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6261 52 GRT GRT NNP 1662 6261 53 or or CC 1662 6261 54 over over RB 1662 6261 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6261 56 totaling total VBG 1662 6261 57 173,831 173,831 CD 1662 6261 58 GRT/224,544 GRT/224,544 NNP 1662 6261 59 DWT DWT NNP 1662 6261 60 ships ship NNS 1662 6261 61 by by IN 1662 6261 62 type type NN 1662 6261 63 : : : 1662 6261 64 bulk bulk NNP 1662 6261 65 6 6 CD 1662 6261 66 , , , 1662 6261 67 cargo cargo NN 1662 6261 68 1 1 CD 1662 6261 69 , , , 1662 6261 70 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 6261 71 gas gas NN 1662 6261 72 tanker tanker NN 1662 6261 73 1 1 CD 1662 6261 74 , , , 1662 6261 75 oil oil NN 1662 6261 76 tanker tanker NN 1662 6261 77 3 3 CD 1662 6261 78 , , , 1662 6261 79 railcar railcar NN 1662 6261 80 carrier carrier NN 1662 6261 81 1 1 CD 1662 6261 82 , , , 1662 6261 83 roll roll NN 1662 6261 84 - - HYPH 1662 6261 85 on on IN 1662 6261 86 / / SYM 1662 6261 87 roll roll NN 1662 6261 88 - - HYPH 1662 6261 89 off off RP 1662 6261 90 cargo cargo NN 1662 6261 91 6 6 CD 1662 6261 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6261 93 1996 1996 CD 1662 6261 94 est est NNP 1662 6261 95 . . . 1662 6261 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6262 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6262 2 : : : 1662 6262 3 112 112 CD 1662 6262 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6262 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6262 6 est est NNP 1662 6262 7 . . . 1662 6262 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6263 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6263 2 - - , 1662 6263 3 with with IN 1662 6263 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6263 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6263 6 : : : 1662 6263 7 total total NN 1662 6263 8 : : : 1662 6263 9 89 89 CD 1662 6263 10 over over IN 1662 6263 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6263 12 m m NN 1662 6263 13 : : : 1662 6263 14 2 2 CD 1662 6263 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6263 16 to to TO 1662 6263 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6263 18 m m NN 1662 6263 19 : : : 1662 6263 20 8 8 CD 1662 6263 21 914 914 CD 1662 6263 22 to to TO 1662 6263 23 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6263 24 m m NN 1662 6263 25 : : : 1662 6263 26 31 31 CD 1662 6263 27 under under IN 1662 6263 28 914 914 CD 1662 6263 29 m m NN 1662 6263 30 : : : 1662 6263 31 48 48 CD 1662 6263 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6263 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 6263 34 est est NNP 1662 6263 35 . . . 1662 6263 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6264 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6264 2 - - , 1662 6264 3 with with IN 1662 6264 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6264 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6264 6 : : : 1662 6264 7 total total NN 1662 6264 8 : : : 1662 6264 9 23 23 CD 1662 6264 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6264 11 to to TO 1662 6264 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6264 13 m m NN 1662 6264 14 : : : 1662 6264 15 1 1 CD 1662 6264 16 914 914 CD 1662 6264 17 to to TO 1662 6264 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6264 19 m m NN 1662 6264 20 : : : 1662 6264 21 22 22 CD 1662 6264 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6264 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 6264 24 est est NNP 1662 6264 25 . . . 1662 6264 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6265 1 Military military JJ 1662 6265 2 Military military JJ 1662 6265 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6265 4 : : : 1662 6265 5 New New NNP 1662 6265 6 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 6265 7 Army Army NNP 1662 6265 8 , , , 1662 6265 9 Royal Royal NNP 1662 6265 10 New New NNP 1662 6265 11 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 6265 12 Navy Navy NNP 1662 6265 13 , , , 1662 6265 14 Royal Royal NNP 1662 6265 15 New New NNP 1662 6265 16 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 6265 17 Air Air NNP 1662 6265 18 Force Force NNP 1662 6265 19 Military Military NNP 1662 6265 20 manpower manpower NN 1662 6265 21 - - HYPH 1662 6265 22 military military NN 1662 6265 23 age age NN 1662 6265 24 : : : 1662 6265 25 20 20 CD 1662 6265 26 years year NNS 1662 6265 27 of of IN 1662 6265 28 age age NN 1662 6265 29 Military military JJ 1662 6265 30 manpower manpower NN 1662 6265 31 - - HYPH 1662 6265 32 availability availability NN 1662 6265 33 : : : 1662 6265 34 males male NNS 1662 6265 35 age age NNP 1662 6265 36 15 15 CD 1662 6265 37 - - HYPH 1662 6265 38 49 49 CD 1662 6265 39 : : : 1662 6265 40 932,982 932,982 CD 1662 6265 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6265 42 1997 1997 CD 1662 6265 43 est est NNP 1662 6265 44 . . . 1662 6265 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6266 1 Military military JJ 1662 6266 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6266 3 - - HYPH 1662 6266 4 fit fit NN 1662 6266 5 for for IN 1662 6266 6 military military JJ 1662 6266 7 service service NN 1662 6266 8 : : : 1662 6266 9 males male NNS 1662 6266 10 : : : 1662 6266 11 785,440 785,440 CD 1662 6266 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6266 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6266 14 est est NNP 1662 6266 15 . . . 1662 6266 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6267 1 Military military JJ 1662 6267 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6267 3 - - HYPH 1662 6267 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 6267 5 military military JJ 1662 6267 6 age age NN 1662 6267 7 annually annually RB 1662 6267 8 : : : 1662 6267 9 males male NNS 1662 6267 10 : : : 1662 6267 11 26,514 26,514 CD 1662 6267 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6267 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6267 14 est est NNP 1662 6267 15 . . . 1662 6267 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6268 1 Military military JJ 1662 6268 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6268 3 - - HYPH 1662 6268 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 6268 5 figure figure NN 1662 6268 6 : : : 1662 6268 7 $ $ $ 1662 6268 8 677 677 CD 1662 6268 9 million million CD 1662 6268 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6268 11 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 6268 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6268 13 Military military JJ 1662 6268 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6268 15 - - : 1662 6268 16 percent percent NN 1662 6268 17 of of IN 1662 6268 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6268 19 : : : 1662 6268 20 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 6268 21 % % NN 1662 6268 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6268 23 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 6268 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6268 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6268 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6268 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 6268 28 - - : 1662 6268 29 international international RB 1662 6268 30 : : : 1662 6268 31 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6268 32 claim claim NN 1662 6268 33 in in IN 1662 6268 34 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 6268 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6268 36 Ross Ross NNP 1662 6268 37 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 6268 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6268 39 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 40 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 41 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 42 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 43 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 44 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 45 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 46 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 47 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 48 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 49 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 50 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 51 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 52 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 53 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 54 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 55 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 56 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 57 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 58 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 59 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 60 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 61 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 62 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 63 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 64 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 65 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 66 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 67 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 68 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 69 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 70 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 71 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 72 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 73 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 74 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 75 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 76 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 77 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 78 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 79 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 80 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 90 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 91 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 92 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 93 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 94 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 95 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 96 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 97 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 98 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 99 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 100 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 101 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 102 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 103 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 104 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 105 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 106 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 107 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 108 _ _ NNP 1662 6268 109 NICARAGUA NICARAGUA NNP 1662 6268 110 @Nicaragua @nicaragua NN 1662 6268 111 : : : 1662 6268 112 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6268 113 Location Location NNP 1662 6268 114 : : : 1662 6268 115 Middle Middle NNP 1662 6268 116 America America NNP 1662 6268 117 , , , 1662 6268 118 bordering border VBG 1662 6268 119 both both CC 1662 6268 120 the the DT 1662 6268 121 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 6268 122 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6268 123 and and CC 1662 6268 124 the the DT 1662 6268 125 North North NNP 1662 6268 126 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6268 127 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6268 128 , , , 1662 6268 129 between between IN 1662 6268 130 Costa Costa NNP 1662 6268 131 Rica Rica NNP 1662 6268 132 and and CC 1662 6268 133 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 6268 134 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6268 135 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6268 136 : : : 1662 6268 137 13 13 CD 1662 6268 138 00 00 CD 1662 6268 139 N n CD 1662 6268 140 , , , 1662 6268 141 85 85 CD 1662 6268 142 00 00 NFP 1662 6268 143 W W NNP 1662 6268 144 Map Map NNP 1662 6268 145 references reference NNS 1662 6268 146 : : : 1662 6268 147 Central Central NNP 1662 6268 148 America America NNP 1662 6268 149 and and CC 1662 6268 150 the the DT 1662 6268 151 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 6268 152 Area Area 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1662 6268 190 Rica Rica NNP 1662 6268 191 309 309 CD 1662 6268 192 km km NN 1662 6268 193 , , , 1662 6268 194 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 6268 195 922 922 CD 1662 6268 196 km km NN 1662 6268 197 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6268 198 : : : 1662 6268 199 910 910 CD 1662 6268 200 km km NN 1662 6268 201 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6268 202 claims claim VBZ 1662 6268 203 : : : 1662 6268 204 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 6268 205 zone zone NN 1662 6268 206 : : : 1662 6268 207 25-nm 25-nm NNP 1662 6268 208 security security NNP 1662 6268 209 zone zone NNP 1662 6268 210 continental continental NNP 1662 6268 211 shelf shelf NNP 1662 6268 212 : : : 1662 6268 213 natural natural JJ 1662 6268 214 prolongation prolongation NN 1662 6268 215 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6268 216 sea sea NN 1662 6268 217 : : : 1662 6268 218 200 200 CD 1662 6268 219 nm nm NNP 1662 6268 220 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6268 221 : : : 1662 6268 222 tropical tropical JJ 1662 6268 223 in in IN 1662 6268 224 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 6268 225 , , , 1662 6268 226 cooler cooler NN 1662 6268 227 in in IN 1662 6268 228 highlands highlands JJ 1662 6268 229 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6268 230 : : : 1662 6268 231 extensive extensive JJ 1662 6268 232 Atlantic atlantic JJ 1662 6268 233 coastal coastal JJ 1662 6268 234 plains plain NNS 1662 6268 235 rising rise VBG 1662 6268 236 to to IN 1662 6268 237 central central JJ 1662 6268 238 interior interior JJ 1662 6268 239 mountains mountain NNS 1662 6268 240 ; ; , 1662 6268 241 narrow narrow JJ 1662 6268 242 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6268 243 coastal coastal JJ 1662 6268 244 plain plain NN 1662 6268 245 interrupted interrupt VBN 1662 6268 246 by by IN 1662 6268 247 volcanoes volcano NNS 1662 6268 248 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6268 249 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6268 250 : : : 1662 6268 251 lowest low JJS 1662 6268 252 point point NN 1662 6268 253 : : : 1662 6268 254 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6268 255 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6268 256 0 0 NFP 1662 6268 257 m m DT 1662 6268 258 highest high JJS 1662 6268 259 point point NN 1662 6268 260 : : : 1662 6268 261 Mogoton Mogoton NNP 1662 6268 262 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 6268 263 m m NNP 1662 6268 264 Natural natural JJ 1662 6268 265 resources resource NNS 1662 6268 266 : : : 1662 6268 267 gold gold NN 1662 6268 268 , , , 1662 6268 269 silver silver NN 1662 6268 270 , , , 1662 6268 271 copper copper NN 1662 6268 272 , , , 1662 6268 273 tungsten tungsten NN 1662 6268 274 , , , 1662 6268 275 lead lead NN 1662 6268 276 , , , 1662 6268 277 zinc zinc NN 1662 6268 278 , , , 1662 6268 279 timber timber NN 1662 6268 280 , , , 1662 6268 281 fish fish NN 1662 6268 282 Land land NN 1662 6268 283 use use NN 1662 6268 284 : : : 1662 6268 285 arable arable JJ 1662 6268 286 land land NN 1662 6268 287 : : : 1662 6268 288 9 9 CD 1662 6268 289 % % NN 1662 6268 290 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6268 291 crops crop NNS 1662 6268 292 : : : 1662 6268 293 1 1 CD 1662 6268 294 % % NN 1662 6268 295 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6268 296 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6268 297 : : : 1662 6268 298 46 46 CD 1662 6268 299 % % NN 1662 6268 300 forests forest NNS 1662 6268 301 and and CC 1662 6268 302 woodland woodland NN 1662 6268 303 : : : 1662 6268 304 27 27 CD 1662 6268 305 % % NN 1662 6268 306 other other JJ 1662 6268 307 : : : 1662 6268 308 17 17 CD 1662 6268 309 % % NN 1662 6268 310 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6268 311 1993 1993 CD 1662 6268 312 est est NNP 1662 6268 313 . . . 1662 6268 314 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6269 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6269 2 land land NN 1662 6269 3 : : : 1662 6269 4 880 880 CD 1662 6269 5 sq sq NNP 1662 6269 6 km km NNP 1662 6269 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6269 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 6269 9 est est NNP 1662 6269 10 . . . 1662 6269 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6270 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 6270 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6270 3 : : : 1662 6270 4 destructive destructive JJ 1662 6270 5 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 6270 6 , , , 1662 6270 7 volcanoes volcano NNS 1662 6270 8 , , , 1662 6270 9 landslides landslide NNS 1662 6270 10 , , , 1662 6270 11 and and CC 1662 6270 12 occasionally occasionally RB 1662 6270 13 severe severe JJ 1662 6270 14 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 6270 15 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6270 16 - - HYPH 1662 6270 17 current current JJ 1662 6270 18 issues issue NNS 1662 6270 19 : : : 1662 6270 20 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 6270 21 ; ; , 1662 6270 22 soil soil NN 1662 6270 23 erosion erosion NN 1662 6270 24 ; ; : 1662 6270 25 water water NN 1662 6270 26 pollution pollution NN 1662 6270 27 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6270 28 - - HYPH 1662 6270 29 international international JJ 1662 6270 30 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6270 31 : : : 1662 6270 32 party party NN 1662 6270 33 to to TO 1662 6270 34 : : : 1662 6270 35 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 6270 36 , , , 1662 6270 37 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6270 38 Change Change NNP 1662 6270 39 , , , 1662 6270 40 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 6270 41 Species Species NNPS 1662 6270 42 , , , 1662 6270 43 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 6270 44 Test Test NNP 1662 6270 45 Ban Ban NNP 1662 6270 46 , , , 1662 6270 47 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 6270 48 Layer Layer NNP 1662 6270 49 Protection Protection NNP 1662 6270 50 , , , 1662 6270 51 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 6270 52 signed sign VBD 1662 6270 53 , , , 1662 6270 54 but but CC 1662 6270 55 not not RB 1662 6270 56 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6270 57 : : : 1662 6270 58 Desertification desertification NN 1662 6270 59 , , , 1662 6270 60 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 6270 61 Modification Modification NNP 1662 6270 62 , , , 1662 6270 63 Law Law NNP 1662 6270 64 of of IN 1662 6270 65 the the DT 1662 6270 66 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6270 67 @Nicaragua @nicaragua NN 1662 6270 68 : : : 1662 6270 69 People People NNP 1662 6270 70 Population Population NNP 1662 6270 71 : : : 1662 6270 72 4,386,399 4,386,399 CD 1662 6270 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6270 74 July July NNP 1662 6270 75 1997 1997 CD 1662 6270 76 est est NNP 1662 6270 77 . . . 1662 6270 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6271 1 Age age NN 1662 6271 2 structure structure NN 1662 6271 3 : : : 1662 6271 4 0 0 CD 1662 6271 5 - - HYPH 1662 6271 6 14 14 CD 1662 6271 7 years year NNS 1662 6271 8 : : : 1662 6271 9 43 43 CD 1662 6271 10 % % NN 1662 6271 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6271 12 male male JJ 1662 6271 13 963,878 963,878 CD 1662 6271 14 ; ; , 1662 6271 15 female female JJ 1662 6271 16 949,658 949,658 CD 1662 6271 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6271 18 15 15 CD 1662 6271 19 - - SYM 1662 6271 20 64 64 CD 1662 6271 21 years year NNS 1662 6271 22 : : : 1662 6271 23 53 53 CD 1662 6271 24 % % NN 1662 6271 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6271 26 male male JJ 1662 6271 27 1,147,565 1,147,565 CD 1662 6271 28 ; ; : 1662 6271 29 female female JJ 1662 6271 30 1,207,386 1,207,386 CD 1662 6271 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6271 32 65 65 CD 1662 6271 33 years year NNS 1662 6271 34 and and CC 1662 6271 35 over over IN 1662 6271 36 : : : 1662 6271 37 4 4 CD 1662 6271 38 % % NN 1662 6271 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6271 40 male male JJ 1662 6271 41 50,910 50,910 CD 1662 6271 42 ; ; : 1662 6271 43 female female JJ 1662 6271 44 67,002 67,002 CD 1662 6271 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6271 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6271 47 July July NNP 1662 6271 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 6271 49 est est NNP 1662 6271 50 . . . 1662 6271 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6272 1 Population population NN 1662 6272 2 growth growth NN 1662 6272 3 rate rate NN 1662 6272 4 : : : 1662 6272 5 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 6272 6 % % NN 1662 6272 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6272 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6272 9 est est NNP 1662 6272 10 . . . 1662 6272 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6273 1 Birth birth NN 1662 6273 2 rate rate NN 1662 6273 3 : : : 1662 6273 4 33.01 33.01 CD 1662 6273 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 6273 6 population population NN 1662 6273 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6273 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6273 9 est est NNP 1662 6273 10 . . . 1662 6273 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6274 1 Death death NN 1662 6274 2 rate rate NN 1662 6274 3 : : : 1662 6274 4 5.83 5.83 CD 1662 6274 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6274 6 population population NN 1662 6274 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6274 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6274 9 est est NNP 1662 6274 10 . . . 1662 6274 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6275 1 Net net JJ 1662 6275 2 migration migration NN 1662 6275 3 rate rate NN 1662 6275 4 : : : 1662 6275 5 -1.14 -1.14 NFP 1662 6275 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 6275 7 population population NN 1662 6275 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6275 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6275 10 est est NNP 1662 6275 11 . . . 1662 6275 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6276 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6276 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6276 3 : : : 1662 6276 4 at at IN 1662 6276 5 birth birth NN 1662 6276 6 : : : 1662 6276 7 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 6276 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6276 9 under under IN 1662 6276 10 15 15 CD 1662 6276 11 years year NNS 1662 6276 12 : : : 1662 6276 13 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 6276 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6276 15 15 15 CD 1662 6276 16 - - HYPH 1662 6276 17 64 64 CD 1662 6276 18 years year NNS 1662 6276 19 : : : 1662 6276 20 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 6276 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6276 22 65 65 CD 1662 6276 23 years year NNS 1662 6276 24 and and CC 1662 6276 25 over over 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1662 6278 12 : : : 1662 6278 13 63.83 63.83 CD 1662 6278 14 years year NNS 1662 6278 15 female female JJ 1662 6278 16 : : : 1662 6278 17 68.6 68.6 CD 1662 6278 18 years year NNS 1662 6278 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6278 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 6278 21 est est NNP 1662 6278 22 . . . 1662 6278 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6279 1 Total total JJ 1662 6279 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 6279 3 rate rate NN 1662 6279 4 : : : 1662 6279 5 3.9 3.9 CD 1662 6279 6 children child NNS 1662 6279 7 born bear VBN 1662 6279 8 / / SYM 1662 6279 9 woman woman NN 1662 6279 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6279 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6279 12 est est NNP 1662 6279 13 . . . 1662 6279 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6280 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 6280 2 : : : 1662 6280 3 noun noun NNP 1662 6280 4 : : : 1662 6280 5 Nicaraguan(s Nicaraguan(s NNP 1662 6280 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6280 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 6280 8 : : : 1662 6280 9 Nicaraguan nicaraguan JJ 1662 6280 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 6280 11 groups group NNS 1662 6280 12 : : : 1662 6280 13 mestizo mestizo NNP 1662 6280 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6280 15 mixed mixed JJ 1662 6280 16 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 6280 17 and and CC 1662 6280 18 white white JJ 1662 6280 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6280 20 69 69 CD 1662 6280 21 % % NN 1662 6280 22 , , , 1662 6280 23 white white JJ 1662 6280 24 17 17 CD 1662 6280 25 % % NN 1662 6280 26 , , , 1662 6280 27 black black JJ 1662 6280 28 9 9 CD 1662 6280 29 % % NN 1662 6280 30 , , , 1662 6280 31 Amerindian Amerindian NNP 1662 6280 32 5 5 CD 1662 6280 33 % % NN 1662 6280 34 Religions religion NNS 1662 6280 35 : : : 1662 6280 36 Roman Roman NNP 1662 6280 37 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 6280 38 95 95 CD 1662 6280 39 % % NN 1662 6280 40 , , , 1662 6280 41 Protestant protestant NN 1662 6280 42 5 5 CD 1662 6280 43 % % NN 1662 6280 44 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 6280 45 : : : 1662 6280 46 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 6280 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6280 48 official official JJ 1662 6280 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6280 50 note note NN 1662 6280 51 : : : 1662 6280 52 English- English- NNP 1662 6280 53 and and CC 1662 6280 54 Amerindian Amerindian NNP 1662 6280 55 - - HYPH 1662 6280 56 speaking speak VBG 1662 6280 57 minorities minority NNS 1662 6280 58 on on IN 1662 6280 59 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6280 60 coast coast NN 1662 6280 61 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 6280 62 : : : 1662 6280 63 definition definition NN 1662 6280 64 : : : 1662 6280 65 age age NN 1662 6280 66 15 15 CD 1662 6280 67 and and CC 1662 6280 68 over over RB 1662 6280 69 can can MD 1662 6280 70 read read VB 1662 6280 71 and and CC 1662 6280 72 write write VB 1662 6280 73 total total JJ 1662 6280 74 population population NN 1662 6280 75 : : : 1662 6280 76 65.7 65.7 CD 1662 6280 77 % % NN 1662 6280 78 male male NN 1662 6280 79 : : : 1662 6280 80 64.6 64.6 CD 1662 6280 81 % % NN 1662 6280 82 female female NN 1662 6280 83 : : : 1662 6280 84 66.6 66.6 CD 1662 6280 85 % % NN 1662 6280 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6280 87 1995 1995 CD 1662 6280 88 est est NNP 1662 6280 89 . . . 1662 6280 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 1 @Nicaragua @nicaragua LS 1662 6281 2 : : : 1662 6281 3 Government Government NNP 1662 6281 4 Country Country NNP 1662 6281 5 name name NN 1662 6281 6 : : : 1662 6281 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6281 8 long long JJ 1662 6281 9 form form NN 1662 6281 10 : : : 1662 6281 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 6281 12 of of IN 1662 6281 13 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 6281 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6281 15 short short JJ 1662 6281 16 form form NN 1662 6281 17 : : : 1662 6281 18 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 6281 19 local local JJ 1662 6281 20 long long JJ 1662 6281 21 form form NN 1662 6281 22 : : : 1662 6281 23 Republica Republica NNP 1662 6281 24 de de IN 1662 6281 25 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 6281 26 local local JJ 1662 6281 27 short short JJ 1662 6281 28 form form NN 1662 6281 29 : : : 1662 6281 30 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 6281 31 Data Data NNP 1662 6281 32 code code NN 1662 6281 33 : : : 1662 6281 34 NU NU NNP 1662 6281 35 Government Government NNP 1662 6281 36 type type NN 1662 6281 37 : : : 1662 6281 38 republic republic NNP 1662 6281 39 National national JJ 1662 6281 40 capital capital NN 1662 6281 41 : : : 1662 6281 42 Managua Managua NNP 1662 6281 43 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 6281 44 divisions division NNS 1662 6281 45 : : : 1662 6281 46 15 15 CD 1662 6281 47 departments department NNS 1662 6281 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 49 departamentos departamento NNS 1662 6281 50 , , , 1662 6281 51 singular singular NNP 1662 6281 52 - - HYPH 1662 6281 53 departamento departamento NNP 1662 6281 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 55 , , , 1662 6281 56 2 2 CD 1662 6281 57 autonomous autonomous JJ 1662 6281 58 regions region NNS 1662 6281 59 * * NFP 1662 6281 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 61 regiones regione NNS 1662 6281 62 autonomistas autonomista NNS 1662 6281 63 , , , 1662 6281 64 singular singular JJ 1662 6281 65 - - HYPH 1662 6281 66 region region NN 1662 6281 67 autonomista autonomista NN 1662 6281 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 69 ; ; : 1662 6281 70 Boaco Boaco NNP 1662 6281 71 , , , 1662 6281 72 Carazo Carazo NNP 1662 6281 73 , , , 1662 6281 74 Chinandega Chinandega NNP 1662 6281 75 , , , 1662 6281 76 Chontales Chontales NNP 1662 6281 77 , , , 1662 6281 78 Esteli Esteli NNP 1662 6281 79 , , , 1662 6281 80 Granada Granada NNP 1662 6281 81 , , , 1662 6281 82 Jinotega Jinotega NNP 1662 6281 83 , , , 1662 6281 84 Leon Leon NNP 1662 6281 85 , , , 1662 6281 86 Madriz Madriz NNP 1662 6281 87 , , , 1662 6281 88 Managua Managua NNP 1662 6281 89 , , , 1662 6281 90 Masaya Masaya NNP 1662 6281 91 , , , 1662 6281 92 Matagalpa Matagalpa NNP 1662 6281 93 , , , 1662 6281 94 Nueva Nueva NNP 1662 6281 95 Segovia Segovia NNP 1662 6281 96 , , , 1662 6281 97 Rio Rio NNP 1662 6281 98 San San NNP 1662 6281 99 Juan Juan NNP 1662 6281 100 , , , 1662 6281 101 Rivas Rivas NNP 1662 6281 102 , , , 1662 6281 103 Atlantico Atlantico NNP 1662 6281 104 Norte Norte NNP 1662 6281 105 * * NFP 1662 6281 106 , , , 1662 6281 107 Atlantico atlantico JJ 1662 6281 108 Sur Sur NNP 1662 6281 109 * * NFP 1662 6281 110 Independence independence NN 1662 6281 111 : : : 1662 6281 112 15 15 CD 1662 6281 113 September September NNP 1662 6281 114 1821 1821 CD 1662 6281 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 116 from from IN 1662 6281 117 Spain Spain NNP 1662 6281 118 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 119 National national JJ 1662 6281 120 holiday holiday NN 1662 6281 121 : : : 1662 6281 122 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6281 123 Day Day NNP 1662 6281 124 , , , 1662 6281 125 15 15 CD 1662 6281 126 September September NNP 1662 6281 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 128 1821 1821 CD 1662 6281 129 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 130 Constitution constitution NN 1662 6281 131 : : : 1662 6281 132 9 9 CD 1662 6281 133 January January NNP 1662 6281 134 1987 1987 CD 1662 6281 135 Legal legal JJ 1662 6281 136 system system NN 1662 6281 137 : : : 1662 6281 138 civil civil JJ 1662 6281 139 law law NN 1662 6281 140 system system NN 1662 6281 141 ; ; : 1662 6281 142 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 6281 143 Court Court NNP 1662 6281 144 may may MD 1662 6281 145 review review VB 1662 6281 146 administrative administrative JJ 1662 6281 147 acts act VBZ 1662 6281 148 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 6281 149 : : : 1662 6281 150 16 16 CD 1662 6281 151 years year NNS 1662 6281 152 of of IN 1662 6281 153 age age NN 1662 6281 154 ; ; : 1662 6281 155 universal universal JJ 1662 6281 156 Executive Executive NNP 1662 6281 157 branch branch NN 1662 6281 158 : : : 1662 6281 159 chief chief NN 1662 6281 160 of of IN 1662 6281 161 state state NN 1662 6281 162 : : : 1662 6281 163 President President NNP 1662 6281 164 Arnoldo Arnoldo NNP 1662 6281 165 ALEMAN ALEMAN NNP 1662 6281 166 Lacayo Lacayo NNP 1662 6281 167 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 168 10 10 CD 1662 6281 169 January January NNP 1662 6281 170 1997 1997 CD 1662 6281 171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 172 ; ; : 1662 6281 173 Vice Vice NNP 1662 6281 174 President President NNP 1662 6281 175 Enrique Enrique NNP 1662 6281 176 BOLANOS BOLANOS NNP 1662 6281 177 Geyer Geyer NNP 1662 6281 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 179 10 10 CD 1662 6281 180 January January NNP 1662 6281 181 1997 1997 CD 1662 6281 182 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 183 head head NN 1662 6281 184 of of IN 1662 6281 185 government government NN 1662 6281 186 : : : 1662 6281 187 President President NNP 1662 6281 188 Arnoldo Arnoldo NNP 1662 6281 189 ALEMAN ALEMAN NNP 1662 6281 190 Lacayo Lacayo NNP 1662 6281 191 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 192 10 10 CD 1662 6281 193 January January NNP 1662 6281 194 1997 1997 CD 1662 6281 195 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 196 ; ; : 1662 6281 197 Vice Vice NNP 1662 6281 198 President President NNP 1662 6281 199 Enrique Enrique NNP 1662 6281 200 BOLANOS BOLANOS NNP 1662 6281 201 Geyer Geyer NNP 1662 6281 202 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 203 10 10 CD 1662 6281 204 January January NNP 1662 6281 205 1997 1997 CD 1662 6281 206 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 207 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 6281 208 : : : 1662 6281 209 Cabinet cabinet NN 1662 6281 210 elections election NNS 1662 6281 211 : : : 1662 6281 212 president president NN 1662 6281 213 elected elect VBN 1662 6281 214 by by IN 1662 6281 215 popular popular JJ 1662 6281 216 vote vote NN 1662 6281 217 for for IN 1662 6281 218 a a DT 1662 6281 219 five five CD 1662 6281 220 - - HYPH 1662 6281 221 year year NN 1662 6281 222 term term NN 1662 6281 223 ; ; : 1662 6281 224 election election NN 1662 6281 225 last last JJ 1662 6281 226 held hold VBD 1662 6281 227 20 20 CD 1662 6281 228 October October NNP 1662 6281 229 1996 1996 CD 1662 6281 230 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 231 next next JJ 1662 6281 232 to to TO 1662 6281 233 be be VB 1662 6281 234 held hold VBN 1662 6281 235 NA NA NNP 1662 6281 236 2001 2001 CD 1662 6281 237 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 238 ; ; : 1662 6281 239 note note VB 1662 6281 240 - - HYPH 1662 6281 241 in in RP 1662 6281 242 July July NNP 1662 6281 243 1995 1995 CD 1662 6281 244 the the DT 1662 6281 245 term term NN 1662 6281 246 of of IN 1662 6281 247 the the DT 1662 6281 248 office office NN 1662 6281 249 of of IN 1662 6281 250 the the DT 1662 6281 251 president president NN 1662 6281 252 was be VBD 1662 6281 253 amended amend VBN 1662 6281 254 to to IN 1662 6281 255 five five CD 1662 6281 256 years year NNS 1662 6281 257 election election NN 1662 6281 258 results result NNS 1662 6281 259 : : : 1662 6281 260 Arnoldo Arnoldo NNP 1662 6281 261 ALEMAN ALEMAN NNP 1662 6281 262 Lacayo Lacayo NNP 1662 6281 263 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 264 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 6281 265 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 6281 266 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 267 51.03 51.03 CD 1662 6281 268 % % NN 1662 6281 269 , , , 1662 6281 270 Daniel Daniel NNP 1662 6281 271 ORTEGA ORTEGA NNP 1662 6281 272 Saavedra Saavedra NNP 1662 6281 273 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 274 FSLN FSLN NNP 1662 6281 275 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 276 37.75 37.75 CD 1662 6281 277 % % NN 1662 6281 278 , , , 1662 6281 279 Guillermo Guillermo NNP 1662 6281 280 OSORNO OSORNO NNP 1662 6281 281 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 282 Nicaraguan nicaraguan JJ 1662 6281 283 Christian Christian NNP 1662 6281 284 Path Path NNP 1662 6281 285 - - HYPH 1662 6281 286 CNN CNN NNP 1662 6281 287 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 288 4.10 4.10 CD 1662 6281 289 % % NN 1662 6281 290 , , , 1662 6281 291 Noel Noel NNP 1662 6281 292 VIDAURRE VIDAURRE NNP 1662 6281 293 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 294 Nicaraguan Nicaraguan NNP 1662 6281 295 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 6281 296 Party Party NNP 1662 6281 297 - - HYPH 1662 6281 298 PCN PCN NNP 1662 6281 299 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 300 2.26 2.26 CD 1662 6281 301 % % NN 1662 6281 302 , , , 1662 6281 303 Benjamin Benjamin NNP 1662 6281 304 LANZAS LANZAS NNP 1662 6281 305 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 306 National National NNP 1662 6281 307 Project Project NNP 1662 6281 308 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 309 0.53 0.53 CD 1662 6281 310 % % NN 1662 6281 311 , , , 1662 6281 312 others other NNS 1662 6281 313 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 314 18 18 CD 1662 6281 315 other other JJ 1662 6281 316 candidates candidate NNS 1662 6281 317 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 318 remaining remain VBG 1662 6281 319 4.33 4.33 CD 1662 6281 320 % % NN 1662 6281 321 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 6281 322 branch branch NN 1662 6281 323 : : : 1662 6281 324 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 6281 325 National National NNP 1662 6281 326 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 6281 327 or or CC 1662 6281 328 Asamblea Asamblea NNP 1662 6281 329 Nacional Nacional NNP 1662 6281 330 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 331 93 93 CD 1662 6281 332 seats seat NNS 1662 6281 333 ; ; : 1662 6281 334 members member NNS 1662 6281 335 are be VBP 1662 6281 336 elected elect VBN 1662 6281 337 by by IN 1662 6281 338 proportional proportional JJ 1662 6281 339 representation representation NN 1662 6281 340 to to TO 1662 6281 341 serve serve VB 1662 6281 342 five five CD 1662 6281 343 - - HYPH 1662 6281 344 year year NN 1662 6281 345 terms term NNS 1662 6281 346 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 347 elections election NNS 1662 6281 348 : : : 1662 6281 349 last last RB 1662 6281 350 held hold VBD 1662 6281 351 20 20 CD 1662 6281 352 October October NNP 1662 6281 353 1996 1996 CD 1662 6281 354 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 355 next next JJ 1662 6281 356 to to TO 1662 6281 357 be be VB 1662 6281 358 held hold VBN 1662 6281 359 NA NA NNP 1662 6281 360 2001 2001 CD 1662 6281 361 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 362 election election NN 1662 6281 363 results result NNS 1662 6281 364 : : : 1662 6281 365 percent percent NN 1662 6281 366 of of IN 1662 6281 367 vote vote NN 1662 6281 368 by by IN 1662 6281 369 party party NN 1662 6281 370 - - HYPH 1662 6281 371 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 6281 372 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 6281 373 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 374 ruling rule VBG 1662 6281 375 party party NNP 1662 6281 376 - - HYPH 1662 6281 377 includes include VBZ 1662 6281 378 PLC PLC NNP 1662 6281 379 , , , 1662 6281 380 PALI PALI NNP 1662 6281 381 , , , 1662 6281 382 PLIUN PLIUN NNP 1662 6281 383 , , , 1662 6281 384 and and CC 1662 6281 385 PUCA PUCA NNP 1662 6281 386 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 387 46.03 46.03 CD 1662 6281 388 % % NN 1662 6281 389 , , , 1662 6281 390 Sandinista Sandinista NNP 1662 6281 391 National National NNP 1662 6281 392 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 6281 393 Front Front NNP 1662 6281 394 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 395 FSLN FSLN NNP 1662 6281 396 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 397 36.55 36.55 CD 1662 6281 398 % % NN 1662 6281 399 , , , 1662 6281 400 Nicaraguan Nicaraguan NNP 1662 6281 401 Christian Christian NNP 1662 6281 402 Road Road NNP 1662 6281 403 Party Party NNP 1662 6281 404 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 405 PCCN PCCN NNP 1662 6281 406 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 407 3.73 3.73 CD 1662 6281 408 % % NN 1662 6281 409 , , , 1662 6281 410 Nicaraguan Nicaraguan NNP 1662 6281 411 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 6281 412 Party Party NNP 1662 6281 413 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 414 PCN PCN NNP 1662 6281 415 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 416 2.12 2.12 CD 1662 6281 417 % % NN 1662 6281 418 , , , 1662 6281 419 Sandinista Sandinista NNP 1662 6281 420 Renovation Renovation NNP 1662 6281 421 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6281 422 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 423 MRS MRS NNP 1662 6281 424 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 425 1.33 1.33 CD 1662 6281 426 % % NN 1662 6281 427 ; ; , 1662 6281 428 seats seat NNS 1662 6281 429 by by IN 1662 6281 430 party party NN 1662 6281 431 - - HYPH 1662 6281 432 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 6281 433 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 6281 434 42 42 CD 1662 6281 435 , , , 1662 6281 436 FSLN FSLN NNP 1662 6281 437 36 36 CD 1662 6281 438 , , , 1662 6281 439 PCCN PCCN NNP 1662 6281 440 4 4 CD 1662 6281 441 , , , 1662 6281 442 PCN PCN NNP 1662 6281 443 3 3 CD 1662 6281 444 , , , 1662 6281 445 PRONAL PRONAL NNP 1662 6281 446 2 2 CD 1662 6281 447 , , , 1662 6281 448 MRS MRS NNP 1662 6281 449 1 1 CD 1662 6281 450 , , , 1662 6281 451 PRN PRN NNP 1662 6281 452 1 1 CD 1662 6281 453 , , , 1662 6281 454 PNC PNC NNP 1662 6281 455 1 1 CD 1662 6281 456 , , , 1662 6281 457 PLI PLI NNP 1662 6281 458 1 1 CD 1662 6281 459 , , , 1662 6281 460 AU AU NNP 1662 6281 461 1 1 CD 1662 6281 462 , , , 1662 6281 463 UNO-96 uno-96 CD 1662 6281 464 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 6281 465 1 1 CD 1662 6281 466 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 6281 467 branch branch NN 1662 6281 468 : : : 1662 6281 469 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 6281 470 Court Court NNP 1662 6281 471 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 472 Corte Corte NNP 1662 6281 473 Suprema Suprema NNP 1662 6281 474 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 475 , , , 1662 6281 476 12 12 CD 1662 6281 477 judges judge NNS 1662 6281 478 elected elect VBN 1662 6281 479 for for IN 1662 6281 480 a a DT 1662 6281 481 seven seven CD 1662 6281 482 - - HYPH 1662 6281 483 year year NN 1662 6281 484 term term NN 1662 6281 485 by by IN 1662 6281 486 the the DT 1662 6281 487 National National NNP 1662 6281 488 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 6281 489 Political political JJ 1662 6281 490 parties party NNS 1662 6281 491 and and CC 1662 6281 492 leaders leader NNS 1662 6281 493 : : : 1662 6281 494 right right RB 1662 6281 495 : : : 1662 6281 496 Nicaraguan Nicaraguan NNP 1662 6281 497 Party Party NNP 1662 6281 498 of of IN 1662 6281 499 the the DT 1662 6281 500 Christian Christian NNP 1662 6281 501 Road Road NNP 1662 6281 502 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 503 PCCN PCCN NNP 1662 6281 504 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 505 , , , 1662 6281 506 Guillermo Guillermo NNP 1662 6281 507 OSORNO OSORNO NNP 1662 6281 508 , , , 1662 6281 509 Roberto Roberto NNP 1662 6281 510 RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ NNP 1662 6281 511 ; ; : 1662 6281 512 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 6281 513 Constitutionalist Constitutionalist NNP 1662 6281 514 Party Party NNP 1662 6281 515 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 516 PLC PLC NNP 1662 6281 517 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 518 , , , 1662 6281 519 NA NA NNP 1662 6281 520 ; ; : 1662 6281 521 Independent Independent NNP 1662 6281 522 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 6281 523 Party Party NNP 1662 6281 524 for for IN 1662 6281 525 National National NNP 1662 6281 526 Unity Unity NNP 1662 6281 527 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 528 PLIUN PLIUN NNP 1662 6281 529 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 530 , , , 1662 6281 531 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 6281 532 GUERRA GUERRA NNP 1662 6281 533 Gallardo Gallardo NNP 1662 6281 534 ; ; : 1662 6281 535 National National NNP 1662 6281 536 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 6281 537 Party Party NNP 1662 6281 538 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 539 PNC PNC NNP 1662 6281 540 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 541 , , , 1662 6281 542 Adolfo Adolfo NNP 1662 6281 543 CALERO CALERO NNP 1662 6281 544 , , , 1662 6281 545 Noel Noel NNP 1662 6281 546 VIDAURRE vidaurre NN 1662 6281 547 ; ; : 1662 6281 548 Nationalist Nationalist NNP 1662 6281 549 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 6281 550 Party Party NNP 1662 6281 551 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 552 PLN PLN NNP 1662 6281 553 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 554 , , , 1662 6281 555 Enrique Enrique NNP 1662 6281 556 SANCHEZ SANCHEZ NNP 1662 6281 557 center center NN 1662 6281 558 right right NN 1662 6281 559 : : : 1662 6281 560 Neoliberal Neoliberal NNP 1662 6281 561 Party Party NNP 1662 6281 562 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 563 PALI PALI NNP 1662 6281 564 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 565 , , , 1662 6281 566 Ricardo Ricardo NNP 1662 6281 567 VEGA VEGA NNP 1662 6281 568 Garcia Garcia NNP 1662 6281 569 ; ; : 1662 6281 570 Nicaraguan Nicaraguan NNP 1662 6281 571 Resistance Resistance NNP 1662 6281 572 Party Party NNP 1662 6281 573 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 574 PRN PRN NNP 1662 6281 575 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 576 , , , 1662 6281 577 Enrique Enrique NNP 1662 6281 578 QUINONEZ QUINONEZ NNP 1662 6281 579 ; ; : 1662 6281 580 Independent Independent NNP 1662 6281 581 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 6281 582 Party Party NNP 1662 6281 583 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 584 PLI PLI NNP 1662 6281 585 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 586 , , , 1662 6281 587 Wilfredo Wilfredo NNP 1662 6281 588 NAVARRO NAVARRO NNP 1662 6281 589 ; ; : 1662 6281 590 National National NNP 1662 6281 591 Project Project NNP 1662 6281 592 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 593 PRONAL PRONAL NNP 1662 6281 594 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 595 , , , 1662 6281 596 Antonio Antonio NNP 1662 6281 597 LACAYO LACAYO NNP 1662 6281 598 Oyanguren Oyanguren NNP 1662 6281 599 ; ; : 1662 6281 600 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 6281 601 Action Action NNP 1662 6281 602 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6281 603 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 604 MAC MAC NNP 1662 6281 605 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 606 , , , 1662 6281 607 Hernaldo Hernaldo NNP 1662 6281 608 ZUNIYA ZUNIYA NNP 1662 6281 609 center center NN 1662 6281 610 left leave VBD 1662 6281 611 : : : 1662 6281 612 Sandinista Sandinista NNP 1662 6281 613 Renovation Renovation NNP 1662 6281 614 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6281 615 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 616 MRS MRS NNP 1662 6281 617 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 618 , , , 1662 6281 619 Sergio Sergio NNP 1662 6281 620 RAMIREZ RAMIREZ NNP 1662 6281 621 ; ; : 1662 6281 622 Social Social NNP 1662 6281 623 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6281 624 Party Party NNP 1662 6281 625 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 626 PSD PSD NNP 1662 6281 627 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 628 , , , 1662 6281 629 Adolfo Adolfo NNP 1662 6281 630 JARQUIN JARQUIN NNP 1662 6281 631 ; ; : 1662 6281 632 Social Social NNP 1662 6281 633 Christian Christian NNP 1662 6281 634 Party Party NNP 1662 6281 635 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 636 PSC PSC NNP 1662 6281 637 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 638 , , , 1662 6281 639 Erick Erick NNP 1662 6281 640 RAMIREZ RAMIREZ NNP 1662 6281 641 ; ; : 1662 6281 642 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6281 643 for for IN 1662 6281 644 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 6281 645 Unity Unity NNP 1662 6281 646 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 647 MUR MUR NNP 1662 6281 648 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 649 , , , 1662 6281 650 NA NA NNP 1662 6281 651 ; ; : 1662 6281 652 Central central JJ 1662 6281 653 American American NNP 1662 6281 654 Integrationist Integrationist NNP 1662 6281 655 Party Party NNP 1662 6281 656 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 657 PIAC PIAC NNP 1662 6281 658 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 659 , , , 1662 6281 660 NA NA NNP 1662 6281 661 ; ; : 1662 6281 662 Unity Unity NNP 1662 6281 663 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 6281 664 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 665 AU AU NNP 1662 6281 666 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 667 , , , 1662 6281 668 Alejandro Alejandro NNP 1662 6281 669 SERRANO SERRANO NNP 1662 6281 670 ; ; : 1662 6281 671 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 6281 672 Party Party NNP 1662 6281 673 of of IN 1662 6281 674 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 6281 675 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 676 PCN PCN NNP 1662 6281 677 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 678 , , , 1662 6281 679 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 6281 680 Fernando Fernando NNP 1662 6281 681 AGUERO AGUERO NNP 1662 6281 682 Rocha Rocha NNP 1662 6281 683 ; ; : 1662 6281 684 National National NNP 1662 6281 685 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6281 686 Party Party NNP 1662 6281 687 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 688 PND PND NNP 1662 6281 689 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 690 , , , 1662 6281 691 Alfredo Alfredo NNP 1662 6281 692 CESAR CESAR NNP 1662 6281 693 Aguirre Aguirre NNPS 1662 6281 694 ; ; : 1662 6281 695 Central Central NNP 1662 6281 696 American American NNP 1662 6281 697 Unionist Unionist NNP 1662 6281 698 Party Party NNP 1662 6281 699 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 700 PUCA PUCA NNP 1662 6281 701 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 702 , , , 1662 6281 703 Blanca Blanca NNP 1662 6281 704 ROJAS ROJAS NNP 1662 6281 705 Echaverry Echaverry NNP 1662 6281 706 ; ; : 1662 6281 707 UNO-96 uno-96 CD 1662 6281 708 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 6281 709 , , , 1662 6281 710 Alfredo Alfredo NNP 1662 6281 711 CESAR CESAR NNP 1662 6281 712 Aguirre Aguirre NNPS 1662 6281 713 ; ; : 1662 6281 714 Nicaraguan Nicaraguan NNP 1662 6281 715 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6281 716 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6281 717 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 718 MDN MDN NNP 1662 6281 719 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 720 , , , 1662 6281 721 Alfredo Alfredo NNP 1662 6281 722 GUZMAN GUZMAN NNP 1662 6281 723 left leave VBD 1662 6281 724 : : : 1662 6281 725 Sandinista Sandinista NNP 1662 6281 726 National National NNP 1662 6281 727 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 6281 728 Front Front NNP 1662 6281 729 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 730 FSLN FSLN NNP 1662 6281 731 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 732 , , , 1662 6281 733 Daniel Daniel NNP 1662 6281 734 ORTEGA ORTEGA NNP 1662 6281 735 Saavedra Saavedra NNP 1662 6281 736 Political political JJ 1662 6281 737 pressure pressure NN 1662 6281 738 groups group NNS 1662 6281 739 and and CC 1662 6281 740 leaders leader NNS 1662 6281 741 : : : 1662 6281 742 National National NNP 1662 6281 743 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 6281 744 Front Front NNP 1662 6281 745 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 746 FNT FNT NNP 1662 6281 747 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 748 is be VBZ 1662 6281 749 a a DT 1662 6281 750 Sandinista Sandinista NNP 1662 6281 751 umbrella umbrella NN 1662 6281 752 group group NN 1662 6281 753 of of IN 1662 6281 754 eight eight CD 1662 6281 755 labor labor NN 1662 6281 756 unions union NNS 1662 6281 757 : : : 1662 6281 758 Sandinista Sandinista NNP 1662 6281 759 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 6281 760 ' ' POS 1662 6281 761 Central Central NNP 1662 6281 762 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 763 CST CST NNP 1662 6281 764 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 765 ; ; : 1662 6281 766 Farm Farm NNP 1662 6281 767 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 6281 768 Association Association NNP 1662 6281 769 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 770 ATC ATC NNP 1662 6281 771 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 772 ; ; : 1662 6281 773 Health Health NNP 1662 6281 774 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 6281 775 Federation Federation NNP 1662 6281 776 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 777 FETASALUD FETASALUD NNP 1662 6281 778 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 779 ; ; : 1662 6281 780 National National NNP 1662 6281 781 Union Union NNP 1662 6281 782 of of IN 1662 6281 783 Employees Employees NNP 1662 6281 784 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 785 UNE UNE NNP 1662 6281 786 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 787 ; ; : 1662 6281 788 National National NNP 1662 6281 789 Association Association NNP 1662 6281 790 of of IN 1662 6281 791 Educators Educators NNP 1662 6281 792 of of IN 1662 6281 793 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 6281 794 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 795 ANDEN ANDEN NNP 1662 6281 796 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 797 ; ; : 1662 6281 798 Union Union NNP 1662 6281 799 of of IN 1662 6281 800 Journalists Journalists NNPS 1662 6281 801 of of IN 1662 6281 802 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 6281 803 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 804 UPN UPN NNP 1662 6281 805 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 806 ; ; : 1662 6281 807 Heroes Heroes NNPS 1662 6281 808 and and CC 1662 6281 809 Martyrs Martyrs NNPS 1662 6281 810 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 6281 811 of of IN 1662 6281 812 Professional Professional NNP 1662 6281 813 Associations Associations NNPS 1662 6281 814 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 815 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6281 851 Labor Labor NNP 1662 6281 852 Unification Unification NNP 1662 6281 853 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 854 CUS CUS NNP 1662 6281 855 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 856 ; ; : 1662 6281 857 Autonomous Autonomous NNP 1662 6281 858 Nicaraguan Nicaraguan NNP 1662 6281 859 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 6281 860 ' ' POS 1662 6281 861 Central Central NNP 1662 6281 862 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 863 CTN CTN NNP 1662 6281 864 - - HYPH 1662 6281 865 A A NNP 1662 6281 866 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 867 ; ; : 1662 6281 868 Independent Independent NNP 1662 6281 869 General General NNP 1662 6281 870 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 6281 871 of of IN 1662 6281 872 Labor Labor NNP 1662 6281 873 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 874 CGT CGT NNP 1662 6281 875 - - : 1662 6281 876 I i NN 1662 6281 877 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 878 ; ; : 1662 6281 879 and and CC 1662 6281 880 Labor Labor NNP 1662 6281 881 Action Action NNP 1662 6281 882 and and CC 1662 6281 883 Unity Unity NNP 1662 6281 884 Central Central NNP 1662 6281 885 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 886 CAUS CAUS NNP 1662 6281 887 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 888 ; ; : 1662 6281 889 Nicaraguan Nicaraguan NNP 1662 6281 890 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 6281 891 ' ' POS 1662 6281 892 Central Central NNP 1662 6281 893 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 894 CTN CTN NNP 1662 6281 895 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 896 is be VBZ 1662 6281 897 an an DT 1662 6281 898 independent independent JJ 1662 6281 899 labor labor NN 1662 6281 900 union union NN 1662 6281 901 ; ; : 1662 6281 902 Superior Superior NNP 1662 6281 903 Council Council NNP 1662 6281 904 of of IN 1662 6281 905 Private Private NNP 1662 6281 906 Enterprise Enterprise NNP 1662 6281 907 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 908 COSEP COSEP NNP 1662 6281 909 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 910 is be VBZ 1662 6281 911 a a DT 1662 6281 912 confederation confederation NN 1662 6281 913 of of IN 1662 6281 914 business business NN 1662 6281 915 groups group NNS 1662 6281 916 International International NNP 1662 6281 917 organization organization NN 1662 6281 918 participation participation NN 1662 6281 919 : : : 1662 6281 920 BCIE BCIE NNP 1662 6281 921 , , , 1662 6281 922 CACM CACM NNP 1662 6281 923 , , , 1662 6281 924 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 6281 925 , , , 1662 6281 926 FAO FAO NNP 1662 6281 927 , , , 1662 6281 928 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 6281 929 , , , 1662 6281 930 IADB IADB NNP 1662 6281 931 , , , 1662 6281 932 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 6281 933 , , , 1662 6281 934 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 6281 935 , , , 1662 6281 936 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 6281 937 , , , 1662 6281 938 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 6281 939 , , , 1662 6281 940 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 6281 941 , , , 1662 6281 942 IDA IDA NNP 1662 6281 943 , , , 1662 6281 944 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 6281 945 , , , 1662 6281 946 IFC IFC NNP 1662 6281 947 , , , 1662 6281 948 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 6281 949 , , , 1662 6281 950 ILO ILO NNP 1662 6281 951 , , , 1662 6281 952 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6281 953 , , , 1662 6281 954 IMO imo RB 1662 6281 955 , , , 1662 6281 956 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6281 957 , , , 1662 6281 958 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 6281 959 , , , 1662 6281 960 IOC IOC NNP 1662 6281 961 , , , 1662 6281 962 IOM IOM NNP 1662 6281 963 , , , 1662 6281 964 ITU ITU NNP 1662 6281 965 , , , 1662 6281 966 LAES LAES NNP 1662 6281 967 , , , 1662 6281 968 LAIA LAIA NNP 1662 6281 969 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 970 observer observer NN 1662 6281 971 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 972 , , , 1662 6281 973 NAM NAM NNP 1662 6281 974 , , , 1662 6281 975 OAS OAS NNP 1662 6281 976 , , , 1662 6281 977 OPANAL OPANAL NNP 1662 6281 978 , , , 1662 6281 979 PCA PCA NNP 1662 6281 980 , , , 1662 6281 981 UN UN NNP 1662 6281 982 , , , 1662 6281 983 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 6281 984 , , , 1662 6281 985 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 6281 986 , , , 1662 6281 987 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 6281 988 , , , 1662 6281 989 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 6281 990 , , , 1662 6281 991 UPU UPU NNP 1662 6281 992 , , , 1662 6281 993 WCL WCL NNP 1662 6281 994 , , , 1662 6281 995 WHO WHO NNP 1662 6281 996 , , , 1662 6281 997 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 6281 998 , , , 1662 6281 999 WMO WMO NNP 1662 6281 1000 , , , 1662 6281 1001 WToO wtoo FW 1662 6281 1002 , , , 1662 6281 1003 WTrO wtro VB 1662 6281 1004 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6281 1005 representation representation NN 1662 6281 1006 in in IN 1662 6281 1007 the the DT 1662 6281 1008 US US NNP 1662 6281 1009 : : : 1662 6281 1010 chief chief NN 1662 6281 1011 of of IN 1662 6281 1012 mission mission NN 1662 6281 1013 : : : 1662 6281 1014 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6281 1015 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 6281 1016 AGUIRRE AGUIRRE NNP 1662 6281 1017 Sacasa Sacasa NNP 1662 6281 1018 chancery chancery NN 1662 6281 1019 : : : 1662 6281 1020 1627 1627 CD 1662 6281 1021 New New NNP 1662 6281 1022 Hampshire Hampshire NNP 1662 6281 1023 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 6281 1024 NW NW NNP 1662 6281 1025 , , , 1662 6281 1026 Washington Washington NNP 1662 6281 1027 , , , 1662 6281 1028 DC DC NNP 1662 6281 1029 20009 20009 CD 1662 6281 1030 telephone telephone NN 1662 6281 1031 : : : 1662 6281 1032 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6281 1033 1 1 CD 1662 6281 1034 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6281 1035 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 1036 202 202 CD 1662 6281 1037 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 1038 939 939 CD 1662 6281 1039 - - SYM 1662 6281 1040 6570 6570 CD 1662 6281 1041 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 6281 1042 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 1043 general general NN 1662 6281 1044 : : : 1662 6281 1045 Houston Houston NNP 1662 6281 1046 , , , 1662 6281 1047 Los Los NNP 1662 6281 1048 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 6281 1049 , , , 1662 6281 1050 Miami Miami NNP 1662 6281 1051 , , , 1662 6281 1052 New New NNP 1662 6281 1053 Orleans Orleans NNP 1662 6281 1054 , , , 1662 6281 1055 New New NNP 1662 6281 1056 York York NNP 1662 6281 1057 , , , 1662 6281 1058 San San NNP 1662 6281 1059 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 6281 1060 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6281 1061 representation representation NN 1662 6281 1062 from from IN 1662 6281 1063 the the DT 1662 6281 1064 US US NNP 1662 6281 1065 : : : 1662 6281 1066 chief chief NN 1662 6281 1067 of of IN 1662 6281 1068 mission mission NN 1662 6281 1069 : : : 1662 6281 1070 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6281 1071 Luis Luis NNP 1662 6281 1072 GUTIERREZ GUTIERREZ NNP 1662 6281 1073 embassy embassy NN 1662 6281 1074 : : : 1662 6281 1075 Kilometer kilometer NN 1662 6281 1076 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 6281 1077 Carretera Carretera NNP 1662 6281 1078 Sur Sur NNP 1662 6281 1079 . . . 1662 6281 1080 , , , 1662 6281 1081 Managua Managua NNP 1662 6281 1082 mailing mail VBG 1662 6281 1083 address address NN 1662 6281 1084 : : : 1662 6281 1085 APO APO NNP 1662 6281 1086 AA AA NNP 1662 6281 1087 34021 34021 CD 1662 6281 1088 telephone telephone NN 1662 6281 1089 : : : 1662 6281 1090 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6281 1091 505 505 CD 1662 6281 1092 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6281 1093 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 1094 2 2 CD 1662 6281 1095 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 1096 666010 666010 CD 1662 6281 1097 through through IN 1662 6281 1098 666013 666013 CD 1662 6281 1099 , , , 1662 6281 1100 666015 666015 CD 1662 6281 1101 through through IN 1662 6281 1102 18 18 CD 1662 6281 1103 , , , 1662 6281 1104 666026 666026 CD 1662 6281 1105 , , , 1662 6281 1106 666027 666027 CD 1662 6281 1107 , , , 1662 6281 1108 666032 666032 CD 1662 6281 1109 through through IN 1662 6281 1110 33 33 CD 1662 6281 1111 FAX fax NN 1662 6281 1112 : : : 1662 6281 1113 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6281 1114 505 505 CD 1662 6281 1115 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6281 1116 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 1117 2 2 CD 1662 6281 1118 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 1119 669074 669074 CD 1662 6281 1120 Flag flag NN 1662 6281 1121 description description NN 1662 6281 1122 : : : 1662 6281 1123 three three CD 1662 6281 1124 equal equal JJ 1662 6281 1125 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 6281 1126 bands band NNS 1662 6281 1127 of of IN 1662 6281 1128 blue blue JJ 1662 6281 1129 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6281 1130 top top NNP 1662 6281 1131 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6281 1132 , , , 1662 6281 1133 white white JJ 1662 6281 1134 , , , 1662 6281 1135 and and CC 1662 6281 1136 blue blue JJ 1662 6281 1137 with with IN 1662 6281 1138 the the DT 1662 6281 1139 national national JJ 1662 6281 1140 coat coat NN 1662 6281 1141 of of IN 1662 6281 1142 arms arm NNS 1662 6281 1143 centered center VBN 1662 6281 1144 in in IN 1662 6281 1145 the the DT 1662 6281 1146 white white NNP 1662 6281 1147 band band NN 1662 6281 1148 ; ; : 1662 6281 1149 the the DT 1662 6281 1150 coat coat NN 1662 6281 1151 of of IN 1662 6281 1152 arms arm NNS 1662 6281 1153 features feature VBZ 1662 6281 1154 a a DT 1662 6281 1155 triangle triangle NN 1662 6281 1156 encircled encircle VBN 1662 6281 1157 by by IN 1662 6281 1158 the the DT 1662 6281 1159 words word NNS 1662 6281 1160 REPUBLICA REPUBLICA NNP 1662 6281 1161 DE DE NNP 1662 6281 1162 NICARAGUA NICARAGUA NNP 1662 6281 1163 on on IN 1662 6281 1164 the the DT 1662 6281 1165 top top JJ 1662 6281 1166 and and CC 1662 6281 1167 AMERICA AMERICA NNP 1662 6281 1168 CENTRAL CENTRAL NNP 1662 6281 1169 on on IN 1662 6281 1170 the the DT 1662 6281 1171 bottom bottom NN 1662 6281 1172 ; ; : 1662 6281 1173 similar similar JJ 1662 6281 1174 to to IN 1662 6281 1175 the the DT 1662 6281 1176 flag flag NN 1662 6281 1177 of of IN 1662 6281 1178 El El NNP 1662 6281 1179 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 6281 1180 , , , 1662 6281 1181 which which WDT 1662 6281 1182 features feature VBZ 1662 6281 1183 a a DT 1662 6281 1184 round round JJ 1662 6281 1185 emblem emblem NN 1662 6281 1186 encircled encircle VBN 1662 6281 1187 by by IN 1662 6281 1188 the the DT 1662 6281 1189 words word NNS 1662 6281 1190 REPUBLICA REPUBLICA NNP 1662 6281 1191 DE DE NNP 1662 6281 1192 EL EL NNP 1662 6281 1193 SALVADOR SALVADOR NNP 1662 6281 1194 EN EN NNP 1662 6281 1195 LA LA NNP 1662 6281 1196 AMERICA AMERICA NNP 1662 6281 1197 CENTRAL CENTRAL NNP 1662 6281 1198 centered center VBD 1662 6281 1199 in in IN 1662 6281 1200 the the DT 1662 6281 1201 white white JJ 1662 6281 1202 band band NN 1662 6281 1203 ; ; : 1662 6281 1204 also also RB 1662 6281 1205 similar similar JJ 1662 6281 1206 to to IN 1662 6281 1207 the the DT 1662 6281 1208 flag flag NN 1662 6281 1209 of of IN 1662 6281 1210 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 6281 1211 , , , 1662 6281 1212 which which WDT 1662 6281 1213 has have VBZ 1662 6281 1214 five five CD 1662 6281 1215 blue blue JJ 1662 6281 1216 stars star NNS 1662 6281 1217 arranged arrange VBN 1662 6281 1218 in in IN 1662 6281 1219 an an DT 1662 6281 1220 X x NN 1662 6281 1221 pattern pattern NN 1662 6281 1222 centered center VBN 1662 6281 1223 in in IN 1662 6281 1224 the the DT 1662 6281 1225 white white NNP 1662 6281 1226 band band NNP 1662 6281 1227 Economy Economy NNP 1662 6281 1228 Economy Economy NNP 1662 6281 1229 - - HYPH 1662 6281 1230 overview overview NN 1662 6281 1231 : : : 1662 6281 1232 The the DT 1662 6281 1233 Nicaraguan nicaraguan JJ 1662 6281 1234 economy economy NN 1662 6281 1235 , , , 1662 6281 1236 devastated devastate VBN 1662 6281 1237 during during IN 1662 6281 1238 the the DT 1662 6281 1239 1980s 1980 NNS 1662 6281 1240 by by IN 1662 6281 1241 economic economic JJ 1662 6281 1242 mismanagement mismanagement NN 1662 6281 1243 and and CC 1662 6281 1244 civil civil JJ 1662 6281 1245 war war NN 1662 6281 1246 , , , 1662 6281 1247 is be VBZ 1662 6281 1248 beginning begin VBG 1662 6281 1249 to to TO 1662 6281 1250 rebound rebound VB 1662 6281 1251 . . . 1662 6282 1 Since since IN 1662 6282 2 March March NNP 1662 6282 3 1991 1991 CD 1662 6282 4 , , , 1662 6282 5 when when WRB 1662 6282 6 President President NNP 1662 6282 7 CHAMORRO CHAMORRO NNP 1662 6282 8 launched launch VBD 1662 6282 9 an an DT 1662 6282 10 ambitious ambitious JJ 1662 6282 11 economic economic JJ 1662 6282 12 stabilization stabilization NN 1662 6282 13 program program NN 1662 6282 14 , , , 1662 6282 15 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 6282 16 has have VBZ 1662 6282 17 reduced reduce VBN 1662 6282 18 inflation inflation NN 1662 6282 19 and and CC 1662 6282 20 obtained obtain VBD 1662 6282 21 substantial substantial JJ 1662 6282 22 economic economic JJ 1662 6282 23 aid aid NN 1662 6282 24 from from IN 1662 6282 25 abroad abroad RB 1662 6282 26 . . . 1662 6283 1 Annual annual JJ 1662 6283 2 inflation inflation NN 1662 6283 3 fell fall VBD 1662 6283 4 from from IN 1662 6283 5 more more JJR 1662 6283 6 than than IN 1662 6283 7 750 750 CD 1662 6283 8 % % NN 1662 6283 9 in in IN 1662 6283 10 1991 1991 CD 1662 6283 11 to to IN 1662 6283 12 less less JJR 1662 6283 13 than than IN 1662 6283 14 5 5 CD 1662 6283 15 % % NN 1662 6283 16 in in IN 1662 6283 17 1992 1992 CD 1662 6283 18 . . . 1662 6284 1 After after IN 1662 6284 2 rising rise VBG 1662 6284 3 again again RB 1662 6284 4 to to IN 1662 6284 5 an an DT 1662 6284 6 estimated estimate VBN 1662 6284 7 20 20 CD 1662 6284 8 % % NN 1662 6284 9 in in IN 1662 6284 10 1993 1993 CD 1662 6284 11 , , , 1662 6284 12 the the DT 1662 6284 13 annual annual JJ 1662 6284 14 inflation inflation NN 1662 6284 15 rate rate NN 1662 6284 16 dropped drop VBD 1662 6284 17 to to IN 1662 6284 18 roughly roughly RB 1662 6284 19 11 11 CD 1662 6284 20 % % NN 1662 6284 21 in in IN 1662 6284 22 1994 1994 CD 1662 6284 23 - - SYM 1662 6284 24 96 96 CD 1662 6284 25 . . . 1662 6285 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 6285 2 growth growth NN 1662 6285 3 rose rise VBD 1662 6285 4 sharply sharply RB 1662 6285 5 in in IN 1662 6285 6 1995 1995 CD 1662 6285 7 - - SYM 1662 6285 8 96 96 CD 1662 6285 9 , , , 1662 6285 10 thanks thank NNS 1662 6285 11 to to IN 1662 6285 12 surges surge NNS 1662 6285 13 in in IN 1662 6285 14 most most JJS 1662 6285 15 export export NN 1662 6285 16 categories category NNS 1662 6285 17 . . . 1662 6286 1 The the DT 1662 6286 2 government government NN 1662 6286 3 's 's POS 1662 6286 4 efforts effort NNS 1662 6286 5 to to TO 1662 6286 6 liberalize liberalize VB 1662 6286 7 trade trade NN 1662 6286 8 include include VBP 1662 6286 9 a a DT 1662 6286 10 December December NNP 1662 6286 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 6286 12 decision decision NN 1662 6286 13 to to TO 1662 6286 14 stop stop VB 1662 6286 15 requiring require VBG 1662 6286 16 exporters exporter NNS 1662 6286 17 to to TO 1662 6286 18 bring bring VB 1662 6286 19 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 6286 20 foreign foreign JJ 1662 6286 21 exchange exchange NN 1662 6286 22 earnings earning NNS 1662 6286 23 into into IN 1662 6286 24 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 6286 25 . . . 1662 6287 1 On on IN 1662 6287 2 the the DT 1662 6287 3 debt debt NN 1662 6287 4 front front NN 1662 6287 5 , , , 1662 6287 6 the the DT 1662 6287 7 Nicaraguan Nicaraguan NNP 1662 6287 8 Government Government NNP 1662 6287 9 launched launch VBD 1662 6287 10 a a DT 1662 6287 11 successful successful JJ 1662 6287 12 debt debt NN 1662 6287 13 buyback buyback NN 1662 6287 14 program program NN 1662 6287 15 in in IN 1662 6287 16 1995 1995 CD 1662 6287 17 , , , 1662 6287 18 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6287 19 73 73 CD 1662 6287 20 % % NN 1662 6287 21 of of IN 1662 6287 22 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 6287 23 $ $ $ 1662 6287 24 1.373 1.373 CD 1662 6287 25 billion billion CD 1662 6287 26 commercial commercial JJ 1662 6287 27 debt debt NN 1662 6287 28 inherited inherit VBN 1662 6287 29 from from IN 1662 6287 30 previous previous JJ 1662 6287 31 governments government NNS 1662 6287 32 . . . 1662 6288 1 Progress progress NN 1662 6288 2 also also RB 1662 6288 3 occurred occur VBD 1662 6288 4 on on IN 1662 6288 5 reducing reduce VBG 1662 6288 6 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 6288 7 debt debt NN 1662 6288 8 in in IN 1662 6288 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 6288 10 as as IN 1662 6288 11 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 6288 12 reached reach VBD 1662 6288 13 an an DT 1662 6288 14 agreement agreement NN 1662 6288 15 with with IN 1662 6288 16 Russia Russia NNP 1662 6288 17 , , , 1662 6288 18 reducing reduce VBG 1662 6288 19 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 6288 20 's 's POS 1662 6288 21 debt debt NN 1662 6288 22 by by IN 1662 6288 23 $ $ $ 1662 6288 24 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 6288 25 billion billion CD 1662 6288 26 . . . 1662 6289 1 Debt debt NN 1662 6289 2 reduction reduction NN 1662 6289 3 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6289 4 with with IN 1662 6289 5 Paris Paris NNP 1662 6289 6 Club Club NNP 1662 6289 7 creditors creditor NNS 1662 6289 8 and and CC 1662 6289 9 rescheduling reschedule VBG 1662 6289 10 with with IN 1662 6289 11 Latin latin JJ 1662 6289 12 American american JJ 1662 6289 13 creditors creditor NNS 1662 6289 14 also also RB 1662 6289 15 took take VBD 1662 6289 16 place place NN 1662 6289 17 . . . 1662 6290 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 6290 2 remains remain VBZ 1662 6290 3 a a DT 1662 6290 4 pressing press VBG 1662 6290 5 problem problem NN 1662 6290 6 , , , 1662 6290 7 however however RB 1662 6290 8 , , , 1662 6290 9 with with IN 1662 6290 10 roughly roughly RB 1662 6290 11 half half PDT 1662 6290 12 the the DT 1662 6290 13 country country NN 1662 6290 14 's 's POS 1662 6290 15 work work NN 1662 6290 16 force force NN 1662 6290 17 unemployed unemployed JJ 1662 6290 18 or or CC 1662 6290 19 underemployed underemployed JJ 1662 6290 20 . . . 1662 6291 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6291 2 : : : 1662 6291 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6291 4 power power NN 1662 6291 5 parity parity NN 1662 6291 6 - - : 1662 6291 7 $ $ $ 1662 6291 8 7.7 7.7 CD 1662 6291 9 billion billion CD 1662 6291 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6291 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6291 12 est est NNP 1662 6291 13 . . . 1662 6291 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6292 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6292 2 - - HYPH 1662 6292 3 real real JJ 1662 6292 4 growth growth NN 1662 6292 5 rate rate NN 1662 6292 6 : : : 1662 6292 7 5.5 5.5 CD 1662 6292 8 % % NN 1662 6292 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6292 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 6292 11 est est NNP 1662 6292 12 . . . 1662 6292 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6293 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6293 2 - - HYPH 1662 6293 3 per per FW 1662 6293 4 capita capita NN 1662 6293 5 : : : 1662 6293 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6293 7 power power NN 1662 6293 8 parity parity NN 1662 6293 9 - - : 1662 6293 10 $ $ $ 1662 6293 11 1,800 1,800 CD 1662 6293 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6293 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 6293 14 est est NNP 1662 6293 15 . . . 1662 6293 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6294 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6294 2 - - HYPH 1662 6294 3 composition composition NN 1662 6294 4 by by IN 1662 6294 5 sector sector NN 1662 6294 6 : : : 1662 6294 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6294 8 : : : 1662 6294 9 34 34 CD 1662 6294 10 % % NN 1662 6294 11 industry industry NN 1662 6294 12 : : : 1662 6294 13 21 21 CD 1662 6294 14 % % NN 1662 6294 15 services service NNS 1662 6294 16 : : : 1662 6294 17 45 45 CD 1662 6294 18 % % NN 1662 6294 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6294 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 6294 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6294 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 6294 23 rate rate NN 1662 6294 24 - - HYPH 1662 6294 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 6294 26 price price NN 1662 6294 27 index index NN 1662 6294 28 : : : 1662 6294 29 11 11 CD 1662 6294 30 % % NN 1662 6294 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6294 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 6294 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6294 34 Labor labor NN 1662 6294 35 force force NN 1662 6294 36 : : : 1662 6294 37 total total NN 1662 6294 38 : : : 1662 6294 39 1.086 1.086 CD 1662 6294 40 million million CD 1662 6294 41 by by IN 1662 6294 42 occupation occupation NN 1662 6294 43 : : : 1662 6294 44 services service NNS 1662 6294 45 43 43 CD 1662 6294 46 % % NN 1662 6294 47 , , , 1662 6294 48 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6294 49 44 44 CD 1662 6294 50 % % NN 1662 6294 51 , , , 1662 6294 52 industry industry NN 1662 6294 53 13 13 CD 1662 6294 54 % % NN 1662 6294 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6294 56 1986 1986 CD 1662 6294 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6294 58 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 6294 59 rate rate NN 1662 6294 60 : : : 1662 6294 61 16 16 CD 1662 6294 62 % % NN 1662 6294 63 ; ; , 1662 6294 64 underemployment underemployment VB 1662 6294 65 36 36 CD 1662 6294 66 % % NN 1662 6294 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6294 68 1996 1996 CD 1662 6294 69 est est NNP 1662 6294 70 . . . 1662 6294 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6295 1 Budget budget NN 1662 6295 2 : : : 1662 6295 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 6295 4 : : : 1662 6295 5 $ $ $ 1662 6295 6 389 389 CD 1662 6295 7 million million CD 1662 6295 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6295 9 : : : 1662 6295 10 $ $ $ 1662 6295 11 551 551 CD 1662 6295 12 million million CD 1662 6295 13 , , , 1662 6295 14 including include VBG 1662 6295 15 capital capital NN 1662 6295 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6295 17 of of IN 1662 6295 18 $ $ $ 1662 6295 19 NA na NN 1662 6295 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6295 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 6295 22 est est NNP 1662 6295 23 . . . 1662 6295 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6296 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 6296 2 : : : 1662 6296 3 food food NN 1662 6296 4 processing processing NN 1662 6296 5 , , , 1662 6296 6 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 6296 7 , , , 1662 6296 8 metal metal NN 1662 6296 9 products product NNS 1662 6296 10 , , , 1662 6296 11 textiles textile NNS 1662 6296 12 , , , 1662 6296 13 clothing clothing NN 1662 6296 14 , , , 1662 6296 15 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6296 16 refining refining NN 1662 6296 17 and and CC 1662 6296 18 distribution distribution NN 1662 6296 19 , , , 1662 6296 20 beverages beverage NNS 1662 6296 21 , , , 1662 6296 22 footwear footwear IN 1662 6296 23 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 6296 24 production production NN 1662 6296 25 growth growth NN 1662 6296 26 rate rate NN 1662 6296 27 : : : 1662 6296 28 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 6296 29 % % NN 1662 6296 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6296 31 1994 1994 CD 1662 6296 32 est est NNP 1662 6296 33 . . . 1662 6296 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6297 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6297 2 - - HYPH 1662 6297 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 6297 4 : : : 1662 6297 5 417,700 417,700 CD 1662 6297 6 kW kw NN 1662 6297 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6297 8 1995 1995 CD 1662 6297 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6297 10 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6297 11 - - HYPH 1662 6297 12 production production NN 1662 6297 13 : : : 1662 6297 14 1.713 1.713 CD 1662 6297 15 billion billion CD 1662 6297 16 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6297 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6297 18 1995 1995 CD 1662 6297 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6297 20 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6297 21 - - HYPH 1662 6297 22 consumption consumption NN 1662 6297 23 per per IN 1662 6297 24 capita capita NN 1662 6297 25 : : : 1662 6297 26 279 279 CD 1662 6297 27 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6297 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6297 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 6297 30 est est NNP 1662 6297 31 . . . 1662 6297 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6298 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6298 2 - - HYPH 1662 6298 3 products product NNS 1662 6298 4 : : : 1662 6298 5 coffee coffee NN 1662 6298 6 , , , 1662 6298 7 bananas banana NNS 1662 6298 8 , , , 1662 6298 9 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 6298 10 , , , 1662 6298 11 cotton cotton NN 1662 6298 12 , , , 1662 6298 13 rice rice NN 1662 6298 14 , , , 1662 6298 15 corn corn NN 1662 6298 16 , , , 1662 6298 17 cassava cassava NNP 1662 6298 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6298 19 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 6298 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6298 21 , , , 1662 6298 22 citrus citrus NNP 1662 6298 23 , , , 1662 6298 24 beans bean NNS 1662 6298 25 ; ; : 1662 6298 26 beef beef NN 1662 6298 27 , , , 1662 6298 28 veal veal NN 1662 6298 29 , , , 1662 6298 30 pork pork NN 1662 6298 31 , , , 1662 6298 32 poultry poultry NN 1662 6298 33 , , , 1662 6298 34 dairy dairy NN 1662 6298 35 products product NNS 1662 6298 36 Exports export NNS 1662 6298 37 : : : 1662 6298 38 total total JJ 1662 6298 39 value value NN 1662 6298 40 : : : 1662 6298 41 $ $ $ 1662 6298 42 607 607 CD 1662 6298 43 million million CD 1662 6298 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6298 45 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 6298 46 . . NNP 1662 6298 47 , , , 1662 6298 48 1996 1996 CD 1662 6298 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6298 50 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6298 51 : : : 1662 6298 52 meat meat NN 1662 6298 53 , , , 1662 6298 54 coffee coffee NN 1662 6298 55 , , , 1662 6298 56 cotton cotton NN 1662 6298 57 , , , 1662 6298 58 sugar sugar NN 1662 6298 59 , , , 1662 6298 60 seafood seafood NN 1662 6298 61 , , , 1662 6298 62 gold gold NN 1662 6298 63 , , , 1662 6298 64 bananas banana NNS 1662 6298 65 partners partner NNS 1662 6298 66 : : : 1662 6298 67 US US NNP 1662 6298 68 , , , 1662 6298 69 Central Central NNP 1662 6298 70 America America NNP 1662 6298 71 , , , 1662 6298 72 Canada Canada NNP 1662 6298 73 , , , 1662 6298 74 Germany Germany NNP 1662 6298 75 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 6298 76 : : : 1662 6298 77 total total JJ 1662 6298 78 value value NN 1662 6298 79 : : : 1662 6298 80 $ $ $ 1662 6298 81 1.188 1.188 CD 1662 6298 82 billion billion CD 1662 6298 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6298 84 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 6298 85 . . NNP 1662 6298 86 , , , 1662 6298 87 1996 1996 CD 1662 6298 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6298 89 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6298 90 : : : 1662 6298 91 consumer consumer NN 1662 6298 92 goods good NNS 1662 6298 93 , , , 1662 6298 94 machinery machinery NN 1662 6298 95 and and CC 1662 6298 96 equipment equipment NN 1662 6298 97 , , , 1662 6298 98 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6298 99 products product NNS 1662 6298 100 partners partner NNS 1662 6298 101 : : : 1662 6298 102 Central Central NNP 1662 6298 103 America America NNP 1662 6298 104 , , , 1662 6298 105 US US NNP 1662 6298 106 , , , 1662 6298 107 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 6298 108 , , , 1662 6298 109 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6298 110 Debt Debt NNP 1662 6298 111 - - HYPH 1662 6298 112 external external JJ 1662 6298 113 : : : 1662 6298 114 $ $ $ 1662 6298 115 6 6 CD 1662 6298 116 billion billion CD 1662 6298 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6298 118 1996 1996 CD 1662 6298 119 est est NNP 1662 6298 120 . . . 1662 6298 121 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6299 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 6299 2 aid aid NN 1662 6299 3 : : : 1662 6299 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 6299 5 : : : 1662 6299 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 6299 7 , , , 1662 6299 8 $ $ $ 1662 6299 9 NA NA NNP 1662 6299 10 Currency currency NN 1662 6299 11 : : : 1662 6299 12 1 1 CD 1662 6299 13 gold gold NN 1662 6299 14 cordoba cordoba NNS 1662 6299 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6299 16 C$ c$ $ 1662 6299 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6299 18 = = NFP 1662 6299 19 100 100 CD 1662 6299 20 centavos centavos NNP 1662 6299 21 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 6299 22 rates rate NNS 1662 6299 23 : : : 1662 6299 24 gold gold NN 1662 6299 25 cordobas cordoba NNS 1662 6299 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6299 27 C$ c$ $ 1662 6299 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6299 29 per per IN 1662 6299 30 US$ us$ $ 1662 6299 31 1 1 CD 1662 6299 32 - - SYM 1662 6299 33 8.63 8.63 CD 1662 6299 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6299 35 September September NNP 1662 6299 36 1996 1996 CD 1662 6299 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6299 38 , , , 1662 6299 39 7.55 7.55 CD 1662 6299 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6299 41 1995 1995 CD 1662 6299 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6299 43 , , , 1662 6299 44 6.72 6.72 CD 1662 6299 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6299 46 1994 1994 CD 1662 6299 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6299 48 , , , 1662 6299 49 5.62 5.62 CD 1662 6299 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6299 51 1993 1993 CD 1662 6299 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6299 53 , , , 1662 6299 54 5.00 5.00 CD 1662 6299 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6299 56 1992 1992 CD 1662 6299 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6299 58 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6299 59 year year NN 1662 6299 60 : : : 1662 6299 61 calendar calendar NNP 1662 6299 62 year year NN 1662 6299 63 @Nicaragua @Nicaragua NNP 1662 6299 64 : : : 1662 6299 65 Communications Communications NNP 1662 6299 66 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 6299 67 : : : 1662 6299 68 66,810 66,810 CD 1662 6299 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6299 70 1993 1993 CD 1662 6299 71 est est NNP 1662 6299 72 . . . 1662 6299 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6300 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 6300 2 system system NN 1662 6300 3 : : : 1662 6300 4 low low JJ 1662 6300 5 - - HYPH 1662 6300 6 capacity capacity NN 1662 6300 7 microwave microwave NN 1662 6300 8 radio radio NN 1662 6300 9 relay relay NN 1662 6300 10 and and CC 1662 6300 11 wire wire NN 1662 6300 12 system system NN 1662 6300 13 being be VBG 1662 6300 14 expanded expand VBN 1662 6300 15 ; ; : 1662 6300 16 connected connected JJ 1662 6300 17 to to IN 1662 6300 18 Central Central NNP 1662 6300 19 American American NNP 1662 6300 20 Microwave Microwave NNP 1662 6300 21 System System NNP 1662 6300 22 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6300 23 : : : 1662 6300 24 wire wire NN 1662 6300 25 and and CC 1662 6300 26 microwave microwave NN 1662 6300 27 radio radio NN 1662 6300 28 relay relay NN 1662 6300 29 international international NNP 1662 6300 30 : : : 1662 6300 31 satellite satellite NN 1662 6300 32 earth earth NN 1662 6300 33 stations station NNS 1662 6300 34 - - , 1662 6300 35 1 1 CD 1662 6300 36 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 6300 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6300 38 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6300 39 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6300 40 Region Region NNP 1662 6300 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6300 42 and and CC 1662 6300 43 1 1 CD 1662 6300 44 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6300 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6300 46 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6300 47 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6300 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6300 49 Radio radio NN 1662 6300 50 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6300 51 stations station NNS 1662 6300 52 : : : 1662 6300 53 AM am VBP 1662 6300 54 45 45 CD 1662 6300 55 , , , 1662 6300 56 FM FM NNP 1662 6300 57 0 0 CD 1662 6300 58 , , , 1662 6300 59 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 6300 60 3 3 CD 1662 6300 61 Radios radio NNS 1662 6300 62 : : : 1662 6300 63 1.037 1.037 CD 1662 6300 64 million million CD 1662 6300 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6300 66 1992 1992 CD 1662 6300 67 est est NNP 1662 6300 68 . . . 1662 6300 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6301 1 Television television NN 1662 6301 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6301 3 stations station NNS 1662 6301 4 : : : 1662 6301 5 7 7 CD 1662 6301 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6301 7 1994 1994 CD 1662 6301 8 est est NNP 1662 6301 9 . . . 1662 6301 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6302 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 6302 2 : : : 1662 6302 3 260,000 260,000 CD 1662 6302 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6302 5 1992 1992 CD 1662 6302 6 est est NNP 1662 6302 7 . . . 1662 6302 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6303 1 @Nicaragua @nicaragua LS 1662 6303 2 : : : 1662 6303 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 6303 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 6303 5 : : : 1662 6303 6 total total NN 1662 6303 7 : : : 1662 6303 8 0 0 CD 1662 6303 9 km km NN 1662 6303 10 narrow narrow JJ 1662 6303 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 6303 12 : : : 1662 6303 13 0 0 CD 1662 6303 14 km km NN 1662 6303 15 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 6303 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 6303 17 ; ; : 1662 6303 18 note note NN 1662 6303 19 - - HYPH 1662 6303 20 part part NN 1662 6303 21 of of IN 1662 6303 22 the the DT 1662 6303 23 previous previous JJ 1662 6303 24 376 376 CD 1662 6303 25 km km NN 1662 6303 26 system system NN 1662 6303 27 was be VBD 1662 6303 28 closed close VBN 1662 6303 29 and and CC 1662 6303 30 dismantled dismantle VBN 1662 6303 31 in in IN 1662 6303 32 1993 1993 CD 1662 6303 33 and and CC 1662 6303 34 , , , 1662 6303 35 in in IN 1662 6303 36 1994 1994 CD 1662 6303 37 , , , 1662 6303 38 the the DT 1662 6303 39 remainder remainder NN 1662 6303 40 was be VBD 1662 6303 41 closed close VBN 1662 6303 42 , , , 1662 6303 43 the the DT 1662 6303 44 track track NN 1662 6303 45 and and CC 1662 6303 46 rolling roll VBG 1662 6303 47 stock stock NN 1662 6303 48 being be VBG 1662 6303 49 sold sell VBN 1662 6303 50 for for IN 1662 6303 51 scrap scrap NN 1662 6303 52 Highways highway NNS 1662 6303 53 : : : 1662 6303 54 total total NN 1662 6303 55 : : : 1662 6303 56 17,146 17,146 CD 1662 6303 57 km km NN 1662 6303 58 paved pave VBN 1662 6303 59 : : : 1662 6303 60 1,715 1,715 CD 1662 6303 61 km km NN 1662 6303 62 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6303 63 : : : 1662 6303 64 15,431 15,431 CD 1662 6303 65 km km NNS 1662 6303 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6303 67 1995 1995 CD 1662 6303 68 est est NNP 1662 6303 69 . . . 1662 6303 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6304 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 6304 2 : : : 1662 6304 3 2,220 2,220 CD 1662 6304 4 km km NN 1662 6304 5 , , , 1662 6304 6 including include VBG 1662 6304 7 2 2 CD 1662 6304 8 large large JJ 1662 6304 9 lakes lake NNS 1662 6304 10 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 6304 11 : : : 1662 6304 12 crude crude JJ 1662 6304 13 oil oil NN 1662 6304 14 56 56 CD 1662 6304 15 km km NNS 1662 6304 16 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 6304 17 and and CC 1662 6304 18 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6304 19 : : : 1662 6304 20 Bluefields bluefield NNS 1662 6304 21 , , , 1662 6304 22 Corinto Corinto NNP 1662 6304 23 , , , 1662 6304 24 El El NNP 1662 6304 25 Bluff Bluff NNP 1662 6304 26 , , , 1662 6304 27 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 6304 28 Cabezas Cabezas NNP 1662 6304 29 , , , 1662 6304 30 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 6304 31 Sandino Sandino NNP 1662 6304 32 , , , 1662 6304 33 Rama Rama NNP 1662 6304 34 , , , 1662 6304 35 San San NNP 1662 6304 36 Juan Juan NNP 1662 6304 37 del del NNP 1662 6304 38 Sur Sur NNP 1662 6304 39 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 6304 40 marine marine NN 1662 6304 41 : : : 1662 6304 42 none none NN 1662 6304 43 Airports airport NNS 1662 6304 44 : : : 1662 6304 45 147 147 CD 1662 6304 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6304 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 6304 48 est est NNP 1662 6304 49 . . . 1662 6304 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6305 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6305 2 - - , 1662 6305 3 with with IN 1662 6305 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6305 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6305 6 : : : 1662 6305 7 total total NN 1662 6305 8 : : : 1662 6305 9 115 115 CD 1662 6305 10 over over IN 1662 6305 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6305 12 m m NN 1662 6305 13 : : : 1662 6305 14 1 1 CD 1662 6305 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 6305 16 to to IN 1662 6305 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6305 18 m m NN 1662 6305 19 : : : 1662 6305 20 1 1 CD 1662 6305 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6305 22 to to TO 1662 6305 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6305 24 m m NN 1662 6305 25 : : : 1662 6305 26 3 3 CD 1662 6305 27 914 914 CD 1662 6305 28 to to TO 1662 6305 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6305 30 m m NN 1662 6305 31 : : : 1662 6305 32 3 3 CD 1662 6305 33 under under IN 1662 6305 34 914 914 CD 1662 6305 35 m m NN 1662 6305 36 : : : 1662 6305 37 107 107 CD 1662 6305 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6305 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 6305 40 est est NNP 1662 6305 41 . . . 1662 6305 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6306 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6306 2 - - , 1662 6306 3 with with IN 1662 6306 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6306 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6306 6 : : : 1662 6306 7 total total NN 1662 6306 8 : : : 1662 6306 9 32 32 CD 1662 6306 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6306 11 to to TO 1662 6306 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6306 13 m m NN 1662 6306 14 : : : 1662 6306 15 1 1 CD 1662 6306 16 914 914 CD 1662 6306 17 to to TO 1662 6306 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6306 19 m m NN 1662 6306 20 : : : 1662 6306 21 31 31 CD 1662 6306 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6306 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 6306 24 est est NNP 1662 6306 25 . . . 1662 6306 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6307 1 Military military JJ 1662 6307 2 Military military JJ 1662 6307 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6307 4 : : : 1662 6307 5 Ground Ground NNP 1662 6307 6 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 6307 7 , , , 1662 6307 8 Navy Navy NNP 1662 6307 9 , , , 1662 6307 10 Air Air NNP 1662 6307 11 Force Force NNP 1662 6307 12 Military Military NNP 1662 6307 13 manpower manpower NN 1662 6307 14 - - HYPH 1662 6307 15 military military NN 1662 6307 16 age age NN 1662 6307 17 : : : 1662 6307 18 18 18 CD 1662 6307 19 years year NNS 1662 6307 20 of of IN 1662 6307 21 age age NN 1662 6307 22 Military military JJ 1662 6307 23 manpower manpower NN 1662 6307 24 - - HYPH 1662 6307 25 availability availability NN 1662 6307 26 : : : 1662 6307 27 males male NNS 1662 6307 28 age age NNP 1662 6307 29 15 15 CD 1662 6307 30 - - HYPH 1662 6307 31 49 49 CD 1662 6307 32 : : : 1662 6307 33 1,027,630 1,027,630 CD 1662 6307 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6307 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 6307 36 est est NNP 1662 6307 37 . . . 1662 6307 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6308 1 Military military JJ 1662 6308 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6308 3 - - HYPH 1662 6308 4 fit fit NN 1662 6308 5 for for IN 1662 6308 6 military military JJ 1662 6308 7 service service NN 1662 6308 8 : : : 1662 6308 9 males male NNS 1662 6308 10 : : : 1662 6308 11 632,433 632,433 CD 1662 6308 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6308 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6308 14 est e JJS 1662 6308 15 . . . 1662 6308 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6309 1 Military military JJ 1662 6309 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6309 3 - - HYPH 1662 6309 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 6309 5 military military JJ 1662 6309 6 age age NN 1662 6309 7 annually annually RB 1662 6309 8 : : : 1662 6309 9 males male NNS 1662 6309 10 : : : 1662 6309 11 49,552 49,552 CD 1662 6309 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6309 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6309 14 est est NNP 1662 6309 15 . . . 1662 6309 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6310 1 Military military JJ 1662 6310 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6310 3 - - HYPH 1662 6310 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 6310 5 figure figure NN 1662 6310 6 : : : 1662 6310 7 $ $ $ 1662 6310 8 27.48 27.48 CD 1662 6310 9 million million CD 1662 6310 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6310 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6310 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6310 13 Military military JJ 1662 6310 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6310 15 - - : 1662 6310 16 percent percent NN 1662 6310 17 of of IN 1662 6310 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6310 19 : : : 1662 6310 20 1.35 1.35 CD 1662 6310 21 % % NN 1662 6310 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6310 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 6310 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6310 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6310 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6310 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 6310 28 - - : 1662 6310 29 international international JJ 1662 6310 30 : : : 1662 6310 31 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6310 32 disputes dispute NNS 1662 6310 33 with with IN 1662 6310 34 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 6310 35 over over IN 1662 6310 36 the the DT 1662 6310 37 Archipelago Archipelago NNP 1662 6310 38 de de IN 1662 6310 39 San San NNP 1662 6310 40 Andres Andres NNP 1662 6310 41 y y NNP 1662 6310 42 Providencia Providencia NNP 1662 6310 43 and and CC 1662 6310 44 Quita Quita NNP 1662 6310 45 Sueno Sueno NNP 1662 6310 46 Bank Bank NNP 1662 6310 47 ; ; : 1662 6310 48 with with IN 1662 6310 49 respect respect NN 1662 6310 50 to to IN 1662 6310 51 the the DT 1662 6310 52 maritime maritime JJ 1662 6310 53 boundary boundary JJ 1662 6310 54 question question NN 1662 6310 55 in in IN 1662 6310 56 the the DT 1662 6310 57 Golfo Golfo NNP 1662 6310 58 de de NNP 1662 6310 59 Fonseca Fonseca NNP 1662 6310 60 , , , 1662 6310 61 the the DT 1662 6310 62 International International NNP 1662 6310 63 Court Court NNP 1662 6310 64 of of IN 1662 6310 65 Justice Justice NNP 1662 6310 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6310 67 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 6310 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6310 69 referred refer VBD 1662 6310 70 the the DT 1662 6310 71 disputants disputant NNS 1662 6310 72 to to IN 1662 6310 73 an an DT 1662 6310 74 earlier early JJR 1662 6310 75 agreement agreement NN 1662 6310 76 in in IN 1662 6310 77 this this DT 1662 6310 78 century century NN 1662 6310 79 and and CC 1662 6310 80 advised advise VBD 1662 6310 81 that that IN 1662 6310 82 some some DT 1662 6310 83 tripartite tripartite JJ 1662 6310 84 resolution resolution NN 1662 6310 85 among among IN 1662 6310 86 El El NNP 1662 6310 87 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 6310 88 , , , 1662 6310 89 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 6310 90 , , , 1662 6310 91 and and CC 1662 6310 92 Nicaragua Nicaragua NNP 1662 6310 93 likely likely RB 1662 6310 94 would would MD 1662 6310 95 be be VB 1662 6310 96 required require VBN 1662 6310 97 ; ; : 1662 6310 98 maritime maritime JJ 1662 6310 99 boundary boundary JJ 1662 6310 100 dispute dispute NN 1662 6310 101 with with IN 1662 6310 102 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 6310 103 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 6310 104 drugs drug NNS 1662 6310 105 : : : 1662 6310 106 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 6310 107 point point NN 1662 6310 108 for for IN 1662 6310 109 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 6310 110 destined destine VBN 1662 6310 111 for for IN 1662 6310 112 the the DT 1662 6310 113 US US NNP 1662 6310 114 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 115 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 116 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 117 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 118 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 119 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 120 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 121 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 122 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 123 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 124 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 125 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 126 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 127 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 128 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 129 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 130 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 131 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 132 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 133 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 134 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 135 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 136 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 137 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 138 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 139 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 140 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 141 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 142 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 143 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 144 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 145 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 146 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 147 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 148 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 149 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 150 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 151 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 152 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 153 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 154 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 155 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 156 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 157 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 158 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 159 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 160 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 161 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 162 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 163 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 164 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 165 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 166 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 167 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 168 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 169 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 170 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 171 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 172 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 173 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 174 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 175 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 176 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 177 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 178 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 179 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 180 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 181 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 182 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 183 _ _ NNP 1662 6310 184 NIGER NIGER NNP 1662 6310 185 @Niger @niger NN 1662 6310 186 : : : 1662 6310 187 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6310 188 Location Location NNP 1662 6310 189 : : : 1662 6310 190 Western Western NNP 1662 6310 191 Africa Africa NNP 1662 6310 192 , , , 1662 6310 193 southeast southeast NN 1662 6310 194 of of IN 1662 6310 195 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 6310 196 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6310 197 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6310 198 : : : 1662 6310 199 16 16 CD 1662 6310 200 00 00 CD 1662 6310 201 N n CD 1662 6310 202 , , , 1662 6310 203 8 8 CD 1662 6310 204 00 00 CD 1662 6310 205 E e NN 1662 6310 206 Map Map NNP 1662 6310 207 references reference NNS 1662 6310 208 : : : 1662 6310 209 Africa Africa NNP 1662 6310 210 Area Area NNP 1662 6310 211 : : : 1662 6310 212 total total NN 1662 6310 213 : : : 1662 6310 214 1.267 1.267 CD 1662 6310 215 million million CD 1662 6310 216 sq sq IN 1662 6310 217 km km NNP 1662 6310 218 land land NN 1662 6310 219 : : : 1662 6310 220 1,266,700 1,266,700 CD 1662 6310 221 sq sq RB 1662 6310 222 km km NN 1662 6310 223 water water NN 1662 6310 224 : : : 1662 6310 225 300 300 CD 1662 6310 226 sq sq RB 1662 6310 227 km km NNP 1662 6310 228 Area area NN 1662 6310 229 - - HYPH 1662 6310 230 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6310 231 : : : 1662 6310 232 slightly slightly RB 1662 6310 233 less less JJR 1662 6310 234 than than IN 1662 6310 235 twice twice RB 1662 6310 236 the the DT 1662 6310 237 size size NN 1662 6310 238 of of IN 1662 6310 239 Texas Texas NNP 1662 6310 240 Land Land NNP 1662 6310 241 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6310 242 : : : 1662 6310 243 total total JJ 1662 6310 244 : : : 1662 6310 245 5,697 5,697 CD 1662 6310 246 km km NN 1662 6310 247 border border NN 1662 6310 248 countries country NNS 1662 6310 249 : : : 1662 6310 250 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 6310 251 956 956 CD 1662 6310 252 km km NNS 1662 6310 253 , , , 1662 6310 254 Benin Benin NNP 1662 6310 255 266 266 CD 1662 6310 256 km km NNS 1662 6310 257 , , , 1662 6310 258 Burkina Burkina NNP 1662 6310 259 Faso Faso NNP 1662 6310 260 628 628 CD 1662 6310 261 km km NN 1662 6310 262 , , , 1662 6310 263 Chad Chad NNP 1662 6310 264 1,175 1,175 CD 1662 6310 265 km km NN 1662 6310 266 , , , 1662 6310 267 Libya Libya NNP 1662 6310 268 354 354 CD 1662 6310 269 km km NN 1662 6310 270 , , , 1662 6310 271 Mali Mali NNP 1662 6310 272 821 821 CD 1662 6310 273 km km NN 1662 6310 274 , , , 1662 6310 275 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 6310 276 1,497 1,497 CD 1662 6310 277 km km NN 1662 6310 278 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6310 279 : : : 1662 6310 280 0 0 CD 1662 6310 281 km km NN 1662 6310 282 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6310 283 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 6310 284 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6310 285 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6310 286 claims claim VBZ 1662 6310 287 : : : 1662 6310 288 none none NN 1662 6310 289 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6310 290 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 6310 291 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6310 292 Climate climate NN 1662 6310 293 : : : 1662 6310 294 desert desert NN 1662 6310 295 ; ; : 1662 6310 296 mostly mostly RB 1662 6310 297 hot hot JJ 1662 6310 298 , , , 1662 6310 299 dry dry JJ 1662 6310 300 , , , 1662 6310 301 dusty dusty JJ 1662 6310 302 ; ; , 1662 6310 303 tropical tropical JJ 1662 6310 304 in in IN 1662 6310 305 extreme extreme JJ 1662 6310 306 south south JJ 1662 6310 307 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6310 308 : : : 1662 6310 309 predominately predominately RB 1662 6310 310 desert desert NN 1662 6310 311 plains plain NNS 1662 6310 312 and and CC 1662 6310 313 sand sand NN 1662 6310 314 dunes dune NNS 1662 6310 315 ; ; : 1662 6310 316 flat flat JJ 1662 6310 317 to to IN 1662 6310 318 rolling rolling JJ 1662 6310 319 plains plain NNS 1662 6310 320 in in IN 1662 6310 321 south south NNP 1662 6310 322 ; ; : 1662 6310 323 hills hill NNS 1662 6310 324 in in IN 1662 6310 325 north north NNP 1662 6310 326 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6310 327 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6310 328 : : : 1662 6310 329 lowest low JJS 1662 6310 330 point point NN 1662 6310 331 : : : 1662 6310 332 Niger Niger NNP 1662 6310 333 River River NNP 1662 6310 334 200 200 CD 1662 6310 335 m m CD 1662 6310 336 highest high JJS 1662 6310 337 point point NN 1662 6310 338 : : : 1662 6310 339 Mont Mont NNP 1662 6310 340 Greboun Greboun NNP 1662 6310 341 1,944 1,944 CD 1662 6310 342 m m NNP 1662 6310 343 Natural natural JJ 1662 6310 344 resources resource NNS 1662 6310 345 : : : 1662 6310 346 uranium uranium NN 1662 6310 347 , , , 1662 6310 348 coal coal NN 1662 6310 349 , , , 1662 6310 350 iron iron NN 1662 6310 351 ore ore NN 1662 6310 352 , , , 1662 6310 353 tin tin NN 1662 6310 354 , , , 1662 6310 355 phosphates phosphate VBZ 1662 6310 356 Land Land NNP 1662 6310 357 use use NN 1662 6310 358 : : : 1662 6310 359 arable arable JJ 1662 6310 360 land land NN 1662 6310 361 : : : 1662 6310 362 3 3 CD 1662 6310 363 % % NN 1662 6310 364 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6310 365 crops crop NNS 1662 6310 366 : : : 1662 6310 367 0 0 CD 1662 6310 368 % % NN 1662 6310 369 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6310 370 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6310 371 : : : 1662 6310 372 7 7 CD 1662 6310 373 % % NN 1662 6310 374 forests forest NNS 1662 6310 375 and and CC 1662 6310 376 woodland woodland NN 1662 6310 377 : : : 1662 6310 378 2 2 CD 1662 6310 379 % % NN 1662 6310 380 other other JJ 1662 6310 381 : : : 1662 6310 382 88 88 CD 1662 6310 383 % % NN 1662 6310 384 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6310 385 1993 1993 CD 1662 6310 386 est est NNP 1662 6310 387 . . . 1662 6310 388 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6311 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6311 2 land land NN 1662 6311 3 : : : 1662 6311 4 660 660 CD 1662 6311 5 sq sq NN 1662 6311 6 km km NNP 1662 6311 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6311 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 6311 9 est est NNP 1662 6311 10 . . . 1662 6311 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6312 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 6312 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6312 3 : : : 1662 6312 4 recurring recur VBG 1662 6312 5 droughts drought VBZ 1662 6312 6 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6312 7 - - HYPH 1662 6312 8 current current JJ 1662 6312 9 issues issue NNS 1662 6312 10 : : : 1662 6312 11 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 6312 12 ; ; : 1662 6312 13 soil soil NN 1662 6312 14 erosion erosion NN 1662 6312 15 ; ; : 1662 6312 16 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 6312 17 ; ; : 1662 6312 18 desertification desertification NN 1662 6312 19 ; ; : 1662 6312 20 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 6312 21 populations population NNS 1662 6312 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6312 23 such such JJ 1662 6312 24 as as IN 1662 6312 25 elephant elephant NN 1662 6312 26 , , , 1662 6312 27 hippopotamus hippopotamus UH 1662 6312 28 , , , 1662 6312 29 and and CC 1662 6312 30 lion lion NN 1662 6312 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6312 32 threatened threaten VBD 1662 6312 33 because because IN 1662 6312 34 of of IN 1662 6312 35 poaching poaching NN 1662 6312 36 and and CC 1662 6312 37 habitat habitat JJ 1662 6312 38 destruction destruction NN 1662 6312 39 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6312 40 - - HYPH 1662 6312 41 international international JJ 1662 6312 42 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6312 43 : : : 1662 6312 44 party party NN 1662 6312 45 to to TO 1662 6312 46 : : : 1662 6312 47 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 6312 48 , , , 1662 6312 49 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6312 50 Change Change NNP 1662 6312 51 , , , 1662 6312 52 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 6312 53 , , , 1662 6312 54 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 6312 55 Species Species NNPS 1662 6312 56 , , , 1662 6312 57 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 6312 58 Modification Modification NNP 1662 6312 59 , , , 1662 6312 60 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 6312 61 Test Test NNP 1662 6312 62 Ban Ban NNP 1662 6312 63 , , , 1662 6312 64 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 6312 65 Layer Layer NNP 1662 6312 66 Protection Protection NNP 1662 6312 67 , , , 1662 6312 68 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 6312 69 signed sign VBD 1662 6312 70 , , , 1662 6312 71 but but CC 1662 6312 72 not not RB 1662 6312 73 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6312 74 : : : 1662 6312 75 Law Law NNP 1662 6312 76 of of IN 1662 6312 77 the the DT 1662 6312 78 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6312 79 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6312 80 - - HYPH 1662 6312 81 note note NNP 1662 6312 82 : : : 1662 6312 83 landlocked landlocked NNP 1662 6312 84 @Niger @niger NN 1662 6312 85 : : : 1662 6312 86 People People NNP 1662 6312 87 Population Population NNP 1662 6312 88 : : : 1662 6312 89 9,388,859 9,388,859 CD 1662 6312 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6312 91 July July NNP 1662 6312 92 1997 1997 CD 1662 6312 93 est est NNP 1662 6312 94 . . . 1662 6312 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6313 1 Age age NN 1662 6313 2 structure structure NN 1662 6313 3 : : : 1662 6313 4 0 0 CD 1662 6313 5 - - HYPH 1662 6313 6 14 14 CD 1662 6313 7 years year NNS 1662 6313 8 : : : 1662 6313 9 48 48 CD 1662 6313 10 % % NN 1662 6313 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6313 12 male male JJ 1662 6313 13 2,303,790 2,303,790 CD 1662 6313 14 ; ; : 1662 6313 15 female female JJ 1662 6313 16 2,207,542 2,207,542 CD 1662 6313 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6313 18 15 15 CD 1662 6313 19 - - SYM 1662 6313 20 64 64 CD 1662 6313 21 years year NNS 1662 6313 22 : : : 1662 6313 23 50 50 CD 1662 6313 24 % % NN 1662 6313 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6313 26 male male JJ 1662 6313 27 2,272,535 2,272,535 CD 1662 6313 28 ; ; : 1662 6313 29 female female JJ 1662 6313 30 2,381,033 2,381,033 CD 1662 6313 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6313 32 65 65 CD 1662 6313 33 years year NNS 1662 6313 34 and and CC 1662 6313 35 over over IN 1662 6313 36 : : : 1662 6313 37 2 2 CD 1662 6313 38 % % NN 1662 6313 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6313 40 male male JJ 1662 6313 41 118,333 118,333 CD 1662 6313 42 ; ; : 1662 6313 43 female female JJ 1662 6313 44 105,626 105,626 CD 1662 6313 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6313 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6313 47 July July NNP 1662 6313 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 6313 49 est est NNP 1662 6313 50 . . . 1662 6313 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6314 1 Population population NN 1662 6314 2 growth growth NN 1662 6314 3 rate rate NN 1662 6314 4 : : : 1662 6314 5 2.98 2.98 CD 1662 6314 6 % % NN 1662 6314 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6314 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6314 9 est est NNP 1662 6314 10 . . . 1662 6314 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6315 1 Birth birth NN 1662 6315 2 rate rate NN 1662 6315 3 : : : 1662 6315 4 53.73 53.73 CD 1662 6315 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 6315 6 population population NN 1662 6315 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6315 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6315 9 est est NNP 1662 6315 10 . . . 1662 6315 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6316 1 Death death NN 1662 6316 2 rate rate NN 1662 6316 3 : : : 1662 6316 4 23.98 23.98 CD 1662 6316 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6316 6 population population NN 1662 6316 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6316 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6316 9 est est NNP 1662 6316 10 . . . 1662 6316 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6317 1 Net net JJ 1662 6317 2 migration migration NN 1662 6317 3 rate rate NN 1662 6317 4 : : : 1662 6317 5 0 0 NFP 1662 6317 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 6317 7 population population NN 1662 6317 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6317 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6317 10 est est NNP 1662 6317 11 . . . 1662 6317 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6318 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6318 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6318 3 : : : 1662 6318 4 at at IN 1662 6318 5 birth birth NN 1662 6318 6 : : : 1662 6318 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 6318 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6318 9 under under IN 1662 6318 10 15 15 CD 1662 6318 11 years year NNS 1662 6318 12 : : : 1662 6318 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 6318 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6318 15 15 15 CD 1662 6318 16 - - HYPH 1662 6318 17 64 64 CD 1662 6318 18 years year NNS 1662 6318 19 : : : 1662 6318 20 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 6318 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6318 22 65 65 CD 1662 6318 23 years year NNS 1662 6318 24 and and CC 1662 6318 25 over over IN 1662 6318 26 : : : 1662 6318 27 1.12 1.12 CD 1662 6318 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 6318 29 total total JJ 1662 6318 30 population population NN 1662 6318 31 : : : 1662 6318 32 1 1 CD 1662 6318 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6318 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6318 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 6318 36 est e JJS 1662 6318 37 . . . 1662 6318 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6319 1 Infant infant NN 1662 6319 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 6319 3 rate rate NN 1662 6319 4 : : : 1662 6319 5 116 116 CD 1662 6319 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6319 7 live live JJ 1662 6319 8 births birth NNS 1662 6319 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6319 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 6319 11 est est NNP 1662 6319 12 . . . 1662 6319 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6320 1 Life life NN 1662 6320 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 6320 3 at at IN 1662 6320 4 birth birth NN 1662 6320 5 : : : 1662 6320 6 total total JJ 1662 6320 7 population population NN 1662 6320 8 : : : 1662 6320 9 41.09 41.09 CD 1662 6320 10 years year NNS 1662 6320 11 male male NN 1662 6320 12 : : : 1662 6320 13 41.44 41.44 CD 1662 6320 14 years year NNS 1662 6320 15 female female JJ 1662 6320 16 : : : 1662 6320 17 40.73 40.73 CD 1662 6320 18 years year NNS 1662 6320 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6320 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 6320 21 est est NNP 1662 6320 22 . . . 1662 6320 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6321 1 Total total JJ 1662 6321 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 6321 3 rate rate NN 1662 6321 4 : : : 1662 6321 5 7.37 7.37 CD 1662 6321 6 children child NNS 1662 6321 7 born bear VBN 1662 6321 8 / / SYM 1662 6321 9 woman woman NN 1662 6321 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6321 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6321 12 est est NNP 1662 6321 13 . . . 1662 6321 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6322 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 6322 2 : : : 1662 6322 3 noun noun NNP 1662 6322 4 : : : 1662 6322 5 Nigerien(s Nigerien(s NNP 1662 6322 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6322 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 6322 8 : : : 1662 6322 9 Nigerien Nigerien NNP 1662 6322 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 6322 11 groups group NNS 1662 6322 12 : : : 1662 6322 13 Hausa Hausa NNP 1662 6322 14 56 56 CD 1662 6322 15 % % NN 1662 6322 16 , , , 1662 6322 17 Djerma Djerma NNP 1662 6322 18 22 22 CD 1662 6322 19 % % NN 1662 6322 20 , , , 1662 6322 21 Fula Fula NNP 1662 6322 22 8.5 8.5 CD 1662 6322 23 % % NN 1662 6322 24 , , , 1662 6322 25 Tuareg Tuareg NNP 1662 6322 26 8 8 CD 1662 6322 27 % % NN 1662 6322 28 , , , 1662 6322 29 Beri Beri NNP 1662 6322 30 Beri Beri NNP 1662 6322 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6322 32 Kanouri Kanouri NNP 1662 6322 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6322 34 4.3 4.3 CD 1662 6322 35 % % NN 1662 6322 36 , , , 1662 6322 37 Arab Arab NNP 1662 6322 38 , , , 1662 6322 39 Toubou Toubou NNPS 1662 6322 40 , , , 1662 6322 41 and and CC 1662 6322 42 Gourmantche Gourmantche NNP 1662 6322 43 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 6322 44 % % NN 1662 6322 45 , , , 1662 6322 46 about about RB 1662 6322 47 4,000 4,000 CD 1662 6322 48 French french JJ 1662 6322 49 expatriates expatriate NNS 1662 6322 50 Religions religion NNS 1662 6322 51 : : : 1662 6322 52 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 6322 53 80 80 CD 1662 6322 54 % % NN 1662 6322 55 , , , 1662 6322 56 remainder remainder NN 1662 6322 57 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 6322 58 beliefs belief NNS 1662 6322 59 and and CC 1662 6322 60 Christians Christians NNPS 1662 6322 61 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 6322 62 : : : 1662 6322 63 French French NNP 1662 6322 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6322 65 official official JJ 1662 6322 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6322 67 , , , 1662 6322 68 Hausa Hausa NNP 1662 6322 69 , , , 1662 6322 70 Djerma Djerma NNP 1662 6322 71 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 6322 72 : : : 1662 6322 73 definition definition NN 1662 6322 74 : : : 1662 6322 75 age age NN 1662 6322 76 15 15 CD 1662 6322 77 and and CC 1662 6322 78 over over RB 1662 6322 79 can can MD 1662 6322 80 read read VB 1662 6322 81 and and CC 1662 6322 82 write write VB 1662 6322 83 total total JJ 1662 6322 84 population population NN 1662 6322 85 : : : 1662 6322 86 13.6 13.6 CD 1662 6322 87 % % NN 1662 6322 88 male male NN 1662 6322 89 : : : 1662 6322 90 20.9 20.9 CD 1662 6322 91 % % NN 1662 6322 92 female female NN 1662 6322 93 : : : 1662 6322 94 6.6 6.6 CD 1662 6322 95 % % NN 1662 6322 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6322 97 1995 1995 CD 1662 6322 98 est est NNP 1662 6322 99 . . . 1662 6322 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6323 1 @Niger @niger NN 1662 6323 2 : : : 1662 6323 3 Government Government NNP 1662 6323 4 Country Country NNP 1662 6323 5 name name NN 1662 6323 6 : : : 1662 6323 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6323 8 long long JJ 1662 6323 9 form form NN 1662 6323 10 : : : 1662 6323 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 6323 12 of of IN 1662 6323 13 Niger Niger NNP 1662 6323 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6323 15 short short JJ 1662 6323 16 form form NN 1662 6323 17 : : : 1662 6323 18 Niger Niger NNP 1662 6323 19 local local JJ 1662 6323 20 long long JJ 1662 6323 21 form form NN 1662 6323 22 : : : 1662 6323 23 Republique Republique NNP 1662 6323 24 du du NNP 1662 6323 25 Niger Niger NNP 1662 6323 26 local local JJ 1662 6323 27 short short JJ 1662 6323 28 form form NN 1662 6323 29 : : : 1662 6323 30 Niger Niger NNP 1662 6323 31 Data Data NNP 1662 6323 32 code code NN 1662 6323 33 : : : 1662 6323 34 NG NG NNP 1662 6323 35 Government Government NNP 1662 6323 36 type type NN 1662 6323 37 : : : 1662 6323 38 republic republic NNP 1662 6323 39 National national JJ 1662 6323 40 capital capital NN 1662 6323 41 : : : 1662 6323 42 Niamey niamey VB 1662 6323 43 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 6323 44 divisions division NNS 1662 6323 45 : : : 1662 6323 46 7 7 CD 1662 6323 47 departments department NNS 1662 6323 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6323 49 departements departement NNS 1662 6323 50 , , , 1662 6323 51 singular singular NN 1662 6323 52 - - HYPH 1662 6323 53 departement departement NN 1662 6323 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6323 55 , , , 1662 6323 56 and and CC 1662 6323 57 1 1 CD 1662 6323 58 capital capital NN 1662 6323 59 district district NN 1662 6323 60 * * NFP 1662 6323 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6323 62 capitale capitale NNP 1662 6323 63 district district NNP 1662 6323 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6323 65 ; ; : 1662 6323 66 Agadez Agadez NNP 1662 6323 67 , , , 1662 6323 68 Diffa Diffa NNP 1662 6323 69 , , , 1662 6323 70 Dosso Dosso NNP 1662 6323 71 , , , 1662 6323 72 Maradi Maradi NNP 1662 6323 73 , , , 1662 6323 74 Niamey Niamey NNP 1662 6323 75 * * NFP 1662 6323 76 , , , 1662 6323 77 Tahoua Tahoua NNP 1662 6323 78 , , , 1662 6323 79 Tillaberi Tillaberi NNP 1662 6323 80 , , , 1662 6323 81 Zinder Zinder NNP 1662 6323 82 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6323 83 : : : 1662 6323 84 3 3 CD 1662 6323 85 August August NNP 1662 6323 86 1960 1960 CD 1662 6323 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6323 88 from from IN 1662 6323 89 France France NNP 1662 6323 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6323 91 National national JJ 1662 6323 92 holiday holiday NN 1662 6323 93 : : : 1662 6323 94 Republic Republic NNP 1662 6323 95 Day Day NNP 1662 6323 96 , , , 1662 6323 97 18 18 CD 1662 6323 98 December December NNP 1662 6323 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6323 100 1958 1958 CD 1662 6323 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6323 102 Constitution constitution NN 1662 6323 103 : : : 1662 6323 104 the the DT 1662 6323 105 constitution constitution NN 1662 6323 106 of of IN 1662 6323 107 January January NNP 1662 6323 108 1993 1993 CD 1662 6323 109 was be VBD 1662 6323 110 revised revise VBN 1662 6323 111 by by IN 1662 6323 112 national national JJ 1662 6323 113 referendum referendum NN 1662 6323 114 on on IN 1662 6323 115 12 12 CD 1662 6323 116 May May NNP 1662 6323 117 1996 1996 CD 1662 6323 118 Legal legal JJ 1662 6323 119 system system NN 1662 6323 120 : : : 1662 6323 121 based base VBN 1662 6323 122 on on IN 1662 6323 123 French french JJ 1662 6323 124 civil civil JJ 1662 6323 125 law law NN 1662 6323 126 system system NN 1662 6323 127 and and CC 1662 6323 128 customary customary JJ 1662 6323 129 law law NN 1662 6323 130 ; ; : 1662 6323 131 has have VBZ 1662 6323 132 not not RB 1662 6323 133 accepted accept VBN 1662 6323 134 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 6323 135 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 6323 136 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 6323 137 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 6323 138 : : : 1662 6323 139 18 18 CD 1662 6323 140 years year NNS 1662 6323 141 of of IN 1662 6323 142 age age NN 1662 6323 143 ; ; : 1662 6323 144 universal universal JJ 1662 6323 145 Executive Executive NNP 1662 6323 146 branch branch NN 1662 6323 147 : : : 1662 6323 148 chief chief NN 1662 6323 149 of of IN 1662 6323 150 state state NN 1662 6323 151 : : : 1662 6323 152 President President NNP 1662 6323 153 Ibrahim Ibrahim NNP 1662 6323 154 BARE BARE NNP 1662 6323 155 Mainassara Mainassara NNP 1662 6323 156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6323 157 since since IN 1662 6323 158 28 28 CD 1662 6323 159 January January NNP 1662 6323 160 1996 1996 CD 1662 6323 161 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6323 162 ; ; : 1662 6323 163 note note NN 1662 6323 164 - - HYPH 1662 6323 165 President President NNP 1662 6323 166 is be VBZ 1662 6323 167 chief chief NN 1662 6323 168 of of IN 1662 6323 169 state state NN 1662 6323 170 and and CC 1662 6323 171 head head NN 1662 6323 172 of of IN 1662 6323 173 government government NN 1662 6323 174 head head NN 1662 6323 175 of of IN 1662 6323 176 government government NN 1662 6323 177 : : : 1662 6323 178 President President NNP 1662 6323 179 Ibraham Ibraham NNP 1662 6323 180 BARE BARE NNP 1662 6323 181 Mainassara Mainassara NNP 1662 6323 182 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6323 183 since since IN 1662 6323 184 28 28 CD 1662 6323 185 January January NNP 1662 6323 186 1996 1996 CD 1662 6323 187 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6323 188 ; ; : 1662 6323 189 note note NN 1662 6323 190 - - HYPH 1662 6323 191 President President NNP 1662 6323 192 is be VBZ 1662 6323 193 chief chief NN 1662 6323 194 of of IN 1662 6323 195 state state NN 1662 6323 196 and and CC 1662 6323 197 head head NN 1662 6323 198 of of IN 1662 6323 199 government government NN 1662 6323 200 ; ; : 1662 6323 201 Prime Prime NNP 1662 6323 202 Minister Minister NNP 1662 6323 203 Amadou Amadou NNP 1662 6323 204 Boubacar Boubacar NNP 1662 6323 205 CISSE CISSE NNP 1662 6323 206 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6323 207 since since IN 1662 6323 208 21 21 CD 1662 6323 209 December December NNP 1662 6323 210 1996 1996 CD 1662 6323 211 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6323 212 was be VBD 1662 6323 213 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6323 214 by by IN 1662 6323 215 the the DT 1662 6323 216 president president NNP 1662 6323 217 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 6323 218 : : : 1662 6323 219 Council Council NNP 1662 6323 220 of of IN 1662 6323 221 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 6323 222 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6323 223 by by IN 1662 6323 224 President President NNP 1662 6323 225 BARE BARE NNP 1662 6323 226 elections election NNS 1662 6323 227 : : : 1662 6323 228 the the DT 1662 6323 229 president president NN 1662 6323 230 is be VBZ 1662 6323 231 elected elect VBN 1662 6323 232 by by IN 1662 6323 233 popular popular JJ 1662 6323 234 vote vote NN 1662 6323 235 for for IN 1662 6323 236 a a DT 1662 6323 237 five five CD 1662 6323 238 - - HYPH 1662 6323 239 year year NN 1662 6323 240 term term NN 1662 6323 241 ; ; , 1662 6323 242 last last JJ 1662 6323 243 election election NN 1662 6323 244 7 7 CD 1662 6323 245 - - SYM 1662 6323 246 8 8 CD 1662 6323 247 July July NNP 1662 6323 248 1996 1996 CD 1662 6323 249 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6323 250 next next JJ 1662 6323 251 election election NN 1662 6323 252 NA NA NNP 1662 6323 253 2001 2001 CD 1662 6323 254 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6323 255 ; ; : 1662 6323 256 note note NN 1662 6323 257 - - HYPH 1662 6323 258 Ibrahim Ibrahim NNP 1662 6323 259 BARE BARE NNP 1662 6323 260 Mainassara Mainassara NNP 1662 6323 261 initially initially RB 1662 6323 262 became become VBD 1662 6323 263 president president NN 1662 6323 264 when when WRB 1662 6323 265 he -PRON- PRP 1662 6323 266 ousted oust VBD 1662 6323 267 President President NNP 1662 6323 268 Mahamane Mahamane NNP 1662 6323 269 OUSMANE OUSMANE NNP 1662 6323 270 in in IN 1662 6323 271 a a DT 1662 6323 272 coup coup NN 1662 6323 273 on on IN 1662 6323 274 27 27 CD 1662 6323 275 January January NNP 1662 6323 276 1996 1996 CD 1662 6323 277 and and CC 1662 6323 278 subsequently subsequently RB 1662 6323 279 defeated defeat VBD 1662 6323 280 him -PRON- PRP 1662 6323 281 in in IN 1662 6323 282 the the DT 1662 6323 283 flawed flawed JJ 1662 6323 284 election election NN 1662 6323 285 of of IN 1662 6323 286 July July NNP 1662 6323 287 1996 1996 CD 1662 6323 288 election election NN 1662 6323 289 results result NNS 1662 6323 290 : : : 1662 6323 291 percent percent NN 1662 6323 292 of of IN 1662 6323 293 total total JJ 1662 6323 294 vote vote NN 1662 6323 295 - - HYPH 1662 6323 296 Ibrahim Ibrahim NNP 1662 6323 297 BARE BARE NNP 1662 6323 298 Mainassara Mainassara NNP 1662 6323 299 52.22 52.22 CD 1662 6323 300 % % NN 1662 6323 301 , , , 1662 6323 302 Mahamane Mahamane NNP 1662 6323 303 OUSMANE OUSMANE NNP 1662 6323 304 19.75 19.75 CD 1662 6323 305 % % NN 1662 6323 306 , , , 1662 6323 307 Tandja Tandja NNP 1662 6323 308 MAMADOU MAMADOU NNP 1662 6323 309 15.65 15.65 CD 1662 6323 310 % % NN 1662 6323 311 , , , 1662 6323 312 Mahamadou Mahamadou NNP 1662 6323 313 ISSOUFOU ISSOUFOU NNP 1662 6323 314 7.60 7.60 CD 1662 6323 315 % % NN 1662 6323 316 , , , 1662 6323 317 Moumouni Moumouni NNP 1662 6323 318 AMADOU AMADOU NNP 1662 6323 319 Djermakoye djermakoye JJ 1662 6323 320 4.77 4.77 CD 1662 6323 321 % % NN 1662 6323 322 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 6323 323 branch branch NN 1662 6323 324 : : : 1662 6323 325 two two CD 1662 6323 326 chamber chamber NN 1662 6323 327 National National NNP 1662 6323 328 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 6323 329 ; ; : 1662 6323 330 one one CD 1662 6323 331 chamber chamber NN 1662 6323 332 with with IN 1662 6323 333 83 83 CD 1662 6323 334 seats seat NNS 1662 6323 335 directly directly RB 1662 6323 336 elected elect VBN 1662 6323 337 by by IN 1662 6323 338 proportional proportional JJ 1662 6323 339 representation representation NN 1662 6323 340 for for IN 1662 6323 341 five five CD 1662 6323 342 - - HYPH 1662 6323 343 year year NN 1662 6323 344 terms term NNS 1662 6323 345 ; ; : 1662 6323 346 selection selection NN 1662 6323 347 process process NN 1662 6323 348 for for IN 1662 6323 349 second second JJ 1662 6323 350 chamber chamber NN 1662 6323 351 not not RB 1662 6323 352 established establish VBN 1662 6323 353 elections election NNS 1662 6323 354 : : : 1662 6323 355 last last RB 1662 6323 356 held hold VBD 1662 6323 357 23 23 CD 1662 6323 358 November1996 November1996 NNP 1662 6323 359 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6323 360 next next JJ 1662 6323 361 to to TO 1662 6323 362 be be VB 1662 6323 363 held hold VBN 1662 6323 364 NA NA NNP 1662 6323 365 2001 2001 CD 1662 6323 366 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6323 367 election election NN 1662 6323 368 results result NNS 1662 6323 369 : : : 1662 6323 370 percent percent NN 1662 6323 371 of of IN 1662 6323 372 vote vote NN 1662 6323 373 by by IN 1662 6323 374 party party NN 1662 6323 375 - - HYPH 1662 6323 376 NA NA NNP 1662 6323 377 ; ; , 1662 6323 378 seats seat NNS 1662 6323 379 by by IN 1662 6323 380 party party NN 1662 6323 381 - - HYPH 1662 6323 382 UNIRD UNIRD NNP 1662 6323 383 59 59 CD 1662 6323 384 , , , 1662 6323 385 ANDPS ANDPS NNP 1662 6323 386 - - HYPH 1662 6323 387 Zaman Zaman NNP 1662 6323 388 Lahiya Lahiya NNP 1662 6323 389 8 8 CD 1662 6323 390 , , , 1662 6323 391 UDPS UDPS NNP 1662 6323 392 - - HYPH 1662 6323 393 Amana Amana NNP 1662 6323 394 3 3 CD 1662 6323 395 , , , 1662 6323 396 coalition coalition NN 1662 6323 397 of of IN 1662 6323 398 independents independent NNS 1662 6323 399 3 3 CD 1662 6323 400 , , , 1662 6323 401 MDP MDP NNP 1662 6323 402 - - HYPH 1662 6323 403 Alkwali Alkwali NNP 1662 6323 404 1 1 CD 1662 6323 405 , , , 1662 6323 406 UPDP UPDP NNP 1662 6323 407 - - HYPH 1662 6323 408 Shamuwa Shamuwa NNP 1662 6323 409 4 4 CD 1662 6323 410 , , , 1662 6323 411 DARAJA DARAJA NNP 1662 6323 412 3 3 CD 1662 6323 413 , , , 1662 6323 414 PMT PMT NNP 1662 6323 415 - - HYPH 1662 6323 416 Albarka Albarka NNP 1662 6323 417 2 2 CD 1662 6323 418 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 6323 419 branch branch NN 1662 6323 420 : : : 1662 6323 421 State State NNP 1662 6323 422 Court Court NNP 1662 6323 423 or or CC 1662 6323 424 Cour Cour NNP 1662 6323 425 d'Etat d'Etat NNP 1662 6323 426 ; ; : 1662 6323 427 Court Court NNP 1662 6323 428 of of IN 1662 6323 429 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 6323 430 or or CC 1662 6323 431 Cour Cour NNP 1662 6323 432 d'Apel d'apel JJ 1662 6323 433 Political political JJ 1662 6323 434 parties party NNS 1662 6323 435 and and CC 1662 6323 436 leaders leader NNS 1662 6323 437 : : : 1662 6323 438 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 6323 439 for for IN 1662 6323 440 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 6323 441 and and CC 1662 6323 442 Progress Progress NNP 1662 6323 443 or or CC 1662 6323 444 ADP ADP NNP 1662 6323 445 - - HYPH 1662 6323 446 AUMUNCI AUMUNCI NNP 1662 6323 447 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6323 448 Issoufou issoufou NN 1662 6323 449 BACHARD BACHARD NNP 1662 6323 450 , , , 1662 6323 451 chairman chairman NN 1662 6323 452 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6323 453 ; ; : 1662 6323 454 DARAJA DARAJA NNP 1662 6323 455 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6323 456 Ali Ali NNP 1662 6323 457 TALBA TALBA NNP 1662 6323 458 , , , 1662 6323 459 chairman chairman NN 1662 6323 460 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6323 461 ; ; , 1662 6323 462 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 6323 463 and and CC 1662 6323 464 Social Social NNP 1662 6323 465 Convention Convention NNP 1662 6323 466 - - HYPH 1662 6323 467 Rahama Rahama NNP 1662 6323 468 or or CC 1662 6323 469 CDS CDS NNP 1662 6323 470 - - HYPH 1662 6323 471 Rahama Rahama NNP 1662 6323 472 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6323 473 Mahamane Mahamane NNP 1662 6323 474 OUSMANE OUSMANE NNP 1662 6323 475 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6323 476 ; ; : 1662 6323 477 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6323 478 for for IN 1662 6323 479 Development Development NNP 1662 6323 480 and and CC 1662 6323 481 Pan Pan NNP 1662 6323 482 - - HYPH 1662 6323 483 Africanism Africanism NNP 1662 6323 484 or or CC 1662 6323 485 MDP MDP NNP 1662 6323 486 - - HYPH 1662 6323 487 Alkwali Alkwali NNP 1662 6323 488 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6323 489 Mai Mai NNP 1662 6323 490 Manga Manga NNP 1662 6323 491 BOUCAR BOUCAR NNP 1662 6323 492 , , , 1662 6323 493 chairman chairman NN 1662 6323 494 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6323 495 ; ; : 1662 6323 496 National National NNP 1662 6323 497 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6323 498 of of IN 1662 6323 499 the the DT 1662 6323 500 Development Development NNP 1662 6323 501 Society Society NNP 1662 6323 502 - - HYPH 1662 6323 503 Nassara Nassara NNP 1662 6323 504 or or CC 1662 6323 505 MNSD MNSD NNP 1662 6323 506 - - HYPH 1662 6323 507 Nassara Nassara NNP 1662 6323 508 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6323 509 Tandja Tandja NNP 1662 6323 510 MAMADOU MAMADOU NNP 1662 6323 511 , , , 1662 6323 512 chairman chairman NN 1662 6323 513 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6323 514 ; ; : 1662 6323 515 National National NNP 1662 6323 516 Union Union NNP 1662 6323 517 of of IN 1662 6323 518 Independents Independents NNPS 1662 6323 519 for for IN 1662 6323 520 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6323 521 Revival Revival NNP 1662 6323 522 or or CC 1662 6323 523 UNIRD UNIRD NNP 1662 6323 524 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6323 525 leader leader NN 1662 6323 526 NA NA NNP 1662 6323 527 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6323 528 ; ; : 1662 6323 529 Niger Niger NNP 1662 6323 530 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 6323 531 Party Party NNP 1662 6323 532 - - HYPH 1662 6323 533 African African NNP 1662 6323 534 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6323 535 Rally Rally NNP 1662 6323 536 or or CC 1662 6323 537 PPN ppn NN 1662 6323 538 - - HYPH 1662 6323 539 RDA rda NN 1662 6323 540 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6323 541 Dori dori NN 1662 6323 542 ABDOULAI abdoulai NN 1662 6323 543 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6323 544 ; ; : 1662 6323 545 Niger Niger NNP 1662 6323 546 Social Social NNP 1662 6323 547 Democrat Democrat NNP 1662 6323 548 Party Party NNP 1662 6323 549 or or CC 1662 6323 550 PADN PADN NNP 1662 6323 551 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6323 552 Malam Malam NNP 1662 6323 553 Adji Adji NNP 1662 6323 554 WAZIRI WAZIRI NNP 1662 6323 555 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6323 556 ; ; : 1662 6323 557 Nigerien Nigerien NNP 1662 6323 558 Party Party NNP 1662 6323 559 for for IN 1662 6323 560 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 6323 561 and and CC 1662 6323 562 Socialism Socialism NNP 1662 6323 563 - - HYPH 1662 6323 564 Tarayya Tarayya NNP 1662 6323 565 or or CC 1662 6323 566 PNDS PNDS NNP 1662 6323 567 - - : 1662 6323 568 Tarayya Tarayya NNP 1662 6323 569 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6323 570 Mahamadou Mahamadou NNP 1662 6323 571 ISSOUFOU ISSOUFOU NNP 1662 6323 572 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6323 573 ; ; : 1662 6323 574 Nigerien Nigerien NNP 1662 6323 575 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 6323 576 for for IN 1662 6323 577 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 6323 578 and and CC 1662 6323 579 Social Social NNP 1662 6323 580 Progress Progress NNP 1662 6323 581 - - HYPH 1662 6323 582 Zaman Zaman NNP 1662 6323 583 Lahia Lahia NNP 1662 6323 584 or or CC 1662 6323 585 ANDPS ANDPS NNP 1662 6323 586 - - HYPH 1662 6323 587 Zaman Zaman NNP 1662 6323 588 Lahia Lahia NNP 1662 6323 589 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6323 590 Moumouni Moumouni NNP 1662 6323 591 Adamou Adamou NNP 1662 6323 592 DJERMAKOYE DJERMAKOYE NNP 1662 6323 593 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6323 594 ; ; : 1662 6323 595 PMT PMT NNP 1662 6323 596 - - HYPH 1662 6323 597 Albarka Albarka NNP 1662 6323 598 ; ; : 1662 6323 599 Union Union NNP 1662 6323 600 for for IN 1662 6323 601 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 6323 602 and and CC 1662 6323 603 Social Social NNP 1662 6323 604 Progress Progress NNP 1662 6323 605 - - HYPH 1662 6323 606 Amana Amana NNP 1662 6323 607 or or CC 1662 6323 608 UDPS UDPS NNP 1662 6323 609 - - HYPH 1662 6323 610 Amana Amana NNP 1662 6323 611 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6323 612 Akoli Akoli NNP 1662 6323 613 DAOUEL DAOUEL NNP 1662 6323 614 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6323 615 ; ; : 1662 6323 616 Union Union NNP 1662 6323 617 of of IN 1662 6323 618 Patriots Patriots NNPS 1662 6323 619 , , , 1662 6323 620 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 6323 621 , , , 1662 6323 622 and and CC 1662 6323 623 Progressives progressives JJ 1662 6323 624 - - : 1662 6323 625 Shamuwa Shamuwa NNP 1662 6323 626 or or CC 1662 6323 627 UPDP UPDP NNP 1662 6323 628 - - HYPH 1662 6323 629 Shamuwa Shamuwa NNP 1662 6323 630 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6323 631 Professor Professor NNP 1662 6323 632 Andre Andre NNP 1662 6323 633 ' ' '' 1662 6323 634 SALIFOU SALIFOU NNP 1662 6323 635 , , , 1662 6323 636 chairman chairman NN 1662 6323 637 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6323 638 ; ; : 1662 6323 639 Union Union NNP 1662 6323 640 of of IN 1662 6323 641 Popular Popular NNP 1662 6323 642 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 6323 643 for for IN 1662 6323 644 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 6323 645 and and CC 1662 6323 646 Progress Progress NNP 1662 6323 647 - - HYPH 1662 6323 648 Sawaba Sawaba NNP 1662 6323 649 or or CC 1662 6323 650 UFPDP UFPDP NNP 1662 6323 651 - - HYPH 1662 6323 652 Sawaba Sawaba NNP 1662 6323 653 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6323 654 Djibo Djibo NNP 1662 6323 655 BAKARY BAKARY NNP 1662 6323 656 , , , 1662 6323 657 chairman chairman NN 1662 6323 658 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6323 659 International international JJ 1662 6323 660 organization organization NN 1662 6323 661 participation participation NN 1662 6323 662 : : : 1662 6323 663 ACCT acct JJ 1662 6323 664 , , , 1662 6323 665 ACP ACP NNP 1662 6323 666 , , , 1662 6323 667 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 6323 668 , , , 1662 6323 669 CCC CCC NNP 1662 6323 670 , , , 1662 6323 671 ECA ECA NNP 1662 6323 672 , , , 1662 6323 673 ECOWAS ECOWAS NNP 1662 6323 674 , , , 1662 6323 675 Entente Entente NNP 1662 6323 676 , , , 1662 6323 677 FAO FAO NNP 1662 6323 678 , , , 1662 6323 679 FZ FZ NNP 1662 6323 680 , , , 1662 6323 681 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 6323 682 , , , 1662 6323 683 IAEA iaea NN 1662 6323 684 , , , 1662 6323 685 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 6323 686 , , , 1662 6323 687 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 6323 688 , , , 1662 6323 689 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 6323 690 , , , 1662 6323 691 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 6323 692 , , , 1662 6323 693 IDA IDA NNP 1662 6323 694 , , , 1662 6323 695 IDB IDB NNP 1662 6323 696 , , , 1662 6323 697 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 6323 698 , , , 1662 6323 699 IFC IFC NNP 1662 6323 700 , , , 1662 6323 701 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 6323 702 , , , 1662 6323 703 ILO ILO NNP 1662 6323 704 , , , 1662 6323 705 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6323 706 , , , 1662 6323 707 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6323 708 , , , 1662 6323 709 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 6323 710 , , , 1662 6323 711 IOC IOC NNP 1662 6323 712 , , , 1662 6323 713 ITU ITU NNP 1662 6323 714 , , , 1662 6323 715 NAM NAM NNP 1662 6323 716 , , , 1662 6323 717 OAU OAU NNP 1662 6323 718 , , , 1662 6323 719 OIC OIC NNP 1662 6323 720 , , , 1662 6323 721 UN UN NNP 1662 6323 722 , , , 1662 6323 723 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 6323 724 , , , 1662 6323 725 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 6323 726 , , , 1662 6323 727 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 6323 728 , , , 1662 6323 729 UPU upu NN 1662 6323 730 , , , 1662 6323 731 WADB WADB NNP 1662 6323 732 , , , 1662 6323 733 WCL WCL NNP 1662 6323 734 , , , 1662 6323 735 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 6323 736 , , , 1662 6323 737 WHO who WP 1662 6323 738 , , , 1662 6323 739 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 6323 740 , , , 1662 6323 741 WMO WMO NNP 1662 6323 742 , , , 1662 6323 743 WToO wtoo FW 1662 6323 744 , , , 1662 6323 745 WTrO wtro VB 1662 6323 746 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6323 747 representation representation NN 1662 6323 748 in in IN 1662 6323 749 the the DT 1662 6323 750 US US NNP 1662 6323 751 : : : 1662 6323 752 chief chief NN 1662 6323 753 of of IN 1662 6323 754 mission mission NN 1662 6323 755 : : : 1662 6323 756 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6323 757 Joseph Joseph NNP 1662 6323 758 DIATTA DIATTA NNP 1662 6323 759 chancery chancery NN 1662 6323 760 : : : 1662 6323 761 2204 2204 CD 1662 6323 762 R R NNP 1662 6323 763 Street Street NNP 1662 6323 764 NW NW NNP 1662 6323 765 , , , 1662 6323 766 Washington Washington NNP 1662 6323 767 , , , 1662 6323 768 DC DC NNP 1662 6323 769 20008 20008 CD 1662 6323 770 telephone telephone NN 1662 6323 771 : : : 1662 6323 772 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6323 773 1 1 CD 1662 6323 774 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6323 775 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6323 776 202 202 CD 1662 6323 777 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6323 778 483 483 CD 1662 6323 779 - - SYM 1662 6323 780 4224 4224 CD 1662 6323 781 through through IN 1662 6323 782 4227 4227 CD 1662 6323 783 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6323 784 representation representation NN 1662 6323 785 from from IN 1662 6323 786 the the DT 1662 6323 787 US US NNP 1662 6323 788 : : : 1662 6323 789 chief chief NN 1662 6323 790 of of IN 1662 6323 791 mission mission NN 1662 6323 792 : : : 1662 6323 793 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6323 794 Charles Charles NNP 1662 6323 795 O. O. NNP 1662 6323 796 CECIL CECIL NNP 1662 6323 797 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6323 798 20 20 CD 1662 6323 799 August August NNP 1662 6323 800 1996 1996 CD 1662 6323 801 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6323 802 embassy embassy NN 1662 6323 803 : : : 1662 6323 804 Rue Rue NNP 1662 6323 805 Des Des NNP 1662 6323 806 Ambassades Ambassades NNPS 1662 6323 807 , , , 1662 6323 808 Niamey Niamey NNP 1662 6323 809 mailing mail VBG 1662 6323 810 address address NN 1662 6323 811 : : : 1662 6323 812 B. B. NNP 1662 6323 813 P. P. NNP 1662 6323 814 11201 11201 CD 1662 6323 815 , , , 1662 6323 816 Niamey Niamey NNP 1662 6323 817 telephone telephone NN 1662 6323 818 : : : 1662 6323 819 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6323 820 227 227 CD 1662 6323 821 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6323 822 72 72 CD 1662 6323 823 26 26 CD 1662 6323 824 61 61 CD 1662 6323 825 through through IN 1662 6323 826 72 72 CD 1662 6323 827 26 26 CD 1662 6323 828 64 64 CD 1662 6323 829 FAX fax NN 1662 6323 830 : : : 1662 6323 831 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6323 832 227 227 CD 1662 6323 833 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6323 834 73 73 CD 1662 6323 835 31 31 CD 1662 6323 836 67 67 CD 1662 6323 837 Flag flag NN 1662 6323 838 description description NN 1662 6323 839 : : : 1662 6323 840 three three CD 1662 6323 841 equal equal JJ 1662 6323 842 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 6323 843 bands band NNS 1662 6323 844 of of IN 1662 6323 845 orange orange JJ 1662 6323 846 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6323 847 top top NNP 1662 6323 848 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6323 849 , , , 1662 6323 850 white white JJ 1662 6323 851 , , , 1662 6323 852 and and CC 1662 6323 853 green green JJ 1662 6323 854 with with IN 1662 6323 855 a a DT 1662 6323 856 small small JJ 1662 6323 857 orange orange JJ 1662 6323 858 disk disk NN 1662 6323 859 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6323 860 representing represent VBG 1662 6323 861 the the DT 1662 6323 862 sun sun NN 1662 6323 863 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6323 864 centered center VBD 1662 6323 865 in in IN 1662 6323 866 the the DT 1662 6323 867 white white NNP 1662 6323 868 band band NN 1662 6323 869 ; ; : 1662 6323 870 similar similar JJ 1662 6323 871 to to IN 1662 6323 872 the the DT 1662 6323 873 flag flag NN 1662 6323 874 of of IN 1662 6323 875 India India NNP 1662 6323 876 , , , 1662 6323 877 which which WDT 1662 6323 878 has have VBZ 1662 6323 879 a a DT 1662 6323 880 blue blue JJ 1662 6323 881 spoked spoke VBN 1662 6323 882 wheel wheel NN 1662 6323 883 centered center VBN 1662 6323 884 in in IN 1662 6323 885 the the DT 1662 6323 886 white white NNP 1662 6323 887 band band NNP 1662 6323 888 Economy Economy NNP 1662 6323 889 Economy Economy NNP 1662 6323 890 - - HYPH 1662 6323 891 overview overview NN 1662 6323 892 : : : 1662 6323 893 Niger Niger NNP 1662 6323 894 is be VBZ 1662 6323 895 a a DT 1662 6323 896 poor poor JJ 1662 6323 897 , , , 1662 6323 898 landlocked landlocke VBD 1662 6323 899 Sub Sub NNP 1662 6323 900 - - HYPH 1662 6323 901 Saharan Saharan NNP 1662 6323 902 nation nation NN 1662 6323 903 , , , 1662 6323 904 whose whose WP$ 1662 6323 905 recent recent JJ 1662 6323 906 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6323 907 growth growth NN 1662 6323 908 has have VBZ 1662 6323 909 barely barely RB 1662 6323 910 matched match VBN 1662 6323 911 the the DT 1662 6323 912 rapid rapid JJ 1662 6323 913 growth growth NN 1662 6323 914 of of IN 1662 6323 915 population population NN 1662 6323 916 . . . 1662 6324 1 The the DT 1662 6324 2 economy economy NN 1662 6324 3 is be VBZ 1662 6324 4 centered center VBN 1662 6324 5 on on IN 1662 6324 6 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 6324 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6324 8 , , , 1662 6324 9 animal animal NN 1662 6324 10 husbandry husbandry NN 1662 6324 11 , , , 1662 6324 12 and and CC 1662 6324 13 reexport reexport NN 1662 6324 14 trade trade NN 1662 6324 15 , , , 1662 6324 16 and and CC 1662 6324 17 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 6324 18 less less JJR 1662 6324 19 on on IN 1662 6324 20 uranium uranium NN 1662 6324 21 , , , 1662 6324 22 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 6324 23 major major JJ 1662 6324 24 export export NN 1662 6324 25 throughout throughout IN 1662 6324 26 the the DT 1662 6324 27 1970s 1970 NNS 1662 6324 28 and and CC 1662 6324 29 1980s 1980 NNS 1662 6324 30 . . . 1662 6325 1 Terms term NNS 1662 6325 2 of of IN 1662 6325 3 trade trade NN 1662 6325 4 with with IN 1662 6325 5 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 6325 6 , , , 1662 6325 7 Niger Niger NNP 1662 6325 8 's 's POS 1662 6325 9 largest large JJS 1662 6325 10 regional regional JJ 1662 6325 11 trade trade NN 1662 6325 12 partner partner NN 1662 6325 13 , , , 1662 6325 14 have have VBP 1662 6325 15 improved improve VBN 1662 6325 16 dramatically dramatically RB 1662 6325 17 since since IN 1662 6325 18 the the DT 1662 6325 19 50 50 CD 1662 6325 20 % % NN 1662 6325 21 devaluation devaluation NN 1662 6325 22 of of IN 1662 6325 23 the the DT 1662 6325 24 African african JJ 1662 6325 25 franc franc NN 1662 6325 26 in in IN 1662 6325 27 January January NNP 1662 6325 28 1994 1994 CD 1662 6325 29 ; ; : 1662 6325 30 this this DT 1662 6325 31 devaluation devaluation NN 1662 6325 32 boosted boost VBD 1662 6325 33 exports export NNS 1662 6325 34 of of IN 1662 6325 35 livestock livestock NN 1662 6325 36 , , , 1662 6325 37 peas pea NNS 1662 6325 38 , , , 1662 6325 39 onions onion NNS 1662 6325 40 , , , 1662 6325 41 and and CC 1662 6325 42 the the DT 1662 6325 43 products product NNS 1662 6325 44 of of IN 1662 6325 45 Niger Niger NNP 1662 6325 46 's 's POS 1662 6325 47 small small JJ 1662 6325 48 cotton cotton NN 1662 6325 49 industry industry NN 1662 6325 50 . . . 1662 6326 1 The the DT 1662 6326 2 government government NN 1662 6326 3 relies rely VBZ 1662 6326 4 on on IN 1662 6326 5 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 6326 6 and and CC 1662 6326 7 multilateral multilateral JJ 1662 6326 8 aid aid NN 1662 6326 9 for for IN 1662 6326 10 operating operating NN 1662 6326 11 expenses expense NNS 1662 6326 12 and and CC 1662 6326 13 public public JJ 1662 6326 14 investment investment NN 1662 6326 15 and and CC 1662 6326 16 is be VBZ 1662 6326 17 strongly strongly RB 1662 6326 18 induced induce VBN 1662 6326 19 to to TO 1662 6326 20 adhere adhere VB 1662 6326 21 to to IN 1662 6326 22 structural structural JJ 1662 6326 23 adjustment adjustment NN 1662 6326 24 programs program NNS 1662 6326 25 designed design VBN 1662 6326 26 by by IN 1662 6326 27 the the DT 1662 6326 28 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6326 29 and and CC 1662 6326 30 the the DT 1662 6326 31 World World NNP 1662 6326 32 Bank Bank NNP 1662 6326 33 . . . 1662 6327 1 The the DT 1662 6327 2 US US NNP 1662 6327 3 terminated terminate VBD 1662 6327 4 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 6327 5 assistance assistance NN 1662 6327 6 to to IN 1662 6327 7 Niger Niger NNP 1662 6327 8 after after IN 1662 6327 9 the the DT 1662 6327 10 coup coup NN 1662 6327 11 of of IN 1662 6327 12 1996 1996 CD 1662 6327 13 . . . 1662 6328 1 Other other JJ 1662 6328 2 donors donor NNS 1662 6328 3 have have VBP 1662 6328 4 reduced reduce VBN 1662 6328 5 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 6328 6 aid aid NN 1662 6328 7 . . . 1662 6329 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6329 2 : : : 1662 6329 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6329 4 power power NN 1662 6329 5 parity parity NN 1662 6329 6 - - : 1662 6329 7 $ $ $ 1662 6329 8 5.9 5.9 CD 1662 6329 9 billion billion CD 1662 6329 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6329 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6329 12 est est NNP 1662 6329 13 . . . 1662 6329 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6330 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6330 2 - - HYPH 1662 6330 3 real real JJ 1662 6330 4 growth growth NN 1662 6330 5 rate rate NN 1662 6330 6 : : : 1662 6330 7 4 4 CD 1662 6330 8 % % NN 1662 6330 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6330 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 6330 11 est est NNP 1662 6330 12 . . . 1662 6330 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6331 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6331 2 - - HYPH 1662 6331 3 per per FW 1662 6331 4 capita capita NN 1662 6331 5 : : : 1662 6331 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6331 7 power power NN 1662 6331 8 parity parity NN 1662 6331 9 - - : 1662 6331 10 $ $ $ 1662 6331 11 640 640 CD 1662 6331 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6331 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 6331 14 est est NNP 1662 6331 15 . . . 1662 6331 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6332 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6332 2 - - HYPH 1662 6332 3 composition composition NN 1662 6332 4 by by IN 1662 6332 5 sector sector NN 1662 6332 6 : : : 1662 6332 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6332 8 : : : 1662 6332 9 41 41 CD 1662 6332 10 % % NN 1662 6332 11 industry industry NN 1662 6332 12 : : : 1662 6332 13 18 18 CD 1662 6332 14 % % NN 1662 6332 15 services service NNS 1662 6332 16 : : : 1662 6332 17 41 41 CD 1662 6332 18 % % NN 1662 6332 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6332 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 6332 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6332 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 6332 23 rate rate NN 1662 6332 24 - - HYPH 1662 6332 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 6332 26 price price NN 1662 6332 27 index index NN 1662 6332 28 : : : 1662 6332 29 10.6 10.6 CD 1662 6332 30 % % NN 1662 6332 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6332 32 1995 1995 CD 1662 6332 33 est est NNP 1662 6332 34 . . . 1662 6332 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6333 1 Labor labor NN 1662 6333 2 force force NN 1662 6333 3 : : : 1662 6333 4 total total NN 1662 6333 5 : : : 1662 6333 6 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 6333 7 million million CD 1662 6333 8 wage wage NN 1662 6333 9 earners earner NNS 1662 6333 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6333 11 1982 1982 CD 1662 6333 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6333 13 by by IN 1662 6333 14 occupation occupation NN 1662 6333 15 : : : 1662 6333 16 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6333 17 90 90 CD 1662 6333 18 % % NN 1662 6333 19 , , , 1662 6333 20 industry industry NN 1662 6333 21 and and CC 1662 6333 22 commerce commerce NN 1662 6333 23 6 6 CD 1662 6333 24 % % NN 1662 6333 25 , , , 1662 6333 26 government government NN 1662 6333 27 4 4 CD 1662 6333 28 % % NN 1662 6333 29 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 6333 30 rate rate NN 1662 6333 31 : : : 1662 6333 32 NA% NA% `` 1662 6333 33 Budget budget NN 1662 6333 34 : : : 1662 6333 35 revenues revenue NNS 1662 6333 36 : : : 1662 6333 37 $ $ $ 1662 6333 38 200 200 CD 1662 6333 39 million million CD 1662 6333 40 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6333 41 : : : 1662 6333 42 $ $ $ 1662 6333 43 387 387 CD 1662 6333 44 million million CD 1662 6333 45 , , , 1662 6333 46 including include VBG 1662 6333 47 capital capital NN 1662 6333 48 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6333 49 of of IN 1662 6333 50 $ $ $ 1662 6333 51 NA na NN 1662 6333 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6333 53 1997 1997 CD 1662 6333 54 est est NNP 1662 6333 55 . . . 1662 6333 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6334 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 6334 2 : : : 1662 6334 3 cement cement NN 1662 6334 4 , , , 1662 6334 5 brick brick NN 1662 6334 6 , , , 1662 6334 7 textiles textile NNS 1662 6334 8 , , , 1662 6334 9 food food NN 1662 6334 10 processing processing NN 1662 6334 11 , , , 1662 6334 12 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 6334 13 , , , 1662 6334 14 slaughterhouses slaughterhouse NNS 1662 6334 15 , , , 1662 6334 16 and and CC 1662 6334 17 a a DT 1662 6334 18 few few JJ 1662 6334 19 other other JJ 1662 6334 20 small small JJ 1662 6334 21 light light JJ 1662 6334 22 industries industry NNS 1662 6334 23 ; ; : 1662 6334 24 uranium uranium NN 1662 6334 25 mining mining NN 1662 6334 26 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 6334 27 production production NN 1662 6334 28 growth growth NN 1662 6334 29 rate rate NN 1662 6334 30 : : : 1662 6334 31 0.5 0.5 CD 1662 6334 32 % % NN 1662 6334 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6334 34 1994 1994 CD 1662 6334 35 est est NNP 1662 6334 36 . . . 1662 6334 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6335 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6335 2 - - HYPH 1662 6335 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 6335 4 : : : 1662 6335 5 105,000 105,000 CD 1662 6335 6 kW kw NN 1662 6335 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6335 8 1991 1991 CD 1662 6335 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6335 10 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6335 11 - - HYPH 1662 6335 12 production production NN 1662 6335 13 : : : 1662 6335 14 230 230 CD 1662 6335 15 million million CD 1662 6335 16 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6335 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6335 18 1991 1991 CD 1662 6335 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6335 20 note note NN 1662 6335 21 : : : 1662 6335 22 imports import NNS 1662 6335 23 about about IN 1662 6335 24 200 200 CD 1662 6335 25 million million CD 1662 6335 26 kW kw NN 1662 6335 27 of of IN 1662 6335 28 electricity electricity NN 1662 6335 29 from from IN 1662 6335 30 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 6335 31 Electricity Electricity NNP 1662 6335 32 - - HYPH 1662 6335 33 consumption consumption NN 1662 6335 34 per per IN 1662 6335 35 capita capita NN 1662 6335 36 : : : 1662 6335 37 53 53 CD 1662 6335 38 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6335 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6335 40 1991 1991 CD 1662 6335 41 est est NNP 1662 6335 42 . . . 1662 6335 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6336 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6336 2 - - HYPH 1662 6336 3 products product NNS 1662 6336 4 : : : 1662 6336 5 cowpeas cowpea NNS 1662 6336 6 , , , 1662 6336 7 cotton cotton NN 1662 6336 8 , , , 1662 6336 9 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 6336 10 , , , 1662 6336 11 millet millet NN 1662 6336 12 , , , 1662 6336 13 sorghum sorghum NN 1662 6336 14 , , , 1662 6336 15 cassava cassava NNP 1662 6336 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6336 17 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 6336 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6336 19 , , , 1662 6336 20 rice rice NN 1662 6336 21 ; ; : 1662 6336 22 cattle cattle NNS 1662 6336 23 , , , 1662 6336 24 sheep sheep NNS 1662 6336 25 , , , 1662 6336 26 goats goat NNS 1662 6336 27 Exports export NNS 1662 6336 28 : : : 1662 6336 29 total total JJ 1662 6336 30 value value NN 1662 6336 31 : : : 1662 6336 32 $ $ $ 1662 6336 33 247 247 CD 1662 6336 34 million million CD 1662 6336 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6336 36 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 6336 37 . . NNP 1662 6336 38 , , , 1662 6336 39 1995 1995 CD 1662 6336 40 est est NNP 1662 6336 41 . . . 1662 6336 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6337 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6337 2 : : : 1662 6337 3 uranium uranium NN 1662 6337 4 ore ore NN 1662 6337 5 67 67 CD 1662 6337 6 % % NN 1662 6337 7 , , , 1662 6337 8 livestock livestock NN 1662 6337 9 products product NNS 1662 6337 10 20 20 CD 1662 6337 11 % % NN 1662 6337 12 , , , 1662 6337 13 cowpeas cowpea NNS 1662 6337 14 , , , 1662 6337 15 onions onion NNS 1662 6337 16 partners partner NNS 1662 6337 17 : : : 1662 6337 18 France France NNP 1662 6337 19 77 77 CD 1662 6337 20 % % NN 1662 6337 21 , , , 1662 6337 22 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 6337 23 8 8 CD 1662 6337 24 % % NN 1662 6337 25 , , , 1662 6337 26 Burkina Burkina NNP 1662 6337 27 Faso Faso NNP 1662 6337 28 , , , 1662 6337 29 Cote Cote NNP 1662 6337 30 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 6337 31 , , , 1662 6337 32 Canada Canada NNP 1662 6337 33 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 6337 34 : : : 1662 6337 35 total total JJ 1662 6337 36 value value NN 1662 6337 37 : : : 1662 6337 38 $ $ $ 1662 6337 39 307 307 CD 1662 6337 40 million million CD 1662 6337 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6337 42 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 6337 43 . . NNP 1662 6337 44 , , , 1662 6337 45 1995 1995 CD 1662 6337 46 est est NNP 1662 6337 47 . . . 1662 6337 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6338 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6338 2 : : : 1662 6338 3 consumer consumer NN 1662 6338 4 goods good NNS 1662 6338 5 , , , 1662 6338 6 primary primary JJ 1662 6338 7 materials material NNS 1662 6338 8 , , , 1662 6338 9 machinery machinery NN 1662 6338 10 , , , 1662 6338 11 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 6338 12 and and CC 1662 6338 13 parts part NNS 1662 6338 14 , , , 1662 6338 15 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6338 16 , , , 1662 6338 17 cereals cereal NNS 1662 6338 18 partners partner NNS 1662 6338 19 : : : 1662 6338 20 France France NNP 1662 6338 21 23 23 CD 1662 6338 22 % % NN 1662 6338 23 , , , 1662 6338 24 Cote Cote NNP 1662 6338 25 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 6338 26 , , , 1662 6338 27 China China NNP 1662 6338 28 , , , 1662 6338 29 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 6338 30 - - HYPH 1662 6338 31 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 6338 32 Debt Debt NNP 1662 6338 33 - - HYPH 1662 6338 34 external external JJ 1662 6338 35 : : : 1662 6338 36 $ $ $ 1662 6338 37 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 6338 38 billion billion CD 1662 6338 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6338 40 1995 1995 CD 1662 6338 41 est est NNP 1662 6338 42 . . . 1662 6338 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6339 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 6339 2 aid aid NN 1662 6339 3 : : : 1662 6339 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 6339 5 : : : 1662 6339 6 ODA oda NN 1662 6339 7 ; ; , 1662 6339 8 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 6339 9 donors donor NNS 1662 6339 10 : : : 1662 6339 11 France France NNP 1662 6339 12 , , , 1662 6339 13 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6339 14 , , , 1662 6339 15 Germany Germany NNP 1662 6339 16 , , , 1662 6339 17 US US NNP 1662 6339 18 Currency Currency NNP 1662 6339 19 : : : 1662 6339 20 1 1 CD 1662 6339 21 Communaute Communaute NNP 1662 6339 22 Financiere Financiere NNP 1662 6339 23 Africaine Africaine NNP 1662 6339 24 franc franc NN 1662 6339 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6339 26 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 6339 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6339 28 = = SYM 1662 6339 29 100 100 CD 1662 6339 30 centimes centime NNS 1662 6339 31 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 6339 32 rates rate NNS 1662 6339 33 : : : 1662 6339 34 CFA cfa NN 1662 6339 35 francs franc NNS 1662 6339 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6339 37 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 6339 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6339 39 per per IN 1662 6339 40 US$ us$ $ 1662 6339 41 1 1 CD 1662 6339 42 - - SYM 1662 6339 43 541.69 541.69 CD 1662 6339 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6339 45 January January NNP 1662 6339 46 1997 1997 CD 1662 6339 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6339 48 , , , 1662 6339 49 511.55 511.55 CD 1662 6339 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6339 51 1996 1996 CD 1662 6339 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6339 53 , , , 1662 6339 54 499.15 499.15 CD 1662 6339 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6339 56 1995 1995 CD 1662 6339 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6339 58 , , , 1662 6339 59 555.20 555.20 CD 1662 6339 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6339 61 1994 1994 CD 1662 6339 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6339 63 , , , 1662 6339 64 283.16 283.16 CD 1662 6339 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6339 66 1993 1993 CD 1662 6339 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6339 68 , , , 1662 6339 69 264.69 264.69 CD 1662 6339 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6339 71 1992 1992 CD 1662 6339 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6339 73 note note NN 1662 6339 74 : : : 1662 6339 75 beginning begin VBG 1662 6339 76 12 12 CD 1662 6339 77 January January NNP 1662 6339 78 1994 1994 CD 1662 6339 79 , , , 1662 6339 80 the the DT 1662 6339 81 CFA CFA NNP 1662 6339 82 franc franc NN 1662 6339 83 was be VBD 1662 6339 84 devalued devalue VBN 1662 6339 85 to to IN 1662 6339 86 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 6339 87 100 100 CD 1662 6339 88 per per IN 1662 6339 89 French french JJ 1662 6339 90 franc franc NN 1662 6339 91 from from IN 1662 6339 92 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 6339 93 50 50 CD 1662 6339 94 at at IN 1662 6339 95 which which WDT 1662 6339 96 it -PRON- PRP 1662 6339 97 had have VBD 1662 6339 98 been be VBN 1662 6339 99 fixed fix VBN 1662 6339 100 since since IN 1662 6339 101 1948 1948 CD 1662 6339 102 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6339 103 year year NN 1662 6339 104 : : : 1662 6339 105 calendar calendar NNP 1662 6339 106 year year NN 1662 6339 107 @Niger @niger NN 1662 6339 108 : : : 1662 6339 109 Communications communication NNS 1662 6339 110 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 6339 111 : : : 1662 6339 112 14,000 14,000 CD 1662 6339 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6339 114 1991 1991 CD 1662 6339 115 est est NNP 1662 6339 116 . . . 1662 6339 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6340 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 6340 2 system system NN 1662 6340 3 : : : 1662 6340 4 small small JJ 1662 6340 5 system system NN 1662 6340 6 of of IN 1662 6340 7 wire wire NN 1662 6340 8 , , , 1662 6340 9 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 6340 10 communications communication NNS 1662 6340 11 , , , 1662 6340 12 and and CC 1662 6340 13 microwave microwave VB 1662 6340 14 radio radio NN 1662 6340 15 relay relay NN 1662 6340 16 links link NNS 1662 6340 17 concentrated concentrate VBD 1662 6340 18 in in IN 1662 6340 19 southwestern southwestern JJ 1662 6340 20 area area NN 1662 6340 21 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6340 22 : : : 1662 6340 23 wire wire NN 1662 6340 24 , , , 1662 6340 25 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 6340 26 communications communication NNS 1662 6340 27 , , , 1662 6340 28 and and CC 1662 6340 29 microwave microwave VB 1662 6340 30 radio radio NN 1662 6340 31 relay relay NN 1662 6340 32 ; ; : 1662 6340 33 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6340 34 satellite satellite NN 1662 6340 35 system system NN 1662 6340 36 with with IN 1662 6340 37 3 3 CD 1662 6340 38 earth earth NN 1662 6340 39 stations station NNS 1662 6340 40 and and CC 1662 6340 41 1 1 CD 1662 6340 42 planned plan VBN 1662 6340 43 international international JJ 1662 6340 44 : : : 1662 6340 45 satellite satellite NN 1662 6340 46 earth earth NN 1662 6340 47 stations station NNS 1662 6340 48 - - , 1662 6340 49 2 2 CD 1662 6340 50 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6340 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6340 52 1 1 CD 1662 6340 53 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6340 54 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6340 55 and and CC 1662 6340 56 1 1 CD 1662 6340 57 Indian Indian NNP 1662 6340 58 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6340 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6340 60 Radio radio NN 1662 6340 61 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6340 62 stations station NNS 1662 6340 63 : : : 1662 6340 64 AM am VBP 1662 6340 65 15 15 CD 1662 6340 66 , , , 1662 6340 67 FM FM NNP 1662 6340 68 6 6 CD 1662 6340 69 , , , 1662 6340 70 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 6340 71 0 0 CD 1662 6340 72 Radios radio NNS 1662 6340 73 : : : 1662 6340 74 500,000 500,000 CD 1662 6340 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6340 76 1992 1992 CD 1662 6340 77 est est NNP 1662 6340 78 . . . 1662 6340 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6341 1 Television television NN 1662 6341 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6341 3 stations station NNS 1662 6341 4 : : : 1662 6341 5 18 18 CD 1662 6341 6 stations station NNS 1662 6341 7 in in IN 1662 6341 8 a a DT 1662 6341 9 single single JJ 1662 6341 10 network network NN 1662 6341 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6341 12 1995 1995 CD 1662 6341 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6341 14 Televisions television NNS 1662 6341 15 : : : 1662 6341 16 38,000 38,000 CD 1662 6341 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6341 18 1992 1992 CD 1662 6341 19 est est NNP 1662 6341 20 . . . 1662 6341 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6342 1 @Niger @niger NN 1662 6342 2 : : : 1662 6342 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 6342 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 6342 5 : : : 1662 6342 6 0 0 LS 1662 6342 7 km km NN 1662 6342 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 6342 9 : : : 1662 6342 10 total total NN 1662 6342 11 : : : 1662 6342 12 9,863 9,863 CD 1662 6342 13 km km NN 1662 6342 14 paved pave VBN 1662 6342 15 : : : 1662 6342 16 779 779 CD 1662 6342 17 km km NN 1662 6342 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6342 19 : : : 1662 6342 20 9,084 9,084 CD 1662 6342 21 km km NNS 1662 6342 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6342 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 6342 24 est est NNP 1662 6342 25 . . . 1662 6342 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6343 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 6343 2 : : : 1662 6343 3 Niger Niger NNP 1662 6343 4 river river NN 1662 6343 5 is be VBZ 1662 6343 6 navigable navigable JJ 1662 6343 7 300 300 CD 1662 6343 8 km km NN 1662 6343 9 from from IN 1662 6343 10 Niamey Niamey NNP 1662 6343 11 to to IN 1662 6343 12 Gaya Gaya NNP 1662 6343 13 on on IN 1662 6343 14 the the DT 1662 6343 15 Benin Benin NNP 1662 6343 16 frontier frontier NN 1662 6343 17 from from IN 1662 6343 18 mid mid NNP 1662 6343 19 - - NN 1662 6343 20 December December NNP 1662 6343 21 through through IN 1662 6343 22 March March NNP 1662 6343 23 Ports Ports NNP 1662 6343 24 and and CC 1662 6343 25 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6343 26 : : : 1662 6343 27 none none NN 1662 6343 28 Airports airport NNS 1662 6343 29 : : : 1662 6343 30 23 23 CD 1662 6343 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6343 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 6343 33 est est NNP 1662 6343 34 . . . 1662 6343 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6344 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6344 2 - - , 1662 6344 3 with with IN 1662 6344 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6344 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6344 6 : : : 1662 6344 7 total total NN 1662 6344 8 : : : 1662 6344 9 11 11 CD 1662 6344 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 6344 11 to to IN 1662 6344 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6344 13 m m NN 1662 6344 14 : : : 1662 6344 15 2 2 CD 1662 6344 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6344 17 to to TO 1662 6344 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6344 19 m m NN 1662 6344 20 : : : 1662 6344 21 6 6 CD 1662 6344 22 914 914 CD 1662 6344 23 to to TO 1662 6344 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6344 25 m m NN 1662 6344 26 : : : 1662 6344 27 1 1 CD 1662 6344 28 under under IN 1662 6344 29 914 914 CD 1662 6344 30 m m NN 1662 6344 31 : : : 1662 6344 32 2 2 CD 1662 6344 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6344 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 6344 35 est est NNP 1662 6344 36 . . . 1662 6344 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6345 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6345 2 - - , 1662 6345 3 with with IN 1662 6345 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6345 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6345 6 : : : 1662 6345 7 total total NN 1662 6345 8 : : : 1662 6345 9 12 12 CD 1662 6345 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6345 11 to to TO 1662 6345 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6345 13 m m NN 1662 6345 14 : : : 1662 6345 15 1 1 CD 1662 6345 16 914 914 CD 1662 6345 17 to to TO 1662 6345 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6345 19 m m NN 1662 6345 20 : : : 1662 6345 21 11 11 CD 1662 6345 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6345 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 6345 24 est est NNP 1662 6345 25 . . . 1662 6345 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6346 1 Military military JJ 1662 6346 2 Military military JJ 1662 6346 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6346 4 : : : 1662 6346 5 Army Army NNP 1662 6346 6 , , , 1662 6346 7 Air Air NNP 1662 6346 8 Force Force NNP 1662 6346 9 , , , 1662 6346 10 National National NNP 1662 6346 11 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 6346 12 , , , 1662 6346 13 Republican Republican NNP 1662 6346 14 Guard Guard NNP 1662 6346 15 , , , 1662 6346 16 National National NNP 1662 6346 17 Police Police NNP 1662 6346 18 Military Military NNP 1662 6346 19 manpower manpower NN 1662 6346 20 - - HYPH 1662 6346 21 military military NN 1662 6346 22 age age NN 1662 6346 23 : : : 1662 6346 24 18 18 CD 1662 6346 25 years year NNS 1662 6346 26 of of IN 1662 6346 27 age age NN 1662 6346 28 Military military JJ 1662 6346 29 manpower manpower NN 1662 6346 30 - - HYPH 1662 6346 31 availability availability NN 1662 6346 32 : : : 1662 6346 33 males male NNS 1662 6346 34 age age NNP 1662 6346 35 15 15 CD 1662 6346 36 - - HYPH 1662 6346 37 49 49 CD 1662 6346 38 : : SYM 1662 6346 39 1,983,377 1,983,377 CD 1662 6346 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6346 41 1997 1997 CD 1662 6346 42 est est NNP 1662 6346 43 . . . 1662 6346 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6347 1 Military military JJ 1662 6347 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6347 3 - - HYPH 1662 6347 4 fit fit NN 1662 6347 5 for for IN 1662 6347 6 military military JJ 1662 6347 7 service service NN 1662 6347 8 : : : 1662 6347 9 males male NNS 1662 6347 10 : : : 1662 6347 11 1,069,743 1,069,743 CD 1662 6347 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6347 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6347 14 est est NNP 1662 6347 15 . . . 1662 6347 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6348 1 Military military JJ 1662 6348 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6348 3 - - HYPH 1662 6348 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 6348 5 military military JJ 1662 6348 6 age age NN 1662 6348 7 annually annually RB 1662 6348 8 : : : 1662 6348 9 males male NNS 1662 6348 10 : : : 1662 6348 11 95,217 95,217 CD 1662 6348 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6348 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6348 14 est e JJS 1662 6348 15 . . . 1662 6348 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6349 1 Military military JJ 1662 6349 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6349 3 - - HYPH 1662 6349 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 6349 5 figure figure NN 1662 6349 6 : : : 1662 6349 7 $ $ $ 1662 6349 8 32 32 CD 1662 6349 9 million million CD 1662 6349 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6349 11 FY92/93 fy92/93 CD 1662 6349 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6349 13 Military military JJ 1662 6349 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6349 15 - - : 1662 6349 16 percent percent NN 1662 6349 17 of of IN 1662 6349 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6349 19 : : : 1662 6349 20 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 6349 21 % % NN 1662 6349 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6349 23 FY92/93 fy92/93 CD 1662 6349 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6349 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6349 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6349 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 6349 28 - - : 1662 6349 29 international international JJ 1662 6349 30 : : : 1662 6349 31 Libya Libya NNP 1662 6349 32 claims claim VBZ 1662 6349 33 about about IN 1662 6349 34 19,400 19,400 CD 1662 6349 35 sq sq NN 1662 6349 36 km km NNS 1662 6349 37 in in IN 1662 6349 38 northern northern JJ 1662 6349 39 Niger Niger NNP 1662 6349 40 ; ; : 1662 6349 41 demarcation demarcation NN 1662 6349 42 of of IN 1662 6349 43 international international JJ 1662 6349 44 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6349 45 in in IN 1662 6349 46 the the DT 1662 6349 47 vicinity vicinity NN 1662 6349 48 of of IN 1662 6349 49 Lake Lake NNP 1662 6349 50 Chad Chad NNP 1662 6349 51 , , , 1662 6349 52 the the DT 1662 6349 53 lack lack NN 1662 6349 54 of of IN 1662 6349 55 which which WDT 1662 6349 56 has have VBZ 1662 6349 57 led lead VBN 1662 6349 58 to to IN 1662 6349 59 border border NN 1662 6349 60 incidents incident NNS 1662 6349 61 in in IN 1662 6349 62 the the DT 1662 6349 63 past past NN 1662 6349 64 , , , 1662 6349 65 is be VBZ 1662 6349 66 completed complete VBN 1662 6349 67 and and CC 1662 6349 68 awaiting await VBG 1662 6349 69 ratification ratification NN 1662 6349 70 by by IN 1662 6349 71 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 6349 72 , , , 1662 6349 73 Chad Chad NNP 1662 6349 74 , , , 1662 6349 75 Niger Niger NNP 1662 6349 76 , , , 1662 6349 77 and and CC 1662 6349 78 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 6349 79 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 80 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 90 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 91 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 92 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 93 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 94 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 95 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 96 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 97 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 98 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 99 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 100 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 101 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 102 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 103 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 104 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 105 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 106 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 107 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 108 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 109 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 110 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 111 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 112 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 113 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 114 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 115 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 116 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 117 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 118 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 119 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 120 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 121 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 122 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 123 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 124 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 125 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 126 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 127 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 128 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 129 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 130 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 131 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 132 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 133 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 134 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 135 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 136 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 137 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 138 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 139 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 140 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 141 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 142 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 143 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 144 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 145 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 146 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 147 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 148 _ _ NNP 1662 6349 149 NIGERIA NIGERIA NNP 1662 6349 150 @Nigeria @Nigeria NNP 1662 6349 151 : : : 1662 6349 152 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6349 153 Location Location NNP 1662 6349 154 : : : 1662 6349 155 Western Western NNP 1662 6349 156 Africa Africa NNP 1662 6349 157 , , , 1662 6349 158 bordering border VBG 1662 6349 159 the the DT 1662 6349 160 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 6349 161 of of IN 1662 6349 162 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 6349 163 , , , 1662 6349 164 between between IN 1662 6349 165 Benin Benin NNP 1662 6349 166 and and CC 1662 6349 167 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 6349 168 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6349 169 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6349 170 : : : 1662 6349 171 10 10 CD 1662 6349 172 00 00 CD 1662 6349 173 N n CD 1662 6349 174 , , , 1662 6349 175 8 8 CD 1662 6349 176 00 00 CD 1662 6349 177 E e NN 1662 6349 178 Map Map NNP 1662 6349 179 references reference NNS 1662 6349 180 : : : 1662 6349 181 Africa Africa NNP 1662 6349 182 Area Area NNP 1662 6349 183 : : : 1662 6349 184 total total NN 1662 6349 185 : : : 1662 6349 186 923,770 923,770 CD 1662 6349 187 sq sq VBZ 1662 6349 188 km km NNP 1662 6349 189 land land NN 1662 6349 190 : : : 1662 6349 191 910,770 910,770 CD 1662 6349 192 sq sq IN 1662 6349 193 km km NNP 1662 6349 194 water water NN 1662 6349 195 : : : 1662 6349 196 13,000 13,000 CD 1662 6349 197 sq sq NNP 1662 6349 198 km km NNP 1662 6349 199 Area area NN 1662 6349 200 - - HYPH 1662 6349 201 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6349 202 : : : 1662 6349 203 slightly slightly RB 1662 6349 204 more more JJR 1662 6349 205 than than IN 1662 6349 206 twice twice RB 1662 6349 207 the the DT 1662 6349 208 size size NN 1662 6349 209 of of IN 1662 6349 210 California California NNP 1662 6349 211 Land Land NNP 1662 6349 212 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6349 213 : : : 1662 6349 214 total total JJ 1662 6349 215 : : : 1662 6349 216 4,047 4,047 CD 1662 6349 217 km km NN 1662 6349 218 border border NN 1662 6349 219 countries country NNS 1662 6349 220 : : : 1662 6349 221 Benin Benin NNP 1662 6349 222 773 773 CD 1662 6349 223 km km NN 1662 6349 224 , , , 1662 6349 225 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 6349 226 1,690 1,690 CD 1662 6349 227 km km NN 1662 6349 228 , , , 1662 6349 229 Chad Chad NNP 1662 6349 230 87 87 CD 1662 6349 231 km km NNS 1662 6349 232 , , , 1662 6349 233 Niger Niger NNP 1662 6349 234 1,497 1,497 CD 1662 6349 235 km km NN 1662 6349 236 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6349 237 : : : 1662 6349 238 853 853 CD 1662 6349 239 km km NN 1662 6349 240 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6349 241 claims claim VBZ 1662 6349 242 : : : 1662 6349 243 continental continental NNP 1662 6349 244 shelf shelf NNP 1662 6349 245 : : : 1662 6349 246 200-m 200-m CD 1662 6349 247 depth depth NN 1662 6349 248 or or CC 1662 6349 249 to to IN 1662 6349 250 the the DT 1662 6349 251 depth depth NN 1662 6349 252 of of IN 1662 6349 253 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 6349 254 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 6349 255 economic economic JJ 1662 6349 256 zone zone NN 1662 6349 257 : : : 1662 6349 258 200 200 CD 1662 6349 259 nm nm CD 1662 6349 260 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6349 261 sea sea NN 1662 6349 262 : : : 1662 6349 263 30 30 CD 1662 6349 264 nm nm NNP 1662 6349 265 Climate climate NN 1662 6349 266 : : : 1662 6349 267 varies varie NNS 1662 6349 268 ; ; , 1662 6349 269 equatorial equatorial JJ 1662 6349 270 in in IN 1662 6349 271 south south NNP 1662 6349 272 , , , 1662 6349 273 tropical tropical JJ 1662 6349 274 in in IN 1662 6349 275 center center NNP 1662 6349 276 , , , 1662 6349 277 arid arid NNP 1662 6349 278 in in IN 1662 6349 279 north north JJ 1662 6349 280 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6349 281 : : : 1662 6349 282 southern southern JJ 1662 6349 283 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 6349 284 merge merge VBP 1662 6349 285 into into IN 1662 6349 286 central central JJ 1662 6349 287 hills hill NNS 1662 6349 288 and and CC 1662 6349 289 plateaus plateaus NN 1662 6349 290 ; ; : 1662 6349 291 mountains mountain NNS 1662 6349 292 in in IN 1662 6349 293 southeast southeast NN 1662 6349 294 , , , 1662 6349 295 plains plain VBZ 1662 6349 296 in in IN 1662 6349 297 north north JJ 1662 6349 298 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6349 299 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6349 300 : : : 1662 6349 301 lowest low JJS 1662 6349 302 point point NN 1662 6349 303 : : : 1662 6349 304 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6349 305 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6349 306 0 0 NFP 1662 6349 307 m m DT 1662 6349 308 highest high JJS 1662 6349 309 point point NN 1662 6349 310 : : : 1662 6349 311 Chappal Chappal NNP 1662 6349 312 Waddi Waddi NNP 1662 6349 313 2,419 2,419 CD 1662 6349 314 m m NNP 1662 6349 315 Natural natural JJ 1662 6349 316 resources resource NNS 1662 6349 317 : : : 1662 6349 318 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6349 319 , , , 1662 6349 320 tin tin NNP 1662 6349 321 , , , 1662 6349 322 columbite columbite NN 1662 6349 323 , , , 1662 6349 324 iron iron NN 1662 6349 325 ore ore NN 1662 6349 326 , , , 1662 6349 327 coal coal NN 1662 6349 328 , , , 1662 6349 329 limestone limestone NN 1662 6349 330 , , , 1662 6349 331 lead lead NN 1662 6349 332 , , , 1662 6349 333 zinc zinc NN 1662 6349 334 , , , 1662 6349 335 natural natural JJ 1662 6349 336 gas gas NN 1662 6349 337 Land land NN 1662 6349 338 use use NN 1662 6349 339 : : : 1662 6349 340 arable arable JJ 1662 6349 341 land land NN 1662 6349 342 : : : 1662 6349 343 33 33 CD 1662 6349 344 % % NN 1662 6349 345 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6349 346 crops crop NNS 1662 6349 347 : : : 1662 6349 348 3 3 CD 1662 6349 349 % % NN 1662 6349 350 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6349 351 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6349 352 : : : 1662 6349 353 44 44 CD 1662 6349 354 % % NN 1662 6349 355 forests forest NNS 1662 6349 356 and and CC 1662 6349 357 woodland woodland RB 1662 6349 358 : : : 1662 6349 359 12 12 CD 1662 6349 360 % % NN 1662 6349 361 other other JJ 1662 6349 362 : : : 1662 6349 363 8 8 CD 1662 6349 364 % % NN 1662 6349 365 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6349 366 1993 1993 CD 1662 6349 367 est est NNP 1662 6349 368 . . . 1662 6349 369 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6350 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6350 2 land land NN 1662 6350 3 : : : 1662 6350 4 9,570 9,570 CD 1662 6350 5 sq sq IN 1662 6350 6 km km NNP 1662 6350 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6350 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 6350 9 est est NNP 1662 6350 10 . . . 1662 6350 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6351 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 6351 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6351 3 : : : 1662 6351 4 periodic periodic JJ 1662 6351 5 droughts drought NNS 1662 6351 6 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6351 7 - - HYPH 1662 6351 8 current current JJ 1662 6351 9 issues issue NNS 1662 6351 10 : : : 1662 6351 11 soil soil NN 1662 6351 12 degradation degradation NN 1662 6351 13 ; ; , 1662 6351 14 rapid rapid JJ 1662 6351 15 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 6351 16 ; ; : 1662 6351 17 desertification desertification NN 1662 6351 18 ; ; : 1662 6351 19 recent recent JJ 1662 6351 20 droughts drought NNS 1662 6351 21 in in IN 1662 6351 22 north north NN 1662 6351 23 severely severely RB 1662 6351 24 affecting affect VBG 1662 6351 25 marginal marginal JJ 1662 6351 26 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 6351 27 activities activity NNS 1662 6351 28 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6351 29 - - HYPH 1662 6351 30 international international JJ 1662 6351 31 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6351 32 : : : 1662 6351 33 party party NN 1662 6351 34 to to TO 1662 6351 35 : : : 1662 6351 36 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 6351 37 , , , 1662 6351 38 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6351 39 Change Change NNP 1662 6351 40 , , , 1662 6351 41 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 6351 42 Species Species NNPS 1662 6351 43 , , , 1662 6351 44 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 6351 45 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 6351 46 , , , 1662 6351 47 Law Law NNP 1662 6351 48 of of IN 1662 6351 49 the the DT 1662 6351 50 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6351 51 , , , 1662 6351 52 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6351 53 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 6351 54 , , , 1662 6351 55 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6351 56 Life Life NNP 1662 6351 57 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 6351 58 , , , 1662 6351 59 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 6351 60 Test Test NNP 1662 6351 61 Ban Ban NNP 1662 6351 62 , , , 1662 6351 63 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 6351 64 Layer Layer NNP 1662 6351 65 Protection Protection NNP 1662 6351 66 , , , 1662 6351 67 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 6351 68 signed sign VBD 1662 6351 69 , , , 1662 6351 70 but but CC 1662 6351 71 not not RB 1662 6351 72 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6351 73 : : : 1662 6351 74 Desertification desertification NN 1662 6351 75 @Nigeria @nigeria XX 1662 6351 76 : : : 1662 6351 77 People People NNPS 1662 6351 78 Population Population NNP 1662 6351 79 : : : 1662 6351 80 107,129,469 107,129,469 LS 1662 6351 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6351 82 July July NNP 1662 6351 83 1997 1997 CD 1662 6351 84 est est NNP 1662 6351 85 . . . 1662 6351 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6352 1 Age age NN 1662 6352 2 structure structure NN 1662 6352 3 : : : 1662 6352 4 0 0 CD 1662 6352 5 - - HYPH 1662 6352 6 14 14 CD 1662 6352 7 years year NNS 1662 6352 8 : : : 1662 6352 9 45 45 CD 1662 6352 10 % % NN 1662 6352 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6352 12 male male JJ 1662 6352 13 24,142,369 24,142,369 CD 1662 6352 14 ; ; : 1662 6352 15 female female JJ 1662 6352 16 23,931,502 23,931,502 CD 1662 6352 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6352 18 15 15 CD 1662 6352 19 - - SYM 1662 6352 20 64 64 CD 1662 6352 21 years year NNS 1662 6352 22 : : : 1662 6352 23 52 52 CD 1662 6352 24 % % NN 1662 6352 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6352 26 male male JJ 1662 6352 27 28,502,597 28,502,597 NNS 1662 6352 28 ; ; : 1662 6352 29 female female JJ 1662 6352 30 27,432,816 27,432,816 CD 1662 6352 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6352 32 65 65 CD 1662 6352 33 years year NNS 1662 6352 34 and and CC 1662 6352 35 over over IN 1662 6352 36 : : : 1662 6352 37 3 3 CD 1662 6352 38 % % NN 1662 6352 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6352 40 male male NN 1662 6352 41 1,572,773 1,572,773 CD 1662 6352 42 ; ; : 1662 6352 43 female female JJ 1662 6352 44 1,547,412 1,547,412 CD 1662 6352 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6352 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6352 47 July July NNP 1662 6352 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 6352 49 est est NNP 1662 6352 50 . . . 1662 6352 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6353 1 Population population NN 1662 6353 2 growth growth NN 1662 6353 3 rate rate NN 1662 6353 4 : : : 1662 6353 5 3.05 3.05 CD 1662 6353 6 % % NN 1662 6353 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6353 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6353 9 est est NNP 1662 6353 10 . . . 1662 6353 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6354 1 Birth birth NN 1662 6354 2 rate rate NN 1662 6354 3 : : : 1662 6354 4 42.58 42.58 CD 1662 6354 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 6354 6 population population NN 1662 6354 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6354 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6354 9 est est NNP 1662 6354 10 . . . 1662 6354 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6355 1 Death death NN 1662 6355 2 rate rate NN 1662 6355 3 : : : 1662 6355 4 12.45 12.45 CD 1662 6355 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 CD 1662 6355 6 population population NN 1662 6355 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6355 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6355 9 est est NNP 1662 6355 10 . . . 1662 6355 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6356 1 Net net JJ 1662 6356 2 migration migration NN 1662 6356 3 rate rate NN 1662 6356 4 : : : 1662 6356 5 0.33 0.33 CD 1662 6356 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 6356 7 population population NN 1662 6356 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6356 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6356 10 est est NNP 1662 6356 11 . . . 1662 6356 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6357 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6357 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6357 3 : : : 1662 6357 4 at at IN 1662 6357 5 birth birth NN 1662 6357 6 : : : 1662 6357 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 6357 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6357 9 under under IN 1662 6357 10 15 15 CD 1662 6357 11 years year NNS 1662 6357 12 : : : 1662 6357 13 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 6357 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6357 15 15 15 CD 1662 6357 16 - - HYPH 1662 6357 17 64 64 CD 1662 6357 18 years year NNS 1662 6357 19 : : : 1662 6357 20 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 6357 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6357 22 65 65 CD 1662 6357 23 years year NNS 1662 6357 24 and and CC 1662 6357 25 over over IN 1662 6357 26 : : : 1662 6357 27 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 6357 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 6357 29 total total JJ 1662 6357 30 population population NN 1662 6357 31 : : : 1662 6357 32 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 6357 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6357 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6357 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 6357 36 est e JJS 1662 6357 37 . . . 1662 6357 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6358 1 Infant infant NN 1662 6358 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 6358 3 rate rate NN 1662 6358 4 : : : 1662 6358 5 70.2 70.2 CD 1662 6358 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6358 7 live live JJ 1662 6358 8 births birth NNS 1662 6358 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6358 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 6358 11 est est NNP 1662 6358 12 . . . 1662 6358 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6359 1 Life life NN 1662 6359 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 6359 3 at at IN 1662 6359 4 birth birth NN 1662 6359 5 : : : 1662 6359 6 total total JJ 1662 6359 7 population population NN 1662 6359 8 : : : 1662 6359 9 54.65 54.65 CD 1662 6359 10 years year NNS 1662 6359 11 male male JJ 1662 6359 12 : : : 1662 6359 13 53.32 53.32 CD 1662 6359 14 years year NNS 1662 6359 15 female female JJ 1662 6359 16 : : : 1662 6359 17 56.03 56.03 CD 1662 6359 18 years year NNS 1662 6359 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6359 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 6359 21 est est NNP 1662 6359 22 . . . 1662 6359 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6360 1 Total total JJ 1662 6360 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 6360 3 rate rate NN 1662 6360 4 : : : 1662 6360 5 6.17 6.17 CD 1662 6360 6 children child NNS 1662 6360 7 born bear VBN 1662 6360 8 / / SYM 1662 6360 9 woman woman NN 1662 6360 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6360 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6360 12 est est NNP 1662 6360 13 . . . 1662 6360 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6361 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 6361 2 : : : 1662 6361 3 noun noun NNP 1662 6361 4 : : : 1662 6361 5 Nigerian(s Nigerian(s NNP 1662 6361 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6361 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 6361 8 : : : 1662 6361 9 Nigerian nigerian JJ 1662 6361 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 6361 11 groups group NNS 1662 6361 12 : : : 1662 6361 13 Hausa Hausa NNP 1662 6361 14 , , , 1662 6361 15 Fulani Fulani NNP 1662 6361 16 , , , 1662 6361 17 Yoruba Yoruba NNP 1662 6361 18 , , , 1662 6361 19 Ibo Ibo NNP 1662 6361 20 , , , 1662 6361 21 Kanuri Kanuri NNP 1662 6361 22 , , , 1662 6361 23 Ibibio Ibibio NNP 1662 6361 24 , , , 1662 6361 25 Tiv Tiv NNP 1662 6361 26 , , , 1662 6361 27 Ijaw Ijaw NNP 1662 6361 28 Religions Religions NNPS 1662 6361 29 : : : 1662 6361 30 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 6361 31 50 50 CD 1662 6361 32 % % NN 1662 6361 33 , , , 1662 6361 34 Christian Christian NNP 1662 6361 35 40 40 CD 1662 6361 36 % % NN 1662 6361 37 , , , 1662 6361 38 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 6361 39 beliefs belief NNS 1662 6361 40 10 10 CD 1662 6361 41 % % NN 1662 6361 42 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 6361 43 : : : 1662 6361 44 English English NNP 1662 6361 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6361 46 official official NN 1662 6361 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6361 48 , , , 1662 6361 49 Hausa Hausa NNP 1662 6361 50 , , , 1662 6361 51 Yoruba Yoruba NNP 1662 6361 52 , , , 1662 6361 53 Ibo Ibo NNP 1662 6361 54 , , , 1662 6361 55 Fulani Fulani NNP 1662 6361 56 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 6361 57 : : : 1662 6361 58 definition definition NN 1662 6361 59 : : : 1662 6361 60 age age NN 1662 6361 61 15 15 CD 1662 6361 62 and and CC 1662 6361 63 over over RB 1662 6361 64 can can MD 1662 6361 65 read read VB 1662 6361 66 and and CC 1662 6361 67 write write VB 1662 6361 68 total total JJ 1662 6361 69 population population NN 1662 6361 70 : : : 1662 6361 71 57.1 57.1 CD 1662 6361 72 % % NN 1662 6361 73 male male NN 1662 6361 74 : : : 1662 6361 75 67.3 67.3 CD 1662 6361 76 % % NN 1662 6361 77 female female NN 1662 6361 78 : : : 1662 6361 79 47.3 47.3 CD 1662 6361 80 % % NN 1662 6361 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6361 82 1995 1995 CD 1662 6361 83 est est NNP 1662 6361 84 . . . 1662 6361 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6362 1 @Nigeria @nigeria LS 1662 6362 2 : : : 1662 6362 3 Government Government NNP 1662 6362 4 Country Country NNP 1662 6362 5 name name NN 1662 6362 6 : : : 1662 6362 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6362 8 long long JJ 1662 6362 9 form form NN 1662 6362 10 : : : 1662 6362 11 Federal Federal NNP 1662 6362 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 6362 13 of of IN 1662 6362 14 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 6362 15 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6362 16 short short JJ 1662 6362 17 form form NN 1662 6362 18 : : : 1662 6362 19 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 6362 20 Data Data NNP 1662 6362 21 code code NN 1662 6362 22 : : : 1662 6362 23 NI NI NNP 1662 6362 24 Government Government NNP 1662 6362 25 type type NN 1662 6362 26 : : : 1662 6362 27 military military JJ 1662 6362 28 government government NN 1662 6362 29 ; ; : 1662 6362 30 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 6362 31 has have VBZ 1662 6362 32 been be VBN 1662 6362 33 ruled rule VBN 1662 6362 34 by by IN 1662 6362 35 one one CD 1662 6362 36 military military JJ 1662 6362 37 regime regime NN 1662 6362 38 after after IN 1662 6362 39 another another DT 1662 6362 40 since since IN 1662 6362 41 31 31 CD 1662 6362 42 December December NNP 1662 6362 43 1983 1983 CD 1662 6362 44 ; ; : 1662 6362 45 on on IN 1662 6362 46 1 1 CD 1662 6362 47 October October NNP 1662 6362 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 6362 49 , , , 1662 6362 50 the the DT 1662 6362 51 present present JJ 1662 6362 52 military military JJ 1662 6362 53 government government NN 1662 6362 54 announced announce VBD 1662 6362 55 it -PRON- PRP 1662 6362 56 will will MD 1662 6362 57 turn turn VB 1662 6362 58 power power NN 1662 6362 59 over over IN 1662 6362 60 to to IN 1662 6362 61 democratically democratically RB 1662 6362 62 elected elect VBN 1662 6362 63 civilian civilian JJ 1662 6362 64 authorities authority NNS 1662 6362 65 in in IN 1662 6362 66 October October NNP 1662 6362 67 1998 1998 CD 1662 6362 68 National national JJ 1662 6362 69 capital capital NN 1662 6362 70 : : : 1662 6362 71 Abuja Abuja NNP 1662 6362 72 note note NN 1662 6362 73 : : : 1662 6362 74 on on IN 1662 6362 75 12 12 CD 1662 6362 76 December December NNP 1662 6362 77 1991 1991 CD 1662 6362 78 the the DT 1662 6362 79 capital capital NN 1662 6362 80 was be VBD 1662 6362 81 officially officially RB 1662 6362 82 moved move VBN 1662 6362 83 from from IN 1662 6362 84 Lagos Lagos NNP 1662 6362 85 to to IN 1662 6362 86 Abuja Abuja NNP 1662 6362 87 ; ; : 1662 6362 88 many many JJ 1662 6362 89 government government NN 1662 6362 90 offices office NNS 1662 6362 91 remain remain VBP 1662 6362 92 in in IN 1662 6362 93 Lagos Lagos NNP 1662 6362 94 pending pende VBG 1662 6362 95 completion completion NN 1662 6362 96 of of IN 1662 6362 97 facilities facility NNS 1662 6362 98 in in IN 1662 6362 99 Abuja Abuja NNP 1662 6362 100 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 6362 101 divisions division NNS 1662 6362 102 : : : 1662 6362 103 30 30 CD 1662 6362 104 states state NNS 1662 6362 105 and and CC 1662 6362 106 1 1 CD 1662 6362 107 territory territory NN 1662 6362 108 * * NFP 1662 6362 109 ; ; : 1662 6362 110 Abia Abia NNP 1662 6362 111 , , , 1662 6362 112 Abuja Abuja NNP 1662 6362 113 Capital Capital NNP 1662 6362 114 Territory Territory NNP 1662 6362 115 * * NFP 1662 6362 116 , , , 1662 6362 117 Adamawa Adamawa NNP 1662 6362 118 , , , 1662 6362 119 Akwa Akwa NNP 1662 6362 120 Ibom Ibom NNP 1662 6362 121 , , , 1662 6362 122 Anambra Anambra NNP 1662 6362 123 , , , 1662 6362 124 Bauchi Bauchi NNP 1662 6362 125 , , , 1662 6362 126 Benue Benue NNP 1662 6362 127 , , , 1662 6362 128 Borno Borno NNP 1662 6362 129 , , , 1662 6362 130 Cross Cross NNP 1662 6362 131 River River NNP 1662 6362 132 , , , 1662 6362 133 Delta Delta NNP 1662 6362 134 , , , 1662 6362 135 Edo Edo NNP 1662 6362 136 , , , 1662 6362 137 Enugu Enugu NNP 1662 6362 138 , , , 1662 6362 139 Imo Imo NNP 1662 6362 140 , , , 1662 6362 141 Jigawa Jigawa NNP 1662 6362 142 , , , 1662 6362 143 Kaduna Kaduna NNP 1662 6362 144 , , , 1662 6362 145 Kano Kano NNP 1662 6362 146 , , , 1662 6362 147 Katsina Katsina NNP 1662 6362 148 , , , 1662 6362 149 Kebbi Kebbi NNP 1662 6362 150 , , , 1662 6362 151 Kogi Kogi NNP 1662 6362 152 , , , 1662 6362 153 Kwara Kwara NNP 1662 6362 154 , , , 1662 6362 155 Lagos Lagos NNP 1662 6362 156 , , , 1662 6362 157 Niger Niger NNP 1662 6362 158 , , , 1662 6362 159 Ogun Ogun NNP 1662 6362 160 , , , 1662 6362 161 Ondo Ondo NNP 1662 6362 162 , , , 1662 6362 163 Osun Osun NNP 1662 6362 164 , , , 1662 6362 165 Oyo Oyo NNP 1662 6362 166 , , , 1662 6362 167 Plateau Plateau NNP 1662 6362 168 , , , 1662 6362 169 Rivers Rivers NNP 1662 6362 170 , , , 1662 6362 171 Sokoto Sokoto NNP 1662 6362 172 , , , 1662 6362 173 Taraba Taraba NNP 1662 6362 174 , , , 1662 6362 175 Yobe Yobe NNP 1662 6362 176 note note NN 1662 6362 177 : : : 1662 6362 178 the the DT 1662 6362 179 government government NN 1662 6362 180 has have VBZ 1662 6362 181 announced announce VBN 1662 6362 182 the the DT 1662 6362 183 creation creation NN 1662 6362 184 of of IN 1662 6362 185 six six CD 1662 6362 186 additional additional JJ 1662 6362 187 states state NNS 1662 6362 188 named name VBN 1662 6362 189 Bayelsa Bayelsa NNP 1662 6362 190 , , , 1662 6362 191 Ebonyi Ebonyi NNP 1662 6362 192 , , , 1662 6362 193 Ekiti Ekiti NNP 1662 6362 194 , , , 1662 6362 195 Gombe Gombe NNP 1662 6362 196 , , , 1662 6362 197 Nassarawa Nassarawa NNP 1662 6362 198 , , , 1662 6362 199 and and CC 1662 6362 200 Zamfara Zamfara NNP 1662 6362 201 as as IN 1662 6362 202 part part NN 1662 6362 203 of of IN 1662 6362 204 the the DT 1662 6362 205 process process NN 1662 6362 206 of of IN 1662 6362 207 transition transition NN 1662 6362 208 to to IN 1662 6362 209 a a DT 1662 6362 210 civilian civilian JJ 1662 6362 211 government government NN 1662 6362 212 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6362 213 : : : 1662 6362 214 1 1 CD 1662 6362 215 October October NNP 1662 6362 216 1960 1960 CD 1662 6362 217 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6362 218 from from IN 1662 6362 219 UK UK NNP 1662 6362 220 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6362 221 National national JJ 1662 6362 222 holiday holiday NN 1662 6362 223 : : : 1662 6362 224 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6362 225 Day Day NNP 1662 6362 226 , , , 1662 6362 227 1 1 CD 1662 6362 228 October October NNP 1662 6362 229 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6362 230 1960 1960 CD 1662 6362 231 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6362 232 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 6362 233 : : : 1662 6362 234 1979 1979 CD 1662 6362 235 constitution constitution NN 1662 6362 236 still still RB 1662 6362 237 partially partially RB 1662 6362 238 in in IN 1662 6362 239 force force NN 1662 6362 240 ; ; : 1662 6362 241 plan plan NN 1662 6362 242 for for IN 1662 6362 243 1989 1989 CD 1662 6362 244 constitution constitution NN 1662 6362 245 to to TO 1662 6362 246 take take VB 1662 6362 247 effect effect NN 1662 6362 248 in in IN 1662 6362 249 1993 1993 CD 1662 6362 250 was be VBD 1662 6362 251 not not RB 1662 6362 252 implemented implement VBN 1662 6362 253 Legal legal JJ 1662 6362 254 system system NN 1662 6362 255 : : : 1662 6362 256 based base VBN 1662 6362 257 on on IN 1662 6362 258 English English NNP 1662 6362 259 common common JJ 1662 6362 260 law law NN 1662 6362 261 , , , 1662 6362 262 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 6362 263 law law NN 1662 6362 264 , , , 1662 6362 265 and and CC 1662 6362 266 tribal tribal JJ 1662 6362 267 law law NN 1662 6362 268 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 6362 269 : : : 1662 6362 270 21 21 CD 1662 6362 271 years year NNS 1662 6362 272 of of IN 1662 6362 273 age age NN 1662 6362 274 ; ; : 1662 6362 275 universal universal JJ 1662 6362 276 Executive Executive NNP 1662 6362 277 branch branch NN 1662 6362 278 : : : 1662 6362 279 chief chief NN 1662 6362 280 of of IN 1662 6362 281 state state NN 1662 6362 282 : : : 1662 6362 283 Chairman chairman NN 1662 6362 284 of of IN 1662 6362 285 the the DT 1662 6362 286 Provisional Provisional NNP 1662 6362 287 Ruling Ruling NNP 1662 6362 288 Council Council NNP 1662 6362 289 and and CC 1662 6362 290 Commander Commander NNP 1662 6362 291 in in IN 1662 6362 292 Chief Chief NNP 1662 6362 293 of of IN 1662 6362 294 Armed Armed NNP 1662 6362 295 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 6362 296 and and CC 1662 6362 297 Defense Defense NNP 1662 6362 298 Minister Minister NNP 1662 6362 299 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 6362 300 Sani Sani NNP 1662 6362 301 ABACHA ABACHA NNP 1662 6362 302 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6362 303 since since IN 1662 6362 304 17 17 CD 1662 6362 305 November November NNP 1662 6362 306 1993 1993 CD 1662 6362 307 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6362 308 ; ; : 1662 6362 309 Vice Vice NNP 1662 6362 310 Chairman Chairman NNP 1662 6362 311 of of IN 1662 6362 312 the the DT 1662 6362 313 Provisional Provisional NNP 1662 6362 314 Ruling Ruling NNP 1662 6362 315 Council Council NNP 1662 6362 316 Oladipo Oladipo NNP 1662 6362 317 DIYA DIYA NNP 1662 6362 318 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6362 319 since since IN 1662 6362 320 17 17 CD 1662 6362 321 November November NNP 1662 6362 322 1993 1993 CD 1662 6362 323 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6362 324 ; ; : 1662 6362 325 note note VB 1662 6362 326 - - : 1662 6362 327 the the DT 1662 6362 328 chairman chairman NN 1662 6362 329 of of IN 1662 6362 330 the the DT 1662 6362 331 Provisional Provisional NNP 1662 6362 332 Ruling Ruling NNP 1662 6362 333 Council Council NNP 1662 6362 334 is be VBZ 1662 6362 335 both both CC 1662 6362 336 the the DT 1662 6362 337 chief chief NN 1662 6362 338 of of IN 1662 6362 339 state state NN 1662 6362 340 and and CC 1662 6362 341 head head NN 1662 6362 342 of of IN 1662 6362 343 government government NN 1662 6362 344 head head NN 1662 6362 345 of of IN 1662 6362 346 government government NN 1662 6362 347 : : : 1662 6362 348 Chairman chairman NN 1662 6362 349 of of IN 1662 6362 350 the the DT 1662 6362 351 Provisional Provisional NNP 1662 6362 352 Ruling Ruling NNP 1662 6362 353 Council Council NNP 1662 6362 354 and and CC 1662 6362 355 Commander Commander NNP 1662 6362 356 in in IN 1662 6362 357 Chief Chief NNP 1662 6362 358 of of IN 1662 6362 359 Armed Armed NNP 1662 6362 360 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 6362 361 and and CC 1662 6362 362 Defense Defense NNP 1662 6362 363 Minister Minister NNP 1662 6362 364 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 6362 365 Sani Sani NNP 1662 6362 366 ABACHA ABACHA NNP 1662 6362 367 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6362 368 since since IN 1662 6362 369 17 17 CD 1662 6362 370 November November NNP 1662 6362 371 1993 1993 CD 1662 6362 372 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6362 373 ; ; : 1662 6362 374 Vice Vice NNP 1662 6362 375 Chairman Chairman NNP 1662 6362 376 of of IN 1662 6362 377 the the DT 1662 6362 378 Provisional Provisional NNP 1662 6362 379 Ruling Ruling NNP 1662 6362 380 Council Council NNP 1662 6362 381 Oladipo Oladipo NNP 1662 6362 382 DIYA DIYA NNP 1662 6362 383 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6362 384 since since IN 1662 6362 385 17 17 CD 1662 6362 386 November November NNP 1662 6362 387 1993 1993 CD 1662 6362 388 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6362 389 ; ; : 1662 6362 390 note note VB 1662 6362 391 - - : 1662 6362 392 the the DT 1662 6362 393 chairman chairman NN 1662 6362 394 of of IN 1662 6362 395 the the DT 1662 6362 396 Provisional Provisional NNP 1662 6362 397 Ruling Ruling NNP 1662 6362 398 Council Council NNP 1662 6362 399 is be VBZ 1662 6362 400 both both CC 1662 6362 401 the the DT 1662 6362 402 chief chief NN 1662 6362 403 of of IN 1662 6362 404 state state NN 1662 6362 405 and and CC 1662 6362 406 head head NN 1662 6362 407 of of IN 1662 6362 408 government government NN 1662 6362 409 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 6362 410 : : : 1662 6362 411 Federal Federal NNP 1662 6362 412 Executive Executive NNP 1662 6362 413 Council Council NNP 1662 6362 414 elections election NNS 1662 6362 415 : : : 1662 6362 416 none none NN 1662 6362 417 ; ; : 1662 6362 418 Chairman Chairman NNP 1662 6362 419 of of IN 1662 6362 420 the the DT 1662 6362 421 Provisional Provisional NNP 1662 6362 422 Ruling Ruling NNP 1662 6362 423 Council Council NNP 1662 6362 424 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 6362 425 Sani Sani NNP 1662 6362 426 ABACHA ABACHA NNP 1662 6362 427 assumed assume VBD 1662 6362 428 power power NN 1662 6362 429 in in IN 1662 6362 430 a a DT 1662 6362 431 military military JJ 1662 6362 432 coup coup NN 1662 6362 433 17 17 CD 1662 6362 434 November November NNP 1662 6362 435 1993 1993 CD 1662 6362 436 ; ; : 1662 6362 437 the the DT 1662 6362 438 government government NN 1662 6362 439 's 's POS 1662 6362 440 provisions provision NNS 1662 6362 441 for for IN 1662 6362 442 a a DT 1662 6362 443 return return NN 1662 6362 444 to to IN 1662 6362 445 civilian civilian JJ 1662 6362 446 rule rule NN 1662 6362 447 call call NN 1662 6362 448 for for IN 1662 6362 449 the the DT 1662 6362 450 election election NN 1662 6362 451 of of IN 1662 6362 452 a a DT 1662 6362 453 president president NN 1662 6362 454 by by IN 1662 6362 455 universal universal JJ 1662 6362 456 suffrage suffrage NN 1662 6362 457 in in IN 1662 6362 458 the the DT 1662 6362 459 third third JJ 1662 6362 460 quarter quarter NN 1662 6362 461 of of IN 1662 6362 462 1998 1998 CD 1662 6362 463 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6362 464 inaugeration inaugeration NN 1662 6362 465 planned plan VBN 1662 6362 466 for for IN 1662 6362 467 October October NNP 1662 6362 468 1998 1998 CD 1662 6362 469 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6362 470 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 6362 471 branch branch NN 1662 6362 472 : : : 1662 6362 473 National National NNP 1662 6362 474 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 6362 475 note note NN 1662 6362 476 : : : 1662 6362 477 the the DT 1662 6362 478 National National NNP 1662 6362 479 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 6362 480 was be VBD 1662 6362 481 suspended suspend VBN 1662 6362 482 after after IN 1662 6362 483 the the DT 1662 6362 484 military military JJ 1662 6362 485 takeover takeover NN 1662 6362 486 of of IN 1662 6362 487 17 17 CD 1662 6362 488 November November NNP 1662 6362 489 1993 1993 CD 1662 6362 490 ; ; : 1662 6362 491 in in IN 1662 6362 492 October October NNP 1662 6362 493 1995 1995 CD 1662 6362 494 , , , 1662 6362 495 the the DT 1662 6362 496 government government NN 1662 6362 497 announced announce VBD 1662 6362 498 a a DT 1662 6362 499 three three CD 1662 6362 500 - - HYPH 1662 6362 501 year year NN 1662 6362 502 program program NN 1662 6362 503 for for IN 1662 6362 504 transition transition NN 1662 6362 505 to to IN 1662 6362 506 civilian civilian JJ 1662 6362 507 rule rule NN 1662 6362 508 ; ; : 1662 6362 509 elections election NNS 1662 6362 510 to to IN 1662 6362 511 the the DT 1662 6362 512 National National NNP 1662 6362 513 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 6362 514 are be VBP 1662 6362 515 to to TO 1662 6362 516 take take VB 1662 6362 517 place place NN 1662 6362 518 in in IN 1662 6362 519 the the DT 1662 6362 520 second second JJ 1662 6362 521 quarter quarter NN 1662 6362 522 of of IN 1662 6362 523 1998 1998 CD 1662 6362 524 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 6362 525 branch branch NN 1662 6362 526 : : : 1662 6362 527 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 6362 528 Court Court NNP 1662 6362 529 , , , 1662 6362 530 judges judge NNS 1662 6362 531 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6362 532 by by IN 1662 6362 533 the the DT 1662 6362 534 Armed Armed NNP 1662 6362 535 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 6362 536 Ruling Ruling NNP 1662 6362 537 Council Council NNP 1662 6362 538 ; ; : 1662 6362 539 Federal Federal NNP 1662 6362 540 Court Court NNP 1662 6362 541 of of IN 1662 6362 542 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 6362 543 , , , 1662 6362 544 judges judge NNS 1662 6362 545 are be VBP 1662 6362 546 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6362 547 by by IN 1662 6362 548 the the DT 1662 6362 549 federal federal JJ 1662 6362 550 government government NN 1662 6362 551 on on IN 1662 6362 552 the the DT 1662 6362 553 advice advice NN 1662 6362 554 of of IN 1662 6362 555 the the DT 1662 6362 556 Advisory Advisory NNP 1662 6362 557 Judicial Judicial NNP 1662 6362 558 Committee Committee NNP 1662 6362 559 Political Political NNP 1662 6362 560 parties party NNS 1662 6362 561 and and CC 1662 6362 562 leaders leader NNS 1662 6362 563 : : : 1662 6362 564 political political JJ 1662 6362 565 party party NN 1662 6362 566 system system NN 1662 6362 567 , , , 1662 6362 568 which which WDT 1662 6362 569 was be VBD 1662 6362 570 suspended suspend VBN 1662 6362 571 after after IN 1662 6362 572 the the DT 1662 6362 573 military military JJ 1662 6362 574 takeover takeover NN 1662 6362 575 of of IN 1662 6362 576 17 17 CD 1662 6362 577 November November NNP 1662 6362 578 1993 1993 CD 1662 6362 579 , , , 1662 6362 580 was be VBD 1662 6362 581 reestablished reestablish VBN 1662 6362 582 by by IN 1662 6362 583 the the DT 1662 6362 584 Provisional Provisional NNP 1662 6362 585 Ruling Ruling NNP 1662 6362 586 Council Council NNP 1662 6362 587 on on IN 1662 6362 588 30 30 CD 1662 6362 589 September September NNP 1662 6362 590 1996 1996 CD 1662 6362 591 with with IN 1662 6362 592 the the DT 1662 6362 593 registration registration NN 1662 6362 594 of of IN 1662 6362 595 five five CD 1662 6362 596 of of IN 1662 6362 597 15 15 CD 1662 6362 598 competing compete VBG 1662 6362 599 political political JJ 1662 6362 600 parties party NNS 1662 6362 601 ; ; : 1662 6362 602 these these DT 1662 6362 603 were be VBD 1662 6362 604 the the DT 1662 6362 605 United United NNP 1662 6362 606 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 6362 607 Congress Congress NNP 1662 6362 608 Party Party NNP 1662 6362 609 or or CC 1662 6362 610 UNCP UNCP NNP 1662 6362 611 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6362 612 Isa Isa NNP 1662 6362 613 MOHAMMED MOHAMMED NNP 1662 6362 614 , , , 1662 6362 615 chairman chairman NN 1662 6362 616 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6362 617 ; ; : 1662 6362 618 National National NNP 1662 6362 619 Center Center NNP 1662 6362 620 Party Party NNP 1662 6362 621 of of IN 1662 6362 622 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 6362 623 or or CC 1662 6362 624 NCPN NCPN NNP 1662 6362 625 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6362 626 Magaji Magaji NNP 1662 6362 627 ABDULLAH ABDULLAH NNP 1662 6362 628 , , , 1662 6362 629 chairman chairman NN 1662 6362 630 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6362 631 ; ; : 1662 6362 632 Grassroots Grassroots NNP 1662 6362 633 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6362 634 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6362 635 or or CC 1662 6362 636 GDM GDM NNP 1662 6362 637 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6362 638 Gambo Gambo NNP 1662 6362 639 LAWAR LAWAR NNP 1662 6362 640 , , , 1662 6362 641 chairman chairman NN 1662 6362 642 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6362 643 ; ; : 1662 6362 644 Comittee Comittee NNP 1662 6362 645 for for IN 1662 6362 646 National National NNP 1662 6362 647 Consensus Consensus NNP 1662 6362 648 or or CC 1662 6362 649 CNC CNC NNP 1662 6362 650 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6362 651 Abel Abel NNP 1662 6362 652 UBEKU UBEKU NNP 1662 6362 653 , , , 1662 6362 654 chairman chairman NN 1662 6362 655 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6362 656 ; ; : 1662 6362 657 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6362 658 Party Party NNP 1662 6362 659 of of IN 1662 6362 660 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 6362 661 or or CC 1662 6362 662 DPN DPN NNP 1662 6362 663 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6362 664 Sale Sale NNP 1662 6362 665 HASSAN HASSAN NNP 1662 6362 666 , , , 1662 6362 667 chairman chairman NN 1662 6362 668 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6362 669 International international JJ 1662 6362 670 organization organization NN 1662 6362 671 participation participation NN 1662 6362 672 : : : 1662 6362 673 ACP ACP NNP 1662 6362 674 , , , 1662 6362 675 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 6362 676 , , , 1662 6362 677 C C NNP 1662 6362 678 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6362 679 suspended suspend VBN 1662 6362 680 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6362 681 , , , 1662 6362 682 CCC CCC NNP 1662 6362 683 , , , 1662 6362 684 ECA ECA NNP 1662 6362 685 , , , 1662 6362 686 ECOWAS ECOWAS NNP 1662 6362 687 , , , 1662 6362 688 FAO FAO NNP 1662 6362 689 , , , 1662 6362 690 G-15 g-15 CD 1662 6362 691 , , , 1662 6362 692 G-19 g-19 CD 1662 6362 693 , , , 1662 6362 694 G-24 g-24 CD 1662 6362 695 , , , 1662 6362 696 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 6362 697 , , , 1662 6362 698 IAEA iaea NN 1662 6362 699 , , , 1662 6362 700 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 6362 701 , , , 1662 6362 702 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 6362 703 , , , 1662 6362 704 ICC ICC NNP 1662 6362 705 , , , 1662 6362 706 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 6362 707 , , , 1662 6362 708 IDA IDA NNP 1662 6362 709 , , , 1662 6362 710 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 6362 711 , , , 1662 6362 712 IFC IFC NNP 1662 6362 713 , , , 1662 6362 714 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 6362 715 , , , 1662 6362 716 IHO IHO NNP 1662 6362 717 , , , 1662 6362 718 ILO ILO NNP 1662 6362 719 , , , 1662 6362 720 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6362 721 , , , 1662 6362 722 IMO imo RB 1662 6362 723 , , , 1662 6362 724 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 6362 725 , , , 1662 6362 726 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6362 727 , , , 1662 6362 728 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 6362 729 , , , 1662 6362 730 IOC IOC NNP 1662 6362 731 , , , 1662 6362 732 ISO ISO NNP 1662 6362 733 , , , 1662 6362 734 ITU ITU NNP 1662 6362 735 , , , 1662 6362 736 MINURSO MINURSO NNP 1662 6362 737 , , , 1662 6362 738 NAM NAM NNP 1662 6362 739 , , , 1662 6362 740 OAU OAU NNP 1662 6362 741 , , , 1662 6362 742 OIC OIC NNP 1662 6362 743 , , , 1662 6362 744 OPEC OPEC NNP 1662 6362 745 , , , 1662 6362 746 PCA PCA NNP 1662 6362 747 , , , 1662 6362 748 UN UN NNP 1662 6362 749 , , , 1662 6362 750 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 6362 751 III III NNP 1662 6362 752 , , , 1662 6362 753 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 6362 754 , , , 1662 6362 755 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 6362 756 , , , 1662 6362 757 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 6362 758 , , , 1662 6362 759 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 6362 760 , , , 1662 6362 761 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 6362 762 , , , 1662 6362 763 UNITAR UNITAR NNP 1662 6362 764 , , , 1662 6362 765 UNMIBH UNMIBH NNP 1662 6362 766 , , , 1662 6362 767 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 6362 768 , , , 1662 6362 769 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 6362 770 , , , 1662 6362 771 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 6362 772 , , , 1662 6362 773 UNU UNU NNP 1662 6362 774 , , , 1662 6362 775 UPU UPU NNP 1662 6362 776 , , , 1662 6362 777 WCL WCL NNP 1662 6362 778 , , , 1662 6362 779 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 6362 780 , , , 1662 6362 781 WHO who WP 1662 6362 782 , , , 1662 6362 783 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 6362 784 , , , 1662 6362 785 WMO WMO NNP 1662 6362 786 , , , 1662 6362 787 WToO wtoo FW 1662 6362 788 , , , 1662 6362 789 WTrO wtro VB 1662 6362 790 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6362 791 representation representation NN 1662 6362 792 in in IN 1662 6362 793 the the DT 1662 6362 794 US US NNP 1662 6362 795 : : : 1662 6362 796 chief chief NN 1662 6362 797 of of IN 1662 6362 798 mission mission NN 1662 6362 799 : : : 1662 6362 800 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6362 801 Wakili Wakili NNP 1662 6362 802 Hassan Hassan NNP 1662 6362 803 ADAMU ADAMU NNP 1662 6362 804 chancery chancery NN 1662 6362 805 : : : 1662 6362 806 1333 1333 CD 1662 6362 807 16th 16th NNP 1662 6362 808 Street Street NNP 1662 6362 809 NW NW NNP 1662 6362 810 , , , 1662 6362 811 Washington Washington NNP 1662 6362 812 , , , 1662 6362 813 DC DC NNP 1662 6362 814 20036 20036 CD 1662 6362 815 telephone telephone NN 1662 6362 816 : : : 1662 6362 817 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6362 818 1 1 CD 1662 6362 819 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6362 820 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6362 821 202 202 CD 1662 6362 822 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6362 823 986 986 CD 1662 6362 824 - - HYPH 1662 6362 825 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C. NNP 1662 6362 845 CARRINGTON CARRINGTON NNP 1662 6362 846 embassy embassy NN 1662 6362 847 : : : 1662 6362 848 2 2 CD 1662 6362 849 Eleke Eleke NNP 1662 6362 850 Crescent Crescent NNP 1662 6362 851 , , , 1662 6362 852 Lagos Lagos NNP 1662 6362 853 mailing mail VBG 1662 6362 854 address address NN 1662 6362 855 : : : 1662 6362 856 P. P. NNP 1662 6362 857 O. O. NNP 1662 6363 1 Box Box NNP 1662 6363 2 554 554 CD 1662 6363 3 , , , 1662 6363 4 Lagos Lagos NNP 1662 6363 5 telephone telephone NN 1662 6363 6 : : : 1662 6363 7 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6363 8 234 234 CD 1662 6363 9 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6363 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6363 11 1 1 CD 1662 6363 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6363 13 261 261 CD 1662 6363 14 - - HYPH 1662 6363 15 0097 0097 CD 1662 6363 16 FAX fax NN 1662 6363 17 : : : 1662 6363 18 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6363 19 234 234 CD 1662 6363 20 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6363 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6363 22 1 1 CD 1662 6363 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6363 24 261 261 CD 1662 6363 25 - - HYPH 1662 6363 26 0257 0257 CD 1662 6363 27 Flag flag NN 1662 6363 28 description description NN 1662 6363 29 : : : 1662 6363 30 three three CD 1662 6363 31 equal equal JJ 1662 6363 32 vertical vertical JJ 1662 6363 33 bands band NNS 1662 6363 34 of of IN 1662 6363 35 green green JJ 1662 6363 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6363 37 hoist hoist NN 1662 6363 38 side side NN 1662 6363 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6363 40 , , , 1662 6363 41 white 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1662 6364 7 failed fail VBN 1662 6364 8 to to TO 1662 6364 9 make make VB 1662 6364 10 significant significant JJ 1662 6364 11 progress progress NN 1662 6364 12 in in IN 1662 6364 13 diversifying diversify VBG 1662 6364 14 the the DT 1662 6364 15 economy economy NN 1662 6364 16 away away RB 1662 6364 17 from from IN 1662 6364 18 overdependence overdependence NN 1662 6364 19 on on IN 1662 6364 20 the the DT 1662 6364 21 capital capital NN 1662 6364 22 intensive intensive JJ 1662 6364 23 oil oil NN 1662 6364 24 sector sector NN 1662 6364 25 which which WDT 1662 6364 26 provides provide VBZ 1662 6364 27 half half NN 1662 6364 28 of of IN 1662 6364 29 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6364 30 , , , 1662 6364 31 95 95 CD 1662 6364 32 % % NN 1662 6364 33 of of IN 1662 6364 34 foreign foreign JJ 1662 6364 35 exchange exchange NN 1662 6364 36 earnings earning NNS 1662 6364 37 , , , 1662 6364 38 and and CC 1662 6364 39 about about RB 1662 6364 40 80 80 CD 1662 6364 41 % % NN 1662 6364 42 of of IN 1662 6364 43 budgetary budgetary JJ 1662 6364 44 revenues revenue NNS 1662 6364 45 . . . 1662 6365 1 Regime regime NN 1662 6365 2 officials official NNS 1662 6365 3 also also RB 1662 6365 4 appear appear VBP 1662 6365 5 divided divide VBN 1662 6365 6 on on IN 1662 6365 7 how how WRB 1662 6365 8 to to TO 1662 6365 9 redress redress VB 1662 6365 10 fundamental fundamental JJ 1662 6365 11 economic economic JJ 1662 6365 12 imbalances imbalance NNS 1662 6365 13 that that WDT 1662 6365 14 result result VBP 1662 6365 15 in in IN 1662 6365 16 troublesome troublesome JJ 1662 6365 17 inflation inflation NN 1662 6365 18 and and CC 1662 6365 19 the the DT 1662 6365 20 discouragement discouragement NN 1662 6365 21 of of IN 1662 6365 22 investors investor NNS 1662 6365 23 . . . 1662 6366 1 The the DT 1662 6366 2 government government NN 1662 6366 3 's 's POS 1662 6366 4 resistance resistance NN 1662 6366 5 to to IN 1662 6366 6 initiating initiate VBG 1662 6366 7 greater great JJR 1662 6366 8 transparency transparency NN 1662 6366 9 and and CC 1662 6366 10 accountability accountability NN 1662 6366 11 in in IN 1662 6366 12 managing manage VBG 1662 6366 13 the the DT 1662 6366 14 country country NN 1662 6366 15 's 's POS 1662 6366 16 multibillion multibillion NN 1662 6366 17 dollar dollar NN 1662 6366 18 oil oil NN 1662 6366 19 earnings earning NNS 1662 6366 20 continues continue VBZ 1662 6366 21 to to TO 1662 6366 22 limit limit VB 1662 6366 23 economic economic JJ 1662 6366 24 growth growth NN 1662 6366 25 and and CC 1662 6366 26 prevent prevent VB 1662 6366 27 an an DT 1662 6366 28 agreement agreement NN 1662 6366 29 with with IN 1662 6366 30 the the DT 1662 6366 31 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6366 32 and and CC 1662 6366 33 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 6366 34 creditors creditor NNS 1662 6366 35 on on IN 1662 6366 36 debt debt NN 1662 6366 37 relief relief NN 1662 6366 38 . . . 1662 6367 1 The the DT 1662 6367 2 largely largely JJ 1662 6367 3 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 6367 4 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 6367 5 sector sector NN 1662 6367 6 has have VBZ 1662 6367 7 failed fail VBN 1662 6367 8 to to TO 1662 6367 9 keep keep VB 1662 6367 10 up up RP 1662 6367 11 with with IN 1662 6367 12 rapid rapid JJ 1662 6367 13 population population NN 1662 6367 14 growth growth NN 1662 6367 15 , , , 1662 6367 16 and and CC 1662 6367 17 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 6367 18 , , , 1662 6367 19 once once RB 1662 6367 20 a a DT 1662 6367 21 large large JJ 1662 6367 22 net net JJ 1662 6367 23 exporter exporter NN 1662 6367 24 of of IN 1662 6367 25 food food NN 1662 6367 26 , , , 1662 6367 27 now now RB 1662 6367 28 must must MD 1662 6367 29 import import VB 1662 6367 30 food food NN 1662 6367 31 . . . 1662 6368 1 Agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 6368 2 production production NN 1662 6368 3 in in IN 1662 6368 4 1996 1996 CD 1662 6368 5 suffered suffer VBD 1662 6368 6 from from IN 1662 6368 7 severe severe JJ 1662 6368 8 shortages shortage NNS 1662 6368 9 of of IN 1662 6368 10 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 6368 11 . . . 1662 6369 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6369 2 : : : 1662 6369 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6369 4 power power NN 1662 6369 5 parity parity NN 1662 6369 6 - - : 1662 6369 7 $ $ $ 1662 6369 8 143.5 143.5 CD 1662 6369 9 billion billion CD 1662 6369 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6369 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6369 12 est est NNP 1662 6369 13 . . . 1662 6369 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6370 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6370 2 - - HYPH 1662 6370 3 real real JJ 1662 6370 4 growth growth NN 1662 6370 5 rate rate NN 1662 6370 6 : : : 1662 6370 7 3 3 CD 1662 6370 8 % % NN 1662 6370 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6370 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 6370 11 est est NNP 1662 6370 12 . . . 1662 6370 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6371 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6371 2 - - HYPH 1662 6371 3 per per FW 1662 6371 4 capita capita NN 1662 6371 5 : : : 1662 6371 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6371 7 power power NN 1662 6371 8 parity parity NN 1662 6371 9 - - : 1662 6371 10 $ $ $ 1662 6371 11 1,380 1,380 CD 1662 6371 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6371 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 6371 14 est est NNP 1662 6371 15 . . . 1662 6371 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6372 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6372 2 - - HYPH 1662 6372 3 composition composition NN 1662 6372 4 by by IN 1662 6372 5 sector sector NN 1662 6372 6 : : : 1662 6372 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6372 8 : : : 1662 6372 9 28 28 CD 1662 6372 10 % % NN 1662 6372 11 industry industry NN 1662 6372 12 : : : 1662 6372 13 53 53 CD 1662 6372 14 % % NN 1662 6372 15 services service NNS 1662 6372 16 : : : 1662 6372 17 19 19 CD 1662 6372 18 % % NN 1662 6372 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6372 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 6372 21 est est NNP 1662 6372 22 . . . 1662 6372 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6373 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 6373 2 rate rate NN 1662 6373 3 - - HYPH 1662 6373 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 6373 5 price price NN 1662 6373 6 index index NN 1662 6373 7 : : : 1662 6373 8 57 57 CD 1662 6373 9 % % NN 1662 6373 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6373 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6373 12 est est NNP 1662 6373 13 . . . 1662 6373 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6374 1 Labor labor NN 1662 6374 2 force force NN 1662 6374 3 : : : 1662 6374 4 total total NN 1662 6374 5 : : : 1662 6374 6 42.844 42.844 CD 1662 6374 7 million million CD 1662 6374 8 by by IN 1662 6374 9 occupation occupation NN 1662 6374 10 : : : 1662 6374 11 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6374 12 54 54 CD 1662 6374 13 % % NN 1662 6374 14 , , , 1662 6374 15 industry industry NN 1662 6374 16 , , , 1662 6374 17 commerce commerce NN 1662 6374 18 , , , 1662 6374 19 and and CC 1662 6374 20 services service NNS 1662 6374 21 19 19 CD 1662 6374 22 % % NN 1662 6374 23 , , , 1662 6374 24 government government NN 1662 6374 25 15 15 CD 1662 6374 26 % % NN 1662 6374 27 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 6374 28 rate rate NN 1662 6374 29 : : : 1662 6374 30 28 28 CD 1662 6374 31 % % NN 1662 6374 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6374 33 1992 1992 CD 1662 6374 34 est est NNP 1662 6374 35 . . . 1662 6374 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6375 1 Budget budget NN 1662 6375 2 : : : 1662 6375 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 6375 4 : : : 1662 6375 5 $ $ $ 1662 6375 6 16.1 16.1 CD 1662 6375 7 billion billion CD 1662 6375 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6375 9 : : : 1662 6375 10 $ $ $ 1662 6375 11 16 16 CD 1662 6375 12 billion billion CD 1662 6375 13 , , , 1662 6375 14 including include VBG 1662 6375 15 capital capital NN 1662 6375 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6375 17 of of IN 1662 6375 18 $ $ $ 1662 6375 19 NA na CD 1662 6375 20 billion billion CD 1662 6375 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6375 22 1995 1995 CD 1662 6375 23 est est NNP 1662 6375 24 . . . 1662 6375 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6376 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 6376 2 : : : 1662 6376 3 crude crude JJ 1662 6376 4 oil oil NN 1662 6376 5 , , , 1662 6376 6 coal coal NN 1662 6376 7 , , , 1662 6376 8 tin tin NN 1662 6376 9 , , , 1662 6376 10 columbite columbite NN 1662 6376 11 , , , 1662 6376 12 palm palm NN 1662 6376 13 oil oil NN 1662 6376 14 , , , 1662 6376 15 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 6376 16 , , , 1662 6376 17 cotton cotton NN 1662 6376 18 , , , 1662 6376 19 rubber rubber NN 1662 6376 20 , , , 1662 6376 21 wood wood NN 1662 6376 22 , , , 1662 6376 23 hides hide NNS 1662 6376 24 and and CC 1662 6376 25 skins skin NNS 1662 6376 26 , , , 1662 6376 27 textiles textile NNS 1662 6376 28 , , , 1662 6376 29 cement cement NN 1662 6376 30 and and CC 1662 6376 31 other other JJ 1662 6376 32 construction construction NN 1662 6376 33 materials material NNS 1662 6376 34 , , , 1662 6376 35 food food NN 1662 6376 36 products product NNS 1662 6376 37 , , , 1662 6376 38 footwear footwear NN 1662 6376 39 , , , 1662 6376 40 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 6376 41 , , , 1662 6376 42 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 6376 43 , , , 1662 6376 44 printing printing NN 1662 6376 45 , , , 1662 6376 46 ceramics ceramics NN 1662 6376 47 , , , 1662 6376 48 steel steel NN 1662 6376 49 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 6376 50 production production NN 1662 6376 51 growth growth NN 1662 6376 52 rate rate NN 1662 6376 53 : : : 1662 6376 54 -1 -1 . 1662 6376 55 % % NN 1662 6376 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6376 57 1995 1995 CD 1662 6376 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6376 59 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6376 60 - - HYPH 1662 6376 61 capacity capacity NN 1662 6376 62 : : : 1662 6376 63 5.88 5.88 CD 1662 6376 64 million million CD 1662 6376 65 kW kW NNP 1662 6376 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6376 67 1994 1994 CD 1662 6376 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6376 69 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6376 70 - - HYPH 1662 6376 71 production production NN 1662 6376 72 : : : 1662 6376 73 14.88 14.88 CD 1662 6376 74 billion billion CD 1662 6376 75 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6376 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6376 77 1994 1994 CD 1662 6376 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6376 79 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6376 80 - - HYPH 1662 6376 81 consumption consumption NN 1662 6376 82 per per IN 1662 6376 83 capita capita NN 1662 6376 84 : : : 1662 6376 85 141 141 CD 1662 6376 86 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6376 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6376 88 1995 1995 CD 1662 6376 89 est est NNP 1662 6376 90 . . . 1662 6376 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6377 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6377 2 - - HYPH 1662 6377 3 products product NNS 1662 6377 4 : : : 1662 6377 5 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 6377 6 , , , 1662 6377 7 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 6377 8 , , , 1662 6377 9 palm palm NN 1662 6377 10 oil oil NN 1662 6377 11 , , , 1662 6377 12 corn corn NN 1662 6377 13 , , , 1662 6377 14 rice rice NN 1662 6377 15 , , , 1662 6377 16 sorghum sorghum NN 1662 6377 17 , , , 1662 6377 18 millet millet NNP 1662 6377 19 , , , 1662 6377 20 cassava cassava NNP 1662 6377 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6377 22 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 6377 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6377 24 , , , 1662 6377 25 yams yam NNS 1662 6377 26 , , , 1662 6377 27 rubber rubber NN 1662 6377 28 ; ; : 1662 6377 29 cattle cattle NNS 1662 6377 30 , , , 1662 6377 31 sheep sheep NNS 1662 6377 32 , , , 1662 6377 33 goats goat NNS 1662 6377 34 , , , 1662 6377 35 pigs pig NNS 1662 6377 36 ; ; : 1662 6377 37 fishing fishing NN 1662 6377 38 and and CC 1662 6377 39 forest forest NN 1662 6377 40 resources resource NNS 1662 6377 41 extensively extensively RB 1662 6377 42 exploited exploit VBD 1662 6377 43 Exports export NNS 1662 6377 44 : : : 1662 6377 45 total total JJ 1662 6377 46 value value NN 1662 6377 47 : : : 1662 6377 48 $ $ $ 1662 6377 49 11.6 11.6 CD 1662 6377 50 billion billion CD 1662 6377 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6377 52 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 6377 53 . . NNP 1662 6377 54 , , , 1662 6377 55 1995 1995 CD 1662 6377 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6377 57 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6377 58 : : : 1662 6377 59 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6377 60 and and CC 1662 6377 61 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6377 62 products product NNS 1662 6377 63 95 95 CD 1662 6377 64 % % NN 1662 6377 65 , , , 1662 6377 66 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 6377 67 , , , 1662 6377 68 rubber rubber NN 1662 6377 69 partners partner NNS 1662 6377 70 : : : 1662 6377 71 US US NNP 1662 6377 72 52 52 CD 1662 6377 73 % % NN 1662 6377 74 , , , 1662 6377 75 EU EU NNP 1662 6377 76 34 34 CD 1662 6377 77 % % NN 1662 6377 78 Imports import NNS 1662 6377 79 : : : 1662 6377 80 total total JJ 1662 6377 81 value value NN 1662 6377 82 : : : 1662 6377 83 $ $ $ 1662 6377 84 10 10 CD 1662 6377 85 billion billion CD 1662 6377 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6377 87 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 6377 88 . . NNP 1662 6377 89 , , , 1662 6377 90 1995 1995 CD 1662 6377 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6377 92 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6377 93 : : : 1662 6377 94 machinery machinery NN 1662 6377 95 , , , 1662 6377 96 transportation transportation NN 1662 6377 97 equipment equipment NN 1662 6377 98 , , , 1662 6377 99 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 6377 100 goods good NNS 1662 6377 101 , , , 1662 6377 102 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 6377 103 , , , 1662 6377 104 food food NN 1662 6377 105 and and CC 1662 6377 106 animals animal NNS 1662 6377 107 partners partner NNS 1662 6377 108 : : : 1662 6377 109 EU EU NNP 1662 6377 110 50 50 CD 1662 6377 111 % % NN 1662 6377 112 , , , 1662 6377 113 US US NNP 1662 6377 114 13 13 CD 1662 6377 115 % % NN 1662 6377 116 , , , 1662 6377 117 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6377 118 7 7 CD 1662 6377 119 % % NN 1662 6377 120 Debt debt NN 1662 6377 121 - - HYPH 1662 6377 122 external external JJ 1662 6377 123 : : : 1662 6377 124 $ $ $ 1662 6377 125 34 34 CD 1662 6377 126 billion billion CD 1662 6377 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6377 128 1994 1994 CD 1662 6377 129 est est NNP 1662 6377 130 . . . 1662 6377 131 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6378 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 6378 2 aid aid NN 1662 6378 3 : : : 1662 6378 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 6378 5 : : : 1662 6378 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 6378 7 , , , 1662 6378 8 $ $ $ 1662 6378 9 NA NA NNP 1662 6378 10 Currency currency NN 1662 6378 11 : : : 1662 6378 12 1 1 CD 1662 6378 13 naira naira NN 1662 6378 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6378 15 N n NN 1662 6378 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6378 17 = = SYM 1662 6378 18 100 100 CD 1662 6378 19 kobo kobo NNP 1662 6378 20 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 6378 21 rates rate NNS 1662 6378 22 : : : 1662 6378 23 naira naira JJ 1662 6378 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6378 25 N n NN 1662 6378 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6378 27 per per IN 1662 6378 28 US$ us$ $ 1662 6378 29 1 1 CD 1662 6378 30 - - SYM 1662 6378 31 21.886 21.886 CD 1662 6378 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6378 33 October October NNP 1662 6378 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 6378 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6378 36 , , , 1662 6378 37 21.895 21.895 CD 1662 6378 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6378 39 1995 1995 CD 1662 6378 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6378 41 , , , 1662 6378 42 21.996 21.996 CD 1662 6378 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6378 44 1994 1994 CD 1662 6378 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6378 46 , , , 1662 6378 47 22.065 22.065 CD 1662 6378 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6378 49 1993 1993 CD 1662 6378 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6378 51 , , , 1662 6378 52 17.298 17.298 CD 1662 6378 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6378 54 1992 1992 CD 1662 6378 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6378 56 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6378 57 year year NN 1662 6378 58 : : : 1662 6378 59 calendar calendar NNP 1662 6378 60 year year NN 1662 6378 61 @Nigeria @nigeria XX 1662 6378 62 : : : 1662 6378 63 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 6378 64 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 6378 65 : : : 1662 6378 66 492,204 492,204 CD 1662 6378 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6378 68 1990 1990 CD 1662 6378 69 est est NNP 1662 6378 70 . . . 1662 6378 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6379 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 6379 2 system system NN 1662 6379 3 : : : 1662 6379 4 average average JJ 1662 6379 5 system system NN 1662 6379 6 limited limit VBN 1662 6379 7 by by IN 1662 6379 8 poor poor JJ 1662 6379 9 maintenance maintenance NN 1662 6379 10 ; ; , 1662 6379 11 major major JJ 1662 6379 12 expansion expansion NN 1662 6379 13 in in IN 1662 6379 14 progress progress NN 1662 6379 15 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6379 16 : : : 1662 6379 17 microwave microwave NN 1662 6379 18 radio radio NN 1662 6379 19 relay relay NN 1662 6379 20 , , , 1662 6379 21 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 6379 22 cable cable NN 1662 6379 23 , , , 1662 6379 24 and and CC 1662 6379 25 20 20 CD 1662 6379 26 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6379 27 satellite satellite NN 1662 6379 28 earth earth NN 1662 6379 29 stations station NNS 1662 6379 30 carry carry VBP 1662 6379 31 intercity intercity NN 1662 6379 32 traffic traffic NN 1662 6379 33 international international NNP 1662 6379 34 : : : 1662 6379 35 satellite satellite NN 1662 6379 36 earth earth NN 1662 6379 37 stations station NNS 1662 6379 38 - - , 1662 6379 39 3 3 CD 1662 6379 40 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6379 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6379 42 2 2 CD 1662 6379 43 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6379 44 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6379 45 and and CC 1662 6379 46 1 1 CD 1662 6379 47 Indian Indian NNP 1662 6379 48 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6379 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6379 50 ; ; : 1662 6379 51 1 1 CD 1662 6379 52 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 6379 53 submarine submarine NN 1662 6379 54 cable cable NN 1662 6379 55 Radio Radio NNP 1662 6379 56 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6379 57 stations station NNS 1662 6379 58 : : : 1662 6379 59 AM AM NNP 1662 6379 60 35 35 CD 1662 6379 61 , , , 1662 6379 62 FM FM NNP 1662 6379 63 17 17 CD 1662 6379 64 , , , 1662 6379 65 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 6379 66 0 0 CD 1662 6379 67 Radios radio NNS 1662 6379 68 : : : 1662 6379 69 20 20 CD 1662 6379 70 million million CD 1662 6379 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6379 72 1992 1992 CD 1662 6379 73 est est NNP 1662 6379 74 . . . 1662 6379 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6380 1 Television television NN 1662 6380 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6380 3 stations station NNS 1662 6380 4 : : : 1662 6380 5 28 28 CD 1662 6380 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 6380 7 : : : 1662 6380 8 3.8 3.8 CD 1662 6380 9 million million CD 1662 6380 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6380 11 1992 1992 CD 1662 6380 12 est est NNP 1662 6380 13 . . . 1662 6380 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6381 1 @Nigeria @nigeria XX 1662 6381 2 : : : 1662 6381 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 6381 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 6381 5 : : : 1662 6381 6 total total NN 1662 6381 7 : : : 1662 6381 8 3,557 3,557 CD 1662 6381 9 km km NN 1662 6381 10 narrow narrow JJ 1662 6381 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 6381 12 : : : 1662 6381 13 3,505 3,505 CD 1662 6381 14 km km NN 1662 6381 15 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 6381 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 6381 17 standard standard JJ 1662 6381 18 gauge gauge NN 1662 6381 19 : : : 1662 6381 20 52 52 CD 1662 6381 21 km km NN 1662 6381 22 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 6381 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 6381 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6381 25 1995 1995 CD 1662 6381 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6381 27 Highways highway NNS 1662 6381 28 : : : 1662 6381 29 total total NN 1662 6381 30 : : : 1662 6381 31 32,105 32,105 CD 1662 6381 32 km km NN 1662 6381 33 paved pave VBN 1662 6381 34 : : : 1662 6381 35 26,005 26,005 CD 1662 6381 36 km km NNS 1662 6381 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6381 38 including include VBG 1662 6381 39 2,044 2,044 CD 1662 6381 40 km km NNS 1662 6381 41 of of IN 1662 6381 42 expressways expressway NNS 1662 6381 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6381 44 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6381 45 : : : 1662 6381 46 6,100 6,100 CD 1662 6381 47 km km NNS 1662 6381 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6381 49 1994 1994 CD 1662 6381 50 est est NNP 1662 6381 51 . . . 1662 6381 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6382 1 note note VB 1662 6382 2 : : : 1662 6382 3 many many JJ 1662 6382 4 of of IN 1662 6382 5 the the DT 1662 6382 6 roads road NNS 1662 6382 7 reported report VBN 1662 6382 8 as as IN 1662 6382 9 paved pave VBN 1662 6382 10 may may MD 1662 6382 11 be be VB 1662 6382 12 graveled gravel VBN 1662 6382 13 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 6382 14 : : : 1662 6382 15 8,575 8,575 CD 1662 6382 16 km km NN 1662 6382 17 consisting consist VBG 1662 6382 18 of of IN 1662 6382 19 the the DT 1662 6382 20 Niger Niger NNP 1662 6382 21 and and CC 1662 6382 22 Benue Benue NNP 1662 6382 23 rivers river NNS 1662 6382 24 and and CC 1662 6382 25 smaller small JJR 1662 6382 26 rivers river NNS 1662 6382 27 and and CC 1662 6382 28 creeks creek NNS 1662 6382 29 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 6382 30 : : : 1662 6382 31 crude crude JJ 1662 6382 32 oil oil NN 1662 6382 33 2,042 2,042 CD 1662 6382 34 km km NN 1662 6382 35 ; ; : 1662 6382 36 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6382 37 products product NNS 1662 6382 38 3,000 3,000 CD 1662 6382 39 km km NN 1662 6382 40 ; ; : 1662 6382 41 natural natural JJ 1662 6382 42 gas gas NN 1662 6382 43 500 500 CD 1662 6382 44 km km NN 1662 6382 45 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 6382 46 and and CC 1662 6382 47 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6382 48 : : : 1662 6382 49 Calabar Calabar NNP 1662 6382 50 , , , 1662 6382 51 Lagos Lagos NNP 1662 6382 52 , , , 1662 6382 53 Onne Onne NNP 1662 6382 54 , , , 1662 6382 55 Port Port NNP 1662 6382 56 Harcourt Harcourt NNP 1662 6382 57 , , , 1662 6382 58 Sapele Sapele NNP 1662 6382 59 , , , 1662 6382 60 Warri Warri NNP 1662 6382 61 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 6382 62 marine marine NN 1662 6382 63 : : : 1662 6382 64 total total NN 1662 6382 65 : : : 1662 6382 66 30 30 CD 1662 6382 67 ships ship NNS 1662 6382 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6382 69 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6382 70 GRT GRT NNP 1662 6382 71 or or CC 1662 6382 72 over over RB 1662 6382 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6382 74 totaling total VBG 1662 6382 75 353,422 353,422 CD 1662 6382 76 GRT/600,389 GRT/600,389 NNP 1662 6382 77 DWT DWT NNP 1662 6382 78 ships ship NNS 1662 6382 79 by by IN 1662 6382 80 type type NN 1662 6382 81 : : : 1662 6382 82 bulk bulk NNP 1662 6382 83 1 1 CD 1662 6382 84 , , , 1662 6382 85 cargo cargo NN 1662 6382 86 12 12 CD 1662 6382 87 , , , 1662 6382 88 chemical chemical NN 1662 6382 89 tanker tanker NN 1662 6382 90 3 3 CD 1662 6382 91 , , , 1662 6382 92 oil oil NN 1662 6382 93 tanker tanker NN 1662 6382 94 13 13 CD 1662 6382 95 , , , 1662 6382 96 roll roll NN 1662 6382 97 - - HYPH 1662 6382 98 on on IN 1662 6382 99 / / SYM 1662 6382 100 roll roll NN 1662 6382 101 - - HYPH 1662 6382 102 off off RP 1662 6382 103 cargo cargo NN 1662 6382 104 1 1 CD 1662 6382 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6382 106 1996 1996 CD 1662 6382 107 est est NNP 1662 6382 108 . . . 1662 6382 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6383 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6383 2 : : : 1662 6383 3 65 65 CD 1662 6383 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6383 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6383 6 est est NNP 1662 6383 7 . . . 1662 6383 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6384 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6384 2 - - , 1662 6384 3 with with IN 1662 6384 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6384 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6384 6 : : : 1662 6384 7 total total NN 1662 6384 8 : : : 1662 6384 9 51 51 CD 1662 6384 10 over over IN 1662 6384 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6384 12 m m NN 1662 6384 13 : : : 1662 6384 14 6 6 CD 1662 6384 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 6384 16 to to TO 1662 6384 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6384 18 m m NN 1662 6384 19 : : : 1662 6384 20 10 10 CD 1662 6384 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6384 22 to to TO 1662 6384 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6384 24 m m NN 1662 6384 25 : : : 1662 6384 26 10 10 CD 1662 6384 27 914 914 CD 1662 6384 28 to to TO 1662 6384 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6384 30 m m NN 1662 6384 31 : : : 1662 6384 32 8 8 CD 1662 6384 33 under under IN 1662 6384 34 914 914 CD 1662 6384 35 m m NN 1662 6384 36 : : : 1662 6384 37 17 17 CD 1662 6384 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6384 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 6384 40 est est NNP 1662 6384 41 . . . 1662 6384 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6385 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6385 2 - - , 1662 6385 3 with with IN 1662 6385 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6385 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6385 6 : : : 1662 6385 7 total total NN 1662 6385 8 : : : 1662 6385 9 14 14 CD 1662 6385 10 over over IN 1662 6385 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6385 12 m m NN 1662 6385 13 : : : 1662 6385 14 1 1 CD 1662 6385 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6385 16 to to TO 1662 6385 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6385 18 m m NN 1662 6385 19 : : : 1662 6385 20 1 1 CD 1662 6385 21 914 914 CD 1662 6385 22 to to TO 1662 6385 23 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6385 24 m m NN 1662 6385 25 : : : 1662 6385 26 12 12 CD 1662 6385 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6385 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 6385 29 est est NNP 1662 6385 30 . . . 1662 6385 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6386 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 6386 2 : : : 1662 6386 3 1 1 CD 1662 6386 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6386 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6386 6 est est NNP 1662 6386 7 . . . 1662 6386 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6387 1 Military military JJ 1662 6387 2 Military military JJ 1662 6387 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6387 4 : : : 1662 6387 5 Army Army NNP 1662 6387 6 , , , 1662 6387 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 6387 8 , , , 1662 6387 9 Air Air NNP 1662 6387 10 Force Force NNP 1662 6387 11 , , , 1662 6387 12 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 6387 13 Police Police NNP 1662 6387 14 Force Force NNP 1662 6387 15 Military Military NNP 1662 6387 16 manpower manpower NN 1662 6387 17 - - HYPH 1662 6387 18 military military NN 1662 6387 19 age age NN 1662 6387 20 : : : 1662 6387 21 18 18 CD 1662 6387 22 years year NNS 1662 6387 23 of of IN 1662 6387 24 age age NN 1662 6387 25 Military military JJ 1662 6387 26 manpower manpower NN 1662 6387 27 - - HYPH 1662 6387 28 availability availability NN 1662 6387 29 : : : 1662 6387 30 males male NNS 1662 6387 31 age age NNP 1662 6387 32 15 15 CD 1662 6387 33 - - HYPH 1662 6387 34 49 49 CD 1662 6387 35 : : : 1662 6387 36 24,465,233 24,465,233 CD 1662 6387 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6387 38 1997 1997 CD 1662 6387 39 est est NNP 1662 6387 40 . . . 1662 6387 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6388 1 Military military JJ 1662 6388 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6388 3 - - HYPH 1662 6388 4 fit fit NN 1662 6388 5 for for IN 1662 6388 6 military military JJ 1662 6388 7 service service NN 1662 6388 8 : : : 1662 6388 9 males male NNS 1662 6388 10 : : : 1662 6388 11 14,015,140 14,015,140 CD 1662 6388 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6388 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6388 14 est est NNP 1662 6388 15 . . . 1662 6388 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6389 1 Military military JJ 1662 6389 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6389 3 - - HYPH 1662 6389 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 6389 5 military military JJ 1662 6389 6 age age NN 1662 6389 7 annually annually RB 1662 6389 8 : : : 1662 6389 9 males male NNS 1662 6389 10 : : : 1662 6389 11 1,209,386 1,209,386 CD 1662 6389 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6389 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6389 14 est est NNP 1662 6389 15 . . . 1662 6389 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6390 1 Military military JJ 1662 6390 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6390 3 - - HYPH 1662 6390 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 6390 5 figure figure NN 1662 6390 6 : : : 1662 6390 7 $ $ $ 1662 6390 8 243 243 CD 1662 6390 9 million million CD 1662 6390 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6390 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 6390 12 est est NNP 1662 6390 13 . . . 1662 6390 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6391 1 Military military JJ 1662 6391 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6391 3 - - : 1662 6391 4 percent percent NN 1662 6391 5 of of IN 1662 6391 6 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6391 7 : : : 1662 6391 8 less less JJR 1662 6391 9 than than IN 1662 6391 10 1 1 CD 1662 6391 11 % % NN 1662 6391 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6391 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 6391 14 est est NNP 1662 6391 15 . . . 1662 6391 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6392 1 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6392 2 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6392 3 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 6392 4 - - HYPH 1662 6392 5 international international JJ 1662 6392 6 : : : 1662 6392 7 demarcation demarcation NN 1662 6392 8 of of IN 1662 6392 9 international international JJ 1662 6392 10 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6392 11 in in IN 1662 6392 12 vicinity vicinity NN 1662 6392 13 of of IN 1662 6392 14 Lake Lake NNP 1662 6392 15 Chad Chad NNP 1662 6392 16 , , , 1662 6392 17 the the DT 1662 6392 18 lack lack NN 1662 6392 19 of of IN 1662 6392 20 which which WDT 1662 6392 21 led lead VBD 1662 6392 22 to to IN 1662 6392 23 border border NN 1662 6392 24 incidents incident NNS 1662 6392 25 in in IN 1662 6392 26 the the DT 1662 6392 27 past past NN 1662 6392 28 , , , 1662 6392 29 is be VBZ 1662 6392 30 completed complete VBN 1662 6392 31 and and CC 1662 6392 32 awaits await VBZ 1662 6392 33 ratification ratification NN 1662 6392 34 by by IN 1662 6392 35 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 6392 36 , , , 1662 6392 37 Chad Chad NNP 1662 6392 38 , , , 1662 6392 39 Niger Niger NNP 1662 6392 40 , , , 1662 6392 41 and and CC 1662 6392 42 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 6392 43 ; ; : 1662 6392 44 dispute dispute NN 1662 6392 45 with with IN 1662 6392 46 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 6392 47 over over IN 1662 6392 48 land land NN 1662 6392 49 and and CC 1662 6392 50 maritime maritime NN 1662 6392 51 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6392 52 in in IN 1662 6392 53 the the DT 1662 6392 54 vicinity vicinity NN 1662 6392 55 of of IN 1662 6392 56 the the DT 1662 6392 57 Bakasi Bakasi NNP 1662 6392 58 Peninsula Peninsula NNP 1662 6392 59 has have VBZ 1662 6392 60 been be VBN 1662 6392 61 referred refer VBN 1662 6392 62 to to IN 1662 6392 63 the the DT 1662 6392 64 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 6392 65 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 6392 66 drugs drug NNS 1662 6392 67 : : : 1662 6392 68 facilitates facilitate NNS 1662 6392 69 movement movement NN 1662 6392 70 of of IN 1662 6392 71 heroin heroin NNP 1662 6392 72 en en IN 1662 6392 73 route route NN 1662 6392 74 from from IN 1662 6392 75 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 6392 76 and and CC 1662 6392 77 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 6392 78 Asia Asia NNP 1662 6392 79 to to IN 1662 6392 80 Western Western NNP 1662 6392 81 Europe Europe NNP 1662 6392 82 and and CC 1662 6392 83 North North NNP 1662 6392 84 America America NNP 1662 6392 85 ; ; : 1662 6392 86 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 6392 87 a a DT 1662 6392 88 transit transit NN 1662 6392 89 route route NN 1662 6392 90 for for IN 1662 6392 91 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 6392 92 from from IN 1662 6392 93 South South NNP 1662 6392 94 America America NNP 1662 6392 95 intended intend VBD 1662 6392 96 for for IN 1662 6392 97 European European NNP 1662 6392 98 , , , 1662 6392 99 East East NNP 1662 6392 100 Asian Asian NNP 1662 6392 101 , , , 1662 6392 102 and and CC 1662 6392 103 North north JJ 1662 6392 104 American american JJ 1662 6392 105 markets market NNS 1662 6392 106 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 107 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 108 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 109 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 110 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 111 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 112 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 113 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 114 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 115 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 116 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 117 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 118 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 119 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 120 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 121 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 122 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 123 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 124 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 125 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 126 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 127 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 128 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 129 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 130 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 131 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 132 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 133 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 134 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 135 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 136 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 137 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 138 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 139 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 140 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 141 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 142 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 143 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 144 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 145 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 146 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 147 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 148 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 149 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 150 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 151 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 152 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 153 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 154 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 155 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 156 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 157 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 158 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 159 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 160 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 161 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 162 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 163 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 164 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 165 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 166 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 167 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 168 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 169 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 170 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 171 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 172 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 173 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 174 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 175 _ _ NNP 1662 6392 176 NIUE NIUE NNP 1662 6392 177 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6392 178 free free JJ 1662 6392 179 association association NN 1662 6392 180 with with IN 1662 6392 181 New New NNP 1662 6392 182 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 6392 183 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6392 184 @Niue @niue NN 1662 6392 185 : : : 1662 6392 186 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6392 187 Location Location NNP 1662 6392 188 : : : 1662 6392 189 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 6392 190 , , , 1662 6392 191 island island NN 1662 6392 192 in in IN 1662 6392 193 the the DT 1662 6392 194 South South NNP 1662 6392 195 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6392 196 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6392 197 , , , 1662 6392 198 east east NN 1662 6392 199 of of IN 1662 6392 200 Tonga Tonga NNP 1662 6392 201 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6392 202 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6392 203 : : : 1662 6392 204 19 19 CD 1662 6392 205 02 02 CD 1662 6392 206 S s NN 1662 6392 207 , , , 1662 6392 208 169 169 CD 1662 6392 209 52 52 CD 1662 6392 210 W W NNP 1662 6392 211 Map Map NNP 1662 6392 212 references reference NNS 1662 6392 213 : : : 1662 6392 214 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 6392 215 Area Area NNP 1662 6392 216 : : : 1662 6392 217 total total NN 1662 6392 218 : : : 1662 6392 219 260 260 CD 1662 6392 220 sq sq IN 1662 6392 221 km km NNP 1662 6392 222 land land NN 1662 6392 223 : : : 1662 6392 224 260 260 CD 1662 6392 225 sq sq IN 1662 6392 226 km km NNP 1662 6392 227 water water NN 1662 6392 228 : : : 1662 6392 229 0 0 NFP 1662 6392 230 sq sq NN 1662 6392 231 km km NNP 1662 6392 232 Area area NN 1662 6392 233 - - HYPH 1662 6392 234 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6392 235 : : : 1662 6392 236 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 6392 237 times time NNS 1662 6392 238 the the DT 1662 6392 239 size size NN 1662 6392 240 of of IN 1662 6392 241 Washington Washington NNP 1662 6392 242 , , , 1662 6392 243 DC DC NNP 1662 6392 244 Land Land NNP 1662 6392 245 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6392 246 : : : 1662 6392 247 0 0 LS 1662 6392 248 km km NN 1662 6392 249 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6392 250 : : : 1662 6392 251 64 64 CD 1662 6392 252 km km NN 1662 6392 253 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6392 254 claims claim VBZ 1662 6392 255 : : : 1662 6392 256 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 6392 257 economic economic JJ 1662 6392 258 zone zone NN 1662 6392 259 : : : 1662 6392 260 200 200 CD 1662 6392 261 nm nm CD 1662 6392 262 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6392 263 sea sea NN 1662 6392 264 : : : 1662 6392 265 12 12 CD 1662 6392 266 nm nm NNP 1662 6392 267 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6392 268 : : : 1662 6392 269 tropical tropical JJ 1662 6392 270 ; ; : 1662 6392 271 modified modify VBN 1662 6392 272 by by IN 1662 6392 273 southeast southeast JJ 1662 6392 274 trade trade NN 1662 6392 275 winds wind NNS 1662 6392 276 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6392 277 : : : 1662 6392 278 steep steep JJ 1662 6392 279 limestone limestone NN 1662 6392 280 cliffs cliff NNS 1662 6392 281 along along IN 1662 6392 282 coast coast NN 1662 6392 283 , , , 1662 6392 284 central central JJ 1662 6392 285 plateau plateau NNP 1662 6392 286 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6392 287 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6392 288 : : : 1662 6392 289 lowest low JJS 1662 6392 290 point point NN 1662 6392 291 : : : 1662 6392 292 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6392 293 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6392 294 0 0 NFP 1662 6392 295 m m DT 1662 6392 296 highest high JJS 1662 6392 297 point point NN 1662 6392 298 : : : 1662 6392 299 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 6392 300 location location NN 1662 6392 301 near near IN 1662 6392 302 Mutalau Mutalau NNP 1662 6392 303 settlement settlement NN 1662 6392 304 68 68 CD 1662 6392 305 m m CD 1662 6392 306 Natural natural JJ 1662 6392 307 resources resource NNS 1662 6392 308 : : : 1662 6392 309 fish fish NN 1662 6392 310 , , , 1662 6392 311 arable arable JJ 1662 6392 312 land land NN 1662 6392 313 Land Land NNP 1662 6392 314 use use NN 1662 6392 315 : : : 1662 6392 316 arable arable JJ 1662 6392 317 land land NN 1662 6392 318 : : : 1662 6392 319 19 19 CD 1662 6392 320 % % NN 1662 6392 321 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6392 322 crops crop NNS 1662 6392 323 : : : 1662 6392 324 8 8 CD 1662 6392 325 % % NN 1662 6392 326 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6392 327 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6392 328 : : : 1662 6392 329 4 4 CD 1662 6392 330 % % NN 1662 6392 331 forests forest NNS 1662 6392 332 and and CC 1662 6392 333 woodland woodland NN 1662 6392 334 : : : 1662 6392 335 19 19 CD 1662 6392 336 % % NN 1662 6392 337 other other JJ 1662 6392 338 : : : 1662 6392 339 50 50 CD 1662 6392 340 % % NN 1662 6392 341 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6392 342 1993 1993 CD 1662 6392 343 est est NNP 1662 6392 344 . . . 1662 6392 345 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6393 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6393 2 land land NN 1662 6393 3 : : : 1662 6393 4 NA NA NNP 1662 6393 5 sq sq RB 1662 6393 6 km km VB 1662 6393 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 6393 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6393 9 : : : 1662 6393 10 typhoons typhoon NNS 1662 6393 11 Environment environment NN 1662 6393 12 - - HYPH 1662 6393 13 current current JJ 1662 6393 14 issues issue NNS 1662 6393 15 : : : 1662 6393 16 traditional traditional JJ 1662 6393 17 methods method NNS 1662 6393 18 of of IN 1662 6393 19 burning burn VBG 1662 6393 20 brush brush NN 1662 6393 21 and and CC 1662 6393 22 trees tree NNS 1662 6393 23 to to TO 1662 6393 24 clear clear VB 1662 6393 25 land land NN 1662 6393 26 for for IN 1662 6393 27 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6393 28 have have VBP 1662 6393 29 threatened threaten VBN 1662 6393 30 soil soil NN 1662 6393 31 supplies supply NNS 1662 6393 32 which which WDT 1662 6393 33 are be VBP 1662 6393 34 not not RB 1662 6393 35 naturally naturally RB 1662 6393 36 very very RB 1662 6393 37 abundant abundant JJ 1662 6393 38 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6393 39 - - HYPH 1662 6393 40 international international JJ 1662 6393 41 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6393 42 : : : 1662 6393 43 party party NN 1662 6393 44 to to TO 1662 6393 45 : : : 1662 6393 46 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 6393 47 , , , 1662 6393 48 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6393 49 Change Change NNP 1662 6393 50 signed sign VBD 1662 6393 51 , , , 1662 6393 52 but but CC 1662 6393 53 not not RB 1662 6393 54 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6393 55 : : : 1662 6393 56 Law Law NNP 1662 6393 57 of of IN 1662 6393 58 the the DT 1662 6393 59 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6393 60 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6393 61 - - HYPH 1662 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6401 5 years year NNS 1662 6401 6 has have VBZ 1662 6401 7 suffered suffer VBN 1662 6401 8 a a DT 1662 6401 9 serious serious JJ 1662 6401 10 loss loss NN 1662 6401 11 of of IN 1662 6401 12 population population NN 1662 6401 13 because because IN 1662 6401 14 of of IN 1662 6401 15 migration migration NN 1662 6401 16 of of IN 1662 6401 17 Niueans Niueans NNPS 1662 6401 18 to to IN 1662 6401 19 New New NNP 1662 6401 20 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 6401 21 . . . 1662 6402 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6402 2 : : : 1662 6402 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6402 4 power power NN 1662 6402 5 parity parity NN 1662 6402 6 - - : 1662 6402 7 $ $ $ 1662 6402 8 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 6402 9 million million CD 1662 6402 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6402 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 6402 12 est est NNP 1662 6402 13 . . . 1662 6402 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6403 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6403 2 - - HYPH 1662 6403 3 real real JJ 1662 6403 4 growth growth NN 1662 6403 5 rate rate NN 1662 6403 6 : : : 1662 6403 7 NA% NA% `` 1662 6403 8 GDP gdp NN 1662 6403 9 - - HYPH 1662 6403 10 per per FW 1662 6403 11 capita capita NN 1662 6403 12 : : : 1662 6403 13 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6403 14 power power NN 1662 6403 15 parity parity NN 1662 6403 16 - - : 1662 6403 17 $ $ $ 1662 6403 18 1,200 1,200 CD 1662 6403 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6403 20 1993 1993 CD 1662 6403 21 est est NNP 1662 6403 22 . . . 1662 6403 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6404 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6404 2 - - HYPH 1662 6404 3 composition composition NN 1662 6404 4 by by IN 1662 6404 5 sector sector NN 1662 6404 6 : : : 1662 6404 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6404 8 : : : 1662 6404 9 NA% na% LS 1662 6404 10 industry industry NN 1662 6404 11 : : : 1662 6404 12 NA% NA% NNS 1662 6404 13 services service NNS 1662 6404 14 : : : 1662 6404 15 NA% NA% `` 1662 6404 16 Inflation inflation NN 1662 6404 17 rate rate NN 1662 6404 18 - - HYPH 1662 6404 19 consumer consumer NN 1662 6404 20 price price NN 1662 6404 21 index index NN 1662 6404 22 : : : 1662 6404 23 5 5 CD 1662 6404 24 % % NN 1662 6404 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6404 26 1992 1992 CD 1662 6404 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6404 28 Labor labor NN 1662 6404 29 force force NN 1662 6404 30 : : : 1662 6404 31 total total NN 1662 6404 32 : : : 1662 6404 33 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6404 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6404 35 1981 1981 CD 1662 6404 36 est est NNP 1662 6404 37 . . . 1662 6404 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6405 1 by by IN 1662 6405 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 6405 3 : : : 1662 6405 4 most most JJS 1662 6405 5 work work VBP 1662 6405 6 on on IN 1662 6405 7 family family NN 1662 6405 8 plantations plantation NNS 1662 6405 9 ; ; , 1662 6405 10 paid pay VBD 1662 6405 11 work work NN 1662 6405 12 exists exist VBZ 1662 6405 13 only only RB 1662 6405 14 in in IN 1662 6405 15 government government NN 1662 6405 16 service service NN 1662 6405 17 , , , 1662 6405 18 small small JJ 1662 6405 19 industry industry NN 1662 6405 20 , , , 1662 6405 21 and and CC 1662 6405 22 the the DT 1662 6405 23 Niue Niue NNP 1662 6405 24 Development Development NNP 1662 6405 25 Board Board NNP 1662 6405 26 Unemployment Unemployment NNP 1662 6405 27 rate rate NN 1662 6405 28 : : : 1662 6405 29 NA% NA% `` 1662 6405 30 Budget budget NN 1662 6405 31 : : : 1662 6405 32 revenues revenue NNS 1662 6405 33 : : : 1662 6405 34 $ $ $ 1662 6405 35 5.5 5.5 CD 1662 6405 36 million million CD 1662 6405 37 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6405 38 : : : 1662 6405 39 $ $ $ 1662 6405 40 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 6405 41 million million CD 1662 6405 42 , , , 1662 6405 43 including include VBG 1662 6405 44 capital capital NN 1662 6405 45 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6405 46 of of IN 1662 6405 47 $ $ $ 1662 6405 48 NA na NN 1662 6405 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6405 50 1985 1985 CD 1662 6405 51 est est NNP 1662 6405 52 . . . 1662 6405 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6406 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 6406 2 : : : 1662 6406 3 tourism tourism NN 1662 6406 4 , , , 1662 6406 5 handicrafts handicraft NNS 1662 6406 6 , , , 1662 6406 7 food food NN 1662 6406 8 processing process VBG 1662 6406 9 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 6406 10 production production NN 1662 6406 11 growth growth NN 1662 6406 12 rate rate NN 1662 6406 13 : : : 1662 6406 14 NA% NA% `` 1662 6406 15 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6406 16 - - HYPH 1662 6406 17 capacity capacity NN 1662 6406 18 : : : 1662 6406 19 NA NA NNP 1662 6406 20 kW kW NNP 1662 6406 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6406 22 - - HYPH 1662 6406 23 production production NN 1662 6406 24 : : : 1662 6406 25 NA na IN 1662 6406 26 kWh kwh ADD 1662 6406 27 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6406 28 - - HYPH 1662 6406 29 consumption consumption NN 1662 6406 30 per per IN 1662 6406 31 capita capita NN 1662 6406 32 : : : 1662 6406 33 NA NA NNP 1662 6406 34 kWh kwh ADD 1662 6406 35 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6406 36 - - HYPH 1662 6406 37 products product NNS 1662 6406 38 : : : 1662 6406 39 coconuts coconut NNS 1662 6406 40 , , , 1662 6406 41 passion passion NN 1662 6406 42 fruit fruit NN 1662 6406 43 , , , 1662 6406 44 honey honey NN 1662 6406 45 , , , 1662 6406 46 limes lime NNS 1662 6406 47 , , , 1662 6406 48 taro taro NNP 1662 6406 49 , , , 1662 6406 50 yams yams NNP 1662 6406 51 , , , 1662 6406 52 cassava cassava NNP 1662 6406 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6406 54 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 6406 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6406 56 , , , 1662 6406 57 sweet sweet JJ 1662 6406 58 potatoes potato NNS 1662 6406 59 ; ; : 1662 6406 60 pigs pig NNS 1662 6406 61 , , , 1662 6406 62 poultry poultry NN 1662 6406 63 , , , 1662 6406 64 beef beef NN 1662 6406 65 cattle cattle NNS 1662 6406 66 Exports export NNS 1662 6406 67 : : : 1662 6406 68 total total JJ 1662 6406 69 value value NN 1662 6406 70 : : : 1662 6406 71 $ $ $ 1662 6406 72 117,500 117,500 CD 1662 6406 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6406 74 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 6406 75 . . 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1662 6406 166 , , , 1662 6406 167 Australia Australia NNP 1662 6406 168 , , , 1662 6406 169 US US NNP 1662 6406 170 Debt Debt NNP 1662 6406 171 - - HYPH 1662 6406 172 external external JJ 1662 6406 173 : : : 1662 6406 174 $ $ $ 1662 6406 175 NA na JJ 1662 6406 176 Economic economic JJ 1662 6406 177 aid aid NN 1662 6406 178 : : : 1662 6406 179 recipient recipient NN 1662 6406 180 : : : 1662 6406 181 ODA ODA NNP 1662 6406 182 , , , 1662 6406 183 $ $ $ 1662 6406 184 5.9 5.9 CD 1662 6406 185 million million CD 1662 6406 186 from from IN 1662 6406 187 NZ NZ NNP 1662 6406 188 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6406 189 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 6406 190 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6406 191 Currency currency NN 1662 6406 192 : : : 1662 6406 193 1 1 CD 1662 6406 194 New New NNP 1662 6406 195 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 6406 196 dollar dollar NN 1662 6406 197 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6406 198 NZ$ NZ$ NNP 1662 6406 199 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6406 200 = = NFP 1662 6406 201 100 100 CD 1662 6406 202 cents cent NNS 1662 6406 203 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 6406 204 rates rate NNS 1662 6406 205 : : : 1662 6406 206 New New NNP 1662 6406 207 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 6406 208 dollars dollar NNS 1662 6406 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6406 210 NZ$ NZ$ NNP 1662 6406 211 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6406 212 per per IN 1662 6406 213 US$ us$ $ 1662 6406 214 1 1 CD 1662 6406 215 - - SYM 1662 6406 216 1.4247 1.4247 CD 1662 6406 217 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6406 218 January January NNP 1662 6406 219 1997 1997 CD 1662 6406 220 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6406 221 , , , 1662 6406 222 1.4543 1.4543 CD 1662 6406 223 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6406 224 1996 1996 CD 1662 6406 225 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6406 226 , , , 1662 6406 227 1.5235 1.5235 CD 1662 6406 228 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6406 229 1995 1995 CD 1662 6406 230 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6406 231 , , , 1662 6406 232 1.6844 1.6844 CD 1662 6406 233 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6406 234 1994 1994 CD 1662 6406 235 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6406 236 , , , 1662 6406 237 1.8495 1.8495 CD 1662 6406 238 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6406 239 1993 1993 CD 1662 6406 240 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6406 241 , , , 1662 6406 242 1.8584 1.8584 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1662 6407 16 international international NN 1662 6407 17 : : : 1662 6407 18 NA NA NNP 1662 6407 19 Radio Radio NNP 1662 6407 20 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6407 21 stations station NNS 1662 6407 22 : : : 1662 6407 23 AM AM NNP 1662 6407 24 1 1 CD 1662 6407 25 , , , 1662 6407 26 FM FM NNP 1662 6407 27 1 1 CD 1662 6407 28 , , , 1662 6407 29 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 6407 30 0 0 CD 1662 6407 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6407 32 1987 1987 CD 1662 6407 33 est est NNP 1662 6407 34 . . . 1662 6407 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6408 1 Radios radio NNS 1662 6408 2 : : : 1662 6408 3 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6408 4 Television television NN 1662 6408 5 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6408 6 stations station NNS 1662 6408 7 : : : 1662 6408 8 0 0 CD 1662 6408 9 note note NN 1662 6408 10 : : : 1662 6408 11 there there EX 1662 6408 12 is be VBZ 1662 6408 13 cable cable NN 1662 6408 14 television television NN 1662 6408 15 Televisions television NNS 1662 6408 16 : : : 1662 6408 17 312 312 CD 1662 6408 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6408 19 1991 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1662 6409 37 1 1 CD 1662 6409 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6409 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 6409 40 est est NNP 1662 6409 41 . . . 1662 6409 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6410 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6410 2 - - , 1662 6410 3 with with IN 1662 6410 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6410 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6410 6 : : : 1662 6410 7 total total NN 1662 6410 8 : : : 1662 6410 9 1 1 CD 1662 6410 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6410 11 to to TO 1662 6410 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6410 13 m m NN 1662 6410 14 : : : 1662 6410 15 1 1 CD 1662 6410 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6410 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 6410 18 est est NNP 1662 6410 19 . . . 1662 6410 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6411 1 Military military JJ 1662 6411 2 Military military JJ 1662 6411 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6411 4 : : : 1662 6411 5 Police Police NNP 1662 6411 6 Force Force NNP 1662 6411 7 Military Military NNP 1662 6411 8 - - HYPH 1662 6411 9 note note NN 1662 6411 10 : : : 1662 6411 11 defense defense NN 1662 6411 12 is be VBZ 1662 6411 13 the the DT 1662 6411 14 responsibility responsibility 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1662 6411 58 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 59 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 60 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 61 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 62 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 63 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 64 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 65 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 66 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 67 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 68 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 69 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 70 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 71 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 72 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 73 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 74 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 75 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 76 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 77 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 78 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 79 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 80 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 90 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 91 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 92 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 93 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 94 _ _ NNP 1662 6411 95 NORFOLK NORFOLK NNP 1662 6411 96 ISLAND ISLAND NNP 1662 6411 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6411 98 territory territory NN 1662 6411 99 of of IN 1662 6411 100 Australia Australia NNP 1662 6411 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6411 102 @Norfolk @Norfolk NNP 1662 6411 103 Island Island NNP 1662 6411 104 : : : 1662 6411 105 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6411 106 Location Location NNP 1662 6411 107 : : : 1662 6411 108 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 6411 109 , , , 1662 6411 110 island island NN 1662 6411 111 in in IN 1662 6411 112 the the DT 1662 6411 113 South South NNP 1662 6411 114 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6411 115 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6411 116 , , , 1662 6411 117 east east NN 1662 6411 118 of of IN 1662 6411 119 Australia Australia NNP 1662 6411 120 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6411 121 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6411 122 : : : 1662 6411 123 29 29 CD 1662 6411 124 02 02 CD 1662 6411 125 S s NN 1662 6411 126 , , , 1662 6411 127 167 167 CD 1662 6411 128 57 57 CD 1662 6411 129 E e NN 1662 6411 130 Map Map NNP 1662 6411 131 references reference NNS 1662 6411 132 : : : 1662 6411 133 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 6411 134 Area Area NNP 1662 6411 135 : : : 1662 6411 136 total total NN 1662 6411 137 : : : 1662 6411 138 34.6 34.6 CD 1662 6411 139 sq sq IN 1662 6411 140 km km NNP 1662 6411 141 land land NN 1662 6411 142 : : : 1662 6411 143 34.6 34.6 CD 1662 6411 144 sq sq IN 1662 6411 145 km km NNP 1662 6411 146 water water NN 1662 6411 147 : : : 1662 6411 148 0 0 NFP 1662 6411 149 sq sq NN 1662 6411 150 km km NNP 1662 6411 151 Area area NN 1662 6411 152 - - HYPH 1662 6411 153 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6411 154 : : : 1662 6411 155 about about IN 1662 6411 156 0.2 0.2 CD 1662 6411 157 times time NNS 1662 6411 158 the the DT 1662 6411 159 size size NN 1662 6411 160 of of IN 1662 6411 161 Washington Washington NNP 1662 6411 162 , , , 1662 6411 163 DC DC NNP 1662 6411 164 Land Land NNP 1662 6411 165 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6411 166 : : : 1662 6411 167 0 0 LS 1662 6411 168 km km NN 1662 6411 169 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6411 170 : : : 1662 6411 171 32 32 CD 1662 6411 172 km km NN 1662 6411 173 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6411 174 claims claim VBZ 1662 6411 175 : : : 1662 6411 176 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 6411 177 fishing fishing NN 1662 6411 178 zone zone NN 1662 6411 179 : : : 1662 6411 180 200 200 CD 1662 6411 181 nm nm CD 1662 6411 182 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6411 183 sea sea NN 1662 6411 184 : : : 1662 6411 185 3 3 CD 1662 6411 186 nm nm NNP 1662 6411 187 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6411 188 : : : 1662 6411 189 subtropical subtropical JJ 1662 6411 190 , , , 1662 6411 191 mild mild JJ 1662 6411 192 , , , 1662 6411 193 little little JJ 1662 6411 194 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 6411 195 temperature temperature NN 1662 6411 196 variation variation NN 1662 6411 197 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6411 198 : : : 1662 6411 199 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 6411 200 formation formation NN 1662 6411 201 with with IN 1662 6411 202 mostly mostly RB 1662 6411 203 rolling roll VBG 1662 6411 204 plains plain NNS 1662 6411 205 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6411 206 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6411 207 : : : 1662 6411 208 lowest low JJS 1662 6411 209 point point NN 1662 6411 210 : : : 1662 6411 211 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1662 6423 56 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 57 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 58 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 59 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 60 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 61 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 62 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 63 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 64 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 65 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 66 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 67 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 68 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 69 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 70 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 71 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 72 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 73 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 74 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 75 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 76 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 77 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 78 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 79 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 80 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6423 89 NORTHERN NORTHERN NNP 1662 6423 90 MARIANA MARIANA NNP 1662 6423 91 ISLANDS island NNS 1662 6423 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6423 93 commonwealth commonwealth NNP 1662 6423 94 in in IN 1662 6423 95 political political JJ 1662 6423 96 union union NN 1662 6423 97 with with IN 1662 6423 98 the the DT 1662 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6.5 CD 1662 6438 24 % % NN 1662 6438 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6438 26 1994 1994 CD 1662 6438 27 est est NNP 1662 6438 28 . . . 1662 6438 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6439 1 Labor labor NN 1662 6439 2 force force NN 1662 6439 3 : : : 1662 6439 4 total total NN 1662 6439 5 : : : 1662 6439 6 7,476 7,476 CD 1662 6439 7 total total JJ 1662 6439 8 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 6439 9 labor labor NN 1662 6439 10 force force NN 1662 6439 11 ; ; : 1662 6439 12 2,699 2,699 CD 1662 6439 13 unemployed unemployed JJ 1662 6439 14 ; ; : 1662 6439 15 22,560 22,560 CD 1662 6439 16 foreign foreign JJ 1662 6439 17 workers worker NNS 1662 6439 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6439 19 1995 1995 CD 1662 6439 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6439 21 by by IN 1662 6439 22 occupation occupation NN 1662 6439 23 : : : 1662 6439 24 NA NA NNP 1662 6439 25 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 6439 26 rate rate NN 1662 6439 27 : : : 1662 6439 28 15 15 CD 1662 6439 29 % % NN 1662 6439 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6439 31 residents resident NNS 1662 6439 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6439 33 Budget budget NN 1662 6439 34 : : : 1662 6439 35 revenues revenue NNS 1662 6439 36 : : : 1662 6439 37 $ $ $ 1662 6439 38 190.4 190.4 CD 1662 6439 39 million million CD 1662 6439 40 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6439 41 : : : 1662 6439 42 $ $ $ 1662 6439 43 190.4 190.4 CD 1662 6439 44 million million CD 1662 6439 45 , , , 1662 6439 46 including include VBG 1662 6439 47 capital capital NN 1662 6439 48 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6439 49 of of IN 1662 6439 50 $ $ $ 1662 6439 51 19.1 19.1 CD 1662 6439 52 million million CD 1662 6439 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6439 54 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 6439 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6439 56 Industries industry NNS 1662 6439 57 : : : 1662 6439 58 tourism tourism NN 1662 6439 59 , , , 1662 6439 60 construction construction NN 1662 6439 61 , , , 1662 6439 62 garments garment NNS 1662 6439 63 , , , 1662 6439 64 handicrafts handicrafts JJ 1662 6439 65 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 6439 66 production production NN 1662 6439 67 growth growth NN 1662 6439 68 rate rate NN 1662 6439 69 : : : 1662 6439 70 NA% NA% `` 1662 6439 71 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6439 72 - - HYPH 1662 6439 73 capacity capacity NN 1662 6439 74 : : : 1662 6439 75 NA NA NNP 1662 6439 76 kW kW NNP 1662 6439 77 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6439 78 - - HYPH 1662 6439 79 production production NN 1662 6439 80 : : : 1662 6439 81 NA na IN 1662 6439 82 kWh kwh ADD 1662 6439 83 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6439 84 - - HYPH 1662 6439 85 consumption consumption NN 1662 6439 86 per per IN 1662 6439 87 capita capita NN 1662 6439 88 : : : 1662 6439 89 NA NA NNP 1662 6439 90 kWh kwh ADD 1662 6439 91 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6439 92 - - HYPH 1662 6439 93 products product NNS 1662 6439 94 : : : 1662 6439 95 coconuts coconut NNS 1662 6439 96 , , , 1662 6439 97 fruits fruit NNS 1662 6439 98 , , , 1662 6439 99 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 6439 100 ; ; , 1662 6439 101 cattle cattle NNS 1662 6439 102 Exports export NNS 1662 6439 103 : : : 1662 6439 104 NA NA NNP 1662 6439 105 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6439 106 : : : 1662 6439 107 garments garment NNS 1662 6439 108 partners partner NNS 1662 6439 109 : : : 1662 6439 110 NA NA NNP 1662 6439 111 Imports import NNS 1662 6439 112 : : : 1662 6439 113 NA NA NNP 1662 6439 114 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6439 115 : : : 1662 6439 116 food food NN 1662 6439 117 , , , 1662 6439 118 construction construction NN 1662 6439 119 equipment equipment NN 1662 6439 120 and and CC 1662 6439 121 materials material NNS 1662 6439 122 , , , 1662 6439 123 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6439 124 products product NNS 1662 6439 125 partners partner NNS 1662 6439 126 : : : 1662 6439 127 US US NNP 1662 6439 128 , , , 1662 6439 129 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6439 130 Debt Debt NNP 1662 6439 131 - - HYPH 1662 6439 132 external external JJ 1662 6439 133 : : : 1662 6439 134 $ $ $ 1662 6439 135 NA na JJ 1662 6439 136 Economic economic JJ 1662 6439 137 aid aid NN 1662 6439 138 : : : 1662 6439 139 none none NN 1662 6439 140 Currency currency NN 1662 6439 141 : : : 1662 6439 142 1 1 CD 1662 6439 143 United United NNP 1662 6439 144 States States NNP 1662 6439 145 dollar dollar NN 1662 6439 146 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6439 147 US$ us$ $ 1662 6439 148 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6439 149 = = NFP 1662 6439 150 100 100 CD 1662 6439 151 cents cent NNS 1662 6439 152 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 6439 153 rates rate NNS 1662 6439 154 : : : 1662 6439 155 US US NNP 1662 6439 156 currency currency NN 1662 6439 157 is be VBZ 1662 6439 158 used use VBN 1662 6439 159 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6439 160 year year NN 1662 6439 161 : : : 1662 6439 162 1 1 CD 1662 6439 163 October October NNP 1662 6439 164 - - HYPH 1662 6439 165 30 30 CD 1662 6439 166 September September NNP 1662 6439 167 @Northern @northern NN 1662 6439 168 Mariana Mariana NNP 1662 6439 169 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 6439 170 : : : 1662 6439 171 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 6439 172 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 6439 173 : : : 1662 6439 174 13,618 13,618 CD 1662 6439 175 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6439 176 1993 1993 CD 1662 6439 177 est est NNP 1662 6439 178 . . . 1662 6439 179 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6440 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 6440 2 system system NN 1662 6440 3 : : : 1662 6440 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6440 5 : : : 1662 6440 6 NA NA NNP 1662 6440 7 international international JJ 1662 6440 8 : : : 1662 6440 9 satellite satellite NN 1662 6440 10 earth earth NN 1662 6440 11 stations station NNS 1662 6440 12 - - , 1662 6440 13 2 2 CD 1662 6440 14 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6440 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6440 16 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6440 17 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6440 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6440 19 Radio radio NN 1662 6440 20 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6440 21 stations station NNS 1662 6440 22 : : : 1662 6440 23 AM AM NNP 1662 6440 24 2 2 CD 1662 6440 25 , , , 1662 6440 26 FM FM NNP 1662 6440 27 3 3 CD 1662 6440 28 Radios Radios NNPS 1662 6440 29 : : : 1662 6440 30 15,350 15,350 CD 1662 6440 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6440 32 1987 1987 CD 1662 6440 33 est est NNP 1662 6440 34 . . . 1662 6440 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6441 1 Television television NN 1662 6441 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6441 3 stations station NNS 1662 6441 4 : : : 1662 6441 5 none none NN 1662 6441 6 note note NN 1662 6441 7 : : : 1662 6441 8 there there EX 1662 6441 9 are be VBP 1662 6441 10 2 2 CD 1662 6441 11 cable cable NN 1662 6441 12 TV tv NN 1662 6441 13 stations station NNS 1662 6441 14 Televisions television NNS 1662 6441 15 : : : 1662 6441 16 10,650 10,650 CD 1662 6441 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6441 18 1993 1993 CD 1662 6441 19 est est NNP 1662 6441 20 . . . 1662 6441 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6442 1 @Northern @Northern NFP 1662 6442 2 Mariana Mariana NNP 1662 6442 3 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 6442 4 : : : 1662 6442 5 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 6442 6 Railways railway NNS 1662 6442 7 : : : 1662 6442 8 0 0 LS 1662 6442 9 km km NN 1662 6442 10 Highways highway NNS 1662 6442 11 : : : 1662 6442 12 total total NN 1662 6442 13 : : : 1662 6442 14 362 362 CD 1662 6442 15 km km NN 1662 6442 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6442 17 1991 1991 CD 1662 6442 18 est est NNP 1662 6442 19 . . . 1662 6442 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6443 1 paved pave VBN 1662 6443 2 : : : 1662 6443 3 NA NA NNP 1662 6443 4 km km PRP 1662 6443 5 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6443 6 : : : 1662 6443 7 NA NA NNP 1662 6443 8 km km POS 1662 6443 9 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 6443 10 : : : 1662 6443 11 none none NN 1662 6443 12 Ports port NNS 1662 6443 13 and and CC 1662 6443 14 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6443 15 : : : 1662 6443 16 Saipan Saipan NNP 1662 6443 17 , , , 1662 6443 18 Tinian Tinian NNP 1662 6443 19 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 6443 20 marine marine NN 1662 6443 21 : : : 1662 6443 22 none none NN 1662 6443 23 Airports airport NNS 1662 6443 24 : : : 1662 6443 25 5 5 CD 1662 6443 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6443 27 1996 1996 CD 1662 6443 28 est est NNP 1662 6443 29 . . . 1662 6443 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6444 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6444 2 - - , 1662 6444 3 with with IN 1662 6444 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6444 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6444 6 : : : 1662 6444 7 total total NN 1662 6444 8 : : : 1662 6444 9 4 4 CD 1662 6444 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 6444 11 to to TO 1662 6444 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6444 13 m m NN 1662 6444 14 : : : 1662 6444 15 1 1 CD 1662 6444 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6444 17 to to TO 1662 6444 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6444 19 m m NN 1662 6444 20 : : : 1662 6444 21 2 2 CD 1662 6444 22 under under IN 1662 6444 23 914 914 CD 1662 6444 24 m m NN 1662 6444 25 : : : 1662 6444 26 1 1 CD 1662 6444 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6444 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 6444 29 est est NNP 1662 6444 30 . . . 1662 6444 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6445 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6445 2 - - , 1662 6445 3 with with IN 1662 6445 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6445 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6445 6 : : : 1662 6445 7 total total NN 1662 6445 8 : : : 1662 6445 9 1 1 CD 1662 6445 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 6445 11 to to IN 1662 6445 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6445 13 m m NN 1662 6445 14 : : : 1662 6445 15 1 1 CD 1662 6445 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6445 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 6445 18 est est NNP 1662 6445 19 . . . 1662 6445 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6446 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 6446 2 : : : 1662 6446 3 1 1 CD 1662 6446 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6446 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6446 6 est est NNP 1662 6446 7 . . . 1662 6446 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6447 1 Military military JJ 1662 6447 2 Military Military NNP 1662 6447 3 - - HYPH 1662 6447 4 note note NN 1662 6447 5 : : : 1662 6447 6 defense defense NN 1662 6447 7 is be VBZ 1662 6447 8 the the DT 1662 6447 9 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 6447 10 of of IN 1662 6447 11 the the DT 1662 6447 12 US US NNP 1662 6447 13 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6447 14 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6447 15 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 6447 16 - - : 1662 6447 17 international international RB 1662 6447 18 : : : 1662 6447 19 none none NN 1662 6447 20 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 21 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 22 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 23 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 24 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 25 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 26 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 27 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 28 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 29 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 30 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 31 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 32 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 33 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 34 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 35 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 36 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 37 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 38 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 39 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 40 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 41 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 42 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 43 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 44 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 45 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 46 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 47 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 48 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 49 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 50 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 51 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 52 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 53 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 54 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 55 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 56 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 57 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 58 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 59 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 60 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 61 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 62 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 63 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 64 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 65 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 66 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 67 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 68 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 69 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 70 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 71 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 72 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 73 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 74 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 75 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 76 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 77 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 78 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 79 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 80 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6447 90 NORWAY NORWAY NNP 1662 6447 91 @Norway @norway NN 1662 6447 92 : : : 1662 6447 93 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6447 94 Location Location NNP 1662 6447 95 : : : 1662 6447 96 Northern Northern NNP 1662 6447 97 Europe Europe NNP 1662 6447 98 , , , 1662 6447 99 bordering border VBG 1662 6447 100 the the DT 1662 6447 101 North North NNP 1662 6447 102 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6447 103 and and CC 1662 6447 104 the the DT 1662 6447 105 North North NNP 1662 6447 106 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6447 107 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6447 108 , , , 1662 6447 109 west west NN 1662 6447 110 of of IN 1662 6447 111 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 6447 112 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6447 113 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6447 114 : : : 1662 6447 115 62 62 CD 1662 6447 116 00 00 NFP 1662 6447 117 N n CD 1662 6447 118 , , , 1662 6447 119 10 10 CD 1662 6447 120 00 00 CD 1662 6447 121 E e NN 1662 6447 122 Map Map NNP 1662 6447 123 references reference NNS 1662 6447 124 : : : 1662 6447 125 Europe Europe NNP 1662 6447 126 Area Area NNP 1662 6447 127 : : : 1662 6447 128 total total NN 1662 6447 129 : : : 1662 6447 130 324,220 324,220 CD 1662 6447 131 sq sq RB 1662 6447 132 km km NNP 1662 6447 133 land land NN 1662 6447 134 : : : 1662 6447 135 307,860 307,860 CD 1662 6447 136 sq sq NN 1662 6447 137 km km NNP 1662 6447 138 water water NN 1662 6447 139 : : : 1662 6447 140 16,360 16,360 CD 1662 6447 141 sq sq NN 1662 6447 142 km km NNP 1662 6447 143 Area area NN 1662 6447 144 - - HYPH 1662 6447 145 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6447 146 : : : 1662 6447 147 slightly slightly RB 1662 6447 148 larger large JJR 1662 6447 149 than than IN 1662 6447 150 New New NNP 1662 6447 151 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 6447 152 Land Land NNP 1662 6447 153 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6447 154 : : : 1662 6447 155 total total NN 1662 6447 156 : : : 1662 6447 157 2,515 2,515 CD 1662 6447 158 km km NN 1662 6447 159 border border NN 1662 6447 160 countries country NNS 1662 6447 161 : : : 1662 6447 162 Finland finland NN 1662 6447 163 729 729 CD 1662 6447 164 km km NNS 1662 6447 165 , , , 1662 6447 166 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 6447 167 1,619 1,619 CD 1662 6447 168 km km NN 1662 6447 169 , , , 1662 6447 170 Russia Russia NNP 1662 6447 171 167 167 CD 1662 6447 172 km km NN 1662 6447 173 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6447 174 : : : 1662 6447 175 21,925 21,925 CD 1662 6447 176 km km NNS 1662 6447 177 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6447 178 includes include VBZ 1662 6447 179 mainland mainland NN 1662 6447 180 3,419 3,419 CD 1662 6447 181 km km NN 1662 6447 182 , , , 1662 6447 183 large large JJ 1662 6447 184 islands island NNS 1662 6447 185 2,413 2,413 CD 1662 6447 186 km km NNS 1662 6447 187 , , , 1662 6447 188 long long JJ 1662 6447 189 fjords fjord NNS 1662 6447 190 , , , 1662 6447 191 numerous numerous JJ 1662 6447 192 small small JJ 1662 6447 193 islands island NNS 1662 6447 194 , , , 1662 6447 195 and and CC 1662 6447 196 minor minor JJ 1662 6447 197 indentations indentation NNS 1662 6447 198 16,093 16,093 CD 1662 6447 199 km km NNS 1662 6447 200 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6447 201 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6447 202 claims claim VBZ 1662 6447 203 : : : 1662 6447 204 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 6447 205 zone zone NN 1662 6447 206 : : : 1662 6447 207 10 10 CD 1662 6447 208 nm nm NNP 1662 6447 209 continental continental NNP 1662 6447 210 shelf shelf NNP 1662 6447 211 : : : 1662 6447 212 200 200 CD 1662 6447 213 nm nm CC 1662 6447 214 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 6447 215 economic economic JJ 1662 6447 216 zone zone NN 1662 6447 217 : : : 1662 6447 218 200 200 CD 1662 6447 219 nm nm CD 1662 6447 220 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6447 221 sea sea NN 1662 6447 222 : : : 1662 6447 223 4 4 CD 1662 6447 224 nm nm NNP 1662 6447 225 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6447 226 : : : 1662 6447 227 temperate temperate VB 1662 6447 228 along along IN 1662 6447 229 coast coast NN 1662 6447 230 , , , 1662 6447 231 modified modify VBN 1662 6447 232 by by IN 1662 6447 233 North North NNP 1662 6447 234 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6447 235 Current Current NNP 1662 6447 236 ; ; : 1662 6447 237 colder colder NN 1662 6447 238 interior interior NNP 1662 6447 239 ; ; : 1662 6447 240 rainy rainy JJ 1662 6447 241 year year NN 1662 6447 242 - - HYPH 1662 6447 243 round round JJ 1662 6447 244 on on IN 1662 6447 245 west west NNP 1662 6447 246 coast coast NNP 1662 6447 247 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6447 248 : : : 1662 6447 249 glaciated glaciate VBN 1662 6447 250 ; ; : 1662 6447 251 mostly mostly RB 1662 6447 252 high high JJ 1662 6447 253 plateaus plateaus NN 1662 6447 254 and and CC 1662 6447 255 rugged rugged JJ 1662 6447 256 mountains mountain NNS 1662 6447 257 broken break VBN 1662 6447 258 by by IN 1662 6447 259 fertile fertile JJ 1662 6447 260 valleys valley NNS 1662 6447 261 ; ; , 1662 6447 262 small small JJ 1662 6447 263 , , , 1662 6447 264 scattered scatter VBN 1662 6447 265 plains plain NNS 1662 6447 266 ; ; : 1662 6447 267 coastline coastline NNP 1662 6447 268 deeply deeply RB 1662 6447 269 indented indent VBN 1662 6447 270 by by IN 1662 6447 271 fjords fjord NNS 1662 6447 272 ; ; : 1662 6447 273 arctic arctic NNP 1662 6447 274 tundra tundra NNP 1662 6447 275 in in IN 1662 6447 276 north north NNP 1662 6447 277 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6447 278 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6447 279 : : : 1662 6447 280 lowest low JJS 1662 6447 281 point point NN 1662 6447 282 : : : 1662 6447 283 Norwegian Norwegian NNP 1662 6447 284 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6447 285 0 0 NFP 1662 6447 286 m m DT 1662 6447 287 highest high JJS 1662 6447 288 point point NN 1662 6447 289 : : : 1662 6447 290 Glittertinden Glittertinden NNP 1662 6447 291 2,472 2,472 CD 1662 6447 292 m m CD 1662 6447 293 Natural natural JJ 1662 6447 294 resources resource NNS 1662 6447 295 : : : 1662 6447 296 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6447 297 , , , 1662 6447 298 copper copper NN 1662 6447 299 , , , 1662 6447 300 natural natural JJ 1662 6447 301 gas gas NN 1662 6447 302 , , , 1662 6447 303 pyrites pyrite NNS 1662 6447 304 , , , 1662 6447 305 nickel nickel NN 1662 6447 306 , , , 1662 6447 307 iron iron NN 1662 6447 308 ore ore NN 1662 6447 309 , , , 1662 6447 310 zinc zinc NN 1662 6447 311 , , , 1662 6447 312 lead lead NN 1662 6447 313 , , , 1662 6447 314 fish fish NN 1662 6447 315 , , , 1662 6447 316 timber timber NN 1662 6447 317 , , , 1662 6447 318 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 6447 319 Land Land NNP 1662 6447 320 use use NN 1662 6447 321 : : : 1662 6447 322 arable arable JJ 1662 6447 323 land land NN 1662 6447 324 : : : 1662 6447 325 3 3 CD 1662 6447 326 % % NN 1662 6447 327 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6447 328 crops crop NNS 1662 6447 329 : : : 1662 6447 330 NA% na% IN 1662 6447 331 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6447 332 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6447 333 : : : 1662 6447 334 0 0 CD 1662 6447 335 % % NN 1662 6447 336 forests forest NNS 1662 6447 337 and and CC 1662 6447 338 woodland woodland NN 1662 6447 339 : : : 1662 6447 340 27 27 CD 1662 6447 341 % % NN 1662 6447 342 other other JJ 1662 6447 343 : : : 1662 6447 344 70 70 CD 1662 6447 345 % % NN 1662 6447 346 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6447 347 1993 1993 CD 1662 6447 348 est est NNP 1662 6447 349 . . . 1662 6447 350 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6448 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6448 2 land land NN 1662 6448 3 : : : 1662 6448 4 970 970 CD 1662 6448 5 sq sq NN 1662 6448 6 km km NNP 1662 6448 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6448 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 6448 9 est est NNP 1662 6448 10 . . . 1662 6448 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6449 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 6449 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6449 3 : : : 1662 6449 4 NA NA NNP 1662 6449 5 Environment environment NN 1662 6449 6 - - HYPH 1662 6449 7 current current JJ 1662 6449 8 issues issue NNS 1662 6449 9 : : : 1662 6449 10 water water NN 1662 6449 11 pollution pollution NN 1662 6449 12 ; ; : 1662 6449 13 acid acid JJ 1662 6449 14 rain rain NN 1662 6449 15 damaging damaging JJ 1662 6449 16 forests forest NNS 1662 6449 17 and and CC 1662 6449 18 adversely adversely RB 1662 6449 19 affecting affect VBG 1662 6449 20 lakes lake NNS 1662 6449 21 , , , 1662 6449 22 threatening threaten VBG 1662 6449 23 fish fish NN 1662 6449 24 stocks stock NNS 1662 6449 25 ; ; : 1662 6449 26 air air NN 1662 6449 27 pollution pollution NN 1662 6449 28 from from IN 1662 6449 29 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 6449 30 emissions emission NNS 1662 6449 31 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6449 32 - - HYPH 1662 6449 33 international international JJ 1662 6449 34 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6449 35 : : : 1662 6449 36 party party NN 1662 6449 37 to to TO 1662 6449 38 : : : 1662 6449 39 Air Air NNP 1662 6449 40 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6449 41 , , , 1662 6449 42 Air Air NNP 1662 6449 43 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6449 44 - - HYPH 1662 6449 45 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 6449 46 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 6449 47 , , , 1662 6449 48 Air Air NNP 1662 6449 49 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6449 50 - - HYPH 1662 6449 51 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 6449 52 85 85 CD 1662 6449 53 , , , 1662 6449 54 Air Air NNP 1662 6449 55 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6449 56 - - HYPH 1662 6449 57 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 6449 58 94 94 CD 1662 6449 59 , , , 1662 6449 60 Air Air NNP 1662 6449 61 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6449 62 - - HYPH 1662 6449 63 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 6449 64 Organic Organic NNP 1662 6449 65 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 6449 66 , , , 1662 6449 67 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 6449 68 - - HYPH 1662 6449 69 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 6449 70 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 6449 71 , , , 1662 6449 72 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 6449 73 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 6449 74 , , , 1662 6449 75 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 6449 76 , , , 1662 6449 77 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6449 78 Change Change NNP 1662 6449 79 , , , 1662 6449 80 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 6449 81 , , , 1662 6449 82 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 6449 83 Species Species NNPS 1662 6449 84 , , , 1662 6449 85 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 6449 86 Modification Modification NNP 1662 6449 87 , , , 1662 6449 88 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 6449 89 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 6449 90 , , , 1662 6449 91 Law Law NNP 1662 6449 92 of of IN 1662 6449 93 the the DT 1662 6449 94 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6449 95 , , , 1662 6449 96 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6449 97 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 6449 98 , , , 1662 6449 99 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 6449 100 Test Test NNP 1662 6449 101 Ban Ban NNP 1662 6449 102 , , , 1662 6449 103 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 6449 104 Layer Layer NNP 1662 6449 105 Protection Protection NNP 1662 6449 106 , , , 1662 6449 107 Ship Ship NNP 1662 6449 108 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6449 109 , , , 1662 6449 110 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 6449 111 Timber Timber NNP 1662 6449 112 83 83 CD 1662 6449 113 , , , 1662 6449 114 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 6449 115 Timber Timber NNP 1662 6449 116 94 94 CD 1662 6449 117 , , , 1662 6449 118 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 6449 119 , , , 1662 6449 120 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155 sea sea NN 1662 6449 156 lanes lane NNS 1662 6449 157 and and CC 1662 6449 158 air air NN 1662 6449 159 routes route NNS 1662 6449 160 in in IN 1662 6449 161 North North NNP 1662 6449 162 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6449 163 ; ; : 1662 6449 164 one one CD 1662 6449 165 of of IN 1662 6449 166 most most RBS 1662 6449 167 rugged rugged JJ 1662 6449 168 and and CC 1662 6449 169 longest long JJS 1662 6449 170 coastlines coastline NNS 1662 6449 171 in in IN 1662 6449 172 world world NN 1662 6449 173 ; ; : 1662 6449 174 Norway Norway NNP 1662 6449 175 and and CC 1662 6449 176 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 6449 177 only only RB 1662 6449 178 NATO NATO NNP 1662 6449 179 members member NNS 1662 6449 180 having have VBG 1662 6449 181 a a DT 1662 6449 182 land land NN 1662 6449 183 boundary boundary JJ 1662 6449 184 with with IN 1662 6449 185 Russia Russia NNP 1662 6449 186 @Norway @norway NN 1662 6449 187 : : : 1662 6449 188 People People NNS 1662 6449 189 Population Population NNP 1662 6449 190 : : : 1662 6449 191 4,399,993 4,399,993 CD 1662 6449 192 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6449 193 July July NNP 1662 6449 194 1997 1997 CD 1662 6449 195 est est NNP 1662 6449 196 . . . 1662 6449 197 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6450 1 Age age NN 1662 6450 2 structure structure NN 1662 6450 3 : : : 1662 6450 4 0 0 CD 1662 6450 5 - - HYPH 1662 6450 6 14 14 CD 1662 6450 7 years year NNS 1662 6450 8 : : : 1662 6450 9 19 19 CD 1662 6450 10 % % NN 1662 6450 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6450 12 male male JJ 1662 6450 13 440,621 440,621 CD 1662 6450 14 ; ; : 1662 6450 15 female female JJ 1662 6450 16 417,331 417,331 CD 1662 6450 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6450 18 15 15 CD 1662 6450 19 - - SYM 1662 6450 20 64 64 CD 1662 6450 21 years year NNS 1662 6450 22 : : : 1662 6450 23 65 65 CD 1662 6450 24 % % NN 1662 6450 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6450 26 male male JJ 1662 6450 27 1,446,739 1,446,739 CD 1662 6450 28 ; ; : 1662 6450 29 female female JJ 1662 6450 30 1,399,291 1,399,291 CD 1662 6450 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6450 32 65 65 CD 1662 6450 33 years year NNS 1662 6450 34 and and CC 1662 6450 35 over over RB 1662 6450 36 : : : 1662 6450 37 16 16 CD 1662 6450 38 % % NN 1662 6450 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6450 40 male male JJ 1662 6450 41 289,426 289,426 CD 1662 6450 42 ; ; : 1662 6450 43 female female JJ 1662 6450 44 406,585 406,585 CD 1662 6450 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6450 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6450 47 July July NNP 1662 6450 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 6450 49 est est NNP 1662 6450 50 . . . 1662 6450 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6451 1 Population population NN 1662 6451 2 growth growth NN 1662 6451 3 rate rate NN 1662 6451 4 : : : 1662 6451 5 0.47 0.47 CD 1662 6451 6 % % NN 1662 6451 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6451 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6451 9 est est NNP 1662 6451 10 . . . 1662 6451 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6452 1 Birth birth NN 1662 6452 2 rate rate NN 1662 6452 3 : : : 1662 6452 4 13.25 13.25 CD 1662 6452 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 6452 6 population population NN 1662 6452 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6452 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6452 9 est est NNP 1662 6452 10 . . . 1662 6452 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6453 1 Death death NN 1662 6453 2 rate rate NN 1662 6453 3 : : : 1662 6453 4 10.22 10.22 CD 1662 6453 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6453 6 population population NN 1662 6453 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6453 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6453 9 est est NNP 1662 6453 10 . . . 1662 6453 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6454 1 Net net JJ 1662 6454 2 migration migration NN 1662 6454 3 rate rate NN 1662 6454 4 : : : 1662 6454 5 1.66 1.66 CD 1662 6454 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 6454 7 population population NN 1662 6454 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6454 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6454 10 est est NNP 1662 6454 11 . . . 1662 6454 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6455 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6455 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6455 3 : : : 1662 6455 4 at at IN 1662 6455 5 birth birth NN 1662 6455 6 : : : 1662 6455 7 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 6455 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6455 9 under under IN 1662 6455 10 15 15 CD 1662 6455 11 years year NNS 1662 6455 12 : : : 1662 6455 13 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 6455 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6455 15 15 15 CD 1662 6455 16 - - SYM 1662 6455 17 64 64 CD 1662 6455 18 years year NNS 1662 6455 19 : : : 1662 6455 20 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 6455 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6455 22 65 65 CD 1662 6455 23 years year NNS 1662 6455 24 and and CC 1662 6455 25 over over IN 1662 6455 26 : : : 1662 6455 27 0.71 0.71 CD 1662 6455 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 6455 29 total total JJ 1662 6455 30 population population NN 1662 6455 31 : : : 1662 6455 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 6455 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6455 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6455 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 6455 36 est e JJS 1662 6455 37 . . . 1662 6455 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6456 1 Infant infant NN 1662 6456 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 6456 3 rate rate NN 1662 6456 4 : : : 1662 6456 5 5.1 5.1 CD 1662 6456 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6456 7 live live JJ 1662 6456 8 births birth NNS 1662 6456 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6456 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 6456 11 est est NNP 1662 6456 12 . . . 1662 6456 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6457 1 Life life NN 1662 6457 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 6457 3 at at IN 1662 6457 4 birth birth NN 1662 6457 5 : : : 1662 6457 6 total total JJ 1662 6457 7 population population NN 1662 6457 8 : : : 1662 6457 9 78.09 78.09 CD 1662 6457 10 years year NNS 1662 6457 11 male male JJ 1662 6457 12 : : : 1662 6457 13 75.29 75.29 CD 1662 6457 14 years year NNS 1662 6457 15 female female JJ 1662 6457 16 : : : 1662 6457 17 81.07 81.07 CD 1662 6457 18 years year NNS 1662 6457 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6457 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 6457 21 est est NNP 1662 6457 22 . . . 1662 6457 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6458 1 Total total JJ 1662 6458 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 6458 3 rate rate NN 1662 6458 4 : : : 1662 6458 5 1.83 1.83 CD 1662 6458 6 children child NNS 1662 6458 7 born bear VBN 1662 6458 8 / / SYM 1662 6458 9 woman woman NN 1662 6458 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6458 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6458 12 est est NNP 1662 6458 13 . . . 1662 6458 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6459 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 6459 2 : : : 1662 6459 3 noun noun NNP 1662 6459 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; ; : 1662 6460 62 Akershus Akershus NNP 1662 6460 63 , , , 1662 6460 64 Aust Aust NNP 1662 6460 65 - - HYPH 1662 6460 66 Agder Agder NNP 1662 6460 67 , , , 1662 6460 68 Buskerud Buskerud NNP 1662 6460 69 , , , 1662 6460 70 Finnmark Finnmark NNP 1662 6460 71 , , , 1662 6460 72 Hedmark Hedmark NNP 1662 6460 73 , , , 1662 6460 74 Hordaland Hordaland NNP 1662 6460 75 , , , 1662 6460 76 More More JJR 1662 6460 77 og og NNP 1662 6460 78 Romsdal Romsdal NNP 1662 6460 79 , , , 1662 6460 80 Nordland Nordland NNP 1662 6460 81 , , , 1662 6460 82 Nord Nord NNP 1662 6460 83 - - HYPH 1662 6460 84 Trondelag Trondelag NNP 1662 6460 85 , , , 1662 6460 86 Oppland Oppland NNP 1662 6460 87 , , , 1662 6460 88 Oslo Oslo NNP 1662 6460 89 , , , 1662 6460 90 Ostfold Ostfold NNP 1662 6460 91 , , , 1662 6460 92 Rogaland Rogaland NNP 1662 6460 93 , , , 1662 6460 94 Sogn Sogn NNP 1662 6460 95 og og NNP 1662 6460 96 Fjordane Fjordane NNP 1662 6460 97 , , , 1662 6460 98 Sor Sor NNP 1662 6460 99 - - HYPH 1662 6460 100 Trondelag Trondelag NNP 1662 6460 101 , , , 1662 6460 102 Telemark Telemark NNP 1662 6460 103 , , , 1662 6460 104 Troms Troms NNPS 1662 6460 105 , , , 1662 6460 106 Vest Vest NNP 1662 6460 107 - - HYPH 1662 6460 108 Agder Agder NNP 1662 6460 109 , , , 1662 6460 110 Vestfold Vestfold NNP 1662 6460 111 Dependent dependent JJ 1662 6460 112 areas area NNS 1662 6460 113 : : : 1662 6460 114 Bouvet Bouvet NNP 1662 6460 115 Island Island NNP 1662 6460 116 , , , 1662 6460 117 Jan Jan NNP 1662 6460 118 Mayen Mayen NNP 1662 6460 119 , , , 1662 6460 120 Svalbard Svalbard NNP 1662 6460 121 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6460 122 : : : 1662 6460 123 26 26 CD 1662 6460 124 October October NNP 1662 6460 125 1905 1905 CD 1662 6460 126 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6460 127 from from IN 1662 6460 128 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 6460 129 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6460 130 National national JJ 1662 6460 131 holiday holiday NN 1662 6460 132 : : : 1662 6460 133 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 6460 134 Day Day NNP 1662 6460 135 , , , 1662 6460 136 17 17 CD 1662 6460 137 May May NNP 1662 6460 138 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6460 139 1814 1814 CD 1662 6460 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6460 141 Constitution constitution NN 1662 6460 142 : : : 1662 6460 143 17 17 CD 1662 6460 144 May May NNP 1662 6460 145 1814 1814 CD 1662 6460 146 , , , 1662 6460 147 modified modify VBN 1662 6460 148 in in IN 1662 6460 149 1884 1884 CD 1662 6460 150 Legal legal JJ 1662 6460 151 system system NN 1662 6460 152 : : : 1662 6460 153 mixture mixture NN 1662 6460 154 of of IN 1662 6460 155 customary customary JJ 1662 6460 156 law law NN 1662 6460 157 , , , 1662 6460 158 civil civil JJ 1662 6460 159 law law NN 1662 6460 160 system system NN 1662 6460 161 , , , 1662 6460 162 and and CC 1662 6460 163 common common JJ 1662 6460 164 law law NN 1662 6460 165 traditions tradition NNS 1662 6460 166 ; ; : 1662 6460 167 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 6460 168 Court Court NNP 1662 6460 169 renders render VBZ 1662 6460 170 advisory advisory JJ 1662 6460 171 opinions opinion 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6460 207 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6460 208 ; ; : 1662 6460 209 Heir Heir NNP 1662 6460 210 Apparent apparent JJ 1662 6460 211 Crown Crown NNP 1662 6460 212 Prince Prince NNP 1662 6460 213 HAAKON HAAKON NNP 1662 6460 214 MAGNUS MAGNUS NNP 1662 6460 215 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6460 216 born bear VBN 1662 6460 217 20 20 CD 1662 6460 218 July July NNP 1662 6460 219 1973 1973 CD 1662 6460 220 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6460 221 head head NN 1662 6460 222 of of IN 1662 6460 223 government government NN 1662 6460 224 : : : 1662 6460 225 Prime Prime NNP 1662 6460 226 Minister Minister NNP 1662 6460 227 Thorbjoern Thorbjoern NNP 1662 6460 228 JAGLAND JAGLAND NNP 1662 6460 229 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6460 230 since since IN 1662 6460 231 25 25 CD 1662 6460 232 October October NNP 1662 6460 233 1996 1996 CD 1662 6460 234 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6460 235 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 6460 236 : : : 1662 6460 237 State State NNP 1662 6460 238 Council Council NNP 1662 6460 239 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6460 240 by by IN 1662 6460 241 the the DT 1662 6460 242 king king NN 1662 6460 243 with with IN 1662 6460 244 the the DT 1662 6460 245 approval approval NN 1662 6460 246 of of IN 1662 6460 247 the the DT 1662 6460 248 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 6460 249 elections election NNS 1662 6460 250 : : : 1662 6460 251 none none NN 1662 6460 252 ; ; : 1662 6460 253 the the DT 1662 6460 254 king king NN 1662 6460 255 is be VBZ 1662 6460 256 a a DT 1662 6460 257 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 6460 258 monarch monarch NN 1662 6460 259 ; ; : 1662 6460 260 following follow VBG 1662 6460 261 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 6460 262 elections election NNS 1662 6460 263 , , , 1662 6460 264 the the DT 1662 6460 265 leader leader NN 1662 6460 266 of of IN 1662 6460 267 the the DT 1662 6460 268 majority majority NNP 1662 6460 269 party party NN 1662 6460 270 or or CC 1662 6460 271 leader leader NN 1662 6460 272 of of IN 1662 6460 273 a a DT 1662 6460 274 majority majority NN 1662 6460 275 coalition coalition NN 1662 6460 276 is be VBZ 1662 6460 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- HYPH 1662 6474 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 6474 26 price price NN 1662 6474 27 index index NN 1662 6474 28 : : : 1662 6474 29 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 6474 30 % % NN 1662 6474 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6474 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 6474 33 est est NNP 1662 6474 34 . . . 1662 6474 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6475 1 Labor labor NN 1662 6475 2 force force NN 1662 6475 3 : : : 1662 6475 4 total total NN 1662 6475 5 : : : 1662 6475 6 2.13 2.13 CD 1662 6475 7 million million CD 1662 6475 8 by by IN 1662 6475 9 occupation occupation NN 1662 6475 10 : : : 1662 6475 11 services service NNS 1662 6475 12 71 71 CD 1662 6475 13 % % NN 1662 6475 14 , , , 1662 6475 15 industry industry NN 1662 6475 16 23 23 CD 1662 6475 17 % % NN 1662 6475 18 , , , 1662 6475 19 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6475 20 , , , 1662 6475 21 forestry forestry NN 1662 6475 22 , , , 1662 6475 23 and and CC 1662 6475 24 fishing fish VBG 1662 6475 25 6 6 CD 1662 6475 26 % % NN 1662 6475 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6475 28 1993 1993 CD 1662 6475 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6475 30 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 6475 31 rate rate NN 1662 6475 32 : : : 1662 6475 33 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 6475 34 % % NN 1662 6475 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6475 36 1996 1996 CD 1662 6475 37 est est NNP 1662 6475 38 . . . 1662 6475 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6476 1 Budget budget NN 1662 6476 2 : : : 1662 6476 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 6476 4 : : : 1662 6476 5 $ $ $ 1662 6476 6 48.6 48.6 CD 1662 6476 7 billion billion CD 1662 6476 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6476 9 : : : 1662 6476 10 $ $ $ 1662 6476 11 53 53 CD 1662 6476 12 billion billion CD 1662 6476 13 , , , 1662 6476 14 including include VBG 1662 6476 15 capital capital NN 1662 6476 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6476 17 of of IN 1662 6476 18 $ $ $ 1662 6476 19 NA na NN 1662 6476 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6476 21 1994 1994 CD 1662 6476 22 est est NNP 1662 6476 23 . . . 1662 6476 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6477 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 6477 2 : : : 1662 6477 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6477 4 and and CC 1662 6477 5 gas gas NN 1662 6477 6 , , , 1662 6477 7 food food NN 1662 6477 8 processing processing NN 1662 6477 9 , , , 1662 6477 10 shipbuilding shipbuilding NN 1662 6477 11 , , , 1662 6477 12 pulp pulp NN 1662 6477 13 and and CC 1662 6477 14 paper paper NN 1662 6477 15 products product NNS 1662 6477 16 , , , 1662 6477 17 metals metal NNS 1662 6477 18 , , , 1662 6477 19 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 6477 20 , , , 1662 6477 21 timber timber NN 1662 6477 22 , , , 1662 6477 23 mining mining NN 1662 6477 24 , , , 1662 6477 25 textiles textile NNS 1662 6477 26 , , , 1662 6477 27 fishing fish VBG 1662 6477 28 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 6477 29 production production NN 1662 6477 30 growth growth NN 1662 6477 31 rate rate NN 1662 6477 32 : : : 1662 6477 33 3 3 CD 1662 6477 34 % % NN 1662 6477 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6477 36 1996 1996 CD 1662 6477 37 est est NNP 1662 6477 38 . . . 1662 6477 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6478 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6478 2 - 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NNP 1662 6479 134 , , , 1662 6479 135 1995 1995 CD 1662 6479 136 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6479 137 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6479 138 : : : 1662 6479 139 machinery machinery NN 1662 6479 140 and and CC 1662 6479 141 equipment equipment NN 1662 6479 142 and and CC 1662 6479 143 manufactured manufactured JJ 1662 6479 144 consumer consumer NN 1662 6479 145 goods good NNS 1662 6479 146 54 54 CD 1662 6479 147 % % NN 1662 6479 148 , , , 1662 6479 149 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 6479 150 and and CC 1662 6479 151 other other JJ 1662 6479 152 industrial industrial JJ 1662 6479 153 inputs input NNS 1662 6479 154 39 39 CD 1662 6479 155 % % NN 1662 6479 156 , , , 1662 6479 157 foodstuffs foodstuff VBZ 1662 6479 158 6 6 CD 1662 6479 159 % % NN 1662 6479 160 partners partner NNS 1662 6479 161 : : : 1662 6479 162 EU EU NNP 1662 6479 163 71.0 71.0 CD 1662 6479 164 % % NN 1662 6479 165 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6479 166 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 6479 167 15.4 15.4 CD 1662 6479 168 % % NN 1662 6479 169 , , , 1662 6479 170 Germany Germany NNP 1662 6479 171 13.8 13.8 CD 1662 6479 172 % % NN 1662 6479 173 , , , 1662 6479 174 UK UK NNP 1662 6479 175 9.7 9.7 CD 1662 6479 176 % % NN 1662 6479 177 , , , 1662 6479 178 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 6479 179 7.5 7.5 CD 1662 6479 180 % % NN 1662 6479 181 , , , 1662 6479 182 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6479 183 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 6479 184 % % NN 1662 6479 185 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6479 186 , , , 1662 6479 187 US US NNP 1662 6479 188 6.6 6.6 CD 1662 6479 189 % % NN 1662 6479 190 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6479 191 1995 1995 CD 1662 6479 192 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6479 193 Debt debt NN 1662 6479 194 - - HYPH 1662 6479 195 external external JJ 1662 6479 196 : : : 1662 6479 197 $ $ $ 1662 6479 198 NA na JJ 1662 6479 199 Economic economic JJ 1662 6479 200 aid aid NN 1662 6479 201 : : : 1662 6479 202 donor donor NN 1662 6479 203 : : : 1662 6479 204 ODA ODA NNP 1662 6479 205 , , , 1662 6479 206 $ $ $ 1662 6479 207 1.014 1.014 CD 1662 6479 208 billion billion CD 1662 6479 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6479 210 1993 1993 CD 1662 6479 211 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6479 212 Currency currency NN 1662 6479 213 : : : 1662 6479 214 1 1 CD 1662 6479 215 Norwegian norwegian JJ 1662 6479 216 krone krone NN 1662 6479 217 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6479 218 NKr NKr NNP 1662 6479 219 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6479 220 = = NFP 1662 6479 221 100 100 CD 1662 6479 222 oere oere JJ 1662 6479 223 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 6479 224 rates rate NNS 1662 6479 225 : : : 1662 6479 226 Norwegian norwegian JJ 1662 6479 227 kroner kroner NN 1662 6479 228 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6479 229 NKr nkr NN 1662 6479 230 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6479 231 per per IN 1662 6479 232 US$ us$ $ 1662 6479 233 1 1 CD 1662 6479 234 - - SYM 1662 6479 235 6.4475 6.4475 CD 1662 6479 236 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6479 237 January January NNP 1662 6479 238 1997 1997 CD 1662 6479 239 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6479 240 , , , 1662 6479 241 6.4498 6.4498 CD 1662 6479 242 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6479 243 1996 1996 CD 1662 6479 244 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6479 245 , , , 1662 6479 246 6.3352 6.3352 CD 1662 6479 247 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6479 248 1995 1995 CD 1662 6479 249 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6479 250 , , , 1662 6479 251 7.0576 7.0576 CD 1662 6479 252 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6479 253 1994 1994 CD 1662 6479 254 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6479 255 , , , 1662 6479 256 7.0941 7.0941 CD 1662 6479 257 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6479 258 1993 1993 CD 1662 6479 259 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6479 260 , , , 1662 6479 261 6.2145 6.2145 CD 1662 6479 262 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6479 263 1992 1992 CD 1662 6479 264 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6479 265 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6479 266 year year NN 1662 6479 267 : : : 1662 6479 268 calendar calendar NNP 1662 6479 269 year year NN 1662 6479 270 @Norway @norway DT 1662 6479 271 : : : 1662 6479 272 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 6479 273 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 6479 274 : : : 1662 6479 275 2.39 2.39 CD 1662 6479 276 million million CD 1662 6479 277 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6479 278 1994 1994 CD 1662 6479 279 est est NNP 1662 6479 280 . . . 1662 6480 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6480 2 ; ; : 1662 6480 3 470,000 470,000 CD 1662 6480 4 mobile mobile JJ 1662 6480 5 phones phone NNS 1662 6480 6 in in IN 1662 6480 7 use use NN 1662 6480 8 in in IN 1662 6480 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 6480 10 Telephone Telephone NNP 1662 6480 11 system system NN 1662 6480 12 : : : 1662 6480 13 high high JJ 1662 6480 14 - - HYPH 1662 6480 15 quality quality NN 1662 6480 16 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6480 17 and and CC 1662 6480 18 international international JJ 1662 6480 19 telephone telephone NN 1662 6480 20 , , , 1662 6480 21 telegraph telegraph NN 1662 6480 22 , , , 1662 6480 23 and and CC 1662 6480 24 telex telex NN 1662 6480 25 services service NNS 1662 6480 26 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6480 27 : : : 1662 6480 28 NA NA NNP 1662 6480 29 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6480 30 satellite satellite NN 1662 6480 31 earth earth NN 1662 6480 32 stations station NNS 1662 6480 33 international international JJ 1662 6480 34 : : : 1662 6480 35 2 2 CD 1662 6480 36 buried bury VBN 1662 6480 37 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 6480 38 cable cable NN 1662 6480 39 systems system NNS 1662 6480 40 ; ; : 1662 6480 41 4 4 CD 1662 6480 42 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 6480 43 submarine submarine NN 1662 6480 44 cables cable NNS 1662 6480 45 ; ; : 1662 6480 46 satellite satellite NN 1662 6480 47 earth earth NN 1662 6480 48 stations station NNS 1662 6480 49 - - : 1662 6480 50 NA NA NNP 1662 6480 51 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNP 1662 6480 52 , , , 1662 6480 53 NA NA NNP 1662 6480 54 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6480 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6480 56 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6480 57 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6480 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6480 59 , , , 1662 6480 60 and and CC 1662 6480 61 1 1 CD 1662 6480 62 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 6480 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6480 64 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6480 65 and and CC 1662 6480 66 Indian Indian NNP 1662 6480 67 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6480 68 Regions Regions NNPS 1662 6480 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6480 70 ; ; : 1662 6480 71 note note NN 1662 6480 72 - - HYPH 1662 6480 73 Norway Norway NNP 1662 6480 74 shares share VBZ 1662 6480 75 the the DT 1662 6480 76 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 6480 77 earth earth NN 1662 6480 78 station station NN 1662 6480 79 with with IN 1662 6480 80 the the DT 1662 6480 81 other other JJ 1662 6480 82 Nordic nordic JJ 1662 6480 83 countries country NNS 1662 6480 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6480 85 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 6480 86 , , , 1662 6480 87 Finland Finland NNP 1662 6480 88 , , , 1662 6480 89 Iceland Iceland NNP 1662 6480 90 , , , 1662 6480 91 and and CC 1662 6480 92 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 6480 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6480 94 Radio Radio NNP 1662 6480 95 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6480 96 stations station NNS 1662 6480 97 : : : 1662 6480 98 AM am VBP 1662 6480 99 46 46 CD 1662 6480 100 , , , 1662 6480 101 FM FM NNP 1662 6480 102 493 493 CD 1662 6480 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6480 104 350 350 CD 1662 6480 105 private private JJ 1662 6480 106 and and CC 1662 6480 107 143 143 CD 1662 6480 108 government government NN 1662 6480 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6480 110 , , , 1662 6480 111 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 6480 112 0 0 CD 1662 6480 113 Radios radio NNS 1662 6480 114 : : : 1662 6480 115 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 6480 116 million million CD 1662 6480 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6480 118 1993 1993 CD 1662 6480 119 est est NNP 1662 6480 120 . . . 1662 6480 121 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6481 1 Television television NN 1662 6481 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6481 3 stations station NNS 1662 6481 4 : : : 1662 6481 5 54 54 CD 1662 6481 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6481 7 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 6481 8 2,100 2,100 CD 1662 6481 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6481 10 Televisions television NNS 1662 6481 11 : : : 1662 6481 12 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 6481 13 million million CD 1662 6481 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6481 15 1993 1993 CD 1662 6481 16 est est NNP 1662 6481 17 . . . 1662 6481 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6482 1 @Norway @norway LS 1662 6482 2 : : : 1662 6482 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 6482 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 6482 5 : : : 1662 6482 6 total total NN 1662 6482 7 : : : 1662 6482 8 4,027 4,027 CD 1662 6482 9 km km NN 1662 6482 10 standard standard JJ 1662 6482 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 6482 12 : : : 1662 6482 13 4,027 4,027 CD 1662 6482 14 km km NN 1662 6482 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 6482 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 6482 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6482 18 2422 2422 CD 1662 6482 19 km km NNS 1662 6482 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 6482 21 ; ; : 1662 6482 22 96 96 CD 1662 6482 23 km km NN 1662 6482 24 double double JJ 1662 6482 25 track track NN 1662 6482 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6482 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6482 28 1995 1995 CD 1662 6482 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6482 30 Highways highway NNS 1662 6482 31 : : : 1662 6482 32 total total NN 1662 6482 33 : : : 1662 6482 34 90,261 90,261 CD 1662 6482 35 km km NN 1662 6482 36 paved pave VBN 1662 6482 37 : : : 1662 6482 38 66,342 66,342 CD 1662 6482 39 km km NNS 1662 6482 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6482 41 including include VBG 1662 6482 42 105 105 CD 1662 6482 43 km km NNS 1662 6482 44 of of IN 1662 6482 45 expressways expressway NNS 1662 6482 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6482 47 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6482 48 : : : 1662 6482 49 23,919 23,919 CD 1662 6482 50 km km NNS 1662 6482 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6482 52 1995 1995 CD 1662 6482 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6482 54 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 6482 55 : : : 1662 6482 56 1,577 1,577 CD 1662 6482 57 km km NN 1662 6482 58 along along IN 1662 6482 59 west west NNP 1662 6482 60 coast coast NNP 1662 6482 61 ; ; : 1662 6482 62 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 6482 63 m m NN 1662 6482 64 draft draft NN 1662 6482 65 vessels vessel NNS 1662 6482 66 maximum maximum JJ 1662 6482 67 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 6482 68 : : : 1662 6482 69 refined refined JJ 1662 6482 70 products product NNS 1662 6482 71 53 53 CD 1662 6482 72 km km NN 1662 6482 73 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 6482 74 and and CC 1662 6482 75 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6482 76 : : : 1662 6482 77 Bergen Bergen NNP 1662 6482 78 , , , 1662 6482 79 Drammen Drammen NNP 1662 6482 80 , , , 1662 6482 81 Floro Floro NNP 1662 6482 82 , , , 1662 6482 83 Hammerfest Hammerfest NNP 1662 6482 84 , , , 1662 6482 85 Harstad Harstad NNP 1662 6482 86 , , , 1662 6482 87 Haugesund Haugesund NNP 1662 6482 88 , , , 1662 6482 89 Kristiansand Kristiansand NNP 1662 6482 90 , , , 1662 6482 91 Larvik Larvik NNP 1662 6482 92 , , , 1662 6482 93 Narvik Narvik NNP 1662 6482 94 , , , 1662 6482 95 Oslo Oslo NNP 1662 6482 96 , , , 1662 6482 97 Porsgrunn Porsgrunn NNP 1662 6482 98 , , , 1662 6482 99 Stavanger Stavanger NNP 1662 6482 100 , , , 1662 6482 101 Tromso Tromso NNP 1662 6482 102 , , , 1662 6482 103 Trondheim Trondheim NNP 1662 6482 104 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 6482 105 marine marine RB 1662 6482 106 : : : 1662 6482 107 total total NN 1662 6482 108 : : : 1662 6482 109 718 718 CD 1662 6482 110 ships ship NNS 1662 6482 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6482 112 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6482 113 GRT GRT NNP 1662 6482 114 or or CC 1662 6482 115 over over RB 1662 6482 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6482 117 totaling total VBG 1662 6482 118 19,401,580 19,401,580 CD 1662 6482 119 GRT/31,740,273 grt/31,740,273 CD 1662 6482 120 DWT DWT NNP 1662 6482 121 ships ship NNS 1662 6482 122 by by IN 1662 6482 123 type type NN 1662 6482 124 : : : 1662 6482 125 bulk bulk NNP 1662 6482 126 102 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6486 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 6486 2 : : : 1662 6486 3 1 1 CD 1662 6486 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6486 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6486 6 est est NNP 1662 6486 7 . . . 1662 6486 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6487 1 Military military JJ 1662 6487 2 Military military JJ 1662 6487 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6487 4 : : : 1662 6487 5 Norwegian Norwegian NNP 1662 6487 6 Army Army NNP 1662 6487 7 , , , 1662 6487 8 Royal Royal NNP 1662 6487 9 Norwegian Norwegian NNP 1662 6487 10 Navy Navy NNP 1662 6487 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6487 12 includes include VBZ 1662 6487 13 Coast Coast NNP 1662 6487 14 Artillery Artillery NNP 1662 6487 15 and and CC 1662 6487 16 Coast Coast NNP 1662 6487 17 Guard Guard NNP 1662 6487 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6487 19 , , , 1662 6487 20 Royal Royal NNP 1662 6487 21 Norwegian Norwegian NNP 1662 6487 22 Air Air NNP 1662 6487 23 Force Force NNP 1662 6487 24 , , , 1662 6487 25 Home Home NNP 1662 6487 26 Guard Guard NNP 1662 6487 27 Military Military NNP 1662 6487 28 manpower manpower NN 1662 6487 29 - - HYPH 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6490 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6490 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 6490 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6490 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6490 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6490 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 6490 28 - - : 1662 6490 29 international international RB 1662 6490 30 : : : 1662 6490 31 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6490 32 claim claim NN 1662 6490 33 in in IN 1662 6490 34 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 6490 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6490 36 Queen Queen NNP 1662 6490 37 Maud Maud NNP 1662 6490 38 Land Land NNP 1662 6490 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6490 40 ; ; : 1662 6490 41 Svalbard Svalbard NNP 1662 6490 42 is be VBZ 1662 6490 43 the the DT 1662 6490 44 focus focus NN 1662 6490 45 of of IN 1662 6490 46 a a DT 1662 6490 47 maritime maritime JJ 1662 6490 48 boundary boundary JJ 1662 6490 49 dispute dispute NN 1662 6490 50 in in IN 1662 6490 51 the the DT 1662 6490 52 Barents Barents NNP 1662 6490 53 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6490 54 between between IN 1662 6490 55 Norway Norway NNP 1662 6490 56 and and CC 1662 6490 57 Russia 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NNP 1662 6490 95 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 96 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 97 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 98 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 99 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 100 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 101 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 102 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 103 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 104 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 105 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 106 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 107 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 108 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 109 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 110 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 111 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 112 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 113 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 114 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 115 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 116 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 117 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 118 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 119 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 120 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 121 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 122 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 123 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 124 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 125 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 126 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 127 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 128 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 129 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 130 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 131 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 132 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 133 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 134 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 135 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 136 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 137 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 138 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 139 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 140 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 141 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 142 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 143 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 144 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 145 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 146 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 147 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 148 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 149 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 150 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 151 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 152 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 153 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 154 _ _ NNP 1662 6490 155 OMAN OMAN NNP 1662 6490 156 @Oman @oman NN 1662 6490 157 : : : 1662 6490 158 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6490 159 Location Location NNP 1662 6490 160 : : : 1662 6490 161 Middle Middle NNP 1662 6490 162 East East NNP 1662 6490 163 , , , 1662 6490 164 bordering border VBG 1662 6490 165 the the DT 1662 6490 166 Arabian Arabian NNP 1662 6490 167 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6490 168 , , , 1662 6490 169 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 6490 170 of of IN 1662 6490 171 Oman Oman NNP 1662 6490 172 , , , 1662 6490 173 and and CC 1662 6490 174 Persian Persian NNP 1662 6490 175 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 6490 176 , , , 1662 6490 177 between between IN 1662 6490 178 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 6490 179 and and CC 1662 6490 180 UAE UAE NNP 1662 6490 181 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6490 182 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6490 183 : : : 1662 6490 184 21 21 CD 1662 6490 185 00 00 CD 1662 6490 186 N n CD 1662 6490 187 , , , 1662 6490 188 57 57 CD 1662 6490 189 00 00 NFP 1662 6490 190 E e NN 1662 6490 191 Map Map NNP 1662 6490 192 references reference NNS 1662 6490 193 : : : 1662 6490 194 Middle Middle NNP 1662 6490 195 East East NNP 1662 6490 196 Area Area NNP 1662 6490 197 : : : 1662 6490 198 total total NN 1662 6490 199 : : : 1662 6490 200 212,460 212,460 CD 1662 6490 201 sq sq NN 1662 6490 202 km km NNP 1662 6490 203 land land NN 1662 6490 204 : : : 1662 6490 205 212,460 212,460 CD 1662 6490 206 sq sq NNP 1662 6490 207 km km NNP 1662 6490 208 water water NN 1662 6490 209 : : : 1662 6490 210 0 0 NFP 1662 6490 211 sq sq NN 1662 6490 212 km km NNP 1662 6490 213 Area area NN 1662 6490 214 - - HYPH 1662 6490 215 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6490 216 : : : 1662 6490 217 slightly slightly 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1662 6490 255 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 6490 256 economic economic JJ 1662 6490 257 zone zone NN 1662 6490 258 : : : 1662 6490 259 200 200 CD 1662 6490 260 nm nm CD 1662 6490 261 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6490 262 sea sea NN 1662 6490 263 : : : 1662 6490 264 12 12 CD 1662 6490 265 nm nm NNP 1662 6490 266 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6490 267 : : : 1662 6490 268 dry dry JJ 1662 6490 269 desert desert NN 1662 6490 270 ; ; , 1662 6490 271 hot hot JJ 1662 6490 272 , , , 1662 6490 273 humid humid JJ 1662 6490 274 along along IN 1662 6490 275 coast coast NN 1662 6490 276 ; ; , 1662 6490 277 hot hot JJ 1662 6490 278 , , , 1662 6490 279 dry dry JJ 1662 6490 280 interior interior NN 1662 6490 281 ; ; : 1662 6490 282 strong strong JJ 1662 6490 283 southwest southwest NN 1662 6490 284 summer summer NN 1662 6490 285 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 6490 286 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6490 287 May May NNP 1662 6490 288 to to IN 1662 6490 289 September September NNP 1662 6490 290 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6490 291 in in IN 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woodland NN 1662 6490 366 : : : 1662 6490 367 NA% NA% NNS 1662 6490 368 other other JJ 1662 6490 369 : : : 1662 6490 370 95 95 CD 1662 6490 371 % % NN 1662 6490 372 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6490 373 1993 1993 CD 1662 6490 374 est est NNP 1662 6490 375 . . . 1662 6490 376 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6491 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6491 2 land land NN 1662 6491 3 : : : 1662 6491 4 580 580 CD 1662 6491 5 sq sq NNP 1662 6491 6 km km NNP 1662 6491 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6491 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 6491 9 est est NNP 1662 6491 10 . . . 1662 6491 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6492 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 6492 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6492 3 : : : 1662 6492 4 summer summer NN 1662 6492 5 winds wind NNS 1662 6492 6 often often RB 1662 6492 7 raise raise VBP 1662 6492 8 large large JJ 1662 6492 9 sandstorms sandstorm NNS 1662 6492 10 and and CC 1662 6492 11 dust dust NN 1662 6492 12 storms storm NNS 1662 6492 13 in in IN 1662 6492 14 interior interior NNP 1662 6492 15 ; ; : 1662 6492 16 periodic periodic JJ 1662 6492 17 droughts 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Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 6492 53 , , , 1662 6492 54 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 6492 55 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 6492 56 , , , 1662 6492 57 Law Law NNP 1662 6492 58 of of IN 1662 6492 59 the the DT 1662 6492 60 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6492 61 , , , 1662 6492 62 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6492 63 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 6492 64 , , , 1662 6492 65 Ship Ship NNP 1662 6492 66 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6492 67 signed sign VBD 1662 6492 68 , , , 1662 6492 69 but but CC 1662 6492 70 not not RB 1662 6492 71 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6492 72 : : : 1662 6492 73 none none NN 1662 6492 74 of of IN 1662 6492 75 the the DT 1662 6492 76 selected select VBN 1662 6492 77 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6492 78 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6492 79 - - HYPH 1662 6492 80 note note NNP 1662 6492 81 : : : 1662 6492 82 strategic strategic JJ 1662 6492 83 location location NN 1662 6492 84 with with IN 1662 6492 85 small small JJ 1662 6492 86 foothold foothold NN 1662 6492 87 on on IN 1662 6492 88 Musandam Musandam NNP 1662 6492 89 Peninsula Peninsula NNP 1662 6492 90 controlling control VBG 1662 6492 91 Strait Strait NNP 1662 6492 92 of of IN 1662 6492 93 Hormuz Hormuz NNP 1662 6492 94 , , , 1662 6492 95 a a DT 1662 6492 96 vital vital JJ 1662 6492 97 transit transit NN 1662 6492 98 point point NN 1662 6492 99 for for IN 1662 6492 100 world world NN 1662 6492 101 crude crude JJ 1662 6492 102 oil oil NN 1662 6492 103 @Oman @oman NN 1662 6492 104 : : : 1662 6492 105 People People NNPS 1662 6492 106 Population Population NNP 1662 6492 107 : : : 1662 6492 108 2,264,590 2,264,590 CD 1662 6492 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6492 110 July July NNP 1662 6492 111 1997 1997 CD 1662 6492 112 est est NNP 1662 6492 113 . . . 1662 6492 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6493 1 Age age NN 1662 6493 2 structure structure NN 1662 6493 3 : : : 1662 6493 4 0 0 CD 1662 6493 5 - - HYPH 1662 6493 6 14 14 CD 1662 6493 7 years year NNS 1662 6493 8 : : : 1662 6493 9 46 46 CD 1662 6493 10 % % NN 1662 6493 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6493 12 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implemented implement VBN 1662 6502 419 in in IN 1662 6502 420 1997 1997 CD 1662 6502 421 , , , 1662 6502 422 provides provide VBZ 1662 6502 423 for for IN 1662 6502 424 an an DT 1662 6502 425 upper upper JJ 1662 6502 426 chamber chamber NN 1662 6502 427 - - : 1662 6502 428 the the DT 1662 6502 429 Majlis Majlis NNP 1662 6502 430 ad ad NN 1662 6502 431 - - HYPH 1662 6502 432 Dawla Dawla NNP 1662 6502 433 or or CC 1662 6502 434 State State NNP 1662 6502 435 Council Council NNP 1662 6502 436 ; ; : 1662 6502 437 also also RB 1662 6502 438 the the DT 1662 6502 439 Majlis Majlis NNP 1662 6502 440 ash ash NN 1662 6502 441 - - HYPH 1662 6502 442 Shura Shura NNP 1662 6502 443 will will MD 1662 6502 444 be be VB 1662 6502 445 expanded expand VBN 1662 6502 446 to to IN 1662 6502 447 110 110 CD 1662 6502 448 members member NNS 1662 6502 449 ; ; : 1662 6502 450 the the DT 1662 6502 451 resulting result VBG 1662 6502 452 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 6502 453 legislature legislature NN 1662 6502 454 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IMF IMF NNP 1662 6502 529 , , , 1662 6502 530 IMO imo RB 1662 6502 531 , , , 1662 6502 532 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 6502 533 , , , 1662 6502 534 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6502 535 , , , 1662 6502 536 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 6502 537 , , , 1662 6502 538 IOC IOC NNP 1662 6502 539 , , , 1662 6502 540 ISO ISO NNP 1662 6502 541 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6502 542 correspondent correspondent NN 1662 6502 543 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6502 544 , , , 1662 6502 545 ITU ITU NNP 1662 6502 546 , , , 1662 6502 547 NAM NAM NNP 1662 6502 548 , , , 1662 6502 549 OIC OIC NNP 1662 6502 550 , , , 1662 6502 551 UN UN NNP 1662 6502 552 , , , 1662 6502 553 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 6502 554 , , , 1662 6502 555 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 6502 556 , , , 1662 6502 557 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 6502 558 , , , 1662 6502 559 UPU UPU NNP 1662 6502 560 , , , 1662 6502 561 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 6502 562 , , , 1662 6502 563 WHO who WP 1662 6502 564 , , , 1662 6502 565 WMO WMO NNP 1662 6502 566 , , , 1662 6502 567 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 6502 568 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6502 569 applicant applicant NN 1662 6502 570 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6502 571 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6502 572 representation representation NN 1662 6502 573 in in IN 1662 6502 574 the the DT 1662 6502 575 US US NNP 1662 6502 576 : : : 1662 6502 577 chief chief NN 1662 6502 578 of of IN 1662 6502 579 mission mission NN 1662 6502 580 : : : 1662 6502 581 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6502 582 Abdallah Abdallah NNP 1662 6502 583 bin bin NNP 1662 6502 584 Muhammad Muhammad NNP 1662 6502 585 bin bin NNP 1662 6502 586 Aqil Aqil NNP 1662 6502 587 al al NNP 1662 6502 588 - - HYPH 1662 6502 589 DHAHAB DHAHAB NNP 1662 6502 590 chancery chancery NN 1662 6502 591 : : : 1662 6502 592 2535 2535 CD 1662 6502 593 Belmont Belmont NNP 1662 6502 594 Road Road NNP 1662 6502 595 , , , 1662 6502 596 NW NW NNP 1662 6502 597 , , , 1662 6502 598 Washington Washington NNP 1662 6502 599 , , , 1662 6502 600 DC DC NNP 1662 6502 601 20008 20008 CD 1662 6502 602 telephone telephone NN 1662 6502 603 : : : 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6531 5 Army Army NNP 1662 6531 6 , , , 1662 6531 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 6531 8 , , , 1662 6531 9 Air Air NNP 1662 6531 10 Force Force NNP 1662 6531 11 , , , 1662 6531 12 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 6531 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6531 14 includes include VBZ 1662 6531 15 Royal Royal NNP 1662 6531 16 Oman Oman NNP 1662 6531 17 Police Police NNP 1662 6531 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6531 19 Military military JJ 1662 6531 20 manpower manpower NN 1662 6531 21 - - HYPH 1662 6531 22 military military NN 1662 6531 23 age age NN 1662 6531 24 : : : 1662 6531 25 14 14 CD 1662 6531 26 years year NNS 1662 6531 27 of of IN 1662 6531 28 age age NN 1662 6531 29 Military military JJ 1662 6531 30 manpower manpower NN 1662 6531 31 - - HYPH 1662 6531 32 availability availability NN 1662 6531 33 : : : 1662 6531 34 males male NNS 1662 6531 35 age age NNP 1662 6531 36 15 15 CD 1662 6531 37 - - HYPH 1662 6531 38 49 49 CD 1662 6531 39 : : : 1662 6531 40 550,421 550,421 CD 1662 6531 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6531 42 1997 1997 CD 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6533 60 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 61 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 62 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 63 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 64 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 65 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 66 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 67 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 68 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 69 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 70 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 71 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 72 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 73 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 74 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 75 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 76 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 77 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 78 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 79 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 80 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 90 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 91 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 92 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 93 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 94 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 95 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 96 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 97 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 98 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 99 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 100 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 101 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 102 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 103 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 104 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 105 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 106 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 107 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 108 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 109 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 110 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 111 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 112 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 113 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 114 _ _ NNP 1662 6533 115 PACIFIC PACIFIC NNP 1662 6533 116 OCEAN OCEAN NNP 1662 6533 117 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6533 118 Map Map NNP 1662 6533 119 of of IN 1662 6533 120 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6533 121 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6533 122 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6533 123 @Pacific @Pacific NNP 1662 6533 124 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6533 125 : : : 1662 6533 126 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6533 127 Location location NN 1662 6533 128 : : : 1662 6533 129 body body NN 1662 6533 130 of of IN 1662 6533 131 water water NN 1662 6533 132 between between IN 1662 6533 133 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 6533 134 , , , 1662 6533 135 Asia Asia NNP 1662 6533 136 , , , 1662 6533 137 Australia Australia NNP 1662 6533 138 , , , 1662 6533 139 and and CC 1662 6533 140 the the DT 1662 6533 141 Western western JJ 1662 6533 142 Hemisphere Hemisphere NNP 1662 6533 143 Geographic 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1662 6533 181 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6533 182 , , , 1662 6533 183 East East NNP 1662 6533 184 China China NNP 1662 6533 185 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6533 186 , , , 1662 6533 187 Flores Flores NNP 1662 6533 188 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6533 189 , , , 1662 6533 190 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 6533 191 of of IN 1662 6533 192 Alaska Alaska NNP 1662 6533 193 , , , 1662 6533 194 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 6533 195 of of IN 1662 6533 196 Tonkin Tonkin NNP 1662 6533 197 , , , 1662 6533 198 Java Java NNP 1662 6533 199 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6533 200 , , , 1662 6533 201 Philippine Philippine NNP 1662 6533 202 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6533 203 , , , 1662 6533 204 Ross Ross NNP 1662 6533 205 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6533 206 , , , 1662 6533 207 Savu Savu NNP 1662 6533 208 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6533 209 , , , 1662 6533 210 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6533 211 of of IN 1662 6533 212 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6533 213 , , , 1662 6533 214 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6533 215 of of IN 1662 6533 216 Okhotsk Okhotsk NNP 1662 6533 217 , , , 1662 6533 218 South South NNP 1662 6533 219 China China 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feeding feeding NN 1662 6533 716 grounds ground NNS 1662 6533 717 , , , 1662 6533 718 causing cause VBG 1662 6533 719 resident resident JJ 1662 6533 720 marine marine NN 1662 6533 721 birds bird NNS 1662 6533 722 to to TO 1662 6533 723 starve starve VB 1662 6533 724 by by IN 1662 6533 725 the the DT 1662 6533 726 thousands thousand NNS 1662 6533 727 because because IN 1662 6533 728 of of IN 1662 6533 729 the the DT 1662 6533 730 loss loss NN 1662 6533 731 of of IN 1662 6533 732 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 6533 733 food food NN 1662 6533 734 source source NN 1662 6533 735 ; ; : 1662 6533 736 ships ship NNS 1662 6533 737 subject subject JJ 1662 6533 738 to to IN 1662 6533 739 superstructure superstructure NN 1662 6533 740 icing ice VBG 1662 6533 741 in in IN 1662 6533 742 extreme extreme JJ 1662 6533 743 north north NN 1662 6533 744 from from IN 1662 6533 745 October October NNP 1662 6533 746 to to IN 1662 6533 747 May May NNP 1662 6533 748 and and CC 1662 6533 749 in in IN 1662 6533 750 extreme extreme JJ 1662 6533 751 south south NN 1662 6533 752 from from IN 1662 6533 753 May May NNP 1662 6533 754 to to IN 1662 6533 755 October October NNP 1662 6533 756 ; ; : 1662 6533 757 persistent persistent JJ 1662 6533 758 fog fog NN 1662 6533 759 in in IN 1662 6533 760 the the DT 1662 6533 761 northern northern JJ 1662 6533 762 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6533 763 can can MD 1662 6533 764 be be VB 1662 6533 765 a a DT 1662 6533 766 maritime maritime JJ 1662 6533 767 hazard hazard NN 1662 6533 768 from from IN 1662 6533 769 June June NNP 1662 6533 770 to to IN 1662 6533 771 December December NNP 1662 6533 772 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6533 773 - - HYPH 1662 6533 774 current current JJ 1662 6533 775 issues issue NNS 1662 6533 776 : : : 1662 6533 777 endangered endanger VBN 1662 6533 778 marine marine JJ 1662 6533 779 species specie NNS 1662 6533 780 include include VBP 1662 6533 781 the the DT 1662 6533 782 dugong dugong NN 1662 6533 783 , , , 1662 6533 784 sea sea NN 1662 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6533 821 but but CC 1662 6533 822 not not RB 1662 6533 823 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6533 824 : : : 1662 6533 825 none none NN 1662 6533 826 of of IN 1662 6533 827 the the DT 1662 6533 828 selected select VBN 1662 6533 829 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6533 830 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6533 831 - - HYPH 1662 6533 832 note note NNP 1662 6533 833 : : : 1662 6533 834 the the DT 1662 6533 835 major major JJ 1662 6533 836 choke choke NN 1662 6533 837 points point NNS 1662 6533 838 are be VBP 1662 6533 839 the the DT 1662 6533 840 Bering Bering NNP 1662 6533 841 Strait Strait NNP 1662 6533 842 , , , 1662 6533 843 Panama Panama NNP 1662 6533 844 Canal Canal NNP 1662 6533 845 , , , 1662 6533 846 Luzon Luzon NNP 1662 6533 847 Strait Strait NNP 1662 6533 848 , , , 1662 6533 849 and and CC 1662 6533 850 the the DT 1662 6533 851 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 6533 852 Strait Strait NNP 1662 6533 853 ; ; : 1662 6533 854 the the DT 1662 6533 855 Equator equator NN 1662 6533 856 divides divide VBZ 1662 6533 857 the the DT 1662 6533 858 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6533 859 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6533 860 into into IN 1662 6533 861 the the DT 1662 6533 862 North North NNP 1662 6533 863 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6533 864 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6533 865 and and CC 1662 6533 866 the the DT 1662 6533 867 South South NNP 1662 6533 868 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6533 869 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6533 870 ; ; , 1662 6533 871 dotted dot VBN 1662 6533 872 with with IN 1662 6533 873 low low JJ 1662 6533 874 coral coral JJ 1662 6533 875 islands island NNS 1662 6533 876 and and CC 1662 6533 877 rugged rugge VBN 1662 6533 878 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 6533 879 islands island NNS 1662 6533 880 in in IN 1662 6533 881 the the DT 1662 6533 882 southwestern southwestern JJ 1662 6533 883 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6533 884 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6533 885 @Pacific @Pacific NNP 1662 6533 886 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6533 887 : : : 1662 6533 888 Government Government NNP 1662 6533 889 Data Data NNP 1662 6533 890 code code 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CC 1662 6534 20 gas gas NN 1662 6534 21 fields field NNS 1662 6534 22 , , , 1662 6534 23 minerals mineral NNS 1662 6534 24 , , , 1662 6534 25 and and CC 1662 6534 26 sand sand NN 1662 6534 27 and and CC 1662 6534 28 gravel gravel NN 1662 6534 29 for for IN 1662 6534 30 the the DT 1662 6534 31 construction construction NN 1662 6534 32 industry industry NN 1662 6534 33 . . . 1662 6535 1 In in IN 1662 6535 2 1985 1985 CD 1662 6535 3 over over IN 1662 6535 4 half half NN 1662 6535 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6535 6 54 54 CD 1662 6535 7 % % NN 1662 6535 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6535 9 of of IN 1662 6535 10 the the DT 1662 6535 11 world world NN 1662 6535 12 's 's POS 1662 6535 13 fish fish NN 1662 6535 14 catch catch NN 1662 6535 15 came come VBD 1662 6535 16 from from IN 1662 6535 17 the the DT 1662 6535 18 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6535 19 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6535 20 , , , 1662 6535 21 which which WDT 1662 6535 22 is be VBZ 1662 6535 23 the the DT 1662 6535 24 only only JJ 1662 6535 25 ocean ocean NN 1662 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28 and and CC 1662 6536 29 Peru Peru NNP 1662 6536 30 . . . 1662 6537 1 The the DT 1662 6537 2 high high JJ 1662 6537 3 cost cost NN 1662 6537 4 of of IN 1662 6537 5 recovering recover VBG 1662 6537 6 offshore offshore JJ 1662 6537 7 oil oil NN 1662 6537 8 and and CC 1662 6537 9 gas gas NN 1662 6537 10 , , , 1662 6537 11 combined combine VBN 1662 6537 12 with with IN 1662 6537 13 the the DT 1662 6537 14 wide wide JJ 1662 6537 15 swings swing NNS 1662 6537 16 in in IN 1662 6537 17 world world NN 1662 6537 18 prices price NNS 1662 6537 19 for for IN 1662 6537 20 oil oil NN 1662 6537 21 since since IN 1662 6537 22 1985 1985 CD 1662 6537 23 , , , 1662 6537 24 has have VBZ 1662 6537 25 slowed slow VBN 1662 6537 26 but but CC 1662 6537 27 not not RB 1662 6537 28 stopped stop VBN 1662 6537 29 new new JJ 1662 6537 30 drillings drilling NNS 1662 6537 31 . . . 1662 6538 1 @Pacific @Pacific NNP 1662 6538 2 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6538 3 : : : 1662 6538 4 Communications Communications NNP 1662 6538 5 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39 % % NN 1662 6539 40 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6539 41 crops crop NNS 1662 6539 42 : : : 1662 6539 43 1 1 CD 1662 6539 44 % % NN 1662 6539 45 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6539 46 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6539 47 : : : 1662 6539 48 6 6 CD 1662 6539 49 % % NN 1662 6539 50 forests forest NNS 1662 6539 51 and and CC 1662 6539 52 woodland woodland NN 1662 6539 53 : : : 1662 6539 54 5 5 CD 1662 6539 55 % % NN 1662 6539 56 other other JJ 1662 6539 57 : : : 1662 6539 58 61 61 CD 1662 6539 59 % % NN 1662 6539 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6539 61 1993 1993 CD 1662 6539 62 est est NNP 1662 6539 63 . . . 1662 6539 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6540 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6540 2 land land NN 1662 6540 3 : : : 1662 6540 4 171,100 171,100 CD 1662 6540 5 sq sq NNP 1662 6540 6 km km NNP 1662 6540 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6540 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 6540 9 est est NNP 1662 6540 10 . . . 1662 6540 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6541 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 6541 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6541 3 : : : 1662 6541 4 frequent frequent JJ 1662 6541 5 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 6541 6 , , , 1662 6541 7 occasionally occasionally RB 1662 6541 8 severe severe JJ 1662 6541 9 especially especially RB 1662 6541 10 in in IN 1662 6541 11 north north NNP 1662 6541 12 and and CC 1662 6541 13 west west NN 1662 6541 14 ; ; , 1662 6541 15 flooding flooding NN 1662 6541 16 along along IN 1662 6541 17 the the DT 1662 6541 18 Indus Indus NNP 1662 6541 19 after after IN 1662 6541 20 heavy heavy JJ 1662 6541 21 rains rain NNS 1662 6541 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6541 23 July July NNP 1662 6541 24 and and CC 1662 6541 25 August August NNP 1662 6541 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6541 27 Environment environment NN 1662 6541 28 - - HYPH 1662 6541 29 current current JJ 1662 6541 30 issues issue NNS 1662 6541 31 : : : 1662 6541 32 water water NN 1662 6541 33 pollution pollution NN 1662 6541 34 from from IN 1662 6541 35 raw raw JJ 1662 6541 36 sewage sewage NN 1662 6541 37 , , , 1662 6541 38 industrial industrial JJ 1662 6541 39 wastes waste NNS 1662 6541 40 , , , 1662 6541 41 and and CC 1662 6541 42 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 6541 43 runoff runoff NN 1662 6541 44 ; ; , 1662 6541 45 limited limited JJ 1662 6541 46 natural natural JJ 1662 6541 47 fresh fresh JJ 1662 6541 48 water water NN 1662 6541 49 resources resource NNS 1662 6541 50 ; ; : 1662 6541 51 a a DT 1662 6541 52 majority majority NN 1662 6541 53 of of IN 1662 6541 54 the the DT 1662 6541 55 population population NN 1662 6541 56 does do VBZ 1662 6541 57 not not RB 1662 6541 58 have have VB 1662 6541 59 access access NN 1662 6541 60 to to TO 1662 6541 61 potable potable JJ 1662 6541 62 water water NN 1662 6541 63 ; ; , 1662 6541 64 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 6541 65 ; ; , 1662 6541 66 soil soil NN 1662 6541 67 erosion erosion NN 1662 6541 68 ; ; , 1662 6541 69 desertification desertification NN 1662 6541 70 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6541 71 - - HYPH 1662 6541 72 international international JJ 1662 6541 73 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6541 74 : : : 1662 6541 75 party party NN 1662 6541 76 to to TO 1662 6541 77 : : : 1662 6541 78 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 6541 79 , , , 1662 6541 80 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6541 81 Change Change NNP 1662 6541 82 , , , 1662 6541 83 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 6541 84 Species Species NNPS 1662 6541 85 , , , 1662 6541 86 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 6541 87 Modification Modification NNP 1662 6541 88 , , , 1662 6541 89 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 6541 90 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 6541 91 , , , 1662 6541 92 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 6541 93 Test Test NNP 1662 6541 94 Ban Ban NNP 1662 6541 95 , , , 1662 6541 96 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 6541 97 Layer Layer NNP 1662 6541 98 Protection Protection NNP 1662 6541 99 , , , 1662 6541 100 Ship Ship NNP 1662 6541 101 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6541 102 , , , 1662 6541 103 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 6541 104 signed sign VBD 1662 6541 105 , , , 1662 6541 106 but but CC 1662 6541 107 not not RB 1662 6541 108 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6541 109 : : : 1662 6541 110 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 6541 111 , , , 1662 6541 112 Law Law NNP 1662 6541 113 of of IN 1662 6541 114 the the DT 1662 6541 115 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6541 116 , , , 1662 6541 117 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6541 118 Life Life NNP 1662 6541 119 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 6541 120 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6541 121 - - HYPH 1662 6541 122 note note NN 1662 6541 123 : : : 1662 6541 124 controls control VBZ 1662 6541 125 Khyber Khyber NNP 1662 6541 126 Pass Pass NNP 1662 6541 127 and and CC 1662 6541 128 Bolan Bolan NNP 1662 6541 129 Pass Pass NNP 1662 6541 130 , , , 1662 6541 131 traditional traditional JJ 1662 6541 132 invasion invasion NN 1662 6541 133 routes route NNS 1662 6541 134 between between IN 1662 6541 135 Central Central NNP 1662 6541 136 Asia Asia NNP 1662 6541 137 and and CC 1662 6541 138 the the DT 1662 6541 139 Indian Indian NNP 1662 6541 140 Subcontinent Subcontinent NNP 1662 6541 141 @Pakistan @Pakistan NNP 1662 6541 142 : : : 1662 6541 143 People People NNP 1662 6541 144 Population Population NNP 1662 6541 145 : : : 1662 6541 146 132,185,299 132,185,299 LS 1662 6541 147 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6541 148 July July NNP 1662 6541 149 1997 1997 CD 1662 6541 150 est est NNP 1662 6541 151 . . . 1662 6541 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6542 1 note note NN 1662 6542 2 : : : 1662 6542 3 no no DT 1662 6542 4 national national JJ 1662 6542 5 census census NN 1662 6542 6 has have VBZ 1662 6542 7 been be VBN 1662 6542 8 conducted conduct VBN 1662 6542 9 since since IN 1662 6542 10 1981 1981 CD 1662 6542 11 Age Age NNP 1662 6542 12 structure structure NN 1662 6542 13 : : : 1662 6542 14 0 0 CD 1662 6542 15 - - HYPH 1662 6542 16 14 14 CD 1662 6542 17 years year NNS 1662 6542 18 : : : 1662 6542 19 42 42 CD 1662 6542 20 % % NN 1662 6542 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6542 22 male male JJ 1662 6542 23 28,702,496 28,702,496 CD 1662 6542 24 ; ; , 1662 6542 25 female female JJ 1662 6542 26 27,048,787 27,048,787 CD 1662 6542 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6542 28 15 15 CD 1662 6542 29 - - SYM 1662 6542 30 64 64 CD 1662 6542 31 years year NNS 1662 6542 32 : : : 1662 6542 33 54 54 CD 1662 6542 34 % % NN 1662 6542 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6542 36 male male JJ 1662 6542 37 36,387,329 36,387,329 NNS 1662 6542 38 ; ; : 1662 6542 39 female female JJ 1662 6542 40 34,708,803 34,708,803 CD 1662 6542 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6542 42 65 65 CD 1662 6542 43 years year NNS 1662 6542 44 and and CC 1662 6542 45 over over IN 1662 6542 46 : : : 1662 6542 47 4 4 CD 1662 6542 48 % % NN 1662 6542 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6542 50 male male JJ 1662 6542 51 2,667,936 2,667,936 CD 1662 6542 52 ; ; : 1662 6542 53 female female JJ 1662 6542 54 2,669,948 2,669,948 CD 1662 6542 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6542 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6542 57 July July NNP 1662 6542 58 1997 1997 CD 1662 6542 59 est est NNP 1662 6542 60 . . . 1662 6542 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6543 1 Population population NN 1662 6543 2 growth growth NN 1662 6543 3 rate rate NN 1662 6543 4 : : : 1662 6543 5 2.22 2.22 CD 1662 6543 6 % % NN 1662 6543 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6543 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6543 9 est est NNP 1662 6543 10 . . . 1662 6543 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6544 1 Birth birth NN 1662 6544 2 rate rate NN 1662 6544 3 : : : 1662 6544 4 35.26 35.26 CD 1662 6544 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 6544 6 population population NN 1662 6544 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6544 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6544 9 est est NNP 1662 6544 10 . . . 1662 6544 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6545 1 Death death NN 1662 6545 2 rate rate NN 1662 6545 3 : : : 1662 6545 4 10.95 10.95 CD 1662 6545 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6545 6 population population NN 1662 6545 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6545 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6545 9 est est NNP 1662 6545 10 . . . 1662 6545 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6546 1 Net net JJ 1662 6546 2 migration migration NN 1662 6546 3 rate rate NN 1662 6546 4 : : : 1662 6546 5 -2.14 -2.14 NFP 1662 6546 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 6546 7 population population NN 1662 6546 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6546 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6546 10 est est NNP 1662 6546 11 . . . 1662 6546 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6547 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6547 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6547 3 : : : 1662 6547 4 at at IN 1662 6547 5 birth birth NN 1662 6547 6 : : : 1662 6547 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6547 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6547 9 under under IN 1662 6547 10 15 15 CD 1662 6547 11 years year NNS 1662 6547 12 : : : 1662 6547 13 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 6547 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6547 15 15 15 CD 1662 6547 16 - - SYM 1662 6547 17 64 64 CD 1662 6547 18 years year NNS 1662 6547 19 : : : 1662 6547 20 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6547 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6547 22 65 65 CD 1662 6547 23 years year NNS 1662 6547 24 and and CC 1662 6547 25 over over IN 1662 6547 26 : : : 1662 6547 27 1 1 CD 1662 6547 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 6547 29 total total JJ 1662 6547 30 population population NN 1662 6547 31 : : : 1662 6547 32 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6547 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6547 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6547 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 6547 36 est e JJS 1662 6547 37 . . . 1662 6547 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6548 1 Infant infant NN 1662 6548 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 6548 3 rate rate NN 1662 6548 4 : : : 1662 6548 5 95.1 95.1 CD 1662 6548 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6548 7 live live JJ 1662 6548 8 births birth NNS 1662 6548 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6548 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 6548 11 est est NNP 1662 6548 12 . . . 1662 6548 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6549 1 Life life NN 1662 6549 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 6549 3 at at IN 1662 6549 4 birth birth NN 1662 6549 5 : : : 1662 6549 6 total total JJ 1662 6549 7 population population NN 1662 6549 8 : : : 1662 6549 9 58.77 58.77 CD 1662 6549 10 years year NNS 1662 6549 11 male male NN 1662 6549 12 : : : 1662 6549 13 57.97 57.97 CD 1662 6549 14 years year NNS 1662 6549 15 female female JJ 1662 6549 16 : : : 1662 6549 17 59.61 59.61 CD 1662 6549 18 years year NNS 1662 6549 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6549 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 6549 21 est est NNP 1662 6549 22 . . . 1662 6549 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6550 1 Total total JJ 1662 6550 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 6550 3 rate rate NN 1662 6550 4 : : : 1662 6550 5 5.08 5.08 CD 1662 6550 6 children child NNS 1662 6550 7 born bear VBN 1662 6550 8 / / SYM 1662 6550 9 woman woman NN 1662 6550 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6550 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6550 12 est est NNP 1662 6550 13 . . . 1662 6550 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6551 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 6551 2 : : : 1662 6551 3 noun noun NNP 1662 6551 4 : : : 1662 6551 5 Pakistani(s Pakistani(s NNP 1662 6551 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6551 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 6551 8 : : : 1662 6551 9 Pakistani pakistani JJ 1662 6551 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 6551 11 groups group NNS 1662 6551 12 : : : 1662 6551 13 Punjabi Punjabi NNP 1662 6551 14 , , , 1662 6551 15 Sindhi Sindhi NNP 1662 6551 16 , , , 1662 6551 17 Pashtun Pashtun NNP 1662 6551 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6551 19 Pathan Pathan NNP 1662 6551 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6551 21 , , , 1662 6551 22 Baloch Baloch NNP 1662 6551 23 , , , 1662 6551 24 Muhajir Muhajir NNP 1662 6551 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6551 26 immigrants immigrant NNS 1662 6551 27 from from IN 1662 6551 28 India India NNP 1662 6551 29 and and CC 1662 6551 30 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 6551 31 descendants descendant NNS 1662 6551 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6551 33 Religions religion NNS 1662 6551 34 : : : 1662 6551 35 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 6551 36 97 97 CD 1662 6551 37 % % NN 1662 6551 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6551 39 Sunni Sunni NNP 1662 6551 40 77 77 CD 1662 6551 41 % % NN 1662 6551 42 , , , 1662 6551 43 Shi'a Shi'a : 1662 6551 44 20 20 CD 1662 6551 45 % % NN 1662 6551 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6551 47 , , , 1662 6551 48 Christian Christian NNP 1662 6551 49 , , , 1662 6551 50 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 6551 51 , , , 1662 6551 52 and and CC 1662 6551 53 other other JJ 1662 6551 54 3 3 CD 1662 6551 55 % % NN 1662 6551 56 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 6551 57 : : : 1662 6551 58 Punjabi Punjabi NNP 1662 6551 59 48 48 CD 1662 6551 60 % % NN 1662 6551 61 , , , 1662 6551 62 Sindhi Sindhi NNP 1662 6551 63 12 12 CD 1662 6551 64 % % NN 1662 6551 65 , , , 1662 6551 66 Siraiki Siraiki NNP 1662 6551 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6551 68 a a DT 1662 6551 69 Punjabi Punjabi NNP 1662 6551 70 variant variant JJ 1662 6551 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6551 72 10 10 CD 1662 6551 73 % % NN 1662 6551 74 , , , 1662 6551 75 Pashtu Pashtu NNP 1662 6551 76 8 8 CD 1662 6551 77 % % NN 1662 6551 78 , , , 1662 6551 79 Urdu Urdu NNP 1662 6551 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6551 81 official official JJ 1662 6551 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6551 83 8 8 CD 1662 6551 84 % % NN 1662 6551 85 , , , 1662 6551 86 Balochi balochi NN 1662 6551 87 3 3 CD 1662 6551 88 % % NN 1662 6551 89 , , , 1662 6551 90 Hindko Hindko NNP 1662 6551 91 2 2 CD 1662 6551 92 % % NN 1662 6551 93 , , , 1662 6551 94 Brahui Brahui NNP 1662 6551 95 1 1 CD 1662 6551 96 % % NN 1662 6551 97 , , , 1662 6551 98 English English NNP 1662 6551 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6551 100 official official JJ 1662 6551 101 and and CC 1662 6551 102 lingua lingua JJ 1662 6551 103 franca franca JJ 1662 6551 104 of of IN 1662 6551 105 Pakistani pakistani JJ 1662 6551 106 elite elite NNS 1662 6551 107 and and CC 1662 6551 108 most most JJS 1662 6551 109 government government NN 1662 6551 110 ministries ministry NNS 1662 6551 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6551 112 , , , 1662 6551 113 Burushaski Burushaski NNP 1662 6551 114 , , , 1662 6551 115 and and CC 1662 6551 116 other other JJ 1662 6551 117 8 8 CD 1662 6551 118 % % NN 1662 6551 119 Literacy literacy NN 1662 6551 120 : : : 1662 6551 121 definition definition NN 1662 6551 122 : : : 1662 6551 123 age age NN 1662 6551 124 15 15 CD 1662 6551 125 and and CC 1662 6551 126 over over RB 1662 6551 127 can can MD 1662 6551 128 read read VB 1662 6551 129 and and CC 1662 6551 130 write write VB 1662 6551 131 total total JJ 1662 6551 132 population population NN 1662 6551 133 : : : 1662 6551 134 37.8 37.8 CD 1662 6551 135 % % NN 1662 6551 136 male male NN 1662 6551 137 : : : 1662 6551 138 50 50 CD 1662 6551 139 % % NN 1662 6551 140 female female NN 1662 6551 141 : : : 1662 6551 142 24.4 24.4 CD 1662 6551 143 % % NN 1662 6551 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6551 145 1995 1995 CD 1662 6551 146 est est NNP 1662 6551 147 . . . 1662 6551 148 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 1 @Pakistan @Pakistan NNP 1662 6552 2 : : : 1662 6552 3 Government Government NNP 1662 6552 4 Country Country NNP 1662 6552 5 name name NN 1662 6552 6 : : : 1662 6552 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6552 8 long long JJ 1662 6552 9 form form NN 1662 6552 10 : : : 1662 6552 11 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 6552 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 6552 13 of of IN 1662 6552 14 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6552 15 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6552 16 short short JJ 1662 6552 17 form form NN 1662 6552 18 : : : 1662 6552 19 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6552 20 former former JJ 1662 6552 21 : : : 1662 6552 22 West West NNP 1662 6552 23 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6552 24 Data Data NNP 1662 6552 25 code code NN 1662 6552 26 : : : 1662 6552 27 PK PK NNP 1662 6552 28 Government Government NNP 1662 6552 29 type type NN 1662 6552 30 : : : 1662 6552 31 federal federal NNP 1662 6552 32 republic republic NNP 1662 6552 33 National national JJ 1662 6552 34 capital capital NN 1662 6552 35 : : : 1662 6552 36 Islamabad Islamabad NNP 1662 6552 37 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 6552 38 divisions division NNS 1662 6552 39 : : : 1662 6552 40 4 4 CD 1662 6552 41 provinces province NNS 1662 6552 42 , , , 1662 6552 43 1 1 CD 1662 6552 44 territory territory NN 1662 6552 45 * * NFP 1662 6552 46 , , , 1662 6552 47 and and CC 1662 6552 48 1 1 CD 1662 6552 49 capital capital NN 1662 6552 50 territory territory NN 1662 6552 51 * * NFP 1662 6552 52 * * NFP 1662 6552 53 ; ; : 1662 6552 54 Balochistan Balochistan NNP 1662 6552 55 , , , 1662 6552 56 Federally Federally NNP 1662 6552 57 Administered Administered NNP 1662 6552 58 Tribal Tribal NNP 1662 6552 59 Areas Areas NNPS 1662 6552 60 * * NFP 1662 6552 61 , , , 1662 6552 62 Islamabad Islamabad NNP 1662 6552 63 Capital Capital NNP 1662 6552 64 Territory Territory NNP 1662 6552 65 * * NFP 1662 6552 66 * * NFP 1662 6552 67 , , , 1662 6552 68 North North NNP 1662 6552 69 - - HYPH 1662 6552 70 West West NNP 1662 6552 71 Frontier Frontier NNP 1662 6552 72 , , , 1662 6552 73 Punjab Punjab NNP 1662 6552 74 , , , 1662 6552 75 Sindh Sindh NNP 1662 6552 76 note note VBP 1662 6552 77 : : : 1662 6552 78 the the DT 1662 6552 79 Pakistani Pakistani NNP 1662 6552 80 - - HYPH 1662 6552 81 administered administer VBN 1662 6552 82 portion portion NN 1662 6552 83 of of IN 1662 6552 84 the the DT 1662 6552 85 disputed dispute VBN 1662 6552 86 Jammu Jammu NNP 1662 6552 87 and and CC 1662 6552 88 Kashmir Kashmir NNP 1662 6552 89 region region NN 1662 6552 90 includes include VBZ 1662 6552 91 Azad Azad NNP 1662 6552 92 Kashmir Kashmir NNP 1662 6552 93 and and CC 1662 6552 94 the the DT 1662 6552 95 Northern Northern NNP 1662 6552 96 Areas Areas NNP 1662 6552 97 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6552 98 : : : 1662 6552 99 14 14 CD 1662 6552 100 August August NNP 1662 6552 101 1947 1947 CD 1662 6552 102 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 103 from from IN 1662 6552 104 UK UK NNP 1662 6552 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 106 National national JJ 1662 6552 107 holiday holiday NN 1662 6552 108 : : : 1662 6552 109 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6552 110 Day Day NNP 1662 6552 111 , , , 1662 6552 112 23 23 CD 1662 6552 113 March March NNP 1662 6552 114 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 115 1956 1956 CD 1662 6552 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 118 proclamation proclamation NN 1662 6552 119 of of IN 1662 6552 120 the the DT 1662 6552 121 republic republic NN 1662 6552 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 123 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 6552 124 : : : 1662 6552 125 10 10 CD 1662 6552 126 April April NNP 1662 6552 127 1973 1973 CD 1662 6552 128 , , , 1662 6552 129 suspended suspend VBD 1662 6552 130 5 5 CD 1662 6552 131 July July NNP 1662 6552 132 1977 1977 CD 1662 6552 133 , , , 1662 6552 134 restored restore VBD 1662 6552 135 with with IN 1662 6552 136 amendments amendment NNS 1662 6552 137 30 30 CD 1662 6552 138 December December NNP 1662 6552 139 1985 1985 CD 1662 6552 140 Legal legal JJ 1662 6552 141 system system NN 1662 6552 142 : : : 1662 6552 143 based base VBN 1662 6552 144 on on IN 1662 6552 145 English English NNP 1662 6552 146 common common JJ 1662 6552 147 law law NN 1662 6552 148 with with IN 1662 6552 149 provisions provision NNS 1662 6552 150 to to TO 1662 6552 151 accommodate accommodate VB 1662 6552 152 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6552 153 's 's POS 1662 6552 154 stature stature NN 1662 6552 155 as as IN 1662 6552 156 an an DT 1662 6552 157 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 6552 158 state state NN 1662 6552 159 ; ; : 1662 6552 160 accepts accept VBZ 1662 6552 161 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 6552 162 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 6552 163 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 6552 164 , , , 1662 6552 165 with with IN 1662 6552 166 reservations reservation NNS 1662 6552 167 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 6552 168 : : : 1662 6552 169 21 21 CD 1662 6552 170 years year NNS 1662 6552 171 of of IN 1662 6552 172 age age NN 1662 6552 173 ; ; , 1662 6552 174 universal universal JJ 1662 6552 175 ; ; : 1662 6552 176 separate separate JJ 1662 6552 177 electorates electorate NNS 1662 6552 178 and and CC 1662 6552 179 reserved reserve VBD 1662 6552 180 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 6552 181 seats seat NNS 1662 6552 182 for for IN 1662 6552 183 non non JJ 1662 6552 184 - - JJ 1662 6552 185 Muslims muslims JJ 1662 6552 186 Executive Executive NNP 1662 6552 187 branch branch NN 1662 6552 188 : : : 1662 6552 189 chief chief NN 1662 6552 190 of of IN 1662 6552 191 state state NN 1662 6552 192 : : : 1662 6552 193 President President NNP 1662 6552 194 Sardar Sardar NNP 1662 6552 195 Farooq Farooq NNP 1662 6552 196 LEGHARI LEGHARI NNP 1662 6552 197 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 198 since since IN 1662 6552 199 13 13 CD 1662 6552 200 November November NNP 1662 6552 201 1993 1993 CD 1662 6552 202 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 203 head head NN 1662 6552 204 of of IN 1662 6552 205 government government NN 1662 6552 206 : : : 1662 6552 207 Prime Prime NNP 1662 6552 208 Minister Minister NNP 1662 6552 209 Mohammad Mohammad NNP 1662 6552 210 Nawaz Nawaz NNP 1662 6552 211 SHARIF SHARIF NNP 1662 6552 212 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 213 since since IN 1662 6552 214 17 17 CD 1662 6552 215 February February NNP 1662 6552 216 1997 1997 CD 1662 6552 217 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 218 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 6552 219 : : : 1662 6552 220 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 6552 221 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6552 222 by by IN 1662 6552 223 the the DT 1662 6552 224 prime prime NNP 1662 6552 225 minister minister NNP 1662 6552 226 elections election NNS 1662 6552 227 : : : 1662 6552 228 president president NNP 1662 6552 229 elected elect VBN 1662 6552 230 by by IN 1662 6552 231 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 6552 232 for for IN 1662 6552 233 a a DT 1662 6552 234 five five CD 1662 6552 235 - - HYPH 1662 6552 236 year year NN 1662 6552 237 term term NN 1662 6552 238 ; ; : 1662 6552 239 election election NN 1662 6552 240 last last JJ 1662 6552 241 held hold VBD 1662 6552 242 13 13 CD 1662 6552 243 November November NNP 1662 6552 244 1993 1993 CD 1662 6552 245 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 246 next next JJ 1662 6552 247 to to TO 1662 6552 248 be be VB 1662 6552 249 held hold VBN 1662 6552 250 no no RB 1662 6552 251 later later RB 1662 6552 252 than than IN 1662 6552 253 14 14 CD 1662 6552 254 October October NNP 1662 6552 255 1998 1998 CD 1662 6552 256 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 257 ; ; : 1662 6552 258 following follow VBG 1662 6552 259 legislative legislative JJ 1662 6552 260 elections election NNS 1662 6552 261 , , , 1662 6552 262 the the DT 1662 6552 263 leader leader NN 1662 6552 264 of of IN 1662 6552 265 the the DT 1662 6552 266 majority majority NNP 1662 6552 267 party party NN 1662 6552 268 or or CC 1662 6552 269 leader leader NN 1662 6552 270 of of IN 1662 6552 271 a a DT 1662 6552 272 majority majority NN 1662 6552 273 coalition coalition NN 1662 6552 274 is be VBZ 1662 6552 275 usually usually RB 1662 6552 276 elected elect VBN 1662 6552 277 prime prime JJ 1662 6552 278 minister minister NN 1662 6552 279 by by IN 1662 6552 280 the the DT 1662 6552 281 National National NNP 1662 6552 282 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 6552 283 ; ; : 1662 6552 284 election election NN 1662 6552 285 last last JJ 1662 6552 286 held hold VBD 1662 6552 287 3 3 CD 1662 6552 288 February February NNP 1662 6552 289 1997 1997 CD 1662 6552 290 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 291 next next JJ 1662 6552 292 to to TO 1662 6552 293 be be VB 1662 6552 294 held hold VBN 1662 6552 295 NA NA NNP 1662 6552 296 February February NNP 1662 6552 297 2002 2002 CD 1662 6552 298 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 299 election election NN 1662 6552 300 results result NNS 1662 6552 301 : : : 1662 6552 302 Sardar Sardar NNP 1662 6552 303 Farooq Farooq NNP 1662 6552 304 LEGHARI LEGHARI NNP 1662 6552 305 elected elect VBD 1662 6552 306 president president NN 1662 6552 307 ; ; : 1662 6552 308 percent percent NN 1662 6552 309 of of IN 1662 6552 310 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 6552 311 vote vote NN 1662 6552 312 - - HYPH 1662 6552 313 NA na NN 1662 6552 314 ; ; : 1662 6552 315 Mohammad Mohammad NNP 1662 6552 316 Nawaz Nawaz NNP 1662 6552 317 SHARIF SHARIF NNP 1662 6552 318 elected elect VBD 1662 6552 319 prime prime JJ 1662 6552 320 minister minister NN 1662 6552 321 ; ; : 1662 6552 322 percent percent NN 1662 6552 323 of of IN 1662 6552 324 National National NNP 1662 6552 325 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 6552 326 vote vote NN 1662 6552 327 - - HYPH 1662 6552 328 NA NA NNP 1662 6552 329 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 6552 330 branch branch NN 1662 6552 331 : : : 1662 6552 332 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 6552 333 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 6552 334 or or CC 1662 6552 335 Majlis Majlis NNP 1662 6552 336 - - HYPH 1662 6552 337 e e NNP 1662 6552 338 - - HYPH 1662 6552 339 Shoora shoora JJ 1662 6552 340 consists consist VBZ 1662 6552 341 of of IN 1662 6552 342 the the DT 1662 6552 343 Senate Senate NNP 1662 6552 344 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 345 87 87 CD 1662 6552 346 seats seat NNS 1662 6552 347 ; ; : 1662 6552 348 members member NNS 1662 6552 349 indirectly indirectly RB 1662 6552 350 elected elect VBN 1662 6552 351 by by IN 1662 6552 352 provincial provincial JJ 1662 6552 353 assemblies assembly NNS 1662 6552 354 to to TO 1662 6552 355 serve serve VB 1662 6552 356 six six CD 1662 6552 357 - - HYPH 1662 6552 358 year year NN 1662 6552 359 terms term NNS 1662 6552 360 ; ; : 1662 6552 361 one one CD 1662 6552 362 - - HYPH 1662 6552 363 third third NN 1662 6552 364 of of IN 1662 6552 365 the the DT 1662 6552 366 members member NNS 1662 6552 367 up up RP 1662 6552 368 for for IN 1662 6552 369 election election NN 1662 6552 370 every every DT 1662 6552 371 two two CD 1662 6552 372 years year NNS 1662 6552 373 ; ; : 1662 6552 374 has have VBZ 1662 6552 375 advisory advisory JJ 1662 6552 376 powers power NNS 1662 6552 377 only only RB 1662 6552 378 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 379 and and CC 1662 6552 380 the the DT 1662 6552 381 National National NNP 1662 6552 382 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 6552 383 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 384 217 217 CD 1662 6552 385 seats seat NNS 1662 6552 386 ; ; : 1662 6552 387 207 207 CD 1662 6552 388 represent represent NN 1662 6552 389 Muslims Muslims NNPS 1662 6552 390 and and CC 1662 6552 391 10 10 CD 1662 6552 392 represent represent VBP 1662 6552 393 non non NNS 1662 6552 394 - - JJ 1662 6552 395 Muslims Muslims NNPS 1662 6552 396 ; ; : 1662 6552 397 members member NNS 1662 6552 398 elected elect VBN 1662 6552 399 by by IN 1662 6552 400 popular popular JJ 1662 6552 401 vote vote NN 1662 6552 402 to to TO 1662 6552 403 serve serve VB 1662 6552 404 five five CD 1662 6552 405 - - HYPH 1662 6552 406 year year NN 1662 6552 407 terms term NNS 1662 6552 408 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 409 elections election NNS 1662 6552 410 : : : 1662 6552 411 Senate Senate NNP 1662 6552 412 - - HYPH 1662 6552 413 last last RB 1662 6552 414 held hold VBD 1662 6552 415 12 12 CD 1662 6552 416 March March NNP 1662 6552 417 1997 1997 CD 1662 6552 418 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 419 next next JJ 1662 6552 420 to to TO 1662 6552 421 be be VB 1662 6552 422 held hold VBN 1662 6552 423 NA NA NNP 1662 6552 424 March March NNP 1662 6552 425 1999 1999 CD 1662 6552 426 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 427 ; ; : 1662 6552 428 National National NNP 1662 6552 429 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 6552 430 - - : 1662 6552 431 last last RB 1662 6552 432 held hold VBD 1662 6552 433 3 3 CD 1662 6552 434 February February NNP 1662 6552 435 1997 1997 CD 1662 6552 436 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 437 next next JJ 1662 6552 438 to to TO 1662 6552 439 be be VB 1662 6552 440 held hold VBN 1662 6552 441 NA NA NNP 1662 6552 442 February February NNP 1662 6552 443 2002 2002 CD 1662 6552 444 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 445 election election NN 1662 6552 446 results result NNS 1662 6552 447 : : : 1662 6552 448 Senate Senate NNP 1662 6552 449 - - HYPH 1662 6552 450 percent percent NN 1662 6552 451 of of IN 1662 6552 452 vote vote NN 1662 6552 453 by by IN 1662 6552 454 party party NN 1662 6552 455 - - HYPH 1662 6552 456 NA NA NNP 1662 6552 457 ; ; , 1662 6552 458 seats seat NNS 1662 6552 459 by by IN 1662 6552 460 party party NNP 1662 6552 461 - - HYPH 1662 6552 462 PML PML NNP 1662 6552 463 / / SYM 1662 6552 464 N N NNP 1662 6552 465 30 30 CD 1662 6552 466 , , , 1662 6552 467 PPP PPP NNP 1662 6552 468 17 17 CD 1662 6552 469 , , , 1662 6552 470 ANP ANP NNP 1662 6552 471 7 7 CD 1662 6552 472 , , , 1662 6552 473 MQM MQM NNP 1662 6552 474 / / SYM 1662 6552 475 A A NNP 1662 6552 476 6 6 CD 1662 6552 477 , , , 1662 6552 478 JWP JWP NNP 1662 6552 479 5 5 CD 1662 6552 480 , , , 1662 6552 481 BNP BNP NNP 1662 6552 482 4 4 CD 1662 6552 483 , , , 1662 6552 484 JUI JUI NNP 1662 6552 485 / / SYM 1662 6552 486 F F NNP 1662 6552 487 2 2 CD 1662 6552 488 , , , 1662 6552 489 PML PML NNP 1662 6552 490 / / SYM 1662 6552 491 J J NNP 1662 6552 492 2 2 CD 1662 6552 493 , , , 1662 6552 494 BNM BNM NNP 1662 6552 495 / / SYM 1662 6552 496 M M NNP 1662 6552 497 1 1 CD 1662 6552 498 , , , 1662 6552 499 PKMAP pkmap NN 1662 6552 500 1 1 CD 1662 6552 501 , , , 1662 6552 502 TJP TJP NNP 1662 6552 503 1 1 CD 1662 6552 504 , , , 1662 6552 505 independents independent NNS 1662 6552 506 6 6 CD 1662 6552 507 , , , 1662 6552 508 vacant vacant JJ 1662 6552 509 5 5 CD 1662 6552 510 ; ; : 1662 6552 511 National National NNP 1662 6552 512 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 6552 513 - - HYPH 1662 6552 514 percent percent NN 1662 6552 515 of of IN 1662 6552 516 vote vote NN 1662 6552 517 by by IN 1662 6552 518 party party NN 1662 6552 519 - - HYPH 1662 6552 520 NA NA NNP 1662 6552 521 ; ; , 1662 6552 522 seats seat NNS 1662 6552 523 by by IN 1662 6552 524 party party NNP 1662 6552 525 - - HYPH 1662 6552 526 PML PML NNP 1662 6552 527 / / SYM 1662 6552 528 N N NNP 1662 6552 529 137 137 CD 1662 6552 530 , , , 1662 6552 531 PPP PPP NNP 1662 6552 532 18 18 CD 1662 6552 533 , , , 1662 6552 534 MQM MQM NNP 1662 6552 535 / / SYM 1662 6552 536 A A NNP 1662 6552 537 12 12 CD 1662 6552 538 , , , 1662 6552 539 ANP ANP NNP 1662 6552 540 10 10 CD 1662 6552 541 , , , 1662 6552 542 BNP BNP NNP 1662 6552 543 3 3 CD 1662 6552 544 , , , 1662 6552 545 JWP JWP NNP 1662 6552 546 2 2 CD 1662 6552 547 , , , 1662 6552 548 JUI JUI NNP 1662 6552 549 / / SYM 1662 6552 550 F F NNP 1662 6552 551 2 2 CD 1662 6552 552 , , , 1662 6552 553 PPP PPP NNP 1662 6552 554 / / SYM 1662 6552 555 SB SB NNP 1662 6552 556 1 1 CD 1662 6552 557 , , , 1662 6552 558 NPP NPP NNP 1662 6552 559 1 1 CD 1662 6552 560 , , , 1662 6552 561 independents independent NNS 1662 6552 562 21 21 CD 1662 6552 563 , , , 1662 6552 564 minorities minority NNS 1662 6552 565 10 10 CD 1662 6552 566 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 6552 567 branch branch NN 1662 6552 568 : : : 1662 6552 569 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 6552 570 Court Court NNP 1662 6552 571 , , , 1662 6552 572 judicial judicial JJ 1662 6552 573 chiefs chief NNS 1662 6552 574 are be VBP 1662 6552 575 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6552 576 by by IN 1662 6552 577 the the DT 1662 6552 578 president president NN 1662 6552 579 ; ; : 1662 6552 580 Federal Federal NNP 1662 6552 581 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 6552 582 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 583 Shari'at Shari'at NNP 1662 6552 584 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 585 Court Court NNP 1662 6552 586 Political political JJ 1662 6552 587 parties party NNS 1662 6552 588 and and CC 1662 6552 589 leaders leader NNS 1662 6552 590 : : : 1662 6552 591 government government NN 1662 6552 592 : : : 1662 6552 593 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6552 594 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 6552 595 League League NNP 1662 6552 596 , , , 1662 6552 597 Nawaz Nawaz NNP 1662 6552 598 Sharif Sharif NNP 1662 6552 599 faction faction NN 1662 6552 600 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 601 PML PML NNP 1662 6552 602 / / SYM 1662 6552 603 N N NNP 1662 6552 604 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 605 , , , 1662 6552 606 Nawaz nawaz JJ 1662 6552 607 SHARIF SHARIF NNP 1662 6552 608 ; ; : 1662 6552 609 Awami Awami NNP 1662 6552 610 National National NNP 1662 6552 611 Party Party NNP 1662 6552 612 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 613 ANP ANP NNP 1662 6552 614 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 615 , , , 1662 6552 616 Ajmal Ajmal NNP 1662 6552 617 Khan Khan NNP 1662 6552 618 KHATTAK KHATTAK NNP 1662 6552 619 ; ; : 1662 6552 620 Balochistan Balochistan NNP 1662 6552 621 National National NNP 1662 6552 622 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6552 623 / / SYM 1662 6552 624 Mengal Mengal NNP 1662 6552 625 Group Group NNP 1662 6552 626 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 627 BNM BNM NNP 1662 6552 628 / / SYM 1662 6552 629 M M NNP 1662 6552 630 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 631 , , , 1662 6552 632 Sardar Sardar NNP 1662 6552 633 Akhtar Akhtar NNP 1662 6552 634 MENGAL MENGAL NNP 1662 6552 635 ; ; : 1662 6552 636 Mohajir Mohajir NNP 1662 6552 637 Quami Quami NNP 1662 6552 638 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6552 639 , , , 1662 6552 640 Altaf Altaf NNP 1662 6552 641 faction faction NN 1662 6552 642 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 643 MQM MQM NNP 1662 6552 644 / / SYM 1662 6552 645 A A NNP 1662 6552 646 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 647 , , , 1662 6552 648 Altaf Altaf NNP 1662 6552 649 HUSSAIN HUSSAIN NNP 1662 6552 650 ; ; : 1662 6552 651 Jamiat Jamiat NNP 1662 6552 652 - - HYPH 1662 6552 653 al al NNP 1662 6552 654 - - HYPH 1662 6552 655 Hadith Hadith NNP 1662 6552 656 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 657 JAH JAH NNP 1662 6552 658 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 659 ; ; : 1662 6552 660 Jamhoori Jamhoori NNP 1662 6552 661 Watan Watan NNP 1662 6552 662 Party Party NNP 1662 6552 663 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 664 JWP JWP NNP 1662 6552 665 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 666 , , , 1662 6552 667 Akbar Akbar NNP 1662 6552 668 Khan Khan NNP 1662 6552 669 BUGTI BUGTI VBZ 1662 6552 670 ; ; : 1662 6552 671 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6552 672 People People NNPS 1662 6552 673 's 's POS 1662 6552 674 Party Party NNP 1662 6552 675 / / SYM 1662 6552 676 Shaheed Shaheed NNP 1662 6552 677 Bhutto Bhutto NNP 1662 6552 678 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 679 PPP PPP NNP 1662 6552 680 / / SYM 1662 6552 681 SB SB NNP 1662 6552 682 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 683 , , , 1662 6552 684 Ghinva Ghinva NNP 1662 6552 685 BHUTTO BHUTTO NNP 1662 6552 686 ; ; : 1662 6552 687 Baluch Baluch NNP 1662 6552 688 National National NNP 1662 6552 689 Party Party NNP 1662 6552 690 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 691 BNP BNP NNP 1662 6552 692 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 693 , , , 1662 6552 694 leader leader NN 1662 6552 695 NA NA NNP 1662 6552 696 opposition opposition NN 1662 6552 697 : : : 1662 6552 698 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6552 699 People People NNPS 1662 6552 700 's 's POS 1662 6552 701 Party Party NNP 1662 6552 702 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 703 PPP PPP NNP 1662 6552 704 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 705 , , , 1662 6552 706 Benazir Benazir NNP 1662 6552 707 BHUTTO BHUTTO NNP 1662 6552 708 ; ; : 1662 6552 709 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6552 710 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 6552 711 League League NNP 1662 6552 712 , , , 1662 6552 713 Junejo Junejo NNP 1662 6552 714 faction faction NN 1662 6552 715 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 716 PML PML NNP 1662 6552 717 / / SYM 1662 6552 718 J J NNP 1662 6552 719 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 720 , , , 1662 6552 721 Hamid Hamid NNP 1662 6552 722 Nasir Nasir NNP 1662 6552 723 CHATTHA CHATTHA NNP 1662 6552 724 ; ; : 1662 6552 725 National National NNP 1662 6552 726 People People NNPS 1662 6552 727 's 's POS 1662 6552 728 Party Party NNP 1662 6552 729 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 730 NPP NPP NNP 1662 6552 731 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 732 , , , 1662 6552 733 Ghulam Ghulam NNP 1662 6552 734 Mustapha Mustapha NNP 1662 6552 735 JATOI JATOI NNP 1662 6552 736 ; ; : 1662 6552 737 Pakhtun Pakhtun NNP 1662 6552 738 Khwa Khwa NNP 1662 6552 739 Milli Milli NNP 1662 6552 740 Awami Awami NNP 1662 6552 741 Party Party NNP 1662 6552 742 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 743 PKMAP PKMAP NNP 1662 6552 744 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 745 , , , 1662 6552 746 Mahmood Mahmood NNP 1662 6552 747 Khan Khan NNP 1662 6552 748 ACHAKZAI ACHAKZAI NNS 1662 6552 749 ; ; : 1662 6552 750 Balochistan Balochistan NNP 1662 6552 751 National National NNP 1662 6552 752 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6552 753 / / SYM 1662 6552 754 Hayee Hayee NNP 1662 6552 755 Group Group NNP 1662 6552 756 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 757 BNM BNM NNP 1662 6552 758 / / SYM 1662 6552 759 H H NNP 1662 6552 760 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 761 , , , 1662 6552 762 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 6552 763 HAYEE HAYEE NNP 1662 6552 764 Baluch Baluch NNP 1662 6552 765 ; ; : 1662 6552 766 Pakhtun Pakhtun NNP 1662 6552 767 Quami Quami NNP 1662 6552 768 Party Party NNP 1662 6552 769 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 770 PKQP PKQP NNP 1662 6552 771 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 772 , , , 1662 6552 773 Mohammed Mohammed NNP 1662 6552 774 AFZAL AFZAL NNP 1662 6552 775 Khan Khan NNP 1662 6552 776 frequently frequently RB 1662 6552 777 shifting shift VBG 1662 6552 778 : : : 1662 6552 779 Mutaheda Mutaheda NNP 1662 6552 780 Deeni Deeni NNP 1662 6552 781 Mahaz Mahaz NNP 1662 6552 782 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 783 MDM MDM NNP 1662 6552 784 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 785 , , , 1662 6552 786 Maulana Maulana NNP 1662 6552 787 Sami Sami NNP 1662 6552 788 - - HYPH 1662 6552 789 ul ul NNP 1662 6552 790 - - HYPH 1662 6552 791 HAQ HAQ NNP 1662 6552 792 , , , 1662 6552 793 the the DT 1662 6552 794 MDM MDM NNP 1662 6552 795 includes include VBZ 1662 6552 796 Jamiat Jamiat NNP 1662 6552 797 Ulema Ulema NNP 1662 6552 798 - - HYPH 1662 6552 799 i i NNP 1662 6552 800 - - HYPH 1662 6552 801 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6552 802 , , , 1662 6552 803 Niazi Niazi NNP 1662 6552 804 faction faction NN 1662 6552 805 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 806 JUP JUP NNP 1662 6552 807 / / SYM 1662 6552 808 NI NI NNP 1662 6552 809 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 810 and and CC 1662 6552 811 Sepah Sepah NNP 1662 6552 812 - - HYPH 1662 6552 813 i i NNP 1662 6552 814 - - HYPH 1662 6552 815 Sahaba Sahaba NNP 1662 6552 816 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6552 817 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 818 SSP SSP NNP 1662 6552 819 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 820 ; ; : 1662 6552 821 Islami Islami NNP 1662 6552 822 - - HYPH 1662 6552 823 Jamhoori Jamhoori NNP 1662 6552 824 - - HYPH 1662 6552 825 Mahaz Mahaz NNP 1662 6552 826 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 827 IJM IJM NNP 1662 6552 828 - - HYPH 1662 6552 829 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 6552 830 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6552 831 Front Front NNP 1662 6552 832 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 833 includes include VBZ 1662 6552 834 Jamiat Jamiat NNP 1662 6552 835 Ulema Ulema NNP 1662 6552 836 - - HYPH 1662 6552 837 i i NNP 1662 6552 838 - - HYPH 1662 6552 839 Islami Islami NNP 1662 6552 840 , , , 1662 6552 841 Fazlur Fazlur NNP 1662 6552 842 Rehman Rehman NNP 1662 6552 843 group group NN 1662 6552 844 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 845 JUI JUI NNP 1662 6552 846 / / SYM 1662 6552 847 F F NNP 1662 6552 848 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 849 ; ; : 1662 6552 850 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6552 851 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 6552 852 League League NNP 1662 6552 853 , , , 1662 6552 854 Functional Functional NNP 1662 6552 855 Group Group NNP 1662 6552 856 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 857 PML PML NNP 1662 6552 858 / / SYM 1662 6552 859 F F NNP 1662 6552 860 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 861 , , , 1662 6552 862 Pir Pir NNP 1662 6552 863 PAGARO PAGARO NNP 1662 6552 864 ; ; : 1662 6552 865 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6552 866 National National NNP 1662 6552 867 Party Party NNP 1662 6552 868 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 869 PNP PNP NNP 1662 6552 870 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 871 ; ; : 1662 6552 872 Milli Milli NNP 1662 6552 873 Yakjheti Yakjheti NNP 1662 6552 874 Council Council NNP 1662 6552 875 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 876 MYC MYC NNP 1662 6552 877 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 878 is be VBZ 1662 6552 879 an an DT 1662 6552 880 umbrella umbrella NN 1662 6552 881 organization organization NN 1662 6552 882 which which WDT 1662 6552 883 includes include VBZ 1662 6552 884 Jamaat Jamaat NNP 1662 6552 885 - - HYPH 1662 6552 886 i i NNP 1662 6552 887 - - HYPH 1662 6552 888 Islami Islami NNP 1662 6552 889 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 890 JI JI NNP 1662 6552 891 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 892 , , , 1662 6552 893 Qazi Qazi NNP 1662 6552 894 Hussain Hussain NNP 1662 6552 895 AHMED AHMED NNP 1662 6552 896 , , , 1662 6552 897 Jamiat Jamiat NNP 1662 6552 898 Ulema Ulema NNP 1662 6552 899 - - HYPH 1662 6552 900 i i NNP 1662 6552 901 - - HYPH 1662 6552 902 Islam Islam NNP 1662 6552 903 , , , 1662 6552 904 Sami Sami NNP 1662 6552 905 - - HYPH 1662 6552 906 ul ul NNP 1662 6552 907 - - HYPH 1662 6552 908 Haq haq NN 1662 6552 909 faction faction NN 1662 6552 910 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 911 JUI JUI NNP 1662 6552 912 / / SYM 1662 6552 913 S S NNP 1662 6552 914 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 915 , , , 1662 6552 916 Tehrik Tehrik NNP 1662 6552 917 - - HYPH 1662 6552 918 I I NNP 1662 6552 919 - - HYPH 1662 6552 920 Jafria Jafria NNP 1662 6552 921 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6552 922 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 923 TJP TJP NNP 1662 6552 924 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 925 , , , 1662 6552 926 Allama Allama NNP 1662 6552 927 Sajid Sajid NNP 1662 6552 928 NAQVI NAQVI NNP 1662 6552 929 , , , 1662 6552 930 and and CC 1662 6552 931 Jamiat Jamiat NNP 1662 6552 932 Ulema Ulema NNP 1662 6552 933 - - HYPH 1662 6552 934 i i NNP 1662 6552 935 - - HYPH 1662 6552 936 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6552 937 , , , 1662 6552 938 Noorani noorani JJ 1662 6552 939 faction faction NN 1662 6552 940 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 941 JUP JUP NNP 1662 6552 942 / / SYM 1662 6552 943 NO no UH 1662 6552 944 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 945 note note NN 1662 6552 946 : : : 1662 6552 947 political political JJ 1662 6552 948 alliances alliance NNS 1662 6552 949 in in IN 1662 6552 950 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6552 951 can can MD 1662 6552 952 shift shift VB 1662 6552 953 frequently frequently RB 1662 6552 954 Political political JJ 1662 6552 955 pressure pressure NN 1662 6552 956 groups group NNS 1662 6552 957 and and CC 1662 6552 958 leaders leader NNS 1662 6552 959 : : : 1662 6552 960 military military NN 1662 6552 961 remains remain VBZ 1662 6552 962 important important JJ 1662 6552 963 political political JJ 1662 6552 964 force force NN 1662 6552 965 ; ; : 1662 6552 966 ulema ulema NNP 1662 6552 967 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 968 clergy clergy NNP 1662 6552 969 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 970 , , , 1662 6552 971 landowners landowner NNS 1662 6552 972 , , , 1662 6552 973 industrialists industrialist NNS 1662 6552 974 , , , 1662 6552 975 and and CC 1662 6552 976 small small JJ 1662 6552 977 merchants merchant NNS 1662 6552 978 also also RB 1662 6552 979 influential influential JJ 1662 6552 980 International international JJ 1662 6552 981 organization organization NN 1662 6552 982 participation participation NN 1662 6552 983 : : : 1662 6552 984 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 6552 985 , , , 1662 6552 986 C C NNP 1662 6552 987 , , , 1662 6552 988 CCC CCC NNP 1662 6552 989 , , , 1662 6552 990 CP CP NNP 1662 6552 991 , , , 1662 6552 992 ECO ECO NNP 1662 6552 993 , , , 1662 6552 994 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 6552 995 , , , 1662 6552 996 FAO FAO NNP 1662 6552 997 , , , 1662 6552 998 G-19 g-19 CD 1662 6552 999 , , , 1662 6552 1000 G-24 g-24 CD 1662 6552 1001 , , , 1662 6552 1002 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 6552 1003 , , , 1662 6552 1004 IAEA iaea NN 1662 6552 1005 , , , 1662 6552 1006 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 6552 1007 , , , 1662 6552 1008 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 6552 1009 , , , 1662 6552 1010 ICC ICC NNP 1662 6552 1011 , , , 1662 6552 1012 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 6552 1013 , , , 1662 6552 1014 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 6552 1015 , , , 1662 6552 1016 IDA IDA NNP 1662 6552 1017 , , , 1662 6552 1018 IDB IDB NNP 1662 6552 1019 , , , 1662 6552 1020 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 6552 1021 , , , 1662 6552 1022 IFC IFC NNP 1662 6552 1023 , , , 1662 6552 1024 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 6552 1025 , , , 1662 6552 1026 IHO IHO NNP 1662 6552 1027 , , , 1662 6552 1028 ILO ILO NNP 1662 6552 1029 , , , 1662 6552 1030 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6552 1031 , , , 1662 6552 1032 IMO imo RB 1662 6552 1033 , , , 1662 6552 1034 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 6552 1035 , , , 1662 6552 1036 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6552 1037 , , , 1662 6552 1038 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 6552 1039 , , , 1662 6552 1040 IOC IOC NNP 1662 6552 1041 , , , 1662 6552 1042 IOM IOM NNP 1662 6552 1043 , , , 1662 6552 1044 ISO ISO NNP 1662 6552 1045 , , , 1662 6552 1046 ITU ITU NNP 1662 6552 1047 , , , 1662 6552 1048 MINURSO MINURSO NNP 1662 6552 1049 , , , 1662 6552 1050 NAM NAM NNP 1662 6552 1051 , , , 1662 6552 1052 OAS OAS NNP 1662 6552 1053 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 1054 observer observer NN 1662 6552 1055 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 1056 , , , 1662 6552 1057 OIC OIC NNP 1662 6552 1058 , , , 1662 6552 1059 PCA PCA NNP 1662 6552 1060 , , , 1662 6552 1061 SAARC SAARC NNP 1662 6552 1062 , , , 1662 6552 1063 UN UN NNP 1662 6552 1064 , , , 1662 6552 1065 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 6552 1066 III III NNP 1662 6552 1067 , , , 1662 6552 1068 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 6552 1069 , , , 1662 6552 1070 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 6552 1071 , , , 1662 6552 1072 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 6552 1073 , , , 1662 6552 1074 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 6552 1075 , , , 1662 6552 1076 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 6552 1077 , , , 1662 6552 1078 UNITAR UNITAR NNP 1662 6552 1079 , , , 1662 6552 1080 UNMIBH UNMIBH NNP 1662 6552 1081 , , , 1662 6552 1082 UNMIH UNMIH NNP 1662 6552 1083 , , , 1662 6552 1084 UNOMIG UNOMIG NNP 1662 6552 1085 , , , 1662 6552 1086 UNOMIL UNOMIL NNP 1662 6552 1087 , , , 1662 6552 1088 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 6552 1089 , , , 1662 6552 1090 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 6552 1091 , , , 1662 6552 1092 UPU UPU NNP 1662 6552 1093 , , , 1662 6552 1094 WCL WCL NNP 1662 6552 1095 , , , 1662 6552 1096 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 6552 1097 , , , 1662 6552 1098 WHO who WP 1662 6552 1099 , , , 1662 6552 1100 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 6552 1101 , , , 1662 6552 1102 WMO WMO NNP 1662 6552 1103 , , , 1662 6552 1104 WToO wtoo FW 1662 6552 1105 , , , 1662 6552 1106 WTrO wtro VB 1662 6552 1107 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6552 1108 representation representation NN 1662 6552 1109 in in IN 1662 6552 1110 the the DT 1662 6552 1111 US US NNP 1662 6552 1112 : : : 1662 6552 1113 chief chief NN 1662 6552 1114 of of IN 1662 6552 1115 mission mission NN 1662 6552 1116 : : : 1662 6552 1117 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6552 1118 Riaz Riaz NNP 1662 6552 1119 KHOKAR KHOKAR NNP 1662 6552 1120 chancery chancery NN 1662 6552 1121 : : : 1662 6552 1122 2315 2315 CD 1662 6552 1123 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 6552 1124 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 6552 1125 NW NW NNP 1662 6552 1126 , , , 1662 6552 1127 Washington Washington NNP 1662 6552 1128 , , , 1662 6552 1129 DC DC NNP 1662 6552 1130 20008 20008 CD 1662 6552 1131 telephone telephone NN 1662 6552 1132 : : : 1662 6552 1133 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6552 1134 1 1 CD 1662 6552 1135 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6552 1136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 1137 202 202 CD 1662 6552 1138 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 1139 939 939 CD 1662 6552 1140 - - SYM 1662 6552 1141 6200 6200 CD 1662 6552 1142 FAX fax NN 1662 6552 1143 : : : 1662 6552 1144 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6552 1145 1 1 CD 1662 6552 1146 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6552 1147 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6552 1148 202 202 CD 1662 6552 1149 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 1150 387 387 CD 1662 6552 1151 - - HYPH 1662 6552 1152 0484 0484 CD 1662 6552 1153 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 6552 1154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6552 1155 general general NN 1662 6552 1156 : : : 1662 6552 1157 Los Los NNP 1662 6552 1158 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 6552 1159 and and CC 1662 6552 1160 New New NNP 1662 6552 1161 York York NNP 1662 6552 1162 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6552 1163 representation representation NN 1662 6552 1164 from from IN 1662 6552 1165 the the DT 1662 6552 1166 US US NNP 1662 6552 1167 : : : 1662 6552 1168 chief chief NN 1662 6552 1169 of of IN 1662 6552 1170 mission mission NN 1662 6552 1171 : : : 1662 6552 1172 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6552 1173 Thomas Thomas NNP 1662 6552 1174 W. 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NNP 1662 6553 1 Box Box NNP 1662 6553 2 1048 1048 CD 1662 6553 3 , , , 1662 6553 4 Unit unit NN 1662 6553 5 62200 62200 CD 1662 6553 6 , , , 1662 6553 7 APO APO NNP 1662 6553 8 AE AE NNP 1662 6553 9 09812 09812 CD 1662 6553 10 - - SYM 1662 6553 11 2200 2200 CD 1662 6553 12 telephone telephone NN 1662 6553 13 : : : 1662 6553 14 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6553 15 92 92 CD 1662 6553 16 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6553 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6553 18 51 51 CD 1662 6553 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6553 20 826161 826161 CD 1662 6553 21 through through IN 1662 6553 22 826179 826179 CD 1662 6553 23 FAX fax NN 1662 6553 24 : : : 1662 6553 25 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6553 26 92 92 CD 1662 6553 27 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6553 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6553 29 51 51 CD 1662 6553 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6553 31 214222 214222 CD 1662 6553 32 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 6553 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6553 34 general general NN 1662 6553 35 : : : 1662 6553 36 Karachi Karachi NNP 1662 6553 37 , , , 1662 6553 38 Lahore Lahore NNP 1662 6553 39 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 6553 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6553 41 : : : 1662 6553 42 Peshawar Peshawar NNP 1662 6553 43 Flag flag NN 1662 6553 44 description description NN 1662 6553 45 : : : 1662 6553 46 green green JJ 1662 6553 47 with with IN 1662 6553 48 a a DT 1662 6553 49 vertical vertical JJ 1662 6553 50 white white JJ 1662 6553 51 band band NN 1662 6553 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6553 53 symbolizing symbolize VBG 1662 6553 54 the the DT 1662 6553 55 role role NN 1662 6553 56 of of IN 1662 6553 57 religious religious JJ 1662 6553 58 minorities minority NNS 1662 6553 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6553 60 on on IN 1662 6553 61 the the DT 1662 6553 62 hoist hoist NN 1662 6553 63 side side NN 1662 6553 64 ; ; : 1662 6553 65 a a DT 1662 6553 66 large large JJ 1662 6553 67 white white JJ 1662 6553 68 crescent crescent NNP 1662 6553 69 and and CC 1662 6553 70 star star NNP 1662 6553 71 are be VBP 1662 6553 72 centered center VBN 1662 6553 73 in in IN 1662 6553 74 the the DT 1662 6553 75 green green JJ 1662 6553 76 field field NN 1662 6553 77 ; ; : 1662 6553 78 the the DT 1662 6553 79 crescent crescent NNP 1662 6553 80 , , , 1662 6553 81 star star NNP 1662 6553 82 , , , 1662 6553 83 and and CC 1662 6553 84 color color NN 1662 6553 85 green green JJ 1662 6553 86 are be VBP 1662 6553 87 traditional traditional JJ 1662 6553 88 symbols symbol NNS 1662 6553 89 of of IN 1662 6553 90 Islam Islam NNP 1662 6553 91 Economy Economy NNP 1662 6553 92 Economy Economy NNP 1662 6553 93 - - HYPH 1662 6553 94 overview overview NN 1662 6553 95 : : : 1662 6553 96 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6553 97 is be VBZ 1662 6553 98 a a DT 1662 6553 99 poor poor JJ 1662 6553 100 , , , 1662 6553 101 highly highly RB 1662 6553 102 populated populated JJ 1662 6553 103 Third Third NNP 1662 6553 104 World World NNP 1662 6553 105 country country NN 1662 6553 106 struggling struggle VBG 1662 6553 107 to to TO 1662 6553 108 make make VB 1662 6553 109 the the DT 1662 6553 110 difficult difficult JJ 1662 6553 111 transition transition NN 1662 6553 112 to to IN 1662 6553 113 the the DT 1662 6553 114 modern modern JJ 1662 6553 115 world world NN 1662 6553 116 of of IN 1662 6553 117 high high JJ 1662 6553 118 technology technology NN 1662 6553 119 and and CC 1662 6553 120 international international JJ 1662 6553 121 markets market NNS 1662 6553 122 . . . 1662 6554 1 Even even RB 1662 6554 2 though though IN 1662 6554 3 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6554 4 growth growth NN 1662 6554 5 has have VBZ 1662 6554 6 remained remain VBN 1662 6554 7 strong strong JJ 1662 6554 8 , , , 1662 6554 9 at at IN 1662 6554 10 roughly roughly RB 1662 6554 11 5 5 CD 1662 6554 12 % % NN 1662 6554 13 annually annually RB 1662 6554 14 , , , 1662 6554 15 international international JJ 1662 6554 16 confidence confidence NN 1662 6554 17 in in IN 1662 6554 18 Prime Prime NNP 1662 6554 19 Minister Minister NNP 1662 6554 20 Benazir Benazir NNP 1662 6554 21 BHUTTO BHUTTO NNP 1662 6554 22 's 's POS 1662 6554 23 government government NN 1662 6554 24 declined decline VBD 1662 6554 25 in in IN 1662 6554 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 6554 27 . . . 1662 6555 1 The the DT 1662 6555 2 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6555 3 suspended suspend VBD 1662 6555 4 a a DT 1662 6555 5 Standby Standby NNP 1662 6555 6 Agreement Agreement NNP 1662 6555 7 in in IN 1662 6555 8 the the DT 1662 6555 9 spring spring NN 1662 6555 10 ; ; : 1662 6555 11 foreign foreign JJ 1662 6555 12 investment investment NN 1662 6555 13 declined decline VBD 1662 6555 14 ; ; : 1662 6555 15 and and CC 1662 6555 16 the the DT 1662 6555 17 budget budget NN 1662 6555 18 and and CC 1662 6555 19 trade trade NN 1662 6555 20 deficits deficit NNS 1662 6555 21 rose rise VBD 1662 6555 22 substantially substantially RB 1662 6555 23 . . . 1662 6556 1 In in IN 1662 6556 2 October October NNP 1662 6556 3 1996 1996 CD 1662 6556 4 , , , 1662 6556 5 BHUTTO BHUTTO NNP 1662 6556 6 responded respond VBD 1662 6556 7 to to IN 1662 6556 8 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6556 9 pressure pressure NN 1662 6556 10 to to TO 1662 6556 11 implement implement VB 1662 6556 12 reforms reform NNS 1662 6556 13 , , , 1662 6556 14 devaluing devalue VBG 1662 6556 15 the the DT 1662 6556 16 rupee rupee NNP 1662 6556 17 by by IN 1662 6556 18 about about RB 1662 6556 19 8 8 CD 1662 6556 20 % % NN 1662 6556 21 and and CC 1662 6556 22 raising raise VBG 1662 6556 23 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6556 24 prices price NNS 1662 6556 25 in in IN 1662 6556 26 an an DT 1662 6556 27 attempt attempt NN 1662 6556 28 to to TO 1662 6556 29 slow slow VB 1662 6556 30 the the DT 1662 6556 31 drain drain NN 1662 6556 32 on on IN 1662 6556 33 foreign foreign JJ 1662 6556 34 exchange exchange NN 1662 6556 35 reserves reserve NNS 1662 6556 36 . . . 1662 6557 1 But but CC 1662 6557 2 Islamabad Islamabad NNP 1662 6557 3 still still RB 1662 6557 4 failed fail VBD 1662 6557 5 to to TO 1662 6557 6 meet meet VB 1662 6557 7 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6557 8 revenue revenue NN 1662 6557 9 and and CC 1662 6557 10 borrowing borrowing NN 1662 6557 11 targets target NNS 1662 6557 12 . . . 1662 6558 1 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6558 2 's 's POS 1662 6558 3 interim interim JJ 1662 6558 4 government government NN 1662 6558 5 - - HYPH 1662 6558 6 in in RP 1662 6558 7 power power NN 1662 6558 8 since since IN 1662 6558 9 President President NNP 1662 6558 10 LEGHARI LEGHARI NNP 1662 6558 11 sacked sack VBD 1662 6558 12 BHUTTO BHUTTO NNP 1662 6558 13 on on IN 1662 6558 14 5 5 CD 1662 6558 15 November November NNP 1662 6558 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 6558 17 - - , 1662 6558 18 agreed agree VBD 1662 6558 19 to to TO 1662 6558 20 slash slash VB 1662 6558 21 the the DT 1662 6558 22 budget budget NN 1662 6558 23 deficit deficit NN 1662 6558 24 , , , 1662 6558 25 push push VB 1662 6558 26 down down RB 1662 6558 27 bank bank NN 1662 6558 28 borrowing borrowing NN 1662 6558 29 , , , 1662 6558 30 implement implement VB 1662 6558 31 an an DT 1662 6558 32 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 6558 33 tax tax NN 1662 6558 34 ; ; : 1662 6558 35 and and CC 1662 6558 36 speed speed VB 1662 6558 37 up up RP 1662 6558 38 reforms reform NNS 1662 6558 39 in in IN 1662 6558 40 the the DT 1662 6558 41 financial financial JJ 1662 6558 42 sector sector NN 1662 6558 43 ; ; : 1662 6558 44 accordingly accordingly RB 1662 6558 45 , , , 1662 6558 46 the the DT 1662 6558 47 Standby Standby NNP 1662 6558 48 Agreement Agreement NNP 1662 6558 49 was be VBD 1662 6558 50 reinstated reinstate VBN 1662 6558 51 in in IN 1662 6558 52 December December NNP 1662 6558 53 1996 1996 CD 1662 6558 54 and and CC 1662 6558 55 a a DT 1662 6558 56 tranche tranche NN 1662 6558 57 of of IN 1662 6558 58 $ $ $ 1662 6558 59 80 80 CD 1662 6558 60 million million CD 1662 6558 61 released release VBN 1662 6558 62 ; ; : 1662 6558 63 but but CC 1662 6558 64 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6558 65 fell fall VBD 1662 6558 66 out out IN 1662 6558 67 of of IN 1662 6558 68 compliance compliance NN 1662 6558 69 in in IN 1662 6558 70 February February NNP 1662 6558 71 1997 1997 CD 1662 6558 72 . . . 1662 6559 1 For for IN 1662 6559 2 the the DT 1662 6559 3 long long JJ 1662 6559 4 run run NN 1662 6559 5 , , , 1662 6559 6 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 6559 7 must must MD 1662 6559 8 deal deal VB 1662 6559 9 with with IN 1662 6559 10 serious serious JJ 1662 6559 11 problems problem NNS 1662 6559 12 of of IN 1662 6559 13 deteriorating deteriorate VBG 1662 6559 14 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 6559 15 , , , 1662 6559 16 low low JJ 1662 6559 17 literacy literacy NN 1662 6559 18 levels level NNS 1662 6559 19 , , , 1662 6559 20 and and CC 1662 6559 21 persistent persistent JJ 1662 6559 22 sectarian sectarian JJ 1662 6559 23 and and CC 1662 6559 24 political political JJ 1662 6559 25 violence violence NN 1662 6559 26 . . . 1662 6560 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6560 2 : : : 1662 6560 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6560 4 power power NN 1662 6560 5 parity parity NN 1662 6560 6 - - : 1662 6560 7 $ $ $ 1662 6560 8 296.5 296.5 CD 1662 6560 9 billion billion CD 1662 6560 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6560 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6560 12 est est NNP 1662 6560 13 . . . 1662 6560 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6561 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6561 2 - - HYPH 1662 6561 3 real real JJ 1662 6561 4 growth growth NN 1662 6561 5 rate rate NN 1662 6561 6 : : : 1662 6561 7 5.5 5.5 CD 1662 6561 8 % % NN 1662 6561 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6561 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 6561 11 est est NNP 1662 6561 12 . . . 1662 6561 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6562 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6562 2 - - HYPH 1662 6562 3 per per FW 1662 6562 4 capita capita NN 1662 6562 5 : : : 1662 6562 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6562 7 power power NN 1662 6562 8 parity parity NN 1662 6562 9 - - : 1662 6562 10 $ $ $ 1662 6562 11 2,300 2,300 CD 1662 6562 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6562 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 6562 14 est est NNP 1662 6562 15 . . . 1662 6562 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6563 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6563 2 - - HYPH 1662 6563 3 composition composition NN 1662 6563 4 by by IN 1662 6563 5 sector sector NN 1662 6563 6 : : : 1662 6563 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6563 8 : : : 1662 6563 9 24.8 24.8 CD 1662 6563 10 % % NN 1662 6563 11 industry industry NN 1662 6563 12 : : : 1662 6563 13 26.5 26.5 CD 1662 6563 14 % % NN 1662 6563 15 services service NNS 1662 6563 16 : : : 1662 6563 17 48.7 48.7 CD 1662 6563 18 % % NN 1662 6563 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6563 20 1996 1996 CD 1662 6563 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6563 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 6563 23 rate rate NN 1662 6563 24 - - HYPH 1662 6563 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 6563 26 price price NN 1662 6563 27 index index NN 1662 6563 28 : : : 1662 6563 29 10.8 10.8 CD 1662 6563 30 % % NN 1662 6563 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6563 32 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 6563 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6563 34 Labor labor NN 1662 6563 35 force force NN 1662 6563 36 : : : 1662 6563 37 total total NN 1662 6563 38 : : : 1662 6563 39 36.7 36.7 CD 1662 6563 40 million million CD 1662 6563 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6563 42 1997 1997 CD 1662 6563 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6563 44 by by IN 1662 6563 45 occupation occupation NN 1662 6563 46 : : : 1662 6563 47 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6563 48 47 47 CD 1662 6563 49 % % NN 1662 6563 50 , , , 1662 6563 51 mining mining NN 1662 6563 52 and and CC 1662 6563 53 manufacturing manufacture VBG 1662 6563 54 17 17 CD 1662 6563 55 % % NN 1662 6563 56 , , , 1662 6563 57 services service NNS 1662 6563 58 17 17 CD 1662 6563 59 % % NN 1662 6563 60 , , , 1662 6563 61 other other JJ 1662 6563 62 19 19 CD 1662 6563 63 % % NN 1662 6563 64 note note NN 1662 6563 65 : : : 1662 6563 66 extensive extensive JJ 1662 6563 67 export export NN 1662 6563 68 of of IN 1662 6563 69 labor labor NN 1662 6563 70 , , , 1662 6563 71 mostly mostly RB 1662 6563 72 to to IN 1662 6563 73 the the DT 1662 6563 74 Middle Middle NNP 1662 6563 75 East East NNP 1662 6563 76 , , , 1662 6563 77 and and CC 1662 6563 78 use use NN 1662 6563 79 of of IN 1662 6563 80 child child NN 1662 6563 81 labor labor NN 1662 6563 82 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 6563 83 rate rate NN 1662 6563 84 : : : 1662 6563 85 NA% NA% `` 1662 6563 86 Budget budget NN 1662 6563 87 : : : 1662 6563 88 revenues revenue NNS 1662 6563 89 : : : 1662 6563 90 $ $ $ 1662 6563 91 12.5 12.5 CD 1662 6563 92 billion billion CD 1662 6563 93 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6563 94 : : : 1662 6563 95 $ $ $ 1662 6563 96 14 14 CD 1662 6563 97 billion billion CD 1662 6563 98 , , , 1662 6563 99 including include VBG 1662 6563 100 capital capital NN 1662 6563 101 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6563 102 of of IN 1662 6563 103 $ $ $ 1662 6563 104 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 6563 105 billion billion CD 1662 6563 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6563 107 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 6563 108 est est NNP 1662 6563 109 . . . 1662 6563 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6564 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 6564 2 : : : 1662 6564 3 textiles textile NNS 1662 6564 4 , , , 1662 6564 5 food food NN 1662 6564 6 processing processing NN 1662 6564 7 , , , 1662 6564 8 beverages beverage NNS 1662 6564 9 , , , 1662 6564 10 construction construction NN 1662 6564 11 materials material NNS 1662 6564 12 , , , 1662 6564 13 clothing clothing NN 1662 6564 14 , , , 1662 6564 15 paper paper NN 1662 6564 16 products product NNS 1662 6564 17 , , , 1662 6564 18 shrimp shrimp NN 1662 6564 19 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 6564 20 production production NN 1662 6564 21 growth growth NN 1662 6564 22 rate rate NN 1662 6564 23 : : : 1662 6564 24 6.1 6.1 CD 1662 6564 25 % % NN 1662 6564 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6564 27 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 6564 28 est est NNP 1662 6564 29 . . . 1662 6564 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6565 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6565 2 - - HYPH 1662 6565 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 6565 4 : : : 1662 6565 5 13.17 13.17 CD 1662 6565 6 million million CD 1662 6565 7 kW kW NNP 1662 6565 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6565 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 6565 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6565 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6565 12 - - HYPH 1662 6565 13 production production NN 1662 6565 14 : : : 1662 6565 15 46.1 46.1 CD 1662 6565 16 billion billion CD 1662 6565 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6565 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6565 19 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 6565 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6565 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6565 22 - - HYPH 1662 6565 23 consumption consumption 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billion billion CD 1662 6566 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6566 33 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 6566 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6566 35 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6566 36 : : : 1662 6566 37 cotton cotton NN 1662 6566 38 , , , 1662 6566 39 textiles textile NNS 1662 6566 40 , , , 1662 6566 41 clothing clothing NN 1662 6566 42 , , , 1662 6566 43 rice rice NN 1662 6566 44 , , , 1662 6566 45 leather leather NN 1662 6566 46 , , , 1662 6566 47 carpets carpet VBZ 1662 6566 48 partners partner NNS 1662 6566 49 : : : 1662 6566 50 US US NNP 1662 6566 51 , , , 1662 6566 52 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6566 53 , , , 1662 6566 54 Hong Hong NNP 1662 6566 55 Kong Kong NNP 1662 6566 56 , , , 1662 6566 57 Germany Germany NNP 1662 6566 58 , , , 1662 6566 59 UK UK NNP 1662 6566 60 , , , 1662 6566 61 UAE UAE NNP 1662 6566 62 , , , 1662 6566 63 France France NNP 1662 6566 64 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 6566 65 : : : 1662 6566 66 total total JJ 1662 6566 67 value value NN 1662 6566 68 : : : 1662 6566 69 $ $ $ 1662 6566 70 12 12 CD 1662 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6580 109 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 110 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 111 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 112 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 113 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 114 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 115 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 116 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 117 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 118 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 119 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 120 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 121 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 122 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 123 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 124 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 125 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 126 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 127 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 128 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 129 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 130 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 131 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 132 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 133 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 134 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 135 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 136 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 137 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 138 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 139 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 140 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 141 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 142 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 143 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 144 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 145 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 146 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 147 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 148 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 149 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 150 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 151 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 152 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 153 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 154 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 155 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 156 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 157 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 158 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 159 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 160 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 161 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 162 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 163 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 164 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 165 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 166 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 167 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 168 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 169 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 170 _ _ NNP 1662 6580 171 PALAU PALAU NNP 1662 6580 172 @Palau @palau NN 1662 6580 173 : : : 1662 6580 174 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6580 175 Location Location NNP 1662 6580 176 : : : 1662 6580 177 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 6580 178 , , , 1662 6580 179 group group NN 1662 6580 180 of of IN 1662 6580 181 islands island NNS 1662 6580 182 in in IN 1662 6580 183 the the DT 1662 6580 184 North North NNP 1662 6580 185 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6580 186 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6580 187 , , , 1662 6580 188 southeast southeast NN 1662 6580 189 of of IN 1662 6580 190 the the DT 1662 6580 191 Philippines Philippines NNP 1662 6580 192 Geographic Geographic NNP 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1662 6604 632 225 225 CD 1662 6604 633 km km NNS 1662 6604 634 , , , 1662 6604 635 Costa Costa NNP 1662 6604 636 Rica Rica NNP 1662 6604 637 330 330 CD 1662 6604 638 km km NN 1662 6604 639 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6604 640 : : : 1662 6604 641 2,490 2,490 CD 1662 6604 642 km km NN 1662 6604 643 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6604 644 claims claim NNS 1662 6604 645 : : : 1662 6604 646 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6604 647 sea sea NN 1662 6604 648 : : : 1662 6604 649 200 200 CD 1662 6604 650 nm nm NNP 1662 6604 651 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6604 652 : : : 1662 6604 653 tropical tropical JJ 1662 6604 654 ; ; : 1662 6604 655 hot hot JJ 1662 6604 656 , , , 1662 6604 657 humid humid JJ 1662 6604 658 , , , 1662 6604 659 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 6604 660 ; ; : 1662 6604 661 prolonged prolong VBD 1662 6604 662 rainy rainy JJ 1662 6604 663 season season NN 1662 6604 664 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6604 665 May May NNP 1662 6604 666 to to IN 1662 6604 667 January January NNP 1662 6604 668 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6604 669 , , , 1662 6604 670 short short JJ 1662 6604 671 dry dry JJ 1662 6604 672 season season NN 1662 6604 673 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6604 674 January January NNP 1662 6604 675 to to IN 1662 6604 676 May May NNP 1662 6604 677 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6604 678 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6604 679 : : : 1662 6604 680 interior interior NNP 1662 6604 681 mostly mostly RB 1662 6604 682 steep steep JJ 1662 6604 683 , , , 1662 6604 684 rugged rugged JJ 1662 6604 685 mountains mountain NNS 1662 6604 686 and and CC 1662 6604 687 dissected dissect VBN 1662 6604 688 , , , 1662 6604 689 upland upland JJ 1662 6604 690 plains plain NNS 1662 6604 691 ; ; , 1662 6604 692 coastal coastal JJ 1662 6604 693 areas area NNS 1662 6604 694 largely largely RB 1662 6604 695 plains plain VBZ 1662 6604 696 and and CC 1662 6604 697 rolling roll VBG 1662 6604 698 hills hill NNS 1662 6604 699 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6604 700 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6604 701 : : : 1662 6604 702 lowest low JJS 1662 6604 703 point point NN 1662 6604 704 : : : 1662 6604 705 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6604 706 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6604 707 0 0 NFP 1662 6604 708 m m DT 1662 6604 709 highest high JJS 1662 6604 710 point point NN 1662 6604 711 : : : 1662 6604 712 Volcan Volcan NNP 1662 6604 713 de de NNP 1662 6604 714 Chiriqui Chiriqui NNP 1662 6604 715 3,475 3,475 CD 1662 6604 716 m m NNP 1662 6604 717 Natural natural JJ 1662 6604 718 resources resource NNS 1662 6604 719 : : : 1662 6604 720 copper copper NN 1662 6604 721 , , , 1662 6604 722 mahogany mahogany NN 1662 6604 723 forests forest NNS 1662 6604 724 , , , 1662 6604 725 shrimp shrimp NN 1662 6604 726 Land Land NNP 1662 6604 727 use use NN 1662 6604 728 : : : 1662 6604 729 arable arable JJ 1662 6604 730 land land NN 1662 6604 731 : : : 1662 6604 732 7 7 CD 1662 6604 733 % % NN 1662 6604 734 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6604 735 crops crop NNS 1662 6604 736 : : : 1662 6604 737 2 2 CD 1662 6604 738 % % NN 1662 6604 739 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6604 740 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6604 741 : : : 1662 6604 742 20 20 CD 1662 6604 743 % % NN 1662 6604 744 forests forest NNS 1662 6604 745 and and CC 1662 6604 746 woodland woodland NN 1662 6604 747 : : : 1662 6604 748 44 44 CD 1662 6604 749 % % NN 1662 6604 750 other other JJ 1662 6604 751 : : : 1662 6604 752 27 27 CD 1662 6604 753 % % NN 1662 6604 754 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6604 755 1993 1993 CD 1662 6604 756 est est NNP 1662 6604 757 . . . 1662 6604 758 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6605 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6605 2 land land NN 1662 6605 3 : : : 1662 6605 4 320 320 CD 1662 6605 5 sq sq NNP 1662 6605 6 km km NNP 1662 6605 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6605 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 6605 9 est est NNP 1662 6605 10 . . . 1662 6605 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6606 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 6606 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6606 3 : : : 1662 6606 4 NA NA NNP 1662 6606 5 Environment environment NN 1662 6606 6 - - HYPH 1662 6606 7 current current JJ 1662 6606 8 issues issue NNS 1662 6606 9 : : : 1662 6606 10 water water NN 1662 6606 11 pollution pollution NN 1662 6606 12 from from IN 1662 6606 13 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 6606 14 runoff runoff NN 1662 6606 15 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 6606 16 fishery fishery JJ 1662 6606 17 resources resource NNS 1662 6606 18 ; ; : 1662 6606 19 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 6606 20 of of IN 1662 6606 21 tropical tropical JJ 1662 6606 22 rain rain NN 1662 6606 23 forest forest NN 1662 6606 24 ; ; : 1662 6606 25 land land NN 1662 6606 26 degradation degradation NN 1662 6606 27 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6606 28 - - HYPH 1662 6606 29 international international JJ 1662 6606 30 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6606 31 : : : 1662 6606 32 party party NN 1662 6606 33 to to TO 1662 6606 34 : : : 1662 6606 35 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 6606 36 , , , 1662 6606 37 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6606 38 Change Change NNP 1662 6606 39 , , , 1662 6606 40 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 6606 41 , , , 1662 6606 42 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 6606 43 Species Species NNPS 1662 6606 44 , , , 1662 6606 45 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 6606 46 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 6606 47 , , , 1662 6606 48 Law Law NNP 1662 6606 49 of of IN 1662 6606 50 the the DT 1662 6606 51 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6606 52 , , , 1662 6606 53 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6606 54 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 6606 55 , , , 1662 6606 56 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 6606 57 Test Test NNP 1662 6606 58 Ban Ban NNP 1662 6606 59 , , , 1662 6606 60 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 6606 61 Layer Layer NNP 1662 6606 62 Protection Protection NNP 1662 6606 63 , , , 1662 6606 64 Ship Ship NNP 1662 6606 65 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6606 66 , , , 1662 6606 67 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 6606 68 Timber Timber NNP 1662 6606 69 83 83 CD 1662 6606 70 , , , 1662 6606 71 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 6606 72 Timber Timber NNP 1662 6606 73 94 94 CD 1662 6606 74 , , , 1662 6606 75 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 6606 76 signed sign VBD 1662 6606 77 , , , 1662 6606 78 but but CC 1662 6606 79 not not RB 1662 6606 80 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6606 81 : : : 1662 6606 82 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6606 83 Life Life NNP 1662 6606 84 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 6606 85 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6606 86 - - HYPH 1662 6606 87 note note NN 1662 6606 88 : : : 1662 6606 89 strategic strategic JJ 1662 6606 90 location location NN 1662 6606 91 on on IN 1662 6606 92 eastern eastern JJ 1662 6606 93 end end NN 1662 6606 94 of of IN 1662 6606 95 isthmus isthmus NN 1662 6606 96 forming form VBG 1662 6606 97 land land NN 1662 6606 98 bridge bridge NNP 1662 6606 99 connecting connect VBG 1662 6606 100 North North NNP 1662 6606 101 and and CC 1662 6606 102 South South NNP 1662 6606 103 America America NNP 1662 6606 104 ; ; : 1662 6606 105 controls control VBZ 1662 6606 106 Panama Panama NNP 1662 6606 107 Canal Canal NNP 1662 6606 108 that that WDT 1662 6606 109 links link VBZ 1662 6606 110 North North NNP 1662 6606 111 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6606 112 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6606 113 via via IN 1662 6606 114 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 6606 115 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6606 116 with with IN 1662 6606 117 North North NNP 1662 6606 118 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6606 119 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6606 120 @Panama @panama NN 1662 6606 121 : : : 1662 6606 122 People People NNS 1662 6606 123 Population Population NNP 1662 6606 124 : : : 1662 6606 125 2,693,417 2,693,417 CD 1662 6606 126 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6606 127 July July NNP 1662 6606 128 1997 1997 CD 1662 6606 129 est est NNP 1662 6606 130 . . . 1662 6606 131 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6607 1 Age age NN 1662 6607 2 structure structure NN 1662 6607 3 : : : 1662 6607 4 0 0 CD 1662 6607 5 - - HYPH 1662 6607 6 14 14 CD 1662 6607 7 years year NNS 1662 6607 8 : : : 1662 6607 9 32 32 CD 1662 6607 10 % % NN 1662 6607 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6607 12 male male JJ 1662 6607 13 444,673 444,673 CD 1662 6607 14 ; ; : 1662 6607 15 female female JJ 1662 6607 16 426,823 426,823 CD 1662 6607 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6607 18 15 15 CD 1662 6607 19 - - SYM 1662 6607 20 64 64 CD 1662 6607 21 years year NNS 1662 6607 22 : : : 1662 6607 23 62 62 CD 1662 6607 24 % % NN 1662 6607 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6607 26 male male JJ 1662 6607 27 846,707 846,707 CD 1662 6607 28 ; ; : 1662 6607 29 female female JJ 1662 6607 30 824,690 824,690 CD 1662 6607 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6607 32 65 65 CD 1662 6607 33 years year NNS 1662 6607 34 and and CC 1662 6607 35 over over IN 1662 6607 36 : : : 1662 6607 37 6 6 CD 1662 6607 38 % % NN 1662 6607 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6607 40 male male JJ 1662 6607 41 72,472 72,472 CD 1662 6607 42 ; ; : 1662 6607 43 female female JJ 1662 6607 44 78,052 78,052 CD 1662 6607 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6607 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6607 47 July July NNP 1662 6607 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 6607 49 est est NNP 1662 6607 50 . . . 1662 6607 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6608 1 Population population NN 1662 6608 2 growth growth NN 1662 6608 3 rate rate NN 1662 6608 4 : : : 1662 6608 5 1.58 1.58 CD 1662 6608 6 % % NN 1662 6608 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6608 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6608 9 est est NNP 1662 6608 10 . . . 1662 6608 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6609 1 Birth birth NN 1662 6609 2 rate rate NN 1662 6609 3 : : : 1662 6609 4 22.27 22.27 CD 1662 6609 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 6609 6 population population NN 1662 6609 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6609 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6609 9 est est NNP 1662 6609 10 . . . 1662 6609 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6610 1 Death death NN 1662 6610 2 rate rate NN 1662 6610 3 : : : 1662 6610 4 5.15 5.15 CD 1662 6610 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6610 6 population population NN 1662 6610 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6610 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6610 9 est est NNP 1662 6610 10 . . . 1662 6610 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6611 1 Net net JJ 1662 6611 2 migration migration NN 1662 6611 3 rate rate NN 1662 6611 4 : : : 1662 6611 5 -1.35 -1.35 NFP 1662 6611 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 6611 7 population population NN 1662 6611 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6611 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6611 10 est est NNP 1662 6611 11 . . . 1662 6611 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6612 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6612 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6612 3 : : : 1662 6612 4 at at IN 1662 6612 5 birth birth NN 1662 6612 6 : : : 1662 6612 7 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 6612 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6612 9 under under IN 1662 6612 10 15 15 CD 1662 6612 11 years year NNS 1662 6612 12 : : : 1662 6612 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 6612 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6612 15 15 15 CD 1662 6612 16 - - HYPH 1662 6612 17 64 64 CD 1662 6612 18 years year NNS 1662 6612 19 : : : 1662 6612 20 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 6612 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6612 22 65 65 CD 1662 6612 23 years year NNS 1662 6612 24 and and CC 1662 6612 25 over over IN 1662 6612 26 : : : 1662 6612 27 0.93 0.93 CD 1662 6612 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 6612 29 total total JJ 1662 6612 30 population population NN 1662 6612 31 : : : 1662 6612 32 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 6612 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6612 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6612 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 6612 36 est e JJS 1662 6612 37 . . . 1662 6612 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6613 1 Infant infant NN 1662 6613 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 6613 3 rate rate NN 1662 6613 4 : : : 1662 6613 5 24.6 24.6 CD 1662 6613 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6613 7 live live JJ 1662 6613 8 births birth NNS 1662 6613 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6613 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 6613 11 est est NNP 1662 6613 12 . . . 1662 6613 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6614 1 Life life NN 1662 6614 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 6614 3 at at IN 1662 6614 4 birth birth NN 1662 6614 5 : : : 1662 6614 6 total total JJ 1662 6614 7 population population NN 1662 6614 8 : : : 1662 6614 9 74.28 74.28 CD 1662 6614 10 years year NNS 1662 6614 11 male male NN 1662 6614 12 : : : 1662 6614 13 71.55 71.55 CD 1662 6614 14 years year NNS 1662 6614 15 female female JJ 1662 6614 16 : : : 1662 6614 17 77.1 77.1 CD 1662 6614 18 years year NNS 1662 6614 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6614 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 6614 21 est est NNP 1662 6614 22 . . . 1662 6614 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6615 1 Total total JJ 1662 6615 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 6615 3 rate rate NN 1662 6615 4 : : : 1662 6615 5 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 6615 6 children child NNS 1662 6615 7 born bear VBN 1662 6615 8 / / SYM 1662 6615 9 woman woman NN 1662 6615 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6615 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6615 12 est est NNP 1662 6615 13 . . . 1662 6615 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6616 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 6616 2 : : : 1662 6616 3 noun noun NNP 1662 6616 4 : : : 1662 6616 5 Panamanian(s Panamanian(s NNP 1662 6616 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6616 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 6616 8 : : : 1662 6616 9 Panamanian panamanian JJ 1662 6616 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 6616 11 groups group NNS 1662 6616 12 : : : 1662 6616 13 mestizo mestizo NNP 1662 6616 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6616 15 mixed mixed JJ 1662 6616 16 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 6616 17 and and CC 1662 6616 18 white white JJ 1662 6616 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6616 20 70 70 CD 1662 6616 21 % % NN 1662 6616 22 , , , 1662 6616 23 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 6616 24 and and CC 1662 6616 25 mixed mixed JJ 1662 6616 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6616 27 West West NNP 1662 6616 28 Indian Indian NNP 1662 6616 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6616 30 14 14 CD 1662 6616 31 % % NN 1662 6616 32 , , , 1662 6616 33 white white JJ 1662 6616 34 10 10 CD 1662 6616 35 % % NN 1662 6616 36 , , , 1662 6616 37 Amerindian Amerindian NNP 1662 6616 38 6 6 CD 1662 6616 39 % % NN 1662 6616 40 Religions religion NNS 1662 6616 41 : : : 1662 6616 42 Roman Roman NNP 1662 6616 43 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 6616 44 85 85 CD 1662 6616 45 % % NN 1662 6616 46 , , , 1662 6616 47 Protestant protestant NN 1662 6616 48 15 15 CD 1662 6616 49 % % NN 1662 6616 50 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 6616 51 : : : 1662 6616 52 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 6616 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6616 54 official official NN 1662 6616 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6616 56 , , , 1662 6616 57 English English NNP 1662 6616 58 14 14 CD 1662 6616 59 % % NN 1662 6616 60 note note NN 1662 6616 61 : : : 1662 6616 62 many many JJ 1662 6616 63 Panamanians Panamanians NNPS 1662 6616 64 bilingual bilingual JJ 1662 6616 65 Literacy literacy NN 1662 6616 66 : : : 1662 6616 67 definition definition NN 1662 6616 68 : : : 1662 6616 69 age age NN 1662 6616 70 15 15 CD 1662 6616 71 and and CC 1662 6616 72 over over RB 1662 6616 73 can can MD 1662 6616 74 read read VB 1662 6616 75 and and CC 1662 6616 76 write write VB 1662 6616 77 total total JJ 1662 6616 78 population population NN 1662 6616 79 : : : 1662 6616 80 90.8 90.8 CD 1662 6616 81 % % NN 1662 6616 82 male male NN 1662 6616 83 : : : 1662 6616 84 91.4 91.4 CD 1662 6616 85 % % NN 1662 6616 86 female female NN 1662 6616 87 : : : 1662 6616 88 90.2 90.2 CD 1662 6616 89 % % NN 1662 6616 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6616 91 1995 1995 CD 1662 6616 92 est est NNP 1662 6616 93 . . . 1662 6616 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 1 @Panama @panama NN 1662 6617 2 : : : 1662 6617 3 Government Government NNP 1662 6617 4 Country Country NNP 1662 6617 5 name name NN 1662 6617 6 : : : 1662 6617 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6617 8 long long JJ 1662 6617 9 form form NN 1662 6617 10 : : : 1662 6617 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 6617 12 of of IN 1662 6617 13 Panama Panama NNP 1662 6617 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6617 15 short short JJ 1662 6617 16 form form NN 1662 6617 17 : : : 1662 6617 18 Panama Panama NNP 1662 6617 19 local local JJ 1662 6617 20 long long JJ 1662 6617 21 form form NN 1662 6617 22 : : : 1662 6617 23 Republica Republica NNP 1662 6617 24 de de FW 1662 6617 25 Panama Panama NNP 1662 6617 26 local local JJ 1662 6617 27 short short JJ 1662 6617 28 form form NN 1662 6617 29 : : : 1662 6617 30 Panama Panama NNP 1662 6617 31 Data Data NNP 1662 6617 32 code code NN 1662 6617 33 : : : 1662 6617 34 PM PM NNP 1662 6617 35 Government Government NNP 1662 6617 36 type type NN 1662 6617 37 : : : 1662 6617 38 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 6617 39 republic republic NNP 1662 6617 40 National national JJ 1662 6617 41 capital capital NN 1662 6617 42 : : : 1662 6617 43 Panama Panama NNP 1662 6617 44 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 6617 45 divisions division NNS 1662 6617 46 : : : 1662 6617 47 9 9 CD 1662 6617 48 provinces province NNS 1662 6617 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 50 provincias provincia NNS 1662 6617 51 , , , 1662 6617 52 singular singular JJ 1662 6617 53 - - HYPH 1662 6617 54 provincia provincia NN 1662 6617 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 56 and and CC 1662 6617 57 1 1 CD 1662 6617 58 territory territory NN 1662 6617 59 * * NFP 1662 6617 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 61 comarca comarca NN 1662 6617 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 63 ; ; : 1662 6617 64 Bocas Bocas NNP 1662 6617 65 del del NNP 1662 6617 66 Toro Toro NNP 1662 6617 67 , , , 1662 6617 68 Chiriqui Chiriqui NNP 1662 6617 69 , , , 1662 6617 70 Cocle Cocle NNP 1662 6617 71 , , , 1662 6617 72 Colon Colon NNP 1662 6617 73 , , , 1662 6617 74 Darien Darien NNP 1662 6617 75 , , , 1662 6617 76 Herrera Herrera NNP 1662 6617 77 , , , 1662 6617 78 Los Los NNP 1662 6617 79 Santos Santos NNP 1662 6617 80 , , , 1662 6617 81 Panama Panama NNP 1662 6617 82 , , , 1662 6617 83 San San NNP 1662 6617 84 Blas Blas NNP 1662 6617 85 * * NFP 1662 6617 86 , , , 1662 6617 87 Veraguas Veraguas NNP 1662 6617 88 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6617 89 : : : 1662 6617 90 3 3 CD 1662 6617 91 November November NNP 1662 6617 92 1903 1903 CD 1662 6617 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 94 from from IN 1662 6617 95 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 6617 96 ; ; : 1662 6617 97 became become VBD 1662 6617 98 independent independent JJ 1662 6617 99 from from IN 1662 6617 100 Spain Spain NNP 1662 6617 101 28 28 CD 1662 6617 102 November November NNP 1662 6617 103 1821 1821 CD 1662 6617 104 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 105 National national JJ 1662 6617 106 holiday holiday NN 1662 6617 107 : : : 1662 6617 108 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6617 109 Day Day NNP 1662 6617 110 , , , 1662 6617 111 3 3 CD 1662 6617 112 November November NNP 1662 6617 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 114 1903 1903 CD 1662 6617 115 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 116 Constitution constitution NN 1662 6617 117 : : : 1662 6617 118 11 11 CD 1662 6617 119 October October NNP 1662 6617 120 1972 1972 CD 1662 6617 121 ; ; : 1662 6617 122 major major JJ 1662 6617 123 reforms reform NNS 1662 6617 124 adopted adopt VBD 1662 6617 125 April April NNP 1662 6617 126 1983 1983 CD 1662 6617 127 Legal legal JJ 1662 6617 128 system system NN 1662 6617 129 : : : 1662 6617 130 based base VBN 1662 6617 131 on on IN 1662 6617 132 civil civil JJ 1662 6617 133 law law NN 1662 6617 134 system system NN 1662 6617 135 ; ; : 1662 6617 136 judicial judicial JJ 1662 6617 137 review review NN 1662 6617 138 of of IN 1662 6617 139 legislative legislative JJ 1662 6617 140 acts act NNS 1662 6617 141 in in IN 1662 6617 142 the the DT 1662 6617 143 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 6617 144 Court Court NNP 1662 6617 145 of of IN 1662 6617 146 Justice Justice NNP 1662 6617 147 ; ; : 1662 6617 148 accepts accept VBZ 1662 6617 149 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 6617 150 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 6617 151 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 6617 152 , , , 1662 6617 153 with with IN 1662 6617 154 reservations reservation NNS 1662 6617 155 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 6617 156 : : : 1662 6617 157 18 18 CD 1662 6617 158 years year NNS 1662 6617 159 of of IN 1662 6617 160 age age NN 1662 6617 161 ; ; : 1662 6617 162 universal universal JJ 1662 6617 163 and and CC 1662 6617 164 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 6617 165 Executive Executive NNP 1662 6617 166 branch branch NN 1662 6617 167 : : : 1662 6617 168 chief chief NN 1662 6617 169 of of IN 1662 6617 170 state state NN 1662 6617 171 : : : 1662 6617 172 President President NNP 1662 6617 173 Ernesto Ernesto NNP 1662 6617 174 PEREZ PEREZ NNP 1662 6617 175 BALLADARES BALLADARES NNP 1662 6617 176 Gonzalez Gonzalez NNP 1662 6617 177 Revilla Revilla NNP 1662 6617 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 179 since since IN 1662 6617 180 1 1 CD 1662 6617 181 September September NNP 1662 6617 182 1994 1994 CD 1662 6617 183 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 184 ; ; : 1662 6617 185 First First NNP 1662 6617 186 Vice Vice NNP 1662 6617 187 President President NNP 1662 6617 188 Tomas Tomas NNP 1662 6617 189 Gabriel Gabriel NNP 1662 6617 190 ALTAMIRANO ALTAMIRANO NNP 1662 6617 191 DUQUE DUQUE NNP 1662 6617 192 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 193 since since IN 1662 6617 194 1 1 CD 1662 6617 195 September September NNP 1662 6617 196 1994 1994 CD 1662 6617 197 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 198 ; ; : 1662 6617 199 Second second JJ 1662 6617 200 Vice Vice NNP 1662 6617 201 President President NNP 1662 6617 202 Felipe Felipe NNP 1662 6617 203 Alejandro Alejandro NNP 1662 6617 204 VIRZI VIRZI NNP 1662 6617 205 Lopez Lopez NNP 1662 6617 206 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 207 since since IN 1662 6617 208 1 1 CD 1662 6617 209 September September NNP 1662 6617 210 1994 1994 CD 1662 6617 211 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 212 ; ; : 1662 6617 213 note note VB 1662 6617 214 - - : 1662 6617 215 the the DT 1662 6617 216 president president NN 1662 6617 217 is be VBZ 1662 6617 218 both both CC 1662 6617 219 the the DT 1662 6617 220 chief chief NN 1662 6617 221 of of IN 1662 6617 222 state state NN 1662 6617 223 and and CC 1662 6617 224 head head NN 1662 6617 225 of of IN 1662 6617 226 government government NN 1662 6617 227 head head NN 1662 6617 228 of of IN 1662 6617 229 government government NN 1662 6617 230 : : : 1662 6617 231 President President NNP 1662 6617 232 Ernesto Ernesto NNP 1662 6617 233 PEREZ PEREZ NNP 1662 6617 234 BALLADARES BALLADARES NNP 1662 6617 235 Gonzalez Gonzalez NNP 1662 6617 236 Revilla Revilla NNP 1662 6617 237 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 238 since since IN 1662 6617 239 1 1 CD 1662 6617 240 September September NNP 1662 6617 241 1994 1994 CD 1662 6617 242 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 243 ; ; : 1662 6617 244 First First NNP 1662 6617 245 Vice Vice NNP 1662 6617 246 President President NNP 1662 6617 247 Tomas Tomas NNP 1662 6617 248 Gabriel Gabriel NNP 1662 6617 249 ALTAMIRANO ALTAMIRANO NNP 1662 6617 250 DUQUE DUQUE NNP 1662 6617 251 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 252 since since IN 1662 6617 253 1 1 CD 1662 6617 254 September September NNP 1662 6617 255 1994 1994 CD 1662 6617 256 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 257 ; ; : 1662 6617 258 Second second JJ 1662 6617 259 Vice Vice NNP 1662 6617 260 President President NNP 1662 6617 261 Felipe Felipe NNP 1662 6617 262 Alejandro Alejandro NNP 1662 6617 263 VIRZI VIRZI NNP 1662 6617 264 Lopez Lopez NNP 1662 6617 265 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 266 since since IN 1662 6617 267 1 1 CD 1662 6617 268 September September NNP 1662 6617 269 1994 1994 CD 1662 6617 270 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 271 ; ; : 1662 6617 272 note note VB 1662 6617 273 - - : 1662 6617 274 the the DT 1662 6617 275 president president NN 1662 6617 276 is be VBZ 1662 6617 277 both both CC 1662 6617 278 the the DT 1662 6617 279 chief chief NN 1662 6617 280 of of IN 1662 6617 281 state state NN 1662 6617 282 and and CC 1662 6617 283 head head NN 1662 6617 284 of of IN 1662 6617 285 government government NN 1662 6617 286 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 6617 287 : : : 1662 6617 288 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 6617 289 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6617 290 by by IN 1662 6617 291 the the DT 1662 6617 292 president president NNP 1662 6617 293 elections election NNS 1662 6617 294 : : : 1662 6617 295 president president NN 1662 6617 296 and and CC 1662 6617 297 vice vice NN 1662 6617 298 presidents president NNS 1662 6617 299 elected elect VBN 1662 6617 300 on on IN 1662 6617 301 the the DT 1662 6617 302 same same JJ 1662 6617 303 ticket ticket NN 1662 6617 304 by by IN 1662 6617 305 popular popular JJ 1662 6617 306 vote vote NN 1662 6617 307 for for IN 1662 6617 308 five five CD 1662 6617 309 - - HYPH 1662 6617 310 year year NN 1662 6617 311 terms term NNS 1662 6617 312 ; ; : 1662 6617 313 election election NN 1662 6617 314 last last JJ 1662 6617 315 held hold VBD 1662 6617 316 8 8 CD 1662 6617 317 May May NNP 1662 6617 318 1994 1994 CD 1662 6617 319 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 320 next next JJ 1662 6617 321 to to TO 1662 6617 322 be be VB 1662 6617 323 held hold VBN 1662 6617 324 9 9 CD 1662 6617 325 May May NNP 1662 6617 326 1999 1999 CD 1662 6617 327 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 328 election election NN 1662 6617 329 results result NNS 1662 6617 330 : : : 1662 6617 331 Ernesto Ernesto NNP 1662 6617 332 PEREZ PEREZ NNP 1662 6617 333 BALLADARES BALLADARES NNP 1662 6617 334 elected elect VBD 1662 6617 335 president president NN 1662 6617 336 ; ; , 1662 6617 337 percent percent NN 1662 6617 338 of of IN 1662 6617 339 vote vote NN 1662 6617 340 - - HYPH 1662 6617 341 Ernesto Ernesto NNP 1662 6617 342 PEREZ PEREZ NNP 1662 6617 343 BALLADARES BALLADARES NNP 1662 6617 344 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 345 PRD PRD NNP 1662 6617 346 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 347 33 33 CD 1662 6617 348 % % NN 1662 6617 349 , , , 1662 6617 350 Mireya Mireya NNP 1662 6617 351 MOSCOSO MOSCOSO NNP 1662 6617 352 DE DE NNP 1662 6617 353 GRUBER GRUBER NNP 1662 6617 354 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 355 PA PA NNP 1662 6617 356 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 357 29 29 CD 1662 6617 358 % % NN 1662 6617 359 , , , 1662 6617 360 Ruben Ruben NNP 1662 6617 361 BLADES BLADES NNP 1662 6617 362 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 363 MPE MPE NNP 1662 6617 364 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 365 17 17 CD 1662 6617 366 % % NN 1662 6617 367 , , , 1662 6617 368 Ruben Ruben NNP 1662 6617 369 Dario Dario NNP 1662 6617 370 CARLES CARLES NNP 1662 6617 371 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 372 MOLIRENA MOLIRENA NNP 1662 6617 373 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 374 16 16 CD 1662 6617 375 % % NN 1662 6617 376 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 6617 377 branch branch NN 1662 6617 378 : : : 1662 6617 379 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 6617 380 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 6617 381 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 6617 382 or or CC 1662 6617 383 Asamblea Asamblea NNP 1662 6617 384 Legislativa Legislativa NNP 1662 6617 385 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 386 72 72 CD 1662 6617 387 seats seat NNS 1662 6617 388 ; ; : 1662 6617 389 members member NNS 1662 6617 390 are be VBP 1662 6617 391 elected elect VBN 1662 6617 392 by by IN 1662 6617 393 popular popular JJ 1662 6617 394 vote vote NN 1662 6617 395 to to TO 1662 6617 396 serve serve VB 1662 6617 397 five five CD 1662 6617 398 - - HYPH 1662 6617 399 year year NN 1662 6617 400 terms term NNS 1662 6617 401 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 402 elections election NNS 1662 6617 403 : : : 1662 6617 404 last last RB 1662 6617 405 held hold VBD 1662 6617 406 8 8 CD 1662 6617 407 May May NNP 1662 6617 408 1994 1994 CD 1662 6617 409 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 410 next next JJ 1662 6617 411 to to TO 1662 6617 412 be be VB 1662 6617 413 held hold VBN 1662 6617 414 9 9 CD 1662 6617 415 May May NNP 1662 6617 416 1999 1999 CD 1662 6617 417 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 418 election election NN 1662 6617 419 results result NNS 1662 6617 420 : : : 1662 6617 421 percent percent NN 1662 6617 422 of of IN 1662 6617 423 vote vote NN 1662 6617 424 by by IN 1662 6617 425 party party NN 1662 6617 426 - - HYPH 1662 6617 427 NA NA NNP 1662 6617 428 ; ; , 1662 6617 429 seats seat NNS 1662 6617 430 by by IN 1662 6617 431 party party NN 1662 6617 432 - - HYPH 1662 6617 433 PRD PRD NNP 1662 6617 434 32 32 CD 1662 6617 435 , , , 1662 6617 436 PS PS NNP 1662 6617 437 4 4 CD 1662 6617 438 , , , 1662 6617 439 PALA PALA NNP 1662 6617 440 1 1 CD 1662 6617 441 , , , 1662 6617 442 PA PA NNP 1662 6617 443 14 14 CD 1662 6617 444 , , , 1662 6617 445 MPE MPE NNP 1662 6617 446 6 6 CD 1662 6617 447 , , , 1662 6617 448 MOLIRENA MOLIRENA NNP 1662 6617 449 4 4 CD 1662 6617 450 , , , 1662 6617 451 PLA PLA NNP 1662 6617 452 3 3 CD 1662 6617 453 , , , 1662 6617 454 PRC PRC NNP 1662 6617 455 3 3 CD 1662 6617 456 , , , 1662 6617 457 PL PL NNP 1662 6617 458 2 2 CD 1662 6617 459 , , , 1662 6617 460 PDC PDC NNP 1662 6617 461 1 1 CD 1662 6617 462 , , , 1662 6617 463 UDI UDI NNP 1662 6617 464 1 1 CD 1662 6617 465 , , , 1662 6617 466 MORENA MORENA NNP 1662 6617 467 1 1 CD 1662 6617 468 note note NN 1662 6617 469 : : : 1662 6617 470 legislators legislator NNS 1662 6617 471 from from IN 1662 6617 472 outlying outlying JJ 1662 6617 473 rural rural JJ 1662 6617 474 districts district NNS 1662 6617 475 are be VBP 1662 6617 476 chosen choose VBN 1662 6617 477 on on IN 1662 6617 478 a a DT 1662 6617 479 plurality plurality JJ 1662 6617 480 basis basis NN 1662 6617 481 while while IN 1662 6617 482 districts district NNS 1662 6617 483 located locate VBN 1662 6617 484 in in IN 1662 6617 485 more 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10-year CD 1662 6617 520 terms term NNS 1662 6617 521 ; ; : 1662 6617 522 five five CD 1662 6617 523 superior superior JJ 1662 6617 524 courts court NNS 1662 6617 525 ; ; : 1662 6617 526 three three CD 1662 6617 527 courts court NNS 1662 6617 528 of of IN 1662 6617 529 appeal appeal NN 1662 6617 530 Political political JJ 1662 6617 531 parties party NNS 1662 6617 532 and and CC 1662 6617 533 leaders leader NNS 1662 6617 534 : : : 1662 6617 535 governing govern VBG 1662 6617 536 coalition coalition NN 1662 6617 537 : : : 1662 6617 538 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6617 539 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 6617 540 Party Party NNP 1662 6617 541 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 542 PRD PRD NNP 1662 6617 543 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 544 , , , 1662 6617 545 Gerardo Gerardo NNP 1662 6617 546 GONZALEZ GONZALEZ NNP 1662 6617 547 ; ; : 1662 6617 548 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 6617 549 Republican Republican NNP 1662 6617 550 Party Party NNP 1662 6617 551 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 552 PLR PLR NNP 1662 6617 553 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 554 , , , 1662 6617 555 Rodolfo rodolfo NN 1662 6617 556 CHIARI CHIARI NNP 1662 6617 557 ; ; : 1662 6617 558 Labor Labor NNP 1662 6617 559 Party Party NNP 1662 6617 560 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 561 PALA PALA NNP 1662 6617 562 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 563 , , , 1662 6617 564 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 6617 565 Lopez Lopez NNP 1662 6617 566 GUEVARA GUEVARA NNP 1662 6617 567 other other JJ 1662 6617 568 parties party NNS 1662 6617 569 : : : 1662 6617 570 Solidarity Solidarity NNP 1662 6617 571 Party Party NNP 1662 6617 572 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 573 PS PS NNP 1662 6617 574 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 575 , , , 1662 6617 576 Samuel Samuel NNP 1662 6617 577 LEWIS LEWIS NNP 1662 6617 578 GALINDO GALINDO NNP 1662 6617 579 ; ; : 1662 6617 580 Nationalist Nationalist NNP 1662 6617 581 Republican Republican NNP 1662 6617 582 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 6617 583 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6617 584 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 585 MOLIRENA MOLIRENA NNP 1662 6617 586 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 587 , , , 1662 6617 588 Ramon Ramon NNP 1662 6617 589 MORALES MORALES NNP 1662 6617 590 Quijano Quijano NNP 1662 6617 591 ; ; : 1662 6617 592 Authentic Authentic NNP 1662 6617 593 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 6617 594 Party Party NNP 1662 6617 595 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 596 PLA PLA NNP 1662 6617 597 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 598 , , , 1662 6617 599 Arnulfo Arnulfo NNP 1662 6617 600 ESCALONA ESCALONA NNP 1662 6617 601 ; ; : 1662 6617 602 Arnulfista Arnulfista NNP 1662 6617 603 Party Party NNP 1662 6617 604 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 605 PA PA NNP 1662 6617 606 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 607 , , , 1662 6617 608 Mireya Mireya NNP 1662 6617 609 MOSCOSO MOSCOSO NNP 1662 6617 610 DE DE NNP 1662 6617 611 GRUBER GRUBER NNP 1662 6617 612 ; ; : 1662 6617 613 Christian Christian NNP 1662 6617 614 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6617 615 Party Party NNP 1662 6617 616 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 617 PDC PDC NNP 1662 6617 618 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 619 , , , 1662 6617 620 Ruben Ruben NNP 1662 6617 621 AROSEMENA AROSEMENA NNP 1662 6617 622 ; ; : 1662 6617 623 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 6617 624 Party Party NNP 1662 6617 625 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 626 PL PL NNP 1662 6617 627 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 628 , , , 1662 6617 629 Roberto Roberto NNP 1662 6617 630 ALEMAN ALEMAN NNP 1662 6617 631 Zubieta Zubieta NNP 1662 6617 632 ; ; : 1662 6617 633 Papa Papa NNP 1662 6617 634 Egoro Egoro NNP 1662 6617 635 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6617 636 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 637 MPE MPE NNP 1662 6617 638 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 639 , , , 1662 6617 640 Gloria Gloria NNP 1662 6617 641 YOUNG YOUNG NNPS 1662 6617 642 ; ; : 1662 6617 643 Civic Civic NNP 1662 6617 644 Renewal Renewal NNP 1662 6617 645 Party Party NNP 1662 6617 646 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 647 PRC PRC NNP 1662 6617 648 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 649 , , , 1662 6617 650 Tomas Tomas NNP 1662 6617 651 HERRERA HERRERA NNP 1662 6617 652 ; ; : 1662 6617 653 National National NNP 1662 6617 654 Unity Unity NNP 1662 6617 655 Mission Mission NNP 1662 6617 656 Party Party NNP 1662 6617 657 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 658 MUN MUN NNP 1662 6617 659 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 660 , , , 1662 6617 661 Jose Jose NNP 1662 6617 662 Manuel Manuel NNP 1662 6617 663 PAREDES PAREDES NNP 1662 6617 664 ; ; : 1662 6617 665 Independent Independent NNP 1662 6617 666 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6617 667 Union Union NNP 1662 6617 668 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 669 UDI UDI NNP 1662 6617 670 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 671 , , , 1662 6617 672 Jacinto Jacinto NNP 1662 6617 673 CARDENAS CARDENAS NNP 1662 6617 674 ; ; : 1662 6617 675 National National NNP 1662 6617 676 Renovation Renovation NNP 1662 6617 677 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6617 678 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 679 MORENA MORENA NNP 1662 6617 680 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 681 , , , 1662 6617 682 Pedro Pedro NNP 1662 6617 683 VALLERINO VALLERINO NNP 1662 6617 684 Political political JJ 1662 6617 685 pressure pressure NN 1662 6617 686 groups group NNS 1662 6617 687 and and CC 1662 6617 688 leaders leader NNS 1662 6617 689 : : : 1662 6617 690 National National NNP 1662 6617 691 Council Council NNP 1662 6617 692 of of IN 1662 6617 693 Organized Organized NNP 1662 6617 694 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 6617 695 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 696 CONATO CONATO NNP 1662 6617 697 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 698 ; ; : 1662 6617 699 National National NNP 1662 6617 700 Council Council NNP 1662 6617 701 of of IN 1662 6617 702 Private Private NNP 1662 6617 703 Enterprise Enterprise NNP 1662 6617 704 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 705 CONEP CONEP NNP 1662 6617 706 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 707 ; ; : 1662 6617 708 Panamanian Panamanian NNP 1662 6617 709 Association Association NNP 1662 6617 710 of of IN 1662 6617 711 Business Business NNP 1662 6617 712 Executives Executives NNPS 1662 6617 713 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 714 APEDE APEDE NNP 1662 6617 715 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 716 ; ; : 1662 6617 717 National National NNP 1662 6617 718 Civic Civic NNP 1662 6617 719 Crusade Crusade NNP 1662 6617 720 ; ; : 1662 6617 721 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 6617 722 of of IN 1662 6617 723 Commerce Commerce NNP 1662 6617 724 ; ; : 1662 6617 725 Panamanian Panamanian NNP 1662 6617 726 Industrialists Industrialists NNPS 1662 6617 727 Society Society NNP 1662 6617 728 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 729 SIP SIP NNP 1662 6617 730 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 731 ; ; : 1662 6617 732 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 6617 733 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 6617 734 of of IN 1662 6617 735 the the DT 1662 6617 736 Republic Republic NNP 1662 6617 737 of of IN 1662 6617 738 Panama Panama NNP 1662 6617 739 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 740 CTRP CTRP NNP 1662 6617 741 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 742 International international JJ 1662 6617 743 organization organization NN 1662 6617 744 participation participation NN 1662 6617 745 : : : 1662 6617 746 AG AG NNP 1662 6617 747 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 748 associate associate NN 1662 6617 749 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 750 , , , 1662 6617 751 CCC CCC NNP 1662 6617 752 , , , 1662 6617 753 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 6617 754 , , , 1662 6617 755 FAO FAO NNP 1662 6617 756 , , , 1662 6617 757 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 6617 758 , , , 1662 6617 759 IADB IADB NNP 1662 6617 760 , , , 1662 6617 761 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 6617 762 , , , 1662 6617 763 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 6617 764 , , , 1662 6617 765 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 6617 766 , , , 1662 6617 767 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 6617 768 , , , 1662 6617 769 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 6617 770 , , , 1662 6617 771 IDA IDA NNP 1662 6617 772 , , , 1662 6617 773 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 6617 774 , , , 1662 6617 775 IFC IFC NNP 1662 6617 776 , , , 1662 6617 777 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 6617 778 , , , 1662 6617 779 ILO ILO NNP 1662 6617 780 , , , 1662 6617 781 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6617 782 , , , 1662 6617 783 IMO imo RB 1662 6617 784 , , , 1662 6617 785 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 6617 786 , , , 1662 6617 787 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6617 788 , , , 1662 6617 789 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 6617 790 , , , 1662 6617 791 IOC IOC NNP 1662 6617 792 , , , 1662 6617 793 IOM IOM NNP 1662 6617 794 , , , 1662 6617 795 ISO ISO NNP 1662 6617 796 , , , 1662 6617 797 ITU ITU NNP 1662 6617 798 , , , 1662 6617 799 LAES LAES NNP 1662 6617 800 , , , 1662 6617 801 LAIA LAIA NNP 1662 6617 802 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 803 observer observer NN 1662 6617 804 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 805 , , , 1662 6617 806 NAM NAM NNP 1662 6617 807 , , , 1662 6617 808 OAS OAS NNP 1662 6617 809 , , , 1662 6617 810 OPANAL OPANAL NNP 1662 6617 811 , , , 1662 6617 812 PCA PCA NNP 1662 6617 813 , , , 1662 6617 814 UN UN NNP 1662 6617 815 , , , 1662 6617 816 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 6617 817 , , , 1662 6617 818 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 6617 819 , , , 1662 6617 820 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 6617 821 , , , 1662 6617 822 UPU UPU NNP 1662 6617 823 , , , 1662 6617 824 WCL WCL NNP 1662 6617 825 , , , 1662 6617 826 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 6617 827 , , , 1662 6617 828 WHO who WP 1662 6617 829 , , , 1662 6617 830 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 6617 831 , , , 1662 6617 832 WMO WMO NNP 1662 6617 833 , , , 1662 6617 834 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 6617 835 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 836 applicant applicant NN 1662 6617 837 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 838 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6617 839 representation representation NN 1662 6617 840 in in IN 1662 6617 841 the the DT 1662 6617 842 US US NNP 1662 6617 843 : : : 1662 6617 844 chief chief NN 1662 6617 845 of of IN 1662 6617 846 mission mission NN 1662 6617 847 : : : 1662 6617 848 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6617 849 Eduardo Eduardo NNP 1662 6617 850 Gonzalez Gonzalez NNP 1662 6617 851 MORGAN MORGAN NNP 1662 6617 852 chancery chancery NN 1662 6617 853 : : : 1662 6617 854 2862 2862 CD 1662 6617 855 McGill McGill NNP 1662 6617 856 Terrace Terrace NNP 1662 6617 857 NW NW NNP 1662 6617 858 , , , 1662 6617 859 Washington Washington NNP 1662 6617 860 , , , 1662 6617 861 DC DC NNP 1662 6617 862 20008 20008 CD 1662 6617 863 telephone telephone NN 1662 6617 864 : : : 1662 6617 865 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6617 866 1 1 CD 1662 6617 867 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6617 868 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 869 202 202 CD 1662 6617 870 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 871 483 483 CD 1662 6617 872 - - HYPH 1662 6617 873 1407 1407 CD 1662 6617 874 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 6617 875 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 876 general general NN 1662 6617 877 : : : 1662 6617 878 Atlanta Atlanta NNP 1662 6617 879 , , , 1662 6617 880 Houston Houston NNP 1662 6617 881 , , , 1662 6617 882 Miami Miami NNP 1662 6617 883 , , , 1662 6617 884 New New NNP 1662 6617 885 Orleans Orleans NNP 1662 6617 886 , , , 1662 6617 887 New New NNP 1662 6617 888 York York NNP 1662 6617 889 , , , 1662 6617 890 San San NNP 1662 6617 891 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 6617 892 , , , 1662 6617 893 San San NNP 1662 6617 894 Juan Juan NNP 1662 6617 895 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6617 896 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 6617 897 Rico Rico NNP 1662 6617 898 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6617 899 , , , 1662 6617 900 Tampa Tampa NNP 1662 6617 901 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6617 902 representation representation NN 1662 6617 903 from from IN 1662 6617 904 the the DT 1662 6617 905 US US NNP 1662 6617 906 : : : 1662 6617 907 chief chief NN 1662 6617 908 of of IN 1662 6617 909 mission mission NN 1662 6617 910 : : : 1662 6617 911 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6617 912 William William NNP 1662 6617 913 John John NNP 1662 6617 914 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Canal NNP 1662 6639 15 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 6639 16 : : : 1662 6639 17 crude crude JJ 1662 6639 18 oil oil NN 1662 6639 19 130 130 CD 1662 6639 20 km km NNS 1662 6639 21 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 6639 22 and and CC 1662 6639 23 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6639 24 : : : 1662 6639 25 Balboa Balboa NNP 1662 6639 26 , , , 1662 6639 27 Cristobal Cristobal NNP 1662 6639 28 , , , 1662 6639 29 Coco Coco NNP 1662 6639 30 Solo Solo NNP 1662 6639 31 , , , 1662 6639 32 Vacamonte Vacamonte NNP 1662 6639 33 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 6639 34 marine marine NN 1662 6639 35 : : : 1662 6639 36 total total NN 1662 6639 37 : : : 1662 6639 38 4,062 4,062 CD 1662 6639 39 ships ship NNS 1662 6639 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6639 41 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6639 42 GRT GRT NNP 1662 6639 43 or or CC 1662 6639 44 over over RB 1662 6639 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6639 46 totaling total VBG 1662 6639 47 80,120,443 80,120,443 CD 1662 6639 48 GRT/122,668,194 grt/122,668,194 CD 1662 6639 49 DWT DWT NNP 1662 6639 50 ships ship NNS 1662 6639 51 by by IN 1662 6639 52 type type NN 1662 6639 53 : : : 1662 6639 54 bulk bulk NNP 1662 6639 55 1,051 1,051 CD 1662 6639 56 , , , 1662 6639 57 cargo cargo NN 1662 6639 58 1,049 1,049 CD 1662 6639 59 , , , 1662 6639 60 chemical chemical NN 1662 6639 61 tanker tanker NN 1662 6639 62 172 172 CD 1662 6639 63 , , , 1662 6639 64 combination combination NN 1662 6639 65 bulk bulk NNP 1662 6639 66 65 65 CD 1662 6639 67 , , , 1662 6639 68 combination combination NN 1662 6639 69 ore ore NN 1662 6639 70 / / SYM 1662 6639 71 oil oil NN 1662 6639 72 21 21 CD 1662 6639 73 , , , 1662 6639 74 container container NN 1662 6639 75 353 353 CD 1662 6639 76 , , , 1662 6639 77 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 6639 78 gas gas NN 1662 6639 79 tanker tanker NN 1662 6639 80 169 169 CD 1662 6639 81 , , , 1662 6639 82 livestock livestock NN 1662 6639 83 carrier carrier NN 1662 6639 84 8 8 CD 1662 6639 85 , , , 1662 6639 86 multifunction multifunction NN 1662 6639 87 large large JJ 1662 6639 88 - - HYPH 1662 6639 89 load load NN 1662 6639 90 carrier carrier NN 1662 6639 91 4 4 CD 1662 6639 92 , , , 1662 6639 93 oil oil NN 1662 6639 94 tanker tanker NN 1662 6639 95 529 529 CD 1662 6639 96 , , , 1662 6639 97 passenger passenger NN 1662 6639 98 35 35 CD 1662 6639 99 , , , 1662 6639 100 passenger passenger NN 1662 6639 101 - - HYPH 1662 6639 102 cargo cargo NN 1662 6639 103 10 10 CD 1662 6639 104 , , , 1662 6639 105 railcar railcar NN 1662 6639 106 carrier carrier NN 1662 6639 107 1 1 CD 1662 6639 108 , , , 1662 6639 109 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 6639 110 cargo cargo NN 1662 6639 111 293 293 CD 1662 6639 112 , , , 1662 6639 113 roll roll NN 1662 6639 114 - - HYPH 1662 6639 115 on on IN 1662 6639 116 / / SYM 1662 6639 117 roll roll NN 1662 6639 118 - - HYPH 1662 6639 119 off off RP 1662 6639 120 cargo cargo NN 1662 6639 121 90 90 CD 1662 6639 122 , , , 1662 6639 123 short short JJ 1662 6639 124 - - HYPH 1662 6639 125 sea sea NN 1662 6639 126 passenger passenger NN 1662 6639 127 38 38 CD 1662 6639 128 , , , 1662 6639 129 specialized specialized NNP 1662 6639 130 tanker tanker NN 1662 6639 131 12 12 CD 1662 6639 132 , , , 1662 6639 133 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 6639 134 carrier carrier NN 1662 6639 135 162 162 CD 1662 6639 136 note note NN 1662 6639 137 : : : 1662 6639 138 a a DT 1662 6639 139 flag flag NN 1662 6639 140 of of IN 1662 6639 141 convenience convenience NN 1662 6639 142 registry registry NN 1662 6639 143 ; ; : 1662 6639 144 includes include VBZ 1662 6639 145 ships ship NNS 1662 6639 146 from from IN 1662 6639 147 76 76 CD 1662 6639 148 countries country NNS 1662 6639 149 among among IN 1662 6639 150 which which WDT 1662 6639 151 are be VBP 1662 6639 152 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6639 153 1,240 1,240 CD 1662 6639 154 , , , 1662 6639 155 Greece Greece NNP 1662 6639 156 361 361 CD 1662 6639 157 , , , 1662 6639 158 Hong Hong NNP 1662 6639 159 Kong Kong NNP 1662 6639 160 301 301 CD 1662 6639 161 , , , 1662 6639 162 South South NNP 1662 6639 163 Korea Korea NNP 1662 6639 164 226 226 CD 1662 6639 165 , , , 1662 6639 166 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 6639 167 212 212 CD 1662 6639 168 , , , 1662 6639 169 China China NNP 1662 6639 170 168 168 CD 1662 6639 171 , , , 1662 6639 172 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 6639 173 132 132 CD 1662 6639 174 , , , 1662 6639 175 US US NNP 1662 6639 176 127 127 CD 1662 6639 177 , , , 1662 6639 178 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 6639 179 76 76 CD 1662 6639 180 , , , 1662 6639 181 and and CC 1662 6639 182 UK UK NNP 1662 6639 183 65 65 CD 1662 6639 184 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6639 185 1996 1996 CD 1662 6639 186 est est NNP 1662 6639 187 . . . 1662 6639 188 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6640 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6640 2 : : : 1662 6640 3 97 97 CD 1662 6640 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6640 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6640 6 est est NNP 1662 6640 7 . . . 1662 6640 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6641 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6641 2 - - , 1662 6641 3 with with IN 1662 6641 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6641 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6641 6 : : : 1662 6641 7 total total NN 1662 6641 8 : : : 1662 6641 9 80 80 CD 1662 6641 10 over over IN 1662 6641 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6641 12 m m NN 1662 6641 13 : : : 1662 6641 14 1 1 CD 1662 6641 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 6641 16 to to IN 1662 6641 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6641 18 m m NN 1662 6641 19 : : : 1662 6641 20 1 1 CD 1662 6641 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6641 22 to to TO 1662 6641 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6641 24 m m NN 1662 6641 25 : : : 1662 6641 26 5 5 CD 1662 6641 27 914 914 CD 1662 6641 28 to to TO 1662 6641 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6641 30 m m NN 1662 6641 31 : : : 1662 6641 32 14 14 CD 1662 6641 33 under under IN 1662 6641 34 914 914 CD 1662 6641 35 m m NN 1662 6641 36 : : : 1662 6641 37 59 59 CD 1662 6641 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6641 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 6641 40 est est NNP 1662 6641 41 . . . 1662 6641 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6642 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6642 2 - - , 1662 6642 3 with with IN 1662 6642 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6642 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6642 6 : : : 1662 6642 7 total total NN 1662 6642 8 : : : 1662 6642 9 17 17 CD 1662 6642 10 914 914 CD 1662 6642 11 to to TO 1662 6642 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6642 13 m m NN 1662 6642 14 : : : 1662 6642 15 17 17 CD 1662 6642 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6642 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 6642 18 est est NNP 1662 6642 19 . . . 1662 6642 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6643 1 Military military JJ 1662 6643 2 Military military JJ 1662 6643 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6643 4 : : : 1662 6643 5 Panamanian panamanian JJ 1662 6643 6 Public Public NNP 1662 6643 7 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 6643 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6643 9 PPF PPF NNP 1662 6643 10 ; ; : 1662 6643 11 includes include VBZ 1662 6643 12 the the DT 1662 6643 13 National National NNP 1662 6643 14 Police Police NNPS 1662 6643 15 , , , 1662 6643 16 National National NNP 1662 6643 17 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6643 18 Service Service NNP 1662 6643 19 , , , 1662 6643 20 National National NNP 1662 6643 21 Air Air NNP 1662 6643 22 Service Service NNP 1662 6643 23 , , , 1662 6643 24 and and CC 1662 6643 25 Institutional Institutional NNP 1662 6643 26 Protective Protective NNP 1662 6643 27 Service Service NNP 1662 6643 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6643 29 ; ; : 1662 6643 30 Judicial Judicial NNP 1662 6643 31 Technical Technical NNP 1662 6643 32 Police Police NNPS 1662 6643 33 ; ; : 1662 6643 34 note note VB 1662 6643 35 - - : 1662 6643 36 the the DT 1662 6643 37 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 6643 38 prohibits prohibit VBZ 1662 6643 39 armed armed JJ 1662 6643 40 forces force NNS 1662 6643 41 Military Military NNP 1662 6643 42 manpower manpower NN 1662 6643 43 - - HYPH 1662 6643 44 availability availability NN 1662 6643 45 : : : 1662 6643 46 males male NNS 1662 6643 47 age age NNP 1662 6643 48 15 15 CD 1662 6643 49 - - HYPH 1662 6643 50 49 49 CD 1662 6643 51 : : : 1662 6643 52 719,467 719,467 CD 1662 6643 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6643 54 1997 1997 CD 1662 6643 55 est est NNP 1662 6643 56 . . . 1662 6643 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6644 1 Military military JJ 1662 6644 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6644 3 - - HYPH 1662 6644 4 fit fit NN 1662 6644 5 for for IN 1662 6644 6 military military JJ 1662 6644 7 service service NN 1662 6644 8 : : : 1662 6644 9 males male NNS 1662 6644 10 : : : 1662 6644 11 493,819 493,819 CD 1662 6644 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6644 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6644 14 est est NNP 1662 6644 15 . . . 1662 6644 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6645 1 Military military JJ 1662 6645 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6645 3 - - HYPH 1662 6645 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 6645 5 figure figure NN 1662 6645 6 : : : 1662 6645 7 $ $ $ 1662 6645 8 78 78 CD 1662 6645 9 million million CD 1662 6645 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6645 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 6645 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6645 13 ; ; : 1662 6645 14 note note VB 1662 6645 15 - - HYPH 1662 6645 16 for for IN 1662 6645 17 police police NN 1662 6645 18 and and CC 1662 6645 19 security security NN 1662 6645 20 forces force NNS 1662 6645 21 Military military JJ 1662 6645 22 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6645 23 - - : 1662 6645 24 percent percent NN 1662 6645 25 of of IN 1662 6645 26 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6645 27 : : : 1662 6645 28 NA% NA% `` 1662 6645 29 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6645 30 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6645 31 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 6645 32 - - : 1662 6645 33 international international RB 1662 6645 34 : : : 1662 6645 35 none none NN 1662 6645 36 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 6645 37 drugs drug VBZ 1662 6645 38 : : : 1662 6645 39 major major JJ 1662 6645 40 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 6645 41 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 6645 42 point point NN 1662 6645 43 and and CC 1662 6645 44 major major JJ 1662 6645 45 drug drug NN 1662 6645 46 money money NN 1662 6645 47 - - HYPH 1662 6645 48 laundering launder VBG 1662 6645 49 center center NN 1662 6645 50 ; ; : 1662 6645 51 minor minor JJ 1662 6645 52 producer producer NN 1662 6645 53 of of IN 1662 6645 54 coca coca NN 1662 6645 55 leaf leaf NN 1662 6645 56 ; ; , 1662 6645 57 active active JJ 1662 6645 58 eradication eradication NN 1662 6645 59 program program NN 1662 6645 60 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 61 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 62 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 63 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 64 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 65 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 66 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 67 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 68 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 69 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 70 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 71 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 72 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 73 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 74 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 75 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 76 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 77 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 78 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 79 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 80 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 90 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 91 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 92 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 93 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 94 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 95 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 96 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 97 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 98 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 99 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 100 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 101 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 102 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 103 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 104 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 105 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 106 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 107 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 108 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 109 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 110 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 111 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 112 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 113 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 114 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 115 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 116 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 117 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 118 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 119 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 120 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 121 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 122 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 123 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 124 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 125 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 126 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 127 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 128 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 129 _ _ NNP 1662 6645 130 PAPUA PAPUA NNP 1662 6645 131 NEW NEW NNP 1662 6645 132 GUINEA GUINEA NNP 1662 6645 133 @Papua @Papua NNP 1662 6645 134 New New NNP 1662 6645 135 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 6645 136 : : : 1662 6645 137 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6645 138 Location Location NNP 1662 6645 139 : : : 1662 6645 140 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 6645 141 Asia Asia NNP 1662 6645 142 , , , 1662 6645 143 group group NN 1662 6645 144 of of IN 1662 6645 145 islands island NNS 1662 6645 146 including include VBG 1662 6645 147 the the DT 1662 6645 148 eastern eastern JJ 1662 6645 149 half half NN 1662 6645 150 of of IN 1662 6645 151 the the DT 1662 6645 152 island island NN 1662 6645 153 of of IN 1662 6645 154 New New NNP 1662 6645 155 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 6645 156 between between IN 1662 6645 157 the the DT 1662 6645 158 Coral Coral NNP 1662 6645 159 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6645 160 and and CC 1662 6645 161 the the DT 1662 6645 162 South South NNP 1662 6645 163 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6645 164 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6645 165 , , , 1662 6645 166 east east NN 1662 6645 167 of of IN 1662 6645 168 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 6645 169 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6645 170 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6645 171 : : : 1662 6645 172 6 6 CD 1662 6645 173 00 00 CD 1662 6645 174 S s NN 1662 6645 175 , , , 1662 6645 176 147 147 CD 1662 6645 177 00 00 CD 1662 6645 178 E e NN 1662 6645 179 Map Map NNP 1662 6645 180 references reference NNS 1662 6645 181 : : : 1662 6645 182 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 6645 183 Area Area NNP 1662 6645 184 : : : 1662 6645 185 total total NN 1662 6645 186 : : : 1662 6645 187 462,840 462,840 CD 1662 6645 188 sq sq NN 1662 6645 189 km km NNP 1662 6645 190 land land NN 1662 6645 191 : : : 1662 6645 192 452,860 452,860 CD 1662 6645 193 sq sq NNP 1662 6645 194 km km NNP 1662 6645 195 water water NN 1662 6645 196 : : : 1662 6645 197 9,980 9,980 CD 1662 6645 198 sq sq NNP 1662 6645 199 km km NNP 1662 6645 200 Area Area NNP 1662 6645 201 - - HYPH 1662 6645 202 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6645 203 : : : 1662 6645 204 slightly slightly RB 1662 6645 205 larger large JJR 1662 6645 206 than than IN 1662 6645 207 California California NNP 1662 6645 208 Land Land NNP 1662 6645 209 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6645 210 : : : 1662 6645 211 total total JJ 1662 6645 212 : : : 1662 6645 213 820 820 CD 1662 6645 214 km km NN 1662 6645 215 border border NN 1662 6645 216 countries country NNS 1662 6645 217 : : : 1662 6645 218 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 6645 219 820 820 CD 1662 6645 220 km km NN 1662 6645 221 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6645 222 : : : 1662 6645 223 5,152 5,152 CD 1662 6645 224 km km NN 1662 6645 225 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6645 226 claims claim NNS 1662 6645 227 : : : 1662 6645 228 measured measure VBN 1662 6645 229 from from IN 1662 6645 230 claimed claim VBN 1662 6645 231 archipelagic archipelagic JJ 1662 6645 232 baselines baselines NNP 1662 6645 233 continental continental NNP 1662 6645 234 shelf shelf NNP 1662 6645 235 : : : 1662 6645 236 200-m 200-m CD 1662 6645 237 depth depth NN 1662 6645 238 or or CC 1662 6645 239 to to IN 1662 6645 240 the the DT 1662 6645 241 depth depth NN 1662 6645 242 of of IN 1662 6645 243 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 6645 244 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 6645 245 fishing fishing NN 1662 6645 246 zone zone NN 1662 6645 247 : : : 1662 6645 248 200 200 CD 1662 6645 249 nm nm CD 1662 6645 250 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6645 251 sea sea NN 1662 6645 252 : : : 1662 6645 253 12 12 CD 1662 6645 254 nm nm NNP 1662 6645 255 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6645 256 : : : 1662 6645 257 tropical tropical JJ 1662 6645 258 ; ; : 1662 6645 259 northwest northwest NN 1662 6645 260 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 6645 261 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6645 262 December December NNP 1662 6645 263 to to IN 1662 6645 264 March March NNP 1662 6645 265 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6645 266 , , , 1662 6645 267 southeast southeast JJ 1662 6645 268 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 6645 269 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6645 270 May May NNP 1662 6645 271 to to IN 1662 6645 272 October October NNP 1662 6645 273 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6645 274 ; ; : 1662 6645 275 slight slight JJ 1662 6645 276 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 6645 277 temperature temperature NN 1662 6645 278 variation variation NN 1662 6645 279 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6645 280 : : : 1662 6645 281 mostly mostly RB 1662 6645 282 mountains mountain NNS 1662 6645 283 with with IN 1662 6645 284 coastal coastal JJ 1662 6645 285 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 6645 286 and and CC 1662 6645 287 rolling roll VBG 1662 6645 288 foothills foothill NNS 1662 6645 289 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6645 290 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6645 291 : : : 1662 6645 292 lowest low JJS 1662 6645 293 point point NN 1662 6645 294 : : : 1662 6645 295 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6645 296 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6645 297 0 0 NFP 1662 6645 298 m m DT 1662 6645 299 highest high JJS 1662 6645 300 point point NN 1662 6645 301 : : : 1662 6645 302 Mount Mount NNP 1662 6645 303 Wilhelm Wilhelm NNP 1662 6645 304 4,509 4,509 CD 1662 6645 305 m m CD 1662 6645 306 Natural natural JJ 1662 6645 307 resources resource NNS 1662 6645 308 : : : 1662 6645 309 gold gold NN 1662 6645 310 , , , 1662 6645 311 copper copper NN 1662 6645 312 , , , 1662 6645 313 silver silver NN 1662 6645 314 , , , 1662 6645 315 natural natural JJ 1662 6645 316 gas gas NN 1662 6645 317 , , , 1662 6645 318 timber timber NN 1662 6645 319 , , , 1662 6645 320 oil oil NN 1662 6645 321 , , , 1662 6645 322 fisheries fishery NNS 1662 6645 323 Land land NN 1662 6645 324 use use NN 1662 6645 325 : : : 1662 6645 326 arable arable JJ 1662 6645 327 land land NN 1662 6645 328 : : : 1662 6645 329 0.1 0.1 CD 1662 6645 330 % % NN 1662 6645 331 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6645 332 crops crop NNS 1662 6645 333 : : : 1662 6645 334 1 1 CD 1662 6645 335 % % NN 1662 6645 336 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6645 337 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6645 338 : : : 1662 6645 339 0 0 CD 1662 6645 340 % % NN 1662 6645 341 forests forest NNS 1662 6645 342 and and CC 1662 6645 343 woodland woodland NN 1662 6645 344 : : : 1662 6645 345 92.9 92.9 CD 1662 6645 346 % % NN 1662 6645 347 other other JJ 1662 6645 348 : : : 1662 6645 349 6 6 CD 1662 6645 350 % % NN 1662 6645 351 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6645 352 1993 1993 CD 1662 6645 353 est est NNP 1662 6645 354 . . . 1662 6645 355 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6646 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6646 2 land land NN 1662 6646 3 : : : 1662 6646 4 NA NA NNP 1662 6646 5 sq sq RB 1662 6646 6 km km VB 1662 6646 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 6646 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6646 9 : : : 1662 6646 10 active active JJ 1662 6646 11 volcanism volcanism NN 1662 6646 12 ; ; , 1662 6646 13 situated situate VBN 1662 6646 14 along along IN 1662 6646 15 the the DT 1662 6646 16 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6646 17 " " '' 1662 6646 18 Rim Rim NNP 1662 6646 19 of of IN 1662 6646 20 Fire Fire NNP 1662 6646 21 " " '' 1662 6646 22 ; ; : 1662 6646 23 the the DT 1662 6646 24 country country NN 1662 6646 25 is be VBZ 1662 6646 26 subject subject JJ 1662 6646 27 to to IN 1662 6646 28 frequent frequent JJ 1662 6646 29 and and CC 1662 6646 30 sometimes sometimes RB 1662 6646 31 severe severe JJ 1662 6646 32 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 6646 33 ; ; : 1662 6646 34 mud mud NN 1662 6646 35 slides slide VBZ 1662 6646 36 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6646 37 - - HYPH 1662 6646 38 current current JJ 1662 6646 39 issues issue NNS 1662 6646 40 : : : 1662 6646 41 rain rain VB 1662 6646 42 forest forest NN 1662 6646 43 subject subject NN 1662 6646 44 to to IN 1662 6646 45 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 6646 46 as as IN 1662 6646 47 a a DT 1662 6646 48 result result NN 1662 6646 49 of of IN 1662 6646 50 growing grow VBG 1662 6646 51 commercial commercial JJ 1662 6646 52 demand demand NN 1662 6646 53 for for IN 1662 6646 54 tropical tropical JJ 1662 6646 55 timber timber NN 1662 6646 56 ; ; : 1662 6646 57 pollution pollution NN 1662 6646 58 from from IN 1662 6646 59 mining mining NN 1662 6646 60 projects project NNS 1662 6646 61 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6646 62 - - HYPH 1662 6646 63 international international JJ 1662 6646 64 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6646 65 : : : 1662 6646 66 party party NN 1662 6646 67 to to TO 1662 6646 68 : : : 1662 6646 69 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 6646 70 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 6646 71 , , , 1662 6646 72 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 6646 73 , , , 1662 6646 74 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6646 75 Change Change NNP 1662 6646 76 , , , 1662 6646 77 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 6646 78 Species Species NNPS 1662 6646 79 , , , 1662 6646 80 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 6646 81 Modification Modification NNP 1662 6646 82 , , , 1662 6646 83 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 6646 84 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 6646 85 , , , 1662 6646 86 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6646 87 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 6646 88 , , , 1662 6646 89 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 6646 90 Test Test NNP 1662 6646 91 Ban Ban NNP 1662 6646 92 , , , 1662 6646 93 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 6646 94 Layer Layer NNP 1662 6646 95 Protection Protection NNP 1662 6646 96 , , , 1662 6646 97 Ship Ship NNP 1662 6646 98 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6646 99 , , , 1662 6646 100 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 6646 101 Timber Timber NNP 1662 6646 102 83 83 CD 1662 6646 103 , , , 1662 6646 104 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 6646 105 Timber Timber NNP 1662 6646 106 94 94 CD 1662 6646 107 , , , 1662 6646 108 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 6646 109 signed sign VBD 1662 6646 110 , , , 1662 6646 111 but but CC 1662 6646 112 not not RB 1662 6646 113 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6646 114 : : : 1662 6646 115 Law Law NNP 1662 6646 116 of of IN 1662 6646 117 the the DT 1662 6646 118 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6646 119 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6646 120 - - HYPH 1662 6646 121 note note NNP 1662 6646 122 : : : 1662 6646 123 shares share NNS 1662 6646 124 island island NNP 1662 6646 125 of of IN 1662 6646 126 New New NNP 1662 6646 127 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 6646 128 with with IN 1662 6646 129 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 6646 130 ; ; : 1662 6646 131 one one CD 1662 6646 132 of of IN 1662 6646 133 world world NN 1662 6646 134 's 's POS 1662 6646 135 largest large JJS 1662 6646 136 swamps swamp NNS 1662 6646 137 along along IN 1662 6646 138 southwest southwest NNP 1662 6646 139 coast coast NNP 1662 6646 140 @Papua @Papua NNP 1662 6646 141 New New NNP 1662 6646 142 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 6646 143 : : : 1662 6646 144 People People NNP 1662 6646 145 Population Population NNP 1662 6646 146 : : : 1662 6646 147 4,496,221 4,496,221 CD 1662 6646 148 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6646 149 July July NNP 1662 6646 150 1997 1997 CD 1662 6646 151 est est NNP 1662 6646 152 . . . 1662 6646 153 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6647 1 Age age NN 1662 6647 2 structure structure NN 1662 6647 3 : : : 1662 6647 4 0 0 CD 1662 6647 5 - - HYPH 1662 6647 6 14 14 CD 1662 6647 7 years year NNS 1662 6647 8 : : : 1662 6647 9 40 40 CD 1662 6647 10 % % NN 1662 6647 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6647 12 male male JJ 1662 6647 13 921,227 921,227 CD 1662 6647 14 ; ; : 1662 6647 15 female female JJ 1662 6647 16 874,290 874,290 CD 1662 6647 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6647 18 15 15 CD 1662 6647 19 - - SYM 1662 6647 20 64 64 CD 1662 6647 21 years year NNS 1662 6647 22 : : : 1662 6647 23 57 57 CD 1662 6647 24 % % NN 1662 6647 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6647 26 male male JJ 1662 6647 27 1,338,483 1,338,483 CD 1662 6647 28 ; ; : 1662 6647 29 female female JJ 1662 6647 30 1,229,180 1,229,180 CD 1662 6647 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6647 32 65 65 CD 1662 6647 33 years year NNS 1662 6647 34 and and CC 1662 6647 35 over over IN 1662 6647 36 : : : 1662 6647 37 3 3 CD 1662 6647 38 % % NN 1662 6647 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6647 40 male male JJ 1662 6647 41 61,082 61,082 CD 1662 6647 42 ; ; : 1662 6647 43 female female JJ 1662 6647 44 71,959 71,959 CD 1662 6647 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6647 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6647 47 July July NNP 1662 6647 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 6647 49 est est NNP 1662 6647 50 . . . 1662 6647 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6648 1 Population population NN 1662 6648 2 growth growth NN 1662 6648 3 rate rate NN 1662 6648 4 : : : 1662 6648 5 2.28 2.28 CD 1662 6648 6 % % NN 1662 6648 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6648 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6648 9 est est NNP 1662 6648 10 . . . 1662 6648 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6649 1 Birth birth NN 1662 6649 2 rate rate NN 1662 6649 3 : : : 1662 6649 4 32.65 32.65 CD 1662 6649 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 6649 6 population population NN 1662 6649 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6649 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6649 9 est est NNP 1662 6649 10 . . . 1662 6649 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6650 1 Death death NN 1662 6650 2 rate rate NN 1662 6650 3 : : : 1662 6650 4 9.83 9.83 CD 1662 6650 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6650 6 population population NN 1662 6650 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6650 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6650 9 est est NNP 1662 6650 10 . . . 1662 6650 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6651 1 Net net JJ 1662 6651 2 migration migration NN 1662 6651 3 rate rate NN 1662 6651 4 : : : 1662 6651 5 0 0 NFP 1662 6651 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 6651 7 population population NN 1662 6651 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6651 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6651 10 est est NNP 1662 6651 11 . . . 1662 6651 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6652 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6652 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6652 3 : : : 1662 6652 4 at at IN 1662 6652 5 birth birth NN 1662 6652 6 : : : 1662 6652 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6652 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6652 9 under under IN 1662 6652 10 15 15 CD 1662 6652 11 years year NNS 1662 6652 12 : : : 1662 6652 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6652 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6652 15 15 15 CD 1662 6652 16 - - HYPH 1662 6652 17 64 64 CD 1662 6652 18 years year NNS 1662 6652 19 : : : 1662 6652 20 1.09 1.09 CD 1662 6652 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6652 22 65 65 CD 1662 6652 23 years year NNS 1662 6652 24 and and CC 1662 6652 25 over over IN 1662 6652 26 : : : 1662 6652 27 0.85 0.85 CD 1662 6652 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6652 29 total total JJ 1662 6652 30 population population NN 1662 6652 31 : : : 1662 6652 32 1.07 1.07 CD 1662 6652 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6652 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6652 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 6652 36 est e JJS 1662 6652 37 . . . 1662 6652 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6653 1 Infant infant NN 1662 6653 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 6653 3 rate rate NN 1662 6653 4 : : : 1662 6653 5 58.6 58.6 CD 1662 6653 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6653 7 live live JJ 1662 6653 8 births birth NNS 1662 6653 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6653 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 6653 11 est est NNP 1662 6653 12 . . . 1662 6653 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6654 1 Life life NN 1662 6654 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 6654 3 at at IN 1662 6654 4 birth birth NN 1662 6654 5 : : : 1662 6654 6 total total JJ 1662 6654 7 population population NN 1662 6654 8 : : : 1662 6654 9 57.65 57.65 CD 1662 6654 10 years year NNS 1662 6654 11 male male JJ 1662 6654 12 : : : 1662 6654 13 56.78 56.78 CD 1662 6654 14 years year NNS 1662 6654 15 female female JJ 1662 6654 16 : : : 1662 6654 17 58.56 58.56 CD 1662 6654 18 years year NNS 1662 6654 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6654 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 6654 21 est est NNP 1662 6654 22 . . . 1662 6654 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6655 1 Total total JJ 1662 6655 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 6655 3 rate rate NN 1662 6655 4 : : : 1662 6655 5 4.36 4.36 CD 1662 6655 6 children child NNS 1662 6655 7 born bear VBN 1662 6655 8 / / SYM 1662 6655 9 woman woman NN 1662 6655 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6655 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6655 12 est est NNP 1662 6655 13 . . . 1662 6655 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6656 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 6656 2 : : : 1662 6656 3 noun noun NN 1662 6656 4 : : : 1662 6656 5 Papua Papua NNP 1662 6656 6 New New NNP 1662 6656 7 Guinean(s guinean(s NN 1662 6656 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6656 9 adjective adjective NN 1662 6656 10 : : : 1662 6656 11 Papua Papua NNP 1662 6656 12 New New NNP 1662 6656 13 Guinean Guinean NNP 1662 6656 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 6656 15 groups group NNS 1662 6656 16 : : : 1662 6656 17 Melanesian melanesian JJ 1662 6656 18 , , , 1662 6656 19 Papuan Papuan NNP 1662 6656 20 , , , 1662 6656 21 Negrito Negrito NNP 1662 6656 22 , , , 1662 6656 23 Micronesian Micronesian NNP 1662 6656 24 , , , 1662 6656 25 Polynesian Polynesian NNP 1662 6656 26 Religions Religions NNPS 1662 6656 27 : : : 1662 6656 28 Roman Roman NNP 1662 6656 29 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 6656 30 22 22 CD 1662 6656 31 % % NN 1662 6656 32 , , , 1662 6656 33 Lutheran Lutheran NNP 1662 6656 34 16 16 CD 1662 6656 35 % % NN 1662 6656 36 , , , 1662 6656 37 Presbyterian Presbyterian NNP 1662 6656 38 / / SYM 1662 6656 39 Methodist Methodist NNP 1662 6656 40 / / SYM 1662 6656 41 London London NNP 1662 6656 42 Missionary Missionary NNP 1662 6656 43 Society Society NNP 1662 6656 44 8 8 CD 1662 6656 45 % % NN 1662 6656 46 , , , 1662 6656 47 Anglican Anglican NNP 1662 6656 48 5 5 CD 1662 6656 49 % % NN 1662 6656 50 , , , 1662 6656 51 Evangelical Evangelical NNP 1662 6656 52 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 6656 53 4 4 CD 1662 6656 54 % % NN 1662 6656 55 , , , 1662 6656 56 Seventh Seventh NNP 1662 6656 57 - - HYPH 1662 6656 58 Day Day NNP 1662 6656 59 Adventist Adventist NNP 1662 6656 60 1 1 CD 1662 6656 61 % % NN 1662 6656 62 , , , 1662 6656 63 other other JJ 1662 6656 64 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 6656 65 sects sect VBZ 1662 6656 66 10 10 CD 1662 6656 67 % % NN 1662 6656 68 , , , 1662 6656 69 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 6656 70 beliefs belief NNS 1662 6656 71 34 34 CD 1662 6656 72 % % NN 1662 6656 73 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 6656 74 : : : 1662 6656 75 English English NNP 1662 6656 76 spoken speak VBN 1662 6656 77 by by IN 1662 6656 78 1%-2 1%-2 NNP 1662 6656 79 % % NN 1662 6656 80 , , , 1662 6656 81 pidgin pidgin JJ 1662 6656 82 English English NNP 1662 6656 83 widespread widespread JJ 1662 6656 84 , , , 1662 6656 85 Motu Motu NNP 1662 6656 86 spoken speak VBN 1662 6656 87 in in IN 1662 6656 88 Papua Papua NNP 1662 6656 89 region region NN 1662 6656 90 note note NN 1662 6656 91 : : : 1662 6656 92 715 715 CD 1662 6656 93 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 6656 94 languages language NNS 1662 6656 95 Literacy literacy NN 1662 6656 96 : : : 1662 6656 97 definition definition NN 1662 6656 98 : : : 1662 6656 99 age age NN 1662 6656 100 15 15 CD 1662 6656 101 and and CC 1662 6656 102 over over RB 1662 6656 103 can can MD 1662 6656 104 read read VB 1662 6656 105 and and CC 1662 6656 106 write write VB 1662 6656 107 total total JJ 1662 6656 108 population population NN 1662 6656 109 : : : 1662 6656 110 72.2 72.2 CD 1662 6656 111 % % NN 1662 6656 112 male male NN 1662 6656 113 : : : 1662 6656 114 81 81 CD 1662 6656 115 % % NN 1662 6656 116 female female NN 1662 6656 117 : : : 1662 6656 118 62.7 62.7 CD 1662 6656 119 % % NN 1662 6656 120 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6656 121 1995 1995 CD 1662 6656 122 est est NNP 1662 6656 123 . . . 1662 6656 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6657 1 @Papua @Papua NNP 1662 6657 2 New New NNP 1662 6657 3 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 6657 4 : : : 1662 6657 5 Government Government NNP 1662 6657 6 Country Country NNP 1662 6657 7 name name NN 1662 6657 8 : : : 1662 6657 9 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6657 10 long long JJ 1662 6657 11 form form NN 1662 6657 12 : : : 1662 6657 13 Independent Independent NNP 1662 6657 14 State State NNP 1662 6657 15 of of IN 1662 6657 16 Papua Papua NNP 1662 6657 17 New New NNP 1662 6657 18 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 6657 19 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6657 20 short short JJ 1662 6657 21 form form NN 1662 6657 22 : : : 1662 6657 23 Papua Papua NNP 1662 6657 24 New New NNP 1662 6657 25 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 6657 26 abbreviation abbreviation NN 1662 6657 27 : : : 1662 6657 28 PNG PNG NNP 1662 6657 29 Data Data NNP 1662 6657 30 code code NN 1662 6657 31 : : : 1662 6657 32 PP PP NNP 1662 6657 33 Government Government NNP 1662 6657 34 type type NN 1662 6657 35 : : : 1662 6657 36 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 6657 37 democracy democracy NN 1662 6657 38 National national JJ 1662 6657 39 capital capital NN 1662 6657 40 : : : 1662 6657 41 Port Port NNP 1662 6657 42 Moresby Moresby NNP 1662 6657 43 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 6657 44 divisions division NNS 1662 6657 45 : : : 1662 6657 46 20 20 CD 1662 6657 47 provinces province NNS 1662 6657 48 ; ; : 1662 6657 49 Bougainville Bougainville NNP 1662 6657 50 , , , 1662 6657 51 Central Central NNP 1662 6657 52 , , , 1662 6657 53 Chimbu Chimbu NNP 1662 6657 54 , , , 1662 6657 55 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 6657 56 Highlands Highlands NNPS 1662 6657 57 , , , 1662 6657 58 East East NNP 1662 6657 59 New New NNP 1662 6657 60 Britain Britain NNP 1662 6657 61 , , , 1662 6657 62 East East NNP 1662 6657 63 Sepik Sepik NNP 1662 6657 64 , , , 1662 6657 65 Enga Enga NNP 1662 6657 66 , , , 1662 6657 67 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 6657 68 , , , 1662 6657 69 Madang Madang NNP 1662 6657 70 , , , 1662 6657 71 Manus Manus NNP 1662 6657 72 , , , 1662 6657 73 Milne Milne NNP 1662 6657 74 Bay Bay NNP 1662 6657 75 , , , 1662 6657 76 Morobe Morobe NNP 1662 6657 77 , , , 1662 6657 78 National National NNP 1662 6657 79 Capital Capital NNP 1662 6657 80 , , , 1662 6657 81 New New NNP 1662 6657 82 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 6657 83 , , , 1662 6657 84 Northern Northern NNP 1662 6657 85 , , , 1662 6657 86 Sandaun Sandaun NNP 1662 6657 87 , , , 1662 6657 88 Southern Southern NNP 1662 6657 89 Highlands Highlands NNPS 1662 6657 90 , , , 1662 6657 91 Western western JJ 1662 6657 92 , , , 1662 6657 93 Western western JJ 1662 6657 94 Highlands Highlands NNPS 1662 6657 95 , , , 1662 6657 96 West West NNP 1662 6657 97 New New NNP 1662 6657 98 Britain Britain NNP 1662 6657 99 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6657 100 : : : 1662 6657 101 16 16 CD 1662 6657 102 September September NNP 1662 6657 103 1975 1975 CD 1662 6657 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6657 105 from from IN 1662 6657 106 the the DT 1662 6657 107 Australian Australian NNP 1662 6657 108 - - HYPH 1662 6657 109 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universal universal JJ 1662 6657 145 Executive Executive NNP 1662 6657 146 branch branch NN 1662 6657 147 : : : 1662 6657 148 chief chief NN 1662 6657 149 of of IN 1662 6657 150 state state NN 1662 6657 151 : : : 1662 6657 152 Queen Queen NNP 1662 6657 153 ELIZABETH ELIZABETH NNP 1662 6657 154 II ii CD 1662 6657 155 of of IN 1662 6657 156 the the DT 1662 6657 157 UK UK NNP 1662 6657 158 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6657 159 since since IN 1662 6657 160 6 6 CD 1662 6657 161 February February NNP 1662 6657 162 1952 1952 CD 1662 6657 163 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6657 164 , , , 1662 6657 165 represented represent VBN 1662 6657 166 by by IN 1662 6657 167 Governor Governor NNP 1662 6657 168 General General NNP 1662 6657 169 Sir Sir NNP 1662 6657 170 Wiwa Wiwa NNP 1662 6657 171 KOROWI KOROWI NNP 1662 6657 172 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6657 173 since since IN 1662 6657 174 11 11 CD 1662 6657 175 November November NNP 1662 6657 176 1991 1991 CD 1662 6657 177 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6657 178 head head NN 1662 6657 179 of of IN 1662 6657 180 government government NN 1662 6657 181 : : : 1662 6657 182 Acting act VBG 1662 6657 183 Prime Prime NNP 1662 6657 184 Minister Minister NNP 1662 6657 185 John John NNP 1662 6657 186 GIHENO GIHENO NNP 1662 6657 187 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6657 188 since since IN 1662 6657 189 27 27 CD 1662 6657 190 March March NNP 1662 6657 191 1997 1997 CD 1662 6657 192 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6657 193 ; ; : 1662 6657 194 Acting Acting NNP 1662 6657 195 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 6657 196 Prime Prime NNP 1662 6657 197 Minister Minister NNP 1662 6657 198 Andrew Andrew NNP 1662 6657 199 BAING BAING NNP 1662 6657 200 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6657 201 since since IN 1662 6657 202 27 27 CD 1662 6657 203 March March NNP 1662 6657 204 1997 1997 CD 1662 6657 205 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6657 206 ; ; : 1662 6657 207 note note NN 1662 6657 208 - - HYPH 1662 6657 209 John John NNP 1662 6657 210 GIHENO GIHENO NNP 1662 6657 211 and and CC 1662 6657 212 Andrew Andrew NNP 1662 6657 213 BAING BAING NNP 1662 6657 214 assumed assume VBD 1662 6657 215 the 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1662 6657 250 since since IN 1662 6657 251 7 7 CD 1662 6657 252 September September NNP 1662 6657 253 1994 1994 CD 1662 6657 254 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6657 255 were be VBD 1662 6657 256 required require VBN 1662 6657 257 to to TO 1662 6657 258 step step VB 1662 6657 259 down down RP 1662 6657 260 during during IN 1662 6657 261 an an DT 1662 6657 262 inquiry inquiry NN 1662 6657 263 into into IN 1662 6657 264 the the DT 1662 6657 265 government government NN 1662 6657 266 's 's POS 1662 6657 267 hiring hiring NN 1662 6657 268 of of IN 1662 6657 269 mercenaries mercenary NNS 1662 6657 270 to to TO 1662 6657 271 assist assist VB 1662 6657 272 the the DT 1662 6657 273 Papua Papua NNP 1662 6657 274 New New NNP 1662 6657 275 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 6657 276 Defense Defense NNP 1662 6657 277 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 6657 278 against against IN 1662 6657 279 Bougainville Bougainville NNP 1662 6657 280 rebels rebel NNS 1662 6657 281 ; ; : 1662 6657 282 the the DT 1662 6657 283 inquiry inquiry NN 1662 6657 284 is be VBZ 1662 6657 285 scheduled schedule VBN 1662 6657 286 to to TO 1662 6657 287 conclude conclude VB 1662 6657 288 on on IN 1662 6657 289 30 30 CD 1662 6657 290 May May NNP 1662 6657 291 1997 1997 CD 1662 6657 292 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 6657 293 : : : 1662 6657 294 National National NNP 1662 6657 295 Executive Executive NNP 1662 6657 296 Council Council NNP 1662 6657 297 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6657 298 by by IN 1662 6657 299 the the DT 1662 6657 300 governor governor NN 1662 6657 301 general general NN 1662 6657 302 on on IN 1662 6657 303 the the DT 1662 6657 304 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 6657 305 of of IN 1662 6657 306 the the DT 1662 6657 307 prime prime JJ 1662 6657 308 minister minister NNP 1662 6657 309 elections election NNS 1662 6657 310 : : : 1662 6657 311 none none NN 1662 6657 312 ; ; : 1662 6657 313 the the DT 1662 6657 314 queen queen NN 1662 6657 315 is be VBZ 1662 6657 316 a a DT 1662 6657 317 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 6657 318 monarch 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NNP 1662 6657 353 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 6657 354 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 6657 355 branch branch NN 1662 6657 356 : : : 1662 6657 357 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 6657 358 National National NNP 1662 6657 359 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 6657 360 - - : 1662 6657 361 sometimes sometimes RB 1662 6657 362 referred refer VBD 1662 6657 363 to to IN 1662 6657 364 as as IN 1662 6657 365 the the DT 1662 6657 366 House House NNP 1662 6657 367 of of IN 1662 6657 368 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 6657 369 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6657 370 109 109 CD 1662 6657 371 seats seat NNS 1662 6657 372 - - : 1662 6657 373 89 89 CD 1662 6657 374 elected elect VBD 1662 6657 375 from from IN 1662 6657 376 open open JJ 1662 6657 377 electorates electorate NNS 1662 6657 378 and and CC 1662 6657 379 20 20 CD 1662 6657 380 from from IN 1662 6657 381 provincial provincial JJ 1662 6657 382 electorates electorate NNS 1662 6657 383 ; ; : 1662 6657 384 members member NNS 1662 6657 385 elected elect VBN 1662 6657 386 by by IN 1662 6657 387 popular popular JJ 1662 6657 388 vote vote NN 1662 6657 389 to to TO 1662 6657 390 serve serve VB 1662 6657 391 five five CD 1662 6657 392 - - HYPH 1662 6657 393 year year NN 1662 6657 394 terms term NNS 1662 6657 395 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6657 396 elections election NNS 1662 6657 397 : : : 1662 6657 398 last last RB 1662 6657 399 held hold VBN 1662 6657 400 13 13 CD 1662 6657 401 - - SYM 1662 6657 402 26 26 CD 1662 6657 403 June June NNP 1662 6657 404 1992 1992 CD 1662 6657 405 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6657 406 next next JJ 1662 6657 407 to to TO 1662 6657 408 be be VB 1662 6657 409 held hold VBN 1662 6657 410 14 14 CD 1662 6657 411 - - SYM 1662 6657 412 28 28 CD 1662 6657 413 June June NNP 1662 6657 414 1997 1997 CD 1662 6657 415 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6657 416 election election NN 1662 6657 417 results result NNS 1662 6657 418 : : : 1662 6657 419 percent percent NN 1662 6657 420 of of IN 1662 6657 421 vote vote NN 1662 6657 422 by by IN 1662 6657 423 party party NN 1662 6657 424 - - HYPH 1662 6657 425 NA NA NNP 1662 6657 426 ; ; , 1662 6657 427 seats seat NNS 1662 6657 428 by by IN 1662 6657 429 party party NNP 1662 6657 430 - - HYPH 1662 6657 431 Pangu Pangu NNP 1662 6657 432 Party Party NNP 1662 6657 433 24 24 CD 1662 6657 434 , , , 1662 6657 435 PDM PDM NNP 1662 6657 436 17 17 CD 1662 6657 437 , , , 1662 6657 438 PPP PPP NNP 1662 6657 439 10 10 CD 1662 6657 440 , , , 1662 6657 441 PAP PAP NNP 1662 6657 442 10 10 CD 1662 6657 443 , , , 1662 6657 444 independents independent NNS 1662 6657 445 30 30 CD 1662 6657 446 , , , 1662 6657 447 others other NNS 1662 6657 448 18 18 CD 1662 6657 449 ; ; : 1662 6657 450 note note NN 1662 6657 451 - - HYPH 1662 6657 452 association association NNP 1662 6657 453 with with IN 1662 6657 454 political political JJ 1662 6657 455 parties party NNS 1662 6657 456 is be VBZ 1662 6657 457 fluid fluid JJ 1662 6657 458 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 6657 459 branch branch NN 1662 6657 460 : : : 1662 6657 461 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 6657 462 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6657 531 's 's POS 1662 6657 532 Action Action NNP 1662 6657 533 Party Party NNP 1662 6657 534 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6657 535 PAP PAP NNP 1662 6657 536 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6657 537 , , , 1662 6657 538 Ted Ted NNP 1662 6657 539 DIRO DIRO NNP 1662 6657 540 ; ; : 1662 6657 541 People People NNS 1662 6657 542 's 's POS 1662 6657 543 Progress Progress NNP 1662 6657 544 Party Party NNP 1662 6657 545 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6657 546 PPP PPP NNP 1662 6657 547 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6657 548 , , , 1662 6657 549 Sir Sir NNP 1662 6657 550 Julius Julius NNP 1662 6657 551 CHAN CHAN NNP 1662 6657 552 ; ; : 1662 6657 553 Melanesian Melanesian NNP 1662 6657 554 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 6657 555 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6657 556 MA MA NNP 1662 6657 557 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6657 558 , , , 1662 6657 559 Fr Fr NNP 1662 6657 560 . . . 1662 6658 1 John John NNP 1662 6658 2 MOMIS MOMIS NNP 1662 6658 3 ; ; : 1662 6658 4 People People NNS 1662 6658 5 's 's POS 1662 6658 6 United United NNP 1662 6658 7 Party Party NNP 1662 6658 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6658 9 PUP PUP NNP 1662 6658 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6658 11 , , , 1662 6658 12 David David NNP 1662 6658 13 UNASI UNASI NNP 1662 6658 14 ; ; : 1662 6658 15 National National NNP 1662 6658 16 Party Party NNP 1662 6658 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6658 18 NP NP NNP 1662 6658 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6658 20 , , , 1662 6658 21 Mathias Mathias NNP 1662 6658 22 IJAPE IJAPE NNP 1662 6658 23 ; ; : 1662 6658 24 United United NNP 1662 6658 25 Party Party NNP 1662 6658 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6658 27 UP UP NNP 1662 6658 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6658 29 , , , 1662 6658 30 Paul Paul NNP 1662 6658 31 TORATO TORATO NNP 1662 6658 32 ; ; : 1662 6658 33 Papua Papua NNP 1662 6658 34 Party Party NNP 1662 6658 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6658 36 PP PP NNP 1662 6658 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6658 38 , , , 1662 6658 39 Galeva Galeva NNP 1662 6658 40 KWARARA KWARARA NNP 1662 6658 41 ; ; : 1662 6658 42 National National NNP 1662 6658 43 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 6658 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6658 45 NA NA NNP 1662 6658 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6658 47 , , , 1662 6658 48 Sir Sir NNP 1662 6658 49 Michael Michael NNP 1662 6658 50 SOMARE SOMARE NNP 1662 6658 51 ; ; : 1662 6658 52 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6658 53 For for IN 1662 6658 54 Greater Greater NNP 1662 6658 55 Autonomy Autonomy NNP 1662 6658 56 , , , 1662 6658 57 Stephen Stephen NNP 1662 6658 58 POKAWIN POKAWIN NNP 1662 6658 59 ; ; : 1662 6658 60 Black Black NNP 1662 6658 61 Action Action NNP 1662 6658 62 Party Party NNP 1662 6658 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6658 64 BAP BAP NNP 1662 6658 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6658 66 , , , 1662 6658 67 John John NNP 1662 6658 68 WAIKO WAIKO NNP 1662 6658 69 ; ; : 1662 6658 70 League League NNP 1662 6658 71 for for IN 1662 6658 72 National National NNP 1662 6658 73 Advancement Advancement NNP 1662 6658 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6658 75 LNA LNA NNP 1662 6658 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6658 77 , , , 1662 6658 78 Thomas Thomas NNP 1662 6658 79 PELIKA PELIKA NNP 1662 6658 80 International International NNP 1662 6658 81 organization organization NN 1662 6658 82 participation participation NN 1662 6658 83 : : : 1662 6658 84 ACP ACP NNP 1662 6658 85 , , , 1662 6658 86 APEC APEC NNP 1662 6658 87 , , , 1662 6658 88 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 6658 89 , , , 1662 6658 90 C C NNP 1662 6658 91 , , , 1662 6658 92 CP CP NNP 1662 6658 93 , , , 1662 6658 94 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 6658 95 , , , 1662 6658 96 FAO FAO NNP 1662 6658 97 , , , 1662 6658 98 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 6658 99 , , , 1662 6658 100 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 6658 101 , , , 1662 6658 102 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 6658 103 , , , 1662 6658 104 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 6658 105 , , , 1662 6658 106 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 6658 107 , , , 1662 6658 108 IDA IDA NNP 1662 6658 109 , , , 1662 6658 110 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 6658 111 , , , 1662 6658 112 IFC IFC NNP 1662 6658 113 , , , 1662 6658 114 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 6658 115 , , , 1662 6658 116 IHO IHO NNP 1662 6658 117 , , , 1662 6658 118 ILO ILO NNP 1662 6658 119 , , , 1662 6658 120 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6658 121 , , , 1662 6658 122 IMO imo RB 1662 6658 123 , , , 1662 6658 124 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6658 125 , , , 1662 6658 126 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 6658 127 , , , 1662 6658 128 IOC IOC NNP 1662 6658 129 , , , 1662 6658 130 ISO ISO NNP 1662 6658 131 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6658 132 correspondent correspondent NN 1662 6658 133 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6658 134 , , , 1662 6658 135 ITU ITU NNP 1662 6658 136 , , , 1662 6658 137 NAM NAM NNP 1662 6658 138 , , , 1662 6658 139 Sparteca Sparteca NNP 1662 6658 140 , , , 1662 6658 141 SPC SPC NNP 1662 6658 142 , , , 1662 6658 143 SPF SPF NNP 1662 6658 144 , , , 1662 6658 145 UN UN NNP 1662 6658 146 , , , 1662 6658 147 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 6658 148 , , , 1662 6658 149 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 6658 150 , , , 1662 6658 151 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 6658 152 , , , 1662 6658 153 UPU UPU NNP 1662 6658 154 , , , 1662 6658 155 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 6658 156 , , , 1662 6658 157 WHO who WP 1662 6658 158 , , , 1662 6658 159 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 6658 160 , , , 1662 6658 161 WMO WMO NNP 1662 6658 162 , , , 1662 6658 163 WTrO wtro VB 1662 6658 164 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6658 165 representation representation NN 1662 6658 166 in in IN 1662 6658 167 the the DT 1662 6658 168 US US NNP 1662 6658 169 : : : 1662 6658 170 chief chief NN 1662 6658 171 of of IN 1662 6658 172 mission mission NN 1662 6658 173 : : : 1662 6658 174 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6658 175 Nagora Nagora NNP 1662 6658 176 Y. Y. NNP 1662 6658 177 BOGAN BOGAN NNP 1662 6658 178 chancery chancery NN 1662 6658 179 : : : 1662 6658 180 3rd 3rd JJ 1662 6658 181 floor floor NN 1662 6658 182 , , , 1662 6658 183 1615 1615 CD 1662 6658 184 New New NNP 1662 6658 185 Hampshire Hampshire NNP 1662 6658 186 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 6658 187 NW NW NNP 1662 6658 188 , , , 1662 6658 189 Washington Washington NNP 1662 6658 190 , , , 1662 6658 191 DC DC NNP 1662 6658 192 20009 20009 CD 1662 6658 193 telephone telephone NN 1662 6658 194 : : : 1662 6658 195 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6658 196 1 1 CD 1662 6658 197 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6658 198 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6658 199 202 202 CD 1662 6658 200 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6658 201 745 745 CD 1662 6658 202 - - HYPH 1662 6658 203 3680 3680 CD 1662 6658 204 FAX FAX NNP 1662 6658 205 : : : 1662 6658 206 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6658 207 1 1 CD 1662 6658 208 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6658 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6658 210 202 202 CD 1662 6658 211 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6658 212 745 745 CD 1662 6658 213 - - HYPH 1662 6658 214 3679 3679 CD 1662 6658 215 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6658 216 representation representation NN 1662 6658 217 from from IN 1662 6658 218 the the DT 1662 6658 219 US US NNP 1662 6658 220 : : : 1662 6658 221 chief chief NN 1662 6658 222 of of IN 1662 6658 223 mission mission NN 1662 6658 224 : : : 1662 6658 225 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6658 226 Arma Arma NNP 1662 6658 227 Jane Jane NNP 1662 6658 228 KARAER KARAER NNP 1662 6658 229 embassy embassy NN 1662 6658 230 : : : 1662 6658 231 Douglas Douglas NNP 1662 6658 232 Street Street NNP 1662 6658 233 , , , 1662 6658 234 Port Port NNP 1662 6658 235 Moresby Moresby NNP 1662 6658 236 mailing mail VBG 1662 6658 237 address address NN 1662 6658 238 : : : 1662 6658 239 P. P. NNP 1662 6658 240 O. O. NNP 1662 6659 1 Box Box NNP 1662 6659 2 1492 1492 CD 1662 6659 3 , , , 1662 6659 4 Port Port NNP 1662 6659 5 Moresby Moresby NNP 1662 6659 6 telephone telephone NN 1662 6659 7 : : : 1662 6659 8 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6659 9 675 675 CD 1662 6659 10 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6659 11 321 321 CD 1662 6659 12 - - HYPH 1662 6659 13 1455 1455 CD 1662 6659 14 FAX FAX NNP 1662 6659 15 : : : 1662 6659 16 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6659 17 675 675 CD 1662 6659 18 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6659 19 321 321 CD 1662 6659 20 - - HYPH 1662 6659 21 3423 3423 CD 1662 6659 22 Flag Flag NNP 1662 6659 23 description description NN 1662 6659 24 : : : 1662 6659 25 divided divide VBN 1662 6659 26 diagonally diagonally RB 1662 6659 27 from from IN 1662 6659 28 upper upper JJ 1662 6659 29 hoist hoist NN 1662 6659 30 - - HYPH 1662 6659 31 side side NN 1662 6659 32 corner corner NN 1662 6659 33 ; ; : 1662 6659 34 the the DT 1662 6659 35 upper upper JJ 1662 6659 36 triangle triangle NN 1662 6659 37 is be VBZ 1662 6659 38 red red JJ 1662 6659 39 with with 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1995 1995 CD 1662 6663 3 , , , 1662 6663 4 Port Port NNP 1662 6663 5 Moresby Moresby NNP 1662 6663 6 reached reach VBD 1662 6663 7 agreement agreement NN 1662 6663 8 with with IN 1662 6663 9 the the DT 1662 6663 10 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6663 11 and and CC 1662 6663 12 World World NNP 1662 6663 13 Bank Bank NNP 1662 6663 14 on on IN 1662 6663 15 a a DT 1662 6663 16 structural structural JJ 1662 6663 17 adjustment adjustment NN 1662 6663 18 program program NN 1662 6663 19 , , , 1662 6663 20 of of IN 1662 6663 21 which which WDT 1662 6663 22 the the DT 1662 6663 23 first first JJ 1662 6663 24 phase phase NN 1662 6663 25 was be VBD 1662 6663 26 successfully successfully RB 1662 6663 27 completed complete VBN 1662 6663 28 in in IN 1662 6663 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 6663 30 . . . 1662 6664 1 A a DT 1662 6664 2 second second JJ 1662 6664 3 phase phase NN 1662 6664 4 structural structural JJ 1662 6664 5 adjustment adjustment NN 1662 6664 6 loan loan NN 1662 6664 7 will will MD 1662 6664 8 be be VB 1662 6664 9 negotiated negotiate VBN 1662 6664 10 in in IN 1662 6664 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6664 12 . . . 1662 6665 1 The the DT 1662 6665 2 structural structural JJ 1662 6665 3 adjustment adjustment NN 1662 6665 4 program program NN 1662 6665 5 includes include VBZ 1662 6665 6 liberalization liberalization NN 1662 6665 7 of of IN 1662 6665 8 trade trade NN 1662 6665 9 and and CC 1662 6665 10 investment investment NN 1662 6665 11 policies policy NNS 1662 6665 12 , , , 1662 6665 13 sustainable sustainable JJ 1662 6665 14 development development NN 1662 6665 15 of of IN 1662 6665 16 the the DT 1662 6665 17 forestry forestry NN 1662 6665 18 sector sector NN 1662 6665 19 , , , 1662 6665 20 improvement improvement NN 1662 6665 21 of of IN 1662 6665 22 government government NN 1662 6665 23 planning planning NN 1662 6665 24 capacity capacity NN 1662 6665 25 and and CC 1662 6665 26 better well JJR 1662 6665 27 delivery delivery NN 1662 6665 28 of of IN 1662 6665 29 public public JJ 1662 6665 30 services service NNS 1662 6665 31 . . . 1662 6666 1 New new JJ 1662 6666 2 gold gold NN 1662 6666 3 and and CC 1662 6666 4 oil oil NN 1662 6666 5 projects project NNS 1662 6666 6 are be VBP 1662 6666 7 under under IN 1662 6666 8 development development NN 1662 6666 9 and and CC 1662 6666 10 planned plan VBD 1662 6666 11 to to TO 1662 6666 12 begin begin VB 1662 6666 13 production production NN 1662 6666 14 in in IN 1662 6666 15 1997 1997 CD 1662 6666 16 and and CC 1662 6666 17 1998 1998 CD 1662 6666 18 respectively respectively RB 1662 6666 19 . . . 1662 6667 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6667 2 : : : 1662 6667 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6667 4 power power NN 1662 6667 5 parity parity NN 1662 6667 6 - - : 1662 6667 7 $ $ $ 1662 6667 8 10.7 10.7 CD 1662 6667 9 billion billion CD 1662 6667 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6667 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6667 12 est est NNP 1662 6667 13 . . . 1662 6667 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6668 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6668 2 - - HYPH 1662 6668 3 real real JJ 1662 6668 4 growth growth NN 1662 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mining mining NN 1662 6673 18 of of IN 1662 6673 19 gold gold NN 1662 6673 20 , , , 1662 6673 21 silver silver NN 1662 6673 22 , , , 1662 6673 23 and and CC 1662 6673 24 copper copper NN 1662 6673 25 ; ; : 1662 6673 26 crude crude JJ 1662 6673 27 oil oil NN 1662 6673 28 production production NN 1662 6673 29 ; ; : 1662 6673 30 construction construction NN 1662 6673 31 , , , 1662 6673 32 tourism tourism NN 1662 6673 33 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 6673 34 production production NN 1662 6673 35 growth growth NN 1662 6673 36 rate rate NN 1662 6673 37 : : : 1662 6673 38 NA% NA% `` 1662 6673 39 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6673 40 - - HYPH 1662 6673 41 capacity capacity NN 1662 6673 42 : : : 1662 6673 43 252,000 252,000 CD 1662 6673 44 kW kw NN 1662 6673 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6673 46 1992 1992 CD 1662 6673 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6673 48 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6673 49 - - HYPH 1662 6673 50 production production NN 1662 6673 51 : : : 1662 6673 52 1.71 1.71 CD 1662 6673 53 billion billion CD 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vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 6674 24 ; ; : 1662 6674 25 poultry poultry NN 1662 6674 26 , , , 1662 6674 27 pork pork NN 1662 6674 28 Exports export NNS 1662 6674 29 : : : 1662 6674 30 total total JJ 1662 6674 31 value value NN 1662 6674 32 : : : 1662 6674 33 $ $ $ 1662 6674 34 2.7 2.7 CD 1662 6674 35 billion billion CD 1662 6674 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6674 37 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 6674 38 . . 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NNP 1662 6675 43 , , , 1662 6675 44 1995 1995 CD 1662 6675 45 est est NNP 1662 6675 46 . . . 1662 6675 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6676 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6676 2 : : : 1662 6676 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 6676 4 and and CC 1662 6676 5 transport transport NN 1662 6676 6 equipment equipment NN 1662 6676 7 , , , 1662 6676 8 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 6676 9 goods good NNS 1662 6676 10 , , , 1662 6676 11 food food NN 1662 6676 12 , , , 1662 6676 13 fuels fuel NNS 1662 6676 14 , , , 1662 6676 15 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 6676 16 partners partner NNS 1662 6676 17 : : : 1662 6676 18 Australia Australia NNP 1662 6676 19 , , , 1662 6676 20 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6676 21 , , , 1662 6676 22 UK UK NNP 1662 6676 23 , , , 1662 6676 24 New New NNP 1662 6676 25 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 6676 26 , , , 1662 6676 27 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6676 28 Debt Debt NNP 1662 6676 29 - - HYPH 1662 6676 30 external external JJ 1662 6676 31 : : : 1662 6676 32 $ $ $ 1662 6676 33 3.2 3.2 CD 1662 6676 34 billion billion CD 1662 6676 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6676 36 1995 1995 CD 1662 6676 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6676 38 Economic economic JJ 1662 6676 39 aid aid NN 1662 6676 40 : : : 1662 6676 41 recipient recipient NN 1662 6676 42 : : : 1662 6676 43 ODA ODA NNP 1662 6676 44 , , , 1662 6676 45 $ $ $ 1662 6676 46 291 291 CD 1662 6676 47 million million CD 1662 6676 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6676 49 1993 1993 CD 1662 6676 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6676 51 ; ; : 1662 6676 52 $ $ $ 1662 6676 53 240 240 CD 1662 6676 54 million million CD 1662 6676 55 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 6676 56 aid aid NN 1662 6676 57 from from IN 1662 6676 58 Australia Australia NNP 1662 6676 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6676 60 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 6676 61 est est NNP 1662 6676 62 . . . 1662 6677 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6677 2 ; ; : 1662 6677 3 $ $ $ 1662 6677 4 4.1 4.1 CD 1662 6677 5 million million CD 1662 6677 6 ODA oda NN 1662 6677 7 from from IN 1662 6677 8 NZ NZ NNP 1662 6677 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6677 10 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 6677 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6677 12 Currency currency NN 1662 6677 13 : : : 1662 6677 14 1 1 CD 1662 6677 15 kina kina NNP 1662 6677 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6677 17 K K NNP 1662 6677 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6677 19 = = NFP 1662 6677 20 100 100 CD 1662 6677 21 toea toea NNP 1662 6677 22 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 6677 23 rates rate NNS 1662 6677 24 : : : 1662 6677 25 kina kina NNP 1662 6677 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6677 27 K K NNP 1662 6677 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6677 29 per per IN 1662 6677 30 US$ us$ $ 1662 6677 31 1 1 CD 1662 6677 32 - - SYM 1662 6677 33 0.7451 0.7451 CD 1662 6677 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6677 35 December December NNP 1662 6677 36 1996 1996 CD 1662 6677 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6677 38 , , , 1662 6677 39 0.7588 0.7588 NFP 1662 6677 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6677 41 1996 1996 CD 1662 6677 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6677 43 , , , 1662 6677 44 0.7835 0.7835 CD 1662 6677 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6677 46 1995 1995 CD 1662 6677 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6677 48 , , , 1662 6677 49 0.9950 0.9950 CD 1662 6677 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6677 51 1994 1994 CD 1662 6677 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6677 53 , , , 1662 6677 54 1.0221 1.0221 CD 1662 6677 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6677 56 1993 1993 CD 1662 6677 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6677 58 , , , 1662 6677 59 1.0367 1.0367 CD 1662 6677 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6677 61 1992 1992 CD 1662 6677 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6677 63 ; ; : 1662 6677 64 note note VB 1662 6677 65 - - : 1662 6677 66 the the DT 1662 6677 67 government government NN 1662 6677 68 floated float VBD 1662 6677 69 the the DT 1662 6677 70 kina kina NNP 1662 6677 71 on on IN 1662 6677 72 10 10 CD 1662 6677 73 October October NNP 1662 6677 74 1994 1994 CD 1662 6677 75 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6677 76 year year NN 1662 6677 77 : : : 1662 6677 78 calendar calendar NN 1662 6677 79 year year NN 1662 6677 80 @Papua @Papua NNP 1662 6677 81 New New NNP 1662 6677 82 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 6677 83 : : : 1662 6677 84 Communications Communications NNP 1662 6677 85 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 6677 86 : : : 1662 6677 87 63,212 63,212 CD 1662 6677 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6677 89 1986 1986 CD 1662 6677 90 est est NNP 1662 6677 91 . . . 1662 6677 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6678 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 6678 2 system system NN 1662 6678 3 : : : 1662 6678 4 services service NNS 1662 6678 5 are be VBP 1662 6678 6 adequate adequate JJ 1662 6678 7 and and CC 1662 6678 8 being be VBG 1662 6678 9 improved improve VBN 1662 6678 10 ; ; : 1662 6678 11 facilities facility NNS 1662 6678 12 provide provide VBP 1662 6678 13 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 6678 14 and and CC 1662 6678 15 telegraph telegraph NN 1662 6678 16 , , , 1662 6678 17 coastal coastal JJ 1662 6678 18 radio radio NN 1662 6678 19 , , , 1662 6678 20 aeronautical aeronautical JJ 1662 6678 21 radio radio NN 1662 6678 22 , , , 1662 6678 23 and and CC 1662 6678 24 international international JJ 1662 6678 25 radio radio NN 1662 6678 26 communication communication NN 1662 6678 27 services service NNS 1662 6678 28 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6678 29 : : : 1662 6678 30 mostly mostly RB 1662 6678 31 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 6678 32 international international JJ 1662 6678 33 : : : 1662 6678 34 submarine submarine NN 1662 6678 35 cables cable NNS 1662 6678 36 to to IN 1662 6678 37 Australia Australia NNP 1662 6678 38 and and CC 1662 6678 39 Guam Guam NNP 1662 6678 40 ; ; : 1662 6678 41 satellite satellite NN 1662 6678 42 earth earth NN 1662 6678 43 station station NN 1662 6678 44 - - : 1662 6678 45 1 1 CD 1662 6678 46 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6678 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6678 48 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6678 49 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6678 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6678 51 ; ; : 1662 6678 52 international international JJ 1662 6678 53 radio radio NN 1662 6678 54 communication communication NN 1662 6678 55 service service NN 1662 6678 56 Radio Radio NNP 1662 6678 57 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6678 58 stations station NNS 1662 6678 59 : : : 1662 6678 60 AM AM NNP 1662 6678 61 31 31 CD 1662 6678 62 , , , 1662 6678 63 FM FM NNP 1662 6678 64 2 2 CD 1662 6678 65 , , , 1662 6678 66 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 6678 67 0 0 CD 1662 6678 68 Radios radio NNS 1662 6678 69 : : : 1662 6678 70 298,000 298,000 CD 1662 6678 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6678 72 1992 1992 CD 1662 6678 73 est est NNP 1662 6678 74 . . . 1662 6678 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6679 1 Television television NN 1662 6679 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6679 3 stations station NNS 1662 6679 4 : : : 1662 6679 5 1 1 CD 1662 6679 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 6679 7 : : : 1662 6679 8 10,000 10,000 CD 1662 6679 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6679 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 6679 11 est est NNP 1662 6679 12 . . . 1662 6679 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6680 1 @Papua @Papua NNP 1662 6680 2 New New NNP 1662 6680 3 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 6680 4 : : : 1662 6680 5 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 6680 6 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 6680 7 : : : 1662 6680 8 0 0 LS 1662 6680 9 km km NN 1662 6680 10 Highways highway NNS 1662 6680 11 : : : 1662 6680 12 total total NN 1662 6680 13 : : : 1662 6680 14 19,400 19,400 CD 1662 6680 15 km km NN 1662 6680 16 paved pave VBN 1662 6680 17 : : : 1662 6680 18 660 660 CD 1662 6680 19 km km NN 1662 6680 20 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6680 21 : : : 1662 6680 22 18,740 18,740 CD 1662 6680 23 km km NNS 1662 6680 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6680 25 1995 1995 CD 1662 6680 26 est est NNP 1662 6680 27 . . . 1662 6680 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6681 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 6681 2 : : : 1662 6681 3 10,940 10,940 CD 1662 6681 4 km km NN 1662 6681 5 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 6681 6 and and CC 1662 6681 7 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6681 8 : : : 1662 6681 9 Kieta Kieta NNP 1662 6681 10 , , , 1662 6681 11 Lae Lae NNP 1662 6681 12 , , , 1662 6681 13 Madang Madang NNP 1662 6681 14 , , , 1662 6681 15 Port Port NNP 1662 6681 16 Moresby Moresby NNP 1662 6681 17 , , , 1662 6681 18 Rabaul Rabaul NNP 1662 6681 19 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 6681 20 marine marine RB 1662 6681 21 : : : 1662 6681 22 total total NN 1662 6681 23 : : : 1662 6681 24 12 12 CD 1662 6681 25 ships ship NNS 1662 6681 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6681 27 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6681 28 GRT GRT NNP 1662 6681 29 or or CC 1662 6681 30 over over RB 1662 6681 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6681 32 totaling total VBG 1662 6681 33 22,614 22,614 CD 1662 6681 34 GRT/29,643 GRT/29,643 NNP 1662 6681 35 DWT dwt NN 1662 6681 36 ships ship NNS 1662 6681 37 by by IN 1662 6681 38 type type NN 1662 6681 39 : : : 1662 6681 40 bulk bulk NNP 1662 6681 41 2 2 CD 1662 6681 42 , , , 1662 6681 43 cargo cargo NN 1662 6681 44 3 3 CD 1662 6681 45 , , , 1662 6681 46 combination combination NN 1662 6681 47 ore ore NN 1662 6681 48 / / SYM 1662 6681 49 oil oil NN 1662 6681 50 5 5 CD 1662 6681 51 , , , 1662 6681 52 container container NN 1662 6681 53 1 1 CD 1662 6681 54 , , , 1662 6681 55 roll roll NN 1662 6681 56 - - HYPH 1662 6681 57 on on IN 1662 6681 58 / / SYM 1662 6681 59 roll roll NN 1662 6681 60 - - HYPH 1662 6681 61 off off NN 1662 6681 62 1 1 CD 1662 6681 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6681 64 1996 1996 CD 1662 6681 65 est est NNP 1662 6681 66 . . . 1662 6681 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6682 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6682 2 : : : 1662 6682 3 451 451 CD 1662 6682 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6682 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6682 6 est est NNP 1662 6682 7 . . . 1662 6682 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6683 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6683 2 - - , 1662 6683 3 with with IN 1662 6683 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6683 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6683 6 : : : 1662 6683 7 total total NN 1662 6683 8 : : : 1662 6683 9 387 387 CD 1662 6683 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 6683 11 to to IN 1662 6683 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6683 13 m m NN 1662 6683 14 : : : 1662 6683 15 1 1 CD 1662 6683 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6683 17 to to TO 1662 6683 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6683 19 m m NN 1662 6683 20 : : : 1662 6683 21 12 12 CD 1662 6683 22 914 914 CD 1662 6683 23 to to TO 1662 6683 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6683 25 m m NN 1662 6683 26 : : : 1662 6683 27 4 4 CD 1662 6683 28 under under IN 1662 6683 29 914 914 CD 1662 6683 30 m m NN 1662 6683 31 : : : 1662 6683 32 370 370 CD 1662 6683 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6683 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 6683 35 est est NNP 1662 6683 36 . . . 1662 6683 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6684 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6684 2 - - , 1662 6684 3 with with IN 1662 6684 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6684 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6684 6 : : : 1662 6684 7 total total NN 1662 6684 8 : : : 1662 6684 9 64 64 CD 1662 6684 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6684 11 to to TO 1662 6684 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6684 13 m m NN 1662 6684 14 : : : 1662 6684 15 12 12 CD 1662 6684 16 914 914 CD 1662 6684 17 to to TO 1662 6684 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6684 19 m m NN 1662 6684 20 : : : 1662 6684 21 52 52 CD 1662 6684 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6684 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 6684 24 est est NNP 1662 6684 25 . . . 1662 6684 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6685 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 6685 2 : : : 1662 6685 3 2 2 CD 1662 6685 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6685 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6685 6 est est NNP 1662 6685 7 . . . 1662 6685 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6686 1 Military military JJ 1662 6686 2 Military military JJ 1662 6686 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6686 4 : : : 1662 6686 5 Papua Papua NNP 1662 6686 6 New New NNP 1662 6686 7 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 6686 8 Defense Defense NNP 1662 6686 9 Force Force NNP 1662 6686 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6686 11 includes include VBZ 1662 6686 12 Ground Ground NNP 1662 6686 13 , , , 1662 6686 14 Naval Naval NNP 1662 6686 15 , , , 1662 6686 16 and and CC 1662 6686 17 Air Air NNP 1662 6686 18 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 6686 19 , , , 1662 6686 20 and and CC 1662 6686 21 Special Special NNP 1662 6686 22 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 6686 23 Unit Unit NNP 1662 6686 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6686 25 Military military JJ 1662 6686 26 manpower manpower NN 1662 6686 27 - - HYPH 1662 6686 28 availability availability NN 1662 6686 29 : : : 1662 6686 30 males male NNS 1662 6686 31 age age NNP 1662 6686 32 15 15 CD 1662 6686 33 - - HYPH 1662 6686 34 49 49 CD 1662 6686 35 : : : 1662 6686 36 1,174,591 1,174,591 CD 1662 6686 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6686 38 1997 1997 CD 1662 6686 39 est est NNP 1662 6686 40 . . . 1662 6686 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6687 1 Military military JJ 1662 6687 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6687 3 - - HYPH 1662 6687 4 fit fit NN 1662 6687 5 for for IN 1662 6687 6 military military JJ 1662 6687 7 service service NN 1662 6687 8 : : : 1662 6687 9 males male NNS 1662 6687 10 : : : 1662 6687 11 653,179 653,179 CD 1662 6687 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6687 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6687 14 est est NNP 1662 6687 15 . . . 1662 6687 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6688 1 Military military JJ 1662 6688 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6688 3 - - HYPH 1662 6688 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 6688 5 figure figure NN 1662 6688 6 : : : 1662 6688 7 $ $ $ 1662 6688 8 63 63 CD 1662 6688 9 million million CD 1662 6688 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6688 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6688 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6688 13 ; ; : 1662 6688 14 note note NN 1662 6688 15 - - HYPH 1662 6688 16 includes include VBZ 1662 6688 17 $ $ $ 1662 6688 18 12 12 CD 1662 6688 19 million million CD 1662 6688 20 to to TO 1662 6688 21 cover cover VB 1662 6688 22 leftover leftover NN 1662 6688 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 6688 24 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6688 25 Military military JJ 1662 6688 26 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6688 27 - - : 1662 6688 28 percent percent NN 1662 6688 29 of of IN 1662 6688 30 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6688 31 : : : 1662 6688 32 NA NA NNP 1662 6688 33 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6688 34 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6688 35 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 6688 36 - - : 1662 6688 37 international international RB 1662 6688 38 : : : 1662 6688 39 none none NN 1662 6688 40 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 41 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 42 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 43 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 44 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 45 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 46 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 47 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 48 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 49 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 50 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 51 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 52 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 53 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 54 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 55 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 56 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 57 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 58 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 59 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 60 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 61 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 62 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 63 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 64 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 65 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 66 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 67 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 68 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 69 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 70 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 71 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 72 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 73 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 74 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 75 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 76 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 77 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 78 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 79 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 80 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 90 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 91 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 92 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 93 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 94 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 95 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 96 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 97 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 98 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 99 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 100 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 101 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 102 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 103 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 104 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 105 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 106 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 107 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 108 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 109 _ _ NNP 1662 6688 110 PARACEL PARACEL NNP 1662 6688 111 ISLANDS island NNS 1662 6688 112 @Paracel @Paracel NFP 1662 6688 113 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 6688 114 : : : 1662 6688 115 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6688 116 Location Location NNP 1662 6688 117 : : : 1662 6688 118 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 6688 119 Asia Asia NNP 1662 6688 120 , , , 1662 6688 121 group group NN 1662 6688 122 of of IN 1662 6688 123 small small JJ 1662 6688 124 islands island NNS 1662 6688 125 and and CC 1662 6688 126 reefs reef NNS 1662 6688 127 in in IN 1662 6688 128 the the DT 1662 6688 129 South South NNP 1662 6688 130 China China NNP 1662 6688 131 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6688 132 , , , 1662 6688 133 about about RB 1662 6688 134 one one CD 1662 6688 135 - - HYPH 1662 6688 136 third third NN 1662 6688 137 of of IN 1662 6688 138 the the DT 1662 6688 139 way way NN 1662 6688 140 from from IN 1662 6688 141 central central JJ 1662 6688 142 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 6688 143 to to IN 1662 6688 144 the the DT 1662 6688 145 northern northern JJ 1662 6688 146 Philippines Philippines NNP 1662 6688 147 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6688 148 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6688 149 : : : 1662 6688 150 16 16 CD 1662 6688 151 30 30 CD 1662 6688 152 N n CD 1662 6688 153 , , , 1662 6688 154 112 112 CD 1662 6688 155 00 00 CD 1662 6688 156 E e NN 1662 6688 157 Map Map NNP 1662 6688 158 references reference NNS 1662 6688 159 : : : 1662 6688 160 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 6688 161 Asia Asia NNP 1662 6688 162 Area Area NNP 1662 6688 163 : : : 1662 6688 164 total total NN 1662 6688 165 : : : 1662 6688 166 NA NA NNP 1662 6688 167 sq sq VB 1662 6688 168 km km NNP 1662 6688 169 land land NN 1662 6688 170 : : : 1662 6688 171 NA NA NNP 1662 6688 172 sq sq RB 1662 6688 173 km km NNP 1662 6688 174 water water NN 1662 6688 175 : : : 1662 6688 176 0 0 NFP 1662 6688 177 sq sq NN 1662 6688 178 km km NNP 1662 6688 179 Area area NN 1662 6688 180 - - HYPH 1662 6688 181 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6688 182 : : : 1662 6688 183 NA NA NNP 1662 6688 184 Land Land NNP 1662 6688 185 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6688 186 : : : 1662 6688 187 0 0 LS 1662 6688 188 km km NN 1662 6688 189 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6688 190 : : : 1662 6688 191 518 518 CD 1662 6688 192 km km NN 1662 6688 193 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6688 194 claims claim VBZ 1662 6688 195 : : : 1662 6688 196 NA NA NNP 1662 6688 197 Climate climate NN 1662 6688 198 : : : 1662 6688 199 tropical tropical JJ 1662 6688 200 Terrain terrain NN 1662 6688 201 : : : 1662 6688 202 NA NA NNP 1662 6688 203 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6688 204 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6688 205 : : : 1662 6688 206 lowest low JJS 1662 6688 207 point point NN 1662 6688 208 : : : 1662 6688 209 South South NNP 1662 6688 210 China China NNP 1662 6688 211 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6688 212 0 0 NFP 1662 6688 213 m m DT 1662 6688 214 highest high JJS 1662 6688 215 point point NN 1662 6688 216 : : : 1662 6688 217 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 6688 218 location location NN 1662 6688 219 on on IN 1662 6688 220 Rocky Rocky NNP 1662 6688 221 Island Island NNP 1662 6688 222 14 14 CD 1662 6688 223 m m NNP 1662 6688 224 Natural natural JJ 1662 6688 225 resources resource NNS 1662 6688 226 : : : 1662 6688 227 none none NN 1662 6688 228 Land Land NNP 1662 6688 229 use use NN 1662 6688 230 : : : 1662 6688 231 arable arable JJ 1662 6688 232 land land NN 1662 6688 233 : : : 1662 6688 234 0 0 CD 1662 6688 235 % % NN 1662 6688 236 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6688 237 crops crop NNS 1662 6688 238 : : : 1662 6688 239 0 0 CD 1662 6688 240 % % NN 1662 6688 241 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6688 242 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6688 243 : : : 1662 6688 244 0 0 CD 1662 6688 245 % % NN 1662 6688 246 forests forest NNS 1662 6688 247 and and CC 1662 6688 248 woodland woodland JJ 1662 6688 249 : : : 1662 6688 250 0 0 CD 1662 6688 251 % % NN 1662 6688 252 other other JJ 1662 6688 253 : : : 1662 6688 254 100 100 CD 1662 6688 255 % % NN 1662 6688 256 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6688 257 land land NN 1662 6688 258 : : : 1662 6688 259 0 0 LS 1662 6688 260 sq sq NNP 1662 6688 261 km km NNP 1662 6688 262 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6688 263 1993 1993 CD 1662 6688 264 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6688 265 Natural natural JJ 1662 6688 266 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6688 267 : : : 1662 6688 268 typhoons typhoon NNS 1662 6688 269 Environment environment NN 1662 6688 270 - - HYPH 1662 6688 271 current current JJ 1662 6688 272 issues issue NNS 1662 6688 273 : : : 1662 6688 274 NA NA NNP 1662 6688 275 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6688 276 - - HYPH 1662 6688 277 international international JJ 1662 6688 278 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6688 279 : : : 1662 6688 280 party party NNP 1662 6688 281 to to TO 1662 6688 282 : : : 1662 6688 283 none none NN 1662 6688 284 of of IN 1662 6688 285 the the DT 1662 6688 286 selected select VBN 1662 6688 287 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6688 288 signed sign VBD 1662 6688 289 , , , 1662 6688 290 but but CC 1662 6688 291 not not RB 1662 6688 292 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6688 293 : : : 1662 6688 294 none none NN 1662 6688 295 of of IN 1662 6688 296 the the DT 1662 6688 297 selected select VBN 1662 6688 298 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6688 299 @Paracel @paracel IN 1662 6688 300 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 6688 301 : : : 1662 6688 302 People People NNPS 1662 6688 303 Population Population NNP 1662 6688 304 : : : 1662 6688 305 no no DT 1662 6688 306 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 6688 307 inhabitants inhabitant NNS 1662 6688 308 note note VBP 1662 6688 309 : : : 1662 6688 310 there there EX 1662 6688 311 are be VBP 1662 6688 312 scattered scatter VBN 1662 6688 313 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 6688 314 garrisons garrison NNS 1662 6688 315 @Paracel @Paracel NFP 1662 6688 316 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 6688 317 : : : 1662 6688 318 Government Government NNP 1662 6688 319 Country Country NNP 1662 6688 320 name name NN 1662 6688 321 : : : 1662 6688 322 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6688 323 long long JJ 1662 6688 324 form form NN 1662 6688 325 : : : 1662 6688 326 none none NN 1662 6688 327 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6688 328 short short JJ 1662 6688 329 form form NN 1662 6688 330 : : : 1662 6688 331 Paracel Paracel NNP 1662 6688 332 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 6688 333 Data Data NNP 1662 6688 334 code code NN 1662 6688 335 : : : 1662 6688 336 PF PF NNP 1662 6688 337 Economy Economy NNP 1662 6688 338 Economy Economy NNP 1662 6688 339 - - HYPH 1662 6688 340 overview overview NN 1662 6688 341 : : : 1662 6688 342 no no DT 1662 6688 343 economic economic JJ 1662 6688 344 activity activity NN 1662 6688 345 @Paracel @paracel NN 1662 6688 346 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 6688 347 : : : 1662 6688 348 Communications Communications NNP 1662 6688 349 Telephone Telephone NNP 1662 6688 350 system system NN 1662 6688 351 : : : 1662 6688 352 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6688 353 : : : 1662 6688 354 NA NA NNP 1662 6688 355 international international JJ 1662 6688 356 : : : 1662 6688 357 NA NA NNP 1662 6688 358 Radio Radio NNP 1662 6688 359 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6688 360 stations station NNS 1662 6688 361 : : : 1662 6688 362 AM am VBP 1662 6688 363 NA NA NNP 1662 6688 364 , , , 1662 6688 365 FM FM NNP 1662 6688 366 NA NA NNP 1662 6688 367 , , , 1662 6688 368 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 6688 369 NA NA NNP 1662 6688 370 Radios radio NNS 1662 6688 371 : : : 1662 6688 372 NA NA NNP 1662 6688 373 Television Television NNP 1662 6688 374 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6688 375 stations station NNS 1662 6688 376 : : : 1662 6688 377 NA NA NNP 1662 6688 378 Televisions television NNS 1662 6688 379 : : : 1662 6688 380 NA NA NNP 1662 6688 381 @Paracel @Paracel NNP 1662 6688 382 Islands island NNS 1662 6688 383 : : : 1662 6688 384 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 6688 385 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 6688 386 and and CC 1662 6688 387 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6688 388 : : : 1662 6688 389 small small JJ 1662 6688 390 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 6688 391 port port NN 1662 6688 392 facilities facility NNS 1662 6688 393 on on IN 1662 6688 394 Woody Woody NNP 1662 6688 395 Island Island NNP 1662 6688 396 and and CC 1662 6688 397 Duncan Duncan NNP 1662 6688 398 Island Island NNP 1662 6688 399 being be VBG 1662 6688 400 expanded expand VBN 1662 6688 401 Airports airport NNS 1662 6688 402 : : : 1662 6688 403 1 1 CD 1662 6688 404 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6688 405 1996 1996 CD 1662 6688 406 est est NNP 1662 6688 407 . . . 1662 6688 408 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6689 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6689 2 - - , 1662 6689 3 with with IN 1662 6689 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6689 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6689 6 : : : 1662 6689 7 total total NN 1662 6689 8 : : : 1662 6689 9 1 1 CD 1662 6689 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6689 11 to to TO 1662 6689 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6689 13 m m NN 1662 6689 14 : : : 1662 6689 15 1 1 CD 1662 6689 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6689 17 on on IN 1662 6689 18 Woody Woody NNP 1662 6689 19 Island Island NNP 1662 6689 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6689 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6689 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 6689 23 est est NNP 1662 6689 24 . . . 1662 6689 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6690 1 Military military JJ 1662 6690 2 Military Military NNP 1662 6690 3 - - HYPH 1662 6690 4 note note NN 1662 6690 5 : : : 1662 6690 6 occupied occupy VBN 1662 6690 7 by by IN 1662 6690 8 China China NNP 1662 6690 9 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6690 10 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6690 11 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 6690 12 - - HYPH 1662 6690 13 international international RB 1662 6690 14 : : : 1662 6690 15 occupied occupy VBN 1662 6690 16 by by IN 1662 6690 17 China China NNP 1662 6690 18 , , , 1662 6690 19 but but CC 1662 6690 20 claimed claim VBD 1662 6690 21 by by IN 1662 6690 22 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 6690 23 and and CC 1662 6690 24 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 6690 25 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 26 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 27 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 28 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 29 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 30 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 31 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 32 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 33 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 34 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 35 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 36 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 37 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 38 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 39 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 40 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 41 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 42 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 43 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 44 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 45 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 46 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 47 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 48 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 49 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 50 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 51 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 52 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 53 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 54 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 55 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 56 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 57 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 58 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 59 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 60 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 61 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 62 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 63 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 64 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 65 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 66 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 67 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 68 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 69 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 70 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 71 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 72 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 73 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 74 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 75 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 76 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 77 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 78 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 79 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 80 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 90 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 91 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 92 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 93 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 94 _ _ NNP 1662 6690 95 PARAGUAY PARAGUAY NNP 1662 6690 96 @Paraguay @Paraguay NNP 1662 6690 97 : : : 1662 6690 98 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6690 99 Location Location NNP 1662 6690 100 : : : 1662 6690 101 Central Central NNP 1662 6690 102 South South NNP 1662 6690 103 America America NNP 1662 6690 104 , , , 1662 6690 105 northeast northeast RB 1662 6690 106 of of IN 1662 6690 107 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 6690 108 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6690 109 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6690 110 : : : 1662 6690 111 23 23 CD 1662 6690 112 00 00 NFP 1662 6690 113 S s NN 1662 6690 114 , , , 1662 6690 115 58 58 CD 1662 6690 116 00 00 NFP 1662 6690 117 W W NNP 1662 6690 118 Map Map NNP 1662 6690 119 references reference NNS 1662 6690 120 : : : 1662 6690 121 South South NNP 1662 6690 122 America America NNP 1662 6690 123 Area Area NNP 1662 6690 124 : : : 1662 6690 125 total total NN 1662 6690 126 : : : 1662 6690 127 406,750 406,750 CD 1662 6690 128 sq sq NNP 1662 6690 129 km km NNP 1662 6690 130 land land NN 1662 6690 131 : : : 1662 6690 132 397,300 397,300 CD 1662 6690 133 sq sq NNP 1662 6690 134 km km NNP 1662 6690 135 water water NN 1662 6690 136 : : : 1662 6690 137 9,450 9,450 CD 1662 6690 138 sq sq NN 1662 6690 139 km km NNP 1662 6690 140 Area area NN 1662 6690 141 - - HYPH 1662 6690 142 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6690 143 : : : 1662 6690 144 slightly slightly RB 1662 6690 145 smaller small JJR 1662 6690 146 than than IN 1662 6690 147 California California NNP 1662 6690 148 Land Land NNP 1662 6690 149 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6690 150 : : : 1662 6690 151 total total JJ 1662 6690 152 : : : 1662 6690 153 3,920 3,920 CD 1662 6690 154 km km NN 1662 6690 155 border border NN 1662 6690 156 countries country NNS 1662 6690 157 : : : 1662 6690 158 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 6690 159 1,880 1,880 CD 1662 6690 160 km km NN 1662 6690 161 , , , 1662 6690 162 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 6690 163 750 750 CD 1662 6690 164 km km NN 1662 6690 165 , , , 1662 6690 166 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 6690 167 1,290 1,290 CD 1662 6690 168 km km NN 1662 6690 169 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6690 170 : : : 1662 6690 171 0 0 CD 1662 6690 172 km km NN 1662 6690 173 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6690 174 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 6690 175 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6690 176 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6690 177 claims claim VBZ 1662 6690 178 : : : 1662 6690 179 none none NN 1662 6690 180 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6690 181 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 6690 182 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6690 183 Climate climate NN 1662 6690 184 : : : 1662 6690 185 subtropical subtropical JJ 1662 6690 186 ; ; : 1662 6690 187 substantial substantial JJ 1662 6690 188 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 6690 189 in in IN 1662 6690 190 the the DT 1662 6690 191 eastern eastern JJ 1662 6690 192 portions portion NNS 1662 6690 193 , , , 1662 6690 194 becoming become VBG 1662 6690 195 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 6690 196 in in IN 1662 6690 197 the the DT 1662 6690 198 far far RB 1662 6690 199 west west NNP 1662 6690 200 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6690 201 : : : 1662 6690 202 grassy grassy JJ 1662 6690 203 plains plain NNS 1662 6690 204 and and CC 1662 6690 205 wooded woode VBD 1662 6690 206 hills hill NNS 1662 6690 207 east east RB 1662 6690 208 of of IN 1662 6690 209 Rio Rio NNP 1662 6690 210 Paraguay Paraguay NNP 1662 6690 211 ; ; : 1662 6690 212 Gran Gran NNP 1662 6690 213 Chaco Chaco NNP 1662 6690 214 region region NN 1662 6690 215 west west NN 1662 6690 216 of of IN 1662 6690 217 Rio Rio NNP 1662 6690 218 Paraguay Paraguay NNP 1662 6690 219 mostly mostly RB 1662 6690 220 low low JJ 1662 6690 221 , , , 1662 6690 222 marshy marshy RB 1662 6690 223 plain plain JJ 1662 6690 224 near near IN 1662 6690 225 the the DT 1662 6690 226 river river NN 1662 6690 227 , , , 1662 6690 228 and and CC 1662 6690 229 dry dry JJ 1662 6690 230 forest forest NN 1662 6690 231 and and CC 1662 6690 232 thorny thorny JJ 1662 6690 233 scrub scrub NN 1662 6690 234 elsewhere elsewhere RB 1662 6690 235 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6690 236 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6690 237 : : : 1662 6690 238 lowest low JJS 1662 6690 239 point point NN 1662 6690 240 : : : 1662 6690 241 junction junction NN 1662 6690 242 of of IN 1662 6690 243 Rio Rio NNP 1662 6690 244 Paraguay Paraguay NNP 1662 6690 245 and and CC 1662 6690 246 Rio Rio NNP 1662 6690 247 Parana Parana NNP 1662 6690 248 46 46 CD 1662 6690 249 m m DT 1662 6690 250 highest high JJS 1662 6690 251 point point NN 1662 6690 252 : : : 1662 6690 253 Cerro Cerro NNP 1662 6690 254 San San NNP 1662 6690 255 Rafael Rafael NNP 1662 6690 256 850 850 CD 1662 6690 257 m m NNP 1662 6690 258 Natural natural JJ 1662 6690 259 resources resource NNS 1662 6690 260 : : : 1662 6690 261 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 6690 262 , , , 1662 6690 263 timber timber NN 1662 6690 264 , , , 1662 6690 265 iron iron NN 1662 6690 266 ore ore NN 1662 6690 267 , , , 1662 6690 268 manganese manganese NNP 1662 6690 269 , , , 1662 6690 270 limestone limestone NN 1662 6690 271 Land Land NNP 1662 6690 272 use use NN 1662 6690 273 : : : 1662 6690 274 arable arable JJ 1662 6690 275 land land NN 1662 6690 276 : : : 1662 6690 277 6 6 CD 1662 6690 278 % % NN 1662 6690 279 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6690 280 crops crop NNS 1662 6690 281 : : : 1662 6690 282 0 0 CD 1662 6690 283 % % NN 1662 6690 284 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6690 285 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6690 286 : : : 1662 6690 287 55 55 CD 1662 6690 288 % % NN 1662 6690 289 forests forest NNS 1662 6690 290 and and CC 1662 6690 291 woodland woodland NN 1662 6690 292 : : : 1662 6690 293 32 32 CD 1662 6690 294 % % NN 1662 6690 295 other other JJ 1662 6690 296 : : : 1662 6690 297 7 7 CD 1662 6690 298 % % NN 1662 6690 299 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6690 300 1993 1993 CD 1662 6690 301 est est NNP 1662 6690 302 . . . 1662 6690 303 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6691 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6691 2 land land NN 1662 6691 3 : : : 1662 6691 4 670 670 CD 1662 6691 5 sq sq NNP 1662 6691 6 km km NNP 1662 6691 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6691 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 6691 9 est est NNP 1662 6691 10 . . . 1662 6691 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6692 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 6692 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6692 3 : : : 1662 6692 4 local local JJ 1662 6692 5 flooding flooding NN 1662 6692 6 in in IN 1662 6692 7 southeast southeast NN 1662 6692 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6692 9 early early JJ 1662 6692 10 September September NNP 1662 6692 11 to to IN 1662 6692 12 June June NNP 1662 6692 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6692 14 ; ; : 1662 6692 15 poorly poorly RB 1662 6692 16 drained drain VBN 1662 6692 17 plains plain NNS 1662 6692 18 may may MD 1662 6692 19 become become VB 1662 6692 20 boggy boggy NNP 1662 6692 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6692 22 early early JJ 1662 6692 23 October October NNP 1662 6692 24 to to IN 1662 6692 25 June June NNP 1662 6692 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6692 27 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6692 28 - - HYPH 1662 6692 29 current current JJ 1662 6692 30 issues issue NNS 1662 6692 31 : : : 1662 6692 32 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 6692 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6692 34 an an DT 1662 6692 35 estimated estimate VBN 1662 6692 36 2 2 CD 1662 6692 37 million million CD 1662 6692 38 hectares hectare NNS 1662 6692 39 of of IN 1662 6692 40 forest forest NN 1662 6692 41 land land NN 1662 6692 42 have have VBP 1662 6692 43 been be VBN 1662 6692 44 lost lose VBN 1662 6692 45 from from IN 1662 6692 46 1958 1958 CD 1662 6692 47 - - SYM 1662 6692 48 85 85 CD 1662 6692 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6692 50 ; ; : 1662 6692 51 water water NN 1662 6692 52 pollution pollution NN 1662 6692 53 ; ; , 1662 6692 54 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 6692 55 means mean NNS 1662 6692 56 for for IN 1662 6692 57 waste waste NN 1662 6692 58 disposal disposal NN 1662 6692 59 present present JJ 1662 6692 60 health health NN 1662 6692 61 risks risk NNS 1662 6692 62 for for IN 1662 6692 63 many many JJ 1662 6692 64 urban urban JJ 1662 6692 65 residents resident NNS 1662 6692 66 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6692 67 - - HYPH 1662 6692 68 international international JJ 1662 6692 69 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6692 70 : : : 1662 6692 71 party party NN 1662 6692 72 to to TO 1662 6692 73 : : : 1662 6692 74 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 6692 75 , , , 1662 6692 76 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6692 77 Change Change NNP 1662 6692 78 , , , 1662 6692 79 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 6692 80 Species Species NNPS 1662 6692 81 , , , 1662 6692 82 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 6692 83 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 6692 84 , , , 1662 6692 85 Law Law NNP 1662 6692 86 of of IN 1662 6692 87 the the DT 1662 6692 88 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6692 89 , , , 1662 6692 90 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 6692 91 Layer Layer NNP 1662 6692 92 Protection Protection NNP 1662 6692 93 , , , 1662 6692 94 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 6692 95 signed sign VBD 1662 6692 96 , , , 1662 6692 97 but but CC 1662 6692 98 not not RB 1662 6692 99 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6692 100 : : : 1662 6692 101 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 6692 102 , , , 1662 6692 103 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 6692 104 Test Test NNP 1662 6692 105 Ban Ban NNP 1662 6692 106 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6692 107 - - HYPH 1662 6692 108 note note NN 1662 6692 109 : : : 1662 6692 110 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 6692 111 ; ; : 1662 6692 112 lies lie NNS 1662 6692 113 between between IN 1662 6692 114 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 6692 115 , , , 1662 6692 116 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 6692 117 , , , 1662 6692 118 and and CC 1662 6692 119 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 6692 120 @Paraguay @Paraguay NNP 1662 6692 121 : : : 1662 6692 122 People People NNP 1662 6692 123 Population Population NNP 1662 6692 124 : : : 1662 6692 125 5,651,634 5,651,634 CD 1662 6692 126 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6692 127 July July NNP 1662 6692 128 1997 1997 CD 1662 6692 129 est est NNP 1662 6692 130 . . . 1662 6692 131 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6693 1 Age age NN 1662 6693 2 structure structure NN 1662 6693 3 : : : 1662 6693 4 0 0 CD 1662 6693 5 - - HYPH 1662 6693 6 14 14 CD 1662 6693 7 years year NNS 1662 6693 8 : : : 1662 6693 9 40 40 CD 1662 6693 10 % % NN 1662 6693 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6693 12 male male JJ 1662 6693 13 1,163,416 1,163,416 CD 1662 6693 14 ; ; : 1662 6693 15 female female JJ 1662 6693 16 1,113,654 1,113,654 CD 1662 6693 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6693 18 15 15 CD 1662 6693 19 - - SYM 1662 6693 20 64 64 CD 1662 6693 21 years year NNS 1662 6693 22 : : : 1662 6693 23 56 56 CD 1662 6693 24 % % NN 1662 6693 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6693 26 male male JJ 1662 6693 27 1,571,685 1,571,685 CD 1662 6693 28 ; ; : 1662 6693 29 female female JJ 1662 6693 30 1,564,757 1,564,757 CD 1662 6693 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6693 32 65 65 CD 1662 6693 33 years year NNS 1662 6693 34 and and CC 1662 6693 35 over over IN 1662 6693 36 : : : 1662 6693 37 4 4 CD 1662 6693 38 % % NN 1662 6693 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6693 40 male male JJ 1662 6693 41 109,547 109,547 CD 1662 6693 42 ; ; : 1662 6693 43 female female JJ 1662 6693 44 128,575 128,575 CD 1662 6693 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6693 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6693 47 July July NNP 1662 6693 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 6693 49 est est NNP 1662 6693 50 . . . 1662 6693 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6694 1 Population population NN 1662 6694 2 growth growth NN 1662 6694 3 rate rate NN 1662 6694 4 : : : 1662 6694 5 2.62 2.62 CD 1662 6694 6 % % NN 1662 6694 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6694 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6694 9 est est NNP 1662 6694 10 . . . 1662 6694 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6695 1 Birth birth NN 1662 6695 2 rate rate NN 1662 6695 3 : : : 1662 6695 4 30.47 30.47 CD 1662 6695 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 6695 6 population population NN 1662 6695 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6695 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6695 9 est est NNP 1662 6695 10 . . . 1662 6695 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6696 1 Death death NN 1662 6696 2 rate rate NN 1662 6696 3 : : : 1662 6696 4 4.24 4.24 CD 1662 6696 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6696 6 population population NN 1662 6696 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6696 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6696 9 est est NNP 1662 6696 10 . . . 1662 6696 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6697 1 Net net JJ 1662 6697 2 migration migration NN 1662 6697 3 rate rate NN 1662 6697 4 : : : 1662 6697 5 0 0 NFP 1662 6697 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 6697 7 population population NN 1662 6697 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6697 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6697 10 est est NNP 1662 6697 11 . . . 1662 6697 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6698 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6698 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6698 3 : : : 1662 6698 4 at at IN 1662 6698 5 birth birth NN 1662 6698 6 : : : 1662 6698 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6698 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6698 9 under under IN 1662 6698 10 15 15 CD 1662 6698 11 years year NNS 1662 6698 12 : : : 1662 6698 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 6698 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6698 15 15 15 CD 1662 6698 16 - - HYPH 1662 6698 17 64 64 CD 1662 6698 18 years year NNS 1662 6698 19 : : : 1662 6698 20 1 1 CD 1662 6698 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6698 22 65 65 CD 1662 6698 23 years year NNS 1662 6698 24 and and CC 1662 6698 25 over over IN 1662 6698 26 : : : 1662 6698 27 0.85 0.85 CD 1662 6698 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6698 29 total total JJ 1662 6698 30 population population NN 1662 6698 31 : : : 1662 6698 32 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 6698 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6698 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6698 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 6698 36 est e JJS 1662 6698 37 . . . 1662 6698 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6699 1 Infant infant NN 1662 6699 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 6699 3 rate rate NN 1662 6699 4 : : : 1662 6699 5 22.3 22.3 CD 1662 6699 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6699 7 live live JJ 1662 6699 8 births birth NNS 1662 6699 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6699 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 6699 11 est est NNP 1662 6699 12 . . . 1662 6699 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6700 1 Life life NN 1662 6700 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 6700 3 at at IN 1662 6700 4 birth birth NN 1662 6700 5 : : : 1662 6700 6 total total JJ 1662 6700 7 population population NN 1662 6700 8 : : : 1662 6700 9 74.1 74.1 CD 1662 6700 10 years year NNS 1662 6700 11 male male JJ 1662 6700 12 : : : 1662 6700 13 72.6 72.6 CD 1662 6700 14 years year NNS 1662 6700 15 female female JJ 1662 6700 16 : : : 1662 6700 17 75.68 75.68 CD 1662 6700 18 years year NNS 1662 6700 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6700 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 6700 21 est est NNP 1662 6700 22 . . . 1662 6700 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6701 1 Total total JJ 1662 6701 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 6701 3 rate rate NN 1662 6701 4 : : : 1662 6701 5 4.08 4.08 CD 1662 6701 6 children child NNS 1662 6701 7 born bear VBN 1662 6701 8 / / SYM 1662 6701 9 woman woman NN 1662 6701 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6701 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6701 12 est est NNP 1662 6701 13 . . . 1662 6701 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6702 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 6702 2 : : : 1662 6702 3 noun noun NNP 1662 6702 4 : : : 1662 6702 5 Paraguayan(s Paraguayan(s NNP 1662 6702 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6702 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 6702 8 : : : 1662 6702 9 Paraguayan Paraguayan NNP 1662 6702 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 6702 11 groups group NNS 1662 6702 12 : : : 1662 6702 13 mestizo mestizo NNP 1662 6702 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6702 15 mixed mixed JJ 1662 6702 16 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 6702 17 and and CC 1662 6702 18 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 6702 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6702 20 95 95 CD 1662 6702 21 % % NN 1662 6702 22 , , , 1662 6702 23 white white JJ 1662 6702 24 plus plus CC 1662 6702 25 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 6702 26 5 5 CD 1662 6702 27 % % NN 1662 6702 28 Religions religion NNS 1662 6702 29 : : : 1662 6702 30 Roman Roman NNP 1662 6702 31 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 6702 32 90 90 CD 1662 6702 33 % % NN 1662 6702 34 , , , 1662 6702 35 Mennonite Mennonite NNP 1662 6702 36 and and CC 1662 6702 37 other other JJ 1662 6702 38 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 6702 39 denominations denomination NNS 1662 6702 40 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 6702 41 : : : 1662 6702 42 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 6702 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6702 44 official official NN 1662 6702 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6702 46 , , , 1662 6702 47 Guarani Guarani NNP 1662 6702 48 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 6702 49 : : : 1662 6702 50 definition definition NN 1662 6702 51 : : : 1662 6702 52 age age NN 1662 6702 53 15 15 CD 1662 6702 54 and and CC 1662 6702 55 over over RB 1662 6702 56 can can MD 1662 6702 57 read read VB 1662 6702 58 and and CC 1662 6702 59 write write VB 1662 6702 60 total total JJ 1662 6702 61 population population NN 1662 6702 62 : : : 1662 6702 63 92.1 92.1 CD 1662 6702 64 % % NN 1662 6702 65 male male NN 1662 6702 66 : : : 1662 6702 67 93.5 93.5 CD 1662 6702 68 % % NN 1662 6702 69 female female NN 1662 6702 70 : : : 1662 6702 71 90.6 90.6 CD 1662 6702 72 % % NN 1662 6702 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6702 74 1995 1995 CD 1662 6702 75 est est NNP 1662 6702 76 . . . 1662 6702 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 1 @Paraguay @Paraguay NNP 1662 6703 2 : : : 1662 6703 3 Government Government NNP 1662 6703 4 Country Country NNP 1662 6703 5 name name NN 1662 6703 6 : : : 1662 6703 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6703 8 long long JJ 1662 6703 9 form form NN 1662 6703 10 : : : 1662 6703 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 6703 12 of of IN 1662 6703 13 Paraguay Paraguay NNP 1662 6703 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6703 15 short short JJ 1662 6703 16 form form NN 1662 6703 17 : : : 1662 6703 18 Paraguay paraguay VB 1662 6703 19 local local JJ 1662 6703 20 long long JJ 1662 6703 21 form form NN 1662 6703 22 : : : 1662 6703 23 Republica Republica NNP 1662 6703 24 del del NNP 1662 6703 25 Paraguay Paraguay NNP 1662 6703 26 local local JJ 1662 6703 27 short short JJ 1662 6703 28 form form NN 1662 6703 29 : : : 1662 6703 30 Paraguay Paraguay NNP 1662 6703 31 Data Data NNP 1662 6703 32 code code NN 1662 6703 33 : : : 1662 6703 34 PA PA NNP 1662 6703 35 Government Government NNP 1662 6703 36 type type NN 1662 6703 37 : : : 1662 6703 38 republic republic NNP 1662 6703 39 National national JJ 1662 6703 40 capital capital NN 1662 6703 41 : : : 1662 6703 42 Asuncion Asuncion NNP 1662 6703 43 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 6703 44 divisions division NNS 1662 6703 45 : : : 1662 6703 46 18 18 CD 1662 6703 47 departments department NNS 1662 6703 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 49 departamentos departamento NNS 1662 6703 50 , , , 1662 6703 51 singular singular NNP 1662 6703 52 - - HYPH 1662 6703 53 departamento departamento NNP 1662 6703 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 55 ; ; : 1662 6703 56 Alto Alto NNP 1662 6703 57 Paraguay Paraguay NNP 1662 6703 58 , , , 1662 6703 59 Alto Alto NNP 1662 6703 60 Parana Parana NNP 1662 6703 61 , , , 1662 6703 62 Amambay Amambay NNP 1662 6703 63 , , , 1662 6703 64 Asuncion Asuncion NNP 1662 6703 65 , , , 1662 6703 66 Boqueron Boqueron NNP 1662 6703 67 , , , 1662 6703 68 Caaguazu Caaguazu NNP 1662 6703 69 , , , 1662 6703 70 Caazapa Caazapa NNP 1662 6703 71 , , , 1662 6703 72 Canindeyu Canindeyu NNP 1662 6703 73 , , , 1662 6703 74 Central Central NNP 1662 6703 75 , , , 1662 6703 76 Concepcion Concepcion NNP 1662 6703 77 , , , 1662 6703 78 Cordillera Cordillera NNP 1662 6703 79 , , , 1662 6703 80 Guaira Guaira NNP 1662 6703 81 , , , 1662 6703 82 Itapua Itapua NNP 1662 6703 83 , , , 1662 6703 84 Misiones Misiones NNP 1662 6703 85 , , , 1662 6703 86 Neembucu Neembucu NNP 1662 6703 87 , , , 1662 6703 88 Paraguari Paraguari NNP 1662 6703 89 , , , 1662 6703 90 Presidente Presidente NNP 1662 6703 91 Hayes Hayes NNP 1662 6703 92 , , , 1662 6703 93 San San NNP 1662 6703 94 Pedro Pedro NNP 1662 6703 95 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6703 96 : : : 1662 6703 97 14 14 CD 1662 6703 98 May May NNP 1662 6703 99 1811 1811 CD 1662 6703 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 101 from from IN 1662 6703 102 Spain Spain NNP 1662 6703 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 104 National national JJ 1662 6703 105 holiday holiday NN 1662 6703 106 : : : 1662 6703 107 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6703 108 Days Days NNP 1662 6703 109 , , , 1662 6703 110 14 14 CD 1662 6703 111 - - SYM 1662 6703 112 15 15 CD 1662 6703 113 May May NNP 1662 6703 114 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 115 1811 1811 CD 1662 6703 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 117 Constitution constitution NN 1662 6703 118 : : : 1662 6703 119 promulgated promulgate VBN 1662 6703 120 20 20 CD 1662 6703 121 June June NNP 1662 6703 122 1992 1992 CD 1662 6703 123 Legal legal JJ 1662 6703 124 system system NN 1662 6703 125 : : : 1662 6703 126 based base VBN 1662 6703 127 on on IN 1662 6703 128 Argentine argentine JJ 1662 6703 129 codes code NNS 1662 6703 130 , , , 1662 6703 131 Roman roman JJ 1662 6703 132 law law NN 1662 6703 133 , , , 1662 6703 134 and and CC 1662 6703 135 French french JJ 1662 6703 136 codes code NNS 1662 6703 137 ; ; , 1662 6703 138 judicial judicial JJ 1662 6703 139 review review NN 1662 6703 140 of of IN 1662 6703 141 legislative legislative JJ 1662 6703 142 acts act NNS 1662 6703 143 in in IN 1662 6703 144 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 6703 145 Court Court NNP 1662 6703 146 of of IN 1662 6703 147 Justice Justice NNP 1662 6703 148 ; ; : 1662 6703 149 does do VBZ 1662 6703 150 not not RB 1662 6703 151 accept accept VB 1662 6703 152 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 6703 153 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 6703 154 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 6703 155 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 6703 156 : : : 1662 6703 157 18 18 CD 1662 6703 158 years year NNS 1662 6703 159 of of IN 1662 6703 160 age age NN 1662 6703 161 ; ; : 1662 6703 162 universal universal JJ 1662 6703 163 and and CC 1662 6703 164 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 6703 165 up up RB 1662 6703 166 to to IN 1662 6703 167 age age NN 1662 6703 168 60 60 CD 1662 6703 169 Executive executive JJ 1662 6703 170 branch branch NN 1662 6703 171 : : : 1662 6703 172 chief chief NN 1662 6703 173 of of IN 1662 6703 174 state state NN 1662 6703 175 : : : 1662 6703 176 President President NNP 1662 6703 177 Juan Juan NNP 1662 6703 178 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 6703 179 WASMOSY WASMOSY NNP 1662 6703 180 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 181 since since IN 1662 6703 182 15 15 CD 1662 6703 183 August August NNP 1662 6703 184 1993 1993 CD 1662 6703 185 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 186 and and CC 1662 6703 187 Vice Vice NNP 1662 6703 188 President President NNP 1662 6703 189 Roberto Roberto NNP 1662 6703 190 Angel Angel NNP 1662 6703 191 SEIFART SEIFART NNP 1662 6703 192 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 193 since since IN 1662 6703 194 15 15 CD 1662 6703 195 August August NNP 1662 6703 196 1993 1993 CD 1662 6703 197 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 198 ; ; : 1662 6703 199 note note VB 1662 6703 200 - - : 1662 6703 201 the the DT 1662 6703 202 president president NN 1662 6703 203 is be VBZ 1662 6703 204 both both CC 1662 6703 205 the the DT 1662 6703 206 chief chief NN 1662 6703 207 of of IN 1662 6703 208 state state NN 1662 6703 209 and and CC 1662 6703 210 head head NN 1662 6703 211 of of IN 1662 6703 212 government government NN 1662 6703 213 head head NN 1662 6703 214 of of IN 1662 6703 215 government government NN 1662 6703 216 : : : 1662 6703 217 President President NNP 1662 6703 218 Juan Juan NNP 1662 6703 219 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 6703 220 WASMOSY WASMOSY NNP 1662 6703 221 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 222 since since IN 1662 6703 223 15 15 CD 1662 6703 224 August August NNP 1662 6703 225 1993 1993 CD 1662 6703 226 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 227 and and CC 1662 6703 228 Vice Vice NNP 1662 6703 229 President President NNP 1662 6703 230 Roberto Roberto NNP 1662 6703 231 Angel Angel NNP 1662 6703 232 SEIFART SEIFART NNP 1662 6703 233 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 234 since since IN 1662 6703 235 15 15 CD 1662 6703 236 August August NNP 1662 6703 237 1993 1993 CD 1662 6703 238 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 239 ; ; : 1662 6703 240 note note VB 1662 6703 241 - - : 1662 6703 242 the the DT 1662 6703 243 president president NN 1662 6703 244 is be VBZ 1662 6703 245 both both CC 1662 6703 246 the the DT 1662 6703 247 chief chief NN 1662 6703 248 of of IN 1662 6703 249 state state NN 1662 6703 250 and and CC 1662 6703 251 head head NN 1662 6703 252 of of IN 1662 6703 253 government government NN 1662 6703 254 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 6703 255 : : : 1662 6703 256 Council Council NNP 1662 6703 257 of of IN 1662 6703 258 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 6703 259 nominated nominate VBN 1662 6703 260 by by IN 1662 6703 261 the the DT 1662 6703 262 president president NNP 1662 6703 263 elections election NNS 1662 6703 264 : : : 1662 6703 265 president president NN 1662 6703 266 and and CC 1662 6703 267 vice vice NN 1662 6703 268 president president NN 1662 6703 269 elected elect VBD 1662 6703 270 on on IN 1662 6703 271 the the DT 1662 6703 272 same same JJ 1662 6703 273 ticket ticket NN 1662 6703 274 by by IN 1662 6703 275 popular popular JJ 1662 6703 276 vote vote NN 1662 6703 277 for for IN 1662 6703 278 five five CD 1662 6703 279 - - HYPH 1662 6703 280 year year NN 1662 6703 281 terms term NNS 1662 6703 282 ; ; : 1662 6703 283 election election NN 1662 6703 284 last last JJ 1662 6703 285 held hold VBN 1662 6703 286 9 9 CD 1662 6703 287 May May NNP 1662 6703 288 1993 1993 CD 1662 6703 289 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 290 next next JJ 1662 6703 291 to to TO 1662 6703 292 be be VB 1662 6703 293 held hold VBN 1662 6703 294 NA NA NNP 1662 6703 295 May May NNP 1662 6703 296 1998 1998 CD 1662 6703 297 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 298 election election NN 1662 6703 299 results result NNS 1662 6703 300 : : : 1662 6703 301 Juan Juan NNP 1662 6703 302 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 6703 303 WASMOSY WASMOSY NNP 1662 6703 304 elected elect VBD 1662 6703 305 president president NN 1662 6703 306 ; ; , 1662 6703 307 percent percent NN 1662 6703 308 of of IN 1662 6703 309 vote vote NN 1662 6703 310 - - HYPH 1662 6703 311 Juan Juan NNP 1662 6703 312 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 6703 313 WASMOSY WASMOSY NNP 1662 6703 314 40.09 40.09 CD 1662 6703 315 % % NN 1662 6703 316 , , , 1662 6703 317 Domingo Domingo NNP 1662 6703 318 LAINO LAINO NNP 1662 6703 319 32.06 32.06 CD 1662 6703 320 % % NN 1662 6703 321 , , , 1662 6703 322 Guillermo Guillermo NNP 1662 6703 323 CABALLERO CABALLERO NNS 1662 6703 324 VARGAS vargas VB 1662 6703 325 23.04 23.04 CD 1662 6703 326 % % NN 1662 6703 327 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 6703 328 branch branch NN 1662 6703 329 : : : 1662 6703 330 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 6703 331 Congress Congress NNP 1662 6703 332 or or CC 1662 6703 333 Congreso Congreso NNP 1662 6703 334 consists consist VBZ 1662 6703 335 of of IN 1662 6703 336 the the DT 1662 6703 337 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 6703 338 of of IN 1662 6703 339 Senators Senators NNPS 1662 6703 340 or or CC 1662 6703 341 Camara Camara NNP 1662 6703 342 de de NNP 1662 6703 343 Senadores Senadores NNP 1662 6703 344 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 345 45 45 CD 1662 6703 346 seats seat NNS 1662 6703 347 ; ; : 1662 6703 348 members member NNS 1662 6703 349 are be VBP 1662 6703 350 elected elect VBN 1662 6703 351 by by IN 1662 6703 352 popular popular JJ 1662 6703 353 vote vote NN 1662 6703 354 to to TO 1662 6703 355 serve serve VB 1662 6703 356 five five CD 1662 6703 357 - - HYPH 1662 6703 358 year year NN 1662 6703 359 terms term NNS 1662 6703 360 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 361 and and CC 1662 6703 362 the the DT 1662 6703 363 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 6703 364 of of IN 1662 6703 365 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 6703 366 or or CC 1662 6703 367 Camara Camara NNP 1662 6703 368 de de FW 1662 6703 369 Diputados Diputados NNP 1662 6703 370 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 371 80 80 CD 1662 6703 372 seats seat NNS 1662 6703 373 ; ; : 1662 6703 374 members member NNS 1662 6703 375 are be VBP 1662 6703 376 elected elect VBN 1662 6703 377 by by IN 1662 6703 378 popular popular JJ 1662 6703 379 vote vote NN 1662 6703 380 to to TO 1662 6703 381 serve serve VB 1662 6703 382 five five CD 1662 6703 383 - - HYPH 1662 6703 384 year year NN 1662 6703 385 terms term NNS 1662 6703 386 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 387 elections election NNS 1662 6703 388 : : : 1662 6703 389 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 6703 390 of of IN 1662 6703 391 Senators Senators NNPS 1662 6703 392 - - HYPH 1662 6703 393 last last RB 1662 6703 394 held hold VBN 1662 6703 395 9 9 CD 1662 6703 396 May May NNP 1662 6703 397 1993 1993 CD 1662 6703 398 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 399 next next JJ 1662 6703 400 to to TO 1662 6703 401 be be VB 1662 6703 402 held hold VBN 1662 6703 403 10 10 CD 1662 6703 404 May May NNP 1662 6703 405 1998 1998 CD 1662 6703 406 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 407 ; ; : 1662 6703 408 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 6703 409 of of IN 1662 6703 410 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 6703 411 - - , 1662 6703 412 last last RB 1662 6703 413 held hold VBN 1662 6703 414 9 9 CD 1662 6703 415 May May NNP 1662 6703 416 1993 1993 CD 1662 6703 417 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 418 next next JJ 1662 6703 419 to to TO 1662 6703 420 be be VB 1662 6703 421 held hold VBN 1662 6703 422 NA NA NNP 1662 6703 423 May May NNP 1662 6703 424 1998 1998 CD 1662 6703 425 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 426 election election NN 1662 6703 427 results result NNS 1662 6703 428 : : : 1662 6703 429 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 6703 430 of of IN 1662 6703 431 Senators Senators NNPS 1662 6703 432 - - HYPH 1662 6703 433 percent percent NN 1662 6703 434 of of IN 1662 6703 435 vote vote NN 1662 6703 436 by by IN 1662 6703 437 party party NN 1662 6703 438 - - HYPH 1662 6703 439 NA NA NNP 1662 6703 440 ; ; , 1662 6703 441 seats seat NNS 1662 6703 442 by by IN 1662 6703 443 party party NNP 1662 6703 444 - - HYPH 1662 6703 445 Colorado Colorado NNP 1662 6703 446 Party Party NNP 1662 6703 447 20 20 CD 1662 6703 448 , , , 1662 6703 449 PLRA plra VB 1662 6703 450 17 17 CD 1662 6703 451 , , , 1662 6703 452 EN en NN 1662 6703 453 8 8 CD 1662 6703 454 ; ; : 1662 6703 455 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 6703 456 of of IN 1662 6703 457 Deputies Deputies NNP 1662 6703 458 - - HYPH 1662 6703 459 percent percent NN 1662 6703 460 of of IN 1662 6703 461 vote vote NN 1662 6703 462 by by IN 1662 6703 463 party party NN 1662 6703 464 - - HYPH 1662 6703 465 NA NA NNP 1662 6703 466 ; ; , 1662 6703 467 seats seat NNS 1662 6703 468 by by IN 1662 6703 469 party party NNP 1662 6703 470 - - HYPH 1662 6703 471 Colorado Colorado NNP 1662 6703 472 Party Party NNP 1662 6703 473 38 38 CD 1662 6703 474 , , , 1662 6703 475 PLRA plra NN 1662 6703 476 33 33 CD 1662 6703 477 , , , 1662 6703 478 EN EN NNP 1662 6703 479 9 9 CD 1662 6703 480 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 6703 481 branch branch NN 1662 6703 482 : : : 1662 6703 483 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 6703 484 Court Court NNP 1662 6703 485 of of IN 1662 6703 486 Justice Justice NNP 1662 6703 487 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 488 Corte Corte NNP 1662 6703 489 Suprema Suprema NNP 1662 6703 490 de de NNP 1662 6703 491 Justicia Justicia NNP 1662 6703 492 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 493 , , , 1662 6703 494 judges judge NNS 1662 6703 495 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6703 496 on on IN 1662 6703 497 the the DT 1662 6703 498 proposal proposal NN 1662 6703 499 of of IN 1662 6703 500 the the DT 1662 6703 501 Counsel Counsel NNP 1662 6703 502 of of IN 1662 6703 503 Magistrates Magistrates NNPS 1662 6703 504 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 505 Consejo Consejo NNP 1662 6703 506 de de FW 1662 6703 507 la la NNP 1662 6703 508 Magistratura Magistratura NNP 1662 6703 509 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 510 Political political JJ 1662 6703 511 parties party NNS 1662 6703 512 and and CC 1662 6703 513 leaders leader NNS 1662 6703 514 : : : 1662 6703 515 Colorado Colorado NNP 1662 6703 516 Party Party NNP 1662 6703 517 , , , 1662 6703 518 Luis Luis NNP 1662 6703 519 Maria Maria NNP 1662 6703 520 ARGANA ARGANA NNP 1662 6703 521 , , , 1662 6703 522 president president NN 1662 6703 523 ; ; : 1662 6703 524 Authentic Authentic NNP 1662 6703 525 Radical Radical NNP 1662 6703 526 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 6703 527 Party Party NNP 1662 6703 528 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 529 PLRA PLRA NNP 1662 6703 530 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 531 , , , 1662 6703 532 Domingo Domingo NNP 1662 6703 533 LAINO LAINO NNP 1662 6703 534 ; ; : 1662 6703 535 National National NNP 1662 6703 536 Encounter Encounter NNP 1662 6703 537 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 538 EN EN NNP 1662 6703 539 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 540 , , , 1662 6703 541 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 6703 542 FILIZZOLA FILIZZOLA NNP 1662 6703 543 ; ; : 1662 6703 544 Christian Christian NNP 1662 6703 545 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6703 546 Party Party NNP 1662 6703 547 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 548 PDC PDC NNP 1662 6703 549 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 550 , , , 1662 6703 551 Miguel Miguel NNP 1662 6703 552 MONTANER montaner NN 1662 6703 553 ; ; : 1662 6703 554 Febrerista Febrerista NNP 1662 6703 555 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 6703 556 Party Party NNP 1662 6703 557 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 558 PRF PRF NNP 1662 6703 559 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 560 , , , 1662 6703 561 Victor Victor NNP 1662 6703 562 SANCHEZ SANCHEZ NNP 1662 6703 563 Villagra Villagra NNP 1662 6703 564 ; ; : 1662 6703 565 Popular Popular NNP 1662 6703 566 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6703 567 Party Party NNP 1662 6703 568 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 569 PDP PDP NNP 1662 6703 570 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 571 , , , 1662 6703 572 Hugo Hugo NNP 1662 6703 573 Richer Richer NNP 1662 6703 574 Political political JJ 1662 6703 575 pressure pressure NN 1662 6703 576 groups group NNS 1662 6703 577 and and CC 1662 6703 578 leaders leader NNS 1662 6703 579 : : : 1662 6703 580 Unitary Unitary NNP 1662 6703 581 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 6703 582 Central Central NNP 1662 6703 583 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 584 CUT CUT NNP 1662 6703 585 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 586 ; ; : 1662 6703 587 Roman Roman NNP 1662 6703 588 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 6703 589 Church Church NNP 1662 6703 590 ; ; : 1662 6703 591 National National NNP 1662 6703 592 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 6703 593 Central Central NNP 1662 6703 594 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 595 CNT CNT NNP 1662 6703 596 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 597 ; ; : 1662 6703 598 Paraguayan Paraguayan NNP 1662 6703 599 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 6703 600 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 6703 601 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 602 CPT CPT NNP 1662 6703 603 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 604 International international JJ 1662 6703 605 organization organization NN 1662 6703 606 participation participation NN 1662 6703 607 : : : 1662 6703 608 AG AG NNP 1662 6703 609 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 610 observer observer NN 1662 6703 611 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 612 , , , 1662 6703 613 CCC CCC NNP 1662 6703 614 , , , 1662 6703 615 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 6703 616 , , , 1662 6703 617 FAO FAO NNP 1662 6703 618 , , , 1662 6703 619 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 6703 620 , , , 1662 6703 621 IADB IADB NNP 1662 6703 622 , , , 1662 6703 623 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 6703 624 , , , 1662 6703 625 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 6703 626 , , , 1662 6703 627 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 6703 628 , , , 1662 6703 629 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 6703 630 , , , 1662 6703 631 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 6703 632 , , , 1662 6703 633 IDA IDA NNP 1662 6703 634 , , , 1662 6703 635 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 6703 636 , , , 1662 6703 637 IFC IFC NNP 1662 6703 638 , , , 1662 6703 639 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 6703 640 , , , 1662 6703 641 ILO ILO NNP 1662 6703 642 , , , 1662 6703 643 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6703 644 , , , 1662 6703 645 IMO imo RB 1662 6703 646 , , , 1662 6703 647 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6703 648 , , , 1662 6703 649 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 6703 650 , , , 1662 6703 651 IOC IOC NNP 1662 6703 652 , , , 1662 6703 653 IOM IOM NNP 1662 6703 654 , , , 1662 6703 655 ISO ISO NNP 1662 6703 656 , , , 1662 6703 657 ITU ITU NNP 1662 6703 658 , , , 1662 6703 659 LAES LAES NNP 1662 6703 660 , , , 1662 6703 661 LAIA LAIA NNP 1662 6703 662 , , , 1662 6703 663 Mercosur Mercosur NNP 1662 6703 664 , , , 1662 6703 665 OAS OAS NNP 1662 6703 666 , , , 1662 6703 667 OPANAL OPANAL NNP 1662 6703 668 , , , 1662 6703 669 PCA PCA NNP 1662 6703 670 , , , 1662 6703 671 RG RG NNP 1662 6703 672 , , , 1662 6703 673 UN UN NNP 1662 6703 674 , , , 1662 6703 675 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 6703 676 , , , 1662 6703 677 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 6703 678 , , , 1662 6703 679 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 6703 680 , , , 1662 6703 681 UPU UPU NNP 1662 6703 682 , , , 1662 6703 683 WCL WCL NNP 1662 6703 684 , , , 1662 6703 685 WHO WHO NNP 1662 6703 686 , , , 1662 6703 687 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 6703 688 , , , 1662 6703 689 WMO WMO NNP 1662 6703 690 , , , 1662 6703 691 WToO wtoo FW 1662 6703 692 , , , 1662 6703 693 WTrO wtro VB 1662 6703 694 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6703 695 representation representation NN 1662 6703 696 in in IN 1662 6703 697 the the DT 1662 6703 698 US US NNP 1662 6703 699 : : : 1662 6703 700 chief chief NN 1662 6703 701 of of IN 1662 6703 702 mission mission NN 1662 6703 703 : : : 1662 6703 704 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6703 705 Jorge Jorge NNP 1662 6703 706 G. G. NNP 1662 6703 707 PRIETO PRIETO NNP 1662 6703 708 CONTI CONTI NNP 1662 6703 709 chancery chancery NN 1662 6703 710 : : : 1662 6703 711 2400 2400 CD 1662 6703 712 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 6703 713 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 6703 714 NW NW NNP 1662 6703 715 , , , 1662 6703 716 Washington Washington NNP 1662 6703 717 , , , 1662 6703 718 DC DC NNP 1662 6703 719 20008 20008 CD 1662 6703 720 telephone telephone NN 1662 6703 721 : : : 1662 6703 722 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6703 723 1 1 CD 1662 6703 724 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6703 725 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 726 202 202 CD 1662 6703 727 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 728 483 483 CD 1662 6703 729 - - SYM 1662 6703 730 6960 6960 CD 1662 6703 731 through through IN 1662 6703 732 6962 6962 CD 1662 6703 733 FAX FAX NNP 1662 6703 734 : : : 1662 6703 735 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6703 736 1 1 CD 1662 6703 737 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6703 738 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 739 202 202 CD 1662 6703 740 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 741 234 234 CD 1662 6703 742 - - HYPH 1662 6703 743 4508 4508 CD 1662 6703 744 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 6703 745 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 746 general general NN 1662 6703 747 : : : 1662 6703 748 Miami Miami NNP 1662 6703 749 and and CC 1662 6703 750 New New NNP 1662 6703 751 York York NNP 1662 6703 752 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6703 753 representation representation NN 1662 6703 754 from from IN 1662 6703 755 the the DT 1662 6703 756 US US NNP 1662 6703 757 : : : 1662 6703 758 chief chief NN 1662 6703 759 of of IN 1662 6703 760 mission mission NN 1662 6703 761 : : : 1662 6703 762 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6703 763 Robert Robert NNP 1662 6703 764 E. E. NNP 1662 6703 765 SERVICE SERVICE NNP 1662 6703 766 embassy embassy NN 1662 6703 767 : : : 1662 6703 768 1776 1776 CD 1662 6703 769 Avenida Avenida NNP 1662 6703 770 Mariscal Mariscal NNP 1662 6703 771 Lopez Lopez NNP 1662 6703 772 , , , 1662 6703 773 Casilla Casilla NNP 1662 6703 774 Postal Postal NNP 1662 6703 775 402 402 CD 1662 6703 776 , , , 1662 6703 777 Asuncion asuncion NN 1662 6703 778 mailing mailing NN 1662 6703 779 address address NN 1662 6703 780 : : : 1662 6703 781 Unit unit NN 1662 6703 782 4711 4711 CD 1662 6703 783 , , , 1662 6703 784 APO APO NNP 1662 6703 785 AA AA NNP 1662 6703 786 34036 34036 CD 1662 6703 787 - - HYPH 1662 6703 788 0001 0001 CD 1662 6703 789 telephone telephone NN 1662 6703 790 : : : 1662 6703 791 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6703 792 595 595 CD 1662 6703 793 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6703 794 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 795 21 21 CD 1662 6703 796 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 797 213 213 CD 1662 6703 798 - - SYM 1662 6703 799 715 715 CD 1662 6703 800 FAX fax NN 1662 6703 801 : : : 1662 6703 802 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6703 803 595 595 CD 1662 6703 804 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6703 805 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6703 806 21 21 CD 1662 6703 807 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6703 808 213 213 CD 1662 6703 809 - 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- HYPH 1662 6719 3 products product NNS 1662 6719 4 : : : 1662 6719 5 cotton cotton NN 1662 6719 6 , , , 1662 6719 7 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 6719 8 , , , 1662 6719 9 soybeans soybean NNS 1662 6719 10 , , , 1662 6719 11 corn corn NN 1662 6719 12 , , , 1662 6719 13 wheat wheat NN 1662 6719 14 , , , 1662 6719 15 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 6719 16 , , , 1662 6719 17 cassava cassava NNP 1662 6719 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6719 19 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 6719 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6719 21 , , , 1662 6719 22 fruits fruit NNS 1662 6719 23 , , , 1662 6719 24 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 6719 25 ; ; : 1662 6719 26 beef beef NN 1662 6719 27 , , , 1662 6719 28 pork pork NN 1662 6719 29 , , , 1662 6719 30 eggs egg NNS 1662 6719 31 , , , 1662 6719 32 milk milk NN 1662 6719 33 ; ; , 1662 6719 34 timber timber NN 1662 6719 35 Exports export NNS 1662 6719 36 : : : 1662 6719 37 total total JJ 1662 6719 38 value value NN 1662 6719 39 : : : 1662 6719 40 $ $ $ 1662 6719 41 819.5 819.5 CD 1662 6719 42 million million CD 1662 6719 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6719 44 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 6719 45 . . 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NNP 1662 6719 99 , , , 1662 6719 100 1995 1995 CD 1662 6719 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6719 102 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6719 103 : : : 1662 6719 104 capital capital NN 1662 6719 105 goods good NNS 1662 6719 106 , , , 1662 6719 107 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 6719 108 , , , 1662 6719 109 consumer consumer NN 1662 6719 110 goods good NNS 1662 6719 111 , , , 1662 6719 112 raw raw JJ 1662 6719 113 materials material NNS 1662 6719 114 , , , 1662 6719 115 fuels fuel NNS 1662 6719 116 partners partner NNS 1662 6719 117 : : : 1662 6719 118 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 6719 119 30 30 CD 1662 6719 120 % % NN 1662 6719 121 , , , 1662 6719 122 EU EU NNP 1662 6719 123 20 20 CD 1662 6719 124 % % NN 1662 6719 125 , , , 1662 6719 126 US US NNP 1662 6719 127 18 18 CD 1662 6719 128 % % NN 1662 6719 129 , , , 1662 6719 130 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 6719 131 8 8 CD 1662 6719 132 % % NN 1662 6719 133 , , , 1662 6719 134 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6719 135 7 7 CD 1662 6719 136 % % NN 1662 6719 137 Debt debt NN 1662 6719 138 - - HYPH 1662 6719 139 external external JJ 1662 6719 140 : : : 1662 6719 141 $ $ $ 1662 6719 142 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 6719 143 billion billion CD 1662 6719 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6719 145 1996 1996 CD 1662 6719 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6719 147 Economic economic JJ 1662 6719 148 aid aid NN 1662 6719 149 : : : 1662 6719 150 recipient recipient NN 1662 6719 151 : : : 1662 6719 152 ODA ODA NNP 1662 6719 153 , , , 1662 6719 154 $ $ $ 1662 6719 155 38 38 CD 1662 6719 156 million million CD 1662 6719 157 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6719 158 1993 1993 CD 1662 6719 159 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6719 160 Currency currency NN 1662 6719 161 : : : 1662 6719 162 1 1 CD 1662 6719 163 guarani guarani NN 1662 6719 164 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6719 165 G g NN 1662 6719 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6719 167 = = NFP 1662 6719 168 100 100 CD 1662 6719 169 centimos centimos NNP 1662 6719 170 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 6719 171 rates rate NNS 1662 6719 172 : : : 1662 6719 173 guaranies guaranie NNS 1662 6719 174 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6719 175 G G NNP 1662 6719 176 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6719 177 per per IN 1662 6719 178 US$ us$ $ 1662 6719 179 - - HYPH 1662 6719 180 2,139.1 2,139.1 CD 1662 6719 181 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6719 182 January January NNP 1662 6719 183 1997 1997 CD 1662 6719 184 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6719 185 , , , 1662 6719 186 2,063.8 2,063.8 CD 1662 6719 187 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6719 188 1996 1996 CD 1662 6719 189 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6719 190 , , , 1662 6719 191 1,970.4 1,970.4 CD 1662 6719 192 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6719 193 1995 1995 CD 1662 6719 194 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6719 195 , , , 1662 6719 196 1,911.5 1,911.5 CD 1662 6719 197 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6719 198 1994 1994 CD 1662 6719 199 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6719 200 , , , 1662 6719 201 1,744.3 1,744.3 CD 1662 6719 202 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6719 203 1993 1993 CD 1662 6719 204 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6719 205 , , , 1662 6719 206 1,500.3 1,500.3 CD 1662 6719 207 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6719 208 1992 1992 CD 1662 6719 209 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6719 210 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6719 211 year year NN 1662 6719 212 : : : 1662 6719 213 calendar calendar NNP 1662 6719 214 year year NN 1662 6719 215 @Paraguay @Paraguay NNP 1662 6719 216 : : : 1662 6719 217 Communications Communications NNP 1662 6719 218 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 6719 219 : : : 1662 6719 220 88,730 88,730 CD 1662 6719 221 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6719 222 1985 1985 CD 1662 6719 223 est est NNP 1662 6719 224 . . . 1662 6719 225 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6720 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 6720 2 system system NN 1662 6720 3 : : : 1662 6720 4 meager meager NNP 1662 6720 5 telephone telephone NNP 1662 6720 6 service service NNP 1662 6720 7 ; ; : 1662 6720 8 principal principal JJ 1662 6720 9 switching switching NN 1662 6720 10 center center NN 1662 6720 11 is be VBZ 1662 6720 12 Asuncion Asuncion NNP 1662 6720 13 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6720 14 : : : 1662 6720 15 fair fair JJ 1662 6720 16 microwave microwave NN 1662 6720 17 radio radio NN 1662 6720 18 relay relay NN 1662 6720 19 network network NNP 1662 6720 20 international international NNP 1662 6720 21 : : : 1662 6720 22 satellite satellite NN 1662 6720 23 earth earth NNP 1662 6720 24 station station NNP 1662 6720 25 - - : 1662 6720 26 1 1 CD 1662 6720 27 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6720 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6720 29 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6720 30 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6720 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6720 32 Radio radio NN 1662 6720 33 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6720 34 stations station NNS 1662 6720 35 : : : 1662 6720 36 AM AM NNP 1662 6720 37 40 40 CD 1662 6720 38 , , , 1662 6720 39 FM FM NNP 1662 6720 40 0 0 CD 1662 6720 41 , , , 1662 6720 42 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 6720 43 7 7 CD 1662 6720 44 Radios radio NNS 1662 6720 45 : : : 1662 6720 46 775,000 775,000 CD 1662 6720 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6720 48 1992 1992 CD 1662 6720 49 est est NNP 1662 6720 50 . . . 1662 6720 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6721 1 Television television NN 1662 6721 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6721 3 stations station NNS 1662 6721 4 : : : 1662 6721 5 5 5 CD 1662 6721 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 6721 7 : : : 1662 6721 8 370,000 370,000 CD 1662 6721 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6721 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 6721 11 est est NNP 1662 6721 12 . . . 1662 6721 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6722 1 @Paraguay @Paraguay NNP 1662 6722 2 : : : 1662 6722 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 6722 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 6722 5 : : : 1662 6722 6 total total NN 1662 6722 7 : : : 1662 6722 8 971 971 CD 1662 6722 9 km km NN 1662 6722 10 standard standard JJ 1662 6722 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 6722 12 : : : 1662 6722 13 441 441 CD 1662 6722 14 km km NN 1662 6722 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 6722 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 6722 17 narrow narrow JJ 1662 6722 18 gauge gauge NN 1662 6722 19 : : : 1662 6722 20 60 60 CD 1662 6722 21 km km NN 1662 6722 22 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 6722 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 6722 24 other other JJ 1662 6722 25 gauge gauge NN 1662 6722 26 : : : 1662 6722 27 470 470 CD 1662 6722 28 km km NN 1662 6722 29 various various JJ 1662 6722 30 gauges gauge NNS 1662 6722 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6722 32 privately privately RB 1662 6722 33 owned own VBN 1662 6722 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6722 35 Highways highway NNS 1662 6722 36 : : : 1662 6722 37 total total NN 1662 6722 38 : : : 1662 6722 39 28,900 28,900 CD 1662 6722 40 km km NN 1662 6722 41 paved pave VBN 1662 6722 42 : : : 1662 6722 43 2,717 2,717 CD 1662 6722 44 km km NN 1662 6722 45 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6722 46 : : : 1662 6722 47 26,183 26,183 CD 1662 6722 48 km km NNS 1662 6722 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6722 50 1995 1995 CD 1662 6722 51 est est NNP 1662 6722 52 . . . 1662 6722 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6723 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 6723 2 : : : 1662 6723 3 3,100 3,100 CD 1662 6723 4 km km NNP 1662 6723 5 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 6723 6 and and CC 1662 6723 7 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6723 8 : : : 1662 6723 9 Asuncion asuncion NN 1662 6723 10 , , , 1662 6723 11 Villeta Villeta NNP 1662 6723 12 , , , 1662 6723 13 San San NNP 1662 6723 14 Antonio Antonio NNP 1662 6723 15 , , , 1662 6723 16 Encarnacion Encarnacion NNP 1662 6723 17 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 6723 18 marine marine NN 1662 6723 19 : : : 1662 6723 20 total total NN 1662 6723 21 : : : 1662 6723 22 19 19 CD 1662 6723 23 ships ship NNS 1662 6723 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6723 25 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6723 26 GRT GRT NNP 1662 6723 27 or or CC 1662 6723 28 over over RB 1662 6723 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6723 30 totaling total VBG 1662 6723 31 25,379 25,379 CD 1662 6723 32 GRT/32,510 GRT/32,510 NNP 1662 6723 33 DWT dwt NN 1662 6723 34 ships ship NNS 1662 6723 35 by by IN 1662 6723 36 type type NN 1662 6723 37 : : : 1662 6723 38 cargo cargo NN 1662 6723 39 14 14 CD 1662 6723 40 , , , 1662 6723 41 chemical chemical NN 1662 6723 42 tanker tanker NN 1662 6723 43 1 1 CD 1662 6723 44 , , , 1662 6723 45 oil oil NN 1662 6723 46 tanker tanker NN 1662 6723 47 3 3 CD 1662 6723 48 , , , 1662 6723 49 roll roll NN 1662 6723 50 - - HYPH 1662 6723 51 on on IN 1662 6723 52 / / SYM 1662 6723 53 roll roll NN 1662 6723 54 - - HYPH 1662 6723 55 off off NN 1662 6723 56 1 1 CD 1662 6723 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6723 58 1996 1996 CD 1662 6723 59 est est NNP 1662 6723 60 . . . 1662 6723 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6724 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6724 2 : : : 1662 6724 3 725 725 CD 1662 6724 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6724 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6724 6 est est NNP 1662 6724 7 . . . 1662 6724 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6725 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6725 2 - - , 1662 6725 3 with with IN 1662 6725 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6725 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6725 6 : : : 1662 6725 7 total total NN 1662 6725 8 : : : 1662 6725 9 436 436 CD 1662 6725 10 over over IN 1662 6725 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6725 12 m m NN 1662 6725 13 : : : 1662 6725 14 3 3 CD 1662 6725 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6725 16 to to TO 1662 6725 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6725 18 m m NN 1662 6725 19 : : : 1662 6725 20 2 2 CD 1662 6725 21 914 914 CD 1662 6725 22 to to TO 1662 6725 23 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6725 24 m m NN 1662 6725 25 : : : 1662 6725 26 4 4 CD 1662 6725 27 under under IN 1662 6725 28 914 914 CD 1662 6725 29 m m NN 1662 6725 30 : : : 1662 6725 31 427 427 CD 1662 6725 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6725 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 6725 34 est est NNP 1662 6725 35 . . . 1662 6725 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6726 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6726 2 - - , 1662 6726 3 with with IN 1662 6726 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6726 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6726 6 : : : 1662 6726 7 total total NN 1662 6726 8 : : : 1662 6726 9 289 289 CD 1662 6726 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6726 11 to to TO 1662 6726 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6726 13 m m NN 1662 6726 14 : : : 1662 6726 15 22 22 CD 1662 6726 16 914 914 CD 1662 6726 17 to to TO 1662 6726 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6726 19 m m NN 1662 6726 20 : : : 1662 6726 21 267 267 CD 1662 6726 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6726 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 6726 24 est est NNP 1662 6726 25 . . . 1662 6726 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6727 1 Military military JJ 1662 6727 2 Military military JJ 1662 6727 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6727 4 : : : 1662 6727 5 Army Army NNP 1662 6727 6 , , , 1662 6727 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 6727 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6727 9 includes include VBZ 1662 6727 10 Naval Naval NNP 1662 6727 11 Air Air NNP 1662 6727 12 and and CC 1662 6727 13 Marines Marines NNPS 1662 6727 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6727 15 , , , 1662 6727 16 Air Air NNP 1662 6727 17 Force Force NNP 1662 6727 18 Military Military NNP 1662 6727 19 manpower manpower NN 1662 6727 20 - - HYPH 1662 6727 21 military military NN 1662 6727 22 age age NN 1662 6727 23 : : : 1662 6727 24 17 17 CD 1662 6727 25 years year NNS 1662 6727 26 of of IN 1662 6727 27 age age NN 1662 6727 28 Military military JJ 1662 6727 29 manpower manpower NN 1662 6727 30 - - HYPH 1662 6727 31 availability availability NN 1662 6727 32 : : : 1662 6727 33 males male NNS 1662 6727 34 age age NNP 1662 6727 35 15 15 CD 1662 6727 36 - - SYM 1662 6727 37 49 49 CD 1662 6727 38 : : : 1662 6727 39 1,380,775 1,380,775 CD 1662 6727 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6727 41 1997 1997 CD 1662 6727 42 est est NNP 1662 6727 43 . . . 1662 6727 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6728 1 Military military JJ 1662 6728 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6728 3 - - HYPH 1662 6728 4 fit fit NN 1662 6728 5 for for IN 1662 6728 6 military military JJ 1662 6728 7 service service NN 1662 6728 8 : : : 1662 6728 9 males male NNS 1662 6728 10 : : : 1662 6728 11 1,001,316 1,001,316 CD 1662 6728 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6728 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6728 14 est est NNP 1662 6728 15 . . . 1662 6728 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6729 1 Military military JJ 1662 6729 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6729 3 - - HYPH 1662 6729 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 6729 5 military military JJ 1662 6729 6 age age NN 1662 6729 7 annually annually RB 1662 6729 8 : : : 1662 6729 9 males male NNS 1662 6729 10 : : : 1662 6729 11 61,382 61,382 CD 1662 6729 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6729 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6729 14 est e JJS 1662 6729 15 . . . 1662 6729 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6730 1 Military military JJ 1662 6730 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6730 3 - - HYPH 1662 6730 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 6730 5 figure figure NN 1662 6730 6 : : : 1662 6730 7 $ $ $ 1662 6730 8 94 94 CD 1662 6730 9 million million CD 1662 6730 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6730 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 6730 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6730 13 Military military JJ 1662 6730 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6730 15 - - : 1662 6730 16 percent percent NN 1662 6730 17 of of IN 1662 6730 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6730 19 : : : 1662 6730 20 0.6 0.6 CD 1662 6730 21 % % NN 1662 6730 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6730 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 6730 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6730 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6730 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6730 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 6730 28 - - HYPH 1662 6730 29 international international JJ 1662 6730 30 : : : 1662 6730 31 short short JJ 1662 6730 32 section section NN 1662 6730 33 of of IN 1662 6730 34 the the DT 1662 6730 35 boundary boundary NN 1662 6730 36 with with IN 1662 6730 37 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 6730 38 , , , 1662 6730 39 just just RB 1662 6730 40 west west RB 1662 6730 41 of of IN 1662 6730 42 Salto Salto NNP 1662 6730 43 del del NNP 1662 6730 44 Guaira Guaira NNP 1662 6730 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6730 46 Guaira Guaira NNP 1662 6730 47 Falls Falls NNP 1662 6730 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6730 49 on on IN 1662 6730 50 the the DT 1662 6730 51 Rio Rio NNP 1662 6730 52 Parana Parana NNP 1662 6730 53 , , , 1662 6730 54 has have VBZ 1662 6730 55 not not RB 1662 6730 56 been be VBN 1662 6730 57 precisely precisely RB 1662 6730 58 delimited delimit VBN 1662 6730 59 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 6730 60 drugs drug NNS 1662 6730 61 : : : 1662 6730 62 illicit illicit JJ 1662 6730 63 producer producer NN 1662 6730 64 of of IN 1662 6730 65 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 6730 66 for for IN 1662 6730 67 the the DT 1662 6730 68 international international JJ 1662 6730 69 drug drug NN 1662 6730 70 trade trade NN 1662 6730 71 ; ; : 1662 6730 72 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 6730 73 country country NN 1662 6730 74 for for IN 1662 6730 75 Bolivian bolivian JJ 1662 6730 76 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 6730 77 headed head VBN 1662 6730 78 for for IN 1662 6730 79 Europe Europe NNP 1662 6730 80 and and CC 1662 6730 81 the the DT 1662 6730 82 US US NNP 1662 6730 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 90 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 91 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 92 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 93 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 94 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 95 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 96 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 97 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 98 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 99 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 100 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 101 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 102 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 103 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 104 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 105 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 106 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 107 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 108 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 109 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 110 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 111 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 112 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 113 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 114 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 115 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 116 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 117 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 118 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 119 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 120 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 121 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 122 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 123 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 124 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 125 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 126 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 127 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 128 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 129 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 130 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 131 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 132 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 133 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 134 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 135 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 136 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 137 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 138 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 139 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 140 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 141 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 142 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 143 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 144 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 145 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 146 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 147 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 148 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 149 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 150 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 151 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 152 _ _ NNP 1662 6730 153 PERU PERU NNP 1662 6730 154 @Peru @peru IN 1662 6730 155 : : : 1662 6730 156 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6730 157 Location Location NNP 1662 6730 158 : : : 1662 6730 159 Western Western NNP 1662 6730 160 South South NNP 1662 6730 161 America America NNP 1662 6730 162 , , , 1662 6730 163 bordering border VBG 1662 6730 164 the the DT 1662 6730 165 South South NNP 1662 6730 166 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6730 167 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6730 168 , , , 1662 6730 169 between between IN 1662 6730 170 Chile Chile NNP 1662 6730 171 and and CC 1662 6730 172 Ecuador Ecuador NNP 1662 6730 173 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6730 174 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6730 175 : : : 1662 6730 176 10 10 CD 1662 6730 177 00 00 CD 1662 6730 178 S s NN 1662 6730 179 , , , 1662 6730 180 76 76 CD 1662 6730 181 00 00 NFP 1662 6730 182 W W NNP 1662 6730 183 Map Map NNP 1662 6730 184 references reference NNS 1662 6730 185 : : : 1662 6730 186 South South NNP 1662 6730 187 America America NNP 1662 6730 188 Area Area NNP 1662 6730 189 : : : 1662 6730 190 total total NN 1662 6730 191 : : : 1662 6730 192 1,285,220 1,285,220 CD 1662 6730 193 sq sq NN 1662 6730 194 km km NNP 1662 6730 195 land land NN 1662 6730 196 : : : 1662 6730 197 1.28 1.28 CD 1662 6730 198 million million CD 1662 6730 199 sq sq IN 1662 6730 200 km km NNP 1662 6730 201 water water NN 1662 6730 202 : : : 1662 6730 203 5,220 5,220 CD 1662 6730 204 sq sq NNP 1662 6730 205 km km NNP 1662 6730 206 Area Area NNP 1662 6730 207 - - HYPH 1662 6730 208 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6730 209 : : : 1662 6730 210 slightly slightly RB 1662 6730 211 smaller small JJR 1662 6730 212 than than IN 1662 6730 213 Alaska Alaska NNP 1662 6730 214 Land Land NNP 1662 6730 215 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6730 216 : : : 1662 6730 217 total total JJ 1662 6730 218 : : : 1662 6730 219 6,940 6,940 CD 1662 6730 220 km km NN 1662 6730 221 border border NN 1662 6730 222 countries country NNS 1662 6730 223 : : : 1662 6730 224 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 6730 225 900 900 CD 1662 6730 226 km km NNS 1662 6730 227 , , , 1662 6730 228 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 6730 229 1,560 1,560 CD 1662 6730 230 km km NNS 1662 6730 231 , , , 1662 6730 232 Chile Chile NNP 1662 6730 233 160 160 CD 1662 6730 234 km km NN 1662 6730 235 , , , 1662 6730 236 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 6730 237 2,900 2,900 CD 1662 6730 238 km km NN 1662 6730 239 , , , 1662 6730 240 Ecuador Ecuador NNP 1662 6730 241 1,420 1,420 CD 1662 6730 242 km km NN 1662 6730 243 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6730 244 : : : 1662 6730 245 2,414 2,414 CD 1662 6730 246 km km NN 1662 6730 247 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6730 248 claims claim VBZ 1662 6730 249 : : : 1662 6730 250 continental continental NNP 1662 6730 251 shelf shelf NNP 1662 6730 252 : : : 1662 6730 253 200 200 CD 1662 6730 254 nm nm NNP 1662 6730 255 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6730 256 sea sea NN 1662 6730 257 : : : 1662 6730 258 200 200 CD 1662 6730 259 nm nm NNP 1662 6730 260 Climate climate NN 1662 6730 261 : : : 1662 6730 262 varies vary VBZ 1662 6730 263 from from IN 1662 6730 264 tropical tropical JJ 1662 6730 265 in in IN 1662 6730 266 east east NNP 1662 6730 267 to to TO 1662 6730 268 dry dry VB 1662 6730 269 desert desert NN 1662 6730 270 in in IN 1662 6730 271 west west NNP 1662 6730 272 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6730 273 : : : 1662 6730 274 western western JJ 1662 6730 275 coastal coastal JJ 1662 6730 276 plain plain NNP 1662 6730 277 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6730 278 costa costa NNP 1662 6730 279 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6730 280 , , , 1662 6730 281 high high JJ 1662 6730 282 and and CC 1662 6730 283 rugged rugged JJ 1662 6730 284 Andes Andes NNP 1662 6730 285 in in IN 1662 6730 286 center center NN 1662 6730 287 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6730 288 sierra sierra NNP 1662 6730 289 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6730 290 , , , 1662 6730 291 eastern eastern NNP 1662 6730 292 lowland lowland NNP 1662 6730 293 jungle jungle NN 1662 6730 294 of of IN 1662 6730 295 Amazon Amazon NNP 1662 6730 296 Basin Basin NNP 1662 6730 297 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6730 298 selva selva NN 1662 6730 299 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6730 300 Elevation elevation NN 1662 6730 301 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6730 302 : : : 1662 6730 303 lowest low JJS 1662 6730 304 point point NN 1662 6730 305 : : : 1662 6730 306 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 6730 307 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6730 308 0 0 NFP 1662 6730 309 m m DT 1662 6730 310 highest high JJS 1662 6730 311 point point NN 1662 6730 312 : : : 1662 6730 313 Nevado Nevado NNP 1662 6730 314 Huascaran Huascaran NNP 1662 6730 315 6,768 6,768 CD 1662 6730 316 m m CD 1662 6730 317 Natural natural JJ 1662 6730 318 resources resource NNS 1662 6730 319 : : : 1662 6730 320 copper copper NN 1662 6730 321 , , , 1662 6730 322 silver silver NN 1662 6730 323 , , , 1662 6730 324 gold gold NN 1662 6730 325 , , , 1662 6730 326 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6730 327 , , , 1662 6730 328 timber timber NN 1662 6730 329 , , , 1662 6730 330 fish fish NN 1662 6730 331 , , , 1662 6730 332 iron iron NN 1662 6730 333 ore ore NN 1662 6730 334 , , , 1662 6730 335 coal coal NN 1662 6730 336 , , , 1662 6730 337 phosphate phosphate NN 1662 6730 338 , , , 1662 6730 339 potash potash VB 1662 6730 340 Land land NN 1662 6730 341 use use NN 1662 6730 342 : : : 1662 6730 343 arable arable JJ 1662 6730 344 land land NN 1662 6730 345 : : : 1662 6730 346 3 3 CD 1662 6730 347 % % NN 1662 6730 348 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6730 349 crops crop NNS 1662 6730 350 : : : 1662 6730 351 0 0 CD 1662 6730 352 % % NN 1662 6730 353 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6730 354 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6730 355 : : : 1662 6730 356 21 21 CD 1662 6730 357 % % NN 1662 6730 358 forests forest NNS 1662 6730 359 and and CC 1662 6730 360 woodland woodland NN 1662 6730 361 : : : 1662 6730 362 66 66 CD 1662 6730 363 % % NN 1662 6730 364 other other JJ 1662 6730 365 : : : 1662 6730 366 10 10 CD 1662 6730 367 % % NN 1662 6730 368 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6730 369 1993 1993 CD 1662 6730 370 est est NNP 1662 6730 371 . . . 1662 6730 372 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6731 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6731 2 land land NN 1662 6731 3 : : : 1662 6731 4 12,800 12,800 CD 1662 6731 5 sq sq NNP 1662 6731 6 km km NNP 1662 6731 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6731 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 6731 9 est est NNP 1662 6731 10 . . . 1662 6731 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6732 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 6732 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6732 3 : : : 1662 6732 4 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 6732 5 , , , 1662 6732 6 tsunamis tsunamis NNP 1662 6732 7 , , , 1662 6732 8 flooding flooding NN 1662 6732 9 , , , 1662 6732 10 landslides landslide NNS 1662 6732 11 , , , 1662 6732 12 mild mild JJ 1662 6732 13 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 6732 14 activity activity NN 1662 6732 15 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6732 16 - - HYPH 1662 6732 17 current current JJ 1662 6732 18 issues issue NNS 1662 6732 19 : : : 1662 6732 20 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 6732 21 ; ; : 1662 6732 22 overgrazing overgraze VBG 1662 6732 23 of of IN 1662 6732 24 the the DT 1662 6732 25 slopes slope NNS 1662 6732 26 of of IN 1662 6732 27 the the DT 1662 6732 28 costa costa NNP 1662 6732 29 and and CC 1662 6732 30 sierra sierra NNP 1662 6732 31 leading lead VBG 1662 6732 32 to to IN 1662 6732 33 soil soil NN 1662 6732 34 erosion erosion NN 1662 6732 35 ; ; , 1662 6732 36 desertification desertification NN 1662 6732 37 ; ; : 1662 6732 38 air air NN 1662 6732 39 pollution pollution NN 1662 6732 40 in in IN 1662 6732 41 Lima Lima NNP 1662 6732 42 ; ; : 1662 6732 43 pollution pollution NN 1662 6732 44 of of IN 1662 6732 45 rivers river NNS 1662 6732 46 and and CC 1662 6732 47 coastal coastal JJ 1662 6732 48 waters water NNS 1662 6732 49 from from IN 1662 6732 50 municipal municipal JJ 1662 6732 51 and and CC 1662 6732 52 mining mining NN 1662 6732 53 wastes waste NNS 1662 6732 54 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6732 55 - - HYPH 1662 6732 56 international international JJ 1662 6732 57 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6732 58 : : : 1662 6732 59 party party NN 1662 6732 60 to to TO 1662 6732 61 : : : 1662 6732 62 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 6732 63 - - HYPH 1662 6732 64 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 6732 65 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 6732 66 , , , 1662 6732 67 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 6732 68 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 6732 69 , , , 1662 6732 70 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 6732 71 , , , 1662 6732 72 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6732 73 Change Change NNP 1662 6732 74 , , , 1662 6732 75 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 6732 76 , , , 1662 6732 77 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 6732 78 Species Species NNPS 1662 6732 79 , , , 1662 6732 80 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 6732 81 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 6732 82 , , , 1662 6732 83 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 6732 84 Test Test NNP 1662 6732 85 Ban Ban NNP 1662 6732 86 , , , 1662 6732 87 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 6732 88 Layer Layer NNP 1662 6732 89 Protection Protection NNP 1662 6732 90 , , , 1662 6732 91 Ship Ship NNP 1662 6732 92 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6732 93 , , , 1662 6732 94 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 6732 95 Timber Timber NNP 1662 6732 96 83 83 CD 1662 6732 97 , , , 1662 6732 98 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 6732 99 Timber Timber NNP 1662 6732 100 94 94 CD 1662 6732 101 , , , 1662 6732 102 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 6732 103 signed sign VBD 1662 6732 104 , , , 1662 6732 105 but but CC 1662 6732 106 not not RB 1662 6732 107 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6732 108 : : : 1662 6732 109 none none NN 1662 6732 110 of of IN 1662 6732 111 the the DT 1662 6732 112 selected select VBN 1662 6732 113 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6732 114 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6732 115 - - HYPH 1662 6732 116 note note NNP 1662 6732 117 : : : 1662 6732 118 shares share NNS 1662 6732 119 control control NN 1662 6732 120 of of IN 1662 6732 121 Lago Lago NNP 1662 6732 122 Titicaca Titicaca NNP 1662 6732 123 , , , 1662 6732 124 world world NN 1662 6732 125 's 's POS 1662 6732 126 highest high JJS 1662 6732 127 navigable navigable JJ 1662 6732 128 lake lake NN 1662 6732 129 , , , 1662 6732 130 with with IN 1662 6732 131 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 6732 132 @Peru @peru NN 1662 6732 133 : : : 1662 6732 134 People People NNS 1662 6732 135 Population Population NNP 1662 6732 136 : : : 1662 6732 137 25,573,924 25,573,924 CD 1662 6732 138 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6732 139 July July NNP 1662 6732 140 1997 1997 CD 1662 6732 141 est est NNP 1662 6732 142 . . . 1662 6732 143 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6733 1 Age age NN 1662 6733 2 structure structure NN 1662 6733 3 : : : 1662 6733 4 0 0 CD 1662 6733 5 - - HYPH 1662 6733 6 14 14 CD 1662 6733 7 years year NNS 1662 6733 8 : : : 1662 6733 9 36 36 CD 1662 6733 10 % % NN 1662 6733 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6733 12 male male JJ 1662 6733 13 4,693,504 4,693,504 CD 1662 6733 14 ; ; : 1662 6733 15 female female JJ 1662 6733 16 4,532,607 4,532,607 CD 1662 6733 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6733 18 15 15 CD 1662 6733 19 - - SYM 1662 6733 20 64 64 CD 1662 6733 21 years year NNS 1662 6733 22 : : : 1662 6733 23 59 59 CD 1662 6733 24 % % NN 1662 6733 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6733 26 male male JJ 1662 6733 27 7,658,718 7,658,718 CD 1662 6733 28 ; ; : 1662 6733 29 female female JJ 1662 6733 30 7,551,588 7,551,588 CD 1662 6733 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6733 32 65 65 CD 1662 6733 33 years year NNS 1662 6733 34 and and CC 1662 6733 35 over over IN 1662 6733 36 : : : 1662 6733 37 5 5 CD 1662 6733 38 % % NN 1662 6733 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6733 40 male male JJ 1662 6733 41 519,294 519,294 CD 1662 6733 42 ; ; : 1662 6733 43 female female JJ 1662 6733 44 618,213 618,213 CD 1662 6733 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6733 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6733 47 July July NNP 1662 6733 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 6733 49 est est NNP 1662 6733 50 . . . 1662 6733 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6734 1 Population population NN 1662 6734 2 growth growth NN 1662 6734 3 rate rate NN 1662 6734 4 : : : 1662 6734 5 2 2 CD 1662 6734 6 % % NN 1662 6734 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6734 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6734 9 est est NNP 1662 6734 10 . . . 1662 6734 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6735 1 Birth birth NN 1662 6735 2 rate rate NN 1662 6735 3 : : : 1662 6735 4 27.26 27.26 CD 1662 6735 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 6735 6 population population NN 1662 6735 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6735 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6735 9 est est NNP 1662 6735 10 . . . 1662 6735 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6736 1 Death death NN 1662 6736 2 rate rate NN 1662 6736 3 : : : 1662 6736 4 6.14 6.14 CD 1662 6736 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6736 6 population population NN 1662 6736 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6736 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6736 9 est est NNP 1662 6736 10 . . . 1662 6736 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6737 1 Net net JJ 1662 6737 2 migration migration NN 1662 6737 3 rate rate NN 1662 6737 4 : : : 1662 6737 5 -1.17 -1.17 NFP 1662 6737 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 6737 7 population population NN 1662 6737 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6737 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6737 10 est est NNP 1662 6737 11 . . . 1662 6737 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6738 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6738 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6738 3 : : : 1662 6738 4 at at IN 1662 6738 5 birth birth NN 1662 6738 6 : : : 1662 6738 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6738 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6738 9 under under IN 1662 6738 10 15 15 CD 1662 6738 11 years year NNS 1662 6738 12 : : : 1662 6738 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 6738 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6738 15 15 15 CD 1662 6738 16 - - HYPH 1662 6738 17 64 64 CD 1662 6738 18 years year NNS 1662 6738 19 : : : 1662 6738 20 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 6738 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6738 22 65 65 CD 1662 6738 23 years year NNS 1662 6738 24 and and CC 1662 6738 25 over over IN 1662 6738 26 : : : 1662 6738 27 0.84 0.84 CD 1662 6738 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 6738 29 total total JJ 1662 6738 30 population population NN 1662 6738 31 : : : 1662 6738 32 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 6738 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6738 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6738 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 6738 36 est e JJS 1662 6738 37 . . . 1662 6738 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6739 1 Infant infant NN 1662 6739 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 6739 3 rate rate NN 1662 6739 4 : : : 1662 6739 5 50 50 CD 1662 6739 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6739 7 live live JJ 1662 6739 8 births birth NNS 1662 6739 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6739 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 6739 11 est est NNP 1662 6739 12 . . . 1662 6739 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6740 1 Life life NN 1662 6740 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 6740 3 at at IN 1662 6740 4 birth birth NN 1662 6740 5 : : : 1662 6740 6 total total JJ 1662 6740 7 population population NN 1662 6740 8 : : : 1662 6740 9 69.55 69.55 CD 1662 6740 10 years year NNS 1662 6740 11 male male NN 1662 6740 12 : : : 1662 6740 13 67.38 67.38 CD 1662 6740 14 years year NNS 1662 6740 15 female female JJ 1662 6740 16 : : : 1662 6740 17 71.82 71.82 CD 1662 6740 18 years year NNS 1662 6740 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6740 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 6740 21 est est NNP 1662 6740 22 . . . 1662 6740 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6741 1 Total total JJ 1662 6741 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 6741 3 rate rate NN 1662 6741 4 : : : 1662 6741 5 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 6741 6 children child NNS 1662 6741 7 born bear VBN 1662 6741 8 / / SYM 1662 6741 9 woman woman NN 1662 6741 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6741 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6741 12 est est NNP 1662 6741 13 . . . 1662 6741 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6742 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 6742 2 : : : 1662 6742 3 noun noun NNP 1662 6742 4 : : : 1662 6742 5 Peruvian(s Peruvian(s NNP 1662 6742 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6742 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 6742 8 : : : 1662 6742 9 Peruvian peruvian JJ 1662 6742 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 6742 11 groups group NNS 1662 6742 12 : : : 1662 6742 13 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 6742 14 45 45 CD 1662 6742 15 % % NN 1662 6742 16 , , , 1662 6742 17 mestizo mestizo NNP 1662 6742 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6742 19 mixed mixed JJ 1662 6742 20 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 6742 21 and and CC 1662 6742 22 white white JJ 1662 6742 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6742 24 37 37 CD 1662 6742 25 % % NN 1662 6742 26 , , , 1662 6742 27 white white JJ 1662 6742 28 15 15 CD 1662 6742 29 % % NN 1662 6742 30 , , , 1662 6742 31 black black JJ 1662 6742 32 , , , 1662 6742 33 Japanese japanese JJ 1662 6742 34 , , , 1662 6742 35 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 6742 36 , , , 1662 6742 37 and and CC 1662 6742 38 other other JJ 1662 6742 39 3 3 CD 1662 6742 40 % % NN 1662 6742 41 Religions religion NNS 1662 6742 42 : : : 1662 6742 43 Roman Roman NNP 1662 6742 44 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 6742 45 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 6742 46 : : : 1662 6742 47 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 6742 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6742 49 official official NN 1662 6742 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6742 51 , , , 1662 6742 52 Quechua Quechua NNP 1662 6742 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6742 54 official official NN 1662 6742 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6742 56 , , , 1662 6742 57 Aymara Aymara NNP 1662 6742 58 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 6742 59 : : : 1662 6742 60 definition definition NN 1662 6742 61 : : : 1662 6742 62 age age NN 1662 6742 63 15 15 CD 1662 6742 64 and and CC 1662 6742 65 over over RB 1662 6742 66 can can MD 1662 6742 67 read read VB 1662 6742 68 and and CC 1662 6742 69 write write VB 1662 6742 70 total total JJ 1662 6742 71 population population NN 1662 6742 72 : : : 1662 6742 73 88.7 88.7 CD 1662 6742 74 % % NN 1662 6742 75 male male NN 1662 6742 76 : : : 1662 6742 77 94.5 94.5 CD 1662 6742 78 % % NN 1662 6742 79 female female NN 1662 6742 80 : : : 1662 6742 81 83 83 CD 1662 6742 82 % % NN 1662 6742 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6742 84 1995 1995 CD 1662 6742 85 est est NNP 1662 6742 86 . . . 1662 6742 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 1 @Peru @Peru NNP 1662 6743 2 : : : 1662 6743 3 Government Government NNP 1662 6743 4 Country Country NNP 1662 6743 5 name name NN 1662 6743 6 : : : 1662 6743 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6743 8 long long JJ 1662 6743 9 form form NN 1662 6743 10 : : : 1662 6743 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 6743 12 of of IN 1662 6743 13 Peru Peru NNP 1662 6743 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6743 15 short short JJ 1662 6743 16 form form NN 1662 6743 17 : : : 1662 6743 18 Peru Peru NNP 1662 6743 19 local local JJ 1662 6743 20 long long JJ 1662 6743 21 form form NN 1662 6743 22 : : : 1662 6743 23 Republica Republica NNP 1662 6743 24 del del NNP 1662 6743 25 Peru Peru NNP 1662 6743 26 local local JJ 1662 6743 27 short short JJ 1662 6743 28 form form NN 1662 6743 29 : : : 1662 6743 30 Peru Peru NNP 1662 6743 31 Data Data NNP 1662 6743 32 code code NN 1662 6743 33 : : : 1662 6743 34 PE PE NNP 1662 6743 35 Government Government NNP 1662 6743 36 type type NN 1662 6743 37 : : : 1662 6743 38 republic republic NNP 1662 6743 39 National national JJ 1662 6743 40 capital capital NN 1662 6743 41 : : : 1662 6743 42 Lima Lima NNP 1662 6743 43 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 6743 44 divisions division NNS 1662 6743 45 : : : 1662 6743 46 24 24 CD 1662 6743 47 departments department NNS 1662 6743 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 49 departamentos departamento NNS 1662 6743 50 , , , 1662 6743 51 singular singular NNP 1662 6743 52 - - HYPH 1662 6743 53 departamento departamento NNP 1662 6743 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 55 and and CC 1662 6743 56 1 1 CD 1662 6743 57 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 6743 58 province province NN 1662 6743 59 * * NFP 1662 6743 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 61 provincia provincia NNP 1662 6743 62 constitucional constitucional NNP 1662 6743 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 64 ; ; : 1662 6743 65 Amazonas Amazonas NNP 1662 6743 66 , , , 1662 6743 67 Ancash Ancash NNP 1662 6743 68 , , , 1662 6743 69 Apurimac Apurimac NNP 1662 6743 70 , , , 1662 6743 71 Arequipa Arequipa NNP 1662 6743 72 , , , 1662 6743 73 Ayacucho Ayacucho NNP 1662 6743 74 , , , 1662 6743 75 Cajamarca Cajamarca NNP 1662 6743 76 , , , 1662 6743 77 Callao Callao NNP 1662 6743 78 * * NFP 1662 6743 79 , , , 1662 6743 80 Cusco Cusco NNP 1662 6743 81 , , , 1662 6743 82 Huancavelica Huancavelica NNP 1662 6743 83 , , , 1662 6743 84 Huanuco Huanuco NNP 1662 6743 85 , , , 1662 6743 86 Ica Ica NNP 1662 6743 87 , , , 1662 6743 88 Junin Junin NNP 1662 6743 89 , , , 1662 6743 90 La La NNP 1662 6743 91 Libertad Libertad NNP 1662 6743 92 , , , 1662 6743 93 Lambayeque Lambayeque NNP 1662 6743 94 , , , 1662 6743 95 Lima Lima NNP 1662 6743 96 , , , 1662 6743 97 Loreto Loreto NNP 1662 6743 98 , , , 1662 6743 99 Madre Madre NNP 1662 6743 100 de de NNP 1662 6743 101 Dios Dios NNP 1662 6743 102 , , , 1662 6743 103 Moquegua Moquegua NNP 1662 6743 104 , , , 1662 6743 105 Pasco Pasco NNP 1662 6743 106 , , , 1662 6743 107 Piura Piura NNP 1662 6743 108 , , , 1662 6743 109 Puno Puno NNP 1662 6743 110 , , , 1662 6743 111 San San NNP 1662 6743 112 Martin Martin NNP 1662 6743 113 , , , 1662 6743 114 Tacna Tacna NNP 1662 6743 115 , , , 1662 6743 116 Tumbes Tumbes NNPS 1662 6743 117 , , , 1662 6743 118 Ucayali Ucayali NNP 1662 6743 119 note note VBP 1662 6743 120 : : : 1662 6743 121 the the DT 1662 6743 122 1979 1979 CD 1662 6743 123 constitution constitution NN 1662 6743 124 mandated mandate VBD 1662 6743 125 the the DT 1662 6743 126 creation creation NN 1662 6743 127 of of IN 1662 6743 128 regions region NNS 1662 6743 129 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 130 regiones regione NNS 1662 6743 131 , , , 1662 6743 132 singular singular JJ 1662 6743 133 - - HYPH 1662 6743 134 region region NN 1662 6743 135 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 136 to to TO 1662 6743 137 function function VB 1662 6743 138 eventually eventually RB 1662 6743 139 as as IN 1662 6743 140 autonomous autonomous JJ 1662 6743 141 economic economic JJ 1662 6743 142 and and CC 1662 6743 143 administrative administrative JJ 1662 6743 144 entities entity NNS 1662 6743 145 ; ; : 1662 6743 146 so so RB 1662 6743 147 far far RB 1662 6743 148 , , , 1662 6743 149 12 12 CD 1662 6743 150 regions region NNS 1662 6743 151 have have VBP 1662 6743 152 been be VBN 1662 6743 153 constituted constitute VBN 1662 6743 154 from from IN 1662 6743 155 23 23 CD 1662 6743 156 of of IN 1662 6743 157 the the DT 1662 6743 158 24 24 CD 1662 6743 159 departments department NNS 1662 6743 160 - - : 1662 6743 161 Amazonas Amazonas NNP 1662 6743 162 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 163 from from IN 1662 6743 164 Loreto Loreto NNP 1662 6743 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 166 , , , 1662 6743 167 Andres Andres NNP 1662 6743 168 Avelino Avelino NNP 1662 6743 169 Caceres Caceres NNP 1662 6743 170 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 171 from from IN 1662 6743 172 Huanuco Huanuco NNP 1662 6743 173 , , , 1662 6743 174 Pasco Pasco NNP 1662 6743 175 , , , 1662 6743 176 Junin Junin NNP 1662 6743 177 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 178 , , , 1662 6743 179 Arequipa Arequipa NNP 1662 6743 180 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 181 from from IN 1662 6743 182 Arequipa Arequipa NNP 1662 6743 183 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 184 , , , 1662 6743 185 Chavin Chavin NNP 1662 6743 186 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 187 from from IN 1662 6743 188 Ancash Ancash NNP 1662 6743 189 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 190 , , , 1662 6743 191 Grau Grau NNP 1662 6743 192 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 193 from from IN 1662 6743 194 Tumbes Tumbes NNP 1662 6743 195 , , , 1662 6743 196 Piura Piura NNP 1662 6743 197 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 198 , , , 1662 6743 199 Inca Inca NNP 1662 6743 200 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 201 from from IN 1662 6743 202 Cusco Cusco NNP 1662 6743 203 , , , 1662 6743 204 Madre Madre NNP 1662 6743 205 de de IN 1662 6743 206 Dios Dios NNP 1662 6743 207 , , , 1662 6743 208 Apurimac Apurimac NNP 1662 6743 209 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 210 , , , 1662 6743 211 La La NNP 1662 6743 212 Libertad Libertad NNP 1662 6743 213 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 214 from from IN 1662 6743 215 La La NNP 1662 6743 216 Libertad Libertad NNP 1662 6743 217 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 218 , , , 1662 6743 219 Los Los NNP 1662 6743 220 Libertadores Libertadores NNP 1662 6743 221 - - HYPH 1662 6743 222 Huari Huari NNP 1662 6743 223 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 224 from from IN 1662 6743 225 Ica Ica NNP 1662 6743 226 , , , 1662 6743 227 Ayacucho Ayacucho NNP 1662 6743 228 , , , 1662 6743 229 Huancavelica Huancavelica NNP 1662 6743 230 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 231 , , , 1662 6743 232 Mariategui Mariategui NNP 1662 6743 233 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 234 from from IN 1662 6743 235 Moquegua Moquegua NNP 1662 6743 236 , , , 1662 6743 237 Tacna Tacna NNP 1662 6743 238 , , , 1662 6743 239 Puno Puno NNP 1662 6743 240 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 241 , , , 1662 6743 242 Nor nor CC 1662 6743 243 Oriental Oriental NNP 1662 6743 244 del del NNP 1662 6743 245 Maranon Maranon NNP 1662 6743 246 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 247 from from IN 1662 6743 248 Lambayeque Lambayeque NNP 1662 6743 249 , , , 1662 6743 250 Cajamarca Cajamarca NNP 1662 6743 251 , , , 1662 6743 252 Amazonas Amazonas NNP 1662 6743 253 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 254 , , , 1662 6743 255 San San NNP 1662 6743 256 Martin Martin NNP 1662 6743 257 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 258 from from IN 1662 6743 259 San San NNP 1662 6743 260 Martin Martin NNP 1662 6743 261 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 262 , , , 1662 6743 263 Ucayali Ucayali NNP 1662 6743 264 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 265 from from IN 1662 6743 266 Ucayali Ucayali NNP 1662 6743 267 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 268 ; ; : 1662 6743 269 formation formation NN 1662 6743 270 of of IN 1662 6743 271 another another DT 1662 6743 272 region region NN 1662 6743 273 has have VBZ 1662 6743 274 been be VBN 1662 6743 275 delayed delay VBN 1662 6743 276 by by IN 1662 6743 277 the the DT 1662 6743 278 reluctance reluctance NN 1662 6743 279 of of IN 1662 6743 280 the the DT 1662 6743 281 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 6743 282 province province NN 1662 6743 283 of of IN 1662 6743 284 Callao Callao NNPS 1662 6743 285 to to TO 1662 6743 286 merge merge VB 1662 6743 287 with with IN 1662 6743 288 the the DT 1662 6743 289 department department NN 1662 6743 290 of of IN 1662 6743 291 Lima Lima NNP 1662 6743 292 ; ; : 1662 6743 293 because because IN 1662 6743 294 of of IN 1662 6743 295 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 6743 296 funding funding NN 1662 6743 297 from from IN 1662 6743 298 the the DT 1662 6743 299 central central JJ 1662 6743 300 government government NN 1662 6743 301 and and CC 1662 6743 302 organizational organizational JJ 1662 6743 303 and and CC 1662 6743 304 political political JJ 1662 6743 305 difficulties difficulty NNS 1662 6743 306 , , , 1662 6743 307 the the DT 1662 6743 308 regions region NNS 1662 6743 309 have have VBP 1662 6743 310 yet yet RB 1662 6743 311 to to TO 1662 6743 312 assume assume VB 1662 6743 313 major major JJ 1662 6743 314 responsibilities responsibility NNS 1662 6743 315 ; ; : 1662 6743 316 the the DT 1662 6743 317 1993 1993 CD 1662 6743 318 constitution constitution NN 1662 6743 319 retains retain VBZ 1662 6743 320 the the DT 1662 6743 321 regions region NNS 1662 6743 322 but but CC 1662 6743 323 limits limit VBZ 1662 6743 324 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 6743 325 authority authority NN 1662 6743 326 ; ; : 1662 6743 327 the the DT 1662 6743 328 1993 1993 CD 1662 6743 329 constitution constitution NN 1662 6743 330 also also RB 1662 6743 331 reaffirms reaffirm VBZ 1662 6743 332 the the DT 1662 6743 333 roles role NNS 1662 6743 334 of of IN 1662 6743 335 departmental departmental JJ 1662 6743 336 and and CC 1662 6743 337 municipal municipal JJ 1662 6743 338 governments government NNS 1662 6743 339 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6743 340 : : : 1662 6743 341 28 28 CD 1662 6743 342 July July NNP 1662 6743 343 1821 1821 CD 1662 6743 344 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 345 from from IN 1662 6743 346 Spain Spain NNP 1662 6743 347 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 348 National national JJ 1662 6743 349 holiday holiday NN 1662 6743 350 : : : 1662 6743 351 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6743 352 Day Day NNP 1662 6743 353 , , , 1662 6743 354 28 28 CD 1662 6743 355 July July NNP 1662 6743 356 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 357 1821 1821 CD 1662 6743 358 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 359 Constitution constitution NN 1662 6743 360 : : : 1662 6743 361 31 31 CD 1662 6743 362 December December NNP 1662 6743 363 1993 1993 CD 1662 6743 364 Legal legal JJ 1662 6743 365 system system NN 1662 6743 366 : : : 1662 6743 367 based base VBN 1662 6743 368 on on IN 1662 6743 369 civil civil JJ 1662 6743 370 law law NN 1662 6743 371 system system NN 1662 6743 372 ; ; : 1662 6743 373 has have VBZ 1662 6743 374 not not RB 1662 6743 375 accepted accept VBN 1662 6743 376 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 6743 377 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 6743 378 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 6743 379 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 6743 380 : : : 1662 6743 381 18 18 CD 1662 6743 382 years year NNS 1662 6743 383 of of IN 1662 6743 384 age age NN 1662 6743 385 ; ; : 1662 6743 386 universal universal JJ 1662 6743 387 Executive Executive NNP 1662 6743 388 branch branch NN 1662 6743 389 : : : 1662 6743 390 chief chief NN 1662 6743 391 of of IN 1662 6743 392 state state NN 1662 6743 393 : : : 1662 6743 394 President President NNP 1662 6743 395 Alberto Alberto NNP 1662 6743 396 Kenyo Kenyo NNP 1662 6743 397 FUJIMORI FUJIMORI NNP 1662 6743 398 Fujimori Fujimori NNP 1662 6743 399 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 400 since since IN 1662 6743 401 28 28 CD 1662 6743 402 July July NNP 1662 6743 403 1990 1990 CD 1662 6743 404 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 405 ; ; : 1662 6743 406 note note VB 1662 6743 407 - - : 1662 6743 408 the the DT 1662 6743 409 president president NN 1662 6743 410 is be VBZ 1662 6743 411 both both CC 1662 6743 412 the the DT 1662 6743 413 chief chief NN 1662 6743 414 of of IN 1662 6743 415 state state NN 1662 6743 416 and and CC 1662 6743 417 head head NN 1662 6743 418 of of IN 1662 6743 419 government government NN 1662 6743 420 head head NN 1662 6743 421 of of IN 1662 6743 422 government government NN 1662 6743 423 : : : 1662 6743 424 President President NNP 1662 6743 425 Alberto Alberto NNP 1662 6743 426 Kenyo Kenyo NNP 1662 6743 427 FUJIMORI FUJIMORI NNP 1662 6743 428 Fujimori Fujimori NNP 1662 6743 429 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 430 since since IN 1662 6743 431 28 28 CD 1662 6743 432 July July NNP 1662 6743 433 1990 1990 CD 1662 6743 434 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 435 ; ; : 1662 6743 436 note note VB 1662 6743 437 - - : 1662 6743 438 the the DT 1662 6743 439 president president NN 1662 6743 440 is be VBZ 1662 6743 441 both both CC 1662 6743 442 the the DT 1662 6743 443 chief chief NN 1662 6743 444 of of IN 1662 6743 445 state state NN 1662 6743 446 and and CC 1662 6743 447 head head NN 1662 6743 448 of of IN 1662 6743 449 government government NN 1662 6743 450 note note NN 1662 6743 451 : : : 1662 6743 452 Prime Prime NNP 1662 6743 453 Minister Minister NNP 1662 6743 454 Alberto Alberto NNP 1662 6743 455 PANDOLFI PANDOLFI NNP 1662 6743 456 Arbulu Arbulu NNP 1662 6743 457 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6743 458 since since IN 1662 6743 459 3 3 CD 1662 6743 460 April April NNP 1662 6743 461 1996 1996 CD 1662 6743 462 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6743 463 does do VBZ 1662 6743 464 not not RB 1662 6743 465 exercise exercise VB 1662 6743 466 executive executive JJ 1662 6743 467 power power NN 1662 6743 468 ; ; : 1662 6743 469 this this DT 1662 6743 470 power power NN 1662 6743 471 is be VBZ 1662 6743 472 in in IN 1662 6743 473 the the DT 1662 6743 474 hands hand NNS 1662 6743 475 of of IN 1662 6743 476 the the DT 1662 6743 477 president president NNP 1662 6743 478 cabinet cabinet 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, , , 1662 6743 954 OPANAL OPANAL NNP 1662 6743 955 , , , 1662 6743 956 PCA PCA NNP 1662 6743 957 , , , 1662 6743 958 RG RG NNP 1662 6743 959 , , , 1662 6743 960 UN UN NNP 1662 6743 961 , , , 1662 6743 962 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 6743 963 , , , 1662 6743 964 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 6743 965 , , , 1662 6743 966 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 6743 967 , , , 1662 6743 968 UPU UPU NNP 1662 6743 969 , , , 1662 6743 970 WCL WCL NNP 1662 6743 971 , , , 1662 6743 972 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 6743 973 , , , 1662 6743 974 WHO who WP 1662 6743 975 , , , 1662 6743 976 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 6743 977 , , , 1662 6743 978 WMO WMO NNP 1662 6743 979 , , , 1662 6743 980 WToO wtoo FW 1662 6743 981 , , , 1662 6743 982 WTrO wtro VB 1662 6743 983 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6743 984 representation representation NN 1662 6743 985 in in IN 1662 6743 986 the the DT 1662 6743 987 US US NNP 1662 6743 988 : : : 1662 6743 989 chief chief NN 1662 6743 990 of of IN 1662 6743 991 mission mission NN 1662 6743 992 : : : 1662 6743 993 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6743 994 Ricardo Ricardo NNP 1662 6743 995 V. V. 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- HYPH 1662 6744 106 overview overview NN 1662 6744 107 : : : 1662 6744 108 The the DT 1662 6744 109 Peruvian peruvian JJ 1662 6744 110 economy economy NN 1662 6744 111 has have VBZ 1662 6744 112 become become VBN 1662 6744 113 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 6744 114 market market NN 1662 6744 115 - - HYPH 1662 6744 116 oriented orient VBN 1662 6744 117 , , , 1662 6744 118 with with IN 1662 6744 119 major major JJ 1662 6744 120 privatizations privatization NNS 1662 6744 121 completed complete VBN 1662 6744 122 since since IN 1662 6744 123 1990 1990 CD 1662 6744 124 in in IN 1662 6744 125 the the DT 1662 6744 126 mining mining NN 1662 6744 127 , , , 1662 6744 128 electricity electricity NN 1662 6744 129 , , , 1662 6744 130 and and CC 1662 6744 131 telecommunications telecommunication NNS 1662 6744 132 industries industry NNS 1662 6744 133 . . . 1662 6745 1 In in IN 1662 6745 2 the the DT 1662 6745 3 1980s 1980 NNS 1662 6745 4 , , , 1662 6745 5 the the DT 1662 6745 6 economy economy NN 1662 6745 7 suffered suffer VBD 1662 6745 8 from from IN 1662 6745 9 hyperinflation hyperinflation NN 1662 6745 10 , , , 1662 6745 11 declining decline VBG 1662 6745 12 per per FW 1662 6745 13 capita capita FW 1662 6745 14 output output NN 1662 6745 15 , , , 1662 6745 16 and and CC 1662 6745 17 mounting mount VBG 1662 6745 18 external external JJ 1662 6745 19 debt debt NN 1662 6745 20 . . . 1662 6746 1 Peru Peru NNP 1662 6746 2 was be VBD 1662 6746 3 shut shut VBN 1662 6746 4 off off RP 1662 6746 5 from from IN 1662 6746 6 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6746 7 and and CC 1662 6746 8 World World NNP 1662 6746 9 Bank Bank NNP 1662 6746 10 support support NN 1662 6746 11 in in IN 1662 6746 12 the the DT 1662 6746 13 mid-1980s mid-1980 NNS 1662 6746 14 because because IN 1662 6746 15 of of IN 1662 6746 16 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 6746 17 huge huge JJ 1662 6746 18 debt debt NN 1662 6746 19 arrears arrear NNS 1662 6746 20 . . . 1662 6747 1 An an DT 1662 6747 2 austerity austerity NN 1662 6747 3 program program NN 1662 6747 4 implemented implement VBN 1662 6747 5 shortly shortly RB 1662 6747 6 after after IN 1662 6747 7 the the DT 1662 6747 8 FUJIMORI FUJIMORI NNP 1662 6747 9 government government NN 1662 6747 10 took take VBD 1662 6747 11 office office NN 1662 6747 12 in in IN 1662 6747 13 July July NNP 1662 6747 14 1990 1990 CD 1662 6747 15 contributed contribute VBD 1662 6747 16 to to IN 1662 6747 17 a a DT 1662 6747 18 third third JJ 1662 6747 19 consecutive consecutive JJ 1662 6747 20 yearly yearly JJ 1662 6747 21 contraction contraction NN 1662 6747 22 of of IN 1662 6747 23 economic economic JJ 1662 6747 24 activity activity NN 1662 6747 25 , , , 1662 6747 26 but but CC 1662 6747 27 the the DT 1662 6747 28 slide slide NN 1662 6747 29 came come VBD 1662 6747 30 to to IN 1662 6747 31 a a DT 1662 6747 32 halt halt NN 1662 6747 33 late late RB 1662 6747 34 that that DT 1662 6747 35 year year NN 1662 6747 36 , , , 1662 6747 37 and and CC 1662 6747 38 in in IN 1662 6747 39 1991 1991 CD 1662 6747 40 output output NN 1662 6747 41 rose rise VBD 1662 6747 42 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 6747 43 % % NN 1662 6747 44 . . . 1662 6748 1 After after IN 1662 6748 2 a a DT 1662 6748 3 burst burst NN 1662 6748 4 of of IN 1662 6748 5 inflation inflation NN 1662 6748 6 as as IN 1662 6748 7 the the DT 1662 6748 8 austerity austerity NN 1662 6748 9 program program NN 1662 6748 10 eliminated eliminate VBD 1662 6748 11 government government NN 1662 6748 12 price price NN 1662 6748 13 subsidies subsidy NNS 1662 6748 14 , , , 1662 6748 15 monthly monthly JJ 1662 6748 16 price price NN 1662 6748 17 increases increase NNS 1662 6748 18 eased ease VBN 1662 6748 19 to to IN 1662 6748 20 the the DT 1662 6748 21 single single JJ 1662 6748 22 - - HYPH 1662 6748 23 digit digit NN 1662 6748 24 level level NN 1662 6748 25 and and CC 1662 6748 26 by by IN 1662 6748 27 December December NNP 1662 6748 28 1991 1991 CD 1662 6748 29 dropped drop VBD 1662 6748 30 to to IN 1662 6748 31 the the DT 1662 6748 32 lowest low JJS 1662 6748 33 increase increase NN 1662 6748 34 since since IN 1662 6748 35 mid-1987 mid-1987 NN 1662 6748 36 . . . 1662 6749 1 Lima Lima NNP 1662 6749 2 obtained obtain VBD 1662 6749 3 a a DT 1662 6749 4 financial financial JJ 1662 6749 5 rescue rescue NN 1662 6749 6 package package NN 1662 6749 7 from from IN 1662 6749 8 multilateral multilateral JJ 1662 6749 9 lenders lender NNS 1662 6749 10 in in IN 1662 6749 11 September September NNP 1662 6749 12 1991 1991 CD 1662 6749 13 , , , 1662 6749 14 although although IN 1662 6749 15 it -PRON- PRP 1662 6749 16 faced face VBD 1662 6749 17 $ $ $ 1662 6749 18 14 14 CD 1662 6749 19 billion billion CD 1662 6749 20 in in IN 1662 6749 21 arrears arrear NNS 1662 6749 22 on on IN 1662 6749 23 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 6749 24 external external JJ 1662 6749 25 debt debt NN 1662 6749 26 . . . 1662 6750 1 By by IN 1662 6750 2 working work VBG 1662 6750 3 with with IN 1662 6750 4 the the DT 1662 6750 5 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6750 6 and and CC 1662 6750 7 World World NNP 1662 6750 8 Bank Bank NNP 1662 6750 9 on on IN 1662 6750 10 new new JJ 1662 6750 11 financial financial JJ 1662 6750 12 conditions condition NNS 1662 6750 13 and and CC 1662 6750 14 arrangements arrangement NNS 1662 6750 15 , , , 1662 6750 16 the the DT 1662 6750 17 government government NN 1662 6750 18 succeeded succeed VBD 1662 6750 19 in in IN 1662 6750 20 ending end VBG 1662 6750 21 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 6750 22 arrears arrear NNS 1662 6750 23 by by IN 1662 6750 24 March March NNP 1662 6750 25 1993 1993 CD 1662 6750 26 . . . 1662 6751 1 In in IN 1662 6751 2 1992 1992 CD 1662 6751 3 , , , 1662 6751 4 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6751 5 fell fall VBD 1662 6751 6 by by IN 1662 6751 7 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 6751 8 % % NN 1662 6751 9 , , , 1662 6751 10 in in IN 1662 6751 11 part part NN 1662 6751 12 because because IN 1662 6751 13 a a DT 1662 6751 14 warmer warm JJR 1662 6751 15 - - HYPH 1662 6751 16 than than IN 1662 6751 17 - - HYPH 1662 6751 18 usual usual JJ 1662 6751 19 El El NNP 1662 6751 20 Nino Nino NNP 1662 6751 21 current current NN 1662 6751 22 resulted result VBD 1662 6751 23 in in IN 1662 6751 24 a a DT 1662 6751 25 30 30 CD 1662 6751 26 % % NN 1662 6751 27 drop drop NN 1662 6751 28 in in IN 1662 6751 29 the the DT 1662 6751 30 fish fish NN 1662 6751 31 catch catch NN 1662 6751 32 , , , 1662 6751 33 but but CC 1662 6751 34 the the DT 1662 6751 35 economy economy NN 1662 6751 36 rebounded rebound VBD 1662 6751 37 as as IN 1662 6751 38 strong strong JJ 1662 6751 39 foreign foreign JJ 1662 6751 40 investment investment NN 1662 6751 41 helped help VBD 1662 6751 42 push push VB 1662 6751 43 growth growth NN 1662 6751 44 to to IN 1662 6751 45 7 7 CD 1662 6751 46 % % NN 1662 6751 47 in in IN 1662 6751 48 1993 1993 CD 1662 6751 49 , , , 1662 6751 50 about about RB 1662 6751 51 13 13 CD 1662 6751 52 % % NN 1662 6751 53 in in IN 1662 6751 54 1994 1994 CD 1662 6751 55 , , , 1662 6751 56 and and CC 1662 6751 57 6.8 6.8 CD 1662 6751 58 % % NN 1662 6751 59 in in IN 1662 6751 60 1995 1995 CD 1662 6751 61 . . . 1662 6752 1 Growth growth NN 1662 6752 2 slowed slow VBD 1662 6752 3 to to IN 1662 6752 4 about about IN 1662 6752 5 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 6752 6 % % NN 1662 6752 7 in in IN 1662 6752 8 1996 1996 CD 1662 6752 9 as as IN 1662 6752 10 the the DT 1662 6752 11 government government NN 1662 6752 12 adopted adopt VBD 1662 6752 13 tight tight JJ 1662 6752 14 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6752 15 and and CC 1662 6752 16 monetary monetary JJ 1662 6752 17 policy policy NN 1662 6752 18 to to TO 1662 6752 19 reduce reduce VB 1662 6752 20 the the DT 1662 6752 21 current current JJ 1662 6752 22 account account NN 1662 6752 23 deficit deficit NN 1662 6752 24 and and CC 1662 6752 25 meet meet VB 1662 6752 26 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 6752 27 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6752 28 targets target NNS 1662 6752 29 . . . 1662 6753 1 Capital capital NN 1662 6753 2 inflows inflow NNS 1662 6753 3 surged surge VBD 1662 6753 4 to to IN 1662 6753 5 record record NN 1662 6753 6 levels level NNS 1662 6753 7 in in IN 1662 6753 8 early early JJ 1662 6753 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6753 10 despite despite IN 1662 6753 11 the the DT 1662 6753 12 MRTA MRTA NNP 1662 6753 13 hostage hostage NN 1662 6753 14 crisis crisis NN 1662 6753 15 . . . 1662 6754 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6754 2 : : : 1662 6754 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6754 4 power power NN 1662 6754 5 parity parity NN 1662 6754 6 - 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NNP 1662 6760 52 , , , 1662 6760 53 1996 1996 CD 1662 6760 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6760 55 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6760 56 : : : 1662 6760 57 copper copper NN 1662 6760 58 , , , 1662 6760 59 zinc zinc NN 1662 6760 60 , , , 1662 6760 61 fishmeal fishmeal NN 1662 6760 62 , , , 1662 6760 63 crude crude JJ 1662 6760 64 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6760 65 and and CC 1662 6760 66 byproducts byproduct NNS 1662 6760 67 , , , 1662 6760 68 lead lead NN 1662 6760 69 , , , 1662 6760 70 refined refined JJ 1662 6760 71 silver silver NN 1662 6760 72 , , , 1662 6760 73 coffee coffee NN 1662 6760 74 , , , 1662 6760 75 cotton cotton NN 1662 6760 76 partners partner NNS 1662 6760 77 : : : 1662 6760 78 US US NNP 1662 6760 79 19 19 CD 1662 6760 80 % % NN 1662 6760 81 , , , 1662 6760 82 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6760 83 9 9 CD 1662 6760 84 % % NN 1662 6760 85 , , , 1662 6760 86 Italy Italy NNP 1662 6760 87 , , , 1662 6760 88 Germany Germany NNP 1662 6760 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6760 90 1995 1995 CD 1662 6760 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6760 92 Imports import NNS 1662 6760 93 : : : 1662 6760 94 total total JJ 1662 6760 95 value value NN 1662 6760 96 : : : 1662 6760 97 $ $ $ 1662 6760 98 7.5 7.5 CD 1662 6760 99 billion billion CD 1662 6760 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6760 101 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 6760 102 . . 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NN 1662 6761 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6762 1 = = NFP 1662 6762 2 100 100 CD 1662 6762 3 centimos centimos NNP 1662 6762 4 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 6762 5 rates rate NNS 1662 6762 6 : : : 1662 6762 7 nuevo nuevo NNP 1662 6762 8 sol sol NNP 1662 6762 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6762 10 S/. s/. NN 1662 6762 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6763 1 per per IN 1662 6763 2 US$ us$ $ 1662 6763 3 1 1 CD 1662 6763 4 - - SYM 1662 6763 5 2.630 2.630 CD 1662 6763 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6763 7 January January NNP 1662 6763 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6763 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6763 10 , , , 1662 6763 11 2.453 2.453 CD 1662 6763 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6763 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 6763 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6763 15 , , , 1662 6763 16 2.253 2.253 CD 1662 6763 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6763 18 1995 1995 CD 1662 6763 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6763 20 , , , 1662 6763 21 2.195 2.195 CD 1662 6763 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6763 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 6763 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6763 25 , , , 1662 6763 26 1.988 1.988 CD 1662 6763 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6763 28 1993 1993 CD 1662 6763 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6763 30 , , , 1662 6763 31 1.246 1.246 CD 1662 6763 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6763 33 1992 1992 CD 1662 6763 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6763 35 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6763 36 year year NN 1662 6763 37 : : : 1662 6763 38 calendar calendar NNP 1662 6763 39 year year NN 1662 6763 40 @Peru @Peru NNP 1662 6763 41 : : : 1662 6763 42 Communications Communications NNP 1662 6763 43 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 6763 44 : : : 1662 6763 45 779,306 779,306 CD 1662 6763 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6763 47 1990 1990 CD 1662 6763 48 est est NNP 1662 6763 49 . . . 1662 6763 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6764 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 6764 2 system system NN 1662 6764 3 : : : 1662 6764 4 adequate adequate VB 1662 6764 5 for for IN 1662 6764 6 most most JJS 1662 6764 7 requirements requirement NNS 1662 6764 8 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6764 9 : : : 1662 6764 10 nationwide nationwide JJ 1662 6764 11 microwave microwave NN 1662 6764 12 radio radio NN 1662 6764 13 relay relay NN 1662 6764 14 system system NN 1662 6764 15 and and CC 1662 6764 16 a a DT 1662 6764 17 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6764 18 satellite satellite NN 1662 6764 19 system system NN 1662 6764 20 with with IN 1662 6764 21 12 12 CD 1662 6764 22 earth earth NN 1662 6764 23 stations station NNS 1662 6764 24 international international JJ 1662 6764 25 : : : 1662 6764 26 satellite satellite NN 1662 6764 27 earth earth NN 1662 6764 28 stations station NNS 1662 6764 29 - - , 1662 6764 30 2 2 CD 1662 6764 31 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6764 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6764 33 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6764 34 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6764 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6764 36 Radio radio NN 1662 6764 37 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6764 38 stations station NNS 1662 6764 39 : : : 1662 6764 40 AM am VBP 1662 6764 41 273 273 CD 1662 6764 42 , , , 1662 6764 43 FM FM NNP 1662 6764 44 0 0 CD 1662 6764 45 , , , 1662 6764 46 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 6764 47 144 144 CD 1662 6764 48 Radios radio NNS 1662 6764 49 : : : 1662 6764 50 5.7 5.7 CD 1662 6764 51 million million CD 1662 6764 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6764 53 1992 1992 CD 1662 6764 54 est est NNP 1662 6764 55 . . . 1662 6764 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6765 1 Television television NN 1662 6765 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6765 3 stations station NNS 1662 6765 4 : : : 1662 6765 5 140 140 CD 1662 6765 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 6765 7 : : : 1662 6765 8 2 2 CD 1662 6765 9 million million CD 1662 6765 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6765 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 6765 12 est est NNP 1662 6765 13 . . . 1662 6765 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6766 1 @Peru @Peru NNP 1662 6766 2 : : : 1662 6766 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 6766 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 6766 5 : : : 1662 6766 6 total total NN 1662 6766 7 : : : 1662 6766 8 2,041 2,041 CD 1662 6766 9 km km NN 1662 6766 10 standard standard JJ 1662 6766 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 6766 12 : : : 1662 6766 13 1,726 1,726 CD 1662 6766 14 km km NN 1662 6766 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 6766 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 6766 17 narrow narrow JJ 1662 6766 18 gauge gauge NN 1662 6766 19 : : : 1662 6766 20 315 315 CD 1662 6766 21 km km NN 1662 6766 22 0.914-m 0.914-m NN 1662 6766 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 6766 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6766 25 1994 1994 CD 1662 6766 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6766 27 Highways highway NNS 1662 6766 28 : : : 1662 6766 29 total total NN 1662 6766 30 : : : 1662 6766 31 71,400 71,400 CD 1662 6766 32 km km NNS 1662 6766 33 paved pave VBN 1662 6766 34 : : : 1662 6766 35 7,783 7,783 CD 1662 6766 36 km km NNP 1662 6766 37 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6766 38 : : : 1662 6766 39 63,617 63,617 CD 1662 6766 40 km km NNS 1662 6766 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6766 42 1995 1995 CD 1662 6766 43 est est NNP 1662 6766 44 . . . 1662 6766 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6767 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 6767 2 : : : 1662 6767 3 8,600 8,600 CD 1662 6767 4 km km NNS 1662 6767 5 of of IN 1662 6767 6 navigable navigable JJ 1662 6767 7 tributaries tributary NNS 1662 6767 8 of of IN 1662 6767 9 Amazon Amazon NNP 1662 6767 10 system system NN 1662 6767 11 and and CC 1662 6767 12 208 208 CD 1662 6767 13 km km NNS 1662 6767 14 of of IN 1662 6767 15 Lago Lago NNP 1662 6767 16 Titicaca Titicaca NNP 1662 6767 17 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 6767 18 : : : 1662 6767 19 crude crude JJ 1662 6767 20 oil oil NN 1662 6767 21 800 800 CD 1662 6767 22 km km NN 1662 6767 23 ; ; : 1662 6767 24 natural natural JJ 1662 6767 25 gas gas NN 1662 6767 26 and and CC 1662 6767 27 natural natural JJ 1662 6767 28 gas gas NN 1662 6767 29 liquids liquid NNS 1662 6767 30 64 64 CD 1662 6767 31 km km NN 1662 6767 32 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 6767 33 and and CC 1662 6767 34 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6767 35 : : : 1662 6767 36 Callao Callao NNP 1662 6767 37 , , , 1662 6767 38 Chimbote Chimbote NNP 1662 6767 39 , , , 1662 6767 40 Ilo Ilo NNP 1662 6767 41 , , , 1662 6767 42 Matarani Matarani NNP 1662 6767 43 , , , 1662 6767 44 Paita Paita NNP 1662 6767 45 , , , 1662 6767 46 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 6767 47 Maldonado Maldonado NNP 1662 6767 48 , , , 1662 6767 49 Salaverry Salaverry NNP 1662 6767 50 , , , 1662 6767 51 San San NNP 1662 6767 52 Martin Martin NNP 1662 6767 53 , , , 1662 6767 54 Talara Talara NNP 1662 6767 55 , , , 1662 6767 56 Iquitos Iquitos NNP 1662 6767 57 , , , 1662 6767 58 Pucallpa Pucallpa NNP 1662 6767 59 , , , 1662 6767 60 Yurimaguas Yurimaguas NNP 1662 6767 61 note note NN 1662 6767 62 : : : 1662 6767 63 Iquitos Iquitos NNP 1662 6767 64 , , , 1662 6767 65 Pucallpa Pucallpa NNP 1662 6767 66 , , , 1662 6767 67 and and CC 1662 6767 68 Yurimaguas Yurimaguas NNP 1662 6767 69 are be VBP 1662 6767 70 all all RB 1662 6767 71 on on IN 1662 6767 72 the the DT 1662 6767 73 upper upper JJ 1662 6767 74 reaches reach NNS 1662 6767 75 of of IN 1662 6767 76 the the DT 1662 6767 77 Amazon Amazon NNP 1662 6767 78 and and CC 1662 6767 79 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 6767 80 tributaries tributary NNS 1662 6767 81 Merchant merchant NN 1662 6767 82 marine marine NN 1662 6767 83 : : : 1662 6767 84 total total NN 1662 6767 85 : : : 1662 6767 86 8 8 CD 1662 6767 87 ships ship NNS 1662 6767 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6767 89 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6767 90 GRT GRT NNP 1662 6767 91 or or CC 1662 6767 92 over over RB 1662 6767 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6767 94 totaling total VBG 1662 6767 95 63,767 63,767 CD 1662 6767 96 GRT/91,395 grt/91,395 NN 1662 6767 97 DWT DWT NNP 1662 6767 98 ships ship NNS 1662 6767 99 by by IN 1662 6767 100 type type NN 1662 6767 101 : : : 1662 6767 102 bulk bulk NNP 1662 6767 103 1 1 CD 1662 6767 104 , , , 1662 6767 105 cargo cargo NN 1662 6767 106 7 7 CD 1662 6767 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6767 108 1996 1996 CD 1662 6767 109 est est NNP 1662 6767 110 . . . 1662 6767 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6768 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6768 2 : : : 1662 6768 3 212 212 CD 1662 6768 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6768 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6768 6 est est NNP 1662 6768 7 . . . 1662 6768 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6769 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6769 2 - - , 1662 6769 3 with with IN 1662 6769 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6769 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6769 6 : : : 1662 6769 7 total total NN 1662 6769 8 : : : 1662 6769 9 128 128 CD 1662 6769 10 over over IN 1662 6769 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6769 12 m m NN 1662 6769 13 : : : 1662 6769 14 5 5 CD 1662 6769 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 6769 16 to to TO 1662 6769 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6769 18 m m NN 1662 6769 19 : : : 1662 6769 20 16 16 CD 1662 6769 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6769 22 to to TO 1662 6769 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6769 24 m m CD 1662 6769 25 : : : 1662 6769 26 11 11 CD 1662 6769 27 914 914 CD 1662 6769 28 to to TO 1662 6769 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6769 30 m m NN 1662 6769 31 : : : 1662 6769 32 8 8 CD 1662 6769 33 under under IN 1662 6769 34 914 914 CD 1662 6769 35 m m NN 1662 6769 36 : : : 1662 6769 37 88 88 CD 1662 6769 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6769 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 6769 40 est est NNP 1662 6769 41 . . . 1662 6769 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6770 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6770 2 - - , 1662 6770 3 with with IN 1662 6770 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6770 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6770 6 : : : 1662 6770 7 total total NN 1662 6770 8 : : : 1662 6770 9 84 84 CD 1662 6770 10 over over IN 1662 6770 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6770 12 m m NN 1662 6770 13 : : : 1662 6770 14 1 1 CD 1662 6770 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 6770 16 to to IN 1662 6770 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6770 18 m m NN 1662 6770 19 : : : 1662 6770 20 3 3 CD 1662 6770 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6770 22 to to TO 1662 6770 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6770 24 m m NN 1662 6770 25 : : : 1662 6770 26 21 21 CD 1662 6770 27 914 914 CD 1662 6770 28 to to TO 1662 6770 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6770 30 m m NN 1662 6770 31 : : : 1662 6770 32 59 59 CD 1662 6770 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6770 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 6770 35 est est NNP 1662 6770 36 . . . 1662 6770 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6771 1 Military military JJ 1662 6771 2 Military military JJ 1662 6771 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6771 4 : : : 1662 6771 5 Army Army NNP 1662 6771 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6771 7 Ejercito Ejercito NNP 1662 6771 8 Peruano Peruano NNP 1662 6771 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6771 10 , , , 1662 6771 11 Navy Navy NNP 1662 6771 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6771 13 Marina Marina NNP 1662 6771 14 de de FW 1662 6771 15 Guerra Guerra NNP 1662 6771 16 del del NNP 1662 6771 17 Peru Peru NNP 1662 6771 18 ; ; : 1662 6771 19 includes include VBZ 1662 6771 20 Naval Naval NNP 1662 6771 21 Air Air NNP 1662 6771 22 , , , 1662 6771 23 Marines Marines NNPS 1662 6771 24 , , , 1662 6771 25 and and CC 1662 6771 26 Coast Coast NNP 1662 6771 27 Guard Guard NNP 1662 6771 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6771 29 , , , 1662 6771 30 Air Air NNP 1662 6771 31 Force Force NNP 1662 6771 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6771 33 Fuerza Fuerza NNP 1662 6771 34 Aerea Aerea NNP 1662 6771 35 del del NNP 1662 6771 36 Peru Peru NNP 1662 6771 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6771 38 , , , 1662 6771 39 National National NNP 1662 6771 40 Police Police NNP 1662 6771 41 Military Military NNP 1662 6771 42 manpower manpower NN 1662 6771 43 - - HYPH 1662 6771 44 military military NN 1662 6771 45 age age NN 1662 6771 46 : : : 1662 6771 47 20 20 CD 1662 6771 48 years year NNS 1662 6771 49 of of IN 1662 6771 50 age age NN 1662 6771 51 Military military JJ 1662 6771 52 manpower manpower NN 1662 6771 53 - - HYPH 1662 6771 54 availability availability NN 1662 6771 55 : : : 1662 6771 56 males male NNS 1662 6771 57 age age NNP 1662 6771 58 15 15 CD 1662 6771 59 - - HYPH 1662 6771 60 49 49 CD 1662 6771 61 : : : 1662 6771 62 6,591,276 6,591,276 CD 1662 6771 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6771 64 1997 1997 CD 1662 6771 65 est est NNP 1662 6771 66 . . . 1662 6771 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6772 1 Military military JJ 1662 6772 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6772 3 - - HYPH 1662 6772 4 fit fit NN 1662 6772 5 for for IN 1662 6772 6 military military JJ 1662 6772 7 service service NN 1662 6772 8 : : : 1662 6772 9 males male NNS 1662 6772 10 : : : 1662 6772 11 4,446,428 4,446,428 CD 1662 6772 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6772 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6772 14 est est NNP 1662 6772 15 . . . 1662 6772 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6773 1 Military military JJ 1662 6773 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6773 3 - - HYPH 1662 6773 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 6773 5 military military JJ 1662 6773 6 age age NN 1662 6773 7 annually annually RB 1662 6773 8 : : : 1662 6773 9 males male NNS 1662 6773 10 : : : 1662 6773 11 259,868 259,868 CD 1662 6773 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6773 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6773 14 est est NNP 1662 6773 15 . . . 1662 6773 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6774 1 Military military JJ 1662 6774 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6774 3 - - HYPH 1662 6774 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 6774 5 figure figure NN 1662 6774 6 : : : 1662 6774 7 $ $ $ 1662 6774 8 998 998 CD 1662 6774 9 million million CD 1662 6774 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6774 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6774 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6774 13 ; ; : 1662 6774 14 note note VB 1662 6774 15 - - : 1662 6774 16 may may MD 1662 6774 17 not not RB 1662 6774 18 include include VB 1662 6774 19 off off IN 1662 6774 20 - - HYPH 1662 6774 21 budget budget NN 1662 6774 22 purchases purchase NNS 1662 6774 23 related relate VBN 1662 6774 24 to to IN 1662 6774 25 military military JJ 1662 6774 26 modernization modernization NN 1662 6774 27 program program NN 1662 6774 28 Military military JJ 1662 6774 29 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6774 30 - - : 1662 6774 31 percent percent NN 1662 6774 32 of of IN 1662 6774 33 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6774 34 : : : 1662 6774 35 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 6774 36 % % NN 1662 6774 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6774 38 1996 1996 CD 1662 6774 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6774 40 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6774 41 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6774 42 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 6774 43 - - HYPH 1662 6774 44 international international RB 1662 6774 45 : : : 1662 6774 46 three three CD 1662 6774 47 sections section NNS 1662 6774 48 of of IN 1662 6774 49 the the DT 1662 6774 50 boundary boundary NN 1662 6774 51 with with IN 1662 6774 52 Ecuador Ecuador NNP 1662 6774 53 are be VBP 1662 6774 54 in in IN 1662 6774 55 dispute dispute NN 1662 6774 56 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 6774 57 drugs drug NNS 1662 6774 58 : : : 1662 6774 59 still still RB 1662 6774 60 world world NNP 1662 6774 61 's 's POS 1662 6774 62 largest large JJS 1662 6774 63 coca coca NN 1662 6774 64 leaf leaf NN 1662 6774 65 producer producer NN 1662 6774 66 with with IN 1662 6774 67 some some DT 1662 6774 68 94,400 94,400 CD 1662 6774 69 hectares hectare NNS 1662 6774 70 under under IN 1662 6774 71 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 6774 72 in in IN 1662 6774 73 1996 1996 CD 1662 6774 74 , , , 1662 6774 75 even even RB 1662 6774 76 though though IN 1662 6774 77 down down RB 1662 6774 78 18 18 CD 1662 6774 79 % % NN 1662 6774 80 from from IN 1662 6774 81 1995 1995 CD 1662 6774 82 ; ; : 1662 6774 83 source source NN 1662 6774 84 of of IN 1662 6774 85 supply supply NN 1662 6774 86 for for IN 1662 6774 87 most most JJS 1662 6774 88 of of IN 1662 6774 89 the the DT 1662 6774 90 world world NN 1662 6774 91 's 's POS 1662 6774 92 coca coca NNP 1662 6774 93 paste paste NN 1662 6774 94 and and CC 1662 6774 95 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 6774 96 base base NN 1662 6774 97 ; ; : 1662 6774 98 most most JJS 1662 6774 99 of of IN 1662 6774 100 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 6774 101 base base NN 1662 6774 102 is be VBZ 1662 6774 103 shipped ship VBN 1662 6774 104 to to IN 1662 6774 105 Colombian colombian JJ 1662 6774 106 drug drug NN 1662 6774 107 dealers dealer NNS 1662 6774 108 for for IN 1662 6774 109 processing processing NN 1662 6774 110 into into IN 1662 6774 111 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 6774 112 for for IN 1662 6774 113 the the DT 1662 6774 114 international international JJ 1662 6774 115 drug drug NN 1662 6774 116 market market NN 1662 6774 117 , , , 1662 6774 118 but but CC 1662 6774 119 exports export NNS 1662 6774 120 of of IN 1662 6774 121 finished finished JJ 1662 6774 122 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 6774 123 are be VBP 1662 6774 124 increasing increase VBG 1662 6774 125 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 126 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 127 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 128 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 129 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 130 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 131 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 132 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 133 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 134 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 135 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 136 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 137 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 138 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 139 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 140 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 141 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 142 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 143 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 144 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 145 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 146 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 147 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 148 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 149 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 150 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 151 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 152 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 153 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 154 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 155 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 156 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 157 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 158 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 159 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 160 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 161 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 162 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 163 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 164 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 165 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 166 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 167 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 168 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 169 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 170 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 171 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 172 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 173 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 174 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 175 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 176 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 177 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 178 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 179 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 180 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 181 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 182 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 183 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 184 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 185 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 186 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 187 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 188 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 189 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 190 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 191 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 192 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 193 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 194 _ _ NNP 1662 6774 195 PHILIPPINES PHILIPPINES NNP 1662 6774 196 @Philippines @philippines XX 1662 6774 197 : : : 1662 6774 198 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6774 199 Location Location NNP 1662 6774 200 : : : 1662 6774 201 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 6774 202 Asia Asia NNP 1662 6774 203 , , , 1662 6774 204 archipelago archipelago NN 1662 6774 205 between between IN 1662 6774 206 the the DT 1662 6774 207 Philippine Philippine NNP 1662 6774 208 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6774 209 and and CC 1662 6774 210 the the DT 1662 6774 211 South South NNP 1662 6774 212 China China NNP 1662 6774 213 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6774 214 , , , 1662 6774 215 east east NN 1662 6774 216 of of IN 1662 6774 217 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 6774 218 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6774 219 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6774 220 : : : 1662 6774 221 13 13 CD 1662 6774 222 00 00 CD 1662 6774 223 N n CD 1662 6774 224 , , , 1662 6774 225 122 122 CD 1662 6774 226 00 00 CD 1662 6774 227 E e NN 1662 6774 228 Map Map NNP 1662 6774 229 references reference NNS 1662 6774 230 : : : 1662 6774 231 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 6774 232 Asia Asia NNP 1662 6774 233 Area Area NNP 1662 6774 234 : : : 1662 6774 235 total total NN 1662 6774 236 : : : 1662 6774 237 300,000 300,000 CD 1662 6774 238 sq sq NN 1662 6774 239 km km NNP 1662 6774 240 land land NN 1662 6774 241 : : : 1662 6774 242 298,170 298,170 CD 1662 6774 243 sq sq RB 1662 6774 244 km km NNP 1662 6774 245 water water NN 1662 6774 246 : : : 1662 6774 247 1,830 1,830 CD 1662 6774 248 sq sq NNP 1662 6774 249 km km NNP 1662 6774 250 Area Area NNP 1662 6774 251 - - HYPH 1662 6774 252 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6774 253 : : : 1662 6774 254 slightly slightly RB 1662 6774 255 larger large JJR 1662 6774 256 than than IN 1662 6774 257 Arizona Arizona NNP 1662 6774 258 Land Land NNP 1662 6774 259 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6774 260 : : : 1662 6774 261 0 0 LS 1662 6774 262 km km NN 1662 6774 263 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6774 264 : : : 1662 6774 265 36,289 36,289 CD 1662 6774 266 km km NN 1662 6774 267 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6774 268 claims claim VBZ 1662 6774 269 : : : 1662 6774 270 measured measure VBN 1662 6774 271 from from IN 1662 6774 272 claimed claim VBN 1662 6774 273 archipelagic archipelagic JJ 1662 6774 274 baselines baselines NNP 1662 6774 275 continental continental NNP 1662 6774 276 shelf shelf NNP 1662 6774 277 : : : 1662 6774 278 to to TO 1662 6774 279 depth depth NN 1662 6774 280 of of IN 1662 6774 281 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 6774 282 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 6774 283 economic economic JJ 1662 6774 284 zone zone NN 1662 6774 285 : : : 1662 6774 286 200 200 CD 1662 6774 287 nm nm CD 1662 6774 288 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6774 289 sea sea NN 1662 6774 290 : : : 1662 6774 291 irregular irregular JJ 1662 6774 292 polygon polygon NN 1662 6774 293 extending extend VBG 1662 6774 294 up up IN 1662 6774 295 to to TO 1662 6774 296 100 100 CD 1662 6774 297 nm nm NNS 1662 6774 298 from from IN 1662 6774 299 coastline coastline NN 1662 6774 300 as as IN 1662 6774 301 defined define VBN 1662 6774 302 by by IN 1662 6774 303 1898 1898 CD 1662 6774 304 treaty treaty NN 1662 6774 305 ; ; : 1662 6774 306 since since IN 1662 6774 307 late late JJ 1662 6774 308 1970s 1970 NNS 1662 6774 309 has have VBZ 1662 6774 310 also also RB 1662 6774 311 claimed claim VBN 1662 6774 312 polygonal polygonal JJ 1662 6774 313 - - HYPH 1662 6774 314 shaped shape VBN 1662 6774 315 area area NN 1662 6774 316 in in IN 1662 6774 317 South South NNP 1662 6774 318 China China NNP 1662 6774 319 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6774 320 up up RP 1662 6774 321 to to IN 1662 6774 322 285 285 CD 1662 6774 323 nm nm NN 1662 6774 324 in in IN 1662 6774 325 breadth breadth NN 1662 6774 326 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6774 327 : : : 1662 6774 328 tropical tropical JJ 1662 6774 329 marine marine NN 1662 6774 330 ; ; : 1662 6774 331 northeast northeast JJ 1662 6774 332 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 6774 333 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6774 334 November November NNP 1662 6774 335 to to IN 1662 6774 336 April April NNP 1662 6774 337 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6774 338 ; ; : 1662 6774 339 southwest southwest NNP 1662 6774 340 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 6774 341 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6774 342 May May NNP 1662 6774 343 to to IN 1662 6774 344 October October NNP 1662 6774 345 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6774 346 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6774 347 : : : 1662 6774 348 mostly mostly RB 1662 6774 349 mountains mountain NNS 1662 6774 350 with with IN 1662 6774 351 narrow narrow JJ 1662 6774 352 to to IN 1662 6774 353 extensive extensive JJ 1662 6774 354 coastal coastal JJ 1662 6774 355 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 6774 356 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6774 357 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6774 358 : : : 1662 6774 359 lowest low JJS 1662 6774 360 point point NN 1662 6774 361 : : : 1662 6774 362 Philippine Philippine NNP 1662 6774 363 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6774 364 0 0 NFP 1662 6774 365 m m DT 1662 6774 366 highest high JJS 1662 6774 367 point point NN 1662 6774 368 : : : 1662 6774 369 Mount Mount NNP 1662 6774 370 Apo Apo NNP 1662 6774 371 2,954 2,954 CD 1662 6774 372 m m NNP 1662 6774 373 Natural natural JJ 1662 6774 374 resources resource NNS 1662 6774 375 : : : 1662 6774 376 timber timber NN 1662 6774 377 , , , 1662 6774 378 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6774 379 , , , 1662 6774 380 nickel nickel NN 1662 6774 381 , , , 1662 6774 382 cobalt cobalt NN 1662 6774 383 , , , 1662 6774 384 silver silver NN 1662 6774 385 , , , 1662 6774 386 gold gold NN 1662 6774 387 , , , 1662 6774 388 salt salt NN 1662 6774 389 , , , 1662 6774 390 copper copper NN 1662 6774 391 Land Land NNP 1662 6774 392 use use NN 1662 6774 393 : : : 1662 6774 394 arable arable JJ 1662 6774 395 land land NN 1662 6774 396 : : : 1662 6774 397 19 19 CD 1662 6774 398 % % NN 1662 6774 399 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6774 400 crops crop NNS 1662 6774 401 : : : 1662 6774 402 12 12 CD 1662 6774 403 % % NN 1662 6774 404 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6774 405 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6774 406 : : : 1662 6774 407 4 4 CD 1662 6774 408 % % NN 1662 6774 409 forests forest NNS 1662 6774 410 and and CC 1662 6774 411 woodland woodland JJ 1662 6774 412 : : : 1662 6774 413 46 46 CD 1662 6774 414 % % NN 1662 6774 415 other other JJ 1662 6774 416 : : : 1662 6774 417 19 19 CD 1662 6774 418 % % NN 1662 6774 419 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6774 420 1993 1993 CD 1662 6774 421 est est NNP 1662 6774 422 . . . 1662 6774 423 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6775 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6775 2 land land NN 1662 6775 3 : : : 1662 6775 4 15,800 15,800 CD 1662 6775 5 sq sq IN 1662 6775 6 km km NNP 1662 6775 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6775 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 6775 9 est est NNP 1662 6775 10 . . . 1662 6775 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6776 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 6776 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6776 3 : : : 1662 6776 4 astride astride IN 1662 6776 5 typhoon typhoon NNP 1662 6776 6 belt belt NNP 1662 6776 7 , , , 1662 6776 8 usually usually RB 1662 6776 9 affected affect VBN 1662 6776 10 by by IN 1662 6776 11 15 15 CD 1662 6776 12 and and CC 1662 6776 13 struck strike VBN 1662 6776 14 by by IN 1662 6776 15 five five CD 1662 6776 16 to to TO 1662 6776 17 six six CD 1662 6776 18 cyclonic cyclonic JJ 1662 6776 19 storms storm NNS 1662 6776 20 per per IN 1662 6776 21 year year NN 1662 6776 22 ; ; : 1662 6776 23 landslides landslide NNS 1662 6776 24 ; ; , 1662 6776 25 active active JJ 1662 6776 26 volcanoes volcano NNS 1662 6776 27 ; ; , 1662 6776 28 destructive destructive JJ 1662 6776 29 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 6776 30 ; ; : 1662 6776 31 tsunamis tsunamis NN 1662 6776 32 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6776 33 - - HYPH 1662 6776 34 current current JJ 1662 6776 35 issues issue NNS 1662 6776 36 : : : 1662 6776 37 uncontrolled uncontrolled JJ 1662 6776 38 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 6776 39 in in IN 1662 6776 40 watershed watershed JJ 1662 6776 41 areas area NNS 1662 6776 42 ; ; , 1662 6776 43 soil soil NN 1662 6776 44 erosion erosion NN 1662 6776 45 ; ; : 1662 6776 46 air air NN 1662 6776 47 and and CC 1662 6776 48 water water NN 1662 6776 49 pollution pollution NN 1662 6776 50 in in IN 1662 6776 51 Manila Manila NNP 1662 6776 52 ; ; : 1662 6776 53 increasing increase VBG 1662 6776 54 pollution pollution NN 1662 6776 55 of of IN 1662 6776 56 coastal coastal JJ 1662 6776 57 mangrove mangrove NN 1662 6776 58 swamps swamp NNS 1662 6776 59 which which WDT 1662 6776 60 are be VBP 1662 6776 61 important important JJ 1662 6776 62 fish fish NN 1662 6776 63 breeding breeding NN 1662 6776 64 grounds ground NNS 1662 6776 65 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6776 66 - - HYPH 1662 6776 67 international international JJ 1662 6776 68 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6776 69 : : : 1662 6776 70 party party NN 1662 6776 71 to to TO 1662 6776 72 : : : 1662 6776 73 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 6776 74 , , , 1662 6776 75 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6776 76 Change Change NNP 1662 6776 77 , , , 1662 6776 78 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 6776 79 Species Species NNPS 1662 6776 80 , , , 1662 6776 81 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 6776 82 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 6776 83 , , , 1662 6776 84 Law Law NNP 1662 6776 85 of of IN 1662 6776 86 the the DT 1662 6776 87 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6776 88 , , , 1662 6776 89 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6776 90 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 6776 91 , , , 1662 6776 92 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 6776 93 Test Test NNP 1662 6776 94 Ban Ban NNP 1662 6776 95 , , , 1662 6776 96 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 6776 97 Layer Layer NNP 1662 6776 98 Protection Protection NNP 1662 6776 99 , , , 1662 6776 100 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 6776 101 Timber Timber NNP 1662 6776 102 83 83 CD 1662 6776 103 , , , 1662 6776 104 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 6776 105 Timber Timber NNP 1662 6776 106 94 94 CD 1662 6776 107 , , , 1662 6776 108 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 6776 109 signed sign VBD 1662 6776 110 , , , 1662 6776 111 but but CC 1662 6776 112 not not RB 1662 6776 113 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6776 114 : : : 1662 6776 115 Desertification desertification NN 1662 6776 116 @Philippines @philippine NNS 1662 6776 117 : : : 1662 6776 118 People People NNPS 1662 6776 119 Population population NN 1662 6776 120 : : : 1662 6776 121 76,103,564 76,103,564 CD 1662 6776 122 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6776 123 July July NNP 1662 6776 124 1997 1997 CD 1662 6776 125 est est NNP 1662 6776 126 . . . 1662 6776 127 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6777 1 Age age NN 1662 6777 2 structure structure NN 1662 6777 3 : : : 1662 6777 4 0 0 CD 1662 6777 5 - - HYPH 1662 6777 6 14 14 CD 1662 6777 7 years year NNS 1662 6777 8 : : : 1662 6777 9 38 38 CD 1662 6777 10 % % NN 1662 6777 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6777 12 male male JJ 1662 6777 13 14,677,291 14,677,291 CD 1662 6777 14 ; ; : 1662 6777 15 female female JJ 1662 6777 16 14,203,376 14,203,376 CD 1662 6777 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6777 18 15 15 CD 1662 6777 19 - - SYM 1662 6777 20 64 64 CD 1662 6777 21 years year NNS 1662 6777 22 : : : 1662 6777 23 59 59 CD 1662 6777 24 % % NN 1662 6777 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6777 26 male male JJ 1662 6777 27 21,994,106 21,994,106 CD 1662 6777 28 ; ; : 1662 6777 29 female female JJ 1662 6777 30 22,553,425 22,553,425 CD 1662 6777 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6777 32 65 65 CD 1662 6777 33 years year NNS 1662 6777 34 and and CC 1662 6777 35 over over IN 1662 6777 36 : : : 1662 6777 37 3 3 CD 1662 6777 38 % % NN 1662 6777 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6777 40 male male JJ 1662 6777 41 1,198,079 1,198,079 CD 1662 6777 42 ; ; : 1662 6777 43 female female JJ 1662 6777 44 1,477,287 1,477,287 CD 1662 6777 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6777 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6777 47 July July NNP 1662 6777 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 6777 49 est est NNP 1662 6777 50 . . . 1662 6777 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6778 1 Population population NN 1662 6778 2 growth growth NN 1662 6778 3 rate rate NN 1662 6778 4 : : : 1662 6778 5 2.13 2.13 CD 1662 6778 6 % % NN 1662 6778 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6778 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6778 9 est est NNP 1662 6778 10 . . . 1662 6778 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6779 1 Birth birth NN 1662 6779 2 rate rate NN 1662 6779 3 : : : 1662 6779 4 28.97 28.97 CD 1662 6779 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 6779 6 population population NN 1662 6779 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6779 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6779 9 est est NNP 1662 6779 10 . . . 1662 6779 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6780 1 Death death NN 1662 6780 2 rate rate NN 1662 6780 3 : : : 1662 6780 4 6.59 6.59 CD 1662 6780 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6780 6 population population NN 1662 6780 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6780 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6780 9 est est NNP 1662 6780 10 . . . 1662 6780 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6781 1 Net net JJ 1662 6781 2 migration migration NN 1662 6781 3 rate rate NN 1662 6781 4 : : : 1662 6781 5 -1.05 -1.05 NFP 1662 6781 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 6781 7 population population NN 1662 6781 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6781 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6781 10 est est NNP 1662 6781 11 . . . 1662 6781 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6782 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6782 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6782 3 : : : 1662 6782 4 at at IN 1662 6782 5 birth birth NN 1662 6782 6 : : : 1662 6782 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6782 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6782 9 under under IN 1662 6782 10 15 15 CD 1662 6782 11 years year NNS 1662 6782 12 : : : 1662 6782 13 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 6782 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6782 15 15 15 CD 1662 6782 16 - - HYPH 1662 6782 17 64 64 CD 1662 6782 18 years year NNS 1662 6782 19 : : : 1662 6782 20 0.98 0.98 CD 1662 6782 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6782 22 65 65 CD 1662 6782 23 years year NNS 1662 6782 24 and and CC 1662 6782 25 over over IN 1662 6782 26 : : : 1662 6782 27 0.81 0.81 CD 1662 6782 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6782 29 total total JJ 1662 6782 30 population population NN 1662 6782 31 : : : 1662 6782 32 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 6782 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6782 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6782 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 6782 36 est est NNP 1662 6782 37 . . . 1662 6782 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6783 1 Infant infant NN 1662 6783 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 6783 3 rate rate NN 1662 6783 4 : : : 1662 6783 5 35.2 35.2 CD 1662 6783 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6783 7 live live JJ 1662 6783 8 births birth NNS 1662 6783 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6783 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 6783 11 est est NNP 1662 6783 12 . . . 1662 6783 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6784 1 Life life NN 1662 6784 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 6784 3 at at IN 1662 6784 4 birth birth NN 1662 6784 5 : : : 1662 6784 6 total total JJ 1662 6784 7 population population NN 1662 6784 8 : : : 1662 6784 9 66.13 66.13 CD 1662 6784 10 years year NNS 1662 6784 11 male male NN 1662 6784 12 : : : 1662 6784 13 63.35 63.35 CD 1662 6784 14 years year NNS 1662 6784 15 female female JJ 1662 6784 16 : : : 1662 6784 17 69.05 69.05 CD 1662 6784 18 years year NNS 1662 6784 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6784 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 6784 21 est est NNP 1662 6784 22 . . . 1662 6784 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6785 1 Total total JJ 1662 6785 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 6785 3 rate rate NN 1662 6785 4 : : : 1662 6785 5 3.62 3.62 CD 1662 6785 6 children child NNS 1662 6785 7 born bear VBN 1662 6785 8 / / SYM 1662 6785 9 woman woman NN 1662 6785 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6785 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6785 12 est est NNP 1662 6785 13 . . . 1662 6785 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6786 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 6786 2 : : : 1662 6786 3 noun noun NNP 1662 6786 4 : : : 1662 6786 5 Filipino(s filipino(s LS 1662 6786 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6786 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 6786 8 : : : 1662 6786 9 Philippine philippine JJ 1662 6786 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 6786 11 groups group NNS 1662 6786 12 : : : 1662 6786 13 Christian Christian NNP 1662 6786 14 Malay Malay NNP 1662 6786 15 91.5 91.5 CD 1662 6786 16 % % NN 1662 6786 17 , , , 1662 6786 18 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 6786 19 Malay Malay NNP 1662 6786 20 4 4 CD 1662 6786 21 % % NN 1662 6786 22 , , , 1662 6786 23 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 6786 24 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 6786 25 % % NN 1662 6786 26 , , , 1662 6786 27 other other JJ 1662 6786 28 3 3 CD 1662 6786 29 % % NN 1662 6786 30 Religions religion NNS 1662 6786 31 : : : 1662 6786 32 Roman Roman NNP 1662 6786 33 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 6786 34 83 83 CD 1662 6786 35 % % NN 1662 6786 36 , , , 1662 6786 37 Protestant protestant NN 1662 6786 38 9 9 CD 1662 6786 39 % % NN 1662 6786 40 , , , 1662 6786 41 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 6786 42 5 5 CD 1662 6786 43 % % NN 1662 6786 44 , , , 1662 6786 45 Buddhist Buddhist NNP 1662 6786 46 and and CC 1662 6786 47 other other JJ 1662 6786 48 3 3 CD 1662 6786 49 % % NN 1662 6786 50 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 6786 51 : : : 1662 6786 52 Pilipino Pilipino NNP 1662 6786 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6786 54 official official NN 1662 6786 55 , , , 1662 6786 56 based base VBN 1662 6786 57 on on IN 1662 6786 58 Tagalog Tagalog NNP 1662 6786 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6786 60 , , , 1662 6786 61 English English NNP 1662 6786 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6786 63 official official JJ 1662 6786 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6786 65 Literacy literacy NN 1662 6786 66 : : : 1662 6786 67 definition definition NN 1662 6786 68 : : : 1662 6786 69 age age NN 1662 6786 70 15 15 CD 1662 6786 71 and and CC 1662 6786 72 over over RB 1662 6786 73 can can MD 1662 6786 74 read read VB 1662 6786 75 and and CC 1662 6786 76 write write VB 1662 6786 77 total total JJ 1662 6786 78 population population NN 1662 6786 79 : : : 1662 6786 80 94.6 94.6 CD 1662 6786 81 % % NN 1662 6786 82 male male NN 1662 6786 83 : : : 1662 6786 84 95 95 CD 1662 6786 85 % % NN 1662 6786 86 female female NN 1662 6786 87 : : : 1662 6786 88 94.3 94.3 CD 1662 6786 89 % % NN 1662 6786 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6786 91 1995 1995 CD 1662 6786 92 est est NNP 1662 6786 93 . . . 1662 6786 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 1 @Philippines @philippines XX 1662 6787 2 : : : 1662 6787 3 Government Government NNP 1662 6787 4 Country Country NNP 1662 6787 5 name name NN 1662 6787 6 : : : 1662 6787 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6787 8 long long JJ 1662 6787 9 form form NN 1662 6787 10 : : : 1662 6787 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 6787 12 of of IN 1662 6787 13 the the DT 1662 6787 14 Philippines Philippines NNP 1662 6787 15 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6787 16 short short JJ 1662 6787 17 form form NN 1662 6787 18 : : : 1662 6787 19 Philippines philippines JJ 1662 6787 20 local local JJ 1662 6787 21 long long JJ 1662 6787 22 form form NN 1662 6787 23 : : : 1662 6787 24 Republika republika VB 1662 6787 25 ng ng FW 1662 6787 26 Pilipinas Pilipinas NNP 1662 6787 27 local local JJ 1662 6787 28 short short JJ 1662 6787 29 form form NN 1662 6787 30 : : : 1662 6787 31 Pilipinas Pilipinas NNP 1662 6787 32 Data Data NNP 1662 6787 33 code code NN 1662 6787 34 : : : 1662 6787 35 RP RP NNP 1662 6787 36 Government Government NNP 1662 6787 37 type type NN 1662 6787 38 : : : 1662 6787 39 republic republic NNP 1662 6787 40 National national JJ 1662 6787 41 capital capital NN 1662 6787 42 : : : 1662 6787 43 Manila Manila NNP 1662 6787 44 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 6787 45 divisions division NNS 1662 6787 46 : : : 1662 6787 47 72 72 CD 1662 6787 48 provinces province NNS 1662 6787 49 and and CC 1662 6787 50 61 61 CD 1662 6787 51 chartered charter VBN 1662 6787 52 cities city NNS 1662 6787 53 * * NFP 1662 6787 54 ; ; : 1662 6787 55 Abra Abra NNP 1662 6787 56 , , , 1662 6787 57 Agusan Agusan NNP 1662 6787 58 del del NNP 1662 6787 59 Norte Norte NNP 1662 6787 60 , , , 1662 6787 61 Agusan Agusan NNP 1662 6787 62 del del NNP 1662 6787 63 Sur Sur NNP 1662 6787 64 , , , 1662 6787 65 Aklan Aklan NNP 1662 6787 66 , , , 1662 6787 67 Albay Albay NNP 1662 6787 68 , , , 1662 6787 69 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 6787 70 * * NFP 1662 6787 71 , , , 1662 6787 72 Antique Antique NNP 1662 6787 73 , , , 1662 6787 74 Aurora Aurora NNP 1662 6787 75 , , , 1662 6787 76 Bacolod Bacolod NNP 1662 6787 77 * * NFP 1662 6787 78 , , , 1662 6787 79 Bago bago NN 1662 6787 80 * * NFP 1662 6787 81 , , , 1662 6787 82 Baguio baguio NN 1662 6787 83 * * NFP 1662 6787 84 , , , 1662 6787 85 Bais Bais NNP 1662 6787 86 * * NFP 1662 6787 87 , , , 1662 6787 88 Basilan Basilan NNP 1662 6787 89 , , , 1662 6787 90 Basilan Basilan NNP 1662 6787 91 City City NNP 1662 6787 92 * * NFP 1662 6787 93 , , , 1662 6787 94 Bataan Bataan NNP 1662 6787 95 , , , 1662 6787 96 Batanes Batanes NNP 1662 6787 97 , , , 1662 6787 98 Batangas Batangas NNP 1662 6787 99 , , , 1662 6787 100 Batangas Batangas NNP 1662 6787 101 City City NNP 1662 6787 102 * * NFP 1662 6787 103 , , , 1662 6787 104 Benguet Benguet NNP 1662 6787 105 , , , 1662 6787 106 Bohol Bohol NNP 1662 6787 107 , , , 1662 6787 108 Bukidnon Bukidnon NNP 1662 6787 109 , , , 1662 6787 110 Bulacan Bulacan NNP 1662 6787 111 , , , 1662 6787 112 Butuan butuan NN 1662 6787 113 * * NFP 1662 6787 114 , , , 1662 6787 115 Cabanatuan Cabanatuan NNP 1662 6787 116 * * NFP 1662 6787 117 , , , 1662 6787 118 Cadiz cadiz NN 1662 6787 119 * * NFP 1662 6787 120 , , , 1662 6787 121 Cagayan Cagayan NNP 1662 6787 122 , , , 1662 6787 123 Cagayan Cagayan NNP 1662 6787 124 de de NNP 1662 6787 125 Oro Oro NNP 1662 6787 126 * * NFP 1662 6787 127 , , , 1662 6787 128 Calbayog Calbayog NNP 1662 6787 129 * * NFP 1662 6787 130 , , , 1662 6787 131 Caloocan caloocan JJ 1662 6787 132 * * NFP 1662 6787 133 , , , 1662 6787 134 Camarines Camarines NNP 1662 6787 135 Norte Norte NNP 1662 6787 136 , , , 1662 6787 137 Camarines Camarines NNP 1662 6787 138 Sur Sur NNP 1662 6787 139 , , , 1662 6787 140 Camiguin Camiguin NNP 1662 6787 141 , , , 1662 6787 142 Canlaon Canlaon NNP 1662 6787 143 * * NFP 1662 6787 144 , , , 1662 6787 145 Capiz Capiz NNP 1662 6787 146 , , , 1662 6787 147 Catanduanes Catanduanes NNP 1662 6787 148 , , , 1662 6787 149 Cavite Cavite NNP 1662 6787 150 , , , 1662 6787 151 Cavite Cavite NNP 1662 6787 152 City City NNP 1662 6787 153 * * NFP 1662 6787 154 , , , 1662 6787 155 Cebu Cebu NNP 1662 6787 156 , , , 1662 6787 157 Cebu Cebu NNP 1662 6787 158 City City NNP 1662 6787 159 * * NFP 1662 6787 160 , , , 1662 6787 161 Cotabato Cotabato NNP 1662 6787 162 * * NFP 1662 6787 163 , , , 1662 6787 164 Dagupan dagupan NN 1662 6787 165 * * NFP 1662 6787 166 , , , 1662 6787 167 Danao Danao NNP 1662 6787 168 * * NFP 1662 6787 169 , , , 1662 6787 170 Dapitan Dapitan NNP 1662 6787 171 * * NFP 1662 6787 172 , , , 1662 6787 173 Davao Davao NNP 1662 6787 174 City City NNP 1662 6787 175 * * NFP 1662 6787 176 Davao Davao NNP 1662 6787 177 , , , 1662 6787 178 Davao Davao NNP 1662 6787 179 del del NNP 1662 6787 180 Sur Sur NNP 1662 6787 181 , , , 1662 6787 182 Davao Davao NNP 1662 6787 183 Oriental Oriental NNP 1662 6787 184 , , , 1662 6787 185 Dipolog dipolog JJ 1662 6787 186 * * NFP 1662 6787 187 , , , 1662 6787 188 Dumaguete dumaguete NN 1662 6787 189 * * NFP 1662 6787 190 , , , 1662 6787 191 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 6787 192 Samar Samar NNP 1662 6787 193 , , , 1662 6787 194 General General NNP 1662 6787 195 Santos Santos NNP 1662 6787 196 * * NFP 1662 6787 197 , , , 1662 6787 198 Gingoog gingoog NN 1662 6787 199 * * NFP 1662 6787 200 , , , 1662 6787 201 Ifugao Ifugao NNP 1662 6787 202 , , , 1662 6787 203 Iligan Iligan NNP 1662 6787 204 * * NFP 1662 6787 205 , , , 1662 6787 206 Ilocos Ilocos NNP 1662 6787 207 Norte Norte NNP 1662 6787 208 , , , 1662 6787 209 Ilocos Ilocos NNP 1662 6787 210 Sur Sur NNP 1662 6787 211 , , , 1662 6787 212 Iloilo Iloilo NNP 1662 6787 213 , , , 1662 6787 214 Iloilo Iloilo NNP 1662 6787 215 City City NNP 1662 6787 216 * * NFP 1662 6787 217 , , , 1662 6787 218 Iriga iriga NN 1662 6787 219 * * NFP 1662 6787 220 , , , 1662 6787 221 Isabela Isabela NNP 1662 6787 222 , , , 1662 6787 223 Kalinga Kalinga NNP 1662 6787 224 - - HYPH 1662 6787 225 Apayao Apayao NNP 1662 6787 226 , , , 1662 6787 227 La La NNP 1662 6787 228 Carlota Carlota NNP 1662 6787 229 * * NFP 1662 6787 230 , , , 1662 6787 231 Laguna Laguna NNP 1662 6787 232 , , , 1662 6787 233 Lanao Lanao NNP 1662 6787 234 del del NNP 1662 6787 235 Norte Norte NNP 1662 6787 236 , , , 1662 6787 237 Lanao Lanao NNP 1662 6787 238 del del NNP 1662 6787 239 Sur Sur NNP 1662 6787 240 , , , 1662 6787 241 Laoag Laoag NNP 1662 6787 242 * * NFP 1662 6787 243 , , , 1662 6787 244 Lapu Lapu NNP 1662 6787 245 - - HYPH 1662 6787 246 Lapu Lapu NNP 1662 6787 247 * * NFP 1662 6787 248 , , , 1662 6787 249 La La NNP 1662 6787 250 Union Union NNP 1662 6787 251 , , , 1662 6787 252 Legaspi Legaspi NNP 1662 6787 253 * * NFP 1662 6787 254 , , , 1662 6787 255 Leyte Leyte NNP 1662 6787 256 , , , 1662 6787 257 Lipa Lipa NNP 1662 6787 258 * * NFP 1662 6787 259 , , , 1662 6787 260 Lucena Lucena NNP 1662 6787 261 * * NFP 1662 6787 262 , , , 1662 6787 263 Maguindanao Maguindanao NNP 1662 6787 264 , , , 1662 6787 265 Mandaue Mandaue NNP 1662 6787 266 * * NFP 1662 6787 267 , , , 1662 6787 268 Manila Manila NNP 1662 6787 269 * * NFP 1662 6787 270 , , , 1662 6787 271 Marawi Marawi NNP 1662 6787 272 * * NFP 1662 6787 273 , , , 1662 6787 274 Marinduque Marinduque NNP 1662 6787 275 , , , 1662 6787 276 Masbate Masbate NNP 1662 6787 277 , , , 1662 6787 278 Mindoro Mindoro NNP 1662 6787 279 Occidental Occidental NNP 1662 6787 280 , , , 1662 6787 281 Mindoro Mindoro NNP 1662 6787 282 Oriental Oriental NNP 1662 6787 283 , , , 1662 6787 284 Misamis Misamis NNP 1662 6787 285 Occidental Occidental NNP 1662 6787 286 , , , 1662 6787 287 Misamis Misamis NNP 1662 6787 288 Oriental Oriental NNP 1662 6787 289 , , , 1662 6787 290 Mountain Mountain NNP 1662 6787 291 , , , 1662 6787 292 Naga Naga NNP 1662 6787 293 * * NFP 1662 6787 294 , , , 1662 6787 295 Negros Negros NNP 1662 6787 296 Occidental Occidental NNP 1662 6787 297 , , , 1662 6787 298 Negros Negros NNP 1662 6787 299 Oriental Oriental NNP 1662 6787 300 , , , 1662 6787 301 North North NNP 1662 6787 302 Cotabato Cotabato NNP 1662 6787 303 , , , 1662 6787 304 Northern Northern NNP 1662 6787 305 Samar Samar NNP 1662 6787 306 , , , 1662 6787 307 Nueva Nueva NNP 1662 6787 308 Ecija Ecija NNP 1662 6787 309 , , , 1662 6787 310 Nueva Nueva NNP 1662 6787 311 Vizcaya Vizcaya NNP 1662 6787 312 , , , 1662 6787 313 Olongapo Olongapo VBN 1662 6787 314 * * NFP 1662 6787 315 , , , 1662 6787 316 Ormoc ormoc NN 1662 6787 317 * * NFP 1662 6787 318 , , , 1662 6787 319 Oroquieta oroquieta NN 1662 6787 320 * * NFP 1662 6787 321 , , , 1662 6787 322 Ozamis ozamis NN 1662 6787 323 * * NFP 1662 6787 324 , , , 1662 6787 325 Pagadian pagadian NN 1662 6787 326 * * NFP 1662 6787 327 , , , 1662 6787 328 Palawan Palawan NNP 1662 6787 329 , , , 1662 6787 330 Palayan Palayan NNP 1662 6787 331 * * NFP 1662 6787 332 , , , 1662 6787 333 Pampanga Pampanga NNP 1662 6787 334 , , , 1662 6787 335 Pangasinan Pangasinan NNP 1662 6787 336 , , , 1662 6787 337 Pasay Pasay NNP 1662 6787 338 * * NFP 1662 6787 339 , , , 1662 6787 340 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 6787 341 Princesa Princesa NNP 1662 6787 342 * * NFP 1662 6787 343 , , , 1662 6787 344 Quezon Quezon NNP 1662 6787 345 , , , 1662 6787 346 Quezon Quezon NNP 1662 6787 347 City City NNP 1662 6787 348 * * NFP 1662 6787 349 , , , 1662 6787 350 Quirino Quirino NNP 1662 6787 351 , , , 1662 6787 352 Rizal Rizal NNP 1662 6787 353 , , , 1662 6787 354 Romblon Romblon NNP 1662 6787 355 , , , 1662 6787 356 Roxas Roxas NNP 1662 6787 357 * * NFP 1662 6787 358 , , , 1662 6787 359 Samar Samar NNP 1662 6787 360 , , , 1662 6787 361 San San NNP 1662 6787 362 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 6787 363 * * NFP 1662 6787 364 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 365 in in IN 1662 6787 366 Negros Negros NNP 1662 6787 367 Occidental Occidental NNP 1662 6787 368 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 369 , , , 1662 6787 370 San San NNP 1662 6787 371 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 6787 372 * * NFP 1662 6787 373 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 374 in in IN 1662 6787 375 Pangasinan Pangasinan NNP 1662 6787 376 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 377 , , , 1662 6787 378 San San NNP 1662 6787 379 Jose Jose NNP 1662 6787 380 * * NFP 1662 6787 381 , , , 1662 6787 382 San San NNP 1662 6787 383 Pablo Pablo NNP 1662 6787 384 * * NFP 1662 6787 385 , , , 1662 6787 386 Silay silay NN 1662 6787 387 * * NFP 1662 6787 388 , , , 1662 6787 389 Siquijor Siquijor NNP 1662 6787 390 , , , 1662 6787 391 Sorsogon Sorsogon NNP 1662 6787 392 , , , 1662 6787 393 South South NNP 1662 6787 394 Cotabato Cotabato NNP 1662 6787 395 , , , 1662 6787 396 Southern Southern NNP 1662 6787 397 Leyte Leyte NNP 1662 6787 398 , , , 1662 6787 399 Sultan Sultan NNP 1662 6787 400 Kudarat Kudarat NNP 1662 6787 401 , , , 1662 6787 402 Sulu Sulu NNP 1662 6787 403 , , , 1662 6787 404 Surigao surigao NN 1662 6787 405 * * NFP 1662 6787 406 , , , 1662 6787 407 Surigao Surigao NNP 1662 6787 408 del del NNP 1662 6787 409 Norte Norte NNP 1662 6787 410 , , , 1662 6787 411 Surigao Surigao NNP 1662 6787 412 del del NNP 1662 6787 413 Sur Sur NNP 1662 6787 414 , , , 1662 6787 415 Tacloban Tacloban NNP 1662 6787 416 * * NFP 1662 6787 417 , , , 1662 6787 418 Tagaytay Tagaytay NNP 1662 6787 419 * * NFP 1662 6787 420 , , , 1662 6787 421 Tagbilaran tagbilaran NN 1662 6787 422 * * NFP 1662 6787 423 , , , 1662 6787 424 Tangub tangub NN 1662 6787 425 * * NFP 1662 6787 426 , , , 1662 6787 427 Tarlac Tarlac NNPS 1662 6787 428 , , , 1662 6787 429 Tawitawi Tawitawi NNP 1662 6787 430 , , , 1662 6787 431 Toledo Toledo NNP 1662 6787 432 * * NFP 1662 6787 433 , , , 1662 6787 434 Trece Trece NNP 1662 6787 435 Martires Martires NNP 1662 6787 436 * * NFP 1662 6787 437 , , , 1662 6787 438 Zambales Zambales NNP 1662 6787 439 , , , 1662 6787 440 Zamboanga Zamboanga NNP 1662 6787 441 * * NFP 1662 6787 442 , , , 1662 6787 443 Zamboanga Zamboanga NNP 1662 6787 444 del del NNP 1662 6787 445 Norte Norte NNP 1662 6787 446 , , , 1662 6787 447 Zamboanga Zamboanga NNP 1662 6787 448 del del NNP 1662 6787 449 Sur Sur NNP 1662 6787 450 Independence independence NN 1662 6787 451 : : : 1662 6787 452 4 4 CD 1662 6787 453 July July NNP 1662 6787 454 1946 1946 CD 1662 6787 455 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 456 from from IN 1662 6787 457 US US NNP 1662 6787 458 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 459 National national JJ 1662 6787 460 holiday holiday NN 1662 6787 461 : : : 1662 6787 462 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6787 463 Day Day NNP 1662 6787 464 , , , 1662 6787 465 12 12 CD 1662 6787 466 June June NNP 1662 6787 467 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 468 1898 1898 CD 1662 6787 469 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 470 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 471 from from IN 1662 6787 472 Spain Spain NNP 1662 6787 473 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 474 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 6787 475 : : : 1662 6787 476 2 2 CD 1662 6787 477 February February NNP 1662 6787 478 1987 1987 CD 1662 6787 479 , , , 1662 6787 480 effective effective JJ 1662 6787 481 11 11 CD 1662 6787 482 February February NNP 1662 6787 483 1987 1987 CD 1662 6787 484 Legal legal JJ 1662 6787 485 system system NN 1662 6787 486 : : : 1662 6787 487 based base VBN 1662 6787 488 on on IN 1662 6787 489 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 6787 490 and and CC 1662 6787 491 Anglo anglo JJ 1662 6787 492 - - HYPH 1662 6787 493 American american JJ 1662 6787 494 law law NN 1662 6787 495 ; ; : 1662 6787 496 accepts accept VBZ 1662 6787 497 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 6787 498 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 6787 499 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 6787 500 , , , 1662 6787 501 with with IN 1662 6787 502 reservations reservation NNS 1662 6787 503 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 6787 504 : : : 1662 6787 505 18 18 CD 1662 6787 506 years year NNS 1662 6787 507 of of IN 1662 6787 508 age age NN 1662 6787 509 ; ; : 1662 6787 510 universal universal JJ 1662 6787 511 Executive Executive NNP 1662 6787 512 branch branch NN 1662 6787 513 : : : 1662 6787 514 chief chief NN 1662 6787 515 of of IN 1662 6787 516 state state NN 1662 6787 517 : : : 1662 6787 518 President President NNP 1662 6787 519 Fidel Fidel NNP 1662 6787 520 Valdes Valdes NNP 1662 6787 521 RAMOS RAMOS NNP 1662 6787 522 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 523 since since IN 1662 6787 524 30 30 CD 1662 6787 525 June June NNP 1662 6787 526 1992 1992 CD 1662 6787 527 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 528 and and CC 1662 6787 529 Vice Vice NNP 1662 6787 530 President President NNP 1662 6787 531 Joseph Joseph NNP 1662 6787 532 Ejercito Ejercito NNP 1662 6787 533 ESTRADA ESTRADA NNP 1662 6787 534 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 535 since since IN 1662 6787 536 30 30 CD 1662 6787 537 June June NNP 1662 6787 538 1992 1992 CD 1662 6787 539 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 540 ; ; : 1662 6787 541 note note VB 1662 6787 542 - - : 1662 6787 543 the the DT 1662 6787 544 president president NN 1662 6787 545 is be VBZ 1662 6787 546 both both CC 1662 6787 547 the the DT 1662 6787 548 chief chief NN 1662 6787 549 of of IN 1662 6787 550 state state NN 1662 6787 551 and and CC 1662 6787 552 head head NN 1662 6787 553 of of IN 1662 6787 554 government government NN 1662 6787 555 head head NN 1662 6787 556 of of IN 1662 6787 557 government government NN 1662 6787 558 : : : 1662 6787 559 President President NNP 1662 6787 560 Fidel Fidel NNP 1662 6787 561 Valdes Valdes NNP 1662 6787 562 RAMOS RAMOS NNP 1662 6787 563 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 564 since since IN 1662 6787 565 30 30 CD 1662 6787 566 June June NNP 1662 6787 567 1992 1992 CD 1662 6787 568 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 569 and and CC 1662 6787 570 Vice Vice NNP 1662 6787 571 President President NNP 1662 6787 572 Joseph Joseph NNP 1662 6787 573 Ejercito Ejercito NNP 1662 6787 574 ESTRADA ESTRADA NNP 1662 6787 575 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 576 since since IN 1662 6787 577 30 30 CD 1662 6787 578 June June NNP 1662 6787 579 1992 1992 CD 1662 6787 580 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 581 ; ; : 1662 6787 582 note note VB 1662 6787 583 - - : 1662 6787 584 the the DT 1662 6787 585 president president NN 1662 6787 586 is be VBZ 1662 6787 587 both both CC 1662 6787 588 the the DT 1662 6787 589 chief chief NN 1662 6787 590 of of IN 1662 6787 591 state state NN 1662 6787 592 and and CC 1662 6787 593 head head NN 1662 6787 594 of of IN 1662 6787 595 government government NN 1662 6787 596 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 6787 597 : : : 1662 6787 598 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 6787 599 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6787 600 by by IN 1662 6787 601 the the DT 1662 6787 602 president president NN 1662 6787 603 with with IN 1662 6787 604 the the DT 1662 6787 605 consent consent NN 1662 6787 606 of of IN 1662 6787 607 the the DT 1662 6787 608 Commission Commission NNP 1662 6787 609 of of IN 1662 6787 610 Appointments Appointments NNPS 1662 6787 611 elections election NNS 1662 6787 612 : : : 1662 6787 613 president president NN 1662 6787 614 and and CC 1662 6787 615 vice vice NN 1662 6787 616 president president NN 1662 6787 617 elected elect VBD 1662 6787 618 on on IN 1662 6787 619 the the DT 1662 6787 620 same same JJ 1662 6787 621 ticket ticket NN 1662 6787 622 by by IN 1662 6787 623 popular popular JJ 1662 6787 624 vote vote NN 1662 6787 625 for for IN 1662 6787 626 six six CD 1662 6787 627 - - HYPH 1662 6787 628 year year NN 1662 6787 629 terms term NNS 1662 6787 630 ; ; : 1662 6787 631 election election NN 1662 6787 632 last last JJ 1662 6787 633 held hold VBD 1662 6787 634 11 11 CD 1662 6787 635 May May NNP 1662 6787 636 1992 1992 CD 1662 6787 637 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 638 next next JJ 1662 6787 639 to to TO 1662 6787 640 be be VB 1662 6787 641 held hold VBN 1662 6787 642 NA NA NNP 1662 6787 643 May May NNP 1662 6787 644 1998 1998 CD 1662 6787 645 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 646 election election NN 1662 6787 647 results result NNS 1662 6787 648 : : : 1662 6787 649 Fidel Fidel NNP 1662 6787 650 Valdes Valdes NNP 1662 6787 651 RAMOS RAMOS NNP 1662 6787 652 elected elect VBD 1662 6787 653 president president NN 1662 6787 654 ; ; , 1662 6787 655 percent percent NN 1662 6787 656 of of IN 1662 6787 657 vote vote NN 1662 6787 658 - - HYPH 1662 6787 659 Fidel Fidel NNP 1662 6787 660 Valdes Valdes NNPS 1662 6787 661 RAMOS RAMOS NNP 1662 6787 662 23.6 23.6 CD 1662 6787 663 % % NN 1662 6787 664 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 665 a a DT 1662 6787 666 narrow narrow JJ 1662 6787 667 plurality plurality NN 1662 6787 668 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 669 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 6787 670 branch branch NN 1662 6787 671 : : : 1662 6787 672 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 6787 673 Congress Congress NNP 1662 6787 674 or or CC 1662 6787 675 Kongreso Kongreso NNP 1662 6787 676 consists consist VBZ 1662 6787 677 of of IN 1662 6787 678 the the DT 1662 6787 679 Senate Senate NNP 1662 6787 680 or or CC 1662 6787 681 Senado Senado NNP 1662 6787 682 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 683 24 24 CD 1662 6787 684 seats seat NNS 1662 6787 685 - - HYPH 1662 6787 686 one one CD 1662 6787 687 - - HYPH 1662 6787 688 half half NN 1662 6787 689 elected elect VBN 1662 6787 690 every every DT 1662 6787 691 three three CD 1662 6787 692 years year NNS 1662 6787 693 ; ; : 1662 6787 694 members member NNS 1662 6787 695 elected elect VBN 1662 6787 696 by by IN 1662 6787 697 popular popular JJ 1662 6787 698 vote vote NN 1662 6787 699 to to TO 1662 6787 700 serve serve VB 1662 6787 701 six six CD 1662 6787 702 - - HYPH 1662 6787 703 year year NN 1662 6787 704 terms term NNS 1662 6787 705 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 706 and and CC 1662 6787 707 the the DT 1662 6787 708 House House NNP 1662 6787 709 of of IN 1662 6787 710 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 6787 711 or or CC 1662 6787 712 Kapulungan Kapulungan NNP 1662 6787 713 Ng Ng NNP 1662 6787 714 Mga Mga NNP 1662 6787 715 Kinatawan Kinatawan NNP 1662 6787 716 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 717 204 204 CD 1662 6787 718 seats seat NNS 1662 6787 719 ; ; : 1662 6787 720 members member NNS 1662 6787 721 elected elect VBN 1662 6787 722 by by IN 1662 6787 723 popular popular JJ 1662 6787 724 vote vote NN 1662 6787 725 to to TO 1662 6787 726 serve serve VB 1662 6787 727 three three CD 1662 6787 728 - - HYPH 1662 6787 729 year year NN 1662 6787 730 terms term NNS 1662 6787 731 ; ; : 1662 6787 732 note note VB 1662 6787 733 - - : 1662 6787 734 an an DT 1662 6787 735 additional additional JJ 1662 6787 736 50 50 CD 1662 6787 737 members member NNS 1662 6787 738 may may MD 1662 6787 739 be be VB 1662 6787 740 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6787 741 by by IN 1662 6787 742 the the DT 1662 6787 743 president president NNP 1662 6787 744 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 745 elections election NNS 1662 6787 746 : : : 1662 6787 747 Senate Senate NNP 1662 6787 748 - - HYPH 1662 6787 749 last last RB 1662 6787 750 held hold VBD 1662 6787 751 8 8 CD 1662 6787 752 May May NNP 1662 6787 753 1995 1995 CD 1662 6787 754 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 755 next next JJ 1662 6787 756 to to TO 1662 6787 757 be be VB 1662 6787 758 held hold VBN 1662 6787 759 NA NA NNP 1662 6787 760 May May NNP 1662 6787 761 1998 1998 CD 1662 6787 762 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 763 ; ; : 1662 6787 764 House House NNP 1662 6787 765 of of IN 1662 6787 766 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 6787 767 - - HYPH 1662 6787 768 elections election NNS 1662 6787 769 last last RB 1662 6787 770 held hold VBD 1662 6787 771 8 8 CD 1662 6787 772 May May NNP 1662 6787 773 1995 1995 CD 1662 6787 774 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 775 next next JJ 1662 6787 776 to to TO 1662 6787 777 be be VB 1662 6787 778 held hold VBN 1662 6787 779 NA NA NNP 1662 6787 780 May May NNP 1662 6787 781 1998 1998 CD 1662 6787 782 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 783 election election NN 1662 6787 784 results result NNS 1662 6787 785 : : : 1662 6787 786 Senate Senate NNP 1662 6787 787 - - HYPH 1662 6787 788 percent percent NN 1662 6787 789 of of IN 1662 6787 790 vote vote NN 1662 6787 791 by by IN 1662 6787 792 party party NN 1662 6787 793 - - HYPH 1662 6787 794 NA NA NNP 1662 6787 795 ; ; , 1662 6787 796 seats seat NNS 1662 6787 797 by by IN 1662 6787 798 party party NN 1662 6787 799 - - HYPH 1662 6787 800 LDP LDP NNP 1662 6787 801 14 14 CD 1662 6787 802 , , , 1662 6787 803 Lakas Lakas NNP 1662 6787 804 / / SYM 1662 6787 805 NUCD NUCD NNP 1662 6787 806 5 5 CD 1662 6787 807 , , , 1662 6787 808 NPC NPC NNP 1662 6787 809 2 2 CD 1662 6787 810 , , , 1662 6787 811 LP LP NNP 1662 6787 812 1 1 CD 1662 6787 813 , , , 1662 6787 814 PRP PRP NNP 1662 6787 815 1 1 CD 1662 6787 816 , , , 1662 6787 817 independent independent JJ 1662 6787 818 1 1 CD 1662 6787 819 ; ; : 1662 6787 820 House House NNP 1662 6787 821 of of IN 1662 6787 822 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 6787 823 - - HYPH 1662 6787 824 percent percent NN 1662 6787 825 of of IN 1662 6787 826 vote vote NN 1662 6787 827 by by IN 1662 6787 828 party party NN 1662 6787 829 - - HYPH 1662 6787 830 NA NA NNP 1662 6787 831 ; ; , 1662 6787 832 seats seat NNS 1662 6787 833 by by IN 1662 6787 834 party party NN 1662 6787 835 - - HYPH 1662 6787 836 Lakas Lakas NNP 1662 6787 837 / / SYM 1662 6787 838 NUCD NUCD NNP 1662 6787 839 129 129 CD 1662 6787 840 , , , 1662 6787 841 LDP LDP NNP 1662 6787 842 29 29 CD 1662 6787 843 , , , 1662 6787 844 NPC NPC NNP 1662 6787 845 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 846 opposition opposition NN 1662 6787 847 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 848 25 25 CD 1662 6787 849 , , , 1662 6787 850 LP LP NNP 1662 6787 851 6 6 CD 1662 6787 852 , , , 1662 6787 853 PDP PDP NNP 1662 6787 854 3 3 CD 1662 6787 855 , , , 1662 6787 856 KBL KBL NNP 1662 6787 857 / / SYM 1662 6787 858 NPC NPC NNP 1662 6787 859 1 1 CD 1662 6787 860 , , , 1662 6787 861 results result NNS 1662 6787 862 pending pende VBG 1662 6787 863 11 11 CD 1662 6787 864 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 6787 865 branch branch NN 1662 6787 866 : : : 1662 6787 867 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 6787 868 Court Court NNP 1662 6787 869 , , , 1662 6787 870 justices justice NNS 1662 6787 871 are be VBP 1662 6787 872 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6787 873 for for IN 1662 6787 874 four four CD 1662 6787 875 - - HYPH 1662 6787 876 year year NN 1662 6787 877 terms term NNS 1662 6787 878 by by IN 1662 6787 879 the the DT 1662 6787 880 president president NN 1662 6787 881 on on IN 1662 6787 882 the the DT 1662 6787 883 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 6787 884 of of IN 1662 6787 885 the the DT 1662 6787 886 Judicial Judicial NNP 1662 6787 887 and and CC 1662 6787 888 Bar Bar NNP 1662 6787 889 Council Council NNP 1662 6787 890 Political political JJ 1662 6787 891 parties party NNS 1662 6787 892 and and CC 1662 6787 893 leaders leader NNS 1662 6787 894 : : : 1662 6787 895 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 6787 896 Filipino Filipino NNP 1662 6787 897 Struggle Struggle NNP 1662 6787 898 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 899 Laban Laban NNP 1662 6787 900 ng ng IN 1662 6787 901 Demokratikong Demokratikong NNP 1662 6787 902 Pilipino Pilipino NNP 1662 6787 903 , , , 1662 6787 904 LDP LDP NNP 1662 6787 905 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 906 , , , 1662 6787 907 Edgardo Edgardo NNP 1662 6787 908 ANGARA ANGARA NNP 1662 6787 909 ; ; : 1662 6787 910 People People NNP 1662 6787 911 Power Power NNP 1662 6787 912 - - HYPH 1662 6787 913 National National NNP 1662 6787 914 Union Union NNP 1662 6787 915 of of IN 1662 6787 916 Christian Christian NNP 1662 6787 917 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 6787 918 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 919 Lakas Lakas NNP 1662 6787 920 ng ng NN 1662 6787 921 EDSA EDSA NNP 1662 6787 922 - - HYPH 1662 6787 923 NUCD NUCD NNP 1662 6787 924 or or CC 1662 6787 925 Lakas Lakas NNP 1662 6787 926 - - HYPH 1662 6787 927 NUCD NUCD NNP 1662 6787 928 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 929 , , , 1662 6787 930 Raul Raul NNP 1662 6787 931 MANGLAPUS MANGLAPUS NNP 1662 6787 932 , , , 1662 6787 933 president president NN 1662 6787 934 , , , 1662 6787 935 and and CC 1662 6787 936 Jose Jose NNP 1662 6787 937 DE DE NNP 1662 6787 938 VENECIA VENECIA NNP 1662 6787 939 , , , 1662 6787 940 secretary secretary NN 1662 6787 941 general general NN 1662 6787 942 ; ; : 1662 6787 943 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 6787 944 Party Party NNP 1662 6787 945 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 946 LP LP NNP 1662 6787 947 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 948 , , , 1662 6787 949 Raul Raul NNP 1662 6787 950 DAZA DAZA NNP 1662 6787 951 ; ; : 1662 6787 952 National National NNP 1662 6787 953 People People NNPS 1662 6787 954 's 's POS 1662 6787 955 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 6787 956 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 957 NPC NPC NNP 1662 6787 958 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 959 , , , 1662 6787 960 Eduardo Eduardo NNP 1662 6787 961 COJUANGCO COJUANGCO NNS 1662 6787 962 ; ; : 1662 6787 963 People People NNS 1662 6787 964 's 's POS 1662 6787 965 Reform Reform NNP 1662 6787 966 Party Party NNP 1662 6787 967 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 968 PRP PRP NNP 1662 6787 969 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 970 , , , 1662 6787 971 Miriam Miriam NNP 1662 6787 972 DEFENSOR DEFENSOR NNP 1662 6787 973 - - HYPH 1662 6787 974 SANTIAGO SANTIAGO NNP 1662 6787 975 ; ; : 1662 6787 976 New New NNP 1662 6787 977 Society Society NNP 1662 6787 978 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6787 979 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 980 Kilusan Kilusan NNP 1662 6787 981 Bagong Bagong NNP 1662 6787 982 Lipunan Lipunan NNP 1662 6787 983 , , , 1662 6787 984 KBL KBL NNP 1662 6787 985 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 986 , , , 1662 6787 987 Imelda Imelda NNP 1662 6787 988 MARCOS MARCOS NNP 1662 6787 989 ; ; : 1662 6787 990 Nacionalista Nacionalista NNP 1662 6787 991 Party Party NNP 1662 6787 992 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6787 993 NP NP NNP 1662 6787 994 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6787 995 , , , 1662 6787 996 Salvador Salvador NNP 1662 6787 997 H. H. 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C. 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- HYPH 1662 6795 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 6795 5 price price NN 1662 6795 6 index index NN 1662 6795 7 : : : 1662 6795 8 8.4 8.4 CD 1662 6795 9 % % NN 1662 6795 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6795 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6795 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6795 13 Labor labor NN 1662 6795 14 force force NN 1662 6795 15 : : : 1662 6795 16 total total NN 1662 6795 17 : : : 1662 6795 18 29.13 29.13 CD 1662 6795 19 million million CD 1662 6795 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6795 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 6795 22 est est NNP 1662 6795 23 . . . 1662 6795 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6796 1 by by IN 1662 6796 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 6796 3 : : : 1662 6796 4 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6796 5 43.4 43.4 CD 1662 6796 6 % % NN 1662 6796 7 , , , 1662 6796 8 services service NNS 1662 6796 9 22.6 22.6 CD 1662 6796 10 % % NN 1662 6796 11 , , , 1662 6796 12 government government NN 1662 6796 13 services service NNS 1662 6796 14 17.9 17.9 CD 1662 6796 15 % % NN 1662 6796 16 , , , 1662 6796 17 industry industry NN 1662 6796 18 and and CC 1662 6796 19 commerce commerce NN 1662 6796 20 16.1 16.1 CD 1662 6796 21 % % NN 1662 6796 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6796 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 6796 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6796 25 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 6796 26 rate rate NN 1662 6796 27 : : : 1662 6796 28 8.6 8.6 CD 1662 6796 29 % % NN 1662 6796 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6796 31 1996 1996 CD 1662 6796 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6796 33 Budget budget NN 1662 6796 34 : : : 1662 6796 35 revenues revenue NNS 1662 6796 36 : : : 1662 6796 37 $ $ $ 1662 6796 38 18.4 18.4 CD 1662 6796 39 billion billion CD 1662 6796 40 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6796 41 : : : 1662 6796 42 $ $ $ 1662 6796 43 16.5 16.5 CD 1662 6796 44 billion billion CD 1662 6796 45 , , , 1662 6796 46 including include VBG 1662 6796 47 capital capital NN 1662 6796 48 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6796 49 of of IN 1662 6796 50 $ $ $ 1662 6796 51 NA na NN 1662 6796 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6796 53 1996 1996 CD 1662 6796 54 est est NNP 1662 6796 55 . . . 1662 6796 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6797 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 6797 2 : : : 1662 6797 3 textiles textile NNS 1662 6797 4 , , , 1662 6797 5 pharmaceuticals pharmaceutical NNS 1662 6797 6 , , , 1662 6797 7 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 6797 8 , , , 1662 6797 9 wood wood NN 1662 6797 10 products product NNS 1662 6797 11 , , , 1662 6797 12 food food NN 1662 6797 13 processing processing NN 1662 6797 14 , , , 1662 6797 15 electronics electronic NNS 1662 6797 16 assembly assembly NN 1662 6797 17 , , , 1662 6797 18 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6797 19 refining refining NN 1662 6797 20 , , , 1662 6797 21 fishing fish VBG 1662 6797 22 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 6797 23 production production NN 1662 6797 24 growth growth NN 1662 6797 25 rate rate NN 1662 6797 26 : : : 1662 6797 27 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 6797 28 % % NN 1662 6797 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6797 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 6797 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6797 32 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6797 33 - 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NNP 1662 6798 98 , , , 1662 6798 99 1996 1996 CD 1662 6798 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6798 101 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6798 102 : : : 1662 6798 103 crude crude JJ 1662 6798 104 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6798 105 , , , 1662 6798 106 telecommunications telecommunications NN 1662 6798 107 equipment equipment NN 1662 6798 108 , , , 1662 6798 109 electronics electronic NNS 1662 6798 110 , , , 1662 6798 111 plastics plastic NNS 1662 6798 112 , , , 1662 6798 113 cars car NNS 1662 6798 114 , , , 1662 6798 115 textiles textile NNS 1662 6798 116 partners partner NNS 1662 6798 117 : : : 1662 6798 118 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6798 119 22 22 CD 1662 6798 120 % % NN 1662 6798 121 , , , 1662 6798 122 US US NNP 1662 6798 123 18 18 CD 1662 6798 124 % % NN 1662 6798 125 , , , 1662 6798 126 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 6798 127 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 6798 128 6 6 CD 1662 6798 129 % % NN 1662 6798 130 , , , 1662 6798 131 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 6798 132 5 5 CD 1662 6798 133 % % NN 1662 6798 134 , , , 1662 6798 135 South South NNP 1662 6798 136 Korea Korea NNP 1662 6798 137 5 5 CD 1662 6798 138 % % NN 1662 6798 139 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 6798 140 4 4 CD 1662 6798 141 % % NN 1662 6798 142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6798 143 1995 1995 CD 1662 6798 144 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6798 145 Debt debt NN 1662 6798 146 - 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- SYM 1662 6798 192 26.36 26.36 CD 1662 6798 193 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6798 194 May May NNP 1662 6798 195 1997 1997 CD 1662 6798 196 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6798 197 , , , 1662 6798 198 26.216 26.216 CD 1662 6798 199 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6798 200 1996 1996 CD 1662 6798 201 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6798 202 , , , 1662 6798 203 25.714 25.714 CD 1662 6798 204 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6798 205 1995 1995 CD 1662 6798 206 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6798 207 , , , 1662 6798 208 26.417 26.417 CD 1662 6798 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6798 210 1994 1994 CD 1662 6798 211 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6798 212 , , , 1662 6798 213 27.120 27.120 CD 1662 6798 214 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6798 215 1993 1993 CD 1662 6798 216 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6798 217 , , , 1662 6798 218 25.512 25.512 CD 1662 6798 219 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6798 220 1992 1992 CD 1662 6798 221 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6798 222 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6798 223 year year NN 1662 6798 224 : : : 1662 6798 225 calendar calendar NNP 1662 6798 226 year year NN 1662 6798 227 @Philippines @philippines XX 1662 6798 228 : : : 1662 6798 229 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 6798 230 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 6798 231 : : : 1662 6798 232 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 6798 233 million million CD 1662 6798 234 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6798 235 1996 1996 CD 1662 6798 236 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6798 237 Telephone telephone NN 1662 6798 238 system system NN 1662 6798 239 : : : 1662 6798 240 good good JJ 1662 6798 241 international international JJ 1662 6798 242 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 6798 243 and and CC 1662 6798 244 submarine submarine NN 1662 6798 245 cable cable NN 1662 6798 246 services service NNS 1662 6798 247 ; ; : 1662 6798 248 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6798 249 and and CC 1662 6798 250 interisland interisland VB 1662 6798 251 service service NN 1662 6798 252 adequate adequate NN 1662 6798 253 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6798 254 : : : 1662 6798 255 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6798 256 satellite satellite NN 1662 6798 257 system system NN 1662 6798 258 with with IN 1662 6798 259 11 11 CD 1662 6798 260 earth earth NN 1662 6798 261 stations station NNS 1662 6798 262 international international JJ 1662 6798 263 : : : 1662 6798 264 submarine submarine NN 1662 6798 265 cables cable NNS 1662 6798 266 to to IN 1662 6798 267 Hong Hong NNP 1662 6798 268 Kong Kong NNP 1662 6798 269 , , , 1662 6798 270 Guam Guam NNP 1662 6798 271 , , , 1662 6798 272 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 6798 273 , , , 1662 6798 274 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 6798 275 , , , 1662 6798 276 and and CC 1662 6798 277 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6798 278 ; ; : 1662 6798 279 satellite satellite NN 1662 6798 280 earth earth NN 1662 6798 281 stations station NNS 1662 6798 282 - 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- HYPH 1662 6800 148 cargo cargo NN 1662 6800 149 13 13 CD 1662 6800 150 , , , 1662 6800 151 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 6800 152 cargo cargo NN 1662 6800 153 18 18 CD 1662 6800 154 , , , 1662 6800 155 roll roll NN 1662 6800 156 - - HYPH 1662 6800 157 on on IN 1662 6800 158 / / SYM 1662 6800 159 roll roll NN 1662 6800 160 - - HYPH 1662 6800 161 off off RP 1662 6800 162 cargo cargo NN 1662 6800 163 14 14 CD 1662 6800 164 , , , 1662 6800 165 short short JJ 1662 6800 166 - - HYPH 1662 6800 167 sea sea NN 1662 6800 168 passenger passenger NN 1662 6800 169 23 23 CD 1662 6800 170 , , , 1662 6800 171 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 6800 172 carrier carrier NN 1662 6800 173 20 20 CD 1662 6800 174 note note NN 1662 6800 175 : : : 1662 6800 176 a a DT 1662 6800 177 flag flag NN 1662 6800 178 of of IN 1662 6800 179 convenience convenience NN 1662 6800 180 registry registry NN 1662 6800 181 ; ; : 1662 6800 182 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6800 183 owns own VBZ 1662 6800 184 24 24 CD 1662 6800 185 ships ship NNS 1662 6800 186 , , , 1662 6800 187 Hong Hong NNP 1662 6800 188 Kong Kong NNP 1662 6800 189 4 4 CD 1662 6800 190 , , , 1662 6800 191 UK UK NNP 1662 6800 192 2 2 CD 1662 6800 193 , , , 1662 6800 194 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 6800 195 1 1 CD 1662 6800 196 , , , 1662 6800 197 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 6800 198 1 1 CD 1662 6800 199 , , , 1662 6800 200 Norway Norway NNP 1662 6800 201 1 1 CD 1662 6800 202 , , , 1662 6800 203 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 6800 204 1 1 CD 1662 6800 205 , , , 1662 6800 206 and and CC 1662 6800 207 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 6800 208 1 1 CD 1662 6800 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6800 210 1996 1996 CD 1662 6800 211 est est NNP 1662 6800 212 . . . 1662 6800 213 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6801 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6801 2 : : : 1662 6801 3 234 234 CD 1662 6801 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6801 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6801 6 est est NNP 1662 6801 7 . . . 1662 6801 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6802 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6802 2 - - , 1662 6802 3 with with IN 1662 6802 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6802 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6802 6 : : : 1662 6802 7 total total NN 1662 6802 8 : : : 1662 6802 9 168 168 CD 1662 6802 10 over over IN 1662 6802 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6802 12 m m NN 1662 6802 13 : : : 1662 6802 14 2 2 CD 1662 6802 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 6802 16 to to TO 1662 6802 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6802 18 m m NN 1662 6802 19 : : : 1662 6802 20 7 7 CD 1662 6802 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6802 22 to to TO 1662 6802 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6802 24 m m NN 1662 6802 25 : : : 1662 6802 26 26 26 CD 1662 6802 27 914 914 CD 1662 6802 28 to to TO 1662 6802 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6802 30 m m NN 1662 6802 31 : : : 1662 6802 32 30 30 CD 1662 6802 33 under under IN 1662 6802 34 914 914 CD 1662 6802 35 m m NN 1662 6802 36 : : : 1662 6802 37 103 103 CD 1662 6802 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6802 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 6802 40 est est NNP 1662 6802 41 . . . 1662 6802 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6803 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6803 2 - - , 1662 6803 3 with with IN 1662 6803 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6803 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6803 6 : : : 1662 6803 7 total total NN 1662 6803 8 : : : 1662 6803 9 66 66 CD 1662 6803 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6803 11 to to TO 1662 6803 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6803 13 m m NN 1662 6803 14 : : : 1662 6803 15 3 3 CD 1662 6803 16 914 914 CD 1662 6803 17 to to TO 1662 6803 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6803 19 m m NN 1662 6803 20 : : : 1662 6803 21 63 63 CD 1662 6803 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6803 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 6803 24 est est NNP 1662 6803 25 . . . 1662 6803 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6804 1 Military military JJ 1662 6804 2 Military military JJ 1662 6804 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6804 4 : : : 1662 6804 5 Army Army NNP 1662 6804 6 , , , 1662 6804 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 6804 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6804 9 includes include VBZ 1662 6804 10 Coast Coast NNP 1662 6804 11 Guard Guard NNP 1662 6804 12 and and CC 1662 6804 13 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6804 14 Corps Corps NNP 1662 6804 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6804 16 , , , 1662 6804 17 Air Air NNP 1662 6804 18 Force Force NNP 1662 6804 19 Military Military NNP 1662 6804 20 manpower manpower NN 1662 6804 21 - - HYPH 1662 6804 22 military military NN 1662 6804 23 age age NN 1662 6804 24 : : : 1662 6804 25 20 20 CD 1662 6804 26 years year NNS 1662 6804 27 of of IN 1662 6804 28 age age NN 1662 6804 29 Military military JJ 1662 6804 30 manpower manpower NN 1662 6804 31 - - HYPH 1662 6804 32 availability availability NN 1662 6804 33 : : : 1662 6804 34 males male NNS 1662 6804 35 age age NNP 1662 6804 36 15 15 CD 1662 6804 37 - - HYPH 1662 6804 38 49 49 CD 1662 6804 39 : : : 1662 6804 40 19,231,427 19,231,427 CD 1662 6804 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6804 42 1997 1997 CD 1662 6804 43 est est NNP 1662 6804 44 . . . 1662 6804 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6805 1 Military military JJ 1662 6805 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6805 3 - - HYPH 1662 6805 4 fit fit NN 1662 6805 5 for for IN 1662 6805 6 military military JJ 1662 6805 7 service service NN 1662 6805 8 : : : 1662 6805 9 males male NNS 1662 6805 10 : : : 1662 6805 11 13,574,133 13,574,133 CD 1662 6805 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6805 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6805 14 est est NNP 1662 6805 15 . . . 1662 6805 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6806 1 Military military JJ 1662 6806 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6806 3 - - HYPH 1662 6806 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 6806 5 military military JJ 1662 6806 6 age age NN 1662 6806 7 annually annually RB 1662 6806 8 : : : 1662 6806 9 males male NNS 1662 6806 10 : : : 1662 6806 11 782,064 782,064 CD 1662 6806 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6806 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6806 14 est est NNP 1662 6806 15 . . . 1662 6806 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6807 1 Military military JJ 1662 6807 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6807 3 - - HYPH 1662 6807 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 6807 5 figure figure NN 1662 6807 6 : : : 1662 6807 7 $ $ $ 1662 6807 8 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 6807 9 billion billion CD 1662 6807 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6807 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6807 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6807 13 Military military JJ 1662 6807 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6807 15 - - : 1662 6807 16 percent percent NN 1662 6807 17 of of IN 1662 6807 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6807 19 : : : 1662 6807 20 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 6807 21 % % NN 1662 6807 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6807 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 6807 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6807 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6807 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6807 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 6807 28 - 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with IN 1662 6814 464 frequent frequent JJ 1662 6814 465 showers shower NNS 1662 6814 466 and and CC 1662 6814 467 thundershowers thundershower NNS 1662 6814 468 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6814 469 : : : 1662 6814 470 mostly mostly RB 1662 6814 471 flat flat JJ 1662 6814 472 plain plain NN 1662 6814 473 ; ; : 1662 6814 474 mountains mountain NNS 1662 6814 475 along along IN 1662 6814 476 southern southern JJ 1662 6814 477 border border NN 1662 6814 478 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6814 479 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6814 480 : : : 1662 6814 481 lowest low JJS 1662 6814 482 point point NN 1662 6814 483 : : : 1662 6814 484 Raczki Raczki NNP 1662 6814 485 Elblaskie Elblaskie NNP 1662 6814 486 -2 -2 . 1662 6814 487 m m DT 1662 6814 488 highest high JJS 1662 6814 489 point point NN 1662 6814 490 : : : 1662 6814 491 Rysy Rysy NNP 1662 6814 492 2,499 2,499 CD 1662 6814 493 m m NNP 1662 6814 494 Natural natural JJ 1662 6814 495 resources resource NNS 1662 6814 496 : : : 1662 6814 497 coal coal NN 1662 6814 498 , , , 1662 6814 499 sulfur sulfur NN 1662 6814 500 , , , 1662 6814 501 copper copper NN 1662 6814 502 , , , 1662 6814 503 natural natural JJ 1662 6814 504 gas gas NN 1662 6814 505 , , , 1662 6814 506 silver silver NN 1662 6814 507 , , , 1662 6814 508 lead lead NN 1662 6814 509 , , , 1662 6814 510 salt salt NN 1662 6814 511 Land land NN 1662 6814 512 use use NN 1662 6814 513 : : : 1662 6814 514 arable arable JJ 1662 6814 515 land land NN 1662 6814 516 : : : 1662 6814 517 47 47 CD 1662 6814 518 % % NN 1662 6814 519 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6814 520 crops crop NNS 1662 6814 521 : : : 1662 6814 522 1 1 CD 1662 6814 523 % % NN 1662 6814 524 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6814 525 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6814 526 : : : 1662 6814 527 13 13 CD 1662 6814 528 % % NN 1662 6814 529 forests forest NNS 1662 6814 530 and and CC 1662 6814 531 woodland woodland NN 1662 6814 532 : : : 1662 6814 533 29 29 CD 1662 6814 534 % % NN 1662 6814 535 other other JJ 1662 6814 536 : : : 1662 6814 537 10 10 CD 1662 6814 538 % % NN 1662 6814 539 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6814 540 1993 1993 CD 1662 6814 541 est est NNP 1662 6814 542 . . . 1662 6814 543 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6815 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6815 2 land land NN 1662 6815 3 : : : 1662 6815 4 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6815 5 sq sq NNP 1662 6815 6 km km NNP 1662 6815 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6815 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 6815 9 est est NNP 1662 6815 10 . . . 1662 6815 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6816 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 6816 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6816 3 : : : 1662 6816 4 NA NA NNP 1662 6816 5 Environment environment NN 1662 6816 6 - - HYPH 1662 6816 7 current current JJ 1662 6816 8 issues issue NNS 1662 6816 9 : : : 1662 6816 10 situation situation NN 1662 6816 11 has have VBZ 1662 6816 12 improved improve VBN 1662 6816 13 since since IN 1662 6816 14 1989 1989 CD 1662 6816 15 due due IN 1662 6816 16 to to IN 1662 6816 17 decline decline NN 1662 6816 18 in in IN 1662 6816 19 heavy heavy JJ 1662 6816 20 industry industry NN 1662 6816 21 and and CC 1662 6816 22 increased increase VBN 1662 6816 23 environmental environmental JJ 1662 6816 24 concern concern NN 1662 6816 25 by by IN 1662 6816 26 postcommunist postcommunist NN 1662 6816 27 governments government NNS 1662 6816 28 ; ; : 1662 6816 29 air air NN 1662 6816 30 pollution pollution NN 1662 6816 31 nonetheless nonetheless RB 1662 6816 32 remains remain VBZ 1662 6816 33 serious serious JJ 1662 6816 34 because because IN 1662 6816 35 of of IN 1662 6816 36 sulfur sulfur NN 1662 6816 37 dioxide dioxide NN 1662 6816 38 emissions emission NNS 1662 6816 39 from from IN 1662 6816 40 coal coal NN 1662 6816 41 - - HYPH 1662 6816 42 fired fire VBN 1662 6816 43 power power NN 1662 6816 44 plants plant NNS 1662 6816 45 , , , 1662 6816 46 and and CC 1662 6816 47 the the DT 1662 6816 48 resulting result VBG 1662 6816 49 acid acid JJ 1662 6816 50 rain rain NN 1662 6816 51 has have VBZ 1662 6816 52 caused cause VBN 1662 6816 53 forest forest NN 1662 6816 54 damage damage NN 1662 6816 55 ; ; : 1662 6816 56 water water NN 1662 6816 57 pollution pollution NN 1662 6816 58 from from IN 1662 6816 59 industrial industrial JJ 1662 6816 60 and and CC 1662 6816 61 municipal municipal JJ 1662 6816 62 sources source NNS 1662 6816 63 is be VBZ 1662 6816 64 also also RB 1662 6816 65 a a DT 1662 6816 66 problem problem NN 1662 6816 67 , , , 1662 6816 68 as as IN 1662 6816 69 is be VBZ 1662 6816 70 disposal disposal NN 1662 6816 71 of of IN 1662 6816 72 hazardous hazardous JJ 1662 6816 73 wastes waste NNS 1662 6816 74 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6816 75 - - HYPH 1662 6816 76 international international JJ 1662 6816 77 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6816 78 : : : 1662 6816 79 party party NN 1662 6816 80 to to TO 1662 6816 81 : : : 1662 6816 82 Air Air NNP 1662 6816 83 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6816 84 , , , 1662 6816 85 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 6816 86 - - HYPH 1662 6816 87 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 6816 88 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 6816 89 , , , 1662 6816 90 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 6816 91 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 6816 92 , , , 1662 6816 93 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 6816 94 , , , 1662 6816 95 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6816 96 Change Change NNP 1662 6816 97 , , , 1662 6816 98 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 6816 99 Species Species NNPS 1662 6816 100 , , , 1662 6816 101 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 6816 102 Modification Modification NNP 1662 6816 103 , , , 1662 6816 104 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 6816 105 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 6816 106 , , , 1662 6816 107 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6816 108 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 6816 109 , , , 1662 6816 110 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 6816 111 Test Test NNP 1662 6816 112 Ban Ban NNP 1662 6816 113 , , , 1662 6816 114 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 6816 115 Layer Layer NNP 1662 6816 116 Protection Protection NNP 1662 6816 117 , , , 1662 6816 118 Ship Ship NNP 1662 6816 119 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6816 120 , , , 1662 6816 121 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 6816 122 , , , 1662 6816 123 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 6816 124 signed sign VBD 1662 6816 125 , , , 1662 6816 126 but but CC 1662 6816 127 not not RB 1662 6816 128 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6816 129 : : : 1662 6816 130 Air Air NNP 1662 6816 131 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6816 132 - - HYPH 1662 6816 133 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 6816 134 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 6816 135 , , , 1662 6816 136 Air Air NNP 1662 6816 137 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6816 138 - - HYPH 1662 6816 139 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 6816 140 94 94 CD 1662 6816 141 , , , 1662 6816 142 Law Law NNP 1662 6816 143 of of IN 1662 6816 144 the the DT 1662 6816 145 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6816 146 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6816 147 - - HYPH 1662 6816 148 note note NNP 1662 6816 149 : : : 1662 6816 150 historically historically RB 1662 6816 151 , , , 1662 6816 152 an an DT 1662 6816 153 area area NN 1662 6816 154 of of IN 1662 6816 155 conflict conflict NN 1662 6816 156 because because IN 1662 6816 157 of of IN 1662 6816 158 flat flat JJ 1662 6816 159 terrain terrain NN 1662 6816 160 and and CC 1662 6816 161 the the DT 1662 6816 162 lack lack NN 1662 6816 163 of of IN 1662 6816 164 natural natural JJ 1662 6816 165 barriers barrier NNS 1662 6816 166 on on IN 1662 6816 167 the the DT 1662 6816 168 North North NNP 1662 6816 169 European European NNP 1662 6816 170 Plain Plain NNP 1662 6816 171 @Poland @poland CC 1662 6816 172 : : : 1662 6816 173 People People NNPS 1662 6816 174 Population Population NNP 1662 6816 175 : : : 1662 6816 176 38,615,239 38,615,239 CD 1662 6816 177 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6816 178 July July NNP 1662 6816 179 1997 1997 CD 1662 6816 180 est est NNP 1662 6816 181 . . . 1662 6816 182 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6817 1 Age age NN 1662 6817 2 structure structure NN 1662 6817 3 : : : 1662 6817 4 0 0 CD 1662 6817 5 - - HYPH 1662 6817 6 14 14 CD 1662 6817 7 years year NNS 1662 6817 8 : : : 1662 6817 9 21 21 CD 1662 6817 10 % % NN 1662 6817 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6817 12 male male JJ 1662 6817 13 4,235,659 4,235,659 CD 1662 6817 14 ; ; : 1662 6817 15 female female JJ 1662 6817 16 4,038,016 4,038,016 CD 1662 6817 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6817 18 15 15 CD 1662 6817 19 - - SYM 1662 6817 20 64 64 CD 1662 6817 21 years year NNS 1662 6817 22 : : : 1662 6817 23 67 67 CD 1662 6817 24 % % NN 1662 6817 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6817 26 male male NN 1662 6817 27 12,842,909 12,842,909 CD 1662 6817 28 ; ; : 1662 6817 29 female female JJ 1662 6817 30 13,020,736 13,020,736 CD 1662 6817 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6817 32 65 65 CD 1662 6817 33 years year NNS 1662 6817 34 and and CC 1662 6817 35 over over RB 1662 6817 36 : : : 1662 6817 37 12 12 CD 1662 6817 38 % % NN 1662 6817 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6817 40 male male JJ 1662 6817 41 1,698,505 1,698,505 CD 1662 6817 42 ; ; : 1662 6817 43 female female JJ 1662 6817 44 2,779,414 2,779,414 CD 1662 6817 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6817 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6817 47 July July NNP 1662 6817 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 6817 49 est est NNP 1662 6817 50 . . . 1662 6817 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6818 1 Population population NN 1662 6818 2 growth growth NN 1662 6818 3 rate rate NN 1662 6818 4 : : : 1662 6818 5 0 0 CD 1662 6818 6 % % NN 1662 6818 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6818 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6818 9 est est NNP 1662 6818 10 . . . 1662 6818 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6819 1 Birth birth NN 1662 6819 2 rate rate NN 1662 6819 3 : : : 1662 6819 4 10.18 10.18 CD 1662 6819 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 6819 6 population population NN 1662 6819 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6819 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6819 9 est est NNP 1662 6819 10 . . . 1662 6819 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6820 1 Death death NN 1662 6820 2 rate rate NN 1662 6820 3 : : : 1662 6820 4 9.82 9.82 CD 1662 6820 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6820 6 population population NN 1662 6820 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6820 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6820 9 est est NNP 1662 6820 10 . . . 1662 6820 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6821 1 Net net JJ 1662 6821 2 migration migration NN 1662 6821 3 rate rate NN 1662 6821 4 : : : 1662 6821 5 -0.4 -0.4 NFP 1662 6821 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 FW 1662 6821 7 population population NN 1662 6821 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6821 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6821 10 est est NNP 1662 6821 11 . . . 1662 6821 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6822 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6822 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6822 3 : : : 1662 6822 4 at at IN 1662 6822 5 birth birth NN 1662 6822 6 : : : 1662 6822 7 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 6822 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6822 9 under under IN 1662 6822 10 15 15 CD 1662 6822 11 years year NNS 1662 6822 12 : : : 1662 6822 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6822 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6822 15 15 15 CD 1662 6822 16 - - HYPH 1662 6822 17 64 64 CD 1662 6822 18 years year NNS 1662 6822 19 : : : 1662 6822 20 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 6822 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6822 22 65 65 CD 1662 6822 23 years year NNS 1662 6822 24 and and CC 1662 6822 25 over over IN 1662 6822 26 : : : 1662 6822 27 0.61 0.61 CD 1662 6822 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 6822 29 total total JJ 1662 6822 30 population population NN 1662 6822 31 : : : 1662 6822 32 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 6822 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6822 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6822 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 6822 36 est est NNP 1662 6822 37 . . . 1662 6822 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6823 1 Infant infant NN 1662 6823 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 6823 3 rate rate NN 1662 6823 4 : : : 1662 6823 5 13.6 13.6 CD 1662 6823 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6823 7 live live JJ 1662 6823 8 births birth NNS 1662 6823 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6823 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 6823 11 est est NNP 1662 6823 12 . . . 1662 6823 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6824 1 Life life NN 1662 6824 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 6824 3 at at IN 1662 6824 4 birth birth NN 1662 6824 5 : : : 1662 6824 6 total total JJ 1662 6824 7 population population NN 1662 6824 8 : : : 1662 6824 9 72.47 72.47 CD 1662 6824 10 years year NNS 1662 6824 11 male male JJ 1662 6824 12 : : : 1662 6824 13 68.27 68.27 CD 1662 6824 14 years year NNS 1662 6824 15 female female JJ 1662 6824 16 : : : 1662 6824 17 76.91 76.91 CD 1662 6824 18 years year NNS 1662 6824 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6824 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 6824 21 est est NNP 1662 6824 22 . . . 1662 6824 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6825 1 Total total JJ 1662 6825 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 6825 3 rate rate NN 1662 6825 4 : : : 1662 6825 5 1.43 1.43 CD 1662 6825 6 children child NNS 1662 6825 7 born bear VBN 1662 6825 8 / / SYM 1662 6825 9 woman woman NN 1662 6825 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6825 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6825 12 est est NNP 1662 6825 13 . . . 1662 6825 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6826 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 6826 2 : : : 1662 6826 3 noun noun NNP 1662 6826 4 : : : 1662 6826 5 Pole(s pole(s LS 1662 6826 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6826 7 adjective adjective JJ 1662 6826 8 : : : 1662 6826 9 Polish polish JJ 1662 6826 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 6826 11 groups group NNS 1662 6826 12 : : : 1662 6826 13 Polish polish VB 1662 6826 14 97.6 97.6 CD 1662 6826 15 % % NN 1662 6826 16 , , , 1662 6826 17 German german JJ 1662 6826 18 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 6826 19 % % NN 1662 6826 20 , , , 1662 6826 21 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 6826 22 0.6 0.6 CD 1662 6826 23 % % NN 1662 6826 24 , , , 1662 6826 25 Byelorussian byelorussian JJ 1662 6826 26 0.5 0.5 CD 1662 6826 27 % % NN 1662 6826 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6826 29 1990 1990 CD 1662 6826 30 est est NNP 1662 6826 31 . . . 1662 6826 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6827 1 Religions religion NNS 1662 6827 2 : : : 1662 6827 3 Roman roman JJ 1662 6827 4 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 6827 5 95 95 CD 1662 6827 6 % % NN 1662 6827 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6827 8 about about RB 1662 6827 9 75 75 CD 1662 6827 10 % % NN 1662 6827 11 practicing practicing NN 1662 6827 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6827 13 , , , 1662 6827 14 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 6827 15 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 6827 16 , , , 1662 6827 17 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 6827 18 , , , 1662 6827 19 and and CC 1662 6827 20 other other JJ 1662 6827 21 5 5 CD 1662 6827 22 % % NN 1662 6827 23 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 6827 24 : : : 1662 6827 25 Polish Polish NNP 1662 6827 26 Literacy literacy NN 1662 6827 27 : : : 1662 6827 28 definition definition NN 1662 6827 29 : : : 1662 6827 30 age age NN 1662 6827 31 15 15 CD 1662 6827 32 and and CC 1662 6827 33 over over RB 1662 6827 34 can can MD 1662 6827 35 read read VB 1662 6827 36 and and CC 1662 6827 37 write write VB 1662 6827 38 total total JJ 1662 6827 39 population population NN 1662 6827 40 : : : 1662 6827 41 99 99 CD 1662 6827 42 % % NN 1662 6827 43 male male NN 1662 6827 44 : : : 1662 6827 45 99 99 CD 1662 6827 46 % % NN 1662 6827 47 female female NN 1662 6827 48 : : : 1662 6827 49 98 98 CD 1662 6827 50 % % NN 1662 6827 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6827 52 1978 1978 CD 1662 6827 53 est est NNP 1662 6827 54 . . . 1662 6827 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 1 @Poland @Poland NFP 1662 6828 2 : : : 1662 6828 3 Government Government NNP 1662 6828 4 Country Country NNP 1662 6828 5 name name NN 1662 6828 6 : : : 1662 6828 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6828 8 long long JJ 1662 6828 9 form form NN 1662 6828 10 : : : 1662 6828 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 6828 12 of of IN 1662 6828 13 Poland Poland NNP 1662 6828 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6828 15 short short JJ 1662 6828 16 form form NN 1662 6828 17 : : : 1662 6828 18 Poland Poland NNP 1662 6828 19 local local JJ 1662 6828 20 long long JJ 1662 6828 21 form form NN 1662 6828 22 : : : 1662 6828 23 Rzeczpospolita Rzeczpospolita NNP 1662 6828 24 Polska Polska NNP 1662 6828 25 local local JJ 1662 6828 26 short short JJ 1662 6828 27 form form NN 1662 6828 28 : : : 1662 6828 29 Polska Polska NNP 1662 6828 30 Data Data NNP 1662 6828 31 code code NN 1662 6828 32 : : : 1662 6828 33 PL PL NNP 1662 6828 34 Government Government NNP 1662 6828 35 type type NN 1662 6828 36 : : : 1662 6828 37 democratic democratic JJ 1662 6828 38 state state NN 1662 6828 39 National national JJ 1662 6828 40 capital capital NN 1662 6828 41 : : : 1662 6828 42 Warsaw Warsaw NNP 1662 6828 43 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 6828 44 divisions division NNS 1662 6828 45 : : : 1662 6828 46 49 49 CD 1662 6828 47 provinces province NNS 1662 6828 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 49 wojewodztwa wojewodztwa NN 1662 6828 50 , , , 1662 6828 51 singular singular NNP 1662 6828 52 - - HYPH 1662 6828 53 wojewodztwo wojewodztwo NN 1662 6828 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 55 ; ; : 1662 6828 56 Biala Biala NNP 1662 6828 57 Podlaska Podlaska NNP 1662 6828 58 , , , 1662 6828 59 Bialystok Bialystok NNP 1662 6828 60 , , , 1662 6828 61 Bielsko Bielsko NNP 1662 6828 62 Biala Biala NNP 1662 6828 63 , , , 1662 6828 64 Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz NNP 1662 6828 65 , , , 1662 6828 66 Chelm Chelm NNP 1662 6828 67 , , , 1662 6828 68 Ciechanow Ciechanow NNP 1662 6828 69 , , , 1662 6828 70 Czestochowa Czestochowa NNP 1662 6828 71 , , , 1662 6828 72 Elblag Elblag NNP 1662 6828 73 , , , 1662 6828 74 Gdansk Gdansk NNP 1662 6828 75 , , , 1662 6828 76 Gorzow Gorzow NNP 1662 6828 77 , , , 1662 6828 78 Jelenia Jelenia NNP 1662 6828 79 Gora Gora NNP 1662 6828 80 , , , 1662 6828 81 Kalisz Kalisz NNP 1662 6828 82 , , , 1662 6828 83 Katowice Katowice NNP 1662 6828 84 , , , 1662 6828 85 Kielce Kielce NNP 1662 6828 86 , , , 1662 6828 87 Konin Konin NNP 1662 6828 88 , , , 1662 6828 89 Koszalin Koszalin NNP 1662 6828 90 , , , 1662 6828 91 Krakow Krakow NNP 1662 6828 92 , , , 1662 6828 93 Krosno Krosno NNP 1662 6828 94 , , , 1662 6828 95 Legnica Legnica NNP 1662 6828 96 , , , 1662 6828 97 Leszno Leszno NNP 1662 6828 98 , , , 1662 6828 99 Lodz Lodz NNP 1662 6828 100 , , , 1662 6828 101 Lomza Lomza NNP 1662 6828 102 , , , 1662 6828 103 Lublin Lublin NNP 1662 6828 104 , , , 1662 6828 105 Nowy Nowy NNP 1662 6828 106 Sacz Sacz NNP 1662 6828 107 , , , 1662 6828 108 Olsztyn Olsztyn NNP 1662 6828 109 , , , 1662 6828 110 Opole Opole NNP 1662 6828 111 , , , 1662 6828 112 Ostroleka Ostroleka NNP 1662 6828 113 , , , 1662 6828 114 Pila Pila NNP 1662 6828 115 , , , 1662 6828 116 Piotrkow Piotrkow NNP 1662 6828 117 , , , 1662 6828 118 Plock Plock NNP 1662 6828 119 , , , 1662 6828 120 Poznan Poznan NNP 1662 6828 121 , , , 1662 6828 122 Przemysl Przemysl NNP 1662 6828 123 , , , 1662 6828 124 Radom Radom NNP 1662 6828 125 , , , 1662 6828 126 Rzeszow Rzeszow NNP 1662 6828 127 , , , 1662 6828 128 Siedlce Siedlce NNP 1662 6828 129 , , , 1662 6828 130 Sieradz Sieradz NNP 1662 6828 131 , , , 1662 6828 132 Skierniewice Skierniewice NNP 1662 6828 133 , , , 1662 6828 134 Slupsk Slupsk NNP 1662 6828 135 , , , 1662 6828 136 Suwalki Suwalki NNP 1662 6828 137 , , , 1662 6828 138 Szczecin Szczecin NNPS 1662 6828 139 , , , 1662 6828 140 Tarnobrzeg Tarnobrzeg NNP 1662 6828 141 , , , 1662 6828 142 Tarnow Tarnow NNP 1662 6828 143 , , , 1662 6828 144 Torun Torun NNP 1662 6828 145 , , , 1662 6828 146 Walbrzych Walbrzych NNP 1662 6828 147 , , , 1662 6828 148 Warszawa Warszawa NNP 1662 6828 149 , , , 1662 6828 150 Wloclawek Wloclawek NNP 1662 6828 151 , , , 1662 6828 152 Wroclaw Wroclaw NNP 1662 6828 153 , , , 1662 6828 154 Zamosc Zamosc NNP 1662 6828 155 , , , 1662 6828 156 Zielona Zielona NNP 1662 6828 157 Gora Gora NNP 1662 6828 158 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6828 159 : : : 1662 6828 160 11 11 CD 1662 6828 161 November November NNP 1662 6828 162 1918 1918 CD 1662 6828 163 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 164 independent independent NNP 1662 6828 165 republic republic NNP 1662 6828 166 proclaimed proclaim VBN 1662 6828 167 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 168 National national JJ 1662 6828 169 holiday holiday NN 1662 6828 170 : : : 1662 6828 171 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 6828 172 Day Day NNP 1662 6828 173 , , , 1662 6828 174 3 3 CD 1662 6828 175 May May NNP 1662 6828 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 177 1791 1791 CD 1662 6828 178 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 179 Constitution constitution NN 1662 6828 180 : : : 1662 6828 181 interim interim JJ 1662 6828 182 " " '' 1662 6828 183 small small JJ 1662 6828 184 constitution constitution NN 1662 6828 185 " " '' 1662 6828 186 came come VBD 1662 6828 187 into into IN 1662 6828 188 effect effect NN 1662 6828 189 in in IN 1662 6828 190 December December NNP 1662 6828 191 1992 1992 CD 1662 6828 192 supplementing supplement VBG 1662 6828 193 the the DT 1662 6828 194 heavily heavily RB 1662 6828 195 amended amend VBN 1662 6828 196 constitution constitution NN 1662 6828 197 of of IN 1662 6828 198 22 22 CD 1662 6828 199 July July NNP 1662 6828 200 1952 1952 CD 1662 6828 201 ; ; : 1662 6828 202 referendum referendum NN 1662 6828 203 for for IN 1662 6828 204 a a DT 1662 6828 205 new new JJ 1662 6828 206 constitution constitution NN 1662 6828 207 to to TO 1662 6828 208 be be VB 1662 6828 209 held hold VBN 1662 6828 210 25 25 CD 1662 6828 211 May May NNP 1662 6828 212 1997 1997 CD 1662 6828 213 Legal legal JJ 1662 6828 214 system system NN 1662 6828 215 : : : 1662 6828 216 mixture mixture NN 1662 6828 217 of of IN 1662 6828 218 Continental Continental NNP 1662 6828 219 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 220 Napoleonic Napoleonic NNP 1662 6828 221 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 222 civil civil JJ 1662 6828 223 law law NN 1662 6828 224 and and CC 1662 6828 225 holdover holdover NN 1662 6828 226 communist communist JJ 1662 6828 227 legal legal JJ 1662 6828 228 theory theory NN 1662 6828 229 ; ; : 1662 6828 230 changes change NNS 1662 6828 231 being be VBG 1662 6828 232 gradually gradually RB 1662 6828 233 introduced introduce VBN 1662 6828 234 as as IN 1662 6828 235 part part NN 1662 6828 236 of of IN 1662 6828 237 broader broad JJR 1662 6828 238 democratization democratization NN 1662 6828 239 process process NN 1662 6828 240 ; ; , 1662 6828 241 limited limited JJ 1662 6828 242 judicial judicial JJ 1662 6828 243 review review NN 1662 6828 244 of of IN 1662 6828 245 legislative legislative JJ 1662 6828 246 acts act NNS 1662 6828 247 ; ; : 1662 6828 248 has have VBZ 1662 6828 249 not not RB 1662 6828 250 accepted accept VBN 1662 6828 251 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 6828 252 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 6828 253 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 6828 254 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 6828 255 : : : 1662 6828 256 18 18 CD 1662 6828 257 years year NNS 1662 6828 258 of of IN 1662 6828 259 age age NN 1662 6828 260 ; ; : 1662 6828 261 universal universal JJ 1662 6828 262 Executive Executive NNP 1662 6828 263 branch branch NN 1662 6828 264 : : : 1662 6828 265 chief chief NN 1662 6828 266 of of IN 1662 6828 267 state state NN 1662 6828 268 : : : 1662 6828 269 President President NNP 1662 6828 270 Aleksander Aleksander NNP 1662 6828 271 KWASNIEWSKI KWASNIEWSKI NNP 1662 6828 272 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 273 since since IN 1662 6828 274 23 23 CD 1662 6828 275 December December NNP 1662 6828 276 1995 1995 CD 1662 6828 277 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 278 head head NN 1662 6828 279 of of IN 1662 6828 280 government government NN 1662 6828 281 : : : 1662 6828 282 Prime Prime NNP 1662 6828 283 Minister Minister NNP 1662 6828 284 Wlodimierz Wlodimierz NNP 1662 6828 285 CIMOSZEWICZ CIMOSZEWICZ NNP 1662 6828 286 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 287 since since IN 1662 6828 288 7 7 CD 1662 6828 289 February February NNP 1662 6828 290 1996 1996 CD 1662 6828 291 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 292 , , , 1662 6828 293 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 6828 294 Prime Prime NNP 1662 6828 295 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 6828 296 Roman Roman NNP 1662 6828 297 JAGIELINSKI JAGIELINSKI NNP 1662 6828 298 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 299 since since IN 1662 6828 300 7 7 CD 1662 6828 301 March March NNP 1662 6828 302 1995 1995 CD 1662 6828 303 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 304 , , , 1662 6828 305 Marek Marek NNP 1662 6828 306 BELKA BELKA NNP 1662 6828 307 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 308 since since IN 1662 6828 309 NA NA NNP 1662 6828 310 February February NNP 1662 6828 311 1997 1997 CD 1662 6828 312 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 313 , , , 1662 6828 314 and and CC 1662 6828 315 Miroslaw Miroslaw NNP 1662 6828 316 PIETRIEWICZ PIETRIEWICZ NNP 1662 6828 317 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 318 since since IN 1662 6828 319 7 7 CD 1662 6828 320 February February NNP 1662 6828 321 1996 1996 CD 1662 6828 322 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 323 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 6828 324 : : : 1662 6828 325 Council Council NNP 1662 6828 326 of of IN 1662 6828 327 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 6828 328 responsible responsible JJ 1662 6828 329 to to IN 1662 6828 330 the the DT 1662 6828 331 prime prime JJ 1662 6828 332 minister minister NN 1662 6828 333 and and CC 1662 6828 334 the the DT 1662 6828 335 Sejm Sejm NNP 1662 6828 336 ; ; : 1662 6828 337 the the DT 1662 6828 338 prime prime NNP 1662 6828 339 minister minister NNP 1662 6828 340 appoints appoints NNP 1662 6828 341 and and CC 1662 6828 342 the the DT 1662 6828 343 Sejm Sejm NNP 1662 6828 344 approves approve VBZ 1662 6828 345 the the DT 1662 6828 346 Council Council NNP 1662 6828 347 of of IN 1662 6828 348 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 6828 349 elections election NNS 1662 6828 350 : : : 1662 6828 351 president president NN 1662 6828 352 elected elect VBN 1662 6828 353 by by IN 1662 6828 354 popular popular JJ 1662 6828 355 vote vote NN 1662 6828 356 for for IN 1662 6828 357 a a DT 1662 6828 358 five five CD 1662 6828 359 - - HYPH 1662 6828 360 year year NN 1662 6828 361 term term NN 1662 6828 362 ; ; : 1662 6828 363 election election NN 1662 6828 364 first first JJ 1662 6828 365 round round NN 1662 6828 366 held hold VBD 1662 6828 367 5 5 CD 1662 6828 368 November November NNP 1662 6828 369 1995 1995 CD 1662 6828 370 , , , 1662 6828 371 second second JJ 1662 6828 372 round round NN 1662 6828 373 held hold VBD 1662 6828 374 19 19 CD 1662 6828 375 November November NNP 1662 6828 376 1995 1995 CD 1662 6828 377 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 378 next next JJ 1662 6828 379 to to TO 1662 6828 380 be be VB 1662 6828 381 held hold VBN 1662 6828 382 NA NA NNP 1662 6828 383 November November NNP 1662 6828 384 2000 2000 CD 1662 6828 385 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 386 ; ; : 1662 6828 387 prime prime NNP 1662 6828 388 minister minister NNP 1662 6828 389 and and CC 1662 6828 390 deputy deputy JJ 1662 6828 391 prime prime JJ 1662 6828 392 ministers minister NNS 1662 6828 393 elected elect VBN 1662 6828 394 by by IN 1662 6828 395 the the DT 1662 6828 396 Sejm Sejm NNP 1662 6828 397 ; ; : 1662 6828 398 election election NN 1662 6828 399 last last JJ 1662 6828 400 held hold VBN 1662 6828 401 NA NA NNP 1662 6828 402 1996 1996 CD 1662 6828 403 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 404 next next JJ 1662 6828 405 to to TO 1662 6828 406 be be VB 1662 6828 407 held hold VBN 1662 6828 408 September September NNP 1662 6828 409 1997 1997 CD 1662 6828 410 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 411 election election NN 1662 6828 412 results result NNS 1662 6828 413 : : : 1662 6828 414 Aleksander Aleksander NNP 1662 6828 415 KWASNIEWSKI KWASNIEWSKI NNP 1662 6828 416 elected elect VBD 1662 6828 417 president president NN 1662 6828 418 ; ; , 1662 6828 419 percent percent NN 1662 6828 420 of of IN 1662 6828 421 legislative legislative JJ 1662 6828 422 vote vote NN 1662 6828 423 , , , 1662 6828 424 second second JJ 1662 6828 425 round round JJ 1662 6828 426 - - HYPH 1662 6828 427 Aleksander aleksander NN 1662 6828 428 KWASNIEWSKI KWASNIEWSKI NNP 1662 6828 429 51.7 51.7 CD 1662 6828 430 % % NN 1662 6828 431 , , , 1662 6828 432 Lech Lech NNP 1662 6828 433 WALESA WALESA NNP 1662 6828 434 48.3 48.3 CD 1662 6828 435 % % NN 1662 6828 436 ; ; : 1662 6828 437 Wlodimierz Wlodimierz NNP 1662 6828 438 CIMOSZEWICZ CIMOSZEWICZ NNP 1662 6828 439 selected select VBD 1662 6828 440 prime prime JJ 1662 6828 441 minister minister NN 1662 6828 442 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 6828 443 branch branch NN 1662 6828 444 : : : 1662 6828 445 bicameral bicameral NNP 1662 6828 446 National National NNP 1662 6828 447 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 6828 448 or or CC 1662 6828 449 Zgromadzenie Zgromadzenie NNP 1662 6828 450 Narodowe Narodowe NNP 1662 6828 451 consists consist VBZ 1662 6828 452 of of IN 1662 6828 453 the the DT 1662 6828 454 Senate Senate NNP 1662 6828 455 or or CC 1662 6828 456 Senat Senat NNP 1662 6828 457 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 458 100 100 CD 1662 6828 459 seats seat NNS 1662 6828 460 ; ; : 1662 6828 461 members member NNS 1662 6828 462 are be VBP 1662 6828 463 elected elect VBN 1662 6828 464 by by IN 1662 6828 465 a a DT 1662 6828 466 majority majority NN 1662 6828 467 vote vote NN 1662 6828 468 on on IN 1662 6828 469 a a DT 1662 6828 470 provincial provincial JJ 1662 6828 471 basis basis NN 1662 6828 472 to to TO 1662 6828 473 serve serve VB 1662 6828 474 four four CD 1662 6828 475 - - HYPH 1662 6828 476 year year NN 1662 6828 477 terms term NNS 1662 6828 478 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 479 and and CC 1662 6828 480 the the DT 1662 6828 481 Sejm Sejm NNP 1662 6828 482 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 483 460 460 CD 1662 6828 484 seats seat NNS 1662 6828 485 ; ; : 1662 6828 486 members member NNS 1662 6828 487 are be VBP 1662 6828 488 elected elect VBN 1662 6828 489 under under IN 1662 6828 490 a a DT 1662 6828 491 complex complex JJ 1662 6828 492 system system NN 1662 6828 493 of of IN 1662 6828 494 proportional proportional JJ 1662 6828 495 representation representation NN 1662 6828 496 to to TO 1662 6828 497 serve serve VB 1662 6828 498 four four CD 1662 6828 499 - - HYPH 1662 6828 500 year year NN 1662 6828 501 terms term NNS 1662 6828 502 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 503 elections election NNS 1662 6828 504 : : : 1662 6828 505 Senate Senate NNP 1662 6828 506 - - HYPH 1662 6828 507 last last RB 1662 6828 508 held hold VBD 1662 6828 509 19 19 CD 1662 6828 510 September September NNP 1662 6828 511 1993 1993 CD 1662 6828 512 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 513 next next JJ 1662 6828 514 to to TO 1662 6828 515 be be VB 1662 6828 516 held hold VBN 1662 6828 517 14 14 CD 1662 6828 518 September September NNP 1662 6828 519 1997 1997 CD 1662 6828 520 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 521 ; ; : 1662 6828 522 Sejm Sejm VBN 1662 6828 523 elections election NNS 1662 6828 524 last last RB 1662 6828 525 held hold VBD 1662 6828 526 19 19 CD 1662 6828 527 September September NNP 1662 6828 528 1993 1993 CD 1662 6828 529 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 530 next next JJ 1662 6828 531 to to TO 1662 6828 532 be be VB 1662 6828 533 held hold VBN 1662 6828 534 14 14 CD 1662 6828 535 September September NNP 1662 6828 536 1997 1997 CD 1662 6828 537 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 538 election election NN 1662 6828 539 results result NNS 1662 6828 540 : : : 1662 6828 541 Senate Senate NNP 1662 6828 542 - - HYPH 1662 6828 543 percent percent NN 1662 6828 544 of of IN 1662 6828 545 vote vote NN 1662 6828 546 by by IN 1662 6828 547 party party NN 1662 6828 548 - - HYPH 1662 6828 549 NA NA NNP 1662 6828 550 ; ; , 1662 6828 551 seats seat NNS 1662 6828 552 by by IN 1662 6828 553 party party NN 1662 6828 554 - - HYPH 1662 6828 555 post post JJ 1662 6828 556 - - JJ 1662 6828 557 communist communist JJ 1662 6828 558 parties party NNS 1662 6828 559 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 560 PSL PSL NNP 1662 6828 561 34 34 CD 1662 6828 562 , , , 1662 6828 563 SLD SLD NNP 1662 6828 564 37 37 CD 1662 6828 565 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 566 , , , 1662 6828 567 post post JJ 1662 6828 568 - - JJ 1662 6828 569 Solidarity solidarity JJ 1662 6828 570 parties party NNS 1662 6828 571 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 572 UW UW NNP 1662 6828 573 6 6 CD 1662 6828 574 , , , 1662 6828 575 NSZZ NSZZ NNP 1662 6828 576 12 12 CD 1662 6828 577 , , , 1662 6828 578 BBWR BBWR NNP 1662 6828 579 2 2 CD 1662 6828 580 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 581 , , , 1662 6828 582 non non JJ 1662 6828 583 - - JJ 1662 6828 584 communist communist JJ 1662 6828 585 , , , 1662 6828 586 non non JJ 1662 6828 587 - - JJ 1662 6828 588 Solidarity Solidarity NNP 1662 6828 589 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 590 independents independent NNS 1662 6828 591 7 7 CD 1662 6828 592 , , , 1662 6828 593 unaffiliated unaffiliated JJ 1662 6828 594 1 1 CD 1662 6828 595 , , , 1662 6828 596 vacant vacant JJ 1662 6828 597 1 1 CD 1662 6828 598 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 599 ; ; : 1662 6828 600 Sejm Sejm VBN 1662 6828 601 - - HYPH 1662 6828 602 percent percent NN 1662 6828 603 of of IN 1662 6828 604 vote vote NN 1662 6828 605 by by IN 1662 6828 606 party party NN 1662 6828 607 - - HYPH 1662 6828 608 NA NA NNP 1662 6828 609 ; ; , 1662 6828 610 seats seat NNS 1662 6828 611 by by IN 1662 6828 612 party party NN 1662 6828 613 - - HYPH 1662 6828 614 post post JJ 1662 6828 615 - - JJ 1662 6828 616 communist communist JJ 1662 6828 617 parties party NNS 1662 6828 618 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 619 SLD SLD NNP 1662 6828 620 171 171 CD 1662 6828 621 , , , 1662 6828 622 PSL PSL NNP 1662 6828 623 132 132 CD 1662 6828 624 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 625 , , , 1662 6828 626 post post JJ 1662 6828 627 - - JJ 1662 6828 628 Solidarity solidarity JJ 1662 6828 629 parties party NNS 1662 6828 630 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 631 UW UW NNP 1662 6828 632 74 74 CD 1662 6828 633 , , , 1662 6828 634 UP up RB 1662 6828 635 41 41 CD 1662 6828 636 , , , 1662 6828 637 BBWR BBWR NNP 1662 6828 638 16 16 CD 1662 6828 639 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 640 , , , 1662 6828 641 non non JJ 1662 6828 642 - - JJ 1662 6828 643 communist communist JJ 1662 6828 644 , , , 1662 6828 645 non non JJ 1662 6828 646 - - JJ 1662 6828 647 Solidarity Solidarity NNP 1662 6828 648 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 649 KPN KPN NNP 1662 6828 650 22 22 CD 1662 6828 651 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 652 note note NN 1662 6828 653 : : : 1662 6828 654 four four CD 1662 6828 655 seats seat NNS 1662 6828 656 are be VBP 1662 6828 657 constitutionally constitutionally RB 1662 6828 658 assigned assign VBN 1662 6828 659 to to IN 1662 6828 660 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 6828 661 German german JJ 1662 6828 662 parties party NNS 1662 6828 663 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 6828 664 branch branch NN 1662 6828 665 : : : 1662 6828 666 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 6828 667 Court Court NNP 1662 6828 668 , , , 1662 6828 669 judges judge NNS 1662 6828 670 are be VBP 1662 6828 671 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6828 672 by by IN 1662 6828 673 the the DT 1662 6828 674 president president NN 1662 6828 675 on on IN 1662 6828 676 the the DT 1662 6828 677 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 6828 678 of of IN 1662 6828 679 the the DT 1662 6828 680 National National NNP 1662 6828 681 Council Council NNP 1662 6828 682 of of IN 1662 6828 683 Judiciary Judiciary NNP 1662 6828 684 Political political JJ 1662 6828 685 parties party NNS 1662 6828 686 and and CC 1662 6828 687 leaders leader NNS 1662 6828 688 : : : 1662 6828 689 post post JJ 1662 6828 690 - - JJ 1662 6828 691 Communist communist JJ 1662 6828 692 : : : 1662 6828 693 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 6828 694 Left Left NNP 1662 6828 695 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 6828 696 or or CC 1662 6828 697 SLD SLD NNP 1662 6828 698 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 699 Social Social NNP 1662 6828 700 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 6828 701 of of IN 1662 6828 702 Poland Poland NNP 1662 6828 703 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 704 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 705 Jozef Jozef NNP 1662 6828 706 OLEKSY OLEKSY NNP 1662 6828 707 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 708 ; ; : 1662 6828 709 Polish Polish NNP 1662 6828 710 Peasant Peasant NNP 1662 6828 711 Party Party NNP 1662 6828 712 or or CC 1662 6828 713 PSL PSL NNP 1662 6828 714 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 715 Waldemar Waldemar NNP 1662 6828 716 PAWLAK PAWLAK NNP 1662 6828 717 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 718 post post JJ 1662 6828 719 - - JJ 1662 6828 720 Solidarity solidarity JJ 1662 6828 721 parties party NNS 1662 6828 722 : : : 1662 6828 723 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 6828 724 Union Union NNP 1662 6828 725 or or CC 1662 6828 726 UW UW NNP 1662 6828 727 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 728 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6828 729 Union Union NNP 1662 6828 730 and and CC 1662 6828 731 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 6828 732 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6828 733 Congress Congress NNP 1662 6828 734 merged merge VBD 1662 6828 735 to to TO 1662 6828 736 form form VB 1662 6828 737 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 6828 738 Union Union NNP 1662 6828 739 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 740 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 741 Leszek Leszek NNP 1662 6828 742 BALCEROWICZ BALCEROWICZ NNP 1662 6828 743 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 744 ; ; : 1662 6828 745 Christian Christian NNP 1662 6828 746 - - HYPH 1662 6828 747 National National NNP 1662 6828 748 Union Union NNP 1662 6828 749 or or CC 1662 6828 750 ZCHN ZCHN NNP 1662 6828 751 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 752 Marian marian JJ 1662 6828 753 PILKA PILKA NNP 1662 6828 754 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 755 ; ; : 1662 6828 756 Center Center NNP 1662 6828 757 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 6828 758 Party Party NNP 1662 6828 759 or or CC 1662 6828 760 PC PC NNP 1662 6828 761 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 762 Jaroslaw Jaroslaw NNP 1662 6828 763 KACZYNSKI KACZYNSKI NNP 1662 6828 764 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 765 ; ; : 1662 6828 766 Peasant Peasant NNP 1662 6828 767 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 6828 768 or or CC 1662 6828 769 PL PL NNP 1662 6828 770 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 771 Gabriel Gabriel NNP 1662 6828 772 JANOWSKI JANOWSKI NNP 1662 6828 773 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 774 ; ; : 1662 6828 775 Solidarity Solidarity NNP 1662 6828 776 Electoral Electoral NNP 1662 6828 777 Action Action NNP 1662 6828 778 or or CC 1662 6828 779 AWS AWS NNP 1662 6828 780 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 781 Marian marian JJ 1662 6828 782 KRZAKLEWSKI KRZAKLEWSKI NNP 1662 6828 783 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 784 ; ; : 1662 6828 785 Union Union NNP 1662 6828 786 of of IN 1662 6828 787 Labor Labor NNP 1662 6828 788 or or CC 1662 6828 789 UP UP NNP 1662 6828 790 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 791 Ryszard Ryszard NNP 1662 6828 792 BUGAJ BUGAJ NNP 1662 6828 793 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 794 ; ; : 1662 6828 795 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 6828 796 Party Party NNP 1662 6828 797 or or CC 1662 6828 798 PK PK NNP 1662 6828 799 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 800 Aleksander Aleksander NNP 1662 6828 801 HALL HALL NNP 1662 6828 802 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 803 ; ; : 1662 6828 804 Nonparty Nonparty NNP 1662 6828 805 Reform Reform NNP 1662 6828 806 Bloc Bloc NNP 1662 6828 807 or or CC 1662 6828 808 BBWR BBWR NNP 1662 6828 809 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 810 Jacek Jacek NNP 1662 6828 811 LIPINSKI LIPINSKI NNP 1662 6828 812 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 813 ; ; : 1662 6828 814 Nonparty Nonparty NNP 1662 6828 815 Reform Reform NNP 1662 6828 816 Block Block NNP 1662 6828 817 United United NNP 1662 6828 818 for for IN 1662 6828 819 Elections Elections NNPS 1662 6828 820 or or CC 1662 6828 821 BBWR BBWR NNP 1662 6828 822 - - HYPH 1662 6828 823 SW SW NNP 1662 6828 824 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 825 Jerzy Jerzy NNP 1662 6828 826 GWIZDZ GWIZDZ NNP 1662 6828 827 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 828 non non JJ 1662 6828 829 - - JJ 1662 6828 830 Communist communist JJ 1662 6828 831 , , , 1662 6828 832 non non JJ 1662 6828 833 - - JJ 1662 6828 834 Solidarity solidarity JJ 1662 6828 835 : : : 1662 6828 836 Movement movement NN 1662 6828 837 for for IN 1662 6828 838 the the DT 1662 6828 839 Reconstruction Reconstruction NNP 1662 6828 840 of of IN 1662 6828 841 Poland Poland NNP 1662 6828 842 or or CC 1662 6828 843 ROP ROP NNP 1662 6828 844 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 845 Jan Jan NNP 1662 6828 846 OLSZEWSKI OLSZEWSKI NNP 1662 6828 847 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 848 ; ; : 1662 6828 849 Confederation confederation NN 1662 6828 850 for for IN 1662 6828 851 an an DT 1662 6828 852 Independent Independent NNP 1662 6828 853 Poland Poland NNP 1662 6828 854 or or CC 1662 6828 855 KPN KPN NNP 1662 6828 856 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 857 Leszek Leszek NNP 1662 6828 858 MOCZULSKI MOCZULSKI NNP 1662 6828 859 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 860 ; ; : 1662 6828 861 German German NNP 1662 6828 862 Minority Minority NNP 1662 6828 863 or or CC 1662 6828 864 MN MN NNP 1662 6828 865 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 866 Gerhardt Gerhardt NNP 1662 6828 867 BARTODZIEJ BARTODZIEJ NNP 1662 6828 868 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 869 ; ; : 1662 6828 870 Union Union NNP 1662 6828 871 of of IN 1662 6828 872 Real Real NNP 1662 6828 873 Politics Politics NNPS 1662 6828 874 or or CC 1662 6828 875 UPR UPR NNP 1662 6828 876 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 877 Janusz Janusz NNP 1662 6828 878 KORWIN KORWIN NNP 1662 6828 879 - - HYPH 1662 6828 880 MIKKE MIKKE NNP 1662 6828 881 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 882 Political political JJ 1662 6828 883 pressure pressure NN 1662 6828 884 groups group NNS 1662 6828 885 and and CC 1662 6828 886 leaders leader NNS 1662 6828 887 : : : 1662 6828 888 powerful powerful JJ 1662 6828 889 Roman Roman NNP 1662 6828 890 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 6828 891 Church Church NNP 1662 6828 892 ; ; : 1662 6828 893 Solidarity Solidarity NNP 1662 6828 894 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 895 trade trade NNP 1662 6828 896 union union NNP 1662 6828 897 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 898 ; ; : 1662 6828 899 All all DT 1662 6828 900 Poland Poland NNP 1662 6828 901 Trade Trade NNP 1662 6828 902 Union Union NNP 1662 6828 903 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 6828 904 or or CC 1662 6828 905 OPZZ OPZZ NNP 1662 6828 906 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 907 trade trade NN 1662 6828 908 union union NNP 1662 6828 909 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 910 International international JJ 1662 6828 911 organization organization NN 1662 6828 912 participation participation NN 1662 6828 913 : : : 1662 6828 914 Australia Australia NNP 1662 6828 915 Group Group NNP 1662 6828 916 , , , 1662 6828 917 BIS BIS NNP 1662 6828 918 , , , 1662 6828 919 BSEC BSEC NNP 1662 6828 920 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 921 observer observer NN 1662 6828 922 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 923 , , , 1662 6828 924 CBSS CBSS NNP 1662 6828 925 , , , 1662 6828 926 CCC CCC NNP 1662 6828 927 , , , 1662 6828 928 CE CE NNP 1662 6828 929 , , , 1662 6828 930 CEI CEI NNP 1662 6828 931 , , , 1662 6828 932 CERN CERN NNP 1662 6828 933 , , , 1662 6828 934 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 6828 935 , , , 1662 6828 936 ECE ECE NNP 1662 6828 937 , , , 1662 6828 938 EU EU NNP 1662 6828 939 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 940 applicant applicant NN 1662 6828 941 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 942 , , , 1662 6828 943 FAO FAO NNP 1662 6828 944 , , , 1662 6828 945 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 6828 946 , , , 1662 6828 947 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 6828 948 , , , 1662 6828 949 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 6828 950 , , , 1662 6828 951 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 6828 952 , , , 1662 6828 953 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 6828 954 , , , 1662 6828 955 IDA IDA NNP 1662 6828 956 , , , 1662 6828 957 IFC IFC NNP 1662 6828 958 , , , 1662 6828 959 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 6828 960 , , , 1662 6828 961 IHO IHO NNP 1662 6828 962 , , , 1662 6828 963 ILO ILO NNP 1662 6828 964 , , , 1662 6828 965 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6828 966 , , , 1662 6828 967 IMO imo RB 1662 6828 968 , , , 1662 6828 969 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 6828 970 , , , 1662 6828 971 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6828 972 , , , 1662 6828 973 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 6828 974 , , , 1662 6828 975 IOC IOC NNP 1662 6828 976 , , , 1662 6828 977 IOM IOM NNP 1662 6828 978 , , , 1662 6828 979 ISO ISO NNP 1662 6828 980 , , , 1662 6828 981 ITU ITU NNP 1662 6828 982 , , , 1662 6828 983 MINURSO MINURSO NNP 1662 6828 984 , , , 1662 6828 985 NACC NACC NNP 1662 6828 986 , , , 1662 6828 987 NAM NAM NNP 1662 6828 988 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 989 guest guest NNP 1662 6828 990 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 991 , , , 1662 6828 992 NSG NSG NNP 1662 6828 993 , , , 1662 6828 994 OAS OAS NNP 1662 6828 995 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 996 observer observer NNP 1662 6828 997 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 998 , , , 1662 6828 999 OECD OECD NNP 1662 6828 1000 , , , 1662 6828 1001 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 6828 1002 , , , 1662 6828 1003 PCA PCA NNP 1662 6828 1004 , , , 1662 6828 1005 PFP PFP NNP 1662 6828 1006 , , , 1662 6828 1007 UN UN NNP 1662 6828 1008 , , , 1662 6828 1009 UN UN NNP 1662 6828 1010 Security Security NNP 1662 6828 1011 Council Council NNP 1662 6828 1012 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 1013 temporary temporary JJ 1662 6828 1014 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 1015 , , , 1662 6828 1016 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 6828 1017 III III NNP 1662 6828 1018 , , , 1662 6828 1019 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 6828 1020 , , , 1662 6828 1021 UNDOF UNDOF NNP 1662 6828 1022 , , , 1662 6828 1023 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 6828 1024 , , , 1662 6828 1025 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 6828 1026 , , , 1662 6828 1027 UNIFIL UNIFIL NNP 1662 6828 1028 , , , 1662 6828 1029 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 6828 1030 , , , 1662 6828 1031 UNMIBH UNMIBH NNP 1662 6828 1032 , , , 1662 6828 1033 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 6828 1034 , , , 1662 6828 1035 UNMOT UNMOT NNP 1662 6828 1036 , , , 1662 6828 1037 UNOMIG UNOMIG NNP 1662 6828 1038 , , , 1662 6828 1039 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 6828 1040 , , , 1662 6828 1041 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 6828 1042 , , , 1662 6828 1043 UPU UPU NNP 1662 6828 1044 , , , 1662 6828 1045 WCL WCL NNP 1662 6828 1046 , , , 1662 6828 1047 WEU WEU NNP 1662 6828 1048 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 1049 associate associate JJ 1662 6828 1050 partner partner NN 1662 6828 1051 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 1052 , , , 1662 6828 1053 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 6828 1054 , , , 1662 6828 1055 WHO who WP 1662 6828 1056 , , , 1662 6828 1057 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 6828 1058 , , , 1662 6828 1059 WMO WMO NNP 1662 6828 1060 , , , 1662 6828 1061 WToO wtoo FW 1662 6828 1062 , , , 1662 6828 1063 WTrO wtro VB 1662 6828 1064 , , , 1662 6828 1065 ZC ZC NNP 1662 6828 1066 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6828 1067 representation representation NN 1662 6828 1068 in in IN 1662 6828 1069 the the DT 1662 6828 1070 US US NNP 1662 6828 1071 : : : 1662 6828 1072 chief chief NN 1662 6828 1073 of of IN 1662 6828 1074 mission mission NN 1662 6828 1075 : : : 1662 6828 1076 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6828 1077 Jerzy Jerzy NNP 1662 6828 1078 KOZMINSKI KOZMINSKI NNP 1662 6828 1079 chancery chancery NN 1662 6828 1080 : : : 1662 6828 1081 2640 2640 CD 1662 6828 1082 16th 16th NNP 1662 6828 1083 Street Street NNP 1662 6828 1084 NW NW NNP 1662 6828 1085 , , , 1662 6828 1086 Washington Washington NNP 1662 6828 1087 , , , 1662 6828 1088 DC DC NNP 1662 6828 1089 20009 20009 CD 1662 6828 1090 telephone telephone NN 1662 6828 1091 : : : 1662 6828 1092 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 1093 1 1 CD 1662 6828 1094 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 1095 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 1096 202 202 CD 1662 6828 1097 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 1098 234 234 CD 1662 6828 1099 - - SYM 1662 6828 1100 3800 3800 CD 1662 6828 1101 through through IN 1662 6828 1102 3802 3802 CD 1662 6828 1103 FAX FAX NNP 1662 6828 1104 : : : 1662 6828 1105 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 1106 1 1 CD 1662 6828 1107 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 1108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 1109 202 202 CD 1662 6828 1110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 1111 328 328 CD 1662 6828 1112 - - HYPH 1662 6828 1113 6271 6271 CD 1662 6828 1114 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 6828 1115 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 1116 general general NN 1662 6828 1117 : : : 1662 6828 1118 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 6828 1119 , , , 1662 6828 1120 Los Los NNP 1662 6828 1121 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 6828 1122 , , , 1662 6828 1123 and and CC 1662 6828 1124 New New NNP 1662 6828 1125 York York NNP 1662 6828 1126 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6828 1127 representation representation NN 1662 6828 1128 from from IN 1662 6828 1129 the the DT 1662 6828 1130 US US NNP 1662 6828 1131 : : : 1662 6828 1132 chief chief NN 1662 6828 1133 of of IN 1662 6828 1134 mission mission NN 1662 6828 1135 : : : 1662 6828 1136 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6828 1137 Nicholas Nicholas NNP 1662 6828 1138 Andrew Andrew NNP 1662 6828 1139 REY REY NNP 1662 6828 1140 embassy embassy NN 1662 6828 1141 : : : 1662 6828 1142 Aleje Aleje NNP 1662 6828 1143 Ujazdowskie Ujazdowskie NNP 1662 6828 1144 29/31 29/31 CD 1662 6828 1145 , , , 1662 6828 1146 Warsaw Warsaw NNP 1662 6828 1147 mailing mail VBG 1662 6828 1148 address address NN 1662 6828 1149 : : : 1662 6828 1150 American American NNP 1662 6828 1151 Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 6828 1152 Warsaw Warsaw NNP 1662 6828 1153 , , , 1662 6828 1154 US US NNP 1662 6828 1155 Department Department NNP 1662 6828 1156 of of IN 1662 6828 1157 State State NNP 1662 6828 1158 , , , 1662 6828 1159 Washington Washington NNP 1662 6828 1160 , , , 1662 6828 1161 DC DC NNP 1662 6828 1162 20521 20521 CD 1662 6828 1163 - - SYM 1662 6828 1164 5010 5010 CD 1662 6828 1165 telephone telephone NN 1662 6828 1166 : : : 1662 6828 1167 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 1168 48 48 CD 1662 6828 1169 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 1170 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 1171 2 2 CD 1662 6828 1172 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 1173 628 628 CD 1662 6828 1174 - - SYM 1662 6828 1175 30 30 CD 1662 6828 1176 - - HYPH 1662 6828 1177 41 41 CD 1662 6828 1178 FAX fax NN 1662 6828 1179 : : : 1662 6828 1180 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6828 1181 48 48 CD 1662 6828 1182 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6828 1183 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 1184 2 2 CD 1662 6828 1185 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 1186 628 628 CD 1662 6828 1187 - - SYM 1662 6828 1188 82 82 CD 1662 6828 1189 - - HYPH 1662 6828 1190 98 98 CD 1662 6828 1191 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 6828 1192 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 1193 general general NN 1662 6828 1194 : : : 1662 6828 1195 Krakow Krakow NNP 1662 6828 1196 Flag Flag NNP 1662 6828 1197 description description NN 1662 6828 1198 : : : 1662 6828 1199 two two CD 1662 6828 1200 equal equal JJ 1662 6828 1201 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 6828 1202 bands band NNS 1662 6828 1203 of of IN 1662 6828 1204 white white JJ 1662 6828 1205 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 1206 top top NN 1662 6828 1207 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 1208 and and CC 1662 6828 1209 red red NN 1662 6828 1210 ; ; : 1662 6828 1211 similar similar JJ 1662 6828 1212 to to IN 1662 6828 1213 the the DT 1662 6828 1214 flags flag NNS 1662 6828 1215 of of IN 1662 6828 1216 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 6828 1217 and and CC 1662 6828 1218 Monaco Monaco NNP 1662 6828 1219 which which WDT 1662 6828 1220 are be VBP 1662 6828 1221 red red JJ 1662 6828 1222 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6828 1223 top top NN 1662 6828 1224 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6828 1225 and and CC 1662 6828 1226 white white JJ 1662 6828 1227 Economy Economy NNP 1662 6828 1228 Economy Economy NNP 1662 6828 1229 - - HYPH 1662 6828 1230 overview overview NN 1662 6828 1231 : : : 1662 6828 1232 In in IN 1662 6828 1233 1996 1996 CD 1662 6828 1234 , , , 1662 6828 1235 Poland Poland NNP 1662 6828 1236 continued continue VBD 1662 6828 1237 to to TO 1662 6828 1238 make make VB 1662 6828 1239 good good JJ 1662 6828 1240 progress progress NN 1662 6828 1241 in in IN 1662 6828 1242 the the DT 1662 6828 1243 difficult difficult JJ 1662 6828 1244 transition transition NN 1662 6828 1245 to to IN 1662 6828 1246 a a DT 1662 6828 1247 market market NN 1662 6828 1248 economy economy NN 1662 6828 1249 . . . 1662 6829 1 The the DT 1662 6829 2 transition transition NN 1662 6829 3 began begin VBD 1662 6829 4 on on IN 1662 6829 5 1 1 CD 1662 6829 6 January January NNP 1662 6829 7 1990 1990 CD 1662 6829 8 , , , 1662 6829 9 when when WRB 1662 6829 10 the the DT 1662 6829 11 new new JJ 1662 6829 12 democratic democratic JJ 1662 6829 13 government government NN 1662 6829 14 instituted institute VBD 1662 6829 15 shock shock NN 1662 6829 16 therapy therapy NN 1662 6829 17 by by IN 1662 6829 18 decontrolling decontrol VBG 1662 6829 19 prices price NNS 1662 6829 20 , , , 1662 6829 21 slashing slash VBG 1662 6829 22 subsidies subsidy NNS 1662 6829 23 , , , 1662 6829 24 and and CC 1662 6829 25 drastically drastically RB 1662 6829 26 reducing reduce VBG 1662 6829 27 import import NN 1662 6829 28 barriers barrier NNS 1662 6829 29 . . . 1662 6830 1 Although although IN 1662 6830 2 real real JJ 1662 6830 3 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6830 4 fell fall VBD 1662 6830 5 sharply sharply RB 1662 6830 6 in in IN 1662 6830 7 1990 1990 CD 1662 6830 8 and and CC 1662 6830 9 1991 1991 CD 1662 6830 10 , , , 1662 6830 11 in in IN 1662 6830 12 1992 1992 CD 1662 6830 13 Poland Poland NNP 1662 6830 14 became become VBD 1662 6830 15 the the DT 1662 6830 16 first first JJ 1662 6830 17 country country NN 1662 6830 18 in in IN 1662 6830 19 the the DT 1662 6830 20 region region NN 1662 6830 21 to to TO 1662 6830 22 resume resume VB 1662 6830 23 economic economic JJ 1662 6830 24 growth growth NN 1662 6830 25 with with IN 1662 6830 26 a a DT 1662 6830 27 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 6830 28 % % NN 1662 6830 29 increase increase NN 1662 6830 30 . . . 1662 6831 1 Growth growth NN 1662 6831 2 advanced advance VBD 1662 6831 3 to to IN 1662 6831 4 3.8 3.8 CD 1662 6831 5 % % NN 1662 6831 6 in in IN 1662 6831 7 1993 1993 CD 1662 6831 8 , , , 1662 6831 9 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 6831 10 % % NN 1662 6831 11 in in IN 1662 6831 12 1994 1994 CD 1662 6831 13 , , , 1662 6831 14 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 6831 15 % % NN 1662 6831 16 in in IN 1662 6831 17 1995 1995 CD 1662 6831 18 , , , 1662 6831 19 and and CC 1662 6831 20 6.0 6.0 CD 1662 6831 21 % % NN 1662 6831 22 in in IN 1662 6831 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 6831 24 . . . 1662 6832 1 Most Most JJS 1662 6832 2 of of IN 1662 6832 3 the the DT 1662 6832 4 growth growth NN 1662 6832 5 since since IN 1662 6832 6 1991 1991 CD 1662 6832 7 has have VBZ 1662 6832 8 come come VBN 1662 6832 9 from from IN 1662 6832 10 the the DT 1662 6832 11 booming booming JJ 1662 6832 12 private private JJ 1662 6832 13 sector sector NN 1662 6832 14 , , , 1662 6832 15 which which WDT 1662 6832 16 now now RB 1662 6832 17 accounts account VBZ 1662 6832 18 for for IN 1662 6832 19 more more JJR 1662 6832 20 than than IN 1662 6832 21 60 60 CD 1662 6832 22 % % NN 1662 6832 23 of of IN 1662 6832 24 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6832 25 , , , 1662 6832 26 attributable attributable JJ 1662 6832 27 mostly mostly RB 1662 6832 28 to to IN 1662 6832 29 the the DT 1662 6832 30 creation creation NN 1662 6832 31 of of IN 1662 6832 32 new new JJ 1662 6832 33 private private JJ 1662 6832 34 firms firm NNS 1662 6832 35 . . . 1662 6833 1 Large large JJ 1662 6833 2 - - HYPH 1662 6833 3 scale scale NN 1662 6833 4 industry industry NN 1662 6833 5 still still RB 1662 6833 6 remains remain VBZ 1662 6833 7 largely largely RB 1662 6833 8 in in IN 1662 6833 9 state state NN 1662 6833 10 hands hand NNS 1662 6833 11 . . . 1662 6834 1 The the DT 1662 6834 2 trade trade NN 1662 6834 3 and and CC 1662 6834 4 current current JJ 1662 6834 5 account account NN 1662 6834 6 balances balance NNS 1662 6834 7 officially officially RB 1662 6834 8 are be VBP 1662 6834 9 in in IN 1662 6834 10 deficit deficit NN 1662 6834 11 but but CC 1662 6834 12 in in IN 1662 6834 13 fact fact NN 1662 6834 14 both both DT 1662 6834 15 have have VBP 1662 6834 16 comfortable comfortable JJ 1662 6834 17 surpluses surplus NNS 1662 6834 18 because because IN 1662 6834 19 of of IN 1662 6834 20 large large JJ 1662 6834 21 , , , 1662 6834 22 unrecorded unrecorded JJ 1662 6834 23 sales sale NNS 1662 6834 24 to to IN 1662 6834 25 cross cross JJ 1662 6834 26 - - JJ 1662 6834 27 border border JJ 1662 6834 28 visitors visitor NNS 1662 6834 29 . . . 1662 6835 1 The the DT 1662 6835 2 government government NN 1662 6835 3 has have VBZ 1662 6835 4 promised promise VBN 1662 6835 5 to to TO 1662 6835 6 extend extend VB 1662 6835 7 privatization privatization NN 1662 6835 8 and and CC 1662 6835 9 social social JJ 1662 6835 10 welfare welfare NN 1662 6835 11 reform reform NN 1662 6835 12 and and CC 1662 6835 13 to to TO 1662 6835 14 maintain maintain VB 1662 6835 15 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6835 16 and and CC 1662 6835 17 monetary monetary JJ 1662 6835 18 discipline discipline NN 1662 6835 19 . . . 1662 6836 1 As as IN 1662 6836 2 for for IN 1662 6836 3 external external JJ 1662 6836 4 debt debt NN 1662 6836 5 , , , 1662 6836 6 the the DT 1662 6836 7 burden burden NN 1662 6836 8 was be VBD 1662 6836 9 sharply sharply RB 1662 6836 10 reduced reduce VBN 1662 6836 11 by by IN 1662 6836 12 reschedulings rescheduling NNS 1662 6836 13 and and CC 1662 6836 14 write write NN 1662 6836 15 - - HYPH 1662 6836 16 offs off NNS 1662 6836 17 of of IN 1662 6836 18 both both CC 1662 6836 19 private private JJ 1662 6836 20 and and CC 1662 6836 21 official official JJ 1662 6836 22 debt debt NN 1662 6836 23 during during IN 1662 6836 24 1991 1991 CD 1662 6836 25 - - SYM 1662 6836 26 95 95 CD 1662 6836 27 . . . 1662 6837 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6837 2 : : : 1662 6837 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6837 4 power power NN 1662 6837 5 parity parity NN 1662 6837 6 - - : 1662 6837 7 $ $ $ 1662 6837 8 246.3 246.3 CD 1662 6837 9 billion billion CD 1662 6837 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6837 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6837 12 est est NNP 1662 6837 13 . . . 1662 6837 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6838 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6838 2 - - HYPH 1662 6838 3 real real JJ 1662 6838 4 growth growth NN 1662 6838 5 rate rate NN 1662 6838 6 : : : 1662 6838 7 6 6 CD 1662 6838 8 % % NN 1662 6838 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6838 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 6838 11 est est NNP 1662 6838 12 . . . 1662 6838 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6839 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6839 2 - - HYPH 1662 6839 3 per per FW 1662 6839 4 capita capita NN 1662 6839 5 : : : 1662 6839 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6839 7 power power NN 1662 6839 8 parity parity NN 1662 6839 9 - - : 1662 6839 10 $ $ $ 1662 6839 11 6,400 6,400 CD 1662 6839 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6839 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 6839 14 est est NNP 1662 6839 15 . . . 1662 6839 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6840 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6840 2 - - HYPH 1662 6840 3 composition composition NN 1662 6840 4 by by IN 1662 6840 5 sector sector NN 1662 6840 6 : : : 1662 6840 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6840 8 : : : 1662 6840 9 6 6 CD 1662 6840 10 % % NN 1662 6840 11 industry industry NN 1662 6840 12 : : : 1662 6840 13 40 40 CD 1662 6840 14 % % NN 1662 6840 15 services service NNS 1662 6840 16 : : : 1662 6840 17 54 54 CD 1662 6840 18 % % NN 1662 6840 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6840 20 1996 1996 CD 1662 6840 21 est est NNP 1662 6840 22 . . . 1662 6840 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6841 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 6841 2 rate rate NN 1662 6841 3 - - HYPH 1662 6841 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 6841 5 price price NN 1662 6841 6 index index NN 1662 6841 7 : : : 1662 6841 8 18.8 18.8 CD 1662 6841 9 % % NN 1662 6841 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6841 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6841 12 est est NNP 1662 6841 13 . . . 1662 6841 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6842 1 Labor labor NN 1662 6842 2 force force NN 1662 6842 3 : : : 1662 6842 4 total total NN 1662 6842 5 : : : 1662 6842 6 17.662 17.662 CD 1662 6842 7 million million CD 1662 6842 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6842 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 6842 10 est est NNP 1662 6842 11 . . . 1662 6842 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6843 1 by by IN 1662 6843 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 6843 3 : : : 1662 6843 4 industry industry NN 1662 6843 5 and and CC 1662 6843 6 construction construction NN 1662 6843 7 32.0 32.0 CD 1662 6843 8 % % NN 1662 6843 9 , , , 1662 6843 10 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6843 11 27.6 27.6 CD 1662 6843 12 % % NN 1662 6843 13 , , , 1662 6843 14 trade trade NN 1662 6843 15 , , , 1662 6843 16 transport transport NN 1662 6843 17 , , , 1662 6843 18 and and CC 1662 6843 19 communications communication NNS 1662 6843 20 14.7 14.7 CD 1662 6843 21 % % NN 1662 6843 22 , , , 1662 6843 23 government government NN 1662 6843 24 and and CC 1662 6843 25 other other JJ 1662 6843 26 25.7 25.7 CD 1662 6843 27 % % NN 1662 6843 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6843 29 1992 1992 CD 1662 6843 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6843 31 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 6843 32 rate rate NN 1662 6843 33 : : : 1662 6843 34 13.3 13.3 CD 1662 6843 35 % % NN 1662 6843 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6843 37 yearend yearend VB 1662 6843 38 1996 1996 CD 1662 6843 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6843 40 Budget budget NN 1662 6843 41 : : : 1662 6843 42 revenues revenue NNS 1662 6843 43 : : : 1662 6843 44 $ $ $ 1662 6843 45 37.1 37.1 CD 1662 6843 46 billion billion CD 1662 6843 47 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6843 48 : : : 1662 6843 49 $ $ $ 1662 6843 50 40.6 40.6 CD 1662 6843 51 billion billion CD 1662 6843 52 , , , 1662 6843 53 including include VBG 1662 6843 54 capital capital NN 1662 6843 55 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6843 56 of of IN 1662 6843 57 $ $ $ 1662 6843 58 NA na NN 1662 6843 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6843 60 1996 1996 CD 1662 6843 61 est est NNP 1662 6843 62 . . . 1662 6843 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6844 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 6844 2 : : : 1662 6844 3 machine machine NN 1662 6844 4 building building NN 1662 6844 5 , , , 1662 6844 6 iron iron NN 1662 6844 7 and and CC 1662 6844 8 steel steel NN 1662 6844 9 , , , 1662 6844 10 coal coal NN 1662 6844 11 mining mining NN 1662 6844 12 , , , 1662 6844 13 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 6844 14 , , , 1662 6844 15 shipbuilding shipbuilding NN 1662 6844 16 , , , 1662 6844 17 food food NN 1662 6844 18 processing processing NN 1662 6844 19 , , , 1662 6844 20 glass glass NN 1662 6844 21 , , , 1662 6844 22 beverages beverage NNS 1662 6844 23 , , , 1662 6844 24 textiles textile VBZ 1662 6844 25 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 6844 26 production production NN 1662 6844 27 growth growth NN 1662 6844 28 rate rate NN 1662 6844 29 : : : 1662 6844 30 8.5 8.5 CD 1662 6844 31 % % NN 1662 6844 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6844 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 6844 34 est est NNP 1662 6844 35 . . . 1662 6844 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6845 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6845 2 - - HYPH 1662 6845 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 6845 4 : : : 1662 6845 5 29.64 29.64 CD 1662 6845 6 million million CD 1662 6845 7 kW kW NNP 1662 6845 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6845 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 6845 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6845 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6845 12 - - HYPH 1662 6845 13 production production NN 1662 6845 14 : : : 1662 6845 15 127.42 127.42 CD 1662 6845 16 billion billion CD 1662 6845 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6845 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6845 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 6845 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6845 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6845 22 - - HYPH 1662 6845 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 6845 24 per per IN 1662 6845 25 capita capita NN 1662 6845 26 : : : 1662 6845 27 3,124 3,124 CD 1662 6845 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6845 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6845 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 6845 31 est est NNP 1662 6845 32 . . . 1662 6845 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6846 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6846 2 - - HYPH 1662 6846 3 products product NNS 1662 6846 4 : : : 1662 6846 5 potatoes potato NNS 1662 6846 6 , , , 1662 6846 7 milk milk NN 1662 6846 8 , , , 1662 6846 9 fruits fruit NNS 1662 6846 10 , , , 1662 6846 11 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 6846 12 , , , 1662 6846 13 wheat wheat NN 1662 6846 14 ; ; : 1662 6846 15 poultry poultry NN 1662 6846 16 and and CC 1662 6846 17 eggs egg NNS 1662 6846 18 ; ; , 1662 6846 19 pork pork NN 1662 6846 20 , , , 1662 6846 21 beef beef NN 1662 6846 22 Exports export NNS 1662 6846 23 : : : 1662 6846 24 total 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NNP 1662 6847 32 , , , 1662 6847 33 1995 1995 CD 1662 6847 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6847 35 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6847 36 : : : 1662 6847 37 machinery machinery NN 1662 6847 38 and and CC 1662 6847 39 transport transport NN 1662 6847 40 equipment equipment NN 1662 6847 41 32 32 CD 1662 6847 42 % % NN 1662 6847 43 , , , 1662 6847 44 intermediate intermediate JJ 1662 6847 45 goods good NNS 1662 6847 46 20 20 CD 1662 6847 47 % % NN 1662 6847 48 , , , 1662 6847 49 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 6847 50 15 15 CD 1662 6847 51 % % NN 1662 6847 52 , , , 1662 6847 53 consumer consumer NN 1662 6847 54 goods good NNS 1662 6847 55 9 9 CD 1662 6847 56 % % NN 1662 6847 57 , , , 1662 6847 58 food food NN 1662 6847 59 9 9 CD 1662 6847 60 % % NN 1662 6847 61 , , , 1662 6847 62 fuels fuel NNS 1662 6847 63 8 8 CD 1662 6847 64 % % NN 1662 6847 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6847 66 1996 1996 CD 1662 6847 67 est est NNP 1662 6847 68 . . . 1662 6847 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6848 1 partners partner NNS 1662 6848 2 : : : 1662 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6853 24 m m CD 1662 6853 25 : : : 1662 6853 26 27 27 CD 1662 6853 27 914 914 CD 1662 6853 28 to to TO 1662 6853 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6853 30 m m NN 1662 6853 31 : : : 1662 6853 32 3 3 CD 1662 6853 33 under under IN 1662 6853 34 914 914 CD 1662 6853 35 m m NN 1662 6853 36 : : : 1662 6853 37 7 7 CD 1662 6853 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6853 39 1994 1994 CD 1662 6853 40 est est NNP 1662 6853 41 . . . 1662 6853 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6854 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6854 2 - - , 1662 6854 3 with with IN 1662 6854 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6854 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6854 6 : : : 1662 6854 7 total total NN 1662 6854 8 : : : 1662 6854 9 65 65 CD 1662 6854 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 6854 11 to to TO 1662 6854 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6854 13 m m NN 1662 6854 14 : : : 1662 6854 15 5 5 CD 1662 6854 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6854 17 to to TO 1662 6854 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6854 19 m m NN 1662 6854 20 : : : 1662 6854 21 10 10 CD 1662 6854 22 914 914 CD 1662 6854 23 to to TO 1662 6854 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6854 25 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6858 69 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 70 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 71 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 72 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 73 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 74 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 75 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 76 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 77 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 78 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 79 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 80 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 90 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 91 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 92 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 93 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 94 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 95 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 96 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 97 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 98 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 99 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 100 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 101 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 102 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 103 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 104 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 105 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 106 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 107 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 108 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 109 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 110 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 111 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 112 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 113 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 114 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 115 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 116 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 117 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 118 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 119 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 120 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 121 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 122 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 123 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 124 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 125 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 126 _ _ NNP 1662 6858 127 PORTUGAL PORTUGAL NNP 1662 6858 128 @Portugal @portugal NN 1662 6858 129 : : : 1662 6858 130 Geography geography NN 1662 6858 131 Location Location NNP 1662 6858 132 : : : 1662 6858 133 Southwestern Southwestern NNP 1662 6858 134 Europe Europe NNP 1662 6858 135 , , , 1662 6858 136 bordering border VBG 1662 6858 137 the the DT 1662 6858 138 North North NNP 1662 6858 139 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6858 140 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6858 141 , , , 1662 6858 142 west west NN 1662 6858 143 of of IN 1662 6858 144 Spain Spain NNP 1662 6858 145 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6858 146 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6858 147 : : : 1662 6858 148 39 39 CD 1662 6858 149 30 30 CD 1662 6858 150 N n CD 1662 6858 151 , , , 1662 6858 152 8 8 CD 1662 6858 153 00 00 NFP 1662 6858 154 W W NNP 1662 6858 155 Map Map NNP 1662 6858 156 references reference NNS 1662 6858 157 : : : 1662 6858 158 Europe Europe NNP 1662 6858 159 Area Area NNP 1662 6858 160 : : : 1662 6858 161 total total NN 1662 6858 162 : : : 1662 6858 163 92,391 92,391 CD 1662 6858 164 sq sq NN 1662 6858 165 km km NNP 1662 6858 166 land land NN 1662 6858 167 : : : 1662 6858 168 91,951 91,951 CD 1662 6858 169 sq sq NN 1662 6858 170 km km NNP 1662 6858 171 water water NN 1662 6858 172 : : : 1662 6858 173 440 440 CD 1662 6858 174 sq sq NNP 1662 6858 175 km km NNP 1662 6858 176 note note NN 1662 6858 177 : : : 1662 6858 178 includes include VBZ 1662 6858 179 Azores Azores NNPS 1662 6858 180 and and CC 1662 6858 181 Madeira Madeira NNP 1662 6858 182 Islands Islands NNP 1662 6858 183 Area Area NNP 1662 6858 184 - - HYPH 1662 6858 185 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6858 186 : : : 1662 6858 187 slightly slightly RB 1662 6858 188 smaller small JJR 1662 6858 189 than than IN 1662 6858 190 Indiana Indiana NNP 1662 6858 191 Land Land NNP 1662 6858 192 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6858 193 : : : 1662 6858 194 total total JJ 1662 6858 195 : : : 1662 6858 196 1,214 1,214 CD 1662 6858 197 km km NN 1662 6858 198 border border NN 1662 6858 199 countries country NNS 1662 6858 200 : : : 1662 6858 201 Spain Spain NNP 1662 6858 202 1,214 1,214 CD 1662 6858 203 km km NN 1662 6858 204 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6858 205 : : : 1662 6858 206 1,793 1,793 CD 1662 6858 207 km km NN 1662 6858 208 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6858 209 claims claim VBZ 1662 6858 210 : : : 1662 6858 211 continental continental NNP 1662 6858 212 shelf shelf NNP 1662 6858 213 : : : 1662 6858 214 200-m 200-m CD 1662 6858 215 depth depth NN 1662 6858 216 or or CC 1662 6858 217 to to IN 1662 6858 218 the the DT 1662 6858 219 depth depth NN 1662 6858 220 of of IN 1662 6858 221 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 6858 222 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 6858 223 economic economic JJ 1662 6858 224 zone zone NN 1662 6858 225 : : : 1662 6858 226 200 200 CD 1662 6858 227 nm nm CD 1662 6858 228 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6858 229 sea sea NN 1662 6858 230 : : : 1662 6858 231 12 12 CD 1662 6858 232 nm nm NNP 1662 6858 233 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6858 234 : : : 1662 6858 235 maritime maritime NN 1662 6858 236 temperate temperate NN 1662 6858 237 ; ; : 1662 6858 238 cool cool JJ 1662 6858 239 and and CC 1662 6858 240 rainy rainy JJ 1662 6858 241 in in IN 1662 6858 242 north north NNP 1662 6858 243 , , , 1662 6858 244 warmer warm JJR 1662 6858 245 and and CC 1662 6858 246 drier dry JJR 1662 6858 247 in in IN 1662 6858 248 south south JJ 1662 6858 249 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6858 250 : : : 1662 6858 251 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 6858 252 north north NN 1662 6858 253 of of IN 1662 6858 254 the the DT 1662 6858 255 Tagus Tagus NNP 1662 6858 256 , , , 1662 6858 257 rolling roll VBG 1662 6858 258 plains plain NNS 1662 6858 259 in in IN 1662 6858 260 south south JJ 1662 6858 261 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6858 262 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6858 263 : : : 1662 6858 264 lowest low JJS 1662 6858 265 point point NN 1662 6858 266 : : : 1662 6858 267 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6858 268 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6858 269 0 0 NFP 1662 6858 270 m m DT 1662 6858 271 highest high JJS 1662 6858 272 point point NN 1662 6858 273 : : : 1662 6858 274 Ponta Ponta NNP 1662 6858 275 do do VB 1662 6858 276 Pico Pico NNP 1662 6858 277 in in IN 1662 6858 278 Azores azore NNS 1662 6858 279 2,351 2,351 CD 1662 6858 280 m m CD 1662 6858 281 Natural natural JJ 1662 6858 282 resources resource NNS 1662 6858 283 : : : 1662 6858 284 fish fish NN 1662 6858 285 , , , 1662 6858 286 forests forest NNS 1662 6858 287 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6858 288 cork cork NN 1662 6858 289 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6858 290 , , , 1662 6858 291 tungsten tungsten NN 1662 6858 292 , , , 1662 6858 293 iron iron NN 1662 6858 294 ore ore NN 1662 6858 295 , , , 1662 6858 296 uranium uranium NN 1662 6858 297 ore ore NN 1662 6858 298 , , , 1662 6858 299 marble marble NN 1662 6858 300 Land land NN 1662 6858 301 use use NN 1662 6858 302 : : : 1662 6858 303 arable arable JJ 1662 6858 304 land land NN 1662 6858 305 : : : 1662 6858 306 26 26 CD 1662 6858 307 % % NN 1662 6858 308 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6858 309 crops crop NNS 1662 6858 310 : : : 1662 6858 311 9 9 CD 1662 6858 312 % % NN 1662 6858 313 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6858 314 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6858 315 : : : 1662 6858 316 9 9 CD 1662 6858 317 % % NN 1662 6858 318 forests forest NNS 1662 6858 319 and and CC 1662 6858 320 woodland woodland RB 1662 6858 321 : : : 1662 6858 322 36 36 CD 1662 6858 323 % % NN 1662 6858 324 other other JJ 1662 6858 325 : : : 1662 6858 326 20 20 CD 1662 6858 327 % % NN 1662 6858 328 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6858 329 1993 1993 CD 1662 6858 330 est est NNP 1662 6858 331 . . . 1662 6858 332 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6859 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6859 2 land land NN 1662 6859 3 : : : 1662 6859 4 6,300 6,300 CD 1662 6859 5 sq sq NNP 1662 6859 6 km km NNP 1662 6859 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6859 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 6859 9 est est NNP 1662 6859 10 . . . 1662 6859 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6860 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 6860 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6860 3 : : : 1662 6860 4 Azores azore NNS 1662 6860 5 subject subject JJ 1662 6860 6 to to IN 1662 6860 7 severe severe JJ 1662 6860 8 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 6860 9 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6860 10 - - HYPH 1662 6860 11 current current JJ 1662 6860 12 issues issue NNS 1662 6860 13 : : : 1662 6860 14 soil soil NN 1662 6860 15 erosion erosion NN 1662 6860 16 ; ; : 1662 6860 17 air air NN 1662 6860 18 pollution pollution NN 1662 6860 19 caused cause VBN 1662 6860 20 by by IN 1662 6860 21 industrial industrial JJ 1662 6860 22 and and CC 1662 6860 23 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 6860 24 emissions emission NNS 1662 6860 25 ; ; : 1662 6860 26 water water NN 1662 6860 27 pollution pollution NN 1662 6860 28 , , , 1662 6860 29 especially especially RB 1662 6860 30 in in IN 1662 6860 31 coastal coastal JJ 1662 6860 32 areas area NNS 1662 6860 33 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6860 34 - - HYPH 1662 6860 35 international international JJ 1662 6860 36 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6860 37 : : : 1662 6860 38 party party NN 1662 6860 39 to to TO 1662 6860 40 : : : 1662 6860 41 Air Air NNP 1662 6860 42 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6860 43 , , , 1662 6860 44 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 6860 45 , , , 1662 6860 46 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6860 47 Change Change NNP 1662 6860 48 , , , 1662 6860 49 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 6860 50 , , , 1662 6860 51 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 6860 52 Species Species NNPS 1662 6860 53 , , , 1662 6860 54 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 6860 55 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 6860 56 , , , 1662 6860 57 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6860 58 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 6860 59 , , , 1662 6860 60 Marine Marine NNP 1662 6860 61 Life Life NNP 1662 6860 62 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 6860 63 , , , 1662 6860 64 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 6860 65 Layer Layer NNP 1662 6860 66 Protection Protection NNP 1662 6860 67 , , , 1662 6860 68 Ship Ship NNP 1662 6860 69 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6860 70 , , , 1662 6860 71 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 6860 72 Timber Timber NNP 1662 6860 73 83 83 CD 1662 6860 74 , , , 1662 6860 75 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 6860 76 signed sign VBD 1662 6860 77 , , , 1662 6860 78 but but CC 1662 6860 79 not not RB 1662 6860 80 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6860 81 : : : 1662 6860 82 Air Air NNP 1662 6860 83 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 6860 84 - - HYPH 1662 6860 85 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 6860 86 Organic Organic NNP 1662 6860 87 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 6860 88 , , , 1662 6860 89 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 6860 90 Modification Modification NNP 1662 6860 91 , , , 1662 6860 92 Law Law NNP 1662 6860 93 of of IN 1662 6860 94 the the DT 1662 6860 95 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6860 96 , , , 1662 6860 97 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 6860 98 Test Test NNP 1662 6860 99 Ban Ban NNP 1662 6860 100 , , , 1662 6860 101 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 6860 102 Timber Timber NNP 1662 6860 103 94 94 CD 1662 6860 104 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6860 105 - - HYPH 1662 6860 106 note note NN 1662 6860 107 : : : 1662 6860 108 Azores azore NNS 1662 6860 109 and and CC 1662 6860 110 Madeira Madeira NNP 1662 6860 111 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 6860 112 occupy occupy VBP 1662 6860 113 strategic strategic JJ 1662 6860 114 locations location NNS 1662 6860 115 along along IN 1662 6860 116 western western JJ 1662 6860 117 sea sea NN 1662 6860 118 approaches approach NNS 1662 6860 119 to to IN 1662 6860 120 Strait Strait NNP 1662 6860 121 of of IN 1662 6860 122 Gibraltar Gibraltar NNP 1662 6860 123 @Portugal @portugal NN 1662 6860 124 : : : 1662 6860 125 People People NNS 1662 6860 126 Population Population NNP 1662 6860 127 : : : 1662 6860 128 9,931,045 9,931,045 CD 1662 6860 129 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6860 130 July July NNP 1662 6860 131 1997 1997 CD 1662 6860 132 est est NNP 1662 6860 133 . . . 1662 6860 134 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6861 1 Age age NN 1662 6861 2 structure structure NN 1662 6861 3 : : : 1662 6861 4 0 0 CD 1662 6861 5 - - HYPH 1662 6861 6 14 14 CD 1662 6861 7 years year NNS 1662 6861 8 : : : 1662 6861 9 17 17 CD 1662 6861 10 % % NN 1662 6861 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6861 12 male male JJ 1662 6861 13 895,294 895,294 CD 1662 6861 14 ; ; : 1662 6861 15 female female JJ 1662 6861 16 848,133 848,133 CD 1662 6861 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6861 18 15 15 CD 1662 6861 19 - - SYM 1662 6861 20 64 64 CD 1662 6861 21 years year NNS 1662 6861 22 : : : 1662 6861 23 68 68 CD 1662 6861 24 % % NN 1662 6861 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6861 26 male male JJ 1662 6861 27 3,280,015 3,280,015 CD 1662 6861 28 ; ; : 1662 6861 29 female female JJ 1662 6861 30 3,429,007 3,429,007 CD 1662 6861 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6861 32 65 65 CD 1662 6861 33 years year NNS 1662 6861 34 and and CC 1662 6861 35 over over RB 1662 6861 36 : : : 1662 6861 37 15 15 CD 1662 6861 38 % % NN 1662 6861 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6861 40 male male JJ 1662 6861 41 605,074 605,074 CD 1662 6861 42 ; ; : 1662 6861 43 female female JJ 1662 6861 44 873,522 873,522 CD 1662 6861 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6861 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6861 47 July July NNP 1662 6861 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 6861 49 est est NNP 1662 6861 50 . . . 1662 6861 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6862 1 Population population NN 1662 6862 2 growth growth NN 1662 6862 3 rate rate NN 1662 6862 4 : : : 1662 6862 5 -0.01 -0.01 CD 1662 6862 6 % % NN 1662 6862 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6862 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6862 9 est est NNP 1662 6862 10 . . . 1662 6862 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6863 1 Birth birth NN 1662 6863 2 rate rate NN 1662 6863 3 : : : 1662 6863 4 10.75 10.75 CD 1662 6863 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NNP 1662 6863 6 population population NN 1662 6863 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6863 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6863 9 est est NNP 1662 6863 10 . . . 1662 6863 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6864 1 Death death NN 1662 6864 2 rate rate NN 1662 6864 3 : : : 1662 6864 4 10.3 10.3 CD 1662 6864 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6864 6 population population NN 1662 6864 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6864 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6864 9 est est NNP 1662 6864 10 . . . 1662 6864 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6865 1 Net net JJ 1662 6865 2 migration migration NN 1662 6865 3 rate rate NN 1662 6865 4 : : : 1662 6865 5 -0.5 -0.5 . 1662 6865 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 6865 7 population population NN 1662 6865 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6865 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6865 10 est est NNP 1662 6865 11 . . . 1662 6865 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6866 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6866 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6866 3 : : : 1662 6866 4 at at IN 1662 6866 5 birth birth NN 1662 6866 6 : : : 1662 6866 7 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 6866 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6866 9 under under IN 1662 6866 10 15 15 CD 1662 6866 11 years year NNS 1662 6866 12 : : : 1662 6866 13 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 6866 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6866 15 15 15 CD 1662 6866 16 - - SYM 1662 6866 17 64 64 CD 1662 6866 18 years year NNS 1662 6866 19 : : : 1662 6866 20 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 6866 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6866 22 65 65 CD 1662 6866 23 years year NNS 1662 6866 24 and and CC 1662 6866 25 over over IN 1662 6866 26 : : : 1662 6866 27 0.69 0.69 CD 1662 6866 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 6866 29 total total JJ 1662 6866 30 population population NN 1662 6866 31 : : : 1662 6866 32 0.93 0.93 CD 1662 6866 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6866 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6866 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 6866 36 est e JJS 1662 6866 37 . . . 1662 6866 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6867 1 Infant infant NN 1662 6867 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 6867 3 rate rate NN 1662 6867 4 : : : 1662 6867 5 7 7 CD 1662 6867 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6867 7 live live JJ 1662 6867 8 births birth NNS 1662 6867 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6867 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 6867 11 est est NNP 1662 6867 12 . . . 1662 6867 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6868 1 Life life NN 1662 6868 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 6868 3 at at IN 1662 6868 4 birth birth NN 1662 6868 5 : : : 1662 6868 6 total total JJ 1662 6868 7 population population NN 1662 6868 8 : : : 1662 6868 9 75.42 75.42 CD 1662 6868 10 years year NNS 1662 6868 11 male male NN 1662 6868 12 : : : 1662 6868 13 72.02 72.02 CD 1662 6868 14 years year NNS 1662 6868 15 female female JJ 1662 6868 16 : : : 1662 6868 17 79.04 79.04 CD 1662 6868 18 years year NNS 1662 6868 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6868 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 6868 21 est est NNP 1662 6868 22 . . . 1662 6868 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6869 1 Total total JJ 1662 6869 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 6869 3 rate rate NN 1662 6869 4 : : : 1662 6869 5 1.36 1.36 CD 1662 6869 6 children child NNS 1662 6869 7 born bear VBN 1662 6869 8 / / SYM 1662 6869 9 woman woman NN 1662 6869 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6869 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6869 12 est est NNP 1662 6869 13 . . . 1662 6869 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6870 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 6870 2 : : : 1662 6870 3 noun noun NN 1662 6870 4 : : : 1662 6870 5 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 6870 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6870 7 singular singular JJ 1662 6870 8 and and CC 1662 6870 9 plural plural JJ 1662 6870 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6870 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 6870 12 : : : 1662 6870 13 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 6870 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 6870 15 groups group NNS 1662 6870 16 : : : 1662 6870 17 homogeneous homogeneous JJ 1662 6870 18 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 6870 19 stock stock NN 1662 6870 20 in in IN 1662 6870 21 mainland mainland NN 1662 6870 22 , , , 1662 6870 23 Azores Azores NNPS 1662 6870 24 , , , 1662 6870 25 Madeira Madeira NNP 1662 6870 26 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 6870 27 ; ; : 1662 6870 28 citizens citizen NNS 1662 6870 29 of of IN 1662 6870 30 black black JJ 1662 6870 31 African african JJ 1662 6870 32 descent descent NN 1662 6870 33 who who WP 1662 6870 34 immigrated immigrate VBD 1662 6870 35 to to IN 1662 6870 36 mainland mainland NN 1662 6870 37 during during IN 1662 6870 38 decolonization decolonization NN 1662 6870 39 number number NN 1662 6870 40 less less JJR 1662 6870 41 than than IN 1662 6870 42 100,000 100,000 CD 1662 6870 43 Religions religion NNS 1662 6870 44 : : : 1662 6870 45 Roman Roman NNP 1662 6870 46 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 6870 47 97 97 CD 1662 6870 48 % % NN 1662 6870 49 , , , 1662 6870 50 Protestant protestant JJ 1662 6870 51 denominations denomination NNS 1662 6870 52 1 1 CD 1662 6870 53 % % NN 1662 6870 54 , , , 1662 6870 55 other other JJ 1662 6870 56 2 2 CD 1662 6870 57 % % NN 1662 6870 58 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 6870 59 : : : 1662 6870 60 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 6870 61 Literacy literacy NN 1662 6870 62 : : : 1662 6870 63 definition definition NN 1662 6870 64 : : : 1662 6870 65 age age NN 1662 6870 66 15 15 CD 1662 6870 67 and and CC 1662 6870 68 over over RB 1662 6870 69 can can MD 1662 6870 70 read read VB 1662 6870 71 and and CC 1662 6870 72 write write VB 1662 6870 73 total total JJ 1662 6870 74 population population NN 1662 6870 75 : : : 1662 6870 76 85 85 CD 1662 6870 77 % % NN 1662 6870 78 male male NN 1662 6870 79 : : : 1662 6870 80 89 89 CD 1662 6870 81 % % NN 1662 6870 82 female female NN 1662 6870 83 : : : 1662 6870 84 82 82 CD 1662 6870 85 % % NN 1662 6870 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6870 87 1990 1990 CD 1662 6870 88 est est NNP 1662 6870 89 . . . 1662 6870 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 1 @Portugal @portugal NN 1662 6871 2 : : : 1662 6871 3 Government Government NNP 1662 6871 4 Country Country NNP 1662 6871 5 name name NN 1662 6871 6 : : : 1662 6871 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6871 8 long long JJ 1662 6871 9 form form NN 1662 6871 10 : : : 1662 6871 11 Portuguese Portuguese NNP 1662 6871 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 6871 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6871 14 short short JJ 1662 6871 15 form form NN 1662 6871 16 : : : 1662 6871 17 Portugal portugal JJ 1662 6871 18 local local JJ 1662 6871 19 long long JJ 1662 6871 20 form form NN 1662 6871 21 : : : 1662 6871 22 Republica Republica NNP 1662 6871 23 Portuguesa Portuguesa NNP 1662 6871 24 local local JJ 1662 6871 25 short short JJ 1662 6871 26 form form NN 1662 6871 27 : : : 1662 6871 28 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 6871 29 Data Data NNP 1662 6871 30 code code NN 1662 6871 31 : : : 1662 6871 32 PO PO NNP 1662 6871 33 Government Government NNP 1662 6871 34 type type NN 1662 6871 35 : : : 1662 6871 36 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 6871 37 democracy democracy NN 1662 6871 38 National national JJ 1662 6871 39 capital capital NN 1662 6871 40 : : : 1662 6871 41 Lisbon Lisbon NNP 1662 6871 42 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 6871 43 divisions division NNS 1662 6871 44 : : : 1662 6871 45 18 18 CD 1662 6871 46 districts district NNS 1662 6871 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6871 48 distritos distrito NNS 1662 6871 49 , , , 1662 6871 50 singular singular NNP 1662 6871 51 - - HYPH 1662 6871 52 distrito distrito NNP 1662 6871 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 54 and and CC 1662 6871 55 2 2 CD 1662 6871 56 autonomous autonomous JJ 1662 6871 57 regions region NNS 1662 6871 58 * * NFP 1662 6871 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6871 60 regioes regioe VBZ 1662 6871 61 autonomas autonomas NNP 1662 6871 62 , , , 1662 6871 63 singular singular NNP 1662 6871 64 - - HYPH 1662 6871 65 regiao regiao NNP 1662 6871 66 autonoma autonoma NNP 1662 6871 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 68 ; ; : 1662 6871 69 Aveiro Aveiro NNP 1662 6871 70 , , , 1662 6871 71 Acores Acores NNP 1662 6871 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6871 73 Azores Azores NNPS 1662 6871 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 75 * * NFP 1662 6871 76 , , , 1662 6871 77 Beja Beja NNP 1662 6871 78 , , , 1662 6871 79 Braga Braga NNP 1662 6871 80 , , , 1662 6871 81 Braganca Braganca NNP 1662 6871 82 , , , 1662 6871 83 Castelo Castelo NNP 1662 6871 84 Branco Branco NNP 1662 6871 85 , , , 1662 6871 86 Coimbra Coimbra NNP 1662 6871 87 , , , 1662 6871 88 Evora Evora NNP 1662 6871 89 , , , 1662 6871 90 Faro Faro NNP 1662 6871 91 , , , 1662 6871 92 Guarda Guarda NNP 1662 6871 93 , , , 1662 6871 94 Leiria Leiria NNP 1662 6871 95 , , , 1662 6871 96 Lisboa Lisboa NNP 1662 6871 97 , , , 1662 6871 98 Madeira Madeira NNP 1662 6871 99 * * NFP 1662 6871 100 , , , 1662 6871 101 Portalegre Portalegre NNP 1662 6871 102 , , , 1662 6871 103 Porto Porto NNP 1662 6871 104 , , , 1662 6871 105 Santarem Santarem NNP 1662 6871 106 , , , 1662 6871 107 Setubal Setubal NNP 1662 6871 108 , , , 1662 6871 109 Viana Viana NNP 1662 6871 110 do do VBP 1662 6871 111 Castelo Castelo NNP 1662 6871 112 , , , 1662 6871 113 Vila Vila NNP 1662 6871 114 Real Real NNP 1662 6871 115 , , , 1662 6871 116 Viseu Viseu NNP 1662 6871 117 Dependent dependent JJ 1662 6871 118 areas area NNS 1662 6871 119 : : : 1662 6871 120 Macau Macau NNP 1662 6871 121 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6871 122 scheduled schedule VBN 1662 6871 123 to to TO 1662 6871 124 become become VB 1662 6871 125 a a DT 1662 6871 126 Special Special NNP 1662 6871 127 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 6871 128 Region Region NNP 1662 6871 129 of of IN 1662 6871 130 China China NNP 1662 6871 131 on on IN 1662 6871 132 20 20 CD 1662 6871 133 December December NNP 1662 6871 134 1999 1999 CD 1662 6871 135 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 136 Independence independence NN 1662 6871 137 : : : 1662 6871 138 1140 1140 CD 1662 6871 139 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6871 140 independent independent NNP 1662 6871 141 republic republic NNP 1662 6871 142 proclaimed proclaim VBD 1662 6871 143 5 5 CD 1662 6871 144 October October NNP 1662 6871 145 1910 1910 CD 1662 6871 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 147 National national JJ 1662 6871 148 holiday holiday NN 1662 6871 149 : : : 1662 6871 150 Day day NN 1662 6871 151 of of IN 1662 6871 152 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 6871 153 , , , 1662 6871 154 10 10 CD 1662 6871 155 June June NNP 1662 6871 156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6871 157 1580 1580 CD 1662 6871 158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 159 Constitution constitution NN 1662 6871 160 : : : 1662 6871 161 25 25 CD 1662 6871 162 April April NNP 1662 6871 163 1976 1976 CD 1662 6871 164 , , , 1662 6871 165 revised revise VBD 1662 6871 166 30 30 CD 1662 6871 167 October October NNP 1662 6871 168 1982 1982 CD 1662 6871 169 , , , 1662 6871 170 1 1 CD 1662 6871 171 June June NNP 1662 6871 172 1989 1989 CD 1662 6871 173 , , , 1662 6871 174 and and CC 1662 6871 175 5 5 CD 1662 6871 176 November November NNP 1662 6871 177 1992 1992 CD 1662 6871 178 Legal legal JJ 1662 6871 179 system system NN 1662 6871 180 : : : 1662 6871 181 civil civil JJ 1662 6871 182 law law NN 1662 6871 183 system system NN 1662 6871 184 ; ; : 1662 6871 185 the the DT 1662 6871 186 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 6871 187 Tribunal Tribunal NNP 1662 6871 188 reviews review VBZ 1662 6871 189 the the DT 1662 6871 190 constitutionality constitutionality NN 1662 6871 191 of of IN 1662 6871 192 legislation legislation NN 1662 6871 193 ; ; : 1662 6871 194 accepts accept VBZ 1662 6871 195 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 6871 196 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 6871 197 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 6871 198 , , , 1662 6871 199 with with IN 1662 6871 200 reservations reservation NNS 1662 6871 201 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 6871 202 : : : 1662 6871 203 18 18 CD 1662 6871 204 years year NNS 1662 6871 205 of of IN 1662 6871 206 age age NN 1662 6871 207 ; ; : 1662 6871 208 universal universal JJ 1662 6871 209 Executive Executive NNP 1662 6871 210 branch branch NN 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Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 6871 247 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6871 248 by by IN 1662 6871 249 the the DT 1662 6871 250 president president NN 1662 6871 251 on on IN 1662 6871 252 the the DT 1662 6871 253 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 6871 254 of of IN 1662 6871 255 the the DT 1662 6871 256 prime prime NNP 1662 6871 257 minister minister NNP 1662 6871 258 note note NN 1662 6871 259 : : : 1662 6871 260 there there EX 1662 6871 261 is be VBZ 1662 6871 262 also also RB 1662 6871 263 a a DT 1662 6871 264 Council Council NNP 1662 6871 265 of of IN 1662 6871 266 State State NNP 1662 6871 267 that that WDT 1662 6871 268 acts act VBZ 1662 6871 269 as as IN 1662 6871 270 a a DT 1662 6871 271 consultative consultative JJ 1662 6871 272 body body NN 1662 6871 273 to to IN 1662 6871 274 the the DT 1662 6871 275 president president NNP 1662 6871 276 elections election NNS 1662 6871 277 : : : 1662 6871 278 president president NNP 1662 6871 279 elected elect VBN 1662 6871 280 by by IN 1662 6871 281 popular popular JJ 1662 6871 282 vote vote NN 1662 6871 283 for for IN 1662 6871 284 a a DT 1662 6871 285 five five CD 1662 6871 286 - - HYPH 1662 6871 287 year year NN 1662 6871 288 term term NN 1662 6871 289 ; ; : 1662 6871 290 election election NN 1662 6871 291 last last JJ 1662 6871 292 held hold VBN 1662 6871 293 14 14 CD 1662 6871 294 January January NNP 1662 6871 295 1996 1996 CD 1662 6871 296 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6871 297 next next JJ 1662 6871 298 to to TO 1662 6871 299 be be VB 1662 6871 300 held hold VBN 1662 6871 301 NA NA NNP 1662 6871 302 January January NNP 1662 6871 303 2001 2001 CD 1662 6871 304 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 305 ; ; : 1662 6871 306 following follow VBG 1662 6871 307 assembly assembly NN 1662 6871 308 elections election NNS 1662 6871 309 , , , 1662 6871 310 the the DT 1662 6871 311 leader leader NN 1662 6871 312 of of IN 1662 6871 313 the the DT 1662 6871 314 majority majority NNP 1662 6871 315 party party NN 1662 6871 316 or or CC 1662 6871 317 leader leader NN 1662 6871 318 of of IN 1662 6871 319 a a DT 1662 6871 320 majority majority NN 1662 6871 321 coalition coalition NN 1662 6871 322 is be VBZ 1662 6871 323 usually usually RB 1662 6871 324 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6871 325 prime prime NNP 1662 6871 326 minister minister NNP 1662 6871 327 by by IN 1662 6871 328 the the DT 1662 6871 329 president president NNP 1662 6871 330 election election NN 1662 6871 331 results result NNS 1662 6871 332 : : : 1662 6871 333 Jorge Jorge NNP 1662 6871 334 SAMPAIO SAMPAIO NNP 1662 6871 335 elected elect VBD 1662 6871 336 president president NN 1662 6871 337 ; ; , 1662 6871 338 percent percent NN 1662 6871 339 of of IN 1662 6871 340 vote vote NN 1662 6871 341 - - HYPH 1662 6871 342 Jorge jorge NN 1662 6871 343 SAMPAIO sampaio NN 1662 6871 344 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6871 345 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 6871 346 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 347 53.8 53.8 CD 1662 6871 348 % % NN 1662 6871 349 , , , 1662 6871 350 Anibal Anibal NNP 1662 6871 351 CAVACO CAVACO NNP 1662 6871 352 SILVA silva NN 1662 6871 353 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6871 354 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 6871 355 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 356 46.2 46.2 CD 1662 6871 357 % % NN 1662 6871 358 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 6871 359 branch branch NN 1662 6871 360 : : : 1662 6871 361 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 6871 362 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 6871 363 of of IN 1662 6871 364 the the DT 1662 6871 365 Republic Republic NNP 1662 6871 366 or or CC 1662 6871 367 Assembleia Assembleia NNP 1662 6871 368 da da FW 1662 6871 369 Republica Republica NNP 1662 6871 370 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6871 371 230 230 CD 1662 6871 372 seats seat NNS 1662 6871 373 ; ; : 1662 6871 374 members member NNS 1662 6871 375 are be VBP 1662 6871 376 elected elect VBN 1662 6871 377 by by IN 1662 6871 378 popular popular JJ 1662 6871 379 vote vote NN 1662 6871 380 to to TO 1662 6871 381 serve serve VB 1662 6871 382 four four CD 1662 6871 383 - - HYPH 1662 6871 384 year year NN 1662 6871 385 terms term NNS 1662 6871 386 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 387 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426 / / SYM 1662 6871 427 PP PP NNP 1662 6871 428 9.1 9.1 CD 1662 6871 429 % % NN 1662 6871 430 ; ; , 1662 6871 431 seats seat NNS 1662 6871 432 by by IN 1662 6871 433 party party NNP 1662 6871 434 - - HYPH 1662 6871 435 PSD PSD NNP 1662 6871 436 88 88 CD 1662 6871 437 , , , 1662 6871 438 PS PS NNP 1662 6871 439 112 112 CD 1662 6871 440 , , , 1662 6871 441 CDU CDU NNP 1662 6871 442 15 15 CD 1662 6871 443 , , , 1662 6871 444 CDS CDS NNP 1662 6871 445 / / SYM 1662 6871 446 PP PP NNP 1662 6871 447 15 15 CD 1662 6871 448 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 6871 449 branch branch NN 1662 6871 450 : : : 1662 6871 451 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 6871 452 Court Court NNP 1662 6871 453 or or CC 1662 6871 454 Supremo Supremo NNP 1662 6871 455 Tribunal Tribunal NNP 1662 6871 456 de de NNP 1662 6871 457 Justica Justica NNP 1662 6871 458 , , , 1662 6871 459 judges judge NNS 1662 6871 460 appointed appoint VBN 1662 6871 461 for for IN 1662 6871 462 life life NN 1662 6871 463 by by IN 1662 6871 464 the the DT 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6871 498 Party Party NNP 1662 6871 499 or or CC 1662 6871 500 PCP PCP NNP 1662 6871 501 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6871 502 Carlos Carlos NNP 1662 6871 503 CARVALHAS CARVALHAS NNP 1662 6871 504 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6871 505 ; ; : 1662 6871 506 Popular Popular NNP 1662 6871 507 Party Party NNP 1662 6871 508 or or CC 1662 6871 509 PP PP NNP 1662 6871 510 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6871 511 Manuel Manuel NNP 1662 6871 512 MONTEIRO MONTEIRO NNP 1662 6871 513 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6871 514 , , , 1662 6871 515 may may MD 1662 6871 516 have have VB 1662 6871 517 joined join VBN 1662 6871 518 the the DT 1662 6871 519 CDS CDS NNP 1662 6871 520 for for IN 1662 6871 521 the the DT 1662 6871 522 election election NN 1662 6871 523 ; ; : 1662 6871 524 National National NNP 1662 6871 525 Solidarity Solidarity NNP 1662 6871 526 Party Party NNP 1662 6871 527 or or CC 1662 6871 528 PSN PSN NNP 1662 6871 529 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6871 530 Manuel Manuel NNP 1662 6871 531 SERGIO SERGIO NNP 1662 6871 532 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6871 533 ; ; : 1662 6871 534 Center Center NNP 1662 6871 535 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6871 536 Party Party NNP 1662 6871 537 or or CC 1662 6871 538 CDS CDS NNP 1662 6871 539 ; ; : 1662 6871 540 United United NNP 1662 6871 541 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 6871 542 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 6871 543 or or CC 1662 6871 544 CDU CDU NNP 1662 6871 545 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6871 546 communists communist NNS 1662 6871 547 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 548 International international JJ 1662 6871 549 organization organization NN 1662 6871 550 participation participation NN 1662 6871 551 : : : 1662 6871 552 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 6871 553 , , , 1662 6871 554 Australia Australia NNP 1662 6871 555 Group Group NNP 1662 6871 556 , , , 1662 6871 557 BIS BIS NNP 1662 6871 558 , , , 1662 6871 559 CCC CCC NNP 1662 6871 560 , , , 1662 6871 561 CE CE NNP 1662 6871 562 , , , 1662 6871 563 CERN CERN NNP 1662 6871 564 , , , 1662 6871 565 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 6871 566 , , , 1662 6871 567 ECE ECE NNP 1662 6871 568 , , , 1662 6871 569 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 6871 570 , , , 1662 6871 571 EIB EIB NNP 1662 6871 572 , , , 1662 6871 573 EU EU NNP 1662 6871 574 , , , 1662 6871 575 FAO FAO NNP 1662 6871 576 , , , 1662 6871 577 IADB IADB NNP 1662 6871 578 , , , 1662 6871 579 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 6871 580 , , , 1662 6871 581 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 6871 582 , , , 1662 6871 583 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 6871 584 , , , 1662 6871 585 ICC ICC NNP 1662 6871 586 , , , 1662 6871 587 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 6871 588 , , , 1662 6871 589 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 6871 590 , , , 1662 6871 591 IDA IDA NNP 1662 6871 592 , , , 1662 6871 593 IEA IEA NNP 1662 6871 594 , , , 1662 6871 595 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 6871 596 , , , 1662 6871 597 IFC IFC NNP 1662 6871 598 , , , 1662 6871 599 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 6871 600 , , , 1662 6871 601 IHO IHO NNP 1662 6871 602 , , , 1662 6871 603 ILO ILO NNP 1662 6871 604 , , , 1662 6871 605 IMF IMF NNP 1662 6871 606 , , , 1662 6871 607 IMO imo RB 1662 6871 608 , , , 1662 6871 609 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 6871 610 , , , 1662 6871 611 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6871 612 , , , 1662 6871 613 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 6871 614 , , , 1662 6871 615 IOC IOC NNP 1662 6871 616 , , , 1662 6871 617 IOM IOM NNP 1662 6871 618 , , , 1662 6871 619 ISO ISO NNP 1662 6871 620 , , , 1662 6871 621 ITU ITU NNP 1662 6871 622 , , , 1662 6871 623 LAIA LAIA NNP 1662 6871 624 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6871 625 observer observer NN 1662 6871 626 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 627 , , , 1662 6871 628 MINURSO MINURSO NNP 1662 6871 629 , , , 1662 6871 630 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 6871 631 , , , 1662 6871 632 NACC NACC NNP 1662 6871 633 , , , 1662 6871 634 NAM NAM NNP 1662 6871 635 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6871 636 guest guest NNP 1662 6871 637 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 638 , , , 1662 6871 639 NATO NATO NNP 1662 6871 640 , , , 1662 6871 641 NEA NEA NNP 1662 6871 642 , , , 1662 6871 643 NSG NSG NNP 1662 6871 644 , , , 1662 6871 645 OAS OAS NNP 1662 6871 646 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6871 647 observer observer NNP 1662 6871 648 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 649 , , , 1662 6871 650 OECD OECD NNP 1662 6871 651 , , , 1662 6871 652 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 6871 653 , , , 1662 6871 654 PCA PCA NNP 1662 6871 655 , , , 1662 6871 656 UN UN NNP 1662 6871 657 , , , 1662 6871 658 UN UN NNP 1662 6871 659 Security Security NNP 1662 6871 660 Council Council NNP 1662 6871 661 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6871 662 temporary temporary JJ 1662 6871 663 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 664 , , , 1662 6871 665 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 6871 666 III III NNP 1662 6871 667 , , , 1662 6871 668 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 6871 669 , , , 1662 6871 670 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 6871 671 , , , 1662 6871 672 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 6871 673 , , , 1662 6871 674 UNMIBH UNMIBH NNP 1662 6871 675 , , , 1662 6871 676 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 6871 677 , , , 1662 6871 678 UPU UPU NNP 1662 6871 679 , , , 1662 6871 680 WCL WCL NNP 1662 6871 681 , , , 1662 6871 682 WEU WEU NNP 1662 6871 683 , , , 1662 6871 684 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 6871 685 , , , 1662 6871 686 WHO who WP 1662 6871 687 , , , 1662 6871 688 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 6871 689 , , , 1662 6871 690 WMO WMO NNP 1662 6871 691 , , , 1662 6871 692 WToO 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1662 6871 766 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 767 : : : 1662 6871 768 Los Los NNP 1662 6871 769 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 6871 770 , , , 1662 6871 771 New New NNP 1662 6871 772 Bedford Bedford NNP 1662 6871 773 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6871 774 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 6871 775 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 776 , , , 1662 6871 777 Providence Providence NNP 1662 6871 778 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6871 779 Rhode Rhode NNP 1662 6871 780 Island Island NNP 1662 6871 781 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6871 782 , , , 1662 6871 783 Washington Washington NNP 1662 6871 784 , , , 1662 6871 785 DC DC NNP 1662 6871 786 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 6871 787 representation representation NN 1662 6871 788 from from IN 1662 6871 789 the the DT 1662 6871 790 US US NNP 1662 6871 791 : : : 1662 6871 792 chief chief NN 1662 6871 793 of of IN 1662 6871 794 mission mission NN 1662 6871 795 : : : 1662 6871 796 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 6871 797 Elizabeth Elizabeth NNP 1662 6871 798 Frawley Frawley NNP 1662 6871 799 BAGLEY BAGLEY NNP 1662 6871 800 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past JJ 1662 6871 911 two two CD 1662 6871 912 years year NNS 1662 6871 913 , , , 1662 6871 914 with with IN 1662 6871 915 similar similar JJ 1662 6871 916 growth growth NN 1662 6871 917 expected expect VBN 1662 6871 918 in in IN 1662 6871 919 1997 1997 CD 1662 6871 920 . . . 1662 6872 1 The the DT 1662 6872 2 Socialist socialist JJ 1662 6872 3 government government NN 1662 6872 4 's 's POS 1662 6872 5 primary primary JJ 1662 6872 6 economic economic JJ 1662 6872 7 goal goal NN 1662 6872 8 is be VBZ 1662 6872 9 to to TO 1662 6872 10 place place VB 1662 6872 11 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 6872 12 in in IN 1662 6872 13 the the DT 1662 6872 14 first first JJ 1662 6872 15 group group NN 1662 6872 16 of of IN 1662 6872 17 countries country NNS 1662 6872 18 adopting adopt VBG 1662 6872 19 the the DT 1662 6872 20 single single JJ 1662 6872 21 European european JJ 1662 6872 22 currency currency NN 1662 6872 23 , , , 1662 6872 24 and and CC 1662 6872 25 it -PRON- PRP 1662 6872 26 has have VBZ 1662 6872 27 instituted institute VBN 1662 6872 28 a a DT 1662 6872 29 disciplined discipline VBN 1662 6872 30 1997 1997 CD 1662 6872 31 budget budget NN 1662 6872 32 to to TO 1662 6872 33 bolster bolster VB 1662 6872 34 Lisbon Lisbon NNP 1662 6872 35 's 's POS 1662 6872 36 chances chance NNS 1662 6872 37 . . . 1662 6873 1 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 6873 2 government government NN 1662 6873 3 forecasts forecast NNS 1662 6873 4 suggest suggest VBP 1662 6873 5 that that IN 1662 6873 6 it -PRON- PRP 1662 6873 7 is be VBZ 1662 6873 8 likely likely JJ 1662 6873 9 to to TO 1662 6873 10 meet meet VB 1662 6873 11 partially partially RB 1662 6873 12 the the DT 1662 6873 13 Maastricht Maastricht NNP 1662 6873 14 monetary monetary JJ 1662 6873 15 convergence convergence NN 1662 6873 16 criteria criterion NNS 1662 6873 17 by by IN 1662 6873 18 lowering lower VBG 1662 6873 19 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 6873 20 budget budget NN 1662 6873 21 deficit deficit NN 1662 6873 22 from from IN 1662 6873 23 4 4 CD 1662 6873 24 % % NN 1662 6873 25 of of IN 1662 6873 26 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6873 27 in in IN 1662 6873 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 6873 29 to to IN 1662 6873 30 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 6873 31 % % NN 1662 6873 32 in in IN 1662 6873 33 1997 1997 CD 1662 6873 34 , , , 1662 6873 35 although although IN 1662 6873 36 the the DT 1662 6873 37 government government NN 1662 6873 38 predicts predict VBZ 1662 6873 39 that that IN 1662 6873 40 government government NN 1662 6873 41 debt debt NN 1662 6873 42 will will MD 1662 6873 43 be be VB 1662 6873 44 cut cut VBN 1662 6873 45 only only RB 1662 6873 46 to to IN 1662 6873 47 68 68 CD 1662 6873 48 % % NN 1662 6873 49 of of IN 1662 6873 50 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6873 51 , , , 1662 6873 52 overshooting overshoot VBG 1662 6873 53 Maastricht Maastricht NNP 1662 6873 54 's 's POS 1662 6873 55 60 60 CD 1662 6873 56 % % NN 1662 6873 57 target target NN 1662 6873 58 . . . 1662 6874 1 Social Social NNP 1662 6874 2 programs program NNS 1662 6874 3 - - : 1662 6874 4 a a DT 1662 6874 5 priority priority NN 1662 6874 6 for for IN 1662 6874 7 the the DT 1662 6874 8 Socialists Socialists NNPS 1662 6874 9 - - : 1662 6874 10 will will MD 1662 6874 11 still still RB 1662 6874 12 grow grow VB 1662 6874 13 slightly slightly RB 1662 6874 14 faster fast JJR 1662 6874 15 than than IN 1662 6874 16 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6874 17 in in IN 1662 6874 18 1997 1997 CD 1662 6874 19 , , , 1662 6874 20 mandating mandate VBG 1662 6874 21 strict strict JJ 1662 6874 22 budget budget NN 1662 6874 23 discipline discipline NN 1662 6874 24 in in IN 1662 6874 25 other other JJ 1662 6874 26 areas area NNS 1662 6874 27 . . . 1662 6875 1 As as IN 1662 6875 2 for for IN 1662 6875 3 the the DT 1662 6875 4 long long JJ 1662 6875 5 run run NN 1662 6875 6 , , , 1662 6875 7 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 6875 8 is be VBZ 1662 6875 9 increasing increase VBG 1662 6875 10 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 6875 11 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 6875 12 spending spending NN 1662 6875 13 - - : 1662 6875 14 much much JJ 1662 6875 15 of of IN 1662 6875 16 it -PRON- PRP 1662 6875 17 in in IN 1662 6875 18 anticipation anticipation NN 1662 6875 19 of of IN 1662 6875 20 hosting host VBG 1662 6875 21 the the DT 1662 6875 22 world world NN 1662 6875 23 's 's POS 1662 6875 24 International International NNP 1662 6875 25 Exposition Exposition NNP 1662 6875 26 in in IN 1662 6875 27 1998 1998 CD 1662 6875 28 - - : 1662 6875 29 while while IN 1662 6875 30 working work VBG 1662 6875 31 to to TO 1662 6875 32 modernize modernize VB 1662 6875 33 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 6875 34 capital capital NN 1662 6875 35 plant plant NN 1662 6875 36 and and CC 1662 6875 37 increase increase VB 1662 6875 38 competitiveness competitiveness NN 1662 6875 39 in in IN 1662 6875 40 hopes hope NNS 1662 6875 41 of of IN 1662 6875 42 increasing increase VBG 1662 6875 43 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 6875 44 's 's POS 1662 6875 45 GDP gdp NN 1662 6875 46 , , , 1662 6875 47 which which WDT 1662 6875 48 remains remain VBZ 1662 6875 49 below below IN 1662 6875 50 65 65 CD 1662 6875 51 % % NN 1662 6875 52 of of IN 1662 6875 53 the the DT 1662 6875 54 EU EU NNP 1662 6875 55 's 's POS 1662 6875 56 average average JJ 1662 6875 57 GDP gdp NN 1662 6875 58 per per IN 1662 6875 59 capita capita NN 1662 6875 60 . . . 1662 6876 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6876 2 : : : 1662 6876 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6876 4 power power NN 1662 6876 5 parity parity NN 1662 6876 6 - - : 1662 6876 7 $ $ $ 1662 6876 8 122.1 122.1 CD 1662 6876 9 billion billion CD 1662 6876 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6876 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6876 12 est est NNP 1662 6876 13 . . . 1662 6876 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6877 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6877 2 - - HYPH 1662 6877 3 real real JJ 1662 6877 4 growth growth NN 1662 6877 5 rate rate NN 1662 6877 6 : : : 1662 6877 7 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 6877 8 % % NN 1662 6877 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6877 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 6877 11 est est NNP 1662 6877 12 . . . 1662 6877 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6878 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6878 2 - - HYPH 1662 6878 3 per per FW 1662 6878 4 capita capita NN 1662 6878 5 : : : 1662 6878 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6878 7 power power NN 1662 6878 8 parity parity NN 1662 6878 9 - - : 1662 6878 10 $ $ $ 1662 6878 11 12,400 12,400 CD 1662 6878 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6878 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 6878 14 est est NNP 1662 6878 15 . . . 1662 6878 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6879 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6879 2 - - HYPH 1662 6879 3 composition composition NN 1662 6879 4 by by IN 1662 6879 5 sector sector NN 1662 6879 6 : : : 1662 6879 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6879 8 : : : 1662 6879 9 6 6 CD 1662 6879 10 % % NN 1662 6879 11 industry industry NN 1662 6879 12 : : : 1662 6879 13 36 36 CD 1662 6879 14 % % NN 1662 6879 15 services service NNS 1662 6879 16 : : : 1662 6879 17 58 58 CD 1662 6879 18 % % NN 1662 6879 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6879 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 6879 21 est est NNP 1662 6879 22 . . . 1662 6879 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6880 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 6880 2 rate rate NN 1662 6880 3 - - HYPH 1662 6880 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 6880 5 price price NN 1662 6880 6 index index NN 1662 6880 7 : : : 1662 6880 8 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 6880 9 % % NN 1662 6880 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6880 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6880 12 est est NNP 1662 6880 13 . . . 1662 6880 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6881 1 Labor labor NN 1662 6881 2 force force NN 1662 6881 3 : : : 1662 6881 4 total total NN 1662 6881 5 : : : 1662 6881 6 4.53 4.53 CD 1662 6881 7 million million CD 1662 6881 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6881 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 6881 10 est est NNP 1662 6881 11 . . . 1662 6881 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6882 1 by by IN 1662 6882 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 6882 3 : : : 1662 6882 4 services service NNS 1662 6882 5 54.5 54.5 CD 1662 6882 6 % % NN 1662 6882 7 , , , 1662 6882 8 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 6882 9 24.4 24.4 CD 1662 6882 10 % % NN 1662 6882 11 , , , 1662 6882 12 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6882 13 , , , 1662 6882 14 forestry forestry NN 1662 6882 15 , , , 1662 6882 16 fisheries fishery NNS 1662 6882 17 11.2 11.2 CD 1662 6882 18 % % NN 1662 6882 19 , , , 1662 6882 20 construction construction NN 1662 6882 21 8.3 8.3 CD 1662 6882 22 % % NN 1662 6882 23 , , , 1662 6882 24 utilities utility NNS 1662 6882 25 1.0 1.0 CD 1662 6882 26 % % NN 1662 6882 27 , , , 1662 6882 28 mining mine VBG 1662 6882 29 0.5 0.5 CD 1662 6882 30 % % NN 1662 6882 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6882 32 1992 1992 CD 1662 6882 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6882 34 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 6882 35 rate rate NN 1662 6882 36 : : : 1662 6882 37 7 7 CD 1662 6882 38 % % NN 1662 6882 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6882 40 1996 1996 CD 1662 6882 41 est est NNP 1662 6882 42 . . . 1662 6882 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6883 1 Budget budget NN 1662 6883 2 : : : 1662 6883 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 6883 4 : : : 1662 6883 5 $ $ $ 1662 6883 6 48 48 CD 1662 6883 7 billion billion CD 1662 6883 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6883 9 : : : 1662 6883 10 $ $ $ 1662 6883 11 52 52 CD 1662 6883 12 billion billion CD 1662 6883 13 , , , 1662 6883 14 including include VBG 1662 6883 15 capital capital NN 1662 6883 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6883 17 of of IN 1662 6883 18 $ $ $ 1662 6883 19 7.4 7.4 CD 1662 6883 20 billion billion CD 1662 6883 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6883 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 6883 23 est est NNP 1662 6883 24 . . . 1662 6883 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6884 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 6884 2 : : : 1662 6884 3 textiles textile NNS 1662 6884 4 and and CC 1662 6884 5 footwear footwear NN 1662 6884 6 ; ; , 1662 6884 7 wood wood NN 1662 6884 8 pulp pulp NN 1662 6884 9 , , , 1662 6884 10 paper paper NN 1662 6884 11 , , , 1662 6884 12 and and CC 1662 6884 13 cork cork NN 1662 6884 14 ; ; , 1662 6884 15 metalworking metalworking NN 1662 6884 16 ; ; : 1662 6884 17 oil oil NN 1662 6884 18 refining refining NN 1662 6884 19 ; ; : 1662 6884 20 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 6884 21 ; ; : 1662 6884 22 fish fish NN 1662 6884 23 canning canning NN 1662 6884 24 ; ; : 1662 6884 25 wine wine NN 1662 6884 26 ; ; : 1662 6884 27 tourism tourism NN 1662 6884 28 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 6884 29 production production NN 1662 6884 30 growth growth NN 1662 6884 31 rate rate NN 1662 6884 32 : : : 1662 6884 33 2.2 2.2 CD 1662 6884 34 % % NN 1662 6884 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6884 36 1996 1996 CD 1662 6884 37 est est NNP 1662 6884 38 . . . 1662 6884 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6885 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6885 2 - - HYPH 1662 6885 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 6885 4 : : : 1662 6885 5 8.83 8.83 CD 1662 6885 6 million million CD 1662 6885 7 kW kW NNP 1662 6885 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6885 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 6885 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6885 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6885 12 - - HYPH 1662 6885 13 production production NN 1662 6885 14 : : : 1662 6885 15 33.1 33.1 CD 1662 6885 16 billion billion CD 1662 6885 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6885 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6885 19 1995 1995 CD 1662 6885 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6885 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6885 22 - - HYPH 1662 6885 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 6885 24 per per IN 1662 6885 25 capita capita NN 1662 6885 26 : : : 1662 6885 27 2,863 2,863 CD 1662 6885 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6885 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6885 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 6885 31 est est NNP 1662 6885 32 . . . 1662 6885 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6886 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6886 2 - - HYPH 1662 6886 3 products product NNS 1662 6886 4 : : : 1662 6886 5 grain grain NN 1662 6886 6 , , , 1662 6886 7 potatoes potato NNS 1662 6886 8 , , , 1662 6886 9 olives olive NNS 1662 6886 10 , , , 1662 6886 11 grapes grape NNS 1662 6886 12 ; ; , 1662 6886 13 sheep sheep NN 1662 6886 14 , , , 1662 6886 15 cattle cattle NNS 1662 6886 16 , , , 1662 6886 17 goats goat NNS 1662 6886 18 , , , 1662 6886 19 poultry poultry NN 1662 6886 20 , , , 1662 6886 21 meat meat NN 1662 6886 22 , , , 1662 6886 23 dairy dairy NN 1662 6886 24 products product NNS 1662 6886 25 Exports export NNS 1662 6886 26 : : : 1662 6886 27 total total JJ 1662 6886 28 value value NN 1662 6886 29 : : : 1662 6886 30 $ $ $ 1662 6886 31 25.8 25.8 CD 1662 6886 32 billion billion CD 1662 6886 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6886 34 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 6886 35 . . NNP 1662 6886 36 , , , 1662 6886 37 1996 1996 CD 1662 6886 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6886 39 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6886 40 : : : 1662 6886 41 clothing clothing NN 1662 6886 42 and and CC 1662 6886 43 footwear footwear NN 1662 6886 44 , , , 1662 6886 45 machinery machinery NN 1662 6886 46 , , , 1662 6886 47 cork cork NN 1662 6886 48 and and CC 1662 6886 49 paper paper NN 1662 6886 50 products product NNS 1662 6886 51 , , , 1662 6886 52 hides hide VBZ 1662 6886 53 partners partner NNS 1662 6886 54 : : : 1662 6886 55 EU EU NNP 1662 6886 56 80 80 CD 1662 6886 57 % % NN 1662 6886 58 , , , 1662 6886 59 other other JJ 1662 6886 60 developed develop VBN 1662 6886 61 countries country NNS 1662 6886 62 9 9 CD 1662 6886 63 % % NN 1662 6886 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6886 65 US US NNP 1662 6886 66 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 6886 67 % % NN 1662 6886 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6886 69 Imports import NNS 1662 6886 70 : : : 1662 6886 71 total total JJ 1662 6886 72 value value NN 1662 6886 73 : : : 1662 6886 74 $ $ $ 1662 6886 75 34.2 34.2 CD 1662 6886 76 billion billion CD 1662 6886 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6886 78 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 6886 79 . . NNP 1662 6886 80 , , , 1662 6886 81 1996 1996 CD 1662 6886 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6886 83 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6886 84 : : : 1662 6886 85 machinery machinery NN 1662 6886 86 and and CC 1662 6886 87 transport transport NN 1662 6886 88 equipment equipment NN 1662 6886 89 , , , 1662 6886 90 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 6886 91 products product NNS 1662 6886 92 , , , 1662 6886 93 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 6886 94 , , , 1662 6886 95 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6886 96 , , , 1662 6886 97 textiles textile VBZ 1662 6886 98 partners partner NNS 1662 6886 99 : : : 1662 6886 100 EU EU NNP 1662 6886 101 72 72 CD 1662 6886 102 % % NN 1662 6886 103 , , , 1662 6886 104 other other JJ 1662 6886 105 developed developed JJ 1662 6886 106 countries country NNS 1662 6886 107 8 8 CD 1662 6886 108 % % NN 1662 6886 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6886 110 US US NNP 1662 6886 111 3 3 CD 1662 6886 112 % % NN 1662 6886 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6886 114 , , , 1662 6886 115 less less RBR 1662 6886 116 developed developed JJ 1662 6886 117 countries country NNS 1662 6886 118 17 17 CD 1662 6886 119 % % NN 1662 6886 120 Debt debt NN 1662 6886 121 - - HYPH 1662 6886 122 external external JJ 1662 6886 123 : : : 1662 6886 124 $ $ $ 1662 6886 125 13.6 13.6 CD 1662 6886 126 billion billion CD 1662 6886 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6886 128 1996 1996 CD 1662 6886 129 est est NNP 1662 6886 130 . . . 1662 6886 131 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6887 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 6887 2 aid aid NN 1662 6887 3 : : : 1662 6887 4 donor donor NN 1662 6887 5 : : : 1662 6887 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 6887 7 , , , 1662 6887 8 $ $ $ 1662 6887 9 248 248 CD 1662 6887 10 million million CD 1662 6887 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6887 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 6887 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6887 14 recipient recipient NN 1662 6887 15 : : : 1662 6887 16 ODA ODA NNP 1662 6887 17 , , , 1662 6887 18 $ $ $ 1662 6887 19 70 70 CD 1662 6887 20 million million CD 1662 6887 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6887 22 1993 1993 CD 1662 6887 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6887 24 Currency currency NN 1662 6887 25 : : : 1662 6887 26 1 1 CD 1662 6887 27 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 6887 28 escudo escudo NN 1662 6887 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6887 30 Esc Esc NNP 1662 6887 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6887 32 = = NFP 1662 6887 33 100 100 CD 1662 6887 34 centavos centavos NNP 1662 6887 35 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 6887 36 rates rate NNS 1662 6887 37 : : : 1662 6887 38 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 6887 39 escudos escudos NN 1662 6887 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6887 41 Esc Esc NNP 1662 6887 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6887 43 per per IN 1662 6887 44 US$ us$ $ 1662 6887 45 1 1 CD 1662 6887 46 - - SYM 1662 6887 47 160.35 160.35 CD 1662 6887 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6887 49 January January NNP 1662 6887 50 1997 1997 CD 1662 6887 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6887 52 , , , 1662 6887 53 154.24 154.24 CD 1662 6887 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6887 55 1996 1996 CD 1662 6887 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6887 57 , , , 1662 6887 58 151.11 151.11 CD 1662 6887 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6887 60 1995 1995 CD 1662 6887 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6887 62 , , , 1662 6887 63 165.99 165.99 CD 1662 6887 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6887 65 1994 1994 CD 1662 6887 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6887 67 , , , 1662 6887 68 160.80 160.80 CD 1662 6887 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6887 70 1993 1993 CD 1662 6887 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6887 72 , , , 1662 6887 73 135.00 135.00 CD 1662 6887 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6887 75 1992 1992 CD 1662 6887 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6887 77 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6887 78 year year NN 1662 6887 79 : : : 1662 6887 80 calendar calendar NNP 1662 6887 81 year year NN 1662 6887 82 @Portugal @Portugal NNP 1662 6887 83 : : : 1662 6887 84 Communications Communications NNP 1662 6887 85 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 6887 86 : : : 1662 6887 87 3,444,300 3,444,300 CD 1662 6887 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6887 89 1994 1994 CD 1662 6887 90 est est NNP 1662 6887 91 . . . 1662 6887 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6888 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 6888 2 system system NN 1662 6888 3 : : : 1662 6888 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6888 5 : : : 1662 6888 6 generally generally RB 1662 6888 7 adequate adequate JJ 1662 6888 8 integrated integrated JJ 1662 6888 9 network network NN 1662 6888 10 of of IN 1662 6888 11 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 6888 12 cables cable NNS 1662 6888 13 , , , 1662 6888 14 open open JJ 1662 6888 15 wire wire NN 1662 6888 16 , , , 1662 6888 17 microwave microwave NN 1662 6888 18 radio radio NN 1662 6888 19 relay relay NN 1662 6888 20 , , , 1662 6888 21 and and CC 1662 6888 22 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6888 23 satellite satellite NN 1662 6888 24 earth earth NN 1662 6888 25 stations station NNS 1662 6888 26 international international RB 1662 6888 27 : : : 1662 6888 28 6 6 CD 1662 6888 29 submarine submarine NN 1662 6888 30 cables cable NNS 1662 6888 31 ; ; : 1662 6888 32 satellite satellite NN 1662 6888 33 earth earth NN 1662 6888 34 stations station NNS 1662 6888 35 - - , 1662 6888 36 3 3 CD 1662 6888 37 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6888 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6888 39 2 2 CD 1662 6888 40 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6888 41 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6888 42 and and CC 1662 6888 43 1 1 CD 1662 6888 44 Indian Indian NNP 1662 6888 45 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6888 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6888 47 , , , 1662 6888 48 NA NA NNP 1662 6888 49 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNP 1662 6888 50 ; ; : 1662 6888 51 tropospheric tropospheric JJ 1662 6888 52 scatter scatter NN 1662 6888 53 to to IN 1662 6888 54 Azores azore NNS 1662 6888 55 ; ; : 1662 6888 56 note note VB 1662 6888 57 - - : 1662 6888 58 an an DT 1662 6888 59 earth earth NN 1662 6888 60 station station NN 1662 6888 61 for for IN 1662 6888 62 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 6888 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6888 64 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6888 65 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6888 66 Region Region NNP 1662 6888 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6888 68 is be VBZ 1662 6888 69 planned plan VBN 1662 6888 70 Radio Radio NNP 1662 6888 71 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6888 72 stations station NNS 1662 6888 73 : : : 1662 6888 74 AM am VBP 1662 6888 75 57 57 CD 1662 6888 76 , , , 1662 6888 77 FM FM NNP 1662 6888 78 66 66 CD 1662 6888 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6888 80 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 6888 81 22 22 CD 1662 6888 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6888 83 , , , 1662 6888 84 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 6888 85 0 0 CD 1662 6888 86 Radios radio NNS 1662 6888 87 : : : 1662 6888 88 2.2 2.2 CD 1662 6888 89 million million CD 1662 6888 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6888 91 1993 1993 CD 1662 6888 92 est est NNP 1662 6888 93 . . . 1662 6888 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6889 1 Television television NN 1662 6889 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6889 3 stations station NNS 1662 6889 4 : : : 1662 6889 5 66 66 CD 1662 6889 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6889 7 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 6889 8 23 23 CD 1662 6889 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6889 10 Televisions television NNS 1662 6889 11 : : : 1662 6889 12 2,970,892 2,970,892 CD 1662 6889 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6889 14 1993 1993 CD 1662 6889 15 est est NNP 1662 6889 16 . . . 1662 6889 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6890 1 @Portugal @portugal NN 1662 6890 2 : : : 1662 6890 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 6890 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 6890 5 : : : 1662 6890 6 total total NN 1662 6890 7 : : : 1662 6890 8 3,068 3,068 CD 1662 6890 9 km km NN 1662 6890 10 broad broad JJ 1662 6890 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 6890 12 : : : 1662 6890 13 2,761 2,761 CD 1662 6890 14 km km NN 1662 6890 15 1.668-m 1.668-m CD 1662 6890 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 6890 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6890 18 464 464 CD 1662 6890 19 km km NNS 1662 6890 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 6890 21 ; ; : 1662 6890 22 426 426 CD 1662 6890 23 km km NN 1662 6890 24 double double JJ 1662 6890 25 track track NN 1662 6890 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6890 27 narrow narrow JJ 1662 6890 28 gauge gauge NN 1662 6890 29 : : : 1662 6890 30 307 307 CD 1662 6890 31 km km NN 1662 6890 32 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 6890 33 gauge gauge NN 1662 6890 34 note note NN 1662 6890 35 : : : 1662 6890 36 in in IN 1662 6890 37 1994 1994 CD 1662 6890 38 , , , 1662 6890 39 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 6890 40 had have VBD 1662 6890 41 3,520 3,520 CD 1662 6890 42 km km NNS 1662 6890 43 of of IN 1662 6890 44 track track NN 1662 6890 45 of of IN 1662 6890 46 which which WDT 1662 6890 47 464 464 CD 1662 6890 48 km km NNS 1662 6890 49 were be VBD 1662 6890 50 electrified electrify VBN 1662 6890 51 Highways highway NNS 1662 6890 52 : : : 1662 6890 53 total total NN 1662 6890 54 : : : 1662 6890 55 68,732 68,732 CD 1662 6890 56 km km NN 1662 6890 57 paved pave VBN 1662 6890 58 : : : 1662 6890 59 59,110 59,110 CD 1662 6890 60 km km NNS 1662 6890 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6890 62 including include VBG 1662 6890 63 587 587 CD 1662 6890 64 km km NNS 1662 6890 65 of of IN 1662 6890 66 expressways expressway NNS 1662 6890 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6890 68 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6890 69 : : : 1662 6890 70 9,622 9,622 CD 1662 6890 71 km km NNS 1662 6890 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6890 73 1995 1995 CD 1662 6890 74 est est NNP 1662 6890 75 . . . 1662 6890 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6891 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 6891 2 : : : 1662 6891 3 820 820 CD 1662 6891 4 km km NNS 1662 6891 5 navigable navigable JJ 1662 6891 6 ; ; : 1662 6891 7 relatively relatively RB 1662 6891 8 unimportant unimportant JJ 1662 6891 9 to to IN 1662 6891 10 national national JJ 1662 6891 11 economy economy NN 1662 6891 12 , , , 1662 6891 13 used use VBN 1662 6891 14 by by IN 1662 6891 15 shallow shallow JJ 1662 6891 16 - - HYPH 1662 6891 17 draft draft NN 1662 6891 18 craft craft NN 1662 6891 19 limited limit VBN 1662 6891 20 to to IN 1662 6891 21 300 300 CD 1662 6891 22 metric metric JJ 1662 6891 23 - - HYPH 1662 6891 24 ton ton NN 1662 6891 25 cargo cargo NN 1662 6891 26 capacity capacity NN 1662 6891 27 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 6891 28 : : : 1662 6891 29 crude crude JJ 1662 6891 30 oil oil NN 1662 6891 31 22 22 CD 1662 6891 32 km km NN 1662 6891 33 ; ; : 1662 6891 34 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6891 35 products product NNS 1662 6891 36 58 58 CD 1662 6891 37 km km NN 1662 6891 38 note note NN 1662 6891 39 : : : 1662 6891 40 there there EX 1662 6891 41 is be VBZ 1662 6891 42 a a DT 1662 6891 43 700 700 CD 1662 6891 44 km km NN 1662 6891 45 natural natural JJ 1662 6891 46 gas gas NN 1662 6891 47 pipeline pipeline NN 1662 6891 48 which which WDT 1662 6891 49 connects connect VBZ 1662 6891 50 with with IN 1662 6891 51 one one CD 1662 6891 52 in in IN 1662 6891 53 Spain Spain NNP 1662 6891 54 carrying carry VBG 1662 6891 55 Algerian algerian JJ 1662 6891 56 natural natural JJ 1662 6891 57 gas gas NN 1662 6891 58 which which WDT 1662 6891 59 is be VBZ 1662 6891 60 to to TO 1662 6891 61 open open VB 1662 6891 62 in in IN 1662 6891 63 1997 1997 CD 1662 6891 64 ; ; : 1662 6891 65 the the DT 1662 6891 66 secondary secondary JJ 1662 6891 67 lines line NNS 1662 6891 68 that that WDT 1662 6891 69 will will MD 1662 6891 70 be be VB 1662 6891 71 300 300 CD 1662 6891 72 km km NNS 1662 6891 73 long long JJ 1662 6891 74 have have VBP 1662 6891 75 not not RB 1662 6891 76 yet yet RB 1662 6891 77 been be VBN 1662 6891 78 built build VBN 1662 6891 79 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 6891 80 and and CC 1662 6891 81 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6891 82 : : : 1662 6891 83 Aveiro Aveiro NNP 1662 6891 84 , , , 1662 6891 85 Funchal Funchal NNP 1662 6891 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6891 87 Madeira Madeira NNP 1662 6891 88 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 6891 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6891 90 , , , 1662 6891 91 Horta Horta NNP 1662 6891 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6891 93 Azores Azores NNPS 1662 6891 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6891 95 , , , 1662 6891 96 Leixoes Leixoes NNP 1662 6891 97 , , , 1662 6891 98 Lisbon Lisbon NNP 1662 6891 99 , , , 1662 6891 100 Porto Porto NNP 1662 6891 101 , , , 1662 6891 102 Ponta Ponta NNP 1662 6891 103 Delgada Delgada NNP 1662 6891 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6891 105 Azores Azores NNPS 1662 6891 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6891 107 , , , 1662 6891 108 Praia Praia NNP 1662 6891 109 da da NNP 1662 6891 110 Vitoria Vitoria NNP 1662 6891 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6891 112 Azores Azores NNPS 1662 6891 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6891 114 , , , 1662 6891 115 Setubal Setubal NNP 1662 6891 116 , , , 1662 6891 117 Viana Viana NNP 1662 6891 118 do do VBP 1662 6891 119 Castelo Castelo NNP 1662 6891 120 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 6891 121 marine marine NN 1662 6891 122 : : : 1662 6891 123 total total NN 1662 6891 124 : : : 1662 6891 125 84 84 CD 1662 6891 126 ships ship NNS 1662 6891 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6891 128 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6891 129 GRT GRT NNP 1662 6891 130 or or CC 1662 6891 131 over over RB 1662 6891 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6891 133 totaling total VBG 1662 6891 134 556,069 556,069 CD 1662 6891 135 GRT/906,790 GRT/906,790 NNP 1662 6891 136 DWT DWT NNP 1662 6891 137 ships ship NNS 1662 6891 138 by by IN 1662 6891 139 type type NN 1662 6891 140 : : : 1662 6891 141 bulk bulk NNP 1662 6891 142 9 9 CD 1662 6891 143 , , , 1662 6891 144 cargo cargo NN 1662 6891 145 47 47 CD 1662 6891 146 , , , 1662 6891 147 chemical chemical NN 1662 6891 148 tanker tanker NN 1662 6891 149 6 6 CD 1662 6891 150 , , , 1662 6891 151 container container NN 1662 6891 152 5 5 CD 1662 6891 153 , , , 1662 6891 154 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 6891 155 gas gas NN 1662 6891 156 tanker tanker NN 1662 6891 157 4 4 CD 1662 6891 158 , , , 1662 6891 159 oil oil NN 1662 6891 160 tanker tanker NN 1662 6891 161 7 7 CD 1662 6891 162 , , , 1662 6891 163 passenger passenger NN 1662 6891 164 - - HYPH 1662 6891 165 cargo cargo NN 1662 6891 166 1 1 CD 1662 6891 167 , , , 1662 6891 168 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 6891 169 cargo cargo NN 1662 6891 170 1 1 CD 1662 6891 171 , , , 1662 6891 172 roll roll NN 1662 6891 173 - - HYPH 1662 6891 174 on on IN 1662 6891 175 / / SYM 1662 6891 176 roll roll NN 1662 6891 177 - - HYPH 1662 6891 178 off off RP 1662 6891 179 cargo cargo NN 1662 6891 180 2 2 CD 1662 6891 181 , , , 1662 6891 182 short short JJ 1662 6891 183 - - HYPH 1662 6891 184 sea sea NN 1662 6891 185 passenger passenger NN 1662 6891 186 2 2 CD 1662 6891 187 note note NN 1662 6891 188 : : : 1662 6891 189 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 6891 190 has have VBZ 1662 6891 191 created create VBN 1662 6891 192 a a DT 1662 6891 193 captive captive JJ 1662 6891 194 register register NN 1662 6891 195 on on IN 1662 6891 196 Madeira Madeira NNP 1662 6891 197 for for IN 1662 6891 198 Portuguese Portuguese NNP 1662 6891 199 - - HYPH 1662 6891 200 owned own VBN 1662 6891 201 ships ship NNS 1662 6891 202 ; ; : 1662 6891 203 ships ship NNS 1662 6891 204 on on IN 1662 6891 205 the the DT 1662 6891 206 Madeira Madeira NNP 1662 6891 207 Register Register NNP 1662 6891 208 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6891 209 MAR MAR NNP 1662 6891 210 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6891 211 will will MD 1662 6891 212 have have VB 1662 6891 213 taxation taxation NN 1662 6891 214 and and CC 1662 6891 215 crewing crew VBG 1662 6891 216 benefits benefit NNS 1662 6891 217 of of IN 1662 6891 218 a a DT 1662 6891 219 flag flag NN 1662 6891 220 of of IN 1662 6891 221 convenience convenience NN 1662 6891 222 ; ; : 1662 6891 223 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 6891 224 owns own VBZ 1662 6891 225 an an DT 1662 6891 226 additional additional JJ 1662 6891 227 10 10 CD 1662 6891 228 ships ship NNS 1662 6891 229 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6891 230 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6891 231 GRT GRT NNP 1662 6891 232 or or CC 1662 6891 233 over over RB 1662 6891 234 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6891 235 totaling total VBG 1662 6891 236 322,887 322,887 CD 1662 6891 237 DWT DWT NNP 1662 6891 238 operating operate VBG 1662 6891 239 under under IN 1662 6891 240 the the DT 1662 6891 241 registries registry NNS 1662 6891 242 of of IN 1662 6891 243 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 6891 244 , , , 1662 6891 245 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 6891 246 , , , 1662 6891 247 and and CC 1662 6891 248 Panama Panama NNP 1662 6891 249 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6891 250 1996 1996 CD 1662 6891 251 est est NNP 1662 6891 252 . . . 1662 6891 253 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6892 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6892 2 : : : 1662 6892 3 67 67 CD 1662 6892 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6892 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6892 6 est est NNP 1662 6892 7 . . . 1662 6892 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6893 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6893 2 - - , 1662 6893 3 with with IN 1662 6893 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6893 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6893 6 : : : 1662 6893 7 total total NN 1662 6893 8 : : : 1662 6893 9 66 66 CD 1662 6893 10 over over IN 1662 6893 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6893 12 m m NN 1662 6893 13 : : : 1662 6893 14 5 5 CD 1662 6893 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 6893 16 to to TO 1662 6893 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6893 18 m m NN 1662 6893 19 : : : 1662 6893 20 8 8 CD 1662 6893 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6893 22 to to TO 1662 6893 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6893 24 m m NN 1662 6893 25 : : : 1662 6893 26 3 3 CD 1662 6893 27 914 914 CD 1662 6893 28 to to TO 1662 6893 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6893 30 m m NN 1662 6893 31 : : : 1662 6893 32 18 18 CD 1662 6893 33 under under IN 1662 6893 34 914 914 CD 1662 6893 35 m m NN 1662 6893 36 : : : 1662 6893 37 32 32 CD 1662 6893 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6893 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 6893 40 est est NNP 1662 6893 41 . . . 1662 6893 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6894 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6894 2 - - , 1662 6894 3 with with IN 1662 6894 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6894 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6894 6 : : : 1662 6894 7 total total NN 1662 6894 8 : : : 1662 6894 9 1 1 CD 1662 6894 10 914 914 CD 1662 6894 11 to to TO 1662 6894 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6894 13 m m NN 1662 6894 14 : : : 1662 6894 15 1 1 CD 1662 6894 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6894 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 6894 18 est est NNP 1662 6894 19 . . . 1662 6894 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6895 1 Military military JJ 1662 6895 2 Military military JJ 1662 6895 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6895 4 : : : 1662 6895 5 Army Army NNP 1662 6895 6 , , , 1662 6895 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 6895 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6895 9 includes include VBZ 1662 6895 10 Marines Marines NNPS 1662 6895 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6895 12 , , , 1662 6895 13 Air Air NNP 1662 6895 14 Force Force NNP 1662 6895 15 , , , 1662 6895 16 National National NNP 1662 6895 17 Republican Republican NNP 1662 6895 18 Guard Guard NNP 1662 6895 19 , , , 1662 6895 20 Fiscal Fiscal NNP 1662 6895 21 Guard Guard NNP 1662 6895 22 , , , 1662 6895 23 Public Public NNP 1662 6895 24 Security Security NNP 1662 6895 25 Police Police NNP 1662 6895 26 Military Military NNP 1662 6895 27 manpower manpower NN 1662 6895 28 - - HYPH 1662 6895 29 military military NN 1662 6895 30 age age NN 1662 6895 31 : : : 1662 6895 32 20 20 CD 1662 6895 33 years year NNS 1662 6895 34 of of IN 1662 6895 35 age age NN 1662 6895 36 Military military JJ 1662 6895 37 manpower manpower NN 1662 6895 38 - - HYPH 1662 6895 39 availability availability NN 1662 6895 40 : : : 1662 6895 41 males male NNS 1662 6895 42 age age NNP 1662 6895 43 15 15 CD 1662 6895 44 - - HYPH 1662 6895 45 49 49 CD 1662 6895 46 : : : 1662 6895 47 2,543,502 2,543,502 CD 1662 6895 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6895 49 1997 1997 CD 1662 6895 50 est est NNP 1662 6895 51 . . . 1662 6895 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6896 1 Military military JJ 1662 6896 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6896 3 - - HYPH 1662 6896 4 fit fit NN 1662 6896 5 for for IN 1662 6896 6 military military JJ 1662 6896 7 service service NN 1662 6896 8 : : : 1662 6896 9 males male NNS 1662 6896 10 : : : 1662 6896 11 2,049,806 2,049,806 CD 1662 6896 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6896 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6896 14 est est NNP 1662 6896 15 . . . 1662 6896 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6897 1 Military military JJ 1662 6897 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6897 3 - - HYPH 1662 6897 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 6897 5 military military JJ 1662 6897 6 age age NN 1662 6897 7 annually annually RB 1662 6897 8 : : : 1662 6897 9 males male NNS 1662 6897 10 : : : 1662 6897 11 80,494 80,494 CD 1662 6897 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6897 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6897 14 est est NNP 1662 6897 15 . . . 1662 6897 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6898 1 Military military JJ 1662 6898 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6898 3 - - HYPH 1662 6898 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 6898 5 figure figure NN 1662 6898 6 : : : 1662 6898 7 $ $ $ 1662 6898 8 2.07 2.07 CD 1662 6898 9 billion billion CD 1662 6898 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6898 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6898 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6898 13 Military military JJ 1662 6898 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6898 15 - - : 1662 6898 16 percent percent NN 1662 6898 17 of of IN 1662 6898 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6898 19 : : : 1662 6898 20 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 6898 21 % % NN 1662 6898 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6898 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 6898 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6898 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6898 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6898 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 6898 28 - - HYPH 1662 6898 29 international international JJ 1662 6898 30 : : : 1662 6898 31 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 6898 32 over over IN 1662 6898 33 Timor Timor NNP 1662 6898 34 Timur Timur NNP 1662 6898 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6898 36 East East NNP 1662 6898 37 Timor Timor NNP 1662 6898 38 province province NN 1662 6898 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6898 40 disputed dispute VBD 1662 6898 41 with with IN 1662 6898 42 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 6898 43 and and CC 1662 6898 44 not not RB 1662 6898 45 recognized recognize VBN 1662 6898 46 by by IN 1662 6898 47 the the DT 1662 6898 48 UN UN NNP 1662 6898 49 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 6898 50 drugs drug VBZ 1662 6898 51 : : : 1662 6898 52 important important JJ 1662 6898 53 gateway gateway NN 1662 6898 54 country country NN 1662 6898 55 for for IN 1662 6898 56 Latin latin JJ 1662 6898 57 American american JJ 1662 6898 58 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 6898 59 entering enter VBG 1662 6898 60 the the DT 1662 6898 61 European european JJ 1662 6898 62 market market NN 1662 6898 63 ; ; , 1662 6898 64 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 6898 65 point point NN 1662 6898 66 for for IN 1662 6898 67 hashish hashish NN 1662 6898 68 from from IN 1662 6898 69 North North NNP 1662 6898 70 Africa Africa NNP 1662 6898 71 to to IN 1662 6898 72 Europe Europe NNP 1662 6898 73 ; ; : 1662 6898 74 consumer consumer NN 1662 6898 75 of of IN 1662 6898 76 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 6898 77 Asian asian JJ 1662 6898 78 heroin heroin NN 1662 6898 79 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 80 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 90 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 91 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 92 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 93 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 94 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 95 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 96 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 97 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 98 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 99 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 100 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 101 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 102 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 103 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 104 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 105 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 106 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 107 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 108 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 109 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 110 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 111 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 112 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 113 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 114 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 115 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 116 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 117 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 118 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 119 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 120 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 121 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 122 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 123 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 124 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 125 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 126 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 127 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 128 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 129 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 130 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 131 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 132 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 133 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 134 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 135 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 136 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 137 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 138 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 139 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 140 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 141 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 142 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 143 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 144 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 145 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 146 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 147 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 148 _ _ NNP 1662 6898 149 PUERTO PUERTO NNP 1662 6898 150 RICO RICO NNP 1662 6898 151 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6898 152 commonwealth commonwealth NNP 1662 6898 153 associated associate VBN 1662 6898 154 with with IN 1662 6898 155 the the DT 1662 6898 156 US US NNP 1662 6898 157 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6898 158 @Puerto @Puerto NNP 1662 6898 159 Rico Rico NNP 1662 6898 160 : : : 1662 6898 161 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6898 162 Location Location NNP 1662 6898 163 : : : 1662 6898 164 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 6898 165 , , , 1662 6898 166 island island NN 1662 6898 167 between between IN 1662 6898 168 the the DT 1662 6898 169 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 6898 170 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6898 171 and and CC 1662 6898 172 the the DT 1662 6898 173 North North NNP 1662 6898 174 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6898 175 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6898 176 , , , 1662 6898 177 east east NN 1662 6898 178 of of IN 1662 6898 179 the the DT 1662 6898 180 Dominican Dominican NNP 1662 6898 181 Republic Republic NNP 1662 6898 182 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6898 183 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6898 184 : : : 1662 6898 185 18 18 CD 1662 6898 186 15 15 CD 1662 6898 187 N n CD 1662 6898 188 , , , 1662 6898 189 66 66 CD 1662 6898 190 30 30 CD 1662 6898 191 W W NNP 1662 6898 192 Map Map NNP 1662 6898 193 references reference NNS 1662 6898 194 : : : 1662 6898 195 Central Central NNP 1662 6898 196 America America NNP 1662 6898 197 and and CC 1662 6898 198 the the DT 1662 6898 199 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 6898 200 Area Area NNP 1662 6898 201 : : : 1662 6898 202 total total NN 1662 6898 203 : : : 1662 6898 204 9,104 9,104 CD 1662 6898 205 sq sq NN 1662 6898 206 km km NNP 1662 6898 207 land land NN 1662 6898 208 : : : 1662 6898 209 8,959 8,959 CD 1662 6898 210 sq sq NNP 1662 6898 211 km km NNP 1662 6898 212 water water NN 1662 6898 213 : : : 1662 6898 214 145 145 CD 1662 6898 215 sq sq NN 1662 6898 216 km km NNP 1662 6898 217 Area area NN 1662 6898 218 - - HYPH 1662 6898 219 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6898 220 : : : 1662 6898 221 slightly slightly RB 1662 6898 222 less less JJR 1662 6898 223 than than IN 1662 6898 224 three three CD 1662 6898 225 times time NNS 1662 6898 226 the the DT 1662 6898 227 size size NN 1662 6898 228 of of IN 1662 6898 229 Rhode Rhode NNP 1662 6898 230 Island Island NNP 1662 6898 231 Land Land NNP 1662 6898 232 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6898 233 : : : 1662 6898 234 0 0 LS 1662 6898 235 km km NN 1662 6898 236 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6898 237 : : : 1662 6898 238 501 501 CD 1662 6898 239 km km NN 1662 6898 240 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6898 241 claims claim VBZ 1662 6898 242 : : : 1662 6898 243 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 6898 244 economic economic JJ 1662 6898 245 zone zone NN 1662 6898 246 : : : 1662 6898 247 200 200 CD 1662 6898 248 nm nm CD 1662 6898 249 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6898 250 sea sea NN 1662 6898 251 : : : 1662 6898 252 12 12 CD 1662 6898 253 nm nm NNP 1662 6898 254 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6898 255 : : : 1662 6898 256 tropical tropical JJ 1662 6898 257 marine marine NN 1662 6898 258 , , , 1662 6898 259 mild mild JJ 1662 6898 260 , , , 1662 6898 261 little little JJ 1662 6898 262 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 6898 263 temperature temperature NN 1662 6898 264 variation variation NN 1662 6898 265 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6898 266 : : : 1662 6898 267 mostly mostly RB 1662 6898 268 mountains mountain NNS 1662 6898 269 with with IN 1662 6898 270 coastal coastal JJ 1662 6898 271 plain plain JJ 1662 6898 272 belt belt NN 1662 6898 273 in in IN 1662 6898 274 north north NN 1662 6898 275 ; ; : 1662 6898 276 mountains mountain NNS 1662 6898 277 precipitous precipitous JJ 1662 6898 278 to to IN 1662 6898 279 sea sea NN 1662 6898 280 on on IN 1662 6898 281 west west NNP 1662 6898 282 coast coast NNP 1662 6898 283 ; ; : 1662 6898 284 sandy sandy NNP 1662 6898 285 beaches beach NNS 1662 6898 286 along along IN 1662 6898 287 most most JJS 1662 6898 288 coastal coastal JJ 1662 6898 289 areas area NNS 1662 6898 290 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6898 291 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6898 292 : : : 1662 6898 293 lowest low JJS 1662 6898 294 point point NN 1662 6898 295 : : : 1662 6898 296 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 6898 297 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6898 298 0 0 NFP 1662 6898 299 m m DT 1662 6898 300 highest high JJS 1662 6898 301 point point NN 1662 6898 302 : : : 1662 6898 303 Cerro Cerro NNP 1662 6898 304 de de NNP 1662 6898 305 Punta Punta NNP 1662 6898 306 1,338 1,338 CD 1662 6898 307 m m NNP 1662 6898 308 Natural natural JJ 1662 6898 309 resources resource NNS 1662 6898 310 : : : 1662 6898 311 some some DT 1662 6898 312 copper copper NN 1662 6898 313 and and CC 1662 6898 314 nickel nickel NN 1662 6898 315 , , , 1662 6898 316 potential potential JJ 1662 6898 317 for for IN 1662 6898 318 onshore onshore JJ 1662 6898 319 and and CC 1662 6898 320 offshore offshore JJ 1662 6898 321 oil oil NN 1662 6898 322 Land Land NNP 1662 6898 323 use use NN 1662 6898 324 : : : 1662 6898 325 arable arable JJ 1662 6898 326 land land NN 1662 6898 327 : : : 1662 6898 328 4 4 CD 1662 6898 329 % % NN 1662 6898 330 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6898 331 crops crop NNS 1662 6898 332 : : : 1662 6898 333 5 5 CD 1662 6898 334 % % NN 1662 6898 335 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6898 336 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6898 337 : : : 1662 6898 338 26 26 CD 1662 6898 339 % % NN 1662 6898 340 forests forest NNS 1662 6898 341 and and CC 1662 6898 342 woodland woodland NN 1662 6898 343 : : : 1662 6898 344 16 16 CD 1662 6898 345 % % NN 1662 6898 346 other other JJ 1662 6898 347 : : : 1662 6898 348 49 49 CD 1662 6898 349 % % NN 1662 6898 350 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6898 351 1993 1993 CD 1662 6898 352 est est NNP 1662 6898 353 . . . 1662 6898 354 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6899 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6899 2 land land NN 1662 6899 3 : : : 1662 6899 4 390 390 CD 1662 6899 5 sq sq IN 1662 6899 6 km km NNP 1662 6899 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6899 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 6899 9 est est NNP 1662 6899 10 . . . 1662 6899 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6900 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 6900 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6900 3 : : : 1662 6900 4 periodic periodic JJ 1662 6900 5 droughts drought NNS 1662 6900 6 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6900 7 - - HYPH 1662 6900 8 current current JJ 1662 6900 9 issues issue NNS 1662 6900 10 : : : 1662 6900 11 the the DT 1662 6900 12 recent recent JJ 1662 6900 13 drought drought NN 1662 6900 14 has have VBZ 1662 6900 15 caused cause VBN 1662 6900 16 water water NN 1662 6900 17 levels level NNS 1662 6900 18 in in IN 1662 6900 19 reservoirs reservoir NNS 1662 6900 20 to to TO 1662 6900 21 drop drop VB 1662 6900 22 and and CC 1662 6900 23 prompted prompt VBD 1662 6900 24 water water NN 1662 6900 25 rationing ration VBG 1662 6900 26 for for IN 1662 6900 27 more more JJR 1662 6900 28 than than IN 1662 6900 29 one one CD 1662 6900 30 - - HYPH 1662 6900 31 half half NN 1662 6900 32 of of IN 1662 6900 33 the the DT 1662 6900 34 population population NN 1662 6900 35 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6900 36 - - HYPH 1662 6900 37 international international JJ 1662 6900 38 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6900 39 : : : 1662 6900 40 party party NN 1662 6900 41 to to IN 1662 6900 42 : : : 1662 6900 43 NA NA NNP 1662 6900 44 signed sign VBN 1662 6900 45 , , , 1662 6900 46 but but CC 1662 6900 47 not not RB 1662 6900 48 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6900 49 : : : 1662 6900 50 NA NA NNP 1662 6900 51 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6900 52 - - HYPH 1662 6900 53 note note NN 1662 6900 54 : : : 1662 6900 55 important important JJ 1662 6900 56 location location NN 1662 6900 57 along along IN 1662 6900 58 the the DT 1662 6900 59 Mona Mona NNP 1662 6900 60 Passage Passage NNP 1662 6900 61 - - : 1662 6900 62 a a DT 1662 6900 63 key key JJ 1662 6900 64 shipping shipping NN 1662 6900 65 lane lane NN 1662 6900 66 to to IN 1662 6900 67 the the DT 1662 6900 68 Panama Panama NNP 1662 6900 69 Canal Canal NNP 1662 6900 70 ; ; : 1662 6900 71 San San NNP 1662 6900 72 Juan Juan NNP 1662 6900 73 is be VBZ 1662 6900 74 one one CD 1662 6900 75 of of IN 1662 6900 76 the the DT 1662 6900 77 biggest big JJS 1662 6900 78 and and CC 1662 6900 79 best good JJS 1662 6900 80 natural natural JJ 1662 6900 81 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6900 82 in in IN 1662 6900 83 the the DT 1662 6900 84 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 6900 85 ; ; : 1662 6900 86 many many JJ 1662 6900 87 small small JJ 1662 6900 88 rivers river NNS 1662 6900 89 and and CC 1662 6900 90 high high JJ 1662 6900 91 central central JJ 1662 6900 92 mountains mountain NNS 1662 6900 93 ensure ensure VB 1662 6900 94 land land NN 1662 6900 95 is be VBZ 1662 6900 96 well well RB 1662 6900 97 watered water VBN 1662 6900 98 ; ; : 1662 6900 99 south south JJ 1662 6900 100 coast coast NN 1662 6900 101 relatively relatively RB 1662 6900 102 dry dry JJ 1662 6900 103 ; ; : 1662 6900 104 fertile fertile JJ 1662 6900 105 coastal coastal JJ 1662 6900 106 plain plain JJ 1662 6900 107 belt belt NN 1662 6900 108 in in IN 1662 6900 109 north north NN 1662 6900 110 @Puerto @Puerto NNP 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NNP 1662 6911 513 ; ; : 1662 6911 514 Puerto puerto JJ 1662 6911 515 Rican Rican NNP 1662 6911 516 Independence Independence NNP 1662 6911 517 Party Party NNP 1662 6911 518 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6911 519 PIP PIP NNP 1662 6911 520 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6911 521 , , , 1662 6911 522 Ruben Ruben NNP 1662 6911 523 BERRIOS BERRIOS NNP 1662 6911 524 Martinez Martinez NNP 1662 6911 525 ; ; : 1662 6911 526 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 6911 527 Rican Rican NNP 1662 6911 528 Communist Communist NNP 1662 6911 529 Party Party NNP 1662 6911 530 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6911 531 PCP PCP NNP 1662 6911 532 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6911 533 , , , 1662 6911 534 leader(s leader(s JJ 1662 6911 535 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6911 536 unknown unknown JJ 1662 6911 537 Political political JJ 1662 6911 538 pressure pressure NN 1662 6911 539 groups group NNS 1662 6911 540 and and CC 1662 6911 541 leaders leader NNS 1662 6911 542 : : : 1662 6911 543 Armed Armed NNP 1662 6911 544 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 6911 545 for for IN 1662 6911 546 National National NNP 1662 6911 547 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 6911 548 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6911 549 FALN FALN NNP 1662 6911 550 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6911 551 ; ; : 1662 6911 552 Volunteers volunteer NNS 1662 6911 553 of of IN 1662 6911 554 the the DT 1662 6911 555 Puerto puerto JJ 1662 6911 556 Rican Rican NNP 1662 6911 557 Revolution Revolution NNP 1662 6911 558 ; ; : 1662 6911 559 Boricua Boricua NNP 1662 6911 560 Popular Popular NNP 1662 6911 561 Army Army NNP 1662 6911 562 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6911 563 also also RB 1662 6911 564 known know VBN 1662 6911 565 as as IN 1662 6911 566 the the DT 1662 6911 567 Macheteros Macheteros NNP 1662 6911 568 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6911 569 ; ; : 1662 6911 570 Armed Armed NNP 1662 6911 571 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 6911 572 of of IN 1662 6911 573 Popular Popular NNP 1662 6911 574 Resistance Resistance NNP 1662 6911 575 International International NNP 1662 6911 576 organization organization NN 1662 6911 577 participation participation NN 1662 6911 578 : : : 1662 6911 579 Caricom Caricom NNP 1662 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3.9 3.9 CD 1662 6916 20 million million CD 1662 6916 21 tourists tourist NNS 1662 6916 22 in in IN 1662 6916 23 1993 1993 CD 1662 6916 24 . . . 1662 6917 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6917 2 : : : 1662 6917 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6917 4 power power NN 1662 6917 5 parity parity NN 1662 6917 6 - - : 1662 6917 7 $ $ $ 1662 6917 8 31.6 31.6 CD 1662 6917 9 billion billion CD 1662 6917 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6917 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6917 12 est est NNP 1662 6917 13 . . . 1662 6917 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6918 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6918 2 - - HYPH 1662 6918 3 real real JJ 1662 6918 4 growth growth NN 1662 6918 5 rate rate NN 1662 6918 6 : : : 1662 6918 7 3 3 CD 1662 6918 8 % % NN 1662 6918 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6918 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 6918 11 est est NNP 1662 6918 12 . . . 1662 6918 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6919 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6919 2 - - HYPH 1662 6919 3 per per FW 1662 6919 4 capita capita NN 1662 6919 5 : : : 1662 6919 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 6919 7 power power NN 1662 6919 8 parity parity NN 1662 6919 9 - - : 1662 6919 10 $ $ $ 1662 6919 11 8,200 8,200 CD 1662 6919 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6919 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 6919 14 est est NNP 1662 6919 15 . . . 1662 6919 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6920 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 6920 2 - - HYPH 1662 6920 3 composition composition NN 1662 6920 4 by by IN 1662 6920 5 sector sector NN 1662 6920 6 : : : 1662 6920 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6920 8 : : : 1662 6920 9 NA% na% LS 1662 6920 10 industry industry NN 1662 6920 11 : : : 1662 6920 12 NA% NA% NNS 1662 6920 13 services service NNS 1662 6920 14 : : : 1662 6920 15 NA% NA% `` 1662 6920 16 Inflation inflation NN 1662 6920 17 rate rate NN 1662 6920 18 - - HYPH 1662 6920 19 consumer consumer NN 1662 6920 20 price price NN 1662 6920 21 index index NN 1662 6920 22 : : : 1662 6920 23 5.1 5.1 CD 1662 6920 24 % % NN 1662 6920 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6920 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 6920 27 est est NNP 1662 6920 28 . . . 1662 6920 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6921 1 Labor labor NN 1662 6921 2 force force NN 1662 6921 3 : : : 1662 6921 4 total total NN 1662 6921 5 : : : 1662 6921 6 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 6921 7 million million CD 1662 6921 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6921 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 6921 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6921 11 by by IN 1662 6921 12 occupation occupation NN 1662 6921 13 : : : 1662 6921 14 government government NN 1662 6921 15 22 22 CD 1662 6921 16 % % NN 1662 6921 17 , , , 1662 6921 18 manufacturing manufacture VBG 1662 6921 19 17 17 CD 1662 6921 20 % % NN 1662 6921 21 , , , 1662 6921 22 trade trade NN 1662 6921 23 20 20 CD 1662 6921 24 % % NN 1662 6921 25 , , , 1662 6921 26 construction construction NN 1662 6921 27 6 6 CD 1662 6921 28 % % NN 1662 6921 29 , , , 1662 6921 30 communications communication NNS 1662 6921 31 and and CC 1662 6921 32 transportation transportation NN 1662 6921 33 5 5 CD 1662 6921 34 % % NN 1662 6921 35 , , , 1662 6921 36 other other JJ 1662 6921 37 30 30 CD 1662 6921 38 % % NN 1662 6921 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6921 40 1993 1993 CD 1662 6921 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6921 42 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 6921 43 rate rate NN 1662 6921 44 : : : 1662 6921 45 14 14 CD 1662 6921 46 % % NN 1662 6921 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6921 48 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 6921 49 est est NNP 1662 6921 50 . . . 1662 6921 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6922 1 Budget budget NN 1662 6922 2 : : : 1662 6922 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 6922 4 : : : 1662 6922 5 $ $ $ 1662 6922 6 5.1 5.1 CD 1662 6922 7 billion billion CD 1662 6922 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6922 9 : : : 1662 6922 10 $ $ $ 1662 6922 11 5.1 5.1 CD 1662 6922 12 billion billion CD 1662 6922 13 , , , 1662 6922 14 including include VBG 1662 6922 15 capital capital NN 1662 6922 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6922 17 of of IN 1662 6922 18 $ $ $ 1662 6922 19 NA na NN 1662 6922 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6922 21 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 6922 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6922 23 Industries industry NNS 1662 6922 24 : : : 1662 6922 25 pharmaceuticals pharmaceutical NNS 1662 6922 26 , , , 1662 6922 27 electronics electronic NNS 1662 6922 28 , , , 1662 6922 29 apparel apparel NN 1662 6922 30 , , , 1662 6922 31 food food NN 1662 6922 32 products product NNS 1662 6922 33 ; ; , 1662 6922 34 tourism tourism NN 1662 6922 35 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 6922 36 production production NN 1662 6922 37 growth growth NN 1662 6922 38 rate rate NN 1662 6922 39 : : : 1662 6922 40 5 5 CD 1662 6922 41 % % NN 1662 6922 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6922 43 1994 1994 CD 1662 6922 44 est est NNP 1662 6922 45 . . . 1662 6922 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6923 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6923 2 - - HYPH 1662 6923 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 6923 4 : : : 1662 6923 5 4.47 4.47 CD 1662 6923 6 million million CD 1662 6923 7 kW kW NNP 1662 6923 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6923 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 6923 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6923 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6923 12 - - HYPH 1662 6923 13 production production NN 1662 6923 14 : : : 1662 6923 15 16.82 16.82 CD 1662 6923 16 billion billion CD 1662 6923 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6923 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6923 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 6923 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6923 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 6923 22 - - HYPH 1662 6923 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 6923 24 per per IN 1662 6923 25 capita capita NN 1662 6923 26 : : : 1662 6923 27 4,231 4,231 CD 1662 6923 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 6923 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6923 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 6923 31 est est NNP 1662 6923 32 . . . 1662 6923 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6924 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 6924 2 - - HYPH 1662 6924 3 products product NNS 1662 6924 4 : : : 1662 6924 5 livestock livestock NN 1662 6924 6 products product NNS 1662 6924 7 , , , 1662 6924 8 chickens chicken NNS 1662 6924 9 ; ; : 1662 6924 10 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 6924 11 , , , 1662 6924 12 coffee coffee NN 1662 6924 13 , , , 1662 6924 14 pineapples pineapple NNS 1662 6924 15 , , , 1662 6924 16 plantains plantain NNS 1662 6924 17 , , , 1662 6924 18 bananas banana NNS 1662 6924 19 Exports export NNS 1662 6924 20 : : : 1662 6924 21 total total JJ 1662 6924 22 value value NN 1662 6924 23 : : : 1662 6924 24 $ $ $ 1662 6924 25 22.9 22.9 CD 1662 6924 26 billion billion CD 1662 6924 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: 1662 6928 13 1 1 CD 1662 6928 14 US US NNP 1662 6928 15 dollar dollar NN 1662 6928 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6928 17 US$ us$ $ 1662 6928 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6928 19 = = NFP 1662 6928 20 100 100 CD 1662 6928 21 cents cent NNS 1662 6928 22 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 6928 23 rates rate NNS 1662 6928 24 : : : 1662 6928 25 US US NNP 1662 6928 26 currency currency NN 1662 6928 27 is be VBZ 1662 6928 28 used use VBN 1662 6928 29 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6928 30 year year NN 1662 6928 31 : : : 1662 6928 32 1 1 CD 1662 6928 33 July July NNP 1662 6928 34 - - HYPH 1662 6928 35 30 30 CD 1662 6928 36 June June NNP 1662 6928 37 @Puerto @Puerto NNP 1662 6928 38 Rico Rico NNP 1662 6928 39 : : : 1662 6928 40 Communications Communications NNP 1662 6928 41 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 6928 42 : : : 1662 6928 43 1,166,231 1,166,231 CD 1662 6928 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6928 45 1992 1992 CD 1662 6928 46 est est NNP 1662 6928 47 . . . 1662 6928 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6929 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 6929 2 system system NN 1662 6929 3 : : : 1662 6929 4 modern modern JJ 1662 6929 5 system system NN 1662 6929 6 , , , 1662 6929 7 integrated integrate VBN 1662 6929 8 with with IN 1662 6929 9 that that DT 1662 6929 10 of of IN 1662 6929 11 the the DT 1662 6929 12 US US NNP 1662 6929 13 by by IN 1662 6929 14 high high JJ 1662 6929 15 - - HYPH 1662 6929 16 capacity capacity NN 1662 6929 17 submarine submarine NN 1662 6929 18 cable cable NN 1662 6929 19 and and CC 1662 6929 20 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6929 21 with with IN 1662 6929 22 high high JJ 1662 6929 23 - - HYPH 1662 6929 24 speed speed NN 1662 6929 25 data datum NNS 1662 6929 26 capability capability NN 1662 6929 27 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6929 28 : : : 1662 6929 29 digital digital JJ 1662 6929 30 telephone telephone NN 1662 6929 31 system system NN 1662 6929 32 with with IN 1662 6929 33 about about RB 1662 6929 34 1 1 CD 1662 6929 35 million million CD 1662 6929 36 lines line NNS 1662 6929 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6929 38 1990 1990 CD 1662 6929 39 est est 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6933 11 narrow narrow JJ 1662 6933 12 gauge gauge NN 1662 6933 13 : : : 1662 6933 14 96 96 CD 1662 6933 15 km km NN 1662 6933 16 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 6933 17 gauge gauge NN 1662 6933 18 , , , 1662 6933 19 rural rural JJ 1662 6933 20 , , , 1662 6933 21 narrow narrow JJ 1662 6933 22 - - HYPH 1662 6933 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 6933 24 system system NN 1662 6933 25 for for IN 1662 6933 26 hauling haul VBG 1662 6933 27 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 6933 28 ; ; : 1662 6933 29 no no DT 1662 6933 30 passenger passenger NN 1662 6933 31 service service NN 1662 6933 32 Highways highway NNS 1662 6933 33 : : : 1662 6933 34 total total NN 1662 6933 35 : : : 1662 6933 36 14,100 14,100 CD 1662 6933 37 km km NN 1662 6933 38 paved pave VBN 1662 6933 39 : : : 1662 6933 40 14,100 14,100 CD 1662 6933 41 km km NN 1662 6933 42 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6933 43 : : : 1662 6933 44 0 0 CD 1662 6933 45 km km NNS 1662 6933 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6933 47 1995 1995 CD 1662 6933 48 est est NNP 1662 6933 49 . . . 1662 6934 1 Ports port NNS 1662 6934 2 and and CC 1662 6934 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6934 4 : : : 1662 6934 5 Guanica Guanica NNP 1662 6934 6 , , , 1662 6934 7 Guayanilla Guayanilla NNP 1662 6934 8 , , , 1662 6934 9 Guayama Guayama NNP 1662 6934 10 , , , 1662 6934 11 Playa Playa NNP 1662 6934 12 de de IN 1662 6934 13 Ponce Ponce NNP 1662 6934 14 , , , 1662 6934 15 San San NNP 1662 6934 16 Juan Juan NNP 1662 6934 17 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 6934 18 marine marine NN 1662 6934 19 : : : 1662 6934 20 none none NN 1662 6934 21 Airports airport NNS 1662 6934 22 : : : 1662 6934 23 22 22 CD 1662 6934 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6934 25 1996 1996 CD 1662 6934 26 est est NNP 1662 6934 27 . . . 1662 6934 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6935 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6935 2 - - , 1662 6935 3 with with IN 1662 6935 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6935 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6935 6 : : : 1662 6935 7 total total NN 1662 6935 8 : : : 1662 6935 9 20 20 CD 1662 6935 10 over over IN 1662 6935 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6935 12 m m NN 1662 6935 13 : : : 1662 6935 14 3 3 CD 1662 6935 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 6935 16 to to TO 1662 6935 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 6935 18 m m NN 1662 6935 19 : : : 1662 6935 20 3 3 CD 1662 6935 21 914 914 CD 1662 6935 22 to to TO 1662 6935 23 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6935 24 m m NN 1662 6935 25 : : : 1662 6935 26 7 7 CD 1662 6935 27 under under IN 1662 6935 28 914 914 CD 1662 6935 29 m m NN 1662 6935 30 : : : 1662 6935 31 7 7 CD 1662 6935 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6935 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 6935 34 est est NNP 1662 6935 35 . . . 1662 6935 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6936 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6936 2 - - , 1662 6936 3 with with IN 1662 6936 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6936 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6936 6 : : : 1662 6936 7 total total NN 1662 6936 8 : : : 1662 6936 9 2 2 CD 1662 6936 10 914 914 CD 1662 6936 11 to to TO 1662 6936 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6936 13 m m NN 1662 6936 14 : : : 1662 6936 15 2 2 CD 1662 6936 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6936 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 6936 18 est est NNP 1662 6936 19 . . . 1662 6936 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6937 1 Military military JJ 1662 6937 2 Military military JJ 1662 6937 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6937 4 : : : 1662 6937 5 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 6937 6 National National NNP 1662 6937 7 Guard Guard NNP 1662 6937 8 , , , 1662 6937 9 Police Police NNP 1662 6937 10 Force Force NNP 1662 6937 11 Military Military NNP 1662 6937 12 - - HYPH 1662 6937 13 note note NN 1662 6937 14 : : : 1662 6937 15 defense defense NN 1662 6937 16 is be VBZ 1662 6937 17 the the DT 1662 6937 18 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 6937 19 of of IN 1662 6937 20 the the DT 1662 6937 21 US US NNP 1662 6937 22 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6937 23 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6937 24 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 6937 25 - - : 1662 6937 26 international international RB 1662 6937 27 : : : 1662 6937 28 none none NN 1662 6937 29 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 30 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 31 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 32 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 33 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 34 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 35 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 36 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 37 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 38 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 39 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 40 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 41 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 42 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 43 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 44 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 45 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 46 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 47 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 48 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 49 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 50 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 51 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 52 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 53 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 54 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 55 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 56 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 57 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 58 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 59 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 60 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 61 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 62 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 63 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 64 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 65 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 66 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 67 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 68 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 69 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 70 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 71 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 72 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 73 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 74 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 75 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 76 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 77 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 78 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 79 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 80 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 90 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 91 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 92 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 93 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 94 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 95 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 96 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 97 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 98 _ _ NNP 1662 6937 99 QATAR QATAR NNP 1662 6937 100 @Qatar @qatar IN 1662 6937 101 : : : 1662 6937 102 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6937 103 Location Location NNP 1662 6937 104 : : : 1662 6937 105 Middle Middle NNP 1662 6937 106 East East NNP 1662 6937 107 , , , 1662 6937 108 peninsula peninsula NN 1662 6937 109 bordering border VBG 1662 6937 110 the the DT 1662 6937 111 Persian Persian NNP 1662 6937 112 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 6937 113 and and CC 1662 6937 114 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 6937 115 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 6937 116 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6937 117 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6937 118 : : : 1662 6937 119 25 25 CD 1662 6937 120 30 30 CD 1662 6937 121 N n CD 1662 6937 122 , , , 1662 6937 123 51 51 CD 1662 6937 124 15 15 CD 1662 6937 125 E e NN 1662 6937 126 Map Map NNP 1662 6937 127 references reference NNS 1662 6937 128 : : : 1662 6937 129 Middle Middle NNP 1662 6937 130 East East NNP 1662 6937 131 Area Area NNP 1662 6937 132 : : : 1662 6937 133 total total NN 1662 6937 134 : : : 1662 6937 135 11,437 11,437 CD 1662 6937 136 sq sq RB 1662 6937 137 km km NNP 1662 6937 138 land land NN 1662 6937 139 : : : 1662 6937 140 11,437 11,437 CD 1662 6937 141 sq sq RB 1662 6937 142 km km NNP 1662 6937 143 water water NN 1662 6937 144 : : : 1662 6937 145 0 0 NFP 1662 6937 146 sq sq NN 1662 6937 147 km km NNP 1662 6937 148 Area area NN 1662 6937 149 - - HYPH 1662 6937 150 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6937 151 : : : 1662 6937 152 slightly slightly RB 1662 6937 153 smaller small JJR 1662 6937 154 than than IN 1662 6937 155 Connecticut Connecticut NNP 1662 6937 156 Land Land NNP 1662 6937 157 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6937 158 : : : 1662 6937 159 total total JJ 1662 6937 160 : : : 1662 6937 161 60 60 CD 1662 6937 162 km km NN 1662 6937 163 border border NN 1662 6937 164 countries country NNS 1662 6937 165 : : : 1662 6937 166 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 6937 167 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 6937 168 60 60 CD 1662 6937 169 km km NN 1662 6937 170 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6937 171 : : : 1662 6937 172 563 563 CD 1662 6937 173 km km NN 1662 6937 174 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6937 175 claims claim VBZ 1662 6937 176 : : : 1662 6937 177 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 6937 178 zone zone NN 1662 6937 179 : : : 1662 6937 180 24 24 CD 1662 6937 181 nm nm IN 1662 6937 182 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 6937 183 economic economic JJ 1662 6937 184 zone zone NN 1662 6937 185 : : : 1662 6937 186 200 200 CD 1662 6937 187 nm nm CD 1662 6937 188 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6937 189 sea sea NN 1662 6937 190 : : : 1662 6937 191 12 12 CD 1662 6937 192 nm nm NNP 1662 6937 193 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6937 194 : : : 1662 6937 195 desert desert NN 1662 6937 196 ; ; , 1662 6937 197 hot hot JJ 1662 6937 198 , , , 1662 6937 199 dry dry JJ 1662 6937 200 ; ; : 1662 6937 201 humid humid JJ 1662 6937 202 and and CC 1662 6937 203 sultry sultry NN 1662 6937 204 in in IN 1662 6937 205 summer summer NN 1662 6937 206 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6937 207 : : : 1662 6937 208 mostly mostly RB 1662 6937 209 flat flat JJ 1662 6937 210 and and CC 1662 6937 211 barren barren JJ 1662 6937 212 desert desert NN 1662 6937 213 covered cover VBN 1662 6937 214 with with IN 1662 6937 215 loose loose JJ 1662 6937 216 sand sand NN 1662 6937 217 and and CC 1662 6937 218 gravel gravel NN 1662 6937 219 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6937 220 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6937 221 : : : 1662 6937 222 lowest low JJS 1662 6937 223 point point NN 1662 6937 224 : : : 1662 6937 225 Persian Persian NNP 1662 6937 226 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 6937 227 0 0 CD 1662 6937 228 m m DT 1662 6937 229 highest high JJS 1662 6937 230 point point NN 1662 6937 231 : : : 1662 6937 232 Qurayn Qurayn NNP 1662 6937 233 Aba Aba NNP 1662 6937 234 al al NNP 1662 6937 235 Bawl Bawl NNP 1662 6937 236 103 103 CD 1662 6937 237 m m NNP 1662 6937 238 Natural natural JJ 1662 6937 239 resources resource NNS 1662 6937 240 : : : 1662 6937 241 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6937 242 , , , 1662 6937 243 natural natural JJ 1662 6937 244 gas gas NN 1662 6937 245 , , , 1662 6937 246 fish fish NN 1662 6937 247 Land land NN 1662 6937 248 use use NN 1662 6937 249 : : : 1662 6937 250 arable arable JJ 1662 6937 251 land land NN 1662 6937 252 : : : 1662 6937 253 1 1 CD 1662 6937 254 % % NN 1662 6937 255 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6937 256 crops crop NNS 1662 6937 257 : : : 1662 6937 258 NA% na% IN 1662 6937 259 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6937 260 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6937 261 : : : 1662 6937 262 5 5 CD 1662 6937 263 % % NN 1662 6937 264 forests forest NNS 1662 6937 265 and and CC 1662 6937 266 woodland woodland NN 1662 6937 267 : : : 1662 6937 268 NA% NA% NNS 1662 6937 269 other other JJ 1662 6937 270 : : : 1662 6937 271 94 94 CD 1662 6937 272 % % NN 1662 6937 273 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6937 274 1993 1993 CD 1662 6937 275 est est NNP 1662 6937 276 . . . 1662 6937 277 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6938 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6938 2 land land NN 1662 6938 3 : : : 1662 6938 4 80 80 CD 1662 6938 5 sq sq NNP 1662 6938 6 km km NNP 1662 6938 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6938 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 6938 9 est est NNP 1662 6938 10 . . . 1662 6938 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6939 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 6939 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6939 3 : : : 1662 6939 4 haze haze NN 1662 6939 5 , , , 1662 6939 6 dust dust NN 1662 6939 7 storms storm NNS 1662 6939 8 , , , 1662 6939 9 sandstorms sandstorm VBZ 1662 6939 10 common common JJ 1662 6939 11 Environment environment NN 1662 6939 12 - - HYPH 1662 6939 13 current current JJ 1662 6939 14 issues issue NNS 1662 6939 15 : : : 1662 6939 16 limited limit VBN 1662 6939 17 natural natural JJ 1662 6939 18 fresh fresh JJ 1662 6939 19 water water NN 1662 6939 20 resources resource NNS 1662 6939 21 are be VBP 1662 6939 22 increasing increase VBG 1662 6939 23 dependence dependence NN 1662 6939 24 on on IN 1662 6939 25 large large JJ 1662 6939 26 - - HYPH 1662 6939 27 scale scale NN 1662 6939 28 desalination desalination NN 1662 6939 29 facilities facility NNS 1662 6939 30 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6939 31 - - HYPH 1662 6939 32 international international JJ 1662 6939 33 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6939 34 : : : 1662 6939 35 party party NN 1662 6939 36 to to TO 1662 6939 37 : : : 1662 6939 38 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 6939 39 , , , 1662 6939 40 Climate climate NN 1662 6939 41 Change Change NNP 1662 6939 42 , , , 1662 6939 43 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 6939 44 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 6939 45 , , , 1662 6939 46 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 6939 47 Layer Layer NNP 1662 6939 48 Protection Protection NNP 1662 6939 49 signed sign VBD 1662 6939 50 , , , 1662 6939 51 but but CC 1662 6939 52 not not RB 1662 6939 53 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6939 54 : : : 1662 6939 55 Law Law NNP 1662 6939 56 of of IN 1662 6939 57 the the DT 1662 6939 58 Sea Sea NNP 1662 6939 59 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6939 60 - - HYPH 1662 6939 61 note note NNP 1662 6939 62 : : : 1662 6939 63 strategic strategic JJ 1662 6939 64 location location NN 1662 6939 65 in in IN 1662 6939 66 central central JJ 1662 6939 67 Persian Persian NNP 1662 6939 68 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 6939 69 near near IN 1662 6939 70 major major JJ 1662 6939 71 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6939 72 deposits deposit NNS 1662 6939 73 @Qatar @qatar XX 1662 6939 74 : : : 1662 6939 75 People People NNPS 1662 6939 76 Population Population NNP 1662 6939 77 : : : 1662 6939 78 670,274 670,274 CD 1662 6939 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6939 80 July July NNP 1662 6939 81 1997 1997 CD 1662 6939 82 est est NNP 1662 6939 83 . . . 1662 6939 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6940 1 note note NN 1662 6940 2 : : : 1662 6940 3 includes include VBZ 1662 6940 4 516,508 516,508 CD 1662 6940 5 non non JJ 1662 6940 6 - - NNS 1662 6940 7 nationals nationals JJ 1662 6940 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6940 9 July July NNP 1662 6940 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 6940 11 est est NNP 1662 6940 12 . . . 1662 6940 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6941 1 Age age NN 1662 6941 2 structure structure NN 1662 6941 3 : : : 1662 6941 4 0 0 CD 1662 6941 5 - - HYPH 1662 6941 6 14 14 CD 1662 6941 7 years year NNS 1662 6941 8 : : : 1662 6941 9 28 28 CD 1662 6941 10 % % NN 1662 6941 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6941 12 male male NN 1662 6941 13 95,145 95,145 CD 1662 6941 14 ; ; : 1662 6941 15 female female JJ 1662 6941 16 91,338 91,338 CD 1662 6941 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6941 18 15 15 CD 1662 6941 19 - - SYM 1662 6941 20 64 64 CD 1662 6941 21 years year NNS 1662 6941 22 : : : 1662 6941 23 70 70 CD 1662 6941 24 % % NN 1662 6941 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6941 26 male male JJ 1662 6941 27 339,892 339,892 CD 1662 6941 28 ; ; : 1662 6941 29 female female JJ 1662 6941 30 131,429 131,429 CD 1662 6941 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6941 32 65 65 CD 1662 6941 33 years year NNS 1662 6941 34 and and CC 1662 6941 35 over over IN 1662 6941 36 : : : 1662 6941 37 2 2 CD 1662 6941 38 % % NN 1662 6941 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6941 40 male male JJ 1662 6941 41 8,567 8,567 CD 1662 6941 42 ; ; : 1662 6941 43 female female JJ 1662 6941 44 3,903 3,903 CD 1662 6941 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6941 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6941 47 July July NNP 1662 6941 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 6941 49 est est NNP 1662 6941 50 . . . 1662 6941 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6942 1 Population population NN 1662 6942 2 growth growth NN 1662 6942 3 rate rate NN 1662 6942 4 : : : 1662 6942 5 4.04 4.04 CD 1662 6942 6 % % NN 1662 6942 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6942 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6942 9 est est NNP 1662 6942 10 . . . 1662 6942 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6943 1 Birth birth NN 1662 6943 2 rate rate NN 1662 6943 3 : : : 1662 6943 4 17.26 17.26 CD 1662 6943 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 6943 6 population population NN 1662 6943 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6943 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6943 9 est est NNP 1662 6943 10 . . . 1662 6943 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6944 1 Death death NN 1662 6944 2 rate rate NN 1662 6944 3 : : : 1662 6944 4 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 6944 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6944 6 population population NN 1662 6944 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6944 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6944 9 est est NNP 1662 6944 10 . . . 1662 6944 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6945 1 Net net JJ 1662 6945 2 migration migration NN 1662 6945 3 rate rate NN 1662 6945 4 : : : 1662 6945 5 26.64 26.64 CD 1662 6945 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 6945 7 population population NN 1662 6945 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6945 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6945 10 est est NNP 1662 6945 11 . . . 1662 6945 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6946 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6946 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6946 3 : : : 1662 6946 4 at at IN 1662 6946 5 birth birth NN 1662 6946 6 : : : 1662 6946 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6946 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6946 9 under under IN 1662 6946 10 15 15 CD 1662 6946 11 years year NNS 1662 6946 12 : : : 1662 6946 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 6946 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6946 15 15 15 CD 1662 6946 16 - - HYPH 1662 6946 17 64 64 CD 1662 6946 18 years year NNS 1662 6946 19 : : : 1662 6946 20 2.59 2.59 CD 1662 6946 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6946 22 65 65 CD 1662 6946 23 years year NNS 1662 6946 24 and and CC 1662 6946 25 over over IN 1662 6946 26 : : : 1662 6946 27 2.2 2.2 CD 1662 6946 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 6946 29 total total JJ 1662 6946 30 population population NN 1662 6946 31 : : : 1662 6946 32 1.96 1.96 CD 1662 6946 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6946 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6946 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 6946 36 est e JJS 1662 6946 37 . . . 1662 6946 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6947 1 Infant infant NN 1662 6947 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 6947 3 rate rate NN 1662 6947 4 : : : 1662 6947 5 18.9 18.9 CD 1662 6947 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6947 7 live live JJ 1662 6947 8 births birth NNS 1662 6947 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6947 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 6947 11 est est NNP 1662 6947 12 . . . 1662 6947 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6948 1 Life life NN 1662 6948 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 6948 3 at at IN 1662 6948 4 birth birth NN 1662 6948 5 : : : 1662 6948 6 total total JJ 1662 6948 7 population population NN 1662 6948 8 : : : 1662 6948 9 73.56 73.56 CD 1662 6948 10 years year NNS 1662 6948 11 male male NN 1662 6948 12 : : : 1662 6948 13 71.06 71.06 CD 1662 6948 14 years year NNS 1662 6948 15 female female JJ 1662 6948 16 : : : 1662 6948 17 76.18 76.18 CD 1662 6948 18 years year NNS 1662 6948 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6948 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 6948 21 est est NNP 1662 6948 22 . . . 1662 6948 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6949 1 Total total JJ 1662 6949 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 6949 3 rate rate NN 1662 6949 4 : : : 1662 6949 5 3.57 3.57 CD 1662 6949 6 children child NNS 1662 6949 7 born bear VBN 1662 6949 8 / / SYM 1662 6949 9 woman woman NN 1662 6949 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6949 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6949 12 est est NNP 1662 6949 13 . . . 1662 6949 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6950 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 6950 2 : : : 1662 6950 3 noun noun NNP 1662 6950 4 : : : 1662 6950 5 Qatari(s qatari(s XX 1662 6950 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6950 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 6950 8 : : : 1662 6950 9 Qatari qatari JJ 1662 6950 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 6950 11 groups group NNS 1662 6950 12 : : : 1662 6950 13 Arab Arab NNP 1662 6950 14 40 40 CD 1662 6950 15 % % NN 1662 6950 16 , , , 1662 6950 17 Pakistani pakistani JJ 1662 6950 18 18 18 CD 1662 6950 19 % % NN 1662 6950 20 , , , 1662 6950 21 Indian Indian NNP 1662 6950 22 18 18 CD 1662 6950 23 % % NN 1662 6950 24 , , , 1662 6950 25 Iranian Iranian NNP 1662 6950 26 10 10 CD 1662 6950 27 % % NN 1662 6950 28 , , , 1662 6950 29 other other JJ 1662 6950 30 14 14 CD 1662 6950 31 % % NN 1662 6950 32 Religions religion NNS 1662 6950 33 : : : 1662 6950 34 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 6950 35 95 95 CD 1662 6950 36 % % NN 1662 6950 37 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 6950 38 : : : 1662 6950 39 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 6950 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6950 41 official official JJ 1662 6950 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6950 43 , , , 1662 6950 44 English English NNP 1662 6950 45 commonly commonly RB 1662 6950 46 used use VBD 1662 6950 47 as as IN 1662 6950 48 a a DT 1662 6950 49 second second JJ 1662 6950 50 language language NN 1662 6950 51 Literacy literacy NN 1662 6950 52 : : : 1662 6950 53 definition definition NN 1662 6950 54 : : : 1662 6950 55 age age NN 1662 6950 56 15 15 CD 1662 6950 57 and and CC 1662 6950 58 over over RB 1662 6950 59 can can MD 1662 6950 60 read read VB 1662 6950 61 and and CC 1662 6950 62 write write VB 1662 6950 63 total total JJ 1662 6950 64 population population NN 1662 6950 65 : : : 1662 6950 66 79.4 79.4 CD 1662 6950 67 % % NN 1662 6950 68 male male NN 1662 6950 69 : : : 1662 6950 70 79.2 79.2 CD 1662 6950 71 % % NN 1662 6950 72 female female NN 1662 6950 73 : : : 1662 6950 74 79.9 79.9 CD 1662 6950 75 % % NN 1662 6950 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6950 77 1995 1995 CD 1662 6950 78 est est NNP 1662 6950 79 . . . 1662 6950 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6951 1 @Qatar @qatar LS 1662 6951 2 : : : 1662 6951 3 Government Government NNP 1662 6951 4 Country Country NNP 1662 6951 5 name name NN 1662 6951 6 : : : 1662 6951 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6951 8 long long JJ 1662 6951 9 form form NN 1662 6951 10 : : : 1662 6951 11 State State NNP 1662 6951 12 of of IN 1662 6951 13 Qatar Qatar NNP 1662 6951 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6951 15 short short JJ 1662 6951 16 form form NN 1662 6951 17 : : : 1662 6951 18 Qatar Qatar NNP 1662 6951 19 local local JJ 1662 6951 20 long long JJ 1662 6951 21 form form NN 1662 6951 22 : : : 1662 6951 23 Dawlat Dawlat NNP 1662 6951 24 Qatar Qatar NNP 1662 6951 25 local local JJ 1662 6951 26 short short JJ 1662 6951 27 form form NN 1662 6951 28 : : : 1662 6951 29 Qatar Qatar NNP 1662 6951 30 note note NN 1662 6951 31 : : : 1662 6951 32 closest close JJS 1662 6951 33 approximation approximation NN 1662 6951 34 of of IN 1662 6951 35 the the DT 1662 6951 36 native native JJ 1662 6951 37 pronunciation pronunciation NN 1662 6951 38 falls fall VBZ 1662 6951 39 between between IN 1662 6951 40 cutter cutter NN 1662 6951 41 and and CC 1662 6951 42 gutter gutter NN 1662 6951 43 , , , 1662 6951 44 but but 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NNP 1662 6965 34 , , , 1662 6965 35 1996 1996 CD 1662 6965 36 est est NNP 1662 6965 37 . . . 1662 6965 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6966 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6966 2 : : : 1662 6966 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 6966 4 products product NNS 1662 6966 5 80 80 CD 1662 6966 6 % % NN 1662 6966 7 , , , 1662 6966 8 steel steel NN 1662 6966 9 , , , 1662 6966 10 fertilizers fertilizer VBZ 1662 6966 11 partners partner NNS 1662 6966 12 : : : 1662 6966 13 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6966 14 54 54 CD 1662 6966 15 % % NN 1662 6966 16 , , , 1662 6966 17 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 6966 18 7 7 CD 1662 6966 19 % % NN 1662 6966 20 , , , 1662 6966 21 South South NNP 1662 6966 22 Korea Korea NNP 1662 6966 23 6 6 CD 1662 6966 24 % % NN 1662 6966 25 , , , 1662 6966 26 Australia Australia NNP 1662 6966 27 3 3 CD 1662 6966 28 % % NN 1662 6966 29 , , , 1662 6966 30 UAE UAE NNP 1662 6966 31 3 3 CD 1662 6966 32 % % NN 1662 6966 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6966 34 1995 1995 CD 1662 6966 35 est est NNP 1662 6966 36 . . . 1662 6966 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6967 1 Imports import NNS 1662 6967 2 : : : 1662 6967 3 total total JJ 1662 6967 4 value value NN 1662 6967 5 : : : 1662 6967 6 $ $ $ 1662 6967 7 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 6967 8 billion billion CD 1662 6967 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6967 10 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 6967 11 . . NNP 1662 6967 12 , , , 1662 6967 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 6967 14 est est NNP 1662 6967 15 . . . 1662 6967 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6968 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 6968 2 : : : 1662 6968 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 6968 4 and and CC 1662 6968 5 equipment equipment NN 1662 6968 6 , , , 1662 6968 7 consumer consumer NN 1662 6968 8 goods good NNS 1662 6968 9 , , , 1662 6968 10 food food NN 1662 6968 11 , , , 1662 6968 12 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 6968 13 partners partner NNS 1662 6968 14 : : : 1662 6968 15 Italy Italy NNP 1662 6968 16 16 16 CD 1662 6968 17 % % NN 1662 6968 18 , , , 1662 6968 19 Germany Germany NNP 1662 6968 20 11 11 CD 1662 6968 21 % % NN 1662 6968 22 , , , 1662 6968 23 Japan Japan NNP 1662 6968 24 10 10 CD 1662 6968 25 % % NN 1662 6968 26 , , , 1662 6968 27 UK UK NNP 1662 6968 28 9 9 CD 1662 6968 29 % % NN 1662 6968 30 , , , 1662 6968 31 France France NNP 1662 6968 32 9 9 CD 1662 6968 33 % % NN 1662 6968 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6968 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 6968 36 est est NNP 1662 6968 37 . . . 1662 6968 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6969 1 Debt debt NN 1662 6969 2 - - HYPH 1662 6969 3 external external JJ 1662 6969 4 : : : 1662 6969 5 $ $ $ 1662 6969 6 5.7 5.7 CD 1662 6969 7 billion billion CD 1662 6969 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6969 9 1995 1995 CD 1662 6969 10 est est NNP 1662 6969 11 . . . 1662 6969 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6970 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 6970 2 aid aid NN 1662 6970 3 : : : 1662 6970 4 $ $ $ 1662 6970 5 NA NA NNP 1662 6970 6 Currency currency NN 1662 6970 7 : : : 1662 6970 8 1 1 CD 1662 6970 9 Qatari qatari JJ 1662 6970 10 riyal riyal NN 1662 6970 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6970 12 QR QR NNP 1662 6970 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6970 14 = = SYM 1662 6970 15 100 100 CD 1662 6970 16 dirhams dirham NNS 1662 6970 17 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 6970 18 rates rate NNS 1662 6970 19 : : : 1662 6970 20 Qatari qatari JJ 1662 6970 21 riyals riyal NNS 1662 6970 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6970 23 QR QR NNP 1662 6970 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6970 25 per per IN 1662 6970 26 US$ us$ $ 1662 6970 27 1 1 CD 1662 6970 28 - - SYM 1662 6970 29 3.6400 3.6400 CD 1662 6970 30 riyals riyal NNS 1662 6970 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6970 32 fixed fix VBN 1662 6970 33 rate rate NN 1662 6970 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6970 35 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 6970 36 year year NN 1662 6970 37 : : : 1662 6970 38 1 1 CD 1662 6970 39 April April NNP 1662 6970 40 - - HYPH 1662 6970 41 31 31 CD 1662 6970 42 March March NNP 1662 6970 43 @Qatar @qatar NN 1662 6970 44 : : : 1662 6970 45 Communications Communications NNP 1662 6970 46 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 6970 47 : : : 1662 6970 48 160,717 160,717 CD 1662 6970 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6970 50 1992 1992 CD 1662 6970 51 est est NNP 1662 6970 52 . . . 1662 6970 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6971 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 6971 2 system system NN 1662 6971 3 : : : 1662 6971 4 modern modern JJ 1662 6971 5 system system NN 1662 6971 6 centered center VBN 1662 6971 7 in in IN 1662 6971 8 Doha Doha NNP 1662 6971 9 domestic domestic JJ 1662 6971 10 : : : 1662 6971 11 NA NA NNP 1662 6971 12 international international JJ 1662 6971 13 : : : 1662 6971 14 tropospheric tropospheric JJ 1662 6971 15 scatter scatter NN 1662 6971 16 to to IN 1662 6971 17 Bahrain Bahrain NNP 1662 6971 18 ; ; : 1662 6971 19 microwave microwave NN 1662 6971 20 radio radio NN 1662 6971 21 relay relay NN 1662 6971 22 to to IN 1662 6971 23 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 6971 24 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 6971 25 and and CC 1662 6971 26 UAE UAE NNP 1662 6971 27 ; ; : 1662 6971 28 submarine submarine NN 1662 6971 29 cable cable NN 1662 6971 30 to to IN 1662 6971 31 Bahrain Bahrain NNP 1662 6971 32 and and CC 1662 6971 33 UAE UAE NNP 1662 6971 34 ; ; : 1662 6971 35 satellite satellite NN 1662 6971 36 earth earth NN 1662 6971 37 stations station NNS 1662 6971 38 - - , 1662 6971 39 2 2 CD 1662 6971 40 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 6971 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6971 42 1 1 CD 1662 6971 43 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 6971 44 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6971 45 and and CC 1662 6971 46 1 1 CD 1662 6971 47 Indian Indian NNP 1662 6971 48 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6971 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6971 50 and and CC 1662 6971 51 1 1 CD 1662 6971 52 Arabsat Arabsat NNP 1662 6971 53 Radio Radio NNP 1662 6971 54 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6971 55 stations station NNS 1662 6971 56 : : : 1662 6971 57 AM AM NNP 1662 6971 58 2 2 CD 1662 6971 59 , , , 1662 6971 60 FM FM NNP 1662 6971 61 3 3 CD 1662 6971 62 , , , 1662 6971 63 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 6971 64 0 0 CD 1662 6971 65 Radios radio NNS 1662 6971 66 : : : 1662 6971 67 201,000 201,000 CD 1662 6971 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6971 69 1992 1992 CD 1662 6971 70 est est NNP 1662 6971 71 . . . 1662 6971 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6972 1 Television television NN 1662 6972 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 6972 3 stations station NNS 1662 6972 4 : : : 1662 6972 5 3 3 CD 1662 6972 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6972 7 1988 1988 CD 1662 6972 8 est est NNP 1662 6972 9 . . . 1662 6972 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6973 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 6973 2 : : : 1662 6973 3 205,000 205,000 CD 1662 6973 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6973 5 1992 1992 CD 1662 6973 6 est est NNP 1662 6973 7 . . . 1662 6973 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6974 1 @Qatar @qatar LS 1662 6974 2 : : : 1662 6974 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 6974 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 6974 5 : : : 1662 6974 6 0 0 LS 1662 6974 7 km km NN 1662 6974 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 6974 9 : : : 1662 6974 10 total total NN 1662 6974 11 : : : 1662 6974 12 1,210 1,210 CD 1662 6974 13 km km NN 1662 6974 14 paved pave VBN 1662 6974 15 : : : 1662 6974 16 1,089 1,089 CD 1662 6974 17 km km NN 1662 6974 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6974 19 : : : 1662 6974 20 121 121 CD 1662 6974 21 km km NNS 1662 6974 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6974 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 6974 24 est est NNP 1662 6974 25 . . . 1662 6974 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6975 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 6975 2 : : : 1662 6975 3 crude crude JJ 1662 6975 4 oil oil NN 1662 6975 5 235 235 CD 1662 6975 6 km km NN 1662 6975 7 ; ; : 1662 6975 8 natural natural JJ 1662 6975 9 gas gas NN 1662 6975 10 400 400 CD 1662 6975 11 km km NN 1662 6975 12 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 6975 13 and and CC 1662 6975 14 harbors harbor NNS 1662 6975 15 : : : 1662 6975 16 Doha Doha NNP 1662 6975 17 , , , 1662 6975 18 Halul Halul NNP 1662 6975 19 Island Island NNP 1662 6975 20 , , , 1662 6975 21 Umm Umm NNP 1662 6975 22 Sa'id Sa'id NNP 1662 6975 23 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 6975 24 marine marine NN 1662 6975 25 : : : 1662 6975 26 total total NN 1662 6975 27 : : : 1662 6975 28 19 19 CD 1662 6975 29 ships ship NNS 1662 6975 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6975 31 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 6975 32 GRT GRT NNP 1662 6975 33 or or CC 1662 6975 34 over over RB 1662 6975 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6975 36 totaling total VBG 1662 6975 37 512,456 512,456 CD 1662 6975 38 GRT/850,858 GRT/850,858 NNP 1662 6975 39 DWT DWT NNP 1662 6975 40 ships ship NNS 1662 6975 41 by by IN 1662 6975 42 type type NN 1662 6975 43 : : : 1662 6975 44 combination combination NN 1662 6975 45 ore ore NN 1662 6975 46 / / SYM 1662 6975 47 oil oil NN 1662 6975 48 2 2 CD 1662 6975 49 , , , 1662 6975 50 container container NN 1662 6975 51 3 3 CD 1662 6975 52 , , , 1662 6975 53 cargo cargo NN 1662 6975 54 11 11 CD 1662 6975 55 , , , 1662 6975 56 oil oil NN 1662 6975 57 tanker tanker NN 1662 6975 58 3 3 CD 1662 6975 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6975 60 1996 1996 CD 1662 6975 61 est est NNP 1662 6975 62 . . . 1662 6975 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6976 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6976 2 : : : 1662 6976 3 3 3 CD 1662 6976 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6976 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6976 6 est est NNP 1662 6976 7 . . . 1662 6976 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6977 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6977 2 - - , 1662 6977 3 with with IN 1662 6977 4 paved paved JJ 1662 6977 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6977 6 : : : 1662 6977 7 total total NN 1662 6977 8 : : : 1662 6977 9 2 2 CD 1662 6977 10 over over IN 1662 6977 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 6977 12 m m NN 1662 6977 13 : : : 1662 6977 14 1 1 CD 1662 6977 15 under under IN 1662 6977 16 914 914 CD 1662 6977 17 m m NN 1662 6977 18 : : : 1662 6977 19 1 1 CD 1662 6977 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6977 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 6977 22 est est NNP 1662 6977 23 . . . 1662 6977 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6978 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 6978 2 - - , 1662 6978 3 with with IN 1662 6978 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 6978 5 runways runway NNS 1662 6978 6 : : : 1662 6978 7 total total NN 1662 6978 8 : : : 1662 6978 9 1 1 CD 1662 6978 10 914 914 CD 1662 6978 11 to to TO 1662 6978 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 6978 13 m m NN 1662 6978 14 : : : 1662 6978 15 1 1 CD 1662 6978 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6978 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 6978 18 est est NNP 1662 6978 19 . . . 1662 6978 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6979 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 6979 2 : : : 1662 6979 3 1 1 CD 1662 6979 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6979 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 6979 6 est est NNP 1662 6979 7 . . . 1662 6979 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6980 1 Military military JJ 1662 6980 2 Military military JJ 1662 6980 3 branches branch NNS 1662 6980 4 : : : 1662 6980 5 Army Army NNP 1662 6980 6 , , , 1662 6980 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 6980 8 , , , 1662 6980 9 Air Air NNP 1662 6980 10 Force Force NNP 1662 6980 11 , , , 1662 6980 12 Public Public NNP 1662 6980 13 Security Security NNP 1662 6980 14 Military Military NNP 1662 6980 15 manpower manpower NN 1662 6980 16 - - HYPH 1662 6980 17 military military NN 1662 6980 18 age age NN 1662 6980 19 : : : 1662 6980 20 18 18 CD 1662 6980 21 years year NNS 1662 6980 22 of of IN 1662 6980 23 age age NN 1662 6980 24 Military military JJ 1662 6980 25 manpower manpower NN 1662 6980 26 - - HYPH 1662 6980 27 availability availability NN 1662 6980 28 : : : 1662 6980 29 males male NNS 1662 6980 30 age age NNP 1662 6980 31 15 15 CD 1662 6980 32 - - HYPH 1662 6980 33 49 49 CD 1662 6980 34 : : : 1662 6980 35 286,178 286,178 CD 1662 6980 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6980 37 1997 1997 CD 1662 6980 38 est est NNP 1662 6980 39 . . . 1662 6980 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6981 1 Military military JJ 1662 6981 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6981 3 - - HYPH 1662 6981 4 fit fit NN 1662 6981 5 for for IN 1662 6981 6 military military JJ 1662 6981 7 service service NN 1662 6981 8 : : : 1662 6981 9 males male NNS 1662 6981 10 : : : 1662 6981 11 150,398 150,398 CD 1662 6981 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6981 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6981 14 est est NNP 1662 6981 15 . . . 1662 6981 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6982 1 Military military JJ 1662 6982 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 6982 3 - - HYPH 1662 6982 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 6982 5 military military JJ 1662 6982 6 age age NN 1662 6982 7 annually annually RB 1662 6982 8 : : : 1662 6982 9 males male NNS 1662 6982 10 : : : 1662 6982 11 5,432 5,432 CD 1662 6982 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6982 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 6982 14 est est NNP 1662 6982 15 . . . 1662 6982 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6983 1 Military military JJ 1662 6983 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6983 3 - - HYPH 1662 6983 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 6983 5 figure figure NN 1662 6983 6 : : : 1662 6983 7 $ $ $ 1662 6983 8 400 400 CD 1662 6983 9 million million CD 1662 6983 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6983 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6983 12 est est NNP 1662 6983 13 . . . 1662 6983 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6984 1 Military military JJ 1662 6984 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 6984 3 - - : 1662 6984 4 percent percent NN 1662 6984 5 of of IN 1662 6984 6 GDP GDP NNP 1662 6984 7 : : : 1662 6984 8 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 6984 9 % % NN 1662 6984 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6984 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 6984 12 est est NNP 1662 6984 13 . . . 1662 6984 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6985 1 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 6985 2 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 6985 3 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 6985 4 - - : 1662 6985 5 international international JJ 1662 6985 6 : : : 1662 6985 7 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6985 8 dispute dispute NN 1662 6985 9 with with IN 1662 6985 10 Bahrain Bahrain NNP 1662 6985 11 over over IN 1662 6985 12 the the DT 1662 6985 13 Hawar Hawar NNP 1662 6985 14 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 6985 15 ; ; : 1662 6985 16 maritime maritime JJ 1662 6985 17 boundary boundary JJ 1662 6985 18 with with IN 1662 6985 19 Bahrain Bahrain NNP 1662 6985 20 ; ; : 1662 6985 21 in in IN 1662 6985 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 6985 23 , , , 1662 6985 24 agreed agree VBD 1662 6985 25 with with IN 1662 6985 26 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 6985 27 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 6985 28 to to TO 1662 6985 29 demarcate demarcate VB 1662 6985 30 border border NN 1662 6985 31 per per IN 1662 6985 32 1992 1992 CD 1662 6985 33 accord accord NN 1662 6985 34 ; ; : 1662 6985 35 that that DT 1662 6985 36 process process NN 1662 6985 37 is be VBZ 1662 6985 38 ongoing ongoing JJ 1662 6985 39 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 40 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 41 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 42 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 43 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 44 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 45 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 46 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 47 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 48 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 49 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 50 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 51 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 52 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 53 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 54 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 55 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 56 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 57 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 58 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 59 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 60 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 61 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 62 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 63 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 64 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 65 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 66 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 67 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 68 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 69 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 70 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 71 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 72 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 73 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 74 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 75 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 76 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 77 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 78 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 79 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 80 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 81 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 82 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 83 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 84 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 85 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 86 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 87 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 88 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 89 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 90 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 91 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 92 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 93 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 94 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 95 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 96 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 97 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 98 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 99 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 100 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 101 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 102 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 103 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 104 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 105 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 106 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 107 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 108 _ _ NNP 1662 6985 109 REUNION REUNION NNP 1662 6985 110 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6985 111 overseas overseas JJ 1662 6985 112 department department NN 1662 6985 113 of of IN 1662 6985 114 France France NNP 1662 6985 115 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6985 116 @Reunion @reunion NN 1662 6985 117 : : : 1662 6985 118 Geography Geography NNP 1662 6985 119 Location Location NNP 1662 6985 120 : : : 1662 6985 121 Southern Southern NNP 1662 6985 122 Africa Africa NNP 1662 6985 123 , , , 1662 6985 124 island island NN 1662 6985 125 in in IN 1662 6985 126 the the DT 1662 6985 127 Indian Indian NNP 1662 6985 128 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6985 129 , , , 1662 6985 130 east east NN 1662 6985 131 of of IN 1662 6985 132 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 6985 133 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 6985 134 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 6985 135 : : : 1662 6985 136 21 21 CD 1662 6985 137 06 06 CD 1662 6985 138 S s NN 1662 6985 139 , , , 1662 6985 140 55 55 CD 1662 6985 141 36 36 CD 1662 6985 142 E e NN 1662 6985 143 Map Map NNP 1662 6985 144 references reference NNS 1662 6985 145 : : : 1662 6985 146 World World NNP 1662 6985 147 Area Area NNP 1662 6985 148 : : : 1662 6985 149 total total NN 1662 6985 150 : : : 1662 6985 151 2,510 2,510 CD 1662 6985 152 sq sq IN 1662 6985 153 km km NNP 1662 6985 154 land land NN 1662 6985 155 : : : 1662 6985 156 2,500 2,500 CD 1662 6985 157 sq sq NNP 1662 6985 158 km km NNP 1662 6985 159 water water NN 1662 6985 160 : : : 1662 6985 161 10 10 CD 1662 6985 162 sq sq NN 1662 6985 163 km km NNP 1662 6985 164 Area area NN 1662 6985 165 - - HYPH 1662 6985 166 comparative comparative JJ 1662 6985 167 : : : 1662 6985 168 slightly slightly RB 1662 6985 169 smaller small JJR 1662 6985 170 than than IN 1662 6985 171 Rhode Rhode NNP 1662 6985 172 Island Island NNP 1662 6985 173 Land Land NNP 1662 6985 174 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 6985 175 : : : 1662 6985 176 0 0 LS 1662 6985 177 km km NN 1662 6985 178 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 6985 179 : : : 1662 6985 180 201 201 CD 1662 6985 181 km km NN 1662 6985 182 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 6985 183 claims claim VBZ 1662 6985 184 : : : 1662 6985 185 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 6985 186 economic economic JJ 1662 6985 187 zone zone NN 1662 6985 188 : : : 1662 6985 189 200 200 CD 1662 6985 190 nm nm CD 1662 6985 191 territorial territorial JJ 1662 6985 192 sea sea NN 1662 6985 193 : : : 1662 6985 194 12 12 CD 1662 6985 195 nm nm NNP 1662 6985 196 Climate Climate NNP 1662 6985 197 : : : 1662 6985 198 tropical tropical JJ 1662 6985 199 , , , 1662 6985 200 but but CC 1662 6985 201 temperature temperature NN 1662 6985 202 moderates moderate NNS 1662 6985 203 with with IN 1662 6985 204 elevation elevation NN 1662 6985 205 ; ; , 1662 6985 206 cool cool JJ 1662 6985 207 and and CC 1662 6985 208 dry dry JJ 1662 6985 209 from from IN 1662 6985 210 May May NNP 1662 6985 211 to to IN 1662 6985 212 November November NNP 1662 6985 213 , , , 1662 6985 214 hot hot JJ 1662 6985 215 and and CC 1662 6985 216 rainy rainy JJ 1662 6985 217 from from IN 1662 6985 218 November November NNP 1662 6985 219 to to IN 1662 6985 220 April April NNP 1662 6985 221 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 6985 222 : : : 1662 6985 223 mostly mostly RB 1662 6985 224 rugged rugged JJ 1662 6985 225 and and CC 1662 6985 226 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 6985 227 ; ; : 1662 6985 228 fertile fertile JJ 1662 6985 229 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 6985 230 along along IN 1662 6985 231 coast coast NNP 1662 6985 232 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 6985 233 extremes extreme NNS 1662 6985 234 : : : 1662 6985 235 lowest low JJS 1662 6985 236 point point NN 1662 6985 237 : : : 1662 6985 238 Indian Indian NNP 1662 6985 239 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 6985 240 0 0 NFP 1662 6985 241 m m DT 1662 6985 242 highest high JJS 1662 6985 243 point point NN 1662 6985 244 : : : 1662 6985 245 Piton Piton NNP 1662 6985 246 des des NNP 1662 6985 247 Neiges Neiges NNP 1662 6985 248 3,069 3,069 CD 1662 6985 249 m m NNP 1662 6985 250 Natural natural JJ 1662 6985 251 resources resource NNS 1662 6985 252 : : : 1662 6985 253 fish fish NN 1662 6985 254 , , , 1662 6985 255 arable arable JJ 1662 6985 256 land land NN 1662 6985 257 Land Land NNP 1662 6985 258 use use NN 1662 6985 259 : : : 1662 6985 260 arable arable JJ 1662 6985 261 land land NN 1662 6985 262 : : : 1662 6985 263 17 17 CD 1662 6985 264 % % NN 1662 6985 265 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6985 266 crops crop NNS 1662 6985 267 : : : 1662 6985 268 2 2 CD 1662 6985 269 % % NN 1662 6985 270 permanent permanent JJ 1662 6985 271 pastures pasture NNS 1662 6985 272 : : : 1662 6985 273 5 5 CD 1662 6985 274 % % NN 1662 6985 275 forests forest NNS 1662 6985 276 and and CC 1662 6985 277 woodland woodland JJ 1662 6985 278 : : : 1662 6985 279 35 35 CD 1662 6985 280 % % NN 1662 6985 281 other other JJ 1662 6985 282 : : : 1662 6985 283 41 41 CD 1662 6985 284 % % NN 1662 6985 285 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6985 286 1993 1993 CD 1662 6985 287 est est NNP 1662 6985 288 . . . 1662 6985 289 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6986 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 6986 2 land land NN 1662 6986 3 : : : 1662 6986 4 60 60 CD 1662 6986 5 sq sq NN 1662 6986 6 km km NNP 1662 6986 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6986 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 6986 9 est est NNP 1662 6986 10 . . . 1662 6986 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6987 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 6987 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 6987 3 : : : 1662 6987 4 periodic periodic JJ 1662 6987 5 , , , 1662 6987 6 devastating devastating JJ 1662 6987 7 cyclones cyclone NNS 1662 6987 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6987 9 December December NNP 1662 6987 10 to to IN 1662 6987 11 April April NNP 1662 6987 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6987 13 ; ; : 1662 6987 14 Piton Piton NNP 1662 6987 15 de de NNP 1662 6987 16 la la NNP 1662 6987 17 Fournaise Fournaise NNP 1662 6987 18 on on IN 1662 6987 19 the the DT 1662 6987 20 southeastern southeastern JJ 1662 6987 21 coast coast NN 1662 6987 22 is be VBZ 1662 6987 23 an an DT 1662 6987 24 active active JJ 1662 6987 25 volcano volcano NN 1662 6987 26 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6987 27 - - HYPH 1662 6987 28 current current JJ 1662 6987 29 issues issue NNS 1662 6987 30 : : : 1662 6987 31 NA NA NNP 1662 6987 32 Environment Environment NNP 1662 6987 33 - - HYPH 1662 6987 34 international international JJ 1662 6987 35 agreements agreement NNS 1662 6987 36 : : : 1662 6987 37 party party NN 1662 6987 38 to to IN 1662 6987 39 : : : 1662 6987 40 NA NA NNP 1662 6987 41 signed sign VBN 1662 6987 42 , , , 1662 6987 43 but but CC 1662 6987 44 not not RB 1662 6987 45 ratified ratified JJ 1662 6987 46 : : : 1662 6987 47 NA na NN 1662 6987 48 @Reunion @reunion NN 1662 6987 49 : : : 1662 6987 50 People People NNPS 1662 6987 51 Population Population NNP 1662 6987 52 : : : 1662 6987 53 692,204 692,204 CD 1662 6987 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6987 55 July July NNP 1662 6987 56 1997 1997 CD 1662 6987 57 est est NNP 1662 6987 58 . . . 1662 6987 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6988 1 Age age NN 1662 6988 2 structure structure NN 1662 6988 3 : : : 1662 6988 4 0 0 CD 1662 6988 5 - - HYPH 1662 6988 6 14 14 CD 1662 6988 7 years year NNS 1662 6988 8 : : : 1662 6988 9 32 32 CD 1662 6988 10 % % NN 1662 6988 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6988 12 male male JJ 1662 6988 13 114,655 114,655 CD 1662 6988 14 ; ; : 1662 6988 15 female female JJ 1662 6988 16 109,301 109,301 CD 1662 6988 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6988 18 15 15 CD 1662 6988 19 - - SYM 1662 6988 20 64 64 CD 1662 6988 21 years year NNS 1662 6988 22 : : : 1662 6988 23 62 62 CD 1662 6988 24 % % NN 1662 6988 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6988 26 male male JJ 1662 6988 27 211,112 211,112 CD 1662 6988 28 ; ; : 1662 6988 29 female female JJ 1662 6988 30 217,897 217,897 CD 1662 6988 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6988 32 65 65 CD 1662 6988 33 years year NNS 1662 6988 34 and and CC 1662 6988 35 over over IN 1662 6988 36 : : : 1662 6988 37 6 6 CD 1662 6988 38 % % NN 1662 6988 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6988 40 male male JJ 1662 6988 41 16,211 16,211 CD 1662 6988 42 ; ; : 1662 6988 43 female female JJ 1662 6988 44 23,028 23,028 CD 1662 6988 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6988 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6988 47 July July NNP 1662 6988 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 6988 49 est est NNP 1662 6988 50 . . . 1662 6988 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6989 1 Population population NN 1662 6989 2 growth growth NN 1662 6989 3 rate rate NN 1662 6989 4 : : : 1662 6989 5 1.87 1.87 CD 1662 6989 6 % % NN 1662 6989 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6989 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6989 9 est est NNP 1662 6989 10 . . . 1662 6989 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6990 1 Birth birth NN 1662 6990 2 rate rate NN 1662 6990 3 : : : 1662 6990 4 23.4 23.4 CD 1662 6990 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 6990 6 population population NN 1662 6990 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6990 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6990 9 est est NNP 1662 6990 10 . . . 1662 6990 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6991 1 Death death NN 1662 6991 2 rate rate NN 1662 6991 3 : : : 1662 6991 4 4.71 4.71 CD 1662 6991 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6991 6 population population NN 1662 6991 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6991 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 6991 9 est est NNP 1662 6991 10 . . . 1662 6991 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6992 1 Net net JJ 1662 6992 2 migration migration NN 1662 6992 3 rate rate NN 1662 6992 4 : : : 1662 6992 5 0 0 NFP 1662 6992 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 6992 7 population population NN 1662 6992 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6992 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 6992 10 est est NNP 1662 6992 11 . . . 1662 6992 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6993 1 Sex sex NN 1662 6993 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 6993 3 : : : 1662 6993 4 at at IN 1662 6993 5 birth birth NN 1662 6993 6 : : : 1662 6993 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6993 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6993 9 under under IN 1662 6993 10 15 15 CD 1662 6993 11 years year NNS 1662 6993 12 : : : 1662 6993 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 6993 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6993 15 15 15 CD 1662 6993 16 - - HYPH 1662 6993 17 64 64 CD 1662 6993 18 years year NNS 1662 6993 19 : : : 1662 6993 20 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 6993 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6993 22 65 65 CD 1662 6993 23 years year NNS 1662 6993 24 and and CC 1662 6993 25 over over IN 1662 6993 26 : : : 1662 6993 27 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 6993 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 6993 29 total total JJ 1662 6993 30 population population NN 1662 6993 31 : : : 1662 6993 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 6993 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 6993 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6993 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 6993 36 est e JJS 1662 6993 37 . . . 1662 6993 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6994 1 Infant infant NN 1662 6994 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 6994 3 rate rate NN 1662 6994 4 : : : 1662 6994 5 7.3 7.3 CD 1662 6994 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 6994 7 live live JJ 1662 6994 8 births birth NNS 1662 6994 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6994 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 6994 11 est est NNP 1662 6994 12 . . . 1662 6994 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6995 1 Life life NN 1662 6995 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 6995 3 at at IN 1662 6995 4 birth birth NN 1662 6995 5 : : : 1662 6995 6 total total JJ 1662 6995 7 population population NN 1662 6995 8 : : : 1662 6995 9 75.08 75.08 CD 1662 6995 10 years year NNS 1662 6995 11 male male JJ 1662 6995 12 : : : 1662 6995 13 72.03 72.03 CD 1662 6995 14 years year NNS 1662 6995 15 female female JJ 1662 6995 16 : : : 1662 6995 17 78.29 78.29 CD 1662 6995 18 years year NNS 1662 6995 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6995 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 6995 21 est est NNP 1662 6995 22 . . . 1662 6995 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6996 1 Total total JJ 1662 6996 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 6996 3 rate rate NN 1662 6996 4 : : : 1662 6996 5 2.69 2.69 CD 1662 6996 6 children child NNS 1662 6996 7 born bear VBN 1662 6996 8 / / SYM 1662 6996 9 woman woman NN 1662 6996 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6996 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 6996 12 est est NNP 1662 6996 13 . . . 1662 6996 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6997 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 6997 2 : : : 1662 6997 3 noun noun NN 1662 6997 4 : : : 1662 6997 5 Reunionese Reunionese NNP 1662 6997 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6997 7 singular singular JJ 1662 6997 8 and and CC 1662 6997 9 plural plural JJ 1662 6997 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6997 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 6997 12 : : : 1662 6997 13 Reunionese reunionese JJ 1662 6997 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 6997 15 groups group NNS 1662 6997 16 : : : 1662 6997 17 French french JJ 1662 6997 18 , , , 1662 6997 19 African african JJ 1662 6997 20 , , , 1662 6997 21 Malagasy Malagasy NNP 1662 6997 22 , , , 1662 6997 23 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 6997 24 , , , 1662 6997 25 Pakistani pakistani JJ 1662 6997 26 , , , 1662 6997 27 Indian Indian NNP 1662 6997 28 Religions Religions NNPS 1662 6997 29 : : : 1662 6997 30 Roman Roman NNP 1662 6997 31 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 6997 32 94 94 CD 1662 6997 33 % % NN 1662 6997 34 , , , 1662 6997 35 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 6997 36 , , , 1662 6997 37 Islam Islam NNP 1662 6997 38 , , , 1662 6997 39 Buddhist Buddhist NNP 1662 6997 40 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 6997 41 : : : 1662 6997 42 French French NNP 1662 6997 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6997 44 official official NN 1662 6997 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6997 46 , , , 1662 6997 47 Creole Creole NNP 1662 6997 48 widely widely RB 1662 6997 49 used use VBD 1662 6997 50 Literacy literacy NN 1662 6997 51 : : : 1662 6997 52 definition definition NN 1662 6997 53 : : : 1662 6997 54 age age NN 1662 6997 55 15 15 CD 1662 6997 56 and and CC 1662 6997 57 over over RB 1662 6997 58 can can MD 1662 6997 59 read read VB 1662 6997 60 and and CC 1662 6997 61 write write VB 1662 6997 62 total total JJ 1662 6997 63 population population NN 1662 6997 64 : : : 1662 6997 65 79 79 CD 1662 6997 66 % % NN 1662 6997 67 male male NN 1662 6997 68 : : : 1662 6997 69 76 76 CD 1662 6997 70 % % NN 1662 6997 71 female female NN 1662 6997 72 : : : 1662 6997 73 80 80 CD 1662 6997 74 % % NN 1662 6997 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6997 76 1982 1982 CD 1662 6997 77 est est NNP 1662 6997 78 . . . 1662 6997 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6998 1 @Reunion @reunion NN 1662 6998 2 : : : 1662 6998 3 Government Government NNP 1662 6998 4 Country Country NNP 1662 6998 5 name name NN 1662 6998 6 : : : 1662 6998 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6998 8 long long JJ 1662 6998 9 form form NN 1662 6998 10 : : : 1662 6998 11 Department Department NNP 1662 6998 12 of of IN 1662 6998 13 Reunion Reunion NNP 1662 6998 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 6998 15 short short JJ 1662 6998 16 form form NN 1662 6998 17 : : : 1662 6998 18 Reunion reunion NN 1662 6998 19 local local JJ 1662 6998 20 long long JJ 1662 6998 21 form form NN 1662 6998 22 : : : 1662 6998 23 none none NN 1662 6998 24 local local JJ 1662 6998 25 short short JJ 1662 6998 26 form form NN 1662 6998 27 : : : 1662 6998 28 Ile Ile NNP 1662 6998 29 de de FW 1662 6998 30 la la NNP 1662 6998 31 Reunion Reunion NNP 1662 6998 32 Data Data NNP 1662 6998 33 code code NN 1662 6998 34 : : : 1662 6998 35 RE RE NNP 1662 6998 36 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 6998 37 status status NN 1662 6998 38 : : : 1662 6998 39 overseas overseas JJ 1662 6998 40 department department NN 1662 6998 41 of of IN 1662 6998 42 France France NNP 1662 6998 43 Government Government NNP 1662 6998 44 type type NN 1662 6998 45 : : : 1662 6998 46 NA NA NNP 1662 6998 47 National national JJ 1662 6998 48 capital capital NN 1662 6998 49 : : : 1662 6998 50 Saint Saint NNP 1662 6998 51 - - HYPH 1662 6998 52 Denis Denis NNP 1662 6998 53 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 6998 54 divisions division NNS 1662 6998 55 : : : 1662 6998 56 none none NN 1662 6998 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6998 58 overseas overseas JJ 1662 6998 59 department department NN 1662 6998 60 of of IN 1662 6998 61 France France NNP 1662 6998 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6998 63 ; ; : 1662 6998 64 there there EX 1662 6998 65 are be VBP 1662 6998 66 no no DT 1662 6998 67 first first JJ 1662 6998 68 - - HYPH 1662 6998 69 order order NN 1662 6998 70 administrative administrative JJ 1662 6998 71 divisions division NNS 1662 6998 72 as as IN 1662 6998 73 defined define VBN 1662 6998 74 by by IN 1662 6998 75 the the DT 1662 6998 76 US US NNP 1662 6998 77 government government NN 1662 6998 78 , , , 1662 6998 79 but but CC 1662 6998 80 there there EX 1662 6998 81 are be VBP 1662 6998 82 four four CD 1662 6998 83 arrondissements arrondissement NNS 1662 6998 84 , , , 1662 6998 85 24 24 CD 1662 6998 86 communes commune NNS 1662 6998 87 , , , 1662 6998 88 and and CC 1662 6998 89 47 47 CD 1662 6998 90 cantons canton NNS 1662 6998 91 Independence independence NN 1662 6998 92 : : : 1662 6998 93 none none NN 1662 6998 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6998 95 overseas overseas JJ 1662 6998 96 department department NN 1662 6998 97 of of IN 1662 6998 98 France 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1662 6998 313 25 25 CD 1662 6998 314 June June NNP 1662 6998 315 1993 1993 CD 1662 6998 316 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6998 317 next next JJ 1662 6998 318 to to TO 1662 6998 319 be be VB 1662 6998 320 held hold VBN 1662 6998 321 NA NA NNP 1662 6998 322 1999 1999 CD 1662 6998 323 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6998 324 election election NN 1662 6998 325 results result NNS 1662 6998 326 : : : 1662 6998 327 General General NNP 1662 6998 328 Council Council NNP 1662 6998 329 - - HYPH 1662 6998 330 percent percent NN 1662 6998 331 of of IN 1662 6998 332 vote vote NN 1662 6998 333 by by IN 1662 6998 334 party party NN 1662 6998 335 - - HYPH 1662 6998 336 NA NA NNP 1662 6998 337 ; ; , 1662 6998 338 seats seat NNS 1662 6998 339 by by IN 1662 6998 340 party party NN 1662 6998 341 - - HYPH 1662 6998 342 PCR PCR NNP 1662 6998 343 12 12 CD 1662 6998 344 , , , 1662 6998 345 PS PS NNP 1662 6998 346 12 12 CD 1662 6998 347 , , , 1662 6998 348 UDF UDF NNP 1662 6998 349 11 11 CD 1662 6998 350 , , , 1662 6998 351 RPR RPR NNP 1662 6998 352 5 5 CD 1662 6998 353 , , , 1662 6998 354 others other NNS 1662 6998 355 7 7 CD 1662 6998 356 ; ; : 1662 6998 357 Regional Regional NNP 1662 6998 358 Council Council NNP 1662 6998 359 - - HYPH 1662 6998 360 percent percent NN 1662 6998 361 of of IN 1662 6998 362 vote vote NN 1662 6998 363 by by IN 1662 6998 364 party party NN 1662 6998 365 - - HYPH 1662 6998 366 NA NA NNP 1662 6998 367 ; ; , 1662 6998 368 seats seat NNS 1662 6998 369 by by IN 1662 6998 370 party party NN 1662 6998 371 - - HYPH 1662 6998 372 UPF UPF NNP 1662 6998 373 17 17 CD 1662 6998 374 , , , 1662 6998 375 Free Free NNP 1662 6998 376 - - HYPH 1662 6998 377 Dom Dom NNP 1662 6998 378 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6998 379 13 13 CD 1662 6998 380 , , , 1662 6998 381 PCR PCR NNP 1662 6998 382 9 9 CD 1662 6998 383 , , , 1662 6998 384 PS PS NNP 1662 6998 385 6 6 CD 1662 6998 386 note note NN 1662 6998 387 : : : 1662 6998 388 Reunion reunion NN 1662 6998 389 elects elect VBZ 1662 6998 390 3 3 CD 1662 6998 391 representatives representative NNS 1662 6998 392 to to IN 1662 6998 393 the the DT 1662 6998 394 French french JJ 1662 6998 395 Senate Senate NNP 1662 6998 396 ; ; : 1662 6998 397 elections election NNS 1662 6998 398 last last RB 1662 6998 399 held hold VBD 1662 6998 400 24 24 CD 1662 6998 401 September September NNP 1662 6998 402 1992 1992 CD 1662 6998 403 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6998 404 next next JJ 1662 6998 405 to to TO 1662 6998 406 be be VB 1662 6998 407 held hold VBN 1662 6998 408 NA NA NNP 1662 6998 409 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6998 410 ; ; : 1662 6998 411 results result NNS 1662 6998 412 - - HYPH 1662 6998 413 percent percent NN 1662 6998 414 of of IN 1662 6998 415 vote vote NN 1662 6998 416 by by IN 1662 6998 417 party party NN 1662 6998 418 - - HYPH 1662 6998 419 NA NA NNP 1662 6998 420 ; ; , 1662 6998 421 seats seat NNS 1662 6998 422 by by IN 1662 6998 423 party party NN 1662 6998 424 - - HYPH 1662 6998 425 RPR rpr NN 1662 6998 426 1 1 CD 1662 6998 427 , , , 1662 6998 428 FRA FRA NNP 1662 6998 429 1 1 CD 1662 6998 430 , , , 1662 6998 431 independent independent JJ 1662 6998 432 1 1 CD 1662 6998 433 ; ; : 1662 6998 434 Reunion Reunion NNP 1662 6998 435 also also RB 1662 6998 436 elects elect VBZ 1662 6998 437 5 5 CD 1662 6998 438 deputies deputy NNS 1662 6998 439 to to IN 1662 6998 440 the the DT 1662 6998 441 French French NNP 1662 6998 442 National National NNP 1662 6998 443 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 6998 444 ; ; : 1662 6998 445 elections election NNS 1662 6998 446 last last RB 1662 6998 447 held hold VBD 1662 6998 448 21 21 CD 1662 6998 449 and and CC 1662 6998 450 28 28 CD 1662 6998 451 March March NNP 1662 6998 452 1993 1993 CD 1662 6998 453 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6998 454 next next JJ 1662 6998 455 to to TO 1662 6998 456 be be VB 1662 6998 457 held hold VBN 1662 6998 458 as as IN 1662 6998 459 a a DT 1662 6998 460 special special JJ 1662 6998 461 election election NN 1662 6998 462 on on IN 1662 6998 463 25 25 CD 1662 6998 464 May May NNP 1662 6998 465 - - HYPH 1662 6998 466 1 1 CD 1662 6998 467 June June NNP 1662 6998 468 1997 1997 CD 1662 6998 469 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6998 470 ; ; : 1662 6998 471 results result NNS 1662 6998 472 - - HYPH 1662 6998 473 percent percent NN 1662 6998 474 of of IN 1662 6998 475 vote vote NN 1662 6998 476 by by IN 1662 6998 477 party party NN 1662 6998 478 - - HYPH 1662 6998 479 NA NA NNP 1662 6998 480 ; ; , 1662 6998 481 seats seat NNS 1662 6998 482 by by IN 1662 6998 483 party party NNP 1662 6998 484 - - HYPH 1662 6998 485 PS PS NNP 1662 6998 486 1 1 CD 1662 6998 487 , , , 1662 6998 488 PCR PCR NNP 1662 6998 489 1 1 CD 1662 6998 490 , , , 1662 6998 491 UPF UPF NNP 1662 6998 492 1 1 CD 1662 6998 493 , , , 1662 6998 494 RPR rpr NN 1662 6998 495 1 1 CD 1662 6998 496 , , , 1662 6998 497 UDF UDF NNP 1662 6998 498 - - HYPH 1662 6998 499 CDS CDS NNP 1662 6998 500 1 1 CD 1662 6998 501 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 6998 502 branch branch NN 1662 6998 503 : : : 1662 6998 504 Court Court NNP 1662 6998 505 of of IN 1662 6998 506 Appeals Appeals NNPS 1662 6998 507 or or CC 1662 6998 508 Cour Cour NNP 1662 6998 509 d'Appel d'Appel NNP 1662 6998 510 Political political JJ 1662 6998 511 parties party NNS 1662 6998 512 and and CC 1662 6998 513 leaders leader NNS 1662 6998 514 : : : 1662 6998 515 Rally rally NN 1662 6998 516 for for IN 1662 6998 517 the the DT 1662 6998 518 Republic Republic NNP 1662 6998 519 or or CC 1662 6998 520 RPR RPR NNP 1662 6998 521 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6998 522 Andre Andre NNP 1662 6998 523 ' ' POS 1662 6998 524 Maurice Maurice NNP 1662 6998 525 PIHOUEE PIHOUEE NNP 1662 6998 526 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6998 527 ; ; : 1662 6998 528 Union Union NNP 1662 6998 529 for for IN 1662 6998 530 French french JJ 1662 6998 531 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 6998 532 or or CC 1662 6998 533 UDF UDF NNP 1662 6998 534 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6998 535 Ibrahim Ibrahim NNP 1662 6998 536 DINDAN DINDAN NNP 1662 6998 537 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6998 538 ; ; : 1662 6998 539 Communist Communist NNP 1662 6998 540 Party Party NNP 1662 6998 541 of of IN 1662 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6998 579 Union Union NNP 1662 6998 580 for for IN 1662 6998 581 France France NNP 1662 6998 582 or or CC 1662 6998 583 UPF UPF NNP 1662 6998 584 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6998 585 includes include VBZ 1662 6998 586 RPR RPR NNP 1662 6998 587 and and CC 1662 6998 588 UDF UDF NNP 1662 6998 589 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6998 590 ; ; : 1662 6998 591 Free Free NNP 1662 6998 592 - - HYPH 1662 6998 593 DOM DOM NNP 1662 6998 594 Movement Movement NNP 1662 6998 595 [ [ -LRB- 1662 6998 596 Marguerite Marguerite NNP 1662 6998 597 SUDRE SUDRE NNP 1662 6998 598 ] ] -RRB- 1662 6998 599 ; ; : 1662 6998 600 National National NNP 1662 6998 601 Front front NN 1662 6998 602 ( ( -LRB- 1662 6998 603 FN FN NNP 1662 6998 604 ) ) -RRB- 1662 6998 605 , , , 1662 6998 606 Alix Alix NNP 1662 6998 607 MOREL MOREL NNP 1662 6998 608 International International NNP 1662 6998 609 organization organization NN 1662 6998 610 participation participation NN 1662 6998 611 : : : 1662 6998 612 FZ FZ NNP 1662 6998 613 , , , 1662 6998 614 WFTU WFTU 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1662 7001 9 off off NN 1662 7001 10 and and CC 1662 7001 11 the the DT 1662 7001 12 poor poor JJ 1662 7001 13 is be VBZ 1662 7001 14 extraordinary extraordinary JJ 1662 7001 15 and and CC 1662 7001 16 accounts account NNS 1662 7001 17 for for IN 1662 7001 18 the the DT 1662 7001 19 persistent persistent JJ 1662 7001 20 social social JJ 1662 7001 21 tensions tension NNS 1662 7001 22 . . . 1662 7002 1 The the DT 1662 7002 2 white white JJ 1662 7002 3 and and CC 1662 7002 4 Indian indian JJ 1662 7002 5 communities community NNS 1662 7002 6 are be VBP 1662 7002 7 substantially substantially RB 1662 7002 8 better well JJR 1662 7002 9 off off RB 1662 7002 10 than than IN 1662 7002 11 other other JJ 1662 7002 12 segments segment NNS 1662 7002 13 of of IN 1662 7002 14 the the DT 1662 7002 15 population population NN 1662 7002 16 , , , 1662 7002 17 often often RB 1662 7002 18 approaching approach VBG 1662 7002 19 European european JJ 1662 7002 20 standards standard NNS 1662 7002 21 , , , 1662 7002 22 whereas whereas IN 1662 7002 23 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 7002 24 groups group NNS 1662 7002 25 suffer suffer VBP 1662 7002 26 the the DT 1662 7002 27 poverty poverty NN 1662 7002 28 and and CC 1662 7002 29 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 7002 30 typical typical JJ 1662 7002 31 of of IN 1662 7002 32 the the DT 1662 7002 33 poorer poor JJR 1662 7002 34 nations nation NNS 1662 7002 35 of of IN 1662 7002 36 the the DT 1662 7002 37 African african JJ 1662 7002 38 continent continent NN 1662 7002 39 . . . 1662 7003 1 The the DT 1662 7003 2 outbreak outbreak NN 1662 7003 3 of of IN 1662 7003 4 severe severe JJ 1662 7003 5 rioting rioting NN 1662 7003 6 in in IN 1662 7003 7 February February NNP 1662 7003 8 1991 1991 CD 1662 7003 9 illustrates illustrate VBZ 1662 7003 10 the the DT 1662 7003 11 seriousness seriousness NN 1662 7003 12 of of IN 1662 7003 13 socioeconomic socioeconomic JJ 1662 7003 14 tensions tension NNS 1662 7003 15 . . . 1662 7004 1 The the DT 1662 7004 2 economic economic JJ 1662 7004 3 well well NN 1662 7004 4 - - HYPH 1662 7004 5 being being NN 1662 7004 6 of of IN 1662 7004 7 Reunion Reunion NNP 1662 7004 8 depends depend VBZ 1662 7004 9 heavily heavily RB 1662 7004 10 on on IN 1662 7004 11 continued continue VBN 1662 7004 12 financial financial JJ 1662 7004 13 assistance assistance NN 1662 7004 14 from from IN 1662 7004 15 France France NNP 1662 7004 16 . . . 1662 7005 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7005 2 : : : 1662 7005 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7005 4 power power NN 1662 7005 5 parity parity NN 1662 7005 6 - - : 1662 7005 7 $ $ $ 1662 7005 8 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 7005 9 billion billion CD 1662 7005 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7005 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 7005 12 est est NNP 1662 7005 13 . . . 1662 7005 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7006 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7006 2 - - HYPH 1662 7006 3 real real JJ 1662 7006 4 growth growth NN 1662 7006 5 rate rate NN 1662 7006 6 : : : 1662 7006 7 2.7 2.7 CD 1662 7006 8 % % NN 1662 7006 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7006 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 7006 11 est est NNP 1662 7006 12 . . . 1662 7006 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7007 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7007 2 - - HYPH 1662 7007 3 per per FW 1662 7007 4 capita capita NN 1662 7007 5 : : : 1662 7007 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7007 7 power power NN 1662 7007 8 parity parity NN 1662 7007 9 - - : 1662 7007 10 $ $ $ 1662 7007 11 4,300 4,300 CD 1662 7007 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7007 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 7007 14 est est NNP 1662 7007 15 . . . 1662 7007 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7008 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7008 2 - - HYPH 1662 7008 3 composition composition NN 1662 7008 4 by by IN 1662 7008 5 sector sector NN 1662 7008 6 : : : 1662 7008 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7008 8 : : : 1662 7008 9 NA% na% LS 1662 7008 10 industry industry NN 1662 7008 11 : : : 1662 7008 12 NA% NA% NNS 1662 7008 13 services service NNS 1662 7008 14 : : : 1662 7008 15 NA% NA% `` 1662 7008 16 Inflation inflation NN 1662 7008 17 rate rate NN 1662 7008 18 - - HYPH 1662 7008 19 consumer consumer NN 1662 7008 20 price price NN 1662 7008 21 index index NN 1662 7008 22 : : : 1662 7008 23 NA% NA% `` 1662 7008 24 Labor labor NN 1662 7008 25 force force NN 1662 7008 26 : : : 1662 7008 27 total total NN 1662 7008 28 : : : 1662 7008 29 242,169 242,169 CD 1662 7008 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7008 31 1993 1993 CD 1662 7008 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7008 33 by by IN 1662 7008 34 occupation occupation NN 1662 7008 35 : : : 1662 7008 36 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7008 37 30 30 CD 1662 7008 38 % % NN 1662 7008 39 , , , 1662 7008 40 industry industry NN 1662 7008 41 21 21 CD 1662 7008 42 % % NN 1662 7008 43 , , , 1662 7008 44 services service NNS 1662 7008 45 49 49 CD 1662 7008 46 % % NN 1662 7008 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7008 48 1981 1981 CD 1662 7008 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7008 50 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 7008 51 rate rate NN 1662 7008 52 : : : 1662 7008 53 35 35 CD 1662 7008 54 % % NN 1662 7008 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7008 56 1994 1994 CD 1662 7008 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7008 58 Budget budget NN 1662 7008 59 : : : 1662 7008 60 revenues revenue NNS 1662 7008 61 : : : 1662 7008 62 $ $ $ 1662 7008 63 NA na NN 1662 7008 64 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7008 65 : : : 1662 7008 66 $ $ $ 1662 7008 67 NA NA NNP 1662 7008 68 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 7008 69 : : : 1662 7008 70 sugar sugar NN 1662 7008 71 , , , 1662 7008 72 rum rum NN 1662 7008 73 , , , 1662 7008 74 cigarettes cigarette NNS 1662 7008 75 , , , 1662 7008 76 handicraft handicraft NN 1662 7008 77 items item NNS 1662 7008 78 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 7008 79 production production NN 1662 7008 80 growth growth NN 1662 7008 81 rate rate NN 1662 7008 82 : : : 1662 7008 83 NA% NA% `` 1662 7008 84 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7008 85 - - HYPH 1662 7008 86 capacity capacity NN 1662 7008 87 : : : 1662 7008 88 NA NA NNP 1662 7008 89 kW kW NNP 1662 7008 90 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7008 91 - - HYPH 1662 7008 92 production production NN 1662 7008 93 : : : 1662 7008 94 1.09 1.09 CD 1662 7008 95 billion billion CD 1662 7008 96 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7008 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7008 98 1994 1994 CD 1662 7008 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7008 100 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7008 101 - - HYPH 1662 7008 102 consumption consumption NN 1662 7008 103 per per IN 1662 7008 104 capita capita NN 1662 7008 105 : : : 1662 7008 106 1,670 1,670 CD 1662 7008 107 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7008 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7008 109 1994 1994 CD 1662 7008 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7008 111 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7008 112 - - HYPH 1662 7008 113 products product NNS 1662 7008 114 : : : 1662 7008 115 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 7008 116 , , , 1662 7008 117 vanilla vanilla NN 1662 7008 118 , , , 1662 7008 119 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 7008 120 , , , 1662 7008 121 tropical tropical JJ 1662 7008 122 fruits fruit NNS 1662 7008 123 , , , 1662 7008 124 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 7008 125 , , , 1662 7008 126 corn corn NN 1662 7008 127 Exports export NNS 1662 7008 128 : : : 1662 7008 129 total total JJ 1662 7008 130 value value NN 1662 7008 131 : : : 1662 7008 132 $ $ $ 1662 7008 133 171.776 171.776 CD 1662 7008 134 million million CD 1662 7008 135 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7008 136 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 7008 137 . . 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Africa NNP 1662 7008 225 , , , 1662 7008 226 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7008 227 , , , 1662 7008 228 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 7008 229 Debt Debt NNP 1662 7008 230 - - HYPH 1662 7008 231 external external JJ 1662 7008 232 : : : 1662 7008 233 $ $ $ 1662 7008 234 NA na JJ 1662 7008 235 Economic economic JJ 1662 7008 236 aid aid NN 1662 7008 237 : : : 1662 7008 238 recipient recipient NN 1662 7008 239 : : : 1662 7008 240 substantial substantial JJ 1662 7008 241 annual annual JJ 1662 7008 242 subsidies subsidy NNS 1662 7008 243 from from IN 1662 7008 244 France France NNP 1662 7008 245 Currency Currency NNP 1662 7008 246 : : : 1662 7008 247 1 1 CD 1662 7008 248 French french JJ 1662 7008 249 franc franc NN 1662 7008 250 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7008 251 F f NN 1662 7008 252 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7008 253 = = NFP 1662 7008 254 100 100 CD 1662 7008 255 centimes centime NNS 1662 7008 256 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 7008 257 rates rate NNS 1662 7008 258 : : : 1662 7008 259 French french JJ 1662 7008 260 francs franc NNS 1662 7008 261 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7008 262 F f NN 1662 7008 263 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7008 264 per per IN 1662 7008 265 US$ us$ $ 1662 7008 266 1 1 CD 1662 7008 267 - - SYM 1662 7008 268 5.4169 5.4169 CD 1662 7008 269 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7008 270 January January NNP 1662 7008 271 1997 1997 CD 1662 7008 272 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7008 273 , , , 1662 7008 274 5.1155 5.1155 CD 1662 7008 275 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7008 276 1996 1996 CD 1662 7008 277 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7008 278 , , , 1662 7008 279 4.9915 4.9915 CD 1662 7008 280 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7008 281 1995 1995 CD 1662 7008 282 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7008 283 , , , 1662 7008 284 5.5520 5.5520 CD 1662 7008 285 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7008 286 1994 1994 CD 1662 7008 287 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7008 288 , , , 1662 7008 289 5.6632 5.6632 CD 1662 7008 290 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7008 291 1993 1993 CD 1662 7008 292 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7008 293 , , , 1662 7008 294 5.2938 5.2938 CD 1662 7008 295 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7008 296 1992 1992 CD 1662 7008 297 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7008 298 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7008 299 year year NN 1662 7008 300 : : : 1662 7008 301 calendar calendar NN 1662 7008 302 year year NN 1662 7008 303 @Reunion @reunion NN 1662 7008 304 : : : 1662 7008 305 Communications communication NNS 1662 7008 306 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 7008 307 : : : 1662 7008 308 191,647 191,647 CD 1662 7008 309 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7008 310 1993 1993 CD 1662 7008 311 est est NNP 1662 7008 312 . . . 1662 7008 313 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7009 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 7009 2 system system NN 1662 7009 3 : : : 1662 7009 4 adequate adequate JJ 1662 7009 5 system system NN 1662 7009 6 ; ; : 1662 7009 7 principal principal JJ 1662 7009 8 center center NN 1662 7009 9 is be VBZ 1662 7009 10 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7009 11 - - HYPH 1662 7009 12 Denis Denis NNP 1662 7009 13 domestic domestic NN 1662 7009 14 : : : 1662 7009 15 modern modern JJ 1662 7009 16 open open JJ 1662 7009 17 wire wire NN 1662 7009 18 and and CC 1662 7009 19 microwave microwave NN 1662 7009 20 radio radio NN 1662 7009 21 relay relay NN 1662 7009 22 network network NNP 1662 7009 23 international international NNP 1662 7009 24 : : : 1662 7009 25 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 7009 26 communication communication NN 1662 7009 27 to to IN 1662 7009 28 Comoros Comoros NNP 1662 7009 29 , , , 1662 7009 30 France France NNP 1662 7009 31 , , , 1662 7009 32 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 7009 33 ; ; : 1662 7009 34 new new JJ 1662 7009 35 microwave microwave NN 1662 7009 36 route route NN 1662 7009 37 to to IN 1662 7009 38 Mauritius Mauritius NNP 1662 7009 39 ; ; : 1662 7009 40 satellite satellite NN 1662 7009 41 earth earth NN 1662 7009 42 station station NN 1662 7009 43 - - : 1662 7009 44 1 1 CD 1662 7009 45 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7009 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7009 47 Indian Indian NNP 1662 7009 48 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7009 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7009 50 Radio radio NN 1662 7009 51 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7009 52 stations station NNS 1662 7009 53 : : : 1662 7009 54 AM am VBP 1662 7009 55 3 3 CD 1662 7009 56 , , , 1662 7009 57 FM FM NNP 1662 7009 58 13 13 CD 1662 7009 59 , , , 1662 7009 60 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 7009 61 0 0 CD 1662 7009 62 Radios radio NNS 1662 7009 63 : : : 1662 7009 64 151,000 151,000 CD 1662 7009 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7009 66 1992 1992 CD 1662 7009 67 est est NNP 1662 7009 68 . . . 1662 7009 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7010 1 Television television NN 1662 7010 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7010 3 stations station NNS 1662 7010 4 : : : 1662 7010 5 1 1 LS 1662 7010 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7010 7 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 7010 8 18 18 CD 1662 7010 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7010 10 Televisions television NNS 1662 7010 11 : : : 1662 7010 12 116,181 116,181 CD 1662 7010 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7010 14 1992 1992 CD 1662 7010 15 est est NNP 1662 7010 16 . . . 1662 7010 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7011 1 @Reunion @reunion NN 1662 7011 2 : : : 1662 7011 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7011 4 Railways railway NNS 1662 7011 5 : : : 1662 7011 6 0 0 LS 1662 7011 7 km km NN 1662 7011 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 7011 9 : : : 1662 7011 10 total total NN 1662 7011 11 : : : 1662 7011 12 2,784 2,784 CD 1662 7011 13 km km NN 1662 7011 14 paved pave VBN 1662 7011 15 : : : 1662 7011 16 2,187 2,187 CD 1662 7011 17 km km NN 1662 7011 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7011 19 : : : 1662 7011 20 597 597 CD 1662 7011 21 km km NNS 1662 7011 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7011 23 1987 1987 CD 1662 7011 24 est est NNP 1662 7011 25 . . . 1662 7011 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7012 1 Ports port NNS 1662 7012 2 and and CC 1662 7012 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7012 4 : : : 1662 7012 5 Le Le NNP 1662 7012 6 Port Port NNP 1662 7012 7 , , , 1662 7012 8 Pointe Pointe NNP 1662 7012 9 des des FW 1662 7012 10 Galets Galets NNPS 1662 7012 11 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7012 12 marine marine RB 1662 7012 13 : : : 1662 7012 14 none none NN 1662 7012 15 Airports airport NNS 1662 7012 16 : : : 1662 7012 17 2 2 CD 1662 7012 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7012 19 1996 1996 CD 1662 7012 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7012 21 Airports airport NNS 1662 7012 22 - - , 1662 7012 23 with with IN 1662 7012 24 paved paved JJ 1662 7012 25 runways runway NNS 1662 7012 26 : : : 1662 7012 27 total total NN 1662 7012 28 : : : 1662 7012 29 2 2 CD 1662 7012 30 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7012 31 to to TO 1662 7012 32 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7012 33 m m NN 1662 7012 34 : : : 1662 7012 35 1 1 CD 1662 7012 36 914 914 CD 1662 7012 37 to to TO 1662 7012 38 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7012 39 m m NN 1662 7012 40 : : : 1662 7012 41 1 1 CD 1662 7012 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7012 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 7012 44 est est NNP 1662 7012 45 . . . 1662 7012 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7013 1 Military military JJ 1662 7013 2 Military military JJ 1662 7013 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7013 4 : : : 1662 7013 5 French french JJ 1662 7013 6 forces force NNS 1662 7013 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7013 8 Army Army NNP 1662 7013 9 , , , 1662 7013 10 Navy Navy NNP 1662 7013 11 , , , 1662 7013 12 Air Air NNP 1662 7013 13 Force Force NNP 1662 7013 14 , , , 1662 7013 15 and and CC 1662 7013 16 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 7013 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7013 18 Military Military NNP 1662 7013 19 manpower manpower NN 1662 7013 20 - - HYPH 1662 7013 21 military military NN 1662 7013 22 age age NN 1662 7013 23 : : : 1662 7013 24 18 18 CD 1662 7013 25 years year NNS 1662 7013 26 of of IN 1662 7013 27 age age NN 1662 7013 28 Military military JJ 1662 7013 29 manpower manpower NN 1662 7013 30 - - HYPH 1662 7013 31 availability availability NN 1662 7013 32 : : : 1662 7013 33 males male NNS 1662 7013 34 age age NNP 1662 7013 35 15 15 CD 1662 7013 36 - - HYPH 1662 7013 37 49 49 CD 1662 7013 38 : : : 1662 7013 39 176,600 176,600 CD 1662 7013 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7013 41 1997 1997 CD 1662 7013 42 est est NNP 1662 7013 43 . . . 1662 7013 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7014 1 Military military JJ 1662 7014 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7014 3 - - HYPH 1662 7014 4 fit fit NN 1662 7014 5 for for IN 1662 7014 6 military military JJ 1662 7014 7 service service NN 1662 7014 8 : : : 1662 7014 9 males male NNS 1662 7014 10 : : : 1662 7014 11 92,170 92,170 CD 1662 7014 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7014 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7014 14 est e JJS 1662 7014 15 . . . 1662 7014 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7015 1 Military military JJ 1662 7015 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7015 3 - - HYPH 1662 7015 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 7015 5 military military JJ 1662 7015 6 age age NN 1662 7015 7 annually annually RB 1662 7015 8 : : : 1662 7015 9 males male NNS 1662 7015 10 : : : 1662 7015 11 5,724 5,724 CD 1662 7015 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7015 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7015 14 est est NNP 1662 7015 15 . . . 1662 7015 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7016 1 Military military JJ 1662 7016 2 - - HYPH 1662 7016 3 note note NN 1662 7016 4 : : : 1662 7016 5 defense defense NN 1662 7016 6 is be VBZ 1662 7016 7 the the DT 1662 7016 8 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 7016 9 of of IN 1662 7016 10 France France NNP 1662 7016 11 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7016 12 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7016 13 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 7016 14 - - : 1662 7016 15 international international RB 1662 7016 16 : : : 1662 7016 17 none none NN 1662 7016 18 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 19 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 20 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 21 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 22 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 23 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 24 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 25 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 26 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 27 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 28 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 29 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 30 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 31 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 32 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 33 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 34 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 35 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 36 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 37 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 38 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 39 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 40 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 41 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 42 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 43 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 44 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 45 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 46 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 47 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 48 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 49 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 50 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 51 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 52 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 53 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 54 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 55 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 56 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 57 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 58 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 59 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 60 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 61 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 62 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 63 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 64 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 65 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 66 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 67 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 68 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 69 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 70 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 71 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 72 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 73 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 74 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 75 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 76 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 77 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 78 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 79 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 80 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 81 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 82 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 83 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 84 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 85 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 86 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 87 _ _ NNP 1662 7016 88 ROMANIA ROMANIA NNP 1662 7016 89 @Romania @romania NN 1662 7016 90 : : : 1662 7016 91 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7016 92 Location Location NNP 1662 7016 93 : : : 1662 7016 94 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 7016 95 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7016 96 , , , 1662 7016 97 bordering border VBG 1662 7016 98 the the DT 1662 7016 99 Black Black NNP 1662 7016 100 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7016 101 , , , 1662 7016 102 between between IN 1662 7016 103 Bulgaria Bulgaria NNP 1662 7016 104 and and CC 1662 7016 105 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 7016 106 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7016 107 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7016 108 : : : 1662 7016 109 46 46 CD 1662 7016 110 00 00 CD 1662 7016 111 N n CD 1662 7016 112 , , , 1662 7016 113 25 25 CD 1662 7016 114 00 00 CD 1662 7016 115 E e NN 1662 7016 116 Map Map NNP 1662 7016 117 references reference NNS 1662 7016 118 : : : 1662 7016 119 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7016 120 Area Area NNP 1662 7016 121 : : : 1662 7016 122 total total NN 1662 7016 123 : : : 1662 7016 124 237,500 237,500 CD 1662 7016 125 sq sq NN 1662 7016 126 km km NNP 1662 7016 127 land land NN 1662 7016 128 : : : 1662 7016 129 230,340 230,340 CD 1662 7016 130 sq sq RB 1662 7016 131 km km NNP 1662 7016 132 water water NN 1662 7016 133 : : : 1662 7016 134 7,160 7,160 CD 1662 7016 135 sq sq NNP 1662 7016 136 km km NNP 1662 7016 137 Area Area NNP 1662 7016 138 - - HYPH 1662 7016 139 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7016 140 : : : 1662 7016 141 slightly slightly RB 1662 7016 142 smaller small JJR 1662 7016 143 than than IN 1662 7016 144 Oregon Oregon NNP 1662 7016 145 Land Land NNP 1662 7016 146 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7016 147 : : : 1662 7016 148 total total JJ 1662 7016 149 : : : 1662 7016 150 2,508 2,508 CD 1662 7016 151 km km NN 1662 7016 152 border border NN 1662 7016 153 countries country NNS 1662 7016 154 : : : 1662 7016 155 Bulgaria Bulgaria NNP 1662 7016 156 608 608 CD 1662 7016 157 km km NNS 1662 7016 158 , , , 1662 7016 159 Hungary Hungary NNP 1662 7016 160 443 443 CD 1662 7016 161 km km NNS 1662 7016 162 , , , 1662 7016 163 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 7016 164 450 450 CD 1662 7016 165 km km NNS 1662 7016 166 , , , 1662 7016 167 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7016 168 and and CC 1662 7016 169 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7016 170 476 476 CD 1662 7016 171 km km NNS 1662 7016 172 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7016 173 all all RB 1662 7016 174 with with IN 1662 7016 175 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7016 176 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7016 177 , , , 1662 7016 178 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 7016 179 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7016 180 north north NN 1662 7016 181 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7016 182 362 362 CD 1662 7016 183 km km NN 1662 7016 184 , , , 1662 7016 185 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 7016 186 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7016 187 south south NNP 1662 7016 188 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7016 189 169 169 CD 1662 7016 190 km km NN 1662 7016 191 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7016 192 : : : 1662 7016 193 225 225 CD 1662 7016 194 km km NN 1662 7016 195 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7016 196 claims claim VBZ 1662 7016 197 : : : 1662 7016 198 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 7016 199 zone zone NN 1662 7016 200 : : : 1662 7016 201 24 24 CD 1662 7016 202 nm nm NNP 1662 7016 203 continental continental JJ 1662 7016 204 shelf shelf NNP 1662 7016 205 : : : 1662 7016 206 200-m 200-m CD 1662 7016 207 depth depth NN 1662 7016 208 or or CC 1662 7016 209 to to IN 1662 7016 210 the the DT 1662 7016 211 depth depth NN 1662 7016 212 of of IN 1662 7016 213 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 7016 214 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 7016 215 economic economic JJ 1662 7016 216 zone zone NN 1662 7016 217 : : : 1662 7016 218 200 200 CD 1662 7016 219 nm nm CD 1662 7016 220 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7016 221 sea sea NN 1662 7016 222 : : : 1662 7016 223 12 12 CD 1662 7016 224 nm nm NNP 1662 7016 225 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7016 226 : : : 1662 7016 227 temperate temperate VB 1662 7016 228 ; ; : 1662 7016 229 cold cold JJ 1662 7016 230 , , , 1662 7016 231 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 7016 232 winters winter NNS 1662 7016 233 with with IN 1662 7016 234 frequent frequent JJ 1662 7016 235 snow snow NN 1662 7016 236 and and CC 1662 7016 237 fog fog NN 1662 7016 238 ; ; , 1662 7016 239 sunny sunny JJ 1662 7016 240 summers summer NNS 1662 7016 241 with with IN 1662 7016 242 frequent frequent JJ 1662 7016 243 showers shower NNS 1662 7016 244 and and CC 1662 7016 245 thunderstorms thunderstorm NNS 1662 7016 246 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7016 247 : : : 1662 7016 248 central central JJ 1662 7016 249 Transylvanian Transylvanian NNP 1662 7016 250 Basin Basin NNP 1662 7016 251 is be VBZ 1662 7016 252 separated separate VBN 1662 7016 253 from from IN 1662 7016 254 the the DT 1662 7016 255 Plain Plain NNP 1662 7016 256 of of IN 1662 7016 257 Moldavia Moldavia NNP 1662 7016 258 on on IN 1662 7016 259 the the DT 1662 7016 260 east east NN 1662 7016 261 by by IN 1662 7016 262 the the DT 1662 7016 263 Carpathian Carpathian NNP 1662 7016 264 Mountains Mountains NNPS 1662 7016 265 and and CC 1662 7016 266 separated separate VBN 1662 7016 267 from from IN 1662 7016 268 the the DT 1662 7016 269 Walachian Walachian NNP 1662 7016 270 Plain Plain NNP 1662 7016 271 on on IN 1662 7016 272 the the DT 1662 7016 273 south south NN 1662 7016 274 by by IN 1662 7016 275 the the DT 1662 7016 276 Transylvanian Transylvanian NNP 1662 7016 277 Alps Alps NNP 1662 7016 278 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7016 279 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7016 280 : : : 1662 7016 281 lowest low JJS 1662 7016 282 point point NN 1662 7016 283 : : : 1662 7016 284 Black Black NNP 1662 7016 285 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7016 286 0 0 NFP 1662 7016 287 m m DT 1662 7016 288 highest high JJS 1662 7016 289 point point NN 1662 7016 290 : : : 1662 7016 291 Moldoveanu Moldoveanu NNP 1662 7016 292 2,544 2,544 CD 1662 7016 293 m m NNP 1662 7016 294 Natural natural JJ 1662 7016 295 resources resource NNS 1662 7016 296 : : : 1662 7016 297 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7016 298 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7016 299 reserves reserve NNS 1662 7016 300 declining decline VBG 1662 7016 301 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7016 302 , , , 1662 7016 303 timber timber NN 1662 7016 304 , , , 1662 7016 305 natural natural JJ 1662 7016 306 gas gas NN 1662 7016 307 , , , 1662 7016 308 coal coal NN 1662 7016 309 , , , 1662 7016 310 iron iron NN 1662 7016 311 ore ore NN 1662 7016 312 , , , 1662 7016 313 salt salt NN 1662 7016 314 Land land NN 1662 7016 315 use use NN 1662 7016 316 : : : 1662 7016 317 arable arable JJ 1662 7016 318 land land NN 1662 7016 319 : : : 1662 7016 320 41 41 CD 1662 7016 321 % % NN 1662 7016 322 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7016 323 crops crop NNS 1662 7016 324 : : : 1662 7016 325 3 3 CD 1662 7016 326 % % NN 1662 7016 327 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7016 328 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7016 329 : : : 1662 7016 330 21 21 CD 1662 7016 331 % % NN 1662 7016 332 forests forest NNS 1662 7016 333 and and CC 1662 7016 334 woodland woodland NN 1662 7016 335 : : : 1662 7016 336 29 29 CD 1662 7016 337 % % NN 1662 7016 338 other other JJ 1662 7016 339 : : : 1662 7016 340 6 6 CD 1662 7016 341 % % NN 1662 7016 342 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7016 343 1993 1993 CD 1662 7016 344 est est NNP 1662 7016 345 . . . 1662 7016 346 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7017 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7017 2 land land NN 1662 7017 3 : : : 1662 7017 4 31,020 31,020 CD 1662 7017 5 sq sq NNP 1662 7017 6 km km NNP 1662 7017 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7017 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 7017 9 est est NNP 1662 7017 10 . . . 1662 7017 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7018 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 7018 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7018 3 : : : 1662 7018 4 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 7018 5 most most RBS 1662 7018 6 severe severe JJ 1662 7018 7 in in IN 1662 7018 8 south south NNP 1662 7018 9 and and CC 1662 7018 10 southwest southwest NN 1662 7018 11 ; ; : 1662 7018 12 geologic geologic NN 1662 7018 13 structure structure NN 1662 7018 14 and and CC 1662 7018 15 climate climate NN 1662 7018 16 promote promote VBP 1662 7018 17 landslides landslide VBZ 1662 7018 18 Environment environment NN 1662 7018 19 - - HYPH 1662 7018 20 current current JJ 1662 7018 21 issues issue NNS 1662 7018 22 : : : 1662 7018 23 soil soil NN 1662 7018 24 erosion erosion NN 1662 7018 25 and and CC 1662 7018 26 degradation degradation NN 1662 7018 27 ; ; , 1662 7018 28 water water NN 1662 7018 29 pollution pollution NN 1662 7018 30 ; ; : 1662 7018 31 air air NN 1662 7018 32 pollution pollution NN 1662 7018 33 in in IN 1662 7018 34 south south NN 1662 7018 35 from from IN 1662 7018 36 industrial industrial JJ 1662 7018 37 effluents effluent NNS 1662 7018 38 ; ; : 1662 7018 39 contamination contamination NN 1662 7018 40 of of IN 1662 7018 41 Danube Danube NNP 1662 7018 42 delta delta NN 1662 7018 43 wetlands wetland VBZ 1662 7018 44 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7018 45 - - HYPH 1662 7018 46 international international JJ 1662 7018 47 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7018 48 : : : 1662 7018 49 party party NN 1662 7018 50 to to TO 1662 7018 51 : : : 1662 7018 52 Air Air NNP 1662 7018 53 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7018 54 , , , 1662 7018 55 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 7018 56 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 7018 57 , , , 1662 7018 58 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 7018 59 , , , 1662 7018 60 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7018 61 Change Change NNP 1662 7018 62 , , , 1662 7018 63 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 7018 64 Species Species NNPS 1662 7018 65 , , , 1662 7018 66 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 7018 67 Modification Modification NNP 1662 7018 68 , , , 1662 7018 69 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 7018 70 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 7018 71 , , , 1662 7018 72 Law Law NNP 1662 7018 73 of of IN 1662 7018 74 the the DT 1662 7018 75 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7018 76 , , , 1662 7018 77 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 7018 78 Test Test NNP 1662 7018 79 Ban Ban NNP 1662 7018 80 , , , 1662 7018 81 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 7018 82 Layer Layer NNP 1662 7018 83 Protection Protection NNP 1662 7018 84 , , , 1662 7018 85 Ship Ship NNP 1662 7018 86 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7018 87 , , , 1662 7018 88 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 7018 89 signed sign VBD 1662 7018 90 , , , 1662 7018 91 but but CC 1662 7018 92 not not RB 1662 7018 93 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7018 94 : : : 1662 7018 95 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 7018 96 - - HYPH 1662 7018 97 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 7018 98 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 7018 99 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7018 100 - - HYPH 1662 7018 101 note note NN 1662 7018 102 : : : 1662 7018 103 controls control NNS 1662 7018 104 most most RBS 1662 7018 105 easily easily RB 1662 7018 106 traversable traversable JJ 1662 7018 107 land land NN 1662 7018 108 route route NN 1662 7018 109 between between IN 1662 7018 110 the the DT 1662 7018 111 Balkans Balkans NNPS 1662 7018 112 , , , 1662 7018 113 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 7018 114 , , , 1662 7018 115 and and CC 1662 7018 116 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 7018 117 @Romania @romania NN 1662 7018 118 : : : 1662 7018 119 People People NNS 1662 7018 120 Population Population NNP 1662 7018 121 : : : 1662 7018 122 22,463,077 22,463,077 CD 1662 7018 123 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7018 124 July July NNP 1662 7018 125 1997 1997 CD 1662 7018 126 est est NNP 1662 7018 127 . . . 1662 7018 128 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7019 1 Age age NN 1662 7019 2 structure structure NN 1662 7019 3 : : : 1662 7019 4 0 0 CD 1662 7019 5 - - HYPH 1662 7019 6 14 14 CD 1662 7019 7 years year NNS 1662 7019 8 : : : 1662 7019 9 19 19 CD 1662 7019 10 % % NN 1662 7019 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7019 12 male male JJ 1662 7019 13 2,223,136 2,223,136 CD 1662 7019 14 ; ; : 1662 7019 15 female female JJ 1662 7019 16 2,130,497 2,130,497 CD 1662 7019 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7019 18 15 15 CD 1662 7019 19 - - HYPH 1662 7019 20 64 64 CD 1662 7019 21 years year NNS 1662 7019 22 : : : 1662 7019 23 68 68 CD 1662 7019 24 % % NN 1662 7019 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7019 26 male male JJ 1662 7019 27 7,586,237 7,586,237 CD 1662 7019 28 ; ; : 1662 7019 29 female female JJ 1662 7019 30 7,679,992 7,679,992 CD 1662 7019 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7019 32 65 65 CD 1662 7019 33 years year NNS 1662 7019 34 and and CC 1662 7019 35 over over IN 1662 7019 36 : : : 1662 7019 37 13 13 CD 1662 7019 38 % % NN 1662 7019 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7019 40 male male NN 1662 7019 41 1,186,948 1,186,948 CD 1662 7019 42 ; ; : 1662 7019 43 female female JJ 1662 7019 44 1,656,267 1,656,267 CD 1662 7019 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7019 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7019 47 July July NNP 1662 7019 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7019 49 est est NNP 1662 7019 50 . . . 1662 7019 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7020 1 Population population NN 1662 7020 2 growth growth NN 1662 7020 3 rate rate NN 1662 7020 4 : : : 1662 7020 5 -0.28 -0.28 CD 1662 7020 6 % % NN 1662 7020 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7020 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7020 9 est est NNP 1662 7020 10 . . . 1662 7020 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7021 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7021 2 rate rate NN 1662 7021 3 : : : 1662 7021 4 9.8 9.8 CD 1662 7021 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 7021 6 population population NN 1662 7021 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7021 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7021 9 est est NNP 1662 7021 10 . . . 1662 7021 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7022 1 Death death NN 1662 7022 2 rate rate NN 1662 7022 3 : : : 1662 7022 4 11.75 11.75 CD 1662 7022 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7022 6 population population NN 1662 7022 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7022 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7022 9 est est NNP 1662 7022 10 . . . 1662 7022 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7023 1 Net net JJ 1662 7023 2 migration migration NN 1662 7023 3 rate rate NN 1662 7023 4 : : : 1662 7023 5 -0.88 -0.88 NFP 1662 7023 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 7023 7 population population NN 1662 7023 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7023 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7023 10 est est NNP 1662 7023 11 . . . 1662 7023 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7024 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7024 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7024 3 : : : 1662 7024 4 at at IN 1662 7024 5 birth birth NN 1662 7024 6 : : : 1662 7024 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 7024 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7024 9 under under IN 1662 7024 10 15 15 CD 1662 7024 11 years year NNS 1662 7024 12 : : : 1662 7024 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 7024 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7024 15 15 15 CD 1662 7024 16 - - HYPH 1662 7024 17 64 64 CD 1662 7024 18 years year NNS 1662 7024 19 : : : 1662 7024 20 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 7024 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7024 22 65 65 CD 1662 7024 23 years year NNS 1662 7024 24 and and CC 1662 7024 25 over over IN 1662 7024 26 : : : 1662 7024 27 0.72 0.72 CD 1662 7024 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7024 29 total total JJ 1662 7024 30 population population NN 1662 7024 31 : : : 1662 7024 32 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 7024 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7024 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7024 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7024 36 est e JJS 1662 7024 37 . . . 1662 7024 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7025 1 Infant infant NN 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: : 1662 7027 5 1.23 1.23 CD 1662 7027 6 children child NNS 1662 7027 7 born bear VBN 1662 7027 8 / / SYM 1662 7027 9 woman woman NN 1662 7027 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7027 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7027 12 est est NNP 1662 7027 13 . . . 1662 7027 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7028 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7028 2 : : : 1662 7028 3 noun noun NNP 1662 7028 4 : : : 1662 7028 5 Romanian(s Romanian(s NNP 1662 7028 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7028 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 7028 8 : : : 1662 7028 9 Romanian romanian JJ 1662 7028 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7028 11 groups group NNS 1662 7028 12 : : : 1662 7028 13 Romanian romanian JJ 1662 7028 14 89.1 89.1 CD 1662 7028 15 % % NN 1662 7028 16 , , , 1662 7028 17 Hungarian Hungarian NNP 1662 7028 18 8.9 8.9 CD 1662 7028 19 % % NN 1662 7028 20 , , , 1662 7028 21 German german JJ 1662 7028 22 0.4 0.4 CD 1662 7028 23 % % NN 1662 7028 24 , , , 1662 7028 25 Ukrainian ukrainian JJ 1662 7028 26 , , , 1662 7028 27 Serb Serb NNP 1662 7028 28 , , , 1662 7028 29 Croat Croat NNP 1662 7028 30 , , , 1662 7028 31 Russian Russian NNP 1662 7028 32 , , , 1662 7028 33 Turk Turk NNP 1662 7028 34 , , , 1662 7028 35 and and CC 1662 7028 36 Gypsy Gypsy NNP 1662 7028 37 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 7028 38 % % NN 1662 7028 39 Religions religion NNS 1662 7028 40 : : : 1662 7028 41 Romanian Romanian NNP 1662 7028 42 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 7028 43 70 70 CD 1662 7028 44 % % NN 1662 7028 45 , , , 1662 7028 46 Roman Roman NNP 1662 7028 47 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 7028 48 6 6 CD 1662 7028 49 % % NN 1662 7028 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7028 51 of of IN 1662 7028 52 which which WDT 1662 7028 53 3 3 CD 1662 7028 54 % % NN 1662 7028 55 are be VBP 1662 7028 56 Uniate Uniate NNP 1662 7028 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7028 58 , , , 1662 7028 59 Protestant protestant NN 1662 7028 60 6 6 CD 1662 7028 61 % % NN 1662 7028 62 , , , 1662 7028 63 unaffiliated unaffiliated JJ 1662 7028 64 18 18 CD 1662 7028 65 % % NN 1662 7028 66 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 7028 67 : : : 1662 7028 68 Romanian romanian JJ 1662 7028 69 , , , 1662 7028 70 Hungarian hungarian JJ 1662 7028 71 , , , 1662 7028 72 German german JJ 1662 7028 73 Literacy literacy NN 1662 7028 74 : : : 1662 7028 75 definition definition NN 1662 7028 76 : : : 1662 7028 77 age age NN 1662 7028 78 15 15 CD 1662 7028 79 and and CC 1662 7028 80 over over RB 1662 7028 81 can can MD 1662 7028 82 read read VB 1662 7028 83 and and CC 1662 7028 84 write write VB 1662 7028 85 total total JJ 1662 7028 86 population population NN 1662 7028 87 : : : 1662 7028 88 97 97 CD 1662 7028 89 % % NN 1662 7028 90 male male NN 1662 7028 91 : : : 1662 7028 92 98 98 CD 1662 7028 93 % % NN 1662 7028 94 female female NN 1662 7028 95 : : : 1662 7028 96 95 95 CD 1662 7028 97 % % NN 1662 7028 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7028 99 1992 1992 CD 1662 7028 100 est est NNP 1662 7028 101 . . . 1662 7028 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 1 @Romania @romania LS 1662 7029 2 : : : 1662 7029 3 Government Government NNP 1662 7029 4 Country Country NNP 1662 7029 5 name name NN 1662 7029 6 : : : 1662 7029 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7029 8 long long JJ 1662 7029 9 form form NN 1662 7029 10 : : : 1662 7029 11 none none NN 1662 7029 12 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7029 13 short short JJ 1662 7029 14 form form NN 1662 7029 15 : : : 1662 7029 16 Romania Romania NNP 1662 7029 17 local local JJ 1662 7029 18 long long JJ 1662 7029 19 form form NN 1662 7029 20 : : : 1662 7029 21 none none NN 1662 7029 22 local local JJ 1662 7029 23 short short JJ 1662 7029 24 form form NN 1662 7029 25 : : : 1662 7029 26 Romania Romania NNP 1662 7029 27 Data Data NNP 1662 7029 28 code code NN 1662 7029 29 : : : 1662 7029 30 RO RO NNP 1662 7029 31 Government Government NNP 1662 7029 32 type type NN 1662 7029 33 : : : 1662 7029 34 republic republic NNP 1662 7029 35 National national JJ 1662 7029 36 capital capital NN 1662 7029 37 : : : 1662 7029 38 Bucharest Bucharest NNP 1662 7029 39 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 7029 40 divisions division NNS 1662 7029 41 : : : 1662 7029 42 40 40 CD 1662 7029 43 counties county NNS 1662 7029 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 45 judete judete NN 1662 7029 46 , , , 1662 7029 47 singular singular NNP 1662 7029 48 - - HYPH 1662 7029 49 judet judet NNP 1662 7029 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 51 and and CC 1662 7029 52 1 1 CD 1662 7029 53 municipality municipality NN 1662 7029 54 * * NFP 1662 7029 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 56 municipiu municipiu NNP 1662 7029 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 58 ; ; : 1662 7029 59 Alba Alba NNP 1662 7029 60 , , , 1662 7029 61 Arad arad UH 1662 7029 62 , , , 1662 7029 63 Arges Arges NNPS 1662 7029 64 , , , 1662 7029 65 Bacau Bacau NNP 1662 7029 66 , , , 1662 7029 67 Bihor Bihor NNP 1662 7029 68 , , , 1662 7029 69 Bistrita Bistrita NNP 1662 7029 70 - - HYPH 1662 7029 71 Nasaud Nasaud NNP 1662 7029 72 , , , 1662 7029 73 Botosani Botosani NNP 1662 7029 74 , , , 1662 7029 75 Braila Braila NNP 1662 7029 76 , , , 1662 7029 77 Brasov Brasov NNP 1662 7029 78 , , , 1662 7029 79 Bucuresti Bucuresti NNP 1662 7029 80 * * NFP 1662 7029 81 , , , 1662 7029 82 Buzau Buzau NNP 1662 7029 83 , , , 1662 7029 84 Calarasi Calarasi NNP 1662 7029 85 , , , 1662 7029 86 Caras Caras NNP 1662 7029 87 - - HYPH 1662 7029 88 Severin Severin NNP 1662 7029 89 , , , 1662 7029 90 Cluj Cluj NNP 1662 7029 91 , , , 1662 7029 92 Constanta Constanta NNP 1662 7029 93 , , , 1662 7029 94 Covasna Covasna NNP 1662 7029 95 , , , 1662 7029 96 Dimbovita Dimbovita NNP 1662 7029 97 , , , 1662 7029 98 Dolj Dolj NNP 1662 7029 99 , , , 1662 7029 100 Galati Galati NNP 1662 7029 101 , , , 1662 7029 102 Gorj Gorj NNP 1662 7029 103 , , , 1662 7029 104 Giurgiu Giurgiu NNP 1662 7029 105 , , , 1662 7029 106 Harghita Harghita NNP 1662 7029 107 , , , 1662 7029 108 Hunedoara Hunedoara NNP 1662 7029 109 , , , 1662 7029 110 Ialomita Ialomita NNP 1662 7029 111 , , , 1662 7029 112 Iasi Iasi NNP 1662 7029 113 , , , 1662 7029 114 Maramures Maramures NNP 1662 7029 115 , , , 1662 7029 116 Mehedinti Mehedinti NNP 1662 7029 117 , , , 1662 7029 118 Mures Mures NNP 1662 7029 119 , , , 1662 7029 120 Neamt Neamt NNP 1662 7029 121 , , , 1662 7029 122 Olt Olt NNP 1662 7029 123 , , , 1662 7029 124 Prahova Prahova NNP 1662 7029 125 , , , 1662 7029 126 Salaj Salaj NNP 1662 7029 127 , , , 1662 7029 128 Satu Satu NNP 1662 7029 129 Mare Mare NNP 1662 7029 130 , , , 1662 7029 131 Sibiu Sibiu NNP 1662 7029 132 , , , 1662 7029 133 Suceava Suceava NNP 1662 7029 134 , , , 1662 7029 135 Teleorman Teleorman NNP 1662 7029 136 , , , 1662 7029 137 Timis Timis NNP 1662 7029 138 , , , 1662 7029 139 Tulcea Tulcea NNP 1662 7029 140 , , , 1662 7029 141 Vaslui Vaslui NNP 1662 7029 142 , , , 1662 7029 143 Vilcea Vilcea NNP 1662 7029 144 , , , 1662 7029 145 Vrancea Vrancea NNP 1662 7029 146 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7029 147 : : : 1662 7029 148 1881 1881 CD 1662 7029 149 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 150 from from IN 1662 7029 151 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 7029 152 ; ; : 1662 7029 153 republic republic NN 1662 7029 154 proclaimed proclaim VBD 1662 7029 155 30 30 CD 1662 7029 156 December December NNP 1662 7029 157 1947 1947 CD 1662 7029 158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 159 National national JJ 1662 7029 160 holiday holiday NN 1662 7029 161 : : : 1662 7029 162 National National NNP 1662 7029 163 Day Day NNP 1662 7029 164 of of IN 1662 7029 165 Romania Romania NNP 1662 7029 166 , , , 1662 7029 167 1 1 CD 1662 7029 168 December December NNP 1662 7029 169 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 170 1990 1990 CD 1662 7029 171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 172 Constitution constitution NN 1662 7029 173 : : : 1662 7029 174 8 8 CD 1662 7029 175 December December NNP 1662 7029 176 1991 1991 CD 1662 7029 177 Legal legal JJ 1662 7029 178 system system NN 1662 7029 179 : : : 1662 7029 180 former former JJ 1662 7029 181 mixture mixture NN 1662 7029 182 of of IN 1662 7029 183 civil civil JJ 1662 7029 184 law law NN 1662 7029 185 system system NN 1662 7029 186 and and CC 1662 7029 187 communist communist JJ 1662 7029 188 legal legal JJ 1662 7029 189 theory theory NN 1662 7029 190 ; ; , 1662 7029 191 is be VBZ 1662 7029 192 now now RB 1662 7029 193 based base VBN 1662 7029 194 on on IN 1662 7029 195 the the DT 1662 7029 196 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 7029 197 of of IN 1662 7029 198 France France NNP 1662 7029 199 's 's POS 1662 7029 200 Fifth Fifth NNP 1662 7029 201 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7029 202 Suffrage Suffrage NNP 1662 7029 203 : : : 1662 7029 204 18 18 CD 1662 7029 205 years year NNS 1662 7029 206 of of IN 1662 7029 207 age age NN 1662 7029 208 ; ; : 1662 7029 209 universal universal JJ 1662 7029 210 Executive Executive NNP 1662 7029 211 branch branch NN 1662 7029 212 : : : 1662 7029 213 chief chief NN 1662 7029 214 of of IN 1662 7029 215 state state NN 1662 7029 216 : : : 1662 7029 217 President President NNP 1662 7029 218 Emil Emil NNP 1662 7029 219 CONSTANTINESCU CONSTANTINESCU NNP 1662 7029 220 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 221 since since IN 1662 7029 222 29 29 CD 1662 7029 223 November November NNP 1662 7029 224 1996 1996 CD 1662 7029 225 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 226 head head NN 1662 7029 227 of of IN 1662 7029 228 government government NN 1662 7029 229 : : : 1662 7029 230 Prime Prime NNP 1662 7029 231 Minister Minister NNP 1662 7029 232 Victor Victor NNP 1662 7029 233 CIORBEA CIORBEA NNP 1662 7029 234 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 235 since since IN 1662 7029 236 12 12 CD 1662 7029 237 December December NNP 1662 7029 238 1996 1996 CD 1662 7029 239 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 240 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7029 241 : : : 1662 7029 242 Council Council NNP 1662 7029 243 of of IN 1662 7029 244 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 7029 245 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7029 246 by by IN 1662 7029 247 the the DT 1662 7029 248 prime prime NNP 1662 7029 249 minister minister NNP 1662 7029 250 elections election NNS 1662 7029 251 : : : 1662 7029 252 president president NNP 1662 7029 253 elected elect VBN 1662 7029 254 by by IN 1662 7029 255 popular popular JJ 1662 7029 256 vote vote NN 1662 7029 257 for for IN 1662 7029 258 a a DT 1662 7029 259 four four CD 1662 7029 260 - - HYPH 1662 7029 261 year year NN 1662 7029 262 term term NN 1662 7029 263 ; ; : 1662 7029 264 election election NN 1662 7029 265 last last JJ 1662 7029 266 held hold VBD 1662 7029 267 3 3 CD 1662 7029 268 November November NNP 1662 7029 269 1996 1996 CD 1662 7029 270 , , , 1662 7029 271 with with IN 1662 7029 272 runoff runoff NN 1662 7029 273 between between IN 1662 7029 274 the the DT 1662 7029 275 top top JJ 1662 7029 276 two two CD 1662 7029 277 candidates candidate NNS 1662 7029 278 held hold VBD 1662 7029 279 17 17 CD 1662 7029 280 November November NNP 1662 7029 281 1996 1996 CD 1662 7029 282 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 283 next next JJ 1662 7029 284 to to TO 1662 7029 285 be be VB 1662 7029 286 held hold VBN 1662 7029 287 NA NA NNP 1662 7029 288 2000 2000 CD 1662 7029 289 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 290 ; ; : 1662 7029 291 prime prime NNP 1662 7029 292 minister minister NN 1662 7029 293 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7029 294 by by IN 1662 7029 295 the the DT 1662 7029 296 president president NNP 1662 7029 297 election election NN 1662 7029 298 results result NNS 1662 7029 299 : : : 1662 7029 300 percent percent NN 1662 7029 301 of of IN 1662 7029 302 vote vote NN 1662 7029 303 - - HYPH 1662 7029 304 Emil emil NN 1662 7029 305 CONSTANTINESCU CONSTANTINESCU NNP 1662 7029 306 54.4 54.4 CD 1662 7029 307 % % NN 1662 7029 308 , , , 1662 7029 309 Ion Ion NNP 1662 7029 310 ILIESCU ILIESCU NNP 1662 7029 311 45.6 45.6 CD 1662 7029 312 % % NN 1662 7029 313 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 7029 314 branch branch NN 1662 7029 315 : : : 1662 7029 316 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 7029 317 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 7029 318 or or CC 1662 7029 319 Parlament Parlament NNP 1662 7029 320 consists consist VBZ 1662 7029 321 of of IN 1662 7029 322 the the DT 1662 7029 323 Senate Senate NNP 1662 7029 324 or or CC 1662 7029 325 Senat Senat NNP 1662 7029 326 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 327 143 143 CD 1662 7029 328 seats seat NNS 1662 7029 329 ; ; : 1662 7029 330 members member NNS 1662 7029 331 are be VBP 1662 7029 332 elected elect VBN 1662 7029 333 by by IN 1662 7029 334 direct direct JJ 1662 7029 335 popular popular JJ 1662 7029 336 vote vote NN 1662 7029 337 on on IN 1662 7029 338 a a DT 1662 7029 339 proportional proportional JJ 1662 7029 340 representation representation NN 1662 7029 341 to to TO 1662 7029 342 serve serve VB 1662 7029 343 four four CD 1662 7029 344 - - HYPH 1662 7029 345 year year NN 1662 7029 346 terms term NNS 1662 7029 347 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 348 and and CC 1662 7029 349 the the DT 1662 7029 350 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 7029 351 of of IN 1662 7029 352 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 7029 353 or or CC 1662 7029 354 Adunarea Adunarea NNP 1662 7029 355 Deputatilor Deputatilor NNP 1662 7029 356 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 357 343 343 CD 1662 7029 358 seats seat NNS 1662 7029 359 ; ; : 1662 7029 360 members member NNS 1662 7029 361 are be VBP 1662 7029 362 elected elect VBN 1662 7029 363 by by IN 1662 7029 364 direct direct JJ 1662 7029 365 popular popular JJ 1662 7029 366 vote vote NN 1662 7029 367 on on IN 1662 7029 368 a a DT 1662 7029 369 proportional proportional JJ 1662 7029 370 representation representation NN 1662 7029 371 to to TO 1662 7029 372 serve serve VB 1662 7029 373 four four CD 1662 7029 374 - - HYPH 1662 7029 375 year year NN 1662 7029 376 terms term NNS 1662 7029 377 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 378 elections election NNS 1662 7029 379 : : : 1662 7029 380 Senate Senate NNP 1662 7029 381 - - HYPH 1662 7029 382 last last RB 1662 7029 383 held hold VBD 1662 7029 384 3 3 CD 1662 7029 385 November November NNP 1662 7029 386 1996 1996 CD 1662 7029 387 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 388 next next JJ 1662 7029 389 to to TO 1662 7029 390 be be VB 1662 7029 391 held hold VBN 1662 7029 392 NA NA NNP 1662 7029 393 2000 2000 CD 1662 7029 394 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 395 ; ; : 1662 7029 396 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 7029 397 of of IN 1662 7029 398 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 7029 399 - - , 1662 7029 400 last last RB 1662 7029 401 held hold VBD 1662 7029 402 3 3 CD 1662 7029 403 November November NNP 1662 7029 404 1996 1996 CD 1662 7029 405 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 406 next next JJ 1662 7029 407 to to TO 1662 7029 408 be be VB 1662 7029 409 held hold VBN 1662 7029 410 NA NA NNP 1662 7029 411 2000 2000 CD 1662 7029 412 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 413 election election NN 1662 7029 414 results result NNS 1662 7029 415 : : : 1662 7029 416 Senate Senate NNP 1662 7029 417 - - HYPH 1662 7029 418 percent percent NN 1662 7029 419 of of IN 1662 7029 420 vote vote NN 1662 7029 421 by by IN 1662 7029 422 party party NN 1662 7029 423 - - HYPH 1662 7029 424 CDR cdr NN 1662 7029 425 30.7 30.7 CD 1662 7029 426 % % NN 1662 7029 427 , , , 1662 7029 428 PDSR pdsr NN 1662 7029 429 23.1 23.1 CD 1662 7029 430 % % NN 1662 7029 431 , , , 1662 7029 432 USD usd NN 1662 7029 433 13.2 13.2 CD 1662 7029 434 % % NN 1662 7029 435 , , , 1662 7029 436 UDMR UDMR NNP 1662 7029 437 6.8 6.8 CD 1662 7029 438 % % NN 1662 7029 439 , , , 1662 7029 440 PRM PRM NNP 1662 7029 441 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 7029 442 % % NN 1662 7029 443 , , , 1662 7029 444 PUNR PUNR NNP 1662 7029 445 4.2 4.2 CD 1662 7029 446 % % NN 1662 7029 447 , , , 1662 7029 448 others other NNS 1662 7029 449 17.5 17.5 CD 1662 7029 450 % % NN 1662 7029 451 ; ; , 1662 7029 452 seats seat NNS 1662 7029 453 by by IN 1662 7029 454 party party NN 1662 7029 455 - - HYPH 1662 7029 456 CDR CDR NNP 1662 7029 457 53 53 CD 1662 7029 458 , , , 1662 7029 459 PDSR pdsr NN 1662 7029 460 41 41 CD 1662 7029 461 , , , 1662 7029 462 USD usd NN 1662 7029 463 23 23 CD 1662 7029 464 , , , 1662 7029 465 UDMR UDMR NNP 1662 7029 466 11 11 CD 1662 7029 467 , , , 1662 7029 468 PRM PRM NNP 1662 7029 469 8 8 CD 1662 7029 470 , , , 1662 7029 471 PUNR PUNR NNP 1662 7029 472 7 7 CD 1662 7029 473 ; ; : 1662 7029 474 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 7029 475 of of IN 1662 7029 476 Deputies Deputies NNP 1662 7029 477 - - HYPH 1662 7029 478 percent percent NN 1662 7029 479 of of IN 1662 7029 480 vote vote NN 1662 7029 481 by by IN 1662 7029 482 party party NN 1662 7029 483 - - HYPH 1662 7029 484 CDR cdr NN 1662 7029 485 30.2 30.2 CD 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1662 7029 528 19 19 CD 1662 7029 529 , , , 1662 7029 530 PUNR PUNR NNP 1662 7029 531 18 18 CD 1662 7029 532 , , , 1662 7029 533 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7029 534 minorities minority NNS 1662 7029 535 15 15 CD 1662 7029 536 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 7029 537 branch branch NN 1662 7029 538 : : : 1662 7029 539 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 7029 540 Court Court NNP 1662 7029 541 of of IN 1662 7029 542 Justice Justice NNP 1662 7029 543 , , , 1662 7029 544 judges judge NNS 1662 7029 545 are be VBP 1662 7029 546 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7029 547 by by IN 1662 7029 548 the the DT 1662 7029 549 president president NN 1662 7029 550 on on IN 1662 7029 551 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 7029 552 of of IN 1662 7029 553 the the DT 1662 7029 554 Superior Superior NNP 1662 7029 555 Council Council NNP 1662 7029 556 of of IN 1662 7029 557 Magistrates Magistrates NNP 1662 7029 558 Political political JJ 1662 7029 559 parties party NNS 1662 7029 560 and and CC 1662 7029 561 leaders leader NNS 1662 7029 562 : : : 1662 7029 563 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7029 564 Party Party NNP 1662 7029 565 or or CC 1662 7029 566 DP DP NNP 1662 7029 567 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 568 Petre Petre NNP 1662 7029 569 ROMAN ROMAN NNP 1662 7029 570 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 571 ; ; : 1662 7029 572 Romanian romanian JJ 1662 7029 573 Social Social NNP 1662 7029 574 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7029 575 Party Party NNP 1662 7029 576 or or CC 1662 7029 577 PSDR PSDR NNP 1662 7029 578 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 579 Sergiu Sergiu NNP 1662 7029 580 CUNESCU CUNESCU NNP 1662 7029 581 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 582 ; ; : 1662 7029 583 Party Party NNP 1662 7029 584 of of IN 1662 7029 585 Social Social NNP 1662 7029 586 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 7029 587 in in IN 1662 7029 588 Romania Romania NNP 1662 7029 589 or or CC 1662 7029 590 PDSR PDSR NNP 1662 7029 591 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 592 Adrian adrian JJ 1662 7029 593 NASTASE NASTASE NNP 1662 7029 594 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 595 ; ; : 1662 7029 596 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7029 597 Union Union NNP 1662 7029 598 of of IN 1662 7029 599 Hungarians Hungarians NNPS 1662 7029 600 in in IN 1662 7029 601 Romania Romania NNP 1662 7029 602 or or CC 1662 7029 603 UDMR UDMR NNP 1662 7029 604 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 605 Bela Bela NNP 1662 7029 606 MARKO MARKO NNP 1662 7029 607 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 608 ; ; : 1662 7029 609 National National NNP 1662 7029 610 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 7029 611 Party Party NNP 1662 7029 612 or or CC 1662 7029 613 PNL PNL NNP 1662 7029 614 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 615 Mircea Mircea NNP 1662 7029 616 IONESCU IONESCU NNP 1662 7029 617 - - HYPH 1662 7029 618 QUINTUS QUINTUS NNP 1662 7029 619 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 620 ; ; : 1662 7029 621 National National NNP 1662 7029 622 Peasants Peasants NNPS 1662 7029 623 ' ' POS 1662 7029 624 Christian Christian NNP 1662 7029 625 and and CC 1662 7029 626 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7029 627 Party Party NNP 1662 7029 628 or or CC 1662 7029 629 PNTCD PNTCD NNP 1662 7029 630 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 631 Ion Ion NNP 1662 7029 632 DIACONESCU DIACONESCU NNP 1662 7029 633 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 634 ; ; : 1662 7029 635 Romanian Romanian NNP 1662 7029 636 National National NNP 1662 7029 637 Unity Unity NNP 1662 7029 638 Party Party NNP 1662 7029 639 or or CC 1662 7029 640 PUNR PUNR NNP 1662 7029 641 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 642 Valeriu Valeriu NNP 1662 7029 643 TABARA TABARA NNP 1662 7029 644 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 645 ; ; : 1662 7029 646 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 7029 647 Labor Labor NNP 1662 7029 648 Party Party NNP 1662 7029 649 or or CC 1662 7029 650 PSM PSM NNP 1662 7029 651 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 652 Ilie Ilie NNP 1662 7029 653 VERDET VERDET NNP 1662 7029 654 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 655 ; ; : 1662 7029 656 Agrarian Agrarian NNP 1662 7029 657 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7029 658 Party Party NNP 1662 7029 659 of of IN 1662 7029 660 Romania Romania NNP 1662 7029 661 or or CC 1662 7029 662 PDAR PDAR NNP 1662 7029 663 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 664 Victor Victor NNP 1662 7029 665 SURDU SURDU NNP 1662 7029 666 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 667 ; ; : 1662 7029 668 The the DT 1662 7029 669 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7029 670 Convention Convention NNP 1662 7029 671 or or CC 1662 7029 672 CDR CDR NNP 1662 7029 673 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 674 Ion Ion NNP 1662 7029 675 DIACONESCU DIACONESCU NNP 1662 7029 676 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 677 ; ; : 1662 7029 678 Romania Romania NNP 1662 7029 679 Mare Mare NNP 1662 7029 680 Party Party NNP 1662 7029 681 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 682 Greater Greater NNP 1662 7029 683 Romanian Romanian NNP 1662 7029 684 Party Party NNP 1662 7029 685 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 686 or or CC 1662 7029 687 PRM PRM NNP 1662 7029 688 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 689 Corneliu Corneliu NNP 1662 7029 690 Vadim Vadim NNP 1662 7029 691 TUDOR TUDOR NNP 1662 7029 692 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 693 ; ; : 1662 7029 694 Civic Civic NNP 1662 7029 695 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 7029 696 Party Party NNP 1662 7029 697 or or CC 1662 7029 698 PAC PAC NNP 1662 7029 699 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 700 Nicolae Nicolae NNP 1662 7029 701 MANOLESCU MANOLESCU NNP 1662 7029 702 , , , 1662 7029 703 chairman chairman NN 1662 7029 704 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 705 ; ; : 1662 7029 706 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 7029 707 Party Party NNP 1662 7029 708 ' ' POS 1662 7029 709 93 93 CD 1662 7029 710 or or CC 1662 7029 711 PL-93 PL-93 NNP 1662 7029 712 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 713 Dinu Dinu NNP 1662 7029 714 PATRICIU PATRICIU NNP 1662 7029 715 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 716 ; ; : 1662 7029 717 National National NNP 1662 7029 718 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 7029 719 Party Party NNP 1662 7029 720 - - HYPH 1662 7029 721 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7029 722 Convention Convention NNP 1662 7029 723 or or CC 1662 7029 724 PNL PNL NNP 1662 7029 725 - - HYPH 1662 7029 726 CD CD NNP 1662 7029 727 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 728 Nicolae Nicolae NNP 1662 7029 729 CERVENI CERVENI NNP 1662 7029 730 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 731 ; ; : 1662 7029 732 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 7029 733 Party Party NNP 1662 7029 734 or or CC 1662 7029 735 PS PS NNP 1662 7029 736 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 737 Tudor Tudor NNP 1662 7029 738 MOHORA MOHORA NNP 1662 7029 739 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 740 note note NN 1662 7029 741 : : : 1662 7029 742 to to TO 1662 7029 743 increase increase VB 1662 7029 744 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7029 745 voting voting NN 1662 7029 746 strength strength NN 1662 7029 747 several several JJ 1662 7029 748 of of IN 1662 7029 749 the the DT 1662 7029 750 above above RB 1662 7029 751 - - HYPH 1662 7029 752 mentioned mention VBN 1662 7029 753 parties party NNS 1662 7029 754 united unite VBN 1662 7029 755 under under IN 1662 7029 756 umbrella umbrella NN 1662 7029 757 organizations organization NNS 1662 7029 758 : : : 1662 7029 759 PNTCD PNTCD NNP 1662 7029 760 , , , 1662 7029 761 PNL PNL NNP 1662 7029 762 , , , 1662 7029 763 and and CC 1662 7029 764 PNL PNL NNP 1662 7029 765 - - HYPH 1662 7029 766 CD CD NNP 1662 7029 767 form form NN 1662 7029 768 the the DT 1662 7029 769 bulk bulk NN 1662 7029 770 of of IN 1662 7029 771 the the DT 1662 7029 772 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7029 773 Convention Convention NNP 1662 7029 774 or or CC 1662 7029 775 CDR CDR NNP 1662 7029 776 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 777 Ion Ion NNP 1662 7029 778 DIACONESCU DIACONESCU NNP 1662 7029 779 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 780 ; ; : 1662 7029 781 PD PD NNP 1662 7029 782 and and CC 1662 7029 783 PSDR PSDR NNP 1662 7029 784 form form VBP 1662 7029 785 the the DT 1662 7029 786 Union Union NNP 1662 7029 787 of of IN 1662 7029 788 Social Social NNP 1662 7029 789 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 7029 790 or or CC 1662 7029 791 USD usd NN 1662 7029 792 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 793 Petre Petre NNP 1662 7029 794 ROMAN ROMAN NNP 1662 7029 795 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 796 ; ; : 1662 7029 797 and and CC 1662 7029 798 PAC PAC NNP 1662 7029 799 and and CC 1662 7029 800 PL-93 PL-93 NNP 1662 7029 801 form form VBP 1662 7029 802 the the DT 1662 7029 803 National National NNP 1662 7029 804 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 7029 805 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 7029 806 or or CC 1662 7029 807 ANL ANL NNP 1662 7029 808 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 809 Nicolae Nicolae NNP 1662 7029 810 MANOLESCU MANOLESCU NNP 1662 7029 811 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 812 ; ; : 1662 7029 813 PSM PSM NNP 1662 7029 814 , , , 1662 7029 815 PS PS NNP 1662 7029 816 , , , 1662 7029 817 ANL ANL NNP 1662 7029 818 , , , 1662 7029 819 and and CC 1662 7029 820 numerous numerous JJ 1662 7029 821 other other JJ 1662 7029 822 small small JJ 1662 7029 823 parties party NNS 1662 7029 824 failed fail VBD 1662 7029 825 to to TO 1662 7029 826 gain gain VB 1662 7029 827 representation representation NN 1662 7029 828 in in IN 1662 7029 829 the the DT 1662 7029 830 most most RBS 1662 7029 831 recent recent JJ 1662 7029 832 election election NN 1662 7029 833 Political political JJ 1662 7029 834 pressure pressure NN 1662 7029 835 groups group NNS 1662 7029 836 and and CC 1662 7029 837 leaders leader NNS 1662 7029 838 : : : 1662 7029 839 various various JJ 1662 7029 840 human human JJ 1662 7029 841 rights right NNS 1662 7029 842 and and CC 1662 7029 843 professional professional JJ 1662 7029 844 associations association NNS 1662 7029 845 International International NNP 1662 7029 846 organization organization NN 1662 7029 847 participation participation NN 1662 7029 848 : : : 1662 7029 849 ACCT acct JJ 1662 7029 850 , , , 1662 7029 851 BIS BIS NNP 1662 7029 852 , , , 1662 7029 853 BSEC BSEC NNP 1662 7029 854 , , , 1662 7029 855 CCC CCC NNP 1662 7029 856 , , , 1662 7029 857 CE CE NNP 1662 7029 858 , , , 1662 7029 859 CEI CEI NNP 1662 7029 860 , , , 1662 7029 861 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 7029 862 , , , 1662 7029 863 ECE ECE NNP 1662 7029 864 , , , 1662 7029 865 EU EU NNP 1662 7029 866 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 867 applicant applicant NN 1662 7029 868 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 869 , , , 1662 7029 870 FAO FAO NNP 1662 7029 871 , , , 1662 7029 872 G- G- NNP 1662 7029 873 9 9 CD 1662 7029 874 , , , 1662 7029 875 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 7029 876 , , , 1662 7029 877 IAEA iaea NN 1662 7029 878 , , , 1662 7029 879 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 7029 880 , , , 1662 7029 881 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 7029 882 , , , 1662 7029 883 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 7029 884 , , , 1662 7029 885 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 7029 886 , , , 1662 7029 887 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 7029 888 , , , 1662 7029 889 IFC IFC NNP 1662 7029 890 , , , 1662 7029 891 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 7029 892 , , , 1662 7029 893 ILO ILO NNP 1662 7029 894 , , , 1662 7029 895 IMF IMF NNP 1662 7029 896 , , , 1662 7029 897 IMO imo RB 1662 7029 898 , , , 1662 7029 899 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 7029 900 , , , 1662 7029 901 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7029 902 , , , 1662 7029 903 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 7029 904 , , , 1662 7029 905 IOC IOC NNP 1662 7029 906 , , , 1662 7029 907 IOM IOM NNP 1662 7029 908 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 909 observer observer NN 1662 7029 910 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 911 , , , 1662 7029 912 ISO ISO NNP 1662 7029 913 , , , 1662 7029 914 ITU ITU NNP 1662 7029 915 , , , 1662 7029 916 NACC NACC NNP 1662 7029 917 , , , 1662 7029 918 NAM NAM NNP 1662 7029 919 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 920 guest guest NNP 1662 7029 921 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 922 , , , 1662 7029 923 NSG NSG NNP 1662 7029 924 , , , 1662 7029 925 OAS OAS NNP 1662 7029 926 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 927 observer observer NNP 1662 7029 928 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 929 , , , 1662 7029 930 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 7029 931 , , , 1662 7029 932 PCA PCA NNP 1662 7029 933 , , , 1662 7029 934 PFP PFP NNP 1662 7029 935 , , , 1662 7029 936 UN UN NNP 1662 7029 937 , , , 1662 7029 938 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 7029 939 III III NNP 1662 7029 940 , , , 1662 7029 941 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 7029 942 , , , 1662 7029 943 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 7029 944 , , , 1662 7029 945 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 7029 946 , , , 1662 7029 947 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 7029 948 , , , 1662 7029 949 UPU UPU NNP 1662 7029 950 , , , 1662 7029 951 WCL WCL NNP 1662 7029 952 , , , 1662 7029 953 WEU WEU NNP 1662 7029 954 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 955 associate associate JJ 1662 7029 956 partner partner NN 1662 7029 957 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 958 , , , 1662 7029 959 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 7029 960 , , , 1662 7029 961 WHO who WP 1662 7029 962 , , , 1662 7029 963 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 7029 964 , , , 1662 7029 965 WMO WMO NNP 1662 7029 966 , , , 1662 7029 967 WToO wtoo FW 1662 7029 968 , , , 1662 7029 969 WTrO wtro VB 1662 7029 970 , , , 1662 7029 971 ZC ZC NNP 1662 7029 972 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7029 973 representation representation NN 1662 7029 974 in in IN 1662 7029 975 the the DT 1662 7029 976 US US NNP 1662 7029 977 : : : 1662 7029 978 chief chief NN 1662 7029 979 of of IN 1662 7029 980 mission mission NN 1662 7029 981 : : : 1662 7029 982 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 7029 983 Mircea Mircea NNP 1662 7029 984 Dan Dan NNP 1662 7029 985 GEOANA GEOANA NNP 1662 7029 986 chancery chancery NN 1662 7029 987 : : : 1662 7029 988 1607 1607 CD 1662 7029 989 23rd 23rd NNP 1662 7029 990 Street Street NNP 1662 7029 991 NW NW NNP 1662 7029 992 , , , 1662 7029 993 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7029 994 , , , 1662 7029 995 DC DC NNP 1662 7029 996 20008 20008 CD 1662 7029 997 telephone telephone NN 1662 7029 998 : : : 1662 7029 999 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 1000 1 1 CD 1662 7029 1001 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 1002 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 1003 202 202 CD 1662 7029 1004 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 1005 332 332 CD 1662 7029 1006 - - HYPH 1662 7029 1007 4846 4846 CD 1662 7029 1008 , , , 1662 7029 1009 4848 4848 CD 1662 7029 1010 , , , 1662 7029 1011 4851 4851 CD 1662 7029 1012 FAX FAX NNP 1662 7029 1013 : : : 1662 7029 1014 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 1015 1 1 CD 1662 7029 1016 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 1017 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 1018 202 202 CD 1662 7029 1019 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 1020 232 232 CD 1662 7029 1021 - - SYM 1662 7029 1022 4748 4748 CD 1662 7029 1023 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 7029 1024 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 1025 general general NN 1662 7029 1026 : : : 1662 7029 1027 Los Los NNP 1662 7029 1028 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 7029 1029 and and CC 1662 7029 1030 New New NNP 1662 7029 1031 York York NNP 1662 7029 1032 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7029 1033 representation representation NN 1662 7029 1034 from from IN 1662 7029 1035 the the DT 1662 7029 1036 US US NNP 1662 7029 1037 : : : 1662 7029 1038 chief chief NN 1662 7029 1039 of of IN 1662 7029 1040 mission mission NN 1662 7029 1041 : : : 1662 7029 1042 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 7029 1043 Alfred Alfred NNP 1662 7029 1044 H. H. NNP 1662 7029 1045 MOSES MOSES NNP 1662 7029 1046 embassy embassy NN 1662 7029 1047 : : : 1662 7029 1048 Strada Strada NNP 1662 7029 1049 Tudor Tudor NNP 1662 7029 1050 Arghezi Arghezi NNP 1662 7029 1051 7 7 CD 1662 7029 1052 - - SYM 1662 7029 1053 9 9 CD 1662 7029 1054 , , , 1662 7029 1055 Bucharest Bucharest NNP 1662 7029 1056 mailing mail VBG 1662 7029 1057 address address NN 1662 7029 1058 : : : 1662 7029 1059 American American NNP 1662 7029 1060 Consulate Consulate NNP 1662 7029 1061 General General NNP 1662 7029 1062 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 1063 Bucharest Bucharest NNP 1662 7029 1064 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 1065 , , , 1662 7029 1066 Unit unit NN 1662 7029 1067 1315 1315 CD 1662 7029 1068 , , , 1662 7029 1069 APO APO NNP 1662 7029 1070 AE AE NNP 1662 7029 1071 09213 09213 CD 1662 7029 1072 - - SYM 1662 7029 1073 1315 1315 CD 1662 7029 1074 telephone telephone NN 1662 7029 1075 : : : 1662 7029 1076 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 1077 40 40 CD 1662 7029 1078 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 1079 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 1080 1 1 CD 1662 7029 1081 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 1082 210 210 CD 1662 7029 1083 01 01 CD 1662 7029 1084 49 49 CD 1662 7029 1085 , , , 1662 7029 1086 210 210 CD 1662 7029 1087 40 40 CD 1662 7029 1088 42 42 CD 1662 7029 1089 FAX fax NN 1662 7029 1090 : : : 1662 7029 1091 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7029 1092 40 40 CD 1662 7029 1093 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7029 1094 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 1095 1 1 CD 1662 7029 1096 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 1097 210 210 CD 1662 7029 1098 03 03 CD 1662 7029 1099 95 95 CD 1662 7029 1100 branch branch NN 1662 7029 1101 office office NN 1662 7029 1102 : : : 1662 7029 1103 Cluj Cluj NNP 1662 7029 1104 - - HYPH 1662 7029 1105 Napoca Napoca NNP 1662 7029 1106 Flag flag NN 1662 7029 1107 description description NN 1662 7029 1108 : : : 1662 7029 1109 three three CD 1662 7029 1110 equal equal JJ 1662 7029 1111 vertical vertical JJ 1662 7029 1112 bands band NNS 1662 7029 1113 of of IN 1662 7029 1114 blue blue JJ 1662 7029 1115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7029 1116 hoist hoist NN 1662 7029 1117 side side NN 1662 7029 1118 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7029 1119 , , , 1662 7029 1120 yellow yellow NNP 1662 7029 1121 , , , 1662 7029 1122 and and CC 1662 7029 1123 red red NN 1662 7029 1124 ; ; : 1662 7029 1125 the the DT 1662 7029 1126 national national JJ 1662 7029 1127 coat coat NN 1662 7029 1128 of of IN 1662 7029 1129 arms arm NNS 1662 7029 1130 that that WDT 1662 7029 1131 used use VBD 1662 7029 1132 to to TO 1662 7029 1133 be be VB 1662 7029 1134 centered center VBN 1662 7029 1135 in in IN 1662 7029 1136 the the DT 1662 7029 1137 yellow yellow JJ 1662 7029 1138 band band NN 1662 7029 1139 has have VBZ 1662 7029 1140 been be VBN 1662 7029 1141 removed remove VBN 1662 7029 1142 ; ; : 1662 7029 1143 now now RB 1662 7029 1144 similar similar JJ 1662 7029 1145 to to IN 1662 7029 1146 the the DT 1662 7029 1147 flags flag NNS 1662 7029 1148 of of IN 1662 7029 1149 Andorra Andorra NNP 1662 7029 1150 and and CC 1662 7029 1151 Chad Chad NNP 1662 7029 1152 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7029 1153 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7029 1154 - - HYPH 1662 7029 1155 overview overview NN 1662 7029 1156 : : : 1662 7029 1157 Romania Romania NNP 1662 7029 1158 , , , 1662 7029 1159 one one CD 1662 7029 1160 of of IN 1662 7029 1161 the the DT 1662 7029 1162 poorer poor JJR 1662 7029 1163 countries country NNS 1662 7029 1164 in in IN 1662 7029 1165 Central Central NNP 1662 7029 1166 and and CC 1662 7029 1167 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 7029 1168 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7029 1169 , , , 1662 7029 1170 began begin VBD 1662 7029 1171 the the DT 1662 7029 1172 transition transition NN 1662 7029 1173 from from IN 1662 7029 1174 Communism Communism NNP 1662 7029 1175 with with IN 1662 7029 1176 a a DT 1662 7029 1177 largely largely RB 1662 7029 1178 obsolete obsolete JJ 1662 7029 1179 industrial industrial JJ 1662 7029 1180 base base NN 1662 7029 1181 and and CC 1662 7029 1182 a a DT 1662 7029 1183 pattern pattern NN 1662 7029 1184 of of IN 1662 7029 1185 output output NN 1662 7029 1186 unsuited unsuited JJ 1662 7029 1187 to to IN 1662 7029 1188 the the DT 1662 7029 1189 country country NN 1662 7029 1190 's 's POS 1662 7029 1191 needs need NNS 1662 7029 1192 . . . 1662 7030 1 Over over IN 1662 7030 2 the the DT 1662 7030 3 past past JJ 1662 7030 4 seven seven CD 1662 7030 5 years year NNS 1662 7030 6 , , , 1662 7030 7 economic economic JJ 1662 7030 8 restructuring restructuring NN 1662 7030 9 has have VBZ 1662 7030 10 lagged lag VBN 1662 7030 11 behind behind IN 1662 7030 12 most most JJS 1662 7030 13 other other JJ 1662 7030 14 countries country NNS 1662 7030 15 in in IN 1662 7030 16 the the DT 1662 7030 17 region region NN 1662 7030 18 . . . 1662 7031 1 Consequently consequently RB 1662 7031 2 , , , 1662 7031 3 economic economic JJ 1662 7031 4 performance performance NN 1662 7031 5 is be VBZ 1662 7031 6 declining decline VBG 1662 7031 7 , , , 1662 7031 8 with with IN 1662 7031 9 slowing slow VBG 1662 7031 10 GDP gdp NN 1662 7031 11 growth growth NN 1662 7031 12 , , , 1662 7031 13 ballooning balloon VBG 1662 7031 14 budget budget NN 1662 7031 15 deficits deficit NNS 1662 7031 16 , , , 1662 7031 17 accelerating accelerate VBG 1662 7031 18 inflation inflation NN 1662 7031 19 , , , 1662 7031 20 a a DT 1662 7031 21 plunging plunge VBG 1662 7031 22 exchange exchange NN 1662 7031 23 rate rate NN 1662 7031 24 , , , 1662 7031 25 and and CC 1662 7031 26 anemic anemic JJ 1662 7031 27 foreign foreign JJ 1662 7031 28 investment investment NN 1662 7031 29 . . . 1662 7032 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 7032 2 was be VBD 1662 7032 3 low low JJ 1662 7032 4 at at IN 1662 7032 5 about about RB 1662 7032 6 6 6 CD 1662 7032 7 % % NN 1662 7032 8 at at IN 1662 7032 9 the the DT 1662 7032 10 end end NN 1662 7032 11 of of IN 1662 7032 12 1996 1996 CD 1662 7032 13 , , , 1662 7032 14 but but CC 1662 7032 15 the the DT 1662 7032 16 rate rate NN 1662 7032 17 will will MD 1662 7032 18 rise rise VB 1662 7032 19 when when WRB 1662 7032 20 restructuring restructuring NN 1662 7032 21 gets get VBZ 1662 7032 22 underway underway JJ 1662 7032 23 . . . 1662 7033 1 A a DT 1662 7033 2 new new JJ 1662 7033 3 government government NN 1662 7033 4 elected elect VBD 1662 7033 5 in in IN 1662 7033 6 November November NNP 1662 7033 7 1996 1996 CD 1662 7033 8 promises promise NNS 1662 7033 9 to to TO 1662 7033 10 accelerate accelerate VB 1662 7033 11 economic economic JJ 1662 7033 12 reform reform NN 1662 7033 13 , , , 1662 7033 14 restructuring restructuring NN 1662 7033 15 , , , 1662 7033 16 and and CC 1662 7033 17 privatization privatization NN 1662 7033 18 , , , 1662 7033 19 introduce introduce VBP 1662 7033 20 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7033 21 and and CC 1662 7033 22 monetary monetary JJ 1662 7033 23 austerity austerity NN 1662 7033 24 , , , 1662 7033 25 reduce reduce VB 1662 7033 26 the the DT 1662 7033 27 state state NN 1662 7033 28 's 's POS 1662 7033 29 role role NN 1662 7033 30 in in IN 1662 7033 31 the the DT 1662 7033 32 economy economy NN 1662 7033 33 , , , 1662 7033 34 and and CC 1662 7033 35 open open JJ 1662 7033 36 Romania Romania NNP 1662 7033 37 to to IN 1662 7033 38 foreign foreign JJ 1662 7033 39 investment investment NN 1662 7033 40 . . . 1662 7034 1 The the DT 1662 7034 2 government government NN 1662 7034 3 will will MD 1662 7034 4 tackle tackle VB 1662 7034 5 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7034 6 formidable formidable JJ 1662 7034 7 economic economic JJ 1662 7034 8 problems problem NNS 1662 7034 9 in in IN 1662 7034 10 two two CD 1662 7034 11 stages stage NNS 1662 7034 12 , , , 1662 7034 13 with with IN 1662 7034 14 an an DT 1662 7034 15 emergency emergency NN 1662 7034 16 plan plan NN 1662 7034 17 over over IN 1662 7034 18 the the DT 1662 7034 19 winter winter NN 1662 7034 20 of of IN 1662 7034 21 1996/97 1996/97 CD 1662 7034 22 to to TO 1662 7034 23 ensure ensure VB 1662 7034 24 social social JJ 1662 7034 25 and and CC 1662 7034 26 political political JJ 1662 7034 27 stability stability NN 1662 7034 28 , , , 1662 7034 29 followed follow VBN 1662 7034 30 by by IN 1662 7034 31 a a DT 1662 7034 32 radical radical JJ 1662 7034 33 structural structural JJ 1662 7034 34 reform reform NN 1662 7034 35 program program NN 1662 7034 36 over over IN 1662 7034 37 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7034 38 remaining remain VBG 1662 7034 39 three three CD 1662 7034 40 - - HYPH 1662 7034 41 and and CC 1662 7034 42 - - HYPH 1662 7034 43 one one CD 1662 7034 44 - - HYPH 1662 7034 45 half half NN 1662 7034 46 years year NNS 1662 7034 47 aimed aim VBN 1662 7034 48 eventually eventually RB 1662 7034 49 at at IN 1662 7034 50 EU EU NNP 1662 7034 51 accession accession NN 1662 7034 52 . . . 1662 7035 1 At at IN 1662 7035 2 the the DT 1662 7035 3 same same JJ 1662 7035 4 time time NN 1662 7035 5 , , , 1662 7035 6 it -PRON- PRP 1662 7035 7 wants want VBZ 1662 7035 8 to to TO 1662 7035 9 keep keep VB 1662 7035 10 campaign campaign NN 1662 7035 11 promises promise NNS 1662 7035 12 to to TO 1662 7035 13 increase increase VB 1662 7035 14 benefits benefit NNS 1662 7035 15 to to IN 1662 7035 16 disadvantaged disadvantaged JJ 1662 7035 17 groups group NNS 1662 7035 18 . . . 1662 7036 1 Bucharest Bucharest NNP 1662 7036 2 hopes hope VBZ 1662 7036 3 to to TO 1662 7036 4 receive receive VB 1662 7036 5 financial financial JJ 1662 7036 6 and and CC 1662 7036 7 technical technical JJ 1662 7036 8 assistance assistance NN 1662 7036 9 from from IN 1662 7036 10 international international JJ 1662 7036 11 financial financial JJ 1662 7036 12 institutions institution NNS 1662 7036 13 and and CC 1662 7036 14 western western JJ 1662 7036 15 governments government NNS 1662 7036 16 and and CC 1662 7036 17 negotiations negotiation NNS 1662 7036 18 over over IN 1662 7036 19 a a DT 1662 7036 20 new new JJ 1662 7036 21 IMF IMF NNP 1662 7036 22 standby standby NN 1662 7036 23 agreement agreement NN 1662 7036 24 are be VBP 1662 7036 25 underway underway JJ 1662 7036 26 . . . 1662 7037 1 If if IN 1662 7037 2 reform reform NN 1662 7037 3 stalls stall NNS 1662 7037 4 , , , 1662 7037 5 however however RB 1662 7037 6 , , , 1662 7037 7 Romania Romania NNP 1662 7037 8 's 's POS 1662 7037 9 bond bond NN 1662 7037 10 rating rating NN 1662 7037 11 - - : 1662 7037 12 just just RB 1662 7037 13 below below IN 1662 7037 14 investment investment NN 1662 7037 15 grade grade NN 1662 7037 16 - - HYPH 1662 7037 17 could could MD 1662 7037 18 fall fall VB 1662 7037 19 and and CC 1662 7037 20 needed need VBN 1662 7037 21 capital capital NN 1662 7037 22 from from IN 1662 7037 23 both both CC 1662 7037 24 public public JJ 1662 7037 25 and and CC 1662 7037 26 private private JJ 1662 7037 27 sources source NNS 1662 7037 28 could could MD 1662 7037 29 quickly quickly RB 1662 7037 30 dry dry VB 1662 7037 31 up up RP 1662 7037 32 . . . 1662 7038 1 Rich rich JJ 1662 7038 2 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 7038 3 and and CC 1662 7038 4 oil oil NN 1662 7038 5 resources resource NNS 1662 7038 6 are be VBP 1662 7038 7 strengths strength NNS 1662 7038 8 for for IN 1662 7038 9 the the DT 1662 7038 10 future future NN 1662 7038 11 . . . 1662 7039 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7039 2 : : : 1662 7039 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7039 4 power power NN 1662 7039 5 parity parity NN 1662 7039 6 - - : 1662 7039 7 $ $ $ 1662 7039 8 113.2 113.2 CD 1662 7039 9 billion billion CD 1662 7039 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7039 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 7039 12 est est NNP 1662 7039 13 . . . 1662 7039 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7040 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7040 2 - - HYPH 1662 7040 3 real real JJ 1662 7040 4 growth growth NN 1662 7040 5 rate rate NN 1662 7040 6 : : : 1662 7040 7 4.1 4.1 CD 1662 7040 8 % % NN 1662 7040 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7040 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 7040 11 est est NNP 1662 7040 12 . . . 1662 7040 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7041 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7041 2 - - HYPH 1662 7041 3 per per FW 1662 7041 4 capita capita NN 1662 7041 5 : : : 1662 7041 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7041 7 power power NN 1662 7041 8 parity parity NN 1662 7041 9 - - : 1662 7041 10 $ $ $ 1662 7041 11 5,200 5,200 CD 1662 7041 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7041 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 7041 14 est est NNP 1662 7041 15 . . . 1662 7041 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7042 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7042 2 - - HYPH 1662 7042 3 composition composition NN 1662 7042 4 by by IN 1662 7042 5 sector sector NN 1662 7042 6 : : : 1662 7042 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7042 8 : : : 1662 7042 9 20 20 CD 1662 7042 10 % % NN 1662 7042 11 industry industry NN 1662 7042 12 : : : 1662 7042 13 33.4 33.4 CD 1662 7042 14 % % NN 1662 7042 15 services service NNS 1662 7042 16 : : : 1662 7042 17 46.6 46.6 CD 1662 7042 18 % % NN 1662 7042 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7042 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 7042 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7042 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 7042 23 rate rate NN 1662 7042 24 - - HYPH 1662 7042 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 7042 26 price price NN 1662 7042 27 index index NN 1662 7042 28 : : : 1662 7042 29 56.9 56.9 CD 1662 7042 30 % % NN 1662 7042 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7042 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 7042 33 est est NNP 1662 7042 34 . . . 1662 7042 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7043 1 Labor labor NN 1662 7043 2 force force NN 1662 7043 3 : : : 1662 7043 4 total total NN 1662 7043 5 : : : 1662 7043 6 10.1 10.1 CD 1662 7043 7 million million CD 1662 7043 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7043 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 7043 10 est est NNP 1662 7043 11 . . . 1662 7043 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7044 1 by by IN 1662 7044 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 7044 3 : : : 1662 7044 4 industry industry NN 1662 7044 5 28.8 28.8 CD 1662 7044 6 % % NN 1662 7044 7 , , , 1662 7044 8 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7044 9 36.4 36.4 CD 1662 7044 10 % % NN 1662 7044 11 , , , 1662 7044 12 other other JJ 1662 7044 13 34.8 34.8 CD 1662 7044 14 % % NN 1662 7044 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7044 16 1994 1994 CD 1662 7044 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7044 18 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 7044 19 rate rate NN 1662 7044 20 : : : 1662 7044 21 6.1 6.1 CD 1662 7044 22 % % NN 1662 7044 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7044 24 1996 1996 CD 1662 7044 25 est est NNP 1662 7044 26 . . . 1662 7044 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7045 1 Budget budget NN 1662 7045 2 : : : 1662 7045 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 7045 4 : : : 1662 7045 5 $ $ $ 1662 7045 6 6 6 CD 1662 7045 7 billion billion CD 1662 7045 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7045 9 : : : 1662 7045 10 $ $ $ 1662 7045 11 7.3 7.3 CD 1662 7045 12 billion billion CD 1662 7045 13 , , , 1662 7045 14 including include VBG 1662 7045 15 capital capital NN 1662 7045 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7045 17 of of IN 1662 7045 18 $ $ $ 1662 7045 19 NA na NN 1662 7045 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7045 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 7045 22 est est NNP 1662 7045 23 . . . 1662 7045 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7046 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 7046 2 : : : 1662 7046 3 mining mining NN 1662 7046 4 , , , 1662 7046 5 timber timber NN 1662 7046 6 , , , 1662 7046 7 construction construction NN 1662 7046 8 materials material NNS 1662 7046 9 , , , 1662 7046 10 metallurgy metallurgy NN 1662 7046 11 , , , 1662 7046 12 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 7046 13 , , , 1662 7046 14 machine machine NN 1662 7046 15 building building NN 1662 7046 16 , , , 1662 7046 17 food food NN 1662 7046 18 processing processing NN 1662 7046 19 , , , 1662 7046 20 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7046 21 production production NN 1662 7046 22 and and CC 1662 7046 23 refining refine VBG 1662 7046 24 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 7046 25 production production NN 1662 7046 26 growth growth NN 1662 7046 27 rate rate NN 1662 7046 28 : : : 1662 7046 29 7 7 CD 1662 7046 30 % % NN 1662 7046 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7046 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 7046 33 est est NNP 1662 7046 34 . . . 1662 7046 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7047 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7047 2 - - HYPH 1662 7047 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 7047 4 : : : 1662 7047 5 22.06 22.06 CD 1662 7047 6 million million CD 1662 7047 7 kW kW NNP 1662 7047 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7047 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 7047 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7047 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7047 12 - - HYPH 1662 7047 13 production production NN 1662 7047 14 : : : 1662 7047 15 52.48 52.48 CD 1662 7047 16 billion billion CD 1662 7047 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7047 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7047 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 7047 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7047 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7047 22 - - HYPH 1662 7047 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 7047 24 per per IN 1662 7047 25 capita capita NN 1662 7047 26 : : : 1662 7047 27 2,245 2,245 CD 1662 7047 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7047 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7047 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 7047 31 est est NNP 1662 7047 32 . . . 1662 7047 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7048 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7048 2 - - HYPH 1662 7048 3 products product NNS 1662 7048 4 : : : 1662 7048 5 wheat wheat NN 1662 7048 6 , , , 1662 7048 7 corn corn NN 1662 7048 8 , , , 1662 7048 9 sugar sugar NN 1662 7048 10 beets beet NNS 1662 7048 11 , , , 1662 7048 12 sunflower sunflower NN 1662 7048 13 seed seed NN 1662 7048 14 , , , 1662 7048 15 potatoes potato NNS 1662 7048 16 , , , 1662 7048 17 grapes grape NNS 1662 7048 18 ; ; : 1662 7048 19 milk milk NN 1662 7048 20 , , , 1662 7048 21 eggs egg NNS 1662 7048 22 , , , 1662 7048 23 meat meat NN 1662 7048 24 Exports export NNS 1662 7048 25 : : : 1662 7048 26 total total JJ 1662 7048 27 value value NN 1662 7048 28 : : : 1662 7048 29 $ $ $ 1662 7048 30 7.7 7.7 CD 1662 7048 31 billion billion CD 1662 7048 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7048 33 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 7048 34 . . NNP 1662 7048 35 , , , 1662 7048 36 1996 1996 CD 1662 7048 37 est est NNP 1662 7048 38 . . . 1662 7048 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7049 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7049 2 : : : 1662 7049 3 textiles textile NNS 1662 7049 4 and and CC 1662 7049 5 footwear footwear VB 1662 7049 6 25.2 25.2 CD 1662 7049 7 % % NN 1662 7049 8 , , , 1662 7049 9 metals metal NNS 1662 7049 10 and and CC 1662 7049 11 metal metal NN 1662 7049 12 products product NNS 1662 7049 13 19.4 19.4 CD 1662 7049 14 % % NN 1662 7049 15 , , , 1662 7049 16 fuels fuel NNS 1662 7049 17 and and CC 1662 7049 18 mineral mineral NN 1662 7049 19 products product NNS 1662 7049 20 10.0 10.0 CD 1662 7049 21 % % NN 1662 7049 22 , , , 1662 7049 23 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 7049 24 9.4 9.4 CD 1662 7049 25 % % NN 1662 7049 26 , , , 1662 7049 27 other other JJ 1662 7049 28 36.0 36.0 CD 1662 7049 29 % % NN 1662 7049 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7049 31 1995 1995 CD 1662 7049 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7049 33 partners partner NNS 1662 7049 34 : : : 1662 7049 35 Germany Germany NNP 1662 7049 36 17.8 17.8 CD 1662 7049 37 % % NN 1662 7049 38 , , , 1662 7049 39 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7049 40 15.6 15.6 CD 1662 7049 41 % % NN 1662 7049 42 , , , 1662 7049 43 France France NNP 1662 7049 44 5.7 5.7 CD 1662 7049 45 % % NN 1662 7049 46 , , , 1662 7049 47 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 7049 48 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 7049 49 % % NN 1662 7049 50 , , , 1662 7049 51 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 7049 52 3.0 3.0 CD 1662 7049 53 % % NN 1662 7049 54 , , , 1662 7049 55 China China NNP 1662 7049 56 3.0 3.0 CD 1662 7049 57 % % NN 1662 7049 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7049 59 1995 1995 CD 1662 7049 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7049 61 Imports import NNS 1662 7049 62 : : : 1662 7049 63 total total JJ 1662 7049 64 value value NN 1662 7049 65 : : : 1662 7049 66 $ $ $ 1662 7049 67 93.8 93.8 CD 1662 7049 68 billion billion CD 1662 7049 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7049 70 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 7049 71 . . NNP 1662 7049 72 , , , 1662 7049 73 1996 1996 CD 1662 7049 74 est est NNP 1662 7049 75 . . . 1662 7049 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7050 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7050 2 : : : 1662 7050 3 fuels fuel NNS 1662 7050 4 and and CC 1662 7050 5 minerals mineral NNS 1662 7050 6 25.1 25.1 CD 1662 7050 7 % % NN 1662 7050 8 , , , 1662 7050 9 machinery machinery NN 1662 7050 10 and and CC 1662 7050 11 transport transport NN 1662 7050 12 equipment equipment NN 1662 7050 13 19.4 19.4 CD 1662 7050 14 % % NN 1662 7050 15 , , , 1662 7050 16 food food NN 1662 7050 17 and and CC 1662 7050 18 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 7050 19 goods good NNS 1662 7050 20 6.1 6.1 CD 1662 7050 21 % % NN 1662 7050 22 , , , 1662 7050 23 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 7050 24 9.0 9.0 CD 1662 7050 25 % % NN 1662 7050 26 , , , 1662 7050 27 other other JJ 1662 7050 28 40.4 40.4 CD 1662 7050 29 % % NN 1662 7050 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7050 31 1995 1995 CD 1662 7050 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7050 33 partners partner NNS 1662 7050 34 : : : 1662 7050 35 Germany Germany NNP 1662 7050 36 17.1 17.1 CD 1662 7050 37 % % NN 1662 7050 38 , , , 1662 7050 39 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7050 40 13.2 13.2 CD 1662 7050 41 % % NN 1662 7050 42 , , , 1662 7050 43 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7050 44 12.6 12.6 CD 1662 7050 45 % % NN 1662 7050 46 , , , 1662 7050 47 France France NNP 1662 7050 48 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 7050 49 % % NN 1662 7050 50 , , , 1662 7050 51 US US NNP 1662 7050 52 4.2 4.2 CD 1662 7050 53 % % NN 1662 7050 54 , , , 1662 7050 55 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 7050 56 4.1 4.1 CD 1662 7050 57 % % NN 1662 7050 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7050 59 1995 1995 CD 1662 7050 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7050 61 Debt debt NN 1662 7050 62 - - HYPH 1662 7050 63 external external JJ 1662 7050 64 : : : 1662 7050 65 $ $ $ 1662 7050 66 7.8 7.8 CD 1662 7050 67 billion billion CD 1662 7050 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7050 69 1996 1996 CD 1662 7050 70 est est NNP 1662 7050 71 . . . 1662 7050 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7051 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 7051 2 aid aid NN 1662 7051 3 : : : 1662 7051 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 7051 5 : : : 1662 7051 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 7051 7 , , , 1662 7051 8 $ $ $ 1662 7051 9 81 81 CD 1662 7051 10 million million CD 1662 7051 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7051 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 7051 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7051 14 Currency currency NN 1662 7051 15 : : : 1662 7051 16 1 1 CD 1662 7051 17 leu leu NN 1662 7051 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7051 19 L l NN 1662 7051 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7051 21 = = NFP 1662 7051 22 100 100 CD 1662 7051 23 bani bani NN 1662 7051 24 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 7051 25 rates rate NNS 1662 7051 26 : : : 1662 7051 27 lei lei NN 1662 7051 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7051 29 L L NNP 1662 7051 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7051 31 per per IN 1662 7051 32 US$ us$ $ 1662 7051 33 1 1 CD 1662 7051 34 - - SYM 1662 7051 35 5,970 5,970 CD 1662 7051 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7051 37 January January NNP 1662 7051 38 1997 1997 CD 1662 7051 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7051 40 , , , 1662 7051 41 3,085.39 3,085.39 CD 1662 7051 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7051 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 7051 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7051 45 , , , 1662 7051 46 2,033.28 2,033.28 CD 1662 7051 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7051 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 7051 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7051 50 , , , 1662 7051 51 1,655.09 1,655.09 CD 1662 7051 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7051 53 1994 1994 CD 1662 7051 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7051 55 , , , 1662 7051 56 760.05 760.05 CD 1662 7051 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7051 58 1993 1993 CD 1662 7051 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7051 60 , , , 1662 7051 61 307.95 307.95 CD 1662 7051 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7051 63 1992 1992 CD 1662 7051 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7051 65 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7051 66 year year NN 1662 7051 67 : : : 1662 7051 68 calendar calendar NNP 1662 7051 69 year year NNP 1662 7051 70 @Romania @romania NN 1662 7051 71 : : : 1662 7051 72 Communications communication NNS 1662 7051 73 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 7051 74 : : : 1662 7051 75 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 7051 76 million million CD 1662 7051 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7051 78 1993 1993 CD 1662 7051 79 est est NNP 1662 7051 80 . . . 1662 7051 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7052 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 7052 2 system system NN 1662 7052 3 : : : 1662 7052 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7052 5 : : : 1662 7052 6 poor poor JJ 1662 7052 7 service service NN 1662 7052 8 ; ; : 1662 7052 9 89 89 CD 1662 7052 10 % % NN 1662 7052 11 of of IN 1662 7052 12 telephone telephone NN 1662 7052 13 network network NN 1662 7052 14 is be VBZ 1662 7052 15 automatic automatic JJ 1662 7052 16 ; ; : 1662 7052 17 trunk trunk NN 1662 7052 18 network network NN 1662 7052 19 is be VBZ 1662 7052 20 microwave microwave NN 1662 7052 21 radio radio NN 1662 7052 22 relay relay NN 1662 7052 23 ; ; : 1662 7052 24 roughly roughly RB 1662 7052 25 3,300 3,300 CD 1662 7052 26 villages village NNS 1662 7052 27 with with IN 1662 7052 28 no no DT 1662 7052 29 service service NN 1662 7052 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7052 31 February February NNP 1662 7052 32 1990 1990 CD 1662 7052 33 est est NNP 1662 7052 34 . . . 1662 7052 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7053 1 international international NNP 1662 7053 2 : : : 1662 7053 3 satellite satellite NNP 1662 7053 4 earth earth NNP 1662 7053 5 station station NNP 1662 7053 6 - - : 1662 7053 7 1 1 CD 1662 7053 8 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7053 9 ; ; : 1662 7053 10 new new JJ 1662 7053 11 digital digital JJ 1662 7053 12 international international JJ 1662 7053 13 direct direct JJ 1662 7053 14 - - HYPH 1662 7053 15 dial dial NN 1662 7053 16 exchanges exchange NNS 1662 7053 17 are be VBP 1662 7053 18 in in IN 1662 7053 19 Bucharest Bucharest NNP 1662 7053 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7053 21 1993 1993 CD 1662 7053 22 est est NNP 1662 7053 23 . . . 1662 7053 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7054 1 Radio radio NN 1662 7054 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7054 3 stations station NNS 1662 7054 4 : : : 1662 7054 5 AM am VBP 1662 7054 6 12 12 CD 1662 7054 7 , , , 1662 7054 8 FM FM NNP 1662 7054 9 5 5 CD 1662 7054 10 , , , 1662 7054 11 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 7054 12 0 0 CD 1662 7054 13 note note NN 1662 7054 14 : : : 1662 7054 15 in in IN 1662 7054 16 1995 1995 CD 1662 7054 17 , , , 1662 7054 18 135 135 CD 1662 7054 19 local local JJ 1662 7054 20 radio radio NN 1662 7054 21 stations station NNS 1662 7054 22 were be VBD 1662 7054 23 registered register VBN 1662 7054 24 Radios radio NNS 1662 7054 25 : : : 1662 7054 26 4.64 4.64 CD 1662 7054 27 million million CD 1662 7054 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7054 29 1992 1992 CD 1662 7054 30 est est NNP 1662 7054 31 . . . 1662 7054 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7055 1 Television television NN 1662 7055 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7055 3 stations station NNS 1662 7055 4 : : : 1662 7055 5 436 436 CD 1662 7055 6 cable cable NN 1662 7055 7 TV tv NN 1662 7055 8 stations station NNS 1662 7055 9 , , , 1662 7055 10 66 66 CD 1662 7055 11 local local JJ 1662 7055 12 TV tv NN 1662 7055 13 stations station NNS 1662 7055 14 Televisions television NNS 1662 7055 15 : : : 1662 7055 16 4.58 4.58 CD 1662 7055 17 million million CD 1662 7055 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7055 19 1992 1992 CD 1662 7055 20 est est NNP 1662 7055 21 . . . 1662 7055 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7056 1 @Romania @romania LS 1662 7056 2 : : : 1662 7056 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7056 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 7056 5 : : : 1662 7056 6 total total JJ 1662 7056 7 : : : 1662 7056 8 11,365 11,365 CD 1662 7056 9 km km NN 1662 7056 10 broad broad JJ 1662 7056 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 7056 12 : : : 1662 7056 13 45 45 CD 1662 7056 14 km km NN 1662 7056 15 1.524-m 1.524-m CD 1662 7056 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 7056 17 standard standard JJ 1662 7056 18 gauge gauge NN 1662 7056 19 : : : 1662 7056 20 10,893 10,893 CD 1662 7056 21 km km NN 1662 7056 22 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 7056 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 7056 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7056 25 3,723 3,723 CD 1662 7056 26 km km NN 1662 7056 27 electrified electrify VBN 1662 7056 28 ; ; : 1662 7056 29 3,060 3,060 CD 1662 7056 30 km km NN 1662 7056 31 double double JJ 1662 7056 32 track track NN 1662 7056 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7056 34 narrow narrow JJ 1662 7056 35 gauge gauge NN 1662 7056 36 : : : 1662 7056 37 427 427 CD 1662 7056 38 km km NN 1662 7056 39 0.760-m 0.760-m JJ 1662 7056 40 gauge gauge NN 1662 7056 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7056 42 1994 1994 CD 1662 7056 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7056 44 Highways highway NNS 1662 7056 45 : : : 1662 7056 46 total total NN 1662 7056 47 : : : 1662 7056 48 153,170 153,170 CD 1662 7056 49 km km NN 1662 7056 50 paved pave VBN 1662 7056 51 : : : 1662 7056 52 78,117 78,117 CD 1662 7056 53 km km NNS 1662 7056 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7056 55 including include VBG 1662 7056 56 113 113 CD 1662 7056 57 km km NNS 1662 7056 58 of of IN 1662 7056 59 expressways expressway NNS 1662 7056 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7056 61 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7056 62 : : : 1662 7056 63 75,053 75,053 CD 1662 7056 64 km km NNS 1662 7056 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7056 66 1995 1995 CD 1662 7056 67 est est NNP 1662 7056 68 . . . 1662 7056 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7057 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 7057 2 : : : 1662 7057 3 1,724 1,724 CD 1662 7057 4 km km NNS 1662 7057 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7057 6 1984 1984 CD 1662 7057 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7057 8 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 7057 9 : : : 1662 7057 10 crude crude JJ 1662 7057 11 oil oil NN 1662 7057 12 2,800 2,800 CD 1662 7057 13 km km NN 1662 7057 14 ; ; : 1662 7057 15 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7057 16 products product NNS 1662 7057 17 1,429 1,429 CD 1662 7057 18 km km NN 1662 7057 19 ; ; : 1662 7057 20 natural natural JJ 1662 7057 21 gas gas NN 1662 7057 22 6,400 6,400 CD 1662 7057 23 km km NN 1662 7057 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7057 25 1992 1992 CD 1662 7057 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7057 27 Ports port NNS 1662 7057 28 and and CC 1662 7057 29 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7057 30 : : : 1662 7057 31 Braila Braila NNP 1662 7057 32 , , , 1662 7057 33 Constanta Constanta NNP 1662 7057 34 , , , 1662 7057 35 Galati Galati NNP 1662 7057 36 , , , 1662 7057 37 Mangalia Mangalia NNP 1662 7057 38 , , , 1662 7057 39 Sulina Sulina NNP 1662 7057 40 , , , 1662 7057 41 Tulcea Tulcea NNP 1662 7057 42 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7057 43 marine marine NN 1662 7057 44 : : : 1662 7057 45 total total NN 1662 7057 46 : : : 1662 7057 47 234 234 CD 1662 7057 48 ships ship NNS 1662 7057 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7057 50 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7057 51 GRT GRT NNP 1662 7057 52 or or CC 1662 7057 53 over over RB 1662 7057 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7057 55 totaling total VBG 1662 7057 56 2,445,810 2,445,810 CD 1662 7057 57 GRT/3,654,660 GRT/3,654,660 . 1662 7057 58 DWT dwt NN 1662 7057 59 ships ship NNS 1662 7057 60 by by IN 1662 7057 61 type type NN 1662 7057 62 : : : 1662 7057 63 bulk bulk NNP 1662 7057 64 39 39 CD 1662 7057 65 , , , 1662 7057 66 cargo cargo NN 1662 7057 67 167 167 CD 1662 7057 68 , , , 1662 7057 69 container container NN 1662 7057 70 2 2 CD 1662 7057 71 , , , 1662 7057 72 oil oil NN 1662 7057 73 tanker tanker NN 1662 7057 74 13 13 CD 1662 7057 75 , , , 1662 7057 76 passenger passenger NN 1662 7057 77 1 1 CD 1662 7057 78 , , , 1662 7057 79 passenger passenger NN 1662 7057 80 - - HYPH 1662 7057 81 cargo cargo NN 1662 7057 82 1 1 CD 1662 7057 83 , , , 1662 7057 84 railcar railcar NN 1662 7057 85 carrier carrier NN 1662 7057 86 2 2 CD 1662 7057 87 , , , 1662 7057 88 roll roll NN 1662 7057 89 - - HYPH 1662 7057 90 on on IN 1662 7057 91 / / SYM 1662 7057 92 roll roll NN 1662 7057 93 - - HYPH 1662 7057 94 off off RP 1662 7057 95 cargo cargo NN 1662 7057 96 9 9 CD 1662 7057 97 note note NN 1662 7057 98 : : : 1662 7057 99 Romania Romania NNP 1662 7057 100 owns own VBZ 1662 7057 101 an an DT 1662 7057 102 additional additional JJ 1662 7057 103 18 18 CD 1662 7057 104 ships ship NNS 1662 7057 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7057 106 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7057 107 GRT GRT NNP 1662 7057 108 or or CC 1662 7057 109 over over RB 1662 7057 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7057 111 totaling total VBG 1662 7057 112 1,025,108 1,025,108 CD 1662 7057 113 DWT dwt NN 1662 7057 114 operating operate VBG 1662 7057 115 under under IN 1662 7057 116 the the DT 1662 7057 117 registries registry NNS 1662 7057 118 of of IN 1662 7057 119 The the DT 1662 7057 120 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 7057 121 , , , 1662 7057 122 Bermuda Bermuda NNP 1662 7057 123 , , , 1662 7057 124 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 7057 125 , , , 1662 7057 126 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 7057 127 , , , 1662 7057 128 Malta Malta NNP 1662 7057 129 , , , 1662 7057 130 and and CC 1662 7057 131 Syria Syria NNP 1662 7057 132 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7057 133 1996 1996 CD 1662 7057 134 est est NNP 1662 7057 135 . . . 1662 7057 136 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7058 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7058 2 : : : 1662 7058 3 156 156 CD 1662 7058 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7058 5 1994 1994 CD 1662 7058 6 est est NNP 1662 7058 7 . . . 1662 7058 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7059 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7059 2 - - , 1662 7059 3 with with IN 1662 7059 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7059 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7059 6 : : : 1662 7059 7 total total NN 1662 7059 8 : : : 1662 7059 9 27 27 CD 1662 7059 10 over over IN 1662 7059 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7059 12 m m NN 1662 7059 13 : : : 1662 7059 14 4 4 CD 1662 7059 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7059 16 to to TO 1662 7059 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7059 18 m m NN 1662 7059 19 : : : 1662 7059 20 9 9 CD 1662 7059 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7059 22 to to TO 1662 7059 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7059 24 m m NN 1662 7059 25 : : : 1662 7059 26 14 14 CD 1662 7059 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7059 28 1994 1994 CD 1662 7059 29 est est NNP 1662 7059 30 . . . 1662 7059 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7060 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7060 2 - - , 1662 7060 3 with with IN 1662 7060 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7060 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7060 6 : : : 1662 7060 7 total total NN 1662 7060 8 : : : 1662 7060 9 129 129 CD 1662 7060 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7060 11 to to IN 1662 7060 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7060 13 m m NN 1662 7060 14 : : : 1662 7060 15 3 3 CD 1662 7060 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7060 17 to to TO 1662 7060 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7060 19 m m NN 1662 7060 20 : : : 1662 7060 21 1 1 CD 1662 7060 22 914 914 CD 1662 7060 23 to to TO 1662 7060 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7060 25 m m NN 1662 7060 26 : : : 1662 7060 27 17 17 CD 1662 7060 28 under under IN 1662 7060 29 914 914 CD 1662 7060 30 m m NN 1662 7060 31 : : : 1662 7060 32 108 108 CD 1662 7060 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7060 34 1994 1994 CD 1662 7060 35 est est NNP 1662 7060 36 . . . 1662 7060 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7061 1 Military military JJ 1662 7061 2 Military military JJ 1662 7061 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7061 4 : : : 1662 7061 5 Army Army NNP 1662 7061 6 , , , 1662 7061 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 7061 8 , , , 1662 7061 9 Air Air NNP 1662 7061 10 and and CC 1662 7061 11 Air Air NNP 1662 7061 12 Defense Defense NNP 1662 7061 13 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 7061 14 , , , 1662 7061 15 Paramilitary Paramilitary NNP 1662 7061 16 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 7061 17 , , , 1662 7061 18 Civil Civil NNP 1662 7061 19 Defense Defense NNP 1662 7061 20 Military Military NNP 1662 7061 21 manpower manpower NN 1662 7061 22 - - HYPH 1662 7061 23 military military NN 1662 7061 24 age age NN 1662 7061 25 : : : 1662 7061 26 20 20 CD 1662 7061 27 years year NNS 1662 7061 28 of of IN 1662 7061 29 age age NN 1662 7061 30 Military military JJ 1662 7061 31 manpower manpower NN 1662 7061 32 - - HYPH 1662 7061 33 availability availability NN 1662 7061 34 : : : 1662 7061 35 males male NNS 1662 7061 36 age age NNP 1662 7061 37 15 15 CD 1662 7061 38 - - HYPH 1662 7061 39 49 49 CD 1662 7061 40 : : : 1662 7061 41 5,884,704 5,884,704 CD 1662 7061 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7061 43 1997 1997 CD 1662 7061 44 est est NNP 1662 7061 45 . . . 1662 7061 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7062 1 Military military JJ 1662 7062 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7062 3 - - HYPH 1662 7062 4 fit fit NN 1662 7062 5 for for IN 1662 7062 6 military military JJ 1662 7062 7 service service NN 1662 7062 8 : : : 1662 7062 9 males male NNS 1662 7062 10 : : : 1662 7062 11 4,955,267 4,955,267 CD 1662 7062 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7062 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7062 14 est est NNP 1662 7062 15 . . . 1662 7062 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7063 1 Military military JJ 1662 7063 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7063 3 - - HYPH 1662 7063 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 7063 5 military military JJ 1662 7063 6 age age NN 1662 7063 7 annually annually RB 1662 7063 8 : : : 1662 7063 9 males male NNS 1662 7063 10 : : : 1662 7063 11 201,752 201,752 CD 1662 7063 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7063 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7063 14 est est NNP 1662 7063 15 . . . 1662 7063 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7064 1 Military military JJ 1662 7064 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7064 3 - - HYPH 1662 7064 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 7064 5 figure figure NN 1662 7064 6 : : : 1662 7064 7 $ $ $ 1662 7064 8 650 650 CD 1662 7064 9 million million CD 1662 7064 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7064 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 7064 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7064 13 Military military JJ 1662 7064 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7064 15 - - : 1662 7064 16 percent percent NN 1662 7064 17 of of IN 1662 7064 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7064 19 : : : 1662 7064 20 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 7064 21 % % NN 1662 7064 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7064 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 7064 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7064 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7064 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7064 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 7064 28 - - HYPH 1662 7064 29 international international JJ 1662 7064 30 : : : 1662 7064 31 dispute dispute NN 1662 7064 32 with with IN 1662 7064 33 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 7064 34 over over IN 1662 7064 35 continental continental JJ 1662 7064 36 shelf shelf NN 1662 7064 37 of of IN 1662 7064 38 the the DT 1662 7064 39 Black Black NNP 1662 7064 40 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7064 41 under under IN 1662 7064 42 which which WDT 1662 7064 43 significant significant JJ 1662 7064 44 gas gas NN 1662 7064 45 and and CC 1662 7064 46 oil oil NN 1662 7064 47 deposits deposit NNS 1662 7064 48 may may MD 1662 7064 49 exist exist VB 1662 7064 50 ; ; : 1662 7064 51 agreed agree VBD 1662 7064 52 to to IN 1662 7064 53 two two CD 1662 7064 54 - - HYPH 1662 7064 55 year year NN 1662 7064 56 negotiating negotiating NN 1662 7064 57 period period NN 1662 7064 58 , , , 1662 7064 59 after after IN 1662 7064 60 which which WDT 1662 7064 61 either either DT 1662 7064 62 party party NN 1662 7064 63 can can MD 1662 7064 64 refer refer VB 1662 7064 65 dispute dispute NN 1662 7064 66 to to IN 1662 7064 67 the the DT 1662 7064 68 International International NNP 1662 7064 69 Court Court NNP 1662 7064 70 of of IN 1662 7064 71 Justice Justice NNP 1662 7064 72 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 7064 73 drugs drug VBZ 1662 7064 74 : : : 1662 7064 75 important important JJ 1662 7064 76 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 7064 77 point point NN 1662 7064 78 for for IN 1662 7064 79 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 7064 80 Asian asian JJ 1662 7064 81 heroin heroin NN 1662 7064 82 transiting transit VBG 1662 7064 83 the the DT 1662 7064 84 Balkan balkan JJ 1662 7064 85 route route NN 1662 7064 86 and and CC 1662 7064 87 small small JJ 1662 7064 88 amounts amount NNS 1662 7064 89 of of IN 1662 7064 90 Latin latin JJ 1662 7064 91 American american JJ 1662 7064 92 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 7064 93 bound bind VBN 1662 7064 94 for for IN 1662 7064 95 Western Western NNP 1662 7064 96 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7064 97 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 98 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 99 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 100 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 101 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 102 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 103 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 104 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 105 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 106 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 107 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 108 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 109 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 110 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 111 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 112 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 113 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 114 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 115 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 116 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 117 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 118 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 119 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 120 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 121 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 122 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 123 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 124 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 125 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 126 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 127 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 128 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 129 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 130 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 131 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 132 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 133 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 134 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 135 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 136 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 137 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 138 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 139 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 140 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 141 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 142 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 143 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 144 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 145 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 146 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 147 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 148 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 149 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 150 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 151 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 152 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 153 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 154 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 155 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 156 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 157 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 158 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 159 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 160 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 161 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 162 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 163 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 164 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 165 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 166 _ _ NNP 1662 7064 167 RUSSIA RUSSIA NNP 1662 7064 168 @Russia @Russia NNP 1662 7064 169 : : : 1662 7064 170 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7064 171 Location Location NNP 1662 7064 172 : : : 1662 7064 173 Northern Northern NNP 1662 7064 174 Asia Asia NNP 1662 7064 175 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7064 176 that that DT 1662 7064 177 part part NN 1662 7064 178 west west RB 1662 7064 179 of of IN 1662 7064 180 the the DT 1662 7064 181 Urals Urals NNPS 1662 7064 182 is be VBZ 1662 7064 183 sometimes sometimes RB 1662 7064 184 included include VBN 1662 7064 185 with with IN 1662 7064 186 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7064 187 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7064 188 , , , 1662 7064 189 bordering border VBG 1662 7064 190 the the DT 1662 7064 191 Arctic Arctic NNP 1662 7064 192 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7064 193 , , , 1662 7064 194 between between IN 1662 7064 195 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7064 196 and and CC 1662 7064 197 the the DT 1662 7064 198 North North NNP 1662 7064 199 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 7064 200 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7064 201 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7064 202 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7064 203 : : : 1662 7064 204 60 60 CD 1662 7064 205 00 00 NFP 1662 7064 206 N n CD 1662 7064 207 , , , 1662 7064 208 100 100 CD 1662 7064 209 00 00 CD 1662 7064 210 E e NN 1662 7064 211 Map Map NNP 1662 7064 212 references reference NNS 1662 7064 213 : : : 1662 7064 214 Asia Asia NNP 1662 7064 215 Area Area NNP 1662 7064 216 : : : 1662 7064 217 total total NN 1662 7064 218 : : : 1662 7064 219 17,075,200 17,075,200 CD 1662 7064 220 sq sq IN 1662 7064 221 km km NNP 1662 7064 222 land land NN 1662 7064 223 : : : 1662 7064 224 16,995,800 16,995,800 CD 1662 7064 225 sq sq NNP 1662 7064 226 km km NNP 1662 7064 227 water water NN 1662 7064 228 : : : 1662 7064 229 79,400 79,400 CD 1662 7064 230 sq sq RB 1662 7064 231 km km NNP 1662 7064 232 Area area NN 1662 7064 233 - - HYPH 1662 7064 234 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7064 235 : : : 1662 7064 236 slightly slightly RB 1662 7064 237 less less JJR 1662 7064 238 than than IN 1662 7064 239 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 7064 240 times time NNS 1662 7064 241 the the DT 1662 7064 242 size size NN 1662 7064 243 of of IN 1662 7064 244 the the DT 1662 7064 245 US US NNP 1662 7064 246 Land Land NNP 1662 7064 247 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7064 248 : : : 1662 7064 249 total total JJ 1662 7064 250 : : : 1662 7064 251 19,917 19,917 CD 1662 7064 252 km km NN 1662 7064 253 border border NN 1662 7064 254 countries country NNS 1662 7064 255 : : : 1662 7064 256 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 7064 257 284 284 CD 1662 7064 258 km km NNS 1662 7064 259 , , , 1662 7064 260 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 7064 261 959 959 CD 1662 7064 262 km km NNS 1662 7064 263 , , , 1662 7064 264 China China 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Lithuania Lithuania NNP 1662 7064 304 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7064 305 Kaliningrad Kaliningrad NNP 1662 7064 306 Oblast Oblast NNP 1662 7064 307 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7064 308 227 227 CD 1662 7064 309 km km NNS 1662 7064 310 , , , 1662 7064 311 Mongolia Mongolia NNP 1662 7064 312 3,441 3,441 CD 1662 7064 313 km km NN 1662 7064 314 , , , 1662 7064 315 Norway Norway NNP 1662 7064 316 167 167 CD 1662 7064 317 km km NN 1662 7064 318 , , , 1662 7064 319 Poland Poland NNP 1662 7064 320 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7064 321 Kaliningrad Kaliningrad NNP 1662 7064 322 Oblast Oblast NNP 1662 7064 323 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7064 324 206 206 CD 1662 7064 325 km km NN 1662 7064 326 , , , 1662 7064 327 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 7064 328 1,576 1,576 CD 1662 7064 329 km km NN 1662 7064 330 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7064 331 : : : 1662 7064 332 37,653 37,653 CD 1662 7064 333 km km NN 1662 7064 334 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7064 335 claims claim VBZ 1662 7064 336 : : : 1662 7064 337 continental continental NNP 1662 7064 338 shelf shelf NNP 1662 7064 339 : : : 1662 7064 340 200-m 200-m CD 1662 7064 341 depth depth NN 1662 7064 342 or or CC 1662 7064 343 to to IN 1662 7064 344 the the DT 1662 7064 345 depth depth NN 1662 7064 346 of of IN 1662 7064 347 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 7064 348 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 7064 349 economic economic JJ 1662 7064 350 zone zone NN 1662 7064 351 : : : 1662 7064 352 200 200 CD 1662 7064 353 nm nm CD 1662 7064 354 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7064 355 sea sea NN 1662 7064 356 : : : 1662 7064 357 12 12 CD 1662 7064 358 nm nm NNP 1662 7064 359 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7064 360 : : : 1662 7064 361 ranges range VBZ 1662 7064 362 from from IN 1662 7064 363 steppes steppe NNS 1662 7064 364 in in IN 1662 7064 365 the the DT 1662 7064 366 south south NN 1662 7064 367 through through IN 1662 7064 368 humid humid JJ 1662 7064 369 continental continental NN 1662 7064 370 in in IN 1662 7064 371 much much JJ 1662 7064 372 of of IN 1662 7064 373 European european JJ 1662 7064 374 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7064 375 ; ; , 1662 7064 376 subarctic subarctic JJ 1662 7064 377 in in IN 1662 7064 378 Siberia Siberia NNP 1662 7064 379 to to IN 1662 7064 380 tundra tundra NNP 1662 7064 381 climate climate NN 1662 7064 382 in in IN 1662 7064 383 the the DT 1662 7064 384 polar polar JJ 1662 7064 385 north north NN 1662 7064 386 ; ; : 1662 7064 387 winters winter NNS 1662 7064 388 vary vary VBP 1662 7064 389 from from IN 1662 7064 390 cool cool JJ 1662 7064 391 along along IN 1662 7064 392 Black Black NNP 1662 7064 393 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7064 394 coast coast NN 1662 7064 395 to to IN 1662 7064 396 frigid frigid VB 1662 7064 397 in in IN 1662 7064 398 Siberia Siberia NNP 1662 7064 399 ; ; : 1662 7064 400 summers summer NNS 1662 7064 401 vary vary VBP 1662 7064 402 from from IN 1662 7064 403 warm warm JJ 1662 7064 404 in in IN 1662 7064 405 the the DT 1662 7064 406 steppes steppe NNS 1662 7064 407 to to TO 1662 7064 408 cool cool VB 1662 7064 409 along along IN 1662 7064 410 Arctic Arctic NNP 1662 7064 411 coast coast NN 1662 7064 412 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7064 413 : : : 1662 7064 414 broad broad JJ 1662 7064 415 plain plain JJ 1662 7064 416 with with IN 1662 7064 417 low low JJ 1662 7064 418 hills hill NNS 1662 7064 419 west west RB 1662 7064 420 of of IN 1662 7064 421 Urals ural NNS 1662 7064 422 ; ; : 1662 7064 423 vast vast JJ 1662 7064 424 coniferous coniferous JJ 1662 7064 425 forest forest NN 1662 7064 426 and and CC 1662 7064 427 tundra tundra VBD 1662 7064 428 in in IN 1662 7064 429 Siberia Siberia NNP 1662 7064 430 ; ; : 1662 7064 431 uplands upland NNS 1662 7064 432 and and CC 1662 7064 433 mountains mountain NNS 1662 7064 434 along along IN 1662 7064 435 southern southern JJ 1662 7064 436 border border NN 1662 7064 437 regions region NNS 1662 7064 438 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7064 439 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7064 440 : : : 1662 7064 441 lowest low JJS 1662 7064 442 point point NN 1662 7064 443 : : : 1662 7064 444 Caspian Caspian NNP 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7064 481 formidable formidable JJ 1662 7064 482 obstacles obstacle NNS 1662 7064 483 of of IN 1662 7064 484 climate climate NN 1662 7064 485 , , , 1662 7064 486 terrain terrain NN 1662 7064 487 , , , 1662 7064 488 and and CC 1662 7064 489 distance distance NN 1662 7064 490 hinder hinder NN 1662 7064 491 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 7064 492 of of IN 1662 7064 493 natural natural JJ 1662 7064 494 resources resource NNS 1662 7064 495 Land Land NNP 1662 7064 496 use use NN 1662 7064 497 : : : 1662 7064 498 arable arable JJ 1662 7064 499 land land NN 1662 7064 500 : : : 1662 7064 501 8 8 CD 1662 7064 502 % % NN 1662 7064 503 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7064 504 crops crop NNS 1662 7064 505 : : : 1662 7064 506 0 0 CD 1662 7064 507 % % NN 1662 7064 508 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7064 509 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7064 510 : : : 1662 7064 511 4 4 CD 1662 7064 512 % % NN 1662 7064 513 forests forest NNS 1662 7064 514 and and CC 1662 7064 515 woodland woodland JJ 1662 7064 516 : : : 1662 7064 517 46 46 CD 1662 7064 518 % % NN 1662 7064 519 other other JJ 1662 7064 520 : : : 1662 7064 521 42 42 CD 1662 7064 522 % % NN 1662 7064 523 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7064 524 1993 1993 CD 1662 7064 525 est est NNP 1662 7064 526 . . . 1662 7064 527 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7065 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7065 2 land land NN 1662 7065 3 : : : 1662 7065 4 40,000 40,000 CD 1662 7065 5 sq sq NNP 1662 7065 6 km km NNP 1662 7065 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7065 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 7065 9 est est NNP 1662 7065 10 . . . 1662 7065 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7066 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 7066 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7066 3 : : : 1662 7066 4 permafrost permafrost VBP 1662 7066 5 over over IN 1662 7066 6 much much JJ 1662 7066 7 of of IN 1662 7066 8 Siberia Siberia NNP 1662 7066 9 is be VBZ 1662 7066 10 a a DT 1662 7066 11 major major JJ 1662 7066 12 impediment impediment NN 1662 7066 13 to to IN 1662 7066 14 development development NN 1662 7066 15 ; ; : 1662 7066 16 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 7066 17 activity activity NN 1662 7066 18 in in IN 1662 7066 19 the the DT 1662 7066 20 Kuril Kuril NNP 1662 7066 21 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 7066 22 ; ; : 1662 7066 23 volcanoes volcano NNS 1662 7066 24 and and CC 1662 7066 25 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 7066 26 on on IN 1662 7066 27 the the DT 1662 7066 28 Kamchatka Kamchatka NNP 1662 7066 29 Peninsula Peninsula NNP 1662 7066 30 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7066 31 - - HYPH 1662 7066 32 current current JJ 1662 7066 33 issues issue NNS 1662 7066 34 : : : 1662 7066 35 air air NN 1662 7066 36 pollution pollution NN 1662 7066 37 from from IN 1662 7066 38 heavy heavy JJ 1662 7066 39 industry industry NN 1662 7066 40 , , , 1662 7066 41 emissions emission NNS 1662 7066 42 of of IN 1662 7066 43 coal coal NN 1662 7066 44 - - HYPH 1662 7066 45 fired fire VBN 1662 7066 46 electric electric JJ 1662 7066 47 plants plant NNS 1662 7066 48 , , , 1662 7066 49 and and CC 1662 7066 50 transportation transportation NN 1662 7066 51 in in IN 1662 7066 52 major major JJ 1662 7066 53 cities city NNS 1662 7066 54 ; ; : 1662 7066 55 industrial industrial JJ 1662 7066 56 and and CC 1662 7066 57 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 7066 58 pollution pollution NN 1662 7066 59 of of IN 1662 7066 60 inland inland NN 1662 7066 61 waterways waterway NNS 1662 7066 62 and and CC 1662 7066 63 sea sea NN 1662 7066 64 coasts coast NNS 1662 7066 65 ; ; , 1662 7066 66 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 7066 67 ; ; , 1662 7066 68 soil soil NN 1662 7066 69 erosion erosion NN 1662 7066 70 ; ; , 1662 7066 71 soil soil NN 1662 7066 72 contamination contamination NN 1662 7066 73 from from IN 1662 7066 74 improper improper JJ 1662 7066 75 application application NN 1662 7066 76 of of IN 1662 7066 77 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 7066 78 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 7066 79 ; ; , 1662 7066 80 scattered scatter VBN 1662 7066 81 areas area NNS 1662 7066 82 of of IN 1662 7066 83 sometimes sometimes RB 1662 7066 84 intense intense JJ 1662 7066 85 radioactive radioactive JJ 1662 7066 86 contamination contamination NN 1662 7066 87 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7066 88 - - HYPH 1662 7066 89 international international JJ 1662 7066 90 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7066 91 : : : 1662 7066 92 party party NN 1662 7066 93 to to TO 1662 7066 94 : : : 1662 7066 95 Air Air NNP 1662 7066 96 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7066 97 , , , 1662 7066 98 Air Air NNP 1662 7066 99 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7066 100 - - HYPH 1662 7066 101 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 7066 102 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 7066 103 , , , 1662 7066 104 Air Air NNP 1662 7066 105 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7066 106 - - HYPH 1662 7066 107 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 7066 108 85 85 CD 1662 7066 109 , , , 1662 7066 110 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 7066 111 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 7066 112 , , , 1662 7066 113 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 7066 114 , , , 1662 7066 115 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7066 116 Change Change NNP 1662 7066 117 , , , 1662 7066 118 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 7066 119 Species Species NNPS 1662 7066 120 , , , 1662 7066 121 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 7066 122 Modification Modification NNP 1662 7066 123 , , , 1662 7066 124 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 7066 125 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 7066 126 , , , 1662 7066 127 Marine Marine NNP 1662 7066 128 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 7066 129 , , , 1662 7066 130 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 7066 131 Test Test NNP 1662 7066 132 Ban Ban NNP 1662 7066 133 , , , 1662 7066 134 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 7066 135 Layer Layer NNP 1662 7066 136 Protection Protection NNP 1662 7066 137 , , , 1662 7066 138 Ship Ship NNP 1662 7066 139 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7066 140 , , , 1662 7066 141 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 7066 142 Timber Timber NNP 1662 7066 143 83 83 CD 1662 7066 144 , , , 1662 7066 145 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 7066 146 signed sign VBD 1662 7066 147 , , , 1662 7066 148 but but CC 1662 7066 149 not not RB 1662 7066 150 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7066 151 : : : 1662 7066 152 Air Air NNP 1662 7066 153 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7066 154 - - HYPH 1662 7066 155 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 7066 156 94 94 CD 1662 7066 157 , , , 1662 7066 158 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 7066 159 - - HYPH 1662 7066 160 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 7066 161 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 7066 162 , , , 1662 7066 163 Law Law NNP 1662 7066 164 of of IN 1662 7066 165 the the DT 1662 7066 166 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7066 167 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7066 168 - - HYPH 1662 7066 169 note note NN 1662 7066 170 : : : 1662 7066 171 largest large JJS 1662 7066 172 country country NN 1662 7066 173 in in IN 1662 7066 174 the the DT 1662 7066 175 world world NN 1662 7066 176 in in IN 1662 7066 177 terms term NNS 1662 7066 178 of of IN 1662 7066 179 area area NN 1662 7066 180 but but CC 1662 7066 181 unfavorably unfavorably RB 1662 7066 182 located locate VBN 1662 7066 183 in in IN 1662 7066 184 relation relation NN 1662 7066 185 to to IN 1662 7066 186 major major JJ 1662 7066 187 sea sea NN 1662 7066 188 lanes lane NNS 1662 7066 189 of of IN 1662 7066 190 the the DT 1662 7066 191 world world NN 1662 7066 192 ; ; , 1662 7066 193 despite despite IN 1662 7066 194 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7066 195 size size NN 1662 7066 196 , , , 1662 7066 197 much much JJ 1662 7066 198 of of IN 1662 7066 199 the the DT 1662 7066 200 country country NN 1662 7066 201 lacks lack VBZ 1662 7066 202 proper proper JJ 1662 7066 203 soils soil NNS 1662 7066 204 and and CC 1662 7066 205 climates climate VBZ 1662 7066 206 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7066 207 either either CC 1662 7066 208 too too RB 1662 7066 209 cold cold JJ 1662 7066 210 or or CC 1662 7066 211 too too RB 1662 7066 212 dry dry JJ 1662 7066 213 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7066 214 for for IN 1662 7066 215 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7066 216 @Russia @Russia NNP 1662 7066 217 : : : 1662 7066 218 People People NNP 1662 7066 219 Population Population NNP 1662 7066 220 : : : 1662 7066 221 147,305,569 147,305,569 LS 1662 7066 222 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7066 223 July July NNP 1662 7066 224 1997 1997 CD 1662 7066 225 est est NNP 1662 7066 226 . . . 1662 7066 227 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7067 1 Age age NN 1662 7067 2 structure structure NN 1662 7067 3 : : : 1662 7067 4 0 0 CD 1662 7067 5 - - HYPH 1662 7067 6 14 14 CD 1662 7067 7 years year NNS 1662 7067 8 : : : 1662 7067 9 20 20 CD 1662 7067 10 % % NN 1662 7067 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7067 12 male male NN 1662 7067 13 15,258,810 15,258,810 CD 1662 7067 14 ; ; : 1662 7067 15 female female JJ 1662 7067 16 14,683,485 14,683,485 CD 1662 7067 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7067 18 15 15 CD 1662 7067 19 - - SYM 1662 7067 20 64 64 CD 1662 7067 21 years year NNS 1662 7067 22 : : : 1662 7067 23 67 67 CD 1662 7067 24 % % NN 1662 7067 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7067 26 male male JJ 1662 7067 27 47,945,470 47,945,470 CD 1662 7067 28 ; ; : 1662 7067 29 female female JJ 1662 7067 30 51,067,792 51,067,792 CD 1662 7067 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7067 32 65 65 CD 1662 7067 33 years year NNS 1662 7067 34 and and CC 1662 7067 35 over over IN 1662 7067 36 : : : 1662 7067 37 13 13 CD 1662 7067 38 % % NN 1662 7067 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7067 40 male male JJ 1662 7067 41 5,645,915 5,645,915 CD 1662 7067 42 ; ; : 1662 7067 43 female female JJ 1662 7067 44 12,704,097 12,704,097 CD 1662 7067 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7067 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7067 47 July July NNP 1662 7067 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7067 49 est est NNP 1662 7067 50 . . . 1662 7067 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7068 1 Population population NN 1662 7068 2 growth growth NN 1662 7068 3 rate rate NN 1662 7068 4 : : : 1662 7068 5 -0.29 -0.29 CD 1662 7068 6 % % NN 1662 7068 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7068 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7068 9 est est NNP 1662 7068 10 . . . 1662 7068 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7069 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7069 2 rate rate NN 1662 7069 3 : : : 1662 7069 4 9.52 9.52 CD 1662 7069 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 7069 6 population population NN 1662 7069 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7069 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7069 9 est est NNP 1662 7069 10 . . . 1662 7069 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7070 1 Death death NN 1662 7070 2 rate rate NN 1662 7070 3 : : : 1662 7070 4 14.84 14.84 CD 1662 7070 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7070 6 population population NN 1662 7070 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7070 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7070 9 est est NNP 1662 7070 10 . . . 1662 7070 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7071 1 Net net JJ 1662 7071 2 migration migration NN 1662 7071 3 rate rate NN 1662 7071 4 : : : 1662 7071 5 2.38 2.38 CD 1662 7071 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 7071 7 population population NN 1662 7071 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7071 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7071 10 est est NNP 1662 7071 11 . . . 1662 7071 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7072 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7072 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7072 3 : : : 1662 7072 4 at at IN 1662 7072 5 birth birth NN 1662 7072 6 : : : 1662 7072 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 7072 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7072 9 under under IN 1662 7072 10 15 15 CD 1662 7072 11 years year NNS 1662 7072 12 : : : 1662 7072 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 7072 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7072 15 15 15 CD 1662 7072 16 - - HYPH 1662 7072 17 64 64 CD 1662 7072 18 years year NNS 1662 7072 19 : : : 1662 7072 20 0.94 0.94 CD 1662 7072 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7072 22 65 65 CD 1662 7072 23 years year NNS 1662 7072 24 and and CC 1662 7072 25 over over IN 1662 7072 26 : : : 1662 7072 27 0.44 0.44 CD 1662 7072 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7072 29 total total JJ 1662 7072 30 population population NN 1662 7072 31 : : : 1662 7072 32 0.88 0.88 CD 1662 7072 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7072 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7072 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7072 36 est e JJS 1662 7072 37 . . . 1662 7072 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7073 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7073 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7073 3 rate rate NN 1662 7073 4 : : : 1662 7073 5 23.5 23.5 CD 1662 7073 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7073 7 live live JJ 1662 7073 8 births birth NNS 1662 7073 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7073 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7073 11 est est NNP 1662 7073 12 . . . 1662 7073 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7074 1 Life life NN 1662 7074 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7074 3 at at IN 1662 7074 4 birth birth NN 1662 7074 5 : : : 1662 7074 6 total total JJ 1662 7074 7 population population NN 1662 7074 8 : : : 1662 7074 9 64.81 64.81 CD 1662 7074 10 years year NNS 1662 7074 11 male male JJ 1662 7074 12 : : : 1662 7074 13 58.39 58.39 CD 1662 7074 14 years year NNS 1662 7074 15 female female JJ 1662 7074 16 : : : 1662 7074 17 71.56 71.56 CD 1662 7074 18 years year NNS 1662 7074 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7074 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 7074 21 est est NNP 1662 7074 22 . . . 1662 7074 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7075 1 Total total JJ 1662 7075 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7075 3 rate rate NN 1662 7075 4 : : : 1662 7075 5 1.35 1.35 CD 1662 7075 6 children child NNS 1662 7075 7 born bear VBN 1662 7075 8 / / SYM 1662 7075 9 woman woman NN 1662 7075 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7075 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7075 12 est est NNP 1662 7075 13 . . . 1662 7075 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7076 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7076 2 : : : 1662 7076 3 noun noun NNP 1662 7076 4 : : : 1662 7076 5 Russian(s Russian(s NNP 1662 7076 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7076 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 7076 8 : : : 1662 7076 9 Russian russian JJ 1662 7076 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7076 11 groups group NNS 1662 7076 12 : : : 1662 7076 13 Russian russian JJ 1662 7076 14 81.5 81.5 CD 1662 7076 15 % % NN 1662 7076 16 , , , 1662 7076 17 Tatar Tatar NNP 1662 7076 18 3.8 3.8 CD 1662 7076 19 % % NN 1662 7076 20 , , , 1662 7076 21 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 7076 22 3 3 CD 1662 7076 23 % % NN 1662 7076 24 , , , 1662 7076 25 Chuvash Chuvash NNP 1662 7076 26 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 7076 27 % % NN 1662 7076 28 , , , 1662 7076 29 Bashkir Bashkir NNP 1662 7076 30 0.9 0.9 CD 1662 7076 31 % % NN 1662 7076 32 , , , 1662 7076 33 Byelorussian byelorussian JJ 1662 7076 34 0.8 0.8 CD 1662 7076 35 % % NN 1662 7076 36 , , , 1662 7076 37 Moldavian Moldavian NNP 1662 7076 38 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 7076 39 % % NN 1662 7076 40 , , , 1662 7076 41 other other JJ 1662 7076 42 8.1 8.1 CD 1662 7076 43 % % NN 1662 7076 44 Religions religion NNS 1662 7076 45 : : : 1662 7076 46 Russian Russian NNP 1662 7076 47 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 7076 48 , , , 1662 7076 49 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 7076 50 , , , 1662 7076 51 other other JJ 1662 7076 52 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 7076 53 : : : 1662 7076 54 Russian russian JJ 1662 7076 55 , , , 1662 7076 56 other other JJ 1662 7076 57 Literacy literacy NN 1662 7076 58 : : : 1662 7076 59 definition definition NN 1662 7076 60 : : : 1662 7076 61 age age NN 1662 7076 62 15 15 CD 1662 7076 63 and and CC 1662 7076 64 over over RB 1662 7076 65 can can MD 1662 7076 66 read read VB 1662 7076 67 and and CC 1662 7076 68 write write VB 1662 7076 69 total total JJ 1662 7076 70 population population NN 1662 7076 71 : : : 1662 7076 72 98 98 CD 1662 7076 73 % % NN 1662 7076 74 male male NN 1662 7076 75 : : : 1662 7076 76 100 100 CD 1662 7076 77 % % NN 1662 7076 78 female female JJ 1662 7076 79 : : : 1662 7076 80 97 97 CD 1662 7076 81 % % NN 1662 7076 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7076 83 1989 1989 CD 1662 7076 84 est est NNP 1662 7076 85 . . . 1662 7076 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 1 @Russia @Russia NNP 1662 7077 2 : : : 1662 7077 3 Government Government NNP 1662 7077 4 Country Country NNP 1662 7077 5 name name NN 1662 7077 6 : : : 1662 7077 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7077 8 long long JJ 1662 7077 9 form form NN 1662 7077 10 : : : 1662 7077 11 Russian Russian NNP 1662 7077 12 Federation Federation NNP 1662 7077 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7077 14 short short JJ 1662 7077 15 form form NN 1662 7077 16 : : : 1662 7077 17 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7077 18 local local JJ 1662 7077 19 long long JJ 1662 7077 20 form form NN 1662 7077 21 : : : 1662 7077 22 Rossiyskaya Rossiyskaya NNP 1662 7077 23 Federatsiya Federatsiya NNP 1662 7077 24 local local JJ 1662 7077 25 short short JJ 1662 7077 26 form form NN 1662 7077 27 : : : 1662 7077 28 Rossiya Rossiya NNP 1662 7077 29 former former JJ 1662 7077 30 : : : 1662 7077 31 Russian russian JJ 1662 7077 32 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 7077 33 Federative Federative NNP 1662 7077 34 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 7077 35 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7077 36 Data Data NNP 1662 7077 37 code code NN 1662 7077 38 : : : 1662 7077 39 RS RS NNP 1662 7077 40 Government Government NNP 1662 7077 41 type type NN 1662 7077 42 : : : 1662 7077 43 federation federation NN 1662 7077 44 National national JJ 1662 7077 45 capital capital NN 1662 7077 46 : : : 1662 7077 47 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 7077 48 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 7077 49 divisions division NNS 1662 7077 50 : : : 1662 7077 51 49 49 CD 1662 7077 52 oblasts oblast NNS 1662 7077 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 54 oblastey oblastey RB 1662 7077 55 , , , 1662 7077 56 singular singular JJ 1662 7077 57 - - HYPH 1662 7077 58 oblast oblast JJ 1662 7077 59 ' ' '' 1662 7077 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 61 , , , 1662 7077 62 21 21 CD 1662 7077 63 autonomous autonomous JJ 1662 7077 64 republics republic NNS 1662 7077 65 * * NFP 1662 7077 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 67 avtonomnyk avtonomnyk NNP 1662 7077 68 respublik respublik NNP 1662 7077 69 , , , 1662 7077 70 singular singular NNP 1662 7077 71 - - HYPH 1662 7077 72 avtonomnaya avtonomnaya NNP 1662 7077 73 respublika respublika NNP 1662 7077 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 75 , , , 1662 7077 76 10 10 CD 1662 7077 77 autonomous autonomous JJ 1662 7077 78 okrugs**(avtonomnykh okrugs**(avtonomnykh JJ 1662 7077 79 okrugov okrugov NN 1662 7077 80 , , , 1662 7077 81 singular singular JJ 1662 7077 82 - - HYPH 1662 7077 83 avtonomnyy avtonomnyy NN 1662 7077 84 okrug okrug NN 1662 7077 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 86 , , , 1662 7077 87 6 6 CD 1662 7077 88 krays kray NNS 1662 7077 89 * * NFP 1662 7077 90 * * NFP 1662 7077 91 * * NFP 1662 7077 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 93 krayev krayev NNP 1662 7077 94 , , , 1662 7077 95 singular singular NNP 1662 7077 96 - - HYPH 1662 7077 97 kray kray NNP 1662 7077 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 99 , , , 1662 7077 100 2 2 CD 1662 7077 101 federal federal JJ 1662 7077 102 cities city NNS 1662 7077 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 104 singular singular JJ 1662 7077 105 - - HYPH 1662 7077 106 gorod gorod NN 1662 7077 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 108 * * NFP 1662 7077 109 * * NFP 1662 7077 110 * * NFP 1662 7077 111 * * NFP 1662 7077 112 , , , 1662 7077 113 and and CC 1662 7077 114 1 1 CD 1662 7077 115 autonomous autonomous JJ 1662 7077 116 oblast*****(avtonomnaya oblast*****(avtonomnaya HYPH 1662 7077 117 oblast oblast NN 1662 7077 118 ' ' '' 1662 7077 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 120 ; ; : 1662 7077 121 Adygeya Adygeya NNP 1662 7077 122 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 123 Maykop Maykop NNP 1662 7077 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 125 * * NFP 1662 7077 126 , , , 1662 7077 127 Aginskiy Aginskiy NNP 1662 7077 128 Buryatskiy Buryatskiy NNP 1662 7077 129 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 130 Aginskoye Aginskoye NNP 1662 7077 131 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 132 * * NFP 1662 7077 133 * * NFP 1662 7077 134 , , , 1662 7077 135 Altay Altay NNP 1662 7077 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 137 Gorno Gorno NNP 1662 7077 138 - - HYPH 1662 7077 139 Altaysk Altaysk NNP 1662 7077 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 141 * * NFP 1662 7077 142 , , , 1662 7077 143 Altayskiy Altayskiy NNP 1662 7077 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 145 Barnaul Barnaul NNP 1662 7077 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 147 * * NFP 1662 7077 148 * * NFP 1662 7077 149 * * NFP 1662 7077 150 , , , 1662 7077 151 Amurskaya Amurskaya NNP 1662 7077 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 153 Blagoveshchensk Blagoveshchensk NNP 1662 7077 154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 155 , , , 1662 7077 156 Arkhangel'skaya Arkhangel'skaya NNP 1662 7077 157 , , , 1662 7077 158 Astrakhanskaya Astrakhanskaya NNP 1662 7077 159 , , , 1662 7077 160 Bashkortostan Bashkortostan NNP 1662 7077 161 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 162 Ufa Ufa NNP 1662 7077 163 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 164 * * NFP 1662 7077 165 , , , 1662 7077 166 Belgorodskaya Belgorodskaya NNP 1662 7077 167 , , , 1662 7077 168 Bryanskaya Bryanskaya NNP 1662 7077 169 , , , 1662 7077 170 Buryatiya Buryatiya NNP 1662 7077 171 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 172 Ulan Ulan NNP 1662 7077 173 - - HYPH 1662 7077 174 Ude Ude NNP 1662 7077 175 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 176 * * NFP 1662 7077 177 , , , 1662 7077 178 Chechnya Chechnya NNP 1662 7077 179 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 180 Groznyy Groznyy NNP 1662 7077 181 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 182 * * NFP 1662 7077 183 , , , 1662 7077 184 Chelyabinskaya Chelyabinskaya NNP 1662 7077 185 , , , 1662 7077 186 Chitinskaya Chitinskaya NNP 1662 7077 187 , , , 1662 7077 188 Chukotskiy Chukotskiy NNP 1662 7077 189 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 190 Anadyr Anadyr NNP 1662 7077 191 ' ' POS 1662 7077 192 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 193 * * NFP 1662 7077 194 * * NFP 1662 7077 195 , , , 1662 7077 196 Chuvashiya Chuvashiya NNP 1662 7077 197 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 198 Cheboksary Cheboksary NNP 1662 7077 199 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 200 * * NFP 1662 7077 201 , , , 1662 7077 202 Dagestan Dagestan NNP 1662 7077 203 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 204 Makhachkala Makhachkala NNP 1662 7077 205 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 206 * * NFP 1662 7077 207 , , , 1662 7077 208 Evenkiyskiy Evenkiyskiy NNP 1662 7077 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 210 Tura Tura NNP 1662 7077 211 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 212 * * NFP 1662 7077 213 * * NFP 1662 7077 214 , , , 1662 7077 215 Ingushetiya Ingushetiya NNP 1662 7077 216 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 217 Nazran Nazran NNP 1662 7077 218 ' ' '' 1662 7077 219 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 220 * * NFP 1662 7077 221 , , , 1662 7077 222 Irkutskaya Irkutskaya NNP 1662 7077 223 , , , 1662 7077 224 Ivanovskaya Ivanovskaya NNP 1662 7077 225 , , , 1662 7077 226 Kabardino Kabardino NNP 1662 7077 227 - - HYPH 1662 7077 228 Balkariya Balkariya NNP 1662 7077 229 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 230 Nal'chik Nal'chik NNP 1662 7077 231 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 232 * * NFP 1662 7077 233 , , , 1662 7077 234 Kaliningradskaya Kaliningradskaya NNP 1662 7077 235 , , , 1662 7077 236 Kalmykiya Kalmykiya NNP 1662 7077 237 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 238 Elista Elista NNP 1662 7077 239 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 240 * * NFP 1662 7077 241 , , , 1662 7077 242 Kaluzkskaya Kaluzkskaya NNP 1662 7077 243 , , , 1662 7077 244 Kamchatskaya Kamchatskaya NNP 1662 7077 245 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 246 Petropavlovsk Petropavlovsk NNP 1662 7077 247 - - HYPH 1662 7077 248 Kamchatskiy Kamchatskiy NNP 1662 7077 249 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 250 , , , 1662 7077 251 Karachayevo Karachayevo NNP 1662 7077 252 - - HYPH 1662 7077 253 Cherkesiya Cherkesiya NNP 1662 7077 254 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 255 Cherkessk Cherkessk NNP 1662 7077 256 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 257 * * NFP 1662 7077 258 , , , 1662 7077 259 Kareliya Kareliya NNP 1662 7077 260 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 261 Petrozavodsk Petrozavodsk NNP 1662 7077 262 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 263 * * NFP 1662 7077 264 , , , 1662 7077 265 Kemerovskaya Kemerovskaya NNP 1662 7077 266 , , , 1662 7077 267 Khabarovskiy Khabarovskiy NNP 1662 7077 268 * * NFP 1662 7077 269 * * NFP 1662 7077 270 * * NFP 1662 7077 271 , , , 1662 7077 272 Khakasiya Khakasiya NNP 1662 7077 273 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 274 Abakan Abakan NNP 1662 7077 275 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 276 * * NFP 1662 7077 277 , , , 1662 7077 278 Khanty Khanty NNP 1662 7077 279 - - HYPH 1662 7077 280 Mansiyskiy Mansiyskiy NNP 1662 7077 281 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 282 Khanty Khanty NNP 1662 7077 283 - - HYPH 1662 7077 284 Mansiysk Mansiysk NNP 1662 7077 285 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 286 * * NFP 1662 7077 287 * * NFP 1662 7077 288 , , , 1662 7077 289 Kirovskaya Kirovskaya NNP 1662 7077 290 , , , 1662 7077 291 Komi Komi NNP 1662 7077 292 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 293 Syktyvkar Syktyvkar NNP 1662 7077 294 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 295 * * NFP 1662 7077 296 , , , 1662 7077 297 Koryakskiy Koryakskiy NNP 1662 7077 298 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 299 Palana Palana NNP 1662 7077 300 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 301 * * NFP 1662 7077 302 * * NFP 1662 7077 303 , , , 1662 7077 304 Kostromskaya Kostromskaya NNP 1662 7077 305 , , , 1662 7077 306 Krasnodarskiy Krasnodarskiy NNP 1662 7077 307 * * NFP 1662 7077 308 * * NFP 1662 7077 309 * * NFP 1662 7077 310 , , , 1662 7077 311 Krasnoyarskiy Krasnoyarskiy NNP 1662 7077 312 * * NFP 1662 7077 313 * * NFP 1662 7077 314 * * NFP 1662 7077 315 , , , 1662 7077 316 Kurganskaya Kurganskaya NNP 1662 7077 317 , , , 1662 7077 318 Kurskaya Kurskaya NNP 1662 7077 319 , , , 1662 7077 320 Leningradskaya Leningradskaya NNP 1662 7077 321 , , , 1662 7077 322 Lipetskaya Lipetskaya NNP 1662 7077 323 , , , 1662 7077 324 Magadanskaya Magadanskaya NNP 1662 7077 325 , , , 1662 7077 326 Mariy Mariy NNP 1662 7077 327 - - HYPH 1662 7077 328 El El NNP 1662 7077 329 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 330 Yoshkar Yoshkar NNP 1662 7077 331 - - HYPH 1662 7077 332 Ola Ola NNP 1662 7077 333 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 334 * * NFP 1662 7077 335 , , , 1662 7077 336 Mordoviya Mordoviya NNP 1662 7077 337 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 338 Saransk Saransk NNP 1662 7077 339 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 340 * * NFP 1662 7077 341 , , , 1662 7077 342 Moskovskaya Moskovskaya NNP 1662 7077 343 , , , 1662 7077 344 Moskva moskva NN 1662 7077 345 * * NFP 1662 7077 346 * * NFP 1662 7077 347 * * NFP 1662 7077 348 * * NFP 1662 7077 349 , , , 1662 7077 350 Murmanskaya Murmanskaya NNP 1662 7077 351 , , , 1662 7077 352 Nenetskiy Nenetskiy NNP 1662 7077 353 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 354 Nar'yan Nar'yan NNP 1662 7077 355 - - HYPH 1662 7077 356 Mar Mar NNP 1662 7077 357 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 358 * * NFP 1662 7077 359 * * NFP 1662 7077 360 , , , 1662 7077 361 Nizhegorodskaya Nizhegorodskaya NNP 1662 7077 362 , , , 1662 7077 363 Novgorodskaya Novgorodskaya NNP 1662 7077 364 , , , 1662 7077 365 Novosibirskaya Novosibirskaya NNP 1662 7077 366 , , , 1662 7077 367 Omskaya Omskaya NNP 1662 7077 368 , , , 1662 7077 369 Orenburgskaya Orenburgskaya NNP 1662 7077 370 , , , 1662 7077 371 Penzenskaya Penzenskaya NNP 1662 7077 372 , , , 1662 7077 373 Permskaya Permskaya NNP 1662 7077 374 , , , 1662 7077 375 Komi Komi NNP 1662 7077 376 - - HYPH 1662 7077 377 Permyatskiy Permyatskiy NNP 1662 7077 378 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 379 Kudymkar Kudymkar NNP 1662 7077 380 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 381 * * NFP 1662 7077 382 * * NFP 1662 7077 383 , , , 1662 7077 384 Primorskiy Primorskiy NNP 1662 7077 385 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 386 Vladivostok Vladivostok NNP 1662 7077 387 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 388 * * NFP 1662 7077 389 * * NFP 1662 7077 390 * * NFP 1662 7077 391 , , , 1662 7077 392 Pskovskaya Pskovskaya NNP 1662 7077 393 , , , 1662 7077 394 Rostovskaya Rostovskaya NNP 1662 7077 395 , , , 1662 7077 396 Ryazanskaya Ryazanskaya NNP 1662 7077 397 , , , 1662 7077 398 Sakha Sakha NNP 1662 7077 399 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 400 Yakutiya Yakutiya NNP 1662 7077 401 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 402 * * NFP 1662 7077 403 , , , 1662 7077 404 Sakhalinskaya Sakhalinskaya NNP 1662 7077 405 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 406 Yuzhno Yuzhno NNP 1662 7077 407 - - HYPH 1662 7077 408 Sakhalinsk Sakhalinsk NNP 1662 7077 409 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 410 , , , 1662 7077 411 Samarskaya Samarskaya NNP 1662 7077 412 , , , 1662 7077 413 Sankt Sankt NNP 1662 7077 414 - - HYPH 1662 7077 415 Peterburg Peterburg NNP 1662 7077 416 * * NFP 1662 7077 417 * * NFP 1662 7077 418 * * NFP 1662 7077 419 * * NFP 1662 7077 420 , , , 1662 7077 421 Saratovskaya Saratovskaya NNP 1662 7077 422 , , , 1662 7077 423 Severnaya Severnaya NNP 1662 7077 424 Osetiya Osetiya NNP 1662 7077 425 - - HYPH 1662 7077 426 Alaniya Alaniya NNP 1662 7077 427 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 428 Vladikavkaz Vladikavkaz NNP 1662 7077 429 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 430 * * NFP 1662 7077 431 , , , 1662 7077 432 Smolenskaya Smolenskaya NNP 1662 7077 433 , , , 1662 7077 434 Stavropol'skiy Stavropol'skiy NNP 1662 7077 435 * * NFP 1662 7077 436 * * NFP 1662 7077 437 * * NFP 1662 7077 438 , , , 1662 7077 439 Sverdlovskaya Sverdlovskaya NNP 1662 7077 440 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 441 Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg NNP 1662 7077 442 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 443 , , , 1662 7077 444 Tambovskaya Tambovskaya NNP 1662 7077 445 , , , 1662 7077 446 Tatarstan Tatarstan NNP 1662 7077 447 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 448 Kazan Kazan NNP 1662 7077 449 ' ' POS 1662 7077 450 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 451 * * NFP 1662 7077 452 , , , 1662 7077 453 Taymyrskiy Taymyrskiy NNP 1662 7077 454 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 455 Dudinka Dudinka NNP 1662 7077 456 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 457 * * NFP 1662 7077 458 * * NFP 1662 7077 459 , , , 1662 7077 460 Tomskaya Tomskaya NNP 1662 7077 461 , , , 1662 7077 462 Tul'skaya Tul'skaya NNP 1662 7077 463 , , , 1662 7077 464 Tverskaya Tverskaya NNP 1662 7077 465 , , , 1662 7077 466 Tyumenskaya Tyumenskaya NNP 1662 7077 467 , , , 1662 7077 468 Tyva Tyva NNP 1662 7077 469 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 470 Kyzyl Kyzyl NNP 1662 7077 471 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 472 * * NFP 1662 7077 473 , , , 1662 7077 474 Udmurtiya Udmurtiya NNP 1662 7077 475 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 476 Izhevsk Izhevsk NNP 1662 7077 477 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 478 * * NFP 1662 7077 479 , , , 1662 7077 480 Ul'yanovskaya Ul'yanovskaya NNP 1662 7077 481 , , , 1662 7077 482 Ust'-Ordynskiy Ust'-Ordynskiy NNP 1662 7077 483 Buryatskiy Buryatskiy NNP 1662 7077 484 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 485 Ust'-Ordynskiy Ust'-Ordynskiy NNP 1662 7077 486 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 487 * * NFP 1662 7077 488 * * NFP 1662 7077 489 , , , 1662 7077 490 Vladimirskaya Vladimirskaya NNP 1662 7077 491 , , , 1662 7077 492 Volgogradskaya Volgogradskaya NNP 1662 7077 493 , , , 1662 7077 494 Vologodskaya Vologodskaya NNP 1662 7077 495 , , , 1662 7077 496 Voronezhskaya Voronezhskaya NNP 1662 7077 497 , , , 1662 7077 498 Yamalo Yamalo NNP 1662 7077 499 - - HYPH 1662 7077 500 Nenetskiy Nenetskiy NNP 1662 7077 501 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 502 Salekhard Salekhard NNP 1662 7077 503 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 504 * * NFP 1662 7077 505 * * NFP 1662 7077 506 , , , 1662 7077 507 Yaroslavskaya Yaroslavskaya NNP 1662 7077 508 , , , 1662 7077 509 Yevreyskaya Yevreyskaya NNP 1662 7077 510 * * NFP 1662 7077 511 * * NFP 1662 7077 512 * * NFP 1662 7077 513 * * NFP 1662 7077 514 * * NFP 1662 7077 515 ; ; : 1662 7077 516 note note VB 1662 7077 517 - - : 1662 7077 518 when when WRB 1662 7077 519 using use VBG 1662 7077 520 a a DT 1662 7077 521 place place NN 1662 7077 522 name name NN 1662 7077 523 with with IN 1662 7077 524 an an DT 1662 7077 525 adjectival adjectival NN 1662 7077 526 ending end VBG 1662 7077 527 ' ' `` 1662 7077 528 skaya skaya NN 1662 7077 529 ' ' '' 1662 7077 530 or or CC 1662 7077 531 ' ' `` 1662 7077 532 skiy skiy NNP 1662 7077 533 ' ' '' 1662 7077 534 , , , 1662 7077 535 the the DT 1662 7077 536 word word NN 1662 7077 537 Oblast Oblast NNP 1662 7077 538 ' ' POS 1662 7077 539 or or CC 1662 7077 540 Avonomnyy Avonomnyy NNP 1662 7077 541 Okrug Okrug NNP 1662 7077 542 or or CC 1662 7077 543 Kray Kray NNP 1662 7077 544 should should MD 1662 7077 545 be be VB 1662 7077 546 added add VBN 1662 7077 547 to to IN 1662 7077 548 the the DT 1662 7077 549 place place NN 1662 7077 550 name name NN 1662 7077 551 note note NN 1662 7077 552 : : : 1662 7077 553 the the DT 1662 7077 554 autonomous autonomous JJ 1662 7077 555 republics republic NNS 1662 7077 556 of of IN 1662 7077 557 Chechnya Chechnya NNP 1662 7077 558 and and CC 1662 7077 559 Ingushetia Ingushetia NNP 1662 7077 560 were be VBD 1662 7077 561 formerly formerly RB 1662 7077 562 the the DT 1662 7077 563 autonomous autonomous JJ 1662 7077 564 republic republic NN 1662 7077 565 of of IN 1662 7077 566 Checheno Checheno NNP 1662 7077 567 - - HYPH 1662 7077 568 Ingushetia Ingushetia NNP 1662 7077 569 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 570 the the DT 1662 7077 571 boundary boundary NN 1662 7077 572 between between IN 1662 7077 573 Chechnya Chechnya NNP 1662 7077 574 and and CC 1662 7077 575 Ingushetia Ingushetia NNP 1662 7077 576 has have VBZ 1662 7077 577 yet yet RB 1662 7077 578 to to TO 1662 7077 579 be be VB 1662 7077 580 determined determine VBN 1662 7077 581 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 582 ; ; : 1662 7077 583 the the DT 1662 7077 584 cities city NNS 1662 7077 585 of of IN 1662 7077 586 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 7077 587 and and CC 1662 7077 588 St. St. NNP 1662 7077 589 Petersburg Petersburg NNP 1662 7077 590 are be VBP 1662 7077 591 federal federal JJ 1662 7077 592 cities city NNS 1662 7077 593 ; ; : 1662 7077 594 administrative administrative JJ 1662 7077 595 divisions division NNS 1662 7077 596 have have VBP 1662 7077 597 the the DT 1662 7077 598 same same JJ 1662 7077 599 names name NNS 1662 7077 600 as as IN 1662 7077 601 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7077 602 administrative administrative JJ 1662 7077 603 centers center NNS 1662 7077 604 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 605 exceptions exception NNS 1662 7077 606 have have VBP 1662 7077 607 the the DT 1662 7077 608 administrative administrative JJ 1662 7077 609 center center NN 1662 7077 610 name name NN 1662 7077 611 following follow VBG 1662 7077 612 in in IN 1662 7077 613 parentheses parenthesis NNS 1662 7077 614 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 615 Independence independence NN 1662 7077 616 : : : 1662 7077 617 24 24 CD 1662 7077 618 August August NNP 1662 7077 619 1991 1991 CD 1662 7077 620 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 621 from from IN 1662 7077 622 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 7077 623 Union Union NNP 1662 7077 624 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 625 National national JJ 1662 7077 626 holiday holiday NN 1662 7077 627 : : : 1662 7077 628 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7077 629 Day Day NNP 1662 7077 630 , , , 1662 7077 631 June June NNP 1662 7077 632 12 12 CD 1662 7077 633 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 634 1990 1990 CD 1662 7077 635 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 636 Constitution constitution NN 1662 7077 637 : : : 1662 7077 638 adopted adopt VBN 1662 7077 639 12 12 CD 1662 7077 640 December December NNP 1662 7077 641 1993 1993 CD 1662 7077 642 Legal legal JJ 1662 7077 643 system system NN 1662 7077 644 : : : 1662 7077 645 based base VBN 1662 7077 646 on on IN 1662 7077 647 civil civil JJ 1662 7077 648 law law NN 1662 7077 649 system system NN 1662 7077 650 ; ; : 1662 7077 651 judicial judicial JJ 1662 7077 652 review review NN 1662 7077 653 of of IN 1662 7077 654 legislative legislative JJ 1662 7077 655 acts act NNS 1662 7077 656 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 7077 657 : : : 1662 7077 658 18 18 CD 1662 7077 659 years year NNS 1662 7077 660 of of IN 1662 7077 661 age age NN 1662 7077 662 ; ; : 1662 7077 663 universal universal JJ 1662 7077 664 Executive Executive NNP 1662 7077 665 branch branch NN 1662 7077 666 : : : 1662 7077 667 chief chief NN 1662 7077 668 of of IN 1662 7077 669 state state NN 1662 7077 670 : : : 1662 7077 671 President President NNP 1662 7077 672 Boris Boris NNP 1662 7077 673 Nikolayevich Nikolayevich NNP 1662 7077 674 YEL'TSIN YEL'TSIN NNP 1662 7077 675 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 676 since since IN 1662 7077 677 12 12 CD 1662 7077 678 June June NNP 1662 7077 679 1991 1991 CD 1662 7077 680 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 681 head head NN 1662 7077 682 of of IN 1662 7077 683 government government NN 1662 7077 684 : : : 1662 7077 685 Premier Premier NNP 1662 7077 686 and and CC 1662 7077 687 Chairman Chairman NNP 1662 7077 688 of of IN 1662 7077 689 the the DT 1662 7077 690 Russian Russian NNP 1662 7077 691 Federation Federation NNP 1662 7077 692 Government Government NNP 1662 7077 693 Viktor Viktor NNP 1662 7077 694 Stepanovich Stepanovich NNP 1662 7077 695 CHERNOMYRDIN CHERNOMYRDIN NNP 1662 7077 696 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 697 since since IN 1662 7077 698 14 14 CD 1662 7077 699 December December NNP 1662 7077 700 1992 1992 CD 1662 7077 701 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 702 , , , 1662 7077 703 First First NNP 1662 7077 704 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 7077 705 Premiers Premiers NNPS 1662 7077 706 and and CC 1662 7077 707 First First NNP 1662 7077 708 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 7077 709 Chairmen Chairmen NNP 1662 7077 710 of of IN 1662 7077 711 the the DT 1662 7077 712 Government Government NNP 1662 7077 713 Anatoliy Anatoliy NNP 1662 7077 714 Borisovich Borisovich NNP 1662 7077 715 CHUBAYS CHUBAYS NNP 1662 7077 716 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 717 since since IN 1662 7077 718 NA NA NNP 1662 7077 719 March March NNP 1662 7077 720 1997 1997 CD 1662 7077 721 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 722 , , , 1662 7077 723 Boris Boris NNP 1662 7077 724 Y. Y. NNP 1662 7077 725 NEMTSOV NEMTSOV NNP 1662 7077 726 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 727 since since IN 1662 7077 728 NA NA NNP 1662 7077 729 March March NNP 1662 7077 730 1997 1997 CD 1662 7077 731 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 732 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7077 733 : : : 1662 7077 734 Ministries ministry NNS 1662 7077 735 of of IN 1662 7077 736 the the DT 1662 7077 737 Government Government NNP 1662 7077 738 or or CC 1662 7077 739 " " `` 1662 7077 740 Government Government NNP 1662 7077 741 " " '' 1662 7077 742 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7077 743 by by IN 1662 7077 744 the the DT 1662 7077 745 president president NNP 1662 7077 746 note note NN 1662 7077 747 : : : 1662 7077 748 there there EX 1662 7077 749 is be VBZ 1662 7077 750 also also RB 1662 7077 751 a a DT 1662 7077 752 Presidential Presidential NNP 1662 7077 753 Administration Administration NNP 1662 7077 754 that that WDT 1662 7077 755 drafts draft VBZ 1662 7077 756 presidential presidential JJ 1662 7077 757 edicts edict NNS 1662 7077 758 and and CC 1662 7077 759 provides provide VBZ 1662 7077 760 staff staff NN 1662 7077 761 and and CC 1662 7077 762 policy policy NN 1662 7077 763 support support NN 1662 7077 764 to to IN 1662 7077 765 the the DT 1662 7077 766 entire entire JJ 1662 7077 767 executive executive JJ 1662 7077 768 branch branch NN 1662 7077 769 ; ; : 1662 7077 770 a a DT 1662 7077 771 Security Security NNP 1662 7077 772 Council Council NNP 1662 7077 773 that that WDT 1662 7077 774 was be VBD 1662 7077 775 originally originally RB 1662 7077 776 established establish VBN 1662 7077 777 as as IN 1662 7077 778 a a DT 1662 7077 779 presidential presidential JJ 1662 7077 780 advisory advisory JJ 1662 7077 781 body body NN 1662 7077 782 in in IN 1662 7077 783 June June NNP 1662 7077 784 1991 1991 CD 1662 7077 785 with with IN 1662 7077 786 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 7077 787 for for IN 1662 7077 788 managing manage VBG 1662 7077 789 individual individual JJ 1662 7077 790 and and CC 1662 7077 791 state state NN 1662 7077 792 security security NN 1662 7077 793 ; ; : 1662 7077 794 a a DT 1662 7077 795 Defense Defense NNP 1662 7077 796 Council Council NNP 1662 7077 797 and and CC 1662 7077 798 a a DT 1662 7077 799 Foreign Foreign NNP 1662 7077 800 Policy Policy NNP 1662 7077 801 Council Council NNP 1662 7077 802 formed form VBD 1662 7077 803 in in IN 1662 7077 804 July July NNP 1662 7077 805 1996 1996 CD 1662 7077 806 and and CC 1662 7077 807 October October NNP 1662 7077 808 1996 1996 CD 1662 7077 809 respectively respectively RB 1662 7077 810 elections election NNS 1662 7077 811 : : : 1662 7077 812 president president NN 1662 7077 813 elected elect VBN 1662 7077 814 by by IN 1662 7077 815 popular popular JJ 1662 7077 816 vote vote NN 1662 7077 817 for for IN 1662 7077 818 a a DT 1662 7077 819 four four CD 1662 7077 820 - - HYPH 1662 7077 821 year year NN 1662 7077 822 term term NN 1662 7077 823 ; ; : 1662 7077 824 election election NN 1662 7077 825 last last JJ 1662 7077 826 held hold VBD 1662 7077 827 16 16 CD 1662 7077 828 June June NNP 1662 7077 829 1996 1996 CD 1662 7077 830 with with IN 1662 7077 831 runoff runoff NN 1662 7077 832 election election NN 1662 7077 833 on on IN 1662 7077 834 3 3 CD 1662 7077 835 July July NNP 1662 7077 836 1996 1996 CD 1662 7077 837 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 838 next next JJ 1662 7077 839 to to TO 1662 7077 840 be be VB 1662 7077 841 held hold VBN 1662 7077 842 NA NA NNP 1662 7077 843 June June NNP 1662 7077 844 2000 2000 CD 1662 7077 845 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7077 846 ; ; : 1662 7077 847 note note VB 1662 7077 848 - - : 1662 7077 849 no no DT 1662 7077 850 vice vice NN 1662 7077 851 president president NN 1662 7077 852 ; ; : 1662 7077 853 if if IN 1662 7077 854 the the DT 1662 7077 855 president president NNP 1662 7077 856 dies die VBZ 1662 7077 857 in in IN 1662 7077 858 office office NN 1662 7077 859 , , , 1662 7077 860 can can MD 1662 7077 861 not not RB 1662 7077 862 exercise exercise VB 1662 7077 863 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7077 864 powers power NNS 1662 7077 865 because because IN 1662 7077 866 of of IN 1662 7077 867 ill ill JJ 1662 7077 868 health health NN 1662 7077 869 , , , 1662 7077 870 is be VBZ 1662 7077 871 impeached impeach VBN 1662 7077 872 , , , 1662 7077 873 or or CC 1662 7077 874 resigns resign VBZ 1662 7077 875 , , , 1662 7077 876 the the DT 1662 7077 877 premier premier NN 1662 7077 878 succeeds succeed VBZ 1662 7077 879 him -PRON- PRP 1662 7077 880 ; ; : 1662 7077 881 the the DT 1662 7077 882 premier premier NN 1662 7077 883 serves serve VBZ 1662 7077 884 as as IN 1662 7077 885 acting act VBG 1662 7077 886 president president NN 1662 7077 887 until until IN 1662 7077 888 a a DT 1662 7077 889 new new JJ 1662 7077 890 presidential presidential JJ 1662 7077 891 election election NN 1662 7077 892 is be VBZ 1662 7077 893 held hold VBN 1662 7077 894 , , , 1662 7077 895 which which WDT 1662 7077 896 must must MD 1662 7077 897 be be VB 1662 7077 898 within within IN 1662 7077 899 three three CD 1662 7077 900 months month NNS 1662 7077 901 ; ; : 1662 7077 902 premier premier NN 1662 7077 903 and and CC 1662 7077 904 deputy deputy JJ 1662 7077 905 premiers premier NNS 1662 7077 906 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7077 907 by by IN 1662 7077 908 the the DT 1662 7077 909 president president NN 1662 7077 910 with with IN 1662 7077 911 the the DT 1662 7077 912 approval approval NN 1662 7077 913 of of IN 1662 7077 914 the the DT 1662 7077 915 Duma Duma NNP 1662 7077 916 election election NN 1662 7077 917 results result NNS 1662 7077 918 : : : 1662 7077 919 Boris Boris NNP 1662 7077 920 Nikolayevich Nikolayevich NNP 1662 7077 921 YEL'TSIN YEL'TSIN NNP 1662 7077 922 elected elect VBD 1662 7077 923 president president NN 1662 7077 924 ; ; , 1662 7077 925 percent percent NN 1662 7077 926 of of IN 1662 7077 927 vote vote NN 1662 7077 928 in in IN 1662 7077 929 runoff runoff NN 1662 7077 930 - - HYPH 1662 7077 931 YEL'TSIN yel'tsin CD 1662 7077 932 54 54 CD 1662 7077 933 % % NN 1662 7077 934 , , , 1662 7077 935 Gennadiy Gennadiy NNP 1662 7077 936 ZYUGANOV ZYUGANOV VBD 1662 7077 937 40 40 CD 1662 7077 938 % % NN 1662 7077 939 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 7077 940 branch branch NN 1662 7077 941 : : : 1662 7077 942 bicameral bicameral NNP 1662 7077 943 Federal Federal NNP 1662 7077 944 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7077 945 or or CC 1662 7077 946 Federalnoe Federalnoe NNP 1662 7077 947 Sobranie Sobranie NNP 1662 7077 948 consists consist VBZ 1662 7077 949 of of IN 1662 7077 950 the the DT 1662 7077 951 Federation Federation NNP 1662 7077 952 Council Council NNP 1662 7077 953 or or CC 1662 7077 954 Sovet Sovet NNP 1662 7077 955 Federatsii Federatsii NNPS 1662 7077 956 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7077 957 178 178 CD 1662 7077 958 seats seat NNS 1662 7077 959 , , , 1662 7077 960 filled fill VBD 1662 7077 961 ex ex NN 1662 7077 962 - - NN 1662 7077 963 officio officio JJ 1662 7077 964 by by IN 1662 7077 965 the the DT 1662 7077 966 top top JJ 1662 7077 967 executive executive JJ 1662 7077 968 and and CC 1662 7077 969 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IN 1662 7077 1074 vote vote NN 1662 7077 1075 received receive VBN 1662 7077 1076 by by IN 1662 7077 1077 parties party NNS 1662 7077 1078 clearing clear VBG 1662 7077 1079 the the DT 1662 7077 1080 5 5 CD 1662 7077 1081 % % NN 1662 7077 1082 threshold threshold NN 1662 7077 1083 entitling entitle VBG 1662 7077 1084 them -PRON- PRP 1662 7077 1085 to to IN 1662 7077 1086 a a DT 1662 7077 1087 proportional proportional JJ 1662 7077 1088 share share NN 1662 7077 1089 of of IN 1662 7077 1090 the the DT 1662 7077 1091 225 225 CD 1662 7077 1092 party party NN 1662 7077 1093 list list NN 1662 7077 1094 seats seat NNS 1662 7077 1095 - - : 1662 7077 1096 Communist Communist NNP 1662 7077 1097 Party Party NNP 1662 7077 1098 of of IN 1662 7077 1099 the the DT 1662 7077 1100 Russian Russian NNP 1662 7077 1101 Federation Federation NNP 1662 7077 1102 22.3 22.3 CD 1662 7077 1103 % % NN 1662 7077 1104 , , , 1662 7077 1105 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 7077 1106 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7077 1107 Party Party NNP 1662 7077 1108 of of IN 1662 7077 1109 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7077 1110 11.2 11.2 CD 1662 7077 1111 % % NN 1662 7077 1112 , , , 1662 7077 1113 Our -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7077 1114 Home home NN 1662 7077 1115 Is be VBZ 1662 7077 1116 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7077 1117 10.1 10.1 CD 1662 7077 1118 % % NN 1662 7077 1119 , , , 1662 7077 1120 Yabloko Yabloko NNP 1662 7077 1121 Bloc Bloc NNP 1662 7077 1122 6.9 6.9 CD 1662 7077 1123 % % NN 1662 7077 1124 ; ; , 1662 7077 1125 seats seat NNS 1662 7077 1126 by by IN 1662 7077 1127 party party NN 1662 7077 1128 - - HYPH 1662 7077 1129 Communist Communist NNP 1662 7077 1130 Party Party NNP 1662 7077 1131 of of IN 1662 7077 1132 the the DT 1662 7077 1133 Russian Russian NNP 1662 7077 1134 Federation Federation NNP 1662 7077 1135 157 157 CD 1662 7077 1136 , , , 1662 7077 1137 independents independent VBZ 1662 7077 1138 78 78 CD 1662 7077 1139 , , , 1662 7077 1140 Our -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7077 1141 Home home NN 1662 7077 1142 Is be VBZ 1662 7077 1143 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7077 1144 55 55 CD 1662 7077 1145 , , , 1662 7077 1146 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 7077 1147 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7077 1148 Party Party NNP 1662 7077 1149 of of IN 1662 7077 1150 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7077 1151 51 51 CD 1662 7077 1152 , , , 1662 7077 1153 Yabloko Yabloko NNP 1662 7077 1154 Bloc Bloc NNP 1662 7077 1155 45 45 CD 1662 7077 1156 , , , 1662 7077 1157 Agrarian Agrarian NNP 1662 7077 1158 Party Party NNP 1662 7077 1159 of of IN 1662 7077 1160 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7077 1161 20 20 CD 1662 7077 1162 , , , 1662 7077 1163 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7077 1164 's 's POS 1662 7077 1165 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7077 1166 Choice Choice NNP 1662 7077 1167 9 9 CD 1662 7077 1168 , , , 1662 7077 1169 Power power NN 1662 7077 1170 To to IN 1662 7077 1171 the the DT 1662 7077 1172 People People NNS 1662 7077 1173 9 9 CD 1662 7077 1174 , , , 1662 7077 1175 Congress Congress NNP 1662 7077 1176 of of IN 1662 7077 1177 Russian Russian NNP 1662 7077 1178 Communities Communities NNP 1662 7077 1179 5 5 CD 1662 7077 1180 , , , 1662 7077 1181 Forward Forward NNP 1662 7077 1182 , , , 1662 7077 1183 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7077 1184 ! ! . 1662 7078 1 3 3 LS 1662 7078 2 , , , 1662 7078 3 Women Women NNP 1662 7078 4 of of IN 1662 7078 5 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7078 6 3 3 CD 1662 7078 7 , , , 1662 7078 8 other other JJ 1662 7078 9 parties party NNS 1662 7078 10 15 15 CD 1662 7078 11 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 7078 12 branch branch NN 1662 7078 13 : : : 1662 7078 14 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 7078 15 Court Court NNP 1662 7078 16 , , , 1662 7078 17 judges judge NNS 1662 7078 18 are be VBP 1662 7078 19 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7078 20 by by IN 1662 7078 21 the the DT 1662 7078 22 Federation Federation NNP 1662 7078 23 Council Council NNP 1662 7078 24 on on IN 1662 7078 25 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 7078 26 of of IN 1662 7078 27 the the DT 1662 7078 28 president president NN 1662 7078 29 ; ; : 1662 7078 30 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 7078 31 Court Court NNP 1662 7078 32 , , , 1662 7078 33 judges judge NNS 1662 7078 34 are be VBP 1662 7078 35 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7078 36 by by IN 1662 7078 37 the the DT 1662 7078 38 Federation Federation NNP 1662 7078 39 Council Council NNP 1662 7078 40 on on IN 1662 7078 41 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 7078 42 of of IN 1662 7078 43 the the DT 1662 7078 44 president president NN 1662 7078 45 ; ; : 1662 7078 46 Superior Superior NNP 1662 7078 47 Court Court NNP 1662 7078 48 of of IN 1662 7078 49 Arbitration Arbitration NNP 1662 7078 50 , , , 1662 7078 51 judges judge NNS 1662 7078 52 are be VBP 1662 7078 53 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7078 54 by by IN 1662 7078 55 the the DT 1662 7078 56 Federation Federation NNP 1662 7078 57 Council Council NNP 1662 7078 58 on on IN 1662 7078 59 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 7078 60 of of IN 1662 7078 61 the the DT 1662 7078 62 president president NN 1662 7078 63 Political political JJ 1662 7078 64 parties party NNS 1662 7078 65 and and CC 1662 7078 66 leaders leader NNS 1662 7078 67 : : : 1662 7078 68 pro pro JJ 1662 7078 69 - - JJ 1662 7078 70 market market JJ 1662 7078 71 democrats democrat NNS 1662 7078 72 : : : 1662 7078 73 Yabloko Yabloko NNP 1662 7078 74 Bloc Bloc NNP 1662 7078 75 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7078 76 Grigoriy Grigoriy NNP 1662 7078 77 YAVLINSKIY YAVLINSKIY NNP 1662 7078 78 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7078 79 ; ; : 1662 7078 80 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7078 81 's 's POS 1662 7078 82 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7078 83 Choice Choice NNP 1662 7078 84 Party Party NNP 1662 7078 85 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7078 86 Yegor Yegor NNP 1662 7078 87 GAYDAR GAYDAR NNP 1662 7078 88 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7078 89 ; ; : 1662 7078 90 Forward Forward NNP 1662 7078 91 , , , 1662 7078 92 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7078 93 ! ! . 1662 7079 1 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7079 2 Boris Boris NNP 1662 7079 3 FEDOROV FEDOROV NNP 1662 7079 4 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7079 5 centrists centrist NNS 1662 7079 6 / / SYM 1662 7079 7 special special JJ 1662 7079 8 interest interest NN 1662 7079 9 parties party NNS 1662 7079 10 : : : 1662 7079 11 Our -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7079 12 Home home NN 1662 7079 13 Is be VBZ 1662 7079 14 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7079 15 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7079 16 Viktor Viktor NNP 1662 7079 17 CHERNOMYRDIN CHERNOMYRDIN NNP 1662 7079 18 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7079 19 ; ; : 1662 7079 20 Russian Russian NNP 1662 7079 21 People People NNPS 1662 7079 22 's 's POS 1662 7079 23 Republican Republican NNP 1662 7079 24 Party Party NNP 1662 7079 25 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7079 26 Aleksandr Aleksandr NNP 1662 7079 27 LEBED LEBED NNP 1662 7079 28 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7079 29 ; ; : 1662 7079 30 Congress Congress NNP 1662 7079 31 of of IN 1662 7079 32 Russian russian JJ 1662 7079 33 Communities Communities NNPS 1662 7079 34 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7079 35 Dmitriy Dmitriy NNP 1662 7079 36 ROGOZIN ROGOZIN NNP 1662 7079 37 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7079 38 ; ; : 1662 7079 39 Women woman NNS 1662 7079 40 of of IN 1662 7079 41 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7079 42 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7079 43 Alevtina Alevtina NNP 1662 7079 44 FEDULOVA FEDULOVA NNP 1662 7079 45 and and CC 1662 7079 46 Yekaterina Yekaterina NNP 1662 7079 47 LAKHOVA LAKHOVA NNP 1662 7079 48 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7079 49 anti anti JJ 1662 7079 50 - - NN 1662 7079 51 market market JJ 1662 7079 52 and/or and/or CC 1662 7079 53 ultranationalist ultranationalist NN 1662 7079 54 : : : 1662 7079 55 Communist Communist NNP 1662 7079 56 Party Party NNP 1662 7079 57 of of IN 1662 7079 58 the the DT 1662 7079 59 Russian Russian NNP 1662 7079 60 Federation Federation NNP 1662 7079 61 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7079 62 Gennadiy Gennadiy NNP 1662 7079 63 ZYUGANOV ZYUGANOV NNP 1662 7079 64 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7079 65 ; ; : 1662 7079 66 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 7079 67 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7079 68 Party Party NNP 1662 7079 69 of of IN 1662 7079 70 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7079 71 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7079 72 Vladimir Vladimir NNP 1662 7079 73 ZHIRINOVSKIY ZHIRINOVSKIY NNP 1662 7079 74 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7079 75 ; ; : 1662 7079 76 Agrarian Agrarian NNP 1662 7079 77 Party Party NNP 1662 7079 78 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7079 79 Mikhail Mikhail NNP 1662 7079 80 LAPSHIN LAPSHIN NNP 1662 7079 81 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7079 82 ; ; : 1662 7079 83 Power power NN 1662 7079 84 To to IN 1662 7079 85 the the DT 1662 7079 86 People People NNS 1662 7079 87 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7079 88 Nikolay Nikolay NNP 1662 7079 89 RYZHKOV RYZHKOV NNP 1662 7079 90 and and CC 1662 7079 91 Sergey Sergey NNP 1662 7079 92 BABURIN BABURIN NNP 1662 7079 93 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7079 94 ; ; : 1662 7079 95 Russian russian JJ 1662 7079 96 Communist Communist NNP 1662 7079 97 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 7079 98 ' ' POS 1662 7079 99 Party Party NNP 1662 7079 100 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7079 101 Viktor Viktor NNP 1662 7079 102 ANPILOV ANPILOV NNP 1662 7079 103 and and CC 1662 7079 104 Viktor Viktor NNP 1662 7079 105 TYULKIN TYULKIN NNP 1662 7079 106 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7079 107 note note NN 1662 7079 108 : : : 1662 7079 109 some some DT 1662 7079 110 269 269 CD 1662 7079 111 political political JJ 1662 7079 112 parties party NNS 1662 7079 113 , , , 1662 7079 114 blocs blocs NN 1662 7079 115 , , , 1662 7079 116 and and CC 1662 7079 117 associations association NNS 1662 7079 118 tried try VBD 1662 7079 119 to to TO 1662 7079 120 gather gather VB 1662 7079 121 enough enough JJ 1662 7079 122 signatures signature NNS 1662 7079 123 to to TO 1662 7079 124 run run VB 1662 7079 125 slates slate NNS 1662 7079 126 of of IN 1662 7079 127 candidates candidate NNS 1662 7079 128 in in IN 1662 7079 129 the the DT 1662 7079 130 17 17 CD 1662 7079 131 December December NNP 1662 7079 132 1995 1995 CD 1662 7079 133 Duma Duma NNP 1662 7079 134 elections election NNS 1662 7079 135 ; ; : 1662 7079 136 43 43 CD 1662 7079 137 succeeded succeed VBD 1662 7079 138 Political political JJ 1662 7079 139 pressure pressure NN 1662 7079 140 groups group NNS 1662 7079 141 and and CC 1662 7079 142 leaders leader NNS 1662 7079 143 : : : 1662 7079 144 NA NA NNP 1662 7079 145 International international JJ 1662 7079 146 organization organization NN 1662 7079 147 participation participation NN 1662 7079 148 : : : 1662 7079 149 BIS BIS NNP 1662 7079 150 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7079 151 pending pende VBG 1662 7079 152 member member NN 1662 7079 153 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7079 154 , , , 1662 7079 155 BSEC BSEC NNP 1662 7079 156 , , , 1662 7079 157 CBSS CBSS NNP 1662 7079 158 , , , 1662 7079 159 CCC CCC NNP 1662 7079 160 , , , 1662 7079 161 CE CE NNP 1662 7079 162 , , , 1662 7079 163 CERN CERN NNP 1662 7079 164 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7079 165 observer observer NN 1662 7079 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7079 167 , , , 1662 7079 168 CIS CIS NNP 1662 7079 169 , , , 1662 7079 170 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 7079 171 , , , 1662 7079 172 ECE ECE NNP 1662 7079 173 , , , 1662 7079 174 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 7079 175 , , , 1662 7079 176 IAEA iaea NN 1662 7079 177 , , , 1662 7079 178 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 7079 179 , , , 1662 7079 180 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 7079 181 , , , 1662 7079 182 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 7079 183 , , , 1662 7079 184 IDA IDA NNP 1662 7079 185 , , , 1662 7079 186 IFC IFC NNP 1662 7079 187 , , , 1662 7079 188 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 7079 189 , , , 1662 7079 190 IHO IHO NNP 1662 7079 191 , , , 1662 7079 192 ILO ILO NNP 1662 7079 193 , , , 1662 7079 194 IMF IMF NNP 1662 7079 195 , , , 1662 7079 196 IMO imo RB 1662 7079 197 , , , 1662 7079 198 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 7079 199 , , , 1662 7079 200 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7079 201 , , , 1662 7079 202 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 7079 203 , , , 1662 7079 204 IOC IOC NNP 1662 7079 205 , , , 1662 7079 206 IOM IOM NNP 1662 7079 207 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7079 208 observer observer NN 1662 7079 209 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7079 210 , , , 1662 7079 211 ISO ISO NNP 1662 7079 212 , , , 1662 7079 213 ITU ITU NNP 1662 7079 214 , , , 1662 7079 215 MINURSO MINURSO NNP 1662 7079 216 , , , 1662 7079 217 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 7079 218 , , , 1662 7079 219 NACC NACC NNP 1662 7079 220 , , , 1662 7079 221 NSG NSG NNP 1662 7079 222 , , , 1662 7079 223 OAS OAS NNP 1662 7079 224 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7079 225 observer observer NNP 1662 7079 226 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7079 227 , , , 1662 7079 228 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 7079 229 , , , 1662 7079 230 PCA PCA NNP 1662 7079 231 , , , 1662 7079 232 PFP PFP NNP 1662 7079 233 , , , 1662 7079 234 UN UN NNP 1662 7079 235 , , , 1662 7079 236 UN UN NNP 1662 7079 237 Security Security NNP 1662 7079 238 Council Council NNP 1662 7079 239 , , , 1662 7079 240 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 7079 241 III III NNP 1662 7079 242 , , , 1662 7079 243 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 7079 244 , , , 1662 7079 245 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 7079 246 , , , 1662 7079 247 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 7079 248 , , , 1662 7079 249 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 7079 250 , , , 1662 7079 251 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 7079 252 , , , 1662 7079 253 UNITAR UNITAR NNP 1662 7079 254 , , , 1662 7079 255 UNMIBH UNMIBH NNP 1662 7079 256 , , , 1662 7079 257 UNMIH UNMIH NNP 1662 7079 258 , , , 1662 7079 259 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 7079 260 , , , 1662 7079 261 UNOMIG UNOMIG NNP 1662 7079 262 , , , 1662 7079 263 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 7079 264 , , , 1662 7079 265 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 7079 266 , , , 1662 7079 267 UNTSO UNTSO NNP 1662 7079 268 , , , 1662 7079 269 UPU UPU NNP 1662 7079 270 , , , 1662 7079 271 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 7079 272 , , , 1662 7079 273 WHO who WP 1662 7079 274 , , , 1662 7079 275 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 7079 276 , , , 1662 7079 277 WMO WMO NNP 1662 7079 278 , , , 1662 7079 279 WToO wtoo FW 1662 7079 280 , , , 1662 7079 281 WTrO wtro VB 1662 7079 282 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7079 283 applicant applicant NN 1662 7079 284 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7079 285 , , , 1662 7079 286 ZC ZC NNP 1662 7079 287 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7079 288 representation representation NN 1662 7079 289 in in IN 1662 7079 290 the the DT 1662 7079 291 US US NNP 1662 7079 292 : : : 1662 7079 293 chief chief NN 1662 7079 294 of of IN 1662 7079 295 mission mission NN 1662 7079 296 : : : 1662 7079 297 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 7079 298 Yuliy Yuliy NNP 1662 7079 299 Mikhaylovich Mikhaylovich NNP 1662 7079 300 VORONTSOV VORONTSOV NNP 1662 7079 301 chancery chancery NN 1662 7079 302 : : : 1662 7079 303 2650 2650 CD 1662 7079 304 Wisconsin Wisconsin NNP 1662 7079 305 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 7079 306 NW NW NNP 1662 7079 307 , , , 1662 7079 308 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7079 309 , , , 1662 7079 310 DC DC NNP 1662 7079 311 20007 20007 CD 1662 7079 312 telephone telephone NN 1662 7079 313 : : : 1662 7079 314 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7079 315 1 1 CD 1662 7079 316 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7079 317 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7079 318 202 202 CD 1662 7079 319 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7079 320 298 298 CD 1662 7079 321 - - SYM 1662 7079 322 5700 5700 CD 1662 7079 323 through through IN 1662 7079 324 5704 5704 CD 1662 7079 325 FAX FAX NNP 1662 7079 326 : : : 1662 7079 327 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7079 328 1 1 CD 1662 7079 329 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7079 330 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7079 331 202 202 CD 1662 7079 332 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7079 333 298 298 CD 1662 7079 334 - - HYPH 1662 7079 335 5735 5735 CD 1662 7079 336 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 7079 337 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7079 338 general general NN 1662 7079 339 : : : 1662 7079 340 New New NNP 1662 7079 341 York York NNP 1662 7079 342 , , , 1662 7079 343 San San NNP 1662 7079 344 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 7079 345 , , , 1662 7079 346 and and CC 1662 7079 347 Seattle Seattle NNP 1662 7079 348 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7079 349 representation representation NN 1662 7079 350 from from IN 1662 7079 351 the the DT 1662 7079 352 US US NNP 1662 7079 353 : : : 1662 7079 354 chief chief NN 1662 7079 355 of of IN 1662 7079 356 mission mission NN 1662 7079 357 : : : 1662 7079 358 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 7079 359 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7079 360 vacant vacant JJ 1662 7079 361 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7079 362 ; ; : 1662 7079 363 Charge Charge NNP 1662 7079 364 d'Affaires d'Affaires NNP 1662 7079 365 John John NNP 1662 7079 366 F. F. NNP 1662 7079 367 TEFFT TEFFT NNP 1662 7079 368 embassy embassy NN 1662 7079 369 : : : 1662 7079 370 Novinskiy Novinskiy NNP 1662 7079 371 Bul'var Bul'var NNP 1662 7079 372 19/23 19/23 CD 1662 7079 373 , , , 1662 7079 374 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 7079 375 mailing mail VBG 1662 7079 376 address address NN 1662 7079 377 : : : 1662 7079 378 APO APO NNP 1662 7079 379 AE AE NNP 1662 7079 380 09721 09721 CD 1662 7079 381 telephone telephone NN 1662 7079 382 : : : 1662 7079 383 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7079 384 7 7 CD 1662 7079 385 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7079 386 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7079 387 095 095 CD 1662 7079 388 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7079 389 252 252 CD 1662 7079 390 - - HYPH 1662 7079 391 24 24 CD 1662 7079 392 - - SYM 1662 7079 393 51 51 CD 1662 7079 394 through through IN 1662 7079 395 59 59 CD 1662 7079 396 FAX fax NN 1662 7079 397 : : : 1662 7079 398 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7079 399 7 7 CD 1662 7079 400 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7079 401 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7079 402 095 095 CD 1662 7079 403 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7079 404 956 956 CD 1662 7079 405 - - HYPH 1662 7079 406 42 42 CD 1662 7079 407 - - HYPH 1662 7079 408 61 61 CD 1662 7079 409 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 7079 410 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7079 411 general general NN 1662 7079 412 : : : 1662 7079 413 St. St. NNP 1662 7079 414 Petersburg Petersburg NNP 1662 7079 415 , , , 1662 7079 416 Vladivostok Vladivostok NNP 1662 7079 417 , , , 1662 7079 418 Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg NNP 1662 7079 419 Flag Flag NNP 1662 7079 420 description description NN 1662 7079 421 : : : 1662 7079 422 three three CD 1662 7079 423 equal equal JJ 1662 7079 424 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 7079 425 bands band NNS 1662 7079 426 of of IN 1662 7079 427 white white JJ 1662 7079 428 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7079 429 top top NN 1662 7079 430 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7079 431 , , , 1662 7079 432 blue blue JJ 1662 7079 433 , , , 1662 7079 434 and and CC 1662 7079 435 red red JJ 1662 7079 436 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7079 437 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7079 438 - - HYPH 1662 7079 439 overview overview NN 1662 7079 440 : : : 1662 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1662 7106 37 ; ; : 1662 7106 38 meat meat NN 1662 7106 39 , , , 1662 7106 40 milk milk NN 1662 7106 41 Exports export NNS 1662 7106 42 : : : 1662 7106 43 total total JJ 1662 7106 44 value value NN 1662 7106 45 : : : 1662 7106 46 $ $ $ 1662 7106 47 88.3 88.3 CD 1662 7106 48 billion billion CD 1662 7106 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7106 50 1996 1996 CD 1662 7106 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7106 52 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7106 53 : : : 1662 7106 54 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7106 55 and and CC 1662 7106 56 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7106 57 products product NNS 1662 7106 58 , , , 1662 7106 59 natural natural JJ 1662 7106 60 gas gas NN 1662 7106 61 , , , 1662 7106 62 wood wood NN 1662 7106 63 and and CC 1662 7106 64 wood wood NN 1662 7106 65 products product NNS 1662 7106 66 , , , 1662 7106 67 metals metal NNS 1662 7106 68 , , , 1662 7106 69 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 7106 70 , , , 1662 7106 71 and and CC 1662 7106 72 a a DT 1662 7106 73 wide wide JJ 1662 7106 74 variety variety NN 1662 7106 75 of of IN 1662 7106 76 civilian civilian JJ 1662 7106 77 and and CC 1662 7106 78 military military JJ 1662 7106 79 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 7106 80 partners partner NNS 1662 7106 81 : : : 1662 7106 82 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7106 83 , , , 1662 7106 84 North North NNP 1662 7106 85 America America NNP 1662 7106 86 , , , 1662 7106 87 Japan Japan NNP 1662 7106 88 , , , 1662 7106 89 Third Third NNP 1662 7106 90 World World NNP 1662 7106 91 countries country NNS 1662 7106 92 Imports import NNS 1662 7106 93 : : : 1662 7106 94 total total JJ 1662 7106 95 value value NN 1662 7106 96 : : : 1662 7106 97 $ $ $ 1662 7106 98 59.8 59.8 CD 1662 7106 99 billion billion CD 1662 7106 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7106 101 1996 1996 CD 1662 7106 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7106 103 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7106 104 : : : 1662 7106 105 machinery machinery NN 1662 7106 106 and and CC 1662 7106 107 equipment equipment NN 1662 7106 108 , , , 1662 7106 109 consumer consumer NN 1662 7106 110 goods good NNS 1662 7106 111 , , , 1662 7106 112 medicines medicine NNS 1662 7106 113 , , , 1662 7106 114 meat meat NN 1662 7106 115 , , , 1662 7106 116 grain grain NN 1662 7106 117 , , , 1662 7106 118 sugar sugar NN 1662 7106 119 , , , 1662 7106 120 semifinished semifinishe VBD 1662 7106 121 metal metal NN 1662 7106 122 products product NNS 1662 7106 123 partners partner NNS 1662 7106 124 : : : 1662 7106 125 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7106 126 , , , 1662 7106 127 North North NNP 1662 7106 128 America America NNP 1662 7106 129 , , , 1662 7106 130 Japan Japan NNP 1662 7106 131 , , , 1662 7106 132 Third Third NNP 1662 7106 133 World World NNP 1662 7106 134 countries country NNS 1662 7106 135 Debt debt NN 1662 7106 136 - - HYPH 1662 7106 137 external external JJ 1662 7106 138 : : : 1662 7106 139 $ $ $ 1662 7106 140 130 130 CD 1662 7106 141 billion billion CD 1662 7106 142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7106 143 yearend yearend VB 1662 7106 144 1996 1996 CD 1662 7106 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7106 146 Economic economic JJ 1662 7106 147 aid aid NN 1662 7106 148 : : : 1662 7106 149 recipient recipient NN 1662 7106 150 : : : 1662 7106 151 ODA ODA NNP 1662 7106 152 , , , 1662 7106 153 $ $ $ 1662 7106 154 13 13 CD 1662 7106 155 billion billion CD 1662 7106 156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7106 157 1990 1990 CD 1662 7106 158 - - SYM 1662 7106 159 96 96 CD 1662 7106 160 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7106 161 note note NN 1662 7106 162 : : : 1662 7106 163 US US NNP 1662 7106 164 commitments commitment NNS 1662 7106 165 , , , 1662 7106 166 including include VBG 1662 7106 167 Ex Ex NNP 1662 7106 168 - - HYPH 1662 7106 169 Im Im NNP 1662 7106 170 , , , 1662 7106 171 $ $ $ 1662 7106 172 15 15 CD 1662 7106 173 billion billion CD 1662 7106 174 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7106 175 1990 1990 CD 1662 7106 176 - - SYM 1662 7106 177 96 96 CD 1662 7106 178 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7106 179 ; ; : 1662 7106 180 other other JJ 1662 7106 181 countries country NNS 1662 7106 182 , , , 1662 7106 183 ODA ODA NNP 1662 7106 184 and and CC 1662 7106 185 OOF OOF NNP 1662 7106 186 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 7106 187 commitments commitment NNS 1662 7106 188 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7106 189 1990 1990 CD 1662 7106 190 - - SYM 1662 7106 191 96 96 CD 1662 7106 192 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7106 193 , , , 1662 7106 194 $ $ $ 1662 7106 195 125 125 CD 1662 7106 196 billion billion CD 1662 7106 197 Currency currency NN 1662 7106 198 : : : 1662 7106 199 1 1 CD 1662 7106 200 ruble ruble NN 1662 7106 201 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7106 202 R r NN 1662 7106 203 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7106 204 = = NFP 1662 7106 205 100 100 CD 1662 7106 206 kopeks kopeks NNPS 1662 7106 207 Exchange exchange NN 1662 7106 208 rates rate NNS 1662 7106 209 : : : 1662 7106 210 rubles ruble NNS 1662 7106 211 per per IN 1662 7106 212 US$ us$ $ 1662 7106 213 1 1 CD 1662 7106 214 - - HYPH 1662 7106 215 5,727 5,727 CD 1662 7106 216 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7106 217 March March NNP 1662 7106 218 1997 1997 CD 1662 7106 219 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7106 220 , , , 1662 7106 221 5,121 5,121 CD 1662 7106 222 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7106 223 1996 1996 CD 1662 7106 224 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7106 225 , , , 1662 7106 226 4,559 4,559 CD 1662 7106 227 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7106 228 1995 1995 CD 1662 7106 229 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7106 230 , , , 1662 7106 231 2,191 2,191 CD 1662 7106 232 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7106 233 1994 1994 CD 1662 7106 234 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7106 235 , , , 1662 7106 236 992 992 CD 1662 7106 237 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7106 238 1993 1993 CD 1662 7106 239 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7106 240 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7106 241 year year NN 1662 7106 242 : : : 1662 7106 243 calendar calendar NNP 1662 7106 244 year year NN 1662 7106 245 @Russia @Russia NNP 1662 7106 246 : : : 1662 7106 247 Communications Communications NNP 1662 7106 248 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 7106 249 : : : 1662 7106 250 25.4 25.4 CD 1662 7106 251 million million CD 1662 7106 252 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7106 253 1993 1993 CD 1662 7106 254 est est NNP 1662 7106 255 . . . 1662 7106 256 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7107 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 7107 2 system system NN 1662 7107 3 : : : 1662 7107 4 total total JJ 1662 7107 5 pay pay NN 1662 7107 6 phones phone NNS 1662 7107 7 for for IN 1662 7107 8 long long JJ 1662 7107 9 distant distant JJ 1662 7107 10 calls call NNS 1662 7107 11 34,100 34,100 CD 1662 7107 12 ; ; : 1662 7107 13 enlisting enlist VBG 1662 7107 14 foreign foreign JJ 1662 7107 15 help help NN 1662 7107 16 , , , 1662 7107 17 by by IN 1662 7107 18 means mean NNS 1662 7107 19 of of IN 1662 7107 20 joint joint JJ 1662 7107 21 ventures venture NNS 1662 7107 22 , , , 1662 7107 23 to to TO 1662 7107 24 speed speed VB 1662 7107 25 up up RP 1662 7107 26 the the DT 1662 7107 27 modernization modernization NN 1662 7107 28 of of IN 1662 7107 29 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7107 30 telecommunications telecommunications NN 1662 7107 31 system system NN 1662 7107 32 ; ; : 1662 7107 33 in in IN 1662 7107 34 1992 1992 CD 1662 7107 35 , , , 1662 7107 36 only only RB 1662 7107 37 661,000 661,000 CD 1662 7107 38 new new JJ 1662 7107 39 telephones telephone NNS 1662 7107 40 were be VBD 1662 7107 41 installed instal VBN 1662 7107 42 compared compare VBN 1662 7107 43 with with IN 1662 7107 44 855,000 855,000 CD 1662 7107 45 in in IN 1662 7107 46 1991 1991 CD 1662 7107 47 , , , 1662 7107 48 and and CC 1662 7107 49 in in IN 1662 7107 50 1992 1992 CD 1662 7107 51 the the DT 1662 7107 52 number number NN 1662 7107 53 of of IN 1662 7107 54 unsatisfied unsatisfied JJ 1662 7107 55 applications application NNS 1662 7107 56 for for IN 1662 7107 57 telephones telephone NNS 1662 7107 58 reached reach VBD 1662 7107 59 11,000,000 11,000,000 CD 1662 7107 60 ; ; : 1662 7107 61 expanded expand VBN 1662 7107 62 access access NN 1662 7107 63 to to IN 1662 7107 64 international international JJ 1662 7107 65 electronic electronic JJ 1662 7107 66 mail mail NN 1662 7107 67 service service NN 1662 7107 68 available available JJ 1662 7107 69 via via IN 1662 7107 70 Sprint Sprint NNP 1662 7107 71 network network NN 1662 7107 72 ; ; : 1662 7107 73 the the DT 1662 7107 74 inadequacy inadequacy NN 1662 7107 75 of of IN 1662 7107 76 Russian russian JJ 1662 7107 77 telecommunications telecommunications NN 1662 7107 78 is be VBZ 1662 7107 79 a a DT 1662 7107 80 severe severe JJ 1662 7107 81 handicap handicap NN 1662 7107 82 to to IN 1662 7107 83 the the DT 1662 7107 84 economy economy NN 1662 7107 85 , , , 1662 7107 86 especially especially RB 1662 7107 87 with with IN 1662 7107 88 respect respect NN 1662 7107 89 to to IN 1662 7107 90 international international JJ 1662 7107 91 connections connection NNS 1662 7107 92 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7107 93 : : : 1662 7107 94 NMT-450 nmt-450 DT 1662 7107 95 analog analog JJ 1662 7107 96 cellular cellular JJ 1662 7107 97 telephone telephone NN 1662 7107 98 networks network NNS 1662 7107 99 are be VBP 1662 7107 100 operational operational JJ 1662 7107 101 and and CC 1662 7107 102 growing grow VBG 1662 7107 103 in in IN 1662 7107 104 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 7107 105 and and CC 1662 7107 106 St. St. NNP 1662 7107 107 Petersburg Petersburg NNP 1662 7107 108 ; ; : 1662 7107 109 intercity intercity NN 1662 7107 110 fiber fiber NN 1662 7107 111 - - HYPH 1662 7107 112 optic optic NN 1662 7107 113 cable cable NN 1662 7107 114 installation installation NN 1662 7107 115 remains remain VBZ 1662 7107 116 limited limited JJ 1662 7107 117 international international JJ 1662 7107 118 : : : 1662 7107 119 international international JJ 1662 7107 120 traffic traffic NN 1662 7107 121 is be VBZ 1662 7107 122 inadequately inadequately RB 1662 7107 123 handled handle VBN 1662 7107 124 by by IN 1662 7107 125 a a DT 1662 7107 126 system system NN 1662 7107 127 of of IN 1662 7107 128 satellites satellite NNS 1662 7107 129 , , , 1662 7107 130 landlines landline NNS 1662 7107 131 , , , 1662 7107 132 microwave microwave NN 1662 7107 133 radio radio NN 1662 7107 134 relay relay NN 1662 7107 135 , , , 1662 7107 136 and and CC 1662 7107 137 outdated outdate VBD 1662 7107 138 submarine submarine NN 1662 7107 139 cables cable NNS 1662 7107 140 ; ; : 1662 7107 141 much much JJ 1662 7107 142 of of IN 1662 7107 143 this this DT 1662 7107 144 traffic traffic NN 1662 7107 145 passes pass VBZ 1662 7107 146 through through IN 1662 7107 147 the the DT 1662 7107 148 international international JJ 1662 7107 149 gateway gateway NN 1662 7107 150 switch switch NN 1662 7107 151 in in IN 1662 7107 152 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 7107 153 which which WDT 1662 7107 154 carries carry VBZ 1662 7107 155 most most JJS 1662 7107 156 of of IN 1662 7107 157 the the DT 1662 7107 158 international international JJ 1662 7107 159 traffic traffic NN 1662 7107 160 for for IN 1662 7107 161 the the DT 1662 7107 162 other other JJ 1662 7107 163 countries country NNS 1662 7107 164 of of IN 1662 7107 165 the the DT 1662 7107 166 Commonwealth Commonwealth NNP 1662 7107 167 of of IN 1662 7107 168 Independent Independent NNP 1662 7107 169 States States NNPS 1662 7107 170 ; ; : 1662 7107 171 a a DT 1662 7107 172 new new JJ 1662 7107 173 Russian Russian NNP 1662 7107 174 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 7107 175 satellite satellite NN 1662 7107 176 will will MD 1662 7107 177 link link VB 1662 7107 178 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 7107 179 and and CC 1662 7107 180 St. St. NNP 1662 7107 181 Petersburg Petersburg NNP 1662 7107 182 with with IN 1662 7107 183 Rome Rome NNP 1662 7107 184 from from IN 1662 7107 185 whence whence NN 1662 7107 186 calls call NNS 1662 7107 187 will will MD 1662 7107 188 be be VB 1662 7107 189 relayed relay VBN 1662 7107 190 to to IN 1662 7107 191 destinations destination NNS 1662 7107 192 in in IN 1662 7107 193 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7107 194 and and CC 1662 7107 195 overseas overseas RB 1662 7107 196 ; ; : 1662 7107 197 satellite satellite NN 1662 7107 198 earth earth NN 1662 7107 199 stations station NNS 1662 7107 200 - - : 1662 7107 201 NA NA NNP 1662 7107 202 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7107 203 , , , 1662 7107 204 4 4 CD 1662 7107 205 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 7107 206 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7107 207 2 2 CD 1662 7107 208 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7107 209 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7107 210 Region Region NNP 1662 7107 211 and and CC 1662 7107 212 2 2 CD 1662 7107 213 Indian Indian NNP 1662 7107 214 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7107 215 Region Region NNP 1662 7107 216 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7107 217 , , , 1662 7107 218 NA NA NNP 1662 7107 219 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNP 1662 7107 220 , , , 1662 7107 221 1 1 CD 1662 7107 222 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 7107 223 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7107 224 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 7107 225 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7107 226 Region Region NNP 1662 7107 227 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7107 228 , , , 1662 7107 229 and and CC 1662 7107 230 NA NA NNP 1662 7107 231 Orbita Orbita NNP 1662 7107 232 Radio Radio NNP 1662 7107 233 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7107 234 stations station NNS 1662 7107 235 : : : 1662 7107 236 AM am VBP 1662 7107 237 NA NA NNP 1662 7107 238 , , , 1662 7107 239 FM FM NNP 1662 7107 240 NA NA NNP 1662 7107 241 , , , 1662 7107 242 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 7107 243 NA NA NNP 1662 7107 244 ; ; : 1662 7107 245 note note VB 1662 7107 246 - - : 1662 7107 247 there there EX 1662 7107 248 are be VBP 1662 7107 249 about about RB 1662 7107 250 1,050 1,050 CD 1662 7107 251 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7107 252 including include VBG 1662 7107 253 AM am NN 1662 7107 254 , , , 1662 7107 255 FM FM NNP 1662 7107 256 , , , 1662 7107 257 and and CC 1662 7107 258 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 7107 259 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7107 260 radio radio NN 1662 7107 261 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7107 262 stations station NNS 1662 7107 263 throughout throughout IN 1662 7107 264 the the DT 1662 7107 265 country country NN 1662 7107 266 Radios radio NNS 1662 7107 267 : : : 1662 7107 268 50 50 CD 1662 7107 269 million million CD 1662 7107 270 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7107 271 1993 1993 CD 1662 7107 272 est est NNP 1662 7107 273 . . . 1662 7108 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7108 2 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7108 3 radio radio NN 1662 7108 4 receivers receiver NNS 1662 7108 5 with with IN 1662 7108 6 multiple multiple JJ 1662 7108 7 speaker speaker NN 1662 7108 8 systems system NNS 1662 7108 9 for for IN 1662 7108 10 program program NN 1662 7108 11 diffusion diffusion NN 1662 7108 12 74,300,000 74,300,000 CD 1662 7108 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7108 14 Television television NN 1662 7108 15 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7108 16 stations station NNS 1662 7108 17 : : : 1662 7108 18 7,183 7,183 CD 1662 7108 19 Televisions television NNS 1662 7108 20 : : : 1662 7108 21 54.85 54.85 CD 1662 7108 22 million million CD 1662 7108 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7108 24 1992 1992 CD 1662 7108 25 est est NNP 1662 7108 26 . . . 1662 7108 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7109 1 @Russia @Russia NNP 1662 7109 2 : : : 1662 7109 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7109 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 7109 5 : : : 1662 7109 6 total total NN 1662 7109 7 : : : 1662 7109 8 154,000 154,000 CD 1662 7109 9 km km NN 1662 7109 10 ; ; : 1662 7109 11 note note VB 1662 7109 12 - - HYPH 1662 7109 13 87,000 87,000 CD 1662 7109 14 km km NN 1662 7109 15 in in IN 1662 7109 16 common common JJ 1662 7109 17 carrier carrier NN 1662 7109 18 service service NN 1662 7109 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7109 20 38,000 38,000 CD 1662 7109 21 km km NNS 1662 7109 22 electrified electrify VBN 1662 7109 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7109 24 ; ; : 1662 7109 25 67,000 67,000 CD 1662 7109 26 km km NN 1662 7109 27 serve serve VBP 1662 7109 28 specific specific JJ 1662 7109 29 industries industry NNS 1662 7109 30 and and CC 1662 7109 31 are be VBP 1662 7109 32 not not RB 1662 7109 33 available available JJ 1662 7109 34 for for IN 1662 7109 35 common common JJ 1662 7109 36 carrier carrier NN 1662 7109 37 use use VB 1662 7109 38 broad broad JJ 1662 7109 39 gauge gauge NN 1662 7109 40 : : : 1662 7109 41 154,000 154,000 CD 1662 7109 42 km km NNP 1662 7109 43 1.520-m 1.520-m NN 1662 7109 44 gauge gauge NN 1662 7109 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7109 46 1 1 CD 1662 7109 47 January January NNP 1662 7109 48 1994 1994 CD 1662 7109 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7109 50 Highways highway NNS 1662 7109 51 : : : 1662 7109 52 total total NN 1662 7109 53 : : : 1662 7109 54 948,000 948,000 CD 1662 7109 55 km km NNS 1662 7109 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7109 57 including include VBG 1662 7109 58 416,000 416,000 CD 1662 7109 59 km km NN 1662 7109 60 which which WDT 1662 7109 61 serve serve VBP 1662 7109 62 specific specific JJ 1662 7109 63 industries industry NNS 1662 7109 64 or or CC 1662 7109 65 farms farm NNS 1662 7109 66 and and CC 1662 7109 67 are be VBP 1662 7109 68 not not RB 1662 7109 69 maintained maintain VBN 1662 7109 70 by by IN 1662 7109 71 governmental governmental JJ 1662 7109 72 highway highway NN 1662 7109 73 maintenance maintenance NN 1662 7109 74 departments department NNS 1662 7109 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7109 76 paved pave VBD 1662 7109 77 : : : 1662 7109 78 336,000 336,000 CD 1662 7109 79 km km NN 1662 7109 80 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7109 81 : : : 1662 7109 82 612,000 612,000 CD 1662 7109 83 km km NNS 1662 7109 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7109 85 including include VBG 1662 7109 86 411,000 411,000 CD 1662 7109 87 km km NNS 1662 7109 88 of of IN 1662 7109 89 graveled graveled JJ 1662 7109 90 or or CC 1662 7109 91 other other JJ 1662 7109 92 forms form NNS 1662 7109 93 of of IN 1662 7109 94 macadam macadam NNP 1662 7109 95 surface surface NN 1662 7109 96 and and CC 1662 7109 97 201,000 201,000 CD 1662 7109 98 km km NNS 1662 7109 99 of of IN 1662 7109 100 unstabilized unstabilized JJ 1662 7109 101 earth earth NN 1662 7109 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7109 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7109 104 1995 1995 CD 1662 7109 105 est est NNP 1662 7109 106 . . . 1662 7109 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7110 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 7110 2 : : : 1662 7110 3 total total JJ 1662 7110 4 navigable navigable JJ 1662 7110 5 routes route NNS 1662 7110 6 in in IN 1662 7110 7 general general JJ 1662 7110 8 use use NN 1662 7110 9 101,000 101,000 CD 1662 7110 10 km km NNS 1662 7110 11 ; ; : 1662 7110 12 routes route NNS 1662 7110 13 with with IN 1662 7110 14 navigation navigation NN 1662 7110 15 guides guide NNS 1662 7110 16 serving serve VBG 1662 7110 17 the the DT 1662 7110 18 Russian Russian NNP 1662 7110 19 River River NNP 1662 7110 20 Fleet Fleet NNP 1662 7110 21 95,900 95,900 CD 1662 7110 22 km km NNS 1662 7110 23 ; ; : 1662 7110 24 routes route NNS 1662 7110 25 with with IN 1662 7110 26 night night NN 1662 7110 27 navigational navigational NNP 1662 7110 28 aids aids NNP 1662 7110 29 60,400 60,400 CD 1662 7110 30 km km NN 1662 7110 31 ; ; : 1662 7110 32 man man NN 1662 7110 33 - - HYPH 1662 7110 34 made make VBN 1662 7110 35 navigable navigable JJ 1662 7110 36 routes route NNS 1662 7110 37 16,900 16,900 CD 1662 7110 38 km km NNS 1662 7110 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7110 40 1 1 CD 1662 7110 41 January January NNP 1662 7110 42 1994 1994 CD 1662 7110 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7110 44 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 7110 45 : : : 1662 7110 46 crude crude JJ 1662 7110 47 oil oil NN 1662 7110 48 48,000 48,000 CD 1662 7110 49 km km NN 1662 7110 50 ; ; : 1662 7110 51 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7110 52 products product NNS 1662 7110 53 15,000 15,000 CD 1662 7110 54 km km NN 1662 7110 55 ; ; : 1662 7110 56 natural natural JJ 1662 7110 57 gas gas NN 1662 7110 58 140,000 140,000 CD 1662 7110 59 km km NNS 1662 7110 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7110 61 30 30 CD 1662 7110 62 June June NNP 1662 7110 63 1993 1993 CD 1662 7110 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7110 65 Ports port NNS 1662 7110 66 and and CC 1662 7110 67 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7110 68 : : : 1662 7110 69 Arkhangel'sk Arkhangel'sk NNP 1662 7110 70 , , , 1662 7110 71 Astrakhan Astrakhan NNP 1662 7110 72 ' ' POS 1662 7110 73 , , , 1662 7110 74 Kaliningrad Kaliningrad NNP 1662 7110 75 , , , 1662 7110 76 Kazan Kazan NNP 1662 7110 77 ' ' POS 1662 7110 78 , , , 1662 7110 79 Khabarovsk Khabarovsk NNP 1662 7110 80 , , , 1662 7110 81 Kholmsk Kholmsk NNP 1662 7110 82 , , , 1662 7110 83 Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk NNP 1662 7110 84 , , , 1662 7110 85 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 7110 86 , , , 1662 7110 87 Murmansk Murmansk NNP 1662 7110 88 , , , 1662 7110 89 Nakhodka Nakhodka NNP 1662 7110 90 , , , 1662 7110 91 Nevel'sk Nevel'sk NNP 1662 7110 92 , , , 1662 7110 93 Novorossiysk Novorossiysk NNP 1662 7110 94 , , , 1662 7110 95 Petropavlovsk Petropavlovsk NNP 1662 7110 96 , , , 1662 7110 97 St. St. NNP 1662 7110 98 Petersburg Petersburg NNP 1662 7110 99 , , , 1662 7110 100 Rostov Rostov NNP 1662 7110 101 , , , 1662 7110 102 Sochi Sochi NNP 1662 7110 103 , , , 1662 7110 104 Tuapse Tuapse NNP 1662 7110 105 , , , 1662 7110 106 Vladivostok Vladivostok NNP 1662 7110 107 , , , 1662 7110 108 Volgograd Volgograd NNP 1662 7110 109 , , , 1662 7110 110 Vostochnyy Vostochnyy NNP 1662 7110 111 , , , 1662 7110 112 Vyborg Vyborg NNP 1662 7110 113 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7110 114 marine marine NN 1662 7110 115 : : : 1662 7110 116 total total NN 1662 7110 117 : : : 1662 7110 118 660 660 CD 1662 7110 119 ships ship NNS 1662 7110 120 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7110 121 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7110 122 GRT GRT NNP 1662 7110 123 or or CC 1662 7110 124 over over RB 1662 7110 125 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7110 126 totaling total VBG 1662 7110 127 5,731,677 5,731,677 CD 1662 7110 128 GRT/7,940,756 GRT/7,940,756 . 1662 7110 129 DWT dwt NN 1662 7110 130 ships ship NNS 1662 7110 131 by by IN 1662 7110 132 type type NN 1662 7110 133 : : : 1662 7110 134 barge barge NN 1662 7110 135 carrier carrier NN 1662 7110 136 1 1 CD 1662 7110 137 , , , 1662 7110 138 bulk bulk NNP 1662 7110 139 24 24 CD 1662 7110 140 , , , 1662 7110 141 cargo cargo NN 1662 7110 142 348 348 CD 1662 7110 143 , , , 1662 7110 144 chemical chemical NN 1662 7110 145 tanker tanker NN 1662 7110 146 1 1 CD 1662 7110 147 , , , 1662 7110 148 combination combination NN 1662 7110 149 bulk bulk NNP 1662 7110 150 21 21 CD 1662 7110 151 , , , 1662 7110 152 combination combination NN 1662 7110 153 ore ore NN 1662 7110 154 / / SYM 1662 7110 155 oil oil NN 1662 7110 156 15 15 CD 1662 7110 157 , , , 1662 7110 158 container container NN 1662 7110 159 28 28 CD 1662 7110 160 , , , 1662 7110 161 multifunction multifunction NN 1662 7110 162 large large JJ 1662 7110 163 - - HYPH 1662 7110 164 load load NN 1662 7110 165 carrier carrier NN 1662 7110 166 3 3 CD 1662 7110 167 , , , 1662 7110 168 oil oil NN 1662 7110 169 tanker tanker NN 1662 7110 170 136 136 CD 1662 7110 171 , , , 1662 7110 172 passenger passenger NN 1662 7110 173 6 6 CD 1662 7110 174 , , , 1662 7110 175 passenger passenger NN 1662 7110 176 - - HYPH 1662 7110 177 cargo cargo NN 1662 7110 178 4 4 CD 1662 7110 179 , , , 1662 7110 180 refrigerated refrigerate VBN 1662 7110 181 cargo cargo NN 1662 7110 182 20 20 CD 1662 7110 183 , , , 1662 7110 184 roll roll NN 1662 7110 185 - - HYPH 1662 7110 186 on on IN 1662 7110 187 / / SYM 1662 7110 188 roll roll NN 1662 7110 189 - - HYPH 1662 7110 190 off off RP 1662 7110 191 cargo cargo NN 1662 7110 192 38 38 CD 1662 7110 193 , , , 1662 7110 194 short short JJ 1662 7110 195 - - HYPH 1662 7110 196 sea sea NN 1662 7110 197 passenger passenger NN 1662 7110 198 13 13 CD 1662 7110 199 , , , 1662 7110 200 specialized specialized JJ 1662 7110 201 tanker tanker NN 1662 7110 202 2 2 CD 1662 7110 203 note note NN 1662 7110 204 : : : 1662 7110 205 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7110 206 owns own VBZ 1662 7110 207 an an DT 1662 7110 208 additional additional JJ 1662 7110 209 137 137 CD 1662 7110 210 ships ship NNS 1662 7110 211 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7110 212 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7110 213 GRT GRT NNP 1662 7110 214 or or CC 1662 7110 215 over over RB 1662 7110 216 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7110 217 totaling total VBG 1662 7110 218 2,466,872 2,466,872 CD 1662 7110 219 DWT dwt NN 1662 7110 220 operating operate VBG 1662 7110 221 under under IN 1662 7110 222 the the DT 1662 7110 223 registries registry NNS 1662 7110 224 of of IN 1662 7110 225 The the DT 1662 7110 226 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 7110 227 , , , 1662 7110 228 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 7110 229 , , , 1662 7110 230 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 7110 231 , , , 1662 7110 232 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 7110 233 , , , 1662 7110 234 Malta Malta NNP 1662 7110 235 , , , 1662 7110 236 Panama Panama NNP 1662 7110 237 , , , 1662 7110 238 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7110 239 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 7110 240 and and CC 1662 7110 241 the the DT 1662 7110 242 Grenadines Grenadines NNPS 1662 7110 243 , , , 1662 7110 244 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 7110 245 , , , 1662 7110 246 and and CC 1662 7110 247 Vanuatu Vanuatu NNP 1662 7110 248 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7110 249 1996 1996 CD 1662 7110 250 est est NNP 1662 7110 251 . . . 1662 7110 252 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7111 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7111 2 : : : 1662 7111 3 2,517 2,517 CD 1662 7111 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7111 5 1994 1994 CD 1662 7111 6 est est NNP 1662 7111 7 . . . 1662 7111 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7112 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7112 2 - - , 1662 7112 3 with with IN 1662 7112 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7112 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7112 6 : : : 1662 7112 7 total total NN 1662 7112 8 : : : 1662 7112 9 630 630 CD 1662 7112 10 over over IN 1662 7112 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7112 12 m m NN 1662 7112 13 : : : 1662 7112 14 54 54 CD 1662 7112 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7112 16 to to TO 1662 7112 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7112 18 m m NN 1662 7112 19 : : : 1662 7112 20 202 202 CD 1662 7112 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7112 22 to to TO 1662 7112 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7112 24 m m NN 1662 7112 25 : : : 1662 7112 26 108 108 CD 1662 7112 27 914 914 CD 1662 7112 28 to to TO 1662 7112 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7112 30 m m NN 1662 7112 31 : : : 1662 7112 32 115 115 CD 1662 7112 33 under under IN 1662 7112 34 914 914 CD 1662 7112 35 m m NN 1662 7112 36 : : : 1662 7112 37 151 151 CD 1662 7112 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7112 39 1994 1994 CD 1662 7112 40 est est NNP 1662 7112 41 . . . 1662 7112 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7113 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7113 2 - - , 1662 7113 3 with with IN 1662 7113 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7113 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7113 6 : : : 1662 7113 7 total total NN 1662 7113 8 : : : 1662 7113 9 1,887 1,887 CD 1662 7113 10 over over IN 1662 7113 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7113 12 m m NN 1662 7113 13 : : : 1662 7113 14 25 25 CD 1662 7113 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7113 16 to to TO 1662 7113 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7113 18 m m NN 1662 7113 19 : : : 1662 7113 20 45 45 CD 1662 7113 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7113 22 to to TO 1662 7113 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7113 24 m m NN 1662 7113 25 : : : 1662 7113 26 134 134 CD 1662 7113 27 914 914 CD 1662 7113 28 to to TO 1662 7113 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7113 30 m m NN 1662 7113 31 : : : 1662 7113 32 291 291 CD 1662 7113 33 under under IN 1662 7113 34 914 914 CD 1662 7113 35 m m NN 1662 7113 36 : : : 1662 7113 37 1,392 1,392 CD 1662 7113 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7113 39 1994 1994 CD 1662 7113 40 est est NNP 1662 7113 41 . . . 1662 7113 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7114 1 Military military JJ 1662 7114 2 Military military JJ 1662 7114 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7114 4 : : : 1662 7114 5 Ground Ground NNP 1662 7114 6 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 7114 7 , , , 1662 7114 8 Navy Navy NNP 1662 7114 9 , , , 1662 7114 10 Air Air NNP 1662 7114 11 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 7114 12 , , , 1662 7114 13 Air Air NNP 1662 7114 14 Defense Defense NNP 1662 7114 15 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 7114 16 , , , 1662 7114 17 Strategic Strategic NNP 1662 7114 18 Rocket Rocket NNP 1662 7114 19 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 7114 20 Military Military NNP 1662 7114 21 manpower manpower NN 1662 7114 22 - - HYPH 1662 7114 23 military military NN 1662 7114 24 age age NN 1662 7114 25 : : : 1662 7114 26 18 18 CD 1662 7114 27 years year NNS 1662 7114 28 of of IN 1662 7114 29 age age NN 1662 7114 30 Military military JJ 1662 7114 31 manpower manpower NN 1662 7114 32 - - HYPH 1662 7114 33 availability availability NN 1662 7114 34 : : : 1662 7114 35 males male NNS 1662 7114 36 age age NNP 1662 7114 37 15 15 CD 1662 7114 38 - - HYPH 1662 7114 39 49 49 CD 1662 7114 40 : : : 1662 7114 41 38,449,126 38,449,126 CD 1662 7114 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7114 43 1997 1997 CD 1662 7114 44 est est NNP 1662 7114 45 . . . 1662 7114 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7115 1 Military military JJ 1662 7115 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7115 3 - - HYPH 1662 7115 4 fit fit NN 1662 7115 5 for for IN 1662 7115 6 military military JJ 1662 7115 7 service service NN 1662 7115 8 : : : 1662 7115 9 males male NNS 1662 7115 10 : : : 1662 7115 11 29,996,967 29,996,967 CD 1662 7115 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7115 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7115 14 est est NNP 1662 7115 15 . . . 1662 7115 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7116 1 Military military JJ 1662 7116 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7116 3 - - HYPH 1662 7116 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 7116 5 military military JJ 1662 7116 6 age age NN 1662 7116 7 annually annually RB 1662 7116 8 : : : 1662 7116 9 males male NNS 1662 7116 10 : : : 1662 7116 11 1,115,858 1,115,858 CD 1662 7116 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7116 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7116 14 est est NNP 1662 7116 15 . . . 1662 7116 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7117 1 Military military JJ 1662 7117 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7117 3 - - HYPH 1662 7117 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 7117 5 figure figure NN 1662 7117 6 : : : 1662 7117 7 $ $ $ 1662 7117 8 NA NA NNP 1662 7117 9 note note NN 1662 7117 10 : : : 1662 7117 11 the the DT 1662 7117 12 Intelligence Intelligence NNP 1662 7117 13 Community Community NNP 1662 7117 14 estimates estimate VBZ 1662 7117 15 that that IN 1662 7117 16 defense defense NN 1662 7117 17 spending spending NN 1662 7117 18 in in IN 1662 7117 19 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7117 20 fell fall VBD 1662 7117 21 by by IN 1662 7117 22 about about IN 1662 7117 23 10 10 CD 1662 7117 24 % % NN 1662 7117 25 in in IN 1662 7117 26 real real JJ 1662 7117 27 terms term NNS 1662 7117 28 in in IN 1662 7117 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 7117 30 , , , 1662 7117 31 reducing reduce VBG 1662 7117 32 Russian russian JJ 1662 7117 33 defense defense NN 1662 7117 34 outlays outlay NNS 1662 7117 35 to to IN 1662 7117 36 about about RB 1662 7117 37 one one CD 1662 7117 38 - - HYPH 1662 7117 39 sixth sixth NN 1662 7117 40 of of IN 1662 7117 41 peak peak JJ 1662 7117 42 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 7117 43 levels level NNS 1662 7117 44 in in IN 1662 7117 45 the the DT 1662 7117 46 late late JJ 1662 7117 47 1980s 1980s CD 1662 7117 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7117 49 1997 1997 CD 1662 7117 50 est est NNP 1662 7117 51 . . . 1662 7117 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7118 1 Military military JJ 1662 7118 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7118 3 - - : 1662 7118 4 percent percent NN 1662 7118 5 of of IN 1662 7118 6 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7118 7 : : : 1662 7118 8 NA% NA% `` 1662 7118 9 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7118 10 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7118 11 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 7118 12 - - HYPH 1662 7118 13 international international RB 1662 7118 14 : : : 1662 7118 15 inherited inherit VBN 1662 7118 16 disputes dispute NNS 1662 7118 17 from from IN 1662 7118 18 former former JJ 1662 7118 19 USSR USSR NNP 1662 7118 20 including include VBG 1662 7118 21 sections section NNS 1662 7118 22 of of IN 1662 7118 23 the the DT 1662 7118 24 boundary boundary NN 1662 7118 25 with with IN 1662 7118 26 China China NNP 1662 7118 27 ; ; : 1662 7118 28 islands island NNS 1662 7118 29 of of IN 1662 7118 30 Etorofu Etorofu NNP 1662 7118 31 , , , 1662 7118 32 Kunashiri Kunashiri NNP 1662 7118 33 , , , 1662 7118 34 and and CC 1662 7118 35 Shikotan Shikotan NNP 1662 7118 36 and and CC 1662 7118 37 the the DT 1662 7118 38 Habomai Habomai NNP 1662 7118 39 group group NN 1662 7118 40 occupied occupy VBN 1662 7118 41 by by IN 1662 7118 42 the the DT 1662 7118 43 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 7118 44 Union Union NNP 1662 7118 45 in in IN 1662 7118 46 1945 1945 CD 1662 7118 47 , , , 1662 7118 48 administered administer VBN 1662 7118 49 by by IN 1662 7118 50 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7118 51 , , , 1662 7118 52 claimed claim VBN 1662 7118 53 by by IN 1662 7118 54 Japan Japan NNP 1662 7118 55 ; ; : 1662 7118 56 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 7118 57 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7118 58 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7118 59 are be VBP 1662 7118 60 not not RB 1662 7118 61 yet yet RB 1662 7118 62 determined determine VBN 1662 7118 63 among among IN 1662 7118 64 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 7118 65 , , , 1662 7118 66 Iran Iran NNP 1662 7118 67 , , , 1662 7118 68 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 7118 69 , , , 1662 7118 70 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7118 71 , , , 1662 7118 72 and and CC 1662 7118 73 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 1662 7118 74 ; ; , 1662 7118 75 potential potential JJ 1662 7118 76 dispute dispute NN 1662 7118 77 with with IN 1662 7118 78 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 7118 79 over over IN 1662 7118 80 Crimea Crimea NNP 1662 7118 81 ; ; , 1662 7118 82 Estonian estonian JJ 1662 7118 83 and and CC 1662 7118 84 Russian russian JJ 1662 7118 85 negotiators negotiator NNS 1662 7118 86 reached reach VBD 1662 7118 87 a a DT 1662 7118 88 technical technical JJ 1662 7118 89 order order NN 1662 7118 90 agreement agreement NN 1662 7118 91 in in IN 1662 7118 92 December December NNP 1662 7118 93 1996 1996 CD 1662 7118 94 , , , 1662 7118 95 which which WDT 1662 7118 96 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 7118 97 is be VBZ 1662 7118 98 prepared prepared JJ 1662 7118 99 to to TO 1662 7118 100 sign sign VB 1662 7118 101 and and CC 1662 7118 102 ratify ratify VB 1662 7118 103 in in IN 1662 7118 104 January January NNP 1662 7118 105 1997 1997 CD 1662 7118 106 ; ; : 1662 7118 107 Estonia Estonia NNP 1662 7118 108 had have VBD 1662 7118 109 claimed claim VBN 1662 7118 110 over over IN 1662 7118 111 2,000 2,000 CD 1662 7118 112 sq sq IN 1662 7118 113 km km NNS 1662 7118 114 of of IN 1662 7118 115 Russian russian JJ 1662 7118 116 territory territory NN 1662 7118 117 in in IN 1662 7118 118 the the DT 1662 7118 119 Narva Narva NNP 1662 7118 120 and and CC 1662 7118 121 Pechora Pechora NNP 1662 7118 122 regions region NNS 1662 7118 123 - - , 1662 7118 124 based base VBN 1662 7118 125 on on IN 1662 7118 126 boundary boundary JJ 1662 7118 127 established establish VBN 1662 7118 128 under under IN 1662 7118 129 the the DT 1662 7118 130 1920 1920 CD 1662 7118 131 Peace Peace NNP 1662 7118 132 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 7118 133 of of IN 1662 7118 134 Tartu Tartu NNP 1662 7118 135 ; ; , 1662 7118 136 based base VBN 1662 7118 137 on on IN 1662 7118 138 the the DT 1662 7118 139 1920 1920 CD 1662 7118 140 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 7118 141 of of IN 1662 7118 142 Riga Riga NNP 1662 7118 143 , , , 1662 7118 144 Latvia Latvia NNP 1662 7118 145 had have VBD 1662 7118 146 claimed claim VBN 1662 7118 147 the the DT 1662 7118 148 Abrene Abrene NNP 1662 7118 149 / / SYM 1662 7118 150 Pytalovo Pytalovo NNP 1662 7118 151 section section NN 1662 7118 152 of of IN 1662 7118 153 the the DT 1662 7118 154 border border NN 1662 7118 155 ceded cede VBN 1662 7118 156 by by IN 1662 7118 157 the the DT 1662 7118 158 Latvian latvian JJ 1662 7118 159 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 7118 160 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 7118 161 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7118 162 to to IN 1662 7118 163 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7118 164 in in IN 1662 7118 165 1944 1944 CD 1662 7118 166 ; ; : 1662 7118 167 has have VBZ 1662 7118 168 made make VBN 1662 7118 169 no no DT 1662 7118 170 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7118 171 claim claim NN 1662 7118 172 in in IN 1662 7118 173 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 7118 174 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7118 175 but but CC 1662 7118 176 has have VBZ 1662 7118 177 reserved reserve VBN 1662 7118 178 the the DT 1662 7118 179 right right NN 1662 7118 180 to to TO 1662 7118 181 do do VB 1662 7118 182 so so RB 1662 7118 183 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7118 184 and and CC 1662 7118 185 does do VBZ 1662 7118 186 not not RB 1662 7118 187 recognize recognize VB 1662 7118 188 the the DT 1662 7118 189 claims claim NNS 1662 7118 190 of of IN 1662 7118 191 any any DT 1662 7118 192 other other JJ 1662 7118 193 nation nation NN 1662 7118 194 ; ; : 1662 7118 195 dispute dispute NN 1662 7118 196 with with IN 1662 7118 197 Lithuania Lithuania NNP 1662 7118 198 over over IN 1662 7118 199 the the DT 1662 7118 200 position position NN 1662 7118 201 of of IN 1662 7118 202 the the DT 1662 7118 203 riparian riparian JJ 1662 7118 204 and and CC 1662 7118 205 maritime maritime JJ 1662 7118 206 boundary boundary JJ 1662 7118 207 with with IN 1662 7118 208 Kaliningrad Kaliningrad NNP 1662 7118 209 Oblast Oblast NNP 1662 7118 210 ; ; : 1662 7118 211 Svalbard Svalbard NNP 1662 7118 212 is be VBZ 1662 7118 213 the the DT 1662 7118 214 focus focus NN 1662 7118 215 of of IN 1662 7118 216 a a DT 1662 7118 217 maritime maritime JJ 1662 7118 218 boundary boundary JJ 1662 7118 219 dispute dispute NN 1662 7118 220 in in IN 1662 7118 221 the the DT 1662 7118 222 Barents Barents NNP 1662 7118 223 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7118 224 between between IN 1662 7118 225 Norway Norway NNP 1662 7118 226 and and CC 1662 7118 227 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7118 228 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 7118 229 drugs drug VBZ 1662 7118 230 : : : 1662 7118 231 limited limited JJ 1662 7118 232 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 7118 233 of of IN 1662 7118 234 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 7118 235 and and CC 1662 7118 236 opium opium NN 1662 7118 237 poppy poppy NNP 1662 7118 238 , , , 1662 7118 239 mostly mostly RB 1662 7118 240 for for IN 1662 7118 241 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7118 242 consumption consumption NN 1662 7118 243 ; ; : 1662 7118 244 government government NN 1662 7118 245 has have VBZ 1662 7118 246 active active JJ 1662 7118 247 eradication eradication NN 1662 7118 248 program program NN 1662 7118 249 ; ; : 1662 7118 250 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 7118 251 used use VBN 1662 7118 252 as as IN 1662 7118 253 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 7118 254 point point NN 1662 7118 255 for for IN 1662 7118 256 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 7118 257 and and CC 1662 7118 258 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 7118 259 Asian asian JJ 1662 7118 260 opiates opiate NNS 1662 7118 261 and and CC 1662 7118 262 cannabis cannabi NNS 1662 7118 263 and and CC 1662 7118 264 Latin latin JJ 1662 7118 265 American american JJ 1662 7118 266 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 7118 267 to to IN 1662 7118 268 Western Western NNP 1662 7118 269 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7118 270 and and CC 1662 7118 271 the the DT 1662 7118 272 US US NNP 1662 7118 273 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 274 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 275 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 276 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 277 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 278 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 279 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 280 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 281 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 282 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 283 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 284 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 285 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 286 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 287 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 288 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 289 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 290 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 291 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 292 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 293 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 294 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 295 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 296 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 297 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 298 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 299 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 300 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 301 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 302 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 303 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 304 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 305 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 306 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 307 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 308 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 309 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 310 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 311 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 312 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 313 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 314 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 315 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 316 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 317 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 318 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 319 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 320 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 321 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 322 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 323 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 324 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 325 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 326 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 327 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 328 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 329 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 330 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 331 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 332 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 333 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 334 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 335 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 336 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 337 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 338 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 339 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 340 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 341 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 342 _ _ NNP 1662 7118 343 RWANDA RWANDA NNP 1662 7118 344 Introduction Introduction NNP 1662 7118 345 Current current JJ 1662 7118 346 issues issue NNS 1662 7118 347 : : : 1662 7118 348 following follow VBG 1662 7118 349 the the DT 1662 7118 350 outbreak outbreak NN 1662 7118 351 of of IN 1662 7118 352 genocidal genocidal JJ 1662 7118 353 strife strife NN 1662 7118 354 in in IN 1662 7118 355 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 7118 356 in in IN 1662 7118 357 April April NNP 1662 7118 358 1994 1994 CD 1662 7118 359 between between IN 1662 7118 360 Tutsi Tutsi NNP 1662 7118 361 and and CC 1662 7118 362 Hutu Hutu NNP 1662 7118 363 factions faction NNS 1662 7118 364 , , , 1662 7118 365 more more JJR 1662 7118 366 than than IN 1662 7118 367 2 2 CD 1662 7118 368 million million CD 1662 7118 369 refugees refugee NNS 1662 7118 370 fled flee VBD 1662 7118 371 to to IN 1662 7118 372 neighboring neighbor VBG 1662 7118 373 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 7118 374 , , , 1662 7118 375 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 7118 376 , , , 1662 7118 377 Uganda Uganda NNP 1662 7118 378 and and CC 1662 7118 379 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7118 380 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7118 381 of of IN 1662 7118 382 the the DT 1662 7118 383 Congo Congo NNP 1662 7118 384 , , , 1662 7118 385 formerly formerly RB 1662 7118 386 Zaire Zaire NNP 1662 7118 387 ; ; : 1662 7118 388 according accord VBG 1662 7118 389 to to IN 1662 7118 390 the the DT 1662 7118 391 UN UN NNP 1662 7118 392 High High NNP 1662 7118 393 Commission Commission NNP 1662 7118 394 on on IN 1662 7118 395 Refugees Refugees NNPS 1662 7118 396 , , , 1662 7118 397 in in IN 1662 7118 398 1996 1996 CD 1662 7118 399 and and CC 1662 7118 400 early early JJ 1662 7118 401 1997 1997 CD 1662 7118 402 nearly nearly RB 1662 7118 403 1,300,000 1,300,000 CD 1662 7118 404 Hutus Hutus NNP 1662 7118 405 returned return VBD 1662 7118 406 to to IN 1662 7118 407 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 7118 408 ; ; : 1662 7118 409 of of IN 1662 7118 410 these these DT 1662 7118 411 , , , 1662 7118 412 720,000 720,000 CD 1662 7118 413 returned return VBD 1662 7118 414 from from IN 1662 7118 415 Zaire Zaire NNP 1662 7118 416 , , , 1662 7118 417 480,000 480,000 CD 1662 7118 418 from from IN 1662 7118 419 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 7118 420 , , , 1662 7118 421 88,000 88,000 CD 1662 7118 422 from from IN 1662 7118 423 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 7118 424 , , , 1662 7118 425 and and CC 1662 7118 426 10,000 10,000 CD 1662 7118 427 from from IN 1662 7118 428 Uganda Uganda NNP 1662 7118 429 @Rwanda @Rwanda NNP 1662 7118 430 : : : 1662 7118 431 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7118 432 Location Location NNP 1662 7118 433 : : : 1662 7118 434 Central Central NNP 1662 7118 435 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7118 436 , , , 1662 7118 437 east east NN 1662 7118 438 of of IN 1662 7118 439 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7118 440 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7118 441 of of IN 1662 7118 442 the the DT 1662 7118 443 Congo Congo NNP 1662 7118 444 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7118 445 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7118 446 : : : 1662 7118 447 2 2 CD 1662 7118 448 00 00 SYM 1662 7118 449 S s NN 1662 7118 450 , , , 1662 7118 451 30 30 CD 1662 7118 452 00 00 CD 1662 7118 453 E e NN 1662 7118 454 Map Map NNP 1662 7118 455 references reference NNS 1662 7118 456 : : : 1662 7118 457 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7118 458 Area Area NNP 1662 7118 459 : : : 1662 7118 460 total total NN 1662 7118 461 : : : 1662 7118 462 26,340 26,340 CD 1662 7118 463 sq sq IN 1662 7118 464 km km NNP 1662 7118 465 land land NN 1662 7118 466 : : : 1662 7118 467 24,950 24,950 CD 1662 7118 468 sq sq NN 1662 7118 469 km km NNP 1662 7118 470 water water NN 1662 7118 471 : : : 1662 7118 472 1,390 1,390 CD 1662 7118 473 sq sq NNP 1662 7118 474 km km NNP 1662 7118 475 Area Area NNP 1662 7118 476 - - HYPH 1662 7118 477 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7118 478 : : : 1662 7118 479 slightly slightly RB 1662 7118 480 smaller small JJR 1662 7118 481 than than IN 1662 7118 482 Maryland Maryland NNP 1662 7118 483 Land Land NNP 1662 7118 484 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7118 485 : : : 1662 7118 486 total total JJ 1662 7118 487 : : : 1662 7118 488 893 893 CD 1662 7118 489 km km NN 1662 7118 490 border border NN 1662 7118 491 countries country NNS 1662 7118 492 : : : 1662 7118 493 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 7118 494 290 290 CD 1662 7118 495 km km NNS 1662 7118 496 , , , 1662 7118 497 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7118 498 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7118 499 of of IN 1662 7118 500 the the DT 1662 7118 501 Congo Congo NNP 1662 7118 502 217 217 CD 1662 7118 503 km km NNS 1662 7118 504 , , , 1662 7118 505 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 7118 506 217 217 CD 1662 7118 507 km km NNS 1662 7118 508 , , , 1662 7118 509 Uganda Uganda NNP 1662 7118 510 169 169 CD 1662 7118 511 km km NN 1662 7118 512 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7118 513 : : : 1662 7118 514 0 0 CD 1662 7118 515 km km NN 1662 7118 516 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7118 517 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 7118 518 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7118 519 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7118 520 claims claim VBZ 1662 7118 521 : : : 1662 7118 522 none none NN 1662 7118 523 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7118 524 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 7118 525 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7118 526 Climate climate NN 1662 7118 527 : : : 1662 7118 528 temperate temperate VB 1662 7118 529 ; ; : 1662 7118 530 two two CD 1662 7118 531 rainy rainy JJ 1662 7118 532 seasons season NNS 1662 7118 533 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7118 534 February February NNP 1662 7118 535 to to IN 1662 7118 536 April April NNP 1662 7118 537 , , , 1662 7118 538 November November NNP 1662 7118 539 to to IN 1662 7118 540 January January NNP 1662 7118 541 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7118 542 ; ; : 1662 7118 543 mild mild JJ 1662 7118 544 in in IN 1662 7118 545 mountains mountain NNS 1662 7118 546 with with IN 1662 7118 547 frost frost NN 1662 7118 548 and and CC 1662 7118 549 snow snow NN 1662 7118 550 possible possible JJ 1662 7118 551 Terrain terrain NN 1662 7118 552 : : : 1662 7118 553 mostly mostly RB 1662 7118 554 grassy grassy JJ 1662 7118 555 uplands upland NNS 1662 7118 556 and and CC 1662 7118 557 hills hill NNS 1662 7118 558 ; ; : 1662 7118 559 relief relief NN 1662 7118 560 is be VBZ 1662 7118 561 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 7118 562 with with IN 1662 7118 563 altitude altitude NN 1662 7118 564 declining decline VBG 1662 7118 565 from from IN 1662 7118 566 west west NN 1662 7118 567 to to IN 1662 7118 568 east east NNP 1662 7118 569 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7118 570 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7118 571 : : : 1662 7118 572 lowest low JJS 1662 7118 573 point point NN 1662 7118 574 : : : 1662 7118 575 Rusizi Rusizi NNP 1662 7118 576 River River NNP 1662 7118 577 950 950 CD 1662 7118 578 m m NN 1662 7118 579 highest high JJS 1662 7118 580 point point NN 1662 7118 581 : : : 1662 7118 582 Volcan Volcan NNP 1662 7118 583 Karisimbi Karisimbi NNP 1662 7118 584 4,519 4,519 CD 1662 7118 585 m m NNP 1662 7118 586 Natural natural JJ 1662 7118 587 resources resource NNS 1662 7118 588 : : : 1662 7118 589 gold gold NN 1662 7118 590 , , , 1662 7118 591 cassiterite cassiterite NN 1662 7118 592 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7118 593 tin tin NNP 1662 7118 594 ore ore NNP 1662 7118 595 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7118 596 , , , 1662 7118 597 wolframite wolframite NNP 1662 7118 598 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7118 599 tungsten tungsten NNP 1662 7118 600 ore ore NNP 1662 7118 601 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7118 602 , , , 1662 7118 603 natural natural JJ 1662 7118 604 gas gas NN 1662 7118 605 , , , 1662 7118 606 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 7118 607 Land Land NNP 1662 7118 608 use use NN 1662 7118 609 : : : 1662 7118 610 arable arable JJ 1662 7118 611 land land NN 1662 7118 612 : : : 1662 7118 613 35 35 CD 1662 7118 614 % % NN 1662 7118 615 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7118 616 crops crop NNS 1662 7118 617 : : : 1662 7118 618 13 13 CD 1662 7118 619 % % NN 1662 7118 620 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7118 621 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7118 622 : : : 1662 7118 623 18 18 CD 1662 7118 624 % % NN 1662 7118 625 forests forest NNS 1662 7118 626 and and CC 1662 7118 627 woodland woodland JJ 1662 7118 628 : : : 1662 7118 629 22 22 CD 1662 7118 630 % % NN 1662 7118 631 other other JJ 1662 7118 632 : : : 1662 7118 633 12 12 CD 1662 7118 634 % % NN 1662 7118 635 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7118 636 1993 1993 CD 1662 7118 637 est est NNP 1662 7118 638 . . . 1662 7118 639 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7119 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7119 2 land land NN 1662 7119 3 : : : 1662 7119 4 40 40 CD 1662 7119 5 sq sq NNP 1662 7119 6 km km NNP 1662 7119 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7119 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 7119 9 est est NNP 1662 7119 10 . . . 1662 7119 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7120 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 7120 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7120 3 : : : 1662 7120 4 periodic periodic JJ 1662 7120 5 droughts drought NNS 1662 7120 6 ; ; : 1662 7120 7 the the DT 1662 7120 8 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 7120 9 Virunga Virunga NNP 1662 7120 10 mountains mountain NNS 1662 7120 11 are be VBP 1662 7120 12 in in IN 1662 7120 13 the the DT 1662 7120 14 northwest northwest NN 1662 7120 15 along along IN 1662 7120 16 the the DT 1662 7120 17 border border NN 1662 7120 18 with with IN 1662 7120 19 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7120 20 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7120 21 of of IN 1662 7120 22 the the DT 1662 7120 23 Congo Congo NNP 1662 7120 24 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7120 25 - - HYPH 1662 7120 26 current current JJ 1662 7120 27 issues issue NNS 1662 7120 28 : : : 1662 7120 29 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 7120 30 results result NNS 1662 7120 31 from from IN 1662 7120 32 uncontrolled uncontrolled JJ 1662 7120 33 cutting cutting NN 1662 7120 34 of of IN 1662 7120 35 trees tree NNS 1662 7120 36 for for IN 1662 7120 37 fuel fuel NN 1662 7120 38 ; ; : 1662 7120 39 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 7120 40 ; ; : 1662 7120 41 soil soil NN 1662 7120 42 exhaustion exhaustion NN 1662 7120 43 ; ; , 1662 7120 44 soil soil NN 1662 7120 45 erosion erosion NN 1662 7120 46 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7120 47 - - HYPH 1662 7120 48 international international JJ 1662 7120 49 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7120 50 : : : 1662 7120 51 party party NN 1662 7120 52 to to TO 1662 7120 53 : : : 1662 7120 54 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 7120 55 , , , 1662 7120 56 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 7120 57 Species Species NNPS 1662 7120 58 , , , 1662 7120 59 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 7120 60 Test Test NNP 1662 7120 61 Ban Ban NNP 1662 7120 62 signed sign VBD 1662 7120 63 , , , 1662 7120 64 but but CC 1662 7120 65 not not RB 1662 7120 66 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7120 67 : : : 1662 7120 68 Climate climate NN 1662 7120 69 Change Change NNP 1662 7120 70 , , , 1662 7120 71 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 7120 72 , , , 1662 7120 73 Law Law NNP 1662 7120 74 of of IN 1662 7120 75 the the DT 1662 7120 76 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7120 77 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7120 78 - - HYPH 1662 7120 79 note note NN 1662 7120 80 : : : 1662 7120 81 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 7120 82 ; ; : 1662 7120 83 predominantly predominantly RB 1662 7120 84 rural rural JJ 1662 7120 85 population population NN 1662 7120 86 @Rwanda @rwanda XX 1662 7120 87 : : : 1662 7120 88 People People NNP 1662 7120 89 Population Population NNP 1662 7120 90 : : : 1662 7120 91 7,737,537 7,737,537 CD 1662 7120 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7120 93 July July NNP 1662 7120 94 1997 1997 CD 1662 7120 95 est est NNP 1662 7120 96 . . . 1662 7120 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7121 1 note note NN 1662 7121 2 : : : 1662 7121 3 genocide genocide NN 1662 7121 4 and and CC 1662 7121 5 civil civil JJ 1662 7121 6 war war NN 1662 7121 7 in in IN 1662 7121 8 1994 1994 CD 1662 7121 9 killed kill VBD 1662 7121 10 more more JJR 1662 7121 11 than than IN 1662 7121 12 1 1 CD 1662 7121 13 million million CD 1662 7121 14 Rwandans Rwandans NNPS 1662 7121 15 and and CC 1662 7121 16 forced force VBD 1662 7121 17 more more JJR 1662 7121 18 than than IN 1662 7121 19 2 2 CD 1662 7121 20 million million CD 1662 7121 21 to to TO 1662 7121 22 flee flee VB 1662 7121 23 to to IN 1662 7121 24 neighboring neighboring NN 1662 7121 25 countries country NNS 1662 7121 26 Age Age NNP 1662 7121 27 structure structure NN 1662 7121 28 : : : 1662 7121 29 0 0 CD 1662 7121 30 - - HYPH 1662 7121 31 14 14 CD 1662 7121 32 years year NNS 1662 7121 33 : : : 1662 7121 34 45 45 CD 1662 7121 35 % % NN 1662 7121 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7121 37 male male JJ 1662 7121 38 1,769,247 1,769,247 CD 1662 7121 39 ; ; , 1662 7121 40 female female JJ 1662 7121 41 1,757,957 1,757,957 CD 1662 7121 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7121 43 15 15 CD 1662 7121 44 - - SYM 1662 7121 45 64 64 CD 1662 7121 46 years year NNS 1662 7121 47 : : : 1662 7121 48 52 52 CD 1662 7121 49 % % NN 1662 7121 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7121 51 male male JJ 1662 7121 52 1,978,076 1,978,076 CD 1662 7121 53 ; ; : 1662 7121 54 female female JJ 1662 7121 55 2,018,141 2,018,141 CD 1662 7121 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7121 57 65 65 CD 1662 7121 58 years year NNS 1662 7121 59 and and CC 1662 7121 60 over over IN 1662 7121 61 : : : 1662 7121 62 3 3 CD 1662 7121 63 % % NN 1662 7121 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7121 65 male male JJ 1662 7121 66 88,556 88,556 CD 1662 7121 67 ; ; : 1662 7121 68 female female JJ 1662 7121 69 125,560 125,560 CD 1662 7121 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7121 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7121 72 July July NNP 1662 7121 73 1997 1997 CD 1662 7121 74 est est NNP 1662 7121 75 . . . 1662 7121 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7122 1 Population population NN 1662 7122 2 growth growth NN 1662 7122 3 rate rate NN 1662 7122 4 : : : 1662 7122 5 8.24 8.24 CD 1662 7122 6 % % NN 1662 7122 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7122 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7122 9 est est NNP 1662 7122 10 . . . 1662 7122 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7123 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7123 2 rate rate NN 1662 7123 3 : : : 1662 7123 4 38.73 38.73 CD 1662 7123 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NNP 1662 7123 6 population population NN 1662 7123 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7123 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7123 9 est est NNP 1662 7123 10 . . . 1662 7123 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7124 1 Death death NN 1662 7124 2 rate rate NN 1662 7124 3 : : : 1662 7124 4 21.06 21.06 CD 1662 7124 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7124 6 population population NN 1662 7124 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7124 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7124 9 est est NNP 1662 7124 10 . . . 1662 7124 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7125 1 Net net JJ 1662 7125 2 migration migration NN 1662 7125 3 rate rate NN 1662 7125 4 : : : 1662 7125 5 64.78 64.78 CD 1662 7125 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 7125 7 population population NN 1662 7125 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7125 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7125 10 est est NNP 1662 7125 11 . . . 1662 7125 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7126 1 note note VB 1662 7126 2 : : : 1662 7126 3 following follow VBG 1662 7126 4 the the DT 1662 7126 5 outbreak outbreak NN 1662 7126 6 of of IN 1662 7126 7 genocidal genocidal JJ 1662 7126 8 strife strife NN 1662 7126 9 in in IN 1662 7126 10 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 7126 11 in in IN 1662 7126 12 April April NNP 1662 7126 13 1994 1994 CD 1662 7126 14 between between IN 1662 7126 15 Tutsi Tutsi NNP 1662 7126 16 and and CC 1662 7126 17 Hutu Hutu NNP 1662 7126 18 factions faction NNS 1662 7126 19 , , , 1662 7126 20 more more JJR 1662 7126 21 than than IN 1662 7126 22 2 2 CD 1662 7126 23 million million CD 1662 7126 24 refugees refugee NNS 1662 7126 25 fled flee VBD 1662 7126 26 to to IN 1662 7126 27 neighboring neighbor VBG 1662 7126 28 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 7126 29 , , , 1662 7126 30 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 7126 31 , , , 1662 7126 32 Uganda Uganda NNP 1662 7126 33 , , , 1662 7126 34 and and CC 1662 7126 35 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7126 36 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7126 37 of of IN 1662 7126 38 the the DT 1662 7126 39 Congo Congo NNP 1662 7126 40 , , , 1662 7126 41 formerly formerly RB 1662 7126 42 Zaire Zaire NNP 1662 7126 43 ; ; : 1662 7126 44 according accord VBG 1662 7126 45 to to IN 1662 7126 46 the the DT 1662 7126 47 UN UN NNP 1662 7126 48 High High NNP 1662 7126 49 Commission Commission NNP 1662 7126 50 on on IN 1662 7126 51 Refugees Refugees NNPS 1662 7126 52 , , , 1662 7126 53 in in IN 1662 7126 54 1996 1996 CD 1662 7126 55 and and CC 1662 7126 56 early early JJ 1662 7126 57 1997 1997 CD 1662 7126 58 nearly nearly RB 1662 7126 59 1,300,000 1,300,000 CD 1662 7126 60 Hutus Hutus NNP 1662 7126 61 returned return VBD 1662 7126 62 to to IN 1662 7126 63 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 7126 64 ; ; : 1662 7126 65 of of IN 1662 7126 66 these these DT 1662 7126 67 720,000 720,000 CD 1662 7126 68 returned return VBN 1662 7126 69 from from IN 1662 7126 70 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7126 71 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7126 72 of of IN 1662 7126 73 the the DT 1662 7126 74 Congo Congo NNP 1662 7126 75 , , , 1662 7126 76 480,000 480,000 CD 1662 7126 77 from from IN 1662 7126 78 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 7126 79 , , , 1662 7126 80 88,000 88,000 CD 1662 7126 81 from from IN 1662 7126 82 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 7126 83 , , , 1662 7126 84 and and CC 1662 7126 85 10,000 10,000 CD 1662 7126 86 from from IN 1662 7126 87 Uganda Uganda NNP 1662 7126 88 Sex Sex NNP 1662 7126 89 ratio ratio NN 1662 7126 90 : : : 1662 7126 91 at at IN 1662 7126 92 birth birth NN 1662 7126 93 : : : 1662 7126 94 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 7126 95 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7126 96 under under IN 1662 7126 97 15 15 CD 1662 7126 98 years year NNS 1662 7126 99 : : : 1662 7126 100 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 7126 101 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7126 102 15 15 CD 1662 7126 103 - - HYPH 1662 7126 104 64 64 CD 1662 7126 105 years year NNS 1662 7126 106 : : : 1662 7126 107 0.98 0.98 CD 1662 7126 108 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7126 109 65 65 CD 1662 7126 110 years year NNS 1662 7126 111 and and CC 1662 7126 112 over over IN 1662 7126 113 : : : 1662 7126 114 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 7126 115 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7126 116 total total JJ 1662 7126 117 population population NN 1662 7126 118 : : : 1662 7126 119 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 7126 120 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7126 121 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7126 122 1997 1997 CD 1662 7126 123 est e JJS 1662 7126 124 . . . 1662 7126 125 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7127 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7127 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7127 3 rate rate NN 1662 7127 4 : : : 1662 7127 5 118.8 118.8 CD 1662 7127 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7127 7 live live JJ 1662 7127 8 births birth NNS 1662 7127 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7127 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7127 11 est est NNP 1662 7127 12 . . . 1662 7127 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7128 1 Life life NN 1662 7128 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7128 3 at at IN 1662 7128 4 birth birth NN 1662 7128 5 : : : 1662 7128 6 total total JJ 1662 7128 7 population population NN 1662 7128 8 : : : 1662 7128 9 39.11 39.11 CD 1662 7128 10 years year NNS 1662 7128 11 male male NN 1662 7128 12 : : : 1662 7128 13 38.64 38.64 CD 1662 7128 14 years year NNS 1662 7128 15 female female JJ 1662 7128 16 : : : 1662 7128 17 39.6 39.6 CD 1662 7128 18 years year NNS 1662 7128 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7128 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 7128 21 est est NNP 1662 7128 22 . . . 1662 7128 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7129 1 Total total JJ 1662 7129 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7129 3 rate rate NN 1662 7129 4 : : : 1662 7129 5 5.93 5.93 CD 1662 7129 6 children child NNS 1662 7129 7 born bear VBN 1662 7129 8 / / SYM 1662 7129 9 woman woman NN 1662 7129 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7129 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7129 12 est est NNP 1662 7129 13 . . . 1662 7129 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7130 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7130 2 : : : 1662 7130 3 noun noun NNP 1662 7130 4 : : : 1662 7130 5 Rwandan(s Rwandan(s NNP 1662 7130 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7130 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 7130 8 : : : 1662 7130 9 Rwandan rwandan JJ 1662 7130 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7130 11 groups group NNS 1662 7130 12 : : : 1662 7130 13 Hutu Hutu NNP 1662 7130 14 80 80 CD 1662 7130 15 % % NN 1662 7130 16 , , , 1662 7130 17 Tutsi Tutsi NNP 1662 7130 18 19 19 CD 1662 7130 19 % % NN 1662 7130 20 , , , 1662 7130 21 Twa Twa NNP 1662 7130 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7130 23 Pygmoid Pygmoid NNP 1662 7130 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7130 25 1 1 CD 1662 7130 26 % % NN 1662 7130 27 Religions religion NNS 1662 7130 28 : : : 1662 7130 29 Roman Roman NNP 1662 7130 30 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 7130 31 65 65 CD 1662 7130 32 % % NN 1662 7130 33 , , , 1662 7130 34 Protestant protestant NN 1662 7130 35 9 9 CD 1662 7130 36 % % NN 1662 7130 37 , , , 1662 7130 38 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 7130 39 1 1 CD 1662 7130 40 % % NN 1662 7130 41 , , , 1662 7130 42 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 7130 43 beliefs belief NNS 1662 7130 44 and and CC 1662 7130 45 other other JJ 1662 7130 46 25 25 CD 1662 7130 47 % % NN 1662 7130 48 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 7130 49 : : : 1662 7130 50 Kinyarwanda Kinyarwanda NNP 1662 7130 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7130 52 official official JJ 1662 7130 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7130 54 universal universal JJ 1662 7130 55 Bantu Bantu NNP 1662 7130 56 vernacular vernacular JJ 1662 7130 57 , , , 1662 7130 58 French french JJ 1662 7130 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7130 60 official official JJ 1662 7130 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7130 62 , , , 1662 7130 63 English English NNP 1662 7130 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7130 65 official official NN 1662 7130 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7130 67 , , , 1662 7130 68 Kiswahili Kiswahili NNP 1662 7130 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7130 70 Swahili Swahili NNP 1662 7130 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7130 72 used use VBN 1662 7130 73 in in IN 1662 7130 74 commercial commercial JJ 1662 7130 75 centers center NNS 1662 7130 76 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 7130 77 : : : 1662 7130 78 definition definition NN 1662 7130 79 : : : 1662 7130 80 age age NN 1662 7130 81 15 15 CD 1662 7130 82 and and CC 1662 7130 83 over over RB 1662 7130 84 can can MD 1662 7130 85 read read VB 1662 7130 86 and and CC 1662 7130 87 write write VB 1662 7130 88 total total JJ 1662 7130 89 population population NN 1662 7130 90 : : : 1662 7130 91 60.5 60.5 CD 1662 7130 92 % % NN 1662 7130 93 male male NN 1662 7130 94 : : : 1662 7130 95 69.8 69.8 CD 1662 7130 96 % % NN 1662 7130 97 female female NN 1662 7130 98 : : : 1662 7130 99 51.6 51.6 CD 1662 7130 100 % % NN 1662 7130 101 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7130 102 1995 1995 CD 1662 7130 103 est est NNP 1662 7130 104 . . . 1662 7130 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7131 1 @Rwanda @rwanda XX 1662 7131 2 : : : 1662 7131 3 Government Government NNP 1662 7131 4 Country Country NNP 1662 7131 5 name name NN 1662 7131 6 : : : 1662 7131 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7131 8 long long JJ 1662 7131 9 form form NN 1662 7131 10 : : : 1662 7131 11 Rwandese Rwandese NNP 1662 7131 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7131 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7131 14 short short JJ 1662 7131 15 form form NN 1662 7131 16 : : : 1662 7131 17 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 7131 18 local local JJ 1662 7131 19 long long JJ 1662 7131 20 form form NN 1662 7131 21 : : : 1662 7131 22 Republika Republika NNP 1662 7131 23 y'u y'u VBP 1662 7131 24 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 7131 25 local local JJ 1662 7131 26 short short JJ 1662 7131 27 form form NN 1662 7131 28 : : : 1662 7131 29 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 7131 30 Data Data NNP 1662 7131 31 code code NN 1662 7131 32 : : : 1662 7131 33 RW RW NNP 1662 7131 34 Government Government NNP 1662 7131 35 type type NN 1662 7131 36 : : : 1662 7131 37 republic republic NN 1662 7131 38 ; ; : 1662 7131 39 presidential presidential JJ 1662 7131 40 , , , 1662 7131 41 multiparty multiparty JJ 1662 7131 42 system system NN 1662 7131 43 National national JJ 1662 7131 44 capital capital NN 1662 7131 45 : : : 1662 7131 46 Kigali Kigali NNP 1662 7131 47 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 7131 48 divisions division NNS 1662 7131 49 : : : 1662 7131 50 10 10 CD 1662 7131 51 prefectures prefecture NNS 1662 7131 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7131 53 prefectures prefecture NNS 1662 7131 54 , , , 1662 7131 55 singular singular JJ 1662 7131 56 - - HYPH 1662 7131 57 prefecture prefecture NN 1662 7131 58 in in IN 1662 7131 59 French french JJ 1662 7131 60 ; ; : 1662 7131 61 plural plural JJ 1662 7131 62 - - HYPH 1662 7131 63 NA na NN 1662 7131 64 , , , 1662 7131 65 singular singular NN 1662 7131 66 - - HYPH 1662 7131 67 prefegitura prefegitura NN 1662 7131 68 in in IN 1662 7131 69 Kinyarwanda Kinyarwanda NNP 1662 7131 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7131 71 ; ; : 1662 7131 72 Butare Butare NNP 1662 7131 73 , , , 1662 7131 74 Byumba Byumba NNP 1662 7131 75 , , , 1662 7131 76 Cyangugu Cyangugu NNP 1662 7131 77 , , , 1662 7131 78 Gikongoro Gikongoro NNP 1662 7131 79 , , , 1662 7131 80 Gisenyi Gisenyi NNP 1662 7131 81 , , , 1662 7131 82 Gitarama Gitarama NNP 1662 7131 83 , , , 1662 7131 84 Kibungo Kibungo NNP 1662 7131 85 , , , 1662 7131 86 Kibuye Kibuye NNP 1662 7131 87 , , , 1662 7131 88 Kigali Kigali NNP 1662 7131 89 , , , 1662 7131 90 Ruhengeri Ruhengeri NNP 1662 7131 91 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7131 92 : : : 1662 7131 93 1 1 CD 1662 7131 94 July July NNP 1662 7131 95 1962 1962 CD 1662 7131 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7131 97 from from IN 1662 7131 98 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 7131 99 - - HYPH 1662 7131 100 administered administer VBN 1662 7131 101 UN UN NNP 1662 7131 102 trusteeship trusteeship NN 1662 7131 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7131 104 National national JJ 1662 7131 105 holiday holiday NN 1662 7131 106 : : : 1662 7131 107 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7131 108 Day Day NNP 1662 7131 109 , , , 1662 7131 110 1 1 CD 1662 7131 111 July July NNP 1662 7131 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7131 113 1962 1962 CD 1662 7131 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7131 115 Constitution constitution NN 1662 7131 116 : : : 1662 7131 117 on on IN 1662 7131 118 5 5 CD 1662 7131 119 May May NNP 1662 7131 120 1995 1995 CD 1662 7131 121 , , , 1662 7131 122 the the DT 1662 7131 123 Transitional Transitional NNP 1662 7131 124 National National NNP 1662 7131 125 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7131 126 adopted adopt VBD 1662 7131 127 a a DT 1662 7131 128 new new JJ 1662 7131 129 constitution constitution NN 1662 7131 130 which which WDT 1662 7131 131 included include VBD 1662 7131 132 elements element NNS 1662 7131 133 of of IN 1662 7131 134 the the DT 1662 7131 135 constitution constitution NN 1662 7131 136 of of IN 1662 7131 137 18 18 CD 1662 7131 138 June June NNP 1662 7131 139 1991 1991 CD 1662 7131 140 as as RB 1662 7131 141 well well RB 1662 7131 142 as as IN 1662 7131 143 provisions provision NNS 1662 7131 144 of of IN 1662 7131 145 the the DT 1662 7131 146 1993 1993 CD 1662 7131 147 Arusha Arusha NNP 1662 7131 148 peace peace NN 1662 7131 149 accord accord NN 1662 7131 150 and and CC 1662 7131 151 the the DT 1662 7131 152 November November NNP 1662 7131 153 1994 1994 CD 1662 7131 154 multi multi JJ 1662 7131 155 - - JJ 1662 7131 156 party party JJ 1662 7131 157 protocol protocol NN 1662 7131 158 of of IN 1662 7131 159 understanding understand VBG 1662 7131 160 Legal legal JJ 1662 7131 161 system system NN 1662 7131 162 : : : 1662 7131 163 based base VBN 1662 7131 164 on on IN 1662 7131 165 German german JJ 1662 7131 166 and and CC 1662 7131 167 Belgian belgian JJ 1662 7131 168 civil civil JJ 1662 7131 169 law law NN 1662 7131 170 systems system NNS 1662 7131 171 and and CC 1662 7131 172 customary customary JJ 1662 7131 173 law law NN 1662 7131 174 ; ; : 1662 7131 175 judicial judicial JJ 1662 7131 176 review review NN 1662 7131 177 of of IN 1662 7131 178 legislative legislative JJ 1662 7131 179 acts act NNS 1662 7131 180 in in IN 1662 7131 181 the the DT 1662 7131 182 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 7131 183 Court Court NNP 1662 7131 184 ; ; : 1662 7131 185 has have VBZ 1662 7131 186 not not RB 1662 7131 187 accepted accept VBN 1662 7131 188 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 7131 189 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 7131 190 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 7131 191 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 7131 192 : : : 1662 7131 193 NA na CD 1662 7131 194 years year NNS 1662 7131 195 of of IN 1662 7131 196 age age NN 1662 7131 197 ; ; : 1662 7131 198 universal universal JJ 1662 7131 199 adult adult NN 1662 7131 200 Executive executive JJ 1662 7131 201 branch branch NN 1662 7131 202 : : : 1662 7131 203 chief chief NN 1662 7131 204 of of IN 1662 7131 205 state state NN 1662 7131 206 : : : 1662 7131 207 President President NNP 1662 7131 208 Pasteur Pasteur NNP 1662 7131 209 BIZIMUNGU BIZIMUNGU NNP 1662 7131 210 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7131 211 since since IN 1662 7131 212 19 19 CD 1662 7131 213 July July NNP 1662 7131 214 1994 1994 CD 1662 7131 215 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7131 216 ; ; : 1662 7131 217 Vice Vice NNP 1662 7131 218 President President NNP 1662 7131 219 Maj Maj NNP 1662 7131 220 . . NNP 1662 7131 221 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 7131 222 Paul Paul NNP 1662 7131 223 KAGAME KAGAME NNP 1662 7131 224 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7131 225 since since IN 1662 7131 226 19 19 CD 1662 7131 227 July July NNP 1662 7131 228 1994 1994 CD 1662 7131 229 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7131 230 head head NN 1662 7131 231 of of IN 1662 7131 232 government government NN 1662 7131 233 : : : 1662 7131 234 Prime Prime NNP 1662 7131 235 Minister Minister NNP 1662 7131 236 Celestin Celestin NNP 1662 7131 237 RWIGEMA RWIGEMA NNP 1662 7131 238 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7131 239 since since IN 1662 7131 240 1 1 CD 1662 7131 241 September September NNP 1662 7131 242 1995 1995 CD 1662 7131 243 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7131 244 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7131 245 : : : 1662 7131 246 Council Council NNP 1662 7131 247 of of IN 1662 7131 248 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 7131 249 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7131 250 by by IN 1662 7131 251 the the DT 1662 7131 252 president president NNP 1662 7131 253 elections election NNS 1662 7131 254 : : : 1662 7131 255 current current JJ 1662 7131 256 president president NN 1662 7131 257 installed instal VBN 1662 7131 258 by by IN 1662 7131 259 force force NN 1662 7131 260 by by IN 1662 7131 261 the the DT 1662 7131 262 Tutsi Tutsi NNP 1662 7131 263 Rwandan Rwandan NNP 1662 7131 264 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 7131 265 Front Front NNP 1662 7131 266 ; ; , 1662 7131 267 normally normally RB 1662 7131 268 the the DT 1662 7131 269 president president NN 1662 7131 270 is be VBZ 1662 7131 271 elected elect VBN 1662 7131 272 by by IN 1662 7131 273 popular popular JJ 1662 7131 274 vote vote NN 1662 7131 275 for for IN 1662 7131 276 a a DT 1662 7131 277 five five CD 1662 7131 278 - - HYPH 1662 7131 279 year year NN 1662 7131 280 term term NN 1662 7131 281 ; ; : 1662 7131 282 elections election NNS 1662 7131 283 last last RB 1662 7131 284 held hold VBN 1662 7131 285 NA NA NNP 1662 7131 286 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7131 287 next next JJ 1662 7131 288 to to TO 1662 7131 289 be be VB 1662 7131 290 held hold VBN 1662 7131 291 NA NA NNP 1662 7131 292 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7131 293 ; ; : 1662 7131 294 prime prime NNP 1662 7131 295 minister minister NN 1662 7131 296 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7131 297 by by IN 1662 7131 298 the the DT 1662 7131 299 president president NN 1662 7131 300 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 7131 301 branch branch NN 1662 7131 302 : : : 1662 7131 303 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 7131 304 Transitional Transitional NNP 1662 7131 305 National National NNP 1662 7131 306 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7131 307 or or CC 1662 7131 308 Assemblee Assemblee NNP 1662 7131 309 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 7131 310 de de NNP 1662 7131 311 Transition Transition NNP 1662 7131 312 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7131 313 70 70 CD 1662 7131 314 seats seat NNS 1662 7131 315 ; ; : 1662 7131 316 members member NNS 1662 7131 317 were be VBD 1662 7131 318 predetermined predetermine VBN 1662 7131 319 by by IN 1662 7131 320 the the DT 1662 7131 321 Arusha Arusha NNP 1662 7131 322 peace peace NN 1662 7131 323 accord accord NN 1662 7131 324 to to TO 1662 7131 325 serve serve VB 1662 7131 326 NA NA NNP 1662 7131 327 - - HYPH 1662 7131 328 year year NN 1662 7131 329 terms term NNS 1662 7131 330 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7131 331 elections election NNS 1662 7131 332 : : : 1662 7131 333 last last RB 1662 7131 334 held hold VBD 1662 7131 335 26 26 CD 1662 7131 336 December December NNP 1662 7131 337 1988 1988 CD 1662 7131 338 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7131 339 next next JJ 1662 7131 340 to to TO 1662 7131 341 be be VB 1662 7131 342 held hold VBN 1662 7131 343 NA NA NNP 1662 7131 344 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7131 345 ; ; : 1662 7131 346 note note VB 1662 7131 347 - - : 1662 7131 348 the the DT 1662 7131 349 Transitional Transitional NNP 1662 7131 350 National National NNP 1662 7131 351 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7131 352 is be VBZ 1662 7131 353 a a DT 1662 7131 354 power power NN 1662 7131 355 - - HYPH 1662 7131 356 sharing share VBG 1662 7131 357 body body NN 1662 7131 358 established establish VBN 1662 7131 359 on on IN 1662 7131 360 12 12 CD 1662 7131 361 December December NNP 1662 7131 362 1994 1994 CD 1662 7131 363 following follow VBG 1662 7131 364 a a DT 1662 7131 365 multi multi JJ 1662 7131 366 - - JJ 1662 7131 367 party party JJ 1662 7131 368 protocol protocol NN 1662 7131 369 of of IN 1662 7131 370 understanding understand VBG 1662 7131 371 election election NN 1662 7131 372 results result NNS 1662 7131 373 : : : 1662 7131 374 percent percent NN 1662 7131 375 of of IN 1662 7131 376 vote vote NN 1662 7131 377 by by IN 1662 7131 378 party party NN 1662 7131 379 - - HYPH 1662 7131 380 NA NA NNP 1662 7131 381 ; ; , 1662 7131 382 seats seat NNS 1662 7131 383 by by IN 1662 7131 384 party party NN 1662 7131 385 - - HYPH 1662 7131 386 RPF RPF NNP 1662 7131 387 19 19 CD 1662 7131 388 , , , 1662 7131 389 MDR MDR NNP 1662 7131 390 13 13 CD 1662 7131 391 , , , 1662 7131 392 PSD PSD NNP 1662 7131 393 13 13 CD 1662 7131 394 , , , 1662 7131 395 PL PL NNP 1662 7131 396 13 13 CD 1662 7131 397 , , , 1662 7131 398 PDC PDC NNP 1662 7131 399 6 6 CD 1662 7131 400 , , , 1662 7131 401 PSR PSR NNP 1662 7131 402 2 2 CD 1662 7131 403 , , , 1662 7131 404 PDI PDI NNP 1662 7131 405 2 2 CD 1662 7131 406 , , , 1662 7131 407 other other JJ 1662 7131 408 2 2 CD 1662 7131 409 ; ; : 1662 7131 410 note note VB 1662 7131 411 - - : 1662 7131 412 the the DT 1662 7131 413 distribution distribution NN 1662 7131 414 of of IN 1662 7131 415 seats seat NNS 1662 7131 416 was be VBD 1662 7131 417 predetermined predetermine VBN 1662 7131 418 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 7131 419 branch branch NN 1662 7131 420 : : : 1662 7131 421 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 7131 422 Court Court NNP 1662 7131 423 , , , 1662 7131 424 consists consist VBZ 1662 7131 425 of of IN 1662 7131 426 the the DT 1662 7131 427 Court Court NNP 1662 7131 428 of of IN 1662 7131 429 Cassation Cassation NNP 1662 7131 430 and and CC 1662 7131 431 the the DT 1662 7131 432 Council Council NNP 1662 7131 433 of of IN 1662 7131 434 State State NNP 1662 7131 435 in in IN 1662 7131 436 joint joint JJ 1662 7131 437 session session NN 1662 7131 438 Political political JJ 1662 7131 439 parties party NNS 1662 7131 440 and and CC 1662 7131 441 leaders leader NNS 1662 7131 442 : : : 1662 7131 443 significant significant JJ 1662 7131 444 parties party NNS 1662 7131 445 include include VBP 1662 7131 446 : : : 1662 7131 447 Rwandan Rwandan NNP 1662 7131 448 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 7131 449 Front Front NNP 1662 7131 450 or or CC 1662 7131 451 RPF RPF NNP 1662 7131 452 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7131 453 Alexis Alexis NNP 1662 7131 454 KANYARENGWE KANYARENGWE NNP 1662 7131 455 , , , 1662 7131 456 chairman chairman NN 1662 7131 457 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7131 458 ; 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NNP 1662 7131 526 Gen. Gen. 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N. NNP 1662 7131 635 RUDASINGWA RUDASINGWA NNP 1662 7131 636 chancery chancery NN 1662 7131 637 : : : 1662 7131 638 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7131 639 temporary temporary JJ 1662 7131 640 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7131 641 Suites suite NNS 1662 7131 642 C1 c1 NN 1662 7131 643 and and CC 1662 7131 644 C2 c2 NN 1662 7131 645 , , , 1662 7131 646 2141 2141 CD 1662 7131 647 Wisconsin Wisconsin NNP 1662 7131 648 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 7131 649 , , , 1662 7131 650 NW NW NNP 1662 7131 651 , , , 1662 7131 652 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7131 653 , , , 1662 7131 654 DC DC NNP 1662 7131 655 20007 20007 CD 1662 7131 656 telephone telephone NN 1662 7131 657 : : : 1662 7131 658 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7131 659 1 1 CD 1662 7131 660 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7131 661 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7131 662 202 202 CD 1662 7131 663 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7131 664 232 232 CD 1662 7131 665 - - SYM 1662 7131 666 2882 2882 CD 1662 7131 667 FAX FAX NNP 1662 7131 668 : : : 1662 7131 669 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7131 670 1 1 CD 1662 7131 671 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7131 672 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7131 673 202 202 CD 1662 7131 674 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7131 675 232 232 CD 1662 7131 676 - - HYPH 1662 7131 677 4544 4544 CD 1662 7131 678 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7131 679 representation representation NN 1662 7131 680 from from IN 1662 7131 681 the the DT 1662 7131 682 US US NNP 1662 7131 683 : : : 1662 7131 684 chief chief NN 1662 7131 685 of of IN 1662 7131 686 mission mission NN 1662 7131 687 : : : 1662 7131 688 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 7131 689 Robert Robert NNP 1662 7131 690 GRIBBIN GRIBBIN NNP 1662 7131 691 III III NNP 1662 7131 692 embassy embassy NN 1662 7131 693 : : : 1662 7131 694 Boulevard Boulevard NNP 1662 7131 695 de de NNP 1662 7131 696 la la NNP 1662 7131 697 Revolution Revolution NNP 1662 7131 698 , , , 1662 7131 699 Kigali Kigali NNP 1662 7131 700 mailing mail VBG 1662 7131 701 address address NN 1662 7131 702 : : : 1662 7131 703 B. B. NNP 1662 7131 704 P. P. NNP 1662 7131 705 28 28 CD 1662 7131 706 , , , 1662 7131 707 Kigali Kigali NNP 1662 7131 708 telephone telephone NN 1662 7131 709 : : : 1662 7131 710 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7131 711 250 250 CD 1662 7131 712 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7131 713 756 756 CD 1662 7131 714 01 01 CD 1662 7131 715 through through IN 1662 7131 716 03 03 CD 1662 7131 717 , , , 1662 7131 718 721 721 CD 1662 7131 719 26 26 CD 1662 7131 720 , , , 1662 7131 721 771 771 CD 1662 7131 722 47 47 CD 1662 7131 723 FAX fax NN 1662 7131 724 : : : 1662 7131 725 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7131 726 250 250 CD 1662 7131 727 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7131 728 721 721 CD 1662 7131 729 28 28 CD 1662 7131 730 Flag flag NN 1662 7131 731 description description NN 1662 7131 732 : : : 1662 7131 733 three three CD 1662 7131 734 equal equal JJ 1662 7131 735 vertical vertical JJ 1662 7131 736 bands band NNS 1662 7131 737 of of IN 1662 7131 738 red red JJ 1662 7131 739 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7131 740 hoist hoist NN 1662 7131 741 side side NN 1662 7131 742 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7131 743 , , , 1662 7131 744 yellow yellow JJ 1662 7131 745 , , , 1662 7131 746 and and CC 1662 7131 747 green green JJ 1662 7131 748 with with IN 1662 7131 749 a a DT 1662 7131 750 large large JJ 1662 7131 751 black black JJ 1662 7131 752 letter letter NN 1662 7131 753 R r NN 1662 7131 754 centered center VBD 1662 7131 755 in in IN 1662 7131 756 the the DT 1662 7131 757 yellow yellow JJ 1662 7131 758 band band NN 1662 7131 759 ; ; : 1662 7131 760 uses use VBZ 1662 7131 761 the the DT 1662 7131 762 popular popular JJ 1662 7131 763 pan pan JJ 1662 7131 764 - 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- HYPH 1662 7137 18 scale scale NN 1662 7137 19 civil civil JJ 1662 7137 20 warfare warfare NN 1662 7137 21 in in IN 1662 7137 22 April April NNP 1662 7137 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 7137 24 in in IN 1662 7137 25 the the DT 1662 7137 26 capital capital NN 1662 7137 27 city city NNP 1662 7137 28 Kigali Kigali NNP 1662 7137 29 and and CC 1662 7137 30 elsewhere elsewhere RB 1662 7137 31 took take VBD 1662 7137 32 500,000 500,000 CD 1662 7137 33 lives life NNS 1662 7137 34 in in IN 1662 7137 35 that that DT 1662 7137 36 year year NN 1662 7137 37 alone alone RB 1662 7137 38 and and CC 1662 7137 39 severely severely RB 1662 7137 40 damaged damaged JJ 1662 7137 41 already already RB 1662 7137 42 poor poor JJ 1662 7137 43 economic economic JJ 1662 7137 44 prospects prospect NNS 1662 7137 45 . . . 1662 7138 1 Sketchy sketchy JJ 1662 7138 2 data datum NNS 1662 7138 3 suggest suggest VBP 1662 7138 4 that that IN 1662 7138 5 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7138 6 dropped drop VBD 1662 7138 7 50 50 CD 1662 7138 8 % % NN 1662 7138 9 in in IN 1662 7138 10 1994 1994 CD 1662 7138 11 and and CC 1662 7138 12 came come VBD 1662 7138 13 back back RB 1662 7138 14 partially partially RB 1662 7138 15 , , , 1662 7138 16 by by IN 1662 7138 17 25 25 CD 1662 7138 18 % % NN 1662 7138 19 , , , 1662 7138 20 in in IN 1662 7138 21 1995 1995 CD 1662 7138 22 . . . 1662 7139 1 Plentiful plentiful JJ 1662 7139 2 rains rain NNS 1662 7139 3 helped help VBD 1662 7139 4 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7139 5 in in IN 1662 7139 6 1996 1996 CD 1662 7139 7 , , , 1662 7139 8 and and CC 1662 7139 9 outside outside JJ 1662 7139 10 aid aid NN 1662 7139 11 continued continue VBD 1662 7139 12 to to TO 1662 7139 13 support support VB 1662 7139 14 this this DT 1662 7139 15 desperately desperately RB 1662 7139 16 poor poor JJ 1662 7139 17 economy economy NN 1662 7139 18 . . . 1662 7140 1 The the DT 1662 7140 2 economy economy NN 1662 7140 3 continues continue VBZ 1662 7140 4 to to TO 1662 7140 5 suffer suffer VB 1662 7140 6 massively massively RB 1662 7140 7 from from IN 1662 7140 8 failure failure NN 1662 7140 9 to to TO 1662 7140 10 maintain maintain VB 1662 7140 11 the the DT 1662 7140 12 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 7140 13 , , , 1662 7140 14 looting looting NN 1662 7140 15 , , , 1662 7140 16 neglect neglect NN 1662 7140 17 of of IN 1662 7140 18 important important JJ 1662 7140 19 cash cash NN 1662 7140 20 crops crop NNS 1662 7140 21 , , , 1662 7140 22 and and CC 1662 7140 23 lack lack NN 1662 7140 24 of of IN 1662 7140 25 health health NN 1662 7140 26 care care NN 1662 7140 27 facilities facility NNS 1662 7140 28 . . . 1662 7141 1 Because because IN 1662 7141 2 of of IN 1662 7141 3 the the DT 1662 7141 4 accumulated accumulate VBN 1662 7141 5 damage damage NN 1662 7141 6 to to IN 1662 7141 7 capital capital NN 1662 7141 8 plant plant NN 1662 7141 9 and and CC 1662 7141 10 the the DT 1662 7141 11 decline decline NN 1662 7141 12 in in IN 1662 7141 13 public public JJ 1662 7141 14 discipline discipline NN 1662 7141 15 , , , 1662 7141 16 recovery recovery NN 1662 7141 17 of of IN 1662 7141 18 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7141 19 production production NN 1662 7141 20 will will MD 1662 7141 21 proceed proceed VB 1662 7141 22 slowly slowly RB 1662 7141 23 . . . 1662 7142 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7142 2 : : : 1662 7142 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7142 4 power power NN 1662 7142 5 parity parity NN 1662 7142 6 - 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distant distant JJ 1662 7150 70 countries country NNS 1662 7150 71 ; ; : 1662 7150 72 satellite satellite NN 1662 7150 73 earth earth NN 1662 7150 74 stations station NNS 1662 7150 75 - - , 1662 7150 76 1 1 CD 1662 7150 77 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7150 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7150 79 Indian Indian NNP 1662 7150 80 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7150 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7150 82 in in IN 1662 7150 83 Kigali Kigali NNP 1662 7150 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7150 85 includes include VBZ 1662 7150 86 telex telex NNP 1662 7150 87 and and CC 1662 7150 88 telefax telefax JJR 1662 7150 89 service service NN 1662 7150 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7150 91 Radio radio NN 1662 7150 92 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7150 93 stations station NNS 1662 7150 94 : : : 1662 7150 95 AM AM NNP 1662 7150 96 1 1 CD 1662 7150 97 , , , 1662 7150 98 FM FM NNP 1662 7150 99 1 1 CD 1662 7150 100 , , , 1662 7150 101 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 7150 102 0 0 CD 1662 7150 103 Radios radio NNS 1662 7150 104 : : : 1662 7150 105 630,000 630,000 CD 1662 7150 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7150 107 1993 1993 CD 1662 7150 108 est est NNP 1662 7150 109 . . . 1662 7150 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7151 1 Television television NN 1662 7151 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7151 3 stations station NNS 1662 7151 4 : : : 1662 7151 5 1 1 CD 1662 7151 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 7151 7 : : : 1662 7151 8 NA NA NNP 1662 7151 9 @Rwanda @rwanda XX 1662 7151 10 : : : 1662 7151 11 Transportation transportation NN 1662 7151 12 Railways railway NNS 1662 7151 13 : : : 1662 7151 14 0 0 LS 1662 7151 15 km km NN 1662 7151 16 Highways highway NNS 1662 7151 17 : : : 1662 7151 18 total total NN 1662 7151 19 : : : 1662 7151 20 12,000 12,000 CD 1662 7151 21 km km NN 1662 7151 22 paved pave VBN 1662 7151 23 : : : 1662 7151 24 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7151 25 km km NN 1662 7151 26 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7151 27 : : : 1662 7151 28 11,000 11,000 CD 1662 7151 29 km km NNS 1662 7151 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7151 31 1997 1997 CD 1662 7151 32 est est NNP 1662 7151 33 . . . 1662 7151 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7152 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 7152 2 : : : 1662 7152 3 Lac Lac NNP 1662 7152 4 Kivu Kivu NNP 1662 7152 5 navigable navigable JJ 1662 7152 6 by by IN 1662 7152 7 shallow shallow JJ 1662 7152 8 - - HYPH 1662 7152 9 draft draft NN 1662 7152 10 barges barge NNS 1662 7152 11 and and CC 1662 7152 12 native native JJ 1662 7152 13 craft craft NN 1662 7152 14 Ports port NNS 1662 7152 15 and and CC 1662 7152 16 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7152 17 : : : 1662 7152 18 Cyangugu Cyangugu NNP 1662 7152 19 , , , 1662 7152 20 Gisenyi Gisenyi NNP 1662 7152 21 , , , 1662 7152 22 Kibuye Kibuye NNP 1662 7152 23 Airports Airports NNPS 1662 7152 24 : : : 1662 7152 25 7 7 CD 1662 7152 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7152 27 1996 1996 CD 1662 7152 28 est est NNP 1662 7152 29 . . . 1662 7152 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7153 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7153 2 - - , 1662 7153 3 with with IN 1662 7153 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7153 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7153 6 : : : 1662 7153 7 total total NN 1662 7153 8 : : : 1662 7153 9 6 6 CD 1662 7153 10 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7155 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7155 4 : : : 1662 7155 5 Army Army NNP 1662 7155 6 , , , 1662 7155 7 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 7155 8 Military Military NNP 1662 7155 9 manpower manpower NN 1662 7155 10 - - HYPH 1662 7155 11 availability availability NN 1662 7155 12 : : : 1662 7155 13 males male NNS 1662 7155 14 age age NNP 1662 7155 15 15 15 CD 1662 7155 16 - - HYPH 1662 7155 17 49 49 CD 1662 7155 18 : : : 1662 7155 19 1,806,832 1,806,832 CD 1662 7155 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7155 21 1997 1997 CD 1662 7155 22 est est NNP 1662 7155 23 . . . 1662 7155 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7156 1 Military military JJ 1662 7156 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7156 3 - - HYPH 1662 7156 4 fit fit NN 1662 7156 5 for for IN 1662 7156 6 military military JJ 1662 7156 7 service service NN 1662 7156 8 : : : 1662 7156 9 males male NNS 1662 7156 10 : : : 1662 7156 11 920,343 920,343 CD 1662 7156 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7156 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7156 14 est est NNP 1662 7156 15 . . . 1662 7156 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7157 1 Military military JJ 1662 7157 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7157 3 - - HYPH 1662 7157 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 7157 5 figure figure NN 1662 7157 6 : : : 1662 7157 7 $ $ $ 1662 7157 8 112.5 112.5 CD 1662 7157 9 million million CD 1662 7157 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7157 11 1992 1992 CD 1662 7157 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7157 13 Military military JJ 1662 7157 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7157 15 - - : 1662 7157 16 percent percent NN 1662 7157 17 of of IN 1662 7157 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7157 19 : : : 1662 7157 20 7 7 CD 1662 7157 21 % % NN 1662 7157 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7157 23 1992 1992 CD 1662 7157 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7157 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7157 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7157 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 7157 28 - - : 1662 7157 29 international international RB 1662 7157 30 : : : 1662 7157 31 none none NN 1662 7157 32 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 33 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 34 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 35 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 36 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 37 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 38 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 39 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 40 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 41 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 42 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 43 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 44 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 45 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 46 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 47 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 48 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 49 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 50 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 51 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 52 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 53 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 54 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 55 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 56 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 57 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 58 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 59 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 60 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 61 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 62 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 63 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 64 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 65 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 66 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 67 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 68 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 69 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 70 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 71 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 72 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 73 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 74 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 75 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 76 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 77 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 78 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 79 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 80 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 81 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 82 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 83 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 84 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 85 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 86 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 87 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 88 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 89 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 90 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 91 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 92 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 93 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 94 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 95 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 96 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 97 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 98 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 99 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 100 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 101 _ _ NNP 1662 7157 102 SAINT SAINT NNP 1662 7157 103 HELENA HELENA NNP 1662 7157 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7157 105 dependent dependent JJ 1662 7157 106 territory territory NN 1662 7157 107 of of IN 1662 7157 108 the the DT 1662 7157 109 UK UK NNP 1662 7157 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7157 111 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7157 112 Helena Helena NNP 1662 7157 113 : : : 1662 7157 114 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7157 115 Location Location NNP 1662 7157 116 : : : 1662 7157 117 Southern Southern NNP 1662 7157 118 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7157 119 , , , 1662 7157 120 island island NN 1662 7157 121 in in IN 1662 7157 122 the the DT 1662 7157 123 South South NNP 1662 7157 124 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7157 125 Ocean Ocean NNP 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164 land land NN 1662 7157 165 : : : 1662 7157 166 410 410 CD 1662 7157 167 sq sq NNP 1662 7157 168 km km NNP 1662 7157 169 water water NN 1662 7157 170 : : : 1662 7157 171 0 0 NFP 1662 7157 172 sq sq NNP 1662 7157 173 km km NNP 1662 7157 174 note note NN 1662 7157 175 : : : 1662 7157 176 includes include VBZ 1662 7157 177 Ascension Ascension NNP 1662 7157 178 , , , 1662 7157 179 Gough Gough NNP 1662 7157 180 Island Island NNP 1662 7157 181 , , , 1662 7157 182 Inaccessible Inaccessible NNP 1662 7157 183 Island Island NNP 1662 7157 184 , , , 1662 7157 185 Nightingale Nightingale NNP 1662 7157 186 Island Island NNP 1662 7157 187 , , , 1662 7157 188 and and CC 1662 7157 189 Tristan Tristan NNP 1662 7157 190 da da NNP 1662 7157 191 Cunha Cunha NNP 1662 7157 192 Area Area NNP 1662 7157 193 - - HYPH 1662 7157 194 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7157 195 : : : 1662 7157 196 slightly slightly RB 1662 7157 197 more more JJR 1662 7157 198 than than IN 1662 7157 199 two two CD 1662 7157 200 times time NNS 1662 7157 201 the the DT 1662 7157 202 size size NN 1662 7157 203 of of IN 1662 7157 204 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7157 205 , , , 1662 7157 206 DC DC NNP 1662 7157 207 Land Land NNP 1662 7157 208 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7157 209 : : : 1662 7157 210 0 0 LS 1662 7157 211 km km NN 1662 7157 212 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7157 213 : : : 1662 7157 214 60 60 CD 1662 7157 215 km km NN 1662 7157 216 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7157 217 claims claim VBZ 1662 7157 218 : : : 1662 7157 219 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 7157 220 fishing fishing NN 1662 7157 221 zone zone NN 1662 7157 222 : : : 1662 7157 223 200 200 CD 1662 7157 224 nm nm CD 1662 7157 225 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7157 226 sea sea NN 1662 7157 227 : : : 1662 7157 228 12 12 CD 1662 7157 229 nm nm NNP 1662 7157 230 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7157 231 : : : 1662 7157 232 tropical tropical JJ 1662 7157 233 ; ; : 1662 7157 234 marine marine NNP 1662 7157 235 ; ; : 1662 7157 236 mild mild NNP 1662 7157 237 , , , 1662 7157 238 tempered temper VBN 1662 7157 239 by by IN 1662 7157 240 trade trade NN 1662 7157 241 winds wind NNS 1662 7157 242 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7157 243 : : : 1662 7157 244 rugged rugged JJ 1662 7157 245 , , , 1662 7157 246 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 7157 247 ; ; : 1662 7157 248 small small JJ 1662 7157 249 scattered scatter VBN 1662 7157 250 plateaus plateaus NN 1662 7157 251 and and CC 1662 7157 252 plains plain VBZ 1662 7157 253 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7157 254 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7157 255 : : : 1662 7157 256 lowest low JJS 1662 7157 257 point point NN 1662 7157 258 : : : 1662 7157 259 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7157 260 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7157 261 0 0 NFP 1662 7157 262 m m DT 1662 7157 263 highest high JJS 1662 7157 264 point point NN 1662 7157 265 : : : 1662 7157 266 Queen Queen NNP 1662 7157 267 Mary Mary NNP 1662 7157 268 's 's POS 1662 7157 269 Peak Peak NNP 1662 7157 270 2,060 2,060 CD 1662 7157 271 m m CD 1662 7157 272 Natural natural JJ 1662 7157 273 resources resource NNS 1662 7157 274 : : : 1662 7157 275 fish fish VB 1662 7157 276 Land land NN 1662 7157 277 use use NN 1662 7157 278 : : : 1662 7157 279 arable arable JJ 1662 7157 280 land land NN 1662 7157 281 : : : 1662 7157 282 6 6 CD 1662 7157 283 % % NN 1662 7157 284 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7157 285 crops crop NNS 1662 7157 286 : : : 1662 7157 287 NA% na% IN 1662 7157 288 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7157 289 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7157 290 : : : 1662 7157 291 6 6 CD 1662 7157 292 % % NN 1662 7157 293 forests forest NNS 1662 7157 294 and and CC 1662 7157 295 woodland woodland NN 1662 7157 296 : : : 1662 7157 297 6 6 CD 1662 7157 298 % % NN 1662 7157 299 other other JJ 1662 7157 300 : : : 1662 7157 301 82 82 CD 1662 7157 302 % % NN 1662 7157 303 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7157 304 1993 1993 CD 1662 7157 305 est est NNP 1662 7157 306 . . . 1662 7157 307 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7158 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7158 2 land land NN 1662 7158 3 : : : 1662 7158 4 NA NA NNP 1662 7158 5 sq sq RB 1662 7158 6 km km VB 1662 7158 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 7158 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7158 9 : : : 1662 7158 10 active active JJ 1662 7158 11 volcanism volcanism NN 1662 7158 12 on on IN 1662 7158 13 Tristan Tristan NNP 1662 7158 14 da da NNP 1662 7158 15 Cunha Cunha NNP 1662 7158 16 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7158 17 - - HYPH 1662 7158 18 current current JJ 1662 7158 19 issues issue NNS 1662 7158 20 : : : 1662 7158 21 NA NA NNP 1662 7158 22 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7158 23 - - HYPH 1662 7158 24 international international JJ 1662 7158 25 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7158 26 : : : 1662 7158 27 party party NN 1662 7158 28 to to IN 1662 7158 29 : : : 1662 7158 30 NA NA NNP 1662 7158 31 signed sign VBN 1662 7158 32 , , , 1662 7158 33 but but CC 1662 7158 34 not not RB 1662 7158 35 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7158 36 : : : 1662 7158 37 NA NA NNP 1662 7158 38 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7158 39 - - HYPH 1662 7158 40 note note NN 1662 7158 41 : : : 1662 7158 42 Napoleon Napoleon NNP 1662 7158 43 Bonaparte Bonaparte NNP 1662 7158 44 's 's POS 1662 7158 45 place place NN 1662 7158 46 of of IN 1662 7158 47 exile exile NN 1662 7158 48 and and CC 1662 7158 49 burial burial NN 1662 7158 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7158 51 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7158 52 remains remain NNS 1662 7158 53 were be VBD 1662 7158 54 taken take VBN 1662 7158 55 to to IN 1662 7158 56 Paris Paris NNP 1662 7158 57 in in IN 1662 7158 58 1840 1840 CD 1662 7158 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7158 60 ; ; : 1662 7158 61 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7158 62 at at RB 1662 7158 63 least least RBS 1662 7158 64 40 40 CD 1662 7158 65 species specie NNS 1662 7158 66 of of IN 1662 7158 67 plants plant NNS 1662 7158 68 unknown unknown JJ 1662 7158 69 anywhere anywhere RB 1662 7158 70 else else RB 1662 7158 71 in in IN 1662 7158 72 the the DT 1662 7158 73 world world NN 1662 7158 74 ; ; : 1662 7158 75 Ascension ascension NN 1662 7158 76 is be VBZ 1662 7158 77 a a DT 1662 7158 78 breeding breeding NN 1662 7158 79 ground ground NN 1662 7158 80 for for IN 1662 7158 81 sea sea NN 1662 7158 82 turtles turtle NNS 1662 7158 83 and and CC 1662 7158 84 sooty sooty NNS 1662 7158 85 terns tern VBZ 1662 7158 86 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7158 87 Helena Helena NNP 1662 7158 88 : : : 1662 7158 89 People People NNP 1662 7158 90 Population Population NNP 1662 7158 91 : : : 1662 7158 92 7,036 7,036 CD 1662 7158 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7158 94 July July NNP 1662 7158 95 1997 1997 CD 1662 7158 96 est est NNP 1662 7158 97 . . . 1662 7158 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7159 1 Age age NN 1662 7159 2 structure structure NN 1662 7159 3 : : : 1662 7159 4 0 0 CD 1662 7159 5 - - HYPH 1662 7159 6 14 14 CD 1662 7159 7 years year NNS 1662 7159 8 : : : 1662 7159 9 20 20 CD 1662 7159 10 % % NN 1662 7159 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7159 12 male male NN 1662 7159 13 722 722 CD 1662 7159 14 ; ; , 1662 7159 15 female female JJ 1662 7159 16 698 698 CD 1662 7159 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7159 18 15 15 CD 1662 7159 19 - - HYPH 1662 7159 20 64 64 CD 1662 7159 21 years year NNS 1662 7159 22 : : : 1662 7159 23 71 71 CD 1662 7159 24 % % NN 1662 7159 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7159 26 male male JJ 1662 7159 27 2,621 2,621 CD 1662 7159 28 ; ; : 1662 7159 29 female female JJ 1662 7159 30 2,396 2,396 CD 1662 7159 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7159 32 65 65 CD 1662 7159 33 years year NNS 1662 7159 34 and and CC 1662 7159 35 over over IN 1662 7159 36 : : : 1662 7159 37 9 9 CD 1662 7159 38 % % NN 1662 7159 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7159 40 male male NN 1662 7159 41 240 240 CD 1662 7159 42 ; ; : 1662 7159 43 female female JJ 1662 7159 44 359 359 CD 1662 7159 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7159 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7159 47 1997 1997 CD 1662 7159 48 est est NNP 1662 7159 49 . . . 1662 7159 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7160 1 Population population NN 1662 7160 2 growth growth NN 1662 7160 3 rate rate NN 1662 7160 4 : : : 1662 7160 5 0.78 0.78 CD 1662 7160 6 % % NN 1662 7160 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7160 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7160 9 est est NNP 1662 7160 10 . . . 1662 7160 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7161 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7161 2 rate rate NN 1662 7161 3 : 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deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7165 7 live live JJ 1662 7165 8 births birth NNS 1662 7165 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7165 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7165 11 est est NNP 1662 7165 12 . . . 1662 7165 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7166 1 Life life NN 1662 7166 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7166 3 at at IN 1662 7166 4 birth birth NN 1662 7166 5 : : : 1662 7166 6 total total JJ 1662 7166 7 population population NN 1662 7166 8 : : : 1662 7166 9 75.58 75.58 CD 1662 7166 10 years year NNS 1662 7166 11 male male JJ 1662 7166 12 : : : 1662 7166 13 72.53 72.53 CD 1662 7166 14 years year NNS 1662 7166 15 female female JJ 1662 7166 16 : : : 1662 7166 17 78.79 78.79 CD 1662 7166 18 years year NNS 1662 7166 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7166 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 7166 21 est est NNP 1662 7166 22 . . . 1662 7166 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7167 1 Total total JJ 1662 7167 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7167 3 rate rate NN 1662 7167 4 : : : 1662 7167 5 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 7167 6 children child NNS 1662 7167 7 born bear VBN 1662 7167 8 / / SYM 1662 7167 9 woman woman NN 1662 7167 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7167 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7167 12 est est NNP 1662 7167 13 . . . 1662 7167 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7168 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7168 2 : : : 1662 7168 3 noun noun NN 1662 7168 4 : : : 1662 7168 5 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7168 6 Helenian(s Helenian(s NNP 1662 7168 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7168 8 adjective adjective NN 1662 7168 9 : : : 1662 7168 10 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7168 11 Helenian Helenian NNP 1662 7168 12 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7168 13 groups group NNS 1662 7168 14 : : : 1662 7168 15 African african JJ 1662 7168 16 descent descent NN 1662 7168 17 , , , 1662 7168 18 white white JJ 1662 7168 19 Religions religion NNS 1662 7168 20 : : : 1662 7168 21 Anglican Anglican NNP 1662 7168 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7168 23 majority majority NN 1662 7168 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7168 25 , , , 1662 7168 26 Baptist Baptist NNP 1662 7168 27 , , , 1662 7168 28 Seventh Seventh NNP 1662 7168 29 - - HYPH 1662 7168 30 Day Day NNP 1662 7168 31 Adventist Adventist NNP 1662 7168 32 , , , 1662 7168 33 Roman Roman NNP 1662 7168 34 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 7168 35 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 7168 36 : : : 1662 7168 37 English English NNP 1662 7168 38 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 7168 39 : : : 1662 7168 40 definition definition NN 1662 7168 41 : : : 1662 7168 42 age age NN 1662 7168 43 20 20 CD 1662 7168 44 and and CC 1662 7168 45 over over RB 1662 7168 46 can can MD 1662 7168 47 read read VB 1662 7168 48 and and CC 1662 7168 49 write write VB 1662 7168 50 total total JJ 1662 7168 51 population population NN 1662 7168 52 : : : 1662 7168 53 97 97 CD 1662 7168 54 % % NN 1662 7168 55 male male NN 1662 7168 56 : : : 1662 7168 57 97 97 CD 1662 7168 58 % % NN 1662 7168 59 female female NN 1662 7168 60 : : : 1662 7168 61 98 98 CD 1662 7168 62 % % NN 1662 7168 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7168 64 1987 1987 CD 1662 7168 65 est est NNP 1662 7168 66 . . . 1662 7168 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7169 1 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7169 2 Helena Helena NNP 1662 7169 3 : : : 1662 7169 4 Government Government 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7175 56 , , , 1662 7175 57 Ascension ascension NN 1662 7175 58 80 80 CD 1662 7175 59 km km NN 1662 7175 60 , , , 1662 7175 61 Tristan Tristan NNP 1662 7175 62 da da NNP 1662 7175 63 Cunha Cunha NNP 1662 7175 64 2.70 2.70 CD 1662 7175 65 km km NNS 1662 7175 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7175 67 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7175 68 : : : 1662 7175 69 NA NA NNP 1662 7175 70 km km VB 1662 7175 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7175 72 mainland mainland NN 1662 7175 73 20 20 CD 1662 7175 74 km km NNS 1662 7175 75 , , , 1662 7175 76 Ascension Ascension NNP 1662 7175 77 NA NA NNP 1662 7175 78 km km NN 1662 7175 79 , , , 1662 7175 80 Tristan Tristan NNP 1662 7175 81 da da NN 1662 7175 82 Cunha Cunha NNP 1662 7175 83 NA NA NNP 1662 7175 84 km km NN 1662 7175 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7175 86 Ports port NNS 1662 7175 87 and and CC 1662 7175 88 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7175 89 : : : 1662 7175 90 Georgetown Georgetown NNP 1662 7175 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7175 92 on on IN 1662 7175 93 Ascension ascension NN 1662 7175 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7175 95 , , , 1662 7175 96 Jamestown Jamestown NNP 1662 7175 97 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7175 98 marine marine NN 1662 7175 99 : : : 1662 7175 100 none none NN 1662 7175 101 Airports airport NNS 1662 7175 102 : : : 1662 7175 103 1 1 CD 1662 7175 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7175 105 1996 1996 CD 1662 7175 106 est est NNP 1662 7175 107 . . . 1662 7175 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7176 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7176 2 - - , 1662 7176 3 with with IN 1662 7176 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7176 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7176 6 : : : 1662 7176 7 total total NN 1662 7176 8 : : : 1662 7176 9 1 1 CD 1662 7176 10 over over IN 1662 7176 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7176 12 m m NN 1662 7176 13 : : : 1662 7176 14 1 1 CD 1662 7176 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7176 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 7176 17 est est NNP 1662 7176 18 . . . 1662 7176 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7177 1 Military military JJ 1662 7177 2 Military Military NNP 1662 7177 3 - - HYPH 1662 7177 4 note note NN 1662 7177 5 : : : 1662 7177 6 defense defense NN 1662 7177 7 is be VBZ 1662 7177 8 the the DT 1662 7177 9 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 7177 10 of of IN 1662 7177 11 the the DT 1662 7177 12 UK UK NNP 1662 7177 13 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7177 14 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7177 15 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 7177 16 - - : 1662 7177 17 international international RB 1662 7177 18 : : : 1662 7177 19 none none NN 1662 7177 20 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 21 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 22 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 23 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 24 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 25 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 26 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 27 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 28 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 29 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 30 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 31 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 32 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 33 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 34 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 35 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 36 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 37 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 38 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 39 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 40 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 41 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 42 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 43 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 44 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 45 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 46 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 47 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 48 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 49 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 50 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 51 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 52 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 53 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 54 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 55 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 56 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 57 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 58 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 59 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 60 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 61 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 62 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 63 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 64 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 65 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 66 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 67 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 68 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 69 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 70 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 71 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 72 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 73 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 74 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 75 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 76 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 77 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 78 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 79 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 80 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 81 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 82 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 83 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 84 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 85 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 86 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 87 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 88 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 89 _ _ NNP 1662 7177 90 SAINT SAINT NNP 1662 7177 91 KITTS KITTS NNP 1662 7177 92 AND and CC 1662 7177 93 NEVIS NEVIS NNP 1662 7177 94 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7177 95 Kitts Kitts NNP 1662 7177 96 and and CC 1662 7177 97 Nevis Nevis NNP 1662 7177 98 : : : 1662 7177 99 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7177 100 Location Location NNP 1662 7177 101 : : : 1662 7177 102 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 7177 103 , , , 1662 7177 104 islands island NNS 1662 7177 105 in in IN 1662 7177 106 the the DT 1662 7177 107 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 7177 108 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7177 109 , , , 1662 7177 110 about about RB 1662 7177 111 one one CD 1662 7177 112 - - HYPH 1662 7177 113 third third NN 1662 7177 114 of of IN 1662 7177 115 the the DT 1662 7177 116 way way NN 1662 7177 117 from from IN 1662 7177 118 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 7177 119 Rico Rico NNP 1662 7177 120 to to IN 1662 7177 121 Trinidad Trinidad NNP 1662 7177 122 and and CC 1662 7177 123 Tobago Tobago NNP 1662 7177 124 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7177 125 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7177 126 : : : 1662 7177 127 17 17 CD 1662 7177 128 20 20 CD 1662 7177 129 N n CD 1662 7177 130 , , , 1662 7177 131 62 62 CD 1662 7177 132 45 45 CD 1662 7177 133 W W NNP 1662 7177 134 Map Map NNP 1662 7177 135 references reference NNS 1662 7177 136 : : : 1662 7177 137 Central Central NNP 1662 7177 138 America America NNP 1662 7177 139 and and CC 1662 7177 140 the the DT 1662 7177 141 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 7177 142 Area Area NNP 1662 7177 143 : : : 1662 7177 144 total total NN 1662 7177 145 : : : 1662 7177 146 269 269 CD 1662 7177 147 sq sq VB 1662 7177 148 km km NNP 1662 7177 149 land land NN 1662 7177 150 : : : 1662 7177 151 269 269 CD 1662 7177 152 sq sq IN 1662 7177 153 km km NNP 1662 7177 154 water water NN 1662 7177 155 : : : 1662 7177 156 0 0 NFP 1662 7177 157 sq sq NN 1662 7177 158 km km NNP 1662 7177 159 Area area NN 1662 7177 160 - - HYPH 1662 7177 161 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7177 162 : : : 1662 7177 163 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 7177 164 times time NNS 1662 7177 165 the the DT 1662 7177 166 size size NN 1662 7177 167 of of IN 1662 7177 168 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7177 169 , , , 1662 7177 170 DC DC NNP 1662 7177 171 Land Land NNP 1662 7177 172 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7177 173 : : : 1662 7177 174 0 0 LS 1662 7177 175 km km NN 1662 7177 176 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7177 177 : : : 1662 7177 178 135 135 CD 1662 7177 179 km km NN 1662 7177 180 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7177 181 claims claim VBZ 1662 7177 182 : : : 1662 7177 183 continental continental NNP 1662 7177 184 shelf shelf NNP 1662 7177 185 : : : 1662 7177 186 200 200 CD 1662 7177 187 nm nm CD 1662 7177 188 or or CC 1662 7177 189 to to IN 1662 7177 190 the the DT 1662 7177 191 edge edge NN 1662 7177 192 of of IN 1662 7177 193 the the DT 1662 7177 194 continental continental JJ 1662 7177 195 margin margin NN 1662 7177 196 territorial territorial NNP 1662 7177 197 sea sea NN 1662 7177 198 : : : 1662 7177 199 12 12 CD 1662 7177 200 nm nm CD 1662 7177 201 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 7177 202 zone zone NN 1662 7177 203 : : : 1662 7177 204 24 24 CD 1662 7177 205 nm nm IN 1662 7177 206 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 7177 207 economic economic JJ 1662 7177 208 zone zone NN 1662 7177 209 : : : 1662 7177 210 200 200 CD 1662 7177 211 nm nm CD 1662 7177 212 or or CC 1662 7177 213 to to IN 1662 7177 214 the the DT 1662 7177 215 edge edge NN 1662 7177 216 of of IN 1662 7177 217 the the DT 1662 7177 218 continental continental JJ 1662 7177 219 margin margin NN 1662 7177 220 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7177 221 : : : 1662 7177 222 subtropical subtropical JJ 1662 7177 223 tempered temper VBN 1662 7177 224 by by IN 1662 7177 225 constant constant JJ 1662 7177 226 sea sea NN 1662 7177 227 breezes breeze NNS 1662 7177 228 ; ; : 1662 7177 229 little little JJ 1662 7177 230 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 7177 231 temperature temperature NN 1662 7177 232 variation variation NN 1662 7177 233 ; ; , 1662 7177 234 rainy rainy JJ 1662 7177 235 season season NN 1662 7177 236 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7177 237 May May NNP 1662 7177 238 to to IN 1662 7177 239 November November NNP 1662 7177 240 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7177 241 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7177 242 : : : 1662 7177 243 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 7177 244 with with IN 1662 7177 245 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 7177 246 interiors interior NNS 1662 7177 247 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7177 248 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7177 249 : : : 1662 7177 250 lowest low JJS 1662 7177 251 point point NN 1662 7177 252 : : : 1662 7177 253 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 7177 254 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7177 255 0 0 NFP 1662 7177 256 m m DT 1662 7177 257 highest high JJS 1662 7177 258 point point NN 1662 7177 259 : : : 1662 7177 260 Mount Mount NNP 1662 7177 261 Liamuiga Liamuiga NNP 1662 7177 262 1,156 1,156 CD 1662 7177 263 m m NNP 1662 7177 264 Natural natural JJ 1662 7177 265 resources resource NNS 1662 7177 266 : : : 1662 7177 267 NEGL NEGL NNP 1662 7177 268 Land Land NNP 1662 7177 269 use use NN 1662 7177 270 : : : 1662 7177 271 arable arable JJ 1662 7177 272 land land NN 1662 7177 273 : : : 1662 7177 274 22 22 CD 1662 7177 275 % % NN 1662 7177 276 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7177 277 crops crop NNS 1662 7177 278 : : : 1662 7177 279 17 17 CD 1662 7177 280 % % NN 1662 7177 281 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7177 282 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7177 283 : : : 1662 7177 284 3 3 CD 1662 7177 285 % % NN 1662 7177 286 forests forest NNS 1662 7177 287 and and CC 1662 7177 288 woodland woodland NN 1662 7177 289 : : : 1662 7177 290 17 17 CD 1662 7177 291 % % NN 1662 7177 292 other other JJ 1662 7177 293 : : : 1662 7177 294 41 41 CD 1662 7177 295 % % NN 1662 7177 296 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7177 297 1993 1993 CD 1662 7177 298 est est NNP 1662 7177 299 . . . 1662 7177 300 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7178 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7178 2 land land NN 1662 7178 3 : : : 1662 7178 4 NA NA NNP 1662 7178 5 sq sq RB 1662 7178 6 km km VB 1662 7178 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 7178 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7178 9 : : : 1662 7178 10 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 7178 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7178 12 July July NNP 1662 7178 13 to to IN 1662 7178 14 October October NNP 1662 7178 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7178 16 Environment environment NN 1662 7178 17 - - HYPH 1662 7178 18 current current JJ 1662 7178 19 issues issue NNS 1662 7178 20 : : : 1662 7178 21 NA NA NNP 1662 7178 22 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7178 23 - - HYPH 1662 7178 24 international international JJ 1662 7178 25 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7178 26 : : : 1662 7178 27 party party NN 1662 7178 28 to to TO 1662 7178 29 : : : 1662 7178 30 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 7178 31 , , , 1662 7178 32 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7178 33 Change Change NNP 1662 7178 34 , , , 1662 7178 35 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 7178 36 Species Species NNPS 1662 7178 37 , , , 1662 7178 38 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 7178 39 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 7178 40 , , , 1662 7178 41 Law Law NNP 1662 7178 42 of of IN 1662 7178 43 the the DT 1662 7178 44 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7178 45 , , , 1662 7178 46 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 7178 47 Layer Layer NNP 1662 7178 48 Protection Protection NNP 1662 7178 49 , , , 1662 7178 50 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 7178 51 signed sign VBD 1662 7178 52 , , , 1662 7178 53 but but CC 1662 7178 54 not not RB 1662 7178 55 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7178 56 : : : 1662 7178 57 none none NN 1662 7178 58 of of IN 1662 7178 59 the the DT 1662 7178 60 selected select VBN 1662 7178 61 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7178 62 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7178 63 Kitts Kitts NNP 1662 7178 64 and and CC 1662 7178 65 Nevis Nevis NNP 1662 7178 66 : : : 1662 7178 67 People People NNPS 1662 7178 68 Population population NN 1662 7178 69 : : : 1662 7178 70 41,803 41,803 CD 1662 7178 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7178 72 July July NNP 1662 7178 73 1997 1997 CD 1662 7178 74 est est NNP 1662 7178 75 . . . 1662 7178 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7179 1 Age age NN 1662 7179 2 structure structure NN 1662 7179 3 : : : 1662 7179 4 0 0 CD 1662 7179 5 - - HYPH 1662 7179 6 14 14 CD 1662 7179 7 years year NNS 1662 7179 8 : : : 1662 7179 9 34 34 CD 1662 7179 10 % % NN 1662 7179 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7179 12 male male JJ 1662 7179 13 7,285 7,285 CD 1662 7179 14 ; ; : 1662 7179 15 female female JJ 1662 7179 16 6,945 6,945 CD 1662 7179 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7179 18 15 15 CD 1662 7179 19 - - HYPH 1662 7179 20 64 64 CD 1662 7179 21 years year NNS 1662 7179 22 : : : 1662 7179 23 60 60 CD 1662 7179 24 % % NN 1662 7179 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7179 26 male male JJ 1662 7179 27 12,471 12,471 CD 1662 7179 28 ; ; : 1662 7179 29 female female JJ 1662 7179 30 12,395 12,395 CD 1662 7179 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7179 32 65 65 CD 1662 7179 33 years year NNS 1662 7179 34 and and CC 1662 7179 35 over over IN 1662 7179 36 : : : 1662 7179 37 6 6 CD 1662 7179 38 % % NN 1662 7179 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7179 40 male male JJ 1662 7179 41 1,107 1,107 CD 1662 7179 42 ; ; : 1662 7179 43 female female JJ 1662 7179 44 1,600 1,600 CD 1662 7179 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7179 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7179 47 July July NNP 1662 7179 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7179 49 est est NNP 1662 7179 50 . . . 1662 7179 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7180 1 Population population NN 1662 7180 2 growth growth NN 1662 7180 3 rate rate NN 1662 7180 4 : : : 1662 7180 5 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 7180 6 % % NN 1662 7180 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7180 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7180 9 est est NNP 1662 7180 10 . . . 1662 7180 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7181 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7181 2 rate rate NN 1662 7181 3 : : : 1662 7181 4 23.08 23.08 CD 1662 7181 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 7181 6 population population NN 1662 7181 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7181 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7181 9 est est NNP 1662 7181 10 . . . 1662 7181 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7182 1 Death death NN 1662 7182 2 rate rate NN 1662 7182 3 : : : 1662 7182 4 8.85 8.85 CD 1662 7182 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7182 6 population population NN 1662 7182 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7182 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7182 9 est est NNP 1662 7182 10 . . . 1662 7182 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7183 1 Net net JJ 1662 7183 2 migration migration NN 1662 7183 3 rate rate NN 1662 7183 4 : : : 1662 7183 5 -3.18 -3.18 NFP 1662 7183 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NNP 1662 7183 7 population population NN 1662 7183 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7183 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7183 10 est est NNP 1662 7183 11 . . . 1662 7183 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7184 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7184 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7184 3 : : : 1662 7184 4 at at IN 1662 7184 5 birth birth NN 1662 7184 6 : : : 1662 7184 7 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 7184 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7184 9 under under IN 1662 7184 10 15 15 CD 1662 7184 11 years year NNS 1662 7184 12 : : : 1662 7184 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 7184 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7184 15 15 15 CD 1662 7184 16 - - HYPH 1662 7184 17 64 64 CD 1662 7184 18 years year NNS 1662 7184 19 : : : 1662 7184 20 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 7184 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7184 22 65 65 CD 1662 7184 23 years year NNS 1662 7184 24 and and CC 1662 7184 25 over over IN 1662 7184 26 : : : 1662 7184 27 0.69 0.69 CD 1662 7184 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7184 29 total total JJ 1662 7184 30 population population NN 1662 7184 31 : : : 1662 7184 32 1 1 CD 1662 7184 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7184 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7184 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7184 36 est e JJS 1662 7184 37 . . . 1662 7184 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7185 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7185 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7185 3 rate rate NN 1662 7185 4 : : : 1662 7185 5 18.4 18.4 CD 1662 7185 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7185 7 live live JJ 1662 7185 8 births birth NNS 1662 7185 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7185 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7185 11 est est NNP 1662 7185 12 . . . 1662 7185 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7186 1 Life life NN 1662 7186 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7186 3 at at IN 1662 7186 4 birth birth NN 1662 7186 5 : : : 1662 7186 6 total total JJ 1662 7186 7 population population NN 1662 7186 8 : : : 1662 7186 9 67.22 67.22 CD 1662 7186 10 years year NNS 1662 7186 11 male male NN 1662 7186 12 : : : 1662 7186 13 64.18 64.18 CD 1662 7186 14 years year NNS 1662 7186 15 female female JJ 1662 7186 16 : : : 1662 7186 17 70.44 70.44 CD 1662 7186 18 years year NNS 1662 7186 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7186 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 7186 21 est est NNP 1662 7186 22 . . . 1662 7186 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7187 1 Total total JJ 1662 7187 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7187 3 rate rate NN 1662 7187 4 : : : 1662 7187 5 2.49 2.49 CD 1662 7187 6 children child NNS 1662 7187 7 born bear VBN 1662 7187 8 / / SYM 1662 7187 9 woman woman NN 1662 7187 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7187 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7187 12 est est NNP 1662 7187 13 . . . 1662 7187 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7188 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7188 2 : : : 1662 7188 3 noun noun NNP 1662 7188 4 : : : 1662 7188 5 Kittsian(s Kittsian(s NNP 1662 7188 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7188 7 , , , 1662 7188 8 Nevisian(s Nevisian(s NNP 1662 7188 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7188 10 adjective adjective NN 1662 7188 11 : : : 1662 7188 12 Kittsian kittsian JJ 1662 7188 13 , , , 1662 7188 14 Nevisian nevisian JJ 1662 7188 15 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7188 16 groups group NNS 1662 7188 17 : : : 1662 7188 18 black black JJ 1662 7188 19 Religions religion NNS 1662 7188 20 : : : 1662 7188 21 Anglican anglican JJ 1662 7188 22 , , , 1662 7188 23 other other JJ 1662 7188 24 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 7188 25 sects sect NNS 1662 7188 26 , , , 1662 7188 27 Roman roman JJ 1662 7188 28 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 7188 29 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 7188 30 : : : 1662 7188 31 English English NNP 1662 7188 32 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 7188 33 : : : 1662 7188 34 definition definition NN 1662 7188 35 : : : 1662 7188 36 age age NN 1662 7188 37 15 15 CD 1662 7188 38 and and CC 1662 7188 39 over over RB 1662 7188 40 has have VBZ 1662 7188 41 ever ever RB 1662 7188 42 attended attend VBN 1662 7188 43 school school NN 1662 7188 44 total total JJ 1662 7188 45 population population NN 1662 7188 46 : : : 1662 7188 47 97 97 CD 1662 7188 48 % % NN 1662 7188 49 male male NN 1662 7188 50 : : : 1662 7188 51 97 97 CD 1662 7188 52 % % NN 1662 7188 53 female female NN 1662 7188 54 : : : 1662 7188 55 98 98 CD 1662 7188 56 % % NN 1662 7188 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7188 58 1980 1980 CD 1662 7188 59 est est NNP 1662 7188 60 . . . 1662 7188 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7189 1 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7189 2 Kitts Kitts NNP 1662 7189 3 and and CC 1662 7189 4 Nevis Nevis NNP 1662 7189 5 : : : 1662 7189 6 Government Government NNP 1662 7189 7 Country Country NNP 1662 7189 8 name name NN 1662 7189 9 : : : 1662 7189 10 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7189 11 long long JJ 1662 7189 12 form form NN 1662 7189 13 : : : 1662 7189 14 Federation Federation NNP 1662 7189 15 of of IN 1662 7189 16 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 17 Kitts Kitts NNP 1662 7189 18 and and CC 1662 7189 19 Nevis Nevis NNP 1662 7189 20 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7189 21 short short JJ 1662 7189 22 form form NN 1662 7189 23 : : : 1662 7189 24 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 25 Kitts Kitts NNP 1662 7189 26 and and CC 1662 7189 27 Nevis Nevis NNP 1662 7189 28 former former JJ 1662 7189 29 : : : 1662 7189 30 Federation Federation NNP 1662 7189 31 of of IN 1662 7189 32 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 33 Christopher Christopher NNP 1662 7189 34 and and CC 1662 7189 35 Nevis Nevis NNP 1662 7189 36 Data Data NNP 1662 7189 37 code code NN 1662 7189 38 : : : 1662 7189 39 SC SC NNP 1662 7189 40 Government Government NNP 1662 7189 41 type type NN 1662 7189 42 : : : 1662 7189 43 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 7189 44 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 7189 45 National national JJ 1662 7189 46 capital capital NN 1662 7189 47 : : : 1662 7189 48 Basseterre Basseterre NNP 1662 7189 49 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 7189 50 divisions division NNS 1662 7189 51 : : : 1662 7189 52 14 14 CD 1662 7189 53 parishes parish NNS 1662 7189 54 ; ; : 1662 7189 55 Christ Christ NNP 1662 7189 56 Church Church NNP 1662 7189 57 Nichola Nichola NNP 1662 7189 58 Town Town NNP 1662 7189 59 , , , 1662 7189 60 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 61 Anne Anne NNP 1662 7189 62 Sandy Sandy NNP 1662 7189 63 Point Point NNP 1662 7189 64 , , , 1662 7189 65 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 66 George George NNP 1662 7189 67 Basseterre Basseterre NNP 1662 7189 68 , , , 1662 7189 69 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 70 George George NNP 1662 7189 71 Gingerland Gingerland NNP 1662 7189 72 , , , 1662 7189 73 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 74 James James NNP 1662 7189 75 Windward Windward NNP 1662 7189 76 , , , 1662 7189 77 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 78 John John NNP 1662 7189 79 Capisterre Capisterre NNP 1662 7189 80 , , , 1662 7189 81 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 82 John John NNP 1662 7189 83 Figtree Figtree NNP 1662 7189 84 , , , 1662 7189 85 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 86 Mary Mary NNP 1662 7189 87 Cayon Cayon NNP 1662 7189 88 , , , 1662 7189 89 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 90 Paul Paul NNP 1662 7189 91 Capisterre Capisterre NNP 1662 7189 92 , , , 1662 7189 93 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 94 Paul Paul NNP 1662 7189 95 Charlestown Charlestown NNP 1662 7189 96 , , , 1662 7189 97 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 98 Peter Peter NNP 1662 7189 99 Basseterre Basseterre NNP 1662 7189 100 , , , 1662 7189 101 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 102 Thomas Thomas NNP 1662 7189 103 Lowland Lowland NNP 1662 7189 104 , , , 1662 7189 105 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 106 Thomas Thomas NNP 1662 7189 107 Middle Middle NNP 1662 7189 108 Island Island NNP 1662 7189 109 , , , 1662 7189 110 Trinity Trinity NNP 1662 7189 111 Palmetto Palmetto NNP 1662 7189 112 Point Point NNP 1662 7189 113 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7189 114 : : : 1662 7189 115 19 19 CD 1662 7189 116 September September NNP 1662 7189 117 1983 1983 CD 1662 7189 118 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7189 119 from from IN 1662 7189 120 UK UK NNP 1662 7189 121 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7189 122 National national JJ 1662 7189 123 holiday holiday NN 1662 7189 124 : : : 1662 7189 125 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7189 126 Day Day NNP 1662 7189 127 , , , 1662 7189 128 19 19 CD 1662 7189 129 September September NNP 1662 7189 130 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7189 131 1983 1983 CD 1662 7189 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7189 133 Constitution constitution NN 1662 7189 134 : : : 1662 7189 135 19 19 CD 1662 7189 136 September September NNP 1662 7189 137 1983 1983 CD 1662 7189 138 Legal legal JJ 1662 7189 139 system system NN 1662 7189 140 : : : 1662 7189 141 based base VBN 1662 7189 142 on on IN 1662 7189 143 English English NNP 1662 7189 144 common common JJ 1662 7189 145 law law NN 1662 7189 146 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 7189 147 : : : 1662 7189 148 18 18 CD 1662 7189 149 years year NNS 1662 7189 150 of of IN 1662 7189 151 age age NN 1662 7189 152 ; ; : 1662 7189 153 universal universal JJ 1662 7189 154 adult adult NN 1662 7189 155 Executive executive JJ 1662 7189 156 branch branch NN 1662 7189 157 : : : 1662 7189 158 chief chief NN 1662 7189 159 of of IN 1662 7189 160 state state NN 1662 7189 161 : : : 1662 7189 162 Queen Queen NNP 1662 7189 163 ELIZABETH ELIZABETH NNP 1662 7189 164 II ii CD 1662 7189 165 of of IN 1662 7189 166 the the DT 1662 7189 167 UK UK NNP 1662 7189 168 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7189 169 since since IN 1662 7189 170 6 6 CD 1662 7189 171 February February NNP 1662 7189 172 1952 1952 CD 1662 7189 173 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7189 174 , , , 1662 7189 175 represented represent VBN 1662 7189 176 by by IN 1662 7189 177 Governor Governor NNP 1662 7189 178 General General NNP 1662 7189 179 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 7189 180 Cuthbert Cuthbert NNP 1662 7189 181 Montraville Montraville NNP 1662 7189 182 SEBASTIAN SEBASTIAN NNP 1662 7189 183 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7189 184 since since IN 1662 7189 185 1 1 CD 1662 7189 186 January January NNP 1662 7189 187 1996 1996 CD 1662 7189 188 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7189 189 head head NN 1662 7189 190 of of IN 1662 7189 191 government government NN 1662 7189 192 : : : 1662 7189 193 Prime Prime NNP 1662 7189 194 Minister Minister NNP 1662 7189 195 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 7189 196 Denzil Denzil NNP 1662 7189 197 DOUGLAS DOUGLAS NNP 1662 7189 198 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7189 199 since since IN 1662 7189 200 6 6 CD 1662 7189 201 July July NNP 1662 7189 202 1995 1995 CD 1662 7189 203 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7189 204 and and CC 1662 7189 205 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 7189 206 Prime Prime NNP 1662 7189 207 Minister Minister NNP 1662 7189 208 Sam Sam NNP 1662 7189 209 CONDOR CONDOR NNP 1662 7189 210 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7189 211 since since IN 1662 7189 212 6 6 CD 1662 7189 213 July July NNP 1662 7189 214 1995 1995 CD 1662 7189 215 ) ) 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14 CD 1662 7189 284 seats seat NNS 1662 7189 285 , , , 1662 7189 286 11 11 CD 1662 7189 287 popularly popularly RB 1662 7189 288 elected elect VBN 1662 7189 289 from from IN 1662 7189 290 single single JJ 1662 7189 291 member member NN 1662 7189 292 constituencies constituency NNS 1662 7189 293 ; ; : 1662 7189 294 members member NNS 1662 7189 295 serve serve VBP 1662 7189 296 five five CD 1662 7189 297 - - HYPH 1662 7189 298 year year NN 1662 7189 299 terms term NNS 1662 7189 300 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7189 301 elections election NNS 1662 7189 302 : : : 1662 7189 303 last last RB 1662 7189 304 held hold VBD 1662 7189 305 3 3 CD 1662 7189 306 July July NNP 1662 7189 307 1995 1995 CD 1662 7189 308 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7189 309 next next JJ 1662 7189 310 to to TO 1662 7189 311 be be VB 1662 7189 312 held hold VBN 1662 7189 313 by by IN 1662 7189 314 July July NNP 1662 7189 315 2000 2000 CD 1662 7189 316 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7189 317 election election NN 1662 7189 318 results result NNS 1662 7189 319 : : : 1662 7189 320 percent percent NN 1662 7189 321 of of IN 1662 7189 322 vote vote NN 1662 7189 323 by by IN 1662 7189 324 party party NNP 1662 7189 325 - - HYPH 1662 7189 326 SKLNP SKLNP NNP 1662 7189 327 58 58 CD 1662 7189 328 % % NN 1662 7189 329 , , , 1662 7189 330 PAM PAM NNP 1662 7189 331 41 41 CD 1662 7189 332 % % NN 1662 7189 333 ; ; , 1662 7189 334 seats seat NNS 1662 7189 335 by by IN 1662 7189 336 party party NN 1662 7189 337 - - HYPH 1662 7189 338 SKNLP SKNLP NNP 1662 7189 339 7 7 CD 1662 7189 340 , , , 1662 7189 341 PAM PAM NNP 1662 7189 342 1 1 CD 1662 7189 343 , , , 1662 7189 344 NRP NRP NNP 1662 7189 345 1 1 CD 1662 7189 346 , , , 1662 7189 347 CCM CCM NNP 1662 7189 348 2 2 CD 1662 7189 349 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 7189 350 branch branch NN 1662 7189 351 : : : 1662 7189 352 Eastern eastern JJ 1662 7189 353 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 7189 354 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 7189 355 Court Court NNP 1662 7189 356 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7189 357 based base VBN 1662 7189 358 on on IN 1662 7189 359 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 360 Lucia Lucia NNP 1662 7189 361 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7189 362 ; ; : 1662 7189 363 one one CD 1662 7189 364 judge judge NN 1662 7189 365 of of IN 1662 7189 366 the the DT 1662 7189 367 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 7189 368 Court Court NNP 1662 7189 369 resides reside VBZ 1662 7189 370 in in IN 1662 7189 371 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 372 Kitts Kitts NNP 1662 7189 373 Political political JJ 1662 7189 374 parties party NNS 1662 7189 375 and and CC 1662 7189 376 leaders leader NNS 1662 7189 377 : : : 1662 7189 378 People People NNS 1662 7189 379 's 's POS 1662 7189 380 Action Action NNP 1662 7189 381 Movement Movement NNP 1662 7189 382 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7189 383 PAM PAM NNP 1662 7189 384 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7189 385 , , , 1662 7189 386 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 7189 387 Kennedy Kennedy NNP 1662 7189 388 SIMMONDS SIMMONDS NNP 1662 7189 389 ; ; : 1662 7189 390 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 391 Kitts Kitts NNP 1662 7189 392 and and CC 1662 7189 393 Nevis Nevis NNP 1662 7189 394 Labor Labor NNP 1662 7189 395 Party Party NNP 1662 7189 396 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7189 397 SKNLP SKNLP NNP 1662 7189 398 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7189 399 , , , 1662 7189 400 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 7189 401 Denzil Denzil NNP 1662 7189 402 DOUGLAS DOUGLAS NNP 1662 7189 403 ; ; : 1662 7189 404 Nevis Nevis NNP 1662 7189 405 Reformation Reformation NNP 1662 7189 406 Party Party NNP 1662 7189 407 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7189 408 NRP NRP NNP 1662 7189 409 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7189 410 , , , 1662 7189 411 Joseph Joseph NNP 1662 7189 412 PARRY parry NN 1662 7189 413 ; ; : 1662 7189 414 Concerned concerned JJ 1662 7189 415 Citizens Citizens NNPS 1662 7189 416 Movement Movement NNP 1662 7189 417 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7189 418 CCM CCM NNP 1662 7189 419 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7189 420 , , , 1662 7189 421 Vance Vance NNP 1662 7189 422 AMORY AMORY NNP 1662 7189 423 International international JJ 1662 7189 424 organization organization NN 1662 7189 425 participation participation NN 1662 7189 426 : : : 1662 7189 427 ACP ACP NNP 1662 7189 428 , , , 1662 7189 429 C C NNP 1662 7189 430 , , , 1662 7189 431 Caricom Caricom NNP 1662 7189 432 , , , 1662 7189 433 CDB CDB NNP 1662 7189 434 , , , 1662 7189 435 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 7189 436 , , , 1662 7189 437 FAO FAO NNP 1662 7189 438 , , , 1662 7189 439 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 7189 440 , , , 1662 7189 441 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 7189 442 , , , 1662 7189 443 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 7189 444 , , , 1662 7189 445 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 7189 446 , , , 1662 7189 447 IDA IDA NNP 1662 7189 448 , , , 1662 7189 449 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 7189 450 , , , 1662 7189 451 IFC IFC NNP 1662 7189 452 , , , 1662 7189 453 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 7189 454 , , , 1662 7189 455 ILO ILO NNP 1662 7189 456 , , , 1662 7189 457 IMF IMF NNP 1662 7189 458 , , , 1662 7189 459 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 7189 460 , , , 1662 7189 461 IOC IOC NNP 1662 7189 462 , , , 1662 7189 463 OAS OAS NNP 1662 7189 464 , , , 1662 7189 465 OECS OECS NNP 1662 7189 466 , , , 1662 7189 467 UN UN NNP 1662 7189 468 , , , 1662 7189 469 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 7189 470 , , , 1662 7189 471 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 7189 472 , , , 1662 7189 473 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 7189 474 , , , 1662 7189 475 UPU UPU NNP 1662 7189 476 , , , 1662 7189 477 WCL WCL NNP 1662 7189 478 , , , 1662 7189 479 WHO WHO NNP 1662 7189 480 , , , 1662 7189 481 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 7189 482 , , , 1662 7189 483 WTrO wtro VB 1662 7189 484 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7189 485 representation representation NN 1662 7189 486 in in IN 1662 7189 487 the the DT 1662 7189 488 US US NNP 1662 7189 489 : : : 1662 7189 490 chief chief NN 1662 7189 491 of of IN 1662 7189 492 mission mission NN 1662 7189 493 : : : 1662 7189 494 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 7189 495 Osbert Osbert NNP 1662 7189 496 LIBURD LIBURD NNP 1662 7189 497 chancery chancery NN 1662 7189 498 : : : 1662 7189 499 3216 3216 CD 1662 7189 500 New New NNP 1662 7189 501 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 7189 502 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 7189 503 NW NW NNP 1662 7189 504 , , , 1662 7189 505 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7189 506 , , , 1662 7189 507 DC DC NNP 1662 7189 508 20016 20016 CD 1662 7189 509 telephone telephone NN 1662 7189 510 : : : 1662 7189 511 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7189 512 1 1 CD 1662 7189 513 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7189 514 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7189 515 202 202 CD 1662 7189 516 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7189 517 686 686 CD 1662 7189 518 - - HYPH 1662 7189 519 2636 2636 CD 1662 7189 520 FAX fax NN 1662 7189 521 : : : 1662 7189 522 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7189 523 1 1 CD 1662 7189 524 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7189 525 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7189 526 202 202 CD 1662 7189 527 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7189 528 686 686 CD 1662 7189 529 - - HYPH 1662 7189 530 5740 5740 CD 1662 7189 531 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7189 532 representation representation NN 1662 7189 533 from from IN 1662 7189 534 the the DT 1662 7189 535 US US NNP 1662 7189 536 : : : 1662 7189 537 the the DT 1662 7189 538 US US NNP 1662 7189 539 does do VBZ 1662 7189 540 not not RB 1662 7189 541 have have VB 1662 7189 542 an an DT 1662 7189 543 embassy embassy NN 1662 7189 544 in in IN 1662 7189 545 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7189 546 Kitts Kitts NNP 1662 7189 547 and and CC 1662 7189 548 Nevis Nevis NNP 1662 7189 549 ; ; : 1662 7189 550 US US NNP 1662 7189 551 interests interest NNS 1662 7189 552 are be VBP 1662 7189 553 monitored monitor VBN 1662 7189 554 by by IN 1662 7189 555 the the DT 1662 7189 556 embassy embassy NN 1662 7189 557 in in IN 1662 7189 558 Bridgetown Bridgetown NNP 1662 7189 559 , , , 1662 7189 560 Barbados Barbados NNP 1662 7189 561 Flag Flag NNP 1662 7189 562 description description NN 1662 7189 563 : : : 1662 7189 564 divided divide VBN 1662 7189 565 diagonally diagonally RB 1662 7189 566 from from IN 1662 7189 567 the the DT 1662 7189 568 lower low JJR 1662 7189 569 hoist hoist NN 1662 7189 570 side side NN 1662 7189 571 by by IN 1662 7189 572 a a DT 1662 7189 573 broad broad JJ 1662 7189 574 black black JJ 1662 7189 575 band band NN 1662 7189 576 bearing bear VBG 1662 7189 577 two two CD 1662 7189 578 white white JJ 1662 7189 579 five five CD 1662 7189 580 - - HYPH 1662 7189 581 pointed 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processing processing NN 1662 7189 618 of of IN 1662 7189 619 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 7189 620 ; ; : 1662 7189 621 decreasing decrease VBG 1662 7189 622 world world NN 1662 7189 623 prices price NNS 1662 7189 624 have have VBP 1662 7189 625 hurt hurt VBN 1662 7189 626 the the DT 1662 7189 627 industry industry NN 1662 7189 628 in in IN 1662 7189 629 recent recent JJ 1662 7189 630 years year NNS 1662 7189 631 . . . 1662 7190 1 Tourism tourism NN 1662 7190 2 and and CC 1662 7190 3 export export NN 1662 7190 4 - - HYPH 1662 7190 5 oriented orient VBN 1662 7190 6 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 7190 7 have have VBP 1662 7190 8 assumed assume VBN 1662 7190 9 larger large JJR 1662 7190 10 roles role NNS 1662 7190 11 . . . 1662 7191 1 Most Most JJS 1662 7191 2 food food NN 1662 7191 3 is be VBZ 1662 7191 4 imported import VBN 1662 7191 5 . . . 1662 7192 1 The the DT 1662 7192 2 newly newly RB 1662 7192 3 elected elect VBN 1662 7192 4 government government NN 1662 7192 5 has have VBZ 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11 1996 1996 CD 1662 7194 12 est est NNP 1662 7194 13 . . . 1662 7194 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7195 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7195 2 - - HYPH 1662 7195 3 real real JJ 1662 7195 4 growth growth NN 1662 7195 5 rate rate NN 1662 7195 6 : : : 1662 7195 7 4 4 CD 1662 7195 8 % % NN 1662 7195 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7195 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 7195 11 est est NNP 1662 7195 12 . . . 1662 7195 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7196 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7196 2 - - HYPH 1662 7196 3 per per FW 1662 7196 4 capita capita NN 1662 7196 5 : : : 1662 7196 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7196 7 power power NN 1662 7196 8 parity parity NN 1662 7196 9 - - : 1662 7196 10 $ $ $ 1662 7196 11 5,700 5,700 CD 1662 7196 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7196 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 7196 14 est est NNP 1662 7196 15 . . . 1662 7196 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7197 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7197 2 - - HYPH 1662 7197 3 composition composition NN 1662 7197 4 by by IN 1662 7197 5 sector sector NN 1662 7197 6 : : : 1662 7197 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7197 8 : : : 1662 7197 9 6 6 CD 1662 7197 10 % % NN 1662 7197 11 industry industry NN 1662 7197 12 : : : 1662 7197 13 22 22 CD 1662 7197 14 % % NN 1662 7197 15 services service NNS 1662 7197 16 : : : 1662 7197 17 72 72 CD 1662 7197 18 % % NN 1662 7197 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7197 20 1996 1996 CD 1662 7197 21 est est NNP 1662 7197 22 . . . 1662 7197 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7198 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 7198 2 rate rate NN 1662 7198 3 - - HYPH 1662 7198 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 7198 5 price price NN 1662 7198 6 index index NN 1662 7198 7 : : : 1662 7198 8 -0.9 -0.9 NN 1662 7198 9 % % NN 1662 7198 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7198 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 7198 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7198 13 Labor labor NN 1662 7198 14 force force NN 1662 7198 15 : : : 1662 7198 16 total total NN 1662 7198 17 : : : 1662 7198 18 18,172 18,172 CD 1662 7198 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7198 20 June June NNP 1662 7198 21 1995 1995 CD 1662 7198 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7198 23 by by IN 1662 7198 24 occupation occupation NN 1662 7198 25 : : : 1662 7198 26 services service NNS 1662 7198 27 69 69 CD 1662 7198 28 % % NN 1662 7198 29 , , , 1662 7198 30 manufacturing manufacture VBG 1662 7198 31 31 31 CD 1662 7198 32 % % NN 1662 7198 33 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 7198 34 rate rate NN 1662 7198 35 : : : 1662 7198 36 4.3 4.3 CD 1662 7198 37 % % NN 1662 7198 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7198 39 May May NNP 1662 7198 40 1995 1995 CD 1662 7198 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7198 42 Budget budget NN 1662 7198 43 : : : 1662 7198 44 revenues revenue NNS 1662 7198 45 : : : 1662 7198 46 $ $ $ 1662 7198 47 100.2 100.2 CD 1662 7198 48 million million CD 1662 7198 49 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7198 50 : : : 1662 7198 51 $ $ $ 1662 7198 52 100.1 100.1 CD 1662 7198 53 million million CD 1662 7198 54 , , , 1662 7198 55 including include VBG 1662 7198 56 capital capital NN 1662 7198 57 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7198 58 of of IN 1662 7198 59 $ $ $ 1662 7198 60 41.4 41.4 CD 1662 7198 61 million million CD 1662 7198 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7198 63 1996 1996 CD 1662 7198 64 est est NNP 1662 7198 65 . . . 1662 7198 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7199 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 7199 2 : : : 1662 7199 3 sugar sugar NN 1662 7199 4 processing processing NN 1662 7199 5 , , , 1662 7199 6 tourism tourism NN 1662 7199 7 , , , 1662 7199 8 cotton cotton NN 1662 7199 9 , , , 1662 7199 10 salt salt NN 1662 7199 11 , , , 1662 7199 12 copra copra NNP 1662 7199 13 , , , 1662 7199 14 clothing clothing NN 1662 7199 15 , , , 1662 7199 16 footwear footwear NN 1662 7199 17 , , , 1662 7199 18 beverages beverage VBZ 1662 7199 19 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 7199 20 production production NN 1662 7199 21 growth growth NN 1662 7199 22 rate rate NN 1662 7199 23 : : : 1662 7199 24 NA NA NNP 1662 7199 25 % % NN 1662 7199 26 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7199 27 - - HYPH 1662 7199 28 capacity capacity NN 1662 7199 29 : : : 1662 7199 30 15,000 15,000 CD 1662 7199 31 kW kw NN 1662 7199 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7199 33 1995 1995 CD 1662 7199 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7199 35 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7199 36 - - HYPH 1662 7199 37 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7199 74 total total JJ 1662 7199 75 value value NN 1662 7199 76 : : : 1662 7199 77 $ $ $ 1662 7199 78 35.4 35.4 CD 1662 7199 79 million million CD 1662 7199 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7199 81 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 7199 82 . . 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NNP 1662 7200 40 , , , 1662 7200 41 1994 1994 CD 1662 7200 42 est est NNP 1662 7200 43 . . . 1662 7200 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7201 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7201 2 : : : 1662 7201 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 7201 4 , , , 1662 7201 5 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 7201 6 , , , 1662 7201 7 food food NN 1662 7201 8 , , , 1662 7201 9 fuels fuel NNS 1662 7201 10 partners partner NNS 1662 7201 11 : : : 1662 7201 12 US US NNP 1662 7201 13 45 45 CD 1662 7201 14 % % NN 1662 7201 15 , , , 1662 7201 16 Caricom Caricom NNP 1662 7201 17 nations nation NNS 1662 7201 18 18.8 18.8 CD 1662 7201 19 % % NN 1662 7201 20 , , , 1662 7201 21 UK UK NNP 1662 7201 22 12.5 12.5 CD 1662 7201 23 % % NN 1662 7201 24 , , , 1662 7201 25 Canada Canada NNP 1662 7201 26 4.2 4.2 CD 1662 7201 27 % % NN 1662 7201 28 , , , 1662 7201 29 Japan Japan NNP 1662 7201 30 4.2 4.2 CD 1662 7201 31 % % NN 1662 7201 32 , , , 1662 7201 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7201 34 1994 1994 LS 1662 7201 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7201 36 Debt debt NN 1662 7201 37 - - HYPH 1662 7201 38 external external JJ 1662 7201 39 : : : 1662 7201 40 $ $ $ 1662 7201 41 45.3 45.3 CD 1662 7201 42 million million CD 1662 7201 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7201 44 1994 1994 CD 1662 7201 45 est est NNP 1662 7201 46 . . . 1662 7201 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7202 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 7202 2 aid aid NN 1662 7202 3 : : : 1662 7202 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 7202 5 : : : 1662 7202 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 7202 7 , , , 1662 7202 8 $ $ $ 1662 7202 9 NA NA NNP 1662 7202 10 Currency currency NN 1662 7202 11 : : : 1662 7202 12 1 1 CD 1662 7202 13 EC EC NNP 1662 7202 14 dollar dollar NN 1662 7202 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7202 16 EC$ EC$ NNP 1662 7202 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7202 18 = = NFP 1662 7202 19 100 100 CD 1662 7202 20 cents cent NNS 1662 7202 21 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 7202 22 rates rate NNS 1662 7202 23 : : : 1662 7202 24 East east JJ 1662 7202 25 Caribbean caribbean JJ 1662 7202 26 dollars dollar NNS 1662 7202 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7202 28 EC$ EC$ NNP 1662 7202 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7202 30 per per IN 1662 7202 31 US$ us$ $ 1662 7202 32 1 1 CD 1662 7202 33 - - SYM 1662 7202 34 2.7000 2.7000 CD 1662 7202 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7202 36 fixed fix VBN 1662 7202 37 rate rate NN 1662 7202 38 since since IN 1662 7202 39 1976 1976 CD 1662 7202 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7202 41 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7202 42 year year NN 1662 7202 43 : : : 1662 7202 44 calendar calendar NNP 1662 7202 45 year year NN 1662 7202 46 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7202 47 Kitts Kitts NNP 1662 7202 48 and and CC 1662 7202 49 Nevis Nevis NNP 1662 7202 50 : : : 1662 7202 51 Communications Communications NNP 1662 7202 52 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 7202 53 : : : 1662 7202 54 3,800 3,800 CD 1662 7202 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7202 56 1986 1986 CD 1662 7202 57 est est NNP 1662 7202 58 . . . 1662 7202 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7203 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 7203 2 system system NN 1662 7203 3 : : : 1662 7203 4 good good JJ 1662 7203 5 interisland interisland NNP 1662 7203 6 VHF VHF NNP 1662 7203 7 / / SYM 1662 7203 8 UHF UHF NNP 1662 7203 9 / / SYM 1662 7203 10 SHF SHF NNP 1662 7203 11 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 7203 12 connections connection NNS 1662 7203 13 and and CC 1662 7203 14 international international JJ 1662 7203 15 link link NN 1662 7203 16 via via IN 1662 7203 17 Antigua Antigua NNP 1662 7203 18 and and CC 1662 7203 19 Barbuda Barbuda NNP 1662 7203 20 and and CC 1662 7203 21 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7203 22 Martin Martin NNP 1662 7203 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7203 24 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe NNP 1662 7203 25 and and CC 1662 7203 26 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 7203 27 Antilles Antilles NNPS 1662 7203 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7203 29 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7203 30 : : : 1662 7203 31 interisland interisland NN 1662 7203 32 links link NNS 1662 7203 33 are be VBP 1662 7203 34 handled handle VBN 1662 7203 35 by by IN 1662 7203 36 VHF VHF NNP 1662 7203 37 / / SYM 1662 7203 38 UHF UHF NNP 1662 7203 39 / / SYM 1662 7203 40 SHF SHF NNP 1662 7203 41 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 7203 42 international international JJ 1662 7203 43 : : : 1662 7203 44 international international JJ 1662 7203 45 calls call NNS 1662 7203 46 are be VBP 1662 7203 47 carried carry VBN 1662 7203 48 by by IN 1662 7203 49 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 7203 50 to to IN 1662 7203 51 Antigua Antigua NNP 1662 7203 52 and and CC 1662 7203 53 Barbuda Barbuda NNP 1662 7203 54 and and CC 1662 7203 55 from from IN 1662 7203 56 there there RB 1662 7203 57 switched switch VBN 1662 7203 58 to to IN 1662 7203 59 submarine submarine NN 1662 7203 60 cable cable NN 1662 7203 61 or or CC 1662 7203 62 to to IN 1662 7203 63 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7203 64 , , , 1662 7203 65 or or CC 1662 7203 66 carried carry VBN 1662 7203 67 to to IN 1662 7203 68 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7203 69 Martin Martin NNP 1662 7203 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7203 71 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe NNP 1662 7203 72 and and CC 1662 7203 73 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 7203 74 Antilles Antilles NNPS 1662 7203 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7203 76 by by IN 1662 7203 77 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 7203 78 and and CC 1662 7203 79 switched switch VBD 1662 7203 80 to to IN 1662 7203 81 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7203 82 Radio Radio NNP 1662 7203 83 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7203 84 stations station NNS 1662 7203 85 : : : 1662 7203 86 AM AM NNP 1662 7203 87 2 2 CD 1662 7203 88 , , , 1662 7203 89 FM FM NNP 1662 7203 90 0 0 CD 1662 7203 91 , , , 1662 7203 92 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 7203 93 0 0 CD 1662 7203 94 Radios radio NNS 1662 7203 95 : : : 1662 7203 96 25,000 25,000 CD 1662 7203 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7203 98 1993 1993 CD 1662 7203 99 est est NNP 1662 7203 100 . . . 1662 7203 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7204 1 Television television NN 1662 7204 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7204 3 stations station NNS 1662 7204 4 : : : 1662 7204 5 4 4 CD 1662 7204 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 7204 7 : : : 1662 7204 8 9,500 9,500 CD 1662 7204 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7204 10 1993 1993 CD 1662 7204 11 est est NNP 1662 7204 12 . . . 1662 7204 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7205 1 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7205 2 Kitts Kitts NNP 1662 7205 3 and and CC 1662 7205 4 Nevis Nevis NNP 1662 7205 5 : : : 1662 7205 6 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7205 7 Railways railway NNS 1662 7205 8 : : : 1662 7205 9 total total NN 1662 7205 10 : : : 1662 7205 11 58 58 CD 1662 7205 12 km km NN 1662 7205 13 narrow narrow JJ 1662 7205 14 gauge gauge NN 1662 7205 15 : : : 1662 7205 16 58 58 CD 1662 7205 17 km km NN 1662 7205 18 0.762-m 0.762-m JJ 1662 7205 19 gauge gauge NN 1662 7205 20 on on IN 1662 7205 21 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7205 22 Kitts Kitts NNP 1662 7205 23 to to TO 1662 7205 24 serve serve VB 1662 7205 25 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 7205 26 plantations plantation NNS 1662 7205 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7205 28 1995 1995 CD 1662 7205 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7205 30 Highways highway NNS 1662 7205 31 : : : 1662 7205 32 total total NN 1662 7205 33 : : : 1662 7205 34 310 310 CD 1662 7205 35 km km NN 1662 7205 36 paved pave VBN 1662 7205 37 : : : 1662 7205 38 132 132 CD 1662 7205 39 km km NN 1662 7205 40 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7205 41 : : : 1662 7205 42 178 178 CD 1662 7205 43 km km NNS 1662 7205 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7205 45 1995 1995 CD 1662 7205 46 est est NNP 1662 7205 47 . . . 1662 7205 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7206 1 Ports port NNS 1662 7206 2 and and CC 1662 7206 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7206 4 : : : 1662 7206 5 Basseterre Basseterre NNP 1662 7206 6 , , , 1662 7206 7 Charlestown Charlestown NNP 1662 7206 8 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7206 9 marine marine NN 1662 7206 10 : : : 1662 7206 11 none none NN 1662 7206 12 Airports airport NNS 1662 7206 13 : : : 1662 7206 14 2 2 CD 1662 7206 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7206 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 7206 17 est est NNP 1662 7206 18 . . . 1662 7206 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7207 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7207 2 - - , 1662 7207 3 with with IN 1662 7207 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7207 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7207 6 : : : 1662 7207 7 total total NN 1662 7207 8 : : : 1662 7207 9 2 2 CD 1662 7207 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7207 11 to to TO 1662 7207 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7207 13 m m NN 1662 7207 14 : : : 1662 7207 15 1 1 CD 1662 7207 16 under under IN 1662 7207 17 914 914 CD 1662 7207 18 m m NN 1662 7207 19 : : : 1662 7207 20 1 1 CD 1662 7207 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7207 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 7207 23 est est NNP 1662 7207 24 . . . 1662 7207 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7208 1 Military military JJ 1662 7208 2 Military military JJ 1662 7208 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7208 4 : : : 1662 7208 5 Royal Royal NNP 1662 7208 6 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7208 7 Kitts Kitts NNP 1662 7208 8 and and CC 1662 7208 9 Nevis Nevis NNP 1662 7208 10 Police Police NNP 1662 7208 11 Force Force NNP 1662 7208 12 , , , 1662 7208 13 Coast Coast NNP 1662 7208 14 Guard Guard NNP 1662 7208 15 Military Military NNP 1662 7208 16 manpower manpower NN 1662 7208 17 - - HYPH 1662 7208 18 availability availability NN 1662 7208 19 : : : 1662 7208 20 males male NNS 1662 7208 21 age age NNP 1662 7208 22 15 15 CD 1662 7208 23 - - SYM 1662 7208 24 49 49 CD 1662 7208 25 : : : 1662 7208 26 NA NA NNP 1662 7208 27 Military military JJ 1662 7208 28 manpower manpower NN 1662 7208 29 - - HYPH 1662 7208 30 fit fit NN 1662 7208 31 for for IN 1662 7208 32 military military JJ 1662 7208 33 service service NN 1662 7208 34 : : : 1662 7208 35 males male NNS 1662 7208 36 : : : 1662 7208 37 NA NA NNP 1662 7208 38 Military military JJ 1662 7208 39 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7208 40 - - HYPH 1662 7208 41 dollar dollar NN 1662 7208 42 figure figure NN 1662 7208 43 : : : 1662 7208 44 $ $ $ 1662 7208 45 NA NA NNP 1662 7208 46 Military military JJ 1662 7208 47 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7208 48 - - : 1662 7208 49 percent percent NN 1662 7208 50 of of IN 1662 7208 51 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7208 52 : : : 1662 7208 53 NA% NA% `` 1662 7208 54 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7208 55 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7208 56 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 7208 57 - - : 1662 7208 58 international international RB 1662 7208 59 : : : 1662 7208 60 none none NN 1662 7208 61 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 7208 62 drugs drug VBZ 1662 7208 63 : : : 1662 7208 64 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 7208 65 points point NNS 1662 7208 66 for for IN 1662 7208 67 South south JJ 1662 7208 68 American american JJ 1662 7208 69 drugs drug NNS 1662 7208 70 destined destine VBN 1662 7208 71 for for IN 1662 7208 72 the the DT 1662 7208 73 US US NNP 1662 7208 74 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 75 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 76 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 77 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 78 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 79 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 80 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 81 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 82 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 83 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 84 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 85 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 86 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 87 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 88 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 89 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 90 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 91 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 92 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 93 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 94 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 95 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 96 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 97 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 98 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 99 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 100 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 101 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 102 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 103 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 104 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 105 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 106 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 107 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 108 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 109 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 110 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 111 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 112 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 113 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 114 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 115 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 116 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 117 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 118 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 119 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 120 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 121 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 122 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 123 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 124 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 125 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 126 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 127 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 128 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 129 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 130 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 131 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 132 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 133 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 134 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 135 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 136 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 137 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 138 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 139 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 140 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 141 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 142 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 143 _ _ NNP 1662 7208 144 SAINT SAINT NNP 1662 7208 145 LUCIA LUCIA NNP 1662 7208 146 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7208 147 Lucia Lucia NNP 1662 7208 148 : : : 1662 7208 149 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7208 150 Location Location NNP 1662 7208 151 : : : 1662 7208 152 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 7208 153 , , , 1662 7208 154 island island NN 1662 7208 155 between between IN 1662 7208 156 the the DT 1662 7208 157 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 7208 158 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7208 159 and and CC 1662 7208 160 North North NNP 1662 7208 161 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7208 162 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7208 163 , , , 1662 7208 164 north north RB 1662 7208 165 of of IN 1662 7208 166 Trinidad Trinidad NNP 1662 7208 167 and and CC 1662 7208 168 Tobago Tobago NNP 1662 7208 169 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7208 170 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7208 171 : : : 1662 7208 172 13 13 CD 1662 7208 173 53 53 CD 1662 7208 174 N n CD 1662 7208 175 , , , 1662 7208 176 60 60 CD 1662 7208 177 68 68 CD 1662 7208 178 W W NNP 1662 7208 179 Map Map NNP 1662 7208 180 references reference NNS 1662 7208 181 : : : 1662 7208 182 Central Central NNP 1662 7208 183 America America NNP 1662 7208 184 and and CC 1662 7208 185 the the DT 1662 7208 186 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 7208 187 Area Area NNP 1662 7208 188 : : : 1662 7208 189 total total NN 1662 7208 190 : : : 1662 7208 191 620 620 CD 1662 7208 192 sq sq NN 1662 7208 193 km km NNP 1662 7208 194 land land NN 1662 7208 195 : : : 1662 7208 196 610 610 CD 1662 7208 197 sq sq IN 1662 7208 198 km km NNP 1662 7208 199 water water NN 1662 7208 200 : : : 1662 7208 201 10 10 CD 1662 7208 202 sq sq NN 1662 7208 203 km km NNP 1662 7208 204 Area area NN 1662 7208 205 - - HYPH 1662 7208 206 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7208 207 : : : 1662 7208 208 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 7208 209 times time NNS 1662 7208 210 the the DT 1662 7208 211 size size NN 1662 7208 212 of of IN 1662 7208 213 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7208 214 , , , 1662 7208 215 DC DC NNP 1662 7208 216 Land Land NNP 1662 7208 217 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7208 218 : : : 1662 7208 219 0 0 LS 1662 7208 220 km km NN 1662 7208 221 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7208 222 : : : 1662 7208 223 158 158 CD 1662 7208 224 km km NN 1662 7208 225 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7208 226 claims claim VBZ 1662 7208 227 : : : 1662 7208 228 200 200 CD 1662 7208 229 nm nm CD 1662 7208 230 or or CC 1662 7208 231 to to IN 1662 7208 232 the the DT 1662 7208 233 edge edge NN 1662 7208 234 of of IN 1662 7208 235 the the DT 1662 7208 236 continental continental JJ 1662 7208 237 margin margin NN 1662 7208 238 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 7208 239 zone zone NN 1662 7208 240 : : : 1662 7208 241 24 24 CD 1662 7208 242 nm nm IN 1662 7208 243 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 7208 244 economic economic JJ 1662 7208 245 zone zone NN 1662 7208 246 : : : 1662 7208 247 200 200 CD 1662 7208 248 nm nm CD 1662 7208 249 or or CC 1662 7208 250 to to IN 1662 7208 251 the the DT 1662 7208 252 edge edge NN 1662 7208 253 of of IN 1662 7208 254 the the DT 1662 7208 255 continental continental JJ 1662 7208 256 margin margin NN 1662 7208 257 territorial territorial NNP 1662 7208 258 sea sea NN 1662 7208 259 : : : 1662 7208 260 12 12 CD 1662 7208 261 nm nm NNP 1662 7208 262 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7208 263 : : : 1662 7208 264 tropical tropical JJ 1662 7208 265 , , , 1662 7208 266 moderated moderate VBN 1662 7208 267 by by IN 1662 7208 268 northeast northeast JJ 1662 7208 269 trade trade NN 1662 7208 270 winds wind NNS 1662 7208 271 ; ; , 1662 7208 272 dry dry JJ 1662 7208 273 season season NN 1662 7208 274 from from IN 1662 7208 275 January January NNP 1662 7208 276 to to IN 1662 7208 277 April April NNP 1662 7208 278 , , , 1662 7208 279 rainy rainy JJ 1662 7208 280 season season NN 1662 7208 281 from from IN 1662 7208 282 May May NNP 1662 7208 283 to to IN 1662 7208 284 August August NNP 1662 7208 285 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7208 286 : : : 1662 7208 287 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 7208 288 and and CC 1662 7208 289 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 7208 290 with with IN 1662 7208 291 some some DT 1662 7208 292 broad broad JJ 1662 7208 293 , , , 1662 7208 294 fertile fertile JJ 1662 7208 295 valleys valley NNS 1662 7208 296 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7208 297 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7208 298 : : : 1662 7208 299 lowest low JJS 1662 7208 300 point point NN 1662 7208 301 : : : 1662 7208 302 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 7208 303 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7208 304 0 0 NFP 1662 7208 305 m m DT 1662 7208 306 highest high JJS 1662 7208 307 point point NN 1662 7208 308 : : : 1662 7208 309 Mount Mount NNP 1662 7208 310 Gimie Gimie NNP 1662 7208 311 950 950 CD 1662 7208 312 m m NNP 1662 7208 313 Natural natural JJ 1662 7208 314 resources resource NNS 1662 7208 315 : : : 1662 7208 316 forests forest NNS 1662 7208 317 , , , 1662 7208 318 sandy sandy NNP 1662 7208 319 beaches beach NNS 1662 7208 320 , , , 1662 7208 321 minerals mineral NNS 1662 7208 322 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7208 323 pumice pumice NN 1662 7208 324 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7208 325 , , , 1662 7208 326 mineral mineral NN 1662 7208 327 springs spring NNS 1662 7208 328 , , , 1662 7208 329 geothermal geothermal JJ 1662 7208 330 potential potential JJ 1662 7208 331 Land Land NNP 1662 7208 332 use use NN 1662 7208 333 : : : 1662 7208 334 arable arable JJ 1662 7208 335 land land NN 1662 7208 336 : : : 1662 7208 337 8 8 CD 1662 7208 338 % % NN 1662 7208 339 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7208 340 crops crop NNS 1662 7208 341 : : : 1662 7208 342 21 21 CD 1662 7208 343 % % NN 1662 7208 344 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7208 345 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7208 346 : : : 1662 7208 347 5 5 CD 1662 7208 348 % % NN 1662 7208 349 forests forest NNS 1662 7208 350 and and CC 1662 7208 351 woodland woodland JJ 1662 7208 352 : : : 1662 7208 353 13 13 CD 1662 7208 354 % % NN 1662 7208 355 other other JJ 1662 7208 356 : : : 1662 7208 357 53 53 CD 1662 7208 358 % % NN 1662 7208 359 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7208 360 1993 1993 CD 1662 7208 361 est est NNP 1662 7208 362 . . . 1662 7208 363 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7209 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7209 2 land land NN 1662 7209 3 : : : 1662 7209 4 10 10 CD 1662 7209 5 sq sq NNP 1662 7209 6 km km NNP 1662 7209 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7209 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 7209 9 est est NNP 1662 7209 10 . . . 1662 7209 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7210 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 7210 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7210 3 : : : 1662 7210 4 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 7210 5 and and CC 1662 7210 6 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 7210 7 activity activity NN 1662 7210 8 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7210 9 - - HYPH 1662 7210 10 current current JJ 1662 7210 11 issues issue NNS 1662 7210 12 : : : 1662 7210 13 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 7210 14 ; ; , 1662 7210 15 soil soil NN 1662 7210 16 erosion erosion NN 1662 7210 17 , , , 1662 7210 18 particularly particularly RB 1662 7210 19 in in IN 1662 7210 20 the the DT 1662 7210 21 northern northern JJ 1662 7210 22 region region NN 1662 7210 23 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7210 24 - - HYPH 1662 7210 25 international international JJ 1662 7210 26 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7210 27 : : : 1662 7210 28 party party NN 1662 7210 29 to to TO 1662 7210 30 : : : 1662 7210 31 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 7210 32 , , , 1662 7210 33 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7210 34 Change Change NNP 1662 7210 35 , , , 1662 7210 36 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 7210 37 Species Species NNPS 1662 7210 38 , , , 1662 7210 39 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 7210 40 Modification Modification NNP 1662 7210 41 , , , 1662 7210 42 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 7210 43 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 7210 44 , , , 1662 7210 45 Law Law NNP 1662 7210 46 of of IN 1662 7210 47 the the DT 1662 7210 48 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7210 49 , , , 1662 7210 50 Marine Marine NNP 1662 7210 51 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 7210 52 , , , 1662 7210 53 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 7210 54 Layer Layer NNP 1662 7210 55 Protection Protection NNP 1662 7210 56 , , , 1662 7210 57 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 7210 58 signed sign VBD 1662 7210 59 , , , 1662 7210 60 but but CC 1662 7210 61 not not RB 1662 7210 62 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7210 63 : : : 1662 7210 64 none none NN 1662 7210 65 of of IN 1662 7210 66 the the DT 1662 7210 67 selected select VBN 1662 7210 68 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7210 69 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7210 70 Lucia Lucia NNP 1662 7210 71 : : : 1662 7210 72 People People NNP 1662 7210 73 Population Population NNP 1662 7210 74 : : : 1662 7210 75 150,630 150,630 CD 1662 7210 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7210 77 July July NNP 1662 7210 78 1997 1997 CD 1662 7210 79 est est NNP 1662 7210 80 . . . 1662 7210 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7211 1 Age age NN 1662 7211 2 structure structure NN 1662 7211 3 : : : 1662 7211 4 0 0 CD 1662 7211 5 - - HYPH 1662 7211 6 14 14 CD 1662 7211 7 years year NNS 1662 7211 8 : : : 1662 7211 9 35 35 CD 1662 7211 10 % % NN 1662 7211 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7211 12 male male JJ 1662 7211 13 26,430 26,430 CD 1662 7211 14 ; ; : 1662 7211 15 female female JJ 1662 7211 16 26,018 26,018 CD 1662 7211 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7211 18 15 15 CD 1662 7211 19 - - HYPH 1662 7211 20 64 64 CD 1662 7211 21 years year NNS 1662 7211 22 : : : 1662 7211 23 60 60 CD 1662 7211 24 % % NN 1662 7211 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7211 26 male male NN 1662 7211 27 44,117 44,117 CD 1662 7211 28 ; ; : 1662 7211 29 female female JJ 1662 7211 30 45,922 45,922 CD 1662 7211 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7211 32 65 65 CD 1662 7211 33 years year NNS 1662 7211 34 and and CC 1662 7211 35 over over IN 1662 7211 36 : : : 1662 7211 37 5 5 CD 1662 7211 38 % % NN 1662 7211 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7211 40 male male JJ 1662 7211 41 3,091 3,091 CD 1662 7211 42 ; ; , 1662 7211 43 female female JJ 1662 7211 44 5,052 5,052 CD 1662 7211 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7211 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7211 47 July July NNP 1662 7211 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7211 49 est est NNP 1662 7211 50 . . . 1662 7211 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7212 1 Population population NN 1662 7212 2 growth growth NN 1662 7212 3 rate rate NN 1662 7212 4 : : : 1662 7212 5 1.14 1.14 CD 1662 7212 6 % % NN 1662 7212 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7212 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7212 9 est est NNP 1662 7212 10 . . . 1662 7212 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7213 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7213 2 rate rate NN 1662 7213 3 : : : 1662 7213 4 23.31 23.31 CD 1662 7213 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 7213 6 population population NN 1662 7213 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7213 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7213 9 est est NNP 1662 7213 10 . . . 1662 7213 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7214 1 Death death NN 1662 7214 2 rate rate NN 1662 7214 3 : : : 1662 7214 4 5.71 5.71 CD 1662 7214 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7214 6 population population NN 1662 7214 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7214 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7214 9 est est NNP 1662 7214 10 . . . 1662 7214 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7215 1 Net net JJ 1662 7215 2 migration migration NN 1662 7215 3 rate rate NN 1662 7215 4 : : : 1662 7215 5 -6.22 -6.22 NFP 1662 7215 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 7215 7 population population NN 1662 7215 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7215 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7215 10 est est NNP 1662 7215 11 . . . 1662 7215 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7216 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7216 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7216 3 : : : 1662 7216 4 at at IN 1662 7216 5 birth birth NN 1662 7216 6 : : : 1662 7216 7 1.07 1.07 CD 1662 7216 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7216 9 under under IN 1662 7216 10 15 15 CD 1662 7216 11 years year NNS 1662 7216 12 : : : 1662 7216 13 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 7216 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7216 15 15 15 CD 1662 7216 16 - - HYPH 1662 7216 17 64 64 CD 1662 7216 18 years year NNS 1662 7216 19 : : : 1662 7216 20 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 7216 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7216 22 65 65 CD 1662 7216 23 years year NNS 1662 7216 24 and and CC 1662 7216 25 over over IN 1662 7216 26 : : : 1662 7216 27 0.61 0.61 CD 1662 7216 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7216 29 total total JJ 1662 7216 30 population population NN 1662 7216 31 : : : 1662 7216 32 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 7216 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7216 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7216 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7216 36 est e JJS 1662 7216 37 . . . 1662 7216 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7217 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7217 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7217 3 rate rate NN 1662 7217 4 : : : 1662 7217 5 17.3 17.3 CD 1662 7217 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7217 7 live live JJ 1662 7217 8 births birth NNS 1662 7217 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7217 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7217 11 est est NNP 1662 7217 12 . . . 1662 7217 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7218 1 Life life NN 1662 7218 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7218 3 at at IN 1662 7218 4 birth birth NN 1662 7218 5 : : : 1662 7218 6 total total JJ 1662 7218 7 population population NN 1662 7218 8 : : : 1662 7218 9 71.36 71.36 CD 1662 7218 10 years year NNS 1662 7218 11 male male NN 1662 7218 12 : : : 1662 7218 13 67.74 67.74 CD 1662 7218 14 years year NNS 1662 7218 15 female female JJ 1662 7218 16 : : : 1662 7218 17 75.23 75.23 CD 1662 7218 18 years year NNS 1662 7218 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7218 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 7218 21 est est NNP 1662 7218 22 . . . 1662 7218 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7219 1 Total total JJ 1662 7219 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7219 3 rate rate NN 1662 7219 4 : : : 1662 7219 5 2.44 2.44 CD 1662 7219 6 children child NNS 1662 7219 7 born bear VBN 1662 7219 8 / / SYM 1662 7219 9 woman woman NN 1662 7219 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7219 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7219 12 est est NNP 1662 7219 13 . . . 1662 7219 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7220 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7220 2 : : : 1662 7220 3 noun noun NN 1662 7220 4 : : : 1662 7220 5 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7220 6 Lucian(s lucian(s VB 1662 7220 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7220 8 adjective adjective NN 1662 7220 9 : : : 1662 7220 10 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7220 11 Lucian lucian JJ 1662 7220 12 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7220 13 groups group NNS 1662 7220 14 : : : 1662 7220 15 black black JJ 1662 7220 16 90 90 CD 1662 7220 17 % % NN 1662 7220 18 , , , 1662 7220 19 mixed mixed JJ 1662 7220 20 6 6 CD 1662 7220 21 % % NN 1662 7220 22 , , , 1662 7220 23 East East NNP 1662 7220 24 Indian Indian NNP 1662 7220 25 3 3 CD 1662 7220 26 % % NN 1662 7220 27 , , , 1662 7220 28 white white JJ 1662 7220 29 1 1 CD 1662 7220 30 % % NN 1662 7220 31 Religions religion NNS 1662 7220 32 : : : 1662 7220 33 Roman Roman NNP 1662 7220 34 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 7220 35 90 90 CD 1662 7220 36 % % NN 1662 7220 37 , , , 1662 7220 38 Protestant protestant NN 1662 7220 39 7 7 CD 1662 7220 40 % % NN 1662 7220 41 , , , 1662 7220 42 Anglican Anglican NNP 1662 7220 43 3 3 CD 1662 7220 44 % % NN 1662 7220 45 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 7220 46 : : : 1662 7220 47 English English NNP 1662 7220 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7220 49 official official NN 1662 7220 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7220 51 , , , 1662 7220 52 French french JJ 1662 7220 53 patois patois NN 1662 7220 54 Literacy literacy NN 1662 7220 55 : : : 1662 7220 56 definition definition NN 1662 7220 57 : : : 1662 7220 58 age age NN 1662 7220 59 15 15 CD 1662 7220 60 and and CC 1662 7220 61 over over RB 1662 7220 62 has have VBZ 1662 7220 63 ever ever RB 1662 7220 64 attended attend VBN 1662 7220 65 school school NN 1662 7220 66 total total JJ 1662 7220 67 population population NN 1662 7220 68 : : : 1662 7220 69 67 67 CD 1662 7220 70 % % NN 1662 7220 71 male male NN 1662 7220 72 : : : 1662 7220 73 65 65 CD 1662 7220 74 % % NN 1662 7220 75 female female NN 1662 7220 76 : : : 1662 7220 77 69 69 CD 1662 7220 78 % % NN 1662 7220 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7220 80 1980 1980 CD 1662 7220 81 est est NNP 1662 7220 82 . . . 1662 7220 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 1 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7221 2 Lucia Lucia NNP 1662 7221 3 : : : 1662 7221 4 Government Government NNP 1662 7221 5 Country Country NNP 1662 7221 6 name name NN 1662 7221 7 : : : 1662 7221 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7221 9 long long JJ 1662 7221 10 form form NN 1662 7221 11 : : : 1662 7221 12 none none NN 1662 7221 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7221 14 short short JJ 1662 7221 15 form form NN 1662 7221 16 : : : 1662 7221 17 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7221 18 Lucia Lucia NNP 1662 7221 19 Data Data NNP 1662 7221 20 code code NN 1662 7221 21 : : : 1662 7221 22 ST ST NNP 1662 7221 23 Government Government NNP 1662 7221 24 type type NN 1662 7221 25 : : : 1662 7221 26 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 7221 27 democracy democracy NN 1662 7221 28 National national JJ 1662 7221 29 capital capital NN 1662 7221 30 : : : 1662 7221 31 Castries Castries NNP 1662 7221 32 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 7221 33 divisions division NNS 1662 7221 34 : : : 1662 7221 35 11 11 CD 1662 7221 36 quarters quarter NNS 1662 7221 37 ; ; : 1662 7221 38 Anse Anse NNP 1662 7221 39 La La NNP 1662 7221 40 Raye Raye NNP 1662 7221 41 , , , 1662 7221 42 Castries Castries NNP 1662 7221 43 , , , 1662 7221 44 Choiseul Choiseul NNP 1662 7221 45 , , , 1662 7221 46 Dauphin Dauphin NNP 1662 7221 47 , , , 1662 7221 48 Dennery Dennery NNP 1662 7221 49 , , , 1662 7221 50 Gros Gros NNP 1662 7221 51 Islet Islet NNP 1662 7221 52 , , , 1662 7221 53 Laborie Laborie NNP 1662 7221 54 , , , 1662 7221 55 Micoud Micoud NNP 1662 7221 56 , , , 1662 7221 57 Praslin Praslin NNP 1662 7221 58 , , , 1662 7221 59 Soufriere Soufriere NNP 1662 7221 60 , , , 1662 7221 61 Vieux Vieux NNP 1662 7221 62 Fort Fort NNP 1662 7221 63 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7221 64 : : : 1662 7221 65 22 22 CD 1662 7221 66 February February NNP 1662 7221 67 1979 1979 CD 1662 7221 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7221 69 from from IN 1662 7221 70 UK UK NNP 1662 7221 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 72 National national JJ 1662 7221 73 holiday holiday NN 1662 7221 74 : : : 1662 7221 75 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7221 76 Day Day NNP 1662 7221 77 , , , 1662 7221 78 22 22 CD 1662 7221 79 February February NNP 1662 7221 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7221 81 1979 1979 CD 1662 7221 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 83 Constitution constitution NN 1662 7221 84 : : : 1662 7221 85 22 22 CD 1662 7221 86 February February NNP 1662 7221 87 1979 1979 CD 1662 7221 88 Legal legal JJ 1662 7221 89 system system NN 1662 7221 90 : : : 1662 7221 91 based base VBN 1662 7221 92 on on IN 1662 7221 93 English English NNP 1662 7221 94 common common JJ 1662 7221 95 law law NN 1662 7221 96 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 7221 97 : : : 1662 7221 98 18 18 CD 1662 7221 99 years year NNS 1662 7221 100 of of IN 1662 7221 101 age age NN 1662 7221 102 ; ; : 1662 7221 103 universal universal JJ 1662 7221 104 Executive Executive NNP 1662 7221 105 branch branch NN 1662 7221 106 : : : 1662 7221 107 chief chief NN 1662 7221 108 of of IN 1662 7221 109 state state NN 1662 7221 110 : : : 1662 7221 111 Queen Queen NNP 1662 7221 112 ELIZABETH ELIZABETH NNP 1662 7221 113 II ii CD 1662 7221 114 of of IN 1662 7221 115 the the DT 1662 7221 116 UK UK NNP 1662 7221 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7221 118 since since IN 1662 7221 119 6 6 CD 1662 7221 120 February February NNP 1662 7221 121 1952 1952 CD 1662 7221 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 123 , , , 1662 7221 124 represented represent VBN 1662 7221 125 by by IN 1662 7221 126 Governor Governor NNP 1662 7221 127 General General NNP 1662 7221 128 William William NNP 1662 7221 129 George George NNP 1662 7221 130 MALLET MALLET NNP 1662 7221 131 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7221 132 since since IN 1662 7221 133 1 1 CD 1662 7221 134 June June NNP 1662 7221 135 1996 1996 CD 1662 7221 136 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 137 head head NN 1662 7221 138 of of IN 1662 7221 139 government government NN 1662 7221 140 : : : 1662 7221 141 Prime Prime NNP 1662 7221 142 Minister Minister NNP 1662 7221 143 Vaughn Vaughn NNP 1662 7221 144 LEWIS LEWIS NNP 1662 7221 145 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7221 146 since since IN 1662 7221 147 31 31 CD 1662 7221 148 March March NNP 1662 7221 149 1996 1996 CD 1662 7221 150 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 151 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7221 152 : : : 1662 7221 153 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 7221 154 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7221 155 by by IN 1662 7221 156 the the DT 1662 7221 157 governor governor NN 1662 7221 158 general general NN 1662 7221 159 on on IN 1662 7221 160 the the DT 1662 7221 161 advice advice NN 1662 7221 162 of of IN 1662 7221 163 the the DT 1662 7221 164 prime prime NNP 1662 7221 165 minister minister NNP 1662 7221 166 elections election NNS 1662 7221 167 : : : 1662 7221 168 none none NN 1662 7221 169 ; ; : 1662 7221 170 the the DT 1662 7221 171 queen queen NN 1662 7221 172 is be VBZ 1662 7221 173 a a DT 1662 7221 174 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 7221 175 monarch monarch NN 1662 7221 176 ; ; : 1662 7221 177 following follow VBG 1662 7221 178 legislative legislative JJ 1662 7221 179 elections election NNS 1662 7221 180 , , , 1662 7221 181 the the DT 1662 7221 182 leader leader NN 1662 7221 183 of of IN 1662 7221 184 the the DT 1662 7221 185 majority majority NNP 1662 7221 186 party party NN 1662 7221 187 or or CC 1662 7221 188 leader leader NN 1662 7221 189 of of IN 1662 7221 190 a a DT 1662 7221 191 majority majority NN 1662 7221 192 coalition coalition NN 1662 7221 193 is be VBZ 1662 7221 194 usually usually RB 1662 7221 195 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7221 196 prime prime NNP 1662 7221 197 minister minister NN 1662 7221 198 by by IN 1662 7221 199 the the DT 1662 7221 200 governor governor NN 1662 7221 201 general general JJ 1662 7221 202 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 7221 203 branch branch NN 1662 7221 204 : : : 1662 7221 205 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 7221 206 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 7221 207 consists consist VBZ 1662 7221 208 of of IN 1662 7221 209 the the DT 1662 7221 210 Senate Senate NNP 1662 7221 211 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7221 212 an an DT 1662 7221 213 11-member 11-member CD 1662 7221 214 body body NN 1662 7221 215 , , , 1662 7221 216 six six CD 1662 7221 217 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7221 218 on on IN 1662 7221 219 the the DT 1662 7221 220 advice advice NN 1662 7221 221 of of IN 1662 7221 222 the the DT 1662 7221 223 prime prime NNP 1662 7221 224 minister minister NN 1662 7221 225 , , , 1662 7221 226 three three CD 1662 7221 227 on on IN 1662 7221 228 the the DT 1662 7221 229 advice advice NN 1662 7221 230 of of IN 1662 7221 231 the the DT 1662 7221 232 leader leader NN 1662 7221 233 of of IN 1662 7221 234 the the DT 1662 7221 235 opposition opposition NN 1662 7221 236 , , , 1662 7221 237 and and CC 1662 7221 238 two two CD 1662 7221 239 after after IN 1662 7221 240 consultation consultation NN 1662 7221 241 with with IN 1662 7221 242 religious religious JJ 1662 7221 243 , , , 1662 7221 244 economic economic JJ 1662 7221 245 , , , 1662 7221 246 and and CC 1662 7221 247 social social JJ 1662 7221 248 groups group NNS 1662 7221 249 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 250 and and CC 1662 7221 251 the the DT 1662 7221 252 House House NNP 1662 7221 253 of of IN 1662 7221 254 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7221 255 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7221 256 17 17 CD 1662 7221 257 seats seat NNS 1662 7221 258 ; ; : 1662 7221 259 members member NNS 1662 7221 260 are be VBP 1662 7221 261 elected elect VBN 1662 7221 262 by by IN 1662 7221 263 popular popular JJ 1662 7221 264 vote vote NN 1662 7221 265 from from IN 1662 7221 266 single single JJ 1662 7221 267 member member NN 1662 7221 268 constituencies constituency NNS 1662 7221 269 to to TO 1662 7221 270 serve serve VB 1662 7221 271 five five CD 1662 7221 272 - - HYPH 1662 7221 273 year year NN 1662 7221 274 terms term NNS 1662 7221 275 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 276 elections election NNS 1662 7221 277 : : : 1662 7221 278 House House NNP 1662 7221 279 of of IN 1662 7221 280 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7221 281 - - HYPH 1662 7221 282 last last RB 1662 7221 283 held hold VBD 1662 7221 284 27 27 CD 1662 7221 285 April April NNP 1662 7221 286 1992 1992 CD 1662 7221 287 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7221 288 next next JJ 1662 7221 289 to to TO 1662 7221 290 be be VB 1662 7221 291 held hold VBN 1662 7221 292 NA NA NNP 1662 7221 293 May May NNP 1662 7221 294 1997 1997 CD 1662 7221 295 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 296 election election NN 1662 7221 297 results result NNS 1662 7221 298 : : : 1662 7221 299 House House NNP 1662 7221 300 of of IN 1662 7221 301 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7221 302 - - HYPH 1662 7221 303 percent percent NN 1662 7221 304 of of IN 1662 7221 305 vote vote NN 1662 7221 306 by by IN 1662 7221 307 party party NN 1662 7221 308 - - HYPH 1662 7221 309 NA NA NNP 1662 7221 310 ; ; , 1662 7221 311 seats seat NNS 1662 7221 312 by by IN 1662 7221 313 party party NNP 1662 7221 314 - - HYPH 1662 7221 315 UWP UWP NNP 1662 7221 316 11 11 CD 1662 7221 317 , , , 1662 7221 318 SLP SLP NNP 1662 7221 319 6 6 CD 1662 7221 320 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 7221 321 branch branch NN 1662 7221 322 : : : 1662 7221 323 Eastern eastern JJ 1662 7221 324 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 7221 325 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 7221 326 Court Court NNP 1662 7221 327 , , , 1662 7221 328 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 7221 329 extends extend VBZ 1662 7221 330 to to IN 1662 7221 331 Anguilla Anguilla NNP 1662 7221 332 , , , 1662 7221 333 Antigua Antigua NNP 1662 7221 334 and and CC 1662 7221 335 Barbuda Barbuda NNP 1662 7221 336 , , , 1662 7221 337 the the DT 1662 7221 338 British british JJ 1662 7221 339 Virgin Virgin NNP 1662 7221 340 Islands Islands NNP 1662 7221 341 , , , 1662 7221 342 Dominica Dominica NNP 1662 7221 343 , , , 1662 7221 344 Grenada Grenada NNP 1662 7221 345 , , , 1662 7221 346 Montserrat Montserrat NNP 1662 7221 347 , , , 1662 7221 348 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7221 349 Kitts Kitts NNP 1662 7221 350 and and CC 1662 7221 351 Nevis Nevis NNP 1662 7221 352 , , , 1662 7221 353 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7221 354 Lucia Lucia NNP 1662 7221 355 , , , 1662 7221 356 and and CC 1662 7221 357 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7221 358 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 7221 359 and and CC 1662 7221 360 the the DT 1662 7221 361 Grenadines Grenadines NNP 1662 7221 362 Political political JJ 1662 7221 363 parties party NNS 1662 7221 364 and and CC 1662 7221 365 leaders leader NNS 1662 7221 366 : : : 1662 7221 367 United United NNP 1662 7221 368 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 7221 369 ' ' POS 1662 7221 370 Party Party NNP 1662 7221 371 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7221 372 UWP UWP NNP 1662 7221 373 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 374 , , , 1662 7221 375 Vaughn Vaughn NNP 1662 7221 376 LEWIS LEWIS NNP 1662 7221 377 ; ; : 1662 7221 378 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7221 379 Lucia Lucia NNP 1662 7221 380 Labor Labor NNP 1662 7221 381 Party Party NNP 1662 7221 382 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7221 383 SLP SLP NNP 1662 7221 384 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 385 , , , 1662 7221 386 Kenneth Kenneth NNP 1662 7221 387 ANTHONY ANTHONY NNP 1662 7221 388 ; ; : 1662 7221 389 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7221 390 Lucia Lucia NNP 1662 7221 391 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 7221 392 Party Party NNP 1662 7221 393 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7221 394 SLFP SLFP NNP 1662 7221 395 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 396 , , , 1662 7221 397 Martinus Martinus NNP 1662 7221 398 FRANCOIS FRANCOIS NNP 1662 7221 399 International international JJ 1662 7221 400 organization organization NN 1662 7221 401 participation participation NN 1662 7221 402 : : : 1662 7221 403 ACCT acct JJ 1662 7221 404 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7221 405 associate associate NN 1662 7221 406 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 407 , , , 1662 7221 408 ACP ACP NNP 1662 7221 409 , , , 1662 7221 410 C C NNP 1662 7221 411 , , , 1662 7221 412 Caricom Caricom NNP 1662 7221 413 , , , 1662 7221 414 CDB CDB NNP 1662 7221 415 , , , 1662 7221 416 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 7221 417 , , , 1662 7221 418 FAO FAO NNP 1662 7221 419 , , , 1662 7221 420 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 7221 421 , , , 1662 7221 422 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 7221 423 , , , 1662 7221 424 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 7221 425 , , , 1662 7221 426 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 7221 427 , , , 1662 7221 428 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 7221 429 , , , 1662 7221 430 IDA IDA NNP 1662 7221 431 , , , 1662 7221 432 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 7221 433 , , , 1662 7221 434 IFC IFC NNP 1662 7221 435 , , , 1662 7221 436 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 7221 437 , , , 1662 7221 438 ILO ILO NNP 1662 7221 439 , , , 1662 7221 440 IMF IMF NNP 1662 7221 441 , , , 1662 7221 442 IMO imo RB 1662 7221 443 , , , 1662 7221 444 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7221 445 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7221 446 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 7221 447 user user NN 1662 7221 448 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 449 , , , 1662 7221 450 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 7221 451 , , , 1662 7221 452 IOC IOC NNP 1662 7221 453 , , , 1662 7221 454 ISO ISO NNP 1662 7221 455 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7221 456 subscriber subscriber NN 1662 7221 457 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 458 , , , 1662 7221 459 NAM NAM NNP 1662 7221 460 , , , 1662 7221 461 OAS OAS NNP 1662 7221 462 , , , 1662 7221 463 OECS OECS NNP 1662 7221 464 , , , 1662 7221 465 UN UN NNP 1662 7221 466 , , , 1662 7221 467 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 7221 468 , , , 1662 7221 469 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 7221 470 , , , 1662 7221 471 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 7221 472 , , , 1662 7221 473 UPU UPU NNP 1662 7221 474 , , , 1662 7221 475 WCL WCL NNP 1662 7221 476 , , , 1662 7221 477 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 7221 478 , , , 1662 7221 479 WHO who WP 1662 7221 480 , , , 1662 7221 481 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 7221 482 , , , 1662 7221 483 WMO WMO NNP 1662 7221 484 , , , 1662 7221 485 WTrO wtro VB 1662 7221 486 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7221 487 representation representation NN 1662 7221 488 in in IN 1662 7221 489 the the DT 1662 7221 490 US US NNP 1662 7221 491 : : : 1662 7221 492 chief chief NN 1662 7221 493 of of IN 1662 7221 494 mission mission NN 1662 7221 495 : : : 1662 7221 496 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 7221 497 Dr. Dr. NNP 1662 7221 498 Joseph Joseph NNP 1662 7221 499 Edsel Edsel NNP 1662 7221 500 EDMUNDS EDMUNDS NNP 1662 7221 501 chancery chancery NN 1662 7221 502 : : : 1662 7221 503 3216 3216 CD 1662 7221 504 New New NNP 1662 7221 505 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 7221 506 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 7221 507 NW NW NNP 1662 7221 508 , , , 1662 7221 509 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7221 510 , , , 1662 7221 511 DC DC NNP 1662 7221 512 20016 20016 CD 1662 7221 513 telephone telephone NN 1662 7221 514 : : : 1662 7221 515 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7221 516 1 1 CD 1662 7221 517 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7221 518 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7221 519 202 202 CD 1662 7221 520 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 521 364 364 CD 1662 7221 522 - - SYM 1662 7221 523 6792 6792 CD 1662 7221 524 through through IN 1662 7221 525 6795 6795 CD 1662 7221 526 FAX fax NN 1662 7221 527 : : : 1662 7221 528 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7221 529 1 1 CD 1662 7221 530 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7221 531 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7221 532 202 202 CD 1662 7221 533 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 534 364 364 CD 1662 7221 535 - - SYM 1662 7221 536 6728 6728 CD 1662 7221 537 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 7221 538 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 539 general general NN 1662 7221 540 : : : 1662 7221 541 New New NNP 1662 7221 542 York York NNP 1662 7221 543 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7221 544 representation representation NN 1662 7221 545 from from IN 1662 7221 546 the the DT 1662 7221 547 US US NNP 1662 7221 548 : : : 1662 7221 549 the the DT 1662 7221 550 US US NNP 1662 7221 551 does do VBZ 1662 7221 552 not not RB 1662 7221 553 have have VB 1662 7221 554 an an DT 1662 7221 555 embassy embassy NN 1662 7221 556 in in IN 1662 7221 557 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7221 558 Lucia Lucia NNP 1662 7221 559 ; ; : 1662 7221 560 the the DT 1662 7221 561 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 7221 562 to to IN 1662 7221 563 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7221 564 Lucia Lucia NNP 1662 7221 565 resides reside VBZ 1662 7221 566 in in IN 1662 7221 567 Bridgetown Bridgetown NNP 1662 7221 568 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7221 569 Barbados Barbados NNP 1662 7221 570 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7221 571 Flag flag NN 1662 7221 572 description description NN 1662 7221 573 : : : 1662 7221 574 blue blue JJ 1662 7221 575 with with IN 1662 7221 576 a a DT 1662 7221 577 gold gold NN 1662 7221 578 isosceles isoscele NNS 1662 7221 579 triangle triangle VB 1662 7221 580 below below IN 1662 7221 581 a a DT 1662 7221 582 black black JJ 1662 7221 583 arrowhead arrowhead NN 1662 7221 584 ; ; : 1662 7221 585 the the DT 1662 7221 586 upper upper JJ 1662 7221 587 edges edge NNS 1662 7221 588 of of IN 1662 7221 589 the the DT 1662 7221 590 arrowhead arrowhead NN 1662 7221 591 have have VBP 1662 7221 592 a a DT 1662 7221 593 white white JJ 1662 7221 594 border border NN 1662 7221 595 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7221 596 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7221 597 - - HYPH 1662 7221 598 overview overview NN 1662 7221 599 : : : 1662 7221 600 Though though IN 1662 7221 601 foreign foreign JJ 1662 7221 602 investment investment NN 1662 7221 603 in in IN 1662 7221 604 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 7221 605 and and CC 1662 7221 606 information information NN 1662 7221 607 processing processing NN 1662 7221 608 in in IN 1662 7221 609 recent recent JJ 1662 7221 610 years year NNS 1662 7221 611 has have VBZ 1662 7221 612 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7223 18 need need NN 1662 7223 19 to to TO 1662 7223 20 diversify diversify VB 1662 7223 21 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7223 22 economy economy NN 1662 7223 23 in in IN 1662 7223 24 coming come VBG 1662 7223 25 years year NNS 1662 7223 26 , , , 1662 7223 27 e.g. e.g. RB 1662 7223 28 , , , 1662 7223 29 by by IN 1662 7223 30 further further RB 1662 7223 31 expanding expand VBG 1662 7223 32 tourism tourism NN 1662 7223 33 , , , 1662 7223 34 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 7223 35 , , , 1662 7223 36 and and CC 1662 7223 37 construction construction NN 1662 7223 38 . . . 1662 7224 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7224 2 : : : 1662 7224 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7224 4 power power NN 1662 7224 5 parity parity NN 1662 7224 6 - - : 1662 7224 7 $ $ $ 1662 7224 8 695 695 CD 1662 7224 9 million million CD 1662 7224 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7224 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 7224 12 est est NNP 1662 7224 13 . . . 1662 7224 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7225 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7225 2 - - HYPH 1662 7225 3 real real JJ 1662 7225 4 growth growth NN 1662 7225 5 rate rate NN 1662 7225 6 : : : 1662 7225 7 4.3 4.3 CD 1662 7225 8 % % NN 1662 7225 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7225 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 7225 11 est est NNP 1662 7225 12 . . . 1662 7225 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7226 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7226 2 - - HYPH 1662 7226 3 per per FW 1662 7226 4 capita capita NN 1662 7226 5 : : : 1662 7226 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7226 7 power power NN 1662 7226 8 parity parity NN 1662 7226 9 - - : 1662 7226 10 $ $ $ 1662 7226 11 4,400 4,400 CD 1662 7226 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7226 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 7226 14 est est NNP 1662 7226 15 . . . 1662 7226 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7227 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7227 2 - - HYPH 1662 7227 3 composition composition NN 1662 7227 4 by by IN 1662 7227 5 sector sector NN 1662 7227 6 : : : 1662 7227 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7227 8 : : : 1662 7227 9 13.8 13.8 CD 1662 7227 10 % % NN 1662 7227 11 industry industry NN 1662 7227 12 : : : 1662 7227 13 17.4 17.4 CD 1662 7227 14 % % NN 1662 7227 15 services service NNS 1662 7227 16 : : 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: : 1662 7232 34 34,000 34,000 CD 1662 7232 35 kW kw NN 1662 7232 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7232 37 1995 1995 CD 1662 7232 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7232 39 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7232 40 - - HYPH 1662 7232 41 production production NN 1662 7232 42 : : : 1662 7232 43 NA na IN 1662 7232 44 kWh kwh ADD 1662 7232 45 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7232 46 - - HYPH 1662 7232 47 consumption consumption NN 1662 7232 48 per per IN 1662 7232 49 capita capita NN 1662 7232 50 : : : 1662 7232 51 801 801 CD 1662 7232 52 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7232 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7232 54 1995 1995 CD 1662 7232 55 est est NNP 1662 7232 56 . . . 1662 7232 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7233 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7233 2 - - HYPH 1662 7233 3 products product NNS 1662 7233 4 : : : 1662 7233 5 bananas banana NNS 1662 7233 6 , , , 1662 7233 7 coconuts coconut NNS 1662 7233 8 , , , 1662 7233 9 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 7233 10 , , , 1662 7233 11 citrus citrus NN 1662 7233 12 , , , 1662 7233 13 root root NN 1662 7233 14 crops crop 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1662 7233 113 % % NN 1662 7233 114 , , , 1662 7233 115 Japan Japan NNP 1662 7233 116 7 7 CD 1662 7233 117 % % NN 1662 7233 118 , , , 1662 7233 119 Canada Canada NNP 1662 7233 120 4 4 CD 1662 7233 121 % % NN 1662 7233 122 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7233 123 1991 1991 CD 1662 7233 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7233 125 Debt debt NN 1662 7233 126 - - HYPH 1662 7233 127 external external JJ 1662 7233 128 : : : 1662 7233 129 $ $ $ 1662 7233 130 115 115 CD 1662 7233 131 million million CD 1662 7233 132 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7233 133 1996 1996 CD 1662 7233 134 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7233 135 Economic economic JJ 1662 7233 136 aid aid NN 1662 7233 137 : : : 1662 7233 138 recipient recipient NN 1662 7233 139 : : : 1662 7233 140 ODA ODA NNP 1662 7233 141 , , , 1662 7233 142 $ $ $ 1662 7233 143 NA NA NNP 1662 7233 144 Currency currency NN 1662 7233 145 : : : 1662 7233 146 1 1 CD 1662 7233 147 EC EC NNP 1662 7233 148 dollar dollar NN 1662 7233 149 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7233 150 EC$ EC$ NNP 1662 7233 151 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7233 152 = = NFP 1662 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scatter scatter NN 1662 7234 28 to to IN 1662 7234 29 Barbados Barbados NNP 1662 7234 30 ; ; : 1662 7234 31 international international JJ 1662 7234 32 calls call NNS 1662 7234 33 beyond beyond IN 1662 7234 34 these these DT 1662 7234 35 countries country NNS 1662 7234 36 are be VBP 1662 7234 37 carried carry VBN 1662 7234 38 by by IN 1662 7234 39 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7234 40 from from IN 1662 7234 41 Martinique Martinique NNP 1662 7234 42 Radio Radio NNP 1662 7234 43 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7234 44 stations station NNS 1662 7234 45 : : : 1662 7234 46 AM am VBP 1662 7234 47 4 4 CD 1662 7234 48 , , , 1662 7234 49 FM FM NNP 1662 7234 50 1 1 CD 1662 7234 51 , , , 1662 7234 52 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 7234 53 0 0 CD 1662 7234 54 Radios radio NNS 1662 7234 55 : : : 1662 7234 56 104,000 104,000 CD 1662 7234 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7234 58 1992 1992 CD 1662 7234 59 est est NNP 1662 7234 60 . . . 1662 7234 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7235 1 Television television NN 1662 7235 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7235 3 stations station NNS 1662 7235 4 : : : 1662 7235 5 3 3 CD 1662 7235 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7235 7 two two CD 1662 7235 8 commercial commercial JJ 1662 7235 9 stations station NNS 1662 7235 10 and and CC 1662 7235 11 one one CD 1662 7235 12 cable cable NN 1662 7235 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7235 14 Televisions television NNS 1662 7235 15 : : : 1662 7235 16 26,000 26,000 CD 1662 7235 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7235 18 1992 1992 CD 1662 7235 19 est est NNP 1662 7235 20 . . . 1662 7235 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7236 1 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7236 2 Lucia Lucia NNP 1662 7236 3 : : : 1662 7236 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7236 5 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 7236 6 : : : 1662 7236 7 0 0 LS 1662 7236 8 km km NN 1662 7236 9 Highways highway NNS 1662 7236 10 : : : 1662 7236 11 total total NN 1662 7236 12 : : : 1662 7236 13 760 760 CD 1662 7236 14 km km NN 1662 7236 15 paved pave VBN 1662 7236 16 : : : 1662 7236 17 500 500 CD 1662 7236 18 km km NN 1662 7236 19 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7236 20 : : : 1662 7236 21 260 260 CD 1662 7236 22 km km NN 1662 7236 23 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 7236 24 and and CC 1662 7236 25 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7236 26 : : : 1662 7236 27 Castries castrie NNS 1662 7236 28 , , , 1662 7236 29 Vieux Vieux NNP 1662 7236 30 Fort Fort NNP 1662 7236 31 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7236 32 marine marine NN 1662 7236 33 : : : 1662 7236 34 none none NN 1662 7236 35 Airports airport NNS 1662 7236 36 : : : 1662 7236 37 3 3 CD 1662 7236 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7236 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 7236 40 est est NNP 1662 7236 41 . . . 1662 7236 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7237 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7237 2 - - , 1662 7237 3 with with IN 1662 7237 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7237 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7237 6 : : : 1662 7237 7 total total NN 1662 7237 8 : : : 1662 7237 9 3 3 CD 1662 7237 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7237 11 to to TO 1662 7237 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7237 13 m m NN 1662 7237 14 : : : 1662 7237 15 1 1 CD 1662 7237 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7237 17 to to TO 1662 7237 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7237 19 m m NN 1662 7237 20 : : : 1662 7237 21 1 1 CD 1662 7237 22 under under IN 1662 7237 23 914 914 CD 1662 7237 24 m m NN 1662 7237 25 : : : 1662 7237 26 1 1 CD 1662 7237 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7237 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 7237 29 est est NNP 1662 7237 30 . . . 1662 7237 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7238 1 Military military JJ 1662 7238 2 Military military JJ 1662 7238 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7238 4 : : : 1662 7238 5 Royal Royal NNP 1662 7238 6 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7238 7 Lucia Lucia NNP 1662 7238 8 Police Police NNP 1662 7238 9 Force Force NNP 1662 7238 10 , , , 1662 7238 11 Coast Coast NNP 1662 7238 12 Guard Guard NNP 1662 7238 13 Military Military NNP 1662 7238 14 manpower manpower NN 1662 7238 15 - - HYPH 1662 7238 16 availability availability NN 1662 7238 17 : : : 1662 7238 18 males male NNS 1662 7238 19 age age NNP 1662 7238 20 15 15 CD 1662 7238 21 - - SYM 1662 7238 22 49 49 CD 1662 7238 23 : : : 1662 7238 24 NA NA NNP 1662 7238 25 Military military JJ 1662 7238 26 manpower manpower NN 1662 7238 27 - - HYPH 1662 7238 28 fit fit NN 1662 7238 29 for for IN 1662 7238 30 military military JJ 1662 7238 31 service service NN 1662 7238 32 : : : 1662 7238 33 males male NNS 1662 7238 34 : : : 1662 7238 35 NA NA NNP 1662 7238 36 Military military JJ 1662 7238 37 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7238 38 - - HYPH 1662 7238 39 dollar dollar NN 1662 7238 40 figure figure NN 1662 7238 41 : : : 1662 7238 42 $ $ $ 1662 7238 43 5 5 CD 1662 7238 44 million million CD 1662 7238 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7238 46 1991 1991 CD 1662 7238 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7238 48 ; ; : 1662 7238 49 note note VB 1662 7238 50 - - HYPH 1662 7238 51 for for RP 1662 7238 52 police police NN 1662 7238 53 forces force NNS 1662 7238 54 Military military JJ 1662 7238 55 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7238 56 - - HYPH 1662 7238 57 percent percent NN 1662 7238 58 of of IN 1662 7238 59 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7238 60 : : : 1662 7238 61 2 2 CD 1662 7238 62 % % NN 1662 7238 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7238 64 1991 1991 CD 1662 7238 65 ) ) -RRB- 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1662 7238 105 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 106 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 107 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 108 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 109 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 110 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 111 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 112 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 113 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 114 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 115 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 116 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 117 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 118 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 119 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 120 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 121 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 122 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 123 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 124 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 125 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 126 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 127 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 128 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 129 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 130 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 131 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 132 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 133 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 134 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 135 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 136 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 137 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 138 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 139 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 140 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 141 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 142 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 143 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 144 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 145 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 146 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 147 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 148 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 149 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 150 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 151 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 152 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 153 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 154 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 155 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 156 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 157 _ _ NNP 1662 7238 158 SAINT SAINT NNP 1662 7238 159 PIERRE PIERRE NNP 1662 7238 160 AND and CC 1662 7238 161 MIQUELON miquelon NN 1662 7238 162 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7238 163 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7238 164 collectivity collectivity NN 1662 7238 165 of of IN 1662 7238 166 France France NNP 1662 7238 167 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7238 168 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7238 169 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 7238 170 and and CC 1662 7238 171 Miquelon Miquelon NNP 1662 7238 172 : : : 1662 7238 173 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7238 174 Location Location NNP 1662 7238 175 : : : 1662 7238 176 Northern Northern NNP 1662 7238 177 North North NNP 1662 7238 178 America America NNP 1662 7238 179 , , , 1662 7238 180 islands island NNS 1662 7238 181 in in IN 1662 7238 182 the the DT 1662 7238 183 North North NNP 1662 7238 184 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7238 185 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7238 186 , , , 1662 7238 187 south south NN 1662 7238 188 of of IN 1662 7238 189 Newfoundland Newfoundland NNP 1662 7238 190 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7238 191 Canada Canada NNP 1662 7238 192 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7238 193 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7238 194 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7238 195 : : : 1662 7238 196 46 46 CD 1662 7238 197 50 50 CD 1662 7238 198 N n CD 1662 7238 199 , , , 1662 7238 200 56 56 CD 1662 7238 201 20 20 CD 1662 7238 202 E e NN 1662 7238 203 Map Map NNP 1662 7238 204 references reference NNS 1662 7238 205 : : : 1662 7238 206 North North NNP 1662 7238 207 America America NNP 1662 7238 208 Area Area NNP 1662 7238 209 : : : 1662 7238 210 total total NN 1662 7238 211 : : : 1662 7238 212 242 242 CD 1662 7238 213 sq sq NN 1662 7238 214 km km NNP 1662 7238 215 land land NN 1662 7238 216 : : : 1662 7238 217 242 242 CD 1662 7238 218 sq sq NN 1662 7238 219 km km NNP 1662 7238 220 water water NN 1662 7238 221 : : : 1662 7238 222 0 0 NFP 1662 7238 223 sq sq NNP 1662 7238 224 km km NNP 1662 7238 225 note note NN 1662 7238 226 : : : 1662 7238 227 includes include VBZ 1662 7238 228 eight eight CD 1662 7238 229 small small JJ 1662 7238 230 islands island NNS 1662 7238 231 in in IN 1662 7238 232 the the DT 1662 7238 233 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7238 234 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 7238 235 and and CC 1662 7238 236 the the DT 1662 7238 237 Miquelon Miquelon NNP 1662 7238 238 groups group NNS 1662 7238 239 Area area NN 1662 7238 240 - - HYPH 1662 7238 241 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7238 242 : : : 1662 7238 243 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 7238 244 times time NNS 1662 7238 245 the the DT 1662 7238 246 size size NN 1662 7238 247 of of IN 1662 7238 248 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7238 249 , , , 1662 7238 250 DC DC NNP 1662 7238 251 Land Land NNP 1662 7238 252 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7238 253 : : : 1662 7238 254 0 0 LS 1662 7238 255 km km NN 1662 7238 256 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7238 257 : : : 1662 7238 258 120 120 CD 1662 7238 259 km km NN 1662 7238 260 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1662 7238 297 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7238 298 : : : 1662 7238 299 lowest low JJS 1662 7238 300 point point NN 1662 7238 301 : : : 1662 7238 302 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7238 303 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7238 304 0 0 NFP 1662 7238 305 m m DT 1662 7238 306 highest high JJS 1662 7238 307 point point NN 1662 7238 308 : : : 1662 7238 309 Morne Morne NNP 1662 7238 310 de de NNP 1662 7238 311 la la NNP 1662 7238 312 Grande Grande NNP 1662 7238 313 Montagne Montagne NNP 1662 7238 314 240 240 CD 1662 7238 315 m m CD 1662 7238 316 Natural natural JJ 1662 7238 317 resources resource NNS 1662 7238 318 : : : 1662 7238 319 fish fish NN 1662 7238 320 , , , 1662 7238 321 deepwater deepwater NN 1662 7238 322 ports port NNS 1662 7238 323 Land Land NNP 1662 7238 324 use use NN 1662 7238 325 : : : 1662 7238 326 arable arable JJ 1662 7238 327 land land NN 1662 7238 328 : : : 1662 7238 329 13 13 CD 1662 7238 330 % % NN 1662 7238 331 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7238 332 crops crop NNS 1662 7238 333 : : : 1662 7238 334 NA% na% IN 1662 7238 335 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7238 336 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7238 337 : : : 1662 7238 338 NA% NA% NNS 1662 7238 339 forests forest NNS 1662 7238 340 and and CC 1662 7238 341 woodland woodland NN 1662 7238 342 : : : 1662 7238 343 4 4 CD 1662 7238 344 % % NN 1662 7238 345 other other JJ 1662 7238 346 : : : 1662 7238 347 83 83 CD 1662 7238 348 % % NN 1662 7238 349 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7238 350 1993 1993 CD 1662 7238 351 est est NNP 1662 7238 352 . . . 1662 7238 353 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7239 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7239 2 land land NN 1662 7239 3 : : : 1662 7239 4 NA NA NNP 1662 7239 5 sq sq RB 1662 7239 6 km km VB 1662 7239 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 7239 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7239 9 : : : 1662 7239 10 persistent persistent JJ 1662 7239 11 fog fog NN 1662 7239 12 throughout throughout IN 1662 7239 13 the the DT 1662 7239 14 year year NN 1662 7239 15 can can MD 1662 7239 16 be be VB 1662 7239 17 a a DT 1662 7239 18 maritime maritime JJ 1662 7239 19 hazard hazard NN 1662 7239 20 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7239 21 - - HYPH 1662 7239 22 current current JJ 1662 7239 23 issues issue NNS 1662 7239 24 : : : 1662 7239 25 NA NA NNP 1662 7239 26 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7239 27 - - HYPH 1662 7239 28 international international JJ 1662 7239 29 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7239 30 : : : 1662 7239 31 party party NN 1662 7239 32 to to IN 1662 7239 33 : : : 1662 7239 34 NA NA NNP 1662 7239 35 signed sign VBN 1662 7239 36 , , , 1662 7239 37 but but CC 1662 7239 38 not not RB 1662 7239 39 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7239 40 : : : 1662 7239 41 NA NA NNP 1662 7239 42 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7239 43 - - HYPH 1662 7239 44 note note NN 1662 7239 45 : : : 1662 7239 46 vegetation vegetation NN 1662 7239 47 scanty scanty NN 1662 7239 48 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7239 49 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 7239 50 and and CC 1662 7239 51 Miquelon Miquelon NNP 1662 7239 52 : : : 1662 7239 53 People People NNPS 1662 7239 54 Population Population NNP 1662 7239 55 : : : 1662 7239 56 6,862 6,862 CD 1662 7239 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7239 58 July July NNP 1662 7239 59 1997 1997 CD 1662 7239 60 est est NNP 1662 7239 61 . . . 1662 7239 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7240 1 Age age NN 1662 7240 2 structure structure NN 1662 7240 3 : : : 1662 7240 4 0 0 CD 1662 7240 5 - - HYPH 1662 7240 6 14 14 CD 1662 7240 7 years year NNS 1662 7240 8 : : : 1662 7240 9 NA NA NNP 1662 7240 10 15 15 CD 1662 7240 11 - - SYM 1662 7240 12 64 64 CD 1662 7240 13 years year NNS 1662 7240 14 : : : 1662 7240 15 NA na IN 1662 7240 16 65 65 CD 1662 7240 17 years year NNS 1662 7240 18 and and CC 1662 7240 19 over over RB 1662 7240 20 : : : 1662 7240 21 NA NA NNP 1662 7240 22 Population Population NNP 1662 7240 23 growth growth NN 1662 7240 24 rate rate NN 1662 7240 25 : : : 1662 7240 26 0.76 0.76 CD 1662 7240 27 % % NN 1662 7240 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7240 29 1997 1997 CD 1662 7240 30 est est NNP 1662 7240 31 . . . 1662 7240 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7241 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7241 2 rate rate NN 1662 7241 3 : : : 1662 7241 4 12.63 12.63 CD 1662 7241 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 7241 6 population population NN 1662 7241 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7241 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7241 9 est est NNP 1662 7241 10 . . . 1662 7241 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7242 1 Death death NN 1662 7242 2 rate rate NN 1662 7242 3 : : : 1662 7242 4 5.59 5.59 CD 1662 7242 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7242 6 population population NN 1662 7242 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7242 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7242 9 est est NNP 1662 7242 10 . . . 1662 7242 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7243 1 Net net JJ 1662 7243 2 migration migration NN 1662 7243 3 rate rate NN 1662 7243 4 : : : 1662 7243 5 0.59 0.59 CD 1662 7243 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 7243 7 population population NN 1662 7243 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7243 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7243 10 est est NNP 1662 7243 11 . . . 1662 7243 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7244 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7244 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7244 3 : : : 1662 7244 4 at at IN 1662 7244 5 birth birth NN 1662 7244 6 : : : 1662 7244 7 NA NA NNP 1662 7244 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7244 9 under under IN 1662 7244 10 15 15 CD 1662 7244 11 years year NNS 1662 7244 12 : : : 1662 7244 13 NA NA NNP 1662 7244 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7244 15 15 15 CD 1662 7244 16 - - SYM 1662 7244 17 64 64 CD 1662 7244 18 years year NNS 1662 7244 19 : : : 1662 7244 20 NA NA NNP 1662 7244 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7244 22 65 65 CD 1662 7244 23 years year NNS 1662 7244 24 and and CC 1662 7244 25 over over RB 1662 7244 26 : : : 1662 7244 27 NA NA NNP 1662 7244 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7244 29 total total JJ 1662 7244 30 population population NN 1662 7244 31 : : : 1662 7244 32 NA NA NNP 1662 7244 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7244 34 Infant Infant NNP 1662 7244 35 mortality mortality NN 1662 7244 36 rate rate NN 1662 7244 37 : : : 1662 7244 38 9.26 9.26 CD 1662 7244 39 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7244 40 live live JJ 1662 7244 41 births birth NNS 1662 7244 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7244 43 1997 1997 CD 1662 7244 44 est est NNP 1662 7244 45 . . . 1662 7244 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7245 1 Life life NN 1662 7245 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7245 3 at at IN 1662 7245 4 birth birth NN 1662 7245 5 : : : 1662 7245 6 total total JJ 1662 7245 7 population population NN 1662 7245 8 : : : 1662 7245 9 76.64 76.64 CD 1662 7245 10 years year NNS 1662 7245 11 male male JJ 1662 7245 12 : : : 1662 7245 13 75.07 75.07 CD 1662 7245 14 years year NNS 1662 7245 15 female female JJ 1662 7245 16 : : : 1662 7245 17 78.53 78.53 CD 1662 7245 18 years year NNS 1662 7245 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7245 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 7245 21 est est NNP 1662 7245 22 . . . 1662 7245 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7246 1 Total total JJ 1662 7246 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7246 3 rate rate NN 1662 7246 4 : : : 1662 7246 5 1.62 1.62 CD 1662 7246 6 children child NNS 1662 7246 7 born bear VBN 1662 7246 8 / / SYM 1662 7246 9 woman woman NN 1662 7246 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7246 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7246 12 est est NNP 1662 7246 13 . . . 1662 7246 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7247 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7247 2 : : : 1662 7247 3 noun noun NN 1662 7247 4 : : : 1662 7247 5 Frenchman(men Frenchman(men NNP 1662 7247 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7247 7 , , , 1662 7247 8 Frenchwoman(women frenchwoman(women CD 1662 7247 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7247 10 adjective adjective NN 1662 7247 11 : : : 1662 7247 12 French french JJ 1662 7247 13 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7247 14 groups group NNS 1662 7247 15 : : : 1662 7247 16 Basques basque NNS 1662 7247 17 and and CC 1662 7247 18 Bretons breton NNS 1662 7247 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7247 20 French french JJ 1662 7247 21 fishermen fisherman NNS 1662 7247 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7247 23 Religions religion NNS 1662 7247 24 : : : 1662 7247 25 Roman Roman NNP 1662 7247 26 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 7247 27 99 99 CD 1662 7247 28 % % NN 1662 7247 29 Languages language NNS 1662 7247 30 : : : 1662 7247 31 French french JJ 1662 7247 32 Literacy literacy NN 1662 7247 33 : : : 1662 7247 34 definition definition NN 1662 7247 35 : : : 1662 7247 36 age age NN 1662 7247 37 15 15 CD 1662 7247 38 and and CC 1662 7247 39 over over RB 1662 7247 40 can can MD 1662 7247 41 read read VB 1662 7247 42 and and CC 1662 7247 43 write write VB 1662 7247 44 total total JJ 1662 7247 45 population population NN 1662 7247 46 : : : 1662 7247 47 99 99 CD 1662 7247 48 % % NN 1662 7247 49 male male NN 1662 7247 50 : : : 1662 7247 51 99 99 CD 1662 7247 52 % % NN 1662 7247 53 female female NN 1662 7247 54 : : : 1662 7247 55 99 99 CD 1662 7247 56 % % NN 1662 7247 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7247 58 1982 1982 CD 1662 7247 59 est est NNP 1662 7247 60 . . . 1662 7247 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7248 1 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7248 2 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 7248 3 and and CC 1662 7248 4 Miquelon Miquelon NNP 1662 7248 5 : : : 1662 7248 6 Government Government NNP 1662 7248 7 Country Country NNP 1662 7248 8 name name NN 1662 7248 9 : : : 1662 7248 10 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7248 11 long long JJ 1662 7248 12 form form NN 1662 7248 13 : : : 1662 7248 14 Territorial territorial JJ 1662 7248 15 Collectivity Collectivity NNP 1662 7248 16 of of IN 1662 7248 17 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7248 18 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 7248 19 and and CC 1662 7248 20 Miquelon Miquelon NNP 1662 7248 21 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7248 22 short short JJ 1662 7248 23 form form NN 1662 7248 24 : : : 1662 7248 25 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7248 26 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 7248 27 and and CC 1662 7248 28 Miquelon Miquelon NNP 1662 7248 29 local local JJ 1662 7248 30 long long JJ 1662 7248 31 form form NN 1662 7248 32 : : : 1662 7248 33 Departement departement NN 1662 7248 34 de de IN 1662 7248 35 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7248 36 - - HYPH 1662 7248 37 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 7248 38 et et NNP 1662 7248 39 Miquelon Miquelon NNP 1662 7248 40 local local JJ 1662 7248 41 short short JJ 1662 7248 42 form form NN 1662 7248 43 : : : 1662 7248 44 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7248 45 - - HYPH 1662 7248 46 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 7248 47 et et NNP 1662 7248 48 Miquelon Miquelon NNP 1662 7248 49 Data Data NNP 1662 7248 50 code code NN 1662 7248 51 : : : 1662 7248 52 SB SB NNP 1662 7248 53 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 7248 54 status status NN 1662 7248 55 : : : 1662 7248 56 self self NN 1662 7248 57 - - HYPH 1662 7248 58 governing govern VBG 1662 7248 59 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7248 60 collectivity collectivity NN 1662 7248 61 of of IN 1662 7248 62 France France NNP 1662 7248 63 Government Government NNP 1662 7248 64 type type NN 1662 7248 65 : : : 1662 7248 66 NA NA NNP 1662 7248 67 National national JJ 1662 7248 68 capital capital NN 1662 7248 69 : : : 1662 7248 70 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7248 71 - - HYPH 1662 7248 72 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 7248 73 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 7248 74 divisions division NNS 1662 7248 75 : : : 1662 7248 76 none none NN 1662 7248 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7248 78 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7248 79 collectivity collectivity NN 1662 7248 80 of of IN 1662 7248 81 France France NNP 1662 7248 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7248 83 note note NN 1662 7248 84 : : : 1662 7248 85 there there EX 1662 7248 86 are be VBP 1662 7248 87 no no DT 1662 7248 88 first first JJ 1662 7248 89 - - HYPH 1662 7248 90 order order NN 1662 7248 91 administrative administrative JJ 1662 7248 92 divisions division NNS 1662 7248 93 approved approve VBN 1662 7248 94 by by IN 1662 7248 95 the the DT 1662 7248 96 US US NNP 1662 7248 97 Government Government NNP 1662 7248 98 , , , 1662 7248 99 but but CC 1662 7248 100 there there EX 1662 7248 101 are be VBP 1662 7248 102 two two CD 1662 7248 103 communes commune NNS 1662 7248 104 - - : 1662 7248 105 St. St. NNP 1662 7248 106 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 7248 107 , , , 1662 7248 108 Miquelon Miquelon NNP 1662 7248 109 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7248 110 : : : 1662 7248 111 none none NN 1662 7248 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7248 113 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7248 114 collectivity collectivity NN 1662 7248 115 of of IN 1662 7248 116 France France NNP 1662 7248 117 ; ; : 1662 7248 118 has have VBZ 1662 7248 119 been 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special JJ 1662 7248 155 adaptations adaptation NNS 1662 7248 156 for for IN 1662 7248 157 local local JJ 1662 7248 158 conditions condition NNS 1662 7248 159 , , , 1662 7248 160 such such JJ 1662 7248 161 as as IN 1662 7248 162 housing housing NN 1662 7248 163 and and CC 1662 7248 164 taxation taxation NN 1662 7248 165 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 7248 166 : : : 1662 7248 167 18 18 CD 1662 7248 168 years year NNS 1662 7248 169 of of IN 1662 7248 170 age age NN 1662 7248 171 ; ; : 1662 7248 172 universal universal JJ 1662 7248 173 Executive Executive NNP 1662 7248 174 branch branch NN 1662 7248 175 : : : 1662 7248 176 chief chief NN 1662 7248 177 of of IN 1662 7248 178 state state NN 1662 7248 179 : : : 1662 7248 180 President President NNP 1662 7248 181 of of IN 1662 7248 182 France France NNP 1662 7248 183 Jacques Jacques NNP 1662 7248 184 CHIRAC CHIRAC NNP 1662 7248 185 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7248 186 since since IN 1662 7248 187 17 17 CD 1662 7248 188 May May NNP 1662 7248 189 1995 1995 CD 1662 7248 190 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7248 191 , , , 1662 7248 192 represented represent VBN 1662 7248 193 by by IN 1662 7248 194 Prefect Prefect NNP 1662 7248 195 Jean Jean NNP 1662 7248 196 - - HYPH 1662 7248 197 Francois Francois NNP 1662 7248 198 CARENCO CARENCO NNP 1662 7248 199 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7248 200 since since IN 1662 7248 201 NA NA NNP 1662 7248 202 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7248 203 head head NN 1662 7248 204 of of IN 1662 7248 205 government government NN 1662 7248 206 : : : 1662 7248 207 President President NNP 1662 7248 208 of of IN 1662 7248 209 the the DT 1662 7248 210 General General NNP 1662 7248 211 Council Council NNP 1662 7248 212 Bernard Bernard NNP 1662 7248 213 LE LE NNP 1662 7248 214 SOAVEC SOAVEC NNP 1662 7248 215 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7248 216 since since IN 1662 7248 217 NA NA NNP 1662 7248 218 1996 1996 CD 1662 7248 219 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7248 220 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7248 221 : : : 1662 7248 222 NA NA NNP 1662 7248 223 elections election NNS 1662 7248 224 : : : 1662 7248 225 prefect prefect VB 1662 7248 226 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7248 227 by by IN 1662 7248 228 the the DT 1662 7248 229 president president NN 1662 7248 230 of of IN 1662 7248 231 France France NNP 1662 7248 232 on on IN 1662 7248 233 the the DT 1662 7248 234 advice advice NN 1662 7248 235 of of IN 1662 7248 236 the the DT 1662 7248 237 French French NNP 1662 7248 238 Ministry Ministry NNP 1662 7248 239 of of IN 1662 7248 240 Interior Interior NNP 1662 7248 241 ; ; : 1662 7248 242 president president NN 1662 7248 243 of of IN 1662 7248 244 the the DT 1662 7248 245 General General NNP 1662 7248 246 Council Council NNP 1662 7248 247 is be VBZ 1662 7248 248 elected elect VBN 1662 7248 249 by by IN 1662 7248 250 the the DT 1662 7248 251 members member NNS 1662 7248 252 of of IN 1662 7248 253 the the DT 1662 7248 254 council council NN 1662 7248 255 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 7248 256 branch branch NN 1662 7248 257 : : : 1662 7248 258 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 7248 259 General General NNP 1662 7248 260 Council Council NNP 1662 7248 261 or or CC 1662 7248 262 Conseil Conseil NNP 1662 7248 263 General General NNP 1662 7248 264 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7248 265 19 19 CD 1662 7248 266 seats seat NNS 1662 7248 267 , , , 1662 7248 268 15 15 CD 1662 7248 269 from from IN 1662 7248 270 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7248 271 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 7248 272 and and CC 1662 7248 273 4 4 CD 1662 7248 274 from from IN 1662 7248 275 Miquelon Miquelon NNP 1662 7248 276 ; ; : 1662 7248 277 members member NNS 1662 7248 278 are be VBP 1662 7248 279 elected elect VBN 1662 7248 280 by by IN 1662 7248 281 popular popular JJ 1662 7248 282 vote vote NN 1662 7248 283 to to TO 1662 7248 284 serve serve VB 1662 7248 285 six six CD 1662 7248 286 - - HYPH 1662 7248 287 year year NN 1662 7248 288 terms term NNS 1662 7248 289 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7248 290 elections election NNS 1662 7248 291 : : : 1662 7248 292 elections election NNS 1662 7248 293 last last RB 1662 7248 294 held hold VBN 1662 7248 295 NA NA NNP 1662 7248 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7261 34 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7261 35 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 7261 36 - - HYPH 1662 7261 37 international international JJ 1662 7261 38 : : : 1662 7261 39 focus focus NN 1662 7261 40 of of IN 1662 7261 41 maritime maritime JJ 1662 7261 42 boundary boundary JJ 1662 7261 43 dispute dispute NN 1662 7261 44 between between IN 1662 7261 45 Canada Canada NNP 1662 7261 46 and and CC 1662 7261 47 France France NNP 1662 7261 48 ; ; : 1662 7261 49 in in IN 1662 7261 50 1992 1992 CD 1662 7261 51 an an DT 1662 7261 52 arbitration arbitration NN 1662 7261 53 panel panel NN 1662 7261 54 awarded award VBD 1662 7261 55 the the DT 1662 7261 56 islands island NNS 1662 7261 57 an an DT 1662 7261 58 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 7261 59 economic economic JJ 1662 7261 60 zone zone NN 1662 7261 61 area area NN 1662 7261 62 of of IN 1662 7261 63 12,348 12,348 CD 1662 7261 64 sq sq XX 1662 7261 65 km km NNS 1662 7261 66 to to TO 1662 7261 67 settle settle VB 1662 7261 68 the the DT 1662 7261 69 dispute dispute NN 1662 7261 70 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 71 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 72 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 73 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 74 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 75 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 76 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 77 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 78 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 79 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 80 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 81 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 82 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 83 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 84 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 85 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 86 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 87 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 88 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 89 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 90 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 91 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 92 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 93 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 94 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 95 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 96 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 97 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 98 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 99 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 100 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 101 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 102 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 103 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 104 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 105 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 106 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 107 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 108 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 109 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 110 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 111 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 112 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 113 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 114 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 115 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 116 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 117 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 118 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 119 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 120 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 121 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 122 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 123 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 124 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 125 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 126 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 127 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 128 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 129 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 130 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 131 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 132 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 133 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 134 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 135 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 136 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 137 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 138 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 139 _ _ NNP 1662 7261 140 SAINT SAINT NNP 1662 7261 141 VINCENT VINCENT NNP 1662 7261 142 AND and CC 1662 7261 143 THE the DT 1662 7261 144 GRENADINES grenadine NNS 1662 7261 145 the the DT 1662 7261 146 Grenadines Grenadines NNPS 1662 7261 147 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7261 148 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7261 149 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 7261 150 and and CC 1662 7261 151 the the DT 1662 7261 152 Grenadines Grenadines NNPS 1662 7261 153 : : : 1662 7261 154 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7261 155 Location Location NNP 1662 7261 156 : : : 1662 7261 157 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 7261 158 , , , 1662 7261 159 islands island NNS 1662 7261 160 in in IN 1662 7261 161 the the DT 1662 7261 162 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 7261 163 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7261 164 , , , 1662 7261 165 north north RB 1662 7261 166 of of IN 1662 7261 167 Trinidad Trinidad NNP 1662 7261 168 and and CC 1662 7261 169 Tobago Tobago NNP 1662 7261 170 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7261 171 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7261 172 : : : 1662 7261 173 13 13 CD 1662 7261 174 15 15 CD 1662 7261 175 N n CD 1662 7261 176 , , , 1662 7261 177 61 61 CD 1662 7261 178 12 12 CD 1662 7261 179 W W NNP 1662 7261 180 Map Map NNP 1662 7261 181 references reference NNS 1662 7261 182 : : : 1662 7261 183 Central Central NNP 1662 7261 184 America America NNP 1662 7261 185 and and CC 1662 7261 186 the the DT 1662 7261 187 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 7261 188 Area Area NNP 1662 7261 189 : : : 1662 7261 190 total total NN 1662 7261 191 : : : 1662 7261 192 340 340 CD 1662 7261 193 sq sq NN 1662 7261 194 km km NNP 1662 7261 195 land land NN 1662 7261 196 : : : 1662 7261 197 340 340 CD 1662 7261 198 sq sq NN 1662 7261 199 km km NNP 1662 7261 200 water water NN 1662 7261 201 : : : 1662 7261 202 0 0 NFP 1662 7261 203 sq sq NN 1662 7261 204 km km NNP 1662 7261 205 Area area NN 1662 7261 206 - - HYPH 1662 7261 207 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7261 208 : : : 1662 7261 209 twice twice PDT 1662 7261 210 the the DT 1662 7261 211 size size NN 1662 7261 212 of of IN 1662 7261 213 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7261 214 , , , 1662 7261 215 DC DC NNP 1662 7261 216 Land Land NNP 1662 7261 217 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7261 218 : : : 1662 7261 219 0 0 LS 1662 7261 220 km km NN 1662 7261 221 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7261 222 : : : 1662 7261 223 84 84 CD 1662 7261 224 km km NN 1662 7261 225 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7261 226 claims claim VBZ 1662 7261 227 : : : 1662 7261 228 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 7261 229 zone zone NN 1662 7261 230 : : : 1662 7261 231 24 24 CD 1662 7261 232 nm nm NNP 1662 7261 233 continental continental JJ 1662 7261 234 shelf shelf NNP 1662 7261 235 : : : 1662 7261 236 200 200 CD 1662 7261 237 nm nm CC 1662 7261 238 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 7261 239 economic economic JJ 1662 7261 240 zone zone NN 1662 7261 241 : : : 1662 7261 242 200 200 CD 1662 7261 243 nm nm CD 1662 7261 244 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7261 245 sea sea NN 1662 7261 246 : : : 1662 7261 247 12 12 CD 1662 7261 248 nm nm NNP 1662 7261 249 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7261 250 : : : 1662 7261 251 tropical tropical JJ 1662 7261 252 ; ; : 1662 7261 253 little little JJ 1662 7261 254 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 7261 255 temperature temperature NN 1662 7261 256 variation variation NN 1662 7261 257 ; ; , 1662 7261 258 rainy rainy JJ 1662 7261 259 season season NN 1662 7261 260 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7261 261 May May NNP 1662 7261 262 to to IN 1662 7261 263 November November NNP 1662 7261 264 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7261 265 Terrain 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7261 302 % % NN 1662 7261 303 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7261 304 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7261 305 : : : 1662 7261 306 5 5 CD 1662 7261 307 % % NN 1662 7261 308 forests forest NNS 1662 7261 309 and and CC 1662 7261 310 woodland woodland RB 1662 7261 311 : : : 1662 7261 312 36 36 CD 1662 7261 313 % % NN 1662 7261 314 other other JJ 1662 7261 315 : : : 1662 7261 316 31 31 CD 1662 7261 317 % % NN 1662 7261 318 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7261 319 1993 1993 CD 1662 7261 320 est est NNP 1662 7261 321 . . . 1662 7261 322 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7262 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7262 2 land land NN 1662 7262 3 : : : 1662 7262 4 10 10 CD 1662 7262 5 sq sq NNP 1662 7262 6 km km NNP 1662 7262 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7262 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 7262 9 est est NNP 1662 7262 10 . . . 1662 7262 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7263 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 7263 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7263 3 : : : 1662 7263 4 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 7263 5 ; ; : 1662 7263 6 Soufriere soufriere JJ 1662 7263 7 volcano volcano NN 1662 7263 8 on on IN 1662 7263 9 the the DT 1662 7263 10 island island NN 1662 7263 11 of of IN 1662 7263 12 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7263 13 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 7263 14 is be VBZ 1662 7263 15 a a DT 1662 7263 16 constant constant JJ 1662 7263 17 threat threat NN 1662 7263 18 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7263 19 - - HYPH 1662 7263 20 current current JJ 1662 7263 21 issues issue NNS 1662 7263 22 : : : 1662 7263 23 pollution pollution NN 1662 7263 24 of of IN 1662 7263 25 coastal coastal JJ 1662 7263 26 waters water NNS 1662 7263 27 and and CC 1662 7263 28 shorelines shoreline NNS 1662 7263 29 from from IN 1662 7263 30 discharges discharge NNS 1662 7263 31 by by IN 1662 7263 32 pleasure pleasure NN 1662 7263 33 yachts yacht NNS 1662 7263 34 and and CC 1662 7263 35 other other JJ 1662 7263 36 effluents effluent NNS 1662 7263 37 ; ; : 1662 7263 38 in in IN 1662 7263 39 some some DT 1662 7263 40 areas area NNS 1662 7263 41 pollution pollution NN 1662 7263 42 is be VBZ 1662 7263 43 severe severe JJ 1662 7263 44 enough enough RB 1662 7263 45 to to TO 1662 7263 46 make make VB 1662 7263 47 swimming swimming NN 1662 7263 48 prohibitive prohibitive JJ 1662 7263 49 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7263 50 - - HYPH 1662 7263 51 international international JJ 1662 7263 52 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7263 53 : : : 1662 7263 54 party party NN 1662 7263 55 to to TO 1662 7263 56 : : : 1662 7263 57 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 7263 58 , , , 1662 7263 59 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7263 60 Change Change NNP 1662 7263 61 , , , 1662 7263 62 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 7263 63 Species Species NNPS 1662 7263 64 , , , 1662 7263 65 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 7263 66 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 7263 67 , , , 1662 7263 68 Law Law NNP 1662 7263 69 of of IN 1662 7263 70 the the DT 1662 7263 71 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7263 72 , , , 1662 7263 73 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 7263 74 Layer Layer NNP 1662 7263 75 Protection Protection NNP 1662 7263 76 , , , 1662 7263 77 Ship Ship NNP 1662 7263 78 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7263 79 , , , 1662 7263 80 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 7263 81 signed sign VBD 1662 7263 82 , , , 1662 7263 83 but but CC 1662 7263 84 not not RB 1662 7263 85 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7263 86 : : : 1662 7263 87 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 7263 88 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7263 89 - - HYPH 1662 7263 90 note note NN 1662 7263 91 : : : 1662 7263 92 the the DT 1662 7263 93 administration administration NN 1662 7263 94 of of IN 1662 7263 95 the the DT 1662 7263 96 islands island NNS 1662 7263 97 of of IN 1662 7263 98 the the DT 1662 7263 99 Grenadines Grenadines NNP 1662 7263 100 group group NN 1662 7263 101 is be VBZ 1662 7263 102 divided divide VBN 1662 7263 103 between between IN 1662 7263 104 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7263 105 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 7263 106 and and CC 1662 7263 107 the the DT 1662 7263 108 Grenadines Grenadines NNPS 1662 7263 109 and and CC 1662 7263 110 Grenada Grenada NNP 1662 7263 111 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7263 112 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 7263 113 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37,555 CD 1662 7264 28 ; ; : 1662 7264 29 female female JJ 1662 7264 30 37,166 37,166 CD 1662 7264 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7264 32 65 65 CD 1662 7264 33 years year NNS 1662 7264 34 and and CC 1662 7264 35 over over IN 1662 7264 36 : : : 1662 7264 37 5 5 CD 1662 7264 38 % % NN 1662 7264 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7264 40 male male JJ 1662 7264 41 2,719 2,719 CD 1662 7264 42 ; ; : 1662 7264 43 female female JJ 1662 7264 44 3,873 3,873 CD 1662 7264 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7264 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7264 47 July July NNP 1662 7264 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7264 49 est est NNP 1662 7264 50 . . . 1662 7264 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7265 1 Population population NN 1662 7265 2 growth growth NN 1662 7265 3 rate rate NN 1662 7265 4 : : : 1662 7265 5 0.62 0.62 CD 1662 7265 6 % % NN 1662 7265 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7265 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7265 9 est est NNP 1662 7265 10 . . . 1662 7265 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7266 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7266 2 rate rate NN 1662 7266 3 : : : 1662 7266 4 19.07 19.07 CD 1662 7266 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 7266 6 population population NN 1662 7266 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7266 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7266 9 est est NNP 1662 7266 10 . . . 1662 7266 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7267 1 Death death NN 1662 7267 2 rate rate NN 1662 7267 3 : : : 1662 7267 4 5.35 5.35 CD 1662 7267 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7267 6 population population NN 1662 7267 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7267 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7267 9 est est NNP 1662 7267 10 . . . 1662 7267 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7268 1 Net net JJ 1662 7268 2 migration migration NN 1662 7268 3 rate rate NN 1662 7268 4 : : : 1662 7268 5 -7.52 -7.52 NFP 1662 7268 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 7268 7 population population NN 1662 7268 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7268 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7268 10 est est NNP 1662 7268 11 . . . 1662 7268 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7269 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7269 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7269 3 : : : 1662 7269 4 at at IN 1662 7269 5 birth birth NN 1662 7269 6 : : : 1662 7269 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 7269 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7269 9 under under IN 1662 7269 10 15 15 CD 1662 7269 11 years year NNS 1662 7269 12 : : : 1662 7269 13 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 7269 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7269 15 15 15 CD 1662 7269 16 - - HYPH 1662 7269 17 64 64 CD 1662 7269 18 years year NNS 1662 7269 19 : : : 1662 7269 20 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 7269 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7269 22 65 65 CD 1662 7269 23 years year NNS 1662 7269 24 and and CC 1662 7269 25 over over IN 1662 7269 26 : : : 1662 7269 27 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 7269 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7269 29 total total JJ 1662 7269 30 population population NN 1662 7269 31 : : : 1662 7269 32 1 1 CD 1662 7269 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7269 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7269 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7269 36 est e JJS 1662 7269 37 . . . 1662 7269 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7270 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7270 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7270 3 rate rate NN 1662 7270 4 : : : 1662 7270 5 16.2 16.2 CD 1662 7270 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7270 7 live live JJ 1662 7270 8 births birth 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12 est est NNP 1662 7272 13 . . . 1662 7272 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7273 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7273 2 : : : 1662 7273 3 noun noun NN 1662 7273 4 : : : 1662 7273 5 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7273 6 Vincentian(s Vincentian(s NNP 1662 7273 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7273 8 or or CC 1662 7273 9 Vincentian(s Vincentian(s NNP 1662 7273 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7273 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 7273 12 : : : 1662 7273 13 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7273 14 Vincentian Vincentian NNP 1662 7273 15 or or CC 1662 7273 16 Vincentian Vincentian NNP 1662 7273 17 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7273 18 groups group NNS 1662 7273 19 : : : 1662 7273 20 black black JJ 1662 7273 21 , , , 1662 7273 22 white white JJ 1662 7273 23 , , , 1662 7273 24 East East NNP 1662 7273 25 Indian Indian NNP 1662 7273 26 , , , 1662 7273 27 Carib Carib NNP 1662 7273 28 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 7273 29 Religions Religions NNPS 1662 7273 30 : : : 1662 7273 31 Anglican Anglican NNP 1662 7273 32 , , , 1662 7273 33 Methodist Methodist NNP 1662 7273 34 , , , 1662 7273 35 Roman Roman NNP 1662 7273 36 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 7273 37 , , , 1662 7273 38 Seventh Seventh NNP 1662 7273 39 - - HYPH 1662 7273 40 Day Day NNP 1662 7273 41 Adventist Adventist NNP 1662 7273 42 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 7273 43 : : : 1662 7273 44 English English NNP 1662 7273 45 , , , 1662 7273 46 French french JJ 1662 7273 47 patois patois NN 1662 7273 48 Literacy literacy NN 1662 7273 49 : : : 1662 7273 50 definition definition NN 1662 7273 51 : : : 1662 7273 52 age age NN 1662 7273 53 15 15 CD 1662 7273 54 and and CC 1662 7273 55 over over RB 1662 7273 56 has have VBZ 1662 7273 57 ever ever RB 1662 7273 58 attended attend VBN 1662 7273 59 school school NN 1662 7273 60 total total JJ 1662 7273 61 population population NN 1662 7273 62 : : : 1662 7273 63 96 96 CD 1662 7273 64 % % NN 1662 7273 65 male male NN 1662 7273 66 : : : 1662 7273 67 96 96 CD 1662 7273 68 % % NN 1662 7273 69 female female NN 1662 7273 70 : : : 1662 7273 71 96 96 CD 1662 7273 72 % % NN 1662 7273 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7273 74 1970 1970 CD 1662 7273 75 est est NNP 1662 7273 76 . . . 1662 7273 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7274 1 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7274 2 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 7274 3 and and CC 1662 7274 4 the the DT 1662 7274 5 Grenadines Grenadines NNPS 1662 7274 6 : : : 1662 7274 7 Government Government NNP 1662 7274 8 Country Country NNP 1662 7274 9 name name NN 1662 7274 10 : : : 1662 7274 11 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7274 12 long long JJ 1662 7274 13 form form NN 1662 7274 14 : : : 1662 7274 15 none none NN 1662 7274 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7274 17 short short JJ 1662 7274 18 form form NN 1662 7274 19 : : : 1662 7274 20 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7274 21 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 7274 22 and and CC 1662 7274 23 the the DT 1662 7274 24 Grenadines Grenadines NNP 1662 7274 25 Data Data NNP 1662 7274 26 code code NN 1662 7274 27 : : : 1662 7274 28 VC VC NNP 1662 7274 29 Government Government NNP 1662 7274 30 type type NN 1662 7274 31 : : : 1662 7274 32 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 7274 33 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 7274 34 National national JJ 1662 7274 35 capital capital NN 1662 7274 36 : : : 1662 7274 37 Kingstown Kingstown NNP 1662 7274 38 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 7274 39 divisions division NNS 1662 7274 40 : : : 1662 7274 41 6 6 CD 1662 7274 42 parishes parish NNS 1662 7274 43 ; ; : 1662 7274 44 Charlotte Charlotte NNP 1662 7274 45 , , , 1662 7274 46 Grenadines Grenadines NNP 1662 7274 47 , , , 1662 7274 48 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7274 49 Andrew Andrew NNP 1662 7274 50 , , , 1662 7274 51 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7274 52 David David NNP 1662 7274 53 , , , 1662 7274 54 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7274 55 George George NNP 1662 7274 56 , , , 1662 7274 57 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7274 58 Patrick Patrick NNP 1662 7274 59 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7274 60 : : : 1662 7274 61 27 27 CD 1662 7274 62 October October NNP 1662 7274 63 1979 1979 CD 1662 7274 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7274 65 from from IN 1662 7274 66 UK UK NNP 1662 7274 67 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-RRB- 1662 7274 318 , , , 1662 7274 319 James James NNP 1662 7274 320 F. F. 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C.A. 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7291 35 external external JJ 1662 7291 36 : : : 1662 7291 37 $ $ $ 1662 7291 38 93 93 CD 1662 7291 39 million million CD 1662 7291 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7291 41 1996 1996 CD 1662 7291 42 est est NNP 1662 7291 43 . . . 1662 7291 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7292 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 7292 2 aid aid NN 1662 7292 3 : : : 1662 7292 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 7292 5 : : : 1662 7292 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 7292 7 , , , 1662 7292 8 $ $ $ 1662 7292 9 NA NA NNP 1662 7292 10 Currency currency NN 1662 7292 11 : : : 1662 7292 12 1 1 CD 1662 7292 13 EC EC NNP 1662 7292 14 dollar dollar NN 1662 7292 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7292 16 EC$ EC$ NNP 1662 7292 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7292 18 = = NFP 1662 7292 19 100 100 CD 1662 7292 20 cents cent NNS 1662 7292 21 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 7292 22 rates rate NNS 1662 7292 23 : : : 1662 7292 24 East east JJ 1662 7292 25 Caribbean caribbean JJ 1662 7292 26 dollars dollar NNS 1662 7292 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7292 28 EC$ EC$ NNP 1662 7292 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7292 30 per per IN 1662 7292 31 US$ us$ $ 1662 7292 32 1 1 CD 1662 7292 33 - - SYM 1662 7292 34 2.7000 2.7000 CD 1662 7292 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7292 36 February February NNP 1662 7292 37 1997 1997 CD 1662 7292 38 ; ; : 1662 7292 39 fixed fix VBN 1662 7292 40 rate rate NN 1662 7292 41 since since IN 1662 7292 42 1976 1976 CD 1662 7292 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7292 44 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7292 45 year year NN 1662 7292 46 : : : 1662 7292 47 calendar calendar NN 1662 7292 48 year year NN 1662 7292 49 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7292 50 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 7292 51 and and CC 1662 7292 52 the the DT 1662 7292 53 Grenadines Grenadines NNPS 1662 7292 54 : : : 1662 7292 55 Communications communication NNS 1662 7292 56 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 7292 57 : : : 1662 7292 58 6,189 6,189 CD 1662 7292 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7292 60 1983 1983 CD 1662 7292 61 est est NNP 1662 7292 62 . . . 1662 7292 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7293 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 7293 2 system system NN 1662 7293 3 : : : 1662 7293 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7293 5 : : : 1662 7293 6 islandwide islandwide JJ 1662 7293 7 , , , 1662 7293 8 fully fully RB 1662 7293 9 automatic automatic JJ 1662 7293 10 telephone telephone NN 1662 7293 11 system system NN 1662 7293 12 ; ; : 1662 7293 13 VHF VHF NNP 1662 7293 14 / / SYM 1662 7293 15 UHF UHF NNP 1662 7293 16 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 7293 17 from from IN 1662 7293 18 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7293 19 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 7293 20 to to IN 1662 7293 21 the the DT 1662 7293 22 other other JJ 1662 7293 23 islands island NNS 1662 7293 24 of of IN 1662 7293 25 the the DT 1662 7293 26 Grenadines Grenadines NNPS 1662 7293 27 international international JJ 1662 7293 28 : : : 1662 7293 29 VHF VHF NNP 1662 7293 30 / / SYM 1662 7293 31 UHF UHF NNP 1662 7293 32 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 7293 33 from from IN 1662 7293 34 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7293 35 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 7293 36 to to IN 1662 7293 37 Barbados Barbados NNP 1662 7293 38 ; ; : 1662 7293 39 new new JJ 1662 7293 40 SHF shf NN 1662 7293 41 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 7293 42 to to IN 1662 7293 43 Grenada Grenada NNP 1662 7293 44 and and CC 1662 7293 45 to to IN 1662 7293 46 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7293 47 Lucia Lucia NNP 1662 7293 48 ; ; : 1662 7293 49 access access NN 1662 7293 50 to to IN 1662 7293 51 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7293 52 earth earth NN 1662 7293 53 station station NN 1662 7293 54 in in IN 1662 7293 55 Martinique Martinique NNP 1662 7293 56 through through IN 1662 7293 57 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7293 58 Lucia Lucia NNP 1662 7293 59 Radio Radio NNP 1662 7293 60 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7293 61 stations station NNS 1662 7293 62 : : : 1662 7293 63 AM AM NNP 1662 7293 64 2 2 CD 1662 7293 65 , , , 1662 7293 66 FM FM NNP 1662 7293 67 0 0 CD 1662 7293 68 , , , 1662 7293 69 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 7293 70 0 0 CD 1662 7293 71 Radios radio NNS 1662 7293 72 : : : 1662 7293 73 76,000 76,000 CD 1662 7293 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7293 75 1992 1992 CD 1662 7293 76 est est NNP 1662 7293 77 . . . 1662 7293 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7294 1 Television television NN 1662 7294 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7294 3 stations station NNS 1662 7294 4 : : : 1662 7294 5 1 1 CD 1662 7294 6 cable cable NN 1662 7294 7 Televisions television NNS 1662 7294 8 : : : 1662 7294 9 20,600 20,600 CD 1662 7294 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7294 11 1992 1992 CD 1662 7294 12 est est NNP 1662 7294 13 . . . 1662 7294 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7295 1 @Saint @Saint NNP 1662 7295 2 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 7295 3 and and CC 1662 7295 4 the the DT 1662 7295 5 Grenadines Grenadines NNPS 1662 7295 6 : : : 1662 7295 7 Transportation transportation NN 1662 7295 8 Railways railway NNS 1662 7295 9 : : : 1662 7295 10 0 0 LS 1662 7295 11 km km NN 1662 7295 12 Highways highway NNS 1662 7295 13 : : : 1662 7295 14 total total NN 1662 7295 15 : : : 1662 7295 16 800 800 CD 1662 7295 17 km km NNS 1662 7295 18 paved pave VBN 1662 7295 19 : : : 1662 7295 20 450 450 CD 1662 7295 21 km km NN 1662 7295 22 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7295 23 : : : 1662 7295 24 350 350 CD 1662 7295 25 km km NNS 1662 7295 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7295 27 1995 1995 CD 1662 7295 28 est est NNP 1662 7295 29 . . . 1662 7295 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7296 1 Ports port NNS 1662 7296 2 and and CC 1662 7296 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7296 4 : : : 1662 7296 5 Kingstown Kingstown NNP 1662 7296 6 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7296 7 marine marine NN 1662 7296 8 : : : 1662 7296 9 total total NN 1662 7296 10 : : : 1662 7296 11 692 692 CD 1662 7296 12 ships ship NNS 1662 7296 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7296 14 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7296 15 GRT GRT NNP 1662 7296 16 or or CC 1662 7296 17 over over RB 1662 7296 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7296 19 totaling total VBG 1662 7296 20 6,545,742 6,545,742 CD 1662 7296 21 GRT/10,306,453 GRT/10,306,453 , 1662 7296 22 DWT DWT NNP 1662 7296 23 ships ship NNS 1662 7296 24 by by IN 1662 7296 25 type type NN 1662 7296 26 : : : 1662 7296 27 bulk bulk NNP 1662 7296 28 114 114 CD 1662 7296 29 , , , 1662 7296 30 cargo cargo NN 1662 7296 31 349 349 CD 1662 7296 32 , , , 1662 7296 33 chemical chemical NN 1662 7296 34 tanker tanker NN 1662 7296 35 25 25 CD 1662 7296 36 , , , 1662 7296 37 combination combination NN 1662 7296 38 bulk bulk NN 1662 7296 39 9 9 CD 1662 7296 40 , , , 1662 7296 41 combination combination NN 1662 7296 42 ore ore NN 1662 7296 43 / / SYM 1662 7296 44 oil oil NN 1662 7296 45 6 6 CD 1662 7296 46 , , , 1662 7296 47 container container NN 1662 7296 48 36 36 CD 1662 7296 49 , , , 1662 7296 50 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 7296 51 gas gas NN 1662 7296 52 tanker tanker NN 1662 7296 53 4 4 CD 1662 7296 54 , , , 1662 7296 55 livestock livestock NN 1662 7296 56 carrier carrier NN 1662 7296 57 5 5 CD 1662 7296 58 , , , 1662 7296 59 multi multi JJ 1662 7296 60 - - JJ 1662 7296 61 function function VB 1662 7296 62 large large JJ 1662 7296 63 load load NN 1662 7296 64 carrier carrier NN 1662 7296 65 1 1 CD 1662 7296 66 , , , 1662 7296 67 oil oil NN 1662 7296 68 tanker tanker NN 1662 7296 69 65 65 CD 1662 7296 70 , , , 1662 7296 71 passenger passenger NN 1662 7296 72 3 3 CD 1662 7296 73 , , , 1662 7296 74 passenger passenger NN 1662 7296 75 - - HYPH 1662 7296 76 cargo cargo NN 1662 7296 77 1 1 CD 1662 7296 78 , , , 1662 7296 79 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 7296 80 cargo cargo NN 1662 7296 81 35 35 CD 1662 7296 82 , , , 1662 7296 83 roll roll NN 1662 7296 84 - - HYPH 1662 7296 85 on on IN 1662 7296 86 / / SYM 1662 7296 87 roll roll NN 1662 7296 88 - - HYPH 1662 7296 89 off off RP 1662 7296 90 cargo cargo NN 1662 7296 91 34 34 CD 1662 7296 92 , , , 1662 7296 93 short short JJ 1662 7296 94 - - HYPH 1662 7296 95 sea sea NN 1662 7296 96 passenger passenger NN 1662 7296 97 3 3 CD 1662 7296 98 , , , 1662 7296 99 specialized specialized NNP 1662 7296 100 tanker tanker NN 1662 7296 101 1 1 CD 1662 7296 102 , , , 1662 7296 103 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 7296 104 carrier carrier NN 1662 7296 105 1 1 CD 1662 7296 106 note note NN 1662 7296 107 : : : 1662 7296 108 a a DT 1662 7296 109 flag flag NN 1662 7296 110 of of IN 1662 7296 111 convenience convenience NN 1662 7296 112 registry registry NN 1662 7296 113 ; ; : 1662 7296 114 includes include VBZ 1662 7296 115 ships ship NNS 1662 7296 116 from from IN 1662 7296 117 24 24 CD 1662 7296 118 countries country NNS 1662 7296 119 among among IN 1662 7296 120 which which WDT 1662 7296 121 are be VBP 1662 7296 122 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 7296 123 29 29 CD 1662 7296 124 , , , 1662 7296 125 Slovenia Slovenia NNP 1662 7296 126 9 9 CD 1662 7296 127 , , , 1662 7296 128 China China NNP 1662 7296 129 9 9 CD 1662 7296 130 , , , 1662 7296 131 Greece Greece NNP 1662 7296 132 5 5 CD 1662 7296 133 , , , 1662 7296 134 Norway Norway NNP 1662 7296 135 3 3 CD 1662 7296 136 , , , 1662 7296 137 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 7296 138 3 3 CD 1662 7296 139 , , , 1662 7296 140 UAE UAE NNP 1662 7296 141 3 3 CD 1662 7296 142 , , , 1662 7296 143 Germany Germany NNP 1662 7296 144 2 2 CD 1662 7296 145 , , , 1662 7296 146 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7296 147 2 2 CD 1662 7296 148 , , , 1662 7296 149 Syria Syria NNP 1662 7296 150 1 1 CD 1662 7296 151 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7296 152 1996 1996 CD 1662 7296 153 est est NNP 1662 7296 154 . . . 1662 7296 155 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7297 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7297 2 : : : 1662 7297 3 6 6 CD 1662 7297 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7297 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 7297 6 est est NNP 1662 7297 7 . . . 1662 7297 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7298 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7298 2 - - , 1662 7298 3 with with IN 1662 7298 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7298 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7298 6 : : : 1662 7298 7 total total NN 1662 7298 8 : : : 1662 7298 9 6 6 CD 1662 7298 10 914 914 CD 1662 7298 11 to to TO 1662 7298 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7298 13 m m NN 1662 7298 14 : : : 1662 7298 15 2 2 CD 1662 7298 16 under under IN 1662 7298 17 914 914 CD 1662 7298 18 m m NN 1662 7298 19 : : : 1662 7298 20 4 4 CD 1662 7298 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7298 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 7298 23 est est NNP 1662 7298 24 . . . 1662 7298 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7299 1 Military military JJ 1662 7299 2 Military military JJ 1662 7299 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7299 4 : : : 1662 7299 5 Royal Royal NNP 1662 7299 6 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7299 7 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 7299 8 and and CC 1662 7299 9 the the DT 1662 7299 10 Grenadines Grenadines NNP 1662 7299 11 Police Police NNPS 1662 7299 12 Force Force NNP 1662 7299 13 , , , 1662 7299 14 Coast Coast NNP 1662 7299 15 Guard Guard NNP 1662 7299 16 Military Military NNP 1662 7299 17 manpower manpower NN 1662 7299 18 - - HYPH 1662 7299 19 availability availability NN 1662 7299 20 : : : 1662 7299 21 males male NNS 1662 7299 22 age age NNP 1662 7299 23 15 15 CD 1662 7299 24 - - SYM 1662 7299 25 49 49 CD 1662 7299 26 : : : 1662 7299 27 NA NA NNP 1662 7299 28 Military military JJ 1662 7299 29 manpower manpower NN 1662 7299 30 - - HYPH 1662 7299 31 fit fit NN 1662 7299 32 for for IN 1662 7299 33 military military JJ 1662 7299 34 service service NN 1662 7299 35 : : : 1662 7299 36 males male NNS 1662 7299 37 : : : 1662 7299 38 NA NA NNP 1662 7299 39 Military military JJ 1662 7299 40 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7299 41 - - HYPH 1662 7299 42 dollar dollar NN 1662 7299 43 figure figure NN 1662 7299 44 : : : 1662 7299 45 $ $ $ 1662 7299 46 NA NA NNP 1662 7299 47 Military military JJ 1662 7299 48 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7299 49 - - : 1662 7299 50 percent percent NN 1662 7299 51 of of IN 1662 7299 52 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7299 53 : : : 1662 7299 54 NA% NA% `` 1662 7299 55 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7299 56 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7299 57 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 7299 58 - - : 1662 7299 59 international international RB 1662 7299 60 : : : 1662 7299 61 none none NN 1662 7299 62 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 7299 63 drugs drug VBZ 1662 7299 64 : : : 1662 7299 65 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 7299 66 points point NNS 1662 7299 67 for for IN 1662 7299 68 South south JJ 1662 7299 69 American american JJ 1662 7299 70 drugs drug NNS 1662 7299 71 destined destine VBN 1662 7299 72 for for IN 1662 7299 73 the the DT 1662 7299 74 US US NNP 1662 7299 75 and and CC 1662 7299 76 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7299 77 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 78 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 79 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 80 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 81 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 82 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 83 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 84 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 85 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 86 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 87 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 88 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 89 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 90 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 91 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 92 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 93 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 94 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 95 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 96 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 97 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 98 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 99 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 100 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 101 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 102 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 103 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 104 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 105 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 106 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 107 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 108 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 109 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 110 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 111 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 112 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 113 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 114 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 115 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 116 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 117 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 118 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 119 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 120 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 121 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 122 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 123 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 124 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 125 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 126 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 127 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 128 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 129 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 130 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 131 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 132 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 133 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 134 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 135 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 136 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 137 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 138 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 139 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 140 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 141 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 142 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 143 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 144 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 145 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 146 _ _ NNP 1662 7299 147 SAN SAN NNP 1662 7299 148 MARINO MARINO NNP 1662 7299 149 @San @San : 1662 7299 150 Marino Marino NNP 1662 7299 151 : : : 1662 7299 152 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7299 153 Location Location NNP 1662 7299 154 : : : 1662 7299 155 Southern Southern NNP 1662 7299 156 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7299 157 , , , 1662 7299 158 an an DT 1662 7299 159 enclave enclave NN 1662 7299 160 in in IN 1662 7299 161 central central JJ 1662 7299 162 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7299 163 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7299 164 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7299 165 : : : 1662 7299 166 43 43 CD 1662 7299 167 46 46 CD 1662 7299 168 N n CD 1662 7299 169 , , , 1662 7299 170 12 12 CD 1662 7299 171 25 25 CD 1662 7299 172 E e NN 1662 7299 173 Map Map NNP 1662 7299 174 references reference NNS 1662 7299 175 : : : 1662 7299 176 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7299 177 Area Area NNP 1662 7299 178 : : : 1662 7299 179 total total NN 1662 7299 180 : : : 1662 7299 181 60 60 CD 1662 7299 182 sq sq NN 1662 7299 183 km km NNP 1662 7299 184 land land NN 1662 7299 185 : : : 1662 7299 186 60 60 CD 1662 7299 187 sq sq NN 1662 7299 188 km km NNP 1662 7299 189 water water NN 1662 7299 190 : : : 1662 7299 191 0 0 NFP 1662 7299 192 sq sq NN 1662 7299 193 km km NNP 1662 7299 194 Area area NN 1662 7299 195 - - HYPH 1662 7299 196 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7299 197 : : : 1662 7299 198 about about IN 1662 7299 199 0.3 0.3 CD 1662 7299 200 times time NNS 1662 7299 201 the the DT 1662 7299 202 size size NN 1662 7299 203 of of IN 1662 7299 204 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7299 205 , , , 1662 7299 206 DC DC NNP 1662 7299 207 Land Land NNP 1662 7299 208 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7299 209 : : : 1662 7299 210 total total JJ 1662 7299 211 : : : 1662 7299 212 39 39 CD 1662 7299 213 km km NN 1662 7299 214 border border NN 1662 7299 215 countries country NNS 1662 7299 216 : : : 1662 7299 217 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7299 218 39 39 CD 1662 7299 219 km km NN 1662 7299 220 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7299 221 : : : 1662 7299 222 0 0 CD 1662 7299 223 km km NN 1662 7299 224 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7299 225 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 7299 226 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7299 227 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7299 228 claims claim VBZ 1662 7299 229 : : : 1662 7299 230 none none NN 1662 7299 231 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7299 232 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 7299 233 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7299 234 Climate climate NN 1662 7299 235 : : : 1662 7299 236 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 7299 237 ; ; : 1662 7299 238 mild mild JJ 1662 7299 239 to 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: : 1662 7299 276 arable arable JJ 1662 7299 277 land land NN 1662 7299 278 : : : 1662 7299 279 17 17 CD 1662 7299 280 % % NN 1662 7299 281 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7299 282 crops crop NNS 1662 7299 283 : : : 1662 7299 284 NA% na% IN 1662 7299 285 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7299 286 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7299 287 : : : 1662 7299 288 NA% NA% NNS 1662 7299 289 forests forest NNS 1662 7299 290 and and CC 1662 7299 291 woodland woodland NN 1662 7299 292 : : : 1662 7299 293 NA% NA% NNS 1662 7299 294 other other JJ 1662 7299 295 : : : 1662 7299 296 83 83 CD 1662 7299 297 % % NN 1662 7299 298 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7299 299 1993 1993 CD 1662 7299 300 est est NNP 1662 7299 301 . . . 1662 7299 302 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7300 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7300 2 land land NN 1662 7300 3 : : : 1662 7300 4 NA NA NNP 1662 7300 5 sq sq RB 1662 7300 6 km km VB 1662 7300 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 7300 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7300 9 : : : 1662 7300 10 NA NA NNP 1662 7300 11 Environment environment NN 1662 7300 12 - - HYPH 1662 7300 13 current current JJ 1662 7300 14 issues issue NNS 1662 7300 15 : : : 1662 7300 16 NA NA NNP 1662 7300 17 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7300 18 - - HYPH 1662 7300 19 international international JJ 1662 7300 20 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7300 21 : : : 1662 7300 22 party party NN 1662 7300 23 to to TO 1662 7300 24 : : : 1662 7300 25 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 7300 26 , , , 1662 7300 27 Climate climate NN 1662 7300 28 Change Change NNP 1662 7300 29 , , , 1662 7300 30 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 7300 31 Test Test NNP 1662 7300 32 Ban Ban NNP 1662 7300 33 signed sign VBD 1662 7300 34 , , , 1662 7300 35 but but CC 1662 7300 36 not not RB 1662 7300 37 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7300 38 : : : 1662 7300 39 Air Air NNP 1662 7300 40 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7300 41 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7300 42 - - HYPH 1662 7300 43 note note NN 1662 7300 44 : : : 1662 7300 45 landlocked landlocke VBD 1662 7300 46 ; ; : 1662 7300 47 smallest small JJS 1662 7300 48 independent independent JJ 1662 7300 49 state state NN 1662 7300 50 in in IN 1662 7300 51 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7300 52 after after IN 1662 7300 53 the the DT 1662 7300 54 Holy Holy NNP 1662 7300 55 See See NNP 1662 7300 56 and and CC 1662 7300 57 Monaco Monaco NNP 1662 7300 58 ; ; , 1662 7300 59 dominated dominate VBN 1662 7300 60 by by IN 1662 7300 61 the the DT 1662 7300 62 Apennines Apennines NNPS 1662 7300 63 @San @san SYM 1662 7300 64 Marino Marino NNP 1662 7300 65 : : : 1662 7300 66 People People NNPS 1662 7300 67 Population Population NNP 1662 7300 68 : : : 1662 7300 69 24,714 24,714 CD 1662 7300 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7300 71 July July NNP 1662 7300 72 1997 1997 CD 1662 7300 73 est est NNP 1662 7300 74 . . . 1662 7300 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7301 1 Age age NN 1662 7301 2 structure structure NN 1662 7301 3 : : : 1662 7301 4 0 0 CD 1662 7301 5 - - HYPH 1662 7301 6 14 14 CD 1662 7301 7 years year NNS 1662 7301 8 : : : 1662 7301 9 16 16 CD 1662 7301 10 % % NN 1662 7301 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7301 12 male male JJ 1662 7301 13 1,993 1,993 CD 1662 7301 14 ; ; : 1662 7301 15 female female JJ 1662 7301 16 1,992 1,992 CD 1662 7301 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7301 18 15 15 CD 1662 7301 19 - - HYPH 1662 7301 20 64 64 CD 1662 7301 21 years year NNS 1662 7301 22 : : : 1662 7301 23 68 68 CD 1662 7301 24 % % NN 1662 7301 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7301 26 male male JJ 1662 7301 27 8,442 8,442 CD 1662 7301 28 ; ; : 1662 7301 29 female female JJ 1662 7301 30 8,270 8,270 CD 1662 7301 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7301 32 65 65 CD 1662 7301 33 years year NNS 1662 7301 34 and and CC 1662 7301 35 over over RB 1662 7301 36 : : : 1662 7301 37 16 16 CD 1662 7301 38 % % NN 1662 7301 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7301 40 male male JJ 1662 7301 41 1,683 1,683 CD 1662 7301 42 ; ; : 1662 7301 43 female female JJ 1662 7301 44 2,334 2,334 CD 1662 7301 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7301 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7301 47 July July NNP 1662 7301 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7301 49 est est NNP 1662 7301 50 . . . 1662 7301 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7302 1 Population population NN 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1997 CD 1662 7308 21 est est NNP 1662 7308 22 . . . 1662 7308 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7309 1 Total total JJ 1662 7309 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7309 3 rate rate NN 1662 7309 4 : : : 1662 7309 5 1.51 1.51 CD 1662 7309 6 children child NNS 1662 7309 7 born bear VBN 1662 7309 8 / / SYM 1662 7309 9 woman woman NN 1662 7309 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7309 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7309 12 est est NNP 1662 7309 13 . . . 1662 7309 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7310 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7310 2 : : : 1662 7310 3 noun noun NN 1662 7310 4 : : : 1662 7310 5 Sammarinese Sammarinese NNP 1662 7310 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7310 7 singular singular JJ 1662 7310 8 and and CC 1662 7310 9 plural plural JJ 1662 7310 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7310 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 7310 12 : : : 1662 7310 13 Sammarinese sammarinese JJ 1662 7310 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7310 15 groups group NNS 1662 7310 16 : : : 1662 7310 17 Sammarinese sammarinese JJ 1662 7310 18 , , , 1662 7310 19 Italian italian JJ 1662 7310 20 Religions religion NNS 1662 7310 21 : : : 1662 7310 22 Roman Roman NNP 1662 7310 23 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 7310 24 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 7310 25 : : : 1662 7310 26 Italian italian JJ 1662 7310 27 Literacy literacy NN 1662 7310 28 : : : 1662 7310 29 definition definition NN 1662 7310 30 : : : 1662 7310 31 age age NN 1662 7310 32 10 10 CD 1662 7310 33 and and CC 1662 7310 34 over over RB 1662 7310 35 can can MD 1662 7310 36 read read VB 1662 7310 37 and and CC 1662 7310 38 write write VB 1662 7310 39 total total JJ 1662 7310 40 population population NN 1662 7310 41 : : : 1662 7310 42 96 96 CD 1662 7310 43 % % NN 1662 7310 44 male male NN 1662 7310 45 : : : 1662 7310 46 97 97 CD 1662 7310 47 % % NN 1662 7310 48 female female NN 1662 7310 49 : : : 1662 7310 50 95 95 CD 1662 7310 51 % % NN 1662 7310 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7310 53 1976 1976 CD 1662 7310 54 est est NNP 1662 7310 55 . . . 1662 7310 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 1 @San @San : 1662 7311 2 Marino Marino NNP 1662 7311 3 : : : 1662 7311 4 Government Government NNP 1662 7311 5 Country Country NNP 1662 7311 6 name name NN 1662 7311 7 : : : 1662 7311 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7311 9 long long JJ 1662 7311 10 form form NN 1662 7311 11 : : : 1662 7311 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7311 13 of of IN 1662 7311 14 San San NNP 1662 7311 15 Marino Marino NNP 1662 7311 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7311 17 short short JJ 1662 7311 18 form form NN 1662 7311 19 : : : 1662 7311 20 San San NNP 1662 7311 21 Marino Marino NNP 1662 7311 22 local local JJ 1662 7311 23 long long JJ 1662 7311 24 form form NN 1662 7311 25 : : : 1662 7311 26 Repubblica Repubblica NNP 1662 7311 27 di di NNP 1662 7311 28 San San NNP 1662 7311 29 Marino Marino NNP 1662 7311 30 local local JJ 1662 7311 31 short short JJ 1662 7311 32 form form NN 1662 7311 33 : : : 1662 7311 34 San San NNP 1662 7311 35 Marino Marino NNP 1662 7311 36 Data Data NNP 1662 7311 37 code code NN 1662 7311 38 : : : 1662 7311 39 SM SM NNP 1662 7311 40 Government Government NNP 1662 7311 41 type type NN 1662 7311 42 : : : 1662 7311 43 republic republic NNP 1662 7311 44 National national JJ 1662 7311 45 capital capital NN 1662 7311 46 : : : 1662 7311 47 San San NNP 1662 7311 48 Marino Marino NNP 1662 7311 49 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 7311 50 divisions division NNS 1662 7311 51 : : : 1662 7311 52 9 9 CD 1662 7311 53 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 7311 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 55 castelli castelli JJ 1662 7311 56 , , , 1662 7311 57 singular singular NNP 1662 7311 58 - - HYPH 1662 7311 59 castello castello NN 1662 7311 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 61 ; ; : 1662 7311 62 Acquaviva Acquaviva NNP 1662 7311 63 , , , 1662 7311 64 Borgo Borgo NNP 1662 7311 65 Maggiore Maggiore NNP 1662 7311 66 , , , 1662 7311 67 Chiesanuova Chiesanuova NNP 1662 7311 68 , , , 1662 7311 69 Domagnano Domagnano NNP 1662 7311 70 , , , 1662 7311 71 Faetano Faetano NNP 1662 7311 72 , , , 1662 7311 73 Fiorentino Fiorentino NNP 1662 7311 74 , , , 1662 7311 75 Monte Monte NNP 1662 7311 76 Giardino Giardino NNP 1662 7311 77 , , , 1662 7311 78 San San NNP 1662 7311 79 Marino Marino NNP 1662 7311 80 , , , 1662 7311 81 Serravalle Serravalle NNP 1662 7311 82 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7311 83 : : : 1662 7311 84 301 301 CD 1662 7311 85 AD ad NN 1662 7311 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 87 by by IN 1662 7311 88 tradition tradition NN 1662 7311 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 90 National national JJ 1662 7311 91 holiday holiday NN 1662 7311 92 : : : 1662 7311 93 Anniversary anniversary NN 1662 7311 94 of of IN 1662 7311 95 the the DT 1662 7311 96 Foundation Foundation NNP 1662 7311 97 of of IN 1662 7311 98 the the DT 1662 7311 99 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7311 100 , , , 1662 7311 101 3 3 CD 1662 7311 102 September September NNP 1662 7311 103 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 7311 104 : : : 1662 7311 105 8 8 CD 1662 7311 106 October October NNP 1662 7311 107 1600 1600 CD 1662 7311 108 ; ; : 1662 7311 109 electoral electoral JJ 1662 7311 110 law law NN 1662 7311 111 of of IN 1662 7311 112 1926 1926 CD 1662 7311 113 serves serve VBZ 1662 7311 114 some some DT 1662 7311 115 of of IN 1662 7311 116 the the DT 1662 7311 117 functions function NNS 1662 7311 118 of of IN 1662 7311 119 a a DT 1662 7311 120 constitution constitution NN 1662 7311 121 Legal Legal NNP 1662 7311 122 system system NN 1662 7311 123 : : : 1662 7311 124 based base VBN 1662 7311 125 on on IN 1662 7311 126 civil civil JJ 1662 7311 127 law law NN 1662 7311 128 system system NN 1662 7311 129 with with IN 1662 7311 130 Italian italian JJ 1662 7311 131 law law NN 1662 7311 132 influences influence NNS 1662 7311 133 ; ; : 1662 7311 134 has have VBZ 1662 7311 135 not not RB 1662 7311 136 accepted accept VBN 1662 7311 137 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 7311 138 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 7311 139 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 7311 140 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 7311 141 : : : 1662 7311 142 18 18 CD 1662 7311 143 years year NNS 1662 7311 144 of of IN 1662 7311 145 age age NN 1662 7311 146 ; ; : 1662 7311 147 universal universal JJ 1662 7311 148 Executive Executive NNP 1662 7311 149 branch branch NN 1662 7311 150 : : : 1662 7311 151 chief chief NN 1662 7311 152 of of IN 1662 7311 153 state state NN 1662 7311 154 : : : 1662 7311 155 co co NNS 1662 7311 156 - - NNS 1662 7311 157 chiefs chief NNS 1662 7311 158 of of IN 1662 7311 159 state state NN 1662 7311 160 Captain Captain NNP 1662 7311 161 Regent Regent NNP 1662 7311 162 Piero Piero NNP 1662 7311 163 Paolo Paolo NNP 1662 7311 164 GASPERONI GASPERONI NNP 1662 7311 165 and and CC 1662 7311 166 Captain Captain NNP 1662 7311 167 Regent Regent NNP 1662 7311 168 Pietro Pietro NNP 1662 7311 169 BUGLI BUGLI NNP 1662 7311 170 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 171 for for IN 1662 7311 172 the the DT 1662 7311 173 period period NN 1662 7311 174 1 1 CD 1662 7311 175 April-30 april-30 CD 1662 7311 176 September September NNP 1662 7311 177 1996 1996 CD 1662 7311 178 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 179 head head NN 1662 7311 180 of of IN 1662 7311 181 government government NN 1662 7311 182 : : : 1662 7311 183 Secretary Secretary NNP 1662 7311 184 of of IN 1662 7311 185 State State NNP 1662 7311 186 for for IN 1662 7311 187 Foreign Foreign NNP 1662 7311 188 and and CC 1662 7311 189 Political Political NNP 1662 7311 190 Affairs Affairs NNPS 1662 7311 191 Gabriele Gabriele NNP 1662 7311 192 GATTI GATTI NNP 1662 7311 193 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 194 since since IN 1662 7311 195 NA NA NNP 1662 7311 196 July July NNP 1662 7311 197 1986 1986 CD 1662 7311 198 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 199 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7311 200 : : : 1662 7311 201 Congress Congress NNP 1662 7311 202 of of IN 1662 7311 203 State State NNP 1662 7311 204 elected elect VBN 1662 7311 205 by by IN 1662 7311 206 the the DT 1662 7311 207 Great Great NNP 1662 7311 208 and and CC 1662 7311 209 General General NNP 1662 7311 210 Council Council NNP 1662 7311 211 for for IN 1662 7311 212 a a DT 1662 7311 213 five five CD 1662 7311 214 - - HYPH 1662 7311 215 year year NN 1662 7311 216 term term NN 1662 7311 217 elections election NNS 1662 7311 218 : : : 1662 7311 219 co co NNS 1662 7311 220 - - NNS 1662 7311 221 chiefs chiefs NNPS 1662 7311 222 of of IN 1662 7311 223 state state NN 1662 7311 224 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 225 captain captain NN 1662 7311 226 regents regent NNS 1662 7311 227 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 228 elected elect VBN 1662 7311 229 by by IN 1662 7311 230 the the DT 1662 7311 231 Great Great NNP 1662 7311 232 and and CC 1662 7311 233 General General NNP 1662 7311 234 Council Council NNP 1662 7311 235 for for IN 1662 7311 236 a a DT 1662 7311 237 six six CD 1662 7311 238 - - HYPH 1662 7311 239 month month NN 1662 7311 240 term term NN 1662 7311 241 ; ; : 1662 7311 242 election election NN 1662 7311 243 last last JJ 1662 7311 244 held hold VBN 1662 7311 245 NA NA NNP 1662 7311 246 March March NNP 1662 7311 247 1996 1996 CD 1662 7311 248 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 249 next next JJ 1662 7311 250 to to TO 1662 7311 251 be be VB 1662 7311 252 held hold VBN 1662 7311 253 NA NA NNP 1662 7311 254 September September NNP 1662 7311 255 1996 1996 CD 1662 7311 256 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 257 ; ; : 1662 7311 258 secretary secretary NN 1662 7311 259 of of IN 1662 7311 260 state state NN 1662 7311 261 for for IN 1662 7311 262 foreign foreign JJ 1662 7311 263 and and CC 1662 7311 264 political political JJ 1662 7311 265 affairs affair NNS 1662 7311 266 elected elect VBN 1662 7311 267 by by IN 1662 7311 268 the the DT 1662 7311 269 Great Great NNP 1662 7311 270 and and CC 1662 7311 271 General General NNP 1662 7311 272 Council Council NNP 1662 7311 273 for for IN 1662 7311 274 a a DT 1662 7311 275 five five CD 1662 7311 276 - - HYPH 1662 7311 277 year year NN 1662 7311 278 term term NN 1662 7311 279 ; ; : 1662 7311 280 election election NN 1662 7311 281 last last JJ 1662 7311 282 held hold VBN 1662 7311 283 NA NA NNP 1662 7311 284 1993 1993 CD 1662 7311 285 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 286 next next JJ 1662 7311 287 to to TO 1662 7311 288 be be VB 1662 7311 289 held hold VBN 1662 7311 290 NA NA NNP 1662 7311 291 1998 1998 CD 1662 7311 292 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 293 election election NN 1662 7311 294 results result NNS 1662 7311 295 : : : 1662 7311 296 Giancarlo giancarlo JJ 1662 7311 297 VENTURINI VENTURINI NNP 1662 7311 298 and and CC 1662 7311 299 Maurizio Maurizio NNP 1662 7311 300 RATTINI RATTINI NNP 1662 7311 301 elected elect VBD 1662 7311 302 captain captain NN 1662 7311 303 regents regent NNS 1662 7311 304 ; ; , 1662 7311 305 percent percent NN 1662 7311 306 of of IN 1662 7311 307 legislative legislative JJ 1662 7311 308 vote vote NN 1662 7311 309 - - HYPH 1662 7311 310 NA na NN 1662 7311 311 ; ; : 1662 7311 312 Gabriele Gabriele NNP 1662 7311 313 GATTI GATTI NNP 1662 7311 314 elected elect VBD 1662 7311 315 secretary secretary NN 1662 7311 316 of of IN 1662 7311 317 state state NN 1662 7311 318 for for IN 1662 7311 319 foreign foreign JJ 1662 7311 320 and and CC 1662 7311 321 political political JJ 1662 7311 322 affairs affair NNS 1662 7311 323 ; ; : 1662 7311 324 percent percent NN 1662 7311 325 of of IN 1662 7311 326 legislative legislative JJ 1662 7311 327 vote vote NN 1662 7311 328 - - HYPH 1662 7311 329 NA NA NNP 1662 7311 330 note note NN 1662 7311 331 : : : 1662 7311 332 the the DT 1662 7311 333 popularly popularly RB 1662 7311 334 elected elect VBN 1662 7311 335 parliament parliament NN 1662 7311 336 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 337 Great Great NNP 1662 7311 338 and and CC 1662 7311 339 General General NNP 1662 7311 340 Council Council NNP 1662 7311 341 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 342 selects select VBZ 1662 7311 343 two two CD 1662 7311 344 of of IN 1662 7311 345 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7311 346 members member NNS 1662 7311 347 to to TO 1662 7311 348 serve serve VB 1662 7311 349 as as IN 1662 7311 350 the the DT 1662 7311 351 Captains Captains NNP 1662 7311 352 Regent Regent NNP 1662 7311 353 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 354 Co Co NNP 1662 7311 355 - - NNS 1662 7311 356 Chiefs Chiefs NNPS 1662 7311 357 of of IN 1662 7311 358 State State NNP 1662 7311 359 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 360 for for IN 1662 7311 361 a a DT 1662 7311 362 six six CD 1662 7311 363 - - HYPH 1662 7311 364 month month NN 1662 7311 365 period period NN 1662 7311 366 ; ; : 1662 7311 367 they -PRON- PRP 1662 7311 368 preside preside VBP 1662 7311 369 over over IN 1662 7311 370 meetings meeting NNS 1662 7311 371 of of IN 1662 7311 372 the the DT 1662 7311 373 Great Great NNP 1662 7311 374 and and CC 1662 7311 375 General General NNP 1662 7311 376 Council Council NNP 1662 7311 377 and and CC 1662 7311 378 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7311 379 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7311 380 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 381 Congress Congress NNP 1662 7311 382 of of IN 1662 7311 383 State State NNP 1662 7311 384 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 385 which which WDT 1662 7311 386 has have VBZ 1662 7311 387 ten ten CD 1662 7311 388 other other JJ 1662 7311 389 members member NNS 1662 7311 390 , , , 1662 7311 391 all all DT 1662 7311 392 selected select VBN 1662 7311 393 by by IN 1662 7311 394 the the DT 1662 7311 395 Great Great NNP 1662 7311 396 and and CC 1662 7311 397 General General NNP 1662 7311 398 Council Council NNP 1662 7311 399 ; ; : 1662 7311 400 assisting assist VBG 1662 7311 401 the the DT 1662 7311 402 Captains Captains NNP 1662 7311 403 Regent Regent NNP 1662 7311 404 are be VBP 1662 7311 405 three three CD 1662 7311 406 Secretaries Secretaries NNPS 1662 7311 407 of of IN 1662 7311 408 State State NNP 1662 7311 409 - - HYPH 1662 7311 410 Foreign Foreign NNP 1662 7311 411 Affairs Affairs NNPS 1662 7311 412 , , , 1662 7311 413 Internal Internal NNP 1662 7311 414 Affairs Affairs NNPS 1662 7311 415 , , , 1662 7311 416 and and CC 1662 7311 417 Finance Finance NNP 1662 7311 418 - - HYPH 1662 7311 419 and and CC 1662 7311 420 several several JJ 1662 7311 421 additional additional JJ 1662 7311 422 secretaries secretary NNS 1662 7311 423 ; ; : 1662 7311 424 the the DT 1662 7311 425 Secretary Secretary NNP 1662 7311 426 of of IN 1662 7311 427 State State NNP 1662 7311 428 for for IN 1662 7311 429 Foreign Foreign NNP 1662 7311 430 Affairs Affairs NNPS 1662 7311 431 has have VBZ 1662 7311 432 assumed assume VBN 1662 7311 433 many many JJ 1662 7311 434 of of IN 1662 7311 435 the the DT 1662 7311 436 prerogatives prerogative NNS 1662 7311 437 of of IN 1662 7311 438 a a DT 1662 7311 439 prime prime JJ 1662 7311 440 minister minister NN 1662 7311 441 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 7311 442 branch branch NN 1662 7311 443 : : : 1662 7311 444 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 7311 445 Great Great NNP 1662 7311 446 and and CC 1662 7311 447 General General NNP 1662 7311 448 Council Council NNP 1662 7311 449 or or CC 1662 7311 450 Consiglio Consiglio NNP 1662 7311 451 Grande Grande NNP 1662 7311 452 e e NNP 1662 7311 453 Generale Generale NNP 1662 7311 454 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 455 60 60 CD 1662 7311 456 seats seat NNS 1662 7311 457 ; ; : 1662 7311 458 members member NNS 1662 7311 459 are be VBP 1662 7311 460 elected elect VBN 1662 7311 461 by by IN 1662 7311 462 direct direct JJ 1662 7311 463 popular popular JJ 1662 7311 464 vote vote NN 1662 7311 465 to to TO 1662 7311 466 serve serve VB 1662 7311 467 five five CD 1662 7311 468 - - HYPH 1662 7311 469 year year NN 1662 7311 470 terms term NNS 1662 7311 471 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 472 elections election NNS 1662 7311 473 : : : 1662 7311 474 last last RB 1662 7311 475 held held JJ 1662 7311 476 30 30 CD 1662 7311 477 May May NNP 1662 7311 478 1993 1993 CD 1662 7311 479 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 480 next next JJ 1662 7311 481 to to TO 1662 7311 482 be be VB 1662 7311 483 held hold VBN 1662 7311 484 by by IN 1662 7311 485 NA NA NNP 1662 7311 486 May May NNP 1662 7311 487 1998 1998 CD 1662 7311 488 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 489 election election NN 1662 7311 490 results result NNS 1662 7311 491 : : : 1662 7311 492 percent percent NN 1662 7311 493 of of IN 1662 7311 494 vote vote NN 1662 7311 495 by by IN 1662 7311 496 party party NN 1662 7311 497 - - HYPH 1662 7311 498 PDCS PDCS NNP 1662 7311 499 41.4 41.4 CD 1662 7311 500 % % NN 1662 7311 501 , , , 1662 7311 502 PSS PSS NNP 1662 7311 503 23.7 23.7 CD 1662 7311 504 % % NN 1662 7311 505 , , , 1662 7311 506 PDP PDP NNP 1662 7311 507 18.6 18.6 CD 1662 7311 508 % % NN 1662 7311 509 , , , 1662 7311 510 AP AP NNP 1662 7311 511 7.7 7.7 CD 1662 7311 512 % % NN 1662 7311 513 , , , 1662 7311 514 MD MD NNP 1662 7311 515 5.3 5.3 CD 1662 7311 516 % % NN 1662 7311 517 , , , 1662 7311 518 RC rc NN 1662 7311 519 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 7311 520 % % NN 1662 7311 521 ; ; , 1662 7311 522 seats seat NNS 1662 7311 523 by by IN 1662 7311 524 party party NN 1662 7311 525 - - HYPH 1662 7311 526 PDCS PDCS NNP 1662 7311 527 26 26 CD 1662 7311 528 , , , 1662 7311 529 PSS PSS NNP 1662 7311 530 14 14 CD 1662 7311 531 , , , 1662 7311 532 PDP PDP NNP 1662 7311 533 11 11 CD 1662 7311 534 , , , 1662 7311 535 AP AP NNP 1662 7311 536 4 4 CD 1662 7311 537 , , , 1662 7311 538 MD MD NNP 1662 7311 539 3 3 CD 1662 7311 540 , , , 1662 7311 541 RC rc NN 1662 7311 542 2 2 CD 1662 7311 543 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 7311 544 branch branch NN 1662 7311 545 : : : 1662 7311 546 Council Council NNP 1662 7311 547 of of IN 1662 7311 548 Twelve Twelve NNP 1662 7311 549 or or CC 1662 7311 550 Consiglio Consiglio NNP 1662 7311 551 dei dei NNP 1662 7311 552 XII XII NNP 1662 7311 553 Political political JJ 1662 7311 554 parties party NNS 1662 7311 555 and and CC 1662 7311 556 leaders leader NNS 1662 7311 557 : : : 1662 7311 558 Christian Christian NNP 1662 7311 559 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7311 560 Party Party NNP 1662 7311 561 or or CC 1662 7311 562 PDCS PDCS NNP 1662 7311 563 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7311 564 Cesare cesare NN 1662 7311 565 GASPERONI GASPERONI NNP 1662 7311 566 , , , 1662 7311 567 secretary secretary NN 1662 7311 568 general general NN 1662 7311 569 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7311 570 ; ; : 1662 7311 571 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7311 572 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 7311 573 Party Party NNP 1662 7311 574 or or CC 1662 7311 575 PDP PDP NNP 1662 7311 576 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 577 formerly formerly RB 1662 7311 578 San San NNP 1662 7311 579 Marino Marino NNP 1662 7311 580 Communist Communist NNP 1662 7311 581 Party Party NNP 1662 7311 582 or or CC 1662 7311 583 PSS PSS NNP 1662 7311 584 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 585 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7311 586 Claudio Claudio NNP 1662 7311 587 FELICI FELICI NNP 1662 7311 588 , , , 1662 7311 589 secretary secretary NN 1662 7311 590 general general NN 1662 7311 591 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7311 592 ; ; : 1662 7311 593 San San NNP 1662 7311 594 Marino Marino NNP 1662 7311 595 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 7311 596 Party Party NNP 1662 7311 597 or or CC 1662 7311 598 PSS PSS NNP 1662 7311 599 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7311 600 Maurizio Maurizio NNP 1662 7311 601 RATTINI RATTINI NNP 1662 7311 602 , , , 1662 7311 603 secretary secretary NN 1662 7311 604 general general NN 1662 7311 605 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7311 606 ; ; : 1662 7311 607 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7311 608 Movement Movement NNP 1662 7311 609 or or CC 1662 7311 610 MD MD NNP 1662 7311 611 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7311 612 Massimo Massimo NNP 1662 7311 613 TONTI TONTI NNP 1662 7311 614 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7311 615 ; ; : 1662 7311 616 Popular Popular NNP 1662 7311 617 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 7311 618 or or CC 1662 7311 619 AP AP NNP 1662 7311 620 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7311 621 Tito Tito NNP 1662 7311 622 MASI MASI NNP 1662 7311 623 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7311 624 ; ; : 1662 7311 625 Communist Communist NNP 1662 7311 626 Refoundation refoundation NN 1662 7311 627 or or CC 1662 7311 628 RC rc NN 1662 7311 629 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7311 630 Paolo Paolo NNP 1662 7311 631 GIOVAGNOLI GIOVAGNOLI NNP 1662 7311 632 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7311 633 International international JJ 1662 7311 634 organization organization NN 1662 7311 635 participation participation NN 1662 7311 636 : : : 1662 7311 637 CE CE NNP 1662 7311 638 , , , 1662 7311 639 ECE ece NN 1662 7311 640 , , , 1662 7311 641 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 7311 642 , , , 1662 7311 643 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 7311 644 , , , 1662 7311 645 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 7311 646 , , , 1662 7311 647 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 7311 648 , , , 1662 7311 649 ILO ILO NNP 1662 7311 650 , , , 1662 7311 651 IMF IMF NNP 1662 7311 652 , , , 1662 7311 653 IOC IOC NNP 1662 7311 654 , , , 1662 7311 655 IOM IOM NNP 1662 7311 656 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 657 observer observer NN 1662 7311 658 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 659 , , , 1662 7311 660 ITU ITU NNP 1662 7311 661 , , , 1662 7311 662 NAM NAM NNP 1662 7311 663 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 664 guest guest NNP 1662 7311 665 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 666 , , , 1662 7311 667 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 7311 668 , , , 1662 7311 669 UN UN NNP 1662 7311 670 , , , 1662 7311 671 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 7311 672 , , , 1662 7311 673 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 7311 674 , , , 1662 7311 675 UPU UPU NNP 1662 7311 676 , , , 1662 7311 677 WHO who WP 1662 7311 678 , , , 1662 7311 679 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 7311 680 , , , 1662 7311 681 WToO WToO VBD 1662 7311 682 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7311 683 representation representation NN 1662 7311 684 in in IN 1662 7311 685 the the DT 1662 7311 686 US US NNP 1662 7311 687 : : : 1662 7311 688 San San NNP 1662 7311 689 Marino Marino NNP 1662 7311 690 does do VBZ 1662 7311 691 not not RB 1662 7311 692 have have VB 1662 7311 693 an an DT 1662 7311 694 embassy embassy NN 1662 7311 695 in in IN 1662 7311 696 the the DT 1662 7311 697 US US NNP 1662 7311 698 honorary honorary NN 1662 7311 699 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 7311 700 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 701 general general NN 1662 7311 702 : : : 1662 7311 703 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7311 704 and and CC 1662 7311 705 New New NNP 1662 7311 706 York York NNP 1662 7311 707 honorary honorary JJ 1662 7311 708 consulate(s consulate(s NN 1662 7311 709 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 710 : : : 1662 7311 711 Detroit Detroit NNP 1662 7311 712 Diplomatic Diplomatic NNP 1662 7311 713 representation representation NN 1662 7311 714 from from IN 1662 7311 715 the the DT 1662 7311 716 US US NNP 1662 7311 717 : : : 1662 7311 718 the the DT 1662 7311 719 US US NNP 1662 7311 720 does do VBZ 1662 7311 721 not not RB 1662 7311 722 have have VB 1662 7311 723 an an DT 1662 7311 724 embassy embassy NN 1662 7311 725 in in IN 1662 7311 726 San San NNP 1662 7311 727 Marino Marino NNP 1662 7311 728 ; ; : 1662 7311 729 the the DT 1662 7311 730 US US NNP 1662 7311 731 Consul Consul NNP 1662 7311 732 General General NNP 1662 7311 733 in in IN 1662 7311 734 Florence Florence NNP 1662 7311 735 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 736 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7311 737 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 738 is be VBZ 1662 7311 739 accredited accredit VBN 1662 7311 740 to to IN 1662 7311 741 San San NNP 1662 7311 742 Marino Marino NNP 1662 7311 743 Flag Flag NNP 1662 7311 744 description description NN 1662 7311 745 : : : 1662 7311 746 two two CD 1662 7311 747 equal equal JJ 1662 7311 748 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 7311 749 bands band NNS 1662 7311 750 of of IN 1662 7311 751 white white JJ 1662 7311 752 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 753 top top NN 1662 7311 754 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 755 and and CC 1662 7311 756 light light NN 1662 7311 757 blue blue NNP 1662 7311 758 with with IN 1662 7311 759 the the DT 1662 7311 760 national national JJ 1662 7311 761 coat coat NN 1662 7311 762 of of IN 1662 7311 763 arms arm NNS 1662 7311 764 superimposed superimpose VBN 1662 7311 765 in in IN 1662 7311 766 the the DT 1662 7311 767 center center NN 1662 7311 768 ; ; : 1662 7311 769 the the DT 1662 7311 770 coat coat NN 1662 7311 771 of of IN 1662 7311 772 arms arm NNS 1662 7311 773 has have VBZ 1662 7311 774 a a DT 1662 7311 775 shield shield NN 1662 7311 776 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 777 featuring feature VBG 1662 7311 778 three three CD 1662 7311 779 towers tower NNS 1662 7311 780 on on IN 1662 7311 781 three three CD 1662 7311 782 peaks peak NNS 1662 7311 783 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 784 flanked flank VBN 1662 7311 785 by by IN 1662 7311 786 a a DT 1662 7311 787 wreath wreath NN 1662 7311 788 , , , 1662 7311 789 below below IN 1662 7311 790 a a DT 1662 7311 791 crown crown NN 1662 7311 792 and and CC 1662 7311 793 above above IN 1662 7311 794 a a DT 1662 7311 795 scroll scroll NN 1662 7311 796 bearing bear VBG 1662 7311 797 the the DT 1662 7311 798 word word NN 1662 7311 799 LIBERTAS LIBERTAS NNP 1662 7311 800 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7311 801 Liberty Liberty NNP 1662 7311 802 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7311 803 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7311 804 Economy economy NN 1662 7311 805 - - HYPH 1662 7311 806 overview overview NN 1662 7311 807 : : : 1662 7311 808 The the DT 1662 7311 809 tourist tourist NN 1662 7311 810 sector sector NN 1662 7311 811 contributes contribute VBZ 1662 7311 812 over over IN 1662 7311 813 50 50 CD 1662 7311 814 % % NN 1662 7311 815 of of IN 1662 7311 816 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7311 817 . . . 1662 7312 1 In in IN 1662 7312 2 1995 1995 CD 1662 7312 3 more more JJR 1662 7312 4 than than IN 1662 7312 5 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 7312 6 million million CD 1662 7312 7 tourists tourist NNS 1662 7312 8 visited visit VBD 1662 7312 9 San San NNP 1662 7312 10 Marino Marino NNP 1662 7312 11 . . . 1662 7313 1 The the DT 1662 7313 2 key key JJ 1662 7313 3 industries industry NNS 1662 7313 4 are be VBP 1662 7313 5 banking bank VBG 1662 7313 6 , , , 1662 7313 7 wearing wear VBG 1662 7313 8 apparel apparel NN 1662 7313 9 , , , 1662 7313 10 electronics electronic NNS 1662 7313 11 , , , 1662 7313 12 and and CC 1662 7313 13 ceramics ceramic NNS 1662 7313 14 . . . 1662 7314 1 Main main JJ 1662 7314 2 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 7314 3 products product NNS 1662 7314 4 are be VBP 1662 7314 5 wine wine NN 1662 7314 6 and and CC 1662 7314 7 cheeses cheese NNS 1662 7314 8 . . . 1662 7315 1 The the DT 1662 7315 2 per per IN 1662 7315 3 capita capita FW 1662 7315 4 level level NN 1662 7315 5 of of IN 1662 7315 6 output output NN 1662 7315 7 and and CC 1662 7315 8 standard standard NN 1662 7315 9 of of IN 1662 7315 10 living living NN 1662 7315 11 are be VBP 1662 7315 12 comparable comparable JJ 1662 7315 13 to to IN 1662 7315 14 those those DT 1662 7315 15 of of IN 1662 7315 16 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7315 17 , , , 1662 7315 18 which which WDT 1662 7315 19 supplies supply VBZ 1662 7315 20 much much JJ 1662 7315 21 of of IN 1662 7315 22 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7315 23 food food NN 1662 7315 24 . . . 1662 7316 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7316 2 : : : 1662 7316 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7316 4 power power NN 1662 7316 5 parity parity NN 1662 7316 6 - - : 1662 7316 7 $ $ $ 1662 7316 8 408 408 CD 1662 7316 9 million million CD 1662 7316 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7316 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 7316 12 est est NNP 1662 7316 13 . . . 1662 7316 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7317 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7317 2 - - HYPH 1662 7317 3 real real JJ 1662 7317 4 growth growth NN 1662 7317 5 rate rate NN 1662 7317 6 : : : 1662 7317 7 4.8 4.8 CD 1662 7317 8 % % NN 1662 7317 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7317 10 1994 1994 CD 1662 7317 11 est est NNP 1662 7317 12 . . . 1662 7317 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7318 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7318 2 - - HYPH 1662 7318 3 per per FW 1662 7318 4 capita capita NN 1662 7318 5 : : : 1662 7318 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7318 7 power power NN 1662 7318 8 parity parity NN 1662 7318 9 - - : 1662 7318 10 $ $ $ 1662 7318 11 16,900 16,900 CD 1662 7318 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7318 13 1994 1994 CD 1662 7318 14 est est NNP 1662 7318 15 . . . 1662 7318 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7319 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7319 2 - - HYPH 1662 7319 3 composition composition NN 1662 7319 4 by by IN 1662 7319 5 sector sector NN 1662 7319 6 : : : 1662 7319 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7319 8 : : : 1662 7319 9 NA% na% LS 1662 7319 10 industry industry NN 1662 7319 11 : : : 1662 7319 12 NA% NA% NNS 1662 7319 13 services service NNS 1662 7319 14 : : : 1662 7319 15 NA% NA% `` 1662 7319 16 Inflation inflation NN 1662 7319 17 rate rate NN 1662 7319 18 - - HYPH 1662 7319 19 consumer consumer NN 1662 7319 20 price price NN 1662 7319 21 index index NN 1662 7319 22 : : : 1662 7319 23 5.3 5.3 CD 1662 7319 24 % % NN 1662 7319 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7319 26 1995 1995 CD 1662 7319 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7319 28 Labor labor NN 1662 7319 29 force force NN 1662 7319 30 : : : 1662 7319 31 total total NN 1662 7319 32 : : : 1662 7319 33 15,600 15,600 CD 1662 7319 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7319 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 7319 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7319 37 by by IN 1662 7319 38 occupation occupation NN 1662 7319 39 : : : 1662 7319 40 industry industry NN 1662 7319 41 40 40 CD 1662 7319 42 % % NN 1662 7319 43 , , , 1662 7319 44 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7319 45 2 2 CD 1662 7319 46 % % NN 1662 7319 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7319 48 1993 1993 CD 1662 7319 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7319 50 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 7319 51 rate rate NN 1662 7319 52 : : : 1662 7319 53 3.6 3.6 CD 1662 7319 54 % % NN 1662 7319 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7319 56 April April NNP 1662 7319 57 1996 1996 CD 1662 7319 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7319 59 Budget budget NN 1662 7319 60 : : : 1662 7319 61 revenues revenue NNS 1662 7319 62 : : : 1662 7319 63 $ $ $ 1662 7319 64 320 320 CD 1662 7319 65 million million CD 1662 7319 66 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7319 67 : : : 1662 7319 68 $ $ $ 1662 7319 69 320 320 CD 1662 7319 70 million million CD 1662 7319 71 , , , 1662 7319 72 including include VBG 1662 7319 73 capital capital NN 1662 7319 74 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1662 7320 29 supplied supply VBN 1662 7320 30 by by IN 1662 7320 31 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7320 32 Electricity Electricity NNP 1662 7320 33 - - HYPH 1662 7320 34 production production NN 1662 7320 35 : : : 1662 7320 36 NA na NN 1662 7320 37 kWh kwh ADD 1662 7320 38 note note NN 1662 7320 39 : : : 1662 7320 40 electricity electricity NN 1662 7320 41 supplied supply VBN 1662 7320 42 by by IN 1662 7320 43 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7320 44 Electricity Electricity NNP 1662 7320 45 - - HYPH 1662 7320 46 consumption consumption NN 1662 7320 47 per per IN 1662 7320 48 capita capita NN 1662 7320 49 : : : 1662 7320 50 NA NA NNP 1662 7320 51 kWh kwh ADD 1662 7320 52 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7320 53 - - HYPH 1662 7320 54 products product NNS 1662 7320 55 : : : 1662 7320 56 wheat wheat NN 1662 7320 57 , , , 1662 7320 58 grapes grape NNS 1662 7320 59 , , , 1662 7320 60 maize maize NN 1662 7320 61 , , , 1662 7320 62 olives olive NNS 1662 7320 63 ; ; : 1662 7320 64 cattle cattle NNS 1662 7320 65 , , , 1662 7320 66 pigs pig NNS 1662 7320 67 , , , 1662 7320 68 horses horse NNS 1662 7320 69 , , , 1662 7320 70 meat meat NN 1662 7320 71 , , , 1662 7320 72 cheese cheese NN 1662 7320 73 , , , 1662 7320 74 hides hide VBZ 1662 7320 75 Exports export NNS 1662 7320 76 : : : 1662 7320 77 trade trade NN 1662 7320 78 data datum NNS 1662 7320 79 are be VBP 1662 7320 80 included include VBN 1662 7320 81 with with IN 1662 7320 82 the the DT 1662 7320 83 statistics statistic NNS 1662 7320 84 for for IN 1662 7320 85 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7320 86 ; ; : 1662 7320 87 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7320 88 : : : 1662 7320 89 building build VBG 1662 7320 90 stone stone NN 1662 7320 91 , , , 1662 7320 92 lime lime NN 1662 7320 93 , , , 1662 7320 94 wood wood NN 1662 7320 95 , , , 1662 7320 96 chestnuts chestnut NNS 1662 7320 97 , , , 1662 7320 98 wheat wheat NN 1662 7320 99 , , , 1662 7320 100 wine wine NN 1662 7320 101 , , , 1662 7320 102 baked bake VBN 1662 7320 103 goods good NNS 1662 7320 104 , , , 1662 7320 105 hides hide NNS 1662 7320 106 , , , 1662 7320 107 and and CC 1662 7320 108 ceramics ceramic NNS 1662 7320 109 Imports import NNS 1662 7320 110 : : : 1662 7320 111 trade trade NN 1662 7320 112 data datum NNS 1662 7320 113 are be VBP 1662 7320 114 included include VBN 1662 7320 115 with with IN 1662 7320 116 the the DT 1662 7320 117 statistics statistic NNS 1662 7320 118 for for IN 1662 7320 119 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7320 120 ; ; : 1662 7320 121 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7320 122 : : : 1662 7320 123 wide wide JJ 1662 7320 124 variety variety NN 1662 7320 125 of of IN 1662 7320 126 consumer consumer NN 1662 7320 127 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 7320 128 , , , 1662 7320 129 food food NN 1662 7320 130 Debt debt NN 1662 7320 131 - - HYPH 1662 7320 132 external external JJ 1662 7320 133 : : : 1662 7320 134 $ $ $ 1662 7320 135 NA na JJ 1662 7320 136 Economic economic JJ 1662 7320 137 aid aid NN 1662 7320 138 : : : 1662 7320 139 recipient recipient NN 1662 7320 140 : : : 1662 7320 141 ODA ODA NNP 1662 7320 142 , , , 1662 7320 143 $ $ $ 1662 7320 144 NA NA NNP 1662 7320 145 Currency currency NN 1662 7320 146 : : : 1662 7320 147 1 1 CD 1662 7320 148 Italian italian JJ 1662 7320 149 lire lira NNS 1662 7320 150 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7320 151 Lit Lit NNP 1662 7320 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7320 153 = = NFP 1662 7320 154 100 100 CD 1662 7320 155 centesimi centesimi NN 1662 7320 156 ; ; : 1662 7320 157 note note VB 1662 7320 158 - - HYPH 1662 7320 159 also also RB 1662 7320 160 mints mint VBZ 1662 7320 161 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7320 162 own own JJ 1662 7320 163 coins coin NNS 1662 7320 164 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 7320 165 rates rate NNS 1662 7320 166 : : : 1662 7320 167 Italian italian JJ 1662 7320 168 lire lira NNS 1662 7320 169 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7320 170 Lit Lit NNP 1662 7320 171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7320 172 per per IN 1662 7320 173 US$ us$ $ 1662 7320 174 1 1 CD 1662 7320 175 - - SYM 1662 7320 176 1,568.1 1,568.1 CD 1662 7320 177 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7320 178 January January NNP 1662 7320 179 1997 1997 CD 1662 7320 180 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7320 181 , , , 1662 7320 182 1,542.9 1,542.9 CD 1662 7320 183 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7320 184 1996 1996 CD 1662 7320 185 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7320 186 , , , 1662 7320 187 1,628.9 1,628.9 CD 1662 7320 188 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7320 189 1995 1995 CD 1662 7320 190 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7320 191 , , , 1662 7320 192 1,612.4 1,612.4 CD 1662 7320 193 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7320 194 1994 1994 CD 1662 7320 195 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7320 196 , , , 1662 7320 197 1,573.7 1,573.7 CD 1662 7320 198 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7320 199 1993 1993 CD 1662 7320 200 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7320 201 , , , 1662 7320 202 1,232.4 1,232.4 CD 1662 7320 203 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7320 204 1992 1992 CD 1662 7320 205 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7320 206 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7320 207 year year NN 1662 7320 208 : : : 1662 7320 209 calendar calendar NNP 1662 7320 210 year year NN 1662 7320 211 @San @San : 1662 7320 212 Marino Marino NNP 1662 7320 213 : : : 1662 7320 214 Communications communication NNS 1662 7320 215 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 7320 216 : : : 1662 7320 217 15,000 15,000 CD 1662 7320 218 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7320 219 1995 1995 CD 1662 7320 220 est est NNP 1662 7320 221 . . . 1662 7320 222 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7321 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 7321 2 system system NN 1662 7321 3 : : : 1662 7321 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7321 5 : : : 1662 7321 6 automatic automatic JJ 1662 7321 7 telephone telephone NN 1662 7321 8 system system NN 1662 7321 9 completely completely RB 1662 7321 10 integrated integrate VBN 1662 7321 11 into into IN 1662 7321 12 Italian italian JJ 1662 7321 13 system system NN 1662 7321 14 international international JJ 1662 7321 15 : : : 1662 7321 16 microwave microwave NN 1662 7321 17 radio radio NN 1662 7321 18 relay relay NN 1662 7321 19 and and CC 1662 7321 20 cable cable NN 1662 7321 21 connections connection NNS 1662 7321 22 to to IN 1662 7321 23 Italian italian JJ 1662 7321 24 network network NN 1662 7321 25 ; ; : 1662 7321 26 no no DT 1662 7321 27 satellite satellite NN 1662 7321 28 earth earth NN 1662 7321 29 stations station NNS 1662 7321 30 Radio radio NN 1662 7321 31 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7321 32 stations station NNS 1662 7321 33 : : : 1662 7321 34 AM am VBP 1662 7321 35 NA NA NNP 1662 7321 36 , , , 1662 7321 37 FM FM NNP 1662 7321 38 NA NA NNP 1662 7321 39 , , , 1662 7321 40 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 7321 41 NA NA NNP 1662 7321 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7321 43 1 1 CD 1662 7321 44 private private JJ 1662 7321 45 radio radio NN 1662 7321 46 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7321 47 station station NN 1662 7321 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7321 49 Radios radio NNS 1662 7321 50 : : : 1662 7321 51 12,535 12,535 CD 1662 7321 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7321 53 1991 1991 CD 1662 7321 54 est est NNP 1662 7321 55 . . . 1662 7321 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7322 1 Television television NN 1662 7322 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7322 3 stations station NNS 1662 7322 4 : : : 1662 7322 5 1 1 CD 1662 7322 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7322 7 1991 1991 CD 1662 7322 8 est est NNP 1662 7322 9 . . . 1662 7322 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7323 1 note note VB 1662 7323 2 : : : 1662 7323 3 receives receive NNS 1662 7323 4 broadcasts broadcast NNS 1662 7323 5 from from IN 1662 7323 6 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7323 7 Televisions Televisions NNP 1662 7323 8 : : : 1662 7323 9 7,500 7,500 CD 1662 7323 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7323 11 1992 1992 CD 1662 7323 12 est est NNP 1662 7323 13 . . . 1662 7323 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7324 1 @San @San : 1662 7324 2 Marino Marino NNP 1662 7324 3 : : : 1662 7324 4 Transportation transportation NN 1662 7324 5 Railways railway NNS 1662 7324 6 : : : 1662 7324 7 0 0 CD 1662 7324 8 km km NN 1662 7324 9 ; ; : 1662 7324 10 note note VB 1662 7324 11 - - : 1662 7324 12 there there EX 1662 7324 13 is be VBZ 1662 7324 14 a a DT 1662 7324 15 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 7324 16 km km NN 1662 7324 17 cable cable NN 1662 7324 18 railway railway NN 1662 7324 19 connecting connect VBG 1662 7324 20 the the DT 1662 7324 21 city city NN 1662 7324 22 of of IN 1662 7324 23 San San NNP 1662 7324 24 Marino Marino NNP 1662 7324 25 to to IN 1662 7324 26 Borgo Borgo NNP 1662 7324 27 Maggiore Maggiore NNP 1662 7324 28 Highways Highways NNP 1662 7324 29 : : : 1662 7324 30 total total NN 1662 7324 31 : : : 1662 7324 32 220 220 CD 1662 7324 33 km km NN 1662 7324 34 paved pave VBN 1662 7324 35 : : : 1662 7324 36 NA NA NNP 1662 7324 37 km km PRP 1662 7324 38 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7324 39 : : : 1662 7324 40 NA NA NNP 1662 7324 41 km km VB 1662 7324 42 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 7324 43 and and CC 1662 7324 44 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7324 45 : : : 1662 7324 46 none none NN 1662 7324 47 Airports airport NNS 1662 7324 48 : : : 1662 7324 49 none none NN 1662 7324 50 Military military JJ 1662 7324 51 Military military JJ 1662 7324 52 branches branch NNS 1662 7324 53 : : : 1662 7324 54 Voluntary Voluntary NNP 1662 7324 55 Military Military NNP 1662 7324 56 Force Force NNP 1662 7324 57 , , , 1662 7324 58 Police Police NNP 1662 7324 59 Force Force NNP 1662 7324 60 Military Military NNP 1662 7324 61 manpower manpower NN 1662 7324 62 - - HYPH 1662 7324 63 availability availability NN 1662 7324 64 : : : 1662 7324 65 males male NNS 1662 7324 66 age age NNP 1662 7324 67 15 15 CD 1662 7324 68 - - SYM 1662 7324 69 49 49 CD 1662 7324 70 : : : 1662 7324 71 NA NA NNP 1662 7324 72 Military military JJ 1662 7324 73 manpower manpower NN 1662 7324 74 - - HYPH 1662 7324 75 fit fit NN 1662 7324 76 for for IN 1662 7324 77 military military JJ 1662 7324 78 service service NN 1662 7324 79 : : : 1662 7324 80 males male NNS 1662 7324 81 : : : 1662 7324 82 NA NA NNP 1662 7324 83 Military military JJ 1662 7324 84 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7324 85 - - HYPH 1662 7324 86 dollar dollar NN 1662 7324 87 figure figure NN 1662 7324 88 : : : 1662 7324 89 $ $ $ 1662 7324 90 3.7 3.7 CD 1662 7324 91 million million CD 1662 7324 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7324 93 1995 1995 CD 1662 7324 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7324 95 Military military JJ 1662 7324 96 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7324 97 - - : 1662 7324 98 percent percent NN 1662 7324 99 of of IN 1662 7324 100 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7324 101 : : : 1662 7324 102 1 1 CD 1662 7324 103 % % NN 1662 7324 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7324 105 1995 1995 CD 1662 7324 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7324 107 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7324 108 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7324 109 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 7324 110 - - : 1662 7324 111 international international RB 1662 7324 112 : : : 1662 7324 113 none none NN 1662 7324 114 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 115 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 116 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 117 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 118 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 119 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 120 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 121 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 122 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 123 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 124 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 125 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 126 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 127 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 128 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 129 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 130 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 131 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 132 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 133 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 134 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 135 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 136 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 137 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 138 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 139 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 140 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 141 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 142 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 143 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 144 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 145 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 146 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 147 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 148 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 149 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 150 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 151 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 152 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 153 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 154 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 155 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 156 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 157 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 158 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 159 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 160 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 161 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 162 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 163 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 164 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 165 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 166 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 167 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 168 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 169 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 170 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 171 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 172 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 173 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 174 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 175 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 176 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 177 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 178 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 179 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 180 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 181 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 182 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 183 _ _ NNP 1662 7324 184 SAO SAO NNP 1662 7324 185 TOME tome NN 1662 7324 186 AND and CC 1662 7324 187 PRINCIPE PRINCIPE NNS 1662 7324 188 @Sao @Sao : 1662 7324 189 Tome Tome NNP 1662 7324 190 and and CC 1662 7324 191 Principe principe NN 1662 7324 192 : : : 1662 7324 193 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7324 194 Location Location NNP 1662 7324 195 : : : 1662 7324 196 Western Western NNP 1662 7324 197 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7324 198 , , , 1662 7324 199 island island NN 1662 7324 200 in in IN 1662 7324 201 the the DT 1662 7324 202 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 7324 203 of of IN 1662 7324 204 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 7324 205 , , , 1662 7324 206 straddling straddle VBG 1662 7324 207 the the DT 1662 7324 208 Equator Equator NNP 1662 7324 209 , , , 1662 7324 210 west west NN 1662 7324 211 of of IN 1662 7324 212 Gabon Gabon NNP 1662 7324 213 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7324 214 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7324 215 : : : 1662 7324 216 1 1 CD 1662 7324 217 00 00 CD 1662 7324 218 N n CD 1662 7324 219 , , , 1662 7324 220 7 7 CD 1662 7324 221 00 00 CD 1662 7324 222 E e NN 1662 7324 223 Map Map NNP 1662 7324 224 references reference NNS 1662 7324 225 : : : 1662 7324 226 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7324 227 Area Area NNP 1662 7324 228 : : : 1662 7324 229 total total NN 1662 7324 230 : : : 1662 7324 231 960 960 CD 1662 7324 232 sq sq NN 1662 7324 233 km km NNP 1662 7324 234 land land NN 1662 7324 235 : : : 1662 7324 236 960 960 CD 1662 7324 237 sq sq NN 1662 7324 238 km km NN 1662 7324 239 water water NN 1662 7324 240 : : : 1662 7324 241 0 0 NFP 1662 7324 242 sq sq NN 1662 7324 243 km km NNP 1662 7324 244 Area area NN 1662 7324 245 - - HYPH 1662 7324 246 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7324 247 : : : 1662 7324 248 more more JJR 1662 7324 249 than than IN 1662 7324 250 five five CD 1662 7324 251 times time NNS 1662 7324 252 the the DT 1662 7324 253 size size NN 1662 7324 254 of of IN 1662 7324 255 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7324 256 , , , 1662 7324 257 DC DC NNP 1662 7324 258 Land Land NNP 1662 7324 259 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7324 260 : : : 1662 7324 261 0 0 LS 1662 7324 262 km km NN 1662 7324 263 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7324 264 : : : 1662 7324 265 209 209 CD 1662 7324 266 km km NN 1662 7324 267 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7324 268 claims claim NNS 1662 7324 269 : : : 1662 7324 270 measured measure VBN 1662 7324 271 from from IN 1662 7324 272 claimed claim VBN 1662 7324 273 archipelagic archipelagic JJ 1662 7324 274 baselines baseline NNS 1662 7324 275 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 7324 276 economic economic JJ 1662 7324 277 zone zone NN 1662 7324 278 : : : 1662 7324 279 200 200 CD 1662 7324 280 nm nm CD 1662 7324 281 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7324 282 sea sea NN 1662 7324 283 : : : 1662 7324 284 12 12 CD 1662 7324 285 nm nm NNP 1662 7324 286 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7324 287 : : : 1662 7324 288 tropical tropical JJ 1662 7324 289 ; ; : 1662 7324 290 hot hot JJ 1662 7324 291 , , , 1662 7324 292 humid humid JJ 1662 7324 293 ; ; : 1662 7324 294 one one CD 1662 7324 295 rainy rainy JJ 1662 7324 296 season season NN 1662 7324 297 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7324 298 October October NNP 1662 7324 299 to to IN 1662 7324 300 May May NNP 1662 7324 301 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7324 302 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7324 303 : : : 1662 7324 304 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 7324 305 , , , 1662 7324 306 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 7324 307 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7324 308 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7324 309 : : : 1662 7324 310 lowest low JJS 1662 7324 311 point point NN 1662 7324 312 : : : 1662 7324 313 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7324 314 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7324 315 0 0 NFP 1662 7324 316 m m DT 1662 7324 317 highest high JJS 1662 7324 318 point point NN 1662 7324 319 : : : 1662 7324 320 Pico pico NN 1662 7324 321 de de NNP 1662 7324 322 Sao Sao NNP 1662 7324 323 Tome Tome NNP 1662 7324 324 2,024 2,024 CD 1662 7324 325 m m CD 1662 7324 326 Natural natural JJ 1662 7324 327 resources resource NNS 1662 7324 328 : : : 1662 7324 329 fish fish VB 1662 7324 330 Land land NN 1662 7324 331 use use NN 1662 7324 332 : : : 1662 7324 333 arable arable JJ 1662 7324 334 land land NN 1662 7324 335 : : : 1662 7324 336 2 2 CD 1662 7324 337 % % NN 1662 7324 338 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7324 339 crops crop NNS 1662 7324 340 : : : 1662 7324 341 36 36 CD 1662 7324 342 % % NN 1662 7324 343 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7324 344 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7324 345 : : : 1662 7324 346 1 1 CD 1662 7324 347 % % NN 1662 7324 348 forests forest NNS 1662 7324 349 and and CC 1662 7324 350 woodland woodland NN 1662 7324 351 : : : 1662 7324 352 NA% NA% NNS 1662 7324 353 other other JJ 1662 7324 354 : : : 1662 7324 355 61 61 CD 1662 7324 356 % % NN 1662 7324 357 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7324 358 1993 1993 CD 1662 7324 359 est est NNP 1662 7324 360 . . . 1662 7324 361 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7325 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7325 2 land land NN 1662 7325 3 : : : 1662 7325 4 100 100 CD 1662 7325 5 sq sq NNP 1662 7325 6 km km NNP 1662 7325 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7325 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 7325 9 est est NNP 1662 7325 10 . . . 1662 7325 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7326 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 7326 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7326 3 : : : 1662 7326 4 NA NA NNP 1662 7326 5 Environment environment NN 1662 7326 6 - - HYPH 1662 7326 7 current current JJ 1662 7326 8 issues issue NNS 1662 7326 9 : : : 1662 7326 10 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 7326 11 ; ; , 1662 7326 12 soil soil NN 1662 7326 13 erosion erosion NN 1662 7326 14 and and CC 1662 7326 15 exhaustion exhaustion NN 1662 7326 16 Environment environment NN 1662 7326 17 - - HYPH 1662 7326 18 international international JJ 1662 7326 19 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7326 20 : : : 1662 7326 21 party party NN 1662 7326 22 to to TO 1662 7326 23 : : : 1662 7326 24 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 7326 25 Modification Modification NNP 1662 7326 26 , , , 1662 7326 27 Law Law NNP 1662 7326 28 of of IN 1662 7326 29 the the DT 1662 7326 30 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7326 31 signed sign VBD 1662 7326 32 , , , 1662 7326 33 but but CC 1662 7326 34 not not RB 1662 7326 35 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7326 36 : : : 1662 7326 37 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 7326 38 , , , 1662 7326 39 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7326 40 Change Change NNP 1662 7326 41 , , , 1662 7326 42 Desertification desertification NN 1662 7326 43 @Sao @Sao : 1662 7326 44 Tome Tome NNP 1662 7326 45 and and CC 1662 7326 46 Principe principe NN 1662 7326 47 : : : 1662 7326 48 People People NNPS 1662 7326 49 Population Population NNP 1662 7326 50 : : : 1662 7326 51 147,865 147,865 CD 1662 7326 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7326 53 July July NNP 1662 7326 54 1997 1997 CD 1662 7326 55 est est NNP 1662 7326 56 . . . 1662 7326 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7327 1 Age age NN 1662 7327 2 structure structure NN 1662 7327 3 : : : 1662 7327 4 0 0 CD 1662 7327 5 - - HYPH 1662 7327 6 14 14 CD 1662 7327 7 years year NNS 1662 7327 8 : : : 1662 7327 9 40 40 CD 1662 7327 10 % % NN 1662 7327 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7327 12 male male JJ 1662 7327 13 29,815 29,815 CD 1662 7327 14 ; ; : 1662 7327 15 female female JJ 1662 7327 16 29,307 29,307 CD 1662 7327 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7327 18 15 15 CD 1662 7327 19 - - HYPH 1662 7327 20 64 64 CD 1662 7327 21 years year NNS 1662 7327 22 : : : 1662 7327 23 55 55 CD 1662 7327 24 % % NN 1662 7327 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7327 26 male male JJ 1662 7327 27 40,830 40,830 CD 1662 7327 28 ; ; : 1662 7327 29 female female JJ 1662 7327 30 41,056 41,056 CD 1662 7327 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7327 32 65 65 CD 1662 7327 33 years year NNS 1662 7327 34 and and CC 1662 7327 35 over over IN 1662 7327 36 : : : 1662 7327 37 5 5 CD 1662 7327 38 % % NN 1662 7327 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7327 40 male male JJ 1662 7327 41 3,053 3,053 CD 1662 7327 42 ; ; : 1662 7327 43 female female JJ 1662 7327 44 3,804 3,804 CD 1662 7327 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7327 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7327 47 July July NNP 1662 7327 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7327 49 est est NNP 1662 7327 50 . . . 1662 7327 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7328 1 Population population NN 1662 7328 2 growth growth NN 1662 7328 3 rate rate NN 1662 7328 4 : : : 1662 7328 5 2.54 2.54 CD 1662 7328 6 % % NN 1662 7328 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7328 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7328 9 est est NNP 1662 7328 10 . . . 1662 7328 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7329 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7329 2 rate rate NN 1662 7329 3 : : : 1662 7329 4 33.77 33.77 CD 1662 7329 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 7329 6 population population NN 1662 7329 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7329 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7329 9 est est NNP 1662 7329 10 . . . 1662 7329 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7330 1 Death death NN 1662 7330 2 rate rate NN 1662 7330 3 : : : 1662 7330 4 8.4 8.4 CD 1662 7330 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7330 6 population population NN 1662 7330 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7330 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7330 9 est est NNP 1662 7330 10 . . . 1662 7330 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7331 1 Net net JJ 1662 7331 2 migration migration NN 1662 7331 3 rate rate NN 1662 7331 4 : : : 1662 7331 5 0 0 NFP 1662 7331 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 7331 7 population population NN 1662 7331 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7331 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7331 10 est est NNP 1662 7331 11 . . . 1662 7331 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7332 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7332 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7332 3 : : : 1662 7332 4 at at IN 1662 7332 5 birth birth NN 1662 7332 6 : : : 1662 7332 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 7332 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7332 9 under under IN 1662 7332 10 15 15 CD 1662 7332 11 years year NNS 1662 7332 12 : : : 1662 7332 13 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 7332 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7332 15 15 15 CD 1662 7332 16 - - HYPH 1662 7332 17 64 64 CD 1662 7332 18 years year NNS 1662 7332 19 : : : 1662 7332 20 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 7332 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7332 22 65 65 CD 1662 7332 23 years year NNS 1662 7332 24 and and CC 1662 7332 25 over over IN 1662 7332 26 : : : 1662 7332 27 0.8 0.8 CD 1662 7332 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7332 29 total total JJ 1662 7332 30 population population NN 1662 7332 31 : : : 1662 7332 32 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 7332 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7332 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7332 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7332 36 est est NNP 1662 7332 37 . . . 1662 7332 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7333 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7333 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7333 3 rate rate NN 1662 7333 4 : : : 1662 7333 5 60.2 60.2 CD 1662 7333 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7333 7 live live JJ 1662 7333 8 births birth NNS 1662 7333 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7333 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7333 11 est est NNP 1662 7333 12 . . . 1662 7333 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7334 1 Life life NN 1662 7334 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7334 3 at at IN 1662 7334 4 birth birth NN 1662 7334 5 : : : 1662 7334 6 total total JJ 1662 7334 7 population population NN 1662 7334 8 : : : 1662 7334 9 64.09 64.09 CD 1662 7334 10 years year NNS 1662 7334 11 male male NN 1662 7334 12 : : : 1662 7334 13 62.15 62.15 CD 1662 7334 14 years year NNS 1662 7334 15 female female JJ 1662 7334 16 : : : 1662 7334 17 66.08 66.08 CD 1662 7334 18 years year NNS 1662 7334 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7334 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 7334 21 est est NNP 1662 7334 22 . . . 1662 7334 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7335 1 Total total JJ 1662 7335 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7335 3 rate rate NN 1662 7335 4 : : : 1662 7335 5 4.22 4.22 CD 1662 7335 6 children child NNS 1662 7335 7 born bear VBN 1662 7335 8 / / SYM 1662 7335 9 woman woman NN 1662 7335 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7335 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7335 12 est est NNP 1662 7335 13 . . . 1662 7335 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7336 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7336 2 : : : 1662 7336 3 noun noun NN 1662 7336 4 : : : 1662 7336 5 Sao Sao NNP 1662 7336 6 Tomean(s tomean(s CD 1662 7336 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7336 8 adjective adjective NN 1662 7336 9 : : : 1662 7336 10 Sao Sao NNP 1662 7336 11 Tomean Tomean NNP 1662 7336 12 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7336 13 groups group NNS 1662 7336 14 : : : 1662 7336 15 mestico mestico NNP 1662 7336 16 , , , 1662 7336 17 angolares angolare NNS 1662 7336 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7336 19 descendants descendant NNS 1662 7336 20 of of IN 1662 7336 21 Angolan angolan JJ 1662 7336 22 slaves slave NNS 1662 7336 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7336 24 , , , 1662 7336 25 forros forro NNS 1662 7336 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7336 27 descendants descendant NNS 1662 7336 28 of of IN 1662 7336 29 freed free VBN 1662 7336 30 slaves slave NNS 1662 7336 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7336 32 , , , 1662 7336 33 servicais servicais NNP 1662 7336 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7336 35 contract contract NN 1662 7336 36 laborers laborer NNS 1662 7336 37 from from IN 1662 7336 38 Angola Angola NNP 1662 7336 39 , , , 1662 7336 40 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 7336 41 , , , 1662 7336 42 and and CC 1662 7336 43 Cape Cape NNP 1662 7336 44 Verde Verde NNP 1662 7336 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7336 46 , , , 1662 7336 47 tongas tongas NNP 1662 7336 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7336 49 children child NNS 1662 7336 50 of of IN 1662 7336 51 servicais servicais NNP 1662 7336 52 born bear VBN 1662 7336 53 on on IN 1662 7336 54 the the DT 1662 7336 55 islands island NNS 1662 7336 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7336 57 , , , 1662 7336 58 Europeans Europeans NNPS 1662 7336 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7336 60 primarily primarily RB 1662 7336 61 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 7336 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7336 63 Religions religion NNS 1662 7336 64 : : : 1662 7336 65 Roman Roman NNP 1662 7336 66 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 7336 67 , , , 1662 7336 68 Evangelical Evangelical NNP 1662 7336 69 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 7336 70 , , , 1662 7336 71 Seventh Seventh NNP 1662 7336 72 - - HYPH 1662 7336 73 Day Day NNP 1662 7336 74 Adventist Adventist NNP 1662 7336 75 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 7336 76 : : : 1662 7336 77 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 7336 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7336 79 official official JJ 1662 7336 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7336 81 Literacy literacy NN 1662 7336 82 : : : 1662 7336 83 definition definition NN 1662 7336 84 : : : 1662 7336 85 age age NN 1662 7336 86 15 15 CD 1662 7336 87 and and CC 1662 7336 88 over over RB 1662 7336 89 can can MD 1662 7336 90 read read VB 1662 7336 91 and and CC 1662 7336 92 write write VB 1662 7336 93 total total JJ 1662 7336 94 population population NN 1662 7336 95 : : : 1662 7336 96 73 73 CD 1662 7336 97 % % NN 1662 7336 98 male male NN 1662 7336 99 : : : 1662 7336 100 85 85 CD 1662 7336 101 % % NN 1662 7336 102 female female NN 1662 7336 103 : : : 1662 7336 104 62 62 CD 1662 7336 105 % % NN 1662 7336 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7336 107 1991 1991 CD 1662 7336 108 est est NNP 1662 7336 109 . . . 1662 7336 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7337 1 @Sao @Sao : 1662 7337 2 Tome Tome NNP 1662 7337 3 and and CC 1662 7337 4 Principe principe NN 1662 7337 5 : : : 1662 7337 6 Government Government NNP 1662 7337 7 Country Country NNP 1662 7337 8 name name NN 1662 7337 9 : : : 1662 7337 10 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7337 11 long long JJ 1662 7337 12 form form NN 1662 7337 13 : : : 1662 7337 14 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7337 15 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7337 16 of of IN 1662 7337 17 Sao Sao NNP 1662 7337 18 Tome Tome NNP 1662 7337 19 and and CC 1662 7337 20 Principe principe NN 1662 7337 21 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7337 22 short short JJ 1662 7337 23 form form NN 1662 7337 24 : : : 1662 7337 25 Sao Sao NNP 1662 7337 26 Tome Tome NNP 1662 7337 27 and and CC 1662 7337 28 Principe principe VBP 1662 7337 29 local local JJ 1662 7337 30 long long JJ 1662 7337 31 form form NN 1662 7337 32 : : : 1662 7337 33 Republica Republica NNP 1662 7337 34 Democratica Democratica NNP 1662 7337 35 de de NNP 1662 7337 36 Sao Sao NNP 1662 7337 37 Tome Tome NNP 1662 7337 38 e e XX 1662 7337 39 Principe Principe JJR 1662 7337 40 local local JJ 1662 7337 41 short short JJ 1662 7337 42 form form NN 1662 7337 43 : : : 1662 7337 44 Sao Sao NNP 1662 7337 45 Tome Tome NNP 1662 7337 46 e e XX 1662 7337 47 Principe Principe NNP 1662 7337 48 Data Data NNP 1662 7337 49 code code NN 1662 7337 50 : : : 1662 7337 51 TP TP NNP 1662 7337 52 Government Government NNP 1662 7337 53 type type NN 1662 7337 54 : : : 1662 7337 55 republic republic NNP 1662 7337 56 National national JJ 1662 7337 57 capital capital NN 1662 7337 58 : : : 1662 7337 59 Sao Sao NNP 1662 7337 60 Tome Tome NNP 1662 7337 61 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 7337 62 divisions division NNS 1662 7337 63 : : : 1662 7337 64 2 2 CD 1662 7337 65 districts district NNS 1662 7337 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7337 67 concelhos concelhos NN 1662 7337 68 , , , 1662 7337 69 singular singular JJ 1662 7337 70 - - HYPH 1662 7337 71 concelho concelho NN 1662 7337 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7337 73 ; ; : 1662 7337 74 Principe principe NN 1662 7337 75 , , , 1662 7337 76 Sao Sao NNP 1662 7337 77 Tome Tome NNP 1662 7337 78 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7337 79 : : : 1662 7337 80 12 12 CD 1662 7337 81 July July NNP 1662 7337 82 1975 1975 CD 1662 7337 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7337 84 from from IN 1662 7337 85 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 7337 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7337 87 National national JJ 1662 7337 88 holiday holiday NN 1662 7337 89 : : : 1662 7337 90 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7337 91 Day Day NNP 1662 7337 92 , , , 1662 7337 93 12 12 CD 1662 7337 94 July July NNP 1662 7337 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7337 96 1975 1975 CD 1662 7337 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7337 98 Constitution constitution NN 1662 7337 99 : : : 1662 7337 100 approved approve VBN 1662 7337 101 March March NNP 1662 7337 102 1990 1990 CD 1662 7337 103 ; ; : 1662 7337 104 effective effective JJ 1662 7337 105 10 10 CD 1662 7337 106 September September NNP 1662 7337 107 1990 1990 CD 1662 7337 108 Legal legal JJ 1662 7337 109 system system NN 1662 7337 110 : : : 1662 7337 111 based base VBN 1662 7337 112 on on IN 1662 7337 113 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 7337 114 legal legal JJ 1662 7337 115 system system NN 1662 7337 116 and and CC 1662 7337 117 customary customary JJ 1662 7337 118 law law NN 1662 7337 119 ; ; : 1662 7337 120 has have VBZ 1662 7337 121 not not RB 1662 7337 122 accepted accept VBN 1662 7337 123 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 7337 124 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 7337 125 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 7337 126 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 7337 127 : : : 1662 7337 128 18 18 CD 1662 7337 129 years year NNS 1662 7337 130 of of IN 1662 7337 131 age age NN 1662 7337 132 ; ; : 1662 7337 133 universal universal JJ 1662 7337 134 Executive Executive NNP 1662 7337 135 branch branch NN 1662 7337 136 : : : 1662 7337 137 chief chief NN 1662 7337 138 of of IN 1662 7337 139 state state NN 1662 7337 140 : : : 1662 7337 141 President President NNP 1662 7337 142 Miguel Miguel NNP 1662 7337 143 TROVOADA TROVOADA NNP 1662 7337 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7337 145 since since IN 1662 7337 146 4 4 CD 1662 7337 147 April April NNP 1662 7337 148 1991 1991 CD 1662 7337 149 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7337 150 head head NN 1662 7337 151 of of IN 1662 7337 152 government government NN 1662 7337 153 : : : 1662 7337 154 Prime Prime NNP 1662 7337 155 Minister Minister NNP 1662 7337 156 Raul Raul NNP 1662 7337 157 Wagner Wagner NNP 1662 7337 158 BRAGANCA BRAGANCA NNP 1662 7337 159 NETO NETO NNP 1662 7337 160 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7337 161 since since IN 1662 7337 162 20 20 CD 1662 7337 163 November November NNP 1662 7337 164 1996 1996 CD 1662 7337 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7337 166 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7337 167 : : : 1662 7337 168 Council Council NNP 1662 7337 169 of of IN 1662 7337 170 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 7337 171 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7337 172 by by IN 1662 7337 173 the the DT 1662 7337 174 president president NN 1662 7337 175 on on IN 1662 7337 176 the the DT 1662 7337 177 proposal proposal NN 1662 7337 178 of of IN 1662 7337 179 the the DT 1662 7337 180 prime prime NNP 1662 7337 181 minister minister NNP 1662 7337 182 elections election NNS 1662 7337 183 : : : 1662 7337 184 president president NNP 1662 7337 185 elected elect VBN 1662 7337 186 by by IN 1662 7337 187 popular popular JJ 1662 7337 188 vote vote NN 1662 7337 189 for for IN 1662 7337 190 a a DT 1662 7337 191 five five CD 1662 7337 192 - - HYPH 1662 7337 193 year year NN 1662 7337 194 term term NN 1662 7337 195 ; ; : 1662 7337 196 election election NN 1662 7337 197 last last JJ 1662 7337 198 held hold VBD 1662 7337 199 30 30 CD 1662 7337 200 June June NNP 1662 7337 201 and and CC 1662 7337 202 15 15 CD 1662 7337 203 July July NNP 1662 7337 204 1996 1996 CD 1662 7337 205 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7337 206 next next JJ 1662 7337 207 to to TO 1662 7337 208 be be VB 1662 7337 209 held hold VBN 1662 7337 210 in in IN 1662 7337 211 2001 2001 CD 1662 7337 212 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7337 213 ; ; : 1662 7337 214 prime prime NNP 1662 7337 215 minister minister NNP 1662 7337 216 chosen choose VBN 1662 7337 217 by by IN 1662 7337 218 the the DT 1662 7337 219 National National NNP 1662 7337 220 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7337 221 and and CC 1662 7337 222 approved approve VBN 1662 7337 223 by by IN 1662 7337 224 the the DT 1662 7337 225 president president NNP 1662 7337 226 election election NN 1662 7337 227 results result NNS 1662 7337 228 : : : 1662 7337 229 Miguel Miguel NNP 1662 7337 230 TROVOADA TROVOADA NNP 1662 7337 231 reelected reelect VBD 1662 7337 232 president president NN 1662 7337 233 in in IN 1662 7337 234 Sao Sao NNP 1662 7337 235 Tome Tome NNP 1662 7337 236 's 's POS 1662 7337 237 second second JJ 1662 7337 238 multiparty multiparty JJ 1662 7337 239 presidential presidential JJ 1662 7337 240 election election NN 1662 7337 241 ; ; , 1662 7337 242 percent percent NN 1662 7337 243 of of IN 1662 7337 244 vote vote NN 1662 7337 245 - - HYPH 1662 7337 246 NA NA NNP 1662 7337 247 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 7337 248 branch branch NN 1662 7337 249 : : : 1662 7337 250 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 7337 251 National National NNP 1662 7337 252 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7337 253 or or CC 1662 7337 254 Assembleia Assembleia NNP 1662 7337 255 Nacional Nacional NNP 1662 7337 256 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7337 257 55 55 CD 1662 7337 258 seats seat NNS 1662 7337 259 ; ; : 1662 7337 260 members member NNS 1662 7337 261 are be VBP 1662 7337 262 elected elect VBN 1662 7337 263 by by IN 1662 7337 264 direct direct JJ 1662 7337 265 popular popular JJ 1662 7337 266 vote vote NN 1662 7337 267 to to TO 1662 7337 268 serve serve VB 1662 7337 269 five five CD 1662 7337 270 - - HYPH 1662 7337 271 year year NN 1662 7337 272 terms term NNS 1662 7337 273 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7337 274 elections election NNS 1662 7337 275 : : : 1662 7337 276 parliament parliament NN 1662 7337 277 dissolved dissolve VBN 1662 7337 278 by by IN 1662 7337 279 President President NNP 1662 7337 280 TROVOADA TROVOADA NNP 1662 7337 281 in in IN 1662 7337 282 July July NNP 1662 7337 283 1994 1994 CD 1662 7337 284 ; ; : 1662 7337 285 early early JJ 1662 7337 286 elections election NNS 1662 7337 287 held hold VBD 1662 7337 288 2 2 CD 1662 7337 289 October October NNP 1662 7337 290 1994 1994 CD 1662 7337 291 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7337 292 next next JJ 1662 7337 293 to to TO 1662 7337 294 be be VB 1662 7337 295 held hold VBN 1662 7337 296 October October NNP 1662 7337 297 1998 1998 CD 1662 7337 298 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7337 299 election election NN 1662 7337 300 results result NNS 1662 7337 301 : : : 1662 7337 302 percent percent NN 1662 7337 303 of of IN 1662 7337 304 vote vote NN 1662 7337 305 by by IN 1662 7337 306 party party NN 1662 7337 307 - - HYPH 1662 7337 308 MLSTP MLSTP NNP 1662 7337 309 49 49 CD 1662 7337 310 % % NN 1662 7337 311 , , , 1662 7337 312 PCD PCD NNP 1662 7337 313 - - HYPH 1662 7337 314 GR GR NNP 1662 7337 315 25.5 25.5 CD 1662 7337 316 % % NN 1662 7337 317 , , , 1662 7337 318 ADI ADI NNP 1662 7337 319 25.5 25.5 CD 1662 7337 320 % % NN 1662 7337 321 ; ; , 1662 7337 322 seats seat NNS 1662 7337 323 by by IN 1662 7337 324 party party NN 1662 7337 325 - - HYPH 1662 7337 326 MLSTP MLSTP NNP 1662 7337 327 27 27 CD 1662 7337 328 , , , 1662 7337 329 PCD PCD NNP 1662 7337 330 - - HYPH 1662 7337 331 GR GR NNP 1662 7337 332 14 14 CD 1662 7337 333 , , , 1662 7337 334 ADI ADI NNP 1662 7337 335 14 14 CD 1662 7337 336 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 7337 337 branch branch NN 1662 7337 338 : : : 1662 7337 339 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 7337 340 Court Court NNP 1662 7337 341 , , , 1662 7337 342 judges judge NNS 1662 7337 343 are be VBP 1662 7337 344 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7337 345 by by IN 1662 7337 346 the the DT 1662 7337 347 National National NNP 1662 7337 348 Peoples Peoples NNPS 1662 7337 349 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7337 350 Political political JJ 1662 7337 351 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7337 420 parties party NNS 1662 7337 421 International International NNP 1662 7337 422 organization organization NN 1662 7337 423 participation participation NN 1662 7337 424 : : : 1662 7337 425 ACP ACP NNP 1662 7337 426 , , , 1662 7337 427 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 7337 428 , , , 1662 7337 429 CEEAC CEEAC NNP 1662 7337 430 , , , 1662 7337 431 ECA ECA NNP 1662 7337 432 , , , 1662 7337 433 FAO FAO NNP 1662 7337 434 , , , 1662 7337 435 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 7337 436 , , , 1662 7337 437 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 7337 438 , , , 1662 7337 439 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 7337 440 , , , 1662 7337 441 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 7337 442 , , , 1662 7337 443 IDA IDA NNP 1662 7337 444 , , , 1662 7337 445 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 7337 446 , , , 1662 7337 447 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 7337 448 , , , 1662 7337 449 ILO ILO NNP 1662 7337 450 , , , 1662 7337 451 IMF IMF NNP 1662 7337 452 , , , 1662 7337 453 IMO imo RB 1662 7337 454 , , , 1662 7337 455 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7337 456 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7337 457 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 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7337 534 at at IN 1662 7337 535 122 122 CD 1662 7337 536 East East NNP 1662 7337 537 42nd 42nd NNP 1662 7337 538 Street Street NNP 1662 7337 539 , , , 1662 7337 540 Suite Suite NNP 1662 7337 541 1604 1604 CD 1662 7337 542 , , , 1662 7337 543 New New NNP 1662 7337 544 York York NNP 1662 7337 545 , , , 1662 7337 546 NY NY NNP 1662 7337 547 10168 10168 CD 1662 7337 548 , , , 1662 7337 549 telephone telephone NN 1662 7337 550 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7337 551 1 1 CD 1662 7337 552 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7337 553 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7337 554 212 212 CD 1662 7337 555 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7337 556 697 697 CD 1662 7337 557 - - HYPH 1662 7337 558 4211 4211 CD 1662 7337 559 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7337 560 representation representation NN 1662 7337 561 from from IN 1662 7337 562 the the DT 1662 7337 563 US US NNP 1662 7337 564 : : : 1662 7337 565 the the DT 1662 7337 566 US US NNP 1662 7337 567 does do VBZ 1662 7337 568 not not RB 1662 7337 569 have have VB 1662 7337 570 an an DT 1662 7337 571 embassy embassy NN 1662 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1662 7346 2 - - HYPH 1662 7346 3 per per FW 1662 7346 4 capita capita NN 1662 7346 5 : : : 1662 7346 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7346 7 power power NN 1662 7346 8 parity parity NN 1662 7346 9 - - : 1662 7346 10 $ $ $ 1662 7346 11 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7346 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7346 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 7346 14 est est NNP 1662 7346 15 . . . 1662 7346 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7347 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7347 2 - - HYPH 1662 7347 3 composition composition NN 1662 7347 4 by by IN 1662 7347 5 sector sector NN 1662 7347 6 : : : 1662 7347 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7347 8 : : : 1662 7347 9 28 28 CD 1662 7347 10 % % NN 1662 7347 11 industry industry NN 1662 7347 12 : : : 1662 7347 13 14 14 CD 1662 7347 14 % % NN 1662 7347 15 services service NNS 1662 7347 16 : : : 1662 7347 17 58 58 CD 1662 7347 18 % % NN 1662 7347 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7347 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 7347 21 est est NNP 1662 7347 22 . . . 1662 7347 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7348 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 7348 2 rate rate NN 1662 7348 3 - - HYPH 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revenues revenue NNS 1662 7349 28 : : : 1662 7349 29 $ $ $ 1662 7349 30 58 58 CD 1662 7349 31 million million CD 1662 7349 32 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7349 33 : : : 1662 7349 34 $ $ $ 1662 7349 35 114 114 CD 1662 7349 36 million million CD 1662 7349 37 , , , 1662 7349 38 including include VBG 1662 7349 39 capital capital NN 1662 7349 40 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7349 41 of of IN 1662 7349 42 $ $ $ 1662 7349 43 54 54 CD 1662 7349 44 million million CD 1662 7349 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7349 46 1993 1993 CD 1662 7349 47 est est NNP 1662 7349 48 . . . 1662 7349 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7350 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 7350 2 : : : 1662 7350 3 light light JJ 1662 7350 4 construction construction NN 1662 7350 5 , , , 1662 7350 6 textiles textile NNS 1662 7350 7 , , , 1662 7350 8 soap soap NN 1662 7350 9 , , , 1662 7350 10 beer beer NN 1662 7350 11 ; ; : 1662 7350 12 fish fish NN 1662 7350 13 processing processing NN 1662 7350 14 ; ; : 1662 7350 15 timber timber NN 1662 7350 16 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: : : 1662 7350 53 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 7350 54 , , , 1662 7350 55 coconuts coconut NNS 1662 7350 56 , , , 1662 7350 57 palm palm NN 1662 7350 58 kernels kernel NNS 1662 7350 59 , , , 1662 7350 60 copra copra NNP 1662 7350 61 , , , 1662 7350 62 cinnamon cinnamon NN 1662 7350 63 , , , 1662 7350 64 pepper pepper NN 1662 7350 65 , , , 1662 7350 66 coffee coffee NN 1662 7350 67 , , , 1662 7350 68 bananas banana NNS 1662 7350 69 , , , 1662 7350 70 papaya papaya NNP 1662 7350 71 , , , 1662 7350 72 beans bean NNS 1662 7350 73 ; ; : 1662 7350 74 poultry poultry NN 1662 7350 75 ; ; : 1662 7350 76 fish fish NN 1662 7350 77 Exports export NNS 1662 7350 78 : : : 1662 7350 79 total total JJ 1662 7350 80 value value NN 1662 7350 81 : : : 1662 7350 82 $ $ $ 1662 7350 83 7.8 7.8 CD 1662 7350 84 million million CD 1662 7350 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7350 86 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 7350 87 . . 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NNP 1662 7351 37 , , , 1662 7351 38 1995 1995 CD 1662 7351 39 est est NNP 1662 7351 40 . . . 1662 7351 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7352 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7352 2 : : : 1662 7352 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 7352 4 and and CC 1662 7352 5 electrical electrical JJ 1662 7352 6 equipment equipment NN 1662 7352 7 , , , 1662 7352 8 food food NN 1662 7352 9 products product NNS 1662 7352 10 , , , 1662 7352 11 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7352 12 products product NNS 1662 7352 13 partners partner NNS 1662 7352 14 : : : 1662 7352 15 Portugal Portugal NNP 1662 7352 16 32.2 32.2 CD 1662 7352 17 % % NN 1662 7352 18 , , , 1662 7352 19 France France NNP 1662 7352 20 16.8 16.8 CD 1662 7352 21 % % NN 1662 7352 22 , , , 1662 7352 23 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 7352 24 6.6 6.6 CD 1662 7352 25 % % NN 1662 7352 26 , , , 1662 7352 27 Japan Japan NNP 1662 7352 28 , , , 1662 7352 29 Angola Angola NNP 1662 7352 30 Debt Debt NNP 1662 7352 31 - - HYPH 1662 7352 32 external external JJ 1662 7352 33 : : : 1662 7352 34 $ $ $ 1662 7352 35 250 250 CD 1662 7352 36 million million CD 1662 7352 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7352 38 1995 1995 CD 1662 7352 39 est est NNP 1662 7352 40 . . . 1662 7352 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7353 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 7353 2 aid aid NN 1662 7353 3 : : : 1662 7353 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 7353 5 : : : 1662 7353 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 7353 7 , , , 1662 7353 8 $ $ $ 1662 7353 9 NA NA NNP 1662 7353 10 Currency currency NN 1662 7353 11 : : : 1662 7353 12 1 1 CD 1662 7353 13 dobra dobra NNS 1662 7353 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7353 15 Db Db NNP 1662 7353 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7353 17 = = SYM 1662 7353 18 100 100 CD 1662 7353 19 centimos centimos NNP 1662 7353 20 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 7353 21 rates rate NNS 1662 7353 22 : : : 1662 7353 23 dobras dobras NNP 1662 7353 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7353 25 Db Db NNP 1662 7353 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7353 27 per per IN 1662 7353 28 US$ us$ $ 1662 7353 29 1 1 CD 1662 7353 30 - - SYM 1662 7353 31 2,500 2,500 CD 1662 7353 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7353 33 November November NNP 1662 7353 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 7353 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7353 36 , , , 1662 7353 37 1,610 1,610 CD 1662 7353 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7353 39 May May NNP 1662 7353 40 1995 1995 CD 1662 7353 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7353 42 , , , 1662 7353 43 129.59 129.59 CD 1662 7353 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7353 45 1 1 CD 1662 7353 46 July July NNP 1662 7353 47 1993 1993 CD 1662 7353 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7353 49 , , , 1662 7353 50 230 230 CD 1662 7353 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7353 52 1992 1992 CD 1662 7353 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7353 54 , , , 1662 7353 55 260.0 260.0 CD 1662 7353 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7353 57 November November NNP 1662 7353 58 1991 1991 CD 1662 7353 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7353 60 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7353 61 year year NN 1662 7353 62 : : : 1662 7353 63 calendar calendar NN 1662 7353 64 year year NN 1662 7353 65 @Sao @Sao . 1662 7353 66 Tome Tome NNP 1662 7353 67 and and CC 1662 7353 68 Principe principe NN 1662 7353 69 : : : 1662 7353 70 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 7353 71 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 7353 72 : : : 1662 7353 73 2,200 2,200 CD 1662 7353 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7353 75 1986 1986 CD 1662 7353 76 est est NNP 1662 7353 77 . . . 1662 7353 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7354 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 7354 2 system system NN 1662 7354 3 : : : 1662 7354 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7354 5 : : : 1662 7354 6 minimal minimal JJ 1662 7354 7 system system NN 1662 7354 8 international international NNP 1662 7354 9 : : : 1662 7354 10 satellite satellite NN 1662 7354 11 earth earth NNP 1662 7354 12 station station NNP 1662 7354 13 - - : 1662 7354 14 1 1 CD 1662 7354 15 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7354 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7354 17 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7354 18 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7354 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7354 20 Radio radio NN 1662 7354 21 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7354 22 stations station NNS 1662 7354 23 : : : 1662 7354 24 AM AM NNP 1662 7354 25 1 1 CD 1662 7354 26 , , , 1662 7354 27 FM FM NNP 1662 7354 28 2 2 CD 1662 7354 29 , , , 1662 7354 30 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 7354 31 0 0 CD 1662 7354 32 Radios radio NNS 1662 7354 33 : : : 1662 7354 34 33,000 33,000 CD 1662 7354 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7354 36 1992 1992 CD 1662 7354 37 est est NNP 1662 7354 38 . . . 1662 7354 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7355 1 Television television NN 1662 7355 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7355 3 stations station NNS 1662 7355 4 : : : 1662 7355 5 1 1 CD 1662 7355 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7355 7 1992 1992 CD 1662 7355 8 est est NNP 1662 7355 9 . . . 1662 7355 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7356 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 7356 2 : : : 1662 7356 3 NA NA NNP 1662 7356 4 @Sao @Sao : 1662 7356 5 Tome Tome NNP 1662 7356 6 and and CC 1662 7356 7 Principe principe NN 1662 7356 8 : : : 1662 7356 9 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7356 10 Railways railway NNS 1662 7356 11 : : : 1662 7356 12 0 0 LS 1662 7356 13 km km NN 1662 7356 14 Highways highway NNS 1662 7356 15 : : : 1662 7356 16 total total NN 1662 7356 17 : : : 1662 7356 18 310 310 CD 1662 7356 19 km km NN 1662 7356 20 paved pave VBN 1662 7356 21 : : : 1662 7356 22 211 211 CD 1662 7356 23 km km NNS 1662 7356 24 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7356 25 : : : 1662 7356 26 99 99 CD 1662 7356 27 km km NNS 1662 7356 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7356 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 7356 30 est est NNP 1662 7356 31 . . . 1662 7356 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7357 1 Ports port NNS 1662 7357 2 and and CC 1662 7357 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7357 4 : : : 1662 7357 5 Santo Santo NNP 1662 7357 6 Antonio Antonio NNP 1662 7357 7 , , , 1662 7357 8 Sao Sao NNP 1662 7357 9 Tome Tome NNP 1662 7357 10 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7357 11 marine marine NN 1662 7357 12 : : : 1662 7357 13 total total NN 1662 7357 14 : : : 1662 7357 15 1 1 CD 1662 7357 16 cargo cargo NN 1662 7357 17 ship ship NN 1662 7357 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7357 19 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7357 20 GRT GRT NNP 1662 7357 21 or or CC 1662 7357 22 over over RB 1662 7357 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7357 24 totaling total VBG 1662 7357 25 1,096 1,096 CD 1662 7357 26 GRT/1,105 GRT/1,105 NNP 1662 7357 27 DWT dwt NN 1662 7357 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7357 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 7357 30 est est NNP 1662 7357 31 . . . 1662 7357 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7358 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7358 2 : : : 1662 7358 3 2 2 CD 1662 7358 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7358 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 7358 6 est est NNP 1662 7358 7 . . . 1662 7358 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7359 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7359 2 - - , 1662 7359 3 with with IN 1662 7359 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7359 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7359 6 : : : 1662 7359 7 total total NN 1662 7359 8 : : : 1662 7359 9 2 2 CD 1662 7359 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7359 11 to to TO 1662 7359 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7359 13 m m NN 1662 7359 14 : : : 1662 7359 15 1 1 CD 1662 7359 16 914 914 CD 1662 7359 17 to to TO 1662 7359 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7359 19 m m NN 1662 7359 20 : : : 1662 7359 21 1 1 CD 1662 7359 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7359 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 7359 24 est est NNP 1662 7359 25 . . . 1662 7359 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7360 1 Military military JJ 1662 7360 2 Military military JJ 1662 7360 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7360 4 : : : 1662 7360 5 Army Army NNP 1662 7360 6 , , , 1662 7360 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 7360 8 , , , 1662 7360 9 Security Security NNP 1662 7360 10 Police Police NNP 1662 7360 11 Military Military NNP 1662 7360 12 manpower manpower NN 1662 7360 13 - - HYPH 1662 7360 14 availability availability NN 1662 7360 15 : : : 1662 7360 16 males male NNS 1662 7360 17 age age NNP 1662 7360 18 15 15 CD 1662 7360 19 - - HYPH 1662 7360 20 49 49 CD 1662 7360 21 : : : 1662 7360 22 36,127 36,127 CD 1662 7360 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7360 24 1997 1997 CD 1662 7360 25 est est NNP 1662 7360 26 . . . 1662 7360 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7361 1 Military military JJ 1662 7361 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7361 3 - - HYPH 1662 7361 4 fit fit NN 1662 7361 5 for for IN 1662 7361 6 military military JJ 1662 7361 7 service service NN 1662 7361 8 : : : 1662 7361 9 males male NNS 1662 7361 10 : : : 1662 7361 11 18,898 18,898 CD 1662 7361 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7361 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7361 14 est e JJS 1662 7361 15 . . . 1662 7361 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7362 1 Military military JJ 1662 7362 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7362 3 - - HYPH 1662 7362 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 7362 5 figure figure NN 1662 7362 6 : : : 1662 7362 7 $ $ $ 1662 7362 8 NA NA NNP 1662 7362 9 Military military JJ 1662 7362 10 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7362 11 - - : 1662 7362 12 percent percent NN 1662 7362 13 of of IN 1662 7362 14 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7362 15 : : : 1662 7362 16 NA% NA% `` 1662 7362 17 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7362 18 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7362 19 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 7362 20 - 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- HYPH 1662 7362 151 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7362 152 : : : 1662 7362 153 slightly slightly RB 1662 7362 154 more more JJR 1662 7362 155 than than IN 1662 7362 156 one one CD 1662 7362 157 - - HYPH 1662 7362 158 fifth fifth NN 1662 7362 159 the the DT 1662 7362 160 size size NN 1662 7362 161 of of IN 1662 7362 162 the the DT 1662 7362 163 US US NNP 1662 7362 164 Land Land NNP 1662 7362 165 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7362 166 : : : 1662 7362 167 total total NN 1662 7362 168 : : : 1662 7362 169 4,415 4,415 CD 1662 7362 170 km km NN 1662 7362 171 border border NN 1662 7362 172 countries country NNS 1662 7362 173 : : : 1662 7362 174 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 7362 175 814 814 CD 1662 7362 176 km km NN 1662 7362 177 , , , 1662 7362 178 Jordan Jordan NNP 1662 7362 179 728 728 CD 1662 7362 180 km km NN 1662 7362 181 , , , 1662 7362 182 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 7362 183 222 222 CD 1662 7362 184 km km NNS 1662 7362 185 , , , 1662 7362 186 Oman Oman NNP 1662 7362 187 676 676 CD 1662 7362 188 km km NNS 1662 7362 189 , , , 1662 7362 190 Qatar Qatar NNP 1662 7362 191 60 60 CD 1662 7362 192 km km NN 1662 7362 193 , , , 1662 7362 194 UAE UAE NNP 1662 7362 195 457 457 CD 1662 7362 196 km km NNS 1662 7362 197 , , , 1662 7362 198 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 7362 199 1,458 1,458 CD 1662 7362 200 km km NN 1662 7362 201 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7362 202 : : : 1662 7362 203 2,640 2,640 CD 1662 7362 204 km km NN 1662 7362 205 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7362 206 claims claim VBZ 1662 7362 207 : : : 1662 7362 208 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 7362 209 zone zone NN 1662 7362 210 : : : 1662 7362 211 18 18 CD 1662 7362 212 nm nm NNP 1662 7362 213 continental continental NNP 1662 7362 214 shelf shelf NNP 1662 7362 215 : : : 1662 7362 216 not not RB 1662 7362 217 specified specify VBN 1662 7362 218 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7362 219 sea sea NN 1662 7362 220 : : : 1662 7362 221 12 12 CD 1662 7362 222 nm nm NNP 1662 7362 223 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7362 224 : : : 1662 7362 225 harsh harsh JJ 1662 7362 226 , , , 1662 7362 227 dry dry JJ 1662 7362 228 desert desert NN 1662 7362 229 with with IN 1662 7362 230 great great JJ 1662 7362 231 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7362 232 of of IN 1662 7362 233 temperature temperature NN 1662 7362 234 Terrain terrain NN 1662 7362 235 : : : 1662 7362 236 mostly mostly RB 1662 7362 237 uninhabited uninhabited JJ 1662 7362 238 , , , 1662 7362 239 sandy sandy JJ 1662 7362 240 desert desert NN 1662 7362 241 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7362 242 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7362 243 : : : 1662 7362 244 lowest low JJS 1662 7362 245 point point NN 1662 7362 246 : : : 1662 7362 247 Persian Persian NNP 1662 7362 248 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 7362 249 0 0 CD 1662 7362 250 m m DT 1662 7362 251 highest high JJS 1662 7362 252 point point NN 1662 7362 253 : : : 1662 7362 254 Jabal Jabal NNP 1662 7362 255 Sawda Sawda NNP 1662 7362 256 ' ' POS 1662 7362 257 3,133 3,133 CD 1662 7362 258 m m NNP 1662 7362 259 Natural natural JJ 1662 7362 260 resources resource NNS 1662 7362 261 : : : 1662 7362 262 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7362 263 , , , 1662 7362 264 natural natural JJ 1662 7362 265 gas gas NN 1662 7362 266 , , , 1662 7362 267 iron iron NN 1662 7362 268 ore ore NN 1662 7362 269 , , , 1662 7362 270 gold gold NN 1662 7362 271 , , , 1662 7362 272 copper copper NN 1662 7362 273 Land land NN 1662 7362 274 use use NN 1662 7362 275 : : : 1662 7362 276 arable arable JJ 1662 7362 277 land land NN 1662 7362 278 : : : 1662 7362 279 2 2 CD 1662 7362 280 % % NN 1662 7362 281 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7362 282 crops crop NNS 1662 7362 283 : : : 1662 7362 284 0 0 CD 1662 7362 285 % % NN 1662 7362 286 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7362 287 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7362 288 : : : 1662 7362 289 56 56 CD 1662 7362 290 % % NN 1662 7362 291 forests forest NNS 1662 7362 292 and and CC 1662 7362 293 woodland woodland NN 1662 7362 294 : : : 1662 7362 295 1 1 CD 1662 7362 296 % % NN 1662 7362 297 other other JJ 1662 7362 298 : : : 1662 7362 299 41 41 CD 1662 7362 300 % % NN 1662 7362 301 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7362 302 1993 1993 CD 1662 7362 303 est est NNP 1662 7362 304 . . . 1662 7362 305 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7363 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7363 2 land land NN 1662 7363 3 : : : 1662 7363 4 4,350 4,350 CD 1662 7363 5 sq sq NNP 1662 7363 6 km km NNP 1662 7363 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7363 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 7363 9 est est NNP 1662 7363 10 . . . 1662 7363 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7364 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 7364 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7364 3 : : : 1662 7364 4 frequent frequent JJ 1662 7364 5 sand sand NN 1662 7364 6 and and CC 1662 7364 7 dust dust NN 1662 7364 8 storms storm NNS 1662 7364 9 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7364 10 - - HYPH 1662 7364 11 current current JJ 1662 7364 12 issues issue NNS 1662 7364 13 : : : 1662 7364 14 desertification desertification NN 1662 7364 15 ; ; : 1662 7364 16 depletion depletion NN 1662 7364 17 of of IN 1662 7364 18 underground underground JJ 1662 7364 19 water water NN 1662 7364 20 resources resource NNS 1662 7364 21 ; ; : 1662 7364 22 the the DT 1662 7364 23 lack lack NN 1662 7364 24 of of IN 1662 7364 25 perennial perennial JJ 1662 7364 26 rivers river NNS 1662 7364 27 or or CC 1662 7364 28 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7364 29 water water NN 1662 7364 30 bodies body NNS 1662 7364 31 has have VBZ 1662 7364 32 prompted prompt VBN 1662 7364 33 the the DT 1662 7364 34 development development NN 1662 7364 35 of of IN 1662 7364 36 extensive extensive JJ 1662 7364 37 seawater seawater NN 1662 7364 38 desalination desalination NN 1662 7364 39 facilities facility NNS 1662 7364 40 ; ; , 1662 7364 41 coastal coastal JJ 1662 7364 42 pollution pollution NN 1662 7364 43 from from IN 1662 7364 44 oil oil NN 1662 7364 45 spills spill NNS 1662 7364 46 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7364 47 - - HYPH 1662 7364 48 international international JJ 1662 7364 49 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7364 50 : : : 1662 7364 51 party party NN 1662 7364 52 to to TO 1662 7364 53 : : : 1662 7364 54 Climate climate NN 1662 7364 55 Change Change NNP 1662 7364 56 , , , 1662 7364 57 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 7364 58 Species Species NNPS 1662 7364 59 , , , 1662 7364 60 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 7364 61 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 7364 62 , , , 1662 7364 63 Law Law NNP 1662 7364 64 of of IN 1662 7364 65 the the DT 1662 7364 66 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7364 67 , , , 1662 7364 68 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 7364 69 Layer Layer NNP 1662 7364 70 Protection Protection NNP 1662 7364 71 signed sign VBD 1662 7364 72 , , , 1662 7364 73 but but CC 1662 7364 74 not not RB 1662 7364 75 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7364 76 : : : 1662 7364 77 none none NN 1662 7364 78 of of IN 1662 7364 79 the the DT 1662 7364 80 selected select VBN 1662 7364 81 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7364 82 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7364 83 - - HYPH 1662 7364 84 note note NNP 1662 7364 85 : : : 1662 7364 86 extensive extensive JJ 1662 7364 87 coastlines coastline NNS 1662 7364 88 on on IN 1662 7364 89 Persian Persian NNP 1662 7364 90 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 7364 91 and and CC 1662 7364 92 Red Red NNP 1662 7364 93 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7364 94 provide provide VBP 1662 7364 95 great great JJ 1662 7364 96 leverage leverage NN 1662 7364 97 on on IN 1662 7364 98 shipping shipping NN 1662 7364 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7364 100 especially especially RB 1662 7364 101 crude crude JJ 1662 7364 102 oil oil NN 1662 7364 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7364 104 through through IN 1662 7364 105 Persian Persian NNP 1662 7364 106 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 7364 107 and and CC 1662 7364 108 Suez Suez NNP 1662 7364 109 Canal Canal NNP 1662 7364 110 @Saudi @Saudi NNP 1662 7364 111 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 7364 112 : : : 1662 7364 113 People People NNP 1662 7364 114 Population Population NNP 1662 7364 115 : : : 1662 7364 116 20,087,965 20,087,965 CD 1662 7364 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7364 118 July July NNP 1662 7364 119 1997 1997 CD 1662 7364 120 est est NNP 1662 7364 121 . . . 1662 7364 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7365 1 note note NN 1662 7365 2 : : : 1662 7365 3 includes include VBZ 1662 7365 4 5,164,790 5,164,790 CD 1662 7365 5 non non JJ 1662 7365 6 - - NNS 1662 7365 7 nationals nationals JJ 1662 7365 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7365 9 July July NNP 1662 7365 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7365 11 est est NNP 1662 7365 12 . . . 1662 7365 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7366 1 Age age NN 1662 7366 2 structure structure NN 1662 7366 3 : : : 1662 7366 4 0 0 CD 1662 7366 5 - - HYPH 1662 7366 6 14 14 CD 1662 7366 7 years year NNS 1662 7366 8 : : : 1662 7366 9 43 43 CD 1662 7366 10 % % NN 1662 7366 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7366 12 male male JJ 1662 7366 13 4,389,113 4,389,113 CD 1662 7366 14 ; ; : 1662 7366 15 female female JJ 1662 7366 16 4,252,034 4,252,034 CD 1662 7366 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7366 18 15 15 CD 1662 7366 19 - - SYM 1662 7366 20 64 64 CD 1662 7366 21 years year NNS 1662 7366 22 : : : 1662 7366 23 55 55 CD 1662 7366 24 % % NN 1662 7366 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7366 26 male male JJ 1662 7366 27 6,561,725 6,561,725 CD 1662 7366 28 ; ; : 1662 7366 29 female female JJ 1662 7366 30 4,410,589 4,410,589 CD 1662 7366 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7366 32 65 65 CD 1662 7366 33 years year NNS 1662 7366 34 and and CC 1662 7366 35 over over IN 1662 7366 36 : : : 1662 7366 37 2 2 CD 1662 7366 38 % % NN 1662 7366 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7366 40 male male JJ 1662 7366 41 246,894 246,894 CD 1662 7366 42 ; ; : 1662 7366 43 female female JJ 1662 7366 44 227,610 227,610 CD 1662 7366 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7366 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7366 47 July July NNP 1662 7366 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7366 49 est est NNP 1662 7366 50 . . . 1662 7366 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7367 1 Population population NN 1662 7367 2 growth growth NN 1662 7367 3 rate rate NN 1662 7367 4 : : : 1662 7367 5 3.42 3.42 CD 1662 7367 6 % % NN 1662 7367 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7367 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7367 9 est est NNP 1662 7367 10 . . . 1662 7367 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7368 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7368 2 rate rate NN 1662 7368 3 : : : 1662 7368 4 37.94 37.94 CD 1662 7368 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NNP 1662 7368 6 population population NN 1662 7368 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7368 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7368 9 est est NNP 1662 7368 10 . . . 1662 7368 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7369 1 Death death NN 1662 7369 2 rate rate NN 1662 7369 3 : : : 1662 7369 4 5.18 5.18 CD 1662 7369 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7369 6 population population NN 1662 7369 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7369 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7369 9 est est NNP 1662 7369 10 . . . 1662 7369 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7370 1 Net net JJ 1662 7370 2 migration migration NN 1662 7370 3 rate rate NN 1662 7370 4 : : : 1662 7370 5 1.49 1.49 CD 1662 7370 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 7370 7 population population NN 1662 7370 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7370 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7370 10 est est NNP 1662 7370 11 . . . 1662 7370 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7371 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7371 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7371 3 : : : 1662 7371 4 at at IN 1662 7371 5 birth birth NN 1662 7371 6 : : : 1662 7371 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 7371 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7371 9 under under IN 1662 7371 10 15 15 CD 1662 7371 11 years year NNS 1662 7371 12 : : : 1662 7371 13 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 7371 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7371 15 15 15 CD 1662 7371 16 - - HYPH 1662 7371 17 64 64 CD 1662 7371 18 years year NNS 1662 7371 19 : : : 1662 7371 20 1.49 1.49 CD 1662 7371 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7371 22 65 65 CD 1662 7371 23 years year NNS 1662 7371 24 and and CC 1662 7371 25 over over IN 1662 7371 26 : : : 1662 7371 27 1.08 1.08 CD 1662 7371 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7371 29 total total JJ 1662 7371 30 population population NN 1662 7371 31 : : : 1662 7371 32 1.26 1.26 CD 1662 7371 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7371 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7371 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7371 36 est e JJS 1662 7371 37 . . . 1662 7371 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7372 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7372 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7372 3 rate rate NN 1662 7372 4 : : : 1662 7372 5 43.9 43.9 CD 1662 7372 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 CD 1662 7372 7 live live JJ 1662 7372 8 births birth NNS 1662 7372 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7372 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7372 11 est est NNP 1662 7372 12 . . . 1662 7372 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7373 1 Life life NN 1662 7373 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7373 3 at at IN 1662 7373 4 birth birth NN 1662 7373 5 : : : 1662 7373 6 total total JJ 1662 7373 7 population population NN 1662 7373 8 : : : 1662 7373 9 69.51 69.51 CD 1662 7373 10 years year NNS 1662 7373 11 male male JJ 1662 7373 12 : : : 1662 7373 13 67.72 67.72 CD 1662 7373 14 years year NNS 1662 7373 15 female female JJ 1662 7373 16 : : : 1662 7373 17 71.4 71.4 CD 1662 7373 18 years year NNS 1662 7373 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7373 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 7373 21 est est NNP 1662 7373 22 . . . 1662 7373 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7374 1 Total total JJ 1662 7374 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7374 3 rate rate NN 1662 7374 4 : : : 1662 7374 5 6.41 6.41 CD 1662 7374 6 children child NNS 1662 7374 7 born bear VBN 1662 7374 8 / / SYM 1662 7374 9 woman woman NN 1662 7374 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7374 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7374 12 est est NNP 1662 7374 13 . . . 1662 7374 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7375 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7375 2 : : : 1662 7375 3 noun noun NNP 1662 7375 4 : : : 1662 7375 5 Saudi(s saudi(s LS 1662 7375 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7375 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 7375 8 : : : 1662 7375 9 Saudi saudi JJ 1662 7375 10 or or CC 1662 7375 11 Saudi saudi JJ 1662 7375 12 Arabian arabian JJ 1662 7375 13 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7375 14 groups group NNS 1662 7375 15 : : : 1662 7375 16 Arab Arab NNP 1662 7375 17 90 90 CD 1662 7375 18 % % NN 1662 7375 19 , , , 1662 7375 20 Afro Afro NNP 1662 7375 21 - - HYPH 1662 7375 22 Asian Asian NNP 1662 7375 23 10 10 CD 1662 7375 24 % % NN 1662 7375 25 Religions religion NNS 1662 7375 26 : : : 1662 7375 27 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 7375 28 100 100 CD 1662 7375 29 % % NN 1662 7375 30 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 7375 31 : : : 1662 7375 32 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 7375 33 Literacy literacy NN 1662 7375 34 : : : 1662 7375 35 definition definition NN 1662 7375 36 : : : 1662 7375 37 age age NN 1662 7375 38 15 15 CD 1662 7375 39 and and CC 1662 7375 40 over over RB 1662 7375 41 can can MD 1662 7375 42 read read VB 1662 7375 43 and and CC 1662 7375 44 write write VB 1662 7375 45 total total JJ 1662 7375 46 population population NN 1662 7375 47 : : : 1662 7375 48 62.8 62.8 CD 1662 7375 49 % % NN 1662 7375 50 male male NN 1662 7375 51 : : : 1662 7375 52 71.5 71.5 CD 1662 7375 53 % % NN 1662 7375 54 female female NN 1662 7375 55 : : : 1662 7375 56 50.2 50.2 CD 1662 7375 57 % % NN 1662 7375 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7375 59 1995 1995 CD 1662 7375 60 est est NNP 1662 7375 61 . . . 1662 7375 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7376 1 @Saudi @Saudi NNP 1662 7376 2 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 7376 3 : : : 1662 7376 4 Government Government NNP 1662 7376 5 Country Country NNP 1662 7376 6 name name NN 1662 7376 7 : : : 1662 7376 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7376 9 long long JJ 1662 7376 10 form form NN 1662 7376 11 : : : 1662 7376 12 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 7376 13 of of IN 1662 7376 14 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 7376 15 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 7376 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7376 17 short short JJ 1662 7376 18 form form NN 1662 7376 19 : : : 1662 7376 20 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 7376 21 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 7376 22 local local JJ 1662 7376 23 long long JJ 1662 7376 24 form form NN 1662 7376 25 : : : 1662 7376 26 Al Al NNP 1662 7376 27 Mamlakah Mamlakah NNP 1662 7376 28 al al NNP 1662 7376 29 Arabiyah Arabiyah NNP 1662 7376 30 as as IN 1662 7376 31 Suudiyah Suudiyah NNP 1662 7376 32 local local JJ 1662 7376 33 short short JJ 1662 7376 34 form form NN 1662 7376 35 : : : 1662 7376 36 Al Al NNP 1662 7376 37 Arabiyah Arabiyah NNP 1662 7376 38 as as IN 1662 7376 39 Suudiyah Suudiyah NNP 1662 7376 40 Data Data NNP 1662 7376 41 code code NN 1662 7376 42 : : : 1662 7376 43 SA SA NNP 1662 7376 44 Government Government NNP 1662 7376 45 type type NN 1662 7376 46 : : : 1662 7376 47 monarchy monarchy NNP 1662 7376 48 National national JJ 1662 7376 49 capital capital NN 1662 7376 50 : : : 1662 7376 51 Riyadh Riyadh NNP 1662 7376 52 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 7376 53 divisions division NNS 1662 7376 54 : : : 1662 7376 55 13 13 CD 1662 7376 56 provinces province NNS 1662 7376 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7376 58 mintaqah mintaqah NNP 1662 7376 59 , , , 1662 7376 60 singular singular JJ 1662 7376 61 - - HYPH 1662 7376 62 mintaqat mintaqat NN 1662 7376 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7376 64 ; ; : 1662 7376 65 Al Al NNP 1662 7376 66 Bahah Bahah NNP 1662 7376 67 , , , 1662 7376 68 Al Al NNP 1662 7376 69 Hudud Hudud NNP 1662 7376 70 Ash Ash NNP 1662 7376 71 Shamaliyah Shamaliyah NNP 1662 7376 72 , , , 1662 7376 73 Al Al NNP 1662 7376 74 Jawf Jawf NNP 1662 7376 75 , , , 1662 7376 76 Al Al NNP 1662 7376 77 Madinah Madinah NNP 1662 7376 78 , , , 1662 7376 79 Al Al NNP 1662 7376 80 Qasim Qasim NNP 1662 7376 81 , , , 1662 7376 82 Ar Ar NNP 1662 7376 83 Riyad Riyad NNP 1662 7376 84 , , , 1662 7376 85 Ash Ash NNP 1662 7376 86 Sharqiyah Sharqiyah NNP 1662 7376 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7376 88 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 7376 89 Province Province NNP 1662 7376 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7376 91 , , , 1662 7376 92 ' ' '' 1662 7376 93 Asir Asir NNP 1662 7376 94 , , , 1662 7376 95 Hail Hail NNP 1662 7376 96 , , , 1662 7376 97 Jizan Jizan NNP 1662 7376 98 , , , 1662 7376 99 Makkah Makkah NNP 1662 7376 100 , , , 1662 7376 101 Najran Najran NNP 1662 7376 102 , , , 1662 7376 103 Tabuk tabuk VB 1662 7376 104 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7376 105 : : : 1662 7376 106 23 23 CD 1662 7376 107 September September NNP 1662 7376 108 1932 1932 CD 1662 7376 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7376 110 unification unification NN 1662 7376 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7376 112 National national JJ 1662 7376 113 holiday holiday NN 1662 7376 114 : : : 1662 7376 115 Unification unification NN 1662 7376 116 of of IN 1662 7376 117 the the DT 1662 7376 118 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 7376 119 , , , 1662 7376 120 23 23 CD 1662 7376 121 September September NNP 1662 7376 122 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7376 123 1932 1932 CD 1662 7376 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7376 125 Constitution constitution NN 1662 7376 126 : : : 1662 7376 127 none none NN 1662 7376 128 ; ; , 1662 7376 129 governed govern VBN 1662 7376 130 according accord VBG 1662 7376 131 to to IN 1662 7376 132 Shari'a Shari'a NNP 1662 7376 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7376 134 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 7376 135 law law NN 1662 7376 136 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7376 137 Legal legal JJ 1662 7376 138 system system NN 1662 7376 139 : : : 1662 7376 140 based base VBN 1662 7376 141 on on IN 1662 7376 142 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 7376 143 law law NN 1662 7376 144 , , , 1662 7376 145 several several JJ 1662 7376 146 secular secular JJ 1662 7376 147 codes code NNS 1662 7376 148 have have VBP 1662 7376 149 been be VBN 1662 7376 150 introduced introduce VBN 1662 7376 151 ; ; : 1662 7376 152 commercial commercial JJ 1662 7376 153 disputes dispute NNS 1662 7376 154 handled handle VBN 1662 7376 155 by by IN 1662 7376 156 special special JJ 1662 7376 157 committees committee NNS 1662 7376 158 ; ; : 1662 7376 159 has have VBZ 1662 7376 160 not not RB 1662 7376 161 accepted accept VBN 1662 7376 162 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 7376 163 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 7376 164 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 7376 165 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 7376 166 : : : 1662 7376 167 none none NN 1662 7376 168 Executive executive JJ 1662 7376 169 branch branch NN 1662 7376 170 : : : 1662 7376 171 chief chief NN 1662 7376 172 of of IN 1662 7376 173 state state NN 1662 7376 174 : : : 1662 7376 175 King King NNP 1662 7376 176 and and CC 1662 7376 177 Prime Prime NNP 1662 7376 178 Minister Minister NNP 1662 7376 179 FAHD FAHD NNP 1662 7376 180 bin bin NNP 1662 7376 181 Abd Abd NNP 1662 7376 182 al al NNP 1662 7376 183 - - HYPH 1662 7376 184 Aziz Aziz NNP 1662 7376 185 Al Al NNP 1662 7376 186 Saud Saud NNP 1662 7376 187 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7376 188 since since IN 1662 7376 189 13 13 CD 1662 7376 190 June June NNP 1662 7376 191 1982 1982 CD 1662 7376 192 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7376 193 ; ; : 1662 7376 194 Crown Crown NNP 1662 7376 195 Prince Prince NNP 1662 7376 196 and and CC 1662 7376 197 First First NNP 1662 7376 198 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 7376 199 Prime Prime NNP 1662 7376 200 Minister Minister NNP 1662 7376 201 ABDALLAH ABDALLAH NNP 1662 7376 202 bin bin NNP 1662 7376 203 Abd Abd NNP 1662 7376 204 al al NNP 1662 7376 205 - - HYPH 1662 7376 206 Aziz Aziz NNP 1662 7376 207 Al Al NNP 1662 7376 208 Saud Saud NNP 1662 7376 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7376 210 half half JJ 1662 7376 211 - - HYPH 1662 7376 212 brother brother NN 1662 7376 213 to to IN 1662 7376 214 the the DT 1662 7376 215 king king NN 1662 7376 216 , , , 1662 7376 217 heir heir VB 1662 7376 218 to to IN 1662 7376 219 the the DT 1662 7376 220 throne throne NN 1662 7376 221 since since IN 1662 7376 222 13 13 CD 1662 7376 223 June June NNP 1662 7376 224 1982 1982 CD 1662 7376 225 , , , 1662 7376 226 regent regent NN 1662 7376 227 from from IN 1662 7376 228 1 1 CD 1662 7376 229 January January NNP 1662 7376 230 to to IN 1662 7376 231 22 22 CD 1662 7376 232 February February NNP 1662 7376 233 1996 1996 CD 1662 7376 234 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7376 235 ; ; : 1662 7376 236 note note VB 1662 7376 237 - - : 1662 7376 238 the the DT 1662 7376 239 king king NN 1662 7376 240 is be VBZ 1662 7376 241 both both CC 1662 7376 242 the the DT 1662 7376 243 chief chief NN 1662 7376 244 of of IN 1662 7376 245 state state NN 1662 7376 246 and and CC 1662 7376 247 head head NN 1662 7376 248 of of IN 1662 7376 249 government government NN 1662 7376 250 head head NN 1662 7376 251 of of IN 1662 7376 252 government government NN 1662 7376 253 : : : 1662 7376 254 King King NNP 1662 7376 255 and and CC 1662 7376 256 Prime Prime NNP 1662 7376 257 Minister Minister NNP 1662 7376 258 FAHD FAHD NNP 1662 7376 259 bin bin NNP 1662 7376 260 Abd Abd NNP 1662 7376 261 al al NNP 1662 7376 262 - - HYPH 1662 7376 263 Aziz Aziz NNP 1662 7376 264 Al Al NNP 1662 7376 265 Saud Saud NNP 1662 7376 266 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7376 267 since since IN 1662 7376 268 13 13 CD 1662 7376 269 June June NNP 1662 7376 270 1982 1982 CD 1662 7376 271 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7376 272 ; ; : 1662 7376 273 Crown Crown NNP 1662 7376 274 Prince Prince NNP 1662 7376 275 and and CC 1662 7376 276 First First NNP 1662 7376 277 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 7376 278 Prime Prime NNP 1662 7376 279 Minister Minister NNP 1662 7376 280 ABDALLAH ABDALLAH NNP 1662 7376 281 bin bin NNP 1662 7376 282 Abd Abd NNP 1662 7376 283 al al NNP 1662 7376 284 - - HYPH 1662 7376 285 Aziz Aziz NNP 1662 7376 286 Al Al NNP 1662 7376 287 Saud Saud NNP 1662 7376 288 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7376 289 half half JJ 1662 7376 290 - - HYPH 1662 7376 291 brother brother NN 1662 7376 292 to to IN 1662 7376 293 the the DT 1662 7376 294 king king NN 1662 7376 295 , , , 1662 7376 296 heir heir VB 1662 7376 297 to to IN 1662 7376 298 the the DT 1662 7376 299 throne throne NN 1662 7376 300 since since IN 1662 7376 301 13 13 CD 1662 7376 302 June June NNP 1662 7376 303 1982 1982 CD 1662 7376 304 , , , 1662 7376 305 regent regent NN 1662 7376 306 from from IN 1662 7376 307 1 1 CD 1662 7376 308 January January NNP 1662 7376 309 to to IN 1662 7376 310 22 22 CD 1662 7376 311 February February NNP 1662 7376 312 1996 1996 CD 1662 7376 313 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7376 314 ; ; : 1662 7376 315 note note VB 1662 7376 316 - - : 1662 7376 317 the the DT 1662 7376 318 king king NN 1662 7376 319 is be VBZ 1662 7376 320 both both CC 1662 7376 321 the the DT 1662 7376 322 chief chief NN 1662 7376 323 of of IN 1662 7376 324 state state NN 1662 7376 325 and and CC 1662 7376 326 head head NN 1662 7376 327 of of IN 1662 7376 328 government government NN 1662 7376 329 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7376 330 : : : 1662 7376 331 Council Council NNP 1662 7376 332 of of IN 1662 7376 333 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 7376 334 is be VBZ 1662 7376 335 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7376 336 by by IN 1662 7376 337 the the DT 1662 7376 338 king king NN 1662 7376 339 and and CC 1662 7376 340 includes include VBZ 1662 7376 341 many many JJ 1662 7376 342 royal royal JJ 1662 7376 343 family family NN 1662 7376 344 members member NNS 1662 7376 345 elections election NNS 1662 7376 346 : : : 1662 7376 347 none none NN 1662 7376 348 ; ; : 1662 7376 349 the the DT 1662 7376 350 king king NN 1662 7376 351 is be VBZ 1662 7376 352 an an DT 1662 7376 353 absolute absolute JJ 1662 7376 354 monarch monarch NN 1662 7376 355 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 7376 356 branch branch NN 1662 7376 357 : : : 1662 7376 358 a a DT 1662 7376 359 consultative consultative JJ 1662 7376 360 council council NN 1662 7376 361 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7376 362 60 60 CD 1662 7376 363 members member NNS 1662 7376 364 and and CC 1662 7376 365 a a DT 1662 7376 366 chairman chairman NN 1662 7376 367 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7376 368 by by IN 1662 7376 369 the the DT 1662 7376 370 king king NN 1662 7376 371 for for IN 1662 7376 372 four four CD 1662 7376 373 - - HYPH 1662 7376 374 year year NN 1662 7376 375 terms term NNS 1662 7376 376 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7376 377 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 7376 378 branch branch NN 1662 7376 379 : : : 1662 7376 380 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 7376 381 Council Council NNP 1662 7376 382 of of IN 1662 7376 383 Justice Justice NNP 1662 7376 384 Political Political NNP 1662 7376 385 parties party NNS 1662 7376 386 and and CC 1662 7376 387 leaders leader NNS 1662 7376 388 : : : 1662 7376 389 none none NN 1662 7376 390 allowed allow VBN 1662 7376 391 International International NNP 1662 7376 392 organization organization NN 1662 7376 393 participation participation NN 1662 7376 394 : : : 1662 7376 395 ABEDA ABEDA NNP 1662 7376 396 , , , 1662 7376 397 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 7376 398 , , , 1662 7376 399 AFESD AFESD NNP 1662 7376 400 , , , 1662 7376 401 AL AL NNP 1662 7376 402 , , , 1662 7376 403 AMF AMF NNP 1662 7376 404 , , , 1662 7376 405 BIS BIS NNP 1662 7376 406 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7376 407 pending pende VBG 1662 7376 408 member member NN 1662 7376 409 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7376 410 , , , 1662 7376 411 CCC CCC NNP 1662 7376 412 , , , 1662 7376 413 ESCWA ESCWA NNP 1662 7376 414 , , , 1662 7376 415 FAO FAO NNP 1662 7376 416 , , , 1662 7376 417 G-19 g-19 CD 1662 7376 418 , , , 1662 7376 419 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 7376 420 , , , 1662 7376 421 GCC GCC NNP 1662 7376 422 , , , 1662 7376 423 IAEA iaea NN 1662 7376 424 , , , 1662 7376 425 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 7376 426 , , , 1662 7376 427 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 7376 428 , , , 1662 7376 429 ICC ICC NNP 1662 7376 430 , , , 1662 7376 431 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 7376 432 , , , 1662 7376 433 IDA IDA NNP 1662 7376 434 , , , 1662 7376 435 IDB IDB NNP 1662 7376 436 , , , 1662 7376 437 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 7376 438 , , , 1662 7376 439 IFC IFC NNP 1662 7376 440 , , , 1662 7376 441 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 7376 442 , , , 1662 7376 443 ILO ILO NNP 1662 7376 444 , , , 1662 7376 445 IMF IMF NNP 1662 7376 446 , , , 1662 7376 447 IMO imo RB 1662 7376 448 , , , 1662 7376 449 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 7376 450 , , , 1662 7376 451 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7376 452 , , , 1662 7376 453 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 7376 454 , , , 1662 7376 455 IOC IOC NNP 1662 7376 456 , , , 1662 7376 457 ISO ISO NNP 1662 7376 458 , , , 1662 7376 459 ITU ITU NNP 1662 7376 460 , , , 1662 7376 461 NAM NAM NNP 1662 7376 462 , , , 1662 7376 463 OAPEC OAPEC NNP 1662 7376 464 , , , 1662 7376 465 OAS OAS NNP 1662 7376 466 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7376 467 observer observer NN 1662 7376 468 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7376 469 , , , 1662 7376 470 OIC OIC NNP 1662 7376 471 , , , 1662 7376 472 OPEC OPEC NNP 1662 7376 473 , , , 1662 7376 474 UN UN NNP 1662 7376 475 , , , 1662 7376 476 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 7376 477 , , , 1662 7376 478 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 7376 479 , , , 1662 7376 480 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 7376 481 , , , 1662 7376 482 UPU UPU NNP 1662 7376 483 , , , 1662 7376 484 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 7376 485 , , , 1662 7376 486 WHO who WP 1662 7376 487 , , , 1662 7376 488 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 7376 489 , , , 1662 7376 490 WMO WMO NNP 1662 7376 491 , , , 1662 7376 492 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 7376 493 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7376 494 applicant applicant NN 1662 7376 495 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7376 496 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7376 497 representation representation NN 1662 7376 498 in in IN 1662 7376 499 the the DT 1662 7376 500 US US NNP 1662 7376 501 : : : 1662 7376 502 chief chief NN 1662 7376 503 of of IN 1662 7376 504 mission mission NN 1662 7376 505 : : : 1662 7376 506 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 7376 507 BANDAR BANDAR NNP 1662 7376 508 bin bin NNP 1662 7376 509 Sultan Sultan NNP 1662 7376 510 bin bin NNP 1662 7376 511 Abd Abd NNP 1662 7376 512 al al NNP 1662 7376 513 - 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- HYPH 1662 7376 583 Riyadh Riyadh NNP 1662 7376 584 , , , 1662 7376 585 Unit unit NN 1662 7376 586 61307 61307 CD 1662 7376 587 , , , 1662 7376 588 APO APO NNP 1662 7376 589 AE AE NNP 1662 7376 590 09803 09803 CD 1662 7376 591 - - SYM 1662 7376 592 1307 1307 CD 1662 7376 593 ; ; : 1662 7376 594 International International NNP 1662 7376 595 Mail Mail NNP 1662 7376 596 : : : 1662 7376 597 P. P. NNP 1662 7376 598 O. O. 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7383 2 four four CD 1662 7383 3 million million CD 1662 7383 4 foreign foreign JJ 1662 7383 5 workers worker NNS 1662 7383 6 play play VBP 1662 7383 7 an an DT 1662 7383 8 important important JJ 1662 7383 9 role role NN 1662 7383 10 in in IN 1662 7383 11 the the DT 1662 7383 12 Saudi saudi JJ 1662 7383 13 economy economy NN 1662 7383 14 , , , 1662 7383 15 for for IN 1662 7383 16 example example NN 1662 7383 17 , , , 1662 7383 18 in in IN 1662 7383 19 the the DT 1662 7383 20 oil oil NN 1662 7383 21 and and CC 1662 7383 22 service service NN 1662 7383 23 sectors sector NNS 1662 7383 24 . . . 1662 7384 1 For for IN 1662 7384 2 over over IN 1662 7384 3 a a DT 1662 7384 4 decade decade NN 1662 7384 5 , , , 1662 7384 6 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 7384 7 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 7384 8 's 's POS 1662 7384 9 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7384 10 and and CC 1662 7384 11 international international JJ 1662 7384 12 outlays outlay NNS 1662 7384 13 have have VBP 1662 7384 14 outstripped outstrip VBN 1662 7384 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real JJ 1662 7388 4 growth growth NN 1662 7388 5 rate rate NN 1662 7388 6 : : : 1662 7388 7 6 6 CD 1662 7388 8 % % NN 1662 7388 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7388 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 7388 11 est est NNP 1662 7388 12 . . . 1662 7388 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7389 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7389 2 - - HYPH 1662 7389 3 per per FW 1662 7389 4 capita capita NN 1662 7389 5 : : : 1662 7389 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7389 7 power power NN 1662 7389 8 parity parity NN 1662 7389 9 - - : 1662 7389 10 $ $ $ 1662 7389 11 10,600 10,600 CD 1662 7389 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7389 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 7389 14 est est NNP 1662 7389 15 . . . 1662 7389 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7390 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7390 2 - - HYPH 1662 7390 3 composition composition NN 1662 7390 4 by by IN 1662 7390 5 sector sector NN 1662 7390 6 : : : 1662 7390 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7390 8 : : : 1662 7390 9 9 9 CD 1662 7390 10 % % NN 1662 7390 11 industry industry NN 1662 7390 12 : : : 1662 7390 13 50 50 CD 1662 7390 14 % % NN 1662 7390 15 services service NNS 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electricity NN 1662 7396 12 - - HYPH 1662 7396 13 production production NN 1662 7396 14 : : : 1662 7396 15 62.75 62.75 CD 1662 7396 16 billion billion CD 1662 7396 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7396 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7396 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 7396 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7396 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7396 22 - - HYPH 1662 7396 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 7396 24 per per IN 1662 7396 25 capita capita NN 1662 7396 26 : : : 1662 7396 27 3,228 3,228 CD 1662 7396 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7396 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7396 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 7396 31 est est NNP 1662 7396 32 . . . 1662 7396 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7397 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7397 2 - - HYPH 1662 7397 3 products product NNS 1662 7397 4 : : : 1662 7397 5 wheat wheat NN 1662 7397 6 , , , 1662 7397 7 barley barley NN 1662 7397 8 , , , 1662 7397 9 tomatoes tomato NNS 1662 7397 10 , , , 1662 7397 11 melons melon NNS 1662 7397 12 , , , 1662 7397 13 dates date NNS 1662 7397 14 , , , 1662 7397 15 citrus citrus NNP 1662 7397 16 ; ; : 1662 7397 17 mutton mutton NN 1662 7397 18 , , , 1662 7397 19 chickens chicken NNS 1662 7397 20 , , , 1662 7397 21 eggs egg NNS 1662 7397 22 , , , 1662 7397 23 milk milk NN 1662 7397 24 Exports export NNS 1662 7397 25 : : : 1662 7397 26 total total JJ 1662 7397 27 value value NN 1662 7397 28 : : : 1662 7397 29 $ $ $ 1662 7397 30 53.1 53.1 CD 1662 7397 31 billion billion CD 1662 7397 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7397 33 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 7397 34 . . 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, , , 1662 7400 37 France France NNP 1662 7400 38 5 5 CD 1662 7400 39 % % NN 1662 7400 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7400 41 1995 1995 CD 1662 7400 42 est est NNP 1662 7400 43 . . . 1662 7400 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7401 1 Debt debt NN 1662 7401 2 - - HYPH 1662 7401 3 external external JJ 1662 7401 4 : : : 1662 7401 5 $ $ $ 1662 7401 6 NA na JJ 1662 7401 7 Economic economic JJ 1662 7401 8 aid aid NN 1662 7401 9 : : : 1662 7401 10 donor donor NN 1662 7401 11 : : : 1662 7401 12 pledged pledge VBD 1662 7401 13 $ $ $ 1662 7401 14 100 100 CD 1662 7401 15 million million CD 1662 7401 16 in in IN 1662 7401 17 1993 1993 CD 1662 7401 18 to to TO 1662 7401 19 fund fund VB 1662 7401 20 reconstruction reconstruction NN 1662 7401 21 of of IN 1662 7401 22 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 1662 7401 23 Currency Currency NNP 1662 7401 24 : : : 1662 7401 25 1 1 CD 1662 7401 26 Saudi saudi JJ 1662 7401 27 riyal riyal NN 1662 7401 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7401 29 SR SR NNP 1662 7401 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7401 31 = = NFP 1662 7401 32 100 100 CD 1662 7401 33 halalah halalah NNP 1662 7401 34 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 7401 35 rates rate NNS 1662 7401 36 : : : 1662 7401 37 Saudi saudi JJ 1662 7401 38 riyals riyal NNS 1662 7401 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7401 40 SR SR NNP 1662 7401 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7401 42 per per IN 1662 7401 43 US$ us$ $ 1662 7401 44 1 1 CD 1662 7401 45 - - SYM 1662 7401 46 3.7450 3.7450 CD 1662 7401 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7401 48 fixed fix VBN 1662 7401 49 rate rate NN 1662 7401 50 since since IN 1662 7401 51 June June NNP 1662 7401 52 1986 1986 CD 1662 7401 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7401 54 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7401 55 year year NN 1662 7401 56 : : : 1662 7401 57 calendar calendar NN 1662 7401 58 year year NN 1662 7401 59 @Saudi @Saudi NNP 1662 7401 60 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 7401 61 : : : 1662 7401 62 Communications Communications NNP 1662 7401 63 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 7401 64 : : : 1662 7401 65 1.46 1.46 CD 1662 7401 66 million million CD 1662 7401 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7401 68 1993 1993 CD 1662 7401 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7401 70 Telephone telephone NN 1662 7401 71 system system NN 1662 7401 72 : : : 1662 7401 73 modern modern JJ 1662 7401 74 system system NN 1662 7401 75 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7401 76 : : : 1662 7401 77 extensive extensive JJ 1662 7401 78 microwave microwave NN 1662 7401 79 radio radio NN 1662 7401 80 relay relay NN 1662 7401 81 and and CC 1662 7401 82 coaxial coaxial NN 1662 7401 83 and and CC 1662 7401 84 fiber fiber NN 1662 7401 85 - - HYPH 1662 7401 86 optic optic NN 1662 7401 87 cable cable NN 1662 7401 88 systems system NNS 1662 7401 89 international international JJ 1662 7401 90 : : : 1662 7401 91 microwave microwave NN 1662 7401 92 radio radio NN 1662 7401 93 relay relay NN 1662 7401 94 to to IN 1662 7401 95 Bahrain Bahrain NNP 1662 7401 96 , , , 1662 7401 97 Jordan Jordan NNP 1662 7401 98 , , , 1662 7401 99 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 7401 100 , , , 1662 7401 101 Qatar Qatar NNP 1662 7401 102 , , , 1662 7401 103 UAE UAE NNP 1662 7401 104 , , , 1662 7401 105 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 7401 106 , , , 1662 7401 107 and and CC 1662 7401 108 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 7401 109 ; ; : 1662 7401 110 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 7401 111 cable cable NN 1662 7401 112 to to IN 1662 7401 113 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 7401 114 and and CC 1662 7401 115 Jordan Jordan NNP 1662 7401 116 ; ; : 1662 7401 117 submarine submarine NN 1662 7401 118 cable cable NN 1662 7401 119 to to IN 1662 7401 120 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 7401 121 , , , 1662 7401 122 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 7401 123 and and CC 1662 7401 124 Bahrain Bahrain NNP 1662 7401 125 ; ; : 1662 7401 126 satellite satellite NN 1662 7401 127 earth earth NN 1662 7401 128 stations station NNS 1662 7401 129 - - : 1662 7401 130 5 5 CD 1662 7401 131 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7401 132 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7401 133 3 3 CD 1662 7401 134 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7401 135 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7401 136 and and CC 1662 7401 137 2 2 CD 1662 7401 138 Indian Indian NNP 1662 7401 139 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7401 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7401 141 , , , 1662 7401 142 1 1 CD 1662 7401 143 Arabsat Arabsat NNP 1662 7401 144 , , , 1662 7401 145 and and CC 1662 7401 146 1 1 CD 1662 7401 147 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 7401 148 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7401 149 Indian Indian NNP 1662 7401 150 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7401 151 region region NN 1662 7401 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7401 153 Radio radio NN 1662 7401 154 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7401 155 stations station NNS 1662 7401 156 : : : 1662 7401 157 AM AM NNP 1662 7401 158 43 43 CD 1662 7401 159 , , , 1662 7401 160 FM FM NNP 1662 7401 161 13 13 CD 1662 7401 162 , , , 1662 7401 163 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 7401 164 0 0 CD 1662 7401 165 Radios radio NNS 1662 7401 166 : : : 1662 7401 167 5 5 CD 1662 7401 168 million million CD 1662 7401 169 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7401 170 1993 1993 CD 1662 7401 171 est est NNP 1662 7401 172 . . . 1662 7401 173 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7402 1 Television television NN 1662 7402 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7402 3 stations station NNS 1662 7402 4 : : : 1662 7402 5 80 80 CD 1662 7402 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 7402 7 : : : 1662 7402 8 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 7402 9 million million CD 1662 7402 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7402 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 7402 12 est est NNP 1662 7402 13 . . . 1662 7402 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7403 1 @Saudi @Saudi NNP 1662 7403 2 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 7403 3 : : : 1662 7403 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7403 5 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 7403 6 : : : 1662 7403 7 total total NN 1662 7403 8 : : : 1662 7403 9 1,390 1,390 CD 1662 7403 10 km km NN 1662 7403 11 standard standard JJ 1662 7403 12 gauge gauge NN 1662 7403 13 : : : 1662 7403 14 1,390 1,390 CD 1662 7403 15 km km NN 1662 7403 16 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 7403 17 gauge gauge NN 1662 7403 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7403 19 448 448 CD 1662 7403 20 km km NN 1662 7403 21 double double JJ 1662 7403 22 track track NN 1662 7403 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7403 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7403 25 1992 1992 CD 1662 7403 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7403 27 Highways highway NNS 1662 7403 28 : : : 1662 7403 29 total total NN 1662 7403 30 : : : 1662 7403 31 159,000 159,000 CD 1662 7403 32 km km NN 1662 7403 33 paved pave VBN 1662 7403 34 : : : 1662 7403 35 67,893 67,893 CD 1662 7403 36 km km NN 1662 7403 37 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7403 38 : : : 1662 7403 39 91,107 91,107 CD 1662 7403 40 km km NNS 1662 7403 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7403 42 1995 1995 CD 1662 7403 43 est est NNP 1662 7403 44 . . . 1662 7403 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7404 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 7404 2 : : : 1662 7404 3 crude crude JJ 1662 7404 4 oil oil NN 1662 7404 5 6,400 6,400 CD 1662 7404 6 km km NN 1662 7404 7 ; ; : 1662 7404 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7404 9 products product NNS 1662 7404 10 150 150 CD 1662 7404 11 km km NN 1662 7404 12 ; ; : 1662 7404 13 natural natural JJ 1662 7404 14 gas gas NN 1662 7404 15 2,200 2,200 CD 1662 7404 16 km km NN 1662 7404 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7404 18 includes include VBZ 1662 7404 19 natural natural JJ 1662 7404 20 gas gas NN 1662 7404 21 liquids liquid NNS 1662 7404 22 1,600 1,600 CD 1662 7404 23 km km NN 1662 7404 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7404 25 Ports port NNS 1662 7404 26 and and CC 1662 7404 27 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7404 28 : : : 1662 7404 29 Ad Ad NNP 1662 7404 30 Dammam Dammam NNP 1662 7404 31 , , , 1662 7404 32 Al Al NNP 1662 7404 33 Jubayl Jubayl NNP 1662 7404 34 , , , 1662 7404 35 Duba Duba NNP 1662 7404 36 , , , 1662 7404 37 Jiddah Jiddah NNP 1662 7404 38 , , , 1662 7404 39 Jizan Jizan NNP 1662 7404 40 , , , 1662 7404 41 Rabigh Rabigh NNP 1662 7404 42 , , , 1662 7404 43 Ra Ra NNP 1662 7404 44 's 's POS 1662 7404 45 al al NNP 1662 7404 46 Khafji Khafji NNP 1662 7404 47 , , , 1662 7404 48 Al Al NNP 1662 7404 49 Mishab Mishab NNP 1662 7404 50 , , , 1662 7404 51 Ras Ras NNP 1662 7404 52 Tanura Tanura NNP 1662 7404 53 , , , 1662 7404 54 Yanbu Yanbu NNP 1662 7404 55 ' ' POS 1662 7404 56 al al NNP 1662 7404 57 Bahr Bahr NNP 1662 7404 58 , , , 1662 7404 59 Yanbu Yanbu NNP 1662 7404 60 ' ' POS 1662 7404 61 al al NNP 1662 7404 62 Sinaiyah Sinaiyah NNP 1662 7404 63 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7404 64 marine marine NN 1662 7404 65 : : : 1662 7404 66 total total NN 1662 7404 67 : : : 1662 7404 68 79 79 CD 1662 7404 69 ships ship NNS 1662 7404 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7404 71 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7404 72 GRT GRT NNP 1662 7404 73 or or CC 1662 7404 74 over over RB 1662 7404 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7404 76 totaling total VBG 1662 7404 77 998,503 998,503 CD 1662 7404 78 GRT/1,417,265 grt/1,417,265 NN 1662 7404 79 DWT dwt NN 1662 7404 80 ships ship NNS 1662 7404 81 by by IN 1662 7404 82 type type NN 1662 7404 83 : : : 1662 7404 84 bulk bulk NNP 1662 7404 85 1 1 CD 1662 7404 86 , , , 1662 7404 87 cargo cargo NN 1662 7404 88 12 12 CD 1662 7404 89 , , , 1662 7404 90 chemical chemical NN 1662 7404 91 tanker tanker NN 1662 7404 92 7 7 CD 1662 7404 93 , , , 1662 7404 94 container container NN 1662 7404 95 3 3 CD 1662 7404 96 , , , 1662 7404 97 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 7404 98 gas gas NN 1662 7404 99 tanker tanker NN 1662 7404 100 1 1 CD 1662 7404 101 , , , 1662 7404 102 livestock livestock NN 1662 7404 103 carrier carrier NN 1662 7404 104 5 5 CD 1662 7404 105 , , , 1662 7404 106 oil oil NN 1662 7404 107 tanker tanker NN 1662 7404 108 24 24 CD 1662 7404 109 , , , 1662 7404 110 passenger passenger NN 1662 7404 111 1 1 CD 1662 7404 112 , , , 1662 7404 113 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 7404 114 cargo cargo NN 1662 7404 115 4 4 CD 1662 7404 116 , , , 1662 7404 117 roll roll NN 1662 7404 118 - - HYPH 1662 7404 119 on on IN 1662 7404 120 / / SYM 1662 7404 121 roll roll NN 1662 7404 122 - - HYPH 1662 7404 123 off off RP 1662 7404 124 cargo cargo NN 1662 7404 125 12 12 CD 1662 7404 126 , , , 1662 7404 127 short short JJ 1662 7404 128 - - HYPH 1662 7404 129 sea sea NN 1662 7404 130 passenger passenger NN 1662 7404 131 9 9 CD 1662 7404 132 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7404 133 1996 1996 CD 1662 7404 134 est est NNP 1662 7404 135 . . . 1662 7404 136 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7405 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7405 2 : : : 1662 7405 3 174 174 CD 1662 7405 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7405 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 7405 6 est est NNP 1662 7405 7 . . . 1662 7405 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7406 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7406 2 - - , 1662 7406 3 with with IN 1662 7406 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7406 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7406 6 : : : 1662 7406 7 total total NN 1662 7406 8 : : : 1662 7406 9 79 79 CD 1662 7406 10 over over IN 1662 7406 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7406 12 m m NN 1662 7406 13 : : : 1662 7406 14 30 30 CD 1662 7406 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7406 16 to to IN 1662 7406 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7406 18 m m CD 1662 7406 19 : : : 1662 7406 20 11 11 CD 1662 7406 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7406 22 to to TO 1662 7406 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7406 24 m m NN 1662 7406 25 : : : 1662 7406 26 22 22 CD 1662 7406 27 914 914 CD 1662 7406 28 to to TO 1662 7406 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7406 30 m m NN 1662 7406 31 : : : 1662 7406 32 3 3 CD 1662 7406 33 under under IN 1662 7406 34 914 914 CD 1662 7406 35 m m NN 1662 7406 36 : : : 1662 7406 37 13 13 CD 1662 7406 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7406 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 7406 40 est est NNP 1662 7406 41 . . . 1662 7406 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7407 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7407 2 - - , 1662 7407 3 with with IN 1662 7407 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7407 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7407 6 : : : 1662 7407 7 total total NN 1662 7407 8 : : : 1662 7407 9 95 95 CD 1662 7407 10 over over IN 1662 7407 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7407 12 m m NN 1662 7407 13 : : : 1662 7407 14 1 1 CD 1662 7407 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7407 16 to to IN 1662 7407 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7407 18 m m NN 1662 7407 19 : : : 1662 7407 20 4 4 CD 1662 7407 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7407 22 to to TO 1662 7407 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7407 24 m m NN 1662 7407 25 : : : 1662 7407 26 66 66 CD 1662 7407 27 914 914 CD 1662 7407 28 to to TO 1662 7407 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7407 30 m m NN 1662 7407 31 : : : 1662 7407 32 24 24 CD 1662 7407 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7407 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 7407 35 est est NNP 1662 7407 36 . . . 1662 7407 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7408 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 7408 2 : : : 1662 7408 3 4 4 CD 1662 7408 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7408 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 7408 6 est est NNP 1662 7408 7 . . . 1662 7408 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7409 1 Military military JJ 1662 7409 2 Military military JJ 1662 7409 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7409 4 : : : 1662 7409 5 Land Land NNP 1662 7409 6 Force Force NNP 1662 7409 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7409 8 Army Army NNP 1662 7409 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7409 10 , , , 1662 7409 11 Navy Navy NNP 1662 7409 12 , , , 1662 7409 13 Air Air NNP 1662 7409 14 Force Force NNP 1662 7409 15 , , , 1662 7409 16 Air Air NNP 1662 7409 17 Defense Defense NNP 1662 7409 18 Force Force NNP 1662 7409 19 , , , 1662 7409 20 National National NNP 1662 7409 21 Guard Guard NNP 1662 7409 22 , , , 1662 7409 23 Coast Coast NNP 1662 7409 24 Guard Guard NNP 1662 7409 25 , , , 1662 7409 26 Frontier Frontier NNP 1662 7409 27 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 7409 28 , , , 1662 7409 29 Public Public NNP 1662 7409 30 Security Security NNP 1662 7409 31 Force Force NNP 1662 7409 32 , , , 1662 7409 33 Ministry Ministry NNP 1662 7409 34 of of IN 1662 7409 35 Interior Interior NNP 1662 7409 36 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 7409 37 Military Military NNP 1662 7409 38 manpower manpower NN 1662 7409 39 - - HYPH 1662 7409 40 military military NN 1662 7409 41 age age NN 1662 7409 42 : : : 1662 7409 43 18 18 CD 1662 7409 44 years year NNS 1662 7409 45 of of IN 1662 7409 46 age age NN 1662 7409 47 Military military JJ 1662 7409 48 manpower manpower NN 1662 7409 49 - - HYPH 1662 7409 50 availability availability NN 1662 7409 51 : : : 1662 7409 52 males male NNS 1662 7409 53 age age NNP 1662 7409 54 15 15 CD 1662 7409 55 - - SYM 1662 7409 56 49 49 CD 1662 7409 57 : : : 1662 7409 58 5,498,492 5,498,492 CD 1662 7409 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7409 60 1997 1997 CD 1662 7409 61 est e JJS 1662 7409 62 . . . 1662 7409 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7410 1 Military military JJ 1662 7410 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7410 3 - - HYPH 1662 7410 4 fit fit NN 1662 7410 5 for for IN 1662 7410 6 military military JJ 1662 7410 7 service service NN 1662 7410 8 : : : 1662 7410 9 males male NNS 1662 7410 10 : : : 1662 7410 11 3,057,533 3,057,533 CD 1662 7410 12 ( ( -LRB- 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of of IN 1662 7412 19 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7412 20 : : : 1662 7412 21 10 10 CD 1662 7412 22 % % NN 1662 7412 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7412 24 1996 1996 CD 1662 7412 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7412 26 ; ; : 1662 7412 27 note note NN 1662 7412 28 - - HYPH 1662 7412 29 based base VBN 1662 7412 30 on on IN 1662 7412 31 1996 1996 CD 1662 7412 32 budget budget NN 1662 7412 33 figure figure NN 1662 7412 34 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7412 35 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7412 36 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 7412 37 - - : 1662 7412 38 international international JJ 1662 7412 39 : : : 1662 7412 40 large large JJ 1662 7412 41 section section NN 1662 7412 42 of of IN 1662 7412 43 boundary boundary NN 1662 7412 44 with with IN 1662 7412 45 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 7412 46 not not RB 1662 7412 47 defined define VBN 1662 7412 48 ; ; : 1662 7412 49 location location NN 1662 7412 50 and and CC 1662 7412 51 status status NN 1662 7412 52 of of IN 1662 7412 53 boundary boundary NN 1662 7412 54 with with IN 1662 7412 55 UAE UAE NNP 1662 7412 56 is be VBZ 1662 7412 57 not not RB 1662 7412 58 final final JJ 1662 7412 59 , , , 1662 7412 60 de de FW 1662 7412 61 facto facto FW 1662 7412 62 boundary boundary NNP 1662 7412 63 reflects reflect VBZ 1662 7412 64 1974 1974 CD 1662 7412 65 agreement agreement NN 1662 7412 66 ; ; : 1662 7412 67 Kuwaiti Kuwaiti NNP 1662 7412 68 ownership ownership NN 1662 7412 69 of of IN 1662 7412 70 Qaruh Qaruh NNP 1662 7412 71 and and CC 1662 7412 72 Umm Umm NNP 1662 7412 73 al al NNP 1662 7412 74 Maradim Maradim NNP 1662 7412 75 islands island NNS 1662 7412 76 is be VBZ 1662 7412 77 disputed dispute VBN 1662 7412 78 by by IN 1662 7412 79 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 7412 80 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 7412 81 ; ; : 1662 7412 82 in in IN 1662 7412 83 1996 1996 CD 1662 7412 84 , , , 1662 7412 85 agreed agree VBD 1662 7412 86 with with IN 1662 7412 87 Qatar Qatar NNP 1662 7412 88 to to TO 1662 7412 89 demarcate demarcate VB 1662 7412 90 border border NN 1662 7412 91 per per IN 1662 7412 92 1992 1992 CD 1662 7412 93 accord accord NN 1662 7412 94 ; ; : 1662 7412 95 that that DT 1662 7412 96 process process NN 1662 7412 97 is be VBZ 1662 7412 98 ongoing ongoing JJ 1662 7412 99 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 7412 100 drugs drug NNS 1662 7412 101 : : : 1662 7412 102 death death NN 1662 7412 103 penalty penalty NN 1662 7412 104 for for IN 1662 7412 105 traffickers trafficker NNS 1662 7412 106 ; ; : 1662 7412 107 increasing increase VBG 1662 7412 108 consumption consumption NN 1662 7412 109 of of IN 1662 7412 110 heroin heroin NN 1662 7412 111 and and CC 1662 7412 112 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 7412 113 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 114 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 115 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 116 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 117 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 118 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 119 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 120 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 121 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 122 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 123 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 124 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 125 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 126 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 127 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 128 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 129 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 130 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 131 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 132 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 133 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 134 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 135 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 136 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 137 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 138 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 139 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 140 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 141 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 142 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 143 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 144 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 145 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 146 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 147 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 148 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 149 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 150 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 151 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 152 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 153 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 154 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 155 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 156 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 157 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 158 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 159 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 160 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 161 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 162 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 163 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 164 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 165 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 166 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 167 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 168 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 169 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 170 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 171 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 172 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 173 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 174 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 175 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 176 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 177 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 178 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 179 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 180 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 181 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 182 _ _ NNP 1662 7412 183 SENEGAL SENEGAL NNP 1662 7412 184 @Senegal @senegal NN 1662 7412 185 : : : 1662 7412 186 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7412 187 Location Location NNP 1662 7412 188 : : : 1662 7412 189 Western Western NNP 1662 7412 190 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7412 191 , , , 1662 7412 192 bordering border VBG 1662 7412 193 the the DT 1662 7412 194 North North NNP 1662 7412 195 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7412 196 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7412 197 , , , 1662 7412 198 between between IN 1662 7412 199 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 7412 200 - - HYPH 1662 7412 201 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 7412 202 and and CC 1662 7412 203 Mauritania Mauritania NNP 1662 7412 204 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7412 205 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7412 206 : : : 1662 7412 207 14 14 CD 1662 7412 208 00 00 CD 1662 7412 209 N n CD 1662 7412 210 , , , 1662 7412 211 14 14 CD 1662 7412 212 00 00 NFP 1662 7412 213 W W NNP 1662 7412 214 Map Map NNP 1662 7412 215 references reference NNS 1662 7412 216 : : : 1662 7412 217 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7412 218 Area Area NNP 1662 7412 219 : : : 1662 7412 220 total total NN 1662 7412 221 : : : 1662 7412 222 196,190 196,190 CD 1662 7412 223 sq sq RB 1662 7412 224 km km NNP 1662 7412 225 land land NN 1662 7412 226 : : : 1662 7412 227 192,000 192,000 CD 1662 7412 228 sq sq NNP 1662 7412 229 km km NNP 1662 7412 230 water water NN 1662 7412 231 : : : 1662 7412 232 4,190 4,190 CD 1662 7412 233 sq sq RB 1662 7412 234 km km NNP 1662 7412 235 Area area NN 1662 7412 236 - - HYPH 1662 7412 237 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7412 238 : : : 1662 7412 239 slightly slightly RB 1662 7412 240 smaller small JJR 1662 7412 241 than than IN 1662 7412 242 South South NNP 1662 7412 243 Dakota Dakota NNP 1662 7412 244 Land Land NNP 1662 7412 245 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7412 246 : : : 1662 7412 247 total total JJ 1662 7412 248 : : : 1662 7412 249 2,640 2,640 CD 1662 7412 250 km km NN 1662 7412 251 border border NN 1662 7412 252 countries country NNS 1662 7412 253 : : : 1662 7412 254 The the DT 1662 7412 255 Gambia Gambia NNP 1662 7412 256 740 740 CD 1662 7412 257 km km NN 1662 7412 258 , , , 1662 7412 259 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 7412 260 330 330 CD 1662 7412 261 km km NNS 1662 7412 262 , , , 1662 7412 263 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 7412 264 - - HYPH 1662 7412 265 Bissau Bissau NNP 1662 7412 266 338 338 CD 1662 7412 267 km km NNS 1662 7412 268 , , , 1662 7412 269 Mali Mali NNP 1662 7412 270 419 419 CD 1662 7412 271 km km NN 1662 7412 272 , , , 1662 7412 273 Mauritania Mauritania NNP 1662 7412 274 813 813 CD 1662 7412 275 km km NN 1662 7412 276 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7412 277 : : : 1662 7412 278 531 531 CD 1662 7412 279 km km NN 1662 7412 280 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7412 281 claims claim VBZ 1662 7412 282 : : : 1662 7412 283 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 7412 284 zone zone NN 1662 7412 285 : : : 1662 7412 286 24 24 CD 1662 7412 287 nm nm NNP 1662 7412 288 continental continental JJ 1662 7412 289 shelf shelf NNP 1662 7412 290 : : : 1662 7412 291 200 200 CD 1662 7412 292 nm nm CD 1662 7412 293 or or CC 1662 7412 294 to to IN 1662 7412 295 the the DT 1662 7412 296 edge edge NN 1662 7412 297 of of IN 1662 7412 298 the the DT 1662 7412 299 continental continental JJ 1662 7412 300 margin margin NN 1662 7412 301 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 7412 302 economic economic JJ 1662 7412 303 zone zone NN 1662 7412 304 : : : 1662 7412 305 200 200 CD 1662 7412 306 nm nm CD 1662 7412 307 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7412 308 sea sea NN 1662 7412 309 : : : 1662 7412 310 12 12 CD 1662 7412 311 nm nm NNP 1662 7412 312 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7412 313 : : : 1662 7412 314 tropical tropical JJ 1662 7412 315 ; ; : 1662 7412 316 hot hot JJ 1662 7412 317 , , , 1662 7412 318 humid humid JJ 1662 7412 319 ; ; : 1662 7412 320 rainy rainy JJ 1662 7412 321 season season NN 1662 7412 322 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7412 323 May May NNP 1662 7412 324 to to IN 1662 7412 325 November November NNP 1662 7412 326 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7412 327 has have VBZ 1662 7412 328 strong strong JJ 1662 7412 329 southeast southeast JJ 1662 7412 330 winds wind NNS 1662 7412 331 ; ; , 1662 7412 332 dry dry JJ 1662 7412 333 season season NN 1662 7412 334 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7412 335 December December NNP 1662 7412 336 to to IN 1662 7412 337 April April NNP 1662 7412 338 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7412 339 dominated dominate VBN 1662 7412 340 by by IN 1662 7412 341 hot hot JJ 1662 7412 342 , , , 1662 7412 343 dry dry JJ 1662 7412 344 , , , 1662 7412 345 harmattan harmattan JJ 1662 7412 346 wind wind NN 1662 7412 347 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7412 348 : : : 1662 7412 349 generally generally RB 1662 7412 350 low low JJ 1662 7412 351 , , , 1662 7412 352 rolling rolling JJ 1662 7412 353 , , , 1662 7412 354 plains plain NNS 1662 7412 355 rising rise VBG 1662 7412 356 to to IN 1662 7412 357 foothills foothill NNS 1662 7412 358 in in IN 1662 7412 359 southeast southeast JJ 1662 7412 360 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7412 361 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7412 362 : : : 1662 7412 363 lowest low JJS 1662 7412 364 point point NN 1662 7412 365 : : : 1662 7412 366 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7412 367 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7412 368 0 0 NFP 1662 7412 369 m m DT 1662 7412 370 highest high JJS 1662 7412 371 point point NN 1662 7412 372 : : : 1662 7412 373 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 7412 374 location location NN 1662 7412 375 in in IN 1662 7412 376 the the DT 1662 7412 377 Futa Futa NNP 1662 7412 378 Jaldon Jaldon NNP 1662 7412 379 foothills foothill VBZ 1662 7412 380 581 581 CD 1662 7412 381 m m NNP 1662 7412 382 Natural natural JJ 1662 7412 383 resources resource NNS 1662 7412 384 : : : 1662 7412 385 fish fish NN 1662 7412 386 , , , 1662 7412 387 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 7412 388 , , , 1662 7412 389 iron iron NN 1662 7412 390 ore ore NN 1662 7412 391 Land Land NNP 1662 7412 392 use use NN 1662 7412 393 : : : 1662 7412 394 arable arable JJ 1662 7412 395 land land NN 1662 7412 396 : : : 1662 7412 397 12 12 CD 1662 7412 398 % % NN 1662 7412 399 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7412 400 crops crop NNS 1662 7412 401 : : : 1662 7412 402 0 0 CD 1662 7412 403 % % NN 1662 7412 404 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7412 405 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7412 406 : : : 1662 7412 407 16 16 CD 1662 7412 408 % % NN 1662 7412 409 forests forest NNS 1662 7412 410 and and CC 1662 7412 411 woodland woodland NN 1662 7412 412 : : : 1662 7412 413 54 54 CD 1662 7412 414 % % NN 1662 7412 415 other other JJ 1662 7412 416 : : : 1662 7412 417 18 18 CD 1662 7412 418 % % NN 1662 7412 419 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7412 420 1993 1993 CD 1662 7412 421 est est NNP 1662 7412 422 . . . 1662 7412 423 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7413 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7413 2 land land NN 1662 7413 3 : : : 1662 7413 4 710 710 CD 1662 7413 5 sq sq NNP 1662 7413 6 km km NNP 1662 7413 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7413 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 7413 9 est est NNP 1662 7413 10 . . . 1662 7413 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7414 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 7414 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7414 3 : : : 1662 7414 4 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 7414 5 seasonally seasonally RB 1662 7414 6 flooded flood VBN 1662 7414 7 ; ; : 1662 7414 8 periodic periodic JJ 1662 7414 9 droughts drought NNS 1662 7414 10 Environment environment NN 1662 7414 11 - - HYPH 1662 7414 12 current current JJ 1662 7414 13 issues issue NNS 1662 7414 14 : : : 1662 7414 15 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 7414 16 populations population NNS 1662 7414 17 threatened threaten VBN 1662 7414 18 by by IN 1662 7414 19 poaching poach VBG 1662 7414 20 ; ; : 1662 7414 21 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 7414 22 ; ; : 1662 7414 23 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 7414 24 ; ; : 1662 7414 25 soil soil NN 1662 7414 26 erosion erosion NN 1662 7414 27 ; ; , 1662 7414 28 desertification desertification NN 1662 7414 29 ; ; , 1662 7414 30 overfishing overfishe VBG 1662 7414 31 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7414 32 - - HYPH 1662 7414 33 international international JJ 1662 7414 34 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7414 35 : : : 1662 7414 36 party party NN 1662 7414 37 to to TO 1662 7414 38 : : : 1662 7414 39 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 7414 40 , , , 1662 7414 41 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7414 42 Change Change NNP 1662 7414 43 , , , 1662 7414 44 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 7414 45 , , , 1662 7414 46 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 7414 47 Species Species NNPS 1662 7414 48 , , , 1662 7414 49 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 7414 50 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 7414 51 , , , 1662 7414 52 Law Law NNP 1662 7414 53 of of IN 1662 7414 54 the the DT 1662 7414 55 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7414 56 , , , 1662 7414 57 Marine Marine NNP 1662 7414 58 Life Life NNP 1662 7414 59 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 7414 60 , , , 1662 7414 61 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 7414 62 Test Test NNP 1662 7414 63 Ban Ban NNP 1662 7414 64 , , , 1662 7414 65 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 7414 66 Layer Layer NNP 1662 7414 67 Protection Protection NNP 1662 7414 68 , , , 1662 7414 69 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 7414 70 signed sign VBD 1662 7414 71 , , , 1662 7414 72 but but CC 1662 7414 73 not not RB 1662 7414 74 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7414 75 : : : 1662 7414 76 Marine Marine NNP 1662 7414 77 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 7414 78 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7414 79 - - HYPH 1662 7414 80 note note NN 1662 7414 81 : : : 1662 7414 82 The the DT 1662 7414 83 Gambia Gambia NNP 1662 7414 84 is be VBZ 1662 7414 85 almost almost RB 1662 7414 86 an an DT 1662 7414 87 enclave enclave NN 1662 7414 88 of of IN 1662 7414 89 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 7414 90 @Senegal @Senegal NNP 1662 7414 91 : : : 1662 7414 92 People People NNP 1662 7414 93 Population Population NNP 1662 7414 94 : : : 1662 7414 95 9,403,546 9,403,546 CD 1662 7414 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7414 97 July July NNP 1662 7414 98 1997 1997 CD 1662 7414 99 est est NNP 1662 7414 100 . . . 1662 7414 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7415 1 Age age NN 1662 7415 2 structure structure NN 1662 7415 3 : : : 1662 7415 4 0 0 CD 1662 7415 5 - - HYPH 1662 7415 6 14 14 CD 1662 7415 7 years year NNS 1662 7415 8 : : : 1662 7415 9 48 48 CD 1662 7415 10 % % NN 1662 7415 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7415 12 male male JJ 1662 7415 13 2,259,765 2,259,765 CD 1662 7415 14 ; ; : 1662 7415 15 female female JJ 1662 7415 16 2,270,363 2,270,363 CD 1662 7415 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7415 18 15 15 CD 1662 7415 19 - - SYM 1662 7415 20 64 64 CD 1662 7415 21 years year NNS 1662 7415 22 : : : 1662 7415 23 49 49 CD 1662 7415 24 % % NN 1662 7415 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7415 26 male male JJ 1662 7415 27 2,190,263 2,190,263 CD 1662 7415 28 ; ; : 1662 7415 29 female female JJ 1662 7415 30 2,418,385 2,418,385 CD 1662 7415 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7415 32 65 65 CD 1662 7415 33 years year NNS 1662 7415 34 and and CC 1662 7415 35 over over IN 1662 7415 36 : : : 1662 7415 37 3 3 CD 1662 7415 38 % % NN 1662 7415 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7415 40 male male JJ 1662 7415 41 130,742 130,742 CD 1662 7415 42 ; ; : 1662 7415 43 female female JJ 1662 7415 44 134,028 134,028 CD 1662 7415 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7415 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7415 47 July July NNP 1662 7415 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7415 49 est est NNP 1662 7415 50 . . . 1662 7415 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7416 1 Population population NN 1662 7416 2 growth growth NN 1662 7416 3 rate rate NN 1662 7416 4 : : : 1662 7416 5 3.35 3.35 CD 1662 7416 6 % % NN 1662 7416 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7416 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7416 9 est est NNP 1662 7416 10 . . . 1662 7416 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7417 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7417 2 rate rate NN 1662 7417 3 : : : 1662 7417 4 44.91 44.91 CD 1662 7417 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 7417 6 population population NN 1662 7417 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7417 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7417 9 est est NNP 1662 7417 10 . . . 1662 7417 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7418 1 Death death NN 1662 7418 2 rate rate NN 1662 7418 3 : : : 1662 7418 4 11.4 11.4 CD 1662 7418 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7418 6 population population NN 1662 7418 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7418 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7418 9 est est NNP 1662 7418 10 . . . 1662 7418 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7419 1 Net net JJ 1662 7419 2 migration migration NN 1662 7419 3 rate rate NN 1662 7419 4 : : : 1662 7419 5 0 0 NFP 1662 7419 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 7419 7 population population NN 1662 7419 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7419 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7419 10 est est NNP 1662 7419 11 . . . 1662 7419 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7420 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7420 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7420 3 : : : 1662 7420 4 at at IN 1662 7420 5 birth birth NN 1662 7420 6 : : : 1662 7420 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 7420 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7420 9 under under IN 1662 7420 10 15 15 CD 1662 7420 11 years year NNS 1662 7420 12 : : : 1662 7420 13 1 1 CD 1662 7420 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7420 15 15 15 CD 1662 7420 16 - - HYPH 1662 7420 17 64 64 CD 1662 7420 18 years year NNS 1662 7420 19 : : : 1662 7420 20 0.91 0.91 CD 1662 7420 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7420 22 65 65 CD 1662 7420 23 years year NNS 1662 7420 24 and and CC 1662 7420 25 over over IN 1662 7420 26 : : : 1662 7420 27 0.98 0.98 CD 1662 7420 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7420 29 total total JJ 1662 7420 30 population population NN 1662 7420 31 : : : 1662 7420 32 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 7420 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7420 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7420 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7420 36 est est NNP 1662 7420 37 . . . 1662 7420 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7421 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7421 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7421 3 rate rate NN 1662 7421 4 : : : 1662 7421 5 62.6 62.6 CD 1662 7421 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7421 7 live live JJ 1662 7421 8 births birth NNS 1662 7421 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7421 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7421 11 est est NNP 1662 7421 12 . . . 1662 7421 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7422 1 Life life NN 1662 7422 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7422 3 at at IN 1662 7422 4 birth birth NN 1662 7422 5 : : : 1662 7422 6 total total JJ 1662 7422 7 population population NN 1662 7422 8 : : : 1662 7422 9 56.93 56.93 CD 1662 7422 10 years year NNS 1662 7422 11 male male JJ 1662 7422 12 : : : 1662 7422 13 54.15 54.15 CD 1662 7422 14 years year NNS 1662 7422 15 female female JJ 1662 7422 16 : : : 1662 7422 17 59.79 59.79 CD 1662 7422 18 years year NNS 1662 7422 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7422 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 7422 21 est est NNP 1662 7422 22 . . . 1662 7422 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7423 1 Total total JJ 1662 7423 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7423 3 rate rate NN 1662 7423 4 : : : 1662 7423 5 6.24 6.24 CD 1662 7423 6 children child NNS 1662 7423 7 born bear VBN 1662 7423 8 / / SYM 1662 7423 9 woman woman NN 1662 7423 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7423 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7423 12 est est NNP 1662 7423 13 . . . 1662 7423 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7424 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7424 2 : : : 1662 7424 3 noun noun NN 1662 7424 4 : : : 1662 7424 5 Senegalese Senegalese NNP 1662 7424 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7424 7 singular singular JJ 1662 7424 8 and and CC 1662 7424 9 plural plural JJ 1662 7424 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7424 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 7424 12 : : : 1662 7424 13 Senegalese senegalese JJ 1662 7424 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7424 15 groups group NNS 1662 7424 16 : : : 1662 7424 17 Wolof Wolof NNP 1662 7424 18 36 36 CD 1662 7424 19 % % NN 1662 7424 20 , , , 1662 7424 21 Fulani Fulani NNP 1662 7424 22 17 17 CD 1662 7424 23 % % NN 1662 7424 24 , , , 1662 7424 25 Serer serer NN 1662 7424 26 17 17 CD 1662 7424 27 % % NN 1662 7424 28 , , , 1662 7424 29 Toucouleur toucouleur NN 1662 7424 30 9 9 CD 1662 7424 31 % % NN 1662 7424 32 , , , 1662 7424 33 Diola Diola NNP 1662 7424 34 9 9 CD 1662 7424 35 % % NN 1662 7424 36 , , , 1662 7424 37 Mandingo Mandingo NNP 1662 7424 38 9 9 CD 1662 7424 39 % % NN 1662 7424 40 , , , 1662 7424 41 European european JJ 1662 7424 42 and and CC 1662 7424 43 Lebanese lebanese JJ 1662 7424 44 1 1 CD 1662 7424 45 % % NN 1662 7424 46 , , , 1662 7424 47 other other JJ 1662 7424 48 2 2 CD 1662 7424 49 % % NN 1662 7424 50 Religions religion NNS 1662 7424 51 : : : 1662 7424 52 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 7424 53 92 92 CD 1662 7424 54 % % NN 1662 7424 55 , , , 1662 7424 56 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 7424 57 beliefs belief NNS 1662 7424 58 6 6 CD 1662 7424 59 % % NN 1662 7424 60 , , , 1662 7424 61 Christian Christian NNP 1662 7424 62 2 2 CD 1662 7424 63 % % NN 1662 7424 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7424 65 mostly mostly RB 1662 7424 66 Roman Roman NNP 1662 7424 67 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 7424 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7424 69 Languages language NNS 1662 7424 70 : : : 1662 7424 71 French French NNP 1662 7424 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7424 73 official official NN 1662 7424 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7424 75 , , , 1662 7424 76 Wolof Wolof NNP 1662 7424 77 , , , 1662 7424 78 Pulaar Pulaar NNP 1662 7424 79 , , , 1662 7424 80 Diola Diola NNP 1662 7424 81 , , , 1662 7424 82 Mandingo Mandingo NNP 1662 7424 83 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 7424 84 : : : 1662 7424 85 definition definition NN 1662 7424 86 : : : 1662 7424 87 age age NN 1662 7424 88 15 15 CD 1662 7424 89 and and CC 1662 7424 90 over over RB 1662 7424 91 can can MD 1662 7424 92 read read VB 1662 7424 93 and and CC 1662 7424 94 write write VB 1662 7424 95 total total JJ 1662 7424 96 population population NN 1662 7424 97 : : : 1662 7424 98 33.1 33.1 CD 1662 7424 99 % % NN 1662 7424 100 male male NN 1662 7424 101 : : : 1662 7424 102 43 43 CD 1662 7424 103 % % NN 1662 7424 104 female female NN 1662 7424 105 : : : 1662 7424 106 23.2 23.2 CD 1662 7424 107 % % NN 1662 7424 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7424 109 1995 1995 CD 1662 7424 110 est est NNP 1662 7424 111 . . . 1662 7424 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7425 1 @Senegal @senegal JJ 1662 7425 2 : : : 1662 7425 3 Government Government NNP 1662 7425 4 Country Country NNP 1662 7425 5 name name NN 1662 7425 6 : : : 1662 7425 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7425 8 long long JJ 1662 7425 9 form form NN 1662 7425 10 : : : 1662 7425 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7425 12 of of IN 1662 7425 13 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 7425 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7425 15 short short JJ 1662 7425 16 form form NN 1662 7425 17 : : : 1662 7425 18 Senegal senegal JJ 1662 7425 19 local local JJ 1662 7425 20 long long JJ 1662 7425 21 form form NN 1662 7425 22 : : : 1662 7425 23 Republique Republique NNP 1662 7425 24 du du NNP 1662 7425 25 Senegal senegal JJ 1662 7425 26 local local JJ 1662 7425 27 short short JJ 1662 7425 28 form form NN 1662 7425 29 : : : 1662 7425 30 Senegal Senegal NNP 1662 7425 31 Data Data NNP 1662 7425 32 code code NN 1662 7425 33 : : : 1662 7425 34 SG SG NNP 1662 7425 35 Government Government NNP 1662 7425 36 type type NN 1662 7425 37 : : : 1662 7425 38 republic republic NN 1662 7425 39 under under IN 1662 7425 40 multiparty multiparty NNP 1662 7425 41 democratic democratic JJ 1662 7425 42 rule rule NN 1662 7425 43 National national JJ 1662 7425 44 capital capital NN 1662 7425 45 : : : 1662 7425 46 Dakar Dakar NNP 1662 7425 47 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 7425 48 divisions division NNS 1662 7425 49 : : : 1662 7425 50 10 10 CD 1662 7425 51 regions region NNS 1662 7425 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7425 53 regions region NNS 1662 7425 54 , , , 1662 7425 55 singular singular JJ 1662 7425 56 - - HYPH 1662 7425 57 region region NN 1662 7425 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7425 59 ; ; : 1662 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7444 28 , , , 1662 7444 29 Matam Matam NNP 1662 7444 30 , , , 1662 7444 31 Podor Podor NNP 1662 7444 32 , , , 1662 7444 33 Richard Richard NNP 1662 7444 34 - - HYPH 1662 7444 35 Toll Toll NNP 1662 7444 36 , , , 1662 7444 37 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7444 38 - - HYPH 1662 7444 39 Louis Louis NNP 1662 7444 40 , , , 1662 7444 41 Ziguinchor Ziguinchor NNP 1662 7444 42 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7444 43 marine marine NN 1662 7444 44 : : : 1662 7444 45 total total NN 1662 7444 46 : : : 1662 7444 47 1 1 CD 1662 7444 48 bulk bulk NNP 1662 7444 49 ship ship NN 1662 7444 50 , , , 1662 7444 51 1,995 1,995 CD 1662 7444 52 GRT/3,775 grt/3,775 NN 1662 7444 53 DWT DWT NNP 1662 7444 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7444 55 1996 1996 CD 1662 7444 56 est est NNP 1662 7444 57 . . . 1662 7444 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7445 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7445 2 : : : 1662 7445 3 17 17 CD 1662 7445 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7445 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 7445 6 est est NNP 1662 7445 7 . . . 1662 7445 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7446 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7446 2 - - , 1662 7446 3 with with IN 1662 7446 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7446 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7446 6 : : : 1662 7446 7 total total NN 1662 7446 8 : : : 1662 7446 9 10 10 CD 1662 7446 10 over over IN 1662 7446 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7446 12 m m NN 1662 7446 13 : : : 1662 7446 14 1 1 CD 1662 7446 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7446 16 to to TO 1662 7446 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7446 18 m m NN 1662 7446 19 : : : 1662 7446 20 7 7 CD 1662 7446 21 914 914 CD 1662 7446 22 to to TO 1662 7446 23 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7446 24 m m NN 1662 7446 25 : : : 1662 7446 26 1 1 CD 1662 7446 27 under under IN 1662 7446 28 914 914 CD 1662 7446 29 m m NN 1662 7446 30 : : : 1662 7446 31 1 1 CD 1662 7446 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7446 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 7446 34 est est NNP 1662 7446 35 . . . 1662 7446 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7447 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7447 2 - - , 1662 7447 3 with with IN 1662 7447 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7447 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7447 6 : : : 1662 7447 7 total total NN 1662 7447 8 : : : 1662 7447 9 7 7 CD 1662 7447 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7447 11 to to TO 1662 7447 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7447 13 m m NN 1662 7447 14 : : : 1662 7447 15 5 5 CD 1662 7447 16 914 914 CD 1662 7447 17 to to TO 1662 7447 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7447 19 m m NN 1662 7447 20 : : : 1662 7447 21 2 2 CD 1662 7447 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7447 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 7447 24 est est NNP 1662 7447 25 . . . 1662 7447 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7448 1 Military military JJ 1662 7448 2 Military military JJ 1662 7448 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7448 4 : : : 1662 7448 5 Army Army NNP 1662 7448 6 , , , 1662 7448 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 7448 8 , , , 1662 7448 9 Air Air NNP 1662 7448 10 Force Force NNP 1662 7448 11 , , , 1662 7448 12 National National NNP 1662 7448 13 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 7448 14 , , , 1662 7448 15 National National NNP 1662 7448 16 Police Police NNP 1662 7448 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7448 18 Surete Surete NNP 1662 7448 19 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 7448 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7448 21 Military military JJ 1662 7448 22 manpower manpower NN 1662 7448 23 - - HYPH 1662 7448 24 military military NN 1662 7448 25 age age NN 1662 7448 26 : : : 1662 7448 27 18 18 CD 1662 7448 28 years year NNS 1662 7448 29 of of IN 1662 7448 30 age age NN 1662 7448 31 Military military JJ 1662 7448 32 manpower manpower NN 1662 7448 33 - - HYPH 1662 7448 34 availability availability NN 1662 7448 35 : : : 1662 7448 36 males male NNS 1662 7448 37 age age NNP 1662 7448 38 15 15 CD 1662 7448 39 - - HYPH 1662 7448 40 49 49 CD 1662 7448 41 : : : 1662 7448 42 1,938,693 1,938,693 CD 1662 7448 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7448 44 1997 1997 CD 1662 7448 45 est est NNP 1662 7448 46 . . . 1662 7448 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7449 1 Military military JJ 1662 7449 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7449 3 - - HYPH 1662 7449 4 fit fit NN 1662 7449 5 for for IN 1662 7449 6 military military JJ 1662 7449 7 service service NN 1662 7449 8 : : : 1662 7449 9 males male NNS 1662 7449 10 : : : 1662 7449 11 1,012,181 1,012,181 CD 1662 7449 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7449 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7449 14 est est NNP 1662 7449 15 . . . 1662 7449 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7450 1 Military military JJ 1662 7450 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7450 3 - - HYPH 1662 7450 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 7450 5 military military JJ 1662 7450 6 age age NN 1662 7450 7 annually annually RB 1662 7450 8 : : : 1662 7450 9 males male NNS 1662 7450 10 : : : 1662 7450 11 94,397 94,397 CD 1662 7450 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7450 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7450 14 est est NNP 1662 7450 15 . . . 1662 7450 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7451 1 Military military JJ 1662 7451 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7451 3 - - HYPH 1662 7451 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 7451 5 figure figure NN 1662 7451 6 : : : 1662 7451 7 $ $ $ 1662 7451 8 81 81 CD 1662 7451 9 million million CD 1662 7451 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7451 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 7451 12 est est NNP 1662 7451 13 . . . 1662 7451 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7452 1 Military military JJ 1662 7452 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7452 3 - - : 1662 7452 4 percent percent NN 1662 7452 5 of of IN 1662 7452 6 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7452 7 : : : 1662 7452 8 2.1 2.1 CD 1662 7452 9 % % NN 1662 7452 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7452 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 7452 12 est est NNP 1662 7452 13 . . . 1662 7452 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7453 1 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7453 2 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7453 3 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 7453 4 - - HYPH 1662 7453 5 international international JJ 1662 7453 6 : : : 1662 7453 7 short short JJ 1662 7453 8 section section NN 1662 7453 9 of of IN 1662 7453 10 boundary boundary JJ 1662 7453 11 with with IN 1662 7453 12 The the DT 1662 7453 13 Gambia Gambia NNP 1662 7453 14 is be VBZ 1662 7453 15 indefinite indefinite JJ 1662 7453 16 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 7453 17 drugs drug NNS 1662 7453 18 : : : 1662 7453 19 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 7453 20 point point NN 1662 7453 21 for for IN 1662 7453 22 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 7453 23 and and CC 1662 7453 24 Southeast southeast JJ 1662 7453 25 Asian asian JJ 1662 7453 26 heroin heroin NN 1662 7453 27 moving move VBG 1662 7453 28 to to IN 1662 7453 29 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7453 30 and and CC 1662 7453 31 North North NNP 1662 7453 32 America America NNP 1662 7453 33 ; ; : 1662 7453 34 illicit illicit JJ 1662 7453 35 cultivator cultivator NN 1662 7453 36 of of IN 1662 7453 37 cannabis cannabis NNP 1662 7453 38 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 39 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 40 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 41 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 42 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 43 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 44 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 45 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 46 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 47 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 48 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 49 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 50 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 51 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 52 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 53 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 54 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 55 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 56 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 57 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 58 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 59 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 60 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 61 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 62 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 63 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 64 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 65 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 66 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 67 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 68 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 69 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 70 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 71 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 72 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 73 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 74 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 75 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 76 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 77 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 78 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 79 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 80 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 81 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 82 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 83 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 84 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 85 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 86 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 87 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 88 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 89 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 90 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 91 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 92 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 93 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 94 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 95 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 96 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 97 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 98 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 99 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 100 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 101 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 102 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 103 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 104 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 105 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 106 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 107 _ _ NNP 1662 7453 108 SERBIA SERBIA NNP 1662 7453 109 AND and CC 1662 7453 110 MONTENEGRO MONTENEGRO NNP 1662 7453 111 Introduction Introduction NNP 1662 7453 112 Current current JJ 1662 7453 113 issues issue NNS 1662 7453 114 : : : 1662 7453 115 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7453 116 and and CC 1662 7453 117 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7453 118 have have VBP 1662 7453 119 asserted assert VBN 1662 7453 120 the the DT 1662 7453 121 formation formation NN 1662 7453 122 of of IN 1662 7453 123 a a DT 1662 7453 124 joint joint JJ 1662 7453 125 independent independent JJ 1662 7453 126 state state NN 1662 7453 127 , , , 1662 7453 128 but but CC 1662 7453 129 this this DT 1662 7453 130 entity entity NN 1662 7453 131 has have VBZ 1662 7453 132 not not RB 1662 7453 133 been be VBN 1662 7453 134 formally formally RB 1662 7453 135 recognized recognize VBN 1662 7453 136 as as IN 1662 7453 137 a a DT 1662 7453 138 state state NN 1662 7453 139 by by IN 1662 7453 140 the the DT 1662 7453 141 US US NNP 1662 7453 142 ; ; : 1662 7453 143 the the DT 1662 7453 144 US US NNP 1662 7453 145 view view NN 1662 7453 146 is be VBZ 1662 7453 147 that that IN 1662 7453 148 the the DT 1662 7453 149 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 7453 150 Federal Federal NNP 1662 7453 151 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7453 152 of of IN 1662 7453 153 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia NNP 1662 7453 154 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7453 155 SFRY SFRY NNP 1662 7453 156 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7453 157 has have VBZ 1662 7453 158 dissolved dissolve VBN 1662 7453 159 and and CC 1662 7453 160 that that IN 1662 7453 161 none none NN 1662 7453 162 of of IN 1662 7453 163 the the DT 1662 7453 164 successor successor NN 1662 7453 165 republics republic NNS 1662 7453 166 represents represent VBZ 1662 7453 167 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7453 168 continuation continuation NN 1662 7453 169 . . . 1662 7454 1 @Serbia @Serbia NNP 1662 7454 2 and and CC 1662 7454 3 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7454 4 : : : 1662 7454 5 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7454 6 Location Location NNP 1662 7454 7 : : : 1662 7454 8 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 7454 9 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7454 10 , , , 1662 7454 11 bordering border VBG 1662 7454 12 the the DT 1662 7454 13 Adriatic Adriatic NNP 1662 7454 14 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7454 15 , , , 1662 7454 16 between between IN 1662 7454 17 Albania Albania NNP 1662 7454 18 and and CC 1662 7454 19 Bosnia Bosnia NNP 1662 7454 20 and and CC 1662 7454 21 Herzegovina Herzegovina NNP 1662 7454 22 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7454 23 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7454 24 : : : 1662 7454 25 44 44 CD 1662 7454 26 00 00 CD 1662 7454 27 N n CD 1662 7454 28 , , , 1662 7454 29 21 21 CD 1662 7454 30 00 00 CD 1662 7454 31 E e NN 1662 7454 32 Map Map NNP 1662 7454 33 references reference NNS 1662 7454 34 : : : 1662 7454 35 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7454 36 Area Area NNP 1662 7454 37 : : : 1662 7454 38 total total NN 1662 7454 39 : : : 1662 7454 40 102,350 102,350 CD 1662 7454 41 sq sq IN 1662 7454 42 km km NNP 1662 7454 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7454 44 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7454 45 88,412 88,412 CD 1662 7454 46 sq sq NN 1662 7454 47 km km NNS 1662 7454 48 ; ; : 1662 7454 49 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7454 50 13,938 13,938 CD 1662 7454 51 sq sq NNP 1662 7454 52 km km NNP 1662 7454 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7454 54 land land NN 1662 7454 55 : : : 1662 7454 56 102,136 102,136 CD 1662 7454 57 sq sq NNP 1662 7454 58 km km NNP 1662 7454 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7454 60 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7454 61 88,412 88,412 CD 1662 7454 62 sq sq NN 1662 7454 63 km km NNS 1662 7454 64 ; ; : 1662 7454 65 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7454 66 13,724 13,724 CD 1662 7454 67 sq sq NNP 1662 7454 68 km km NNP 1662 7454 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7454 70 water water NN 1662 7454 71 : : : 1662 7454 72 214 214 CD 1662 7454 73 sq sq IN 1662 7454 74 km km NNP 1662 7454 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7454 76 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7454 77 0 0 CD 1662 7454 78 sq sq NNP 1662 7454 79 km km NNS 1662 7454 80 ; ; : 1662 7454 81 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7454 82 214 214 CD 1662 7454 83 sq sq NN 1662 7454 84 km km NNP 1662 7454 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7454 86 Area area NN 1662 7454 87 - - HYPH 1662 7454 88 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7454 89 : : : 1662 7454 90 slightly slightly RB 1662 7454 91 smaller small JJR 1662 7454 92 than than IN 1662 7454 93 Kentucky Kentucky NNP 1662 7454 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7454 95 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7454 96 is be VBZ 1662 7454 97 slightly slightly RB 1662 7454 98 larger large JJR 1662 7454 99 than than IN 1662 7454 100 Maine Maine NNP 1662 7454 101 ; ; : 1662 7454 102 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7454 103 is be VBZ 1662 7454 104 slightly slightly RB 1662 7454 105 smaller small JJR 1662 7454 106 than than IN 1662 7454 107 Connecticut Connecticut NNP 1662 7454 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7454 109 Land land NN 1662 7454 110 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7454 111 : : : 1662 7454 112 total total JJ 1662 7454 113 : : : 1662 7454 114 2,246 2,246 CD 1662 7454 115 km km NN 1662 7454 116 border border NN 1662 7454 117 countries country NNS 1662 7454 118 : : : 1662 7454 119 Albania Albania NNP 1662 7454 120 287 287 CD 1662 7454 121 km km NNS 1662 7454 122 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7454 123 114 114 CD 1662 7454 124 km km NN 1662 7454 125 with with IN 1662 7454 126 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7454 127 , , , 1662 7454 128 173 173 CD 1662 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with with IN 1662 7454 167 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7454 168 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7454 169 , , , 1662 7454 170 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 7454 171 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7454 172 south south NNP 1662 7454 173 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7454 174 25 25 CD 1662 7454 175 km km NNS 1662 7454 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7454 177 with with IN 1662 7454 178 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7454 179 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7454 180 , , , 1662 7454 181 Hungary Hungary NNP 1662 7454 182 151 151 CD 1662 7454 183 km km NNS 1662 7454 184 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7454 185 with with IN 1662 7454 186 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7454 187 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7454 188 , , , 1662 7454 189 The the DT 1662 7454 190 Former Former NNP 1662 7454 191 Yugoslav Yugoslav NNP 1662 7454 192 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7454 193 of of IN 1662 7454 194 Macedonia Macedonia NNP 1662 7454 195 221 221 CD 1662 7454 196 km km VBZ 1662 7454 197 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7454 198 with with IN 1662 7454 199 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7454 200 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7454 201 , , , 1662 7454 202 Romania Romania NNP 1662 7454 203 476 476 CD 1662 7454 204 km km NNS 1662 7454 205 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7454 206 with with IN 1662 7454 207 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7454 208 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7454 209 note note NN 1662 7454 210 : : : 1662 7454 211 the the DT 1662 7454 212 internal internal JJ 1662 7454 213 boundary boundary NN 1662 7454 214 between between IN 1662 7454 215 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7454 216 and and CC 1662 7454 217 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7454 218 is be VBZ 1662 7454 219 211 211 CD 1662 7454 220 km km NN 1662 7454 221 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7454 222 : : : 1662 7454 223 199 199 CD 1662 7454 224 km km NN 1662 7454 225 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7454 226 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7454 227 199 199 CD 1662 7454 228 km km NNS 1662 7454 229 , , , 1662 7454 230 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7454 231 0 0 CD 1662 7454 232 km km NN 1662 7454 233 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7454 234 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7454 235 claims claim VBZ 1662 7454 236 : : : 1662 7454 237 NA NA NNP 1662 7454 238 Climate climate NN 1662 7454 239 : : : 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16 office office NN 1662 7469 17 of of IN 1662 7469 18 a a DT 1662 7469 19 communist communist JJ 1662 7469 20 government government NN 1662 7469 21 that that WDT 1662 7469 22 is be VBZ 1662 7469 23 primarily primarily RB 1662 7469 24 interested interested JJ 1662 7469 25 in in IN 1662 7469 26 political political JJ 1662 7469 27 and and CC 1662 7469 28 military military JJ 1662 7469 29 mastery mastery NN 1662 7469 30 , , , 1662 7469 31 not not RB 1662 7469 32 economic economic JJ 1662 7469 33 reform reform NN 1662 7469 34 . . . 1662 7470 1 Hyperinflation hyperinflation NN 1662 7470 2 ended end VBD 1662 7470 3 with with IN 1662 7470 4 the the DT 1662 7470 5 establishment establishment NN 1662 7470 6 of of IN 1662 7470 7 a a DT 1662 7470 8 new new JJ 1662 7470 9 currency currency NN 1662 7470 10 unit unit NN 1662 7470 11 in in IN 1662 7470 12 June June NNP 1662 7470 13 1993 1993 CD 1662 7470 14 ; ; : 1662 7470 15 prices price NNS 1662 7470 16 were be VBD 1662 7470 17 relatively relatively RB 1662 7470 18 stable stable JJ 1662 7470 19 in in IN 1662 7470 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 7470 21 . . . 1662 7471 1 Reliable reliable JJ 1662 7471 2 statistics statistic NNS 1662 7471 3 are be VBP 1662 7471 4 hard hard JJ 1662 7471 5 to to TO 1662 7471 6 come come VB 1662 7471 7 by by RP 1662 7471 8 ; ; : 1662 7471 9 the the DT 1662 7471 10 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7471 11 estimate estimate NN 1662 7471 12 is be VBZ 1662 7471 13 extremely extremely RB 1662 7471 14 rough rough JJ 1662 7471 15 . . . 1662 7472 1 The the DT 1662 7472 2 economic economic JJ 1662 7472 3 boom boom NN 1662 7472 4 anticipated anticipate VBN 1662 7472 5 by by IN 1662 7472 6 the the DT 1662 7472 7 government government NN 1662 7472 8 after after IN 1662 7472 9 the the DT 1662 7472 10 suspension suspension NN 1662 7472 11 of of IN 1662 7472 12 UN UN NNP 1662 7472 13 sanctions sanction NNS 1662 7472 14 in in IN 1662 7472 15 December December NNP 1662 7472 16 1995 1995 CD 1662 7472 17 failed fail VBD 1662 7472 18 to to TO 1662 7472 19 materialize materialize VB 1662 7472 20 in in IN 1662 7472 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 7472 22 and and CC 1662 7472 23 early early JJ 1662 7472 24 1997 1997 CD 1662 7472 25 , , , 1662 7472 26 exacerbating exacerbate VBG 1662 7472 27 the the DT 1662 7472 28 regime regime NN 1662 7472 29 's 's POS 1662 7472 30 financial financial JJ 1662 7472 31 problems problem NNS 1662 7472 32 . . . 1662 7473 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7473 2 : : : 1662 7473 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7473 4 power power NN 1662 7473 5 parity parity NN 1662 7473 6 - - : 1662 7473 7 $ $ $ 1662 7473 8 21 21 CD 1662 7473 9 billion billion CD 1662 7473 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7473 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 7473 12 est est NNP 1662 7473 13 . . . 1662 7473 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7474 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7474 2 - - HYPH 1662 7474 3 real real JJ 1662 7474 4 growth growth NN 1662 7474 5 rate rate NN 1662 7474 6 : : : 1662 7474 7 6 6 CD 1662 7474 8 % % NN 1662 7474 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7474 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 7474 11 est est NNP 1662 7474 12 . . . 1662 7474 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7475 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7475 2 - - HYPH 1662 7475 3 per per FW 1662 7475 4 capita capita NN 1662 7475 5 : : : 1662 7475 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7475 7 power power NN 1662 7475 8 parity parity NN 1662 7475 9 - - : 1662 7475 10 $ $ $ 1662 7475 11 1,900 1,900 CD 1662 7475 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7475 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 7475 14 est est NNP 1662 7475 15 . . . 1662 7475 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7476 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7476 2 - - HYPH 1662 7476 3 composition composition NN 1662 7476 4 by by IN 1662 7476 5 sector sector NN 1662 7476 6 : : : 1662 7476 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7476 8 : : : 1662 7476 9 25 25 CD 1662 7476 10 % % NN 1662 7476 11 industry industry NN 1662 7476 12 : : : 1662 7476 13 50 50 CD 1662 7476 14 % % NN 1662 7476 15 services service NNS 1662 7476 16 : : : 1662 7476 17 25 25 CD 1662 7476 18 % % NN 1662 7476 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7476 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 7476 21 est est NNP 1662 7476 22 . . . 1662 7476 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7477 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 7477 2 rate rate NN 1662 7477 3 - - HYPH 1662 7477 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 7477 5 price price NN 1662 7477 6 index index NN 1662 7477 7 : : : 1662 7477 8 79 79 CD 1662 7477 9 % % NN 1662 7477 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7477 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 7477 12 est est NNP 1662 7477 13 . . . 1662 7477 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7478 1 Labor labor NN 1662 7478 2 force force NN 1662 7478 3 : : : 1662 7478 4 total total NN 1662 7478 5 : : : 1662 7478 6 2.178 2.178 CD 1662 7478 7 million million CD 1662 7478 8 by by IN 1662 7478 9 occupation occupation NN 1662 7478 10 : : : 1662 7478 11 industry industry NN 1662 7478 12 41 41 CD 1662 7478 13 % % NN 1662 7478 14 , , , 1662 7478 15 services service NNS 1662 7478 16 35 35 CD 1662 7478 17 % % NN 1662 7478 18 , , , 1662 7478 19 trade trade NN 1662 7478 20 and and CC 1662 7478 21 tourism tourism NN 1662 7478 22 12 12 CD 1662 7478 23 % % NN 1662 7478 24 , , , 1662 7478 25 transportation transportation NN 1662 7478 26 and and CC 1662 7478 27 communication communication NN 1662 7478 28 7 7 CD 1662 7478 29 % % NN 1662 7478 30 , , , 1662 7478 31 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7478 32 5 5 CD 1662 7478 33 % % NN 1662 7478 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7478 35 1994 1994 CD 1662 7478 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7478 37 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 7478 38 rate rate NN 1662 7478 39 : : : 1662 7478 40 more more JJR 1662 7478 41 than than IN 1662 7478 42 35 35 CD 1662 7478 43 % % NN 1662 7478 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7478 45 1995 1995 CD 1662 7478 46 est est NNP 1662 7478 47 . . . 1662 7478 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7479 1 Budget budget NN 1662 7479 2 : : : 1662 7479 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 7479 4 : : : 1662 7479 5 $ $ $ 1662 7479 6 NA na NN 1662 7479 7 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7479 8 : : : 1662 7479 9 $ $ $ 1662 7479 10 NA na NN 1662 7479 11 , , , 1662 7479 12 including include VBG 1662 7479 13 capital capital NN 1662 7479 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7479 15 of of IN 1662 7479 16 $ $ $ 1662 7479 17 NA NA NNP 1662 7479 18 Industries 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7479 93 , , , 1662 7479 94 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 7479 95 , , , 1662 7479 96 and and CC 1662 7479 97 pharmaceuticals pharmaceutical VBZ 1662 7479 98 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 7479 99 production production NN 1662 7479 100 growth growth NN 1662 7479 101 rate rate NN 1662 7479 102 : : : 1662 7479 103 NA% NA% `` 1662 7479 104 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7479 105 - - HYPH 1662 7479 106 capacity capacity NN 1662 7479 107 : : : 1662 7479 108 11.78 11.78 CD 1662 7479 109 million million CD 1662 7479 110 kW kW NNP 1662 7479 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7479 112 1994 1994 CD 1662 7479 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7479 114 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7479 115 - - HYPH 1662 7479 116 production production NN 1662 7479 117 : : : 1662 7479 118 33.77 33.77 CD 1662 7479 119 billion billion CD 1662 7479 120 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7479 121 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7479 122 1994 1994 CD 1662 7479 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7479 124 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7479 125 - - HYPH 1662 7479 126 consumption consumption NN 1662 7479 127 per per IN 1662 7479 128 capita capita NN 1662 7479 129 : : : 1662 7479 130 2,798 2,798 CD 1662 7479 131 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7479 132 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7479 133 1995 1995 CD 1662 7479 134 est est NNP 1662 7479 135 . . . 1662 7479 136 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7480 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7480 2 - - HYPH 1662 7480 3 products product NNS 1662 7480 4 : : : 1662 7480 5 cereals cereal NNS 1662 7480 6 , , , 1662 7480 7 fruits fruit NNS 1662 7480 8 , , , 1662 7480 9 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 7480 10 , , , 1662 7480 11 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 7480 12 , , , 1662 7480 13 olives olive NNS 1662 7480 14 ; ; : 1662 7480 15 cattle cattle NNS 1662 7480 16 , , , 1662 7480 17 sheep sheep NNS 1662 7480 18 , , , 1662 7480 19 goats goat NNS 1662 7480 20 Exports export NNS 1662 7480 21 : : : 1662 7480 22 total total JJ 1662 7480 23 value value NN 1662 7480 24 : : : 1662 7480 25 $ $ $ 1662 7480 26 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 7480 27 billion billion CD 1662 7480 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7480 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 7480 30 est 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7482 5 transport transport NN 1662 7482 6 equipment equipment NN 1662 7482 7 , , , 1662 7482 8 fuels fuel NNS 1662 7482 9 and and CC 1662 7482 10 lubricants lubricant NNS 1662 7482 11 , , , 1662 7482 12 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 7482 13 goods good NNS 1662 7482 14 , , , 1662 7482 15 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 7482 16 , , , 1662 7482 17 food food NN 1662 7482 18 and and CC 1662 7482 19 live live JJ 1662 7482 20 animals animal NNS 1662 7482 21 , , , 1662 7482 22 raw raw JJ 1662 7482 23 materials material NNS 1662 7482 24 partners partner NNS 1662 7482 25 : : : 1662 7482 26 Germany Germany NNP 1662 7482 27 , , , 1662 7482 28 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7482 29 , , , 1662 7482 30 Russia Russia NNP 1662 7482 31 Debt Debt NNP 1662 7482 32 - - HYPH 1662 7482 33 external external JJ 1662 7482 34 : : : 1662 7482 35 $ $ $ 1662 7482 36 11.2 11.2 CD 1662 7482 37 billion billion CD 1662 7482 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7482 39 1995 1995 CD 1662 7482 40 est est NNP 1662 7482 41 . . . 1662 7482 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7483 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 7483 2 aid aid NN 1662 7483 3 : : : 1662 7483 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 7483 5 : : : 1662 7483 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 7483 7 , , , 1662 7483 8 $ $ $ 1662 7483 9 NA NA NNP 1662 7483 10 Currency currency NN 1662 7483 11 : : : 1662 7483 12 1 1 CD 1662 7483 13 Yugoslav yugoslav JJ 1662 7483 14 New New NNP 1662 7483 15 Dinar Dinar NNP 1662 7483 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7483 17 YD YD NNP 1662 7483 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7483 19 = = NFP 1662 7483 20 100 100 CD 1662 7483 21 paras para NNS 1662 7483 22 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 7483 23 rates rate NNS 1662 7483 24 : : : 1662 7483 25 Yugoslav yugoslav JJ 1662 7483 26 New New NNP 1662 7483 27 Dinars Dinars NNPS 1662 7483 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7483 29 YD YD NNP 1662 7483 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7483 31 per per IN 1662 7483 32 US US NNP 1662 7483 33 $ $ $ 1662 7483 34 1 1 CD 1662 7483 35 - - HYPH 1662 7483 36 official official JJ 1662 7483 37 rate rate NN 1662 7483 38 : : : 1662 7483 39 4.9 4.9 CD 1662 7483 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7483 41 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stations station NNS 1662 7483 115 : : : 1662 7483 116 8 8 CD 1662 7483 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7483 118 state state NN 1662 7483 119 owned own VBD 1662 7483 120 1 1 CD 1662 7483 121 , , , 1662 7483 122 privately privately RB 1662 7483 123 owned own VBN 1662 7483 124 7 7 CD 1662 7483 125 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7483 126 plus plus CC 1662 7483 127 1 1 CD 1662 7483 128 Satellite Satellite NNP 1662 7483 129 TV TV NNP 1662 7483 130 down down RB 1662 7483 131 link link NN 1662 7483 132 and and CC 1662 7483 133 48 48 CD 1662 7483 134 cable cable NN 1662 7483 135 distribution distribution NN 1662 7483 136 systems system NNS 1662 7483 137 Televisions television NNS 1662 7483 138 : : : 1662 7483 139 1 1 CD 1662 7483 140 million million CD 1662 7483 141 @Serbia @Serbia NNS 1662 7483 142 and and CC 1662 7483 143 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7483 144 : : : 1662 7483 145 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7483 146 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 7483 147 : : : 1662 7483 148 total total NN 1662 7483 149 : : : 1662 7483 150 3,960 3,960 CD 1662 7483 151 km km NN 1662 7483 152 standard standard JJ 1662 7483 153 gauge gauge NN 1662 7483 154 : : : 1662 7483 155 3,960 3,960 CD 1662 7483 156 km km NN 1662 7483 157 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 7483 158 gauge gauge NN 1662 7483 159 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7483 160 1,341 1,341 CD 1662 7483 161 km km NN 1662 7483 162 electrified electrify VBN 1662 7483 163 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7483 164 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7483 165 1994 1994 CD 1662 7483 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7483 167 Highways highway NNS 1662 7483 168 : : : 1662 7483 169 total total NN 1662 7483 170 : : : 1662 7483 171 47,000 47,000 CD 1662 7483 172 km km NN 1662 7483 173 paved pave VBN 1662 7483 174 : : : 1662 7483 175 28,059 28,059 CD 1662 7483 176 km km NN 1662 7483 177 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7483 178 : : : 1662 7483 179 18,941 18,941 CD 1662 7483 180 km km NNS 1662 7483 181 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7483 182 1995 1995 CD 1662 7483 183 est est NNP 1662 7483 184 . . . 1662 7483 185 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7484 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 7484 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7484 42 22 22 CD 1662 7484 43 ships ship NNS 1662 7484 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7484 45 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7484 46 GRT GRT NNP 1662 7484 47 or or CC 1662 7484 48 over over RB 1662 7484 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7484 50 totaling total VBG 1662 7484 51 353,202 353,202 CD 1662 7484 52 GRT/594,745 GRT/594,745 NNP 1662 7484 53 DWT DWT NNP 1662 7484 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7484 55 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7484 56 owns own VBZ 1662 7484 57 21 21 CD 1662 7484 58 ships ship NNS 1662 7484 59 totaling total VBG 1662 7484 60 326,133 326,133 CD 1662 7484 61 GRT/544,600 GRT/544,600 NNP 1662 7484 62 DWT DWT NNP 1662 7484 63 - - HYPH 1662 7484 64 controlled control VBN 1662 7484 65 by by IN 1662 7484 66 Montenegrin Montenegrin NNP 1662 7484 67 beneficial beneficial JJ 1662 7484 68 owners owner NNS 1662 7484 69 ; ; : 1662 7484 70 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7484 71 owns own VBZ 1662 7484 72 1 1 CD 1662 7484 73 bulk bulk JJ 1662 7484 74 carrier carrier NN 1662 7484 75 totaling total VBG 1662 7484 76 17,069 17,069 CD 1662 7484 77 GRT/50,145 GRT/50,145 NNP 1662 7484 78 DWT dwt NN 1662 7484 79 - - HYPH 1662 7484 80 controlled control VBN 1662 7484 81 by by IN 1662 7484 82 Serbian serbian JJ 1662 7484 83 beneficial beneficial JJ 1662 7484 84 owners owner NNS 1662 7484 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7484 86 ships ship NNS 1662 7484 87 by by IN 1662 7484 88 type type NN 1662 7484 89 : : : 1662 7484 90 bulk bulk NNP 1662 7484 91 9 9 CD 1662 7484 92 , , , 1662 7484 93 cargo cargo NN 1662 7484 94 8 8 CD 1662 7484 95 , , , 1662 7484 96 container container NN 1662 7484 97 3 3 CD 1662 7484 98 , , , 1662 7484 99 short short JJ 1662 7484 100 - - HYPH 1662 7484 101 sea sea NN 1662 7484 102 passenger passenger NN 1662 7484 103 ferry ferry NN 1662 7484 104 1 1 CD 1662 7484 105 note note NN 1662 7484 106 : : : 1662 7484 107 Montenegrin Montenegrin NNP 1662 7484 108 ships ship NNS 1662 7484 109 operate operate VBP 1662 7484 110 under under IN 1662 7484 111 the the DT 1662 7484 112 flags flag NNS 1662 7484 113 of of IN 1662 7484 114 Malta Malta NNP 1662 7484 115 , , , 1662 7484 116 Panama Panama NNP 1662 7484 117 , , , 1662 7484 118 and and CC 1662 7484 119 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 7484 120 ; ; : 1662 7484 121 the the DT 1662 7484 122 Serbian serbian JJ 1662 7484 123 ship ship NN 1662 7484 124 operates operate VBZ 1662 7484 125 under under IN 1662 7484 126 the the DT 1662 7484 127 flag flag NN 1662 7484 128 of of IN 1662 7484 129 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7484 130 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 7484 131 and and CC 1662 7484 132 the the DT 1662 7484 133 Grenadines Grenadines NNPS 1662 7484 134 ; ; : 1662 7484 135 no no DT 1662 7484 136 ships ship NNS 1662 7484 137 remain remain VBP 1662 7484 138 under under IN 1662 7484 139 Yugoslav yugoslav JJ 1662 7484 140 flag flag NN 1662 7484 141 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7484 142 1996 1996 CD 1662 7484 143 est est NNP 1662 7484 144 . . . 1662 7484 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7485 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7485 2 : : : 1662 7485 3 44 44 CD 1662 7485 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7485 5 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7485 6 39 39 CD 1662 7485 7 , , , 1662 7485 8 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7485 9 5 5 CD 1662 7485 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7485 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7485 12 1996 1996 CD 1662 7485 13 est est NNP 1662 7485 14 . . . 1662 7485 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7486 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7486 2 - - , 1662 7486 3 with with IN 1662 7486 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7486 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7486 6 : : : 1662 7486 7 total total NN 1662 7486 8 : : : 1662 7486 9 28 28 CD 1662 7486 10 over over IN 1662 7486 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7486 12 m m NN 1662 7486 13 : : : 1662 7486 14 2 2 CD 1662 7486 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7486 16 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7486 17 2 2 CD 1662 7486 18 , , , 1662 7486 19 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7486 20 0 0 CD 1662 7486 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7486 22 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7486 23 to to IN 1662 7486 24 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7486 25 m m NN 1662 7486 26 : : : 1662 7486 27 5 5 CD 1662 7486 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7486 29 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7486 30 3 3 CD 1662 7486 31 , , , 1662 7486 32 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7486 33 2 2 CD 1662 7486 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7486 35 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7486 36 to to TO 1662 7486 37 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7486 38 m m NN 1662 7486 39 : : : 1662 7486 40 5 5 CD 1662 7486 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7486 42 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7486 43 4 4 CD 1662 7486 44 , , , 1662 7486 45 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7486 46 1 1 CD 1662 7486 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7486 48 914 914 CD 1662 7486 49 to to TO 1662 7486 50 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7486 51 m m NN 1662 7486 52 : : : 1662 7486 53 2 2 CD 1662 7486 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7486 55 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7486 56 2 2 CD 1662 7486 57 , , , 1662 7486 58 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7486 59 0 0 CD 1662 7486 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7486 61 under under IN 1662 7486 62 914 914 CD 1662 7486 63 m m NN 1662 7486 64 : : : 1662 7486 65 14 14 CD 1662 7486 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7486 67 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7486 68 14 14 CD 1662 7486 69 , , , 1662 7486 70 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7486 71 0 0 CD 1662 7486 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7486 73 Airports airport NNS 1662 7486 74 - - , 1662 7486 75 with with IN 1662 7486 76 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7486 77 runways runway NNS 1662 7486 78 : : : 1662 7486 79 total total NN 1662 7486 80 : : : 1662 7486 81 16 16 CD 1662 7486 82 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7486 83 to to TO 1662 7486 84 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7486 85 m m NN 1662 7486 86 : : : 1662 7486 87 2 2 CD 1662 7486 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7486 89 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7486 90 2 2 CD 1662 7486 91 , , , 1662 7486 92 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7486 93 0 0 CD 1662 7486 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7486 95 914 914 CD 1662 7486 96 to to TO 1662 7486 97 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7486 98 m m NN 1662 7486 99 : : : 1662 7486 100 14 14 CD 1662 7486 101 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7486 102 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7486 103 12 12 CD 1662 7486 104 , , , 1662 7486 105 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7486 106 2 2 CD 1662 7486 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7486 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7486 109 1996 1996 CD 1662 7486 110 est est NNP 1662 7486 111 . . . 1662 7486 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7487 1 Military military JJ 1662 7487 2 Military military JJ 1662 7487 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7487 4 : : : 1662 7487 5 People People NNS 1662 7487 6 's 's POS 1662 7487 7 Army Army NNP 1662 7487 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7487 9 includes include VBZ 1662 7487 10 Ground Ground NNP 1662 7487 11 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 7487 12 with with IN 1662 7487 13 internal internal JJ 1662 7487 14 and and CC 1662 7487 15 border border NN 1662 7487 16 troops troop NNS 1662 7487 17 , , , 1662 7487 18 Naval Naval NNP 1662 7487 19 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 7487 20 , , , 1662 7487 21 and and CC 1662 7487 22 Air air NN 1662 7487 23 and and CC 1662 7487 24 Air Air NNP 1662 7487 25 Defense Defense NNP 1662 7487 26 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 7487 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7487 28 , , , 1662 7487 29 Civil Civil NNP 1662 7487 30 Defense Defense NNP 1662 7487 31 Military Military NNP 1662 7487 32 manpower manpower NN 1662 7487 33 - - HYPH 1662 7487 34 military military NN 1662 7487 35 age age NN 1662 7487 36 : : : 1662 7487 37 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7487 38 - - HYPH 1662 7487 39 19 19 CD 1662 7487 40 ; ; : 1662 7487 41 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7487 42 - - HYPH 1662 7487 43 NA NA NNP 1662 7487 44 Military military JJ 1662 7487 45 manpower manpower NN 1662 7487 46 - - HYPH 1662 7487 47 availability availability NN 1662 7487 48 : : : 1662 7487 49 males male NNS 1662 7487 50 age age NNP 1662 7487 51 15 15 CD 1662 7487 52 - - SYM 1662 7487 53 49 49 CD 1662 7487 54 : : : 1662 7487 55 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7487 56 - - HYPH 1662 7487 57 187,041 187,041 CD 1662 7487 58 ; ; : 1662 7487 59 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7487 60 - - HYPH 1662 7487 61 2,734,293 2,734,293 CD 1662 7487 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7487 63 1997 1997 CD 1662 7487 64 est est NNP 1662 7487 65 . . . 1662 7487 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7488 1 Military military JJ 1662 7488 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7488 3 - - HYPH 1662 7488 4 fit fit NN 1662 7488 5 for for IN 1662 7488 6 military military JJ 1662 7488 7 service service NN 1662 7488 8 : : : 1662 7488 9 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7488 10 - - HYPH 1662 7488 11 150,933 150,933 CD 1662 7488 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7488 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7488 14 est e JJS 1662 7488 15 . . . 1662 7489 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7489 2 ; ; : 1662 7489 3 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7489 4 - - HYPH 1662 7489 5 2,191,041 2,191,041 CD 1662 7489 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7489 7 1997 1997 CD 1662 7489 8 est est NNP 1662 7489 9 . . . 1662 7489 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7490 1 Military military JJ 1662 7490 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7490 3 - - HYPH 1662 7490 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 7490 5 military military JJ 1662 7490 6 age age NN 1662 7490 7 annually annually RB 1662 7490 8 : : : 1662 7490 9 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7490 10 - - HYPH 1662 7490 11 5,518 5,518 CD 1662 7490 12 ; ; : 1662 7490 13 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7490 14 - - HYPH 1662 7490 15 NA NA NNP 1662 7490 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7490 17 1997 1997 CD 1662 7490 18 est est NNP 1662 7490 19 . . . 1662 7490 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7491 1 Military military JJ 1662 7491 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7491 3 - - HYPH 1662 7491 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 7491 5 figure figure NN 1662 7491 6 : : : 1662 7491 7 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 7491 8 billion billion CD 1662 7491 9 dinars dinar NNS 1662 7491 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7491 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 7491 12 est est NNP 1662 7491 13 . . . 1662 7492 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7492 2 ; ; : 1662 7492 3 note note NN 1662 7492 4 - - HYPH 1662 7492 5 conversion conversion NN 1662 7492 6 of of IN 1662 7492 7 defense defense NN 1662 7492 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7492 9 into into IN 1662 7492 10 US US NNP 1662 7492 11 dollars dollar NNS 1662 7492 12 using use VBG 1662 7492 13 the the DT 1662 7492 14 current current JJ 1662 7492 15 exchange exchange NN 1662 7492 16 rate rate NN 1662 7492 17 could could MD 1662 7492 18 produce produce VB 1662 7492 19 misleading misleading JJ 1662 7492 20 results result NNS 1662 7492 21 Military military JJ 1662 7492 22 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7492 23 - - : 1662 7492 24 percent percent NN 1662 7492 25 of of IN 1662 7492 26 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7492 27 : : : 1662 7492 28 24 24 CD 1662 7492 29 % % NN 1662 7492 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7492 31 1995 1995 CD 1662 7492 32 est est NNP 1662 7492 33 . . . 1662 7492 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7493 1 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7493 2 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7493 3 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 7493 4 - - : 1662 7493 5 international international JJ 1662 7493 6 : : : 1662 7493 7 disputes dispute NNS 1662 7493 8 with with IN 1662 7493 9 Bosnia Bosnia NNP 1662 7493 10 and and CC 1662 7493 11 Herzegovina Herzegovina NNP 1662 7493 12 over over IN 1662 7493 13 Serbian serbian JJ 1662 7493 14 populated populated JJ 1662 7493 15 areas area NNS 1662 7493 16 ; ; : 1662 7493 17 Albanian albanian JJ 1662 7493 18 majority majority NN 1662 7493 19 in in IN 1662 7493 20 Kosovo Kosovo NNP 1662 7493 21 seeks seek VBZ 1662 7493 22 independence independence NN 1662 7493 23 from from IN 1662 7493 24 Serbian serbian JJ 1662 7493 25 republic republic NN 1662 7493 26 ; ; : 1662 7493 27 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 7493 28 Slavonia Slavonia NNP 1662 7493 29 , , , 1662 7493 30 which which WDT 1662 7493 31 was be VBD 1662 7493 32 held hold VBN 1662 7493 33 by by IN 1662 7493 34 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7493 35 Serbs Serbs NNPS 1662 7493 36 during during IN 1662 7493 37 the the DT 1662 7493 38 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7493 39 conflict conflict NN 1662 7493 40 , , , 1662 7493 41 is be VBZ 1662 7493 42 currently currently RB 1662 7493 43 being be VBG 1662 7493 44 overseen oversee VBN 1662 7493 45 by by IN 1662 7493 46 the the DT 1662 7493 47 UN UN NNP 1662 7493 48 Transitional Transitional NNP 1662 7493 49 Administration Administration NNP 1662 7493 50 for for IN 1662 7493 51 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 7493 52 Slavonia Slavonia NNP 1662 7493 53 ; ; : 1662 7493 54 reintegration reintegration NN 1662 7493 55 of of IN 1662 7493 56 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 7493 57 Slavonia Slavonia NNP 1662 7493 58 into into IN 1662 7493 59 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 7493 60 will will MD 1662 7493 61 occur occur VB 1662 7493 62 in in IN 1662 7493 63 1997 1997 CD 1662 7493 64 ; ; : 1662 7493 65 Serbia Serbia NNP 1662 7493 66 and and CC 1662 7493 67 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7493 68 is be VBZ 1662 7493 69 disputing dispute VBG 1662 7493 70 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 7493 71 's 's POS 1662 7493 72 claim claim NN 1662 7493 73 to to IN 1662 7493 74 the the DT 1662 7493 75 Prevlaka Prevlaka NNP 1662 7493 76 Peninsula Peninsula NNP 1662 7493 77 in in IN 1662 7493 78 southern southern JJ 1662 7493 79 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 7493 80 because because IN 1662 7493 81 it -PRON- PRP 1662 7493 82 controls control VBZ 1662 7493 83 the the DT 1662 7493 84 entrance entrance NN 1662 7493 85 to to IN 1662 7493 86 Kotor Kotor NNP 1662 7493 87 Bay Bay NNP 1662 7493 88 in in IN 1662 7493 89 Montenegro Montenegro NNP 1662 7493 90 ; ; : 1662 7493 91 Prevlaka Prevlaka NNP 1662 7493 92 is be VBZ 1662 7493 93 currently currently RB 1662 7493 94 under under IN 1662 7493 95 observation observation NN 1662 7493 96 by by IN 1662 7493 97 the the DT 1662 7493 98 UN UN NNP 1662 7493 99 military military JJ 1662 7493 100 observer observer NN 1662 7493 101 mission mission NN 1662 7493 102 in in IN 1662 7493 103 Prevlaka Prevlaka NNP 1662 7493 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7493 105 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 7493 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7493 107 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 7493 108 drugs drug VBZ 1662 7493 109 : : : 1662 7493 110 major major JJ 1662 7493 111 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 7493 112 point point NN 1662 7493 113 for for IN 1662 7493 114 Southwest southwest JJ 1662 7493 115 Asian asian JJ 1662 7493 116 heroin heroin NN 1662 7493 117 moving move VBG 1662 7493 118 to to IN 1662 7493 119 Western Western NNP 1662 7493 120 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7493 121 on on IN 1662 7493 122 the the DT 1662 7493 123 Balkan Balkan NNP 1662 7493 124 route route NN 1662 7493 125 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 126 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 127 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 128 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 129 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 130 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 131 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 132 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 133 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 134 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 135 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 136 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 137 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 138 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 139 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 140 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 141 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 142 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 143 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 144 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 145 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 146 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 147 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 148 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 149 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 150 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 151 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 152 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 153 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 154 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 155 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 156 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 157 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 158 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 159 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 160 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 161 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 162 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 163 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 164 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 165 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 166 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 167 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 168 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 169 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 170 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 171 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 172 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 173 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 174 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 175 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 176 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 177 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 178 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 179 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 180 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 181 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 182 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 183 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 184 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 185 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 186 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 187 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 188 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 189 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 190 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 191 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 192 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 193 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 194 _ _ NNP 1662 7493 195 SEYCHELLES SEYCHELLES NNP 1662 7493 196 @Seychelles @Seychelles NFP 1662 7493 197 : : : 1662 7493 198 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7493 199 Location Location NNP 1662 7493 200 : : : 1662 7493 201 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 7493 202 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7493 203 , , , 1662 7493 204 group group NN 1662 7493 205 of of IN 1662 7493 206 islands island NNS 1662 7493 207 in in IN 1662 7493 208 the the DT 1662 7493 209 Indian Indian NNP 1662 7493 210 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7493 211 , , , 1662 7493 212 northeast northeast NN 1662 7493 213 of of IN 1662 7493 214 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 7493 215 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7493 216 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7493 217 : : : 1662 7493 218 4 4 CD 1662 7493 219 35 35 CD 1662 7493 220 S s NN 1662 7493 221 , , , 1662 7493 222 55 55 CD 1662 7493 223 40 40 CD 1662 7493 224 E e NN 1662 7493 225 Map Map NNP 1662 7493 226 references reference NNS 1662 7493 227 : : : 1662 7493 228 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7493 229 Area Area NNP 1662 7493 230 : : : 1662 7493 231 total total NN 1662 7493 232 : : : 1662 7493 233 455 455 CD 1662 7493 234 sq sq NN 1662 7493 235 km km NNP 1662 7493 236 land land NN 1662 7493 237 : : : 1662 7493 238 455 455 CD 1662 7493 239 sq sq NN 1662 7493 240 km km NNP 1662 7493 241 water water NN 1662 7493 242 : : : 1662 7493 243 0 0 NFP 1662 7493 244 sq sq NN 1662 7493 245 km km NNP 1662 7493 246 Area area NN 1662 7493 247 - - HYPH 1662 7493 248 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7493 249 : : : 1662 7493 250 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 7493 251 times time NNS 1662 7493 252 the the DT 1662 7493 253 size size NN 1662 7493 254 of of IN 1662 7493 255 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7493 256 , , , 1662 7493 257 DC DC NNP 1662 7493 258 Land Land NNP 1662 7493 259 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7493 260 : : : 1662 7493 261 0 0 LS 1662 7493 262 km km NN 1662 7493 263 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7493 264 : : : 1662 7493 265 491 491 CD 1662 7493 266 km km NN 1662 7493 267 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7493 268 claims claim VBZ 1662 7493 269 : : : 1662 7493 270 continental continental NNP 1662 7493 271 shelf shelf NNP 1662 7493 272 : : : 1662 7493 273 200 200 CD 1662 7493 274 nm nm CD 1662 7493 275 or or CC 1662 7493 276 to to IN 1662 7493 277 the the DT 1662 7493 278 edge edge NN 1662 7493 279 of of IN 1662 7493 280 the the DT 1662 7493 281 continental continental JJ 1662 7493 282 margin margin NN 1662 7493 283 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 7493 284 economic economic JJ 1662 7493 285 zone zone NN 1662 7493 286 : : : 1662 7493 287 200 200 CD 1662 7493 288 nm nm CD 1662 7493 289 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7493 290 sea sea NN 1662 7493 291 : : : 1662 7493 292 12 12 CD 1662 7493 293 nm nm NNP 1662 7493 294 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7493 295 : : : 1662 7493 296 tropical tropical JJ 1662 7493 297 marine marine NN 1662 7493 298 ; ; : 1662 7493 299 humid humid JJ 1662 7493 300 ; ; : 1662 7493 301 cooler cooler NN 1662 7493 302 season season NN 1662 7493 303 during during IN 1662 7493 304 southeast southeast JJ 1662 7493 305 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 7493 306 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7493 307 late late JJ 1662 7493 308 May May NNP 1662 7493 309 to to IN 1662 7493 310 September September NNP 1662 7493 311 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7493 312 ; ; : 1662 7493 313 warmer warm JJR 1662 7493 314 season season NN 1662 7493 315 during during IN 1662 7493 316 northwest northwest NNP 1662 7493 317 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 7493 318 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7493 319 March March NNP 1662 7493 320 to to IN 1662 7493 321 May May NNP 1662 7493 322 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7493 323 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7493 324 : : : 1662 7493 325 Mahe Mahe NNP 1662 7493 326 Group Group NNP 1662 7493 327 is be VBZ 1662 7493 328 granitic granitic JJ 1662 7493 329 , , , 1662 7493 330 narrow narrow JJ 1662 7493 331 coastal coastal JJ 1662 7493 332 strip strip NNP 1662 7493 333 , , , 1662 7493 334 rocky rocky NNP 1662 7493 335 , , , 1662 7493 336 hilly hilly RB 1662 7493 337 ; ; : 1662 7493 338 others other NNS 1662 7493 339 are be VBP 1662 7493 340 coral coral JJ 1662 7493 341 , , , 1662 7493 342 flat flat JJ 1662 7493 343 , , , 1662 7493 344 elevated elevated JJ 1662 7493 345 reefs reef NNS 1662 7493 346 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7493 347 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7493 348 : : : 1662 7493 349 lowest low JJS 1662 7493 350 point point NN 1662 7493 351 : : : 1662 7493 352 Indian Indian NNP 1662 7493 353 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7493 354 0 0 NFP 1662 7493 355 m m DT 1662 7493 356 highest high JJS 1662 7493 357 point point NN 1662 7493 358 : : : 1662 7493 359 Morne Morne NNP 1662 7493 360 Seychellois Seychellois NNP 1662 7493 361 905 905 CD 1662 7493 362 m m NNP 1662 7493 363 Natural natural JJ 1662 7493 364 resources resource NNS 1662 7493 365 : : : 1662 7493 366 fish fish NN 1662 7493 367 , , , 1662 7493 368 copra copra NNP 1662 7493 369 , , , 1662 7493 370 cinnamon cinnamon NN 1662 7493 371 trees tree NNS 1662 7493 372 Land Land NNP 1662 7493 373 use use NN 1662 7493 374 : : : 1662 7493 375 arable arable JJ 1662 7493 376 land land NN 1662 7493 377 : : : 1662 7493 378 2 2 CD 1662 7493 379 % % NN 1662 7493 380 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7493 381 crops crop NNS 1662 7493 382 : : : 1662 7493 383 13 13 CD 1662 7493 384 % % NN 1662 7493 385 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7493 386 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7493 387 : : : 1662 7493 388 NA% NA% NNS 1662 7493 389 forests forest NNS 1662 7493 390 and and CC 1662 7493 391 woodland woodland RB 1662 7493 392 : : : 1662 7493 393 11 11 CD 1662 7493 394 % % NN 1662 7493 395 other other JJ 1662 7493 396 : : : 1662 7493 397 74 74 CD 1662 7493 398 % % NN 1662 7493 399 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7493 400 1993 1993 CD 1662 7493 401 est est NNP 1662 7493 402 . . . 1662 7493 403 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7494 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7494 2 land land NN 1662 7494 3 : : : 1662 7494 4 NA NA NNP 1662 7494 5 sq sq RB 1662 7494 6 km km VB 1662 7494 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 7494 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7494 9 : : : 1662 7494 10 lies lie NNS 1662 7494 11 outside outside IN 1662 7494 12 the the DT 1662 7494 13 cyclone cyclone NNP 1662 7494 14 belt belt NNP 1662 7494 15 , , , 1662 7494 16 so so RB 1662 7494 17 severe severe JJ 1662 7494 18 storms storm NNS 1662 7494 19 are be VBP 1662 7494 20 rare rare JJ 1662 7494 21 ; ; : 1662 7494 22 short short JJ 1662 7494 23 droughts drought NNS 1662 7494 24 possible possible JJ 1662 7494 25 Environment environment NN 1662 7494 26 - - HYPH 1662 7494 27 current current JJ 1662 7494 28 issues issue NNS 1662 7494 29 : : : 1662 7494 30 water water NN 1662 7494 31 supply supply NN 1662 7494 32 depends depend VBZ 1662 7494 33 on on IN 1662 7494 34 catchments catchment NNS 1662 7494 35 to to TO 1662 7494 36 collect collect VB 1662 7494 37 rain rain NN 1662 7494 38 water water NN 1662 7494 39 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7494 40 - - HYPH 1662 7494 41 international international JJ 1662 7494 42 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7494 43 : : : 1662 7494 44 party party NN 1662 7494 45 to to TO 1662 7494 46 : : : 1662 7494 47 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 7494 48 , , , 1662 7494 49 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7494 50 Change Change NNP 1662 7494 51 , , , 1662 7494 52 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 7494 53 Species Species NNPS 1662 7494 54 , , , 1662 7494 55 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 7494 56 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 7494 57 , , , 1662 7494 58 Law Law NNP 1662 7494 59 of of IN 1662 7494 60 the the DT 1662 7494 61 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7494 62 , , , 1662 7494 63 Marine Marine NNP 1662 7494 64 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 7494 65 , , , 1662 7494 66 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 7494 67 Test Test NNP 1662 7494 68 Ban Ban NNP 1662 7494 69 , , , 1662 7494 70 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 7494 71 Layer Layer NNP 1662 7494 72 Protection Protection NNP 1662 7494 73 , , , 1662 7494 74 Ship Ship NNP 1662 7494 75 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7494 76 , , , 1662 7494 77 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 7494 78 signed sign VBD 1662 7494 79 , , , 1662 7494 80 but but CC 1662 7494 81 not not RB 1662 7494 82 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7494 83 : : : 1662 7494 84 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 7494 85 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7494 86 - - HYPH 1662 7494 87 note note NN 1662 7494 88 : : : 1662 7494 89 40 40 CD 1662 7494 90 granitic granitic JJ 1662 7494 91 and and CC 1662 7494 92 about about RB 1662 7494 93 50 50 CD 1662 7494 94 coralline coralline JJ 1662 7494 95 islands island NNS 1662 7494 96 @Seychelles @Seychelles NFP 1662 7494 97 : : : 1662 7494 98 People People NNPS 1662 7494 99 Population Population NNP 1662 7494 100 : : : 1662 7494 101 78,107 78,107 CD 1662 7494 102 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7494 103 July July NNP 1662 7494 104 1997 1997 CD 1662 7494 105 est est NNP 1662 7494 106 . . . 1662 7494 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7495 1 Age age NN 1662 7495 2 structure structure NN 1662 7495 3 : : : 1662 7495 4 0 0 CD 1662 7495 5 - - HYPH 1662 7495 6 14 14 CD 1662 7495 7 years year NNS 1662 7495 8 : : : 1662 7495 9 30.2 30.2 CD 1662 7495 10 % % NN 1662 7495 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7495 12 male male JJ 1662 7495 13 11,885 11,885 CD 1662 7495 14 ; ; : 1662 7495 15 female female JJ 1662 7495 16 11,708 11,708 CD 1662 7495 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7495 18 15 15 CD 1662 7495 19 - - SYM 1662 7495 20 64 64 CD 1662 7495 21 years year NNS 1662 7495 22 : : : 1662 7495 23 63.5 63.5 CD 1662 7495 24 % % NN 1662 7495 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7495 26 male male JJ 1662 7495 27 24,336 24,336 CD 1662 7495 28 ; ; : 1662 7495 29 female female JJ 1662 7495 30 25,293 25,293 CD 1662 7495 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7495 32 65 65 CD 1662 7495 33 years year NNS 1662 7495 34 and and CC 1662 7495 35 over over IN 1662 7495 36 : : : 1662 7495 37 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 7495 38 % % NN 1662 7495 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7495 40 male male JJ 1662 7495 41 1,698 1,698 CD 1662 7495 42 ; ; : 1662 7495 43 female female JJ 1662 7495 44 3,187 3,187 CD 1662 7495 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7495 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7495 47 July July NNP 1662 7495 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7495 49 est est NNP 1662 7495 50 . . . 1662 7495 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7496 1 Population population NN 1662 7496 2 growth growth NN 1662 7496 3 rate rate NN 1662 7496 4 : : : 1662 7496 5 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 7496 6 % % NN 1662 7496 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7496 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7496 9 est est NNP 1662 7496 10 . . . 1662 7496 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7497 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7497 2 rate rate NN 1662 7497 3 : : : 1662 7497 4 20.53 20.53 CD 1662 7497 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 7497 6 population population NN 1662 7497 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7497 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7497 9 est est NNP 1662 7497 10 . . . 1662 7497 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7498 1 Death death NN 1662 7498 2 rate rate NN 1662 7498 3 : : : 1662 7498 4 7.14 7.14 CD 1662 7498 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7498 6 population population NN 1662 7498 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7498 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7498 9 est est NNP 1662 7498 10 . . . 1662 7498 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7499 1 Net net JJ 1662 7499 2 migration migration NN 1662 7499 3 rate rate NN 1662 7499 4 : : : 1662 7499 5 -6.4 -6.4 NFP 1662 7499 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 7499 7 population population NN 1662 7499 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7499 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7499 10 est est NNP 1662 7499 11 . . . 1662 7499 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7500 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7500 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7500 3 : : : 1662 7500 4 at at IN 1662 7500 5 birth birth NN 1662 7500 6 : : : 1662 7500 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 7500 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7500 9 under under IN 1662 7500 10 15 15 CD 1662 7500 11 years year NNS 1662 7500 12 : : : 1662 7500 13 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 7500 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7500 15 15 15 CD 1662 7500 16 - - HYPH 1662 7500 17 64 64 CD 1662 7500 18 years year NNS 1662 7500 19 : : : 1662 7500 20 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 7500 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7500 22 65 65 CD 1662 7500 23 years year NNS 1662 7500 24 and and CC 1662 7500 25 over over IN 1662 7500 26 : : : 1662 7500 27 0.53 0.53 CD 1662 7500 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7500 29 total total JJ 1662 7500 30 population population NN 1662 7500 31 : : : 1662 7500 32 0.94 0.94 CD 1662 7500 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7500 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7500 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7500 36 est e JJS 1662 7500 37 . . . 1662 7500 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7501 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7501 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7501 3 rate rate NN 1662 7501 4 : : : 1662 7501 5 12.1 12.1 CD 1662 7501 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7501 7 live live JJ 1662 7501 8 births birth NNS 1662 7501 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7501 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7501 11 est est NNP 1662 7501 12 . . . 1662 7501 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7502 1 Life life NN 1662 7502 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7502 3 at at IN 1662 7502 4 birth birth NN 1662 7502 5 : : : 1662 7502 6 total total JJ 1662 7502 7 population population NN 1662 7502 8 : : : 1662 7502 9 69.57 69.57 CD 1662 7502 10 years year NNS 1662 7502 11 male male JJ 1662 7502 12 : : : 1662 7502 13 64.81 64.81 CD 1662 7502 14 years year NNS 1662 7502 15 female female JJ 1662 7502 16 : : : 1662 7502 17 74.47 74.47 CD 1662 7502 18 years year NNS 1662 7502 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7502 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 7502 21 est est NNP 1662 7502 22 . . . 1662 7502 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7503 1 Total total JJ 1662 7503 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7503 3 rate rate NN 1662 7503 4 : : : 1662 7503 5 2.06 2.06 CD 1662 7503 6 children child NNS 1662 7503 7 born bear VBN 1662 7503 8 / / SYM 1662 7503 9 woman woman NN 1662 7503 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7503 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7503 12 est est NNP 1662 7503 13 . . . 1662 7503 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7504 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7504 2 : : : 1662 7504 3 noun noun NN 1662 7504 4 : : : 1662 7504 5 Seychellois Seychellois NNP 1662 7504 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7504 7 singular singular JJ 1662 7504 8 and and CC 1662 7504 9 plural plural JJ 1662 7504 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7504 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 7504 12 : : : 1662 7504 13 Seychelles Seychelles NNP 1662 7504 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7504 15 groups group NNS 1662 7504 16 : : : 1662 7504 17 Seychellois Seychellois NNP 1662 7504 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7504 19 mixture mixture NN 1662 7504 20 of of IN 1662 7504 21 Asians Asians NNPS 1662 7504 22 , , , 1662 7504 23 Africans Africans NNPS 1662 7504 24 , , , 1662 7504 25 Europeans Europeans NNPS 1662 7504 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7504 27 Religions religion NNS 1662 7504 28 : : : 1662 7504 29 Roman Roman NNP 1662 7504 30 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 7504 31 90 90 CD 1662 7504 32 % % NN 1662 7504 33 , , , 1662 7504 34 Anglican Anglican NNP 1662 7504 35 8 8 CD 1662 7504 36 % % NN 1662 7504 37 , , , 1662 7504 38 other other JJ 1662 7504 39 2 2 CD 1662 7504 40 % % NN 1662 7504 41 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 7504 42 : : : 1662 7504 43 English English NNP 1662 7504 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7504 45 official official JJ 1662 7504 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7504 47 , , , 1662 7504 48 French French NNP 1662 7504 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7504 50 official official NN 1662 7504 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7504 52 , , , 1662 7504 53 Creole Creole NNP 1662 7504 54 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 7504 55 : : : 1662 7504 56 definition definition NN 1662 7504 57 : : : 1662 7504 58 age age NN 1662 7504 59 15 15 CD 1662 7504 60 and and CC 1662 7504 61 over over RB 1662 7504 62 can can MD 1662 7504 63 read read VB 1662 7504 64 and and CC 1662 7504 65 write write VB 1662 7504 66 total total JJ 1662 7504 67 population population NN 1662 7504 68 : : : 1662 7504 69 58 58 CD 1662 7504 70 % % NN 1662 7504 71 male male NN 1662 7504 72 : : : 1662 7504 73 56 56 CD 1662 7504 74 % % NN 1662 7504 75 female female NN 1662 7504 76 : : : 1662 7504 77 60 60 CD 1662 7504 78 % % NN 1662 7504 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7504 80 1971 1971 CD 1662 7504 81 est est NNP 1662 7504 82 . . . 1662 7504 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 1 @Seychelles @seychelles LS 1662 7505 2 : : : 1662 7505 3 Government Government NNP 1662 7505 4 Country Country NNP 1662 7505 5 name name NN 1662 7505 6 : : : 1662 7505 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7505 8 long long JJ 1662 7505 9 form form NN 1662 7505 10 : : : 1662 7505 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7505 12 of of IN 1662 7505 13 Seychelles Seychelles NNP 1662 7505 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7505 15 short short JJ 1662 7505 16 form form NN 1662 7505 17 : : : 1662 7505 18 Seychelles Seychelles NNP 1662 7505 19 Data Data NNP 1662 7505 20 code code NN 1662 7505 21 : : : 1662 7505 22 SE SE NNP 1662 7505 23 Government Government NNP 1662 7505 24 type type NN 1662 7505 25 : : : 1662 7505 26 republic republic NNP 1662 7505 27 National National NNP 1662 7505 28 capital capital NN 1662 7505 29 : : : 1662 7505 30 Victoria Victoria NNP 1662 7505 31 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 7505 32 divisions division NNS 1662 7505 33 : : : 1662 7505 34 23 23 CD 1662 7505 35 administrative administrative JJ 1662 7505 36 districts district NNS 1662 7505 37 ; ; : 1662 7505 38 Anse Anse NNP 1662 7505 39 aux aux NNP 1662 7505 40 Pins Pins NNPS 1662 7505 41 , , , 1662 7505 42 Anse Anse NNP 1662 7505 43 Boileau Boileau NNP 1662 7505 44 , , , 1662 7505 45 Anse Anse NNP 1662 7505 46 Etoile Etoile NNP 1662 7505 47 , , , 1662 7505 48 Anse Anse NNP 1662 7505 49 Louis Louis NNP 1662 7505 50 , , , 1662 7505 51 Anse Anse NNP 1662 7505 52 Royale Royale NNP 1662 7505 53 , , , 1662 7505 54 Baie Baie NNP 1662 7505 55 Lazare Lazare NNP 1662 7505 56 , , , 1662 7505 57 Baie Baie NNP 1662 7505 58 Sainte Sainte NNP 1662 7505 59 Anne Anne NNP 1662 7505 60 , , , 1662 7505 61 Beau Beau NNP 1662 7505 62 Vallon Vallon NNP 1662 7505 63 , , , 1662 7505 64 Bel Bel NNP 1662 7505 65 Air Air NNP 1662 7505 66 , , , 1662 7505 67 Bel Bel NNP 1662 7505 68 Ombre Ombre NNP 1662 7505 69 , , , 1662 7505 70 Cascade Cascade NNP 1662 7505 71 , , , 1662 7505 72 Glacis Glacis NNP 1662 7505 73 , , , 1662 7505 74 Grand Grand NNP 1662 7505 75 ' ' '' 1662 7505 76 Anse Anse NNP 1662 7505 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7505 78 on on IN 1662 7505 79 Mahe Mahe NNP 1662 7505 80 Island Island NNP 1662 7505 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 82 , , , 1662 7505 83 Grand Grand NNP 1662 7505 84 ' ' '' 1662 7505 85 Anse Anse NNP 1662 7505 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7505 87 on on IN 1662 7505 88 Praslin Praslin NNP 1662 7505 89 Island Island NNP 1662 7505 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 91 , , , 1662 7505 92 La La NNP 1662 7505 93 Digue Digue NNP 1662 7505 94 , , , 1662 7505 95 La La NNP 1662 7505 96 Riviere Riviere NNP 1662 7505 97 Anglaise Anglaise NNP 1662 7505 98 , , , 1662 7505 99 Mont Mont NNP 1662 7505 100 Buxton Buxton NNP 1662 7505 101 , , , 1662 7505 102 Mont Mont NNP 1662 7505 103 Fleuri Fleuri NNP 1662 7505 104 , , , 1662 7505 105 Plaisance Plaisance NNP 1662 7505 106 , , , 1662 7505 107 Pointe Pointe NNP 1662 7505 108 Larue Larue NNP 1662 7505 109 , , , 1662 7505 110 Port Port NNP 1662 7505 111 Glaud Glaud NNP 1662 7505 112 , , , 1662 7505 113 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7505 114 Louis Louis NNP 1662 7505 115 , , , 1662 7505 116 Takamaka Takamaka NNP 1662 7505 117 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7505 118 : : : 1662 7505 119 29 29 CD 1662 7505 120 June June NNP 1662 7505 121 1976 1976 CD 1662 7505 122 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7505 123 from from IN 1662 7505 124 UK UK NNP 1662 7505 125 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 126 National national JJ 1662 7505 127 holiday holiday NN 1662 7505 128 : : : 1662 7505 129 National National NNP 1662 7505 130 Day Day NNP 1662 7505 131 , , , 1662 7505 132 18 18 CD 1662 7505 133 June June NNP 1662 7505 134 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7505 135 1993 1993 CD 1662 7505 136 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 137 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7505 138 adoption adoption NN 1662 7505 139 of of IN 1662 7505 140 new new JJ 1662 7505 141 constitution constitution NN 1662 7505 142 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 143 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 7505 144 : : : 1662 7505 145 18 18 CD 1662 7505 146 June June NNP 1662 7505 147 1993 1993 CD 1662 7505 148 Legal legal JJ 1662 7505 149 system system NN 1662 7505 150 : : : 1662 7505 151 based base VBN 1662 7505 152 on on IN 1662 7505 153 English English NNP 1662 7505 154 common common JJ 1662 7505 155 law law NN 1662 7505 156 , , , 1662 7505 157 French french JJ 1662 7505 158 civil civil JJ 1662 7505 159 law law NN 1662 7505 160 , , , 1662 7505 161 and and CC 1662 7505 162 customary customary JJ 1662 7505 163 law law NN 1662 7505 164 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 7505 165 : : : 1662 7505 166 17 17 CD 1662 7505 167 years year NNS 1662 7505 168 of of IN 1662 7505 169 age age NN 1662 7505 170 ; ; : 1662 7505 171 universal universal JJ 1662 7505 172 Executive Executive NNP 1662 7505 173 branch branch NN 1662 7505 174 : : : 1662 7505 175 chief chief NN 1662 7505 176 of of IN 1662 7505 177 state state NN 1662 7505 178 : : : 1662 7505 179 President President NNP 1662 7505 180 France France NNP 1662 7505 181 Albert Albert NNP 1662 7505 182 RENE RENE NNP 1662 7505 183 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7505 184 since since IN 1662 7505 185 5 5 CD 1662 7505 186 June June NNP 1662 7505 187 1977 1977 CD 1662 7505 188 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 189 ; ; : 1662 7505 190 note note VB 1662 7505 191 - - : 1662 7505 192 the the DT 1662 7505 193 president president NN 1662 7505 194 is be VBZ 1662 7505 195 both both CC 1662 7505 196 the the DT 1662 7505 197 chief chief NN 1662 7505 198 of of IN 1662 7505 199 state state NN 1662 7505 200 and and CC 1662 7505 201 head head NN 1662 7505 202 of of IN 1662 7505 203 government government NN 1662 7505 204 head head NN 1662 7505 205 of of IN 1662 7505 206 government government NN 1662 7505 207 : : : 1662 7505 208 President President NNP 1662 7505 209 France France NNP 1662 7505 210 Albert Albert NNP 1662 7505 211 RENE RENE NNP 1662 7505 212 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7505 213 since since IN 1662 7505 214 5 5 CD 1662 7505 215 June June NNP 1662 7505 216 1977 1977 CD 1662 7505 217 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 218 ; ; : 1662 7505 219 note note VB 1662 7505 220 - - : 1662 7505 221 the the DT 1662 7505 222 president president NN 1662 7505 223 is be VBZ 1662 7505 224 both both CC 1662 7505 225 the the DT 1662 7505 226 chief chief NN 1662 7505 227 of of IN 1662 7505 228 state state NN 1662 7505 229 and and CC 1662 7505 230 head head NN 1662 7505 231 of of IN 1662 7505 232 government government NN 1662 7505 233 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7505 234 : : : 1662 7505 235 Council Council NNP 1662 7505 236 of of IN 1662 7505 237 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 7505 238 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7505 239 by by IN 1662 7505 240 the the DT 1662 7505 241 president president NNP 1662 7505 242 elections election NNS 1662 7505 243 : : : 1662 7505 244 president president NNP 1662 7505 245 elected elect VBN 1662 7505 246 by by IN 1662 7505 247 popular popular JJ 1662 7505 248 vote vote NN 1662 7505 249 for for IN 1662 7505 250 a a DT 1662 7505 251 five five CD 1662 7505 252 - - HYPH 1662 7505 253 year year NN 1662 7505 254 term term NN 1662 7505 255 ; ; : 1662 7505 256 election election NN 1662 7505 257 last last JJ 1662 7505 258 held hold VBN 1662 7505 259 20 20 CD 1662 7505 260 - - SYM 1662 7505 261 23 23 CD 1662 7505 262 July July NNP 1662 7505 263 1993 1993 CD 1662 7505 264 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7505 265 next next JJ 1662 7505 266 to to TO 1662 7505 267 be be VB 1662 7505 268 held hold VBN 1662 7505 269 NA NA NNP 1662 7505 270 1998 1998 CD 1662 7505 271 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 272 election election NN 1662 7505 273 results result NNS 1662 7505 274 : : : 1662 7505 275 President President NNP 1662 7505 276 France France NNP 1662 7505 277 Albert Albert NNP 1662 7505 278 RENE RENE NNP 1662 7505 279 reelected reelect VBD 1662 7505 280 ; ; : 1662 7505 281 percent percent NN 1662 7505 282 of of IN 1662 7505 283 vote vote NN 1662 7505 284 - - HYPH 1662 7505 285 France France NNP 1662 7505 286 Albert Albert NNP 1662 7505 287 RENE RENE NNP 1662 7505 288 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7505 289 SPPF SPPF NNP 1662 7505 290 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 291 59.5 59.5 CD 1662 7505 292 % % NN 1662 7505 293 , , , 1662 7505 294 Sir Sir NNP 1662 7505 295 James James NNP 1662 7505 296 MANCHAM MANCHAM NNP 1662 7505 297 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7505 298 DP dp NN 1662 7505 299 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 300 36.72 36.72 CD 1662 7505 301 % % NN 1662 7505 302 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 7505 303 branch branch NN 1662 7505 304 : : : 1662 7505 305 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 7505 306 National National NNP 1662 7505 307 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7505 308 or or CC 1662 7505 309 Assemblee Assemblee NNP 1662 7505 310 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 7505 311 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7505 312 33 33 CD 1662 7505 313 seats seat NNS 1662 7505 314 , , , 1662 7505 315 22 22 CD 1662 7505 316 popularly popularly RB 1662 7505 317 elected elect VBN 1662 7505 318 by by IN 1662 7505 319 direct direct JJ 1662 7505 320 vote vote NN 1662 7505 321 , , , 1662 7505 322 11 11 CD 1662 7505 323 allocated allocate VBN 1662 7505 324 on on IN 1662 7505 325 a a DT 1662 7505 326 proportional proportional JJ 1662 7505 327 basis basis NN 1662 7505 328 to to IN 1662 7505 329 parties party NNS 1662 7505 330 winning win VBG 1662 7505 331 at at RB 1662 7505 332 least least JJS 1662 7505 333 9 9 CD 1662 7505 334 percent percent NN 1662 7505 335 of of IN 1662 7505 336 the the DT 1662 7505 337 vote vote NN 1662 7505 338 ; ; : 1662 7505 339 members member NNS 1662 7505 340 serve serve VBP 1662 7505 341 five five CD 1662 7505 342 - - HYPH 1662 7505 343 year year NN 1662 7505 344 terms term NNS 1662 7505 345 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 346 elections election NNS 1662 7505 347 : : : 1662 7505 348 last last RB 1662 7505 349 held hold VBN 1662 7505 350 20 20 CD 1662 7505 351 - - SYM 1662 7505 352 23 23 CD 1662 7505 353 July July NNP 1662 7505 354 1993 1993 CD 1662 7505 355 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7505 356 next next JJ 1662 7505 357 to to TO 1662 7505 358 be be VB 1662 7505 359 held hold VBN 1662 7505 360 NA NA NNP 1662 7505 361 1998 1998 CD 1662 7505 362 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 363 election election NN 1662 7505 364 results result NNS 1662 7505 365 : : : 1662 7505 366 percent percent NN 1662 7505 367 of of IN 1662 7505 368 vote vote NN 1662 7505 369 by by IN 1662 7505 370 party party NN 1662 7505 371 - - HYPH 1662 7505 372 SPPF SPPF NNP 1662 7505 373 82 82 CD 1662 7505 374 % % NN 1662 7505 375 , , , 1662 7505 376 DP dp NN 1662 7505 377 15 15 CD 1662 7505 378 % % NN 1662 7505 379 , , , 1662 7505 380 UO UO NNP 1662 7505 381 3 3 CD 1662 7505 382 % % NN 1662 7505 383 ; ; , 1662 7505 384 seats seat NNS 1662 7505 385 by by IN 1662 7505 386 party party NN 1662 7505 387 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7505 388 elected elect VBN 1662 7505 389 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 390 - - : 1662 7505 391 SPPF SPPF NNP 1662 7505 392 21 21 CD 1662 7505 393 , , , 1662 7505 394 DP DP NNP 1662 7505 395 1 1 CD 1662 7505 396 ; ; : 1662 7505 397 seats seat NNS 1662 7505 398 by by IN 1662 7505 399 party party NN 1662 7505 400 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7505 401 awarded award VBN 1662 7505 402 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 403 - - : 1662 7505 404 SPPF SPPF NNP 1662 7505 405 6 6 CD 1662 7505 406 , , , 1662 7505 407 DP DP NNP 1662 7505 408 4 4 CD 1662 7505 409 , , , 1662 7505 410 UO UO NNP 1662 7505 411 1 1 CD 1662 7505 412 note note NN 1662 7505 413 : : : 1662 7505 414 the the DT 1662 7505 415 11 11 CD 1662 7505 416 awarded award VBN 1662 7505 417 seats seat NNS 1662 7505 418 are be VBP 1662 7505 419 apportioned apportion VBN 1662 7505 420 according accord VBG 1662 7505 421 to to IN 1662 7505 422 the the DT 1662 7505 423 share share NN 1662 7505 424 of of IN 1662 7505 425 each each DT 1662 7505 426 party party NN 1662 7505 427 in in IN 1662 7505 428 the the DT 1662 7505 429 total total JJ 1662 7505 430 vote vote NN 1662 7505 431 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 7505 432 branch branch NN 1662 7505 433 : : : 1662 7505 434 Court Court NNP 1662 7505 435 of of IN 1662 7505 436 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 7505 437 ; ; : 1662 7505 438 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 7505 439 Court Court NNP 1662 7505 440 Political political JJ 1662 7505 441 parties party NNS 1662 7505 442 and and CC 1662 7505 443 leaders leader NNS 1662 7505 444 : : : 1662 7505 445 ruling rule VBG 1662 7505 446 party party NN 1662 7505 447 - - HYPH 1662 7505 448 Seychelles Seychelles NNP 1662 7505 449 People People NNPS 1662 7505 450 's 's POS 1662 7505 451 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 7505 452 Front Front NNP 1662 7505 453 or or CC 1662 7505 454 SPPF SPPF NNP 1662 7505 455 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7505 456 France France NNP 1662 7505 457 Albert Albert NNP 1662 7505 458 RENE RENE NNP 1662 7505 459 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7505 460 ; ; : 1662 7505 461 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7505 462 Party Party NNP 1662 7505 463 or or CC 1662 7505 464 DP DP NNP 1662 7505 465 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7505 466 Sir Sir NNP 1662 7505 467 James James NNP 1662 7505 468 MANCHAM MANCHAM NNP 1662 7505 469 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7505 470 ; ; : 1662 7505 471 United United NNP 1662 7505 472 Opposition Opposition NNP 1662 7505 473 or or CC 1662 7505 474 UO UO NNP 1662 7505 475 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7505 476 Wavel Wavel NNP 1662 7505 477 RAMKALAWAN RAMKALAWAN NNP 1662 7505 478 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7505 479 - - : 1662 7505 480 a a DT 1662 7505 481 coalition coalition NN 1662 7505 482 of of IN 1662 7505 483 the the DT 1662 7505 484 following follow VBG 1662 7505 485 parties party NNS 1662 7505 486 : : : 1662 7505 487 Seychelles Seychelles NNP 1662 7505 488 Party Party NNP 1662 7505 489 or or CC 1662 7505 490 PS PS NNP 1662 7505 491 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7505 492 Wavel Wavel NNP 1662 7505 493 RAMKALAWAN RAMKALAWAN NNP 1662 7505 494 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7505 495 , , , 1662 7505 496 Seychelles Seychelles NNP 1662 7505 497 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7505 498 Movement Movement NNP 1662 7505 499 or or CC 1662 7505 500 MSPD[Jacques MSPD[Jacques NNP 1662 7505 501 HONDOUL HONDOUL NNP 1662 7505 502 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7505 503 , , , 1662 7505 504 and and CC 1662 7505 505 Seychelles Seychelles NNP 1662 7505 506 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 7505 507 Party Party NNP 1662 7505 508 or or CC 1662 7505 509 SLP SLP NNP 1662 7505 510 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7505 511 Ogilvie Ogilvie NNP 1662 7505 512 BERLOUIS BERLOUIS NNP 1662 7505 513 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7505 514 ; ; : 1662 7505 515 New New NNP 1662 7505 516 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7505 517 Party Party NNP 1662 7505 518 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7505 519 Christopher Christopher NNP 1662 7505 520 GILL GILL NNP 1662 7505 521 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7505 522 former former JJ 1662 7505 523 member member NN 1662 7505 524 of of IN 1662 7505 525 DP DP NNP 1662 7505 526 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 527 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7505 528 Political political JJ 1662 7505 529 pressure pressure NN 1662 7505 530 groups group NNS 1662 7505 531 and and CC 1662 7505 532 leaders leader NNS 1662 7505 533 : : : 1662 7505 534 trade trade NN 1662 7505 535 unions union NNS 1662 7505 536 ; ; : 1662 7505 537 Roman Roman NNP 1662 7505 538 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 7505 539 Church Church NNP 1662 7505 540 International International NNP 1662 7505 541 organization organization NN 1662 7505 542 participation participation NN 1662 7505 543 : : : 1662 7505 544 ACCT acct JJ 1662 7505 545 , , , 1662 7505 546 ACP ACP NNP 1662 7505 547 , , , 1662 7505 548 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 7505 549 , , , 1662 7505 550 C C NNP 1662 7505 551 , , , 1662 7505 552 ECA ECA NNP 1662 7505 553 , , , 1662 7505 554 FAO FAO NNP 1662 7505 555 , , , 1662 7505 556 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 7505 557 , , , 1662 7505 558 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 7505 559 , , , 1662 7505 560 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 7505 561 , , , 1662 7505 562 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 7505 563 , , , 1662 7505 564 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 7505 565 , , , 1662 7505 566 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 7505 567 , , , 1662 7505 568 IFC IFC NNP 1662 7505 569 , , , 1662 7505 570 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 7505 571 , , , 1662 7505 572 ILO ILO NNP 1662 7505 573 , , , 1662 7505 574 IMF IMF NNP 1662 7505 575 , , , 1662 7505 576 IMO imo RB 1662 7505 577 , , , 1662 7505 578 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7505 579 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7505 580 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 7505 581 user user NN 1662 7505 582 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 583 , , , 1662 7505 584 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 7505 585 , , , 1662 7505 586 IOC IOC NNP 1662 7505 587 , , , 1662 7505 588 NAM NAM NNP 1662 7505 589 , , , 1662 7505 590 OAU OAU NNP 1662 7505 591 , , , 1662 7505 592 UN UN NNP 1662 7505 593 , , , 1662 7505 594 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 7505 595 , , , 1662 7505 596 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 7505 597 , , , 1662 7505 598 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 7505 599 , , , 1662 7505 600 UPU UPU NNP 1662 7505 601 , , , 1662 7505 602 WCL WCL NNP 1662 7505 603 , , , 1662 7505 604 WHO WHO NNP 1662 7505 605 , , , 1662 7505 606 WMO WMO NNP 1662 7505 607 , , , 1662 7505 608 WToO wtoo FW 1662 7505 609 , , , 1662 7505 610 WTrO wtro VB 1662 7505 611 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7505 612 applicant applicant NN 1662 7505 613 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 614 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7505 615 representation representation NN 1662 7505 616 in in IN 1662 7505 617 the the DT 1662 7505 618 US US NNP 1662 7505 619 : : : 1662 7505 620 chief chief NN 1662 7505 621 of of IN 1662 7505 622 mission mission NN 1662 7505 623 : : : 1662 7505 624 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 7505 625 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7505 626 vacant vacant JJ 1662 7505 627 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7505 628 ; ; : 1662 7505 629 Charge charge NN 1662 7505 630 d'Affaires d'Affaires NNP 1662 7505 631 ad ad NN 1662 7505 632 interim interim JJ 1662 7505 633 Claude Claude NNP 1662 7505 634 MOREL 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external external JJ 1662 7517 81 : : : 1662 7517 82 $ $ $ 1662 7517 83 170 170 CD 1662 7517 84 million million CD 1662 7517 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7517 86 1994 1994 CD 1662 7517 87 est est NNP 1662 7517 88 . . . 1662 7517 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7518 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 7518 2 aid aid NN 1662 7518 3 : : : 1662 7518 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 7518 5 : : : 1662 7518 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 7518 7 , , , 1662 7518 8 $ $ $ 1662 7518 9 NA NA NNP 1662 7518 10 Currency currency NN 1662 7518 11 : : : 1662 7518 12 1 1 LS 1662 7518 13 Seychelles seychelle NNS 1662 7518 14 rupee rupee JJ 1662 7518 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7518 16 SRe SRe NNP 1662 7518 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7518 18 = = NFP 1662 7518 19 100 100 CD 1662 7518 20 cents cent NNS 1662 7518 21 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 7518 22 rates rate NNS 1662 7518 23 : : : 1662 7518 24 Seychelles seychelle NNS 1662 7518 25 rupees rupee NNS 1662 7518 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7518 27 SRe SRe NNS 1662 7518 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7518 29 per per IN 1662 7518 30 US$ us$ $ 1662 7518 31 1 1 CD 1662 7518 32 - - SYM 1662 7518 33 4.9968 4.9968 CD 1662 7518 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7518 35 January January NNP 1662 7518 36 1997 1997 CD 1662 7518 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7518 38 , , , 1662 7518 39 4.9700 4.9700 CD 1662 7518 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7518 41 1996 1996 CD 1662 7518 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7518 43 , , , 1662 7518 44 4.7620 4.7620 CD 1662 7518 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7518 46 1995 1995 CD 1662 7518 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7518 48 , , , 1662 7518 49 5.0559 5.0559 CD 1662 7518 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7518 51 1994 1994 CD 1662 7518 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7518 53 , , , 1662 7518 54 5.1815 5.1815 CD 1662 7518 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7518 56 1993 1993 CD 1662 7518 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7518 58 , , , 1662 7518 59 5.1220 5.1220 CD 1662 7518 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7518 61 1992 1992 CD 1662 7518 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7518 63 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7518 64 year year NN 1662 7518 65 : : : 1662 7518 66 calendar calendar NN 1662 7518 67 year year NN 1662 7518 68 @Seychelles @seychelles XX 1662 7518 69 : : : 1662 7518 70 Communications Communications NNP 1662 7518 71 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 7518 72 : : : 1662 7518 73 13,000 13,000 CD 1662 7518 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7518 75 1995 1995 CD 1662 7518 76 est est NNP 1662 7518 77 . . . 1662 7518 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7519 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 7519 2 system system NN 1662 7519 3 : : : 1662 7519 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7519 5 : : : 1662 7519 6 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 7519 7 communications communication NNS 1662 7519 8 between between IN 1662 7519 9 islands island NNS 1662 7519 10 in in IN 1662 7519 11 the the DT 1662 7519 12 archipelago archipelago NNP 1662 7519 13 international international NNP 1662 7519 14 : : : 1662 7519 15 direct direct JJ 1662 7519 16 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 7519 17 communications communication NNS 1662 7519 18 with with IN 1662 7519 19 adjacent adjacent JJ 1662 7519 20 island island NN 1662 7519 21 countries country NNS 1662 7519 22 and and CC 1662 7519 23 African african JJ 1662 7519 24 coastal coastal JJ 1662 7519 25 countries country NNS 1662 7519 26 ; ; , 1662 7519 27 satellite satellite NN 1662 7519 28 earth earth NN 1662 7519 29 station station NN 1662 7519 30 - - : 1662 7519 31 1 1 CD 1662 7519 32 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7519 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7519 34 Indian Indian NNP 1662 7519 35 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7519 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7519 37 Radio radio NN 1662 7519 38 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7519 39 stations station NNS 1662 7519 40 : : : 1662 7519 41 AM am VBP 1662 7519 42 3 3 CD 1662 7519 43 , , , 1662 7519 44 FM FM NNP 1662 7519 45 0 0 NFP 1662 7519 46 , , , 1662 7519 47 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 7519 48 0 0 CD 1662 7519 49 Radios radio NNS 1662 7519 50 : : : 1662 7519 51 35,000 35,000 CD 1662 7519 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7519 53 1993 1993 CD 1662 7519 54 est est NNP 1662 7519 55 . . . 1662 7519 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7520 1 Television television NN 1662 7520 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7520 3 stations station NNS 1662 7520 4 : : : 1662 7520 5 2 2 CD 1662 7520 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7520 7 in in IN 1662 7520 8 a a DT 1662 7520 9 government government NN 1662 7520 10 network network NN 1662 7520 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7520 12 Televisions television NNS 1662 7520 13 : : : 1662 7520 14 6,000 6,000 CD 1662 7520 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7520 16 1993 1993 CD 1662 7520 17 est est NNP 1662 7520 18 . . . 1662 7520 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7521 1 @Seychelles @seychelles LS 1662 7521 2 : : : 1662 7521 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7521 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 7521 5 : : : 1662 7521 6 0 0 LS 1662 7521 7 km km NN 1662 7521 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 7521 9 : : : 1662 7521 10 total total NN 1662 7521 11 : : : 1662 7521 12 270 270 CD 1662 7521 13 km km NN 1662 7521 14 paved paved JJ 1662 7521 15 : : : 1662 7521 16 170 170 CD 1662 7521 17 km km NN 1662 7521 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7521 19 : : : 1662 7521 20 100 100 CD 1662 7521 21 km km NNS 1662 7521 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7521 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 7521 24 est est NNP 1662 7521 25 . . . 1662 7521 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7522 1 Ports port NNS 1662 7522 2 and and CC 1662 7522 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7522 4 : : : 1662 7522 5 Victoria Victoria NNP 1662 7522 6 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7522 7 marine marine NN 1662 7522 8 : : : 1662 7522 9 none none NN 1662 7522 10 Airports airport NNS 1662 7522 11 : : : 1662 7522 12 14 14 CD 1662 7522 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7522 14 1996 1996 CD 1662 7522 15 est est NNP 1662 7522 16 . . . 1662 7522 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7523 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7523 2 - - , 1662 7523 3 with with IN 1662 7523 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7523 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7523 6 : : : 1662 7523 7 total total NN 1662 7523 8 : : : 1662 7523 9 12 12 CD 1662 7523 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7523 11 to to TO 1662 7523 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7523 13 m m NN 1662 7523 14 : : : 1662 7523 15 1 1 CD 1662 7523 16 914 914 CD 1662 7523 17 to to TO 1662 7523 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7523 19 m m NN 1662 7523 20 : : : 1662 7523 21 5 5 CD 1662 7523 22 under under IN 1662 7523 23 914 914 CD 1662 7523 24 m m NN 1662 7523 25 : : : 1662 7523 26 6 6 CD 1662 7523 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7523 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 7523 29 est est NNP 1662 7523 30 . . . 1662 7523 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7524 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7524 2 - - , 1662 7524 3 with with IN 1662 7524 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7524 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7524 6 : : : 1662 7524 7 total total NN 1662 7524 8 : : : 1662 7524 9 2 2 CD 1662 7524 10 914 914 CD 1662 7524 11 to to TO 1662 7524 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7524 13 m m NN 1662 7524 14 : : : 1662 7524 15 2 2 CD 1662 7524 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7524 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 7524 18 est est NNP 1662 7524 19 . . . 1662 7524 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7525 1 Military military JJ 1662 7525 2 Military military JJ 1662 7525 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7525 4 : : : 1662 7525 5 Army Army NNP 1662 7525 6 , , , 1662 7525 7 Coast Coast NNP 1662 7525 8 Guard Guard NNP 1662 7525 9 , , , 1662 7525 10 Marines Marines NNPS 1662 7525 11 , , , 1662 7525 12 National National NNP 1662 7525 13 Guard Guard NNP 1662 7525 14 , , , 1662 7525 15 Presidential Presidential NNP 1662 7525 16 Protection Protection NNP 1662 7525 17 Unit Unit NNP 1662 7525 18 , , , 1662 7525 19 Police Police NNP 1662 7525 20 Force Force NNP 1662 7525 21 Military Military NNP 1662 7525 22 manpower manpower NN 1662 7525 23 - - HYPH 1662 7525 24 availability availability NN 1662 7525 25 : : : 1662 7525 26 males male NNS 1662 7525 27 age age NNP 1662 7525 28 15 15 CD 1662 7525 29 - - HYPH 1662 7525 30 49 49 CD 1662 7525 31 : : : 1662 7525 32 21,860 21,860 CD 1662 7525 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7525 34 1997 1997 CD 1662 7525 35 est est NNP 1662 7525 36 . . . 1662 7525 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7526 1 Military military JJ 1662 7526 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7526 3 - - HYPH 1662 7526 4 fit fit NN 1662 7526 5 for for IN 1662 7526 6 military military JJ 1662 7526 7 service service NN 1662 7526 8 : : : 1662 7526 9 males male NNS 1662 7526 10 : : : 1662 7526 11 11,030 11,030 CD 1662 7526 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7526 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7526 14 est e JJS 1662 7526 15 . . . 1662 7526 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7527 1 Military military JJ 1662 7527 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7527 3 - - HYPH 1662 7527 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 7527 5 figure figure NN 1662 7527 6 : : : 1662 7527 7 $ $ $ 1662 7527 8 13.7 13.7 CD 1662 7527 9 million million CD 1662 7527 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7527 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 7527 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7527 13 Military military JJ 1662 7527 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7527 15 - - : 1662 7527 16 percent percent NN 1662 7527 17 of of IN 1662 7527 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7527 19 : : : 1662 7527 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 7527 21 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7527 22 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7527 23 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 7527 24 - - HYPH 1662 7527 25 international international JJ 1662 7527 26 : : : 1662 7527 27 claims claim VBZ 1662 7527 28 Tromelin Tromelin NNP 1662 7527 29 Island Island NNP 1662 7527 30 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 31 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 32 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 33 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 34 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 35 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 36 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 37 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 38 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 39 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 40 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 41 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 42 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 43 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 44 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 45 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 46 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 47 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 48 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 49 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 50 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 51 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 52 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 53 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 54 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 55 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 56 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 57 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 58 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 59 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 60 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 61 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 62 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 63 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 64 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 65 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 66 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 67 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 68 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 69 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 70 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 71 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 72 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 73 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 74 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 75 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 76 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 77 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 78 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 79 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 80 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 81 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 82 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 83 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 84 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 85 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 86 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 87 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 88 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 89 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 90 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 91 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 92 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 93 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 94 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 95 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 96 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 97 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 98 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 99 _ _ NNP 1662 7527 100 SIERRA SIERRA NNP 1662 7527 101 LEONE LEONE NNP 1662 7527 102 @Sierra @Sierra NNP 1662 7527 103 Leone Leone NNP 1662 7527 104 : : : 1662 7527 105 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7527 106 Location Location NNP 1662 7527 107 : : : 1662 7527 108 Western Western NNP 1662 7527 109 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7527 110 , , , 1662 7527 111 bordering border VBG 1662 7527 112 the the DT 1662 7527 113 North North NNP 1662 7527 114 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7527 115 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7527 116 , , , 1662 7527 117 between between IN 1662 7527 118 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 7527 119 and and CC 1662 7527 120 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 7527 121 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7527 122 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7527 123 : : : 1662 7527 124 8 8 CD 1662 7527 125 30 30 CD 1662 7527 126 N n CD 1662 7527 127 , , , 1662 7527 128 11 11 CD 1662 7527 129 30 30 CD 1662 7527 130 W W NNP 1662 7527 131 Map Map NNP 1662 7527 132 references reference NNS 1662 7527 133 : : : 1662 7527 134 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7527 135 Area Area NNP 1662 7527 136 : : : 1662 7527 137 total total NN 1662 7527 138 : : : 1662 7527 139 71,740 71,740 CD 1662 7527 140 sq sq RB 1662 7527 141 km km NNP 1662 7527 142 land land NN 1662 7527 143 : : : 1662 7527 144 71,620 71,620 CD 1662 7527 145 sq sq NNP 1662 7527 146 km km NNP 1662 7527 147 water water NN 1662 7527 148 : : : 1662 7527 149 120 120 CD 1662 7527 150 sq sq NN 1662 7527 151 km km NNP 1662 7527 152 Area area NN 1662 7527 153 - - HYPH 1662 7527 154 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7527 155 : : : 1662 7527 156 slightly slightly RB 1662 7527 157 smaller small JJR 1662 7527 158 than than IN 1662 7527 159 South South NNP 1662 7527 160 Carolina Carolina NNP 1662 7527 161 Land Land NNP 1662 7527 162 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7527 163 : : : 1662 7527 164 total total JJ 1662 7527 165 : : : 1662 7527 166 958 958 CD 1662 7527 167 km km NN 1662 7527 168 border border NN 1662 7527 169 countries country NNS 1662 7527 170 : : : 1662 7527 171 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 7527 172 652 652 CD 1662 7527 173 km km NNS 1662 7527 174 , , , 1662 7527 175 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 7527 176 306 306 CD 1662 7527 177 km km NN 1662 7527 178 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7527 179 : : : 1662 7527 180 402 402 CD 1662 7527 181 km km NN 1662 7527 182 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7527 183 claims claim VBZ 1662 7527 184 : : : 1662 7527 185 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7527 186 sea sea NN 1662 7527 187 : : : 1662 7527 188 200 200 CD 1662 7527 189 nm nm NNP 1662 7527 190 continental continental NNP 1662 7527 191 shelf shelf NNP 1662 7527 192 : : : 1662 7527 193 200-m 200-m CD 1662 7527 194 depth depth NN 1662 7527 195 or or CC 1662 7527 196 to to IN 1662 7527 197 the the DT 1662 7527 198 depth depth NN 1662 7527 199 of of IN 1662 7527 200 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 7527 201 Climate climate NN 1662 7527 202 : : : 1662 7527 203 tropical tropical JJ 1662 7527 204 ; ; : 1662 7527 205 hot hot JJ 1662 7527 206 , , , 1662 7527 207 humid humid JJ 1662 7527 208 ; ; : 1662 7527 209 summer summer NN 1662 7527 210 rainy rainy NNP 1662 7527 211 season season NN 1662 7527 212 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7527 213 May May NNP 1662 7527 214 to to IN 1662 7527 215 December December NNP 1662 7527 216 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7527 217 ; ; : 1662 7527 218 winter winter NN 1662 7527 219 dry dry JJ 1662 7527 220 season season NN 1662 7527 221 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7527 222 December December NNP 1662 7527 223 to to IN 1662 7527 224 April April NNP 1662 7527 225 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7527 226 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7527 227 : : : 1662 7527 228 coastal coastal JJ 1662 7527 229 belt belt NN 1662 7527 230 of of IN 1662 7527 231 mangrove mangrove NN 1662 7527 232 swamps swamp NNS 1662 7527 233 , , , 1662 7527 234 wooded woode VBD 1662 7527 235 hill hill NNP 1662 7527 236 country country NN 1662 7527 237 , , , 1662 7527 238 upland upland NNP 1662 7527 239 plateau plateau NN 1662 7527 240 , , , 1662 7527 241 mountains mountain NNS 1662 7527 242 in in IN 1662 7527 243 east east NNP 1662 7527 244 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7527 245 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7527 246 : : : 1662 7527 247 lowest low JJS 1662 7527 248 point point NN 1662 7527 249 : : : 1662 7527 250 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7527 251 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7527 252 0 0 NFP 1662 7527 253 m m DT 1662 7527 254 highest high JJS 1662 7527 255 point point NN 1662 7527 256 : : : 1662 7527 257 Loma Loma NNP 1662 7527 258 Mansa Mansa NNP 1662 7527 259 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7527 260 Bintimani Bintimani NNP 1662 7527 261 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7527 262 1,948 1,948 CD 1662 7527 263 m m NNP 1662 7527 264 Natural natural JJ 1662 7527 265 resources resource NNS 1662 7527 266 : : : 1662 7527 267 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 7527 268 , , , 1662 7527 269 titanium titanium NN 1662 7527 270 ore ore NN 1662 7527 271 , , , 1662 7527 272 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 7527 273 , , , 1662 7527 274 iron iron NN 1662 7527 275 ore ore NN 1662 7527 276 , , , 1662 7527 277 gold gold NN 1662 7527 278 , , , 1662 7527 279 chromite chromite NNP 1662 7527 280 Land Land NNP 1662 7527 281 use use NN 1662 7527 282 : : : 1662 7527 283 arable arable JJ 1662 7527 284 land land NN 1662 7527 285 : : : 1662 7527 286 7 7 CD 1662 7527 287 % % NN 1662 7527 288 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7527 289 crops crop NNS 1662 7527 290 : : : 1662 7527 291 1 1 CD 1662 7527 292 % % NN 1662 7527 293 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7527 294 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7527 295 : : : 1662 7527 296 31 31 CD 1662 7527 297 % % NN 1662 7527 298 forests forest NNS 1662 7527 299 and and CC 1662 7527 300 woodland woodland JJ 1662 7527 301 : : : 1662 7527 302 28 28 CD 1662 7527 303 % % NN 1662 7527 304 other other JJ 1662 7527 305 : : : 1662 7527 306 33 33 CD 1662 7527 307 % % NN 1662 7527 308 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7527 309 1993 1993 CD 1662 7527 310 est est NNP 1662 7527 311 . . . 1662 7527 312 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7528 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7528 2 land land NN 1662 7528 3 : : : 1662 7528 4 290 290 CD 1662 7528 5 sq sq NNP 1662 7528 6 km km NNP 1662 7528 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7528 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 7528 9 est est NNP 1662 7528 10 . . . 1662 7528 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7529 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 7529 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7529 3 : : : 1662 7529 4 dry dry JJ 1662 7529 5 , , , 1662 7529 6 sand sand NN 1662 7529 7 - - HYPH 1662 7529 8 laden laden JJ 1662 7529 9 harmattan harmattan NNP 1662 7529 10 winds wind NNS 1662 7529 11 blow blow VBP 1662 7529 12 from from IN 1662 7529 13 the the DT 1662 7529 14 Sahara Sahara NNP 1662 7529 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7529 16 November November NNP 1662 7529 17 to to IN 1662 7529 18 May May NNP 1662 7529 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7529 20 ; ; : 1662 7529 21 sandstorms sandstorm NNS 1662 7529 22 , , , 1662 7529 23 dust dust NN 1662 7529 24 storms storm NNS 1662 7529 25 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7529 26 - - HYPH 1662 7529 27 current current JJ 1662 7529 28 issues issue NNS 1662 7529 29 : : : 1662 7529 30 rapid rapid JJ 1662 7529 31 population population NN 1662 7529 32 growth growth NN 1662 7529 33 pressuring pressure VBG 1662 7529 34 the the DT 1662 7529 35 environment environment NN 1662 7529 36 ; ; : 1662 7529 37 overharvesting overharveste VBG 1662 7529 38 of of IN 1662 7529 39 timber timber NN 1662 7529 40 , , , 1662 7529 41 expansion expansion NN 1662 7529 42 of of IN 1662 7529 43 cattle cattle NNS 1662 7529 44 grazing graze VBG 1662 7529 45 , , , 1662 7529 46 and and CC 1662 7529 47 slash slash VB 1662 7529 48 - - HYPH 1662 7529 49 and and CC 1662 7529 50 - - HYPH 1662 7529 51 burn burn NN 1662 7529 52 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7529 53 have have VBP 1662 7529 54 resulted result VBN 1662 7529 55 in in IN 1662 7529 56 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 7529 57 and and CC 1662 7529 58 soil soil NN 1662 7529 59 exhaustion exhaustion NN 1662 7529 60 ; ; : 1662 7529 61 civil civil JJ 1662 7529 62 war war NN 1662 7529 63 depleting deplete VBG 1662 7529 64 natural natural JJ 1662 7529 65 resources resource NNS 1662 7529 66 ; ; , 1662 7529 67 overfishing overfishe VBG 1662 7529 68 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7529 69 - - HYPH 1662 7529 70 international international JJ 1662 7529 71 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7529 72 : : : 1662 7529 73 party party NN 1662 7529 74 to to TO 1662 7529 75 : : : 1662 7529 76 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 7529 77 , , , 1662 7529 78 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7529 79 Change Change NNP 1662 7529 80 , , , 1662 7529 81 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 7529 82 Species Species NNPS 1662 7529 83 , , , 1662 7529 84 Law Law NNP 1662 7529 85 of of IN 1662 7529 86 the the DT 1662 7529 87 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7529 88 , , , 1662 7529 89 Marine Marine NNP 1662 7529 90 Life Life NNP 1662 7529 91 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 7529 92 , , , 1662 7529 93 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 7529 94 Test Test NNP 1662 7529 95 Ban Ban NNP 1662 7529 96 , , , 1662 7529 97 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 7529 98 signed sign VBD 1662 7529 99 , , , 1662 7529 100 but but CC 1662 7529 101 not not RB 1662 7529 102 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7529 103 : : : 1662 7529 104 Desertification desertification NN 1662 7529 105 , , , 1662 7529 106 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 7529 107 Modification Modification NNP 1662 7529 108 @Sierra @Sierra NNP 1662 7529 109 Leone Leone NNP 1662 7529 110 : : : 1662 7529 111 People People NNPS 1662 7529 112 Population Population NNP 1662 7529 113 : : : 1662 7529 114 4,891,546 4,891,546 CD 1662 7529 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7529 116 July July NNP 1662 7529 117 1997 1997 CD 1662 7529 118 est est NNP 1662 7529 119 . . . 1662 7529 120 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7530 1 Age age NN 1662 7530 2 structure structure NN 1662 7530 3 : : : 1662 7530 4 0 0 CD 1662 7530 5 - - HYPH 1662 7530 6 14 14 CD 1662 7530 7 years year NNS 1662 7530 8 : : : 1662 7530 9 45 45 CD 1662 7530 10 % % NN 1662 7530 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7530 12 male male JJ 1662 7530 13 1,084,736 1,084,736 CD 1662 7530 14 ; ; : 1662 7530 15 female female JJ 1662 7530 16 1,119,802 1,119,802 CD 1662 7530 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7530 18 15 15 CD 1662 7530 19 - - SYM 1662 7530 20 64 64 CD 1662 7530 21 years year NNS 1662 7530 22 : : : 1662 7530 23 52 52 CD 1662 7530 24 % % NN 1662 7530 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7530 26 male male NN 1662 7530 27 1,216,111 1,216,111 CD 1662 7530 28 ; ; , 1662 7530 29 female female JJ 1662 7530 30 1,320,847 1,320,847 CD 1662 7530 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7530 32 65 65 CD 1662 7530 33 years year NNS 1662 7530 34 and and CC 1662 7530 35 over over IN 1662 7530 36 : : : 1662 7530 37 3 3 CD 1662 7530 38 % % NN 1662 7530 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7530 40 male male JJ 1662 7530 41 76,371 76,371 CD 1662 7530 42 ; ; : 1662 7530 43 female female JJ 1662 7530 44 73,679 73,679 CD 1662 7530 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7530 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7530 47 July July NNP 1662 7530 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7530 49 est est NNP 1662 7530 50 . . . 1662 7530 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7531 1 Population population NN 1662 7531 2 growth growth NN 1662 7531 3 rate rate NN 1662 7531 4 : : : 1662 7531 5 3.54 3.54 CD 1662 7531 6 % % NN 1662 7531 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7531 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7531 9 est est NNP 1662 7531 10 . . . 1662 7531 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7532 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7532 2 rate rate NN 1662 7532 3 : : : 1662 7532 4 46.67 46.67 CD 1662 7532 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 7532 6 population population NN 1662 7532 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7532 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7532 9 est est NNP 1662 7532 10 . . . 1662 7532 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7533 1 Death death NN 1662 7533 2 rate rate NN 1662 7533 3 : : : 1662 7533 4 17.75 17.75 CD 1662 7533 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7533 6 population population NN 1662 7533 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7533 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7533 9 est est NNP 1662 7533 10 . . . 1662 7533 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7534 1 Net net JJ 1662 7534 2 migration migration NN 1662 7534 3 rate rate NN 1662 7534 4 : : : 1662 7534 5 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 7534 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 7534 7 population population NN 1662 7534 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7534 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7534 10 est est NNP 1662 7534 11 . . . 1662 7534 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7535 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7535 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7535 3 : : : 1662 7535 4 at at IN 1662 7535 5 birth birth NN 1662 7535 6 : : : 1662 7535 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 7535 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7535 9 under under IN 1662 7535 10 15 15 CD 1662 7535 11 years year NNS 1662 7535 12 : : : 1662 7535 13 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 7535 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7535 15 15 15 CD 1662 7535 16 - - SYM 1662 7535 17 64 64 CD 1662 7535 18 years year NNS 1662 7535 19 : : : 1662 7535 20 0.92 0.92 CD 1662 7535 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7535 22 65 65 CD 1662 7535 23 years year NNS 1662 7535 24 and and CC 1662 7535 25 over over IN 1662 7535 26 : : : 1662 7535 27 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 7535 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7535 29 total total JJ 1662 7535 30 population population NN 1662 7535 31 : : : 1662 7535 32 0.94 0.94 CD 1662 7535 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7535 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7535 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7535 36 est e JJS 1662 7535 37 . . . 1662 7535 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7536 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7536 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7536 3 rate rate NN 1662 7536 4 : : : 1662 7536 5 132.5 132.5 CD 1662 7536 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7536 7 live live JJ 1662 7536 8 births birth NNS 1662 7536 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7536 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7536 11 est est NNP 1662 7536 12 . . . 1662 7536 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7537 1 Life life NN 1662 7537 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7537 3 at at IN 1662 7537 4 birth birth NN 1662 7537 5 : : : 1662 7537 6 total total JJ 1662 7537 7 population population NN 1662 7537 8 : : : 1662 7537 9 48.02 48.02 CD 1662 7537 10 years year NNS 1662 7537 11 male male JJ 1662 7537 12 : : : 1662 7537 13 45.06 45.06 CD 1662 7537 14 years year NNS 1662 7537 15 female female JJ 1662 7537 16 : : : 1662 7537 17 51.07 51.07 CD 1662 7537 18 years year NNS 1662 7537 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7537 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7539 100 ex ex JJ 1662 7539 101 - - JJ 1662 7539 102 slave slave JJ 1662 7539 103 population population NN 1662 7539 104 of of IN 1662 7539 105 the the DT 1662 7539 106 Freetown Freetown NNP 1662 7539 107 area area NN 1662 7539 108 and and CC 1662 7539 109 is be VBZ 1662 7539 110 lingua lingua FW 1662 7539 111 franca franca JJ 1662 7539 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7539 113 Literacy literacy NN 1662 7539 114 : : : 1662 7539 115 definition definition NN 1662 7539 116 : : : 1662 7539 117 age age NN 1662 7539 118 15 15 CD 1662 7539 119 and and CC 1662 7539 120 over over RB 1662 7539 121 can can MD 1662 7539 122 read read VB 1662 7539 123 and and CC 1662 7539 124 write write VB 1662 7539 125 in in IN 1662 7539 126 English English NNP 1662 7539 127 , , , 1662 7539 128 Mende Mende NNP 1662 7539 129 , , , 1662 7539 130 Temne Temne NNP 1662 7539 131 , , , 1662 7539 132 or or CC 1662 7539 133 Arabic arabic JJ 1662 7539 134 total total JJ 1662 7539 135 population population NN 1662 7539 136 : : : 1662 7539 137 31.4 31.4 CD 1662 7539 138 % % NN 1662 7539 139 male male NN 1662 7539 140 : : : 1662 7539 141 45.4 45.4 CD 1662 7539 142 % % NN 1662 7539 143 female female NN 1662 7539 144 : : : 1662 7539 145 18.2 18.2 CD 1662 7539 146 % % NN 1662 7539 147 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7539 148 1995 1995 CD 1662 7539 149 est est NNP 1662 7539 150 . . . 1662 7539 151 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7540 1 @Sierra @Sierra NNP 1662 7540 2 Leone Leone NNP 1662 7540 3 : : : 1662 7540 4 Government Government NNP 1662 7540 5 Country Country NNP 1662 7540 6 name name NN 1662 7540 7 : : : 1662 7540 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7540 9 long long JJ 1662 7540 10 form form NN 1662 7540 11 : : : 1662 7540 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7540 13 of of IN 1662 7540 14 Sierra Sierra NNP 1662 7540 15 Leone Leone NNP 1662 7540 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7540 17 short short JJ 1662 7540 18 form form NN 1662 7540 19 : : : 1662 7540 20 Sierra Sierra NNP 1662 7540 21 Leone Leone NNP 1662 7540 22 Data Data NNP 1662 7540 23 code 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7540 132 the the DT 1662 7540 133 president president NN 1662 7540 134 is be VBZ 1662 7540 135 both both CC 1662 7540 136 the the DT 1662 7540 137 chief chief NN 1662 7540 138 of of IN 1662 7540 139 state state NN 1662 7540 140 and and CC 1662 7540 141 head head NN 1662 7540 142 of of IN 1662 7540 143 government government NN 1662 7540 144 head head NN 1662 7540 145 of of IN 1662 7540 146 government government NN 1662 7540 147 : : : 1662 7540 148 President President NNP 1662 7540 149 Ahmad Ahmad NNP 1662 7540 150 Tejan Tejan NNP 1662 7540 151 KABBAH KABBAH NNP 1662 7540 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7540 153 inaugurated inaugurate VBN 1662 7540 154 29 29 CD 1662 7540 155 March March NNP 1662 7540 156 1996 1996 CD 1662 7540 157 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7540 158 ; ; : 1662 7540 159 note note VB 1662 7540 160 - - : 1662 7540 161 the the DT 1662 7540 162 president president NN 1662 7540 163 is be VBZ 1662 7540 164 both both CC 1662 7540 165 the the DT 1662 7540 166 chief chief NN 1662 7540 167 of of IN 1662 7540 168 state state NN 1662 7540 169 and and CC 1662 7540 170 head head NN 1662 7540 171 of of IN 1662 7540 172 government government NN 1662 7540 173 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7540 174 : : : 1662 7540 175 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 7540 176 of of IN 1662 7540 177 State State NNP 1662 7540 178 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7540 179 by by IN 1662 7540 180 the the DT 1662 7540 181 president president NN 1662 7540 182 with with IN 1662 7540 183 the the DT 1662 7540 184 approval approval NN 1662 7540 185 of of IN 1662 7540 186 the the DT 1662 7540 187 House House NNP 1662 7540 188 of of IN 1662 7540 189 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 7540 190 ; ; : 1662 7540 191 the the DT 1662 7540 192 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7540 193 is be VBZ 1662 7540 194 responsible responsible JJ 1662 7540 195 to to IN 1662 7540 196 the the DT 1662 7540 197 president president NNP 1662 7540 198 elections election NNS 1662 7540 199 : : : 1662 7540 200 president president NNP 1662 7540 201 elected elect VBN 1662 7540 202 by by IN 1662 7540 203 popular popular JJ 1662 7540 204 vote vote NN 1662 7540 205 for for IN 1662 7540 206 a a DT 1662 7540 207 five five CD 1662 7540 208 - - HYPH 1662 7540 209 year year NN 1662 7540 210 term term NN 1662 7540 211 ; ; : 1662 7540 212 election election NN 1662 7540 213 held hold VBD 1662 7540 214 26 26 CD 1662 7540 215 - - SYM 1662 7540 216 27 27 CD 1662 7540 217 February February NNP 1662 7540 218 1996 1996 CD 1662 7540 219 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7540 220 next next JJ 1662 7540 221 to to TO 1662 7540 222 be be VB 1662 7540 223 held hold VBN 1662 7540 224 NA NA NNP 1662 7540 225 2001 2001 CD 1662 7540 226 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7540 227 ; ; : 1662 7540 228 note note NN 1662 7540 229 - - HYPH 1662 7540 230 president president NNP 1662 7540 231 's 's POS 1662 7540 232 tenure tenure NN 1662 7540 233 of of IN 1662 7540 234 office office NN 1662 7540 235 is be VBZ 1662 7540 236 limited limit VBN 1662 7540 237 to to IN 1662 7540 238 2 2 CD 1662 7540 239 five five CD 1662 7540 240 - - HYPH 1662 7540 241 year year NN 1662 7540 242 terms term NNS 1662 7540 243 election election NN 1662 7540 244 results result NNS 1662 7540 245 : : : 1662 7540 246 Ahmad Ahmad NNP 1662 7540 247 Tejan Tejan NNP 1662 7540 248 KABBAH KABBAH NNP 1662 7540 249 elected elect VBD 1662 7540 250 president president NN 1662 7540 251 ; ; , 1662 7540 252 percent percent NN 1662 7540 253 of of IN 1662 7540 254 popular popular JJ 1662 7540 255 vote vote NN 1662 7540 256 - - HYPH 1662 7540 257 NA NA NNP 1662 7540 258 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 7540 259 branch branch NN 1662 7540 260 : : : 1662 7540 261 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 7540 262 House House NNP 1662 7540 263 of of IN 1662 7540 264 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 7540 265 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7540 266 80 80 CD 1662 7540 267 seats seat NNS 1662 7540 268 , , , 1662 7540 269 68 68 CD 1662 7540 270 elected elect VBN 1662 7540 271 , , , 1662 7540 272 12 12 CD 1662 7540 273 filled fill VBN 1662 7540 274 by by IN 1662 7540 275 paramount paramount NNP 1662 7540 276 chiefs chiefs NNPS 1662 7540 277 elected elect VBN 1662 7540 278 in in IN 1662 7540 279 separate separate JJ 1662 7540 280 elections election NNS 1662 7540 281 ; ; : 1662 7540 282 members member NNS 1662 7540 283 serve serve VBP 1662 7540 284 NA na NN 1662 7540 285 - - HYPH 1662 7540 286 year year NN 1662 7540 287 terms term NNS 1662 7540 288 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7540 289 elections election NNS 1662 7540 290 : : : 1662 7540 291 last last RB 1662 7540 292 held hold VBN 1662 7540 293 NA NA NNP 1662 7540 294 February February NNP 1662 7540 295 1996 1996 CD 1662 7540 296 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7540 297 next next JJ 1662 7540 298 to to TO 1662 7540 299 be be VB 1662 7540 300 held hold VBN 1662 7540 301 NA NA NNP 1662 7540 302 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7540 303 election election NN 1662 7540 304 results result NNS 1662 7540 305 : : : 1662 7540 306 percent percent NN 1662 7540 307 of of IN 1662 7540 308 vote vote NN 1662 7540 309 by by IN 1662 7540 310 party party NN 1662 7540 311 - - HYPH 1662 7540 312 NA NA NNP 1662 7540 313 ; ; , 1662 7540 314 seats seat NNS 1662 7540 315 by by IN 1662 7540 316 party party NN 1662 7540 317 - - HYPH 1662 7540 318 SLPP SLPP NNP 1662 7540 319 27 27 CD 1662 7540 320 , , , 1662 7540 321 UNPP UNPP NNP 1662 7540 322 17 17 CD 1662 7540 323 , , , 1662 7540 324 PDP PDP NNP 1662 7540 325 12 12 CD 1662 7540 326 , , , 1662 7540 327 APC APC NNP 1662 7540 328 5 5 CD 1662 7540 329 , , , 1662 7540 330 NUP NUP NNP 1662 7540 331 4 4 CD 1662 7540 332 , , , 1662 7540 333 DCP DCP NNP 1662 7540 334 3 3 CD 1662 7540 335 ; ; : 1662 7540 336 note note VB 1662 7540 337 - - HYPH 1662 7540 338 first first JJ 1662 7540 339 elections election NNS 1662 7540 340 since since IN 1662 7540 341 the the DT 1662 7540 342 former former JJ 1662 7540 343 House House NNP 1662 7540 344 of of IN 1662 7540 345 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 7540 346 was be VBD 1662 7540 347 shut shut VBN 1662 7540 348 down down RP 1662 7540 349 by by IN 1662 7540 350 the the DT 1662 7540 351 military military JJ 1662 7540 352 coup coup NN 1662 7540 353 of of IN 1662 7540 354 29 29 CD 1662 7540 355 April April NNP 1662 7540 356 1992 1992 CD 1662 7540 357 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 7540 358 branch branch NN 1662 7540 359 : : : 1662 7540 360 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 7540 361 Court Court NNP 1662 7540 362 Political political JJ 1662 7540 363 parties party NNS 1662 7540 364 and and CC 1662 7540 365 leaders leader NNS 1662 7540 366 : : : 1662 7540 367 15 15 CD 1662 7540 368 parties party NNS 1662 7540 369 registered register VBN 1662 7540 370 for for IN 1662 7540 371 the the DT 1662 7540 372 February February NNP 1662 7540 373 1996 1996 CD 1662 7540 374 elections election NNS 1662 7540 375 ; ; : 1662 7540 376 National National NNP 1662 7540 377 Peoples Peoples NNPS 1662 7540 378 Party Party NNP 1662 7540 379 or or CC 1662 7540 380 NPP NPP NNP 1662 7540 381 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7540 382 Andrew Andrew NNP 1662 7540 383 TURAY TURAY NNP 1662 7540 384 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7540 385 ; ; : 1662 7540 386 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7540 387 Center Center NNP 1662 7540 388 Party Party NNP 1662 7540 389 or or CC 1662 7540 390 DCP DCP NNP 1662 7540 391 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7540 392 Abu Abu NNP 1662 7540 393 KOROMA KOROMA NNP 1662 7540 394 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7540 395 ; ; : 1662 7540 396 Peoples Peoples NNP 1662 7540 397 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 7540 398 Party Party NNP 1662 7540 399 or or CC 1662 7540 400 PPP PPP NNP 1662 7540 401 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7540 402 Edward Edward NNP 1662 7540 403 KAMARA KAMARA NNP 1662 7540 404 , , , 1662 7540 405 chairman chairman NN 1662 7540 406 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7540 407 ; ; : 1662 7540 408 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 7540 409 for for IN 1662 7540 410 Progress Progress NNP 1662 7540 411 Party Party NNP 1662 7540 412 or or CC 1662 7540 413 CPP CPP NNP 1662 7540 414 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7540 415 Geredine Geredine NNP 1662 7540 416 WILLIAMS WILLIAMS NNP 1662 7540 417 - - HYPH 1662 7540 418 SARHO SARHO NNP 1662 7540 419 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7540 420 ; ; : 1662 7540 421 National National NNP 1662 7540 422 Unity Unity NNP 1662 7540 423 Movement Movement NNP 1662 7540 424 or or CC 1662 7540 425 NUM NUM NNP 1662 7540 426 ; ; : 1662 7540 427 United United NNP 1662 7540 428 National National NNP 1662 7540 429 Peoples Peoples NNPS 1662 7540 430 Party Party NNP 1662 7540 431 or or CC 1662 7540 432 UNPP UNPP NNP 1662 7540 433 ; ; : 1662 7540 434 Peoples Peoples NNP 1662 7540 435 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7540 436 Party Party NNP 1662 7540 437 or or CC 1662 7540 438 PDP PDP NNP 1662 7540 439 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7540 440 Thaimu Thaimu NNP 1662 7540 441 BANGURA BANGURA NNP 1662 7540 442 , , , 1662 7540 443 chairman chairman NN 1662 7540 444 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7540 445 ; ; : 1662 7540 446 All all DT 1662 7540 447 Peoples Peoples NNPS 1662 7540 448 Congress Congress NNP 1662 7540 449 or or CC 1662 7540 450 APC APC NNP 1662 7540 451 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7540 452 S. S. NNP 1662 7540 453 A. a. NN 1662 7540 454 T. T. NNP 1662 7540 455 KOROMA KOROMA NNP 1662 7540 456 , , , 1662 7540 457 chairman chairman NN 1662 7540 458 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7540 459 ; ; : 1662 7540 460 National National NNP 1662 7540 461 Republican Republican NNP 1662 7540 462 Party Party NNP 1662 7540 463 or or CC 1662 7540 464 NRP NRP NNP 1662 7540 465 ; ; : 1662 7540 466 Social Social NNP 1662 7540 467 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7540 468 Party Party NNP 1662 7540 469 or or CC 1662 7540 470 SDP SDP NNP 1662 7540 471 ; ; : 1662 7540 472 Peoples Peoples NNP 1662 7540 473 National National NNP 1662 7540 474 Convention Convention NNP 1662 7540 475 or or CC 1662 7540 476 PNC PNC NNP 1662 7540 477 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7540 478 I. i. NN 1662 7541 1 B. B. NNP 1662 7541 2 KARGBO KARGBO NNP 1662 7541 3 , , , 1662 7541 4 chairman chairman NN 1662 7541 5 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7541 6 ; ; : 1662 7541 7 National National NNP 1662 7541 8 Unity Unity NNP 1662 7541 9 Party Party NNP 1662 7541 10 or or CC 1662 7541 11 NUP NUP NNP 1662 7541 12 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7541 13 A. A. NNP 1662 7541 14 O. O. NNP 1662 7541 15 D. D. NNP 1662 7541 16 GEORGE GEORGE NNP 1662 7541 17 , , , 1662 7541 18 chairman chairman NN 1662 7541 19 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7541 20 ; ; : 1662 7541 21 Sierra Sierra NNP 1662 7541 22 Leone Leone NNP 1662 7541 23 Peoples Peoples NNPS 1662 7541 24 Party Party NNP 1662 7541 25 or or CC 1662 7541 26 SLPP SLPP NNP 1662 7541 27 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7541 28 Paul Paul NNP 1662 7541 29 DUNBAR DUNBAR NNP 1662 7541 30 , , , 1662 7541 31 chairman chairman NN 1662 7541 32 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7541 33 ; ; : 1662 7541 34 National National NNP 1662 7541 35 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7541 36 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 7541 37 or or CC 1662 7541 38 NDA NDA NNP 1662 7541 39 ; ; : 1662 7541 40 National National NNP 1662 7541 41 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 7541 42 for for IN 1662 7541 43 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 7541 44 Party Party NNP 1662 7541 45 or or CC 1662 7541 46 NADP NADP NNP 1662 7541 47 International International NNP 1662 7541 48 organization organization NN 1662 7541 49 participation participation NN 1662 7541 50 : : : 1662 7541 51 ACP ACP NNP 1662 7541 52 , , , 1662 7541 53 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 7541 54 , , , 1662 7541 55 C C NNP 1662 7541 56 , , , 1662 7541 57 CCC CCC NNP 1662 7541 58 , , , 1662 7541 59 ECA ECA NNP 1662 7541 60 , , , 1662 7541 61 ECOWAS ECOWAS NNP 1662 7541 62 , , , 1662 7541 63 FAO FAO NNP 1662 7541 64 , , , 1662 7541 65 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 7541 66 , , , 1662 7541 67 IAEA iaea NN 1662 7541 68 , , , 1662 7541 69 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 7541 70 , , , 1662 7541 71 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 7541 72 , , , 1662 7541 73 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 7541 74 , , , 1662 7541 75 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 7541 76 , , , 1662 7541 77 IDA IDA NNP 1662 7541 78 , , , 1662 7541 79 IDB IDB NNP 1662 7541 80 , , , 1662 7541 81 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 7541 82 , , , 1662 7541 83 IFC IFC NNP 1662 7541 84 , , , 1662 7541 85 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 7541 86 , , , 1662 7541 87 ILO ILO NNP 1662 7541 88 , , , 1662 7541 89 IMF IMF NNP 1662 7541 90 , , , 1662 7541 91 IMO imo RB 1662 7541 92 , , , 1662 7541 93 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7541 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7541 95 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 7541 96 user user NN 1662 7541 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7541 98 , , , 1662 7541 99 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 7541 100 , , , 1662 7541 101 IOC IOC NNP 1662 7541 102 , , , 1662 7541 103 ITU ITU NNP 1662 7541 104 , , , 1662 7541 105 NAM NAM NNP 1662 7541 106 , , , 1662 7541 107 OAU OAU NNP 1662 7541 108 , , , 1662 7541 109 OIC OIC NNP 1662 7541 110 , , , 1662 7541 111 UN UN NNP 1662 7541 112 , , , 1662 7541 113 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 7541 114 , , , 1662 7541 115 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 7541 116 , , , 1662 7541 117 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 7541 118 , , , 1662 7541 119 UPU UPU NNP 1662 7541 120 , , , 1662 7541 121 WCL WCL NNP 1662 7541 122 , , , 1662 7541 123 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 7541 124 , , , 1662 7541 125 WHO who WP 1662 7541 126 , , , 1662 7541 127 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 7541 128 , , , 1662 7541 129 WMO WMO NNP 1662 7541 130 , , , 1662 7541 131 WToO wtoo FW 1662 7541 132 , , , 1662 7541 133 WTrO wtro VB 1662 7541 134 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7541 135 representation representation NN 1662 7541 136 in in IN 1662 7541 137 the the DT 1662 7541 138 US US NNP 1662 7541 139 : : : 1662 7541 140 chief chief NN 1662 7541 141 of of IN 1662 7541 142 mission mission NN 1662 7541 143 : : : 1662 7541 144 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 7541 145 John John NNP 1662 7541 146 Ernest Ernest NNP 1662 7541 147 LEIGH LEIGH NNP 1662 7541 148 chancery chancery NN 1662 7541 149 : : : 1662 7541 150 1701 1701 CD 1662 7541 151 19th 19th NNP 1662 7541 152 Street Street NNP 1662 7541 153 NW NW NNP 1662 7541 154 , , , 1662 7541 155 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7541 156 , , , 1662 7541 157 DC DC NNP 1662 7541 158 20009 20009 CD 1662 7541 159 telephone telephone NN 1662 7541 160 : : : 1662 7541 161 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7541 162 1 1 CD 1662 7541 163 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7541 164 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7541 165 202 202 CD 1662 7541 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7541 167 939 939 CD 1662 7541 168 - - SYM 1662 7541 169 9261 9261 CD 1662 7541 170 through through IN 1662 7541 171 9263 9263 CD 1662 7541 172 FAX fax NN 1662 7541 173 : : : 1662 7541 174 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7541 175 1 1 CD 1662 7541 176 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7541 177 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7541 178 202 202 CD 1662 7541 179 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7541 180 483 483 CD 1662 7541 181 - - HYPH 1662 7541 182 1793 1793 CD 1662 7541 183 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7541 184 representation representation NN 1662 7541 185 from from IN 1662 7541 186 the the DT 1662 7541 187 US US NNP 1662 7541 188 : : : 1662 7541 189 chief chief NN 1662 7541 190 of of IN 1662 7541 191 mission mission NN 1662 7541 192 : : : 1662 7541 193 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 7541 194 John John NNP 1662 7541 195 L. L. NNP 1662 7541 196 HIRSCH HIRSCH NNP 1662 7541 197 embassy embassy NN 1662 7541 198 : : : 1662 7541 199 Corner Corner NNP 1662 7541 200 of of IN 1662 7541 201 Walpole Walpole NNP 1662 7541 202 and and CC 1662 7541 203 Siaka Siaka NNP 1662 7541 204 Stevens Stevens NNP 1662 7541 205 Streets Streets NNPS 1662 7541 206 , , , 1662 7541 207 Freetown Freetown NNP 1662 7541 208 mailing mail VBG 1662 7541 209 address address NN 1662 7541 210 : : : 1662 7541 211 use use VB 1662 7541 212 embassy embassy NNP 1662 7541 213 street street NNP 1662 7541 214 address address NN 1662 7541 215 telephone telephone NNP 1662 7541 216 : : : 1662 7541 217 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7541 218 232 232 CD 1662 7541 219 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7541 220 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7541 221 22 22 CD 1662 7541 222 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7541 223 226481 226481 CD 1662 7541 224 through through IN 1662 7541 225 226485 226485 CD 1662 7541 226 FAX FAX NNP 1662 7541 227 : : : 1662 7541 228 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7541 229 232 232 CD 1662 7541 230 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7541 231 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7541 232 22 22 CD 1662 7541 233 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7541 234 225471 225471 CD 1662 7541 235 Flag flag NN 1662 7541 236 description description NN 1662 7541 237 : : : 1662 7541 238 three three CD 1662 7541 239 equal equal JJ 1662 7541 240 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 7541 241 bands band NNS 1662 7541 242 of of IN 1662 7541 243 light light JJ 1662 7541 244 green green NN 1662 7541 245 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7541 246 top top NN 1662 7541 247 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7541 248 , , , 1662 7541 249 white white JJ 1662 7541 250 , , , 1662 7541 251 and and CC 1662 7541 252 light light JJ 1662 7541 253 blue blue JJ 1662 7541 254 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7541 255 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7541 256 - - HYPH 1662 7541 257 overview overview NN 1662 7541 258 : : : 1662 7541 259 Sierra Sierra NNP 1662 7541 260 Leone Leone NNP 1662 7541 261 has have VBZ 1662 7541 262 substantial substantial JJ 1662 7541 263 mineral mineral NN 1662 7541 264 , , , 1662 7541 265 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 7541 266 , , , 1662 7541 267 and and CC 1662 7541 268 fishery fishery JJ 1662 7541 269 resources resource NNS 1662 7541 270 . . . 1662 7542 1 However however RB 1662 7542 2 , , , 1662 7542 3 the the DT 1662 7542 4 economic economic JJ 1662 7542 5 and and CC 1662 7542 6 social social JJ 1662 7542 7 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 7542 8 is be VBZ 1662 7542 9 not not RB 1662 7542 10 well well RB 1662 7542 11 developed developed JJ 1662 7542 12 , , , 1662 7542 13 and and CC 1662 7542 14 serious serious JJ 1662 7542 15 social social JJ 1662 7542 16 disorders disorder NNS 1662 7542 17 continue continue VBP 1662 7542 18 to to TO 1662 7542 19 hamper hamper VB 1662 7542 20 economic economic JJ 1662 7542 21 development development NN 1662 7542 22 . . . 1662 7543 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7543 2 employs employ VBZ 1662 7543 3 about about RB 1662 7543 4 two two CD 1662 7543 5 - - HYPH 1662 7543 6 thirds third NNS 1662 7543 7 of of IN 1662 7543 8 the the DT 1662 7543 9 working work VBG 1662 7543 10 population population NN 1662 7543 11 , , , 1662 7543 12 with with IN 1662 7543 13 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 7543 14 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7543 15 dominating dominate VBG 1662 7543 16 the the DT 1662 7543 17 sector sector NN 1662 7543 18 . . . 1662 7544 1 Manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 7544 2 consists consist VBZ 1662 7544 3 mainly mainly RB 1662 7544 4 of of IN 1662 7544 5 the the DT 1662 7544 6 processing processing NN 1662 7544 7 of of IN 1662 7544 8 raw raw JJ 1662 7544 9 materials material NNS 1662 7544 10 and and CC 1662 7544 11 of of IN 1662 7544 12 light light JJ 1662 7544 13 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 7544 14 for for IN 1662 7544 15 the the DT 1662 7544 16 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7544 17 market market NN 1662 7544 18 . . . 1662 7545 1 The the DT 1662 7545 2 mining mining NN 1662 7545 3 of of IN 1662 7545 4 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 7545 5 , , , 1662 7545 6 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 7545 7 , , , 1662 7545 8 and and CC 1662 7545 9 rutile rutile NN 1662 7545 10 is be VBZ 1662 7545 11 the the DT 1662 7545 12 major major JJ 1662 7545 13 source source NN 1662 7545 14 of of IN 1662 7545 15 hard hard JJ 1662 7545 16 currency currency NN 1662 7545 17 . . . 1662 7546 1 The the DT 1662 7546 2 government government NN 1662 7546 3 has have VBZ 1662 7546 4 worked work VBN 1662 7546 5 hard hard RB 1662 7546 6 to to TO 1662 7546 7 meet meet VB 1662 7546 8 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7546 9 IMF- IMF- NNP 1662 7546 10 and and CC 1662 7546 11 World World NNP 1662 7546 12 Bank Bank NNP 1662 7546 13 - - HYPH 1662 7546 14 mandated mandate VBN 1662 7546 15 stabilization stabilization NN 1662 7546 16 targets target NNS 1662 7546 17 , , , 1662 7546 18 holding hold VBG 1662 7546 19 down down RP 1662 7546 20 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7546 21 deficits deficit NNS 1662 7546 22 and and CC 1662 7546 23 retiring retire VBG 1662 7546 24 much much JJ 1662 7546 25 of of IN 1662 7546 26 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7546 27 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7546 28 debt debt NN 1662 7546 29 , , , 1662 7546 30 but but CC 1662 7546 31 at at IN 1662 7546 32 a a DT 1662 7546 33 steep steep JJ 1662 7546 34 cost cost NN 1662 7546 35 in in IN 1662 7546 36 terms term NNS 1662 7546 37 of of IN 1662 7546 38 forgone forgone NN 1662 7546 39 capital capital NN 1662 7546 40 investments investment NNS 1662 7546 41 and and CC 1662 7546 42 social social JJ 1662 7546 43 spending spending NN 1662 7546 44 . . . 1662 7547 1 Moreover moreover RB 1662 7547 2 , , , 1662 7547 3 the the DT 1662 7547 4 economic economic JJ 1662 7547 5 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 7547 6 has have VBZ 1662 7547 7 nearly nearly RB 1662 7547 8 collapsed collapse VBN 1662 7547 9 due due IN 1662 7547 10 to to IN 1662 7547 11 neglect neglect NN 1662 7547 12 and and CC 1662 7547 13 war war NN 1662 7547 14 - - HYPH 1662 7547 15 related relate VBN 1662 7547 16 disruptions disruption NNS 1662 7547 17 in in IN 1662 7547 18 the the DT 1662 7547 19 mining mining NN 1662 7547 20 and and CC 1662 7547 21 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 7547 22 export export NN 1662 7547 23 sectors sector NNS 1662 7547 24 . . . 1662 7548 1 The the DT 1662 7548 2 continuing continue VBG 1662 7548 3 civil civil JJ 1662 7548 4 war war NN 1662 7548 5 in in IN 1662 7548 6 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 7548 7 has have VBZ 1662 7548 8 led lead VBN 1662 7548 9 to to IN 1662 7548 10 a a DT 1662 7548 11 large large JJ 1662 7548 12 influx influx NN 1662 7548 13 of of IN 1662 7548 14 refugees refugee NNS 1662 7548 15 , , , 1662 7548 16 who who WP 1662 7548 17 place place VBP 1662 7548 18 additional additional JJ 1662 7548 19 burdens burden NNS 1662 7548 20 on on IN 1662 7548 21 Sierra Sierra NNP 1662 7548 22 Leone Leone NNP 1662 7548 23 's 's POS 1662 7548 24 fragile fragile JJ 1662 7548 25 economy economy NN 1662 7548 26 . . . 1662 7549 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7549 2 : : : 1662 7549 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7549 4 power power NN 1662 7549 5 parity parity NN 1662 7549 6 - - : 1662 7549 7 $ $ $ 1662 7549 8 4.7 4.7 CD 1662 7549 9 billion billion CD 1662 7549 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7549 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 7549 12 est est NNP 1662 7549 13 . . . 1662 7549 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7550 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7550 2 - - HYPH 1662 7550 3 real real JJ 1662 7550 4 growth growth NN 1662 7550 5 rate rate NN 1662 7550 6 : : : 1662 7550 7 5 5 CD 1662 7550 8 % % NN 1662 7550 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7550 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 7550 11 est est NNP 1662 7550 12 . . . 1662 7550 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7551 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7551 2 - - HYPH 1662 7551 3 per per FW 1662 7551 4 capita capita NN 1662 7551 5 : : : 1662 7551 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7551 7 power power NN 1662 7551 8 parity parity NN 1662 7551 9 - - : 1662 7551 10 $ $ $ 1662 7551 11 980 980 CD 1662 7551 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7551 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 7551 14 est est NNP 1662 7551 15 . . . 1662 7551 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7552 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7552 2 - - HYPH 1662 7552 3 composition composition NN 1662 7552 4 by by IN 1662 7552 5 sector sector NN 1662 7552 6 : : : 1662 7552 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7552 8 : : : 1662 7552 9 49 49 CD 1662 7552 10 % % NN 1662 7552 11 industry industry NN 1662 7552 12 : : : 1662 7552 13 21 21 CD 1662 7552 14 % % NN 1662 7552 15 services service NNS 1662 7552 16 : : : 1662 7552 17 30 30 CD 1662 7552 18 % % NN 1662 7552 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7552 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 7552 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7552 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 7552 23 rate rate NN 1662 7552 24 - - HYPH 1662 7552 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 7552 26 price price NN 1662 7552 27 index index NN 1662 7552 28 : : : 1662 7552 29 5.6 5.6 CD 1662 7552 30 % % NN 1662 7552 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7552 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 7552 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7552 34 Labor labor NN 1662 7552 35 force force NN 1662 7552 36 : : : 1662 7552 37 total total NN 1662 7552 38 : : : 1662 7552 39 1.369 1.369 CD 1662 7552 40 million million CD 1662 7552 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7552 42 1981 1981 CD 1662 7552 43 est est NNP 1662 7552 44 . . . 1662 7552 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7553 1 by by IN 1662 7553 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 7553 3 : : : 1662 7553 4 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7553 5 65 65 CD 1662 7553 6 % % NN 1662 7553 7 , , , 1662 7553 8 industry industry NN 1662 7553 9 19 19 CD 1662 7553 10 % % NN 1662 7553 11 , , , 1662 7553 12 services service NNS 1662 7553 13 16 16 CD 1662 7553 14 % % NN 1662 7553 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7553 16 1981 1981 CD 1662 7553 17 est est NNP 1662 7553 18 . . . 1662 7553 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7554 1 note note NN 1662 7554 2 : : : 1662 7554 3 only only RB 1662 7554 4 about about IN 1662 7554 5 65,000 65,000 CD 1662 7554 6 wage wage NN 1662 7554 7 earners earner NNS 1662 7554 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7554 9 1985 1985 CD 1662 7554 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7554 11 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 7554 12 rate rate NN 1662 7554 13 : : : 1662 7554 14 NA% NA% `` 1662 7554 15 Budget budget NN 1662 7554 16 : : : 1662 7554 17 revenues revenue NNS 1662 7554 18 : : : 1662 7554 19 $ $ $ 1662 7554 20 75 75 CD 1662 7554 21 million million CD 1662 7554 22 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7554 23 : : : 1662 7554 24 $ $ $ 1662 7554 25 128 128 CD 1662 7554 26 million million CD 1662 7554 27 , , , 1662 7554 28 including include VBG 1662 7554 29 capital capital NN 1662 7554 30 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7554 31 of of IN 1662 7554 32 $ $ $ 1662 7554 33 NA na NN 1662 7554 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7554 35 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 7554 36 est est NNP 1662 7554 37 . . . 1662 7554 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7555 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 7555 2 : : : 1662 7555 3 mining mining NN 1662 7555 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7555 5 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 7555 6 , , , 1662 7555 7 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 7555 8 , , , 1662 7555 9 rutile rutile NN 1662 7555 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7555 11 ; ; : 1662 7555 12 small small JJ 1662 7555 13 - - HYPH 1662 7555 14 scale scale NN 1662 7555 15 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 7555 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7555 17 beverages beverage NNS 1662 7555 18 , , , 1662 7555 19 textiles textile NNS 1662 7555 20 , , , 1662 7555 21 cigarettes cigarette NNS 1662 7555 22 , , , 1662 7555 23 footwear footwear NN 1662 7555 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7555 25 ; ; : 1662 7555 26 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7555 27 refining refining NN 1662 7555 28 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 7555 29 production production NN 1662 7555 30 growth growth NN 1662 7555 31 rate rate NN 1662 7555 32 : : : 1662 7555 33 NA% NA% `` 1662 7555 34 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7555 35 - - HYPH 1662 7555 36 capacity capacity NN 1662 7555 37 : : : 1662 7555 38 119,000 119,000 CD 1662 7555 39 kW kw NN 1662 7555 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7555 41 1991 1991 CD 1662 7555 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7555 43 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7555 44 - - HYPH 1662 7555 45 production production NN 1662 7555 46 : : : 1662 7555 47 185 185 CD 1662 7555 48 million million CD 1662 7555 49 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7555 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7555 51 1991 1991 CD 1662 7555 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7555 53 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7555 54 - - HYPH 1662 7555 55 consumption consumption NN 1662 7555 56 per per IN 1662 7555 57 capita capita NN 1662 7555 58 : : : 1662 7555 59 43 43 CD 1662 7555 60 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7555 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7555 62 1991 1991 CD 1662 7555 63 est est NNP 1662 7555 64 . . . 1662 7555 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7556 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7556 2 - - HYPH 1662 7556 3 products product NNS 1662 7556 4 : : : 1662 7556 5 rice rice NN 1662 7556 6 , , , 1662 7556 7 coffee coffee NN 1662 7556 8 , , , 1662 7556 9 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 7556 10 , , , 1662 7556 11 palm palm NN 1662 7556 12 kernels kernel NNS 1662 7556 13 , , , 1662 7556 14 palm palm NN 1662 7556 15 oil oil NN 1662 7556 16 , , , 1662 7556 17 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 7556 18 ; ; : 1662 7556 19 poultry poultry NN 1662 7556 20 , , , 1662 7556 21 cattle cattle NNS 1662 7556 22 , , , 1662 7556 23 sheep sheep NNS 1662 7556 24 , , , 1662 7556 25 pigs pig NNS 1662 7556 26 ; ; , 1662 7556 27 fish fish NN 1662 7556 28 Exports export NNS 1662 7556 29 : : : 1662 7556 30 total total JJ 1662 7556 31 value value NN 1662 7556 32 : : : 1662 7556 33 $ $ $ 1662 7556 34 39.3 39.3 CD 1662 7556 35 million million CD 1662 7556 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7556 37 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 7556 38 . . NNP 1662 7556 39 , , , 1662 7556 40 1995 1995 CD 1662 7556 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7556 42 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7556 43 : : : 1662 7556 44 rutile rutile NN 1662 7556 45 , , , 1662 7556 46 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 7556 47 , , , 1662 7556 48 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 7556 49 , , , 1662 7556 50 coffee coffee NN 1662 7556 51 , , , 1662 7556 52 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 7556 53 , , , 1662 7556 54 fish fish NN 1662 7556 55 partners partner NNS 1662 7556 56 : : : 1662 7556 57 US US NNP 1662 7556 58 20 20 CD 1662 7556 59 % % NN 1662 7556 60 , , , 1662 7556 61 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 7556 62 20 20 CD 1662 7556 63 % % NN 1662 7556 64 , , , 1662 7556 65 Spain Spain NNP 1662 7556 66 13 13 CD 1662 7556 67 % % NN 1662 7556 68 , , , 1662 7556 69 UK UK NNP 1662 7556 70 6 6 CD 1662 7556 71 % % NN 1662 7556 72 , , , 1662 7556 73 other other JJ 1662 7556 74 Western Western NNP 1662 7556 75 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7556 76 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 7556 77 : : : 1662 7556 78 total total JJ 1662 7556 79 value value NN 1662 7556 80 : : : 1662 7556 81 $ $ $ 1662 7556 82 140 140 CD 1662 7556 83 million million CD 1662 7556 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7556 85 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 7556 86 . . NNP 1662 7556 87 , , , 1662 7556 88 1995 1995 CD 1662 7556 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7556 90 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7556 91 : : : 1662 7556 92 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 7556 93 , , , 1662 7556 94 machinery machinery NN 1662 7556 95 and and CC 1662 7556 96 equipment equipment NN 1662 7556 97 , , , 1662 7556 98 fuels fuel NNS 1662 7556 99 and and CC 1662 7556 100 lubricants lubricant NNS 1662 7556 101 partners partner NNS 1662 7556 102 : : : 1662 7556 103 Cote Cote NNP 1662 7556 104 d'Ivoire d'Ivoire NNP 1662 7556 105 , , , 1662 7556 106 EU EU NNP 1662 7556 107 countries country NNS 1662 7556 108 , , , 1662 7556 109 India India NNP 1662 7556 110 Debt Debt NNP 1662 7556 111 - - HYPH 1662 7556 112 external external JJ 1662 7556 113 : : : 1662 7556 114 $ $ $ 1662 7556 115 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 7556 116 billion billion CD 1662 7556 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7556 118 1994 1994 CD 1662 7556 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7556 120 Economic economic JJ 1662 7556 121 aid aid NN 1662 7556 122 : : : 1662 7556 123 recipient recipient NN 1662 7556 124 : : : 1662 7556 125 ODA ODA NNP 1662 7556 126 , , , 1662 7556 127 $ $ $ 1662 7556 128 NA NA NNP 1662 7556 129 Currency currency NN 1662 7556 130 : : : 1662 7556 131 1 1 CD 1662 7556 132 leone leone NN 1662 7556 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7556 134 Le Le NNP 1662 7556 135 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7556 136 = = NFP 1662 7556 137 100 100 CD 1662 7556 138 cents cent NNS 1662 7556 139 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 7556 140 rates rate NNS 1662 7556 141 : : : 1662 7556 142 leones leone NNS 1662 7556 143 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7556 144 Le Le NNP 1662 7556 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7556 146 per per IN 1662 7556 147 US$ us$ $ 1662 7556 148 1 1 CD 1662 7556 149 - - SYM 1662 7556 150 908.08 908.08 CD 1662 7556 151 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7556 152 January January NNP 1662 7556 153 1997 1997 CD 1662 7556 154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7556 155 , , , 1662 7556 156 920.73 920.73 CD 1662 7556 157 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7556 158 1996 1996 CD 1662 7556 159 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7556 160 , , , 1662 7556 161 755.22 755.22 CD 1662 7556 162 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7556 163 1995 1995 CD 1662 7556 164 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7556 165 , , , 1662 7556 166 586.74 586.74 CD 1662 7556 167 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7556 168 1994 1994 CD 1662 7556 169 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7556 170 , , , 1662 7556 171 567.46 567.46 CD 1662 7556 172 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7556 173 1993 1993 CD 1662 7556 174 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7556 175 , , , 1662 7556 176 499.44 499.44 CD 1662 7556 177 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7556 178 1992 1992 CD 1662 7556 179 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7556 180 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7556 181 year year NN 1662 7556 182 : : : 1662 7556 183 1 1 CD 1662 7556 184 July July NNP 1662 7556 185 - - HYPH 1662 7556 186 30 30 CD 1662 7556 187 June June NNP 1662 7556 188 @Sierra @Sierra NNP 1662 7556 189 Leone Leone NNP 1662 7556 190 : : : 1662 7556 191 Communications Communications NNP 1662 7556 192 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 7556 193 : : : 1662 7556 194 17,526 17,526 CD 1662 7556 195 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7556 196 1991 1991 CD 1662 7556 197 est est NNP 1662 7556 198 . . . 1662 7556 199 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7557 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 7557 2 system system NN 1662 7557 3 : : : 1662 7557 4 marginal marginal JJ 1662 7557 5 telephone telephone NN 1662 7557 6 and and CC 1662 7557 7 telegraph telegraph NNP 1662 7557 8 service service NNP 1662 7557 9 domestic domestic NN 1662 7557 10 : : : 1662 7557 11 national national NNP 1662 7557 12 microwave microwave NN 1662 7557 13 radio radio NN 1662 7557 14 relay relay NN 1662 7557 15 system system NN 1662 7557 16 made make VBN 1662 7557 17 unserviceable unserviceable JJ 1662 7557 18 by by IN 1662 7557 19 military military JJ 1662 7557 20 activities activity NNS 1662 7557 21 international international JJ 1662 7557 22 : : : 1662 7557 23 satellite satellite NN 1662 7557 24 earth earth NNP 1662 7557 25 station station NNP 1662 7557 26 - - : 1662 7557 27 1 1 CD 1662 7557 28 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7557 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7557 30 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7557 31 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7557 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7557 33 Radio radio NN 1662 7557 34 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7557 35 stations station NNS 1662 7557 36 : : : 1662 7557 37 AM AM NNP 1662 7557 38 1 1 CD 1662 7557 39 , , , 1662 7557 40 FM FM NNP 1662 7557 41 1 1 CD 1662 7557 42 , , , 1662 7557 43 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 7557 44 0 0 CD 1662 7557 45 Radios radio NNS 1662 7557 46 : : : 1662 7557 47 980,000 980,000 CD 1662 7557 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7557 49 1992 1992 CD 1662 7557 50 est est NNP 1662 7557 51 . . . 1662 7557 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7558 1 Television television NN 1662 7558 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7558 3 stations station NNS 1662 7558 4 : : : 1662 7558 5 1 1 CD 1662 7558 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 7558 7 : : : 1662 7558 8 45,000 45,000 CD 1662 7558 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7558 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 7558 11 est est NNP 1662 7558 12 . . . 1662 7558 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7559 1 @Sierra @Sierra NNP 1662 7559 2 Leone Leone NNP 1662 7559 3 : : : 1662 7559 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7559 5 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 7559 6 : : : 1662 7559 7 total total NN 1662 7559 8 : : : 1662 7559 9 84 84 CD 1662 7559 10 km km NNS 1662 7559 11 used use VBN 1662 7559 12 on on IN 1662 7559 13 a a DT 1662 7559 14 limited limited JJ 1662 7559 15 basis basis NN 1662 7559 16 because because IN 1662 7559 17 the the DT 1662 7559 18 mine mine NN 1662 7559 19 at at IN 1662 7559 20 Marampa Marampa NNP 1662 7559 21 is be VBZ 1662 7559 22 closed close VBN 1662 7559 23 narrow narrow JJ 1662 7559 24 gauge gauge NN 1662 7559 25 : : : 1662 7559 26 84 84 CD 1662 7559 27 km km NN 1662 7559 28 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 7559 29 gauge gauge NN 1662 7559 30 Highways highway NNS 1662 7559 31 : : : 1662 7559 32 total total NN 1662 7559 33 : : : 1662 7559 34 11,674 11,674 CD 1662 7559 35 km km NN 1662 7559 36 paved pave VBN 1662 7559 37 : : : 1662 7559 38 1,284 1,284 CD 1662 7559 39 km km NN 1662 7559 40 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7559 41 : : : 1662 7559 42 10,390 10,390 CD 1662 7559 43 km km NNS 1662 7559 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7559 45 1995 1995 CD 1662 7559 46 est est NNP 1662 7559 47 . . . 1662 7559 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7560 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 7560 2 : : : 1662 7560 3 800 800 CD 1662 7560 4 km km NNS 1662 7560 5 ; ; : 1662 7560 6 600 600 CD 1662 7560 7 km km NN 1662 7560 8 navigable navigable JJ 1662 7560 9 year year NN 1662 7560 10 round round IN 1662 7560 11 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 7560 12 and and CC 1662 7560 13 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7560 14 : : : 1662 7560 15 Bonthe Bonthe NNP 1662 7560 16 , , , 1662 7560 17 Freetown Freetown NNP 1662 7560 18 , , , 1662 7560 19 Pepel Pepel NNP 1662 7560 20 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7560 21 marine marine NN 1662 7560 22 : : : 1662 7560 23 none none NN 1662 7560 24 Airports airport NNS 1662 7560 25 : : : 1662 7560 26 4 4 CD 1662 7560 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7560 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 7560 29 est est NNP 1662 7560 30 . . . 1662 7560 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7561 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7561 2 - - , 1662 7561 3 with with IN 1662 7561 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7561 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7561 6 : : : 1662 7561 7 total total NN 1662 7561 8 : : : 1662 7561 9 2 2 CD 1662 7561 10 over over IN 1662 7561 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7561 12 m m NN 1662 7561 13 : : : 1662 7561 14 1 1 CD 1662 7561 15 914 914 CD 1662 7561 16 to to TO 1662 7561 17 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7561 18 m m NN 1662 7561 19 : : : 1662 7561 20 1 1 CD 1662 7561 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7561 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 7561 23 est est NNP 1662 7561 24 . . . 1662 7561 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7562 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7562 2 - - , 1662 7562 3 with with IN 1662 7562 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7562 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7562 6 : : : 1662 7562 7 total total NN 1662 7562 8 : : : 1662 7562 9 2 2 CD 1662 7562 10 914 914 CD 1662 7562 11 to to TO 1662 7562 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7562 13 m m NN 1662 7562 14 : : : 1662 7562 15 2 2 CD 1662 7562 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7562 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 7562 18 est est NNP 1662 7562 19 . . . 1662 7562 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7563 1 Military military JJ 1662 7563 2 Military military JJ 1662 7563 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7563 4 : : : 1662 7563 5 Army Army NNP 1662 7563 6 , , , 1662 7563 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 7563 8 , , , 1662 7563 9 Police Police NNPS 1662 7563 10 , , , 1662 7563 11 Security Security NNP 1662 7563 12 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 7563 13 Military Military NNP 1662 7563 14 manpower manpower NN 1662 7563 15 - - HYPH 1662 7563 16 availability availability NN 1662 7563 17 : : : 1662 7563 18 males male NNS 1662 7563 19 age age NNP 1662 7563 20 15 15 CD 1662 7563 21 - - HYPH 1662 7563 22 49 49 CD 1662 7563 23 : : : 1662 7563 24 1,037,049 1,037,049 CD 1662 7563 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7563 26 1997 1997 CD 1662 7563 27 est est NNP 1662 7563 28 . . . 1662 7563 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7564 1 Military military JJ 1662 7564 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7564 3 - - HYPH 1662 7564 4 fit fit NN 1662 7564 5 for for IN 1662 7564 6 military military JJ 1662 7564 7 service service NN 1662 7564 8 : : : 1662 7564 9 males male NNS 1662 7564 10 : : : 1662 7564 11 503,252 503,252 CD 1662 7564 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7564 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7564 14 est est NNP 1662 7564 15 . . . 1662 7564 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7565 1 Military military JJ 1662 7565 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7565 3 - - HYPH 1662 7565 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 7565 5 figure figure NN 1662 7565 6 : : : 1662 7565 7 $ $ $ 1662 7565 8 14 14 CD 1662 7565 9 million million CD 1662 7565 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7565 11 FY92/93 fy92/93 CD 1662 7565 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7565 13 Military military JJ 1662 7565 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7565 15 - - : 1662 7565 16 percent percent NN 1662 7565 17 of of IN 1662 7565 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7565 19 : : : 1662 7565 20 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 7565 21 % % NN 1662 7565 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7565 23 FY92/93 fy92/93 CD 1662 7565 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7565 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7565 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7565 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 7565 28 - - : 1662 7565 29 international international RB 1662 7565 30 : : : 1662 7565 31 none none NN 1662 7565 32 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 33 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 34 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 35 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 36 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 37 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 38 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 39 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 40 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 41 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 42 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 43 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 44 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 45 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 46 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 47 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 48 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 49 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 50 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 51 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 52 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 53 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 54 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 55 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 56 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 57 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 58 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 59 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 60 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 61 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 62 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 63 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 64 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 65 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 66 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 67 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 68 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 69 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 70 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 71 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 72 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 73 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 74 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 75 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 76 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 77 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 78 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 79 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 80 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 81 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 82 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 83 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 84 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 85 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 86 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 87 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 88 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 89 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 90 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 91 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 92 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 93 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 94 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 95 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 96 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 97 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 98 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 99 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 100 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 101 _ _ NNP 1662 7565 102 SINGAPORE SINGAPORE NNP 1662 7565 103 @Singapore @singapore NN 1662 7565 104 : : : 1662 7565 105 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7565 106 Location Location NNP 1662 7565 107 : : : 1662 7565 108 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 7565 109 Asia Asia NNP 1662 7565 110 , , , 1662 7565 111 islands island NNS 1662 7565 112 between between IN 1662 7565 113 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 7565 114 and and CC 1662 7565 115 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 7565 116 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7565 117 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7565 118 : : : 1662 7565 119 1 1 CD 1662 7565 120 22 22 CD 1662 7565 121 N n CD 1662 7565 122 , , , 1662 7565 123 103 103 CD 1662 7565 124 48 48 CD 1662 7565 125 E e NN 1662 7565 126 Map Map NNP 1662 7565 127 references reference NNS 1662 7565 128 : : : 1662 7565 129 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 7565 130 Asia Asia NNP 1662 7565 131 Area Area NNP 1662 7565 132 : : : 1662 7565 133 total total NN 1662 7565 134 : : : 1662 7565 135 647.5 647.5 CD 1662 7565 136 sq sq IN 1662 7565 137 km km NNP 1662 7565 138 land land NN 1662 7565 139 : : : 1662 7565 140 637.5 637.5 CD 1662 7565 141 sq sq NNP 1662 7565 142 km km NNP 1662 7565 143 water water NN 1662 7565 144 : : : 1662 7565 145 10 10 CD 1662 7565 146 sq sq NN 1662 7565 147 km km NNP 1662 7565 148 Area area NN 1662 7565 149 - - HYPH 1662 7565 150 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7565 151 : : : 1662 7565 152 slightly slightly RB 1662 7565 153 more more JJR 1662 7565 154 than than IN 1662 7565 155 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 7565 156 times time NNS 1662 7565 157 the the DT 1662 7565 158 size size NN 1662 7565 159 of of IN 1662 7565 160 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7565 161 , , , 1662 7565 162 DC DC NNP 1662 7565 163 Land Land NNP 1662 7565 164 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7565 165 : : : 1662 7565 166 0 0 LS 1662 7565 167 km km NN 1662 7565 168 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7565 169 : : : 1662 7565 170 193 193 CD 1662 7565 171 km km NN 1662 7565 172 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7565 173 claims claim VBZ 1662 7565 174 : : : 1662 7565 175 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 7565 176 fishing fishing NN 1662 7565 177 zone zone NN 1662 7565 178 : : : 1662 7565 179 within within IN 1662 7565 180 and and CC 1662 7565 181 beyond beyond IN 1662 7565 182 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7565 183 sea sea NN 1662 7565 184 , , , 1662 7565 185 as as IN 1662 7565 186 defined define VBN 1662 7565 187 in in IN 1662 7565 188 treaties treaty NNS 1662 7565 189 and and CC 1662 7565 190 practice practice NN 1662 7565 191 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7565 192 sea sea NN 1662 7565 193 : : : 1662 7565 194 3 3 CD 1662 7565 195 nm nm NNP 1662 7565 196 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7565 197 : : : 1662 7565 198 tropical tropical JJ 1662 7565 199 ; ; : 1662 7565 200 hot hot JJ 1662 7565 201 , , , 1662 7565 202 humid humid JJ 1662 7565 203 , , , 1662 7565 204 rainy rainy JJ 1662 7565 205 ; ; : 1662 7565 206 no no DT 1662 7565 207 pronounced pronounced JJ 1662 7565 208 rainy rainy JJ 1662 7565 209 or or CC 1662 7565 210 dry dry JJ 1662 7565 211 seasons season NNS 1662 7565 212 ; ; , 1662 7565 213 thunderstorms thunderstorm NNS 1662 7565 214 occur occur VBP 1662 7565 215 on on IN 1662 7565 216 40 40 CD 1662 7565 217 % % NN 1662 7565 218 of of IN 1662 7565 219 all all DT 1662 7565 220 days day NNS 1662 7565 221 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7565 222 67 67 CD 1662 7565 223 % % NN 1662 7565 224 of of IN 1662 7565 225 days day NNS 1662 7565 226 in in IN 1662 7565 227 April April NNP 1662 7565 228 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7565 229 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7565 230 : : : 1662 7565 231 lowland lowland VB 1662 7565 232 ; ; : 1662 7565 233 gently gently RB 1662 7565 234 undulating undulate VBG 1662 7565 235 central central JJ 1662 7565 236 plateau plateau NN 1662 7565 237 contains contain VBZ 1662 7565 238 water water NN 1662 7565 239 catchment catchment NN 1662 7565 240 area area NN 1662 7565 241 and and CC 1662 7565 242 nature nature NN 1662 7565 243 preserve preserve VBP 1662 7565 244 Elevation elevation NN 1662 7565 245 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7565 246 : : : 1662 7565 247 lowest low JJS 1662 7565 248 point point NN 1662 7565 249 : : : 1662 7565 250 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 7565 251 Strait Strait NNP 1662 7565 252 0 0 CD 1662 7565 253 m m DT 1662 7565 254 highest high JJS 1662 7565 255 point point NN 1662 7565 256 : : : 1662 7565 257 Bukit Bukit NNP 1662 7565 258 Timah Timah NNP 1662 7565 259 166 166 CD 1662 7565 260 m m CD 1662 7565 261 Natural natural JJ 1662 7565 262 resources resource NNS 1662 7565 263 : : : 1662 7565 264 fish fish NN 1662 7565 265 , , , 1662 7565 266 deepwater deepwater NN 1662 7565 267 ports port NNS 1662 7565 268 Land Land NNP 1662 7565 269 use use NN 1662 7565 270 : : : 1662 7565 271 arable arable JJ 1662 7565 272 land land NN 1662 7565 273 : : : 1662 7565 274 2 2 CD 1662 7565 275 % % NN 1662 7565 276 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7565 277 crops crop NNS 1662 7565 278 : : : 1662 7565 279 6 6 CD 1662 7565 280 % % NN 1662 7565 281 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7565 282 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7565 283 : : : 1662 7565 284 NA% NA% NNS 1662 7565 285 forests forest NNS 1662 7565 286 and and CC 1662 7565 287 woodland woodland JJ 1662 7565 288 : : : 1662 7565 289 5 5 CD 1662 7565 290 % % NN 1662 7565 291 other other JJ 1662 7565 292 : : : 1662 7565 293 87 87 CD 1662 7565 294 % % NN 1662 7565 295 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7565 296 1993 1993 CD 1662 7565 297 est est NNP 1662 7565 298 . . . 1662 7565 299 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7566 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7566 2 land land NN 1662 7566 3 : : : 1662 7566 4 NA NA NNP 1662 7566 5 sq sq RB 1662 7566 6 km km VB 1662 7566 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 7566 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7566 9 : : : 1662 7566 10 NA NA NNP 1662 7566 11 Environment environment NN 1662 7566 12 - - HYPH 1662 7566 13 current current JJ 1662 7566 14 issues issue NNS 1662 7566 15 : : : 1662 7566 16 industrial industrial JJ 1662 7566 17 pollution pollution NN 1662 7566 18 ; ; , 1662 7566 19 limited limit VBN 1662 7566 20 natural natural JJ 1662 7566 21 fresh fresh JJ 1662 7566 22 water water NN 1662 7566 23 resources resource NNS 1662 7566 24 ; ; , 1662 7566 25 limited limited JJ 1662 7566 26 land land NN 1662 7566 27 availability availability NN 1662 7566 28 presents present VBZ 1662 7566 29 waste waste NNP 1662 7566 30 disposal disposal NN 1662 7566 31 problems problem NNS 1662 7566 32 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7566 33 - - HYPH 1662 7566 34 international international JJ 1662 7566 35 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7566 36 : : : 1662 7566 37 party party NN 1662 7566 38 to to TO 1662 7566 39 : : : 1662 7566 40 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 7566 41 , , , 1662 7566 42 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 7566 43 Species Species NNPS 1662 7566 44 , , , 1662 7566 45 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 7566 46 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 7566 47 , , , 1662 7566 48 Law Law NNP 1662 7566 49 of of IN 1662 7566 50 the the DT 1662 7566 51 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7566 52 , , , 1662 7566 53 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 7566 54 Test Test NNP 1662 7566 55 Ban Ban NNP 1662 7566 56 , , , 1662 7566 57 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 7566 58 Layer Layer NNP 1662 7566 59 Protection Protection NNP 1662 7566 60 , , , 1662 7566 61 Ship Ship NNP 1662 7566 62 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7566 63 signed sign VBD 1662 7566 64 , , , 1662 7566 65 but but CC 1662 7566 66 not not RB 1662 7566 67 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7566 68 : : : 1662 7566 69 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7566 70 Change Change NNP 1662 7566 71 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7566 72 - - HYPH 1662 7566 73 note note NN 1662 7566 74 : : : 1662 7566 75 focal focal JJ 1662 7566 76 point point NN 1662 7566 77 for for IN 1662 7566 78 Southeast southeast JJ 1662 7566 79 Asian asian JJ 1662 7566 80 sea sea NN 1662 7566 81 routes route NNS 1662 7566 82 @Singapore @singapore NN 1662 7566 83 : : : 1662 7566 84 People People NNP 1662 7566 85 Population Population NNP 1662 7566 86 : : : 1662 7566 87 3,440,693 3,440,693 CD 1662 7566 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7566 89 July July NNP 1662 7566 90 1997 1997 CD 1662 7566 91 est est NNP 1662 7566 92 . . . 1662 7566 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7567 1 Age age NN 1662 7567 2 structure structure NN 1662 7567 3 : : : 1662 7567 4 0 0 CD 1662 7567 5 - - HYPH 1662 7567 6 14 14 CD 1662 7567 7 years year NNS 1662 7567 8 : : : 1662 7567 9 21 21 CD 1662 7567 10 % % NN 1662 7567 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7567 12 male male NN 1662 7567 13 378,651 378,651 CD 1662 7567 14 ; ; : 1662 7567 15 female female JJ 1662 7567 16 357,070 357,070 CD 1662 7567 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7567 18 15 15 CD 1662 7567 19 - - SYM 1662 7567 20 64 64 CD 1662 7567 21 years year NNS 1662 7567 22 : : : 1662 7567 23 72 72 CD 1662 7567 24 % % NN 1662 7567 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7567 26 male male JJ 1662 7567 27 1,237,478 1,237,478 CD 1662 7567 28 ; ; : 1662 7567 29 female female JJ 1662 7567 30 1,239,494 1,239,494 CD 1662 7567 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7567 32 65 65 CD 1662 7567 33 years year NNS 1662 7567 34 and and CC 1662 7567 35 over over IN 1662 7567 36 : : : 1662 7567 37 7 7 CD 1662 7567 38 % % NN 1662 7567 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7567 40 male male JJ 1662 7567 41 101,536 101,536 CD 1662 7567 42 ; ; , 1662 7567 43 female female JJ 1662 7567 44 126,464 126,464 CD 1662 7567 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7567 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7567 47 July July NNP 1662 7567 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7567 49 est est NNP 1662 7567 50 . . . 1662 7567 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7568 1 Population population NN 1662 7568 2 growth growth NN 1662 7568 3 rate rate NN 1662 7568 4 : : : 1662 7568 5 1.67 1.67 CD 1662 7568 6 % % NN 1662 7568 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7568 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7568 9 est est NNP 1662 7568 10 . . . 1662 7568 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7569 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7569 2 rate rate NN 1662 7569 3 : : : 1662 7569 4 14.13 14.13 CD 1662 7569 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 7569 6 population population NN 1662 7569 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7569 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7569 9 est est NNP 1662 7569 10 . . . 1662 7569 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7570 1 Death death NN 1662 7570 2 rate rate NN 1662 7570 3 : : : 1662 7570 4 4.68 4.68 CD 1662 7570 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7570 6 population population NN 1662 7570 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7570 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7570 9 est est NNP 1662 7570 10 . . . 1662 7570 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7571 1 Net net JJ 1662 7571 2 migration migration NN 1662 7571 3 rate rate NN 1662 7571 4 : : : 1662 7571 5 7.27 7.27 CD 1662 7571 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 7571 7 population population NN 1662 7571 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7571 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7571 10 est est NNP 1662 7571 11 . . . 1662 7571 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7572 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7572 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7572 3 : : : 1662 7572 4 at at IN 1662 7572 5 birth birth NN 1662 7572 6 : : : 1662 7572 7 1.08 1.08 CD 1662 7572 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7572 9 under under IN 1662 7572 10 15 15 CD 1662 7572 11 years year NNS 1662 7572 12 : : : 1662 7572 13 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 7572 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7572 15 15 15 CD 1662 7572 16 - - SYM 1662 7572 17 64 64 CD 1662 7572 18 years year NNS 1662 7572 19 : : : 1662 7572 20 1 1 CD 1662 7572 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7572 22 65 65 CD 1662 7572 23 years year NNS 1662 7572 24 and and CC 1662 7572 25 over over IN 1662 7572 26 : : : 1662 7572 27 0.8 0.8 CD 1662 7572 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7572 29 total total JJ 1662 7572 30 population population NN 1662 7572 31 : : : 1662 7572 32 1 1 CD 1662 7572 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7572 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7572 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7572 36 est e JJS 1662 7572 37 . . . 1662 7572 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7573 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7573 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7573 3 rate rate NN 1662 7573 4 : : : 1662 7573 5 3.9 3.9 CD 1662 7573 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7573 7 live live JJ 1662 7573 8 births birth NNS 1662 7573 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7573 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7573 11 est est NNP 1662 7573 12 . . . 1662 7573 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7574 1 Life life NN 1662 7574 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7574 3 at at IN 1662 7574 4 birth birth NN 1662 7574 5 : : : 1662 7574 6 total total JJ 1662 7574 7 population population NN 1662 7574 8 : : : 1662 7574 9 78.15 78.15 CD 1662 7574 10 years year NNS 1662 7574 11 male male JJ 1662 7574 12 : : : 1662 7574 13 75.14 75.14 CD 1662 7574 14 years year NNS 1662 7574 15 female female JJ 1662 7574 16 : : : 1662 7574 17 81.4 81.4 CD 1662 7574 18 years year NNS 1662 7574 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7574 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 7574 21 est est NNP 1662 7574 22 . . . 1662 7574 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7575 1 Total total JJ 1662 7575 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7575 3 rate rate NN 1662 7575 4 : : : 1662 7575 5 1.46 1.46 CD 1662 7575 6 children child NNS 1662 7575 7 born bear VBN 1662 7575 8 / / SYM 1662 7575 9 woman woman NN 1662 7575 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7575 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7575 12 est est NNP 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appointed appoint VBN 1662 7577 226 by by IN 1662 7577 227 the the DT 1662 7577 228 president president NNP 1662 7577 229 election election NN 1662 7577 230 results result NNS 1662 7577 231 : : : 1662 7577 232 ONG ONG NNP 1662 7577 233 Teng Teng NNP 1662 7577 234 Cheong Cheong NNP 1662 7577 235 elected elect VBD 1662 7577 236 president president NN 1662 7577 237 in in IN 1662 7577 238 the the DT 1662 7577 239 country country NN 1662 7577 240 's 's POS 1662 7577 241 first first JJ 1662 7577 242 popular popular JJ 1662 7577 243 election election NN 1662 7577 244 for for IN 1662 7577 245 president president NN 1662 7577 246 ; ; , 1662 7577 247 percent percent NN 1662 7577 248 of of IN 1662 7577 249 vote vote NN 1662 7577 250 - - HYPH 1662 7577 251 ONG ONG NNP 1662 7577 252 Teng Teng NNP 1662 7577 253 Cheong Cheong NNP 1662 7577 254 59 59 CD 1662 7577 255 % % NN 1662 7577 256 , , , 1662 7577 257 CHUA CHUA NNP 1662 7577 258 Kim Kim NNP 1662 7577 259 Yeow Yeow NNP 1662 7577 260 41 41 CD 1662 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Party Party NNP 1662 7577 408 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7577 409 WP WP NNP 1662 7577 410 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7577 411 , , , 1662 7577 412 J. J. NNP 1662 7578 1 B. B. NNP 1662 7578 2 JEYARETNAM JEYARETNAM NNP 1662 7578 3 ; ; : 1662 7578 4 National National NNP 1662 7578 5 Solidarity Solidarity NNP 1662 7578 6 Party Party NNP 1662 7578 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7578 8 NSP NSP NNP 1662 7578 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7578 10 , , , 1662 7578 11 C. C. NNP 1662 7578 12 K. K. 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NN 1662 7578 170 CHORBA CHORBA NNP 1662 7578 171 embassy embassy NN 1662 7578 172 : : : 1662 7578 173 27 27 CD 1662 7578 174 Napier Napier NNP 1662 7578 175 Road Road NNP 1662 7578 176 , , , 1662 7578 177 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 7578 178 258508 258508 CD 1662 7578 179 mailing mailing NN 1662 7578 180 address address NN 1662 7578 181 : : : 1662 7578 182 FPO FPO NNP 1662 7578 183 AP AP NNP 1662 7578 184 96534 96534 CD 1662 7578 185 telephone telephone NN 1662 7578 186 : : : 1662 7578 187 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7578 188 65 65 CD 1662 7578 189 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7578 190 476 476 CD 1662 7578 191 - - HYPH 1662 7578 192 9100 9100 CD 1662 7578 193 FAX fax NN 1662 7578 194 : : : 1662 7578 195 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7578 196 65 65 CD 1662 7578 197 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7578 198 476 476 CD 1662 7578 199 - - CD 1662 7578 200 9340 9340 CD 1662 7578 201 Flag flag NN 1662 7578 202 description description NN 1662 7578 203 : : : 1662 7578 204 two two CD 1662 7578 205 equal equal JJ 1662 7578 206 horizontal horizontal JJ 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7578 244 white white JJ 1662 7578 245 five five CD 1662 7578 246 - - HYPH 1662 7578 247 pointed point VBN 1662 7578 248 stars star NNS 1662 7578 249 arranged arrange VBN 1662 7578 250 in in IN 1662 7578 251 a a DT 1662 7578 252 circle circle NN 1662 7578 253 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7578 254 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7578 255 - - HYPH 1662 7578 256 overview overview NN 1662 7578 257 : : : 1662 7578 258 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 7578 259 has have VBZ 1662 7578 260 an an DT 1662 7578 261 open open JJ 1662 7578 262 economy economy NN 1662 7578 263 with with IN 1662 7578 264 strong strong JJ 1662 7578 265 service service NN 1662 7578 266 and and CC 1662 7578 267 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 7578 268 sectors sector NNS 1662 7578 269 and and CC 1662 7578 270 excellent excellent JJ 1662 7578 271 international international JJ 1662 7578 272 trading trading NN 1662 7578 273 links link NNS 1662 7578 274 derived derive VBN 1662 7578 275 from from IN 1662 7578 276 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7578 277 entrepot entrepot NN 1662 7578 278 history history NN 1662 7578 279 . . . 1662 7579 1 A a DT 1662 7579 2 slump slump NN 1662 7579 3 in in IN 1662 7579 4 global global JJ 1662 7579 5 demand demand NN 1662 7579 6 for for IN 1662 7579 7 electronics electronic NNS 1662 7579 8 slowed slow VBD 1662 7579 9 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 7579 10 's 's POS 1662 7579 11 export export NN 1662 7579 12 growth growth NN 1662 7579 13 in in IN 1662 7579 14 1996 1996 CD 1662 7579 15 , , , 1662 7579 16 and and CC 1662 7579 17 as as IN 1662 7579 18 a a DT 1662 7579 19 result result NN 1662 7579 20 , , , 1662 7579 21 real real JJ 1662 7579 22 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7579 23 grew grow VBD 1662 7579 24 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 7579 25 % % NN 1662 7579 26 , , , 1662 7579 27 down down RB 1662 7579 28 from from IN 1662 7579 29 8.9 8.9 CD 1662 7579 30 % % NN 1662 7579 31 in in IN 1662 7579 32 1995 1995 CD 1662 7579 33 . . . 1662 7580 1 The the DT 1662 7580 2 government government NN 1662 7580 3 predicts predict VBZ 1662 7580 4 growth growth NN 1662 7580 5 will will MD 1662 7580 6 be be VB 1662 7580 7 in in IN 1662 7580 8 the the DT 1662 7580 9 5%-7 5%-7 NNP 1662 7580 10 % % NN 1662 7580 11 range range NN 1662 7580 12 in in IN 1662 7580 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7580 14 . . . 1662 7581 1 Rising rise VBG 1662 7581 2 labor labor NN 1662 7581 3 costs cost NNS 1662 7581 4 continue continue VBP 1662 7581 5 to to TO 1662 7581 6 be be VB 1662 7581 7 a a DT 1662 7581 8 threat threat NN 1662 7581 9 to to IN 1662 7581 10 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 7581 11 's 's POS 1662 7581 12 competitiveness competitiveness NN 1662 7581 13 , , , 1662 7581 14 and and CC 1662 7581 15 the the DT 1662 7581 16 government government NN 1662 7581 17 's 's POS 1662 7581 18 strategy strategy NN 1662 7581 19 to to TO 1662 7581 20 address address VB 1662 7581 21 this this DT 1662 7581 22 problem problem NN 1662 7581 23 includes include VBZ 1662 7581 24 increasing increase VBG 1662 7581 25 productivity productivity NN 1662 7581 26 , , , 1662 7581 27 improving improve VBG 1662 7581 28 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 7581 29 , , , 1662 7581 30 and and CC 1662 7581 31 encouraging encourage VBG 1662 7581 32 higher high JJR 1662 7581 33 value value NN 1662 7581 34 - - HYPH 1662 7581 35 added add VBN 1662 7581 36 industries industry NNS 1662 7581 37 . . . 1662 7582 1 In in IN 1662 7582 2 applied applied JJ 1662 7582 3 technology technology NN 1662 7582 4 , , , 1662 7582 5 per per IN 1662 7582 6 capita capita FW 1662 7582 7 output output NN 1662 7582 8 , , , 1662 7582 9 investment investment NN 1662 7582 10 , , , 1662 7582 11 and and CC 1662 7582 12 labor labor NN 1662 7582 13 discipline discipline NN 1662 7582 14 , , , 1662 7582 15 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 7582 16 has have VBZ 1662 7582 17 key key JJ 1662 7582 18 attributes attribute NNS 1662 7582 19 of of IN 1662 7582 20 a a DT 1662 7582 21 developed develop VBN 1662 7582 22 country country NN 1662 7582 23 . . . 1662 7583 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7583 2 : : : 1662 7583 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7583 4 power power NN 1662 7583 5 parity parity NN 1662 7583 6 - - : 1662 7583 7 $ $ $ 1662 7583 8 72.2 72.2 CD 1662 7583 9 billion billion CD 1662 7583 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7583 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 7583 12 est est NNP 1662 7583 13 . . . 1662 7583 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7584 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7584 2 - - HYPH 1662 7584 3 real real JJ 1662 7584 4 growth growth NN 1662 7584 5 rate rate NN 1662 7584 6 : : : 1662 7584 7 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 7584 8 % % NN 1662 7584 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7584 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 7584 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7584 12 GDP gdp NN 1662 7584 13 - - HYPH 1662 7584 14 per per FW 1662 7584 15 capita capita NN 1662 7584 16 : : : 1662 7584 17 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7584 18 power power NN 1662 7584 19 parity parity NN 1662 7584 20 - - : 1662 7584 21 $ $ $ 1662 7584 22 21,200 21,200 CD 1662 7584 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7584 24 1996 1996 CD 1662 7584 25 est est NNP 1662 7584 26 . . . 1662 7584 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7585 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7585 2 - - HYPH 1662 7585 3 composition composition NN 1662 7585 4 by by IN 1662 7585 5 sector sector NN 1662 7585 6 : : : 1662 7585 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7585 8 : : : 1662 7585 9 NEGL% negl% NN 1662 7585 10 industry industry NN 1662 7585 11 : : : 1662 7585 12 28 28 CD 1662 7585 13 % % NN 1662 7585 14 services service NNS 1662 7585 15 : : : 1662 7585 16 72 72 CD 1662 7585 17 % % NN 1662 7585 18 Inflation inflation NN 1662 7585 19 rate rate NN 1662 7585 20 - - HYPH 1662 7585 21 consumer consumer NN 1662 7585 22 price price NN 1662 7585 23 index index NN 1662 7585 24 : : : 1662 7585 25 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 7585 26 % % NN 1662 7585 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7585 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 7585 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7585 30 Labor labor NN 1662 7585 31 force force NN 1662 7585 32 : : : 1662 7585 33 total total NN 1662 7585 34 : : : 1662 7585 35 1.801 1.801 CD 1662 7585 36 million million CD 1662 7585 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7585 38 1996 1996 CD 1662 7585 39 est est NNP 1662 7585 40 . . . 1662 7585 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7586 1 by by IN 1662 7586 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 7586 3 : : : 1662 7586 4 financial financial JJ 1662 7586 5 , , , 1662 7586 6 business business NN 1662 7586 7 , , , 1662 7586 8 and and CC 1662 7586 9 other other JJ 1662 7586 10 services service NNS 1662 7586 11 33.5 33.5 CD 1662 7586 12 % % NN 1662 7586 13 , , , 1662 7586 14 manufacturing manufacture VBG 1662 7586 15 25.6 25.6 CD 1662 7586 16 % % NN 1662 7586 17 , , , 1662 7586 18 commerce commerce NNP 1662 7586 19 22.9 22.9 CD 1662 7586 20 % % NN 1662 7586 21 , , , 1662 7586 22 construction construction NN 1662 7586 23 6.6 6.6 CD 1662 7586 24 % % NN 1662 7586 25 , , , 1662 7586 26 other other JJ 1662 7586 27 11.4 11.4 CD 1662 7586 28 % % NN 1662 7586 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7586 30 1994 1994 CD 1662 7586 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7586 32 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 7586 33 rate rate NN 1662 7586 34 : : : 1662 7586 35 2.7 2.7 CD 1662 7586 36 % % NN 1662 7586 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7586 38 1996 1996 CD 1662 7586 39 est est NNP 1662 7586 40 . . . 1662 7586 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7587 1 Budget budget NN 1662 7587 2 : : : 1662 7587 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 7587 4 : : : 1662 7587 5 $ $ $ 1662 7587 6 18.5 18.5 CD 1662 7587 7 billion billion CD 1662 7587 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7587 9 : : : 1662 7587 10 $ $ $ 1662 7587 11 13.5 13.5 CD 1662 7587 12 billion billion CD 1662 7587 13 , , , 1662 7587 14 including include VBG 1662 7587 15 capital capital NN 1662 7587 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7587 17 of of IN 1662 7587 18 $ $ $ 1662 7587 19 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 7587 20 billion billion CD 1662 7587 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7587 22 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 7587 23 est est NNP 1662 7587 24 . . . 1662 7587 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7588 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 7588 2 : : : 1662 7588 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7588 4 refining refining NN 1662 7588 5 , , , 1662 7588 6 electronics electronic NNS 1662 7588 7 , , , 1662 7588 8 oil oil NN 1662 7588 9 drilling drilling NN 1662 7588 10 equipment equipment NN 1662 7588 11 , , , 1662 7588 12 rubber rubber NN 1662 7588 13 processing processing NN 1662 7588 14 and and CC 1662 7588 15 rubber rubber NN 1662 7588 16 products product NNS 1662 7588 17 , , , 1662 7588 18 processed process VBD 1662 7588 19 food food NN 1662 7588 20 and and CC 1662 7588 21 beverages beverage NNS 1662 7588 22 , , , 1662 7588 23 ship ship NN 1662 7588 24 repair repair NN 1662 7588 25 , , , 1662 7588 26 entrepot entrepot NN 1662 7588 27 trade trade NN 1662 7588 28 , , , 1662 7588 29 financial financial JJ 1662 7588 30 services service NNS 1662 7588 31 , , , 1662 7588 32 biotechnology biotechnology NN 1662 7588 33 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 7588 34 production production NN 1662 7588 35 growth growth NN 1662 7588 36 rate rate NN 1662 7588 37 : : : 1662 7588 38 7 7 CD 1662 7588 39 % % NN 1662 7588 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7588 41 1996 1996 CD 1662 7588 42 est est NNP 1662 7588 43 . . . 1662 7588 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7589 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7589 2 - - HYPH 1662 7589 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 7589 4 : : : 1662 7589 5 4.51 4.51 CD 1662 7589 6 million million CD 1662 7589 7 kW kW NNP 1662 7589 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7589 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 7589 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7589 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7589 12 - - HYPH 1662 7589 13 production production NN 1662 7589 14 : : : 1662 7589 15 22.1 22.1 CD 1662 7589 16 billion billion CD 1662 7589 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7589 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7589 19 1995 1995 CD 1662 7589 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7589 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7589 22 - - HYPH 1662 7589 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 7589 24 per per IN 1662 7589 25 capita capita NN 1662 7589 26 : : : 1662 7589 27 7,002 7,002 CD 1662 7589 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7589 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7589 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 7589 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7589 32 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7589 33 - - HYPH 1662 7589 34 products product NNS 1662 7589 35 : : : 1662 7589 36 rubber rubber NN 1662 7589 37 , , , 1662 7589 38 copra copra NNP 1662 7589 39 , , , 1662 7589 40 fruit fruit NN 1662 7589 41 , , , 1662 7589 42 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 7589 43 ; ; : 1662 7589 44 poultry poultry NN 1662 7589 45 Exports export NNS 1662 7589 46 : : : 1662 7589 47 total total JJ 1662 7589 48 value value NN 1662 7589 49 : : : 1662 7589 50 $ $ $ 1662 7589 51 144.8 144.8 CD 1662 7589 52 billion billion CD 1662 7589 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7589 54 1996 1996 CD 1662 7589 55 est est NNP 1662 7589 56 . . . 1662 7589 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7590 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7590 2 : : : 1662 7590 3 computer computer NN 1662 7590 4 equipment equipment NN 1662 7590 5 , , , 1662 7590 6 rubber rubber NN 1662 7590 7 and and CC 1662 7590 8 rubber rubber NN 1662 7590 9 products product NNS 1662 7590 10 , , , 1662 7590 11 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7590 12 products product NNS 1662 7590 13 , , , 1662 7590 14 telecommunications telecommunication NNS 1662 7590 15 equipment equipment NN 1662 7590 16 partners partner NNS 1662 7590 17 : : : 1662 7590 18 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 7590 19 19 19 CD 1662 7590 20 % % NN 1662 7590 21 , , , 1662 7590 22 US US NNP 1662 7590 23 18 18 CD 1662 7590 24 % % NN 1662 7590 25 , , , 1662 7590 26 Hong Hong NNP 1662 7590 27 Kong Kong NNP 1662 7590 28 9 9 CD 1662 7590 29 % % NN 1662 7590 30 , , , 1662 7590 31 Japan Japan NNP 1662 7590 32 8 8 CD 1662 7590 33 % % NN 1662 7590 34 , , , 1662 7590 35 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 7590 36 6 6 CD 1662 7590 37 % % NN 1662 7590 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7590 39 1995 1995 CD 1662 7590 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7590 41 Imports import NNS 1662 7590 42 : : : 1662 7590 43 total total JJ 1662 7590 44 value value NN 1662 7590 45 : : : 1662 7590 46 $ $ $ 1662 7590 47 151.1 151.1 CD 1662 7590 48 billion billion CD 1662 7590 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7590 50 1996 1996 CD 1662 7590 51 est est NNP 1662 7590 52 . . . 1662 7590 53 , , , 1662 7590 54 including include VBG 1662 7590 55 goods good NNS 1662 7590 56 for for IN 1662 7590 57 reexport reexport NN 1662 7590 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7590 59 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7590 60 : : : 1662 7590 61 aircraft aircraft NN 1662 7590 62 , , , 1662 7590 63 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7590 64 , , , 1662 7590 65 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 7590 66 , , , 1662 7590 67 foodstuffs foodstuff VBZ 1662 7590 68 partners partner NNS 1662 7590 69 : : : 1662 7590 70 Japan Japan NNP 1662 7590 71 21 21 CD 1662 7590 72 % % NN 1662 7590 73 , , , 1662 7590 74 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 7590 75 15 15 CD 1662 7590 76 % % NN 1662 7590 77 , , , 1662 7590 78 US US NNP 1662 7590 79 15 15 CD 1662 7590 80 % % NN 1662 7590 81 , , , 1662 7590 82 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 7590 83 5 5 CD 1662 7590 84 % % NN 1662 7590 85 , , , 1662 7590 86 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 7590 87 4 4 CD 1662 7590 88 % % NN 1662 7590 89 , , , 1662 7590 90 South South NNP 1662 7590 91 Korea Korea NNP 1662 7590 92 4 4 CD 1662 7590 93 % % NN 1662 7590 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7590 95 1995 1995 CD 1662 7590 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7590 97 Debt debt NN 1662 7590 98 - - HYPH 1662 7590 99 external external JJ 1662 7590 100 : : : 1662 7590 101 $ $ $ 1662 7590 102 NA na JJ 1662 7590 103 Economic economic JJ 1662 7590 104 aid aid NN 1662 7590 105 : : : 1662 7590 106 $ $ $ 1662 7590 107 NA NA NNP 1662 7590 108 Currency currency NN 1662 7590 109 : : : 1662 7590 110 1 1 CD 1662 7590 111 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 7590 112 dollar dollar NN 1662 7590 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7590 114 S$ S$ NNP 1662 7590 115 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7590 116 = = SYM 1662 7590 117 100 100 CD 1662 7590 118 cents cent NNS 1662 7590 119 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 7590 120 rates rate NNS 1662 7590 121 : : : 1662 7590 122 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 7590 123 dollars dollar NNS 1662 7590 124 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7590 125 S$ S$ NNP 1662 7590 126 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7590 127 per per IN 1662 7590 128 US$ us$ $ 1662 7590 129 1 1 CD 1662 7590 130 - - SYM 1662 7590 131 1.4061 1.4061 CD 1662 7590 132 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7590 133 January January NNP 1662 7590 134 1997 1997 CD 1662 7590 135 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7590 136 , , , 1662 7590 137 1.4100 1.4100 CD 1662 7590 138 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7590 139 1996 1996 CD 1662 7590 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7590 141 , , , 1662 7590 142 1.4174 1.4174 CD 1662 7590 143 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7590 144 1995 1995 CD 1662 7590 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7590 146 , , , 1662 7590 147 1.5274 1.5274 CD 1662 7590 148 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7590 149 1994 1994 CD 1662 7590 150 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7590 151 , , , 1662 7590 152 1.6158 1.6158 CD 1662 7590 153 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7590 154 1993 1993 CD 1662 7590 155 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7590 156 , , , 1662 7590 157 1.6290 1.6290 CD 1662 7590 158 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7590 159 1992 1992 CD 1662 7590 160 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7590 161 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7590 162 year year NN 1662 7590 163 : : : 1662 7590 164 1 1 CD 1662 7590 165 April April NNP 1662 7590 166 - - HYPH 1662 7590 167 31 31 CD 1662 7590 168 March March NNP 1662 7590 169 @Singapore @singapore NN 1662 7590 170 : : : 1662 7590 171 Communications communication NNS 1662 7590 172 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 7590 173 : : : 1662 7590 174 1.23 1.23 CD 1662 7590 175 million million CD 1662 7590 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7590 177 1993 1993 CD 1662 7590 178 est est NNP 1662 7590 179 . . . 1662 7590 180 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7591 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 7591 2 system system NN 1662 7591 3 : : : 1662 7591 4 good good JJ 1662 7591 5 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7591 6 facilities facility NNS 1662 7591 7 ; ; : 1662 7591 8 good good JJ 1662 7591 9 international international JJ 1662 7591 10 service service NN 1662 7591 11 domestic domestic NN 1662 7591 12 : : : 1662 7591 13 NA NA NNP 1662 7591 14 international international JJ 1662 7591 15 : : : 1662 7591 16 submarine submarine NN 1662 7591 17 cables cable NNS 1662 7591 18 to to IN 1662 7591 19 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 7591 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7591 21 Sabah Sabah NNP 1662 7591 22 and and CC 1662 7591 23 Peninsular Peninsular NNP 1662 7591 24 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 7591 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7591 26 , , , 1662 7591 27 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 7591 28 , , , 1662 7591 29 and and CC 1662 7591 30 the the DT 1662 7591 31 Philippines Philippines NNPS 1662 7591 32 ; ; : 1662 7591 33 satellite satellite NN 1662 7591 34 earth earth NN 1662 7591 35 stations station NNS 1662 7591 36 - - , 1662 7591 37 2 2 CD 1662 7591 38 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7591 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7591 40 1 1 CD 1662 7591 41 Indian Indian NNP 1662 7591 42 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7591 43 and and CC 1662 7591 44 1 1 CD 1662 7591 45 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 7591 46 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7591 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7591 48 , , , 1662 7591 49 and and CC 1662 7591 50 1 1 CD 1662 7591 51 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 7591 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7591 53 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 7591 54 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7591 55 region region NN 1662 7591 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7591 57 Radio radio NN 1662 7591 58 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7591 59 stations station NNS 1662 7591 60 : : : 1662 7591 61 AM AM NNP 1662 7591 62 13 13 CD 1662 7591 63 , , , 1662 7591 64 FM FM NNP 1662 7591 65 4 4 CD 1662 7591 66 , , , 1662 7591 67 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 7591 68 0 0 CD 1662 7591 69 Radios radio NNS 1662 7591 70 : : : 1662 7591 71 NA NA NNP 1662 7591 72 Television Television NNP 1662 7591 73 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7591 74 stations station NNS 1662 7591 75 : : : 1662 7591 76 4 4 CD 1662 7591 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7591 78 1996 1996 CD 1662 7591 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7591 80 Televisions television NNS 1662 7591 81 : : : 1662 7591 82 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 7591 83 million million CD 1662 7591 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7591 85 1992 1992 CD 1662 7591 86 est est NNP 1662 7591 87 . . . 1662 7591 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7592 1 @Singapore @singapore NN 1662 7592 2 : : : 1662 7592 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7592 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 7592 5 : : : 1662 7592 6 total total NN 1662 7592 7 : : : 1662 7592 8 38.6 38.6 CD 1662 7592 9 km km NN 1662 7592 10 narrow narrow JJ 1662 7592 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 7592 12 : : : 1662 7592 13 38.6 38.6 CD 1662 7592 14 km km NN 1662 7592 15 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 7592 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 7592 17 note note NN 1662 7592 18 : : : 1662 7592 19 there there EX 1662 7592 20 is be VBZ 1662 7592 21 a a DT 1662 7592 22 67 67 CD 1662 7592 23 km km NN 1662 7592 24 mass mass NN 1662 7592 25 transit transit NN 1662 7592 26 system system NN 1662 7592 27 with with IN 1662 7592 28 42 42 CD 1662 7592 29 stations station NNS 1662 7592 30 Highways highway NNS 1662 7592 31 : : : 1662 7592 32 total total NN 1662 7592 33 : : : 1662 7592 34 2,972 2,972 CD 1662 7592 35 km km NN 1662 7592 36 paved pave VBN 1662 7592 37 : : : 1662 7592 38 2,892 2,892 CD 1662 7592 39 km km NNS 1662 7592 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7592 41 including include VBG 1662 7592 42 132 132 CD 1662 7592 43 km km NNS 1662 7592 44 of of IN 1662 7592 45 expressways expressway NNS 1662 7592 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7592 47 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7592 48 : : : 1662 7592 49 80 80 CD 1662 7592 50 km km NNS 1662 7592 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7592 52 1995 1995 CD 1662 7592 53 est est NNP 1662 7592 54 . . . 1662 7592 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7593 1 Ports port NNS 1662 7593 2 and and CC 1662 7593 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7593 4 : : : 1662 7593 5 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 7593 6 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7593 7 marine marine NN 1662 7593 8 : : : 1662 7593 9 total total NN 1662 7593 10 : : : 1662 7593 11 737 737 CD 1662 7593 12 ships ship NNS 1662 7593 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7593 14 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7593 15 GRT GRT NNP 1662 7593 16 or or CC 1662 7593 17 over over RB 1662 7593 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7593 19 totaling total VBG 1662 7593 20 15,420,046 15,420,046 CD 1662 7593 21 GRT/24,508,019 GRT/24,508,019 NNP 1662 7593 22 DWT DWT NNP 1662 7593 23 ships ship NNS 1662 7593 24 by by IN 1662 7593 25 type type NN 1662 7593 26 : : : 1662 7593 27 bulk bulk NNP 1662 7593 28 122 122 CD 1662 7593 29 , , , 1662 7593 30 cargo cargo NN 1662 7593 31 123 123 CD 1662 7593 32 , , , 1662 7593 33 chemical chemical NN 1662 7593 34 tanker tanker NN 1662 7593 35 24 24 CD 1662 7593 36 , , , 1662 7593 37 combination combination NN 1662 7593 38 bulk bulk NN 1662 7593 39 8 8 CD 1662 7593 40 , , , 1662 7593 41 combination combination NN 1662 7593 42 ore ore NN 1662 7593 43 / / SYM 1662 7593 44 oil oil NN 1662 7593 45 6 6 CD 1662 7593 46 , , , 1662 7593 47 container container NN 1662 7593 48 115 115 CD 1662 7593 49 , , , 1662 7593 50 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 7593 51 gas gas NN 1662 7593 52 tanker tanker NN 1662 7593 53 23 23 CD 1662 7593 54 , , , 1662 7593 55 livestock livestock NN 1662 7593 56 carrier carrier NN 1662 7593 57 1 1 CD 1662 7593 58 , , , 1662 7593 59 multifunction multifunction NN 1662 7593 60 large large JJ 1662 7593 61 - - HYPH 1662 7593 62 load load NN 1662 7593 63 carrier carrier NN 1662 7593 64 6 6 CD 1662 7593 65 , , , 1662 7593 66 oil oil NN 1662 7593 67 tanker tanker NN 1662 7593 68 259 259 CD 1662 7593 69 , , , 1662 7593 70 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 7593 71 cargo cargo NN 1662 7593 72 7 7 CD 1662 7593 73 , , , 1662 7593 74 roll roll NN 1662 7593 75 - - HYPH 1662 7593 76 on on IN 1662 7593 77 / / SYM 1662 7593 78 roll roll NN 1662 7593 79 - - HYPH 1662 7593 80 off off RP 1662 7593 81 cargo cargo NN 1662 7593 82 14 14 CD 1662 7593 83 , , , 1662 7593 84 short short JJ 1662 7593 85 - - HYPH 1662 7593 86 sea sea NN 1662 7593 87 passenger passenger NN 1662 7593 88 1 1 CD 1662 7593 89 , , , 1662 7593 90 specialized specialized NNP 1662 7593 91 tanker tanker NN 1662 7593 92 4 4 CD 1662 7593 93 , , , 1662 7593 94 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 7593 95 carrier carrier NN 1662 7593 96 24 24 CD 1662 7593 97 note note NN 1662 7593 98 : : : 1662 7593 99 a a DT 1662 7593 100 flag flag NN 1662 7593 101 of of IN 1662 7593 102 convenience convenience NN 1662 7593 103 registry registry NN 1662 7593 104 ; ; : 1662 7593 105 includes include VBZ 1662 7593 106 ships ship NNS 1662 7593 107 from from IN 1662 7593 108 24 24 CD 1662 7593 109 countries country NNS 1662 7593 110 among among IN 1662 7593 111 which which WDT 1662 7593 112 are be VBP 1662 7593 113 Japan Japan NNP 1662 7593 114 42 42 CD 1662 7593 115 , , , 1662 7593 116 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 7593 117 33 33 CD 1662 7593 118 , , , 1662 7593 119 Hong Hong NNP 1662 7593 120 Kong Kong NNP 1662 7593 121 26 26 CD 1662 7593 122 , , , 1662 7593 123 Germany Germany NNP 1662 7593 124 22 22 CD 1662 7593 125 , , , 1662 7593 126 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 7593 127 17 17 CD 1662 7593 128 , , , 1662 7593 129 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 7593 130 15 15 CD 1662 7593 131 , , , 1662 7593 132 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 7593 133 11 11 CD 1662 7593 134 , , , 1662 7593 135 China China NNP 1662 7593 136 10 10 CD 1662 7593 137 , , , 1662 7593 138 US US NNP 1662 7593 139 10 10 CD 1662 7593 140 , , , 1662 7593 141 and and CC 1662 7593 142 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 7593 143 8 8 CD 1662 7593 144 ; ; : 1662 7593 145 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 7593 146 also also RB 1662 7593 147 owns own VBZ 1662 7593 148 an an DT 1662 7593 149 additional additional JJ 1662 7593 150 220 220 CD 1662 7593 151 ships ship NNS 1662 7593 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7593 153 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7593 154 GRT GRT NNP 1662 7593 155 or or CC 1662 7593 156 over over RB 1662 7593 157 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7593 158 totaling total VBG 1662 7593 159 10,289,213 10,289,213 CD 1662 7593 160 DWT dwt NN 1662 7593 161 that that WDT 1662 7593 162 operate operate VBP 1662 7593 163 under under IN 1662 7593 164 the the DT 1662 7593 165 registries registry NNS 1662 7593 166 of of IN 1662 7593 167 The the DT 1662 7593 168 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 7593 169 , , , 1662 7593 170 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 7593 171 , , , 1662 7593 172 Hong Hong NNP 1662 7593 173 Kong Kong NNP 1662 7593 174 , , , 1662 7593 175 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 7593 176 , , , 1662 7593 177 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 7593 178 , , , 1662 7593 179 Malta Malta NNP 1662 7593 180 , , , 1662 7593 181 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 7593 182 , , , 1662 7593 183 Panama Panama NNP 1662 7593 184 , , , 1662 7593 185 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 7593 186 , , , 1662 7593 187 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7593 188 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 7593 189 and and CC 1662 7593 190 the the DT 1662 7593 191 Grenadines Grenadines NNPS 1662 7593 192 , , , 1662 7593 193 and and CC 1662 7593 194 Vanuatu Vanuatu NNP 1662 7593 195 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7593 196 1996 1996 CD 1662 7593 197 est est NNP 1662 7593 198 . . . 1662 7593 199 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7594 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7594 2 : : : 1662 7594 3 8 8 CD 1662 7594 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7594 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 7594 6 est est NNP 1662 7594 7 . . . 1662 7594 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7595 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7595 2 - - , 1662 7595 3 with with IN 1662 7595 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7595 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7595 6 : : : 1662 7595 7 total total NN 1662 7595 8 : : : 1662 7595 9 8 8 CD 1662 7595 10 over over IN 1662 7595 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7595 12 m m NN 1662 7595 13 : : : 1662 7595 14 2 2 CD 1662 7595 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7595 16 to to TO 1662 7595 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7595 18 m m NN 1662 7595 19 : : : 1662 7595 20 1 1 CD 1662 7595 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7595 22 to to TO 1662 7595 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7595 24 m m NN 1662 7595 25 : : : 1662 7595 26 3 3 CD 1662 7595 27 914 914 CD 1662 7595 28 to to TO 1662 7595 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7595 30 m m NN 1662 7595 31 : : : 1662 7595 32 1 1 CD 1662 7595 33 under under IN 1662 7595 34 914 914 CD 1662 7595 35 m m NN 1662 7595 36 : : : 1662 7595 37 1 1 CD 1662 7595 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7595 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 7595 40 est est NNP 1662 7595 41 . . . 1662 7595 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7596 1 Military military JJ 1662 7596 2 Military military JJ 1662 7596 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7596 4 : : : 1662 7596 5 Army Army NNP 1662 7596 6 , , , 1662 7596 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 7596 8 , , , 1662 7596 9 Air Air NNP 1662 7596 10 Force Force NNP 1662 7596 11 , , , 1662 7596 12 People People NNPS 1662 7596 13 's 's POS 1662 7596 14 Defense Defense NNP 1662 7596 15 Force Force NNP 1662 7596 16 , , , 1662 7596 17 Police Police NNP 1662 7596 18 Force Force NNP 1662 7596 19 Military Military NNP 1662 7596 20 manpower manpower NN 1662 7596 21 - - HYPH 1662 7596 22 availability availability NN 1662 7596 23 : : : 1662 7596 24 males male NNS 1662 7596 25 age age NNP 1662 7596 26 15 15 CD 1662 7596 27 - - HYPH 1662 7596 28 49 49 CD 1662 7596 29 : : : 1662 7596 30 1,034,380 1,034,380 CD 1662 7596 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7596 32 1997 1997 CD 1662 7596 33 est est NNP 1662 7596 34 . . . 1662 7596 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7597 1 Military military JJ 1662 7597 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7597 3 - - HYPH 1662 7597 4 fit fit NN 1662 7597 5 for for IN 1662 7597 6 military military JJ 1662 7597 7 service service NN 1662 7597 8 : : : 1662 7597 9 males male NNS 1662 7597 10 : : : 1662 7597 11 756,649 756,649 CD 1662 7597 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7597 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7597 14 est est NNP 1662 7597 15 . . . 1662 7597 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7598 1 Military military JJ 1662 7598 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7598 3 - - HYPH 1662 7598 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 7598 5 figure figure NN 1662 7598 6 : : : 1662 7598 7 $ $ $ 1662 7598 8 3.64 3.64 CD 1662 7598 9 billion billion CD 1662 7598 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7598 11 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 7598 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7598 13 Military military JJ 1662 7598 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7598 15 - - : 1662 7598 16 percent percent NN 1662 7598 17 of of IN 1662 7598 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7598 19 : : : 1662 7598 20 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 7598 21 % % NN 1662 7598 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7598 23 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 7598 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7598 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7598 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7598 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 7598 28 - - : 1662 7598 29 international international RB 1662 7598 30 : : : 1662 7598 31 two two CD 1662 7598 32 islands island NNS 1662 7598 33 in in IN 1662 7598 34 dispute dispute NN 1662 7598 35 with with IN 1662 7598 36 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 7598 37 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 7598 38 drugs drug VBZ 1662 7598 39 : : : 1662 7598 40 transit transit NN 1662 7598 41 point point NN 1662 7598 42 for for IN 1662 7598 43 Golden Golden NNP 1662 7598 44 Triangle Triangle NNP 1662 7598 45 heroin heroin NN 1662 7598 46 going go VBG 1662 7598 47 to to IN 1662 7598 48 the the DT 1662 7598 49 US US NNP 1662 7598 50 , , , 1662 7598 51 Western Western NNP 1662 7598 52 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7598 53 , , , 1662 7598 54 and and CC 1662 7598 55 the the DT 1662 7598 56 Third Third NNP 1662 7598 57 World World NNP 1662 7598 58 ; ; : 1662 7598 59 also also RB 1662 7598 60 a a DT 1662 7598 61 money money NN 1662 7598 62 - - HYPH 1662 7598 63 laundering launder VBG 1662 7598 64 center center NN 1662 7598 65 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 66 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 67 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 68 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 69 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 70 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 71 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 72 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 73 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 74 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 75 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 76 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 77 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 78 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 79 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 80 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 81 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 82 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 83 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 84 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 85 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 86 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 87 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 88 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 89 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 90 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 91 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 92 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 93 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 94 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 95 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 96 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 97 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 98 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 99 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 100 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 101 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 102 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 103 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 104 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 105 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 106 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 107 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 108 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 109 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 110 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 111 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 112 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 113 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 114 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 115 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 116 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 117 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 118 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 119 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 120 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 121 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 122 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 123 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 124 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 125 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 126 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 127 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 128 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 129 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 130 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 131 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 132 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 133 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 134 _ _ NNP 1662 7598 135 SLOVAKIA SLOVAKIA NNP 1662 7598 136 @Slovakia @slovakia XX 1662 7598 137 : : : 1662 7598 138 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7598 139 Location Location NNP 1662 7598 140 : : : 1662 7598 141 Central Central NNP 1662 7598 142 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7598 143 , , , 1662 7598 144 south south NN 1662 7598 145 of of IN 1662 7598 146 Poland Poland NNP 1662 7598 147 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7598 148 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7598 149 : : : 1662 7598 150 48 48 CD 1662 7598 151 40 40 CD 1662 7598 152 N n CD 1662 7598 153 , , , 1662 7598 154 19 19 CD 1662 7598 155 30 30 CD 1662 7598 156 E e NN 1662 7598 157 Map Map NNP 1662 7598 158 references reference NNS 1662 7598 159 : : : 1662 7598 160 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7598 161 Area Area NNP 1662 7598 162 : : : 1662 7598 163 total total NN 1662 7598 164 : : : 1662 7598 165 48,845 48,845 CD 1662 7598 166 sq sq NN 1662 7598 167 km km NNP 1662 7598 168 land land NN 1662 7598 169 : : : 1662 7598 170 48,800 48,800 CD 1662 7598 171 sq sq NN 1662 7598 172 km km NNP 1662 7598 173 water water NN 1662 7598 174 : : : 1662 7598 175 45 45 CD 1662 7598 176 sq sq NN 1662 7598 177 km km NNP 1662 7598 178 Area area NN 1662 7598 179 - - HYPH 1662 7598 180 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7598 181 : : : 1662 7598 182 about about RB 1662 7598 183 twice twice PDT 1662 7598 184 the the DT 1662 7598 185 size size NN 1662 7598 186 of of IN 1662 7598 187 New New NNP 1662 7598 188 Hampshire Hampshire NNP 1662 7598 189 Land Land NNP 1662 7598 190 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7598 191 : : : 1662 7598 192 total total JJ 1662 7598 193 : : : 1662 7598 194 1,355 1,355 CD 1662 7598 195 km km NN 1662 7598 196 border border NN 1662 7598 197 countries country NNS 1662 7598 198 : : : 1662 7598 199 Austria Austria NNP 1662 7598 200 91 91 CD 1662 7598 201 km km NN 1662 7598 202 , , , 1662 7598 203 Czech Czech NNP 1662 7598 204 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7598 205 215 215 CD 1662 7598 206 km km NNS 1662 7598 207 , , , 1662 7598 208 Hungary Hungary NNP 1662 7598 209 515 515 CD 1662 7598 210 km km NN 1662 7598 211 , , , 1662 7598 212 Poland Poland NNP 1662 7598 213 444 444 CD 1662 7598 214 km km NNS 1662 7598 215 , , , 1662 7598 216 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 7598 217 90 90 CD 1662 7598 218 km km NN 1662 7598 219 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7598 220 : : : 1662 7598 221 0 0 CD 1662 7598 222 km km NN 1662 7598 223 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7598 224 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 7598 225 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7598 226 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7598 227 claims claim VBZ 1662 7598 228 : : : 1662 7598 229 none none NN 1662 7598 230 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7598 231 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 7598 232 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7598 233 Climate climate NN 1662 7598 234 : : : 1662 7598 235 temperate temperate VB 1662 7598 236 ; ; : 1662 7598 237 cool cool JJ 1662 7598 238 summers summer NNS 1662 7598 239 ; ; : 1662 7598 240 cold cold JJ 1662 7598 241 , , , 1662 7598 242 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 7598 243 , , , 1662 7598 244 humid humid JJ 1662 7598 245 winters winter NNS 1662 7598 246 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7598 247 : : : 1662 7598 248 rugged rugged JJ 1662 7598 249 mountains mountain NNS 1662 7598 250 in in IN 1662 7598 251 the the DT 1662 7598 252 central central JJ 1662 7598 253 and and CC 1662 7598 254 northern northern JJ 1662 7598 255 part part NN 1662 7598 256 and and CC 1662 7598 257 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 7598 258 in in IN 1662 7598 259 the the DT 1662 7598 260 south south JJ 1662 7598 261 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7598 262 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7598 263 : : : 1662 7598 264 lowest low JJS 1662 7598 265 point point NN 1662 7598 266 : : : 1662 7598 267 Bodrok Bodrok NNP 1662 7598 268 River River NNP 1662 7598 269 94 94 CD 1662 7598 270 m m CD 1662 7598 271 highest high JJS 1662 7598 272 point point NN 1662 7598 273 : : : 1662 7598 274 Gerlachovka Gerlachovka NNP 1662 7598 275 2,655 2,655 CD 1662 7598 276 m m NNP 1662 7598 277 Natural natural JJ 1662 7598 278 resources resource NNS 1662 7598 279 : : : 1662 7598 280 brown brown JJ 1662 7598 281 coal coal NN 1662 7598 282 and and CC 1662 7598 283 lignite lignite NN 1662 7598 284 ; ; : 1662 7598 285 small small JJ 1662 7598 286 amounts amount NNS 1662 7598 287 of of IN 1662 7598 288 iron iron NN 1662 7598 289 ore ore NN 1662 7598 290 , , , 1662 7598 291 copper copper NN 1662 7598 292 and and CC 1662 7598 293 manganese manganese JJ 1662 7598 294 ore ore NN 1662 7598 295 ; ; : 1662 7598 296 salt salt NN 1662 7598 297 Land land NN 1662 7598 298 use use NN 1662 7598 299 : : : 1662 7598 300 arable arable JJ 1662 7598 301 land land NN 1662 7598 302 : : : 1662 7598 303 31 31 CD 1662 7598 304 % % NN 1662 7598 305 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7598 306 crops crop NNS 1662 7598 307 : : : 1662 7598 308 3 3 CD 1662 7598 309 % % NN 1662 7598 310 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7598 311 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7598 312 : : : 1662 7598 313 17 17 CD 1662 7598 314 % % NN 1662 7598 315 forests forest NNS 1662 7598 316 and and CC 1662 7598 317 woodland woodland NN 1662 7598 318 : : : 1662 7598 319 41 41 CD 1662 7598 320 % % NN 1662 7598 321 other other JJ 1662 7598 322 : : : 1662 7598 323 8 8 CD 1662 7598 324 % % NN 1662 7598 325 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7598 326 1993 1993 CD 1662 7598 327 est est NNP 1662 7598 328 . . . 1662 7598 329 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7599 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7599 2 land land NN 1662 7599 3 : : : 1662 7599 4 800 800 CD 1662 7599 5 sq sq NNP 1662 7599 6 km km NNP 1662 7599 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7599 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 7599 9 est est NNP 1662 7599 10 . . . 1662 7599 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7600 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 7600 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7600 3 : : : 1662 7600 4 NA NA NNP 1662 7600 5 Environment environment NN 1662 7600 6 - - HYPH 1662 7600 7 current current JJ 1662 7600 8 issues issue NNS 1662 7600 9 : : : 1662 7600 10 air air NN 1662 7600 11 pollution pollution NN 1662 7600 12 from from IN 1662 7600 13 metallurgical metallurgical JJ 1662 7600 14 plants plant NNS 1662 7600 15 presents present VBZ 1662 7600 16 human human JJ 1662 7600 17 health health NN 1662 7600 18 risks risk NNS 1662 7600 19 ; ; : 1662 7600 20 acid acid JJ 1662 7600 21 rain rain NN 1662 7600 22 damaging damaging JJ 1662 7600 23 forests forest NNS 1662 7600 24 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7600 25 - - HYPH 1662 7600 26 international international JJ 1662 7600 27 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7600 28 : : : 1662 7600 29 party party NN 1662 7600 30 to to TO 1662 7600 31 : : : 1662 7600 32 Air Air NNP 1662 7600 33 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7600 34 , , , 1662 7600 35 Air Air NNP 1662 7600 36 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7600 37 - - HYPH 1662 7600 38 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 7600 39 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 7600 40 , , , 1662 7600 41 Air Air NNP 1662 7600 42 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7600 43 - - HYPH 1662 7600 44 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 7600 45 85 85 CD 1662 7600 46 , , , 1662 7600 47 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 7600 48 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 7600 49 , , , 1662 7600 50 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 7600 51 , , , 1662 7600 52 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7600 53 Change Change NNP 1662 7600 54 , , , 1662 7600 55 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 7600 56 Species Species NNPS 1662 7600 57 , , , 1662 7600 58 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 7600 59 Modification Modification NNP 1662 7600 60 , , , 1662 7600 61 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 7600 62 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 7600 63 , , , 1662 7600 64 Law Law NNP 1662 7600 65 of of IN 1662 7600 66 the the DT 1662 7600 67 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7600 68 , , , 1662 7600 69 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 7600 70 Test Test NNP 1662 7600 71 Ban Ban NNP 1662 7600 72 , , , 1662 7600 73 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 7600 74 Layer Layer NNP 1662 7600 75 Protection Protection NNP 1662 7600 76 , , , 1662 7600 77 Ship Ship NNP 1662 7600 78 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7600 79 , , , 1662 7600 80 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 7600 81 , , , 1662 7600 82 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 7600 83 signed sign VBD 1662 7600 84 , , , 1662 7600 85 but but CC 1662 7600 86 not not RB 1662 7600 87 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7600 88 : : : 1662 7600 89 Air Air NNP 1662 7600 90 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7600 91 - - HYPH 1662 7600 92 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 7600 93 94 94 CD 1662 7600 94 , , , 1662 7600 95 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 7600 96 - - HYPH 1662 7600 97 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 7600 98 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 7600 99 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7600 100 - - HYPH 1662 7600 101 note note NNP 1662 7600 102 : : : 1662 7600 103 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 7600 104 @Slovakia @slovakia CD 1662 7600 105 : : : 1662 7600 106 People People NNPS 1662 7600 107 Population Population NNP 1662 7600 108 : : : 1662 7600 109 5,387,665 5,387,665 CD 1662 7600 110 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7600 111 July July NNP 1662 7600 112 1997 1997 CD 1662 7600 113 est est NNP 1662 7600 114 . . . 1662 7600 115 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7601 1 Age age NN 1662 7601 2 structure structure NN 1662 7601 3 : : : 1662 7601 4 0 0 CD 1662 7601 5 - - HYPH 1662 7601 6 14 14 CD 1662 7601 7 years year NNS 1662 7601 8 : : : 1662 7601 9 21 21 CD 1662 7601 10 % % NN 1662 7601 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7601 12 male male JJ 1662 7601 13 588,511 588,511 CD 1662 7601 14 ; ; : 1662 7601 15 female female JJ 1662 7601 16 563,090 563,090 CD 1662 7601 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7601 18 15 15 CD 1662 7601 19 - - SYM 1662 7601 20 64 64 CD 1662 7601 21 years year NNS 1662 7601 22 : : : 1662 7601 23 68 68 CD 1662 7601 24 % % NN 1662 7601 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7601 26 male male JJ 1662 7601 27 1,802,132 1,802,132 CD 1662 7601 28 ; ; : 1662 7601 29 female female JJ 1662 7601 30 1,831,119 1,831,119 CD 1662 7601 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7601 32 65 65 CD 1662 7601 33 years year NNS 1662 7601 34 and and CC 1662 7601 35 over over IN 1662 7601 36 : : : 1662 7601 37 11 11 CD 1662 7601 38 % % NN 1662 7601 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7601 40 male male JJ 1662 7601 41 233,476 233,476 CD 1662 7601 42 ; ; : 1662 7601 43 female female JJ 1662 7601 44 369,337 369,337 CD 1662 7601 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7601 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7601 47 July July NNP 1662 7601 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7601 49 est est NNP 1662 7601 50 . . . 1662 7601 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7602 1 Population population NN 1662 7602 2 growth growth NN 1662 7602 3 rate rate NN 1662 7602 4 : : : 1662 7602 5 0.12 0.12 CD 1662 7602 6 % % NN 1662 7602 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7602 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7602 9 est est NNP 1662 7602 10 . . . 1662 7602 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7603 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7603 2 rate rate NN 1662 7603 3 : : : 1662 7603 4 10.37 10.37 CD 1662 7603 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 7603 6 population population NN 1662 7603 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7603 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7603 9 est est NNP 1662 7603 10 . . . 1662 7603 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7604 1 Death death NN 1662 7604 2 rate rate NN 1662 7604 3 : : : 1662 7604 4 9.58 9.58 CD 1662 7604 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7604 6 population population NN 1662 7604 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7604 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7604 9 est est NNP 1662 7604 10 . . . 1662 7604 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7605 1 Net net JJ 1662 7605 2 migration migration NN 1662 7605 3 rate rate NN 1662 7605 4 : : : 1662 7605 5 0.37 0.37 CD 1662 7605 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 7605 7 population population NN 1662 7605 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7605 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7605 10 est est NNP 1662 7605 11 . . . 1662 7605 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7606 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7606 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7606 3 : : : 1662 7606 4 at at IN 1662 7606 5 birth birth NN 1662 7606 6 : : : 1662 7606 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 7606 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7606 9 under under IN 1662 7606 10 15 15 CD 1662 7606 11 years year NNS 1662 7606 12 : : : 1662 7606 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 7606 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7606 15 15 15 CD 1662 7606 16 - - HYPH 1662 7606 17 64 64 CD 1662 7606 18 years year NNS 1662 7606 19 : : : 1662 7606 20 0.98 0.98 CD 1662 7606 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7606 22 65 65 CD 1662 7606 23 years year NNS 1662 7606 24 and and CC 1662 7606 25 over over IN 1662 7606 26 : : : 1662 7606 27 0.63 0.63 CD 1662 7606 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7606 29 total total JJ 1662 7606 30 population population NN 1662 7606 31 : : : 1662 7606 32 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 7606 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7606 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7606 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7606 36 est est NNP 1662 7606 37 . . . 1662 7606 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7607 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7607 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7607 3 rate rate NN 1662 7607 4 : : : 1662 7607 5 10 10 CD 1662 7607 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7607 7 live live JJ 1662 7607 8 births birth NNS 1662 7607 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7607 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7607 11 est est NNP 1662 7607 12 . . . 1662 7607 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7608 1 Life life NN 1662 7608 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7608 3 at at IN 1662 7608 4 birth birth NN 1662 7608 5 : : : 1662 7608 6 total total JJ 1662 7608 7 population population NN 1662 7608 8 : : : 1662 7608 9 72.91 72.91 CD 1662 7608 10 years year NNS 1662 7608 11 male male JJ 1662 7608 12 : : : 1662 7608 13 69.11 69.11 CD 1662 7608 14 years year NNS 1662 7608 15 female female JJ 1662 7608 16 : : : 1662 7608 17 76.9 76.9 CD 1662 7608 18 years year NNS 1662 7608 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7608 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 7608 21 est est NNP 1662 7608 22 . . . 1662 7608 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7609 1 Total total JJ 1662 7609 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7609 3 rate rate NN 1662 7609 4 : : : 1662 7609 5 1.34 1.34 CD 1662 7609 6 children child NNS 1662 7609 7 born bear VBN 1662 7609 8 / / SYM 1662 7609 9 woman woman NN 1662 7609 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7609 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7609 12 est est NNP 1662 7609 13 . . . 1662 7609 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7610 2 : : : 1662 7610 3 noun noun NNP 1662 7610 4 : : : 1662 7610 5 Slovak(s slovak(s LS 1662 7610 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 7610 8 : : : 1662 7610 9 Slovak Slovak NNP 1662 7610 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7610 11 groups group NNS 1662 7610 12 : : : 1662 7610 13 Slovak Slovak NNP 1662 7610 14 85.7 85.7 CD 1662 7610 15 % % NN 1662 7610 16 , , , 1662 7610 17 Hungarian hungarian JJ 1662 7610 18 10.7 10.7 CD 1662 7610 19 % % NN 1662 7610 20 , , , 1662 7610 21 Gypsy Gypsy NNP 1662 7610 22 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 7610 23 % % NN 1662 7610 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 25 the the DT 1662 7610 26 1992 1992 CD 1662 7610 27 census census NN 1662 7610 28 figures figure NNS 1662 7610 29 underreport underreport VBP 1662 7610 30 the the DT 1662 7610 31 Gypsy Gypsy NNP 1662 7610 32 / / SYM 1662 7610 33 Romany Romany NNP 1662 7610 34 community community NN 1662 7610 35 , , , 1662 7610 36 which which WDT 1662 7610 37 could could MD 1662 7610 38 reach reach VB 1662 7610 39 500,000 500,000 CD 1662 7610 40 or or CC 1662 7610 41 more more JJR 1662 7610 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 43 , , , 1662 7610 44 Czech Czech NNP 1662 7610 45 1 1 CD 1662 7610 46 % % NN 1662 7610 47 , , , 1662 7610 48 Ruthenian Ruthenian NNP 1662 7610 49 0.3 0.3 CD 1662 7610 50 % % NN 1662 7610 51 , , , 1662 7610 52 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 7610 53 0.3 0.3 CD 1662 7610 54 % % NN 1662 7610 55 , , , 1662 7610 56 German german JJ 1662 7610 57 0.1 0.1 CD 1662 7610 58 % % NN 1662 7610 59 , , , 1662 7610 60 Polish Polish NNP 1662 7610 61 0.1 0.1 CD 1662 7610 62 % % NN 1662 7610 63 , , , 1662 7610 64 other other JJ 1662 7610 65 0.3 0.3 CD 1662 7610 66 % % NN 1662 7610 67 Religions religion NNS 1662 7610 68 : : : 1662 7610 69 Roman Roman NNP 1662 7610 70 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 7610 71 60.3 60.3 CD 1662 7610 72 % % NN 1662 7610 73 , , , 1662 7610 74 atheist atheist VBP 1662 7610 75 9.7 9.7 CD 1662 7610 76 % % NN 1662 7610 77 , , , 1662 7610 78 Protestant protestant NN 1662 7610 79 8.4 8.4 CD 1662 7610 80 % % NN 1662 7610 81 , , , 1662 7610 82 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 7610 83 4.1 4.1 CD 1662 7610 84 % % NN 1662 7610 85 , , , 1662 7610 86 other other JJ 1662 7610 87 17.5 17.5 CD 1662 7610 88 % % NN 1662 7610 89 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 7610 90 : : : 1662 7610 91 Slovak Slovak NNP 1662 7610 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 93 official official NN 1662 7610 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 95 , , , 1662 7610 96 Hungarian Hungarian NNP 1662 7610 97 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 7610 98 : : : 1662 7610 99 NA NA NNP 1662 7610 100 @Slovakia @slovakia XX 1662 7610 101 : : : 1662 7610 102 Government Government NNP 1662 7610 103 Country Country NNP 1662 7610 104 name name NN 1662 7610 105 : : : 1662 7610 106 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7610 107 long long JJ 1662 7610 108 form form NN 1662 7610 109 : : : 1662 7610 110 Slovak Slovak NNP 1662 7610 111 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7610 112 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7610 113 short short JJ 1662 7610 114 form form NN 1662 7610 115 : : : 1662 7610 116 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 7610 117 local local JJ 1662 7610 118 long long JJ 1662 7610 119 form form NN 1662 7610 120 : : : 1662 7610 121 Slovenska Slovenska NNP 1662 7610 122 Republika Republika NNP 1662 7610 123 local local JJ 1662 7610 124 short short JJ 1662 7610 125 form form NN 1662 7610 126 : : : 1662 7610 127 Slovensko Slovensko NNP 1662 7610 128 Data Data NNP 1662 7610 129 code code NN 1662 7610 130 : : : 1662 7610 131 LO LO NNP 1662 7610 132 Government Government NNP 1662 7610 133 type type NN 1662 7610 134 : : : 1662 7610 135 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 7610 136 democracy democracy NN 1662 7610 137 National national JJ 1662 7610 138 capital capital NN 1662 7610 139 : : : 1662 7610 140 Bratislava Bratislava NNP 1662 7610 141 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 7610 142 divisions division NNS 1662 7610 143 : : : 1662 7610 144 4 4 CD 1662 7610 145 departments department NNS 1662 7610 146 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 147 kraje kraje NNP 1662 7610 148 , , , 1662 7610 149 singular singular NNP 1662 7610 150 - - HYPH 1662 7610 151 kraj kraj NNS 1662 7610 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 153 Bratislava Bratislava NNP 1662 7610 154 , , , 1662 7610 155 Zapadoslovensky Zapadoslovensky NNP 1662 7610 156 , , , 1662 7610 157 Stredoslovensky Stredoslovensky NNP 1662 7610 158 , , , 1662 7610 159 Vychodoslovensky Vychodoslovensky NNP 1662 7610 160 note note NN 1662 7610 161 : : : 1662 7610 162 an an DT 1662 7610 163 article article NN 1662 7610 164 in in IN 1662 7610 165 the the DT 1662 7610 166 Slovakian slovakian JJ 1662 7610 167 press press NN 1662 7610 168 mentions mention NNS 1662 7610 169 there there EX 1662 7610 170 are be VBP 1662 7610 171 8 8 CD 1662 7610 172 departments department NNS 1662 7610 173 named name VBN 1662 7610 174 Bratislava Bratislava NNP 1662 7610 175 , , , 1662 7610 176 Banska Banska NNP 1662 7610 177 Bystrica Bystrica NNP 1662 7610 178 , , , 1662 7610 179 Kosice Kosice NNP 1662 7610 180 , , , 1662 7610 181 Nitra Nitra NNP 1662 7610 182 , , , 1662 7610 183 Presov Presov NNP 1662 7610 184 , , , 1662 7610 185 Trnava Trnava NNP 1662 7610 186 , , , 1662 7610 187 Trencin Trencin NNP 1662 7610 188 , , , 1662 7610 189 and and CC 1662 7610 190 Zilina Zilina NNP 1662 7610 191 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7610 192 : : : 1662 7610 193 1 1 CD 1662 7610 194 January January NNP 1662 7610 195 1993 1993 CD 1662 7610 196 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 197 from from IN 1662 7610 198 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia NNP 1662 7610 199 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 200 National national JJ 1662 7610 201 holiday holiday NN 1662 7610 202 : : : 1662 7610 203 Slovak Slovak NNP 1662 7610 204 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 7610 205 Day Day NNP 1662 7610 206 , , , 1662 7610 207 1 1 CD 1662 7610 208 September September NNP 1662 7610 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 210 1992 1992 CD 1662 7610 211 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 212 ; ; : 1662 7610 213 Anniversary anniversary NN 1662 7610 214 of of IN 1662 7610 215 Slovak Slovak NNP 1662 7610 216 National National NNP 1662 7610 217 Uprising Uprising NNP 1662 7610 218 , , , 1662 7610 219 29 29 CD 1662 7610 220 August August NNP 1662 7610 221 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 222 1944 1944 CD 1662 7610 223 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 224 Constitution constitution NN 1662 7610 225 : : : 1662 7610 226 ratified ratify VBD 1662 7610 227 1 1 CD 1662 7610 228 September September NNP 1662 7610 229 1992 1992 CD 1662 7610 230 , , , 1662 7610 231 fully fully RB 1662 7610 232 effective effective JJ 1662 7610 233 1 1 CD 1662 7610 234 January January NNP 1662 7610 235 1993 1993 CD 1662 7610 236 Legal legal JJ 1662 7610 237 system system NN 1662 7610 238 : : : 1662 7610 239 civil civil JJ 1662 7610 240 law law NN 1662 7610 241 system system NN 1662 7610 242 based base VBN 1662 7610 243 on on IN 1662 7610 244 Austro Austro NNP 1662 7610 245 - - HYPH 1662 7610 246 Hungarian Hungarian NNP 1662 7610 247 codes code NNS 1662 7610 248 ; ; , 1662 7610 249 has have VBZ 1662 7610 250 not not RB 1662 7610 251 accepted accept VBN 1662 7610 252 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 7610 253 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 7610 254 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 7610 255 ; ; , 1662 7610 256 legal legal JJ 1662 7610 257 code code NN 1662 7610 258 modified modify VBN 1662 7610 259 to to TO 1662 7610 260 comply comply VB 1662 7610 261 with with IN 1662 7610 262 the the DT 1662 7610 263 obligations obligation NNS 1662 7610 264 of of IN 1662 7610 265 Organization Organization NNP 1662 7610 266 on on IN 1662 7610 267 Security Security NNP 1662 7610 268 and and CC 1662 7610 269 Cooperation Cooperation NNP 1662 7610 270 in in IN 1662 7610 271 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7610 272 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 273 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 7610 274 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 275 and and CC 1662 7610 276 to to TO 1662 7610 277 expunge expunge VB 1662 7610 278 Marxist Marxist NNP 1662 7610 279 - - HYPH 1662 7610 280 Leninist Leninist NNP 1662 7610 281 legal legal JJ 1662 7610 282 theory theory NN 1662 7610 283 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 7610 284 : : : 1662 7610 285 18 18 CD 1662 7610 286 years year NNS 1662 7610 287 of of IN 1662 7610 288 age age NN 1662 7610 289 ; ; : 1662 7610 290 universal universal JJ 1662 7610 291 Executive Executive NNP 1662 7610 292 branch branch NN 1662 7610 293 : : : 1662 7610 294 chief chief NN 1662 7610 295 of of IN 1662 7610 296 state state NN 1662 7610 297 : : : 1662 7610 298 President President NNP 1662 7610 299 Michal Michal NNP 1662 7610 300 KOVAC KOVAC NNP 1662 7610 301 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 302 since since IN 1662 7610 303 8 8 CD 1662 7610 304 February February NNP 1662 7610 305 1993 1993 CD 1662 7610 306 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 307 head head NN 1662 7610 308 of of IN 1662 7610 309 government government NN 1662 7610 310 : : : 1662 7610 311 Prime Prime NNP 1662 7610 312 Minister Minister NNP 1662 7610 313 Vladimir Vladimir NNP 1662 7610 314 MECIAR MECIAR NNP 1662 7610 315 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 316 since since IN 1662 7610 317 12 12 CD 1662 7610 318 December December NNP 1662 7610 319 1994 1994 CD 1662 7610 320 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 321 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7610 322 : : : 1662 7610 323 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 7610 324 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7610 325 by by IN 1662 7610 326 the the DT 1662 7610 327 president president NN 1662 7610 328 on on IN 1662 7610 329 the the DT 1662 7610 330 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 7610 331 of of IN 1662 7610 332 the the DT 1662 7610 333 prime prime JJ 1662 7610 334 minister minister NNP 1662 7610 335 elections election NNS 1662 7610 336 : : : 1662 7610 337 president president NNP 1662 7610 338 elected elect VBN 1662 7610 339 by by IN 1662 7610 340 National National NNP 1662 7610 341 Council Council NNP 1662 7610 342 for for IN 1662 7610 343 a a DT 1662 7610 344 five five CD 1662 7610 345 - - HYPH 1662 7610 346 year year NN 1662 7610 347 term term NN 1662 7610 348 ; ; : 1662 7610 349 election election NN 1662 7610 350 last last JJ 1662 7610 351 held hold VBD 1662 7610 352 8 8 CD 1662 7610 353 February February NNP 1662 7610 354 1993 1993 CD 1662 7610 355 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 356 next next JJ 1662 7610 357 to to TO 1662 7610 358 be be VB 1662 7610 359 held hold VBN 1662 7610 360 March March NNP 1662 7610 361 1998 1998 CD 1662 7610 362 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 363 ; ; : 1662 7610 364 following follow VBG 1662 7610 365 National National NNP 1662 7610 366 Council Council NNP 1662 7610 367 elections election NNS 1662 7610 368 , , , 1662 7610 369 the the DT 1662 7610 370 leader leader NN 1662 7610 371 of of IN 1662 7610 372 the the DT 1662 7610 373 majority majority NNP 1662 7610 374 party party NN 1662 7610 375 or or CC 1662 7610 376 the the DT 1662 7610 377 leader leader NN 1662 7610 378 of of IN 1662 7610 379 a a DT 1662 7610 380 majority majority NN 1662 7610 381 coalition coalition NN 1662 7610 382 is be VBZ 1662 7610 383 usually usually RB 1662 7610 384 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7610 385 prime prime NNP 1662 7610 386 minister minister NNP 1662 7610 387 by by IN 1662 7610 388 the the DT 1662 7610 389 president president NNP 1662 7610 390 election election NN 1662 7610 391 results result NNS 1662 7610 392 : : : 1662 7610 393 Michal Michal NNP 1662 7610 394 KOVAC KOVAC NNP 1662 7610 395 elected elect VBD 1662 7610 396 president president NN 1662 7610 397 ; ; , 1662 7610 398 percent percent NN 1662 7610 399 of of IN 1662 7610 400 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 7610 401 vote vote NN 1662 7610 402 - - HYPH 1662 7610 403 NA NA NNP 1662 7610 404 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 7610 405 branch branch NN 1662 7610 406 : : : 1662 7610 407 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 7610 408 National National NNP 1662 7610 409 Council Council NNP 1662 7610 410 of of IN 1662 7610 411 the the DT 1662 7610 412 Slovak Slovak NNP 1662 7610 413 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7610 414 or or CC 1662 7610 415 Narodna Narodna NNP 1662 7610 416 Rada Rada NNP 1662 7610 417 Slovensky Slovensky NNP 1662 7610 418 Repubiky Repubiky NNP 1662 7610 419 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 420 150 150 CD 1662 7610 421 seats seat NNS 1662 7610 422 ; ; : 1662 7610 423 members member NNS 1662 7610 424 are be VBP 1662 7610 425 elected elect VBN 1662 7610 426 by by IN 1662 7610 427 popular popular JJ 1662 7610 428 vote vote NN 1662 7610 429 to to TO 1662 7610 430 serve serve VB 1662 7610 431 four four CD 1662 7610 432 - - HYPH 1662 7610 433 year year NN 1662 7610 434 terms term NNS 1662 7610 435 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 436 elections election NNS 1662 7610 437 : : : 1662 7610 438 last last RB 1662 7610 439 held held JJ 1662 7610 440 30 30 CD 1662 7610 441 September-1 September-1 NNP 1662 7610 442 October October NNP 1662 7610 443 1994 1994 CD 1662 7610 444 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 445 next next JJ 1662 7610 446 to to TO 1662 7610 447 be be VB 1662 7610 448 held hold VBN 1662 7610 449 by by IN 1662 7610 450 October October NNP 1662 7610 451 1998 1998 CD 1662 7610 452 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 453 election election NN 1662 7610 454 results result NNS 1662 7610 455 : : : 1662 7610 456 percent percent NN 1662 7610 457 of of IN 1662 7610 458 vote vote NN 1662 7610 459 by by IN 1662 7610 460 party party NN 1662 7610 461 - - HYPH 1662 7610 462 HZDS HZDS NNP 1662 7610 463 35 35 CD 1662 7610 464 % % NN 1662 7610 465 , , , 1662 7610 466 SDL SDL NNP 1662 7610 467 10.4 10.4 CD 1662 7610 468 % % NN 1662 7610 469 , , , 1662 7610 470 Hungarian hungarian JJ 1662 7610 471 coalition coalition NN 1662 7610 472 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 473 Hungarian hungarian JJ 1662 7610 474 Christian Christian NNP 1662 7610 475 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 7610 476 , , , 1662 7610 477 Hungarian Hungarian NNP 1662 7610 478 Civic Civic NNP 1662 7610 479 Party Party NNP 1662 7610 480 , , , 1662 7610 481 Coexistence Coexistence NNP 1662 7610 482 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 483 10.2 10.2 CD 1662 7610 484 % % NN 1662 7610 485 , , , 1662 7610 486 KDH KDH NNP 1662 7610 487 10.1 10.1 CD 1662 7610 488 % % NN 1662 7610 489 , , , 1662 7610 490 DU DU NNP 1662 7610 491 8.6 8.6 CD 1662 7610 492 % % NN 1662 7610 493 , , , 1662 7610 494 ZRS ZRS NNP 1662 7610 495 7.3 7.3 CD 1662 7610 496 % % NN 1662 7610 497 , , , 1662 7610 498 SNS sns NN 1662 7610 499 5.4 5.4 CD 1662 7610 500 % % NN 1662 7610 501 ; ; , 1662 7610 502 seats seat NNS 1662 7610 503 by by IN 1662 7610 504 party party NN 1662 7610 505 - - HYPH 1662 7610 506 governing govern VBG 1662 7610 507 coalition coalition NN 1662 7610 508 83 83 CD 1662 7610 509 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 510 HZDS HZDS NNP 1662 7610 511 61 61 CD 1662 7610 512 , , , 1662 7610 513 ZRS ZRS NNP 1662 7610 514 13 13 CD 1662 7610 515 , , , 1662 7610 516 SNS SNS NNP 1662 7610 517 9 9 CD 1662 7610 518 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 519 , , , 1662 7610 520 opposition opposition NN 1662 7610 521 67 67 CD 1662 7610 522 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 523 SDL SDL NNP 1662 7610 524 18 18 CD 1662 7610 525 , , , 1662 7610 526 Hungarian hungarian JJ 1662 7610 527 coalition coalition NN 1662 7610 528 17 17 CD 1662 7610 529 , , , 1662 7610 530 KDH KDH NNP 1662 7610 531 17 17 CD 1662 7610 532 , , , 1662 7610 533 DU DU NNP 1662 7610 534 15 15 CD 1662 7610 535 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 536 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 7610 537 branch branch NN 1662 7610 538 : : : 1662 7610 539 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 7610 540 Court Court NNP 1662 7610 541 , , , 1662 7610 542 judges judge NNS 1662 7610 543 are be VBP 1662 7610 544 elected elect VBN 1662 7610 545 by by IN 1662 7610 546 the the DT 1662 7610 547 National National NNP 1662 7610 548 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 7610 549 Political Political NNP 1662 7610 550 parties party NNS 1662 7610 551 and and CC 1662 7610 552 leaders leader NNS 1662 7610 553 : : : 1662 7610 554 Movement movement NN 1662 7610 555 for for IN 1662 7610 556 a a DT 1662 7610 557 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 7610 558 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 7610 559 or or CC 1662 7610 560 HZDS HZDS NNP 1662 7610 561 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7610 562 Vladimir Vladimir NNP 1662 7610 563 MECIAR MECIAR NNP 1662 7610 564 , , , 1662 7610 565 chairman chairman NN 1662 7610 566 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7610 567 ; ; : 1662 7610 568 Party Party NNP 1662 7610 569 of of IN 1662 7610 570 the the DT 1662 7610 571 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 7610 572 Left Left NNP 1662 7610 573 or or CC 1662 7610 574 SDL SDL NNP 1662 7610 575 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7610 576 Jozef Jozef NNP 1662 7610 577 MIGAS MIGAS NNP 1662 7610 578 , , , 1662 7610 579 chairman chairman NN 1662 7610 580 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7610 581 ; ; : 1662 7610 582 Hungarian hungarian JJ 1662 7610 583 Christian Christian NNP 1662 7610 584 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7610 585 Movement Movement NNP 1662 7610 586 or or CC 1662 7610 587 MKDH MKDH NNP 1662 7610 588 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7610 589 Vojtech Vojtech NNP 1662 7610 590 BUGAR BUGAR NNP 1662 7610 591 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7610 592 ; ; : 1662 7610 593 Hungarian hungarian JJ 1662 7610 594 Civic Civic NNP 1662 7610 595 Party Party NNP 1662 7610 596 or or CC 1662 7610 597 MOS MOS NNP 1662 7610 598 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7610 599 Laszlo Laszlo NNP 1662 7610 600 A. a. NN 1662 7610 601 NAGY NAGY NNP 1662 7610 602 , , , 1662 7610 603 president president NN 1662 7610 604 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7610 605 ; ; : 1662 7610 606 Coexistence Coexistence NNP 1662 7610 607 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7610 608 Miklos Miklos NNP 1662 7610 609 DURAY DURAY NNP 1662 7610 610 , , , 1662 7610 611 chairman chairman NN 1662 7610 612 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7610 613 ; ; : 1662 7610 614 Christian Christian NNP 1662 7610 615 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7610 616 Movement Movement NNP 1662 7610 617 or or CC 1662 7610 618 KDH KDH NNP 1662 7610 619 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7610 620 Jan Jan NNP 1662 7610 621 CARNOGURSKY CARNOGURSKY NNP 1662 7610 622 , , , 1662 7610 623 chairman chairman NN 1662 7610 624 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7610 625 ; ; : 1662 7610 626 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7610 627 Union Union NNP 1662 7610 628 or or CC 1662 7610 629 DU DU NNP 1662 7610 630 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7610 631 Jozef Jozef NNP 1662 7610 632 MORAVCIK MORAVCIK NNP 1662 7610 633 , , , 1662 7610 634 chairman chairman NN 1662 7610 635 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7610 636 ; ; : 1662 7610 637 Association Association NNP 1662 7610 638 of of IN 1662 7610 639 Slovak Slovak NNP 1662 7610 640 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 7610 641 or or CC 1662 7610 642 ZRS ZRS NNP 1662 7610 643 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7610 644 Jan Jan NNP 1662 7610 645 LUPTAK LUPTAK NNP 1662 7610 646 , , , 1662 7610 647 chairman chairman NN 1662 7610 648 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7610 649 ; ; : 1662 7610 650 Slovak Slovak NNP 1662 7610 651 National National NNP 1662 7610 652 Party Party NNP 1662 7610 653 or or CC 1662 7610 654 SNS SNS NNP 1662 7610 655 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7610 656 Jan Jan NNP 1662 7610 657 SLOTA SLOTA NNP 1662 7610 658 , , , 1662 7610 659 chairman chairman NN 1662 7610 660 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7610 661 ; ; : 1662 7610 662 Slovak Slovak NNP 1662 7610 663 Green Green NNP 1662 7610 664 Alternative Alternative NNP 1662 7610 665 or or CC 1662 7610 666 SZA SZA NNP 1662 7610 667 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7610 668 Zora Zora NNP 1662 7610 669 LAZAROVA LAZAROVA NNP 1662 7610 670 , , , 1662 7610 671 chairwoman chairwoman NN 1662 7610 672 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7610 673 ; ; : 1662 7610 674 Farmers Farmers NNP 1662 7610 675 ' ' POS 1662 7610 676 Party Party NNP 1662 7610 677 of of IN 1662 7610 678 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 7610 679 or or CC 1662 7610 680 RSS RSS NNP 1662 7610 681 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7610 682 Pavel Pavel NNP 1662 7610 683 DELINGA DELINGA NNP 1662 7610 684 , , , 1662 7610 685 chairman chairman NN 1662 7610 686 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7610 687 ; ; : 1662 7610 688 Social Social NNP 1662 7610 689 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7610 690 Party Party NNP 1662 7610 691 of of IN 1662 7610 692 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 7610 693 or or CC 1662 7610 694 SSDS SSDS NNP 1662 7610 695 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7610 696 Jaroslav Jaroslav NNP 1662 7610 697 WOLF WOLF NNP 1662 7610 698 , , , 1662 7610 699 chairman chairman NN 1662 7610 700 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7610 701 ; ; : 1662 7610 702 Party Party NNP 1662 7610 703 of of IN 1662 7610 704 Greens Greens NNP 1662 7610 705 in in IN 1662 7610 706 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 7610 707 or or CC 1662 7610 708 SZS SZS NNP 1662 7610 709 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7610 710 Jozef Jozef NNP 1662 7610 711 POKORNY POKORNY NNP 1662 7610 712 , , , 1662 7610 713 chaiman chaiman NN 1662 7610 714 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7610 715 ; ; : 1662 7610 716 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7610 717 Party Party NNP 1662 7610 718 or or CC 1662 7610 719 DS DS NNP 1662 7610 720 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7610 721 Jan Jan NNP 1662 7610 722 LANGOS LANGOS NNP 1662 7610 723 , , , 1662 7610 724 chairman chairman NN 1662 7610 725 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7610 726 Political political JJ 1662 7610 727 pressure pressure NN 1662 7610 728 groups group NNS 1662 7610 729 and and CC 1662 7610 730 leaders leader NNS 1662 7610 731 : : : 1662 7610 732 Party Party NNP 1662 7610 733 of of IN 1662 7610 734 Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurs NNPS 1662 7610 735 and and CC 1662 7610 736 Businessmen Businessmen NNPS 1662 7610 737 of of IN 1662 7610 738 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 7610 739 ; ; : 1662 7610 740 Christian Christian NNP 1662 7610 741 Social Social NNP 1662 7610 742 Union Union NNP 1662 7610 743 ; ; : 1662 7610 744 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 7610 745 of of IN 1662 7610 746 Trade Trade NNP 1662 7610 747 Unions Unions NNPS 1662 7610 748 or or CC 1662 7610 749 KOZ KOZ NNP 1662 7610 750 ; ; : 1662 7610 751 Metal Metal NNP 1662 7610 752 Workers Workers NNP 1662 7610 753 Unions Unions NNPS 1662 7610 754 or or CC 1662 7610 755 KOVO KOVO NNP 1662 7610 756 and and CC 1662 7610 757 METALURG METALURG NNP 1662 7610 758 ; ; : 1662 7610 759 Association Association NNP 1662 7610 760 of of IN 1662 7610 761 Employers Employers NNPS 1662 7610 762 of of IN 1662 7610 763 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 7610 764 ; ; : 1662 7610 765 Association Association NNP 1662 7610 766 of of IN 1662 7610 767 Towns Towns NNP 1662 7610 768 and and CC 1662 7610 769 Villages Villages NNPS 1662 7610 770 or or CC 1662 7610 771 ZMOS ZMOS NNP 1662 7610 772 International international JJ 1662 7610 773 organization organization NN 1662 7610 774 participation participation NN 1662 7610 775 : : : 1662 7610 776 Australia Australia NNP 1662 7610 777 Group Group NNP 1662 7610 778 , , , 1662 7610 779 BIS BIS NNP 1662 7610 780 , , , 1662 7610 781 BSEC BSEC NNP 1662 7610 782 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 783 observer observer NN 1662 7610 784 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 785 , , , 1662 7610 786 CCC CCC NNP 1662 7610 787 , , , 1662 7610 788 CE CE NNP 1662 7610 789 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 790 guest guest NNP 1662 7610 791 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 792 , , , 1662 7610 793 CEI cei NN 1662 7610 794 , , , 1662 7610 795 CERN CERN NNP 1662 7610 796 , , , 1662 7610 797 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 7610 798 , , , 1662 7610 799 ECE ECE NNP 1662 7610 800 , , , 1662 7610 801 EU EU NNP 1662 7610 802 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 803 applicant applicant NN 1662 7610 804 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 805 , , , 1662 7610 806 FAO FAO NNP 1662 7610 807 , , , 1662 7610 808 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 7610 809 , , , 1662 7610 810 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 7610 811 , , , 1662 7610 812 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 7610 813 , , , 1662 7610 814 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 7610 815 , , , 1662 7610 816 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 7610 817 , , , 1662 7610 818 IDA IDA NNP 1662 7610 819 , , , 1662 7610 820 IFC IFC NNP 1662 7610 821 , , , 1662 7610 822 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 7610 823 , , , 1662 7610 824 ILO ILO NNP 1662 7610 825 , , , 1662 7610 826 IMF IMF NNP 1662 7610 827 , , , 1662 7610 828 IMO imo RB 1662 7610 829 , , , 1662 7610 830 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 7610 831 , , , 1662 7610 832 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7610 833 , , , 1662 7610 834 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7610 835 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 836 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 7610 837 user user NN 1662 7610 838 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 839 , , , 1662 7610 840 IOC IOC NNP 1662 7610 841 , , , 1662 7610 842 IOM IOM NNP 1662 7610 843 , , , 1662 7610 844 ISO ISO NNP 1662 7610 845 , , , 1662 7610 846 ITU ITU NNP 1662 7610 847 , , , 1662 7610 848 NACC NACC NNP 1662 7610 849 , , , 1662 7610 850 NSG NSG NNP 1662 7610 851 , , , 1662 7610 852 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 7610 853 , , , 1662 7610 854 PCA PCA NNP 1662 7610 855 , , , 1662 7610 856 PFP PFP NNP 1662 7610 857 , , , 1662 7610 858 UN UN NNP 1662 7610 859 , , , 1662 7610 860 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 7610 861 III III NNP 1662 7610 862 , , , 1662 7610 863 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 7610 864 , , , 1662 7610 865 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 7610 866 , , , 1662 7610 867 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 7610 868 , , , 1662 7610 869 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 7610 870 , , , 1662 7610 871 UPU UPU NNP 1662 7610 872 , , , 1662 7610 873 WEU WEU NNP 1662 7610 874 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 875 associate associate JJ 1662 7610 876 partner partner NN 1662 7610 877 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 878 , , , 1662 7610 879 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 7610 880 , , , 1662 7610 881 WHO who WP 1662 7610 882 , , , 1662 7610 883 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 7610 884 , , , 1662 7610 885 WMO WMO NNP 1662 7610 886 , , , 1662 7610 887 WToO wtoo FW 1662 7610 888 , , , 1662 7610 889 WTrO wtro VB 1662 7610 890 , , , 1662 7610 891 ZC ZC NNP 1662 7610 892 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7610 893 representation representation NN 1662 7610 894 in in IN 1662 7610 895 the the DT 1662 7610 896 US US NNP 1662 7610 897 : : : 1662 7610 898 chief chief NN 1662 7610 899 of of IN 1662 7610 900 mission mission NN 1662 7610 901 : : : 1662 7610 902 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 7610 903 Branislav Branislav NNP 1662 7610 904 LICHARDUS LICHARDUS NNP 1662 7610 905 chancery chancery NN 1662 7610 906 : : : 1662 7610 907 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 908 temporary temporary JJ 1662 7610 909 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 910 Suite Suite NNP 1662 7610 911 250 250 CD 1662 7610 912 , , , 1662 7610 913 2201 2201 CD 1662 7610 914 Wisconsin Wisconsin NNP 1662 7610 915 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 7610 916 NW NW NNP 1662 7610 917 , , , 1662 7610 918 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7610 919 , , , 1662 7610 920 DC DC NNP 1662 7610 921 20007 20007 CD 1662 7610 922 telephone telephone NN 1662 7610 923 : : : 1662 7610 924 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7610 925 1 1 CD 1662 7610 926 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7610 927 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 928 202 202 CD 1662 7610 929 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 930 965 965 CD 1662 7610 931 - - HYPH 1662 7610 932 5160 5160 CD 1662 7610 933 FAX FAX NNP 1662 7610 934 : : : 1662 7610 935 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7610 936 1 1 CD 1662 7610 937 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7610 938 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 939 202 202 CD 1662 7610 940 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 941 965 965 CD 1662 7610 942 - - HYPH 1662 7610 943 5166 5166 CD 1662 7610 944 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7610 945 representation representation NN 1662 7610 946 from from IN 1662 7610 947 the the DT 1662 7610 948 US US NNP 1662 7610 949 : : : 1662 7610 950 chief chief NN 1662 7610 951 of of IN 1662 7610 952 mission mission NN 1662 7610 953 : : : 1662 7610 954 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 7610 955 Ralph Ralph NNP 1662 7610 956 R. R. NNP 1662 7610 957 JOHNSON JOHNSON NNP 1662 7610 958 embassy embassy NN 1662 7610 959 : : : 1662 7610 960 Hviezdoslavovo Hviezdoslavovo NNP 1662 7610 961 Namestie Namestie NNP 1662 7610 962 4 4 CD 1662 7610 963 , , , 1662 7610 964 81102 81102 CD 1662 7610 965 Bratislava Bratislava NNP 1662 7610 966 mailing mail VBG 1662 7610 967 address address NN 1662 7610 968 : : : 1662 7610 969 use use VB 1662 7610 970 embassy embassy NNP 1662 7610 971 street street NNP 1662 7610 972 address address NN 1662 7610 973 telephone telephone NNP 1662 7610 974 : : : 1662 7610 975 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7610 976 42 42 CD 1662 7610 977 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7610 978 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 979 7 7 CD 1662 7610 980 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 981 533 533 CD 1662 7610 982 - - HYPH 1662 7610 983 0861 0861 CD 1662 7610 984 , , , 1662 7610 985 533 533 CD 1662 7610 986 - - HYPH 1662 7610 987 3338 3338 CD 1662 7610 988 FAX FAX NNP 1662 7610 989 : : : 1662 7610 990 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7610 991 42 42 CD 1662 7610 992 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7610 993 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 994 7 7 CD 1662 7610 995 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 996 533 533 CD 1662 7610 997 - - HYPH 1662 7610 998 5439 5439 CD 1662 7610 999 Flag flag NN 1662 7610 1000 description description NN 1662 7610 1001 : : : 1662 7610 1002 three three CD 1662 7610 1003 equal equal JJ 1662 7610 1004 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 7610 1005 bands band NNS 1662 7610 1006 of of IN 1662 7610 1007 white white JJ 1662 7610 1008 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7610 1009 top top NN 1662 7610 1010 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7610 1011 , , , 1662 7610 1012 blue blue JJ 1662 7610 1013 , , , 1662 7610 1014 and and CC 1662 7610 1015 red red NN 1662 7610 1016 superimposed superimpose VBN 1662 7610 1017 with with IN 1662 7610 1018 the the DT 1662 7610 1019 Slovak Slovak NNP 1662 7610 1020 cross cross NN 1662 7610 1021 in in IN 1662 7610 1022 a a DT 1662 7610 1023 shield shield NN 1662 7610 1024 centered center VBN 1662 7610 1025 on on IN 1662 7610 1026 the the DT 1662 7610 1027 hoist hoist NN 1662 7610 1028 side side NN 1662 7610 1029 ; ; : 1662 7610 1030 the the DT 1662 7610 1031 cross cross NN 1662 7610 1032 is be VBZ 1662 7610 1033 white white JJ 1662 7610 1034 centered center VBN 1662 7610 1035 on on IN 1662 7610 1036 a a DT 1662 7610 1037 background background NN 1662 7610 1038 of of IN 1662 7610 1039 red red JJ 1662 7610 1040 and and CC 1662 7610 1041 blue blue JJ 1662 7610 1042 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7610 1043 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7610 1044 - - HYPH 1662 7610 1045 overview overview NN 1662 7610 1046 : : : 1662 7610 1047 Since since IN 1662 7610 1048 the the DT 1662 7610 1049 establishment establishment NN 1662 7610 1050 of of IN 1662 7610 1051 the the DT 1662 7610 1052 Slovak Slovak NNP 1662 7610 1053 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7610 1054 on on IN 1662 7610 1055 1 1 CD 1662 7610 1056 January January NNP 1662 7610 1057 1993 1993 CD 1662 7610 1058 , , , 1662 7610 1059 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 7610 1060 has have VBZ 1662 7610 1061 continued continue VBN 1662 7610 1062 the the DT 1662 7610 1063 difficult difficult JJ 1662 7610 1064 transformation transformation NN 1662 7610 1065 from from IN 1662 7610 1066 a a DT 1662 7610 1067 centrally centrally RB 1662 7610 1068 controlled control VBN 1662 7610 1069 economy economy NN 1662 7610 1070 to to IN 1662 7610 1071 a a DT 1662 7610 1072 modern modern JJ 1662 7610 1073 market market NN 1662 7610 1074 - - HYPH 1662 7610 1075 oriented orient VBN 1662 7610 1076 economy economy NN 1662 7610 1077 . . . 1662 7611 1 Macroeconomic macroeconomic JJ 1662 7611 2 performance performance NN 1662 7611 3 improved improve VBD 1662 7611 4 steadily steadily RB 1662 7611 5 in in IN 1662 7611 6 1994 1994 CD 1662 7611 7 - - SYM 1662 7611 8 96 96 CD 1662 7611 9 , , , 1662 7611 10 but but CC 1662 7611 11 privatization privatization NN 1662 7611 12 progressed progress VBN 1662 7611 13 only only RB 1662 7611 14 in in IN 1662 7611 15 fits fit NNS 1662 7611 16 and and CC 1662 7611 17 starts start NNS 1662 7611 18 . . . 1662 7612 1 Strong strong JJ 1662 7612 2 export export NN 1662 7612 3 performance performance NN 1662 7612 4 boosted boost VBD 1662 7612 5 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7612 6 growth growth NN 1662 7612 7 to to IN 1662 7612 8 4.8 4.8 CD 1662 7612 9 % % NN 1662 7612 10 in in IN 1662 7612 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 7612 12 after after IN 1662 7612 13 a a DT 1662 7612 14 four four CD 1662 7612 15 - - HYPH 1662 7612 16 year year NN 1662 7612 17 decline decline NN 1662 7612 18 . . . 1662 7613 1 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7613 2 surged surge VBD 1662 7613 3 to to IN 1662 7613 4 7.4 7.4 CD 1662 7613 5 % % NN 1662 7613 6 growth growth NN 1662 7613 7 in in IN 1662 7613 8 1995 1995 CD 1662 7613 9 and and CC 1662 7613 10 should should MD 1662 7613 11 be be VB 1662 7613 12 only only RB 1662 7613 13 slightly slightly RB 1662 7613 14 less less JJR 1662 7613 15 in in IN 1662 7613 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 7613 17 , , , 1662 7613 18 the the DT 1662 7613 19 fastest fast JJS 1662 7613 20 growth growth NN 1662 7613 21 in in IN 1662 7613 22 Central Central NNP 1662 7613 23 and and CC 1662 7613 24 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 7613 25 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7613 26 . . . 1662 7614 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 7614 2 fell fall VBD 1662 7614 3 to to IN 1662 7614 4 about about RB 1662 7614 5 12 12 CD 1662 7614 6 % % NN 1662 7614 7 in in IN 1662 7614 8 1996 1996 CD 1662 7614 9 and and CC 1662 7614 10 inflation inflation NN 1662 7614 11 dropped drop VBD 1662 7614 12 from from IN 1662 7614 13 26 26 CD 1662 7614 14 % % NN 1662 7614 15 in in IN 1662 7614 16 1993 1993 CD 1662 7614 17 to to IN 1662 7614 18 5.5 5.5 CD 1662 7614 19 % % NN 1662 7614 20 in in IN 1662 7614 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 7614 22 , , , 1662 7614 23 the the DT 1662 7614 24 lowest low JJS 1662 7614 25 in in IN 1662 7614 26 the the DT 1662 7614 27 region region NN 1662 7614 28 . . . 1662 7615 1 Foreign foreign JJ 1662 7615 2 debt debt NN 1662 7615 3 of of IN 1662 7615 4 $ $ $ 1662 7615 5 4.6 4.6 CD 1662 7615 6 billion billion CD 1662 7615 7 also also RB 1662 7615 8 is be VBZ 1662 7615 9 the the DT 1662 7615 10 lowest low JJS 1662 7615 11 in in IN 1662 7615 12 the the DT 1662 7615 13 region region NN 1662 7615 14 and and CC 1662 7615 15 the the DT 1662 7615 16 second second JJ 1662 7615 17 lowest low JJS 1662 7615 18 per per IN 1662 7615 19 capita capita NN 1662 7615 20 . . . 1662 7616 1 Private private JJ 1662 7616 2 activity activity NN 1662 7616 3 now now RB 1662 7616 4 makes make VBZ 1662 7616 5 up up RP 1662 7616 6 roughly roughly RB 1662 7616 7 two two CD 1662 7616 8 - - HYPH 1662 7616 9 thirds third NNS 1662 7616 10 of of IN 1662 7616 11 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7616 12 . . . 1662 7617 1 Positive positive JJ 1662 7617 2 international international JJ 1662 7617 3 financial financial JJ 1662 7617 4 performance performance NN 1662 7617 5 has have VBZ 1662 7617 6 led lead VBN 1662 7617 7 Standard Standard NNP 1662 7617 8 & & CC 1662 7617 9 Poor Poor NNP 1662 7617 10 's 's POS 1662 7617 11 to to TO 1662 7617 12 raise raise VB 1662 7617 13 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7617 14 rating rating NN 1662 7617 15 of of IN 1662 7617 16 the the DT 1662 7617 17 National National NNP 1662 7617 18 Bank Bank NNP 1662 7617 19 of of IN 1662 7617 20 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 7617 21 's 's POS 1662 7617 22 foreign foreign JJ 1662 7617 23 currency currency NN 1662 7617 24 debt debt NN 1662 7617 25 to to IN 1662 7617 26 just just RB 1662 7617 27 one one CD 1662 7617 28 step step NN 1662 7617 29 below below IN 1662 7617 30 investment investment NN 1662 7617 31 grade grade NN 1662 7617 32 . . . 1662 7618 1 Although although IN 1662 7618 2 Slovak Slovak NNP 1662 7618 3 economic economic JJ 1662 7618 4 performance performance NN 1662 7618 5 continues continue VBZ 1662 7618 6 to to TO 1662 7618 7 be be VB 1662 7618 8 impressive impressive JJ 1662 7618 9 , , , 1662 7618 10 many many JJ 1662 7618 11 warning warning NN 1662 7618 12 signs sign NNS 1662 7618 13 of of IN 1662 7618 14 possible possible JJ 1662 7618 15 danger danger NN 1662 7618 16 ahead ahead RB 1662 7618 17 have have VBP 1662 7618 18 been be VBN 1662 7618 19 raised raise VBN 1662 7618 20 . . . 1662 7619 1 Aggregate aggregate JJ 1662 7619 2 demand demand NN 1662 7619 3 has have VBZ 1662 7619 4 surged surge VBN 1662 7619 5 in in IN 1662 7619 6 the the DT 1662 7619 7 form form NN 1662 7619 8 of of IN 1662 7619 9 increased increase VBN 1662 7619 10 personal personal JJ 1662 7619 11 and and CC 1662 7619 12 government government NN 1662 7619 13 consumption consumption NN 1662 7619 14 . . . 1662 7620 1 At at IN 1662 7620 2 the the DT 1662 7620 3 same same JJ 1662 7620 4 time time NN 1662 7620 5 that that WDT 1662 7620 6 the the DT 1662 7620 7 budget budget NN 1662 7620 8 deficit deficit NN 1662 7620 9 is be VBZ 1662 7620 10 growing grow VBG 1662 7620 11 , , , 1662 7620 12 the the DT 1662 7620 13 money money NN 1662 7620 14 supply supply NN 1662 7620 15 has have VBZ 1662 7620 16 been be VBN 1662 7620 17 rapidly rapidly RB 1662 7620 18 increasing increase VBG 1662 7620 19 , , , 1662 7620 20 which which WDT 1662 7620 21 could could MD 1662 7620 22 apply apply VB 1662 7620 23 upward upward JJ 1662 7620 24 pressure pressure NN 1662 7620 25 on on IN 1662 7620 26 inflation inflation NN 1662 7620 27 . . . 1662 7621 1 The the DT 1662 7621 2 trade trade NN 1662 7621 3 and and CC 1662 7621 4 current current JJ 1662 7621 5 account account NN 1662 7621 6 deficits deficit NNS 1662 7621 7 both both DT 1662 7621 8 are be VBP 1662 7621 9 mounting mount VBG 1662 7621 10 as as IN 1662 7621 11 imports import NNS 1662 7621 12 soar soar VBP 1662 7621 13 and and CC 1662 7621 14 exports export NNS 1662 7621 15 sag sag VBP 1662 7621 16 . . . 1662 7622 1 Perhaps perhaps RB 1662 7622 2 most most RBS 1662 7622 3 troubling troubling JJ 1662 7622 4 , , , 1662 7622 5 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 7622 6 continues continue VBZ 1662 7622 7 to to TO 1662 7622 8 have have VB 1662 7622 9 difficulty difficulty NN 1662 7622 10 attracting attract VBG 1662 7622 11 foreign foreign JJ 1662 7622 12 investment investment NN 1662 7622 13 because because IN 1662 7622 14 of of IN 1662 7622 15 perceived perceive VBN 1662 7622 16 political political JJ 1662 7622 17 problems problem NNS 1662 7622 18 and and CC 1662 7622 19 halting halt VBG 1662 7622 20 progress progress NN 1662 7622 21 on on IN 1662 7622 22 restructuring restructuring NN 1662 7622 23 and and CC 1662 7622 24 privatization privatization NN 1662 7622 25 . . . 1662 7623 1 The the DT 1662 7623 2 government government NN 1662 7623 3 projects project VBZ 1662 7623 4 6.4 6.4 CD 1662 7623 5 % % NN 1662 7623 6 growth growth NN 1662 7623 7 in in IN 1662 7623 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7623 9 and and CC 1662 7623 10 5 5 CD 1662 7623 11 % % NN 1662 7623 12 in in IN 1662 7623 13 1998 1998 CD 1662 7623 14 . . . 1662 7624 1 Continuing continue VBG 1662 7624 2 economic economic JJ 1662 7624 3 recovery recovery NN 1662 7624 4 in in IN 1662 7624 5 western western JJ 1662 7624 6 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7624 7 should should MD 1662 7624 8 boost boost VB 1662 7624 9 exports export NNS 1662 7624 10 and and CC 1662 7624 11 production production NN 1662 7624 12 , , , 1662 7624 13 but but CC 1662 7624 14 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 7624 15 's 's POS 1662 7624 16 image image NN 1662 7624 17 with with IN 1662 7624 18 foreign foreign JJ 1662 7624 19 creditors creditor NNS 1662 7624 20 and and CC 1662 7624 21 investors investor NNS 1662 7624 22 could could MD 1662 7624 23 suffer suffer VB 1662 7624 24 setbacks setback NNS 1662 7624 25 in in IN 1662 7624 26 1997 1997 CD 1662 7624 27 if if IN 1662 7624 28 progress progress NN 1662 7624 29 on on IN 1662 7624 30 privatization privatization NN 1662 7624 31 and and CC 1662 7624 32 restructuring restructuring NN 1662 7624 33 stalls stall NNS 1662 7624 34 . . . 1662 7625 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7625 2 : : : 1662 7625 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7625 4 power power NN 1662 7625 5 parity parity NN 1662 7625 6 - - : 1662 7625 7 $ $ $ 1662 7625 8 42.8 42.8 CD 1662 7625 9 billion billion CD 1662 7625 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7625 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 7625 12 est est 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industry NN 1662 7628 12 : : : 1662 7628 13 39.9 39.9 CD 1662 7628 14 % % NN 1662 7628 15 services service NNS 1662 7628 16 : : : 1662 7628 17 54.7 54.7 CD 1662 7628 18 % % NN 1662 7628 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7628 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 7628 21 est est NNP 1662 7628 22 . . . 1662 7628 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7629 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 7629 2 rate rate NN 1662 7629 3 - - HYPH 1662 7629 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 7629 5 price price NN 1662 7629 6 index index NN 1662 7629 7 : : : 1662 7629 8 5.5 5.5 CD 1662 7629 9 % % NN 1662 7629 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7629 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 7629 12 est est NNP 1662 7629 13 . . . 1662 7629 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7630 1 Labor labor NN 1662 7630 2 force force NN 1662 7630 3 : : : 1662 7630 4 total total NN 1662 7630 5 : : : 1662 7630 6 2.538 2.538 CD 1662 7630 7 million million CD 1662 7630 8 by by IN 1662 7630 9 occupation occupation NN 1662 7630 10 : : : 1662 7630 11 industry industry NN 1662 7630 12 29.3 29.3 CD 1662 7630 13 % % NN 1662 7630 14 , , , 1662 7630 15 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7630 16 8.9 8.9 CD 1662 7630 17 % % NN 1662 7630 18 , , , 1662 7630 19 construction construction NN 1662 7630 20 8.0 8.0 CD 1662 7630 21 % % NN 1662 7630 22 , , , 1662 7630 23 transport transport NN 1662 7630 24 and and CC 1662 7630 25 communication communication NN 1662 7630 26 8.2 8.2 CD 1662 7630 27 % % NN 1662 7630 28 , , , 1662 7630 29 services service NNS 1662 7630 30 45.6 45.6 CD 1662 7630 31 % % NN 1662 7630 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7630 33 1994 1994 CD 1662 7630 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7630 35 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 7630 36 rate rate NN 1662 7630 37 : : : 1662 7630 38 12 12 CD 1662 7630 39 % % NN 1662 7630 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7630 41 1996 1996 CD 1662 7630 42 est est NNP 1662 7630 43 . . . 1662 7630 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7631 1 Budget budget NN 1662 7631 2 : : : 1662 7631 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 7631 4 : : : 1662 7631 5 $ $ $ 1662 7631 6 5.3 5.3 CD 1662 7631 7 billion billion CD 1662 7631 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7631 9 : : : 1662 7631 10 $ $ $ 1662 7631 11 5.6 5.6 CD 1662 7631 12 billion billion CD 1662 7631 13 , , , 1662 7631 14 including include VBG 1662 7631 15 capital capital NN 1662 7631 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7631 17 of of IN 1662 7631 18 $ $ $ 1662 7631 19 NA na NN 1662 7631 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7631 21 1995 1995 CD 1662 7631 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7631 23 Industries industry NNS 1662 7631 24 : : : 1662 7631 25 metal metal NN 1662 7631 26 and and CC 1662 7631 27 metal metal NN 1662 7631 28 products product NNS 1662 7631 29 ; ; : 1662 7631 30 food food NN 1662 7631 31 and and CC 1662 7631 32 beverages beverage NNS 1662 7631 33 ; ; : 1662 7631 34 electricity electricity NN 1662 7631 35 , , , 1662 7631 36 gas gas NN 1662 7631 37 , , , 1662 7631 38 coke coke NN 1662 7631 39 , , , 1662 7631 40 oil oil NN 1662 7631 41 , , , 1662 7631 42 and and CC 1662 7631 43 nuclear nuclear JJ 1662 7631 44 fuel fuel NN 1662 7631 45 ; ; : 1662 7631 46 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 7631 47 and and CC 1662 7631 48 manmade manmade NN 1662 7631 49 fibers fiber NNS 1662 7631 50 ; ; : 1662 7631 51 machinery machinery NN 1662 7631 52 ; ; : 1662 7631 53 paper paper NN 1662 7631 54 and and CC 1662 7631 55 printing printing NN 1662 7631 56 ; ; : 1662 7631 57 earthenware earthenware NN 1662 7631 58 and and CC 1662 7631 59 ceramics ceramic NNS 1662 7631 60 ; ; , 1662 7631 61 transport transport NN 1662 7631 62 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 7631 63 ; ; , 1662 7631 64 textiles textile NNS 1662 7631 65 ; ; : 1662 7631 66 electrical electrical JJ 1662 7631 67 and and CC 1662 7631 68 optical optical JJ 1662 7631 69 apparatus apparatus NN 1662 7631 70 ; ; : 1662 7631 71 rubber rubber NN 1662 7631 72 products product NNS 1662 7631 73 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 7631 74 production production NN 1662 7631 75 growth growth NN 1662 7631 76 rate rate NN 1662 7631 77 : : : 1662 7631 78 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 7631 79 % % NN 1662 7631 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7631 81 1996 1996 CD 1662 7631 82 est est NNP 1662 7631 83 . . . 1662 7631 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7632 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7632 2 - - HYPH 1662 7632 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 7632 4 : : : 1662 7632 5 7.12 7.12 CD 1662 7632 6 million million CD 1662 7632 7 kW kW NNP 1662 7632 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7632 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 7632 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7632 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7632 12 - - HYPH 1662 7632 13 production production NN 1662 7632 14 : : : 1662 7632 15 23.6 23.6 CD 1662 7632 16 billion billion CD 1662 7632 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7632 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7632 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 7632 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7632 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7632 22 - - HYPH 1662 7632 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 7632 24 per per IN 1662 7632 25 capita capita NN 1662 7632 26 : : : 1662 7632 27 4,400 4,400 CD 1662 7632 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7632 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7632 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 7632 31 est est NNP 1662 7632 32 . . . 1662 7632 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7633 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7633 2 - - HYPH 1662 7633 3 products product NNS 1662 7633 4 : : : 1662 7633 5 grains grain NNS 1662 7633 6 , , , 1662 7633 7 potatoes potato NNS 1662 7633 8 , , , 1662 7633 9 sugar sugar NN 1662 7633 10 beets beet NNS 1662 7633 11 , , , 1662 7633 12 hops hop NNS 1662 7633 13 , , , 1662 7633 14 fruit fruit NN 1662 7633 15 ; ; : 1662 7633 16 hogs hog NNS 1662 7633 17 , , , 1662 7633 18 cattle cattle NNS 1662 7633 19 , , , 1662 7633 20 poultry poultry NN 1662 7633 21 ; ; , 1662 7633 22 forest forest NN 1662 7633 23 products product NNS 1662 7633 24 Exports export NNS 1662 7633 25 : : : 1662 7633 26 total total JJ 1662 7633 27 value value NN 1662 7633 28 : : : 1662 7633 29 $ $ $ 1662 7633 30 8.1 8.1 CD 1662 7633 31 billion billion CD 1662 7633 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7633 33 January January NNP 1662 7633 34 - - HYPH 1662 7633 35 November November NNP 1662 7633 36 1996 1996 CD 1662 7633 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7633 38 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7633 39 : : : 1662 7633 40 machinery machinery NN 1662 7633 41 and and CC 1662 7633 42 transport transport NN 1662 7633 43 equipment equipment NN 1662 7633 44 18.7 18.7 CD 1662 7633 45 % % NN 1662 7633 46 ; ; : 1662 7633 47 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 7633 48 13.4 13.4 CD 1662 7633 49 % % NN 1662 7633 50 ; ; , 1662 7633 51 miscellaneous miscellaneous JJ 1662 7633 52 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 7633 53 goods good NNS 1662 7633 54 13.1 13.1 CD 1662 7633 55 % % NN 1662 7633 56 ; ; , 1662 7633 57 raw raw JJ 1662 7633 58 materials material NNS 1662 7633 59 5.0 5.0 CD 1662 7633 60 % % NN 1662 7633 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7633 62 1995 1995 CD 1662 7633 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7633 64 partners partner NNS 1662 7633 65 : : : 1662 7633 66 EU EU NNP 1662 7633 67 37.4 37.4 CD 1662 7633 68 % % NN 1662 7633 69 , , , 1662 7633 70 Central Central NNP 1662 7633 71 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7633 72 Free Free NNP 1662 7633 73 Trade Trade NNP 1662 7633 74 Agreement Agreement NNP 1662 7633 75 44.3 44.3 CD 1662 7633 76 % % NN 1662 7633 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7633 78 Czech Czech NNP 1662 7633 79 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7633 80 35.2 35.2 CD 1662 7633 81 % % NN 1662 7633 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7633 83 , , , 1662 7633 84 FSU FSU NNP 1662 7633 85 7.1 7.1 CD 1662 7633 86 % % NN 1662 7633 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7633 88 1995 1995 CD 1662 7633 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7633 90 Imports import NNS 1662 7633 91 : : : 1662 7633 92 total total JJ 1662 7633 93 value value NN 1662 7633 94 : : : 1662 7633 95 $ $ $ 1662 7633 96 9.6 9.6 CD 1662 7633 97 billion billion CD 1662 7633 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7633 99 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 7633 100 . . NNP 1662 7633 101 , , , 1662 7633 102 January January NNP 1662 7633 103 - - HYPH 1662 7633 104 November November NNP 1662 7633 105 1996 1996 CD 1662 7633 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7633 107 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7633 108 : : : 1662 7633 109 machinery machinery NN 1662 7633 110 and and CC 1662 7633 111 transport transport NN 1662 7633 112 equipment equipment NN 1662 7633 113 29.0 29.0 CD 1662 7633 114 % % NN 1662 7633 115 ; ; , 1662 7633 116 fuels fuel NNS 1662 7633 117 18.0 18.0 CD 1662 7633 118 % % NN 1662 7633 119 ; ; , 1662 7633 120 intermediate intermediate JJ 1662 7633 121 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 7633 122 goods good NNS 1662 7633 123 17.6 17.6 CD 1662 7633 124 % % NN 1662 7633 125 ; ; , 1662 7633 126 miscellaneous miscellaneous JJ 1662 7633 127 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 7633 128 goods good NNS 1662 7633 129 8.0 8.0 CD 1662 7633 130 % % NN 1662 7633 131 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7633 132 1995 1995 CD 1662 7633 133 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7633 134 partners partner NNS 1662 7633 135 : : : 1662 7633 136 EU EU NNP 1662 7633 137 34.7 34.7 CD 1662 7633 138 % % NN 1662 7633 139 , , , 1662 7633 140 Central Central NNP 1662 7633 141 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7633 142 Free Free NNP 1662 7633 143 Trade Trade NNP 1662 7633 144 Agreement Agreement NNP 1662 7633 145 32.9 32.9 CD 1662 7633 146 % % NN 1662 7633 147 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7633 148 Czech Czech NNP 1662 7633 149 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7633 150 27.5 27.5 CD 1662 7633 151 % % NN 1662 7633 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7633 153 , , , 1662 7633 154 FSU FSU NNP 1662 7633 155 19.5 19.5 CD 1662 7633 156 % % NN 1662 7633 157 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7633 158 1995 1995 CD 1662 7633 159 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7633 160 Debt debt NN 1662 7633 161 - - HYPH 1662 7633 162 external external JJ 1662 7633 163 : : : 1662 7633 164 $ $ $ 1662 7633 165 4.6 4.6 CD 1662 7633 166 billion billion CD 1662 7633 167 hard hard JJ 1662 7633 168 currency currency NN 1662 7633 169 indebtedness indebtedness NN 1662 7633 170 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7633 171 1995 1995 CD 1662 7633 172 est est NNP 1662 7633 173 . . . 1662 7633 174 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7634 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 7634 2 aid aid NN 1662 7634 3 : : : 1662 7634 4 NA NA NNP 1662 7634 5 Currency currency NN 1662 7634 6 : : : 1662 7634 7 1 1 CD 1662 7634 8 koruna koruna NNP 1662 7634 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7634 10 Sk Sk NNP 1662 7634 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7634 12 = = NFP 1662 7634 13 100 100 CD 1662 7634 14 halierov halierov NN 1662 7634 15 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 7634 16 rates rate NNS 1662 7634 17 : : : 1662 7634 18 koruny koruny JJ 1662 7634 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7634 20 Sk Sk NNP 1662 7634 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7634 22 per per IN 1662 7634 23 US$ us$ $ 1662 7634 24 1 1 CD 1662 7634 25 - - SYM 1662 7634 26 31.50 31.50 CD 1662 7634 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7634 28 January January NNP 1662 7634 29 1997 1997 CD 1662 7634 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7634 31 , , , 1662 7634 32 30.654 30.654 CD 1662 7634 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7634 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 7634 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7634 36 , , , 1662 7634 37 29.713 29.713 CD 1662 7634 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7634 39 1995 1995 CD 1662 7634 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7634 41 , , , 1662 7634 42 32.045 32.045 CD 1662 7634 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7634 44 1994 1994 CD 1662 7634 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7634 46 , , , 1662 7634 47 30.770 30.770 CD 1662 7634 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7634 49 1993 1993 CD 1662 7634 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7634 51 , , , 1662 7634 52 28.26 28.26 CD 1662 7634 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7634 54 1992 1992 CD 1662 7634 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7634 56 , , , 1662 7634 57 29.53 29.53 CD 1662 7634 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7634 59 1991 1991 CD 1662 7634 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7634 61 ; ; : 1662 7634 62 note note NN 1662 7634 63 - - HYPH 1662 7634 64 values value NNS 1662 7634 65 before before IN 1662 7634 66 1993 1993 CD 1662 7634 67 reflect reflect VBP 1662 7634 68 Czechoslovak czechoslovak JJ 1662 7634 69 exchange exchange NN 1662 7634 70 rate rate NN 1662 7634 71 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7634 72 year year NN 1662 7634 73 : : : 1662 7634 74 calendar calendar NNP 1662 7634 75 year year NN 1662 7634 76 @Slovakia @Slovakia NNP 1662 7634 77 : : : 1662 7634 78 Communications communication NNS 1662 7634 79 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 7634 80 : : : 1662 7634 81 1,362,178 1,362,178 CD 1662 7634 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7634 83 1992 1992 CD 1662 7634 84 est est NNP 1662 7634 85 . . . 1662 7634 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7635 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 7635 2 system system NN 1662 7635 3 : : : 1662 7635 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7635 5 : : : 1662 7635 6 NA NA NNP 1662 7635 7 international international JJ 1662 7635 8 : : : 1662 7635 9 NA NA NNP 1662 7635 10 Radio Radio NNP 1662 7635 11 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7635 12 stations station NNS 1662 7635 13 : : : 1662 7635 14 AM am VBP 1662 7635 15 NA NA NNP 1662 7635 16 , , , 1662 7635 17 FM FM NNP 1662 7635 18 NA NA NNP 1662 7635 19 , , , 1662 7635 20 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 7635 21 NA NA NNP 1662 7635 22 ; ; : 1662 7635 23 note note VB 1662 7635 24 - - : 1662 7635 25 there there EX 1662 7635 26 are be VBP 1662 7635 27 22 22 CD 1662 7635 28 private private JJ 1662 7635 29 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7635 30 stations station NNS 1662 7635 31 and and CC 1662 7635 32 1 1 CD 1662 7635 33 public public JJ 1662 7635 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7635 35 state state NN 1662 7635 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7635 37 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7635 38 station station NN 1662 7635 39 Radios radio NNS 1662 7635 40 : : : 1662 7635 41 915,000 915,000 CD 1662 7635 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7635 43 1995 1995 CD 1662 7635 44 est est NNP 1662 7635 45 . . . 1662 7635 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7636 1 Television television NN 1662 7636 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7636 3 stations station NNS 1662 7636 4 : : : 1662 7636 5 56 56 CD 1662 7636 6 private private JJ 1662 7636 7 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7636 8 stations station NNS 1662 7636 9 , , , 1662 7636 10 1 1 CD 1662 7636 11 public public JJ 1662 7636 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7636 13 state state NN 1662 7636 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7636 15 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7636 16 station station NN 1662 7636 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7636 18 1995 1995 CD 1662 7636 19 est est NNP 1662 7636 20 . . . 1662 7636 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7637 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 7637 2 : : : 1662 7637 3 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 7637 4 million million CD 1662 7637 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7637 6 1995 1995 CD 1662 7637 7 est est NNP 1662 7637 8 . . . 1662 7637 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7638 1 @Slovakia @slovakia LS 1662 7638 2 : : : 1662 7638 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7638 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 7638 5 : : : 1662 7638 6 total total NN 1662 7638 7 : : : 1662 7638 8 3,660 3,660 CD 1662 7638 9 km km NN 1662 7638 10 broad broad JJ 1662 7638 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 7638 12 : : : 1662 7638 13 102 102 CD 1662 7638 14 km km NN 1662 7638 15 1.520-m 1.520-m CD 1662 7638 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 7638 17 standard standard JJ 1662 7638 18 gauge gauge NN 1662 7638 19 : : : 1662 7638 20 3,507 3,507 CD 1662 7638 21 km km NN 1662 7638 22 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 7638 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 7638 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7638 25 1424 1424 CD 1662 7638 26 km km NNS 1662 7638 27 electrified electrify VBN 1662 7638 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7638 29 narrow narrow JJ 1662 7638 30 gauge gauge NN 1662 7638 31 : : : 1662 7638 32 51 51 CD 1662 7638 33 km km NNS 1662 7638 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7638 35 46 46 CD 1662 7638 36 km km NN 1662 7638 37 1,000-m 1,000-m CD 1662 7638 38 gauge gauge NN 1662 7638 39 ; ; : 1662 7638 40 5 5 CD 1662 7638 41 km km NN 1662 7638 42 0.750-m 0.750-m CD 1662 7638 43 gauge gauge NN 1662 7638 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7638 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7638 46 1995 1995 CD 1662 7638 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7638 48 Highways highway NNS 1662 7638 49 : : : 1662 7638 50 total total JJ 1662 7638 51 : : : 1662 7638 52 17,868 17,868 CD 1662 7638 53 km km NN 1662 7638 54 paved pave VBN 1662 7638 55 : : : 1662 7638 56 17,654 17,654 CD 1662 7638 57 km km NNS 1662 7638 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7638 59 including include VBG 1662 7638 60 198 198 CD 1662 7638 61 km km NNS 1662 7638 62 of of IN 1662 7638 63 expressways expressway NNS 1662 7638 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7638 65 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7638 66 : : : 1662 7638 67 214 214 CD 1662 7638 68 km km NNS 1662 7638 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7638 70 1995 1995 CD 1662 7638 71 est est NNP 1662 7638 72 . . . 1662 7638 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7639 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 7639 2 : : : 1662 7639 3 172 172 CD 1662 7639 4 km km NN 1662 7639 5 on on IN 1662 7639 6 the the DT 1662 7639 7 Danube Danube NNP 1662 7639 8 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 7639 9 : : : 1662 7639 10 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7639 11 products product NNS 1662 7639 12 NA na IN 1662 7639 13 km km NN 1662 7639 14 ; ; : 1662 7639 15 natural natural JJ 1662 7639 16 gas gas NN 1662 7639 17 2,700 2,700 CD 1662 7639 18 km km NN 1662 7639 19 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 7639 20 and and CC 1662 7639 21 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7639 22 : : : 1662 7639 23 Bratislava Bratislava NNP 1662 7639 24 , , , 1662 7639 25 Komarno Komarno NNP 1662 7639 26 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7639 27 marine marine NN 1662 7639 28 : : : 1662 7639 29 total total NN 1662 7639 30 : : : 1662 7639 31 4 4 CD 1662 7639 32 cargo cargo NN 1662 7639 33 ships ship NNS 1662 7639 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7639 35 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7639 36 GRT GRT NNP 1662 7639 37 or or CC 1662 7639 38 over over RB 1662 7639 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7639 40 totaling total VBG 1662 7639 41 17,010 17,010 CD 1662 7639 42 GRT/22,039 GRT/22,039 NNP 1662 7639 43 DWT DWT NNP 1662 7639 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7639 45 1996 1996 CD 1662 7639 46 est est NNP 1662 7639 47 . . . 1662 7639 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7640 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7640 2 : : : 1662 7640 3 37 37 CD 1662 7640 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7640 5 1994 1994 CD 1662 7640 6 est est NNP 1662 7640 7 . . . 1662 7640 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7641 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7641 2 - - , 1662 7641 3 with with IN 1662 7641 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7641 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7641 6 : : : 1662 7641 7 total total NN 1662 7641 8 : : : 1662 7641 9 12 12 CD 1662 7641 10 over over IN 1662 7641 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7641 12 m m NN 1662 7641 13 : : : 1662 7641 14 1 1 CD 1662 7641 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7641 16 to to IN 1662 7641 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7641 18 m m NN 1662 7641 19 : : : 1662 7641 20 3 3 CD 1662 7641 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7641 22 to to TO 1662 7641 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7641 24 m m NN 1662 7641 25 : : : 1662 7641 26 2 2 CD 1662 7641 27 914 914 CD 1662 7641 28 to to TO 1662 7641 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7641 30 m m NN 1662 7641 31 : : : 1662 7641 32 2 2 CD 1662 7641 33 under under IN 1662 7641 34 914 914 CD 1662 7641 35 m m NN 1662 7641 36 : : : 1662 7641 37 4 4 CD 1662 7641 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7641 39 1994 1994 CD 1662 7641 40 est est NNP 1662 7641 41 . . . 1662 7641 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7642 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7642 2 - - , 1662 7642 3 with with IN 1662 7642 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7642 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7642 6 : : : 1662 7642 7 total total NN 1662 7642 8 : : : 1662 7642 9 25 25 CD 1662 7642 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7642 11 to to TO 1662 7642 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7642 13 m m NN 1662 7642 14 : : : 1662 7642 15 2 2 CD 1662 7642 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7642 17 to to TO 1662 7642 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7642 19 m m NN 1662 7642 20 : : : 1662 7642 21 2 2 CD 1662 7642 22 914 914 CD 1662 7642 23 to to TO 1662 7642 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7642 25 m m NN 1662 7642 26 : : : 1662 7642 27 10 10 CD 1662 7642 28 under under IN 1662 7642 29 914 914 CD 1662 7642 30 m m NN 1662 7642 31 : : : 1662 7642 32 11 11 CD 1662 7642 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7642 34 1994 1994 CD 1662 7642 35 est est NNP 1662 7642 36 . . . 1662 7642 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7643 1 Military military JJ 1662 7643 2 Military military JJ 1662 7643 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7643 4 : : : 1662 7643 5 Army Army NNP 1662 7643 6 , , , 1662 7643 7 Air Air NNP 1662 7643 8 and and CC 1662 7643 9 Air Air NNP 1662 7643 10 Defense Defense NNP 1662 7643 11 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 7643 12 , , , 1662 7643 13 Reserve Reserve NNP 1662 7643 14 Force Force NNP 1662 7643 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7643 16 Home Home NNP 1662 7643 17 Guards Guards NNPS 1662 7643 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7643 19 Military military JJ 1662 7643 20 manpower manpower NN 1662 7643 21 - - HYPH 1662 7643 22 military military NN 1662 7643 23 age age NN 1662 7643 24 : : : 1662 7643 25 18 18 CD 1662 7643 26 years year NNS 1662 7643 27 of of IN 1662 7643 28 age age NN 1662 7643 29 Military military JJ 1662 7643 30 manpower manpower NN 1662 7643 31 - - HYPH 1662 7643 32 availability availability NN 1662 7643 33 : : : 1662 7643 34 males male NNS 1662 7643 35 age age NNP 1662 7643 36 15 15 CD 1662 7643 37 - - HYPH 1662 7643 38 49 49 CD 1662 7643 39 : : : 1662 7643 40 1,462,052 1,462,052 CD 1662 7643 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7643 42 1997 1997 CD 1662 7643 43 est est NNP 1662 7643 44 . . . 1662 7643 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7644 1 Military military JJ 1662 7644 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7644 3 - - HYPH 1662 7644 4 fit fit NN 1662 7644 5 for for IN 1662 7644 6 military military JJ 1662 7644 7 service service NN 1662 7644 8 : : : 1662 7644 9 males male NNS 1662 7644 10 : : : 1662 7644 11 1,118,955 1,118,955 CD 1662 7644 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7644 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7644 14 est est NNP 1662 7644 15 . . . 1662 7644 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7645 1 Military military JJ 1662 7645 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7645 3 - - HYPH 1662 7645 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 7645 5 military military JJ 1662 7645 6 age age NN 1662 7645 7 annually annually RB 1662 7645 8 : : : 1662 7645 9 males male NNS 1662 7645 10 : : : 1662 7645 11 48,245 48,245 CD 1662 7645 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7645 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7645 14 est est NNP 1662 7645 15 . . . 1662 7645 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7646 1 Military military JJ 1662 7646 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7646 3 - - HYPH 1662 7646 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 7646 5 figure figure NN 1662 7646 6 : : : 1662 7646 7 $ $ $ 1662 7646 8 423 423 CD 1662 7646 9 million million CD 1662 7646 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7646 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 7646 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7646 13 Military military JJ 1662 7646 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7646 15 - - : 1662 7646 16 percent percent NN 1662 7646 17 of of IN 1662 7646 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7646 19 : : : 1662 7646 20 2.7 2.7 CD 1662 7646 21 % % NN 1662 7646 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7646 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 7646 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7646 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7646 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7646 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 7646 28 - - : 1662 7646 29 international international RB 1662 7646 30 : : : 1662 7646 31 Gabcikovo Gabcikovo NNP 1662 7646 32 Dam Dam NNP 1662 7646 33 dispute dispute NN 1662 7646 34 with with IN 1662 7646 35 Hungary Hungary NNP 1662 7646 36 ; ; , 1662 7646 37 unresolved unresolved JJ 1662 7646 38 property property NN 1662 7646 39 issues issue NNS 1662 7646 40 with with IN 1662 7646 41 Czech Czech NNP 1662 7646 42 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7646 43 over over IN 1662 7646 44 redistribution redistribution NN 1662 7646 45 of of IN 1662 7646 46 former former JJ 1662 7646 47 Czechoslovak czechoslovak JJ 1662 7646 48 federal federal JJ 1662 7646 49 property property NN 1662 7646 50 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 7646 51 drugs drug VBZ 1662 7646 52 : : : 1662 7646 53 minor minor JJ 1662 7646 54 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 7646 55 point point NN 1662 7646 56 for for IN 1662 7646 57 Southwest southwest JJ 1662 7646 58 Asian asian JJ 1662 7646 59 heroin heroin NN 1662 7646 60 and and CC 1662 7646 61 hashish hashish NN 1662 7646 62 bound bind VBN 1662 7646 63 for for IN 1662 7646 64 Western Western NNP 1662 7646 65 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7646 66 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 67 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 68 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 69 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 70 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 71 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 72 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 73 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 74 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 75 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 76 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 77 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 78 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 79 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 80 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 81 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 82 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 83 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 84 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 85 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 86 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 87 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 88 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 89 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 90 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 91 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 92 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 93 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 94 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 95 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 96 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 97 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 98 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 99 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 100 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 101 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 102 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 103 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 104 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 105 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 106 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 107 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 108 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 109 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 110 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 111 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 112 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 113 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 114 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 115 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 116 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 117 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 118 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 119 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 120 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 121 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 122 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 123 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 124 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 125 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 126 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 127 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 128 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 129 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 130 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 131 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 132 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 133 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 134 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 135 _ _ NNP 1662 7646 136 SLOVENIA SLOVENIA NNP 1662 7646 137 @Slovenia @Slovenia NNP 1662 7646 138 : : : 1662 7646 139 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7646 140 Location Location NNP 1662 7646 141 : : : 1662 7646 142 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 7646 143 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7646 144 , , , 1662 7646 145 eastern eastern JJ 1662 7646 146 Alps Alps NNP 1662 7646 147 bordering border VBG 1662 7646 148 the the DT 1662 7646 149 Adriatic Adriatic NNP 1662 7646 150 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7646 151 , , , 1662 7646 152 between between IN 1662 7646 153 Austria Austria NNP 1662 7646 154 and and CC 1662 7646 155 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 7646 156 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7646 157 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7646 158 : : : 1662 7646 159 46 46 CD 1662 7646 160 00 00 CD 1662 7646 161 N n CD 1662 7646 162 , , , 1662 7646 163 15 15 CD 1662 7646 164 00 00 CD 1662 7646 165 E e NN 1662 7646 166 Map Map NNP 1662 7646 167 references reference NNS 1662 7646 168 : : : 1662 7646 169 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7646 170 Area Area NNP 1662 7646 171 : : : 1662 7646 172 total total NN 1662 7646 173 : : : 1662 7646 174 20,256 20,256 CD 1662 7646 175 sq sq IN 1662 7646 176 km km NNP 1662 7646 177 land land NN 1662 7646 178 : : : 1662 7646 179 20,256 20,256 CD 1662 7646 180 sq sq IN 1662 7646 181 km km NNP 1662 7646 182 water water NN 1662 7646 183 : : : 1662 7646 184 0 0 NFP 1662 7646 185 sq sq NN 1662 7646 186 km km NNP 1662 7646 187 Area area NN 1662 7646 188 - - HYPH 1662 7646 189 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7646 190 : : : 1662 7646 191 slightly slightly RB 1662 7646 192 smaller small JJR 1662 7646 193 than than IN 1662 7646 194 New New NNP 1662 7646 195 Jersey Jersey NNP 1662 7646 196 Land Land NNP 1662 7646 197 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7646 198 : : : 1662 7646 199 total total NN 1662 7646 200 : : : 1662 7646 201 1,334 1,334 CD 1662 7646 202 km km NN 1662 7646 203 border border NN 1662 7646 204 countries country NNS 1662 7646 205 : : : 1662 7646 206 Austria Austria NNP 1662 7646 207 330 330 CD 1662 7646 208 km km NNS 1662 7646 209 , , , 1662 7646 210 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 7646 211 670 670 CD 1662 7646 212 km km NN 1662 7646 213 , , , 1662 7646 214 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7646 215 232 232 CD 1662 7646 216 km km NNS 1662 7646 217 , , , 1662 7646 218 Hungary Hungary NNP 1662 7646 219 102 102 CD 1662 7646 220 km km NN 1662 7646 221 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7646 222 : : : 1662 7646 223 46.6 46.6 CD 1662 7646 224 km km NN 1662 7646 225 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7646 226 claims claim VBZ 1662 7646 227 : : : 1662 7646 228 NA NA NNP 1662 7646 229 Climate climate NN 1662 7646 230 : : : 1662 7646 231 Mediterranean mediterranean JJ 1662 7646 232 climate climate NN 1662 7646 233 on on IN 1662 7646 234 the the DT 1662 7646 235 coast coast NN 1662 7646 236 , , , 1662 7646 237 continental continental JJ 1662 7646 238 climate climate NN 1662 7646 239 with with IN 1662 7646 240 mild mild JJ 1662 7646 241 to to IN 1662 7646 242 hot hot JJ 1662 7646 243 summers summer NNS 1662 7646 244 and and CC 1662 7646 245 cold cold JJ 1662 7646 246 winters winter NNS 1662 7646 247 in in IN 1662 7646 248 the the DT 1662 7646 249 plateaus plateaus NN 1662 7646 250 and and CC 1662 7646 251 valleys valley NNS 1662 7646 252 to to IN 1662 7646 253 the the DT 1662 7646 254 east east JJ 1662 7646 255 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7646 256 : : : 1662 7646 257 a a DT 1662 7646 258 short short JJ 1662 7646 259 coastal coastal JJ 1662 7646 260 strip strip NN 1662 7646 261 on on IN 1662 7646 262 the the DT 1662 7646 263 Adriatic Adriatic NNP 1662 7646 264 , , , 1662 7646 265 an an DT 1662 7646 266 alpine alpine NN 1662 7646 267 mountain mountain NN 1662 7646 268 region region NN 1662 7646 269 adjacent adjacent JJ 1662 7646 270 to to IN 1662 7646 271 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7646 272 , , , 1662 7646 273 mixed mixed JJ 1662 7646 274 mountain mountain NN 1662 7646 275 and and CC 1662 7646 276 valleys valley NNS 1662 7646 277 with with IN 1662 7646 278 numerous numerous JJ 1662 7646 279 rivers river NNS 1662 7646 280 to to IN 1662 7646 281 the the DT 1662 7646 282 east east NNP 1662 7646 283 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7646 284 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7646 285 : : : 1662 7646 286 lowest low JJS 1662 7646 287 point point NN 1662 7646 288 : : : 1662 7646 289 Adriatic Adriatic NNP 1662 7646 290 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7646 291 0 0 NFP 1662 7646 292 m m DT 1662 7646 293 highest high JJS 1662 7646 294 point point NN 1662 7646 295 : : : 1662 7646 296 Triglav Triglav NNP 1662 7646 297 2,864 2,864 CD 1662 7646 298 m m CD 1662 7646 299 Natural natural JJ 1662 7646 300 resources resource NNS 1662 7646 301 : : : 1662 7646 302 lignite lignite JJ 1662 7646 303 coal coal NN 1662 7646 304 , , , 1662 7646 305 lead lead NN 1662 7646 306 , , , 1662 7646 307 zinc zinc NN 1662 7646 308 , , , 1662 7646 309 mercury mercury NN 1662 7646 310 , , , 1662 7646 311 uranium uranium NN 1662 7646 312 , , , 1662 7646 313 silver silver NN 1662 7646 314 Land Land NNP 1662 7646 315 use use NN 1662 7646 316 : : : 1662 7646 317 arable arable JJ 1662 7646 318 land land NN 1662 7646 319 : : : 1662 7646 320 12 12 CD 1662 7646 321 % % NN 1662 7646 322 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7646 323 crops crop NNS 1662 7646 324 : : : 1662 7646 325 3 3 CD 1662 7646 326 % % NN 1662 7646 327 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7646 328 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7646 329 : : : 1662 7646 330 28 28 CD 1662 7646 331 % % NN 1662 7646 332 forests forest NNS 1662 7646 333 and and CC 1662 7646 334 woodland woodland NN 1662 7646 335 : : : 1662 7646 336 51 51 CD 1662 7646 337 % % NN 1662 7646 338 other other JJ 1662 7646 339 : : : 1662 7646 340 6 6 CD 1662 7646 341 % % NN 1662 7646 342 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7646 343 1993 1993 CD 1662 7646 344 est est NNP 1662 7646 345 . . . 1662 7646 346 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7647 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7647 2 land land NN 1662 7647 3 : : : 1662 7647 4 20 20 CD 1662 7647 5 sq sq NNP 1662 7647 6 km km NNP 1662 7647 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7647 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 7647 9 est est NNP 1662 7647 10 . . . 1662 7647 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7648 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 7648 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7648 3 : : : 1662 7648 4 flooding flooding NN 1662 7648 5 and and CC 1662 7648 6 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 7648 7 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7648 8 - - HYPH 1662 7648 9 current current JJ 1662 7648 10 issues issue NNS 1662 7648 11 : : : 1662 7648 12 Sava Sava NNP 1662 7648 13 River River NNP 1662 7648 14 polluted pollute VBD 1662 7648 15 with with IN 1662 7648 16 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7648 17 and and CC 1662 7648 18 industrial industrial JJ 1662 7648 19 waste waste NN 1662 7648 20 ; ; : 1662 7648 21 pollution pollution NN 1662 7648 22 of of IN 1662 7648 23 coastal coastal JJ 1662 7648 24 waters water NNS 1662 7648 25 with with IN 1662 7648 26 heavy heavy JJ 1662 7648 27 metals metal NNS 1662 7648 28 and and CC 1662 7648 29 toxic toxic JJ 1662 7648 30 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 7648 31 ; ; : 1662 7648 32 forest forest NN 1662 7648 33 damage damage NN 1662 7648 34 near near IN 1662 7648 35 Koper Koper NNP 1662 7648 36 from from IN 1662 7648 37 air air NN 1662 7648 38 pollution pollution NN 1662 7648 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7648 40 originating originate VBG 1662 7648 41 at at IN 1662 7648 42 metallurgical metallurgical JJ 1662 7648 43 and and CC 1662 7648 44 chemical chemical NN 1662 7648 45 plants plant NNS 1662 7648 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7648 47 and and CC 1662 7648 48 resulting result VBG 1662 7648 49 acid acid JJ 1662 7648 50 rain rain NN 1662 7648 51 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7648 52 - - HYPH 1662 7648 53 international international JJ 1662 7648 54 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7648 55 : : : 1662 7648 56 party party NN 1662 7648 57 to to TO 1662 7648 58 : : : 1662 7648 59 Air Air NNP 1662 7648 60 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7648 61 , , , 1662 7648 62 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 7648 63 , , , 1662 7648 64 Climate climate NN 1662 7648 65 Change Change NNP 1662 7648 66 , , , 1662 7648 67 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 7648 68 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 7648 69 , , , 1662 7648 70 Law Law NNP 1662 7648 71 of of IN 1662 7648 72 the the DT 1662 7648 73 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7648 74 , , , 1662 7648 75 Marine Marine NNP 1662 7648 76 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 7648 77 , , , 1662 7648 78 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 7648 79 Test Test NNP 1662 7648 80 Ban Ban NNP 1662 7648 81 , , , 1662 7648 82 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 7648 83 Layer Layer NNP 1662 7648 84 Protection Protection NNP 1662 7648 85 , , , 1662 7648 86 Ship Ship NNP 1662 7648 87 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7648 88 , , , 1662 7648 89 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 7648 90 signed sign VBD 1662 7648 91 , , , 1662 7648 92 but but CC 1662 7648 93 not not RB 1662 7648 94 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7648 95 : : : 1662 7648 96 Air Air NNP 1662 7648 97 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7648 98 - - HYPH 1662 7648 99 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 7648 100 94 94 CD 1662 7648 101 @Slovenia @slovenia NN 1662 7648 102 : : : 1662 7648 103 People People NNPS 1662 7648 104 Population Population NNP 1662 7648 105 : : : 1662 7648 106 1,973,096 1,973,096 CD 1662 7648 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7648 108 July July NNP 1662 7648 109 1997 1997 CD 1662 7648 110 est est NNP 1662 7648 111 . . . 1662 7648 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7649 1 Age age NN 1662 7649 2 structure structure NN 1662 7649 3 : : : 1662 7649 4 0 0 CD 1662 7649 5 - - HYPH 1662 7649 6 14 14 CD 1662 7649 7 years year NNS 1662 7649 8 : : : 1662 7649 9 17 17 CD 1662 7649 10 % % NN 1662 7649 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7649 12 male male JJ 1662 7649 13 173,932 173,932 CD 1662 7649 14 ; ; : 1662 7649 15 female female JJ 1662 7649 16 165,167 165,167 CD 1662 7649 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7649 18 15 15 CD 1662 7649 19 - - HYPH 1662 7649 20 64 64 CD 1662 7649 21 years year NNS 1662 7649 22 : : : 1662 7649 23 70 70 CD 1662 7649 24 % % NN 1662 7649 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7649 26 male male JJ 1662 7649 27 690,309 690,309 CD 1662 7649 28 ; ; : 1662 7649 29 female female JJ 1662 7649 30 686,440 686,440 CD 1662 7649 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7649 32 65 65 CD 1662 7649 33 years year NNS 1662 7649 34 and and CC 1662 7649 35 over over IN 1662 7649 36 : : : 1662 7649 37 13 13 CD 1662 7649 38 % % NN 1662 7649 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7649 40 male male JJ 1662 7649 41 92,926 92,926 CD 1662 7649 42 ; ; : 1662 7649 43 female female JJ 1662 7649 44 164,322 164,322 CD 1662 7649 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7649 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7649 47 July July NNP 1662 7649 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7649 49 est est NNP 1662 7649 50 . . . 1662 7649 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7650 1 Population population NN 1662 7650 2 growth growth NN 1662 7650 3 rate rate NN 1662 7650 4 : : : 1662 7650 5 -0.06 -0.06 CD 1662 7650 6 % % NN 1662 7650 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7650 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7650 9 est est NNP 1662 7650 10 . . . 1662 7650 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7651 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7651 2 rate rate NN 1662 7651 3 : : : 1662 7651 4 8.91 8.91 CD 1662 7651 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 7651 6 population population NN 1662 7651 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7651 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7651 9 est est NNP 1662 7651 10 . . . 1662 7651 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7652 1 Death death NN 1662 7652 2 rate rate NN 1662 7652 3 : : : 1662 7652 4 9.54 9.54 CD 1662 7652 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7652 6 population population NN 1662 7652 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7652 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7652 9 est est NNP 1662 7652 10 . . . 1662 7652 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7653 1 Net net JJ 1662 7653 2 migration migration NN 1662 7653 3 rate rate NN 1662 7653 4 : : : 1662 7653 5 0.02 0.02 CD 1662 7653 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 7653 7 population population NN 1662 7653 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7653 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7653 10 est est NNP 1662 7653 11 . . . 1662 7653 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7654 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7654 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7654 3 : : : 1662 7654 4 at at IN 1662 7654 5 birth birth NN 1662 7654 6 : : : 1662 7654 7 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 7654 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7654 9 under under IN 1662 7654 10 15 15 CD 1662 7654 11 years year NNS 1662 7654 12 : : : 1662 7654 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 7654 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7654 15 15 15 CD 1662 7654 16 - - HYPH 1662 7654 17 64 64 CD 1662 7654 18 years year NNS 1662 7654 19 : : : 1662 7654 20 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 7654 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7654 22 65 65 CD 1662 7654 23 years year NNS 1662 7654 24 and and CC 1662 7654 25 over over IN 1662 7654 26 : : : 1662 7654 27 0.57 0.57 CD 1662 7654 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7654 29 total total JJ 1662 7654 30 population population NN 1662 7654 31 : : : 1662 7654 32 0.94 0.94 CD 1662 7654 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7654 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7654 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7654 36 est e JJS 1662 7654 37 . . . 1662 7654 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7655 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7655 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7655 3 rate rate NN 1662 7655 4 : : : 1662 7655 5 5.4 5.4 CD 1662 7655 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7655 7 live live JJ 1662 7655 8 births birth NNS 1662 7655 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7655 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7655 11 est est NNP 1662 7655 12 . . . 1662 7655 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7656 1 Life life NN 1662 7656 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7656 3 at at IN 1662 7656 4 birth birth NN 1662 7656 5 : : : 1662 7656 6 total total JJ 1662 7656 7 population population NN 1662 7656 8 : : : 1662 7656 9 74.93 74.93 CD 1662 7656 10 years year NNS 1662 7656 11 male male JJ 1662 7656 12 : : : 1662 7656 13 71.24 71.24 CD 1662 7656 14 years year NNS 1662 7656 15 female female JJ 1662 7656 16 : : : 1662 7656 17 78.84 78.84 CD 1662 7656 18 years year NNS 1662 7656 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7656 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 7656 21 est est NNP 1662 7656 22 . . . 1662 7656 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7657 1 Total total JJ 1662 7657 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7657 3 rate rate NN 1662 7657 4 : : : 1662 7657 5 1.22 1.22 CD 1662 7657 6 children child NNS 1662 7657 7 born bear VBN 1662 7657 8 / / SYM 1662 7657 9 woman woman NN 1662 7657 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7657 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7657 12 est est NNP 1662 7657 13 . . . 1662 7657 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7658 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7658 2 : : : 1662 7658 3 noun noun NNP 1662 7658 4 : : : 1662 7658 5 Slovene(s slovene(s LS 1662 7658 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7658 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 7658 8 : : : 1662 7658 9 Slovenian slovenian JJ 1662 7658 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7658 11 groups group NNS 1662 7658 12 : : : 1662 7658 13 Slovene slovene NN 1662 7658 14 91 91 CD 1662 7658 15 % % NN 1662 7658 16 , , , 1662 7658 17 Croat croat NN 1662 7658 18 3 3 CD 1662 7658 19 % % NN 1662 7658 20 , , , 1662 7658 21 Serb Serb NNP 1662 7658 22 2 2 CD 1662 7658 23 % % NN 1662 7658 24 , , , 1662 7658 25 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 7658 26 1 1 CD 1662 7658 27 % % NN 1662 7658 28 , , , 1662 7658 29 other other JJ 1662 7658 30 3 3 CD 1662 7658 31 % % NN 1662 7658 32 Religions religion NNS 1662 7658 33 : : : 1662 7658 34 Roman roman JJ 1662 7658 35 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 7658 36 70.8 70.8 CD 1662 7658 37 % % NN 1662 7658 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7658 39 including include VBG 1662 7658 40 2 2 CD 1662 7658 41 % % NN 1662 7658 42 Uniate Uniate NNP 1662 7658 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7658 44 , , , 1662 7658 45 Lutheran lutheran NN 1662 7658 46 1 1 CD 1662 7658 47 % % NN 1662 7658 48 , , , 1662 7658 49 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 7658 50 1 1 CD 1662 7658 51 % % NN 1662 7658 52 , , , 1662 7658 53 other other JJ 1662 7658 54 27.2 27.2 CD 1662 7658 55 % % NN 1662 7658 56 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 7658 57 : : : 1662 7658 58 Slovenian slovenian JJ 1662 7658 59 91 91 CD 1662 7658 60 % % NN 1662 7658 61 , , , 1662 7658 62 Serbo Serbo NNP 1662 7658 63 - - HYPH 1662 7658 64 Croatian Croatian NNP 1662 7658 65 6 6 CD 1662 7658 66 % % NN 1662 7658 67 , , , 1662 7658 68 other other JJ 1662 7658 69 3 3 CD 1662 7658 70 % % NN 1662 7658 71 Literacy literacy NN 1662 7658 72 : : : 1662 7658 73 definition definition NN 1662 7658 74 : : : 1662 7658 75 NA NA NNP 1662 7658 76 total total JJ 1662 7658 77 population population NN 1662 7658 78 : : : 1662 7658 79 99 99 CD 1662 7658 80 % % NN 1662 7658 81 male male NN 1662 7658 82 : : : 1662 7658 83 NA% NA% `` 1662 7658 84 female female NNP 1662 7658 85 : : : 1662 7658 86 NA% na% ADD 1662 7658 87 @Slovenia @slovenia FW 1662 7658 88 : : : 1662 7658 89 Government Government NNP 1662 7658 90 Country Country NNP 1662 7658 91 name name NN 1662 7658 92 : : : 1662 7658 93 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7658 94 long long JJ 1662 7658 95 form form NN 1662 7658 96 : : : 1662 7658 97 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7658 98 of of IN 1662 7658 99 Slovenia Slovenia NNP 1662 7658 100 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7658 101 short short JJ 1662 7658 102 form form NN 1662 7658 103 : : : 1662 7658 104 Slovenia Slovenia NNP 1662 7658 105 local local JJ 1662 7658 106 long long JJ 1662 7658 107 form form NN 1662 7658 108 : : : 1662 7658 109 Republika Republika NNP 1662 7658 110 Slovenije Slovenije NNP 1662 7658 111 local local JJ 1662 7658 112 short short JJ 1662 7658 113 form form NN 1662 7658 114 : : : 1662 7658 115 Slovenija Slovenija NNP 1662 7658 116 Data Data NNP 1662 7658 117 code code NN 1662 7658 118 : : : 1662 7658 119 SI SI NNP 1662 7658 120 Government Government NNP 1662 7658 121 type type NN 1662 7658 122 : : : 1662 7658 123 emerging emerge VBG 1662 7658 124 democracy democracy NN 1662 7658 125 National national JJ 1662 7658 126 capital capital NN 1662 7658 127 : : : 1662 7658 128 Ljubljana Ljubljana NNP 1662 7658 129 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 7658 130 divisions division NNS 1662 7658 131 : : : 1662 7658 132 136 136 CD 1662 7658 133 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 7658 134 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7658 135 obcine obcine JJ 1662 7658 136 , , , 1662 7658 137 singular singular NNP 1662 7658 138 - - HYPH 1662 7658 139 obcina obcina NNP 1662 7658 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7658 141 and and CC 1662 7658 142 11 11 CD 1662 7658 143 urban urban JJ 1662 7658 144 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 7658 145 * * NFP 1662 7658 146 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7658 147 obcine obcine NNP 1662 7658 148 mestne mestne NNP 1662 7658 149 , , , 1662 7658 150 singular singular NNP 1662 7658 151 - - HYPH 1662 7658 152 obcina obcina NNP 1662 7658 153 mestna mestna NN 1662 7658 154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7658 155 Ajdovscina Ajdovscina NNP 1662 7658 156 , , , 1662 7658 157 Beltinci Beltinci NNP 1662 7658 158 , , , 1662 7658 159 Bled Bled NNP 1662 7658 160 , , , 1662 7658 161 Bohinj Bohinj NNP 1662 7658 162 , , , 1662 7658 163 Borovnica Borovnica NNP 1662 7658 164 , , , 1662 7658 165 Bovec Bovec NNP 1662 7658 166 , , , 1662 7658 167 Brda Brda NNP 1662 7658 168 , , , 1662 7658 169 Brezice Brezice NNP 1662 7658 170 , , , 1662 7658 171 Brezovica Brezovica NNP 1662 7658 172 , , , 1662 7658 173 Cankova Cankova NNP 1662 7658 174 - - HYPH 1662 7658 175 Tisina Tisina NNP 1662 7658 176 , , , 1662 7658 177 Celje Celje NNP 1662 7658 178 * * NFP 1662 7658 179 , , , 1662 7658 180 Cerklje Cerklje NNP 1662 7658 181 na na IN 1662 7658 182 Gorenjskem Gorenjskem NNP 1662 7658 183 , , , 1662 7658 184 Cerknica Cerknica NNP 1662 7658 185 , , , 1662 7658 186 Cerkno Cerkno NNP 1662 7658 187 , , , 1662 7658 188 Crensovci Crensovci NNP 1662 7658 189 , , , 1662 7658 190 Crna Crna NNP 1662 7658 191 na na IN 1662 7658 192 Koroskem Koroskem NNP 1662 7658 193 , , , 1662 7658 194 Crnomelj Crnomelj NNP 1662 7658 195 , , , 1662 7658 196 Destrnik Destrnik NNP 1662 7658 197 - - HYPH 1662 7658 198 Trnovska Trnovska NNP 1662 7658 199 Vas Vas NNP 1662 7658 200 , , , 1662 7658 201 Divaca Divaca NNP 1662 7658 202 , , , 1662 7658 203 Dobrepolje Dobrepolje NNP 1662 7658 204 , , , 1662 7658 205 Dobrova Dobrova NNP 1662 7658 206 - - HYPH 1662 7658 207 Horjul Horjul NNP 1662 7658 208 - - HYPH 1662 7658 209 Polhov Polhov NNP 1662 7658 210 Gradec Gradec NNP 1662 7658 211 , , , 1662 7658 212 Dol Dol NNP 1662 7658 213 pri pri NNP 1662 7658 214 Ljubljani Ljubljani NNP 1662 7658 215 , , , 1662 7658 216 Domzale Domzale NNP 1662 7658 217 , , , 1662 7658 218 Dornava Dornava NNP 1662 7658 219 , , , 1662 7658 220 Dravograd Dravograd NNP 1662 7658 221 , , , 1662 7658 222 Duplek Duplek NNP 1662 7658 223 , , , 1662 7658 224 Gorenja Gorenja NNP 1662 7658 225 Vas Vas NNP 1662 7658 226 - - HYPH 1662 7658 227 Poljane Poljane NNP 1662 7658 228 , , , 1662 7658 229 Gorisnica Gorisnica NNP 1662 7658 230 , , , 1662 7658 231 Gornja Gornja NNP 1662 7658 232 Radgona Radgona NNP 1662 7658 233 , , , 1662 7658 234 Gornji Gornji NNP 1662 7658 235 Grad Grad NNP 1662 7658 236 , , , 1662 7658 237 Gornji Gornji NNP 1662 7658 238 Petrovci Petrovci NNP 1662 7658 239 , , , 1662 7658 240 Grosuplje Grosuplje NNP 1662 7658 241 , , , 1662 7658 242 Hodos Hodos NNP 1662 7658 243 Salovci Salovci NNP 1662 7658 244 , , , 1662 7658 245 Hrastnik Hrastnik NNP 1662 7658 246 , , , 1662 7658 247 Hrpelje Hrpelje NNP 1662 7658 248 - - HYPH 1662 7658 249 Kozina Kozina NNP 1662 7658 250 , , , 1662 7658 251 Idrija Idrija NNP 1662 7658 252 , , , 1662 7658 253 Ig Ig NNP 1662 7658 254 , , , 1662 7658 255 Ilirska Ilirska NNP 1662 7658 256 Bistrica Bistrica NNP 1662 7658 257 , , , 1662 7658 258 Ivancna Ivancna NNP 1662 7658 259 Gorica Gorica NNP 1662 7658 260 , , , 1662 7658 261 Izola Izola NNP 1662 7658 262 , , , 1662 7658 263 Jesenice Jesenice NNP 1662 7658 264 , , , 1662 7658 265 Jursinci Jursinci NNP 1662 7658 266 , , , 1662 7658 267 Kamnik Kamnik NNP 1662 7658 268 , , , 1662 7658 269 Kanal Kanal NNP 1662 7658 270 , , , 1662 7658 271 Kidricevo Kidricevo NNP 1662 7658 272 , , , 1662 7658 273 Kobarid Kobarid NNP 1662 7658 274 , , , 1662 7658 275 Kobilje Kobilje NNP 1662 7658 276 , , , 1662 7658 277 Kocevje Kocevje NNP 1662 7658 278 , , , 1662 7658 279 Komen Komen NNP 1662 7658 280 , , , 1662 7658 281 Koper Koper NNP 1662 7658 282 * * NFP 1662 7658 283 , , , 1662 7658 284 Kozje Kozje NNP 1662 7658 285 , , , 1662 7658 286 Kranj Kranj NNP 1662 7658 287 * * NFP 1662 7658 288 , , , 1662 7658 289 Kranjska Kranjska NNP 1662 7658 290 Gora Gora NNP 1662 7658 291 , , , 1662 7658 292 Krsko Krsko NNP 1662 7658 293 , , , 1662 7658 294 Kungota Kungota NNP 1662 7658 295 , , , 1662 7658 296 Kuzma Kuzma NNP 1662 7658 297 , , , 1662 7658 298 Lasko Lasko NNP 1662 7658 299 , , , 1662 7658 300 Lenart Lenart NNP 1662 7658 301 , , , 1662 7658 302 Lendava Lendava NNP 1662 7658 303 , , , 1662 7658 304 Litija Litija NNP 1662 7658 305 , , , 1662 7658 306 Ljubljana Ljubljana NNP 1662 7658 307 * * NFP 1662 7658 308 , , , 1662 7658 309 Ljubno Ljubno NNP 1662 7658 310 , , , 1662 7658 311 Ljutomer Ljutomer NNP 1662 7658 312 , , , 1662 7658 313 Logatec Logatec NNP 1662 7658 314 , , , 1662 7658 315 Loska Loska NNP 1662 7658 316 Dolina Dolina NNP 1662 7658 317 , , , 1662 7658 318 Loski Loski NNP 1662 7658 319 Potok Potok NNP 1662 7658 320 , , , 1662 7658 321 Luce Luce NNP 1662 7658 322 , , , 1662 7658 323 Lukovica Lukovica NNP 1662 7658 324 , , , 1662 7658 325 Majsperk Majsperk NNP 1662 7658 326 , , , 1662 7658 327 Maribor Maribor NNP 1662 7658 328 * * NFP 1662 7658 329 , , , 1662 7658 330 Medvode Medvode NNP 1662 7658 331 , , , 1662 7658 332 Menges Menges NNP 1662 7658 333 , , , 1662 7658 334 Metlika Metlika NNP 1662 7658 335 , , , 1662 7658 336 Mezica Mezica NNP 1662 7658 337 , , , 1662 7658 338 Miren Miren NNP 1662 7658 339 - - HYPH 1662 7658 340 Kostanjevica Kostanjevica NNP 1662 7658 341 , , , 1662 7658 342 Mislinja Mislinja NNP 1662 7658 343 , , , 1662 7658 344 Moravce Moravce NNP 1662 7658 345 , , , 1662 7658 346 Moravske Moravske NNP 1662 7658 347 Toplice Toplice NNP 1662 7658 348 , , , 1662 7658 349 Mozirje Mozirje NNP 1662 7658 350 , , , 1662 7658 351 Murska Murska NNP 1662 7658 352 Sobota Sobota NNP 1662 7658 353 * * NFP 1662 7658 354 , , , 1662 7658 355 Muta Muta NNP 1662 7658 356 , , , 1662 7658 357 Naklo Naklo NNP 1662 7658 358 , , , 1662 7658 359 Nazarje Nazarje NNP 1662 7658 360 , , , 1662 7658 361 Nova Nova NNP 1662 7658 362 Gorica Gorica NNP 1662 7658 363 * * NFP 1662 7658 364 , , , 1662 7658 365 Novo Novo NNP 1662 7658 366 Mesto Mesto NNP 1662 7658 367 * * NFP 1662 7658 368 , , , 1662 7658 369 Odranci Odranci NNP 1662 7658 370 , , , 1662 7658 371 Ormoz Ormoz NNP 1662 7658 372 , , , 1662 7658 373 Osilnica Osilnica NNP 1662 7658 374 , , , 1662 7658 375 Pesnica Pesnica NNP 1662 7658 376 , , , 1662 7658 377 Piran Piran NNP 1662 7658 378 , , , 1662 7658 379 Pivka Pivka NNP 1662 7658 380 , , , 1662 7658 381 Podcetrtek Podcetrtek NNP 1662 7658 382 , , , 1662 7658 383 Podvelka Podvelka NNP 1662 7658 384 - - HYPH 1662 7658 385 Ribnica Ribnica NNP 1662 7658 386 , , , 1662 7658 387 Postojna Postojna NNP 1662 7658 388 , , , 1662 7658 389 Preddvor Preddvor NNP 1662 7658 390 , , , 1662 7658 391 Ptuj Ptuj NNP 1662 7658 392 * * NFP 1662 7658 393 , , , 1662 7658 394 Puconci puconci NN 1662 7658 395 , , , 1662 7658 396 Race Race NNP 1662 7658 397 - - HYPH 1662 7658 398 Fram Fram NNP 1662 7658 399 , , , 1662 7658 400 Radece Radece NNP 1662 7658 401 , , , 1662 7658 402 Radenci Radenci NNP 1662 7658 403 , , , 1662 7658 404 Radlje Radlje NNP 1662 7658 405 ob ob NNP 1662 7658 406 Dravi Dravi NNP 1662 7658 407 , , , 1662 7658 408 Radovljica Radovljica NNP 1662 7658 409 , , , 1662 7658 410 Ravne Ravne NNP 1662 7658 411 - - HYPH 1662 7658 412 Prevalje Prevalje NNP 1662 7658 413 , , , 1662 7658 414 Ribnica Ribnica NNP 1662 7658 415 , , , 1662 7658 416 Rogasevci Rogasevci NNP 1662 7658 417 , , , 1662 7658 418 Rogaska Rogaska NNP 1662 7658 419 Slatina Slatina NNP 1662 7658 420 , , , 1662 7658 421 Rogatec Rogatec NNP 1662 7658 422 , , , 1662 7658 423 Ruse Ruse NNP 1662 7658 424 , , , 1662 7658 425 Semic Semic NNP 1662 7658 426 , , , 1662 7658 427 Sencur Sencur NNP 1662 7658 428 , , , 1662 7658 429 Sentilj Sentilj NNP 1662 7658 430 , , , 1662 7658 431 Sentjernej Sentjernej NNP 1662 7658 432 , , , 1662 7658 433 Sentjur Sentjur NNP 1662 7658 434 pri pri NNP 1662 7658 435 Celju Celju NNP 1662 7658 436 , , , 1662 7658 437 Sevnica Sevnica NNP 1662 7658 438 , , , 1662 7658 439 Sezana Sezana NNP 1662 7658 440 , , , 1662 7658 441 Skocjan Skocjan NNP 1662 7658 442 , , , 1662 7658 443 Skofja Skofja NNP 1662 7658 444 Loka Loka NNP 1662 7658 445 , , , 1662 7658 446 Skofljica Skofljica NNP 1662 7658 447 , , , 1662 7658 448 Slovenj Slovenj NNP 1662 7658 449 Gradec Gradec NNP 1662 7658 450 * * NFP 1662 7658 451 , , , 1662 7658 452 Slovenska Slovenska NNP 1662 7658 453 Bistrica Bistrica NNP 1662 7658 454 , , , 1662 7658 455 Slovenske Slovenske NNP 1662 7658 456 Konjice Konjice NNP 1662 7658 457 , , , 1662 7658 458 Smarje Smarje NNP 1662 7658 459 pri pri NNP 1662 7658 460 Jelsah Jelsah NNP 1662 7658 461 , , , 1662 7658 462 Smartno Smartno NNP 1662 7658 463 ob ob NNP 1662 7658 464 Paki Paki NNP 1662 7658 465 , , , 1662 7658 466 Sostanj Sostanj NNP 1662 7658 467 , , , 1662 7658 468 Starse Starse NNP 1662 7658 469 Store Store NNP 1662 7658 470 , , , 1662 7658 471 Sveti Sveti NNP 1662 7658 472 Jurij Jurij NNP 1662 7658 473 , , , 1662 7658 474 Tolmin Tolmin NNP 1662 7658 475 , , , 1662 7658 476 Trbovlje Trbovlje NNP 1662 7658 477 , , , 1662 7658 478 Trebnje Trebnje NNP 1662 7658 479 , , , 1662 7658 480 Trzic Trzic NNP 1662 7658 481 , , , 1662 7658 482 Turnisce Turnisce NNP 1662 7658 483 , , , 1662 7658 484 Velenje Velenje NNP 1662 7658 485 * * NFP 1662 7658 486 , , , 1662 7658 487 Velike Velike NNP 1662 7658 488 Lasce Lasce NNP 1662 7658 489 , , , 1662 7658 490 Videm Videm NNP 1662 7658 491 , , , 1662 7658 492 Vipava Vipava NNP 1662 7658 493 , , , 1662 7658 494 Vitanje Vitanje NNP 1662 7658 495 , , , 1662 7658 496 Vodice Vodice NNP 1662 7658 497 Vojnik Vojnik NNP 1662 7658 498 , , , 1662 7658 499 Vrhnika Vrhnika NNP 1662 7658 500 , , , 1662 7658 501 Vuzenica Vuzenica NNP 1662 7658 502 , , , 1662 7658 503 Zagorje Zagorje NNP 1662 7658 504 ob ob NNP 1662 7658 505 Savi Savi NNP 1662 7658 506 , , , 1662 7658 507 Zalec Zalec NNP 1662 7658 508 , , , 1662 7658 509 Zavrc Zavrc NNP 1662 7658 510 , , , 1662 7658 511 Zelezniki Zelezniki NNP 1662 7658 512 , , , 1662 7658 513 Ziri Ziri NNP 1662 7658 514 , , , 1662 7658 515 Zrece Zrece NNP 1662 7658 516 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7658 517 : : : 1662 7658 518 25 25 CD 1662 7658 519 June June NNP 1662 7658 520 1991 1991 CD 1662 7658 521 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7658 522 from from IN 1662 7658 523 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia NNP 1662 7658 524 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7658 525 National national JJ 1662 7658 526 holiday holiday NN 1662 7658 527 : : : 1662 7658 528 National National NNP 1662 7658 529 Statehood Statehood NNP 1662 7658 530 Day Day NNP 1662 7658 531 , , , 1662 7658 532 25 25 CD 1662 7658 533 June June NNP 1662 7658 534 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7658 535 1991 1991 CD 1662 7658 536 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7658 537 Constitution constitution NN 1662 7658 538 : : : 1662 7658 539 adopted adopt VBN 1662 7658 540 23 23 CD 1662 7658 541 December December NNP 1662 7658 542 1991 1991 CD 1662 7658 543 , , , 1662 7658 544 effective effective JJ 1662 7658 545 23 23 CD 1662 7658 546 December December NNP 1662 7658 547 1991 1991 CD 1662 7658 548 Legal legal JJ 1662 7658 549 system system NN 1662 7658 550 : : : 1662 7658 551 based base VBN 1662 7658 552 on on IN 1662 7658 553 civil civil JJ 1662 7658 554 law law NN 1662 7658 555 system system NN 1662 7658 556 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 7658 557 : : : 1662 7658 558 18 18 CD 1662 7658 559 years year NNS 1662 7658 560 of of IN 1662 7658 561 age age NN 1662 7658 562 ; ; : 1662 7658 563 universal universal JJ 1662 7658 564 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7658 565 16 16 CD 1662 7658 566 years year NNS 1662 7658 567 of of IN 1662 7658 568 age age NN 1662 7658 569 , , , 1662 7658 570 if if IN 1662 7658 571 employed employ VBN 1662 7658 572 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7658 573 Executive Executive NNP 1662 7658 574 branch branch NN 1662 7658 575 : : : 1662 7658 576 chief chief NN 1662 7658 577 of of IN 1662 7658 578 state state NN 1662 7658 579 : : : 1662 7658 580 President President NNP 1662 7658 581 Milan Milan NNP 1662 7658 582 KUCAN KUCAN NNP 1662 7658 583 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7658 584 since since IN 1662 7658 585 22 22 CD 1662 7658 586 April April NNP 1662 7658 587 1990 1990 CD 1662 7658 588 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7658 589 head head NN 1662 7658 590 of of IN 1662 7658 591 government government NN 1662 7658 592 : : : 1662 7658 593 Prime Prime NNP 1662 7658 594 Minister Minister NNP 1662 7658 595 Janez Janez NNP 1662 7658 596 DRNOVSEK DRNOVSEK NNP 1662 7658 597 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7658 598 since since IN 1662 7658 599 14 14 CD 1662 7658 600 May May NNP 1662 7658 601 1992 1992 CD 1662 7658 602 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7658 603 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7658 604 : : : 1662 7658 605 Council Council NNP 1662 7658 606 of of IN 1662 7658 607 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 7658 608 nominated nominate VBN 1662 7658 609 by by IN 1662 7658 610 the the DT 1662 7658 611 prime prime NNP 1662 7658 612 minister minister NN 1662 7658 613 and and CC 1662 7658 614 elected elect VBN 1662 7658 615 by by IN 1662 7658 616 the the DT 1662 7658 617 National National NNP 1662 7658 618 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7658 619 elections election NNS 1662 7658 620 : : : 1662 7658 621 president president NN 1662 7658 622 elected elect VBN 1662 7658 623 by by IN 1662 7658 624 popular popular JJ 1662 7658 625 vote vote NN 1662 7658 626 for for IN 1662 7658 627 a a DT 1662 7658 628 five five CD 1662 7658 629 - - HYPH 1662 7658 630 year year NN 1662 7658 631 term term NN 1662 7658 632 ; ; : 1662 7658 633 election election NN 1662 7658 634 last last JJ 1662 7658 635 held hold VBD 1662 7658 636 6 6 CD 1662 7658 637 December December NNP 1662 7658 638 1992 1992 CD 1662 7658 639 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7658 640 next next JJ 1662 7658 641 to to TO 1662 7658 642 be be VB 1662 7658 643 held hold VBN 1662 7658 644 NA NA NNP 1662 7658 645 1997 1997 CD 1662 7658 646 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7658 647 ; ; : 1662 7658 648 following follow VBG 1662 7658 649 National National NNP 1662 7658 650 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7658 651 elections election NNS 1662 7658 652 , , , 1662 7658 653 the the DT 1662 7658 654 leader leader NN 1662 7658 655 of of IN 1662 7658 656 the the DT 1662 7658 657 majority majority NNP 1662 7658 658 party party NN 1662 7658 659 or or CC 1662 7658 660 the the DT 1662 7658 661 leader leader NN 1662 7658 662 of of IN 1662 7658 663 a a DT 1662 7658 664 majority majority NN 1662 7658 665 coalition coalition NN 1662 7658 666 is be VBZ 1662 7658 667 usually usually RB 1662 7658 668 nominated nominate VBN 1662 7658 669 to to TO 1662 7658 670 become become VB 1662 7658 671 prime prime JJ 1662 7658 672 minister minister NN 1662 7658 673 by by IN 1662 7658 674 the the DT 1662 7658 675 president president NN 1662 7658 676 and and CC 1662 7658 677 elected elect VBN 1662 7658 678 by by IN 1662 7658 679 the the DT 1662 7658 680 National National NNP 1662 7658 681 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7658 682 ; ; : 1662 7658 683 election election NN 1662 7658 684 last last JJ 1662 7658 685 held hold VBN 1662 7658 686 NA NA NNP 1662 7658 687 November November NNP 1662 7658 688 1996 1996 CD 1662 7658 689 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7658 690 next next JJ 1662 7658 691 to to TO 1662 7658 692 be be VB 1662 7658 693 held hold VBN 1662 7658 694 NA NA NNP 1662 7658 695 November November NNP 1662 7658 696 2000 2000 CD 1662 7658 697 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7658 698 election election NN 1662 7658 699 results result NNS 1662 7658 700 : : : 1662 7658 701 Milan Milan NNP 1662 7658 702 KUCAN KUCAN NNP 1662 7658 703 elected elect VBD 1662 7658 704 president president NN 1662 7658 705 ; ; , 1662 7658 706 percent percent NN 1662 7658 707 of of IN 1662 7658 708 vote vote NN 1662 7658 709 - - HYPH 1662 7658 710 63.9 63.9 CD 1662 7658 711 % % NN 1662 7658 712 ; ; : 1662 7658 713 Janez Janez NNP 1662 7658 714 DRNOVSEK DRNOVSEK NNP 1662 7658 715 elected elect VBD 1662 7658 716 prime prime JJ 1662 7658 717 minister minister NN 1662 7658 718 ; ; : 1662 7658 719 percent percent NN 1662 7658 720 of of IN 1662 7658 721 National National NNP 1662 7658 722 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7658 723 vote vote NN 1662 7658 724 - - HYPH 1662 7658 725 51 51 CD 1662 7658 726 % % NN 1662 7658 727 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 7658 728 branch branch NN 1662 7658 729 : : : 1662 7658 730 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 7658 731 National National NNP 1662 7658 732 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7658 733 or or CC 1662 7658 734 Drzavni Drzavni NNP 1662 7658 735 Zbor Zbor NNP 1662 7658 736 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7658 737 90 90 CD 1662 7658 738 seats seat NNS 1662 7658 739 , , , 1662 7658 740 40 40 CD 1662 7658 741 are be VBP 1662 7658 742 directly directly RB 1662 7658 743 elected elect VBN 1662 7658 744 and and CC 1662 7658 745 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CD 1662 7658 861 , , , 1662 7658 862 Hungarian hungarian JJ 1662 7658 863 minority minority NN 1662 7658 864 1 1 CD 1662 7658 865 , , , 1662 7658 866 Italian italian JJ 1662 7658 867 minority minority NN 1662 7658 868 1 1 CD 1662 7658 869 ; ; : 1662 7658 870 note note NN 1662 7658 871 - - HYPH 1662 7658 872 seating seating NN 1662 7658 873 as as IN 1662 7658 874 of of IN 1662 7658 875 January January NNP 1662 7658 876 1997 1997 CD 1662 7658 877 is be VBZ 1662 7658 878 as as IN 1662 7658 879 follows follow VBZ 1662 7658 880 : : : 1662 7658 881 LDS LDS NNP 1662 7658 882 25 25 CD 1662 7658 883 , , , 1662 7658 884 SLS SLS NNP 1662 7658 885 19 19 CD 1662 7658 886 , , , 1662 7658 887 SDS SDS NNP 1662 7658 888 16 16 CD 1662 7658 889 , , , 1662 7658 890 SKD skd NN 1662 7658 891 9 9 CD 1662 7658 892 , , , 1662 7658 893 ZLSD ZLSD NNP 1662 7658 894 9 9 CD 1662 7658 895 , , , 1662 7658 896 DeSUS DeSUS NNP 1662 7658 897 5 5 CD 1662 7658 898 , , , 1662 7658 899 SNS SNS NNP 1662 7658 900 4 4 CD 1662 7658 901 , , , 1662 7658 902 Hungarian hungarian JJ 1662 7658 903 minority minority NN 1662 7658 904 1 1 CD 1662 7658 905 , , , 1662 7658 906 Italian italian JJ 1662 7658 907 minority minority NN 1662 7658 908 1 1 CD 1662 7658 909 , , , 1662 7658 910 independents independent NNS 1662 7658 911 1 1 CD 1662 7658 912 note note NN 1662 7658 913 : : : 1662 7658 914 the the DT 1662 7658 915 National National NNP 1662 7658 916 Council Council NNP 1662 7658 917 or or CC 1662 7658 918 Drzavni Drzavni NNP 1662 7658 919 Svet Svet NNP 1662 7658 920 is be VBZ 1662 7658 921 an an DT 1662 7658 922 advisory advisory JJ 1662 7658 923 body body NN 1662 7658 924 with with IN 1662 7658 925 limited limited JJ 1662 7658 926 legislative legislative JJ 1662 7658 927 powers power NNS 1662 7658 928 ; ; : 1662 7658 929 it -PRON- PRP 1662 7658 930 may may MD 1662 7658 931 propose propose VB 1662 7658 932 laws law NNS 1662 7658 933 and and CC 1662 7658 934 ask ask VB 1662 7658 935 to to TO 1662 7658 936 review 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- HYPH 1662 7673 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 7673 26 price price NN 1662 7673 27 index index NN 1662 7673 28 : : : 1662 7673 29 8.8 8.8 CD 1662 7673 30 % % NN 1662 7673 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7673 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 7673 33 est est NNP 1662 7673 34 . . . 1662 7673 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7674 1 Labor labor NN 1662 7674 2 force force NN 1662 7674 3 : : : 1662 7674 4 total total NN 1662 7674 5 : : : 1662 7674 6 857,400 857,400 CD 1662 7674 7 by by IN 1662 7674 8 occupation occupation NN 1662 7674 9 : : : 1662 7674 10 NA% NA% `` 1662 7674 11 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 7674 12 rate rate NN 1662 7674 13 : : : 1662 7674 14 13 13 CD 1662 7674 15 % % NN 1662 7674 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7674 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 7674 18 est est NNP 1662 7674 19 . . . 1662 7674 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7675 1 Budget budget NN 1662 7675 2 : : : 1662 7675 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 7675 4 : : : 1662 7675 5 $ $ $ 1662 7675 6 8.48 8.48 CD 1662 7675 7 billion billion CD 1662 7675 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7675 9 : : : 1662 7675 10 $ $ $ 1662 7675 11 8.53 8.53 CD 1662 7675 12 billion billion CD 1662 7675 13 , , , 1662 7675 14 including include VBG 1662 7675 15 capital capital NN 1662 7675 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7675 17 of of IN 1662 7675 18 $ $ $ 1662 7675 19 NA na NN 1662 7675 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7675 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 7675 22 est est NNP 1662 7675 23 . . . 1662 7675 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7676 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 7676 2 : : : 1662 7676 3 ferrous ferrous JJ 1662 7676 4 metallurgy metallurgy NN 1662 7676 5 and and CC 1662 7676 6 rolling rolling NN 1662 7676 7 mill mill NN 1662 7676 8 products product NNS 1662 7676 9 , , , 1662 7676 10 aluminum aluminum NN 1662 7676 11 reduction reduction NN 1662 7676 12 and and CC 1662 7676 13 rolled roll VBN 1662 7676 14 products product NNS 1662 7676 15 , , , 1662 7676 16 lead lead NN 1662 7676 17 and and CC 1662 7676 18 zinc zinc NN 1662 7676 19 smelting smelting NN 1662 7676 20 , , , 1662 7676 21 electronics electronic NNS 1662 7676 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7676 23 including include VBG 1662 7676 24 military military JJ 1662 7676 25 electronics electronic NNS 1662 7676 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7676 27 , , , 1662 7676 28 trucks truck NNS 1662 7676 29 , , , 1662 7676 30 electric electric JJ 1662 7676 31 power power NN 1662 7676 32 equipment equipment NN 1662 7676 33 , , , 1662 7676 34 wood wood NN 1662 7676 35 products product NNS 1662 7676 36 , , , 1662 7676 37 textiles textile NNS 1662 7676 38 , , , 1662 7676 39 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 7676 40 , , , 1662 7676 41 machine machine NN 1662 7676 42 tools tool NNS 1662 7676 43 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 7676 44 production production NN 1662 7676 45 growth growth NN 1662 7676 46 rate rate NN 1662 7676 47 : : : 1662 7676 48 -1 -1 . 1662 7676 49 % % NN 1662 7676 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7676 51 1996 1996 CD 1662 7676 52 est est NNP 1662 7676 53 . . . 1662 7676 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7677 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7677 2 - - HYPH 1662 7677 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 7677 4 : : : 1662 7677 5 2.361 2.361 CD 1662 7677 6 million million CD 1662 7677 7 kW kW NNP 1662 7677 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7677 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 7677 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7677 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7677 12 - - HYPH 1662 7677 13 production production NN 1662 7677 14 : : : 1662 7677 15 12 12 CD 1662 7677 16 billion billion CD 1662 7677 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7677 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7677 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 7677 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7677 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7677 22 - - HYPH 1662 7677 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 7677 24 per per IN 1662 7677 25 capita capita NN 1662 7677 26 : : : 1662 7677 27 5,362 5,362 CD 1662 7677 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7677 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7677 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 7677 31 est est NNP 1662 7677 32 . . . 1662 7677 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7678 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7678 2 - - HYPH 1662 7678 3 products product NNS 1662 7678 4 : : : 1662 7678 5 potatoes potato NNS 1662 7678 6 , , , 1662 7678 7 hops hop NNS 1662 7678 8 , , , 1662 7678 9 wheat wheat NN 1662 7678 10 , , , 1662 7678 11 sugar sugar NN 1662 7678 12 beets beet NNS 1662 7678 13 , , , 1662 7678 14 corn corn NN 1662 7678 15 , , , 1662 7678 16 grapes grape NNS 1662 7678 17 ; ; , 1662 7678 18 cattle cattle NNS 1662 7678 19 , , , 1662 7678 20 sheep sheep NN 1662 7678 21 , , , 1662 7678 22 poultry poultry NN 1662 7678 23 Exports export NNS 1662 7678 24 : : : 1662 7678 25 total total JJ 1662 7678 26 value value NN 1662 7678 27 : : : 1662 7678 28 $ $ $ 1662 7678 29 8.3 8.3 CD 1662 7678 30 billion billion CD 1662 7678 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7678 32 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 7678 33 . . NNP 1662 7678 34 , , , 1662 7678 35 1996 1996 CD 1662 7678 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7678 37 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7678 38 : : : 1662 7678 39 machinery machinery NN 1662 7678 40 and and CC 1662 7678 41 transport transport NN 1662 7678 42 equipment equipment NN 1662 7678 43 31.4 31.4 CD 1662 7678 44 % % NN 1662 7678 45 , , , 1662 7678 46 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 7678 47 goods good NNS 1662 7678 48 50.7 50.7 CD 1662 7678 49 % % NN 1662 7678 50 , , , 1662 7678 51 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 7678 52 10.5 10.5 CD 1662 7678 53 % % NN 1662 7678 54 , , , 1662 7678 55 food food NN 1662 7678 56 3.8 3.8 CD 1662 7678 57 % % NN 1662 7678 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7678 59 1995 1995 CD 1662 7678 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7678 61 partners partner NNS 1662 7678 62 : : : 1662 7678 63 Germany Germany NNP 1662 7678 64 28.9 28.9 CD 1662 7678 65 % % NN 1662 7678 66 , , , 1662 7678 67 former former JJ 1662 7678 68 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia NNP 1662 7678 69 16.5 16.5 CD 1662 7678 70 % % NN 1662 7678 71 , , , 1662 7678 72 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7678 73 13.6 13.6 CD 1662 7678 74 % % NN 1662 7678 75 , , , 1662 7678 76 France France NNP 1662 7678 77 8.6 8.6 CD 1662 7678 78 % % NN 1662 7678 79 , , , 1662 7678 80 Austria Austria NNP 1662 7678 81 6.4 6.4 CD 1662 7678 82 % % NN 1662 7678 83 , , , 1662 7678 84 US US NNP 1662 7678 85 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 7678 86 % % NN 1662 7678 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7678 88 January January NNP 1662 7678 89 - - HYPH 1662 7678 90 July July NNP 1662 7678 91 1996 1996 CD 1662 7678 92 est est NNP 1662 7678 93 . . . 1662 7678 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7679 1 Imports import NNS 1662 7679 2 : : : 1662 7679 3 total total JJ 1662 7679 4 value value NN 1662 7679 5 : : : 1662 7679 6 $ $ $ 1662 7679 7 9.5 9.5 CD 1662 7679 8 billion billion CD 1662 7679 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7679 10 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 7679 11 . . NNP 1662 7679 12 , , , 1662 7679 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 7679 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7679 15 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7679 16 : : : 1662 7679 17 machinery machinery NN 1662 7679 18 and and CC 1662 7679 19 transport transport NN 1662 7679 20 equipment equipment NN 1662 7679 21 33.8 33.8 CD 1662 7679 22 % % NN 1662 7679 23 , , , 1662 7679 24 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 7679 25 goods good NNS 1662 7679 26 30.4 30.4 CD 1662 7679 27 % % NN 1662 7679 28 , , , 1662 7679 29 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 7679 30 12.1 12.1 CD 1662 7679 31 % % NN 1662 7679 32 , , , 1662 7679 33 fuels fuel NNS 1662 7679 34 and and CC 1662 7679 35 lubricants lubricant NNS 1662 7679 36 6.6 6.6 CD 1662 7679 37 % % NN 1662 7679 38 , , , 1662 7679 39 food food NN 1662 7679 40 8.4 8.4 CD 1662 7679 41 % % NN 1662 7679 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7679 43 1995 1995 CD 1662 7679 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7679 45 partners partner NNS 1662 7679 46 : : : 1662 7679 47 Germany Germany NNP 1662 7679 48 22.3 22.3 CD 1662 7679 49 % % NN 1662 7679 50 , , , 1662 7679 51 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7679 52 17.1 17.1 CD 1662 7679 53 % % NN 1662 7679 54 , , , 1662 7679 55 former former JJ 1662 7679 56 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia NNP 1662 7679 57 7.4 7.4 CD 1662 7679 58 % % NN 1662 7679 59 , , , 1662 7679 60 France France NNP 1662 7679 61 9.2 9.2 CD 1662 7679 62 % % NN 1662 7679 63 , , , 1662 7679 64 Austria Austria NNP 1662 7679 65 9.1 9.1 CD 1662 7679 66 % % NN 1662 7679 67 , , , 1662 7679 68 US US NNP 1662 7679 69 3.2 3.2 CD 1662 7679 70 % % NN 1662 7679 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7679 72 January January NNP 1662 7679 73 - - HYPH 1662 7679 74 July July NNP 1662 7679 75 1996 1996 CD 1662 7679 76 est est NNP 1662 7679 77 . . . 1662 7679 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7680 1 Debt debt NN 1662 7680 2 - - HYPH 1662 7680 3 external external JJ 1662 7680 4 : : : 1662 7680 5 $ $ $ 1662 7680 6 4.3 4.3 CD 1662 7680 7 billion billion CD 1662 7680 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7680 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 7680 10 est est NNP 1662 7680 11 . . . 1662 7680 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7681 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 7681 2 aid aid NN 1662 7681 3 : : : 1662 7681 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 7681 5 : : : 1662 7681 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 7681 7 , , , 1662 7681 8 $ $ $ 1662 7681 9 5 5 CD 1662 7681 10 million million CD 1662 7681 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7681 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 7681 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7681 14 Currency currency NN 1662 7681 15 : : : 1662 7681 16 1 1 CD 1662 7681 17 tolar tolar NNP 1662 7681 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7681 19 SlT SlT NNP 1662 7681 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7681 21 = = NFP 1662 7681 22 100 100 CD 1662 7681 23 stotins stotin NNS 1662 7681 24 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 7681 25 rates rate NNS 1662 7681 26 : : : 1662 7681 27 tolars tolar NNS 1662 7681 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7681 29 SlT slt NN 1662 7681 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7681 31 per per IN 1662 7681 32 US$ us$ $ 1662 7681 33 1 1 CD 1662 7681 34 - - SYM 1662 7681 35 141.15 141.15 CD 1662 7681 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7681 37 December December NNP 1662 7681 38 1996 1996 CD 1662 7681 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7681 40 , , , 1662 7681 41 135.36 135.36 CD 1662 7681 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7681 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 7681 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7681 45 , , , 1662 7681 46 118.52 118.52 CD 1662 7681 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7681 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 7681 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7681 50 , , , 1662 7681 51 128.81 128.81 CD 1662 7681 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7681 53 1994 1994 CD 1662 7681 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7681 55 , , , 1662 7681 56 113.24 113.24 CD 1662 7681 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7681 58 1993 1993 CD 1662 7681 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7681 60 , , , 1662 7681 61 81.29 81.29 CD 1662 7681 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7681 63 1992 1992 CD 1662 7681 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7681 65 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7681 66 year year NN 1662 7681 67 : : : 1662 7681 68 calendar calendar NNP 1662 7681 69 year year NNP 1662 7681 70 @Slovenia @Slovenia NNP 1662 7681 71 : : : 1662 7681 72 Communications Communications NNP 1662 7681 73 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 7681 74 : : : 1662 7681 75 527,800 527,800 CD 1662 7681 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7681 77 1993 1993 CD 1662 7681 78 est est NNP 1662 7681 79 . . . 1662 7681 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7682 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 7682 2 system system NN 1662 7682 3 : : : 1662 7682 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7682 5 : : : 1662 7682 6 NA NA NNP 1662 7682 7 international international JJ 1662 7682 8 : : : 1662 7682 9 NA NA NNP 1662 7682 10 Radio Radio NNP 1662 7682 11 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7682 12 stations station NNS 1662 7682 13 : : : 1662 7682 14 AM am VBP 1662 7682 15 6 6 CD 1662 7682 16 , , , 1662 7682 17 FM FM NNP 1662 7682 18 5 5 CD 1662 7682 19 , , , 1662 7682 20 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 7682 21 0 0 CD 1662 7682 22 note note NN 1662 7682 23 : : : 1662 7682 24 there there EX 1662 7682 25 are be VBP 1662 7682 26 more more JJR 1662 7682 27 than than IN 1662 7682 28 20 20 CD 1662 7682 29 regional regional JJ 1662 7682 30 and and CC 1662 7682 31 local local JJ 1662 7682 32 radio radio NN 1662 7682 33 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7682 34 stations station NNS 1662 7682 35 Radios radio NNS 1662 7682 36 : : : 1662 7682 37 596,100 596,100 CD 1662 7682 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7682 39 1993 1993 CD 1662 7682 40 est est NNP 1662 7682 41 . . . 1662 7682 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7683 1 Television television NN 1662 7683 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7683 3 stations station NNS 1662 7683 4 : : : 1662 7683 5 7 7 CD 1662 7683 6 note note NN 1662 7683 7 : : : 1662 7683 8 there there EX 1662 7683 9 are be VBP 1662 7683 10 more more JJR 1662 7683 11 than than IN 1662 7683 12 20 20 CD 1662 7683 13 local local JJ 1662 7683 14 cable cable NN 1662 7683 15 television television NN 1662 7683 16 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7683 17 stations station NNS 1662 7683 18 Televisions television NNS 1662 7683 19 : : : 1662 7683 20 454,400 454,400 CD 1662 7683 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7683 22 1993 1993 CD 1662 7683 23 est est NNP 1662 7683 24 . . . 1662 7683 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7684 1 @Slovenia @Slovenia NFP 1662 7684 2 : : : 1662 7684 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7684 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 7684 5 : : : 1662 7684 6 total total NN 1662 7684 7 : : : 1662 7684 8 1,201 1,201 CD 1662 7684 9 km km NN 1662 7684 10 standard standard JJ 1662 7684 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 7684 12 : : : 1662 7684 13 1,201 1,201 CD 1662 7684 14 km km NN 1662 7684 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 7684 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 7684 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7684 18 electrified electrify VBN 1662 7684 19 499 499 CD 1662 7684 20 km km NNS 1662 7684 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7684 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7684 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 7684 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7684 25 Highways highway NNS 1662 7684 26 : : : 1662 7684 27 total total NN 1662 7684 28 : : : 1662 7684 29 14,760 14,760 CD 1662 7684 30 km km NN 1662 7684 31 paved pave VBN 1662 7684 32 : : : 1662 7684 33 11,808 11,808 CD 1662 7684 34 km km NNS 1662 7684 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7684 36 including include VBG 1662 7684 37 218 218 CD 1662 7684 38 km km NNS 1662 7684 39 of of IN 1662 7684 40 expressways expressway NNS 1662 7684 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7684 42 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7684 43 : : : 1662 7684 44 2,952 2,952 CD 1662 7684 45 km km NNS 1662 7684 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7684 47 1995 1995 CD 1662 7684 48 est est NNP 1662 7684 49 . . . 1662 7684 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7685 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 7685 2 : : : 1662 7685 3 NA NA NNP 1662 7685 4 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 7685 5 : : : 1662 7685 6 crude crude JJ 1662 7685 7 oil oil NN 1662 7685 8 290 290 CD 1662 7685 9 km km NN 1662 7685 10 ; ; : 1662 7685 11 natural natural JJ 1662 7685 12 gas gas NN 1662 7685 13 305 305 CD 1662 7685 14 km km NN 1662 7685 15 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 7685 16 and and CC 1662 7685 17 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7685 18 : : : 1662 7685 19 Izola Izola NNP 1662 7685 20 , , , 1662 7685 21 Koper Koper NNP 1662 7685 22 , , , 1662 7685 23 Piran Piran NNP 1662 7685 24 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7685 25 marine marine RB 1662 7685 26 : : : 1662 7685 27 total total NN 1662 7685 28 : : : 1662 7685 29 14 14 CD 1662 7685 30 ships ship NNS 1662 7685 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7685 32 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7685 33 GRT GRT NNP 1662 7685 34 or or CC 1662 7685 35 over over RB 1662 7685 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7685 37 totaling total VBG 1662 7685 38 217,629 217,629 CD 1662 7685 39 GRT/389,779 GRT/389,779 NNP 1662 7685 40 DWT DWT NNP 1662 7685 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7685 42 controlled control VBN 1662 7685 43 by by IN 1662 7685 44 Slovenian slovenian JJ 1662 7685 45 owners owner NNS 1662 7685 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7685 47 ships ship NNS 1662 7685 48 by by IN 1662 7685 49 type type NN 1662 7685 50 : : : 1662 7685 51 bulk bulk NNP 1662 7685 52 9 9 CD 1662 7685 53 , , , 1662 7685 54 cargo cargo NN 1662 7685 55 5 5 CD 1662 7685 56 note note NN 1662 7685 57 : : : 1662 7685 58 ships ship NNS 1662 7685 59 operate operate VBP 1662 7685 60 under under IN 1662 7685 61 the the DT 1662 7685 62 flags flag NNS 1662 7685 63 of of IN 1662 7685 64 Antigua Antigua NNP 1662 7685 65 and and CC 1662 7685 66 Barbuda Barbuda NNP 1662 7685 67 , , , 1662 7685 68 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 7685 69 , , , 1662 7685 70 Saint Saint NNP 1662 7685 71 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 7685 72 and and CC 1662 7685 73 the the DT 1662 7685 74 Grenadines Grenadines NNPS 1662 7685 75 , , , 1662 7685 76 and and CC 1662 7685 77 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 7685 78 ; ; : 1662 7685 79 no no DT 1662 7685 80 ships ship NNS 1662 7685 81 remain remain VBP 1662 7685 82 under under IN 1662 7685 83 the the DT 1662 7685 84 Slovenian slovenian JJ 1662 7685 85 flag flag NN 1662 7685 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7685 87 1996 1996 CD 1662 7685 88 est est NNP 1662 7685 89 . . . 1662 7685 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7686 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7686 2 : : : 1662 7686 3 14 14 CD 1662 7686 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7686 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 7686 6 est est NNP 1662 7686 7 . . . 1662 7686 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7687 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7687 2 - - , 1662 7687 3 with with IN 1662 7687 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7687 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7687 6 : : : 1662 7687 7 total total NN 1662 7687 8 : : : 1662 7687 9 10 10 CD 1662 7687 10 over over IN 1662 7687 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7687 12 m m NN 1662 7687 13 : : : 1662 7687 14 1 1 CD 1662 7687 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7687 16 to to IN 1662 7687 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7687 18 m m NN 1662 7687 19 : : : 1662 7687 20 1 1 CD 1662 7687 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7687 22 to to TO 1662 7687 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7687 24 m m NN 1662 7687 25 : : : 1662 7687 26 1 1 CD 1662 7687 27 914 914 CD 1662 7687 28 to to TO 1662 7687 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7687 30 m m NN 1662 7687 31 : : : 1662 7687 32 2 2 CD 1662 7687 33 under under IN 1662 7687 34 914 914 CD 1662 7687 35 m m NN 1662 7687 36 : : : 1662 7687 37 5 5 CD 1662 7687 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7687 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 7687 40 est est NNP 1662 7687 41 . . . 1662 7687 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7688 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7688 2 - - , 1662 7688 3 with with IN 1662 7688 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7688 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7688 6 : : : 1662 7688 7 total total NN 1662 7688 8 : : : 1662 7688 9 4 4 CD 1662 7688 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7688 11 to to TO 1662 7688 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7688 13 m m NN 1662 7688 14 : : : 1662 7688 15 2 2 CD 1662 7688 16 914 914 CD 1662 7688 17 to to TO 1662 7688 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7688 19 m m NN 1662 7688 20 : : : 1662 7688 21 2 2 CD 1662 7688 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7688 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 7688 24 est est NNP 1662 7688 25 . . . 1662 7688 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7689 1 Military military JJ 1662 7689 2 Military military JJ 1662 7689 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7689 4 : : : 1662 7689 5 Slovene Slovene NNP 1662 7689 6 Defense Defense NNP 1662 7689 7 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 7689 8 Military Military NNP 1662 7689 9 manpower manpower NN 1662 7689 10 - - HYPH 1662 7689 11 military military NN 1662 7689 12 age age NN 1662 7689 13 : : : 1662 7689 14 19 19 CD 1662 7689 15 years year NNS 1662 7689 16 of of IN 1662 7689 17 age age NN 1662 7689 18 Military military JJ 1662 7689 19 manpower manpower NN 1662 7689 20 - - HYPH 1662 7689 21 availability availability NN 1662 7689 22 : : : 1662 7689 23 males male NNS 1662 7689 24 age age NNP 1662 7689 25 15 15 CD 1662 7689 26 - - HYPH 1662 7689 27 49 49 CD 1662 7689 28 : : : 1662 7689 29 531,797 531,797 CD 1662 7689 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7689 31 1997 1997 CD 1662 7689 32 est est NNP 1662 7689 33 . . . 1662 7689 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7690 1 Military military JJ 1662 7690 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7690 3 - - HYPH 1662 7690 4 fit fit NN 1662 7690 5 for for IN 1662 7690 6 military military JJ 1662 7690 7 service service NN 1662 7690 8 : : : 1662 7690 9 males male NNS 1662 7690 10 : : : 1662 7690 11 423,918 423,918 CD 1662 7690 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7690 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7690 14 est est NNP 1662 7690 15 . . . 1662 7690 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7691 1 Military military JJ 1662 7691 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7691 3 - - HYPH 1662 7691 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 7691 5 military military JJ 1662 7691 6 age age NN 1662 7691 7 annually annually RB 1662 7691 8 : : : 1662 7691 9 males male NNS 1662 7691 10 : : : 1662 7691 11 15,572 15,572 CD 1662 7691 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7691 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7691 14 est e JJS 1662 7691 15 . . . 1662 7691 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7692 1 Military military JJ 1662 7692 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7692 3 - - HYPH 1662 7692 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 7692 5 figure figure NN 1662 7692 6 : : : 1662 7692 7 $ $ $ 1662 7692 8 298 298 CD 1662 7692 9 million million CD 1662 7692 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7692 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 7692 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7692 13 Military military JJ 1662 7692 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7692 15 - - : 1662 7692 16 percent percent NN 1662 7692 17 of of IN 1662 7692 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7692 19 : : : 1662 7692 20 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 7692 21 % % NN 1662 7692 22 to to IN 1662 7692 23 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 7692 24 % % NN 1662 7692 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7692 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 7692 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7692 28 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7692 29 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7692 30 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 7692 31 - - HYPH 1662 7692 32 international international JJ 1662 7692 33 : : : 1662 7692 34 maritime maritime JJ 1662 7692 35 border border NN 1662 7692 36 dispute dispute NN 1662 7692 37 with with IN 1662 7692 38 Croatia Croatia NNP 1662 7692 39 over over IN 1662 7692 40 direct direct JJ 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NN 1662 7692 77 point point NN 1662 7692 78 for for IN 1662 7692 79 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 7692 80 Asian asian JJ 1662 7692 81 heroin heroin NN 1662 7692 82 bound bind VBN 1662 7692 83 for for IN 1662 7692 84 Western Western NNP 1662 7692 85 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7692 86 and and CC 1662 7692 87 for for IN 1662 7692 88 precursor precursor NN 1662 7692 89 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 7692 90 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 91 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 92 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 93 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 94 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 95 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 96 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 97 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 98 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 99 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 100 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 101 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 102 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 103 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 104 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 105 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 106 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 107 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 108 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 109 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 110 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 111 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 112 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 113 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 114 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 115 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 116 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 117 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 118 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 119 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 120 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 121 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 122 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 123 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 124 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 125 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 126 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 127 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 128 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 129 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 130 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 131 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 132 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 133 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 134 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 135 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 136 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 137 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 138 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 139 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 140 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 141 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 142 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 143 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 144 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 145 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 146 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 147 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 148 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 149 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 150 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 151 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 152 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 153 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 154 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 155 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 156 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 157 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 158 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 159 _ _ NNP 1662 7692 160 SOLOMON SOLOMON NNP 1662 7692 161 ISLANDS island NNS 1662 7692 162 @Solomon @Solomon NNP 1662 7692 163 Islands island NNS 1662 7692 164 : : : 1662 7692 165 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7692 166 Location Location NNP 1662 7692 167 : : : 1662 7692 168 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 7692 169 , , , 1662 7692 170 group group NN 1662 7692 171 of of IN 1662 7692 172 islands island NNS 1662 7692 173 in in IN 1662 7692 174 the the DT 1662 7692 175 South South NNP 1662 7692 176 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 7692 177 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7692 178 , , , 1662 7692 179 east east NN 1662 7692 180 of of IN 1662 7692 181 Papua Papua NNP 1662 7692 182 New New NNP 1662 7692 183 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 7692 184 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7692 185 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7692 186 : : : 1662 7692 187 8 8 CD 1662 7692 188 00 00 CD 1662 7692 189 S s NN 1662 7692 190 , , , 1662 7692 191 159 159 CD 1662 7692 192 00 00 CD 1662 7692 193 E e NN 1662 7692 194 Map Map NNP 1662 7692 195 references reference NNS 1662 7692 196 : : : 1662 7692 197 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 7692 198 Area Area NNP 1662 7692 199 : : : 1662 7692 200 total total NN 1662 7692 201 : : : 1662 7692 202 28,450 28,450 CD 1662 7692 203 sq sq NN 1662 7692 204 km km NNP 1662 7692 205 land land NN 1662 7692 206 : : : 1662 7692 207 27,540 27,540 CD 1662 7692 208 sq sq IN 1662 7692 209 km km NNP 1662 7692 210 water water NN 1662 7692 211 : : : 1662 7692 212 910 910 CD 1662 7692 213 sq sq NN 1662 7692 214 km km NNP 1662 7692 215 Area area NN 1662 7692 216 - - HYPH 1662 7692 217 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7692 218 : : : 1662 7692 219 slightly slightly RB 1662 7692 220 smaller small JJR 1662 7692 221 than than IN 1662 7692 222 Maryland Maryland NNP 1662 7692 223 Land Land NNP 1662 7692 224 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7692 225 : : : 1662 7692 226 0 0 LS 1662 7692 227 km km NN 1662 7692 228 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7692 229 : : : 1662 7692 230 5,313 5,313 CD 1662 7692 231 km km NN 1662 7692 232 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7692 233 claims claim VBZ 1662 7692 234 : : : 1662 7692 235 measured measure VBN 1662 7692 236 from from IN 1662 7692 237 claimed claim VBN 1662 7692 238 archipelagic archipelagic JJ 1662 7692 239 baselines baselines NNP 1662 7692 240 continental continental NNP 1662 7692 241 shelf shelf NNP 1662 7692 242 : : : 1662 7692 243 200 200 CD 1662 7692 244 nm nm CC 1662 7692 245 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 7692 246 economic economic JJ 1662 7692 247 zone zone NN 1662 7692 248 : : : 1662 7692 249 200 200 CD 1662 7692 250 nm nm CD 1662 7692 251 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7692 252 sea sea NN 1662 7692 253 : : : 1662 7692 254 12 12 CD 1662 7692 255 nm nm NNP 1662 7692 256 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7692 257 : : : 1662 7692 258 tropical tropical JJ 1662 7692 259 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 7692 260 ; ; , 1662 7692 261 few few JJ 1662 7692 262 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7692 263 of of IN 1662 7692 264 temperature temperature NN 1662 7692 265 and and CC 1662 7692 266 weather weather NN 1662 7692 267 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7692 268 : : : 1662 7692 269 mostly mostly RB 1662 7692 270 rugged rugged JJ 1662 7692 271 mountains mountain NNS 1662 7692 272 with with IN 1662 7692 273 some some DT 1662 7692 274 low low JJ 1662 7692 275 coral coral JJ 1662 7692 276 atolls atoll NNS 1662 7692 277 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7692 278 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7692 279 : : : 1662 7692 280 lowest low JJS 1662 7692 281 point point NN 1662 7692 282 : : : 1662 7692 283 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 7692 284 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7692 285 0 0 NFP 1662 7692 286 m m DT 1662 7692 287 highest high JJS 1662 7692 288 point point NN 1662 7692 289 : : : 1662 7692 290 Mount Mount NNP 1662 7692 291 Makarakomburu Makarakomburu NNP 1662 7692 292 2,447 2,447 CD 1662 7692 293 m m CD 1662 7692 294 Natural natural JJ 1662 7692 295 resources resource NNS 1662 7692 296 : : : 1662 7692 297 fish fish NN 1662 7692 298 , , , 1662 7692 299 forests forest NNS 1662 7692 300 , , , 1662 7692 301 gold gold NN 1662 7692 302 , , , 1662 7692 303 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 7692 304 , , , 1662 7692 305 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 7692 306 , , , 1662 7692 307 lead lead NN 1662 7692 308 , , , 1662 7692 309 zinc zinc NN 1662 7692 310 , , , 1662 7692 311 nickel nickel NN 1662 7692 312 Land Land NNP 1662 7692 313 use use NN 1662 7692 314 : : : 1662 7692 315 arable arable JJ 1662 7692 316 land land NN 1662 7692 317 : : : 1662 7692 318 1 1 CD 1662 7692 319 % % NN 1662 7692 320 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7692 321 crops crop NNS 1662 7692 322 : : : 1662 7692 323 1 1 CD 1662 7692 324 % % NN 1662 7692 325 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7692 326 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7692 327 : : : 1662 7692 328 1 1 CD 1662 7692 329 % % NN 1662 7692 330 forests forest NNS 1662 7692 331 and and CC 1662 7692 332 woodland woodland JJ 1662 7692 333 : : : 1662 7692 334 88 88 CD 1662 7692 335 % % NN 1662 7692 336 other other JJ 1662 7692 337 : : : 1662 7692 338 9 9 CD 1662 7692 339 % % NN 1662 7692 340 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7692 341 1993 1993 CD 1662 7692 342 est est NNP 1662 7692 343 . . . 1662 7692 344 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7693 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7693 2 land land NN 1662 7693 3 : : : 1662 7693 4 NA NA NNP 1662 7693 5 sq sq RB 1662 7693 6 km km VB 1662 7693 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 7693 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7693 9 : : : 1662 7693 10 typhoons typhoon NNS 1662 7693 11 , , , 1662 7693 12 but but CC 1662 7693 13 they -PRON- PRP 1662 7693 14 are be VBP 1662 7693 15 rarely rarely RB 1662 7693 16 destructive destructive JJ 1662 7693 17 ; ; : 1662 7693 18 geologically geologically RB 1662 7693 19 active active JJ 1662 7693 20 region region NN 1662 7693 21 with with IN 1662 7693 22 frequent frequent JJ 1662 7693 23 earth earth NN 1662 7693 24 tremors tremor NNS 1662 7693 25 ; ; : 1662 7693 26 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 7693 27 activity activity NN 1662 7693 28 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7693 29 - - HYPH 1662 7693 30 current current JJ 1662 7693 31 issues issue NNS 1662 7693 32 : : : 1662 7693 33 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 7693 34 ; ; , 1662 7693 35 soil soil NN 1662 7693 36 erosion erosion NN 1662 7693 37 ; ; : 1662 7693 38 much much JJ 1662 7693 39 of of IN 1662 7693 40 the the DT 1662 7693 41 surrounding surround VBG 1662 7693 42 coral coral JJ 1662 7693 43 reefs reef NNS 1662 7693 44 are be VBP 1662 7693 45 dead dead JJ 1662 7693 46 or or CC 1662 7693 47 dying die VBG 1662 7693 48 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7693 49 - - HYPH 1662 7693 50 international international JJ 1662 7693 51 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7693 52 : : : 1662 7693 53 party party NN 1662 7693 54 to to TO 1662 7693 55 : : : 1662 7693 56 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 7693 57 , , , 1662 7693 58 Climate climate NN 1662 7693 59 Change change NN 1662 7693 60 , , , 1662 7693 61 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 7693 62 Modification Modification NNP 1662 7693 63 , , , 1662 7693 64 Marine Marine NNP 1662 7693 65 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 7693 66 , , , 1662 7693 67 Marine Marine NNP 1662 7693 68 Life Life NNP 1662 7693 69 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 7693 70 , , , 1662 7693 71 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 7693 72 Layer Layer NNP 1662 7693 73 Protection Protection NNP 1662 7693 74 , , , 1662 7693 75 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 7693 76 signed sign VBD 1662 7693 77 , , , 1662 7693 78 but but CC 1662 7693 79 not not RB 1662 7693 80 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7693 81 : : : 1662 7693 82 Law Law NNP 1662 7693 83 of of IN 1662 7693 84 the the DT 1662 7693 85 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7693 86 @Solomon @solomon NN 1662 7693 87 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 7693 88 : : : 1662 7693 89 People People NNPS 1662 7693 90 Population Population NNP 1662 7693 91 : : : 1662 7693 92 426,855 426,855 CD 1662 7693 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7693 94 July July NNP 1662 7693 95 1997 1997 CD 1662 7693 96 est est NNP 1662 7693 97 . . . 1662 7693 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7694 1 Age age NN 1662 7694 2 structure structure NN 1662 7694 3 : : : 1662 7694 4 0 0 CD 1662 7694 5 - - HYPH 1662 7694 6 14 14 CD 1662 7694 7 years year NNS 1662 7694 8 : : : 1662 7694 9 45 45 CD 1662 7694 10 % % NN 1662 7694 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7694 12 male male JJ 1662 7694 13 98,797 98,797 CD 1662 7694 14 ; ; : 1662 7694 15 female female JJ 1662 7694 16 95,162 95,162 CD 1662 7694 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7694 18 15 15 CD 1662 7694 19 - - SYM 1662 7694 20 64 64 CD 1662 7694 21 years year NNS 1662 7694 22 : : : 1662 7694 23 52 52 CD 1662 7694 24 % % NN 1662 7694 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7694 26 male male JJ 1662 7694 27 111,702 111,702 CD 1662 7694 28 ; ; : 1662 7694 29 female female JJ 1662 7694 30 108,505 108,505 CD 1662 7694 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7694 32 65 65 CD 1662 7694 33 years year NNS 1662 7694 34 and and CC 1662 7694 35 over over IN 1662 7694 36 : : : 1662 7694 37 3 3 CD 1662 7694 38 % % NN 1662 7694 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7694 40 male male JJ 1662 7694 41 6,345 6,345 CD 1662 7694 42 ; ; : 1662 7694 43 female female JJ 1662 7694 44 6,344 6,344 CD 1662 7694 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7694 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7694 47 July July NNP 1662 7694 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7694 49 est est NNP 1662 7694 50 . . . 1662 7694 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7695 1 Population population NN 1662 7695 2 growth growth NN 1662 7695 3 rate rate NN 1662 7695 4 : : : 1662 7695 5 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 7695 6 % % NN 1662 7695 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7695 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7695 9 est est NNP 1662 7695 10 . . . 1662 7695 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7696 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7696 2 rate rate NN 1662 7696 3 : : : 1662 7696 4 37.3 37.3 CD 1662 7696 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 7696 6 population population NN 1662 7696 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7696 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7696 9 est est NNP 1662 7696 10 . . . 1662 7696 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7697 1 Death death NN 1662 7697 2 rate rate NN 1662 7697 3 : : : 1662 7697 4 4.31 4.31 CD 1662 7697 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7697 6 population population NN 1662 7697 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7697 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7697 9 est est NNP 1662 7697 10 . . . 1662 7697 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7698 1 Net net JJ 1662 7698 2 migration migration NN 1662 7698 3 rate rate NN 1662 7698 4 : : : 1662 7698 5 0 0 NFP 1662 7698 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 7698 7 population population NN 1662 7698 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7698 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7698 10 est est NNP 1662 7698 11 . . . 1662 7698 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7699 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7699 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7699 3 : : : 1662 7699 4 at at IN 1662 7699 5 birth birth NN 1662 7699 6 : : : 1662 7699 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 7699 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7699 9 under under IN 1662 7699 10 15 15 CD 1662 7699 11 years year NNS 1662 7699 12 : : : 1662 7699 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 7699 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7699 15 15 15 CD 1662 7699 16 - - HYPH 1662 7699 17 64 64 CD 1662 7699 18 years year NNS 1662 7699 19 : : : 1662 7699 20 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 7699 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7699 22 65 65 CD 1662 7699 23 years year NNS 1662 7699 24 and and CC 1662 7699 25 over over IN 1662 7699 26 : : : 1662 7699 27 1 1 CD 1662 7699 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7699 29 total total JJ 1662 7699 30 population population NN 1662 7699 31 : : : 1662 7699 32 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 7699 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7699 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7699 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7699 36 est e JJS 1662 7699 37 . . . 1662 7699 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7700 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7700 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7700 3 rate rate NN 1662 7700 4 : : : 1662 7700 5 24.9 24.9 CD 1662 7700 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7700 7 live live JJ 1662 7700 8 births birth NNS 1662 7700 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7700 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7700 11 est est NNP 1662 7700 12 . . . 1662 7700 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7701 1 Life life NN 1662 7701 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7701 3 at at IN 1662 7701 4 birth birth NN 1662 7701 5 : : : 1662 7701 6 total total JJ 1662 7701 7 population population NN 1662 7701 8 : : : 1662 7701 9 71.45 71.45 CD 1662 7701 10 years year NNS 1662 7701 11 male male JJ 1662 7701 12 : : : 1662 7701 13 68.96 68.96 CD 1662 7701 14 years year NNS 1662 7701 15 female female JJ 1662 7701 16 : : : 1662 7701 17 74.07 74.07 CD 1662 7701 18 years year NNS 1662 7701 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7701 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 7701 21 est est NNP 1662 7701 22 . . . 1662 7701 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7702 1 Total total JJ 1662 7702 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7702 3 rate rate NN 1662 7702 4 : : : 1662 7702 5 5.27 5.27 CD 1662 7702 6 children child NNS 1662 7702 7 born bear VBN 1662 7702 8 / / SYM 1662 7702 9 woman woman NN 1662 7702 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7702 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7702 12 est est NNP 1662 7702 13 . . . 1662 7702 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7703 2 : : : 1662 7703 3 noun noun NN 1662 7703 4 : : : 1662 7703 5 Solomon Solomon NNP 1662 7703 6 Islander(s Islander(s NNP 1662 7703 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 8 adjective adjective NN 1662 7703 9 : : : 1662 7703 10 Solomon Solomon NNP 1662 7703 11 Islander Islander NNP 1662 7703 12 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7703 13 groups group NNS 1662 7703 14 : : : 1662 7703 15 Melanesian melanesian JJ 1662 7703 16 93 93 CD 1662 7703 17 % % NN 1662 7703 18 , , , 1662 7703 19 Polynesian Polynesian NNP 1662 7703 20 4 4 CD 1662 7703 21 % % NN 1662 7703 22 , , , 1662 7703 23 Micronesian micronesian JJ 1662 7703 24 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 7703 25 % % NN 1662 7703 26 , , , 1662 7703 27 European european JJ 1662 7703 28 0.8 0.8 CD 1662 7703 29 % % NN 1662 7703 30 , , , 1662 7703 31 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 7703 32 0.3 0.3 CD 1662 7703 33 % % NN 1662 7703 34 , , , 1662 7703 35 other other JJ 1662 7703 36 0.4 0.4 CD 1662 7703 37 % % NN 1662 7703 38 Religions religion NNS 1662 7703 39 : : : 1662 7703 40 Anglican Anglican NNP 1662 7703 41 34 34 CD 1662 7703 42 % % NN 1662 7703 43 , , , 1662 7703 44 Roman Roman NNP 1662 7703 45 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 7703 46 19 19 CD 1662 7703 47 % % NN 1662 7703 48 , , , 1662 7703 49 Baptist Baptist NNP 1662 7703 50 17 17 CD 1662 7703 51 % % NN 1662 7703 52 , , , 1662 7703 53 United United NNP 1662 7703 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 55 Methodist Methodist NNP 1662 7703 56 / / SYM 1662 7703 57 Presbyterian Presbyterian NNP 1662 7703 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 59 11 11 CD 1662 7703 60 % % NN 1662 7703 61 , , , 1662 7703 62 Seventh Seventh NNP 1662 7703 63 - - HYPH 1662 7703 64 Day Day NNP 1662 7703 65 Adventist Adventist NNP 1662 7703 66 10 10 CD 1662 7703 67 % % NN 1662 7703 68 , , , 1662 7703 69 other other JJ 1662 7703 70 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 7703 71 5 5 CD 1662 7703 72 % % NN 1662 7703 73 , , , 1662 7703 74 traditional traditional JJ 1662 7703 75 beliefs belief NNS 1662 7703 76 4 4 CD 1662 7703 77 % % NN 1662 7703 78 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 7703 79 : : : 1662 7703 80 Melanesian melanesian JJ 1662 7703 81 pidgin pidgin NN 1662 7703 82 in in IN 1662 7703 83 much much JJ 1662 7703 84 of of IN 1662 7703 85 the the DT 1662 7703 86 country country NN 1662 7703 87 is be VBZ 1662 7703 88 lingua lingua FW 1662 7703 89 franca franca VBN 1662 7703 90 , , , 1662 7703 91 English English NNP 1662 7703 92 spoken speak VBN 1662 7703 93 by by IN 1662 7703 94 1%-2 1%-2 NNP 1662 7703 95 % % NN 1662 7703 96 of of IN 1662 7703 97 population population NN 1662 7703 98 note note NN 1662 7703 99 : : : 1662 7703 100 120 120 CD 1662 7703 101 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 7703 102 languages language NNS 1662 7703 103 Literacy literacy NN 1662 7703 104 : : : 1662 7703 105 NA na NN 1662 7703 106 @Solomon @solomon JJ 1662 7703 107 Islands island NNS 1662 7703 108 : : : 1662 7703 109 Government Government NNP 1662 7703 110 Country Country NNP 1662 7703 111 name name NN 1662 7703 112 : : : 1662 7703 113 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7703 114 long long JJ 1662 7703 115 form form NN 1662 7703 116 : : : 1662 7703 117 none none NN 1662 7703 118 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7703 119 short short JJ 1662 7703 120 form form NN 1662 7703 121 : : : 1662 7703 122 Solomon Solomon NNP 1662 7703 123 Islands Islands NNP 1662 7703 124 former former JJ 1662 7703 125 : : : 1662 7703 126 British british JJ 1662 7703 127 Solomon Solomon NNP 1662 7703 128 Islands Islands NNP 1662 7703 129 Data Data NNP 1662 7703 130 code code NN 1662 7703 131 : : : 1662 7703 132 BP BP NNP 1662 7703 133 Government Government NNP 1662 7703 134 type type NN 1662 7703 135 : : : 1662 7703 136 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 7703 137 democracy democracy NN 1662 7703 138 National national JJ 1662 7703 139 capital capital NN 1662 7703 140 : : : 1662 7703 141 Honiara Honiara NNP 1662 7703 142 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 7703 143 divisions division NNS 1662 7703 144 : : : 1662 7703 145 7 7 CD 1662 7703 146 provinces province NNS 1662 7703 147 and and CC 1662 7703 148 1 1 CD 1662 7703 149 town town NN 1662 7703 150 * * NFP 1662 7703 151 ; ; : 1662 7703 152 Central Central NNP 1662 7703 153 , , , 1662 7703 154 Guadalcanal Guadalcanal NNP 1662 7703 155 , , , 1662 7703 156 Honiara Honiara NNP 1662 7703 157 * * NFP 1662 7703 158 , , , 1662 7703 159 Isabel Isabel NNP 1662 7703 160 , , , 1662 7703 161 Makira Makira NNP 1662 7703 162 , , , 1662 7703 163 Malaita Malaita NNP 1662 7703 164 , , , 1662 7703 165 Temotu Temotu NNP 1662 7703 166 , , , 1662 7703 167 Western western JJ 1662 7703 168 note note NN 1662 7703 169 : : : 1662 7703 170 there there EX 1662 7703 171 may may MD 1662 7703 172 be be VB 1662 7703 173 two two CD 1662 7703 174 new new JJ 1662 7703 175 provinces province NNS 1662 7703 176 of of IN 1662 7703 177 Choiseul Choiseul NNP 1662 7703 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 179 Lauru Lauru NNP 1662 7703 180 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 181 and and CC 1662 7703 182 Rennell Rennell NNP 1662 7703 183 / / SYM 1662 7703 184 Bellona Bellona NNP 1662 7703 185 and and CC 1662 7703 186 the the DT 1662 7703 187 administrative administrative JJ 1662 7703 188 unit unit NN 1662 7703 189 of of IN 1662 7703 190 Honiara Honiara NNP 1662 7703 191 may may MD 1662 7703 192 have have VB 1662 7703 193 been be VBN 1662 7703 194 abolished abolish VBN 1662 7703 195 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7703 196 : : : 1662 7703 197 7 7 CD 1662 7703 198 July July NNP 1662 7703 199 1978 1978 CD 1662 7703 200 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 201 from from IN 1662 7703 202 UK UK NNP 1662 7703 203 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 204 National national JJ 1662 7703 205 holiday holiday NN 1662 7703 206 : : : 1662 7703 207 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7703 208 Day Day NNP 1662 7703 209 , , , 1662 7703 210 7 7 CD 1662 7703 211 July July NNP 1662 7703 212 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 213 1978 1978 CD 1662 7703 214 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 215 Constitution constitution NN 1662 7703 216 : : : 1662 7703 217 7 7 CD 1662 7703 218 July July NNP 1662 7703 219 1978 1978 CD 1662 7703 220 Legal legal JJ 1662 7703 221 system system NN 1662 7703 222 : : : 1662 7703 223 common common JJ 1662 7703 224 law law NN 1662 7703 225 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 7703 226 : : : 1662 7703 227 21 21 CD 1662 7703 228 years year NNS 1662 7703 229 of of IN 1662 7703 230 age age NN 1662 7703 231 ; ; : 1662 7703 232 universal universal JJ 1662 7703 233 Executive Executive NNP 1662 7703 234 branch branch NN 1662 7703 235 : : : 1662 7703 236 chief chief NN 1662 7703 237 of of IN 1662 7703 238 state state NN 1662 7703 239 : : : 1662 7703 240 Queen Queen NNP 1662 7703 241 ELIZABETH ELIZABETH NNP 1662 7703 242 II ii CD 1662 7703 243 of of IN 1662 7703 244 the the DT 1662 7703 245 UK UK NNP 1662 7703 246 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 247 since since IN 1662 7703 248 6 6 CD 1662 7703 249 February February NNP 1662 7703 250 1952 1952 CD 1662 7703 251 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 252 , , , 1662 7703 253 represented represent VBN 1662 7703 254 by by IN 1662 7703 255 Governor Governor NNP 1662 7703 256 General General NNP 1662 7703 257 Moses Moses NNP 1662 7703 258 PITAKAKA PITAKAKA NNP 1662 7703 259 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 260 since since IN 1662 7703 261 10 10 CD 1662 7703 262 June June NNP 1662 7703 263 1994 1994 CD 1662 7703 264 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 265 head head NN 1662 7703 266 of of IN 1662 7703 267 government government NN 1662 7703 268 : : : 1662 7703 269 Prime Prime NNP 1662 7703 270 Minister Minister NNP 1662 7703 271 Solomon Solomon NNP 1662 7703 272 MAMALONI MAMALONI NNP 1662 7703 273 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 274 since since IN 1662 7703 275 7 7 CD 1662 7703 276 November November NNP 1662 7703 277 1994 1994 CD 1662 7703 278 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 279 ; ; : 1662 7703 280 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 7703 281 Prime Prime NNP 1662 7703 282 Minister Minister NNP 1662 7703 283 Francis Francis NNP 1662 7703 284 SAEMALA SAEMALA NNP 1662 7703 285 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 286 since since IN 1662 7703 287 NA NA NNP 1662 7703 288 February February NNP 1662 7703 289 1997 1997 CD 1662 7703 290 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 291 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7703 292 : : : 1662 7703 293 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 7703 294 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7703 295 by by IN 1662 7703 296 the the DT 1662 7703 297 governor governor NN 1662 7703 298 general general NN 1662 7703 299 on on IN 1662 7703 300 the the DT 1662 7703 301 advice advice NN 1662 7703 302 of of IN 1662 7703 303 the the DT 1662 7703 304 prime prime JJ 1662 7703 305 minister minister NN 1662 7703 306 from from IN 1662 7703 307 among among IN 1662 7703 308 the the DT 1662 7703 309 members member NNS 1662 7703 310 of of IN 1662 7703 311 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 7703 312 elections election NNS 1662 7703 313 : : : 1662 7703 314 none none NN 1662 7703 315 ; ; : 1662 7703 316 the the DT 1662 7703 317 queen queen NN 1662 7703 318 is be VBZ 1662 7703 319 a a DT 1662 7703 320 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 7703 321 monarch monarch NN 1662 7703 322 ; ; : 1662 7703 323 governor governor NN 1662 7703 324 general general NNP 1662 7703 325 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7703 326 by by IN 1662 7703 327 the the DT 1662 7703 328 queen queen NN 1662 7703 329 on on IN 1662 7703 330 the the DT 1662 7703 331 advice advice NN 1662 7703 332 of of IN 1662 7703 333 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 7703 334 for for IN 1662 7703 335 up up IN 1662 7703 336 to to TO 1662 7703 337 five five CD 1662 7703 338 years year NNS 1662 7703 339 ; ; , 1662 7703 340 following follow VBG 1662 7703 341 legislative legislative JJ 1662 7703 342 elections election NNS 1662 7703 343 , , , 1662 7703 344 the the DT 1662 7703 345 leader leader NN 1662 7703 346 of of IN 1662 7703 347 the the DT 1662 7703 348 majority majority NNP 1662 7703 349 party party NN 1662 7703 350 or or CC 1662 7703 351 the the DT 1662 7703 352 leader leader NN 1662 7703 353 of of IN 1662 7703 354 a a DT 1662 7703 355 majority majority NN 1662 7703 356 coalition coalition NN 1662 7703 357 is be VBZ 1662 7703 358 usually usually RB 1662 7703 359 elected elect VBN 1662 7703 360 prime prime JJ 1662 7703 361 minister minister NN 1662 7703 362 by by IN 1662 7703 363 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 7703 364 ; ; : 1662 7703 365 deputy deputy JJ 1662 7703 366 prime prime JJ 1662 7703 367 minister minister NN 1662 7703 368 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7703 369 by by IN 1662 7703 370 the the DT 1662 7703 371 governor governor NN 1662 7703 372 general general NN 1662 7703 373 on on IN 1662 7703 374 the the DT 1662 7703 375 advice advice NN 1662 7703 376 of of IN 1662 7703 377 the the DT 1662 7703 378 prime prime JJ 1662 7703 379 minister minister NN 1662 7703 380 from from IN 1662 7703 381 among among IN 1662 7703 382 the the DT 1662 7703 383 members member NNS 1662 7703 384 of of IN 1662 7703 385 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 7703 386 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 7703 387 branch branch NN 1662 7703 388 : : : 1662 7703 389 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 7703 390 National National NNP 1662 7703 391 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 7703 392 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 393 47 47 CD 1662 7703 394 seats seat NNS 1662 7703 395 ; ; : 1662 7703 396 members member NNS 1662 7703 397 elected elect VBN 1662 7703 398 from from IN 1662 7703 399 single single JJ 1662 7703 400 member member NN 1662 7703 401 constituencies constituency NNS 1662 7703 402 by by IN 1662 7703 403 popular popular JJ 1662 7703 404 vote vote NN 1662 7703 405 to to TO 1662 7703 406 serve serve VB 1662 7703 407 four four CD 1662 7703 408 - - HYPH 1662 7703 409 year year NN 1662 7703 410 terms term NNS 1662 7703 411 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 412 elections election NNS 1662 7703 413 : : : 1662 7703 414 last last RB 1662 7703 415 held hold VBD 1662 7703 416 26 26 CD 1662 7703 417 May May NNP 1662 7703 418 1993 1993 CD 1662 7703 419 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 420 next next JJ 1662 7703 421 to to TO 1662 7703 422 be be VB 1662 7703 423 held hold VBN 1662 7703 424 6 6 CD 1662 7703 425 August August NNP 1662 7703 426 1997 1997 CD 1662 7703 427 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 428 election election NN 1662 7703 429 results result NNS 1662 7703 430 : : : 1662 7703 431 percent percent NN 1662 7703 432 of of IN 1662 7703 433 vote vote NN 1662 7703 434 by by IN 1662 7703 435 party party NN 1662 7703 436 - - HYPH 1662 7703 437 NA NA NNP 1662 7703 438 ; ; , 1662 7703 439 seats seat NNS 1662 7703 440 by by IN 1662 7703 441 party party NN 1662 7703 442 - - HYPH 1662 7703 443 GNUR GNUR NNP 1662 7703 444 21 21 CD 1662 7703 445 , , , 1662 7703 446 PAP PAP NNP 1662 7703 447 7 7 CD 1662 7703 448 , , , 1662 7703 449 NAPSI NAPSI NNP 1662 7703 450 5 5 CD 1662 7703 451 , , , 1662 7703 452 SILP SILP NNP 1662 7703 453 4 4 CD 1662 7703 454 , , , 1662 7703 455 UP up RB 1662 7703 456 4 4 CD 1662 7703 457 , , , 1662 7703 458 independents independent VBZ 1662 7703 459 6 6 CD 1662 7703 460 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 7703 461 branch branch NN 1662 7703 462 : : : 1662 7703 463 High High NNP 1662 7703 464 Court Court NNP 1662 7703 465 Political political JJ 1662 7703 466 parties party NNS 1662 7703 467 and and CC 1662 7703 468 leaders leader NNS 1662 7703 469 : : : 1662 7703 470 National national JJ 1662 7703 471 Unity Unity NNP 1662 7703 472 and and CC 1662 7703 473 Reconciliation Reconciliation NNP 1662 7703 474 Group Group NNP 1662 7703 475 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 476 GNUR GNUR NNP 1662 7703 477 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 478 , , , 1662 7703 479 Solomon Solomon NNP 1662 7703 480 MAMALONI MAMALONI NNP 1662 7703 481 ; ; : 1662 7703 482 People People NNPS 1662 7703 483 's 's POS 1662 7703 484 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 7703 485 Party Party NNP 1662 7703 486 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 487 PAP PAP NNP 1662 7703 488 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 489 ; ; : 1662 7703 490 National National NNP 1662 7703 491 Action Action NNP 1662 7703 492 Party Party NNP 1662 7703 493 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 494 NAPSI NAPSI NNP 1662 7703 495 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 496 , , , 1662 7703 497 leader leader NN 1662 7703 498 NA NA NNP 1662 7703 499 ; ; : 1662 7703 500 Solomon Solomon NNP 1662 7703 501 Islands Islands NNP 1662 7703 502 Labor Labor NNP 1662 7703 503 Party Party NNP 1662 7703 504 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 505 SILP SILP NNP 1662 7703 506 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 507 , , , 1662 7703 508 leader leader NN 1662 7703 509 NA NA NNP 1662 7703 510 ; ; : 1662 7703 511 United United NNP 1662 7703 512 Party Party NNP 1662 7703 513 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 514 UP UP NNP 1662 7703 515 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 516 , , , 1662 7703 517 leader leader NN 1662 7703 518 NA NA NNP 1662 7703 519 ; ; : 1662 7703 520 Nationalist nationalist JJ 1662 7703 521 Front front NN 1662 7703 522 for for IN 1662 7703 523 Progress Progress NNP 1662 7703 524 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 525 NFP NFP NNP 1662 7703 526 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 527 , , , 1662 7703 528 Andrew Andrew NNP 1662 7703 529 NORI NORI NNP 1662 7703 530 ; ; : 1662 7703 531 Labor Labor NNP 1662 7703 532 Party Party NNP 1662 7703 533 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 534 LP LP NNP 1662 7703 535 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 536 , , , 1662 7703 537 Joses Joses NNP 1662 7703 538 TUHANUKU TUHANUKU NNP 1662 7703 539 ; ; : 1662 7703 540 Christian Christian NNP 1662 7703 541 Fellowship Fellowship NNP 1662 7703 542 , , , 1662 7703 543 leader leader NN 1662 7703 544 NA NA NNP 1662 7703 545 International international JJ 1662 7703 546 organization organization NN 1662 7703 547 participation participation NN 1662 7703 548 : : : 1662 7703 549 ACP ACP NNP 1662 7703 550 , , , 1662 7703 551 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 7703 552 , , , 1662 7703 553 C C NNP 1662 7703 554 , , , 1662 7703 555 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 7703 556 , , , 1662 7703 557 FAO FAO NNP 1662 7703 558 , , , 1662 7703 559 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 7703 560 , , , 1662 7703 561 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 7703 562 , , , 1662 7703 563 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 7703 564 , , , 1662 7703 565 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 7703 566 , , , 1662 7703 567 IDA IDA NNP 1662 7703 568 , , , 1662 7703 569 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 7703 570 , , , 1662 7703 571 IFC IFC NNP 1662 7703 572 , , , 1662 7703 573 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 7703 574 , , , 1662 7703 575 ILO ILO NNP 1662 7703 576 , , , 1662 7703 577 IMF IMF NNP 1662 7703 578 , , , 1662 7703 579 IMO imo RB 1662 7703 580 , , , 1662 7703 581 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7703 582 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 583 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 7703 584 user user NN 1662 7703 585 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 586 , , , 1662 7703 587 IOC IOC NNP 1662 7703 588 , , , 1662 7703 589 ITU ITU NNP 1662 7703 590 , , , 1662 7703 591 Sparteca Sparteca NNP 1662 7703 592 , , , 1662 7703 593 SPC SPC NNP 1662 7703 594 , , , 1662 7703 595 SPF SPF NNP 1662 7703 596 , , , 1662 7703 597 UN UN NNP 1662 7703 598 , , , 1662 7703 599 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 7703 600 , , , 1662 7703 601 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 7703 602 , , , 1662 7703 603 UPU UPU NNP 1662 7703 604 , , , 1662 7703 605 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 7703 606 , , , 1662 7703 607 WHO who WP 1662 7703 608 , , , 1662 7703 609 WMO WMO NNP 1662 7703 610 , , , 1662 7703 611 WTrO wtro VB 1662 7703 612 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7703 613 representation representation NN 1662 7703 614 in in IN 1662 7703 615 the the DT 1662 7703 616 US US NNP 1662 7703 617 : : : 1662 7703 618 chief chief NN 1662 7703 619 of of IN 1662 7703 620 mission mission NN 1662 7703 621 : : : 1662 7703 622 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 7703 623 Stephen Stephen NNP 1662 7703 624 Rex Rex NNP 1662 7703 625 HOROI HOROI NNP 1662 7703 626 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 627 represents represent VBZ 1662 7703 628 the the DT 1662 7703 629 country country NN 1662 7703 630 as as IN 1662 7703 631 both both CC 1662 7703 632 the the DT 1662 7703 633 Permanent Permanent NNP 1662 7703 634 Representative Representative NNP 1662 7703 635 to to IN 1662 7703 636 the the DT 1662 7703 637 UN UN NNP 1662 7703 638 and and CC 1662 7703 639 the the DT 1662 7703 640 ambassador ambassador NN 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679 6193 6193 CD 1662 7703 680 FAX FAX NNP 1662 7703 681 : : : 1662 7703 682 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7703 683 1 1 CD 1662 7703 684 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7703 685 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 686 212 212 CD 1662 7703 687 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 688 661 661 CD 1662 7703 689 - - HYPH 1662 7703 690 8925 8925 CD 1662 7703 691 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7703 692 representation representation NN 1662 7703 693 from from IN 1662 7703 694 the the DT 1662 7703 695 US US NNP 1662 7703 696 : : : 1662 7703 697 the the DT 1662 7703 698 US US NNP 1662 7703 699 does do VBZ 1662 7703 700 not not RB 1662 7703 701 have have VB 1662 7703 702 an an DT 1662 7703 703 embassy embassy NN 1662 7703 704 in in IN 1662 7703 705 Solomon Solomon NNP 1662 7703 706 Islands Islands NNP 1662 7703 707 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 708 embassy embassy NN 1662 7703 709 closed close VBD 1662 7703 710 July July NNP 1662 7703 711 1993 1993 CD 1662 7703 712 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 713 ; ; : 1662 7703 714 the the DT 1662 7703 715 ambassador ambassador NN 1662 7703 716 to to IN 1662 7703 717 Papua Papua NNP 1662 7703 718 New New NNP 1662 7703 719 Guinea Guinea NNP 1662 7703 720 is be VBZ 1662 7703 721 accredited accredit VBN 1662 7703 722 to to IN 1662 7703 723 the the DT 1662 7703 724 Solomon Solomon NNP 1662 7703 725 Islands Islands NNP 1662 7703 726 Flag Flag NNP 1662 7703 727 description description NN 1662 7703 728 : : : 1662 7703 729 divided divide VBN 1662 7703 730 diagonally diagonally RB 1662 7703 731 by by IN 1662 7703 732 a a DT 1662 7703 733 thin thin JJ 1662 7703 734 yellow yellow JJ 1662 7703 735 stripe stripe NN 1662 7703 736 from from IN 1662 7703 737 the the DT 1662 7703 738 lower low JJR 1662 7703 739 hoist hoist NN 1662 7703 740 - - HYPH 1662 7703 741 side side NN 1662 7703 742 corner corner NN 1662 7703 743 ; ; : 1662 7703 744 the the DT 1662 7703 745 upper upper JJ 1662 7703 746 triangle triangle NN 1662 7703 747 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7703 748 hoist hoist NN 1662 7703 749 side side NN 1662 7703 750 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7703 751 is be VBZ 1662 7703 752 blue blue JJ 1662 7703 753 with with IN 1662 7703 754 five five CD 1662 7703 755 white white JJ 1662 7703 756 five five CD 1662 7703 757 - - HYPH 1662 7703 758 pointed point VBN 1662 7703 759 stars star NNS 1662 7703 760 arranged arrange VBN 1662 7703 761 in in IN 1662 7703 762 an an DT 1662 7703 763 X x NN 1662 7703 764 pattern pattern NN 1662 7703 765 ; ; : 1662 7703 766 the the DT 1662 7703 767 lower low JJR 1662 7703 768 triangle triangle NN 1662 7703 769 is be VBZ 1662 7703 770 green green JJ 1662 7703 771 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7703 772 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7703 773 - - HYPH 1662 7703 774 overview overview NN 1662 7703 775 : : : 1662 7703 776 The the DT 1662 7703 777 bulk bulk NN 1662 7703 778 of of IN 1662 7703 779 the the DT 1662 7703 780 population population NN 1662 7703 781 depend depend VBP 1662 7703 782 on on IN 1662 7703 783 subsistence subsistence NN 1662 7703 784 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7703 785 , , , 1662 7703 786 fishing fishing NN 1662 7703 787 , , , 1662 7703 788 and and CC 1662 7703 789 forestry forestry NN 1662 7703 790 for for IN 1662 7703 791 at at IN 1662 7703 792 least least JJS 1662 7703 793 part part NN 1662 7703 794 of of IN 1662 7703 795 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7703 796 livelihood livelihood NNS 1662 7703 797 . . . 1662 7704 1 Most Most JJS 1662 7704 2 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 7704 3 goods good NNS 1662 7704 4 and and CC 1662 7704 5 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7704 6 products product NNS 1662 7704 7 must must MD 1662 7704 8 be be VB 1662 7704 9 imported import VBN 1662 7704 10 . . . 1662 7705 1 The the DT 1662 7705 2 islands island NNS 1662 7705 3 are be VBP 1662 7705 4 rich rich JJ 1662 7705 5 in in IN 1662 7705 6 undeveloped undeveloped JJ 1662 7705 7 mineral mineral NN 1662 7705 8 resources resource NNS 1662 7705 9 such such JJ 1662 7705 10 as as IN 1662 7705 11 lead lead NN 1662 7705 12 , , , 1662 7705 13 zinc zinc NN 1662 7705 14 , , , 1662 7705 15 nickel nickel NN 1662 7705 16 , , , 1662 7705 17 and and CC 1662 7705 18 gold gold NN 1662 7705 19 . . . 1662 7706 1 The the DT 1662 7706 2 Government Government NNP 1662 7706 3 of of IN 1662 7706 4 the the DT 1662 7706 5 Solomon Solomon NNP 1662 7706 6 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 7706 7 is be VBZ 1662 7706 8 nearing near VBG 1662 7706 9 financial financial JJ 1662 7706 10 insolvency insolvency NN 1662 7706 11 . . . 1662 7707 1 In in IN 1662 7707 2 mid-1995 mid-1995 NN 1662 7707 3 the the DT 1662 7707 4 central central JJ 1662 7707 5 bank bank NN 1662 7707 6 suspended suspend VBD 1662 7707 7 interest interest NN 1662 7707 8 and and CC 1662 7707 9 principal principal JJ 1662 7707 10 payments payment NNS 1662 7707 11 on on IN 1662 7707 12 government government NN 1662 7707 13 bonds bond NNS 1662 7707 14 and and CC 1662 7707 15 treasury treasury NNP 1662 7707 16 bills bill NNS 1662 7707 17 held hold VBN 1662 7707 18 by by IN 1662 7707 19 financial financial JJ 1662 7707 20 institutions institution NNS 1662 7707 21 and and CC 1662 7707 22 the the DT 1662 7707 23 general general JJ 1662 7707 24 public public NN 1662 7707 25 . . . 1662 7708 1 The the DT 1662 7708 2 government government NN 1662 7708 3 so so RB 1662 7708 4 far far RB 1662 7708 5 has have VBZ 1662 7708 6 taken take VBN 1662 7708 7 no no DT 1662 7708 8 steps step NNS 1662 7708 9 to to TO 1662 7708 10 restrain restrain VB 1662 7708 11 expenditure expenditure NN 1662 7708 12 or or CC 1662 7708 13 address address VB 1662 7708 14 the the DT 1662 7708 15 deficit deficit NN 1662 7708 16 , , , 1662 7708 17 which which WDT 1662 7708 18 is be VBZ 1662 7708 19 expected expect VBN 1662 7708 20 to to TO 1662 7708 21 be be VB 1662 7708 22 considerably considerably RB 1662 7708 23 higher high JJR 1662 7708 24 than than IN 1662 7708 25 the the DT 1662 7708 26 $ $ $ 1662 7708 27 20 20 CD 1662 7708 28 million million CD 1662 7708 29 forecasted forecast VBN 1662 7708 30 in in IN 1662 7708 31 the the DT 1662 7708 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 7708 33 budget budget NN 1662 7708 34 . . . 1662 7709 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7709 2 : : : 1662 7709 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7709 4 power power NN 1662 7709 5 parity parity NN 1662 7709 6 - - : 1662 7709 7 $ $ $ 1662 7709 8 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 7709 9 billion billion CD 1662 7709 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7709 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 7709 12 est est NNP 1662 7709 13 . . . 1662 7709 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7710 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7710 2 - - HYPH 1662 7710 3 real real JJ 1662 7710 4 growth growth NN 1662 7710 5 rate rate NN 1662 7710 6 : : : 1662 7710 7 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 7710 8 % % NN 1662 7710 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7710 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 7710 11 est est NNP 1662 7710 12 . . . 1662 7710 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7711 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7711 2 - - HYPH 1662 7711 3 per per FW 1662 7711 4 capita capita NN 1662 7711 5 : : : 1662 7711 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7711 7 power power NN 1662 7711 8 parity parity NN 1662 7711 9 - - : 1662 7711 10 $ $ $ 1662 7711 11 3,000 3,000 CD 1662 7711 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7711 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 7711 14 est est NNP 1662 7711 15 . . . 1662 7711 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7712 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7712 2 - - HYPH 1662 7712 3 composition composition NN 1662 7712 4 by by IN 1662 7712 5 sector sector NN 1662 7712 6 : : : 1662 7712 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7712 8 : : : 1662 7712 9 NA% na% LS 1662 7712 10 industry industry NN 1662 7712 11 : : : 1662 7712 12 NA% NA% NNS 1662 7712 13 services service NNS 1662 7712 14 : : : 1662 7712 15 NA% NA% `` 1662 7712 16 Inflation inflation NN 1662 7712 17 rate rate NN 1662 7712 18 - - HYPH 1662 7712 19 consumer consumer NN 1662 7712 20 price price NN 1662 7712 21 index index NN 1662 7712 22 : : : 1662 7712 23 10.4 10.4 CD 1662 7712 24 % % NN 1662 7712 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7712 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 7712 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7712 28 Labor labor NN 1662 7712 29 force force NN 1662 7712 30 : : : 1662 7712 31 total total NN 1662 7712 32 : : : 1662 7712 33 26,842 26,842 CD 1662 7712 34 by by IN 1662 7712 35 occupation occupation NN 1662 7712 36 : : : 1662 7712 37 services service NNS 1662 7712 38 41.5 41.5 CD 1662 7712 39 % % NN 1662 7712 40 , , , 1662 7712 41 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7712 42 , , , 1662 7712 43 forestry forestry NN 1662 7712 44 , , , 1662 7712 45 and and CC 1662 7712 46 fishing fish VBG 1662 7712 47 23.7 23.7 CD 1662 7712 48 % % NN 1662 7712 49 , , , 1662 7712 50 commerce commerce NN 1662 7712 51 , , , 1662 7712 52 transport transport NN 1662 7712 53 , , , 1662 7712 54 and and CC 1662 7712 55 finance finance NN 1662 7712 56 21.7 21.7 CD 1662 7712 57 % % NN 1662 7712 58 , , , 1662 7712 59 construction construction NN 1662 7712 60 , , , 1662 7712 61 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 7712 62 , , , 1662 7712 63 and and CC 1662 7712 64 mining mine VBG 1662 7712 65 13.1 13.1 CD 1662 7712 66 % % NN 1662 7712 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7712 68 1992 1992 CD 1662 7712 69 est est NNP 1662 7712 70 . . . 1662 7712 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7713 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 7713 2 rate rate NN 1662 7713 3 : : : 1662 7713 4 NA% NA% `` 1662 7713 5 Budget budget NN 1662 7713 6 : : : 1662 7713 7 revenues revenue NNS 1662 7713 8 : : : 1662 7713 9 $ $ $ 1662 7713 10 147 147 CD 1662 7713 11 million million CD 1662 7713 12 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7713 13 : : : 1662 7713 14 $ $ $ 1662 7713 15 168 168 CD 1662 7713 16 million million CD 1662 7713 17 , , , 1662 7713 18 including include VBG 1662 7713 19 capital capital NN 1662 7713 20 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7713 21 of of IN 1662 7713 22 $ $ $ 1662 7713 23 NA na NN 1662 7713 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7713 25 1997 1997 CD 1662 7713 26 est est NNP 1662 7713 27 . . . 1662 7713 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7714 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 7714 2 : : : 1662 7714 3 copra copra NNP 1662 7714 4 , , , 1662 7714 5 fish fish NN 1662 7714 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7714 7 tuna tuna NN 1662 7714 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7714 9 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 7714 10 production production NN 1662 7714 11 growth growth NN 1662 7714 12 rate rate NN 1662 7714 13 : : : 1662 7714 14 NA% NA% `` 1662 7714 15 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7714 16 - - HYPH 1662 7714 17 capacity capacity NN 1662 7714 18 : : : 1662 7714 19 20,000 20,000 CD 1662 7714 20 kW kw NN 1662 7714 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7714 22 1994 1994 CD 1662 7714 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7714 24 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7714 25 - - HYPH 1662 7714 26 production production NN 1662 7714 27 : : : 1662 7714 28 55 55 CD 1662 7714 29 million million CD 1662 7714 30 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7714 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7714 32 1994 1994 CD 1662 7714 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7714 34 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7714 35 - - HYPH 1662 7714 36 consumption consumption NN 1662 7714 37 per per IN 1662 7714 38 capita capita NN 1662 7714 39 : : : 1662 7714 40 NA NA NNP 1662 7714 41 kWh kwh ADD 1662 7714 42 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7714 43 - - HYPH 1662 7714 44 products product NNS 1662 7714 45 : : : 1662 7714 46 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 7714 47 , , , 1662 7714 48 beans bean NNS 1662 7714 49 , , , 1662 7714 50 coconuts coconut NNS 1662 7714 51 , , , 1662 7714 52 palm palm NN 1662 7714 53 kernels kernel NNS 1662 7714 54 , , , 1662 7714 55 rice rice NN 1662 7714 56 , , , 1662 7714 57 potatoes potato NNS 1662 7714 58 , , , 1662 7714 59 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 7714 60 , , , 1662 7714 61 fruit fruit NN 1662 7714 62 ; ; : 1662 7714 63 cattle cattle NNS 1662 7714 64 , , , 1662 7714 65 pigs pig NNS 1662 7714 66 ; ; : 1662 7714 67 timber timber NN 1662 7714 68 ; ; : 1662 7714 69 fish fish NN 1662 7714 70 Exports export NNS 1662 7714 71 : : : 1662 7714 72 total total JJ 1662 7714 73 value value NN 1662 7714 74 : : : 1662 7714 75 $ $ $ 1662 7714 76 170 170 CD 1662 7714 77 million million CD 1662 7714 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7714 79 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 7714 80 . . NNP 1662 7714 81 , , , 1662 7714 82 1995 1995 CD 1662 7714 83 est est NNP 1662 7714 84 . . . 1662 7714 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7715 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7715 2 : : : 1662 7715 3 timber timber NN 1662 7715 4 , , , 1662 7715 5 fish fish NN 1662 7715 6 , , , 1662 7715 7 palm palm NN 1662 7715 8 oil oil NN 1662 7715 9 , , , 1662 7715 10 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 7715 11 , , , 1662 7715 12 copra copra NNP 1662 7715 13 partners partner NNS 1662 7715 14 : : : 1662 7715 15 Japan Japan NNP 1662 7715 16 39 39 CD 1662 7715 17 % % NN 1662 7715 18 , , , 1662 7715 19 UK UK NNP 1662 7715 20 23 23 CD 1662 7715 21 % % NN 1662 7715 22 , , , 1662 7715 23 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 7715 24 9 9 CD 1662 7715 25 % % NN 1662 7715 26 , , , 1662 7715 27 Australia Australia NNP 1662 7715 28 5 5 CD 1662 7715 29 % % NN 1662 7715 30 , , , 1662 7715 31 US US NNP 1662 7715 32 2 2 CD 1662 7715 33 % % NN 1662 7715 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7715 35 1991 1991 CD 1662 7715 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7715 37 Imports import NNS 1662 7715 38 : : : 1662 7715 39 total total JJ 1662 7715 40 value value NN 1662 7715 41 : : : 1662 7715 42 $ $ $ 1662 7715 43 152 152 CD 1662 7715 44 million million CD 1662 7715 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7715 46 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 7715 47 . . NNP 1662 7715 48 , , , 1662 7715 49 1995 1995 CD 1662 7715 50 est est NNP 1662 7715 51 . . . 1662 7715 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7716 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7716 2 : : : 1662 7716 3 plant plant NN 1662 7716 4 and and CC 1662 7716 5 machinery machinery NN 1662 7716 6 , , , 1662 7716 7 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 7716 8 goods good NNS 1662 7716 9 , , , 1662 7716 10 food food NN 1662 7716 11 and and CC 1662 7716 12 live live JJ 1662 7716 13 animals animal NNS 1662 7716 14 , , , 1662 7716 15 fuel fuel NN 1662 7716 16 partners partner NNS 1662 7716 17 : : : 1662 7716 18 Australia Australia NNP 1662 7716 19 34 34 CD 1662 7716 20 % % NN 1662 7716 21 , , , 1662 7716 22 Japan Japan NNP 1662 7716 23 16 16 CD 1662 7716 24 % % NN 1662 7716 25 , , , 1662 7716 26 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 7716 27 14 14 CD 1662 7716 28 % % NN 1662 7716 29 , , , 1662 7716 30 NZ NZ NNP 1662 7716 31 9 9 CD 1662 7716 32 % % NN 1662 7716 33 Debt debt NN 1662 7716 34 - - HYPH 1662 7716 35 external external JJ 1662 7716 36 : : : 1662 7716 37 $ $ $ 1662 7716 38 100 100 CD 1662 7716 39 million million CD 1662 7716 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7716 41 1995 1995 CD 1662 7716 42 est est NNP 1662 7716 43 . . . 1662 7716 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7717 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 7717 2 aid aid NN 1662 7717 3 : : : 1662 7717 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 7717 5 : : : 1662 7717 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 7717 7 , , , 1662 7717 8 $ $ $ 1662 7717 9 8.625 8.625 CD 1662 7717 10 million million CD 1662 7717 11 from from IN 1662 7717 12 Australia Australia NNP 1662 7717 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7717 14 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 7717 15 est est NNP 1662 7717 16 . . . 1662 7718 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7718 2 ; ; : 1662 7718 3 $ $ $ 1662 7718 4 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 7718 5 million million CD 1662 7718 6 from from IN 1662 7718 7 NZ NZ NNP 1662 7718 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7718 9 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 7718 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7718 11 Currency currency NN 1662 7718 12 : : : 1662 7718 13 1 1 CD 1662 7718 14 Solomon Solomon NNP 1662 7718 15 Islands Islands NNP 1662 7718 16 dollar dollar NN 1662 7718 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7718 18 SI$ SI$ NNP 1662 7718 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7718 20 = = SYM 1662 7718 21 100 100 CD 1662 7718 22 cents cent NNS 1662 7718 23 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 7718 24 rates rate NNS 1662 7718 25 : : : 1662 7718 26 Solomon Solomon NNP 1662 7718 27 Islands Islands NNP 1662 7718 28 dollars dollar NNS 1662 7718 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7718 30 SI$ SI$ NNP 1662 7718 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7718 32 per per IN 1662 7718 33 US$ us$ $ 1662 7718 34 1 1 CD 1662 7718 35 - - SYM 1662 7718 36 3.7900 3.7900 CD 1662 7718 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7718 38 November November NNP 1662 7718 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 7718 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7718 41 , , , 1662 7718 42 3.4059 3.4059 CD 1662 7718 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7718 44 1995 1995 CD 1662 7718 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7718 46 , , , 1662 7718 47 3.2914 3.2914 CD 1662 7718 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7718 49 1994 1994 CD 1662 7718 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7718 51 , , , 1662 7718 52 3.1877 3.1877 CD 1662 7718 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7718 54 1993 1993 CD 1662 7718 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7718 56 , , , 1662 7718 57 2.9281 2.9281 CD 1662 7718 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7718 59 1992 1992 CD 1662 7718 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7718 61 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7718 62 year year NN 1662 7718 63 : : : 1662 7718 64 calendar calendar NN 1662 7718 65 year year NN 1662 7718 66 @Solomon @solomon NN 1662 7718 67 Islands island NNS 1662 7718 68 : : : 1662 7718 69 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 7718 70 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 7718 71 : : : 1662 7718 72 5,000 5,000 CD 1662 7718 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7718 74 1991 1991 CD 1662 7718 75 est est NNP 1662 7718 76 . . . 1662 7718 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7719 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 7719 2 system system NN 1662 7719 3 : : : 1662 7719 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7719 5 : : : 1662 7719 6 NA NA NNP 1662 7719 7 international international JJ 1662 7719 8 : : : 1662 7719 9 satellite satellite NN 1662 7719 10 earth earth NNP 1662 7719 11 station station NNP 1662 7719 12 - - : 1662 7719 13 1 1 CD 1662 7719 14 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7719 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7719 16 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 7719 17 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7719 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7719 19 Radio radio NN 1662 7719 20 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7719 21 stations station NNS 1662 7719 22 : : : 1662 7719 23 AM am VBP 1662 7719 24 4 4 CD 1662 7719 25 , , , 1662 7719 26 FM FM NNP 1662 7719 27 0 0 NFP 1662 7719 28 , , , 1662 7719 29 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 7719 30 0 0 CD 1662 7719 31 Radios radio NNS 1662 7719 32 : : : 1662 7719 33 38,000 38,000 CD 1662 7719 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7719 35 1993 1993 CD 1662 7719 36 est est NNP 1662 7719 37 . . . 1662 7719 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7720 1 Television television NN 1662 7720 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7720 3 stations station NNS 1662 7720 4 : : : 1662 7720 5 0 0 NFP 1662 7720 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 7720 7 : : : 1662 7720 8 2,000 2,000 CD 1662 7720 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7720 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 7720 11 est est NNP 1662 7720 12 . . . 1662 7720 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7721 1 @Solomon @Solomon NNP 1662 7721 2 Islands island NNS 1662 7721 3 : : : 1662 7721 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7721 5 Railways railway NNS 1662 7721 6 : : : 1662 7721 7 0 0 LS 1662 7721 8 km km NN 1662 7721 9 Highways highway NNS 1662 7721 10 : : : 1662 7721 11 total total NN 1662 7721 12 : : : 1662 7721 13 2,100 2,100 CD 1662 7721 14 km km NN 1662 7721 15 paved pave VBN 1662 7721 16 : : : 1662 7721 17 32 32 CD 1662 7721 18 km km NNS 1662 7721 19 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7721 20 : : : 1662 7721 21 2,068 2,068 CD 1662 7721 22 km km NNS 1662 7721 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7721 24 includes include VBZ 1662 7721 25 about about IN 1662 7721 26 800 800 CD 1662 7721 27 km km NNS 1662 7721 28 of of IN 1662 7721 29 private private JJ 1662 7721 30 plantation plantation NN 1662 7721 31 roads road NNS 1662 7721 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7721 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7721 34 1995 1995 CD 1662 7721 35 est est NNP 1662 7721 36 . . . 1662 7721 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7722 1 Ports port NNS 1662 7722 2 and and CC 1662 7722 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7722 4 : : : 1662 7722 5 Aola Aola NNP 1662 7722 6 Bay Bay NNP 1662 7722 7 , , , 1662 7722 8 Honiara Honiara NNP 1662 7722 9 , , , 1662 7722 10 Lofung Lofung NNP 1662 7722 11 , , , 1662 7722 12 Noro Noro NNP 1662 7722 13 , , , 1662 7722 14 Viru Viru NNP 1662 7722 15 Harbor Harbor NNP 1662 7722 16 , , , 1662 7722 17 Yandina Yandina NNP 1662 7722 18 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7722 19 marine marine NN 1662 7722 20 : : : 1662 7722 21 none none NN 1662 7722 22 Airports airport NNS 1662 7722 23 : : : 1662 7722 24 29 29 CD 1662 7722 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7722 26 1996 1996 CD 1662 7722 27 est est NNP 1662 7722 28 . . . 1662 7722 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7723 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7723 2 - - , 1662 7723 3 with with IN 1662 7723 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7723 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7723 6 : : : 1662 7723 7 total total NN 1662 7723 8 : : : 1662 7723 9 19 19 CD 1662 7723 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7723 11 to to TO 1662 7723 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7723 13 m m NN 1662 7723 14 : : : 1662 7723 15 1 1 CD 1662 7723 16 914 914 CD 1662 7723 17 to to TO 1662 7723 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7723 19 m m NN 1662 7723 20 : : : 1662 7723 21 1 1 CD 1662 7723 22 under under IN 1662 7723 23 914 914 CD 1662 7723 24 m m NN 1662 7723 25 : : : 1662 7723 26 17 17 CD 1662 7723 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7723 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 7723 29 est est NNP 1662 7723 30 . . . 1662 7723 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7724 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7724 2 - - , 1662 7724 3 with with IN 1662 7724 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7724 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7724 6 : : : 1662 7724 7 total total NN 1662 7724 8 : : : 1662 7724 9 10 10 CD 1662 7724 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7724 11 to to TO 1662 7724 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7724 13 m m NN 1662 7724 14 : : : 1662 7724 15 1 1 CD 1662 7724 16 914 914 CD 1662 7724 17 to to TO 1662 7724 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7724 19 m m NN 1662 7724 20 : : : 1662 7724 21 9 9 CD 1662 7724 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7724 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 7724 24 est est NNP 1662 7724 25 . . . 1662 7724 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7725 1 Military military JJ 1662 7725 2 Military military JJ 1662 7725 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7725 4 : : : 1662 7725 5 no no DT 1662 7725 6 regular regular JJ 1662 7725 7 military military JJ 1662 7725 8 forces force NNS 1662 7725 9 ; ; : 1662 7725 10 Solomon Solomon NNP 1662 7725 11 Islands Islands NNP 1662 7725 12 National National NNP 1662 7725 13 Reconnaissance Reconnaissance NNP 1662 7725 14 and and CC 1662 7725 15 Surveillance Surveillance NNP 1662 7725 16 Force Force NNP 1662 7725 17 ; ; : 1662 7725 18 Royal Royal NNP 1662 7725 19 Solomon Solomon NNP 1662 7725 20 Islands Islands NNP 1662 7725 21 Police Police NNP 1662 7725 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7725 23 RSIP RSIP NNP 1662 7725 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7725 25 Military military JJ 1662 7725 26 manpower manpower NN 1662 7725 27 - - HYPH 1662 7725 28 availability availability NN 1662 7725 29 : : : 1662 7725 30 males male NNS 1662 7725 31 age age NNP 1662 7725 32 15 15 CD 1662 7725 33 - - SYM 1662 7725 34 49 49 CD 1662 7725 35 : : : 1662 7725 36 NA NA NNP 1662 7725 37 Military military JJ 1662 7725 38 manpower manpower NN 1662 7725 39 - - HYPH 1662 7725 40 fit fit NN 1662 7725 41 for for IN 1662 7725 42 military military JJ 1662 7725 43 service service NN 1662 7725 44 : : : 1662 7725 45 males male NNS 1662 7725 46 : : : 1662 7725 47 NA NA NNP 1662 7725 48 Military military JJ 1662 7725 49 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7725 50 - - HYPH 1662 7725 51 dollar dollar NN 1662 7725 52 figure figure NN 1662 7725 53 : : : 1662 7725 54 $ $ $ 1662 7725 55 NA NA NNP 1662 7725 56 Military military JJ 1662 7725 57 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7725 58 - - : 1662 7725 59 percent percent NN 1662 7725 60 of of IN 1662 7725 61 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7725 62 : : : 1662 7725 63 NA% NA% `` 1662 7725 64 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7725 65 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7725 66 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 7725 67 - - : 1662 7725 68 international international RB 1662 7725 69 : : : 1662 7725 70 none none NN 1662 7725 71 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 72 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 73 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 74 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 75 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 76 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 77 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 78 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 79 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 80 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 81 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 82 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 83 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 84 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 85 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 86 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 87 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 88 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 89 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 90 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 91 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 92 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 93 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 94 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 95 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 96 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 97 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 98 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 99 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 100 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 101 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 102 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 103 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 104 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 105 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 106 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 107 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 108 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 109 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 110 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 111 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 112 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 113 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 114 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 115 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 116 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 117 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 118 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 119 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 120 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 121 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 122 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 123 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 124 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 125 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 126 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 127 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 128 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 129 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 130 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 131 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 132 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 133 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 134 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 135 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 136 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 137 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 138 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 139 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 140 _ _ NNP 1662 7725 141 SOMALIA SOMALIA NNP 1662 7725 142 @Somalia @Somalia NNP 1662 7725 143 : : : 1662 7725 144 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7725 145 Location Location NNP 1662 7725 146 : : : 1662 7725 147 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 7725 148 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7725 149 , , , 1662 7725 150 bordering border VBG 1662 7725 151 the the DT 1662 7725 152 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 7725 153 of of IN 1662 7725 154 Aden Aden NNP 1662 7725 155 and and CC 1662 7725 156 the the DT 1662 7725 157 Indian Indian NNP 1662 7725 158 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7725 159 , , , 1662 7725 160 east east NN 1662 7725 161 of of IN 1662 7725 162 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 7725 163 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7725 164 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7725 165 : : : 1662 7725 166 10 10 CD 1662 7725 167 00 00 CD 1662 7725 168 N n CD 1662 7725 169 , , , 1662 7725 170 49 49 CD 1662 7725 171 00 00 CD 1662 7725 172 E e NN 1662 7725 173 Map Map NNP 1662 7725 174 references reference NNS 1662 7725 175 : : : 1662 7725 176 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7725 177 Area Area NNP 1662 7725 178 : : : 1662 7725 179 total total NN 1662 7725 180 : : : 1662 7725 181 637,660 637,660 CD 1662 7725 182 sq sq VB 1662 7725 183 km km NNP 1662 7725 184 land land NN 1662 7725 185 : : : 1662 7725 186 627,340 627,340 CD 1662 7725 187 sq sq NNP 1662 7725 188 km km NNP 1662 7725 189 water water NN 1662 7725 190 : : : 1662 7725 191 10,320 10,320 CD 1662 7725 192 sq sq NN 1662 7725 193 km km NNP 1662 7725 194 Area area NN 1662 7725 195 - - HYPH 1662 7725 196 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7725 197 : : : 1662 7725 198 slightly slightly RB 1662 7725 199 smaller small JJR 1662 7725 200 than than IN 1662 7725 201 Texas Texas NNP 1662 7725 202 Land Land NNP 1662 7725 203 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7725 204 : : : 1662 7725 205 total total NN 1662 7725 206 : : : 1662 7725 207 2,366 2,366 CD 1662 7725 208 km km NN 1662 7725 209 border border NN 1662 7725 210 countries country NNS 1662 7725 211 : : : 1662 7725 212 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 7725 213 58 58 CD 1662 7725 214 km km NNS 1662 7725 215 , , , 1662 7725 216 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 7725 217 1,626 1,626 CD 1662 7725 218 km km NNS 1662 7725 219 , , , 1662 7725 220 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 7725 221 682 682 CD 1662 7725 222 km km NN 1662 7725 223 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7725 224 : : : 1662 7725 225 3,025 3,025 CD 1662 7725 226 km km NN 1662 7725 227 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7725 228 claims claim VBZ 1662 7725 229 : : : 1662 7725 230 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7725 231 sea sea NN 1662 7725 232 : : : 1662 7725 233 200 200 CD 1662 7725 234 nm nm NNP 1662 7725 235 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7725 236 : : : 1662 7725 237 principally principally RB 1662 7725 238 desert desert NN 1662 7725 239 ; ; : 1662 7725 240 December December NNP 1662 7725 241 to to IN 1662 7725 242 February February NNP 1662 7725 243 - - HYPH 1662 7725 244 northeast northeast NNP 1662 7725 245 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 7725 246 , , , 1662 7725 247 moderate moderate JJ 1662 7725 248 temperatures temperature NNS 1662 7725 249 in in IN 1662 7725 250 north north NN 1662 7725 251 and and CC 1662 7725 252 very very RB 1662 7725 253 hot hot JJ 1662 7725 254 in in IN 1662 7725 255 south south NN 1662 7725 256 ; ; , 1662 7725 257 May May NNP 1662 7725 258 to to IN 1662 7725 259 October October NNP 1662 7725 260 - - HYPH 1662 7725 261 southwest southwest NN 1662 7725 262 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 7725 263 , , , 1662 7725 264 torrid torrid JJ 1662 7725 265 in in IN 1662 7725 266 the the DT 1662 7725 267 north north NN 1662 7725 268 and and CC 1662 7725 269 hot hot JJ 1662 7725 270 in in IN 1662 7725 271 the the DT 1662 7725 272 south south JJ 1662 7725 273 , , , 1662 7725 274 irregular irregular JJ 1662 7725 275 rainfall rainfall NN 1662 7725 276 , , , 1662 7725 277 hot hot JJ 1662 7725 278 and and CC 1662 7725 279 humid humid JJ 1662 7725 280 periods period NNS 1662 7725 281 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7725 282 tangambili tangambili NN 1662 7725 283 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7725 284 between between IN 1662 7725 285 monsoons monsoon NNS 1662 7725 286 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7725 287 : : : 1662 7725 288 mostly mostly RB 1662 7725 289 flat flat JJ 1662 7725 290 to to IN 1662 7725 291 undulating undulate VBG 1662 7725 292 plateau plateau NN 1662 7725 293 rising rise VBG 1662 7725 294 to to IN 1662 7725 295 hills hill NNS 1662 7725 296 in in IN 1662 7725 297 north north NNP 1662 7725 298 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7725 299 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7725 300 : : : 1662 7725 301 lowest low JJS 1662 7725 302 point point NN 1662 7725 303 : : : 1662 7725 304 Indian Indian NNP 1662 7725 305 Ocean 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186 Mohamed Mohamed NNP 1662 7741 187 SIAD SIAD NNP 1662 7741 188 Barre Barre NNP 1662 7741 189 on on IN 1662 7741 190 27 27 CD 1662 7741 191 January January NNP 1662 7741 192 1991 1991 CD 1662 7741 193 ; ; : 1662 7741 194 the the DT 1662 7741 195 present present JJ 1662 7741 196 political political JJ 1662 7741 197 situation situation NN 1662 7741 198 is be VBZ 1662 7741 199 one one CD 1662 7741 200 of of IN 1662 7741 201 anarchy anarchy NN 1662 7741 202 , , , 1662 7741 203 marked mark VBN 1662 7741 204 by by IN 1662 7741 205 interclan interclan NN 1662 7741 206 fighting fighting NN 1662 7741 207 and and CC 1662 7741 208 random random JJ 1662 7741 209 banditry banditry NN 1662 7741 210 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 7741 211 branch branch NN 1662 7741 212 : : : 1662 7741 213 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 7741 214 People People NNPS 1662 7741 215 's 's POS 1662 7741 216 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7741 217 or or CC 1662 7741 218 Golaha Golaha NNP 1662 7741 219 Shacbiga Shacbiga NNP 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1662 7741 325 , , , 1662 7741 326 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 7741 327 , , , 1662 7741 328 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 7741 329 , , , 1662 7741 330 IDA IDA NNP 1662 7741 331 , , , 1662 7741 332 IDB IDB NNP 1662 7741 333 , , , 1662 7741 334 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 7741 335 , , , 1662 7741 336 IFC IFC NNP 1662 7741 337 , , , 1662 7741 338 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 7741 339 , , , 1662 7741 340 IGADD IGADD NNP 1662 7741 341 , , , 1662 7741 342 ILO ILO NNP 1662 7741 343 , , , 1662 7741 344 IMF IMF NNP 1662 7741 345 , , , 1662 7741 346 IMO imo RB 1662 7741 347 , , , 1662 7741 348 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7741 349 , , , 1662 7741 350 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 7741 351 , , , 1662 7741 352 IOC IOC NNP 1662 7741 353 , , , 1662 7741 354 IOM IOM NNP 1662 7741 355 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7741 356 observer observer NN 1662 7741 357 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7741 358 , , , 1662 7741 359 ITU ITU NNP 1662 7741 360 , , , 1662 7741 361 NAM NAM NNP 1662 7741 362 , , , 1662 7741 363 OAU OAU NNP 1662 7741 364 , , , 1662 7741 365 OIC OIC NNP 1662 7741 366 , , , 1662 7741 367 UN UN NNP 1662 7741 368 , , , 1662 7741 369 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 7741 370 , , , 1662 7741 371 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 7741 372 , , , 1662 7741 373 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 7741 374 , , , 1662 7741 375 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 7741 376 , , , 1662 7741 377 UPU UPU NNP 1662 7741 378 , , , 1662 7741 379 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 7741 380 , , , 1662 7741 381 WHO who WP 1662 7741 382 , , , 1662 7741 383 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 7741 384 , , , 1662 7741 385 WMO WMO NNP 1662 7741 386 , , , 1662 7741 387 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 7741 388 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7741 389 observer observer NN 1662 7741 390 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7741 391 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7741 392 representation representation NN 1662 7741 393 in in IN 1662 7741 394 the the DT 1662 7741 395 US US NNP 1662 7741 396 : : : 1662 7741 397 Somalia Somalia NNP 1662 7741 398 does do VBZ 1662 7741 399 not not RB 1662 7741 400 have have VB 1662 7741 401 an an DT 1662 7741 402 embassy embassy NN 1662 7741 403 in in IN 1662 7741 404 the the DT 1662 7741 405 US US NNP 1662 7741 406 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7741 407 ceased cease VBD 1662 7741 408 operations operation NNS 1662 7741 409 on on IN 1662 7741 410 8 8 CD 1662 7741 411 May May NNP 1662 7741 412 1991 1991 CD 1662 7741 413 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7741 414 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7741 415 representation representation NN 1662 7741 416 from from IN 1662 7741 417 the the DT 1662 7741 418 US US NNP 1662 7741 419 : : : 1662 7741 420 the the DT 1662 7741 421 US US NNP 1662 7741 422 does do VBZ 1662 7741 423 not not RB 1662 7741 424 have have VB 1662 7741 425 an an DT 1662 7741 426 embassy embassy NN 1662 7741 427 in in IN 1662 7741 428 Somalia Somalia NNP 1662 7741 429 ; ; : 1662 7741 430 US US NNP 1662 7741 431 interests interest NNS 1662 7741 432 are be VBP 1662 7741 433 represented represent VBN 1662 7741 434 by by IN 1662 7741 435 the the DT 1662 7741 436 US US NNP 1662 7741 437 Embassy Embassy NNP 1662 7741 438 in in IN 1662 7741 439 Nairobi Nairobi NNP 1662 7741 440 at at IN 1662 7741 441 Moi Moi NNP 1662 7741 442 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 7741 443 and and CC 1662 7741 444 Haile Haile NNP 1662 7741 445 Selassie Selassie NNP 1662 7741 446 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 7741 447 ; ; : 1662 7741 448 mail mail NN 1662 7741 449 address address NN 1662 7741 450 : : : 1662 7741 451 P. 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7758 3 bananas banana NNS 1662 7758 4 , , , 1662 7758 5 live live JJ 1662 7758 6 animals animal NNS 1662 7758 7 , , , 1662 7758 8 fish fish NN 1662 7758 9 , , , 1662 7758 10 hides hide NNS 1662 7758 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7758 12 1995 1995 CD 1662 7758 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7758 14 partners partner NNS 1662 7758 15 : : : 1662 7758 16 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 7758 17 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 7758 18 57 57 CD 1662 7758 19 % % NN 1662 7758 20 , , , 1662 7758 21 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 7758 22 14 14 CD 1662 7758 23 % % NN 1662 7758 24 , , , 1662 7758 25 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7758 26 13 13 CD 1662 7758 27 % % NN 1662 7758 28 , , , 1662 7758 29 US US NNP 1662 7758 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7758 31 bananas bananas NNP 1662 7758 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7758 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7758 34 1995 1995 CD 1662 7758 35 est est NNP 1662 7758 36 . . . 1662 7758 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7759 1 Imports import NNS 1662 7759 2 : : : 1662 7759 3 total total JJ 1662 7759 4 value value NN 1662 7759 5 : : : 1662 7759 6 $ $ $ 1662 7759 7 269 269 CD 1662 7759 8 million million CD 1662 7759 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7759 10 1994 1994 CD 1662 7759 11 est est NNP 1662 7759 12 . . . 1662 7759 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7760 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7760 2 : : : 1662 7760 3 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 7760 4 , , , 1662 7760 5 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7760 6 products product NNS 1662 7760 7 , , , 1662 7760 8 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 7760 9 , , , 1662 7760 10 construction construction NN 1662 7760 11 materials material NNS 1662 7760 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7760 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 7760 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7760 15 partners partner NNS 1662 7760 16 : : : 1662 7760 17 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 7760 18 24 24 CD 1662 7760 19 % % NN 1662 7760 20 , , , 1662 7760 21 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 7760 22 18 18 CD 1662 7760 23 % % NN 1662 7760 24 , , , 1662 7760 25 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 7760 26 6 6 CD 1662 7760 27 % % NN 1662 7760 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7760 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 7760 30 est est NNP 1662 7760 31 . . . 1662 7760 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7761 1 Debt debt NN 1662 7761 2 - - HYPH 1662 7761 3 external external JJ 1662 7761 4 : : : 1662 7761 5 $ $ $ 1662 7761 6 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 7761 7 billion billion CD 1662 7761 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7761 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 7761 10 est est NNP 1662 7761 11 . . . 1662 7761 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7762 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 7762 2 aid aid NN 1662 7762 3 : : : 1662 7762 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 7762 5 : : : 1662 7762 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 7762 7 , , , 1662 7762 8 $ $ $ 1662 7762 9 NA NA NNP 1662 7762 10 Currency currency NN 1662 7762 11 : : : 1662 7762 12 1 1 CD 1662 7762 13 Somali somali JJ 1662 7762 14 shilling shilling NN 1662 7762 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7762 16 So so RB 1662 7762 17 . . . 1662 7763 1 Sh Sh NNP 1662 7763 2 . . . 1662 7763 3 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7764 1 = = NFP 1662 7764 2 100 100 CD 1662 7764 3 cents cent NNS 1662 7764 4 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 7764 5 rates rate NNS 1662 7764 6 : : : 1662 7764 7 Somali somali JJ 1662 7764 8 shillings shilling NNS 1662 7764 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7764 10 So so RB 1662 7764 11 . . . 1662 7765 1 Sh Sh NNP 1662 7765 2 . . . 1662 7765 3 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7766 1 per per IN 1662 7766 2 US$ us$ $ 1662 7766 3 1 1 CD 1662 7766 4 - - SYM 1662 7766 5 4,100 4,100 CD 1662 7766 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7766 7 November November NNP 1662 7766 8 1996 1996 CD 1662 7766 9 est est VBD 1662 7766 10 . . . 1662 7767 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7767 2 , , , 1662 7767 3 7,000 7,000 CD 1662 7767 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7767 5 January January NNP 1662 7767 6 1996 1996 CD 1662 7767 7 est est VBD 1662 7767 8 . . . 1662 7768 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7768 2 , , , 1662 7768 3 5,000 5,000 CD 1662 7768 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7768 5 1 1 CD 1662 7768 6 January January NNP 1662 7768 7 1995 1995 CD 1662 7768 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7768 9 , , , 1662 7768 10 2,616 2,616 CD 1662 7768 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7768 12 1 1 CD 1662 7768 13 July July NNP 1662 7768 14 1993 1993 CD 1662 7768 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7768 16 , , , 1662 7768 17 4,200 4,200 CD 1662 7768 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7768 19 December December NNP 1662 7768 20 1992 1992 CD 1662 7768 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7768 22 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7768 23 year year NN 1662 7768 24 : : : 1662 7768 25 calendar calendar NNP 1662 7768 26 year year NN 1662 7768 27 @Somalia @Somalia NNP 1662 7768 28 : : : 1662 7768 29 Communications Communications NNP 1662 7768 30 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 7768 31 : : : 1662 7768 32 9,000 9,000 CD 1662 7768 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7768 34 1991 1991 CD 1662 7768 35 est est NNP 1662 7768 36 . . . 1662 7768 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7769 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 7769 2 system system NN 1662 7769 3 : : : 1662 7769 4 the the DT 1662 7769 5 public public JJ 1662 7769 6 telecommunications telecommunications NN 1662 7769 7 system system NN 1662 7769 8 was be VBD 1662 7769 9 completely completely RB 1662 7769 10 destroyed destroy VBN 1662 7769 11 or or CC 1662 7769 12 dismantled dismantle VBN 1662 7769 13 by by IN 1662 7769 14 the the DT 1662 7769 15 civil civil JJ 1662 7769 16 war war NN 1662 7769 17 factions faction NNS 1662 7769 18 ; ; : 1662 7769 19 all all DT 1662 7769 20 relief relief NN 1662 7769 21 organizations organization NNS 1662 7769 22 depend depend VBP 1662 7769 23 on on IN 1662 7769 24 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7769 25 own own JJ 1662 7769 26 private private JJ 1662 7769 27 systems system NNS 1662 7769 28 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7769 29 : : : 1662 7769 30 recently recently RB 1662 7769 31 , , , 1662 7769 32 local local JJ 1662 7769 33 cellular cellular JJ 1662 7769 34 telephone telephone NN 1662 7769 35 systems system NNS 1662 7769 36 have have VBP 1662 7769 37 been be VBN 1662 7769 38 established establish VBN 1662 7769 39 in in IN 1662 7769 40 Mogadishu Mogadishu NNP 1662 7769 41 and and CC 1662 7769 42 in in IN 1662 7769 43 several several JJ 1662 7769 44 other other JJ 1662 7769 45 population population NN 1662 7769 46 centers center NNS 1662 7769 47 international international JJ 1662 7769 48 : : : 1662 7769 49 international international JJ 1662 7769 50 connections connection NNS 1662 7769 51 are be VBP 1662 7769 52 available available JJ 1662 7769 53 from from IN 1662 7769 54 Mogadishu Mogadishu NNP 1662 7769 55 by by IN 1662 7769 56 satellite satellite NN 1662 7769 57 Radio radio NN 1662 7769 58 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7769 59 stations station NNS 1662 7769 60 : : : 1662 7769 61 AM am VBP 1662 7769 62 NA NA NNP 1662 7769 63 , , , 1662 7769 64 FM FM NNP 1662 7769 65 NA NA NNP 1662 7769 66 , , , 1662 7769 67 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 7769 68 NA NA NNP 1662 7769 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7769 70 there there EX 1662 7769 71 are be VBP 1662 7769 72 at at RB 1662 7769 73 least least RBS 1662 7769 74 five five CD 1662 7769 75 radio radio NN 1662 7769 76 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7769 77 stations station NNS 1662 7769 78 of of IN 1662 7769 79 NA NA NNP 1662 7769 80 type type NN 1662 7769 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7769 82 Radios radio NNS 1662 7769 83 : : : 1662 7769 84 350,000 350,000 CD 1662 7769 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7769 86 1992 1992 CD 1662 7769 87 est est NNP 1662 7769 88 . . . 1662 7769 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7770 1 Television television NN 1662 7770 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7770 3 stations station NNS 1662 7770 4 : : : 1662 7770 5 0 0 LS 1662 7770 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7770 7 Somalia Somalia NNP 1662 7770 8 's 's POS 1662 7770 9 only only JJ 1662 7770 10 TV tv NN 1662 7770 11 station station NN 1662 7770 12 was be VBD 1662 7770 13 demolished demolish VBN 1662 7770 14 during during IN 1662 7770 15 the the DT 1662 7770 16 civil civil JJ 1662 7770 17 strife strife NN 1662 7770 18 , , , 1662 7770 19 sometime sometime RB 1662 7770 20 in in IN 1662 7770 21 1991 1991 CD 1662 7770 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7770 23 Televisions television NNS 1662 7770 24 : : : 1662 7770 25 113,000 113,000 CD 1662 7770 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7770 27 1992 1992 CD 1662 7770 28 est est NNP 1662 7770 29 . . . 1662 7770 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7771 1 @Somalia @Somalia NNP 1662 7771 2 : : : 1662 7771 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7771 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 7771 5 : : : 1662 7771 6 0 0 LS 1662 7771 7 km km NN 1662 7771 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 7771 9 : : : 1662 7771 10 total total NN 1662 7771 11 : : : 1662 7771 12 18,000 18,000 CD 1662 7771 13 km km NN 1662 7771 14 paved pave VBN 1662 7771 15 : : : 1662 7771 16 2,700 2,700 CD 1662 7771 17 km km NN 1662 7771 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7771 19 : : : 1662 7771 20 15,300 15,300 CD 1662 7771 21 km km NNS 1662 7771 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7771 23 1993 1993 CD 1662 7771 24 est est NNP 1662 7771 25 . . . 1662 7771 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7772 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 7772 2 : : : 1662 7772 3 crude crude JJ 1662 7772 4 oil oil NN 1662 7772 5 15 15 CD 1662 7772 6 km km NN 1662 7772 7 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 7772 8 and and CC 1662 7772 9 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7772 10 : : : 1662 7772 11 Bender Bender NNP 1662 7772 12 Cassim Cassim NNP 1662 7772 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7772 14 Boosaaso Boosaaso NNP 1662 7772 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7772 16 , , , 1662 7772 17 Berbera Berbera NNP 1662 7772 18 , , , 1662 7772 19 Chisimayu Chisimayu NNP 1662 7772 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7772 21 Kismaayo Kismaayo NNP 1662 7772 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7772 23 , , , 1662 7772 24 Merca Merca NNP 1662 7772 25 , , , 1662 7772 26 Mogadishu Mogadishu NNP 1662 7772 27 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7772 28 marine marine NN 1662 7772 29 : : : 1662 7772 30 total total NN 1662 7772 31 : : : 1662 7772 32 2 2 CD 1662 7772 33 ships ship NNS 1662 7772 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7772 35 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7772 36 GRT GRT NNP 1662 7772 37 or or CC 1662 7772 38 over over RB 1662 7772 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7772 40 totaling total VBG 1662 7772 41 5,529 5,529 CD 1662 7772 42 GRT/6,892 GRT/6,892 NNP 1662 7772 43 DWT DWT NNP 1662 7772 44 ships ship NNS 1662 7772 45 by by IN 1662 7772 46 type type NN 1662 7772 47 : : : 1662 7772 48 cargo cargo NN 1662 7772 49 1 1 CD 1662 7772 50 , , , 1662 7772 51 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 7772 52 cargo cargo NN 1662 7772 53 1 1 CD 1662 7772 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7772 55 1996 1996 CD 1662 7772 56 est est NNP 1662 7772 57 . . . 1662 7772 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7773 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7773 2 : : : 1662 7773 3 47 47 CD 1662 7773 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7773 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 7773 6 est est NNP 1662 7773 7 . . . 1662 7773 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7774 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7774 2 - - , 1662 7774 3 with with IN 1662 7774 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7774 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7774 6 : : : 1662 7774 7 total total NN 1662 7774 8 : : : 1662 7774 9 11 11 CD 1662 7774 10 over over IN 1662 7774 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7774 12 m m NN 1662 7774 13 : : : 1662 7774 14 3 3 CD 1662 7774 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7774 16 to to IN 1662 7774 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7774 18 m m NN 1662 7774 19 : : : 1662 7774 20 1 1 CD 1662 7774 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7774 22 to to TO 1662 7774 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7774 24 m m NN 1662 7774 25 : : : 1662 7774 26 2 2 CD 1662 7774 27 914 914 CD 1662 7774 28 to to TO 1662 7774 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7774 30 m m NN 1662 7774 31 : : : 1662 7774 32 1 1 CD 1662 7774 33 under under IN 1662 7774 34 914 914 CD 1662 7774 35 m m NN 1662 7774 36 : : : 1662 7774 37 4 4 CD 1662 7774 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7774 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 7774 40 est est NNP 1662 7774 41 . . . 1662 7774 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7775 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7775 2 - - , 1662 7775 3 with with IN 1662 7775 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7775 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7775 6 : : : 1662 7775 7 total total NN 1662 7775 8 : : : 1662 7775 9 36 36 CD 1662 7775 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7775 11 to to TO 1662 7775 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7775 13 m m NN 1662 7775 14 : : : 1662 7775 15 4 4 CD 1662 7775 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7775 17 to to TO 1662 7775 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7775 19 m m NN 1662 7775 20 : : : 1662 7775 21 13 13 CD 1662 7775 22 914 914 CD 1662 7775 23 to to TO 1662 7775 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7775 25 m m NN 1662 7775 26 : : : 1662 7775 27 19 19 CD 1662 7775 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7775 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 7775 30 est est NNP 1662 7775 31 . . . 1662 7775 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7776 1 Military military JJ 1662 7776 2 Military military JJ 1662 7776 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7776 4 : : : 1662 7776 5 NA na XX 1662 7776 6 ; ; : 1662 7776 7 note note VB 1662 7776 8 - - : 1662 7776 9 no no DT 1662 7776 10 functioning function VBG 1662 7776 11 central central JJ 1662 7776 12 government government NN 1662 7776 13 military military JJ 1662 7776 14 forces force NNS 1662 7776 15 ; ; : 1662 7776 16 clan clan NN 1662 7776 17 militias militia NNS 1662 7776 18 continue continue VBP 1662 7776 19 to to TO 1662 7776 20 battle battle VB 1662 7776 21 for for IN 1662 7776 22 control control NN 1662 7776 23 of of IN 1662 7776 24 key key JJ 1662 7776 25 economic economic JJ 1662 7776 26 or or CC 1662 7776 27 political political JJ 1662 7776 28 prizes prize NNS 1662 7776 29 Military Military NNP 1662 7776 30 manpower manpower NN 1662 7776 31 - - HYPH 1662 7776 32 military military NN 1662 7776 33 age age NN 1662 7776 34 : : : 1662 7776 35 males male NNS 1662 7776 36 : : : 1662 7776 37 1,615,598 1,615,598 CD 1662 7776 38 years year NNS 1662 7776 39 of of IN 1662 7776 40 age age NN 1662 7776 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7776 42 1997 1997 CD 1662 7776 43 est est NNP 1662 7776 44 . . . 1662 7776 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7777 1 Military military JJ 1662 7777 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7777 3 - - HYPH 1662 7777 4 availability availability NN 1662 7777 5 : : : 1662 7777 6 males male NNS 1662 7777 7 age age NNP 1662 7777 8 15 15 CD 1662 7777 9 - - HYPH 1662 7777 10 49 49 CD 1662 7777 11 : : : 1662 7777 12 2,408,639 2,408,639 CD 1662 7777 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7777 14 1997 1997 CD 1662 7777 15 est est NNP 1662 7777 16 . . . 1662 7777 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7778 1 Military military JJ 1662 7778 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7778 3 - - HYPH 1662 7778 4 fit fit NN 1662 7778 5 for for IN 1662 7778 6 military military JJ 1662 7778 7 service service NN 1662 7778 8 : : : 1662 7778 9 males male NNS 1662 7778 10 : : : 1662 7778 11 901,827 901,827 CD 1662 7778 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7778 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7778 14 est est NNP 1662 7778 15 . . . 1662 7778 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7779 1 Military military JJ 1662 7779 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7779 3 - - HYPH 1662 7779 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 7779 5 figure figure NN 1662 7779 6 : : : 1662 7779 7 $ $ $ 1662 7779 8 NA NA NNP 1662 7779 9 Military military JJ 1662 7779 10 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7779 11 - - : 1662 7779 12 percent percent NN 1662 7779 13 of of IN 1662 7779 14 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7779 15 : : : 1662 7779 16 NA% NA% `` 1662 7779 17 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7779 18 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7779 19 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 7779 20 - - : 1662 7779 21 international international RB 1662 7779 22 : : : 1662 7779 23 most most JJS 1662 7779 24 of of IN 1662 7779 25 the the DT 1662 7779 26 southern southern JJ 1662 7779 27 half half NN 1662 7779 28 of of IN 1662 7779 29 the the DT 1662 7779 30 boundary boundary NN 1662 7779 31 with with IN 1662 7779 32 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 7779 33 is be VBZ 1662 7779 34 a a DT 1662 7779 35 Provisional Provisional NNP 1662 7779 36 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 7779 37 Line Line NNP 1662 7779 38 ; ; , 1662 7779 39 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7779 40 dispute dispute NN 1662 7779 41 with with IN 1662 7779 42 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 7779 43 over over IN 1662 7779 44 the the DT 1662 7779 45 Ogaden Ogaden NNP 1662 7779 46 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 47 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 48 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 49 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 50 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 51 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 52 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 53 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 54 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 55 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 56 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 57 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 58 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 59 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 60 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 61 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 62 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 63 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 64 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 65 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 66 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 67 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 68 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 69 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 70 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 71 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 72 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 73 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 74 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 75 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 76 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 77 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 78 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 79 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 80 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 81 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 82 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 83 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 84 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 85 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 86 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 87 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 88 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 89 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 90 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 91 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 92 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 93 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 94 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 95 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 96 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 97 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 98 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 99 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 100 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 101 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 102 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 103 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 104 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 105 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 106 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 107 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 108 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 109 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 110 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 111 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 112 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 113 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 114 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 115 _ _ NNP 1662 7779 116 SOUTH SOUTH NNP 1662 7779 117 AFRICA AFRICA NNP 1662 7779 118 @South @south NN 1662 7779 119 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7779 120 : : : 1662 7779 121 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7779 122 Location Location NNP 1662 7779 123 : : : 1662 7779 124 Southern Southern NNP 1662 7779 125 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7779 126 , , , 1662 7779 127 at at IN 1662 7779 128 the the DT 1662 7779 129 southern southern JJ 1662 7779 130 tip tip NN 1662 7779 131 of of IN 1662 7779 132 the the DT 1662 7779 133 continent continent NN 1662 7779 134 of of IN 1662 7779 135 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7779 136 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7779 137 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7779 138 : : : 1662 7779 139 29 29 CD 1662 7779 140 00 00 NFP 1662 7779 141 S s NN 1662 7779 142 , , , 1662 7779 143 24 24 CD 1662 7779 144 00 00 CD 1662 7779 145 E e NN 1662 7779 146 Map Map NNP 1662 7779 147 references reference NNS 1662 7779 148 : : : 1662 7779 149 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7779 150 Area Area NNP 1662 7779 151 : : : 1662 7779 152 total total NN 1662 7779 153 : : : 1662 7779 154 1,219,912 1,219,912 CD 1662 7779 155 sq sq VB 1662 7779 156 km km NNP 1662 7779 157 land land NN 1662 7779 158 : : : 1662 7779 159 1,219,912 1,219,912 CD 1662 7779 160 sq sq VB 1662 7779 161 km km NNP 1662 7779 162 water water NN 1662 7779 163 : : : 1662 7779 164 0 0 NFP 1662 7779 165 sq sq NNP 1662 7779 166 km km NNP 1662 7779 167 note note NN 1662 7779 168 : : : 1662 7779 169 includes include VBZ 1662 7779 170 Prince Prince NNP 1662 7779 171 Edward Edward NNP 1662 7779 172 Islands Islands NNP 1662 7779 173 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7779 174 Marion Marion NNP 1662 7779 175 Island Island NNP 1662 7779 176 and and CC 1662 7779 177 Prince Prince NNP 1662 7779 178 Edward Edward NNP 1662 7779 179 Island Island NNP 1662 7779 180 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7779 181 Area Area NNP 1662 7779 182 - - HYPH 1662 7779 183 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7779 184 : : : 1662 7779 185 slightly slightly RB 1662 7779 186 less less JJR 1662 7779 187 than than IN 1662 7779 188 twice twice RB 1662 7779 189 the the DT 1662 7779 190 size size NN 1662 7779 191 of of IN 1662 7779 192 Texas Texas NNP 1662 7779 193 Land Land NNP 1662 7779 194 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7779 195 : : : 1662 7779 196 total total JJ 1662 7779 197 : : : 1662 7779 198 4,750 4,750 CD 1662 7779 199 km km NN 1662 7779 200 border border NN 1662 7779 201 countries country NNS 1662 7779 202 : : : 1662 7779 203 Botswana Botswana NNP 1662 7779 204 1,840 1,840 CD 1662 7779 205 km km NNS 1662 7779 206 , , , 1662 7779 207 Lesotho Lesotho NNP 1662 7779 208 909 909 CD 1662 7779 209 km km NNS 1662 7779 210 , , , 1662 7779 211 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 7779 212 491 491 CD 1662 7779 213 km km NN 1662 7779 214 , , , 1662 7779 215 Namibia Namibia NNP 1662 7779 216 855 855 CD 1662 7779 217 km km NN 1662 7779 218 , , , 1662 7779 219 Swaziland Swaziland NNP 1662 7779 220 430 430 CD 1662 7779 221 km km NNS 1662 7779 222 , , , 1662 7779 223 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 7779 224 225 225 CD 1662 7779 225 km km NN 1662 7779 226 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7779 227 : : : 1662 7779 228 2,798 2,798 CD 1662 7779 229 km km NN 1662 7779 230 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7779 231 claims claim VBZ 1662 7779 232 : : : 1662 7779 233 continental continental NNP 1662 7779 234 shelf shelf NNP 1662 7779 235 : : : 1662 7779 236 200-m 200-m CD 1662 7779 237 depth depth NN 1662 7779 238 or or CC 1662 7779 239 to to IN 1662 7779 240 the the DT 1662 7779 241 depth depth NN 1662 7779 242 of of IN 1662 7779 243 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 7779 244 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 7779 245 economic economic JJ 1662 7779 246 zone zone NN 1662 7779 247 : : : 1662 7779 248 200 200 CD 1662 7779 249 nm nm CD 1662 7779 250 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7779 251 sea sea NN 1662 7779 252 : : : 1662 7779 253 12 12 CD 1662 7779 254 nm nm NNP 1662 7779 255 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7779 256 : : : 1662 7779 257 mostly mostly RB 1662 7779 258 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 7779 259 ; ; : 1662 7779 260 subtropical subtropical NNP 1662 7779 261 along along IN 1662 7779 262 east east NNP 1662 7779 263 coast coast NNP 1662 7779 264 ; ; , 1662 7779 265 sunny sunny JJ 1662 7779 266 days day NNS 1662 7779 267 , , , 1662 7779 268 cool cool JJ 1662 7779 269 nights night NNS 1662 7779 270 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7779 271 : : : 1662 7779 272 vast vast JJ 1662 7779 273 interior interior JJ 1662 7779 274 plateau plateau NN 1662 7779 275 rimmed rim VBN 1662 7779 276 by by IN 1662 7779 277 rugged rugged JJ 1662 7779 278 hills hill NNS 1662 7779 279 and and CC 1662 7779 280 narrow narrow JJ 1662 7779 281 coastal coastal JJ 1662 7779 282 plain plain JJ 1662 7779 283 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7779 284 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7779 285 : : : 1662 7779 286 lowest low JJS 1662 7779 287 point point NN 1662 7779 288 : : : 1662 7779 289 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7779 290 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7779 291 0 0 NFP 1662 7779 292 m m DT 1662 7779 293 highest high JJS 1662 7779 294 point point NN 1662 7779 295 : : : 1662 7779 296 Njesuthi njesuthi NN 1662 7779 297 3,408 3,408 CD 1662 7779 298 m m CD 1662 7779 299 Natural natural JJ 1662 7779 300 resources resource NNS 1662 7779 301 : : : 1662 7779 302 gold gold NN 1662 7779 303 , , , 1662 7779 304 chromium chromium NN 1662 7779 305 , , , 1662 7779 306 antimony antimony NN 1662 7779 307 , , , 1662 7779 308 coal coal NN 1662 7779 309 , , , 1662 7779 310 iron iron NN 1662 7779 311 ore ore NN 1662 7779 312 , , , 1662 7779 313 manganese manganese JJ 1662 7779 314 , , , 1662 7779 315 nickel nickel NN 1662 7779 316 , , , 1662 7779 317 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 7779 318 , , , 1662 7779 319 tin tin NN 1662 7779 320 , , , 1662 7779 321 uranium uranium NN 1662 7779 322 , , , 1662 7779 323 gem gem NN 1662 7779 324 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 7779 325 , , , 1662 7779 326 platinum platinum NN 1662 7779 327 , , , 1662 7779 328 copper copper NN 1662 7779 329 , , , 1662 7779 330 vanadium vanadium NN 1662 7779 331 , , , 1662 7779 332 salt salt NN 1662 7779 333 , , , 1662 7779 334 natural natural JJ 1662 7779 335 gas gas NN 1662 7779 336 Land land NN 1662 7779 337 use use NN 1662 7779 338 : : : 1662 7779 339 arable arable JJ 1662 7779 340 land land NN 1662 7779 341 : : : 1662 7779 342 10 10 CD 1662 7779 343 % % NN 1662 7779 344 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7779 345 crops crop NNS 1662 7779 346 : : : 1662 7779 347 1 1 CD 1662 7779 348 % % NN 1662 7779 349 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7779 350 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7779 351 : : : 1662 7779 352 67 67 CD 1662 7779 353 % % NN 1662 7779 354 forests forest NNS 1662 7779 355 and and CC 1662 7779 356 woodland woodland NN 1662 7779 357 : : : 1662 7779 358 7 7 CD 1662 7779 359 % % NN 1662 7779 360 other other JJ 1662 7779 361 : : : 1662 7779 362 15 15 CD 1662 7779 363 % % NN 1662 7779 364 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7779 365 1993 1993 CD 1662 7779 366 est est NNP 1662 7779 367 . . . 1662 7779 368 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7780 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7780 2 land land NN 1662 7780 3 : : : 1662 7780 4 12,700 12,700 CD 1662 7780 5 sq sq NNP 1662 7780 6 km km NNP 1662 7780 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7780 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 7780 9 est est NNP 1662 7780 10 . . . 1662 7780 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7781 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 7781 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7781 3 : : : 1662 7781 4 prolonged prolonged JJ 1662 7781 5 droughts drought NNS 1662 7781 6 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7781 7 - - HYPH 1662 7781 8 current current JJ 1662 7781 9 issues issue NNS 1662 7781 10 : : : 1662 7781 11 lack lack NN 1662 7781 12 of of IN 1662 7781 13 important important JJ 1662 7781 14 arterial arterial JJ 1662 7781 15 rivers river NNS 1662 7781 16 or or CC 1662 7781 17 lakes lake NNS 1662 7781 18 requires require VBZ 1662 7781 19 extensive extensive JJ 1662 7781 20 water water NN 1662 7781 21 conservation conservation NN 1662 7781 22 and and CC 1662 7781 23 control control NN 1662 7781 24 measures measure NNS 1662 7781 25 ; ; : 1662 7781 26 growth growth NN 1662 7781 27 in in IN 1662 7781 28 water water NN 1662 7781 29 usage usage NN 1662 7781 30 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 7781 31 to to TO 1662 7781 32 outpace outpace VB 1662 7781 33 supply supply NN 1662 7781 34 ; ; : 1662 7781 35 pollution pollution NN 1662 7781 36 of of IN 1662 7781 37 rivers river NNS 1662 7781 38 from from IN 1662 7781 39 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 7781 40 runoff runoff NN 1662 7781 41 and and CC 1662 7781 42 urban urban JJ 1662 7781 43 discharge discharge NN 1662 7781 44 ; ; : 1662 7781 45 air air NN 1662 7781 46 pollution pollution NN 1662 7781 47 resulting result VBG 1662 7781 48 in in IN 1662 7781 49 acid acid JJ 1662 7781 50 rain rain NN 1662 7781 51 ; ; , 1662 7781 52 soil soil NN 1662 7781 53 erosion erosion NN 1662 7781 54 ; ; , 1662 7781 55 desertification desertification NN 1662 7781 56 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7781 57 - - HYPH 1662 7781 58 international international JJ 1662 7781 59 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7781 60 : : : 1662 7781 61 party party NN 1662 7781 62 to to TO 1662 7781 63 : : : 1662 7781 64 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 7781 65 - - HYPH 1662 7781 66 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 7781 67 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 7781 68 , , , 1662 7781 69 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 7781 70 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 7781 71 , , , 1662 7781 72 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 7781 73 , , , 1662 7781 74 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 7781 75 Species Species NNPS 1662 7781 76 , , , 1662 7781 77 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 7781 78 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 7781 79 , , , 1662 7781 80 Marine Marine NNP 1662 7781 81 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 7781 82 , , , 1662 7781 83 Marine Marine NNP 1662 7781 84 Life Life NNP 1662 7781 85 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 7781 86 , , , 1662 7781 87 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 7781 88 Test Test NNP 1662 7781 89 Ban Ban NNP 1662 7781 90 , , , 1662 7781 91 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 7781 92 Layer Layer NNP 1662 7781 93 Protection Protection NNP 1662 7781 94 , , , 1662 7781 95 Ship Ship NNP 1662 7781 96 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7781 97 , , , 1662 7781 98 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 7781 99 , , , 1662 7781 100 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 7781 101 signed sign VBD 1662 7781 102 , , , 1662 7781 103 but but CC 1662 7781 104 not not RB 1662 7781 105 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7781 106 : : : 1662 7781 107 Climate climate NN 1662 7781 108 Change Change NNP 1662 7781 109 , , , 1662 7781 110 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 7781 111 , , , 1662 7781 112 Law Law NNP 1662 7781 113 of of IN 1662 7781 114 the the DT 1662 7781 115 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7781 116 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7781 117 - - HYPH 1662 7781 118 note note NN 1662 7781 119 : : : 1662 7781 120 South South NNP 1662 7781 121 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7781 122 completely completely RB 1662 7781 123 surrounds surround VBZ 1662 7781 124 Lesotho Lesotho NNP 1662 7781 125 and and CC 1662 7781 126 almost almost RB 1662 7781 127 completely completely RB 1662 7781 128 surrounds surround VBZ 1662 7781 129 Swaziland Swaziland NNP 1662 7781 130 @South @South NNP 1662 7781 131 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7781 132 : : : 1662 7781 133 People People NNP 1662 7781 134 Population Population NNP 1662 7781 135 : : : 1662 7781 136 42,327,458 42,327,458 CD 1662 7781 137 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7781 138 July July NNP 1662 7781 139 1997 1997 CD 1662 7781 140 est est NNP 1662 7781 141 . . . 1662 7781 142 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7782 1 Age age NN 1662 7782 2 structure structure NN 1662 7782 3 : : : 1662 7782 4 0 0 CD 1662 7782 5 - - HYPH 1662 7782 6 14 14 CD 1662 7782 7 years year NNS 1662 7782 8 : : : 1662 7782 9 35 35 CD 1662 7782 10 % % NN 1662 7782 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7782 12 male male JJ 1662 7782 13 7,470,444 7,470,444 CD 1662 7782 14 ; ; : 1662 7782 15 female female JJ 1662 7782 16 7,340,734 7,340,734 CD 1662 7782 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7782 18 15 15 CD 1662 7782 19 - - SYM 1662 7782 20 64 64 CD 1662 7782 21 years year NNS 1662 7782 22 : : : 1662 7782 23 61 61 CD 1662 7782 24 % % NN 1662 7782 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7782 26 male male JJ 1662 7782 27 12,729,753 12,729,753 CD 1662 7782 28 ; ; , 1662 7782 29 female female JJ 1662 7782 30 12,891,969 12,891,969 CD 1662 7782 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7782 32 65 65 CD 1662 7782 33 years year NNS 1662 7782 34 and and CC 1662 7782 35 over over IN 1662 7782 36 : : : 1662 7782 37 4 4 CD 1662 7782 38 % % NN 1662 7782 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7782 40 male male JJ 1662 7782 41 762,041 762,041 CD 1662 7782 42 ; ; : 1662 7782 43 female female JJ 1662 7782 44 1,132,517 1,132,517 CD 1662 7782 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7782 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7782 47 July July NNP 1662 7782 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7782 49 est est NNP 1662 7782 50 . . . 1662 7782 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7783 1 Population population NN 1662 7783 2 growth growth NN 1662 7783 3 rate rate NN 1662 7783 4 : : : 1662 7783 5 1.51 1.51 CD 1662 7783 6 % % NN 1662 7783 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7783 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7783 9 est est NNP 1662 7783 10 . . . 1662 7783 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7784 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7784 2 rate rate NN 1662 7784 3 : : : 1662 7784 4 26.89 26.89 CD 1662 7784 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 7784 6 population population NN 1662 7784 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7784 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7784 9 est est NNP 1662 7784 10 . . . 1662 7784 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7785 1 Death death NN 1662 7785 2 rate rate NN 1662 7785 3 : : : 1662 7785 4 11.89 11.89 CD 1662 7785 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7785 6 population population NN 1662 7785 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7785 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7785 9 est est NNP 1662 7785 10 . . . 1662 7785 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7786 1 Net net JJ 1662 7786 2 migration migration NN 1662 7786 3 rate rate NN 1662 7786 4 : : : 1662 7786 5 0.09 0.09 CD 1662 7786 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 7786 7 population population NN 1662 7786 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7786 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7786 10 est est NNP 1662 7786 11 . . . 1662 7786 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7787 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7787 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7787 3 : : : 1662 7787 4 at at IN 1662 7787 5 birth birth NN 1662 7787 6 : : : 1662 7787 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 7787 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7787 9 under under IN 1662 7787 10 15 15 CD 1662 7787 11 years year NNS 1662 7787 12 : : : 1662 7787 13 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 7787 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7787 15 15 15 CD 1662 7787 16 - - HYPH 1662 7787 17 64 64 CD 1662 7787 18 years year NNS 1662 7787 19 : : : 1662 7787 20 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 7787 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7787 22 65 65 CD 1662 7787 23 years year NNS 1662 7787 24 and and CC 1662 7787 25 over over IN 1662 7787 26 : : : 1662 7787 27 0.67 0.67 CD 1662 7787 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7787 29 total total JJ 1662 7787 30 population population NN 1662 7787 31 : : : 1662 7787 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 7787 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7787 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7787 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7787 36 est e JJS 1662 7787 37 . . . 1662 7787 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7788 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7788 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7788 3 rate rate NN 1662 7788 4 : : : 1662 7788 5 53.2 53.2 CD 1662 7788 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7788 7 live live JJ 1662 7788 8 births birth NNS 1662 7788 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7788 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7788 11 est est NNP 1662 7788 12 . . . 1662 7788 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7789 1 Life life NN 1662 7789 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7789 3 at at IN 1662 7789 4 birth birth NN 1662 7789 5 : : : 1662 7789 6 total total JJ 1662 7789 7 population population NN 1662 7789 8 : : : 1662 7789 9 56.29 56.29 CD 1662 7789 10 years year NNS 1662 7789 11 male male JJ 1662 7789 12 : : : 1662 7789 13 54.4 54.4 CD 1662 7789 14 years year NNS 1662 7789 15 female female JJ 1662 7789 16 : : : 1662 7789 17 58.23 58.23 CD 1662 7789 18 years year NNS 1662 7789 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7789 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 7789 21 est est NNP 1662 7789 22 . . . 1662 7789 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7790 1 Total total JJ 1662 7790 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7790 3 rate rate NN 1662 7790 4 : : : 1662 7790 5 3.22 3.22 CD 1662 7790 6 children child NNS 1662 7790 7 born bear VBN 1662 7790 8 / / SYM 1662 7790 9 woman woman NN 1662 7790 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7790 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7790 12 est est NNP 1662 7790 13 . . . 1662 7790 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7791 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7791 2 : : : 1662 7791 3 noun noun NN 1662 7791 4 : : : 1662 7791 5 South South NNP 1662 7791 6 African(s african(s VB 1662 7791 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7791 8 adjective adjective NN 1662 7791 9 : : : 1662 7791 10 South south JJ 1662 7791 11 African african JJ 1662 7791 12 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7791 13 groups group NNS 1662 7791 14 : : : 1662 7791 15 black black JJ 1662 7791 16 75.2 75.2 CD 1662 7791 17 % % NN 1662 7791 18 , , , 1662 7791 19 white white JJ 1662 7791 20 13.6 13.6 CD 1662 7791 21 % % NN 1662 7791 22 , , , 1662 7791 23 Colored color VBN 1662 7791 24 8.6 8.6 CD 1662 7791 25 % % NN 1662 7791 26 , , , 1662 7791 27 Indian indian JJ 1662 7791 28 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 7791 29 % % NN 1662 7791 30 Religions religion NNS 1662 7791 31 : : : 1662 7791 32 Christian Christian NNP 1662 7791 33 68 68 CD 1662 7791 34 % % NN 1662 7791 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7791 36 includes include VBZ 1662 7791 37 most most JJS 1662 7791 38 whites white NNS 1662 7791 39 and and CC 1662 7791 40 Coloreds Coloreds NNPS 1662 7791 41 , , , 1662 7791 42 about about RB 1662 7791 43 60 60 CD 1662 7791 44 % % NN 1662 7791 45 of of IN 1662 7791 46 blacks black NNS 1662 7791 47 and and CC 1662 7791 48 about about RB 1662 7791 49 40 40 CD 1662 7791 50 % % NN 1662 7791 51 of of IN 1662 7791 52 Indians Indians NNPS 1662 7791 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7791 54 , , , 1662 7791 55 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 7791 56 2 2 CD 1662 7791 57 % % NN 1662 7791 58 , , , 1662 7791 59 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 7791 60 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 7791 61 % % NN 1662 7791 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7791 63 60 60 CD 1662 7791 64 % % NN 1662 7791 65 of of IN 1662 7791 66 Indians Indians NNPS 1662 7791 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7791 68 , , , 1662 7791 69 traditional traditional JJ 1662 7791 70 and and CC 1662 7791 71 animistic animistic JJ 1662 7791 72 28.5 28.5 CD 1662 7791 73 % % NN 1662 7791 74 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 7791 75 : : : 1662 7791 76 11 11 CD 1662 7791 77 official official JJ 1662 7791 78 languages language NNS 1662 7791 79 , , , 1662 7791 80 including include VBG 1662 7791 81 Afrikaans Afrikaans NNPS 1662 7791 82 , , , 1662 7791 83 English English NNP 1662 7791 84 , , , 1662 7791 85 Ndebele Ndebele NNP 1662 7791 86 , , , 1662 7791 87 Pedi Pedi NNP 1662 7791 88 , , , 1662 7791 89 Sotho Sotho NNP 1662 7791 90 , , , 1662 7791 91 Swazi Swazi NNP 1662 7791 92 , , , 1662 7791 93 Tsonga Tsonga NNP 1662 7791 94 , , , 1662 7791 95 Tswana Tswana NNP 1662 7791 96 , , , 1662 7791 97 Venda Venda NNP 1662 7791 98 , , , 1662 7791 99 Xhosa Xhosa NNP 1662 7791 100 , , , 1662 7791 101 Zulu Zulu NNP 1662 7791 102 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 7791 103 : : : 1662 7791 104 definition definition NN 1662 7791 105 : : : 1662 7791 106 age age NN 1662 7791 107 15 15 CD 1662 7791 108 and and CC 1662 7791 109 over over RB 1662 7791 110 can can MD 1662 7791 111 read read VB 1662 7791 112 and and CC 1662 7791 113 write write VB 1662 7791 114 total total JJ 1662 7791 115 population population NN 1662 7791 116 : : : 1662 7791 117 81.8 81.8 CD 1662 7791 118 % % NN 1662 7791 119 male male NN 1662 7791 120 : : : 1662 7791 121 81.9 81.9 CD 1662 7791 122 % % NN 1662 7791 123 female female NN 1662 7791 124 : : : 1662 7791 125 81.7 81.7 CD 1662 7791 126 % % NN 1662 7791 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7791 128 1995 1995 CD 1662 7791 129 est est NNP 1662 7791 130 . . . 1662 7791 131 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7792 1 @South @South NNP 1662 7792 2 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7792 3 : : : 1662 7792 4 Government Government NNP 1662 7792 5 Country Country NNP 1662 7792 6 name name NN 1662 7792 7 : : : 1662 7792 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7792 9 long long JJ 1662 7792 10 form form NN 1662 7792 11 : : : 1662 7792 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7792 13 of of IN 1662 7792 14 South South NNP 1662 7792 15 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7792 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7792 17 short short JJ 1662 7792 18 form form NN 1662 7792 19 : : : 1662 7792 20 South South NNP 1662 7792 21 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7792 22 abbreviation abbreviation NN 1662 7792 23 : : : 1662 7792 24 RSA RSA NNP 1662 7792 25 Data Data NNP 1662 7792 26 code code NN 1662 7792 27 : : : 1662 7792 28 SF SF NNP 1662 7792 29 Government Government NNP 1662 7792 30 type type NN 1662 7792 31 : : : 1662 7792 32 republic republic NNP 1662 7792 33 National national JJ 1662 7792 34 capital capital NN 1662 7792 35 : : : 1662 7792 36 Pretoria Pretoria NNP 1662 7792 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7792 38 administrative administrative NNP 1662 7792 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7792 40 ; ; : 1662 7792 41 Cape Cape NNP 1662 7792 42 Town Town NNP 1662 7792 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7792 44 legislative legislative JJ 1662 7792 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7792 46 ; ; : 1662 7792 47 Bloemfontein Bloemfontein NNP 1662 7792 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7792 49 judicial judicial JJ 1662 7792 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7792 51 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 7792 52 divisions division NNS 1662 7792 53 : : : 1662 7792 54 9 9 CD 1662 7792 55 provinces province NNS 1662 7792 56 ; ; : 1662 7792 57 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 7792 58 Cape Cape NNP 1662 7792 59 , , , 1662 7792 60 Free Free NNP 1662 7792 61 State State NNP 1662 7792 62 , , , 1662 7792 63 Gauteng Gauteng NNP 1662 7792 64 , , , 1662 7792 65 KwaZulu KwaZulu NNP 1662 7792 66 - - HYPH 1662 7792 67 Natal Natal NNP 1662 7792 68 , , , 1662 7792 69 Mpumalanga Mpumalanga NNP 1662 7792 70 , , , 1662 7792 71 North North NNP 1662 7792 72 - - HYPH 1662 7792 73 West West NNP 1662 7792 74 , , , 1662 7792 75 Northern Northern NNP 1662 7792 76 Cape Cape NNP 1662 7792 77 , , , 1662 7792 78 Northern Northern NNP 1662 7792 79 Province Province NNP 1662 7792 80 , , , 1662 7792 81 Western Western NNP 1662 7792 82 Cape Cape NNP 1662 7792 83 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7792 84 : : : 1662 7792 85 31 31 CD 1662 7792 86 May May NNP 1662 7792 87 1910 1910 CD 1662 7792 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7792 89 from from IN 1662 7792 90 UK UK NNP 1662 7792 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7792 92 National national JJ 1662 7792 93 holiday holiday NN 1662 7792 94 : : : 1662 7792 95 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 7792 96 Day Day NNP 1662 7792 97 , , , 1662 7792 98 27 27 CD 1662 7792 99 April April NNP 1662 7792 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7792 101 1994 1994 CD 1662 7792 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7792 103 Constitution constitution NN 1662 7792 104 : : : 1662 7792 105 10 10 CD 1662 7792 106 December December NNP 1662 7792 107 1996 1996 CD 1662 7792 108 ; ; : 1662 7792 109 this this DT 1662 7792 110 new new JJ 1662 7792 111 constitution constitution NN 1662 7792 112 was be VBD 1662 7792 113 certified certify VBN 1662 7792 114 by by IN 1662 7792 115 the the DT 1662 7792 116 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 7792 117 Court Court NNP 1662 7792 118 on on IN 1662 7792 119 4 4 CD 1662 7792 120 December December NNP 1662 7792 121 1996 1996 CD 1662 7792 122 , , , 1662 7792 123 was be VBD 1662 7792 124 signed sign VBN 1662 7792 125 by by IN 1662 7792 126 President President NNP 1662 7792 127 MANDELA MANDELA NNP 1662 7792 128 on on IN 1662 7792 129 10 10 CD 1662 7792 130 December December NNP 1662 7792 131 1996 1996 CD 1662 7792 132 , , , 1662 7792 133 and and CC 1662 7792 134 entered enter VBN 1662 7792 135 into into IN 1662 7792 136 effect effect NN 1662 7792 137 on on IN 1662 7792 138 3 3 CD 1662 7792 139 February February NNP 1662 7792 140 1997 1997 CD 1662 7792 141 ; ; : 1662 7792 142 it -PRON- PRP 1662 7792 143 is be VBZ 1662 7792 144 being be VBG 1662 7792 145 implemented implement VBN 1662 7792 146 in in IN 1662 7792 147 phases phase NNS 1662 7792 148 Legal legal JJ 1662 7792 149 system system NN 1662 7792 150 : : : 1662 7792 151 based base VBN 1662 7792 152 on on IN 1662 7792 153 Roman roman JJ 1662 7792 154 - - HYPH 1662 7792 155 Dutch dutch JJ 1662 7792 156 law law NN 1662 7792 157 and and CC 1662 7792 158 English english JJ 1662 7792 159 common common JJ 1662 7792 160 law law NN 1662 7792 161 ; ; : 1662 7792 162 accepts accept VBZ 1662 7792 163 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 7792 164 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 7792 165 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 7792 166 , , , 1662 7792 167 with with IN 1662 7792 168 reservations reservation NNS 1662 7792 169 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 7792 170 : : : 1662 7792 171 18 18 CD 1662 7792 172 years year NNS 1662 7792 173 of of IN 1662 7792 174 age age NN 1662 7792 175 ; ; : 1662 7792 176 universal universal JJ 1662 7792 177 Executive Executive NNP 1662 7792 178 branch branch NN 1662 7792 179 : : : 1662 7792 180 chief chief NN 1662 7792 181 of of IN 1662 7792 182 state state NN 1662 7792 183 : : : 1662 7792 184 President President NNP 1662 7792 185 Nelson Nelson NNP 1662 7792 186 MANDELA MANDELA NNP 1662 7792 187 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7792 188 since since IN 1662 7792 189 10 10 CD 1662 7792 190 May May NNP 1662 7792 191 1994 1994 CD 1662 7792 192 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7792 193 ; ; : 1662 7792 194 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 7792 195 Executive Executive NNP 1662 7792 196 President President NNP 1662 7792 197 Thabo Thabo NNP 1662 7792 198 MBEKI MBEKI NNP 1662 7792 199 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7792 200 since since IN 1662 7792 201 10 10 CD 1662 7792 202 May May NNP 1662 7792 203 1994 1994 CD 1662 7792 204 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7792 205 ; ; : 1662 7792 206 note note VB 1662 7792 207 - - : 1662 7792 208 the the DT 1662 7792 209 president president NN 1662 7792 210 is be VBZ 1662 7792 211 both both CC 1662 7792 212 the the DT 1662 7792 213 chief chief NN 1662 7792 214 of of IN 1662 7792 215 state state NN 1662 7792 216 and and CC 1662 7792 217 head head NN 1662 7792 218 of of IN 1662 7792 219 government government NN 1662 7792 220 head head NN 1662 7792 221 of of IN 1662 7792 222 government government NN 1662 7792 223 : : : 1662 7792 224 President President NNP 1662 7792 225 Nelson Nelson NNP 1662 7792 226 MANDELA MANDELA NNP 1662 7792 227 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7792 228 since since IN 1662 7792 229 10 10 CD 1662 7792 230 May May NNP 1662 7792 231 1994 1994 CD 1662 7792 232 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7792 233 ; ; : 1662 7792 234 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 7792 235 Executive Executive NNP 1662 7792 236 President President NNP 1662 7792 237 Thabo Thabo NNP 1662 7792 238 MBEKI MBEKI NNP 1662 7792 239 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7792 240 since since IN 1662 7792 241 10 10 CD 1662 7792 242 May May NNP 1662 7792 243 1994 1994 CD 1662 7792 244 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7792 245 ; ; : 1662 7792 246 note note VB 1662 7792 247 - - : 1662 7792 248 the the DT 1662 7792 249 president president NN 1662 7792 250 is be VBZ 1662 7792 251 both both CC 1662 7792 252 the the DT 1662 7792 253 chief chief NN 1662 7792 254 of of IN 1662 7792 255 state state NN 1662 7792 256 and and CC 1662 7792 257 head head NN 1662 7792 258 of of IN 1662 7792 259 government government NN 1662 7792 260 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7792 261 : : : 1662 7792 262 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 7792 263 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7792 264 by by IN 1662 7792 265 the the DT 1662 7792 266 president president NNP 1662 7792 267 elections election NNS 1662 7792 268 : : : 1662 7792 269 president president NN 1662 7792 270 and and CC 1662 7792 271 deputy deputy JJ 1662 7792 272 executive executive JJ 1662 7792 273 presidents president NNS 1662 7792 274 elected elect VBN 1662 7792 275 by by IN 1662 7792 276 the the DT 1662 7792 277 National National NNP 1662 7792 278 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7792 279 ; ; : 1662 7792 280 election election NN 1662 7792 281 last last JJ 1662 7792 282 held hold VBD 1662 7792 283 9 9 CD 1662 7792 284 May May NNP 1662 7792 285 1994 1994 CD 1662 7792 286 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7792 287 next next JJ 1662 7792 288 to to TO 1662 7792 289 be be VB 1662 7792 290 held hold VBN 1662 7792 291 in in IN 1662 7792 292 April April NNP 1662 7792 293 1999 1999 CD 1662 7792 294 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7792 295 election election NN 1662 7792 296 results result NNS 1662 7792 297 : : : 1662 7792 298 Nelson Nelson NNP 1662 7792 299 MANDELA MANDELA NNP 1662 7792 300 elected elect VBD 1662 7792 301 president president NN 1662 7792 302 ; ; , 1662 7792 303 percent percent NN 1662 7792 304 of of IN 1662 7792 305 National National NNP 1662 7792 306 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7792 307 vote vote NN 1662 7792 308 - - HYPH 1662 7792 309 100 100 CD 1662 7792 310 % % NN 1662 7792 311 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7792 312 by by IN 1662 7792 313 acclamation acclamation NN 1662 7792 314 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7792 315 ; ; : 1662 7792 316 Thabo Thabo NNP 1662 7792 317 MBEKI MBEKI NNP 1662 7792 318 and and CC 1662 7792 319 Frederik Frederik NNP 1662 7792 320 W. W. NNP 1662 7792 321 DE DE NNP 1662 7792 322 KLERK KLERK NNP 1662 7792 323 elected elect VBD 1662 7792 324 deputy deputy JJ 1662 7792 325 executive executive JJ 1662 7792 326 presidents president NNS 1662 7792 327 ; ; , 1662 7792 328 percent percent NN 1662 7792 329 of of IN 1662 7792 330 National National NNP 1662 7792 331 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7792 332 vote vote NN 1662 7792 333 - - HYPH 1662 7792 334 100 100 CD 1662 7792 335 % % NN 1662 7792 336 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7792 337 by by IN 1662 7792 338 acclamation acclamation NN 1662 7792 339 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7792 340 note note NN 1662 7792 341 : : : 1662 7792 342 the the DT 1662 7792 343 initial initial JJ 1662 7792 344 governing governing NN 1662 7792 345 coalition coalition NN 1662 7792 346 , , , 1662 7792 347 made make VBN 1662 7792 348 up up RP 1662 7792 349 of of IN 1662 7792 350 the the DT 1662 7792 351 ANC ANC NNP 1662 7792 352 , , , 1662 7792 353 the the DT 1662 7792 354 IFP IFP NNP 1662 7792 355 , , , 1662 7792 356 and and CC 1662 7792 357 the the DT 1662 7792 358 NP NP NNP 1662 7792 359 , , , 1662 7792 360 which which WDT 1662 7792 361 constituted constitute VBD 1662 7792 362 a a DT 1662 7792 363 Government Government NNP 1662 7792 364 of of IN 1662 7792 365 National National NNP 1662 7792 366 Unity Unity NNP 1662 7792 367 or or CC 1662 7792 368 GNU GNU NNP 1662 7792 369 , , , 1662 7792 370 no no RB 1662 7792 371 longer long RBR 1662 7792 372 includes include VBZ 1662 7792 373 the the DT 1662 7792 374 NP NP NNP 1662 7792 375 which which WDT 1662 7792 376 was be VBD 1662 7792 377 withdrawn withdraw VBN 1662 7792 378 by by IN 1662 7792 379 DE DE NNP 1662 7792 380 KLERK KLERK NNP 1662 7792 381 on on IN 1662 7792 382 30 30 CD 1662 7792 383 June June NNP 1662 7792 384 1996 1996 CD 1662 7792 385 when when WRB 1662 7792 386 he -PRON- PRP 1662 7792 387 voluntarily voluntarily RB 1662 7792 388 gave give VBD 1662 7792 389 up up RP 1662 7792 390 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7792 391 position position NN 1662 7792 392 as as IN 1662 7792 393 deputy deputy NN 1662 7792 394 executive executive JJ 1662 7792 395 president president NN 1662 7792 396 and and CC 1662 7792 397 distanced distance VBD 1662 7792 398 himself -PRON- PRP 1662 7792 399 from from IN 1662 7792 400 the the DT 1662 7792 401 programs program NNS 1662 7792 402 of of IN 1662 7792 403 the the DT 1662 7792 404 ANC ANC NNP 1662 7792 405 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 7792 406 branch branch NN 1662 7792 407 : : : 1662 7792 408 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 7792 409 parliament parliament NN 1662 7792 410 consisting consist VBG 1662 7792 411 of of IN 1662 7792 412 the the DT 1662 7792 413 National National NNP 1662 7792 414 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7792 415 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7792 416 400 400 CD 1662 7792 417 seats seat NNS 1662 7792 418 ; ; : 1662 7792 419 members member NNS 1662 7792 420 are be VBP 1662 7792 421 elected elect VBN 1662 7792 422 by by IN 1662 7792 423 popular popular JJ 1662 7792 424 vote vote NN 1662 7792 425 under under IN 1662 7792 426 a a DT 1662 7792 427 system system NN 1662 7792 428 of of IN 1662 7792 429 proportional proportional JJ 1662 7792 430 representation representation NN 1662 7792 431 to to TO 1662 7792 432 serve serve VB 1662 7792 433 five five CD 1662 7792 434 - - HYPH 1662 7792 435 year year NN 1662 7792 436 terms term NNS 1662 7792 437 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7792 438 and and CC 1662 7792 439 the the DT 1662 7792 440 National National NNP 1662 7792 441 Council Council NNP 1662 7792 442 of of IN 1662 7792 443 Provinces Provinces NNP 1662 7792 444 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7792 445 90 90 CD 1662 7792 446 seats seat NNS 1662 7792 447 , , , 1662 7792 448 ten ten CD 1662 7792 449 members member NNS 1662 7792 450 elected elect VBN 1662 7792 451 by by IN 1662 7792 452 each each DT 1662 7792 453 of of IN 1662 7792 454 the the DT 1662 7792 455 nine nine CD 1662 7792 456 provincial provincial JJ 1662 7792 457 legislatures legislature NNS 1662 7792 458 for for IN 1662 7792 459 five five CD 1662 7792 460 - - HYPH 1662 7792 461 year year NN 1662 7792 462 terms term NNS 1662 7792 463 ; 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W. NNP 1662 7792 714 DE DE NNP 1662 7792 715 KLERK KLERK NNP 1662 7792 716 , , , 1662 7792 717 president president NN 1662 7792 718 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7792 719 ; ; : 1662 7792 720 Inkatha Inkatha NNP 1662 7792 721 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 7792 722 Party Party NNP 1662 7792 723 or or CC 1662 7792 724 IFP IFP NNP 1662 7792 725 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7792 726 Mangosuthu Mangosuthu NNP 1662 7792 727 BUTHELEZI BUTHELEZI NNP 1662 7792 728 , , , 1662 7792 729 president president NN 1662 7792 730 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7792 731 ; ; : 1662 7792 732 African African NNP 1662 7792 733 Christian Christian NNP 1662 7792 734 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7792 735 Party Party NNP 1662 7792 736 or or CC 1662 7792 737 ACDP ACDP NNP 1662 7792 738 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7792 739 Kenneth Kenneth NNP 1662 7792 740 MESHOE MESHOE NNP 1662 7792 741 , , , 1662 7792 742 president president NN 1662 7792 743 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7792 744 ; ; : 1662 7792 745 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7792 746 Party Party NNP 1662 7792 747 or or CC 1662 7792 748 DP DP NNP 1662 7792 749 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7792 750 Tony Tony NNP 1662 7792 751 LEON LEON NNP 1662 7792 752 , , , 1662 7792 753 president president NN 1662 7792 754 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7792 755 ; ; : 1662 7792 756 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 7792 757 Front Front NNP 1662 7792 758 or or CC 1662 7792 759 FF FF NNP 1662 7792 760 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7792 761 Constand Constand NNP 1662 7792 762 VILJOEN VILJOEN NNP 1662 7792 763 , , , 1662 7792 764 president president NN 1662 7792 765 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7792 766 ; ; : 1662 7792 767 Pan pan JJ 1662 7792 768 - - JJ 1662 7792 769 Africanist Africanist NNP 1662 7792 770 Congress Congress NNP 1662 7792 771 or or CC 1662 7792 772 PAC PAC NNP 1662 7792 773 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7792 774 Stanley Stanley NNP 1662 7792 775 MOGOBA MOGOBA NNP 1662 7792 776 , , , 1662 7792 777 president president NN 1662 7792 778 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7792 779 note note NN 1662 7792 780 : : : 1662 7792 781 in in IN 1662 7792 782 addition addition NN 1662 7792 783 to to IN 1662 7792 784 these these DT 1662 7792 785 seven seven CD 1662 7792 786 parties party NNS 1662 7792 787 which which WDT 1662 7792 788 received receive VBD 1662 7792 789 seats seat NNS 1662 7792 790 in in IN 1662 7792 791 the the DT 1662 7792 792 National National NNP 1662 7792 793 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7792 794 , , , 1662 7792 795 11 11 CD 1662 7792 796 other other JJ 1662 7792 797 parties party NNS 1662 7792 798 won win VBD 1662 7792 799 votes vote NNS 1662 7792 800 in in IN 1662 7792 801 the the DT 1662 7792 802 national national JJ 1662 7792 803 elections election NNS 1662 7792 804 in in IN 1662 7792 805 April April NNP 1662 7792 806 1994 1994 CD 1662 7792 807 Political political JJ 1662 7792 808 pressure pressure NN 1662 7792 809 groups group NNS 1662 7792 810 and and CC 1662 7792 811 leaders leader NNS 1662 7792 812 : : : 1662 7792 813 South south JJ 1662 7792 814 African African NNP 1662 7792 815 National National NNP 1662 7792 816 Civics Civics NNP 1662 7792 817 Organization Organization NNP 1662 7792 818 or or CC 1662 7792 819 SANCO SANCO NNP 1662 7792 820 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7792 821 Mlungisi Mlungisi NNP 1662 7792 822 HLONGWANE HLONGWANE NNP 1662 7792 823 , , , 1662 7792 824 national national JJ 1662 7792 825 president president NN 1662 7792 826 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7792 827 ; ; : 1662 7792 828 Congress Congress NNP 1662 7792 829 of of IN 1662 7792 830 South South NNP 1662 7792 831 African African NNP 1662 7792 832 Trade Trade NNP 1662 7792 833 Unions Unions NNPS 1662 7792 834 or or CC 1662 7792 835 COSATU cosatu NN 1662 7792 836 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7792 837 John John NNP 1662 7792 838 GOMONO GOMONO NNP 1662 7792 839 , , , 1662 7792 840 president president NN 1662 7792 841 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7792 842 ; ; : 1662 7792 843 note note VB 1662 7792 844 - 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7808 128 , , , 1662 7808 129 Italy Italy NNP 1662 7808 130 Debt Debt NNP 1662 7808 131 - - HYPH 1662 7808 132 external external JJ 1662 7808 133 : : : 1662 7808 134 $ $ $ 1662 7808 135 30 30 CD 1662 7808 136 billion billion CD 1662 7808 137 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7808 138 1996 1996 CD 1662 7808 139 est est NNP 1662 7808 140 . . . 1662 7808 141 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7809 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 7809 2 aid aid NN 1662 7809 3 : : : 1662 7809 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 7809 5 : : : 1662 7809 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 7809 7 , , , 1662 7809 8 $ $ $ 1662 7809 9 NA NA NNP 1662 7809 10 note note VB 1662 7809 11 : : : 1662 7809 12 current current JJ 1662 7809 13 aid aid NN 1662 7809 14 pledges pledge NNS 1662 7809 15 include include VBP 1662 7809 16 US US NNP 1662 7809 17 $ $ $ 1662 7809 18 600 600 CD 1662 7809 19 million million CD 1662 7809 20 over over IN 1662 7809 21 three three CD 1662 7809 22 years year NNS 1662 7809 23 , , , 1662 7809 24 1994 1994 CD 1662 7809 25 - - SYM 1662 7809 26 96 96 CD 1662 7809 27 ; ; : 1662 7809 28 UK UK NNP 1662 7809 29 $ $ $ 1662 7809 30 150 150 CD 1662 7809 31 million million CD 1662 7809 32 over over IN 1662 7809 33 three three CD 1662 7809 34 years year NNS 1662 7809 35 ; ; : 1662 7809 36 Australia Australia NNP 1662 7809 37 $ $ $ 1662 7809 38 21 21 CD 1662 7809 39 million million CD 1662 7809 40 over over IN 1662 7809 41 three three CD 1662 7809 42 years year NNS 1662 7809 43 ; ; : 1662 7809 44 Japan Japan NNP 1662 7809 45 $ $ $ 1662 7809 46 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 7809 47 billion billion CD 1662 7809 48 over over IN 1662 7809 49 two two CD 1662 7809 50 years year NNS 1662 7809 51 ending end VBG 1662 7809 52 in in IN 1662 7809 53 1996 1996 CD 1662 7809 54 ; ; : 1662 7809 55 EU EU NNP 1662 7809 56 $ $ $ 1662 7809 57 833 833 CD 1662 7809 58 million million CD 1662 7809 59 over over IN 1662 7809 60 five five CD 1662 7809 61 years year NNS 1662 7809 62 Currency currency NN 1662 7809 63 : : : 1662 7809 64 1 1 CD 1662 7809 65 rand rand NN 1662 7809 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7809 67 R r NN 1662 7809 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7809 69 = = NFP 1662 7809 70 100 100 CD 1662 7809 71 cents cent NNS 1662 7809 72 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 7809 73 rates rate NNS 1662 7809 74 : : : 1662 7809 75 rand rand NNP 1662 7809 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7809 77 R r NN 1662 7809 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7809 79 per per IN 1662 7809 80 US$ us$ $ 1662 7809 81 1 1 CD 1662 7809 82 - - SYM 1662 7809 83 4.6410 4.6410 CD 1662 7809 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7809 85 January January NNP 1662 7809 86 1997 1997 CD 1662 7809 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7809 88 , , , 1662 7809 89 4.2706 4.2706 CD 1662 7809 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7809 91 1996 1996 CD 1662 7809 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7809 93 , , , 1662 7809 94 3.6266 3.6266 CD 1662 7809 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7809 96 1995 1995 CD 1662 7809 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7809 98 , , , 1662 7809 99 3.5490 3.5490 CD 1662 7809 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7809 101 1994 1994 CD 1662 7809 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7809 103 , , , 1662 7809 104 3.2636 3.2636 CD 1662 7809 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7809 106 1993 1993 CD 1662 7809 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7809 108 , , , 1662 7809 109 2.8497 2.8497 CD 1662 7809 110 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7809 111 1992 1992 CD 1662 7809 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7809 113 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7809 114 year year NN 1662 7809 115 : : : 1662 7809 116 1 1 CD 1662 7809 117 April April NNP 1662 7809 118 - - HYPH 1662 7809 119 31 31 CD 1662 7809 120 March March NNP 1662 7809 121 @South @south NN 1662 7809 122 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7809 123 : : : 1662 7809 124 Communications Communications NNP 1662 7809 125 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 7809 126 : : : 1662 7809 127 5,206,235 5,206,235 CD 1662 7809 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7809 129 1993 1993 CD 1662 7809 130 est est NNP 1662 7809 131 . . . 1662 7809 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7810 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 7810 2 system system NN 1662 7810 3 : : : 1662 7810 4 the the DT 1662 7810 5 system system NN 1662 7810 6 is be VBZ 1662 7810 7 the the DT 1662 7810 8 best good JJS 1662 7810 9 developed developed JJ 1662 7810 10 , , , 1662 7810 11 most most RBS 1662 7810 12 modern modern JJ 1662 7810 13 , , , 1662 7810 14 and and CC 1662 7810 15 has have VBZ 1662 7810 16 the the DT 1662 7810 17 highest high JJS 1662 7810 18 capacity capacity NN 1662 7810 19 in in IN 1662 7810 20 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7810 21 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7810 22 : : : 1662 7810 23 consists consist NNS 1662 7810 24 of of IN 1662 7810 25 carrier carrier NN 1662 7810 26 - - HYPH 1662 7810 27 equipped equip VBN 1662 7810 28 open open JJ 1662 7810 29 - - HYPH 1662 7810 30 wire wire NN 1662 7810 31 lines line NNS 1662 7810 32 , , , 1662 7810 33 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 7810 34 cables cable NNS 1662 7810 35 , , , 1662 7810 36 microwave microwave JJ 1662 7810 37 radio radio NN 1662 7810 38 relay relay NN 1662 7810 39 links link NNS 1662 7810 40 , , , 1662 7810 41 fiber fiber NN 1662 7810 42 - - HYPH 1662 7810 43 optic optic NN 1662 7810 44 cable cable NN 1662 7810 45 , , , 1662 7810 46 and and CC 1662 7810 47 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 7810 48 communication communication NN 1662 7810 49 stations station NNS 1662 7810 50 ; ; , 1662 7810 51 key key JJ 1662 7810 52 centers center NNS 1662 7810 53 are be VBP 1662 7810 54 Bloemfontein Bloemfontein NNP 1662 7810 55 , , , 1662 7810 56 Cape Cape NNP 1662 7810 57 Town Town NNP 1662 7810 58 , , , 1662 7810 59 Durban Durban NNP 1662 7810 60 , , , 1662 7810 61 Johannesburg Johannesburg NNP 1662 7810 62 , , , 1662 7810 63 Port Port NNP 1662 7810 64 Elizabeth Elizabeth NNP 1662 7810 65 , , , 1662 7810 66 and and CC 1662 7810 67 Pretoria Pretoria NNP 1662 7810 68 international international JJ 1662 7810 69 : : : 1662 7810 70 1 1 CD 1662 7810 71 submarine submarine NN 1662 7810 72 cable cable NN 1662 7810 73 ; ; : 1662 7810 74 satellite satellite NN 1662 7810 75 earth earth NN 1662 7810 76 stations station NNS 1662 7810 77 - - , 1662 7810 78 3 3 CD 1662 7810 79 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7810 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7810 81 1 1 CD 1662 7810 82 Indian Indian NNP 1662 7810 83 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7810 84 and and CC 1662 7810 85 2 2 CD 1662 7810 86 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7810 87 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7810 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7810 89 Radio radio NN 1662 7810 90 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7810 91 stations station NNS 1662 7810 92 : : : 1662 7810 93 AM am VBP 1662 7810 94 14 14 CD 1662 7810 95 , , , 1662 7810 96 FM FM NNP 1662 7810 97 286 286 CD 1662 7810 98 , , , 1662 7810 99 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 7810 100 0 0 CD 1662 7810 101 Radios radio NNS 1662 7810 102 : : : 1662 7810 103 12.1 12.1 CD 1662 7810 104 million million CD 1662 7810 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7810 106 1992 1992 CD 1662 7810 107 est est NNP 1662 7810 108 . . . 1662 7810 109 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7811 1 Television television NN 1662 7811 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7811 3 stations station NNS 1662 7811 4 : : : 1662 7811 5 67 67 CD 1662 7811 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7811 7 1987 1987 CD 1662 7811 8 est est NNP 1662 7811 9 . . . 1662 7811 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7812 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 7812 2 : : : 1662 7812 3 3.45 3.45 CD 1662 7812 4 million million CD 1662 7812 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7812 6 1990 1990 CD 1662 7812 7 est est NNP 1662 7812 8 . . . 1662 7812 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7813 1 @South @South NNP 1662 7813 2 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7813 3 : : : 1662 7813 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7813 5 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 7813 6 : : : 1662 7813 7 total total NN 1662 7813 8 : : : 1662 7813 9 21,431 21,431 CD 1662 7813 10 km km NN 1662 7813 11 narrow narrow JJ 1662 7813 12 gauge gauge NN 1662 7813 13 : : : 1662 7813 14 20,995 20,995 CD 1662 7813 15 km km NN 1662 7813 16 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 7813 17 gauge gauge NN 1662 7813 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7813 19 9,087 9,087 CD 1662 7813 20 km km NN 1662 7813 21 electrified electrify VBN 1662 7813 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7813 23 ; ; : 1662 7813 24 436 436 CD 1662 7813 25 km km NN 1662 7813 26 0.610-m 0.610-m NN 1662 7813 27 gauge gauge NN 1662 7813 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7813 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 7813 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7813 31 Highways highway NNS 1662 7813 32 : : : 1662 7813 33 total total NN 1662 7813 34 : : : 1662 7813 35 182,329 182,329 CD 1662 7813 36 km km NN 1662 7813 37 paved pave VBN 1662 7813 38 : : : 1662 7813 39 55,428 55,428 CD 1662 7813 40 km km NNS 1662 7813 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7813 42 including include VBG 1662 7813 43 2,040 2,040 CD 1662 7813 44 km km NNS 1662 7813 45 of of IN 1662 7813 46 expressways expressway NNS 1662 7813 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7813 48 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7813 49 : : : 1662 7813 50 126,901 126,901 CD 1662 7813 51 km km NN 1662 7813 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7813 53 1991 1991 CD 1662 7813 54 est est NNP 1662 7813 55 . . . 1662 7813 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7814 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 7814 2 : : : 1662 7814 3 crude crude JJ 1662 7814 4 oil oil NN 1662 7814 5 931 931 CD 1662 7814 6 km km NN 1662 7814 7 ; ; : 1662 7814 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7814 9 products product NNS 1662 7814 10 1,748 1,748 CD 1662 7814 11 km km NN 1662 7814 12 ; ; : 1662 7814 13 natural natural JJ 1662 7814 14 gas gas NN 1662 7814 15 322 322 CD 1662 7814 16 km km NN 1662 7814 17 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 7814 18 and and CC 1662 7814 19 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7814 20 : : : 1662 7814 21 Cape Cape NNP 1662 7814 22 Town Town NNP 1662 7814 23 , , , 1662 7814 24 Durban Durban NNP 1662 7814 25 , , , 1662 7814 26 East East NNP 1662 7814 27 London London NNP 1662 7814 28 , , , 1662 7814 29 Mosselbaai Mosselbaai NNP 1662 7814 30 , , , 1662 7814 31 Port Port NNP 1662 7814 32 Elizabeth Elizabeth NNP 1662 7814 33 , , , 1662 7814 34 Richards Richards NNP 1662 7814 35 Bay Bay NNP 1662 7814 36 , , , 1662 7814 37 Saldanha Saldanha NNP 1662 7814 38 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7814 39 marine marine NN 1662 7814 40 : : : 1662 7814 41 total total NN 1662 7814 42 : : : 1662 7814 43 7 7 CD 1662 7814 44 ships ship NNS 1662 7814 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7814 46 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7814 47 GRT GRT NNP 1662 7814 48 or or CC 1662 7814 49 over over RB 1662 7814 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7814 51 totaling total VBG 1662 7814 52 270,848 270,848 CD 1662 7814 53 GRT/266,029 GRT/266,029 NNP 1662 7814 54 DWT DWT NNP 1662 7814 55 ships ship NNS 1662 7814 56 by by IN 1662 7814 57 type type NN 1662 7814 58 : : : 1662 7814 59 container container NN 1662 7814 60 6 6 CD 1662 7814 61 , , , 1662 7814 62 oil oil NN 1662 7814 63 tanker tanker NN 1662 7814 64 1 1 CD 1662 7814 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7814 66 1996 1996 CD 1662 7814 67 est est NNP 1662 7814 68 . . . 1662 7814 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7815 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7815 2 : : : 1662 7815 3 662 662 CD 1662 7815 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7815 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 7815 6 est est NNP 1662 7815 7 . . . 1662 7815 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7816 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7816 2 - - , 1662 7816 3 with with IN 1662 7816 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7816 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7816 6 : : : 1662 7816 7 total total NN 1662 7816 8 : : : 1662 7816 9 351 351 CD 1662 7816 10 over over IN 1662 7816 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7816 12 m m NN 1662 7816 13 : : : 1662 7816 14 10 10 CD 1662 7816 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7816 16 to to TO 1662 7816 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7816 18 m m NN 1662 7816 19 : : : 1662 7816 20 4 4 CD 1662 7816 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7816 22 to to TO 1662 7816 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7816 24 m m NN 1662 7816 25 : : : 1662 7816 26 43 43 CD 1662 7816 27 914 914 CD 1662 7816 28 to to TO 1662 7816 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7816 30 m m NN 1662 7816 31 : : : 1662 7816 32 74 74 CD 1662 7816 33 under under IN 1662 7816 34 914 914 CD 1662 7816 35 m m NN 1662 7816 36 : : : 1662 7816 37 220 220 CD 1662 7816 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7816 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 7816 40 est est NNP 1662 7816 41 . . . 1662 7816 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7817 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7817 2 - - , 1662 7817 3 with with IN 1662 7817 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7817 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7817 6 : : : 1662 7817 7 total total NN 1662 7817 8 : : : 1662 7817 9 311 311 CD 1662 7817 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7817 11 to to TO 1662 7817 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7817 13 m m NN 1662 7817 14 : : : 1662 7817 15 33 33 CD 1662 7817 16 914 914 CD 1662 7817 17 to to TO 1662 7817 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7817 19 m m NN 1662 7817 20 : : : 1662 7817 21 278 278 CD 1662 7817 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7817 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 7817 24 est est NNP 1662 7817 25 . . . 1662 7817 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7818 1 Military military JJ 1662 7818 2 Military military JJ 1662 7818 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7818 4 : : : 1662 7818 5 South south JJ 1662 7818 6 African African NNP 1662 7818 7 National National NNP 1662 7818 8 Defense Defense NNP 1662 7818 9 Force Force NNP 1662 7818 10 or or CC 1662 7818 11 SANDF SANDF NNP 1662 7818 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7818 13 includes include VBZ 1662 7818 14 Army Army NNP 1662 7818 15 , , , 1662 7818 16 Navy Navy NNP 1662 7818 17 , , , 1662 7818 18 Air Air NNP 1662 7818 19 Force Force NNP 1662 7818 20 , , , 1662 7818 21 and and CC 1662 7818 22 Medical Medical NNP 1662 7818 23 Services Services NNPS 1662 7818 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7818 25 , , , 1662 7818 26 South South NNP 1662 7818 27 African African NNP 1662 7818 28 Police Police NNP 1662 7818 29 Service Service NNP 1662 7818 30 or or CC 1662 7818 31 SAPS SAPS NNP 1662 7818 32 Military Military NNP 1662 7818 33 manpower manpower NN 1662 7818 34 - - HYPH 1662 7818 35 military military NN 1662 7818 36 age age NN 1662 7818 37 : : : 1662 7818 38 18 18 CD 1662 7818 39 years year NNS 1662 7818 40 of of IN 1662 7818 41 age age NN 1662 7818 42 Military military JJ 1662 7818 43 manpower manpower NN 1662 7818 44 - - HYPH 1662 7818 45 availability availability NN 1662 7818 46 : : : 1662 7818 47 males male NNS 1662 7818 48 age age NNP 1662 7818 49 15 15 CD 1662 7818 50 - - HYPH 1662 7818 51 49 49 CD 1662 7818 52 : : : 1662 7818 53 10,972,813 10,972,813 CD 1662 7818 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7818 55 1997 1997 CD 1662 7818 56 est est NNP 1662 7818 57 . . . 1662 7818 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7819 1 Military military JJ 1662 7819 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7819 3 - - HYPH 1662 7819 4 fit fit NN 1662 7819 5 for for IN 1662 7819 6 military military JJ 1662 7819 7 service service NN 1662 7819 8 : : : 1662 7819 9 males male NNS 1662 7819 10 : : : 1662 7819 11 6,672,760 6,672,760 CD 1662 7819 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7819 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7819 14 est est NNP 1662 7819 15 . . . 1662 7819 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7820 1 Military military JJ 1662 7820 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7820 3 - - HYPH 1662 7820 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 7820 5 military military JJ 1662 7820 6 age age NN 1662 7820 7 annually annually RB 1662 7820 8 : : : 1662 7820 9 males male NNS 1662 7820 10 : : : 1662 7820 11 435,972 435,972 CD 1662 7820 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7820 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7820 14 est est NNP 1662 7820 15 . . . 1662 7820 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7821 1 Military military JJ 1662 7821 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7821 3 - - HYPH 1662 7821 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 7821 5 figure figure NN 1662 7821 6 : : : 1662 7821 7 $ $ $ 1662 7821 8 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 7821 9 billion billion CD 1662 7821 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7821 11 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 7821 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7821 13 Military military JJ 1662 7821 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7821 15 - - : 1662 7821 16 percent percent NN 1662 7821 17 of of IN 1662 7821 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7821 19 : : : 1662 7821 20 2.2 2.2 CD 1662 7821 21 % % NN 1662 7821 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7821 23 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 7821 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7821 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7821 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7821 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 7821 28 - - : 1662 7821 29 international international JJ 1662 7821 30 : : : 1662 7821 31 Swaziland Swaziland NNP 1662 7821 32 has have VBZ 1662 7821 33 asked ask VBN 1662 7821 34 South South NNP 1662 7821 35 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7821 36 to to TO 1662 7821 37 open open VB 1662 7821 38 negotiations negotiation NNS 1662 7821 39 on on IN 1662 7821 40 reincorporating reincorporate VBG 1662 7821 41 some some DT 1662 7821 42 nearby nearby JJ 1662 7821 43 South south JJ 1662 7821 44 African african JJ 1662 7821 45 territories territory NNS 1662 7821 46 that that WDT 1662 7821 47 are be VBP 1662 7821 48 populated populate VBN 1662 7821 49 by by IN 1662 7821 50 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7821 51 Swazis Swazis NNP 1662 7821 52 or or CC 1662 7821 53 that that WDT 1662 7821 54 were be VBD 1662 7821 55 long long RB 1662 7821 56 ago ago RB 1662 7821 57 part part NN 1662 7821 58 of of IN 1662 7821 59 the the DT 1662 7821 60 Swazi Swazi NNP 1662 7821 61 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 7821 62 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 7821 63 drugs drug VBZ 1662 7821 64 : : : 1662 7821 65 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 7821 66 center center NN 1662 7821 67 for for IN 1662 7821 68 heroin heroin NN 1662 7821 69 and and CC 1662 7821 70 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 7821 71 ; ; : 1662 7821 72 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 7821 73 consumption consumption NN 1662 7821 74 on on IN 1662 7821 75 the the DT 1662 7821 76 rise rise NN 1662 7821 77 ; ; : 1662 7821 78 world world NN 1662 7821 79 's 's POS 1662 7821 80 largest large JJS 1662 7821 81 market market NN 1662 7821 82 for for IN 1662 7821 83 illicit illicit JJ 1662 7821 84 methaqualone methaqualone NN 1662 7821 85 , , , 1662 7821 86 usually usually RB 1662 7821 87 imported import VBN 1662 7821 88 illegally illegally RB 1662 7821 89 from from IN 1662 7821 90 India India NNP 1662 7821 91 through through IN 1662 7821 92 various various JJ 1662 7821 93 east east JJ 1662 7821 94 African african JJ 1662 7821 95 countries country NNS 1662 7821 96 ; ; : 1662 7821 97 illicit illicit JJ 1662 7821 98 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 7821 99 of of IN 1662 7821 100 marijuana marijuana NNP 1662 7821 101 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 102 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 103 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 104 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 105 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 106 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 107 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 108 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 109 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 110 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 111 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 112 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 113 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 114 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 115 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 116 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 117 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 118 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 119 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 120 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 121 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 122 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 123 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 124 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 125 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 126 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 127 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 128 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 129 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 130 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 131 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 132 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 133 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 134 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 135 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 136 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 137 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 138 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 139 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 140 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 141 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 142 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 143 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 144 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 145 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 146 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 147 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 148 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 149 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 150 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 151 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 152 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 153 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 154 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 155 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 156 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 157 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 158 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 159 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 160 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 161 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 162 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 163 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 164 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 165 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 166 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 167 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 168 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 169 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 170 _ _ NNP 1662 7821 171 SOUTH SOUTH NNP 1662 7821 172 GEORGIA GEORGIA NNP 1662 7821 173 AND and CC 1662 7821 174 THE the DT 1662 7821 175 Sandwich Sandwich NNP 1662 7821 176 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 7821 177 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7821 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7821 179 dependent dependent JJ 1662 7821 180 territory territory NN 1662 7821 181 of of IN 1662 7821 182 the the DT 1662 7821 183 UK UK NNP 1662 7821 184 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7821 185 @South @south NN 1662 7821 186 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 7821 187 and and CC 1662 7821 188 the the DT 1662 7821 189 : : : 1662 7821 190 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7821 191 Location Location NNP 1662 7821 192 : : : 1662 7821 193 Southern Southern NNP 1662 7821 194 South South NNP 1662 7821 195 America America NNP 1662 7821 196 , , , 1662 7821 197 islands island NNS 1662 7821 198 in in IN 1662 7821 199 the the DT 1662 7821 200 South South NNP 1662 7821 201 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7821 202 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7821 203 , , , 1662 7821 204 east east NN 1662 7821 205 of of IN 1662 7821 206 the the DT 1662 7821 207 tip tip NN 1662 7821 208 of of IN 1662 7821 209 South South NNP 1662 7821 210 America America NNP 1662 7821 211 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7821 212 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7821 213 : : : 1662 7821 214 54 54 CD 1662 7821 215 30 30 CD 1662 7821 216 S s NN 1662 7821 217 , , , 1662 7821 218 37 37 CD 1662 7821 219 00 00 NFP 1662 7821 220 W W NNP 1662 7821 221 Map Map NNP 1662 7821 222 references reference NNS 1662 7821 223 : : : 1662 7821 224 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 7821 225 Region Region NNP 1662 7821 226 Area Area NNP 1662 7821 227 : : : 1662 7821 228 total total NN 1662 7821 229 : : : 1662 7821 230 4,066 4,066 CD 1662 7821 231 sq sq VB 1662 7821 232 km km NNP 1662 7821 233 land land NN 1662 7821 234 : : : 1662 7821 235 4,066 4,066 CD 1662 7821 236 sq sq NNP 1662 7821 237 km km NNP 1662 7821 238 water water NN 1662 7821 239 : : : 1662 7821 240 0 0 NFP 1662 7821 241 sq sq NNP 1662 7821 242 km km NNP 1662 7821 243 note note NN 1662 7821 244 : : : 1662 7821 245 includes include VBZ 1662 7821 246 Shag Shag NNP 1662 7821 247 Rocks Rocks NNPS 1662 7821 248 , , , 1662 7821 249 Clerke Clerke NNP 1662 7821 250 Rocks Rocks NNPS 1662 7821 251 , , , 1662 7821 252 Bird Bird NNP 1662 7821 253 Island Island NNP 1662 7821 254 Area Area NNP 1662 7821 255 - - HYPH 1662 7821 256 comparative comparative NNP 1662 7821 257 : : : 1662 7821 258 slightly slightly RB 1662 7821 259 larger large JJR 1662 7821 260 than than IN 1662 7821 261 Rhode Rhode NNP 1662 7821 262 Island Island NNP 1662 7821 263 Land Land NNP 1662 7821 264 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7821 265 : : : 1662 7821 266 0 0 LS 1662 7821 267 km km NN 1662 7821 268 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7821 269 : : : 1662 7821 270 NA NA NNP 1662 7821 271 km km NN 1662 7821 272 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7821 273 claims claim VBZ 1662 7821 274 : : : 1662 7821 275 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 7821 276 fishing fishing NN 1662 7821 277 zone zone NN 1662 7821 278 : : : 1662 7821 279 200 200 CD 1662 7821 280 nm nm CD 1662 7821 281 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7821 282 sea sea NN 1662 7821 283 : : : 1662 7821 284 12 12 CD 1662 7821 285 nm nm NNP 1662 7821 286 Climate climate NN 1662 7821 287 : : : 1662 7821 288 variable variable JJ 1662 7821 289 , , , 1662 7821 290 with with IN 1662 7821 291 mostly mostly RB 1662 7821 292 westerly westerly JJ 1662 7821 293 winds wind NNS 1662 7821 294 throughout throughout IN 1662 7821 295 the the DT 1662 7821 296 year year NN 1662 7821 297 , , , 1662 7821 298 interspersed intersperse VBN 1662 7821 299 with with IN 1662 7821 300 periods period NNS 1662 7821 301 of of IN 1662 7821 302 calm calm NN 1662 7821 303 ; ; : 1662 7821 304 nearly nearly RB 1662 7821 305 all all DT 1662 7821 306 precipitation precipitation NN 1662 7821 307 falls fall VBZ 1662 7821 308 as as IN 1662 7821 309 snow snow NN 1662 7821 310 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7821 311 : : : 1662 7821 312 most most JJS 1662 7821 313 of of IN 1662 7821 314 the the DT 1662 7821 315 islands island NNS 1662 7821 316 , , , 1662 7821 317 rising rise VBG 1662 7821 318 steeply steeply RB 1662 7821 319 from from IN 1662 7821 320 the the DT 1662 7821 321 sea sea NN 1662 7821 322 , , , 1662 7821 323 are be VBP 1662 7821 324 rugged rugged JJ 1662 7821 325 and and CC 1662 7821 326 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 7821 327 ; ; : 1662 7821 328 South South NNP 1662 7821 329 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 7821 330 is be VBZ 1662 7821 331 largely largely RB 1662 7821 332 barren barren JJ 1662 7821 333 and and CC 1662 7821 334 has have VBZ 1662 7821 335 steep steep JJ 1662 7821 336 , , , 1662 7821 337 glacier glacier NN 1662 7821 338 - - HYPH 1662 7821 339 covered cover VBN 1662 7821 340 mountains mountain NNS 1662 7821 341 ; ; : 1662 7821 342 the the DT 1662 7821 343 South South NNP 1662 7821 344 Sandwich Sandwich NNP 1662 7821 345 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 7821 346 are be VBP 1662 7821 347 of of IN 1662 7821 348 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 7821 349 origin origin NN 1662 7821 350 with with IN 1662 7821 351 some some DT 1662 7821 352 active active JJ 1662 7821 353 volcanoes volcano NNS 1662 7821 354 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7821 355 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7821 356 : : : 1662 7821 357 lowest low JJS 1662 7821 358 point point NN 1662 7821 359 : : : 1662 7821 360 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7821 361 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7821 362 0 0 NFP 1662 7821 363 m m DT 1662 7821 364 highest high JJS 1662 7821 365 point point NN 1662 7821 366 : : : 1662 7821 367 Mount Mount NNP 1662 7821 368 Paget Paget NNP 1662 7821 369 2,915 2,915 CD 1662 7821 370 m m CD 1662 7821 371 Natural natural JJ 1662 7821 372 resources resource NNS 1662 7821 373 : : : 1662 7821 374 fish fish VB 1662 7821 375 Land land NN 1662 7821 376 use use NN 1662 7821 377 : : : 1662 7821 378 arable arable JJ 1662 7821 379 land land NN 1662 7821 380 : : : 1662 7821 381 0 0 CD 1662 7821 382 % % NN 1662 7821 383 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7821 384 crops crop NNS 1662 7821 385 : : : 1662 7821 386 0 0 CD 1662 7821 387 % % NN 1662 7821 388 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7821 389 pastures pasture 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427 0 0 NFP 1662 7821 428 sq sq NNP 1662 7821 429 km km NNP 1662 7821 430 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7821 431 1993 1993 CD 1662 7821 432 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7821 433 Natural natural JJ 1662 7821 434 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7821 435 : : : 1662 7821 436 the the DT 1662 7821 437 South South NNP 1662 7821 438 Sandwich Sandwich NNP 1662 7821 439 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 7821 440 have have VBP 1662 7821 441 prevailing prevail VBG 1662 7821 442 weather weather NN 1662 7821 443 conditions condition NNS 1662 7821 444 that that WDT 1662 7821 445 generally generally RB 1662 7821 446 make make VBP 1662 7821 447 them -PRON- PRP 1662 7821 448 difficult difficult JJ 1662 7821 449 to to TO 1662 7821 450 approach approach VB 1662 7821 451 by by IN 1662 7821 452 ship ship NN 1662 7821 453 ; ; : 1662 7821 454 they -PRON- PRP 1662 7821 455 are be VBP 1662 7821 456 also also RB 1662 7821 457 subject subject JJ 1662 7821 458 to to IN 1662 7821 459 active active JJ 1662 7821 460 volcanism volcanism NN 1662 7821 461 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military military JJ 1662 7821 533 garrison garrison NN 1662 7821 534 on on IN 1662 7821 535 South South NNP 1662 7821 536 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 7821 537 , , , 1662 7821 538 and and CC 1662 7821 539 the the DT 1662 7821 540 British British NNP 1662 7821 541 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 7821 542 Survey Survey NNP 1662 7821 543 has have VBZ 1662 7821 544 a a DT 1662 7821 545 biological biological JJ 1662 7821 546 station station NN 1662 7821 547 on on IN 1662 7821 548 Bird Bird NNP 1662 7821 549 Island Island NNP 1662 7821 550 ; ; : 1662 7821 551 the the DT 1662 7821 552 South South NNP 1662 7821 553 Sandwich Sandwich NNP 1662 7821 554 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 7821 555 are be VBP 1662 7821 556 uninhabited uninhabited JJ 1662 7821 557 @South @south NN 1662 7821 558 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 7821 559 and and CC 1662 7821 560 the the DT 1662 7821 561 : : : 1662 7821 562 Government Government NNP 1662 7821 563 Country Country NNP 1662 7821 564 name name NN 1662 7821 565 : : : 1662 7821 566 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7821 567 long long JJ 1662 7821 568 form form NN 1662 7821 569 : : : 1662 7821 570 South South NNP 1662 7821 571 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 7821 572 and and CC 1662 7821 573 the the DT 1662 7821 574 South South NNP 1662 7821 575 Sandwich Sandwich NNP 1662 7821 576 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 7821 577 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7821 578 short short JJ 1662 7821 579 form form NN 1662 7821 580 : : : 1662 7821 581 none none NN 1662 7821 582 Data Data NNP 1662 7821 583 code code NN 1662 7821 584 : : : 1662 7821 585 SX SX NNP 1662 7821 586 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 7821 587 status status NN 1662 7821 588 : : : 1662 7821 589 dependent dependent JJ 1662 7821 590 territory territory NN 1662 7821 591 of of IN 1662 7821 592 the the DT 1662 7821 593 UK UK NNP 1662 7821 594 ; ; , 1662 7821 595 administered administer VBN 1662 7821 596 by by IN 1662 7821 597 a a DT 1662 7821 598 civil civil JJ 1662 7821 599 commissioner commissioner NN 1662 7821 600 based base VBN 1662 7821 601 in in IN 1662 7821 602 the the DT 1662 7821 603 Falkland Falkland NNP 1662 7821 604 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 7821 605 National National NNP 1662 7821 606 capital capital NN 1662 7821 607 : : : 1662 7821 608 none none NN 1662 7821 609 ; ; : 1662 7821 610 Grytviken Grytviken NNP 1662 7821 611 on on IN 1662 7821 612 South South NNP 1662 7821 613 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 7821 614 is be VBZ 1662 7821 615 the the DT 1662 7821 616 garrison garrison NN 1662 7821 617 town town NN 1662 7821 618 Flag Flag NNP 1662 7821 619 description description NN 1662 7821 620 : : : 1662 7821 621 the the DT 1662 7821 622 flag flag NN 1662 7821 623 of of IN 1662 7821 624 the the DT 1662 7821 625 UK UK NNP 1662 7821 626 is be VBZ 1662 7821 627 used use VBN 1662 7821 628 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7821 629 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7821 630 - - HYPH 1662 7821 631 overview overview NN 1662 7821 632 : : : 1662 7821 633 Some some DT 1662 7821 634 fishing fishing NN 1662 7821 635 takes take 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7825 59 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7825 60 stations station NNS 1662 7825 61 : : : 1662 7825 62 0 0 NFP 1662 7825 63 Televisions television NNS 1662 7825 64 : : : 1662 7825 65 NA NA NNP 1662 7825 66 @South @south NN 1662 7825 67 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 7825 68 and and CC 1662 7825 69 the the DT 1662 7825 70 : : : 1662 7825 71 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7825 72 Highways highway NNS 1662 7825 73 : : : 1662 7825 74 total total NN 1662 7825 75 : : : 1662 7825 76 NA NA NNP 1662 7825 77 km km PRP 1662 7825 78 paved pave VBN 1662 7825 79 : : : 1662 7825 80 NA NA NNP 1662 7825 81 km km PRP 1662 7825 82 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7825 83 : : : 1662 7825 84 NA NA NNP 1662 7825 85 km km VB 1662 7825 86 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 7825 87 and and CC 1662 7825 88 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7825 89 : : : 1662 7825 90 Grytviken Grytviken NNP 1662 7825 91 Airports airport NNS 1662 7825 92 : : : 1662 7825 93 none none NN 1662 7825 94 Military Military NNP 1662 7825 95 Military Military NNP 1662 7825 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7825 134 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 135 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 136 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 137 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 138 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 139 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 140 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 141 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 142 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 143 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 144 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 145 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 146 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 147 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 148 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 149 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 150 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 151 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 152 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 153 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 154 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 155 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 156 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 157 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 158 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 159 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 160 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 161 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 162 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 163 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 164 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 165 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 166 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 167 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 168 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 169 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 170 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 171 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 172 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 173 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 174 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 175 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 176 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 177 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 178 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 179 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 180 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 181 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 182 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 183 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 184 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 185 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 186 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 187 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 188 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 189 _ _ NNP 1662 7825 190 SPAIN SPAIN NNP 1662 7825 191 @Spain @spain NN 1662 7825 192 : : : 1662 7825 193 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7825 194 Location Location NNP 1662 7825 195 : : : 1662 7825 196 Southwestern Southwestern NNP 1662 7825 197 Europe Europe NNP 1662 7825 198 , , , 1662 7825 199 bordering border VBG 1662 7825 200 the the DT 1662 7825 201 Bay Bay NNP 1662 7825 202 of of IN 1662 7825 203 Biscay Biscay NNP 1662 7825 204 , , , 1662 7825 205 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 7825 206 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7825 207 , , , 1662 7825 208 and and CC 1662 7825 209 North North NNP 1662 7825 210 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7825 211 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7825 212 , , , 1662 7825 213 southwest southwest NN 1662 7825 214 of of IN 1662 7825 215 France France NNP 1662 7825 216 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254 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 7825 255 , , , 1662 7825 256 and and CC 1662 7825 257 five five CD 1662 7825 258 places place NNS 1662 7825 259 of of IN 1662 7825 260 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 7825 261 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7825 262 plazas plaza NNS 1662 7825 263 de de IN 1662 7825 264 soberania soberania NNP 1662 7825 265 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7825 266 on on RB 1662 7825 267 and and CC 1662 7825 268 off off IN 1662 7825 269 the the DT 1662 7825 270 coast coast NN 1662 7825 271 of of IN 1662 7825 272 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 7825 273 - - HYPH 1662 7825 274 Ceuta Ceuta NNP 1662 7825 275 , , , 1662 7825 276 Mellila Mellila NNP 1662 7825 277 , , , 1662 7825 278 Islas Islas NNP 1662 7825 279 Chafarinas Chafarinas NNP 1662 7825 280 , , , 1662 7825 281 Penon Penon NNP 1662 7825 282 de de NNP 1662 7825 283 Alhucemas Alhucemas NNP 1662 7825 284 , , , 1662 7825 285 and and CC 1662 7825 286 Penon Penon NNP 1662 7825 287 de de NNP 1662 7825 288 Velez Velez NNP 1662 7825 289 de de NNP 1662 7825 290 la la 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7825 327 1,214 1,214 CD 1662 7825 328 km km NN 1662 7825 329 , , , 1662 7825 330 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 7825 331 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7825 332 Ceuta Ceuta NNP 1662 7825 333 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7825 334 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 7825 335 km km NN 1662 7825 336 , , , 1662 7825 337 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 7825 338 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7825 339 Melilla Melilla NNP 1662 7825 340 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7825 341 9.6 9.6 CD 1662 7825 342 km km NN 1662 7825 343 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7825 344 : : : 1662 7825 345 4,964 4,964 CD 1662 7825 346 km km NN 1662 7825 347 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7825 348 claims claim VBZ 1662 7825 349 : : : 1662 7825 350 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 7825 351 economic economic JJ 1662 7825 352 zone zone NN 1662 7825 353 : : : 1662 7825 354 200 200 CD 1662 7825 355 nm nm CD 1662 7825 356 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7825 357 applies apply VBZ 1662 7825 358 only only RB 1662 7825 359 to to IN 1662 7825 360 the the DT 1662 7825 361 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7825 362 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7825 363 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7825 364 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7825 365 sea sea NN 1662 7825 366 : : : 1662 7825 367 12 12 CD 1662 7825 368 nm nm NNP 1662 7825 369 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7825 370 : : : 1662 7825 371 temperate temperate VB 1662 7825 372 ; ; : 1662 7825 373 clear clear JJ 1662 7825 374 , , , 1662 7825 375 hot hot JJ 1662 7825 376 summers summer NNS 1662 7825 377 in in IN 1662 7825 378 interior interior NNP 1662 7825 379 , , , 1662 7825 380 more more RBR 1662 7825 381 moderate moderate JJ 1662 7825 382 and and CC 1662 7825 383 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 7825 384 along along IN 1662 7825 385 coast coast NN 1662 7825 386 ; ; , 1662 7825 387 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 7825 388 , , , 1662 7825 389 cold cold JJ 1662 7825 390 winters winter NNS 1662 7825 391 in in IN 1662 7825 392 interior interior NNP 1662 7825 393 , , , 1662 7825 394 partly partly RB 1662 7825 395 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 7825 396 and and CC 1662 7825 397 cool cool JJ 1662 7825 398 along along IN 1662 7825 399 coast coast NN 1662 7825 400 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7825 401 : : : 1662 7825 402 large large JJ 1662 7825 403 , , , 1662 7825 404 flat flat JJ 1662 7825 405 to to IN 1662 7825 406 dissected dissect VBN 1662 7825 407 plateau plateau NN 1662 7825 408 surrounded surround VBN 1662 7825 409 by by IN 1662 7825 410 rugged rugged JJ 1662 7825 411 hills hill NNS 1662 7825 412 ; ; : 1662 7825 413 Pyrenees pyrenee NNS 1662 7825 414 in in IN 1662 7825 415 north north JJ 1662 7825 416 Elevation elevation NN 1662 7825 417 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7825 418 : : : 1662 7825 419 lowest low JJS 1662 7825 420 point point NN 1662 7825 421 : : : 1662 7825 422 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7825 423 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7825 424 0 0 NFP 1662 7825 425 m m DT 1662 7825 426 highest high JJS 1662 7825 427 point point NN 1662 7825 428 : : : 1662 7825 429 Pico pico NN 1662 7825 430 de de IN 1662 7825 431 Teide Teide NNP 1662 7825 432 on on IN 1662 7825 433 Canary Canary NNP 1662 7825 434 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 7825 435 3,718 3,718 CD 1662 7825 436 m m CD 1662 7825 437 Natural natural JJ 1662 7825 438 resources resource NNS 1662 7825 439 : : : 1662 7825 440 coal coal NN 1662 7825 441 , , , 1662 7825 442 lignite lignite NN 1662 7825 443 , , , 1662 7825 444 iron iron NN 1662 7825 445 ore ore NN 1662 7825 446 , , , 1662 7825 447 uranium uranium NN 1662 7825 448 , , , 1662 7825 449 mercury mercury NN 1662 7825 450 , , , 1662 7825 451 pyrites pyrite NNS 1662 7825 452 , , , 1662 7825 453 fluorspar fluorspar NNP 1662 7825 454 , , , 1662 7825 455 gypsum gypsum NN 1662 7825 456 , , , 1662 7825 457 zinc zinc NN 1662 7825 458 , , , 1662 7825 459 lead lead NN 1662 7825 460 , , , 1662 7825 461 tungsten tungsten NN 1662 7825 462 , , , 1662 7825 463 copper copper NN 1662 7825 464 , , , 1662 7825 465 kaolin kaolin NNP 1662 7825 466 , , , 1662 7825 467 potash potash NNP 1662 7825 468 , , , 1662 7825 469 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 7825 470 Land Land NNP 1662 7825 471 use use NN 1662 7825 472 : : : 1662 7825 473 arable arable JJ 1662 7825 474 land land NN 1662 7825 475 : : : 1662 7825 476 30 30 CD 1662 7825 477 % % NN 1662 7825 478 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7825 479 crops crop NNS 1662 7825 480 : : : 1662 7825 481 9 9 CD 1662 7825 482 % % NN 1662 7825 483 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7825 484 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7825 485 : : : 1662 7825 486 21 21 CD 1662 7825 487 % % NN 1662 7825 488 forests forest NNS 1662 7825 489 and and CC 1662 7825 490 woodland woodland NN 1662 7825 491 : : : 1662 7825 492 32 32 CD 1662 7825 493 % % NN 1662 7825 494 other other JJ 1662 7825 495 : : : 1662 7825 496 8 8 CD 1662 7825 497 % % NN 1662 7825 498 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7825 499 1993 1993 CD 1662 7825 500 est est NNP 1662 7825 501 . . . 1662 7825 502 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7826 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7826 2 land land NN 1662 7826 3 : : : 1662 7826 4 34,530 34,530 CD 1662 7826 5 sq sq IN 1662 7826 6 km km NNP 1662 7826 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7826 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 7826 9 est est NNP 1662 7826 10 . . . 1662 7826 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7827 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 7827 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7827 3 : : : 1662 7827 4 periodic periodic JJ 1662 7827 5 droughts drought NNS 1662 7827 6 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7827 7 - - HYPH 1662 7827 8 current current JJ 1662 7827 9 issues issue NNS 1662 7827 10 : : : 1662 7827 11 pollution pollution NN 1662 7827 12 of of IN 1662 7827 13 the the DT 1662 7827 14 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 7827 15 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7827 16 from from IN 1662 7827 17 raw raw JJ 1662 7827 18 sewage sewage NN 1662 7827 19 and and CC 1662 7827 20 effluents effluent NNS 1662 7827 21 from from IN 1662 7827 22 the the DT 1662 7827 23 offshore offshore JJ 1662 7827 24 production production NN 1662 7827 25 of of IN 1662 7827 26 oil oil NN 1662 7827 27 and and CC 1662 7827 28 gas gas NN 1662 7827 29 ; ; : 1662 7827 30 water water NN 1662 7827 31 quality quality NN 1662 7827 32 and and CC 1662 7827 33 quantity quantity NN 1662 7827 34 nationwide nationwide RB 1662 7827 35 ; ; : 1662 7827 36 air air NN 1662 7827 37 pollution pollution NN 1662 7827 38 ; ; , 1662 7827 39 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 7827 40 ; ; : 1662 7827 41 desertification desertification NN 1662 7827 42 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7827 43 - - HYPH 1662 7827 44 international international JJ 1662 7827 45 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7827 46 : : : 1662 7827 47 party party NN 1662 7827 48 to to TO 1662 7827 49 : : : 1662 7827 50 Air Air NNP 1662 7827 51 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7827 52 , , , 1662 7827 53 Air Air NNP 1662 7827 54 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7827 55 - - HYPH 1662 7827 56 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 7827 57 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 7827 58 , , , 1662 7827 59 Air Air NNP 1662 7827 60 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7827 61 - - HYPH 1662 7827 62 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 7827 63 Organic Organic NNP 1662 7827 64 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 7827 65 , , , 1662 7827 66 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 7827 67 - - HYPH 1662 7827 68 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 7827 69 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 7827 70 , , , 1662 7827 71 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 7827 72 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 7827 73 , , , 1662 7827 74 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 7827 75 , , , 1662 7827 76 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7827 77 Change Change NNP 1662 7827 78 , , , 1662 7827 79 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 7827 80 Species Species NNPS 1662 7827 81 , , , 1662 7827 82 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 7827 83 Modification Modification NNP 1662 7827 84 , , , 1662 7827 85 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 7827 86 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 7827 87 , , , 1662 7827 88 Marine Marine NNP 1662 7827 89 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 7827 90 , , , 1662 7827 91 Marine Marine NNP 1662 7827 92 Life Life NNP 1662 7827 93 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 7827 94 , , , 1662 7827 95 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 7827 96 Test Test NNP 1662 7827 97 Ban Ban NNP 1662 7827 98 , , , 1662 7827 99 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 7827 100 Layer Layer NNP 1662 7827 101 Protection Protection NNP 1662 7827 102 , , , 1662 7827 103 Ship Ship NNP 1662 7827 104 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7827 105 , , , 1662 7827 106 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 7827 107 Timber Timber NNP 1662 7827 108 83 83 CD 1662 7827 109 , , , 1662 7827 110 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 7827 111 Timber Timber NNP 1662 7827 112 94 94 CD 1662 7827 113 , , , 1662 7827 114 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 7827 115 , , , 1662 7827 116 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 7827 117 signed sign VBD 1662 7827 118 , , , 1662 7827 119 but but CC 1662 7827 120 not not RB 1662 7827 121 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7827 122 : : : 1662 7827 123 Air Air NNP 1662 7827 124 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7827 125 - - HYPH 1662 7827 126 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 7827 127 94 94 CD 1662 7827 128 , , , 1662 7827 129 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 7827 130 , , , 1662 7827 131 Law Law NNP 1662 7827 132 of of IN 1662 7827 133 the the DT 1662 7827 134 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7827 135 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7827 136 - - HYPH 1662 7827 137 note note NNP 1662 7827 138 : : : 1662 7827 139 strategic strategic JJ 1662 7827 140 location location NN 1662 7827 141 along along IN 1662 7827 142 approaches approach NNS 1662 7827 143 to to IN 1662 7827 144 Strait Strait NNP 1662 7827 145 of of IN 1662 7827 146 Gibraltar Gibraltar NNP 1662 7827 147 @Spain @spain NN 1662 7827 148 : : : 1662 7827 149 People People NNS 1662 7827 150 Population population NN 1662 7827 151 : : : 1662 7827 152 39,107,912 39,107,912 CD 1662 7827 153 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7827 154 July July NNP 1662 7827 155 1997 1997 CD 1662 7827 156 est est NNP 1662 7827 157 . . . 1662 7827 158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7828 1 Age age NN 1662 7828 2 structure structure NN 1662 7828 3 : : : 1662 7828 4 0 0 CD 1662 7828 5 - - HYPH 1662 7828 6 14 14 CD 1662 7828 7 years year NNS 1662 7828 8 : : : 1662 7828 9 15 15 CD 1662 7828 10 % % NN 1662 7828 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7828 12 male male JJ 1662 7828 13 3,121,625 3,121,625 CD 1662 7828 14 ; ; : 1662 7828 15 female female JJ 1662 7828 16 2,942,492 2,942,492 CD 1662 7828 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7828 18 15 15 CD 1662 7828 19 - - SYM 1662 7828 20 64 64 CD 1662 7828 21 years year NNS 1662 7828 22 : : : 1662 7828 23 69 69 CD 1662 7828 24 % % NN 1662 7828 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7828 26 male male JJ 1662 7828 27 13,396,398 13,396,398 CD 1662 7828 28 ; ; , 1662 7828 29 female female JJ 1662 7828 30 13,400,728 13,400,728 CD 1662 7828 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7828 32 65 65 CD 1662 7828 33 years year NNS 1662 7828 34 and and CC 1662 7828 35 over over RB 1662 7828 36 : : : 1662 7828 37 16 16 CD 1662 7828 38 % % NN 1662 7828 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7828 40 male male JJ 1662 7828 41 2,592,692 2,592,692 CD 1662 7828 42 ; ; : 1662 7828 43 female female JJ 1662 7828 44 3,653,977 3,653,977 CD 1662 7828 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7828 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7828 47 July July NNP 1662 7828 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7828 49 est est NNP 1662 7828 50 . . . 1662 7828 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7829 1 Population population NN 1662 7829 2 growth growth NN 1662 7829 3 rate rate NN 1662 7829 4 : : : 1662 7829 5 0.06 0.06 CD 1662 7829 6 % % NN 1662 7829 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7829 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7829 9 est est NNP 1662 7829 10 . . . 1662 7829 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7830 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7830 2 rate rate NN 1662 7830 3 : : : 1662 7830 4 9.94 9.94 CD 1662 7830 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 7830 6 population population NN 1662 7830 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7830 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7830 9 est est NNP 1662 7830 10 . . . 1662 7830 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7831 1 Death death NN 1662 7831 2 rate rate NN 1662 7831 3 : : : 1662 7831 4 9.54 9.54 CD 1662 7831 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7831 6 population population NN 1662 7831 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7831 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7831 9 est est NNP 1662 7831 10 . . . 1662 7831 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7832 1 Net net JJ 1662 7832 2 migration migration NN 1662 7832 3 rate rate NN 1662 7832 4 : : : 1662 7832 5 0.66 0.66 CD 1662 7832 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 7832 7 population population NN 1662 7832 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7832 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7832 10 est est NNP 1662 7832 11 . . . 1662 7832 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7833 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7833 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7833 3 : : : 1662 7833 4 at at IN 1662 7833 5 birth birth NN 1662 7833 6 : : : 1662 7833 7 1.07 1.07 CD 1662 7833 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7833 9 under under IN 1662 7833 10 15 15 CD 1662 7833 11 years year NNS 1662 7833 12 : : : 1662 7833 13 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 7833 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7833 15 15 15 CD 1662 7833 16 - - SYM 1662 7833 17 64 64 CD 1662 7833 18 years year NNS 1662 7833 19 : : : 1662 7833 20 1 1 CD 1662 7833 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7833 22 65 65 CD 1662 7833 23 years year NNS 1662 7833 24 and and CC 1662 7833 25 over over IN 1662 7833 26 : : : 1662 7833 27 0.71 0.71 CD 1662 7833 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7833 29 total total JJ 1662 7833 30 population population NN 1662 7833 31 : : : 1662 7833 32 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 7833 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7833 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7833 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7833 36 est e JJS 1662 7833 37 . . . 1662 7833 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7834 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7834 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7834 3 rate rate NN 1662 7834 4 : : : 1662 7834 5 6.6 6.6 CD 1662 7834 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7834 7 live live JJ 1662 7834 8 births birth NNS 1662 7834 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7834 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7834 11 est est NNP 1662 7834 12 . . . 1662 7834 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7835 1 Life life NN 1662 7835 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7835 3 at at IN 1662 7835 4 birth birth NN 1662 7835 5 : : : 1662 7835 6 total total JJ 1662 7835 7 population population NN 1662 7835 8 : : : 1662 7835 9 77.39 77.39 CD 1662 7835 10 years year NNS 1662 7835 11 male male NN 1662 7835 12 : : : 1662 7835 13 73.59 73.59 CD 1662 7835 14 years year NNS 1662 7835 15 female female JJ 1662 7835 16 : : : 1662 7835 17 81.46 81.46 CD 1662 7835 18 years year NNS 1662 7835 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7835 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 7835 21 est est NNP 1662 7835 22 . . . 1662 7835 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7836 1 Total total JJ 1662 7836 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7836 3 rate rate NN 1662 7836 4 : : : 1662 7836 5 1.18 1.18 CD 1662 7836 6 children child NNS 1662 7836 7 born bear VBN 1662 7836 8 / / SYM 1662 7836 9 woman woman NN 1662 7836 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7836 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7836 12 est est NNP 1662 7836 13 . . . 1662 7836 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7837 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7837 2 : : : 1662 7837 3 noun noun NNP 1662 7837 4 : : : 1662 7837 5 Spaniard(s Spaniard(s NNP 1662 7837 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7837 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 7837 8 : : : 1662 7837 9 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 7837 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7837 11 groups group NNS 1662 7837 12 : : : 1662 7837 13 composite composite JJ 1662 7837 14 of of IN 1662 7837 15 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 7837 16 and and CC 1662 7837 17 Nordic nordic JJ 1662 7837 18 types type NNS 1662 7837 19 Religions religion NNS 1662 7837 20 : : : 1662 7837 21 Roman Roman NNP 1662 7837 22 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 7837 23 99 99 CD 1662 7837 24 % % NN 1662 7837 25 , , , 1662 7837 26 other other JJ 1662 7837 27 1 1 CD 1662 7837 28 % % NN 1662 7837 29 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 7837 30 : : : 1662 7837 31 Castilian Castilian NNP 1662 7837 32 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 7837 33 74 74 CD 1662 7837 34 % % NN 1662 7837 35 , , , 1662 7837 36 Catalan Catalan NNP 1662 7837 37 17 17 CD 1662 7837 38 % % NN 1662 7837 39 , , , 1662 7837 40 Galician Galician NNP 1662 7837 41 7 7 CD 1662 7837 42 % % NN 1662 7837 43 , , , 1662 7837 44 Basque basque JJ 1662 7837 45 2 2 CD 1662 7837 46 % % NN 1662 7837 47 Literacy literacy NN 1662 7837 48 : : : 1662 7837 49 definition definition NN 1662 7837 50 : : : 1662 7837 51 age age NN 1662 7837 52 15 15 CD 1662 7837 53 and and CC 1662 7837 54 over over RB 1662 7837 55 can can MD 1662 7837 56 read read VB 1662 7837 57 and and CC 1662 7837 58 write write VB 1662 7837 59 total total JJ 1662 7837 60 population population NN 1662 7837 61 : : : 1662 7837 62 96 96 CD 1662 7837 63 % % NN 1662 7837 64 male male NN 1662 7837 65 : : : 1662 7837 66 98 98 CD 1662 7837 67 % % NN 1662 7837 68 female female NN 1662 7837 69 : : : 1662 7837 70 94 94 CD 1662 7837 71 % % NN 1662 7837 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7837 73 1986 1986 CD 1662 7837 74 est est NNP 1662 7837 75 . . . 1662 7837 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 1 @Spain @spain LS 1662 7838 2 : : : 1662 7838 3 Government Government NNP 1662 7838 4 Country Country NNP 1662 7838 5 name name NN 1662 7838 6 : : : 1662 7838 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7838 8 long long JJ 1662 7838 9 form form NN 1662 7838 10 : : : 1662 7838 11 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 7838 12 of of IN 1662 7838 13 Spain Spain NNP 1662 7838 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7838 15 short short JJ 1662 7838 16 form form NN 1662 7838 17 : : : 1662 7838 18 Spain Spain NNP 1662 7838 19 local local JJ 1662 7838 20 short short JJ 1662 7838 21 form form NN 1662 7838 22 : : : 1662 7838 23 Espana Espana NNP 1662 7838 24 Data Data NNP 1662 7838 25 code code NN 1662 7838 26 : : : 1662 7838 27 SP SP NNP 1662 7838 28 Government Government NNP 1662 7838 29 type type NN 1662 7838 30 : : : 1662 7838 31 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 7838 32 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 7838 33 National national JJ 1662 7838 34 capital capital NN 1662 7838 35 : : : 1662 7838 36 Madrid Madrid NNP 1662 7838 37 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 7838 38 divisions division NNS 1662 7838 39 : : : 1662 7838 40 17 17 CD 1662 7838 41 autonomous autonomous JJ 1662 7838 42 communities community NNS 1662 7838 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 44 comunidades comunidade NNS 1662 7838 45 autonomas autonomas NNP 1662 7838 46 , , , 1662 7838 47 singular singular NNP 1662 7838 48 - - HYPH 1662 7838 49 comunidad comunidad NNP 1662 7838 50 autonoma autonoma NNP 1662 7838 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 52 ; ; : 1662 7838 53 Andalucia Andalucia NNP 1662 7838 54 , , , 1662 7838 55 Aragon Aragon NNP 1662 7838 56 , , , 1662 7838 57 Asturias Asturias NNP 1662 7838 58 , , , 1662 7838 59 Canarias Canarias NNP 1662 7838 60 , , , 1662 7838 61 Cantabria Cantabria NNP 1662 7838 62 , , , 1662 7838 63 Castilla Castilla NNP 1662 7838 64 - - HYPH 1662 7838 65 La La NNP 1662 7838 66 Mancha Mancha NNP 1662 7838 67 , , , 1662 7838 68 Castilla Castilla NNP 1662 7838 69 y y NNP 1662 7838 70 Leon Leon NNP 1662 7838 71 , , , 1662 7838 72 Cataluna Cataluna NNP 1662 7838 73 , , , 1662 7838 74 Communidad Communidad NNP 1662 7838 75 Valencian Valencian NNP 1662 7838 76 , , , 1662 7838 77 Extremadura Extremadura NNP 1662 7838 78 , , , 1662 7838 79 Galicia Galicia NNP 1662 7838 80 , , , 1662 7838 81 Islas Islas NNP 1662 7838 82 Baleares Baleares NNP 1662 7838 83 , , , 1662 7838 84 La La NNP 1662 7838 85 Rioja Rioja NNP 1662 7838 86 , , , 1662 7838 87 Madrid Madrid NNP 1662 7838 88 , , , 1662 7838 89 Murcia Murcia NNP 1662 7838 90 , , , 1662 7838 91 Navarra Navarra NNP 1662 7838 92 , , , 1662 7838 93 Pais Pais NNP 1662 7838 94 Vasco Vasco NNP 1662 7838 95 note note NN 1662 7838 96 : : : 1662 7838 97 there there EX 1662 7838 98 are be VBP 1662 7838 99 five five CD 1662 7838 100 places place NNS 1662 7838 101 of of IN 1662 7838 102 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 7838 103 on on IN 1662 7838 104 and and CC 1662 7838 105 off off IN 1662 7838 106 the the DT 1662 7838 107 coast coast NN 1662 7838 108 of of IN 1662 7838 109 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 7838 110 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 111 Ceuta Ceuta NNP 1662 7838 112 , , , 1662 7838 113 Mellila Mellila NNP 1662 7838 114 , , , 1662 7838 115 Islas Islas NNP 1662 7838 116 Chafarinas Chafarinas NNP 1662 7838 117 , , , 1662 7838 118 Penon Penon NNP 1662 7838 119 de de NNP 1662 7838 120 Alhucemas Alhucemas NNP 1662 7838 121 , , , 1662 7838 122 and and CC 1662 7838 123 Penon Penon NNP 1662 7838 124 de de NNP 1662 7838 125 Velez Velez NNP 1662 7838 126 de de NNP 1662 7838 127 la la NNP 1662 7838 128 Gomera Gomera NNP 1662 7838 129 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 130 with with IN 1662 7838 131 administrative administrative JJ 1662 7838 132 status status NN 1662 7838 133 unknown unknown JJ 1662 7838 134 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7838 135 : : : 1662 7838 136 1492 1492 CD 1662 7838 137 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 138 expulsion expulsion NN 1662 7838 139 of of IN 1662 7838 140 the the DT 1662 7838 141 Moors Moors NNPS 1662 7838 142 and and CC 1662 7838 143 unification unification NN 1662 7838 144 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 145 National national JJ 1662 7838 146 holiday holiday NN 1662 7838 147 : : : 1662 7838 148 National National NNP 1662 7838 149 Day Day NNP 1662 7838 150 , , , 1662 7838 151 12 12 CD 1662 7838 152 October October NNP 1662 7838 153 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 7838 154 : : : 1662 7838 155 6 6 CD 1662 7838 156 December December NNP 1662 7838 157 1978 1978 CD 1662 7838 158 , , , 1662 7838 159 effective effective JJ 1662 7838 160 29 29 CD 1662 7838 161 December December NNP 1662 7838 162 1978 1978 CD 1662 7838 163 Legal legal JJ 1662 7838 164 system system NN 1662 7838 165 : : : 1662 7838 166 civil civil JJ 1662 7838 167 law law NN 1662 7838 168 system system NN 1662 7838 169 , , , 1662 7838 170 with with IN 1662 7838 171 regional regional JJ 1662 7838 172 applications application NNS 1662 7838 173 ; ; : 1662 7838 174 does do VBZ 1662 7838 175 not not RB 1662 7838 176 accept accept VB 1662 7838 177 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 7838 178 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 7838 179 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 7838 180 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 7838 181 : : : 1662 7838 182 18 18 CD 1662 7838 183 years year NNS 1662 7838 184 of of IN 1662 7838 185 age age NN 1662 7838 186 ; ; : 1662 7838 187 universal universal JJ 1662 7838 188 Executive Executive NNP 1662 7838 189 branch branch NN 1662 7838 190 : : : 1662 7838 191 chief chief NN 1662 7838 192 of of IN 1662 7838 193 state state NN 1662 7838 194 : : : 1662 7838 195 King King NNP 1662 7838 196 JUAN JUAN NNP 1662 7838 197 CARLOS CARLOS NNP 1662 7838 198 I -PRON- PRP 1662 7838 199 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 200 since since IN 1662 7838 201 22 22 CD 1662 7838 202 November November NNP 1662 7838 203 1975 1975 CD 1662 7838 204 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 205 head head NN 1662 7838 206 of of IN 1662 7838 207 government government NN 1662 7838 208 : : : 1662 7838 209 President President NNP 1662 7838 210 of of IN 1662 7838 211 the the DT 1662 7838 212 Government Government NNP 1662 7838 213 Jose Jose NNP 1662 7838 214 Maria Maria NNP 1662 7838 215 AZNAR AZNAR NNP 1662 7838 216 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 217 since since IN 1662 7838 218 5 5 CD 1662 7838 219 May May NNP 1662 7838 220 1996 1996 CD 1662 7838 221 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 222 ; ; : 1662 7838 223 First First NNP 1662 7838 224 Vice Vice NNP 1662 7838 225 President President NNP 1662 7838 226 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 7838 227 ALVAREZ ALVAREZ NNP 1662 7838 228 - - HYPH 1662 7838 229 CASCOS CASCOS NNP 1662 7838 230 FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ NNP 1662 7838 231 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 232 since since IN 1662 7838 233 5 5 CD 1662 7838 234 May May NNP 1662 7838 235 1996 1996 CD 1662 7838 236 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 237 and and CC 1662 7838 238 Second Second NNP 1662 7838 239 Vice Vice NNP 1662 7838 240 President President NNP 1662 7838 241 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 242 and and CC 1662 7838 243 Minister Minister NNP 1662 7838 244 of of IN 1662 7838 245 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7838 246 and and CC 1662 7838 247 Finance Finance NNP 1662 7838 248 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 249 Rodrigo Rodrigo NNP 1662 7838 250 RATO RATO NNP 1662 7838 251 FIGAREDO FIGAREDO NNS 1662 7838 252 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 253 since since IN 1662 7838 254 5 5 CD 1662 7838 255 May May NNP 1662 7838 256 1996 1996 CD 1662 7838 257 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 258 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7838 259 : : : 1662 7838 260 Council Council NNP 1662 7838 261 of of IN 1662 7838 262 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 7838 263 designated designate VBN 1662 7838 264 by by IN 1662 7838 265 the the DT 1662 7838 266 president president NNP 1662 7838 267 note note NN 1662 7838 268 : : : 1662 7838 269 there there EX 1662 7838 270 is be VBZ 1662 7838 271 also also RB 1662 7838 272 a a DT 1662 7838 273 Council Council NNP 1662 7838 274 of of IN 1662 7838 275 State State NNP 1662 7838 276 that that WDT 1662 7838 277 is be VBZ 1662 7838 278 the the DT 1662 7838 279 supreme supreme NNP 1662 7838 280 consultative consultative NNP 1662 7838 281 organ organ NN 1662 7838 282 of of IN 1662 7838 283 the the DT 1662 7838 284 government government NN 1662 7838 285 elections election NNS 1662 7838 286 : : : 1662 7838 287 the the DT 1662 7838 288 king king NN 1662 7838 289 is be VBZ 1662 7838 290 a a DT 1662 7838 291 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 7838 292 monarch monarch NN 1662 7838 293 ; ; : 1662 7838 294 president president NNP 1662 7838 295 proposed propose VBN 1662 7838 296 by by IN 1662 7838 297 the the DT 1662 7838 298 king king NN 1662 7838 299 and and CC 1662 7838 300 elected elect VBN 1662 7838 301 by by IN 1662 7838 302 the the DT 1662 7838 303 National National NNP 1662 7838 304 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7838 305 following follow VBG 1662 7838 306 legislative legislative JJ 1662 7838 307 elections election NNS 1662 7838 308 ; ; : 1662 7838 309 election election NN 1662 7838 310 last last JJ 1662 7838 311 held hold VBD 1662 7838 312 3 3 CD 1662 7838 313 March March NNP 1662 7838 314 1996 1996 CD 1662 7838 315 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 316 next next JJ 1662 7838 317 to to TO 1662 7838 318 be be VB 1662 7838 319 held hold VBN 1662 7838 320 by by IN 1662 7838 321 NA NA NNP 1662 7838 322 2000 2000 CD 1662 7838 323 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 324 election election NN 1662 7838 325 results result NNS 1662 7838 326 : : : 1662 7838 327 Jose Jose NNP 1662 7838 328 Maria Maria NNP 1662 7838 329 AZNAR AZNAR NNP 1662 7838 330 elected elect VBD 1662 7838 331 president president NN 1662 7838 332 ; ; : 1662 7838 333 percent percent NN 1662 7838 334 of of IN 1662 7838 335 National National NNP 1662 7838 336 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7838 337 vote vote NN 1662 7838 338 - - HYPH 1662 7838 339 NA NA NNP 1662 7838 340 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 7838 341 branch branch NN 1662 7838 342 : : : 1662 7838 343 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 7838 344 The the DT 1662 7838 345 General General NNP 1662 7838 346 Courts Courts NNPS 1662 7838 347 or or CC 1662 7838 348 National National NNP 1662 7838 349 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7838 350 or or CC 1662 7838 351 Las Las NNP 1662 7838 352 Cortes Cortes NNP 1662 7838 353 Generales Generales NNP 1662 7838 354 consists consist VBZ 1662 7838 355 of of IN 1662 7838 356 the the DT 1662 7838 357 Senate Senate NNP 1662 7838 358 or or CC 1662 7838 359 Senado Senado NNP 1662 7838 360 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 361 256 256 CD 1662 7838 362 seats seat NNS 1662 7838 363 ; ; : 1662 7838 364 208 208 CD 1662 7838 365 members member NNS 1662 7838 366 are be VBP 1662 7838 367 directly directly RB 1662 7838 368 elected elect VBN 1662 7838 369 by by IN 1662 7838 370 popular popular JJ 1662 7838 371 vote vote NN 1662 7838 372 and and CC 1662 7838 373 the the DT 1662 7838 374 other other JJ 1662 7838 375 48 48 CD 1662 7838 376 were be VBD 1662 7838 377 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7838 378 by by IN 1662 7838 379 the the DT 1662 7838 380 regional regional JJ 1662 7838 381 legislatures legislature NNS 1662 7838 382 to to TO 1662 7838 383 serve serve VB 1662 7838 384 four four CD 1662 7838 385 - - HYPH 1662 7838 386 year year NN 1662 7838 387 terms term NNS 1662 7838 388 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 389 and and CC 1662 7838 390 the the DT 1662 7838 391 Congress Congress NNP 1662 7838 392 of of IN 1662 7838 393 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 7838 394 or or CC 1662 7838 395 Congreso Congreso NNP 1662 7838 396 de de NNP 1662 7838 397 los los NNP 1662 7838 398 Diputados Diputados NNP 1662 7838 399 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 400 350 350 CD 1662 7838 401 seats seat NNS 1662 7838 402 ; ; : 1662 7838 403 members member NNS 1662 7838 404 are be VBP 1662 7838 405 elected elect VBN 1662 7838 406 by by IN 1662 7838 407 popular popular JJ 1662 7838 408 vote vote NN 1662 7838 409 on on IN 1662 7838 410 block block NN 1662 7838 411 lists list NNS 1662 7838 412 by by IN 1662 7838 413 proportional proportional JJ 1662 7838 414 representation representation NN 1662 7838 415 to to TO 1662 7838 416 serve serve VB 1662 7838 417 four four CD 1662 7838 418 - - HYPH 1662 7838 419 year year NN 1662 7838 420 terms term NNS 1662 7838 421 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 422 elections election NNS 1662 7838 423 : : : 1662 7838 424 Senate Senate NNP 1662 7838 425 - - HYPH 1662 7838 426 last last RB 1662 7838 427 held hold VBD 1662 7838 428 3 3 CD 1662 7838 429 March March NNP 1662 7838 430 1996 1996 CD 1662 7838 431 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 432 next next JJ 1662 7838 433 to to TO 1662 7838 434 be be VB 1662 7838 435 held hold VBN 1662 7838 436 by by IN 1662 7838 437 March March NNP 1662 7838 438 2000 2000 CD 1662 7838 439 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 440 ; ; : 1662 7838 441 Congress Congress NNP 1662 7838 442 of of IN 1662 7838 443 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 7838 444 - - , 1662 7838 445 last last RB 1662 7838 446 held hold VBD 1662 7838 447 3 3 CD 1662 7838 448 March March NNP 1662 7838 449 1996 1996 CD 1662 7838 450 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 451 next next JJ 1662 7838 452 to to TO 1662 7838 453 be be VB 1662 7838 454 held hold VBN 1662 7838 455 by by IN 1662 7838 456 March March NNP 1662 7838 457 2000 2000 CD 1662 7838 458 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 459 election election NN 1662 7838 460 results result NNS 1662 7838 461 : : : 1662 7838 462 Senate Senate NNP 1662 7838 463 - - HYPH 1662 7838 464 percent percent NN 1662 7838 465 of of IN 1662 7838 466 vote vote NN 1662 7838 467 by by IN 1662 7838 468 party party NN 1662 7838 469 - - HYPH 1662 7838 470 NA NA NNP 1662 7838 471 ; ; , 1662 7838 472 seats seat NNS 1662 7838 473 by by IN 1662 7838 474 party party NN 1662 7838 475 - - HYPH 1662 7838 476 PP PP NNP 1662 7838 477 132 132 CD 1662 7838 478 , , , 1662 7838 479 PSOE PSOE NNP 1662 7838 480 96 96 CD 1662 7838 481 , , , 1662 7838 482 CiU CiU NNP 1662 7838 483 11 11 CD 1662 7838 484 , , , 1662 7838 485 PNV PNV NNP 1662 7838 486 6 6 CD 1662 7838 487 , , , 1662 7838 488 IU IU NNP 1662 7838 489 2 2 CD 1662 7838 490 , , , 1662 7838 491 others other NNS 1662 7838 492 9 9 CD 1662 7838 493 ; ; : 1662 7838 494 Congress Congress NNP 1662 7838 495 of of IN 1662 7838 496 Deputies Deputies NNP 1662 7838 497 - - HYPH 1662 7838 498 percent percent NN 1662 7838 499 of of IN 1662 7838 500 vote vote NN 1662 7838 501 by by IN 1662 7838 502 party party NNP 1662 7838 503 - - HYPH 1662 7838 504 PP PP NNP 1662 7838 505 38.9 38.9 CD 1662 7838 506 % % NN 1662 7838 507 , , , 1662 7838 508 PSOE PSOE NNP 1662 7838 509 37.5 37.5 CD 1662 7838 510 % % NN 1662 7838 511 , , , 1662 7838 512 IU IU NNP 1662 7838 513 10.7 10.7 CD 1662 7838 514 % % NN 1662 7838 515 , , , 1662 7838 516 CiU CiU NNP 1662 7838 517 4.6 4.6 CD 1662 7838 518 % % NN 1662 7838 519 ; ; , 1662 7838 520 seats seat NNS 1662 7838 521 by by IN 1662 7838 522 party party NN 1662 7838 523 - - HYPH 1662 7838 524 PP PP NNP 1662 7838 525 156 156 CD 1662 7838 526 , , , 1662 7838 527 PSOE PSOE NNP 1662 7838 528 141 141 CD 1662 7838 529 , , , 1662 7838 530 IU IU NNP 1662 7838 531 21 21 CD 1662 7838 532 , , , 1662 7838 533 CiU CiU NNP 1662 7838 534 16 16 CD 1662 7838 535 , , , 1662 7838 536 other other JJ 1662 7838 537 16 16 CD 1662 7838 538 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 7838 539 branch branch NN 1662 7838 540 : : : 1662 7838 541 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 7838 542 Court Court NNP 1662 7838 543 or or CC 1662 7838 544 Tribunal Tribunal NNP 1662 7838 545 Supremo Supremo NNP 1662 7838 546 Political political JJ 1662 7838 547 parties party NNS 1662 7838 548 and and CC 1662 7838 549 leaders leader NNS 1662 7838 550 : : : 1662 7838 551 principal principal JJ 1662 7838 552 national national JJ 1662 7838 553 parties party NNS 1662 7838 554 , , , 1662 7838 555 from from IN 1662 7838 556 right right NN 1662 7838 557 to to IN 1662 7838 558 left left NN 1662 7838 559 : : : 1662 7838 560 Popular Popular NNP 1662 7838 561 Party Party NNP 1662 7838 562 or or CC 1662 7838 563 PP PP NNP 1662 7838 564 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7838 565 Jose Jose NNP 1662 7838 566 Maria Maria NNP 1662 7838 567 AZNAR AZNAR NNP 1662 7838 568 Lopez Lopez NNP 1662 7838 569 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7838 570 ; ; : 1662 7838 571 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 7838 572 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 7838 573 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 7838 574 Party Party NNP 1662 7838 575 or or CC 1662 7838 576 PSOE PSOE NNP 1662 7838 577 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7838 578 Felipe felipe NN 1662 7838 579 GONZALEZ GONZALEZ NNP 1662 7838 580 Marquez Marquez NNP 1662 7838 581 , , , 1662 7838 582 secretary secretary NN 1662 7838 583 general general NN 1662 7838 584 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7838 585 ; ; : 1662 7838 586 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 7838 587 Communist Communist NNP 1662 7838 588 Party Party NNP 1662 7838 589 or or CC 1662 7838 590 PCE PCE NNP 1662 7838 591 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7838 592 Julio Julio NNP 1662 7838 593 ANGUITA ANGUITA NNP 1662 7838 594 Gonzalez Gonzalez NNP 1662 7838 595 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7838 596 ; ; : 1662 7838 597 United United NNP 1662 7838 598 Left Left NNP 1662 7838 599 or or CC 1662 7838 600 IU IU NNP 1662 7838 601 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 602 a a DT 1662 7838 603 coalition coalition NN 1662 7838 604 of of IN 1662 7838 605 parties party NNS 1662 7838 606 including include VBG 1662 7838 607 the the DT 1662 7838 608 PCE PCE NNP 1662 7838 609 and and CC 1662 7838 610 other other JJ 1662 7838 611 small small JJ 1662 7838 612 parties party NNS 1662 7838 613 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 614 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7838 615 Julio Julio NNP 1662 7838 616 ANGUITA ANGUITA NNP 1662 7838 617 Gonzalez Gonzalez NNP 1662 7838 618 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7838 619 chief chief JJ 1662 7838 620 regional regional JJ 1662 7838 621 parties party NNS 1662 7838 622 : : : 1662 7838 623 Convergence Convergence NNP 1662 7838 624 and and CC 1662 7838 625 Union Union NNP 1662 7838 626 or or CC 1662 7838 627 CiU CiU NNP 1662 7838 628 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7838 629 Jordi Jordi NNPS 1662 7838 630 PUJOL PUJOL NNP 1662 7838 631 , , , 1662 7838 632 secretary secretary NN 1662 7838 633 general general NN 1662 7838 634 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7838 635 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 636 a a DT 1662 7838 637 coalition coalition NN 1662 7838 638 of of IN 1662 7838 639 the the DT 1662 7838 640 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 7838 641 Convergence Convergence NNP 1662 7838 642 of of IN 1662 7838 643 Catalonia Catalonia NNP 1662 7838 644 or or CC 1662 7838 645 CDC CDC NNP 1662 7838 646 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7838 647 Pere Pere NNP 1662 7838 648 ESTEVE ESTEVE NNP 1662 7838 649 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7838 650 and and CC 1662 7838 651 the the DT 1662 7838 652 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7838 653 Union Union NNP 1662 7838 654 of of IN 1662 7838 655 Catalonia Catalonia NNP 1662 7838 656 or or CC 1662 7838 657 UDC UDC NNP 1662 7838 658 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7838 659 Josep Josep NNP 1662 7838 660 Antoni Antoni NNP 1662 7838 661 DURAN DURAN NNP 1662 7838 662 LLEIDA LLEIDA NNP 1662 7838 663 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7838 664 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 665 ; ; : 1662 7838 666 Basque Basque NNP 1662 7838 667 Nationalist Nationalist NNP 1662 7838 668 Party Party NNP 1662 7838 669 or or CC 1662 7838 670 PNV PNV NNP 1662 7838 671 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7838 672 Xabier Xabier NNP 1662 7838 673 ARZALLUS ARZALLUS NNP 1662 7838 674 Antia Antia NNP 1662 7838 675 and and CC 1662 7838 676 Jose Jose NNP 1662 7838 677 Antonio Antonio NNP 1662 7838 678 ARDANZA ARDANZA NNP 1662 7838 679 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7838 680 ; ; : 1662 7838 681 Canarian Canarian NNP 1662 7838 682 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 7838 683 or or CC 1662 7838 684 CC CC NNP 1662 7838 685 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 686 a a DT 1662 7838 687 coalition coalition NN 1662 7838 688 of of IN 1662 7838 689 five five CD 1662 7838 690 parties party NNS 1662 7838 691 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 692 Political political JJ 1662 7838 693 pressure pressure NN 1662 7838 694 groups group NNS 1662 7838 695 and and CC 1662 7838 696 leaders leader NNS 1662 7838 697 : : : 1662 7838 698 on on IN 1662 7838 699 the the DT 1662 7838 700 extreme extreme JJ 1662 7838 701 left left NN 1662 7838 702 , , , 1662 7838 703 the the DT 1662 7838 704 Basque Basque NNP 1662 7838 705 Fatherland Fatherland NNP 1662 7838 706 and and CC 1662 7838 707 Liberty Liberty NNP 1662 7838 708 or or CC 1662 7838 709 ETA ETA NNP 1662 7838 710 and and CC 1662 7838 711 the the DT 1662 7838 712 First first JJ 1662 7838 713 of of IN 1662 7838 714 October October NNP 1662 7838 715 Antifascist Antifascist NNP 1662 7838 716 Resistance Resistance NNP 1662 7838 717 Group Group NNP 1662 7838 718 or or CC 1662 7838 719 GRAPO GRAPO NNP 1662 7838 720 use use VBP 1662 7838 721 terrorism terrorism NN 1662 7838 722 to to TO 1662 7838 723 oppose oppose VB 1662 7838 724 the the DT 1662 7838 725 government government NN 1662 7838 726 ; ; : 1662 7838 727 free free JJ 1662 7838 728 labor labor NN 1662 7838 729 unions union NNS 1662 7838 730 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 731 authorized authorize VBN 1662 7838 732 in in IN 1662 7838 733 April April NNP 1662 7838 734 1977 1977 CD 1662 7838 735 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 736 ; ; : 1662 7838 737 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 7838 738 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 7838 739 or or CC 1662 7838 740 CC.OO CC.OO NNP 1662 7838 741 ; ; : 1662 7838 742 the the DT 1662 7838 743 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 7838 744 General General NNP 1662 7838 745 Union Union NNP 1662 7838 746 of of IN 1662 7838 747 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 7838 748 or or CC 1662 7838 749 UGT UGT NNP 1662 7838 750 and and CC 1662 7838 751 the the DT 1662 7838 752 smaller small JJR 1662 7838 753 independent independent JJ 1662 7838 754 Workers Workers NNP 1662 7838 755 Syndical Syndical NNP 1662 7838 756 Union Union NNP 1662 7838 757 or or CC 1662 7838 758 USO USO NNP 1662 7838 759 ; ; : 1662 7838 760 business business NN 1662 7838 761 and and CC 1662 7838 762 landowning landowning NN 1662 7838 763 interests interest NNS 1662 7838 764 ; ; : 1662 7838 765 the the DT 1662 7838 766 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 7838 767 Church Church NNP 1662 7838 768 ; ; : 1662 7838 769 Opus Opus NNP 1662 7838 770 Dei Dei NNP 1662 7838 771 ; ; : 1662 7838 772 university university NN 1662 7838 773 students student NNS 1662 7838 774 International International NNP 1662 7838 775 organization organization NN 1662 7838 776 participation participation NN 1662 7838 777 : : : 1662 7838 778 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 7838 779 , , , 1662 7838 780 AG AG NNP 1662 7838 781 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 782 observer observer NNP 1662 7838 783 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 784 , , , 1662 7838 785 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 7838 786 , , , 1662 7838 787 Australia Australia NNP 1662 7838 788 Group Group NNP 1662 7838 789 , , , 1662 7838 790 BIS BIS NNP 1662 7838 791 , , , 1662 7838 792 CCC CCC NNP 1662 7838 793 , , , 1662 7838 794 CE CE NNP 1662 7838 795 , , , 1662 7838 796 CERN CERN NNP 1662 7838 797 , , , 1662 7838 798 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 7838 799 , , , 1662 7838 800 ECE ECE NNP 1662 7838 801 , , , 1662 7838 802 ECLAC ECLAC NNP 1662 7838 803 , , , 1662 7838 804 EIB EIB NNP 1662 7838 805 , , , 1662 7838 806 ESA ESA NNP 1662 7838 807 , , , 1662 7838 808 EU EU NNP 1662 7838 809 , , , 1662 7838 810 FAO FAO NNP 1662 7838 811 , , , 1662 7838 812 G- G- NNP 1662 7838 813 8 8 CD 1662 7838 814 , , , 1662 7838 815 IADB IADB NNP 1662 7838 816 , , , 1662 7838 817 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 7838 818 , , , 1662 7838 819 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 7838 820 , , , 1662 7838 821 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 7838 822 , , , 1662 7838 823 ICC ICC NNP 1662 7838 824 , , , 1662 7838 825 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 7838 826 , , , 1662 7838 827 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 7838 828 , , , 1662 7838 829 IDA IDA NNP 1662 7838 830 , , , 1662 7838 831 IEA IEA NNP 1662 7838 832 , , , 1662 7838 833 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 7838 834 , , , 1662 7838 835 IFC IFC NNP 1662 7838 836 , , , 1662 7838 837 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 7838 838 , , , 1662 7838 839 IHO IHO NNP 1662 7838 840 , , , 1662 7838 841 ILO ILO NNP 1662 7838 842 , , , 1662 7838 843 IMF IMF NNP 1662 7838 844 , , , 1662 7838 845 IMO imo RB 1662 7838 846 , , , 1662 7838 847 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 7838 848 , , , 1662 7838 849 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7838 850 , , , 1662 7838 851 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 7838 852 , , , 1662 7838 853 IOC IOC NNP 1662 7838 854 , , , 1662 7838 855 IOM IOM NNP 1662 7838 856 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 857 observer observer NN 1662 7838 858 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 859 , , , 1662 7838 860 ISO ISO NNP 1662 7838 861 , , , 1662 7838 862 ITU ITU NNP 1662 7838 863 , , , 1662 7838 864 LAIA LAIA NNP 1662 7838 865 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 866 observer observer NN 1662 7838 867 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 868 , , , 1662 7838 869 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 7838 870 , , , 1662 7838 871 NACC NACC NNP 1662 7838 872 , , , 1662 7838 873 NAM NAM NNP 1662 7838 874 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 875 guest guest NNP 1662 7838 876 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 877 , , , 1662 7838 878 NATO NATO NNP 1662 7838 879 , , , 1662 7838 880 NEA NEA NNP 1662 7838 881 , , , 1662 7838 882 NSG NSG NNP 1662 7838 883 , , , 1662 7838 884 OAS OAS NNP 1662 7838 885 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 886 observer observer NNP 1662 7838 887 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 888 , , , 1662 7838 889 OECD OECD NNP 1662 7838 890 , , , 1662 7838 891 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 7838 892 , , , 1662 7838 893 PCA PCA NNP 1662 7838 894 , , , 1662 7838 895 UN UN NNP 1662 7838 896 , , , 1662 7838 897 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 7838 898 , , , 1662 7838 899 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 7838 900 , , , 1662 7838 901 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 7838 902 , , , 1662 7838 903 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 7838 904 , , , 1662 7838 905 UNMIBH UNMIBH NNP 1662 7838 906 , , , 1662 7838 907 UNU UNU NNP 1662 7838 908 , , , 1662 7838 909 UPU UPU NNP 1662 7838 910 , , , 1662 7838 911 WCL WCL NNP 1662 7838 912 , , , 1662 7838 913 WEU WEU NNP 1662 7838 914 , , , 1662 7838 915 WHO who WP 1662 7838 916 , , , 1662 7838 917 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 7838 918 , , , 1662 7838 919 WMO WMO NNP 1662 7838 920 , , , 1662 7838 921 WToO wtoo FW 1662 7838 922 , , , 1662 7838 923 WTrO wtro VB 1662 7838 924 , , , 1662 7838 925 ZC ZC NNP 1662 7838 926 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7838 927 representation representation NN 1662 7838 928 in in IN 1662 7838 929 the the DT 1662 7838 930 US US NNP 1662 7838 931 : : : 1662 7838 932 chief chief NN 1662 7838 933 of of IN 1662 7838 934 mission mission NN 1662 7838 935 : : : 1662 7838 936 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 7838 937 Antonio Antonio NNP 1662 7838 938 de de IN 1662 7838 939 OYARZABAL OYARZABAL NNP 1662 7838 940 MARCHESI MARCHESI NNP 1662 7838 941 chancery chancery NN 1662 7838 942 : : : 1662 7838 943 2375 2375 CD 1662 7838 944 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania NNP 1662 7838 945 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 7838 946 NW NW NNP 1662 7838 947 , , , 1662 7838 948 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7838 949 , , , 1662 7838 950 DC DC NNP 1662 7838 951 20037 20037 CD 1662 7838 952 telephone telephone NN 1662 7838 953 : : : 1662 7838 954 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7838 955 1 1 CD 1662 7838 956 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7838 957 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 958 202 202 CD 1662 7838 959 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 960 452 452 CD 1662 7838 961 - - HYPH 1662 7838 962 0100 0100 CD 1662 7838 963 , , , 1662 7838 964 728 728 CD 1662 7838 965 - - HYPH 1662 7838 966 2340 2340 CD 1662 7838 967 FAX FAX NNP 1662 7838 968 : : : 1662 7838 969 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7838 970 1 1 CD 1662 7838 971 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7838 972 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 973 202 202 CD 1662 7838 974 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 975 833 833 CD 1662 7838 976 - - SYM 1662 7838 977 5670 5670 CD 1662 7838 978 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 7838 979 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 980 general general NN 1662 7838 981 : : : 1662 7838 982 Boston Boston NNP 1662 7838 983 , , , 1662 7838 984 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 7838 985 , , , 1662 7838 986 Houston Houston NNP 1662 7838 987 , , , 1662 7838 988 Los Los NNP 1662 7838 989 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 7838 990 , , , 1662 7838 991 Miami Miami NNP 1662 7838 992 , , , 1662 7838 993 New New NNP 1662 7838 994 Orleans Orleans NNP 1662 7838 995 , , , 1662 7838 996 New New NNP 1662 7838 997 York York NNP 1662 7838 998 , , , 1662 7838 999 San San NNP 1662 7838 1000 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 7838 1001 , , , 1662 7838 1002 and and CC 1662 7838 1003 San San NNP 1662 7838 1004 Juan Juan NNP 1662 7838 1005 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7838 1006 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 7838 1007 Rico Rico NNP 1662 7838 1008 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7838 1009 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7838 1010 representation representation NN 1662 7838 1011 from from IN 1662 7838 1012 the the DT 1662 7838 1013 US US 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N. 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7853 51 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7853 52 stations station NNS 1662 7853 53 : : : 1662 7853 54 AM AM NNP 1662 7853 55 190 190 CD 1662 7853 56 , , , 1662 7853 57 FM FM NNP 1662 7853 58 406 406 CD 1662 7853 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7853 60 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 7853 61 134 134 CD 1662 7853 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7853 63 , , , 1662 7853 64 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 7853 65 0 0 CD 1662 7853 66 Radios radio NNS 1662 7853 67 : : : 1662 7853 68 12 12 CD 1662 7853 69 million million CD 1662 7853 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7853 71 1992 1992 CD 1662 7853 72 est est NNP 1662 7853 73 . . . 1662 7853 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7854 1 Television television NN 1662 7854 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7854 3 stations station NNS 1662 7854 4 : : : 1662 7854 5 100 100 CD 1662 7854 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7854 7 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 7854 8 1,297 1,297 CD 1662 7854 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7854 10 Televisions television NNS 1662 7854 11 : : : 1662 7854 12 15.7 15.7 CD 1662 7854 13 million million CD 1662 7854 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7854 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488 CD 1662 7855 36 km km NN 1662 7855 37 electrified electrify VBN 1662 7855 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7855 39 narrow narrow JJ 1662 7855 40 gauge gauge NN 1662 7855 41 : : : 1662 7855 42 1,716 1,716 CD 1662 7855 43 km km NN 1662 7855 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7855 45 privately privately RB 1662 7855 46 owned own VBN 1662 7855 47 : : : 1662 7855 48 1,669 1,669 CD 1662 7855 49 km km NN 1662 7855 50 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 7855 51 gauge gauge NN 1662 7855 52 , , , 1662 7855 53 489 489 CD 1662 7855 54 km km NNS 1662 7855 55 electrified electrify VBN 1662 7855 56 ; ; : 1662 7855 57 28 28 CD 1662 7855 58 km km NN 1662 7855 59 0.914-m 0.914-m NN 1662 7855 60 gauge gauge NN 1662 7855 61 , , , 1662 7855 62 28 28 CD 1662 7855 63 km km NN 1662 7855 64 electrified electrify VBN 1662 7855 65 ; ; : 1662 7855 66 government government NN 1662 7855 67 owned own VBD 1662 7855 68 : : : 1662 7855 69 19 19 CD 1662 7855 70 km km NN 1662 7855 71 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 7855 72 gauge gauge NN 1662 7855 73 , , , 1662 7855 74 all all DT 1662 7855 75 electrified electrify VBN 1662 7855 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7855 77 Highways highway NNS 1662 7855 78 : : : 1662 7855 79 total total NN 1662 7855 80 : : : 1662 7855 81 343,197 343,197 CD 1662 7855 82 km km NN 1662 7855 83 paved pave VBN 1662 7855 84 : : : 1662 7855 85 339,765 339,765 CD 1662 7855 86 km km NN 1662 7855 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7855 88 including include VBG 1662 7855 89 7,747 7,747 CD 1662 7855 90 km km NNS 1662 7855 91 of of IN 1662 7855 92 expressways expressway NNS 1662 7855 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7855 94 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7855 95 : : : 1662 7855 96 3,432 3,432 CD 1662 7855 97 km km NNS 1662 7855 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7855 99 1995 1995 CD 1662 7855 100 est est NNP 1662 7855 101 . . . 1662 7855 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7856 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 7856 2 : : : 1662 7856 3 1,045 1,045 CD 1662 7856 4 km km NNS 1662 7856 5 , , , 1662 7856 6 but but CC 1662 7856 7 of of IN 1662 7856 8 minor minor JJ 1662 7856 9 economic economic JJ 1662 7856 10 importance importance NN 1662 7856 11 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 7856 12 : : : 1662 7856 13 crude crude JJ 1662 7856 14 oil oil NN 1662 7856 15 265 265 CD 1662 7856 16 km km NN 1662 7856 17 ; ; : 1662 7856 18 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7856 19 products product NNS 1662 7856 20 1,794 1,794 CD 1662 7856 21 km km NN 1662 7856 22 ; ; : 1662 7856 23 natural natural JJ 1662 7856 24 gas gas NN 1662 7856 25 1,666 1,666 CD 1662 7856 26 km km NN 1662 7856 27 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 7856 28 and and CC 1662 7856 29 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7856 30 : : : 1662 7856 31 Aviles Aviles NNP 1662 7856 32 , , , 1662 7856 33 Barcelona Barcelona NNP 1662 7856 34 , , , 1662 7856 35 Bilbao Bilbao NNP 1662 7856 36 , , , 1662 7856 37 Cadiz Cadiz NNP 1662 7856 38 , , , 1662 7856 39 Cartagena Cartagena NNP 1662 7856 40 , , , 1662 7856 41 Castellon Castellon NNP 1662 7856 42 de de NNP 1662 7856 43 la la NNP 1662 7856 44 Plana Plana NNP 1662 7856 45 , , , 1662 7856 46 Ceuta Ceuta NNP 1662 7856 47 , , , 1662 7856 48 Huelva Huelva NNP 1662 7856 49 , , , 1662 7856 50 La La NNP 1662 7856 51 Coruna Coruna NNP 1662 7856 52 , , , 1662 7856 53 Las Las NNP 1662 7856 54 Palmas Palmas NNP 1662 7856 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7856 56 Canary Canary NNP 1662 7856 57 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 7856 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7856 59 , , , 1662 7856 60 Malaga Malaga NNP 1662 7856 61 , , , 1662 7856 62 Melilla Melilla NNP 1662 7856 63 , , , 1662 7856 64 Pasajes Pasajes NNP 1662 7856 65 , , , 1662 7856 66 Gijon Gijon NNP 1662 7856 67 , , , 1662 7856 68 Santa Santa NNP 1662 7856 69 Cruz Cruz NNP 1662 7856 70 de de NNP 1662 7856 71 Tenerife Tenerife NNP 1662 7856 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7856 73 Canary Canary NNP 1662 7856 74 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 7856 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7856 76 , , , 1662 7856 77 Santander Santander NNP 1662 7856 78 , , , 1662 7856 79 Tarragona Tarragona NNP 1662 7856 80 , , , 1662 7856 81 Valencia Valencia NNP 1662 7856 82 , , , 1662 7856 83 Vigo Vigo NNP 1662 7856 84 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7856 85 marine marine NN 1662 7856 86 : : : 1662 7856 87 total total NN 1662 7856 88 : : : 1662 7856 89 141 141 CD 1662 7856 90 ships ship NNS 1662 7856 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7856 92 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7856 93 GRT GRT NNP 1662 7856 94 or or CC 1662 7856 95 over over RB 1662 7856 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7856 97 totaling total VBG 1662 7856 98 888,815 888,815 CD 1662 7856 99 GRT/1,396,541 GRT/1,396,541 VBN 1662 7856 100 DWT dwt NN 1662 7856 101 ships ship NNS 1662 7856 102 by by IN 1662 7856 103 type type NN 1662 7856 104 : : : 1662 7856 105 bulk bulk NNP 1662 7856 106 9 9 CD 1662 7856 107 , , , 1662 7856 108 cargo cargo NN 1662 7856 109 33 33 CD 1662 7856 110 , , , 1662 7856 111 chemical chemical NN 1662 7856 112 tanker tanker NN 1662 7856 113 10 10 CD 1662 7856 114 , , , 1662 7856 115 combination combination NN 1662 7856 116 ore ore NN 1662 7856 117 / / SYM 1662 7856 118 oil oil NN 1662 7856 119 1 1 CD 1662 7856 120 , , , 1662 7856 121 container container NN 1662 7856 122 9 9 CD 1662 7856 123 , , , 1662 7856 124 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 7856 125 gas gas NN 1662 7856 126 tanker tanker NN 1662 7856 127 4 4 CD 1662 7856 128 , , , 1662 7856 129 oil oil NN 1662 7856 130 tanker tanker NN 1662 7856 131 26 26 CD 1662 7856 132 , , , 1662 7856 133 passenger passenger NN 1662 7856 134 2 2 CD 1662 7856 135 , , , 1662 7856 136 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 7856 137 cargo cargo NN 1662 7856 138 9 9 CD 1662 7856 139 , , , 1662 7856 140 roll roll NN 1662 7856 141 - - HYPH 1662 7856 142 on on IN 1662 7856 143 / / SYM 1662 7856 144 roll roll NN 1662 7856 145 - - HYPH 1662 7856 146 off off RP 1662 7856 147 cargo cargo NN 1662 7856 148 31 31 CD 1662 7856 149 , , , 1662 7856 150 short short JJ 1662 7856 151 - - HYPH 1662 7856 152 sea sea NN 1662 7856 153 passenger passenger NN 1662 7856 154 6 6 CD 1662 7856 155 , , , 1662 7856 156 specialized specialized NNP 1662 7856 157 tanker tanker NN 1662 7856 158 1 1 CD 1662 7856 159 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7856 160 1996 1996 CD 1662 7856 161 est est NNP 1662 7856 162 . . . 1662 7856 163 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7857 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7857 2 : : : 1662 7857 3 96 96 CD 1662 7857 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7857 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 7857 6 est est NNP 1662 7857 7 . . . 1662 7857 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7858 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7858 2 - - , 1662 7858 3 with with IN 1662 7858 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7858 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7858 6 : : : 1662 7858 7 total total NN 1662 7858 8 : : : 1662 7858 9 82 82 CD 1662 7858 10 over over IN 1662 7858 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7858 12 m m NN 1662 7858 13 : : : 1662 7858 14 15 15 CD 1662 7858 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7858 16 to to TO 1662 7858 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7858 18 m m CD 1662 7858 19 : : : 1662 7858 20 11 11 CD 1662 7858 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7858 22 to to TO 1662 7858 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7858 24 m m NN 1662 7858 25 : : : 1662 7858 26 15 15 CD 1662 7858 27 914 914 CD 1662 7858 28 to to TO 1662 7858 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7858 30 m m NN 1662 7858 31 : : : 1662 7858 32 13 13 CD 1662 7858 33 under under IN 1662 7858 34 914 914 CD 1662 7858 35 m m NN 1662 7858 36 : : : 1662 7858 37 28 28 CD 1662 7858 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7858 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 7858 40 est est NNP 1662 7858 41 . . . 1662 7858 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7859 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7859 2 - - , 1662 7859 3 with with IN 1662 7859 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7859 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7859 6 : : : 1662 7859 7 total total NN 1662 7859 8 : : : 1662 7859 9 14 14 CD 1662 7859 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7859 11 to to TO 1662 7859 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7859 13 m m NN 1662 7859 14 : : : 1662 7859 15 2 2 CD 1662 7859 16 914 914 CD 1662 7859 17 to to TO 1662 7859 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7859 19 m m NN 1662 7859 20 : : : 1662 7859 21 12 12 CD 1662 7859 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7859 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 7859 24 est est NNP 1662 7859 25 . . . 1662 7859 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7860 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 7860 2 : : : 1662 7860 3 2 2 CD 1662 7860 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7860 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 7860 6 est est NNP 1662 7860 7 . . . 1662 7860 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7861 1 Military military JJ 1662 7861 2 Military military JJ 1662 7861 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7861 4 : : : 1662 7861 5 Army Army NNP 1662 7861 6 , , , 1662 7861 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 7861 8 , , , 1662 7861 9 Air Air NNP 1662 7861 10 Force Force NNP 1662 7861 11 , , , 1662 7861 12 Marines Marines NNPS 1662 7861 13 , , , 1662 7861 14 Civil Civil NNP 1662 7861 15 Guard Guard NNP 1662 7861 16 , , , 1662 7861 17 National National NNP 1662 7861 18 Police Police NNPS 1662 7861 19 , , , 1662 7861 20 Coastal Coastal NNP 1662 7861 21 Civil Civil NNP 1662 7861 22 Guard Guard NNP 1662 7861 23 Military Military NNP 1662 7861 24 manpower manpower NN 1662 7861 25 - - HYPH 1662 7861 26 military military NN 1662 7861 27 age age NN 1662 7861 28 : : : 1662 7861 29 20 20 CD 1662 7861 30 years year NNS 1662 7861 31 of of IN 1662 7861 32 age age NN 1662 7861 33 Military military JJ 1662 7861 34 manpower manpower NN 1662 7861 35 - - HYPH 1662 7861 36 availability availability NN 1662 7861 37 : : : 1662 7861 38 males male NNS 1662 7861 39 age age NNP 1662 7861 40 15 15 CD 1662 7861 41 - - HYPH 1662 7861 42 49 49 CD 1662 7861 43 : : : 1662 7861 44 10,387,353 10,387,353 CD 1662 7861 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7861 46 1997 1997 CD 1662 7861 47 est est NNP 1662 7861 48 . . . 1662 7861 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7862 1 Military military JJ 1662 7862 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7862 3 - - HYPH 1662 7862 4 fit fit NN 1662 7862 5 for for IN 1662 7862 6 military military JJ 1662 7862 7 service service NN 1662 7862 8 : : : 1662 7862 9 males male NNS 1662 7862 10 : : : 1662 7862 11 8,381,141 8,381,141 CD 1662 7862 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7862 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7862 14 est est NNP 1662 7862 15 . . . 1662 7862 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7863 1 Military military JJ 1662 7863 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7863 3 - - HYPH 1662 7863 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 7863 5 military military JJ 1662 7863 6 age age NN 1662 7863 7 annually annually RB 1662 7863 8 : : : 1662 7863 9 males male NNS 1662 7863 10 : : : 1662 7863 11 333,758 333,758 CD 1662 7863 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7863 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7863 14 est est NNP 1662 7863 15 . . . 1662 7863 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7864 1 Military military JJ 1662 7864 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7864 3 - - HYPH 1662 7864 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 7864 5 figure figure NN 1662 7864 6 : : : 1662 7864 7 $ $ $ 1662 7864 8 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 7864 9 billion billion CD 1662 7864 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7864 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 7864 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7864 13 Military military JJ 1662 7864 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7864 15 - - : 1662 7864 16 percent percent NN 1662 7864 17 of of IN 1662 7864 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7864 19 : : : 1662 7864 20 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 7864 21 % % NN 1662 7864 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7864 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 7864 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7864 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7864 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7864 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 7864 28 - - : 1662 7864 29 international international JJ 1662 7864 30 : : : 1662 7864 31 Gibraltar Gibraltar NNP 1662 7864 32 question question NN 1662 7864 33 with with IN 1662 7864 34 UK UK NNP 1662 7864 35 ; ; : 1662 7864 36 Spain Spain NNP 1662 7864 37 controls control VBZ 1662 7864 38 five five CD 1662 7864 39 places place NNS 1662 7864 40 of of IN 1662 7864 41 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 7864 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7864 43 plazas plaza NNS 1662 7864 44 de de IN 1662 7864 45 soberania soberania NNP 1662 7864 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7864 47 on on RB 1662 7864 48 and and CC 1662 7864 49 off off IN 1662 7864 50 the the DT 1662 7864 51 coast coast NN 1662 7864 52 of of IN 1662 7864 53 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 7864 54 - - : 1662 7864 55 the the DT 1662 7864 56 coastal coastal JJ 1662 7864 57 enclaves enclave NNS 1662 7864 58 of of IN 1662 7864 59 Ceuta Ceuta NNP 1662 7864 60 and and CC 1662 7864 61 Melilla Melilla NNP 1662 7864 62 , , , 1662 7864 63 which which WDT 1662 7864 64 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 7864 65 contests contest NNS 1662 7864 66 , , , 1662 7864 67 as as RB 1662 7864 68 well well RB 1662 7864 69 as as IN 1662 7864 70 the the DT 1662 7864 71 islands island NNS 1662 7864 72 of of IN 1662 7864 73 Penon Penon NNP 1662 7864 74 de de NNP 1662 7864 75 Alhucemas Alhucemas NNP 1662 7864 76 , , , 1662 7864 77 Penon Penon NNP 1662 7864 78 de de NNP 1662 7864 79 Velez Velez NNP 1662 7864 80 de de NNP 1662 7864 81 la la NNP 1662 7864 82 Gomera Gomera NNP 1662 7864 83 , , , 1662 7864 84 and and CC 1662 7864 85 Islas Islas NNP 1662 7864 86 Chafarinas Chafarinas NNP 1662 7864 87 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 7864 88 drugs drug VBZ 1662 7864 89 : : : 1662 7864 90 key key JJ 1662 7864 91 European european JJ 1662 7864 92 gateway gateway NN 1662 7864 93 country country NN 1662 7864 94 for for IN 1662 7864 95 Latin latin JJ 1662 7864 96 American american JJ 1662 7864 97 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 7864 98 and and CC 1662 7864 99 North north JJ 1662 7864 100 African african JJ 1662 7864 101 hashish hashish NN 1662 7864 102 entering enter VBG 1662 7864 103 the the DT 1662 7864 104 European european JJ 1662 7864 105 market market NN 1662 7864 106 ; ; , 1662 7864 107 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 7864 108 point point NN 1662 7864 109 for for IN 1662 7864 110 and and CC 1662 7864 111 consumer consumer NN 1662 7864 112 of of IN 1662 7864 113 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 7864 114 Asian asian JJ 1662 7864 115 heroin heroin NN 1662 7864 116 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 117 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 118 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 119 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 120 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 121 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 122 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 123 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 124 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 125 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 126 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 127 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 128 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 129 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 130 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 131 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 132 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 133 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 134 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 135 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 136 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 137 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 138 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 139 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 140 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 141 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 142 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 143 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 144 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 145 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 146 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 147 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 148 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 149 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 150 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 151 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 152 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 153 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 154 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 155 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 156 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 157 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 158 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 159 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 160 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 161 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 162 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 163 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 164 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 165 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 166 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 167 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 168 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 169 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 170 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 171 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 172 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 173 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 174 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 175 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 176 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 177 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 178 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 179 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 180 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 181 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 182 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 183 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 184 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 185 _ _ NNP 1662 7864 186 SPRATLY SPRATLY NNP 1662 7864 187 ISLANDS island NNS 1662 7864 188 @Spratly @spratly VBP 1662 7864 189 Islands island NNS 1662 7864 190 : : : 1662 7864 191 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7864 192 Location Location NNP 1662 7864 193 : : : 1662 7864 194 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 7864 195 Asia Asia NNP 1662 7864 196 , , , 1662 7864 197 group group NN 1662 7864 198 of of IN 1662 7864 199 reefs reef NNS 1662 7864 200 in in IN 1662 7864 201 the the DT 1662 7864 202 South South NNP 1662 7864 203 China China NNP 1662 7864 204 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7864 205 , , , 1662 7864 206 about about RB 1662 7864 207 two two CD 1662 7864 208 - - HYPH 1662 7864 209 thirds third NNS 1662 7864 210 of of IN 1662 7864 211 the the DT 1662 7864 212 way way NN 1662 7864 213 from from IN 1662 7864 214 southern southern JJ 1662 7864 215 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 7864 216 to to IN 1662 7864 217 the the DT 1662 7864 218 southern southern JJ 1662 7864 219 Philippines Philippines NNP 1662 7864 220 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7864 221 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7864 222 : : : 1662 7864 223 8 8 CD 1662 7864 224 38 38 CD 1662 7864 225 N n CD 1662 7864 226 , , , 1662 7864 227 111 111 CD 1662 7864 228 55 55 CD 1662 7864 229 E e NN 1662 7864 230 Map Map NNP 1662 7864 231 references reference NNS 1662 7864 232 : : : 1662 7864 233 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 7864 234 Asia Asia NNP 1662 7864 235 Area Area NNP 1662 7864 236 : : : 1662 7864 237 total total NN 1662 7864 238 : : : 1662 7864 239 less less JJR 1662 7864 240 than than IN 1662 7864 241 5 5 CD 1662 7864 242 sq sq RB 1662 7864 243 km km NNP 1662 7864 244 land land NN 1662 7864 245 : : : 1662 7864 246 less less JJR 1662 7864 247 than than IN 1662 7864 248 5 5 CD 1662 7864 249 sq sq RB 1662 7864 250 km km NNP 1662 7864 251 water water NN 1662 7864 252 : : : 1662 7864 253 0 0 NFP 1662 7864 254 sq sq NNP 1662 7864 255 km km NNP 1662 7864 256 note note NN 1662 7864 257 : : : 1662 7864 258 includes include VBZ 1662 7864 259 100 100 CD 1662 7864 260 or or CC 1662 7864 261 so so RB 1662 7864 262 islets islet NNS 1662 7864 263 , , , 1662 7864 264 coral coral JJ 1662 7864 265 reefs reef NNS 1662 7864 266 , , , 1662 7864 267 and and CC 1662 7864 268 sea sea NN 1662 7864 269 mounts mount NNS 1662 7864 270 scattered scatter VBN 1662 7864 271 over over IN 1662 7864 272 the the DT 1662 7864 273 South South NNP 1662 7864 274 China China NNP 1662 7864 275 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7864 276 Area Area NNP 1662 7864 277 - - HYPH 1662 7864 278 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7864 279 : : : 1662 7864 280 NA NA NNP 1662 7864 281 Land Land NNP 1662 7864 282 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7864 283 : : : 1662 7864 284 0 0 LS 1662 7864 285 km km NN 1662 7864 286 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7864 287 : : : 1662 7864 288 926 926 CD 1662 7864 289 km km NN 1662 7864 290 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7864 291 claims claim VBZ 1662 7864 292 : : : 1662 7864 293 NA NA NNP 1662 7864 294 Climate climate NN 1662 7864 295 : : : 1662 7864 296 tropical tropical JJ 1662 7864 297 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7864 298 : : : 1662 7864 299 flat flat JJ 1662 7864 300 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7864 301 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7864 302 : : : 1662 7864 303 lowest low JJS 1662 7864 304 point point NN 1662 7864 305 : : : 1662 7864 306 South South NNP 1662 7864 307 China China NNP 1662 7864 308 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7864 309 0 0 NFP 1662 7864 310 m m DT 1662 7864 311 highest high JJS 1662 7864 312 point point NN 1662 7864 313 : : : 1662 7864 314 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 7864 315 location location NN 1662 7864 316 on on IN 1662 7864 317 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 7864 318 Cay Cay NNP 1662 7864 319 4 4 CD 1662 7864 320 m m NNP 1662 7864 321 Natural natural JJ 1662 7864 322 resources resource NNS 1662 7864 323 : : : 1662 7864 324 fish fish NN 1662 7864 325 , , , 1662 7864 326 guano guano NNP 1662 7864 327 , , , 1662 7864 328 undetermined undetermined JJ 1662 7864 329 oil oil NN 1662 7864 330 and and CC 1662 7864 331 natural natural JJ 1662 7864 332 gas gas NN 1662 7864 333 potential potential NN 1662 7864 334 Land Land NNP 1662 7864 335 use use NN 1662 7864 336 : : : 1662 7864 337 arable arable JJ 1662 7864 338 land land NN 1662 7864 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Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 7869 29 - - : 1662 7869 30 international international RB 1662 7869 31 : : : 1662 7869 32 all all DT 1662 7869 33 of of IN 1662 7869 34 the the DT 1662 7869 35 Spratly Spratly NNP 1662 7869 36 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 7869 37 are be VBP 1662 7869 38 claimed claim VBN 1662 7869 39 by by IN 1662 7869 40 China China NNP 1662 7869 41 , , , 1662 7869 42 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 7869 43 , , , 1662 7869 44 and and CC 1662 7869 45 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 7869 46 ; ; : 1662 7869 47 parts part NNS 1662 7869 48 of of IN 1662 7869 49 them -PRON- PRP 1662 7869 50 are be VBP 1662 7869 51 claimed claim VBN 1662 7869 52 by by IN 1662 7869 53 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 7869 54 and and CC 1662 7869 55 the the DT 1662 7869 56 Philippines Philippines NNPS 1662 7869 57 ; ; : 1662 7869 58 in in IN 1662 7869 59 1984 1984 CD 1662 7869 60 , , , 1662 7869 61 Brunei Brunei NNP 1662 7869 62 established establish VBD 1662 7869 63 an an DT 1662 7869 64 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 7869 65 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7871 81 signed sign VBD 1662 7871 82 , , , 1662 7871 83 but but CC 1662 7871 84 not not RB 1662 7871 85 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7871 86 : : : 1662 7871 87 Marine Marine NNP 1662 7871 88 Life Life NNP 1662 7871 89 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 7871 90 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7871 91 - - HYPH 1662 7871 92 note note NN 1662 7871 93 : : : 1662 7871 94 strategic strategic JJ 1662 7871 95 location location NN 1662 7871 96 near near IN 1662 7871 97 major major JJ 1662 7871 98 Indian Indian NNP 1662 7871 99 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7871 100 sea sea NN 1662 7871 101 lanes lane NNS 1662 7871 102 @Sri @Sri : 1662 7871 103 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 7871 104 : : : 1662 7871 105 People People NNP 1662 7871 106 Population Population NNP 1662 7871 107 : : : 1662 7871 108 18,721,178 18,721,178 CD 1662 7871 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7871 110 July July NNP 1662 7871 111 1997 1997 CD 1662 7871 112 est est NNP 1662 7871 113 . . . 1662 7871 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7872 1 note note NN 1662 7872 2 : : : 1662 7872 3 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camps camp NNS 1662 7872 40 in in IN 1662 7872 41 south south JJ 1662 7872 42 India India NNP 1662 7872 43 , , , 1662 7872 44 another another DT 1662 7872 45 30,000 30,000 CD 1662 7872 46 - - SYM 1662 7872 47 40,000 40,000 CD 1662 7872 48 lived live VBD 1662 7872 49 outside outside IN 1662 7872 50 the the DT 1662 7872 51 Indian indian JJ 1662 7872 52 camps camp NNS 1662 7872 53 , , , 1662 7872 54 and and CC 1662 7872 55 more more JJR 1662 7872 56 than than IN 1662 7872 57 200,000 200,000 CD 1662 7872 58 Tamils tamil NNS 1662 7872 59 have have VBP 1662 7872 60 sought seek VBN 1662 7872 61 political political JJ 1662 7872 62 asylum asylum NN 1662 7872 63 in in IN 1662 7872 64 the the DT 1662 7872 65 West West NNP 1662 7872 66 Age Age NNP 1662 7872 67 structure structure NN 1662 7872 68 : : : 1662 7872 69 0 0 CD 1662 7872 70 - - HYPH 1662 7872 71 14 14 CD 1662 7872 72 years year NNS 1662 7872 73 : : : 1662 7872 74 28 28 CD 1662 7872 75 % % NN 1662 7872 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7872 77 male male JJ 1662 7872 78 2,698,852 2,698,852 CD 1662 7872 79 ; ; : 1662 7872 80 female female JJ 1662 7872 81 2,581,476 2,581,476 CD 1662 7872 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7872 83 15 15 CD 1662 7872 84 - - SYM 1662 7872 85 64 64 CD 1662 7872 86 years year NNS 1662 7872 87 : : : 1662 7872 88 66 66 CD 1662 7872 89 % % NN 1662 7872 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7872 91 male male NN 1662 7872 92 6,019,140 6,019,140 CD 1662 7872 93 ; ; : 1662 7872 94 female female JJ 1662 7872 95 6,266,311 6,266,311 CD 1662 7872 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7872 97 65 65 CD 1662 7872 98 years year NNS 1662 7872 99 and and CC 1662 7872 100 over over IN 1662 7872 101 : : : 1662 7872 102 6 6 CD 1662 7872 103 % % NN 1662 7872 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7872 105 male male JJ 1662 7872 106 565,671 565,671 CD 1662 7872 107 ; ; : 1662 7872 108 female female JJ 1662 7872 109 589,728 589,728 CD 1662 7872 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7872 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7872 112 July July NNP 1662 7872 113 1997 1997 CD 1662 7872 114 est est NNP 1662 7872 115 . . . 1662 7872 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7873 1 Population population NN 1662 7873 2 growth growth NN 1662 7873 3 rate rate NN 1662 7873 4 : : : 1662 7873 5 1.14 1.14 CD 1662 7873 6 % % NN 1662 7873 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7873 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7873 9 est est NNP 1662 7873 10 . . . 1662 7873 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7874 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7874 2 rate rate NN 1662 7874 3 : : : 1662 7874 4 18.64 18.64 CD 1662 7874 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 7874 6 population population NN 1662 7874 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7874 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7874 9 est est NNP 1662 7874 10 . . . 1662 7874 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7875 1 Death death NN 1662 7875 2 rate rate NN 1662 7875 3 : : : 1662 7875 4 5.9 5.9 CD 1662 7875 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7875 6 population population NN 1662 7875 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7875 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7875 9 est est NNP 1662 7875 10 . . . 1662 7875 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7876 1 Net net JJ 1662 7876 2 migration migration NN 1662 7876 3 rate rate NN 1662 7876 4 : : : 1662 7876 5 -1.37 -1.37 NFP 1662 7876 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 FW 1662 7876 7 population population NN 1662 7876 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7876 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7876 10 est est NNP 1662 7876 11 . . . 1662 7876 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7877 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7877 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7877 3 : : : 1662 7877 4 at at IN 1662 7877 5 birth birth NN 1662 7877 6 : : : 1662 7877 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 7877 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7877 9 under under IN 1662 7877 10 15 15 CD 1662 7877 11 years year NNS 1662 7877 12 : : : 1662 7877 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 7877 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7877 15 15 15 CD 1662 7877 16 - - HYPH 1662 7877 17 64 64 CD 1662 7877 18 years year NNS 1662 7877 19 : : : 1662 7877 20 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 7877 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7877 22 65 65 CD 1662 7877 23 years year NNS 1662 7877 24 and and CC 1662 7877 25 over over IN 1662 7877 26 : : : 1662 7877 27 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 7877 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7877 29 total total JJ 1662 7877 30 population population NN 1662 7877 31 : : : 1662 7877 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 7877 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7877 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7877 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7877 36 est e JJS 1662 7877 37 . . . 1662 7877 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7878 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7878 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7878 3 rate rate NN 1662 7878 4 : : : 1662 7878 5 16.5 16.5 CD 1662 7878 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 CD 1662 7878 7 live live JJ 1662 7878 8 births birth NNS 1662 7878 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7878 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7878 11 est est NNP 1662 7878 12 . . . 1662 7878 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7879 1 Life life NN 1662 7879 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7879 3 at at IN 1662 7879 4 birth birth NN 1662 7879 5 : : : 1662 7879 6 total total JJ 1662 7879 7 population population NN 1662 7879 8 : : : 1662 7879 9 72.42 72.42 CD 1662 7879 10 years year NNS 1662 7879 11 male male JJ 1662 7879 12 : : : 1662 7879 13 69.75 69.75 CD 1662 7879 14 years year NNS 1662 7879 15 female female JJ 1662 7879 16 : : : 1662 7879 17 75.23 75.23 CD 1662 7879 18 years year NNS 1662 7879 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7879 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 7879 21 est est NNP 1662 7879 22 . . . 1662 7879 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7880 1 Total total JJ 1662 7880 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7880 3 rate rate NN 1662 7880 4 : : : 1662 7880 5 2.15 2.15 CD 1662 7880 6 children child NNS 1662 7880 7 born bear VBN 1662 7880 8 / / SYM 1662 7880 9 woman woman NN 1662 7880 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7880 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7880 12 est est NNP 1662 7880 13 . . . 1662 7880 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7881 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7881 2 : : : 1662 7881 3 noun noun NN 1662 7881 4 : : : 1662 7881 5 Sri Sri NNP 1662 7881 6 Lankan(s lankan(s VB 1662 7881 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7881 8 adjective adjective NN 1662 7881 9 : : : 1662 7881 10 Sri Sri NNP 1662 7881 11 Lankan Lankan NNP 1662 7881 12 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7881 13 groups group NNS 1662 7881 14 : : : 1662 7881 15 Sinhalese sinhalese JJ 1662 7881 16 74 74 CD 1662 7881 17 % % NN 1662 7881 18 , , , 1662 7881 19 Tamil Tamil NNP 1662 7881 20 18 18 CD 1662 7881 21 % % NN 1662 7881 22 , , , 1662 7881 23 Moor moor NN 1662 7881 24 7 7 CD 1662 7881 25 % % NN 1662 7881 26 , , , 1662 7881 27 Burgher Burgher NNP 1662 7881 28 , , , 1662 7881 29 Malay Malay NNP 1662 7881 30 , , , 1662 7881 31 and and CC 1662 7881 32 Vedda Vedda NNP 1662 7881 33 1 1 CD 1662 7881 34 % % NN 1662 7881 35 Religions religion NNS 1662 7881 36 : : : 1662 7881 37 Buddhist buddhist VB 1662 7881 38 69 69 CD 1662 7881 39 % % NN 1662 7881 40 , , , 1662 7881 41 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 7881 42 15 15 CD 1662 7881 43 % % NN 1662 7881 44 , , , 1662 7881 45 Christian Christian NNP 1662 7881 46 8 8 CD 1662 7881 47 % % NN 1662 7881 48 , , , 1662 7881 49 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 7881 50 8 8 CD 1662 7881 51 % % NN 1662 7881 52 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 7881 53 : : : 1662 7881 54 Sinhala Sinhala NNP 1662 7881 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7881 56 official official JJ 1662 7881 57 and and CC 1662 7881 58 national national JJ 1662 7881 59 language language NN 1662 7881 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7881 61 74 74 CD 1662 7881 62 % % NN 1662 7881 63 , , , 1662 7881 64 Tamil Tamil NNP 1662 7881 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7881 66 national national JJ 1662 7881 67 language language NN 1662 7881 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7881 69 18 18 CD 1662 7881 70 % % NN 1662 7881 71 note note NN 1662 7881 72 : : : 1662 7881 73 English English NNP 1662 7881 74 is be VBZ 1662 7881 75 commonly commonly RB 1662 7881 76 used use VBN 1662 7881 77 in in IN 1662 7881 78 government government NN 1662 7881 79 and and CC 1662 7881 80 is be VBZ 1662 7881 81 spoken speak VBN 1662 7881 82 by by IN 1662 7881 83 about about RB 1662 7881 84 10 10 CD 1662 7881 85 % % NN 1662 7881 86 of of IN 1662 7881 87 the the DT 1662 7881 88 population population NN 1662 7881 89 Literacy literacy NN 1662 7881 90 : : : 1662 7881 91 definition definition NN 1662 7881 92 : : : 1662 7881 93 age age NN 1662 7881 94 15 15 CD 1662 7881 95 and and CC 1662 7881 96 over over RB 1662 7881 97 can can MD 1662 7881 98 read read VB 1662 7881 99 and and CC 1662 7881 100 write write VB 1662 7881 101 total total JJ 1662 7881 102 population population NN 1662 7881 103 : : : 1662 7881 104 90.2 90.2 CD 1662 7881 105 % % NN 1662 7881 106 male male NN 1662 7881 107 : : : 1662 7881 108 93.4 93.4 CD 1662 7881 109 % % NN 1662 7881 110 female female NN 1662 7881 111 : : : 1662 7881 112 87.2 87.2 CD 1662 7881 113 % % NN 1662 7881 114 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7881 115 1995 1995 CD 1662 7881 116 est est NNP 1662 7881 117 . . . 1662 7881 118 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 1 @Sri @Sri NFP 1662 7882 2 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 7882 3 : : : 1662 7882 4 Government Government NNP 1662 7882 5 Country Country NNP 1662 7882 6 name name NN 1662 7882 7 : : : 1662 7882 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7882 9 long long JJ 1662 7882 10 form form NN 1662 7882 11 : : : 1662 7882 12 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 7882 13 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 7882 14 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7882 15 of of IN 1662 7882 16 Sri Sri NNP 1662 7882 17 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 7882 18 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7882 19 short short JJ 1662 7882 20 form form NN 1662 7882 21 : : : 1662 7882 22 Sri Sri NNP 1662 7882 23 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 7882 24 former former JJ 1662 7882 25 : : : 1662 7882 26 Ceylon Ceylon NNP 1662 7882 27 Data Data NNP 1662 7882 28 code code NN 1662 7882 29 : : : 1662 7882 30 CE CE NNP 1662 7882 31 Government Government NNP 1662 7882 32 type type NN 1662 7882 33 : : : 1662 7882 34 republic republic NNP 1662 7882 35 National national JJ 1662 7882 36 capital capital NN 1662 7882 37 : : : 1662 7882 38 Colombo Colombo NNP 1662 7882 39 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 7882 40 divisions division NNS 1662 7882 41 : : : 1662 7882 42 8 8 CD 1662 7882 43 provinces province NNS 1662 7882 44 ; ; : 1662 7882 45 Central central JJ 1662 7882 46 , , , 1662 7882 47 North North NNP 1662 7882 48 Central Central NNP 1662 7882 49 , , , 1662 7882 50 North North NNP 1662 7882 51 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 7882 52 , , , 1662 7882 53 North North NNP 1662 7882 54 Western Western NNP 1662 7882 55 , , , 1662 7882 56 Sabaragamuwa Sabaragamuwa NNP 1662 7882 57 , , , 1662 7882 58 Southern Southern NNP 1662 7882 59 , , , 1662 7882 60 Uva Uva NNP 1662 7882 61 , , , 1662 7882 62 Western western JJ 1662 7882 63 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7882 64 : : : 1662 7882 65 4 4 CD 1662 7882 66 February February NNP 1662 7882 67 1948 1948 CD 1662 7882 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 69 from from IN 1662 7882 70 UK UK NNP 1662 7882 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 72 National national JJ 1662 7882 73 holiday holiday NN 1662 7882 74 : : : 1662 7882 75 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7882 76 and and CC 1662 7882 77 National National NNP 1662 7882 78 Day Day NNP 1662 7882 79 , , , 1662 7882 80 4 4 CD 1662 7882 81 February February NNP 1662 7882 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 83 1948 1948 CD 1662 7882 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 85 Constitution constitution NN 1662 7882 86 : : : 1662 7882 87 adopted adopt VBN 1662 7882 88 16 16 CD 1662 7882 89 August August NNP 1662 7882 90 1978 1978 CD 1662 7882 91 Legal legal JJ 1662 7882 92 system system NN 1662 7882 93 : : : 1662 7882 94 a a DT 1662 7882 95 highly highly RB 1662 7882 96 complex complex JJ 1662 7882 97 mixture mixture NN 1662 7882 98 of of IN 1662 7882 99 English english JJ 1662 7882 100 common common JJ 1662 7882 101 law law NN 1662 7882 102 , , , 1662 7882 103 Roman roman JJ 1662 7882 104 - - HYPH 1662 7882 105 Dutch dutch JJ 1662 7882 106 , , , 1662 7882 107 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 7882 108 , , , 1662 7882 109 Sinhalese Sinhalese NNP 1662 7882 110 , , , 1662 7882 111 and and CC 1662 7882 112 customary customary JJ 1662 7882 113 law law NN 1662 7882 114 ; ; : 1662 7882 115 has have VBZ 1662 7882 116 not not RB 1662 7882 117 accepted accept VBN 1662 7882 118 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 7882 119 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 7882 120 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 7882 121 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 7882 122 : : : 1662 7882 123 18 18 CD 1662 7882 124 years year NNS 1662 7882 125 of of IN 1662 7882 126 age age NN 1662 7882 127 ; ; : 1662 7882 128 universal universal JJ 1662 7882 129 Executive Executive NNP 1662 7882 130 branch branch NN 1662 7882 131 : : : 1662 7882 132 chief chief NN 1662 7882 133 of of IN 1662 7882 134 state state NN 1662 7882 135 : : : 1662 7882 136 President President NNP 1662 7882 137 Chandrika Chandrika NNP 1662 7882 138 Bandaranaike Bandaranaike NNP 1662 7882 139 KUMARATUNGA KUMARATUNGA NNP 1662 7882 140 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 141 since since IN 1662 7882 142 12 12 CD 1662 7882 143 November November NNP 1662 7882 144 1994 1994 CD 1662 7882 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 146 ; ; : 1662 7882 147 note note VB 1662 7882 148 - - HYPH 1662 7882 149 Sirimavo sirimavo NN 1662 7882 150 BANDARANAIKE BANDARANAIKE NNP 1662 7882 151 is be VBZ 1662 7882 152 the the DT 1662 7882 153 prime prime JJ 1662 7882 154 minister minister NN 1662 7882 155 ; ; : 1662 7882 156 in in IN 1662 7882 157 Sri Sri NNP 1662 7882 158 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 7882 159 the the DT 1662 7882 160 president president NN 1662 7882 161 is be VBZ 1662 7882 162 considered consider VBN 1662 7882 163 to to TO 1662 7882 164 be be VB 1662 7882 165 both both CC 1662 7882 166 the the DT 1662 7882 167 chief chief NN 1662 7882 168 of of IN 1662 7882 169 state state NN 1662 7882 170 and and CC 1662 7882 171 the the DT 1662 7882 172 head head NN 1662 7882 173 of of IN 1662 7882 174 the the DT 1662 7882 175 government government NN 1662 7882 176 , , , 1662 7882 177 this this DT 1662 7882 178 is be VBZ 1662 7882 179 in in IN 1662 7882 180 contrast contrast NN 1662 7882 181 to to IN 1662 7882 182 the the DT 1662 7882 183 more more RBR 1662 7882 184 common common JJ 1662 7882 185 practice practice NN 1662 7882 186 of of IN 1662 7882 187 dividing divide VBG 1662 7882 188 the the DT 1662 7882 189 roles role NNS 1662 7882 190 between between IN 1662 7882 191 the the DT 1662 7882 192 president president NN 1662 7882 193 and and CC 1662 7882 194 the the DT 1662 7882 195 prime prime NNP 1662 7882 196 minister minister NN 1662 7882 197 when when WRB 1662 7882 198 both both DT 1662 7882 199 offices office NNS 1662 7882 200 exist exist VBP 1662 7882 201 head head NN 1662 7882 202 of of IN 1662 7882 203 government government NN 1662 7882 204 : : : 1662 7882 205 President President NNP 1662 7882 206 Chandrika Chandrika NNP 1662 7882 207 Bandaranaike Bandaranaike NNP 1662 7882 208 KUMARATUNGA KUMARATUNGA NNP 1662 7882 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 210 since since IN 1662 7882 211 12 12 CD 1662 7882 212 November November NNP 1662 7882 213 1994 1994 CD 1662 7882 214 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 215 ; ; : 1662 7882 216 note note VB 1662 7882 217 - - HYPH 1662 7882 218 Sirimavo sirimavo NN 1662 7882 219 BANDARANAIKE BANDARANAIKE NNP 1662 7882 220 is be VBZ 1662 7882 221 the the DT 1662 7882 222 prime prime JJ 1662 7882 223 minister minister NN 1662 7882 224 ; ; : 1662 7882 225 in in IN 1662 7882 226 Sri Sri NNP 1662 7882 227 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 7882 228 the the DT 1662 7882 229 president president NN 1662 7882 230 is be VBZ 1662 7882 231 considered consider VBN 1662 7882 232 to to TO 1662 7882 233 be be VB 1662 7882 234 both both CC 1662 7882 235 the the DT 1662 7882 236 chief chief NN 1662 7882 237 of of IN 1662 7882 238 state state NN 1662 7882 239 and and CC 1662 7882 240 the the DT 1662 7882 241 head head NN 1662 7882 242 of of IN 1662 7882 243 the the DT 1662 7882 244 government government NN 1662 7882 245 , , , 1662 7882 246 this this DT 1662 7882 247 is be VBZ 1662 7882 248 in in IN 1662 7882 249 contrast contrast NN 1662 7882 250 to to IN 1662 7882 251 the the DT 1662 7882 252 more more RBR 1662 7882 253 common common JJ 1662 7882 254 practice practice NN 1662 7882 255 of of IN 1662 7882 256 dividing divide VBG 1662 7882 257 the the DT 1662 7882 258 roles role NNS 1662 7882 259 between between IN 1662 7882 260 the the DT 1662 7882 261 president president NN 1662 7882 262 and and CC 1662 7882 263 the the DT 1662 7882 264 prime prime NNP 1662 7882 265 minister minister NN 1662 7882 266 when when WRB 1662 7882 267 both both DT 1662 7882 268 offices office NNS 1662 7882 269 exist exist VBP 1662 7882 270 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7882 271 : : : 1662 7882 272 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 7882 273 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7882 274 by by IN 1662 7882 275 the the DT 1662 7882 276 president president NN 1662 7882 277 in in IN 1662 7882 278 consultation consultation NN 1662 7882 279 with with IN 1662 7882 280 the the DT 1662 7882 281 prime prime NNP 1662 7882 282 minister minister NNP 1662 7882 283 elections election NNS 1662 7882 284 : : : 1662 7882 285 president president NNP 1662 7882 286 elected elect VBN 1662 7882 287 by by IN 1662 7882 288 popular popular JJ 1662 7882 289 vote vote NN 1662 7882 290 for for IN 1662 7882 291 a a DT 1662 7882 292 six six CD 1662 7882 293 - - HYPH 1662 7882 294 year year NN 1662 7882 295 term term NN 1662 7882 296 ; ; : 1662 7882 297 election election NN 1662 7882 298 last last JJ 1662 7882 299 held hold VBD 1662 7882 300 9 9 CD 1662 7882 301 November November NNP 1662 7882 302 1994 1994 CD 1662 7882 303 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 304 next next JJ 1662 7882 305 to to TO 1662 7882 306 be be VB 1662 7882 307 held hold VBN 1662 7882 308 NA NA NNP 1662 7882 309 November November NNP 1662 7882 310 2000 2000 CD 1662 7882 311 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 312 election election NN 1662 7882 313 results result NNS 1662 7882 314 : : : 1662 7882 315 Chandrika Chandrika NNP 1662 7882 316 Bandaranaike Bandaranaike NNP 1662 7882 317 KUMARATUNGA KUMARATUNGA NNP 1662 7882 318 elected elect VBD 1662 7882 319 president president NN 1662 7882 320 ; ; , 1662 7882 321 percent percent NN 1662 7882 322 of of IN 1662 7882 323 vote vote NN 1662 7882 324 - - HYPH 1662 7882 325 Chandrika Chandrika NNP 1662 7882 326 Bandaranaike Bandaranaike NNP 1662 7882 327 KUMARATUNGA KUMARATUNGA NNP 1662 7882 328 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 329 People People NNPS 1662 7882 330 's 's POS 1662 7882 331 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 7882 332 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 333 62 62 CD 1662 7882 334 % % NN 1662 7882 335 , , , 1662 7882 336 Srima Srima NNP 1662 7882 337 DISSANAYAKE DISSANAYAKE NNP 1662 7882 338 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 339 United United NNP 1662 7882 340 National National NNP 1662 7882 341 Party Party NNP 1662 7882 342 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 343 37 37 CD 1662 7882 344 % % NN 1662 7882 345 , , , 1662 7882 346 other other JJ 1662 7882 347 1 1 CD 1662 7882 348 % % NN 1662 7882 349 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 7882 350 branch branch NN 1662 7882 351 : : : 1662 7882 352 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 7882 353 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 7882 354 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 355 225 225 CD 1662 7882 356 seats seat NNS 1662 7882 357 ; ; : 1662 7882 358 members member NNS 1662 7882 359 elected elect VBN 1662 7882 360 by by IN 1662 7882 361 popular popular JJ 1662 7882 362 vote vote NN 1662 7882 363 on on IN 1662 7882 364 the the DT 1662 7882 365 basis basis NN 1662 7882 366 of of IN 1662 7882 367 a a DT 1662 7882 368 modified modify VBN 1662 7882 369 proportional proportional JJ 1662 7882 370 representation representation NN 1662 7882 371 system system NN 1662 7882 372 to to TO 1662 7882 373 serve serve VB 1662 7882 374 six six CD 1662 7882 375 - - HYPH 1662 7882 376 year year NN 1662 7882 377 terms term NNS 1662 7882 378 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 379 elections election NNS 1662 7882 380 : : : 1662 7882 381 last last RB 1662 7882 382 held hold VBD 1662 7882 383 16 16 CD 1662 7882 384 August August NNP 1662 7882 385 1994 1994 CD 1662 7882 386 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 387 next next JJ 1662 7882 388 to to TO 1662 7882 389 be be VB 1662 7882 390 held hold VBN 1662 7882 391 by by IN 1662 7882 392 August August NNP 1662 7882 393 2000 2000 CD 1662 7882 394 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 395 election election NN 1662 7882 396 results result NNS 1662 7882 397 : : : 1662 7882 398 percent percent NN 1662 7882 399 of of IN 1662 7882 400 vote vote NN 1662 7882 401 by by IN 1662 7882 402 party party NNP 1662 7882 403 - - HYPH 1662 7882 404 PA PA NNP 1662 7882 405 49.0 49.0 CD 1662 7882 406 % % NN 1662 7882 407 , , , 1662 7882 408 UNP UNP NNP 1662 7882 409 44.0 44.0 CD 1662 7882 410 % % NN 1662 7882 411 , , , 1662 7882 412 SLMC SLMC NNP 1662 7882 413 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 7882 414 % % NN 1662 7882 415 , , , 1662 7882 416 TULF tulf NN 1662 7882 417 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 7882 418 % % NN 1662 7882 419 , , , 1662 7882 420 SLPF SLPF NNP 1662 7882 421 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 7882 422 % % NN 1662 7882 423 , , , 1662 7882 424 EPDP EPDP VBD 1662 7882 425 0.3 0.3 CD 1662 7882 426 % % NN 1662 7882 427 , , , 1662 7882 428 UPF UPF NNP 1662 7882 429 0.3 0.3 CD 1662 7882 430 % % NN 1662 7882 431 , , , 1662 7882 432 PLOTE plote NN 1662 7882 433 0.1 0.1 CD 1662 7882 434 % % NN 1662 7882 435 , , , 1662 7882 436 other other JJ 1662 7882 437 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 7882 438 % % NN 1662 7882 439 ; ; , 1662 7882 440 seats seat NNS 1662 7882 441 by by IN 1662 7882 442 party party NNP 1662 7882 443 - - HYPH 1662 7882 444 PA PA NNP 1662 7882 445 105 105 CD 1662 7882 446 , , , 1662 7882 447 UNP UNP NNP 1662 7882 448 94 94 CD 1662 7882 449 , , , 1662 7882 450 EPDP EPDP VBD 1662 7882 451 9 9 CD 1662 7882 452 , , , 1662 7882 453 SLMC SLMC NNP 1662 7882 454 7 7 CD 1662 7882 455 , , , 1662 7882 456 TULF TULF NNP 1662 7882 457 5 5 CD 1662 7882 458 , , , 1662 7882 459 PLOTE PLOTE NNP 1662 7882 460 3 3 CD 1662 7882 461 , , , 1662 7882 462 SLPF SLPF NNP 1662 7882 463 1 1 CD 1662 7882 464 , , , 1662 7882 465 UPF UPF NNP 1662 7882 466 1 1 CD 1662 7882 467 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 7882 468 branch branch NN 1662 7882 469 : : : 1662 7882 470 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 7882 471 Court Court NNP 1662 7882 472 , , , 1662 7882 473 judges judge NNS 1662 7882 474 are be VBP 1662 7882 475 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7882 476 by by IN 1662 7882 477 the the DT 1662 7882 478 Judicial Judicial NNP 1662 7882 479 Service Service NNP 1662 7882 480 Commission Commission NNP 1662 7882 481 ; ; : 1662 7882 482 Court Court NNP 1662 7882 483 of of IN 1662 7882 484 Appeals Appeals NNP 1662 7882 485 Political political JJ 1662 7882 486 parties party NNS 1662 7882 487 and and CC 1662 7882 488 leaders leader NNS 1662 7882 489 : : : 1662 7882 490 All all DT 1662 7882 491 Ceylon Ceylon NNP 1662 7882 492 Tamil Tamil NNP 1662 7882 493 Congress Congress NNP 1662 7882 494 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 495 ACTC ACTC NNP 1662 7882 496 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 497 , , , 1662 7882 498 C. C. NNP 1662 7882 499 G. G. NNP 1662 7882 500 Kumar Kumar NNP 1662 7882 501 PONNAMBALAM PONNAMBALAM NNP 1662 7882 502 ; ; : 1662 7882 503 Ceylon Ceylon NNP 1662 7882 504 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 7882 505 Congress Congress NNP 1662 7882 506 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 507 CLDC CLDC NNP 1662 7882 508 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 509 , , , 1662 7882 510 S. S. NNP 1662 7882 511 THONDAMAN THONDAMAN NNP 1662 7882 512 ; ; , 1662 7882 513 Communist Communist NNP 1662 7882 514 Party Party NNP 1662 7882 515 , , , 1662 7882 516 K. K. NNP 1662 7882 517 P. P. NNP 1662 7882 518 SILVA SILVA NNP 1662 7882 519 ; ; : 1662 7882 520 Communist Communist NNP 1662 7882 521 Party Party NNP 1662 7882 522 / / SYM 1662 7882 523 Beijing Beijing NNP 1662 7882 524 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 525 CP CP NNP 1662 7882 526 / / SYM 1662 7882 527 B B NNP 1662 7882 528 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 529 , , , 1662 7882 530 N. N. NNP 1662 7882 531 SHANMUGATHASAN SHANMUGATHASAN NNP 1662 7882 532 ; ; : 1662 7882 533 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7882 534 People People NNPS 1662 7882 535 's 's POS 1662 7882 536 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 7882 537 Front Front NNP 1662 7882 538 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 539 DPLF DPLF NNP 1662 7882 540 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 541 , , , 1662 7882 542 leader leader NN 1662 7882 543 NA NA NNP 1662 7882 544 ; ; , 1662 7882 545 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 7882 546 United United NNP 1662 7882 547 National National NNP 1662 7882 548 Front Front NNP 1662 7882 549 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 550 DUNF DUNF NNP 1662 7882 551 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 552 , , , 1662 7882 553 G. G. NNP 1662 7882 554 M. M. NNP 1662 7882 555 PREMACHANDRA PREMACHANDRA NNP 1662 7882 556 ; ; : 1662 7882 557 Eelam Eelam NNP 1662 7882 558 People People NNPS 1662 7882 559 's 's POS 1662 7882 560 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7882 561 Party Party NNP 1662 7882 562 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 563 EPDP EPDP NNP 1662 7882 564 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 565 , , , 1662 7882 566 Douglas Douglas NNP 1662 7882 567 DEVANANDA devananda NN 1662 7882 568 ; ; : 1662 7882 569 Eelam Eelam NNP 1662 7882 570 People People NNPS 1662 7882 571 's 's POS 1662 7882 572 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 7882 573 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 7882 574 Front Front NNP 1662 7882 575 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 576 EPRL EPRL NNP 1662 7882 577 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 578 , , , 1662 7882 579 Suresh Suresh NNP 1662 7882 580 PREMACHANDRAN PREMACHANDRAN NNP 1662 7882 581 ; ; : 1662 7882 582 Eelam Eelam NNP 1662 7882 583 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 7882 584 Organization Organization NNP 1662 7882 585 of of IN 1662 7882 586 Students Students NNPS 1662 7882 587 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 588 EROS EROS NNP 1662 7882 589 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 590 , , , 1662 7882 591 Shankar Shankar NNP 1662 7882 592 RAJI RAJI NNP 1662 7882 593 ; ; : 1662 7882 594 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 7882 595 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 7882 596 Party Party NNP 1662 7882 597 / / SYM 1662 7882 598 Trotskyite Trotskyite NNP 1662 7882 599 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 600 LSSP lssp NN 1662 7882 601 , , , 1662 7882 602 or or CC 1662 7882 603 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 7882 604 Sama Sama NNP 1662 7882 605 Samaja Samaja NNP 1662 7882 606 Party Party NNP 1662 7882 607 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 608 , , , 1662 7882 609 Colin Colin NNP 1662 7882 610 R. R. NNP 1662 7882 611 DE DE NNP 1662 7882 612 SILVA SILVA NNP 1662 7882 613 ; ; : 1662 7882 614 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 7882 615 Party Party NNP 1662 7882 616 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 617 LP LP NNP 1662 7882 618 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 619 , , , 1662 7882 620 Chanaka Chanaka NNP 1662 7882 621 AMARATUNGA AMARATUNGA NNP 1662 7882 622 ; ; : 1662 7882 623 New New NNP 1662 7882 624 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 7882 625 Party Party NNP 1662 7882 626 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 627 NSSP NSSP NNP 1662 7882 628 , , , 1662 7882 629 or or CC 1662 7882 630 Nava Nava NNP 1662 7882 631 Sama Sama NNP 1662 7882 632 Samaja Samaja NNP 1662 7882 633 Party Party NNP 1662 7882 634 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 635 , , , 1662 7882 636 Vasudeva Vasudeva NNP 1662 7882 637 NANAYAKKARA NANAYAKKARA NNP 1662 7882 638 ; ; : 1662 7882 639 People People NNS 1662 7882 640 's 's POS 1662 7882 641 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 7882 642 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 643 PA PA NNP 1662 7882 644 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 645 , , , 1662 7882 646 Chandrika Chandrika NNP 1662 7882 647 Bandaranaike Bandaranaike NNP 1662 7882 648 KUMARATUNGA KUMARATUNGA NNP 1662 7882 649 ; ; : 1662 7882 650 People People NNS 1662 7882 651 's 's POS 1662 7882 652 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 7882 653 Organization Organization NNP 1662 7882 654 of of IN 1662 7882 655 Tamil Tamil NNP 1662 7882 656 Eelam Eelam NNP 1662 7882 657 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 658 PLOTE PLOTE NNP 1662 7882 659 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 660 , , , 1662 7882 661 Dharmalingam Dharmalingam NNP 1662 7882 662 SIDARTHAN SIDARTHAN NNP 1662 7882 663 ; ; : 1662 7882 664 People People NNS 1662 7882 665 's 's POS 1662 7882 666 United United NNP 1662 7882 667 Front Front NNP 1662 7882 668 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 669 MEP MEP NNP 1662 7882 670 , , , 1662 7882 671 or or CC 1662 7882 672 Mahajana Mahajana NNP 1662 7882 673 Eksath Eksath NNP 1662 7882 674 Peramuna Peramuna NNP 1662 7882 675 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 676 , , , 1662 7882 677 Dinesh Dinesh NNP 1662 7882 678 GUNAWARDENE GUNAWARDENE NNP 1662 7882 679 ; ; : 1662 7882 680 Sri Sri NNP 1662 7882 681 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 7882 682 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 7882 683 Party Party NNP 1662 7882 684 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 685 SLFP SLFP NNP 1662 7882 686 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 687 , , , 1662 7882 688 Sirimavo Sirimavo NNP 1662 7882 689 BANDARANAIKE BANDARANAIKE NNP 1662 7882 690 ; ; : 1662 7882 691 Sri Sri NNP 1662 7882 692 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 7882 693 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 7882 694 Congress Congress NNP 1662 7882 695 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 696 SLMC SLMC NNP 1662 7882 697 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 698 , , , 1662 7882 699 M. M. NNP 1662 7882 700 H. H. NNP 1662 7882 701 M. M. NNP 1662 7882 702 ASHRAFF ASHRAFF NNP 1662 7882 703 ; ; : 1662 7882 704 Sri Sri NNP 1662 7882 705 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 7882 706 People People NNPS 1662 7882 707 's 's POS 1662 7882 708 Party Party NNP 1662 7882 709 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 710 SLMP SLMP NNP 1662 7882 711 , , , 1662 7882 712 or or CC 1662 7882 713 Sri Sri NNP 1662 7882 714 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 7882 715 Mahajana Mahajana NNP 1662 7882 716 Party Party NNP 1662 7882 717 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 718 , , , 1662 7882 719 Ossie Ossie NNP 1662 7882 720 ABEYGUNASEKERA ABEYGUNASEKERA NNP 1662 7882 721 ; ; : 1662 7882 722 Sri Sri NNP 1662 7882 723 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 7882 724 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 7882 725 Front Front NNP 1662 7882 726 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 727 SLPF SLPF NNP 1662 7882 728 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 729 , , , 1662 7882 730 leader leader NN 1662 7882 731 NA NA NNP 1662 7882 732 ; ; : 1662 7882 733 Tamil Tamil NNP 1662 7882 734 Eelam Eelam NNP 1662 7882 735 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 7882 736 Organization Organization NNP 1662 7882 737 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 738 TELO TELO NNP 1662 7882 739 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 740 , , , 1662 7882 741 leader leader NN 1662 7882 742 NA NA NNP 1662 7882 743 ; ; : 1662 7882 744 Tamil Tamil NNP 1662 7882 745 United United NNP 1662 7882 746 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 7882 747 Front Front NNP 1662 7882 748 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 749 TULF TULF NNP 1662 7882 750 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 751 , , , 1662 7882 752 M. M. NNP 1662 7882 753 SIVASITHAMBARAM SIVASITHAMBARAM NNP 1662 7882 754 ; ; : 1662 7882 755 United United NNP 1662 7882 756 National National NNP 1662 7882 757 Party Party NNP 1662 7882 758 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 759 UNP UNP NNP 1662 7882 760 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 761 , , , 1662 7882 762 Dingiri Dingiri NNP 1662 7882 763 Banda Banda NNP 1662 7882 764 WIJETUNGA WIJETUNGA NNP 1662 7882 765 ; ; : 1662 7882 766 Upcountry Upcountry NNP 1662 7882 767 People People NNPS 1662 7882 768 's 's POS 1662 7882 769 Front Front NNP 1662 7882 770 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 771 UPF UPF NNP 1662 7882 772 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 773 , , , 1662 7882 774 leader leader NN 1662 7882 775 NA NA NNP 1662 7882 776 ; ; , 1662 7882 777 several several JJ 1662 7882 778 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 7882 779 Tamil Tamil NNP 1662 7882 780 and and CC 1662 7882 781 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 7882 782 parties party NNS 1662 7882 783 , , , 1662 7882 784 represented represent VBN 1662 7882 785 in in IN 1662 7882 786 either either CC 1662 7882 787 parliament parliament NN 1662 7882 788 or or CC 1662 7882 789 provincial provincial JJ 1662 7882 790 councils council NNS 1662 7882 791 note note VBP 1662 7882 792 : : : 1662 7882 793 the the DT 1662 7882 794 United United NNP 1662 7882 795 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 7882 796 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 7882 797 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 798 USA USA NNP 1662 7882 799 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 800 , , , 1662 7882 801 which which WDT 1662 7882 802 was be VBD 1662 7882 803 formed form VBN 1662 7882 804 in in IN 1662 7882 805 1987 1987 CD 1662 7882 806 and and CC 1662 7882 807 included include VBD 1662 7882 808 the the DT 1662 7882 809 NSSP NSSP NNP 1662 7882 810 , , , 1662 7882 811 LSSP LSSP NNP 1662 7882 812 , , , 1662 7882 813 SLMP SLMP NNP 1662 7882 814 , , , 1662 7882 815 CP CP NNP 1662 7882 816 / / SYM 1662 7882 817 M M NNP 1662 7882 818 , , , 1662 7882 819 and and CC 1662 7882 820 CP CP NNP 1662 7882 821 / / SYM 1662 7882 822 B B NNP 1662 7882 823 , , , 1662 7882 824 was be VBD 1662 7882 825 defunct defunct JJ 1662 7882 826 as as IN 1662 7882 827 of of IN 1662 7882 828 1993 1993 CD 1662 7882 829 , , , 1662 7882 830 following follow VBG 1662 7882 831 the the DT 1662 7882 832 formation formation NN 1662 7882 833 of of IN 1662 7882 834 the the DT 1662 7882 835 People People NNPS 1662 7882 836 's 's POS 1662 7882 837 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 7882 838 Party Party NNP 1662 7882 839 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 840 PA PA NNP 1662 7882 841 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 842 Political political JJ 1662 7882 843 pressure pressure NN 1662 7882 844 groups group NNS 1662 7882 845 and and CC 1662 7882 846 leaders leader NNS 1662 7882 847 : : : 1662 7882 848 Liberation Liberation NNP 1662 7882 849 Tigers Tigers NNPS 1662 7882 850 of of IN 1662 7882 851 Tamil Tamil NNP 1662 7882 852 Eelam Eelam NNP 1662 7882 853 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 854 LTTE LTTE NNP 1662 7882 855 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 856 and and CC 1662 7882 857 other other JJ 1662 7882 858 smaller small JJR 1662 7882 859 Tamil Tamil NNP 1662 7882 860 separatist separatist JJ 1662 7882 861 groups group NNS 1662 7882 862 ; ; , 1662 7882 863 other other JJ 1662 7882 864 radical radical JJ 1662 7882 865 chauvinist chauvinist JJ 1662 7882 866 Sinhalese sinhalese JJ 1662 7882 867 groups group NNS 1662 7882 868 ; ; : 1662 7882 869 Buddhist buddhist JJ 1662 7882 870 clergy clergy NNS 1662 7882 871 ; ; : 1662 7882 872 Sinhalese Sinhalese NNP 1662 7882 873 Buddhist Buddhist NNP 1662 7882 874 lay lie VBD 1662 7882 875 groups group NNS 1662 7882 876 ; ; : 1662 7882 877 labor labor NN 1662 7882 878 unions union NNS 1662 7882 879 International International NNP 1662 7882 880 organization organization NN 1662 7882 881 participation participation NN 1662 7882 882 : : : 1662 7882 883 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 7882 884 , , , 1662 7882 885 C C NNP 1662 7882 886 , , , 1662 7882 887 CCC CCC NNP 1662 7882 888 , , , 1662 7882 889 CP CP NNP 1662 7882 890 , , , 1662 7882 891 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 7882 892 , , , 1662 7882 893 FAO FAO NNP 1662 7882 894 , , , 1662 7882 895 G-24 g-24 CD 1662 7882 896 , , , 1662 7882 897 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 7882 898 , , , 1662 7882 899 IAEA iaea NN 1662 7882 900 , , , 1662 7882 901 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 7882 902 , , , 1662 7882 903 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 7882 904 , , , 1662 7882 905 ICC ICC NNP 1662 7882 906 , , , 1662 7882 907 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 7882 908 , , , 1662 7882 909 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 7882 910 , , , 1662 7882 911 IDA IDA NNP 1662 7882 912 , , , 1662 7882 913 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 7882 914 , , , 1662 7882 915 IFC IFC NNP 1662 7882 916 , , , 1662 7882 917 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 7882 918 , , , 1662 7882 919 IHO IHO NNP 1662 7882 920 , , , 1662 7882 921 ILO ILO NNP 1662 7882 922 , , , 1662 7882 923 IMF IMF NNP 1662 7882 924 , , , 1662 7882 925 IMO imo RB 1662 7882 926 , , , 1662 7882 927 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 7882 928 , , , 1662 7882 929 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7882 930 , , , 1662 7882 931 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 7882 932 , , , 1662 7882 933 IOC IOC NNP 1662 7882 934 , , , 1662 7882 935 IOM IOM NNP 1662 7882 936 , , , 1662 7882 937 ISO ISO NNP 1662 7882 938 , , , 1662 7882 939 ITU ITU NNP 1662 7882 940 , , , 1662 7882 941 NAM NAM NNP 1662 7882 942 , , , 1662 7882 943 PCA PCA NNP 1662 7882 944 , , , 1662 7882 945 SAARC SAARC NNP 1662 7882 946 , , , 1662 7882 947 UN UN NNP 1662 7882 948 , , , 1662 7882 949 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 7882 950 , , , 1662 7882 951 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 7882 952 , , , 1662 7882 953 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 7882 954 , , , 1662 7882 955 UNU UNU NNP 1662 7882 956 , , , 1662 7882 957 UPU UPU NNP 1662 7882 958 , , , 1662 7882 959 WCL WCL NNP 1662 7882 960 , , , 1662 7882 961 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 7882 962 , , , 1662 7882 963 WHO who WP 1662 7882 964 , , , 1662 7882 965 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 7882 966 , , , 1662 7882 967 WMO WMO NNP 1662 7882 968 , , , 1662 7882 969 WToO wtoo FW 1662 7882 970 , , , 1662 7882 971 WTrO wtro VB 1662 7882 972 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7882 973 representation representation NN 1662 7882 974 in in IN 1662 7882 975 the the DT 1662 7882 976 US US NNP 1662 7882 977 : : : 1662 7882 978 chief chief NN 1662 7882 979 of of IN 1662 7882 980 mission mission NN 1662 7882 981 : : : 1662 7882 982 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 7882 983 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 984 vacant vacant JJ 1662 7882 985 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 986 ; ; : 1662 7882 987 Charge Charge NNP 1662 7882 988 d'Affaires d'Affaires NNP 1662 7882 989 Geetha Geetha NNP 1662 7882 990 DE DE NNP 1662 7882 991 SILVA SILVA NNP 1662 7882 992 chancery chancery NN 1662 7882 993 : : : 1662 7882 994 2148 2148 CD 1662 7882 995 Wyoming Wyoming NNP 1662 7882 996 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 7882 997 NW NW NNP 1662 7882 998 , , , 1662 7882 999 Washington Washington NNP 1662 7882 1000 , , , 1662 7882 1001 DC DC NNP 1662 7882 1002 20008 20008 CD 1662 7882 1003 telephone telephone NN 1662 7882 1004 : : : 1662 7882 1005 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7882 1006 1 1 CD 1662 7882 1007 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7882 1008 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 1009 202 202 CD 1662 7882 1010 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 1011 483 483 CD 1662 7882 1012 - - SYM 1662 7882 1013 4025 4025 CD 1662 7882 1014 through through IN 1662 7882 1015 4028 4028 CD 1662 7882 1016 FAX FAX NNP 1662 7882 1017 : : : 1662 7882 1018 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7882 1019 1 1 CD 1662 7882 1020 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7882 1021 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7882 1022 202 202 CD 1662 7882 1023 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 1024 232 232 CD 1662 7882 1025 - - HYPH 1662 7882 1026 7181 7181 CD 1662 7882 1027 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 7882 1028 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7882 1029 : : : 1662 7882 1030 New New NNP 1662 7882 1031 York York NNP 1662 7882 1032 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 7882 1033 representation representation NN 1662 7882 1034 from from IN 1662 7882 1035 the the DT 1662 7882 1036 US US NNP 1662 7882 1037 : : : 1662 7882 1038 chief chief NN 1662 7882 1039 of of IN 1662 7882 1040 mission mission NN 1662 7882 1041 : : : 1662 7882 1042 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 7882 1043 A. a. NN 1662 7882 1044 Peter Peter NNP 1662 7882 1045 BURLEIGH BURLEIGH NNP 1662 7882 1046 embassy embassy NN 1662 7882 1047 : : : 1662 7882 1048 210 210 CD 1662 7882 1049 Galle Galle NNP 1662 7882 1050 Road Road NNP 1662 7882 1051 , , , 1662 7882 1052 Colombo Colombo NNP 1662 7882 1053 3 3 CD 1662 7882 1054 mailing mail VBG 1662 7882 1055 address address NN 1662 7882 1056 : : : 1662 7882 1057 P. P. NNP 1662 7882 1058 O. O. NNP 1662 7883 1 Box Box NNP 1662 7883 2 106 106 CD 1662 7883 3 , , , 1662 7883 4 Colombo Colombo NNP 1662 7883 5 telephone telephone NN 1662 7883 6 : : : 1662 7883 7 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7883 8 94 94 CD 1662 7883 9 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7883 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7883 11 1 1 CD 1662 7883 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7883 13 448007 448007 CD 1662 7883 14 FAX fax NN 1662 7883 15 : : : 1662 7883 16 [ [ -LRB- 1662 7883 17 94 94 CD 1662 7883 18 ] ] -RRB- 1662 7883 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7883 20 1 1 CD 1662 7883 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7883 22 437345 437345 CD 1662 7883 23 , , , 1662 7883 24 446013 446013 CD 1662 7883 25 Flag flag NN 1662 7883 26 description description NN 1662 7883 27 : : : 1662 7883 28 yellow yellow JJ 1662 7883 29 with with IN 1662 7883 30 two two CD 1662 7883 31 panels panel NNS 1662 7883 32 ; ; : 1662 7883 33 the the DT 1662 7883 34 smaller small JJR 1662 7883 35 hoist hoist NN 1662 7883 36 - - HYPH 1662 7883 37 side side NN 1662 7883 38 panel panel NN 1662 7883 39 has have VBZ 1662 7883 40 two two CD 1662 7883 41 equal equal JJ 1662 7883 42 vertical vertical JJ 1662 7883 43 bands band NNS 1662 7883 44 of of IN 1662 7883 45 green green JJ 1662 7883 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7883 47 hoist hoist NN 1662 7883 48 side side NN 1662 7883 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7883 50 and and CC 1662 7883 51 orange orange NN 1662 7883 52 ; ; : 1662 7883 53 the the DT 1662 7883 54 other other JJ 1662 7883 55 panel panel NN 1662 7883 56 is be VBZ 1662 7883 57 a a DT 1662 7883 58 large large JJ 1662 7883 59 dark dark JJ 1662 7883 60 red red JJ 1662 7883 61 rectangle rectangle NN 1662 7883 62 with with IN 1662 7883 63 a a DT 1662 7883 64 yellow yellow JJ 1662 7883 65 lion lion NN 1662 7883 66 holding hold VBG 1662 7883 67 a a DT 1662 7883 68 sword sword NN 1662 7883 69 , , , 1662 7883 70 and and CC 1662 7883 71 there there EX 1662 7883 72 is be VBZ 1662 7883 73 a a DT 1662 7883 74 yellow yellow JJ 1662 7883 75 bo bo NNP 1662 7883 76 leaf leaf NN 1662 7883 77 in in IN 1662 7883 78 each each DT 1662 7883 79 corner corner NN 1662 7883 80 ; ; : 1662 7883 81 the the DT 1662 7883 82 yellow yellow JJ 1662 7883 83 field field NN 1662 7883 84 appears appear VBZ 1662 7883 85 as as IN 1662 7883 86 a a DT 1662 7883 87 border border NN 1662 7883 88 that that WDT 1662 7883 89 goes go VBZ 1662 7883 90 around around IN 1662 7883 91 the the DT 1662 7883 92 entire entire JJ 1662 7883 93 flag flag NN 1662 7883 94 and and CC 1662 7883 95 extends extend NNS 1662 7883 96 between between IN 1662 7883 97 the the DT 1662 7883 98 two two CD 1662 7883 99 panels panel NNS 1662 7883 100 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7883 101 Economy Economy NNP 1662 7883 102 - - HYPH 1662 7883 103 overview overview NN 1662 7883 104 : : : 1662 7883 105 Industry industry NN 1662 7883 106 - - HYPH 1662 7883 107 dominated dominate VBN 1662 7883 108 by by IN 1662 7883 109 the the DT 1662 7883 110 fast fast RB 1662 7883 111 - - HYPH 1662 7883 112 growing grow VBG 1662 7883 113 apparel apparel NN 1662 7883 114 industry industry NN 1662 7883 115 - - , 1662 7883 116 has have VBZ 1662 7883 117 surpassed surpass VBN 1662 7883 118 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7883 119 as as IN 1662 7883 120 the the DT 1662 7883 121 main main JJ 1662 7883 122 source source NN 1662 7883 123 of of IN 1662 7883 124 export export NN 1662 7883 125 earnings earning NNS 1662 7883 126 . . . 1662 7884 1 The the DT 1662 7884 2 economy economy NN 1662 7884 3 has have VBZ 1662 7884 4 been be VBN 1662 7884 5 plagued plague VBN 1662 7884 6 by by IN 1662 7884 7 high high JJ 1662 7884 8 rates rate NNS 1662 7884 9 of of IN 1662 7884 10 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 7884 11 since since IN 1662 7884 12 the the DT 1662 7884 13 late late JJ 1662 7884 14 1970s 1970 NNS 1662 7884 15 . . . 1662 7885 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 7885 2 growth growth NN 1662 7885 3 accelerated accelerate VBD 1662 7885 4 in in IN 1662 7885 5 1991 1991 CD 1662 7885 6 - - SYM 1662 7885 7 95 95 CD 1662 7885 8 as as IN 1662 7885 9 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7885 10 conditions condition NNS 1662 7885 11 began begin VBD 1662 7885 12 to to TO 1662 7885 13 improve improve VB 1662 7885 14 and and CC 1662 7885 15 conditions condition NNS 1662 7885 16 for for IN 1662 7885 17 foreign foreign JJ 1662 7885 18 investment investment NN 1662 7885 19 brightened brighten VBD 1662 7885 20 . . . 1662 7886 1 In in IN 1662 7886 2 1996 1996 CD 1662 7886 3 , , , 1662 7886 4 however however RB 1662 7886 5 , , , 1662 7886 6 a a DT 1662 7886 7 drought drought NN 1662 7886 8 , , , 1662 7886 9 slow slow JJ 1662 7886 10 economic economic JJ 1662 7886 11 reform reform NN 1662 7886 12 , , , 1662 7886 13 and and CC 1662 7886 14 civil civil JJ 1662 7886 15 war war NN 1662 7886 16 exacted exact VBD 1662 7886 17 a a DT 1662 7886 18 heavy heavy JJ 1662 7886 19 economic economic JJ 1662 7886 20 toll toll NN 1662 7886 21 . . . 1662 7887 1 Insufficient insufficient JJ 1662 7887 2 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 7887 3 rains rain NNS 1662 7887 4 caused cause VBD 1662 7887 5 power power NN 1662 7887 6 cuts cut NNS 1662 7887 7 that that WDT 1662 7887 8 hurt hurt VBD 1662 7887 9 industrial industrial JJ 1662 7887 10 and and CC 1662 7887 11 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 7887 12 production production NN 1662 7887 13 , , , 1662 7887 14 and and CC 1662 7887 15 the the DT 1662 7887 16 stepped step VBN 1662 7887 17 - - HYPH 1662 7887 18 up up RP 1662 7887 19 Tamil Tamil NNP 1662 7887 20 insurgency insurgency NN 1662 7887 21 reduced reduce VBN 1662 7887 22 foreign foreign JJ 1662 7887 23 investment investment NN 1662 7887 24 and and CC 1662 7887 25 tourism tourism NN 1662 7887 26 - - HYPH 1662 7887 27 two two CD 1662 7887 28 key key JJ 1662 7887 29 sources source NNS 1662 7887 30 of of IN 1662 7887 31 foreign foreign JJ 1662 7887 32 exchange exchange NN 1662 7887 33 . . . 1662 7888 1 Meanwhile meanwhile RB 1662 7888 2 , , , 1662 7888 3 Colombo Colombo NNP 1662 7888 4 's 's POS 1662 7888 5 counterinsurgency counterinsurgency NN 1662 7888 6 efforts effort NNS 1662 7888 7 caused cause VBD 1662 7888 8 defense defense NN 1662 7888 9 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7888 10 to to TO 1662 7888 11 overshoot overshoot VB 1662 7888 12 budget budget NN 1662 7888 13 targets target NNS 1662 7888 14 by by IN 1662 7888 15 42 42 CD 1662 7888 16 % % NN 1662 7888 17 . . . 1662 7889 1 In in IN 1662 7889 2 1997 1997 CD 1662 7889 3 , , , 1662 7889 4 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 7889 5 production production NN 1662 7889 6 should should MD 1662 7889 7 recover recover VB 1662 7889 8 from from IN 1662 7889 9 the the DT 1662 7889 10 effects effect NNS 1662 7889 11 of of IN 1662 7889 12 last last JJ 1662 7889 13 year year NN 1662 7889 14 's 's POS 1662 7889 15 drought drought NN 1662 7889 16 , , , 1662 7889 17 but but CC 1662 7889 18 industry industry NN 1662 7889 19 will will MD 1662 7889 20 still still RB 1662 7889 21 be be VB 1662 7889 22 hampered hamper VBN 1662 7889 23 by by IN 1662 7889 24 high high JJ 1662 7889 25 real real JJ 1662 7889 26 interest interest NN 1662 7889 27 rates rate NNS 1662 7889 28 , , , 1662 7889 29 slow slow JJ 1662 7889 30 improvement improvement NN 1662 7889 31 in in IN 1662 7889 32 foreign foreign JJ 1662 7889 33 investment investment NN 1662 7889 34 inflows inflow NNS 1662 7889 35 , , , 1662 7889 36 and and CC 1662 7889 37 stalled stall VBN 1662 7889 38 progress progress NN 1662 7889 39 on on IN 1662 7889 40 privatization privatization NN 1662 7889 41 . . . 1662 7890 1 The the DT 1662 7890 2 government government NN 1662 7890 3 's 's POS 1662 7890 4 main main JJ 1662 7890 5 challenge challenge NN 1662 7890 6 this this DT 1662 7890 7 year year NN 1662 7890 8 will will MD 1662 7890 9 be be VB 1662 7890 10 to to TO 1662 7890 11 curb curb VB 1662 7890 12 defense defense NN 1662 7890 13 and and CC 1662 7890 14 social social JJ 1662 7890 15 welfare welfare NN 1662 7890 16 spending spending NN 1662 7890 17 to to TO 1662 7890 18 cut cut VB 1662 7890 19 the the DT 1662 7890 20 budget budget NN 1662 7890 21 deficit deficit NN 1662 7890 22 as as IN 1662 7890 23 a a DT 1662 7890 24 percentage percentage NN 1662 7890 25 of of IN 1662 7890 26 GDP gdp NN 1662 7890 27 in in IN 1662 7890 28 half half NN 1662 7890 29 by by IN 1662 7890 30 1998 1998 CD 1662 7890 31 , , , 1662 7890 32 as as IN 1662 7890 33 stipulated stipulate VBN 1662 7890 34 in in IN 1662 7890 35 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7890 36 deficit deficit NN 1662 7890 37 reduction reduction NN 1662 7890 38 program program NN 1662 7890 39 . . . 1662 7891 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7891 2 : : : 1662 7891 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7891 4 power power NN 1662 7891 5 parity parity NN 1662 7891 6 - - : 1662 7891 7 $ $ $ 1662 7891 8 69.7 69.7 CD 1662 7891 9 billion billion CD 1662 7891 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7891 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 7891 12 est est NNP 1662 7891 13 . . . 1662 7891 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7892 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7892 2 - - HYPH 1662 7892 3 real real JJ 1662 7892 4 growth growth NN 1662 7892 5 rate rate NN 1662 7892 6 : : : 1662 7892 7 3.7 3.7 CD 1662 7892 8 % % NN 1662 7892 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7892 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 7892 11 est est NNP 1662 7892 12 . . . 1662 7892 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7893 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7893 2 - - HYPH 1662 7893 3 per per FW 1662 7893 4 capita capita NN 1662 7893 5 : : : 1662 7893 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 7893 7 power power NN 1662 7893 8 parity parity NN 1662 7893 9 - - : 1662 7893 10 $ $ $ 1662 7893 11 3,760 3,760 CD 1662 7893 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7893 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 7893 14 est est NNP 1662 7893 15 . . . 1662 7893 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7894 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 7894 2 - - HYPH 1662 7894 3 composition composition NN 1662 7894 4 by by IN 1662 7894 5 sector sector NN 1662 7894 6 : : : 1662 7894 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7894 8 : : : 1662 7894 9 23.8 23.8 CD 1662 7894 10 % % NN 1662 7894 11 industry industry NN 1662 7894 12 : : : 1662 7894 13 24.7 24.7 CD 1662 7894 14 % % NN 1662 7894 15 services service NNS 1662 7894 16 : : : 1662 7894 17 51.5 51.5 CD 1662 7894 18 % % NN 1662 7894 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7894 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 7894 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7894 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 7894 23 rate rate NN 1662 7894 24 - - HYPH 1662 7894 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 7894 26 price price NN 1662 7894 27 index index NN 1662 7894 28 : : : 1662 7894 29 15.9 15.9 CD 1662 7894 30 % % NN 1662 7894 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7894 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 7894 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7894 34 Labor labor NN 1662 7894 35 force force NN 1662 7894 36 : : : 1662 7894 37 total total NN 1662 7894 38 : : : 1662 7894 39 6.2 6.2 CD 1662 7894 40 million million CD 1662 7894 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7894 42 1994 1994 CD 1662 7894 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7894 44 by by IN 1662 7894 45 occupation occupation NN 1662 7894 46 : : : 1662 7894 47 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7894 48 42 42 CD 1662 7894 49 % % NN 1662 7894 50 , , , 1662 7894 51 services service NNS 1662 7894 52 40 40 CD 1662 7894 53 % % NN 1662 7894 54 , , , 1662 7894 55 industry industry NN 1662 7894 56 18 18 CD 1662 7894 57 % % NN 1662 7894 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7894 59 1994 1994 CD 1662 7894 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7894 61 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 7894 62 rate rate NN 1662 7894 63 : : : 1662 7894 64 13.1 13.1 CD 1662 7894 65 % % NN 1662 7894 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7894 67 1994 1994 CD 1662 7894 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7894 69 Budget budget NN 1662 7894 70 : : : 1662 7894 71 revenues revenue NNS 1662 7894 72 : : : 1662 7894 73 $ $ $ 1662 7894 74 3 3 CD 1662 7894 75 billion billion CD 1662 7894 76 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7894 77 : : : 1662 7894 78 $ $ $ 1662 7894 79 4.2 4.2 CD 1662 7894 80 billion billion CD 1662 7894 81 , , , 1662 7894 82 including include VBG 1662 7894 83 capital capital NN 1662 7894 84 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7894 85 of of IN 1662 7894 86 $ $ $ 1662 7894 87 1 1 CD 1662 7894 88 billion billion CD 1662 7894 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7894 90 1997 1997 CD 1662 7894 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7894 92 Industries industry NNS 1662 7894 93 : : : 1662 7894 94 processing processing NN 1662 7894 95 of of IN 1662 7894 96 rubber rubber NN 1662 7894 97 , , , 1662 7894 98 tea tea NN 1662 7894 99 , , , 1662 7894 100 coconuts coconut NNS 1662 7894 101 , , , 1662 7894 102 and and CC 1662 7894 103 other other JJ 1662 7894 104 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 7894 105 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7894 106 ; ; : 1662 7894 107 clothing clothing NN 1662 7894 108 , , , 1662 7894 109 cement cement NN 1662 7894 110 , , , 1662 7894 111 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7894 112 refining refining NN 1662 7894 113 , , , 1662 7894 114 textiles textile NNS 1662 7894 115 , , , 1662 7894 116 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 7894 117 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 7894 118 production production NN 1662 7894 119 growth growth NN 1662 7894 120 rate rate NN 1662 7894 121 : : : 1662 7894 122 6.2 6.2 CD 1662 7894 123 % % NN 1662 7894 124 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7894 125 1996 1996 CD 1662 7894 126 est est NNP 1662 7894 127 . . . 1662 7894 128 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7895 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7895 2 - - HYPH 1662 7895 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 7895 4 : : : 1662 7895 5 1.56 1.56 CD 1662 7895 6 million million CD 1662 7895 7 kW kW NNP 1662 7895 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7895 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 7895 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7895 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7895 12 - - HYPH 1662 7895 13 production production NN 1662 7895 14 : : : 1662 7895 15 4.33 4.33 CD 1662 7895 16 billion billion CD 1662 7895 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7895 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7895 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 7895 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7895 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 7895 22 - - HYPH 1662 7895 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 7895 24 per per IN 1662 7895 25 capita capita NN 1662 7895 26 : : : 1662 7895 27 236 236 CD 1662 7895 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 7895 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7895 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 7895 31 est est NNP 1662 7895 32 . . . 1662 7895 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7896 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 7896 2 - - HYPH 1662 7896 3 products product NNS 1662 7896 4 : : : 1662 7896 5 rice rice NN 1662 7896 6 , , , 1662 7896 7 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 7896 8 , , , 1662 7896 9 grains grain NNS 1662 7896 10 , , , 1662 7896 11 pulses pulse NNS 1662 7896 12 , , , 1662 7896 13 oilseed oilseed VBP 1662 7896 14 , , , 1662 7896 15 roots root NNS 1662 7896 16 , , , 1662 7896 17 spices spice NNS 1662 7896 18 , , , 1662 7896 19 tea tea NN 1662 7896 20 , , , 1662 7896 21 rubber rubber NN 1662 7896 22 , , , 1662 7896 23 coconuts coconut NNS 1662 7896 24 ; ; : 1662 7896 25 milk milk NN 1662 7896 26 , , , 1662 7896 27 eggs egg NNS 1662 7896 28 , , , 1662 7896 29 hides hide NNS 1662 7896 30 , , , 1662 7896 31 meat meat NN 1662 7896 32 Exports export NNS 1662 7896 33 : : : 1662 7896 34 total total JJ 1662 7896 35 value value NN 1662 7896 36 : : : 1662 7896 37 $ $ $ 1662 7896 38 4 4 CD 1662 7896 39 billion billion CD 1662 7896 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7896 41 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 7896 42 . . NNP 1662 7896 43 , , , 1662 7896 44 1996 1996 CD 1662 7896 45 est est NNP 1662 7896 46 . . . 1662 7896 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7897 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7897 2 : : : 1662 7897 3 textiles textile NNS 1662 7897 4 and and CC 1662 7897 5 apparel apparel NN 1662 7897 6 , , , 1662 7897 7 tea tea NN 1662 7897 8 , , , 1662 7897 9 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7897 10 products product NNS 1662 7897 11 , , , 1662 7897 12 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 7897 13 , , , 1662 7897 14 other other JJ 1662 7897 15 gems gem NNS 1662 7897 16 , , , 1662 7897 17 rubber rubber NN 1662 7897 18 products product NNS 1662 7897 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7897 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 7897 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7897 22 partners partner NNS 1662 7897 23 : : : 1662 7897 24 US US NNP 1662 7897 25 34.8 34.8 CD 1662 7897 26 % % NN 1662 7897 27 , , , 1662 7897 28 UK UK NNP 1662 7897 29 8.9 8.9 CD 1662 7897 30 % % NN 1662 7897 31 , , , 1662 7897 32 Germany Germany NNP 1662 7897 33 6.9 6.9 CD 1662 7897 34 % % NN 1662 7897 35 , , , 1662 7897 36 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 7897 37 - - HYPH 1662 7897 38 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 7897 39 5.9 5.9 CD 1662 7897 40 % % NN 1662 7897 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7897 42 1994 1994 CD 1662 7897 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7897 44 Imports import NNS 1662 7897 45 : : : 1662 7897 46 total total JJ 1662 7897 47 value value NN 1662 7897 48 : : : 1662 7897 49 $ $ $ 1662 7897 50 5 5 CD 1662 7897 51 billion billion CD 1662 7897 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7897 53 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 7897 54 . . NNP 1662 7897 55 , , , 1662 7897 56 1996 1996 CD 1662 7897 57 est est NNP 1662 7897 58 . . . 1662 7897 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7898 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7898 2 : : : 1662 7898 3 textiles textile NNS 1662 7898 4 , , , 1662 7898 5 machinery machinery NN 1662 7898 6 and and CC 1662 7898 7 equipment equipment NN 1662 7898 8 , , , 1662 7898 9 transport transport NN 1662 7898 10 equipment equipment NN 1662 7898 11 , , , 1662 7898 12 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7898 13 , , , 1662 7898 14 building building NN 1662 7898 15 materials material NNS 1662 7898 16 , , , 1662 7898 17 sugar sugar NN 1662 7898 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7898 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 7898 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7898 21 partners partner NNS 1662 7898 22 : : : 1662 7898 23 Japan Japan NNP 1662 7898 24 11.0 11.0 CD 1662 7898 25 % % NN 1662 7898 26 , , , 1662 7898 27 India India NNP 1662 7898 28 8.5 8.5 CD 1662 7898 29 % % NN 1662 7898 30 , , , 1662 7898 31 South South NNP 1662 7898 32 Korea Korea NNP 1662 7898 33 6.8 6.8 CD 1662 7898 34 % % NN 1662 7898 35 , , , 1662 7898 36 Hong Hong NNP 1662 7898 37 Kong Kong NNP 1662 7898 38 6.6 6.6 CD 1662 7898 39 % % NN 1662 7898 40 , , , 1662 7898 41 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 7898 42 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 7898 43 % % NN 1662 7898 44 , , , 1662 7898 45 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 7898 46 4.9 4.9 CD 1662 7898 47 % % NN 1662 7898 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7898 49 1994 1994 CD 1662 7898 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7898 51 Debt debt NN 1662 7898 52 - - HYPH 1662 7898 53 external external JJ 1662 7898 54 : : : 1662 7898 55 $ $ $ 1662 7898 56 9.6 9.6 CD 1662 7898 57 billion billion CD 1662 7898 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7898 59 1995 1995 CD 1662 7898 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7898 61 Economic economic JJ 1662 7898 62 aid aid NN 1662 7898 63 : : : 1662 7898 64 recipient recipient NN 1662 7898 65 : : : 1662 7898 66 ODA ODA NNP 1662 7898 67 , , , 1662 7898 68 $ $ $ 1662 7898 69 602 602 CD 1662 7898 70 million million CD 1662 7898 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7898 72 1995 1995 CD 1662 7898 73 est est NNP 1662 7898 74 . . . 1662 7898 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7899 1 Currency currency NN 1662 7899 2 : : : 1662 7899 3 1 1 CD 1662 7899 4 Sri Sri NNP 1662 7899 5 Lankan Lankan NNP 1662 7899 6 rupee rupee NN 1662 7899 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7899 8 SLRe SLRe NNP 1662 7899 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7899 10 = = SYM 1662 7899 11 100 100 CD 1662 7899 12 cents cent NNS 1662 7899 13 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 7899 14 rates rate NNS 1662 7899 15 : : : 1662 7899 16 Sri Sri NNP 1662 7899 17 Lankan Lankan NNP 1662 7899 18 rupees rupee NNS 1662 7899 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7899 20 SLRes slres NN 1662 7899 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7899 22 per per IN 1662 7899 23 US$ us$ $ 1662 7899 24 1 1 CD 1662 7899 25 - - HYPH 1662 7899 26 56.921 56.921 CD 1662 7899 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7899 28 January January NNP 1662 7899 29 1997 1997 CD 1662 7899 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7899 31 , , , 1662 7899 32 55.271 55.271 CD 1662 7899 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7899 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 7899 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7899 36 , , , 1662 7899 37 51.252 51.252 CD 1662 7899 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7899 39 1995 1995 CD 1662 7899 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7899 41 , , , 1662 7899 42 49.415 49.415 CD 1662 7899 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7899 44 1994 1994 CD 1662 7899 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7899 46 , , , 1662 7899 47 48.322 48.322 CD 1662 7899 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7899 49 1993 1993 CD 1662 7899 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7899 51 , , , 1662 7899 52 43.830 43.830 CD 1662 7899 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7899 54 1992 1992 CD 1662 7899 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7899 56 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7899 57 year year NN 1662 7899 58 : : : 1662 7899 59 calendar calendar NN 1662 7899 60 year year NN 1662 7899 61 @Sri @Sri . 1662 7899 62 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 7899 63 : : : 1662 7899 64 Communications Communications NNP 1662 7899 65 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 7899 66 : : : 1662 7899 67 175,000 175,000 CD 1662 7899 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7899 69 1991 1991 CD 1662 7899 70 est est NNP 1662 7899 71 . . . 1662 7899 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7900 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 7900 2 system system NN 1662 7900 3 : : : 1662 7900 4 very very RB 1662 7900 5 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 7900 6 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7900 7 service service NN 1662 7900 8 , , , 1662 7900 9 good good JJ 1662 7900 10 international international JJ 1662 7900 11 service service NN 1662 7900 12 domestic domestic NN 1662 7900 13 : : : 1662 7900 14 NA NA NNP 1662 7900 15 international international JJ 1662 7900 16 : : : 1662 7900 17 submarine submarine NN 1662 7900 18 cables cable NNS 1662 7900 19 to to IN 1662 7900 20 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 7900 21 and and CC 1662 7900 22 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 7900 23 ; ; : 1662 7900 24 satellite satellite NN 1662 7900 25 earth earth NN 1662 7900 26 stations station NNS 1662 7900 27 - - , 1662 7900 28 2 2 CD 1662 7900 29 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7900 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7900 31 Indian Indian NNP 1662 7900 32 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7900 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7900 34 Radio radio NN 1662 7900 35 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7900 36 stations station NNS 1662 7900 37 : : : 1662 7900 38 AM am VBP 1662 7900 39 12 12 CD 1662 7900 40 , , , 1662 7900 41 FM FM NNP 1662 7900 42 5 5 CD 1662 7900 43 , , , 1662 7900 44 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 7900 45 0 0 CD 1662 7900 46 Radios radio NNS 1662 7900 47 : : : 1662 7900 48 3.525 3.525 CD 1662 7900 49 million million CD 1662 7900 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7900 51 1992 1992 CD 1662 7900 52 est est NNP 1662 7900 53 . . . 1662 7900 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7901 1 Television television NN 1662 7901 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7901 3 stations station NNS 1662 7901 4 : : : 1662 7901 5 5 5 CD 1662 7901 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 7901 7 : : : 1662 7901 8 865,000 865,000 CD 1662 7901 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7901 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 7901 11 est est NNP 1662 7901 12 . . . 1662 7901 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7902 1 @Sri @Sri NFP 1662 7902 2 Lanka Lanka NNP 1662 7902 3 : : : 1662 7902 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7902 5 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 7902 6 : : : 1662 7902 7 total total NN 1662 7902 8 : : : 1662 7902 9 1,484 1,484 CD 1662 7902 10 km km NN 1662 7902 11 broad broad JJ 1662 7902 12 gauge gauge NN 1662 7902 13 : : : 1662 7902 14 1,459 1,459 CD 1662 7902 15 km km NN 1662 7902 16 1.676-m 1.676-m CD 1662 7902 17 gauge gauge NN 1662 7902 18 narrow narrow JJ 1662 7902 19 gauge gauge NN 1662 7902 20 : : : 1662 7902 21 25 25 CD 1662 7902 22 km km NN 1662 7902 23 0.762-m 0.762-m CD 1662 7902 24 gauge gauge NN 1662 7902 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7902 26 1995 1995 CD 1662 7902 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7902 28 Highways highway NNS 1662 7902 29 : : : 1662 7902 30 total total NN 1662 7902 31 : : : 1662 7902 32 98,642 98,642 CD 1662 7902 33 km km NN 1662 7902 34 paved pave VBN 1662 7902 35 : : : 1662 7902 36 37,484 37,484 CD 1662 7902 37 km km NN 1662 7902 38 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7902 39 : : : 1662 7902 40 61,158 61,158 CD 1662 7902 41 km km NNS 1662 7902 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7902 43 1993 1993 CD 1662 7902 44 est est NNP 1662 7902 45 . . . 1662 7902 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7903 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 7903 2 : : : 1662 7903 3 430 430 CD 1662 7903 4 km km NNS 1662 7903 5 ; ; : 1662 7903 6 navigable navigable JJ 1662 7903 7 by by IN 1662 7903 8 shallow shallow JJ 1662 7903 9 - - HYPH 1662 7903 10 draft draft NN 1662 7903 11 craft craft NN 1662 7903 12 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 7903 13 : : : 1662 7903 14 crude crude JJ 1662 7903 15 oil oil NN 1662 7903 16 and and CC 1662 7903 17 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7903 18 products product NNS 1662 7903 19 62 62 CD 1662 7903 20 km km NNS 1662 7903 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7903 22 1987 1987 CD 1662 7903 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7903 24 Ports port NNS 1662 7903 25 and and CC 1662 7903 26 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7903 27 : : : 1662 7903 28 Colombo Colombo NNP 1662 7903 29 , , , 1662 7903 30 Galle Galle NNP 1662 7903 31 , , , 1662 7903 32 Jaffna Jaffna NNP 1662 7903 33 , , , 1662 7903 34 Trincomalee Trincomalee NNP 1662 7903 35 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7903 36 marine marine NN 1662 7903 37 : : : 1662 7903 38 total total NN 1662 7903 39 : : : 1662 7903 40 26 26 CD 1662 7903 41 ships ship NNS 1662 7903 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7903 43 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7903 44 GRT GRT NNP 1662 7903 45 or or CC 1662 7903 46 over over RB 1662 7903 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7903 48 totaling total VBG 1662 7903 49 220,660 220,660 CD 1662 7903 50 GRT/329,365 GRT/329,365 NNP 1662 7903 51 DWT DWT NNP 1662 7903 52 ships ship NNS 1662 7903 53 by by IN 1662 7903 54 type type NN 1662 7903 55 : : : 1662 7903 56 bulk bulk NNP 1662 7903 57 2 2 CD 1662 7903 58 , , , 1662 7903 59 cargo cargo NN 1662 7903 60 13 13 CD 1662 7903 61 , , , 1662 7903 62 container container NN 1662 7903 63 1 1 CD 1662 7903 64 , , , 1662 7903 65 oil oil NN 1662 7903 66 tanker tanker NN 1662 7903 67 2 2 CD 1662 7903 68 , , , 1662 7903 69 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 7903 70 cargo cargo NN 1662 7903 71 8 8 CD 1662 7903 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7903 73 1996 1996 CD 1662 7903 74 est est NNP 1662 7903 75 . . . 1662 7903 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7904 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7904 2 : : : 1662 7904 3 13 13 CD 1662 7904 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7904 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 7904 6 est est NNP 1662 7904 7 . . . 1662 7904 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7905 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7905 2 - - , 1662 7905 3 with with IN 1662 7905 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7905 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7905 6 : : : 1662 7905 7 total total NN 1662 7905 8 : : : 1662 7905 9 12 12 CD 1662 7905 10 over over IN 1662 7905 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7905 12 m m NN 1662 7905 13 : : : 1662 7905 14 1 1 CD 1662 7905 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7905 16 to to TO 1662 7905 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7905 18 m m NN 1662 7905 19 : : : 1662 7905 20 5 5 CD 1662 7905 21 914 914 CD 1662 7905 22 to to TO 1662 7905 23 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7905 24 m m NN 1662 7905 25 : : : 1662 7905 26 6 6 CD 1662 7905 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7905 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 7905 29 est est NNP 1662 7905 30 . . . 1662 7905 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7906 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7906 2 - - , 1662 7906 3 with with IN 1662 7906 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7906 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7906 6 : : : 1662 7906 7 total total NN 1662 7906 8 : : : 1662 7906 9 1 1 CD 1662 7906 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7906 11 to to TO 1662 7906 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7906 13 m m NN 1662 7906 14 : : : 1662 7906 15 1 1 CD 1662 7906 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7906 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 7906 18 est est NNP 1662 7906 19 . . . 1662 7906 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7907 1 Military military JJ 1662 7907 2 Military military JJ 1662 7907 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7907 4 : : : 1662 7907 5 Army Army NNP 1662 7907 6 , , , 1662 7907 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 7907 8 , , , 1662 7907 9 Air Air NNP 1662 7907 10 Force Force NNP 1662 7907 11 , , , 1662 7907 12 Police Police NNP 1662 7907 13 Force Force NNP 1662 7907 14 Military Military NNP 1662 7907 15 manpower manpower NN 1662 7907 16 - - HYPH 1662 7907 17 military military NN 1662 7907 18 age age NN 1662 7907 19 : : : 1662 7907 20 18 18 CD 1662 7907 21 years year NNS 1662 7907 22 of of IN 1662 7907 23 age age NN 1662 7907 24 Military military JJ 1662 7907 25 manpower manpower NN 1662 7907 26 - - HYPH 1662 7907 27 availability availability NN 1662 7907 28 : : : 1662 7907 29 males male NNS 1662 7907 30 age age NNP 1662 7907 31 15 15 CD 1662 7907 32 - - HYPH 1662 7907 33 49 49 CD 1662 7907 34 : : : 1662 7907 35 5,066,744 5,066,744 CD 1662 7907 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7907 37 1997 1997 CD 1662 7907 38 est e JJS 1662 7907 39 . . . 1662 7907 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7908 1 Military military JJ 1662 7908 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7908 3 - - HYPH 1662 7908 4 fit fit NN 1662 7908 5 for for IN 1662 7908 6 military military JJ 1662 7908 7 service service NN 1662 7908 8 : : : 1662 7908 9 males male NNS 1662 7908 10 : : : 1662 7908 11 3,946,315 3,946,315 CD 1662 7908 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7908 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7908 14 est est NNP 1662 7908 15 . . . 1662 7908 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7909 1 Military military JJ 1662 7909 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7909 3 - - HYPH 1662 7909 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 7909 5 military military JJ 1662 7909 6 age age NN 1662 7909 7 annually annually RB 1662 7909 8 : : : 1662 7909 9 males male NNS 1662 7909 10 : : : 1662 7909 11 184,619 184,619 CD 1662 7909 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7909 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7909 14 est est NNP 1662 7909 15 . . . 1662 7909 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7910 1 Military military JJ 1662 7910 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7910 3 - - HYPH 1662 7910 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 7910 5 figure figure NN 1662 7910 6 : : : 1662 7910 7 $ $ $ 1662 7910 8 736 736 CD 1662 7910 9 million million CD 1662 7910 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7910 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7910 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7910 13 Military military JJ 1662 7910 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7910 15 - - : 1662 7910 16 percent percent NN 1662 7910 17 of of IN 1662 7910 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7910 19 : : : 1662 7910 20 5.7 5.7 CD 1662 7910 21 % % NN 1662 7910 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7910 23 1997 1997 CD 1662 7910 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7910 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7910 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7910 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 7910 28 - - : 1662 7910 29 international international RB 1662 7910 30 : : : 1662 7910 31 none none NN 1662 7910 32 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 33 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 34 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 35 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 36 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 37 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 38 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 39 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 40 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 41 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 42 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 43 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 44 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 45 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 46 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 47 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 48 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 49 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 50 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 51 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 52 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 53 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 54 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 55 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 56 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 57 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 58 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 59 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 60 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 61 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 62 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 63 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 64 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 65 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 66 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 67 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 68 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 69 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 70 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 71 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 72 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 73 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 74 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 75 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 76 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 77 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 78 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 79 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 80 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 81 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 82 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 83 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 84 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 85 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 86 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 87 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 88 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 89 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 90 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 91 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 92 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 93 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 94 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 95 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 96 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 97 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 98 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 99 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 100 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 101 _ _ NNP 1662 7910 102 SUDAN SUDAN NNP 1662 7910 103 @Sudan @Sudan NNP 1662 7910 104 : : : 1662 7910 105 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7910 106 Location Location NNP 1662 7910 107 : : : 1662 7910 108 Northern Northern NNP 1662 7910 109 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7910 110 , , , 1662 7910 111 bordering border VBG 1662 7910 112 the the DT 1662 7910 113 Red Red NNP 1662 7910 114 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7910 115 , , , 1662 7910 116 between between IN 1662 7910 117 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 7910 118 and and CC 1662 7910 119 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 7910 120 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7910 121 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7910 122 : : : 1662 7910 123 15 15 CD 1662 7910 124 00 00 CD 1662 7910 125 N n CD 1662 7910 126 , , , 1662 7910 127 30 30 CD 1662 7910 128 00 00 CD 1662 7910 129 E e NN 1662 7910 130 Map Map NNP 1662 7910 131 references reference NNS 1662 7910 132 : : : 1662 7910 133 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7910 134 Area Area NNP 1662 7910 135 : : : 1662 7910 136 total total NN 1662 7910 137 : : : 1662 7910 138 2,505,810 2,505,810 CD 1662 7910 139 sq sq NN 1662 7910 140 km km NNP 1662 7910 141 land land NN 1662 7910 142 : : : 1662 7910 143 2.376 2.376 CD 1662 7910 144 million million CD 1662 7910 145 sq sq IN 1662 7910 146 km km NNP 1662 7910 147 water water NN 1662 7910 148 : : : 1662 7910 149 129,810 129,810 CD 1662 7910 150 sq sq NNP 1662 7910 151 km km NNP 1662 7910 152 Area Area NNP 1662 7910 153 - - HYPH 1662 7910 154 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7910 155 : : : 1662 7910 156 slightly slightly RB 1662 7910 157 more more JJR 1662 7910 158 than than IN 1662 7910 159 one one CD 1662 7910 160 - - HYPH 1662 7910 161 quarter quarter NN 1662 7910 162 the the DT 1662 7910 163 size size NN 1662 7910 164 of of IN 1662 7910 165 the the DT 1662 7910 166 US US NNP 1662 7910 167 Land Land NNP 1662 7910 168 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7910 169 : : : 1662 7910 170 total total NN 1662 7910 171 : : : 1662 7910 172 7,687 7,687 CD 1662 7910 173 km km NN 1662 7910 174 border border NN 1662 7910 175 countries country NNS 1662 7910 176 : : : 1662 7910 177 Central Central NNP 1662 7910 178 African African NNP 1662 7910 179 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7910 180 1,165 1,165 CD 1662 7910 181 km km NN 1662 7910 182 , , , 1662 7910 183 Chad Chad NNP 1662 7910 184 1,360 1,360 CD 1662 7910 185 km km NNS 1662 7910 186 , , , 1662 7910 187 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7910 188 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7910 189 of of IN 1662 7910 190 the the DT 1662 7910 191 Congo Congo NNP 1662 7910 192 628 628 CD 1662 7910 193 km km NNS 1662 7910 194 , , , 1662 7910 195 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 7910 196 1,273 1,273 CD 1662 7910 197 km km NN 1662 7910 198 , , , 1662 7910 199 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 7910 200 605 605 CD 1662 7910 201 km km NN 1662 7910 202 , , , 1662 7910 203 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 7910 204 1,606 1,606 CD 1662 7910 205 km km NN 1662 7910 206 , , , 1662 7910 207 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 7910 208 232 232 CD 1662 7910 209 km km NNS 1662 7910 210 , , , 1662 7910 211 Libya Libya NNP 1662 7910 212 383 383 CD 1662 7910 213 km km NNS 1662 7910 214 , , , 1662 7910 215 Uganda Uganda NNP 1662 7910 216 435 435 CD 1662 7910 217 km km NN 1662 7910 218 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7910 219 : : : 1662 7910 220 853 853 CD 1662 7910 221 km km NN 1662 7910 222 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7910 223 claims claim VBZ 1662 7910 224 : : : 1662 7910 225 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 7910 226 zone zone NN 1662 7910 227 : : : 1662 7910 228 18 18 CD 1662 7910 229 nm nm NNP 1662 7910 230 continental continental NNP 1662 7910 231 shelf shelf NN 1662 7910 232 : : : 1662 7910 233 200-m 200-m CD 1662 7910 234 depth depth NN 1662 7910 235 or or CC 1662 7910 236 to to IN 1662 7910 237 the the DT 1662 7910 238 depth depth NN 1662 7910 239 of of IN 1662 7910 240 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 7910 241 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7910 242 sea sea NN 1662 7910 243 : : : 1662 7910 244 12 12 CD 1662 7910 245 nm nm NNP 1662 7910 246 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7910 247 : : : 1662 7910 248 tropical tropical JJ 1662 7910 249 in in IN 1662 7910 250 south south NNP 1662 7910 251 ; ; : 1662 7910 252 arid arid NNP 1662 7910 253 desert desert NNP 1662 7910 254 in in IN 1662 7910 255 north north NNP 1662 7910 256 ; ; , 1662 7910 257 rainy rainy JJ 1662 7910 258 season season NN 1662 7910 259 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7910 260 April April NNP 1662 7910 261 to to IN 1662 7910 262 October October NNP 1662 7910 263 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7910 264 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7910 265 : : : 1662 7910 266 generally generally RB 1662 7910 267 flat flat JJ 1662 7910 268 , , , 1662 7910 269 featureless featureless JJ 1662 7910 270 plain plain NN 1662 7910 271 ; ; : 1662 7910 272 mountains mountain NNS 1662 7910 273 in in IN 1662 7910 274 east east NNP 1662 7910 275 and and CC 1662 7910 276 west west NNP 1662 7910 277 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7910 278 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7910 279 : : : 1662 7910 280 lowest low JJS 1662 7910 281 point point NN 1662 7910 282 : : : 1662 7910 283 Red Red NNP 1662 7910 284 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7910 285 0 0 NFP 1662 7910 286 m m DT 1662 7910 287 highest high JJS 1662 7910 288 point point NN 1662 7910 289 : : : 1662 7910 290 Kinyeti Kinyeti NNP 1662 7910 291 3,187 3,187 CD 1662 7910 292 m m NNP 1662 7910 293 Natural Natural NNP 1662 7910 294 resources resource NNS 1662 7910 295 : : : 1662 7910 296 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7910 297 ; ; : 1662 7910 298 small small JJ 1662 7910 299 reserves reserve NNS 1662 7910 300 of of IN 1662 7910 301 iron iron NN 1662 7910 302 ore ore NN 1662 7910 303 , , , 1662 7910 304 copper copper NN 1662 7910 305 , , , 1662 7910 306 chromium chromium NN 1662 7910 307 ore ore NN 1662 7910 308 , , , 1662 7910 309 zinc zinc NN 1662 7910 310 , , , 1662 7910 311 tungsten tungsten NN 1662 7910 312 , , , 1662 7910 313 mica mica NNP 1662 7910 314 , , , 1662 7910 315 silver silver NN 1662 7910 316 , , , 1662 7910 317 gold gold NN 1662 7910 318 Land Land NNP 1662 7910 319 use use NN 1662 7910 320 : : : 1662 7910 321 arable arable JJ 1662 7910 322 land land NN 1662 7910 323 : : : 1662 7910 324 5 5 CD 1662 7910 325 % % NN 1662 7910 326 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7910 327 crops crop NNS 1662 7910 328 : : : 1662 7910 329 0 0 CD 1662 7910 330 % % NN 1662 7910 331 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7910 332 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7910 333 : : : 1662 7910 334 46 46 CD 1662 7910 335 % % NN 1662 7910 336 forests forest NNS 1662 7910 337 and and CC 1662 7910 338 woodland woodland NN 1662 7910 339 : : : 1662 7910 340 19 19 CD 1662 7910 341 % % NN 1662 7910 342 other other JJ 1662 7910 343 : : : 1662 7910 344 30 30 CD 1662 7910 345 % % NN 1662 7910 346 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7910 347 1993 1993 CD 1662 7910 348 est est NNP 1662 7910 349 . . . 1662 7910 350 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7911 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7911 2 land land NN 1662 7911 3 : : : 1662 7911 4 19,460 19,460 CD 1662 7911 5 sq sq NNP 1662 7911 6 km km NNP 1662 7911 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7911 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 7911 9 est est NNP 1662 7911 10 . . . 1662 7911 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7912 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 7912 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7912 3 : : : 1662 7912 4 dust dust NN 1662 7912 5 storms storm NNS 1662 7912 6 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7912 7 - - HYPH 1662 7912 8 current current JJ 1662 7912 9 issues issue NNS 1662 7912 10 : : : 1662 7912 11 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 7912 12 supplies supply NNS 1662 7912 13 of of IN 1662 7912 14 potable potable JJ 1662 7912 15 water water NN 1662 7912 16 ; ; : 1662 7912 17 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 7912 18 populations population NNS 1662 7912 19 threatened threaten VBN 1662 7912 20 by by IN 1662 7912 21 excessive excessive JJ 1662 7912 22 hunting hunting NN 1662 7912 23 ; ; , 1662 7912 24 soil soil NN 1662 7912 25 erosion erosion NN 1662 7912 26 ; ; , 1662 7912 27 desertification desertification NN 1662 7912 28 Environment Environment NNP 1662 7912 29 - - HYPH 1662 7912 30 international international JJ 1662 7912 31 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7912 32 : : : 1662 7912 33 party party NN 1662 7912 34 to to TO 1662 7912 35 : : : 1662 7912 36 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 7912 37 , , , 1662 7912 38 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7912 39 Change Change NNP 1662 7912 40 , , , 1662 7912 41 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 7912 42 , , , 1662 7912 43 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 7912 44 Species Species NNPS 1662 7912 45 , , , 1662 7912 46 Law Law NNP 1662 7912 47 of of IN 1662 7912 48 the the DT 1662 7912 49 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7912 50 , , , 1662 7912 51 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 7912 52 Test Test NNP 1662 7912 53 Ban Ban NNP 1662 7912 54 , , , 1662 7912 55 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 7912 56 Layer Layer NNP 1662 7912 57 Protection Protection NNP 1662 7912 58 , , , 1662 7912 59 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 7912 60 signed sign VBD 1662 7912 61 , , , 1662 7912 62 but but CC 1662 7912 63 not not RB 1662 7912 64 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7912 65 : : : 1662 7912 66 none none NN 1662 7912 67 of of IN 1662 7912 68 the the DT 1662 7912 69 selected select VBN 1662 7912 70 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7912 71 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7912 72 - - HYPH 1662 7912 73 note note NN 1662 7912 74 : : : 1662 7912 75 largest large JJS 1662 7912 76 country country NN 1662 7912 77 in in IN 1662 7912 78 Africa Africa NNP 1662 7912 79 ; ; : 1662 7912 80 dominated dominate VBN 1662 7912 81 by by IN 1662 7912 82 the the DT 1662 7912 83 Nile Nile NNP 1662 7912 84 and and CC 1662 7912 85 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7912 86 tributaries tributary NNS 1662 7912 87 @Sudan @sudan NN 1662 7912 88 : : : 1662 7912 89 People People NNP 1662 7912 90 Population Population NNP 1662 7912 91 : : : 1662 7912 92 32,594,128 32,594,128 CD 1662 7912 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7912 94 July July NNP 1662 7912 95 1997 1997 CD 1662 7912 96 est est NNP 1662 7912 97 . . . 1662 7912 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7913 1 Age age NN 1662 7913 2 structure structure NN 1662 7913 3 : : : 1662 7913 4 0 0 CD 1662 7913 5 - - HYPH 1662 7913 6 14 14 CD 1662 7913 7 years year NNS 1662 7913 8 : : : 1662 7913 9 46 46 CD 1662 7913 10 % % NN 1662 7913 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7913 12 male male JJ 1662 7913 13 7,584,401 7,584,401 CD 1662 7913 14 ; ; : 1662 7913 15 female female JJ 1662 7913 16 7,271,175 7,271,175 CD 1662 7913 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7913 18 15 15 CD 1662 7913 19 - - SYM 1662 7913 20 64 64 CD 1662 7913 21 years year NNS 1662 7913 22 : : : 1662 7913 23 52 52 CD 1662 7913 24 % % NN 1662 7913 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7913 26 male male JJ 1662 7913 27 8,536,476 8,536,476 CD 1662 7913 28 ; ; , 1662 7913 29 female female JJ 1662 7913 30 8,492,043 8,492,043 CD 1662 7913 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7913 32 65 65 CD 1662 7913 33 years year NNS 1662 7913 34 and and CC 1662 7913 35 over over IN 1662 7913 36 : : : 1662 7913 37 2 2 CD 1662 7913 38 % % NN 1662 7913 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7913 40 male male JJ 1662 7913 41 398,591 398,591 CD 1662 7913 42 ; ; : 1662 7913 43 female female JJ 1662 7913 44 311,442 311,442 CD 1662 7913 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7913 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7913 47 July July NNP 1662 7913 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7913 49 est est NNP 1662 7913 50 . . . 1662 7913 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7914 1 Population population NN 1662 7914 2 growth growth NN 1662 7914 3 rate rate NN 1662 7914 4 : : : 1662 7914 5 3.06 3.06 CD 1662 7914 6 % % NN 1662 7914 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7914 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7914 9 est est NNP 1662 7914 10 . . . 1662 7914 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7915 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7915 2 rate rate NN 1662 7915 3 : : : 1662 7915 4 40.54 40.54 CD 1662 7915 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 7915 6 population population NN 1662 7915 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7915 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7915 9 est est NNP 1662 7915 10 . . . 1662 7915 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7916 1 Death death NN 1662 7916 2 rate rate NN 1662 7916 3 : : : 1662 7916 4 11.16 11.16 CD 1662 7916 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7916 6 population population NN 1662 7916 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7916 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7916 9 est est NNP 1662 7916 10 . . . 1662 7916 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7917 1 Net net JJ 1662 7917 2 migration migration NN 1662 7917 3 rate rate NN 1662 7917 4 : : : 1662 7917 5 1.17 1.17 CD 1662 7917 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 7917 7 population population NN 1662 7917 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7917 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 7917 10 est est NNP 1662 7917 11 . . . 1662 7917 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7918 1 Sex sex NN 1662 7918 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 7918 3 : : : 1662 7918 4 at at IN 1662 7918 5 birth birth NN 1662 7918 6 : : : 1662 7918 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 7918 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7918 9 under under IN 1662 7918 10 15 15 CD 1662 7918 11 years year NNS 1662 7918 12 : : : 1662 7918 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 7918 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7918 15 15 15 CD 1662 7918 16 - - HYPH 1662 7918 17 64 64 CD 1662 7918 18 years year NNS 1662 7918 19 : : : 1662 7918 20 1 1 CD 1662 7918 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7918 22 65 65 CD 1662 7918 23 years year NNS 1662 7918 24 and and CC 1662 7918 25 over over IN 1662 7918 26 : : : 1662 7918 27 1.28 1.28 CD 1662 7918 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7918 29 total total JJ 1662 7918 30 population population NN 1662 7918 31 : : : 1662 7918 32 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 7918 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7918 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7918 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7918 36 est e JJS 1662 7918 37 . . . 1662 7918 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7919 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7919 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7919 3 rate rate NN 1662 7919 4 : : : 1662 7919 5 74.3 74.3 CD 1662 7919 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 CD 1662 7919 7 live live JJ 1662 7919 8 births birth NNS 1662 7919 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7919 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7919 11 est est NNP 1662 7919 12 . . . 1662 7919 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7920 1 Life life NN 1662 7920 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 7920 3 at at IN 1662 7920 4 birth birth NN 1662 7920 5 : : : 1662 7920 6 total total JJ 1662 7920 7 population population NN 1662 7920 8 : : : 1662 7920 9 55.54 55.54 CD 1662 7920 10 years year NNS 1662 7920 11 male male JJ 1662 7920 12 : : : 1662 7920 13 54.6 54.6 CD 1662 7920 14 years year NNS 1662 7920 15 female female JJ 1662 7920 16 : : : 1662 7920 17 56.53 56.53 CD 1662 7920 18 years year NNS 1662 7920 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7920 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 7920 21 est est NNP 1662 7920 22 . . . 1662 7920 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7921 1 Total total JJ 1662 7921 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 7921 3 rate rate NN 1662 7921 4 : : : 1662 7921 5 5.79 5.79 CD 1662 7921 6 children child NNS 1662 7921 7 born bear VBN 1662 7921 8 / / SYM 1662 7921 9 woman woman NN 1662 7921 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7921 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 7921 12 est est NNP 1662 7921 13 . . . 1662 7921 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7922 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 7922 2 : : : 1662 7922 3 noun noun NN 1662 7922 4 : : : 1662 7922 5 Sudanese Sudanese NNP 1662 7922 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7922 7 singular singular JJ 1662 7922 8 and and CC 1662 7922 9 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1662 7922 50 % % NN 1662 7922 51 , , , 1662 7922 52 Christian Christian NNP 1662 7922 53 5 5 CD 1662 7922 54 % % NN 1662 7922 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7922 56 mostly mostly RB 1662 7922 57 in in IN 1662 7922 58 south south NNP 1662 7922 59 and and CC 1662 7922 60 Khartoum Khartoum NNP 1662 7922 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7922 62 Languages language VBZ 1662 7922 63 : : : 1662 7922 64 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 7922 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7922 66 official official JJ 1662 7922 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7922 68 , , , 1662 7922 69 Nubian Nubian NNP 1662 7922 70 , , , 1662 7922 71 Ta Ta NNP 1662 7922 72 Bedawie Bedawie NNP 1662 7922 73 , , , 1662 7922 74 diverse diverse JJ 1662 7922 75 dialects dialect NNS 1662 7922 76 of of IN 1662 7922 77 Nilotic nilotic JJ 1662 7922 78 , , , 1662 7922 79 Nilo Nilo NNP 1662 7922 80 - - HYPH 1662 7922 81 Hamitic Hamitic NNP 1662 7922 82 , , , 1662 7922 83 Sudanic sudanic JJ 1662 7922 84 languages language NNS 1662 7922 85 , , , 1662 7922 86 English English NNP 1662 7922 87 note note NN 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Government Government NNP 1662 7923 4 Country Country NNP 1662 7923 5 name name NN 1662 7923 6 : : : 1662 7923 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7923 8 long long JJ 1662 7923 9 form form NN 1662 7923 10 : : : 1662 7923 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7923 12 of of IN 1662 7923 13 the the DT 1662 7923 14 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 7923 15 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7923 16 short short JJ 1662 7923 17 form form NN 1662 7923 18 : : : 1662 7923 19 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 7923 20 local local JJ 1662 7923 21 long long JJ 1662 7923 22 form form NN 1662 7923 23 : : : 1662 7923 24 Jumhuriyat Jumhuriyat NNP 1662 7923 25 as as IN 1662 7923 26 - - HYPH 1662 7923 27 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 7923 28 local local JJ 1662 7923 29 short short JJ 1662 7923 30 form form NN 1662 7923 31 : : : 1662 7923 32 As as IN 1662 7923 33 - - HYPH 1662 7923 34 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 7923 35 former former JJ 1662 7923 36 : : : 1662 7923 37 Anglo anglo JJ 1662 7923 38 - - HYPH 1662 7923 39 Egyptian egyptian JJ 1662 7923 40 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 7923 41 Data Data NNP 1662 7923 42 code code NN 1662 7923 43 : : : 1662 7923 44 SU SU NNP 1662 7923 45 Government Government NNP 1662 7923 46 type type NN 1662 7923 47 : : : 1662 7923 48 transitional transitional NN 1662 7923 49 - - HYPH 1662 7923 50 previously previously RB 1662 7923 51 ruling rule VBG 1662 7923 52 military military JJ 1662 7923 53 junta junta NNP 1662 7923 54 ; ; , 1662 7923 55 presidential presidential JJ 1662 7923 56 and and CC 1662 7923 57 National National NNP 1662 7923 58 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7923 59 elections election NNS 1662 7923 60 held hold VBN 1662 7923 61 in in IN 1662 7923 62 March March NNP 1662 7923 63 1996 1996 CD 1662 7923 64 ; ; : 1662 7923 65 new new JJ 1662 7923 66 constitution constitution NN 1662 7923 67 to to TO 1662 7923 68 be be VB 1662 7923 69 drafted draft VBN 1662 7923 70 by by IN 1662 7923 71 the the DT 1662 7923 72 National National NNP 1662 7923 73 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7923 74 National National NNP 1662 7923 75 capital capital NN 1662 7923 76 : : : 1662 7923 77 Khartoum Khartoum NNP 1662 7923 78 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 7923 79 divisions division NNS 1662 7923 80 : : : 1662 7923 81 26 26 CD 1662 7923 82 states state NNS 1662 7923 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7923 84 wilayat wilayat NN 1662 7923 85 , , , 1662 7923 86 singular singular JJ 1662 7923 87 - - HYPH 1662 7923 88 wilayat wilayat NN 1662 7923 89 or or CC 1662 7923 90 wilayah wilayah NN 1662 7923 91 * * NFP 1662 7923 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7923 93 ; ; : 1662 7923 94 A'ali A'ali NNP 1662 7923 95 an an DT 1662 7923 96 Nil Nil NNP 1662 7923 97 , , , 1662 7923 98 Al Al NNP 1662 7923 99 Bahr Bahr NNP 1662 7923 100 al al NNP 1662 7923 101 Ahmar Ahmar NNP 1662 7923 102 , , , 1662 7923 103 Al Al NNP 1662 7923 104 Buhayrat Buhayrat NNP 1662 7923 105 , , , 1662 7923 106 Al Al NNP 1662 7923 107 Jazirah Jazirah NNP 1662 7923 108 , , , 1662 7923 109 Al Al NNP 1662 7923 110 Khartum Khartum NNP 1662 7923 111 , , , 1662 7923 112 Al Al NNP 1662 7923 113 Qadarif Qadarif NNP 1662 7923 114 , , , 1662 7923 115 Al Al NNP 1662 7923 116 Wahdah Wahdah NNP 1662 7923 117 , , , 1662 7923 118 An an DT 1662 7923 119 Nil Nil NNP 1662 7923 120 al al NNP 1662 7923 121 Abyad Abyad NNP 1662 7923 122 , , , 1662 7923 123 An an DT 1662 7923 124 Nil Nil NNP 1662 7923 125 al al NNP 1662 7923 126 Azraq Azraq NNP 1662 7923 127 , , , 1662 7923 128 Ash Ash NNP 1662 7923 129 Shamaliyah Shamaliyah NNP 1662 7923 130 * * NFP 1662 7923 131 , , , 1662 7923 132 Bahr Bahr NNP 1662 7923 133 al al NNP 1662 7923 134 Jabal Jabal NNP 1662 7923 135 , , , 1662 7923 136 Gharb Gharb NNP 1662 7923 137 al al NNP 1662 7923 138 Istiwa'iyah Istiwa'iyah NNP 1662 7923 139 , , , 1662 7923 140 Gharb Gharb NNP 1662 7923 141 Bahr Bahr NNPS 1662 7923 142 al al NNP 1662 7923 143 Ghazal Ghazal NNP 1662 7923 144 , , , 1662 7923 145 Gharb Gharb NNP 1662 7923 146 Darfur Darfur NNP 1662 7923 147 , , , 1662 7923 148 Gharb Gharb NNP 1662 7923 149 Kurdufan Kurdufan NNP 1662 7923 150 , , , 1662 7923 151 Janub Janub NNP 1662 7923 152 Darfur Darfur NNP 1662 7923 153 , , , 1662 7923 154 Janub Janub NNP 1662 7923 155 Kurdufan Kurdufan NNP 1662 7923 156 , , , 1662 7923 157 Junqali Junqali NNP 1662 7923 158 , , , 1662 7923 159 Kassala Kassala NNP 1662 7923 160 , , , 1662 7923 161 Nahr Nahr NNP 1662 7923 162 an an DT 1662 7923 163 Nil Nil NNP 1662 7923 164 , , , 1662 7923 165 Shamal Shamal NNP 1662 7923 166 Bahr Bahr NNPS 1662 7923 167 al al NNP 1662 7923 168 Ghazal Ghazal NNP 1662 7923 169 , , , 1662 7923 170 Shamal Shamal NNP 1662 7923 171 Darfur Darfur NNP 1662 7923 172 , , , 1662 7923 173 Shamal Shamal NNP 1662 7923 174 Kurdufan Kurdufan NNP 1662 7923 175 , , , 1662 7923 176 Sharq Sharq NNP 1662 7923 177 al al NNP 1662 7923 178 Istiwa'iyah Istiwa'iyah NNP 1662 7923 179 , , , 1662 7923 180 Sinnar Sinnar NNP 1662 7923 181 , , , 1662 7923 182 Warab Warab NNP 1662 7923 183 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7923 184 : : : 1662 7923 185 1 1 CD 1662 7923 186 January January NNP 1662 7923 187 1956 1956 CD 1662 7923 188 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7923 189 from from IN 1662 7923 190 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 7923 191 and and CC 1662 7923 192 UK UK NNP 1662 7923 193 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7923 194 National national JJ 1662 7923 195 holiday holiday NN 1662 7923 196 : : : 1662 7923 197 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7923 198 Day Day NNP 1662 7923 199 , , , 1662 7923 200 1 1 CD 1662 7923 201 January January NNP 1662 7923 202 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7923 203 1956 1956 CD 1662 7923 204 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7923 205 Constitution constitution NN 1662 7923 206 : : : 1662 7923 207 12 12 CD 1662 7923 208 April April NNP 1662 7923 209 1973 1973 CD 1662 7923 210 , , , 1662 7923 211 suspended suspend VBD 1662 7923 212 following follow VBG 1662 7923 213 coup coup NN 1662 7923 214 of of IN 1662 7923 215 6 6 CD 1662 7923 216 April April NNP 1662 7923 217 1985 1985 CD 1662 7923 218 ; ; : 1662 7923 219 interim interim JJ 1662 7923 220 constitution constitution NN 1662 7923 221 of of IN 1662 7923 222 10 10 CD 1662 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NNP 1662 7923 364 General General NNP 1662 7923 365 George George NNP 1662 7923 366 KONGOR KONGOR NNP 1662 7923 367 AROP AROP NNP 1662 7923 368 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7923 369 since since IN 1662 7923 370 NA NA NNP 1662 7923 371 February February NNP 1662 7923 372 1994 1994 CD 1662 7923 373 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7923 374 ; ; : 1662 7923 375 note note VB 1662 7923 376 - - : 1662 7923 377 the the DT 1662 7923 378 president president NN 1662 7923 379 is be VBZ 1662 7923 380 both both CC 1662 7923 381 the the DT 1662 7923 382 chief chief NN 1662 7923 383 of of IN 1662 7923 384 state state NN 1662 7923 385 and and CC 1662 7923 386 head head NN 1662 7923 387 of of IN 1662 7923 388 government government NN 1662 7923 389 head head NN 1662 7923 390 of of IN 1662 7923 391 government government NN 1662 7923 392 : : : 1662 7923 393 President President NNP 1662 7923 394 Lt Lt NNP 1662 7923 395 . . 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IN 1662 7956 4 paved paved JJ 1662 7956 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7956 6 : : : 1662 7956 7 total total NN 1662 7956 8 : : : 1662 7956 9 20 20 CD 1662 7956 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 7956 11 to to IN 1662 7956 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 7956 13 m m NN 1662 7956 14 : : : 1662 7956 15 9 9 CD 1662 7956 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7956 17 to to TO 1662 7956 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7956 19 m m NN 1662 7956 20 : : : 1662 7956 21 3 3 CD 1662 7956 22 under under IN 1662 7956 23 914 914 CD 1662 7956 24 m m NN 1662 7956 25 : : : 1662 7956 26 8 8 CD 1662 7956 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7956 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 7956 29 est est NNP 1662 7956 30 . . . 1662 7956 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7957 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7957 2 - - , 1662 7957 3 with with IN 1662 7957 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7957 5 runways runway NNS 1662 7957 6 : : : 1662 7957 7 total total NN 1662 7957 8 : : : 1662 7957 9 36 36 CD 1662 7957 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 7957 11 to to TO 1662 7957 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 7957 13 m m NN 1662 7957 14 : : : 1662 7957 15 12 12 CD 1662 7957 16 914 914 CD 1662 7957 17 to to TO 1662 7957 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 7957 19 m m NN 1662 7957 20 : : : 1662 7957 21 24 24 CD 1662 7957 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7957 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 7957 24 est est NNP 1662 7957 25 . . . 1662 7957 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7958 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 7958 2 : : : 1662 7958 3 1 1 CD 1662 7958 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7958 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 7958 6 est est NNP 1662 7958 7 . . . 1662 7958 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7959 1 Military military JJ 1662 7959 2 Military military JJ 1662 7959 3 branches branch NNS 1662 7959 4 : : : 1662 7959 5 Army Army NNP 1662 7959 6 , , , 1662 7959 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 7959 8 , , , 1662 7959 9 Air Air NNP 1662 7959 10 Force Force NNP 1662 7959 11 , , , 1662 7959 12 Popular Popular NNP 1662 7959 13 Defense Defense NNP 1662 7959 14 Force Force NNP 1662 7959 15 Militia Militia NNP 1662 7959 16 Military Military NNP 1662 7959 17 manpower manpower NN 1662 7959 18 - - HYPH 1662 7959 19 military military NN 1662 7959 20 age age NN 1662 7959 21 : : : 1662 7959 22 18 18 CD 1662 7959 23 years year NNS 1662 7959 24 of of IN 1662 7959 25 age age NN 1662 7959 26 Military military JJ 1662 7959 27 manpower manpower NN 1662 7959 28 - - HYPH 1662 7959 29 availability availability NN 1662 7959 30 : : : 1662 7959 31 males male NNS 1662 7959 32 age age NNP 1662 7959 33 15 15 CD 1662 7959 34 - - HYPH 1662 7959 35 49 49 CD 1662 7959 36 : : : 1662 7959 37 7,437,363 7,437,363 CD 1662 7959 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7959 39 1997 1997 CD 1662 7959 40 est e JJS 1662 7959 41 . . . 1662 7959 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7960 1 Military military JJ 1662 7960 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7960 3 - - HYPH 1662 7960 4 fit fit NN 1662 7960 5 for for IN 1662 7960 6 military military JJ 1662 7960 7 service service NN 1662 7960 8 : : : 1662 7960 9 males male NNS 1662 7960 10 : : : 1662 7960 11 4,576,117 4,576,117 CD 1662 7960 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7960 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7960 14 est est NNP 1662 7960 15 . . . 1662 7960 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7961 1 Military military JJ 1662 7961 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 7961 3 - - HYPH 1662 7961 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 7961 5 military military JJ 1662 7961 6 age age NN 1662 7961 7 annually annually RB 1662 7961 8 : : : 1662 7961 9 males male NNS 1662 7961 10 : : : 1662 7961 11 341,516 341,516 CD 1662 7961 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7961 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7961 14 est est NNP 1662 7961 15 . . . 1662 7961 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7962 1 Military military JJ 1662 7962 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7962 3 - - HYPH 1662 7962 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 7962 5 figure figure NN 1662 7962 6 : : : 1662 7962 7 $ $ $ 1662 7962 8 NA NA NNP 1662 7962 9 Military military JJ 1662 7962 10 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 7962 11 - - : 1662 7962 12 percent percent NN 1662 7962 13 of of IN 1662 7962 14 GDP GDP NNP 1662 7962 15 : : : 1662 7962 16 NA% NA% `` 1662 7962 17 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 7962 18 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 7962 19 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 7962 20 - - HYPH 1662 7962 21 international international JJ 1662 7962 22 : : : 1662 7962 23 administrative administrative JJ 1662 7962 24 boundary boundary NN 1662 7962 25 with with IN 1662 7962 26 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 7962 27 does do VBZ 1662 7962 28 not not RB 1662 7962 29 coincide coincide VB 1662 7962 30 with with IN 1662 7962 31 international international JJ 1662 7962 32 boundary boundary NN 1662 7962 33 ; ; : 1662 7962 34 administrative administrative JJ 1662 7962 35 boundary boundary NN 1662 7962 36 with with IN 1662 7962 37 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 7962 38 does do VBZ 1662 7962 39 not not RB 1662 7962 40 coincide coincide VB 1662 7962 41 with with IN 1662 7962 42 international international JJ 1662 7962 43 boundary boundary NN 1662 7962 44 creating create VBG 1662 7962 45 the the DT 1662 7962 46 " " `` 1662 7962 47 Hala'ib Hala'ib NNP 1662 7962 48 Triangle Triangle NNP 1662 7962 49 , , , 1662 7962 50 " " '' 1662 7962 51 a a DT 1662 7962 52 barren barren JJ 1662 7962 53 area area NN 1662 7962 54 of of IN 1662 7962 55 20,580 20,580 CD 1662 7962 56 sq sq NN 1662 7962 57 km km NNP 1662 7962 58 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 59 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 60 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 61 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 62 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 63 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 64 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 65 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 66 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 67 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 68 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 69 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 70 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 71 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 72 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 73 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 74 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 75 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 76 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 77 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 78 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 79 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 80 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 81 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 82 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 83 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 84 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 85 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 86 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 87 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 88 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 89 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 90 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 91 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 92 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 93 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 94 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 95 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 96 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 97 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 98 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 99 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 100 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 101 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 102 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 103 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 104 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 105 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 106 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 107 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 108 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 109 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 110 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 111 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 112 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 113 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 114 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 115 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 116 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 117 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 118 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 119 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 120 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 121 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 122 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 123 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 124 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 125 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 126 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 127 _ _ NNP 1662 7962 128 SURINAME SURINAME NNP 1662 7962 129 @Suriname @suriname NN 1662 7962 130 : : : 1662 7962 131 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7962 132 Location Location NNP 1662 7962 133 : : : 1662 7962 134 Northern Northern NNP 1662 7962 135 South South NNP 1662 7962 136 America America NNP 1662 7962 137 , , , 1662 7962 138 bordering border VBG 1662 7962 139 the the DT 1662 7962 140 North North NNP 1662 7962 141 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7962 142 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7962 143 , , , 1662 7962 144 between between IN 1662 7962 145 French French NNP 1662 7962 146 Guiana Guiana NNP 1662 7962 147 and and CC 1662 7962 148 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 7962 149 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 7962 150 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 7962 151 : : : 1662 7962 152 4 4 CD 1662 7962 153 00 00 CD 1662 7962 154 N n CD 1662 7962 155 , , , 1662 7962 156 56 56 CD 1662 7962 157 00 00 NFP 1662 7962 158 W W NNP 1662 7962 159 Map Map NNP 1662 7962 160 references reference NNS 1662 7962 161 : : : 1662 7962 162 South South NNP 1662 7962 163 America America NNP 1662 7962 164 Area Area NNP 1662 7962 165 : : : 1662 7962 166 total total NN 1662 7962 167 : : : 1662 7962 168 163,270 163,270 CD 1662 7962 169 sq sq NN 1662 7962 170 km km NNP 1662 7962 171 land land NN 1662 7962 172 : : : 1662 7962 173 161,470 161,470 CD 1662 7962 174 sq sq NNP 1662 7962 175 km km NNP 1662 7962 176 water water NN 1662 7962 177 : : : 1662 7962 178 1,800 1,800 CD 1662 7962 179 sq sq NNP 1662 7962 180 km km NNP 1662 7962 181 Area Area NNP 1662 7962 182 - - HYPH 1662 7962 183 comparative comparative JJ 1662 7962 184 : : : 1662 7962 185 slightly slightly RB 1662 7962 186 larger large JJR 1662 7962 187 than than IN 1662 7962 188 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 7962 189 Land Land NNP 1662 7962 190 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 7962 191 : : : 1662 7962 192 total total NN 1662 7962 193 : : : 1662 7962 194 1,707 1,707 CD 1662 7962 195 km km NN 1662 7962 196 border border NN 1662 7962 197 countries country NNS 1662 7962 198 : : : 1662 7962 199 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 7962 200 597 597 CD 1662 7962 201 km km NNS 1662 7962 202 , , , 1662 7962 203 French French NNP 1662 7962 204 Guiana Guiana NNP 1662 7962 205 510 510 CD 1662 7962 206 km km NNS 1662 7962 207 , , , 1662 7962 208 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 7962 209 600 600 CD 1662 7962 210 km km NN 1662 7962 211 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 7962 212 : : : 1662 7962 213 386 386 CD 1662 7962 214 km km NN 1662 7962 215 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 7962 216 claims claim VBZ 1662 7962 217 : : : 1662 7962 218 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 7962 219 economic economic JJ 1662 7962 220 zone zone NN 1662 7962 221 : : : 1662 7962 222 200 200 CD 1662 7962 223 nm nm CD 1662 7962 224 territorial territorial JJ 1662 7962 225 sea sea NN 1662 7962 226 : : : 1662 7962 227 12 12 CD 1662 7962 228 nm nm NNP 1662 7962 229 Climate Climate NNP 1662 7962 230 : : : 1662 7962 231 tropical tropical JJ 1662 7962 232 ; ; : 1662 7962 233 moderated moderate VBN 1662 7962 234 by by IN 1662 7962 235 trade trade NN 1662 7962 236 winds wind NNS 1662 7962 237 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 7962 238 : : : 1662 7962 239 mostly mostly RB 1662 7962 240 rolling rolling JJ 1662 7962 241 hills hill NNS 1662 7962 242 ; ; , 1662 7962 243 narrow narrow JJ 1662 7962 244 coastal coastal JJ 1662 7962 245 plain plain NN 1662 7962 246 with with IN 1662 7962 247 swamps swamp NNS 1662 7962 248 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 7962 249 extremes extreme NNS 1662 7962 250 : : : 1662 7962 251 lowest low JJS 1662 7962 252 point point NN 1662 7962 253 : : : 1662 7962 254 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 7962 255 location location NN 1662 7962 256 in in IN 1662 7962 257 the the DT 1662 7962 258 coastal coastal JJ 1662 7962 259 plain plain NN 1662 7962 260 -2 -2 . 1662 7962 261 m m DT 1662 7962 262 highest high JJS 1662 7962 263 point point NN 1662 7962 264 : : : 1662 7962 265 Wilhelmina Wilhelmina NNP 1662 7962 266 Gebergte Gebergte NNP 1662 7962 267 1,286 1,286 CD 1662 7962 268 m m NNP 1662 7962 269 Natural natural JJ 1662 7962 270 resources resource NNS 1662 7962 271 : : : 1662 7962 272 timber timber NN 1662 7962 273 , , , 1662 7962 274 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 7962 275 potential potential NN 1662 7962 276 , , , 1662 7962 277 fish fish NN 1662 7962 278 , , , 1662 7962 279 shrimp shrimp NN 1662 7962 280 , , , 1662 7962 281 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 7962 282 , , , 1662 7962 283 iron iron NN 1662 7962 284 ore ore NN 1662 7962 285 , , , 1662 7962 286 and and CC 1662 7962 287 small small JJ 1662 7962 288 amounts amount NNS 1662 7962 289 of of IN 1662 7962 290 nickel nickel NN 1662 7962 291 , , , 1662 7962 292 copper copper NN 1662 7962 293 , , , 1662 7962 294 platinum platinum NN 1662 7962 295 , , , 1662 7962 296 gold gold NN 1662 7962 297 Land Land NNP 1662 7962 298 use use NN 1662 7962 299 : : : 1662 7962 300 arable arable JJ 1662 7962 301 land land NN 1662 7962 302 : : : 1662 7962 303 0 0 CD 1662 7962 304 % % NN 1662 7962 305 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7962 306 crops crop NNS 1662 7962 307 : : : 1662 7962 308 0 0 CD 1662 7962 309 % % NN 1662 7962 310 permanent permanent JJ 1662 7962 311 pastures pasture NNS 1662 7962 312 : : : 1662 7962 313 0 0 CD 1662 7962 314 % % NN 1662 7962 315 forests forest NNS 1662 7962 316 and and CC 1662 7962 317 woodland woodland NN 1662 7962 318 : : : 1662 7962 319 96 96 CD 1662 7962 320 % % NN 1662 7962 321 other other JJ 1662 7962 322 : : : 1662 7962 323 4 4 CD 1662 7962 324 % % NN 1662 7962 325 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7962 326 1993 1993 CD 1662 7962 327 est est NNP 1662 7962 328 . . . 1662 7962 329 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7963 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 7963 2 land land NN 1662 7963 3 : : : 1662 7963 4 600 600 CD 1662 7963 5 sq sq NNP 1662 7963 6 km km NNP 1662 7963 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7963 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 7963 9 est est NNP 1662 7963 10 . . . 1662 7963 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7964 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 7964 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 7964 3 : : : 1662 7964 4 NA NA NNP 1662 7964 5 Environment environment NN 1662 7964 6 - - HYPH 1662 7964 7 current current JJ 1662 7964 8 issues issue NNS 1662 7964 9 : : : 1662 7964 10 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 7964 11 as as IN 1662 7964 12 timber timber NN 1662 7964 13 is be VBZ 1662 7964 14 cut cut VBN 1662 7964 15 for for IN 1662 7964 16 export export NN 1662 7964 17 Environment environment NN 1662 7964 18 - - HYPH 1662 7964 19 international international JJ 1662 7964 20 agreements agreement NNS 1662 7964 21 : : : 1662 7964 22 party party NN 1662 7964 23 to to TO 1662 7964 24 : : : 1662 7964 25 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 7964 26 , , , 1662 7964 27 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 7964 28 Species Species NNPS 1662 7964 29 , , , 1662 7964 30 Marine Marine NNP 1662 7964 31 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 7964 32 , , , 1662 7964 33 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 7964 34 Test Test NNP 1662 7964 35 Ban Ban NNP 1662 7964 36 , , , 1662 7964 37 Ship Ship NNP 1662 7964 38 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 7964 39 , , , 1662 7964 40 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 7964 41 , , , 1662 7964 42 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 7964 43 signed sign VBD 1662 7964 44 , , , 1662 7964 45 but but CC 1662 7964 46 not not RB 1662 7964 47 ratified ratified JJ 1662 7964 48 : : : 1662 7964 49 Climate climate NN 1662 7964 50 Change Change NNP 1662 7964 51 , , , 1662 7964 52 Law Law NNP 1662 7964 53 of of IN 1662 7964 54 the the DT 1662 7964 55 Sea Sea NNP 1662 7964 56 Geography Geography NNP 1662 7964 57 - - HYPH 1662 7964 58 note note NN 1662 7964 59 : : : 1662 7964 60 mostly mostly RB 1662 7964 61 tropical tropical JJ 1662 7964 62 rain rain NN 1662 7964 63 forest forest NN 1662 7964 64 ; ; , 1662 7964 65 great great JJ 1662 7964 66 diversity diversity NN 1662 7964 67 of of IN 1662 7964 68 flora flora NNP 1662 7964 69 and and CC 1662 7964 70 fauna fauna NNS 1662 7964 71 which which WDT 1662 7964 72 for for IN 1662 7964 73 the the DT 1662 7964 74 most most JJS 1662 7964 75 part part NN 1662 7964 76 is be VBZ 1662 7964 77 not not RB 1662 7964 78 threatened threaten VBN 1662 7964 79 because because IN 1662 7964 80 of of IN 1662 7964 81 the the DT 1662 7964 82 lack lack NN 1662 7964 83 of of IN 1662 7964 84 development development NN 1662 7964 85 ; ; : 1662 7964 86 relatively relatively RB 1662 7964 87 small small JJ 1662 7964 88 population population NN 1662 7964 89 most most JJS 1662 7964 90 of of IN 1662 7964 91 which which WDT 1662 7964 92 lives live VBZ 1662 7964 93 along along IN 1662 7964 94 the the DT 1662 7964 95 coast coast NN 1662 7964 96 @Suriname @suriname NN 1662 7964 97 : : : 1662 7964 98 People People NNPS 1662 7964 99 Population Population NNP 1662 7964 100 : : : 1662 7964 101 424,569 424,569 CD 1662 7964 102 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7964 103 July July NNP 1662 7964 104 1997 1997 CD 1662 7964 105 est est NNP 1662 7964 106 . . . 1662 7964 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7965 1 Age age NN 1662 7965 2 structure structure NN 1662 7965 3 : : : 1662 7965 4 0 0 CD 1662 7965 5 - - HYPH 1662 7965 6 14 14 CD 1662 7965 7 years year NNS 1662 7965 8 : : : 1662 7965 9 34 34 CD 1662 7965 10 % % NN 1662 7965 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7965 12 male male NN 1662 7965 13 73,017 73,017 CD 1662 7965 14 ; ; , 1662 7965 15 female female JJ 1662 7965 16 69,538 69,538 CD 1662 7965 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7965 18 15 15 CD 1662 7965 19 - - SYM 1662 7965 20 64 64 CD 1662 7965 21 years year NNS 1662 7965 22 : : : 1662 7965 23 61 61 CD 1662 7965 24 % % NN 1662 7965 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7965 26 male male JJ 1662 7965 27 132,188 132,188 CD 1662 7965 28 ; ; , 1662 7965 29 female female JJ 1662 7965 30 128,260 128,260 CD 1662 7965 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7965 32 65 65 CD 1662 7965 33 years year NNS 1662 7965 34 and and CC 1662 7965 35 over over IN 1662 7965 36 : : : 1662 7965 37 5 5 CD 1662 7965 38 % % NN 1662 7965 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7965 40 male male JJ 1662 7965 41 10,033 10,033 CD 1662 7965 42 ; ; : 1662 7965 43 female female JJ 1662 7965 44 11,533 11,533 CD 1662 7965 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7965 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7965 47 July July NNP 1662 7965 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 7965 49 est est NNP 1662 7965 50 . . . 1662 7965 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7966 1 Population population NN 1662 7966 2 growth growth NN 1662 7966 3 rate rate NN 1662 7966 4 : : : 1662 7966 5 0.83 0.83 CD 1662 7966 6 % % NN 1662 7966 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7966 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7966 9 est est NNP 1662 7966 10 . . . 1662 7966 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7967 1 Birth birth NN 1662 7967 2 rate rate NN 1662 7967 3 : : : 1662 7967 4 23.2 23.2 CD 1662 7967 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 7967 6 population population NN 1662 7967 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7967 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 7967 9 est est NNP 1662 7967 10 . . . 1662 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male(s)/female NNP 1662 7970 15 15 15 CD 1662 7970 16 - - HYPH 1662 7970 17 64 64 CD 1662 7970 18 years year NNS 1662 7970 19 : : : 1662 7970 20 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 7970 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7970 22 65 65 CD 1662 7970 23 years year NNS 1662 7970 24 and and CC 1662 7970 25 over over IN 1662 7970 26 : : : 1662 7970 27 0.87 0.87 CD 1662 7970 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 7970 29 total total JJ 1662 7970 30 population population NN 1662 7970 31 : : : 1662 7970 32 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 7970 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 7970 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7970 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 7970 36 est e JJS 1662 7970 37 . . . 1662 7970 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7971 1 Infant infant NN 1662 7971 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 7971 3 rate rate NN 1662 7971 4 : : : 1662 7971 5 28.4 28.4 CD 1662 7971 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 7971 7 live live JJ 1662 7971 8 births birth NNS 1662 7971 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7971 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 7971 11 est est NNP 1662 7971 12 . . . 1662 7971 13 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39 37 37 CD 1662 7974 40 % % NN 1662 7974 41 , , , 1662 7974 42 Creole Creole NNP 1662 7974 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7974 44 mixed mixed JJ 1662 7974 45 white white JJ 1662 7974 46 and and CC 1662 7974 47 black black JJ 1662 7974 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7974 49 31 31 CD 1662 7974 50 % % NN 1662 7974 51 , , , 1662 7974 52 Javanese javanese NN 1662 7974 53 15.3 15.3 CD 1662 7974 54 % % NN 1662 7974 55 , , , 1662 7974 56 " " `` 1662 7974 57 Maroons maroon NNS 1662 7974 58 " " '' 1662 7974 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7974 60 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 7974 61 African african JJ 1662 7974 62 ancestors ancestor NNS 1662 7974 63 were be VBD 1662 7974 64 brought bring VBN 1662 7974 65 to to IN 1662 7974 66 the the DT 1662 7974 67 country country NN 1662 7974 68 in in IN 1662 7974 69 the the DT 1662 7974 70 17th 17th JJ 1662 7974 71 and and CC 1662 7974 72 18th 18th JJ 1662 7974 73 centuries century NNS 1662 7974 74 as as IN 1662 7974 75 slaves slave NNS 1662 7974 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7974 77 10.3 10.3 CD 1662 7974 78 % % NN 1662 7974 79 , , , 1662 7974 80 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 7974 81 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 7974 82 % % NN 1662 7974 83 , , , 1662 7974 84 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 7974 85 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 7974 86 % % NN 1662 7974 87 , , , 1662 7974 88 white white JJ 1662 7974 89 1 1 CD 1662 7974 90 % % NN 1662 7974 91 , , , 1662 7974 92 other other JJ 1662 7974 93 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 7974 94 % % NN 1662 7974 95 Religions religion NNS 1662 7974 96 : : : 1662 7974 97 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 7974 98 27.4 27.4 CD 1662 7974 99 % % NN 1662 7974 100 , , , 1662 7974 101 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 7974 102 19.6 19.6 CD 1662 7974 103 % % NN 1662 7974 104 , , , 1662 7974 105 Roman roman JJ 1662 7974 106 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 7974 107 22.8 22.8 CD 1662 7974 108 % % NN 1662 7974 109 , , , 1662 7974 110 Protestant protestant NN 1662 7974 111 25.2 25.2 CD 1662 7974 112 % % NN 1662 7974 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7974 114 predominantly predominantly RB 1662 7974 115 Moravian Moravian NNP 1662 7974 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7974 117 , , , 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of IN 1662 7974 154 the the DT 1662 7974 155 younger young JJR 1662 7974 156 population population NN 1662 7974 157 and and CC 1662 7974 158 is be VBZ 1662 7974 159 lingua lingua FW 1662 7974 160 franca franca JJ 1662 7974 161 among among IN 1662 7974 162 others other NNS 1662 7974 163 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7974 164 , , , 1662 7974 165 Hindustani Hindustani NNP 1662 7974 166 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7974 167 a a DT 1662 7974 168 dialect dialect NN 1662 7974 169 of of IN 1662 7974 170 Hindi Hindi NNP 1662 7974 171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7974 172 , , , 1662 7974 173 Javanese Javanese NNP 1662 7974 174 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 7974 175 : : : 1662 7974 176 definition definition NN 1662 7974 177 : : : 1662 7974 178 age age NN 1662 7974 179 15 15 CD 1662 7974 180 and and CC 1662 7974 181 over over RB 1662 7974 182 can can MD 1662 7974 183 read read VB 1662 7974 184 and and CC 1662 7974 185 write write VB 1662 7974 186 total total JJ 1662 7974 187 population population NN 1662 7974 188 : : : 1662 7974 189 93 93 CD 1662 7974 190 % % NN 1662 7974 191 male male NN 1662 7974 192 : : : 1662 7974 193 95 95 CD 1662 7974 194 % % NN 1662 7974 195 female female NN 1662 7974 196 : : : 1662 7974 197 91 91 CD 1662 7974 198 % % NN 1662 7974 199 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7974 200 1995 1995 CD 1662 7974 201 est est NNP 1662 7974 202 . . . 1662 7974 203 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 1 @Suriname @suriname LS 1662 7975 2 : : : 1662 7975 3 Government Government NNP 1662 7975 4 Country Country NNP 1662 7975 5 name name NN 1662 7975 6 : : : 1662 7975 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7975 8 long long JJ 1662 7975 9 form form NN 1662 7975 10 : : : 1662 7975 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 7975 12 of of IN 1662 7975 13 Suriname Suriname NNP 1662 7975 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 7975 15 short short JJ 1662 7975 16 form form NN 1662 7975 17 : : : 1662 7975 18 Suriname suriname JJ 1662 7975 19 local local JJ 1662 7975 20 long long JJ 1662 7975 21 form form NN 1662 7975 22 : : : 1662 7975 23 Republiek Republiek NNP 1662 7975 24 Suriname Suriname NNP 1662 7975 25 local local JJ 1662 7975 26 short short JJ 1662 7975 27 form form NN 1662 7975 28 : : : 1662 7975 29 Suriname Suriname VBN 1662 7975 30 former former JJ 1662 7975 31 : : : 1662 7975 32 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 7975 33 Guiana Guiana NNP 1662 7975 34 , , , 1662 7975 35 Dutch Dutch NNP 1662 7975 36 Guiana Guiana NNP 1662 7975 37 Data Data NNP 1662 7975 38 code code NN 1662 7975 39 : : : 1662 7975 40 NS NS NNP 1662 7975 41 Government Government NNP 1662 7975 42 type type NN 1662 7975 43 : : : 1662 7975 44 republic republic NNP 1662 7975 45 National national JJ 1662 7975 46 capital capital NN 1662 7975 47 : : : 1662 7975 48 Paramaribo Paramaribo NNP 1662 7975 49 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 7975 50 divisions division NNS 1662 7975 51 : : : 1662 7975 52 10 10 CD 1662 7975 53 districts district NNS 1662 7975 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 55 distrikten distrikten JJ 1662 7975 56 , , , 1662 7975 57 singular singular JJ 1662 7975 58 - - HYPH 1662 7975 59 distrikt distrikt NN 1662 7975 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 61 ; ; : 1662 7975 62 Brokopondo Brokopondo NNP 1662 7975 63 , , , 1662 7975 64 Commewijne Commewijne NNP 1662 7975 65 , , , 1662 7975 66 Coronie Coronie NNP 1662 7975 67 , , , 1662 7975 68 Marowijne Marowijne NNP 1662 7975 69 , , , 1662 7975 70 Nickerie Nickerie NNP 1662 7975 71 , , , 1662 7975 72 Para Para NNP 1662 7975 73 , , , 1662 7975 74 Paramaribo Paramaribo NNP 1662 7975 75 , , , 1662 7975 76 Saramacca Saramacca NNP 1662 7975 77 , , , 1662 7975 78 Sipaliwini Sipaliwini NNP 1662 7975 79 , , , 1662 7975 80 Wanica Wanica NNP 1662 7975 81 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7975 82 : : : 1662 7975 83 25 25 CD 1662 7975 84 November November NNP 1662 7975 85 1975 1975 CD 1662 7975 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 87 from from IN 1662 7975 88 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 7975 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 90 National national JJ 1662 7975 91 holiday holiday NN 1662 7975 92 : : : 1662 7975 93 Independence Independence NNP 1662 7975 94 Day Day NNP 1662 7975 95 , , , 1662 7975 96 25 25 CD 1662 7975 97 November November NNP 1662 7975 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 99 1975 1975 CD 1662 7975 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 101 Constitution constitution NN 1662 7975 102 : : : 1662 7975 103 ratified ratify VBD 1662 7975 104 30 30 CD 1662 7975 105 September September NNP 1662 7975 106 1987 1987 CD 1662 7975 107 Legal legal JJ 1662 7975 108 system system NN 1662 7975 109 : : : 1662 7975 110 NA NA NNP 1662 7975 111 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 7975 112 : : : 1662 7975 113 18 18 CD 1662 7975 114 years year NNS 1662 7975 115 of of IN 1662 7975 116 age age NN 1662 7975 117 ; ; : 1662 7975 118 universal universal JJ 1662 7975 119 Executive Executive NNP 1662 7975 120 branch branch NN 1662 7975 121 : : : 1662 7975 122 chief chief NN 1662 7975 123 of of IN 1662 7975 124 state state NN 1662 7975 125 : : : 1662 7975 126 President President NNP 1662 7975 127 Jules Jules NNP 1662 7975 128 WIJDENBOSCH WIJDENBOSCH NNP 1662 7975 129 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 130 since since IN 1662 7975 131 14 14 CD 1662 7975 132 September September NNP 1662 7975 133 1996 1996 CD 1662 7975 134 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 135 ; ; : 1662 7975 136 Vice Vice NNP 1662 7975 137 President President NNP 1662 7975 138 Pretaapnarian Pretaapnarian NNP 1662 7975 139 RADHAKISHUN RADHAKISHUN NNP 1662 7975 140 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 141 since since IN 1662 7975 142 14 14 CD 1662 7975 143 September September NNP 1662 7975 144 1996 1996 CD 1662 7975 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 146 ; ; : 1662 7975 147 note note VB 1662 7975 148 - - : 1662 7975 149 the the DT 1662 7975 150 president president NN 1662 7975 151 is be VBZ 1662 7975 152 both both CC 1662 7975 153 the the DT 1662 7975 154 chief chief NN 1662 7975 155 of of IN 1662 7975 156 state state NN 1662 7975 157 and and CC 1662 7975 158 head head NN 1662 7975 159 of of IN 1662 7975 160 government government NN 1662 7975 161 head head NN 1662 7975 162 of of IN 1662 7975 163 government government NN 1662 7975 164 : : : 1662 7975 165 President President NNP 1662 7975 166 Jules Jules NNP 1662 7975 167 WIJDENBOSCH WIJDENBOSCH NNP 1662 7975 168 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 169 since since IN 1662 7975 170 14 14 CD 1662 7975 171 September September NNP 1662 7975 172 1996 1996 CD 1662 7975 173 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 174 ; ; : 1662 7975 175 Vice Vice NNP 1662 7975 176 President President NNP 1662 7975 177 Pretaapnarian Pretaapnarian NNP 1662 7975 178 RADHAKISHUN RADHAKISHUN NNP 1662 7975 179 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 180 since since IN 1662 7975 181 14 14 CD 1662 7975 182 September September NNP 1662 7975 183 1996 1996 CD 1662 7975 184 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 185 ; ; : 1662 7975 186 note note VB 1662 7975 187 - - : 1662 7975 188 the the DT 1662 7975 189 president president NN 1662 7975 190 is be VBZ 1662 7975 191 both both CC 1662 7975 192 the the DT 1662 7975 193 chief chief NN 1662 7975 194 of of IN 1662 7975 195 state state NN 1662 7975 196 and and CC 1662 7975 197 head head NN 1662 7975 198 of of IN 1662 7975 199 government government NN 1662 7975 200 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 7975 201 : : : 1662 7975 202 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 7975 203 of of IN 1662 7975 204 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 7975 205 appointed appoint VBN 1662 7975 206 by by IN 1662 7975 207 the the DT 1662 7975 208 president president NN 1662 7975 209 from from IN 1662 7975 210 among among IN 1662 7975 211 the the DT 1662 7975 212 members member NNS 1662 7975 213 of of IN 1662 7975 214 the the DT 1662 7975 215 National National NNP 1662 7975 216 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7975 217 note note NN 1662 7975 218 : : : 1662 7975 219 Commander Commander NNP 1662 7975 220 in in IN 1662 7975 221 Chief Chief NNP 1662 7975 222 of of IN 1662 7975 223 the the DT 1662 7975 224 National National NNP 1662 7975 225 Army Army NNP 1662 7975 226 maintains maintain VBZ 1662 7975 227 significant significant JJ 1662 7975 228 power power NN 1662 7975 229 elections election NNS 1662 7975 230 : : : 1662 7975 231 president president NN 1662 7975 232 and and CC 1662 7975 233 vice vice NN 1662 7975 234 president president NN 1662 7975 235 elected elect VBN 1662 7975 236 by by IN 1662 7975 237 the the DT 1662 7975 238 National National NNP 1662 7975 239 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7975 240 for for IN 1662 7975 241 five five CD 1662 7975 242 - - HYPH 1662 7975 243 year year NN 1662 7975 244 terms term NNS 1662 7975 245 ; ; : 1662 7975 246 election election NN 1662 7975 247 last last JJ 1662 7975 248 held hold VBD 1662 7975 249 23 23 CD 1662 7975 250 May May NNP 1662 7975 251 1996 1996 CD 1662 7975 252 ; ; : 1662 7975 253 runoff runoff NN 1662 7975 254 election election NN 1662 7975 255 held hold VBD 1662 7975 256 5 5 CD 1662 7975 257 September September NNP 1662 7975 258 1996 1996 CD 1662 7975 259 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 260 next next JJ 1662 7975 261 to to TO 1662 7975 262 be be VB 1662 7975 263 held hold VBN 1662 7975 264 NA NA NNP 1662 7975 265 May May NNP 1662 7975 266 2001 2001 CD 1662 7975 267 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 268 election election NN 1662 7975 269 results result NNS 1662 7975 270 : : : 1662 7975 271 Jules Jules NNP 1662 7975 272 WIJDENBOSCH WIJDENBOSCH NNP 1662 7975 273 elected elect VBD 1662 7975 274 president president NN 1662 7975 275 ; ; , 1662 7975 276 percent percent NN 1662 7975 277 of of IN 1662 7975 278 legislative legislative JJ 1662 7975 279 vote vote NN 1662 7975 280 NA NA NNP 1662 7975 281 ; ; : 1662 7975 282 National National NNP 1662 7975 283 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7975 284 failed fail VBD 1662 7975 285 to to TO 1662 7975 286 elect elect VB 1662 7975 287 president president NN 1662 7975 288 ; ; : 1662 7975 289 results result NNS 1662 7975 290 reflect reflect VBP 1662 7975 291 the the DT 1662 7975 292 People People NNPS 1662 7975 293 's 's POS 1662 7975 294 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7975 295 votes vote NNS 1662 7975 296 - - : 1662 7975 297 Jules Jules NNP 1662 7975 298 WIJDENBOSCH WIJDENBOSCH NNP 1662 7975 299 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 300 NDP NDP NNP 1662 7975 301 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 302 438 438 CD 1662 7975 303 , , , 1662 7975 304 Ronald Ronald NNP 1662 7975 305 VENETIAAN VENETIAAN NNP 1662 7975 306 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 307 NF NF NNP 1662 7975 308 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 309 407 407 CD 1662 7975 310 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 7975 311 branch branch NN 1662 7975 312 : : : 1662 7975 313 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 7975 314 National National NNP 1662 7975 315 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 7975 316 or or CC 1662 7975 317 Assemblee Assemblee NNP 1662 7975 318 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 7975 319 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 320 51 51 CD 1662 7975 321 seats seat NNS 1662 7975 322 ; ; : 1662 7975 323 members member NNS 1662 7975 324 are be VBP 1662 7975 325 elected elect VBN 1662 7975 326 by by IN 1662 7975 327 popular popular JJ 1662 7975 328 vote vote NN 1662 7975 329 to to TO 1662 7975 330 serve serve VB 1662 7975 331 five five CD 1662 7975 332 - - HYPH 1662 7975 333 year year NN 1662 7975 334 terms term NNS 1662 7975 335 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 336 elections election NNS 1662 7975 337 : : : 1662 7975 338 last last RB 1662 7975 339 held hold VBD 1662 7975 340 23 23 CD 1662 7975 341 May May NNP 1662 7975 342 1996 1996 CD 1662 7975 343 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 344 next next JJ 1662 7975 345 to to TO 1662 7975 346 be be VB 1662 7975 347 held hold VBN 1662 7975 348 NA NA NNP 1662 7975 349 May May NNP 1662 7975 350 2001 2001 CD 1662 7975 351 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 352 election election NN 1662 7975 353 results result NNS 1662 7975 354 : : : 1662 7975 355 percent percent NN 1662 7975 356 of of IN 1662 7975 357 vote vote NN 1662 7975 358 by by IN 1662 7975 359 party party NN 1662 7975 360 - - HYPH 1662 7975 361 NA NA NNP 1662 7975 362 ; ; , 1662 7975 363 seats seat NNS 1662 7975 364 by by IN 1662 7975 365 party party NN 1662 7975 366 - - HYPH 1662 7975 367 NDP NDP NNP 1662 7975 368 16 16 CD 1662 7975 369 , , , 1662 7975 370 NF NF NNP 1662 7975 371 14 14 CD 1662 7975 372 , , , 1662 7975 373 BVD BVD NNP 1662 7975 374 5 5 CD 1662 7975 375 , , , 1662 7975 376 KTPI KTPI NNP 1662 7975 377 5 5 CD 1662 7975 378 , , , 1662 7975 379 DA'91 DA'91 NNP 1662 7975 380 4 4 CD 1662 7975 381 , , , 1662 7975 382 Pendawa Pendawa NNP 1662 7975 383 Lima Lima NNP 1662 7975 384 4 4 CD 1662 7975 385 , , , 1662 7975 386 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 7975 387 3 3 CD 1662 7975 388 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 7975 389 branch branch NN 1662 7975 390 : : : 1662 7975 391 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 7975 392 Court Court NNP 1662 7975 393 , , , 1662 7975 394 justices justice NNS 1662 7975 395 nominated nominate VBN 1662 7975 396 for for IN 1662 7975 397 life life NN 1662 7975 398 Political political JJ 1662 7975 399 parties party NNS 1662 7975 400 and and CC 1662 7975 401 leaders leader NNS 1662 7975 402 : : : 1662 7975 403 The the DT 1662 7975 404 New New NNP 1662 7975 405 Front front NN 1662 7975 406 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 407 NF NF NNP 1662 7975 408 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 409 , , , 1662 7975 410 a a DT 1662 7975 411 coalition coalition NN 1662 7975 412 of of IN 1662 7975 413 three three CD 1662 7975 414 parties party NNS 1662 7975 415 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 416 NPS nps UH 1662 7975 417 , , , 1662 7975 418 VHP VHP NNP 1662 7975 419 , , , 1662 7975 420 SPA SPA NNP 1662 7975 421 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 422 , , , 1662 7975 423 leader leader NN 1662 7975 424 Ronald Ronald NNP 1662 7975 425 R. R. NNP 1662 7975 426 VENETIAAN VENETIAAN NNP 1662 7975 427 ; ; : 1662 7975 428 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 7975 429 Reform Reform NNP 1662 7975 430 Party Party NNP 1662 7975 431 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 432 VHP VHP NNP 1662 7975 433 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 434 , , , 1662 7975 435 Jaggernath Jaggernath NNP 1662 7975 436 LACHMON LACHMON VBZ 1662 7975 437 ; ; : 1662 7975 438 National National NNP 1662 7975 439 Party Party NNP 1662 7975 440 of of IN 1662 7975 441 Suriname Suriname NNP 1662 7975 442 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 443 NPS NPS NNP 1662 7975 444 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 445 , , , 1662 7975 446 Ronald Ronald NNP 1662 7975 447 VENETIAAN VENETIAAN NNP 1662 7975 448 ; ; : 1662 7975 449 Party Party NNP 1662 7975 450 of of IN 1662 7975 451 National National NNP 1662 7975 452 Unity Unity NNP 1662 7975 453 and and CC 1662 7975 454 Solidarity Solidarity NNP 1662 7975 455 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 456 KTPI KTPI NNP 1662 7975 457 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 458 , , , 1662 7975 459 Willy Willy NNP 1662 7975 460 SOEMITA SOEMITA NNP 1662 7975 461 ; ; : 1662 7975 462 Suriname Suriname NNP 1662 7975 463 Labor Labor NNP 1662 7975 464 Party Party NNP 1662 7975 465 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 466 SPA SPA NNP 1662 7975 467 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 468 , , , 1662 7975 469 Fred Fred NNP 1662 7975 470 DERBY DERBY NNP 1662 7975 471 ; ; : 1662 7975 472 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 7975 473 Alternative Alternative NNP 1662 7975 474 ' ' '' 1662 7975 475 91 91 CD 1662 7975 476 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 477 DA DA NNP 1662 7975 478 ' ' CD 1662 7975 479 91 91 CD 1662 7975 480 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 481 , , , 1662 7975 482 a a DT 1662 7975 483 coalition coalition NN 1662 7975 484 of of IN 1662 7975 485 two two CD 1662 7975 486 parties party NNS 1662 7975 487 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 488 AF AF NNP 1662 7975 489 , , , 1662 7975 490 and and CC 1662 7975 491 BEP BEP NNP 1662 7975 492 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 493 formed form VBN 1662 7975 494 in in IN 1662 7975 495 January January NNP 1662 7975 496 1991 1991 CD 1662 7975 497 , , , 1662 7975 498 Winston Winston NNP 1662 7975 499 JESSURUN jessurun NN 1662 7975 500 ; ; : 1662 7975 501 Alternative Alternative NNP 1662 7975 502 Forum Forum NNP 1662 7975 503 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 504 AF AF NNP 1662 7975 505 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 506 , , , 1662 7975 507 Rick Rick NNP 1662 7975 508 VAN VAN NNP 1662 7975 509 RAVENSWAY RAVENSWAY NNP 1662 7975 510 ; ; : 1662 7975 511 Party Party NNP 1662 7975 512 for for IN 1662 7975 513 Brotherhood Brotherhood NNP 1662 7975 514 and and CC 1662 7975 515 Unity Unity NNP 1662 7975 516 in in IN 1662 7975 517 Politics Politics NNP 1662 7975 518 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 519 BEP BEP NNP 1662 7975 520 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 521 , , , 1662 7975 522 Caprino Caprino NNP 1662 7975 523 ALLENDY ALLENDY NNP 1662 7975 524 ; ; : 1662 7975 525 Pendawa Pendawa NNP 1662 7975 526 Lima Lima NNP 1662 7975 527 , , , 1662 7975 528 Paul Paul NNP 1662 7975 529 SOMOHARDJO SOMOHARDJO NNP 1662 7975 530 ; ; : 1662 7975 531 National National NNP 1662 7975 532 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 7975 533 Party Party NNP 1662 7975 534 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7975 535 NDP NDP NNP 1662 7975 536 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7975 537 , , , 1662 7975 538 Desire Desire NNP 1662 7975 539 BOUTERSE BOUTERSE NNP 1662 7975 540 ; 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G. 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NNP 1662 7989 67 , , , 1662 7989 68 1995 1995 CD 1662 7989 69 est est NNP 1662 7989 70 . . . 1662 7989 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7990 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7990 2 : : : 1662 7990 3 alumina alumina NNP 1662 7990 4 , , , 1662 7990 5 aluminum aluminum NNP 1662 7990 6 , , , 1662 7990 7 shrimp shrimp NN 1662 7990 8 and and CC 1662 7990 9 fish fish NN 1662 7990 10 , , , 1662 7990 11 rice rice NN 1662 7990 12 , , , 1662 7990 13 bananas banana NNS 1662 7990 14 partners partner NNS 1662 7990 15 : : : 1662 7990 16 Norway Norway NNP 1662 7990 17 33 33 CD 1662 7990 18 % % NN 1662 7990 19 , , , 1662 7990 20 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 7990 21 26 26 CD 1662 7990 22 % % NN 1662 7990 23 , , , 1662 7990 24 US US NNP 1662 7990 25 13 13 CD 1662 7990 26 % % NN 1662 7990 27 , , , 1662 7990 28 Japan Japan NNP 1662 7990 29 6 6 CD 1662 7990 30 % % NN 1662 7990 31 , , , 1662 7990 32 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 7990 33 6 6 CD 1662 7990 34 % % NN 1662 7990 35 , , , 1662 7990 36 UK UK NNP 1662 7990 37 3 3 CD 1662 7990 38 % % NN 1662 7990 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7990 40 1994 1994 CD 1662 7990 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7990 42 Imports import NNS 1662 7990 43 : : : 1662 7990 44 total total JJ 1662 7990 45 value value NN 1662 7990 46 : : : 1662 7990 47 $ $ $ 1662 7990 48 418 418 CD 1662 7990 49 million million CD 1662 7990 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7990 51 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 7990 52 . . NNP 1662 7990 53 , , , 1662 7990 54 1995 1995 CD 1662 7990 55 est est NNP 1662 7990 56 . . . 1662 7990 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7991 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 7991 2 : : : 1662 7991 3 capital capital NN 1662 7991 4 equipment equipment NN 1662 7991 5 , , , 1662 7991 6 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 7991 7 , , , 1662 7991 8 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 7991 9 , , , 1662 7991 10 cotton cotton NN 1662 7991 11 , , , 1662 7991 12 consumer consumer NN 1662 7991 13 goods good NNS 1662 7991 14 partners partner NNS 1662 7991 15 : : : 1662 7991 16 US US NNP 1662 7991 17 40 40 CD 1662 7991 18 % % NN 1662 7991 19 , , , 1662 7991 20 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 7991 21 24 24 CD 1662 7991 22 % % NN 1662 7991 23 , , , 1662 7991 24 Trinidad Trinidad NNP 1662 7991 25 and and CC 1662 7991 26 Tobago Tobago NNP 1662 7991 27 11 11 CD 1662 7991 28 % % NN 1662 7991 29 , , , 1662 7991 30 Japan Japan NNP 1662 7991 31 3 3 CD 1662 7991 32 % % NN 1662 7991 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7991 34 1994 1994 CD 1662 7991 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7991 36 Debt debt NN 1662 7991 37 - - HYPH 1662 7991 38 external external JJ 1662 7991 39 : : : 1662 7991 40 $ $ $ 1662 7991 41 198 198 CD 1662 7991 42 million million CD 1662 7991 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7991 44 1994 1994 CD 1662 7991 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7991 46 Economic economic JJ 1662 7991 47 aid aid NN 1662 7991 48 : : : 1662 7991 49 recipient recipient NN 1662 7991 50 : : : 1662 7991 51 ODA ODA NNP 1662 7991 52 , , , 1662 7991 53 the the DT 1662 7991 54 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 7991 55 provided provide VBD 1662 7991 56 a a DT 1662 7991 57 1996 1996 CD 1662 7991 58 aid aid NN 1662 7991 59 package package NN 1662 7991 60 of of IN 1662 7991 61 $ $ $ 1662 7991 62 224 224 CD 1662 7991 63 million million CD 1662 7991 64 to to IN 1662 7991 65 Suriname Suriname NNP 1662 7991 66 , , , 1662 7991 67 Aruba Aruba NNP 1662 7991 68 , , , 1662 7991 69 and and CC 1662 7991 70 the the DT 1662 7991 71 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 7991 72 Antilles Antilles NNP 1662 7991 73 Currency Currency NNP 1662 7991 74 : : : 1662 7991 75 1 1 CD 1662 7991 76 Surinamese surinamese JJ 1662 7991 77 guilder guilder NN 1662 7991 78 , , , 1662 7991 79 gulden gulden NNP 1662 7991 80 , , , 1662 7991 81 or or CC 1662 7991 82 florin florin NNP 1662 7991 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7991 84 Sf Sf NNP 1662 7991 85 . . . 1662 7991 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7992 1 = = NFP 1662 7992 2 100 100 CD 1662 7992 3 cents cent NNS 1662 7992 4 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 7992 5 rates rate NNS 1662 7992 6 : : : 1662 7992 7 Surinamese surinamese JJ 1662 7992 8 guilders guilde NNS 1662 7992 9 , , , 1662 7992 10 gulden gulden JJ 1662 7992 11 , , , 1662 7992 12 or or CC 1662 7992 13 florins florins NNP 1662 7992 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7992 15 Sf Sf NNP 1662 7992 16 . . . 1662 7992 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7993 1 per per IN 1662 7993 2 US$ us$ $ 1662 7993 3 1 1 CD 1662 7993 4 - - HYPH 1662 7993 5 central central JJ 1662 7993 6 bank bank NN 1662 7993 7 midpoint midpoint NN 1662 7993 8 rate rate NN 1662 7993 9 : : : 1662 7993 10 401.00 401.00 CD 1662 7993 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7993 12 January January NNP 1662 7993 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 7993 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7993 15 , , , 1662 7993 16 401.26 401.26 CD 1662 7993 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7993 18 1996 1996 CD 1662 7993 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7993 20 , , , 1662 7993 21 442.23 442.23 CD 1662 7993 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7993 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 7993 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7993 25 , , , 1662 7993 26 134.12 134.12 CD 1662 7993 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7993 28 1994 1994 CD 1662 7993 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7993 30 ; ; : 1662 7993 31 parallel parallel JJ 1662 7993 32 rate rate NN 1662 7993 33 : : : 1662 7993 34 412 412 CD 1662 7993 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7993 36 December December NNP 1662 7993 37 1995 1995 CD 1662 7993 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7993 39 , , , 1662 7993 40 510 510 CD 1662 7993 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7993 42 December December NNP 1662 7993 43 1994 1994 CD 1662 7993 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7993 45 , , , 1662 7993 46 109 109 CD 1662 7993 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7993 48 January January NNP 1662 7993 49 1994 1994 CD 1662 7993 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7993 51 note note NN 1662 7993 52 : : : 1662 7993 53 beginning begin VBG 1662 7993 54 July July NNP 1662 7993 55 1994 1994 CD 1662 7993 56 , , , 1662 7993 57 the the DT 1662 7993 58 central central JJ 1662 7993 59 bank bank NNP 1662 7993 60 midpoint midpoint NNP 1662 7993 61 exchange exchange NN 1662 7993 62 rate rate NN 1662 7993 63 was be VBD 1662 7993 64 unified unify VBN 1662 7993 65 and and CC 1662 7993 66 became become VBD 1662 7993 67 market market NN 1662 7993 68 determined determine VBN 1662 7993 69 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 7993 70 year year NN 1662 7993 71 : : : 1662 7993 72 calendar calendar NNP 1662 7993 73 year year NN 1662 7993 74 @Suriname @suriname XX 1662 7993 75 : : : 1662 7993 76 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 7993 77 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 7993 78 : : : 1662 7993 79 43,522 43,522 CD 1662 7993 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7993 81 1992 1992 CD 1662 7993 82 est est NNP 1662 7993 83 . . . 1662 7993 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7994 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 7994 2 system system NN 1662 7994 3 : : : 1662 7994 4 international international JJ 1662 7994 5 facilities facility NNS 1662 7994 6 good good RB 1662 7994 7 domestic domestic JJ 1662 7994 8 : : : 1662 7994 9 microwave microwave NN 1662 7994 10 radio radio NN 1662 7994 11 relay relay NN 1662 7994 12 network network NNP 1662 7994 13 international international NNP 1662 7994 14 : : : 1662 7994 15 satellite satellite NN 1662 7994 16 earth earth NN 1662 7994 17 stations station NNS 1662 7994 18 - - , 1662 7994 19 2 2 CD 1662 7994 20 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 7994 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7994 22 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 7994 23 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 7994 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7994 25 Radio radio NN 1662 7994 26 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7994 27 stations station NNS 1662 7994 28 : : : 1662 7994 29 AM AM NNP 1662 7994 30 5 5 CD 1662 7994 31 , , , 1662 7994 32 FM FM NNP 1662 7994 33 14 14 CD 1662 7994 34 , , , 1662 7994 35 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 7994 36 1 1 CD 1662 7994 37 Radios radio NNS 1662 7994 38 : : : 1662 7994 39 290,256 290,256 CD 1662 7994 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7994 41 1993 1993 CD 1662 7994 42 est est NNP 1662 7994 43 . . . 1662 7994 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7995 1 Television television NN 1662 7995 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 7995 3 stations station NNS 1662 7995 4 : : : 1662 7995 5 6 6 CD 1662 7995 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7995 7 1987 1987 CD 1662 7995 8 est est NNP 1662 7995 9 . . . 1662 7995 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7996 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 7996 2 : : : 1662 7996 3 59,598 59,598 CD 1662 7996 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7996 5 1993 1993 CD 1662 7996 6 est est NNP 1662 7996 7 . . . 1662 7996 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7997 1 @Suriname @suriname LS 1662 7997 2 : : : 1662 7997 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 7997 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 7997 5 : : : 1662 7997 6 total total NN 1662 7997 7 : : : 1662 7997 8 166 166 CD 1662 7997 9 km km NNS 1662 7997 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7997 11 single single JJ 1662 7997 12 track track NN 1662 7997 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7997 14 standard standard JJ 1662 7997 15 gauge gauge NN 1662 7997 16 : : : 1662 7997 17 80 80 CD 1662 7997 18 km km NN 1662 7997 19 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 7997 20 gauge gauge NN 1662 7997 21 narrow narrow JJ 1662 7997 22 gauge gauge NN 1662 7997 23 : : : 1662 7997 24 86 86 CD 1662 7997 25 km km NN 1662 7997 26 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 7997 27 gauge gauge NN 1662 7997 28 Highways highway NNS 1662 7997 29 : : : 1662 7997 30 total total NN 1662 7997 31 : : : 1662 7997 32 4,470 4,470 CD 1662 7997 33 km km NN 1662 7997 34 paved pave VBN 1662 7997 35 : : : 1662 7997 36 1,162 1,162 CD 1662 7997 37 km km NN 1662 7997 38 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 7997 39 : : : 1662 7997 40 3,308 3,308 CD 1662 7997 41 km km NNS 1662 7997 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7997 43 1995 1995 CD 1662 7997 44 est est NNP 1662 7997 45 . . . 1662 7997 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7998 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 7998 2 : : : 1662 7998 3 1,200 1,200 CD 1662 7998 4 km km NN 1662 7998 5 ; ; : 1662 7998 6 most most RBS 1662 7998 7 important important JJ 1662 7998 8 means mean NNS 1662 7998 9 of of IN 1662 7998 10 transport transport NN 1662 7998 11 ; ; , 1662 7998 12 oceangoing oceangoe VBG 1662 7998 13 vessels vessel NNS 1662 7998 14 with with IN 1662 7998 15 drafts draft NNS 1662 7998 16 ranging range VBG 1662 7998 17 up up IN 1662 7998 18 to to TO 1662 7998 19 7 7 CD 1662 7998 20 m m NN 1662 7998 21 can can MD 1662 7998 22 navigate navigate VB 1662 7998 23 many many JJ 1662 7998 24 of of IN 1662 7998 25 the the DT 1662 7998 26 principal principal JJ 1662 7998 27 waterways waterway NNS 1662 7998 28 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 7998 29 and and CC 1662 7998 30 harbors harbor NNS 1662 7998 31 : : : 1662 7998 32 Albina Albina NNP 1662 7998 33 , , , 1662 7998 34 Moengo Moengo NNP 1662 7998 35 , , , 1662 7998 36 New New NNP 1662 7998 37 Nickerie Nickerie NNP 1662 7998 38 , , , 1662 7998 39 Paramaribo Paramaribo NNP 1662 7998 40 , , , 1662 7998 41 Paranam Paranam NNP 1662 7998 42 , , , 1662 7998 43 Wageningen Wageningen NNP 1662 7998 44 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 7998 45 marine marine NN 1662 7998 46 : : : 1662 7998 47 total total NN 1662 7998 48 : : : 1662 7998 49 2 2 CD 1662 7998 50 ships ship NNS 1662 7998 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7998 52 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 7998 53 GRT GRT NNP 1662 7998 54 or or CC 1662 7998 55 over over RB 1662 7998 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7998 57 totaling total VBG 1662 7998 58 2,421 2,421 CD 1662 7998 59 GRT/2,990 GRT/2,990 NNP 1662 7998 60 DWT DWT NNP 1662 7998 61 ships ship NNS 1662 7998 62 by by IN 1662 7998 63 type type NN 1662 7998 64 : : : 1662 7998 65 cargo cargo NN 1662 7998 66 1 1 CD 1662 7998 67 , , , 1662 7998 68 container container NN 1662 7998 69 1 1 CD 1662 7998 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7998 71 1996 1996 CD 1662 7998 72 est est NNP 1662 7998 73 . . . 1662 7998 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 7999 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 7999 2 : : : 1662 7999 3 38 38 CD 1662 7999 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 7999 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 7999 6 est est NNP 1662 7999 7 . . . 1662 7999 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8000 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8000 2 - - , 1662 8000 3 with with IN 1662 8000 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8000 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8000 6 : : : 1662 8000 7 total total NN 1662 8000 8 : : : 1662 8000 9 32 32 CD 1662 8000 10 over over IN 1662 8000 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8000 12 m m NN 1662 8000 13 : : : 1662 8000 14 1 1 CD 1662 8000 15 under under IN 1662 8000 16 914 914 CD 1662 8000 17 m m NN 1662 8000 18 : : : 1662 8000 19 31 31 CD 1662 8000 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8000 21 1996 1996 CD 1662 8000 22 est est NNP 1662 8000 23 . . . 1662 8000 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8001 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8001 2 - - , 1662 8001 3 with with IN 1662 8001 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8001 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8001 6 : : : 1662 8001 7 total total NN 1662 8001 8 : : : 1662 8001 9 6 6 CD 1662 8001 10 914 914 CD 1662 8001 11 to to TO 1662 8001 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8001 13 m m NN 1662 8001 14 : : : 1662 8001 15 6 6 CD 1662 8001 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8001 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 8001 18 est est NNP 1662 8001 19 . . . 1662 8001 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8002 1 Military military JJ 1662 8002 2 Military military JJ 1662 8002 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8002 4 : : : 1662 8002 5 National National NNP 1662 8002 6 Army Army NNP 1662 8002 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8002 8 includes include VBZ 1662 8002 9 small small JJ 1662 8002 10 Navy Navy NNP 1662 8002 11 and and CC 1662 8002 12 Air Air NNP 1662 8002 13 Force Force NNP 1662 8002 14 elements element NNS 1662 8002 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8002 16 , , , 1662 8002 17 Civil Civil NNP 1662 8002 18 Police Police NNP 1662 8002 19 Military Military NNP 1662 8002 20 manpower manpower NN 1662 8002 21 - - HYPH 1662 8002 22 availability availability NN 1662 8002 23 : : : 1662 8002 24 males male NNS 1662 8002 25 age age NNP 1662 8002 26 15 15 CD 1662 8002 27 - - HYPH 1662 8002 28 49 49 CD 1662 8002 29 : : SYM 1662 8002 30 121,618 121,618 CD 1662 8002 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8002 32 1997 1997 CD 1662 8002 33 est est NNP 1662 8002 34 . . . 1662 8002 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8003 1 Military military JJ 1662 8003 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8003 3 - - HYPH 1662 8003 4 fit fit NN 1662 8003 5 for for IN 1662 8003 6 military military JJ 1662 8003 7 service service NN 1662 8003 8 : : : 1662 8003 9 males male NNS 1662 8003 10 : : : 1662 8003 11 71,811 71,811 CD 1662 8003 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8003 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8003 14 est e JJS 1662 8003 15 . . . 1662 8003 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8004 1 Military military JJ 1662 8004 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8004 3 - - HYPH 1662 8004 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8004 5 figure figure NN 1662 8004 6 : : : 1662 8004 7 $ $ $ 1662 8004 8 NA NA NNP 1662 8004 9 Military military JJ 1662 8004 10 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8004 11 - - : 1662 8004 12 percent percent NN 1662 8004 13 of of IN 1662 8004 14 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8004 15 : : : 1662 8004 16 NA% NA% `` 1662 8004 17 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8004 18 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8004 19 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 8004 20 - - HYPH 1662 8004 21 international international JJ 1662 8004 22 : : : 1662 8004 23 claims claim NNS 1662 8004 24 area area NN 1662 8004 25 in in IN 1662 8004 26 French French NNP 1662 8004 27 Guiana Guiana NNP 1662 8004 28 between between IN 1662 8004 29 Litani Litani NNP 1662 8004 30 Rivier Rivier NNP 1662 8004 31 and and CC 1662 8004 32 Riviere Riviere NNP 1662 8004 33 Marouini Marouini NNP 1662 8004 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8004 35 both both DT 1662 8004 36 headwaters headwater NNS 1662 8004 37 of of IN 1662 8004 38 the the DT 1662 8004 39 Lawa Lawa NNP 1662 8004 40 Rivier Rivier NNP 1662 8004 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8004 42 ; ; : 1662 8004 43 claims claim NNS 1662 8004 44 area area NN 1662 8004 45 in in IN 1662 8004 46 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 8004 47 between between IN 1662 8004 48 New New NNP 1662 8004 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8004 50 Upper Upper NNP 1662 8004 51 Courantyne Courantyne NNP 1662 8004 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8004 53 and and CC 1662 8004 54 Courantyne Courantyne NNP 1662 8004 55 / / SYM 1662 8004 56 Koetari Koetari NNP 1662 8004 57 Rivers Rivers NNP 1662 8004 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8004 59 all all DT 1662 8004 60 headwaters headwater NNS 1662 8004 61 of of IN 1662 8004 62 the the DT 1662 8004 63 Courantyne Courantyne NNP 1662 8004 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8004 65 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 8004 66 drugs drug VBZ 1662 8004 67 : : : 1662 8004 68 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 8004 69 point point NN 1662 8004 70 for for IN 1662 8004 71 South south JJ 1662 8004 72 American american JJ 1662 8004 73 drugs drug NNS 1662 8004 74 destined destine VBN 1662 8004 75 mostly mostly RB 1662 8004 76 for for IN 1662 8004 77 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8004 78 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 79 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 80 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 81 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 82 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 83 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 84 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 85 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 86 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 87 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 88 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 89 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 90 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 91 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 92 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 93 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 94 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 95 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 96 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 97 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 98 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 99 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 100 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 101 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 102 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 103 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 104 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 105 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 106 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 107 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 108 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 109 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 110 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 111 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 112 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 113 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 114 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 115 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 116 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 117 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 118 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 119 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 120 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 121 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 122 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 123 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 124 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 125 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 126 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 127 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 128 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 129 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 130 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 131 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 132 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 133 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 134 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 135 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 136 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 137 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 138 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 139 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 140 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 141 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 142 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 143 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 144 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 145 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 146 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 147 _ _ NNP 1662 8004 148 SVALBARD SVALBARD NNP 1662 8004 149 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8004 150 territory territory NN 1662 8004 151 of of IN 1662 8004 152 Norway Norway NNP 1662 8004 153 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8004 154 @Svalbard @svalbard NN 1662 8004 155 : : : 1662 8004 156 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8004 157 Location Location NNP 1662 8004 158 : : : 1662 8004 159 Northern Northern NNP 1662 8004 160 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8004 161 , , , 1662 8004 162 islands island NNS 1662 8004 163 between between IN 1662 8004 164 the the DT 1662 8004 165 Arctic Arctic NNP 1662 8004 166 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8004 167 , , , 1662 8004 168 Barents Barents NNP 1662 8004 169 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8004 170 , , , 1662 8004 171 Greenland Greenland NNP 1662 8004 172 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8004 173 , , , 1662 8004 174 and and CC 1662 8004 175 Norwegian Norwegian NNP 1662 8004 176 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8004 177 , , , 1662 8004 178 north north RB 1662 8004 179 of of IN 1662 8004 180 Norway Norway NNP 1662 8004 181 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8004 182 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8004 183 : : : 1662 8004 184 78 78 CD 1662 8004 185 00 00 CD 1662 8004 186 N n CD 1662 8004 187 , , , 1662 8004 188 20 20 CD 1662 8004 189 00 00 NFP 1662 8004 190 E e NN 1662 8004 191 Map Map NNP 1662 8004 192 references reference NNS 1662 8004 193 : : : 1662 8004 194 Arctic Arctic NNP 1662 8004 195 Region Region NNP 1662 8004 196 Area Area NNP 1662 8004 197 : : : 1662 8004 198 total total NN 1662 8004 199 : : : 1662 8004 200 62,049 62,049 CD 1662 8004 201 sq sq NN 1662 8004 202 km km NNP 1662 8004 203 land land NN 1662 8004 204 : : : 1662 8004 205 62,049 62,049 CD 1662 8004 206 sq sq NN 1662 8004 207 km km NNP 1662 8004 208 water water NN 1662 8004 209 : : : 1662 8004 210 0 0 NFP 1662 8004 211 sq sq NNP 1662 8004 212 km km NNP 1662 8004 213 note note NN 1662 8004 214 : : : 1662 8004 215 includes include VBZ 1662 8004 216 Spitsbergen Spitsbergen NNP 1662 8004 217 and and CC 1662 8004 218 Bjornoya Bjornoya NNP 1662 8004 219 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8004 220 Bear Bear NNP 1662 8004 221 Island Island NNP 1662 8004 222 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8004 223 Area Area NNP 1662 8004 224 - - HYPH 1662 8004 225 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8004 226 : : : 1662 8004 227 slightly slightly RB 1662 8004 228 smaller small JJR 1662 8004 229 than than IN 1662 8004 230 West West NNP 1662 8004 231 Virginia Virginia NNP 1662 8004 232 Land Land NNP 1662 8004 233 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8004 234 : : : 1662 8004 235 0 0 LS 1662 8004 236 km km NN 1662 8004 237 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8004 238 : : : 1662 8004 239 3,587 3,587 CD 1662 8004 240 km km NN 1662 8004 241 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8004 242 claims claim VBZ 1662 8004 243 : : : 1662 8004 244 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 8004 245 fishing fishing NN 1662 8004 246 zone zone NN 1662 8004 247 : : : 1662 8004 248 200 200 CD 1662 8004 249 nm nm NN 1662 8004 250 unilaterally unilaterally RB 1662 8004 251 claimed claim VBN 1662 8004 252 by by IN 1662 8004 253 Norway Norway NNP 1662 8004 254 but but CC 1662 8004 255 not not RB 1662 8004 256 recognized recognize VBN 1662 8004 257 by by IN 1662 8004 258 Russia Russia NNP 1662 8004 259 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8004 260 sea sea NN 1662 8004 261 : : : 1662 8004 262 4 4 CD 1662 8004 263 nm nm NNP 1662 8004 264 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8004 265 : : : 1662 8004 266 arctic arctic NNP 1662 8004 267 , , , 1662 8004 268 tempered temper VBN 1662 8004 269 by by IN 1662 8004 270 warm warm JJ 1662 8004 271 North North NNP 1662 8004 272 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8004 273 Current Current NNP 1662 8004 274 ; ; : 1662 8004 275 cool cool JJ 1662 8004 276 summers summer NNS 1662 8004 277 , , , 1662 8004 278 cold cold JJ 1662 8004 279 winters winter NNS 1662 8004 280 ; ; : 1662 8004 281 North North NNP 1662 8004 282 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8004 283 Current Current NNP 1662 8004 284 flows flow VBZ 1662 8004 285 along along IN 1662 8004 286 west west NN 1662 8004 287 and and CC 1662 8004 288 north north JJ 1662 8004 289 coasts coast NNS 1662 8004 290 of of IN 1662 8004 291 Spitsbergen Spitsbergen NNP 1662 8004 292 , , , 1662 8004 293 keeping keep VBG 1662 8004 294 water water NN 1662 8004 295 open open JJ 1662 8004 296 and and CC 1662 8004 297 navigable navigable JJ 1662 8004 298 most most JJS 1662 8004 299 of of IN 1662 8004 300 the the DT 1662 8004 301 year year NN 1662 8004 302 Terrain terrain NN 1662 8004 303 : : : 1662 8004 304 wild wild JJ 1662 8004 305 , , , 1662 8004 306 rugged rugged JJ 1662 8004 307 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8004 308 ; ; : 1662 8004 309 much much JJ 1662 8004 310 of of IN 1662 8004 311 high high JJ 1662 8004 312 land land NN 1662 8004 313 ice ice NN 1662 8004 314 covered cover VBN 1662 8004 315 ; ; : 1662 8004 316 west west NNP 1662 8004 317 coast coast NNP 1662 8004 318 clear clear JJ 1662 8004 319 of of IN 1662 8004 320 ice ice NN 1662 8004 321 about about RB 1662 8004 322 one one CD 1662 8004 323 - - HYPH 1662 8004 324 half half NN 1662 8004 325 of of IN 1662 8004 326 the the DT 1662 8004 327 year year NN 1662 8004 328 ; ; , 1662 8004 329 fjords fjord NNS 1662 8004 330 along along IN 1662 8004 331 west west NN 1662 8004 332 and and CC 1662 8004 333 north north NN 1662 8004 334 coasts coast NNS 1662 8004 335 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8004 336 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8004 337 : : : 1662 8004 338 lowest low JJS 1662 8004 339 point point NN 1662 8004 340 : : : 1662 8004 341 Arctic Arctic NNP 1662 8004 342 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8004 343 0 0 CD 1662 8004 344 m m DT 1662 8004 345 highest high JJS 1662 8004 346 point point NN 1662 8004 347 : : : 1662 8004 348 Newtontoppen newtontoppen VB 1662 8004 349 1,717 1,717 CD 1662 8004 350 m m NNP 1662 8004 351 Natural natural JJ 1662 8004 352 resources resource NNS 1662 8004 353 : : : 1662 8004 354 coal coal NN 1662 8004 355 , , , 1662 8004 356 copper copper NN 1662 8004 357 , , , 1662 8004 358 iron iron NN 1662 8004 359 ore ore NN 1662 8004 360 , , , 1662 8004 361 phosphate phosphate NN 1662 8004 362 , , , 1662 8004 363 zinc zinc NN 1662 8004 364 , 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1662 8006 80 fertility fertility NN 1662 8006 81 rate rate NN 1662 8006 82 : : : 1662 8006 83 NA NA NNP 1662 8006 84 children child NNS 1662 8006 85 born bear VBN 1662 8006 86 / / SYM 1662 8006 87 woman woman NN 1662 8006 88 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8006 89 groups group NNS 1662 8006 90 : : : 1662 8006 91 Russian russian JJ 1662 8006 92 and and CC 1662 8006 93 Ukrainian ukrainian JJ 1662 8006 94 62 62 CD 1662 8006 95 % % NN 1662 8006 96 , , , 1662 8006 97 Norwegian Norwegian NNP 1662 8006 98 38 38 CD 1662 8006 99 % % NN 1662 8006 100 , , , 1662 8006 101 other other JJ 1662 8006 102 NEGL% NEGL% NNP 1662 8006 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8006 104 1994 1994 CD 1662 8006 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8006 106 Languages language NNS 1662 8006 107 : : : 1662 8006 108 Russian russian JJ 1662 8006 109 , , , 1662 8006 110 Norwegian norwegian JJ 1662 8006 111 @Svalbard @svalbard NN 1662 8006 112 : : : 1662 8006 113 Government Government NNP 1662 8006 114 Country Country NNP 1662 8006 115 name name NN 1662 8006 116 : : 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8006 151 , , , 1662 8006 152 Oslo Oslo NNP 1662 8006 153 , , , 1662 8006 154 through through IN 1662 8006 155 a a DT 1662 8006 156 governor governor NN 1662 8006 157 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8006 158 sysselmann sysselmann NNP 1662 8006 159 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8006 160 residing reside VBG 1662 8006 161 in in IN 1662 8006 162 Longyearbyen Longyearbyen NNP 1662 8006 163 , , , 1662 8006 164 Spitsbergen Spitsbergen NNP 1662 8006 165 ; ; : 1662 8006 166 by by IN 1662 8006 167 treaty treaty NN 1662 8006 168 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8006 169 9 9 CD 1662 8006 170 February February NNP 1662 8006 171 1920 1920 CD 1662 8006 172 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8006 173 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 8006 174 was be VBD 1662 8006 175 given give VBN 1662 8006 176 to to IN 1662 8006 177 Norway Norway NNP 1662 8006 178 Government Government NNP 1662 8006 179 type type NN 1662 8006 180 : : : 1662 8006 181 NA NA NNP 1662 8006 182 National national JJ 1662 8006 183 capital capital NN 1662 8006 184 : : : 1662 8006 185 Longyearbyen Longyearbyen 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222 government government NN 1662 8006 223 : : : 1662 8006 224 Governor Governor NNP 1662 8006 225 Ann Ann NNP 1662 8006 226 - - HYPH 1662 8006 227 Krisitin Krisitin NNP 1662 8006 228 OLSEN OLSEN NNP 1662 8006 229 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8006 230 since since IN 1662 8006 231 NA NA NNP 1662 8006 232 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8006 233 and and CC 1662 8006 234 Assistant Assistant NNP 1662 8006 235 Governor Governor NNP 1662 8006 236 Jan Jan NNP 1662 8006 237 - - HYPH 1662 8006 238 Atle Atle NNP 1662 8006 239 HANSEN HANSEN NNP 1662 8006 240 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8006 241 since since IN 1662 8006 242 NA NA NNP 1662 8006 243 September September NNP 1662 8006 244 1993 1993 CD 1662 8006 245 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8006 246 elections election NNS 1662 8006 247 : : : 1662 8006 248 none none NN 1662 8006 249 ; ; : 1662 8006 250 the the DT 1662 8006 251 king king NN 1662 8006 252 is be VBZ 1662 8006 253 a a DT 1662 8006 254 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 8006 255 monarch monarch NN 1662 8006 256 ; ; : 1662 8006 257 governor governor 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- - HYPH 1662 8013 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 8013 4 : : : 1662 8013 5 NA NA NNP 1662 8013 6 kW kW NNP 1662 8013 7 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8013 8 - - HYPH 1662 8013 9 production production NN 1662 8013 10 : : : 1662 8013 11 NA na IN 1662 8013 12 kWh kwh ADD 1662 8013 13 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8013 14 - - HYPH 1662 8013 15 consumption consumption NN 1662 8013 16 per per IN 1662 8013 17 capita capita NN 1662 8013 18 : : : 1662 8013 19 NA NA NNP 1662 8013 20 kWh kwh ADD 1662 8013 21 Currency currency NN 1662 8013 22 : : : 1662 8013 23 1 1 CD 1662 8013 24 Norwegian norwegian JJ 1662 8013 25 krone krone NN 1662 8013 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8013 27 NKr NKr NNP 1662 8013 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8013 29 = = NFP 1662 8013 30 100 100 CD 1662 8013 31 oere oere JJ 1662 8013 32 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 8013 33 rates rate NNS 1662 8013 34 : : : 1662 8013 35 Norwegian norwegian JJ 1662 8013 36 kroner kroner NN 1662 8013 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8013 38 NKr nkr NN 1662 8013 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8013 40 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8013 80 Telephone Telephone NNP 1662 8013 81 system system NN 1662 8013 82 : : : 1662 8013 83 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8013 84 : : : 1662 8013 85 local local JJ 1662 8013 86 telephone telephone NN 1662 8013 87 service service NN 1662 8013 88 international international NNP 1662 8013 89 : : : 1662 8013 90 satellite satellite NN 1662 8013 91 earth earth NNP 1662 8013 92 station station NNP 1662 8013 93 - - : 1662 8013 94 1 1 CD 1662 8013 95 of of IN 1662 8013 96 NA NA NNP 1662 8013 97 type type NN 1662 8013 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8013 99 for for IN 1662 8013 100 communication communication NN 1662 8013 101 with with IN 1662 8013 102 Norwegian norwegian JJ 1662 8013 103 mainland mainland NN 1662 8013 104 only only RB 1662 8013 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8013 106 Radio radio NN 1662 8013 107 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8013 108 stations station NNS 1662 8013 109 : : : 1662 8013 110 AM AM NNP 1662 8013 111 1 1 CD 1662 8013 112 , , , 1662 8013 113 FM FM NNP 1662 8013 114 1 1 CD 1662 8013 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8013 116 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 8013 117 2 2 CD 1662 8013 118 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8013 119 , , , 1662 8013 120 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 8013 121 0 0 CD 1662 8013 122 note note NN 1662 8013 123 : : : 1662 8013 124 there there EX 1662 8013 125 are be VBP 1662 8013 126 five five CD 1662 8013 127 meteorological meteorological JJ 1662 8013 128 / / SYM 1662 8013 129 radio radio NN 1662 8013 130 stations station NNS 1662 8013 131 Radios radio NNS 1662 8013 132 : : : 1662 8013 133 NA NA NNP 1662 8013 134 Television Television NNP 1662 8013 135 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8013 136 stations station NNS 1662 8013 137 : : : 1662 8013 138 1 1 CD 1662 8013 139 Televisions television NNS 1662 8013 140 : : : 1662 8013 141 NA NA NNP 1662 8013 142 @Svalbard @svalbard NN 1662 8013 143 : : : 1662 8013 144 Transportation transportation NN 1662 8013 145 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8013 146 : : : 1662 8013 147 0 0 LS 1662 8013 148 km km NN 1662 8013 149 Highways highway NNS 1662 8013 150 : : : 1662 8013 151 total total NN 1662 8013 152 : : : 1662 8013 153 NA NA NNP 1662 8013 154 km km PRP 1662 8013 155 paved pave VBN 1662 8013 156 : : : 1662 8013 157 NA NA NNP 1662 8013 158 km km PRP 1662 8013 159 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8013 160 : : : 1662 8013 161 NA NA NNP 1662 8013 162 km km VB 1662 8013 163 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 8013 164 and and CC 1662 8013 165 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8013 166 : : : 1662 8013 167 Barentsburg Barentsburg NNP 1662 8013 168 , , , 1662 8013 169 Longyearbyen Longyearbyen NNP 1662 8013 170 , , , 1662 8013 171 Ny Ny NNP 1662 8013 172 - - HYPH 1662 8013 173 Alesund Alesund NNP 1662 8013 174 , , , 1662 8013 175 Pyramiden Pyramiden NNP 1662 8013 176 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 8013 177 marine marine NN 1662 8013 178 : : : 1662 8013 179 none none NN 1662 8013 180 Airports airport NNS 1662 8013 181 : : : 1662 8013 182 4 4 CD 1662 8013 183 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8013 184 1996 1996 CD 1662 8013 185 est est NNP 1662 8013 186 . . . 1662 8013 187 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8014 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8014 2 - - , 1662 8014 3 with with IN 1662 8014 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8014 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8014 6 : : : 1662 8014 7 total total NN 1662 8014 8 : : : 1662 8014 9 4 4 CD 1662 8014 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8014 11 to to TO 1662 8014 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8014 13 m m NN 1662 8014 14 : : : 1662 8014 15 1 1 CD 1662 8014 16 under under IN 1662 8014 17 914 914 CD 1662 8014 18 m m NN 1662 8014 19 : : : 1662 8014 20 3 3 CD 1662 8014 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8014 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 8014 23 est est NNP 1662 8014 24 . . . 1662 8014 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8015 1 Military military JJ 1662 8015 2 Military Military NNP 1662 8015 3 - - HYPH 1662 8015 4 note note NN 1662 8015 5 : : : 1662 8015 6 demilitarized demilitarize VBN 1662 8015 7 by by IN 1662 8015 8 treaty treaty NN 1662 8015 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8015 10 9 9 CD 1662 8015 11 February February NNP 1662 8015 12 1920 1920 CD 1662 8015 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8015 14 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8015 15 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8015 16 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 8015 17 - - : 1662 8015 18 international international JJ 1662 8015 19 : : : 1662 8015 20 Svalbard svalbard NN 1662 8015 21 is be VBZ 1662 8015 22 the the DT 1662 8015 23 focus focus NN 1662 8015 24 of of IN 1662 8015 25 a a DT 1662 8015 26 maritime maritime JJ 1662 8015 27 boundary boundary JJ 1662 8015 28 dispute dispute NN 1662 8015 29 in in IN 1662 8015 30 the the DT 1662 8015 31 Barents Barents NNP 1662 8015 32 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8015 33 between between IN 1662 8015 34 Norway Norway NNP 1662 8015 35 and and CC 1662 8015 36 Russia Russia NNP 1662 8015 37 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 38 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 39 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 40 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 41 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 42 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 43 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 44 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 45 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 46 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 47 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 48 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 49 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 50 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 51 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 52 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 53 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 54 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 55 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 56 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 57 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 58 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 59 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 60 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 61 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 62 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 63 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 64 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 65 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 66 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 67 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 68 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 69 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 70 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 71 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 72 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 73 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 74 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 75 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 76 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 77 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 78 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 79 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 80 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 81 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 82 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 83 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 84 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 85 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 86 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 87 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 88 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 89 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 90 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 91 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 92 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 93 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 94 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 95 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 96 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 97 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 98 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 99 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 100 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 101 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 102 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 103 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 104 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 105 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 106 _ _ NNP 1662 8015 107 SWAZILAND SWAZILAND NNP 1662 8015 108 @Swaziland @swaziland NN 1662 8015 109 : : : 1662 8015 110 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8015 111 Location Location NNP 1662 8015 112 : : : 1662 8015 113 Southern Southern NNP 1662 8015 114 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8015 115 , , , 1662 8015 116 between between IN 1662 8015 117 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 8015 118 and and CC 1662 8015 119 South South NNP 1662 8015 120 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8015 121 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8015 122 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8015 123 : : : 1662 8015 124 26 26 CD 1662 8015 125 30 30 CD 1662 8015 126 S s NN 1662 8015 127 , , , 1662 8015 128 31 31 CD 1662 8015 129 30 30 CD 1662 8015 130 E e NN 1662 8015 131 Map Map NNP 1662 8015 132 references reference NNS 1662 8015 133 : : : 1662 8015 134 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8015 135 Area Area NNP 1662 8015 136 : : : 1662 8015 137 total total NN 1662 8015 138 : : : 1662 8015 139 17,360 17,360 CD 1662 8015 140 sq sq NN 1662 8015 141 km km NNP 1662 8015 142 land land NN 1662 8015 143 : : : 1662 8015 144 17,200 17,200 CD 1662 8015 145 sq sq NN 1662 8015 146 km km NNP 1662 8015 147 water water NN 1662 8015 148 : : : 1662 8015 149 160 160 CD 1662 8015 150 sq sq NN 1662 8015 151 km km NNP 1662 8015 152 Area Area NNP 1662 8015 153 - - HYPH 1662 8015 154 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8015 155 : : : 1662 8015 156 slightly slightly RB 1662 8015 157 smaller small JJR 1662 8015 158 than than IN 1662 8015 159 New New NNP 1662 8015 160 Jersey Jersey NNP 1662 8015 161 Land Land NNP 1662 8015 162 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8015 163 : : : 1662 8015 164 total total JJ 1662 8015 165 : : : 1662 8015 166 535 535 CD 1662 8015 167 km km NN 1662 8015 168 border border NN 1662 8015 169 countries country NNS 1662 8015 170 : : : 1662 8015 171 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 8015 172 105 105 CD 1662 8015 173 km km NN 1662 8015 174 , , , 1662 8015 175 South South NNP 1662 8015 176 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8015 177 430 430 CD 1662 8015 178 km km NN 1662 8015 179 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8015 180 : : : 1662 8015 181 0 0 CD 1662 8015 182 km km NN 1662 8015 183 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8015 184 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 8015 185 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8015 186 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8015 187 claims claim VBZ 1662 8015 188 : : : 1662 8015 189 none none NN 1662 8015 190 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8015 191 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 8015 192 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8015 193 Climate climate NN 1662 8015 194 : : : 1662 8015 195 varies vary VBZ 1662 8015 196 from from IN 1662 8015 197 tropical tropical JJ 1662 8015 198 to to IN 1662 8015 199 near near JJ 1662 8015 200 temperate temperate NN 1662 8015 201 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8015 202 : : : 1662 8015 203 mostly mostly RB 1662 8015 204 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8015 205 and and CC 1662 8015 206 hills hill NNS 1662 8015 207 ; ; : 1662 8015 208 some some DT 1662 8015 209 moderately moderately RB 1662 8015 210 sloping slope VBG 1662 8015 211 plains plain VBZ 1662 8015 212 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8015 213 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8015 214 : : : 1662 8015 215 lowest low JJS 1662 8015 216 point point NN 1662 8015 217 : : : 1662 8015 218 Great great JJ 1662 8015 219 Usutu Usutu NNP 1662 8015 220 River River NNP 1662 8015 221 21 21 CD 1662 8015 222 m m DT 1662 8015 223 highest high JJS 1662 8015 224 point point NN 1662 8015 225 : : : 1662 8015 226 Emlembe emlembe NN 1662 8015 227 1,862 1,862 CD 1662 8015 228 m m CD 1662 8015 229 Natural natural JJ 1662 8015 230 resources resource NNS 1662 8015 231 : : : 1662 8015 232 asbestos asbestos NN 1662 8015 233 , , , 1662 8015 234 coal coal NN 1662 8015 235 , , , 1662 8015 236 clay clay NN 1662 8015 237 , , , 1662 8015 238 cassiterite cassiterite NN 1662 8015 239 , , , 1662 8015 240 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 8015 241 , , , 1662 8015 242 forests forest NNS 1662 8015 243 , , , 1662 8015 244 small small JJ 1662 8015 245 gold gold NN 1662 8015 246 and and CC 1662 8015 247 diamond diamond NN 1662 8015 248 deposits deposit NNS 1662 8015 249 , , , 1662 8015 250 quarry quarry NNP 1662 8015 251 stone stone NNP 1662 8015 252 , , , 1662 8015 253 and and CC 1662 8015 254 talc talc NNP 1662 8015 255 Land Land NNP 1662 8015 256 use use NN 1662 8015 257 : : : 1662 8015 258 arable arable JJ 1662 8015 259 land land NN 1662 8015 260 : : : 1662 8015 261 11 11 CD 1662 8015 262 % % NN 1662 8015 263 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8015 264 crops crop NNS 1662 8015 265 : : : 1662 8015 266 0 0 CD 1662 8015 267 % % NN 1662 8015 268 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8015 269 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8015 270 : : : 1662 8015 271 62 62 CD 1662 8015 272 % % NN 1662 8015 273 forests forest NNS 1662 8015 274 and and CC 1662 8015 275 woodland woodland NN 1662 8015 276 : : : 1662 8015 277 7 7 CD 1662 8015 278 % % NN 1662 8015 279 other other JJ 1662 8015 280 : : : 1662 8015 281 20 20 CD 1662 8015 282 % % NN 1662 8015 283 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8015 284 1993 1993 CD 1662 8015 285 est est NNP 1662 8015 286 . . . 1662 8015 287 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8016 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8016 2 land land NN 1662 8016 3 : : : 1662 8016 4 670 670 CD 1662 8016 5 sq sq NNP 1662 8016 6 km km NNP 1662 8016 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8016 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8016 9 est est NNP 1662 8016 10 . . . 1662 8016 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8017 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8017 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8017 3 : : : 1662 8017 4 NA NA NNP 1662 8017 5 Environment environment NN 1662 8017 6 - - HYPH 1662 8017 7 current current JJ 1662 8017 8 issues issue NNS 1662 8017 9 : : : 1662 8017 10 limited limit VBN 1662 8017 11 supplies supply NNS 1662 8017 12 of of IN 1662 8017 13 potable potable JJ 1662 8017 14 water water NN 1662 8017 15 ; ; : 1662 8017 16 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 8017 17 populations population NNS 1662 8017 18 being be VBG 1662 8017 19 depleted deplete VBN 1662 8017 20 because because IN 1662 8017 21 of of IN 1662 8017 22 excessive excessive JJ 1662 8017 23 hunting hunting NN 1662 8017 24 ; ; : 1662 8017 25 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 8017 26 ; ; : 1662 8017 27 soil soil NN 1662 8017 28 degradation degradation NN 1662 8017 29 ; ; , 1662 8017 30 soil soil NN 1662 8017 31 erosion erosion NN 1662 8017 32 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8017 33 - - HYPH 1662 8017 34 international international JJ 1662 8017 35 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8017 36 : : : 1662 8017 37 party party NN 1662 8017 38 to to TO 1662 8017 39 : : : 1662 8017 40 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 8017 41 , , , 1662 8017 42 Climate climate NN 1662 8017 43 Change Change NNP 1662 8017 44 , , , 1662 8017 45 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8017 46 Test Test NNP 1662 8017 47 Ban Ban NNP 1662 8017 48 , , , 1662 8017 49 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8017 50 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8017 51 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8017 52 signed sign VBD 1662 8017 53 , , , 1662 8017 54 but but CC 1662 8017 55 not not RB 1662 8017 56 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8017 57 : : : 1662 8017 58 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 8017 59 , , , 1662 8017 60 Law Law NNP 1662 8017 61 of of IN 1662 8017 62 the the DT 1662 8017 63 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8017 64 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8017 65 - - HYPH 1662 8017 66 note note NN 1662 8017 67 : : : 1662 8017 68 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 8017 69 ; ; : 1662 8017 70 almost almost RB 1662 8017 71 completely completely RB 1662 8017 72 surrounded surround VBN 1662 8017 73 by by IN 1662 8017 74 South South NNP 1662 8017 75 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8017 76 @Swaziland @swaziland NN 1662 8017 77 : : : 1662 8017 78 People People NNS 1662 8017 79 Population Population NNP 1662 8017 80 : : : 1662 8017 81 1,031,600 1,031,600 CD 1662 8017 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8017 83 July July NNP 1662 8017 84 1997 1997 CD 1662 8017 85 est est NNP 1662 8017 86 . . . 1662 8017 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8018 1 Age age NN 1662 8018 2 structure structure NN 1662 8018 3 : : : 1662 8018 4 0 0 CD 1662 8018 5 - - HYPH 1662 8018 6 14 14 CD 1662 8018 7 years year NNS 1662 8018 8 : : : 1662 8018 9 46 46 CD 1662 8018 10 % % NN 1662 8018 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8018 12 male male JJ 1662 8018 13 234,628 234,628 CD 1662 8018 14 ; ; : 1662 8018 15 female female JJ 1662 8018 16 236,056 236,056 CD 1662 8018 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8018 18 15 15 CD 1662 8018 19 - - SYM 1662 8018 20 64 64 CD 1662 8018 21 years year NNS 1662 8018 22 : : : 1662 8018 23 52 52 CD 1662 8018 24 % % NN 1662 8018 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8018 26 male male JJ 1662 8018 27 255,775 255,775 CD 1662 8018 28 ; ; : 1662 8018 29 female female JJ 1662 8018 30 280,416 280,416 CD 1662 8018 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8018 32 65 65 CD 1662 8018 33 years year NNS 1662 8018 34 and and CC 1662 8018 35 over over IN 1662 8018 36 : : : 1662 8018 37 2 2 CD 1662 8018 38 % % NN 1662 8018 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8018 40 male male NN 1662 8018 41 10,291 10,291 CD 1662 8018 42 ; ; : 1662 8018 43 female female JJ 1662 8018 44 14,434 14,434 CD 1662 8018 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8018 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8018 47 July July NNP 1662 8018 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8018 49 est est NNP 1662 8018 50 . . . 1662 8018 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8019 1 Population population NN 1662 8019 2 growth growth NN 1662 8019 3 rate rate NN 1662 8019 4 : : : 1662 8019 5 3.24 3.24 CD 1662 8019 6 % % NN 1662 8019 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8019 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8019 9 est est NNP 1662 8019 10 . . . 1662 8019 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8020 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8020 2 rate rate NN 1662 8020 3 : : : 1662 8020 4 42.71 42.71 CD 1662 8020 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 8020 6 population population NN 1662 8020 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8020 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8020 9 est est NNP 1662 8020 10 . . . 1662 8020 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8021 1 Death death NN 1662 8021 2 rate rate NN 1662 8021 3 : : : 1662 8021 4 10.31 10.31 CD 1662 8021 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8021 6 population population NN 1662 8021 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8021 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8021 9 est est NNP 1662 8021 10 . . . 1662 8021 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8022 1 Net net JJ 1662 8022 2 migration migration NN 1662 8022 3 rate rate NN 1662 8022 4 : : : 1662 8022 5 0 0 NFP 1662 8022 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 8022 7 population population NN 1662 8022 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8022 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8022 10 est est NNP 1662 8022 11 . . . 1662 8022 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8023 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8023 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8023 3 : : : 1662 8023 4 at at IN 1662 8023 5 birth birth NN 1662 8023 6 : : : 1662 8023 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 8023 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8023 9 under under IN 1662 8023 10 15 15 CD 1662 8023 11 years year NNS 1662 8023 12 : : : 1662 8023 13 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 8023 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8023 15 15 15 CD 1662 8023 16 - - SYM 1662 8023 17 64 64 CD 1662 8023 18 years year NNS 1662 8023 19 : : : 1662 8023 20 0.91 0.91 CD 1662 8023 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8023 22 65 65 CD 1662 8023 23 years year NNS 1662 8023 24 and and CC 1662 8023 25 over over IN 1662 8023 26 : : : 1662 8023 27 0.71 0.71 CD 1662 8023 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 8023 29 total total JJ 1662 8023 30 population population NN 1662 8023 31 : : : 1662 8023 32 0.94 0.94 CD 1662 8023 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8023 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8023 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8023 36 est e JJS 1662 8023 37 . . . 1662 8023 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8024 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8024 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8024 3 rate rate NN 1662 8024 4 : : : 1662 8024 5 86.1 86.1 CD 1662 8024 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8024 7 live live JJ 1662 8024 8 births birth NNS 1662 8024 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8024 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8024 11 est est NNP 1662 8024 12 . . . 1662 8024 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8025 1 Life life NN 1662 8025 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8025 3 at at IN 1662 8025 4 birth birth NN 1662 8025 5 : : : 1662 8025 6 total total JJ 1662 8025 7 population population NN 1662 8025 8 : : : 1662 8025 9 57.7 57.7 CD 1662 8025 10 years year NNS 1662 8025 11 male male JJ 1662 8025 12 : : : 1662 8025 13 53.67 53.67 CD 1662 8025 14 years year NNS 1662 8025 15 female female JJ 1662 8025 16 : : : 1662 8025 17 61.84 61.84 CD 1662 8025 18 years year NNS 1662 8025 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8025 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8025 21 est est NNP 1662 8025 22 . . . 1662 8025 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8026 1 Total total JJ 1662 8026 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8026 3 rate rate NN 1662 8026 4 : : : 1662 8026 5 6.01 6.01 CD 1662 8026 6 children child NNS 1662 8026 7 born bear VBN 1662 8026 8 / / SYM 1662 8026 9 woman woman NN 1662 8026 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8026 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8026 12 est est NNP 1662 8026 13 . . . 1662 8026 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8027 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8027 2 : : : 1662 8027 3 noun noun NNP 1662 8027 4 : : : 1662 8027 5 Swazi(s swazi(s ADD 1662 8027 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8027 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 8027 8 : : : 1662 8027 9 Swazi Swazi NNP 1662 8027 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8027 11 groups group NNS 1662 8027 12 : : : 1662 8027 13 African african JJ 1662 8027 14 97 97 CD 1662 8027 15 % % NN 1662 8027 16 , , , 1662 8027 17 European european JJ 1662 8027 18 3 3 CD 1662 8027 19 % % NN 1662 8027 20 Religions religion NNS 1662 8027 21 : : : 1662 8027 22 Christian Christian NNP 1662 8027 23 60 60 CD 1662 8027 24 % % NN 1662 8027 25 , , , 1662 8027 26 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 8027 27 beliefs belief NNS 1662 8027 28 40 40 CD 1662 8027 29 % % NN 1662 8027 30 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 8027 31 : : : 1662 8027 32 English English NNP 1662 8027 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8027 34 official official JJ 1662 8027 35 , , , 1662 8027 36 government government NN 1662 8027 37 business business NN 1662 8027 38 conducted conduct VBN 1662 8027 39 in in IN 1662 8027 40 English English NNP 1662 8027 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8027 42 , , , 1662 8027 43 siSwati siSwati NNP 1662 8027 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8027 45 official official JJ 1662 8027 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8027 47 Literacy literacy NN 1662 8027 48 : : : 1662 8027 49 definition definition NN 1662 8027 50 : : : 1662 8027 51 age age NN 1662 8027 52 15 15 CD 1662 8027 53 and and CC 1662 8027 54 over over RB 1662 8027 55 can can MD 1662 8027 56 read read VB 1662 8027 57 and and CC 1662 8027 58 write write VB 1662 8027 59 total total JJ 1662 8027 60 population population NN 1662 8027 61 : : : 1662 8027 62 76.7 76.7 CD 1662 8027 63 % % NN 1662 8027 64 male male NN 1662 8027 65 : : : 1662 8027 66 78 78 CD 1662 8027 67 % % NN 1662 8027 68 female female NN 1662 8027 69 : : : 1662 8027 70 75.6 75.6 CD 1662 8027 71 % % NN 1662 8027 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8027 73 1995 1995 CD 1662 8027 74 est est NNP 1662 8027 75 . . . 1662 8027 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8028 1 @Swaziland @swaziland NN 1662 8028 2 : : : 1662 8028 3 Government Government NNP 1662 8028 4 Country Country NNP 1662 8028 5 name name NN 1662 8028 6 : : : 1662 8028 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8028 8 long long JJ 1662 8028 9 form form NN 1662 8028 10 : : : 1662 8028 11 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 8028 12 of of IN 1662 8028 13 Swaziland Swaziland NNP 1662 8028 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8028 15 short short JJ 1662 8028 16 form form NN 1662 8028 17 : : : 1662 8028 18 Swaziland Swaziland NNP 1662 8028 19 Data Data NNP 1662 8028 20 code code NN 1662 8028 21 : : : 1662 8028 22 WZ WZ NNP 1662 8028 23 Government Government NNP 1662 8028 24 type type NN 1662 8028 25 : : : 1662 8028 26 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 8028 27 ; ; , 1662 8028 28 independent independent JJ 1662 8028 29 member member NN 1662 8028 30 of of IN 1662 8028 31 Commonwealth Commonwealth NNP 1662 8028 32 National national JJ 1662 8028 33 capital capital NN 1662 8028 34 : : : 1662 8028 35 Mbabane Mbabane NNP 1662 8028 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8028 37 administrative administrative JJ 1662 8028 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8028 39 ; ; : 1662 8028 40 Lobamba Lobamba NNP 1662 8028 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8028 42 legislative legislative JJ 1662 8028 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8028 44 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 8028 45 divisions division NNS 1662 8028 46 : : : 1662 8028 47 4 4 CD 1662 8028 48 districts district NNS 1662 8028 49 ; ; : 1662 8028 50 Hhohho Hhohho NNP 1662 8028 51 , , , 1662 8028 52 Lubombo Lubombo NNP 1662 8028 53 , , , 1662 8028 54 Manzini Manzini NNP 1662 8028 55 , , , 1662 8028 56 Shiselweni Shiselweni NNP 1662 8028 57 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8028 58 : : : 1662 8028 59 6 6 CD 1662 8028 60 September September NNP 1662 8028 61 1968 1968 CD 1662 8028 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8028 63 from from IN 1662 8028 64 UK UK NNP 1662 8028 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8028 66 National national JJ 1662 8028 67 holiday holiday NN 1662 8028 68 : : : 1662 8028 69 Somhlolo Somhlolo NNP 1662 8028 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8028 71 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8028 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8028 73 Day Day NNP 1662 8028 74 , , , 1662 8028 75 6 6 CD 1662 8028 76 September September NNP 1662 8028 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8028 78 1968 1968 CD 1662 8028 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8028 80 Constitution constitution NN 1662 8028 81 : : : 1662 8028 82 none none NN 1662 8028 83 ; ; : 1662 8028 84 constitution constitution NN 1662 8028 85 of of IN 1662 8028 86 6 6 CD 1662 8028 87 September September NNP 1662 8028 88 1968 1968 CD 1662 8028 89 was be VBD 1662 8028 90 suspended suspend VBN 1662 8028 91 12 12 CD 1662 8028 92 April April NNP 1662 8028 93 1973 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- : 1662 8037 7 $ $ $ 1662 8037 8 3.8 3.8 CD 1662 8037 9 billion billion CD 1662 8037 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8037 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 8037 12 est est NNP 1662 8037 13 . . . 1662 8037 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8038 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8038 2 - - HYPH 1662 8038 3 real real JJ 1662 8038 4 growth growth NN 1662 8038 5 rate rate NN 1662 8038 6 : : : 1662 8038 7 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 8038 8 % % NN 1662 8038 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8038 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 8038 11 est est NNP 1662 8038 12 . . . 1662 8038 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8039 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8039 2 - - HYPH 1662 8039 3 per per FW 1662 8039 4 capita capita NN 1662 8039 5 : : : 1662 8039 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 8039 7 power power NN 1662 8039 8 parity parity NN 1662 8039 9 - - : 1662 8039 10 $ $ $ 1662 8039 11 3,800 3,800 CD 1662 8039 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8039 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 8039 14 est est NNP 1662 8039 15 . . . 1662 8039 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8040 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8040 2 - - HYPH 1662 8040 3 composition composition NN 1662 8040 4 by by IN 1662 8040 5 sector sector NN 1662 8040 6 : : : 1662 8040 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8040 8 : : : 1662 8040 9 12 12 CD 1662 8040 10 % % NN 1662 8040 11 industry industry NN 1662 8040 12 : : : 1662 8040 13 43 43 CD 1662 8040 14 % % NN 1662 8040 15 services service NNS 1662 8040 16 : : : 1662 8040 17 45 45 CD 1662 8040 18 % % NN 1662 8040 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8040 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 8040 21 est est NNP 1662 8040 22 . . . 1662 8040 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8041 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 8041 2 rate rate NN 1662 8041 3 - - HYPH 1662 8041 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 8041 5 price price NN 1662 8041 6 index index NN 1662 8041 7 : : : 1662 8041 8 14.7 14.7 CD 1662 8041 9 % % NN 1662 8041 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8041 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 8041 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8041 13 Labor labor NN 1662 8041 14 force force NN 1662 8041 15 : : : 1662 8041 16 total total NN 1662 8041 17 : : : 1662 8041 18 160,355 160,355 CD 1662 8041 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8041 20 1986 1986 CD 1662 8041 21 est est NNP 1662 8041 22 . . . 1662 8041 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8042 1 by by IN 1662 8042 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 8042 3 : : : 1662 8042 4 private private JJ 1662 8042 5 sector sector NN 1662 8042 6 about about RB 1662 8042 7 65 65 CD 1662 8042 8 % % NN 1662 8042 9 , , , 1662 8042 10 public public JJ 1662 8042 11 sector sector NN 1662 8042 12 35 35 CD 1662 8042 13 % % NN 1662 8042 14 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 8042 15 rate rate NN 1662 8042 16 : : : 1662 8042 17 15 15 CD 1662 8042 18 % % NN 1662 8042 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8042 20 1992 1992 CD 1662 8042 21 est est NNP 1662 8042 22 . . . 1662 8042 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8043 1 Budget budget NN 1662 8043 2 : : : 1662 8043 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 8043 4 : : : 1662 8043 5 $ $ $ 1662 8043 6 397 397 CD 1662 8043 7 million million CD 1662 8043 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8043 9 : : : 1662 8043 10 $ $ $ 1662 8043 11 413 413 CD 1662 8043 12 million million CD 1662 8043 13 , , , 1662 8043 14 including include VBG 1662 8043 15 capital capital NN 1662 8043 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8043 17 of of IN 1662 8043 18 $ $ $ 1662 8043 19 78 78 CD 1662 8043 20 million million CD 1662 8043 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8043 22 1995/96 1995/96 CD 1662 8043 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8043 24 Industries industry NNS 1662 8043 25 : : : 1662 8043 26 mining mining NN 1662 8043 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8043 28 coal coal NN 1662 8043 29 and and CC 1662 8043 30 asbestos asbestos NN 1662 8043 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8043 32 , , , 1662 8043 33 wood wood NN 1662 8043 34 pulp pulp NN 1662 8043 35 , , , 1662 8043 36 sugar sugar NN 1662 8043 37 , , , 1662 8043 38 soft soft JJ 1662 8043 39 drink drink NN 1662 8043 40 concentrates concentrate VBZ 1662 8043 41 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 8043 42 production production NN 1662 8043 43 growth growth NN 1662 8043 44 rate rate NN 1662 8043 45 : : : 1662 8043 46 4.2 4.2 CD 1662 8043 47 % % NN 1662 8043 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8043 49 1993 1993 CD 1662 8043 50 est est NNP 1662 8043 51 . . . 1662 8043 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8044 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8044 2 - - HYPH 1662 8044 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 8044 4 : : : 1662 8044 5 50,000 50,000 CD 1662 8044 6 kW kw NN 1662 8044 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8044 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8044 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8044 10 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8044 11 - - HYPH 1662 8044 12 production production NN 1662 8044 13 : : : 1662 8044 14 84 84 CD 1662 8044 15 million million CD 1662 8044 16 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8044 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8044 18 1993 1993 CD 1662 8044 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8044 20 note note NN 1662 8044 21 : : : 1662 8044 22 imports import NNS 1662 8044 23 90 90 CD 1662 8044 24 % % NN 1662 8044 25 of of IN 1662 8044 26 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8044 27 electricity electricity NN 1662 8044 28 from from IN 1662 8044 29 South South NNP 1662 8044 30 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8044 31 Electricity Electricity NNP 1662 8044 32 - - HYPH 1662 8044 33 consumption consumption NN 1662 8044 34 per per IN 1662 8044 35 capita capita NN 1662 8044 36 : : : 1662 8044 37 612 612 CD 1662 8044 38 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8044 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8044 40 1993 1993 CD 1662 8044 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8044 42 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8044 43 - - HYPH 1662 8044 44 products product NNS 1662 8044 45 : : : 1662 8044 46 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 8044 47 , , , 1662 8044 48 cotton cotton NN 1662 8044 49 , , , 1662 8044 50 maize maize NN 1662 8044 51 , , , 1662 8044 52 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 8044 53 , , , 1662 8044 54 rice rice NN 1662 8044 55 , , , 1662 8044 56 citrus citrus NN 1662 8044 57 , , , 1662 8044 58 pineapples pineapple NNS 1662 8044 59 , , , 1662 8044 60 corn corn NN 1662 8044 61 , , , 1662 8044 62 sorghum sorghum NN 1662 8044 63 , , , 1662 8044 64 peanuts peanut NNS 1662 8044 65 ; ; : 1662 8044 66 cattle cattle NNS 1662 8044 67 , , , 1662 8044 68 goats goat NNS 1662 8044 69 , , , 1662 8044 70 sheep sheep NN 1662 8044 71 Exports export NNS 1662 8044 72 : : : 1662 8044 73 total total JJ 1662 8044 74 value value NN 1662 8044 75 : : : 1662 8044 76 $ $ $ 1662 8044 77 700 700 CD 1662 8044 78 million million CD 1662 8044 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8044 80 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 8044 81 . . NNP 1662 8044 82 , , , 1662 8044 83 1996 1996 CD 1662 8044 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8044 85 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8044 86 : : : 1662 8044 87 soft soft JJ 1662 8044 88 drink drink NN 1662 8044 89 concentrates concentrate NNS 1662 8044 90 , , , 1662 8044 91 sugar sugar NN 1662 8044 92 , , , 1662 8044 93 wood wood NN 1662 8044 94 pulp pulp NN 1662 8044 95 , , , 1662 8044 96 cotton cotton NN 1662 8044 97 yarn yarn NN 1662 8044 98 partners partner NNS 1662 8044 99 : : : 1662 8044 100 South South NNP 1662 8044 101 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8044 102 58 58 CD 1662 8044 103 % % NN 1662 8044 104 , , , 1662 8044 105 EU EU NNP 1662 8044 106 20 20 CD 1662 8044 107 % % NN 1662 8044 108 , , , 1662 8044 109 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 8044 110 6 6 CD 1662 8044 111 % % NN 1662 8044 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8044 113 1994 1994 CD 1662 8044 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8044 115 Imports import NNS 1662 8044 116 : : : 1662 8044 117 total total JJ 1662 8044 118 value value NN 1662 8044 119 : : : 1662 8044 120 $ $ $ 1662 8044 121 831 831 CD 1662 8044 122 million million CD 1662 8044 123 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8044 124 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 8044 125 . . NNP 1662 8044 126 , , , 1662 8044 127 1996 1996 CD 1662 8044 128 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8044 129 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8044 130 : : : 1662 8044 131 motor motor NN 1662 8044 132 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 8044 133 , , , 1662 8044 134 machinery machinery NN 1662 8044 135 , , , 1662 8044 136 transport transport NN 1662 8044 137 equipment equipment NN 1662 8044 138 , , , 1662 8044 139 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8044 140 products product NNS 1662 8044 141 , , , 1662 8044 142 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 8044 143 , , , 1662 8044 144 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8044 145 partners partner NNS 1662 8044 146 : : : 1662 8044 147 South South NNP 1662 8044 148 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8044 149 88 88 CD 1662 8044 150 % % NN 1662 8044 151 , , , 1662 8044 152 Japan Japan NNP 1662 8044 153 , , , 1662 8044 154 UK UK NNP 1662 8044 155 , , , 1662 8044 156 US US NNP 1662 8044 157 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8044 158 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 8044 159 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8044 160 Debt debt NN 1662 8044 161 - - HYPH 1662 8044 162 external external JJ 1662 8044 163 : : : 1662 8044 164 $ $ $ 1662 8044 165 175 175 CD 1662 8044 166 million million CD 1662 8044 167 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8044 168 1995 1995 CD 1662 8044 169 est est NNP 1662 8044 170 . . . 1662 8044 171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8045 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 8045 2 aid aid NN 1662 8045 3 : : : 1662 8045 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 8045 5 : : : 1662 8045 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 8045 7 , , , 1662 8045 8 $ $ $ 1662 8045 9 NA NA NNP 1662 8045 10 Currency currency NN 1662 8045 11 : : : 1662 8045 12 1 1 CD 1662 8045 13 lilangeni lilangeni NN 1662 8045 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8045 15 E e NN 1662 8045 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8045 17 = = NFP 1662 8045 18 100 100 CD 1662 8045 19 cents cent NNS 1662 8045 20 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 8045 21 rates rate NNS 1662 8045 22 : : : 1662 8045 23 emalangeni emalangeni NNP 1662 8045 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8045 25 E E NNP 1662 8045 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8045 27 per per IN 1662 8045 28 US$ us$ $ 1662 8045 29 1 1 CD 1662 8045 30 - - SYM 1662 8045 31 4.6410 4.6410 CD 1662 8045 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8045 33 January January NNP 1662 8045 34 1997 1997 CD 1662 8045 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8045 36 , , , 1662 8045 37 4.2706 4.2706 CD 1662 8045 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8045 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 8045 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8045 41 , , , 1662 8045 42 3.6266 3.6266 CD 1662 8045 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8045 44 1995 1995 CD 1662 8045 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8045 46 , , , 1662 8045 47 3.5490 3.5490 CD 1662 8045 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8045 49 1994 1994 CD 1662 8045 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8045 51 , , , 1662 8045 52 3.2636 3.2636 CD 1662 8045 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8045 54 1993 1993 CD 1662 8045 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8045 56 , , , 1662 8045 57 2.8497 2.8497 CD 1662 8045 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8045 59 1992 1992 CD 1662 8045 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8045 61 ; ; : 1662 8045 62 note note VB 1662 8045 63 - - : 1662 8045 64 the the DT 1662 8045 65 Swazi Swazi NNP 1662 8045 66 emalangeni emalangeni NN 1662 8045 67 are be VBP 1662 8045 68 at at IN 1662 8045 69 par par NN 1662 8045 70 with with IN 1662 8045 71 the the DT 1662 8045 72 South south JJ 1662 8045 73 African african JJ 1662 8045 74 rand rand NN 1662 8045 75 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8045 76 year year NN 1662 8045 77 : : : 1662 8045 78 1 1 CD 1662 8045 79 April April NNP 1662 8045 80 - - HYPH 1662 8045 81 31 31 CD 1662 8045 82 March March NNP 1662 8045 83 @Swaziland @swaziland NN 1662 8045 84 : : : 1662 8045 85 Communications communication NNS 1662 8045 86 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 8045 87 : : : 1662 8045 88 30,364 30,364 CD 1662 8045 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8045 90 1993 1993 CD 1662 8045 91 est est NNP 1662 8045 92 . . . 1662 8045 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8046 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8046 2 system system NN 1662 8046 3 : : : 1662 8046 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8046 5 : : : 1662 8046 6 system system NN 1662 8046 7 consists consist VBZ 1662 8046 8 of of IN 1662 8046 9 carrier carrier NN 1662 8046 10 - - HYPH 1662 8046 11 equipped equip VBN 1662 8046 12 , , , 1662 8046 13 open open JJ 1662 8046 14 - - HYPH 1662 8046 15 wire wire NN 1662 8046 16 lines line NNS 1662 8046 17 and and CC 1662 8046 18 low low JJ 1662 8046 19 - - HYPH 1662 8046 20 capacity capacity NN 1662 8046 21 , , , 1662 8046 22 microwave microwave NN 1662 8046 23 radio radio NN 1662 8046 24 relay relay NN 1662 8046 25 international international NNP 1662 8046 26 : : : 1662 8046 27 satellite satellite NN 1662 8046 28 earth earth NNP 1662 8046 29 station station NNP 1662 8046 30 - - : 1662 8046 31 1 1 CD 1662 8046 32 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8046 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8046 34 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8046 35 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8046 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8046 37 Radio radio NN 1662 8046 38 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8046 39 stations station NNS 1662 8046 40 : : : 1662 8046 41 AM AM NNP 1662 8046 42 7 7 CD 1662 8046 43 , , , 1662 8046 44 FM FM NNP 1662 8046 45 6 6 CD 1662 8046 46 , , , 1662 8046 47 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 8046 48 0 0 CD 1662 8046 49 Radios radio NNS 1662 8046 50 : : : 1662 8046 51 129,000 129,000 CD 1662 8046 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8046 53 1992 1992 CD 1662 8046 54 est est NNP 1662 8046 55 . . . 1662 8046 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8047 1 Television television NN 1662 8047 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8047 3 stations station NNS 1662 8047 4 : : : 1662 8047 5 10 10 CD 1662 8047 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 8047 7 : : : 1662 8047 8 12,500 12,500 CD 1662 8047 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8047 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 8047 11 est est NNP 1662 8047 12 . . . 1662 8047 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8048 1 @Swaziland @swaziland NN 1662 8048 2 : : : 1662 8048 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8048 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8048 5 : : : 1662 8048 6 total total NN 1662 8048 7 : : : 1662 8048 8 297 297 CD 1662 8048 9 km km NN 1662 8048 10 ; ; : 1662 8048 11 note note NN 1662 8048 12 - - HYPH 1662 8048 13 includes include VBZ 1662 8048 14 71 71 CD 1662 8048 15 km km NN 1662 8048 16 which which WDT 1662 8048 17 are be VBP 1662 8048 18 not not RB 1662 8048 19 in in IN 1662 8048 20 use use NN 1662 8048 21 narrow narrow JJ 1662 8048 22 gauge gauge NN 1662 8048 23 : : : 1662 8048 24 297 297 CD 1662 8048 25 km km NN 1662 8048 26 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 8048 27 gauge gauge NN 1662 8048 28 Highways highway NNS 1662 8048 29 : : : 1662 8048 30 total total NN 1662 8048 31 : : : 1662 8048 32 2,885 2,885 CD 1662 8048 33 km km NNS 1662 8048 34 paved pave VBN 1662 8048 35 : : : 1662 8048 36 814 814 CD 1662 8048 37 km km NN 1662 8048 38 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8048 39 : : : 1662 8048 40 2,071 2,071 CD 1662 8048 41 km km NNS 1662 8048 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8048 43 1994 1994 CD 1662 8048 44 est est NNP 1662 8048 45 . . . 1662 8048 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8049 1 Ports port NNS 1662 8049 2 and and CC 1662 8049 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8049 4 : : : 1662 8049 5 none none NN 1662 8049 6 Airports airport NNS 1662 8049 7 : : : 1662 8049 8 17 17 CD 1662 8049 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8049 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 8049 11 est est NNP 1662 8049 12 . . . 1662 8049 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8050 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8050 2 - - , 1662 8050 3 with with IN 1662 8050 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8050 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8050 6 : : : 1662 8050 7 total total NN 1662 8050 8 : : : 1662 8050 9 11 11 CD 1662 8050 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8050 11 to to IN 1662 8050 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8050 13 m m NN 1662 8050 14 : : : 1662 8050 15 1 1 CD 1662 8050 16 under under IN 1662 8050 17 914 914 CD 1662 8050 18 m m NN 1662 8050 19 : : : 1662 8050 20 10 10 CD 1662 8050 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8050 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 8050 23 est est NNP 1662 8050 24 . . . 1662 8050 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8051 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8051 2 - - , 1662 8051 3 with with IN 1662 8051 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8051 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8051 6 : : : 1662 8051 7 total total NN 1662 8051 8 : : : 1662 8051 9 6 6 CD 1662 8051 10 914 914 CD 1662 8051 11 to to TO 1662 8051 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8051 13 m m NN 1662 8051 14 : : : 1662 8051 15 6 6 CD 1662 8051 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8051 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 8051 18 est est NNP 1662 8051 19 . . . 1662 8051 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8052 1 Military military JJ 1662 8052 2 Military military JJ 1662 8052 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8052 4 : : : 1662 8052 5 Umbutfo Umbutfo NNP 1662 8052 6 Swaziland Swaziland NNP 1662 8052 7 Defense Defense NNP 1662 8052 8 Force Force NNP 1662 8052 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8052 10 Army Army NNP 1662 8052 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8052 12 , , , 1662 8052 13 Royal Royal NNP 1662 8052 14 Swaziland Swaziland NNP 1662 8052 15 Police Police NNP 1662 8052 16 Force Force NNP 1662 8052 17 Military Military NNP 1662 8052 18 manpower manpower NN 1662 8052 19 - - HYPH 1662 8052 20 availability availability NN 1662 8052 21 : : : 1662 8052 22 males male NNS 1662 8052 23 age age NNP 1662 8052 24 15 15 CD 1662 8052 25 - - HYPH 1662 8052 26 49 49 CD 1662 8052 27 : : : 1662 8052 28 228,109 228,109 CD 1662 8052 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8052 30 1997 1997 CD 1662 8052 31 est est NNP 1662 8052 32 . . . 1662 8052 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8053 1 Military military JJ 1662 8053 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8053 3 - - HYPH 1662 8053 4 fit fit NN 1662 8053 5 for for IN 1662 8053 6 military military JJ 1662 8053 7 service service NN 1662 8053 8 : : : 1662 8053 9 males male NNS 1662 8053 10 : : : 1662 8053 11 131,872 131,872 CD 1662 8053 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8053 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8053 14 est est NNP 1662 8053 15 . . . 1662 8053 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8054 1 Military military JJ 1662 8054 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8054 3 - - HYPH 1662 8054 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8054 5 figure figure NN 1662 8054 6 : : : 1662 8054 7 $ $ $ 1662 8054 8 22 22 CD 1662 8054 9 million million CD 1662 8054 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8054 11 FY93/94 fy93/94 CD 1662 8054 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8054 13 Military military JJ 1662 8054 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8054 15 - - : 1662 8054 16 percent percent NN 1662 8054 17 of of IN 1662 8054 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8054 19 : : : 1662 8054 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 8054 21 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8054 22 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8054 23 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 8054 24 - - : 1662 8054 25 international international JJ 1662 8054 26 : : : 1662 8054 27 Swaziland Swaziland NNP 1662 8054 28 has have VBZ 1662 8054 29 asked ask VBN 1662 8054 30 South South NNP 1662 8054 31 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8054 32 to to TO 1662 8054 33 open open VB 1662 8054 34 negotiations negotiation NNS 1662 8054 35 on on IN 1662 8054 36 reincorporating reincorporate VBG 1662 8054 37 some some DT 1662 8054 38 nearby nearby JJ 1662 8054 39 South south JJ 1662 8054 40 African african JJ 1662 8054 41 territories territory NNS 1662 8054 42 that that WDT 1662 8054 43 are be VBP 1662 8054 44 populated populate VBN 1662 8054 45 by by IN 1662 8054 46 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8054 47 Swazis Swazis NNP 1662 8054 48 or or CC 1662 8054 49 that that WDT 1662 8054 50 were be VBD 1662 8054 51 long long RB 1662 8054 52 ago ago RB 1662 8054 53 part part NN 1662 8054 54 of of IN 1662 8054 55 the the DT 1662 8054 56 Swazi Swazi NNP 1662 8054 57 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 8054 58 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 59 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 60 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 61 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 62 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 63 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 64 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 65 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 66 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 67 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 68 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 69 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 70 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 71 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 72 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 73 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 74 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 75 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 76 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 77 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 78 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 79 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 80 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 81 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 82 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 83 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 84 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 85 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 86 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 87 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 88 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 89 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 90 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 91 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 92 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 93 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 94 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 95 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 96 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 97 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 98 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 99 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 100 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 101 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 102 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 103 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 104 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 105 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 106 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 107 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 108 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 109 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 110 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 111 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 112 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 113 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 114 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 115 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 116 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 117 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 118 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 119 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 120 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 121 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 122 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 123 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 124 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 125 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 126 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 127 _ _ NNP 1662 8054 128 SWEDEN SWEDEN NNP 1662 8054 129 @Sweden @sweden NN 1662 8054 130 : : : 1662 8054 131 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8054 132 Location Location NNP 1662 8054 133 : : : 1662 8054 134 Northern Northern NNP 1662 8054 135 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8054 136 , , , 1662 8054 137 bordering border VBG 1662 8054 138 the the DT 1662 8054 139 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 8054 140 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8054 141 , , , 1662 8054 142 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 8054 143 of of IN 1662 8054 144 Bothnia Bothnia NNP 1662 8054 145 , , , 1662 8054 146 Kattegat Kattegat NNP 1662 8054 147 , , , 1662 8054 148 and and CC 1662 8054 149 Skagerrak Skagerrak NNP 1662 8054 150 , , , 1662 8054 151 between between IN 1662 8054 152 Finland Finland NNP 1662 8054 153 and and CC 1662 8054 154 Norway Norway NNP 1662 8054 155 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8054 156 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8054 157 : : : 1662 8054 158 62 62 CD 1662 8054 159 00 00 NFP 1662 8054 160 N n CD 1662 8054 161 , , , 1662 8054 162 15 15 CD 1662 8054 163 00 00 CD 1662 8054 164 E e NN 1662 8054 165 Map Map NNP 1662 8054 166 references reference NNS 1662 8054 167 : : : 1662 8054 168 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8054 169 Area Area NNP 1662 8054 170 : : : 1662 8054 171 total total NN 1662 8054 172 : : : 1662 8054 173 449,964 449,964 CD 1662 8054 174 sq sq NNP 1662 8054 175 km km NNP 1662 8054 176 land land NN 1662 8054 177 : : : 1662 8054 178 410,928 410,928 CD 1662 8054 179 sq sq RB 1662 8054 180 km km NNP 1662 8054 181 water water NN 1662 8054 182 : : : 1662 8054 183 39,036 39,036 CD 1662 8054 184 sq sq NN 1662 8054 185 km km NNP 1662 8054 186 Area area NN 1662 8054 187 - - HYPH 1662 8054 188 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8054 189 : : : 1662 8054 190 slightly slightly RB 1662 8054 191 larger large JJR 1662 8054 192 than than IN 1662 8054 193 California California NNP 1662 8054 194 Land Land NNP 1662 8054 195 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8054 196 : : : 1662 8054 197 total total NN 1662 8054 198 : : : 1662 8054 199 2,205 2,205 CD 1662 8054 200 km km NN 1662 8054 201 border border NN 1662 8054 202 countries country NNS 1662 8054 203 : : : 1662 8054 204 Finland Finland NNP 1662 8054 205 586 586 CD 1662 8054 206 km km NNS 1662 8054 207 , , , 1662 8054 208 Norway Norway NNP 1662 8054 209 1,619 1,619 CD 1662 8054 210 km km NN 1662 8054 211 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8054 212 : : : 1662 8054 213 3,218 3,218 CD 1662 8054 214 km km NN 1662 8054 215 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8054 216 claims claim VBZ 1662 8054 217 : : : 1662 8054 218 continental continental NNP 1662 8054 219 shelf shelf NNP 1662 8054 220 : : : 1662 8054 221 200-m 200-m CD 1662 8054 222 depth depth NN 1662 8054 223 or or CC 1662 8054 224 to to IN 1662 8054 225 the the DT 1662 8054 226 depth depth NN 1662 8054 227 of of IN 1662 8054 228 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 8054 229 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 8054 230 economic economic JJ 1662 8054 231 zone zone NN 1662 8054 232 : : : 1662 8054 233 agreed agree VBN 1662 8054 234 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8054 235 or or CC 1662 8054 236 midlines midline NNS 1662 8054 237 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8054 238 sea sea NN 1662 8054 239 : : : 1662 8054 240 12 12 CD 1662 8054 241 nm nm CD 1662 8054 242 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8054 243 adjustments adjustment NNS 1662 8054 244 made make VBN 1662 8054 245 to to TO 1662 8054 246 return return VB 1662 8054 247 a a DT 1662 8054 248 portion portion NN 1662 8054 249 of of IN 1662 8054 250 straits strait NNS 1662 8054 251 to to IN 1662 8054 252 high high JJ 1662 8054 253 seas sea NNS 1662 8054 254 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8054 255 Climate climate NN 1662 8054 256 : : : 1662 8054 257 temperate temperate VB 1662 8054 258 in in IN 1662 8054 259 south south NN 1662 8054 260 with with IN 1662 8054 261 cold cold JJ 1662 8054 262 , , , 1662 8054 263 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 8054 264 winters winter NNS 1662 8054 265 and and CC 1662 8054 266 cool cool JJ 1662 8054 267 , , , 1662 8054 268 partly partly RB 1662 8054 269 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 8054 270 summers summer NNS 1662 8054 271 ; ; : 1662 8054 272 subarctic subarctic JJ 1662 8054 273 in in IN 1662 8054 274 north north JJ 1662 8054 275 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8054 276 : : : 1662 8054 277 mostly mostly RB 1662 8054 278 flat flat JJ 1662 8054 279 or or CC 1662 8054 280 gently gently RB 1662 8054 281 rolling roll VBG 1662 8054 282 lowlands lowland NNS 1662 8054 283 ; ; : 1662 8054 284 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8054 285 in in IN 1662 8054 286 west west NNP 1662 8054 287 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8054 288 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8054 289 : : : 1662 8054 290 lowest low JJS 1662 8054 291 point point NN 1662 8054 292 : : : 1662 8054 293 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 8054 294 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8054 295 0 0 NFP 1662 8054 296 m m DT 1662 8054 297 highest high JJS 1662 8054 298 point point NN 1662 8054 299 : : : 1662 8054 300 Kebnekaise kebnekaise IN 1662 8054 301 2,111 2,111 CD 1662 8054 302 m m NNP 1662 8054 303 Natural natural JJ 1662 8054 304 resources resource NNS 1662 8054 305 : : : 1662 8054 306 zinc zinc NN 1662 8054 307 , , , 1662 8054 308 iron iron NN 1662 8054 309 ore ore NN 1662 8054 310 , , , 1662 8054 311 lead lead NN 1662 8054 312 , , , 1662 8054 313 copper copper NN 1662 8054 314 , , , 1662 8054 315 silver silver NN 1662 8054 316 , , , 1662 8054 317 timber timber NN 1662 8054 318 , , , 1662 8054 319 uranium uranium NN 1662 8054 320 , , , 1662 8054 321 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 8054 322 potential potential JJ 1662 8054 323 Land Land NNP 1662 8054 324 use use NN 1662 8054 325 : : : 1662 8054 326 arable arable JJ 1662 8054 327 land land NN 1662 8054 328 : : : 1662 8054 329 7 7 CD 1662 8054 330 % % NN 1662 8054 331 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8054 332 crops crop NNS 1662 8054 333 : : : 1662 8054 334 0 0 CD 1662 8054 335 % % NN 1662 8054 336 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8054 337 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8054 338 : : : 1662 8054 339 1 1 CD 1662 8054 340 % % NN 1662 8054 341 forests forest NNS 1662 8054 342 and and CC 1662 8054 343 woodland woodland JJ 1662 8054 344 : : : 1662 8054 345 68 68 CD 1662 8054 346 % % NN 1662 8054 347 other other JJ 1662 8054 348 : : : 1662 8054 349 24 24 CD 1662 8054 350 % % NN 1662 8054 351 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8054 352 1993 1993 CD 1662 8054 353 est est NNP 1662 8054 354 . . . 1662 8054 355 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8055 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8055 2 land land NN 1662 8055 3 : : : 1662 8055 4 1,150 1,150 CD 1662 8055 5 sq sq NNP 1662 8055 6 km km NNP 1662 8055 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8055 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8055 9 est est NNP 1662 8055 10 . . . 1662 8055 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8056 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8056 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8056 3 : : : 1662 8056 4 ice ice NN 1662 8056 5 floes floe NNS 1662 8056 6 in in IN 1662 8056 7 the the DT 1662 8056 8 surrounding surround VBG 1662 8056 9 waters water NNS 1662 8056 10 , , , 1662 8056 11 especially especially RB 1662 8056 12 in in IN 1662 8056 13 the the DT 1662 8056 14 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 8056 15 of of IN 1662 8056 16 Bothnia Bothnia NNP 1662 8056 17 , , , 1662 8056 18 can can MD 1662 8056 19 interfere interfere VB 1662 8056 20 with with IN 1662 8056 21 maritime maritime JJ 1662 8056 22 traffic traffic NN 1662 8056 23 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8056 24 - - HYPH 1662 8056 25 current current JJ 1662 8056 26 issues issue NNS 1662 8056 27 : : : 1662 8056 28 acid acid JJ 1662 8056 29 rain rain NN 1662 8056 30 damaging damage VBG 1662 8056 31 soils soil NNS 1662 8056 32 and and CC 1662 8056 33 lakes lake NNS 1662 8056 34 ; ; : 1662 8056 35 pollution pollution NN 1662 8056 36 of of IN 1662 8056 37 the the DT 1662 8056 38 North North NNP 1662 8056 39 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8056 40 and and CC 1662 8056 41 the the DT 1662 8056 42 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 8056 43 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8056 44 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8056 45 - - HYPH 1662 8056 46 international international JJ 1662 8056 47 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8056 48 : : : 1662 8056 49 party party NN 1662 8056 50 to to TO 1662 8056 51 : : : 1662 8056 52 Air Air NNP 1662 8056 53 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8056 54 , , , 1662 8056 55 Air Air NNP 1662 8056 56 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8056 57 - - HYPH 1662 8056 58 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 8056 59 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 8056 60 , , , 1662 8056 61 Air Air NNP 1662 8056 62 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8056 63 - - HYPH 1662 8056 64 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 8056 65 85 85 CD 1662 8056 66 , , , 1662 8056 67 Air Air NNP 1662 8056 68 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8056 69 - - HYPH 1662 8056 70 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 8056 71 94 94 CD 1662 8056 72 , , , 1662 8056 73 Air Air NNP 1662 8056 74 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8056 75 - - HYPH 1662 8056 76 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 8056 77 Organic Organic NNP 1662 8056 78 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 8056 79 , , , 1662 8056 80 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 8056 81 - - HYPH 1662 8056 82 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 8056 83 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 8056 84 , , , 1662 8056 85 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 8056 86 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 8056 87 , , , 1662 8056 88 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 8056 89 , , , 1662 8056 90 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8056 91 Change Change NNP 1662 8056 92 , , , 1662 8056 93 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 8056 94 , , , 1662 8056 95 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 8056 96 Species Species NNPS 1662 8056 97 , , , 1662 8056 98 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 8056 99 Modification Modification NNP 1662 8056 100 , , , 1662 8056 101 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 8056 102 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 8056 103 , , , 1662 8056 104 Law Law NNP 1662 8056 105 of of IN 1662 8056 106 the the DT 1662 8056 107 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8056 108 , , , 1662 8056 109 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8056 110 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 8056 111 , , , 1662 8056 112 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8056 113 Test Test NNP 1662 8056 114 Ban Ban NNP 1662 8056 115 , , , 1662 8056 116 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8056 117 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8056 118 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8056 119 , , , 1662 8056 120 Ship Ship NNP 1662 8056 121 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8056 122 , , , 1662 8056 123 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 8056 124 Timber Timber NNP 1662 8056 125 83 83 CD 1662 8056 126 , , , 1662 8056 127 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 8056 128 Timber Timber NNP 1662 8056 129 94 94 CD 1662 8056 130 , , , 1662 8056 131 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 8056 132 signed sign VBD 1662 8056 133 , , , 1662 8056 134 but but CC 1662 8056 135 not not RB 1662 8056 136 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8056 137 : : : 1662 8056 138 none none NN 1662 8056 139 of of IN 1662 8056 140 the the DT 1662 8056 141 selected select VBN 1662 8056 142 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8056 143 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8056 144 - - HYPH 1662 8056 145 note note NNP 1662 8056 146 : : : 1662 8056 147 strategic strategic JJ 1662 8056 148 location location NN 1662 8056 149 along along IN 1662 8056 150 Danish Danish NNP 1662 8056 151 Straits Straits NNPS 1662 8056 152 linking link VBG 1662 8056 153 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 8056 154 and and CC 1662 8056 155 North North NNP 1662 8056 156 Seas Seas NNPS 1662 8056 157 @Sweden @sweden NN 1662 8056 158 : : : 1662 8056 159 People People NNPS 1662 8056 160 Population Population NNP 1662 8056 161 : : : 1662 8056 162 8,865,051 8,865,051 CD 1662 8056 163 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8056 164 July July NNP 1662 8056 165 1997 1997 CD 1662 8056 166 est est NNP 1662 8056 167 . . . 1662 8056 168 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8057 1 Age age NN 1662 8057 2 structure structure NN 1662 8057 3 : : : 1662 8057 4 0 0 CD 1662 8057 5 - - HYPH 1662 8057 6 14 14 CD 1662 8057 7 years year NNS 1662 8057 8 : : : 1662 8057 9 19 19 CD 1662 8057 10 % % NN 1662 8057 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8057 12 male male JJ 1662 8057 13 849,093 849,093 CD 1662 8057 14 ; ; : 1662 8057 15 female female JJ 1662 8057 16 805,087 805,087 CD 1662 8057 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8057 18 15 15 CD 1662 8057 19 - - HYPH 1662 8057 20 64 64 CD 1662 8057 21 years year NNS 1662 8057 22 : : : 1662 8057 23 64 64 CD 1662 8057 24 % % NN 1662 8057 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8057 26 male male JJ 1662 8057 27 2,876,064 2,876,064 CD 1662 8057 28 ; ; , 1662 8057 29 female female JJ 1662 8057 30 2,784,346 2,784,346 CD 1662 8057 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8057 32 65 65 CD 1662 8057 33 years year NNS 1662 8057 34 and and CC 1662 8057 35 over over IN 1662 8057 36 : : : 1662 8057 37 17 17 CD 1662 8057 38 % % NN 1662 8057 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8057 40 male male JJ 1662 8057 41 655,490 655,490 CD 1662 8057 42 ; ; : 1662 8057 43 female female JJ 1662 8057 44 894,971 894,971 CD 1662 8057 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8057 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8057 47 July July NNP 1662 8057 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8057 49 est est NNP 1662 8057 50 . . . 1662 8057 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8058 1 Population population NN 1662 8058 2 growth growth NN 1662 8058 3 rate rate NN 1662 8058 4 : : : 1662 8058 5 0.23 0.23 CD 1662 8058 6 % % NN 1662 8058 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8058 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8058 9 est est NNP 1662 8058 10 . . . 1662 8058 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8059 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8059 2 rate rate NN 1662 8059 3 : : : 1662 8059 4 11.37 11.37 CD 1662 8059 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 8059 6 population population NN 1662 8059 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8059 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8059 9 est est NNP 1662 8059 10 . . . 1662 8059 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8060 1 Death death NN 1662 8060 2 rate rate NN 1662 8060 3 : : : 1662 8060 4 10.78 10.78 CD 1662 8060 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8060 6 population population NN 1662 8060 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8060 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8060 9 est est NNP 1662 8060 10 . . . 1662 8060 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8061 1 Net net JJ 1662 8061 2 migration migration NN 1662 8061 3 rate rate NN 1662 8061 4 : : : 1662 8061 5 1.69 1.69 CD 1662 8061 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 8061 7 population population NN 1662 8061 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8061 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8061 10 est est 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5 : : : 1662 8067 6 NA% na% ADD 1662 8067 7 @Sweden @sweden FW 1662 8067 8 : : : 1662 8067 9 Government Government NNP 1662 8067 10 Country Country NNP 1662 8067 11 name name NN 1662 8067 12 : : : 1662 8067 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8067 14 long long JJ 1662 8067 15 form form NN 1662 8067 16 : : : 1662 8067 17 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 8067 18 of of IN 1662 8067 19 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 8067 20 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8067 21 short short JJ 1662 8067 22 form form NN 1662 8067 23 : : : 1662 8067 24 Sweden sweden JJ 1662 8067 25 local local JJ 1662 8067 26 long long JJ 1662 8067 27 form form NN 1662 8067 28 : : : 1662 8067 29 Konungariket Konungariket NNP 1662 8067 30 Sverige Sverige NNP 1662 8067 31 local local JJ 1662 8067 32 short short JJ 1662 8067 33 form form NN 1662 8067 34 : : : 1662 8067 35 Sverige Sverige NNP 1662 8067 36 Data Data NNP 1662 8067 37 code code NN 1662 8067 38 : : : 1662 8067 39 SW SW NNP 1662 8067 40 Government Government NNP 1662 8067 41 type type NN 1662 8067 42 : : : 1662 8067 43 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 8067 44 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 8067 45 National national JJ 1662 8067 46 capital capital NN 1662 8067 47 : : : 1662 8067 48 Stockholm Stockholm NNP 1662 8067 49 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 8067 50 divisions division NNS 1662 8067 51 : : : 1662 8067 52 24 24 CD 1662 8067 53 provinces province NNS 1662 8067 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8067 55 lan lan NNP 1662 8067 56 , , , 1662 8067 57 singular singular JJ 1662 8067 58 and and CC 1662 8067 59 plural plural JJ 1662 8067 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8067 61 ; ; : 1662 8067 62 Alvsborgs Alvsborgs NNP 1662 8067 63 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 64 , , , 1662 8067 65 Blekinge Blekinge NNP 1662 8067 66 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 67 , , , 1662 8067 68 Gavleborgs Gavleborgs NNP 1662 8067 69 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 70 , , , 1662 8067 71 Goteborgs Goteborgs NNP 1662 8067 72 och och CC 1662 8067 73 Bohus Bohus NNP 1662 8067 74 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 75 , , , 1662 8067 76 Gotlands Gotlands NNP 1662 8067 77 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 78 , , , 1662 8067 79 Hallands Hallands NNP 1662 8067 80 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 81 , , , 1662 8067 82 Jamtlands Jamtlands NNPS 1662 8067 83 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 84 , , , 1662 8067 85 Jonkopings Jonkopings NNP 1662 8067 86 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 87 , , , 1662 8067 88 Kalmar Kalmar NNP 1662 8067 89 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 90 , , , 1662 8067 91 Kopparbergs Kopparbergs NNP 1662 8067 92 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 93 , , , 1662 8067 94 Kristianstads Kristianstads NNP 1662 8067 95 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 96 , , , 1662 8067 97 Kronobergs Kronobergs NNP 1662 8067 98 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 99 , , , 1662 8067 100 Malmohus Malmohus NNP 1662 8067 101 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 102 , , , 1662 8067 103 Norrbottens Norrbottens NNP 1662 8067 104 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 105 , , , 1662 8067 106 Orebro Orebro NNP 1662 8067 107 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 108 , , , 1662 8067 109 Ostergotlands Ostergotlands NNP 1662 8067 110 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 111 , , , 1662 8067 112 Skaraborgs Skaraborgs NNP 1662 8067 113 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 114 , , , 1662 8067 115 Sodermanlands Sodermanlands NNP 1662 8067 116 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 117 , , , 1662 8067 118 Stockholms Stockholms NNP 1662 8067 119 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 120 , , , 1662 8067 121 Uppsala Uppsala NNP 1662 8067 122 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 123 , , , 1662 8067 124 Varmlands Varmlands NNP 1662 8067 125 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 126 , , , 1662 8067 127 Vasterbottens Vasterbottens NNP 1662 8067 128 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 129 , , , 1662 8067 130 Vasternorrlands Vasternorrlands NNP 1662 8067 131 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 132 , , , 1662 8067 133 Vastmanlands Vastmanlands NNP 1662 8067 134 Lan Lan NNP 1662 8067 135 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8067 136 : : : 1662 8067 137 6 6 CD 1662 8067 138 June June NNP 1662 8067 139 1523 1523 CD 1662 8067 140 , , , 1662 8067 141 Gustav Gustav NNP 1662 8067 142 VASA VASA NNP 1662 8067 143 was be VBD 1662 8067 144 elected elect VBN 1662 8067 145 king king NN 1662 8067 146 ; ; : 1662 8067 147 6 6 CD 1662 8067 148 June June NNP 1662 8067 149 1809 1809 CD 1662 8067 150 , , , 1662 8067 151 a a DT 1662 8067 152 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 8067 153 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 8067 154 was be VBD 1662 8067 155 established establish VBN 1662 8067 156 National national JJ 1662 8067 157 holiday holiday NN 1662 8067 158 : : : 1662 8067 159 Day day NN 1662 8067 160 of of IN 1662 8067 161 the the DT 1662 8067 162 Swedish Swedish NNP 1662 8067 163 Flag Flag NNP 1662 8067 164 , , , 1662 8067 165 6 6 CD 1662 8067 166 June June NNP 1662 8067 167 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 8067 168 : : : 1662 8067 169 1 1 CD 1662 8067 170 January January NNP 1662 8067 171 1975 1975 CD 1662 8067 172 Legal legal JJ 1662 8067 173 system system NN 1662 8067 174 : : : 1662 8067 175 civil civil JJ 1662 8067 176 law law NN 1662 8067 177 system system NN 1662 8067 178 influenced influence VBN 1662 8067 179 by by IN 1662 8067 180 customary customary JJ 1662 8067 181 law law NN 1662 8067 182 ; ; : 1662 8067 183 accepts accept VBZ 1662 8067 184 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 8067 185 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 8067 186 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 8067 187 , , , 1662 8067 188 with with IN 1662 8067 189 reservations reservation NNS 1662 8067 190 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 8067 191 : : : 1662 8067 192 18 18 CD 1662 8067 193 years year NNS 1662 8067 194 of of IN 1662 8067 195 age age NN 1662 8067 196 ; ; : 1662 8067 197 universal universal JJ 1662 8067 198 Executive Executive NNP 1662 8067 199 branch branch NN 1662 8067 200 : : : 1662 8067 201 chief chief NN 1662 8067 202 of of IN 1662 8067 203 state state NN 1662 8067 204 : : : 1662 8067 205 King King NNP 1662 8067 206 CARL CARL NNP 1662 8067 207 XVI XVI NNP 1662 8067 208 GUSTAF GUSTAF NNP 1662 8067 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8067 210 since since IN 1662 8067 211 19 19 CD 1662 8067 212 September September NNP 1662 8067 213 1973 1973 CD 1662 8067 214 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8067 215 ; ; : 1662 8067 216 Heir Heir NNP 1662 8067 217 Apparent Apparent NNP 1662 8067 218 Princess Princess NNP 1662 8067 219 VICTORIA VICTORIA NNP 1662 8067 220 Ingrid Ingrid NNP 1662 8067 221 Alice Alice NNP 1662 8067 222 Desiree Desiree NNP 1662 8067 223 , , , 1662 8067 224 daughter daughter NN 1662 8067 225 of of IN 1662 8067 226 the the DT 1662 8067 227 king king NN 1662 8067 228 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8067 229 born bear VBN 1662 8067 230 14 14 CD 1662 8067 231 July July NNP 1662 8067 232 1977 1977 CD 1662 8067 233 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8067 234 head head NN 1662 8067 235 of of IN 1662 8067 236 government government NN 1662 8067 237 : : : 1662 8067 238 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8067 239 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8067 240 Goran Goran NNP 1662 8067 241 PERSSON PERSSON NNP 1662 8067 242 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8067 243 since since IN 1662 8067 244 21 21 CD 1662 8067 245 March March NNP 1662 8067 246 1996 1996 CD 1662 8067 247 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8067 248 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 8067 249 : : : 1662 8067 250 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 8067 251 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8067 252 by by IN 1662 8067 253 the the DT 1662 8067 254 prime prime NNP 1662 8067 255 minister minister NNP 1662 8067 256 elections election NNS 1662 8067 257 : : : 1662 8067 258 the the DT 1662 8067 259 king king NN 1662 8067 260 is be VBZ 1662 8067 261 a a DT 1662 8067 262 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 8067 263 monarch monarch NN 1662 8067 264 ; ; : 1662 8067 265 prime prime NNP 1662 8067 266 minister minister NNP 1662 8067 267 elected elect VBN 1662 8067 268 by by IN 1662 8067 269 the the DT 1662 8067 270 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 8067 271 ; ; : 1662 8067 272 election election NN 1662 8067 273 last last JJ 1662 8067 274 held hold VBN 1662 8067 275 NA NA NNP 1662 8067 276 March March NNP 1662 8067 277 1996 1996 CD 1662 8067 278 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8067 279 next next JJ 1662 8067 280 to to TO 1662 8067 281 be be VB 1662 8067 282 held hold VBN 1662 8067 283 NA NA NNP 1662 8067 284 1998 1998 CD 1662 8067 285 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8067 286 election election NN 1662 8067 287 results result NNS 1662 8067 288 : : : 1662 8067 289 Goran Goran NNP 1662 8067 290 PERSSON PERSSON NNP 1662 8067 291 elected elect VBD 1662 8067 292 prime prime JJ 1662 8067 293 minister minister NN 1662 8067 294 ; ; : 1662 8067 295 percent percent NN 1662 8067 296 of of IN 1662 8067 297 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 8067 298 vote vote NN 1662 8067 299 - - HYPH 1662 8067 300 NA NA NNP 1662 8067 301 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 8067 302 branch branch NN 1662 8067 303 : : : 1662 8067 304 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 8067 305 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 8067 306 or or CC 1662 8067 307 Riksdag Riksdag NNP 1662 8067 308 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8067 309 349 349 CD 1662 8067 310 seats seat NNS 1662 8067 311 ; ; : 1662 8067 312 members member NNS 1662 8067 313 are be VBP 1662 8067 314 elected elect VBN 1662 8067 315 by by IN 1662 8067 316 popular popular JJ 1662 8067 317 vote vote NN 1662 8067 318 on on IN 1662 8067 319 a a DT 1662 8067 320 proportional proportional JJ 1662 8067 321 representation representation NN 1662 8067 322 basis basis NN 1662 8067 323 to to TO 1662 8067 324 serve serve VB 1662 8067 325 four four CD 1662 8067 326 - - HYPH 1662 8067 327 year year NN 1662 8067 328 terms term NNS 1662 8067 329 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8067 330 elections election NNS 1662 8067 331 : : : 1662 8067 332 last last RB 1662 8067 333 held hold VBD 1662 8067 334 18 18 CD 1662 8067 335 September September NNP 1662 8067 336 1994 1994 CD 1662 8067 337 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8067 338 next next JJ 1662 8067 339 to to TO 1662 8067 340 be be VB 1662 8067 341 held hold VBN 1662 8067 342 NA NA NNP 1662 8067 343 September September NNP 1662 8067 344 1998 1998 CD 1662 8067 345 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8067 346 election election NN 1662 8067 347 results result NNS 1662 8067 348 : : : 1662 8067 349 percent percent NN 1662 8067 350 of of IN 1662 8067 351 vote vote NN 1662 8067 352 by by IN 1662 8067 353 party party NNP 1662 8067 354 - - HYPH 1662 8067 355 Social Social NNP 1662 8067 356 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 8067 357 45.4 45.4 CD 1662 8067 358 % % NN 1662 8067 359 , , , 1662 8067 360 Moderate Moderate NNP 1662 8067 361 Party Party NNP 1662 8067 362 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8067 363 Conservatives Conservatives NNP 1662 8067 364 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8067 365 22.3 22.3 CD 1662 8067 366 % % NN 1662 8067 367 , , , 1662 8067 368 Center Center NNP 1662 8067 369 Party Party NNP 1662 8067 370 7.7 7.7 CD 1662 8067 371 % % NN 1662 8067 372 , , , 1662 8067 373 Liberals Liberals NNP 1662 8067 374 7.2 7.2 CD 1662 8067 375 % % NN 1662 8067 376 , , , 1662 8067 377 Left Left NNP 1662 8067 378 Party Party NNP 1662 8067 379 6.2 6.2 CD 1662 8067 380 % % NN 1662 8067 381 , , , 1662 8067 382 Greens Greens NNP 1662 8067 383 5.8 5.8 CD 1662 8067 384 % % NN 1662 8067 385 , , , 1662 8067 386 Christian Christian NNP 1662 8067 387 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 8067 388 4.1 4.1 CD 1662 8067 389 % % NN 1662 8067 390 , , , 1662 8067 391 New New NNP 1662 8067 392 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 8067 393 Party Party NNP 1662 8067 394 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 8067 395 % % NN 1662 8067 396 ; ; 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NNP 1662 8067 434 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 8067 435 Party Party NNP 1662 8067 436 did do VBD 1662 8067 437 not not RB 1662 8067 438 receive receive VB 1662 8067 439 a a DT 1662 8067 440 seat seat NN 1662 8067 441 because because IN 1662 8067 442 parties party NNS 1662 8067 443 require require VBP 1662 8067 444 a a DT 1662 8067 445 minimum minimum NN 1662 8067 446 of of IN 1662 8067 447 4.0 4.0 CD 1662 8067 448 % % NN 1662 8067 449 of of IN 1662 8067 450 votes vote NNS 1662 8067 451 for for IN 1662 8067 452 a a DT 1662 8067 453 seat seat NN 1662 8067 454 in in IN 1662 8067 455 parliament parliament NN 1662 8067 456 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 8067 457 branch branch NN 1662 8067 458 : : : 1662 8067 459 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8067 460 Court Court NNP 1662 8067 461 or or CC 1662 8067 462 Hogsta Hogsta NNP 1662 8067 463 Domstolen Domstolen NNP 1662 8067 464 , , , 1662 8067 465 judges judge NNS 1662 8067 466 are be VBP 1662 8067 467 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8067 468 by by IN 1662 8067 469 the the DT 1662 8067 470 government government NN 1662 8067 471 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8067 472 prime prime NNP 1662 8067 473 minister minister NNP 1662 8067 474 and and CC 1662 8067 475 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 8067 476 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8067 477 Political political JJ 1662 8067 478 parties party NNS 1662 8067 479 and and CC 1662 8067 480 leaders leader NNS 1662 8067 481 : : : 1662 8067 482 Social Social NNP 1662 8067 483 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8067 484 Party Party NNP 1662 8067 485 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8067 486 Goran Goran NNP 1662 8067 487 PERSSON PERSSON NNP 1662 8067 488 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8067 489 ; ; : 1662 8067 490 Moderate Moderate NNP 1662 8067 491 Party Party NNP 1662 8067 492 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8067 493 conservative conservative JJ 1662 8067 494 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8067 495 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8067 496 Carl Carl NNP 1662 8067 497 BILDT BILDT NNP 1662 8067 498 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8067 499 ; ; : 1662 8067 500 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 8067 501 People People NNPS 1662 8067 502 's 's POS 1662 8067 503 Party Party NNP 1662 8067 504 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8067 505 Maria Maria NNP 1662 8067 506 LEISSNER LEISSNER NNP 1662 8067 507 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8067 508 ; ; : 1662 8067 509 Center Center NNP 1662 8067 510 Party Party NNP 1662 8067 511 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8067 512 Olof Olof NNP 1662 8067 513 JOHANSSON JOHANSSON NNP 1662 8067 514 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8067 515 ; ; : 1662 8067 516 Christian Christian NNP 1662 8067 517 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8067 518 Party Party NNP 1662 8067 519 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8067 520 Alf Alf NNP 1662 8067 521 SVENSSON SVENSSON NNP 1662 8067 522 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8067 523 ; ; : 1662 8067 524 New New NNP 1662 8067 525 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 8067 526 Party Party NNP 1662 8067 527 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8067 528 Vivianne Vivianne NNP 1662 8067 529 FRANZEN FRANZEN NNP 1662 8067 530 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8067 531 ; ; : 1662 8067 532 Left Left NNP 1662 8067 533 Party Party NNP 1662 8067 534 or or CC 1662 8067 535 VP VP NNP 1662 8067 536 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8067 537 Communist Communist NNP 1662 8067 538 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8067 539 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8067 540 Gudrun Gudrun NNP 1662 8067 541 SCHYMAN SCHYMAN NNP 1662 8067 542 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8067 543 ; ; : 1662 8067 544 Communist Communist NNP 1662 8067 545 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 8067 546 ' ' POS 1662 8067 547 Party Party NNP 1662 8067 548 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8067 549 Rolf Rolf NNP 1662 8067 550 HAGEL HAGEL NNP 1662 8067 551 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8067 552 ; ; : 1662 8067 553 Green Green NNP 1662 8067 554 Party Party NNP 1662 8067 555 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8067 556 no no DT 1662 8067 557 formal formal JJ 1662 8067 558 leader leader NN 1662 8067 559 but but CC 1662 8067 560 party party NN 1662 8067 561 spokesperson spokesperson NN 1662 8067 562 is be VBZ 1662 8067 563 Briger Briger NNP 1662 8067 564 SCHLAUG SCHLAUG NNP 1662 8067 565 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8067 566 International international JJ 1662 8067 567 organization organization NN 1662 8067 568 participation participation NN 1662 8067 569 : : : 1662 8067 570 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 8067 571 , , , 1662 8067 572 AG AG NNP 1662 8067 573 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8067 574 observer observer NNP 1662 8067 575 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8067 576 , , , 1662 8067 577 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 8067 578 , , , 1662 8067 579 Australia Australia NNP 1662 8067 580 Group Group NNP 1662 8067 581 , , , 1662 8067 582 BIS BIS NNP 1662 8067 583 , , , 1662 8067 584 CBSS CBSS NNP 1662 8067 585 , , , 1662 8067 586 CCC CCC NNP 1662 8067 587 , , , 1662 8067 588 CE CE NNP 1662 8067 589 , , , 1662 8067 590 CERN CERN NNP 1662 8067 591 , , , 1662 8067 592 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 8067 593 , , , 1662 8067 594 ECE ECE NNP 1662 8067 595 , , , 1662 8067 596 EIB EIB NNP 1662 8067 597 , , , 1662 8067 598 ESA ESA NNP 1662 8067 599 , , , 1662 8067 600 EU EU NNP 1662 8067 601 , , , 1662 8067 602 FAO FAO NNP 1662 8067 603 , , , 1662 8067 604 G- G- NNP 1662 8067 605 6 6 CD 1662 8067 606 , , , 1662 8067 607 G- G- NNP 1662 8067 608 8 8 CD 1662 8067 609 , , , 1662 8067 610 G- G- NNP 1662 8067 611 9 9 CD 1662 8067 612 , , , 1662 8067 613 G-10 g-10 CD 1662 8067 614 , , , 1662 8067 615 IADB IADB NNP 1662 8067 616 , , , 1662 8067 617 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 8067 618 , , , 1662 8067 619 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 8067 620 , , , 1662 8067 621 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 8067 622 , , , 1662 8067 623 ICC ICC NNP 1662 8067 624 , , , 1662 8067 625 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 8067 626 , , , 1662 8067 627 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 8067 628 , , , 1662 8067 629 IDA IDA NNP 1662 8067 630 , , , 1662 8067 631 IEA IEA NNP 1662 8067 632 , , , 1662 8067 633 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 8067 634 , , , 1662 8067 635 IFC IFC NNP 1662 8067 636 , , , 1662 8067 637 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 8067 638 , , , 1662 8067 639 IHO IHO NNP 1662 8067 640 , , , 1662 8067 641 ILO ILO NNP 1662 8067 642 , , , 1662 8067 643 IMF IMF NNP 1662 8067 644 , , , 1662 8067 645 IMO imo RB 1662 8067 646 , , , 1662 8067 647 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 8067 648 , , , 1662 8067 649 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8067 650 , , , 1662 8067 651 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 8067 652 , , , 1662 8067 653 IOC IOC NNP 1662 8067 654 , , , 1662 8067 655 IOM IOM NNP 1662 8067 656 , , , 1662 8067 657 ISO ISO NNP 1662 8067 658 , , , 1662 8067 659 ITU ITU NNP 1662 8067 660 , , , 1662 8067 661 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 8067 662 , , , 1662 8067 663 NACC NACC NNP 1662 8067 664 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8067 665 observer observer NN 1662 8067 666 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8067 667 , , , 1662 8067 668 NAM NAM NNP 1662 8067 669 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8067 670 guest guest NNP 1662 8067 671 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8067 672 , , , 1662 8067 673 NC NC NNP 1662 8067 674 , , , 1662 8067 675 NEA NEA NNP 1662 8067 676 , , , 1662 8067 677 NIB NIB NNP 1662 8067 678 , , , 1662 8067 679 NSG NSG NNP 1662 8067 680 , , , 1662 8067 681 OECD OECD NNP 1662 8067 682 , , , 1662 8067 683 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 8067 684 , , , 1662 8067 685 PCA PCA NNP 1662 8067 686 , , , 1662 8067 687 PFP PFP NNP 1662 8067 688 , , , 1662 8067 689 UN UN NNP 1662 8067 690 , , , 1662 8067 691 UN UN NNP 1662 8067 692 Security Security NNP 1662 8067 693 Council Council NNP 1662 8067 694 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8067 695 temporary temporary JJ 1662 8067 696 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8067 697 , , , 1662 8067 698 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 8067 699 III III NNP 1662 8067 700 , , , 1662 8067 701 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 8067 702 , , , 1662 8067 703 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 8067 704 , , , 1662 8067 705 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 8067 706 , , , 1662 8067 707 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 8067 708 , , , 1662 8067 709 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 8067 710 , , , 1662 8067 711 UNMIBH unmibh NN 1662 8067 712 , , , 1662 8067 713 UNMOGIP UNMOGIP NNP 1662 8067 714 , , , 1662 8067 715 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 8067 716 , , , 1662 8067 717 UNOMIG UNOMIG NNP 1662 8067 718 , , , 1662 8067 719 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 8067 720 , , , 1662 8067 721 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 8067 722 , , , 1662 8067 723 UNTSO UNTSO NNP 1662 8067 724 , , , 1662 8067 725 UPU UPU NNP 1662 8067 726 , , , 1662 8067 727 WEU WEU NNP 1662 8067 728 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8067 729 observer observer NN 1662 8067 730 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8067 731 , , , 1662 8067 732 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 8067 733 , , , 1662 8067 734 WHO who WP 1662 8067 735 , , , 1662 8067 736 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 8067 737 , , , 1662 8067 738 WMO WMO NNP 1662 8067 739 , , , 1662 8067 740 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 8067 741 , , , 1662 8067 742 ZC ZC NNP 1662 8067 743 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8067 744 representation representation NN 1662 8067 745 in in IN 1662 8067 746 the the DT 1662 8067 747 US US NNP 1662 8067 748 : : : 1662 8067 749 chief chief NN 1662 8067 750 of of IN 1662 8067 751 mission mission NN 1662 8067 752 : : : 1662 8067 753 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 8067 754 Carl Carl NNP 1662 8067 755 Henrik Henrik NNP 1662 8067 756 Sihver Sihver NNP 1662 8067 757 LILJEGREN LILJEGREN NNP 1662 8067 758 chancery chancery NN 1662 8067 759 : : : 1662 8067 760 1501 1501 CD 1662 8067 761 M M NNP 1662 8067 762 Street Street NNP 1662 8067 763 NW NW NNP 1662 8067 764 , , , 1662 8067 765 Washington Washington NNP 1662 8067 766 , , , 1662 8067 767 DC DC NNP 1662 8067 768 20005 20005 CD 1662 8067 769 telephone telephone NN 1662 8067 770 : : : 1662 8067 771 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8067 772 1 1 CD 1662 8067 773 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8080 255 July July NNP 1662 8080 256 - - HYPH 1662 8080 257 30 30 CD 1662 8080 258 June June NNP 1662 8080 259 in in IN 1662 8080 260 1995 1995 CD 1662 8080 261 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8080 262 @Sweden @sweden XX 1662 8080 263 : : : 1662 8080 264 Communications communication NNS 1662 8080 265 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 8080 266 : : : 1662 8080 267 13 13 CD 1662 8080 268 million million CD 1662 8080 269 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8080 270 1996 1996 CD 1662 8080 271 est est NNP 1662 8080 272 . . . 1662 8080 273 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8081 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8081 2 system system NN 1662 8081 3 : : : 1662 8081 4 excellent excellent JJ 1662 8081 5 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8081 6 and and CC 1662 8081 7 international international JJ 1662 8081 8 facilities facility NNS 1662 8081 9 ; ; , 1662 8081 10 automatic automatic JJ 1662 8081 11 system system NN 1662 8081 12 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8081 13 : : : 1662 8081 14 coaxial coaxial NN 1662 8081 15 and and CC 1662 8081 16 multiconductor multiconductor NN 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1 1 CD 1662 8081 52 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNP 1662 8081 53 , , , 1662 8081 54 and and CC 1662 8081 55 1 1 CD 1662 8081 56 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 8081 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8081 58 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8081 59 and and CC 1662 8081 60 Indian Indian NNP 1662 8081 61 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8081 62 regions region NNS 1662 8081 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8081 64 ; ; : 1662 8081 65 note note NN 1662 8081 66 - - HYPH 1662 8081 67 Sweden Sweden NNP 1662 8081 68 shares share VBZ 1662 8081 69 the the DT 1662 8081 70 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 8081 71 earth earth NN 1662 8081 72 station station NN 1662 8081 73 with with IN 1662 8081 74 the the DT 1662 8081 75 other other JJ 1662 8081 76 Nordic nordic JJ 1662 8081 77 countries country NNS 1662 8081 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8081 79 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 8081 80 , , , 1662 8081 81 Finland Finland NNP 1662 8081 82 , , , 1662 8081 83 Iceland Iceland NNP 1662 8081 84 , , , 1662 8081 85 and and CC 1662 8081 86 Norway Norway NNP 1662 8081 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8081 88 Radio Radio NNP 1662 8081 89 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8081 90 stations station NNS 1662 8081 91 : : : 1662 8081 92 AM AM NNP 1662 8081 93 5 5 CD 1662 8081 94 , , , 1662 8081 95 FM FM NNP 1662 8081 96 360 360 CD 1662 8081 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8081 98 mostly mostly RB 1662 8081 99 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 8081 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8081 101 , , , 1662 8081 102 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 8081 103 0 0 CD 1662 8081 104 Radios radio NNS 1662 8081 105 : : : 1662 8081 106 7.272 7.272 CD 1662 8081 107 million million CD 1662 8081 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8081 109 1993 1993 CD 1662 8081 110 est est NNP 1662 8081 111 . . . 1662 8081 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8082 1 Television television NN 1662 8082 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8082 3 stations station NNS 1662 8082 4 : : : 1662 8082 5 880 880 CD 1662 8082 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8082 7 mostly mostly RB 1662 8082 8 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 8082 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8082 10 Televisions television NNS 1662 8082 11 : : : 1662 8082 12 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 8082 13 million million CD 1662 8082 14 @Sweden @sweden CD 1662 8082 15 : : : 1662 8082 16 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8082 17 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8082 18 : : : 1662 8082 19 total total NN 1662 8082 20 : : : 1662 8082 21 12,624 12,624 CD 1662 8082 22 km km NNS 1662 8082 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8082 24 includes include VBZ 1662 8082 25 953 953 CD 1662 8082 26 km km NNS 1662 8082 27 of of IN 1662 8082 28 privately privately RB 1662 8082 29 - - HYPH 1662 8082 30 owned own VBN 1662 8082 31 railways railway NNS 1662 8082 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8082 33 standard standard JJ 1662 8082 34 gauge gauge NN 1662 8082 35 : : : 1662 8082 36 11,767 11,767 CD 1662 8082 37 km km NN 1662 8082 38 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 8082 39 gauge gauge NN 1662 8082 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8082 41 7,320 7,320 CD 1662 8082 42 km km NN 1662 8082 43 electrified electrify VBN 1662 8082 44 and and CC 1662 8082 45 1,152 1,152 CD 1662 8082 46 km km NN 1662 8082 47 double double JJ 1662 8082 48 track track NN 1662 8082 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8082 50 other other JJ 1662 8082 51 gauge gauge NN 1662 8082 52 : : : 1662 8082 53 857 857 CD 1662 8082 54 km km NN 1662 8082 55 NA NA NNP 1662 8082 56 - - HYPH 1662 8082 57 m m NNP 1662 8082 58 gauge gauge NN 1662 8082 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8082 60 1995 1995 CD 1662 8082 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8082 62 Highways highway NNS 1662 8082 63 : : : 1662 8082 64 total total NN 1662 8082 65 : : : 1662 8082 66 136,233 136,233 CD 1662 8082 67 km km NN 1662 8082 68 paved pave VBN 1662 8082 69 : : : 1662 8082 70 103,537 103,537 CD 1662 8082 71 km km NN 1662 8082 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8082 73 including include VBG 1662 8082 74 1,231 1,231 CD 1662 8082 75 km km NNS 1662 8082 76 of of IN 1662 8082 77 expressways expressway NNS 1662 8082 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8082 79 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8082 80 : : : 1662 8082 81 32,696 32,696 CD 1662 8082 82 km km NNS 1662 8082 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8082 84 1995 1995 CD 1662 8082 85 est est NNP 1662 8082 86 . . . 1662 8082 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8083 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 8083 2 : : : 1662 8083 3 2,052 2,052 CD 1662 8083 4 km km NNS 1662 8083 5 navigable navigable JJ 1662 8083 6 for for IN 1662 8083 7 small small JJ 1662 8083 8 steamers steamer NNS 1662 8083 9 and and CC 1662 8083 10 barges barge VBZ 1662 8083 11 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 8083 12 : : : 1662 8083 13 natural natural JJ 1662 8083 14 gas gas NN 1662 8083 15 84 84 CD 1662 8083 16 km km NN 1662 8083 17 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 8083 18 and and CC 1662 8083 19 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8083 20 : : : 1662 8083 21 Gavle Gavle NNP 1662 8083 22 , , , 1662 8083 23 Goteborg Goteborg NNP 1662 8083 24 , , , 1662 8083 25 Halmstad Halmstad NNP 1662 8083 26 , , , 1662 8083 27 Helsingborg Helsingborg NNP 1662 8083 28 , , , 1662 8083 29 Hudiksvall Hudiksvall NNP 1662 8083 30 , , , 1662 8083 31 Kalmar Kalmar NNP 1662 8083 32 , , , 1662 8083 33 Karlshamn Karlshamn NNP 1662 8083 34 , , , 1662 8083 35 Malmo Malmo NNP 1662 8083 36 , , , 1662 8083 37 Solvesborg Solvesborg NNP 1662 8083 38 , , , 1662 8083 39 Stockholm Stockholm NNP 1662 8083 40 , , , 1662 8083 41 Sundsvall Sundsvall NNP 1662 8083 42 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 8083 43 marine marine NN 1662 8083 44 : : : 1662 8083 45 total total NN 1662 8083 46 : : : 1662 8083 47 179 179 CD 1662 8083 48 ships ship NNS 1662 8083 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8083 50 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8083 51 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8083 52 or or CC 1662 8083 53 over over RB 1662 8083 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8083 55 totaling total VBG 1662 8083 56 2,131,361 2,131,361 CD 1662 8083 57 GRT/2,244,410 GRT/2,244,410 NNS 1662 8083 58 DWT dwt NN 1662 8083 59 ships ship NNS 1662 8083 60 by by IN 1662 8083 61 type type NN 1662 8083 62 : : : 1662 8083 63 bulk bulk NNP 1662 8083 64 11 11 CD 1662 8083 65 , , , 1662 8083 66 cargo cargo NN 1662 8083 67 39 39 CD 1662 8083 68 , , , 1662 8083 69 chemical chemical NN 1662 8083 70 tanker tanker NN 1662 8083 71 27 27 CD 1662 8083 72 , , , 1662 8083 73 combination combination NN 1662 8083 74 ore ore NN 1662 8083 75 / / SYM 1662 8083 76 oil oil NN 1662 8083 77 1 1 CD 1662 8083 78 , , , 1662 8083 79 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 8083 80 gas gas NN 1662 8083 81 tanker tanker NN 1662 8083 82 1 1 CD 1662 8083 83 , , , 1662 8083 84 oil oil NN 1662 8083 85 tanker tanker NN 1662 8083 86 31 31 CD 1662 8083 87 , , , 1662 8083 88 railcar railcar NN 1662 8083 89 carrier carrier NN 1662 8083 90 1 1 CD 1662 8083 91 , , , 1662 8083 92 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 8083 93 cargo cargo NN 1662 8083 94 1 1 CD 1662 8083 95 , , , 1662 8083 96 roll roll NN 1662 8083 97 - - HYPH 1662 8083 98 on on IN 1662 8083 99 / / SYM 1662 8083 100 roll roll NN 1662 8083 101 - - HYPH 1662 8083 102 off off RP 1662 8083 103 cargo cargo NN 1662 8083 104 43 43 CD 1662 8083 105 , , , 1662 8083 106 short short JJ 1662 8083 107 - - HYPH 1662 8083 108 sea sea NN 1662 8083 109 passenger passenger NN 1662 8083 110 7 7 CD 1662 8083 111 , , , 1662 8083 112 specialized specialized NNP 1662 8083 113 tanker tanker NN 1662 8083 114 4 4 CD 1662 8083 115 , , , 1662 8083 116 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 8083 117 carrier carrier NN 1662 8083 118 13 13 CD 1662 8083 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8083 120 1996 1996 CD 1662 8083 121 est est NNP 1662 8083 122 . . . 1662 8083 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8084 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8084 2 : : : 1662 8084 3 251 251 CD 1662 8084 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8084 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8084 6 est est NNP 1662 8084 7 . . . 1662 8084 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8085 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8085 2 - - , 1662 8085 3 with with IN 1662 8085 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8085 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8085 6 : : : 1662 8085 7 total total NN 1662 8085 8 : : : 1662 8085 9 247 247 CD 1662 8085 10 over over IN 1662 8085 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8085 12 m m NN 1662 8085 13 : : : 1662 8085 14 2 2 CD 1662 8085 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8085 16 to to TO 1662 8085 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8085 18 m m NN 1662 8085 19 : : : 1662 8085 20 8 8 CD 1662 8085 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8085 22 to to TO 1662 8085 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8085 24 m m NN 1662 8085 25 : : : 1662 8085 26 84 84 CD 1662 8085 27 914 914 CD 1662 8085 28 to to TO 1662 8085 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8085 30 m m NN 1662 8085 31 : : : 1662 8085 32 26 26 CD 1662 8085 33 under under IN 1662 8085 34 914 914 CD 1662 8085 35 m m NN 1662 8085 36 : : : 1662 8085 37 127 127 CD 1662 8085 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8085 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 8085 40 est est NNP 1662 8085 41 . . . 1662 8085 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8086 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8086 2 - - , 1662 8086 3 with with IN 1662 8086 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8086 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8086 6 : : : 1662 8086 7 total total NN 1662 8086 8 : : : 1662 8086 9 4 4 CD 1662 8086 10 914 914 CD 1662 8086 11 to to TO 1662 8086 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8086 13 m m NN 1662 8086 14 : : : 1662 8086 15 4 4 CD 1662 8086 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8086 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 8086 18 est est NNP 1662 8086 19 . . . 1662 8086 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8087 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 8087 2 : : : 1662 8087 3 1 1 CD 1662 8087 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8087 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8087 6 est est NNP 1662 8087 7 . . . 1662 8087 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8088 1 Military military JJ 1662 8088 2 Military military JJ 1662 8088 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8088 4 : : : 1662 8088 5 Swedish swedish JJ 1662 8088 6 Army Army NNP 1662 8088 7 , , , 1662 8088 8 Royal Royal NNP 1662 8088 9 Swedish Swedish NNP 1662 8088 10 Navy Navy NNP 1662 8088 11 , , , 1662 8088 12 Swedish Swedish NNP 1662 8088 13 Air Air NNP 1662 8088 14 Force Force NNP 1662 8088 15 Military Military NNP 1662 8088 16 manpower manpower NN 1662 8088 17 - - HYPH 1662 8088 18 military military NN 1662 8088 19 age age NN 1662 8088 20 : : : 1662 8088 21 19 19 CD 1662 8088 22 years year NNS 1662 8088 23 of of IN 1662 8088 24 age age NN 1662 8088 25 Military military JJ 1662 8088 26 manpower manpower NN 1662 8088 27 - - HYPH 1662 8088 28 availability availability NN 1662 8088 29 : : : 1662 8088 30 males male NNS 1662 8088 31 age age NNP 1662 8088 32 15 15 CD 1662 8088 33 - - HYPH 1662 8088 34 49 49 CD 1662 8088 35 : : : 1662 8088 36 2,101,889 2,101,889 CD 1662 8088 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8088 38 1997 1997 CD 1662 8088 39 est est NNP 1662 8088 40 . . . 1662 8088 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8089 1 Military military JJ 1662 8089 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8089 3 - - HYPH 1662 8089 4 fit fit NN 1662 8089 5 for for IN 1662 8089 6 military military JJ 1662 8089 7 service service NN 1662 8089 8 : : : 1662 8089 9 males male NNS 1662 8089 10 : : : 1662 8089 11 1,839,158 1,839,158 CD 1662 8089 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8089 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8089 14 est est NNP 1662 8089 15 . . . 1662 8089 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8090 1 Military military JJ 1662 8090 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8090 3 - - HYPH 1662 8090 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 8090 5 military military JJ 1662 8090 6 age age NN 1662 8090 7 annually annually RB 1662 8090 8 : : : 1662 8090 9 males male NNS 1662 8090 10 : : : 1662 8090 11 51,314 51,314 CD 1662 8090 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8090 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8090 14 est e JJS 1662 8090 15 . . . 1662 8090 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8091 1 Military military JJ 1662 8091 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8091 3 - - HYPH 1662 8091 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8091 5 figure figure NN 1662 8091 6 : : : 1662 8091 7 $ $ $ 1662 8091 8 5.8 5.8 CD 1662 8091 9 billion billion CD 1662 8091 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8091 11 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 8091 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8091 13 Military military JJ 1662 8091 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8091 15 - - : 1662 8091 16 percent percent NN 1662 8091 17 of of IN 1662 8091 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8091 19 : : : 1662 8091 20 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 8091 21 % % NN 1662 8091 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8091 23 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 8091 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8091 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8091 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8091 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 8091 28 - - : 1662 8091 29 international international RB 1662 8091 30 : : : 1662 8091 31 none none NN 1662 8091 32 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 8091 33 drugs drug VBZ 1662 8091 34 : : : 1662 8091 35 minor minor JJ 1662 8091 36 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 8091 37 point point NN 1662 8091 38 for for IN 1662 8091 39 and and CC 1662 8091 40 consumer consumer NN 1662 8091 41 of of IN 1662 8091 42 narcotics narcotic NNS 1662 8091 43 shipped ship VBN 1662 8091 44 via via IN 1662 8091 45 the the DT 1662 8091 46 CIS CIS NNP 1662 8091 47 and and CC 1662 8091 48 Baltic Baltic NNP 1662 8091 49 states state NNS 1662 8091 50 ; ; , 1662 8091 51 increasing increase VBG 1662 8091 52 consumer consumer NN 1662 8091 53 of of IN 1662 8091 54 European european JJ 1662 8091 55 amphetamines amphetamine NNS 1662 8091 56 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 57 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 58 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 59 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 60 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 61 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 62 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 63 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 64 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 65 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 66 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 67 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 68 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 69 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 70 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 71 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 72 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 73 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 74 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 75 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 76 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 77 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 78 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 79 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 80 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 81 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 82 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 83 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 84 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 85 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 86 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 87 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 88 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 89 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 90 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 91 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 92 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 93 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 94 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 95 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 96 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 97 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 98 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 99 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 100 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 101 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 102 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 103 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 104 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 105 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 106 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 107 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 108 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 109 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 110 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 111 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 112 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 113 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 114 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 115 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 116 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 117 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 118 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 119 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 120 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 121 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 122 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 123 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 124 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 125 _ _ NNP 1662 8091 126 SWITZERLAND SWITZERLAND NNP 1662 8091 127 @Switzerland @Switzerland NNP 1662 8091 128 : : : 1662 8091 129 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8091 130 Location Location NNP 1662 8091 131 : : : 1662 8091 132 Central Central NNP 1662 8091 133 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8091 134 , , , 1662 8091 135 east east NN 1662 8091 136 of of IN 1662 8091 137 France France NNP 1662 8091 138 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8091 139 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8091 140 : : : 1662 8091 141 47 47 CD 1662 8091 142 00 00 CD 1662 8091 143 N n CD 1662 8091 144 , , , 1662 8091 145 8 8 CD 1662 8091 146 00 00 CD 1662 8091 147 E e NN 1662 8091 148 Map Map NNP 1662 8091 149 references reference NNS 1662 8091 150 : : : 1662 8091 151 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8091 152 Area Area NNP 1662 8091 153 : : : 1662 8091 154 total total NN 1662 8091 155 : : : 1662 8091 156 41,290 41,290 CD 1662 8091 157 sq sq RB 1662 8091 158 km km NNP 1662 8091 159 land land NN 1662 8091 160 : : : 1662 8091 161 39,770 39,770 CD 1662 8091 162 sq sq RB 1662 8091 163 km km NNP 1662 8091 164 water water NN 1662 8091 165 : : : 1662 8091 166 1,520 1,520 CD 1662 8091 167 sq sq NNP 1662 8091 168 km km NNP 1662 8091 169 Area Area NNP 1662 8091 170 - - HYPH 1662 8091 171 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8091 172 : : : 1662 8091 173 slightly slightly RB 1662 8091 174 less less JJR 1662 8091 175 than than IN 1662 8091 176 twice twice RB 1662 8091 177 the the DT 1662 8091 178 size size NN 1662 8091 179 of of IN 1662 8091 180 New New NNP 1662 8091 181 Jersey Jersey NNP 1662 8091 182 Land Land NNP 1662 8091 183 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8091 184 : : : 1662 8091 185 total total JJ 1662 8091 186 : : : 1662 8091 187 1,852 1,852 CD 1662 8091 188 km km NN 1662 8091 189 border border NN 1662 8091 190 countries country NNS 1662 8091 191 : : : 1662 8091 192 Austria Austria NNP 1662 8091 193 164 164 CD 1662 8091 194 km km NNS 1662 8091 195 , , , 1662 8091 196 France France NNP 1662 8091 197 573 573 CD 1662 8091 198 km km NNS 1662 8091 199 , , , 1662 8091 200 Italy Italy NNP 1662 8091 201 740 740 CD 1662 8091 202 km km NNS 1662 8091 203 , , , 1662 8091 204 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein NNP 1662 8091 205 41 41 CD 1662 8091 206 km km NN 1662 8091 207 , , , 1662 8091 208 Germany Germany NNP 1662 8091 209 334 334 CD 1662 8091 210 km km NN 1662 8091 211 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8091 212 : : : 1662 8091 213 0 0 CD 1662 8091 214 km km NN 1662 8091 215 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8091 216 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 8091 217 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8091 218 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8091 219 claims claim VBZ 1662 8091 220 : : : 1662 8091 221 none none NN 1662 8091 222 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8091 223 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 8091 224 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8091 225 Climate climate NN 1662 8091 226 : : : 1662 8091 227 temperate temperate VB 1662 8091 228 , , , 1662 8091 229 but but CC 1662 8091 230 varies vary VBZ 1662 8091 231 with with IN 1662 8091 232 altitude altitude NN 1662 8091 233 ; ; : 1662 8091 234 cold cold JJ 1662 8091 235 , , , 1662 8091 236 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 8091 237 , , , 1662 8091 238 rainy rainy JJ 1662 8091 239 / / SYM 1662 8091 240 snowy snowy JJ 1662 8091 241 winters winter NNS 1662 8091 242 ; ; , 1662 8091 243 cool cool JJ 1662 8091 244 to to IN 1662 8091 245 warm warm JJ 1662 8091 246 , , , 1662 8091 247 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 8091 248 , , , 1662 8091 249 humid humid JJ 1662 8091 250 summers summer NNS 1662 8091 251 with with IN 1662 8091 252 occasional occasional JJ 1662 8091 253 showers shower NNS 1662 8091 254 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8091 255 : : : 1662 8091 256 mostly mostly RB 1662 8091 257 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8091 258 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8091 259 Alps Alps NNP 1662 8091 260 in in IN 1662 8091 261 south south NN 1662 8091 262 , , , 1662 8091 263 Jura Jura NNP 1662 8091 264 in in IN 1662 8091 265 northwest northwest NNP 1662 8091 266 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8091 267 with with IN 1662 8091 268 a a DT 1662 8091 269 central central JJ 1662 8091 270 plateau plateau NN 1662 8091 271 of of IN 1662 8091 272 rolling rolling NNP 1662 8091 273 hills hill NNS 1662 8091 274 , , , 1662 8091 275 plains plain NNS 1662 8091 276 , , , 1662 8091 277 and and CC 1662 8091 278 large large JJ 1662 8091 279 lakes lake NNS 1662 8091 280 Elevation elevation NN 1662 8091 281 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8091 282 : : : 1662 8091 283 lowest low JJS 1662 8091 284 point point NN 1662 8091 285 : : : 1662 8091 286 Lake Lake NNP 1662 8091 287 Maggiore Maggiore NNP 1662 8091 288 195 195 CD 1662 8091 289 m m DT 1662 8091 290 highest high JJS 1662 8091 291 point point NN 1662 8091 292 : : : 1662 8091 293 Dufourspitze Dufourspitze NNP 1662 8091 294 4,634 4,634 CD 1662 8091 295 m m CD 1662 8091 296 Natural natural JJ 1662 8091 297 resources resource NNS 1662 8091 298 : : : 1662 8091 299 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 8091 300 potential potential NN 1662 8091 301 , , , 1662 8091 302 timber timber NN 1662 8091 303 , , , 1662 8091 304 salt salt NN 1662 8091 305 Land land NN 1662 8091 306 use use NN 1662 8091 307 : : : 1662 8091 308 arable arable JJ 1662 8091 309 land land NN 1662 8091 310 : : : 1662 8091 311 10 10 CD 1662 8091 312 % % NN 1662 8091 313 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8091 314 crops crop NNS 1662 8091 315 : : : 1662 8091 316 2 2 CD 1662 8091 317 % % NN 1662 8091 318 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8091 319 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8091 320 : : : 1662 8091 321 28 28 CD 1662 8091 322 % % NN 1662 8091 323 forests forest NNS 1662 8091 324 and and CC 1662 8091 325 woodland woodland NN 1662 8091 326 : : : 1662 8091 327 32 32 CD 1662 8091 328 % % NN 1662 8091 329 other other JJ 1662 8091 330 : : : 1662 8091 331 28 28 CD 1662 8091 332 % % NN 1662 8091 333 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8091 334 1993 1993 CD 1662 8091 335 est est NNP 1662 8091 336 . . . 1662 8091 337 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8092 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8092 2 land land NN 1662 8092 3 : : : 1662 8092 4 250 250 CD 1662 8092 5 sq sq NNP 1662 8092 6 km km NNP 1662 8092 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8092 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8092 9 est est NNP 1662 8092 10 . . . 1662 8092 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8093 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8093 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8093 3 : : : 1662 8093 4 avalanches avalanche NNS 1662 8093 5 , , , 1662 8093 6 landslides landslide NNS 1662 8093 7 , , , 1662 8093 8 flash flash NN 1662 8093 9 floods flood NNS 1662 8093 10 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8093 11 - - HYPH 1662 8093 12 current current JJ 1662 8093 13 issues issue NNS 1662 8093 14 : : : 1662 8093 15 air air NN 1662 8093 16 pollution pollution NN 1662 8093 17 from from IN 1662 8093 18 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 8093 19 emissions emission NNS 1662 8093 20 and and CC 1662 8093 21 open open JJ 1662 8093 22 - - HYPH 1662 8093 23 air air NN 1662 8093 24 burning burning NN 1662 8093 25 ; ; : 1662 8093 26 acid acid JJ 1662 8093 27 rain rain NN 1662 8093 28 ; ; : 1662 8093 29 water water NN 1662 8093 30 pollution pollution NN 1662 8093 31 from from IN 1662 8093 32 increased increase VBN 1662 8093 33 use use NN 1662 8093 34 of of IN 1662 8093 35 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8093 36 fertilizers fertilizer NNS 1662 8093 37 ; ; : 1662 8093 38 loss loss NN 1662 8093 39 of of IN 1662 8093 40 biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 8093 41 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8093 42 - - HYPH 1662 8093 43 international international JJ 1662 8093 44 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8093 45 : : : 1662 8093 46 party party NN 1662 8093 47 to to TO 1662 8093 48 : : : 1662 8093 49 Air Air NNP 1662 8093 50 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8093 51 , , , 1662 8093 52 Air Air NNP 1662 8093 53 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8093 54 - - HYPH 1662 8093 55 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 8093 56 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 8093 57 , , , 1662 8093 58 Air Air NNP 1662 8093 59 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8093 60 - - HYPH 1662 8093 61 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 8093 62 85 85 CD 1662 8093 63 , , , 1662 8093 64 Air Air NNP 1662 8093 65 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8093 66 - - HYPH 1662 8093 67 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 8093 68 Organic Organic NNP 1662 8093 69 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 8093 70 , , , 1662 8093 71 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 8093 72 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 8093 73 , , , 1662 8093 74 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 8093 75 , , , 1662 8093 76 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8093 77 Change Change NNP 1662 8093 78 , , , 1662 8093 79 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 8093 80 , , , 1662 8093 81 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 8093 82 Species Species NNPS 1662 8093 83 , , , 1662 8093 84 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 8093 85 Modification Modification NNP 1662 8093 86 , , , 1662 8093 87 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 8093 88 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 8093 89 , , , 1662 8093 90 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8093 91 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 8093 92 , , , 1662 8093 93 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8093 94 Life Life NNP 1662 8093 95 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 8093 96 , , , 1662 8093 97 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8093 98 Test Test NNP 1662 8093 99 Ban Ban NNP 1662 8093 100 , , , 1662 8093 101 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8093 102 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8093 103 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8093 104 , , , 1662 8093 105 Ship Ship NNP 1662 8093 106 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8093 107 , , , 1662 8093 108 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 8093 109 Timber Timber NNP 1662 8093 110 83 83 CD 1662 8093 111 , , , 1662 8093 112 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 8093 113 Timber Timber NNP 1662 8093 114 94 94 CD 1662 8093 115 , , , 1662 8093 116 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 8093 117 , , , 1662 8093 118 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 8093 119 signed sign VBD 1662 8093 120 , , , 1662 8093 121 but but CC 1662 8093 122 not not RB 1662 8093 123 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8093 124 : : : 1662 8093 125 Air Air NNP 1662 8093 126 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8093 127 - - HYPH 1662 8093 128 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 8093 129 94 94 CD 1662 8093 130 , , , 1662 8093 131 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 8093 132 - - HYPH 1662 8093 133 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 8093 134 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 8093 135 , , , 1662 8093 136 Law Law NNP 1662 8093 137 of of IN 1662 8093 138 the the DT 1662 8093 139 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8093 140 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8093 141 - - HYPH 1662 8093 142 note note NN 1662 8093 143 : : : 1662 8093 144 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 8093 145 ; ; : 1662 8093 146 crossroads crossroad NNS 1662 8093 147 of of IN 1662 8093 148 northern northern JJ 1662 8093 149 and and CC 1662 8093 150 southern southern JJ 1662 8093 151 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8093 152 ; ; : 1662 8093 153 along along IN 1662 8093 154 with with IN 1662 8093 155 southeastern southeastern JJ 1662 8093 156 France France NNP 1662 8093 157 and and CC 1662 8093 158 northern northern JJ 1662 8093 159 Italy Italy NNP 1662 8093 160 , , , 1662 8093 161 contains contain VBZ 1662 8093 162 the the DT 1662 8093 163 highest high JJS 1662 8093 164 elevations elevation NNS 1662 8093 165 in in IN 1662 8093 166 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8093 167 @Switzerland @switzerland CC 1662 8093 168 : : : 1662 8093 169 People People NNP 1662 8093 170 Population Population NNP 1662 8093 171 : : : 1662 8093 172 7,240,463 7,240,463 CD 1662 8093 173 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8093 174 July July NNP 1662 8093 175 1997 1997 CD 1662 8093 176 est est NNP 1662 8093 177 . . . 1662 8093 178 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8094 1 Age age NN 1662 8094 2 structure structure NN 1662 8094 3 : : : 1662 8094 4 0 0 CD 1662 8094 5 - - HYPH 1662 8094 6 14 14 CD 1662 8094 7 years year NNS 1662 8094 8 : : : 1662 8094 9 17 17 CD 1662 8094 10 % % NN 1662 8094 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8094 12 male male JJ 1662 8094 13 643,301 643,301 CD 1662 8094 14 ; ; : 1662 8094 15 female female JJ 1662 8094 16 614,913 614,913 CD 1662 8094 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8094 18 15 15 CD 1662 8094 19 - - SYM 1662 8094 20 64 64 CD 1662 8094 21 years year NNS 1662 8094 22 : : : 1662 8094 23 68 68 CD 1662 8094 24 % % NN 1662 8094 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8094 26 male male JJ 1662 8094 27 2,501,705 2,501,705 CD 1662 8094 28 ; ; : 1662 8094 29 female female JJ 1662 8094 30 2,412,165 2,412,165 CD 1662 8094 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8094 32 65 65 CD 1662 8094 33 years year NNS 1662 8094 34 and and CC 1662 8094 35 over over RB 1662 8094 36 : : : 1662 8094 37 15 15 CD 1662 8094 38 % % NN 1662 8094 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8094 40 male male JJ 1662 8094 41 429,754 429,754 CD 1662 8094 42 ; ; : 1662 8094 43 female female JJ 1662 8094 44 638,625 638,625 CD 1662 8094 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8094 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8094 47 July July NNP 1662 8094 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8094 49 est est NNP 1662 8094 50 . . . 1662 8094 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8095 1 Population population NN 1662 8095 2 growth growth NN 1662 8095 3 rate rate NN 1662 8095 4 : : : 1662 8095 5 0.33 0.33 CD 1662 8095 6 % % NN 1662 8095 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8095 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8095 9 est est NNP 1662 8095 10 . . . 1662 8095 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8096 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8096 2 rate rate NN 1662 8096 3 : : : 1662 8096 4 11.05 11.05 CD 1662 8096 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 8096 6 population population NN 1662 8096 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8096 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8096 9 est est NNP 1662 8096 10 . . . 1662 8096 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8097 1 Death death NN 1662 8097 2 rate rate NN 1662 8097 3 : : : 1662 8097 4 9 9 CD 1662 8097 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8097 6 population population NN 1662 8097 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8097 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8097 9 est est NNP 1662 8097 10 . . . 1662 8097 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8098 1 Net net JJ 1662 8098 2 migration migration NN 1662 8098 3 rate rate NN 1662 8098 4 : : : 1662 8098 5 1.23 1.23 CD 1662 8098 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 8098 7 population population NN 1662 8098 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8098 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8098 10 est est NNP 1662 8098 11 . . . 1662 8098 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8099 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8099 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8099 3 : : : 1662 8099 4 at at IN 1662 8099 5 birth birth NN 1662 8099 6 : : : 1662 8099 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 8099 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8099 9 under under IN 1662 8099 10 15 15 CD 1662 8099 11 years year NNS 1662 8099 12 : : : 1662 8099 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 8099 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8099 15 15 15 CD 1662 8099 16 - - HYPH 1662 8099 17 64 64 CD 1662 8099 18 years year NNS 1662 8099 19 : : : 1662 8099 20 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 8099 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8099 22 65 65 CD 1662 8099 23 years year NNS 1662 8099 24 and and CC 1662 8099 25 over over IN 1662 8099 26 : : : 1662 8099 27 0.67 0.67 CD 1662 8099 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 8099 29 total total JJ 1662 8099 30 population population NN 1662 8099 31 : : : 1662 8099 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 8099 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8099 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8099 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8099 36 est e JJS 1662 8099 37 . . . 1662 8099 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8100 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8100 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8100 3 rate rate NN 1662 8100 4 : : : 1662 8100 5 5 5 CD 1662 8100 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8100 7 live live JJ 1662 8100 8 births birth NNS 1662 8100 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8100 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8100 11 est est NNP 1662 8100 12 . . . 1662 8100 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8101 1 Life life NN 1662 8101 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8101 3 at at IN 1662 8101 4 birth birth NN 1662 8101 5 : : : 1662 8101 6 total total JJ 1662 8101 7 population population NN 1662 8101 8 : : : 1662 8101 9 78.77 78.77 CD 1662 8101 10 years year NNS 1662 8101 11 male male NN 1662 8101 12 : : : 1662 8101 13 75.59 75.59 CD 1662 8101 14 years year NNS 1662 8101 15 female female JJ 1662 8101 16 : : : 1662 8101 17 82.11 82.11 CD 1662 8101 18 years year NNS 1662 8101 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8101 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8101 21 est est NNP 1662 8101 22 . . . 1662 8101 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8102 1 Total total JJ 1662 8102 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8102 3 rate rate NN 1662 8102 4 : : : 1662 8102 5 1.45 1.45 CD 1662 8102 6 children child NNS 1662 8102 7 born bear VBN 1662 8102 8 / / SYM 1662 8102 9 woman woman NN 1662 8102 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8102 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8102 12 est est NNP 1662 8102 13 . . . 1662 8102 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8103 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8103 2 : : : 1662 8103 3 noun noun NN 1662 8103 4 : : : 1662 8103 5 Swiss Swiss NNP 1662 8103 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8103 7 singular singular JJ 1662 8103 8 and and CC 1662 8103 9 plural plural JJ 1662 8103 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8103 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 8103 12 : : : 1662 8103 13 Swiss swiss JJ 1662 8103 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8103 15 groups group NNS 1662 8103 16 : : : 1662 8103 17 total total JJ 1662 8103 18 population population NN 1662 8103 19 - - : 1662 8103 20 German german JJ 1662 8103 21 65 65 CD 1662 8103 22 % % NN 1662 8103 23 , , , 1662 8103 24 French French NNP 1662 8103 25 18 18 CD 1662 8103 26 % % NN 1662 8103 27 , , , 1662 8103 28 Italian Italian NNP 1662 8103 29 10 10 CD 1662 8103 30 % % NN 1662 8103 31 , , , 1662 8103 32 Romansch Romansch NNP 1662 8103 33 1 1 CD 1662 8103 34 % % NN 1662 8103 35 , , , 1662 8103 36 other other JJ 1662 8103 37 6 6 CD 1662 8103 38 % % NN 1662 8103 39 note note NN 1662 8103 40 : : : 1662 8103 41 Swiss swiss JJ 1662 8103 42 nationals national NNS 1662 8103 43 - - HYPH 1662 8103 44 German german JJ 1662 8103 45 74 74 CD 1662 8103 46 % % NN 1662 8103 47 , , , 1662 8103 48 French French NNP 1662 8103 49 20 20 CD 1662 8103 50 % % NN 1662 8103 51 , , , 1662 8103 52 Italian italian JJ 1662 8103 53 4 4 CD 1662 8103 54 % % NN 1662 8103 55 , , , 1662 8103 56 Romansch Romansch NNP 1662 8103 57 1 1 CD 1662 8103 58 % % NN 1662 8103 59 , , , 1662 8103 60 other other JJ 1662 8103 61 1 1 CD 1662 8103 62 % % NN 1662 8103 63 Religions religion NNS 1662 8103 64 : : : 1662 8103 65 Roman roman JJ 1662 8103 66 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 8103 67 46.7 46.7 CD 1662 8103 68 % % NN 1662 8103 69 , , , 1662 8103 70 Protestant protestant NN 1662 8103 71 40 40 CD 1662 8103 72 % % NN 1662 8103 73 , , , 1662 8103 74 other other JJ 1662 8103 75 5 5 CD 1662 8103 76 % % NN 1662 8103 77 , , , 1662 8103 78 no no DT 1662 8103 79 religion religion NN 1662 8103 80 8.3 8.3 CD 1662 8103 81 % % NN 1662 8103 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8103 83 1990 1990 CD 1662 8103 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8103 85 Languages language NNS 1662 8103 86 : : : 1662 8103 87 German German NNP 1662 8103 88 63.7 63.7 CD 1662 8103 89 % % NN 1662 8103 90 , , , 1662 8103 91 French french JJ 1662 8103 92 19.2 19.2 CD 1662 8103 93 % % NN 1662 8103 94 , , , 1662 8103 95 Italian italian JJ 1662 8103 96 7.6 7.6 CD 1662 8103 97 % % NN 1662 8103 98 , , , 1662 8103 99 Romansch Romansch NNP 1662 8103 100 0.6 0.6 CD 1662 8103 101 % % NN 1662 8103 102 , , , 1662 8103 103 other other JJ 1662 8103 104 8.9 8.9 CD 1662 8103 105 % % NN 1662 8103 106 note note NN 1662 8103 107 : : : 1662 8103 108 figures figure NNS 1662 8103 109 for for IN 1662 8103 110 Swiss swiss JJ 1662 8103 111 nationals national NNS 1662 8103 112 only only RB 1662 8103 113 : : : 1662 8103 114 German german JJ 1662 8103 115 74 74 CD 1662 8103 116 % % NN 1662 8103 117 , , , 1662 8103 118 French French NNP 1662 8103 119 20 20 CD 1662 8103 120 % % NN 1662 8103 121 , , , 1662 8103 122 Italian italian JJ 1662 8103 123 4 4 CD 1662 8103 124 % % NN 1662 8103 125 , , , 1662 8103 126 Romansch Romansch NNP 1662 8103 127 1 1 CD 1662 8103 128 % % NN 1662 8103 129 , , , 1662 8103 130 other other JJ 1662 8103 131 1 1 CD 1662 8103 132 % % NN 1662 8103 133 Literacy literacy NN 1662 8103 134 : : : 1662 8103 135 definition definition NN 1662 8103 136 : : : 1662 8103 137 age age NN 1662 8103 138 15 15 CD 1662 8103 139 and and CC 1662 8103 140 over over RB 1662 8103 141 can can MD 1662 8103 142 read read VB 1662 8103 143 and and CC 1662 8103 144 write write VB 1662 8103 145 total total JJ 1662 8103 146 population population NN 1662 8103 147 : : : 1662 8103 148 99 99 CD 1662 8103 149 % % NN 1662 8103 150 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8103 151 1980 1980 CD 1662 8103 152 est est NNP 1662 8103 153 . . . 1662 8103 154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 1 male male NN 1662 8104 2 : : : 1662 8104 3 NA% NA% NNP 1662 8104 4 female female NNP 1662 8104 5 : : : 1662 8104 6 NA% na% ADD 1662 8104 7 @Switzerland @switzerland NN 1662 8104 8 : : : 1662 8104 9 Government Government NNP 1662 8104 10 Country Country NNP 1662 8104 11 name name NN 1662 8104 12 : : : 1662 8104 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8104 14 long long JJ 1662 8104 15 form form NN 1662 8104 16 : : : 1662 8104 17 Swiss Swiss NNP 1662 8104 18 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 8104 19 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8104 20 short short JJ 1662 8104 21 form form NN 1662 8104 22 : : : 1662 8104 23 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 8104 24 local local JJ 1662 8104 25 long long JJ 1662 8104 26 form form NN 1662 8104 27 : : : 1662 8104 28 Schweizerische Schweizerische NNP 1662 8104 29 Eidgenossenschaft Eidgenossenschaft NNP 1662 8104 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 31 German German NNP 1662 8104 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 33 , , , 1662 8104 34 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 8104 35 Suisse Suisse NNP 1662 8104 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 37 French French NNP 1662 8104 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 39 , , , 1662 8104 40 Confederazione Confederazione NNP 1662 8104 41 Svizzera Svizzera NNP 1662 8104 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 43 Italian Italian NNP 1662 8104 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 45 local local JJ 1662 8104 46 short short JJ 1662 8104 47 form form NN 1662 8104 48 : : : 1662 8104 49 Schweiz Schweiz NNP 1662 8104 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 51 German German NNP 1662 8104 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 53 , , , 1662 8104 54 Suisse Suisse NNP 1662 8104 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 56 French French NNP 1662 8104 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 58 , , , 1662 8104 59 Svizzera Svizzera NNP 1662 8104 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 61 Italian Italian NNP 1662 8104 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 63 Data datum NNS 1662 8104 64 code code NN 1662 8104 65 : : : 1662 8104 66 SZ SZ NNP 1662 8104 67 Government Government NNP 1662 8104 68 type type NN 1662 8104 69 : : : 1662 8104 70 federal federal NNP 1662 8104 71 republic republic NNP 1662 8104 72 National National NNP 1662 8104 73 capital capital NN 1662 8104 74 : : : 1662 8104 75 Bern Bern NNP 1662 8104 76 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 8104 77 divisions division NNS 1662 8104 78 : : : 1662 8104 79 26 26 CD 1662 8104 80 cantons canton NNS 1662 8104 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 82 cantons canton NNS 1662 8104 83 , , , 1662 8104 84 singular singular NNP 1662 8104 85 - - HYPH 1662 8104 86 canton canton NNP 1662 8104 87 in in IN 1662 8104 88 French French NNP 1662 8104 89 ; ; : 1662 8104 90 cantoni cantoni JJ 1662 8104 91 , , , 1662 8104 92 singular singular JJ 1662 8104 93 - - HYPH 1662 8104 94 cantone cantone JJ 1662 8104 95 in in IN 1662 8104 96 Italian Italian NNP 1662 8104 97 ; ; : 1662 8104 98 kantone kantone NNP 1662 8104 99 , , , 1662 8104 100 singular singular NNP 1662 8104 101 - - HYPH 1662 8104 102 kanton kanton NNP 1662 8104 103 in in IN 1662 8104 104 German German NNP 1662 8104 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 106 ; ; : 1662 8104 107 Aargau Aargau NNP 1662 8104 108 , , , 1662 8104 109 Ausser Ausser NNP 1662 8104 110 - - HYPH 1662 8104 111 Rhoden Rhoden NNP 1662 8104 112 , , , 1662 8104 113 Basel Basel NNP 1662 8104 114 - - HYPH 1662 8104 115 Landschaft Landschaft NNP 1662 8104 116 , , , 1662 8104 117 Basel Basel NNP 1662 8104 118 - - HYPH 1662 8104 119 Stadt Stadt NNP 1662 8104 120 , , , 1662 8104 121 Bern Bern NNP 1662 8104 122 , , , 1662 8104 123 Fribourg Fribourg NNP 1662 8104 124 , , , 1662 8104 125 Geneve Geneve NNP 1662 8104 126 , , , 1662 8104 127 Glarus Glarus NNP 1662 8104 128 , , , 1662 8104 129 Graubunden Graubunden NNP 1662 8104 130 , , , 1662 8104 131 Inner Inner NNP 1662 8104 132 - - HYPH 1662 8104 133 Rhoden Rhoden NNP 1662 8104 134 , , , 1662 8104 135 Jura Jura NNP 1662 8104 136 , , , 1662 8104 137 Luzern Luzern NNP 1662 8104 138 , , , 1662 8104 139 Neuchatel Neuchatel NNP 1662 8104 140 , , , 1662 8104 141 Nidwalden Nidwalden NNP 1662 8104 142 , , , 1662 8104 143 Obwalden Obwalden NNP 1662 8104 144 , , , 1662 8104 145 Sankt Sankt NNP 1662 8104 146 Gallen Gallen NNP 1662 8104 147 , , , 1662 8104 148 Schaffhausen Schaffhausen NNP 1662 8104 149 , , , 1662 8104 150 Schwyz Schwyz NNP 1662 8104 151 , , , 1662 8104 152 Solothurn Solothurn NNP 1662 8104 153 , , , 1662 8104 154 Thurgau Thurgau NNP 1662 8104 155 , , , 1662 8104 156 Ticino Ticino NNP 1662 8104 157 , , , 1662 8104 158 Uri Uri NNP 1662 8104 159 , , , 1662 8104 160 Valais Valais NNP 1662 8104 161 , , , 1662 8104 162 Vaud Vaud NNP 1662 8104 163 , , , 1662 8104 164 Zug Zug NNP 1662 8104 165 , , , 1662 8104 166 Zurich Zurich NNP 1662 8104 167 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8104 168 : : : 1662 8104 169 1 1 CD 1662 8104 170 August August NNP 1662 8104 171 1291 1291 CD 1662 8104 172 National national JJ 1662 8104 173 holiday holiday NN 1662 8104 174 : : : 1662 8104 175 Anniversary anniversary NN 1662 8104 176 of of IN 1662 8104 177 the the DT 1662 8104 178 Founding founding NN 1662 8104 179 of of IN 1662 8104 180 the the DT 1662 8104 181 Swiss Swiss NNP 1662 8104 182 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 8104 183 , , , 1662 8104 184 1 1 CD 1662 8104 185 August August NNP 1662 8104 186 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 187 1291 1291 CD 1662 8104 188 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 189 Constitution constitution NN 1662 8104 190 : : : 1662 8104 191 29 29 CD 1662 8104 192 May May NNP 1662 8104 193 1874 1874 CD 1662 8104 194 Legal legal JJ 1662 8104 195 system system NN 1662 8104 196 : : : 1662 8104 197 civil civil JJ 1662 8104 198 law law NN 1662 8104 199 system system NN 1662 8104 200 influenced influence VBN 1662 8104 201 by by IN 1662 8104 202 customary customary JJ 1662 8104 203 law law NN 1662 8104 204 ; ; : 1662 8104 205 judicial judicial JJ 1662 8104 206 review review NN 1662 8104 207 of of IN 1662 8104 208 legislative legislative JJ 1662 8104 209 acts act NNS 1662 8104 210 , , , 1662 8104 211 except except IN 1662 8104 212 with with IN 1662 8104 213 respect respect NN 1662 8104 214 to to IN 1662 8104 215 federal federal JJ 1662 8104 216 decrees decree NNS 1662 8104 217 of of IN 1662 8104 218 general general JJ 1662 8104 219 obligatory obligatory JJ 1662 8104 220 character character NN 1662 8104 221 ; ; : 1662 8104 222 accepts accept VBZ 1662 8104 223 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 8104 224 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 8104 225 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 8104 226 , , , 1662 8104 227 with with IN 1662 8104 228 reservations reservation NNS 1662 8104 229 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 8104 230 : : : 1662 8104 231 18 18 CD 1662 8104 232 years year NNS 1662 8104 233 of of IN 1662 8104 234 age age NN 1662 8104 235 ; ; : 1662 8104 236 universal universal JJ 1662 8104 237 Executive Executive NNP 1662 8104 238 branch branch NN 1662 8104 239 : : : 1662 8104 240 chief chief NN 1662 8104 241 of of IN 1662 8104 242 state state NN 1662 8104 243 : : : 1662 8104 244 President President NNP 1662 8104 245 Arnold Arnold NNP 1662 8104 246 KOLLER KOLLER NNP 1662 8104 247 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 248 since since IN 1662 8104 249 1 1 CD 1662 8104 250 January January NNP 1662 8104 251 1997 1997 CD 1662 8104 252 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 253 ; ; : 1662 8104 254 Vice Vice NNP 1662 8104 255 President President NNP 1662 8104 256 Flavio Flavio NNP 1662 8104 257 COTTI COTTI NNP 1662 8104 258 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 259 since since IN 1662 8104 260 1 1 CD 1662 8104 261 January January NNP 1662 8104 262 1997 1997 CD 1662 8104 263 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 264 ; ; : 1662 8104 265 note note VB 1662 8104 266 - - : 1662 8104 267 the the DT 1662 8104 268 president president NN 1662 8104 269 is be VBZ 1662 8104 270 both both CC 1662 8104 271 the the DT 1662 8104 272 chief chief NN 1662 8104 273 of of IN 1662 8104 274 state state NN 1662 8104 275 and and CC 1662 8104 276 head head NN 1662 8104 277 of of IN 1662 8104 278 government government NN 1662 8104 279 head head NN 1662 8104 280 of of IN 1662 8104 281 government government NN 1662 8104 282 : : : 1662 8104 283 President President NNP 1662 8104 284 Arnold Arnold NNP 1662 8104 285 KOLLER KOLLER NNP 1662 8104 286 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 287 since since IN 1662 8104 288 1 1 CD 1662 8104 289 January January NNP 1662 8104 290 1997 1997 CD 1662 8104 291 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 292 ; ; : 1662 8104 293 Vice Vice NNP 1662 8104 294 President President NNP 1662 8104 295 Flavio Flavio NNP 1662 8104 296 COTTI COTTI NNP 1662 8104 297 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 298 since since IN 1662 8104 299 1 1 CD 1662 8104 300 January January NNP 1662 8104 301 1997 1997 CD 1662 8104 302 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 303 ; ; : 1662 8104 304 note note VB 1662 8104 305 - - : 1662 8104 306 the the DT 1662 8104 307 president president NN 1662 8104 308 is be VBZ 1662 8104 309 both both CC 1662 8104 310 the the DT 1662 8104 311 chief chief NN 1662 8104 312 of of IN 1662 8104 313 state state NN 1662 8104 314 and and CC 1662 8104 315 head head NN 1662 8104 316 of of IN 1662 8104 317 government government NN 1662 8104 318 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 8104 319 : : : 1662 8104 320 Federal Federal NNP 1662 8104 321 Council Council NNP 1662 8104 322 or or CC 1662 8104 323 German German NNP 1662 8104 324 - - HYPH 1662 8104 325 Bundesrat Bundesrat NNP 1662 8104 326 , , , 1662 8104 327 French French NNP 1662 8104 328 - - HYPH 1662 8104 329 Conseil Conseil NNP 1662 8104 330 Federal Federal NNP 1662 8104 331 , , , 1662 8104 332 Italian Italian NNP 1662 8104 333 - - HYPH 1662 8104 334 Consiglio Consiglio NNP 1662 8104 335 Federale Federale NNP 1662 8104 336 elected elect VBN 1662 8104 337 by by IN 1662 8104 338 the the DT 1662 8104 339 Federal Federal NNP 1662 8104 340 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8104 341 from from IN 1662 8104 342 among among IN 1662 8104 343 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8104 344 own own JJ 1662 8104 345 members member NNS 1662 8104 346 for for IN 1662 8104 347 a a DT 1662 8104 348 four four CD 1662 8104 349 - - HYPH 1662 8104 350 year year NN 1662 8104 351 term term NN 1662 8104 352 elections election NNS 1662 8104 353 : : : 1662 8104 354 president president NN 1662 8104 355 and and CC 1662 8104 356 vice vice NN 1662 8104 357 president president NN 1662 8104 358 elected elect VBN 1662 8104 359 by by IN 1662 8104 360 the the DT 1662 8104 361 Federal Federal NNP 1662 8104 362 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8104 363 from from IN 1662 8104 364 among among IN 1662 8104 365 the the DT 1662 8104 366 members member NNS 1662 8104 367 of of IN 1662 8104 368 the the DT 1662 8104 369 Federal Federal NNP 1662 8104 370 Council Council NNP 1662 8104 371 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Assembly NNP 1662 8104 407 vote vote NN 1662 8104 408 - - HYPH 1662 8104 409 NA na NN 1662 8104 410 ; ; , 1662 8104 411 Flavio Flavio NNP 1662 8104 412 COTTI COTTI NNP 1662 8104 413 elected elect VBD 1662 8104 414 vice vice NN 1662 8104 415 president president NN 1662 8104 416 ; ; : 1662 8104 417 percent percent NN 1662 8104 418 of of IN 1662 8104 419 legislative legislative JJ 1662 8104 420 vote vote NN 1662 8104 421 - - HYPH 1662 8104 422 NA NA NNP 1662 8104 423 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 8104 424 branch branch NN 1662 8104 425 : : : 1662 8104 426 bicameral bicameral NNP 1662 8104 427 Federal Federal NNP 1662 8104 428 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8104 429 or or CC 1662 8104 430 German German NNP 1662 8104 431 - - HYPH 1662 8104 432 Bundesversammlung Bundesversammlung NNP 1662 8104 433 , , , 1662 8104 434 French French NNP 1662 8104 435 - - HYPH 1662 8104 436 Assemblee Assemblee NNP 1662 8104 437 Federale Federale NNP 1662 8104 438 , , , 1662 8104 439 Italian Italian NNP 1662 8104 440 - - HYPH 1662 8104 441 Assemblea Assemblea NNP 1662 8104 442 Federale Federale NNP 1662 8104 443 consists consist VBZ 1662 8104 444 of of IN 1662 8104 445 the the DT 1662 8104 446 Council Council NNP 1662 8104 447 of of IN 1662 8104 448 States States NNP 1662 8104 449 or or CC 1662 8104 450 German German NNP 1662 8104 451 - - HYPH 1662 8104 452 Standerat Standerat NNP 1662 8104 453 , , , 1662 8104 454 French French NNP 1662 8104 455 - - HYPH 1662 8104 456 Conseil Conseil NNP 1662 8104 457 des des FW 1662 8104 458 Etats Etats NNP 1662 8104 459 , , , 1662 8104 460 Italian Italian NNP 1662 8104 461 - - HYPH 1662 8104 462 Consiglio Consiglio NNP 1662 8104 463 degli degli NN 1662 8104 464 Stati Stati NNP 1662 8104 465 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 466 46 46 CD 1662 8104 467 seats seat NNS 1662 8104 468 ; ; : 1662 8104 469 members member NNS 1662 8104 470 are be VBP 1662 8104 471 elected elect VBN 1662 8104 472 two two CD 1662 8104 473 from from IN 1662 8104 474 each each DT 1662 8104 475 canton canton NNP 1662 8104 476 and and CC 1662 8104 477 one one CD 1662 8104 478 from from IN 1662 8104 479 each each DT 1662 8104 480 half half NN 1662 8104 481 canton canton NNP 1662 8104 482 to to TO 1662 8104 483 serve serve VB 1662 8104 484 four four CD 1662 8104 485 - - HYPH 1662 8104 486 year year NN 1662 8104 487 terms term NNS 1662 8104 488 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 489 and and CC 1662 8104 490 the the DT 1662 8104 491 National National NNP 1662 8104 492 Council Council NNP 1662 8104 493 or or CC 1662 8104 494 German German NNP 1662 8104 495 - - HYPH 1662 8104 496 Nationalrat Nationalrat NNP 1662 8104 497 , , , 1662 8104 498 French French NNP 1662 8104 499 - - HYPH 1662 8104 500 Conseil Conseil NNP 1662 8104 501 National National NNP 1662 8104 502 , , , 1662 8104 503 Italian Italian NNP 1662 8104 504 - - HYPH 1662 8104 505 Consiglio Consiglio NNP 1662 8104 506 Nazionale Nazionale NNP 1662 8104 507 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 508 200 200 CD 1662 8104 509 seats seat NNS 1662 8104 510 ; ; : 1662 8104 511 members member NNS 1662 8104 512 are be VBP 1662 8104 513 elected elect VBN 1662 8104 514 by by IN 1662 8104 515 popular popular JJ 1662 8104 516 vote vote NN 1662 8104 517 on on IN 1662 8104 518 a a DT 1662 8104 519 basis basis NN 1662 8104 520 of of IN 1662 8104 521 proportional proportional JJ 1662 8104 522 representation representation NN 1662 8104 523 to to TO 1662 8104 524 serve serve VB 1662 8104 525 four four CD 1662 8104 526 - - HYPH 1662 8104 527 year year NN 1662 8104 528 terms term NNS 1662 8104 529 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 530 elections election NNS 1662 8104 531 : : : 1662 8104 532 Council Council NNP 1662 8104 533 of of IN 1662 8104 534 States States NNP 1662 8104 535 - - : 1662 8104 536 last last RB 1662 8104 537 held hold VBN 1662 8104 538 throughout throughout IN 1662 8104 539 1995 1995 CD 1662 8104 540 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 541 each each DT 1662 8104 542 canton canton NNP 1662 8104 543 determines determine VBZ 1662 8104 544 when when WRB 1662 8104 545 the the DT 1662 8104 546 next next JJ 1662 8104 547 election election NN 1662 8104 548 will will MD 1662 8104 549 be be VB 1662 8104 550 held hold VBN 1662 8104 551 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 552 ; ; : 1662 8104 553 National National NNP 1662 8104 554 Council Council NNP 1662 8104 555 - - HYPH 1662 8104 556 last last RB 1662 8104 557 held hold VBD 1662 8104 558 20 20 CD 1662 8104 559 October October NNP 1662 8104 560 1995 1995 CD 1662 8104 561 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 562 next next JJ 1662 8104 563 to to TO 1662 8104 564 be be VB 1662 8104 565 held hold VBN 1662 8104 566 NA NA NNP 1662 8104 567 October October NNP 1662 8104 568 1999 1999 CD 1662 8104 569 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 570 election election NN 1662 8104 571 results result NNS 1662 8104 572 : : : 1662 8104 573 Council Council NNP 1662 8104 574 of of IN 1662 8104 575 States States NNP 1662 8104 576 - - HYPH 1662 8104 577 percent percent NN 1662 8104 578 of of IN 1662 8104 579 vote vote NN 1662 8104 580 by by IN 1662 8104 581 party party NN 1662 8104 582 - - HYPH 1662 8104 583 NA NA NNP 1662 8104 584 ; ; , 1662 8104 585 seats seat NNS 1662 8104 586 by by IN 1662 8104 587 party party NN 1662 8104 588 - - HYPH 1662 8104 589 PRD PRD NNP 1662 8104 590 17 17 CD 1662 8104 591 , , , 1662 8104 592 PDC PDC NNP 1662 8104 593 16 16 CD 1662 8104 594 , , , 1662 8104 595 UDC UDC NNP 1662 8104 596 5 5 CD 1662 8104 597 , , , 1662 8104 598 PSS PSS NNP 1662 8104 599 5 5 CD 1662 8104 600 , , , 1662 8104 601 LPS LPS NNP 1662 8104 602 2 2 CD 1662 8104 603 , , , 1662 8104 604 LdU LdU NNP 1662 8104 605 1 1 CD 1662 8104 606 ; ; : 1662 8104 607 National National NNP 1662 8104 608 Council Council NNP 1662 8104 609 - - HYPH 1662 8104 610 percent percent NN 1662 8104 611 of of IN 1662 8104 612 vote vote NN 1662 8104 613 by by IN 1662 8104 614 party party NN 1662 8104 615 - - HYPH 1662 8104 616 NA NA NNP 1662 8104 617 ; ; , 1662 8104 618 seats seat NNS 1662 8104 619 by by IN 1662 8104 620 party party NN 1662 8104 621 - - HYPH 1662 8104 622 PRD PRD NNP 1662 8104 623 45 45 CD 1662 8104 624 , , , 1662 8104 625 PSS PSS NNP 1662 8104 626 55 55 CD 1662 8104 627 , , , 1662 8104 628 PDC PDC NNP 1662 8104 629 34 34 CD 1662 8104 630 , , , 1662 8104 631 UDC UDC NNP 1662 8104 632 29 29 CD 1662 8104 633 , , , 1662 8104 634 Greens Greens NNP 1662 8104 635 10 10 CD 1662 8104 636 , , , 1662 8104 637 LPS LPS NNP 1662 8104 638 7 7 CD 1662 8104 639 , , , 1662 8104 640 FPS FPS NNP 1662 8104 641 6 6 CD 1662 8104 642 , , , 1662 8104 643 LdU LdU NNP 1662 8104 644 / / SYM 1662 8104 645 EVP EVP NNP 1662 8104 646 5 5 CD 1662 8104 647 , , , 1662 8104 648 SD SD NNP 1662 8104 649 3 3 CD 1662 8104 650 , , , 1662 8104 651 PdAdS PdAdS NNP 1662 8104 652 3 3 CD 1662 8104 653 , , , 1662 8104 654 Ticino Ticino NNP 1662 8104 655 League League NNP 1662 8104 656 2 2 CD 1662 8104 657 , , , 1662 8104 658 EDU EDU NNP 1662 8104 659 1 1 CD 1662 8104 660 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 8104 661 branch branch NN 1662 8104 662 : : : 1662 8104 663 Federal Federal NNP 1662 8104 664 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8104 665 Court Court NNP 1662 8104 666 , , , 1662 8104 667 judges judge NNS 1662 8104 668 elected elect VBD 1662 8104 669 for for IN 1662 8104 670 six six CD 1662 8104 671 - - HYPH 1662 8104 672 year year NN 1662 8104 673 terms term NNS 1662 8104 674 by by IN 1662 8104 675 the the DT 1662 8104 676 Federal Federal NNP 1662 8104 677 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8104 678 Political political JJ 1662 8104 679 parties party NNS 1662 8104 680 and and CC 1662 8104 681 leaders leader NNS 1662 8104 682 : : : 1662 8104 683 Radical Radical NNP 1662 8104 684 Free Free NNP 1662 8104 685 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8104 686 Party Party NNP 1662 8104 687 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 688 Freisinnig Freisinnig NNP 1662 8104 689 - - HYPH 1662 8104 690 Demokratische Demokratische NNP 1662 8104 691 Partei Partei NNP 1662 8104 692 der der NN 1662 8104 693 Schweiz Schweiz NNP 1662 8104 694 or or CC 1662 8104 695 FDP FDP NNP 1662 8104 696 , , , 1662 8104 697 Parti Parti NNP 1662 8104 698 Radical Radical NNP 1662 8104 699 - - HYPH 1662 8104 700 Democratique Democratique NNP 1662 8104 701 Suisse Suisse NNP 1662 8104 702 or or CC 1662 8104 703 PRD PRD NNP 1662 8104 704 , , , 1662 8104 705 Partitio Partitio NNP 1662 8104 706 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 8104 707 - - HYPH 1662 8104 708 Radicale Radicale NNP 1662 8104 709 Svizzero Svizzero NNP 1662 8104 710 or or CC 1662 8104 711 PLR PLR NNP 1662 8104 712 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 713 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8104 714 Franz Franz NNP 1662 8104 715 STEINEGGER STEINEGGER NNP 1662 8104 716 , , , 1662 8104 717 president president NN 1662 8104 718 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8104 719 ; ; : 1662 8104 720 Social Social NNP 1662 8104 721 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8104 722 Party Party NNP 1662 8104 723 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 724 Sozialdemokratische Sozialdemokratische NNP 1662 8104 725 Partei Partei NNP 1662 8104 726 der der NN 1662 8104 727 Schweiz Schweiz NNP 1662 8104 728 or or CC 1662 8104 729 SPS SPS NNP 1662 8104 730 , , , 1662 8104 731 Parti Parti NNP 1662 8104 732 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 8104 733 Suisse Suisse NNP 1662 8104 734 or or CC 1662 8104 735 PSS PSS NNP 1662 8104 736 , , , 1662 8104 737 Partito Partito NNP 1662 8104 738 Socialista Socialista NNP 1662 8104 739 Svizzero Svizzero NNP 1662 8104 740 or or CC 1662 8104 741 PSS PSS NNP 1662 8104 742 , , , 1662 8104 743 Partida Partida NNP 1662 8104 744 Socialdemocratica Socialdemocratica NNP 1662 8104 745 de de NNP 1662 8104 746 la la NNP 1662 8104 747 Svizra Svizra NNP 1662 8104 748 or or CC 1662 8104 749 PSS PSS NNP 1662 8104 750 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 751 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8104 752 Peter Peter NNP 1662 8104 753 BODENMANN BODENMANN NNP 1662 8104 754 , , , 1662 8104 755 president president NN 1662 8104 756 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8104 757 ; ; : 1662 8104 758 Christian Christian NNP 1662 8104 759 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8104 760 People People NNPS 1662 8104 761 's 's POS 1662 8104 762 Party Party NNP 1662 8104 763 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 764 Christichdemokratische Christichdemokratische NNP 1662 8104 765 Volkspartei Volkspartei NNP 1662 8104 766 der der IN 1662 8104 767 Schweiz Schweiz NNP 1662 8104 768 or or CC 1662 8104 769 CVP CVP NNP 1662 8104 770 , , , 1662 8104 771 Parti Parti NNP 1662 8104 772 Democrate Democrate NNP 1662 8104 773 - - HYPH 1662 8104 774 Chretien Chretien NNP 1662 8104 775 Suisse Suisse NNP 1662 8104 776 or or CC 1662 8104 777 PDC PDC NNP 1662 8104 778 , , , 1662 8104 779 Partito Partito NNP 1662 8104 780 Democratico Democratico NNP 1662 8104 781 - - HYPH 1662 8104 782 Cristiano Cristiano NNP 1662 8104 783 Popolare Popolare NNP 1662 8104 784 Svizzero Svizzero NNP 1662 8104 785 or or CC 1662 8104 786 PDC PDC NNP 1662 8104 787 , , , 1662 8104 788 Partida Partida NNP 1662 8104 789 Cristiandemocratica Cristiandemocratica NNP 1662 8104 790 dalla dalla NN 1662 8104 791 Svizra Svizra NNP 1662 8104 792 or or CC 1662 8104 793 PCD PCD NNP 1662 8104 794 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 795 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8104 796 Anton Anton NNP 1662 8104 797 COTTIER COTTIER NNP 1662 8104 798 , , , 1662 8104 799 president president NN 1662 8104 800 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8104 801 ; ; : 1662 8104 802 Swiss Swiss NNP 1662 8104 803 People People NNPS 1662 8104 804 's 's POS 1662 8104 805 Party Party NNP 1662 8104 806 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 807 Schweizerische Schweizerische NNP 1662 8104 808 Volkspartei Volkspartei NNP 1662 8104 809 or or CC 1662 8104 810 SVP SVP NNP 1662 8104 811 , , , 1662 8104 812 Union Union NNP 1662 8104 813 Democratique Democratique NNP 1662 8104 814 du du NNP 1662 8104 815 Centre Centre NNP 1662 8104 816 or or CC 1662 8104 817 UDC UDC NNP 1662 8104 818 , , , 1662 8104 819 Unione Unione NNP 1662 8104 820 Democratica Democratica NNP 1662 8104 821 de de IN 1662 8104 822 Centro Centro NNP 1662 8104 823 or or CC 1662 8104 824 UDC UDC NNP 1662 8104 825 , , , 1662 8104 826 Uniun Uniun NNP 1662 8104 827 Democratica Democratica NNP 1662 8104 828 da da NNP 1662 8104 829 Center Center NNP 1662 8104 830 or or CC 1662 8104 831 UDC UDC NNP 1662 8104 832 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 833 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8104 834 Ueli Ueli NNP 1662 8104 835 MAURER MAURER NNP 1662 8104 836 , , , 1662 8104 837 president president NN 1662 8104 838 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8104 839 ; ; : 1662 8104 840 Green Green NNP 1662 8104 841 Party Party NNP 1662 8104 842 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 843 Grune Grune NNP 1662 8104 844 Partei Partei NNP 1662 8104 845 der der NN 1662 8104 846 Schweiz Schweiz NNP 1662 8104 847 or or CC 1662 8104 848 Grune Grune NNP 1662 8104 849 , , , 1662 8104 850 Parti Parti NNP 1662 8104 851 Ecologiste Ecologiste NNP 1662 8104 852 Suisse Suisse NNP 1662 8104 853 or or CC 1662 8104 854 Les Les NNP 1662 8104 855 Verts Verts NNP 1662 8104 856 , , , 1662 8104 857 Partito Partito NNP 1662 8104 858 Ecologista Ecologista NNP 1662 8104 859 Svizzero Svizzero NNP 1662 8104 860 or or CC 1662 8104 861 I -PRON- PRP 1662 8104 862 Verdi Verdi NNP 1662 8104 863 , , , 1662 8104 864 Partida Partida NNP 1662 8104 865 Ecologica Ecologica NNP 1662 8104 866 Svizra Svizra NNP 1662 8104 867 or or CC 1662 8104 868 La La NNP 1662 8104 869 Verda Verda NNP 1662 8104 870 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 871 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8104 872 Verena Verena NNP 1662 8104 873 DIENER DIENER NNP 1662 8104 874 , , , 1662 8104 875 president president NN 1662 8104 876 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8104 877 ; ; : 1662 8104 878 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 8104 879 Party Party NNP 1662 8104 880 or or CC 1662 8104 881 FPS FPS NNP 1662 8104 882 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8104 883 Roland Roland NNP 1662 8104 884 BORER BORER NNP 1662 8104 885 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8104 886 ; ; : 1662 8104 887 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 8104 888 Party Party NNP 1662 8104 889 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 890 Liberale Liberale NNP 1662 8104 891 Partei Partei NNP 1662 8104 892 der der NN 1662 8104 893 Schweiz Schweiz NNP 1662 8104 894 or or CC 1662 8104 895 LPS LPS NNP 1662 8104 896 , , , 1662 8104 897 Parti Parti NNP 1662 8104 898 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 8104 899 Suisse Suisse NNP 1662 8104 900 or or CC 1662 8104 901 PLS PLS NNP 1662 8104 902 , , , 1662 8104 903 Partito Partito NNP 1662 8104 904 Liberale Liberale NNP 1662 8104 905 Svizzero Svizzero NNP 1662 8104 906 or or CC 1662 8104 907 PLS PLS NNP 1662 8104 908 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 909 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8104 910 Francois Francois NNP 1662 8104 911 Jeanneset Jeanneset NNP 1662 8104 912 , , , 1662 8104 913 president president NN 1662 8104 914 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8104 915 ; ; : 1662 8104 916 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 8104 917 of of IN 1662 8104 918 Independents Independents NNPS 1662 8104 919 ' ' POS 1662 8104 920 Party Party NNP 1662 8104 921 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 922 Landesring landesre VBG 1662 8104 923 der der IN 1662 8104 924 Unabhaengigen Unabhaengigen NNP 1662 8104 925 or or CC 1662 8104 926 LdU LdU NNP 1662 8104 927 , , , 1662 8104 928 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 8104 929 des des FW 1662 8104 930 Independants Independants NNP 1662 8104 931 or or CC 1662 8104 932 AdI AdI NNP 1662 8104 933 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 934 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8104 935 Daniel Daniel NNP 1662 8104 936 ANDRES ANDRES NNP 1662 8104 937 , , , 1662 8104 938 president president NN 1662 8104 939 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8104 940 ; ; : 1662 8104 941 Ticino Ticino NNP 1662 8104 942 League League NNP 1662 8104 943 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 944 Lega Lega NNP 1662 8104 945 dei dei NNP 1662 8104 946 Ticinesi Ticinesi NNP 1662 8104 947 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 948 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8104 949 Giuliano Giuliano NNP 1662 8104 950 BIGNASCA BIGNASCA NNP 1662 8104 951 , , , 1662 8104 952 president president NN 1662 8104 953 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8104 954 ; ; : 1662 8104 955 and and CC 1662 8104 956 other other JJ 1662 8104 957 minor minor JJ 1662 8104 958 parties party NNS 1662 8104 959 including include VBG 1662 8104 960 Swiss Swiss NNP 1662 8104 961 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8104 962 Party Party NNP 1662 8104 963 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 964 Schweizer Schweizer NNP 1662 8104 965 Demokraten Demokraten NNP 1662 8104 966 or or CC 1662 8104 967 SD SD NNP 1662 8104 968 , , , 1662 8104 969 Democrates Democrates NNP 1662 8104 970 Suisses Suisses NNP 1662 8104 971 or or CC 1662 8104 972 DS DS NNP 1662 8104 973 , , , 1662 8104 974 Democratici Democratici NNP 1662 8104 975 Svizzeri Svizzeri NNP 1662 8104 976 or or CC 1662 8104 977 DS DS NNP 1662 8104 978 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 979 , , , 1662 8104 980 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 8104 981 ' ' POS 1662 8104 982 Party Party NNP 1662 8104 983 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 984 Parti Parti NNP 1662 8104 985 Suisse Suisse NNP 1662 8104 986 du du NNP 1662 8104 987 Travail Travail NNP 1662 8104 988 or or CC 1662 8104 989 PST PST NNP 1662 8104 990 , , , 1662 8104 991 Partei Partei NNP 1662 8104 992 der der IN 1662 8104 993 Arbeit Arbeit NNP 1662 8104 994 der der VBD 1662 8104 995 Schweiz Schweiz NNP 1662 8104 996 or or CC 1662 8104 997 PdAdS PdAdS NNP 1662 8104 998 , , , 1662 8104 999 Partito Partito NNP 1662 8104 1000 Svizzero Svizzero NNP 1662 8104 1001 del del FW 1662 8104 1002 Lavoro Lavoro NNP 1662 8104 1003 or or CC 1662 8104 1004 PSdL psdl SYM 1662 8104 1005 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 1006 , , , 1662 8104 1007 Evangelical Evangelical NNP 1662 8104 1008 People People NNPS 1662 8104 1009 's 's POS 1662 8104 1010 Party Party NNP 1662 8104 1011 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 1012 Evangelische Evangelische NNP 1662 8104 1013 Volkspartei Volkspartei NNP 1662 8104 1014 der der IN 1662 8104 1015 Schweiz Schweiz NNP 1662 8104 1016 or or CC 1662 8104 1017 EVP EVP NNP 1662 8104 1018 , , , 1662 8104 1019 Parti Parti NNP 1662 8104 1020 Evangelique Evangelique NNP 1662 8104 1021 Suisse Suisse NNP 1662 8104 1022 or or CC 1662 8104 1023 PEV PEV NNP 1662 8104 1024 , , , 1662 8104 1025 Partito Partito NNP 1662 8104 1026 Evangelico Evangelico NNP 1662 8104 1027 Svizzero Svizzero NNP 1662 8104 1028 or or CC 1662 8104 1029 PEV PEV NNP 1662 8104 1030 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 1031 , , , 1662 8104 1032 and and CC 1662 8104 1033 the the DT 1662 8104 1034 Union Union NNP 1662 8104 1035 of of IN 1662 8104 1036 Federal Federal NNP 1662 8104 1037 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 8104 1038 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 1039 Eidgenossisch Eidgenossisch NNP 1662 8104 1040 - - HYPH 1662 8104 1041 Demokratische Demokratische NNP 1662 8104 1042 Union Union NNP 1662 8104 1043 or or CC 1662 8104 1044 EDU EDU NNP 1662 8104 1045 , , , 1662 8104 1046 Union Union NNP 1662 8104 1047 Democratique Democratique NNP 1662 8104 1048 Federale Federale NNP 1662 8104 1049 or or CC 1662 8104 1050 UDF UDF NNP 1662 8104 1051 , , , 1662 8104 1052 Unione Unione NNP 1662 8104 1053 Democratica Democratica NNP 1662 8104 1054 Federale Federale NNP 1662 8104 1055 or or CC 1662 8104 1056 UDF UDF NNP 1662 8104 1057 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 1058 ; ; : 1662 8104 1059 note note VB 1662 8104 1060 - - HYPH 1662 8104 1061 see see VB 1662 8104 1062 elections election NNS 1662 8104 1063 International International NNP 1662 8104 1064 organization organization NN 1662 8104 1065 participation participation NN 1662 8104 1066 : : : 1662 8104 1067 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 8104 1068 , , , 1662 8104 1069 AG AG NNP 1662 8104 1070 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 1071 observer observer NNP 1662 8104 1072 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 1073 , , , 1662 8104 1074 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 8104 1075 , , , 1662 8104 1076 Australia Australia NNP 1662 8104 1077 Group Group NNP 1662 8104 1078 , , , 1662 8104 1079 BIS BIS NNP 1662 8104 1080 , , , 1662 8104 1081 CCC CCC NNP 1662 8104 1082 , , , 1662 8104 1083 CE CE NNP 1662 8104 1084 , , , 1662 8104 1085 CERN CERN NNP 1662 8104 1086 , , , 1662 8104 1087 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 8104 1088 , , , 1662 8104 1089 ECE ECE NNP 1662 8104 1090 , , , 1662 8104 1091 EFTA EFTA NNP 1662 8104 1092 , , , 1662 8104 1093 ESA ESA NNP 1662 8104 1094 , , , 1662 8104 1095 FAO FAO NNP 1662 8104 1096 , , , 1662 8104 1097 G- G- NNP 1662 8104 1098 8 8 CD 1662 8104 1099 , , , 1662 8104 1100 G-10 g-10 CD 1662 8104 1101 , , , 1662 8104 1102 IADB IADB NNP 1662 8104 1103 , , , 1662 8104 1104 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 8104 1105 , , , 1662 8104 1106 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 8104 1107 , , , 1662 8104 1108 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 8104 1109 , , , 1662 8104 1110 ICC ICC NNP 1662 8104 1111 , , , 1662 8104 1112 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 8104 1113 , , , 1662 8104 1114 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 8104 1115 , , , 1662 8104 1116 IDA IDA NNP 1662 8104 1117 , , , 1662 8104 1118 IEA IEA NNP 1662 8104 1119 , , , 1662 8104 1120 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 8104 1121 , , , 1662 8104 1122 IFC IFC NNP 1662 8104 1123 , , , 1662 8104 1124 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 8104 1125 , , , 1662 8104 1126 ILO ILO NNP 1662 8104 1127 , , , 1662 8104 1128 IMF IMF NNP 1662 8104 1129 , , , 1662 8104 1130 IMO imo RB 1662 8104 1131 , , , 1662 8104 1132 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 8104 1133 , , , 1662 8104 1134 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8104 1135 , , , 1662 8104 1136 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 8104 1137 , , , 1662 8104 1138 IOC IOC NNP 1662 8104 1139 , , , 1662 8104 1140 IOM IOM NNP 1662 8104 1141 , , , 1662 8104 1142 ISO ISO NNP 1662 8104 1143 , , , 1662 8104 1144 ITU ITU NNP 1662 8104 1145 , , , 1662 8104 1146 MTCR MTCR NNP 1662 8104 1147 , , , 1662 8104 1148 NAM NAM NNP 1662 8104 1149 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 1150 guest guest NNP 1662 8104 1151 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 1152 , , , 1662 8104 1153 NEA NEA NNP 1662 8104 1154 , , , 1662 8104 1155 NSG NSG NNP 1662 8104 1156 , , , 1662 8104 1157 OAS OAS NNP 1662 8104 1158 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 1159 observer observer NNP 1662 8104 1160 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 1161 , , , 1662 8104 1162 OECD OECD NNP 1662 8104 1163 , , , 1662 8104 1164 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 8104 1165 , , , 1662 8104 1166 PCA PCA NNP 1662 8104 1167 , , , 1662 8104 1168 UN UN NNP 1662 8104 1169 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 1170 observer observer NN 1662 8104 1171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 1172 , , , 1662 8104 1173 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 8104 1174 , , , 1662 8104 1175 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 8104 1176 , , , 1662 8104 1177 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 8104 1178 , , , 1662 8104 1179 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 8104 1180 , , , 1662 8104 1181 UNITAR UNITAR NNP 1662 8104 1182 , , , 1662 8104 1183 UNMIBH UNMIBH NNP 1662 8104 1184 , , , 1662 8104 1185 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 8104 1186 , , , 1662 8104 1187 UNMOT UNMOT NNP 1662 8104 1188 , , , 1662 8104 1189 UNOMIG UNOMIG NNP 1662 8104 1190 , , , 1662 8104 1191 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 8104 1192 , , , 1662 8104 1193 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 8104 1194 , , , 1662 8104 1195 UNTSO UNTSO NNP 1662 8104 1196 , , , 1662 8104 1197 UNU UNU NNP 1662 8104 1198 , , , 1662 8104 1199 UPU UPU NNP 1662 8104 1200 , , , 1662 8104 1201 WCL WCL NNP 1662 8104 1202 , , , 1662 8104 1203 WHO WHO NNP 1662 8104 1204 , , , 1662 8104 1205 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 8104 1206 , , , 1662 8104 1207 WMO WMO NNP 1662 8104 1208 , , , 1662 8104 1209 WToO wtoo FW 1662 8104 1210 , , , 1662 8104 1211 WTrO wtro VB 1662 8104 1212 , , , 1662 8104 1213 ZC ZC NNP 1662 8104 1214 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8104 1215 representation representation NN 1662 8104 1216 in in IN 1662 8104 1217 the the DT 1662 8104 1218 US US NNP 1662 8104 1219 : : : 1662 8104 1220 chief chief NN 1662 8104 1221 of of IN 1662 8104 1222 mission mission NN 1662 8104 1223 : : : 1662 8104 1224 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 8104 1225 Alfred Alfred NNP 1662 8104 1226 DEFAGO DEFAGO NNP 1662 8104 1227 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 1228 since since IN 1662 8104 1229 April April NNP 1662 8104 1230 1997 1997 CD 1662 8104 1231 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 1232 chancery chancery NN 1662 8104 1233 : : : 1662 8104 1234 2900 2900 CD 1662 8104 1235 Cathedral Cathedral NNP 1662 8104 1236 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 8104 1237 NW NW NNP 1662 8104 1238 , , , 1662 8104 1239 Washington Washington NNP 1662 8104 1240 , , , 1662 8104 1241 DC DC NNP 1662 8104 1242 20008 20008 CD 1662 8104 1243 telephone telephone NN 1662 8104 1244 : : : 1662 8104 1245 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8104 1246 1 1 CD 1662 8104 1247 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8104 1248 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 1249 202 202 CD 1662 8104 1250 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 1251 745 745 CD 1662 8104 1252 - - HYPH 1662 8104 1253 7900 7900 CD 1662 8104 1254 FAX FAX NNP 1662 8104 1255 : : : 1662 8104 1256 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8104 1257 1 1 CD 1662 8104 1258 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8104 1259 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 1260 202 202 CD 1662 8104 1261 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 1262 387 387 CD 1662 8104 1263 - - HYPH 1662 8104 1264 2564 2564 CD 1662 8104 1265 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 8104 1266 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 1267 general general NN 1662 8104 1268 : : : 1662 8104 1269 Atlanta Atlanta NNP 1662 8104 1270 , , , 1662 8104 1271 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 8104 1272 , , , 1662 8104 1273 Houston Houston NNP 1662 8104 1274 , , , 1662 8104 1275 Los Los NNP 1662 8104 1276 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 8104 1277 , , , 1662 8104 1278 New New NNP 1662 8104 1279 York York NNP 1662 8104 1280 , , , 1662 8104 1281 Pago Pago NNP 1662 8104 1282 Pago Pago NNP 1662 8104 1283 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 1284 American American NNP 1662 8104 1285 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 8104 1286 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 1287 , , , 1662 8104 1288 and and CC 1662 8104 1289 San San NNP 1662 8104 1290 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 8104 1291 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8104 1292 representation representation NN 1662 8104 1293 from from IN 1662 8104 1294 the the DT 1662 8104 1295 US US NNP 1662 8104 1296 : : : 1662 8104 1297 chief chief NN 1662 8104 1298 of of IN 1662 8104 1299 mission mission NN 1662 8104 1300 : : : 1662 8104 1301 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 8104 1302 Madeleine Madeleine NNP 1662 8104 1303 May May MD 1662 8104 1304 KUNIN KUNIN NNP 1662 8104 1305 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 1306 since since IN 1662 8104 1307 8 8 CD 1662 8104 1308 August August NNP 1662 8104 1309 1996 1996 CD 1662 8104 1310 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 1311 embassy embassy NN 1662 8104 1312 : : : 1662 8104 1313 Jubilaeumstrasse Jubilaeumstrasse NNP 1662 8104 1314 93 93 CD 1662 8104 1315 , , , 1662 8104 1316 3005 3005 CD 1662 8104 1317 Bern bern JJ 1662 8104 1318 mailing mail VBG 1662 8104 1319 address address NN 1662 8104 1320 : : : 1662 8104 1321 use use VB 1662 8104 1322 embassy embassy NNP 1662 8104 1323 street street NNP 1662 8104 1324 address address NN 1662 8104 1325 telephone telephone NNP 1662 8104 1326 : : : 1662 8104 1327 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8104 1328 41 41 CD 1662 8104 1329 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8104 1330 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 1331 31 31 CD 1662 8104 1332 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 1333 357 357 CD 1662 8104 1334 70 70 CD 1662 8104 1335 11 11 CD 1662 8104 1336 FAX fax NN 1662 8104 1337 : : : 1662 8104 1338 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8104 1339 41 41 CD 1662 8104 1340 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8104 1341 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8104 1342 31 31 CD 1662 8104 1343 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8104 1344 357 357 CD 1662 8104 1345 73 73 CD 1662 8104 1346 44 44 CD 1662 8104 1347 Flag flag NN 1662 8104 1348 description description NN 1662 8104 1349 : : : 1662 8104 1350 red red NNP 1662 8104 1351 square square NN 1662 8104 1352 with with IN 1662 8104 1353 a a DT 1662 8104 1354 bold bold JJ 1662 8104 1355 , , , 1662 8104 1356 equilateral equilateral JJ 1662 8104 1357 white white NNP 1662 8104 1358 cross cross NNP 1662 8104 1359 in in IN 1662 8104 1360 the the DT 1662 8104 1361 center center NN 1662 8104 1362 that that WDT 1662 8104 1363 does do VBZ 1662 8104 1364 not not RB 1662 8104 1365 extend extend VB 1662 8104 1366 to to IN 1662 8104 1367 the the DT 1662 8104 1368 edges edge NNS 1662 8104 1369 of of IN 1662 8104 1370 the the DT 1662 8104 1371 flag flag NN 1662 8104 1372 Economy Economy NNP 1662 8104 1373 Economy Economy NNP 1662 8104 1374 - - HYPH 1662 8104 1375 overview overview NN 1662 8104 1376 : : : 1662 8104 1377 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 8104 1378 , , , 1662 8104 1379 a a DT 1662 8104 1380 fundamentally fundamentally RB 1662 8104 1381 prosperous prosperous JJ 1662 8104 1382 and and CC 1662 8104 1383 stable stable JJ 1662 8104 1384 modern modern JJ 1662 8104 1385 economy economy NN 1662 8104 1386 with with IN 1662 8104 1387 a a DT 1662 8104 1388 per per FW 1662 8104 1389 capita capita FW 1662 8104 1390 GDP gdp NN 1662 8104 1391 roughly roughly RB 1662 8104 1392 10 10 CD 1662 8104 1393 % % NN 1662 8104 1394 above above IN 1662 8104 1395 that that DT 1662 8104 1396 of of IN 1662 8104 1397 the the DT 1662 8104 1398 big big JJ 1662 8104 1399 West west JJ 1662 8104 1400 European european JJ 1662 8104 1401 economies economy NNS 1662 8104 1402 , , , 1662 8104 1403 is be VBZ 1662 8104 1404 experiencing experience VBG 1662 8104 1405 continued continue VBN 1662 8104 1406 economic economic JJ 1662 8104 1407 difficulties difficulty NNS 1662 8104 1408 . . . 1662 8105 1 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8105 2 has have VBZ 1662 8105 3 dropped drop VBN 1662 8105 4 for for IN 1662 8105 5 five five CD 1662 8105 6 consecutive consecutive JJ 1662 8105 7 quarters quarter NNS 1662 8105 8 , , , 1662 8105 9 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 8105 10 is be VBZ 1662 8105 11 reaching reach VBG 1662 8105 12 record record NN 1662 8105 13 levels level NNS 1662 8105 14 , , , 1662 8105 15 and and CC 1662 8105 16 the the DT 1662 8105 17 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8105 18 deficit deficit NN 1662 8105 19 is be VBZ 1662 8105 20 again again RB 1662 8105 21 above above IN 1662 8105 22 3 3 CD 1662 8105 23 % % NN 1662 8105 24 of of IN 1662 8105 25 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8105 26 . . . 1662 8106 1 In in IN 1662 8106 2 1997 1997 CD 1662 8106 3 , , , 1662 8106 4 growth growth NN 1662 8106 5 may may MD 1662 8106 6 reach reach VB 1662 8106 7 barely barely RB 1662 8106 8 0.6 0.6 CD 1662 8106 9 % % NN 1662 8106 10 ; ; , 1662 8106 11 a a DT 1662 8106 12 recovery recovery NN 1662 8106 13 is be VBZ 1662 8106 14 not not RB 1662 8106 15 likely likely JJ 1662 8106 16 before before IN 1662 8106 17 mid mid JJ 1662 8106 18 to to IN 1662 8106 19 late late JJ 1662 8106 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8106 21 . . . 1662 8107 1 Weak weak JJ 1662 8107 2 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8107 3 consumer consumer NN 1662 8107 4 demand demand NN 1662 8107 5 is be VBZ 1662 8107 6 partly partly RB 1662 8107 7 at at IN 1662 8107 8 fault fault NN 1662 8107 9 ; ; , 1662 8107 10 declining decline VBG 1662 8107 11 real real JJ 1662 8107 12 disposable disposable JJ 1662 8107 13 income income NN 1662 8107 14 is be VBZ 1662 8107 15 combining combine VBG 1662 8107 16 with with IN 1662 8107 17 a a DT 1662 8107 18 reluctance reluctance NN 1662 8107 19 to to TO 1662 8107 20 reduce reduce VB 1662 8107 21 saving save VBG 1662 8107 22 rates rate NNS 1662 8107 23 in in IN 1662 8107 24 the the DT 1662 8107 25 face face NN 1662 8107 26 of of IN 1662 8107 27 an an DT 1662 8107 28 uncertain uncertain JJ 1662 8107 29 employment employment NN 1662 8107 30 outlook outlook NN 1662 8107 31 . . . 1662 8108 1 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 8108 2 's 's POS 1662 8108 3 leading leading JJ 1662 8108 4 sectors sector NNS 1662 8108 5 , , , 1662 8108 6 including include VBG 1662 8108 7 financial financial JJ 1662 8108 8 services service NNS 1662 8108 9 , , , 1662 8108 10 biotechnology biotechnology NN 1662 8108 11 , , , 1662 8108 12 pharmaceuticals pharmaceutical NNS 1662 8108 13 , , , 1662 8108 14 and and CC 1662 8108 15 special special JJ 1662 8108 16 - - HYPH 1662 8108 17 purpose purpose NN 1662 8108 18 machines machine NNS 1662 8108 19 , , , 1662 8108 20 will will MD 1662 8108 21 therefore therefore RB 1662 8108 22 be be VB 1662 8108 23 more more RBR 1662 8108 24 reliant reliant JJ 1662 8108 25 on on IN 1662 8108 26 export export NN 1662 8108 27 markets market NNS 1662 8108 28 at at IN 1662 8108 29 the the DT 1662 8108 30 same same JJ 1662 8108 31 time time NN 1662 8108 32 they -PRON- PRP 1662 8108 33 are be VBP 1662 8108 34 being be VBG 1662 8108 35 squeezed squeeze VBN 1662 8108 36 by by IN 1662 8108 37 the the DT 1662 8108 38 strong strong JJ 1662 8108 39 franc franc NN 1662 8108 40 . . . 1662 8109 1 Consequently consequently RB 1662 8109 2 , , , 1662 8109 3 growth growth NN 1662 8109 4 in in IN 1662 8109 5 machinery machinery NN 1662 8109 6 and and CC 1662 8109 7 equipment equipment NN 1662 8109 8 investment investment NN 1662 8109 9 , , , 1662 8109 10 for for IN 1662 8109 11 example example NN 1662 8109 12 , , , 1662 8109 13 is be VBZ 1662 8109 14 expected expect VBN 1662 8109 15 to to TO 1662 8109 16 taper taper VB 1662 8109 17 off off RP 1662 8109 18 . . . 1662 8110 1 On on IN 1662 8110 2 the the DT 1662 8110 3 other other JJ 1662 8110 4 side side NN 1662 8110 5 , , , 1662 8110 6 import import NN 1662 8110 7 growth growth NN 1662 8110 8 in in IN 1662 8110 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8110 10 also also RB 1662 8110 11 is be VBZ 1662 8110 12 likely likely JJ 1662 8110 13 to to TO 1662 8110 14 be be VB 1662 8110 15 lower low JJR 1662 8110 16 than than IN 1662 8110 17 the the DT 1662 8110 18 1995 1995 CD 1662 8110 19 rate rate NN 1662 8110 20 of of IN 1662 8110 21 6.6 6.6 CD 1662 8110 22 % % NN 1662 8110 23 , , , 1662 8110 24 but but CC 1662 8110 25 higher high JJR 1662 8110 26 than than IN 1662 8110 27 1996 1996 CD 1662 8110 28 's 's POS 1662 8110 29 expected expect VBN 1662 8110 30 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 8110 31 % % NN 1662 8110 32 . . . 1662 8111 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8111 2 : : : 1662 8111 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 8111 4 power power NN 1662 8111 5 parity parity NN 1662 8111 6 - - : 1662 8111 7 $ $ $ 1662 8111 8 161.3 161.3 CD 1662 8111 9 billion billion CD 1662 8111 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8111 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 8111 12 est est NNP 1662 8111 13 . . . 1662 8111 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8112 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8112 2 - - HYPH 1662 8112 3 real real JJ 1662 8112 4 growth growth NN 1662 8112 5 rate rate NN 1662 8112 6 : : : 1662 8112 7 -0.75 -0.75 CD 1662 8112 8 % % NN 1662 8112 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8112 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 8112 11 est est NNP 1662 8112 12 . . . 1662 8112 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8113 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8113 2 - - HYPH 1662 8113 3 per per FW 1662 8113 4 capita capita NN 1662 8113 5 : : : 1662 8113 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 8113 7 power power NN 1662 8113 8 parity parity NN 1662 8113 9 - - : 1662 8113 10 $ $ $ 1662 8113 11 22,600 22,600 CD 1662 8113 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8113 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 8113 14 est est NNP 1662 8113 15 . . . 1662 8113 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8114 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8114 2 - - HYPH 1662 8114 3 composition composition NN 1662 8114 4 by by IN 1662 8114 5 sector sector NN 1662 8114 6 : : : 1662 8114 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8114 8 : : : 1662 8114 9 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 8114 10 % % NN 1662 8114 11 industry industry NN 1662 8114 12 : : : 1662 8114 13 31.1 31.1 CD 1662 8114 14 % % NN 1662 8114 15 services service NNS 1662 8114 16 : : : 1662 8114 17 66.1 66.1 CD 1662 8114 18 % % NN 1662 8114 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8114 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 8114 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8114 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 8114 23 rate rate NN 1662 8114 24 - - HYPH 1662 8114 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 8114 26 price price NN 1662 8114 27 index index NN 1662 8114 28 : : : 1662 8114 29 0.8 0.8 CD 1662 8114 30 % % NN 1662 8114 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8114 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 8114 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8114 34 Labor labor NN 1662 8114 35 force force NN 1662 8114 36 : : : 1662 8114 37 total total NN 1662 8114 38 : : : 1662 8114 39 3.776 3.776 CD 1662 8114 40 million million CD 1662 8114 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8114 42 939,000 939,000 CD 1662 8114 43 foreign foreign JJ 1662 8114 44 workers worker NNS 1662 8114 45 , , , 1662 8114 46 mostly mostly RB 1662 8114 47 Italian italian JJ 1662 8114 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8114 49 by by IN 1662 8114 50 occupation occupation NN 1662 8114 51 : : : 1662 8114 52 services service NNS 1662 8114 53 67 67 CD 1662 8114 54 % % NN 1662 8114 55 , , , 1662 8114 56 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 8114 57 and and CC 1662 8114 58 construction construction NN 1662 8114 59 29 29 CD 1662 8114 60 % % NN 1662 8114 61 , , , 1662 8114 62 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8114 63 and and CC 1662 8114 64 forestry forestry NN 1662 8114 65 4 4 CD 1662 8114 66 % % NN 1662 8114 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8114 68 1994 1994 CD 1662 8114 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8114 70 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 8114 71 rate rate NN 1662 8114 72 : : : 1662 8114 73 5.3 5.3 CD 1662 8114 74 % % NN 1662 8114 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8114 76 December December NNP 1662 8114 77 1996 1996 CD 1662 8114 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8114 79 Budget budget NN 1662 8114 80 : : : 1662 8114 81 revenues revenue NNS 1662 8114 82 : : : 1662 8114 83 $ $ $ 1662 8114 84 31 31 CD 1662 8114 85 billion billion CD 1662 8114 86 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8114 87 : : : 1662 8114 88 $ $ $ 1662 8114 89 36.9 36.9 CD 1662 8114 90 billion billion CD 1662 8114 91 , , , 1662 8114 92 including include VBG 1662 8114 93 capital capital NN 1662 8114 94 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8114 95 of of IN 1662 8114 96 $ $ $ 1662 8114 97 NA na NN 1662 8114 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8114 99 1995 1995 CD 1662 8114 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8114 101 Industries industry NNS 1662 8114 102 : : : 1662 8114 103 machinery machinery NN 1662 8114 104 , , , 1662 8114 105 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8114 106 , , , 1662 8114 107 watches watch NNS 1662 8114 108 , , , 1662 8114 109 textiles textile NNS 1662 8114 110 , , , 1662 8114 111 precision precision NN 1662 8114 112 instruments instrument NNS 1662 8114 113 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 8114 114 production production NN 1662 8114 115 growth growth NN 1662 8114 116 rate rate NN 1662 8114 117 : : : 1662 8114 118 -2 -2 . 1662 8114 119 % % NN 1662 8114 120 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8114 121 1996 1996 CD 1662 8114 122 est est NNP 1662 8114 123 . . . 1662 8114 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8115 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8115 2 - - HYPH 1662 8115 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 8115 4 : : : 1662 8115 5 14.27 14.27 CD 1662 8115 6 million million CD 1662 8115 7 kW kW NNP 1662 8115 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8115 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 8115 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8115 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8115 12 - - HYPH 1662 8115 13 production production NN 1662 8115 14 : : : 1662 8115 15 62.2 62.2 CD 1662 8115 16 billion billion CD 1662 8115 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8115 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8115 19 1995 1995 CD 1662 8115 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8115 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8115 22 - - HYPH 1662 8115 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 8115 24 per per IN 1662 8115 25 capita capita NN 1662 8115 26 : : : 1662 8115 27 6,810 6,810 CD 1662 8115 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8115 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8115 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 8115 31 est est NNP 1662 8115 32 . . . 1662 8115 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8116 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8116 2 - - HYPH 1662 8116 3 products product NNS 1662 8116 4 : : : 1662 8116 5 grains grain NNS 1662 8116 6 , , , 1662 8116 7 fruits fruit NNS 1662 8116 8 , , , 1662 8116 9 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 8116 10 ; ; : 1662 8116 11 meat meat NN 1662 8116 12 , , , 1662 8116 13 eggs egg NNS 1662 8116 14 Exports export NNS 1662 8116 15 : : : 1662 8116 16 total total JJ 1662 8116 17 value value NN 1662 8116 18 : : : 1662 8116 19 $ $ $ 1662 8116 20 81.35 81.35 CD 1662 8116 21 billion billion CD 1662 8116 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8116 23 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 8116 24 . . NNP 1662 8116 25 , , , 1662 8116 26 1995 1995 CD 1662 8116 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8116 28 commodities commoditie VBZ 1662 8116 29 : : : 1662 8116 30 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 8116 31 94.74 94.74 CD 1662 8116 32 % % NN 1662 8116 33 , , , 1662 8116 34 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8116 35 products product NNS 1662 8116 36 2.99 2.99 CD 1662 8116 37 % % NN 1662 8116 38 , , , 1662 8116 39 raw raw JJ 1662 8116 40 materials material NNS 1662 8116 41 2.05 2.05 CD 1662 8116 42 % % NN 1662 8116 43 , , , 1662 8116 44 fuels fuel NNS 1662 8116 45 0.15 0.15 CD 1662 8116 46 % % NN 1662 8116 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8116 48 1995 1995 CD 1662 8116 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8116 50 partners partner NNS 1662 8116 51 : : : 1662 8116 52 EU EU NNP 1662 8116 53 countries country NNS 1662 8116 54 62.1 62.1 CD 1662 8116 55 % % NN 1662 8116 56 , , , 1662 8116 57 US US NNP 1662 8116 58 8.7 8.7 CD 1662 8116 59 % % NN 1662 8116 60 , , , 1662 8116 61 Japan Japan NNP 1662 8116 62 4.0 4.0 CD 1662 8116 63 % % NN 1662 8116 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8116 65 1996 1996 CD 1662 8116 66 est est NNP 1662 8116 67 . . . 1662 8116 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8117 1 Imports import NNS 1662 8117 2 : : : 1662 8117 3 total total JJ 1662 8117 4 value value NN 1662 8117 5 : : : 1662 8117 6 $ $ $ 1662 8117 7 80.05 80.05 CD 1662 8117 8 billion billion CD 1662 8117 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8117 10 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 8117 11 . . NNP 1662 8117 12 , , , 1662 8117 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 8117 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8117 15 commodities commoditie VBZ 1662 8117 16 : : : 1662 8117 17 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 8117 18 86.81 86.81 CD 1662 8117 19 % % NN 1662 8117 20 , , , 1662 8117 21 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8117 22 products product NNS 1662 8117 23 6.44 6.44 CD 1662 8117 24 % % NN 1662 8117 25 , , , 1662 8117 26 raw raw JJ 1662 8117 27 materials material NNS 1662 8117 28 3.65 3.65 CD 1662 8117 29 % % NN 1662 8117 30 , , , 1662 8117 31 fuels fuel NNS 1662 8117 32 2.93 2.93 CD 1662 8117 33 % % NN 1662 8117 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8117 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 8117 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8117 37 partners partner NNS 1662 8117 38 : : : 1662 8117 39 EU EU NNP 1662 8117 40 80.2 80.2 CD 1662 8117 41 % % NN 1662 8117 42 , , , 1662 8117 43 US US NNP 1662 8117 44 6.6 6.6 CD 1662 8117 45 % % NN 1662 8117 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8117 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 8117 48 est est NNP 1662 8117 49 . . . 1662 8117 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8118 1 Debt debt NN 1662 8118 2 - - HYPH 1662 8118 3 external external JJ 1662 8118 4 : : : 1662 8118 5 $ $ $ 1662 8118 6 NA na JJ 1662 8118 7 Economic economic JJ 1662 8118 8 aid aid NN 1662 8118 9 : : : 1662 8118 10 donor donor NN 1662 8118 11 : : : 1662 8118 12 ODA ODA NNP 1662 8118 13 , , , 1662 8118 14 $ $ $ 1662 8118 15 1.034 1.034 CD 1662 8118 16 billion billion CD 1662 8118 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8118 18 1995 1995 CD 1662 8118 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8118 20 Currency currency NN 1662 8118 21 : : : 1662 8118 22 1 1 CD 1662 8118 23 Swiss swiss JJ 1662 8118 24 franc franc NN 1662 8118 25 , , , 1662 8118 26 franken franken VBN 1662 8118 27 , , , 1662 8118 28 or or CC 1662 8118 29 franco franco NNP 1662 8118 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8118 31 SFR SFR NNP 1662 8118 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8118 33 = = SYM 1662 8118 34 100 100 CD 1662 8118 35 centimes centime NNS 1662 8118 36 , , , 1662 8118 37 rappen rappen NN 1662 8118 38 , , , 1662 8118 39 or or CC 1662 8118 40 centesimi centesimi NNP 1662 8118 41 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 8118 42 rates rate NNS 1662 8118 43 : : : 1662 8118 44 Swiss swiss JJ 1662 8118 45 francs franc NNS 1662 8118 46 , , , 1662 8118 47 franken franken VBN 1662 8118 48 , , , 1662 8118 49 or or CC 1662 8118 50 franchi franchi NNP 1662 8118 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8118 52 SFR SFR NNP 1662 8118 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8118 54 per per IN 1662 8118 55 US$ us$ $ 1662 8118 56 1 1 CD 1662 8118 57 - - SYM 1662 8118 58 1.3936 1.3936 CD 1662 8118 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8118 60 January January NNP 1662 8118 61 1997 1997 CD 1662 8118 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8118 63 , , , 1662 8118 64 1.2360 1.2360 CD 1662 8118 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8118 66 1996 1996 CD 1662 8118 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8118 68 , , , 1662 8118 69 1.1825 1.1825 CD 1662 8118 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8118 71 1995 1995 CD 1662 8118 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8118 73 , , , 1662 8118 74 1.3677 1.3677 CD 1662 8118 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8118 76 1994 1994 CD 1662 8118 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8118 78 , , , 1662 8118 79 1.4776 1.4776 CD 1662 8118 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8118 81 1993 1993 CD 1662 8118 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8118 83 , , , 1662 8118 84 1.4062 1.4062 CD 1662 8118 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8118 86 1992 1992 CD 1662 8118 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8118 88 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8118 89 year year NN 1662 8118 90 : : : 1662 8118 91 calendar calendar NNP 1662 8118 92 year year NN 1662 8118 93 @Switzerland @switzerland XX 1662 8118 94 : : : 1662 8118 95 Communications Communications NNP 1662 8118 96 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 8118 97 : : : 1662 8118 98 4.573 4.573 CD 1662 8118 99 million million CD 1662 8118 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8118 101 1993 1993 CD 1662 8118 102 est est NNP 1662 8118 103 . . . 1662 8118 104 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8119 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8119 2 system system NN 1662 8119 3 : : : 1662 8119 4 excellent excellent JJ 1662 8119 5 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8119 6 and and CC 1662 8119 7 international international JJ 1662 8119 8 services service NNS 1662 8119 9 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8119 10 : : : 1662 8119 11 extensive extensive JJ 1662 8119 12 cable cable NN 1662 8119 13 and and CC 1662 8119 14 microwave microwave NN 1662 8119 15 radio radio NN 1662 8119 16 relay relay NN 1662 8119 17 networks network NNS 1662 8119 18 international international JJ 1662 8119 19 : : : 1662 8119 20 satellite satellite NN 1662 8119 21 earth earth NN 1662 8119 22 stations station NNS 1662 8119 23 - - , 1662 8119 24 2 2 CD 1662 8119 25 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8119 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8119 27 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8119 28 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8119 29 and and CC 1662 8119 30 Indian Indian NNP 1662 8119 31 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8119 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8119 33 Radio radio NN 1662 8119 34 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8119 35 stations station NNS 1662 8119 36 : : : 1662 8119 37 AM AM NNP 1662 8119 38 7 7 CD 1662 8119 39 , , , 1662 8119 40 FM FM NNP 1662 8119 41 265 265 CD 1662 8119 42 , , , 1662 8119 43 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 8119 44 0 0 CD 1662 8119 45 Radios radio NNS 1662 8119 46 : : : 1662 8119 47 2.727 2.727 CD 1662 8119 48 million million CD 1662 8119 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8119 50 1994 1994 CD 1662 8119 51 est est NNP 1662 8119 52 . . . 1662 8119 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8120 1 Television television NN 1662 8120 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8120 3 stations station NNS 1662 8120 4 : : : 1662 8120 5 18 18 CD 1662 8120 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8120 7 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 8120 8 1,322 1,322 CD 1662 8120 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8120 10 Televisions television NNS 1662 8120 11 : : : 1662 8120 12 2.513 2.513 CD 1662 8120 13 million million CD 1662 8120 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8120 15 1994 1994 CD 1662 8120 16 est est NNP 1662 8120 17 . . . 1662 8120 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8121 1 @Switzerland @switzerland LS 1662 8121 2 : : : 1662 8121 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8121 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8121 5 : : : 1662 8121 6 total total NN 1662 8121 7 : : : 1662 8121 8 5,719 5,719 CD 1662 8121 9 km km NN 1662 8121 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8121 11 1,432 1,432 CD 1662 8121 12 km km NN 1662 8121 13 double double JJ 1662 8121 14 track track NN 1662 8121 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8121 16 standard standard JJ 1662 8121 17 gauge gauge NN 1662 8121 18 : : : 1662 8121 19 3,283 3,283 CD 1662 8121 20 km km NN 1662 8121 21 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 8121 22 gauge gauge NN 1662 8121 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8121 24 99 99 CD 1662 8121 25 % % NN 1662 8121 26 electrified electrify VBN 1662 8121 27 ; ; : 1662 8121 28 310 310 CD 1662 8121 29 km km NN 1662 8121 30 nongovernment nongovernment NN 1662 8121 31 owned own VBN 1662 8121 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8121 33 narrow narrow JJ 1662 8121 34 gauge gauge NN 1662 8121 35 : : : 1662 8121 36 1,255 1,255 CD 1662 8121 37 km km NN 1662 8121 38 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 8121 39 gauge gauge NN 1662 8121 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8121 41 99 99 CD 1662 8121 42 % % NN 1662 8121 43 electrified electrify VBN 1662 8121 44 ; ; : 1662 8121 45 1,181 1,181 CD 1662 8121 46 km km NN 1662 8121 47 nongovernment nongovernment NN 1662 8121 48 owned own VBN 1662 8121 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8121 50 other other JJ 1662 8121 51 gauge gauge NN 1662 8121 52 : : : 1662 8121 53 1,181 1,181 CD 1662 8121 54 km km NN 1662 8121 55 NA NA NNP 1662 8121 56 - - HYPH 1662 8121 57 m m NNP 1662 8121 58 gauge gauge NN 1662 8121 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8121 60 1995 1995 CD 1662 8121 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8121 62 Highways highway NNS 1662 8121 63 : : : 1662 8121 64 total total NN 1662 8121 65 : : : 1662 8121 66 71,055 71,055 CD 1662 8121 67 km km NNS 1662 8121 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8121 69 including include VBG 1662 8121 70 1,540 1,540 CD 1662 8121 71 km km NNS 1662 8121 72 of of IN 1662 8121 73 expressways expressway NNS 1662 8121 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8121 75 paved pave VBD 1662 8121 76 : : : 1662 8121 77 NA NA NNP 1662 8121 78 km km PRP 1662 8121 79 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8121 80 : : : 1662 8121 81 NA NA NNP 1662 8121 82 km km PRP 1662 8121 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8121 84 1995 1995 CD 1662 8121 85 est est NNP 1662 8121 86 . . . 1662 8121 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8122 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 8122 2 : : : 1662 8122 3 65 65 CD 1662 8122 4 km km NN 1662 8122 5 ; ; : 1662 8122 6 Rhine Rhine NNP 1662 8122 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8122 8 Basel Basel NNP 1662 8122 9 to to IN 1662 8122 10 Rheinfelden Rheinfelden NNP 1662 8122 11 , , , 1662 8122 12 Schaffhausen Schaffhausen NNP 1662 8122 13 to to IN 1662 8122 14 Bodensee Bodensee NNP 1662 8122 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8122 16 ; ; : 1662 8122 17 12 12 CD 1662 8122 18 navigable navigable JJ 1662 8122 19 lakes lake NNS 1662 8122 20 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 8122 21 : : : 1662 8122 22 crude crude JJ 1662 8122 23 oil oil NN 1662 8122 24 314 314 CD 1662 8122 25 km km NN 1662 8122 26 ; ; : 1662 8122 27 natural natural JJ 1662 8122 28 gas gas NN 1662 8122 29 1,506 1,506 CD 1662 8122 30 km km NN 1662 8122 31 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 8122 32 and and CC 1662 8122 33 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8122 34 : : : 1662 8122 35 Basel Basel NNP 1662 8122 36 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 8122 37 marine marine NN 1662 8122 38 : : : 1662 8122 39 total total NN 1662 8122 40 : : : 1662 8122 41 23 23 CD 1662 8122 42 ships ship NNS 1662 8122 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8122 44 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8122 45 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8122 46 or or CC 1662 8122 47 over over RB 1662 8122 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8122 49 totaling total VBG 1662 8122 50 378,871 378,871 CD 1662 8122 51 GRT/665,519 GRT/665,519 NNP 1662 8122 52 DWT DWT NNP 1662 8122 53 ships ship NNS 1662 8122 54 by by IN 1662 8122 55 type type NN 1662 8122 56 : : : 1662 8122 57 bulk bulk NNP 1662 8122 58 13 13 CD 1662 8122 59 , , , 1662 8122 60 cargo cargo NN 1662 8122 61 1 1 CD 1662 8122 62 , , , 1662 8122 63 chemical chemical NN 1662 8122 64 tanker tanker NN 1662 8122 65 6 6 CD 1662 8122 66 , , , 1662 8122 67 oil oil NN 1662 8122 68 tanker tanker NN 1662 8122 69 1 1 CD 1662 8122 70 , , , 1662 8122 71 roll roll NN 1662 8122 72 - - HYPH 1662 8122 73 on on IN 1662 8122 74 / / SYM 1662 8122 75 roll roll NN 1662 8122 76 - - HYPH 1662 8122 77 off off RP 1662 8122 78 cargo cargo NN 1662 8122 79 1 1 CD 1662 8122 80 , , , 1662 8122 81 specialized specialized NNP 1662 8122 82 tanker tanker NN 1662 8122 83 1 1 CD 1662 8122 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8122 85 1996 1996 CD 1662 8122 86 est est NNP 1662 8122 87 . . . 1662 8122 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8123 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8123 2 : : : 1662 8123 3 67 67 CD 1662 8123 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8123 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8123 6 est est NNP 1662 8123 7 . . . 1662 8123 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8124 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8124 2 - - , 1662 8124 3 with with IN 1662 8124 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8124 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8124 6 : : : 1662 8124 7 total total NN 1662 8124 8 : : : 1662 8124 9 66 66 CD 1662 8124 10 over over IN 1662 8124 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8124 12 m m NN 1662 8124 13 : : : 1662 8124 14 4 4 CD 1662 8124 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8124 16 to to TO 1662 8124 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8124 18 m m NN 1662 8124 19 : : : 1662 8124 20 4 4 CD 1662 8124 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8124 22 to to TO 1662 8124 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8124 24 m m NN 1662 8124 25 : : : 1662 8124 26 13 13 CD 1662 8124 27 914 914 CD 1662 8124 28 to to TO 1662 8124 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8124 30 m m NN 1662 8124 31 : : : 1662 8124 32 5 5 CD 1662 8124 33 under under IN 1662 8124 34 914 914 CD 1662 8124 35 m m NN 1662 8124 36 : : : 1662 8124 37 40 40 CD 1662 8124 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8124 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 8124 40 est est NNP 1662 8124 41 . . . 1662 8124 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8125 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8125 2 - - , 1662 8125 3 with with IN 1662 8125 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8125 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8125 6 : : : 1662 8125 7 total total NN 1662 8125 8 : : : 1662 8125 9 1 1 CD 1662 8125 10 914 914 CD 1662 8125 11 to to TO 1662 8125 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8125 13 m m NN 1662 8125 14 : : : 1662 8125 15 1 1 CD 1662 8125 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8125 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 8125 18 est est NNP 1662 8125 19 . . . 1662 8125 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8126 1 Military military JJ 1662 8126 2 Military military JJ 1662 8126 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8126 4 : : : 1662 8126 5 Army Army NNP 1662 8126 6 , , , 1662 8126 7 Air Air NNP 1662 8126 8 Force Force NNP 1662 8126 9 and and CC 1662 8126 10 Antiaircraft Antiaircraft NNP 1662 8126 11 Command Command NNP 1662 8126 12 , , , 1662 8126 13 Frontier Frontier NNP 1662 8126 14 Guards Guards NNPS 1662 8126 15 , , , 1662 8126 16 Fortification Fortification NNP 1662 8126 17 Guards Guards NNPS 1662 8126 18 Military Military NNP 1662 8126 19 manpower manpower NN 1662 8126 20 - - HYPH 1662 8126 21 military military NN 1662 8126 22 age age NN 1662 8126 23 : : : 1662 8126 24 20 20 CD 1662 8126 25 years year NNS 1662 8126 26 of of IN 1662 8126 27 age age NN 1662 8126 28 Military military JJ 1662 8126 29 manpower manpower NN 1662 8126 30 - - HYPH 1662 8126 31 availability availability NN 1662 8126 32 : : : 1662 8126 33 males male NNS 1662 8126 34 age age NNP 1662 8126 35 15 15 CD 1662 8126 36 - - HYPH 1662 8126 37 49 49 CD 1662 8126 38 : : : 1662 8126 39 1,889,213 1,889,213 CD 1662 8126 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8126 41 1997 1997 CD 1662 8126 42 est est NNP 1662 8126 43 . . . 1662 8126 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8127 1 Military military JJ 1662 8127 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8127 3 - - HYPH 1662 8127 4 fit fit NN 1662 8127 5 for for IN 1662 8127 6 military military JJ 1662 8127 7 service service NN 1662 8127 8 : : : 1662 8127 9 males male NNS 1662 8127 10 : : : 1662 8127 11 1,617,691 1,617,691 CD 1662 8127 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8127 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8127 14 est est NNP 1662 8127 15 . . . 1662 8127 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8128 1 Military military JJ 1662 8128 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8128 3 - - HYPH 1662 8128 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 8128 5 military military JJ 1662 8128 6 age age NN 1662 8128 7 annually annually RB 1662 8128 8 : : : 1662 8128 9 males male NNS 1662 8128 10 : : : 1662 8128 11 41,038 41,038 CD 1662 8128 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8128 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8128 14 est est NNP 1662 8128 15 . . . 1662 8128 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8129 1 Military military JJ 1662 8129 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8129 3 - - HYPH 1662 8129 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8129 5 figure figure NN 1662 8129 6 : : : 1662 8129 7 $ $ $ 1662 8129 8 3.74 3.74 CD 1662 8129 9 billion billion CD 1662 8129 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8129 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 8129 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8129 13 Military military JJ 1662 8129 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8129 15 - - : 1662 8129 16 percent percent NN 1662 8129 17 of of IN 1662 8129 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8129 19 : : : 1662 8129 20 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 8129 21 % % NN 1662 8129 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8129 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 8129 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8129 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8129 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8129 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 8129 28 - - : 1662 8129 29 international international RB 1662 8129 30 : : : 1662 8129 31 none none NN 1662 8129 32 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 8129 33 drugs drug VBZ 1662 8129 34 : : : 1662 8129 35 money money NN 1662 8129 36 - - HYPH 1662 8129 37 laundering launder VBG 1662 8129 38 center center NN 1662 8129 39 ; ; : 1662 8129 40 transit transit NN 1662 8129 41 country country NN 1662 8129 42 for for IN 1662 8129 43 and and CC 1662 8129 44 consumer consumer NN 1662 8129 45 of of IN 1662 8129 46 South south JJ 1662 8129 47 American american JJ 1662 8129 48 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 8129 49 and and CC 1662 8129 50 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 8129 51 Asian asian JJ 1662 8129 52 heroin heroin NN 1662 8129 53 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 54 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 55 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 56 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 57 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 58 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 59 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 60 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 61 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 62 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 63 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 64 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 65 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 66 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 67 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 68 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 69 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 70 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 71 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 72 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 73 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 74 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 75 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 76 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 77 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 78 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 79 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 80 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 81 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 82 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 83 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 84 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 85 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 86 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 87 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 88 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 89 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 90 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 91 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 92 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 93 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 94 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 95 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 96 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 97 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 98 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 99 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 100 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 101 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 102 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 103 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 104 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 105 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 106 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 107 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 108 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 109 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 110 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 111 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 112 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 113 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 114 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 115 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 116 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 117 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 118 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 119 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 120 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 121 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 122 _ _ NNP 1662 8129 123 SYRIA SYRIA NNP 1662 8129 124 @Syria @Syria NNP 1662 8129 125 : : : 1662 8129 126 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8129 127 Location Location NNP 1662 8129 128 : : : 1662 8129 129 Middle Middle NNP 1662 8129 130 East East NNP 1662 8129 131 , , , 1662 8129 132 bordering border VBG 1662 8129 133 the the DT 1662 8129 134 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 8129 135 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8129 136 , , , 1662 8129 137 between between IN 1662 8129 138 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 1662 8129 139 and and CC 1662 8129 140 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 8129 141 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8129 142 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8129 143 : : : 1662 8129 144 35 35 CD 1662 8129 145 00 00 NFP 1662 8129 146 N n CD 1662 8129 147 , , , 1662 8129 148 38 38 CD 1662 8129 149 00 00 CD 1662 8129 150 E e NN 1662 8129 151 Map Map NNP 1662 8129 152 references reference NNS 1662 8129 153 : : : 1662 8129 154 Middle Middle NNP 1662 8129 155 East East NNP 1662 8129 156 Area Area NNP 1662 8129 157 : : : 1662 8129 158 total total NN 1662 8129 159 : : : 1662 8129 160 185,180 185,180 CD 1662 8129 161 sq sq NN 1662 8129 162 km km NNP 1662 8129 163 land land NN 1662 8129 164 : : : 1662 8129 165 184,050 184,050 CD 1662 8129 166 sq sq NNP 1662 8129 167 km km NNP 1662 8129 168 water water NN 1662 8129 169 : : : 1662 8129 170 1,130 1,130 CD 1662 8129 171 sq sq NNP 1662 8129 172 km km NNP 1662 8129 173 note note NN 1662 8129 174 : : : 1662 8129 175 includes include VBZ 1662 8129 176 1,295 1,295 CD 1662 8129 177 sq sq IN 1662 8129 178 km km NNS 1662 8129 179 of of IN 1662 8129 180 Israeli Israeli NNP 1662 8129 181 - - HYPH 1662 8129 182 occupied occupy VBN 1662 8129 183 territory territory NN 1662 8129 184 Area Area NNP 1662 8129 185 - - HYPH 1662 8129 186 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8129 187 : : : 1662 8129 188 slightly slightly RB 1662 8129 189 larger large JJR 1662 8129 190 than than IN 1662 8129 191 North North NNP 1662 8129 192 Dakota Dakota NNP 1662 8129 193 Land Land NNP 1662 8129 194 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8129 195 : : : 1662 8129 196 total total NN 1662 8129 197 : : : 1662 8129 198 2,253 2,253 CD 1662 8129 199 km km NN 1662 8129 200 border border NN 1662 8129 201 countries country NNS 1662 8129 202 : : : 1662 8129 203 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 8129 204 605 605 CD 1662 8129 205 km km NN 1662 8129 206 , , , 1662 8129 207 Israel Israel NNP 1662 8129 208 76 76 CD 1662 8129 209 km km NN 1662 8129 210 , , , 1662 8129 211 Jordan Jordan NNP 1662 8129 212 375 375 CD 1662 8129 213 km km NN 1662 8129 214 , , , 1662 8129 215 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 1662 8129 216 375 375 CD 1662 8129 217 km km NNS 1662 8129 218 , , , 1662 8129 219 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 8129 220 822 822 CD 1662 8129 221 km km NN 1662 8129 222 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8129 223 : : : 1662 8129 224 193 193 CD 1662 8129 225 km km NN 1662 8129 226 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8129 227 claims claim VBZ 1662 8129 228 : : : 1662 8129 229 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 8129 230 zone zone NN 1662 8129 231 : : : 1662 8129 232 41 41 CD 1662 8129 233 nm nm CD 1662 8129 234 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8129 235 sea sea NN 1662 8129 236 : : : 1662 8129 237 35 35 CD 1662 8129 238 nm nm IN 1662 8129 239 Climate climate NN 1662 8129 240 : : : 1662 8129 241 mostly mostly RB 1662 8129 242 desert desert NN 1662 8129 243 ; ; , 1662 8129 244 hot hot JJ 1662 8129 245 , , , 1662 8129 246 dry dry JJ 1662 8129 247 , , , 1662 8129 248 sunny sunny JJ 1662 8129 249 summers summer NNS 1662 8129 250 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8129 251 June June NNP 1662 8129 252 to to IN 1662 8129 253 August August NNP 1662 8129 254 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8129 255 and and CC 1662 8129 256 mild mild JJ 1662 8129 257 , , , 1662 8129 258 rainy rainy JJ 1662 8129 259 winters winter NNS 1662 8129 260 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8129 261 December December NNP 1662 8129 262 to to IN 1662 8129 263 February February NNP 1662 8129 264 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8129 265 along along IN 1662 8129 266 coast coast NN 1662 8129 267 ; ; : 1662 8129 268 cold cold JJ 1662 8129 269 weather weather NN 1662 8129 270 with with IN 1662 8129 271 snow snow NN 1662 8129 272 or or CC 1662 8129 273 sleet sleet NN 1662 8129 274 periodically periodically RB 1662 8129 275 hitting hit VBG 1662 8129 276 Damascus Damascus NNP 1662 8129 277 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8129 278 : : : 1662 8129 279 primarily primarily RB 1662 8129 280 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 8129 281 and and CC 1662 8129 282 desert desert NNP 1662 8129 283 plateau plateau NNP 1662 8129 284 ; ; : 1662 8129 285 narrow narrow JJ 1662 8129 286 coastal coastal JJ 1662 8129 287 plain plain NN 1662 8129 288 ; ; : 1662 8129 289 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8129 290 in in IN 1662 8129 291 west west NNP 1662 8129 292 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8129 293 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8129 294 : : : 1662 8129 295 lowest low JJS 1662 8129 296 point point NN 1662 8129 297 : : : 1662 8129 298 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 8129 299 location location NN 1662 8129 300 near near IN 1662 8129 301 Lake Lake NNP 1662 8129 302 Tiberias Tiberias NNP 1662 8129 303 -200 -200 NN 1662 8129 304 m m DT 1662 8129 305 highest high JJS 1662 8129 306 point point NN 1662 8129 307 : : : 1662 8129 308 Mount Mount NNP 1662 8129 309 Hermon Hermon NNP 1662 8129 310 2,814 2,814 CD 1662 8129 311 m m CD 1662 8129 312 Natural natural JJ 1662 8129 313 resources resource NNS 1662 8129 314 : : : 1662 8129 315 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8129 316 , , , 1662 8129 317 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 8129 318 , , , 1662 8129 319 chrome chrome NN 1662 8129 320 and and CC 1662 8129 321 manganese manganese JJ 1662 8129 322 ores ore NNS 1662 8129 323 , , , 1662 8129 324 asphalt asphalt NN 1662 8129 325 , , , 1662 8129 326 iron iron NN 1662 8129 327 ore ore NN 1662 8129 328 , , , 1662 8129 329 rock rock NN 1662 8129 330 salt salt NN 1662 8129 331 , , , 1662 8129 332 marble marble NN 1662 8129 333 , , , 1662 8129 334 gypsum gypsum NNP 1662 8129 335 Land Land NNP 1662 8129 336 use use NN 1662 8129 337 : : : 1662 8129 338 arable arable JJ 1662 8129 339 land land NN 1662 8129 340 : : : 1662 8129 341 28 28 CD 1662 8129 342 % % NN 1662 8129 343 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8129 344 crops crop NNS 1662 8129 345 : : : 1662 8129 346 4 4 CD 1662 8129 347 % % NN 1662 8129 348 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8129 349 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8129 350 : : : 1662 8129 351 43 43 CD 1662 8129 352 % % NN 1662 8129 353 forests forest NNS 1662 8129 354 and and CC 1662 8129 355 woodland woodland NN 1662 8129 356 : : : 1662 8129 357 3 3 CD 1662 8129 358 % % NN 1662 8129 359 other other JJ 1662 8129 360 : : : 1662 8129 361 22 22 CD 1662 8129 362 % % NN 1662 8129 363 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8129 364 1993 1993 CD 1662 8129 365 est est NNP 1662 8129 366 . . . 1662 8129 367 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8130 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8130 2 land land NN 1662 8130 3 : : : 1662 8130 4 9,060 9,060 CD 1662 8130 5 sq sq NNP 1662 8130 6 km km NNP 1662 8130 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8130 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8130 9 est est NNP 1662 8130 10 . . . 1662 8130 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8131 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8131 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8131 3 : : : 1662 8131 4 dust dust NN 1662 8131 5 storms storm NNS 1662 8131 6 , , , 1662 8131 7 sandstorms sandstorm VBZ 1662 8131 8 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8131 9 - - HYPH 1662 8131 10 current current JJ 1662 8131 11 issues issue NNS 1662 8131 12 : : : 1662 8131 13 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 8131 14 ; ; : 1662 8131 15 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 8131 16 ; ; : 1662 8131 17 soil soil NN 1662 8131 18 erosion erosion NN 1662 8131 19 ; ; , 1662 8131 20 desertification desertification NN 1662 8131 21 ; ; : 1662 8131 22 water water NN 1662 8131 23 pollution pollution NN 1662 8131 24 from from IN 1662 8131 25 dumping dumping NN 1662 8131 26 of of IN 1662 8131 27 raw raw JJ 1662 8131 28 sewage sewage NN 1662 8131 29 and and CC 1662 8131 30 wastes waste NNS 1662 8131 31 from from IN 1662 8131 32 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8131 33 refining refining NN 1662 8131 34 ; ; , 1662 8131 35 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 8131 36 supplies supply NNS 1662 8131 37 of of IN 1662 8131 38 potable potable JJ 1662 8131 39 water water NN 1662 8131 40 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8131 41 - - HYPH 1662 8131 42 international international JJ 1662 8131 43 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8131 44 : : : 1662 8131 45 party party NN 1662 8131 46 to to TO 1662 8131 47 : : : 1662 8131 48 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 8131 49 , , , 1662 8131 50 Climate climate NN 1662 8131 51 Change Change NNP 1662 8131 52 , , , 1662 8131 53 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 8131 54 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 8131 55 , , , 1662 8131 56 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8131 57 Test Test NNP 1662 8131 58 Ban Ban NNP 1662 8131 59 , , , 1662 8131 60 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8131 61 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8131 62 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8131 63 , , , 1662 8131 64 Ship Ship NNP 1662 8131 65 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8131 66 signed sign VBD 1662 8131 67 , , , 1662 8131 68 but but CC 1662 8131 69 not not RB 1662 8131 70 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8131 71 : : : 1662 8131 72 Desertification desertification NN 1662 8131 73 , , , 1662 8131 74 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 8131 75 Modification Modification NNP 1662 8131 76 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8131 77 - - HYPH 1662 8131 78 note note NN 1662 8131 79 : : : 1662 8131 80 there there EX 1662 8131 81 are be VBP 1662 8131 82 42 42 CD 1662 8131 83 Israeli israeli JJ 1662 8131 84 settlements settlement NNS 1662 8131 85 and and CC 1662 8131 86 civilian civilian JJ 1662 8131 87 land land NN 1662 8131 88 use use NN 1662 8131 89 sites site NNS 1662 8131 90 in in IN 1662 8131 91 the the DT 1662 8131 92 Israeli Israeli NNP 1662 8131 93 - - HYPH 1662 8131 94 occupied occupy VBN 1662 8131 95 Golan Golan NNP 1662 8131 96 Heights Heights NNPS 1662 8131 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8131 98 August August NNP 1662 8131 99 1996 1996 CD 1662 8131 100 est est NNP 1662 8131 101 . . . 1662 8131 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8132 1 @Syria @Syria NNP 1662 8132 2 : : : 1662 8132 3 People People NNPS 1662 8132 4 Population Population NNP 1662 8132 5 : : : 1662 8132 6 16,137,899 16,137,899 CD 1662 8132 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8132 8 July July NNP 1662 8132 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8132 10 est est NNP 1662 8132 11 . . . 1662 8132 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8133 1 note note NN 1662 8133 2 : : : 1662 8133 3 in in IN 1662 8133 4 addition addition NN 1662 8133 5 , , , 1662 8133 6 there there EX 1662 8133 7 are be VBP 1662 8133 8 32,600 32,600 CD 1662 8133 9 people people NNS 1662 8133 10 living live VBG 1662 8133 11 in in IN 1662 8133 12 the the DT 1662 8133 13 Israeli Israeli NNP 1662 8133 14 - - HYPH 1662 8133 15 occupied occupy VBN 1662 8133 16 Golan Golan NNP 1662 8133 17 Heights Heights NNPS 1662 8133 18 - - HYPH 1662 8133 19 17,600 17,600 CD 1662 8133 20 Arabs Arabs NNPS 1662 8133 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8133 22 16,000 16,000 CD 1662 8133 23 Druze druze JJ 1662 8133 24 and and CC 1662 8133 25 1,600 1,600 CD 1662 8133 26 Alawites Alawites NNPS 1662 8133 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8133 28 and and CC 1662 8133 29 15,000 15,000 CD 1662 8133 30 Israeli israeli JJ 1662 8133 31 settlers settler NNS 1662 8133 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8133 33 August August NNP 1662 8133 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 8133 35 est est NNP 1662 8133 36 . . . 1662 8133 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8134 1 Age age NN 1662 8134 2 structure structure NN 1662 8134 3 : : : 1662 8134 4 0 0 CD 1662 8134 5 - - HYPH 1662 8134 6 14 14 CD 1662 8134 7 years year NNS 1662 8134 8 : : : 1662 8134 9 46 46 CD 1662 8134 10 % % NN 1662 8134 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8134 12 male male JJ 1662 8134 13 3,839,369 3,839,369 CD 1662 8134 14 ; ; : 1662 8134 15 female female JJ 1662 8134 16 3,654,350 3,654,350 CD 1662 8134 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8134 18 15 15 CD 1662 8134 19 - - SYM 1662 8134 20 64 64 CD 1662 8134 21 years year NNS 1662 8134 22 : : : 1662 8134 23 51 51 CD 1662 8134 24 % % NN 1662 8134 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8134 26 male male JJ 1662 8134 27 4,174,734 4,174,734 CD 1662 8134 28 ; ; : 1662 8134 29 female female JJ 1662 8134 30 3,997,666 3,997,666 CD 1662 8134 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8134 32 65 65 CD 1662 8134 33 years year NNS 1662 8134 34 and and CC 1662 8134 35 over over IN 1662 8134 36 : : : 1662 8134 37 3 3 CD 1662 8134 38 % % NN 1662 8134 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8134 40 male male JJ 1662 8134 41 234,127 234,127 CD 1662 8134 42 ; ; : 1662 8134 43 female female JJ 1662 8134 44 237,653 237,653 CD 1662 8134 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8134 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8134 47 July July NNP 1662 8134 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8134 49 est est NNP 1662 8134 50 . . . 1662 8134 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8135 1 Population population NN 1662 8135 2 growth growth NN 1662 8135 3 rate rate NN 1662 8135 4 : : : 1662 8135 5 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 8135 6 % % NN 1662 8135 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8135 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8135 9 est est NNP 1662 8135 10 . . . 1662 8135 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8136 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8136 2 rate rate NN 1662 8136 3 : : : 1662 8136 4 38.7 38.7 CD 1662 8136 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 8136 6 population population NN 1662 8136 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8136 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8136 9 est est NNP 1662 8136 10 . . . 1662 8136 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8137 1 Death death NN 1662 8137 2 rate rate NN 1662 8137 3 : : : 1662 8137 4 5.7 5.7 CD 1662 8137 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8137 6 population population NN 1662 8137 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8137 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8137 9 est est NNP 1662 8137 10 . . . 1662 8137 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8138 1 Net net JJ 1662 8138 2 migration migration NN 1662 8138 3 rate rate NN 1662 8138 4 : : : 1662 8138 5 0 0 NFP 1662 8138 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 8138 7 population population NN 1662 8138 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8138 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8138 10 est est NNP 1662 8138 11 . . . 1662 8138 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8139 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8139 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8139 3 : : : 1662 8139 4 at at IN 1662 8139 5 birth birth NN 1662 8139 6 : : : 1662 8139 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 8139 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8139 9 under under IN 1662 8139 10 15 15 CD 1662 8139 11 years year NNS 1662 8139 12 : : : 1662 8139 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 8139 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8139 15 15 15 CD 1662 8139 16 - - HYPH 1662 8139 17 64 64 CD 1662 8139 18 years year NNS 1662 8139 19 : : : 1662 8139 20 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 8139 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8139 22 65 65 CD 1662 8139 23 years year NNS 1662 8139 24 and and CC 1662 8139 25 over over IN 1662 8139 26 : : : 1662 8139 27 0.98 0.98 CD 1662 8139 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 8139 29 total total JJ 1662 8139 30 population population NN 1662 8139 31 : : : 1662 8139 32 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 8139 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8139 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8139 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8139 36 est e JJS 1662 8139 37 . . . 1662 8139 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8140 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8140 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8140 3 rate rate NN 1662 8140 4 : : : 1662 8140 5 38.8 38.8 CD 1662 8140 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8140 7 live live JJ 1662 8140 8 births birth NNS 1662 8140 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8140 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8140 11 est est NNP 1662 8140 12 . . . 1662 8140 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8141 1 Life life NN 1662 8141 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8141 3 at at IN 1662 8141 4 birth birth NN 1662 8141 5 : : : 1662 8141 6 total total JJ 1662 8141 7 population population NN 1662 8141 8 : : : 1662 8141 9 67.44 67.44 CD 1662 8141 10 years year NNS 1662 8141 11 male male NN 1662 8141 12 : : : 1662 8141 13 66.21 66.21 CD 1662 8141 14 years year NNS 1662 8141 15 female female JJ 1662 8141 16 : : : 1662 8141 17 68.74 68.74 CD 1662 8141 18 years year NNS 1662 8141 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8141 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8141 21 est est NNP 1662 8141 22 . . . 1662 8141 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8142 1 Total total JJ 1662 8142 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8142 3 rate rate NN 1662 8142 4 : : : 1662 8142 5 5.73 5.73 CD 1662 8142 6 children child NNS 1662 8142 7 born bear VBN 1662 8142 8 / / SYM 1662 8142 9 woman woman NN 1662 8142 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8142 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8142 12 est est NNP 1662 8142 13 . . . 1662 8142 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8143 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8143 2 : : : 1662 8143 3 noun noun NNP 1662 8143 4 : : : 1662 8143 5 Syrian(s Syrian(s NNP 1662 8143 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8143 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 8143 8 : : : 1662 8143 9 Syrian syrian JJ 1662 8143 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8143 11 groups group NNS 1662 8143 12 : : : 1662 8143 13 Arab arab JJ 1662 8143 14 90.3 90.3 CD 1662 8143 15 % % NN 1662 8143 16 , , , 1662 8143 17 Kurds Kurds NNPS 1662 8143 18 , , , 1662 8143 19 Armenians Armenians 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59 Qamishli Qamishli NNP 1662 8143 60 , , , 1662 8143 61 and and CC 1662 8143 62 Aleppo Aleppo NNP 1662 8143 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8143 64 Languages language NNS 1662 8143 65 : : : 1662 8143 66 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 8143 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8143 68 official official JJ 1662 8143 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8143 70 , , , 1662 8143 71 Kurdish kurdish JJ 1662 8143 72 , , , 1662 8143 73 Armenian armenian JJ 1662 8143 74 , , , 1662 8143 75 Aramaic Aramaic NNP 1662 8143 76 , , , 1662 8143 77 Circassian circassian JJ 1662 8143 78 , , , 1662 8143 79 French French NNP 1662 8143 80 widely widely RB 1662 8143 81 understood understand VBD 1662 8143 82 Literacy literacy NN 1662 8143 83 : : : 1662 8143 84 definition definition NN 1662 8143 85 : : : 1662 8143 86 age age NN 1662 8143 87 15 15 CD 1662 8143 88 and and CC 1662 8143 89 over over RB 1662 8143 90 can can MD 1662 8143 91 read read VB 1662 8143 92 and and CC 1662 8143 93 write write VB 1662 8143 94 total total JJ 1662 8143 95 population population NN 1662 8143 96 : : : 1662 8143 97 70.8 70.8 CD 1662 8143 98 % % NN 1662 8143 99 male male NN 1662 8143 100 : : : 1662 8143 101 85.7 85.7 CD 1662 8143 102 % % NN 1662 8143 103 female female NN 1662 8143 104 : : : 1662 8143 105 55.8 55.8 CD 1662 8143 106 % % NN 1662 8143 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8143 108 1995 1995 CD 1662 8143 109 est est NNP 1662 8143 110 . . . 1662 8143 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8144 1 @Syria @syria LS 1662 8144 2 : : : 1662 8144 3 Government Government NNP 1662 8144 4 Country Country NNP 1662 8144 5 name name NN 1662 8144 6 : : : 1662 8144 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8144 8 long long JJ 1662 8144 9 form form NN 1662 8144 10 : : : 1662 8144 11 Syrian Syrian NNP 1662 8144 12 Arab Arab NNP 1662 8144 13 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8144 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8144 15 short short JJ 1662 8144 16 form form NN 1662 8144 17 : : : 1662 8144 18 Syria Syria NNP 1662 8144 19 local local JJ 1662 8144 20 long long JJ 1662 8144 21 form form NN 1662 8144 22 : : : 1662 8144 23 Al Al NNP 1662 8144 24 Jumhuriyah Jumhuriyah NNP 1662 8144 25 al al NNP 1662 8144 26 Arabiyah Arabiyah NNP 1662 8144 27 as as IN 1662 8144 28 Suriyah Suriyah NNP 1662 8144 29 local local JJ 1662 8144 30 short short JJ 1662 8144 31 form form NN 1662 8144 32 : : : 1662 8144 33 Suriyah Suriyah NNP 1662 8144 34 former former JJ 1662 8144 35 : : : 1662 8144 36 United United NNP 1662 8144 37 Arab Arab NNP 1662 8144 38 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8144 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8144 40 with with IN 1662 8144 41 Egypt Egypt NNP 1662 8144 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8144 43 Data Data NNP 1662 8144 44 code code NN 1662 8144 45 : : : 1662 8144 46 SY SY NNP 1662 8144 47 Government Government NNP 1662 8144 48 type type NN 1662 8144 49 : : : 1662 8144 50 republic republic NNP 1662 8144 51 under under IN 1662 8144 52 military military JJ 1662 8144 53 regime regime NN 1662 8144 54 since since IN 1662 8144 55 March March NNP 1662 8144 56 1963 1963 CD 1662 8144 57 National national JJ 1662 8144 58 capital capital NN 1662 8144 59 : : : 1662 8144 60 Damascus Damascus NNP 1662 8144 61 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 8144 62 divisions division NNS 1662 8144 63 : : : 1662 8144 64 14 14 CD 1662 8144 65 provinces province NNS 1662 8144 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8144 67 muhafazat muhafazat NNP 1662 8144 68 , , , 1662 8144 69 singular singular NNP 1662 8144 70 - - HYPH 1662 8144 71 muhafazah muhafazah NNP 1662 8144 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8144 73 ; ; : 1662 8144 74 Al Al NNP 1662 8144 75 Hasakah Hasakah NNP 1662 8144 76 , , , 1662 8144 77 Al Al NNP 1662 8144 78 Ladhiqiyah Ladhiqiyah NNP 1662 8144 79 , , , 1662 8144 80 Al Al NNP 1662 8144 81 Qunaytirah Qunaytirah NNP 1662 8144 82 , , , 1662 8144 83 Ar Ar NNP 1662 8144 84 Raqqah Raqqah NNP 1662 8144 85 , , , 1662 8144 86 As as IN 1662 8144 87 Suwayda Suwayda NNP 1662 8144 88 ' ' POS 1662 8144 89 , , , 1662 8144 90 Dar'a Dar'a -RRB- 1662 8144 91 , , , 1662 8144 92 Dayr Dayr NNS 1662 8144 93 az az VBP 1662 8144 94 Zawr Zawr NNP 1662 8144 95 , , , 1662 8144 96 Dimashq Dimashq NNP 1662 8144 97 , , , 1662 8144 98 Halab Halab NNP 1662 8144 99 , , , 1662 8144 100 Hamah Hamah NNP 1662 8144 101 , , , 1662 8144 102 Hims Hims NNP 1662 8144 103 , , , 1662 8144 104 Idlib Idlib NNP 1662 8144 105 , , , 1662 8144 106 Rif Rif NNP 1662 8144 107 Dimashq Dimashq NNP 1662 8144 108 , , , 1662 8144 109 Tartus Tartus NNP 1662 8144 110 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8144 111 : : : 1662 8144 112 17 17 CD 1662 8144 113 April April NNP 1662 8144 114 1946 1946 CD 1662 8144 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8144 116 from from IN 1662 8144 117 League League NNP 1662 8144 118 of of IN 1662 8144 119 Nations Nations NNPS 1662 8144 120 mandate mandate NN 1662 8144 121 under under IN 1662 8144 122 French french JJ 1662 8144 123 administration administration NN 1662 8144 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8144 125 National national JJ 1662 8144 126 holiday holiday NN 1662 8144 127 : : : 1662 8144 128 National National NNP 1662 8144 129 Day Day NNP 1662 8144 130 , , , 1662 8144 131 17 17 CD 1662 8144 132 April April NNP 1662 8144 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8144 134 1946 1946 CD 1662 8144 135 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8144 136 Constitution constitution NN 1662 8144 137 : : : 1662 8144 138 13 13 CD 1662 8144 139 March March NNP 1662 8144 140 1973 1973 CD 1662 8144 141 Legal legal JJ 1662 8144 142 system system NN 1662 8144 143 : : : 1662 8144 144 based base VBN 1662 8144 145 on on IN 1662 8144 146 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 8144 147 law law NN 1662 8144 148 and and CC 1662 8144 149 civil civil JJ 1662 8144 150 law law NN 1662 8144 151 system system NN 1662 8144 152 ; ; : 1662 8144 153 special special JJ 1662 8144 154 religious religious JJ 1662 8144 155 courts court NNS 1662 8144 156 ; ; : 1662 8144 157 has have VBZ 1662 8144 158 not not RB 1662 8144 159 accepted accept VBN 1662 8144 160 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 8144 161 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 8144 162 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 8144 163 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 8144 164 : : : 1662 8144 165 18 18 CD 1662 8144 166 years year NNS 1662 8144 167 of of IN 1662 8144 168 age age NN 1662 8144 169 ; ; : 1662 8144 170 universal universal JJ 1662 8144 171 Executive Executive NNP 1662 8144 172 branch branch NN 1662 8144 173 : : : 1662 8144 174 chief chief NN 1662 8144 175 of of IN 1662 8144 176 state state NN 1662 8144 177 : : : 1662 8144 178 President President NNP 1662 8144 179 Hafiz Hafiz NNP 1662 8144 180 al al NNP 1662 8144 181 - - HYPH 1662 8144 182 ASAD ASAD NNP 1662 8144 183 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8144 184 since since IN 1662 8144 185 22 22 CD 1662 8144 186 February February NNP 1662 8144 187 1971 1971 CD 1662 8144 188 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8144 189 ; ; : 1662 8144 190 note note NN 1662 8144 191 - - HYPH 1662 8144 192 President President NNP 1662 8144 193 ASAD ASAD NNP 1662 8144 194 seized seize VBD 1662 8144 195 power power NN 1662 8144 196 in in IN 1662 8144 197 the the DT 1662 8144 198 November November NNP 1662 8144 199 1970 1970 CD 1662 8144 200 coup coup NN 1662 8144 201 , , , 1662 8144 202 assumed assume VBD 1662 8144 203 presidential presidential JJ 1662 8144 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1662 8151 18 20 20 CD 1662 8151 19 , , , 1662 8151 20 ensuring ensure VBG 1662 8151 21 a a DT 1662 8151 22 steady steady JJ 1662 8151 23 flow flow NN 1662 8151 24 of of IN 1662 8151 25 job job NN 1662 8151 26 seekers seeker NNS 1662 8151 27 into into IN 1662 8151 28 the the DT 1662 8151 29 already already RB 1662 8151 30 tight tight JJ 1662 8151 31 labor labor NN 1662 8151 32 market market NN 1662 8151 33 . . . 1662 8152 1 Private private JJ 1662 8152 2 investment investment NN 1662 8152 3 is be VBZ 1662 8152 4 critical critical JJ 1662 8152 5 to to IN 1662 8152 6 the the DT 1662 8152 7 modernization modernization NN 1662 8152 8 of of IN 1662 8152 9 the the DT 1662 8152 10 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8152 11 , , , 1662 8152 12 energy energy NN 1662 8152 13 , , , 1662 8152 14 and and CC 1662 8152 15 export export NN 1662 8152 16 sectors sector NNS 1662 8152 17 , , , 1662 8152 18 particularly particularly RB 1662 8152 19 because because IN 1662 8152 20 Damascus Damascus NNP 1662 8152 21 is be VBZ 1662 8152 22 saddled saddle VBN 1662 8152 23 with with IN 1662 8152 24 a a DT 1662 8152 25 heavy heavy JJ 1662 8152 26 foreign foreign JJ 1662 8152 27 debt debt NN 1662 8152 28 . . . 1662 8153 1 Oil oil NN 1662 8153 2 production production NN 1662 8153 3 is be VBZ 1662 8153 4 leveling level VBG 1662 8153 5 off off RP 1662 8153 6 , , , 1662 8153 7 and and CC 1662 8153 8 the the DT 1662 8153 9 efforts effort NNS 1662 8153 10 of of IN 1662 8153 11 the the DT 1662 8153 12 nonoil nonoil NN 1662 8153 13 sector sector NN 1662 8153 14 to to TO 1662 8153 15 penetrate penetrate VB 1662 8153 16 international international JJ 1662 8153 17 markets market NNS 1662 8153 18 have have VBP 1662 8153 19 fallen fall VBN 1662 8153 20 short short JJ 1662 8153 21 . . . 1662 8154 1 Syria Syria NNP 1662 8154 2 's 's POS 1662 8154 3 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 8154 4 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 8154 5 , , , 1662 8154 6 outmoded outmoded JJ 1662 8154 7 technological technological JJ 1662 8154 8 base base NN 1662 8154 9 , , , 1662 8154 10 and and CC 1662 8154 11 weak weak JJ 1662 8154 12 educational educational JJ 1662 8154 13 system system NN 1662 8154 14 hamper hamper NN 1662 8154 15 competition competition NN 1662 8154 16 with with IN 1662 8154 17 neighbors neighbor NNS 1662 8154 18 such such JJ 1662 8154 19 as as IN 1662 8154 20 Jordan Jordan NNP 1662 8154 21 and and CC 1662 8154 22 Israel Israel NNP 1662 8154 23 . . . 1662 8155 1 The the DT 1662 8155 2 dominant dominant JJ 1662 8155 3 public public JJ 1662 8155 4 sector sector NN 1662 8155 5 continues continue VBZ 1662 8155 6 to to TO 1662 8155 7 be be VB 1662 8155 8 plagued plague VBN 1662 8155 9 by by IN 1662 8155 10 labor labor NN 1662 8155 11 , , , 1662 8155 12 financial financial JJ 1662 8155 13 , , , 1662 8155 14 and and CC 1662 8155 15 management management NN 1662 8155 16 problems problem NNS 1662 8155 17 , , , 1662 8155 18 and and CC 1662 8155 19 much much JJ 1662 8155 20 of of IN 1662 8155 21 the the DT 1662 8155 22 private private JJ 1662 8155 23 sector sector NN 1662 8155 24 is be VBZ 1662 8155 25 hobbled hobble VBN 1662 8155 26 by by IN 1662 8155 27 a a DT 1662 8155 28 shortage shortage NN 1662 8155 29 of of IN 1662 8155 30 capital capital NN 1662 8155 31 . . . 1662 8156 1 The the DT 1662 8156 2 economic economic JJ 1662 8156 3 benefits benefit NNS 1662 8156 4 of of IN 1662 8156 5 any any DT 1662 8156 6 peace peace NN 1662 8156 7 treaty treaty NN 1662 8156 8 with with IN 1662 8156 9 Israel Israel NNP 1662 8156 10 will will MD 1662 8156 11 depend depend VB 1662 8156 12 in in IN 1662 8156 13 large large JJ 1662 8156 14 part part NN 1662 8156 15 on on IN 1662 8156 16 the the DT 1662 8156 17 pace pace NN 1662 8156 18 of of IN 1662 8156 19 economic economic JJ 1662 8156 20 reform reform NN 1662 8156 21 . . . 1662 8157 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8157 2 : : : 1662 8157 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 8157 4 power power NN 1662 8157 5 parity parity NN 1662 8157 6 - - : 1662 8157 7 $ $ $ 1662 8157 8 98.3 98.3 CD 1662 8157 9 billion billion CD 1662 8157 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8157 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 8157 12 est est NNP 1662 8157 13 . . . 1662 8157 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8158 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8158 2 - - HYPH 1662 8158 3 real real JJ 1662 8158 4 growth growth NN 1662 8158 5 rate rate NN 1662 8158 6 : : : 1662 8158 7 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 8158 8 % % NN 1662 8158 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8158 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 8158 11 est est NNP 1662 8158 12 . . . 1662 8158 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8159 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8159 2 - - HYPH 1662 8159 3 per per FW 1662 8159 4 capita capita NN 1662 8159 5 : : : 1662 8159 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 8159 7 power power NN 1662 8159 8 parity parity NN 1662 8159 9 - - : 1662 8159 10 $ $ $ 1662 8159 11 6,300 6,300 CD 1662 8159 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8159 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 8159 14 est est NNP 1662 8159 15 . . . 1662 8159 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8160 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8160 2 - - HYPH 1662 8160 3 composition composition NN 1662 8160 4 by by IN 1662 8160 5 sector sector NN 1662 8160 6 : : : 1662 8160 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8160 8 : : : 1662 8160 9 28 28 CD 1662 8160 10 % % NN 1662 8160 11 industry industry NN 1662 8160 12 : : : 1662 8160 13 18 18 CD 1662 8160 14 % % NN 1662 8160 15 services service NNS 1662 8160 16 : : : 1662 8160 17 54 54 CD 1662 8160 18 % % NN 1662 8160 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8160 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 8160 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8160 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 8160 23 rate rate NN 1662 8160 24 - - HYPH 1662 8160 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 8160 26 price price NN 1662 8160 27 index index NN 1662 8160 28 : : : 1662 8160 29 20 20 CD 1662 8160 30 % % NN 1662 8160 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8160 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 8160 33 est est NNP 1662 8160 34 . . . 1662 8160 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8161 1 Labor labor NN 1662 8161 2 force force NN 1662 8161 3 : : : 1662 8161 4 total total NN 1662 8161 5 : : : 1662 8161 6 4.7 4.7 CD 1662 8161 7 million million CD 1662 8161 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8161 9 1995 1995 CD 1662 8161 10 est est NNP 1662 8161 11 . . . 1662 8161 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8162 1 by by IN 1662 8162 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 8162 3 : : : 1662 8162 4 services service NNS 1662 8162 5 40 40 CD 1662 8162 6 % % NN 1662 8162 7 , , , 1662 8162 8 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8162 9 40 40 CD 1662 8162 10 % % NN 1662 8162 11 , , , 1662 8162 12 industry industry NN 1662 8162 13 20 20 CD 1662 8162 14 % % NN 1662 8162 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8162 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 8162 17 est est NNP 1662 8162 18 . . . 1662 8162 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8163 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 8163 2 rate rate NN 1662 8163 3 : : : 1662 8163 4 9 9 CD 1662 8163 5 % % NN 1662 8163 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8163 7 1994 1994 CD 1662 8163 8 est est NNP 1662 8163 9 . . . 1662 8163 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8164 1 Budget budget NN 1662 8164 2 : : : 1662 8164 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 8164 4 : : : 1662 8164 5 $ $ $ 1662 8164 6 3 3 CD 1662 8164 7 billion billion CD 1662 8164 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8164 9 : : : 1662 8164 10 $ $ $ 1662 8164 11 3.7 3.7 CD 1662 8164 12 billion billion CD 1662 8164 13 , , , 1662 8164 14 including include VBG 1662 8164 15 capital capital NN 1662 8164 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8164 17 of of IN 1662 8164 18 $ $ $ 1662 8164 19 NA na NN 1662 8164 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8164 21 1995 1995 CD 1662 8164 22 est est NNP 1662 8164 23 . . . 1662 8164 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8165 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 8165 2 : : : 1662 8165 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8165 4 , , , 1662 8165 5 textiles textile NNS 1662 8165 6 , , , 1662 8165 7 food food NN 1662 8165 8 processing processing NN 1662 8165 9 , , , 1662 8165 10 beverages beverage NNS 1662 8165 11 , , , 1662 8165 12 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 8165 13 , , , 1662 8165 14 phosphate phosphate NN 1662 8165 15 rock rock NN 1662 8165 16 mining mining NN 1662 8165 17 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 8165 18 production production NN 1662 8165 19 growth growth NN 1662 8165 20 rate rate NN 1662 8165 21 : : : 1662 8165 22 4.3 4.3 CD 1662 8165 23 % % NN 1662 8165 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8165 25 1994 1994 CD 1662 8165 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8165 27 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8165 28 - - HYPH 1662 8165 29 capacity capacity NN 1662 8165 30 : : : 1662 8165 31 4.16 4.16 CD 1662 8165 32 million million CD 1662 8165 33 kW kW NNP 1662 8165 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8165 35 1994 1994 CD 1662 8165 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8165 37 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8165 38 - - HYPH 1662 8165 39 production production NN 1662 8165 40 : : : 1662 8165 41 14.25 14.25 CD 1662 8165 42 billion billion CD 1662 8165 43 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8165 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8165 45 1994 1994 CD 1662 8165 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8165 47 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8165 48 - - HYPH 1662 8165 49 consumption consumption NN 1662 8165 50 per per IN 1662 8165 51 capita capita NN 1662 8165 52 : : : 1662 8165 53 902 902 CD 1662 8165 54 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8165 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8165 56 1995 1995 CD 1662 8165 57 est est NNP 1662 8165 58 . . . 1662 8165 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8166 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8166 2 - - HYPH 1662 8166 3 products product NNS 1662 8166 4 : : : 1662 8166 5 wheat wheat NN 1662 8166 6 , , , 1662 8166 7 barley barley NN 1662 8166 8 , , , 1662 8166 9 cotton cotton NN 1662 8166 10 , , , 1662 8166 11 lentils lentil NNS 1662 8166 12 , , , 1662 8166 13 chickpeas chickpeas NN 1662 8166 14 ; ; : 1662 8166 15 beef beef NN 1662 8166 16 , , , 1662 8166 17 lamb lamb NNP 1662 8166 18 , , , 1662 8166 19 eggs egg NNS 1662 8166 20 , , , 1662 8166 21 poultry poultry NN 1662 8166 22 , , , 1662 8166 23 milk milk NN 1662 8166 24 Exports export NNS 1662 8166 25 : : : 1662 8166 26 total total JJ 1662 8166 27 value value NN 1662 8166 28 : : : 1662 8166 29 $ $ $ 1662 8166 30 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 8166 31 billion billion CD 1662 8166 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8166 33 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 8166 34 . . NNP 1662 8166 35 , , , 1662 8166 36 1996 1996 CD 1662 8166 37 est est NNP 1662 8166 38 . . . 1662 8166 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8167 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8167 2 : : : 1662 8167 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8167 4 56 56 CD 1662 8167 5 % % NN 1662 8167 6 , , , 1662 8167 7 food food NN 1662 8167 8 and and CC 1662 8167 9 live live JJ 1662 8167 10 animals animal NNS 1662 8167 11 16 16 CD 1662 8167 12 % % NN 1662 8167 13 , , , 1662 8167 14 textiles textile NNS 1662 8167 15 16 16 CD 1662 8167 16 % % NN 1662 8167 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8167 18 1994 1994 CD 1662 8167 19 est est NNP 1662 8167 20 . . . 1662 8167 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8168 1 partners partner NNS 1662 8168 2 : : : 1662 8168 3 EU EU NNP 1662 8168 4 57 57 CD 1662 8168 5 % % NN 1662 8168 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8168 7 Germany Germany NNP 1662 8168 8 17 17 CD 1662 8168 9 % % NN 1662 8168 10 , , , 1662 8168 11 Italy Italy NNP 1662 8168 12 16 16 CD 1662 8168 13 % % NN 1662 8168 14 , , , 1662 8168 15 France France NNP 1662 8168 16 11 11 CD 1662 8168 17 % % NN 1662 8168 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8168 19 , , , 1662 8168 20 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 1662 8168 21 14 14 CD 1662 8168 22 % % NN 1662 8168 23 , , , 1662 8168 24 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 8168 25 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 8168 26 7 7 CD 1662 8168 27 % % NN 1662 8168 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8168 29 1995 1995 CD 1662 8168 30 est est NNP 1662 8168 31 . . . 1662 8168 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8169 1 Imports import NNS 1662 8169 2 : : : 1662 8169 3 total total JJ 1662 8169 4 value value NN 1662 8169 5 : : : 1662 8169 6 $ $ $ 1662 8169 7 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 8169 8 billion billion CD 1662 8169 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8169 10 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 8169 11 . . NNP 1662 8169 12 , , , 1662 8169 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 8169 14 est est NNP 1662 8169 15 . . . 1662 8169 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8170 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8170 2 : : : 1662 8170 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 8170 4 25 25 CD 1662 8170 5 % % NN 1662 8170 6 , , , 1662 8170 7 food food NN 1662 8170 8 and and CC 1662 8170 9 live live JJ 1662 8170 10 animals animal NNS 1662 8170 11 15 15 CD 1662 8170 12 % % NN 1662 8170 13 , , , 1662 8170 14 transport transport NN 1662 8170 15 equipment equipment NN 1662 8170 16 12 12 CD 1662 8170 17 % % NN 1662 8170 18 , , , 1662 8170 19 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8170 20 8 8 CD 1662 8170 21 % % NN 1662 8170 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8170 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 8170 24 est est NNP 1662 8170 25 . . . 1662 8170 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8171 1 partners partner NNS 1662 8171 2 : : : 1662 8171 3 EU EU NNP 1662 8171 4 33 33 CD 1662 8171 5 % % NN 1662 8171 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8171 7 Italy Italy NNP 1662 8171 8 9 9 CD 1662 8171 9 % % NN 1662 8171 10 , , , 1662 8171 11 Germany Germany NNP 1662 8171 12 8 8 CD 1662 8171 13 % % NN 1662 8171 14 , , , 1662 8171 15 France France NNP 1662 8171 16 4 4 CD 1662 8171 17 % % NN 1662 8171 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8171 19 , , , 1662 8171 20 South South NNP 1662 8171 21 Korea Korea NNP 1662 8171 22 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 8171 23 % % NN 1662 8171 24 , , , 1662 8171 25 US US NNP 1662 8171 26 4 4 CD 1662 8171 27 % % NN 1662 8171 28 , , , 1662 8171 29 Japan Japan NNP 1662 8171 30 3 3 CD 1662 8171 31 % % NN 1662 8171 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8171 33 1995 1995 CD 1662 8171 34 est est NNP 1662 8171 35 . . . 1662 8171 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8172 1 Debt debt NN 1662 8172 2 - - HYPH 1662 8172 3 external external JJ 1662 8172 4 : : : 1662 8172 5 $ $ $ 1662 8172 6 22 22 CD 1662 8172 7 billion billion CD 1662 8172 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8172 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 8172 10 est est NNP 1662 8172 11 . . . 1662 8172 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8173 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 8173 2 aid aid NN 1662 8173 3 : : : 1662 8173 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 8173 5 : : : 1662 8173 6 $ $ $ 1662 8173 7 4.2 4.2 CD 1662 8173 8 billion billion CD 1662 8173 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8173 10 1990 1990 CD 1662 8173 11 - - SYM 1662 8173 12 92 92 CD 1662 8173 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8173 14 Currency currency NN 1662 8173 15 : : : 1662 8173 16 1 1 CD 1662 8173 17 Syrian syrian JJ 1662 8173 18 pound pound NN 1662 8173 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8173 20 £S â£s NN 1662 8173 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8173 22 = = NFP 1662 8173 23 100 100 CD 1662 8173 24 piastres piastre NNS 1662 8173 25 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 8173 26 rates rate NNS 1662 8173 27 : : : 1662 8173 28 Syrian syrian JJ 1662 8173 29 pounds pound NNS 1662 8173 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8173 31 £S â£s NN 1662 8173 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8173 33 per per IN 1662 8173 34 US$ us$ $ 1662 8173 35 1 1 CD 1662 8173 36 - - SYM 1662 8173 37 41.9 41.9 CD 1662 8173 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8173 39 January January NNP 1662 8173 40 1997 1997 CD 1662 8173 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8173 42 ; ; : 1662 8173 43 official official JJ 1662 8173 44 fixed fix VBN 1662 8173 45 rate rate NN 1662 8173 46 11.225 11.225 CD 1662 8173 47 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8173 48 year year NN 1662 8173 49 : : : 1662 8173 50 calendar calendar NNP 1662 8173 51 year year NN 1662 8173 52 @Syria @Syria NNP 1662 8173 53 : : : 1662 8173 54 Communications Communications NNP 1662 8173 55 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 8173 56 : : : 1662 8173 57 541,465 541,465 CD 1662 8173 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8173 59 1992 1992 CD 1662 8173 60 est est NNP 1662 8173 61 . . . 1662 8173 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8174 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8174 2 system system NN 1662 8174 3 : : : 1662 8174 4 fair fair JJ 1662 8174 5 system system NN 1662 8174 6 currently currently RB 1662 8174 7 undergoing undergo VBG 1662 8174 8 significant significant JJ 1662 8174 9 improvement improvement NN 1662 8174 10 and and CC 1662 8174 11 digital digital JJ 1662 8174 12 upgrades upgrade NNS 1662 8174 13 , , , 1662 8174 14 including include VBG 1662 8174 15 fiber fiber NN 1662 8174 16 - - HYPH 1662 8174 17 optic optic NN 1662 8174 18 technology technology NN 1662 8174 19 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8174 20 : : : 1662 8174 21 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 8174 22 cable cable NN 1662 8174 23 and and CC 1662 8174 24 microwave microwave NN 1662 8174 25 radio radio NN 1662 8174 26 relay relay NN 1662 8174 27 network network NNP 1662 8174 28 international international NNP 1662 8174 29 : : : 1662 8174 30 satellite satellite NN 1662 8174 31 earth earth NN 1662 8174 32 stations station NNS 1662 8174 33 - - , 1662 8174 34 1 1 CD 1662 8174 35 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8174 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8174 37 Indian Indian NNP 1662 8174 38 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8174 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8174 40 and and CC 1662 8174 41 1 1 CD 1662 8174 42 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 8174 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8174 44 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8174 45 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8174 46 region region NN 1662 8174 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8174 48 ; ; : 1662 8174 49 1 1 CD 1662 8174 50 submarine submarine NN 1662 8174 51 cable cable NN 1662 8174 52 ; ; : 1662 8174 53 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 8174 54 cable cable NN 1662 8174 55 and and CC 1662 8174 56 microwave microwave NN 1662 8174 57 radio radio NN 1662 8174 58 relay relay NN 1662 8174 59 to to IN 1662 8174 60 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 8174 61 , , , 1662 8174 62 Jordan Jordan NNP 1662 8174 63 , , , 1662 8174 64 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 1662 8174 65 , , , 1662 8174 66 and and CC 1662 8174 67 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 8174 68 ; ; : 1662 8174 69 participant participant NN 1662 8174 70 in in IN 1662 8174 71 Medarabtel Medarabtel NNP 1662 8174 72 Radio Radio NNP 1662 8174 73 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8174 74 stations station NNS 1662 8174 75 : : : 1662 8174 76 AM am VBP 1662 8174 77 9 9 CD 1662 8174 78 , , , 1662 8174 79 FM FM NNP 1662 8174 80 1 1 CD 1662 8174 81 , , , 1662 8174 82 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 8174 83 0 0 CD 1662 8174 84 Radios radio NNS 1662 8174 85 : : : 1662 8174 86 3.392 3.392 CD 1662 8174 87 million million CD 1662 8174 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8174 89 1992 1992 CD 1662 8174 90 est est NNP 1662 8174 91 . . . 1662 8174 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8175 1 Television television NN 1662 8175 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8175 3 stations station NNS 1662 8175 4 : : : 1662 8175 5 17 17 CD 1662 8175 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 8175 7 : : : 1662 8175 8 700,000 700,000 CD 1662 8175 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8175 10 1993 1993 CD 1662 8175 11 est est NNP 1662 8175 12 . . . 1662 8175 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8176 1 @Syria @Syria NNP 1662 8176 2 : : : 1662 8176 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8176 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8176 5 : : : 1662 8176 6 total total NN 1662 8176 7 : : : 1662 8176 8 1,998 1,998 CD 1662 8176 9 km km NN 1662 8176 10 broad broad JJ 1662 8176 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 8176 12 : : : 1662 8176 13 1,766 1,766 CD 1662 8176 14 km km NN 1662 8176 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 8176 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 8176 17 narrow narrow JJ 1662 8176 18 gauge gauge NN 1662 8176 19 : : : 1662 8176 20 232 232 CD 1662 8176 21 km km NN 1662 8176 22 1.050-m 1.050-m CD 1662 8176 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 8176 24 Highways highway NNS 1662 8176 25 : : : 1662 8176 26 total total NN 1662 8176 27 : : : 1662 8176 28 39,243 39,243 CD 1662 8176 29 km km NN 1662 8176 30 paved pave VBN 1662 8176 31 : : : 1662 8176 32 27,862 27,862 CD 1662 8176 33 km km NNS 1662 8176 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8176 35 including include VBG 1662 8176 36 850 850 CD 1662 8176 37 km km NNS 1662 8176 38 of of IN 1662 8176 39 expressways expressway NNS 1662 8176 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8176 41 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8176 42 : : : 1662 8176 43 11,381 11,381 CD 1662 8176 44 km km NNS 1662 8176 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8176 46 1995 1995 CD 1662 8176 47 est est NNP 1662 8176 48 . . . 1662 8176 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8177 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 8177 2 : : : 1662 8177 3 870 870 CD 1662 8177 4 km km NN 1662 8177 5 ; ; : 1662 8177 6 minimal minimal JJ 1662 8177 7 economic economic JJ 1662 8177 8 importance importance NN 1662 8177 9 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 8177 10 : : : 1662 8177 11 crude crude JJ 1662 8177 12 oil oil NN 1662 8177 13 1,304 1,304 CD 1662 8177 14 km km NN 1662 8177 15 ; ; : 1662 8177 16 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8177 17 products product NNS 1662 8177 18 515 515 CD 1662 8177 19 km km NN 1662 8177 20 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 8177 21 and and CC 1662 8177 22 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8177 23 : : : 1662 8177 24 Baniyas baniyas NN 1662 8177 25 , , , 1662 8177 26 Jablah Jablah NNP 1662 8177 27 , , , 1662 8177 28 Latakia Latakia NNP 1662 8177 29 , , , 1662 8177 30 Tartus Tartus NNP 1662 8177 31 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 8177 32 marine marine NN 1662 8177 33 : : : 1662 8177 34 total total NN 1662 8177 35 : : : 1662 8177 36 125 125 CD 1662 8177 37 ships ship NNS 1662 8177 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8177 39 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8177 40 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8177 41 or or CC 1662 8177 42 over over RB 1662 8177 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8177 44 totaling total VBG 1662 8177 45 381,408 381,408 CD 1662 8177 46 GRT/565,225 GRT/565,225 NNP 1662 8177 47 DWT DWT NNP 1662 8177 48 ships ship NNS 1662 8177 49 by by IN 1662 8177 50 type type NN 1662 8177 51 : : : 1662 8177 52 bulk bulk NNP 1662 8177 53 12 12 CD 1662 8177 54 , , , 1662 8177 55 cargo cargo NN 1662 8177 56 109 109 CD 1662 8177 57 , , , 1662 8177 58 livestock livestock NN 1662 8177 59 carrier carrier NN 1662 8177 60 3 3 CD 1662 8177 61 , , , 1662 8177 62 roll roll NN 1662 8177 63 - - HYPH 1662 8177 64 on on IN 1662 8177 65 / / SYM 1662 8177 66 roll roll NN 1662 8177 67 - - HYPH 1662 8177 68 off off RP 1662 8177 69 cargo cargo NN 1662 8177 70 1 1 CD 1662 8177 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8177 72 1996 1996 CD 1662 8177 73 est est NNP 1662 8177 74 . . . 1662 8177 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8178 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8178 2 : : : 1662 8178 3 99 99 CD 1662 8178 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8178 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8178 6 est est NNP 1662 8178 7 . . . 1662 8178 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8179 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8179 2 - - , 1662 8179 3 with with IN 1662 8179 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8179 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8179 6 : : : 1662 8179 7 total total NN 1662 8179 8 : : : 1662 8179 9 84 84 CD 1662 8179 10 over over IN 1662 8179 11 3,047 3,047 CD 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1662 8180 13 m m NN 1662 8180 14 : : : 1662 8180 15 2 2 CD 1662 8180 16 914 914 CD 1662 8180 17 to to TO 1662 8180 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8180 19 m m NN 1662 8180 20 : : : 1662 8180 21 13 13 CD 1662 8180 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8180 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 8180 24 est est NNP 1662 8180 25 . . . 1662 8180 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8181 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 8181 2 : : : 1662 8181 3 2 2 CD 1662 8181 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8181 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8181 6 est est NNP 1662 8181 7 . . . 1662 8181 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8182 1 Military military JJ 1662 8182 2 Military military JJ 1662 8182 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8182 4 : : : 1662 8182 5 Syrian Syrian NNP 1662 8182 6 Arab Arab NNP 1662 8182 7 Army Army NNP 1662 8182 8 , , , 1662 8182 9 Syrian Syrian NNP 1662 8182 10 Arab Arab NNP 1662 8182 11 Navy Navy NNP 1662 8182 12 , , , 1662 8182 13 Syrian Syrian NNP 1662 8182 14 Arab Arab NNP 1662 8182 15 Air Air NNP 1662 8182 16 Force Force NNP 1662 8182 17 , , , 1662 8182 18 Syrian syrian JJ 1662 8182 19 Arab Arab NNP 1662 8182 20 Air Air NNP 1662 8182 21 Defense Defense NNP 1662 8182 22 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 8182 23 , , , 1662 8182 24 Police Police NNPS 1662 8182 25 and and CC 1662 8182 26 Security Security NNP 1662 8182 27 Force Force NNP 1662 8182 28 Military Military NNP 1662 8182 29 manpower manpower NN 1662 8182 30 - - HYPH 1662 8182 31 military military NN 1662 8182 32 age age NN 1662 8182 33 : : : 1662 8182 34 19 19 CD 1662 8182 35 years year NNS 1662 8182 36 of of IN 1662 8182 37 age age NN 1662 8182 38 Military military JJ 1662 8182 39 manpower manpower NN 1662 8182 40 - - HYPH 1662 8182 41 availability availability NN 1662 8182 42 : : : 1662 8182 43 males male NNS 1662 8182 44 age age NNP 1662 8182 45 15 15 CD 1662 8182 46 - - HYPH 1662 8182 47 49 49 CD 1662 8182 48 : : : 1662 8182 49 3,742,851 3,742,851 CD 1662 8182 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8182 51 1997 1997 CD 1662 8182 52 est est NNP 1662 8182 53 . . . 1662 8182 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8183 1 Military military JJ 1662 8183 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8183 3 - - HYPH 1662 8183 4 fit fit NN 1662 8183 5 for for IN 1662 8183 6 military military JJ 1662 8183 7 service service NN 1662 8183 8 : : : 1662 8183 9 males male NNS 1662 8183 10 : : : 1662 8183 11 2,095,933 2,095,933 CD 1662 8183 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8183 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8183 14 est est NNP 1662 8183 15 . . . 1662 8183 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8184 1 Military military JJ 1662 8184 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8184 3 - - HYPH 1662 8184 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 8184 5 military military JJ 1662 8184 6 age age NN 1662 8184 7 annually annually RB 1662 8184 8 : : : 1662 8184 9 males male NNS 1662 8184 10 : : : 1662 8184 11 170,328 170,328 CD 1662 8184 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8184 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8184 14 est est NNP 1662 8184 15 . . . 1662 8184 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8185 1 Military military JJ 1662 8185 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8185 3 - - HYPH 1662 8185 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8185 5 figure figure NN 1662 8185 6 : : : 1662 8185 7 $ $ $ 1662 8185 8 875 875 CD 1662 8185 9 million million CD 1662 8185 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8185 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 8185 12 est est NNP 1662 8185 13 . . . 1662 8186 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8186 2 ; ; : 1662 8186 3 note note NN 1662 8186 4 - - HYPH 1662 8186 5 based base VBN 1662 8186 6 on on IN 1662 8186 7 official official JJ 1662 8186 8 budget budget NN 1662 8186 9 data datum NNS 1662 8186 10 that that WDT 1662 8186 11 understate understate VBP 1662 8186 12 actual actual JJ 1662 8186 13 spending spend VBG 1662 8186 14 Military military JJ 1662 8186 15 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8186 16 - - : 1662 8186 17 percent percent NN 1662 8186 18 of of IN 1662 8186 19 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8186 20 : : : 1662 8186 21 8 8 CD 1662 8186 22 % % NN 1662 8186 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8186 24 1994 1994 CD 1662 8186 25 est est NNP 1662 8186 26 . . . 1662 8186 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8187 1 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8187 2 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8187 3 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 8187 4 - - : 1662 8187 5 international international JJ 1662 8187 6 : : : 1662 8187 7 Golan Golan NNP 1662 8187 8 Heights Heights NNPS 1662 8187 9 is be VBZ 1662 8187 10 Israeli Israeli NNP 1662 8187 11 occupied occupy VBN 1662 8187 12 ; ; : 1662 8187 13 Hatay hatay VB 1662 8187 14 question question NN 1662 8187 15 with with IN 1662 8187 16 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 8187 17 ; ; : 1662 8187 18 dispute dispute NN 1662 8187 19 with with IN 1662 8187 20 upstream upstream JJ 1662 8187 21 riparian riparian NN 1662 8187 22 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 8187 23 over over IN 1662 8187 24 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 8187 25 water water NN 1662 8187 26 development development NN 1662 8187 27 plans plan NNS 1662 8187 28 for for IN 1662 8187 29 the the DT 1662 8187 30 Tigris Tigris NNP 1662 8187 31 and and CC 1662 8187 32 Euphrates Euphrates NNP 1662 8187 33 Rivers Rivers NNPS 1662 8187 34 ; ; : 1662 8187 35 Syrian syrian JJ 1662 8187 36 troops troop NNS 1662 8187 37 in in IN 1662 8187 38 northern northern JJ 1662 8187 39 , , , 1662 8187 40 central central JJ 1662 8187 41 , , , 1662 8187 42 and and CC 1662 8187 43 eastern eastern JJ 1662 8187 44 Lebanon Lebanon NNP 1662 8187 45 since since IN 1662 8187 46 October October NNP 1662 8187 47 1976 1976 CD 1662 8187 48 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 8187 49 drugs drug VBZ 1662 8187 50 : : : 1662 8187 51 a a DT 1662 8187 52 transit transit NN 1662 8187 53 point point NN 1662 8187 54 for for IN 1662 8187 55 Lebanese lebanese JJ 1662 8187 56 and and CC 1662 8187 57 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 8187 58 refined refined JJ 1662 8187 59 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 8187 60 going go VBG 1662 8187 61 to to IN 1662 8187 62 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8187 63 and and CC 1662 8187 64 heroin heroin NN 1662 8187 65 and and CC 1662 8187 66 hashish hashish NN 1662 8187 67 bound bind VBN 1662 8187 68 for for IN 1662 8187 69 regional regional JJ 1662 8187 70 and and CC 1662 8187 71 Western western JJ 1662 8187 72 markets market NNS 1662 8187 73 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 74 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 75 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 76 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 77 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 78 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 79 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 80 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 81 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 82 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 83 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 84 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 85 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 86 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 87 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 88 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 89 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 90 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 91 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 92 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 93 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 94 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 95 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 96 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 97 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 98 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 99 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 100 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 101 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 102 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 103 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 104 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 105 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 106 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 107 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 108 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 109 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 110 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 111 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 112 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 113 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 114 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 115 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 116 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 117 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 118 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 119 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 120 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 121 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 122 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 123 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 124 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 125 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 126 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 127 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 128 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 129 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 130 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 131 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 132 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 133 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 134 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 135 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 136 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 137 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 138 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 139 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 140 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 141 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 142 _ _ NNP 1662 8187 143 TAJIKISTAN TAJIKISTAN NNP 1662 8187 144 Introduction Introduction NNP 1662 8187 145 Current current JJ 1662 8187 146 issues issue NNS 1662 8187 147 : : : 1662 8187 148 Tajikistan Tajikistan NNP 1662 8187 149 has have VBZ 1662 8187 150 experienced experience VBN 1662 8187 151 three three CD 1662 8187 152 changes change NNS 1662 8187 153 of of IN 1662 8187 154 government government NN 1662 8187 155 since since IN 1662 8187 156 it -PRON- PRP 1662 8187 157 gained gain VBD 1662 8187 158 independence independence NN 1662 8187 159 in in IN 1662 8187 160 September September NNP 1662 8187 161 1991 1991 CD 1662 8187 162 . . . 1662 8188 1 The the DT 1662 8188 2 current current JJ 1662 8188 3 president president NN 1662 8188 4 , , , 1662 8188 5 Emomali emomali JJ 1662 8188 6 RAHMONOV RAHMONOV NNP 1662 8188 7 , , , 1662 8188 8 was be VBD 1662 8188 9 elected elect VBN 1662 8188 10 in in IN 1662 8188 11 November November NNP 1662 8188 12 1994 1994 CD 1662 8188 13 , , , 1662 8188 14 yet yet RB 1662 8188 15 has have VBZ 1662 8188 16 been be VBN 1662 8188 17 in in IN 1662 8188 18 power power NN 1662 8188 19 since since IN 1662 8188 20 1992 1992 CD 1662 8188 21 . . . 1662 8189 1 The the DT 1662 8189 2 country country NN 1662 8189 3 is be VBZ 1662 8189 4 suffering suffer VBG 1662 8189 5 through through IN 1662 8189 6 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8189 7 fourth fourth JJ 1662 8189 8 year year NN 1662 8189 9 of of IN 1662 8189 10 a a DT 1662 8189 11 civil civil JJ 1662 8189 12 conflict conflict NN 1662 8189 13 , , , 1662 8189 14 with with IN 1662 8189 15 no no DT 1662 8189 16 clear clear JJ 1662 8189 17 end end NN 1662 8189 18 in in IN 1662 8189 19 sight sight NN 1662 8189 20 . . . 1662 8190 1 Underlying underlie VBG 1662 8190 2 the the DT 1662 8190 3 conflict conflict NN 1662 8190 4 are be VBP 1662 8190 5 deeply deeply RB 1662 8190 6 rooted root VBN 1662 8190 7 regional regional JJ 1662 8190 8 and and CC 1662 8190 9 clan clan NN 1662 8190 10 - - HYPH 1662 8190 11 based base VBN 1662 8190 12 animosities animosity NNS 1662 8190 13 that that WDT 1662 8190 14 pit pit VBP 1662 8190 15 a a DT 1662 8190 16 government government NN 1662 8190 17 consisting consist VBG 1662 8190 18 of of IN 1662 8190 19 people people NNS 1662 8190 20 primarily primarily RB 1662 8190 21 from from IN 1662 8190 22 the the DT 1662 8190 23 Kulob Kulob NNP 1662 8190 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8190 25 Kulyab Kulyab NNP 1662 8190 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8190 27 , , , 1662 8190 28 Khujand Khujand NNP 1662 8190 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8190 30 Leninabad Leninabad NNP 1662 8190 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8190 32 , , , 1662 8190 33 and and CC 1662 8190 34 Hisor Hisor NNP 1662 8190 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8190 36 Hissar Hissar NNP 1662 8190 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8190 38 regions region NNS 1662 8190 39 against against IN 1662 8190 40 a a DT 1662 8190 41 secular secular JJ 1662 8190 42 and and CC 1662 8190 43 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 8190 44 - - HYPH 1662 8190 45 led lead VBN 1662 8190 46 opposition opposition NN 1662 8190 47 from from IN 1662 8190 48 the the DT 1662 8190 49 Gharm Gharm NNP 1662 8190 50 , , , 1662 8190 51 Gorno Gorno NNP 1662 8190 52 - - HYPH 1662 8190 53 Badakhshan Badakhshan NNP 1662 8190 54 , , , 1662 8190 55 and and CC 1662 8190 56 Qurghonteppa Qurghonteppa NNP 1662 8190 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8190 58 Kurgan Kurgan NNP 1662 8190 59 - - HYPH 1662 8190 60 Tyube Tyube NNP 1662 8190 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8190 62 regions region NNS 1662 8190 63 . . . 1662 8191 1 Government government NN 1662 8191 2 and and CC 1662 8191 3 opposition opposition NN 1662 8191 4 representatives representative NNS 1662 8191 5 have have VBP 1662 8191 6 held hold VBN 1662 8191 7 periodic periodic JJ 1662 8191 8 rounds round NNS 1662 8191 9 of of IN 1662 8191 10 UN UN NNP 1662 8191 11 - - HYPH 1662 8191 12 mediated mediate VBN 1662 8191 13 peace peace NN 1662 8191 14 talks talk NNS 1662 8191 15 and and CC 1662 8191 16 agreed agree VBD 1662 8191 17 in in IN 1662 8191 18 September September NNP 1662 8191 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 8191 20 to to IN 1662 8191 21 a a DT 1662 8191 22 cease cease NN 1662 8191 23 - - HYPH 1662 8191 24 fire fire NN 1662 8191 25 which which WDT 1662 8191 26 has have VBZ 1662 8191 27 been be VBN 1662 8191 28 periodically periodically RB 1662 8191 29 extended extend VBN 1662 8191 30 . . . 1662 8192 1 Russian Russian NNP 1662 8192 2 - - HYPH 1662 8192 3 led lead VBN 1662 8192 4 peacekeeping peacekeeping NN 1662 8192 5 troops troop NNS 1662 8192 6 are be VBP 1662 8192 7 deployed deploy VBN 1662 8192 8 throughout throughout IN 1662 8192 9 the the DT 1662 8192 10 country country NN 1662 8192 11 , , , 1662 8192 12 and and CC 1662 8192 13 Russian Russian NNP 1662 8192 14 - - HYPH 1662 8192 15 commanded command VBN 1662 8192 16 border border NN 1662 8192 17 guards guard NNS 1662 8192 18 are be VBP 1662 8192 19 stationed station VBN 1662 8192 20 along along IN 1662 8192 21 the the DT 1662 8192 22 Tajikistani Tajikistani NNP 1662 8192 23 - - HYPH 1662 8192 24 Afghan afghan JJ 1662 8192 25 border border NN 1662 8192 26 . . . 1662 8193 1 @Tajikistan @tajikistan LS 1662 8193 2 : : : 1662 8193 3 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8193 4 Location Location NNP 1662 8193 5 : : : 1662 8193 6 Central Central NNP 1662 8193 7 Asia Asia NNP 1662 8193 8 , , , 1662 8193 9 west west NN 1662 8193 10 of of IN 1662 8193 11 China China NNP 1662 8193 12 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8193 13 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8193 14 : : : 1662 8193 15 39 39 CD 1662 8193 16 00 00 CD 1662 8193 17 N n CD 1662 8193 18 , , , 1662 8193 19 71 71 CD 1662 8193 20 00 00 CD 1662 8193 21 E e NN 1662 8193 22 Map Map NNP 1662 8193 23 references reference NNS 1662 8193 24 : : : 1662 8193 25 Commonwealth Commonwealth NNP 1662 8193 26 of of IN 1662 8193 27 Independent Independent NNP 1662 8193 28 States States NNPS 1662 8193 29 Area Area NNP 1662 8193 30 : : : 1662 8193 31 total total NN 1662 8193 32 : : : 1662 8193 33 143,100 143,100 CD 1662 8193 34 sq sq IN 1662 8193 35 km km NNP 1662 8193 36 land land NN 1662 8193 37 : : : 1662 8193 38 142,700 142,700 CD 1662 8193 39 sq sq NNP 1662 8193 40 km km NNP 1662 8193 41 water water NN 1662 8193 42 : : : 1662 8193 43 400 400 CD 1662 8193 44 sq sq RB 1662 8193 45 km km NNP 1662 8193 46 Area Area NNP 1662 8193 47 - - HYPH 1662 8193 48 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8193 49 : : : 1662 8193 50 slightly slightly RB 1662 8193 51 smaller small JJR 1662 8193 52 than than IN 1662 8193 53 Wisconsin Wisconsin NNP 1662 8193 54 Land Land NNP 1662 8193 55 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8193 56 : : : 1662 8193 57 total total NN 1662 8193 58 : : : 1662 8193 59 3,651 3,651 CD 1662 8193 60 km km NN 1662 8193 61 border border NN 1662 8193 62 countries country NNS 1662 8193 63 : : : 1662 8193 64 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 8193 65 1,206 1,206 CD 1662 8193 66 km km NN 1662 8193 67 , , , 1662 8193 68 China China NNP 1662 8193 69 414 414 CD 1662 8193 70 km km NNS 1662 8193 71 , , , 1662 8193 72 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan NNP 1662 8193 73 870 870 CD 1662 8193 74 km km NNS 1662 8193 75 , , , 1662 8193 76 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 1662 8193 77 1,161 1,161 CD 1662 8193 78 km km NN 1662 8193 79 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8193 80 : : : 1662 8193 81 0 0 CD 1662 8193 82 km km NN 1662 8193 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8193 84 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 8193 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8193 86 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8193 87 claims claim VBZ 1662 8193 88 : : : 1662 8193 89 none none NN 1662 8193 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8193 91 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 8193 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8193 93 Climate climate NN 1662 8193 94 : : : 1662 8193 95 midlatitude midlatitude NNP 1662 8193 96 continental continental NNP 1662 8193 97 , , , 1662 8193 98 hot hot JJ 1662 8193 99 summers summer NNS 1662 8193 100 , , , 1662 8193 101 mild mild JJ 1662 8193 102 winters winter NNS 1662 8193 103 ; ; : 1662 8193 104 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 8193 105 to to TO 1662 8193 106 polar polar VB 1662 8193 107 in in IN 1662 8193 108 Pamir Pamir NNP 1662 8193 109 Mountains Mountains NNP 1662 8193 110 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8193 111 : : : 1662 8193 112 Pamirs Pamirs NNP 1662 8193 113 and and CC 1662 8193 114 Alay alay NN 1662 8193 115 Mountains Mountains NNPS 1662 8193 116 dominate dominate VBP 1662 8193 117 landscape landscape NN 1662 8193 118 ; ; : 1662 8193 119 western western JJ 1662 8193 120 Fergana Fergana NNP 1662 8193 121 Valley Valley NNP 1662 8193 122 in in IN 1662 8193 123 north north NN 1662 8193 124 , , , 1662 8193 125 Kofarnihon Kofarnihon NNP 1662 8193 126 and and CC 1662 8193 127 Vakhsh Vakhsh NNP 1662 8193 128 Valleys Valleys NNP 1662 8193 129 in in IN 1662 8193 130 southwest southwest JJ 1662 8193 131 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8193 132 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8193 133 : : : 1662 8193 134 lowest low JJS 1662 8193 135 point point NN 1662 8193 136 : : : 1662 8193 137 Syrdariya Syrdariya NNP 1662 8193 138 300 300 CD 1662 8193 139 m m NN 1662 8193 140 highest high JJS 1662 8193 141 point point NN 1662 8193 142 : : : 1662 8193 143 Qullai Qullai NNP 1662 8193 144 Kommunizm Kommunizm NNP 1662 8193 145 7,495 7,495 CD 1662 8193 146 m m NNP 1662 8193 147 Natural natural JJ 1662 8193 148 resources resource NNS 1662 8193 149 : : : 1662 8193 150 significant significant JJ 1662 8193 151 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 8193 152 potential potential NN 1662 8193 153 , , , 1662 8193 154 some some DT 1662 8193 155 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8193 156 , , , 1662 8193 157 uranium uranium NN 1662 8193 158 , , , 1662 8193 159 mercury mercury NN 1662 8193 160 , , , 1662 8193 161 brown brown NNP 1662 8193 162 coal coal NN 1662 8193 163 , , , 1662 8193 164 lead lead NN 1662 8193 165 , , , 1662 8193 166 zinc zinc NN 1662 8193 167 , , , 1662 8193 168 antimony antimony NN 1662 8193 169 , , , 1662 8193 170 tungsten tungsten VBN 1662 8193 171 Land Land NNP 1662 8193 172 use use NN 1662 8193 173 : : : 1662 8193 174 arable arable JJ 1662 8193 175 land land NN 1662 8193 176 : : : 1662 8193 177 6 6 CD 1662 8193 178 % % NN 1662 8193 179 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8193 180 crops crop NNS 1662 8193 181 : : : 1662 8193 182 0 0 CD 1662 8193 183 % % NN 1662 8193 184 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8193 185 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8193 186 : : : 1662 8193 187 25 25 CD 1662 8193 188 % % NN 1662 8193 189 forests forest NNS 1662 8193 190 and and CC 1662 8193 191 woodland woodland NN 1662 8193 192 : : : 1662 8193 193 4 4 CD 1662 8193 194 % % NN 1662 8193 195 other other JJ 1662 8193 196 : : : 1662 8193 197 65 65 CD 1662 8193 198 % % NN 1662 8193 199 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8193 200 1993 1993 CD 1662 8193 201 est est NNP 1662 8193 202 . . . 1662 8193 203 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8194 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8194 2 land land NN 1662 8194 3 : : : 1662 8194 4 6,390 6,390 CD 1662 8194 5 sq sq IN 1662 8194 6 km km NNP 1662 8194 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8194 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8194 9 est est NNP 1662 8194 10 . . . 1662 8194 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8195 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8195 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8195 3 : : : 1662 8195 4 NA NA NNP 1662 8195 5 Environment environment NN 1662 8195 6 - - HYPH 1662 8195 7 current current JJ 1662 8195 8 issues issue NNS 1662 8195 9 : : : 1662 8195 10 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 8195 11 sanitation sanitation NN 1662 8195 12 facilities facility NNS 1662 8195 13 ; ; , 1662 8195 14 increasing increase VBG 1662 8195 15 levels level NNS 1662 8195 16 of of IN 1662 8195 17 soil soil NN 1662 8195 18 salinity salinity NN 1662 8195 19 ; ; , 1662 8195 20 industrial industrial JJ 1662 8195 21 pollution pollution NN 1662 8195 22 ; ; , 1662 8195 23 excessive excessive JJ 1662 8195 24 pesticides pesticide NNS 1662 8195 25 ; ; : 1662 8195 26 part part NN 1662 8195 27 of of IN 1662 8195 28 the the DT 1662 8195 29 basin basin NN 1662 8195 30 of of IN 1662 8195 31 the the DT 1662 8195 32 shrinking shrink VBG 1662 8195 33 Aral Aral NNP 1662 8195 34 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8195 35 suffers suffer VBZ 1662 8195 36 from from IN 1662 8195 37 severe severe JJ 1662 8195 38 overutilization overutilization NN 1662 8195 39 of of IN 1662 8195 40 available available JJ 1662 8195 41 water water NN 1662 8195 42 for for IN 1662 8195 43 irrigation irrigation NN 1662 8195 44 and and CC 1662 8195 45 associated associated JJ 1662 8195 46 pollution pollution NN 1662 8195 47 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8195 48 - - HYPH 1662 8195 49 international international JJ 1662 8195 50 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8195 51 : : : 1662 8195 52 party party NNP 1662 8195 53 to to TO 1662 8195 54 : : : 1662 8195 55 none none NN 1662 8195 56 of of IN 1662 8195 57 the the DT 1662 8195 58 selected select VBN 1662 8195 59 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8195 60 signed sign VBD 1662 8195 61 , , , 1662 8195 62 but but CC 1662 8195 63 not not RB 1662 8195 64 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8195 65 : : : 1662 8195 66 none none NN 1662 8195 67 of of IN 1662 8195 68 the the DT 1662 8195 69 selected select VBN 1662 8195 70 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8195 71 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8195 72 - - HYPH 1662 8195 73 note note NN 1662 8195 74 : : : 1662 8195 75 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 8195 76 @Tajikistan @Tajikistan NNP 1662 8195 77 : : : 1662 8195 78 People People NNPS 1662 8195 79 Population Population NNP 1662 8195 80 : : : 1662 8195 81 5,945,903 5,945,903 CD 1662 8195 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8195 83 July July NNP 1662 8195 84 1997 1997 CD 1662 8195 85 est est NNP 1662 8195 86 . . . 1662 8195 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8196 1 Age age NN 1662 8196 2 structure structure NN 1662 8196 3 : : : 1662 8196 4 0 0 CD 1662 8196 5 - - HYPH 1662 8196 6 14 14 CD 1662 8196 7 years year NNS 1662 8196 8 : : : 1662 8196 9 42 42 CD 1662 8196 10 % % NN 1662 8196 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8196 12 male male JJ 1662 8196 13 1,263,725 1,263,725 CD 1662 8196 14 ; ; : 1662 8196 15 female female JJ 1662 8196 16 1,234,730 1,234,730 CD 1662 8196 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8196 18 15 15 CD 1662 8196 19 - - SYM 1662 8196 20 64 64 CD 1662 8196 21 years year NNS 1662 8196 22 : : : 1662 8196 23 53 53 CD 1662 8196 24 % % NN 1662 8196 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8196 26 male male JJ 1662 8196 27 1,578,940 1,578,940 CD 1662 8196 28 ; ; : 1662 8196 29 female female JJ 1662 8196 30 1,599,458 1,599,458 CD 1662 8196 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8196 32 65 65 CD 1662 8196 33 years year NNS 1662 8196 34 and and CC 1662 8196 35 over over IN 1662 8196 36 : : : 1662 8196 37 5 5 CD 1662 8196 38 % % NN 1662 8196 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8196 40 male male JJ 1662 8196 41 114,118 114,118 CD 1662 8196 42 ; ; : 1662 8196 43 female female JJ 1662 8196 44 154,932 154,932 CD 1662 8196 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8196 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8196 47 July July NNP 1662 8196 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8196 49 est est NNP 1662 8196 50 . . . 1662 8196 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8197 1 Population population NN 1662 8197 2 growth growth NN 1662 8197 3 rate rate NN 1662 8197 4 : : : 1662 8197 5 1.18 1.18 CD 1662 8197 6 % % NN 1662 8197 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8197 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8197 9 est est NNP 1662 8197 10 . . . 1662 8197 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8198 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8198 2 rate rate NN 1662 8198 3 : : : 1662 8198 4 27.93 27.93 CD 1662 8198 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 8198 6 population population NN 1662 8198 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8198 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8198 9 est est NNP 1662 8198 10 . . . 1662 8198 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8199 1 Death death NN 1662 8199 2 rate rate NN 1662 8199 3 : : : 1662 8199 4 7.74 7.74 CD 1662 8199 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8199 6 population population NN 1662 8199 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8199 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8199 9 est est NNP 1662 8199 10 . . . 1662 8199 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8200 1 Net net JJ 1662 8200 2 migration migration NN 1662 8200 3 rate rate NN 1662 8200 4 : : : 1662 8200 5 -8.42 -8.42 NFP 1662 8200 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 8200 7 population population NN 1662 8200 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8200 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8200 10 est est NNP 1662 8200 11 . . . 1662 8200 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8201 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8201 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8201 3 : : : 1662 8201 4 at at IN 1662 8201 5 birth birth NN 1662 8201 6 : : : 1662 8201 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 8201 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8201 9 under under IN 1662 8201 10 15 15 CD 1662 8201 11 years year NNS 1662 8201 12 : : : 1662 8201 13 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 8201 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8201 15 15 15 CD 1662 8201 16 - - HYPH 1662 8201 17 64 64 CD 1662 8201 18 years year NNS 1662 8201 19 : : : 1662 8201 20 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 8201 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8201 22 65 65 CD 1662 8201 23 years year NNS 1662 8201 24 and and CC 1662 8201 25 over over IN 1662 8201 26 : : : 1662 8201 27 0.74 0.74 CD 1662 8201 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 8201 29 total total JJ 1662 8201 30 population population NN 1662 8201 31 : : : 1662 8201 32 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 8201 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8201 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8201 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8201 36 est est NNP 1662 8201 37 . . . 1662 8201 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8202 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8202 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8202 3 rate rate NN 1662 8202 4 : : : 1662 8202 5 109.5 109.5 CD 1662 8202 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8202 7 live live JJ 1662 8202 8 births birth NNS 1662 8202 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8202 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8202 11 est est NNP 1662 8202 12 . . . 1662 8202 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8203 1 Life life NN 1662 8203 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8203 3 at at IN 1662 8203 4 birth birth NN 1662 8203 5 : : : 1662 8203 6 total total JJ 1662 8203 7 population population NN 1662 8203 8 : : : 1662 8203 9 64.68 64.68 CD 1662 8203 10 years year NNS 1662 8203 11 male male JJ 1662 8203 12 : : : 1662 8203 13 61.55 61.55 CD 1662 8203 14 years year NNS 1662 8203 15 female female JJ 1662 8203 16 : : : 1662 8203 17 67.97 67.97 CD 1662 8203 18 years year NNS 1662 8203 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8203 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8203 21 est est NNP 1662 8203 22 . . . 1662 8203 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8204 1 Total total JJ 1662 8204 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8204 3 rate rate NN 1662 8204 4 : : : 1662 8204 5 3.58 3.58 CD 1662 8204 6 children child NNS 1662 8204 7 born bear VBN 1662 8204 8 / / SYM 1662 8204 9 woman woman NN 1662 8204 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8204 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8204 12 est est NNP 1662 8204 13 . . . 1662 8204 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8205 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8205 2 : : : 1662 8205 3 noun noun NNP 1662 8205 4 : : : 1662 8205 5 Tajikistani(s Tajikistani(s NNP 1662 8205 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8205 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 8205 8 : : : 1662 8205 9 Tajikistani Tajikistani NNP 1662 8205 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8205 11 groups group NNS 1662 8205 12 : : : 1662 8205 13 Tajik tajik NN 1662 8205 14 64.9 64.9 CD 1662 8205 15 % % NN 1662 8205 16 , , , 1662 8205 17 Uzbek Uzbek NNP 1662 8205 18 25 25 CD 1662 8205 19 % % NN 1662 8205 20 , , , 1662 8205 21 Russian Russian NNP 1662 8205 22 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 8205 23 % % NN 1662 8205 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8205 25 declining decline VBG 1662 8205 26 because because IN 1662 8205 27 of of IN 1662 8205 28 emigration emigration NN 1662 8205 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8205 30 , , , 1662 8205 31 other other JJ 1662 8205 32 6.6 6.6 CD 1662 8205 33 % % NN 1662 8205 34 Religions religion NNS 1662 8205 35 : : : 1662 8205 36 Sunni Sunni NNP 1662 8205 37 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 8205 38 80 80 CD 1662 8205 39 % % NN 1662 8205 40 , , , 1662 8205 41 Shi'a Shi'a : 1662 8205 42 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 8205 43 5 5 CD 1662 8205 44 % % NN 1662 8205 45 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 8205 46 : : : 1662 8205 47 Tajik tajik NN 1662 8205 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8205 49 official official NN 1662 8205 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8205 51 , , , 1662 8205 52 Russian Russian NNP 1662 8205 53 widely widely RB 1662 8205 54 used use VBN 1662 8205 55 in in IN 1662 8205 56 government government NN 1662 8205 57 and and CC 1662 8205 58 business business NN 1662 8205 59 Literacy literacy NN 1662 8205 60 : : : 1662 8205 61 definition definition NN 1662 8205 62 : : : 1662 8205 63 age age NN 1662 8205 64 15 15 CD 1662 8205 65 and and CC 1662 8205 66 over over RB 1662 8205 67 can can MD 1662 8205 68 read read VB 1662 8205 69 and and CC 1662 8205 70 write write VB 1662 8205 71 total total JJ 1662 8205 72 population population NN 1662 8205 73 : : : 1662 8205 74 98 98 CD 1662 8205 75 % % NN 1662 8205 76 male male NN 1662 8205 77 : : : 1662 8205 78 99 99 CD 1662 8205 79 % % NN 1662 8205 80 female female NN 1662 8205 81 : : : 1662 8205 82 97 97 CD 1662 8205 83 % % NN 1662 8205 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8205 85 1989 1989 CD 1662 8205 86 est est NNP 1662 8205 87 . . . 1662 8205 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8206 1 @Tajikistan @tajikistan LS 1662 8206 2 : : : 1662 8206 3 Government Government NNP 1662 8206 4 Country Country NNP 1662 8206 5 name name NN 1662 8206 6 : : : 1662 8206 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8206 8 long long JJ 1662 8206 9 form form NN 1662 8206 10 : : : 1662 8206 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8206 12 of of IN 1662 8206 13 Tajikistan Tajikistan NNP 1662 8206 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8206 15 short short JJ 1662 8206 16 form form NN 1662 8206 17 : : : 1662 8206 18 Tajikistan Tajikistan NNP 1662 8206 19 local local JJ 1662 8206 20 long long JJ 1662 8206 21 form form NN 1662 8206 22 : : : 1662 8206 23 Jumhurii Jumhurii NNP 1662 8206 24 Tojikistan Tojikistan NNP 1662 8206 25 local local JJ 1662 8206 26 short short JJ 1662 8206 27 form form NN 1662 8206 28 : : : 1662 8206 29 none none NN 1662 8206 30 former former JJ 1662 8206 31 : : : 1662 8206 32 Tajik Tajik NNP 1662 8206 33 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 8206 34 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 8206 35 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8206 36 Data Data NNP 1662 8206 37 code code NN 1662 8206 38 : : : 1662 8206 39 TI TI NNP 1662 8206 40 Government Government NNP 1662 8206 41 type type NN 1662 8206 42 : : : 1662 8206 43 republic republic NNP 1662 8206 44 National national JJ 1662 8206 45 capital capital NN 1662 8206 46 : : : 1662 8206 47 Dushanbe dushanbe VB 1662 8206 48 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 8206 49 divisions division NNS 1662 8206 50 : : : 1662 8206 51 2 2 CD 1662 8206 52 oblasts oblast NNS 1662 8206 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8206 54 viloyatho viloyatho NNP 1662 8206 55 , , , 1662 8206 56 singular singular JJ 1662 8206 57 - - HYPH 1662 8206 58 viloyat viloyat NN 1662 8206 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8206 60 and and CC 1662 8206 61 one one CD 1662 8206 62 autonomous autonomous JJ 1662 8206 63 oblast oblast NN 1662 8206 64 * * NFP 1662 8206 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8206 66 viloyati viloyati NNP 1662 8206 67 avtonomii avtonomii NNP 1662 8206 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8206 69 ; ; : 1662 8206 70 Viloyati Viloyati NNP 1662 8206 71 Avtonomii Avtonomii NNP 1662 8206 72 Badakhshoni Badakhshoni NNP 1662 8206 73 Kuni Kuni NNP 1662 8206 74 * * NFP 1662 8206 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8206 76 Khorugh Khorugh NNP 1662 8206 77 - - : 1662 8206 78 formerly formerly RB 1662 8206 79 Khorog Khorog NNP 1662 8206 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8206 81 , , , 1662 8206 82 Viloyati Viloyati NNP 1662 8206 83 Khatlon Khatlon NNP 1662 8206 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8206 85 Qurghonteppa Qurghonteppa NNP 1662 8206 86 - - : 1662 8206 87 formerly formerly RB 1662 8206 88 Kurgan Kurgan NNP 1662 8206 89 - - HYPH 1662 8206 90 Tyube Tyube NNP 1662 8206 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8206 92 , , , 1662 8206 93 Viloyati Viloyati NNP 1662 8206 94 Leninobod Leninobod NNP 1662 8206 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8206 96 Khujand Khujand NNP 1662 8206 97 - - HYPH 1662 8206 98 formerly formerly RB 1662 8206 99 Leninabad Leninabad NNP 1662 8206 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8206 101 note note NN 1662 8206 102 : : : 1662 8206 103 the the DT 1662 8206 104 administrative administrative JJ 1662 8206 105 center center NN 1662 8206 106 name name NN 1662 8206 107 follows follow VBZ 1662 8206 108 in in IN 1662 8206 109 parentheses parenthesis NNS 1662 8206 110 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8206 111 : : : 1662 8206 112 9 9 CD 1662 8206 113 September September NNP 1662 8206 114 1991 1991 CD 1662 8206 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8206 116 from from IN 1662 8206 117 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 8206 118 Union Union NNP 1662 8206 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8206 120 National national JJ 1662 8206 121 holiday holiday NN 1662 8206 122 : : : 1662 8206 123 National National NNP 1662 8206 124 Day Day NNP 1662 8206 125 , , , 1662 8206 126 9 9 CD 1662 8206 127 September September NNP 1662 8206 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8206 129 1991 1991 CD 1662 8206 130 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8206 131 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 8206 132 : : : 1662 8206 133 new new JJ 1662 8206 134 constitution constitution NN 1662 8206 135 adopted adopt VBD 1662 8206 136 6 6 CD 1662 8206 137 November November NNP 1662 8206 138 1994 1994 CD 1662 8206 139 Legal legal JJ 1662 8206 140 system system NN 1662 8206 141 : : : 1662 8206 142 based base VBN 1662 8206 143 on on IN 1662 8206 144 civil civil JJ 1662 8206 145 law law NN 1662 8206 146 system system NN 1662 8206 147 ; ; : 1662 8206 148 no no DT 1662 8206 149 judicial judicial JJ 1662 8206 150 review review NN 1662 8206 151 of of IN 1662 8206 152 legislative legislative JJ 1662 8206 153 acts act NNS 1662 8206 154 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 8206 155 : : : 1662 8206 156 18 18 CD 1662 8206 157 years year NNS 1662 8206 158 of of IN 1662 8206 159 age age NN 1662 8206 160 ; ; : 1662 8206 161 universal universal JJ 1662 8206 162 Executive Executive NNP 1662 8206 163 branch branch NN 1662 8206 164 : : : 1662 8206 165 chief chief NN 1662 8206 166 of of IN 1662 8206 167 state state NN 1662 8206 168 : : : 1662 8206 169 President President NNP 1662 8206 170 Emomali Emomali NNP 1662 8206 171 RAHMONOV RAHMONOV NNP 1662 8206 172 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8206 173 since since IN 1662 8206 174 6 6 CD 1662 8206 175 November November NNP 1662 8206 176 1994 1994 CD 1662 8206 177 ; ; : 1662 8206 178 head head NN 1662 8206 179 of of IN 1662 8206 180 state state NN 1662 8206 181 and and CC 1662 8206 182 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8206 183 chairman chairman NN 1662 8206 184 since since IN 1662 8206 185 NA NA NNP 1662 8206 186 November November NNP 1662 8206 187 1992 1992 CD 1662 8206 188 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8206 189 head head NN 1662 8206 190 of of IN 1662 8206 191 government government NN 1662 8206 192 : : : 1662 8206 193 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8206 194 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8206 195 Yahyo Yahyo NNP 1662 8206 196 AZIMOV AZIMOV NNP 1662 8206 197 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8206 198 since since IN 1662 8206 199 8 8 CD 1662 8206 200 February February NNP 1662 8206 201 1996 1996 CD 1662 8206 202 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8206 203 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 8206 204 : : : 1662 8206 205 Council Council NNP 1662 8206 206 of of IN 1662 8206 207 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 8206 208 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8206 209 by by IN 1662 8206 210 the the DT 1662 8206 211 president president NN 1662 8206 212 who who WP 1662 8206 213 proposes propose VBZ 1662 8206 214 them -PRON- PRP 1662 8206 215 to to IN 1662 8206 216 the the DT 1662 8206 217 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8206 218 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8206 219 for for IN 1662 8206 220 approval approval NN 1662 8206 221 elections election NNS 1662 8206 222 : : : 1662 8206 223 president president NN 1662 8206 224 elected elect VBN 1662 8206 225 by by IN 1662 8206 226 popular popular JJ 1662 8206 227 vote vote NN 1662 8206 228 for for IN 1662 8206 229 a a DT 1662 8206 230 five five CD 1662 8206 231 - - HYPH 1662 8206 232 year year NN 1662 8206 233 term term NN 1662 8206 234 ; ; : 1662 8206 235 election election NN 1662 8206 236 last last JJ 1662 8206 237 held hold VBD 1662 8206 238 6 6 CD 1662 8206 239 November November NNP 1662 8206 240 1994 1994 CD 1662 8206 241 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8206 242 next next JJ 1662 8206 243 to to TO 1662 8206 244 be be VB 1662 8206 245 held hold VBN 1662 8206 246 NA NA NNP 1662 8206 247 1999 1999 CD 1662 8206 248 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8206 249 ; ; : 1662 8206 250 prime prime NNP 1662 8206 251 minister minister NN 1662 8206 252 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8206 253 by by IN 1662 8206 254 the the DT 1662 8206 255 president president NNP 1662 8206 256 election election NN 1662 8206 257 results result NNS 1662 8206 258 : : : 1662 8206 259 Emomali emomali JJ 1662 8206 260 RAHMONOV rahmonov NN 1662 8206 261 elected elect VBD 1662 8206 262 president president NN 1662 8206 263 ; ; , 1662 8206 264 percent percent NN 1662 8206 265 of of IN 1662 8206 266 vote vote NN 1662 8206 267 - - HYPH 1662 8206 268 Emomali Emomali NNP 1662 8206 269 RAHMONOV rahmonov NN 1662 8206 270 58 58 CD 1662 8206 271 % % NN 1662 8206 272 , , , 1662 8206 273 Abdumalik Abdumalik NNP 1662 8206 274 ABDULLAJANOV ABDULLAJANOV NNP 1662 8206 275 40 40 CD 1662 8206 276 % % NN 1662 8206 277 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 8206 278 branch branch NN 1662 8206 279 : : : 1662 8206 280 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 8206 281 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8206 282 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8206 283 or or CC 1662 8206 284 Majlisi Majlisi NNP 1662 8206 285 Oli Oli NNP 1662 8206 286 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8206 287 181 181 CD 1662 8206 288 seats seat NNS 1662 8206 289 ; ; : 1662 8206 290 members member NNS 1662 8206 291 are be VBP 1662 8206 292 popularly popularly RB 1662 8206 293 elected elect VBN 1662 8206 294 to to TO 1662 8206 295 serve serve VB 1662 8206 296 five five CD 1662 8206 297 - - HYPH 1662 8206 298 year year NN 1662 8206 299 terms term NNS 1662 8206 300 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8206 301 elections election NNS 1662 8206 302 : : : 1662 8206 303 last last RB 1662 8206 304 held hold VBD 1662 8206 305 26 26 CD 1662 8206 306 February February NNP 1662 8206 307 and and CC 1662 8206 308 12 12 CD 1662 8206 309 March March NNP 1662 8206 310 1995 1995 CD 1662 8206 311 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8206 312 next next JJ 1662 8206 313 to to TO 1662 8206 314 be be VB 1662 8206 315 held hold VBN 1662 8206 316 NA NA NNP 1662 8206 317 2000 2000 CD 1662 8206 318 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8206 319 election election NN 1662 8206 320 results result NNS 1662 8206 321 : : : 1662 8206 322 percent percent NN 1662 8206 323 of of IN 1662 8206 324 vote vote NN 1662 8206 325 by by IN 1662 8206 326 party party NN 1662 8206 327 - - HYPH 1662 8206 328 NA NA NNP 1662 8206 329 ; ; , 1662 8206 330 estimated estimate VBN 1662 8206 331 seats seat NNS 1662 8206 332 by by IN 1662 8206 333 party party NN 1662 8206 334 - - HYPH 1662 8206 335 Communist Communist NNP 1662 8206 336 Party Party NNP 1662 8206 337 and and CC 1662 8206 338 affiliates affiliate VBZ 1662 8206 339 100 100 CD 1662 8206 340 , , , 1662 8206 341 People People NNPS 1662 8206 342 's 's POS 1662 8206 343 Party Party NNP 1662 8206 344 10 10 CD 1662 8206 345 , , , 1662 8206 346 Party Party NNP 1662 8206 347 of of IN 1662 8206 348 People People NNPS 1662 8206 349 's 's POS 1662 8206 350 Unity Unity NNP 1662 8206 351 6 6 CD 1662 8206 352 , , , 1662 8206 353 Party Party NNP 1662 8206 354 of of IN 1662 8206 355 Economic Economic NNP 1662 8206 356 and and CC 1662 8206 357 Political Political NNP 1662 8206 358 Renewal Renewal NNP 1662 8206 359 1 1 CD 1662 8206 360 , , , 1662 8206 361 other other JJ 1662 8206 362 64 64 CD 1662 8206 363 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 8206 364 branch branch NN 1662 8206 365 : : : 1662 8206 366 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8206 367 Court Court NNP 1662 8206 368 , , , 1662 8206 369 judges judge NNS 1662 8206 370 are be VBP 1662 8206 371 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8206 372 by by IN 1662 8206 373 the the DT 1662 8206 374 president president NN 1662 8206 375 Political political JJ 1662 8206 376 parties party NNS 1662 8206 377 and and CC 1662 8206 378 leaders leader NNS 1662 8206 379 : : : 1662 8206 380 People People NNS 1662 8206 381 's 's POS 1662 8206 382 Party Party NNP 1662 8206 383 of of IN 1662 8206 384 Tajikistan Tajikistan NNP 1662 8206 385 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8206 386 Abdumajid Abdumajid NNP 1662 8206 387 DOSTIYEV DOSTIYEV NNP 1662 8206 388 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8206 389 ; ; : 1662 8206 390 National National NNP 1662 8206 391 Revival Revival NNP 1662 8206 392 Bloc Bloc NNP 1662 8206 393 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8206 394 Abdumalik Abdumalik NNP 1662 8206 395 ABDULLOJONOV ABDULLOJONOV NNP 1662 8206 396 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8206 397 ; ; : 1662 8206 398 Tajik Tajik NNP 1662 8206 399 Communist Communist NNP 1662 8206 400 Party Party NNP 1662 8206 401 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8206 402 Shodi Shodi NNP 1662 8206 403 SHABDOLOV SHABDOLOV NNP 1662 8206 404 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8206 405 ; ; : 1662 8206 406 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8206 407 Party Party NNP 1662 8206 408 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8206 409 Jumaboy Jumaboy NNP 1662 8206 410 NIYAZOV NIYAZOV NNP 1662 8206 411 , , , 1662 8206 412 chairman chairman NN 1662 8206 413 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8206 414 ; ; , 1662 8206 415 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 8206 416 Renaissance Renaissance NNP 1662 8206 417 Party Party NNP 1662 8206 418 or or CC 1662 8206 419 IRP IRP NNP 1662 8206 420 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8206 421 Mohammed Mohammed NNP 1662 8206 422 Sharif Sharif NNP 1662 8206 423 HIMMATZODA HIMMATZODA NNP 1662 8206 424 , , , 1662 8206 425 chairman chairman NN 1662 8206 426 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8206 427 ; ; : 1662 8206 428 Rebirth Rebirth NNP 1662 8206 429 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8206 430 Rastokhez Rastokhez NNP 1662 8206 431 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8206 432 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8206 433 Takhir Takhir NNP 1662 8206 434 ABDUZHABOROV ABDUZHABOROV NNP 1662 8206 435 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8206 436 ; ; : 1662 8206 437 Lali Lali NNP 1662 8206 438 Badakhshan Badakhshan NNP 1662 8206 439 Society Society NNP 1662 8206 440 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8206 441 Atobek Atobek NNP 1662 8206 442 AMIRBEK AMIRBEK NNP 1662 8206 443 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8206 444 ; ; : 1662 8206 445 Tajikistan Tajikistan NNP 1662 8206 446 Party Party NNP 1662 8206 447 of of IN 1662 8206 448 Economic Economic NNP 1662 8206 449 and and CC 1662 8206 450 Political Political NNP 1662 8206 451 Renewal Renewal NNP 1662 8206 452 or or CC 1662 8206 453 TPEPR TPEPR NNP 1662 8206 454 ; ; : 1662 8206 455 Citizenship citizenship NN 1662 8206 456 , , , 1662 8206 457 Patriotism patriotism NN 1662 8206 458 , , , 1662 8206 459 Unity Unity NNP 1662 8206 460 Party Party NNP 1662 8206 461 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8206 462 Bobokhon Bobokhon NNP 1662 8206 463 MAHMADOV MAHMADOV NNP 1662 8206 464 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8206 465 ; ; : 1662 8206 466 Adolatho Adolatho NNP 1662 8206 467 " " `` 1662 8206 468 Justice Justice NNP 1662 8206 469 " " '' 1662 8206 470 Party Party NNP 1662 8206 471 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8206 472 Abdurahmon Abdurahmon NNP 1662 8206 473 KARIMOV KARIMOV NNP 1662 8206 474 , , , 1662 8206 475 chairman chairman NN 1662 8206 476 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8206 477 Political political JJ 1662 8206 478 pressure pressure NN 1662 8206 479 groups group NNS 1662 8206 480 and and CC 1662 8206 481 leaders leader NNS 1662 8206 482 : : : 1662 8206 483 Tajikistan Tajikistan NNP 1662 8206 484 Opposition Opposition NNP 1662 8206 485 Movement Movement NNP 1662 8206 486 based base VBN 1662 8206 487 in in IN 1662 8206 488 northern northern JJ 1662 8206 489 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 8206 490 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8206 491 Seyed Seyed NNP 1662 8206 492 Abdullah Abdullah NNP 1662 8206 493 NURI NURI NNP 1662 8206 494 , , , 1662 8206 495 chairman chairman NN 1662 8206 496 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8206 497 International international JJ 1662 8206 498 organization organization NN 1662 8206 499 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8206 541 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 8206 542 , , , 1662 8206 543 UN UN NNP 1662 8206 544 , , , 1662 8206 545 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 8206 546 , , , 1662 8206 547 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 8206 548 , , , 1662 8206 549 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 8206 550 , , , 1662 8206 551 UPU UPU NNP 1662 8206 552 , , , 1662 8206 553 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 8206 554 , , , 1662 8206 555 WHO who WP 1662 8206 556 , , , 1662 8206 557 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 8206 558 , , , 1662 8206 559 WMO WMO NNP 1662 8206 560 , , , 1662 8206 561 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 8206 562 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8206 563 observer observer NN 1662 8206 564 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8206 565 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8206 566 representation representation NN 1662 8206 567 in in IN 1662 8206 568 the the DT 1662 8206 569 US US NNP 1662 8206 570 : : : 1662 8206 571 Tajikistan Tajikistan NNP 1662 8206 572 does do VBZ 1662 8206 573 not not RB 1662 8206 574 have have VB 1662 8206 575 an an DT 1662 8206 576 embassy embassy NN 1662 8206 577 in in IN 1662 8206 578 the the DT 1662 8206 579 US US NNP 1662 8206 580 , , , 1662 8206 581 but but CC 1662 8206 582 has have VBZ 1662 8206 583 a a DT 1662 8206 584 mission mission NN 1662 8206 585 at at IN 1662 8206 586 the the DT 1662 8206 587 UN UN NNP 1662 8206 588 : : : 1662 8206 589 address address NN 1662 8206 590 - - HYPH 1662 8206 591 136 136 CD 1662 8206 592 East East NNP 1662 8206 593 67th 67th NNP 1662 8206 594 Street Street NNP 1662 8206 595 , , , 1662 8206 596 New New NNP 1662 8206 597 York York NNP 1662 8206 598 , , , 1662 8206 599 NY NY NNP 1662 8206 600 10021 10021 CD 1662 8206 601 , , , 1662 8206 602 telephone telephone NN 1662 8206 603 - - HYPH 1662 8206 604 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8206 605 1 1 CD 1662 8206 606 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8206 607 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8206 608 212 212 CD 1662 8206 609 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8206 610 472 472 CD 1662 8206 611 - - SYM 1662 8206 612 7645 7645 CD 1662 8206 613 , , , 1662 8206 614 FAX FAX NNP 1662 8206 615 - - HYPH 1662 8206 616 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8206 617 1 1 CD 1662 8206 618 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8206 619 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8206 620 212 212 CD 1662 8206 621 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8206 622 628 628 CD 1662 8206 623 - - SYM 1662 8206 624 0252 0252 CD 1662 8206 625 ; ; : 1662 8206 626 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8206 627 representative representative NN 1662 8206 628 to to IN 1662 8206 629 the the DT 1662 8206 630 UN UN NNP 1662 8206 631 is be VBZ 1662 8206 632 Rashid rashid JJ 1662 8206 633 ALIMOV ALIMOV NNP 1662 8206 634 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8206 635 representation representation NN 1662 8206 636 from from IN 1662 8206 637 the the DT 1662 8206 638 US US NNP 1662 8206 639 : : : 1662 8206 640 chief chief NN 1662 8206 641 of of IN 1662 8206 642 mission mission NN 1662 8206 643 : : : 1662 8206 644 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 8206 645 R. R. NNP 1662 8206 646 Grant Grant NNP 1662 8206 647 SMITH SMITH NNP 1662 8206 648 embassy embassy NN 1662 8206 649 : : : 1662 8206 650 interim interim JJ 1662 8206 651 chancery chancery NN 1662 8206 652 , , , 1662 8206 653 Oktyabrskaya Oktyabrskaya NNP 1662 8206 654 Hotel Hotel NNP 1662 8206 655 , , , 1662 8206 656 105A 105a CD 1662 8206 657 Prospect Prospect NNP 1662 8206 658 Rudaki Rudaki NNP 1662 8206 659 , , , 1662 8206 660 Dushanbe Dushanbe NNP 1662 8206 661 734001 734001 CD 1662 8206 662 mailing mail VBG 1662 8206 663 address address NN 1662 8206 664 : : : 1662 8206 665 use use NNP 1662 8206 666 embassy embassy NNP 1662 8206 667 street street NNP 1662 8206 668 address address NN 1662 8206 669 telephone telephone NNP 1662 8206 670 : : : 1662 8206 671 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8206 672 7 7 CD 1662 8206 673 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8206 674 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8206 675 3772 3772 CD 1662 8206 676 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8206 677 21 21 CD 1662 8206 678 - - HYPH 1662 8206 679 03 03 CD 1662 8206 680 - - HYPH 1662 8206 681 56 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1662 8208 11 silver silver NN 1662 8208 12 , , , 1662 8208 13 gold gold NN 1662 8208 14 , , , 1662 8208 15 uranium uranium NN 1662 8208 16 , , , 1662 8208 17 and and CC 1662 8208 18 tungsten tungsten NN 1662 8208 19 . . . 1662 8209 1 Industry industry NN 1662 8209 2 is be VBZ 1662 8209 3 limited limit VBN 1662 8209 4 to to IN 1662 8209 5 a a DT 1662 8209 6 large large JJ 1662 8209 7 aluminum aluminum NN 1662 8209 8 plant plant NN 1662 8209 9 , , , 1662 8209 10 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 8209 11 facilities facility NNS 1662 8209 12 , , , 1662 8209 13 and and CC 1662 8209 14 small small JJ 1662 8209 15 obsolete obsolete JJ 1662 8209 16 factories factory NNS 1662 8209 17 mostly mostly RB 1662 8209 18 in in IN 1662 8209 19 light light JJ 1662 8209 20 industry industry NN 1662 8209 21 and and CC 1662 8209 22 food food NN 1662 8209 23 processing processing NN 1662 8209 24 . . . 1662 8210 1 The the DT 1662 8210 2 Tajik tajik NN 1662 8210 3 economy economy NN 1662 8210 4 has have VBZ 1662 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8213 25 growth growth NN 1662 8213 26 rate rate NN 1662 8213 27 : : : 1662 8213 28 -17 -17 NN 1662 8213 29 % % NN 1662 8213 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8213 31 1996 1996 CD 1662 8213 32 est est NNP 1662 8213 33 . . . 1662 8213 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8214 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8214 2 - - HYPH 1662 8214 3 per per FW 1662 8214 4 capita capita NN 1662 8214 5 : : : 1662 8214 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 8214 7 power power NN 1662 8214 8 parity parity NN 1662 8214 9 - - : 1662 8214 10 $ $ $ 1662 8214 11 920 920 CD 1662 8214 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8214 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 8214 14 est est NNP 1662 8214 15 . . . 1662 8214 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8215 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8215 2 - - HYPH 1662 8215 3 composition composition NN 1662 8215 4 by by IN 1662 8215 5 sector sector NN 1662 8215 6 : : : 1662 8215 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8215 8 : : : 1662 8215 9 NA% na% LS 1662 8215 10 industry industry NN 1662 8215 11 : : : 1662 8215 12 NA% NA% NNS 1662 8215 13 services service NNS 1662 8215 14 : : : 1662 8215 15 NA% NA% `` 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construction NN 1662 8216 26 17 17 CD 1662 8216 27 % % NN 1662 8216 28 , , , 1662 8216 29 services service NNS 1662 8216 30 31 31 CD 1662 8216 31 % % NN 1662 8216 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8216 33 1995 1995 CD 1662 8216 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8216 35 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 8216 36 rate rate NN 1662 8216 37 : : : 1662 8216 38 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 8216 39 % % NN 1662 8216 40 includes include VBZ 1662 8216 41 only only RB 1662 8216 42 officially officially RB 1662 8216 43 registered register VBN 1662 8216 44 unemployed unemployed JJ 1662 8216 45 ; ; : 1662 8216 46 also also RB 1662 8216 47 large large JJ 1662 8216 48 numbers number NNS 1662 8216 49 of of IN 1662 8216 50 underemployed underemployed JJ 1662 8216 51 workers worker NNS 1662 8216 52 and and CC 1662 8216 53 unregistered unregistere VBD 1662 8216 54 unemployed unemployed JJ 1662 8216 55 people people NNS 1662 8216 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8216 57 December December NNP 1662 8216 58 1996 1996 CD 1662 8216 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8216 60 Budget budget 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Electricity electricity NN 1662 8217 22 - - HYPH 1662 8217 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 8217 24 per per IN 1662 8217 25 capita capita NN 1662 8217 26 : : : 1662 8217 27 2,135 2,135 CD 1662 8217 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8217 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8217 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 8217 31 est est NNP 1662 8217 32 . . . 1662 8217 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8218 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8218 2 - - HYPH 1662 8218 3 products product NNS 1662 8218 4 : : : 1662 8218 5 cotton cotton NN 1662 8218 6 , , , 1662 8218 7 grain grain NN 1662 8218 8 , , , 1662 8218 9 fruits fruit NNS 1662 8218 10 , , , 1662 8218 11 grapes grape NNS 1662 8218 12 , , , 1662 8218 13 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 8218 14 ; ; : 1662 8218 15 cattle cattle NNS 1662 8218 16 , , , 1662 8218 17 sheep sheep NNS 1662 8218 18 , , , 1662 8218 19 goats goat NNS 1662 8218 20 Exports export NNS 1662 8218 21 : : : 1662 8218 22 total total JJ 1662 8218 23 value value NN 1662 8218 24 : : : 1662 8218 25 $ $ $ 1662 8218 26 768 768 CD 1662 8218 27 million million CD 1662 8218 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8218 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 8218 30 est est NNP 1662 8218 31 . . . 1662 8218 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8219 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8219 2 : : : 1662 8219 3 cotton cotton NN 1662 8219 4 , , , 1662 8219 5 aluminum aluminum NN 1662 8219 6 , , , 1662 8219 7 fruits fruit NNS 1662 8219 8 , , , 1662 8219 9 vegetable vegetable JJ 1662 8219 10 oil oil NN 1662 8219 11 , , , 1662 8219 12 textiles textile VBZ 1662 8219 13 partners partner NNS 1662 8219 14 : : : 1662 8219 15 FSU FSU NNP 1662 8219 16 78 78 CD 1662 8219 17 % % NN 1662 8219 18 , , , 1662 8219 19 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 8219 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8219 21 1994 1994 CD 1662 8219 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8219 23 Imports import NNS 1662 8219 24 : : : 1662 8219 25 total total JJ 1662 8219 26 value value NN 1662 8219 27 : : : 1662 8219 28 $ $ $ 1662 8219 29 657 657 CD 1662 8219 30 million million CD 1662 8219 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8219 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 8219 33 est est NNP 1662 8219 34 . . . 1662 8219 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8220 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8220 2 : : : 1662 8220 3 fuel fuel NN 1662 8220 4 , , , 1662 8220 5 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8220 6 , , , 1662 8220 7 machinery machinery NN 1662 8220 8 and and CC 1662 8220 9 transport transport NN 1662 8220 10 equipment equipment NN 1662 8220 11 , , , 1662 8220 12 textiles textile NNS 1662 8220 13 , , , 1662 8220 14 foodstuffs foodstuff VBZ 1662 8220 15 partners partner NNS 1662 8220 16 : : : 1662 8220 17 FSU FSU NNP 1662 8220 18 55 55 CD 1662 8220 19 % % NN 1662 8220 20 , , , 1662 8220 21 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 8220 22 , , , 1662 8220 23 UK UK NNP 1662 8220 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8220 25 1994 1994 CD 1662 8220 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8220 27 Debt debt NN 1662 8220 28 - - HYPH 1662 8220 29 external external JJ 1662 8220 30 : : : 1662 8220 31 $ $ $ 1662 8220 32 635 635 CD 1662 8220 33 million million CD 1662 8220 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8220 35 of of IN 1662 8220 36 which which WDT 1662 8220 37 $ $ $ 1662 8220 38 250 250 CD 1662 8220 39 million million CD 1662 8220 40 to to IN 1662 8220 41 Russia Russia NNP 1662 8220 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8220 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8220 44 1995 1995 CD 1662 8220 45 est est NNP 1662 8220 46 . . . 1662 8220 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8221 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 8221 2 aid aid NN 1662 8221 3 : : : 1662 8221 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 8221 5 : : : 1662 8221 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 8221 7 , , , 1662 8221 8 $ $ $ 1662 8221 9 22 22 CD 1662 8221 10 million million CD 1662 8221 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8221 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 8221 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8221 14 note note NN 1662 8221 15 : : : 1662 8221 16 commitments commitment NNS 1662 8221 17 , , , 1662 8221 18 $ $ $ 1662 8221 19 885 885 CD 1662 8221 20 million million CD 1662 8221 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8221 22 disbursements disbursement NNS 1662 8221 23 $ $ $ 1662 8221 24 115 115 CD 1662 8221 25 million million CD 1662 8221 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8221 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8221 28 1992 1992 CD 1662 8221 29 - - SYM 1662 8221 30 95 95 CD 1662 8221 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8221 32 Currency currency NN 1662 8221 33 : : : 1662 8221 34 the the DT 1662 8221 35 Tajikistani Tajikistani NNP 1662 8221 36 ruble ruble FW 1662 8221 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8221 38 TSR TSR NNP 1662 8221 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8221 40 = = SYM 1662 8221 41 100 100 CD 1662 8221 42 tanga tanga NN 1662 8221 43 ; ; : 1662 8221 44 Tajikistan Tajikistan NNP 1662 8221 45 introduced introduce VBD 1662 8221 46 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8221 47 own own JJ 1662 8221 48 currency currency NN 1662 8221 49 in in IN 1662 8221 50 May May NNP 1662 8221 51 1995 1995 CD 1662 8221 52 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 8221 53 rates rate NNS 1662 8221 54 : : : 1662 8221 55 Tajikistani Tajikistani NNP 1662 8221 56 rubles ruble NNS 1662 8221 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8221 58 TJR tjr NN 1662 8221 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8221 60 per per IN 1662 8221 61 US$ us$ $ 1662 8221 62 1 1 CD 1662 8221 63 - - SYM 1662 8221 64 350 350 CD 1662 8221 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8221 66 January January NNP 1662 8221 67 1997 1997 CD 1662 8221 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8221 69 , , , 1662 8221 70 284 284 CD 1662 8221 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8221 72 January January NNP 1662 8221 73 1996 1996 CD 1662 8221 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8221 75 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8221 76 year year NN 1662 8221 77 : : : 1662 8221 78 calendar calendar NNP 1662 8221 79 year year NN 1662 8221 80 @Tajikistan @Tajikistan NNP 1662 8221 81 : : : 1662 8221 82 Communications Communications NNP 1662 8221 83 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 8221 84 : : : 1662 8221 85 303,000 303,000 CD 1662 8221 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8221 87 1991 1991 CD 1662 8221 88 est est NNP 1662 8221 89 . . . 1662 8221 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8222 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8222 2 system system NN 1662 8222 3 : : : 1662 8222 4 poorly poorly RB 1662 8222 5 developed develop VBN 1662 8222 6 and and CC 1662 8222 7 not not RB 1662 8222 8 well well RB 1662 8222 9 maintained maintain VBN 1662 8222 10 ; ; : 1662 8222 11 many many JJ 1662 8222 12 towns town NNS 1662 8222 13 are be VBP 1662 8222 14 not not RB 1662 8222 15 reached reach VBN 1662 8222 16 by by IN 1662 8222 17 the the DT 1662 8222 18 national national JJ 1662 8222 19 network network NN 1662 8222 20 domestic domestic NNP 1662 8222 21 : : : 1662 8222 22 cable cable NN 1662 8222 23 and and CC 1662 8222 24 microwave microwave NN 1662 8222 25 radio radio NN 1662 8222 26 relay relay NN 1662 8222 27 international international RB 1662 8222 28 : : : 1662 8222 29 linked link VBN 1662 8222 30 by by IN 1662 8222 31 cable cable NN 1662 8222 32 and and CC 1662 8222 33 microwave microwave NN 1662 8222 34 radio radio NN 1662 8222 35 relay relay NN 1662 8222 36 to to IN 1662 8222 37 other other JJ 1662 8222 38 CIS CIS NNP 1662 8222 39 republics republic NNS 1662 8222 40 , , , 1662 8222 41 and and CC 1662 8222 42 by by IN 1662 8222 43 leased lease VBN 1662 8222 44 connections connection NNS 1662 8222 45 to to IN 1662 8222 46 the the DT 1662 8222 47 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 8222 48 international international JJ 1662 8222 49 gateway gateway NN 1662 8222 50 switch switch NN 1662 8222 51 ; ; : 1662 8222 52 Dushanbe Dushanbe NNP 1662 8222 53 linked link VBN 1662 8222 54 by by IN 1662 8222 55 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8222 56 to to IN 1662 8222 57 international international JJ 1662 8222 58 gateway gateway NN 1662 8222 59 switch switch NN 1662 8222 60 in in IN 1662 8222 61 Ankara Ankara NNP 1662 8222 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8222 63 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 8222 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8222 65 ; ; : 1662 8222 66 satellite satellite NN 1662 8222 67 earth earth NN 1662 8222 68 stations station NNS 1662 8222 69 - - , 1662 8222 70 1 1 CD 1662 8222 71 Orbita Orbita NNP 1662 8222 72 and and CC 1662 8222 73 2 2 CD 1662 8222 74 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8222 75 Radio Radio NNP 1662 8222 76 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8222 77 stations station NNS 1662 8222 78 : : : 1662 8222 79 1 1 CD 1662 8222 80 state state NN 1662 8222 81 - - HYPH 1662 8222 82 owned own VBN 1662 8222 83 radio radio NN 1662 8222 84 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8222 85 station station NN 1662 8222 86 Radios radio NNS 1662 8222 87 : : : 1662 8222 88 NA NA NNP 1662 8222 89 Television Television NNP 1662 8222 90 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8222 91 stations station NNS 1662 8222 92 : : : 1662 8222 93 1 1 CD 1662 8222 94 note note NN 1662 8222 95 : : : 1662 8222 96 1 1 CD 1662 8222 97 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8222 98 earth earth NN 1662 8222 99 station station NN 1662 8222 100 provides provide VBZ 1662 8222 101 TV tv NN 1662 8222 102 receive receive VB 1662 8222 103 - - HYPH 1662 8222 104 only only JJ 1662 8222 105 service service NN 1662 8222 106 from from IN 1662 8222 107 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 8222 108 Televisions Televisions NNP 1662 8222 109 : : : 1662 8222 110 NA NA NNP 1662 8222 111 @Tajikistan @tajikistan CD 1662 8222 112 : : : 1662 8222 113 Transportation transportation NN 1662 8222 114 Railways railway NNS 1662 8222 115 : : : 1662 8222 116 total total NN 1662 8222 117 : : : 1662 8222 118 480 480 CD 1662 8222 119 km km NNS 1662 8222 120 in in IN 1662 8222 121 common common JJ 1662 8222 122 carrier carrier NN 1662 8222 123 service service NN 1662 8222 124 ; ; : 1662 8222 125 does do VBZ 1662 8222 126 not not RB 1662 8222 127 include include VB 1662 8222 128 industrial industrial JJ 1662 8222 129 lines line NNS 1662 8222 130 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8222 131 1990 1990 CD 1662 8222 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8222 133 Highways highway NNS 1662 8222 134 : : : 1662 8222 135 total total JJ 1662 8222 136 : : : 1662 8222 137 32,752 32,752 CD 1662 8222 138 km km NN 1662 8222 139 paved pave VBN 1662 8222 140 : : : 1662 8222 141 21,119 21,119 CD 1662 8222 142 km km NN 1662 8222 143 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8222 144 note note VB 1662 8222 145 - - : 1662 8222 146 these these DT 1662 8222 147 roads road NNS 1662 8222 148 are be VBP 1662 8222 149 said say VBN 1662 8222 150 to to TO 1662 8222 151 be be VB 1662 8222 152 hard hard RB 1662 8222 153 - - HYPH 1662 8222 154 surfaced surfaced JJ 1662 8222 155 , , , 1662 8222 156 meaning mean VBG 1662 8222 157 that that IN 1662 8222 158 some some DT 1662 8222 159 are be VBP 1662 8222 160 paved pave VBN 1662 8222 161 and and CC 1662 8222 162 some some DT 1662 8222 163 are be VBP 1662 8222 164 all all DT 1662 8222 165 - - HYPH 1662 8222 166 weather weather NN 1662 8222 167 gravel gravel NN 1662 8222 168 surfaced surface VBN 1662 8222 169 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8222 170 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8222 171 : : : 1662 8222 172 11,633 11,633 CD 1662 8222 173 km km NNS 1662 8222 174 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8222 175 1992 1992 CD 1662 8222 176 est est NNP 1662 8222 177 . . . 1662 8222 178 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8223 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 8223 2 : : : 1662 8223 3 natural natural JJ 1662 8223 4 gas gas NN 1662 8223 5 400 400 CD 1662 8223 6 km km NNS 1662 8223 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8223 8 1992 1992 CD 1662 8223 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8223 10 Ports port NNS 1662 8223 11 and and CC 1662 8223 12 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8223 13 : : : 1662 8223 14 none none NN 1662 8223 15 Airports airport NNS 1662 8223 16 : : : 1662 8223 17 59 59 CD 1662 8223 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8223 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 8223 20 est est NNP 1662 8223 21 . . . 1662 8223 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8224 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8224 2 - - , 1662 8224 3 with with IN 1662 8224 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8224 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8224 6 : : : 1662 8224 7 total total NN 1662 8224 8 : : : 1662 8224 9 14 14 CD 1662 8224 10 over over IN 1662 8224 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8224 12 m m NN 1662 8224 13 : : : 1662 8224 14 1 1 CD 1662 8224 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8224 16 to to IN 1662 8224 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8224 18 m m NN 1662 8224 19 : : : 1662 8224 20 5 5 CD 1662 8224 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8224 22 to to TO 1662 8224 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8224 24 m m NN 1662 8224 25 : : : 1662 8224 26 7 7 CD 1662 8224 27 914 914 CD 1662 8224 28 to to TO 1662 8224 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8224 30 m m NN 1662 8224 31 : : : 1662 8224 32 1 1 CD 1662 8224 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8224 34 1994 1994 CD 1662 8224 35 est est NNP 1662 8224 36 . . . 1662 8224 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8225 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8225 2 - - , 1662 8225 3 with with IN 1662 8225 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8225 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8225 6 : : : 1662 8225 7 total total NN 1662 8225 8 : : : 1662 8225 9 45 45 CD 1662 8225 10 914 914 CD 1662 8225 11 to to TO 1662 8225 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8225 13 m m NN 1662 8225 14 : : : 1662 8225 15 9 9 CD 1662 8225 16 under under IN 1662 8225 17 914 914 CD 1662 8225 18 m m NN 1662 8225 19 : : : 1662 8225 20 36 36 CD 1662 8225 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8225 22 1994 1994 CD 1662 8225 23 est est NNP 1662 8225 24 . . . 1662 8225 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8226 1 Military military JJ 1662 8226 2 Military military JJ 1662 8226 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8226 4 : : : 1662 8226 5 Army Army NNP 1662 8226 6 , , , 1662 8226 7 Air Air NNP 1662 8226 8 Force Force NNP 1662 8226 9 , , , 1662 8226 10 Presidential Presidential NNP 1662 8226 11 National National NNP 1662 8226 12 Guard Guard NNP 1662 8226 13 , , , 1662 8226 14 Security Security NNP 1662 8226 15 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 8226 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8226 17 internal internal JJ 1662 8226 18 and and CC 1662 8226 19 border border NN 1662 8226 20 troops troop NNS 1662 8226 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8226 22 Military military JJ 1662 8226 23 manpower manpower NN 1662 8226 24 - - HYPH 1662 8226 25 military military NN 1662 8226 26 age age NN 1662 8226 27 : : : 1662 8226 28 18 18 CD 1662 8226 29 years year NNS 1662 8226 30 of of IN 1662 8226 31 age age NN 1662 8226 32 Military military JJ 1662 8226 33 manpower manpower NN 1662 8226 34 - - HYPH 1662 8226 35 availability availability NN 1662 8226 36 : : : 1662 8226 37 males male NNS 1662 8226 38 age age NNP 1662 8226 39 15 15 CD 1662 8226 40 - - HYPH 1662 8226 41 49 49 CD 1662 8226 42 : : : 1662 8226 43 1,393,416 1,393,416 CD 1662 8226 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8226 45 1997 1997 CD 1662 8226 46 est e JJS 1662 8226 47 . . . 1662 8226 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8227 1 Military military JJ 1662 8227 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8227 3 - - HYPH 1662 8227 4 fit fit NN 1662 8227 5 for for IN 1662 8227 6 military military JJ 1662 8227 7 service service NN 1662 8227 8 : : : 1662 8227 9 males male NNS 1662 8227 10 : : : 1662 8227 11 1,143,159 1,143,159 CD 1662 8227 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8227 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8227 14 est est NNP 1662 8227 15 . . . 1662 8227 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8228 1 Military military JJ 1662 8228 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8228 3 - - HYPH 1662 8228 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 8228 5 military military JJ 1662 8228 6 age age NN 1662 8228 7 annually annually RB 1662 8228 8 : : : 1662 8228 9 males male NNS 1662 8228 10 : : : 1662 8228 11 60,832 60,832 CD 1662 8228 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8228 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8228 14 est e JJS 1662 8228 15 . . . 1662 8228 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8229 1 Military military JJ 1662 8229 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8229 3 - - HYPH 1662 8229 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8229 5 figure figure NN 1662 8229 6 : : : 1662 8229 7 180 180 CD 1662 8229 8 billion billion CD 1662 8229 9 rubles ruble NNS 1662 8229 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8229 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 8229 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8229 13 ; ; : 1662 8229 14 note note NN 1662 8229 15 - - HYPH 1662 8229 16 conversion conversion NN 1662 8229 17 of of IN 1662 8229 18 defense defense NN 1662 8229 19 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8229 20 into into IN 1662 8229 21 US US NNP 1662 8229 22 dollars dollar NNS 1662 8229 23 using use VBG 1662 8229 24 the the DT 1662 8229 25 current current JJ 1662 8229 26 exchange exchange NN 1662 8229 27 rate rate NN 1662 8229 28 could could MD 1662 8229 29 produce produce VB 1662 8229 30 misleading misleading JJ 1662 8229 31 results result NNS 1662 8229 32 Military military JJ 1662 8229 33 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8229 34 - - : 1662 8229 35 percent percent NN 1662 8229 36 of of IN 1662 8229 37 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8229 38 : : : 1662 8229 39 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 8229 40 % % NN 1662 8229 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8229 42 1995 1995 CD 1662 8229 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8229 44 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8229 45 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8229 46 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 8229 47 - - : 1662 8229 48 international international JJ 1662 8229 49 : : : 1662 8229 50 boundary boundary JJ 1662 8229 51 with with IN 1662 8229 52 China China NNP 1662 8229 53 in in IN 1662 8229 54 dispute dispute NN 1662 8229 55 ; ; : 1662 8229 56 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8229 57 dispute dispute NN 1662 8229 58 with with IN 1662 8229 59 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan NNP 1662 8229 60 on on IN 1662 8229 61 northern northern JJ 1662 8229 62 boundary boundary NN 1662 8229 63 in in IN 1662 8229 64 Isfara Isfara NNP 1662 8229 65 Valley Valley NNP 1662 8229 66 area area NN 1662 8229 67 ; ; : 1662 8229 68 foreign foreign JJ 1662 8229 69 support support NN 1662 8229 70 to to IN 1662 8229 71 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 8229 72 fighters fighter NNS 1662 8229 73 based base VBN 1662 8229 74 in in IN 1662 8229 75 northern northern JJ 1662 8229 76 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 8229 77 in in IN 1662 8229 78 Tajikistan Tajikistan NNP 1662 8229 79 's 's POS 1662 8229 80 civil civil JJ 1662 8229 81 war war NN 1662 8229 82 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 8229 83 drugs drug VBZ 1662 8229 84 : : : 1662 8229 85 limited limited JJ 1662 8229 86 illicit illicit JJ 1662 8229 87 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 8229 88 of of IN 1662 8229 89 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 8229 90 and and CC 1662 8229 91 opium opium NN 1662 8229 92 poppy poppy NNP 1662 8229 93 , , , 1662 8229 94 mostly mostly RB 1662 8229 95 for for IN 1662 8229 96 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8229 97 consumption consumption NN 1662 8229 98 ; ; : 1662 8229 99 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 8229 100 used use VBN 1662 8229 101 as as IN 1662 8229 102 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 8229 103 point point NN 1662 8229 104 for for IN 1662 8229 105 illicit illicit JJ 1662 8229 106 drugs drug NNS 1662 8229 107 from from IN 1662 8229 108 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 8229 109 Asia Asia NNP 1662 8229 110 to to IN 1662 8229 111 Russia Russia NNP 1662 8229 112 and and CC 1662 8229 113 Western Western NNP 1662 8229 114 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8229 115 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 116 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 117 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 118 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 119 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 120 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 121 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 122 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 123 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 124 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 125 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 126 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 127 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 128 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 129 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 130 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 131 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 132 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 133 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 134 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 135 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 136 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 137 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 138 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 139 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 140 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 141 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 142 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 143 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 144 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 145 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 146 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 147 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 148 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 149 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 150 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 151 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 152 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 153 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 154 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 155 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 156 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 157 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 158 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 159 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 160 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 161 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 162 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 163 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 164 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 165 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 166 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 167 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 168 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 169 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 170 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 171 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 172 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 173 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 174 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 175 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 176 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 177 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 178 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 179 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 180 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 181 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 182 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 183 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 184 _ _ NNP 1662 8229 185 TANZANIA TANZANIA NNP 1662 8229 186 @Tanzania @Tanzania NNP 1662 8229 187 : : : 1662 8229 188 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8229 189 Location Location NNP 1662 8229 190 : : : 1662 8229 191 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 8229 192 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8229 193 , , , 1662 8229 194 bordering border VBG 1662 8229 195 the the DT 1662 8229 196 Indian Indian NNP 1662 8229 197 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8229 198 , , , 1662 8229 199 between between IN 1662 8229 200 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 8229 201 and and CC 1662 8229 202 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 8229 203 Geographic 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242 Pemba Pemba NNP 1662 8229 243 , , , 1662 8229 244 and and CC 1662 8229 245 Zanzibar Zanzibar NNP 1662 8229 246 Area Area NNP 1662 8229 247 - - HYPH 1662 8229 248 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8229 249 : : : 1662 8229 250 slightly slightly RB 1662 8229 251 larger large JJR 1662 8229 252 than than IN 1662 8229 253 twice twice PDT 1662 8229 254 the the DT 1662 8229 255 size size NN 1662 8229 256 of of IN 1662 8229 257 California California NNP 1662 8229 258 Land Land NNP 1662 8229 259 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8229 260 : : : 1662 8229 261 total total JJ 1662 8229 262 : : : 1662 8229 263 3,402 3,402 CD 1662 8229 264 km km NN 1662 8229 265 border border NN 1662 8229 266 countries country NNS 1662 8229 267 : : : 1662 8229 268 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 8229 269 451 451 CD 1662 8229 270 km km NNS 1662 8229 271 , , , 1662 8229 272 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 8229 273 769 769 CD 1662 8229 274 km km NNS 1662 8229 275 , , , 1662 8229 276 Malawi Malawi NNP 1662 8229 277 475 475 CD 1662 8229 278 km km NN 1662 8229 279 , , , 1662 8229 280 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 8229 281 756 756 CD 1662 8229 282 km km NNS 1662 8229 283 , , , 1662 8229 284 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 8229 285 217 217 CD 1662 8229 286 km km NNS 1662 8229 287 , , , 1662 8229 288 Uganda Uganda NNP 1662 8229 289 396 396 CD 1662 8229 290 km km NNS 1662 8229 291 , , , 1662 8229 292 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 8229 293 338 338 CD 1662 8229 294 km km NN 1662 8229 295 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8229 296 : : : 1662 8229 297 1,424 1,424 CD 1662 8229 298 km km NN 1662 8229 299 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8229 300 claims claim VBZ 1662 8229 301 : : : 1662 8229 302 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 8229 303 economic economic JJ 1662 8229 304 zone zone NN 1662 8229 305 : : : 1662 8229 306 200 200 CD 1662 8229 307 nm nm CD 1662 8229 308 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8229 309 sea sea NN 1662 8229 310 : : : 1662 8229 311 12 12 CD 1662 8229 312 nm nm NNP 1662 8229 313 Climate climate NN 1662 8229 314 : : : 1662 8229 315 varies vary VBZ 1662 8229 316 from from IN 1662 8229 317 tropical tropical JJ 1662 8229 318 along along RB 1662 8229 319 coast coast NN 1662 8229 320 to to TO 1662 8229 321 temperate temperate VB 1662 8229 322 in in IN 1662 8229 323 highlands highland NNS 1662 8229 324 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8229 325 : : : 1662 8229 326 plains plain NNS 1662 8229 327 along along IN 1662 8229 328 coast coast NN 1662 8229 329 ; ; , 1662 8229 330 central central JJ 1662 8229 331 plateau plateau NN 1662 8229 332 ; ; : 1662 8229 333 highlands highland NNS 1662 8229 334 in in IN 1662 8229 335 north north NN 1662 8229 336 , , , 1662 8229 337 south south NNP 1662 8229 338 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8229 339 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8229 340 : : : 1662 8229 341 lowest low JJS 1662 8229 342 point point NN 1662 8229 343 : : : 1662 8229 344 Indian Indian NNP 1662 8229 345 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8229 346 0 0 NFP 1662 8229 347 m m DT 1662 8229 348 highest high JJS 1662 8229 349 point point NN 1662 8229 350 : : : 1662 8229 351 Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro NNP 1662 8229 352 5,895 5,895 CD 1662 8229 353 m m NNP 1662 8229 354 Natural natural JJ 1662 8229 355 resources resource NNS 1662 8229 356 : : : 1662 8229 357 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 8229 358 potential potential NN 1662 8229 359 , , , 1662 8229 360 tin tin NN 1662 8229 361 , , , 1662 8229 362 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 8229 363 , , , 1662 8229 364 iron iron NN 1662 8229 365 ore ore NN 1662 8229 366 , , , 1662 8229 367 coal coal NN 1662 8229 368 , , , 1662 8229 369 diamonds diamond NNS 1662 8229 370 , , , 1662 8229 371 gemstones gemstone NNS 1662 8229 372 , , , 1662 8229 373 gold gold NN 1662 8229 374 , , , 1662 8229 375 natural natural JJ 1662 8229 376 gas gas NN 1662 8229 377 , , , 1662 8229 378 nickel nickel NN 1662 8229 379 Land Land NNP 1662 8229 380 use use NN 1662 8229 381 : : : 1662 8229 382 arable arable JJ 1662 8229 383 land land NN 1662 8229 384 : : : 1662 8229 385 3 3 CD 1662 8229 386 % % NN 1662 8229 387 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8229 388 crops crop NNS 1662 8229 389 : : : 1662 8229 390 1 1 CD 1662 8229 391 % % NN 1662 8229 392 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8229 393 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8229 394 : : : 1662 8229 395 40 40 CD 1662 8229 396 % % NN 1662 8229 397 forests forest NNS 1662 8229 398 and and CC 1662 8229 399 woodland woodland JJ 1662 8229 400 : : : 1662 8229 401 38 38 CD 1662 8229 402 % % NN 1662 8229 403 other other JJ 1662 8229 404 : : : 1662 8229 405 18 18 CD 1662 8229 406 % % NN 1662 8229 407 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8229 408 1993 1993 CD 1662 8229 409 est est NNP 1662 8229 410 . . . 1662 8229 411 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8230 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8230 2 land land NN 1662 8230 3 : : : 1662 8230 4 1,500 1,500 CD 1662 8230 5 sq sq NNP 1662 8230 6 km km NNP 1662 8230 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8230 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8230 9 est est NNP 1662 8230 10 . . . 1662 8230 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8231 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8231 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8231 3 : : : 1662 8231 4 the the DT 1662 8231 5 tsetse tsetse NNP 1662 8231 6 fly fly VBP 1662 8231 7 ; ; : 1662 8231 8 flooding flooding NN 1662 8231 9 on on IN 1662 8231 10 the the DT 1662 8231 11 central central JJ 1662 8231 12 plateau plateau NN 1662 8231 13 during during IN 1662 8231 14 the the DT 1662 8231 15 rainy rainy JJ 1662 8231 16 season season NN 1662 8231 17 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8231 18 - - HYPH 1662 8231 19 current current JJ 1662 8231 20 issues issue NNS 1662 8231 21 : : : 1662 8231 22 soil soil NN 1662 8231 23 degradation degradation NN 1662 8231 24 ; ; , 1662 8231 25 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 8231 26 ; ; : 1662 8231 27 desertification desertification NN 1662 8231 28 ; ; : 1662 8231 29 destruction destruction NN 1662 8231 30 of of IN 1662 8231 31 coral coral JJ 1662 8231 32 reefs reef NNS 1662 8231 33 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 8231 34 marine marine JJ 1662 8231 35 habitats habitat NNS 1662 8231 36 ; ; : 1662 8231 37 recent recent JJ 1662 8231 38 droughts drought NNS 1662 8231 39 affected affect VBD 1662 8231 40 marginal marginal JJ 1662 8231 41 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8231 42 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8231 43 - - HYPH 1662 8231 44 international international JJ 1662 8231 45 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8231 46 : : : 1662 8231 47 party party NN 1662 8231 48 to to TO 1662 8231 49 : : : 1662 8231 50 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 8231 51 , , , 1662 8231 52 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8231 53 Change Change NNP 1662 8231 54 , , , 1662 8231 55 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 8231 56 Species Species NNPS 1662 8231 57 , , , 1662 8231 58 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 8231 59 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 8231 60 , , , 1662 8231 61 Law Law NNP 1662 8231 62 of of IN 1662 8231 63 the the DT 1662 8231 64 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8231 65 , , , 1662 8231 66 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8231 67 Test Test NNP 1662 8231 68 Ban Ban NNP 1662 8231 69 , , , 1662 8231 70 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8231 71 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8231 72 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8231 73 , , , 1662 8231 74 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 8231 75 signed sign VBD 1662 8231 76 , , , 1662 8231 77 but but CC 1662 8231 78 not not RB 1662 8231 79 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8231 80 : : : 1662 8231 81 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 8231 82 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8231 83 - - HYPH 1662 8231 84 note note NN 1662 8231 85 : : : 1662 8231 86 Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro NNP 1662 8231 87 is be VBZ 1662 8231 88 highest high JJS 1662 8231 89 point point NN 1662 8231 90 in in IN 1662 8231 91 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8231 92 @Tanzania @Tanzania NNP 1662 8231 93 : : : 1662 8231 94 People People NNPS 1662 8231 95 Population Population NNP 1662 8231 96 : : : 1662 8231 97 29,460,753 29,460,753 CD 1662 8231 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8231 99 July July NNP 1662 8231 100 1997 1997 CD 1662 8231 101 est est NNP 1662 8231 102 . . . 1662 8231 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8232 1 Age age NN 1662 8232 2 structure structure NN 1662 8232 3 : : : 1662 8232 4 0 0 CD 1662 8232 5 - - HYPH 1662 8232 6 14 14 CD 1662 8232 7 years year NNS 1662 8232 8 : : : 1662 8232 9 45 45 CD 1662 8232 10 % % NN 1662 8232 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8232 12 male male JJ 1662 8232 13 6,597,703 6,597,703 CD 1662 8232 14 ; ; : 1662 8232 15 female female JJ 1662 8232 16 6,638,333 6,638,333 CD 1662 8232 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8232 18 15 15 CD 1662 8232 19 - - SYM 1662 8232 20 64 64 CD 1662 8232 21 years year NNS 1662 8232 22 : : : 1662 8232 23 52 52 CD 1662 8232 24 % % NN 1662 8232 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8232 26 male male JJ 1662 8232 27 7,496,133 7,496,133 CD 1662 8232 28 ; ; , 1662 8232 29 female female JJ 1662 8232 30 7,868,581 7,868,581 CD 1662 8232 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8232 32 65 65 CD 1662 8232 33 years year NNS 1662 8232 34 and and CC 1662 8232 35 over over IN 1662 8232 36 : : : 1662 8232 37 3 3 CD 1662 8232 38 % % NN 1662 8232 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8232 40 male male JJ 1662 8232 41 399,747 399,747 CD 1662 8232 42 ; ; : 1662 8232 43 female female JJ 1662 8232 44 460,256 460,256 CD 1662 8232 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8232 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8232 47 July July NNP 1662 8232 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8232 49 est est NNP 1662 8232 50 . . . 1662 8232 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8233 1 Population population NN 1662 8233 2 growth growth NN 1662 8233 3 rate rate NN 1662 8233 4 : : : 1662 8233 5 1.6 1.6 CD 1662 8233 6 % % NN 1662 8233 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8233 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8233 9 est est NNP 1662 8233 10 . . . 1662 8233 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8234 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8234 2 rate rate NN 1662 8234 3 : : : 1662 8234 4 40.92 40.92 CD 1662 8234 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 8234 6 population population NN 1662 8234 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8234 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8234 9 est est NNP 1662 8234 10 . . . 1662 8234 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8235 1 Death death NN 1662 8235 2 rate rate NN 1662 8235 3 : : : 1662 8235 4 19.84 19.84 CD 1662 8235 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8235 6 population population NN 1662 8235 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8235 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8235 9 est est NNP 1662 8235 10 . . . 1662 8235 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8236 1 Net net JJ 1662 8236 2 migration migration NN 1662 8236 3 rate rate NN 1662 8236 4 : : : 1662 8236 5 -5.09 -5.09 NFP 1662 8236 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 8236 7 population population NN 1662 8236 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8236 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8236 10 est est NNP 1662 8236 11 . . . 1662 8236 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8237 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8237 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8237 3 : : : 1662 8237 4 at at IN 1662 8237 5 birth birth NN 1662 8237 6 : : : 1662 8237 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 8237 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8237 9 under under IN 1662 8237 10 15 15 CD 1662 8237 11 years year NNS 1662 8237 12 : : : 1662 8237 13 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 8237 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8237 15 15 15 CD 1662 8237 16 - - SYM 1662 8237 17 64 64 CD 1662 8237 18 years year NNS 1662 8237 19 : : : 1662 8237 20 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 8237 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8237 22 65 65 CD 1662 8237 23 years year NNS 1662 8237 24 and and CC 1662 8237 25 over over IN 1662 8237 26 : : : 1662 8237 27 0.87 0.87 CD 1662 8237 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 8237 29 total total JJ 1662 8237 30 population population NN 1662 8237 31 : : : 1662 8237 32 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 8237 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8237 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8237 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8237 36 est e JJS 1662 8237 37 . . . 1662 8237 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8238 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8238 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8238 3 rate rate NN 1662 8238 4 : : : 1662 8238 5 104.8 104.8 CD 1662 8238 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8238 7 live live JJ 1662 8238 8 births birth NNS 1662 8238 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8238 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8238 11 est est NNP 1662 8238 12 . . . 1662 8238 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8239 1 Life life NN 1662 8239 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8239 3 at at IN 1662 8239 4 birth birth NN 1662 8239 5 : : : 1662 8239 6 total total JJ 1662 8239 7 population population NN 1662 8239 8 : : : 1662 8239 9 41.71 41.71 CD 1662 8239 10 years year NNS 1662 8239 11 male male JJ 1662 8239 12 : : : 1662 8239 13 40.34 40.34 CD 1662 8239 14 years year NNS 1662 8239 15 female female JJ 1662 8239 16 : : : 1662 8239 17 43.13 43.13 CD 1662 8239 18 years year NNS 1662 8239 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8239 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8239 21 est est NNP 1662 8239 22 . . . 1662 8239 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8240 1 Total total JJ 1662 8240 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8240 3 rate rate NN 1662 8240 4 : : : 1662 8240 5 5.58 5.58 CD 1662 8240 6 children child NNS 1662 8240 7 born bear VBN 1662 8240 8 / / SYM 1662 8240 9 woman woman NN 1662 8240 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8240 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8240 12 est est NNP 1662 8240 13 . . . 1662 8240 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8241 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8241 2 : : : 1662 8241 3 noun noun NNP 1662 8241 4 : : : 1662 8241 5 Tanzanian(s Tanzanian(s NNP 1662 8241 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8241 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 8241 8 : : : 1662 8241 9 Tanzanian tanzanian JJ 1662 8241 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8241 11 groups group NNS 1662 8241 12 : : : 1662 8241 13 mainland mainland JJ 1662 8241 14 - - HYPH 1662 8241 15 native native JJ 1662 8241 16 African african JJ 1662 8241 17 99 99 CD 1662 8241 18 % % NN 1662 8241 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8241 20 of of IN 1662 8241 21 which which WDT 1662 8241 22 95 95 CD 1662 8241 23 % % NN 1662 8241 24 are be VBP 1662 8241 25 Bantu Bantu NNP 1662 8241 26 consisting consist VBG 1662 8241 27 of of IN 1662 8241 28 more more JJR 1662 8241 29 than than IN 1662 8241 30 130 130 CD 1662 8241 31 tribes tribe NNS 1662 8241 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8241 33 , , , 1662 8241 34 other other JJ 1662 8241 35 1 1 CD 1662 8241 36 % % NN 1662 8241 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8241 38 consisting consist VBG 1662 8241 39 of of IN 1662 8241 40 Asian asian JJ 1662 8241 41 , , , 1662 8241 42 European european JJ 1662 8241 43 , , , 1662 8241 44 and and CC 1662 8241 45 Arab arab JJ 1662 8241 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8241 47 note note NN 1662 8241 48 : : : 1662 8241 49 Zanzibar Zanzibar NNP 1662 8241 50 - - HYPH 1662 8241 51 Arab arab JJ 1662 8241 52 , , , 1662 8241 53 native native JJ 1662 8241 54 African African NNP 1662 8241 55 , , , 1662 8241 56 mixed mixed JJ 1662 8241 57 Arab arab JJ 1662 8241 58 and and CC 1662 8241 59 native native JJ 1662 8241 60 African African NNP 1662 8241 61 Religions Religions NNPS 1662 8241 62 : : : 1662 8241 63 mainland mainland NN 1662 8241 64 - - : 1662 8241 65 Christian Christian NNP 1662 8241 66 45 45 CD 1662 8241 67 % % NN 1662 8241 68 , , , 1662 8241 69 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 8241 70 35 35 CD 1662 8241 71 % % NN 1662 8241 72 , , , 1662 8241 73 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 8241 74 beliefs belief NNS 1662 8241 75 20 20 CD 1662 8241 76 % % NN 1662 8241 77 note note NN 1662 8241 78 : : : 1662 8241 79 Zanzibar zanzibar NN 1662 8241 80 - - HYPH 1662 8241 81 more more JJR 1662 8241 82 than than IN 1662 8241 83 99 99 CD 1662 8241 84 % % NN 1662 8241 85 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 8241 86 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 8241 87 : : : 1662 8241 88 Kiswahili Kiswahili NNP 1662 8241 89 or or CC 1662 8241 90 Swahili Swahili NNP 1662 8241 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8241 92 official official NN 1662 8241 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8241 94 , , , 1662 8241 95 Kiunguju Kiunguju NNP 1662 8241 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8241 97 name name NN 1662 8241 98 for for IN 1662 8241 99 Swahili Swahili NNP 1662 8241 100 in in IN 1662 8241 101 Zanzibar Zanzibar NNP 1662 8241 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8241 103 , , , 1662 8241 104 English English NNP 1662 8241 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8241 106 official official JJ 1662 8241 107 , , , 1662 8241 108 primary primary JJ 1662 8241 109 language language NN 1662 8241 110 of of IN 1662 8241 111 commerce commerce NNP 1662 8241 112 , , , 1662 8241 113 administration administration NNP 1662 8241 114 , , , 1662 8241 115 and and CC 1662 8241 116 higher high JJR 1662 8241 117 education education NN 1662 8241 118 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8241 119 , , , 1662 8241 120 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 8241 121 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8241 122 widely widely RB 1662 8241 123 spoken speak VBN 1662 8241 124 in in IN 1662 8241 125 Zanzibar Zanzibar NNP 1662 8241 126 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8241 127 , , , 1662 8241 128 many many JJ 1662 8241 129 local local JJ 1662 8241 130 languages language NNS 1662 8241 131 note note VBP 1662 8241 132 : : : 1662 8241 133 Kiswahili Kiswahili NNP 1662 8241 134 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8241 135 Swahili Swahili NNP 1662 8241 136 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8241 137 is be VBZ 1662 8241 138 the the DT 1662 8241 139 mother mother NN 1662 8241 140 tongue tongue NN 1662 8241 141 of of IN 1662 8241 142 Bantu Bantu NNP 1662 8241 143 people people NNS 1662 8241 144 living live VBG 1662 8241 145 in in IN 1662 8241 146 Zanzibar Zanzibar NNP 1662 8241 147 and and CC 1662 8241 148 nearby nearby JJ 1662 8241 149 coastal coastal JJ 1662 8241 150 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 8241 151 ; ; : 1662 8241 152 although although IN 1662 8241 153 Kiswahili Kiswahili NNP 1662 8241 154 is be VBZ 1662 8241 155 Bantu Bantu NNP 1662 8241 156 in in IN 1662 8241 157 structure structure NN 1662 8241 158 and and CC 1662 8241 159 origin origin NN 1662 8241 160 , , , 1662 8241 161 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8241 162 vocabulary vocabulary NN 1662 8241 163 draws draw VBZ 1662 8241 164 on on IN 1662 8241 165 a a DT 1662 8241 166 variety variety NN 1662 8241 167 of of IN 1662 8241 168 sources source NNS 1662 8241 169 , , , 1662 8241 170 including include VBG 1662 8241 171 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 8241 172 and and CC 1662 8241 173 English English NNP 1662 8241 174 , , , 1662 8241 175 and and CC 1662 8241 176 it -PRON- PRP 1662 8241 177 has have VBZ 1662 8241 178 become become VBN 1662 8241 179 the the DT 1662 8241 180 lingua lingua FW 1662 8241 181 franca franca NN 1662 8241 182 of of IN 1662 8241 183 central central JJ 1662 8241 184 and and CC 1662 8241 185 eastern eastern JJ 1662 8241 186 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8241 187 ; ; : 1662 8241 188 the the DT 1662 8241 189 first first JJ 1662 8241 190 language language NN 1662 8241 191 of of IN 1662 8241 192 most most JJS 1662 8241 193 people people NNS 1662 8241 194 is be VBZ 1662 8241 195 one one CD 1662 8241 196 of of IN 1662 8241 197 the the DT 1662 8241 198 local local JJ 1662 8241 199 languages language NNS 1662 8241 200 Literacy literacy NN 1662 8241 201 : : : 1662 8241 202 definition definition NN 1662 8241 203 : : : 1662 8241 204 age age NN 1662 8241 205 15 15 CD 1662 8241 206 and and CC 1662 8241 207 over over RB 1662 8241 208 can can MD 1662 8241 209 read read VB 1662 8241 210 and and CC 1662 8241 211 write write VB 1662 8241 212 Kiswahili Kiswahili NNP 1662 8241 213 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8241 214 Swahili Swahili NNP 1662 8241 215 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8241 216 , , , 1662 8241 217 English English NNP 1662 8241 218 , , , 1662 8241 219 or or CC 1662 8241 220 Arabic arabic JJ 1662 8241 221 total total JJ 1662 8241 222 population population NN 1662 8241 223 : : : 1662 8241 224 67.8 67.8 CD 1662 8241 225 % % NN 1662 8241 226 male male NN 1662 8241 227 : : : 1662 8241 228 79.4 79.4 CD 1662 8241 229 % % NN 1662 8241 230 female female NN 1662 8241 231 : : : 1662 8241 232 56.8 56.8 CD 1662 8241 233 % % NN 1662 8241 234 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8241 235 1995 1995 CD 1662 8241 236 est est NNP 1662 8241 237 . . . 1662 8241 238 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8242 1 @Tanzania @Tanzania NFP 1662 8242 2 : : : 1662 8242 3 Government Government NNP 1662 8242 4 Country Country NNP 1662 8242 5 name name NN 1662 8242 6 : : : 1662 8242 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8242 8 long long JJ 1662 8242 9 form form NN 1662 8242 10 : : : 1662 8242 11 United United NNP 1662 8242 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8242 13 of of IN 1662 8242 14 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 8242 15 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8242 16 short short JJ 1662 8242 17 form form NN 1662 8242 18 : : : 1662 8242 19 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 8242 20 former former JJ 1662 8242 21 : : : 1662 8242 22 United United NNP 1662 8242 23 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8242 24 of of IN 1662 8242 25 Tanganyika Tanganyika NNP 1662 8242 26 and and CC 1662 8242 27 Zanzibar Zanzibar NNP 1662 8242 28 Data Data NNP 1662 8242 29 code code NN 1662 8242 30 : : : 1662 8242 31 TZ TZ NNP 1662 8242 32 Government Government NNP 1662 8242 33 type type NN 1662 8242 34 : : : 1662 8242 35 republic republic NNP 1662 8242 36 National national JJ 1662 8242 37 capital capital NN 1662 8242 38 : : : 1662 8242 39 Dar Dar NNP 1662 8242 40 es es FW 1662 8242 41 Salaam Salaam NNP 1662 8242 42 note note NN 1662 8242 43 : : : 1662 8242 44 some some DT 1662 8242 45 government government NN 1662 8242 46 offices office NNS 1662 8242 47 have have VBP 1662 8242 48 been be VBN 1662 8242 49 transferred transfer VBN 1662 8242 50 to to IN 1662 8242 51 Dodoma Dodoma NNP 1662 8242 52 , , , 1662 8242 53 which which WDT 1662 8242 54 is be VBZ 1662 8242 55 planned plan VBN 1662 8242 56 as as IN 1662 8242 57 the the DT 1662 8242 58 new new JJ 1662 8242 59 national national JJ 1662 8242 60 capital capital NN 1662 8242 61 by by IN 1662 8242 62 the the DT 1662 8242 63 end end NN 1662 8242 64 of of IN 1662 8242 65 the the DT 1662 8242 66 1990s 1990s CD 1662 8242 67 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 8242 68 divisions division NNS 1662 8242 69 : : : 1662 8242 70 25 25 CD 1662 8242 71 regions region NNS 1662 8242 72 ; ; : 1662 8242 73 Arusha Arusha NNP 1662 8242 74 , , , 1662 8242 75 Dar Dar NNP 1662 8242 76 es es NNP 1662 8242 77 Salaam Salaam NNP 1662 8242 78 , , , 1662 8242 79 Dodoma Dodoma NNP 1662 8242 80 , , , 1662 8242 81 Iringa Iringa NNP 1662 8242 82 , , , 1662 8242 83 Kigoma Kigoma NNP 1662 8242 84 , , , 1662 8242 85 Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro NNP 1662 8242 86 , , , 1662 8242 87 Lindi Lindi NNP 1662 8242 88 , , , 1662 8242 89 Mara Mara NNP 1662 8242 90 , , , 1662 8242 91 Mbeya Mbeya NNP 1662 8242 92 , , , 1662 8242 93 Morogoro Morogoro NNP 1662 8242 94 , , , 1662 8242 95 Mtwara Mtwara NNP 1662 8242 96 , , , 1662 8242 97 Mwanza Mwanza NNP 1662 8242 98 , , , 1662 8242 99 Pemba Pemba NNP 1662 8242 100 North North NNP 1662 8242 101 , , , 1662 8242 102 Pemba Pemba NNP 1662 8242 103 South South NNP 1662 8242 104 , , , 1662 8242 105 Pwani Pwani NNP 1662 8242 106 , , , 1662 8242 107 Rukwa Rukwa NNP 1662 8242 108 , , , 1662 8242 109 Ruvuma Ruvuma NNP 1662 8242 110 , , , 1662 8242 111 Shinyanga Shinyanga NNP 1662 8242 112 , , , 1662 8242 113 Singida Singida NNP 1662 8242 114 , , , 1662 8242 115 Tabora Tabora NNP 1662 8242 116 , , , 1662 8242 117 Tanga Tanga NNP 1662 8242 118 , , , 1662 8242 119 Zanzibar Zanzibar NNP 1662 8242 120 Central Central NNP 1662 8242 121 / / SYM 1662 8242 122 South South NNP 1662 8242 123 , , , 1662 8242 124 Zanzibar Zanzibar NNP 1662 8242 125 North North NNP 1662 8242 126 , , , 1662 8242 127 Zanzibar Zanzibar NNP 1662 8242 128 Urban Urban NNP 1662 8242 129 / / SYM 1662 8242 130 West West NNP 1662 8242 131 , , , 1662 8242 132 Ziwa Ziwa NNP 1662 8242 133 Magharibi Magharibi NNP 1662 8242 134 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8242 135 : : : 1662 8242 136 26 26 CD 1662 8242 137 April April NNP 1662 8242 138 1964 1964 CD 1662 8242 139 ; ; : 1662 8242 140 Tanganyika Tanganyika NNP 1662 8242 141 became become VBD 1662 8242 142 independent independent JJ 1662 8242 143 9 9 CD 1662 8242 144 December December NNP 1662 8242 145 1961 1961 CD 1662 8242 146 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8242 147 from from IN 1662 8242 148 UK UK NNP 1662 8242 149 - - HYPH 1662 8242 150 administered administer VBN 1662 8242 151 UN UN NNP 1662 8242 152 trusteeship trusteeship NN 1662 8242 153 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8242 154 ; ; : 1662 8242 155 Zanzibar Zanzibar NNP 1662 8242 156 became become VBD 1662 8242 157 independent independent JJ 1662 8242 158 19 19 CD 1662 8242 159 December December NNP 1662 8242 160 1963 1963 CD 1662 8242 161 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8242 162 from from IN 1662 8242 163 UK UK NNP 1662 8242 164 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8242 165 ; ; : 1662 8242 166 Tanganyika Tanganyika NNP 1662 8242 167 united united JJ 1662 8242 168 with with IN 1662 8242 169 Zanzibar Zanzibar NNP 1662 8242 170 26 26 CD 1662 8242 171 April April NNP 1662 8242 172 1964 1964 CD 1662 8242 173 to to TO 1662 8242 174 form form VB 1662 8242 175 the the DT 1662 8242 176 United United NNP 1662 8242 177 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8242 178 of of IN 1662 8242 179 Tanganyika Tanganyika NNP 1662 8242 180 and and CC 1662 8242 181 Zanzibar Zanzibar NNP 1662 8242 182 ; ; : 1662 8242 183 renamed rename VBD 1662 8242 184 United United NNP 1662 8242 185 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8242 186 of of IN 1662 8242 187 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 8242 188 29 29 CD 1662 8242 189 October October NNP 1662 8242 190 1964 1964 CD 1662 8242 191 National national JJ 1662 8242 192 holiday holiday NN 1662 8242 193 : : : 1662 8242 194 Union Union NNP 1662 8242 195 Day Day NNP 1662 8242 196 , , , 1662 8242 197 26 26 CD 1662 8242 198 April April NNP 1662 8242 199 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8242 200 1964 1964 CD 1662 8242 201 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8242 202 Constitution constitution NN 1662 8242 203 : : : 1662 8242 204 25 25 CD 1662 8242 205 April April NNP 1662 8242 206 1977 1977 CD 1662 8242 207 ; ; : 1662 8242 208 major major JJ 1662 8242 209 revisions revision NNS 1662 8242 210 October October NNP 1662 8242 211 1984 1984 CD 1662 8242 212 Legal legal JJ 1662 8242 213 system system NN 1662 8242 214 : : : 1662 8242 215 based base VBN 1662 8242 216 on on IN 1662 8242 217 English English NNP 1662 8242 218 common common JJ 1662 8242 219 law law NN 1662 8242 220 ; ; : 1662 8242 221 judicial judicial JJ 1662 8242 222 review review NN 1662 8242 223 of of IN 1662 8242 224 legislative legislative JJ 1662 8242 225 acts act NNS 1662 8242 226 limited limit VBN 1662 8242 227 to to IN 1662 8242 228 matters matter NNS 1662 8242 229 of of IN 1662 8242 230 interpretation interpretation NN 1662 8242 231 ; ; : 1662 8242 232 has have VBZ 1662 8242 233 not not RB 1662 8242 234 accepted accept VBN 1662 8242 235 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 8242 236 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 8242 237 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 8242 238 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 8242 239 : : : 1662 8242 240 18 18 CD 1662 8242 241 years year NNS 1662 8242 242 of of IN 1662 8242 243 age age NN 1662 8242 244 ; ; : 1662 8242 245 universal universal JJ 1662 8242 246 Executive Executive NNP 1662 8242 247 branch branch NN 1662 8242 248 : : : 1662 8242 249 chief chief NN 1662 8242 250 of of IN 1662 8242 251 state state NN 1662 8242 252 : : : 1662 8242 253 President President NNP 1662 8242 254 Benjamin Benjamin NNP 1662 8242 255 William William NNP 1662 8242 256 MKAPA MKAPA NNP 1662 8242 257 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8242 258 since since IN 1662 8242 259 22 22 CD 1662 8242 260 November November NNP 1662 8242 261 1995 1995 CD 1662 8242 262 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8242 263 ; ; : 1662 8242 264 Vice Vice NNP 1662 8242 265 President President NNP 1662 8242 266 Omar Omar NNP 1662 8242 267 Ali Ali NNP 1662 8242 268 JUMA JUMA NNP 1662 8242 269 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8242 270 since since IN 1662 8242 271 22 22 CD 1662 8242 272 November November NNP 1662 8242 273 1995 1995 CD 1662 8242 274 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8242 275 ; ; : 1662 8242 276 note note VB 1662 8242 277 the the DT 1662 8242 278 president president NN 1662 8242 279 is be VBZ 1662 8242 280 both both CC 1662 8242 281 chief chief NN 1662 8242 282 of of IN 1662 8242 283 state state NN 1662 8242 284 and and CC 1662 8242 285 head head NN 1662 8242 286 of of IN 1662 8242 287 government government NN 1662 8242 288 head head NN 1662 8242 289 of of IN 1662 8242 290 government government NN 1662 8242 291 : : : 1662 8242 292 President President NNP 1662 8242 293 Benjamin Benjamin NNP 1662 8242 294 William William NNP 1662 8242 295 MKAPA MKAPA NNP 1662 8242 296 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8242 297 since since IN 1662 8242 298 22 22 CD 1662 8242 299 November November NNP 1662 8242 300 1995 1995 CD 1662 8242 301 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8242 302 ; ; : 1662 8242 303 Vice Vice NNP 1662 8242 304 President President NNP 1662 8242 305 Omar Omar NNP 1662 8242 306 Ali Ali NNP 1662 8242 307 JUMA JUMA NNP 1662 8242 308 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8242 309 since since IN 1662 8242 310 22 22 CD 1662 8242 311 November November NNP 1662 8242 312 1995 1995 CD 1662 8242 313 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8242 314 ; ; : 1662 8242 315 note note VB 1662 8242 316 the the DT 1662 8242 317 president president NN 1662 8242 318 is be VBZ 1662 8242 319 both both CC 1662 8242 320 chief chief NN 1662 8242 321 of of IN 1662 8242 322 state state NN 1662 8242 323 and and CC 1662 8242 324 head head NN 1662 8242 325 of of IN 1662 8242 326 government government NN 1662 8242 327 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 8242 328 : : : 1662 8242 329 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 8242 330 ministers minister NNS 1662 8242 331 , , , 1662 8242 332 including include VBG 1662 8242 333 the the DT 1662 8242 334 prime prime NNP 1662 8242 335 minister minister NN 1662 8242 336 , , , 1662 8242 337 are be VBP 1662 8242 338 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8242 339 by by IN 1662 8242 340 the the DT 1662 8242 341 president president NN 1662 8242 342 from from IN 1662 8242 343 among among IN 1662 8242 344 the the DT 1662 8242 345 members member NNS 1662 8242 346 of of IN 1662 8242 347 the the DT 1662 8242 348 National National NNP 1662 8242 349 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8242 350 elections election NNS 1662 8242 351 : : : 1662 8242 352 president president NN 1662 8242 353 and and CC 1662 8242 354 vice vice NN 1662 8242 355 president president NN 1662 8242 356 elected elect VBD 1662 8242 357 on on IN 1662 8242 358 the the DT 1662 8242 359 same same JJ 1662 8242 360 ballot ballot NN 1662 8242 361 by by IN 1662 8242 362 popular popular JJ 1662 8242 363 vote vote NN 1662 8242 364 for for IN 1662 8242 365 five five CD 1662 8242 366 - - HYPH 1662 8242 367 year year NN 1662 8242 368 terms term NNS 1662 8242 369 ; ; : 1662 8242 370 election election NN 1662 8242 371 last last JJ 1662 8242 372 held hold VBD 1662 8242 373 29 29 CD 1662 8242 374 October-19 october-19 CD 1662 8242 375 November November NNP 1662 8242 376 1995 1995 CD 1662 8242 377 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8242 378 next next JJ 1662 8242 379 to to TO 1662 8242 380 be be VB 1662 8242 381 held hold VBN 1662 8242 382 NA NA NNP 1662 8242 383 October October NNP 1662 8242 384 2000 2000 CD 1662 8242 385 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8242 386 ; ; : 1662 8242 387 prime prime NNP 1662 8242 388 minister minister NN 1662 8242 389 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8242 390 by by IN 1662 8242 391 the the DT 1662 8242 392 president president NNP 1662 8242 393 election election NN 1662 8242 394 results result NNS 1662 8242 395 : : : 1662 8242 396 percent percent NN 1662 8242 397 of of IN 1662 8242 398 vote vote NN 1662 8242 399 - - HYPH 1662 8242 400 Benjamin Benjamin NNP 1662 8242 401 William William NNP 1662 8242 402 MKAPA MKAPA NNP 1662 8242 403 62 62 CD 1662 8242 404 % % NN 1662 8242 405 , , , 1662 8242 406 MREMA MREMA NNP 1662 8242 407 28 28 CD 1662 8242 408 % % NN 1662 8242 409 , , , 1662 8242 410 LIPUMBA lipumba NN 1662 8242 411 6 6 CD 1662 8242 412 % % NN 1662 8242 413 , , , 1662 8242 414 CHEYO CHEYO NNP 1662 8242 415 4 4 CD 1662 8242 416 % % NN 1662 8242 417 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 8242 418 branch branch NN 1662 8242 419 : : : 1662 8242 420 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 8242 421 National National NNP 1662 8242 422 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8242 423 or or CC 1662 8242 424 Bunge Bunge NNP 1662 8242 425 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8242 426 274 274 CD 1662 8242 427 seats seat NNS 1662 8242 428 , , , 1662 8242 429 232 232 CD 1662 8242 430 directly directly RB 1662 8242 431 elected elect VBN 1662 8242 432 ; ; : 1662 8242 433 members member NNS 1662 8242 434 serve serve VBP 1662 8242 435 five five CD 1662 8242 436 - - HYPH 1662 8242 437 year year NN 1662 8242 438 terms term NNS 1662 8242 439 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8242 440 elections election NNS 1662 8242 441 : : : 1662 8242 442 last last RB 1662 8242 443 held hold VBD 1662 8242 444 29 29 CD 1662 8242 445 October-19 october-19 CD 1662 8242 446 November November NNP 1662 8242 447 1995 1995 CD 1662 8242 448 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8242 449 next next JJ 1662 8242 450 to to TO 1662 8242 451 be be VB 1662 8242 452 held hold VBN 1662 8242 453 NA NA NNP 1662 8242 454 October October NNP 1662 8242 455 2000 2000 CD 1662 8242 456 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8242 457 election election NN 1662 8242 458 results result NNS 1662 8242 459 : : : 1662 8242 460 percent percent NN 1662 8242 461 of of IN 1662 8242 462 vote vote NN 1662 8242 463 by by IN 1662 8242 464 party party NN 1662 8242 465 - - HYPH 1662 8242 466 NA NA NNP 1662 8242 467 ; ; , 1662 8242 468 seats seat NNS 1662 8242 469 by by IN 1662 8242 470 party party NN 1662 8242 471 - - HYPH 1662 8242 472 CCM CCM NNP 1662 8242 473 186 186 CD 1662 8242 474 , , , 1662 8242 475 opposition opposition NN 1662 8242 476 parties party NNS 1662 8242 477 46 46 CD 1662 8242 478 ; ; : 1662 8242 479 note note NN 1662 8242 480 - - : 1662 8242 481 of of IN 1662 8242 482 the the DT 1662 8242 483 42 42 CD 1662 8242 484 seats seat NNS 1662 8242 485 which which WDT 1662 8242 486 are be VBP 1662 8242 487 not not RB 1662 8242 488 elected elect VBN 1662 8242 489 , , , 1662 8242 490 some some DT 1662 8242 491 are be VBP 1662 8242 492 filled fill VBN 1662 8242 493 by by IN 1662 8242 494 presidential presidential JJ 1662 8242 495 appointment appointment NN 1662 8242 496 and and CC 1662 8242 497 others other NNS 1662 8242 498 are be VBP 1662 8242 499 designated designate VBN 1662 8242 500 by by IN 1662 8242 501 law law NN 1662 8242 502 for for IN 1662 8242 503 specific specific JJ 1662 8242 504 officials official NNS 1662 8242 505 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 8242 506 branch branch NN 1662 8242 507 : : : 1662 8242 508 Court Court NNP 1662 8242 509 of of IN 1662 8242 510 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 8242 511 ; ; : 1662 8242 512 High High NNP 1662 8242 513 Court Court NNP 1662 8242 514 Political political JJ 1662 8242 515 parties party NNS 1662 8242 516 and and CC 1662 8242 517 leaders leader NNS 1662 8242 518 : : : 1662 8242 519 Chama Chama NNP 1662 8242 520 Cha Cha NNP 1662 8242 521 Mapinduzi Mapinduzi NNP 1662 8242 522 or or CC 1662 8242 523 CCM CCM NNP 1662 8242 524 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8242 525 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 8242 526 Party Party NNP 1662 8242 527 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8242 528 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8242 529 Benjamin Benjamin NNP 1662 8242 530 William William NNP 1662 8242 531 MKAPA MKAPA NNP 1662 8242 532 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8242 533 ; ; : 1662 8242 534 Civic Civic NNP 1662 8242 535 United United NNP 1662 8242 536 Front Front NNP 1662 8242 537 or or CC 1662 8242 538 CUF CUF NNP 1662 8242 539 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8242 540 Seif Seif NNP 1662 8242 541 Sharif Sharif NNP 1662 8242 542 HAMAD HAMAD NNP 1662 8242 543 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8242 544 ; ; : 1662 8242 545 National National NNP 1662 8242 546 Convention Convention NNP 1662 8242 547 for for IN 1662 8242 548 Construction Construction NNP 1662 8242 549 and and CC 1662 8242 550 Reform Reform NNP 1662 8242 551 or or CC 1662 8242 552 NCCR NCCR NNP 1662 8242 553 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8242 554 Lyatonga Lyatonga NNP 1662 8242 555 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8242 556 Augustine Augustine NNP 1662 8242 557 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8242 558 MREMA MREMA NNP 1662 8242 559 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8242 560 ; ; : 1662 8242 561 Union Union NNP 1662 8242 562 for for IN 1662 8242 563 Multiparty Multiparty NNP 1662 8242 564 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 8242 565 or or CC 1662 8242 566 UMD UMD NNP 1662 8242 567 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8242 568 Abdullah Abdullah NNP 1662 8242 569 FUNDIKIRA FUNDIKIRA NNP 1662 8242 570 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8242 571 ; ; : 1662 8242 572 Chama Chama NNP 1662 8242 573 Cha Cha NNP 1662 8242 574 Demokrasia Demokrasia NNP 1662 8242 575 na na IN 1662 8242 576 Maendeleo Maendeleo NNP 1662 8242 577 or or CC 1662 8242 578 CHADEMA CHADEMA NNP 1662 8242 579 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8242 580 Edwin Edwin NNP 1662 8242 581 I. I. NNP 1662 8242 582 M. M. NNP 1662 8242 583 MTEI MTEI NNP 1662 8242 584 , , , 1662 8242 585 chairman chairman NN 1662 8242 586 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8242 587 ; ; : 1662 8242 588 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8242 589 Party Party NNP 1662 8242 590 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8242 591 unregistered unregistere VBN 1662 8242 592 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8242 593 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8242 594 Reverend Reverend NNP 1662 8242 595 MTIKLA MTIKLA NNP 1662 8242 596 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8242 597 ; ; : 1662 8242 598 United United NNP 1662 8242 599 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8242 600 Party Party NNP 1662 8242 601 or or CC 1662 8242 602 UDP UDP NNP 1662 8242 603 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8242 604 John John NNP 1662 8242 605 CHEYO CHEYO NNP 1662 8242 606 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8242 607 International international JJ 1662 8242 608 organization organization NN 1662 8242 609 participation participation NN 1662 8242 610 : : : 1662 8242 611 ACP ACP NNP 1662 8242 612 , , , 1662 8242 613 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 8242 614 , , , 1662 8242 615 C C NNP 1662 8242 616 , , , 1662 8242 617 CCC CCC NNP 1662 8242 618 , , , 1662 8242 619 EADB EADB NNP 1662 8242 620 , , , 1662 8242 621 ECA ECA NNP 1662 8242 622 , , , 1662 8242 623 FAO FAO NNP 1662 8242 624 , , , 1662 8242 625 G- G- NNP 1662 8242 626 6 6 CD 1662 8242 627 , , , 1662 8242 628 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 8242 629 , , , 1662 8242 630 IAEA iaea NN 1662 8242 631 , , , 1662 8242 632 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 8242 633 , , , 1662 8242 634 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 8242 635 , , , 1662 8242 636 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 8242 637 , , , 1662 8242 638 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 8242 639 , , , 1662 8242 640 IDA IDA NNP 1662 8242 641 , , , 1662 8242 642 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 8242 643 , , , 1662 8242 644 IFC IFC NNP 1662 8242 645 , , , 1662 8242 646 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 8242 647 , , , 1662 8242 648 ILO ILO NNP 1662 8242 649 , , , 1662 8242 650 IMF IMF NNP 1662 8242 651 , , , 1662 8242 652 IMO imo RB 1662 8242 653 , , , 1662 8242 654 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8242 655 , , , 1662 8242 656 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 8242 657 , , , 1662 8242 658 IOC IOC NNP 1662 8242 659 , , , 1662 8242 660 ISO ISO NNP 1662 8242 661 , , , 1662 8242 662 ITU ITU NNP 1662 8242 663 , , , 1662 8242 664 NAM NAM NNP 1662 8242 665 , , , 1662 8242 666 OAU OAU NNP 1662 8242 667 , , , 1662 8242 668 SADC SADC NNP 1662 8242 669 , , , 1662 8242 670 UN UN NNP 1662 8242 671 , , , 1662 8242 672 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 8242 673 III III NNP 1662 8242 674 , , , 1662 8242 675 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 8242 676 , , , 1662 8242 677 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 8242 678 , , , 1662 8242 679 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 8242 680 , , , 1662 8242 681 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 8242 682 , , , 1662 8242 683 UPU UPU NNP 1662 8242 684 , , , 1662 8242 685 WCL WCL NNP 1662 8242 686 , , , 1662 8242 687 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 8242 688 , , , 1662 8242 689 WHO who WP 1662 8242 690 , , , 1662 8242 691 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 8242 692 , , , 1662 8242 693 WMO WMO NNP 1662 8242 694 , , , 1662 8242 695 WToO wtoo FW 1662 8242 696 , , , 1662 8242 697 WTrO wtro VB 1662 8242 698 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8242 699 representation representation NN 1662 8242 700 in in IN 1662 8242 701 the the DT 1662 8242 702 US US NNP 1662 8242 703 : : : 1662 8242 704 chief chief NN 1662 8242 705 of of IN 1662 8242 706 mission mission NN 1662 8242 707 : : : 1662 8242 708 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 8242 709 Mustafa Mustafa NNP 1662 8242 710 Salim Salim NNP 1662 8242 711 NYANG'ANYI nyang'anyi NN 1662 8242 712 chancery chancery NN 1662 8242 713 : : : 1662 8242 714 2139 2139 CD 1662 8242 715 R R NNP 1662 8242 716 Street Street NNP 1662 8242 717 NW NW NNP 1662 8242 718 , , , 1662 8242 719 Washington Washington NNP 1662 8242 720 , , , 1662 8242 721 DC DC NNP 1662 8242 722 20008 20008 CD 1662 8242 723 telephone telephone NN 1662 8242 724 : : : 1662 8242 725 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8242 726 1 1 CD 1662 8242 727 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8242 728 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8242 729 202 202 CD 1662 8242 730 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8242 731 939 939 CD 1662 8242 732 - - HYPH 1662 8242 733 6125 6125 CD 1662 8242 734 FAX FAX NNP 1662 8242 735 : : : 1662 8242 736 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8242 737 1 1 CD 1662 8242 738 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8242 739 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8242 740 202 202 CD 1662 8242 741 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8242 742 797 797 CD 1662 8242 743 - - HYPH 1662 8242 744 7408 7408 CD 1662 8242 745 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8242 746 representation representation NN 1662 8242 747 from from IN 1662 8242 748 the the DT 1662 8242 749 US US NNP 1662 8242 750 : : : 1662 8242 751 chief chief NN 1662 8242 752 of of IN 1662 8242 753 mission mission NN 1662 8242 754 : : : 1662 8242 755 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 8242 756 J. J. NNP 1662 8242 757 Brady Brady NNP 1662 8242 758 ANDERSON ANDERSON NNP 1662 8242 759 embassy embassy NN 1662 8242 760 : : : 1662 8242 761 36 36 CD 1662 8242 762 Laibon Laibon NNP 1662 8242 763 Road Road NNP 1662 8242 764 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8242 765 off off IN 1662 8242 766 Bagamoyo Bagamoyo NNP 1662 8242 767 Road Road NNP 1662 8242 768 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8242 769 , , , 1662 8242 770 Dar Dar NNP 1662 8242 771 es es NNP 1662 8242 772 Salaam Salaam NNP 1662 8242 773 mailing mailing NN 1662 8242 774 address address NN 1662 8242 775 : : : 1662 8242 776 P. P. NNP 1662 8242 777 O. O. NNP 1662 8243 1 Box Box NNP 1662 8243 2 9123 9123 CD 1662 8243 3 , , , 1662 8243 4 Dar Dar NNP 1662 8243 5 es es NNP 1662 8243 6 Salaam Salaam NNP 1662 8243 7 telephone telephone NN 1662 8243 8 : : : 1662 8243 9 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8243 10 255 255 CD 1662 8243 11 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8243 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8243 13 51 51 CD 1662 8243 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8243 15 66010 66010 CD 1662 8243 16 through through IN 1662 8243 17 66015 66015 CD 1662 8243 18 FAX FAX NNP 1662 8243 19 : : : 1662 8243 20 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8243 21 255 255 CD 1662 8243 22 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8243 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8243 24 51 51 CD 1662 8243 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8243 26 66701 66701 CD 1662 8243 27 Flag flag NN 1662 8243 28 description description NN 1662 8243 29 : : : 1662 8243 30 divided divide VBN 1662 8243 31 diagonally diagonally RB 1662 8243 32 by by IN 1662 8243 33 a a DT 1662 8243 34 yellow yellow NN 1662 8243 35 - - HYPH 1662 8243 36 edged edged JJ 1662 8243 37 black black JJ 1662 8243 38 band band NN 1662 8243 39 from from IN 1662 8243 40 the the DT 1662 8243 41 lower low JJR 1662 8243 42 hoist hoist NN 1662 8243 43 - - HYPH 1662 8243 44 side side NN 1662 8243 45 corner corner NN 1662 8243 46 ; ; : 1662 8243 47 the the DT 1662 8243 48 upper upper JJ 1662 8243 49 triangle triangle NN 1662 8243 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8243 51 hoist hoist NN 1662 8243 52 side side NN 1662 8243 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8243 54 is be VBZ 1662 8243 55 green green JJ 1662 8243 56 and and CC 1662 8243 57 the the DT 1662 8243 58 lower low JJR 1662 8243 59 triangle triangle NN 1662 8243 60 is be VBZ 1662 8243 61 blue blue JJ 1662 8243 62 Economy Economy NNP 1662 8243 63 Economy Economy NNP 1662 8243 64 - - HYPH 1662 8243 65 overview overview NN 1662 8243 66 : : : 1662 8243 67 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 8243 68 is be VBZ 1662 8243 69 one one CD 1662 8243 70 of of IN 1662 8243 71 the the DT 1662 8243 72 poorest poor JJS 1662 8243 73 countries country NNS 1662 8243 74 in in IN 1662 8243 75 the the DT 1662 8243 76 world world NN 1662 8243 77 . . . 1662 8244 1 The the DT 1662 8244 2 economy economy NN 1662 8244 3 is be VBZ 1662 8244 4 heavily heavily RB 1662 8244 5 dependent dependent JJ 1662 8244 6 on on IN 1662 8244 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8244 8 , , , 1662 8244 9 which which WDT 1662 8244 10 accounts account VBZ 1662 8244 11 for for IN 1662 8244 12 57 57 CD 1662 8244 13 % % NN 1662 8244 14 of of IN 1662 8244 15 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8244 16 , , , 1662 8244 17 provides provide VBZ 1662 8244 18 85 85 CD 1662 8244 19 % % NN 1662 8244 20 of of IN 1662 8244 21 exports export NNS 1662 8244 22 , , , 1662 8244 23 and and CC 1662 8244 24 employs employ VBZ 1662 8244 25 90 90 CD 1662 8244 26 % % NN 1662 8244 27 of of IN 1662 8244 28 the the DT 1662 8244 29 work work NN 1662 8244 30 force force NN 1662 8244 31 . . . 1662 8245 1 Topography Topography NNP 1662 8245 2 and and CC 1662 8245 3 climatic climatic JJ 1662 8245 4 conditions condition NNS 1662 8245 5 , , , 1662 8245 6 however however RB 1662 8245 7 , , , 1662 8245 8 limit limit VB 1662 8245 9 cultivated cultivate VBN 1662 8245 10 crops crop NNS 1662 8245 11 to to IN 1662 8245 12 only only RB 1662 8245 13 4 4 CD 1662 8245 14 % % NN 1662 8245 15 of of IN 1662 8245 16 the the DT 1662 8245 17 land land NN 1662 8245 18 area area NN 1662 8245 19 . . . 1662 8246 1 Industry industry NN 1662 8246 2 accounts account VBZ 1662 8246 3 for for IN 1662 8246 4 17 17 CD 1662 8246 5 % % NN 1662 8246 6 of of IN 1662 8246 7 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8246 8 and and CC 1662 8246 9 is be VBZ 1662 8246 10 mainly mainly RB 1662 8246 11 limited limit VBN 1662 8246 12 to to IN 1662 8246 13 processing process VBG 1662 8246 14 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8246 15 products product NNS 1662 8246 16 and and CC 1662 8246 17 light light JJ 1662 8246 18 consumer consumer NN 1662 8246 19 goods good NNS 1662 8246 20 . . . 1662 8247 1 The the DT 1662 8247 2 economic economic JJ 1662 8247 3 recovery recovery NN 1662 8247 4 program program NN 1662 8247 5 announced announce VBN 1662 8247 6 in in IN 1662 8247 7 mid-1986 mid-1986 NN 1662 8247 8 has have VBZ 1662 8247 9 generated generate VBN 1662 8247 10 notable notable JJ 1662 8247 11 increases increase NNS 1662 8247 12 in in IN 1662 8247 13 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8247 14 production production NN 1662 8247 15 and and CC 1662 8247 16 financial financial JJ 1662 8247 17 support support NN 1662 8247 18 for for IN 1662 8247 19 the the DT 1662 8247 20 program program NN 1662 8247 21 by by IN 1662 8247 22 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 8247 23 donors donor NNS 1662 8247 24 . . . 1662 8248 1 The the DT 1662 8248 2 World World NNP 1662 8248 3 Bank Bank NNP 1662 8248 4 , , , 1662 8248 5 the the DT 1662 8248 6 International International NNP 1662 8248 7 Monetary Monetary NNP 1662 8248 8 Fund Fund NNP 1662 8248 9 , , , 1662 8248 10 and and CC 1662 8248 11 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 8248 12 donors donor NNS 1662 8248 13 have have VBP 1662 8248 14 provided provide VBN 1662 8248 15 funds fund NNS 1662 8248 16 to to TO 1662 8248 17 rehabilitate rehabilitate VB 1662 8248 18 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 8248 19 's 's POS 1662 8248 20 deteriorated deteriorate VBN 1662 8248 21 economic economic JJ 1662 8248 22 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 8248 23 . . . 1662 8249 1 Growth growth NN 1662 8249 2 in in IN 1662 8249 3 1991 1991 CD 1662 8249 4 - 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- HYPH 1662 8255 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 8255 5 price price NN 1662 8255 6 index index NN 1662 8255 7 : : : 1662 8255 8 30 30 CD 1662 8255 9 % % NN 1662 8255 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8255 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 8255 12 est est NNP 1662 8255 13 . . . 1662 8255 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8256 1 Labor labor NN 1662 8256 2 force force NN 1662 8256 3 : : : 1662 8256 4 total total NN 1662 8256 5 : : : 1662 8256 6 13.495 13.495 CD 1662 8256 7 million million CD 1662 8256 8 by by IN 1662 8256 9 occupation occupation NN 1662 8256 10 : : : 1662 8256 11 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8256 12 90 90 CD 1662 8256 13 % % NN 1662 8256 14 , , , 1662 8256 15 industry industry NN 1662 8256 16 and and CC 1662 8256 17 commerce commerce NN 1662 8256 18 10 10 CD 1662 8256 19 % % NN 1662 8256 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8256 21 1995 1995 CD 1662 8256 22 est est NNP 1662 8256 23 . . . 1662 8256 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8257 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 8257 2 rate rate NN 1662 8257 3 : : : 1662 8257 4 NA% NA% `` 1662 8257 5 Budget budget NN 1662 8257 6 : : : 1662 8257 7 revenues revenue NNS 1662 8257 8 : : : 1662 8257 9 $ $ $ 1662 8257 10 495 495 CD 1662 8257 11 million million CD 1662 8257 12 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8257 13 : : : 1662 8257 14 $ $ $ 1662 8257 15 631 631 CD 1662 8257 16 million million CD 1662 8257 17 , , , 1662 8257 18 including include VBG 1662 8257 19 capital capital NN 1662 8257 20 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8257 21 of of IN 1662 8257 22 $ $ $ 1662 8257 23 118 118 CD 1662 8257 24 million million CD 1662 8257 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8257 26 1990 1990 CD 1662 8257 27 est est NNP 1662 8257 28 . . . 1662 8257 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8258 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 8258 2 : : : 1662 8258 3 primarily primarily RB 1662 8258 4 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8258 5 processing processing NN 1662 8258 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8258 7 sugar sugar NN 1662 8258 8 , , , 1662 8258 9 beer beer NN 1662 8258 10 , , , 1662 8258 11 cigarettes cigarette NNS 1662 8258 12 , , , 1662 8258 13 sisal sisal NNP 1662 8258 14 twine twine NNP 1662 8258 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8258 16 , , , 1662 8258 17 diamond diamond NN 1662 8258 18 and and CC 1662 8258 19 gold gold NN 1662 8258 20 mining mining NN 1662 8258 21 , , , 1662 8258 22 oil oil NN 1662 8258 23 refining refining NN 1662 8258 24 , , , 1662 8258 25 shoes shoe NNS 1662 8258 26 , , , 1662 8258 27 cement cement NN 1662 8258 28 , , , 1662 8258 29 textiles textile NNS 1662 8258 30 , , , 1662 8258 31 wood wood NN 1662 8258 32 products product NNS 1662 8258 33 , , , 1662 8258 34 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 8258 35 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 8258 36 production production NN 1662 8258 37 growth growth NN 1662 8258 38 rate rate NN 1662 8258 39 : : : 1662 8258 40 7.7 7.7 CD 1662 8258 41 % % NN 1662 8258 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8258 43 1994 1994 CD 1662 8258 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8258 45 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8258 46 - - HYPH 1662 8258 47 capacity capacity NN 1662 8258 48 : : : 1662 8258 49 440,000 440,000 CD 1662 8258 50 kW kw NN 1662 8258 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8258 52 1994 1994 CD 1662 8258 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8258 54 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8258 55 - - HYPH 1662 8258 56 production production NN 1662 8258 57 : : : 1662 8258 58 1.91 1.91 CD 1662 8258 59 billion billion CD 1662 8258 60 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8258 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8258 62 1994 1994 CD 1662 8258 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8258 64 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8258 65 - - HYPH 1662 8258 66 consumption consumption NN 1662 8258 67 per per IN 1662 8258 68 capita capita NN 1662 8258 69 : : : 1662 8258 70 60 60 CD 1662 8258 71 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8258 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8258 73 1994 1994 CD 1662 8258 74 est est NNP 1662 8258 75 . . . 1662 8258 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8259 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8259 2 - - HYPH 1662 8259 3 products product NNS 1662 8259 4 : : : 1662 8259 5 coffee coffee NN 1662 8259 6 , , , 1662 8259 7 sisal sisal NNP 1662 8259 8 , , , 1662 8259 9 tea tea NN 1662 8259 10 , , , 1662 8259 11 cotton cotton NN 1662 8259 12 , , , 1662 8259 13 pyrethrum pyrethrum NN 1662 8259 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8259 15 insecticide insecticide NNP 1662 8259 16 made make VBN 1662 8259 17 from from IN 1662 8259 18 chrysanthemums chrysanthemum NNS 1662 8259 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8259 20 , , , 1662 8259 21 cashews cashews NN 1662 8259 22 , , , 1662 8259 23 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 8259 24 , , , 1662 8259 25 cloves clove NNS 1662 8259 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8259 27 Zanzibar Zanzibar NNP 1662 8259 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8259 29 , , , 1662 8259 30 corn corn NN 1662 8259 31 , , , 1662 8259 32 wheat wheat NN 1662 8259 33 , , , 1662 8259 34 cassava cassava NNP 1662 8259 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8259 36 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 8259 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8259 38 , , , 1662 8259 39 bananas banana NNS 1662 8259 40 , , , 1662 8259 41 fruits fruit NNS 1662 8259 42 , , , 1662 8259 43 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 8259 44 ; ; , 1662 8259 45 cattle cattle NNS 1662 8259 46 , , , 1662 8259 47 sheep sheep NNS 1662 8259 48 , , , 1662 8259 49 goats goat NNS 1662 8259 50 Exports export NNS 1662 8259 51 : : : 1662 8259 52 total total JJ 1662 8259 53 value value NN 1662 8259 54 : : : 1662 8259 55 $ $ $ 1662 8259 56 679 679 CD 1662 8259 57 million million CD 1662 8259 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8259 59 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 8259 60 . . NNP 1662 8259 61 , , , 1662 8259 62 1995 1995 CD 1662 8259 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8259 64 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8259 65 : : : 1662 8259 66 coffee coffee NN 1662 8259 67 , , , 1662 8259 68 cotton cotton NN 1662 8259 69 , , , 1662 8259 70 cashew cashew NN 1662 8259 71 nuts nut NNS 1662 8259 72 , , , 1662 8259 73 cloves clove NNS 1662 8259 74 , , , 1662 8259 75 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 8259 76 , , , 1662 8259 77 sisal sisal NNP 1662 8259 78 partners partner NNS 1662 8259 79 : : : 1662 8259 80 India India NNP 1662 8259 81 , , , 1662 8259 82 Germany Germany NNP 1662 8259 83 , , , 1662 8259 84 Belgium Belgium NNP 1662 8259 85 , , , 1662 8259 86 UK UK NNP 1662 8259 87 , , , 1662 8259 88 Japan Japan NNP 1662 8259 89 , , , 1662 8259 90 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 8259 91 , , , 1662 8259 92 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 8259 93 , , , 1662 8259 94 Hong Hong NNP 1662 8259 95 Kong Kong NNP 1662 8259 96 , , , 1662 8259 97 US US NNP 1662 8259 98 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 8259 99 : : : 1662 8259 100 total total JJ 1662 8259 101 value value NN 1662 8259 102 : : : 1662 8259 103 $ $ $ 1662 8259 104 1.69 1.69 CD 1662 8259 105 billion billion CD 1662 8259 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8259 107 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 8259 108 . . NNP 1662 8259 109 , , , 1662 8259 110 1995 1995 CD 1662 8259 111 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8259 112 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8259 113 : : : 1662 8259 114 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 8259 115 goods good NNS 1662 8259 116 , , , 1662 8259 117 machinery machinery NN 1662 8259 118 and and CC 1662 8259 119 transportation transportation NN 1662 8259 120 equipment equipment NN 1662 8259 121 , , , 1662 8259 122 cotton cotton NN 1662 8259 123 piece piece NN 1662 8259 124 goods good NNS 1662 8259 125 , , , 1662 8259 126 crude crude JJ 1662 8259 127 oil oil NN 1662 8259 128 , , , 1662 8259 129 foodstuffs foodstuff VBZ 1662 8259 130 partners partner NNS 1662 8259 131 : : : 1662 8259 132 UK UK NNP 1662 8259 133 , , , 1662 8259 134 Germany Germany NNP 1662 8259 135 , , , 1662 8259 136 Italy Italy NNP 1662 8259 137 , , , 1662 8259 138 Japan Japan NNP 1662 8259 139 , , , 1662 8259 140 US US NNP 1662 8259 141 , , , 1662 8259 142 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 8259 143 , , , 1662 8259 144 China China NNP 1662 8259 145 Debt Debt NNP 1662 8259 146 - - HYPH 1662 8259 147 external external JJ 1662 8259 148 : : : 1662 8259 149 $ $ $ 1662 8259 150 7.4 7.4 CD 1662 8259 151 billion billion CD 1662 8259 152 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8259 153 1994 1994 CD 1662 8259 154 est est NNP 1662 8259 155 . . . 1662 8259 156 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8260 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 8260 2 aid aid NN 1662 8260 3 : : : 1662 8260 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 8260 5 : : : 1662 8260 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 8260 7 , , , 1662 8260 8 $ $ $ 1662 8260 9 NA NA NNP 1662 8260 10 Currency currency NN 1662 8260 11 : : : 1662 8260 12 1 1 CD 1662 8260 13 Tanzanian tanzanian JJ 1662 8260 14 shilling shilling NN 1662 8260 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8260 16 TSh TSh NNP 1662 8260 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8260 18 = = SYM 1662 8260 19 100 100 CD 1662 8260 20 cents cent NNS 1662 8260 21 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 8260 22 rates rate NNS 1662 8260 23 : : : 1662 8260 24 Tanzanian tanzanian JJ 1662 8260 25 shillings shilling NNS 1662 8260 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8260 27 TSh TSh NNS 1662 8260 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8260 29 per per IN 1662 8260 30 US$ us$ $ 1662 8260 31 1 1 CD 1662 8260 32 - - HYPH 1662 8260 33 597.27 597.27 CD 1662 8260 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8260 35 January January NNP 1662 8260 36 1997 1997 CD 1662 8260 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8260 38 , , , 1662 8260 39 579.98 579.98 CD 1662 8260 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8260 41 1996 1996 CD 1662 8260 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8260 43 , , , 1662 8260 44 574.76 574.76 CD 1662 8260 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8260 46 1995 1995 CD 1662 8260 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8260 48 , , , 1662 8260 49 509.63 509.63 CD 1662 8260 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8260 51 1994 1994 CD 1662 8260 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8260 53 , , , 1662 8260 54 405.27 405.27 CD 1662 8260 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8260 56 1993 1993 CD 1662 8260 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8260 58 , , , 1662 8260 59 297.71 297.71 CD 1662 8260 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8260 61 1992 1992 CD 1662 8260 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8260 63 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8260 64 year year NN 1662 8260 65 : : : 1662 8260 66 1 1 CD 1662 8260 67 July July NNP 1662 8260 68 - - HYPH 1662 8260 69 30 30 CD 1662 8260 70 June June NNP 1662 8260 71 @Tanzania @tanzania NN 1662 8260 72 : : : 1662 8260 73 Communications communication NNS 1662 8260 74 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 8260 75 : : : 1662 8260 76 137,000 137,000 CD 1662 8260 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8260 78 1989 1989 CD 1662 8260 79 est est NNP 1662 8260 80 . . . 1662 8260 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8261 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8261 2 system system NN 1662 8261 3 : : : 1662 8261 4 fair fair JJ 1662 8261 5 system system NN 1662 8261 6 operating operate VBG 1662 8261 7 below below IN 1662 8261 8 capacity capacity NN 1662 8261 9 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8261 10 : : : 1662 8261 11 open open JJ 1662 8261 12 wire wire NN 1662 8261 13 , , , 1662 8261 14 microwave microwave NN 1662 8261 15 radio radio NN 1662 8261 16 relay relay NN 1662 8261 17 , , , 1662 8261 18 tropospheric tropospheric NNP 1662 8261 19 scatter scatter NN 1662 8261 20 international international NNP 1662 8261 21 : : : 1662 8261 22 satellite satellite NN 1662 8261 23 earth earth NN 1662 8261 24 stations station NNS 1662 8261 25 - - , 1662 8261 26 2 2 CD 1662 8261 27 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8261 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8261 29 1 1 CD 1662 8261 30 Indian Indian NNP 1662 8261 31 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8261 32 and and CC 1662 8261 33 1 1 CD 1662 8261 34 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8261 35 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8261 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8261 37 Radio radio NN 1662 8261 38 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8261 39 stations station NNS 1662 8261 40 : : : 1662 8261 41 AM am VBP 1662 8261 42 12 12 CD 1662 8261 43 , , , 1662 8261 44 FM FM NNP 1662 8261 45 4 4 CD 1662 8261 46 , , , 1662 8261 47 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 8261 48 0 0 CD 1662 8261 49 Radios radio NNS 1662 8261 50 : : : 1662 8261 51 640,000 640,000 CD 1662 8261 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8261 53 1992 1992 CD 1662 8261 54 est est NNP 1662 8261 55 . . . 1662 8261 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8262 1 Television television NN 1662 8262 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8262 3 stations station NNS 1662 8262 4 : : : 1662 8262 5 3 3 CD 1662 8262 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8262 7 1995 1995 CD 1662 8262 8 est est NNP 1662 8262 9 . . . 1662 8262 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8263 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 8263 2 : : : 1662 8263 3 45,000 45,000 CD 1662 8263 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8263 5 1992 1992 CD 1662 8263 6 est est NNP 1662 8263 7 . . . 1662 8263 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8264 1 @Tanzania @Tanzania NFP 1662 8264 2 : : : 1662 8264 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8264 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8264 5 : : : 1662 8264 6 total total NN 1662 8264 7 : : : 1662 8264 8 3,569 3,569 CD 1662 8264 9 km km NN 1662 8264 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8264 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 8264 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8264 13 narrow narrow JJ 1662 8264 14 gauge gauge NN 1662 8264 15 : : : 1662 8264 16 2,600 2,600 CD 1662 8264 17 km km NN 1662 8264 18 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 8264 19 gauge gauge NN 1662 8264 20 ; ; : 1662 8264 21 969 969 CD 1662 8264 22 km km NN 1662 8264 23 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 8264 24 gauge gauge NN 1662 8264 25 note note NN 1662 8264 26 : : : 1662 8264 27 the the DT 1662 8264 28 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 8264 29 - - HYPH 1662 8264 30 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 8264 31 Railway Railway NNP 1662 8264 32 Authority Authority NNP 1662 8264 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8264 34 TAZARA TAZARA NNP 1662 8264 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8264 36 , , , 1662 8264 37 which which WDT 1662 8264 38 operates operate VBZ 1662 8264 39 1,860 1,860 CD 1662 8264 40 km km NNS 1662 8264 41 of of IN 1662 8264 42 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 8264 43 narrow narrow JJ 1662 8264 44 gauge gauge NN 1662 8264 45 track track NN 1662 8264 46 between between IN 1662 8264 47 Dar Dar NNP 1662 8264 48 es es NNP 1662 8264 49 Salaam Salaam NNP 1662 8264 50 and and CC 1662 8264 51 New New NNP 1662 8264 52 Kapiri Kapiri NNP 1662 8264 53 Mposhi Mposhi NNP 1662 8264 54 in in IN 1662 8264 55 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 8264 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8264 57 of of IN 1662 8264 58 which which WDT 1662 8264 59 969 969 CD 1662 8264 60 km km NNS 1662 8264 61 are be VBP 1662 8264 62 in in IN 1662 8264 63 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 8264 64 and and CC 1662 8264 65 891 891 CD 1662 8264 66 km km NNS 1662 8264 67 are be VBP 1662 8264 68 in in IN 1662 8264 69 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 8264 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8264 71 is be VBZ 1662 8264 72 not not RB 1662 8264 73 a a DT 1662 8264 74 part part NN 1662 8264 75 of of IN 1662 8264 76 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 8264 77 Railways Railways NNP 1662 8264 78 Corporation Corporation NNP 1662 8264 79 ; ; : 1662 8264 80 because because IN 1662 8264 81 of of IN 1662 8264 82 the the DT 1662 8264 83 difference difference NN 1662 8264 84 in in IN 1662 8264 85 gauge gauge NN 1662 8264 86 , , , 1662 8264 87 this this DT 1662 8264 88 system system NN 1662 8264 89 does do VBZ 1662 8264 90 not not RB 1662 8264 91 connect connect VB 1662 8264 92 to to IN 1662 8264 93 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 8264 94 Railways Railways NNP 1662 8264 95 Highways Highways NNP 1662 8264 96 : : : 1662 8264 97 total total NN 1662 8264 98 : : : 1662 8264 99 88,000 88,000 CD 1662 8264 100 km km NNS 1662 8264 101 paved pave VBN 1662 8264 102 : : : 1662 8264 103 3,696 3,696 CD 1662 8264 104 km km NN 1662 8264 105 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8264 106 : : : 1662 8264 107 84,304 84,304 CD 1662 8264 108 km km NNS 1662 8264 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8264 110 1994 1994 CD 1662 8264 111 est est NNP 1662 8264 112 . . . 1662 8264 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8265 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 8265 2 : : : 1662 8265 3 Lake Lake NNP 1662 8265 4 Tanganyika Tanganyika NNP 1662 8265 5 , , , 1662 8265 6 Lake Lake NNP 1662 8265 7 Victoria Victoria NNP 1662 8265 8 , , , 1662 8265 9 Lake Lake NNP 1662 8265 10 Nyasa Nyasa NNP 1662 8265 11 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 8265 12 : : : 1662 8265 13 crude crude JJ 1662 8265 14 oil oil NN 1662 8265 15 982 982 CD 1662 8265 16 km km NN 1662 8265 17 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 8265 18 and and CC 1662 8265 19 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8265 20 : : : 1662 8265 21 Bukoba Bukoba NNP 1662 8265 22 , , , 1662 8265 23 Dar Dar NNP 1662 8265 24 es es NNP 1662 8265 25 Salaam Salaam NNP 1662 8265 26 , , , 1662 8265 27 Kigoma Kigoma NNP 1662 8265 28 , , , 1662 8265 29 Lindi Lindi NNP 1662 8265 30 , , , 1662 8265 31 Mkoani Mkoani NNP 1662 8265 32 , , , 1662 8265 33 Mtwara Mtwara NNP 1662 8265 34 , , , 1662 8265 35 Musoma Musoma NNP 1662 8265 36 , , , 1662 8265 37 Mwanza Mwanza NNP 1662 8265 38 , , , 1662 8265 39 Tanga Tanga NNP 1662 8265 40 , , , 1662 8265 41 Wete Wete NNP 1662 8265 42 , , , 1662 8265 43 Zanzibar Zanzibar NNP 1662 8265 44 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 8265 45 marine marine NN 1662 8265 46 : : : 1662 8265 47 total total NN 1662 8265 48 : : : 1662 8265 49 8 8 CD 1662 8265 50 ships ship NNS 1662 8265 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8265 52 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8265 53 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8265 54 or or CC 1662 8265 55 over over RB 1662 8265 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8265 57 totaling total VBG 1662 8265 58 30,371 30,371 CD 1662 8265 59 GRT/41,269 grt/41,269 NN 1662 8265 60 DWT dwt NN 1662 8265 61 ships ship NNS 1662 8265 62 by by IN 1662 8265 63 type type NN 1662 8265 64 : : : 1662 8265 65 cargo cargo NN 1662 8265 66 3 3 CD 1662 8265 67 , , , 1662 8265 68 oil oil NN 1662 8265 69 tanker tanker NN 1662 8265 70 2 2 CD 1662 8265 71 , , , 1662 8265 72 passenger passenger NN 1662 8265 73 - - HYPH 1662 8265 74 cargo cargo NN 1662 8265 75 2 2 CD 1662 8265 76 , , , 1662 8265 77 roll roll NN 1662 8265 78 - - HYPH 1662 8265 79 on on IN 1662 8265 80 / / SYM 1662 8265 81 roll roll NN 1662 8265 82 - - HYPH 1662 8265 83 off off RP 1662 8265 84 cargo cargo NN 1662 8265 85 1 1 CD 1662 8265 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8265 87 1996 1996 CD 1662 8265 88 est est NNP 1662 8265 89 . . . 1662 8265 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8266 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8266 2 : : : 1662 8266 3 110 110 CD 1662 8266 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8266 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8266 6 est est NNP 1662 8266 7 . . . 1662 8266 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8267 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8267 2 - - , 1662 8267 3 with with IN 1662 8267 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8267 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8267 6 : : : 1662 8267 7 total total NN 1662 8267 8 : : : 1662 8267 9 39 39 CD 1662 8267 10 over over IN 1662 8267 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8267 12 m m NN 1662 8267 13 : : : 1662 8267 14 2 2 CD 1662 8267 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8267 16 to to TO 1662 8267 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8267 18 m m NN 1662 8267 19 : : : 1662 8267 20 2 2 CD 1662 8267 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8267 22 to to TO 1662 8267 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8267 24 m m NN 1662 8267 25 : : : 1662 8267 26 6 6 CD 1662 8267 27 914 914 CD 1662 8267 28 to to TO 1662 8267 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8267 30 m m NN 1662 8267 31 : : : 1662 8267 32 1 1 CD 1662 8267 33 under under IN 1662 8267 34 914 914 CD 1662 8267 35 m m NN 1662 8267 36 : : : 1662 8267 37 28 28 CD 1662 8267 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8267 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 8267 40 est est NNP 1662 8267 41 . . . 1662 8267 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8268 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8268 2 - - , 1662 8268 3 with with IN 1662 8268 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8268 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8268 6 : : : 1662 8268 7 total total NN 1662 8268 8 : : : 1662 8268 9 71 71 CD 1662 8268 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8268 11 to to TO 1662 8268 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8268 13 m m NN 1662 8268 14 : : : 1662 8268 15 15 15 CD 1662 8268 16 914 914 CD 1662 8268 17 to to TO 1662 8268 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8268 19 m m NN 1662 8268 20 : : : 1662 8268 21 56 56 CD 1662 8268 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8268 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 8268 24 est est NNP 1662 8268 25 . . . 1662 8268 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8269 1 Military military JJ 1662 8269 2 Military military JJ 1662 8269 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8269 4 : : : 1662 8269 5 Tanzanian Tanzanian NNP 1662 8269 6 People People NNPS 1662 8269 7 's 's POS 1662 8269 8 Defense Defense NNP 1662 8269 9 Force Force NNP 1662 8269 10 or or CC 1662 8269 11 TPDF TPDF NNP 1662 8269 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8269 13 includes include VBZ 1662 8269 14 Army Army NNP 1662 8269 15 , , , 1662 8269 16 Navy Navy NNP 1662 8269 17 , , , 1662 8269 18 and and CC 1662 8269 19 Air Air NNP 1662 8269 20 Force Force NNP 1662 8269 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8269 22 , , , 1662 8269 23 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 8269 24 Police Police NNP 1662 8269 25 Field Field NNP 1662 8269 26 Force Force NNP 1662 8269 27 Unit Unit NNP 1662 8269 28 , , , 1662 8269 29 Militia Militia NNP 1662 8269 30 Military Military NNP 1662 8269 31 manpower manpower NN 1662 8269 32 - - HYPH 1662 8269 33 availability availability NN 1662 8269 34 : : : 1662 8269 35 males male NNS 1662 8269 36 age age NNP 1662 8269 37 15 15 CD 1662 8269 38 - - HYPH 1662 8269 39 49 49 CD 1662 8269 40 : : : 1662 8269 41 6,630,336 6,630,336 CD 1662 8269 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8269 43 1997 1997 CD 1662 8269 44 est est NNP 1662 8269 45 . . . 1662 8269 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8270 1 Military military JJ 1662 8270 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8270 3 - - HYPH 1662 8270 4 fit fit NN 1662 8270 5 for for IN 1662 8270 6 military military JJ 1662 8270 7 service service NN 1662 8270 8 : : : 1662 8270 9 males male NNS 1662 8270 10 : : : 1662 8270 11 3,842,624 3,842,624 CD 1662 8270 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8270 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8270 14 est est NNP 1662 8270 15 . . . 1662 8270 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8271 1 Military military JJ 1662 8271 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8271 3 - - HYPH 1662 8271 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8271 5 figure figure NN 1662 8271 6 : : : 1662 8271 7 $ $ $ 1662 8271 8 69 69 CD 1662 8271 9 million million CD 1662 8271 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8271 11 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 8271 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8271 13 Military military JJ 1662 8271 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8271 15 - - : 1662 8271 16 percent percent NN 1662 8271 17 of of IN 1662 8271 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8271 19 : : : 1662 8271 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 8271 21 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8271 22 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8271 23 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 8271 24 - - HYPH 1662 8271 25 international international JJ 1662 8271 26 : : : 1662 8271 27 dispute dispute NN 1662 8271 28 with with IN 1662 8271 29 Malawi Malawi NNP 1662 8271 30 over over IN 1662 8271 31 the the DT 1662 8271 32 boundary boundary NN 1662 8271 33 in in IN 1662 8271 34 Lake Lake NNP 1662 8271 35 Nyasa Nyasa NNP 1662 8271 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8271 37 Lake Lake NNP 1662 8271 38 Malawi Malawi NNP 1662 8271 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8271 40 ; ; : 1662 8271 41 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8271 42 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8271 43 of of IN 1662 8271 44 the the DT 1662 8271 45 Congo Congo NNP 1662 8271 46 - - HYPH 1662 8271 47 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 8271 48 - - HYPH 1662 8271 49 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 8271 50 tripoint tripoint NN 1662 8271 51 in in IN 1662 8271 52 Lake Lake NNP 1662 8271 53 Tanganyika Tanganyika NNP 1662 8271 54 may may MD 1662 8271 55 no no RB 1662 8271 56 longer longer RB 1662 8271 57 be be VB 1662 8271 58 indefinite indefinite JJ 1662 8271 59 since since IN 1662 8271 60 it -PRON- PRP 1662 8271 61 has have VBZ 1662 8271 62 been be VBN 1662 8271 63 informally informally RB 1662 8271 64 reported report VBN 1662 8271 65 that that IN 1662 8271 66 the the DT 1662 8271 67 indefinite indefinite JJ 1662 8271 68 section section NN 1662 8271 69 of of IN 1662 8271 70 the the DT 1662 8271 71 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8271 72 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8271 73 of of IN 1662 8271 74 the the DT 1662 8271 75 Congo Congo NNP 1662 8271 76 - - HYPH 1662 8271 77 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 8271 78 boundary boundary NN 1662 8271 79 has have VBZ 1662 8271 80 been be VBN 1662 8271 81 settled settle VBN 1662 8271 82 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 8271 83 drugs drug NNS 1662 8271 84 : : : 1662 8271 85 growing grow VBG 1662 8271 86 role role NN 1662 8271 87 in in IN 1662 8271 88 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 8271 89 of of IN 1662 8271 90 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 8271 91 and and CC 1662 8271 92 Southeast southeast JJ 1662 8271 93 Asian asian JJ 1662 8271 94 heroin heroin NN 1662 8271 95 and and CC 1662 8271 96 South south JJ 1662 8271 97 American american JJ 1662 8271 98 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 8271 99 destined destine VBN 1662 8271 100 for for IN 1662 8271 101 European european JJ 1662 8271 102 and and CC 1662 8271 103 US US NNP 1662 8271 104 markets market NNS 1662 8271 105 and and CC 1662 8271 106 of of IN 1662 8271 107 South south JJ 1662 8271 108 Asian asian JJ 1662 8271 109 methaqualone methaqualone NN 1662 8271 110 bound bind VBN 1662 8271 111 for for IN 1662 8271 112 Southern Southern NNP 1662 8271 113 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8271 114 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 115 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 116 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 117 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 118 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 119 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 120 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 121 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 122 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 123 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 124 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 125 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 126 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 127 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 128 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 129 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 130 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 131 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 132 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 133 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 134 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 135 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 136 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 137 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 138 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 139 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 140 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 141 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 142 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 143 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 144 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 145 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 146 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 147 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 148 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 149 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 150 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 151 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 152 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 153 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 154 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 155 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 156 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 157 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 158 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 159 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 160 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 161 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 162 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 163 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 164 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 165 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 166 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 167 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 168 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 169 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 170 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 171 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 172 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 173 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 174 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 175 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 176 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 177 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 178 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 179 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 180 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 181 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 182 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 183 _ _ NNP 1662 8271 184 THAILAND THAILAND NNP 1662 8271 185 @Thailand @thailand XX 1662 8271 186 : : : 1662 8271 187 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8271 188 Location Location NNP 1662 8271 189 : : : 1662 8271 190 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 8271 191 Asia Asia NNP 1662 8271 192 , , , 1662 8271 193 bordering border VBG 1662 8271 194 the the DT 1662 8271 195 Andaman Andaman NNP 1662 8271 196 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8271 197 and and CC 1662 8271 198 the the DT 1662 8271 199 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 8271 200 of of IN 1662 8271 201 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 8271 202 , , , 1662 8271 203 southeast southeast NN 1662 8271 204 of of IN 1662 8271 205 Burma Burma NNP 1662 8271 206 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8271 207 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8271 208 : : : 1662 8271 209 15 15 CD 1662 8271 210 00 00 CD 1662 8271 211 N n CD 1662 8271 212 , , , 1662 8271 213 100 100 CD 1662 8271 214 00 00 CD 1662 8271 215 E e NN 1662 8271 216 Map Map NNP 1662 8271 217 references reference NNS 1662 8271 218 : : : 1662 8271 219 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 8271 220 Asia Asia NNP 1662 8271 221 Area Area NNP 1662 8271 222 : : : 1662 8271 223 total total NN 1662 8271 224 : : : 1662 8271 225 514,000 514,000 CD 1662 8271 226 sq sq RB 1662 8271 227 km km NNP 1662 8271 228 land land NN 1662 8271 229 : : : 1662 8271 230 511,770 511,770 CD 1662 8271 231 sq sq IN 1662 8271 232 km km NNP 1662 8271 233 water water NN 1662 8271 234 : : : 1662 8271 235 2,230 2,230 CD 1662 8271 236 sq sq NN 1662 8271 237 km km NNP 1662 8271 238 Area Area NNP 1662 8271 239 - - HYPH 1662 8271 240 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8271 241 : : : 1662 8271 242 slightly slightly RB 1662 8271 243 more more JJR 1662 8271 244 than than IN 1662 8271 245 twice twice RB 1662 8271 246 the the DT 1662 8271 247 size size NN 1662 8271 248 of of IN 1662 8271 249 Wyoming Wyoming NNP 1662 8271 250 Land Land NNP 1662 8271 251 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8271 252 : : : 1662 8271 253 total total NN 1662 8271 254 : : : 1662 8271 255 4,863 4,863 CD 1662 8271 256 km km NN 1662 8271 257 border border NN 1662 8271 258 countries country NNS 1662 8271 259 : : : 1662 8271 260 Burma Burma NNP 1662 8271 261 1,800 1,800 CD 1662 8271 262 km km NNS 1662 8271 263 , , , 1662 8271 264 Cambodia Cambodia NNP 1662 8271 265 803 803 CD 1662 8271 266 km km NN 1662 8271 267 , , , 1662 8271 268 Laos Laos NNP 1662 8271 269 1,754 1,754 CD 1662 8271 270 km km NN 1662 8271 271 , , , 1662 8271 272 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 8271 273 506 506 CD 1662 8271 274 km km NN 1662 8271 275 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8271 276 : : : 1662 8271 277 3,219 3,219 CD 1662 8271 278 km km NN 1662 8271 279 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8271 280 claims claim VBZ 1662 8271 281 : : : 1662 8271 282 continental continental NNP 1662 8271 283 shelf shelf NNP 1662 8271 284 : : : 1662 8271 285 200-m 200-m CD 1662 8271 286 depth depth NN 1662 8271 287 or or CC 1662 8271 288 to to IN 1662 8271 289 the the DT 1662 8271 290 depth depth NN 1662 8271 291 of of IN 1662 8271 292 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 8271 293 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 8271 294 economic economic JJ 1662 8271 295 zone zone NN 1662 8271 296 : : : 1662 8271 297 200 200 CD 1662 8271 298 nm nm CD 1662 8271 299 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8271 300 sea sea NN 1662 8271 301 : : : 1662 8271 302 12 12 CD 1662 8271 303 nm nm NNP 1662 8271 304 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8271 305 : : : 1662 8271 306 tropical tropical JJ 1662 8271 307 ; ; : 1662 8271 308 rainy rainy JJ 1662 8271 309 , , , 1662 8271 310 warm warm JJ 1662 8271 311 , , , 1662 8271 312 cloudy cloudy JJ 1662 8271 313 southwest southwest NN 1662 8271 314 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 8271 315 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8271 316 mid mid NNP 1662 8271 317 - - NNP 1662 8271 318 May May NNP 1662 8271 319 to to IN 1662 8271 320 September September NNP 1662 8271 321 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8271 322 ; ; : 1662 8271 323 dry dry JJ 1662 8271 324 , , , 1662 8271 325 cool cool JJ 1662 8271 326 northeast northeast NN 1662 8271 327 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 8271 328 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8271 329 November November NNP 1662 8271 330 to to IN 1662 8271 331 mid mid NNP 1662 8271 332 - - NNP 1662 8271 333 March March NNP 1662 8271 334 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8271 335 ; ; : 1662 8271 336 southern southern JJ 1662 8271 337 isthmus isthmus NN 1662 8271 338 always always RB 1662 8271 339 hot hot JJ 1662 8271 340 and and CC 1662 8271 341 humid humid JJ 1662 8271 342 Terrain terrain NN 1662 8271 343 : : : 1662 8271 344 central central JJ 1662 8271 345 plain plain NN 1662 8271 346 ; ; : 1662 8271 347 Khorat Khorat NNP 1662 8271 348 Plateau Plateau NNP 1662 8271 349 in in IN 1662 8271 350 the the DT 1662 8271 351 east east NN 1662 8271 352 ; ; : 1662 8271 353 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8271 354 elsewhere elsewhere RB 1662 8271 355 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8271 356 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8271 357 : : : 1662 8271 358 lowest low JJS 1662 8271 359 point point NN 1662 8271 360 : : : 1662 8271 361 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 8271 362 of of IN 1662 8271 363 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 8271 364 0 0 NNP 1662 8271 365 m m DT 1662 8271 366 highest high JJS 1662 8271 367 point point NN 1662 8271 368 : : : 1662 8271 369 Doi Doi NNP 1662 8271 370 Inthanon Inthanon NNP 1662 8271 371 2,576 2,576 CD 1662 8271 372 m m CD 1662 8271 373 Natural natural JJ 1662 8271 374 resources resource NNS 1662 8271 375 : : : 1662 8271 376 tin tin NN 1662 8271 377 , , , 1662 8271 378 rubber rubber NN 1662 8271 379 , , , 1662 8271 380 natural natural JJ 1662 8271 381 gas gas NN 1662 8271 382 , , , 1662 8271 383 tungsten tungsten NN 1662 8271 384 , , , 1662 8271 385 tantalum tantalum NN 1662 8271 386 , , , 1662 8271 387 timber timber NN 1662 8271 388 , , , 1662 8271 389 lead lead NN 1662 8271 390 , , , 1662 8271 391 fish fish NN 1662 8271 392 , , , 1662 8271 393 gypsum gypsum NN 1662 8271 394 , , , 1662 8271 395 lignite lignite NN 1662 8271 396 , , , 1662 8271 397 fluorite fluorite VB 1662 8271 398 Land Land NNP 1662 8271 399 use use NN 1662 8271 400 : : : 1662 8271 401 arable arable JJ 1662 8271 402 land land NN 1662 8271 403 : : : 1662 8271 404 34 34 CD 1662 8271 405 % % NN 1662 8271 406 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8271 407 crops crop NNS 1662 8271 408 : : : 1662 8271 409 6 6 CD 1662 8271 410 % % NN 1662 8271 411 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8271 412 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8271 413 : : : 1662 8271 414 2 2 CD 1662 8271 415 % % NN 1662 8271 416 forests forest NNS 1662 8271 417 and and CC 1662 8271 418 woodland woodland NN 1662 8271 419 : : : 1662 8271 420 26 26 CD 1662 8271 421 % % NN 1662 8271 422 other other JJ 1662 8271 423 : : : 1662 8271 424 32 32 CD 1662 8271 425 % % NN 1662 8271 426 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8271 427 1993 1993 CD 1662 8271 428 est est NNP 1662 8271 429 . . . 1662 8271 430 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8272 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8272 2 land land NN 1662 8272 3 : : : 1662 8272 4 44,000 44,000 CD 1662 8272 5 sq sq NNP 1662 8272 6 km km NNP 1662 8272 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8272 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8272 9 est est NNP 1662 8272 10 . . . 1662 8272 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8273 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8273 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8273 3 : : : 1662 8273 4 land land NN 1662 8273 5 subsidence subsidence NN 1662 8273 6 in in IN 1662 8273 7 Bangkok Bangkok NNP 1662 8273 8 area area NN 1662 8273 9 resulting result VBG 1662 8273 10 from from IN 1662 8273 11 the the DT 1662 8273 12 depletion depletion NN 1662 8273 13 of of IN 1662 8273 14 the the DT 1662 8273 15 water water NN 1662 8273 16 table table NN 1662 8273 17 ; ; : 1662 8273 18 droughts drought VBZ 1662 8273 19 Environment environment NN 1662 8273 20 - - HYPH 1662 8273 21 current current JJ 1662 8273 22 issues issue NNS 1662 8273 23 : : : 1662 8273 24 air air NN 1662 8273 25 pollution pollution NN 1662 8273 26 from from IN 1662 8273 27 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 8273 28 emissions emission NNS 1662 8273 29 ; ; : 1662 8273 30 water water NN 1662 8273 31 pollution pollution NN 1662 8273 32 from from IN 1662 8273 33 organic organic JJ 1662 8273 34 and and CC 1662 8273 35 factory factory NN 1662 8273 36 wastes waste NNS 1662 8273 37 ; ; , 1662 8273 38 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 8273 39 ; ; , 1662 8273 40 soil soil NN 1662 8273 41 erosion erosion NN 1662 8273 42 ; ; : 1662 8273 43 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 8273 44 populations population NNS 1662 8273 45 threatened threaten VBN 1662 8273 46 by by IN 1662 8273 47 illegal illegal JJ 1662 8273 48 hunting hunt VBG 1662 8273 49 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8273 50 - - HYPH 1662 8273 51 international international JJ 1662 8273 52 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8273 53 : : : 1662 8273 54 party party NN 1662 8273 55 to to TO 1662 8273 56 : : : 1662 8273 57 Climate climate NN 1662 8273 58 Change Change NNP 1662 8273 59 , , , 1662 8273 60 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 8273 61 Species Species NNPS 1662 8273 62 , , , 1662 8273 63 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8273 64 Life Life NNP 1662 8273 65 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 8273 66 , , , 1662 8273 67 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8273 68 Test Test NNP 1662 8273 69 Ban Ban NNP 1662 8273 70 , , , 1662 8273 71 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8273 72 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8273 73 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8273 74 , , , 1662 8273 75 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 8273 76 Timber Timber NNP 1662 8273 77 83 83 CD 1662 8273 78 , , , 1662 8273 79 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 8273 80 Timber Timber NNP 1662 8273 81 94 94 CD 1662 8273 82 signed sign VBD 1662 8273 83 , , , 1662 8273 84 but but CC 1662 8273 85 not not RB 1662 8273 86 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8273 87 : : : 1662 8273 88 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 8273 89 , , , 1662 8273 90 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 8273 91 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 8273 92 , , , 1662 8273 93 Law Law NNP 1662 8273 94 of of IN 1662 8273 95 the the DT 1662 8273 96 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8273 97 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8273 98 - - HYPH 1662 8273 99 note note NN 1662 8273 100 : : : 1662 8273 101 controls control NNS 1662 8273 102 only only JJ 1662 8273 103 land land NN 1662 8273 104 route route NN 1662 8273 105 from from IN 1662 8273 106 Asia Asia NNP 1662 8273 107 to to IN 1662 8273 108 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 8273 109 and and CC 1662 8273 110 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 8273 111 @Thailand @Thailand NNP 1662 8273 112 : : : 1662 8273 113 People People NNS 1662 8273 114 Population Population NNP 1662 8273 115 : : : 1662 8273 116 59,450,818 59,450,818 CD 1662 8273 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8273 118 July July NNP 1662 8273 119 1997 1997 CD 1662 8273 120 est est NNP 1662 8273 121 . . . 1662 8273 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8274 1 Age age NN 1662 8274 2 structure structure NN 1662 8274 3 : : : 1662 8274 4 0 0 CD 1662 8274 5 - - HYPH 1662 8274 6 14 14 CD 1662 8274 7 years year NNS 1662 8274 8 : : : 1662 8274 9 25 25 CD 1662 8274 10 % % NN 1662 8274 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8274 12 male male JJ 1662 8274 13 7,531,192 7,531,192 CD 1662 8274 14 ; ; : 1662 8274 15 female female JJ 1662 8274 16 7,257,574 7,257,574 CD 1662 8274 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8274 18 15 15 CD 1662 8274 19 - - SYM 1662 8274 20 64 64 CD 1662 8274 21 years year NNS 1662 8274 22 : : : 1662 8274 23 69 69 CD 1662 8274 24 % % NN 1662 8274 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8274 26 male male JJ 1662 8274 27 20,308,061 20,308,061 CD 1662 8274 28 ; ; : 1662 8274 29 female female JJ 1662 8274 30 20,902,406 20,902,406 CD 1662 8274 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8274 32 65 65 CD 1662 8274 33 years year NNS 1662 8274 34 and and CC 1662 8274 35 over over IN 1662 8274 36 : : : 1662 8274 37 6 6 CD 1662 8274 38 % % NN 1662 8274 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8274 40 male male NN 1662 8274 41 1,530,905 1,530,905 CD 1662 8274 42 ; ; , 1662 8274 43 female female JJ 1662 8274 44 1,920,680 1,920,680 CD 1662 8274 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8274 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8274 47 July July NNP 1662 8274 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8274 49 est est NNP 1662 8274 50 . . . 1662 8274 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8275 1 Population population NN 1662 8275 2 growth growth NN 1662 8275 3 rate rate NN 1662 8275 4 : : : 1662 8275 5 1 1 CD 1662 8275 6 % % NN 1662 8275 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8275 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8275 9 est est NNP 1662 8275 10 . . . 1662 8275 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8276 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8276 2 rate rate NN 1662 8276 3 : : : 1662 8276 4 17.03 17.03 CD 1662 8276 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 8276 6 population population NN 1662 8276 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8276 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8276 9 est est NNP 1662 8276 10 . . . 1662 8276 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8277 1 Death death NN 1662 8277 2 rate rate NN 1662 8277 3 : : : 1662 8277 4 7.05 7.05 CD 1662 8277 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8277 6 population population NN 1662 8277 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8277 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8277 9 est est NNP 1662 8277 10 . . . 1662 8277 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8278 1 Net net JJ 1662 8278 2 migration migration NN 1662 8278 3 rate rate NN 1662 8278 4 : : : 1662 8278 5 0 0 NFP 1662 8278 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 8278 7 population population NN 1662 8278 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8278 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8278 10 est est NNP 1662 8278 11 . . . 1662 8278 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8279 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8279 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8279 3 : : : 1662 8279 4 at at IN 1662 8279 5 birth birth NN 1662 8279 6 : : : 1662 8279 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 8279 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8279 9 under under IN 1662 8279 10 15 15 CD 1662 8279 11 years year NNS 1662 8279 12 : : : 1662 8279 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 8279 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8279 15 15 15 CD 1662 8279 16 - - HYPH 1662 8279 17 64 64 CD 1662 8279 18 years year NNS 1662 8279 19 : : : 1662 8279 20 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 8279 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8279 22 65 65 CD 1662 8279 23 years year NNS 1662 8279 24 and and CC 1662 8279 25 over over IN 1662 8279 26 : : : 1662 8279 27 0.8 0.8 CD 1662 8279 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 8279 29 total total JJ 1662 8279 30 population population NN 1662 8279 31 : : : 1662 8279 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 8279 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8279 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8279 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8279 36 est e JJS 1662 8279 37 . . . 1662 8279 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8280 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8280 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8280 3 rate rate NN 1662 8280 4 : : : 1662 8280 5 32.1 32.1 CD 1662 8280 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8280 7 live live JJ 1662 8280 8 births birth NNS 1662 8280 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8280 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8280 11 est est NNP 1662 8280 12 . . . 1662 8280 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8281 1 Life life NN 1662 8281 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8281 3 at at IN 1662 8281 4 birth birth NN 1662 8281 5 : : : 1662 8281 6 total total JJ 1662 8281 7 population population NN 1662 8281 8 : : : 1662 8281 9 68.8 68.8 CD 1662 8281 10 years year NNS 1662 8281 11 male male JJ 1662 8281 12 : : : 1662 8281 13 65.12 65.12 CD 1662 8281 14 years year NNS 1662 8281 15 female female JJ 1662 8281 16 : : : 1662 8281 17 72.66 72.66 CD 1662 8281 18 years year NNS 1662 8281 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8281 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8281 21 est est NNP 1662 8281 22 . . . 1662 8281 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8282 1 Total total JJ 1662 8282 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8282 3 rate rate NN 1662 8282 4 : : : 1662 8282 5 1.86 1.86 CD 1662 8282 6 children child NNS 1662 8282 7 born bear VBN 1662 8282 8 / / SYM 1662 8282 9 woman woman NN 1662 8282 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8282 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8282 12 est est NNP 1662 8282 13 . . . 1662 8282 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8283 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8283 2 : : : 1662 8283 3 noun noun NN 1662 8283 4 : : : 1662 8283 5 Thai Thai NNP 1662 8283 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8283 7 singular singular JJ 1662 8283 8 and and CC 1662 8283 9 plural plural JJ 1662 8283 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8283 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 8283 12 : : : 1662 8283 13 Thai Thai NNP 1662 8283 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8283 15 groups group NNS 1662 8283 16 : : : 1662 8283 17 Thai Thai NNP 1662 8283 18 75 75 CD 1662 8283 19 % % NN 1662 8283 20 , , , 1662 8283 21 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 8283 22 14 14 CD 1662 8283 23 % % NN 1662 8283 24 , , , 1662 8283 25 other other JJ 1662 8283 26 11 11 CD 1662 8283 27 % % NN 1662 8283 28 Religions religion NNS 1662 8283 29 : : : 1662 8283 30 Buddhism Buddhism NNP 1662 8283 31 95 95 CD 1662 8283 32 % % NN 1662 8283 33 , , , 1662 8283 34 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 8283 35 3.8 3.8 CD 1662 8283 36 % % NN 1662 8283 37 , , , 1662 8283 38 Christianity Christianity NNP 1662 8283 39 0.5 0.5 CD 1662 8283 40 % % NN 1662 8283 41 , , , 1662 8283 42 Hinduism hinduism NN 1662 8283 43 0.1 0.1 CD 1662 8283 44 % % NN 1662 8283 45 , , , 1662 8283 46 other other JJ 1662 8283 47 0.6 0.6 CD 1662 8283 48 % % NN 1662 8283 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8283 50 1991 1991 CD 1662 8283 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8283 52 Languages language NNS 1662 8283 53 : : : 1662 8283 54 Thai Thai NNP 1662 8283 55 , , , 1662 8283 56 English English NNP 1662 8283 57 the the DT 1662 8283 58 secondary secondary JJ 1662 8283 59 language language NN 1662 8283 60 of of IN 1662 8283 61 the the DT 1662 8283 62 elite elite JJ 1662 8283 63 , , , 1662 8283 64 ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8283 65 and and CC 1662 8283 66 regional regional JJ 1662 8283 67 dialects dialect NNS 1662 8283 68 Literacy literacy NN 1662 8283 69 : : : 1662 8283 70 definition definition NN 1662 8283 71 : : : 1662 8283 72 age age NN 1662 8283 73 15 15 CD 1662 8283 74 and and CC 1662 8283 75 over over RB 1662 8283 76 can can MD 1662 8283 77 read read VB 1662 8283 78 and and CC 1662 8283 79 write write VB 1662 8283 80 total total JJ 1662 8283 81 population population NN 1662 8283 82 : : : 1662 8283 83 93.8 93.8 CD 1662 8283 84 % % NN 1662 8283 85 male male NN 1662 8283 86 : : : 1662 8283 87 96 96 CD 1662 8283 88 % % NN 1662 8283 89 female female NN 1662 8283 90 : : : 1662 8283 91 91.6 91.6 CD 1662 8283 92 % % NN 1662 8283 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8283 94 1995 1995 CD 1662 8283 95 est est NNP 1662 8283 96 . . . 1662 8283 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 1 @Thailand @thailand LS 1662 8284 2 : : : 1662 8284 3 Government Government NNP 1662 8284 4 Country Country NNP 1662 8284 5 name name NN 1662 8284 6 : : : 1662 8284 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8284 8 long long JJ 1662 8284 9 form form NN 1662 8284 10 : : : 1662 8284 11 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 8284 12 of of IN 1662 8284 13 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 8284 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8284 15 short short JJ 1662 8284 16 form form NN 1662 8284 17 : : : 1662 8284 18 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 8284 19 Data Data NNP 1662 8284 20 code code NN 1662 8284 21 : : : 1662 8284 22 TH TH NNP 1662 8284 23 Government Government NNP 1662 8284 24 type type NN 1662 8284 25 : : : 1662 8284 26 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 8284 27 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 8284 28 National national JJ 1662 8284 29 capital capital NN 1662 8284 30 : : : 1662 8284 31 Bangkok Bangkok NNP 1662 8284 32 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 8284 33 divisions division NNS 1662 8284 34 : : : 1662 8284 35 76 76 CD 1662 8284 36 provinces province NNS 1662 8284 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 38 changwat changwat NNP 1662 8284 39 , , , 1662 8284 40 singular singular JJ 1662 8284 41 and and CC 1662 8284 42 plural plural JJ 1662 8284 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 44 ; ; : 1662 8284 45 Amnat Amnat NNP 1662 8284 46 Charoen Charoen NNP 1662 8284 47 , , , 1662 8284 48 Ang Ang NNP 1662 8284 49 Thong Thong NNP 1662 8284 50 , , , 1662 8284 51 Buriram Buriram NNP 1662 8284 52 , , , 1662 8284 53 Chachoengsao Chachoengsao NNP 1662 8284 54 , , , 1662 8284 55 Chai Chai NNP 1662 8284 56 Nat Nat NNP 1662 8284 57 , , , 1662 8284 58 Chaiyaphum Chaiyaphum NNP 1662 8284 59 , , , 1662 8284 60 Chanthaburi Chanthaburi NNP 1662 8284 61 , , , 1662 8284 62 Chiang Chiang NNP 1662 8284 63 Mai Mai NNP 1662 8284 64 , , , 1662 8284 65 Chiang Chiang NNP 1662 8284 66 Rai Rai NNP 1662 8284 67 , , , 1662 8284 68 Chon Chon NNP 1662 8284 69 Buri Buri NNP 1662 8284 70 , , , 1662 8284 71 Chumphon Chumphon NNP 1662 8284 72 , , , 1662 8284 73 Kalasin Kalasin NNP 1662 8284 74 , , , 1662 8284 75 Kamphaeng Kamphaeng NNP 1662 8284 76 Phet Phet NNP 1662 8284 77 , , , 1662 8284 78 Kanchanaburi Kanchanaburi NNP 1662 8284 79 , , , 1662 8284 80 Khon Khon NNP 1662 8284 81 Kaen Kaen NNP 1662 8284 82 , , , 1662 8284 83 Krabi Krabi NNP 1662 8284 84 , , , 1662 8284 85 Krung Krung NNP 1662 8284 86 Thep Thep NNP 1662 8284 87 Mahanakhon Mahanakhon NNP 1662 8284 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 89 Bangkok Bangkok NNP 1662 8284 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 91 , , , 1662 8284 92 Lampang Lampang NNP 1662 8284 93 , , , 1662 8284 94 Lamphun Lamphun NNP 1662 8284 95 , , , 1662 8284 96 Loei Loei NNP 1662 8284 97 , , , 1662 8284 98 Lop Lop NNP 1662 8284 99 Buri Buri NNP 1662 8284 100 , , , 1662 8284 101 Mae Mae NNP 1662 8284 102 Hong Hong NNP 1662 8284 103 Son Son NNP 1662 8284 104 , , , 1662 8284 105 Maha Maha NNP 1662 8284 106 Sarakham Sarakham NNP 1662 8284 107 , , , 1662 8284 108 Mukdahan Mukdahan NNP 1662 8284 109 , , , 1662 8284 110 Nakhon Nakhon NNP 1662 8284 111 Nayok Nayok NNP 1662 8284 112 , , , 1662 8284 113 Nakhon Nakhon NNP 1662 8284 114 Pathom Pathom NNP 1662 8284 115 , , , 1662 8284 116 Nakhon Nakhon NNP 1662 8284 117 Phanom Phanom NNP 1662 8284 118 , , , 1662 8284 119 Nakhon Nakhon NNP 1662 8284 120 Ratchasima Ratchasima NNP 1662 8284 121 , , , 1662 8284 122 Nakhon Nakhon NNP 1662 8284 123 Sawan Sawan NNP 1662 8284 124 , , , 1662 8284 125 Nakhon Nakhon NNP 1662 8284 126 Si Si NNP 1662 8284 127 Thammarat Thammarat NNP 1662 8284 128 , , , 1662 8284 129 Nan Nan NNP 1662 8284 130 , , , 1662 8284 131 Narathiwat Narathiwat NNP 1662 8284 132 , , , 1662 8284 133 Nong Nong NNP 1662 8284 134 Bua Bua NNP 1662 8284 135 Lamphu Lamphu NNP 1662 8284 136 , , , 1662 8284 137 Nong Nong NNP 1662 8284 138 Khai Khai NNP 1662 8284 139 , , , 1662 8284 140 Nonthaburi Nonthaburi NNP 1662 8284 141 , , , 1662 8284 142 Pathum Pathum NNP 1662 8284 143 Thani Thani NNP 1662 8284 144 , , , 1662 8284 145 Pattani Pattani NNP 1662 8284 146 , , , 1662 8284 147 Phangnga Phangnga NNP 1662 8284 148 , , , 1662 8284 149 Phatthalung Phatthalung NNP 1662 8284 150 , , , 1662 8284 151 Phayao Phayao NNP 1662 8284 152 , , , 1662 8284 153 Phetchabun Phetchabun NNP 1662 8284 154 , , , 1662 8284 155 Phetchaburi Phetchaburi NNP 1662 8284 156 , , , 1662 8284 157 Phichit Phichit NNP 1662 8284 158 , , , 1662 8284 159 Phitsanulok Phitsanulok NNP 1662 8284 160 , , , 1662 8284 161 Phra Phra NNP 1662 8284 162 Nakhon Nakhon NNP 1662 8284 163 Si Si NNP 1662 8284 164 Ayutthaya Ayutthaya NNP 1662 8284 165 , , , 1662 8284 166 Phrae Phrae NNP 1662 8284 167 , , , 1662 8284 168 Phuket Phuket NNP 1662 8284 169 , , , 1662 8284 170 Prachin Prachin NNP 1662 8284 171 Buri Buri NNP 1662 8284 172 , , , 1662 8284 173 Prachuap Prachuap NNP 1662 8284 174 Khiri Khiri NNP 1662 8284 175 Khan Khan NNP 1662 8284 176 , , , 1662 8284 177 Ranong Ranong NNP 1662 8284 178 , , , 1662 8284 179 Ratchaburi Ratchaburi NNP 1662 8284 180 , , , 1662 8284 181 Rayong Rayong NNP 1662 8284 182 , , , 1662 8284 183 Roi Roi NNP 1662 8284 184 Et Et NNP 1662 8284 185 , , , 1662 8284 186 Sa Sa NNP 1662 8284 187 Kaeo Kaeo NNP 1662 8284 188 , , , 1662 8284 189 Sakon Sakon NNP 1662 8284 190 Nakhon Nakhon NNP 1662 8284 191 , , , 1662 8284 192 Samut Samut NNP 1662 8284 193 Prakan Prakan NNP 1662 8284 194 , , , 1662 8284 195 Samut Samut NNP 1662 8284 196 Sakhon Sakhon NNP 1662 8284 197 , , , 1662 8284 198 Samut Samut NNP 1662 8284 199 Songkhram Songkhram NNP 1662 8284 200 , , , 1662 8284 201 Sara Sara NNP 1662 8284 202 Buri Buri NNP 1662 8284 203 , , , 1662 8284 204 Satun Satun NNPS 1662 8284 205 , , , 1662 8284 206 Sing Sing NNP 1662 8284 207 Buri Buri NNP 1662 8284 208 , , , 1662 8284 209 Sisaket Sisaket NNP 1662 8284 210 , , , 1662 8284 211 Songkhla Songkhla NNP 1662 8284 212 , , , 1662 8284 213 Sukhothai Sukhothai NNP 1662 8284 214 , , , 1662 8284 215 Suphan Suphan NNP 1662 8284 216 Buri Buri NNP 1662 8284 217 , , , 1662 8284 218 Surat Surat NNP 1662 8284 219 Thani Thani NNP 1662 8284 220 , , , 1662 8284 221 Surin Surin NNP 1662 8284 222 , , , 1662 8284 223 Tak Tak NNP 1662 8284 224 , , , 1662 8284 225 Trang Trang NNP 1662 8284 226 , , , 1662 8284 227 Trat Trat NNP 1662 8284 228 , , , 1662 8284 229 Ubon Ubon NNP 1662 8284 230 Ratchathani Ratchathani NNP 1662 8284 231 , , , 1662 8284 232 Udon Udon NNP 1662 8284 233 Thani Thani NNP 1662 8284 234 , , , 1662 8284 235 Uthai Uthai NNP 1662 8284 236 Thani Thani NNP 1662 8284 237 , , , 1662 8284 238 Uttaradit Uttaradit NNP 1662 8284 239 , , , 1662 8284 240 Yala Yala NNP 1662 8284 241 , , , 1662 8284 242 Yasothon Yasothon NNP 1662 8284 243 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8284 244 : : : 1662 8284 245 1238 1238 CD 1662 8284 246 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 247 traditional traditional JJ 1662 8284 248 founding founding NN 1662 8284 249 date date NN 1662 8284 250 ; ; : 1662 8284 251 never never RB 1662 8284 252 colonized colonize VBN 1662 8284 253 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 254 National national JJ 1662 8284 255 holiday holiday NN 1662 8284 256 : : : 1662 8284 257 Birthday birthday NN 1662 8284 258 of of IN 1662 8284 259 His -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8284 260 Majesty Majesty NNP 1662 8284 261 the the DT 1662 8284 262 King King NNP 1662 8284 263 , , , 1662 8284 264 5 5 CD 1662 8284 265 December December NNP 1662 8284 266 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 267 1927 1927 CD 1662 8284 268 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 269 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 8284 270 : : : 1662 8284 271 new new JJ 1662 8284 272 constitution constitution NN 1662 8284 273 approved approve VBD 1662 8284 274 7 7 CD 1662 8284 275 December December NNP 1662 8284 276 1991 1991 CD 1662 8284 277 ; ; : 1662 8284 278 amended amend VBN 1662 8284 279 10 10 CD 1662 8284 280 June June NNP 1662 8284 281 1992 1992 CD 1662 8284 282 ; ; : 1662 8284 283 new new JJ 1662 8284 284 constitution constitution NN 1662 8284 285 currently currently RB 1662 8284 286 being be VBG 1662 8284 287 drafted draft VBN 1662 8284 288 with with IN 1662 8284 289 completion completion NN 1662 8284 290 expected expect VBN 1662 8284 291 by by IN 1662 8284 292 the the DT 1662 8284 293 end end NN 1662 8284 294 of of IN 1662 8284 295 1997 1997 CD 1662 8284 296 Legal legal JJ 1662 8284 297 system system NN 1662 8284 298 : : : 1662 8284 299 based base VBN 1662 8284 300 on on IN 1662 8284 301 civil civil JJ 1662 8284 302 law law NN 1662 8284 303 system system NN 1662 8284 304 , , , 1662 8284 305 with with IN 1662 8284 306 influences influence NNS 1662 8284 307 of of IN 1662 8284 308 common common JJ 1662 8284 309 law law NN 1662 8284 310 ; ; : 1662 8284 311 has have VBZ 1662 8284 312 not not RB 1662 8284 313 accepted accept VBN 1662 8284 314 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 8284 315 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 8284 316 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 8284 317 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 8284 318 : : : 1662 8284 319 18 18 CD 1662 8284 320 years year NNS 1662 8284 321 of of IN 1662 8284 322 age age NN 1662 8284 323 ; ; : 1662 8284 324 universal universal JJ 1662 8284 325 Executive Executive NNP 1662 8284 326 branch branch NN 1662 8284 327 : : : 1662 8284 328 chief chief NN 1662 8284 329 of of IN 1662 8284 330 state state NN 1662 8284 331 : : : 1662 8284 332 King King NNP 1662 8284 333 PHUMIPHON PHUMIPHON NNP 1662 8284 334 Adunyadet Adunyadet NNP 1662 8284 335 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 336 since since IN 1662 8284 337 9 9 CD 1662 8284 338 June June NNP 1662 8284 339 1946 1946 CD 1662 8284 340 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 341 ; ; : 1662 8284 342 Heir heir VB 1662 8284 343 Apparent apparent JJ 1662 8284 344 Crown Crown NNP 1662 8284 345 Prince Prince NNP 1662 8284 346 WACHIRALONGKON WACHIRALONGKON NNP 1662 8284 347 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 348 born bear VBN 1662 8284 349 28 28 CD 1662 8284 350 July July NNP 1662 8284 351 1952 1952 CD 1662 8284 352 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 353 head head NN 1662 8284 354 of of IN 1662 8284 355 government government NN 1662 8284 356 : : : 1662 8284 357 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8284 358 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8284 359 CHAWALIT CHAWALIT NNP 1662 8284 360 Yongchaiyut Yongchaiyut NNP 1662 8284 361 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 362 since since IN 1662 8284 363 25 25 CD 1662 8284 364 November November NNP 1662 8284 365 1996 1996 CD 1662 8284 366 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 367 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 8284 368 : : : 1662 8284 369 Council Council NNP 1662 8284 370 of of IN 1662 8284 371 Ministers Ministers NNP 1662 8284 372 note note VBP 1662 8284 373 : : : 1662 8284 374 there there EX 1662 8284 375 is be VBZ 1662 8284 376 also also RB 1662 8284 377 a a DT 1662 8284 378 Privy Privy NNP 1662 8284 379 Council Council NNP 1662 8284 380 elections election NNS 1662 8284 381 : : : 1662 8284 382 none none NN 1662 8284 383 ; ; : 1662 8284 384 the the DT 1662 8284 385 king king NN 1662 8284 386 is be VBZ 1662 8284 387 a a DT 1662 8284 388 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 8284 389 monarch monarch NN 1662 8284 390 ; ; : 1662 8284 391 prime prime NNP 1662 8284 392 minister minister NNP 1662 8284 393 designated designate VBN 1662 8284 394 from from IN 1662 8284 395 among among IN 1662 8284 396 the the DT 1662 8284 397 members member NNS 1662 8284 398 of of IN 1662 8284 399 the the DT 1662 8284 400 House House NNP 1662 8284 401 of of IN 1662 8284 402 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 8284 403 ; ; : 1662 8284 404 following follow VBG 1662 8284 405 elections election NNS 1662 8284 406 in in IN 1662 8284 407 the the DT 1662 8284 408 House House NNP 1662 8284 409 of of IN 1662 8284 410 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 8284 411 , , , 1662 8284 412 the the DT 1662 8284 413 leader leader NN 1662 8284 414 of of IN 1662 8284 415 the the DT 1662 8284 416 party party NN 1662 8284 417 that that WDT 1662 8284 418 wins win VBZ 1662 8284 419 a a DT 1662 8284 420 plurality plurality NN 1662 8284 421 of of IN 1662 8284 422 seats seat NNS 1662 8284 423 usually usually RB 1662 8284 424 becomes become VBZ 1662 8284 425 prime prime JJ 1662 8284 426 minister minister NN 1662 8284 427 Legislative Legislative NNP 1662 8284 428 branch branch NN 1662 8284 429 : : : 1662 8284 430 bicameral bicameral NNP 1662 8284 431 National National NNP 1662 8284 432 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8284 433 or or CC 1662 8284 434 Rathasapha Rathasapha NNP 1662 8284 435 consists consist VBZ 1662 8284 436 of of IN 1662 8284 437 the the DT 1662 8284 438 Senate Senate NNP 1662 8284 439 or or CC 1662 8284 440 Wuthisapha Wuthisapha NNP 1662 8284 441 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 442 a a DT 1662 8284 443 270-member 270-member CD 1662 8284 444 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8284 445 body body NN 1662 8284 446 ; ; : 1662 8284 447 members member NNS 1662 8284 448 serve serve VBP 1662 8284 449 six six CD 1662 8284 450 - - HYPH 1662 8284 451 year year NN 1662 8284 452 terms term NNS 1662 8284 453 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 454 and and CC 1662 8284 455 the the DT 1662 8284 456 House House NNP 1662 8284 457 of of IN 1662 8284 458 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 8284 459 or or CC 1662 8284 460 Sapha Sapha NNP 1662 8284 461 Phuthaen Phuthaen NNP 1662 8284 462 Ratsadon Ratsadon NNP 1662 8284 463 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 464 393 393 CD 1662 8284 465 seats seat NNS 1662 8284 466 ; ; : 1662 8284 467 members member NNS 1662 8284 468 elected elect VBN 1662 8284 469 by by IN 1662 8284 470 popular popular JJ 1662 8284 471 vote vote NN 1662 8284 472 to to TO 1662 8284 473 serve serve VB 1662 8284 474 four four CD 1662 8284 475 - - HYPH 1662 8284 476 year year NN 1662 8284 477 terms term NNS 1662 8284 478 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 479 elections election NNS 1662 8284 480 : : : 1662 8284 481 House House NNP 1662 8284 482 of of IN 1662 8284 483 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 8284 484 - - HYPH 1662 8284 485 last last RB 1662 8284 486 held hold VBD 1662 8284 487 17 17 CD 1662 8284 488 November November NNP 1662 8284 489 1996 1996 CD 1662 8284 490 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 491 next next JJ 1662 8284 492 scheduled schedule VBN 1662 8284 493 to to TO 1662 8284 494 be be VB 1662 8284 495 held hold VBN 1662 8284 496 by by IN 1662 8284 497 17 17 CD 1662 8284 498 November November NNP 1662 8284 499 2000 2000 CD 1662 8284 500 , , , 1662 8284 501 but but CC 1662 8284 502 may may MD 1662 8284 503 be be VB 1662 8284 504 held hold VBN 1662 8284 505 earlier early RBR 1662 8284 506 as as IN 1662 8284 507 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8284 508 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8284 509 CHAWALIT CHAWALIT NNP 1662 8284 510 has have VBZ 1662 8284 511 promised promise VBN 1662 8284 512 to to TO 1662 8284 513 hold hold VB 1662 8284 514 elections election NNS 1662 8284 515 after after IN 1662 8284 516 the the DT 1662 8284 517 draft draft NN 1662 8284 518 of of IN 1662 8284 519 the the DT 1662 8284 520 new new JJ 1662 8284 521 constitution constitution NN 1662 8284 522 is be VBZ 1662 8284 523 complete complete JJ 1662 8284 524 and and CC 1662 8284 525 that that WDT 1662 8284 526 is be VBZ 1662 8284 527 scheduled schedule VBN 1662 8284 528 for for IN 1662 8284 529 the the DT 1662 8284 530 end end NN 1662 8284 531 of of IN 1662 8284 532 1997 1997 CD 1662 8284 533 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 534 election election NN 1662 8284 535 results result NNS 1662 8284 536 : : : 1662 8284 537 House House NNP 1662 8284 538 of of IN 1662 8284 539 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 8284 540 - - HYPH 1662 8284 541 percent percent NN 1662 8284 542 of of IN 1662 8284 543 vote vote NN 1662 8284 544 by by IN 1662 8284 545 party party NN 1662 8284 546 - - HYPH 1662 8284 547 NA NA NNP 1662 8284 548 ; ; , 1662 8284 549 seats seat NNS 1662 8284 550 by by IN 1662 8284 551 party party NNP 1662 8284 552 - - HYPH 1662 8284 553 NAP NAP NNP 1662 8284 554 125 125 CD 1662 8284 555 , , , 1662 8284 556 DP DP NNP 1662 8284 557 123 123 CD 1662 8284 558 , , , 1662 8284 559 NDP NDP NNP 1662 8284 560 52 52 CD 1662 8284 561 , , , 1662 8284 562 TNP TNP NNP 1662 8284 563 39 39 CD 1662 8284 564 , , , 1662 8284 565 SAP sap NN 1662 8284 566 20 20 CD 1662 8284 567 , , , 1662 8284 568 TCP TCP NNP 1662 8284 569 18 18 CD 1662 8284 570 , , , 1662 8284 571 SP SP NNP 1662 8284 572 8 8 CD 1662 8284 573 , , , 1662 8284 574 LDP LDP NNP 1662 8284 575 4 4 CD 1662 8284 576 , , , 1662 8284 577 MP MP NNP 1662 8284 578 2 2 CD 1662 8284 579 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 8284 580 branch branch NN 1662 8284 581 : : : 1662 8284 582 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8284 583 Court Court NNP 1662 8284 584 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 585 Sandika Sandika NNP 1662 8284 586 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 587 , , , 1662 8284 588 judges judge NNS 1662 8284 589 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8284 590 by by IN 1662 8284 591 the the DT 1662 8284 592 king king NN 1662 8284 593 Political political JJ 1662 8284 594 parties party NNS 1662 8284 595 and and CC 1662 8284 596 leaders leader NNS 1662 8284 597 : : : 1662 8284 598 Thai Thai NNP 1662 8284 599 Nation Nation NNP 1662 8284 600 Party Party NNP 1662 8284 601 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 602 TNP TNP NNP 1662 8284 603 or or CC 1662 8284 604 Chat Chat NNP 1662 8284 605 Thai Thai NNP 1662 8284 606 Party Party NNP 1662 8284 607 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 608 , , , 1662 8284 609 BANHAN BANHAN NNP 1662 8284 610 Sinlapa Sinlapa NNP 1662 8284 611 - - HYPH 1662 8284 612 acha acha NNP 1662 8284 613 ; ; : 1662 8284 614 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8284 615 Party Party NNP 1662 8284 616 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 617 DP DP NNP 1662 8284 618 or or CC 1662 8284 619 Prachathipat Prachathipat NNP 1662 8284 620 Party Party NNP 1662 8284 621 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 622 , , , 1662 8284 623 CHUAN CHUAN NNP 1662 8284 624 Likphai Likphai NNP 1662 8284 625 ; ; : 1662 8284 626 New New NNP 1662 8284 627 Aspiration Aspiration NNP 1662 8284 628 Party Party NNP 1662 8284 629 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 630 NAP NAP NNP 1662 8284 631 or or CC 1662 8284 632 Khwamwang Khwamwang NNP 1662 8284 633 Mai Mai NNP 1662 8284 634 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 635 , , , 1662 8284 636 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 8284 637 CHAWALIT CHAWALIT NNP 1662 8284 638 Yongchaiyut Yongchaiyut NNP 1662 8284 639 ; ; : 1662 8284 640 National National NNP 1662 8284 641 Development Development NNP 1662 8284 642 Party Party NNP 1662 8284 643 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 644 NDP NDP NNP 1662 8284 645 or or CC 1662 8284 646 Chat Chat NNP 1662 8284 647 Phattana Phattana NNP 1662 8284 648 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 649 , , , 1662 8284 650 CHATCHAI CHATCHAI NNP 1662 8284 651 Chunhawan Chunhawan NNP 1662 8284 652 ; ; , 1662 8284 653 Phalang Phalang NNP 1662 8284 654 Dharma Dharma NNP 1662 8284 655 Party Party NNP 1662 8284 656 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 657 PDP PDP NNP 1662 8284 658 or or CC 1662 8284 659 Phalang Phalang NNP 1662 8284 660 Tham Tham NNP 1662 8284 661 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 662 , , , 1662 8284 663 SUDARAT SUDARAT NNP 1662 8284 664 Keyuraphan Keyuraphan NNP 1662 8284 665 ; ; : 1662 8284 666 Social Social NNP 1662 8284 667 Action Action NNP 1662 8284 668 Party Party NNP 1662 8284 669 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 670 SAP SAP NNP 1662 8284 671 or or CC 1662 8284 672 Kitsangkhom Kitsangkhom NNP 1662 8284 673 Party Party NNP 1662 8284 674 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 675 , , , 1662 8284 676 MONTRI MONTRI NNP 1662 8284 677 Phongphanit Phongphanit NNP 1662 8284 678 ; ; : 1662 8284 679 Thai Thai NNP 1662 8284 680 Citizen Citizen NNP 1662 8284 681 's 's POS 1662 8284 682 Party Party NNP 1662 8284 683 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 684 TCP TCP NNP 1662 8284 685 or or CC 1662 8284 686 Prachakon Prachakon NNP 1662 8284 687 Thai Thai NNP 1662 8284 688 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 689 , , , 1662 8284 690 SAMAK SAMAK NNP 1662 8284 691 Sunthonwet Sunthonwet NNP 1662 8284 692 ; ; : 1662 8284 693 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 8284 694 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8284 695 Party Party NNP 1662 8284 696 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 697 LDP LDP NNP 1662 8284 698 or or CC 1662 8284 699 Seri Seri NNP 1662 8284 700 Tham Tham NNP 1662 8284 701 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 702 , , , 1662 8284 703 PHINIT PHINIT NNP 1662 8284 704 Charusombat Charusombat NNP 1662 8284 705 ; ; : 1662 8284 706 Solidarity Solidarity NNP 1662 8284 707 Party Party NNP 1662 8284 708 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 709 SP SP NNP 1662 8284 710 or or CC 1662 8284 711 Ekkaphap Ekkaphap NNP 1662 8284 712 Party Party NNP 1662 8284 713 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 714 , , , 1662 8284 715 UTHAI UTHAI NNP 1662 8284 716 Phimchaichon Phimchaichon NNP 1662 8284 717 ; ; : 1662 8284 718 Mass Mass NNP 1662 8284 719 Party Party NNP 1662 8284 720 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8284 721 MP MP NNP 1662 8284 722 or or CC 1662 8284 723 Muanchon Muanchon NNP 1662 8284 724 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8284 725 , , , 1662 8284 726 Pol Pol NNP 1662 8284 727 . . . 1662 8285 1 Cpt Cpt NNP 1662 8285 2 . . . 1662 8286 1 CHALOEM CHALOEM NNP 1662 8286 2 Yubamrung Yubamrung NNP 1662 8286 3 International international JJ 1662 8286 4 organization organization NN 1662 8286 5 participation participation NN 1662 8286 6 : : : 1662 8286 7 APEC APEC NNP 1662 8286 8 , , , 1662 8286 9 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 8286 10 , , , 1662 8286 11 ASEAN ASEAN NNP 1662 8286 12 , , , 1662 8286 13 CCC CCC NNP 1662 8286 14 , , , 1662 8286 15 CP CP NNP 1662 8286 16 , , , 1662 8286 17 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 8286 18 , , , 1662 8286 19 FAO FAO NNP 1662 8286 20 , , , 1662 8286 21 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 8286 22 , , , 1662 8286 23 IAEA iaea NN 1662 8286 24 , , , 1662 8286 25 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 8286 26 , , , 1662 8286 27 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 8286 28 , , , 1662 8286 29 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 8286 30 , , , 1662 8286 31 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 8286 32 , , , 1662 8286 33 IDA IDA NNP 1662 8286 34 , , , 1662 8286 35 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 8286 36 , , , 1662 8286 37 IFC IFC NNP 1662 8286 38 , , , 1662 8286 39 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 8286 40 , , , 1662 8286 41 IHO IHO NNP 1662 8286 42 , , , 1662 8286 43 ILO ILO NNP 1662 8286 44 , , , 1662 8286 45 IMF IMF NNP 1662 8286 46 , , , 1662 8286 47 IMO imo RB 1662 8286 48 , , , 1662 8286 49 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 8286 50 , , , 1662 8286 51 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8286 52 , , , 1662 8286 53 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 8286 54 , , , 1662 8286 55 IOC IOC NNP 1662 8286 56 , , , 1662 8286 57 IOM IOM NNP 1662 8286 58 , , , 1662 8286 59 ISO ISO NNP 1662 8286 60 , , , 1662 8286 61 ITU ITU NNP 1662 8286 62 , , , 1662 8286 63 Mekong Mekong NNP 1662 8286 64 Group Group NNP 1662 8286 65 , , , 1662 8286 66 NAM NAM NNP 1662 8286 67 , , , 1662 8286 68 PCA PCA NNP 1662 8286 69 , , , 1662 8286 70 UN UN NNP 1662 8286 71 , , , 1662 8286 72 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 8286 73 , , , 1662 8286 74 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 8286 75 , , , 1662 8286 76 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 8286 77 , , , 1662 8286 78 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 8286 79 , , , 1662 8286 80 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 8286 81 , , , 1662 8286 82 UNU UNU NNP 1662 8286 83 , , , 1662 8286 84 UPU UPU NNP 1662 8286 85 , , , 1662 8286 86 WCL WCL NNP 1662 8286 87 , , , 1662 8286 88 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 8286 89 , , , 1662 8286 90 WHO who WP 1662 8286 91 , , , 1662 8286 92 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 8286 93 , , , 1662 8286 94 WMO WMO NNP 1662 8286 95 , , , 1662 8286 96 WTrO wtro VB 1662 8286 97 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8286 98 representation representation NN 1662 8286 99 in in IN 1662 8286 100 the the DT 1662 8286 101 US US NNP 1662 8286 102 : : : 1662 8286 103 chief chief NN 1662 8286 104 of of IN 1662 8286 105 mission mission NN 1662 8286 106 : : : 1662 8286 107 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 8286 108 NIT NIT NNP 1662 8286 109 Phibunsongkhram Phibunsongkhram NNP 1662 8286 110 chancery chancery NN 1662 8286 111 : : : 1662 8286 112 1024 1024 CD 1662 8286 113 Wisconsin Wisconsin NNP 1662 8286 114 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 8286 115 NW NW NNP 1662 8286 116 , , , 1662 8286 117 Washington Washington NNP 1662 8286 118 , , , 1662 8286 119 DC DC NNP 1662 8286 120 20007 20007 CD 1662 8286 121 telephone telephone NN 1662 8286 122 : : : 1662 8286 123 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8286 124 1 1 CD 1662 8286 125 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8286 126 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8286 127 202 202 CD 1662 8286 128 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8286 129 944 944 CD 1662 8286 130 - - HYPH 1662 8286 131 3600 3600 CD 1662 8286 132 FAX FAX NNP 1662 8286 133 : : : 1662 8286 134 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8286 135 1 1 CD 1662 8286 136 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8286 137 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8286 138 202 202 CD 1662 8286 139 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8286 140 944 944 CD 1662 8286 141 - - HYPH 1662 8286 142 3611 3611 CD 1662 8286 143 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 8286 144 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8286 145 general general NN 1662 8286 146 : : : 1662 8286 147 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 8286 148 , , , 1662 8286 149 Los Los NNP 1662 8286 150 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 8286 151 , , , 1662 8286 152 and and CC 1662 8286 153 New New NNP 1662 8286 154 York York NNP 1662 8286 155 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8286 156 representation representation NN 1662 8286 157 from from IN 1662 8286 158 the the DT 1662 8286 159 US US NNP 1662 8286 160 : : : 1662 8286 161 chief chief NN 1662 8286 162 of of IN 1662 8286 163 mission mission NN 1662 8286 164 : : : 1662 8286 165 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 8286 166 William William NNP 1662 8286 167 H. H. NNP 1662 8286 168 ITOH ITOH NNP 1662 8286 169 embassy embassy NN 1662 8286 170 : : : 1662 8286 171 120/22 120/22 CD 1662 8286 172 Wireless Wireless NNP 1662 8286 173 Road Road NNP 1662 8286 174 , , , 1662 8286 175 Bangkok Bangkok NNP 1662 8286 176 mailing mail VBG 1662 8286 177 address address NN 1662 8286 178 : : : 1662 8286 179 APO APO NNP 1662 8286 180 AP AP NNP 1662 8286 181 96546 96546 CD 1662 8286 182 telephone telephone NN 1662 8286 183 : : : 1662 8286 184 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8286 185 66 66 CD 1662 8286 186 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8286 187 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8286 188 2 2 CD 1662 8286 189 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8286 190 205 205 CD 1662 8286 191 - - SYM 1662 8286 192 4000 4000 CD 1662 8286 193 FAX FAX NNP 1662 8286 194 : : : 1662 8286 195 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8286 196 66 66 CD 1662 8286 197 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8286 198 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8286 199 2 2 CD 1662 8286 200 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8286 201 254 254 CD 1662 8286 202 - - SYM 1662 8286 203 2990 2990 CD 1662 8286 204 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 8286 205 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8286 206 general general NN 1662 8286 207 : : : 1662 8286 208 Chiang Chiang NNP 1662 8286 209 Mai Mai NNP 1662 8286 210 Flag Flag NNP 1662 8286 211 description description NN 1662 8286 212 : : : 1662 8286 213 five five CD 1662 8286 214 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 8286 215 bands band NNS 1662 8286 216 of of IN 1662 8286 217 red red JJ 1662 8286 218 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8286 219 top top NNP 1662 8286 220 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8286 221 , , , 1662 8286 222 white white JJ 1662 8286 223 , , , 1662 8286 224 blue blue JJ 1662 8286 225 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8286 226 double double JJ 1662 8286 227 width width NN 1662 8286 228 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8286 229 , , , 1662 8286 230 white white JJ 1662 8286 231 , , , 1662 8286 232 and and CC 1662 8286 233 red red JJ 1662 8286 234 Economy Economy NNP 1662 8286 235 Economy Economy NNP 1662 8286 236 - - HYPH 1662 8286 237 overview overview NN 1662 8286 238 : : : 1662 8286 239 One one CD 1662 8286 240 of of IN 1662 8286 241 the the DT 1662 8286 242 more more RBR 1662 8286 243 advanced advanced JJ 1662 8286 244 developing develop VBG 1662 8286 245 countries country NNS 1662 8286 246 in in IN 1662 8286 247 Asia Asia NNP 1662 8286 248 , , , 1662 8286 249 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 8286 250 depends depend VBZ 1662 8286 251 on on IN 1662 8286 252 exports export NNS 1662 8286 253 of of IN 1662 8286 254 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 8286 255 - - : 1662 8286 256 including include VBG 1662 8286 257 high high JJ 1662 8286 258 - - HYPH 1662 8286 259 technology technology NN 1662 8286 260 goods good NNS 1662 8286 261 - - : 1662 8286 262 and and CC 1662 8286 263 the the DT 1662 8286 264 development development NN 1662 8286 265 of of IN 1662 8286 266 the the DT 1662 8286 267 service service NN 1662 8286 268 sector sector NN 1662 8286 269 to to TO 1662 8286 270 fuel fuel VB 1662 8286 271 the the DT 1662 8286 272 country country NN 1662 8286 273 's 's POS 1662 8286 274 rapid rapid JJ 1662 8286 275 growth growth NN 1662 8286 276 , , , 1662 8286 277 averaging average VBG 1662 8286 278 9 9 CD 1662 8286 279 % % NN 1662 8286 280 since since IN 1662 8286 281 1989 1989 CD 1662 8286 282 . . . 1662 8287 1 Most Most JJS 1662 8287 2 of of IN 1662 8287 3 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 8287 4 's 's POS 1662 8287 5 recent recent JJ 1662 8287 6 imports import NNS 1662 8287 7 have have VBP 1662 8287 8 been be VBN 1662 8287 9 for for IN 1662 8287 10 capital capital NN 1662 8287 11 equipment equipment NN 1662 8287 12 and and CC 1662 8287 13 raw raw JJ 1662 8287 14 materials material NNS 1662 8287 15 , , , 1662 8287 16 although although IN 1662 8287 17 imports import NNS 1662 8287 18 of of IN 1662 8287 19 consumer consumer NN 1662 8287 20 goods good NNS 1662 8287 21 are be VBP 1662 8287 22 beginning begin VBG 1662 8287 23 to to TO 1662 8287 24 rise rise VB 1662 8287 25 . . . 1662 8288 1 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 8288 2 's 's POS 1662 8288 3 35 35 CD 1662 8288 4 % % NN 1662 8288 5 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8288 6 savings savings NN 1662 8288 7 rate rate NN 1662 8288 8 is be VBZ 1662 8288 9 a a DT 1662 8288 10 key key JJ 1662 8288 11 source source NN 1662 8288 12 of of IN 1662 8288 13 capital capital NN 1662 8288 14 for for IN 1662 8288 15 the the DT 1662 8288 16 economy economy NN 1662 8288 17 , , , 1662 8288 18 and and CC 1662 8288 19 the the DT 1662 8288 20 country country NN 1662 8288 21 is be VBZ 1662 8288 22 also also RB 1662 8288 23 benefiting benefit VBG 1662 8288 24 from from IN 1662 8288 25 rising rise VBG 1662 8288 26 investment investment NN 1662 8288 27 from from IN 1662 8288 28 abroad abroad RB 1662 8288 29 . . . 1662 8289 1 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8289 2 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8289 3 CHAWALIT CHAWALIT NNP 1662 8289 4 's 's POS 1662 8289 5 government government NN 1662 8289 6 - - : 1662 8289 7 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 8289 8 's 's POS 1662 8289 9 seventh seventh JJ 1662 8289 10 government government NN 1662 8289 11 in in IN 1662 8289 12 six six CD 1662 8289 13 years year NNS 1662 8289 14 - - : 1662 8289 15 will will MD 1662 8289 16 continue continue VB 1662 8289 17 Bangkok Bangkok NNP 1662 8289 18 's 's POS 1662 8289 19 probusiness probusiness JJ 1662 8289 20 policies policy NNS 1662 8289 21 and and CC 1662 8289 22 reemphasize reemphasize VB 1662 8289 23 Bangkok Bangkok NNP 1662 8289 24 's 's POS 1662 8289 25 traditional traditional JJ 1662 8289 26 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8289 27 austerity austerity NN 1662 8289 28 . . . 1662 8290 1 CHAWALIT CHAWALIT NNP 1662 8290 2 is be VBZ 1662 8290 3 beginning begin VBG 1662 8290 4 to to TO 1662 8290 5 address address VB 1662 8290 6 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 8290 7 's 's POS 1662 8290 8 serious serious JJ 1662 8290 9 infrastructure infrastructure NN 1662 8290 10 bottlenecks bottleneck NNS 1662 8290 11 , , , 1662 8290 12 especially especially RB 1662 8290 13 in in IN 1662 8290 14 the the DT 1662 8290 15 transport transport NN 1662 8290 16 and and CC 1662 8290 17 telecommunications telecommunication NNS 1662 8290 18 sectors sector NNS 1662 8290 19 . . . 1662 8291 1 Over over IN 1662 8291 2 the the DT 1662 8291 3 longer long JJR 1662 8291 4 term term NN 1662 8291 5 , , , 1662 8291 6 Bangkok Bangkok NNP 1662 8291 7 must must MD 1662 8291 8 produce produce VB 1662 8291 9 more more JJR 1662 8291 10 college college NN 1662 8291 11 graduates graduate NNS 1662 8291 12 with with IN 1662 8291 13 technical technical JJ 1662 8291 14 training training NN 1662 8291 15 and and CC 1662 8291 16 upgrade upgrade VB 1662 8291 17 workers worker NNS 1662 8291 18 ' ' POS 1662 8291 19 skills skill NNS 1662 8291 20 to to TO 1662 8291 21 continue continue VB 1662 8291 22 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8291 23 rapid rapid JJ 1662 8291 24 economic economic JJ 1662 8291 25 development development NN 1662 8291 26 . . . 1662 8292 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8292 2 : : : 1662 8292 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 8292 4 power power NN 1662 8292 5 parity parity NN 1662 8292 6 - - : 1662 8292 7 $ $ $ 1662 8292 8 455.7 455.7 CD 1662 8292 9 billion billion CD 1662 8292 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8292 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 8292 12 est est NNP 1662 8292 13 . . . 1662 8292 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8293 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8293 2 - - HYPH 1662 8293 3 real real JJ 1662 8293 4 growth growth NN 1662 8293 5 rate rate NN 1662 8293 6 : : : 1662 8293 7 6.7 6.7 CD 1662 8293 8 % % NN 1662 8293 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8293 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 8293 11 est est NNP 1662 8293 12 . . . 1662 8293 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8294 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8294 2 - - HYPH 1662 8294 3 per per FW 1662 8294 4 capita capita NN 1662 8294 5 : : : 1662 8294 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 8294 7 power power NN 1662 8294 8 parity parity NN 1662 8294 9 - - : 1662 8294 10 $ $ $ 1662 8294 11 7,700 7,700 CD 1662 8294 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8294 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 8294 14 est est NNP 1662 8294 15 . . . 1662 8294 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8295 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8295 2 - - HYPH 1662 8295 3 composition composition NN 1662 8295 4 by by IN 1662 8295 5 sector sector NN 1662 8295 6 : : : 1662 8295 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8295 8 : : : 1662 8295 9 10.5 10.5 CD 1662 8295 10 % % NN 1662 8295 11 industry industry NN 1662 8295 12 : : : 1662 8295 13 30.5 30.5 CD 1662 8295 14 % % NN 1662 8295 15 services service NNS 1662 8295 16 : : : 1662 8295 17 59 59 CD 1662 8295 18 % % NN 1662 8295 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8295 20 1996 1996 CD 1662 8295 21 est est NNP 1662 8295 22 . . . 1662 8295 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8296 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 8296 2 rate rate NN 1662 8296 3 - - HYPH 1662 8296 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 8296 5 price price NN 1662 8296 6 index index NN 1662 8296 7 : : : 1662 8296 8 5.9 5.9 CD 1662 8296 9 % % NN 1662 8296 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8296 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 8296 12 est est NNP 1662 8296 13 . . . 1662 8296 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8297 1 Labor labor NN 1662 8297 2 force force NN 1662 8297 3 : : : 1662 8297 4 total total NN 1662 8297 5 : : : 1662 8297 6 34.03 34.03 CD 1662 8297 7 million million CD 1662 8297 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8297 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 8297 10 est est NNP 1662 8297 11 . . . 1662 8297 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8298 1 by by IN 1662 8298 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 8298 3 : : : 1662 8298 4 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8298 5 57 57 CD 1662 8298 6 % % NN 1662 8298 7 , , , 1662 8298 8 industry industry NN 1662 8298 9 17 17 CD 1662 8298 10 % % NN 1662 8298 11 , , , 1662 8298 12 commerce commerce NN 1662 8298 13 11 11 CD 1662 8298 14 % % NN 1662 8298 15 , , , 1662 8298 16 services service NNS 1662 8298 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8298 18 including include VBG 1662 8298 19 government government NN 1662 8298 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8298 21 15 15 CD 1662 8298 22 % % NN 1662 8298 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8298 24 1993 1993 CD 1662 8298 25 est est NNP 1662 8298 26 . . . 1662 8298 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8299 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 8299 2 rate rate NN 1662 8299 3 : : : 1662 8299 4 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 8299 5 % % NN 1662 8299 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8299 7 1996 1996 CD 1662 8299 8 est est NNP 1662 8299 9 . . . 1662 8299 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8300 1 Budget budget NN 1662 8300 2 : : : 1662 8300 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 8300 4 : : : 1662 8300 5 $ $ $ 1662 8300 6 28.4 28.4 CD 1662 8300 7 billion billion CD 1662 8300 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8300 9 : : : 1662 8300 10 $ $ $ 1662 8300 11 28.4 28.4 CD 1662 8300 12 billion billion CD 1662 8300 13 , , , 1662 8300 14 including include VBG 1662 8300 15 capital capital NN 1662 8300 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8300 17 of of IN 1662 8300 18 $ $ $ 1662 8300 19 6.1 6.1 CD 1662 8300 20 billion billion CD 1662 8300 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8300 22 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 8300 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8300 24 Industries industry NNS 1662 8300 25 : : : 1662 8300 26 tourism tourism NN 1662 8300 27 ; ; : 1662 8300 28 textiles textile NNS 1662 8300 29 and and CC 1662 8300 30 garments garment NNS 1662 8300 31 , , , 1662 8300 32 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8300 33 processing processing NN 1662 8300 34 , , , 1662 8300 35 beverages beverage NNS 1662 8300 36 , , , 1662 8300 37 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 8300 38 , , , 1662 8300 39 cement cement NN 1662 8300 40 , , , 1662 8300 41 light light NN 1662 8300 42 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 8300 43 , , , 1662 8300 44 such such JJ 1662 8300 45 as as IN 1662 8300 46 jewelry jewelry NN 1662 8300 47 ; ; : 1662 8300 48 electric electric JJ 1662 8300 49 appliances appliance NNS 1662 8300 50 and and CC 1662 8300 51 components component NNS 1662 8300 52 , , , 1662 8300 53 integrated integrated JJ 1662 8300 54 circuits circuit NNS 1662 8300 55 , , , 1662 8300 56 furniture furniture NN 1662 8300 57 , , , 1662 8300 58 plastics plastic NNS 1662 8300 59 ; ; : 1662 8300 60 world world NN 1662 8300 61 's 's POS 1662 8300 62 second second RB 1662 8300 63 - - HYPH 1662 8300 64 largest large JJS 1662 8300 65 tungsten tungsten NN 1662 8300 66 producer producer NN 1662 8300 67 and and CC 1662 8300 68 third third RB 1662 8300 69 - - HYPH 1662 8300 70 largest large JJS 1662 8300 71 tin tin NN 1662 8300 72 producer producer NN 1662 8300 73 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 8300 74 production production NN 1662 8300 75 growth growth NN 1662 8300 76 rate rate NN 1662 8300 77 : : : 1662 8300 78 13.3 13.3 CD 1662 8300 79 % % NN 1662 8300 80 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8300 81 1995 1995 CD 1662 8300 82 est est NNP 1662 8300 83 . . . 1662 8300 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8301 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8301 2 - - HYPH 1662 8301 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 8301 4 : : : 1662 8301 5 15.84 15.84 CD 1662 8301 6 million million CD 1662 8301 7 kW kW NNP 1662 8301 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8301 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 8301 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8301 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8301 12 - - HYPH 1662 8301 13 production production NN 1662 8301 14 : : : 1662 8301 15 70.21 70.21 CD 1662 8301 16 billion billion CD 1662 8301 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8301 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8301 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 8301 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8301 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8301 22 - - HYPH 1662 8301 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 8301 24 per per IN 1662 8301 25 capita capita NN 1662 8301 26 : : : 1662 8301 27 1,205 1,205 CD 1662 8301 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8301 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8301 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 8301 31 est est NNP 1662 8301 32 . . . 1662 8301 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8302 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8302 2 - - HYPH 1662 8302 3 products product NNS 1662 8302 4 : : : 1662 8302 5 rice rice NN 1662 8302 6 , , , 1662 8302 7 cassava cassava NNP 1662 8302 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8302 9 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 8302 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8302 11 , , , 1662 8302 12 rubber rubber NN 1662 8302 13 , , , 1662 8302 14 corn corn NN 1662 8302 15 , , , 1662 8302 16 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 8302 17 , , , 1662 8302 18 coconuts coconut NNS 1662 8302 19 , , , 1662 8302 20 soybeans soybean NNS 1662 8302 21 Exports export NNS 1662 8302 22 : : : 1662 8302 23 total total JJ 1662 8302 24 value value NN 1662 8302 25 : : : 1662 8302 26 $ $ $ 1662 8302 27 57.3 57.3 CD 1662 8302 28 billion billion CD 1662 8302 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8302 30 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 8302 31 . . NNP 1662 8302 32 , , , 1662 8302 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 8302 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8302 35 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8302 36 : : : 1662 8302 37 manufactures manufacture VBZ 1662 8302 38 73 73 CD 1662 8302 39 % % NN 1662 8302 40 , , , 1662 8302 41 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8302 42 products product NNS 1662 8302 43 and and CC 1662 8302 44 fisheries fishery NNS 1662 8302 45 21 21 CD 1662 8302 46 % % NN 1662 8302 47 , , , 1662 8302 48 raw raw JJ 1662 8302 49 materials material NNS 1662 8302 50 5 5 CD 1662 8302 51 % % NN 1662 8302 52 , , , 1662 8302 53 fuels fuel NNS 1662 8302 54 1 1 CD 1662 8302 55 % % NN 1662 8302 56 partners partner NNS 1662 8302 57 : : : 1662 8302 58 US US NNP 1662 8302 59 21.0 21.0 CD 1662 8302 60 % % NN 1662 8302 61 , , , 1662 8302 62 Japan Japan NNP 1662 8302 63 17.1 17.1 CD 1662 8302 64 % % NN 1662 8302 65 , , , 1662 8302 66 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 8302 67 13.6 13.6 CD 1662 8302 68 % % NN 1662 8302 69 , , , 1662 8302 70 Hong Hong NNP 1662 8302 71 Kong Kong NNP 1662 8302 72 5.3 5.3 CD 1662 8302 73 % % NN 1662 8302 74 , , , 1662 8302 75 Germany Germany NNP 1662 8302 76 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 8302 77 % % NN 1662 8302 78 , , , 1662 8302 79 UK UK NNP 1662 8302 80 3.0 3.0 CD 1662 8302 81 % % NN 1662 8302 82 , , , 1662 8302 83 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 8302 84 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 8302 85 % % NN 1662 8302 86 , , , 1662 8302 87 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 8302 88 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 8302 89 % % NN 1662 8302 90 Imports import NNS 1662 8302 91 : : : 1662 8302 92 total total JJ 1662 8302 93 value value NN 1662 8302 94 : : : 1662 8302 95 $ $ $ 1662 8302 96 72.4 72.4 CD 1662 8302 97 billion billion CD 1662 8302 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8302 99 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 8302 100 . . NNP 1662 8302 101 , , , 1662 8302 102 1996 1996 CD 1662 8302 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8302 104 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8302 105 : : : 1662 8302 106 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 8302 107 80 80 CD 1662 8302 108 % % NN 1662 8302 109 , , , 1662 8302 110 fuels fuel NNS 1662 8302 111 6.9 6.9 CD 1662 8302 112 % % NN 1662 8302 113 , , , 1662 8302 114 raw raw JJ 1662 8302 115 materials material NNS 1662 8302 116 6.6 6.6 CD 1662 8302 117 % % NN 1662 8302 118 , , , 1662 8302 119 foodstuffs foodstuff VBZ 1662 8302 120 4.3 4.3 CD 1662 8302 121 % % NN 1662 8302 122 partners partner NNS 1662 8302 123 : : : 1662 8302 124 Japan Japan NNP 1662 8302 125 30.4 30.4 CD 1662 8302 126 % % NN 1662 8302 127 , , , 1662 8302 128 US US NNP 1662 8302 129 11.9 11.9 CD 1662 8302 130 % % NN 1662 8302 131 , , , 1662 8302 132 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 8302 133 6.3 6.3 CD 1662 8302 134 % % NN 1662 8302 135 , , , 1662 8302 136 Germany Germany NNP 1662 8302 137 5.8 5.8 CD 1662 8302 138 % % NN 1662 8302 139 , , , 1662 8302 140 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 8302 141 5.1 5.1 CD 1662 8302 142 % % NN 1662 8302 143 , , , 1662 8302 144 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 8302 145 4.9 4.9 CD 1662 8302 146 % % NN 1662 8302 147 , , , 1662 8302 148 South South NNP 1662 8302 149 Korea Korea NNP 1662 8302 150 3.7 3.7 CD 1662 8302 151 % % NN 1662 8302 152 , , , 1662 8302 153 China China NNP 1662 8302 154 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 8302 155 % % NN 1662 8302 156 Debt debt NN 1662 8302 157 - 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- SYM 1662 8302 200 25.708 25.708 CD 1662 8302 201 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8302 202 January January NNP 1662 8302 203 1997 1997 CD 1662 8302 204 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8302 205 , , , 1662 8302 206 15.343 15.343 CD 1662 8302 207 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8302 208 1996 1996 CD 1662 8302 209 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8302 210 , , , 1662 8302 211 24.915 24.915 CD 1662 8302 212 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8302 213 1995 1995 CD 1662 8302 214 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8302 215 , , , 1662 8302 216 25.150 25.150 CD 1662 8302 217 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8302 218 1994 1994 CD 1662 8302 219 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8302 220 , , , 1662 8302 221 25.319 25.319 CD 1662 8302 222 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8302 223 1993 1993 CD 1662 8302 224 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8302 225 , , , 1662 8302 226 25.400 25.400 CD 1662 8302 227 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8302 228 1992 1992 CD 1662 8302 229 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8302 230 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8302 231 year year NN 1662 8302 232 : : : 1662 8302 233 1 1 CD 1662 8302 234 October October NNP 1662 8302 235 - - HYPH 1662 8302 236 30 30 CD 1662 8302 237 September September NNP 1662 8302 238 @Thailand @thailand CD 1662 8302 239 : : : 1662 8302 240 Communications communication NNS 1662 8302 241 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 8302 242 : : : 1662 8302 243 1,553,200 1,553,200 CD 1662 8302 244 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8302 245 1994 1994 CD 1662 8302 246 est est NNP 1662 8302 247 . . . 1662 8302 248 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8303 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8303 2 system system NN 1662 8303 3 : : : 1662 8303 4 service service NN 1662 8303 5 to to IN 1662 8303 6 general general JJ 1662 8303 7 public public JJ 1662 8303 8 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 8303 9 ; ; : 1662 8303 10 bulk bulk NN 1662 8303 11 of of IN 1662 8303 12 service service NN 1662 8303 13 to to IN 1662 8303 14 government government NN 1662 8303 15 activities activity NNS 1662 8303 16 provided provide VBN 1662 8303 17 by by IN 1662 8303 18 multichannel multichannel NNP 1662 8303 19 cable cable NN 1662 8303 20 and and CC 1662 8303 21 microwave microwave NN 1662 8303 22 radio radio NN 1662 8303 23 relay relay NN 1662 8303 24 network network NN 1662 8303 25 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8303 26 : : : 1662 8303 27 microwave microwave NN 1662 8303 28 radio radio NN 1662 8303 29 relay relay NN 1662 8303 30 and and CC 1662 8303 31 multichannel multichannel NN 1662 8303 32 cable cable NN 1662 8303 33 ; ; : 1662 8303 34 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8303 35 satellite satellite NN 1662 8303 36 system system NN 1662 8303 37 being be VBG 1662 8303 38 developed develop VBN 1662 8303 39 international international JJ 1662 8303 40 : : : 1662 8303 41 satellite satellite NN 1662 8303 42 earth earth NN 1662 8303 43 stations station NNS 1662 8303 44 - - , 1662 8303 45 2 2 CD 1662 8303 46 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8303 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8303 48 1 1 CD 1662 8303 49 Indian Indian NNP 1662 8303 50 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8303 51 and and CC 1662 8303 52 1 1 CD 1662 8303 53 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 8303 54 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8303 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8303 56 Radio radio NN 1662 8303 57 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8303 58 stations station NNS 1662 8303 59 : : : 1662 8303 60 AM am VBP 1662 8303 61 200 200 CD 1662 8303 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8303 63 in in IN 1662 8303 64 government government NN 1662 8303 65 - - HYPH 1662 8303 66 controlled control VBN 1662 8303 67 network network NN 1662 8303 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8303 69 , , , 1662 8303 70 FM FM NNP 1662 8303 71 100 100 CD 1662 8303 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8303 73 in in IN 1662 8303 74 government government NN 1662 8303 75 - - HYPH 1662 8303 76 controlled control VBN 1662 8303 77 network network NN 1662 8303 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8303 79 , , , 1662 8303 80 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 8303 81 0 0 CD 1662 8303 82 Radios radio NNS 1662 8303 83 : : : 1662 8303 84 10.75 10.75 CD 1662 8303 85 million million CD 1662 8303 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8303 87 1992 1992 CD 1662 8303 88 est est NNP 1662 8303 89 . . . 1662 8303 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8304 1 Television television NN 1662 8304 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8304 3 stations station NNS 1662 8304 4 : : : 1662 8304 5 11 11 CD 1662 8304 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8304 7 in in IN 1662 8304 8 government government NN 1662 8304 9 - - HYPH 1662 8304 10 controlled control VBN 1662 8304 11 network network NN 1662 8304 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8304 13 Televisions television NNS 1662 8304 14 : : : 1662 8304 15 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 8304 16 million million CD 1662 8304 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8304 18 1993 1993 CD 1662 8304 19 est est NNP 1662 8304 20 . . . 1662 8304 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8305 1 @Thailand @thailand LS 1662 8305 2 : : : 1662 8305 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8305 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8305 5 : : : 1662 8305 6 total total NN 1662 8305 7 : : : 1662 8305 8 4,623 4,623 CD 1662 8305 9 km km NN 1662 8305 10 narrow narrow JJ 1662 8305 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 8305 12 : : : 1662 8305 13 4,623 4,623 CD 1662 8305 14 km km NN 1662 8305 15 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 8305 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 8305 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8305 18 99 99 CD 1662 8305 19 km km NN 1662 8305 20 double double JJ 1662 8305 21 track track NN 1662 8305 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8305 23 Highways highway NNS 1662 8305 24 : : : 1662 8305 25 total total NN 1662 8305 26 : : : 1662 8305 27 56,903 56,903 CD 1662 8305 28 km km NN 1662 8305 29 paved pave VBN 1662 8305 30 : : : 1662 8305 31 52,806 52,806 CD 1662 8305 32 km km NN 1662 8305 33 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8305 34 : : : 1662 8305 35 4,097 4,097 CD 1662 8305 36 km km NNS 1662 8305 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8305 38 1993 1993 CD 1662 8305 39 est est NNP 1662 8305 40 . . . 1662 8305 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8306 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 8306 2 : : : 1662 8306 3 3,999 3,999 CD 1662 8306 4 km km NN 1662 8306 5 principal principal JJ 1662 8306 6 waterways waterway NNS 1662 8306 7 ; ; : 1662 8306 8 3,701 3,701 CD 1662 8306 9 km km NN 1662 8306 10 with with IN 1662 8306 11 navigable navigable JJ 1662 8306 12 depths depth NNS 1662 8306 13 of of IN 1662 8306 14 0.9 0.9 CD 1662 8306 15 m m NNS 1662 8306 16 or or CC 1662 8306 17 more more JJR 1662 8306 18 throughout throughout IN 1662 8306 19 the the DT 1662 8306 20 year year NN 1662 8306 21 ; ; , 1662 8306 22 numerous numerous JJ 1662 8306 23 minor minor JJ 1662 8306 24 waterways waterway NNS 1662 8306 25 navigable navigable JJ 1662 8306 26 by by IN 1662 8306 27 shallow shallow JJ 1662 8306 28 - - HYPH 1662 8306 29 draft draft NN 1662 8306 30 native native JJ 1662 8306 31 craft craft NN 1662 8306 32 Pipelines Pipelines NNP 1662 8306 33 : : : 1662 8306 34 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8306 35 products product NNS 1662 8306 36 67 67 CD 1662 8306 37 km km NN 1662 8306 38 ; ; : 1662 8306 39 natural natural JJ 1662 8306 40 gas gas NN 1662 8306 41 350 350 CD 1662 8306 42 km km NN 1662 8306 43 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 8306 44 and and CC 1662 8306 45 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8306 46 : : : 1662 8306 47 Bangkok Bangkok NNP 1662 8306 48 , , , 1662 8306 49 Laem Laem NNP 1662 8306 50 Chabang Chabang NNP 1662 8306 51 , , , 1662 8306 52 Pattani Pattani NNP 1662 8306 53 , , , 1662 8306 54 Phuket Phuket NNP 1662 8306 55 , , , 1662 8306 56 Sattahip Sattahip NNP 1662 8306 57 , , , 1662 8306 58 Si Si NNP 1662 8306 59 Racha Racha NNP 1662 8306 60 , , , 1662 8306 61 Songkhla Songkhla NNP 1662 8306 62 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 8306 63 marine marine NN 1662 8306 64 : : : 1662 8306 65 total total NN 1662 8306 66 : : : 1662 8306 67 283 283 CD 1662 8306 68 ships ship NNS 1662 8306 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8306 70 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8306 71 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8306 72 or or CC 1662 8306 73 over over RB 1662 8306 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8306 75 totaling total VBG 1662 8306 76 1,859,021 1,859,021 CD 1662 8306 77 GRT/3,060,277 grt/3,060,277 CD 1662 8306 78 DWT dwt NN 1662 8306 79 ships ship NNS 1662 8306 80 by by IN 1662 8306 81 type type NN 1662 8306 82 : : : 1662 8306 83 bulk bulk NNP 1662 8306 84 38 38 CD 1662 8306 85 , , , 1662 8306 86 cargo cargo NN 1662 8306 87 144 144 CD 1662 8306 88 , , , 1662 8306 89 chemical chemical NN 1662 8306 90 tanker tanker NN 1662 8306 91 5 5 CD 1662 8306 92 , , , 1662 8306 93 combination combination NN 1662 8306 94 bulk bulk NN 1662 8306 95 1 1 CD 1662 8306 96 , , , 1662 8306 97 container container NN 1662 8306 98 12 12 CD 1662 8306 99 , , , 1662 8306 100 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 8306 101 gas gas NN 1662 8306 102 tanker tanker NN 1662 8306 103 15 15 CD 1662 8306 104 , , , 1662 8306 105 multi multi JJ 1662 8306 106 - 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- , 1662 8308 3 with with IN 1662 8308 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8308 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8308 6 : : : 1662 8308 7 total total NN 1662 8308 8 : : : 1662 8308 9 86 86 CD 1662 8308 10 over over IN 1662 8308 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8308 12 m m NN 1662 8308 13 : : : 1662 8308 14 6 6 CD 1662 8308 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8308 16 to to TO 1662 8308 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8308 18 m m NN 1662 8308 19 : : : 1662 8308 20 9 9 CD 1662 8308 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8308 22 to to TO 1662 8308 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8308 24 m m NN 1662 8308 25 : : : 1662 8308 26 13 13 CD 1662 8308 27 914 914 CD 1662 8308 28 to to TO 1662 8308 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8308 30 m m NN 1662 8308 31 : : : 1662 8308 32 22 22 CD 1662 8308 33 under under IN 1662 8308 34 914 914 CD 1662 8308 35 m m NN 1662 8308 36 : : : 1662 8308 37 36 36 CD 1662 8308 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8308 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 8308 40 est est NNP 1662 8308 41 . . . 1662 8308 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8309 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8309 2 - - , 1662 8309 3 with with IN 1662 8309 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8309 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8309 6 : : : 1662 8309 7 total total NN 1662 8309 8 : : : 1662 8309 9 14 14 CD 1662 8309 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8309 11 to to TO 1662 8309 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8309 13 m m NN 1662 8309 14 : : : 1662 8309 15 1 1 CD 1662 8309 16 914 914 CD 1662 8309 17 to to TO 1662 8309 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8309 19 m m NN 1662 8309 20 : : : 1662 8309 21 13 13 CD 1662 8309 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8309 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 8309 24 est est NNP 1662 8309 25 . . . 1662 8309 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8310 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 8310 2 : : : 1662 8310 3 2 2 CD 1662 8310 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8310 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8310 6 est est NNP 1662 8310 7 . . . 1662 8310 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8311 1 Military military JJ 1662 8311 2 Military military JJ 1662 8311 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8311 4 : : : 1662 8311 5 Royal Royal NNP 1662 8311 6 Thai Thai NNP 1662 8311 7 Army Army NNP 1662 8311 8 , , , 1662 8311 9 Royal Royal NNP 1662 8311 10 Thai Thai NNP 1662 8311 11 Navy Navy NNP 1662 8311 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8311 13 includes include VBZ 1662 8311 14 Royal Royal NNP 1662 8311 15 Thai Thai NNP 1662 8311 16 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8311 17 Corps Corps NNP 1662 8311 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8311 19 , , , 1662 8311 20 Royal Royal NNP 1662 8311 21 Thai Thai NNP 1662 8311 22 Air Air NNP 1662 8311 23 Force Force NNP 1662 8311 24 , , , 1662 8311 25 Paramilitary Paramilitary NNP 1662 8311 26 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 8311 27 Military Military NNP 1662 8311 28 manpower manpower NN 1662 8311 29 - - HYPH 1662 8311 30 military military NN 1662 8311 31 age age NN 1662 8311 32 : : : 1662 8311 33 18 18 CD 1662 8311 34 years year NNS 1662 8311 35 of of IN 1662 8311 36 age age NN 1662 8311 37 Military military JJ 1662 8311 38 manpower manpower NN 1662 8311 39 - - HYPH 1662 8311 40 availability availability NN 1662 8311 41 : : : 1662 8311 42 males male NNS 1662 8311 43 age age NNP 1662 8311 44 15 15 CD 1662 8311 45 - - HYPH 1662 8311 46 49 49 CD 1662 8311 47 : : : 1662 8311 48 17,076,040 17,076,040 CD 1662 8311 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8311 50 1997 1997 CD 1662 8311 51 est est NNP 1662 8311 52 . . . 1662 8311 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8312 1 Military military JJ 1662 8312 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8312 3 - - HYPH 1662 8312 4 fit fit NN 1662 8312 5 for for IN 1662 8312 6 military military JJ 1662 8312 7 service service NN 1662 8312 8 : : : 1662 8312 9 males male NNS 1662 8312 10 : : : 1662 8312 11 10,315,765 10,315,765 CD 1662 8312 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8312 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8312 14 est est NNP 1662 8312 15 . . . 1662 8312 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8313 1 Military military JJ 1662 8313 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8313 3 - - HYPH 1662 8313 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 8313 5 military military JJ 1662 8313 6 age age NN 1662 8313 7 annually annually RB 1662 8313 8 : : : 1662 8313 9 males male NNS 1662 8313 10 : : : 1662 8313 11 591,094 591,094 CD 1662 8313 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8313 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8313 14 est est NNP 1662 8313 15 . . . 1662 8313 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8314 1 Military military JJ 1662 8314 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8314 3 - - HYPH 1662 8314 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8314 5 figure figure NN 1662 8314 6 : : : 1662 8314 7 $ $ $ 1662 8314 8 4 4 CD 1662 8314 9 billion billion CD 1662 8314 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8314 11 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 8314 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8314 13 Military military JJ 1662 8314 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8314 15 - - : 1662 8314 16 percent percent NN 1662 8314 17 of of IN 1662 8314 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8314 19 : : : 1662 8314 20 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 8314 21 % % NN 1662 8314 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8314 23 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 8314 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8314 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8314 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8314 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 8314 28 - - : 1662 8314 29 international international JJ 1662 8314 30 : : : 1662 8314 31 boundary boundary JJ 1662 8314 32 dispute dispute NN 1662 8314 33 with with IN 1662 8314 34 Laos Laos NNP 1662 8314 35 ; ; : 1662 8314 36 unresolved unresolved JJ 1662 8314 37 maritime maritime JJ 1662 8314 38 boundary boundary JJ 1662 8314 39 with with IN 1662 8314 40 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 8314 41 ; ; : 1662 8314 42 parts part NNS 1662 8314 43 of of IN 1662 8314 44 border border NN 1662 8314 45 with with IN 1662 8314 46 Cambodia Cambodia NNP 1662 8314 47 in in IN 1662 8314 48 dispute dispute NN 1662 8314 49 ; ; : 1662 8314 50 maritime maritime JJ 1662 8314 51 boundary boundary JJ 1662 8314 52 with with IN 1662 8314 53 Cambodia Cambodia NNP 1662 8314 54 not not RB 1662 8314 55 clearly clearly RB 1662 8314 56 defined define VBN 1662 8314 57 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 8314 58 drugs drug NNS 1662 8314 59 : : : 1662 8314 60 a a DT 1662 8314 61 minor minor JJ 1662 8314 62 producer producer NN 1662 8314 63 of of IN 1662 8314 64 opium opium NN 1662 8314 65 , , , 1662 8314 66 heroin heroin NN 1662 8314 67 , , , 1662 8314 68 and and CC 1662 8314 69 marijuana marijuana NNP 1662 8314 70 ; ; : 1662 8314 71 major major JJ 1662 8314 72 illicit illicit NN 1662 8314 73 transit transit NN 1662 8314 74 point point NN 1662 8314 75 for for IN 1662 8314 76 heroin heroin NN 1662 8314 77 en en IN 1662 8314 78 route route NN 1662 8314 79 to to IN 1662 8314 80 the the DT 1662 8314 81 international international JJ 1662 8314 82 drug drug NN 1662 8314 83 market market NN 1662 8314 84 from from IN 1662 8314 85 Burma Burma NNP 1662 8314 86 and and CC 1662 8314 87 Laos Laos NNP 1662 8314 88 ; ; : 1662 8314 89 eradication eradication NN 1662 8314 90 efforts effort NNS 1662 8314 91 have have VBP 1662 8314 92 reduced reduce VBN 1662 8314 93 the the DT 1662 8314 94 area area NN 1662 8314 95 of of IN 1662 8314 96 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 8314 97 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 8314 98 and and CC 1662 8314 99 shifted shift VBD 1662 8314 100 some some DT 1662 8314 101 production production NN 1662 8314 102 to to IN 1662 8314 103 neighboring neighboring NN 1662 8314 104 countries country NNS 1662 8314 105 ; ; , 1662 8314 106 opium opium NN 1662 8314 107 poppy poppy JJ 1662 8314 108 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 8314 109 has have VBZ 1662 8314 110 been be VBN 1662 8314 111 reduced reduce VBN 1662 8314 112 by by IN 1662 8314 113 eradication eradication NN 1662 8314 114 efforts effort NNS 1662 8314 115 ; ; : 1662 8314 116 also also RB 1662 8314 117 a a DT 1662 8314 118 drug drug NN 1662 8314 119 money money NN 1662 8314 120 - - HYPH 1662 8314 121 laundering launder VBG 1662 8314 122 center center NN 1662 8314 123 ; ; : 1662 8314 124 rapidly rapidly RB 1662 8314 125 growing grow VBG 1662 8314 126 role role NN 1662 8314 127 in in IN 1662 8314 128 amphetamine amphetamine NN 1662 8314 129 production production NN 1662 8314 130 for for IN 1662 8314 131 regional regional JJ 1662 8314 132 consumption consumption NN 1662 8314 133 ; ; : 1662 8314 134 increasing increase VBG 1662 8314 135 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 8314 136 abuse abuse NN 1662 8314 137 of of IN 1662 8314 138 methamphetamines methamphetamine NNS 1662 8314 139 and and CC 1662 8314 140 heroin heroin NNP 1662 8314 141 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 142 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 143 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 144 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 145 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 146 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 147 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 148 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 149 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 150 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 151 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 152 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 153 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 154 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 155 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 156 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 157 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 158 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 159 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 160 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 161 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 162 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 163 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 164 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 165 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 166 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 167 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 168 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 169 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 170 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 171 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 172 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 173 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 174 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 175 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 176 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 177 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 178 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 179 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 180 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 181 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 182 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 183 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 184 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 185 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 186 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 187 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 188 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 189 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 190 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 191 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 192 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 193 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 194 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 195 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 196 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 197 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 198 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 199 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 200 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 201 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 202 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 203 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 204 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 205 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 206 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 207 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 208 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 209 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 210 _ _ NNP 1662 8314 211 TOGO TOGO NNP 1662 8314 212 @Togo @togo NN 1662 8314 213 : : : 1662 8314 214 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8314 215 Location Location NNP 1662 8314 216 : : : 1662 8314 217 Western Western NNP 1662 8314 218 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8314 219 , , , 1662 8314 220 bordering border VBG 1662 8314 221 the the DT 1662 8314 222 Bight Bight NNP 1662 8314 223 of of IN 1662 8314 224 Benin Benin NNP 1662 8314 225 , , , 1662 8314 226 between between IN 1662 8314 227 Benin Benin NNP 1662 8314 228 and and CC 1662 8314 229 Ghana Ghana NNP 1662 8314 230 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8314 231 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8314 232 : : : 1662 8314 233 8 8 CD 1662 8314 234 00 00 CD 1662 8314 235 N n CD 1662 8314 236 , , , 1662 8314 237 1 1 CD 1662 8314 238 10 10 CD 1662 8314 239 E e NN 1662 8314 240 Map Map NNP 1662 8314 241 references reference NNS 1662 8314 242 : : : 1662 8314 243 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8314 244 Area Area NNP 1662 8314 245 : : : 1662 8314 246 total total NN 1662 8314 247 : : : 1662 8314 248 56,790 56,790 CD 1662 8314 249 sq sq NN 1662 8314 250 km km NNP 1662 8314 251 land land NN 1662 8314 252 : : : 1662 8314 253 54,390 54,390 CD 1662 8314 254 sq sq NNP 1662 8314 255 km km NNP 1662 8314 256 water water NN 1662 8314 257 : : : 1662 8314 258 2,400 2,400 CD 1662 8314 259 sq sq IN 1662 8314 260 km km NNP 1662 8314 261 Area Area NNP 1662 8314 262 - - HYPH 1662 8314 263 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8314 264 : : : 1662 8314 265 slightly slightly RB 1662 8314 266 smaller small JJR 1662 8314 267 than than IN 1662 8314 268 West West NNP 1662 8314 269 Virginia Virginia NNP 1662 8314 270 Land Land NNP 1662 8314 271 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8314 272 : : : 1662 8314 273 total total JJ 1662 8314 274 : : : 1662 8314 275 1,647 1,647 CD 1662 8314 276 km km NN 1662 8314 277 border border NN 1662 8314 278 countries country NNS 1662 8314 279 : : : 1662 8314 280 Benin Benin NNP 1662 8314 281 644 644 CD 1662 8314 282 km km NNS 1662 8314 283 , , , 1662 8314 284 Burkina Burkina NNP 1662 8314 285 Faso Faso NNP 1662 8314 286 126 126 CD 1662 8314 287 km km NNS 1662 8314 288 , , , 1662 8314 289 Ghana Ghana NNP 1662 8314 290 877 877 CD 1662 8314 291 km km NN 1662 8314 292 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8314 293 : : : 1662 8314 294 56 56 CD 1662 8314 295 km km NN 1662 8314 296 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8314 297 claims claim VBZ 1662 8314 298 : : : 1662 8314 299 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 8314 300 economic economic JJ 1662 8314 301 zone zone NN 1662 8314 302 : : : 1662 8314 303 200 200 CD 1662 8314 304 nm nm CD 1662 8314 305 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8314 306 sea sea NN 1662 8314 307 : : : 1662 8314 308 30 30 CD 1662 8314 309 nm nm NNP 1662 8314 310 Climate climate NN 1662 8314 311 : : : 1662 8314 312 tropical tropical JJ 1662 8314 313 ; ; : 1662 8314 314 hot hot JJ 1662 8314 315 , , , 1662 8314 316 humid humid JJ 1662 8314 317 in in IN 1662 8314 318 south south NNP 1662 8314 319 ; ; : 1662 8314 320 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 8314 321 in in IN 1662 8314 322 north north JJ 1662 8314 323 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8314 324 : : : 1662 8314 325 gently gently RB 1662 8314 326 rolling roll VBG 1662 8314 327 savanna savanna NN 1662 8314 328 in in IN 1662 8314 329 north north NNP 1662 8314 330 ; ; , 1662 8314 331 central central JJ 1662 8314 332 hills hill NNS 1662 8314 333 ; ; , 1662 8314 334 southern southern JJ 1662 8314 335 plateau plateau NN 1662 8314 336 ; ; : 1662 8314 337 low low JJ 1662 8314 338 coastal coastal JJ 1662 8314 339 plain plain NN 1662 8314 340 with with IN 1662 8314 341 extensive extensive JJ 1662 8314 342 lagoons lagoon NNS 1662 8314 343 and and CC 1662 8314 344 marshes marshe VBZ 1662 8314 345 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8314 346 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8314 347 : : : 1662 8314 348 lowest low JJS 1662 8314 349 point point NN 1662 8314 350 : : : 1662 8314 351 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8314 352 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8314 353 0 0 NFP 1662 8314 354 m m DT 1662 8314 355 highest high JJS 1662 8314 356 point point NN 1662 8314 357 : : : 1662 8314 358 Pic Pic NNP 1662 8314 359 Baumann Baumann NNP 1662 8314 360 986 986 CD 1662 8314 361 m m NNP 1662 8314 362 Natural natural JJ 1662 8314 363 resources resource NNS 1662 8314 364 : : : 1662 8314 365 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 8314 366 , , , 1662 8314 367 limestone limestone NN 1662 8314 368 , , , 1662 8314 369 marble marble NN 1662 8314 370 Land Land NNP 1662 8314 371 use use NN 1662 8314 372 : : : 1662 8314 373 arable arable JJ 1662 8314 374 land land NN 1662 8314 375 : : : 1662 8314 376 38 38 CD 1662 8314 377 % % NN 1662 8314 378 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8314 379 crops crop NNS 1662 8314 380 : : : 1662 8314 381 7 7 CD 1662 8314 382 % % NN 1662 8314 383 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8314 384 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8314 385 : : : 1662 8314 386 4 4 CD 1662 8314 387 % % NN 1662 8314 388 forests forest NNS 1662 8314 389 and and CC 1662 8314 390 woodland woodland NN 1662 8314 391 : : : 1662 8314 392 17 17 CD 1662 8314 393 % % NN 1662 8314 394 other other JJ 1662 8314 395 : : : 1662 8314 396 34 34 CD 1662 8314 397 % % NN 1662 8314 398 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8314 399 1993 1993 CD 1662 8314 400 est est NNP 1662 8314 401 . . . 1662 8314 402 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8315 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8315 2 land land NN 1662 8315 3 : : : 1662 8315 4 70 70 CD 1662 8315 5 sq sq NNP 1662 8315 6 km km NNP 1662 8315 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8315 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8315 9 est est NNP 1662 8315 10 . . . 1662 8315 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8316 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8316 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8316 3 : : : 1662 8316 4 hot hot JJ 1662 8316 5 , , , 1662 8316 6 dry dry JJ 1662 8316 7 harmattan harmattan JJ 1662 8316 8 wind wind NN 1662 8316 9 can can MD 1662 8316 10 reduce reduce VB 1662 8316 11 visibility visibility NN 1662 8316 12 in in IN 1662 8316 13 north north NN 1662 8316 14 during during IN 1662 8316 15 winter winter NN 1662 8316 16 ; ; : 1662 8316 17 periodic periodic JJ 1662 8316 18 droughts drought NNS 1662 8316 19 Environment environment NN 1662 8316 20 - - HYPH 1662 8316 21 current current JJ 1662 8316 22 issues issue NNS 1662 8316 23 : : : 1662 8316 24 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 8316 25 attributable attributable JJ 1662 8316 26 to to TO 1662 8316 27 slash slash VB 1662 8316 28 - - HYPH 1662 8316 29 and and CC 1662 8316 30 - - HYPH 1662 8316 31 burn burn VB 1662 8316 32 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8316 33 and and CC 1662 8316 34 the the DT 1662 8316 35 use use NN 1662 8316 36 of of IN 1662 8316 37 wood wood NN 1662 8316 38 for for IN 1662 8316 39 fuel fuel NN 1662 8316 40 ; ; : 1662 8316 41 recent recent JJ 1662 8316 42 droughts drought NNS 1662 8316 43 affecting affect VBG 1662 8316 44 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8316 45 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8316 46 - - HYPH 1662 8316 47 international international JJ 1662 8316 48 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8316 49 : : : 1662 8316 50 party party NN 1662 8316 51 to to TO 1662 8316 52 : : : 1662 8316 53 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 8316 54 , , , 1662 8316 55 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8316 56 Change Change NNP 1662 8316 57 , , , 1662 8316 58 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 8316 59 , , , 1662 8316 60 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 8316 61 Species Species NNPS 1662 8316 62 , , , 1662 8316 63 Law Law NNP 1662 8316 64 of of IN 1662 8316 65 the the DT 1662 8316 66 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8316 67 , , , 1662 8316 68 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8316 69 Test Test NNP 1662 8316 70 Ban Ban NNP 1662 8316 71 , , , 1662 8316 72 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8316 73 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8316 74 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8316 75 , , , 1662 8316 76 Ship Ship NNP 1662 8316 77 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8316 78 , , , 1662 8316 79 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 8316 80 Timber Timber NNP 1662 8316 81 83 83 CD 1662 8316 82 , , , 1662 8316 83 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 8316 84 Timber Timber NNP 1662 8316 85 94 94 CD 1662 8316 86 , , , 1662 8316 87 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 8316 88 signed sign VBD 1662 8316 89 , , , 1662 8316 90 but but CC 1662 8316 91 not not RB 1662 8316 92 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8316 93 : : : 1662 8316 94 none none NN 1662 8316 95 of of IN 1662 8316 96 the the DT 1662 8316 97 selected select VBN 1662 8316 98 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8316 99 @Togo @Togo VBD 1662 8316 100 : : : 1662 8316 101 People People NNPS 1662 8316 102 Population Population NNP 1662 8316 103 : : : 1662 8316 104 4,735,610 4,735,610 CD 1662 8316 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8316 106 July July NNP 1662 8316 107 1997 1997 CD 1662 8316 108 est est NNP 1662 8316 109 . . . 1662 8316 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8317 1 Age age NN 1662 8317 2 structure structure NN 1662 8317 3 : : : 1662 8317 4 0 0 CD 1662 8317 5 - - HYPH 1662 8317 6 14 14 CD 1662 8317 7 years year NNS 1662 8317 8 : : : 1662 8317 9 49 49 CD 1662 8317 10 % % NN 1662 8317 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8317 12 male male JJ 1662 8317 13 1,153,174 1,153,174 CD 1662 8317 14 ; ; : 1662 8317 15 female female JJ 1662 8317 16 1,143,085 1,143,085 CD 1662 8317 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8317 18 15 15 CD 1662 8317 19 - - SYM 1662 8317 20 64 64 CD 1662 8317 21 years year NNS 1662 8317 22 : : : 1662 8317 23 49 49 CD 1662 8317 24 % % NN 1662 8317 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8317 26 male male JJ 1662 8317 27 1,129,720 1,129,720 CD 1662 8317 28 ; ; , 1662 8317 29 female female JJ 1662 8317 30 1,206,926 1,206,926 CD 1662 8317 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8317 32 65 65 CD 1662 8317 33 years year NNS 1662 8317 34 and and CC 1662 8317 35 over over IN 1662 8317 36 : : : 1662 8317 37 2 2 CD 1662 8317 38 % % NN 1662 8317 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8317 40 male male JJ 1662 8317 41 47,211 47,211 CD 1662 8317 42 ; ; : 1662 8317 43 female female JJ 1662 8317 44 55,494 55,494 CD 1662 8317 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8317 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8317 47 July July NNP 1662 8317 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8317 49 est est NNP 1662 8317 50 . . . 1662 8317 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8318 1 Population population NN 1662 8318 2 growth growth NN 1662 8318 3 rate rate NN 1662 8318 4 : : : 1662 8318 5 3.54 3.54 CD 1662 8318 6 % % NN 1662 8318 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8318 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8318 9 est est NNP 1662 8318 10 . . . 1662 8318 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8319 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8319 2 rate rate NN 1662 8319 3 : : : 1662 8319 4 45.71 45.71 CD 1662 8319 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 8319 6 population population NN 1662 8319 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8319 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8319 9 est est NNP 1662 8319 10 . . . 1662 8319 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8320 1 Death death NN 1662 8320 2 rate rate NN 1662 8320 3 : : : 1662 8320 4 10.32 10.32 CD 1662 8320 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8320 6 population population NN 1662 8320 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8320 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8320 9 est est NNP 1662 8320 10 . . . 1662 8320 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8321 1 Net net JJ 1662 8321 2 migration migration NN 1662 8321 3 rate rate NN 1662 8321 4 : : : 1662 8321 5 0 0 NFP 1662 8321 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 8321 7 population population NN 1662 8321 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8321 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8321 10 est est NNP 1662 8321 11 . . . 1662 8321 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8322 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8322 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8322 3 : : : 1662 8322 4 at at IN 1662 8322 5 birth birth NN 1662 8322 6 : : : 1662 8322 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 8322 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8322 9 under under IN 1662 8322 10 15 15 CD 1662 8322 11 years year NNS 1662 8322 12 : : : 1662 8322 13 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 8322 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8322 15 15 15 CD 1662 8322 16 - - HYPH 1662 8322 17 64 64 CD 1662 8322 18 years year NNS 1662 8322 19 : : : 1662 8322 20 0.94 0.94 CD 1662 8322 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8322 22 65 65 CD 1662 8322 23 years year NNS 1662 8322 24 and and CC 1662 8322 25 over over IN 1662 8322 26 : : : 1662 8322 27 0.85 0.85 CD 1662 8322 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8322 29 total total JJ 1662 8322 30 population population NN 1662 8322 31 : : : 1662 8322 32 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 8322 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8322 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8322 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8322 36 est e JJS 1662 8322 37 . . . 1662 8322 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8323 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8323 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8323 3 rate rate NN 1662 8323 4 : : : 1662 8323 5 82.1 82.1 CD 1662 8323 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8323 7 live live JJ 1662 8323 8 births birth NNS 1662 8323 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8323 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8323 11 est est NNP 1662 8323 12 . . . 1662 8323 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8324 1 Life life NN 1662 8324 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8324 3 at at IN 1662 8324 4 birth birth NN 1662 8324 5 : : : 1662 8324 6 total total JJ 1662 8324 7 population population NN 1662 8324 8 : : : 1662 8324 9 58.32 58.32 CD 1662 8324 10 years year NNS 1662 8324 11 male male JJ 1662 8324 12 : : : 1662 8324 13 56.1 56.1 CD 1662 8324 14 years year NNS 1662 8324 15 female female JJ 1662 8324 16 : : : 1662 8324 17 60.61 60.61 CD 1662 8324 18 years year NNS 1662 8324 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8324 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8324 21 est est NNP 1662 8324 22 . . . 1662 8324 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8325 1 Total total JJ 1662 8325 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8325 3 rate rate NN 1662 8325 4 : : : 1662 8325 5 6.68 6.68 CD 1662 8325 6 children child NNS 1662 8325 7 born bear VBN 1662 8325 8 / / SYM 1662 8325 9 woman woman NN 1662 8325 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8325 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8325 12 est est NNP 1662 8325 13 . . . 1662 8325 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8326 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8326 2 : : : 1662 8326 3 noun noun NN 1662 8326 4 : : : 1662 8326 5 Togolese Togolese NNP 1662 8326 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8326 7 singular singular JJ 1662 8326 8 and and CC 1662 8326 9 plural plural JJ 1662 8326 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8326 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 8326 12 : : : 1662 8326 13 Togolese togolese JJ 1662 8326 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8326 15 groups group NNS 1662 8326 16 : : : 1662 8326 17 native native JJ 1662 8326 18 African African NNP 1662 8326 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8326 20 37 37 CD 1662 8326 21 tribes tribe NNS 1662 8326 22 ; ; , 1662 8326 23 largest large JJS 1662 8326 24 and and CC 1662 8326 25 most most RBS 1662 8326 26 important important JJ 1662 8326 27 are be VBP 1662 8326 28 Ewe Ewe NNP 1662 8326 29 , , , 1662 8326 30 Mina Mina NNP 1662 8326 31 , , , 1662 8326 32 and and CC 1662 8326 33 Kabre Kabre NNP 1662 8326 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8326 35 99 99 CD 1662 8326 36 % % NN 1662 8326 37 , , , 1662 8326 38 European european JJ 1662 8326 39 and and CC 1662 8326 40 Syrian syrian JJ 1662 8326 41 - - HYPH 1662 8326 42 Lebanese lebanese JJ 1662 8326 43 less less JJR 1662 8326 44 than than IN 1662 8326 45 1 1 CD 1662 8326 46 % % NN 1662 8326 47 Religions religion NNS 1662 8326 48 : : : 1662 8326 49 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 8326 50 beliefs belief NNS 1662 8326 51 70 70 CD 1662 8326 52 % % NN 1662 8326 53 , , , 1662 8326 54 Christian Christian NNP 1662 8326 55 20 20 CD 1662 8326 56 % % NN 1662 8326 57 , , , 1662 8326 58 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 8326 59 10 10 CD 1662 8326 60 % % NN 1662 8326 61 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 8326 62 : : : 1662 8326 63 French French NNP 1662 8326 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8326 65 official official JJ 1662 8326 66 and and CC 1662 8326 67 the the DT 1662 8326 68 language language NN 1662 8326 69 of of IN 1662 8326 70 commerce commerce NN 1662 8326 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8326 72 , , , 1662 8326 73 Ewe Ewe NNP 1662 8326 74 and and CC 1662 8326 75 Mina Mina NNP 1662 8326 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8326 77 the the DT 1662 8326 78 two two CD 1662 8326 79 major major JJ 1662 8326 80 African african JJ 1662 8326 81 languages language NNS 1662 8326 82 in in IN 1662 8326 83 the the DT 1662 8326 84 south south NN 1662 8326 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8326 86 , , , 1662 8326 87 Kabye Kabye NNP 1662 8326 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8326 89 sometimes sometimes RB 1662 8326 90 spelled spell VBN 1662 8326 91 Kabiye Kabiye NNP 1662 8326 92 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8326 93 and and CC 1662 8326 94 Dagomba Dagomba NNP 1662 8326 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8326 96 the the DT 1662 8326 97 two two CD 1662 8326 98 major major JJ 1662 8326 99 African african JJ 1662 8326 100 languages language NNS 1662 8326 101 in in IN 1662 8326 102 the the DT 1662 8326 103 north north NN 1662 8326 104 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8326 105 Literacy literacy NN 1662 8326 106 : : : 1662 8326 107 definition definition NN 1662 8326 108 : : : 1662 8326 109 age age NN 1662 8326 110 15 15 CD 1662 8326 111 and and CC 1662 8326 112 over over RB 1662 8326 113 can can MD 1662 8326 114 read read VB 1662 8326 115 and and CC 1662 8326 116 write write VB 1662 8326 117 total total JJ 1662 8326 118 population population NN 1662 8326 119 : : : 1662 8326 120 51.7 51.7 CD 1662 8326 121 % % NN 1662 8326 122 male male NN 1662 8326 123 : : : 1662 8326 124 67 67 CD 1662 8326 125 % % NN 1662 8326 126 female female NN 1662 8326 127 : : : 1662 8326 128 37 37 CD 1662 8326 129 % % NN 1662 8326 130 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8326 131 1995 1995 CD 1662 8326 132 est est NNP 1662 8326 133 . . . 1662 8326 134 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8327 1 @Togo @togo LS 1662 8327 2 : : : 1662 8327 3 Government Government NNP 1662 8327 4 Country Country NNP 1662 8327 5 name name NN 1662 8327 6 : : : 1662 8327 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8327 8 long long JJ 1662 8327 9 form form NN 1662 8327 10 : : : 1662 8327 11 Togolese Togolese NNP 1662 8327 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8327 13 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8327 14 short short JJ 1662 8327 15 form form NN 1662 8327 16 : : : 1662 8327 17 Togo togo VB 1662 8327 18 local local JJ 1662 8327 19 long long JJ 1662 8327 20 form form NN 1662 8327 21 : : : 1662 8327 22 Republique Republique NNP 1662 8327 23 Togolaise Togolaise NNP 1662 8327 24 local local JJ 1662 8327 25 short short JJ 1662 8327 26 form form NN 1662 8327 27 : : : 1662 8327 28 none none NN 1662 8327 29 former former JJ 1662 8327 30 : : : 1662 8327 31 French French NNP 1662 8327 32 Togo Togo NNP 1662 8327 33 Data Data NNP 1662 8327 34 code code NN 1662 8327 35 : : : 1662 8327 36 TO TO NNP 1662 8327 37 Government Government NNP 1662 8327 38 type type NN 1662 8327 39 : : : 1662 8327 40 republic republic NN 1662 8327 41 under under IN 1662 8327 42 transition transition NN 1662 8327 43 to to IN 1662 8327 44 multiparty multiparty JJ 1662 8327 45 democratic democratic JJ 1662 8327 46 rule rule NN 1662 8327 47 National national JJ 1662 8327 48 capital capital NN 1662 8327 49 : : : 1662 8327 50 Lome Lome NNP 1662 8327 51 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 8327 52 divisions division NNS 1662 8327 53 : : : 1662 8327 54 21 21 CD 1662 8327 55 circumscriptions circumscription NNS 1662 8327 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8327 57 circonscriptions circonscription NNS 1662 8327 58 , , , 1662 8327 59 singular singular JJ 1662 8327 60 - - HYPH 1662 8327 61 circonscription circonscription NN 1662 8327 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8327 63 ; ; : 1662 8327 64 Amlame Amlame NNP 1662 8327 65 , , , 1662 8327 66 Aneho Aneho NNP 1662 8327 67 , , , 1662 8327 68 Atakpame Atakpame NNP 1662 8327 69 , , , 1662 8327 70 Badou Badou NNP 1662 8327 71 , , , 1662 8327 72 Bafilo Bafilo NNP 1662 8327 73 , , , 1662 8327 74 Bassar Bassar NNP 1662 8327 75 , , , 1662 8327 76 Dapaong Dapaong NNP 1662 8327 77 , , , 1662 8327 78 Kande Kande NNP 1662 8327 79 , , , 1662 8327 80 Kara Kara NNP 1662 8327 81 , , , 1662 8327 82 Kpalime Kpalime NNP 1662 8327 83 , , , 1662 8327 84 Lome Lome NNP 1662 8327 85 , , , 1662 8327 86 Niamtougou Niamtougou NNP 1662 8327 87 , , , 1662 8327 88 Notse Notse NNP 1662 8327 89 , , , 1662 8327 90 Pagouda Pagouda NNP 1662 8327 91 , , , 1662 8327 92 Sansanne Sansanne NNP 1662 8327 93 - - HYPH 1662 8327 94 Mango Mango NNP 1662 8327 95 , , , 1662 8327 96 Sokode Sokode NNP 1662 8327 97 , , , 1662 8327 98 Sotouboua Sotouboua NNP 1662 8327 99 , , , 1662 8327 100 Tabligbo Tabligbo NNP 1662 8327 101 , , , 1662 8327 102 Tchamba Tchamba NNP 1662 8327 103 , , , 1662 8327 104 Tsevie Tsevie NNP 1662 8327 105 , , , 1662 8327 106 Vogan Vogan NNP 1662 8327 107 note note NN 1662 8327 108 : : : 1662 8327 109 the the DT 1662 8327 110 21 21 CD 1662 8327 111 units unit NNS 1662 8327 112 may may MD 1662 8327 113 have have VB 1662 8327 114 become become VBN 1662 8327 115 second second JJ 1662 8327 116 - 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- HYPH 1662 8327 163 administered administer VBN 1662 8327 164 UN UN NNP 1662 8327 165 trusteeship trusteeship NN 1662 8327 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8327 167 National national JJ 1662 8327 168 holiday holiday NN 1662 8327 169 : : : 1662 8327 170 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8327 171 Day Day NNP 1662 8327 172 , , , 1662 8327 173 27 27 CD 1662 8327 174 April April NNP 1662 8327 175 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8327 176 1960 1960 CD 1662 8327 177 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8327 178 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 8327 179 : : : 1662 8327 180 multiparty multiparty NN 1662 8327 181 draft draft NN 1662 8327 182 constitution constitution NN 1662 8327 183 approved approve VBN 1662 8327 184 by by IN 1662 8327 185 High High NNP 1662 8327 186 Council Council NNP 1662 8327 187 of of IN 1662 8327 188 the the DT 1662 8327 189 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8327 190 1 1 CD 1662 8327 191 July July NNP 1662 8327 192 1992 1992 CD 1662 8327 193 ; ; , 1662 8327 194 adopted adopt VBN 1662 8327 195 by by IN 1662 8327 196 public public JJ 1662 8327 197 referendum referendum NN 1662 8327 198 27 27 CD 1662 8327 199 September September NNP 1662 8327 200 1992 1992 CD 1662 8327 201 Legal legal JJ 1662 8327 202 system system NN 1662 8327 203 : : : 1662 8327 204 French French NNP 1662 8327 205 - - HYPH 1662 8327 206 based base VBN 1662 8327 207 court court NN 1662 8327 208 system system NN 1662 8327 209 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 8327 210 : : : 1662 8327 211 NA na CD 1662 8327 212 years year NNS 1662 8327 213 of of IN 1662 8327 214 age age NN 1662 8327 215 ; ; : 1662 8327 216 universal universal JJ 1662 8327 217 adult adult NN 1662 8327 218 Executive executive JJ 1662 8327 219 branch branch NN 1662 8327 220 : : : 1662 8327 221 chief chief NN 1662 8327 222 of of IN 1662 8327 223 state state NN 1662 8327 224 : : : 1662 8327 225 President President NNP 1662 8327 226 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 8327 227 Gnassingbe Gnassingbe NNP 1662 8327 228 EYADEMA EYADEMA NNP 1662 8327 229 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8327 230 since since IN 1662 8327 231 14 14 CD 1662 8327 232 April April NNP 1662 8327 233 1967 1967 CD 1662 8327 234 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8327 235 head head NN 1662 8327 236 of of IN 1662 8327 237 government government NN 1662 8327 238 : : : 1662 8327 239 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8327 240 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8327 241 Kwassi Kwassi NNP 1662 8327 242 KLUTSE KLUTSE NNP 1662 8327 243 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8327 244 since since IN 1662 8327 245 September September NNP 1662 8327 246 1996 1996 CD 1662 8327 247 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8327 248 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 8327 249 : : : 1662 8327 250 Council Council NNP 1662 8327 251 of of IN 1662 8327 252 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 8327 253 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8327 254 by by IN 1662 8327 255 the the DT 1662 8327 256 president president NN 1662 8327 257 and and CC 1662 8327 258 the the DT 1662 8327 259 prime prime NNP 1662 8327 260 minister minister NNP 1662 8327 261 elections election NNS 1662 8327 262 : : : 1662 8327 263 president president NNP 1662 8327 264 elected elect VBN 1662 8327 265 by by IN 1662 8327 266 popular popular JJ 1662 8327 267 vote vote NN 1662 8327 268 for for IN 1662 8327 269 a a DT 1662 8327 270 five five CD 1662 8327 271 - - HYPH 1662 8327 272 year year NN 1662 8327 273 term term NN 1662 8327 274 ; ; : 1662 8327 275 election election NN 1662 8327 276 last last JJ 1662 8327 277 held hold VBN 1662 8327 278 25 25 CD 1662 8327 279 August August NNP 1662 8327 280 1993 1993 CD 1662 8327 281 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8327 282 next next JJ 1662 8327 283 to to TO 1662 8327 284 be be VB 1662 8327 285 held hold VBN 1662 8327 286 NA NA NNP 1662 8327 287 1998 1998 CD 1662 8327 288 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8327 289 ; ; : 1662 8327 290 prime prime NNP 1662 8327 291 minister minister NN 1662 8327 292 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8327 293 by by IN 1662 8327 294 the the DT 1662 8327 295 president president NNP 1662 8327 296 election election NN 1662 8327 297 results result NNS 1662 8327 298 : : : 1662 8327 299 Gnassingbe Gnassingbe NNP 1662 8327 300 EYADEMA EYADEMA NNP 1662 8327 301 elected elect VBD 1662 8327 302 president president NN 1662 8327 303 ; ; , 1662 8327 304 percent percent NN 1662 8327 305 of of IN 1662 8327 306 vote vote NN 1662 8327 307 - - HYPH 1662 8327 308 Gnassingbe Gnassingbe NNP 1662 8327 309 EYADEMA EYADEMA NNP 1662 8327 310 96.5 96.5 CD 1662 8327 311 % % NN 1662 8327 312 ; ; : 1662 8327 313 note note VB 1662 8327 314 - - HYPH 1662 8327 315 all all DT 1662 8327 316 major major JJ 1662 8327 317 opposition opposition NN 1662 8327 318 parties party NNS 1662 8327 319 boycotted boycott VBD 1662 8327 320 the the DT 1662 8327 321 election election NN 1662 8327 322 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 8327 323 branch branch NN 1662 8327 324 : : : 1662 8327 325 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 8327 326 National National NNP 1662 8327 327 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8327 328 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8327 329 81 81 CD 1662 8327 330 seats seat NNS 1662 8327 331 ; ; : 1662 8327 332 members member NNS 1662 8327 333 are be VBP 1662 8327 334 elected elect VBN 1662 8327 335 by by IN 1662 8327 336 popular popular JJ 1662 8327 337 vote vote NN 1662 8327 338 to to TO 1662 8327 339 serve serve VB 1662 8327 340 five five CD 1662 8327 341 - - HYPH 1662 8327 342 year year NN 1662 8327 343 terms term NNS 1662 8327 344 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8327 345 elections election NNS 1662 8327 346 : : : 1662 8327 347 last last RB 1662 8327 348 held hold VBD 1662 8327 349 6 6 CD 1662 8327 350 and and CC 1662 8327 351 20 20 CD 1662 8327 352 February February NNP 1662 8327 353 1994 1994 CD 1662 8327 354 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8327 355 next next JJ 1662 8327 356 to to TO 1662 8327 357 be be VB 1662 8327 358 held hold VBN 1662 8327 359 NA NA NNP 1662 8327 360 1999 1999 CD 1662 8327 361 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8327 362 election election NN 1662 8327 363 results result NNS 1662 8327 364 : : : 1662 8327 365 percent percent NN 1662 8327 366 of of IN 1662 8327 367 vote vote NN 1662 8327 368 by by IN 1662 8327 369 party party NN 1662 8327 370 - - HYPH 1662 8327 371 NA NA NNP 1662 8327 372 ; ; , 1662 8327 373 seats seat NNS 1662 8327 374 by by IN 1662 8327 375 party party NN 1662 8327 376 - - HYPH 1662 8327 377 CAR CAR NNP 1662 8327 378 36 36 CD 1662 8327 379 , , , 1662 8327 380 RPT RPT NNP 1662 8327 381 35 35 CD 1662 8327 382 , , , 1662 8327 383 UTD UTD NNP 1662 8327 384 7 7 CD 1662 8327 385 , , , 1662 8327 386 UJD UJD NNP 1662 8327 387 2 2 CD 1662 8327 388 , , , 1662 8327 389 CFN CFN NNP 1662 8327 390 1 1 CD 1662 8327 391 note note NN 1662 8327 392 : : : 1662 8327 393 as as IN 1662 8327 394 a a DT 1662 8327 395 result result NN 1662 8327 396 of of IN 1662 8327 397 a a DT 1662 8327 398 byelection byelection NN 1662 8327 399 in in IN 1662 8327 400 August August NNP 1662 8327 401 1996 1996 CD 1662 8327 402 , , , 1662 8327 403 ordered order VBN 1662 8327 404 by by IN 1662 8327 405 the the DT 1662 8327 406 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8327 407 Court Court NNP 1662 8327 408 for for IN 1662 8327 409 three three CD 1662 8327 410 seats seat NNS 1662 8327 411 of of IN 1662 8327 412 the the DT 1662 8327 413 Action Action NNP 1662 8327 414 Committee Committee NNP 1662 8327 415 for for IN 1662 8327 416 Renewal Renewal NNP 1662 8327 417 and and CC 1662 8327 418 the the DT 1662 8327 419 Togolese Togolese NNP 1662 8327 420 Union Union NNP 1662 8327 421 for for IN 1662 8327 422 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 8327 423 , , , 1662 8327 424 representation representation NN 1662 8327 425 in in IN 1662 8327 426 the the DT 1662 8327 427 National National NNP 1662 8327 428 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8327 429 changed change VBD 1662 8327 430 to to IN 1662 8327 431 RPT RPT NNP 1662 8327 432 38 38 CD 1662 8327 433 , , , 1662 8327 434 CAR car NN 1662 8327 435 34 34 CD 1662 8327 436 , , , 1662 8327 437 UDT UDT NNP 1662 8327 438 6 6 CD 1662 8327 439 , , , 1662 8327 440 UJD UJD NNP 1662 8327 441 2 2 CD 1662 8327 442 , , , 1662 8327 443 and and CC 1662 8327 444 CFN CFN NNP 1662 8327 445 1 1 CD 1662 8327 446 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 8327 447 branch branch NN 1662 8327 448 : : : 1662 8327 449 Court Court NNP 1662 8327 450 of of IN 1662 8327 451 Appeal Appeal NNP 1662 8327 452 or or CC 1662 8327 453 Cour Cour NNP 1662 8327 454 d'Appel d'Appel NNP 1662 8327 455 ; ; : 1662 8327 456 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8327 457 Court Court NNP 1662 8327 458 or or CC 1662 8327 459 Cour Cour NNP 1662 8327 460 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8327 461 Political political JJ 1662 8327 462 parties party NNS 1662 8327 463 and and CC 1662 8327 464 leaders leader NNS 1662 8327 465 : : : 1662 8327 466 Rally rally NN 1662 8327 467 of of IN 1662 8327 468 the the DT 1662 8327 469 Togolese togolese JJ 1662 8327 470 People People NNPS 1662 8327 471 or or CC 1662 8327 472 RPT RPT NNP 1662 8327 473 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8327 474 President President NNP 1662 8327 475 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 8327 476 Gnassingbe Gnassingbe NNP 1662 8327 477 EYADEMA EYADEMA NNP 1662 8327 478 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8327 479 ; ; : 1662 8327 480 Coordination coordination NN 1662 8327 481 des des NNP 1662 8327 482 Forces Forces NNP 1662 8327 483 Nouvelles Nouvelles NNP 1662 8327 484 or or CC 1662 8327 485 CFN CFN NNP 1662 8327 486 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8327 487 Joseph Joseph NNP 1662 8327 488 KOFFIGOH KOFFIGOH NNP 1662 8327 489 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8327 490 ; ; : 1662 8327 491 Togolese Togolese NNP 1662 8327 492 Union Union NNP 1662 8327 493 for for IN 1662 8327 494 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 8327 495 or or CC 1662 8327 496 UTD UTD NNP 1662 8327 497 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8327 498 Edem Edem NNP 1662 8327 499 KODJO KODJO NNP 1662 8327 500 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8327 501 ; ; : 1662 8327 502 Action Action NNP 1662 8327 503 Committee Committee NNP 1662 8327 504 for for IN 1662 8327 505 Renewal Renewal NNP 1662 8327 506 or or CC 1662 8327 507 CAR CAR NNP 1662 8327 508 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8327 509 Yao Yao NNP 1662 8327 510 AGBOYIBOR AGBOYIBOR NNP 1662 8327 511 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8327 512 ; ; : 1662 8327 513 Union Union NNP 1662 8327 514 for for IN 1662 8327 515 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 8327 516 and and CC 1662 8327 517 Solidarity Solidarity NNP 1662 8327 518 or or CC 1662 8327 519 UDS UDS NNP 1662 8327 520 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8327 521 Antoine Antoine NNP 1662 8327 522 FOLLY FOLLY NNP 1662 8327 523 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8327 524 ; ; : 1662 8327 525 Pan pan JJ 1662 8327 526 - - JJ 1662 8327 527 African African NNP 1662 8327 528 Sociodemocrats Sociodemocrats NNPS 1662 8327 529 Group Group NNP 1662 8327 530 or or CC 1662 8327 531 GSP GSP NNP 1662 8327 532 , , , 1662 8327 533 an an DT 1662 8327 534 alliance alliance NN 1662 8327 535 of of IN 1662 8327 536 three three CD 1662 8327 537 radical radical JJ 1662 8327 538 parties party NNS 1662 8327 539 : : : 1662 8327 540 CDPA CDPA NNP 1662 8327 541 , , , 1662 8327 542 PDR PDR NNP 1662 8327 543 , , , 1662 8327 544 and and CC 1662 8327 545 PSP PSP NNP 1662 8327 546 ; ; , 1662 8327 547 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8327 548 Convention Convention NNP 1662 8327 549 of of IN 1662 8327 550 African African NNP 1662 8327 551 Peoples Peoples NNPS 1662 8327 552 or or CC 1662 8327 553 CDPA CDPA NNP 1662 8327 554 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8327 555 Leopold Leopold NNP 1662 8327 556 GNININVI GNININVI NNP 1662 8327 557 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8327 558 ; ; : 1662 8327 559 Party Party NNP 1662 8327 560 for for IN 1662 8327 561 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 8327 562 and and CC 1662 8327 563 Renewal Renewal NNP 1662 8327 564 or or CC 1662 8327 565 PDR PDR NNP 1662 8327 566 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8327 567 Zarifou Zarifou NNP 1662 8327 568 AYEVA AYEVA NNP 1662 8327 569 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8327 570 ; ; : 1662 8327 571 Pan pan JJ 1662 8327 572 - - JJ 1662 8327 573 African African NNP 1662 8327 574 Social Social NNP 1662 8327 575 Party Party NNP 1662 8327 576 or or CC 1662 8327 577 PSP PSP NNP 1662 8327 578 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8327 579 Francis Francis NNP 1662 8327 580 AGBAGLI AGBAGLI NNP 1662 8327 581 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8327 582 ; ; : 1662 8327 583 Union Union NNP 1662 8327 584 of of IN 1662 8327 585 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 8327 586 for for IN 1662 8327 587 Change Change NNP 1662 8327 588 or or CC 1662 8327 589 UFC UFC NNP 1662 8327 590 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8327 591 Gilchrist Gilchrist NNP 1662 8327 592 OLYMPIO OLYMPIO NNP 1662 8327 593 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8327 594 in in IN 1662 8327 595 exile exile NN 1662 8327 596 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8327 597 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8327 598 ; ; : 1662 8327 599 Union Union NNP 1662 8327 600 of of IN 1662 8327 601 Justice Justice NNP 1662 8327 602 and and CC 1662 8327 603 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 8327 604 or or CC 1662 8327 605 UJD UJD NNP 1662 8327 606 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8327 607 Lal Lal NNP 1662 8327 608 TAXPANDJAN TAXPANDJAN NNP 1662 8327 609 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8327 610 note note NN 1662 8327 611 : : : 1662 8327 612 Rally rally NN 1662 8327 613 of of IN 1662 8327 614 the the DT 1662 8327 615 Togolese Togolese NNP 1662 8327 616 People People NNPS 1662 8327 617 or or CC 1662 8327 618 RPT RPT 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B. NNP 1662 8327 807 P. P. NNP 1662 8327 808 852 852 CD 1662 8327 809 , , , 1662 8327 810 Lome Lome NNP 1662 8327 811 telephone telephone NN 1662 8327 812 : : : 1662 8327 813 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8327 814 228 228 CD 1662 8327 815 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8327 816 21 21 CD 1662 8327 817 77 77 CD 1662 8327 818 17 17 CD 1662 8327 819 , , , 1662 8327 820 21 21 CD 1662 8327 821 29 29 CD 1662 8327 822 91 91 CD 1662 8327 823 through through IN 1662 8327 824 21 21 CD 1662 8327 825 29 29 CD 1662 8327 826 94 94 CD 1662 8327 827 FAX fax NN 1662 8327 828 : : : 1662 8327 829 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8327 830 228 228 CD 1662 8327 831 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8327 832 21 21 CD 1662 8327 833 79 79 CD 1662 8327 834 52 52 CD 1662 8327 835 Flag flag NN 1662 8327 836 description description NN 1662 8327 837 : : : 1662 8327 838 five five CD 1662 8327 839 equal equal JJ 1662 8327 840 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 8327 841 bands band NNS 1662 8327 842 of of IN 1662 8327 843 green green JJ 1662 8327 844 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8327 845 top top JJ 1662 8327 846 and and CC 1662 8327 847 bottom bottom NN 1662 8327 848 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8327 849 alternating alternate VBG 1662 8327 850 with with IN 1662 8327 851 yellow yellow NN 1662 8327 852 ; ; : 1662 8327 853 there there EX 1662 8327 854 is be VBZ 1662 8327 855 a a DT 1662 8327 856 white white JJ 1662 8327 857 five five CD 1662 8327 858 - 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- HYPH 1662 8344 83 14,000 14,000 CD 1662 8344 84 tons ton NNS 1662 8344 85 Exports export NNS 1662 8344 86 : : : 1662 8344 87 total total JJ 1662 8344 88 value value NN 1662 8344 89 : : : 1662 8344 90 $ $ $ 1662 8344 91 265 265 CD 1662 8344 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8344 93 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 8344 94 . . NNP 1662 8344 95 , , , 1662 8344 96 1996 1996 CD 1662 8344 97 est est NNP 1662 8344 98 . . . 1662 8344 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8345 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8345 2 : : : 1662 8345 3 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 8345 4 , , , 1662 8345 5 cotton cotton NN 1662 8345 6 , , , 1662 8345 7 coffee coffee NN 1662 8345 8 , , , 1662 8345 9 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 8345 10 partners partner NNS 1662 8345 11 : : : 1662 8345 12 Canada Canada NNP 1662 8345 13 9.2 9.2 CD 1662 8345 14 % % NN 1662 8345 15 , , , 1662 8345 16 US US NNP 1662 8345 17 8.1 8.1 CD 1662 8345 18 % % NN 1662 8345 19 , , , 1662 8345 20 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 8345 21 7.5 7.5 CD 1662 8345 22 % % NN 1662 8345 23 , , , 1662 8345 24 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 8345 25 6.7 6.7 CD 1662 8345 26 % % NN 1662 8345 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8345 28 1995 1995 CD 1662 8345 29 est est NNP 1662 8345 30 . . . 1662 8345 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8346 1 Imports import NNS 1662 8346 2 : : : 1662 8346 3 total total JJ 1662 8346 4 value value NN 1662 8346 5 : : : 1662 8346 6 $ $ $ 1662 8346 7 350 350 CD 1662 8346 8 million million CD 1662 8346 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8346 10 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 8346 11 . . NNP 1662 8346 12 , , , 1662 8346 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 8346 14 est est NNP 1662 8346 15 . . . 1662 8346 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8347 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8347 2 : : : 1662 8347 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 8347 4 and and CC 1662 8347 5 equipment equipment NN 1662 8347 6 , , , 1662 8347 7 consumer consumer NN 1662 8347 8 goods good NNS 1662 8347 9 , , , 1662 8347 10 food food NN 1662 8347 11 , , , 1662 8347 12 chemical chemical NN 1662 8347 13 products product NNS 1662 8347 14 partners partner NNS 1662 8347 15 : : : 1662 8347 16 Ghana Ghana NNP 1662 8347 17 17.1 17.1 CD 1662 8347 18 % % NN 1662 8347 19 , , , 1662 8347 20 China China NNP 1662 8347 21 13.3 13.3 CD 1662 8347 22 % % NN 1662 8347 23 , , , 1662 8347 24 France France NNP 1662 8347 25 12.5 12.5 CD 1662 8347 26 % % NN 1662 8347 27 , , , 1662 8347 28 Cameroon Cameroon NNP 1662 8347 29 6.0 6.0 CD 1662 8347 30 % % NN 1662 8347 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8347 32 1995 1995 CD 1662 8347 33 est est NNP 1662 8347 34 . . . 1662 8347 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8348 1 Debt debt NN 1662 8348 2 - - HYPH 1662 8348 3 external external JJ 1662 8348 4 : : : 1662 8348 5 $ $ $ 1662 8348 6 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 8348 7 billion billion CD 1662 8348 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8348 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 8348 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8348 11 Economic economic JJ 1662 8348 12 aid aid NN 1662 8348 13 : : : 1662 8348 14 recipient recipient NN 1662 8348 15 : : : 1662 8348 16 ODA ODA NNP 1662 8348 17 , , , 1662 8348 18 $ $ $ 1662 8348 19 NA NA NNP 1662 8348 20 Currency currency NN 1662 8348 21 : : : 1662 8348 22 1 1 CD 1662 8348 23 Communaute Communaute NNP 1662 8348 24 Financiere Financiere NNP 1662 8348 25 Africaine Africaine NNP 1662 8348 26 franc franc NN 1662 8348 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8348 28 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 8348 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8348 30 = = SYM 1662 8348 31 100 100 CD 1662 8348 32 centimes centime NNS 1662 8348 33 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 8348 34 rates rate NNS 1662 8348 35 : : : 1662 8348 36 CFA cfa NN 1662 8348 37 francs franc NNS 1662 8348 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8348 39 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 8348 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8348 41 per per IN 1662 8348 42 US$ us$ $ 1662 8348 43 1 1 CD 1662 8348 44 - - SYM 1662 8348 45 541.69 541.69 CD 1662 8348 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8348 47 January January NNP 1662 8348 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8348 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8348 50 , , , 1662 8348 51 511.55 511.55 CD 1662 8348 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8348 53 1996 1996 CD 1662 8348 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8348 55 , , , 1662 8348 56 499.15 499.15 CD 1662 8348 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8348 58 1995 1995 CD 1662 8348 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8348 60 , , , 1662 8348 61 555.20 555.20 CD 1662 8348 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8348 63 1994 1994 CD 1662 8348 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8348 65 , , , 1662 8348 66 283.16 283.16 CD 1662 8348 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8348 68 1993 1993 CD 1662 8348 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8348 70 , , , 1662 8348 71 264.69 264.69 CD 1662 8348 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8348 73 1992 1992 CD 1662 8348 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8348 75 note note NN 1662 8348 76 : : : 1662 8348 77 beginning begin VBG 1662 8348 78 12 12 CD 1662 8348 79 January January NNP 1662 8348 80 1994 1994 CD 1662 8348 81 , , , 1662 8348 82 the the DT 1662 8348 83 CFA CFA NNP 1662 8348 84 franc franc NN 1662 8348 85 was be VBD 1662 8348 86 devalued devalue VBN 1662 8348 87 to to IN 1662 8348 88 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 8348 89 100 100 CD 1662 8348 90 per per IN 1662 8348 91 French french JJ 1662 8348 92 franc franc NN 1662 8348 93 from from IN 1662 8348 94 CFAF CFAF NNP 1662 8348 95 50 50 CD 1662 8348 96 at at IN 1662 8348 97 which which WDT 1662 8348 98 it -PRON- PRP 1662 8348 99 had have VBD 1662 8348 100 been be VBN 1662 8348 101 fixed fix VBN 1662 8348 102 since since IN 1662 8348 103 1948 1948 CD 1662 8348 104 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8348 105 year year NN 1662 8348 106 : : : 1662 8348 107 calendar calendar NNP 1662 8348 108 year year NN 1662 8348 109 @Togo @Togo NNS 1662 8348 110 : : : 1662 8348 111 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 8348 112 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 8348 113 : : : 1662 8348 114 12,000 12,000 CD 1662 8348 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8348 116 1987 1987 CD 1662 8348 117 est est NNP 1662 8348 118 . . . 1662 8348 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8349 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8349 2 system system NN 1662 8349 3 : : : 1662 8349 4 fair fair JJ 1662 8349 5 system system NN 1662 8349 6 based base VBN 1662 8349 7 on on IN 1662 8349 8 network network NN 1662 8349 9 of of IN 1662 8349 10 microwave microwave NN 1662 8349 11 radio radio NN 1662 8349 12 relay relay NN 1662 8349 13 routes route NNS 1662 8349 14 supplemented supplement VBN 1662 8349 15 by by IN 1662 8349 16 open open JJ 1662 8349 17 - - HYPH 1662 8349 18 wire wire NN 1662 8349 19 lines line NNS 1662 8349 20 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8349 21 : : : 1662 8349 22 microwave microwave NN 1662 8349 23 radio radio NN 1662 8349 24 relay relay NN 1662 8349 25 and and CC 1662 8349 26 open open JJ 1662 8349 27 - - HYPH 1662 8349 28 wire wire NN 1662 8349 29 lines line NNS 1662 8349 30 international international JJ 1662 8349 31 : : : 1662 8349 32 satellite satellite NN 1662 8349 33 earth earth NN 1662 8349 34 stations station NNS 1662 8349 35 - - , 1662 8349 36 1 1 CD 1662 8349 37 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8349 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8349 39 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8349 40 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8349 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8349 42 and and CC 1662 8349 43 1 1 CD 1662 8349 44 Symphonie Symphonie NNP 1662 8349 45 Radio Radio NNP 1662 8349 46 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8349 47 stations station NNS 1662 8349 48 : : : 1662 8349 49 AM AM NNP 1662 8349 50 2 2 CD 1662 8349 51 , , , 1662 8349 52 FM FM NNP 1662 8349 53 0 0 CD 1662 8349 54 , , , 1662 8349 55 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 8349 56 0 0 CD 1662 8349 57 Radios radio NNS 1662 8349 58 : : : 1662 8349 59 795,000 795,000 CD 1662 8349 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8349 61 1992 1992 CD 1662 8349 62 est est NNP 1662 8349 63 . . . 1662 8349 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8350 1 Television television NN 1662 8350 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8350 3 stations station NNS 1662 8350 4 : : : 1662 8350 5 3 3 LS 1662 8350 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8350 7 relays relay NNS 1662 8350 8 2 2 CD 1662 8350 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8350 10 Televisions television NNS 1662 8350 11 : : : 1662 8350 12 24,000 24,000 CD 1662 8350 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8350 14 1992 1992 CD 1662 8350 15 est est NNP 1662 8350 16 . . . 1662 8350 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8351 1 @Togo @togo LS 1662 8351 2 : : : 1662 8351 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8351 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8351 5 : : : 1662 8351 6 total total NN 1662 8351 7 : : : 1662 8351 8 525 525 CD 1662 8351 9 km km NNS 1662 8351 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8351 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 8351 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8351 13 narrow narrow JJ 1662 8351 14 gauge gauge NN 1662 8351 15 : : : 1662 8351 16 525 525 CD 1662 8351 17 km km NN 1662 8351 18 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 8351 19 gauge gauge NN 1662 8351 20 Highways highway NNS 1662 8351 21 : : : 1662 8351 22 total total NN 1662 8351 23 : : : 1662 8351 24 7,519 7,519 CD 1662 8351 25 km km NN 1662 8351 26 paved pave VBN 1662 8351 27 : : : 1662 8351 28 2,376 2,376 CD 1662 8351 29 km km NN 1662 8351 30 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8351 31 : : : 1662 8351 32 5,143 5,143 CD 1662 8351 33 km km NNS 1662 8351 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8351 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 8351 36 est est NNP 1662 8351 37 . . . 1662 8351 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8352 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 8352 2 : : : 1662 8352 3 50 50 CD 1662 8352 4 km km NN 1662 8352 5 Mono Mono NNP 1662 8352 6 river river NN 1662 8352 7 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 8352 8 and and CC 1662 8352 9 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8352 10 : : : 1662 8352 11 Kpeme Kpeme NNP 1662 8352 12 , , , 1662 8352 13 Lome Lome NNP 1662 8352 14 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 8352 15 marine marine NN 1662 8352 16 : : : 1662 8352 17 none none NN 1662 8352 18 Airports airport NNS 1662 8352 19 : : : 1662 8352 20 8 8 CD 1662 8352 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8352 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 8352 23 est est NNP 1662 8352 24 . . . 1662 8352 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8353 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8353 2 - - , 1662 8353 3 with with IN 1662 8353 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8353 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8353 6 : : : 1662 8353 7 total total NN 1662 8353 8 : : : 1662 8353 9 4 4 CD 1662 8353 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8353 11 to to TO 1662 8353 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8353 13 m m NN 1662 8353 14 : : : 1662 8353 15 2 2 CD 1662 8353 16 under under IN 1662 8353 17 914 914 CD 1662 8353 18 m m NN 1662 8353 19 : : : 1662 8353 20 2 2 CD 1662 8353 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8353 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 8353 23 est est NNP 1662 8353 24 . . . 1662 8353 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8354 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8354 2 - - , 1662 8354 3 with with IN 1662 8354 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8354 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8354 6 : : : 1662 8354 7 total total NN 1662 8354 8 : : : 1662 8354 9 4 4 CD 1662 8354 10 914 914 CD 1662 8354 11 to to TO 1662 8354 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8354 13 m m NN 1662 8354 14 : : : 1662 8354 15 4 4 CD 1662 8354 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8354 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 8354 18 est est NNP 1662 8354 19 . . . 1662 8354 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8355 1 Military military JJ 1662 8355 2 Military military JJ 1662 8355 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8355 4 : : : 1662 8355 5 Army Army NNP 1662 8355 6 , , , 1662 8355 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 8355 8 , , , 1662 8355 9 Air Air NNP 1662 8355 10 Force Force NNP 1662 8355 11 , , , 1662 8355 12 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 8355 13 Military Military NNP 1662 8355 14 manpower manpower NN 1662 8355 15 - - HYPH 1662 8355 16 availability availability NN 1662 8355 17 : : : 1662 8355 18 males male NNS 1662 8355 19 age age NNP 1662 8355 20 15 15 CD 1662 8355 21 - - HYPH 1662 8355 22 49 49 CD 1662 8355 23 : : : 1662 8355 24 1,016,251 1,016,251 CD 1662 8355 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8355 26 1997 1997 CD 1662 8355 27 est est NNP 1662 8355 28 . . . 1662 8355 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8356 1 Military military JJ 1662 8356 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8356 3 - - HYPH 1662 8356 4 fit fit NN 1662 8356 5 for for IN 1662 8356 6 military military JJ 1662 8356 7 service service NN 1662 8356 8 : : : 1662 8356 9 males male NNS 1662 8356 10 : : : 1662 8356 11 533,292 533,292 CD 1662 8356 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8356 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8356 14 est est NNP 1662 8356 15 . . . 1662 8356 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8357 1 Military military JJ 1662 8357 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8357 3 - - HYPH 1662 8357 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8357 5 figure figure NN 1662 8357 6 : : : 1662 8357 7 $ $ $ 1662 8357 8 48 48 CD 1662 8357 9 million million CD 1662 8357 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8357 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 8357 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8357 13 Military military JJ 1662 8357 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8357 15 - - : 1662 8357 16 percent percent NN 1662 8357 17 of of IN 1662 8357 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8357 19 : : : 1662 8357 20 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 8357 21 % % NN 1662 8357 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8357 23 1993 1993 CD 1662 8357 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8357 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8357 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8357 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 8357 28 - - : 1662 8357 29 international international RB 1662 8357 30 : : : 1662 8357 31 none none NN 1662 8357 32 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 8357 33 drugs drug VBZ 1662 8357 34 : : : 1662 8357 35 transit transit NN 1662 8357 36 hub hub NN 1662 8357 37 for for IN 1662 8357 38 Nigerian nigerian JJ 1662 8357 39 heroin heroin NN 1662 8357 40 and and CC 1662 8357 41 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 8357 42 traffickers trafficker NNS 1662 8357 43 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 44 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 45 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 46 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 47 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 48 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 49 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 50 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 51 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 52 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 53 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 54 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 55 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 56 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 57 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 58 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 59 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 60 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 61 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 62 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 63 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 64 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 65 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 66 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 67 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 68 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 69 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 70 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 71 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 72 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 73 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 74 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 75 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 76 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 77 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 78 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 79 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 80 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 81 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 82 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 83 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 84 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 85 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 86 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 87 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 88 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 89 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 90 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 91 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 92 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 93 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 94 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 95 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 96 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 97 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 98 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 99 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 100 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 101 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 102 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 103 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 104 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 105 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 106 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 107 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 108 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 109 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 110 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 111 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 112 _ _ NNP 1662 8357 113 TOKELAU TOKELAU NNP 1662 8357 114 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8357 115 territory territory NN 1662 8357 116 of of IN 1662 8357 117 New New NNP 1662 8357 118 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 8357 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8357 120 @Tokelau @tokelau NN 1662 8357 121 : : : 1662 8357 122 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8357 123 Location Location NNP 1662 8357 124 : : : 1662 8357 125 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 8357 126 , , , 1662 8357 127 group group NN 1662 8357 128 of of IN 1662 8357 129 islands island NNS 1662 8357 130 in in IN 1662 8357 131 the the DT 1662 8357 132 South South NNP 1662 8357 133 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 8357 134 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8357 135 , , , 1662 8357 136 about about RB 1662 8357 137 one one CD 1662 8357 138 - - HYPH 1662 8357 139 half half NN 1662 8357 140 of of IN 1662 8357 141 the the DT 1662 8357 142 way way NN 1662 8357 143 from from IN 1662 8357 144 Hawaii Hawaii NNP 1662 8357 145 to to IN 1662 8357 146 New New NNP 1662 8357 147 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 8357 148 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8357 149 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8357 150 : : : 1662 8357 151 9 9 CD 1662 8357 152 00 00 CD 1662 8357 153 S s NN 1662 8357 154 , , , 1662 8357 155 172 172 CD 1662 8357 156 00 00 NFP 1662 8357 157 W W NNP 1662 8357 158 Map Map NNP 1662 8357 159 references reference NNS 1662 8357 160 : : : 1662 8357 161 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 8357 162 Area Area NNP 1662 8357 163 : : : 1662 8357 164 total total NN 1662 8357 165 : : : 1662 8357 166 10 10 CD 1662 8357 167 sq sq NN 1662 8357 168 km km NNP 1662 8357 169 land land NN 1662 8357 170 : : : 1662 8357 171 10 10 CD 1662 8357 172 sq sq NN 1662 8357 173 km km NNP 1662 8357 174 water water NN 1662 8357 175 : : : 1662 8357 176 0 0 NFP 1662 8357 177 sq sq NN 1662 8357 178 km km NNP 1662 8357 179 Area area NN 1662 8357 180 - - HYPH 1662 8357 181 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8357 182 : : : 1662 8357 183 about about IN 1662 8357 184 17 17 CD 1662 8357 185 times time NNS 1662 8357 186 the the DT 1662 8357 187 size size NN 1662 8357 188 of of IN 1662 8357 189 The the DT 1662 8357 190 Mall Mall NNP 1662 8357 191 in in IN 1662 8357 192 Washington Washington NNP 1662 8357 193 , , , 1662 8357 194 DC DC NNP 1662 8357 195 Land Land NNP 1662 8357 196 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8357 197 : : : 1662 8357 198 0 0 LS 1662 8357 199 km km NN 1662 8357 200 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8357 201 : : : 1662 8357 202 101 101 CD 1662 8357 203 km km NN 1662 8357 204 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8357 205 claims claim VBZ 1662 8357 206 : : : 1662 8357 207 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 8357 208 economic economic JJ 1662 8357 209 zone zone NN 1662 8357 210 : : : 1662 8357 211 200 200 CD 1662 8357 212 nm nm CD 1662 8357 213 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8357 214 sea sea NN 1662 8357 215 : : : 1662 8357 216 12 12 CD 1662 8357 217 nm nm NNP 1662 8357 218 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8357 219 : : : 1662 8357 220 tropical tropical JJ 1662 8357 221 ; ; : 1662 8357 222 moderated moderate VBN 1662 8357 223 by by IN 1662 8357 224 trade trade NN 1662 8357 225 winds wind NNS 1662 8357 226 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8357 227 April April NNP 1662 8357 228 to to IN 1662 8357 229 November November NNP 1662 8357 230 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8357 231 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8357 232 : : : 1662 8357 233 coral coral JJ 1662 8357 234 atolls atoll NNS 1662 8357 235 enclosing enclose VBG 1662 8357 236 large large JJ 1662 8357 237 lagoons lagoon NNS 1662 8357 238 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8357 239 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8357 240 : : : 1662 8357 241 lowest low JJS 1662 8357 242 point point NN 1662 8357 243 : : : 1662 8357 244 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 8357 245 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8357 246 0 0 NFP 1662 8357 247 m m DT 1662 8357 248 highest high JJS 1662 8357 249 point point NN 1662 8357 250 : : : 1662 8357 251 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 8357 252 location location NN 1662 8357 253 5 5 CD 1662 8357 254 m m NNP 1662 8357 255 Natural natural JJ 1662 8357 256 resources resource NNS 1662 8357 257 : : : 1662 8357 258 NEGL NEGL NNP 1662 8357 259 Land Land NNP 1662 8357 260 use use NN 1662 8357 261 : : : 1662 8357 262 arable arable JJ 1662 8357 263 land land NN 1662 8357 264 : : : 1662 8357 265 0 0 CD 1662 8357 266 % % NN 1662 8357 267 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8357 268 crops crop NNS 1662 8357 269 : : : 1662 8357 270 0 0 CD 1662 8357 271 % % NN 1662 8357 272 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8357 273 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8357 274 : : : 1662 8357 275 0 0 CD 1662 8357 276 % % NN 1662 8357 277 forests forest NNS 1662 8357 278 and and CC 1662 8357 279 woodland woodland JJ 1662 8357 280 : : : 1662 8357 281 0 0 CD 1662 8357 282 % % NN 1662 8357 283 other other JJ 1662 8357 284 : : : 1662 8357 285 100 100 CD 1662 8357 286 % % NN 1662 8357 287 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8357 288 1993 1993 CD 1662 8357 289 est est NNP 1662 8357 290 . . . 1662 8357 291 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8358 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8358 2 land land NN 1662 8358 3 : : : 1662 8358 4 NA NA NNP 1662 8358 5 sq sq RB 1662 8358 6 km km VB 1662 8358 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 8358 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8358 9 : : : 1662 8358 10 lies lie NNS 1662 8358 11 in in IN 1662 8358 12 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 8358 13 typhoon typhoon NN 1662 8358 14 belt belt NN 1662 8358 15 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8358 16 - - HYPH 1662 8358 17 current current JJ 1662 8358 18 issues issue NNS 1662 8358 19 : : : 1662 8358 20 very very RB 1662 8358 21 limited limited JJ 1662 8358 22 natural natural JJ 1662 8358 23 resources resource NNS 1662 8358 24 and and CC 1662 8358 25 overcrowding overcrowding NN 1662 8358 26 are be VBP 1662 8358 27 contributing contribute VBG 1662 8358 28 to to IN 1662 8358 29 emigration emigration NN 1662 8358 30 to to IN 1662 8358 31 New New NNP 1662 8358 32 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 8358 33 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8358 34 - - HYPH 1662 8358 35 international international JJ 1662 8358 36 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8358 37 : : : 1662 8358 38 party party NN 1662 8358 39 to to IN 1662 8358 40 : : : 1662 8358 41 NA NA NNP 1662 8358 42 signed sign VBN 1662 8358 43 , , , 1662 8358 44 but but CC 1662 8358 45 not not RB 1662 8358 46 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8358 47 : : : 1662 8358 48 NA NA NNP 1662 8358 49 @Tokelau @tokelau NN 1662 8358 50 : : : 1662 8358 51 People People NNPS 1662 8358 52 Population Population NNP 1662 8358 53 : : : 1662 8358 54 1,463 1,463 CD 1662 8358 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8358 56 July July NNP 1662 8358 57 1997 1997 CD 1662 8358 58 est est NNP 1662 8358 59 . . . 1662 8358 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8359 1 Age age NN 1662 8359 2 structure structure NN 1662 8359 3 : : : 1662 8359 4 0 0 CD 1662 8359 5 - - HYPH 1662 8359 6 14 14 CD 1662 8359 7 years year NNS 1662 8359 8 : : : 1662 8359 9 NA NA NNP 1662 8359 10 15 15 CD 1662 8359 11 - - SYM 1662 8359 12 64 64 CD 1662 8359 13 years year NNS 1662 8359 14 : : : 1662 8359 15 NA na IN 1662 8359 16 65 65 CD 1662 8359 17 years year NNS 1662 8359 18 and and CC 1662 8359 19 over over RB 1662 8359 20 : : : 1662 8359 21 NA NA NNP 1662 8359 22 Population Population NNP 1662 8359 23 growth growth NN 1662 8359 24 rate rate NN 1662 8359 25 : : : 1662 8359 26 -1.35 -1.35 CD 1662 8359 27 % % NN 1662 8359 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8359 29 1997 1997 CD 1662 8359 30 est est NNP 1662 8359 31 . . . 1662 8359 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8360 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8360 2 rate rate NN 1662 8360 3 : : : 1662 8360 4 NA NA NNP 1662 8360 5 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8368 105 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 106 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 107 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 108 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 109 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 110 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 111 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 112 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 113 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 114 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 115 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 116 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 117 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 118 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 119 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 120 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 121 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 122 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 123 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 124 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 125 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 126 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 127 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 128 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 129 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 130 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 131 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 132 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 133 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 134 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 135 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 136 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 137 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 138 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 139 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 140 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 141 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 142 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 143 _ _ NNP 1662 8368 144 TONGA TONGA NNP 1662 8368 145 @Tonga @Tonga NNP 1662 8368 146 : : : 1662 8368 147 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8368 148 Location 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8368 185 Area Area NNP 1662 8368 186 : : : 1662 8368 187 total total NN 1662 8368 188 : : : 1662 8368 189 748 748 CD 1662 8368 190 sq sq RB 1662 8368 191 km km NNP 1662 8368 192 land land NN 1662 8368 193 : : : 1662 8368 194 718 718 CD 1662 8368 195 sq sq NN 1662 8368 196 km km NN 1662 8368 197 water water NN 1662 8368 198 : : : 1662 8368 199 30 30 CD 1662 8368 200 sq sq NN 1662 8368 201 km km NNP 1662 8368 202 Area area NN 1662 8368 203 - - HYPH 1662 8368 204 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8368 205 : : : 1662 8368 206 four four CD 1662 8368 207 times time NNS 1662 8368 208 the the DT 1662 8368 209 size size NN 1662 8368 210 of of IN 1662 8368 211 Washington Washington NNP 1662 8368 212 , , , 1662 8368 213 DC DC NNP 1662 8368 214 Land Land NNP 1662 8368 215 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8368 216 : : : 1662 8368 217 0 0 LS 1662 8368 218 km km NN 1662 8368 219 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8368 220 : : : 1662 8368 221 419 419 CD 1662 8368 222 km km NN 1662 8368 223 Maritime Maritime NNP 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8368 260 December December NNP 1662 8368 261 to to IN 1662 8368 262 May May NNP 1662 8368 263 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8368 264 , , , 1662 8368 265 cool cool JJ 1662 8368 266 season season NN 1662 8368 267 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8368 268 May May NNP 1662 8368 269 to to IN 1662 8368 270 December December NNP 1662 8368 271 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8368 272 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8368 273 : : : 1662 8368 274 most most JJS 1662 8368 275 islands island NNS 1662 8368 276 have have VBP 1662 8368 277 limestone limestone NN 1662 8368 278 base base NN 1662 8368 279 formed form VBN 1662 8368 280 from from IN 1662 8368 281 uplifted uplifted JJ 1662 8368 282 coral coral NN 1662 8368 283 formation formation NN 1662 8368 284 ; ; : 1662 8368 285 others other NNS 1662 8368 286 have have VBP 1662 8368 287 limestone limestone NN 1662 8368 288 overlying overlie VBG 1662 8368 289 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 8368 290 base base NN 1662 8368 291 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8368 292 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8368 293 : : : 1662 8368 294 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permanent JJ 1662 8368 332 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8368 333 : : : 1662 8368 334 6 6 CD 1662 8368 335 % % NN 1662 8368 336 forests forest NNS 1662 8368 337 and and CC 1662 8368 338 woodland woodland NN 1662 8368 339 : : : 1662 8368 340 11 11 CD 1662 8368 341 % % NN 1662 8368 342 other other JJ 1662 8368 343 : : : 1662 8368 344 16 16 CD 1662 8368 345 % % NN 1662 8368 346 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8368 347 1993 1993 CD 1662 8368 348 est est NNP 1662 8368 349 . . . 1662 8368 350 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8369 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8369 2 land land NN 1662 8369 3 : : : 1662 8369 4 NA NA NNP 1662 8369 5 sq sq RB 1662 8369 6 km km VB 1662 8369 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 8369 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8369 9 : : : 1662 8369 10 cyclones cyclone NNS 1662 8369 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8369 12 October October NNP 1662 8369 13 to to IN 1662 8369 14 April April NNP 1662 8369 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8369 16 ; ; : 1662 8369 17 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 8369 18 and and CC 1662 8369 19 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 8369 20 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1662 8369 55 collectors collector NNS 1662 8369 56 ; ; , 1662 8369 57 overhunting overhunte VBG 1662 8369 58 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 8369 59 native native JJ 1662 8369 60 sea sea NN 1662 8369 61 turtle turtle NN 1662 8369 62 populations population NNS 1662 8369 63 Environment environment NN 1662 8369 64 - - HYPH 1662 8369 65 international international JJ 1662 8369 66 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8369 67 : : : 1662 8369 68 party party NN 1662 8369 69 to to TO 1662 8369 70 : : : 1662 8369 71 Law Law NNP 1662 8369 72 of of IN 1662 8369 73 the the DT 1662 8369 74 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8369 75 , , , 1662 8369 76 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8369 77 Life Life NNP 1662 8369 78 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 8369 79 , , , 1662 8369 80 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8369 81 Test Test NNP 1662 8369 82 Ban Ban NNP 1662 8369 83 , , , 1662 8369 84 Ship Ship NNP 1662 8369 85 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8369 86 , , , 1662 8369 87 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 8369 88 signed sign VBD 1662 8369 89 , , , 1662 8369 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8370 5 - - HYPH 1662 8370 6 14 14 CD 1662 8370 7 years year NNS 1662 8370 8 : : : 1662 8370 9 NA NA NNP 1662 8370 10 15 15 CD 1662 8370 11 - - SYM 1662 8370 12 64 64 CD 1662 8370 13 years year NNS 1662 8370 14 : : : 1662 8370 15 NA na IN 1662 8370 16 65 65 CD 1662 8370 17 years year NNS 1662 8370 18 and and CC 1662 8370 19 over over RB 1662 8370 20 : : : 1662 8370 21 NA NA NNP 1662 8370 22 Population Population NNP 1662 8370 23 growth growth NN 1662 8370 24 rate rate NN 1662 8370 25 : : : 1662 8370 26 0.81 0.81 CD 1662 8370 27 % % NN 1662 8370 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8370 29 1997 1997 CD 1662 8370 30 est est NNP 1662 8370 31 . . . 1662 8370 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8371 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8371 2 rate rate NN 1662 8371 3 : : : 1662 8371 4 26.95 26.95 CD 1662 8371 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 8371 6 population population NN 1662 8371 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8371 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8371 9 est est NNP 1662 8371 10 . . . 1662 8371 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8372 1 Death death NN 1662 8372 2 rate rate NN 1662 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NNP 1662 8392 118 , , , 1662 8392 119 1995 1995 CD 1662 8392 120 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8392 121 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8392 122 : : : 1662 8392 123 food food NN 1662 8392 124 products product NNS 1662 8392 125 , , , 1662 8392 126 live live JJ 1662 8392 127 animals animal NNS 1662 8392 128 , , , 1662 8392 129 machinery machinery NN 1662 8392 130 and and CC 1662 8392 131 transport transport NN 1662 8392 132 equipment equipment NN 1662 8392 133 , , , 1662 8392 134 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 8392 135 , , , 1662 8392 136 fuels fuel NNS 1662 8392 137 , , , 1662 8392 138 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8392 139 partners partner NNS 1662 8392 140 : : : 1662 8392 141 NZ NZ NNP 1662 8392 142 38 38 CD 1662 8392 143 % % NN 1662 8392 144 , , , 1662 8392 145 Australia Australia NNP 1662 8392 146 28 28 CD 1662 8392 147 % % NN 1662 8392 148 , , , 1662 8392 149 US US NNP 1662 8392 150 10 10 CD 1662 8392 151 % % NN 1662 8392 152 , , , 1662 8392 153 Fiji Fiji NNP 1662 8392 154 7.5 7.5 CD 1662 8392 155 % % NN 1662 8392 156 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8392 157 1995 1995 CD 1662 8392 158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8392 159 Debt debt NN 1662 8392 160 - 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- HYPH 1662 8393 32 1.2127 1.2127 CD 1662 8393 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8393 34 December December NNP 1662 8393 35 1996 1996 CD 1662 8393 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8393 37 , , , 1662 8393 38 1.2323 1.2323 CD 1662 8393 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8393 40 1996 1996 CD 1662 8393 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8393 42 , , , 1662 8393 43 1.2709 1.2709 CD 1662 8393 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8393 45 1995 1995 CD 1662 8393 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8393 47 , , , 1662 8393 48 1.3202 1.3202 CD 1662 8393 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8393 50 1994 1994 CD 1662 8393 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8393 52 , , , 1662 8393 53 1.3841 1.3841 CD 1662 8393 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8393 55 1993 1993 CD 1662 8393 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8393 57 , , , 1662 8393 58 1.3471 1.3471 CD 1662 8393 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8393 60 1992 1992 CD 1662 8393 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8393 62 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8393 63 year year NN 1662 8393 64 : : : 1662 8393 65 1 1 CD 1662 8393 66 July July NNP 1662 8393 67 - - HYPH 1662 8393 68 30 30 CD 1662 8393 69 June June NNP 1662 8393 70 @Tonga @tonga NN 1662 8393 71 : : : 1662 8393 72 Communications Communications NNP 1662 8393 73 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 8393 74 : : : 1662 8393 75 3,500 3,500 CD 1662 8393 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8393 77 1986 1986 CD 1662 8393 78 est est NNP 1662 8393 79 . . . 1662 8393 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8394 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8394 2 system system NN 1662 8394 3 : : : 1662 8394 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8394 5 : : : 1662 8394 6 NA NA NNP 1662 8394 7 international international JJ 1662 8394 8 : : : 1662 8394 9 satellite satellite NN 1662 8394 10 earth earth NNP 1662 8394 11 station station NNP 1662 8394 12 - - : 1662 8394 13 1 1 CD 1662 8394 14 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8394 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8394 16 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 8394 17 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8394 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8394 19 Radio radio NN 1662 8394 20 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8394 21 stations station NNS 1662 8394 22 : : : 1662 8394 23 AM AM NNP 1662 8394 24 1 1 CD 1662 8394 25 , , , 1662 8394 26 FM FM NNP 1662 8394 27 0 0 CD 1662 8394 28 , , , 1662 8394 29 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 8394 30 0 0 CD 1662 8394 31 Radios radio NNS 1662 8394 32 : : : 1662 8394 33 66,000 66,000 CD 1662 8394 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8394 35 1993 1993 CD 1662 8394 36 est est NNP 1662 8394 37 . . . 1662 8394 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8395 1 Television television NN 1662 8395 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8395 3 stations station NNS 1662 8395 4 : : : 1662 8395 5 1 1 CD 1662 8395 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8395 7 1995 1995 CD 1662 8395 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8395 9 Televisions television NNS 1662 8395 10 : : : 1662 8395 11 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8395 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8395 13 1992 1992 CD 1662 8395 14 est est NNP 1662 8395 15 . . . 1662 8395 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8396 1 @Tonga @Tonga NNP 1662 8396 2 : : : 1662 8396 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8396 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8396 5 : : : 1662 8396 6 0 0 LS 1662 8396 7 km km NN 1662 8396 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 8396 9 : : : 1662 8396 10 total total NN 1662 8396 11 : : : 1662 8396 12 674 674 CD 1662 8396 13 km km NN 1662 8396 14 paved pave VBN 1662 8396 15 : : : 1662 8396 16 182 182 CD 1662 8396 17 km km NN 1662 8396 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8396 19 : : : 1662 8396 20 492 492 CD 1662 8396 21 km km NNS 1662 8396 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8396 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 8396 24 est est NNP 1662 8396 25 . . . 1662 8396 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8397 1 Ports port NNS 1662 8397 2 and and CC 1662 8397 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8397 4 : : : 1662 8397 5 Neiafu Neiafu NNP 1662 8397 6 , , , 1662 8397 7 Nuku'alofa Nuku'alofa NNP 1662 8397 8 , , , 1662 8397 9 Pangai Pangai NNP 1662 8397 10 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 8397 11 marine marine NN 1662 8397 12 : : : 1662 8397 13 total total NN 1662 8397 14 : : : 1662 8397 15 4 4 CD 1662 8397 16 ships ship NNS 1662 8397 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8397 18 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8397 19 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8397 20 or or CC 1662 8397 21 over over RB 1662 8397 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8397 23 totaling total VBG 1662 8397 24 9,990 9,990 CD 1662 8397 25 GRT/14,884 grt/14,884 NN 1662 8397 26 DWT dwt NN 1662 8397 27 ships ship NNS 1662 8397 28 by by IN 1662 8397 29 type type NN 1662 8397 30 : : : 1662 8397 31 cargo cargo NN 1662 8397 32 1 1 CD 1662 8397 33 , , , 1662 8397 34 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 8397 35 gas gas NN 1662 8397 36 tanker tanker NN 1662 8397 37 2 2 CD 1662 8397 38 , , , 1662 8397 39 roll roll NN 1662 8397 40 - - HYPH 1662 8397 41 on on IN 1662 8397 42 / / SYM 1662 8397 43 roll roll NN 1662 8397 44 - - HYPH 1662 8397 45 off off RP 1662 8397 46 cargo cargo NN 1662 8397 47 1 1 CD 1662 8397 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8397 49 1996 1996 CD 1662 8397 50 est est NNP 1662 8397 51 . . . 1662 8397 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8398 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8398 2 : : : 1662 8398 3 6 6 CD 1662 8398 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8398 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8398 6 est est NNP 1662 8398 7 . . . 1662 8398 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8399 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8399 2 - - , 1662 8399 3 with with IN 1662 8399 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8399 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8399 6 : : : 1662 8399 7 total total NN 1662 8399 8 : : : 1662 8399 9 3 3 CD 1662 8399 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8399 11 to to TO 1662 8399 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8399 13 m m NN 1662 8399 14 : : : 1662 8399 15 1 1 CD 1662 8399 16 under under IN 1662 8399 17 914 914 CD 1662 8399 18 m m NN 1662 8399 19 : : : 1662 8399 20 2 2 CD 1662 8399 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8399 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 8399 23 est est NNP 1662 8399 24 . . . 1662 8399 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8400 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8400 2 - - , 1662 8400 3 with with IN 1662 8400 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8400 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8400 6 : : : 1662 8400 7 total total NN 1662 8400 8 : : : 1662 8400 9 3 3 CD 1662 8400 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8400 11 to to TO 1662 8400 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8400 13 m m NN 1662 8400 14 : : : 1662 8400 15 1 1 CD 1662 8400 16 914 914 CD 1662 8400 17 to to TO 1662 8400 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8400 19 m m NN 1662 8400 20 : : : 1662 8400 21 2 2 CD 1662 8400 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8400 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 8400 24 est est NNP 1662 8400 25 . . . 1662 8400 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8401 1 Military military JJ 1662 8401 2 Military military JJ 1662 8401 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8401 4 : : : 1662 8401 5 Tonga Tonga NNP 1662 8401 6 Defense Defense NNP 1662 8401 7 Services Services NNPS 1662 8401 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8401 9 includes include VBZ 1662 8401 10 , , , 1662 8401 11 Royal Royal NNP 1662 8401 12 Tongan Tongan NNP 1662 8401 13 Marines Marines NNPS 1662 8401 14 , , , 1662 8401 15 Tongan Tongan NNP 1662 8401 16 Royal Royal NNP 1662 8401 17 Guards Guards NNPS 1662 8401 18 , , , 1662 8401 19 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8401 20 Force Force NNP 1662 8401 21 , , , 1662 8401 22 Police Police NNPS 1662 8401 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8401 24 ; ; : 1662 8401 25 note note VB 1662 8401 26 - 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- HYPH 1662 8401 68 dollar dollar NN 1662 8401 69 figure figure NN 1662 8401 70 : : : 1662 8401 71 $ $ $ 1662 8401 72 NA NA NNP 1662 8401 73 Military military JJ 1662 8401 74 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8401 75 - - : 1662 8401 76 percent percent NN 1662 8401 77 of of IN 1662 8401 78 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8401 79 : : : 1662 8401 80 NA% NA% `` 1662 8401 81 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8401 82 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8401 83 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 8401 84 - - : 1662 8401 85 international international RB 1662 8401 86 : : : 1662 8401 87 none none NN 1662 8401 88 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 89 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 90 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 91 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 92 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 93 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 94 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 95 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 96 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 97 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 98 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 99 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 100 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 101 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 102 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 103 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 104 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 105 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 106 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 107 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 108 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 109 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 110 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 111 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 112 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 113 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 114 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 115 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 116 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 117 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 118 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 119 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 120 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 121 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 122 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 123 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 124 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 125 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 126 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 127 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 128 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 129 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 130 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 131 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 132 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 133 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 134 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 135 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 136 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 137 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 138 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 139 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 140 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 141 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 142 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 143 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 144 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 145 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 146 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 147 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 148 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 149 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 150 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 151 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 152 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 153 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 154 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 155 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 156 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 157 _ _ NNP 1662 8401 158 TRINIDAD TRINIDAD NNP 1662 8401 159 AND and CC 1662 8401 160 TOBAGO TOBAGO NNP 1662 8401 161 @Trinidad @Trinidad NFP 1662 8401 162 and and CC 1662 8401 163 Tobago Tobago NNP 1662 8401 164 : : : 1662 8401 165 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8401 166 Location Location NNP 1662 8401 167 : : : 1662 8401 168 Caribbean caribbean JJ 1662 8401 169 , , , 1662 8401 170 islands island NNS 1662 8401 171 between between IN 1662 8401 172 the the DT 1662 8401 173 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 8401 174 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8401 175 and and CC 1662 8401 176 the the DT 1662 8401 177 North North NNP 1662 8401 178 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8401 179 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8401 180 , , , 1662 8401 181 northeast northeast NN 1662 8401 182 of of IN 1662 8401 183 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 8401 184 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8401 185 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8401 186 : : : 1662 8401 187 11 11 CD 1662 8401 188 00 00 CD 1662 8401 189 N n CD 1662 8401 190 , , , 1662 8401 191 61 61 CD 1662 8401 192 00 00 NFP 1662 8401 193 W W NNP 1662 8401 194 Map Map NNP 1662 8401 195 references reference NNS 1662 8401 196 : : : 1662 8401 197 Central Central NNP 1662 8401 198 America America NNP 1662 8401 199 and and CC 1662 8401 200 the the DT 1662 8401 201 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 8401 202 Area Area NNP 1662 8401 203 : : : 1662 8401 204 total total NN 1662 8401 205 : : : 1662 8401 206 5,130 5,130 CD 1662 8401 207 sq sq RB 1662 8401 208 km km NNP 1662 8401 209 land land NN 1662 8401 210 : : : 1662 8401 211 5,130 5,130 CD 1662 8401 212 sq sq RB 1662 8401 213 km km NNP 1662 8401 214 water water NN 1662 8401 215 : : : 1662 8401 216 0 0 NFP 1662 8401 217 sq sq NN 1662 8401 218 km km NNP 1662 8401 219 Area area NN 1662 8401 220 - - HYPH 1662 8401 221 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8401 222 : : : 1662 8401 223 slightly slightly RB 1662 8401 224 smaller small JJR 1662 8401 225 than than IN 1662 8401 226 Delaware Delaware NNP 1662 8401 227 Land Land NNP 1662 8401 228 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8401 229 : : : 1662 8401 230 0 0 LS 1662 8401 231 km km NN 1662 8401 232 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8401 233 : : : 1662 8401 234 362 362 CD 1662 8401 235 km km NN 1662 8401 236 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8401 237 claims claim VBZ 1662 8401 238 : : : 1662 8401 239 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 8401 240 zone zone NN 1662 8401 241 : : : 1662 8401 242 24 24 CD 1662 8401 243 nm nm NNP 1662 8401 244 continental continental JJ 1662 8401 245 shelf shelf NNP 1662 8401 246 : : : 1662 8401 247 200 200 CD 1662 8401 248 nm nm CD 1662 8401 249 or or CC 1662 8401 250 to to IN 1662 8401 251 the the DT 1662 8401 252 outer outer JJ 1662 8401 253 edge edge NN 1662 8401 254 of of IN 1662 8401 255 the the DT 1662 8401 256 continental continental JJ 1662 8401 257 margin margin NN 1662 8401 258 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 8401 259 economic economic JJ 1662 8401 260 zone zone NN 1662 8401 261 : : : 1662 8401 262 200 200 CD 1662 8401 263 nm nm CD 1662 8401 264 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8401 265 sea sea NN 1662 8401 266 : : : 1662 8401 267 12 12 CD 1662 8401 268 nm nm NNP 1662 8401 269 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8401 270 : : : 1662 8401 271 tropical tropical JJ 1662 8401 272 ; ; : 1662 8401 273 rainy rainy JJ 1662 8401 274 season season NN 1662 8401 275 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8401 276 June June NNP 1662 8401 277 to to IN 1662 8401 278 December December NNP 1662 8401 279 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8401 280 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8401 281 : : : 1662 8401 282 mostly mostly RB 1662 8401 283 plains plain VBZ 1662 8401 284 with with IN 1662 8401 285 some some DT 1662 8401 286 hills hill NNS 1662 8401 287 and and CC 1662 8401 288 low low JJ 1662 8401 289 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8401 290 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8401 291 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8401 292 : : : 1662 8401 293 lowest low JJS 1662 8401 294 point point NN 1662 8401 295 : : : 1662 8401 296 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 8401 297 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8401 298 0 0 NFP 1662 8401 299 m m DT 1662 8401 300 highest high JJS 1662 8401 301 point point NN 1662 8401 302 : : : 1662 8401 303 El El NNP 1662 8401 304 Cerro Cerro NNP 1662 8401 305 del del NNP 1662 8401 306 Aripo Aripo NNP 1662 8401 307 940 940 CD 1662 8401 308 m m NNP 1662 8401 309 Natural natural JJ 1662 8401 310 resources resource NNS 1662 8401 311 : : : 1662 8401 312 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8401 313 , , , 1662 8401 314 natural natural JJ 1662 8401 315 gas gas NN 1662 8401 316 , , , 1662 8401 317 asphalt asphalt NN 1662 8401 318 Land Land NNP 1662 8401 319 use use NN 1662 8401 320 : : : 1662 8401 321 arable arable JJ 1662 8401 322 land land NN 1662 8401 323 : : : 1662 8401 324 15 15 CD 1662 8401 325 % % NN 1662 8401 326 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8401 327 crops crop NNS 1662 8401 328 : : : 1662 8401 329 9 9 CD 1662 8401 330 % % NN 1662 8401 331 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8401 332 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8401 333 : : : 1662 8401 334 2 2 CD 1662 8401 335 % % NN 1662 8401 336 forests forest NNS 1662 8401 337 and and CC 1662 8401 338 woodland woodland JJ 1662 8401 339 : : : 1662 8401 340 46 46 CD 1662 8401 341 % % NN 1662 8401 342 other other JJ 1662 8401 343 : : : 1662 8401 344 28 28 CD 1662 8401 345 % % NN 1662 8401 346 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8401 347 1993 1993 CD 1662 8401 348 est est NNP 1662 8401 349 . . . 1662 8401 350 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8402 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8402 2 land land NN 1662 8402 3 : : : 1662 8402 4 220 220 CD 1662 8402 5 sq sq NNP 1662 8402 6 km km NNP 1662 8402 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8402 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8402 9 est est NNP 1662 8402 10 . . . 1662 8402 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8403 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8403 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8403 3 : : : 1662 8403 4 outside outside IN 1662 8403 5 usual usual JJ 1662 8403 6 path path NN 1662 8403 7 of of IN 1662 8403 8 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 8403 9 and and CC 1662 8403 10 other other JJ 1662 8403 11 tropical tropical JJ 1662 8403 12 storms storm NNS 1662 8403 13 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8403 14 - - HYPH 1662 8403 15 current current JJ 1662 8403 16 issues issue NNS 1662 8403 17 : : : 1662 8403 18 water water NN 1662 8403 19 pollution pollution NN 1662 8403 20 from from IN 1662 8403 21 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8403 22 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8403 23 , , , 1662 8403 24 industrial industrial JJ 1662 8403 25 wastes waste NNS 1662 8403 26 , , , 1662 8403 27 and and CC 1662 8403 28 raw raw JJ 1662 8403 29 sewage sewage NN 1662 8403 30 ; ; : 1662 8403 31 oil oil NN 1662 8403 32 pollution pollution NN 1662 8403 33 of of IN 1662 8403 34 beaches beach NNS 1662 8403 35 ; ; : 1662 8403 36 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 8403 37 ; ; , 1662 8403 38 soil soil NN 1662 8403 39 erosion erosion NN 1662 8403 40 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8403 41 - - HYPH 1662 8403 42 international international JJ 1662 8403 43 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8403 44 : : : 1662 8403 45 party party NN 1662 8403 46 to to TO 1662 8403 47 : : : 1662 8403 48 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 8403 49 , , , 1662 8403 50 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8403 51 Change Change NNP 1662 8403 52 , , , 1662 8403 53 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 8403 54 Species Species NNPS 1662 8403 55 , , , 1662 8403 56 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 8403 57 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 8403 58 , , , 1662 8403 59 Law Law NNP 1662 8403 60 of of IN 1662 8403 61 the the DT 1662 8403 62 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8403 63 , , , 1662 8403 64 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8403 65 Life Life NNP 1662 8403 66 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 8403 67 , , , 1662 8403 68 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8403 69 Test Test NNP 1662 8403 70 Ban Ban NNP 1662 8403 71 , , , 1662 8403 72 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8403 73 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8403 74 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8403 75 , , , 1662 8403 76 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 8403 77 Timber Timber NNP 1662 8403 78 83 83 CD 1662 8403 79 , , , 1662 8403 80 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 8403 81 , , , 1662 8403 82 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 8403 83 signed sign VBD 1662 8403 84 , , , 1662 8403 85 but but CC 1662 8403 86 not not RB 1662 8403 87 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8403 88 : : : 1662 8403 89 none none NN 1662 8403 90 of of IN 1662 8403 91 the the DT 1662 8403 92 selected select VBN 1662 8403 93 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8403 94 @Trinidad @Trinidad NFP 1662 8403 95 and and CC 1662 8403 96 Tobago Tobago NNP 1662 8403 97 : : : 1662 8403 98 People People NNP 1662 8403 99 Population Population NNP 1662 8403 100 : : : 1662 8403 101 1,130,337 1,130,337 CD 1662 8403 102 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8403 103 July July NNP 1662 8403 104 1997 1997 CD 1662 8403 105 est est NNP 1662 8403 106 . . . 1662 8403 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8404 1 Age age NN 1662 8404 2 structure structure NN 1662 8404 3 : : : 1662 8404 4 0 0 CD 1662 8404 5 - - HYPH 1662 8404 6 14 14 CD 1662 8404 7 years year NNS 1662 8404 8 : : : 1662 8404 9 29 29 CD 1662 8404 10 % % NN 1662 8404 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8404 12 male male JJ 1662 8404 13 167,857 167,857 CD 1662 8404 14 ; ; : 1662 8404 15 female female JJ 1662 8404 16 161,196 161,196 CD 1662 8404 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8404 18 15 15 CD 1662 8404 19 - - SYM 1662 8404 20 64 64 CD 1662 8404 21 years year NNS 1662 8404 22 : : : 1662 8404 23 64 64 CD 1662 8404 24 % % NN 1662 8404 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8404 26 male male JJ 1662 8404 27 373,434 373,434 CD 1662 8404 28 ; ; : 1662 8404 29 female female JJ 1662 8404 30 347,489 347,489 CD 1662 8404 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8404 32 65 65 CD 1662 8404 33 years year NNS 1662 8404 34 and and CC 1662 8404 35 over over IN 1662 8404 36 : : : 1662 8404 37 7 7 CD 1662 8404 38 % % NN 1662 8404 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8404 40 male male JJ 1662 8404 41 36,300 36,300 CD 1662 8404 42 ; ; : 1662 8404 43 female female JJ 1662 8404 44 44,061 44,061 CD 1662 8404 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8404 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8404 47 July July NNP 1662 8404 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8404 49 est est NNP 1662 8404 50 . . . 1662 8404 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8405 1 Population population NN 1662 8405 2 growth growth NN 1662 8405 3 rate rate NN 1662 8405 4 : : : 1662 8405 5 -1.18 -1.18 CD 1662 8405 6 % % NN 1662 8405 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8405 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8405 9 est est NNP 1662 8405 10 . . . 1662 8405 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8406 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8406 2 rate rate NN 1662 8406 3 : : : 1662 8406 4 15.37 15.37 CD 1662 8406 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 8406 6 population population NN 1662 8406 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8406 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8406 9 est est NNP 1662 8406 10 . . . 1662 8406 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8407 1 Death death NN 1662 8407 2 rate rate NN 1662 8407 3 : : : 1662 8407 4 7.87 7.87 CD 1662 8407 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8407 6 population population NN 1662 8407 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8407 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8407 9 est est NNP 1662 8407 10 . . . 1662 8407 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8408 1 Net net JJ 1662 8408 2 migration migration NN 1662 8408 3 rate rate NN 1662 8408 4 : : : 1662 8408 5 -19.31 -19.31 . 1662 8408 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 FW 1662 8408 7 population population NN 1662 8408 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8408 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8408 10 est est NNP 1662 8408 11 . . . 1662 8408 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8409 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8409 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8409 3 : : : 1662 8409 4 at at IN 1662 8409 5 birth birth NN 1662 8409 6 : : : 1662 8409 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 8409 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8409 9 under under IN 1662 8409 10 15 15 CD 1662 8409 11 years year NNS 1662 8409 12 : : : 1662 8409 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 8409 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8409 15 15 15 CD 1662 8409 16 - - HYPH 1662 8409 17 64 64 CD 1662 8409 18 years year NNS 1662 8409 19 : : : 1662 8409 20 1.07 1.07 CD 1662 8409 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8409 22 65 65 CD 1662 8409 23 years year NNS 1662 8409 24 and and CC 1662 8409 25 over over IN 1662 8409 26 : : : 1662 8409 27 0.82 0.82 CD 1662 8409 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 8409 29 total total JJ 1662 8409 30 population population NN 1662 8409 31 : : : 1662 8409 32 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 8409 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8409 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8409 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8409 36 est e JJS 1662 8409 37 . . . 1662 8409 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8410 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8410 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8410 3 rate rate NN 1662 8410 4 : : : 1662 8410 5 19.1 19.1 CD 1662 8410 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8410 7 live live JJ 1662 8410 8 births birth NNS 1662 8410 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8410 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8410 11 est est NNP 1662 8410 12 . . . 1662 8410 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8411 1 Life life NN 1662 8411 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8411 3 at at IN 1662 8411 4 birth birth NN 1662 8411 5 : : : 1662 8411 6 total total JJ 1662 8411 7 population population NN 1662 8411 8 : : : 1662 8411 9 70.36 70.36 CD 1662 8411 10 years year NNS 1662 8411 11 male male JJ 1662 8411 12 : : : 1662 8411 13 67.92 67.92 CD 1662 8411 14 years year NNS 1662 8411 15 female female JJ 1662 8411 16 : : : 1662 8411 17 72.88 72.88 CD 1662 8411 18 years year NNS 1662 8411 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8411 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8411 21 est est NNP 1662 8411 22 . . . 1662 8411 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8412 1 Total total JJ 1662 8412 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8412 3 rate rate NN 1662 8412 4 : : : 1662 8412 5 2.13 2.13 CD 1662 8412 6 children child NNS 1662 8412 7 born bear VBN 1662 8412 8 / / SYM 1662 8412 9 woman woman NN 1662 8412 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8412 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8412 12 est est NNP 1662 8412 13 . . . 1662 8412 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8413 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8413 2 : : : 1662 8413 3 noun noun NNP 1662 8413 4 : : : 1662 8413 5 Trinidadian(s Trinidadian(s NNP 1662 8413 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8413 7 , , , 1662 8413 8 Tobagonian(s Tobagonian(s NNP 1662 8413 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8413 10 adjective adjective NN 1662 8413 11 : : : 1662 8413 12 Trinidadian trinidadian JJ 1662 8413 13 , , , 1662 8413 14 Tobagonian tobagonian JJ 1662 8413 15 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8413 16 groups group NNS 1662 8413 17 : : : 1662 8413 18 black black JJ 1662 8413 19 43 43 CD 1662 8413 20 % % NN 1662 8413 21 , , , 1662 8413 22 East East NNP 1662 8413 23 Indian Indian NNP 1662 8413 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8413 25 a a DT 1662 8413 26 local local JJ 1662 8413 27 term term NN 1662 8413 28 - 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- HYPH 1662 8414 39 of of IN 1662 8414 40 - - HYPH 1662 8414 41 Spain Spain NNP 1662 8414 42 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 8414 43 divisions division NNS 1662 8414 44 : : : 1662 8414 45 8 8 CD 1662 8414 46 counties county NNS 1662 8414 47 , , , 1662 8414 48 3 3 CD 1662 8414 49 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 8414 50 * * NFP 1662 8414 51 , , , 1662 8414 52 and and CC 1662 8414 53 1 1 CD 1662 8414 54 ward ward NN 1662 8414 55 * * NFP 1662 8414 56 * * NFP 1662 8414 57 ; ; : 1662 8414 58 Arima Arima NNP 1662 8414 59 * * NFP 1662 8414 60 , , , 1662 8414 61 Caroni Caroni NNP 1662 8414 62 , , , 1662 8414 63 Mayaro Mayaro NNP 1662 8414 64 , , , 1662 8414 65 Nariva Nariva NNP 1662 8414 66 , , , 1662 8414 67 Port Port NNP 1662 8414 68 - - HYPH 1662 8414 69 of of IN 1662 8414 70 - - HYPH 1662 8414 71 Spain Spain NNP 1662 8414 72 * * NFP 1662 8414 73 , , , 1662 8414 74 Saint Saint NNP 1662 8414 75 Andrew Andrew NNP 1662 8414 76 , , , 1662 8414 77 Saint Saint NNP 1662 8414 78 David David NNP 1662 8414 79 , , , 1662 8414 80 Saint Saint NNP 1662 8414 81 George George NNP 1662 8414 82 , , , 1662 8414 83 Saint Saint NNP 1662 8414 84 Patrick Patrick NNP 1662 8414 85 , , , 1662 8414 86 San San NNP 1662 8414 87 Fernando Fernando NNP 1662 8414 88 * * NFP 1662 8414 89 , , , 1662 8414 90 Tobago Tobago NNP 1662 8414 91 * * NFP 1662 8414 92 * * NFP 1662 8414 93 , , , 1662 8414 94 Victoria Victoria NNP 1662 8414 95 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8414 96 : : : 1662 8414 97 31 31 CD 1662 8414 98 August August NNP 1662 8414 99 1962 1962 CD 1662 8414 100 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8414 101 from from IN 1662 8414 102 UK UK NNP 1662 8414 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8414 104 National national JJ 1662 8414 105 holiday holiday NN 1662 8414 106 : : : 1662 8414 107 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8414 108 Day Day NNP 1662 8414 109 , , , 1662 8414 110 31 31 CD 1662 8414 111 August August NNP 1662 8414 112 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8414 113 1962 1962 CD 1662 8414 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8414 115 Constitution constitution NN 1662 8414 116 : : : 1662 8414 117 1 1 CD 1662 8414 118 August August NNP 1662 8414 119 1976 1976 CD 1662 8414 120 Legal legal JJ 1662 8414 121 system system NN 1662 8414 122 : : : 1662 8414 123 based base VBN 1662 8414 124 on on IN 1662 8414 125 English English NNP 1662 8414 126 common common JJ 1662 8414 127 law law NN 1662 8414 128 ; ; : 1662 8414 129 judicial judicial JJ 1662 8414 130 review review NN 1662 8414 131 of of IN 1662 8414 132 legislative legislative JJ 1662 8414 133 acts act NNS 1662 8414 134 in in IN 1662 8414 135 the the DT 1662 8414 136 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8414 137 Court Court NNP 1662 8414 138 ; ; : 1662 8414 139 has have VBZ 1662 8414 140 not not RB 1662 8414 141 accepted accept VBN 1662 8414 142 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 8414 143 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 8414 144 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 8414 145 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 8414 146 : : : 1662 8414 147 18 18 CD 1662 8414 148 years year NNS 1662 8414 149 of of IN 1662 8414 150 age age NN 1662 8414 151 ; ; : 1662 8414 152 universal universal JJ 1662 8414 153 Executive Executive NNP 1662 8414 154 branch branch NN 1662 8414 155 : : : 1662 8414 156 chief chief NN 1662 8414 157 of of IN 1662 8414 158 state state NN 1662 8414 159 : : : 1662 8414 160 President President NNP 1662 8414 161 Arthur Arthur NNP 1662 8414 162 Napoleon Napoleon NNP 1662 8414 163 Raymond Raymond NNP 1662 8414 164 ROBINSON ROBINSON NNP 1662 8414 165 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8414 166 since since IN 1662 8414 167 19 19 CD 1662 8414 168 March March NNP 1662 8414 169 1997 1997 CD 1662 8414 170 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8414 171 head head NN 1662 8414 172 of of IN 1662 8414 173 government government NN 1662 8414 174 : : : 1662 8414 175 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8414 176 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8414 177 Basdeo Basdeo NNP 1662 8414 178 PANDAY PANDAY NNP 1662 8414 179 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8414 180 since since IN 1662 8414 181 9 9 CD 1662 8414 182 November November NNP 1662 8414 183 1995 1995 CD 1662 8414 184 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8414 185 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 8414 186 : : : 1662 8414 187 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 8414 188 appointed appoint VBD 1662 8414 189 from from IN 1662 8414 190 among among IN 1662 8414 191 the the DT 1662 8414 192 members member NNS 1662 8414 193 of of IN 1662 8414 194 Parliament Parliament NNP 1662 8414 195 elections election NNS 1662 8414 196 : : : 1662 8414 197 president president NNP 1662 8414 198 elected elect VBN 1662 8414 199 by by IN 1662 8414 200 an an DT 1662 8414 201 electoral electoral JJ 1662 8414 202 college college NN 1662 8414 203 that that WDT 1662 8414 204 consists consist VBZ 1662 8414 205 of of IN 1662 8414 206 the the DT 1662 8414 207 members member NNS 1662 8414 208 of of IN 1662 8414 209 the the DT 1662 8414 210 Senate Senate NNP 1662 8414 211 and and CC 1662 8414 212 House House NNP 1662 8414 213 of of IN 1662 8414 214 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 8414 215 for for IN 1662 8414 216 a a DT 1662 8414 217 five five CD 1662 8414 218 - 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A. NNP 1662 8414 486 N. N. NNP 1662 8414 487 R. R. 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- JJ 1662 8419 22 tariff tariff JJ 1662 8419 23 trade trade NN 1662 8419 24 barriers barrier NNS 1662 8419 25 . . . 1662 8420 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8420 2 : : : 1662 8420 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 8420 4 power power NN 1662 8420 5 parity parity NN 1662 8420 6 - - : 1662 8420 7 $ $ $ 1662 8420 8 17.1 17.1 CD 1662 8420 9 billion billion CD 1662 8420 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8420 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 8420 12 est est NNP 1662 8420 13 . . . 1662 8420 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8421 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8421 2 - - HYPH 1662 8421 3 real real JJ 1662 8421 4 growth growth NN 1662 8421 5 rate rate NN 1662 8421 6 : : : 1662 8421 7 3.1 3.1 CD 1662 8421 8 % % NN 1662 8421 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8421 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 8421 11 est est NNP 1662 8421 12 . . . 1662 8421 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8422 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8422 2 - - HYPH 1662 8422 3 per per FW 1662 8422 4 capita capita NN 1662 8422 5 : : : 1662 8422 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 8422 7 power power NN 1662 8422 8 parity parity NN 1662 8422 9 - - : 1662 8422 10 $ $ $ 1662 8422 11 13,500 13,500 CD 1662 8422 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8422 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 8422 14 est est NNP 1662 8422 15 . . . 1662 8422 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8423 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8423 2 - - HYPH 1662 8423 3 composition composition NN 1662 8423 4 by by IN 1662 8423 5 sector sector NN 1662 8423 6 : : : 1662 8423 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8423 8 : : : 1662 8423 9 2 2 CD 1662 8423 10 % % NN 1662 8423 11 industry industry NN 1662 8423 12 : : : 1662 8423 13 45 45 CD 1662 8423 14 % % NN 1662 8423 15 services service NNS 1662 8423 16 : : : 1662 8423 17 53 53 CD 1662 8423 18 % % NN 1662 8423 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8423 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 8423 21 est est NNP 1662 8423 22 . . . 1662 8423 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8424 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 8424 2 rate rate NN 1662 8424 3 - - HYPH 1662 8424 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 8424 5 price price NN 1662 8424 6 index index NN 1662 8424 7 : : : 1662 8424 8 5.3 5.3 CD 1662 8424 9 % % NN 1662 8424 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8424 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 8424 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8424 13 Labor labor NN 1662 8424 14 force force NN 1662 8424 15 : : : 1662 8424 16 total total NN 1662 8424 17 : : : 1662 8424 18 404,500 404,500 CD 1662 8424 19 by by IN 1662 8424 20 occupation occupation NN 1662 8424 21 : : : 1662 8424 22 construction construction NN 1662 8424 23 and and CC 1662 8424 24 utilities utility NNS 1662 8424 25 13 13 CD 1662 8424 26 % % NN 1662 8424 27 , , , 1662 8424 28 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 8424 29 , , , 1662 8424 30 mining mining NN 1662 8424 31 , , , 1662 8424 32 and and CC 1662 8424 33 quarrying quarry VBG 1662 8424 34 14 14 CD 1662 8424 35 % % NN 1662 8424 36 , , , 1662 8424 37 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8424 38 11 11 CD 1662 8424 39 % % NN 1662 8424 40 , , , 1662 8424 41 services service NNS 1662 8424 42 62 62 CD 1662 8424 43 % % NN 1662 8424 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8424 45 1993 1993 CD 1662 8424 46 est est NNP 1662 8424 47 . . . 1662 8424 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8425 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 8425 2 rate rate NN 1662 8425 3 : : : 1662 8425 4 16.1 16.1 CD 1662 8425 5 % % NN 1662 8425 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8425 7 December December NNP 1662 8425 8 1996 1996 CD 1662 8425 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8425 10 Budget budget NN 1662 8425 11 : : : 1662 8425 12 revenues revenue NNS 1662 8425 13 : : : 1662 8425 14 $ $ $ 1662 8425 15 1.65 1.65 CD 1662 8425 16 billion billion CD 1662 8425 17 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8425 18 : : : 1662 8425 19 $ $ $ 1662 8425 20 1.61 1.61 CD 1662 8425 21 billion billion CD 1662 8425 22 , , , 1662 8425 23 including include VBG 1662 8425 24 capital capital NN 1662 8425 25 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8425 26 of of IN 1662 8425 27 $ $ $ 1662 8425 28 NA na NN 1662 8425 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8425 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 8425 31 est est NNP 1662 8425 32 . . . 1662 8425 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8426 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 8426 2 : : : 1662 8426 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8426 4 , , , 1662 8426 5 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8426 6 , , , 1662 8426 7 tourism tourism NN 1662 8426 8 , , , 1662 8426 9 food food NN 1662 8426 10 processing processing NN 1662 8426 11 , , , 1662 8426 12 cement cement NN 1662 8426 13 , , , 1662 8426 14 beverage beverage NN 1662 8426 15 , , , 1662 8426 16 cotton cotton NN 1662 8426 17 textiles textile VBZ 1662 8426 18 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 8426 19 production production NN 1662 8426 20 growth growth NN 1662 8426 21 rate rate NN 1662 8426 22 : : : 1662 8426 23 1 1 CD 1662 8426 24 % % NN 1662 8426 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8426 26 1994 1994 CD 1662 8426 27 est est NNP 1662 8426 28 . . . 1662 8426 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8427 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8427 2 - - HYPH 1662 8427 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 8427 4 : : : 1662 8427 5 1.253 1.253 CD 1662 8427 6 million million CD 1662 8427 7 kW kW NNP 1662 8427 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8427 9 1995 1995 CD 1662 8427 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8427 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8427 12 - - HYPH 1662 8427 13 production production NN 1662 8427 14 : : : 1662 8427 15 4.229 4.229 CD 1662 8427 16 billion billion CD 1662 8427 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8427 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8427 19 1995 1995 CD 1662 8427 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8427 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8427 22 - - HYPH 1662 8427 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 8427 24 per per IN 1662 8427 25 capita capita NN 1662 8427 26 : : : 1662 8427 27 2,885 2,885 CD 1662 8427 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8427 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8427 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 8427 31 est est NNP 1662 8427 32 . . . 1662 8427 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8428 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8428 2 - - HYPH 1662 8428 3 products product NNS 1662 8428 4 : : : 1662 8428 5 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 8428 6 , , , 1662 8428 7 sugarcane sugarcane NN 1662 8428 8 , , , 1662 8428 9 rice rice NN 1662 8428 10 , , , 1662 8428 11 citrus citrus NN 1662 8428 12 , , , 1662 8428 13 coffee coffee NN 1662 8428 14 , , , 1662 8428 15 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 8428 16 ; ; : 1662 8428 17 poultry poultry NN 1662 8428 18 Exports export NNS 1662 8428 19 : : : 1662 8428 20 total total JJ 1662 8428 21 value value NN 1662 8428 22 : : : 1662 8428 23 $ $ $ 1662 8428 24 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 8428 25 billion billion CD 1662 8428 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8428 27 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 8428 28 . . NNP 1662 8428 29 , , , 1662 8428 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 8428 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8428 32 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8428 33 : : : 1662 8428 34 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8428 35 and and CC 1662 8428 36 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8428 37 products product NNS 1662 8428 38 , , , 1662 8428 39 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8428 40 , , , 1662 8428 41 steel steel NN 1662 8428 42 products product NNS 1662 8428 43 , , , 1662 8428 44 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 8428 45 , , , 1662 8428 46 sugar sugar NN 1662 8428 47 , , , 1662 8428 48 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 8428 49 , , , 1662 8428 50 coffee coffee NN 1662 8428 51 , , , 1662 8428 52 citrus citrus NN 1662 8428 53 , , , 1662 8428 54 flowers flower NNS 1662 8428 55 partners partner NNS 1662 8428 56 : : : 1662 8428 57 US US NNP 1662 8428 58 48 48 CD 1662 8428 59 % % NN 1662 8428 60 , , , 1662 8428 61 Caricom Caricom NNP 1662 8428 62 countries country NNS 1662 8428 63 15 15 CD 1662 8428 64 % % NN 1662 8428 65 , , , 1662 8428 66 Latin Latin NNP 1662 8428 67 America America NNP 1662 8428 68 9 9 CD 1662 8428 69 % % NN 1662 8428 70 , , , 1662 8428 71 EU EU NNP 1662 8428 72 5 5 CD 1662 8428 73 % % NN 1662 8428 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8428 75 1994 1994 CD 1662 8428 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8428 77 Imports import NNS 1662 8428 78 : : : 1662 8428 79 total total JJ 1662 8428 80 value value NN 1662 8428 81 : : : 1662 8428 82 $ $ $ 1662 8428 83 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 8428 84 billion billion CD 1662 8428 85 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8428 86 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 8428 87 . . NNP 1662 8428 88 , , , 1662 8428 89 1996 1996 CD 1662 8428 90 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8428 91 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8428 92 : : : 1662 8428 93 machinery machinery NN 1662 8428 94 , , , 1662 8428 95 transportation transportation NN 1662 8428 96 equipment equipment NN 1662 8428 97 , , , 1662 8428 98 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 8428 99 goods good NNS 1662 8428 100 , , , 1662 8428 101 food food NN 1662 8428 102 , , , 1662 8428 103 live live VB 1662 8428 104 animals animal NNS 1662 8428 105 partners partner NNS 1662 8428 106 : : : 1662 8428 107 US US NNP 1662 8428 108 47.7 47.7 CD 1662 8428 109 % % NN 1662 8428 110 , , , 1662 8428 111 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 8428 112 10 10 CD 1662 8428 113 % % NN 1662 8428 114 , , , 1662 8428 115 UK UK NNP 1662 8428 116 8.3 8.3 CD 1662 8428 117 % % NN 1662 8428 118 , , , 1662 8428 119 other other JJ 1662 8428 120 EU EU NNP 1662 8428 121 8 8 CD 1662 8428 122 % % NN 1662 8428 123 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8428 124 1994 1994 CD 1662 8428 125 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8428 126 Debt debt NN 1662 8428 127 - - HYPH 1662 8428 128 external external JJ 1662 8428 129 : : : 1662 8428 130 $ $ $ 1662 8428 131 1.67 1.67 CD 1662 8428 132 billion billion CD 1662 8428 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8428 134 1996 1996 CD 1662 8428 135 est est NNP 1662 8428 136 . . . 1662 8428 137 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8429 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 8429 2 aid aid NN 1662 8429 3 : : : 1662 8429 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 8429 5 : : : 1662 8429 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 8429 7 , , , 1662 8429 8 $ $ $ 1662 8429 9 10 10 CD 1662 8429 10 million million CD 1662 8429 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8429 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 8429 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8429 14 Currency currency NN 1662 8429 15 : : : 1662 8429 16 1 1 CD 1662 8429 17 Trinidad Trinidad NNP 1662 8429 18 and and CC 1662 8429 19 Tobago Tobago NNP 1662 8429 20 dollar dollar NN 1662 8429 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8429 22 TT$ TT$ NNP 1662 8429 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8429 24 = = NFP 1662 8429 25 100 100 CD 1662 8429 26 cents cent NNS 1662 8429 27 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 8429 28 rates rate NNS 1662 8429 29 : : : 1662 8429 30 Trinidad Trinidad NNP 1662 8429 31 and and CC 1662 8429 32 Tobago Tobago NNP 1662 8429 33 dollars dollar NNS 1662 8429 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8429 35 TT$ TT$ NNP 1662 8429 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8429 37 per per IN 1662 8429 38 US$ us$ $ 1662 8429 39 1 1 CD 1662 8429 40 - - SYM 1662 8429 41 6.1791 6.1791 CD 1662 8429 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8429 43 January January NNP 1662 8429 44 1997 1997 CD 1662 8429 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8429 46 , , , 1662 8429 47 6.0051 6.0051 CD 1662 8429 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8429 49 1996 1996 CD 1662 8429 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8429 51 , , , 1662 8429 52 5.9478 5.9478 CD 1662 8429 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8429 54 1995 1995 CD 1662 8429 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8429 56 , , , 1662 8429 57 5.9249 5.9249 CD 1662 8429 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8429 59 1994 1994 CD 1662 8429 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8429 61 , , , 1662 8429 62 5.3511 5.3511 CD 1662 8429 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8429 64 1993 1993 CD 1662 8429 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8429 66 , , , 1662 8429 67 4.2500 4.2500 CD 1662 8429 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8429 69 1992 1992 CD 1662 8429 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8429 71 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8429 72 year year NN 1662 8429 73 : : : 1662 8429 74 calendar calendar NN 1662 8429 75 year year NN 1662 8429 76 @Trinidad @Trinidad NFP 1662 8429 77 and and CC 1662 8429 78 Tobago Tobago NNP 1662 8429 79 : : : 1662 8429 80 Communications Communications NNP 1662 8429 81 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 8429 82 : : : 1662 8429 83 170,000 170,000 CD 1662 8429 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8429 85 1992 1992 CD 1662 8429 86 est est NNP 1662 8429 87 . . . 1662 8429 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8430 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8430 2 system system NN 1662 8430 3 : : : 1662 8430 4 excellent excellent JJ 1662 8430 5 international international JJ 1662 8430 6 service service NN 1662 8430 7 ; ; : 1662 8430 8 good good JJ 1662 8430 9 local local JJ 1662 8430 10 service service NN 1662 8430 11 domestic domestic NN 1662 8430 12 : : : 1662 8430 13 NA NA NNP 1662 8430 14 international international JJ 1662 8430 15 : : : 1662 8430 16 satellite satellite NN 1662 8430 17 earth earth NNP 1662 8430 18 station station NNP 1662 8430 19 - - : 1662 8430 20 1 1 CD 1662 8430 21 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8430 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8430 23 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8430 24 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8430 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8430 26 ; ; : 1662 8430 27 tropospheric tropospheric JJ 1662 8430 28 scatter scatter NN 1662 8430 29 to to IN 1662 8430 30 Barbados Barbados NNP 1662 8430 31 and and CC 1662 8430 32 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 8430 33 Radio Radio NNP 1662 8430 34 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8430 35 stations station NNS 1662 8430 36 : : : 1662 8430 37 AM AM NNP 1662 8430 38 2 2 CD 1662 8430 39 , , , 1662 8430 40 FM FM NNP 1662 8430 41 4 4 CD 1662 8430 42 , , , 1662 8430 43 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 8430 44 0 0 CD 1662 8430 45 note note NN 1662 8430 46 : : : 1662 8430 47 there there EX 1662 8430 48 were be VBD 1662 8430 49 a a DT 1662 8430 50 total total NN 1662 8430 51 of of IN 1662 8430 52 10 10 CD 1662 8430 53 radio radio NN 1662 8430 54 stations station NNS 1662 8430 55 in in IN 1662 8430 56 1995 1995 CD 1662 8430 57 Radios radio NNS 1662 8430 58 : : : 1662 8430 59 700,000 700,000 CD 1662 8430 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8430 61 1993 1993 CD 1662 8430 62 est est NNP 1662 8430 63 . . . 1662 8430 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8431 1 Television television NN 1662 8431 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8431 3 stations station NNS 1662 8431 4 : : : 1662 8431 5 3 3 CD 1662 8431 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8431 7 1995 1995 CD 1662 8431 8 est est NNP 1662 8431 9 . . . 1662 8431 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8432 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 8432 2 : : : 1662 8432 3 400,000 400,000 CD 1662 8432 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8432 5 1992 1992 CD 1662 8432 6 est est NNP 1662 8432 7 . . . 1662 8432 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8433 1 @Trinidad @Trinidad NFP 1662 8433 2 and and CC 1662 8433 3 Tobago Tobago NNP 1662 8433 4 : : : 1662 8433 5 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8433 6 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8433 7 : : : 1662 8433 8 note note NN 1662 8433 9 : : : 1662 8433 10 minimal minimal JJ 1662 8433 11 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8433 12 railroad railroad NN 1662 8433 13 system system NN 1662 8433 14 near near IN 1662 8433 15 San San NNP 1662 8433 16 Fernando Fernando NNP 1662 8433 17 ; ; : 1662 8433 18 railway railway NN 1662 8433 19 service service NN 1662 8433 20 was be VBD 1662 8433 21 discontinued discontinue VBN 1662 8433 22 in in IN 1662 8433 23 1968 1968 CD 1662 8433 24 Highways highway NNS 1662 8433 25 : : : 1662 8433 26 total total NN 1662 8433 27 : : : 1662 8433 28 8,160 8,160 CD 1662 8433 29 km km NN 1662 8433 30 paved pave VBN 1662 8433 31 : : : 1662 8433 32 4,162 4,162 CD 1662 8433 33 km km NN 1662 8433 34 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8433 35 : : : 1662 8433 36 3,998 3,998 CD 1662 8433 37 km km NNS 1662 8433 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8433 39 1995 1995 CD 1662 8433 40 est est NNP 1662 8433 41 . . . 1662 8433 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8434 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 8434 2 : : : 1662 8434 3 crude crude JJ 1662 8434 4 oil oil NN 1662 8434 5 1,032 1,032 CD 1662 8434 6 km km NN 1662 8434 7 ; ; : 1662 8434 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8434 9 products product NNS 1662 8434 10 19 19 CD 1662 8434 11 km km NN 1662 8434 12 ; ; : 1662 8434 13 natural natural JJ 1662 8434 14 gas gas NN 1662 8434 15 904 904 CD 1662 8434 16 km km NN 1662 8434 17 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 8434 18 and and CC 1662 8434 19 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8434 20 : : : 1662 8434 21 Pointe Pointe NNP 1662 8434 22 - - HYPH 1662 8434 23 a a DT 1662 8434 24 - - HYPH 1662 8434 25 Pierre Pierre NNP 1662 8434 26 , , , 1662 8434 27 Point Point NNP 1662 8434 28 Fortin Fortin NNP 1662 8434 29 , , , 1662 8434 30 Point Point NNP 1662 8434 31 Lisas Lisas NNP 1662 8434 32 , , , 1662 8434 33 Port Port NNP 1662 8434 34 - - HYPH 1662 8434 35 of of IN 1662 8434 36 - - HYPH 1662 8434 37 Spain Spain NNP 1662 8434 38 , , , 1662 8434 39 Scarborough Scarborough NNP 1662 8434 40 , , , 1662 8434 41 Tembladora Tembladora NNP 1662 8434 42 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 8434 43 marine marine NN 1662 8434 44 : : : 1662 8434 45 total total NN 1662 8434 46 : : : 1662 8434 47 2 2 CD 1662 8434 48 ships ship NNS 1662 8434 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8434 50 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8434 51 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8434 52 or or CC 1662 8434 53 over over RB 1662 8434 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8434 55 totaling total VBG 1662 8434 56 2,928 2,928 CD 1662 8434 57 GRT/5,571 GRT/5,571 NNP 1662 8434 58 DWT DWT NNP 1662 8434 59 ships ship NNS 1662 8434 60 by by IN 1662 8434 61 type type NN 1662 8434 62 : : : 1662 8434 63 cargo cargo NN 1662 8434 64 1 1 CD 1662 8434 65 , , , 1662 8434 66 oil oil NN 1662 8434 67 tanker tanker NN 1662 8434 68 1 1 CD 1662 8434 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8434 70 1996 1996 CD 1662 8434 71 est est NNP 1662 8434 72 . . . 1662 8434 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8435 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8435 2 : : : 1662 8435 3 6 6 CD 1662 8435 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8435 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8435 6 est est NNP 1662 8435 7 . . . 1662 8435 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8436 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8436 2 - - , 1662 8436 3 with with IN 1662 8436 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8436 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8436 6 : : : 1662 8436 7 total total NN 1662 8436 8 : : : 1662 8436 9 5 5 CD 1662 8436 10 over over IN 1662 8436 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8436 12 m m NN 1662 8436 13 : : : 1662 8436 14 1 1 CD 1662 8436 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8436 16 to to IN 1662 8436 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8436 18 m m NN 1662 8436 19 : : : 1662 8436 20 1 1 CD 1662 8436 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8436 22 to to TO 1662 8436 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8436 24 m m NN 1662 8436 25 : : : 1662 8436 26 1 1 CD 1662 8436 27 under under IN 1662 8436 28 914 914 CD 1662 8436 29 m m NN 1662 8436 30 : : : 1662 8436 31 2 2 CD 1662 8436 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8436 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 8436 34 est est NNP 1662 8436 35 . . . 1662 8436 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8437 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8437 2 - - , 1662 8437 3 with with IN 1662 8437 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8437 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8437 6 : : : 1662 8437 7 total total NN 1662 8437 8 : : : 1662 8437 9 1 1 CD 1662 8437 10 914 914 CD 1662 8437 11 to to TO 1662 8437 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8437 13 m m NN 1662 8437 14 : : : 1662 8437 15 1 1 CD 1662 8437 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8437 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 8437 18 est est NNP 1662 8437 19 . . . 1662 8437 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8438 1 Military military JJ 1662 8438 2 Military military JJ 1662 8438 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8438 4 : : : 1662 8438 5 Trinidad Trinidad NNP 1662 8438 6 and and CC 1662 8438 7 Tobago Tobago NNP 1662 8438 8 Defense Defense NNP 1662 8438 9 Force Force NNP 1662 8438 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8438 11 includes include VBZ 1662 8438 12 Ground Ground NNP 1662 8438 13 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 8438 14 , , , 1662 8438 15 Coast Coast NNP 1662 8438 16 Guard Guard NNP 1662 8438 17 , , , 1662 8438 18 and and CC 1662 8438 19 Air Air NNP 1662 8438 20 Wing Wing NNP 1662 8438 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8438 22 , , , 1662 8438 23 Trinidad Trinidad NNP 1662 8438 24 and and CC 1662 8438 25 Tobago Tobago NNP 1662 8438 26 Police Police NNP 1662 8438 27 Service Service NNP 1662 8438 28 Military Military NNP 1662 8438 29 manpower manpower NN 1662 8438 30 - - HYPH 1662 8438 31 availability availability NN 1662 8438 32 : : : 1662 8438 33 males male NNS 1662 8438 34 age age NNP 1662 8438 35 15 15 CD 1662 8438 36 - - HYPH 1662 8438 37 49 49 CD 1662 8438 38 : : : 1662 8438 39 312,628 312,628 CD 1662 8438 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8438 41 1997 1997 CD 1662 8438 42 est est NNP 1662 8438 43 . . . 1662 8438 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8439 1 Military military JJ 1662 8439 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8439 3 - - HYPH 1662 8439 4 fit fit NN 1662 8439 5 for for IN 1662 8439 6 military military JJ 1662 8439 7 service service NN 1662 8439 8 : : : 1662 8439 9 males male NNS 1662 8439 10 : : : 1662 8439 11 223,418 223,418 CD 1662 8439 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8439 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8439 14 est est NNP 1662 8439 15 . . . 1662 8439 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8440 1 Military military JJ 1662 8440 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8440 3 - - HYPH 1662 8440 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8440 5 figure figure NN 1662 8440 6 : : : 1662 8440 7 $ $ $ 1662 8440 8 83 83 CD 1662 8440 9 million million CD 1662 8440 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8440 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 8440 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8440 13 Military military JJ 1662 8440 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8440 15 - - : 1662 8440 16 percent percent NN 1662 8440 17 of of IN 1662 8440 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8440 19 : : : 1662 8440 20 NA% NA% `` 1662 8440 21 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8440 22 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8440 23 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 8440 24 - - : 1662 8440 25 international international RB 1662 8440 26 : : : 1662 8440 27 none none NN 1662 8440 28 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 8440 29 drugs drug VBZ 1662 8440 30 : : : 1662 8440 31 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 8440 32 point point NN 1662 8440 33 for for IN 1662 8440 34 South south JJ 1662 8440 35 American american JJ 1662 8440 36 drugs drug NNS 1662 8440 37 destined destine VBN 1662 8440 38 for for IN 1662 8440 39 the the DT 1662 8440 40 US US NNP 1662 8440 41 and and CC 1662 8440 42 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8440 43 and and CC 1662 8440 44 producer producer NN 1662 8440 45 of of IN 1662 8440 46 cannabis cannabis NNP 1662 8440 47 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 48 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 49 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 50 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 51 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 52 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 53 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 54 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 55 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 56 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 57 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 58 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 59 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 60 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 61 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 62 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 63 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 64 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 65 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 66 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 67 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 68 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 69 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 70 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 71 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 72 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 73 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 74 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 75 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 76 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 77 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 78 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 79 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 80 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 81 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 82 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 83 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 84 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 85 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 86 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 87 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 88 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 89 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 90 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 91 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 92 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 93 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 94 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 95 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 96 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 97 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 98 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 99 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 100 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 101 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 102 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 103 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 104 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 105 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 106 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 107 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 108 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 109 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 110 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 111 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 112 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 113 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 114 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 115 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 116 _ _ NNP 1662 8440 117 TROMELIN TROMELIN NNP 1662 8440 118 ISLAND ISLAND NNP 1662 8440 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8440 120 possession possession NN 1662 8440 121 of of IN 1662 8440 122 France France NNP 1662 8440 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8440 124 @Tromelin @Tromelin NNP 1662 8440 125 Island Island NNP 1662 8440 126 : : : 1662 8440 127 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8440 128 Location Location NNP 1662 8440 129 : : : 1662 8440 130 Southern Southern NNP 1662 8440 131 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8440 132 , , , 1662 8440 133 island island NN 1662 8440 134 in in IN 1662 8440 135 the the DT 1662 8440 136 Indian Indian NNP 1662 8440 137 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8440 138 , , , 1662 8440 139 east east NN 1662 8440 140 of of IN 1662 8440 141 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 8440 142 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8440 143 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8440 144 : : : 1662 8440 145 15 15 CD 1662 8440 146 52 52 CD 1662 8440 147 S s NN 1662 8440 148 , , , 1662 8440 149 54 54 CD 1662 8440 150 25 25 CD 1662 8440 151 E e NN 1662 8440 152 Map Map NNP 1662 8440 153 references reference NNS 1662 8440 154 : : : 1662 8440 155 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8440 156 Area Area NNP 1662 8440 157 : : : 1662 8440 158 total total NN 1662 8440 159 : : : 1662 8440 160 1 1 LS 1662 8440 161 sq sq NN 1662 8440 162 km km NNP 1662 8440 163 land land NN 1662 8440 164 : : : 1662 8440 165 1 1 LS 1662 8440 166 sq sq NNP 1662 8440 167 km km NNP 1662 8440 168 water water NN 1662 8440 169 : : : 1662 8440 170 0 0 NFP 1662 8440 171 sq sq NN 1662 8440 172 km km NNP 1662 8440 173 Area area NN 1662 8440 174 - - HYPH 1662 8440 175 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8440 176 : : : 1662 8440 177 about about IN 1662 8440 178 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 8440 179 times time NNS 1662 8440 180 the the DT 1662 8440 181 size size NN 1662 8440 182 of of IN 1662 8440 183 The the DT 1662 8440 184 Mall Mall NNP 1662 8440 185 in in IN 1662 8440 186 Washington Washington NNP 1662 8440 187 , , , 1662 8440 188 DC DC NNP 1662 8440 189 Land Land NNP 1662 8440 190 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8440 191 : : : 1662 8440 192 0 0 LS 1662 8440 193 km km NN 1662 8440 194 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8440 195 : : : 1662 8440 196 3.7 3.7 CD 1662 8440 197 km km NN 1662 8440 198 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8440 199 claims claim VBZ 1662 8440 200 : : : 1662 8440 201 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 8440 202 zone zone NN 1662 8440 203 : : : 1662 8440 204 12 12 CD 1662 8440 205 nm nm NNP 1662 8440 206 continental continental NNP 1662 8440 207 shelf shelf NNP 1662 8440 208 : : : 1662 8440 209 200-m 200-m CD 1662 8440 210 depth depth NN 1662 8440 211 or or CC 1662 8440 212 to to IN 1662 8440 213 the the DT 1662 8440 214 depth depth NN 1662 8440 215 of of IN 1662 8440 216 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 8440 217 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 8440 218 economic economic JJ 1662 8440 219 zone zone NN 1662 8440 220 : : : 1662 8440 221 200 200 CD 1662 8440 222 nm nm CD 1662 8440 223 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8440 224 sea sea NN 1662 8440 225 : : : 1662 8440 226 12 12 CD 1662 8440 227 nm nm NNP 1662 8440 228 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8440 229 : : : 1662 8440 230 tropical tropical JJ 1662 8440 231 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8440 232 : : : 1662 8440 233 sandy sandy NNP 1662 8440 234 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8440 235 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8440 236 : : : 1662 8440 237 lowest low JJS 1662 8440 238 point point NN 1662 8440 239 : : : 1662 8440 240 Indian Indian NNP 1662 8440 241 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8440 242 0 0 NFP 1662 8440 243 m m DT 1662 8440 244 highest high JJS 1662 8440 245 point point NN 1662 8440 246 : : : 1662 8440 247 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 8440 248 location location NN 1662 8440 249 7 7 CD 1662 8440 250 m m NNP 1662 8440 251 Natural natural JJ 1662 8440 252 resources resource NNS 1662 8440 253 : : : 1662 8440 254 fish fish VB 1662 8440 255 Land land NN 1662 8440 256 use use NN 1662 8440 257 : : : 1662 8440 258 arable arable JJ 1662 8440 259 land land NN 1662 8440 260 : : : 1662 8440 261 0 0 CD 1662 8440 262 % % NN 1662 8440 263 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8440 264 crops crop NNS 1662 8440 265 : : : 1662 8440 266 0 0 CD 1662 8440 267 % % NN 1662 8440 268 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8440 269 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8440 270 : : : 1662 8440 271 0 0 CD 1662 8440 272 % % NN 1662 8440 273 forests forest NNS 1662 8440 274 and and CC 1662 8440 275 woodland woodland JJ 1662 8440 276 : : : 1662 8440 277 0 0 CD 1662 8440 278 % % NN 1662 8440 279 other other JJ 1662 8440 280 : : : 1662 8440 281 100 100 CD 1662 8440 282 % % NN 1662 8440 283 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8440 284 scattered scatter VBN 1662 8440 285 bushes bush NNS 1662 8440 286 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8440 287 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8440 288 land land NN 1662 8440 289 : : : 1662 8440 290 0 0 NFP 1662 8440 291 sq sq NNP 1662 8440 292 km km NNP 1662 8440 293 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8440 294 1993 1993 CD 1662 8440 295 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8440 296 Natural natural JJ 1662 8440 297 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8440 298 : : : 1662 8440 299 NA NA NNP 1662 8440 300 Environment environment NN 1662 8440 301 - - HYPH 1662 8440 302 current current JJ 1662 8440 303 issues issue NNS 1662 8440 304 : : : 1662 8440 305 NA NA NNP 1662 8440 306 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8440 307 - - HYPH 1662 8440 308 international international JJ 1662 8440 309 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8440 310 : : : 1662 8440 311 party party NN 1662 8440 312 to to IN 1662 8440 313 : : : 1662 8440 314 NA NA NNP 1662 8440 315 signed sign VBN 1662 8440 316 , , , 1662 8440 317 but but CC 1662 8440 318 not not RB 1662 8440 319 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8440 320 : : : 1662 8440 321 NA NA NNP 1662 8440 322 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8440 323 - - HYPH 1662 8440 324 note note NN 1662 8440 325 : : : 1662 8440 326 climatologically climatologically RB 1662 8440 327 important important JJ 1662 8440 328 location location NN 1662 8440 329 for for IN 1662 8440 330 forecasting forecasting NN 1662 8440 331 cyclones cyclone NNS 1662 8440 332 ; ; : 1662 8440 333 wildlife wildlife NN 1662 8440 334 sanctuary sanctuary NN 1662 8440 335 @Tromelin @Tromelin NNP 1662 8440 336 Island Island NNP 1662 8440 337 : : : 1662 8440 338 People People NNP 1662 8440 339 Population Population NNP 1662 8440 340 : : : 1662 8440 341 uninhabited uninhabited JJ 1662 8440 342 @Tromelin @Tromelin NNP 1662 8440 343 Island Island NNP 1662 8440 344 : : : 1662 8440 345 Government Government NNP 1662 8440 346 Country Country NNP 1662 8440 347 name name NN 1662 8440 348 : : : 1662 8440 349 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8440 350 long long JJ 1662 8440 351 form form NN 1662 8440 352 : : : 1662 8440 353 none none NN 1662 8440 354 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8440 355 short short JJ 1662 8440 356 form form NN 1662 8440 357 : : : 1662 8440 358 Tromelin Tromelin NNP 1662 8440 359 Island Island NNP 1662 8440 360 local local JJ 1662 8440 361 long long JJ 1662 8440 362 form form NN 1662 8440 363 : : : 1662 8440 364 none none NN 1662 8440 365 local local JJ 1662 8440 366 short short JJ 1662 8440 367 form form NN 1662 8440 368 : : : 1662 8440 369 Ile Ile NNP 1662 8440 370 Tromelin Tromelin NNP 1662 8440 371 Data Data NNP 1662 8440 372 code code NN 1662 8440 373 : : : 1662 8440 374 TE TE NNP 1662 8440 375 Dependency Dependency NNP 1662 8440 376 status status NN 1662 8440 377 : : : 1662 8440 378 possession possession NN 1662 8440 379 of of IN 1662 8440 380 France France NNP 1662 8440 381 ; ; : 1662 8440 382 administered administer VBN 1662 8440 383 by by IN 1662 8440 384 a a DT 1662 8440 385 high high JJ 1662 8440 386 commissioner commissioner NN 1662 8440 387 of of IN 1662 8440 388 the the DT 1662 8440 389 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8440 390 , , , 1662 8440 391 resident resident NN 1662 8440 392 in in IN 1662 8440 393 Reunion Reunion NNP 1662 8440 394 Flag Flag NNP 1662 8440 395 description description NN 1662 8440 396 : : : 1662 8440 397 the the DT 1662 8440 398 flag flag NN 1662 8440 399 of of IN 1662 8440 400 France France NNP 1662 8440 401 is be VBZ 1662 8440 402 used use VBN 1662 8440 403 Economy Economy NNP 1662 8440 404 Economy Economy NNP 1662 8440 405 - - HYPH 1662 8440 406 overview overview NN 1662 8440 407 : : : 1662 8440 408 no no DT 1662 8440 409 economic economic JJ 1662 8440 410 activity activity NN 1662 8440 411 @Tromelin @Tromelin NNP 1662 8440 412 Island Island NNP 1662 8440 413 : : : 1662 8440 414 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 8440 415 Communications Communications NNP 1662 8440 416 - - HYPH 1662 8440 417 note note NN 1662 8440 418 : : : 1662 8440 419 important important JJ 1662 8440 420 meteorological meteorological JJ 1662 8440 421 station station NN 1662 8440 422 @Tromelin @Tromelin NNP 1662 8440 423 Island Island NNP 1662 8440 424 : : : 1662 8440 425 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8440 426 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 8440 427 and and CC 1662 8440 428 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8440 429 : : : 1662 8440 430 none none NN 1662 8440 431 ; ; : 1662 8440 432 offshore offshore RB 1662 8440 433 anchorage anchorage VB 1662 8440 434 only only JJ 1662 8440 435 Airports airport NNS 1662 8440 436 : : : 1662 8440 437 1 1 CD 1662 8440 438 Airports airport NNS 1662 8440 439 - - , 1662 8440 440 with with IN 1662 8440 441 paved paved JJ 1662 8440 442 runways runway NNS 1662 8440 443 : : : 1662 8440 444 total total NN 1662 8440 445 : : : 1662 8440 446 1 1 CD 1662 8440 447 under under IN 1662 8440 448 914 914 CD 1662 8440 449 m m NN 1662 8440 450 : : : 1662 8440 451 1 1 CD 1662 8440 452 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8440 453 1996 1996 CD 1662 8440 454 est est NNP 1662 8440 455 . . . 1662 8440 456 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8441 1 Military military JJ 1662 8441 2 Military Military NNP 1662 8441 3 - - HYPH 1662 8441 4 note note NN 1662 8441 5 : : : 1662 8441 6 defense defense NN 1662 8441 7 is be VBZ 1662 8441 8 the the DT 1662 8441 9 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 8441 10 of of IN 1662 8441 11 France France NNP 1662 8441 12 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8441 13 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8441 14 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 8441 15 - - HYPH 1662 8441 16 international international JJ 1662 8441 17 : : : 1662 8441 18 claimed claim VBN 1662 8441 19 by by IN 1662 8441 20 Madagascar Madagascar NNP 1662 8441 21 , , , 1662 8441 22 Mauritius Mauritius NNP 1662 8441 23 , , , 1662 8441 24 and and CC 1662 8441 25 Seychelles Seychelles NNP 1662 8441 26 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 27 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 28 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 29 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 30 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 31 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 32 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 33 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 34 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 35 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 36 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 37 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 38 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 39 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 40 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 41 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 42 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 43 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 44 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 45 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 46 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 47 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 48 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 49 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 50 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 51 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 52 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 53 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 54 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 55 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 56 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 57 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 58 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 59 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 60 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 61 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 62 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 63 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 64 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 65 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 66 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 67 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 68 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 69 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 70 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 71 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 72 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 73 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 74 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 75 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 76 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 77 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 78 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 79 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 80 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 81 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 82 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 83 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 84 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 85 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 86 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 87 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 88 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 89 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 90 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 91 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 92 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 93 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 94 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 95 _ _ NNP 1662 8441 96 TUNISIA TUNISIA NNP 1662 8441 97 @Tunisia @tunisia NN 1662 8441 98 : : : 1662 8441 99 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8441 100 Location Location NNP 1662 8441 101 : : : 1662 8441 102 Northern Northern NNP 1662 8441 103 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8441 104 , , , 1662 8441 105 bordering border VBG 1662 8441 106 the the DT 1662 8441 107 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 8441 108 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8441 109 , , , 1662 8441 110 between between IN 1662 8441 111 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 8441 112 and and CC 1662 8441 113 Libya Libya NNP 1662 8441 114 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8441 115 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8441 116 : : : 1662 8441 117 34 34 CD 1662 8441 118 00 00 CD 1662 8441 119 N n CD 1662 8441 120 , , , 1662 8441 121 9 9 CD 1662 8441 122 00 00 CD 1662 8441 123 E e NN 1662 8441 124 Map Map NNP 1662 8441 125 references reference NNS 1662 8441 126 : : : 1662 8441 127 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8441 128 Area Area NNP 1662 8441 129 : : : 1662 8441 130 total total NN 1662 8441 131 : : : 1662 8441 132 163,610 163,610 CD 1662 8441 133 sq sq NN 1662 8441 134 km km NNP 1662 8441 135 land land NN 1662 8441 136 : : : 1662 8441 137 155,360 155,360 CD 1662 8441 138 sq sq NNP 1662 8441 139 km km NNP 1662 8441 140 water water NN 1662 8441 141 : : : 1662 8441 142 8,250 8,250 CD 1662 8441 143 sq sq NNP 1662 8441 144 km km NNP 1662 8441 145 Area Area NNP 1662 8441 146 - - HYPH 1662 8441 147 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8441 148 : : : 1662 8441 149 slightly slightly RB 1662 8441 150 larger large JJR 1662 8441 151 than than IN 1662 8441 152 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 8441 153 Land Land NNP 1662 8441 154 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8441 155 : : : 1662 8441 156 total total JJ 1662 8441 157 : : : 1662 8441 158 1,424 1,424 CD 1662 8441 159 km km NN 1662 8441 160 border border NN 1662 8441 161 countries country NNS 1662 8441 162 : : : 1662 8441 163 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 8441 164 965 965 CD 1662 8441 165 km km NN 1662 8441 166 , , , 1662 8441 167 Libya Libya NNP 1662 8441 168 459 459 CD 1662 8441 169 km km NN 1662 8441 170 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8441 171 : : : 1662 8441 172 1,148 1,148 CD 1662 8441 173 km km NN 1662 8441 174 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8441 175 claims claim VBZ 1662 8441 176 : : : 1662 8441 177 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 8441 178 zone zone NN 1662 8441 179 : : : 1662 8441 180 24 24 CD 1662 8441 181 nm nm NN 1662 8441 182 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8441 183 sea sea NN 1662 8441 184 : : : 1662 8441 185 12 12 CD 1662 8441 186 nm nm NNP 1662 8441 187 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8441 188 : : : 1662 8441 189 temperate temperate VB 1662 8441 190 in in RP 1662 8441 191 north north NN 1662 8441 192 with with IN 1662 8441 193 mild mild JJ 1662 8441 194 , , , 1662 8441 195 rainy rainy JJ 1662 8441 196 winters winter NNS 1662 8441 197 and and CC 1662 8441 198 hot hot JJ 1662 8441 199 , , , 1662 8441 200 dry dry JJ 1662 8441 201 summers summer NNS 1662 8441 202 ; ; : 1662 8441 203 desert desert NN 1662 8441 204 in in IN 1662 8441 205 south south JJ 1662 8441 206 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8441 207 : : : 1662 8441 208 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8441 209 in in IN 1662 8441 210 north north NN 1662 8441 211 ; ; , 1662 8441 212 hot hot JJ 1662 8441 213 , , , 1662 8441 214 dry dry JJ 1662 8441 215 central central JJ 1662 8441 216 plain plain NNP 1662 8441 217 ; ; : 1662 8441 218 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 8441 219 south south JJ 1662 8441 220 merges merge NNS 1662 8441 221 into into IN 1662 8441 222 the the DT 1662 8441 223 Sahara Sahara NNP 1662 8441 224 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8441 225 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8441 226 : : : 1662 8441 227 lowest low JJS 1662 8441 228 point point NN 1662 8441 229 : : : 1662 8441 230 Shatt Shatt NNP 1662 8441 231 al al NNP 1662 8441 232 Gharsah Gharsah NNP 1662 8441 233 -17 -17 NNP 1662 8441 234 m m DT 1662 8441 235 highest high JJS 1662 8441 236 point point NN 1662 8441 237 : : : 1662 8441 238 Jabal Jabal NNP 1662 8441 239 ash ash VBP 1662 8441 240 Shanabi Shanabi NNP 1662 8441 241 1,544 1,544 CD 1662 8441 242 m m NNP 1662 8441 243 Natural natural JJ 1662 8441 244 resources resource NNS 1662 8441 245 : : : 1662 8441 246 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8441 247 , , , 1662 8441 248 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 8441 249 , , , 1662 8441 250 iron iron NN 1662 8441 251 ore ore NN 1662 8441 252 , , , 1662 8441 253 lead lead NN 1662 8441 254 , , , 1662 8441 255 zinc zinc NN 1662 8441 256 , , , 1662 8441 257 salt salt NN 1662 8441 258 Land land NN 1662 8441 259 use use NN 1662 8441 260 : : : 1662 8441 261 arable arable JJ 1662 8441 262 land land NN 1662 8441 263 : : : 1662 8441 264 19 19 CD 1662 8441 265 % % NN 1662 8441 266 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8441 267 crops crop NNS 1662 8441 268 : : : 1662 8441 269 13 13 CD 1662 8441 270 % % NN 1662 8441 271 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8441 272 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8441 273 : : : 1662 8441 274 20 20 CD 1662 8441 275 % % NN 1662 8441 276 forests forest NNS 1662 8441 277 and and CC 1662 8441 278 woodland woodland NN 1662 8441 279 : : : 1662 8441 280 4 4 CD 1662 8441 281 % % NN 1662 8441 282 other other JJ 1662 8441 283 : : : 1662 8441 284 44 44 CD 1662 8441 285 % % NN 1662 8441 286 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8441 287 1993 1993 CD 1662 8441 288 est est NNP 1662 8441 289 . . . 1662 8441 290 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8442 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8442 2 land land NN 1662 8442 3 : : : 1662 8442 4 3,850 3,850 CD 1662 8442 5 sq sq NNP 1662 8442 6 km km NNP 1662 8442 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8442 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8442 9 est est NNP 1662 8442 10 . . . 1662 8442 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8443 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8443 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8443 3 : : : 1662 8443 4 NA NA NNP 1662 8443 5 Environment environment NN 1662 8443 6 - - HYPH 1662 8443 7 current current JJ 1662 8443 8 issues issue NNS 1662 8443 9 : : : 1662 8443 10 toxic toxic JJ 1662 8443 11 and and CC 1662 8443 12 hazardous hazardous JJ 1662 8443 13 waste waste NN 1662 8443 14 disposal disposal NN 1662 8443 15 is be VBZ 1662 8443 16 ineffective ineffective JJ 1662 8443 17 and and CC 1662 8443 18 presents present VBZ 1662 8443 19 human human JJ 1662 8443 20 health health NN 1662 8443 21 risks risk NNS 1662 8443 22 ; ; : 1662 8443 23 water water NN 1662 8443 24 pollution pollution NN 1662 8443 25 from from IN 1662 8443 26 raw raw JJ 1662 8443 27 sewage sewage NN 1662 8443 28 ; ; , 1662 8443 29 limited limited JJ 1662 8443 30 natural natural JJ 1662 8443 31 fresh fresh JJ 1662 8443 32 water water NN 1662 8443 33 resources resource NNS 1662 8443 34 ; ; : 1662 8443 35 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 8443 36 ; ; : 1662 8443 37 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 8443 38 ; ; : 1662 8443 39 soil soil NN 1662 8443 40 erosion erosion NN 1662 8443 41 ; ; , 1662 8443 42 desertification desertification NN 1662 8443 43 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8443 44 - - HYPH 1662 8443 45 international international JJ 1662 8443 46 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8443 47 : : : 1662 8443 48 party party NN 1662 8443 49 to to TO 1662 8443 50 : : : 1662 8443 51 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 8443 52 , , , 1662 8443 53 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8443 54 Change Change NNP 1662 8443 55 , , , 1662 8443 56 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 8443 57 , , , 1662 8443 58 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 8443 59 Species Species NNPS 1662 8443 60 , , , 1662 8443 61 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 8443 62 Modification Modification NNP 1662 8443 63 , , , 1662 8443 64 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 8443 65 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 8443 66 , , , 1662 8443 67 Law Law NNP 1662 8443 68 of of IN 1662 8443 69 the the DT 1662 8443 70 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8443 71 , , , 1662 8443 72 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8443 73 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 8443 74 , , , 1662 8443 75 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8443 76 Test Test NNP 1662 8443 77 Ban Ban NNP 1662 8443 78 , , , 1662 8443 79 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8443 80 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8443 81 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8443 82 , , , 1662 8443 83 Ship Ship NNP 1662 8443 84 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8443 85 , , , 1662 8443 86 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 8443 87 signed sign VBD 1662 8443 88 , , , 1662 8443 89 but but CC 1662 8443 90 not not RB 1662 8443 91 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8443 92 : : : 1662 8443 93 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8443 94 Life Life NNP 1662 8443 95 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 8443 96 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8443 97 - - HYPH 1662 8443 98 note note NN 1662 8443 99 : : : 1662 8443 100 strategic strategic JJ 1662 8443 101 location location NN 1662 8443 102 in in IN 1662 8443 103 central central JJ 1662 8443 104 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 8443 105 @Tunisia @tunisia NN 1662 8443 106 : : : 1662 8443 107 People People NNP 1662 8443 108 Population Population NNP 1662 8443 109 : : : 1662 8443 110 9,245,284 9,245,284 CD 1662 8443 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8443 112 July July NNP 1662 8443 113 1997 1997 CD 1662 8443 114 est est NNP 1662 8443 115 . . . 1662 8443 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8444 1 Age age NN 1662 8444 2 structure structure NN 1662 8444 3 : : : 1662 8444 4 0 0 CD 1662 8444 5 - - HYPH 1662 8444 6 14 14 CD 1662 8444 7 years year NNS 1662 8444 8 : : : 1662 8444 9 32 32 CD 1662 8444 10 % % NN 1662 8444 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8444 12 male male JJ 1662 8444 13 1,541,853 1,541,853 CD 1662 8444 14 ; ; : 1662 8444 15 female female JJ 1662 8444 16 1,451,035 1,451,035 CD 1662 8444 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8444 18 15 15 CD 1662 8444 19 - - SYM 1662 8444 20 64 64 CD 1662 8444 21 years year NNS 1662 8444 22 : : : 1662 8444 23 62 62 CD 1662 8444 24 % % NN 1662 8444 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8444 26 male male JJ 1662 8444 27 2,858,987 2,858,987 CD 1662 8444 28 ; ; : 1662 8444 29 female female JJ 1662 8444 30 2,873,748 2,873,748 CD 1662 8444 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8444 32 65 65 CD 1662 8444 33 years year NNS 1662 8444 34 and and CC 1662 8444 35 over over IN 1662 8444 36 : : : 1662 8444 37 6 6 CD 1662 8444 38 % % NN 1662 8444 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8444 40 male male JJ 1662 8444 41 267,261 267,261 CD 1662 8444 42 ; ; : 1662 8444 43 female female JJ 1662 8444 44 252,400 252,400 CD 1662 8444 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8444 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8444 47 July July NNP 1662 8444 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8444 49 est est NNP 1662 8444 50 . . . 1662 8444 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8445 1 Population population NN 1662 8445 2 growth growth NN 1662 8445 3 rate rate NN 1662 8445 4 : : : 1662 8445 5 1.48 1.48 CD 1662 8445 6 % % NN 1662 8445 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8445 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8445 9 est est NNP 1662 8445 10 . . . 1662 8445 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8446 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8446 2 rate rate NN 1662 8446 3 : : : 1662 8446 4 20.56 20.56 CD 1662 8446 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 8446 6 population population NN 1662 8446 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8446 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8446 9 est est NNP 1662 8446 10 . . . 1662 8446 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8447 1 Death death NN 1662 8447 2 rate rate NN 1662 8447 3 : : : 1662 8447 4 5.08 5.08 CD 1662 8447 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8447 6 population population NN 1662 8447 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8447 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8447 9 est est NNP 1662 8447 10 . . . 1662 8447 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8448 1 Net net JJ 1662 8448 2 migration migration NN 1662 8448 3 rate rate NN 1662 8448 4 : : : 1662 8448 5 -0.73 -0.73 NFP 1662 8448 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 8448 7 population population NN 1662 8448 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8448 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8448 10 est est NNP 1662 8448 11 . . . 1662 8448 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8449 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8449 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8449 3 : : : 1662 8449 4 at at IN 1662 8449 5 birth birth NN 1662 8449 6 : : : 1662 8449 7 1.08 1.08 CD 1662 8449 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8449 9 under under IN 1662 8449 10 15 15 CD 1662 8449 11 years year NNS 1662 8449 12 : : : 1662 8449 13 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 8449 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8449 15 15 15 CD 1662 8449 16 - - SYM 1662 8449 17 64 64 CD 1662 8449 18 years year NNS 1662 8449 19 : : : 1662 8449 20 1 1 CD 1662 8449 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8449 22 65 65 CD 1662 8449 23 years year NNS 1662 8449 24 and and CC 1662 8449 25 over over IN 1662 8449 26 : : : 1662 8449 27 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 8449 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 8449 29 total total JJ 1662 8449 30 population population NN 1662 8449 31 : : : 1662 8449 32 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 8449 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8449 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8449 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8449 36 est e JJS 1662 8449 37 . . . 1662 8449 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8450 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8450 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8450 3 rate rate NN 1662 8450 4 : : : 1662 8450 5 33.9 33.9 CD 1662 8450 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8450 7 live live JJ 1662 8450 8 births birth NNS 1662 8450 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8450 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8450 11 est est NNP 1662 8450 12 . . . 1662 8450 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8451 1 Life life NN 1662 8451 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8451 3 at at IN 1662 8451 4 birth birth NN 1662 8451 5 : : : 1662 8451 6 total total JJ 1662 8451 7 population population NN 1662 8451 8 : : : 1662 8451 9 72.85 72.85 CD 1662 8451 10 years year NNS 1662 8451 11 male male JJ 1662 8451 12 : : : 1662 8451 13 71.5 71.5 CD 1662 8451 14 years year NNS 1662 8451 15 female female JJ 1662 8451 16 : : : 1662 8451 17 74.3 74.3 CD 1662 8451 18 years year NNS 1662 8451 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8451 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8451 21 est est NNP 1662 8451 22 . . . 1662 8451 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8452 1 Total total JJ 1662 8452 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8452 3 rate rate NN 1662 8452 4 : : : 1662 8452 5 2.52 2.52 CD 1662 8452 6 children child NNS 1662 8452 7 born bear VBN 1662 8452 8 / / SYM 1662 8452 9 woman woman NN 1662 8452 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8452 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8452 12 est est NNP 1662 8452 13 . . . 1662 8452 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8453 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8453 2 : : : 1662 8453 3 noun noun NNP 1662 8453 4 : : : 1662 8453 5 Tunisian(s tunisian(s LS 1662 8453 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8453 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 8453 8 : : : 1662 8453 9 Tunisian tunisian JJ 1662 8453 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8453 11 groups group NNS 1662 8453 12 : : : 1662 8453 13 Arab Arab NNP 1662 8453 14 - - HYPH 1662 8453 15 Berber berber NN 1662 8453 16 98 98 CD 1662 8453 17 % % NN 1662 8453 18 , , , 1662 8453 19 European European NNP 1662 8453 20 1 1 CD 1662 8453 21 % % NN 1662 8453 22 , , , 1662 8453 23 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 8453 24 less less JJR 1662 8453 25 than than IN 1662 8453 26 1 1 CD 1662 8453 27 % % NN 1662 8453 28 Religions religion NNS 1662 8453 29 : : : 1662 8453 30 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 8453 31 98 98 CD 1662 8453 32 % % NN 1662 8453 33 , , , 1662 8453 34 Christian Christian NNP 1662 8453 35 1 1 CD 1662 8453 36 % % NN 1662 8453 37 , , , 1662 8453 38 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 8453 39 1 1 CD 1662 8453 40 % % NN 1662 8453 41 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 8453 42 : : : 1662 8453 43 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 8453 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8453 45 official official NN 1662 8453 46 and and CC 1662 8453 47 one one CD 1662 8453 48 of of IN 1662 8453 49 the the DT 1662 8453 50 languages language NNS 1662 8453 51 of of IN 1662 8453 52 commerce commerce NN 1662 8453 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8453 54 , , , 1662 8453 55 French French NNP 1662 8453 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8453 57 commerce commerce NN 1662 8453 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8453 59 Literacy literacy NN 1662 8453 60 : : : 1662 8453 61 definition definition NN 1662 8453 62 : : : 1662 8453 63 age age NN 1662 8453 64 15 15 CD 1662 8453 65 and and CC 1662 8453 66 over over RB 1662 8453 67 can can MD 1662 8453 68 read read VB 1662 8453 69 and and CC 1662 8453 70 write write VB 1662 8453 71 total total JJ 1662 8453 72 population population NN 1662 8453 73 : : : 1662 8453 74 66.7 66.7 CD 1662 8453 75 % % NN 1662 8453 76 male male NN 1662 8453 77 : : : 1662 8453 78 78.6 78.6 CD 1662 8453 79 % % NN 1662 8453 80 female female NN 1662 8453 81 : : : 1662 8453 82 54.6 54.6 CD 1662 8453 83 % % NN 1662 8453 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8453 85 1995 1995 CD 1662 8453 86 est est NNP 1662 8453 87 . . . 1662 8453 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 1 @Tunisia @tunisia LS 1662 8454 2 : : : 1662 8454 3 Government Government NNP 1662 8454 4 Country Country NNP 1662 8454 5 name name NN 1662 8454 6 : : : 1662 8454 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8454 8 long long JJ 1662 8454 9 form form NN 1662 8454 10 : : : 1662 8454 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8454 12 of of IN 1662 8454 13 Tunisia Tunisia NNP 1662 8454 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8454 15 short short JJ 1662 8454 16 form form NN 1662 8454 17 : : : 1662 8454 18 Tunisia Tunisia NNP 1662 8454 19 local local JJ 1662 8454 20 long long JJ 1662 8454 21 form form NN 1662 8454 22 : : : 1662 8454 23 Al Al NNP 1662 8454 24 Jumhuriyah Jumhuriyah NNP 1662 8454 25 at at IN 1662 8454 26 Tunisiyah Tunisiyah NNP 1662 8454 27 local local JJ 1662 8454 28 short short JJ 1662 8454 29 form form NN 1662 8454 30 : : : 1662 8454 31 Tunis Tunis NNP 1662 8454 32 Data Data NNP 1662 8454 33 code code NN 1662 8454 34 : : : 1662 8454 35 TS TS NNP 1662 8454 36 Government Government NNP 1662 8454 37 type type NN 1662 8454 38 : : : 1662 8454 39 republic republic NNP 1662 8454 40 National national JJ 1662 8454 41 capital capital NN 1662 8454 42 : : : 1662 8454 43 Tunis Tunis NNP 1662 8454 44 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 8454 45 divisions division NNS 1662 8454 46 : : : 1662 8454 47 23 23 CD 1662 8454 48 governorates governorate NNS 1662 8454 49 ; ; : 1662 8454 50 Beja Beja NNP 1662 8454 51 , , , 1662 8454 52 Ben Ben NNP 1662 8454 53 Arous Arous NNP 1662 8454 54 , , , 1662 8454 55 Bizerte Bizerte NNP 1662 8454 56 , , , 1662 8454 57 Gabes Gabes NNP 1662 8454 58 , , , 1662 8454 59 Gafsa Gafsa NNP 1662 8454 60 , , , 1662 8454 61 Jendouba Jendouba NNP 1662 8454 62 , , , 1662 8454 63 Kairouan Kairouan NNP 1662 8454 64 , , , 1662 8454 65 Kasserine Kasserine NNP 1662 8454 66 , , , 1662 8454 67 Kebili Kebili NNP 1662 8454 68 , , , 1662 8454 69 L'Ariana L'Ariana NNP 1662 8454 70 , , , 1662 8454 71 Le Le NNP 1662 8454 72 Kef Kef NNP 1662 8454 73 , , , 1662 8454 74 Mahdia Mahdia NNP 1662 8454 75 , , , 1662 8454 76 Medenine Medenine NNP 1662 8454 77 , , , 1662 8454 78 Monastir Monastir NNP 1662 8454 79 , , , 1662 8454 80 Nabeul Nabeul NNP 1662 8454 81 , , , 1662 8454 82 Sfax Sfax NNP 1662 8454 83 , , , 1662 8454 84 Sidi Sidi NNP 1662 8454 85 Bou Bou NNP 1662 8454 86 Zid Zid NNP 1662 8454 87 , , , 1662 8454 88 Siliana Siliana NNP 1662 8454 89 , , , 1662 8454 90 Sousse Sousse NNP 1662 8454 91 , , , 1662 8454 92 Tataouine Tataouine NNP 1662 8454 93 , , , 1662 8454 94 Tozeur Tozeur NNP 1662 8454 95 , , , 1662 8454 96 Tunis Tunis NNP 1662 8454 97 , , , 1662 8454 98 Zaghouan Zaghouan NNP 1662 8454 99 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8454 100 : : : 1662 8454 101 20 20 CD 1662 8454 102 March March NNP 1662 8454 103 1956 1956 CD 1662 8454 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8454 105 from from IN 1662 8454 106 France France NNP 1662 8454 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 108 National national JJ 1662 8454 109 holiday holiday NN 1662 8454 110 : : : 1662 8454 111 National National NNP 1662 8454 112 Day Day NNP 1662 8454 113 , , , 1662 8454 114 20 20 CD 1662 8454 115 March March NNP 1662 8454 116 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8454 117 1956 1956 CD 1662 8454 118 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 119 Constitution constitution NN 1662 8454 120 : : : 1662 8454 121 1 1 CD 1662 8454 122 June June NNP 1662 8454 123 1959 1959 CD 1662 8454 124 ; ; : 1662 8454 125 amended amend VBD 1662 8454 126 12 12 CD 1662 8454 127 July July NNP 1662 8454 128 1988 1988 CD 1662 8454 129 Legal legal JJ 1662 8454 130 system system NN 1662 8454 131 : : : 1662 8454 132 based base VBN 1662 8454 133 on on IN 1662 8454 134 French french JJ 1662 8454 135 civil civil JJ 1662 8454 136 law law NN 1662 8454 137 system system NN 1662 8454 138 and and CC 1662 8454 139 Islamic islamic JJ 1662 8454 140 law law NN 1662 8454 141 ; ; : 1662 8454 142 some some DT 1662 8454 143 judicial judicial JJ 1662 8454 144 review review NN 1662 8454 145 of of IN 1662 8454 146 legislative legislative JJ 1662 8454 147 acts act NNS 1662 8454 148 in in IN 1662 8454 149 the the DT 1662 8454 150 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8454 151 Court Court NNP 1662 8454 152 in in IN 1662 8454 153 joint joint JJ 1662 8454 154 session session NN 1662 8454 155 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 8454 156 : : : 1662 8454 157 20 20 CD 1662 8454 158 years year NNS 1662 8454 159 of of IN 1662 8454 160 age age NN 1662 8454 161 ; ; : 1662 8454 162 universal universal JJ 1662 8454 163 Executive Executive NNP 1662 8454 164 branch branch NN 1662 8454 165 : : : 1662 8454 166 chief chief NN 1662 8454 167 of of IN 1662 8454 168 state state NN 1662 8454 169 : : : 1662 8454 170 President President NNP 1662 8454 171 Zine Zine NNP 1662 8454 172 El El NNP 1662 8454 173 Abidine Abidine NNP 1662 8454 174 BEN BEN NNP 1662 8454 175 ALI ALI NNP 1662 8454 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8454 177 since since IN 1662 8454 178 7 7 CD 1662 8454 179 November November NNP 1662 8454 180 1987 1987 CD 1662 8454 181 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 182 head head NN 1662 8454 183 of of IN 1662 8454 184 government government NN 1662 8454 185 : : : 1662 8454 186 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8454 187 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8454 188 Hamed Hamed NNP 1662 8454 189 KAROUI KAROUI NNP 1662 8454 190 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8454 191 since since IN 1662 8454 192 26 26 CD 1662 8454 193 September September NNP 1662 8454 194 1989 1989 CD 1662 8454 195 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 196 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 8454 197 : : : 1662 8454 198 Council Council NNP 1662 8454 199 of of IN 1662 8454 200 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 8454 201 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8454 202 by by IN 1662 8454 203 the the DT 1662 8454 204 president president NNP 1662 8454 205 elections election NNS 1662 8454 206 : : : 1662 8454 207 president president NNP 1662 8454 208 elected elect VBN 1662 8454 209 by by IN 1662 8454 210 popular popular JJ 1662 8454 211 vote vote NN 1662 8454 212 for for IN 1662 8454 213 a a DT 1662 8454 214 five five CD 1662 8454 215 - - HYPH 1662 8454 216 year year NN 1662 8454 217 term term NN 1662 8454 218 ; ; : 1662 8454 219 election election NN 1662 8454 220 last last JJ 1662 8454 221 held hold VBD 1662 8454 222 20 20 CD 1662 8454 223 March March NNP 1662 8454 224 1994 1994 CD 1662 8454 225 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8454 226 next next JJ 1662 8454 227 to to TO 1662 8454 228 be be VB 1662 8454 229 held hold VBN 1662 8454 230 NA NA NNP 1662 8454 231 1999 1999 CD 1662 8454 232 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 233 ; ; : 1662 8454 234 prime prime NNP 1662 8454 235 minister minister NN 1662 8454 236 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8454 237 by by IN 1662 8454 238 the the DT 1662 8454 239 president president NNP 1662 8454 240 election election NN 1662 8454 241 results result NNS 1662 8454 242 : : : 1662 8454 243 President President NNP 1662 8454 244 Zine Zine NNP 1662 8454 245 El El NNP 1662 8454 246 Abidine Abidine NNP 1662 8454 247 BEN BEN NNP 1662 8454 248 ALI ALI NNP 1662 8454 249 reelected reelect VBD 1662 8454 250 without without IN 1662 8454 251 opposition opposition NN 1662 8454 252 ; ; : 1662 8454 253 percent percent NN 1662 8454 254 of of IN 1662 8454 255 vote vote NN 1662 8454 256 - - HYPH 1662 8454 257 NA NA NNP 1662 8454 258 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 8454 259 branch branch NN 1662 8454 260 : : : 1662 8454 261 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 8454 262 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 8454 263 of of IN 1662 8454 264 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 8454 265 or or CC 1662 8454 266 Majlis Majlis NNP 1662 8454 267 al al NNP 1662 8454 268 - - HYPH 1662 8454 269 Nuwaab Nuwaab NNP 1662 8454 270 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8454 271 163 163 CD 1662 8454 272 seats seat NNS 1662 8454 273 ; ; : 1662 8454 274 members member NNS 1662 8454 275 elected elect VBN 1662 8454 276 by by IN 1662 8454 277 popular popular JJ 1662 8454 278 vote vote NN 1662 8454 279 to to TO 1662 8454 280 serve serve VB 1662 8454 281 five five CD 1662 8454 282 - - HYPH 1662 8454 283 year year NN 1662 8454 284 terms term NNS 1662 8454 285 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 286 elections election NNS 1662 8454 287 : : : 1662 8454 288 last last RB 1662 8454 289 held hold VBD 1662 8454 290 20 20 CD 1662 8454 291 March March NNP 1662 8454 292 1994 1994 CD 1662 8454 293 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8454 294 next next JJ 1662 8454 295 to to TO 1662 8454 296 be be VB 1662 8454 297 held hold VBN 1662 8454 298 NA NA NNP 1662 8454 299 1999 1999 CD 1662 8454 300 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 301 election election NN 1662 8454 302 results result NNS 1662 8454 303 : : : 1662 8454 304 percent percent NN 1662 8454 305 of of IN 1662 8454 306 vote vote NN 1662 8454 307 by by IN 1662 8454 308 party party NN 1662 8454 309 - - HYPH 1662 8454 310 RCD rcd NN 1662 8454 311 97.7 97.7 CD 1662 8454 312 % % NN 1662 8454 313 , , , 1662 8454 314 MDS mds NN 1662 8454 315 1.0 1.0 CD 1662 8454 316 % % NN 1662 8454 317 , , , 1662 8454 318 others other NNS 1662 8454 319 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 8454 320 % % NN 1662 8454 321 ; ; , 1662 8454 322 seats seat NNS 1662 8454 323 by by IN 1662 8454 324 party party NN 1662 8454 325 - - HYPH 1662 8454 326 RCD RCD NNP 1662 8454 327 144 144 CD 1662 8454 328 , , , 1662 8454 329 MDS MDS NNP 1662 8454 330 10 10 CD 1662 8454 331 , , , 1662 8454 332 others other NNS 1662 8454 333 9 9 CD 1662 8454 334 ; ; : 1662 8454 335 note note VB 1662 8454 336 - - : 1662 8454 337 the the DT 1662 8454 338 government government NN 1662 8454 339 changed change VBD 1662 8454 340 the the DT 1662 8454 341 electoral electoral JJ 1662 8454 342 code code NN 1662 8454 343 to to TO 1662 8454 344 guarantee guarantee VB 1662 8454 345 that that IN 1662 8454 346 the the DT 1662 8454 347 opposition opposition NN 1662 8454 348 won win VBD 1662 8454 349 seats seat NNS 1662 8454 350 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 8454 351 branch branch NN 1662 8454 352 : : : 1662 8454 353 Court court NN 1662 8454 354 of of IN 1662 8454 355 Cassation Cassation NNP 1662 8454 356 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8454 357 Cour Cour NNP 1662 8454 358 de de FW 1662 8454 359 Cassation Cassation NNP 1662 8454 360 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 361 Political political JJ 1662 8454 362 parties party NNS 1662 8454 363 and and CC 1662 8454 364 leaders leader NNS 1662 8454 365 : : : 1662 8454 366 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 8454 367 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8454 368 Rally Rally NNP 1662 8454 369 Party Party NNP 1662 8454 370 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8454 371 RCD RCD NNP 1662 8454 372 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 373 , , , 1662 8454 374 President President NNP 1662 8454 375 BEN BEN NNP 1662 8454 376 ALI ALI NNP 1662 8454 377 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8454 378 official official JJ 1662 8454 379 ruling rule VBG 1662 8454 380 party party NN 1662 8454 381 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 382 ; ; : 1662 8454 383 Movement Movement NNP 1662 8454 384 of of IN 1662 8454 385 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8454 386 Socialists Socialists NNPS 1662 8454 387 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8454 388 MDS MDS NNP 1662 8454 389 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 390 , , , 1662 8454 391 Ismail Ismail NNP 1662 8454 392 BOULAHIA BOULAHIA NNP 1662 8454 393 ; ; : 1662 8454 394 five five CD 1662 8454 395 other other JJ 1662 8454 396 political political JJ 1662 8454 397 parties party NNS 1662 8454 398 are be VBP 1662 8454 399 legal legal JJ 1662 8454 400 , , , 1662 8454 401 including include VBG 1662 8454 402 the the DT 1662 8454 403 Communist Communist NNP 1662 8454 404 Party Party NNP 1662 8454 405 Political political JJ 1662 8454 406 pressure pressure NN 1662 8454 407 groups group NNS 1662 8454 408 and and CC 1662 8454 409 leaders leader NNS 1662 8454 410 : : : 1662 8454 411 the the DT 1662 8454 412 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 8454 413 fundamentalist fundamentalist JJ 1662 8454 414 party party NN 1662 8454 415 , , , 1662 8454 416 Al Al NNP 1662 8454 417 Nahda Nahda NNP 1662 8454 418 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8454 419 Renaissance Renaissance NNP 1662 8454 420 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 421 , , , 1662 8454 422 is be VBZ 1662 8454 423 outlawed outlaw VBN 1662 8454 424 International International NNP 1662 8454 425 organization organization NN 1662 8454 426 participation participation NN 1662 8454 427 : : : 1662 8454 428 ABEDA ABEDA NNP 1662 8454 429 , , , 1662 8454 430 ACCT ACCT NNP 1662 8454 431 , , , 1662 8454 432 AfDB afdb NN 1662 8454 433 , , , 1662 8454 434 AFESD AFESD NNP 1662 8454 435 , , , 1662 8454 436 AL AL NNP 1662 8454 437 , , , 1662 8454 438 AMF AMF NNP 1662 8454 439 , , , 1662 8454 440 AMU AMU NNP 1662 8454 441 , , , 1662 8454 442 BSEC BSEC NNP 1662 8454 443 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8454 444 observer observer NN 1662 8454 445 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 446 , , , 1662 8454 447 CCC CCC NNP 1662 8454 448 , , , 1662 8454 449 ECA ECA NNP 1662 8454 450 , , , 1662 8454 451 FAO FAO NNP 1662 8454 452 , , , 1662 8454 453 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 8454 454 , , , 1662 8454 455 IAEA iaea NN 1662 8454 456 , , , 1662 8454 457 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 8454 458 , , , 1662 8454 459 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 8454 460 , , , 1662 8454 461 ICC ICC NNP 1662 8454 462 , , , 1662 8454 463 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 8454 464 , , , 1662 8454 465 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 8454 466 , , , 1662 8454 467 IDA IDA NNP 1662 8454 468 , , , 1662 8454 469 IDB IDB NNP 1662 8454 470 , , , 1662 8454 471 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 8454 472 , , , 1662 8454 473 IFC IFC NNP 1662 8454 474 , , , 1662 8454 475 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 8454 476 , , , 1662 8454 477 IHO IHO NNP 1662 8454 478 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8454 479 pending pende VBG 1662 8454 480 member member NN 1662 8454 481 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 482 , , , 1662 8454 483 ILO ILO NNP 1662 8454 484 , , , 1662 8454 485 IMF IMF NNP 1662 8454 486 , , , 1662 8454 487 IMO imo RB 1662 8454 488 , , , 1662 8454 489 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 8454 490 , , , 1662 8454 491 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8454 492 , , , 1662 8454 493 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 8454 494 , , , 1662 8454 495 IOC IOC NNP 1662 8454 496 , , , 1662 8454 497 ISO ISO NNP 1662 8454 498 , , , 1662 8454 499 ITU ITU NNP 1662 8454 500 , , , 1662 8454 501 MINURSO MINURSO NNP 1662 8454 502 , , , 1662 8454 503 NAM NAM NNP 1662 8454 504 , , , 1662 8454 505 OAS OAS NNP 1662 8454 506 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8454 507 observer observer NNP 1662 8454 508 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 509 , , , 1662 8454 510 OAU OAU NNP 1662 8454 511 , , , 1662 8454 512 OIC OIC NNP 1662 8454 513 , , , 1662 8454 514 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 8454 515 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8454 516 partner partner NN 1662 8454 517 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 518 , , , 1662 8454 519 UN UN NNP 1662 8454 520 , , , 1662 8454 521 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 8454 522 , , , 1662 8454 523 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 8454 524 , , , 1662 8454 525 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 8454 526 , , , 1662 8454 527 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 8454 528 , , , 1662 8454 529 UNITAR UNITAR NNP 1662 8454 530 , , , 1662 8454 531 UNMIBH UNMIBH NNP 1662 8454 532 , , , 1662 8454 533 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 8454 534 , , , 1662 8454 535 UPU UPU NNP 1662 8454 536 , , , 1662 8454 537 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 8454 538 , , , 1662 8454 539 WHO who WP 1662 8454 540 , , , 1662 8454 541 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 8454 542 , , , 1662 8454 543 WMO WMO NNP 1662 8454 544 , , , 1662 8454 545 WToO wtoo FW 1662 8454 546 , , , 1662 8454 547 WTrO wtro VB 1662 8454 548 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8454 549 representation representation NN 1662 8454 550 in in IN 1662 8454 551 the the DT 1662 8454 552 US US NNP 1662 8454 553 : : : 1662 8454 554 chief chief NN 1662 8454 555 of of IN 1662 8454 556 mission mission NN 1662 8454 557 : : : 1662 8454 558 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 8454 559 Mohamed Mohamed NNP 1662 8454 560 Azouz Azouz NNP 1662 8454 561 ENNIFAR ENNIFAR NNP 1662 8454 562 chancery chancery NN 1662 8454 563 : : : 1662 8454 564 1515 1515 CD 1662 8454 565 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 8454 566 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 8454 567 NW NW NNP 1662 8454 568 , , , 1662 8454 569 Washington Washington NNP 1662 8454 570 , , , 1662 8454 571 DC DC NNP 1662 8454 572 20005 20005 CD 1662 8454 573 telephone telephone NN 1662 8454 574 : : : 1662 8454 575 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8454 576 1 1 CD 1662 8454 577 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8454 578 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8454 579 202 202 CD 1662 8454 580 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 581 862 862 CD 1662 8454 582 - - HYPH 1662 8454 583 1850 1850 CD 1662 8454 584 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8454 585 representation representation NN 1662 8454 586 from from IN 1662 8454 587 the the DT 1662 8454 588 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8454 625 782 782 CD 1662 8454 626 - - HYPH 1662 8454 627 566 566 CD 1662 8454 628 FAX fax NN 1662 8454 629 : : : 1662 8454 630 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8454 631 216 216 CD 1662 8454 632 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8454 633 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8454 634 1 1 CD 1662 8454 635 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8454 636 789 789 CD 1662 8454 637 - - SYM 1662 8454 638 719 719 CD 1662 8454 639 Flag flag NN 1662 8454 640 description description NN 1662 8454 641 : : : 1662 8454 642 red red JJ 1662 8454 643 with with IN 1662 8454 644 a a DT 1662 8454 645 white white JJ 1662 8454 646 disk disk NN 1662 8454 647 in in IN 1662 8454 648 the the DT 1662 8454 649 center center NN 1662 8454 650 bearing bear VBG 1662 8454 651 a a DT 1662 8454 652 red red JJ 1662 8454 653 crescent crescent NN 1662 8454 654 nearly nearly RB 1662 8454 655 encircling encircle VBG 1662 8454 656 a a DT 1662 8454 657 red red JJ 1662 8454 658 five five CD 1662 8454 659 - - HYPH 1662 8454 660 pointed point VBN 1662 8454 661 star star NN 1662 8454 662 ; ; : 1662 8454 663 the the 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8455 2 governmental governmental JJ 1662 8455 3 control control NN 1662 8455 4 of of IN 1662 8455 5 economic economic JJ 1662 8455 6 affairs affair NNS 1662 8455 7 has have VBZ 1662 8455 8 gradually gradually RB 1662 8455 9 lessened lessen VBN 1662 8455 10 over over IN 1662 8455 11 the the DT 1662 8455 12 past past JJ 1662 8455 13 decade decade NN 1662 8455 14 with with IN 1662 8455 15 increasing increase VBG 1662 8455 16 privatization privatization NN 1662 8455 17 of of IN 1662 8455 18 trade trade NN 1662 8455 19 and and CC 1662 8455 20 commerce commerce NN 1662 8455 21 , , , 1662 8455 22 simplification simplification NN 1662 8455 23 of of IN 1662 8455 24 the the DT 1662 8455 25 tax tax NN 1662 8455 26 structure structure NN 1662 8455 27 , , , 1662 8455 28 and and CC 1662 8455 29 a a DT 1662 8455 30 cautious cautious JJ 1662 8455 31 approach approach NN 1662 8455 32 to to IN 1662 8455 33 debt debt NN 1662 8455 34 . . . 1662 8456 1 Real real JJ 1662 8456 2 growth growth NN 1662 8456 3 has have VBZ 1662 8456 4 averaged average VBN 1662 8456 5 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 8456 6 % % NN 1662 8456 7 in in IN 1662 8456 8 1991 1991 CD 1662 8456 9 - - SYM 1662 8456 10 96 96 CD 1662 8456 11 , , , 1662 8456 12 and and CC 1662 8456 13 inflation inflation NN 1662 8456 14 has have VBZ 1662 8456 15 been be VBN 1662 8456 16 moderate moderate JJ 1662 8456 17 . . . 1662 8457 1 Growth growth NN 1662 8457 2 in in IN 1662 8457 3 tourism tourism NN 1662 8457 4 and and CC 1662 8457 5 increased increase VBN 1662 8457 6 trade trade NN 1662 8457 7 have have VBP 1662 8457 8 been be VBN 1662 8457 9 key key JJ 1662 8457 10 elements element NNS 1662 8457 11 in in IN 1662 8457 12 this this DT 1662 8457 13 solid solid JJ 1662 8457 14 record record NN 1662 8457 15 . . . 1662 8458 1 Agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8458 2 production production NN 1662 8458 3 accounted account VBD 1662 8458 4 for for IN 1662 8458 5 a a DT 1662 8458 6 major major JJ 1662 8458 7 portion portion NN 1662 8458 8 of of IN 1662 8458 9 growth growth NN 1662 8458 10 in in IN 1662 8458 11 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8458 12 in in IN 1662 8458 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 8458 14 , , , 1662 8458 15 growth growth NN 1662 8458 16 having have VBG 1662 8458 17 been be VBN 1662 8458 18 adversely adversely RB 1662 8458 19 affected affect VBN 1662 8458 20 by by IN 1662 8458 21 drought drought NN 1662 8458 22 in in IN 1662 8458 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 8458 24 . . . 1662 8459 1 Further further JJ 1662 8459 2 privatization privatization NN 1662 8459 3 , , , 1662 8459 4 the the DT 1662 8459 5 attraction attraction NN 1662 8459 6 of of IN 1662 8459 7 increased increase VBN 1662 8459 8 foreign foreign JJ 1662 8459 9 investment investment NN 1662 8459 10 , , , 1662 8459 11 and and CC 1662 8459 12 improvements improvement NNS 1662 8459 13 in in IN 1662 8459 14 government government NN 1662 8459 15 efficiency efficiency NN 1662 8459 16 are be VBP 1662 8459 17 among among IN 1662 8459 18 the the DT 1662 8459 19 challenges challenge NNS 1662 8459 20 for for IN 1662 8459 21 the the DT 1662 8459 22 future future NN 1662 8459 23 . . . 1662 8460 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8460 2 : : : 1662 8460 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 8460 4 power power NN 1662 8460 5 parity parity NN 1662 8460 6 - - : 1662 8460 7 $ $ $ 1662 8460 8 43.3 43.3 CD 1662 8460 9 billion billion CD 1662 8460 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8460 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 8460 12 est est NNP 1662 8460 13 . . . 1662 8460 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8461 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8461 2 - - HYPH 1662 8461 3 real real JJ 1662 8461 4 growth growth NN 1662 8461 5 rate rate NN 1662 8461 6 : : : 1662 8461 7 7.1 7.1 CD 1662 8461 8 % % NN 1662 8461 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8461 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 8461 11 est est NNP 1662 8461 12 . . . 1662 8461 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8462 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8462 2 - - HYPH 1662 8462 3 per per FW 1662 8462 4 capita capita NN 1662 8462 5 : : : 1662 8462 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 8462 7 power power NN 1662 8462 8 parity parity NN 1662 8462 9 - - : 1662 8462 10 $ $ $ 1662 8462 11 4,800 4,800 CD 1662 8462 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8462 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 8462 14 est est NNP 1662 8462 15 . . . 1662 8462 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8463 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8463 2 - - HYPH 1662 8463 3 composition composition NN 1662 8463 4 by by IN 1662 8463 5 sector sector NN 1662 8463 6 : : : 1662 8463 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8463 8 : : : 1662 8463 9 13.5 13.5 CD 1662 8463 10 % % NN 1662 8463 11 industry industry NN 1662 8463 12 : : : 1662 8463 13 33.8 33.8 CD 1662 8463 14 % % NN 1662 8463 15 services service NNS 1662 8463 16 : : : 1662 8463 17 52.7 52.7 CD 1662 8463 18 % % NN 1662 8463 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8463 20 1996 1996 CD 1662 8463 21 est est NNP 1662 8463 22 . . . 1662 8463 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8464 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 8464 2 rate rate NN 1662 8464 3 - - HYPH 1662 8464 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 8464 5 price price NN 1662 8464 6 index index NN 1662 8464 7 : : : 1662 8464 8 6 6 CD 1662 8464 9 % % NN 1662 8464 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8464 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 8464 12 est est NNP 1662 8464 13 . . . 1662 8464 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8465 1 Labor labor NN 1662 8465 2 force force NN 1662 8465 3 : : : 1662 8465 4 total total NN 1662 8465 5 : : : 1662 8465 6 2.917 2.917 CD 1662 8465 7 million million CD 1662 8465 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8465 9 1993 1993 CD 1662 8465 10 est est NNP 1662 8465 11 . . . 1662 8465 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8466 1 by by IN 1662 8466 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 8466 3 : : : 1662 8466 4 services service NNS 1662 8466 5 55 55 CD 1662 8466 6 % % NN 1662 8466 7 , , , 1662 8466 8 industry industry NN 1662 8466 9 23 23 CD 1662 8466 10 % % NN 1662 8466 11 , , , 1662 8466 12 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8466 13 22 22 CD 1662 8466 14 % % NN 1662 8466 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8466 16 1995 1995 CD 1662 8466 17 est est NNP 1662 8466 18 . . . 1662 8466 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8467 1 note note NN 1662 8467 2 : : : 1662 8467 3 shortage shortage NN 1662 8467 4 of of IN 1662 8467 5 skilled skilled JJ 1662 8467 6 labor labor NN 1662 8467 7 Unemployment Unemployment NNP 1662 8467 8 rate rate NN 1662 8467 9 : : : 1662 8467 10 16 16 CD 1662 8467 11 % % NN 1662 8467 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8467 13 1995 1995 CD 1662 8467 14 est est NNP 1662 8467 15 . . . 1662 8467 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8468 1 Budget budget NN 1662 8468 2 : : : 1662 8468 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 8468 4 : : : 1662 8468 5 $ $ $ 1662 8468 6 5.2 5.2 CD 1662 8468 7 billion billion CD 1662 8468 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8468 9 : : : 1662 8468 10 $ $ $ 1662 8468 11 7.2 7.2 CD 1662 8468 12 billion billion CD 1662 8468 13 , , , 1662 8468 14 including include VBG 1662 8468 15 capital capital NN 1662 8468 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8468 17 to to IN 1662 8468 18 $ $ $ 1662 8468 19 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 8468 20 billion billion CD 1662 8468 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8468 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 8468 23 est est NNP 1662 8468 24 . . . 1662 8468 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8469 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 8469 2 : : : 1662 8469 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8469 4 , , , 1662 8469 5 mining mining NN 1662 8469 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8469 7 particularly particularly RB 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NN 1662 8470 2 - - HYPH 1662 8470 3 production production NN 1662 8470 4 : : : 1662 8470 5 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 8470 6 billion billion CD 1662 8470 7 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8470 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8470 9 1995 1995 CD 1662 8470 10 est est NNP 1662 8470 11 . . . 1662 8470 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8471 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8471 2 - - HYPH 1662 8471 3 consumption consumption NN 1662 8471 4 per per IN 1662 8471 5 capita capita NN 1662 8471 6 : : : 1662 8471 7 678 678 CD 1662 8471 8 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8471 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8471 10 1995 1995 CD 1662 8471 11 est est NNP 1662 8471 12 . . . 1662 8471 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8472 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8472 2 - - HYPH 1662 8472 3 products product NNS 1662 8472 4 : : : 1662 8472 5 olives olive NNS 1662 8472 6 , , , 1662 8472 7 dates date NNS 1662 8472 8 , , , 1662 8472 9 oranges orange NNS 1662 8472 10 , , , 1662 8472 11 almonds almond NNS 1662 8472 12 , , , 1662 8472 13 grain grain NN 1662 8472 14 , , , 1662 8472 15 sugar sugar NN 1662 8472 16 beets beet NNS 1662 8472 17 , , , 1662 8472 18 grapes grape NNS 1662 8472 19 ; ; , 1662 8472 20 poultry poultry NN 1662 8472 21 , , , 1662 8472 22 beef beef NN 1662 8472 23 , , , 1662 8472 24 dairy dairy NN 1662 8472 25 products product NNS 1662 8472 26 Exports export NNS 1662 8472 27 : : : 1662 8472 28 total total JJ 1662 8472 29 value value NN 1662 8472 30 : : : 1662 8472 31 $ $ $ 1662 8472 32 5.7 5.7 CD 1662 8472 33 billion billion CD 1662 8472 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8472 35 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 8472 36 . . NNP 1662 8472 37 , , , 1662 8472 38 1996 1996 CD 1662 8472 39 est est NNP 1662 8472 40 . . . 1662 8472 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8473 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8473 2 : : : 1662 8473 3 hydrocarbons hydrocarbon NNS 1662 8473 4 , , , 1662 8473 5 textiles textile NNS 1662 8473 6 , , , 1662 8473 7 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8473 8 products product NNS 1662 8473 9 , , , 1662 8473 10 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 8473 11 and and CC 1662 8473 12 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8473 13 partners partner NNS 1662 8473 14 : : : 1662 8473 15 EU EU NNP 1662 8473 16 75 75 CD 1662 8473 17 % % NN 1662 8473 18 , , , 1662 8473 19 North north JJ 1662 8473 20 African african JJ 1662 8473 21 countries country NNS 1662 8473 22 7 7 CD 1662 8473 23 % % NN 1662 8473 24 , , , 1662 8473 25 India India NNP 1662 8473 26 2 2 CD 1662 8473 27 % % NN 1662 8473 28 , , , 1662 8473 29 US US NNP 1662 8473 30 1 1 CD 1662 8473 31 % % NN 1662 8473 32 Imports import NNS 1662 8473 33 : : : 1662 8473 34 total total JJ 1662 8473 35 value value NN 1662 8473 36 : : : 1662 8473 37 $ $ $ 1662 8473 38 7.7 7.7 CD 1662 8473 39 billion billion CD 1662 8473 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8473 41 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 8473 42 . . NNP 1662 8473 43 , , , 1662 8473 44 1996 1996 CD 1662 8473 45 est est NNP 1662 8473 46 . . . 1662 8473 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8474 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8474 2 : : : 1662 8474 3 industrial industrial JJ 1662 8474 4 goods good NNS 1662 8474 5 and and CC 1662 8474 6 equipment equipment NN 1662 8474 7 57 57 CD 1662 8474 8 % % NN 1662 8474 9 , , , 1662 8474 10 hydrocarbons hydrocarbon NNS 1662 8474 11 13 13 CD 1662 8474 12 % % NN 1662 8474 13 , , , 1662 8474 14 food food NN 1662 8474 15 12 12 CD 1662 8474 16 % % NN 1662 8474 17 , , , 1662 8474 18 consumer consumer NN 1662 8474 19 goods good NNS 1662 8474 20 partners partner NNS 1662 8474 21 : : : 1662 8474 22 EU EU NNP 1662 8474 23 countries country NNS 1662 8474 24 70 70 CD 1662 8474 25 % % NN 1662 8474 26 , , , 1662 8474 27 North north JJ 1662 8474 28 African african JJ 1662 8474 29 countries country NNS 1662 8474 30 6 6 CD 1662 8474 31 % % NN 1662 8474 32 , , , 1662 8474 33 US US NNP 1662 8474 34 5 5 CD 1662 8474 35 % % NN 1662 8474 36 , , , 1662 8474 37 Japan Japan NNP 1662 8474 38 2 2 CD 1662 8474 39 % % NN 1662 8474 40 , , , 1662 8474 41 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 8474 42 1 1 CD 1662 8474 43 % % NN 1662 8474 44 Debt debt NN 1662 8474 45 - - HYPH 1662 8474 46 external external JJ 1662 8474 47 : : : 1662 8474 48 $ $ $ 1662 8474 49 9.6 9.6 CD 1662 8474 50 billion billion CD 1662 8474 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8474 52 1996 1996 CD 1662 8474 53 est est NNP 1662 8474 54 . . . 1662 8474 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8475 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 8475 2 aid aid NN 1662 8475 3 : : : 1662 8475 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 8475 5 : : : 1662 8475 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 8475 7 , , , 1662 8475 8 $ $ $ 1662 8475 9 221 221 CD 1662 8475 10 million million CD 1662 8475 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8475 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 8475 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8475 14 Currency currency NN 1662 8475 15 : : : 1662 8475 16 1 1 CD 1662 8475 17 Tunisian tunisian JJ 1662 8475 18 dinar dinar NN 1662 8475 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8475 20 TD td NN 1662 8475 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8475 22 = = NFP 1662 8475 23 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8475 24 millimes millimes NN 1662 8475 25 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 8475 26 rates rate NNS 1662 8475 27 : : : 1662 8475 28 Tunisian tunisian JJ 1662 8475 29 dinars dinar NNS 1662 8475 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8475 31 TD td NN 1662 8475 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8475 33 per per IN 1662 8475 34 US$ us$ $ 1662 8475 35 1 1 CD 1662 8475 36 - - SYM 1662 8475 37 1.0075 1.0075 CD 1662 8475 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8475 39 January January NNP 1662 8475 40 1997 1997 CD 1662 8475 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8475 42 , , , 1662 8475 43 0.9985 0.9985 CD 1662 8475 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8475 45 December December NNP 1662 8475 46 1996 1996 CD 1662 8475 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8475 48 , , , 1662 8475 49 0.9733 0.9733 CD 1662 8475 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8475 51 1996 1996 CD 1662 8475 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8475 53 , , , 1662 8475 54 0.9458 0.9458 CD 1662 8475 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8475 56 1995 1995 CD 1662 8475 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8475 58 , , , 1662 8475 59 1.0116 1.0116 CD 1662 8475 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8475 61 1994 1994 CD 1662 8475 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8475 63 , , , 1662 8475 64 1.0037 1.0037 CD 1662 8475 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8475 66 1993 1993 CD 1662 8475 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8475 68 , , , 1662 8475 69 0.8844 0.8844 CD 1662 8475 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8475 71 1992 1992 CD 1662 8475 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8475 73 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8475 74 year year NN 1662 8475 75 : : : 1662 8475 76 calendar calendar NNP 1662 8475 77 year year NN 1662 8475 78 @Tunisia @Tunisia NNP 1662 8475 79 : : : 1662 8475 80 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 8475 81 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 8475 82 : : : 1662 8475 83 560,000 560,000 CD 1662 8475 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8475 85 1996 1996 CD 1662 8475 86 est est NNP 1662 8475 87 . . . 1662 8475 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8476 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8476 2 system system NN 1662 8476 3 : : : 1662 8476 4 the the DT 1662 8476 5 system system NN 1662 8476 6 is be VBZ 1662 8476 7 above above IN 1662 8476 8 the the DT 1662 8476 9 African african JJ 1662 8476 10 average average NN 1662 8476 11 ; ; : 1662 8476 12 key key JJ 1662 8476 13 centers center NNS 1662 8476 14 are be VBP 1662 8476 15 Sfax Sfax NNP 1662 8476 16 , , , 1662 8476 17 Sousse Sousse NNP 1662 8476 18 , , , 1662 8476 19 Bizerte Bizerte NNP 1662 8476 20 , , , 1662 8476 21 and and CC 1662 8476 22 Tunis Tunis NNP 1662 8476 23 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8476 24 : : : 1662 8476 25 trunk trunk NN 1662 8476 26 facilities facility NNS 1662 8476 27 consist consist VBP 1662 8476 28 of of IN 1662 8476 29 open open JJ 1662 8476 30 - - HYPH 1662 8476 31 wire wire NN 1662 8476 32 lines line NNS 1662 8476 33 , , , 1662 8476 34 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 8476 35 cable cable NN 1662 8476 36 , , , 1662 8476 37 and and CC 1662 8476 38 microwave microwave VB 1662 8476 39 radio radio NN 1662 8476 40 relay relay NN 1662 8476 41 international international JJ 1662 8476 42 : : : 1662 8476 43 5 5 CD 1662 8476 44 submarine submarine NN 1662 8476 45 cables cable NNS 1662 8476 46 ; ; : 1662 8476 47 satellite satellite NN 1662 8476 48 earth earth NN 1662 8476 49 stations station NNS 1662 8476 50 - - , 1662 8476 51 1 1 CD 1662 8476 52 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8476 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8476 54 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8476 55 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8476 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8476 57 and and CC 1662 8476 58 1 1 CD 1662 8476 59 Arabsat Arabsat NNP 1662 8476 60 with with IN 1662 8476 61 back back RB 1662 8476 62 - - HYPH 1662 8476 63 up up RP 1662 8476 64 control control NN 1662 8476 65 station station NN 1662 8476 66 ; ; , 1662 8476 67 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 8476 68 cable cable NN 1662 8476 69 and and CC 1662 8476 70 microwave microwave NN 1662 8476 71 radio radio NN 1662 8476 72 relay relay NN 1662 8476 73 to to IN 1662 8476 74 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 8476 75 and and CC 1662 8476 76 Libya Libya NNP 1662 8476 77 ; ; : 1662 8476 78 participant participant NN 1662 8476 79 in in IN 1662 8476 80 Medarabtel Medarabtel NNP 1662 8476 81 Radio Radio NNP 1662 8476 82 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8476 83 stations station NNS 1662 8476 84 : : : 1662 8476 85 AM AM NNP 1662 8476 86 7 7 CD 1662 8476 87 , , , 1662 8476 88 FM FM NNP 1662 8476 89 8 8 CD 1662 8476 90 , , , 1662 8476 91 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 8476 92 0 0 CD 1662 8476 93 Radios radio NNS 1662 8476 94 : : : 1662 8476 95 1,693,527 1,693,527 CD 1662 8476 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8476 97 1991 1991 CD 1662 8476 98 est est NNP 1662 8476 99 . . . 1662 8476 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8477 1 Television television NN 1662 8477 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8477 3 stations station NNS 1662 8477 4 : : : 1662 8477 5 19 19 CD 1662 8477 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 8477 7 : : : 1662 8477 8 670,000 670,000 CD 1662 8477 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8477 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 8477 11 est est NNP 1662 8477 12 . . . 1662 8477 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8478 1 Communications communication NNS 1662 8478 2 - - HYPH 1662 8478 3 note note NN 1662 8478 4 : : : 1662 8478 5 Internet internet NN 1662 8478 6 access access NN 1662 8478 7 is be VBZ 1662 8478 8 permitted permit VBN 1662 8478 9 but but CC 1662 8478 10 is be VBZ 1662 8478 11 licensed license VBN 1662 8478 12 through through IN 1662 8478 13 a a DT 1662 8478 14 government government NN 1662 8478 15 agency agency NN 1662 8478 16 @Tunisia @tunisia NN 1662 8478 17 : : : 1662 8478 18 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8478 19 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8478 20 : : : 1662 8478 21 total total NN 1662 8478 22 : : : 1662 8478 23 2,260 2,260 CD 1662 8478 24 km km NN 1662 8478 25 standard standard JJ 1662 8478 26 gauge gauge NN 1662 8478 27 : : : 1662 8478 28 492 492 CD 1662 8478 29 km km NN 1662 8478 30 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 8478 31 gauge gauge NN 1662 8478 32 narrow narrow JJ 1662 8478 33 gauge gauge NN 1662 8478 34 : : : 1662 8478 35 1,758 1,758 CD 1662 8478 36 km km NN 1662 8478 37 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 8478 38 gauge gauge NN 1662 8478 39 dual dual JJ 1662 8478 40 gauge gauge NN 1662 8478 41 : : : 1662 8478 42 10 10 CD 1662 8478 43 km km NN 1662 8478 44 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 8478 45 and and CC 1662 8478 46 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 8478 47 gauges gauge NNS 1662 8478 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8478 49 1993 1993 CD 1662 8478 50 est est NNP 1662 8478 51 . . . 1662 8478 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8479 1 Highways highway NNS 1662 8479 2 : : : 1662 8479 3 total total NN 1662 8479 4 : : : 1662 8479 5 20,830 20,830 CD 1662 8479 6 km km NN 1662 8479 7 paved pave VBN 1662 8479 8 : : : 1662 8479 9 15,831 15,831 CD 1662 8479 10 km km NN 1662 8479 11 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8479 12 : : : 1662 8479 13 4,999 4,999 CD 1662 8479 14 km km NNS 1662 8479 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8479 16 1993 1993 CD 1662 8479 17 est est NNP 1662 8479 18 . . . 1662 8479 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8480 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 8480 2 : : : 1662 8480 3 crude crude JJ 1662 8480 4 oil oil NN 1662 8480 5 797 797 CD 1662 8480 6 km km NN 1662 8480 7 ; ; : 1662 8480 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8480 9 products product NNS 1662 8480 10 86 86 CD 1662 8480 11 km km NN 1662 8480 12 ; ; : 1662 8480 13 natural natural JJ 1662 8480 14 gas gas NN 1662 8480 15 742 742 CD 1662 8480 16 km km NN 1662 8480 17 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 8480 18 and and CC 1662 8480 19 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8480 20 : : : 1662 8480 21 Bizerte Bizerte NNP 1662 8480 22 , , , 1662 8480 23 Gabes Gabes NNP 1662 8480 24 , , , 1662 8480 25 La La NNP 1662 8480 26 Goulette Goulette NNP 1662 8480 27 , , , 1662 8480 28 Sfax Sfax NNP 1662 8480 29 , , , 1662 8480 30 Sousse Sousse NNP 1662 8480 31 , , , 1662 8480 32 Tunis Tunis NNP 1662 8480 33 , , , 1662 8480 34 Zarzis Zarzis NNP 1662 8480 35 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 8480 36 marine marine NN 1662 8480 37 : : : 1662 8480 38 total total NN 1662 8480 39 : : : 1662 8480 40 21 21 CD 1662 8480 41 ships ship NNS 1662 8480 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8480 43 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8480 44 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8480 45 or or CC 1662 8480 46 over over RB 1662 8480 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8480 48 totaling total VBG 1662 8480 49 138,113 138,113 CD 1662 8480 50 GRT/179,906 GRT/179,906 NNP 1662 8480 51 DWT DWT NNP 1662 8480 52 ships ship NNS 1662 8480 53 by by IN 1662 8480 54 type type NN 1662 8480 55 : : : 1662 8480 56 bulk bulk NNP 1662 8480 57 6 6 CD 1662 8480 58 , , , 1662 8480 59 cargo cargo NN 1662 8480 60 5 5 CD 1662 8480 61 , , , 1662 8480 62 chemical chemical NN 1662 8480 63 tanker tanker NN 1662 8480 64 3 3 CD 1662 8480 65 , , , 1662 8480 66 oil oil NN 1662 8480 67 tanker tanker NN 1662 8480 68 2 2 CD 1662 8480 69 , , , 1662 8480 70 roll roll NN 1662 8480 71 - - HYPH 1662 8480 72 on on IN 1662 8480 73 / / SYM 1662 8480 74 roll roll NN 1662 8480 75 - - HYPH 1662 8480 76 off off RP 1662 8480 77 cargo cargo NN 1662 8480 78 3 3 CD 1662 8480 79 , , , 1662 8480 80 short short JJ 1662 8480 81 - - HYPH 1662 8480 82 sea sea NN 1662 8480 83 passenger passenger NN 1662 8480 84 1 1 CD 1662 8480 85 , , , 1662 8480 86 specialized specialized NNP 1662 8480 87 tanker tanker NN 1662 8480 88 1 1 CD 1662 8480 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8480 90 1996 1996 CD 1662 8480 91 est est NNP 1662 8480 92 . . . 1662 8480 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8481 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8481 2 : : : 1662 8481 3 29 29 CD 1662 8481 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8481 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8481 6 est est NNP 1662 8481 7 . . . 1662 8481 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8482 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8482 2 - - , 1662 8482 3 with with IN 1662 8482 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8482 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8482 6 : : : 1662 8482 7 total total NN 1662 8482 8 : : : 1662 8482 9 21 21 CD 1662 8482 10 over over IN 1662 8482 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8482 12 m m NN 1662 8482 13 : : : 1662 8482 14 3 3 CD 1662 8482 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8482 16 to to IN 1662 8482 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8482 18 m m NN 1662 8482 19 : : : 1662 8482 20 6 6 CD 1662 8482 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8482 22 to to TO 1662 8482 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8482 24 m m NN 1662 8482 25 : : : 1662 8482 26 3 3 CD 1662 8482 27 914 914 CD 1662 8482 28 to to TO 1662 8482 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8482 30 m m NN 1662 8482 31 : : : 1662 8482 32 3 3 CD 1662 8482 33 under under IN 1662 8482 34 914 914 CD 1662 8482 35 m m NN 1662 8482 36 : : : 1662 8482 37 6 6 CD 1662 8482 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8482 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 8482 40 est est NNP 1662 8482 41 . . . 1662 8482 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8483 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8483 2 - - , 1662 8483 3 with with IN 1662 8483 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8483 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8483 6 : : : 1662 8483 7 total total NN 1662 8483 8 : : : 1662 8483 9 8 8 CD 1662 8483 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8483 11 to to TO 1662 8483 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8483 13 m m NN 1662 8483 14 : : : 1662 8483 15 2 2 CD 1662 8483 16 914 914 CD 1662 8483 17 to to TO 1662 8483 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8483 19 m m NN 1662 8483 20 : : : 1662 8483 21 6 6 CD 1662 8483 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8483 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 8483 24 est est NNP 1662 8483 25 . . . 1662 8483 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8484 1 Military military JJ 1662 8484 2 Military military JJ 1662 8484 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8484 4 : : : 1662 8484 5 Army Army NNP 1662 8484 6 , , , 1662 8484 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 8484 8 , , , 1662 8484 9 Air Air NNP 1662 8484 10 Force Force NNP 1662 8484 11 , , , 1662 8484 12 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 8484 13 forces force NNS 1662 8484 14 Military Military NNP 1662 8484 15 manpower manpower NN 1662 8484 16 - - HYPH 1662 8484 17 military military NN 1662 8484 18 age age NN 1662 8484 19 : : : 1662 8484 20 20 20 CD 1662 8484 21 years year NNS 1662 8484 22 of of IN 1662 8484 23 age age NN 1662 8484 24 Military military JJ 1662 8484 25 manpower manpower NN 1662 8484 26 - - HYPH 1662 8484 27 availability availability NN 1662 8484 28 : : : 1662 8484 29 males male NNS 1662 8484 30 age age NNP 1662 8484 31 15 15 CD 1662 8484 32 - - HYPH 1662 8484 33 49 49 CD 1662 8484 34 : : : 1662 8484 35 2,464,973 2,464,973 CD 1662 8484 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8484 37 1997 1997 CD 1662 8484 38 est est NNP 1662 8484 39 . . . 1662 8484 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8485 1 Military military JJ 1662 8485 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8485 3 - - HYPH 1662 8485 4 fit fit NN 1662 8485 5 for for IN 1662 8485 6 military military JJ 1662 8485 7 service service NN 1662 8485 8 : : : 1662 8485 9 males male NNS 1662 8485 10 : : : 1662 8485 11 1,411,804 1,411,804 CD 1662 8485 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8485 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8485 14 est est NNP 1662 8485 15 . . . 1662 8485 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8486 1 Military military JJ 1662 8486 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8486 3 - - HYPH 1662 8486 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 8486 5 military military JJ 1662 8486 6 age age NN 1662 8486 7 annually annually RB 1662 8486 8 : : : 1662 8486 9 males male NNS 1662 8486 10 : : : 1662 8486 11 94,868 94,868 CD 1662 8486 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8486 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8486 14 est e JJS 1662 8486 15 . . . 1662 8486 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8487 1 Military military JJ 1662 8487 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8487 3 - - HYPH 1662 8487 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8487 5 figure figure NN 1662 8487 6 : : : 1662 8487 7 $ $ $ 1662 8487 8 535 535 CD 1662 8487 9 million million CD 1662 8487 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8487 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 8487 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8487 13 Military military JJ 1662 8487 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8487 15 - - : 1662 8487 16 percent percent NN 1662 8487 17 of of IN 1662 8487 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8487 19 : : : 1662 8487 20 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 8487 21 % % NN 1662 8487 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8487 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 8487 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8487 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8487 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8487 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 8487 28 - - HYPH 1662 8487 29 international international JJ 1662 8487 30 : : : 1662 8487 31 maritime maritime JJ 1662 8487 32 boundary boundary JJ 1662 8487 33 dispute dispute NN 1662 8487 34 with with IN 1662 8487 35 Libya Libya NNP 1662 8487 36 ; ; : 1662 8487 37 land land NN 1662 8487 38 boundary boundary JJ 1662 8487 39 dispute dispute NN 1662 8487 40 with with IN 1662 8487 41 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 8487 42 settled settle VBN 1662 8487 43 in in IN 1662 8487 44 1993 1993 CD 1662 8487 45 ; ; : 1662 8487 46 Malta Malta NNP 1662 8487 47 and and CC 1662 8487 48 Tunisia Tunisia NNP 1662 8487 49 are be VBP 1662 8487 50 discussing discuss VBG 1662 8487 51 the the DT 1662 8487 52 commercial commercial JJ 1662 8487 53 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 8487 54 of of IN 1662 8487 55 the the DT 1662 8487 56 continental continental JJ 1662 8487 57 shelf shelf NN 1662 8487 58 between between IN 1662 8487 59 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8487 60 countries country NNS 1662 8487 61 , , , 1662 8487 62 particularly particularly RB 1662 8487 63 for for IN 1662 8487 64 oil oil NN 1662 8487 65 exploration exploration NN 1662 8487 66 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 67 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 68 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 69 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 70 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 71 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 72 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 73 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 74 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 75 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 76 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 77 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 78 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 79 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 80 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 81 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 82 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 83 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 84 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 85 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 86 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 87 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 88 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 89 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 90 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 91 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 92 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 93 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 94 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 95 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 96 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 97 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 98 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 99 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 100 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 101 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 102 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 103 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 104 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 105 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 106 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 107 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 108 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 109 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 110 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 111 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 112 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 113 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 114 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 115 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 116 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 117 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 118 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 119 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 120 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 121 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 122 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 123 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 124 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 125 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 126 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 127 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 128 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 129 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 130 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 131 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 132 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 133 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 134 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 135 _ _ NNP 1662 8487 136 TURKEY TURKEY NNP 1662 8487 137 @Turkey @turkey NN 1662 8487 138 : : : 1662 8487 139 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8487 140 Location Location NNP 1662 8487 141 : : : 1662 8487 142 Southwestern Southwestern NNP 1662 8487 143 Asia Asia NNP 1662 8487 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8487 145 that that DT 1662 8487 146 part part NN 1662 8487 147 west west RB 1662 8487 148 of of IN 1662 8487 149 the the DT 1662 8487 150 Bosporus Bosporus NNP 1662 8487 151 is be VBZ 1662 8487 152 sometimes sometimes RB 1662 8487 153 included include VBN 1662 8487 154 with with IN 1662 8487 155 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8487 156 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8487 157 , , , 1662 8487 158 bordering border VBG 1662 8487 159 the the DT 1662 8487 160 Black Black NNP 1662 8487 161 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8487 162 , , , 1662 8487 163 between between IN 1662 8487 164 Bulgaria Bulgaria NNP 1662 8487 165 and and CC 1662 8487 166 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 8487 167 , , , 1662 8487 168 and and CC 1662 8487 169 bordering border VBG 1662 8487 170 the the DT 1662 8487 171 Aegean Aegean NNP 1662 8487 172 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8487 173 and and CC 1662 8487 174 the the DT 1662 8487 175 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 8487 176 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8487 177 , , , 1662 8487 178 between between IN 1662 8487 179 Greece Greece NNP 1662 8487 180 and and CC 1662 8487 181 Syria Syria NNP 1662 8487 182 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8487 183 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8487 184 : : : 1662 8487 185 39 39 CD 1662 8487 186 00 00 CD 1662 8487 187 N n CD 1662 8487 188 , , , 1662 8487 189 35 35 CD 1662 8487 190 00 00 NFP 1662 8487 191 E e NN 1662 8487 192 Map Map NNP 1662 8487 193 references reference NNS 1662 8487 194 : : : 1662 8487 195 Middle Middle NNP 1662 8487 196 East East NNP 1662 8487 197 Area Area NNP 1662 8487 198 : : : 1662 8487 199 total total NN 1662 8487 200 : : : 1662 8487 201 780,580 780,580 CD 1662 8487 202 sq sq NNP 1662 8487 203 km km NNP 1662 8487 204 land land NN 1662 8487 205 : : : 1662 8487 206 770,760 770,760 CD 1662 8487 207 sq sq NNP 1662 8487 208 km km NNP 1662 8487 209 water water NN 1662 8487 210 : : : 1662 8487 211 9,820 9,820 CD 1662 8487 212 sq sq NN 1662 8487 213 km km NNP 1662 8487 214 Area Area NNP 1662 8487 215 - - HYPH 1662 8487 216 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8487 217 : : : 1662 8487 218 slightly slightly RB 1662 8487 219 larger large JJR 1662 8487 220 than than IN 1662 8487 221 Texas Texas NNP 1662 8487 222 Land Land NNP 1662 8487 223 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8487 224 : : : 1662 8487 225 total total NN 1662 8487 226 : : : 1662 8487 227 2,627 2,627 CD 1662 8487 228 km km NN 1662 8487 229 border border NN 1662 8487 230 countries country NNS 1662 8487 231 : : : 1662 8487 232 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 8487 233 268 268 CD 1662 8487 234 km km NNS 1662 8487 235 , , , 1662 8487 236 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 8487 237 9 9 CD 1662 8487 238 km km NN 1662 8487 239 , , , 1662 8487 240 Bulgaria Bulgaria NNP 1662 8487 241 240 240 CD 1662 8487 242 km km NNS 1662 8487 243 , , , 1662 8487 244 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 8487 245 252 252 CD 1662 8487 246 km km NNS 1662 8487 247 , , , 1662 8487 248 Greece Greece NNP 1662 8487 249 206 206 CD 1662 8487 250 km km NNS 1662 8487 251 , , , 1662 8487 252 Iran Iran NNP 1662 8487 253 499 499 CD 1662 8487 254 km km NN 1662 8487 255 , , , 1662 8487 256 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 8487 257 331 331 CD 1662 8487 258 km km NN 1662 8487 259 , , , 1662 8487 260 Syria Syria NNP 1662 8487 261 822 822 CD 1662 8487 262 km km NN 1662 8487 263 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8487 264 : : : 1662 8487 265 7,200 7,200 CD 1662 8487 266 km km NN 1662 8487 267 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8487 268 claims claim VBZ 1662 8487 269 : : : 1662 8487 270 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 8487 271 economic economic JJ 1662 8487 272 zone zone NN 1662 8487 273 : : : 1662 8487 274 in in IN 1662 8487 275 Black Black NNP 1662 8487 276 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8487 277 only only RB 1662 8487 278 - - : 1662 8487 279 to to IN 1662 8487 280 the the DT 1662 8487 281 maritime maritime NNP 1662 8487 282 boundary boundary NN 1662 8487 283 agreed agree VBD 1662 8487 284 upon upon IN 1662 8487 285 with with IN 1662 8487 286 the the DT 1662 8487 287 former former JJ 1662 8487 288 USSR USSR NNP 1662 8487 289 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8487 290 sea sea NN 1662 8487 291 : : : 1662 8487 292 6 6 CD 1662 8487 293 nm nm NN 1662 8487 294 in in IN 1662 8487 295 the the DT 1662 8487 296 Aegean Aegean NNP 1662 8487 297 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8487 298 , , , 1662 8487 299 ; ; : 1662 8487 300 12 12 CD 1662 8487 301 nm nm NN 1662 8487 302 in in IN 1662 8487 303 the the DT 1662 8487 304 Black Black NNP 1662 8487 305 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8487 306 and and CC 1662 8487 307 in in IN 1662 8487 308 the the DT 1662 8487 309 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 8487 310 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8487 311 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8487 312 : : : 1662 8487 313 temperate temperate VB 1662 8487 314 ; ; : 1662 8487 315 hot hot JJ 1662 8487 316 , , , 1662 8487 317 dry dry JJ 1662 8487 318 summers summer NNS 1662 8487 319 with with IN 1662 8487 320 mild mild JJ 1662 8487 321 , , , 1662 8487 322 wet wet JJ 1662 8487 323 winters winter NNS 1662 8487 324 ; ; : 1662 8487 325 harsher harsh JJR 1662 8487 326 in in IN 1662 8487 327 interior interior JJ 1662 8487 328 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8487 329 : : : 1662 8487 330 mostly mostly RB 1662 8487 331 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8487 332 ; ; : 1662 8487 333 narrow narrow JJ 1662 8487 334 coastal coastal JJ 1662 8487 335 plain plain NN 1662 8487 336 ; ; : 1662 8487 337 high high JJ 1662 8487 338 central central JJ 1662 8487 339 plateau plateau NN 1662 8487 340 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8487 341 Anatolia Anatolia NNP 1662 8487 342 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8487 343 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8487 344 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8487 345 : : : 1662 8487 346 lowest low JJS 1662 8487 347 point point NN 1662 8487 348 : : : 1662 8487 349 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 8487 350 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8487 351 0 0 NFP 1662 8487 352 m m DT 1662 8487 353 highest high JJS 1662 8487 354 point point NN 1662 8487 355 : : : 1662 8487 356 Mount Mount NNP 1662 8487 357 Ararat Ararat NNP 1662 8487 358 5,166 5,166 CD 1662 8487 359 m m NNP 1662 8487 360 Natural natural JJ 1662 8487 361 resources resource NNS 1662 8487 362 : : : 1662 8487 363 antimony antimony NN 1662 8487 364 , , , 1662 8487 365 coal coal NN 1662 8487 366 , , , 1662 8487 367 chromium chromium NN 1662 8487 368 , , , 1662 8487 369 mercury mercury NN 1662 8487 370 , , , 1662 8487 371 copper copper NN 1662 8487 372 , , , 1662 8487 373 borate borate NN 1662 8487 374 , , , 1662 8487 375 sulfur sulfur NN 1662 8487 376 , , , 1662 8487 377 iron iron NN 1662 8487 378 ore ore NN 1662 8487 379 Land Land NNP 1662 8487 380 use use NN 1662 8487 381 : : : 1662 8487 382 arable arable JJ 1662 8487 383 land land NN 1662 8487 384 : : : 1662 8487 385 32 32 CD 1662 8487 386 % % NN 1662 8487 387 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8487 388 crops crop NNS 1662 8487 389 : : : 1662 8487 390 4 4 CD 1662 8487 391 % % NN 1662 8487 392 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8487 393 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8487 394 : : : 1662 8487 395 16 16 CD 1662 8487 396 % % NN 1662 8487 397 forests forest NNS 1662 8487 398 and and CC 1662 8487 399 woodland woodland NN 1662 8487 400 : : : 1662 8487 401 26 26 CD 1662 8487 402 % % NN 1662 8487 403 other other JJ 1662 8487 404 : : : 1662 8487 405 22 22 CD 1662 8487 406 % % NN 1662 8487 407 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8487 408 1993 1993 CD 1662 8487 409 est est NNP 1662 8487 410 . . . 1662 8487 411 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8488 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8488 2 land land NN 1662 8488 3 : : : 1662 8488 4 36,740 36,740 CD 1662 8488 5 sq sq NNP 1662 8488 6 km km NNP 1662 8488 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8488 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8488 9 est est NNP 1662 8488 10 . . . 1662 8488 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8489 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8489 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8489 3 : : : 1662 8489 4 very very RB 1662 8489 5 severe severe JJ 1662 8489 6 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 8489 7 , , , 1662 8489 8 especially especially RB 1662 8489 9 in in IN 1662 8489 10 northern northern JJ 1662 8489 11 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 8489 12 , , , 1662 8489 13 along along IN 1662 8489 14 an an DT 1662 8489 15 arc arc NN 1662 8489 16 extending extend VBG 1662 8489 17 from from IN 1662 8489 18 the the DT 1662 8489 19 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8489 20 of of IN 1662 8489 21 Marmara Marmara NNP 1662 8489 22 to to TO 1662 8489 23 Lake Lake NNP 1662 8489 24 Van Van NNP 1662 8489 25 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8489 26 - - HYPH 1662 8489 27 current current JJ 1662 8489 28 issues issue NNS 1662 8489 29 : : : 1662 8489 30 water water NN 1662 8489 31 pollution pollution NN 1662 8489 32 from from IN 1662 8489 33 dumping dump VBG 1662 8489 34 of of IN 1662 8489 35 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8489 36 and and CC 1662 8489 37 detergents detergent NNS 1662 8489 38 ; ; : 1662 8489 39 air air NN 1662 8489 40 pollution pollution NN 1662 8489 41 , , , 1662 8489 42 particularly particularly RB 1662 8489 43 in in IN 1662 8489 44 urban urban JJ 1662 8489 45 areas area NNS 1662 8489 46 ; ; : 1662 8489 47 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 8489 48 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8489 49 - - HYPH 1662 8489 50 international international JJ 1662 8489 51 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8489 52 : : : 1662 8489 53 party party NN 1662 8489 54 to to TO 1662 8489 55 : : : 1662 8489 56 Air Air NNP 1662 8489 57 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8489 58 , , , 1662 8489 59 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 8489 60 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 8489 61 , , , 1662 8489 62 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 8489 63 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 8489 64 , , , 1662 8489 65 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8489 66 Test Test NNP 1662 8489 67 Ban Ban NNP 1662 8489 68 , , , 1662 8489 69 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8489 70 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8489 71 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8489 72 , , , 1662 8489 73 Ship Ship NNP 1662 8489 74 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8489 75 , , , 1662 8489 76 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 8489 77 , , , 1662 8489 78 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 8489 79 signed sign VBD 1662 8489 80 , , , 1662 8489 81 but but CC 1662 8489 82 not not RB 1662 8489 83 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8489 84 : : : 1662 8489 85 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 8489 86 - - HYPH 1662 8489 87 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 8489 88 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 8489 89 , , , 1662 8489 90 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 8489 91 , , , 1662 8489 92 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 8489 93 , , , 1662 8489 94 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 8489 95 Modification Modification NNP 1662 8489 96 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8489 97 - - HYPH 1662 8489 98 note note NNP 1662 8489 99 : : : 1662 8489 100 strategic strategic JJ 1662 8489 101 location location NN 1662 8489 102 controlling control VBG 1662 8489 103 the the DT 1662 8489 104 Turkish Turkish NNP 1662 8489 105 Straits Straits NNPS 1662 8489 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8489 107 Bosporus Bosporus NNP 1662 8489 108 , , , 1662 8489 109 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8489 110 of of IN 1662 8489 111 Marmara Marmara NNP 1662 8489 112 , , , 1662 8489 113 Dardanelles Dardanelles NNPS 1662 8489 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8489 115 that that WDT 1662 8489 116 link link VBP 1662 8489 117 Black Black NNP 1662 8489 118 and and CC 1662 8489 119 Aegean Aegean NNP 1662 8489 120 Seas Seas NNPS 1662 8489 121 @Turkey @turkey NN 1662 8489 122 : : : 1662 8489 123 People People NNS 1662 8489 124 Population population NN 1662 8489 125 : : : 1662 8489 126 63,528,225 63,528,225 CD 1662 8489 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8489 128 July July NNP 1662 8489 129 1997 1997 CD 1662 8489 130 est est NNP 1662 8489 131 . . . 1662 8489 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8490 1 Age age NN 1662 8490 2 structure structure NN 1662 8490 3 : : : 1662 8490 4 0 0 CD 1662 8490 5 - - HYPH 1662 8490 6 14 14 CD 1662 8490 7 years year NNS 1662 8490 8 : : : 1662 8490 9 31 31 CD 1662 8490 10 % % NN 1662 8490 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8490 12 male male JJ 1662 8490 13 10,180,631 10,180,631 CD 1662 8490 14 ; ; , 1662 8490 15 female female JJ 1662 8490 16 9,820,505 9,820,505 CD 1662 8490 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8490 18 15 15 CD 1662 8490 19 - - SYM 1662 8490 20 64 64 CD 1662 8490 21 years year NNS 1662 8490 22 : : : 1662 8490 23 63 63 CD 1662 8490 24 % % NN 1662 8490 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8490 26 male male JJ 1662 8490 27 20,326,169 20,326,169 CD 1662 8490 28 ; ; : 1662 8490 29 female female JJ 1662 8490 30 19,648,647 19,648,647 CD 1662 8490 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8490 32 65 65 CD 1662 8490 33 years year NNS 1662 8490 34 and and CC 1662 8490 35 over over IN 1662 8490 36 : : : 1662 8490 37 6 6 CD 1662 8490 38 % % NN 1662 8490 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8490 40 male male JJ 1662 8490 41 1,638,048 1,638,048 CD 1662 8490 42 ; ; , 1662 8490 43 female female JJ 1662 8490 44 1,914,225 1,914,225 CD 1662 8490 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8490 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8490 47 July July NNP 1662 8490 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8490 49 est est NNP 1662 8490 50 . . . 1662 8490 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8491 1 Population population NN 1662 8491 2 growth growth NN 1662 8491 3 rate rate NN 1662 8491 4 : : : 1662 8491 5 1.64 1.64 CD 1662 8491 6 % % NN 1662 8491 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8491 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8491 9 est est NNP 1662 8491 10 . . . 1662 8491 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8492 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8492 2 rate rate NN 1662 8492 3 : : : 1662 8492 4 21.83 21.83 CD 1662 8492 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 8492 6 population population NN 1662 8492 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8492 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8492 9 est est NNP 1662 8492 10 . . . 1662 8492 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8493 1 Death death NN 1662 8493 2 rate rate NN 1662 8493 3 : : : 1662 8493 4 5.43 5.43 CD 1662 8493 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8493 6 population population NN 1662 8493 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8493 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8493 9 est est NNP 1662 8493 10 . . . 1662 8493 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8494 1 Net net JJ 1662 8494 2 migration migration NN 1662 8494 3 rate rate NN 1662 8494 4 : : : 1662 8494 5 0 0 NFP 1662 8494 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 8494 7 population population NN 1662 8494 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8494 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8494 10 est est NNP 1662 8494 11 . . . 1662 8494 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8495 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8495 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8495 3 : : : 1662 8495 4 at at IN 1662 8495 5 birth birth NN 1662 8495 6 : : : 1662 8495 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 8495 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8495 9 under under IN 1662 8495 10 15 15 CD 1662 8495 11 years year NNS 1662 8495 12 : : : 1662 8495 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 8495 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8495 15 15 15 CD 1662 8495 16 - - HYPH 1662 8495 17 64 64 CD 1662 8495 18 years year NNS 1662 8495 19 : : : 1662 8495 20 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 8495 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8495 22 65 65 CD 1662 8495 23 years year NNS 1662 8495 24 and and CC 1662 8495 25 over over IN 1662 8495 26 : : : 1662 8495 27 0.86 0.86 CD 1662 8495 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 8495 29 total total JJ 1662 8495 30 population population NN 1662 8495 31 : : : 1662 8495 32 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 8495 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8495 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8495 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8495 36 est e JJS 1662 8495 37 . . . 1662 8495 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8496 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8496 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8496 3 rate rate NN 1662 8496 4 : : : 1662 8496 5 40.7 40.7 CD 1662 8496 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8496 7 live live JJ 1662 8496 8 births birth NNS 1662 8496 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8496 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8496 11 est est NNP 1662 8496 12 . . . 1662 8496 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8497 1 Life life NN 1662 8497 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8497 3 at at IN 1662 8497 4 birth birth NN 1662 8497 5 : : : 1662 8497 6 total total JJ 1662 8497 7 population population NN 1662 8497 8 : : : 1662 8497 9 72.37 72.37 CD 1662 8497 10 years year NNS 1662 8497 11 male male JJ 1662 8497 12 : : : 1662 8497 13 69.95 69.95 CD 1662 8497 14 years year NNS 1662 8497 15 female female JJ 1662 8497 16 : : : 1662 8497 17 74.91 74.91 CD 1662 8497 18 years year NNS 1662 8497 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8497 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8497 21 est est NNP 1662 8497 22 . . . 1662 8497 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8498 1 Total total JJ 1662 8498 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8498 3 rate rate NN 1662 8498 4 : : : 1662 8498 5 2.52 2.52 CD 1662 8498 6 children child NNS 1662 8498 7 born bear VBN 1662 8498 8 / / SYM 1662 8498 9 woman woman NN 1662 8498 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8498 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8498 12 est est NNP 1662 8498 13 . . . 1662 8498 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8499 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8499 2 : : : 1662 8499 3 noun noun NNP 1662 8499 4 : : : 1662 8499 5 Turk(s turk(s LS 1662 8499 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8499 7 adjective adjective JJ 1662 8499 8 : : : 1662 8499 9 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 8499 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8499 11 groups group NNS 1662 8499 12 : : : 1662 8499 13 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 8499 14 80 80 CD 1662 8499 15 % % NN 1662 8499 16 , , , 1662 8499 17 Kurdish kurdish JJ 1662 8499 18 20 20 CD 1662 8499 19 % % NN 1662 8499 20 Religions religion NNS 1662 8499 21 : : : 1662 8499 22 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 8499 23 99.8 99.8 CD 1662 8499 24 % % NN 1662 8499 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8499 26 mostly mostly RB 1662 8499 27 Sunni Sunni NNP 1662 8499 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8499 29 , , , 1662 8499 30 other other JJ 1662 8499 31 0.2 0.2 CD 1662 8499 32 % % NN 1662 8499 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8499 34 Christian Christian NNP 1662 8499 35 and and CC 1662 8499 36 Jews Jews NNPS 1662 8499 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8499 38 Languages language NNS 1662 8499 39 : : : 1662 8499 40 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 8499 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8499 42 official official JJ 1662 8499 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8499 44 , , , 1662 8499 45 Kurdish kurdish JJ 1662 8499 46 , , , 1662 8499 47 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 8499 48 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 8499 49 : : : 1662 8499 50 definition definition NN 1662 8499 51 : : : 1662 8499 52 age age NN 1662 8499 53 15 15 CD 1662 8499 54 and and CC 1662 8499 55 over over RB 1662 8499 56 can can MD 1662 8499 57 read read VB 1662 8499 58 and and CC 1662 8499 59 write write VB 1662 8499 60 total total JJ 1662 8499 61 population population NN 1662 8499 62 : : : 1662 8499 63 82.3 82.3 CD 1662 8499 64 % % NN 1662 8499 65 male male NN 1662 8499 66 : : : 1662 8499 67 91.7 91.7 CD 1662 8499 68 % % NN 1662 8499 69 female female NN 1662 8499 70 : : : 1662 8499 71 72.4 72.4 CD 1662 8499 72 % % NN 1662 8499 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8499 74 1995 1995 CD 1662 8499 75 est est NNP 1662 8499 76 . . . 1662 8499 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8500 1 @Turkey @turkey LS 1662 8500 2 : : : 1662 8500 3 Government Government NNP 1662 8500 4 Country Country NNP 1662 8500 5 name name NN 1662 8500 6 : : : 1662 8500 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8500 8 long long JJ 1662 8500 9 form form NN 1662 8500 10 : : : 1662 8500 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8500 12 of of IN 1662 8500 13 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 8500 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8500 15 short short JJ 1662 8500 16 form form NN 1662 8500 17 : : : 1662 8500 18 Turkey turkey JJ 1662 8500 19 local local JJ 1662 8500 20 long long JJ 1662 8500 21 form form NN 1662 8500 22 : : : 1662 8500 23 Turkiye Turkiye NNP 1662 8500 24 Cumhuriyeti Cumhuriyeti NNP 1662 8500 25 local local JJ 1662 8500 26 short short JJ 1662 8500 27 form form NN 1662 8500 28 : : : 1662 8500 29 Turkiye Turkiye NNP 1662 8500 30 Data Data NNP 1662 8500 31 code code NN 1662 8500 32 : : : 1662 8500 33 TU TU NNP 1662 8500 34 Government Government NNP 1662 8500 35 type type NN 1662 8500 36 : : : 1662 8500 37 republican republican JJ 1662 8500 38 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 8500 39 democracy democracy NN 1662 8500 40 National national JJ 1662 8500 41 capital capital NN 1662 8500 42 : : : 1662 8500 43 Ankara Ankara NNP 1662 8500 44 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 8500 45 divisions division NNS 1662 8500 46 : : : 1662 8500 47 79 79 CD 1662 8500 48 provinces province NNS 1662 8500 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8500 50 iller iller NN 1662 8500 51 , , , 1662 8500 52 singular singular NNP 1662 8500 53 - - HYPH 1662 8500 54 il il NNP 1662 8500 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8500 56 ; ; : 1662 8500 57 Adana Adana NNP 1662 8500 58 , , , 1662 8500 59 Adiyaman Adiyaman NNP 1662 8500 60 , , , 1662 8500 61 Afyon Afyon NNP 1662 8500 62 , , , 1662 8500 63 Agri Agri NNP 1662 8500 64 , , , 1662 8500 65 Aksaray Aksaray NNP 1662 8500 66 , , , 1662 8500 67 Amasya Amasya NNP 1662 8500 68 , , , 1662 8500 69 Ankara Ankara NNP 1662 8500 70 , , , 1662 8500 71 Antalya Antalya NNP 1662 8500 72 , , , 1662 8500 73 Ardahan Ardahan NNP 1662 8500 74 , , , 1662 8500 75 Artvin Artvin NNP 1662 8500 76 , , , 1662 8500 77 Aydin Aydin NNP 1662 8500 78 , , , 1662 8500 79 Balikesir Balikesir NNP 1662 8500 80 , , , 1662 8500 81 Bartin Bartin NNP 1662 8500 82 , , , 1662 8500 83 Batman Batman NNP 1662 8500 84 , , , 1662 8500 85 Bayburt Bayburt NNP 1662 8500 86 , , , 1662 8500 87 Bilecik Bilecik NNP 1662 8500 88 , , , 1662 8500 89 Bingol Bingol NNP 1662 8500 90 , , , 1662 8500 91 Bitlis Bitlis NNP 1662 8500 92 , , , 1662 8500 93 Bolu Bolu NNP 1662 8500 94 , , , 1662 8500 95 Burdur Burdur NNP 1662 8500 96 , , , 1662 8500 97 Bursa Bursa NNP 1662 8500 98 , , , 1662 8500 99 Canakkale Canakkale NNP 1662 8500 100 , , , 1662 8500 101 Cankiri Cankiri NNP 1662 8500 102 , , , 1662 8500 103 Corum Corum NNP 1662 8500 104 , , , 1662 8500 105 Denizli Denizli NNP 1662 8500 106 , , , 1662 8500 107 Diyarbakir Diyarbakir NNP 1662 8500 108 , , , 1662 8500 109 Edirne Edirne NNP 1662 8500 110 , , , 1662 8500 111 Elazig Elazig NNP 1662 8500 112 , , , 1662 8500 113 Erzincan Erzincan NNP 1662 8500 114 , , , 1662 8500 115 Erzurum Erzurum NNP 1662 8500 116 , , , 1662 8500 117 Eskisehir Eskisehir NNP 1662 8500 118 , , , 1662 8500 119 Gazi Gazi NNP 1662 8500 120 Antep Antep NNP 1662 8500 121 , , , 1662 8500 122 Giresun Giresun NNP 1662 8500 123 , , , 1662 8500 124 Gumushane Gumushane NNP 1662 8500 125 , , , 1662 8500 126 Hakkari Hakkari NNP 1662 8500 127 , , , 1662 8500 128 Hatay Hatay NNP 1662 8500 129 , , , 1662 8500 130 Icel Icel NNP 1662 8500 131 , , , 1662 8500 132 Iggdir Iggdir NNP 1662 8500 133 , , , 1662 8500 134 Isparta Isparta NNP 1662 8500 135 , , , 1662 8500 136 Istanbul Istanbul NNP 1662 8500 137 , , , 1662 8500 138 Izmir Izmir NNP 1662 8500 139 , , , 1662 8500 140 Kahraman Kahraman NNP 1662 8500 141 Maras Maras NNP 1662 8500 142 , , , 1662 8500 143 Karabuk Karabuk NNP 1662 8500 144 , , , 1662 8500 145 Karaman Karaman NNP 1662 8500 146 , , , 1662 8500 147 Kars Kars NNP 1662 8500 148 , , , 1662 8500 149 Kastamonu Kastamonu NNP 1662 8500 150 , , , 1662 8500 151 Kayseri Kayseri NNP 1662 8500 152 , , , 1662 8500 153 Kilis Kilis NNP 1662 8500 154 , , , 1662 8500 155 Kirikkale Kirikkale NNP 1662 8500 156 , , , 1662 8500 157 Kirklareli Kirklareli NNP 1662 8500 158 , , , 1662 8500 159 Kirsehir Kirsehir NNP 1662 8500 160 , , , 1662 8500 161 Kocaeli Kocaeli NNP 1662 8500 162 , , , 1662 8500 163 Konya Konya NNP 1662 8500 164 , , , 1662 8500 165 Kutahya Kutahya NNP 1662 8500 166 , , , 1662 8500 167 Malatya Malatya NNP 1662 8500 168 , , , 1662 8500 169 Manisa Manisa NNP 1662 8500 170 , , , 1662 8500 171 Mardin Mardin NNP 1662 8500 172 , , , 1662 8500 173 Mugla Mugla NNP 1662 8500 174 , , , 1662 8500 175 Mus Mus NNP 1662 8500 176 , , , 1662 8500 177 Nevsehir Nevsehir NNP 1662 8500 178 , , , 1662 8500 179 Nigde Nigde NNP 1662 8500 180 , , , 1662 8500 181 Ordu Ordu NNP 1662 8500 182 , , , 1662 8500 183 Rize Rize NNP 1662 8500 184 , , , 1662 8500 185 Sakarya Sakarya NNP 1662 8500 186 , , , 1662 8500 187 Samsun Samsun NNP 1662 8500 188 , , , 1662 8500 189 Sanli Sanli NNP 1662 8500 190 Urfa Urfa NNP 1662 8500 191 , , , 1662 8500 192 Siirt Siirt NNP 1662 8500 193 , , , 1662 8500 194 Sinop Sinop NNP 1662 8500 195 , , , 1662 8500 196 Sirnak Sirnak NNP 1662 8500 197 , , , 1662 8500 198 Sivas Sivas NNP 1662 8500 199 , , , 1662 8500 200 Tekirdag Tekirdag NNP 1662 8500 201 , , , 1662 8500 202 Tokat Tokat NNP 1662 8500 203 , , , 1662 8500 204 Trabzon Trabzon NNP 1662 8500 205 , , , 1662 8500 206 Tunceli Tunceli NNP 1662 8500 207 , , , 1662 8500 208 Usak Usak NNP 1662 8500 209 , , , 1662 8500 210 Van Van NNP 1662 8500 211 , , , 1662 8500 212 Yalova Yalova NNP 1662 8500 213 , , , 1662 8500 214 Yozgat Yozgat NNP 1662 8500 215 , , , 1662 8500 216 Zonguldak Zonguldak NNP 1662 8500 217 note note NN 1662 8500 218 : : : 1662 8500 219 Karabuk Karabuk NNS 1662 8500 220 , , , 1662 8500 221 Kilis Kilis NNP 1662 8500 222 , , , 1662 8500 223 and and CC 1662 8500 224 Yalova Yalova NNP 1662 8500 225 are be VBP 1662 8500 226 three three CD 1662 8500 227 new new JJ 1662 8500 228 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 8500 229 provinces province NNS 1662 8500 230 mentioned mention VBN 1662 8500 231 in in IN 1662 8500 232 the the DT 1662 8500 233 24 24 CD 1662 8500 234 December December NNP 1662 8500 235 1995 1995 CD 1662 8500 236 election election NN 1662 8500 237 results result NNS 1662 8500 238 ; ; : 1662 8500 239 the the DT 1662 8500 240 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 8500 241 press press NN 1662 8500 242 has have VBZ 1662 8500 243 mentioned mention VBN 1662 8500 244 another another DT 1662 8500 245 province province NN 1662 8500 246 called call VBN 1662 8500 247 Osmaniye Osmaniye NNP 1662 8500 248 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8500 249 : : : 1662 8500 250 29 29 CD 1662 8500 251 October October NNP 1662 8500 252 1923 1923 CD 1662 8500 253 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8500 254 successor successor NN 1662 8500 255 state state NN 1662 8500 256 to to IN 1662 8500 257 the the DT 1662 8500 258 Ottoman Ottoman NNP 1662 8500 259 Empire Empire NNP 1662 8500 260 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8500 261 National national JJ 1662 8500 262 holiday holiday NN 1662 8500 263 : : : 1662 8500 264 Anniversary anniversary NN 1662 8500 265 of of IN 1662 8500 266 the the DT 1662 8500 267 Declaration Declaration NNP 1662 8500 268 of of IN 1662 8500 269 the the DT 1662 8500 270 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8500 271 , , , 1662 8500 272 29 29 CD 1662 8500 273 October October NNP 1662 8500 274 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8500 275 1923 1923 CD 1662 8500 276 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8500 277 Constitution constitution NN 1662 8500 278 : : : 1662 8500 279 7 7 CD 1662 8500 280 November November NNP 1662 8500 281 1982 1982 CD 1662 8500 282 Legal legal JJ 1662 8500 283 system system NN 1662 8500 284 : : : 1662 8500 285 derived derive VBN 1662 8500 286 from from IN 1662 8500 287 various various JJ 1662 8500 288 continental continental JJ 1662 8500 289 legal legal JJ 1662 8500 290 systems system NNS 1662 8500 291 ; ; : 1662 8500 292 accepts accept VBZ 1662 8500 293 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 8500 294 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 8500 295 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 8500 296 , , , 1662 8500 297 with with IN 1662 8500 298 reservations reservation NNS 1662 8500 299 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 8500 300 : : : 1662 8500 301 18 18 CD 1662 8500 302 years year NNS 1662 8500 303 of of IN 1662 8500 304 age age NN 1662 8500 305 ; ; : 1662 8500 306 universal universal JJ 1662 8500 307 Executive Executive NNP 1662 8500 308 branch branch NN 1662 8500 309 : : : 1662 8500 310 chief chief NN 1662 8500 311 of of IN 1662 8500 312 state state NN 1662 8500 313 : : : 1662 8500 314 President President NNP 1662 8500 315 Suleyman Suleyman NNP 1662 8500 316 DEMIREL DEMIREL NNP 1662 8500 317 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8500 318 since since IN 1662 8500 319 16 16 CD 1662 8500 320 May May NNP 1662 8500 321 1993 1993 CD 1662 8500 322 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8500 323 head head NN 1662 8500 324 of of IN 1662 8500 325 government government NN 1662 8500 326 : : : 1662 8500 327 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8500 328 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8500 329 Necmettin Necmettin NNP 1662 8500 330 ERBAKAN ERBAKAN NNP 1662 8500 331 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8500 332 since since IN 1662 8500 333 8 8 CD 1662 8500 334 July July NNP 1662 8500 335 1996 1996 CD 1662 8500 336 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8500 337 and and CC 1662 8500 338 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 8500 339 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8500 340 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8500 341 Tansu Tansu NNP 1662 8500 342 CILLER CILLER NNP 1662 8500 343 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8500 344 since since IN 1662 8500 345 8 8 CD 1662 8500 346 July July NNP 1662 8500 347 1996 1996 CD 1662 8500 348 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8500 349 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 8500 350 : : : 1662 8500 351 Council Council NNP 1662 8500 352 of of IN 1662 8500 353 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 8500 354 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8500 355 by by IN 1662 8500 356 the the DT 1662 8500 357 president president NN 1662 8500 358 on on IN 1662 8500 359 the the DT 1662 8500 360 nomination nomination NN 1662 8500 361 of of IN 1662 8500 362 the the DT 1662 8500 363 prime prime NNP 1662 8500 364 minister minister NNP 1662 8500 365 note note NN 1662 8500 366 : : : 1662 8500 367 there there EX 1662 8500 368 is be VBZ 1662 8500 369 also also RB 1662 8500 370 a a DT 1662 8500 371 National National NNP 1662 8500 372 Security Security NNP 1662 8500 373 Council Council NNP 1662 8500 374 that that WDT 1662 8500 375 serves serve VBZ 1662 8500 376 as as IN 1662 8500 377 an an DT 1662 8500 378 advisory advisory JJ 1662 8500 379 body body NN 1662 8500 380 to to IN 1662 8500 381 the the DT 1662 8500 382 president president NN 1662 8500 383 and and CC 1662 8500 384 the the DT 1662 8500 385 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 8500 386 elections election NNS 1662 8500 387 : : : 1662 8500 388 president president NNP 1662 8500 389 elected elect VBN 1662 8500 390 by by IN 1662 8500 391 the the DT 1662 8500 392 National National NNP 1662 8500 393 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8500 394 for for IN 1662 8500 395 a a DT 1662 8500 396 seven seven CD 1662 8500 397 - - HYPH 1662 8500 398 year year NN 1662 8500 399 term term NN 1662 8500 400 ; ; : 1662 8500 401 election election NN 1662 8500 402 last last JJ 1662 8500 403 held hold VBN 1662 8500 404 16 16 CD 1662 8500 405 May May NNP 1662 8500 406 1993 1993 CD 1662 8500 407 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8500 408 next next JJ 1662 8500 409 to to TO 1662 8500 410 be be VB 1662 8500 411 held hold VBN 1662 8500 412 NA NA NNP 1662 8500 413 2000 2000 CD 1662 8500 414 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8500 415 ; ; : 1662 8500 416 prime prime NNP 1662 8500 417 minister minister NNP 1662 8500 418 and and CC 1662 8500 419 deputy deputy JJ 1662 8500 420 prime prime NNP 1662 8500 421 minister minister NN 1662 8500 422 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8500 423 by by IN 1662 8500 424 the the DT 1662 8500 425 president president NNP 1662 8500 426 election election NN 1662 8500 427 results result NNS 1662 8500 428 : : : 1662 8500 429 Suleyman Suleyman NNP 1662 8500 430 DEMIREL DEMIREL NNP 1662 8500 431 elected elect VBD 1662 8500 432 president president NN 1662 8500 433 ; ; : 1662 8500 434 percent percent NN 1662 8500 435 of of IN 1662 8500 436 National National NNP 1662 8500 437 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8500 438 vote vote NN 1662 8500 439 - - HYPH 1662 8500 440 54 54 CD 1662 8500 441 % % NN 1662 8500 442 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 8500 443 branch branch NN 1662 8500 444 : : : 1662 8500 445 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 8500 446 Grand Grand NNP 1662 8500 447 National National NNP 1662 8500 448 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8500 449 of of IN 1662 8500 450 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 8500 451 or or CC 1662 8500 452 Turkiye Turkiye NNP 1662 8500 453 Buyuk Buyuk NNP 1662 8500 454 Millet Millet NNP 1662 8500 455 Meclisi Meclisi NNP 1662 8500 456 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8500 457 550 550 CD 1662 8500 458 seats seat NNS 1662 8500 459 ; ; : 1662 8500 460 members member NNS 1662 8500 461 are be VBP 1662 8500 462 elected elect VBN 1662 8500 463 to to TO 1662 8500 464 serve serve VB 1662 8500 465 five five CD 1662 8500 466 - - HYPH 1662 8500 467 year year NN 1662 8500 468 terms term NNS 1662 8500 469 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8500 470 elections election NNS 1662 8500 471 : : : 1662 8500 472 last last RB 1662 8500 473 held hold VBD 1662 8500 474 24 24 CD 1662 8500 475 December December NNP 1662 8500 476 1995 1995 CD 1662 8500 477 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8500 478 next next JJ 1662 8500 479 to to TO 1662 8500 480 be be VB 1662 8500 481 held hold VBN 1662 8500 482 by by IN 1662 8500 483 December December NNP 1662 8500 484 2000 2000 CD 1662 8500 485 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8500 486 election election NN 1662 8500 487 results result NNS 1662 8500 488 : : : 1662 8500 489 percent percent NN 1662 8500 490 of of IN 1662 8500 491 vote vote NN 1662 8500 492 by by IN 1662 8500 493 party party NNP 1662 8500 494 - - HYPH 1662 8500 495 RP RP NNP 1662 8500 496 21.38 21.38 CD 1662 8500 497 % % NN 1662 8500 498 , , , 1662 8500 499 DYP DYP NNP 1662 8500 500 19.18 19.18 CD 1662 8500 501 % % NN 1662 8500 502 , , , 1662 8500 503 ANAP ANAP NNP 1662 8500 504 19.65 19.65 CD 1662 8500 505 % % NN 1662 8500 506 , , , 1662 8500 507 DSP DSP NNP 1662 8500 508 14.64 14.64 CD 1662 8500 509 % % NN 1662 8500 510 , , , 1662 8500 511 CHP CHP NNP 1662 8500 512 10.71 10.71 CD 1662 8500 513 % % NN 1662 8500 514 , , , 1662 8500 515 independent independent JJ 1662 8500 516 0.48 0.48 CD 1662 8500 517 % % NN 1662 8500 518 ; ; , 1662 8500 519 seats seat NNS 1662 8500 520 by by IN 1662 8500 521 party party NNP 1662 8500 522 - - HYPH 1662 8500 523 RP RP NNP 1662 8500 524 158 158 CD 1662 8500 525 , , , 1662 8500 526 DYP DYP NNP 1662 8500 527 135 135 CD 1662 8500 528 , , , 1662 8500 529 ANAP ANAP NNP 1662 8500 530 133 133 CD 1662 8500 531 , , , 1662 8500 532 DSP DSP NNP 1662 8500 533 75 75 CD 1662 8500 534 , , , 1662 8500 535 CHP CHP NNP 1662 8500 536 49 49 CD 1662 8500 537 ; ; : 1662 8500 538 note note NN 1662 8500 539 - - HYPH 1662 8500 540 seats seat NNS 1662 8500 541 held hold VBN 1662 8500 542 by by IN 1662 8500 543 various various JJ 1662 8500 544 parties party NNS 1662 8500 545 are be VBP 1662 8500 546 subject subject JJ 1662 8500 547 to to IN 1662 8500 548 change change NN 1662 8500 549 due due IN 1662 8500 550 to to IN 1662 8500 551 defections defection NNS 1662 8500 552 , , , 1662 8500 553 creation creation NN 1662 8500 554 of of IN 1662 8500 555 new new JJ 1662 8500 556 parties party NNS 1662 8500 557 , , , 1662 8500 558 and and CC 1662 8500 559 ouster ouster NN 1662 8500 560 or or CC 1662 8500 561 death death NN 1662 8500 562 of of IN 1662 8500 563 sitting sit VBG 1662 8500 564 deputies deputy NNS 1662 8500 565 ; ; , 1662 8500 566 current current JJ 1662 8500 567 seats seat NNS 1662 8500 568 by by IN 1662 8500 569 party party NN 1662 8500 570 are be VBP 1662 8500 571 as as IN 1662 8500 572 follows follow VBZ 1662 8500 573 : : : 1662 8500 574 RP RP NNP 1662 8500 575 160 160 CD 1662 8500 576 , , , 1662 8500 577 DYP DYP NNP 1662 8500 578 120 120 CD 1662 8500 579 , , , 1662 8500 580 ANAP ANAP NNP 1662 8500 581 127 127 CD 1662 8500 582 , , , 1662 8500 583 DSP DSP NNP 1662 8500 584 68 68 CD 1662 8500 585 , , , 1662 8500 586 CHP CHP NNP 1662 8500 587 49 49 CD 1662 8500 588 , , , 1662 8500 589 BBP BBP NNP 1662 8500 590 7 7 CD 1662 8500 591 , , , 1662 8500 592 DTP DTP NNP 1662 8500 593 7 7 CD 1662 8500 594 , , , 1662 8500 595 independents independent NNS 1662 8500 596 10 10 CD 1662 8500 597 , , , 1662 8500 598 vacant vacant JJ 1662 8500 599 2 2 CD 1662 8500 600 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 8500 601 branch branch NN 1662 8500 602 : : : 1662 8500 603 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 8500 604 Court Court NNP 1662 8500 605 , , , 1662 8500 606 judges judge NNS 1662 8500 607 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8500 608 by by IN 1662 8500 609 the the DT 1662 8500 610 president president NN 1662 8500 611 ; ; : 1662 8500 612 Court Court NNP 1662 8500 613 of of IN 1662 8500 614 Appeals Appeals NNPS 1662 8500 615 , , , 1662 8500 616 judges judge NNS 1662 8500 617 are be VBP 1662 8500 618 elected elect VBN 1662 8500 619 by by IN 1662 8500 620 the the DT 1662 8500 621 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8500 622 Council Council NNP 1662 8500 623 of of IN 1662 8500 624 Judges Judges NNPS 1662 8500 625 and and CC 1662 8500 626 Prosecutors Prosecutors NNPS 1662 8500 627 Political political JJ 1662 8500 628 parties party NNS 1662 8500 629 and and CC 1662 8500 630 leaders leader NNS 1662 8500 631 : : : 1662 8500 632 True True NNP 1662 8500 633 Path Path NNP 1662 8500 634 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 635 or or CC 1662 8500 636 DYP DYP NNP 1662 8500 637 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 638 Tansu tansu NN 1662 8500 639 CILLER CILLER NNP 1662 8500 640 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 641 ; ; : 1662 8500 642 Motherland Motherland NNP 1662 8500 643 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 644 or or CC 1662 8500 645 ANAP ANAP NNP 1662 8500 646 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 647 Mesut Mesut NNP 1662 8500 648 YILMAZ YILMAZ NNP 1662 8500 649 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 650 ; ; : 1662 8500 651 Welfare Welfare NNP 1662 8500 652 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 653 or or CC 1662 8500 654 RP RP NNP 1662 8500 655 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 656 Necmettin Necmettin NNP 1662 8500 657 ERBAKAN ERBAKAN NNP 1662 8500 658 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 659 ; ; : 1662 8500 660 Democratic democratic JJ 1662 8500 661 Left Left NNP 1662 8500 662 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 663 or or CC 1662 8500 664 DSP DSP NNP 1662 8500 665 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 666 Bulent Bulent NNP 1662 8500 667 ECEVIT ECEVIT NNP 1662 8500 668 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 669 ; ; : 1662 8500 670 Nationalist Nationalist NNP 1662 8500 671 Action Action NNP 1662 8500 672 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 673 or or CC 1662 8500 674 MHP MHP NNP 1662 8500 675 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 676 Tugrul Tugrul NNP 1662 8500 677 TURKES TURKES NNP 1662 8500 678 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 679 ; ; : 1662 8500 680 New New NNP 1662 8500 681 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 682 or or CC 1662 8500 683 YP YP NNP 1662 8500 684 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 685 Yusuf Yusuf NNP 1662 8500 686 Bozkurt Bozkurt NNP 1662 8500 687 OZAL OZAL NNP 1662 8500 688 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 689 ; ; : 1662 8500 690 Republican Republican NNP 1662 8500 691 People People NNPS 1662 8500 692 's 's POS 1662 8500 693 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 694 or or CC 1662 8500 695 CHP CHP NNP 1662 8500 696 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 697 Deniz Deniz NNP 1662 8500 698 BAYKAL BAYKAL NNP 1662 8500 699 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 700 ; ; : 1662 8500 701 Workers Workers NNP 1662 8500 702 ' ' POS 1662 8500 703 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 704 or or CC 1662 8500 705 IP IP NNP 1662 8500 706 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 707 Dogu Dogu NNP 1662 8500 708 PERINCEK PERINCEK NNP 1662 8500 709 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 710 ; ; : 1662 8500 711 Nation Nation NNP 1662 8500 712 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 713 or or CC 1662 8500 714 MP MP NNP 1662 8500 715 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 716 Aykut Aykut NNP 1662 8500 717 EDIBALI EDIBALI NNP 1662 8500 718 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 719 ; ; : 1662 8500 720 Democrat Democrat NNP 1662 8500 721 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 722 or or CC 1662 8500 723 DP DP NNP 1662 8500 724 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 725 Murat Murat NNP 1662 8500 726 UZMAN UZMAN NNP 1662 8500 727 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 728 ; ; : 1662 8500 729 Grand Grand NNP 1662 8500 730 Unity Unity NNP 1662 8500 731 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 732 or or CC 1662 8500 733 BBP BBP NNP 1662 8500 734 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 735 Muhsin Muhsin NNP 1662 8500 736 YAZICIOGLU YAZICIOGLU NNP 1662 8500 737 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 738 ; ; : 1662 8500 739 Rebirth Rebirth NNP 1662 8500 740 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 741 or or CC 1662 8500 742 YDP YDP NNP 1662 8500 743 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 744 Hasan Hasan NNP 1662 8500 745 Celal Celal NNP 1662 8500 746 GUZEL GUZEL NNP 1662 8500 747 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 748 ; ; : 1662 8500 749 People People NNS 1662 8500 750 's 's POS 1662 8500 751 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 8500 752 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 753 or or CC 1662 8500 754 HADEP HADEP NNP 1662 8500 755 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 756 Murat Murat NNP 1662 8500 757 BOZLAK BOZLAK NNP 1662 8500 758 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 759 ; ; : 1662 8500 760 Main Main NNP 1662 8500 761 Path Path NNP 1662 8500 762 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 763 or or CC 1662 8500 764 ANAYOL ANAYOL NNP 1662 8500 765 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 766 Gurcan Gurcan NNP 1662 8500 767 BASER BASER NNP 1662 8500 768 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 769 ; ; : 1662 8500 770 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8500 771 Target Target NNP 1662 8500 772 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 773 or or CC 1662 8500 774 DHP DHP NNP 1662 8500 775 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 776 Abdulkadir Abdulkadir NNP 1662 8500 777 Yasar Yasar NNP 1662 8500 778 TURK TURK NNP 1662 8500 779 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 780 ; ; : 1662 8500 781 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 8500 782 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8500 783 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 784 or or CC 1662 8500 785 LDP LDP NNP 1662 8500 786 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 787 Besim Besim NNP 1662 8500 788 TIBUK TIBUK NNP 1662 8500 789 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 790 ; ; : 1662 8500 791 New New NNP 1662 8500 792 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 8500 793 Movement Movement NNP 1662 8500 794 or or CC 1662 8500 795 YDH YDH NNP 1662 8500 796 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 797 Huseyin Huseyin NNP 1662 8500 798 ERGUN ERGUN NNP 1662 8500 799 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 800 ; ; : 1662 8500 801 Labor Labor NNP 1662 8500 802 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 803 or or CC 1662 8500 804 EP EP NNP 1662 8500 805 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 806 Abdullah Abdullah NNP 1662 8500 807 Levent Levent NNP 1662 8500 808 TUZER TUZER NNP 1662 8500 809 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 810 ; ; : 1662 8500 811 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 8500 812 and and CC 1662 8500 813 Peace Peace NNP 1662 8500 814 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 815 or or CC 1662 8500 816 DBP DBP NNP 1662 8500 817 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 818 Refik Refik NNP 1662 8500 819 KARAKOC KARAKOC NNP 1662 8500 820 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 821 ; ; : 1662 8500 822 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 8500 823 and and CC 1662 8500 824 Solidarity Solidarity NNP 1662 8500 825 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 826 or or CC 1662 8500 827 ODP ODP NNP 1662 8500 828 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 829 Ufuk Ufuk NNP 1662 8500 830 URAS URAS NNP 1662 8500 831 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 832 ; ; : 1662 8500 833 Peace Peace NNP 1662 8500 834 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 835 or or CC 1662 8500 836 BP BP NNP 1662 8500 837 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 838 Mehmet Mehmet NNP 1662 8500 839 ETI ETI NNP 1662 8500 840 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 841 ; ; : 1662 8500 842 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8500 843 Mass Mass NNP 1662 8500 844 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 845 or or CC 1662 8500 846 DKP DKP NNP 1662 8500 847 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 848 Serafettin Serafettin NNP 1662 8500 849 ELCI ELCI NNP 1662 8500 850 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 851 ; ; : 1662 8500 852 Democrat Democrat NNP 1662 8500 853 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 8500 854 Party Party NNP 1662 8500 855 or or CC 1662 8500 856 DTP DTP NNP 1662 8500 857 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 858 Husamettin Husamettin NNP 1662 8500 859 CINDORUK CINDORUK NNP 1662 8500 860 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 861 Political political JJ 1662 8500 862 pressure pressure NN 1662 8500 863 groups group NNS 1662 8500 864 and and CC 1662 8500 865 leaders leader NNS 1662 8500 866 : : : 1662 8500 867 Turkish Turkish NNP 1662 8500 868 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 8500 869 of of IN 1662 8500 870 Labor Labor NNP 1662 8500 871 or or CC 1662 8500 872 Turk Turk NNP 1662 8500 873 - - HYPH 1662 8500 874 Is be VBZ 1662 8500 875 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 876 Bayram Bayram NNP 1662 8500 877 MERAL MERAL NNP 1662 8500 878 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 879 ; ; : 1662 8500 880 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 8500 881 of of IN 1662 8500 882 Revolutionary Revolutionary NNP 1662 8500 883 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 8500 884 Unions Unions NNPS 1662 8500 885 or or CC 1662 8500 886 DISK DISK NNP 1662 8500 887 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 888 Ridvan Ridvan NNP 1662 8500 889 BUDAK BUDAK NNP 1662 8500 890 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 891 ; ; : 1662 8500 892 Moral Moral NNP 1662 8500 893 Rights Rights NNPS 1662 8500 894 Workers Workers NNPS 1662 8500 895 Union Union NNP 1662 8500 896 or or CC 1662 8500 897 Hak Hak NNP 1662 8500 898 - - : 1662 8500 899 Is be VBZ 1662 8500 900 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 901 Salim Salim NNP 1662 8500 902 USLU USLU NNP 1662 8500 903 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 904 ; ; : 1662 8500 905 Turkish Turkish NNP 1662 8500 906 Industrialists Industrialists NNPS 1662 8500 907 ' ' POS 1662 8500 908 and and CC 1662 8500 909 Businessmen Businessmen NNPS 1662 8500 910 's 's POS 1662 8500 911 Association Association NNP 1662 8500 912 or or CC 1662 8500 913 TUSIAD TUSIAD NNP 1662 8500 914 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 915 Muharrem Muharrem NNP 1662 8500 916 KAYHAN KAYHAN NNP 1662 8500 917 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 918 ; ; : 1662 8500 919 Turkish Turkish NNP 1662 8500 920 Union Union NNP 1662 8500 921 of of IN 1662 8500 922 Chambers Chambers NNPS 1662 8500 923 of of IN 1662 8500 924 Commerce Commerce NNP 1662 8500 925 and and CC 1662 8500 926 Commodity Commodity NNP 1662 8500 927 Exchanges Exchanges NNPS 1662 8500 928 or or CC 1662 8500 929 TOBB TOBB NNP 1662 8500 930 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 931 Fuat Fuat NNP 1662 8500 932 MIRAS MIRAS NNP 1662 8500 933 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 934 ; ; : 1662 8500 935 Turkish Turkish NNP 1662 8500 936 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 8500 937 of of IN 1662 8500 938 Employers Employers NNPS 1662 8500 939 ' ' POS 1662 8500 940 Unions union NNS 1662 8500 941 or or CC 1662 8500 942 TISK tisk VB 1662 8500 943 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 944 Refik Refik NNP 1662 8500 945 BAYDUR BAYDUR NNP 1662 8500 946 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 947 ; ; : 1662 8500 948 Independent Independent NNP 1662 8500 949 Industrialists Industrialists NNPS 1662 8500 950 and and CC 1662 8500 951 Businessmen Businessmen NNPS 1662 8500 952 's 's POS 1662 8500 953 Association Association NNP 1662 8500 954 or or CC 1662 8500 955 MUSIAD MUSIAD NNP 1662 8500 956 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 957 Erol Erol NNP 1662 8500 958 YARAR YARAR NNP 1662 8500 959 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 960 International international JJ 1662 8500 961 organization organization NN 1662 8500 962 participation participation NN 1662 8500 963 : : : 1662 8500 964 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 8500 965 , , , 1662 8500 966 BIS BIS NNP 1662 8500 967 , , , 1662 8500 968 BSEC BSEC NNP 1662 8500 969 , , , 1662 8500 970 CCC CCC NNP 1662 8500 971 , , , 1662 8500 972 CE CE NNP 1662 8500 973 , , , 1662 8500 974 CERN CERN NNP 1662 8500 975 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8500 976 observer observer NN 1662 8500 977 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8500 978 , , , 1662 8500 979 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 8500 980 , , , 1662 8500 981 ECE ECE NNP 1662 8500 982 , , , 1662 8500 983 ECO ECO NNP 1662 8500 984 , , , 1662 8500 985 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 8500 986 , , , 1662 8500 987 FAO FAO NNP 1662 8500 988 , , , 1662 8500 989 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 8500 990 , , , 1662 8500 991 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 8500 992 , , , 1662 8500 993 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 8500 994 , , , 1662 8500 995 ICC ICC NNP 1662 8500 996 , , , 1662 8500 997 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 8500 998 , , , 1662 8500 999 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 8500 1000 , , , 1662 8500 1001 IDA IDA NNP 1662 8500 1002 , , , 1662 8500 1003 IDB IDB NNP 1662 8500 1004 , , , 1662 8500 1005 IEA IEA NNP 1662 8500 1006 , , , 1662 8500 1007 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 8500 1008 , , , 1662 8500 1009 IFC IFC NNP 1662 8500 1010 , , , 1662 8500 1011 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 8500 1012 , , , 1662 8500 1013 IHO IHO NNP 1662 8500 1014 , , , 1662 8500 1015 ILO ILO NNP 1662 8500 1016 , , , 1662 8500 1017 IMF IMF NNP 1662 8500 1018 , , , 1662 8500 1019 IMO imo RB 1662 8500 1020 , , , 1662 8500 1021 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8500 1022 , , , 1662 8500 1023 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 8500 1024 , , , 1662 8500 1025 IOC IOC NNP 1662 8500 1026 , , , 1662 8500 1027 IOM IOM NNP 1662 8500 1028 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8500 1029 observer observer NN 1662 8500 1030 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8500 1031 , , , 1662 8500 1032 ISO ISO NNP 1662 8500 1033 , , , 1662 8500 1034 ITU ITU NNP 1662 8500 1035 , , , 1662 8500 1036 NACC NACC NNP 1662 8500 1037 , , , 1662 8500 1038 NATO NATO NNP 1662 8500 1039 , , , 1662 8500 1040 NEA NEA NNP 1662 8500 1041 , , , 1662 8500 1042 OECD OECD NNP 1662 8500 1043 , , , 1662 8500 1044 OIC OIC NNP 1662 8500 1045 , , , 1662 8500 1046 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 8500 1047 , , , 1662 8500 1048 PCA PCA NNP 1662 8500 1049 , , , 1662 8500 1050 UN UN NNP 1662 8500 1051 , , , 1662 8500 1052 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 8500 1053 , , , 1662 8500 1054 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 8500 1055 , , , 1662 8500 1056 UNHCR UNHCR NNP 1662 8500 1057 , , , 1662 8500 1058 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 8500 1059 , , , 1662 8500 1060 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 8500 1061 , , , 1662 8500 1062 UNMIBH UNMIBH NNP 1662 8500 1063 , , , 1662 8500 1064 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 8500 1065 , , , 1662 8500 1066 UNOMIG UNOMIG NNP 1662 8500 1067 , , , 1662 8500 1068 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 8500 1069 , , , 1662 8500 1070 UNRWA UNRWA NNP 1662 8500 1071 , , , 1662 8500 1072 UPU UPU NNP 1662 8500 1073 , , , 1662 8500 1074 WEU WEU NNP 1662 8500 1075 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8500 1076 associate associate NN 1662 8500 1077 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8500 1078 , , , 1662 8500 1079 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 8500 1080 , , , 1662 8500 1081 WHO who WP 1662 8500 1082 , , , 1662 8500 1083 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 8500 1084 , , , 1662 8500 1085 WMO WMO NNP 1662 8500 1086 , , , 1662 8500 1087 WToO wtoo FW 1662 8500 1088 , , , 1662 8500 1089 WTrO wtro VB 1662 8500 1090 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8500 1091 representation representation NN 1662 8500 1092 in in IN 1662 8500 1093 the the DT 1662 8500 1094 US US NNP 1662 8500 1095 : : : 1662 8500 1096 chief chief NN 1662 8500 1097 of of IN 1662 8500 1098 mission mission NN 1662 8500 1099 : : : 1662 8500 1100 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 8500 1101 Nuzhet Nuzhet NNP 1662 8500 1102 KANDEMIR KANDEMIR NNP 1662 8500 1103 chancery chancery NN 1662 8500 1104 : : : 1662 8500 1105 1714 1714 CD 1662 8500 1106 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 8500 1107 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 8500 1108 NW NW NNP 1662 8500 1109 , , , 1662 8500 1110 Washington Washington NNP 1662 8500 1111 , , , 1662 8500 1112 DC DC NNP 1662 8500 1113 20036 20036 CD 1662 8500 1114 telephone telephone NN 1662 8500 1115 : : : 1662 8500 1116 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8500 1117 1 1 CD 1662 8500 1118 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8500 1119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8500 1120 202 202 CD 1662 8500 1121 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8500 1122 659 659 CD 1662 8500 1123 - - HYPH 1662 8500 1124 8200 8200 CD 1662 8500 1125 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 8500 1126 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8500 1127 general general NN 1662 8500 1128 : : : 1662 8500 1129 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 8500 1130 , , , 1662 8500 1131 Houston Houston NNP 1662 8500 1132 , , , 1662 8500 1133 Los Los NNP 1662 8500 1134 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 8500 1135 , , , 1662 8500 1136 and and CC 1662 8500 1137 New New NNP 1662 8500 1138 York York NNP 1662 8500 1139 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8500 1140 representation representation NN 1662 8500 1141 from from IN 1662 8500 1142 the the DT 1662 8500 1143 US US NNP 1662 8500 1144 : : : 1662 8500 1145 chief chief NN 1662 8500 1146 of of IN 1662 8500 1147 mission mission NN 1662 8500 1148 : : : 1662 8500 1149 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 8500 1150 Marc Marc NNP 1662 8500 1151 GROSSMAN GROSSMAN NNP 1662 8500 1152 embassy embassy NN 1662 8500 1153 : : : 1662 8500 1154 110 110 CD 1662 8500 1155 Ataturk Ataturk NNP 1662 8500 1156 Boulevard Boulevard NNP 1662 8500 1157 , , , 1662 8500 1158 Ankara Ankara 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117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8515 118 January January NNP 1662 8515 119 1997 1997 CD 1662 8515 120 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8515 121 , , , 1662 8515 122 81,405 81,405 CD 1662 8515 123 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8515 124 1996 1996 CD 1662 8515 125 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8515 126 , , , 1662 8515 127 45,845.1 45,845.1 CD 1662 8515 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8515 129 1995 1995 CD 1662 8515 130 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8515 131 , , , 1662 8515 132 29,608.7 29,608.7 CD 1662 8515 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8515 134 1994 1994 CD 1662 8515 135 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8515 136 , , , 1662 8515 137 10,984.6 10,984.6 CD 1662 8515 138 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8515 139 1993 1993 CD 1662 8515 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8515 141 , , , 1662 8515 142 6,872.4 6,872.4 CD 1662 8515 143 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8515 144 1992 1992 CD 1662 8515 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8515 146 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8515 147 year year NN 1662 8515 148 : : : 1662 8515 149 calendar calendar NNP 1662 8515 150 year year NN 1662 8515 151 @Turkey @turkey CD 1662 8515 152 : : : 1662 8515 153 Communications communication NNS 1662 8515 154 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 8515 155 : : : 1662 8515 156 14.3 14.3 CD 1662 8515 157 million million CD 1662 8515 158 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8515 159 1995 1995 CD 1662 8515 160 est est NNP 1662 8515 161 . . . 1662 8515 162 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8516 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8516 2 system system NN 1662 8516 3 : : : 1662 8516 4 fair fair JJ 1662 8516 5 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8516 6 and and CC 1662 8516 7 international international JJ 1662 8516 8 systems system NNS 1662 8516 9 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8516 10 : : : 1662 8516 11 trunk trunk NN 1662 8516 12 microwave microwave NN 1662 8516 13 radio radio NN 1662 8516 14 relay relay NN 1662 8516 15 network network NN 1662 8516 16 ; ; : 1662 8516 17 limited limited JJ 1662 8516 18 open open JJ 1662 8516 19 - - HYPH 1662 8516 20 wire wire NN 1662 8516 21 network network NN 1662 8516 22 international international NNP 1662 8516 23 : : : 1662 8516 24 12 12 CD 1662 8516 25 satellite satellite NN 1662 8516 26 earth earth NN 1662 8516 27 stations station NNS 1662 8516 28 - - : 1662 8516 29 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8516 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8516 31 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8516 32 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8516 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8516 34 , , , 1662 8516 35 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNP 1662 8516 36 , , , 1662 8516 37 and and CC 1662 8516 38 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 8516 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8516 40 Indian indian JJ 1662 8516 41 and and CC 1662 8516 42 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8516 43 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8516 44 regions region NNS 1662 8516 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8516 46 ; ; : 1662 8516 47 3 3 CD 1662 8516 48 submarine submarine NN 1662 8516 49 fiberoptic fiberoptic JJ 1662 8516 50 cables cable NNS 1662 8516 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8516 52 1996 1996 CD 1662 8516 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8516 54 Radio radio NN 1662 8516 55 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8516 56 stations station NNS 1662 8516 57 : : : 1662 8516 58 national national NNP 1662 8516 59 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8516 60 stations station NNS 1662 8516 61 36 36 CD 1662 8516 62 , , , 1662 8516 63 regional regional JJ 1662 8516 64 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8516 65 stations station NNS 1662 8516 66 108 108 CD 1662 8516 67 , , , 1662 8516 68 local local JJ 1662 8516 69 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8516 70 stations station NNS 1662 8516 71 1,058 1,058 CD 1662 8516 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8516 73 1996 1996 CD 1662 8516 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8516 75 Radios radio NNS 1662 8516 76 : : : 1662 8516 77 9.4 9.4 CD 1662 8516 78 million million CD 1662 8516 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8516 80 1992 1992 CD 1662 8516 81 est est NNP 1662 8516 82 . . . 1662 8516 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8517 1 Television television NN 1662 8517 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8517 3 stations station NNS 1662 8517 4 : : : 1662 8517 5 15 15 CD 1662 8517 6 national national JJ 1662 8517 7 , , , 1662 8517 8 15 15 CD 1662 8517 9 regional regional JJ 1662 8517 10 , , , 1662 8517 11 229 229 CD 1662 8517 12 local local JJ 1662 8517 13 Televisions television NNS 1662 8517 14 : : : 1662 8517 15 10.53 10.53 CD 1662 8517 16 million million CD 1662 8517 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8517 18 1993 1993 CD 1662 8517 19 est est NNP 1662 8517 20 . . . 1662 8517 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8518 1 @Turkey @turkey LS 1662 8518 2 : : : 1662 8518 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8518 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8518 5 : : : 1662 8518 6 total total JJ 1662 8518 7 : : : 1662 8518 8 10,386 10,386 CD 1662 8518 9 km km NN 1662 8518 10 standard standard JJ 1662 8518 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 8518 12 : : : 1662 8518 13 10,386 10,386 CD 1662 8518 14 km km NN 1662 8518 15 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 8518 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 8518 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8518 18 1,093 1,093 CD 1662 8518 19 km km NN 1662 8518 20 electrified electrify VBN 1662 8518 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8518 22 Highways highway NNS 1662 8518 23 : : : 1662 8518 24 total total NN 1662 8518 25 : : : 1662 8518 26 381,300 381,300 CD 1662 8518 27 km km NN 1662 8518 28 paved pave VBN 1662 8518 29 : : : 1662 8518 30 87,699 87,699 CD 1662 8518 31 km km NNS 1662 8518 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8518 33 including include VBG 1662 8518 34 1,246 1,246 CD 1662 8518 35 km km NNS 1662 8518 36 of of IN 1662 8518 37 expressways expressway NNS 1662 8518 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8518 39 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8518 40 : : : 1662 8518 41 293,601 293,601 CD 1662 8518 42 km km NNS 1662 8518 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8518 44 1995 1995 CD 1662 8518 45 est est NNP 1662 8518 46 . . . 1662 8518 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8519 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 8519 2 : : : 1662 8519 3 about about IN 1662 8519 4 1,200 1,200 CD 1662 8519 5 km km NN 1662 8519 6 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 8519 7 : : : 1662 8519 8 crude crude JJ 1662 8519 9 oil oil NN 1662 8519 10 1,738 1,738 CD 1662 8519 11 km km NN 1662 8519 12 ; ; : 1662 8519 13 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8519 14 products product NNS 1662 8519 15 2,321 2,321 CD 1662 8519 16 km km NN 1662 8519 17 ; ; : 1662 8519 18 natural natural JJ 1662 8519 19 gas gas NN 1662 8519 20 708 708 CD 1662 8519 21 km km NN 1662 8519 22 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 8519 23 and and CC 1662 8519 24 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8519 25 : : : 1662 8519 26 Gemlik Gemlik NNP 1662 8519 27 , , , 1662 8519 28 Hopa Hopa NNP 1662 8519 29 , , , 1662 8519 30 Iskenderun Iskenderun NNP 1662 8519 31 , , , 1662 8519 32 Istanbul Istanbul NNP 1662 8519 33 , , , 1662 8519 34 Izmir Izmir NNP 1662 8519 35 , , , 1662 8519 36 Izmit Izmit NNP 1662 8519 37 , , , 1662 8519 38 Mersin Mersin NNP 1662 8519 39 , , , 1662 8519 40 Samsun Samsun NNP 1662 8519 41 , , , 1662 8519 42 Trabzon Trabzon NNP 1662 8519 43 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 8519 44 marine marine NN 1662 8519 45 : : : 1662 8519 46 total total NN 1662 8519 47 : : : 1662 8519 48 515 515 CD 1662 8519 49 ships ship NNS 1662 8519 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8519 51 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8519 52 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8519 53 or or CC 1662 8519 54 over over RB 1662 8519 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8519 56 totaling total VBG 1662 8519 57 5,986,328 5,986,328 CD 1662 8519 58 GRT/10,157,071 GRT/10,157,071 NNS 1662 8519 59 DWT dwt NN 1662 8519 60 ships ship NNS 1662 8519 61 by by IN 1662 8519 62 type type NN 1662 8519 63 : : : 1662 8519 64 bulk bulk NNP 1662 8519 65 155 155 CD 1662 8519 66 , , , 1662 8519 67 cargo cargo NN 1662 8519 68 232 232 CD 1662 8519 69 , , , 1662 8519 70 chemical chemical NN 1662 8519 71 tanker tanker NN 1662 8519 72 24 24 CD 1662 8519 73 , , , 1662 8519 74 combination combination NN 1662 8519 75 bulk bulk NN 1662 8519 76 7 7 CD 1662 8519 77 , , , 1662 8519 78 combination combination NN 1662 8519 79 ore ore NN 1662 8519 80 / / SYM 1662 8519 81 oil oil NN 1662 8519 82 11 11 CD 1662 8519 83 , , , 1662 8519 84 container container NN 1662 8519 85 6 6 CD 1662 8519 86 , , , 1662 8519 87 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 8519 88 gas gas NN 1662 8519 89 tanker tanker NN 1662 8519 90 4 4 CD 1662 8519 91 , , , 1662 8519 92 livestock livestock NN 1662 8519 93 carrier carrier NN 1662 8519 94 1 1 CD 1662 8519 95 , , , 1662 8519 96 oil oil NN 1662 8519 97 tanker tanker NN 1662 8519 98 43 43 CD 1662 8519 99 , , , 1662 8519 100 passenger passenger NN 1662 8519 101 - - HYPH 1662 8519 102 cargo cargo NN 1662 8519 103 1 1 CD 1662 8519 104 , , , 1662 8519 105 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 8519 106 cargo cargo NN 1662 8519 107 2 2 CD 1662 8519 108 , , , 1662 8519 109 roll roll NN 1662 8519 110 - - HYPH 1662 8519 111 on on IN 1662 8519 112 / / SYM 1662 8519 113 roll roll NN 1662 8519 114 - - HYPH 1662 8519 115 off off RP 1662 8519 116 cargo cargo NN 1662 8519 117 20 20 CD 1662 8519 118 , , , 1662 8519 119 short short JJ 1662 8519 120 - - HYPH 1662 8519 121 sea sea NN 1662 8519 122 passenger passenger NN 1662 8519 123 7 7 CD 1662 8519 124 , , , 1662 8519 125 specialized specialized JJ 1662 8519 126 tanker tanker NN 1662 8519 127 2 2 CD 1662 8519 128 note note NN 1662 8519 129 : : : 1662 8519 130 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 8519 131 owns own VBZ 1662 8519 132 an an DT 1662 8519 133 additional additional JJ 1662 8519 134 34 34 CD 1662 8519 135 ships ship NNS 1662 8519 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8519 137 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8519 138 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8519 139 or or CC 1662 8519 140 over over RB 1662 8519 141 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8519 142 totaling total VBG 1662 8519 143 163,512 163,512 CD 1662 8519 144 DWT dwt NN 1662 8519 145 operating operate VBG 1662 8519 146 under under IN 1662 8519 147 the the DT 1662 8519 148 registries registry NNS 1662 8519 149 of of IN 1662 8519 150 The the DT 1662 8519 151 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 8519 152 , , , 1662 8519 153 Malta Malta NNP 1662 8519 154 , , , 1662 8519 155 and and CC 1662 8519 156 Panama Panama NNP 1662 8519 157 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8519 158 1996 1996 CD 1662 8519 159 est est NNP 1662 8519 160 . . . 1662 8519 161 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8520 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8520 2 : : : 1662 8520 3 104 104 CD 1662 8520 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8520 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8520 6 est est NNP 1662 8520 7 . . . 1662 8520 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8521 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8521 2 - - , 1662 8521 3 with with IN 1662 8521 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8521 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8521 6 : : : 1662 8521 7 total total NN 1662 8521 8 : : : 1662 8521 9 94 94 CD 1662 8521 10 over over IN 1662 8521 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8521 12 m m NN 1662 8521 13 : : : 1662 8521 14 16 16 CD 1662 8521 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8521 16 to to TO 1662 8521 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8521 18 m m NN 1662 8521 19 : : : 1662 8521 20 20 20 CD 1662 8521 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8521 22 to to TO 1662 8521 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8521 24 m m NN 1662 8521 25 : : : 1662 8521 26 13 13 CD 1662 8521 27 914 914 CD 1662 8521 28 to to TO 1662 8521 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8521 30 m m NN 1662 8521 31 : : : 1662 8521 32 17 17 CD 1662 8521 33 under under IN 1662 8521 34 914 914 CD 1662 8521 35 m m NN 1662 8521 36 : : : 1662 8521 37 28 28 CD 1662 8521 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8521 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 8521 40 est est NNP 1662 8521 41 . . . 1662 8521 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8522 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8522 2 - - , 1662 8522 3 with with IN 1662 8522 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8522 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8522 6 : : : 1662 8522 7 total total NN 1662 8522 8 : : : 1662 8522 9 10 10 CD 1662 8522 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8522 11 to to TO 1662 8522 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8522 13 m m NN 1662 8522 14 : : : 1662 8522 15 2 2 CD 1662 8522 16 914 914 CD 1662 8522 17 to to TO 1662 8522 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8522 19 m m NN 1662 8522 20 : : : 1662 8522 21 8 8 CD 1662 8522 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8522 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 8522 24 est est NNP 1662 8522 25 . . . 1662 8522 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8523 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 8523 2 : : : 1662 8523 3 2 2 CD 1662 8523 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8523 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8523 6 est est NNP 1662 8523 7 . . . 1662 8523 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8524 1 Military military JJ 1662 8524 2 Military military JJ 1662 8524 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8524 4 : : : 1662 8524 5 Land Land NNP 1662 8524 6 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 8524 7 , , , 1662 8524 8 Navy Navy NNP 1662 8524 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8524 10 includes include VBZ 1662 8524 11 Naval Naval NNP 1662 8524 12 Air Air NNP 1662 8524 13 and and CC 1662 8524 14 Naval Naval NNP 1662 8524 15 Infantry Infantry NNP 1662 8524 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8524 17 , , , 1662 8524 18 Air Air NNP 1662 8524 19 Force Force NNP 1662 8524 20 , , , 1662 8524 21 Coast Coast NNP 1662 8524 22 Guard Guard NNP 1662 8524 23 , , , 1662 8524 24 Gendarmerie Gendarmerie NNP 1662 8524 25 Military Military NNP 1662 8524 26 manpower manpower NN 1662 8524 27 - - HYPH 1662 8524 28 military military NN 1662 8524 29 age age NN 1662 8524 30 : : : 1662 8524 31 20 20 CD 1662 8524 32 years year NNS 1662 8524 33 of of IN 1662 8524 34 age age NN 1662 8524 35 Military military JJ 1662 8524 36 manpower manpower NN 1662 8524 37 - - HYPH 1662 8524 38 availability availability NN 1662 8524 39 : : : 1662 8524 40 males male NNS 1662 8524 41 age age NNP 1662 8524 42 15 15 CD 1662 8524 43 - - HYPH 1662 8524 44 49 49 CD 1662 8524 45 : : SYM 1662 8524 46 17,352,876 17,352,876 CD 1662 8524 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8524 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8524 49 est est NNP 1662 8524 50 . . . 1662 8524 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8525 1 Military military JJ 1662 8525 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8525 3 - - HYPH 1662 8525 4 fit fit NN 1662 8525 5 for for IN 1662 8525 6 military military JJ 1662 8525 7 service service NN 1662 8525 8 : : : 1662 8525 9 males male NNS 1662 8525 10 : : : 1662 8525 11 10,553,157 10,553,157 CD 1662 8525 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8525 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8525 14 est est NNP 1662 8525 15 . . . 1662 8525 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8526 1 Military military JJ 1662 8526 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8526 3 - - HYPH 1662 8526 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 8526 5 military military JJ 1662 8526 6 age age NN 1662 8526 7 annually annually RB 1662 8526 8 : : : 1662 8526 9 males male NNS 1662 8526 10 : : : 1662 8526 11 649,336 649,336 CD 1662 8526 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8526 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8526 14 est est NNP 1662 8526 15 . . . 1662 8526 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8527 1 Military military JJ 1662 8527 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8527 3 - - HYPH 1662 8527 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8527 5 figure figure NN 1662 8527 6 : : : 1662 8527 7 $ $ $ 1662 8527 8 4.3 4.3 CD 1662 8527 9 billion billion CD 1662 8527 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8527 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 8527 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8527 13 ; ; : 1662 8527 14 note note NN 1662 8527 15 - - HYPH 1662 8527 16 figures figure NNS 1662 8527 17 do do VBP 1662 8527 18 not not RB 1662 8527 19 include include VB 1662 8527 20 about about IN 1662 8527 21 $ $ $ 1662 8527 22 7 7 CD 1662 8527 23 billion billion CD 1662 8527 24 for for IN 1662 8527 25 the the DT 1662 8527 26 government government NN 1662 8527 27 's 's POS 1662 8527 28 counterinsurgency counterinsurgency NN 1662 8527 29 effort effort NN 1662 8527 30 Military military JJ 1662 8527 31 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8527 32 - - : 1662 8527 33 percent percent NN 1662 8527 34 of of IN 1662 8527 35 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8527 36 : : : 1662 8527 37 3.5 3.5 CD 1662 8527 38 % % NN 1662 8527 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8527 40 1996 1996 CD 1662 8527 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8527 42 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8527 43 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8527 44 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 8527 45 - - : 1662 8527 46 international international JJ 1662 8527 47 : : : 1662 8527 48 complex complex JJ 1662 8527 49 maritime maritime NN 1662 8527 50 , , , 1662 8527 51 air air NN 1662 8527 52 and and CC 1662 8527 53 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8527 54 disputes dispute NNS 1662 8527 55 with with IN 1662 8527 56 Greece Greece NNP 1662 8527 57 in in IN 1662 8527 58 Aegean Aegean NNP 1662 8527 59 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8527 60 ; ; : 1662 8527 61 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 8527 62 question question NN 1662 8527 63 with with IN 1662 8527 64 Greece Greece NNP 1662 8527 65 ; ; : 1662 8527 66 Hatay hatay VB 1662 8527 67 question question NN 1662 8527 68 with with IN 1662 8527 69 Syria Syria NNP 1662 8527 70 ; ; : 1662 8527 71 dispute dispute NN 1662 8527 72 with with IN 1662 8527 73 downstream downstream JJ 1662 8527 74 riparians riparian NNS 1662 8527 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8527 76 Syria Syria NNP 1662 8527 77 and and CC 1662 8527 78 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 8527 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8527 80 over over IN 1662 8527 81 water water NN 1662 8527 82 development development NN 1662 8527 83 plans plan NNS 1662 8527 84 for for IN 1662 8527 85 the the DT 1662 8527 86 Tigris Tigris NNP 1662 8527 87 and and CC 1662 8527 88 Euphrates Euphrates NNP 1662 8527 89 Rivers Rivers NNPS 1662 8527 90 ; ; : 1662 8527 91 traditional traditional JJ 1662 8527 92 demands demand NNS 1662 8527 93 on on IN 1662 8527 94 former former JJ 1662 8527 95 Armenian armenian JJ 1662 8527 96 lands land NNS 1662 8527 97 in in IN 1662 8527 98 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 8527 99 have have VBP 1662 8527 100 subsided subside VBN 1662 8527 101 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 8527 102 drugs drug NNS 1662 8527 103 : : : 1662 8527 104 major major JJ 1662 8527 105 transit transit NN 1662 8527 106 route route NN 1662 8527 107 for for IN 1662 8527 108 Southwest Southwest NNP 1662 8527 109 Asian asian JJ 1662 8527 110 heroin heroin NN 1662 8527 111 and and CC 1662 8527 112 hashish hashish NN 1662 8527 113 to to IN 1662 8527 114 Western Western NNP 1662 8527 115 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8527 116 and and CC 1662 8527 117 the the DT 1662 8527 118 US US NNP 1662 8527 119 via via IN 1662 8527 120 air air NN 1662 8527 121 , , , 1662 8527 122 land land NN 1662 8527 123 , , , 1662 8527 124 and and CC 1662 8527 125 sea sea NN 1662 8527 126 routes route NNS 1662 8527 127 ; ; , 1662 8527 128 major major JJ 1662 8527 129 Turkish turkish JJ 1662 8527 130 , , , 1662 8527 131 Iranian iranian JJ 1662 8527 132 , , , 1662 8527 133 and and CC 1662 8527 134 other other JJ 1662 8527 135 international international JJ 1662 8527 136 trafficking trafficking NN 1662 8527 137 organizations organization NNS 1662 8527 138 operate operate VBP 1662 8527 139 out out IN 1662 8527 140 of of IN 1662 8527 141 Istanbul Istanbul NNP 1662 8527 142 ; ; , 1662 8527 143 laboratories laboratory NNS 1662 8527 144 to to TO 1662 8527 145 convert convert VB 1662 8527 146 imported import VBN 1662 8527 147 morphine morphine JJ 1662 8527 148 base base NN 1662 8527 149 into into IN 1662 8527 150 heroin heroin NN 1662 8527 151 are be VBP 1662 8527 152 in in IN 1662 8527 153 remote remote JJ 1662 8527 154 regions region NNS 1662 8527 155 of of IN 1662 8527 156 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 8527 157 as as RB 1662 8527 158 well well RB 1662 8527 159 as as IN 1662 8527 160 near near IN 1662 8527 161 Istanbul Istanbul NNP 1662 8527 162 ; ; : 1662 8527 163 government government NN 1662 8527 164 maintains maintain VBZ 1662 8527 165 strict strict JJ 1662 8527 166 controls control NNS 1662 8527 167 over over IN 1662 8527 168 areas area NNS 1662 8527 169 of of IN 1662 8527 170 legal legal JJ 1662 8527 171 opium opium NN 1662 8527 172 poppy poppy JJ 1662 8527 173 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 8527 174 and and CC 1662 8527 175 output output NN 1662 8527 176 of of IN 1662 8527 177 poppy poppy JJ 1662 8527 178 straw straw NN 1662 8527 179 concentrate concentrate NNP 1662 8527 180 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 181 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 182 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 183 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 184 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 185 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 186 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 187 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 188 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 189 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 190 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 191 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 192 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 193 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 194 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 195 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 196 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 197 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 198 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 199 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 200 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 201 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 202 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 203 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 204 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 205 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 206 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 207 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 208 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 209 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 210 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 211 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 212 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 213 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 214 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 215 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 216 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 217 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 218 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 219 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 220 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 221 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 222 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 223 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 224 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 225 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 226 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 227 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 228 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 229 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 230 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 231 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 232 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 233 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 234 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 235 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 236 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 237 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 238 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 239 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 240 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 241 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 242 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 243 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 244 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 245 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 246 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 247 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 248 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 249 _ _ NNP 1662 8527 250 TURKMENISTAN TURKMENISTAN NNP 1662 8527 251 @Turkmenistan @turkmenistan NN 1662 8527 252 : : : 1662 8527 253 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8527 254 Location Location NNP 1662 8527 255 : : : 1662 8527 256 Central Central NNP 1662 8527 257 Asia Asia NNP 1662 8527 258 , , , 1662 8527 259 bordering border VBG 1662 8527 260 the the DT 1662 8527 261 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 8527 262 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8527 263 , , , 1662 8527 264 between between IN 1662 8527 265 Iran Iran NNP 1662 8527 266 and and CC 1662 8527 267 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 8527 268 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8527 269 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8527 270 : : : 1662 8527 271 40 40 CD 1662 8527 272 00 00 CD 1662 8527 273 N n CD 1662 8527 274 , , , 1662 8527 275 60 60 CD 1662 8527 276 00 00 NFP 1662 8527 277 E e NN 1662 8527 278 Map Map NNP 1662 8527 279 references reference NNS 1662 8527 280 : : : 1662 8527 281 Commonwealth Commonwealth NNP 1662 8527 282 of of IN 1662 8527 283 Independent Independent NNP 1662 8527 284 States States NNPS 1662 8527 285 Area Area NNP 1662 8527 286 : : : 1662 8527 287 total total NN 1662 8527 288 : : : 1662 8527 289 488,100 488,100 CD 1662 8527 290 sq sq RB 1662 8527 291 km km NNP 1662 8527 292 land land NN 1662 8527 293 : : : 1662 8527 294 488,100 488,100 CD 1662 8527 295 sq sq NNP 1662 8527 296 km km NNP 1662 8527 297 water water NN 1662 8527 298 : : : 1662 8527 299 0 0 NFP 1662 8527 300 sq sq NN 1662 8527 301 km km NNP 1662 8527 302 Area area NN 1662 8527 303 - - HYPH 1662 8527 304 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8527 305 : : : 1662 8527 306 slightly slightly RB 1662 8527 307 larger large JJR 1662 8527 308 than than IN 1662 8527 309 California California NNP 1662 8527 310 Land Land NNP 1662 8527 311 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8527 312 : : : 1662 8527 313 total total NN 1662 8527 314 : : : 1662 8527 315 3,736 3,736 CD 1662 8527 316 km km NN 1662 8527 317 border border NN 1662 8527 318 countries country NNS 1662 8527 319 : : : 1662 8527 320 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 8527 321 744 744 CD 1662 8527 322 km km NNS 1662 8527 323 , , , 1662 8527 324 Iran Iran NNP 1662 8527 325 992 992 CD 1662 8527 326 km km NNS 1662 8527 327 , , , 1662 8527 328 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 8527 329 379 379 CD 1662 8527 330 km km NNS 1662 8527 331 , , , 1662 8527 332 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 1662 8527 333 1,621 1,621 CD 1662 8527 334 km km NN 1662 8527 335 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8527 336 : : : 1662 8527 337 0 0 CD 1662 8527 338 km km NN 1662 8527 339 note note NN 1662 8527 340 : : : 1662 8527 341 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 1662 8527 342 borders border VBZ 1662 8527 343 the the DT 1662 8527 344 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 8527 345 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8527 346 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8527 347 1,768 1,768 CD 1662 8527 348 km km NN 1662 8527 349 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8527 350 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8527 351 claims claim VBZ 1662 8527 352 : : : 1662 8527 353 none none NN 1662 8527 354 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8527 355 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 8527 356 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8527 357 Climate climate NN 1662 8527 358 : : : 1662 8527 359 subtropical subtropical JJ 1662 8527 360 desert desert NN 1662 8527 361 Terrain terrain NN 1662 8527 362 : : : 1662 8527 363 flat flat JJ 1662 8527 364 - - HYPH 1662 8527 365 to to IN 1662 8527 366 - - HYPH 1662 8527 367 rolling roll VBG 1662 8527 368 sandy sandy JJ 1662 8527 369 desert desert NN 1662 8527 370 with with IN 1662 8527 371 dunes dune NNS 1662 8527 372 rising rise VBG 1662 8527 373 to to IN 1662 8527 374 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8527 375 in in IN 1662 8527 376 the the DT 1662 8527 377 south south JJ 1662 8527 378 ; ; : 1662 8527 379 low low JJ 1662 8527 380 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8527 381 along along IN 1662 8527 382 border border NN 1662 8527 383 with with IN 1662 8527 384 Iran Iran NNP 1662 8527 385 ; ; : 1662 8527 386 borders border NNS 1662 8527 387 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 8527 388 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8527 389 in in IN 1662 8527 390 west west NNP 1662 8527 391 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8527 392 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8527 393 : : : 1662 8527 394 lowest low JJS 1662 8527 395 point point NN 1662 8527 396 : : : 1662 8527 397 Sarygamysh Sarygamysh NNP 1662 8527 398 Koli Koli NNP 1662 8527 399 -110 -110 NN 1662 8527 400 m m NNP 1662 8527 401 highest high JJS 1662 8527 402 point point NN 1662 8527 403 : : : 1662 8527 404 Ayrybaba Ayrybaba NNP 1662 8527 405 3,139 3,139 CD 1662 8527 406 m m NNP 1662 8527 407 Natural natural JJ 1662 8527 408 resources resource NNS 1662 8527 409 : : : 1662 8527 410 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8527 411 , , , 1662 8527 412 natural natural JJ 1662 8527 413 gas gas NN 1662 8527 414 , , , 1662 8527 415 coal coal NN 1662 8527 416 , , , 1662 8527 417 sulfur sulfur NN 1662 8527 418 , , , 1662 8527 419 salt salt NN 1662 8527 420 Land Land NNP 1662 8527 421 use use NN 1662 8527 422 : : : 1662 8527 423 arable arable JJ 1662 8527 424 land land NN 1662 8527 425 : : : 1662 8527 426 3 3 CD 1662 8527 427 % % NN 1662 8527 428 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8527 429 crops crop NNS 1662 8527 430 : : : 1662 8527 431 0 0 CD 1662 8527 432 % % NN 1662 8527 433 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8527 434 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8527 435 : : : 1662 8527 436 63 63 CD 1662 8527 437 % % NN 1662 8527 438 forests forest NNS 1662 8527 439 and and CC 1662 8527 440 woodland woodland NN 1662 8527 441 : : : 1662 8527 442 8 8 CD 1662 8527 443 % % NN 1662 8527 444 other other JJ 1662 8527 445 : : : 1662 8527 446 26 26 CD 1662 8527 447 % % NN 1662 8527 448 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8527 449 1993 1993 CD 1662 8527 450 est est NNP 1662 8527 451 . . . 1662 8527 452 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8528 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8528 2 land land NN 1662 8528 3 : : : 1662 8528 4 13,000 13,000 CD 1662 8528 5 sq sq NNP 1662 8528 6 km km NNP 1662 8528 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8528 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8528 9 est est NNP 1662 8528 10 . . . 1662 8528 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8529 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8529 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8529 3 : : : 1662 8529 4 NA NA NNP 1662 8529 5 Environment environment NN 1662 8529 6 - - HYPH 1662 8529 7 current current JJ 1662 8529 8 issues issue NNS 1662 8529 9 : : : 1662 8529 10 contamination contamination NN 1662 8529 11 of of IN 1662 8529 12 soil soil NN 1662 8529 13 and and CC 1662 8529 14 groundwater groundwater NN 1662 8529 15 with with IN 1662 8529 16 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8529 17 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8529 18 , , , 1662 8529 19 pesticides pesticide NNS 1662 8529 20 ; ; : 1662 8529 21 salinization salinization NN 1662 8529 22 , , , 1662 8529 23 water water NN 1662 8529 24 - - HYPH 1662 8529 25 logging logging NN 1662 8529 26 of of IN 1662 8529 27 soil soil NN 1662 8529 28 due due JJ 1662 8529 29 to to IN 1662 8529 30 poor poor JJ 1662 8529 31 irrigation irrigation NN 1662 8529 32 methods method NNS 1662 8529 33 ; ; : 1662 8529 34 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 8529 35 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8529 36 pollution pollution NN 1662 8529 37 ; ; : 1662 8529 38 diversion diversion NN 1662 8529 39 of of IN 1662 8529 40 a a DT 1662 8529 41 large large JJ 1662 8529 42 share share NN 1662 8529 43 of of IN 1662 8529 44 the the DT 1662 8529 45 flow flow NN 1662 8529 46 of of IN 1662 8529 47 the the DT 1662 8529 48 Amu Amu NNP 1662 8529 49 Darya Darya NNP 1662 8529 50 into into IN 1662 8529 51 irrigation irrigation NN 1662 8529 52 contributes contribute NNS 1662 8529 53 to to IN 1662 8529 54 that that DT 1662 8529 55 river river NN 1662 8529 56 's 's POS 1662 8529 57 inability inability NN 1662 8529 58 to to TO 1662 8529 59 replenish replenish VB 1662 8529 60 the the DT 1662 8529 61 Aral Aral NNP 1662 8529 62 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8529 63 ; ; : 1662 8529 64 desertification desertification NN 1662 8529 65 Environment environment NN 1662 8529 66 - - HYPH 1662 8529 67 international international JJ 1662 8529 68 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8529 69 : : : 1662 8529 70 party party NN 1662 8529 71 to to TO 1662 8529 72 : : : 1662 8529 73 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 8529 74 , , , 1662 8529 75 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8529 76 Change Change NNP 1662 8529 77 , , , 1662 8529 78 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 8529 79 , , , 1662 8529 80 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 8529 81 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 8529 82 , , , 1662 8529 83 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8529 84 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8529 85 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8529 86 signed sign VBD 1662 8529 87 , , , 1662 8529 88 but but CC 1662 8529 89 not not RB 1662 8529 90 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8529 91 : : : 1662 8529 92 none none NN 1662 8529 93 of of IN 1662 8529 94 the the DT 1662 8529 95 selected select VBN 1662 8529 96 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8529 97 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8529 98 - - HYPH 1662 8529 99 note note NN 1662 8529 100 : : : 1662 8529 101 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 8529 102 @Turkmenistan @turkmenistan NN 1662 8529 103 : : : 1662 8529 104 People People NNP 1662 8529 105 Population Population NNP 1662 8529 106 : : : 1662 8529 107 4,229,249 4,229,249 CD 1662 8529 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8529 109 July July NNP 1662 8529 110 1997 1997 CD 1662 8529 111 est est NNP 1662 8529 112 . . . 1662 8529 113 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8530 1 Age age NN 1662 8530 2 structure structure NN 1662 8530 3 : : : 1662 8530 4 0 0 CD 1662 8530 5 - - HYPH 1662 8530 6 14 14 CD 1662 8530 7 years year NNS 1662 8530 8 : : : 1662 8530 9 39 39 CD 1662 8530 10 % % NN 1662 8530 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8530 12 male male JJ 1662 8530 13 840,168 840,168 CD 1662 8530 14 ; ; , 1662 8530 15 female female JJ 1662 8530 16 812,573 812,573 CD 1662 8530 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8530 18 15 15 CD 1662 8530 19 - - SYM 1662 8530 20 64 64 CD 1662 8530 21 years year NNS 1662 8530 22 : : : 1662 8530 23 57 57 CD 1662 8530 24 % % NN 1662 8530 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8530 26 male male JJ 1662 8530 27 1,182,706 1,182,706 CD 1662 8530 28 ; ; : 1662 8530 29 female female JJ 1662 8530 30 1,217,484 1,217,484 CD 1662 8530 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8530 32 65 65 CD 1662 8530 33 years year NNS 1662 8530 34 and and CC 1662 8530 35 over over IN 1662 8530 36 : : : 1662 8530 37 4 4 CD 1662 8530 38 % % NN 1662 8530 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8530 40 male male NN 1662 8530 41 66,451 66,451 CD 1662 8530 42 ; ; : 1662 8530 43 female female JJ 1662 8530 44 109,867 109,867 CD 1662 8530 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8530 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8530 47 July July NNP 1662 8530 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8530 49 est est NNP 1662 8530 50 . . . 1662 8530 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8531 1 Population population NN 1662 8531 2 growth growth NN 1662 8531 3 rate rate NN 1662 8531 4 : : : 1662 8531 5 1.61 1.61 CD 1662 8531 6 % % NN 1662 8531 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8531 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8531 9 est est NNP 1662 8531 10 . . . 1662 8531 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8532 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8532 2 rate rate NN 1662 8532 3 : : : 1662 8532 4 26.61 26.61 CD 1662 8532 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 8532 6 population population NN 1662 8532 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8532 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8532 9 est est NNP 1662 8532 10 . . . 1662 8532 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8533 1 Death death NN 1662 8533 2 rate rate NN 1662 8533 3 : : : 1662 8533 4 8.65 8.65 CD 1662 8533 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8533 6 population population NN 1662 8533 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8533 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8533 9 est est NNP 1662 8533 10 . . . 1662 8533 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8534 1 Net net JJ 1662 8534 2 migration migration NN 1662 8534 3 rate rate NN 1662 8534 4 : : : 1662 8534 5 -1.82 -1.82 . 1662 8534 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 8534 7 population population NN 1662 8534 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8534 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8534 10 est est NNP 1662 8534 11 . . . 1662 8534 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8535 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8535 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8535 3 : : : 1662 8535 4 at at IN 1662 8535 5 birth birth NN 1662 8535 6 : : : 1662 8535 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 8535 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8535 9 under under IN 1662 8535 10 15 15 CD 1662 8535 11 years year NNS 1662 8535 12 : : : 1662 8535 13 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 8535 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8535 15 15 15 CD 1662 8535 16 - - HYPH 1662 8535 17 64 64 CD 1662 8535 18 years year NNS 1662 8535 19 : : : 1662 8535 20 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 8535 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8535 22 65 65 CD 1662 8535 23 years year NNS 1662 8535 24 and and CC 1662 8535 25 over over IN 1662 8535 26 : : : 1662 8535 27 0.6 0.6 CD 1662 8535 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 8535 29 total total JJ 1662 8535 30 population population NN 1662 8535 31 : : : 1662 8535 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 8535 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8535 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8535 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8535 36 est e JJS 1662 8535 37 . . . 1662 8535 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8536 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8536 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8536 3 rate rate NN 1662 8536 4 : : : 1662 8536 5 72.7 72.7 CD 1662 8536 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8536 7 live live JJ 1662 8536 8 births birth NNS 1662 8536 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8536 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8536 11 est est NNP 1662 8536 12 . . . 1662 8536 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8537 1 Life life NN 1662 8537 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8537 3 at at IN 1662 8537 4 birth birth NN 1662 8537 5 : : : 1662 8537 6 total total JJ 1662 8537 7 population population NN 1662 8537 8 : : : 1662 8537 9 61.51 61.51 CD 1662 8537 10 years year NNS 1662 8537 11 male male JJ 1662 8537 12 : : : 1662 8537 13 57.88 57.88 CD 1662 8537 14 years year NNS 1662 8537 15 female female JJ 1662 8537 16 : : : 1662 8537 17 65.31 65.31 CD 1662 8537 18 years year NNS 1662 8537 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8537 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8537 21 est est NNP 1662 8537 22 . . . 1662 8537 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8538 1 Total total JJ 1662 8538 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8538 3 rate rate NN 1662 8538 4 : : : 1662 8538 5 3.31 3.31 CD 1662 8538 6 children child NNS 1662 8538 7 born bear VBN 1662 8538 8 / / SYM 1662 8538 9 woman woman NN 1662 8538 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8538 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8538 12 est est NNP 1662 8538 13 . . . 1662 8538 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8539 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8539 2 : : : 1662 8539 3 noun noun NNP 1662 8539 4 : : : 1662 8539 5 Turkmen(s Turkmen(s NNP 1662 8539 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8539 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 8539 8 : : : 1662 8539 9 Turkmen Turkmen NNP 1662 8539 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8539 11 groups group NNS 1662 8539 12 : : : 1662 8539 13 Turkmen Turkmen NNP 1662 8539 14 77 77 CD 1662 8539 15 % % NN 1662 8539 16 , , , 1662 8539 17 Uzbek Uzbek NNP 1662 8539 18 9.2 9.2 CD 1662 8539 19 % % NN 1662 8539 20 , , , 1662 8539 21 Russian russian JJ 1662 8539 22 6.7 6.7 CD 1662 8539 23 % % NN 1662 8539 24 , , , 1662 8539 25 Kazak Kazak NNP 1662 8539 26 2 2 CD 1662 8539 27 % % NN 1662 8539 28 , , , 1662 8539 29 other other JJ 1662 8539 30 5.1 5.1 CD 1662 8539 31 % % NN 1662 8539 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8539 33 1995 1995 CD 1662 8539 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8539 35 Religions religion NNS 1662 8539 36 : : : 1662 8539 37 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 8539 38 89 89 CD 1662 8539 39 % % NN 1662 8539 40 , , , 1662 8539 41 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 8539 42 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 8539 43 9 9 CD 1662 8539 44 % % NN 1662 8539 45 , , , 1662 8539 46 unknown unknown JJ 1662 8539 47 2 2 CD 1662 8539 48 % % NN 1662 8539 49 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 8539 50 : : : 1662 8539 51 Turkmen Turkmen NNP 1662 8539 52 72 72 CD 1662 8539 53 % % NN 1662 8539 54 , , , 1662 8539 55 Russian Russian NNP 1662 8539 56 12 12 CD 1662 8539 57 % % NN 1662 8539 58 , , , 1662 8539 59 Uzbek Uzbek NNP 1662 8539 60 9 9 CD 1662 8539 61 % % NN 1662 8539 62 , , , 1662 8539 63 other other JJ 1662 8539 64 7 7 CD 1662 8539 65 % % NN 1662 8539 66 Literacy literacy NN 1662 8539 67 : : : 1662 8539 68 definition definition NN 1662 8539 69 : : : 1662 8539 70 age age NN 1662 8539 71 15 15 CD 1662 8539 72 and and CC 1662 8539 73 over over RB 1662 8539 74 can can MD 1662 8539 75 read read VB 1662 8539 76 and and CC 1662 8539 77 write write VB 1662 8539 78 total total JJ 1662 8539 79 population population NN 1662 8539 80 : : : 1662 8539 81 98 98 CD 1662 8539 82 % % NN 1662 8539 83 male male NN 1662 8539 84 : : : 1662 8539 85 99 99 CD 1662 8539 86 % % NN 1662 8539 87 female female NN 1662 8539 88 : : : 1662 8539 89 97 97 CD 1662 8539 90 % % NN 1662 8539 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8539 92 1989 1989 CD 1662 8539 93 est est NNP 1662 8539 94 . . . 1662 8539 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8540 1 @Turkmenistan @turkmenistan XX 1662 8540 2 : : : 1662 8540 3 Government Government NNP 1662 8540 4 Country Country NNP 1662 8540 5 name name NN 1662 8540 6 : : : 1662 8540 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8540 8 long long JJ 1662 8540 9 form form NN 1662 8540 10 : : : 1662 8540 11 none none NN 1662 8540 12 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8540 13 short short JJ 1662 8540 14 form form NN 1662 8540 15 : : : 1662 8540 16 Turkmenistan turkmenistan JJ 1662 8540 17 local local JJ 1662 8540 18 long long JJ 1662 8540 19 form form NN 1662 8540 20 : : : 1662 8540 21 none none NN 1662 8540 22 local local JJ 1662 8540 23 short short JJ 1662 8540 24 form form NN 1662 8540 25 : : : 1662 8540 26 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 1662 8540 27 former former JJ 1662 8540 28 : : : 1662 8540 29 Turkmen Turkmen NNP 1662 8540 30 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 8540 31 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 8540 32 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8540 33 Data Data NNP 1662 8540 34 code code NN 1662 8540 35 : : : 1662 8540 36 TX TX NNP 1662 8540 37 Government Government NNP 1662 8540 38 type type NN 1662 8540 39 : : : 1662 8540 40 republic republic NNP 1662 8540 41 National national JJ 1662 8540 42 capital capital NN 1662 8540 43 : : : 1662 8540 44 Ashgabat Ashgabat NNP 1662 8540 45 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 8540 46 divisions division NNS 1662 8540 47 : : : 1662 8540 48 5 5 CD 1662 8540 49 welayatlar welayatlar JJ 1662 8540 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8540 51 singular singular NNP 1662 8540 52 - - HYPH 1662 8540 53 welayat welayat NNP 1662 8540 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8540 55 : : : 1662 8540 56 Ahal Ahal NNP 1662 8540 57 Welayaty Welayaty NNP 1662 8540 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8540 59 Ashgabat Ashgabat NNP 1662 8540 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8540 61 , , , 1662 8540 62 Balkan Balkan NNP 1662 8540 63 Welayaty Welayaty NNP 1662 8540 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8540 65 Nebitdag Nebitdag NNP 1662 8540 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8540 67 , , , 1662 8540 68 Dashhowuz Dashhowuz NNP 1662 8540 69 Welayaty Welayaty NNP 1662 8540 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8540 71 formerly formerly RB 1662 8540 72 Tashauz Tashauz NNP 1662 8540 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8540 74 , , , 1662 8540 75 Lebap Lebap NNP 1662 8540 76 Welayaty Welayaty NNP 1662 8540 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8540 78 Charjew Charjew NNP 1662 8540 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8540 80 , , , 1662 8540 81 Mary Mary NNP 1662 8540 82 Welayaty Welayaty NNP 1662 8540 83 note note NN 1662 8540 84 : : : 1662 8540 85 administrative administrative JJ 1662 8540 86 divisions division NNS 1662 8540 87 have have VBP 1662 8540 88 the the DT 1662 8540 89 same same JJ 1662 8540 90 names name NNS 1662 8540 91 as as IN 1662 8540 92 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8540 93 administrative administrative JJ 1662 8540 94 centers center NNS 1662 8540 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8540 96 exceptions exception NNS 1662 8540 97 have have VBP 1662 8540 98 the the DT 1662 8540 99 administrative administrative JJ 1662 8540 100 center center NN 1662 8540 101 name name NN 1662 8540 102 following follow VBG 1662 8540 103 in in IN 1662 8540 104 parentheses parenthesis NNS 1662 8540 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8540 106 Independence independence NN 1662 8540 107 : : : 1662 8540 108 27 27 CD 1662 8540 109 October October NNP 1662 8540 110 1991 1991 CD 1662 8540 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8540 112 from from IN 1662 8540 113 the the DT 1662 8540 114 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 8540 115 Union Union NNP 1662 8540 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8540 117 National national JJ 1662 8540 118 holiday holiday NN 1662 8540 119 : : : 1662 8540 120 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8540 121 Day Day NNP 1662 8540 122 , , , 1662 8540 123 27 27 CD 1662 8540 124 October October NNP 1662 8540 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8544 26 for for IN 1662 8544 27 gas gas NN 1662 8544 28 deliveries delivery NNS 1662 8544 29 contributed contribute VBD 1662 8544 30 to to IN 1662 8544 31 a a DT 1662 8544 32 sharp sharp JJ 1662 8544 33 fall fall NN 1662 8544 34 in in IN 1662 8544 35 industrial industrial JJ 1662 8544 36 production production NN 1662 8544 37 and and CC 1662 8544 38 caused cause VBD 1662 8544 39 the the DT 1662 8544 40 budget budget NN 1662 8544 41 to to TO 1662 8544 42 shift shift VB 1662 8544 43 from from IN 1662 8544 44 a a DT 1662 8544 45 surplus surplus NN 1662 8544 46 to to IN 1662 8544 47 a a DT 1662 8544 48 slight slight JJ 1662 8544 49 deficit deficit NN 1662 8544 50 . . . 1662 8545 1 The the DT 1662 8545 2 economy economy NN 1662 8545 3 recovered recover VBD 1662 8545 4 slightly slightly RB 1662 8545 5 in in IN 1662 8545 6 1996 1996 CD 1662 8545 7 , , , 1662 8545 8 but but CC 1662 8545 9 high high JJ 1662 8545 10 inflation inflation NN 1662 8545 11 continued continue VBD 1662 8545 12 . . . 1662 8546 1 Furthermore furthermore RB 1662 8546 2 , , , 1662 8546 3 with with IN 1662 8546 4 an an DT 1662 8546 5 authoritarian authoritarian JJ 1662 8546 6 ex ex JJ 1662 8546 7 - - JJ 1662 8546 8 communist communist JJ 1662 8546 9 regime regime NN 1662 8546 10 in in IN 1662 8546 11 power power NN 1662 8546 12 and and CC 1662 8546 13 a a DT 1662 8546 14 tribally tribally RB 1662 8546 15 based base VBN 1662 8546 16 social social JJ 1662 8546 17 structure structure NN 1662 8546 18 , , , 1662 8546 19 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 1662 8546 20 has have VBZ 1662 8546 21 taken take VBN 1662 8546 22 a a DT 1662 8546 23 cautious cautious JJ 1662 8546 24 approach approach NN 1662 8546 25 to to IN 1662 8546 26 economic economic JJ 1662 8546 27 reform reform NN 1662 8546 28 , , , 1662 8546 29 hoping hope VBG 1662 8546 30 to to TO 1662 8546 31 use use VB 1662 8546 32 gas gas NN 1662 8546 33 and and CC 1662 8546 34 cotton cotton NN 1662 8546 35 sales sale NNS 1662 8546 36 to to TO 1662 8546 37 sustain sustain VB 1662 8546 38 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8546 39 inefficient inefficient JJ 1662 8546 40 economy economy NN 1662 8546 41 . . . 1662 8547 1 In in IN 1662 8547 2 1996 1996 CD 1662 8547 3 , , , 1662 8547 4 the the DT 1662 8547 5 government government NN 1662 8547 6 set set VBD 1662 8547 7 in in IN 1662 8547 8 place place NN 1662 8547 9 a a DT 1662 8547 10 stabilization stabilization NN 1662 8547 11 program program NN 1662 8547 12 aimed aim VBN 1662 8547 13 at at IN 1662 8547 14 a a DT 1662 8547 15 unified unified JJ 1662 8547 16 and and CC 1662 8547 17 market market NN 1662 8547 18 - - HYPH 1662 8547 19 based base VBN 1662 8547 20 exchange exchange NN 1662 8547 21 rate rate NN 1662 8547 22 , , , 1662 8547 23 allocation allocation NN 1662 8547 24 of of IN 1662 8547 25 government government NN 1662 8547 26 credits credit NNS 1662 8547 27 by by IN 1662 8547 28 auction auction NN 1662 8547 29 , , , 1662 8547 30 and and CC 1662 8547 31 strict strict JJ 1662 8547 32 limits limit NNS 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1662 8554 36 Budget budget NN 1662 8554 37 : : : 1662 8554 38 revenues revenue NNS 1662 8554 39 : : : 1662 8554 40 $ $ $ 1662 8554 41 NA na NN 1662 8554 42 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8554 43 : : : 1662 8554 44 $ $ $ 1662 8554 45 NA na NN 1662 8554 46 , , , 1662 8554 47 including include VBG 1662 8554 48 capital capital NN 1662 8554 49 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8554 50 of of IN 1662 8554 51 $ $ $ 1662 8554 52 NA NA NNP 1662 8554 53 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 8554 54 : : : 1662 8554 55 natural natural JJ 1662 8554 56 gas gas NN 1662 8554 57 , , , 1662 8554 58 oil oil NN 1662 8554 59 , , , 1662 8554 60 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8554 61 products product NNS 1662 8554 62 , , , 1662 8554 63 textiles textile NNS 1662 8554 64 , , , 1662 8554 65 food food NN 1662 8554 66 processing process VBG 1662 8554 67 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 8554 68 production production NN 1662 8554 69 growth growth NN 1662 8554 70 rate rate NN 1662 8554 71 : : : 1662 8554 72 17.9 17.9 CD 1662 8554 73 % % NN 1662 8554 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8554 75 1996 1996 CD 1662 8554 76 est est NNP 1662 8554 77 . . . 1662 8554 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8555 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8555 2 - - HYPH 1662 8555 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 8555 4 : : : 1662 8555 5 3.95 3.95 CD 1662 8555 6 million million CD 1662 8555 7 kW kW NNP 1662 8555 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8555 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 8555 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8555 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8555 12 - - HYPH 1662 8555 13 production production NN 1662 8555 14 : : : 1662 8555 15 9.87 9.87 CD 1662 8555 16 billion billion CD 1662 8555 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8555 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8555 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 8555 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8555 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8555 22 - - HYPH 1662 8555 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 8555 24 per per IN 1662 8555 25 capita capita NN 1662 8555 26 : : : 1662 8555 27 1,855 1,855 CD 1662 8555 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8555 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8555 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 8555 31 est est NNP 1662 8555 32 . . . 1662 8555 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8556 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8556 2 - - HYPH 1662 8556 3 products product NNS 1662 8556 4 : : : 1662 8556 5 cotton cotton NN 1662 8556 6 , , , 1662 8556 7 grain grain NN 1662 8556 8 ; ; , 1662 8556 9 livestock livestock NN 1662 8556 10 Exports export NNS 1662 8556 11 : : : 1662 8556 12 total total JJ 1662 8556 13 value value NN 1662 8556 14 : : : 1662 8556 15 $ $ $ 1662 8556 16 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 8556 17 billion billion CD 1662 8556 18 to to IN 1662 8556 19 states state NNS 1662 8556 20 outside outside IN 1662 8556 21 the the DT 1662 8556 22 FSU FSU NNP 1662 8556 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8556 24 1996 1996 CD 1662 8556 25 est est NNP 1662 8556 26 . . . 1662 8556 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8557 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8557 2 : : : 1662 8557 3 natural natural JJ 1662 8557 4 gas gas NN 1662 8557 5 , , , 1662 8557 6 cotton cotton NN 1662 8557 7 , , , 1662 8557 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8557 9 products product NNS 1662 8557 10 , , , 1662 8557 11 electricity electricity NN 1662 8557 12 , , , 1662 8557 13 textiles textile NNS 1662 8557 14 , , , 1662 8557 15 carpets carpet VBZ 1662 8557 16 partners partner NNS 1662 8557 17 : : : 1662 8557 18 FSU FSU NNP 1662 8557 19 , , , 1662 8557 20 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 8557 21 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8557 22 , , , 1662 8557 23 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 8557 24 , , , 1662 8557 25 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 8557 26 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 8557 27 : : : 1662 8557 28 total total JJ 1662 8557 29 value value NN 1662 8557 30 : : : 1662 8557 31 $ $ $ 1662 8557 32 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 8557 33 billion billion CD 1662 8557 34 from from IN 1662 8557 35 states state NNS 1662 8557 36 outside outside IN 1662 8557 37 the the DT 1662 8557 38 FSU FSU NNP 1662 8557 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8557 40 1996 1996 CD 1662 8557 41 est est NNP 1662 8557 42 . . . 1662 8557 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8558 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8558 2 : : : 1662 8558 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 8558 4 and and CC 1662 8558 5 parts part NNS 1662 8558 6 , , , 1662 8558 7 grain grain NN 1662 8558 8 and and CC 1662 8558 9 food food NN 1662 8558 10 , , , 1662 8558 11 plastics plastic NNS 1662 8558 12 and and CC 1662 8558 13 rubber rubber NN 1662 8558 14 , , , 1662 8558 15 consumer consumer NN 1662 8558 16 durables durable NNS 1662 8558 17 , , , 1662 8558 18 textiles textile VBZ 1662 8558 19 partners partner NNS 1662 8558 20 : : : 1662 8558 21 FSU FSU NNP 1662 8558 22 , , , 1662 8558 23 Germany Germany NNP 1662 8558 24 , , , 1662 8558 25 Poland Poland NNP 1662 8558 26 , , , 1662 8558 27 Czech Czech NNP 1662 8558 28 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8558 29 , , , 1662 8558 30 Turkey Turkey NNP 1662 8558 31 Debt Debt NNP 1662 8558 32 - - HYPH 1662 8558 33 external external JJ 1662 8558 34 : : : 1662 8558 35 $ $ $ 1662 8558 36 400 400 CD 1662 8558 37 million million CD 1662 8558 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8558 39 of of IN 1662 8558 40 which which WDT 1662 8558 41 $ $ $ 1662 8558 42 275 275 CD 1662 8558 43 million million CD 1662 8558 44 to to IN 1662 8558 45 Russia Russia 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8559 108 microwave microwave NN 1662 8559 109 radio radio NN 1662 8559 110 relay relay NN 1662 8559 111 to to IN 1662 8559 112 other other JJ 1662 8559 113 CIS CIS NNP 1662 8559 114 republics republic NNS 1662 8559 115 and and CC 1662 8559 116 to to IN 1662 8559 117 other other JJ 1662 8559 118 countries country NNS 1662 8559 119 by by IN 1662 8559 120 leased lease VBN 1662 8559 121 connections connection NNS 1662 8559 122 to to IN 1662 8559 123 the the DT 1662 8559 124 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 8559 125 international international JJ 1662 8559 126 gateway gateway NN 1662 8559 127 switch switch NN 1662 8559 128 ; ; : 1662 8559 129 a a DT 1662 8559 130 new new JJ 1662 8559 131 telephone telephone NN 1662 8559 132 link link NN 1662 8559 133 from from IN 1662 8559 134 Ashgabat Ashgabat NNP 1662 8559 135 to to IN 1662 8559 136 Iran Iran NNP 1662 8559 137 has have VBZ 1662 8559 138 been be VBN 1662 8559 139 established establish VBN 1662 8559 140 ; ; : 1662 8559 141 a a DT 1662 8559 142 new 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Highways highway NNS 1662 8560 2 : : : 1662 8560 3 total total NN 1662 8560 4 : : : 1662 8560 5 23,000 23,000 CD 1662 8560 6 km km NN 1662 8560 7 paved pave VBN 1662 8560 8 : : : 1662 8560 9 18,300 18,300 CD 1662 8560 10 km km NN 1662 8560 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8560 12 note note VB 1662 8560 13 - - : 1662 8560 14 these these DT 1662 8560 15 roads road NNS 1662 8560 16 are be VBP 1662 8560 17 said say VBN 1662 8560 18 to to TO 1662 8560 19 be be VB 1662 8560 20 hard hard RB 1662 8560 21 - - HYPH 1662 8560 22 surfaced surfaced JJ 1662 8560 23 , , , 1662 8560 24 meaning mean VBG 1662 8560 25 that that IN 1662 8560 26 some some DT 1662 8560 27 are be VBP 1662 8560 28 paved pave VBN 1662 8560 29 and and CC 1662 8560 30 some some DT 1662 8560 31 are be VBP 1662 8560 32 all all DT 1662 8560 33 - - HYPH 1662 8560 34 weather weather NN 1662 8560 35 gravel gravel NN 1662 8560 36 surfaced surface VBD 1662 8560 37 unpaved unpaved NN 1662 8560 38 : : : 1662 8560 39 4,700 4,700 CD 1662 8560 40 km km NNS 1662 8560 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8560 42 1990 1990 CD 1662 8560 43 est est NNP 1662 8560 44 . . . 1662 8560 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8561 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 8561 2 : : : 1662 8561 3 the the DT 1662 8561 4 Amu Amu NNP 1662 8561 5 Darya Darya NNP 1662 8561 6 is be VBZ 1662 8561 7 an an DT 1662 8561 8 important important JJ 1662 8561 9 inland inland JJ 1662 8561 10 waterway waterway NN 1662 8561 11 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 8561 12 : : : 1662 8561 13 crude crude JJ 1662 8561 14 oil oil NN 1662 8561 15 250 250 CD 1662 8561 16 km km NNS 1662 8561 17 ; ; : 1662 8561 18 natural natural JJ 1662 8561 19 gas gas NN 1662 8561 20 4,400 4,400 CD 1662 8561 21 km km NN 1662 8561 22 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 8561 23 and and CC 1662 8561 24 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8561 25 : : : 1662 8561 26 Turkmenbashi Turkmenbashi NNP 1662 8561 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8561 28 formerly formerly RB 1662 8561 29 Krasnowodsk Krasnowodsk NNP 1662 8561 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8561 31 Merchant merchant NN 1662 8561 32 marine marine NN 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TO 1662 8563 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8563 13 m m NN 1662 8563 14 : : : 1662 8563 15 13 13 CD 1662 8563 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8563 17 to to TO 1662 8563 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8563 19 m m NN 1662 8563 20 : : : 1662 8563 21 8 8 CD 1662 8563 22 914 914 CD 1662 8563 23 to to TO 1662 8563 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8563 25 m m NN 1662 8563 26 : : : 1662 8563 27 1 1 CD 1662 8563 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8563 29 1994 1994 CD 1662 8563 30 est est NNP 1662 8563 31 . . . 1662 8563 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8564 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8564 2 - - , 1662 8564 3 with with IN 1662 8564 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8564 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8564 6 : : : 1662 8564 7 total total NN 1662 8564 8 : : : 1662 8564 9 42 42 CD 1662 8564 10 914 914 CD 1662 8564 11 to to TO 1662 8564 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8564 13 m m NN 1662 8564 14 : : : 1662 8564 15 7 7 CD 1662 8564 16 under under IN 1662 8564 17 914 914 CD 1662 8564 18 m m NN 1662 8564 19 : : : 1662 8564 20 35 35 CD 1662 8564 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8564 22 1994 1994 CD 1662 8564 23 est est NNP 1662 8564 24 . . . 1662 8564 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8565 1 Military military JJ 1662 8565 2 Military military JJ 1662 8565 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8565 4 : : : 1662 8565 5 Army Army NNP 1662 8565 6 , , , 1662 8565 7 Air Air NNP 1662 8565 8 and and CC 1662 8565 9 Air Air NNP 1662 8565 10 Defense Defense NNP 1662 8565 11 , , , 1662 8565 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8565 13 Security Security NNP 1662 8565 14 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 8565 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8565 16 internal internal JJ 1662 8565 17 and and CC 1662 8565 18 border border NN 1662 8565 19 troops troop NNS 1662 8565 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8565 21 , , , 1662 8565 22 National National NNP 1662 8565 23 Guard Guard NNP 1662 8565 24 Military Military NNP 1662 8565 25 manpower manpower NN 1662 8565 26 - - HYPH 1662 8565 27 military military NN 1662 8565 28 age age NN 1662 8565 29 : : : 1662 8565 30 18 18 CD 1662 8565 31 years year NNS 1662 8565 32 of of IN 1662 8565 33 age age NN 1662 8565 34 Military military JJ 1662 8565 35 manpower manpower NN 1662 8565 36 - - HYPH 1662 8565 37 availability availability NN 1662 8565 38 : : : 1662 8565 39 males male NNS 1662 8565 40 age age NNP 1662 8565 41 15 15 CD 1662 8565 42 - - HYPH 1662 8565 43 49 49 CD 1662 8565 44 : : : 1662 8565 45 1,052,184 1,052,184 CD 1662 8565 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8565 47 1997 1997 CD 1662 8565 48 est est NNP 1662 8565 49 . . . 1662 8565 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8566 1 Military military JJ 1662 8566 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8566 3 - - HYPH 1662 8566 4 fit fit NN 1662 8566 5 for for IN 1662 8566 6 military military JJ 1662 8566 7 service service NN 1662 8566 8 : : : 1662 8566 9 males male NNS 1662 8566 10 : : : 1662 8566 11 856,380 856,380 CD 1662 8566 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8566 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8566 14 est est NNP 1662 8566 15 . . . 1662 8566 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8567 1 Military military JJ 1662 8567 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8567 3 - - HYPH 1662 8567 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 8567 5 military military JJ 1662 8567 6 age age NN 1662 8567 7 annually annually RB 1662 8567 8 : : : 1662 8567 9 males male NNS 1662 8567 10 : : : 1662 8567 11 42,948 42,948 CD 1662 8567 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8567 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8567 14 est est NNP 1662 8567 15 . . . 1662 8567 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8568 1 Military military JJ 1662 8568 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8568 3 - - HYPH 1662 8568 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8568 5 figure figure NN 1662 8568 6 : : : 1662 8568 7 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 8568 8 billion billion CD 1662 8568 9 manats manat NNS 1662 8568 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8568 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 8568 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8568 13 ; ; : 1662 8568 14 note note NN 1662 8568 15 - - HYPH 1662 8568 16 conversion conversion NN 1662 8568 17 of of IN 1662 8568 18 defense defense NN 1662 8568 19 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8568 20 into into IN 1662 8568 21 US US NNP 1662 8568 22 dollars dollar NNS 1662 8568 23 using use VBG 1662 8568 24 the the DT 1662 8568 25 current current JJ 1662 8568 26 exchange exchange NN 1662 8568 27 rate rate NN 1662 8568 28 could could MD 1662 8568 29 produce produce VB 1662 8568 30 misleading misleading JJ 1662 8568 31 results result NNS 1662 8568 32 Military military JJ 1662 8568 33 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8568 34 - - : 1662 8568 35 percent percent NN 1662 8568 36 of of IN 1662 8568 37 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8568 38 : : : 1662 8568 39 3 3 CD 1662 8568 40 % % NN 1662 8568 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8568 42 1995 1995 CD 1662 8568 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8568 44 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8568 45 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8568 46 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 8568 47 - - : 1662 8568 48 international international JJ 1662 8568 49 : : : 1662 8568 50 Caspian Caspian NNP 1662 8568 51 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8568 52 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8568 53 are be VBP 1662 8568 54 not not RB 1662 8568 55 yet yet RB 1662 8568 56 determined determine VBN 1662 8568 57 among among IN 1662 8568 58 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 8568 59 , , , 1662 8568 60 Iran Iran NNP 1662 8568 61 , , , 1662 8568 62 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 8568 63 , , , 1662 8568 64 Russia Russia NNP 1662 8568 65 , , , 1662 8568 66 and and CC 1662 8568 67 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 1662 8568 68 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 8568 69 drugs drug VBZ 1662 8568 70 : : : 1662 8568 71 limited limit VBN 1662 8568 72 illicit illicit JJ 1662 8568 73 cultivator cultivator NN 1662 8568 74 of of IN 1662 8568 75 opium opium NN 1662 8568 76 poppy poppy NNP 1662 8568 77 , , , 1662 8568 78 mostly mostly RB 1662 8568 79 for for IN 1662 8568 80 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8568 81 consumption consumption NN 1662 8568 82 ; ; , 1662 8568 83 limited limited JJ 1662 8568 84 government government NN 1662 8568 85 eradication eradication NN 1662 8568 86 program program NN 1662 8568 87 ; ; : 1662 8568 88 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 8568 89 used use VBN 1662 8568 90 as as IN 1662 8568 91 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 8568 92 point point NN 1662 8568 93 for for IN 1662 8568 94 illicit illicit JJ 1662 8568 95 drugs drug NNS 1662 8568 96 from from IN 1662 8568 97 Southwest 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_ NNP 1662 8568 137 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 138 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 139 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 140 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 141 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 142 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 143 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 144 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 145 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 146 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 147 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 148 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 149 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 150 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 151 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 152 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 153 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 154 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 155 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 156 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 157 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 158 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 159 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 160 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 161 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 162 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 163 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 164 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 165 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 166 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 167 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 168 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 169 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 170 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 171 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 172 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 173 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 174 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 175 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 176 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 177 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 178 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 179 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 180 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 181 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 182 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 183 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 184 _ _ NNP 1662 8568 185 TURKS TURKS NNP 1662 8568 186 AND and CC 1662 8568 187 CAICOS CAICOS NNP 1662 8568 188 ISLANDS island NNS 1662 8568 189 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8568 190 dependent dependent JJ 1662 8568 191 territory territory NN 1662 8568 192 of of IN 1662 8568 193 the the DT 1662 8568 194 UK UK NNP 1662 8568 195 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8568 196 @Turks @Turks NFP 1662 8568 197 and and CC 1662 8568 198 Caicos Caicos NNP 1662 8568 199 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 8568 200 : : : 1662 8568 201 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8568 202 Location Location NNP 1662 8568 203 : : : 1662 8568 204 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 8568 205 , , , 1662 8568 206 two two CD 1662 8568 207 island island NN 1662 8568 208 groups group NNS 1662 8568 209 in in IN 1662 8568 210 the the DT 1662 8568 211 North North NNP 1662 8568 212 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8568 213 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8568 214 , , , 1662 8568 215 southeast southeast NN 1662 8568 216 of of IN 1662 8568 217 The 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8568 256 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8568 257 : : : 1662 8568 258 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 8568 259 times time NNS 1662 8568 260 the the DT 1662 8568 261 size size NN 1662 8568 262 of of IN 1662 8568 263 Washington Washington NNP 1662 8568 264 , , , 1662 8568 265 DC DC NNP 1662 8568 266 Land Land NNP 1662 8568 267 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8568 268 : : : 1662 8568 269 0 0 LS 1662 8568 270 km km NN 1662 8568 271 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8568 272 : : : 1662 8568 273 389 389 CD 1662 8568 274 km km NN 1662 8568 275 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8568 276 claims claim NNS 1662 8568 277 : : : 1662 8568 278 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 8568 279 fishing fishing NN 1662 8568 280 zone zone NN 1662 8568 281 : : : 1662 8568 282 200 200 CD 1662 8568 283 nm nm CD 1662 8568 284 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8568 285 sea sea NN 1662 8568 286 : : : 1662 8568 287 12 12 CD 1662 8568 288 nm nm NNP 1662 8568 289 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8568 290 : : : 1662 8568 291 tropical tropical JJ 1662 8568 292 ; ; : 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328 : : : 1662 8568 329 Blue Blue NNP 1662 8568 330 Hills Hills NNP 1662 8568 331 49 49 CD 1662 8568 332 m m NNP 1662 8568 333 Natural natural JJ 1662 8568 334 resources resource NNS 1662 8568 335 : : : 1662 8568 336 spiny spiny NNP 1662 8568 337 lobster lobster NNP 1662 8568 338 , , , 1662 8568 339 conch conch NN 1662 8568 340 Land Land NNP 1662 8568 341 use use NN 1662 8568 342 : : : 1662 8568 343 arable arable JJ 1662 8568 344 land land NN 1662 8568 345 : : : 1662 8568 346 2 2 CD 1662 8568 347 % % NN 1662 8568 348 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8568 349 crops crop NNS 1662 8568 350 : : : 1662 8568 351 NA% na% IN 1662 8568 352 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8568 353 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8568 354 : : : 1662 8568 355 NA% NA% NNS 1662 8568 356 forests forest NNS 1662 8568 357 and and CC 1662 8568 358 woodland woodland NN 1662 8568 359 : : : 1662 8568 360 NA% NA% NNS 1662 8568 361 other other JJ 1662 8568 362 : : : 1662 8568 363 98 98 CD 1662 8568 364 % % NN 1662 8568 365 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8568 366 1993 1993 CD 1662 8568 367 est est NNP 1662 8568 368 . . . 1662 8568 369 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8569 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8569 2 land land NN 1662 8569 3 : : : 1662 8569 4 NA NA NNP 1662 8569 5 sq sq RB 1662 8569 6 km km VB 1662 8569 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 8569 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8569 9 : : : 1662 8569 10 frequent frequent JJ 1662 8569 11 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 8569 12 Environment environment NN 1662 8569 13 - - HYPH 1662 8569 14 current current JJ 1662 8569 15 issues issue NNS 1662 8569 16 : : : 1662 8569 17 limited limit VBN 1662 8569 18 natural natural JJ 1662 8569 19 fresh fresh JJ 1662 8569 20 water water NN 1662 8569 21 resources resource NNS 1662 8569 22 , , , 1662 8569 23 private private JJ 1662 8569 24 cisterns cistern NNS 1662 8569 25 collect collect VBP 1662 8569 26 rainwater rainwater NN 1662 8569 27 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8569 28 - - HYPH 1662 8569 29 international international JJ 1662 8569 30 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8569 31 : : 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NNS 1662 8588 9 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8588 10 : : : 1662 8588 11 NA NA NNP 1662 8588 12 international international JJ 1662 8588 13 : : : 1662 8588 14 2 2 CD 1662 8588 15 submarine submarine NN 1662 8588 16 cables cable NNS 1662 8588 17 ; ; : 1662 8588 18 satellite satellite NN 1662 8588 19 earth earth NN 1662 8588 20 station station NN 1662 8588 21 - - : 1662 8588 22 1 1 CD 1662 8588 23 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8588 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8588 25 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8588 26 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8588 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8588 28 Radio radio NN 1662 8588 29 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8588 30 stations station NNS 1662 8588 31 : : : 1662 8588 32 AM am VBP 1662 8588 33 3 3 CD 1662 8588 34 , , , 1662 8588 35 FM FM NNP 1662 8588 36 0 0 NFP 1662 8588 37 , , , 1662 8588 38 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 8588 39 0 0 CD 1662 8588 40 Radios radio NNS 1662 8588 41 : : : 1662 8588 42 7,000 7,000 CD 1662 8588 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8588 44 1992 1992 CD 1662 8588 45 est est NNP 1662 8588 46 . . . 1662 8588 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8589 1 Television television NN 1662 8589 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8589 3 stations station NNS 1662 8589 4 : : : 1662 8589 5 television television NN 1662 8589 6 programs program NNS 1662 8589 7 are be VBP 1662 8589 8 available available JJ 1662 8589 9 from from IN 1662 8589 10 a a DT 1662 8589 11 cable cable NN 1662 8589 12 network network NN 1662 8589 13 , , , 1662 8589 14 and and CC 1662 8589 15 broadcasts broadcast NNS 1662 8589 16 from from IN 1662 8589 17 the the DT 1662 8589 18 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 8589 19 can can MD 1662 8589 20 be be VB 1662 8589 21 received receive VBN 1662 8589 22 in in IN 1662 8589 23 the the DT 1662 8589 24 islands island NNS 1662 8589 25 Televisions television NNS 1662 8589 26 : : : 1662 8589 27 NA NA NNP 1662 8589 28 @Turks @Turks NNP 1662 8589 29 and and CC 1662 8589 30 Caicos Caicos NNP 1662 8589 31 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 8589 32 : : : 1662 8589 33 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8589 34 Railways railway NNS 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8590 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8590 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8590 6 : : : 1662 8590 7 total total NN 1662 8590 8 : : : 1662 8590 9 5 5 CD 1662 8590 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8590 11 to to TO 1662 8590 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8590 13 m m NN 1662 8590 14 : : : 1662 8590 15 3 3 CD 1662 8590 16 914 914 CD 1662 8590 17 to to TO 1662 8590 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8590 19 m m NN 1662 8590 20 : : : 1662 8590 21 1 1 CD 1662 8590 22 under under IN 1662 8590 23 914 914 CD 1662 8590 24 m m NN 1662 8590 25 : : : 1662 8590 26 1 1 CD 1662 8590 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8590 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 8590 29 est est NNP 1662 8590 30 . . . 1662 8590 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8591 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8591 2 - - , 1662 8591 3 with with IN 1662 8591 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8591 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8591 6 : : : 1662 8591 7 total total NN 1662 8591 8 : : : 1662 8591 9 2 2 CD 1662 8591 10 914 914 CD 1662 8591 11 to to TO 1662 8591 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8591 13 m m NN 1662 8591 14 : : : 1662 8591 15 2 2 CD 1662 8591 16 ( 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1662 8592 32 US US NNP 1662 8592 33 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 34 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 35 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 36 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 37 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 38 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 39 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 40 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 41 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 42 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 43 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 44 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 45 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 46 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 47 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 48 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 49 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 50 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 51 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 52 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 53 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 54 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 55 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 56 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 57 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 58 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 59 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 60 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 61 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 62 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 63 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 64 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 65 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 66 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 67 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 68 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 69 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 70 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 71 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 72 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 73 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 74 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 75 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 76 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 77 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 78 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 79 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 80 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 81 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 82 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 83 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 84 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 85 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 86 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 87 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 88 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 89 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 90 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 91 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 92 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 93 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 94 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 95 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 96 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 97 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 98 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 99 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 100 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 101 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 102 _ _ NNP 1662 8592 103 TUVALU TUVALU NNP 1662 8592 104 @Tuvalu @tuvalu NN 1662 8592 105 : : : 1662 8592 106 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8592 107 Location Location NNP 1662 8592 108 : : : 1662 8592 109 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 8592 110 , , , 1662 8592 111 island island NN 1662 8592 112 group group NN 1662 8592 113 consisting consist VBG 1662 8592 114 of of IN 1662 8592 115 nine nine CD 1662 8592 116 coral coral JJ 1662 8592 117 atolls atoll NNS 1662 8592 118 in in IN 1662 8592 119 the the DT 1662 8592 120 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26 26 CD 1662 8592 159 sq sq NN 1662 8592 160 km km NNP 1662 8592 161 water water NN 1662 8592 162 : : : 1662 8592 163 0 0 NFP 1662 8592 164 sq sq NN 1662 8592 165 km km NNP 1662 8592 166 Area area NN 1662 8592 167 - - HYPH 1662 8592 168 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8592 169 : : : 1662 8592 170 0.1 0.1 CD 1662 8592 171 times time NNS 1662 8592 172 the the DT 1662 8592 173 size size NN 1662 8592 174 of of IN 1662 8592 175 Washington Washington NNP 1662 8592 176 , , , 1662 8592 177 DC DC NNP 1662 8592 178 Land Land NNP 1662 8592 179 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8592 180 : : : 1662 8592 181 0 0 LS 1662 8592 182 km km NN 1662 8592 183 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8592 184 : : : 1662 8592 185 24 24 CD 1662 8592 186 km km NN 1662 8592 187 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8592 188 claims claim VBZ 1662 8592 189 : : : 1662 8592 190 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 8592 191 zone zone NN 1662 8592 192 : : : 1662 8592 193 24 24 CD 1662 8592 194 nm nm IN 1662 8592 195 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 8592 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% % NN 1662 8592 270 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8592 271 crops crop NNS 1662 8592 272 : : : 1662 8592 273 0 0 CD 1662 8592 274 % % NN 1662 8592 275 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8592 276 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8592 277 : : : 1662 8592 278 0 0 CD 1662 8592 279 % % NN 1662 8592 280 forests forest NNS 1662 8592 281 and and CC 1662 8592 282 woodland woodland JJ 1662 8592 283 : : : 1662 8592 284 0 0 CD 1662 8592 285 % % NN 1662 8592 286 other other JJ 1662 8592 287 : : : 1662 8592 288 100 100 CD 1662 8592 289 % % NN 1662 8592 290 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8592 291 1993 1993 CD 1662 8592 292 est est NNP 1662 8592 293 . . . 1662 8592 294 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8593 1 note note NN 1662 8593 2 : : : 1662 8593 3 Tuvalu Tuvalu NNP 1662 8593 4 's 's POS 1662 8593 5 nine nine CD 1662 8593 6 coral coral JJ 1662 8593 7 atolls atoll NNS 1662 8593 8 have have VBP 1662 8593 9 enough enough JJ 1662 8593 10 soil soil NN 1662 8593 11 to to TO 1662 8593 12 grow grow VB 1662 8593 13 coconuts coconut NNS 1662 8593 14 and and 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32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8615 33 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8615 34 - - HYPH 1662 8615 35 consumption consumption NN 1662 8615 36 per per IN 1662 8615 37 capita capita NN 1662 8615 38 : : : 1662 8615 39 NA NA NNP 1662 8615 40 kWh kwh ADD 1662 8615 41 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8615 42 - - HYPH 1662 8615 43 products product NNS 1662 8615 44 : : : 1662 8615 45 coconuts coconut NNS 1662 8615 46 ; ; : 1662 8615 47 fish fish NN 1662 8615 48 Exports export NNS 1662 8615 49 : : : 1662 8615 50 total total JJ 1662 8615 51 value value NN 1662 8615 52 : : : 1662 8615 53 $ $ $ 1662 8615 54 165,000 165,000 CD 1662 8615 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8615 56 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 8615 57 . . 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NNP 1662 8615 82 , , , 1662 8615 83 1989 1989 CD 1662 8615 84 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8615 85 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8615 86 : : : 1662 8615 87 food food NN 1662 8615 88 , , , 1662 8615 89 animals animal NNS 1662 8615 90 , , , 1662 8615 91 mineral mineral NN 1662 8615 92 fuels fuel NNS 1662 8615 93 , , , 1662 8615 94 machinery machinery NN 1662 8615 95 , , , 1662 8615 96 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 8615 97 goods good NNS 1662 8615 98 partners partner NNS 1662 8615 99 : : : 1662 8615 100 Fiji Fiji NNP 1662 8615 101 , , , 1662 8615 102 Australia Australia NNP 1662 8615 103 , , , 1662 8615 104 NZ NZ NNP 1662 8615 105 Debt Debt NNP 1662 8615 106 - - HYPH 1662 8615 107 external external JJ 1662 8615 108 : : : 1662 8615 109 $ $ $ 1662 8615 110 NA na JJ 1662 8615 111 Economic economic JJ 1662 8615 112 aid aid NN 1662 8615 113 : : : 1662 8615 114 recipient recipient NN 1662 8615 115 : : : 1662 8615 116 ODA ODA NNP 1662 8615 117 , , , 1662 8615 118 $ $ $ 1662 8615 119 1.725 1.725 CD 1662 8615 120 million million CD 1662 8615 121 from from IN 1662 8615 122 Australia Australia NNP 1662 8615 123 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8615 124 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 8615 125 est est NNP 1662 8615 126 . . . 1662 8616 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8616 2 ; ; : 1662 8616 3 $ $ $ 1662 8616 4 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 8616 5 million million CD 1662 8616 6 from from IN 1662 8616 7 NZ NZ NNP 1662 8616 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8616 9 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 8616 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8616 11 Currency currency NN 1662 8616 12 : : : 1662 8616 13 1 1 CD 1662 8616 14 Tuvaluan tuvaluan NN 1662 8616 15 dollar dollar NN 1662 8616 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8616 17 $ $ $ 1662 8616 18 T t NN 1662 8616 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8616 20 or or CC 1662 8616 21 1 1 CD 1662 8616 22 Australian australian JJ 1662 8616 23 dollar dollar NN 1662 8616 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8616 25 $ $ $ 1662 8616 26 A a NN 1662 8616 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8616 28 = = SYM 1662 8616 29 100 100 CD 1662 8616 30 cents cent NNS 1662 8616 31 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 8616 32 rates rate NNS 1662 8616 33 : : : 1662 8616 34 Tuvaluan tuvaluan JJ 1662 8616 35 dollars dollar NNS 1662 8616 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8616 37 $ $ $ 1662 8616 38 T t NN 1662 8616 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8616 40 or or CC 1662 8616 41 Australian australian JJ 1662 8616 42 dollars dollar NNS 1662 8616 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8616 44 $ $ $ 1662 8616 45 A a NN 1662 8616 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8616 47 per per IN 1662 8616 48 US$ us$ $ 1662 8616 49 1 1 CD 1662 8616 50 - - SYM 1662 8616 51 1.2835 1.2835 CD 1662 8616 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8616 53 January January NNP 1662 8616 54 1997 1997 CD 1662 8616 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8616 56 , , , 1662 8616 57 1.2773 1.2773 CD 1662 8616 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8616 59 1996 1996 CD 1662 8616 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8616 61 , , , 1662 8616 62 1.3486 1.3486 CD 1662 8616 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8616 64 1995 1995 CD 1662 8616 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8616 66 , , , 1662 8616 67 1.3667 1.3667 CD 1662 8616 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8616 69 1994 1994 CD 1662 8616 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8616 71 , , , 1662 8616 72 1.4704 1.4704 CD 1662 8616 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8616 74 1993 1993 CD 1662 8616 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8616 76 , , , 1662 8616 77 1.3600 1.3600 CD 1662 8616 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8616 79 1992 1992 CD 1662 8616 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8616 81 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8616 82 year year NN 1662 8616 83 : : : 1662 8616 84 calendar calendar NNP 1662 8616 85 year year NN 1662 8616 86 @Tuvalu @tuvalu NN 1662 8616 87 : : : 1662 8616 88 Communications Communications NNP 1662 8616 89 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 8616 90 : : : 1662 8616 91 130 130 CD 1662 8616 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8616 93 1983 1983 CD 1662 8616 94 est est NNP 1662 8616 95 . . . 1662 8616 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8617 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8617 2 system system NN 1662 8617 3 : : : 1662 8617 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8617 5 : : : 1662 8617 6 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 8617 7 communications communication NNS 1662 8617 8 between between IN 1662 8617 9 islands island NNS 1662 8617 10 international international JJ 1662 8617 11 : : : 1662 8617 12 NA NA NNP 1662 8617 13 Radio Radio NNP 1662 8617 14 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8617 15 stations station NNS 1662 8617 16 : : : 1662 8617 17 AM AM NNP 1662 8617 18 1 1 CD 1662 8617 19 , , , 1662 8617 20 FM FM NNP 1662 8617 21 0 0 CD 1662 8617 22 , , , 1662 8617 23 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 8617 24 0 0 CD 1662 8617 25 Radios radio NNS 1662 8617 26 : : : 1662 8617 27 4,000 4,000 CD 1662 8617 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8617 29 1993 1993 CD 1662 8617 30 est est NNP 1662 8617 31 . . . 1662 8617 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8618 1 Television television NN 1662 8618 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8618 3 stations station NNS 1662 8618 4 : : : 1662 8618 5 0 0 NFP 1662 8618 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 8618 7 : : : 1662 8618 8 NA NA NNP 1662 8618 9 @Tuvalu @tuvalu XX 1662 8618 10 : : : 1662 8618 11 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8618 12 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8618 13 : : : 1662 8618 14 0 0 LS 1662 8618 15 km km NN 1662 8618 16 Highways highway NNS 1662 8618 17 : : : 1662 8618 18 total total NN 1662 8618 19 : : : 1662 8618 20 8 8 CD 1662 8618 21 km km NN 1662 8618 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8618 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 8618 24 est est NNP 1662 8618 25 . . . 1662 8618 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8619 1 paved pave VBN 1662 8619 2 : : : 1662 8619 3 NA NA NNP 1662 8619 4 km km PRP 1662 8619 5 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8619 6 : : : 1662 8619 7 NA NA NNP 1662 8619 8 km km VB 1662 8619 9 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 8619 10 and and CC 1662 8619 11 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8619 12 : : : 1662 8619 13 Funafuti Funafuti NNP 1662 8619 14 , , , 1662 8619 15 Nukufetau Nukufetau NNP 1662 8619 16 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 8619 17 marine marine NN 1662 8619 18 : : : 1662 8619 19 total total NN 1662 8619 20 : : : 1662 8619 21 13 13 CD 1662 8619 22 ships ship NNS 1662 8619 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8619 24 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8619 25 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8619 26 or or CC 1662 8619 27 over over RB 1662 8619 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8619 29 totaling total VBG 1662 8619 30 49,488 49,488 CD 1662 8619 31 GRT/80,968 GRT/80,968 NNP 1662 8619 32 DWT DWT NNP 1662 8619 33 ships ship NNS 1662 8619 34 by by IN 1662 8619 35 type type NN 1662 8619 36 : : : 1662 8619 37 cargo cargo NN 1662 8619 38 7 7 CD 1662 8619 39 , , , 1662 8619 40 chemical chemical NN 1662 8619 41 tanker tanker NN 1662 8619 42 4 4 CD 1662 8619 43 , , , 1662 8619 44 oil oil NN 1662 8619 45 tanker tanker NN 1662 8619 46 1 1 CD 1662 8619 47 , , , 1662 8619 48 passenger passenger NN 1662 8619 49 - - HYPH 1662 8619 50 cargo cargo NN 1662 8619 51 1 1 CD 1662 8619 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8619 53 1996 1996 CD 1662 8619 54 est est NNP 1662 8619 55 . . . 1662 8619 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8620 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8620 2 : : : 1662 8620 3 1 1 CD 1662 8620 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8620 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8620 6 est est NNP 1662 8620 7 . . . 1662 8620 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8621 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8621 2 - - , 1662 8621 3 with with IN 1662 8621 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8621 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8621 6 : : : 1662 8621 7 total total NN 1662 8621 8 : : : 1662 8621 9 1 1 CD 1662 8621 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8621 11 to to TO 1662 8621 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8621 13 m m NN 1662 8621 14 : : : 1662 8621 15 1 1 CD 1662 8621 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8621 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 8621 18 est est NNP 1662 8621 19 . . . 1662 8621 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8622 1 Military military JJ 1662 8622 2 Military military JJ 1662 8622 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8622 4 : : : 1662 8622 5 no no DT 1662 8622 6 regular regular JJ 1662 8622 7 military military JJ 1662 8622 8 forces force NNS 1662 8622 9 ; ; : 1662 8622 10 Police Police NNP 1662 8622 11 Force Force NNP 1662 8622 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8622 13 consists consist VBZ 1662 8622 14 of of IN 1662 8622 15 full full JJ 1662 8622 16 - - HYPH 1662 8622 17 time time NN 1662 8622 18 personnel personnel NNS 1662 8622 19 45 45 CD 1662 8622 20 , , , 1662 8622 21 part part NN 1662 8622 22 - - HYPH 1662 8622 23 time time NN 1662 8622 24 personnel personnel NNS 1662 8622 25 16 16 CD 1662 8622 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8622 27 Military military JJ 1662 8622 28 manpower manpower NN 1662 8622 29 - - HYPH 1662 8622 30 availability availability NN 1662 8622 31 : : : 1662 8622 32 males male NNS 1662 8622 33 age age NNP 1662 8622 34 15 15 CD 1662 8622 35 - - SYM 1662 8622 36 49 49 CD 1662 8622 37 : : : 1662 8622 38 NA NA NNP 1662 8622 39 Military military JJ 1662 8622 40 manpower manpower NN 1662 8622 41 - - HYPH 1662 8622 42 fit fit NN 1662 8622 43 for for IN 1662 8622 44 military military JJ 1662 8622 45 service service NN 1662 8622 46 : : : 1662 8622 47 males male NNS 1662 8622 48 : : : 1662 8622 49 NA NA NNP 1662 8622 50 Military military JJ 1662 8622 51 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8622 52 - - HYPH 1662 8622 53 dollar dollar NN 1662 8622 54 figure figure NN 1662 8622 55 : : : 1662 8622 56 $ $ $ 1662 8622 57 NA NA NNP 1662 8622 58 Military military JJ 1662 8622 59 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8622 60 - - : 1662 8622 61 percent percent NN 1662 8622 62 of of IN 1662 8622 63 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8622 64 : : : 1662 8622 65 NA% NA% `` 1662 8622 66 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8622 67 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8622 68 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 8622 69 - - : 1662 8622 70 international international RB 1662 8622 71 : : : 1662 8622 72 none none NN 1662 8622 73 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 74 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 75 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 76 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 77 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 78 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 79 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 80 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 81 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 82 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 83 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 84 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 85 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 86 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 87 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 88 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 89 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 90 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 91 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 92 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 93 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 94 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 95 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 96 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 97 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 98 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 99 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 100 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 101 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 102 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 103 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 104 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 105 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 106 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 107 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 108 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 109 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 110 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 111 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 112 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 113 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 114 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 115 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 116 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 117 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 118 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 119 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 120 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 121 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 122 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 123 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 124 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 125 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 126 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 127 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 128 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 129 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 130 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 131 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 132 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 133 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 134 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 135 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 136 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 137 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 138 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 139 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 140 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 141 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 142 _ _ NNP 1662 8622 143 UGANDA UGANDA NNP 1662 8622 144 @Uganda @Uganda NNP 1662 8622 145 : : : 1662 8622 146 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8622 147 Location Location NNP 1662 8622 148 : : : 1662 8622 149 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 8622 150 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8622 151 , , , 1662 8622 152 west west NN 1662 8622 153 of of IN 1662 8622 154 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 8622 155 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8622 156 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8622 157 : : : 1662 8622 158 1 1 CD 1662 8622 159 00 00 CD 1662 8622 160 N n CD 1662 8622 161 , , , 1662 8622 162 32 32 CD 1662 8622 163 00 00 CD 1662 8622 164 E e NN 1662 8622 165 Map Map NNP 1662 8622 166 references reference NNS 1662 8622 167 : : : 1662 8622 168 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8622 169 Area Area NNP 1662 8622 170 : : : 1662 8622 171 total total NN 1662 8622 172 : : : 1662 8622 173 236,040 236,040 CD 1662 8622 174 sq sq VB 1662 8622 175 km km NNP 1662 8622 176 land land NN 1662 8622 177 : : : 1662 8622 178 199,710 199,710 CD 1662 8622 179 sq sq NNP 1662 8622 180 km km NNP 1662 8622 181 water water NN 1662 8622 182 : : : 1662 8622 183 36,330 36,330 CD 1662 8622 184 sq sq NN 1662 8622 185 km km NNP 1662 8622 186 Area area NN 1662 8622 187 - - HYPH 1662 8622 188 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8622 189 : : : 1662 8622 190 slightly slightly RB 1662 8622 191 smaller small JJR 1662 8622 192 than than IN 1662 8622 193 Oregon Oregon NNP 1662 8622 194 Land Land NNP 1662 8622 195 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8622 196 : : : 1662 8622 197 total total JJ 1662 8622 198 : : : 1662 8622 199 2,698 2,698 CD 1662 8622 200 km km NN 1662 8622 201 border border NN 1662 8622 202 countries country NNS 1662 8622 203 : : : 1662 8622 204 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8622 205 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8622 206 of of IN 1662 8622 207 the the DT 1662 8622 208 Congo Congo NNP 1662 8622 209 765 765 CD 1662 8622 210 km km NN 1662 8622 211 , , , 1662 8622 212 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 8622 213 933 933 CD 1662 8622 214 km km NNS 1662 8622 215 , , , 1662 8622 216 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 8622 217 169 169 CD 1662 8622 218 km km NNS 1662 8622 219 , , , 1662 8622 220 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 8622 221 435 435 CD 1662 8622 222 km km NN 1662 8622 223 , , , 1662 8622 224 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 8622 225 396 396 CD 1662 8622 226 km km NN 1662 8622 227 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8622 228 : : : 1662 8622 229 0 0 CD 1662 8622 230 km km NN 1662 8622 231 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8622 232 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 8622 233 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8622 234 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8622 235 claims claim VBZ 1662 8622 236 : : : 1662 8622 237 none none NN 1662 8622 238 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8622 239 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 8622 240 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8622 241 Climate climate NN 1662 8622 242 : : : 1662 8622 243 tropical tropical JJ 1662 8622 244 ; ; : 1662 8622 245 generally generally RB 1662 8622 246 rainy rainy JJ 1662 8622 247 with with IN 1662 8622 248 two two CD 1662 8622 249 dry dry JJ 1662 8622 250 seasons season NNS 1662 8622 251 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8622 252 December December NNP 1662 8622 253 to to IN 1662 8622 254 February February NNP 1662 8622 255 , , , 1662 8622 256 June June NNP 1662 8622 257 to to IN 1662 8622 258 August August NNP 1662 8622 259 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8622 260 ; ; : 1662 8622 261 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 8622 262 in in IN 1662 8622 263 northeast northeast NNP 1662 8622 264 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8622 265 : : : 1662 8622 266 mostly mostly RB 1662 8622 267 plateau plateau NN 1662 8622 268 with with IN 1662 8622 269 rim rim NN 1662 8622 270 of of IN 1662 8622 271 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8622 272 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8622 273 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8622 274 : : : 1662 8622 275 lowest low JJS 1662 8622 276 point point NN 1662 8622 277 : : : 1662 8622 278 Lake Lake NNP 1662 8622 279 Albert Albert NNP 1662 8622 280 621 621 CD 1662 8622 281 m m NN 1662 8622 282 highest high JJS 1662 8622 283 point point NN 1662 8622 284 : : : 1662 8622 285 Margherita Margherita NNP 1662 8622 286 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8622 287 Mount Mount NNP 1662 8622 288 Stanley Stanley NNP 1662 8622 289 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8622 290 5,110 5,110 CD 1662 8622 291 m m NNP 1662 8622 292 Natural natural JJ 1662 8622 293 resources resource NNS 1662 8622 294 : : : 1662 8622 295 copper copper NN 1662 8622 296 , , , 1662 8622 297 cobalt cobalt NN 1662 8622 298 , , , 1662 8622 299 limestone limestone NN 1662 8622 300 , , , 1662 8622 301 salt salt NN 1662 8622 302 Land Land NNP 1662 8622 303 use use NN 1662 8622 304 : : : 1662 8622 305 arable arable JJ 1662 8622 306 land land NN 1662 8622 307 : : : 1662 8622 308 25 25 CD 1662 8622 309 % % NN 1662 8622 310 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8622 311 crops crop NNS 1662 8622 312 : : : 1662 8622 313 9 9 CD 1662 8622 314 % % NN 1662 8622 315 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8622 316 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8622 317 : : : 1662 8622 318 9 9 CD 1662 8622 319 % % NN 1662 8622 320 forests forest NNS 1662 8622 321 and and CC 1662 8622 322 woodland woodland JJ 1662 8622 323 : : : 1662 8622 324 28 28 CD 1662 8622 325 % % NN 1662 8622 326 other other JJ 1662 8622 327 : : : 1662 8622 328 29 29 CD 1662 8622 329 % % NN 1662 8622 330 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8622 331 1993 1993 CD 1662 8622 332 est est NNP 1662 8622 333 . . . 1662 8622 334 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8623 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8623 2 land land NN 1662 8623 3 : : : 1662 8623 4 90 90 CD 1662 8623 5 sq sq NN 1662 8623 6 km km NNP 1662 8623 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8623 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8623 9 est est NNP 1662 8623 10 . . . 1662 8623 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8624 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8624 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8624 3 : : : 1662 8624 4 NA NA NNP 1662 8624 5 Environment environment NN 1662 8624 6 - - HYPH 1662 8624 7 current current JJ 1662 8624 8 issues issue NNS 1662 8624 9 : : : 1662 8624 10 draining drain VBG 1662 8624 11 of of IN 1662 8624 12 wetlands wetland NNS 1662 8624 13 for for IN 1662 8624 14 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8624 15 use use NN 1662 8624 16 ; ; , 1662 8624 17 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 8624 18 ; ; : 1662 8624 19 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 8624 20 ; ; : 1662 8624 21 soil soil NN 1662 8624 22 erosion erosion NN 1662 8624 23 ; ; , 1662 8624 24 poaching poaching NN 1662 8624 25 is be VBZ 1662 8624 26 widespread widespread JJ 1662 8624 27 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8624 28 - - HYPH 1662 8624 29 international international JJ 1662 8624 30 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8624 31 : : : 1662 8624 32 party party NN 1662 8624 33 to to TO 1662 8624 34 : : : 1662 8624 35 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 8624 36 , , , 1662 8624 37 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8624 38 Change Change NNP 1662 8624 39 , , , 1662 8624 40 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 8624 41 Species Species NNPS 1662 8624 42 , , , 1662 8624 43 Law Law NNP 1662 8624 44 of of IN 1662 8624 45 the the DT 1662 8624 46 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8624 47 , , , 1662 8624 48 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8624 49 Life Life NNP 1662 8624 50 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 8624 51 , , , 1662 8624 52 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8624 53 Test Test NNP 1662 8624 54 Ban Ban NNP 1662 8624 55 , , , 1662 8624 56 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8624 57 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8624 58 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8624 59 , , , 1662 8624 60 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 8624 61 signed sign VBD 1662 8624 62 , , , 1662 8624 63 but but CC 1662 8624 64 not not RB 1662 8624 65 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8624 66 : : : 1662 8624 67 Desertification desertification NN 1662 8624 68 , , , 1662 8624 69 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 8624 70 Modification Modification NNP 1662 8624 71 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8624 72 - - HYPH 1662 8624 73 note note NN 1662 8624 74 : : : 1662 8624 75 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 8624 76 @Uganda @Uganda NNP 1662 8624 77 : : : 1662 8624 78 People People NNPS 1662 8624 79 Population Population NNP 1662 8624 80 : : : 1662 8624 81 20,604,874 20,604,874 CD 1662 8624 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8624 83 July July NNP 1662 8624 84 1997 1997 CD 1662 8624 85 est est NNP 1662 8624 86 . . . 1662 8624 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8625 1 Age age NN 1662 8625 2 structure structure NN 1662 8625 3 : : : 1662 8625 4 0 0 CD 1662 8625 5 - - HYPH 1662 8625 6 14 14 CD 1662 8625 7 years year NNS 1662 8625 8 : : : 1662 8625 9 50 50 CD 1662 8625 10 % % NN 1662 8625 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8625 12 male male JJ 1662 8625 13 5,126,249 5,126,249 CD 1662 8625 14 ; ; : 1662 8625 15 female female JJ 1662 8625 16 5,092,583 5,092,583 CD 1662 8625 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8625 18 15 15 CD 1662 8625 19 - - SYM 1662 8625 20 64 64 CD 1662 8625 21 years year NNS 1662 8625 22 : : : 1662 8625 23 48 48 CD 1662 8625 24 % % NN 1662 8625 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8625 26 male male JJ 1662 8625 27 4,948,859 4,948,859 CD 1662 8625 28 ; ; : 1662 8625 29 female female JJ 1662 8625 30 4,963,718 4,963,718 CD 1662 8625 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8625 32 65 65 CD 1662 8625 33 years year NNS 1662 8625 34 and and CC 1662 8625 35 over over IN 1662 8625 36 : : : 1662 8625 37 2 2 CD 1662 8625 38 % % NN 1662 8625 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8625 40 male male JJ 1662 8625 41 234,351 234,351 CD 1662 8625 42 ; ; : 1662 8625 43 female female JJ 1662 8625 44 239,114 239,114 CD 1662 8625 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8625 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8625 47 July July NNP 1662 8625 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8625 49 est est NNP 1662 8625 50 . . . 1662 8625 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8626 1 Population population NN 1662 8626 2 growth growth NN 1662 8626 3 rate rate NN 1662 8626 4 : : : 1662 8626 5 2.14 2.14 CD 1662 8626 6 % % NN 1662 8626 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8626 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8626 9 est est NNP 1662 8626 10 . . . 1662 8626 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8627 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8627 2 rate rate NN 1662 8627 3 : : : 1662 8627 4 45.08 45.08 CD 1662 8627 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 8627 6 population population NN 1662 8627 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8627 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8627 9 est est NNP 1662 8627 10 . . . 1662 8627 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8628 1 Death death NN 1662 8628 2 rate rate NN 1662 8628 3 : : : 1662 8628 4 20.98 20.98 CD 1662 8628 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8628 6 population population NN 1662 8628 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8628 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8628 9 est est NNP 1662 8628 10 . . . 1662 8628 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8629 1 Net net JJ 1662 8629 2 migration migration NN 1662 8629 3 rate rate NN 1662 8629 4 : : : 1662 8629 5 -2.66 -2.66 NFP 1662 8629 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 FW 1662 8629 7 population population NN 1662 8629 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8629 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8629 10 est est NNP 1662 8629 11 . . . 1662 8629 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8630 1 note note NN 1662 8630 2 : : : 1662 8630 3 Uganda Uganda NNP 1662 8630 4 is be VBZ 1662 8630 5 host host NN 1662 8630 6 to to IN 1662 8630 7 refugees refugee NNS 1662 8630 8 from from IN 1662 8630 9 a a DT 1662 8630 10 number number NN 1662 8630 11 of of IN 1662 8630 12 neighboring neighboring NN 1662 8630 13 countries country NNS 1662 8630 14 , , , 1662 8630 15 including include VBG 1662 8630 16 Sudan Sudan NNP 1662 8630 17 , , , 1662 8630 18 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 8630 19 , , , 1662 8630 20 and and CC 1662 8630 21 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8630 22 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8630 23 of of IN 1662 8630 24 the the DT 1662 8630 25 Congo Congo NNP 1662 8630 26 , , , 1662 8630 27 formerly formerly RB 1662 8630 28 Zaire Zaire NNP 1662 8630 29 ; ; : 1662 8630 30 probably probably RB 1662 8630 31 in in IN 1662 8630 32 excess excess NN 1662 8630 33 of of IN 1662 8630 34 100,000 100,000 CD 1662 8630 35 southern southern JJ 1662 8630 36 Sudanese Sudanese NNP 1662 8630 37 fled flee VBD 1662 8630 38 to to IN 1662 8630 39 Uganda Uganda NNP 1662 8630 40 during during IN 1662 8630 41 the the DT 1662 8630 42 past past JJ 1662 8630 43 year year NN 1662 8630 44 ; ; : 1662 8630 45 many many JJ 1662 8630 46 of of IN 1662 8630 47 the the DT 1662 8630 48 10,000 10,000 CD 1662 8630 49 Rwandans Rwandans NNPS 1662 8630 50 who who WP 1662 8630 51 took take VBD 1662 8630 52 refuge refuge NN 1662 8630 53 in in IN 1662 8630 54 Uganda Uganda NNP 1662 8630 55 have have VBP 1662 8630 56 returned return VBN 1662 8630 57 home home RB 1662 8630 58 Sex sex NN 1662 8630 59 ratio ratio NN 1662 8630 60 : : : 1662 8630 61 at at IN 1662 8630 62 birth birth NN 1662 8630 63 : : : 1662 8630 64 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 8630 65 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8630 66 under under IN 1662 8630 67 15 15 CD 1662 8630 68 years year NNS 1662 8630 69 : : : 1662 8630 70 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 8630 71 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8630 72 15 15 CD 1662 8630 73 - - HYPH 1662 8630 74 64 64 CD 1662 8630 75 years year NNS 1662 8630 76 : : : 1662 8630 77 1 1 CD 1662 8630 78 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8630 79 65 65 CD 1662 8630 80 years year NNS 1662 8630 81 and and CC 1662 8630 82 over over IN 1662 8630 83 : : : 1662 8630 84 0.98 0.98 CD 1662 8630 85 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 8630 86 total total JJ 1662 8630 87 population population NN 1662 8630 88 : : : 1662 8630 89 1 1 CD 1662 8630 90 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8630 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8630 92 1997 1997 CD 1662 8630 93 est e JJS 1662 8630 94 . . . 1662 8630 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8631 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8631 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8631 3 rate rate NN 1662 8631 4 : : : 1662 8631 5 98.4 98.4 CD 1662 8631 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8631 7 live live JJ 1662 8631 8 births birth NNS 1662 8631 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8631 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8631 11 est est NNP 1662 8631 12 . . . 1662 8631 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8632 1 Life life NN 1662 8632 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8632 3 at at IN 1662 8632 4 birth birth NN 1662 8632 5 : : : 1662 8632 6 total total JJ 1662 8632 7 population population NN 1662 8632 8 : : : 1662 8632 9 39.69 39.69 CD 1662 8632 10 years year NNS 1662 8632 11 male male NN 1662 8632 12 : : : 1662 8632 13 39.3 39.3 CD 1662 8632 14 years year NNS 1662 8632 15 female female JJ 1662 8632 16 : : : 1662 8632 17 40.1 40.1 CD 1662 8632 18 years year NNS 1662 8632 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8632 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8632 21 est est NNP 1662 8632 22 . . . 1662 8632 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8633 1 Total total JJ 1662 8633 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8633 3 rate rate NN 1662 8633 4 : : : 1662 8633 5 6.52 6.52 CD 1662 8633 6 children child NNS 1662 8633 7 born bear VBN 1662 8633 8 / / SYM 1662 8633 9 woman woman NN 1662 8633 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8633 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8633 12 est est NNP 1662 8633 13 . . . 1662 8633 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8634 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8634 2 : : : 1662 8634 3 noun noun NNP 1662 8634 4 : : : 1662 8634 5 Ugandan(s Ugandan(s NNP 1662 8634 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8634 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 8634 8 : : : 1662 8634 9 Ugandan Ugandan NNP 1662 8634 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8634 11 groups group NNS 1662 8634 12 : : : 1662 8634 13 Baganda Baganda NNP 1662 8634 14 17 17 CD 1662 8634 15 % % NN 1662 8634 16 , , , 1662 8634 17 Karamojong Karamojong NNP 1662 8634 18 12 12 CD 1662 8634 19 % % NN 1662 8634 20 , , , 1662 8634 21 Basogo Basogo NNP 1662 8634 22 8 8 CD 1662 8634 23 % % NN 1662 8634 24 , , , 1662 8634 25 Iteso iteso NN 1662 8634 26 8 8 CD 1662 8634 27 % % NN 1662 8634 28 , , , 1662 8634 29 Langi Langi NNP 1662 8634 30 6 6 CD 1662 8634 31 % % NN 1662 8634 32 , , , 1662 8634 33 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 8634 34 6 6 CD 1662 8634 35 % % NN 1662 8634 36 , , , 1662 8634 37 Bagisu bagisu NN 1662 8634 38 5 5 CD 1662 8634 39 % % NN 1662 8634 40 , , , 1662 8634 41 Acholi Acholi NNP 1662 8634 42 4 4 CD 1662 8634 43 % % NN 1662 8634 44 , , , 1662 8634 45 Lugbara Lugbara NNP 1662 8634 46 4 4 CD 1662 8634 47 % % NN 1662 8634 48 , , , 1662 8634 49 Bunyoro Bunyoro NNP 1662 8634 50 3 3 CD 1662 8634 51 % % NN 1662 8634 52 , , , 1662 8634 53 Batobo Batobo NNP 1662 8634 54 3 3 CD 1662 8634 55 % % NN 1662 8634 56 , , , 1662 8634 57 non non JJ 1662 8634 58 - - JJ 1662 8634 59 African african JJ 1662 8634 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8634 61 European european JJ 1662 8634 62 , , , 1662 8634 63 Asian asian JJ 1662 8634 64 , , , 1662 8634 65 Arab arab JJ 1662 8634 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8634 67 1 1 CD 1662 8634 68 % % NN 1662 8634 69 , , , 1662 8634 70 other other JJ 1662 8634 71 23 23 CD 1662 8634 72 % % NN 1662 8634 73 Religions religion NNS 1662 8634 74 : : : 1662 8634 75 Roman Roman NNP 1662 8634 76 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 8634 77 33 33 CD 1662 8634 78 % % NN 1662 8634 79 , , , 1662 8634 80 Protestant protestant NN 1662 8634 81 33 33 CD 1662 8634 82 % % NN 1662 8634 83 , , , 1662 8634 84 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 8634 85 16 16 CD 1662 8634 86 % % NN 1662 8634 87 , , , 1662 8634 88 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 8634 89 beliefs belief NNS 1662 8634 90 18 18 CD 1662 8634 91 % % NN 1662 8634 92 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 8634 93 : : : 1662 8634 94 English English NNP 1662 8634 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8634 96 official official NN 1662 8634 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8634 98 , , , 1662 8634 99 Luganda Luganda NNP 1662 8634 100 , , , 1662 8634 101 Swahili Swahili NNP 1662 8634 102 , , , 1662 8634 103 Bantu Bantu NNP 1662 8634 104 languages language VBZ 1662 8634 105 , , , 1662 8634 106 Nilotic nilotic JJ 1662 8634 107 languages language NNS 1662 8634 108 Literacy literacy NN 1662 8634 109 : : : 1662 8634 110 definition definition NN 1662 8634 111 : : : 1662 8634 112 age age NN 1662 8634 113 15 15 CD 1662 8634 114 and and CC 1662 8634 115 over over RB 1662 8634 116 can can MD 1662 8634 117 read read VB 1662 8634 118 and and CC 1662 8634 119 write write VB 1662 8634 120 total total JJ 1662 8634 121 population population NN 1662 8634 122 : : : 1662 8634 123 61.8 61.8 CD 1662 8634 124 % % NN 1662 8634 125 male male NN 1662 8634 126 : : : 1662 8634 127 73.7 73.7 CD 1662 8634 128 % % NN 1662 8634 129 female female NN 1662 8634 130 : : : 1662 8634 131 50.2 50.2 CD 1662 8634 132 % % NN 1662 8634 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8634 134 1995 1995 CD 1662 8634 135 est est NNP 1662 8634 136 . . . 1662 8634 137 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8635 1 @Uganda @Uganda NNP 1662 8635 2 : : : 1662 8635 3 Government Government NNP 1662 8635 4 Country Country NNP 1662 8635 5 name name NN 1662 8635 6 : : : 1662 8635 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8635 8 long long JJ 1662 8635 9 form form NN 1662 8635 10 : : : 1662 8635 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8635 12 of of IN 1662 8635 13 Uganda Uganda NNP 1662 8635 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8635 15 short short JJ 1662 8635 16 form form NN 1662 8635 17 : : : 1662 8635 18 Uganda Uganda NNP 1662 8635 19 Data Data NNP 1662 8635 20 code code NN 1662 8635 21 : : : 1662 8635 22 UG UG NNP 1662 8635 23 Government Government NNP 1662 8635 24 type type NN 1662 8635 25 : : : 1662 8635 26 republic republic NNP 1662 8635 27 National national JJ 1662 8635 28 capital capital NN 1662 8635 29 : : : 1662 8635 30 Kampala Kampala NNP 1662 8635 31 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 8635 32 divisions division NNS 1662 8635 33 : : : 1662 8635 34 39 39 CD 1662 8635 35 districts district NNS 1662 8635 36 ; ; : 1662 8635 37 Apac Apac NNP 1662 8635 38 , , , 1662 8635 39 Arua Arua NNP 1662 8635 40 , , , 1662 8635 41 Bundibugyo Bundibugyo NNP 1662 8635 42 , , , 1662 8635 43 Bushenyi Bushenyi NNP 1662 8635 44 , , , 1662 8635 45 Gulu Gulu NNP 1662 8635 46 , , , 1662 8635 47 Hoima Hoima NNP 1662 8635 48 , , , 1662 8635 49 Iganga Iganga NNP 1662 8635 50 , , , 1662 8635 51 Jinja Jinja NNP 1662 8635 52 , , , 1662 8635 53 Kabale Kabale NNP 1662 8635 54 , , , 1662 8635 55 Kabarole Kabarole NNP 1662 8635 56 , , , 1662 8635 57 Kalangala Kalangala NNP 1662 8635 58 , , , 1662 8635 59 Kampala Kampala NNP 1662 8635 60 , , , 1662 8635 61 Kamuli Kamuli NNP 1662 8635 62 , , , 1662 8635 63 Kapchorwa Kapchorwa NNP 1662 8635 64 , , , 1662 8635 65 Kasese Kasese NNP 1662 8635 66 , , , 1662 8635 67 Kibale Kibale NNP 1662 8635 68 , , , 1662 8635 69 Kiboga Kiboga NNP 1662 8635 70 , , , 1662 8635 71 Kisoro Kisoro NNP 1662 8635 72 , , , 1662 8635 73 Kitgum Kitgum NNP 1662 8635 74 , , , 1662 8635 75 Kotido Kotido NNP 1662 8635 76 , , , 1662 8635 77 Kumi Kumi NNP 1662 8635 78 , , , 1662 8635 79 Lira Lira NNP 1662 8635 80 , , , 1662 8635 81 Luwero Luwero NNP 1662 8635 82 , , , 1662 8635 83 Masaka Masaka NNP 1662 8635 84 , , , 1662 8635 85 Masindi Masindi NNP 1662 8635 86 , , , 1662 8635 87 Mbale Mbale NNP 1662 8635 88 , , , 1662 8635 89 Mbarara Mbarara NNP 1662 8635 90 , , , 1662 8635 91 Moroto Moroto NNP 1662 8635 92 , , , 1662 8635 93 Moyo Moyo NNP 1662 8635 94 , , , 1662 8635 95 Mpigi Mpigi NNP 1662 8635 96 , , , 1662 8635 97 Mubende Mubende NNP 1662 8635 98 , , , 1662 8635 99 Mukono Mukono NNP 1662 8635 100 , , , 1662 8635 101 Nebbi Nebbi NNP 1662 8635 102 , , , 1662 8635 103 Ntungamo Ntungamo NNP 1662 8635 104 , , , 1662 8635 105 Pallisa Pallisa NNP 1662 8635 106 , , , 1662 8635 107 Rakai Rakai NNP 1662 8635 108 , , , 1662 8635 109 Rukungiri Rukungiri NNP 1662 8635 110 , , , 1662 8635 111 Soroti Soroti NNP 1662 8635 112 , , , 1662 8635 113 Tororo Tororo NNP 1662 8635 114 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8635 115 : : : 1662 8635 116 9 9 CD 1662 8635 117 October October NNP 1662 8635 118 1962 1962 CD 1662 8635 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8635 120 from from IN 1662 8635 121 UK UK NNP 1662 8635 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8635 123 National national JJ 1662 8635 124 holiday holiday NN 1662 8635 125 : : : 1662 8635 126 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8635 127 Day Day NNP 1662 8635 128 , , , 1662 8635 129 9 9 CD 1662 8635 130 October October NNP 1662 8635 131 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8635 132 1962 1962 CD 1662 8635 133 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8635 134 Constitution constitution NN 1662 8635 135 : : : 1662 8635 136 8 8 CD 1662 8635 137 October October NNP 1662 8635 138 1995 1995 CD 1662 8635 139 ; ; : 1662 8635 140 adopted adopt VBN 1662 8635 141 by by IN 1662 8635 142 the the DT 1662 8635 143 interim interim JJ 1662 8635 144 , , , 1662 8635 145 284-member 284-member CD 1662 8635 146 Constituent Constituent NNP 1662 8635 147 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8635 148 , , , 1662 8635 149 charged charge VBN 1662 8635 150 with with IN 1662 8635 151 debating debate VBG 1662 8635 152 the the DT 1662 8635 153 draft draft NN 1662 8635 154 constitution constitution NN 1662 8635 155 that that WDT 1662 8635 156 had have VBD 1662 8635 157 been be VBN 1662 8635 158 proposed propose VBN 1662 8635 159 in in IN 1662 8635 160 May May NNP 1662 8635 161 1993 1993 CD 1662 8635 162 ; ; : 1662 8635 163 the the DT 1662 8635 164 Constituent Constituent NNP 1662 8635 165 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8635 166 was be VBD 1662 8635 167 dissolved dissolve VBN 1662 8635 168 on on IN 1662 8635 169 promulgation promulgation NN 1662 8635 170 of of IN 1662 8635 171 the the DT 1662 8635 172 constitution constitution NN 1662 8635 173 in in IN 1662 8635 174 October October NNP 1662 8635 175 1995 1995 CD 1662 8635 176 Legal legal JJ 1662 8635 177 system system NN 1662 8635 178 : : : 1662 8635 179 in in IN 1662 8635 180 1995 1995 CD 1662 8635 181 , , , 1662 8635 182 the the DT 1662 8635 183 government government NN 1662 8635 184 restored restore VBD 1662 8635 185 the the DT 1662 8635 186 legal legal JJ 1662 8635 187 system system NN 1662 8635 188 to to IN 1662 8635 189 one one CD 1662 8635 190 based base VBN 1662 8635 191 on on IN 1662 8635 192 English English NNP 1662 8635 193 common common JJ 1662 8635 194 law law NN 1662 8635 195 and and CC 1662 8635 196 customary customary JJ 1662 8635 197 law law NN 1662 8635 198 and and CC 1662 8635 199 reinstituted reinstitute VBD 1662 8635 200 a a DT 1662 8635 201 normal normal JJ 1662 8635 202 judicial judicial JJ 1662 8635 203 system system NN 1662 8635 204 ; ; : 1662 8635 205 accepts accept VBZ 1662 8635 206 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 8635 207 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 8635 208 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 8635 209 , , , 1662 8635 210 with with IN 1662 8635 211 reservations reservation NNS 1662 8635 212 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 8635 213 : : : 1662 8635 214 18 18 CD 1662 8635 215 years year NNS 1662 8635 216 of of IN 1662 8635 217 age age NN 1662 8635 218 ; ; : 1662 8635 219 universal universal JJ 1662 8635 220 Executive Executive NNP 1662 8635 221 branch branch NN 1662 8635 222 : : : 1662 8635 223 chief chief NN 1662 8635 224 of of IN 1662 8635 225 state state NN 1662 8635 226 : : : 1662 8635 227 President President NNP 1662 8635 228 Lt Lt NNP 1662 8635 229 . . NNP 1662 8635 230 Gen. Gen. NNP 1662 8635 231 Yoweri Yoweri NNP 1662 8635 232 Kaguta Kaguta NNP 1662 8635 233 MUSEVENI MUSEVENI NNP 1662 8635 234 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8635 235 since since IN 1662 8635 236 seizing seize VBG 1662 8635 237 power power NN 1662 8635 238 29 29 CD 1662 8635 239 January January NNP 1662 8635 240 1986 1986 CD 1662 8635 241 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8635 242 ; ; : 1662 8635 243 note note VB 1662 8635 244 - - : 1662 8635 245 the the DT 1662 8635 246 president president NN 1662 8635 247 is be VBZ 1662 8635 248 both both CC 1662 8635 249 chief chief NN 1662 8635 250 of of IN 1662 8635 251 state state NN 1662 8635 252 and and CC 1662 8635 253 head head NN 1662 8635 254 of of IN 1662 8635 255 government government NN 1662 8635 256 head head NN 1662 8635 257 of of IN 1662 8635 258 government government NN 1662 8635 259 : : : 1662 8635 260 President President NNP 1662 8635 261 Lt Lt NNP 1662 8635 262 . . NNP 1662 8635 263 Gen. Gen. 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- HYPH 1662 8650 25 capacity capacity NN 1662 8650 26 : : : 1662 8650 27 155,000 155,000 CD 1662 8650 28 kW kw NN 1662 8650 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8650 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 8650 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8650 32 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8650 33 - - HYPH 1662 8650 34 production production NN 1662 8650 35 : : : 1662 8650 36 611 611 CD 1662 8650 37 million million CD 1662 8650 38 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8650 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8650 40 1995 1995 CD 1662 8650 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8650 42 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8650 43 - - HYPH 1662 8650 44 consumption consumption NN 1662 8650 45 per per IN 1662 8650 46 capita capita NN 1662 8650 47 : : : 1662 8650 48 31 31 CD 1662 8650 49 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8650 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8650 51 1995 1995 CD 1662 8650 52 est est NNP 1662 8650 53 . . . 1662 8650 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8651 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8651 2 - - HYPH 1662 8651 3 products product NNS 1662 8651 4 : : : 1662 8651 5 coffee coffee NN 1662 8651 6 , , , 1662 8651 7 tea tea NN 1662 8651 8 , , , 1662 8651 9 cotton cotton NN 1662 8651 10 , , , 1662 8651 11 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 8651 12 , , , 1662 8651 13 cassava cassava NNP 1662 8651 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8651 15 tapioca tapioca NN 1662 8651 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8651 17 , , , 1662 8651 18 potatoes potato NNS 1662 8651 19 , , , 1662 8651 20 corn corn NN 1662 8651 21 , , , 1662 8651 22 millet millet NN 1662 8651 23 , , , 1662 8651 24 pulses pulse VBZ 1662 8651 25 ; ; : 1662 8651 26 beef beef NN 1662 8651 27 , , , 1662 8651 28 goat goat NNP 1662 8651 29 meat meat NN 1662 8651 30 , , , 1662 8651 31 milk milk NN 1662 8651 32 , , , 1662 8651 33 poultry poultry NN 1662 8651 34 Exports export NNS 1662 8651 35 : : : 1662 8651 36 total total JJ 1662 8651 37 value value NN 1662 8651 38 : : : 1662 8651 39 $ $ $ 1662 8651 40 555 555 CD 1662 8651 41 million million CD 1662 8651 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8651 43 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 8651 44 . . NNP 1662 8651 45 , , , 1662 8651 46 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 8651 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8651 48 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8651 49 : : : 1662 8651 50 gold gold NN 1662 8651 51 , , , 1662 8651 52 cotton cotton NN 1662 8651 53 , , , 1662 8651 54 coffee coffee NN 1662 8651 55 , , , 1662 8651 56 tea tea NN 1662 8651 57 , , , 1662 8651 58 corn corn NN 1662 8651 59 , , , 1662 8651 60 fish fish NN 1662 8651 61 partners partner NNS 1662 8651 62 : : : 1662 8651 63 Spain Spain NNP 1662 8651 64 23 23 CD 1662 8651 65 % % NN 1662 8651 66 , , , 1662 8651 67 France France NNP 1662 8651 68 14 14 CD 1662 8651 69 % % NN 1662 8651 70 , , , 1662 8651 71 Germany Germany NNP 1662 8651 72 14 14 CD 1662 8651 73 % % NN 1662 8651 74 , , , 1662 8651 75 Italy Italy NNP 1662 8651 76 10 10 CD 1662 8651 77 % % NN 1662 8651 78 , , , 1662 8651 79 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 8651 80 8 8 CD 1662 8651 81 % % NN 1662 8651 82 Imports import NNS 1662 8651 83 : : : 1662 8651 84 total total JJ 1662 8651 85 value value NN 1662 8651 86 : : : 1662 8651 87 $ $ $ 1662 8651 88 1.18 1.18 CD 1662 8651 89 billion billion CD 1662 8651 90 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8651 91 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 8651 92 . . NNP 1662 8651 93 , , , 1662 8651 94 FY94/95 fy94/95 CD 1662 8651 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8651 96 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8651 97 : : : 1662 8651 98 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8651 99 products product NNS 1662 8651 100 , , , 1662 8651 101 machinery machinery NN 1662 8651 102 , , , 1662 8651 103 metals metal NNS 1662 8651 104 , , , 1662 8651 105 transportation transportation NN 1662 8651 106 equipment equipment NN 1662 8651 107 , , , 1662 8651 108 cotton cotton NN 1662 8651 109 piece piece NN 1662 8651 110 goods good NNS 1662 8651 111 , , , 1662 8651 112 food food NN 1662 8651 113 partners partner NNS 1662 8651 114 : : : 1662 8651 115 Kenya Kenya NNP 1662 8651 116 26 26 CD 1662 8651 117 % % NN 1662 8651 118 , , , 1662 8651 119 UK UK NNP 1662 8651 120 12 12 CD 1662 8651 121 % % NN 1662 8651 122 , , , 1662 8651 123 Japan Japan NNP 1662 8651 124 8 8 CD 1662 8651 125 % % NN 1662 8651 126 , , , 1662 8651 127 Germany Germany NNP 1662 8651 128 8 8 CD 1662 8651 129 % % NN 1662 8651 130 , , , 1662 8651 131 India India NNP 1662 8651 132 5.5 5.5 CD 1662 8651 133 % % NN 1662 8651 134 Debt debt NN 1662 8651 135 - - HYPH 1662 8651 136 external external JJ 1662 8651 137 : : : 1662 8651 138 $ $ $ 1662 8651 139 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 8651 140 billion billion CD 1662 8651 141 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8651 142 1995 1995 CD 1662 8651 143 est est NNP 1662 8651 144 . . . 1662 8651 145 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8652 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 8652 2 aid aid NN 1662 8652 3 : : : 1662 8652 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 8652 5 : : : 1662 8652 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 8652 7 , , , 1662 8652 8 $ $ $ 1662 8652 9 NA NA NNP 1662 8652 10 Currency currency NN 1662 8652 11 : : : 1662 8652 12 1 1 CD 1662 8652 13 Ugandan Ugandan NNP 1662 8652 14 shilling shilling NN 1662 8652 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8652 16 USh USh NNP 1662 8652 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8652 18 = = NFP 1662 8652 19 100 100 CD 1662 8652 20 cents cent NNS 1662 8652 21 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 8652 22 rates rate NNS 1662 8652 23 : : : 1662 8652 24 Ugandan Ugandan NNP 1662 8652 25 shillings shilling NNS 1662 8652 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8652 27 USh USh NNP 1662 8652 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8652 29 per per IN 1662 8652 30 US$ us$ $ 1662 8652 31 1 1 CD 1662 8652 32 - - SYM 1662 8652 33 1,030.3 1,030.3 CD 1662 8652 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8652 35 December December NNP 1662 8652 36 1996 1996 CD 1662 8652 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8652 38 , , , 1662 8652 39 1,046.1 1,046.1 CD 1662 8652 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8652 41 1996 1996 CD 1662 8652 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8652 43 , , , 1662 8652 44 968.9 968.9 CD 1662 8652 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8652 46 1995 1995 CD 1662 8652 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8652 48 , , , 1662 8652 49 979.4 979.4 CD 1662 8652 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8652 51 1994 1994 CD 1662 8652 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8652 53 , , , 1662 8652 54 1,195.0 1,195.0 CD 1662 8652 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8652 56 1993 1993 CD 1662 8652 57 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8652 58 , , , 1662 8652 59 1,133.8 1,133.8 CD 1662 8652 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8652 61 1992 1992 CD 1662 8652 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8652 63 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8652 64 year year NN 1662 8652 65 : : : 1662 8652 66 1 1 CD 1662 8652 67 July July NNP 1662 8652 68 - - HYPH 1662 8652 69 30 30 CD 1662 8652 70 June June NNP 1662 8652 71 @Uganda @uganda NN 1662 8652 72 : : : 1662 8652 73 Communications communication NNS 1662 8652 74 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 8652 75 : : : 1662 8652 76 54,900 54,900 CD 1662 8652 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8652 78 1989 1989 CD 1662 8652 79 est est NNP 1662 8652 80 . . . 1662 8652 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8653 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8653 2 system system NN 1662 8653 3 : : : 1662 8653 4 fair fair JJ 1662 8653 5 system system NN 1662 8653 6 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8653 7 : : : 1662 8653 8 microwave microwave NN 1662 8653 9 radio radio NN 1662 8653 10 relay relay NN 1662 8653 11 and and CC 1662 8653 12 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 8653 13 communications communication NNS 1662 8653 14 stations station NNS 1662 8653 15 international international JJ 1662 8653 16 : : : 1662 8653 17 satellite satellite NN 1662 8653 18 earth earth NNP 1662 8653 19 station station NNP 1662 8653 20 - - : 1662 8653 21 1 1 CD 1662 8653 22 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8653 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8653 24 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8653 25 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8653 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8653 27 Radio radio NN 1662 8653 28 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8653 29 stations station NNS 1662 8653 30 : : : 1662 8653 31 AM AM NNP 1662 8653 32 10 10 CD 1662 8653 33 , , , 1662 8653 34 FM FM NNP 1662 8653 35 0 0 CD 1662 8653 36 , , , 1662 8653 37 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 8653 38 0 0 CD 1662 8653 39 Radios radio NNS 1662 8653 40 : : : 1662 8653 41 2.04 2.04 CD 1662 8653 42 million million CD 1662 8653 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8653 44 1992 1992 CD 1662 8653 45 est est NNP 1662 8653 46 . . . 1662 8653 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8654 1 Television television NN 1662 8654 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8654 3 stations station NNS 1662 8654 4 : : : 1662 8654 5 9 9 CD 1662 8654 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8654 7 1987 1987 CD 1662 8654 8 est est NNP 1662 8654 9 . . . 1662 8654 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8655 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 8655 2 : : : 1662 8655 3 193,000 193,000 CD 1662 8655 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8655 5 1992 1992 CD 1662 8655 6 est est NNP 1662 8655 7 . . . 1662 8655 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8656 1 @Uganda @Uganda NNP 1662 8656 2 : : : 1662 8656 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8656 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8656 5 : : : 1662 8656 6 total total NN 1662 8656 7 : : : 1662 8656 8 1,241 1,241 CD 1662 8656 9 km km NN 1662 8656 10 narrow narrow JJ 1662 8656 11 gauge gauge NN 1662 8656 12 : : : 1662 8656 13 1,241 1,241 CD 1662 8656 14 km km NN 1662 8656 15 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 8656 16 gauge gauge NN 1662 8656 17 note note NN 1662 8656 18 : : : 1662 8656 19 a a DT 1662 8656 20 program program NN 1662 8656 21 to to TO 1662 8656 22 rehabilitate rehabilitate VB 1662 8656 23 the the DT 1662 8656 24 railroad railroad NN 1662 8656 25 is be VBZ 1662 8656 26 underway underway JJ 1662 8656 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8656 28 1995 1995 CD 1662 8656 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8656 30 Highways highway NNS 1662 8656 31 : : : 1662 8656 32 total total NN 1662 8656 33 : : : 1662 8656 34 27,000 27,000 CD 1662 8656 35 km km NN 1662 8656 36 paved pave VBN 1662 8656 37 : : : 1662 8656 38 1,800 1,800 CD 1662 8656 39 km km NN 1662 8656 40 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8656 41 : : : 1662 8656 42 25,200 25,200 CD 1662 8656 43 km km NN 1662 8656 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8656 45 of of IN 1662 8656 46 which which WDT 1662 8656 47 about about RB 1662 8656 48 4,800 4,800 CD 1662 8656 49 km km NNS 1662 8656 50 are be VBP 1662 8656 51 all all RB 1662 8656 52 - - HYPH 1662 8656 53 weather weather NN 1662 8656 54 roads road NNS 1662 8656 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8656 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8656 57 1990 1990 CD 1662 8656 58 est est NNP 1662 8656 59 . . . 1662 8656 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8657 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 8657 2 : : : 1662 8657 3 Lake Lake NNP 1662 8657 4 Victoria Victoria NNP 1662 8657 5 , , , 1662 8657 6 Lake Lake NNP 1662 8657 7 Albert Albert NNP 1662 8657 8 , , , 1662 8657 9 Lake Lake NNP 1662 8657 10 Kyoga Kyoga NNP 1662 8657 11 , , , 1662 8657 12 Lake Lake NNP 1662 8657 13 George George NNP 1662 8657 14 , , , 1662 8657 15 Lake Lake NNP 1662 8657 16 Edward Edward NNP 1662 8657 17 ; ; : 1662 8657 18 Victoria Victoria NNP 1662 8657 19 Nile Nile NNP 1662 8657 20 , , , 1662 8657 21 Albert Albert NNP 1662 8657 22 Nile Nile NNP 1662 8657 23 Ports Ports NNP 1662 8657 24 and and CC 1662 8657 25 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8657 26 : : : 1662 8657 27 Entebbe Entebbe NNP 1662 8657 28 , , , 1662 8657 29 Jinja Jinja NNP 1662 8657 30 , , , 1662 8657 31 Port Port NNP 1662 8657 32 Bell Bell NNP 1662 8657 33 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 8657 34 marine marine RB 1662 8657 35 : : : 1662 8657 36 total total NN 1662 8657 37 : : : 1662 8657 38 3 3 CD 1662 8657 39 roll roll NN 1662 8657 40 - - HYPH 1662 8657 41 on on IN 1662 8657 42 / / SYM 1662 8657 43 roll roll NN 1662 8657 44 - - HYPH 1662 8657 45 off off RP 1662 8657 46 cargo cargo NN 1662 8657 47 ships ship NNS 1662 8657 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8657 49 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8657 50 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8657 51 or or CC 1662 8657 52 over over RB 1662 8657 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8657 54 totaling total VBG 1662 8657 55 5,091 5,091 CD 1662 8657 56 GRT/5,943 GRT/5,943 NNP 1662 8657 57 DWT dwt NN 1662 8657 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8657 59 1996 1996 CD 1662 8657 60 est est NNP 1662 8657 61 . . . 1662 8657 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8658 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8658 2 : : : 1662 8658 3 21 21 CD 1662 8658 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8658 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8658 6 est est NNP 1662 8658 7 . . . 1662 8658 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8659 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8659 2 - - , 1662 8659 3 with with IN 1662 8659 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8659 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8659 6 : : : 1662 8659 7 total total NN 1662 8659 8 : : : 1662 8659 9 10 10 CD 1662 8659 10 over over IN 1662 8659 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8659 12 m m NN 1662 8659 13 : : : 1662 8659 14 2 2 CD 1662 8659 15 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8659 16 to to TO 1662 8659 17 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8659 18 m m NN 1662 8659 19 : : : 1662 8659 20 1 1 CD 1662 8659 21 under under IN 1662 8659 22 914 914 CD 1662 8659 23 m m NN 1662 8659 24 : : : 1662 8659 25 7 7 CD 1662 8659 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8659 27 1996 1996 CD 1662 8659 28 est est NNP 1662 8659 29 . . . 1662 8659 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8660 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8660 2 - - , 1662 8660 3 with with IN 1662 8660 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8660 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8660 6 : : : 1662 8660 7 total total NN 1662 8660 8 : : : 1662 8660 9 11 11 CD 1662 8660 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8660 11 to to IN 1662 8660 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8660 13 m m NN 1662 8660 14 : : : 1662 8660 15 1 1 CD 1662 8660 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8660 17 to to TO 1662 8660 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8660 19 m m NN 1662 8660 20 : : : 1662 8660 21 5 5 CD 1662 8660 22 914 914 CD 1662 8660 23 to to TO 1662 8660 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8660 25 m m NN 1662 8660 26 : : : 1662 8660 27 5 5 CD 1662 8660 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8660 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 8660 30 est est NNP 1662 8660 31 . . . 1662 8660 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8661 1 Military military JJ 1662 8661 2 Military military JJ 1662 8661 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8661 4 : : : 1662 8661 5 Army Army NNP 1662 8661 6 , , , 1662 8661 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 8661 8 , , , 1662 8661 9 Air Air NNP 1662 8661 10 Wing Wing NNP 1662 8661 11 Military Military NNP 1662 8661 12 manpower manpower NN 1662 8661 13 - - HYPH 1662 8661 14 availability availability NN 1662 8661 15 : : : 1662 8661 16 males male NNS 1662 8661 17 age age NNP 1662 8661 18 15 15 CD 1662 8661 19 - - HYPH 1662 8661 20 49 49 CD 1662 8661 21 : : : 1662 8661 22 4,466,851 4,466,851 CD 1662 8661 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8661 24 1997 1997 CD 1662 8661 25 est est NNP 1662 8661 26 . . . 1662 8661 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8662 1 Military military JJ 1662 8662 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8662 3 - - HYPH 1662 8662 4 fit fit NN 1662 8662 5 for for IN 1662 8662 6 military military JJ 1662 8662 7 service service NN 1662 8662 8 : : : 1662 8662 9 males male NNS 1662 8662 10 : : : 1662 8662 11 2,423,556 2,423,556 CD 1662 8662 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8662 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8662 14 est est NNP 1662 8662 15 . . . 1662 8662 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8663 1 Military military JJ 1662 8663 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8663 3 - - HYPH 1662 8663 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8663 5 figure figure NN 1662 8663 6 : : : 1662 8663 7 $ $ $ 1662 8663 8 56 56 CD 1662 8663 9 million million CD 1662 8663 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8663 11 FY93/94 fy93/94 CD 1662 8663 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8663 13 Military military JJ 1662 8663 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8663 15 - - : 1662 8663 16 percent percent NN 1662 8663 17 of of IN 1662 8663 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8663 19 : : : 1662 8663 20 1.7 1.7 CD 1662 8663 21 % % NN 1662 8663 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8663 23 FY93/94 fy93/94 NN 1662 8663 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8663 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8663 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8663 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 8663 28 - - : 1662 8663 29 international international RB 1662 8663 30 : : : 1662 8663 31 none none NN 1662 8663 32 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 33 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 34 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 35 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 36 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 37 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 38 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 39 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 40 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 41 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 42 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 43 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 44 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 45 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 46 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 47 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 48 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 49 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 50 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 51 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 52 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 53 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 54 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 55 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 56 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 57 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 58 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 59 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 60 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 61 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 62 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 63 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 64 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 65 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 66 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 67 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 68 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 69 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 70 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 71 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 72 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 73 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 74 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 75 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 76 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 77 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 78 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 79 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 80 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 81 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 82 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 83 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 84 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 85 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 86 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 87 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 88 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 89 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 90 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 91 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 92 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 93 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 94 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 95 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 96 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 97 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 98 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 99 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 100 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 101 _ _ NNP 1662 8663 102 UKRAINE UKRAINE NNP 1662 8663 103 @Ukraine @ukraine NN 1662 8663 104 : : : 1662 8663 105 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8663 106 Location Location NNP 1662 8663 107 : : : 1662 8663 108 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 8663 109 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8663 110 , , , 1662 8663 111 bordering border VBG 1662 8663 112 the the DT 1662 8663 113 Black Black NNP 1662 8663 114 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8663 115 , , , 1662 8663 116 between between IN 1662 8663 117 Poland Poland NNP 1662 8663 118 and and CC 1662 8663 119 Russia Russia NNP 1662 8663 120 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8663 121 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8663 122 : : : 1662 8663 123 49 49 CD 1662 8663 124 00 00 CD 1662 8663 125 N n CD 1662 8663 126 , , , 1662 8663 127 32 32 CD 1662 8663 128 00 00 CD 1662 8663 129 E e NN 1662 8663 130 Map Map NNP 1662 8663 131 references reference NNS 1662 8663 132 : : : 1662 8663 133 Commonwealth Commonwealth NNP 1662 8663 134 of of IN 1662 8663 135 Independent Independent NNP 1662 8663 136 States States NNPS 1662 8663 137 Area Area NNP 1662 8663 138 : : : 1662 8663 139 total total NN 1662 8663 140 : : : 1662 8663 141 603,700 603,700 CD 1662 8663 142 sq sq NN 1662 8663 143 km km NNP 1662 8663 144 land land NN 1662 8663 145 : : : 1662 8663 146 603,700 603,700 CD 1662 8663 147 sq sq NNP 1662 8663 148 km km NNP 1662 8663 149 water water NN 1662 8663 150 : : : 1662 8663 151 0 0 NFP 1662 8663 152 sq sq NN 1662 8663 153 km km NNP 1662 8663 154 Area area NN 1662 8663 155 - - HYPH 1662 8663 156 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8663 157 : : : 1662 8663 158 slightly slightly RB 1662 8663 159 smaller small JJR 1662 8663 160 than than IN 1662 8663 161 Texas Texas NNP 1662 8663 162 Land Land NNP 1662 8663 163 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8663 164 : : : 1662 8663 165 total total NN 1662 8663 166 : : : 1662 8663 167 4,558 4,558 CD 1662 8663 168 km km NN 1662 8663 169 border border NN 1662 8663 170 countries country NNS 1662 8663 171 : : : 1662 8663 172 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 8663 173 891 891 CD 1662 8663 174 km km NNS 1662 8663 175 , , , 1662 8663 176 Hungary Hungary NNP 1662 8663 177 103 103 CD 1662 8663 178 km km NNS 1662 8663 179 , , , 1662 8663 180 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 8663 181 939 939 CD 1662 8663 182 km km NN 1662 8663 183 , , , 1662 8663 184 Poland Poland NNP 1662 8663 185 428 428 CD 1662 8663 186 km km NNS 1662 8663 187 , , , 1662 8663 188 Romania Romania NNP 1662 8663 189 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8663 190 southwest southwest NNP 1662 8663 191 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8663 192 169 169 CD 1662 8663 193 km km NNS 1662 8663 194 , , , 1662 8663 195 Romania Romania NNP 1662 8663 196 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8663 197 west west NNP 1662 8663 198 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8663 199 362 362 CD 1662 8663 200 km km NN 1662 8663 201 , , , 1662 8663 202 Russia Russia NNP 1662 8663 203 1,576 1,576 CD 1662 8663 204 km km NN 1662 8663 205 , , , 1662 8663 206 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 8663 207 90 90 CD 1662 8663 208 km km NN 1662 8663 209 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8663 210 : : : 1662 8663 211 2,782 2,782 CD 1662 8663 212 km km NN 1662 8663 213 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8663 214 claims claim VBZ 1662 8663 215 : : : 1662 8663 216 continental continental NNP 1662 8663 217 shelf shelf NNP 1662 8663 218 : : : 1662 8663 219 200-m 200-m CD 1662 8663 220 or or CC 1662 8663 221 to to IN 1662 8663 222 the the DT 1662 8663 223 depth depth NN 1662 8663 224 of of IN 1662 8663 225 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 8663 226 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 8663 227 economic economic JJ 1662 8663 228 zone zone NN 1662 8663 229 : : : 1662 8663 230 200 200 CD 1662 8663 231 nm nm CD 1662 8663 232 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8663 233 sea sea NN 1662 8663 234 : : : 1662 8663 235 12 12 CD 1662 8663 236 nm nm NNP 1662 8663 237 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8663 238 : : : 1662 8663 239 temperate temperate VB 1662 8663 240 continental continental JJ 1662 8663 241 ; ; : 1662 8663 242 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 1662 8663 243 only only RB 1662 8663 244 on on IN 1662 8663 245 the the DT 1662 8663 246 southern southern JJ 1662 8663 247 Crimean crimean JJ 1662 8663 248 coast coast NN 1662 8663 249 ; ; : 1662 8663 250 precipitation precipitation NN 1662 8663 251 disproportionately disproportionately RB 1662 8663 252 distributed distribute VBN 1662 8663 253 , , , 1662 8663 254 highest high JJS 1662 8663 255 in in IN 1662 8663 256 west west NNP 1662 8663 257 and and CC 1662 8663 258 north north NN 1662 8663 259 , , , 1662 8663 260 lesser less JJR 1662 8663 261 in in IN 1662 8663 262 east east NNP 1662 8663 263 and and CC 1662 8663 264 southeast southeast NN 1662 8663 265 ; ; : 1662 8663 266 winters winter NNS 1662 8663 267 vary vary VBP 1662 8663 268 from from IN 1662 8663 269 cool cool JJ 1662 8663 270 along along IN 1662 8663 271 the the DT 1662 8663 272 Black Black NNP 1662 8663 273 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8663 274 to to TO 1662 8663 275 cold cold VB 1662 8663 276 farther farther JJ 1662 8663 277 inland inland NN 1662 8663 278 ; ; : 1662 8663 279 summers summer NNS 1662 8663 280 are be VBP 1662 8663 281 warm warm JJ 1662 8663 282 across across IN 1662 8663 283 the the DT 1662 8663 284 greater great JJR 1662 8663 285 part part NN 1662 8663 286 of of IN 1662 8663 287 the the DT 1662 8663 288 country country NN 1662 8663 289 , , , 1662 8663 290 hot hot JJ 1662 8663 291 in in IN 1662 8663 292 the the DT 1662 8663 293 south south JJ 1662 8663 294 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8663 295 : : : 1662 8663 296 most most JJS 1662 8663 297 of of IN 1662 8663 298 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 8663 299 consists consist VBZ 1662 8663 300 of of IN 1662 8663 301 fertile fertile JJ 1662 8663 302 plains plain NNS 1662 8663 303 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8663 304 steppes steppes NNP 1662 8663 305 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8663 306 and and CC 1662 8663 307 plateaus plateaus NN 1662 8663 308 , , , 1662 8663 309 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8663 310 being be VBG 1662 8663 311 found find VBN 1662 8663 312 only only RB 1662 8663 313 in in IN 1662 8663 314 the the DT 1662 8663 315 west west NN 1662 8663 316 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8663 317 the the DT 1662 8663 318 Carpathians Carpathians NNPS 1662 8663 319 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8663 320 , , , 1662 8663 321 and and CC 1662 8663 322 in in IN 1662 8663 323 the the DT 1662 8663 324 Crimean Crimean NNP 1662 8663 325 Peninsula Peninsula NNP 1662 8663 326 in in IN 1662 8663 327 the the DT 1662 8663 328 extreme extreme JJ 1662 8663 329 south south JJ 1662 8663 330 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8663 331 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8663 332 : : : 1662 8663 333 lowest low JJS 1662 8663 334 point point NN 1662 8663 335 : : : 1662 8663 336 Black Black NNP 1662 8663 337 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8663 338 0 0 NFP 1662 8663 339 m m DT 1662 8663 340 highest high JJS 1662 8663 341 point point NN 1662 8663 342 : : : 1662 8663 343 Hora Hora NNP 1662 8663 344 Hoverla Hoverla NNP 1662 8663 345 2,061 2,061 CD 1662 8663 346 m m NNP 1662 8663 347 Natural natural JJ 1662 8663 348 resources resource NNS 1662 8663 349 : : : 1662 8663 350 iron iron NN 1662 8663 351 ore ore NN 1662 8663 352 , , , 1662 8663 353 coal coal NN 1662 8663 354 , , , 1662 8663 355 manganese manganese JJ 1662 8663 356 , , , 1662 8663 357 natural natural JJ 1662 8663 358 gas gas NN 1662 8663 359 , , , 1662 8663 360 oil oil NN 1662 8663 361 , , , 1662 8663 362 salt salt NN 1662 8663 363 , , , 1662 8663 364 sulfur sulfur NN 1662 8663 365 , , , 1662 8663 366 graphite graphite NN 1662 8663 367 , , , 1662 8663 368 titanium titanium NN 1662 8663 369 , , , 1662 8663 370 magnesium magnesium NNP 1662 8663 371 , , , 1662 8663 372 kaolin kaolin NNP 1662 8663 373 , , , 1662 8663 374 nickel nickel NN 1662 8663 375 , , , 1662 8663 376 mercury mercury NN 1662 8663 377 , , , 1662 8663 378 timber timber NN 1662 8663 379 Land Land NNP 1662 8663 380 use use NN 1662 8663 381 : : : 1662 8663 382 arable arable JJ 1662 8663 383 land land NN 1662 8663 384 : : : 1662 8663 385 58 58 CD 1662 8663 386 % % NN 1662 8663 387 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8663 388 crops crop NNS 1662 8663 389 : : : 1662 8663 390 2 2 CD 1662 8663 391 % % NN 1662 8663 392 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8663 393 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8663 394 : : : 1662 8663 395 13 13 CD 1662 8663 396 % % NN 1662 8663 397 forests forest NNS 1662 8663 398 and and CC 1662 8663 399 woodland woodland JJ 1662 8663 400 : : : 1662 8663 401 18 18 CD 1662 8663 402 % % NN 1662 8663 403 other other JJ 1662 8663 404 : : : 1662 8663 405 9 9 CD 1662 8663 406 % % NN 1662 8663 407 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8663 408 1993 1993 CD 1662 8663 409 est est NNP 1662 8663 410 . . . 1662 8663 411 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8664 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8664 2 land land NN 1662 8664 3 : : : 1662 8664 4 26,050 26,050 CD 1662 8664 5 sq sq NN 1662 8664 6 km km NNP 1662 8664 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8664 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8664 9 est est NNP 1662 8664 10 . . . 1662 8664 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8665 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8665 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8665 3 : : : 1662 8665 4 NA NA NNP 1662 8665 5 Environment environment NN 1662 8665 6 - - HYPH 1662 8665 7 current current JJ 1662 8665 8 issues issue NNS 1662 8665 9 : : : 1662 8665 10 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 8665 11 supplies supply NNS 1662 8665 12 of of IN 1662 8665 13 potable potable JJ 1662 8665 14 water water NN 1662 8665 15 ; ; : 1662 8665 16 air air NN 1662 8665 17 and and CC 1662 8665 18 water water NN 1662 8665 19 pollution pollution NN 1662 8665 20 ; ; : 1662 8665 21 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 8665 22 ; ; : 1662 8665 23 radiation radiation NN 1662 8665 24 contamination contamination NN 1662 8665 25 in in IN 1662 8665 26 the the DT 1662 8665 27 northeast northeast NN 1662 8665 28 from from IN 1662 8665 29 1986 1986 CD 1662 8665 30 accident accident NN 1662 8665 31 at at IN 1662 8665 32 Chornobyl Chornobyl NNP 1662 8665 33 ' ' POS 1662 8665 34 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8665 35 Power Power NNP 1662 8665 36 Plant Plant NNP 1662 8665 37 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8665 38 - - HYPH 1662 8665 39 international international JJ 1662 8665 40 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8665 41 : : : 1662 8665 42 party party NN 1662 8665 43 to to TO 1662 8665 44 : : : 1662 8665 45 Air Air NNP 1662 8665 46 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8665 47 , , , 1662 8665 48 Air Air NNP 1662 8665 49 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8665 50 - - HYPH 1662 8665 51 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 8665 52 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 8665 53 , , , 1662 8665 54 Air Air NNP 1662 8665 55 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8665 56 - - HYPH 1662 8665 57 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 8665 58 85 85 CD 1662 8665 59 , , , 1662 8665 60 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 8665 61 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 8665 62 , , , 1662 8665 63 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 8665 64 , , , 1662 8665 65 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 8665 66 Modification Modification NNP 1662 8665 67 , , , 1662 8665 68 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8665 69 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 8665 70 , , , 1662 8665 71 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8665 72 Test Test NNP 1662 8665 73 Ban Ban NNP 1662 8665 74 , , , 1662 8665 75 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8665 76 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8665 77 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8665 78 , , , 1662 8665 79 Ship Ship NNP 1662 8665 80 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8665 81 signed sign VBD 1662 8665 82 , , , 1662 8665 83 but but CC 1662 8665 84 not not RB 1662 8665 85 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8665 86 : : : 1662 8665 87 Air Air NNP 1662 8665 88 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8665 89 - - HYPH 1662 8665 90 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 8665 91 94 94 CD 1662 8665 92 , , , 1662 8665 93 Air Air NNP 1662 8665 94 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8665 95 - - HYPH 1662 8665 96 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 8665 97 Organic Organic NNP 1662 8665 98 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 8665 99 , , , 1662 8665 100 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8665 101 Change Change NNP 1662 8665 102 , , , 1662 8665 103 Law Law NNP 1662 8665 104 of of IN 1662 8665 105 the the DT 1662 8665 106 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8665 107 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8665 108 - - HYPH 1662 8665 109 note note NNP 1662 8665 110 : : : 1662 8665 111 strategic strategic JJ 1662 8665 112 position position NN 1662 8665 113 at at IN 1662 8665 114 the the DT 1662 8665 115 crossroads crossroad NNS 1662 8665 116 between between IN 1662 8665 117 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8665 118 and and CC 1662 8665 119 Asia Asia NNP 1662 8665 120 ; ; : 1662 8665 121 second second RB 1662 8665 122 - - HYPH 1662 8665 123 largest large JJS 1662 8665 124 country country NN 1662 8665 125 in in IN 1662 8665 126 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8665 127 @Ukraine @ukraine NN 1662 8665 128 : : : 1662 8665 129 People People NNS 1662 8665 130 Population Population NNP 1662 8665 131 : : : 1662 8665 132 50,447,719 50,447,719 CD 1662 8665 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8665 134 July July NNP 1662 8665 135 1997 1997 CD 1662 8665 136 est est NNP 1662 8665 137 . . . 1662 8665 138 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8666 1 Age age NN 1662 8666 2 structure structure NN 1662 8666 3 : : : 1662 8666 4 0 0 CD 1662 8666 5 - - HYPH 1662 8666 6 14 14 CD 1662 8666 7 years year NNS 1662 8666 8 : : : 1662 8666 9 19 19 CD 1662 8666 10 % % NN 1662 8666 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8666 12 male male JJ 1662 8666 13 5,000,518 5,000,518 CD 1662 8666 14 ; ; : 1662 8666 15 female female JJ 1662 8666 16 4,802,193 4,802,193 CD 1662 8666 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8666 18 15 15 CD 1662 8666 19 - - SYM 1662 8666 20 64 64 CD 1662 8666 21 years year NNS 1662 8666 22 : : : 1662 8666 23 67 67 CD 1662 8666 24 % % NN 1662 8666 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8666 26 male male JJ 1662 8666 27 16,087,147 16,087,147 CD 1662 8666 28 ; ; : 1662 8666 29 female female JJ 1662 8666 30 17,429,313 17,429,313 CD 1662 8666 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8666 32 65 65 CD 1662 8666 33 years year NNS 1662 8666 34 and and CC 1662 8666 35 over over IN 1662 8666 36 : : : 1662 8666 37 14 14 CD 1662 8666 38 % % NN 1662 8666 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8666 40 male male JJ 1662 8666 41 2,308,354 2,308,354 CD 1662 8666 42 ; ; : 1662 8666 43 female female JJ 1662 8666 44 4,820,194 4,820,194 CD 1662 8666 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8666 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8666 47 July July NNP 1662 8666 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8666 49 est est NNP 1662 8666 50 . . . 1662 8666 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8667 1 Population population NN 1662 8667 2 growth growth NN 1662 8667 3 rate rate NN 1662 8667 4 : : : 1662 8667 5 -0.65 -0.65 CD 1662 8667 6 % % NN 1662 8667 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8667 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8667 9 est est NNP 1662 8667 10 . . . 1662 8667 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8668 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8668 2 rate rate NN 1662 8668 3 : : : 1662 8668 4 9.55 9.55 CD 1662 8668 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 8668 6 population population NN 1662 8668 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8668 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8668 9 est est NNP 1662 8668 10 . . . 1662 8668 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8669 1 Death death NN 1662 8669 2 rate rate NN 1662 8669 3 : : : 1662 8669 4 16.26 16.26 CD 1662 8669 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8669 6 population population NN 1662 8669 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8669 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8669 9 est est NNP 1662 8669 10 . . . 1662 8669 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8670 1 Net net JJ 1662 8670 2 migration migration NN 1662 8670 3 rate rate NN 1662 8670 4 : : : 1662 8670 5 0.23 0.23 CD 1662 8670 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 8670 7 population population NN 1662 8670 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8670 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8670 10 est est NNP 1662 8670 11 . . . 1662 8670 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8671 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8671 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8671 3 : : : 1662 8671 4 at at IN 1662 8671 5 birth birth NN 1662 8671 6 : : : 1662 8671 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 8671 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8671 9 under under IN 1662 8671 10 15 15 CD 1662 8671 11 years year NNS 1662 8671 12 : : : 1662 8671 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 8671 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8671 15 15 15 CD 1662 8671 16 - - HYPH 1662 8671 17 64 64 CD 1662 8671 18 years year NNS 1662 8671 19 : : : 1662 8671 20 0.92 0.92 CD 1662 8671 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8671 22 65 65 CD 1662 8671 23 years year NNS 1662 8671 24 and and CC 1662 8671 25 over over IN 1662 8671 26 : : : 1662 8671 27 0.48 0.48 CD 1662 8671 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 8671 29 total total JJ 1662 8671 30 population population NN 1662 8671 31 : : : 1662 8671 32 0.86 0.86 CD 1662 8671 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8671 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8671 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8671 36 est est NNP 1662 8671 37 . . . 1662 8671 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8672 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8672 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8672 3 rate rate NN 1662 8672 4 : : : 1662 8672 5 21.9 21.9 CD 1662 8672 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8672 7 live live JJ 1662 8672 8 births birth NNS 1662 8672 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8672 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8672 11 est est NNP 1662 8672 12 . . . 1662 8672 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8673 1 Life life NN 1662 8673 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8673 3 at at IN 1662 8673 4 birth birth NN 1662 8673 5 : : : 1662 8673 6 total total JJ 1662 8673 7 population population NN 1662 8673 8 : : : 1662 8673 9 65.77 65.77 CD 1662 8673 10 years year NNS 1662 8673 11 male male NN 1662 8673 12 : : : 1662 8673 13 59.93 59.93 CD 1662 8673 14 years year NNS 1662 8673 15 female female JJ 1662 8673 16 : : : 1662 8673 17 71.91 71.91 CD 1662 8673 18 years year NNS 1662 8673 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8673 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8673 21 est est NNP 1662 8673 22 . . . 1662 8673 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8674 1 Total total JJ 1662 8674 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8674 3 rate rate NN 1662 8674 4 : : : 1662 8674 5 1.36 1.36 CD 1662 8674 6 children child NNS 1662 8674 7 born bear VBN 1662 8674 8 / / SYM 1662 8674 9 woman woman NN 1662 8674 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8674 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8674 12 est est NNP 1662 8674 13 . . . 1662 8674 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8675 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8675 2 : : : 1662 8675 3 noun noun NNP 1662 8675 4 : : : 1662 8675 5 Ukrainian(s ukrainian(s LS 1662 8675 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8675 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 8675 8 : : : 1662 8675 9 Ukrainian ukrainian JJ 1662 8675 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8675 11 groups group NNS 1662 8675 12 : : : 1662 8675 13 Ukrainian ukrainian JJ 1662 8675 14 73 73 CD 1662 8675 15 % % NN 1662 8675 16 , , , 1662 8675 17 Russian russian JJ 1662 8675 18 22 22 CD 1662 8675 19 % % NN 1662 8675 20 , , , 1662 8675 21 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 8675 22 1 1 CD 1662 8675 23 % % NN 1662 8675 24 , , , 1662 8675 25 other other JJ 1662 8675 26 4 4 CD 1662 8675 27 % % NN 1662 8675 28 Religions religion NNS 1662 8675 29 : : : 1662 8675 30 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8675 31 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 8675 32 - - HYPH 1662 8675 33 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 8675 34 Patriarchate Patriarchate NNP 1662 8675 35 , , , 1662 8675 36 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8675 37 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 8675 38 - - HYPH 1662 8675 39 Kiev Kiev NNP 1662 8675 40 Patriarchate Patriarchate NNP 1662 8675 41 , , , 1662 8675 42 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8675 43 Autocephalous Autocephalous NNP 1662 8675 44 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 8675 45 , , , 1662 8675 46 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8675 47 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 8675 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8675 49 Uniate Uniate NNP 1662 8675 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8675 51 , , , 1662 8675 52 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 8675 53 , , , 1662 8675 54 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 8675 55 Languages language NNS 1662 8675 56 : : : 1662 8675 57 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8675 58 , , , 1662 8675 59 Russian russian JJ 1662 8675 60 , , , 1662 8675 61 Romanian romanian JJ 1662 8675 62 , , , 1662 8675 63 Polish polish JJ 1662 8675 64 , , , 1662 8675 65 Hungarian Hungarian NNP 1662 8675 66 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 8675 67 : : : 1662 8675 68 definition definition NN 1662 8675 69 : : : 1662 8675 70 age age NN 1662 8675 71 15 15 CD 1662 8675 72 and and CC 1662 8675 73 over over RB 1662 8675 74 can can MD 1662 8675 75 read read VB 1662 8675 76 and and CC 1662 8675 77 write write VB 1662 8675 78 total total JJ 1662 8675 79 population population NN 1662 8675 80 : : : 1662 8675 81 98 98 CD 1662 8675 82 % % NN 1662 8675 83 male male NN 1662 8675 84 : : : 1662 8675 85 100 100 CD 1662 8675 86 % % NN 1662 8675 87 female female JJ 1662 8675 88 : : : 1662 8675 89 97 97 CD 1662 8675 90 % % NN 1662 8675 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8675 92 1989 1989 CD 1662 8675 93 est est NNP 1662 8675 94 . . . 1662 8675 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 1 @Ukraine @ukraine NN 1662 8676 2 : : : 1662 8676 3 Government Government NNP 1662 8676 4 Country Country NNP 1662 8676 5 name name NN 1662 8676 6 : : : 1662 8676 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8676 8 long long JJ 1662 8676 9 form form NN 1662 8676 10 : : : 1662 8676 11 none none NN 1662 8676 12 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8676 13 short short JJ 1662 8676 14 form form NN 1662 8676 15 : : : 1662 8676 16 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 8676 17 local local JJ 1662 8676 18 long long JJ 1662 8676 19 form form NN 1662 8676 20 : : : 1662 8676 21 none none NN 1662 8676 22 local local JJ 1662 8676 23 short short JJ 1662 8676 24 form form NN 1662 8676 25 : : : 1662 8676 26 Ukrayina Ukrayina NNP 1662 8676 27 former former JJ 1662 8676 28 : : : 1662 8676 29 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8676 30 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 8676 31 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 8676 32 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8676 33 Data Data NNP 1662 8676 34 code code NN 1662 8676 35 : : : 1662 8676 36 UP UP NNP 1662 8676 37 Government Government NNP 1662 8676 38 type type NN 1662 8676 39 : : : 1662 8676 40 republic republic NNP 1662 8676 41 National national JJ 1662 8676 42 capital capital NN 1662 8676 43 : : : 1662 8676 44 Kiev Kiev NNP 1662 8676 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 46 Kyyiv Kyyiv NNP 1662 8676 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 48 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 8676 49 divisions division NNS 1662 8676 50 : : : 1662 8676 51 24 24 CD 1662 8676 52 oblasti oblasti NNP 1662 8676 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 54 singular singular JJ 1662 8676 55 - - HYPH 1662 8676 56 oblast oblast JJ 1662 8676 57 ' ' '' 1662 8676 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 59 , , , 1662 8676 60 1 1 CD 1662 8676 61 autonomous autonomous NNP 1662 8676 62 republic republic NNP 1662 8676 63 * * NFP 1662 8676 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 65 avtomnaya avtomnaya NNP 1662 8676 66 respublika respublika NNP 1662 8676 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 68 , , , 1662 8676 69 and and CC 1662 8676 70 2 2 CD 1662 8676 71 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 8676 72 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 73 mista mista NNP 1662 8676 74 , , , 1662 8676 75 singular singular NNP 1662 8676 76 - - HYPH 1662 8676 77 misto misto NN 1662 8676 78 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 79 with with IN 1662 8676 80 oblast oblast JJ 1662 8676 81 status status NN 1662 8676 82 * * NFP 1662 8676 83 * * NFP 1662 8676 84 ; ; : 1662 8676 85 Cherkas'ka Cherkas'ka NNP 1662 8676 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 87 Cherkasy Cherkasy NNP 1662 8676 88 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 89 , , , 1662 8676 90 Chernihivs'ka Chernihivs'ka NNP 1662 8676 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 92 Chernihiv Chernihiv NNP 1662 8676 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 94 , , , 1662 8676 95 Chernivets'ka Chernivets'ka NNP 1662 8676 96 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 97 Chernivtsi Chernivtsi NNP 1662 8676 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 99 , , , 1662 8676 100 Dnipropetrovs'ka Dnipropetrovs'ka NNP 1662 8676 101 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 102 Dnipropetrovs'k Dnipropetrovs'k NNP 1662 8676 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 104 , , , 1662 8676 105 Donets'ka Donets'ka NNP 1662 8676 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 107 Donets'k Donets'k NNP 1662 8676 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 109 , , , 1662 8676 110 Ivano Ivano NNP 1662 8676 111 - - HYPH 1662 8676 112 Frankivs'ka Frankivs'ka NNP 1662 8676 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 114 Ivano Ivano NNP 1662 8676 115 - - HYPH 1662 8676 116 Frankivs'k Frankivs'k NNP 1662 8676 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 118 , , , 1662 8676 119 Kharkivs'ka Kharkivs'ka NNP 1662 8676 120 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 121 Kharkiv Kharkiv NNP 1662 8676 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 123 , , , 1662 8676 124 Khersons'ka Khersons'ka NNP 1662 8676 125 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 126 Kherson Kherson NNP 1662 8676 127 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 128 , , , 1662 8676 129 Khmel'nyts'ka Khmel'nyts'ka NNP 1662 8676 130 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 131 Khmel'nyts'kyy Khmel'nyts'kyy NNP 1662 8676 132 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 133 , , , 1662 8676 134 Kirovohrads'ka Kirovohrads'ka NNP 1662 8676 135 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 136 Kirovohrad Kirovohrad NNP 1662 8676 137 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 138 , , , 1662 8676 139 Kyyiv Kyyiv NNP 1662 8676 140 * * NFP 1662 8676 141 * * NFP 1662 8676 142 , , , 1662 8676 143 Kyyivs'ka Kyyivs'ka NNP 1662 8676 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 145 Kiev Kiev NNP 1662 8676 146 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 147 , , , 1662 8676 148 Luhans'ka Luhans'ka NNP 1662 8676 149 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 150 Luhans'k Luhans'k NNP 1662 8676 151 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 152 , , , 1662 8676 153 L'vivs'ka L'vivs'ka NNP 1662 8676 154 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 155 L'viv L'viv NNP 1662 8676 156 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 157 , , , 1662 8676 158 Mykolayivs'ka Mykolayivs'ka NNP 1662 8676 159 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 160 Mykolayiv Mykolayiv NNP 1662 8676 161 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 162 , , , 1662 8676 163 Odes'ka Odes'ka NNP 1662 8676 164 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 165 Odesa Odesa NNP 1662 8676 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 167 , , , 1662 8676 168 Poltavs'ka Poltavs'ka NNP 1662 8676 169 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 170 Poltava Poltava NNP 1662 8676 171 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 172 , , , 1662 8676 173 Avtonomna Avtonomna NNP 1662 8676 174 Respublika Respublika NNP 1662 8676 175 Krym Krym NNP 1662 8676 176 * * NFP 1662 8676 177 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 178 Simferopol Simferopol NNP 1662 8676 179 ' ' '' 1662 8676 180 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 181 , , , 1662 8676 182 Rivnens'ka Rivnens'ka NNP 1662 8676 183 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 184 Rivne Rivne NNP 1662 8676 185 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 186 , , , 1662 8676 187 Sevastopol Sevastopol NNP 1662 8676 188 ' ' '' 1662 8676 189 * * NFP 1662 8676 190 * * NFP 1662 8676 191 , , , 1662 8676 192 Sums'ka Sums'ka NNP 1662 8676 193 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 194 Sumy Sumy NNP 1662 8676 195 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 196 , , , 1662 8676 197 Ternopil's'ka Ternopil's'ka NNP 1662 8676 198 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 199 Ternopil Ternopil NNP 1662 8676 200 ' ' '' 1662 8676 201 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 202 , , , 1662 8676 203 Vinnyts'ka Vinnyts'ka NNP 1662 8676 204 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 205 Vinnytsya Vinnytsya NNP 1662 8676 206 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 207 , , , 1662 8676 208 Volyns'ka Volyns'ka NNP 1662 8676 209 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 210 Luts'k Luts'k NNP 1662 8676 211 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 212 , , , 1662 8676 213 Zakarpats'ka Zakarpats'ka NNP 1662 8676 214 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 215 Uzhhorod Uzhhorod NNP 1662 8676 216 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 217 , , , 1662 8676 218 Zaporiz'ka Zaporiz'ka NNP 1662 8676 219 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 220 Zaporizhzhya Zaporizhzhya NNP 1662 8676 221 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 222 , , , 1662 8676 223 Zhytomyrs'ka Zhytomyrs'ka NNP 1662 8676 224 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 225 Zhytomyr Zhytomyr NNP 1662 8676 226 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 227 note note NN 1662 8676 228 : : : 1662 8676 229 oblasts oblast NNS 1662 8676 230 have have VBP 1662 8676 231 the the DT 1662 8676 232 administrative administrative JJ 1662 8676 233 center center NN 1662 8676 234 name name NN 1662 8676 235 following follow VBG 1662 8676 236 in in IN 1662 8676 237 parentheses parenthesis NNS 1662 8676 238 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8676 239 : : : 1662 8676 240 1 1 CD 1662 8676 241 December December NNP 1662 8676 242 1991 1991 CD 1662 8676 243 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 244 from from IN 1662 8676 245 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 8676 246 Union Union NNP 1662 8676 247 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 248 National national JJ 1662 8676 249 holiday holiday NN 1662 8676 250 : : : 1662 8676 251 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8676 252 Day Day NNP 1662 8676 253 , , , 1662 8676 254 24 24 CD 1662 8676 255 August August NNP 1662 8676 256 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 257 1991 1991 CD 1662 8676 258 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 259 Constitution constitution NN 1662 8676 260 : : : 1662 8676 261 adopted adopt VBN 1662 8676 262 28 28 CD 1662 8676 263 June June NNP 1662 8676 264 1996 1996 CD 1662 8676 265 Legal legal JJ 1662 8676 266 system system NN 1662 8676 267 : : : 1662 8676 268 based base VBN 1662 8676 269 on on IN 1662 8676 270 civil civil JJ 1662 8676 271 law law NN 1662 8676 272 system system NN 1662 8676 273 ; ; : 1662 8676 274 judicial judicial JJ 1662 8676 275 review review NN 1662 8676 276 of of IN 1662 8676 277 legislative legislative JJ 1662 8676 278 acts act NNS 1662 8676 279 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 8676 280 : : : 1662 8676 281 18 18 CD 1662 8676 282 years year NNS 1662 8676 283 of of IN 1662 8676 284 age age NN 1662 8676 285 ; ; : 1662 8676 286 universal universal JJ 1662 8676 287 Executive Executive NNP 1662 8676 288 branch branch NN 1662 8676 289 : : : 1662 8676 290 chief chief NN 1662 8676 291 of of IN 1662 8676 292 state state NN 1662 8676 293 : : : 1662 8676 294 President President NNP 1662 8676 295 Leonid Leonid NNP 1662 8676 296 D. D. NNP 1662 8676 297 KUCHMA KUCHMA NNP 1662 8676 298 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 299 since since IN 1662 8676 300 19 19 CD 1662 8676 301 July July NNP 1662 8676 302 1994 1994 CD 1662 8676 303 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 304 head head NN 1662 8676 305 of of IN 1662 8676 306 government government NN 1662 8676 307 : : : 1662 8676 308 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8676 309 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8676 310 Pavlo Pavlo NNP 1662 8676 311 LAZARENKO LAZARENKO NNP 1662 8676 312 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 313 since since IN 1662 8676 314 NA NA NNP 1662 8676 315 May May NNP 1662 8676 316 1996 1996 CD 1662 8676 317 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 318 , , , 1662 8676 319 First First NNP 1662 8676 320 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 8676 321 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8676 322 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8676 323 Vasyl Vasyl NNP 1662 8676 324 DURDYNETS DURDYNETS NNP 1662 8676 325 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 326 since since IN 1662 8676 327 NA NA NNP 1662 8676 328 July July NNP 1662 8676 329 1996 1996 CD 1662 8676 330 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 331 , , , 1662 8676 332 and and CC 1662 8676 333 three three CD 1662 8676 334 deputy deputy JJ 1662 8676 335 prime prime JJ 1662 8676 336 ministers minister NNS 1662 8676 337 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 8676 338 : : : 1662 8676 339 Council Council NNP 1662 8676 340 of of IN 1662 8676 341 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 8676 342 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8676 343 by by IN 1662 8676 344 the the DT 1662 8676 345 president president NN 1662 8676 346 and and CC 1662 8676 347 approved approve VBN 1662 8676 348 by by IN 1662 8676 349 the the DT 1662 8676 350 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8676 351 Council Council NNP 1662 8676 352 note note NN 1662 8676 353 : : : 1662 8676 354 there there EX 1662 8676 355 is be VBZ 1662 8676 356 also also RB 1662 8676 357 a a DT 1662 8676 358 National National NNP 1662 8676 359 Security Security NNP 1662 8676 360 and and CC 1662 8676 361 Defense Defense NNP 1662 8676 362 Council Council NNP 1662 8676 363 or or CC 1662 8676 364 NSDC NSDC NNP 1662 8676 365 originally originally RB 1662 8676 366 created create VBD 1662 8676 367 in in IN 1662 8676 368 1992 1992 CD 1662 8676 369 as as IN 1662 8676 370 the the DT 1662 8676 371 National National NNP 1662 8676 372 Security Security NNP 1662 8676 373 Council Council NNP 1662 8676 374 , , , 1662 8676 375 but but CC 1662 8676 376 significantly significantly RB 1662 8676 377 revamped revamp VBD 1662 8676 378 and and CC 1662 8676 379 strengthened strengthen VBN 1662 8676 380 under under IN 1662 8676 381 President President NNP 1662 8676 382 KUCHMA KUCHMA NNP 1662 8676 383 ; ; : 1662 8676 384 the the DT 1662 8676 385 NSDC NSDC NNP 1662 8676 386 includes include VBZ 1662 8676 387 the the DT 1662 8676 388 president president NN 1662 8676 389 , , , 1662 8676 390 prime prime NNP 1662 8676 391 minister minister NNP 1662 8676 392 , , , 1662 8676 393 ministers minister NNS 1662 8676 394 of of IN 1662 8676 395 defense defense NN 1662 8676 396 , , , 1662 8676 397 internal internal JJ 1662 8676 398 affairs affair NNS 1662 8676 399 , , , 1662 8676 400 foreign foreign JJ 1662 8676 401 relations relation NNS 1662 8676 402 , , , 1662 8676 403 and and CC 1662 8676 404 chairman chairman NN 1662 8676 405 of of IN 1662 8676 406 the the DT 1662 8676 407 security security NN 1662 8676 408 service service NN 1662 8676 409 ; ; : 1662 8676 410 the the DT 1662 8676 411 NSC NSC NNP 1662 8676 412 staff staff NN 1662 8676 413 is be VBZ 1662 8676 414 tasked task VBN 1662 8676 415 with with IN 1662 8676 416 developing develop VBG 1662 8676 417 national national JJ 1662 8676 418 security security NN 1662 8676 419 policy policy NN 1662 8676 420 on on IN 1662 8676 421 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8676 422 and and CC 1662 8676 423 international international JJ 1662 8676 424 matters matter NNS 1662 8676 425 and and CC 1662 8676 426 advising advise VBG 1662 8676 427 the the DT 1662 8676 428 president president NN 1662 8676 429 ; ; : 1662 8676 430 a a DT 1662 8676 431 Presidential Presidential NNP 1662 8676 432 Administration Administration NNP 1662 8676 433 that that WDT 1662 8676 434 helps help VBZ 1662 8676 435 draft draft VB 1662 8676 436 presidential presidential JJ 1662 8676 437 edicts edict NNS 1662 8676 438 and and CC 1662 8676 439 provides provide VBZ 1662 8676 440 policy policy NN 1662 8676 441 support support NN 1662 8676 442 to to IN 1662 8676 443 the the DT 1662 8676 444 president president NN 1662 8676 445 ; ; : 1662 8676 446 and and CC 1662 8676 447 a a DT 1662 8676 448 Council Council NNP 1662 8676 449 of of IN 1662 8676 450 Regions Regions NNPS 1662 8676 451 that that WDT 1662 8676 452 serves serve VBZ 1662 8676 453 as as IN 1662 8676 454 an an DT 1662 8676 455 advisory advisory JJ 1662 8676 456 body body NN 1662 8676 457 created create VBN 1662 8676 458 by by IN 1662 8676 459 President President NNP 1662 8676 460 KUCHMA KUCHMA NNP 1662 8676 461 in in IN 1662 8676 462 September September NNP 1662 8676 463 1994 1994 CD 1662 8676 464 that that WDT 1662 8676 465 includes include VBZ 1662 8676 466 the the DT 1662 8676 467 Kiev Kiev NNP 1662 8676 468 and and CC 1662 8676 469 Sevastopol Sevastopol NNP 1662 8676 470 City City NNP 1662 8676 471 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8676 472 Councils Councils NNP 1662 8676 473 and and CC 1662 8676 474 the the DT 1662 8676 475 chairmen chairman NNS 1662 8676 476 of of IN 1662 8676 477 Oblast oblast JJ 1662 8676 478 elections election NNS 1662 8676 479 : : : 1662 8676 480 president president NN 1662 8676 481 elected elect VBN 1662 8676 482 by by IN 1662 8676 483 popular popular JJ 1662 8676 484 vote vote NN 1662 8676 485 for for IN 1662 8676 486 a a DT 1662 8676 487 five five CD 1662 8676 488 - - HYPH 1662 8676 489 year year NN 1662 8676 490 term term NN 1662 8676 491 ; ; : 1662 8676 492 election election NN 1662 8676 493 last last JJ 1662 8676 494 held hold VBD 1662 8676 495 26 26 CD 1662 8676 496 June June NNP 1662 8676 497 and and CC 1662 8676 498 10 10 CD 1662 8676 499 July July NNP 1662 8676 500 1994 1994 CD 1662 8676 501 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 502 next next JJ 1662 8676 503 to to TO 1662 8676 504 be be VB 1662 8676 505 held hold VBN 1662 8676 506 NA NA NNP 1662 8676 507 1999 1999 CD 1662 8676 508 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 509 ; ; : 1662 8676 510 prime prime NNP 1662 8676 511 minister minister NNP 1662 8676 512 and and CC 1662 8676 513 deputy deputy JJ 1662 8676 514 prime prime JJ 1662 8676 515 ministers minister NNS 1662 8676 516 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8676 517 by by IN 1662 8676 518 the the DT 1662 8676 519 president president NN 1662 8676 520 and and CC 1662 8676 521 approved approve VBN 1662 8676 522 by by IN 1662 8676 523 the the DT 1662 8676 524 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8676 525 Council Council NNP 1662 8676 526 election election NN 1662 8676 527 results result NNS 1662 8676 528 : : : 1662 8676 529 Leonid Leonid NNP 1662 8676 530 D. D. NNP 1662 8676 531 KUCHMA KUCHMA NNP 1662 8676 532 elected elect VBD 1662 8676 533 president president NN 1662 8676 534 ; ; , 1662 8676 535 percent percent NN 1662 8676 536 of of IN 1662 8676 537 vote vote NN 1662 8676 538 - - HYPH 1662 8676 539 Leonid Leonid NNP 1662 8676 540 KUCHMA KUCHMA NNP 1662 8676 541 52.15 52.15 CD 1662 8676 542 % % NN 1662 8676 543 , , , 1662 8676 544 Leonid Leonid NNP 1662 8676 545 KRAVCHUK KRAVCHUK NNP 1662 8676 546 45.06 45.06 CD 1662 8676 547 % % NN 1662 8676 548 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 8676 549 branch branch NN 1662 8676 550 : : : 1662 8676 551 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 8676 552 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8676 553 Council Council NNP 1662 8676 554 or or CC 1662 8676 555 Verkhovna Verkhovna NNP 1662 8676 556 Rada Rada NNP 1662 8676 557 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 558 450 450 CD 1662 8676 559 seats seat NNS 1662 8676 560 ; ; : 1662 8676 561 members member NNS 1662 8676 562 are be VBP 1662 8676 563 elected elect VBN 1662 8676 564 by by IN 1662 8676 565 popular popular JJ 1662 8676 566 vote vote NN 1662 8676 567 from from IN 1662 8676 568 one one CD 1662 8676 569 - - HYPH 1662 8676 570 member member NN 1662 8676 571 districts district NNS 1662 8676 572 by by IN 1662 8676 573 complex complex JJ 1662 8676 574 procedures procedure NNS 1662 8676 575 to to TO 1662 8676 576 serve serve VB 1662 8676 577 four four CD 1662 8676 578 - - HYPH 1662 8676 579 year year NN 1662 8676 580 terms term NNS 1662 8676 581 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 582 elections election NNS 1662 8676 583 : : : 1662 8676 584 last last RB 1662 8676 585 held hold VBD 1662 8676 586 27 27 CD 1662 8676 587 March March NNP 1662 8676 588 1994 1994 CD 1662 8676 589 with with IN 1662 8676 590 repeat repeat NN 1662 8676 591 elections election NNS 1662 8676 592 continuing continue VBG 1662 8676 593 through through IN 1662 8676 594 December December NNP 1662 8676 595 1998 1998 CD 1662 8676 596 to to TO 1662 8676 597 fill fill VB 1662 8676 598 empty empty JJ 1662 8676 599 seats seat NNS 1662 8676 600 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 601 next next JJ 1662 8676 602 to to TO 1662 8676 603 be be VB 1662 8676 604 held hold VBN 1662 8676 605 NA NA NNP 1662 8676 606 March March NNP 1662 8676 607 1998 1998 CD 1662 8676 608 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 609 election election NN 1662 8676 610 results result NNS 1662 8676 611 : : : 1662 8676 612 percent percent NN 1662 8676 613 of of IN 1662 8676 614 vote vote NN 1662 8676 615 by by IN 1662 8676 616 party party NN 1662 8676 617 - - HYPH 1662 8676 618 NA NA NNP 1662 8676 619 ; ; , 1662 8676 620 seats seat NNS 1662 8676 621 by by IN 1662 8676 622 party party NN 1662 8676 623 - - HYPH 1662 8676 624 Communists Communists NNPS 1662 8676 625 91 91 CD 1662 8676 626 , , , 1662 8676 627 Rukh Rukh NNP 1662 8676 628 22 22 CD 1662 8676 629 , , , 1662 8676 630 Agrarians Agrarians NNPS 1662 8676 631 18 18 CD 1662 8676 632 , , , 1662 8676 633 Socialists socialist NNS 1662 8676 634 15 15 CD 1662 8676 635 , , , 1662 8676 636 Republicans Republicans NNPS 1662 8676 637 11 11 CD 1662 8676 638 , , , 1662 8676 639 Congress Congress NNP 1662 8676 640 of of IN 1662 8676 641 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8676 642 Nationalists Nationalists NNP 1662 8676 643 5 5 CD 1662 8676 644 , , , 1662 8676 645 Labor Labor NNP 1662 8676 646 5 5 CD 1662 8676 647 , , , 1662 8676 648 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 649 of of IN 1662 8676 650 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8676 651 Revival Revival NNP 1662 8676 652 4 4 CD 1662 8676 653 , , , 1662 8676 654 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 8676 655 2 2 CD 1662 8676 656 , , , 1662 8676 657 Social Social NNP 1662 8676 658 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 8676 659 2 2 CD 1662 8676 660 , , , 1662 8676 661 Civil civil JJ 1662 8676 662 Congress Congress NNP 1662 8676 663 2 2 CD 1662 8676 664 , , , 1662 8676 665 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 8676 666 Republicans Republicans NNPS 1662 8676 667 1 1 CD 1662 8676 668 , , , 1662 8676 669 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 670 of of IN 1662 8676 671 Economic Economic NNP 1662 8676 672 Revival Revival NNP 1662 8676 673 of of IN 1662 8676 674 Crimea Crimea NNP 1662 8676 675 1 1 CD 1662 8676 676 , , , 1662 8676 677 Christian Christian NNP 1662 8676 678 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 8676 679 1 1 CD 1662 8676 680 , , , 1662 8676 681 independents independent NNS 1662 8676 682 225 225 CD 1662 8676 683 ; ; : 1662 8676 684 note note VB 1662 8676 685 - - HYPH 1662 8676 686 most most RBS 1662 8676 687 recent recent JJ 1662 8676 688 repeat repeat NN 1662 8676 689 election election NN 1662 8676 690 held hold VBN 1662 8676 691 in in IN 1662 8676 692 April April NNP 1662 8676 693 1996 1996 CD 1662 8676 694 filling fill VBG 1662 8676 695 422 422 CD 1662 8676 696 of of IN 1662 8676 697 450 450 CD 1662 8676 698 seats seat NNS 1662 8676 699 as as IN 1662 8676 700 follows follow VBZ 1662 8676 701 : : : 1662 8676 702 independents independent NNS 1662 8676 703 238 238 CD 1662 8676 704 , , , 1662 8676 705 Communist communist JJ 1662 8676 706 95 95 CD 1662 8676 707 , , , 1662 8676 708 Rukh Rukh NNP 1662 8676 709 22 22 CD 1662 8676 710 , , , 1662 8676 711 Agrarians Agrarians NNPS 1662 8676 712 18 18 CD 1662 8676 713 , , , 1662 8676 714 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 8676 715 15 15 CD 1662 8676 716 , , , 1662 8676 717 Republicans Republicans NNPS 1662 8676 718 11 11 CD 1662 8676 719 , , , 1662 8676 720 Congress Congress NNP 1662 8676 721 of of IN 1662 8676 722 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8676 723 Nationalists Nationalists NNP 1662 8676 724 5 5 CD 1662 8676 725 , , , 1662 8676 726 Labor Labor NNP 1662 8676 727 5 5 CD 1662 8676 728 , , , 1662 8676 729 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 730 of of IN 1662 8676 731 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8676 732 Revival Revival NNP 1662 8676 733 4 4 CD 1662 8676 734 , , , 1662 8676 735 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8676 736 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 737 of of IN 1662 8676 738 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 8676 739 2 2 CD 1662 8676 740 , , , 1662 8676 741 Social Social NNP 1662 8676 742 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 8676 743 2 2 CD 1662 8676 744 , , , 1662 8676 745 Civil civil JJ 1662 8676 746 Congress Congress NNP 1662 8676 747 2 2 CD 1662 8676 748 , , , 1662 8676 749 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 8676 750 Republicans Republicans NNPS 1662 8676 751 1 1 CD 1662 8676 752 , , , 1662 8676 753 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 754 of of IN 1662 8676 755 Economic Economic NNP 1662 8676 756 Revival Revival NNP 1662 8676 757 of of IN 1662 8676 758 Crimea Crimea NNP 1662 8676 759 1 1 CD 1662 8676 760 , , , 1662 8676 761 Christian Christian NNP 1662 8676 762 Democrats Democrats NNPS 1662 8676 763 1 1 CD 1662 8676 764 , , , 1662 8676 765 vacant vacant JJ 1662 8676 766 28 28 CD 1662 8676 767 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 768 in in IN 1662 8676 769 February February NNP 1662 8676 770 1997 1997 CD 1662 8676 771 there there EX 1662 8676 772 were be VBD 1662 8676 773 35 35 CD 1662 8676 774 vacant vacant JJ 1662 8676 775 seats seat NNS 1662 8676 776 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 777 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 8676 778 branch branch NN 1662 8676 779 : : : 1662 8676 780 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8676 781 Court Court NNP 1662 8676 782 ; ; : 1662 8676 783 Constitutional Constitutional NNP 1662 8676 784 Court Court NNP 1662 8676 785 Political political JJ 1662 8676 786 parties party NNS 1662 8676 787 and and CC 1662 8676 788 leaders leader NNS 1662 8676 789 : : : 1662 8676 790 Green Green NNP 1662 8676 791 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 792 of of IN 1662 8676 793 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 8676 794 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 795 Vitaliy Vitaliy NNP 1662 8676 796 KONONOV KONONOV NNP 1662 8676 797 , , , 1662 8676 798 leader leader NN 1662 8676 799 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 800 ; ; : 1662 8676 801 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 8676 802 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 803 of of IN 1662 8676 804 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 8676 805 ; ; : 1662 8676 806 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 8676 807 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8676 808 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 809 of of IN 1662 8676 810 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 8676 811 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 812 Volodymyr Volodymyr NNP 1662 8676 813 KLYMCHUK KLYMCHUK NNP 1662 8676 814 , , , 1662 8676 815 chairman chairman NN 1662 8676 816 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 817 ; ; : 1662 8676 818 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8676 819 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 820 of of IN 1662 8676 821 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 8676 822 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 823 Volodymyr Volodymyr NNP 1662 8676 824 Oleksandrovych Oleksandrovych NNP 1662 8676 825 YAVORIVSKIY YAVORIVSKIY NNP 1662 8676 826 , , , 1662 8676 827 chairman chairman NN 1662 8676 828 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 829 ; ; : 1662 8676 830 People People NNPS 1662 8676 831 's 's POS 1662 8676 832 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 833 of of IN 1662 8676 834 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 8676 835 ; ; : 1662 8676 836 Peasants Peasants NNPS 1662 8676 837 ' ' POS 1662 8676 838 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 839 of of IN 1662 8676 840 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 8676 841 ; ; : 1662 8676 842 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 843 of of IN 1662 8676 844 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8676 845 Rebirth Rebirth NNP 1662 8676 846 or or CC 1662 8676 847 Revival Revival NNP 1662 8676 848 of of IN 1662 8676 849 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 8676 850 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 851 Volodymyr Volodymyr NNP 1662 8676 852 FILENKO FILENKO NNP 1662 8676 853 , , , 1662 8676 854 chairman chairman NN 1662 8676 855 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 856 ; ; : 1662 8676 857 Social Social NNP 1662 8676 858 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8676 859 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 860 of of IN 1662 8676 861 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 8676 862 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 863 Vasyl Vasyl NNP 1662 8676 864 ONOPENKO ONOPENKO NNP 1662 8676 865 , , , 1662 8676 866 chairman chairman NN 1662 8676 867 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 868 ; ; : 1662 8676 869 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 8676 870 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 871 of of IN 1662 8676 872 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 8676 873 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 874 Oleksandr Oleksandr NNP 1662 8676 875 MOROZ MOROZ NNP 1662 8676 876 , , , 1662 8676 877 chairman chairman NN 1662 8676 878 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 879 ; ; : 1662 8676 880 Ukrainian ukrainian JJ 1662 8676 881 Christian Christian NNP 1662 8676 882 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8676 883 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 884 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 885 Vitaliy Vitaliy NNP 1662 8676 886 ZHURAVSKYY ZHURAVSKYY NNP 1662 8676 887 , , , 1662 8676 888 chairman chairman NN 1662 8676 889 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 890 ; ; : 1662 8676 891 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8676 892 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 8676 893 Republican Republican NNP 1662 8676 894 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 895 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 896 Stepan Stepan NNP 1662 8676 897 KHMARA KHMARA NNP 1662 8676 898 , , , 1662 8676 899 chairman chairman NN 1662 8676 900 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 901 ; ; : 1662 8676 902 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8676 903 Labor Labor NNP 1662 8676 904 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 905 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 906 Valentyn Valentyn NNP 1662 8676 907 LANDYK LANDYK NNP 1662 8676 908 , , , 1662 8676 909 chairman chairman NN 1662 8676 910 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 911 ; ; : 1662 8676 912 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8676 913 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 914 of of IN 1662 8676 915 Justice Justice NNP 1662 8676 916 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 917 Yuriy Yuriy NNP 1662 8676 918 ZUBKO ZUBKO NNP 1662 8676 919 , , , 1662 8676 920 chairman chairman NN 1662 8676 921 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 922 ; ; : 1662 8676 923 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8676 924 Peasants Peasants NNPS 1662 8676 925 ' ' POS 1662 8676 926 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8676 927 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 928 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 929 Serhiy Serhiy NNP 1662 8676 930 PLACHINDA PLACHINDA NNP 1662 8676 931 , , , 1662 8676 932 chairman chairman NN 1662 8676 933 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 934 ; ; : 1662 8676 935 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8676 936 Republican Republican NNP 1662 8676 937 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 938 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 939 Bondan Bondan NNP 1662 8676 940 YAROSHPSKYY YAROSHPSKYY NNP 1662 8676 941 , , , 1662 8676 942 chairman chairman NN 1662 8676 943 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 944 ; ; : 1662 8676 945 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8676 946 National National NNP 1662 8676 947 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 8676 948 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 949 ; ; : 1662 8676 950 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8676 951 People People NNPS 1662 8676 952 's 's POS 1662 8676 953 Movement Movement NNP 1662 8676 954 for for IN 1662 8676 955 Restructuring Restructuring NNP 1662 8676 956 or or CC 1662 8676 957 Rukh Rukh NNP 1662 8676 958 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 959 Vyacheslav Vyacheslav NNP 1662 8676 960 CHORNOVIL CHORNOVIL NNP 1662 8676 961 , , , 1662 8676 962 chairman chairman NN 1662 8676 963 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 964 ; ; : 1662 8676 965 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8676 966 Communist Communist NNP 1662 8676 967 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 968 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 969 Petr Petr NNP 1662 8676 970 SYMONENKO SYMONENKO NNP 1662 8676 971 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 972 ; ; : 1662 8676 973 Agrarian Agrarian NNP 1662 8676 974 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 975 ; ; : 1662 8676 976 Congress Congress NNP 1662 8676 977 of of IN 1662 8676 978 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8676 979 Nationalists Nationalists NNPS 1662 8676 980 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 981 Slava Slava NNP 1662 8676 982 STESTKO STESTKO NNP 1662 8676 983 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 984 ; ; : 1662 8676 985 Civil civil JJ 1662 8676 986 Congress Congress NNP 1662 8676 987 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 988 O. O. NNP 1662 8676 989 BAZYLUK BAZYLUK NNP 1662 8676 990 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 991 ; ; : 1662 8676 992 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 993 of of IN 1662 8676 994 Economic Economic NNP 1662 8676 995 Revival Revival NNP 1662 8676 996 of of IN 1662 8676 997 Crimea Crimea NNP 1662 8676 998 ; ; , 1662 8676 999 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 8676 1000 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 8676 1001 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 1002 of of IN 1662 8676 1003 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 8676 1004 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 1005 Nataliya Nataliya NNP 1662 8676 1006 VITRENKO VITRENKO NNP 1662 8676 1007 and and CC 1662 8676 1008 Volodymyr Volodymyr NNP 1662 8676 1009 MARCHENKO MARCHENKO NNP 1662 8676 1010 , , , 1662 8676 1011 leaders leader NNS 1662 8676 1012 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 1013 ; ; : 1662 8676 1014 People People NNS 1662 8676 1015 's 's POS 1662 8676 1016 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8676 1017 Party Party NNP 1662 8676 1018 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 1019 Anatoliy Anatoliy NNP 1662 8676 1020 MATVIYENKO MATVIYENKO NNP 1662 8676 1021 , , , 1662 8676 1022 chairman chairman NN 1662 8676 1023 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 1024 Political political JJ 1662 8676 1025 pressure pressure NN 1662 8676 1026 groups group NNS 1662 8676 1027 and and CC 1662 8676 1028 leaders leader NNS 1662 8676 1029 : : : 1662 8676 1030 New New NNP 1662 8676 1031 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 8676 1032 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 1033 Nova Nova NNP 1662 8676 1034 Ukrayina Ukrayina NNP 1662 8676 1035 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 1036 ; ; : 1662 8676 1037 Congress Congress NNP 1662 8676 1038 of of IN 1662 8676 1039 National National NNP 1662 8676 1040 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8676 1041 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 8676 1042 International International NNP 1662 8676 1043 organization organization NN 1662 8676 1044 participation participation NN 1662 8676 1045 : : : 1662 8676 1046 BSEC BSEC NNP 1662 8676 1047 , , , 1662 8676 1048 CCC CCC NNP 1662 8676 1049 , , , 1662 8676 1050 CE CE NNP 1662 8676 1051 , , , 1662 8676 1052 CEI CEI NNP 1662 8676 1053 , , , 1662 8676 1054 CIS CIS NNP 1662 8676 1055 , , , 1662 8676 1056 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 8676 1057 , , , 1662 8676 1058 ECE ECE NNP 1662 8676 1059 , , , 1662 8676 1060 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 8676 1061 , , , 1662 8676 1062 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 8676 1063 , , , 1662 8676 1064 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 8676 1065 , , , 1662 8676 1066 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 8676 1067 , , , 1662 8676 1068 IFC IFC NNP 1662 8676 1069 , , , 1662 8676 1070 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 8676 1071 , , , 1662 8676 1072 ILO ILO NNP 1662 8676 1073 , , , 1662 8676 1074 IMF IMF NNP 1662 8676 1075 , , , 1662 8676 1076 IMO imo RB 1662 8676 1077 , , , 1662 8676 1078 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 8676 1079 , , , 1662 8676 1080 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8676 1081 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 1082 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 8676 1083 user user NN 1662 8676 1084 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 1085 , , , 1662 8676 1086 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 8676 1087 , , , 1662 8676 1088 IOC IOC NNP 1662 8676 1089 , , , 1662 8676 1090 IOM IOM NNP 1662 8676 1091 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 1092 observer observer NN 1662 8676 1093 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 1094 , , , 1662 8676 1095 ISO ISO NNP 1662 8676 1096 , , , 1662 8676 1097 ITU ITU NNP 1662 8676 1098 , , , 1662 8676 1099 NACC NACC NNP 1662 8676 1100 , , , 1662 8676 1101 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 8676 1102 , , , 1662 8676 1103 PCA PCA NNP 1662 8676 1104 , , , 1662 8676 1105 PFP PFP NNP 1662 8676 1106 , , , 1662 8676 1107 UN UN NNP 1662 8676 1108 , , , 1662 8676 1109 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 8676 1110 III III NNP 1662 8676 1111 , , , 1662 8676 1112 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 8676 1113 , , , 1662 8676 1114 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 8676 1115 , , , 1662 8676 1116 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 8676 1117 , , , 1662 8676 1118 UNMIBH UNMIBH NNP 1662 8676 1119 , , , 1662 8676 1120 UNMOP UNMOP NNP 1662 8676 1121 , , , 1662 8676 1122 UNMOT UNMOT NNP 1662 8676 1123 , , , 1662 8676 1124 UNPREDEP UNPREDEP NNP 1662 8676 1125 , , , 1662 8676 1126 UNTAES UNTAES NNP 1662 8676 1127 , , , 1662 8676 1128 UPU UPU NNP 1662 8676 1129 , , , 1662 8676 1130 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 8676 1131 , , , 1662 8676 1132 WHO who WP 1662 8676 1133 , , , 1662 8676 1134 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 8676 1135 , , , 1662 8676 1136 WMO WMO NNP 1662 8676 1137 , , , 1662 8676 1138 WTrO WTrO NNP 1662 8676 1139 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 1140 applicant applicant NN 1662 8676 1141 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 1142 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8676 1143 representation representation NN 1662 8676 1144 in in IN 1662 8676 1145 the the DT 1662 8676 1146 US US NNP 1662 8676 1147 : : : 1662 8676 1148 chief chief NN 1662 8676 1149 of of IN 1662 8676 1150 mission mission NN 1662 8676 1151 : : : 1662 8676 1152 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 8676 1153 Yuriy Yuriy NNP 1662 8676 1154 Mikolayevych Mikolayevych NNP 1662 8676 1155 SHCHERBAK SHCHERBAK NNP 1662 8676 1156 chancery chancery NN 1662 8676 1157 : : : 1662 8676 1158 3350 3350 CD 1662 8676 1159 M M NNP 1662 8676 1160 Street Street NNP 1662 8676 1161 NW NW NNP 1662 8676 1162 , , , 1662 8676 1163 Washington Washington NNP 1662 8676 1164 , , , 1662 8676 1165 DC DC NNP 1662 8676 1166 20007 20007 CD 1662 8676 1167 telephone telephone NN 1662 8676 1168 : : : 1662 8676 1169 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 1170 1 1 CD 1662 8676 1171 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 1172 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 1173 202 202 CD 1662 8676 1174 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 1175 333 333 CD 1662 8676 1176 - - HYPH 1662 8676 1177 0606 0606 CD 1662 8676 1178 FAX fax NN 1662 8676 1179 : : : 1662 8676 1180 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 1181 1 1 CD 1662 8676 1182 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 1183 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 1184 202 202 CD 1662 8676 1185 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 1186 333 333 CD 1662 8676 1187 - - HYPH 1662 8676 1188 0817 0817 CD 1662 8676 1189 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 8676 1190 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 1191 general general NN 1662 8676 1192 : : : 1662 8676 1193 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 8676 1194 and and CC 1662 8676 1195 New New NNP 1662 8676 1196 York York NNP 1662 8676 1197 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8676 1198 representation representation NN 1662 8676 1199 from from IN 1662 8676 1200 the the DT 1662 8676 1201 US US NNP 1662 8676 1202 : : : 1662 8676 1203 chief chief NN 1662 8676 1204 of of IN 1662 8676 1205 mission mission NN 1662 8676 1206 : : : 1662 8676 1207 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 8676 1208 William William NNP 1662 8676 1209 Green Green NNP 1662 8676 1210 MILLER MILLER NNP 1662 8676 1211 embassy embassy NN 1662 8676 1212 : : : 1662 8676 1213 10 10 CD 1662 8676 1214 Yuria Yuria NNP 1662 8676 1215 Kotsyubinskovo Kotsyubinskovo NNP 1662 8676 1216 , , , 1662 8676 1217 254053 254053 CD 1662 8676 1218 Kiev Kiev NNP 1662 8676 1219 53 53 CD 1662 8676 1220 mailing mailing NN 1662 8676 1221 address address NN 1662 8676 1222 : : : 1662 8676 1223 use use VB 1662 8676 1224 embassy embassy NNP 1662 8676 1225 street street NNP 1662 8676 1226 address address NN 1662 8676 1227 telephone telephone NNP 1662 8676 1228 : : : 1662 8676 1229 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 1230 380 380 CD 1662 8676 1231 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 1232 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 1233 44 44 CD 1662 8676 1234 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 1235 244 244 CD 1662 8676 1236 - - SYM 1662 8676 1237 7345 7345 CD 1662 8676 1238 FAX FAX NNP 1662 8676 1239 : : : 1662 8676 1240 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8676 1241 380 380 CD 1662 8676 1242 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8676 1243 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 1244 44 44 CD 1662 8676 1245 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 1246 244 244 CD 1662 8676 1247 - - SYM 1662 8676 1248 7350 7350 CD 1662 8676 1249 Flag flag NN 1662 8676 1250 description description NN 1662 8676 1251 : : : 1662 8676 1252 two two CD 1662 8676 1253 equal equal JJ 1662 8676 1254 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 8676 1255 bands band NNS 1662 8676 1256 of of IN 1662 8676 1257 azure azure JJ 1662 8676 1258 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8676 1259 top top NN 1662 8676 1260 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8676 1261 and and CC 1662 8676 1262 golden golden JJ 1662 8676 1263 yellow yellow JJ 1662 8676 1264 represent represent VBP 1662 8676 1265 grainfields grainfield NNS 1662 8676 1266 under under IN 1662 8676 1267 a a DT 1662 8676 1268 blue blue JJ 1662 8676 1269 sky sky NN 1662 8676 1270 Economy Economy NNP 1662 8676 1271 Economy Economy NNP 1662 8676 1272 - - HYPH 1662 8676 1273 overview overview NN 1662 8676 1274 : : : 1662 8676 1275 After after IN 1662 8676 1276 Russia Russia NNP 1662 8676 1277 , , , 1662 8676 1278 the the DT 1662 8676 1279 Ukrainian ukrainian JJ 1662 8676 1280 republic republic NN 1662 8676 1281 was be VBD 1662 8676 1282 far far RB 1662 8676 1283 and and CC 1662 8676 1284 away away RB 1662 8676 1285 the the DT 1662 8676 1286 most most RBS 1662 8676 1287 important important JJ 1662 8676 1288 economic economic JJ 1662 8676 1289 component component NN 1662 8676 1290 of of IN 1662 8676 1291 the the DT 1662 8676 1292 former former JJ 1662 8676 1293 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 8676 1294 Union Union NNP 1662 8676 1295 , , , 1662 8676 1296 producing produce VBG 1662 8676 1297 about about IN 1662 8676 1298 four four CD 1662 8676 1299 times time NNS 1662 8676 1300 the the DT 1662 8676 1301 output output NN 1662 8676 1302 of of IN 1662 8676 1303 the the DT 1662 8676 1304 next next RB 1662 8676 1305 - - HYPH 1662 8676 1306 ranking rank VBG 1662 8676 1307 republic republic NN 1662 8676 1308 . . . 1662 8677 1 Its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8677 2 fertile fertile JJ 1662 8677 3 black black JJ 1662 8677 4 soil soil NN 1662 8677 5 generated generate VBD 1662 8677 6 more more JJR 1662 8677 7 than than IN 1662 8677 8 one one CD 1662 8677 9 - - HYPH 1662 8677 10 fourth fourth NN 1662 8677 11 of of IN 1662 8677 12 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 8677 13 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8677 14 output output NN 1662 8677 15 , , , 1662 8677 16 and and CC 1662 8677 17 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8677 18 farms farm NNS 1662 8677 19 provided provide VBD 1662 8677 20 substantial substantial JJ 1662 8677 21 quantities quantity NNS 1662 8677 22 of of IN 1662 8677 23 meat meat NN 1662 8677 24 , , , 1662 8677 25 milk milk NN 1662 8677 26 , , , 1662 8677 27 grain grain NN 1662 8677 28 , , , 1662 8677 29 and and CC 1662 8677 30 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 8677 31 to to IN 1662 8677 32 other other JJ 1662 8677 33 republics republic NNS 1662 8677 34 . . . 1662 8678 1 Likewise likewise RB 1662 8678 2 , , , 1662 8678 3 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8678 4 diversified diversified JJ 1662 8678 5 heavy heavy JJ 1662 8678 6 industry industry NN 1662 8678 7 supplied supply VBN 1662 8678 8 equipment equipment NN 1662 8678 9 and and CC 1662 8678 10 raw raw JJ 1662 8678 11 materials material NNS 1662 8678 12 to to IN 1662 8678 13 industrial industrial JJ 1662 8678 14 and and CC 1662 8678 15 mining mining NN 1662 8678 16 sites site NNS 1662 8678 17 in in IN 1662 8678 18 other other JJ 1662 8678 19 regions region NNS 1662 8678 20 of of IN 1662 8678 21 the the DT 1662 8678 22 former former JJ 1662 8678 23 USSR USSR NNP 1662 8678 24 . . . 1662 8679 1 Shortly shortly RB 1662 8679 2 after after IN 1662 8679 3 the the DT 1662 8679 4 implosion implosion NN 1662 8679 5 of of IN 1662 8679 6 the the DT 1662 8679 7 USSR USSR NNP 1662 8679 8 in in IN 1662 8679 9 December December NNP 1662 8679 10 1991 1991 CD 1662 8679 11 , , , 1662 8679 12 the the DT 1662 8679 13 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8679 14 Government Government NNP 1662 8679 15 liberalized liberalize VBD 1662 8679 16 most most JJS 1662 8679 17 prices price NNS 1662 8679 18 and and CC 1662 8679 19 erected erect VBD 1662 8679 20 a a DT 1662 8679 21 legal legal JJ 1662 8679 22 framework framework NN 1662 8679 23 for for IN 1662 8679 24 privatization privatization NN 1662 8679 25 , , , 1662 8679 26 but but CC 1662 8679 27 widespread widespread JJ 1662 8679 28 resistance resistance NN 1662 8679 29 to to TO 1662 8679 30 reform reform VB 1662 8679 31 within within IN 1662 8679 32 the the DT 1662 8679 33 government government NN 1662 8679 34 and and CC 1662 8679 35 the the DT 1662 8679 36 legislature legislature NN 1662 8679 37 soon soon RB 1662 8679 38 stalled stall VBD 1662 8679 39 reform reform NN 1662 8679 40 efforts effort NNS 1662 8679 41 and and CC 1662 8679 42 led lead VBD 1662 8679 43 to to IN 1662 8679 44 some some DT 1662 8679 45 backtracking backtracking NN 1662 8679 46 . . . 1662 8680 1 Output output NN 1662 8680 2 in in IN 1662 8680 3 1992 1992 CD 1662 8680 4 - - SYM 1662 8680 5 96 96 CD 1662 8680 6 fell fall VBD 1662 8680 7 precipitously precipitously RB 1662 8680 8 to to IN 1662 8680 9 less less JJR 1662 8680 10 than than IN 1662 8680 11 half half PDT 1662 8680 12 the the DT 1662 8680 13 1991 1991 CD 1662 8680 14 level level NN 1662 8680 15 . . . 1662 8681 1 Loose loose JJ 1662 8681 2 monetary monetary JJ 1662 8681 3 policies policy NNS 1662 8681 4 pushed push VBD 1662 8681 5 inflation inflation NN 1662 8681 6 to to IN 1662 8681 7 hyperinflationary hyperinflationary JJ 1662 8681 8 levels level NNS 1662 8681 9 in in IN 1662 8681 10 late late JJ 1662 8681 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 8681 12 . . . 1662 8682 1 Since since IN 1662 8682 2 his -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8682 3 election election NN 1662 8682 4 in in IN 1662 8682 5 July July NNP 1662 8682 6 1994 1994 CD 1662 8682 7 , , , 1662 8682 8 President President NNP 1662 8682 9 KUCHMA KUCHMA NNP 1662 8682 10 has have VBZ 1662 8682 11 pushed push VBN 1662 8682 12 a a DT 1662 8682 13 comprehensive comprehensive JJ 1662 8682 14 economic economic JJ 1662 8682 15 reform reform NN 1662 8682 16 program program NN 1662 8682 17 , , , 1662 8682 18 maintained maintain VBD 1662 8682 19 financial financial JJ 1662 8682 20 discipline discipline NN 1662 8682 21 , , , 1662 8682 22 and and CC 1662 8682 23 tried try VBD 1662 8682 24 to to TO 1662 8682 25 remove remove VB 1662 8682 26 almost almost RB 1662 8682 27 all all DT 1662 8682 28 remaining remain VBG 1662 8682 29 controls control NNS 1662 8682 30 over over IN 1662 8682 31 prices price NNS 1662 8682 32 and and CC 1662 8682 33 foreign foreign JJ 1662 8682 34 trade trade NN 1662 8682 35 . . . 1662 8683 1 Implementation implementation NN 1662 8683 2 of of IN 1662 8683 3 KUCHMA KUCHMA NNP 1662 8683 4 's 's POS 1662 8683 5 economic economic JJ 1662 8683 6 agenda agenda NN 1662 8683 7 is be VBZ 1662 8683 8 encountering encounter VBG 1662 8683 9 considerable considerable JJ 1662 8683 10 resistance resistance NN 1662 8683 11 from from IN 1662 8683 12 parliament parliament NN 1662 8683 13 , , , 1662 8683 14 entrenched entrenched JJ 1662 8683 15 bureaucrats bureaucrat NNS 1662 8683 16 , , , 1662 8683 17 and and CC 1662 8683 18 industrial industrial JJ 1662 8683 19 interests interest NNS 1662 8683 20 . . . 1662 8684 1 However however RB 1662 8684 2 , , , 1662 8684 3 if if IN 1662 8684 4 KUCHMA KUCHMA NNP 1662 8684 5 succeeds succeed VBZ 1662 8684 6 in in IN 1662 8684 7 implementing implement VBG 1662 8684 8 aggressive aggressive JJ 1662 8684 9 market market NN 1662 8684 10 reforms reform NNS 1662 8684 11 during during IN 1662 8684 12 1997 1997 CD 1662 8684 13 , , , 1662 8684 14 the the DT 1662 8684 15 economy economy NN 1662 8684 16 should should MD 1662 8684 17 reverse reverse VB 1662 8684 18 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8684 19 downward downward JJ 1662 8684 20 trend trend NN 1662 8684 21 , , , 1662 8684 22 with with IN 1662 8684 23 real real JJ 1662 8684 24 growth growth NN 1662 8684 25 occurring occur VBG 1662 8684 26 by by IN 1662 8684 27 late late JJ 1662 8684 28 1997 1997 CD 1662 8684 29 and and CC 1662 8684 30 into into IN 1662 8684 31 1998 1998 CD 1662 8684 32 . . . 1662 8685 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8685 2 : : : 1662 8685 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 8685 4 power power NN 1662 8685 5 parity parity NN 1662 8685 6 - - : 1662 8685 7 $ $ $ 1662 8685 8 161.1 161.1 CD 1662 8685 9 billion billion CD 1662 8685 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8685 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 8685 12 estimate estimate NN 1662 8685 13 as as IN 1662 8685 14 extrapolated extrapolate VBN 1662 8685 15 from from IN 1662 8685 16 World World NNP 1662 8685 17 Bank Bank NNP 1662 8685 18 estimate estimate NN 1662 8685 19 for for IN 1662 8685 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 8685 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8685 22 GDP gdp NN 1662 8685 23 - - HYPH 1662 8685 24 real real JJ 1662 8685 25 growth growth NN 1662 8685 26 rate rate NN 1662 8685 27 : : : 1662 8685 28 -10 -10 NN 1662 8685 29 % % NN 1662 8685 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8685 31 1996 1996 CD 1662 8685 32 est est NNP 1662 8685 33 . . . 1662 8685 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8686 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8686 2 - - HYPH 1662 8686 3 per per FW 1662 8686 4 capita capita NN 1662 8686 5 : : : 1662 8686 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 8686 7 power power NN 1662 8686 8 parity parity NN 1662 8686 9 - - : 1662 8686 10 $ $ $ 1662 8686 11 3,170 3,170 CD 1662 8686 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8686 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 8686 14 est est NNP 1662 8686 15 . . . 1662 8686 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8687 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8687 2 - - HYPH 1662 8687 3 composition composition NN 1662 8687 4 by by IN 1662 8687 5 sector sector NN 1662 8687 6 : : : 1662 8687 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8687 8 : : : 1662 8687 9 14 14 CD 1662 8687 10 % % NN 1662 8687 11 industry industry NN 1662 8687 12 : : : 1662 8687 13 45 45 CD 1662 8687 14 % % NN 1662 8687 15 services service NNS 1662 8687 16 : : : 1662 8687 17 41 41 CD 1662 8687 18 % % NN 1662 8687 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8687 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 8687 21 est est NNP 1662 8687 22 . . . 1662 8687 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8688 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 8688 2 rate rate NN 1662 8688 3 - - HYPH 1662 8688 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 8688 5 price price NN 1662 8688 6 index index NN 1662 8688 7 : : : 1662 8688 8 40 40 CD 1662 8688 9 % % NN 1662 8688 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8688 11 yearend yearend VB 1662 8688 12 1996 1996 CD 1662 8688 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8688 14 Labor labor NN 1662 8688 15 force force NN 1662 8688 16 : : : 1662 8688 17 total total NN 1662 8688 18 : : : 1662 8688 19 23 23 CD 1662 8688 20 million million CD 1662 8688 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8688 22 January January NNP 1662 8688 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 8688 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8688 25 by by IN 1662 8688 26 occupation occupation NN 1662 8688 27 : : : 1662 8688 28 industry industry NN 1662 8688 29 and and CC 1662 8688 30 construction construction NN 1662 8688 31 33 33 CD 1662 8688 32 % % NN 1662 8688 33 , , , 1662 8688 34 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8688 35 and and CC 1662 8688 36 forestry forestry NN 1662 8688 37 21 21 CD 1662 8688 38 % % NN 1662 8688 39 , , , 1662 8688 40 health health NN 1662 8688 41 , , , 1662 8688 42 education education NN 1662 8688 43 , , , 1662 8688 44 and and CC 1662 8688 45 culture culture NN 1662 8688 46 16 16 CD 1662 8688 47 % % NN 1662 8688 48 , , , 1662 8688 49 trade trade NN 1662 8688 50 and and CC 1662 8688 51 distribution distribution NN 1662 8688 52 7 7 CD 1662 8688 53 % % NN 1662 8688 54 , , , 1662 8688 55 transport transport NN 1662 8688 56 and and CC 1662 8688 57 communication communication NN 1662 8688 58 7 7 CD 1662 8688 59 % % NN 1662 8688 60 , , , 1662 8688 61 other other JJ 1662 8688 62 16 16 CD 1662 8688 63 % % NN 1662 8688 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8688 65 1992 1992 CD 1662 8688 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8688 67 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 8688 68 rate rate NN 1662 8688 69 : : : 1662 8688 70 1 1 CD 1662 8688 71 % % NN 1662 8688 72 officially officially RB 1662 8688 73 registered register VBN 1662 8688 74 ; ; : 1662 8688 75 large large JJ 1662 8688 76 number number NN 1662 8688 77 of of IN 1662 8688 78 unregistered unregistered JJ 1662 8688 79 or or CC 1662 8688 80 underemployed underemployed JJ 1662 8688 81 workers worker NNS 1662 8688 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8688 83 December December NNP 1662 8688 84 1996 1996 CD 1662 8688 85 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8688 86 Budget budget NN 1662 8688 87 : : : 1662 8688 88 revenues revenue NNS 1662 8688 89 : : : 1662 8688 90 $ $ $ 1662 8688 91 NA na NN 1662 8688 92 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8688 93 : : : 1662 8688 94 $ $ $ 1662 8688 95 NA na NN 1662 8688 96 , , , 1662 8688 97 including include VBG 1662 8688 98 capital capital NN 1662 8688 99 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8688 100 of of IN 1662 8688 101 $ $ $ 1662 8688 102 NA NA NNP 1662 8688 103 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 8688 104 : : : 1662 8688 105 coal coal NN 1662 8688 106 , , , 1662 8688 107 electric electric JJ 1662 8688 108 power power NN 1662 8688 109 , , , 1662 8688 110 ferrous ferrous JJ 1662 8688 111 and and CC 1662 8688 112 nonferrous nonferrous JJ 1662 8688 113 metals metal NNS 1662 8688 114 , , , 1662 8688 115 machinery machinery NN 1662 8688 116 and and CC 1662 8688 117 transport transport NN 1662 8688 118 equipment equipment NN 1662 8688 119 , , , 1662 8688 120 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8688 121 , , , 1662 8688 122 food food NN 1662 8688 123 - - HYPH 1662 8688 124 processing processing NN 1662 8688 125 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8688 126 especially especially RB 1662 8688 127 sugar sugar NN 1662 8688 128 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8688 129 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 8688 130 production production NN 1662 8688 131 growth growth NN 1662 8688 132 rate rate NN 1662 8688 133 : : : 1662 8688 134 -5.1 -5.1 NN 1662 8688 135 % % NN 1662 8688 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8688 137 1996 1996 CD 1662 8688 138 est est NNP 1662 8688 139 . . . 1662 8688 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8689 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8689 2 - - HYPH 1662 8689 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 8689 4 : : : 1662 8689 5 54.24 54.24 CD 1662 8689 6 million million CD 1662 8689 7 kW kW NNP 1662 8689 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8689 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 8689 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8689 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8689 12 - - HYPH 1662 8689 13 production production NN 1662 8689 14 : : : 1662 8689 15 181 181 CD 1662 8689 16 billion billion CD 1662 8689 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8689 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8689 19 1996 1996 CD 1662 8689 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8689 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8689 22 - - HYPH 1662 8689 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 8689 24 per per IN 1662 8689 25 capita capita NN 1662 8689 26 : : : 1662 8689 27 3,487 3,487 CD 1662 8689 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8689 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8689 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 8689 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8689 32 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8689 33 - - HYPH 1662 8689 34 products product NNS 1662 8689 35 : : : 1662 8689 36 grain grain NN 1662 8689 37 , , , 1662 8689 38 sugar sugar NN 1662 8689 39 beets beet NNS 1662 8689 40 , , , 1662 8689 41 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 8689 42 ; ; : 1662 8689 43 meat meat NN 1662 8689 44 , , , 1662 8689 45 milk milk NN 1662 8689 46 Exports export NNS 1662 8689 47 : : : 1662 8689 48 total total JJ 1662 8689 49 value value NN 1662 8689 50 : : : 1662 8689 51 $ $ $ 1662 8689 52 18.6 18.6 CD 1662 8689 53 billion billion CD 1662 8689 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8689 55 1996 1996 CD 1662 8689 56 est est NNP 1662 8689 57 . . . 1662 8689 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8690 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8690 2 : : : 1662 8690 3 coal coal NN 1662 8690 4 , , , 1662 8690 5 electric electric JJ 1662 8690 6 power power NN 1662 8690 7 , , , 1662 8690 8 ferrous ferrous JJ 1662 8690 9 and and CC 1662 8690 10 nonferrous nonferrous JJ 1662 8690 11 metals metal NNS 1662 8690 12 , , , 1662 8690 13 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8690 14 , , , 1662 8690 15 machinery machinery NN 1662 8690 16 and and CC 1662 8690 17 transport transport NN 1662 8690 18 equipment equipment NN 1662 8690 19 , , , 1662 8690 20 grain grain NN 1662 8690 21 , , , 1662 8690 22 meat meat NN 1662 8690 23 partners partner NNS 1662 8690 24 : : : 1662 8690 25 Russia Russia NNP 1662 8690 26 , , , 1662 8690 27 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 8690 28 , , , 1662 8690 29 US US NNP 1662 8690 30 , , , 1662 8690 31 Germany Germany NNP 1662 8690 32 , , , 1662 8690 33 China China NNP 1662 8690 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8690 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 8690 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8690 37 Imports import NNS 1662 8690 38 : : : 1662 8690 39 total total JJ 1662 8690 40 value value NN 1662 8690 41 : : : 1662 8690 42 $ $ $ 1662 8690 43 19.4 19.4 CD 1662 8690 44 billion billion CD 1662 8690 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8690 46 1996 1996 CD 1662 8690 47 est est NNP 1662 8690 48 . . . 1662 8690 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8691 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8691 2 : : : 1662 8691 3 energy energy NN 1662 8691 4 , , , 1662 8691 5 machinery machinery NN 1662 8691 6 and and CC 1662 8691 7 parts part NNS 1662 8691 8 , , , 1662 8691 9 transportation transportation NN 1662 8691 10 equipment equipment NN 1662 8691 11 , , , 1662 8691 12 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8691 13 , , , 1662 8691 14 textiles textile NNS 1662 8691 15 partners partner NNS 1662 8691 16 : : : 1662 8691 17 Russia Russia NNP 1662 8691 18 , , , 1662 8691 19 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 1662 8691 20 , , , 1662 8691 21 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 8691 22 , , , 1662 8691 23 Germany Germany NNP 1662 8691 24 , , , 1662 8691 25 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 8691 26 Debt Debt NNP 1662 8691 27 - - HYPH 1662 8691 28 external external JJ 1662 8691 29 : : : 1662 8691 30 $ $ $ 1662 8691 31 8.8 8.8 CD 1662 8691 32 billion billion CD 1662 8691 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8691 34 including include VBG 1662 8691 35 $ $ $ 1662 8691 36 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 8691 37 billion billion CD 1662 8691 38 to to IN 1662 8691 39 Russia Russia NNP 1662 8691 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8691 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8691 42 late late JJ 1662 8691 43 1995 1995 CD 1662 8691 44 est est NNP 1662 8691 45 . . . 1662 8691 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8692 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 8692 2 aid aid NN 1662 8692 3 : : : 1662 8692 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 8692 5 : : : 1662 8692 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 8692 7 , , , 1662 8692 8 $ $ $ 1662 8692 9 220 220 CD 1662 8692 10 million million CD 1662 8692 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8692 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 8692 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8692 14 note note NN 1662 8692 15 : : : 1662 8692 16 commitments commitment NNS 1662 8692 17 , , , 1662 8692 18 1992 1992 CD 1662 8692 19 - - SYM 1662 8692 20 95 95 CD 1662 8692 21 , , , 1662 8692 22 $ $ $ 1662 8692 23 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 8692 24 billion billion CD 1662 8692 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8692 26 $ $ $ 1662 8692 27 4.1 4.1 CD 1662 8692 28 billion billion CD 1662 8692 29 drawn drawn NNS 1662 8692 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8692 31 Currency currency NN 1662 8692 32 : : : 1662 8692 33 on on IN 1662 8692 34 2 2 CD 1662 8692 35 September September NNP 1662 8692 36 1996 1996 CD 1662 8692 37 , , , 1662 8692 38 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 8692 39 introduced introduce VBD 1662 8692 40 the the DT 1662 8692 41 long long RB 1662 8692 42 - - HYPH 1662 8692 43 awaited await VBN 1662 8692 44 hryvnia hryvnia NNP 1662 8692 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8692 46 plural plural NNP 1662 8692 47 hryvni hryvni NNP 1662 8692 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8692 49 as as IN 1662 8692 50 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8692 51 national national JJ 1662 8692 52 currency currency NN 1662 8692 53 , , , 1662 8692 54 replacing replace VBG 1662 8692 55 the the DT 1662 8692 56 karbovanets karbovanet NNS 1662 8692 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8692 58 in in IN 1662 8692 59 circulation circulation NN 1662 8692 60 since since IN 1662 8692 61 12 12 CD 1662 8692 62 November November NNP 1662 8692 63 1992 1992 CD 1662 8692 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8692 65 at at IN 1662 8692 66 a a DT 1662 8692 67 rate rate NN 1662 8692 68 of of IN 1662 8692 69 100,000 100,000 CD 1662 8692 70 karbovantsi karbovantsi NN 1662 8692 71 to to IN 1662 8692 72 1 1 CD 1662 8692 73 hryvnia hryvnia NNP 1662 8692 74 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 8692 75 rates rate NNS 1662 8692 76 : : : 1662 8692 77 hryvnia hryvnia NNP 1662 8692 78 per per IN 1662 8692 79 US$ us$ $ 1662 8692 80 1 1 CD 1662 8692 81 - - SYM 1662 8692 82 1.8592 1.8592 CD 1662 8692 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8692 84 November November NNP 1662 8692 85 1996 1996 CD 1662 8692 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8692 87 , , , 1662 8692 88 1.4731 1.4731 CD 1662 8692 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8692 90 1995 1995 CD 1662 8692 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8692 92 , , , 1662 8692 93 0.3275 0.3275 CD 1662 8692 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8692 95 1994 1994 CD 1662 8692 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8692 97 , , , 1662 8692 98 0.0453 0.0453 CD 1662 8692 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8692 100 1993 1993 CD 1662 8692 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8692 102 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8692 103 year year NN 1662 8692 104 : : : 1662 8692 105 calendar calendar NNP 1662 8692 106 year year NNP 1662 8692 107 @Ukraine @Ukraine NNP 1662 8692 108 : : : 1662 8692 109 Communications communication NNS 1662 8692 110 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 8692 111 : : : 1662 8692 112 NA NA NNP 1662 8692 113 Telephone Telephone NNP 1662 8692 114 system system NN 1662 8692 115 : : : 1662 8692 116 system system NN 1662 8692 117 is be VBZ 1662 8692 118 unsatisfactory unsatisfactory JJ 1662 8692 119 both both DT 1662 8692 120 for for IN 1662 8692 121 business business NN 1662 8692 122 and and CC 1662 8692 123 for for IN 1662 8692 124 personal personal JJ 1662 8692 125 use use NN 1662 8692 126 ; ; : 1662 8692 127 3.56 3.56 CD 1662 8692 128 million million CD 1662 8692 129 applications application NNS 1662 8692 130 for for IN 1662 8692 131 telephones telephone NNS 1662 8692 132 had have VBD 1662 8692 133 not not RB 1662 8692 134 been be VBN 1662 8692 135 satisfied satisfied JJ 1662 8692 136 as as IN 1662 8692 137 of of IN 1662 8692 138 January January NNP 1662 8692 139 1991 1991 CD 1662 8692 140 ; ; : 1662 8692 141 electronic electronic JJ 1662 8692 142 mail mail NN 1662 8692 143 services service NNS 1662 8692 144 have have VBP 1662 8692 145 been be VBN 1662 8692 146 established establish VBN 1662 8692 147 in in IN 1662 8692 148 Kiev Kiev NNP 1662 8692 149 , , , 1662 8692 150 Odessa Odessa NNP 1662 8692 151 , , , 1662 8692 152 and and CC 1662 8692 153 Luhans'k Luhans'k NNP 1662 8692 154 by by IN 1662 8692 155 Sprint Sprint NNP 1662 8692 156 domestic domestic NN 1662 8692 157 : : : 1662 8692 158 an an DT 1662 8692 159 NMT-450 nmt-450 XX 1662 8692 160 analog analog JJ 1662 8692 161 cellular cellular JJ 1662 8692 162 telephone telephone NN 1662 8692 163 network network NN 1662 8692 164 operates operate VBZ 1662 8692 165 in in IN 1662 8692 166 Kiev Kiev NNP 1662 8692 167 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8692 168 Kyyiv Kyyiv NNP 1662 8692 169 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8692 170 and and CC 1662 8692 171 allows allow VBZ 1662 8692 172 direct direct JJ 1662 8692 173 dialing dialing NN 1662 8692 174 of of IN 1662 8692 175 international international JJ 1662 8692 176 calls call NNS 1662 8692 177 through through IN 1662 8692 178 Kiev Kiev NNP 1662 8692 179 's 's POS 1662 8692 180 digital digital JJ 1662 8692 181 exchange exchange NN 1662 8692 182 international international NNP 1662 8692 183 : : : 1662 8692 184 calls call NNS 1662 8692 185 to to IN 1662 8692 186 other other JJ 1662 8692 187 CIS CIS NNP 1662 8692 188 countries country NNS 1662 8692 189 are be VBP 1662 8692 190 carried carry VBN 1662 8692 191 by by IN 1662 8692 192 landline landline NN 1662 8692 193 or or CC 1662 8692 194 microwave microwave VB 1662 8692 195 radio radio NN 1662 8692 196 relay relay NN 1662 8692 197 ; ; , 1662 8692 198 calls call VBZ 1662 8692 199 to to IN 1662 8692 200 167 167 CD 1662 8692 201 other other JJ 1662 8692 202 countries country NNS 1662 8692 203 are be VBP 1662 8692 204 carried carry VBN 1662 8692 205 by by IN 1662 8692 206 satellite satellite NN 1662 8692 207 or or CC 1662 8692 208 by by IN 1662 8692 209 the the DT 1662 8692 210 150 150 CD 1662 8692 211 leased lease VBN 1662 8692 212 lines line NNS 1662 8692 213 through through IN 1662 8692 214 the the DT 1662 8692 215 Moscow Moscow NNP 1662 8692 216 international international JJ 1662 8692 217 gateway gateway NN 1662 8692 218 switch switch NN 1662 8692 219 ; ; , 1662 8692 220 satellite satellite NN 1662 8692 221 earth earth NN 1662 8692 222 stations station NNS 1662 8692 223 - - : 1662 8692 224 NA NA NNP 1662 8692 225 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8692 226 , , , 1662 8692 227 1 1 CD 1662 8692 228 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 8692 229 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8692 230 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8692 231 and and CC 1662 8692 232 Indian Indian NNP 1662 8692 233 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8692 234 Regions Regions NNPS 1662 8692 235 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8692 236 , , , 1662 8692 237 and and CC 1662 8692 238 NA NA NNP 1662 8692 239 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 8692 240 Radio Radio NNP 1662 8692 241 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8692 242 stations station NNS 1662 8692 243 : : : 1662 8692 244 2 2 CD 1662 8692 245 radio radio NN 1662 8692 246 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8692 247 stations station NNS 1662 8692 248 of of IN 1662 8692 249 NA NA NNP 1662 8692 250 type type NN 1662 8692 251 Radios radio NNS 1662 8692 252 : : : 1662 8692 253 15 15 CD 1662 8692 254 million million CD 1662 8692 255 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8692 256 1990 1990 CD 1662 8692 257 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8692 258 Television television NN 1662 8692 259 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8692 260 stations station NNS 1662 8692 261 : : : 1662 8692 262 at at IN 1662 8692 263 least least JJS 1662 8692 264 2 2 CD 1662 8692 265 Televisions television NNS 1662 8692 266 : : : 1662 8692 267 17.3 17.3 CD 1662 8692 268 million million CD 1662 8692 269 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8692 270 1992 1992 CD 1662 8692 271 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8692 272 @Ukraine @ukraine NN 1662 8692 273 : : : 1662 8692 274 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8692 275 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8692 276 : : : 1662 8692 277 total total NN 1662 8692 278 : : : 1662 8692 279 23,350 23,350 CD 1662 8692 280 km km NN 1662 8692 281 broad broad JJ 1662 8692 282 gauge gauge NN 1662 8692 283 : : : 1662 8692 284 23,350 23,350 CD 1662 8692 285 km km NN 1662 8692 286 1.524-m 1.524-m CD 1662 8692 287 gauge gauge NN 1662 8692 288 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8692 289 8,600 8,600 CD 1662 8692 290 km km NN 1662 8692 291 electrified electrify VBN 1662 8692 292 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8692 293 Highways highway NNS 1662 8692 294 : : : 1662 8692 295 total total NN 1662 8692 296 : : : 1662 8692 297 172,257 172,257 CD 1662 8692 298 km km NN 1662 8692 299 paved pave VBN 1662 8692 300 : : : 1662 8692 301 163,300 163,300 CD 1662 8692 302 km km NNP 1662 8692 303 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8692 304 including include VBG 1662 8692 305 1,875 1,875 CD 1662 8692 306 km km NNS 1662 8692 307 of of IN 1662 8692 308 expressways expressway NNS 1662 8692 309 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8692 310 ; ; : 1662 8692 311 note note VB 1662 8692 312 - - : 1662 8692 313 these these DT 1662 8692 314 roads road NNS 1662 8692 315 are be VBP 1662 8692 316 said say VBN 1662 8692 317 to to TO 1662 8692 318 be be VB 1662 8692 319 hard hard RB 1662 8692 320 - - HYPH 1662 8692 321 surfaced surfaced JJ 1662 8692 322 , , , 1662 8692 323 meaning mean VBG 1662 8692 324 that that IN 1662 8692 325 some some DT 1662 8692 326 are be VBP 1662 8692 327 paved pave VBN 1662 8692 328 and and CC 1662 8692 329 some some DT 1662 8692 330 are be VBP 1662 8692 331 all all DT 1662 8692 332 - - HYPH 1662 8692 333 weather weather NN 1662 8692 334 gravel gravel NN 1662 8692 335 surfaced surface VBD 1662 8692 336 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8692 337 : : : 1662 8692 338 8,957 8,957 CD 1662 8692 339 km km NNS 1662 8692 340 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8692 341 1995 1995 CD 1662 8692 342 est est NNP 1662 8692 343 . . . 1662 8692 344 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8693 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 8693 2 : : : 1662 8693 3 4,400 4,400 CD 1662 8693 4 km km NN 1662 8693 5 navigable navigable JJ 1662 8693 6 waterways waterway NNS 1662 8693 7 , , , 1662 8693 8 of of IN 1662 8693 9 which which WDT 1662 8693 10 1,672 1,672 CD 1662 8693 11 km km NNS 1662 8693 12 were be VBD 1662 8693 13 on on IN 1662 8693 14 the the DT 1662 8693 15 Pryp''yat Pryp''yat NNP 1662 8693 16 ' ' POS 1662 8693 17 and and CC 1662 8693 18 Dnistr Dnistr NNP 1662 8693 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8693 20 1990 1990 CD 1662 8693 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8693 22 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 8693 23 : : : 1662 8693 24 crude crude JJ 1662 8693 25 oil oil NN 1662 8693 26 2,010 2,010 CD 1662 8693 27 km km NN 1662 8693 28 ; ; : 1662 8693 29 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8693 30 products product NNS 1662 8693 31 1,920 1,920 CD 1662 8693 32 km km NN 1662 8693 33 ; ; : 1662 8693 34 natural natural JJ 1662 8693 35 gas gas NN 1662 8693 36 7,800 7,800 CD 1662 8693 37 km km NNS 1662 8693 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8693 39 1992 1992 CD 1662 8693 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8693 41 Ports port NNS 1662 8693 42 and and CC 1662 8693 43 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8693 44 : : : 1662 8693 45 Berdyans'k berdyans'k NN 1662 8693 46 , , , 1662 8693 47 Illichivs'k Illichivs'k NNPS 1662 8693 48 , , , 1662 8693 49 Izmayil Izmayil NNPS 1662 8693 50 , , , 1662 8693 51 Kerch Kerch NNP 1662 8693 52 , , , 1662 8693 53 Kherson Kherson NNP 1662 8693 54 , , , 1662 8693 55 Kiev Kiev NNP 1662 8693 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8693 57 Kyyiv Kyyiv NNP 1662 8693 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8693 59 , , , 1662 8693 60 Mariupol Mariupol NNP 1662 8693 61 ' ' POS 1662 8693 62 , , , 1662 8693 63 Mykolayiv Mykolayiv NNP 1662 8693 64 , , , 1662 8693 65 Odesa Odesa NNP 1662 8693 66 , , , 1662 8693 67 Reni Reni NNP 1662 8693 68 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 8693 69 marine marine NN 1662 8693 70 : : : 1662 8693 71 total total NN 1662 8693 72 : : : 1662 8693 73 301 301 CD 1662 8693 74 ships ship NNS 1662 8693 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8693 76 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8693 77 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8693 78 or or CC 1662 8693 79 over over RB 1662 8693 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8693 81 totaling total VBG 1662 8693 82 2,507,463 2,507,463 CD 1662 8693 83 GRT/3,156,522 grt/3,156,522 SYM 1662 8693 84 DWT dwt NN 1662 8693 85 ships ship NNS 1662 8693 86 by by IN 1662 8693 87 type type NN 1662 8693 88 : : : 1662 8693 89 barge barge NN 1662 8693 90 carrier carrier NN 1662 8693 91 5 5 CD 1662 8693 92 , , , 1662 8693 93 bulk bulk NNP 1662 8693 94 21 21 CD 1662 8693 95 , , , 1662 8693 96 cargo cargo NN 1662 8693 97 192 192 CD 1662 8693 98 , , , 1662 8693 99 chemical chemical NN 1662 8693 100 tanker tanker NN 1662 8693 101 2 2 CD 1662 8693 102 , , , 1662 8693 103 combination combination NN 1662 8693 104 bulk bulk NN 1662 8693 105 1 1 CD 1662 8693 106 , , , 1662 8693 107 container container NN 1662 8693 108 10 10 CD 1662 8693 109 , , , 1662 8693 110 multifunction multifunction NN 1662 8693 111 large large JJ 1662 8693 112 - - HYPH 1662 8693 113 load load NN 1662 8693 114 carrier carrier NN 1662 8693 115 3 3 CD 1662 8693 116 , , , 1662 8693 117 oil oil NN 1662 8693 118 tanker tanker NN 1662 8693 119 23 23 CD 1662 8693 120 , , , 1662 8693 121 passenger passenger NN 1662 8693 122 7 7 CD 1662 8693 123 , , , 1662 8693 124 passenger passenger NN 1662 8693 125 - - HYPH 1662 8693 126 cargo cargo NN 1662 8693 127 4 4 CD 1662 8693 128 , , , 1662 8693 129 railcar railcar NN 1662 8693 130 carrier carrier NN 1662 8693 131 2 2 CD 1662 8693 132 , , , 1662 8693 133 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 8693 134 cargo cargo NN 1662 8693 135 5 5 CD 1662 8693 136 , , , 1662 8693 137 roll roll NN 1662 8693 138 - - HYPH 1662 8693 139 on on IN 1662 8693 140 / / SYM 1662 8693 141 roll roll NN 1662 8693 142 - - HYPH 1662 8693 143 off off RP 1662 8693 144 cargo cargo NN 1662 8693 145 20 20 CD 1662 8693 146 , , , 1662 8693 147 short short JJ 1662 8693 148 - - HYPH 1662 8693 149 sea sea NN 1662 8693 150 passenger passenger NN 1662 8693 151 6 6 CD 1662 8693 152 note note NN 1662 8693 153 : : : 1662 8693 154 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 8693 155 owns own VBZ 1662 8693 156 an an DT 1662 8693 157 additional additional JJ 1662 8693 158 61 61 CD 1662 8693 159 ships ship NNS 1662 8693 160 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8693 161 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8693 162 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8693 163 or or CC 1662 8693 164 over over RB 1662 8693 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8693 166 totaling total VBG 1662 8693 167 1,283,735 1,283,735 CD 1662 8693 168 DWT dwt NN 1662 8693 169 operating operate VBG 1662 8693 170 under under IN 1662 8693 171 the the DT 1662 8693 172 registries registry NNS 1662 8693 173 of of IN 1662 8693 174 The the DT 1662 8693 175 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 8693 176 , , , 1662 8693 177 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 1662 8693 178 , , , 1662 8693 179 Liberia Liberia NNP 1662 8693 180 , , , 1662 8693 181 Malta Malta NNP 1662 8693 182 , , , 1662 8693 183 Panama Panama NNP 1662 8693 184 , , , 1662 8693 185 and and CC 1662 8693 186 Saint Saint NNP 1662 8693 187 Vincent Vincent NNP 1662 8693 188 and and CC 1662 8693 189 the the DT 1662 8693 190 Grenadines Grenadines NNPS 1662 8693 191 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8693 192 1996 1996 CD 1662 8693 193 est est NNP 1662 8693 194 . . . 1662 8693 195 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8694 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8694 2 : : : 1662 8694 3 706 706 CD 1662 8694 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8694 5 1994 1994 CD 1662 8694 6 est est NNP 1662 8694 7 . . . 1662 8694 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8695 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8695 2 - - , 1662 8695 3 with with IN 1662 8695 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8695 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8695 6 : : : 1662 8695 7 total total NN 1662 8695 8 : : : 1662 8695 9 163 163 CD 1662 8695 10 over over IN 1662 8695 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8695 12 m m NN 1662 8695 13 : : : 1662 8695 14 14 14 CD 1662 8695 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8695 16 to to IN 1662 8695 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8695 18 m m NN 1662 8695 19 : : : 1662 8695 20 55 55 CD 1662 8695 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8695 22 to to TO 1662 8695 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8695 24 m m NN 1662 8695 25 : : : 1662 8695 26 34 34 CD 1662 8695 27 914 914 CD 1662 8695 28 to to TO 1662 8695 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8695 30 m m NN 1662 8695 31 : : : 1662 8695 32 3 3 CD 1662 8695 33 under under IN 1662 8695 34 914 914 CD 1662 8695 35 m m NN 1662 8695 36 : : : 1662 8695 37 57 57 CD 1662 8695 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8695 39 1994 1994 CD 1662 8695 40 est est NNP 1662 8695 41 . . . 1662 8695 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8696 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8696 2 - - , 1662 8696 3 with with IN 1662 8696 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8696 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8696 6 : : : 1662 8696 7 total total NN 1662 8696 8 : : : 1662 8696 9 543 543 CD 1662 8696 10 over over IN 1662 8696 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8696 12 m m NN 1662 8696 13 : : : 1662 8696 14 7 7 CD 1662 8696 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8696 16 to to TO 1662 8696 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8696 18 m m NN 1662 8696 19 : : : 1662 8696 20 7 7 CD 1662 8696 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8696 22 to to TO 1662 8696 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8696 24 m m NN 1662 8696 25 : : : 1662 8696 26 16 16 CD 1662 8696 27 914 914 CD 1662 8696 28 to to TO 1662 8696 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8696 30 m m NN 1662 8696 31 : : : 1662 8696 32 37 37 CD 1662 8696 33 under under IN 1662 8696 34 914 914 CD 1662 8696 35 m m NN 1662 8696 36 : : : 1662 8696 37 476 476 CD 1662 8696 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8696 39 1994 1994 CD 1662 8696 40 est est NNP 1662 8696 41 . . . 1662 8696 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8697 1 Military military JJ 1662 8697 2 Military military JJ 1662 8697 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8697 4 : : : 1662 8697 5 Army Army NNP 1662 8697 6 , , , 1662 8697 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 8697 8 , , , 1662 8697 9 Air Air NNP 1662 8697 10 and and CC 1662 8697 11 Air Air NNP 1662 8697 12 Defense Defense NNP 1662 8697 13 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 8697 14 , , , 1662 8697 15 Internal Internal NNP 1662 8697 16 Troops Troops NNPS 1662 8697 17 , , , 1662 8697 18 National National NNP 1662 8697 19 Guard Guard NNP 1662 8697 20 , , , 1662 8697 21 Border Border NNP 1662 8697 22 Troops Troops NNP 1662 8697 23 Military Military NNP 1662 8697 24 manpower manpower NN 1662 8697 25 - - HYPH 1662 8697 26 military military NN 1662 8697 27 age age NN 1662 8697 28 : : : 1662 8697 29 18 18 CD 1662 8697 30 years year NNS 1662 8697 31 of of IN 1662 8697 32 age age NN 1662 8697 33 Military military JJ 1662 8697 34 manpower manpower NN 1662 8697 35 - - HYPH 1662 8697 36 availability availability NN 1662 8697 37 : : : 1662 8697 38 males male NNS 1662 8697 39 age age NNP 1662 8697 40 15 15 CD 1662 8697 41 - - SYM 1662 8697 42 49 49 CD 1662 8697 43 : : : 1662 8697 44 12,408,912 12,408,912 CD 1662 8697 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8697 46 1997 1997 CD 1662 8697 47 est est NNP 1662 8697 48 . . . 1662 8697 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8698 1 Military military JJ 1662 8698 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8698 3 - - HYPH 1662 8698 4 fit fit NN 1662 8698 5 for for IN 1662 8698 6 military military JJ 1662 8698 7 service service NN 1662 8698 8 : : : 1662 8698 9 males male NNS 1662 8698 10 : : : 1662 8698 11 9,720,351 9,720,351 CD 1662 8698 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8698 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8698 14 est est NNP 1662 8698 15 . . . 1662 8698 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8699 1 Military military JJ 1662 8699 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8699 3 - - HYPH 1662 8699 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 8699 5 military military JJ 1662 8699 6 age age NN 1662 8699 7 annually annually RB 1662 8699 8 : : : 1662 8699 9 males male NNS 1662 8699 10 : : : 1662 8699 11 366,086 366,086 CD 1662 8699 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8699 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8699 14 est est NNP 1662 8699 15 . . . 1662 8699 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8700 1 Military military JJ 1662 8700 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8700 3 - - HYPH 1662 8700 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8700 5 figure figure NN 1662 8700 6 : : : 1662 8700 7 1.35 1.35 CD 1662 8700 8 billion billion CD 1662 8700 9 hryvni hryvni NNS 1662 8700 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8700 11 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8700 12 Government Government NNP 1662 8700 13 's 's POS 1662 8700 14 forecast forecast NN 1662 8700 15 for for IN 1662 8700 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 8700 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8700 18 ; ; : 1662 8700 19 note note NN 1662 8700 20 - - HYPH 1662 8700 21 conversion conversion NN 1662 8700 22 of of IN 1662 8700 23 defense defense NN 1662 8700 24 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8700 25 into into IN 1662 8700 26 US US NNP 1662 8700 27 dollars dollar NNS 1662 8700 28 using use VBG 1662 8700 29 the the DT 1662 8700 30 current current JJ 1662 8700 31 exchange exchange NN 1662 8700 32 rate rate NN 1662 8700 33 could could MD 1662 8700 34 produce produce VB 1662 8700 35 misleading misleading JJ 1662 8700 36 results result NNS 1662 8700 37 Military military JJ 1662 8700 38 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8700 39 - - : 1662 8700 40 percent percent NN 1662 8700 41 of of IN 1662 8700 42 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8700 43 : : : 1662 8700 44 less less JJR 1662 8700 45 than than IN 1662 8700 46 2 2 CD 1662 8700 47 % % NN 1662 8700 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8700 49 Ukrainian Ukrainian NNP 1662 8700 50 Government Government NNP 1662 8700 51 's 's POS 1662 8700 52 forecast forecast NN 1662 8700 53 for for IN 1662 8700 54 1996 1996 CD 1662 8700 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8700 56 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8700 57 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8700 58 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 8700 59 - - HYPH 1662 8700 60 international international JJ 1662 8700 61 : : : 1662 8700 62 dispute dispute NN 1662 8700 63 with with IN 1662 8700 64 Romania Romania NNP 1662 8700 65 over over IN 1662 8700 66 continental continental JJ 1662 8700 67 shelf shelf NN 1662 8700 68 of of IN 1662 8700 69 the the DT 1662 8700 70 Black Black NNP 1662 8700 71 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8700 72 under under IN 1662 8700 73 which which WDT 1662 8700 74 significant significant JJ 1662 8700 75 gas gas NN 1662 8700 76 and and CC 1662 8700 77 oil oil NN 1662 8700 78 deposits deposit NNS 1662 8700 79 may may MD 1662 8700 80 exist exist VB 1662 8700 81 ; ; : 1662 8700 82 agreed agree VBD 1662 8700 83 to to IN 1662 8700 84 two two CD 1662 8700 85 - - HYPH 1662 8700 86 year year NN 1662 8700 87 negotiating negotiating NN 1662 8700 88 period period NN 1662 8700 89 , , , 1662 8700 90 after after IN 1662 8700 91 which which WDT 1662 8700 92 either either DT 1662 8700 93 party party NN 1662 8700 94 can can MD 1662 8700 95 refer refer VB 1662 8700 96 dispute dispute NN 1662 8700 97 to to IN 1662 8700 98 the the DT 1662 8700 99 International International NNP 1662 8700 100 Court Court NNP 1662 8700 101 of of IN 1662 8700 102 Justice Justice NNP 1662 8700 103 ; ; : 1662 8700 104 potential potential JJ 1662 8700 105 dispute dispute NN 1662 8700 106 with with IN 1662 8700 107 Russia Russia NNP 1662 8700 108 over over IN 1662 8700 109 Crimea Crimea NNP 1662 8700 110 ; ; : 1662 8700 111 has have VBZ 1662 8700 112 made make VBN 1662 8700 113 no no DT 1662 8700 114 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8700 115 claim claim NN 1662 8700 116 in in IN 1662 8700 117 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 8700 118 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8700 119 but but CC 1662 8700 120 has have VBZ 1662 8700 121 reserved reserve VBN 1662 8700 122 the the DT 1662 8700 123 right right NN 1662 8700 124 to to TO 1662 8700 125 do do VB 1662 8700 126 so so RB 1662 8700 127 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8700 128 and and CC 1662 8700 129 does do VBZ 1662 8700 130 not not RB 1662 8700 131 recognize recognize VB 1662 8700 132 the the DT 1662 8700 133 claims claim NNS 1662 8700 134 of of IN 1662 8700 135 any any DT 1662 8700 136 other other JJ 1662 8700 137 nation nation NN 1662 8700 138 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 8700 139 drugs drug VBZ 1662 8700 140 : : : 1662 8700 141 limited limited JJ 1662 8700 142 cultivation cultivation NN 1662 8700 143 of of IN 1662 8700 144 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 8700 145 and and CC 1662 8700 146 opium opium NN 1662 8700 147 poppy poppy NNP 1662 8700 148 , , , 1662 8700 149 mostly mostly RB 1662 8700 150 for for IN 1662 8700 151 CIS CIS NNP 1662 8700 152 consumption consumption NN 1662 8700 153 ; ; : 1662 8700 154 limited limited JJ 1662 8700 155 government government NN 1662 8700 156 eradication eradication NN 1662 8700 157 program program NN 1662 8700 158 ; ; , 1662 8700 159 used use VBN 1662 8700 160 as as IN 1662 8700 161 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 8700 162 point point NN 1662 8700 163 for for IN 1662 8700 164 opiates opiate NNS 1662 8700 165 and and CC 1662 8700 166 other other JJ 1662 8700 167 illicit illicit JJ 1662 8700 168 drugs drug NNS 1662 8700 169 to to IN 1662 8700 170 Western Western NNP 1662 8700 171 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8700 172 and and CC 1662 8700 173 Russia Russia NNP 1662 8700 174 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 175 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 176 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 177 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 178 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 179 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 180 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 181 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 182 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 183 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 184 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 185 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 186 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 187 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 188 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 189 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 190 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 191 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 192 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 193 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 194 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 195 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 196 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 197 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 198 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 199 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 200 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 201 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 202 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 203 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 204 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 205 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 206 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 207 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 208 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 209 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 210 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 211 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 212 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 213 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 214 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 215 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 216 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 217 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 218 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 219 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 220 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 221 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 222 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 223 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 224 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 225 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 226 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 227 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 228 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 229 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 230 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 231 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 232 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 233 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 234 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 235 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 236 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 237 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 238 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 239 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 240 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 241 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 242 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 243 _ _ NNP 1662 8700 244 UNITED UNITED NNP 1662 8700 245 ARAB ARAB NNP 1662 8700 246 EMIRATES emirates VB 1662 8700 247 @United @United NFP 1662 8700 248 Arab arab JJ 1662 8700 249 Emirates Emirates NNPS 1662 8700 250 : : : 1662 8700 251 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8700 252 Location location NN 1662 8700 253 : : : 1662 8700 254 Middle Middle NNP 1662 8700 255 East East NNP 1662 8700 256 , , , 1662 8700 257 bordering border VBG 1662 8700 258 the the DT 1662 8700 259 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 8700 260 of of IN 1662 8700 261 Oman Oman NNP 1662 8700 262 and and CC 1662 8700 263 the the DT 1662 8700 264 Persian Persian NNP 1662 8700 265 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 8700 266 , , , 1662 8700 267 between between IN 1662 8700 268 Oman Oman NNP 1662 8700 269 and and CC 1662 8700 270 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 8700 271 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 8700 272 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8700 273 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8700 274 : : : 1662 8700 275 24 24 CD 1662 8700 276 00 00 NFP 1662 8700 277 N n CD 1662 8700 278 , , , 1662 8700 279 54 54 CD 1662 8700 280 00 00 CD 1662 8700 281 E e NN 1662 8700 282 Map Map NNP 1662 8700 283 references reference NNS 1662 8700 284 : : : 1662 8700 285 Middle Middle NNP 1662 8700 286 East East NNP 1662 8700 287 Area Area NNP 1662 8700 288 : : : 1662 8700 289 total total NN 1662 8700 290 : : : 1662 8700 291 82,880 82,880 CD 1662 8700 292 sq sq IN 1662 8700 293 km km NNP 1662 8700 294 land land NN 1662 8700 295 : : : 1662 8700 296 82,880 82,880 CD 1662 8700 297 sq sq NNP 1662 8700 298 km km NNP 1662 8700 299 water water NN 1662 8700 300 : : : 1662 8700 301 0 0 NFP 1662 8700 302 sq sq NN 1662 8700 303 km km NNP 1662 8700 304 Area area NN 1662 8700 305 - - HYPH 1662 8700 306 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8700 307 : : : 1662 8700 308 slightly slightly RB 1662 8700 309 smaller small JJR 1662 8700 310 than than IN 1662 8700 311 Maine Maine NNP 1662 8700 312 Land Land NNP 1662 8700 313 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8700 314 : : : 1662 8700 315 total total JJ 1662 8700 316 : : : 1662 8700 317 867 867 CD 1662 8700 318 km km NN 1662 8700 319 border border NN 1662 8700 320 countries country NNS 1662 8700 321 : : : 1662 8700 322 Oman Oman NNP 1662 8700 323 410 410 CD 1662 8700 324 km km NNS 1662 8700 325 , , , 1662 8700 326 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 8700 327 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 8700 328 457 457 CD 1662 8700 329 km km NN 1662 8700 330 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8700 331 : : : 1662 8700 332 1,318 1,318 CD 1662 8700 333 km km NN 1662 8700 334 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8700 335 claims claim VBZ 1662 8700 336 : : : 1662 8700 337 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 8700 338 zone zone NN 1662 8700 339 : : : 1662 8700 340 24 24 CD 1662 8700 341 nm nm NNP 1662 8700 342 continental continental JJ 1662 8700 343 shelf shelf NNP 1662 8700 344 : : : 1662 8700 345 200 200 CD 1662 8700 346 nm nm CD 1662 8700 347 or or CC 1662 8700 348 to to IN 1662 8700 349 the the DT 1662 8700 350 edge edge NN 1662 8700 351 of of IN 1662 8700 352 the the DT 1662 8700 353 continental continental JJ 1662 8700 354 margin margin NN 1662 8700 355 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 8700 356 economic economic JJ 1662 8700 357 zone zone NN 1662 8700 358 : : : 1662 8700 359 200 200 CD 1662 8700 360 nm nm CD 1662 8700 361 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8700 362 sea sea NN 1662 8700 363 : : : 1662 8700 364 12 12 CD 1662 8700 365 nm nm NNP 1662 8700 366 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8700 367 : : : 1662 8700 368 desert desert NN 1662 8700 369 ; ; : 1662 8700 370 cooler cooler NNP 1662 8700 371 in in IN 1662 8700 372 eastern eastern JJ 1662 8700 373 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8700 374 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8700 375 : : : 1662 8700 376 flat flat JJ 1662 8700 377 , , , 1662 8700 378 barren barren JJ 1662 8700 379 coastal coastal JJ 1662 8700 380 plain plain JJ 1662 8700 381 merging merging NN 1662 8700 382 into into IN 1662 8700 383 rolling rolling JJ 1662 8700 384 sand sand NN 1662 8700 385 dunes dune NNS 1662 8700 386 of of IN 1662 8700 387 vast vast JJ 1662 8700 388 desert desert NN 1662 8700 389 wasteland wasteland NN 1662 8700 390 ; ; : 1662 8700 391 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8700 392 in in IN 1662 8700 393 east east NNP 1662 8700 394 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8700 395 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8700 396 : : : 1662 8700 397 lowest low JJS 1662 8700 398 point point NN 1662 8700 399 : : : 1662 8700 400 Persian Persian NNP 1662 8700 401 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 8700 402 0 0 CD 1662 8700 403 m m DT 1662 8700 404 highest high JJS 1662 8700 405 point point NN 1662 8700 406 : : : 1662 8700 407 Jabal Jabal NNP 1662 8700 408 Yibir Yibir NNP 1662 8700 409 1,527 1,527 CD 1662 8700 410 m m NNP 1662 8700 411 Natural natural JJ 1662 8700 412 resources resource NNS 1662 8700 413 : : : 1662 8700 414 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8700 415 , , , 1662 8700 416 natural natural JJ 1662 8700 417 gas gas NN 1662 8700 418 Land Land NNP 1662 8700 419 use use NN 1662 8700 420 : : : 1662 8700 421 arable arable JJ 1662 8700 422 land land NN 1662 8700 423 : : : 1662 8700 424 0 0 CD 1662 8700 425 % % NN 1662 8700 426 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8700 427 crops crop NNS 1662 8700 428 : : : 1662 8700 429 0 0 CD 1662 8700 430 % % NN 1662 8700 431 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8700 432 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8700 433 : : : 1662 8700 434 2 2 CD 1662 8700 435 % % NN 1662 8700 436 forests forest NNS 1662 8700 437 and and CC 1662 8700 438 woodland woodland JJ 1662 8700 439 : : : 1662 8700 440 0 0 CD 1662 8700 441 % % NN 1662 8700 442 other other JJ 1662 8700 443 : : : 1662 8700 444 98 98 CD 1662 8700 445 % % NN 1662 8700 446 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8700 447 1993 1993 CD 1662 8700 448 est est NNP 1662 8700 449 . . . 1662 8700 450 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8701 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8701 2 land land NN 1662 8701 3 : : : 1662 8701 4 50 50 CD 1662 8701 5 sq sq IN 1662 8701 6 km km NNP 1662 8701 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8701 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8701 9 est est NNP 1662 8701 10 . . . 1662 8701 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8702 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8702 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8702 3 : : : 1662 8702 4 frequent frequent JJ 1662 8702 5 sand sand NN 1662 8702 6 and and CC 1662 8702 7 dust dust NN 1662 8702 8 storms storm NNS 1662 8702 9 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8702 10 - - HYPH 1662 8702 11 current current JJ 1662 8702 12 issues issue NNS 1662 8702 13 : : : 1662 8702 14 lack lack NN 1662 8702 15 of of IN 1662 8702 16 natural natural JJ 1662 8702 17 freshwater freshwater NN 1662 8702 18 resources resource NNS 1662 8702 19 being be VBG 1662 8702 20 overcome overcome VBN 1662 8702 21 by by IN 1662 8702 22 desalination desalination NN 1662 8702 23 plants plant NNS 1662 8702 24 ; ; : 1662 8702 25 desertification desertification NN 1662 8702 26 ; ; : 1662 8702 27 beach beach NN 1662 8702 28 pollution pollution NN 1662 8702 29 from from IN 1662 8702 30 oil oil NN 1662 8702 31 spills spill NNS 1662 8702 32 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8702 33 - - HYPH 1662 8702 34 international international JJ 1662 8702 35 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8702 36 : : : 1662 8702 37 party party NN 1662 8702 38 to to TO 1662 8702 39 : : : 1662 8702 40 Climate climate NN 1662 8702 41 Change Change NNP 1662 8702 42 , , , 1662 8702 43 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 8702 44 Species Species NNPS 1662 8702 45 , , , 1662 8702 46 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 8702 47 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 8702 48 , , , 1662 8702 49 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8702 50 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 8702 51 , , , 1662 8702 52 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8702 53 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8702 54 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8702 55 signed sign VBD 1662 8702 56 , , , 1662 8702 57 but but CC 1662 8702 58 not not RB 1662 8702 59 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8702 60 : : : 1662 8702 61 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 8702 62 , , , 1662 8702 63 Law Law NNP 1662 8702 64 of of IN 1662 8702 65 the the DT 1662 8702 66 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8702 67 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8702 68 - - HYPH 1662 8702 69 note note NNP 1662 8702 70 : : : 1662 8702 71 strategic strategic JJ 1662 8702 72 location location NN 1662 8702 73 along along IN 1662 8702 74 southern southern JJ 1662 8702 75 approaches approach NNS 1662 8702 76 to to IN 1662 8702 77 Strait Strait NNP 1662 8702 78 of of IN 1662 8702 79 Hormuz Hormuz NNP 1662 8702 80 , , , 1662 8702 81 a a DT 1662 8702 82 vital vital JJ 1662 8702 83 transit transit NN 1662 8702 84 point point NN 1662 8702 85 for for IN 1662 8702 86 world world NN 1662 8702 87 crude crude JJ 1662 8702 88 oil oil NN 1662 8702 89 @United @United NNP 1662 8702 90 Arab Arab NNP 1662 8702 91 Emirates Emirates NNPS 1662 8702 92 : : : 1662 8702 93 People People NNPS 1662 8702 94 Population population NN 1662 8702 95 : : : 1662 8702 96 2,262,309 2,262,309 CD 1662 8702 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8702 98 July July NNP 1662 8702 99 1997 1997 CD 1662 8702 100 est est 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27 975,868 975,868 CD 1662 8704 28 ; ; : 1662 8704 29 female female JJ 1662 8704 30 511,692 511,692 CD 1662 8704 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8704 32 65 65 CD 1662 8704 33 years year NNS 1662 8704 34 and and CC 1662 8704 35 over over IN 1662 8704 36 : : : 1662 8704 37 2 2 CD 1662 8704 38 % % NN 1662 8704 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8704 40 male male JJ 1662 8704 41 25,869 25,869 CD 1662 8704 42 ; ; : 1662 8704 43 female female JJ 1662 8704 44 12,972 12,972 CD 1662 8704 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8704 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8704 47 July July NNP 1662 8704 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8704 49 est est NNP 1662 8704 50 . . . 1662 8704 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8705 1 Population population NN 1662 8705 2 growth growth NN 1662 8705 3 rate rate NN 1662 8705 4 : : : 1662 8705 5 1.79 1.79 CD 1662 8705 6 % % NN 1662 8705 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8705 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8705 9 est est NNP 1662 8705 10 . . . 1662 8705 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8706 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8706 2 rate rate NN 1662 8706 3 : : : 1662 8706 4 18.46 18.46 CD 1662 8706 5 births/1,000 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Sharjah Sharjah NNP 1662 8714 102 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8714 103 , , , 1662 8714 104 Dubayy Dubayy NNP 1662 8714 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8714 106 Dubai Dubai NNP 1662 8714 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8714 108 , , , 1662 8714 109 Ra Ra NNP 1662 8714 110 's 's POS 1662 8714 111 al al NNP 1662 8714 112 Khaymah Khaymah NNP 1662 8714 113 , , , 1662 8714 114 Umm Umm NNP 1662 8714 115 al al NNP 1662 8714 116 Qaywayn Qaywayn NNP 1662 8714 117 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8714 118 : : : 1662 8714 119 2 2 CD 1662 8714 120 December December NNP 1662 8714 121 1971 1971 CD 1662 8714 122 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8714 123 from from IN 1662 8714 124 UK UK NNP 1662 8714 125 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8714 126 National national JJ 1662 8714 127 holiday holiday NN 1662 8714 128 : : : 1662 8714 129 National National NNP 1662 8714 130 Day Day NNP 1662 8714 131 , , , 1662 8714 132 2 2 CD 1662 8714 133 December December NNP 1662 8714 134 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8714 135 1971 1971 CD 1662 8714 136 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8714 137 Constitution constitution NN 1662 8714 138 : : : 1662 8714 139 2 2 CD 1662 8714 140 December December NNP 1662 8714 141 1971 1971 CD 1662 8714 142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8714 143 made make VBN 1662 8714 144 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8714 145 in in IN 1662 8714 146 1996 1996 CD 1662 8714 147 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8714 148 Legal legal JJ 1662 8714 149 system system NN 1662 8714 150 : : : 1662 8714 151 federal federal JJ 1662 8714 152 court court NN 1662 8714 153 system system NN 1662 8714 154 introduced introduce VBN 1662 8714 155 in in IN 1662 8714 156 1971 1971 CD 1662 8714 157 ; ; : 1662 8714 158 all all DT 1662 8714 159 emirates emirates NNPS 1662 8714 160 except except IN 1662 8714 161 Dubayy Dubayy NNP 1662 8714 162 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8714 163 Dubai Dubai NNP 1662 8714 164 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8714 165 and and CC 1662 8714 166 Ras Ras NNP 1662 8714 167 al al NNP 1662 8714 168 Khaymah Khaymah NNP 1662 8714 169 have have VBP 1662 8714 170 joined join VBN 1662 8714 171 the the DT 1662 8714 172 federal federal JJ 1662 8714 173 system system 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December NNP 1662 8714 210 1971 1971 CD 1662 8714 211 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8714 212 , , , 1662 8714 213 ruler ruler NN 1662 8714 214 of of IN 1662 8714 215 Abu Abu NNP 1662 8714 216 Zaby Zaby NNP 1662 8714 217 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8714 218 Abu Abu NNP 1662 8714 219 Dhabi Dhabi NNP 1662 8714 220 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8714 221 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8714 222 since since IN 1662 8714 223 6 6 CD 1662 8714 224 August August NNP 1662 8714 225 1966 1966 CD 1662 8714 226 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8714 227 and and CC 1662 8714 228 Vice Vice NNP 1662 8714 229 President President NNP 1662 8714 230 MAKTUM MAKTUM NNP 1662 8714 231 bin bin NNP 1662 8714 232 Rashid Rashid NNP 1662 8714 233 al al NNP 1662 8714 234 - - HYPH 1662 8714 235 Maktum Maktum NNP 1662 8714 236 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8714 237 since since IN 1662 8714 238 8 8 CD 1662 8714 239 October October NNP 1662 8714 240 1990 1990 CD 1662 8714 241 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8714 242 , , , 1662 8714 243 ruler ruler NN 1662 8714 244 of of IN 1662 8714 245 Dubayy Dubayy NNP 1662 8714 246 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8714 247 Dubai Dubai NNP 1662 8714 248 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8714 249 head head NN 1662 8714 250 of of IN 1662 8714 251 government government NN 1662 8714 252 : : : 1662 8714 253 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8714 254 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8714 255 MAKTUM MAKTUM NNP 1662 8714 256 bin bin NNP 1662 8714 257 Rashid Rashid NNP 1662 8714 258 al al NNP 1662 8714 259 - - HYPH 1662 8714 260 Maktum Maktum NNP 1662 8714 261 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8714 262 since since IN 1662 8714 263 8 8 CD 1662 8714 264 October October NNP 1662 8714 265 1990 1990 CD 1662 8714 266 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8714 267 , , , 1662 8714 268 ruler ruler NN 1662 8714 269 of of IN 1662 8714 270 Dubayy Dubayy NNP 1662 8714 271 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8714 272 Dubai Dubai NNP 1662 8714 273 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8714 274 and and CC 1662 8714 275 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 8714 276 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8714 277 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8714 278 SULTAN SULTAN NNP 1662 8714 279 bin bin NNP 1662 8714 280 Zayid Zayid NNP 1662 8714 281 Al Al NNP 1662 8714 282 Nuhayyan Nuhayyan NNP 1662 8714 283 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8714 284 since since IN 1662 8714 285 20 20 CD 1662 8714 286 November November NNP 1662 8714 287 1990 1990 CD 1662 8714 288 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8714 289 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 8714 290 : : : 1662 8714 291 Council Council NNP 1662 8714 292 of of IN 1662 8714 293 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 8714 294 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8714 295 by by IN 1662 8714 296 the the DT 1662 8714 297 president president NNP 1662 8714 298 note note NN 1662 8714 299 : : : 1662 8714 300 there there EX 1662 8714 301 is be VBZ 1662 8714 302 also also RB 1662 8714 303 a a DT 1662 8714 304 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8714 305 Council Council NNP 1662 8714 306 of of IN 1662 8714 307 Rulers Rulers NNPS 1662 8714 308 which which WDT 1662 8714 309 is be VBZ 1662 8714 310 composed compose VBN 1662 8714 311 of of IN 1662 8714 312 the the DT 1662 8714 313 seven seven CD 1662 8714 314 emirate emirate NN 1662 8714 315 rulers ruler NNS 1662 8714 316 ; ; : 1662 8714 317 the the DT 1662 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8714 352 ; ; : 1662 8714 353 meets meet VBZ 1662 8714 354 four four CD 1662 8714 355 times time NNS 1662 8714 356 a a DT 1662 8714 357 year year NN 1662 8714 358 elections election NNS 1662 8714 359 : : : 1662 8714 360 president president NN 1662 8714 361 and and CC 1662 8714 362 vice vice NN 1662 8714 363 president president NN 1662 8714 364 elected elect VBN 1662 8714 365 by by IN 1662 8714 366 the the DT 1662 8714 367 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8714 368 Council Council NNP 1662 8714 369 of of IN 1662 8714 370 Rulers Rulers NNP 1662 8714 371 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8714 372 a a DT 1662 8714 373 group group NN 1662 8714 374 of of IN 1662 8714 375 seven seven CD 1662 8714 376 electors elector NNS 1662 8714 377 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8714 378 for for IN 1662 8714 379 five five CD 1662 8714 380 - - HYPH 1662 8714 381 year year NN 1662 8714 382 terms term NNS 1662 8714 383 ; ; : 1662 8714 384 election election NN 1662 8714 385 last last JJ 1662 8714 386 held hold VBN 1662 8714 387 NA NA NNP 1662 8714 388 October October NNP 1662 8714 389 1996 1996 CD 1662 8714 390 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8714 391 next next JJ 1662 8714 392 to to TO 1662 8714 393 be be VB 1662 8714 394 held hold VBN 1662 8714 395 NA NA NNP 1662 8714 396 2001 2001 CD 1662 8714 397 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8714 398 ; ; : 1662 8714 399 prime prime NNP 1662 8714 400 minister minister NNP 1662 8714 401 and and CC 1662 8714 402 deputy deputy JJ 1662 8714 403 prime prime NNP 1662 8714 404 minister minister NN 1662 8714 405 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8714 406 by by IN 1662 8714 407 the the DT 1662 8714 408 president president NNP 1662 8714 409 election election NN 1662 8714 410 results result NNS 1662 8714 411 : : : 1662 8714 412 ZAYID ZAYID NNP 1662 8714 413 bin bin NNP 1662 8714 414 Sultan Sultan NNP 1662 8714 415 Al Al NNP 1662 8714 416 Nuhayyan Nuhayyan NNP 1662 8714 417 reelected reelect VBD 1662 8714 418 president president NN 1662 8714 419 ; ; : 1662 8714 420 percent percent NN 1662 8714 421 of of IN 1662 8714 422 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8714 423 Council Council NNP 1662 8714 424 of of IN 1662 8714 425 Rulers Rulers NNP 1662 8714 426 vote vote NN 1662 8714 427 - - HYPH 1662 8714 428 NA na NN 1662 8714 429 , , , 1662 8714 430 but but CC 1662 8714 431 believed believe VBN 1662 8714 432 to to TO 1662 8714 433 be be VB 1662 8714 434 unanimous unanimous JJ 1662 8714 435 ; ; : 1662 8714 436 MAKTUM MAKTUM NNP 1662 8714 437 bin bin NNP 1662 8714 438 Rashid Rashid NNP 1662 8714 439 al al NNP 1662 8714 440 - - HYPH 1662 8714 441 Maktum Maktum NNP 1662 8714 442 elected elect VBD 1662 8714 443 vice vice NN 1662 8714 444 president president NN 1662 8714 445 ; ; : 1662 8714 446 percent percent NN 1662 8714 447 of of IN 1662 8714 448 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8714 449 Council Council NNP 1662 8714 450 of of IN 1662 8714 451 Rulers Rulers NNP 1662 8714 452 vote vote NN 1662 8714 453 - - HYPH 1662 8714 454 NA na NN 1662 8714 455 , , , 1662 8714 456 but but CC 1662 8714 457 believed believe VBN 1662 8714 458 to to TO 1662 8714 459 be be 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8732 37 % % NN 1662 8732 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8732 39 1995 1995 CD 1662 8732 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8732 41 Debt debt NN 1662 8732 42 - - HYPH 1662 8732 43 external external JJ 1662 8732 44 : : : 1662 8732 45 $ $ $ 1662 8732 46 14 14 CD 1662 8732 47 billion billion CD 1662 8732 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8732 49 1996 1996 CD 1662 8732 50 est est NNP 1662 8732 51 . . . 1662 8732 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8733 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 8733 2 aid aid NN 1662 8733 3 : : : 1662 8733 4 $ $ $ 1662 8733 5 NA NA NNP 1662 8733 6 Currency currency NN 1662 8733 7 : : : 1662 8733 8 1 1 CD 1662 8733 9 Emirian emirian JJ 1662 8733 10 dirham dirham NN 1662 8733 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8733 12 Dh Dh NNP 1662 8733 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8733 14 = = NFP 1662 8733 15 100 100 CD 1662 8733 16 fils fil NNS 1662 8733 17 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 8733 18 rates rate NNS 1662 8733 19 : : : 1662 8733 20 Emirian emirian JJ 1662 8733 21 dirhams dirham NNS 1662 8733 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8733 23 Dh Dh NNP 1662 8733 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8733 25 per per IN 1662 8733 26 US$ us$ $ 1662 8733 27 1 1 CD 1662 8733 28 - - SYM 1662 8733 29 3.6710 3.6710 CD 1662 8733 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8733 31 fixed fix VBN 1662 8733 32 rate rate NN 1662 8733 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8733 34 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8733 35 year year NN 1662 8733 36 : : : 1662 8733 37 calendar calendar NN 1662 8733 38 year year NN 1662 8733 39 @United @United NNP 1662 8733 40 Arab Arab NNP 1662 8733 41 Emirates Emirates NNPS 1662 8733 42 : : : 1662 8733 43 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 8733 44 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 8733 45 : : : 1662 8733 46 677,793 677,793 CD 1662 8733 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8733 48 1993 1993 CD 1662 8733 49 est est NNP 1662 8733 50 . . . 1662 8733 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8734 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8734 2 system system NN 1662 8734 3 : : : 1662 8734 4 modern modern JJ 1662 8734 5 system system NN 1662 8734 6 consisting consist VBG 1662 8734 7 of of IN 1662 8734 8 microwave microwave NN 1662 8734 9 radio radio NN 1662 8734 10 relay relay NN 1662 8734 11 and and CC 1662 8734 12 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 8734 13 cable cable NN 1662 8734 14 ; ; : 1662 8734 15 key key JJ 1662 8734 16 centers center NNS 1662 8734 17 are be VBP 1662 8734 18 Abu Abu NNP 1662 8734 19 Dhabi Dhabi NNP 1662 8734 20 and and CC 1662 8734 21 Dubai Dubai NNP 1662 8734 22 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8734 23 : : : 1662 8734 24 microwave microwave NN 1662 8734 25 radio radio NN 1662 8734 26 relay relay NN 1662 8734 27 and and CC 1662 8734 28 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 8734 29 cable cable NN 1662 8734 30 international international NNP 1662 8734 31 : : : 1662 8734 32 satellite satellite NN 1662 8734 33 earth earth NN 1662 8734 34 stations station NNS 1662 8734 35 - - , 1662 8734 36 3 3 CD 1662 8734 37 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8734 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8734 39 1 1 CD 1662 8734 40 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8734 41 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8734 42 and and CC 1662 8734 43 2 2 CD 1662 8734 44 Indian Indian NNP 1662 8734 45 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8734 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8734 47 and and CC 1662 8734 48 1 1 CD 1662 8734 49 Arabsat Arabsat NNP 1662 8734 50 ; ; : 1662 8734 51 submarine submarine NN 1662 8734 52 cables cable NNS 1662 8734 53 to to IN 1662 8734 54 Qatar Qatar NNP 1662 8734 55 , , , 1662 8734 56 Bahrain Bahrain NNP 1662 8734 57 , , , 1662 8734 58 India India NNP 1662 8734 59 , , , 1662 8734 60 and and CC 1662 8734 61 Pakistan Pakistan NNP 1662 8734 62 ; ; : 1662 8734 63 tropospheric tropospheric JJ 1662 8734 64 scatter scatter NN 1662 8734 65 to to IN 1662 8734 66 Bahrain Bahrain NNP 1662 8734 67 ; ; : 1662 8734 68 microwave microwave NN 1662 8734 69 radio radio NN 1662 8734 70 relay relay NN 1662 8734 71 to to IN 1662 8734 72 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 8734 73 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 8734 74 Radio Radio NNP 1662 8734 75 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8734 76 stations station NNS 1662 8734 77 : : : 1662 8734 78 AM AM NNP 1662 8734 79 8 8 CD 1662 8734 80 , , , 1662 8734 81 FM FM NNP 1662 8734 82 3 3 CD 1662 8734 83 , , , 1662 8734 84 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 8734 85 0 0 CD 1662 8734 86 Radios radio NNS 1662 8734 87 : : : 1662 8734 88 545,000 545,000 CD 1662 8734 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8734 90 1992 1992 CD 1662 8734 91 est est NNP 1662 8734 92 . . . 1662 8734 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8735 1 Television television NN 1662 8735 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8735 3 stations station NNS 1662 8735 4 : : : 1662 8735 5 12 12 CD 1662 8735 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 8735 7 : : : 1662 8735 8 170,000 170,000 CD 1662 8735 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8735 10 1993 1993 CD 1662 8735 11 est est NNP 1662 8735 12 . . . 1662 8735 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8736 1 @United @United NFP 1662 8736 2 Arab arab JJ 1662 8736 3 Emirates Emirates NNPS 1662 8736 4 : : : 1662 8736 5 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8736 6 Railways railway NNS 1662 8736 7 : : : 1662 8736 8 0 0 LS 1662 8736 9 km km NN 1662 8736 10 Highways highway NNS 1662 8736 11 : : : 1662 8736 12 total total NN 1662 8736 13 : : : 1662 8736 14 4,750 4,750 CD 1662 8736 15 km km NNS 1662 8736 16 paved pave VBN 1662 8736 17 : : : 1662 8736 18 4,750 4,750 CD 1662 8736 19 km km NNP 1662 8736 20 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8736 21 : : : 1662 8736 22 0 0 CD 1662 8736 23 km km NNS 1662 8736 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8736 25 1995 1995 CD 1662 8736 26 est est NNP 1662 8736 27 . . . 1662 8736 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8737 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 8737 2 : : : 1662 8737 3 crude crude JJ 1662 8737 4 oil oil NN 1662 8737 5 830 830 CD 1662 8737 6 km km NN 1662 8737 7 ; ; : 1662 8737 8 natural natural JJ 1662 8737 9 gas gas NN 1662 8737 10 , , , 1662 8737 11 including include VBG 1662 8737 12 natural natural JJ 1662 8737 13 gas gas NN 1662 8737 14 liquids liquid NNS 1662 8737 15 , , , 1662 8737 16 870 870 CD 1662 8737 17 km km NN 1662 8737 18 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 8737 19 and and CC 1662 8737 20 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8737 21 : : : 1662 8737 22 ' ' '' 1662 8737 23 Ajman Ajman NNP 1662 8737 24 , , , 1662 8737 25 Al Al NNP 1662 8737 26 Fujayrah Fujayrah NNP 1662 8737 27 , , , 1662 8737 28 Das Das NNP 1662 8737 29 Island Island NNP 1662 8737 30 , , , 1662 8737 31 Khawr Khawr NNP 1662 8737 32 Fakkan Fakkan NNP 1662 8737 33 , , , 1662 8737 34 Mina Mina NNP 1662 8737 35 ' ' `` 1662 8737 36 Jabal Jabal NNP 1662 8737 37 ' ' '' 1662 8737 38 Ali Ali NNP 1662 8737 39 , , , 1662 8737 40 Mina Mina NNP 1662 8737 41 ' ' POS 1662 8737 42 Khalid Khalid NNP 1662 8737 43 , , , 1662 8737 44 Mina Mina NNP 1662 8737 45 ' ' POS 1662 8737 46 Rashid Rashid NNP 1662 8737 47 , , , 1662 8737 48 Mina Mina NNP 1662 8737 49 ' ' POS 1662 8737 50 Saqr Saqr NNP 1662 8737 51 , , , 1662 8737 52 Mina Mina NNP 1662 8737 53 ' ' POS 1662 8737 54 Zayid Zayid NNP 1662 8737 55 , , , 1662 8737 56 Umm Umm NNP 1662 8737 57 al al NNP 1662 8737 58 Qaywayn Qaywayn NNP 1662 8737 59 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 8737 60 marine marine NN 1662 8737 61 : : : 1662 8737 62 total total NN 1662 8737 63 : : : 1662 8737 64 60 60 CD 1662 8737 65 ships ship NNS 1662 8737 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8737 67 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8737 68 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8737 69 or or CC 1662 8737 70 over over RB 1662 8737 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8737 72 totaling total VBG 1662 8737 73 1,128,495 1,128,495 CD 1662 8737 74 GRT/1,955,344 GRT/1,955,344 . 1662 8737 75 DWT dwt NN 1662 8737 76 ships ship NNS 1662 8737 77 by by IN 1662 8737 78 type type NN 1662 8737 79 : : : 1662 8737 80 bulk bulk NNP 1662 8737 81 3 3 CD 1662 8737 82 , , , 1662 8737 83 cargo cargo NN 1662 8737 84 18 18 CD 1662 8737 85 , , , 1662 8737 86 chemical chemical NN 1662 8737 87 tanker tanker NN 1662 8737 88 3 3 CD 1662 8737 89 , , , 1662 8737 90 container container NN 1662 8737 91 6 6 CD 1662 8737 92 , , , 1662 8737 93 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 8737 94 gas gas NN 1662 8737 95 tanker tanker NN 1662 8737 96 1 1 CD 1662 8737 97 , , , 1662 8737 98 livestock livestock NN 1662 8737 99 carrier carrier NN 1662 8737 100 1 1 CD 1662 8737 101 , , , 1662 8737 102 oil oil NN 1662 8737 103 tanker tanker NN 1662 8737 104 22 22 CD 1662 8737 105 , , , 1662 8737 106 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 8737 107 cargo cargo NN 1662 8737 108 1 1 CD 1662 8737 109 , , , 1662 8737 110 roll roll NN 1662 8737 111 - - HYPH 1662 8737 112 on on IN 1662 8737 113 / / SYM 1662 8737 114 roll roll NN 1662 8737 115 - - HYPH 1662 8737 116 off off RP 1662 8737 117 cargo cargo NN 1662 8737 118 5 5 CD 1662 8737 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8737 120 1996 1996 CD 1662 8737 121 est est NNP 1662 8737 122 . . . 1662 8737 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8738 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8738 2 : : : 1662 8738 3 36 36 CD 1662 8738 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8738 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8738 6 est est NNP 1662 8738 7 . . . 1662 8738 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8739 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8739 2 - - , 1662 8739 3 with with IN 1662 8739 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8739 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8739 6 : : : 1662 8739 7 total total NN 1662 8739 8 : : : 1662 8739 9 27 27 CD 1662 8739 10 over over IN 1662 8739 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8739 12 m m NN 1662 8739 13 : : : 1662 8739 14 9 9 CD 1662 8739 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8739 16 to to IN 1662 8739 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8739 18 m m NN 1662 8739 19 : : : 1662 8739 20 3 3 CD 1662 8739 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8739 22 to to TO 1662 8739 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8739 24 m m NN 1662 8739 25 : : : 1662 8739 26 2 2 CD 1662 8739 27 914 914 CD 1662 8739 28 to to TO 1662 8739 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8739 30 m m NN 1662 8739 31 : : : 1662 8739 32 3 3 CD 1662 8739 33 under under IN 1662 8739 34 914 914 CD 1662 8739 35 m m NN 1662 8739 36 : : : 1662 8739 37 10 10 CD 1662 8739 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8739 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 8739 40 est est NNP 1662 8739 41 . . . 1662 8739 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8740 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8740 2 - - , 1662 8740 3 with with IN 1662 8740 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8740 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8740 6 : : : 1662 8740 7 total total NN 1662 8740 8 : : : 1662 8740 9 9 9 CD 1662 8740 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8740 11 to to TO 1662 8740 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8740 13 m m NN 1662 8740 14 : : : 1662 8740 15 2 2 CD 1662 8740 16 914 914 CD 1662 8740 17 to to TO 1662 8740 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8740 19 m m NN 1662 8740 20 : : : 1662 8740 21 7 7 CD 1662 8740 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8740 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 8740 24 est est NNP 1662 8740 25 . . . 1662 8740 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8741 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 8741 2 : : : 1662 8741 3 2 2 CD 1662 8741 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8741 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8741 6 est est NNP 1662 8741 7 . . . 1662 8741 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8742 1 Military military JJ 1662 8742 2 Military military JJ 1662 8742 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8742 4 : : : 1662 8742 5 Army Army NNP 1662 8742 6 , , , 1662 8742 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 8742 8 , , , 1662 8742 9 Air Air NNP 1662 8742 10 Force Force NNP 1662 8742 11 , , , 1662 8742 12 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 8742 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8742 14 includes include VBZ 1662 8742 15 Federal Federal NNP 1662 8742 16 Police Police NNP 1662 8742 17 Force Force NNP 1662 8742 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8742 19 Military military JJ 1662 8742 20 manpower manpower NN 1662 8742 21 - - HYPH 1662 8742 22 military military NN 1662 8742 23 age age NN 1662 8742 24 : : : 1662 8742 25 18 18 CD 1662 8742 26 years year NNS 1662 8742 27 of of IN 1662 8742 28 age age NN 1662 8742 29 Military military JJ 1662 8742 30 manpower manpower NN 1662 8742 31 - - HYPH 1662 8742 32 availability availability NN 1662 8742 33 : : : 1662 8742 34 males male NNS 1662 8742 35 age age NNP 1662 8742 36 15 15 CD 1662 8742 37 - - HYPH 1662 8742 38 49 49 CD 1662 8742 39 : : : 1662 8742 40 790,838 790,838 CD 1662 8742 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8742 42 1997 1997 CD 1662 8742 43 est est NNP 1662 8742 44 . . . 1662 8742 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8743 1 Military military JJ 1662 8743 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8743 3 - - HYPH 1662 8743 4 fit fit NN 1662 8743 5 for for IN 1662 8743 6 military military JJ 1662 8743 7 service service NN 1662 8743 8 : : : 1662 8743 9 males male NNS 1662 8743 10 : : : 1662 8743 11 424,962 424,962 CD 1662 8743 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8743 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8743 14 est est NNP 1662 8743 15 . . . 1662 8743 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8744 1 Military military JJ 1662 8744 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8744 3 - - HYPH 1662 8744 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 8744 5 military military JJ 1662 8744 6 age age NN 1662 8744 7 annually annually RB 1662 8744 8 : : : 1662 8744 9 males male NNS 1662 8744 10 : : : 1662 8744 11 20,584 20,584 CD 1662 8744 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8744 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8744 14 est e JJS 1662 8744 15 . . . 1662 8744 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8745 1 Military military JJ 1662 8745 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8745 3 - - HYPH 1662 8745 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8745 5 figure figure NN 1662 8745 6 : : : 1662 8745 7 $ $ $ 1662 8745 8 1.59 1.59 CD 1662 8745 9 billion billion CD 1662 8745 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8745 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 8745 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8745 13 Military military JJ 1662 8745 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8745 15 - - : 1662 8745 16 percent percent NN 1662 8745 17 of of IN 1662 8745 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8745 19 : : : 1662 8745 20 4.3 4.3 CD 1662 8745 21 % % NN 1662 8745 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8745 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 8745 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8745 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8745 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8745 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 8745 28 - - HYPH 1662 8745 29 international international JJ 1662 8745 30 : : : 1662 8745 31 location location NN 1662 8745 32 and and CC 1662 8745 33 status status NN 1662 8745 34 of of IN 1662 8745 35 boundary boundary NN 1662 8745 36 with with IN 1662 8745 37 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 8745 38 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 8745 39 is be VBZ 1662 8745 40 not not RB 1662 8745 41 final final JJ 1662 8745 42 , , , 1662 8745 43 de de FW 1662 8745 44 facto facto FW 1662 8745 45 boundary boundary NNP 1662 8745 46 reflects reflect VBZ 1662 8745 47 1974 1974 CD 1662 8745 48 agreement agreement NN 1662 8745 49 ; ; : 1662 8745 50 no no DT 1662 8745 51 defined define VBN 1662 8745 52 boundary boundary JJ 1662 8745 53 with with IN 1662 8745 54 most most JJS 1662 8745 55 of of IN 1662 8745 56 Oman Oman NNP 1662 8745 57 , , , 1662 8745 58 but but CC 1662 8745 59 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 8745 60 Line Line NNP 1662 8745 61 in in IN 1662 8745 62 far far JJ 1662 8745 63 north north NN 1662 8745 64 ; ; : 1662 8745 65 claims claim VBZ 1662 8745 66 two two CD 1662 8745 67 islands island NNS 1662 8745 68 in in IN 1662 8745 69 the the DT 1662 8745 70 Persian Persian NNP 1662 8745 71 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 8745 72 occupied occupy VBN 1662 8745 73 by by IN 1662 8745 74 Iran Iran NNP 1662 8745 75 : : : 1662 8745 76 Lesser Lesser NNP 1662 8745 77 Tunb Tunb NNP 1662 8745 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8745 79 called call VBN 1662 8745 80 Tunb Tunb NNP 1662 8745 81 as as IN 1662 8745 82 Sughra Sughra NNP 1662 8745 83 in in IN 1662 8745 84 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 8745 85 by by IN 1662 8745 86 UAE UAE NNP 1662 8745 87 and and CC 1662 8745 88 Jazireh Jazireh NNP 1662 8745 89 - - HYPH 1662 8745 90 ye ye NNP 1662 8745 91 Tonb Tonb NNP 1662 8745 92 - - HYPH 1662 8745 93 e e NNP 1662 8745 94 Kuchek Kuchek NNP 1662 8745 95 in in IN 1662 8745 96 Persian Persian NNP 1662 8745 97 by by IN 1662 8745 98 Iran Iran NNP 1662 8745 99 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8745 100 and and CC 1662 8745 101 Greater Greater NNP 1662 8745 102 Tunb Tunb NNP 1662 8745 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8745 104 called call VBN 1662 8745 105 Tunb Tunb NNP 1662 8745 106 al al NNP 1662 8745 107 Kubra Kubra NNP 1662 8745 108 in in IN 1662 8745 109 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 8745 110 by by IN 1662 8745 111 UAE UAE NNP 1662 8745 112 and and CC 1662 8745 113 Jazireh Jazireh NNP 1662 8745 114 - - HYPH 1662 8745 115 ye ye NNP 1662 8745 116 Tonb Tonb NNP 1662 8745 117 - - HYPH 1662 8745 118 e e NNP 1662 8745 119 Bozorg Bozorg NNP 1662 8745 120 in in IN 1662 8745 121 Persian Persian NNP 1662 8745 122 by by IN 1662 8745 123 Iran Iran NNP 1662 8745 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8745 125 ; ; : 1662 8745 126 claims claim VBZ 1662 8745 127 island island NN 1662 8745 128 in in IN 1662 8745 129 the the DT 1662 8745 130 Persian Persian NNP 1662 8745 131 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 8745 132 jointly jointly RB 1662 8745 133 administered administer VBD 1662 8745 134 with with IN 1662 8745 135 Iran Iran NNP 1662 8745 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8745 137 called call VBN 1662 8745 138 Abu Abu NNP 1662 8745 139 Musa Musa NNP 1662 8745 140 in in IN 1662 8745 141 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 8745 142 by by IN 1662 8745 143 UAE UAE NNP 1662 8745 144 and and CC 1662 8745 145 Jazireh Jazireh NNP 1662 8745 146 - - HYPH 1662 8745 147 ye ye NNP 1662 8745 148 Abu Abu NNP 1662 8745 149 Musa Musa NNP 1662 8745 150 in in IN 1662 8745 151 Persian Persian NNP 1662 8745 152 by by IN 1662 8745 153 Iran Iran NNP 1662 8745 154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8745 155 - - , 1662 8745 156 over over IN 1662 8745 157 which which WDT 1662 8745 158 Iran Iran NNP 1662 8745 159 has have VBZ 1662 8745 160 taken take VBN 1662 8745 161 steps step NNS 1662 8745 162 to to TO 1662 8745 163 exert exert VB 1662 8745 164 unilateral unilateral JJ 1662 8745 165 control control NN 1662 8745 166 since since IN 1662 8745 167 1992 1992 CD 1662 8745 168 , , , 1662 8745 169 including include VBG 1662 8745 170 access access NN 1662 8745 171 restrictions restriction NNS 1662 8745 172 and and CC 1662 8745 173 a a DT 1662 8745 174 military military JJ 1662 8745 175 build build NN 1662 8745 176 - - HYPH 1662 8745 177 up up NN 1662 8745 178 on on IN 1662 8745 179 the the DT 1662 8745 180 island island NN 1662 8745 181 ; ; : 1662 8745 182 the the DT 1662 8745 183 UAE UAE NNP 1662 8745 184 has have VBZ 1662 8745 185 garnered garner VBN 1662 8745 186 significant significant JJ 1662 8745 187 diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8745 188 support support NN 1662 8745 189 in in IN 1662 8745 190 the the DT 1662 8745 191 region region NN 1662 8745 192 in in IN 1662 8745 193 protesting protest VBG 1662 8745 194 these these DT 1662 8745 195 Iranian iranian JJ 1662 8745 196 actions action NNS 1662 8745 197 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 8745 198 drugs drug VBZ 1662 8745 199 : : : 1662 8745 200 growing grow VBG 1662 8745 201 role role NN 1662 8745 202 as as IN 1662 8745 203 heroin heroin NN 1662 8745 204 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 8745 205 and and CC 1662 8745 206 money money NN 1662 8745 207 - - 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246 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 247 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 248 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 249 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 250 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 251 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 252 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 253 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 254 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 255 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 256 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 257 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 258 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 259 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 260 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 261 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 262 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 263 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 264 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 265 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 266 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 267 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 268 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 269 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 270 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 271 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 272 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 273 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 274 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 275 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 276 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 277 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 278 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 279 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 280 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 281 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 282 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 283 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 284 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 285 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 286 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 287 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 288 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 289 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 290 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 291 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 292 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 293 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 294 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 295 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 296 _ _ NNP 1662 8745 297 UNITED UNITED NNP 1662 8745 298 KINGDOM KINGDOM NNP 1662 8745 299 @United @United NNP 1662 8745 300 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 8745 301 : : : 1662 8745 302 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8745 303 Location Location NNP 1662 8745 304 : : : 1662 8745 305 Western Western NNP 1662 8745 306 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8745 307 , , , 1662 8745 308 islands island NNS 1662 8745 309 including include VBG 1662 8745 310 the the DT 1662 8745 311 northern northern JJ 1662 8745 312 one one CD 1662 8745 313 - - HYPH 1662 8745 314 sixth sixth NN 1662 8745 315 of of IN 1662 8745 316 the the DT 1662 8745 317 island island NN 1662 8745 318 of of IN 1662 8745 319 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 8745 320 between between IN 1662 8745 321 the the DT 1662 8745 322 North North NNP 1662 8745 323 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8745 324 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8745 325 and and CC 1662 8745 326 the the DT 1662 8745 327 North North NNP 1662 8745 328 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8745 329 , , , 1662 8745 330 northwest northwest NN 1662 8745 331 of of IN 1662 8745 332 France France NNP 1662 8745 333 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8745 334 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8745 335 : : : 1662 8745 336 54 54 CD 1662 8745 337 00 00 CD 1662 8745 338 N n CD 1662 8745 339 , , , 1662 8745 340 2 2 CD 1662 8745 341 00 00 NFP 1662 8745 342 W W NNP 1662 8745 343 Map Map NNP 1662 8745 344 references reference NNS 1662 8745 345 : : : 1662 8745 346 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8745 347 Area Area NNP 1662 8745 348 : : : 1662 8745 349 total total NN 1662 8745 350 : : : 1662 8745 351 244,820 244,820 CD 1662 8745 352 sq sq IN 1662 8745 353 km km NNP 1662 8745 354 land land NN 1662 8745 355 : : : 1662 8745 356 241,590 241,590 CD 1662 8745 357 sq sq RB 1662 8745 358 km km NNP 1662 8745 359 water water NN 1662 8745 360 : : : 1662 8745 361 3,230 3,230 CD 1662 8745 362 sq sq NNP 1662 8745 363 km km NNP 1662 8745 364 note note NN 1662 8745 365 : : : 1662 8745 366 includes include VBZ 1662 8745 367 Rockall Rockall NNP 1662 8745 368 and and CC 1662 8745 369 Shetland Shetland NNP 1662 8745 370 Islands Islands NNP 1662 8745 371 Area Area NNP 1662 8745 372 - - HYPH 1662 8745 373 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8745 374 : : : 1662 8745 375 slightly slightly RB 1662 8745 376 smaller small JJR 1662 8745 377 than than IN 1662 8745 378 Oregon Oregon NNP 1662 8745 379 Land Land NNP 1662 8745 380 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8745 381 : : : 1662 8745 382 total total JJ 1662 8745 383 : : : 1662 8745 384 360 360 CD 1662 8745 385 km km NN 1662 8745 386 border border NN 1662 8745 387 countries country NNS 1662 8745 388 : : : 1662 8745 389 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 8745 390 360 360 CD 1662 8745 391 km km NN 1662 8745 392 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8745 393 : : : 1662 8745 394 12,429 12,429 CD 1662 8745 395 km km NN 1662 8745 396 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8745 397 claims claim VBZ 1662 8745 398 : : : 1662 8745 399 continental continental NNP 1662 8745 400 shelf shelf NNP 1662 8745 401 : : : 1662 8745 402 as as IN 1662 8745 403 defined define VBN 1662 8745 404 in in IN 1662 8745 405 continental continental JJ 1662 8745 406 shelf shelf NN 1662 8745 407 orders order NNS 1662 8745 408 or or CC 1662 8745 409 in in IN 1662 8745 410 accordance accordance NN 1662 8745 411 with with IN 1662 8745 412 agreed agree VBN 1662 8745 413 upon upon IN 1662 8745 414 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8745 415 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 8745 416 fishing fishing NN 1662 8745 417 zone zone NN 1662 8745 418 : : : 1662 8745 419 200 200 CD 1662 8745 420 nm nm CD 1662 8745 421 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8745 422 sea sea NN 1662 8745 423 : : : 1662 8745 424 12 12 CD 1662 8745 425 nm nm NNP 1662 8745 426 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8745 427 : : : 1662 8745 428 temperate temperate VB 1662 8745 429 ; ; , 1662 8745 430 moderated moderate VBN 1662 8745 431 by by IN 1662 8745 432 prevailing prevail VBG 1662 8745 433 southwest southwest NN 1662 8745 434 winds wind NNS 1662 8745 435 over over IN 1662 8745 436 the the DT 1662 8745 437 North North NNP 1662 8745 438 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8745 439 Current Current NNP 1662 8745 440 ; ; : 1662 8745 441 more more JJR 1662 8745 442 than than IN 1662 8745 443 one one CD 1662 8745 444 - - HYPH 1662 8745 445 half half NN 1662 8745 446 of of IN 1662 8745 447 the the DT 1662 8745 448 days day NNS 1662 8745 449 are be VBP 1662 8745 450 overcast overcast JJ 1662 8745 451 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8745 452 : : : 1662 8745 453 mostly mostly RB 1662 8745 454 rugged rugged JJ 1662 8745 455 hills hill NNS 1662 8745 456 and and CC 1662 8745 457 low low JJ 1662 8745 458 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8745 459 ; ; : 1662 8745 460 level level NN 1662 8745 461 to to IN 1662 8745 462 rolling rolling JJ 1662 8745 463 plains plain NNS 1662 8745 464 in in IN 1662 8745 465 east east NN 1662 8745 466 and and CC 1662 8745 467 southeast southeast JJ 1662 8745 468 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8745 469 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8745 470 : : : 1662 8745 471 lowest low JJS 1662 8745 472 point point NN 1662 8745 473 : : : 1662 8745 474 Fenland Fenland NNP 1662 8745 475 -4 -4 NNP 1662 8745 476 m m NN 1662 8745 477 highest high JJS 1662 8745 478 point point NN 1662 8745 479 : : : 1662 8745 480 Ben Ben NNP 1662 8745 481 Nevis Nevis NNP 1662 8745 482 1,343 1,343 CD 1662 8745 483 m m CD 1662 8745 484 Natural natural JJ 1662 8745 485 resources resource NNS 1662 8745 486 : : : 1662 8745 487 coal coal NN 1662 8745 488 , , , 1662 8745 489 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8745 490 , , , 1662 8745 491 natural natural JJ 1662 8745 492 gas gas NN 1662 8745 493 , , , 1662 8745 494 tin tin NN 1662 8745 495 , , , 1662 8745 496 limestone limestone NN 1662 8745 497 , , , 1662 8745 498 iron iron NN 1662 8745 499 ore ore NN 1662 8745 500 , , , 1662 8745 501 salt salt NN 1662 8745 502 , , , 1662 8745 503 clay clay NN 1662 8745 504 , , , 1662 8745 505 chalk chalk NNP 1662 8745 506 , , , 1662 8745 507 gypsum gypsum NN 1662 8745 508 , , , 1662 8745 509 lead lead NN 1662 8745 510 , , , 1662 8745 511 silica silica NN 1662 8745 512 Land Land NNP 1662 8745 513 use use NN 1662 8745 514 : : : 1662 8745 515 arable arable JJ 1662 8745 516 land land NN 1662 8745 517 : : : 1662 8745 518 25 25 CD 1662 8745 519 % % NN 1662 8745 520 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8745 521 crops crop NNS 1662 8745 522 : : : 1662 8745 523 0 0 CD 1662 8745 524 % % NN 1662 8745 525 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8745 526 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8745 527 : : : 1662 8745 528 46 46 CD 1662 8745 529 % % NN 1662 8745 530 forests forest NNS 1662 8745 531 and and CC 1662 8745 532 woodland woodland NN 1662 8745 533 : : : 1662 8745 534 10 10 CD 1662 8745 535 % % NN 1662 8745 536 other other JJ 1662 8745 537 : : : 1662 8745 538 19 19 CD 1662 8745 539 % % NN 1662 8745 540 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8745 541 1993 1993 CD 1662 8745 542 est est NNP 1662 8745 543 . . . 1662 8745 544 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8746 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8746 2 land land NN 1662 8746 3 : : : 1662 8746 4 1,080 1,080 CD 1662 8746 5 sq sq NNP 1662 8746 6 km km NNP 1662 8746 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8746 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8746 9 est est NNP 1662 8746 10 . . . 1662 8746 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8747 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8747 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8747 3 : : : 1662 8747 4 NA NA NNP 1662 8747 5 Environment environment NN 1662 8747 6 - - HYPH 1662 8747 7 current current JJ 1662 8747 8 issues issue NNS 1662 8747 9 : : : 1662 8747 10 sulfur sulfur NN 1662 8747 11 dioxide dioxide NN 1662 8747 12 emissions emission NNS 1662 8747 13 from from IN 1662 8747 14 power power NN 1662 8747 15 plants plant NNS 1662 8747 16 contribute contribute VBP 1662 8747 17 to to IN 1662 8747 18 air air NN 1662 8747 19 pollution pollution NN 1662 8747 20 ; ; , 1662 8747 21 some some DT 1662 8747 22 rivers river NNS 1662 8747 23 polluted pollute VBN 1662 8747 24 by by IN 1662 8747 25 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8747 26 wastes waste NNS 1662 8747 27 and and CC 1662 8747 28 coastal coastal JJ 1662 8747 29 waters water NNS 1662 8747 30 polluted polluted JJ 1662 8747 31 because because IN 1662 8747 32 of of IN 1662 8747 33 large large JJ 1662 8747 34 - - HYPH 1662 8747 35 scale scale NN 1662 8747 36 disposal disposal NN 1662 8747 37 of of IN 1662 8747 38 sewage sewage NN 1662 8747 39 at at IN 1662 8747 40 sea sea NN 1662 8747 41 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8747 42 - - HYPH 1662 8747 43 international international JJ 1662 8747 44 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8747 45 : : : 1662 8747 46 party party NN 1662 8747 47 to to TO 1662 8747 48 : : : 1662 8747 49 Air Air NNP 1662 8747 50 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8747 51 , , , 1662 8747 52 Air Air NNP 1662 8747 53 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8747 54 - - HYPH 1662 8747 55 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 8747 56 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 8747 57 , , , 1662 8747 58 Air Air NNP 1662 8747 59 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8747 60 - - HYPH 1662 8747 61 Sulphur Sulphur NNP 1662 8747 62 94 94 CD 1662 8747 63 , , , 1662 8747 64 Air Air NNP 1662 8747 65 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8747 66 - - HYPH 1662 8747 67 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 8747 68 Organic Organic NNP 1662 8747 69 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 8747 70 , , , 1662 8747 71 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 8747 72 - - HYPH 1662 8747 73 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 8747 74 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 8747 75 , , , 1662 8747 76 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 8747 77 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 8747 78 , , , 1662 8747 79 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 8747 80 , , , 1662 8747 81 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8747 82 Change Change NNP 1662 8747 83 , , , 1662 8747 84 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 8747 85 , , , 1662 8747 86 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 8747 87 Species Species NNPS 1662 8747 88 , , , 1662 8747 89 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 8747 90 Modification Modification NNP 1662 8747 91 , , , 1662 8747 92 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 8747 93 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 8747 94 , , , 1662 8747 95 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8747 96 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 8747 97 , , , 1662 8747 98 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8747 99 Life Life NNP 1662 8747 100 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 8747 101 , , , 1662 8747 102 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8747 103 Test Test NNP 1662 8747 104 Ban Ban NNP 1662 8747 105 , , , 1662 8747 106 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8747 107 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8747 108 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8747 109 , , , 1662 8747 110 Ship Ship NNP 1662 8747 111 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8747 112 , , , 1662 8747 113 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 8747 114 Timber Timber NNP 1662 8747 115 83 83 CD 1662 8747 116 , , , 1662 8747 117 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 8747 118 Timber Timber NNP 1662 8747 119 94 94 CD 1662 8747 120 , , , 1662 8747 121 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 8747 122 , , , 1662 8747 123 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 8747 124 signed sign VBD 1662 8747 125 , , , 1662 8747 126 but but CC 1662 8747 127 not not RB 1662 8747 128 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8747 129 : : : 1662 8747 130 none none NN 1662 8747 131 of of IN 1662 8747 132 the the DT 1662 8747 133 selected select VBN 1662 8747 134 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8747 135 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8747 136 - - HYPH 1662 8747 137 note note NNP 1662 8747 138 : : : 1662 8747 139 lies lie NNS 1662 8747 140 near near IN 1662 8747 141 vital vital JJ 1662 8747 142 North North NNP 1662 8747 143 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8747 144 sea sea NN 1662 8747 145 lanes lane NNS 1662 8747 146 ; ; : 1662 8747 147 only only RB 1662 8747 148 35 35 CD 1662 8747 149 km km NN 1662 8747 150 from from IN 1662 8747 151 France France NNP 1662 8747 152 and and CC 1662 8747 153 now now RB 1662 8747 154 linked link VBN 1662 8747 155 by by IN 1662 8747 156 tunnel tunnel NN 1662 8747 157 under under IN 1662 8747 158 the the DT 1662 8747 159 English English NNP 1662 8747 160 Channel Channel NNP 1662 8747 161 ; ; : 1662 8747 162 because because IN 1662 8747 163 of of IN 1662 8747 164 heavily heavily RB 1662 8747 165 indented indent VBN 1662 8747 166 coastline coastline NN 1662 8747 167 , , , 1662 8747 168 no no DT 1662 8747 169 location location NN 1662 8747 170 is be VBZ 1662 8747 171 more more JJR 1662 8747 172 than than IN 1662 8747 173 125 125 CD 1662 8747 174 km km NN 1662 8747 175 from from IN 1662 8747 176 tidal tidal JJ 1662 8747 177 waters water NNS 1662 8747 178 @United @United NNP 1662 8747 179 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 8747 180 : : : 1662 8747 181 People People NNP 1662 8747 182 Population Population NNP 1662 8747 183 : : : 1662 8747 184 57,591,677 57,591,677 CD 1662 8747 185 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8747 186 July July NNP 1662 8747 187 1997 1997 CD 1662 8747 188 est est NNP 1662 8747 189 . . . 1662 8747 190 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8748 1 Age age NN 1662 8748 2 structure structure NN 1662 8748 3 : : : 1662 8748 4 0 0 CD 1662 8748 5 - - HYPH 1662 8748 6 14 14 CD 1662 8748 7 years year NNS 1662 8748 8 : : : 1662 8748 9 19 19 CD 1662 8748 10 % % NN 1662 8748 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8748 12 male male JJ 1662 8748 13 5,647,549 5,647,549 CD 1662 8748 14 ; ; : 1662 8748 15 female female JJ 1662 8748 16 5,386,750 5,386,750 CD 1662 8748 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8748 18 15 15 CD 1662 8748 19 - - HYPH 1662 8748 20 64 64 CD 1662 8748 21 years year NNS 1662 8748 22 : : : 1662 8748 23 65 65 CD 1662 8748 24 % % NN 1662 8748 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8748 26 male male JJ 1662 8748 27 18,532,243 18,532,243 CD 1662 8748 28 ; ; : 1662 8748 29 female female JJ 1662 8748 30 18,757,168 18,757,168 CD 1662 8748 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8748 32 65 65 CD 1662 8748 33 years year NNS 1662 8748 34 and and CC 1662 8748 35 over over RB 1662 8748 36 : : : 1662 8748 37 16 16 CD 1662 8748 38 % % NN 1662 8748 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8748 40 male male JJ 1662 8748 41 3,808,399 3,808,399 CD 1662 8748 42 ; ; : 1662 8748 43 female female JJ 1662 8748 44 5,459,568 5,459,568 CD 1662 8748 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8748 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8748 47 July July NNP 1662 8748 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8748 49 est est NNP 1662 8748 50 . . . 1662 8748 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8749 1 Population population NN 1662 8749 2 growth growth NN 1662 8749 3 rate rate NN 1662 8749 4 : : : 1662 8749 5 0.24 0.24 CD 1662 8749 6 % % NN 1662 8749 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8749 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8749 9 est est NNP 1662 8749 10 . . . 1662 8749 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8750 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8750 2 rate rate NN 1662 8750 3 : : : 1662 8750 4 11.83 11.83 CD 1662 8750 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 8750 6 population population NN 1662 8750 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8750 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8750 9 est est NNP 1662 8750 10 . . . 1662 8750 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8751 1 Death death NN 1662 8751 2 rate rate NN 1662 8751 3 : : : 1662 8751 4 10.77 10.77 CD 1662 8751 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8751 6 population population NN 1662 8751 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8751 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8751 9 est est NNP 1662 8751 10 . . . 1662 8751 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8752 1 Net net JJ 1662 8752 2 migration migration NN 1662 8752 3 rate rate NN 1662 8752 4 : : : 1662 8752 5 1.32 1.32 CD 1662 8752 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 8752 7 population population NN 1662 8752 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8752 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8752 10 est est NNP 1662 8752 11 . . . 1662 8752 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8753 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8753 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8753 3 : : : 1662 8753 4 at at IN 1662 8753 5 birth birth NN 1662 8753 6 : : : 1662 8753 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 8753 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8753 9 under under IN 1662 8753 10 15 15 CD 1662 8753 11 years year NNS 1662 8753 12 : : : 1662 8753 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 8753 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8753 15 15 15 CD 1662 8753 16 - - HYPH 1662 8753 17 64 64 CD 1662 8753 18 years year NNS 1662 8753 19 : : : 1662 8753 20 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 8753 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8753 22 65 65 CD 1662 8753 23 years year NNS 1662 8753 24 and and CC 1662 8753 25 over over IN 1662 8753 26 : : : 1662 8753 27 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 8753 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 8753 29 total total JJ 1662 8753 30 population population NN 1662 8753 31 : : : 1662 8753 32 0.94 0.94 CD 1662 8753 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8753 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8753 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8753 36 est e JJS 1662 8753 37 . . . 1662 8753 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8754 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8754 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8754 3 rate rate NN 1662 8754 4 : : : 1662 8754 5 6 6 CD 1662 8754 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8754 7 live live JJ 1662 8754 8 births birth NNS 1662 8754 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8754 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8754 11 est est NNP 1662 8754 12 . . . 1662 8754 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8755 1 Life life NN 1662 8755 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8755 3 at at IN 1662 8755 4 birth birth NN 1662 8755 5 : : : 1662 8755 6 total total JJ 1662 8755 7 population population NN 1662 8755 8 : : : 1662 8755 9 77.25 77.25 CD 1662 8755 10 years year NNS 1662 8755 11 male male JJ 1662 8755 12 : : : 1662 8755 13 74.67 74.67 CD 1662 8755 14 years year NNS 1662 8755 15 female female JJ 1662 8755 16 : : : 1662 8755 17 79.96 79.96 CD 1662 8755 18 years year NNS 1662 8755 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8755 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8755 21 est est NNP 1662 8755 22 . . . 1662 8755 23 ) 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1662 8757 25 % % NN 1662 8757 26 , , , 1662 8757 27 Irish Irish NNP 1662 8757 28 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 8757 29 % % NN 1662 8757 30 , , , 1662 8757 31 Welsh Welsh NNP 1662 8757 32 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 8757 33 % % NN 1662 8757 34 , , , 1662 8757 35 Ulster Ulster NNP 1662 8757 36 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 8757 37 % % NN 1662 8757 38 , , , 1662 8757 39 West West NNP 1662 8757 40 Indian Indian NNP 1662 8757 41 , , , 1662 8757 42 Indian indian JJ 1662 8757 43 , , , 1662 8757 44 Pakistani pakistani JJ 1662 8757 45 , , , 1662 8757 46 and and CC 1662 8757 47 other other JJ 1662 8757 48 2.8 2.8 CD 1662 8757 49 % % NN 1662 8757 50 Religions religion NNS 1662 8757 51 : : : 1662 8757 52 Anglican Anglican NNP 1662 8757 53 27 27 CD 1662 8757 54 million million CD 1662 8757 55 , , , 1662 8757 56 Roman roman JJ 1662 8757 57 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 8757 58 9 9 CD 1662 8757 59 million million CD 1662 8757 60 , , , 1662 8757 61 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 8757 62 1 1 CD 1662 8757 63 million million CD 1662 8757 64 , , , 1662 8757 65 Presbyterian Presbyterian NNP 1662 8757 66 800,000 800,000 CD 1662 8757 67 , , , 1662 8757 68 Methodist Methodist NNP 1662 8757 69 760,000 760,000 CD 1662 8757 70 , , , 1662 8757 71 Sikh Sikh NNP 1662 8757 72 400,000 400,000 CD 1662 8757 73 , , , 1662 8757 74 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 8757 75 350,000 350,000 CD 1662 8757 76 , , , 1662 8757 77 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 8757 78 300,000 300,000 CD 1662 8757 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8757 80 1991 1991 CD 1662 8757 81 est est NNP 1662 8757 82 . . . 1662 8757 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8758 1 note note VB 1662 8758 2 : : : 1662 8758 3 the the DT 1662 8758 4 UK UK NNP 1662 8758 5 does do VBZ 1662 8758 6 not not RB 1662 8758 7 include include VB 1662 8758 8 a a DT 1662 8758 9 question question NN 1662 8758 10 on on IN 1662 8758 11 religion religion NN 1662 8758 12 in in IN 1662 8758 13 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8758 14 census census NN 1662 8758 15 Languages Languages NNP 1662 8758 16 : : : 1662 8758 17 English English NNP 1662 8758 18 , , , 1662 8758 19 Welsh Welsh 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JJ 1662 8758 58 population population NN 1662 8758 59 : : : 1662 8758 60 99 99 CD 1662 8758 61 % % NN 1662 8758 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8758 63 1978 1978 CD 1662 8758 64 est est NNP 1662 8758 65 . . . 1662 8758 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8759 1 male male NN 1662 8759 2 : : : 1662 8759 3 NA% NA% NNP 1662 8759 4 female female NNP 1662 8759 5 : : : 1662 8759 6 NA% na% IN 1662 8759 7 @United @United NNP 1662 8759 8 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 8759 9 : : : 1662 8759 10 Government Government NNP 1662 8759 11 Country Country NNP 1662 8759 12 name name NN 1662 8759 13 : : : 1662 8759 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8759 15 long long JJ 1662 8759 16 form form NN 1662 8759 17 : : : 1662 8759 18 United United NNP 1662 8759 19 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 8759 20 of of IN 1662 8759 21 Great Great NNP 1662 8759 22 Britain Britain NNP 1662 8759 23 and and CC 1662 8759 24 Northern Northern NNP 1662 8759 25 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 8759 26 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8759 27 short short JJ 1662 8759 28 form form NN 1662 8759 29 : : : 1662 8759 30 United United NNP 1662 8759 31 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 8759 32 abbreviation abbreviation NN 1662 8759 33 : : : 1662 8759 34 UK UK NNP 1662 8759 35 Data Data NNP 1662 8759 36 code code NN 1662 8759 37 : : : 1662 8759 38 UK UK NNP 1662 8759 39 Government Government NNP 1662 8759 40 type type NN 1662 8759 41 : : : 1662 8759 42 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 8759 43 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 8759 44 National national JJ 1662 8759 45 capital capital NN 1662 8759 46 : : : 1662 8759 47 London London NNP 1662 8759 48 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 8759 49 divisions division NNS 1662 8759 50 : : : 1662 8759 51 47 47 CD 1662 8759 52 counties county NNS 1662 8759 53 , , , 1662 8759 54 7 7 CD 1662 8759 55 metropolitan metropolitan JJ 1662 8759 56 counties county NNS 1662 8759 57 , , , 1662 8759 58 26 26 CD 1662 8759 59 districts district NNS 1662 8759 60 , , , 1662 8759 61 9 9 CD 1662 8759 62 regions region NNS 1662 8759 63 , , , 1662 8759 64 and and CC 1662 8759 65 3 3 CD 1662 8759 66 islands island NNS 1662 8759 67 areas area NNS 1662 8759 68 ; ; : 1662 8759 69 England England NNP 1662 8759 70 - - HYPH 1662 8759 71 39 39 CD 1662 8759 72 counties county NNS 1662 8759 73 , , , 1662 8759 74 7 7 CD 1662 8759 75 metropolitan metropolitan JJ 1662 8759 76 counties county NNS 1662 8759 77 * * NFP 1662 8759 78 ; ; : 1662 8759 79 Avon Avon NNP 1662 8759 80 , , , 1662 8759 81 Bedford Bedford NNP 1662 8759 82 , , , 1662 8759 83 Berkshire Berkshire NNP 1662 8759 84 , , , 1662 8759 85 Buckingham Buckingham NNP 1662 8759 86 , , , 1662 8759 87 Cambridge Cambridge NNP 1662 8759 88 , , , 1662 8759 89 Cheshire Cheshire NNP 1662 8759 90 , , , 1662 8759 91 Cleveland Cleveland NNP 1662 8759 92 , , , 1662 8759 93 Cornwall Cornwall NNP 1662 8759 94 , , , 1662 8759 95 Cumbria Cumbria NNP 1662 8759 96 , , , 1662 8759 97 Derby Derby NNP 1662 8759 98 , , , 1662 8759 99 Devon Devon NNP 1662 8759 100 , , , 1662 8759 101 Dorset Dorset NNP 1662 8759 102 , , , 1662 8759 103 Durham Durham NNP 1662 8759 104 , , , 1662 8759 105 East East NNP 1662 8759 106 Sussex Sussex NNP 1662 8759 107 , , , 1662 8759 108 Essex Essex NNP 1662 8759 109 , , , 1662 8759 110 Gloucester Gloucester NNP 1662 8759 111 , , , 1662 8759 112 Greater Greater NNP 1662 8759 113 London London NNP 1662 8759 114 * * NFP 1662 8759 115 , , , 1662 8759 116 Greater Greater NNP 1662 8759 117 Manchester Manchester NNP 1662 8759 118 * * NFP 1662 8759 119 , , , 1662 8759 120 Hampshire Hampshire NNP 1662 8759 121 , , , 1662 8759 122 Hereford Hereford NNP 1662 8759 123 and and CC 1662 8759 124 Worcester Worcester NNP 1662 8759 125 , , , 1662 8759 126 Hertford Hertford NNP 1662 8759 127 , , , 1662 8759 128 Humberside Humberside NNP 1662 8759 129 , , , 1662 8759 130 Isle Isle NNP 1662 8759 131 of of IN 1662 8759 132 Wight Wight NNP 1662 8759 133 , , , 1662 8759 134 Kent Kent NNP 1662 8759 135 , , , 1662 8759 136 Lancashire Lancashire NNP 1662 8759 137 , , , 1662 8759 138 Leicester Leicester NNP 1662 8759 139 , , , 1662 8759 140 Lincoln Lincoln NNP 1662 8759 141 , , , 1662 8759 142 Merseyside Merseyside NNP 1662 8759 143 * * NFP 1662 8759 144 , , , 1662 8759 145 Norfolk Norfolk NNP 1662 8759 146 , , , 1662 8759 147 Northampton Northampton NNP 1662 8759 148 , , , 1662 8759 149 Northumberland Northumberland NNP 1662 8759 150 , , , 1662 8759 151 North North NNP 1662 8759 152 Yorkshire Yorkshire NNP 1662 8759 153 , , , 1662 8759 154 Nottingham Nottingham NNP 1662 8759 155 , , , 1662 8759 156 Oxford Oxford NNP 1662 8759 157 , , , 1662 8759 158 Shropshire Shropshire NNP 1662 8759 159 , , , 1662 8759 160 Somerset Somerset NNP 1662 8759 161 , , , 1662 8759 162 South South NNP 1662 8759 163 Yorkshire Yorkshire NNP 1662 8759 164 * * NFP 1662 8759 165 , , , 1662 8759 166 Stafford Stafford NNP 1662 8759 167 , , , 1662 8759 168 Suffolk Suffolk NNP 1662 8759 169 , , , 1662 8759 170 Surrey Surrey NNP 1662 8759 171 , , , 1662 8759 172 Tyne Tyne NNP 1662 8759 173 and and CC 1662 8759 174 Wear Wear NNP 1662 8759 175 * * NFP 1662 8759 176 , , , 1662 8759 177 Warwick Warwick NNP 1662 8759 178 , , , 1662 8759 179 West West NNP 1662 8759 180 Midlands Midlands NNP 1662 8759 181 * * NFP 1662 8759 182 , , , 1662 8759 183 West West NNP 1662 8759 184 Sussex Sussex NNP 1662 8759 185 , , , 1662 8759 186 West West NNP 1662 8759 187 Yorkshire Yorkshire NNP 1662 8759 188 * * NFP 1662 8759 189 , , , 1662 8759 190 Wiltshire Wiltshire NNP 1662 8759 191 ; ; : 1662 8759 192 Northern Northern NNP 1662 8759 193 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 8759 194 - - HYPH 1662 8759 195 26 26 CD 1662 8759 196 districts district NNS 1662 8759 197 ; ; : 1662 8759 198 Antrim Antrim NNP 1662 8759 199 , , , 1662 8759 200 Ards Ards NNP 1662 8759 201 , , , 1662 8759 202 Armagh Armagh NNP 1662 8759 203 , , , 1662 8759 204 Ballymena Ballymena NNP 1662 8759 205 , , , 1662 8759 206 Ballymoney Ballymoney NNP 1662 8759 207 , , , 1662 8759 208 Banbridge Banbridge NNP 1662 8759 209 , , , 1662 8759 210 Belfast Belfast NNP 1662 8759 211 , , , 1662 8759 212 Carrickfergus Carrickfergus NNP 1662 8759 213 , , , 1662 8759 214 Castlereagh Castlereagh NNP 1662 8759 215 , , , 1662 8759 216 Coleraine Coleraine NNP 1662 8759 217 , , , 1662 8759 218 Cookstown Cookstown NNP 1662 8759 219 , , , 1662 8759 220 Craigavon Craigavon NNP 1662 8759 221 , , , 1662 8759 222 Down down RB 1662 8759 223 , , , 1662 8759 224 Dungannon Dungannon NNP 1662 8759 225 , , , 1662 8759 226 Fermanagh Fermanagh NNP 1662 8759 227 , , , 1662 8759 228 Larne Larne NNP 1662 8759 229 , , , 1662 8759 230 Limavady Limavady NNP 1662 8759 231 , , , 1662 8759 232 Lisburn Lisburn NNP 1662 8759 233 , , , 1662 8759 234 Londonderry Londonderry NNP 1662 8759 235 , , , 1662 8759 236 Magherafelt Magherafelt NNP 1662 8759 237 , , , 1662 8759 238 Moyle Moyle NNP 1662 8759 239 , , , 1662 8759 240 Newry Newry NNP 1662 8759 241 and and CC 1662 8759 242 Mourne Mourne NNP 1662 8759 243 , , , 1662 8759 244 Newtownabbey Newtownabbey NNP 1662 8759 245 , , , 1662 8759 246 North North NNP 1662 8759 247 Down Down NNP 1662 8759 248 , , , 1662 8759 249 Omagh Omagh NNP 1662 8759 250 , , , 1662 8759 251 Strabane Strabane NNP 1662 8759 252 ; ; : 1662 8759 253 Scotland Scotland NNP 1662 8759 254 - - HYPH 1662 8759 255 9 9 CD 1662 8759 256 regions region NNS 1662 8759 257 , , , 1662 8759 258 3 3 CD 1662 8759 259 islands island NNS 1662 8759 260 areas area NNS 1662 8759 261 * * NFP 1662 8759 262 ; ; : 1662 8759 263 Borders Borders NNP 1662 8759 264 , , , 1662 8759 265 Central Central NNP 1662 8759 266 , , , 1662 8759 267 Dumfries Dumfries NNP 1662 8759 268 and and CC 1662 8759 269 Galloway Galloway NNP 1662 8759 270 , , , 1662 8759 271 Fife Fife NNP 1662 8759 272 , , , 1662 8759 273 Grampian Grampian NNP 1662 8759 274 , , , 1662 8759 275 Highland Highland NNP 1662 8759 276 , , , 1662 8759 277 Lothian Lothian NNP 1662 8759 278 , , , 1662 8759 279 Orkney Orkney NNP 1662 8759 280 * * NFP 1662 8759 281 , , , 1662 8759 282 Shetland shetland NN 1662 8759 283 * * NFP 1662 8759 284 , , , 1662 8759 285 Strathclyde Strathclyde NNP 1662 8759 286 , , , 1662 8759 287 Tayside Tayside NNP 1662 8759 288 , , , 1662 8759 289 Western Western NNP 1662 8759 290 Isles Isles NNPS 1662 8759 291 * * NFP 1662 8759 292 ; ; : 1662 8759 293 Wales Wales NNP 1662 8759 294 - - HYPH 1662 8759 295 8 8 CD 1662 8759 296 counties county NNS 1662 8759 297 ; ; : 1662 8759 298 Clwyd Clwyd NNP 1662 8759 299 , , , 1662 8759 300 Dyfed Dyfed NNP 1662 8759 301 , , , 1662 8759 302 Gwent Gwent NNP 1662 8759 303 , , , 1662 8759 304 Gwynedd Gwynedd NNP 1662 8759 305 , , , 1662 8759 306 Mid Mid NNP 1662 8759 307 Glamorgan Glamorgan NNP 1662 8759 308 , , , 1662 8759 309 Powys Powys NNP 1662 8759 310 , , , 1662 8759 311 South South NNP 1662 8759 312 Glamorgan Glamorgan NNP 1662 8759 313 , , , 1662 8759 314 West West NNP 1662 8759 315 Glamorgan Glamorgan NNP 1662 8759 316 Dependent Dependent NNP 1662 8759 317 areas area NNS 1662 8759 318 : : : 1662 8759 319 Anguilla Anguilla NNP 1662 8759 320 , , , 1662 8759 321 Bermuda Bermuda NNP 1662 8759 322 , , , 1662 8759 323 British british JJ 1662 8759 324 Indian Indian NNP 1662 8759 325 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8759 326 Territory Territory NNP 1662 8759 327 , , , 1662 8759 328 British british JJ 1662 8759 329 Virgin Virgin NNP 1662 8759 330 Islands Islands NNP 1662 8759 331 , , , 1662 8759 332 Cayman Cayman NNP 1662 8759 333 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 8759 334 , , , 1662 8759 335 Falkland Falkland NNP 1662 8759 336 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 8759 337 , , , 1662 8759 338 Gibraltar Gibraltar NNP 1662 8759 339 , , , 1662 8759 340 Guernsey Guernsey NNP 1662 8759 341 , , , 1662 8759 342 Hong Hong NNP 1662 8759 343 Kong Kong NNP 1662 8759 344 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8759 345 scheduled schedule VBN 1662 8759 346 to to TO 1662 8759 347 become become VB 1662 8759 348 a a DT 1662 8759 349 Special Special NNP 1662 8759 350 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 8759 351 Region Region NNP 1662 8759 352 of of IN 1662 8759 353 China China NNP 1662 8759 354 on on IN 1662 8759 355 1 1 CD 1662 8759 356 July July NNP 1662 8759 357 1997 1997 CD 1662 8759 358 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8759 359 , , , 1662 8759 360 Jersey Jersey NNP 1662 8759 361 , , , 1662 8759 362 Isle Isle NNP 1662 8759 363 of of IN 1662 8759 364 Man Man NNP 1662 8759 365 , , , 1662 8759 366 Montserrat Montserrat NNP 1662 8759 367 , , , 1662 8759 368 Pitcairn Pitcairn NNP 1662 8759 369 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 8759 370 , , , 1662 8759 371 Saint Saint NNP 1662 8759 372 Helena Helena NNP 1662 8759 373 , , , 1662 8759 374 South South NNP 1662 8759 375 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 8759 376 and and CC 1662 8759 377 the the DT 1662 8759 378 South South NNP 1662 8759 379 Sandwich Sandwich NNP 1662 8759 380 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 8759 381 , , , 1662 8759 382 Turks Turks NNPS 1662 8759 383 and and CC 1662 8759 384 Caicos Caicos NNP 1662 8759 385 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 8759 386 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8759 387 : : : 1662 8759 388 1 1 CD 1662 8759 389 January January NNP 1662 8759 390 1801 1801 CD 1662 8759 391 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8759 392 United United NNP 1662 8759 393 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 8759 394 established establish VBN 1662 8759 395 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8759 396 National national JJ 1662 8759 397 holiday holiday NN 1662 8759 398 : : : 1662 8759 399 Celebration celebration NN 1662 8759 400 of of IN 1662 8759 401 the the DT 1662 8759 402 Birthday birthday NN 1662 8759 403 of of IN 1662 8759 404 the the DT 1662 8759 405 Queen Queen NNP 1662 8759 406 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8759 407 second second JJ 1662 8759 408 Saturday Saturday NNP 1662 8759 409 in in IN 1662 8759 410 June June NNP 1662 8759 411 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8759 412 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 8759 413 : : : 1662 8759 414 unwritten unwritten VB 1662 8759 415 ; ; : 1662 8759 416 partly partly RB 1662 8759 417 statutes statute NNS 1662 8759 418 , , , 1662 8759 419 partly partly RB 1662 8759 420 common common JJ 1662 8759 421 law law NN 1662 8759 422 and and CC 1662 8759 423 practice practice VB 1662 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IN 1662 8759 495 government government NN 1662 8759 496 : : : 1662 8759 497 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8759 498 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8759 499 Tony Tony NNP 1662 8759 500 BLAIR BLAIR NNP 1662 8759 501 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8759 502 since since IN 1662 8759 503 2 2 CD 1662 8759 504 May May NNP 1662 8759 505 1997 1997 CD 1662 8759 506 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8759 507 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 8759 508 : : : 1662 8759 509 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 8759 510 of of IN 1662 8759 511 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 8759 512 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8759 513 by by IN 1662 8759 514 the the DT 1662 8759 515 prime prime NNP 1662 8759 516 minister minister NNP 1662 8759 517 elections election NNS 1662 8759 518 : : : 1662 8759 519 none none NN 1662 8759 520 ; ; : 1662 8759 521 the the DT 1662 8759 522 queen queen NN 1662 8759 523 is be VBZ 1662 8759 524 a a DT 1662 8759 525 hereditary hereditary JJ 1662 8759 526 monarch monarch NN 1662 8759 527 ; ; : 1662 8759 528 prime prime NNP 1662 8759 529 minister minister NNP 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8759 749 Scottish Scottish NNP 1662 8759 750 National National NNP 1662 8759 751 Party Party NNP 1662 8759 752 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8759 753 Alex Alex NNP 1662 8759 754 SALMOND SALMOND NNP 1662 8759 755 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8759 756 ; ; : 1662 8759 757 Welsh Welsh NNP 1662 8759 758 National National NNP 1662 8759 759 Party Party NNP 1662 8759 760 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8759 761 Plaid Plaid NNP 1662 8759 762 Cymru Cymru NNS 1662 8759 763 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8759 764 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8759 765 Dafydd Dafydd NNP 1662 8759 766 Iwan Iwan NNP 1662 8759 767 WIGLEY WIGLEY NNP 1662 8759 768 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8759 769 ; ; : 1662 8759 770 Ulster Ulster NNP 1662 8759 771 Unionist Unionist NNP 1662 8759 772 Party Party NNP 1662 8759 773 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8759 774 Northern Northern NNP 1662 8759 775 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 8759 776 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8759 777 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8759 778 David David NNP 1662 8759 779 TRIMBLE TRIMBLE NNP 1662 8759 780 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8759 781 ; ; : 1662 8759 782 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8759 783 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Rev. NNP 1662 8760 1 Ian Ian NNP 1662 8760 2 PAISLEY PAISLEY NNP 1662 8760 3 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8760 4 ; ; : 1662 8760 5 Social Social NNP 1662 8760 6 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8760 7 and and CC 1662 8760 8 Labor Labor NNP 1662 8760 9 Party Party NNP 1662 8760 10 or or CC 1662 8760 11 SDLP SDLP NNP 1662 8760 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8760 13 Northern Northern NNP 1662 8760 14 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 8760 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8760 16 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8760 17 John John NNP 1662 8760 18 HUME HUME NNP 1662 8760 19 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8760 20 ; ; : 1662 8760 21 Sinn Sinn NNP 1662 8760 22 Fein Fein NNP 1662 8760 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8760 24 Northern Northern NNP 1662 8760 25 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 8760 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8760 27 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8760 28 Gerry Gerry NNP 1662 8760 29 ADAMS ADAMS NNP 1662 8760 30 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8760 31 ; ; : 1662 8760 32 Alliance Alliance NNP 1662 8760 33 Party Party NNP 1662 8760 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8760 35 Northern Northern NNP 1662 8760 36 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 8760 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8760 38 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8760 39 Lord Lord NNP 1662 8760 40 ALDERDICE ALDERDICE NNP 1662 8760 41 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8760 42 Political political JJ 1662 8760 43 pressure pressure NN 1662 8760 44 groups group NNS 1662 8760 45 and and CC 1662 8760 46 leaders leader NNS 1662 8760 47 : : : 1662 8760 48 Trades Trades NNPS 1662 8760 49 Union Union NNP 1662 8760 50 Congress Congress NNP 1662 8760 51 ; ; : 1662 8760 52 Confederation Confederation NNP 1662 8760 53 of of IN 1662 8760 54 British British NNP 1662 8760 55 Industry Industry NNP 1662 8760 56 ; ; : 1662 8760 57 National National NNP 1662 8760 58 Farmers Farmers NNP 1662 8760 59 ' ' POS 1662 8760 60 Union Union NNP 1662 8760 61 ; ; : 1662 8760 62 Campaign campaign NN 1662 8760 63 for for IN 1662 8760 64 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8760 65 Disarmament Disarmament NNP 1662 8760 66 International International NNP 1662 8760 67 organization organization NN 1662 8760 68 participation participation NN 1662 8760 69 : : : 1662 8760 70 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 8760 71 , , , 1662 8760 72 AG AG NNP 1662 8760 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8760 74 observer observer NNP 1662 8760 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8760 76 , , , 1662 8760 77 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 8760 78 , , , 1662 8760 79 Australia Australia NNP 1662 8760 80 Group Group NNP 1662 8760 81 , , , 1662 8760 82 BIS BIS NNP 1662 8760 83 , , , 1662 8760 84 C C NNP 1662 8760 85 , , , 1662 8760 86 CCC CCC NNP 1662 8760 87 , , , 1662 8760 88 CDB CDB NNP 1662 8760 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8760 90 non non JJ 1662 8760 91 - 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J. NNP 1662 8760 337 CROWE CROWE NNP 1662 8760 338 , , , 1662 8760 339 Jr. Jr. NNP 1662 8760 340 embassy embassy NN 1662 8760 341 : : : 1662 8760 342 24/31 24/31 CD 1662 8760 343 Grosvenor Grosvenor NNP 1662 8760 344 Square Square NNP 1662 8760 345 , , , 1662 8760 346 London London NNP 1662 8760 347 , , , 1662 8760 348 W. W. 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NNP 1662 8760 424 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8760 425 patron patron NN 1662 8760 426 saint saint NN 1662 8760 427 of of IN 1662 8760 428 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 8760 429 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8760 430 which which WDT 1662 8760 431 is be VBZ 1662 8760 432 superimposed superimpose VBN 1662 8760 433 on on IN 1662 8760 434 the the DT 1662 8760 435 diagonal diagonal JJ 1662 8760 436 white white JJ 1662 8760 437 cross cross NN 1662 8760 438 of of IN 1662 8760 439 Saint Saint NNP 1662 8760 440 Andrew Andrew NNP 1662 8760 441 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8760 442 patron patron NN 1662 8760 443 saint saint NN 1662 8760 444 of of IN 1662 8760 445 Scotland Scotland NNP 1662 8760 446 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8760 447 ; ; , 1662 8760 448 known know VBN 1662 8760 449 as as IN 1662 8760 450 the the DT 1662 8760 451 Union Union NNP 1662 8760 452 Flag Flag NNP 1662 8760 453 or or CC 1662 8760 454 Union Union NNP 1662 8760 455 Jack Jack NNP 1662 8760 456 ; ; : 1662 8760 457 the the DT 1662 8760 458 design design NN 1662 8760 459 and and CC 1662 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the the DT 1662 8760 496 world world NN 1662 8760 497 's 's POS 1662 8760 498 great great JJ 1662 8760 499 trading trading NN 1662 8760 500 powers power NNS 1662 8760 501 and and CC 1662 8760 502 financial financial JJ 1662 8760 503 centers center NNS 1662 8760 504 , , , 1662 8760 505 and and CC 1662 8760 506 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8760 507 essentially essentially RB 1662 8760 508 capitalistic capitalistic JJ 1662 8760 509 economy economy NN 1662 8760 510 ranks rank VBZ 1662 8760 511 among among IN 1662 8760 512 the the DT 1662 8760 513 four four CD 1662 8760 514 largest large JJS 1662 8760 515 in in IN 1662 8760 516 Western Western NNP 1662 8760 517 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8760 518 . . . 1662 8761 1 Over over IN 1662 8761 2 the the DT 1662 8761 3 past past JJ 1662 8761 4 17 17 CD 1662 8761 5 years year NNS 1662 8761 6 the the DT 1662 8761 7 ruling rule VBG 1662 8761 8 Tories tory NNS 1662 8761 9 have have VBP 1662 8761 10 greatly greatly RB 1662 8761 11 reduced reduce VBN 1662 8761 12 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est NNP 1662 8774 13 . . . 1662 8774 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8775 1 Labor labor NN 1662 8775 2 force force NN 1662 8775 3 : : : 1662 8775 4 total total NN 1662 8775 5 : : : 1662 8775 6 28.1 28.1 CD 1662 8775 7 million million CD 1662 8775 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8775 9 September September NNP 1662 8775 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 8775 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8775 12 by by IN 1662 8775 13 occupation occupation NN 1662 8775 14 : : : 1662 8775 15 services service NNS 1662 8775 16 62.8 62.8 CD 1662 8775 17 % % NN 1662 8775 18 , , , 1662 8775 19 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 8775 20 and and CC 1662 8775 21 construction construction NN 1662 8775 22 25.0 25.0 CD 1662 8775 23 % % NN 1662 8775 24 , , , 1662 8775 25 government government NN 1662 8775 26 9.1 9.1 CD 1662 8775 27 % % NN 1662 8775 28 , , , 1662 8775 29 energy energy NN 1662 8775 30 1.9 1.9 CD 1662 8775 31 % % NN 1662 8775 32 , , , 1662 8775 33 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8775 34 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 8775 35 % % NN 1662 8775 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8775 37 June June NNP 1662 8775 38 1992 1992 CD 1662 8775 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8775 40 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 8775 41 rate rate NN 1662 8775 42 : : : 1662 8775 43 6.7 6.7 CD 1662 8775 44 % % NN 1662 8775 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8775 46 December December NNP 1662 8775 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 8775 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8775 49 Budget budget NN 1662 8775 50 : : : 1662 8775 51 revenues revenue NNS 1662 8775 52 : : : 1662 8775 53 $ $ $ 1662 8775 54 421.5 421.5 CD 1662 8775 55 billion billion CD 1662 8775 56 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8775 57 : : : 1662 8775 58 $ $ $ 1662 8775 59 474.9 474.9 CD 1662 8775 60 billion billion CD 1662 8775 61 , , , 1662 8775 62 including include VBG 1662 8775 63 capital capital NN 1662 8775 64 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8775 65 of of IN 1662 8775 66 $ $ $ 1662 8775 67 NA na NN 1662 8775 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8775 69 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 8775 70 est est NN 1662 8775 71 . . . 1662 8775 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8776 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 8776 2 : : : 1662 8776 3 production production NN 1662 8776 4 machinery machinery NN 1662 8776 5 including include VBG 1662 8776 6 machine machine NN 1662 8776 7 tools tool NNS 1662 8776 8 , , , 1662 8776 9 electric electric JJ 1662 8776 10 power power NN 1662 8776 11 equipment equipment NN 1662 8776 12 , , , 1662 8776 13 automation automation NN 1662 8776 14 equipment equipment NN 1662 8776 15 , , , 1662 8776 16 railroad railroad NN 1662 8776 17 equipment equipment NN 1662 8776 18 , , , 1662 8776 19 shipbuilding shipbuilding NN 1662 8776 20 , , , 1662 8776 21 aircraft aircraft NN 1662 8776 22 , , , 1662 8776 23 motor motor NN 1662 8776 24 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 8776 25 and and CC 1662 8776 26 parts part NNS 1662 8776 27 , , , 1662 8776 28 electronics electronic NNS 1662 8776 29 and and CC 1662 8776 30 communications communication NNS 1662 8776 31 equipment equipment NN 1662 8776 32 , , , 1662 8776 33 metals metal NNS 1662 8776 34 , , , 1662 8776 35 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8776 36 , , , 1662 8776 37 coal coal NN 1662 8776 38 , , , 1662 8776 39 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8776 40 , , , 1662 8776 41 paper paper NN 1662 8776 42 and and CC 1662 8776 43 paper paper NN 1662 8776 44 products product NNS 1662 8776 45 , , , 1662 8776 46 food food NN 1662 8776 47 processing processing NN 1662 8776 48 , , , 1662 8776 49 textiles textile NNS 1662 8776 50 , , , 1662 8776 51 clothing clothing NN 1662 8776 52 , , , 1662 8776 53 and and CC 1662 8776 54 other other JJ 1662 8776 55 consumer consumer NN 1662 8776 56 goods good NNS 1662 8776 57 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 8776 58 production production NN 1662 8776 59 growth growth NN 1662 8776 60 rate rate NN 1662 8776 61 : : : 1662 8776 62 1 1 CD 1662 8776 63 % % NN 1662 8776 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8776 65 1996 1996 CD 1662 8776 66 est est NNP 1662 8776 67 . . . 1662 8776 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8777 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8777 2 - - HYPH 1662 8777 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 8777 4 : : : 1662 8777 5 66.15 66.15 CD 1662 8777 6 million million CD 1662 8777 7 kW kW NNP 1662 8777 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8777 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 8777 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8777 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8777 12 - - HYPH 1662 8777 13 production production NN 1662 8777 14 : : : 1662 8777 15 327.7 327.7 CD 1662 8777 16 billion billion CD 1662 8777 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8777 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8777 19 1995 1995 CD 1662 8777 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8777 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8777 22 - - HYPH 1662 8777 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 8777 24 per per IN 1662 8777 25 capita capita NN 1662 8777 26 : : : 1662 8777 27 5,178 5,178 CD 1662 8777 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8777 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8777 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 8777 31 est est NNP 1662 8777 32 . . . 1662 8777 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8778 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8778 2 - - HYPH 1662 8778 3 products product NNS 1662 8778 4 : : : 1662 8778 5 cereals cereal NNS 1662 8778 6 , , , 1662 8778 7 oilseed oilseed NNP 1662 8778 8 , , , 1662 8778 9 potatoes potato NNS 1662 8778 10 , , , 1662 8778 11 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 8778 12 ; ; , 1662 8778 13 cattle cattle NNS 1662 8778 14 , , , 1662 8778 15 sheep sheep NN 1662 8778 16 , , , 1662 8778 17 poultry poultry NN 1662 8778 18 ; ; : 1662 8778 19 fish fish NN 1662 8778 20 Exports export NNS 1662 8778 21 : : : 1662 8778 22 total total JJ 1662 8778 23 value value NN 1662 8778 24 : : : 1662 8778 25 $ $ $ 1662 8778 26 240.4 240.4 CD 1662 8778 27 billion billion CD 1662 8778 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8778 29 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 8778 30 . . NNP 1662 8778 31 , , , 1662 8778 32 1995 1995 CD 1662 8778 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8778 34 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8778 35 : : : 1662 8778 36 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 8778 37 goods good NNS 1662 8778 38 , , , 1662 8778 39 machinery machinery NN 1662 8778 40 , , , 1662 8778 41 fuels fuel NNS 1662 8778 42 , , , 1662 8778 43 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8778 44 , , , 1662 8778 45 semifinished semifinishe VBN 1662 8778 46 goods good NNS 1662 8778 47 , , , 1662 8778 48 transport transport NN 1662 8778 49 equipment equipment NN 1662 8778 50 partners partner NNS 1662 8778 51 : : : 1662 8778 52 EU EU NNP 1662 8778 53 countries country NNS 1662 8778 54 56.4 56.4 CD 1662 8778 55 % % NN 1662 8778 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8778 57 Germany Germany NNP 1662 8778 58 12.7 12.7 CD 1662 8778 59 % % NN 1662 8778 60 , , , 1662 8778 61 France France NNP 1662 8778 62 9.9 9.9 CD 1662 8778 63 % % NN 1662 8778 64 , , , 1662 8778 65 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 8778 66 7.0 7.0 CD 1662 8778 67 % % NN 1662 8778 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8778 69 , , , 1662 8778 70 US US NNP 1662 8778 71 13.1 13.1 CD 1662 8778 72 % % NN 1662 8778 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8778 74 1994 1994 CD 1662 8778 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8778 76 Imports import NNS 1662 8778 77 : : : 1662 8778 78 total total JJ 1662 8778 79 value value NN 1662 8778 80 : : : 1662 8778 81 $ $ $ 1662 8778 82 258.8 258.8 CD 1662 8778 83 billion billion CD 1662 8778 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8778 85 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 8778 86 . . NNP 1662 8778 87 , , , 1662 8778 88 1995 1995 CD 1662 8778 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8778 90 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8778 91 : : : 1662 8778 92 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 8778 93 goods good NNS 1662 8778 94 , , , 1662 8778 95 machinery machinery NN 1662 8778 96 , , , 1662 8778 97 semifinished semifinishe VBN 1662 8778 98 goods good NNS 1662 8778 99 , , , 1662 8778 100 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 8778 101 , , , 1662 8778 102 consumer consumer NN 1662 8778 103 goods good NNS 1662 8778 104 partners partner NNS 1662 8778 105 : : : 1662 8778 106 EU EU NNP 1662 8778 107 countries country NNS 1662 8778 108 54.9 54.9 CD 1662 8778 109 % % NN 1662 8778 110 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8778 111 Germany Germany NNP 1662 8778 112 14.6 14.6 CD 1662 8778 113 % % NN 1662 8778 114 , , , 1662 8778 115 France France NNP 1662 8778 116 10.0 10.0 CD 1662 8778 117 % % NN 1662 8778 118 , , , 1662 8778 119 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 8778 120 6.7 6.7 CD 1662 8778 121 % % NN 1662 8778 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8778 123 , , , 1662 8778 124 US US NNP 1662 8778 125 12.2 12.2 CD 1662 8778 126 % % NN 1662 8778 127 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8778 128 1994 1994 CD 1662 8778 129 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8778 130 Debt debt NN 1662 8778 131 - - HYPH 1662 8778 132 external external JJ 1662 8778 133 : : : 1662 8778 134 $ $ $ 1662 8778 135 16.2 16.2 CD 1662 8778 136 billion billion CD 1662 8778 137 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8778 138 June June NNP 1662 8778 139 1992 1992 CD 1662 8778 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8778 141 Economic economic JJ 1662 8778 142 aid aid NN 1662 8778 143 : : : 1662 8778 144 donor donor NN 1662 8778 145 : : : 1662 8778 146 ODA ODA NNP 1662 8778 147 , , , 1662 8778 148 $ $ $ 1662 8778 149 2.908 2.908 CD 1662 8778 150 billion billion CD 1662 8778 151 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8778 152 1993 1993 CD 1662 8778 153 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8778 154 Currency currency NN 1662 8778 155 : : : 1662 8778 156 1 1 CD 1662 8778 157 British british JJ 1662 8778 158 pound pound NN 1662 8778 159 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8778 160 £ £ NNP 1662 8778 161 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8778 162 = = NFP 1662 8778 163 100 100 CD 1662 8778 164 pence penny NNS 1662 8778 165 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 8778 166 rates rate NNS 1662 8778 167 : : : 1662 8778 168 British british JJ 1662 8778 169 pounds pound NNS 1662 8778 170 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8778 171 £ £ NNP 1662 8778 172 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8778 173 per per IN 1662 8778 174 US$ us$ $ 1662 8778 175 1 1 CD 1662 8778 176 - - HYPH 1662 8778 177 0.6023 0.6023 CD 1662 8778 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8778 179 January January NNP 1662 8778 180 1997 1997 CD 1662 8778 181 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8778 182 , , , 1662 8778 183 0.6403 0.6403 CD 1662 8778 184 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8778 185 1996 1996 CD 1662 8778 186 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8778 187 , , , 1662 8778 188 0.6335 0.6335 NNP 1662 8778 189 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8778 190 1995 1995 CD 1662 8778 191 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8778 192 , , , 1662 8778 193 0.6529 0.6529 CD 1662 8778 194 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8778 195 1994 1994 CD 1662 8778 196 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8778 197 , , , 1662 8778 198 0.6658 0.6658 CD 1662 8778 199 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8778 200 1993 1993 CD 1662 8778 201 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8778 202 , , , 1662 8778 203 0.5664 0.5664 CD 1662 8778 204 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8778 205 1992 1992 CD 1662 8778 206 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8778 207 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8778 208 year year NN 1662 8778 209 : : : 1662 8778 210 1 1 CD 1662 8778 211 April April NNP 1662 8778 212 - - HYPH 1662 8778 213 31 31 CD 1662 8778 214 March March NNP 1662 8778 215 @United @United NNP 1662 8778 216 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 8778 217 : : : 1662 8778 218 Communications Communications NNP 1662 8778 219 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 8778 220 : : : 1662 8778 221 29.5 29.5 CD 1662 8778 222 million million CD 1662 8778 223 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8778 224 1987 1987 CD 1662 8778 225 est est NNP 1662 8778 226 . . . 1662 8778 227 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8779 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8779 2 system system NN 1662 8779 3 : : : 1662 8779 4 technologically technologically RB 1662 8779 5 advanced advanced JJ 1662 8779 6 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8779 7 and and CC 1662 8779 8 international international JJ 1662 8779 9 system system NN 1662 8779 10 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8779 11 : : : 1662 8779 12 equal equal JJ 1662 8779 13 mix mix NN 1662 8779 14 of of IN 1662 8779 15 buried bury VBN 1662 8779 16 cables cable NNS 1662 8779 17 , , , 1662 8779 18 microwave microwave JJ 1662 8779 19 radio radio NN 1662 8779 20 relay relay NN 1662 8779 21 , , , 1662 8779 22 and and CC 1662 8779 23 fiber fiber NN 1662 8779 24 - - HYPH 1662 8779 25 optic optic NN 1662 8779 26 systems system NNS 1662 8779 27 international international JJ 1662 8779 28 : : : 1662 8779 29 40 40 CD 1662 8779 30 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 8779 31 submarine submarine NN 1662 8779 32 cables cable NNS 1662 8779 33 ; ; : 1662 8779 34 satellite satellite NN 1662 8779 35 earth earth NN 1662 8779 36 stations station NNS 1662 8779 37 - - , 1662 8779 38 10 10 CD 1662 8779 39 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8779 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8779 41 7 7 CD 1662 8779 42 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8779 43 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8779 44 and and CC 1662 8779 45 3 3 CD 1662 8779 46 Indian Indian NNP 1662 8779 47 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8779 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8779 49 , , , 1662 8779 50 1 1 CD 1662 8779 51 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 8779 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8779 53 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8779 54 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8779 55 region region NN 1662 8779 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8779 57 , , , 1662 8779 58 and and CC 1662 8779 59 1 1 CD 1662 8779 60 Eutelsat Eutelsat NNP 1662 8779 61 ; ; : 1662 8779 62 at at RB 1662 8779 63 least least RBS 1662 8779 64 8 8 CD 1662 8779 65 large large JJ 1662 8779 66 international international JJ 1662 8779 67 switching switching NN 1662 8779 68 centers center NNS 1662 8779 69 Radio Radio NNP 1662 8779 70 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8779 71 stations station NNS 1662 8779 72 : : : 1662 8779 73 AM AM NNP 1662 8779 74 225 225 CD 1662 8779 75 , , , 1662 8779 76 FM FM NNP 1662 8779 77 525 525 CD 1662 8779 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8779 79 mostly mostly RB 1662 8779 80 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 8779 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8779 82 , , , 1662 8779 83 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 8779 84 0 0 CD 1662 8779 85 Radios radio NNS 1662 8779 86 : : : 1662 8779 87 70 70 CD 1662 8779 88 million million CD 1662 8779 89 Television Television NNP 1662 8779 90 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8779 91 stations station NNS 1662 8779 92 : : : 1662 8779 93 207 207 CD 1662 8779 94 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8779 95 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 8779 96 3,210 3,210 CD 1662 8779 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8779 98 Televisions television NNS 1662 8779 99 : : : 1662 8779 100 20 20 CD 1662 8779 101 million million CD 1662 8779 102 @United @United NNP 1662 8779 103 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 1662 8779 104 : : : 1662 8779 105 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8779 106 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8779 107 : : : 1662 8779 108 total total NN 1662 8779 109 : : : 1662 8779 110 17,561 17,561 CD 1662 8779 111 km km NN 1662 8779 112 broad broad JJ 1662 8779 113 gauge gauge NN 1662 8779 114 : : : 1662 8779 115 434 434 CD 1662 8779 116 km km NN 1662 8779 117 1.600-m 1.600-m CD 1662 8779 118 gauge gauge NN 1662 8779 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8779 120 190 190 CD 1662 8779 121 km km NN 1662 8779 122 double double JJ 1662 8779 123 track track NN 1662 8779 124 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8779 125 ; ; : 1662 8779 126 note note VB 1662 8779 127 - - : 1662 8779 128 all all DT 1662 8779 129 1.600-m 1.600-m CD 1662 8779 130 gauge gauge NN 1662 8779 131 track track NN 1662 8779 132 , , , 1662 8779 133 of of IN 1662 8779 134 which which WDT 1662 8779 135 357 357 CD 1662 8779 136 km km NN 1662 8779 137 is be VBZ 1662 8779 138 in in IN 1662 8779 139 common common JJ 1662 8779 140 carrier carrier NN 1662 8779 141 use use NN 1662 8779 142 , , , 1662 8779 143 is be VBZ 1662 8779 144 in in IN 1662 8779 145 Northern Northern NNP 1662 8779 146 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 8779 147 standard standard JJ 1662 8779 148 gauge gauge NN 1662 8779 149 : : : 1662 8779 150 16,892 16,892 CD 1662 8779 151 km km NN 1662 8779 152 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 8779 153 gauge gauge NN 1662 8779 154 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8779 155 4,928 4,928 CD 1662 8779 156 km km NNS 1662 8779 157 electrified electrify VBN 1662 8779 158 ; ; : 1662 8779 159 12,591 12,591 CD 1662 8779 160 km km NN 1662 8779 161 double double JJ 1662 8779 162 or or CC 1662 8779 163 multiple multiple JJ 1662 8779 164 track track NN 1662 8779 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8779 166 ; ; : 1662 8779 167 note note VB 1662 8779 168 - - HYPH 1662 8779 169 16,532 16,532 CD 1662 8779 170 km km NNS 1662 8779 171 of of IN 1662 8779 172 1.435-m 1.435-m JJ 1662 8779 173 routes route NNS 1662 8779 174 are be VBP 1662 8779 175 in in IN 1662 8779 176 common common JJ 1662 8779 177 carrier carrier NN 1662 8779 178 service service NN 1662 8779 179 ; ; : 1662 8779 180 the the DT 1662 8779 181 remaining remain VBG 1662 8779 182 360 360 CD 1662 8779 183 km km NNS 1662 8779 184 are be VBP 1662 8779 185 operated operate VBN 1662 8779 186 by by IN 1662 8779 187 a a DT 1662 8779 188 total total NN 1662 8779 189 of of IN 1662 8779 190 40 40 CD 1662 8779 191 tourist tourist NN 1662 8779 192 or or CC 1662 8779 193 other other JJ 1662 8779 194 private private JJ 1662 8779 195 companies company NNS 1662 8779 196 narrow narrow JJ 1662 8779 197 gauge gauge NN 1662 8779 198 : : : 1662 8779 199 235 235 CD 1662 8779 200 km km NN 1662 8779 201 0.260-m 0.260-m NN 1662 8779 202 , , , 1662 8779 203 0.311-m 0.311-m CD 1662 8779 204 , , , 1662 8779 205 0.381-m 0.381-m CD 1662 8779 206 , , , 1662 8779 207 0.600-m 0.600-m NN 1662 8779 208 , , , 1662 8779 209 0.610-m 0.610-m NN 1662 8779 210 , , , 1662 8779 211 0.686-m 0.686-m NN 1662 8779 212 , , , 1662 8779 213 0.760-m 0.760-m NN 1662 8779 214 , , , 1662 8779 215 0.762-m 0.762-m CD 1662 8779 216 , , , 1662 8779 217 0.800-m 0.800-m CD 1662 8779 218 , , , 1662 8779 219 0.825-m 0.825-m NN 1662 8779 220 , , , 1662 8779 221 0.914-m 0.914-m NN 1662 8779 222 and and CC 1662 8779 223 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 8779 224 gauges gauge NNS 1662 8779 225 ; ; : 1662 8779 226 note note VB 1662 8779 227 - - : 1662 8779 228 these these DT 1662 8779 229 short short JJ 1662 8779 230 , , , 1662 8779 231 narrow narrow JJ 1662 8779 232 - - HYPH 1662 8779 233 gage gage NN 1662 8779 234 lines line NNS 1662 8779 235 are be VBP 1662 8779 236 operated operate VBN 1662 8779 237 by by IN 1662 8779 238 a a DT 1662 8779 239 total total NN 1662 8779 240 of of IN 1662 8779 241 25 25 CD 1662 8779 242 tourist tourist NN 1662 8779 243 and and CC 1662 8779 244 other other JJ 1662 8779 245 private private JJ 1662 8779 246 firms firm NNS 1662 8779 247 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8779 248 1995 1995 CD 1662 8779 249 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8779 250 Highways highway NNS 1662 8779 251 : : : 1662 8779 252 total total NN 1662 8779 253 : : : 1662 8779 254 388,831 388,831 CD 1662 8779 255 km km NN 1662 8779 256 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8779 257 1994 1994 CD 1662 8779 258 est est NNP 1662 8779 259 . . . 1662 8779 260 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8780 1 paved pave VBN 1662 8780 2 : : : 1662 8780 3 NA NA NNP 1662 8780 4 km km PRP 1662 8780 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8780 6 including include VBG 1662 8780 7 3,284 3,284 CD 1662 8780 8 km km NNS 1662 8780 9 of of IN 1662 8780 10 expressways expressway NNS 1662 8780 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8780 12 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8780 13 : : : 1662 8780 14 NA NA NNP 1662 8780 15 km km POS 1662 8780 16 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 8780 17 : : : 1662 8780 18 3,200 3,200 CD 1662 8780 19 km km NN 1662 8780 20 under under IN 1662 8780 21 British British NNP 1662 8780 22 Waterways Waterways NNP 1662 8780 23 Board Board NNP 1662 8780 24 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 8780 25 : : : 1662 8780 26 crude crude JJ 1662 8780 27 oil oil NN 1662 8780 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8780 29 almost almost RB 1662 8780 30 all all DT 1662 8780 31 insignificant insignificant JJ 1662 8780 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8780 33 933 933 CD 1662 8780 34 km km NN 1662 8780 35 ; ; : 1662 8780 36 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8780 37 products product NNS 1662 8780 38 2,993 2,993 CD 1662 8780 39 km km NN 1662 8780 40 ; ; : 1662 8780 41 natural natural JJ 1662 8780 42 gas gas NN 1662 8780 43 12,800 12,800 CD 1662 8780 44 km km NN 1662 8780 45 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 8780 46 and and CC 1662 8780 47 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8780 48 : : : 1662 8780 49 Aberdeen Aberdeen NNP 1662 8780 50 , , , 1662 8780 51 Belfast Belfast NNP 1662 8780 52 , , , 1662 8780 53 Bristol Bristol NNP 1662 8780 54 , , , 1662 8780 55 Cardiff Cardiff NNP 1662 8780 56 , , , 1662 8780 57 Grangemouth Grangemouth NNP 1662 8780 58 , , , 1662 8780 59 Hull Hull NNP 1662 8780 60 , , , 1662 8780 61 Leith Leith NNP 1662 8780 62 , , , 1662 8780 63 Liverpool Liverpool NNP 1662 8780 64 , , , 1662 8780 65 London London NNP 1662 8780 66 , , , 1662 8780 67 Manchester Manchester NNP 1662 8780 68 , , , 1662 8780 69 Sullom Sullom NNP 1662 8780 70 Voe Voe NNP 1662 8780 71 , , , 1662 8780 72 Tees Tees NNPS 1662 8780 73 , , , 1662 8780 74 Tyne Tyne NNP 1662 8780 75 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 8780 76 marine marine NN 1662 8780 77 : : : 1662 8780 78 total total NN 1662 8780 79 : : : 1662 8780 80 150 150 CD 1662 8780 81 ships ship NNS 1662 8780 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8780 83 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8780 84 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8780 85 or or CC 1662 8780 86 over over RB 1662 8780 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8780 88 totaling total VBG 1662 8780 89 2,719,891 2,719,891 CD 1662 8780 90 GRT/3,246,718 GRT/3,246,718 -RRB- 1662 8780 91 DWT dwt NN 1662 8780 92 ships ship NNS 1662 8780 93 by by IN 1662 8780 94 type type NN 1662 8780 95 : : : 1662 8780 96 bulk bulk NNP 1662 8780 97 8 8 CD 1662 8780 98 , , , 1662 8780 99 cargo cargo NN 1662 8780 100 28 28 CD 1662 8780 101 , , , 1662 8780 102 chemical chemical NN 1662 8780 103 tanker tanker NN 1662 8780 104 2 2 CD 1662 8780 105 , , , 1662 8780 106 container container NN 1662 8780 107 21 21 CD 1662 8780 108 , , , 1662 8780 109 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 8780 110 gas gas NN 1662 8780 111 tanker tanker NN 1662 8780 112 2 2 CD 1662 8780 113 , , , 1662 8780 114 oil oil NN 1662 8780 115 tanker tanker NN 1662 8780 116 54 54 CD 1662 8780 117 , , , 1662 8780 118 passenger passenger NN 1662 8780 119 8 8 CD 1662 8780 120 , , , 1662 8780 121 passenger passenger NN 1662 8780 122 - - HYPH 1662 8780 123 cargo cargo NN 1662 8780 124 1 1 CD 1662 8780 125 , , , 1662 8780 126 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 8780 127 tanker tanker NN 1662 8780 128 1 1 CD 1662 8780 129 , , , 1662 8780 130 roll roll NN 1662 8780 131 - - HYPH 1662 8780 132 on on IN 1662 8780 133 / / SYM 1662 8780 134 roll roll NN 1662 8780 135 - - HYPH 1662 8780 136 off off RP 1662 8780 137 cargo cargo NN 1662 8780 138 12 12 CD 1662 8780 139 , , , 1662 8780 140 short short JJ 1662 8780 141 - - HYPH 1662 8780 142 sea sea NN 1662 8780 143 passenger passenger NN 1662 8780 144 12 12 CD 1662 8780 145 , , , 1662 8780 146 specialized specialized NNP 1662 8780 147 tanker tanker NN 1662 8780 148 1 1 CD 1662 8780 149 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8780 150 1996 1996 CD 1662 8780 151 est est NNP 1662 8780 152 . . . 1662 8780 153 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8781 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8781 2 : : : 1662 8781 3 387 387 CD 1662 8781 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8781 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8781 6 est est NNP 1662 8781 7 . . . 1662 8781 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8782 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8782 2 - - , 1662 8782 3 with with IN 1662 8782 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8782 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8782 6 : : : 1662 8782 7 total total NN 1662 8782 8 : : : 1662 8782 9 366 366 CD 1662 8782 10 over over IN 1662 8782 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8782 12 m m NN 1662 8782 13 : : : 1662 8782 14 9 9 CD 1662 8782 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8782 16 to to IN 1662 8782 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8782 18 m m NN 1662 8782 19 : : : 1662 8782 20 29 29 CD 1662 8782 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8782 22 to to TO 1662 8782 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8782 24 m m NN 1662 8782 25 : : : 1662 8782 26 103 103 CD 1662 8782 27 914 914 CD 1662 8782 28 to to TO 1662 8782 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8782 30 m m NN 1662 8782 31 : : : 1662 8782 32 59 59 CD 1662 8782 33 under under IN 1662 8782 34 914 914 CD 1662 8782 35 m m NN 1662 8782 36 : : : 1662 8782 37 166 166 CD 1662 8782 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8782 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 8782 40 est est NNP 1662 8782 41 . . . 1662 8782 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8783 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8783 2 - - , 1662 8783 3 with with IN 1662 8783 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8783 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8783 6 : : : 1662 8783 7 total total NN 1662 8783 8 : : : 1662 8783 9 21 21 CD 1662 8783 10 914 914 CD 1662 8783 11 to to TO 1662 8783 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8783 13 m m NN 1662 8783 14 : : : 1662 8783 15 21 21 CD 1662 8783 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8783 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 8783 18 est est NNP 1662 8783 19 . . . 1662 8783 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8784 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 8784 2 : : : 1662 8784 3 12 12 CD 1662 8784 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8784 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8784 6 est est NNP 1662 8784 7 . . . 1662 8784 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8785 1 Military military JJ 1662 8785 2 Military military JJ 1662 8785 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8785 4 : : : 1662 8785 5 Army Army NNP 1662 8785 6 , , , 1662 8785 7 Royal Royal NNP 1662 8785 8 Navy Navy NNP 1662 8785 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8785 10 includes include VBZ 1662 8785 11 Royal Royal NNP 1662 8785 12 Marines Marines NNPS 1662 8785 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8785 14 , , , 1662 8785 15 Royal Royal NNP 1662 8785 16 Air Air NNP 1662 8785 17 Force Force NNP 1662 8785 18 Military Military NNP 1662 8785 19 manpower manpower NN 1662 8785 20 - - HYPH 1662 8785 21 availability availability NN 1662 8785 22 : : : 1662 8785 23 males male NNS 1662 8785 24 age age NNP 1662 8785 25 15 15 CD 1662 8785 26 - - HYPH 1662 8785 27 49 49 CD 1662 8785 28 : : SYM 1662 8785 29 13,829,704 13,829,704 CD 1662 8785 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8785 31 1997 1997 CD 1662 8785 32 est est NNP 1662 8785 33 . . . 1662 8785 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8786 1 Military military JJ 1662 8786 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8786 3 - - HYPH 1662 8786 4 fit fit NN 1662 8786 5 for for IN 1662 8786 6 military military JJ 1662 8786 7 service service NN 1662 8786 8 : : : 1662 8786 9 males male NNS 1662 8786 10 : : : 1662 8786 11 11,527,058 11,527,058 CD 1662 8786 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8786 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8786 14 est est NNP 1662 8786 15 . . . 1662 8786 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8787 1 Military military JJ 1662 8787 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8787 3 - - HYPH 1662 8787 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8787 5 figure figure NN 1662 8787 6 : : : 1662 8787 7 $ $ $ 1662 8787 8 35.1 35.1 CD 1662 8787 9 billion billion CD 1662 8787 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8787 11 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 8787 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8787 13 Military military JJ 1662 8787 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8787 15 - - : 1662 8787 16 percent percent NN 1662 8787 17 of of IN 1662 8787 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8787 19 : : : 1662 8787 20 3.1 3.1 CD 1662 8787 21 % % NN 1662 8787 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8787 23 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 8787 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8787 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8787 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8787 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 8787 28 - - : 1662 8787 29 international international RB 1662 8787 30 : : : 1662 8787 31 Northern Northern NNP 1662 8787 32 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 8787 33 question question NN 1662 8787 34 with with IN 1662 8787 35 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 8787 36 ; ; : 1662 8787 37 Gibraltar Gibraltar NNP 1662 8787 38 question question NN 1662 8787 39 with with IN 1662 8787 40 Spain Spain NNP 1662 8787 41 ; ; : 1662 8787 42 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 8787 43 claims claim VBZ 1662 8787 44 Falkland Falkland NNP 1662 8787 45 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 8787 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8787 47 Islas Islas NNP 1662 8787 48 Malvinas Malvinas NNP 1662 8787 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8787 50 ; ; : 1662 8787 51 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 8787 52 claims claim VBZ 1662 8787 53 South South NNP 1662 8787 54 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 8787 55 and and CC 1662 8787 56 the the DT 1662 8787 57 South South NNP 1662 8787 58 Sandwich Sandwich NNP 1662 8787 59 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 8787 60 ; ; : 1662 8787 61 Mauritius Mauritius NNP 1662 8787 62 claims claim VBZ 1662 8787 63 island island NN 1662 8787 64 of of IN 1662 8787 65 Diego Diego NNP 1662 8787 66 Garcia Garcia NNP 1662 8787 67 in in IN 1662 8787 68 British British NNP 1662 8787 69 Indian Indian NNP 1662 8787 70 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8787 71 Territory Territory NNP 1662 8787 72 ; ; : 1662 8787 73 Rockall Rockall NNP 1662 8787 74 continental continental JJ 1662 8787 75 shelf shelf NN 1662 8787 76 dispute dispute NN 1662 8787 77 involving involve VBG 1662 8787 78 Denmark Denmark NNP 1662 8787 79 , , , 1662 8787 80 Iceland Iceland NNP 1662 8787 81 , , , 1662 8787 82 and and CC 1662 8787 83 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 8787 84 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8787 85 Ireland Ireland NNP 1662 8787 86 and and CC 1662 8787 87 the the DT 1662 8787 88 UK UK NNP 1662 8787 89 have have VBP 1662 8787 90 signed sign VBN 1662 8787 91 a a DT 1662 8787 92 boundary boundary JJ 1662 8787 93 agreement agreement NN 1662 8787 94 in in IN 1662 8787 95 the the DT 1662 8787 96 Rockall Rockall NNP 1662 8787 97 area area NN 1662 8787 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8787 99 ; ; , 1662 8787 100 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8787 101 claim claim NN 1662 8787 102 in in IN 1662 8787 103 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 8787 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8787 105 British British NNP 1662 8787 106 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 8787 107 Territory Territory NNP 1662 8787 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8787 109 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 8787 110 drugs drug VBZ 1662 8787 111 : : : 1662 8787 112 gateway gateway NN 1662 8787 113 country country NN 1662 8787 114 for for IN 1662 8787 115 Latin latin JJ 1662 8787 116 American american JJ 1662 8787 117 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 8787 118 entering enter VBG 1662 8787 119 the the DT 1662 8787 120 European european JJ 1662 8787 121 market market NN 1662 8787 122 ; ; , 1662 8787 123 producer producer NN 1662 8787 124 of of IN 1662 8787 125 synthetic synthetic JJ 1662 8787 126 drugs drug NNS 1662 8787 127 , , , 1662 8787 128 precursor precursor NN 1662 8787 129 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8787 130 ; ; , 1662 8787 131 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 8787 132 point point NN 1662 8787 133 for for IN 1662 8787 134 Southwest southwest JJ 1662 8787 135 Asian asian JJ 1662 8787 136 heroin heroin NN 1662 8787 137 ; ; : 1662 8787 138 money money NN 1662 8787 139 - 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1662 8787 184 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 185 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 186 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 187 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 188 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 189 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 190 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 191 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 192 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 193 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 194 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 195 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 196 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 197 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 198 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 199 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 200 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 201 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 202 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 203 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 204 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 205 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 206 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 207 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 208 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 209 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 210 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 211 _ _ NNP 1662 8787 212 UNITED UNITED NNP 1662 8787 213 STATES STATES NNP 1662 8787 214 @United @United NNP 1662 8787 215 States States NNP 1662 8787 216 : : : 1662 8787 217 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8787 218 Location Location NNP 1662 8787 219 : : : 1662 8787 220 North North NNP 1662 8787 221 America America NNP 1662 8787 222 , , , 1662 8787 223 bordering border VBG 1662 8787 224 both both CC 1662 8787 225 the the DT 1662 8787 226 North North NNP 1662 8787 227 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8787 228 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8787 229 and and CC 1662 8787 230 the the DT 1662 8787 231 North North NNP 1662 8787 232 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 8787 233 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8787 234 , , , 1662 8787 235 between between IN 1662 8787 236 Canada Canada NNP 1662 8787 237 and and CC 1662 8787 238 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 8787 239 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8787 240 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8787 241 : : : 1662 8787 242 38 38 CD 1662 8787 243 00 00 CD 1662 8787 244 N n CD 1662 8787 245 , , , 1662 8787 246 97 97 CD 1662 8787 247 00 00 CD 1662 8787 248 W W NNP 1662 8787 249 Map Map NNP 1662 8787 250 references reference NNS 1662 8787 251 : : : 1662 8787 252 North North NNP 1662 8787 253 America America NNP 1662 8787 254 Area Area NNP 1662 8787 255 : : : 1662 8787 256 total total NN 1662 8787 257 : : : 1662 8787 258 9,629,091 9,629,091 CD 1662 8787 259 sq sq IN 1662 8787 260 km km NNP 1662 8787 261 land land NN 1662 8787 262 : : : 1662 8787 263 9,158,960 9,158,960 CD 1662 8787 264 sq sq NN 1662 8787 265 km km NNP 1662 8787 266 water water NN 1662 8787 267 : : : 1662 8787 268 470,131 470,131 CD 1662 8787 269 sq sq NNP 1662 8787 270 km km NNP 1662 8787 271 note note NN 1662 8787 272 : : : 1662 8787 273 includes include VBZ 1662 8787 274 only only RB 1662 8787 275 the the DT 1662 8787 276 50 50 CD 1662 8787 277 states state NNS 1662 8787 278 and and CC 1662 8787 279 District District NNP 1662 8787 280 of of IN 1662 8787 281 Columbia Columbia NNP 1662 8787 282 Area Area NNP 1662 8787 283 - - HYPH 1662 8787 284 comparative comparative NNP 1662 8787 285 : : : 1662 8787 286 about about RB 1662 8787 287 one one CD 1662 8787 288 - - HYPH 1662 8787 289 half half NN 1662 8787 290 the the DT 1662 8787 291 size size NN 1662 8787 292 of of IN 1662 8787 293 Russia Russia NNP 1662 8787 294 ; ; : 1662 8787 295 about about RB 1662 8787 296 three three CD 1662 8787 297 - - HYPH 1662 8787 298 tenths tenth NNS 1662 8787 299 the the DT 1662 8787 300 size size NN 1662 8787 301 of of IN 1662 8787 302 Africa Africa NNP 1662 8787 303 ; ; : 1662 8787 304 about about RB 1662 8787 305 one one CD 1662 8787 306 - - HYPH 1662 8787 307 half half NN 1662 8787 308 the the DT 1662 8787 309 size size NN 1662 8787 310 of of IN 1662 8787 311 South South NNP 1662 8787 312 America America NNP 1662 8787 313 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8787 314 or or CC 1662 8787 315 slightly slightly RB 1662 8787 316 larger large JJR 1662 8787 317 than than IN 1662 8787 318 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 8787 319 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8787 320 ; ; : 1662 8787 321 slightly slightly RB 1662 8787 322 larger large JJR 1662 8787 323 than than IN 1662 8787 324 China China NNP 1662 8787 325 ; ; : 1662 8787 326 about about RB 1662 8787 327 two two CD 1662 8787 328 and and CC 1662 8787 329 one one CD 1662 8787 330 - - HYPH 1662 8787 331 half half NN 1662 8787 332 times time NNS 1662 8787 333 the the DT 1662 8787 334 size size NN 1662 8787 335 of of IN 1662 8787 336 Western Western NNP 1662 8787 337 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8787 338 Land Land NNP 1662 8787 339 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8787 340 : : : 1662 8787 341 total total JJ 1662 8787 342 : : : 1662 8787 343 12,248 12,248 CD 1662 8787 344 km km NN 1662 8787 345 border border NN 1662 8787 346 countries country NNS 1662 8787 347 : : : 1662 8787 348 Canada Canada NNP 1662 8787 349 8,893 8,893 CD 1662 8787 350 km km NN 1662 8787 351 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8787 352 including include VBG 1662 8787 353 2,477 2,477 CD 1662 8787 354 km km NNS 1662 8787 355 with with IN 1662 8787 356 Alaska Alaska NNP 1662 8787 357 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8787 358 , , , 1662 8787 359 Cuba Cuba NNP 1662 8787 360 29 29 CD 1662 8787 361 km km NN 1662 8787 362 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8787 363 US US NNP 1662 8787 364 Naval Naval NNP 1662 8787 365 Base Base NNP 1662 8787 366 at at IN 1662 8787 367 Guantanamo Guantanamo NNP 1662 8787 368 Bay Bay NNP 1662 8787 369 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8787 370 , , , 1662 8787 371 Mexico Mexico NNP 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exclusive JJ 1662 8787 408 economic economic JJ 1662 8787 409 zone zone NN 1662 8787 410 : : : 1662 8787 411 200 200 CD 1662 8787 412 nm nm CD 1662 8787 413 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8787 414 sea sea NN 1662 8787 415 : : : 1662 8787 416 12 12 CD 1662 8787 417 nm nm NNP 1662 8787 418 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8787 419 : : : 1662 8787 420 mostly mostly RB 1662 8787 421 temperate temperate VB 1662 8787 422 , , , 1662 8787 423 but but CC 1662 8787 424 tropical tropical JJ 1662 8787 425 in in IN 1662 8787 426 Hawaii Hawaii NNP 1662 8787 427 and and CC 1662 8787 428 Florida Florida NNP 1662 8787 429 and and CC 1662 8787 430 arctic arctic NNP 1662 8787 431 in in IN 1662 8787 432 Alaska Alaska NNP 1662 8787 433 , , , 1662 8787 434 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 8787 435 in in IN 1662 8787 436 the the DT 1662 8787 437 great great JJ 1662 8787 438 plains plain NNS 1662 8787 439 west west RB 1662 8787 440 of of IN 1662 8787 441 the the DT 1662 8787 442 Mississippi Mississippi NNP 1662 8787 443 River River NNP 1662 8787 444 and and CC 1662 8787 445 arid arid VB 1662 8787 446 in in IN 1662 8787 447 the the DT 1662 8787 448 Great Great NNP 1662 8787 449 Basin Basin NNP 1662 8787 450 of of IN 1662 8787 451 the the DT 1662 8787 452 southwest southwest NN 1662 8787 453 ; ; , 1662 8787 454 low low JJ 1662 8787 455 winter winter NN 1662 8787 456 temperatures temperature NNS 1662 8787 457 in in IN 1662 8787 458 the the DT 1662 8787 459 northwest northwest NN 1662 8787 460 are be VBP 1662 8787 461 ameliorated ameliorate VBN 1662 8787 462 occasionally occasionally RB 1662 8787 463 in in IN 1662 8787 464 January January NNP 1662 8787 465 and and CC 1662 8787 466 February February NNP 1662 8787 467 by by IN 1662 8787 468 warm warm JJ 1662 8787 469 chinook chinook NN 1662 8787 470 winds wind NNS 1662 8787 471 from from IN 1662 8787 472 the the DT 1662 8787 473 eastern eastern JJ 1662 8787 474 slopes slope NNS 1662 8787 475 of of IN 1662 8787 476 the the DT 1662 8787 477 Rocky Rocky NNP 1662 8787 478 Mountains Mountains NNPS 1662 8787 479 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8787 480 : : : 1662 8787 481 vast vast JJ 1662 8787 482 central central JJ 1662 8787 483 plain plain NN 1662 8787 484 , , , 1662 8787 485 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8787 486 in in IN 1662 8787 487 west west NNP 1662 8787 488 , , , 1662 8787 489 hills hill NNS 1662 8787 490 and and CC 1662 8787 491 low low JJ 1662 8787 492 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8787 493 in in IN 1662 8787 494 east east NN 1662 8787 495 ; ; , 1662 8787 496 rugged rugged JJ 1662 8787 497 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8787 498 and and CC 1662 8787 499 broad broad JJ 1662 8787 500 river river NN 1662 8787 501 valleys valley NNS 1662 8787 502 in in IN 1662 8787 503 Alaska Alaska NNP 1662 8787 504 ; ; : 1662 8787 505 rugged rugged JJ 1662 8787 506 , , , 1662 8787 507 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 8787 508 topography topography NN 1662 8787 509 in in IN 1662 8787 510 Hawaii Hawaii NNP 1662 8787 511 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8787 512 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8787 513 : : : 1662 8787 514 lowest low JJS 1662 8787 515 point point NN 1662 8787 516 : : : 1662 8787 517 Death Death NNP 1662 8787 518 Valley Valley NNP 1662 8787 519 -86 -86 NNP 1662 8787 520 m m DT 1662 8787 521 highest high JJS 1662 8787 522 point point NN 1662 8787 523 : : : 1662 8787 524 Mount Mount NNP 1662 8787 525 McKinley McKinley NNP 1662 8787 526 6,194 6,194 CD 1662 8787 527 m m NNP 1662 8787 528 Natural natural JJ 1662 8787 529 resources resource NNS 1662 8787 530 : : : 1662 8787 531 coal coal NN 1662 8787 532 , , , 1662 8787 533 copper copper NN 1662 8787 534 , , , 1662 8787 535 lead lead NN 1662 8787 536 , , , 1662 8787 537 molybdenum molybdenum NN 1662 8787 538 , , , 1662 8787 539 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 8787 540 , , , 1662 8787 541 uranium uranium NN 1662 8787 542 , , , 1662 8787 543 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 8787 544 , , , 1662 8787 545 gold gold NN 1662 8787 546 , , , 1662 8787 547 iron iron NN 1662 8787 548 , , , 1662 8787 549 mercury mercury NN 1662 8787 550 , , , 1662 8787 551 nickel nickel NN 1662 8787 552 , , , 1662 8787 553 potash potash NN 1662 8787 554 , , , 1662 8787 555 silver silver NN 1662 8787 556 , , , 1662 8787 557 tungsten tungsten NN 1662 8787 558 , , , 1662 8787 559 zinc zinc NN 1662 8787 560 , , , 1662 8787 561 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8787 562 , , , 1662 8787 563 natural natural JJ 1662 8787 564 gas gas NN 1662 8787 565 , , , 1662 8787 566 timber timber NN 1662 8787 567 Land land NN 1662 8787 568 use use NN 1662 8787 569 : : : 1662 8787 570 arable arable JJ 1662 8787 571 land land NN 1662 8787 572 : : : 1662 8787 573 19 19 CD 1662 8787 574 % % NN 1662 8787 575 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8787 576 crops crop NNS 1662 8787 577 : : : 1662 8787 578 0 0 CD 1662 8787 579 % % NN 1662 8787 580 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8787 581 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8787 582 : : : 1662 8787 583 25 25 CD 1662 8787 584 % % NN 1662 8787 585 forests forest NNS 1662 8787 586 and and CC 1662 8787 587 woodland woodland JJ 1662 8787 588 : : : 1662 8787 589 30 30 CD 1662 8787 590 % % NN 1662 8787 591 other other JJ 1662 8787 592 : : : 1662 8787 593 26 26 CD 1662 8787 594 % % NN 1662 8787 595 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8787 596 1993 1993 CD 1662 8787 597 est est NNP 1662 8787 598 . . . 1662 8787 599 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8788 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8788 2 land land NN 1662 8788 3 : : : 1662 8788 4 207,000 207,000 CD 1662 8788 5 sq sq NNP 1662 8788 6 km km NNP 1662 8788 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8788 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8788 9 est est NNP 1662 8788 10 . . . 1662 8788 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8789 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8789 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8789 3 : : : 1662 8789 4 tsunamis tsunamis NN 1662 8789 5 , , , 1662 8789 6 volcanoes volcano NNS 1662 8789 7 , , , 1662 8789 8 and and CC 1662 8789 9 earthquake earthquake NN 1662 8789 10 activity activity NN 1662 8789 11 around around IN 1662 8789 12 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 8789 13 Basin Basin NNP 1662 8789 14 ; ; : 1662 8789 15 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 8789 16 along along IN 1662 8789 17 the the DT 1662 8789 18 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8789 19 coast coast NN 1662 8789 20 ; ; : 1662 8789 21 tornadoes tornado NNS 1662 8789 22 in in IN 1662 8789 23 the the DT 1662 8789 24 midwest midwest NN 1662 8789 25 ; ; : 1662 8789 26 mud mud NN 1662 8789 27 slides slide NNS 1662 8789 28 in in IN 1662 8789 29 California California NNP 1662 8789 30 ; ; : 1662 8789 31 forest forest NN 1662 8789 32 fires fire NNS 1662 8789 33 in in IN 1662 8789 34 the the DT 1662 8789 35 west west NN 1662 8789 36 ; ; , 1662 8789 37 flooding flooding NN 1662 8789 38 ; ; : 1662 8789 39 permafrost permafrost NN 1662 8789 40 in in IN 1662 8789 41 northern northern JJ 1662 8789 42 Alaska Alaska NNP 1662 8789 43 is be VBZ 1662 8789 44 a a DT 1662 8789 45 major major JJ 1662 8789 46 impediment impediment NN 1662 8789 47 to to IN 1662 8789 48 development development NN 1662 8789 49 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8789 50 - - HYPH 1662 8789 51 current current JJ 1662 8789 52 issues issue NNS 1662 8789 53 : : : 1662 8789 54 air air NN 1662 8789 55 pollution pollution NN 1662 8789 56 resulting result VBG 1662 8789 57 in in IN 1662 8789 58 acid acid JJ 1662 8789 59 rain rain NN 1662 8789 60 in in IN 1662 8789 61 both both CC 1662 8789 62 the the DT 1662 8789 63 US US NNP 1662 8789 64 and and CC 1662 8789 65 Canada Canada NNP 1662 8789 66 ; ; : 1662 8789 67 the the DT 1662 8789 68 US US NNP 1662 8789 69 is be VBZ 1662 8789 70 the the DT 1662 8789 71 largest large JJS 1662 8789 72 single single JJ 1662 8789 73 emitter emitter NN 1662 8789 74 of of IN 1662 8789 75 carbon carbon NN 1662 8789 76 dioxide dioxide NN 1662 8789 77 from from IN 1662 8789 78 the the DT 1662 8789 79 burning burning NN 1662 8789 80 of of IN 1662 8789 81 fossil fossil JJ 1662 8789 82 fuels fuel NNS 1662 8789 83 ; ; : 1662 8789 84 water water NN 1662 8789 85 pollution pollution NN 1662 8789 86 from from IN 1662 8789 87 runoff runoff NN 1662 8789 88 of of IN 1662 8789 89 pesticides pesticide NNS 1662 8789 90 and and CC 1662 8789 91 fertilizers fertilizer NNS 1662 8789 92 ; ; : 1662 8789 93 very very RB 1662 8789 94 limited limited JJ 1662 8789 95 natural natural JJ 1662 8789 96 fresh fresh JJ 1662 8789 97 water water NN 1662 8789 98 resources resource NNS 1662 8789 99 in in IN 1662 8789 100 much much JJ 1662 8789 101 of of IN 1662 8789 102 the the DT 1662 8789 103 western western JJ 1662 8789 104 part part NN 1662 8789 105 of of IN 1662 8789 106 the the DT 1662 8789 107 country country NN 1662 8789 108 require require VBP 1662 8789 109 careful careful JJ 1662 8789 110 management management NN 1662 8789 111 ; ; : 1662 8789 112 desertification desertification NN 1662 8789 113 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8789 114 - - HYPH 1662 8789 115 international international JJ 1662 8789 116 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8789 117 : : : 1662 8789 118 party party NN 1662 8789 119 to to TO 1662 8789 120 : : : 1662 8789 121 Air Air NNP 1662 8789 122 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8789 123 , , , 1662 8789 124 Air Air NNP 1662 8789 125 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8789 126 - - HYPH 1662 8789 127 Nitrogen Nitrogen NNP 1662 8789 128 Oxides Oxides NNPS 1662 8789 129 , , , 1662 8789 130 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 8789 131 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 8789 132 , , , 1662 8789 133 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8789 134 Change Change NNP 1662 8789 135 , , , 1662 8789 136 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 8789 137 Species Species NNPS 1662 8789 138 , , , 1662 8789 139 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 8789 140 Modification Modification NNP 1662 8789 141 , , , 1662 8789 142 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8789 143 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 8789 144 , , , 1662 8789 145 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8789 146 Life Life NNP 1662 8789 147 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 8789 148 , , , 1662 8789 149 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8789 150 Test Test NNP 1662 8789 151 Ban Ban NNP 1662 8789 152 , , , 1662 8789 153 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8789 154 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8789 155 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8789 156 , , , 1662 8789 157 Ship Ship NNP 1662 8789 158 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8789 159 , , , 1662 8789 160 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 8789 161 Timber Timber NNP 1662 8789 162 83 83 CD 1662 8789 163 , , , 1662 8789 164 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 8789 165 Timber Timber NNP 1662 8789 166 94 94 CD 1662 8789 167 , , , 1662 8789 168 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 8789 169 , , , 1662 8789 170 Whaling Whaling NNP 1662 8789 171 signed sign VBD 1662 8789 172 , , , 1662 8789 173 but but CC 1662 8789 174 not not RB 1662 8789 175 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8789 176 : : : 1662 8789 177 Air Air NNP 1662 8789 178 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8789 179 - - HYPH 1662 8789 180 Volatile Volatile NNP 1662 8789 181 Organic Organic NNP 1662 8789 182 Compounds Compounds NNPS 1662 8789 183 , , , 1662 8789 184 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 8789 185 - - HYPH 1662 8789 186 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 8789 187 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 8789 188 , , , 1662 8789 189 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 8789 190 , , , 1662 8789 191 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 8789 192 , , , 1662 8789 193 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 8789 194 Wastes Wastes NNP 1662 8789 195 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8789 196 - - HYPH 1662 8789 197 note note NN 1662 8789 198 : : : 1662 8789 199 world world NN 1662 8789 200 's 's POS 1662 8789 201 third third RB 1662 8789 202 - - HYPH 1662 8789 203 largest large JJS 1662 8789 204 country country NN 1662 8789 205 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8789 206 after after IN 1662 8789 207 Russia Russia NNP 1662 8789 208 and and CC 1662 8789 209 Canada Canada NNP 1662 8789 210 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8789 211 @United @United NFP 1662 8789 212 States state NNS 1662 8789 213 : : : 1662 8789 214 People People NNPS 1662 8789 215 Population Population NNP 1662 8789 216 : : : 1662 8789 217 267,954,764 267,954,764 CD 1662 8789 218 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8789 219 July July NNP 1662 8789 220 1997 1997 CD 1662 8789 221 est est NNP 1662 8789 222 . . . 1662 8789 223 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8790 1 Age age NN 1662 8790 2 structure structure NN 1662 8790 3 : : : 1662 8790 4 0 0 CD 1662 8790 5 - - HYPH 1662 8790 6 14 14 CD 1662 8790 7 years year NNS 1662 8790 8 : : : 1662 8790 9 22 22 CD 1662 8790 10 % % NN 1662 8790 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8790 12 male male JJ 1662 8790 13 29,837,393 29,837,393 CD 1662 8790 14 ; ; , 1662 8790 15 female female JJ 1662 8790 16 28,450,028 28,450,028 CD 1662 8790 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8790 18 15 15 CD 1662 8790 19 - - SYM 1662 8790 20 64 64 CD 1662 8790 21 years year NNS 1662 8790 22 : : : 1662 8790 23 65 65 CD 1662 8790 24 % % NN 1662 8790 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8790 26 male male JJ 1662 8790 27 87,170,245 87,170,245 CD 1662 8790 28 ; ; : 1662 8790 29 female female JJ 1662 8790 30 88,400,551 88,400,551 CD 1662 8790 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8790 32 65 65 CD 1662 8790 33 years year NNS 1662 8790 34 and and CC 1662 8790 35 over over IN 1662 8790 36 : : : 1662 8790 37 13 13 CD 1662 8790 38 % % NN 1662 8790 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8790 40 male male JJ 1662 8790 41 13,975,746 13,975,746 CD 1662 8790 42 ; ; : 1662 8790 43 female female JJ 1662 8790 44 20,120,801 20,120,801 CD 1662 8790 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8790 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8790 47 July July NNP 1662 8790 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8790 49 est est NNP 1662 8790 50 . . . 1662 8790 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8791 1 Population population NN 1662 8791 2 growth growth NN 1662 8791 3 rate rate NN 1662 8791 4 : : : 1662 8791 5 0.89 0.89 CD 1662 8791 6 % % NN 1662 8791 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8791 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8791 9 est est NNP 1662 8791 10 . . . 1662 8791 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8792 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8792 2 rate rate NN 1662 8792 3 : : : 1662 8792 4 14.6 14.6 CD 1662 8792 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 8792 6 population population NN 1662 8792 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8792 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8792 9 est est NNP 1662 8792 10 . . . 1662 8792 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8793 1 Death death NN 1662 8793 2 rate rate NN 1662 8793 3 : : : 1662 8793 4 8.8 8.8 CD 1662 8793 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8793 6 population population NN 1662 8793 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8793 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8793 9 est est NNP 1662 8793 10 . . . 1662 8793 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8794 1 Net net JJ 1662 8794 2 migration migration NN 1662 8794 3 rate rate NN 1662 8794 4 : : : 1662 8794 5 3.1 3.1 CD 1662 8794 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 8794 7 population population NN 1662 8794 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8794 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8794 10 est est NNP 1662 8794 11 . . . 1662 8794 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8795 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8795 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8795 3 : : : 1662 8795 4 at at IN 1662 8795 5 birth birth NN 1662 8795 6 : : : 1662 8795 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 8795 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8795 9 under under IN 1662 8795 10 15 15 CD 1662 8795 11 years year NNS 1662 8795 12 : : : 1662 8795 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 8795 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8795 15 15 15 CD 1662 8795 16 - - HYPH 1662 8795 17 64 64 CD 1662 8795 18 years year NNS 1662 8795 19 : : : 1662 8795 20 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 8795 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8795 22 65 65 CD 1662 8795 23 years year NNS 1662 8795 24 and and CC 1662 8795 25 over over IN 1662 8795 26 : : : 1662 8795 27 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 8795 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 8795 29 total total JJ 1662 8795 30 population population NN 1662 8795 31 : : : 1662 8795 32 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 8795 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8795 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8795 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8795 36 est e JJS 1662 8795 37 . . . 1662 8795 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8796 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8796 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8796 3 rate rate NN 1662 8796 4 : : : 1662 8796 5 6.55 6.55 CD 1662 8796 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8796 7 live live JJ 1662 8796 8 births birth NNS 1662 8796 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8796 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8796 11 est est NNP 1662 8796 12 . . . 1662 8796 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8797 1 Life life NN 1662 8797 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8797 3 at at IN 1662 8797 4 birth birth NN 1662 8797 5 : : : 1662 8797 6 total total JJ 1662 8797 7 population population NN 1662 8797 8 : : : 1662 8797 9 76.04 76.04 CD 1662 8797 10 years year NNS 1662 8797 11 male male JJ 1662 8797 12 : : : 1662 8797 13 72.75 72.75 CD 1662 8797 14 years year NNS 1662 8797 15 female female JJ 1662 8797 16 : : : 1662 8797 17 79.49 79.49 CD 1662 8797 18 years year NNS 1662 8797 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8797 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8797 21 est est NNP 1662 8797 22 . . . 1662 8797 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8798 1 Total total JJ 1662 8798 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8798 3 rate rate NN 1662 8798 4 : : : 1662 8798 5 2.06 2.06 CD 1662 8798 6 children child NNS 1662 8798 7 born bear VBN 1662 8798 8 / / SYM 1662 8798 9 woman woman NN 1662 8798 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8798 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8798 12 est est NNP 1662 8798 13 . . . 1662 8798 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8799 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8799 2 : : : 1662 8799 3 noun noun NNP 1662 8799 4 : : : 1662 8799 5 American(s american(s LS 1662 8799 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8799 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 8799 8 : : : 1662 8799 9 American american JJ 1662 8799 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8799 11 groups group NNS 1662 8799 12 : : : 1662 8799 13 white white NNP 1662 8799 14 83.4 83.4 CD 1662 8799 15 % % NN 1662 8799 16 , , , 1662 8799 17 black black JJ 1662 8799 18 12.4 12.4 CD 1662 8799 19 % % NN 1662 8799 20 , , , 1662 8799 21 Asian Asian NNP 1662 8799 22 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 8799 23 % % NN 1662 8799 24 , , , 1662 8799 25 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 8799 26 0.8 0.8 CD 1662 8799 27 % % NN 1662 8799 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8799 29 1992 1992 CD 1662 8799 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8799 31 Religions religion NNS 1662 8799 32 : : : 1662 8799 33 Protestant protestant NN 1662 8799 34 56 56 CD 1662 8799 35 % % NN 1662 8799 36 , , , 1662 8799 37 Roman Roman NNP 1662 8799 38 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 8799 39 28 28 CD 1662 8799 40 % % NN 1662 8799 41 , , , 1662 8799 42 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 8799 43 2 2 CD 1662 8799 44 % % NN 1662 8799 45 , , , 1662 8799 46 other other JJ 1662 8799 47 4 4 CD 1662 8799 48 % % NN 1662 8799 49 , , , 1662 8799 50 none none NN 1662 8799 51 10 10 CD 1662 8799 52 % % NN 1662 8799 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8799 54 1989 1989 CD 1662 8799 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8799 56 Languages Languages NNP 1662 8799 57 : : : 1662 8799 58 English English NNP 1662 8799 59 , , , 1662 8799 60 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 8799 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8799 62 spoken speak VBN 1662 8799 63 by by IN 1662 8799 64 a a DT 1662 8799 65 sizable sizable JJ 1662 8799 66 minority minority NN 1662 8799 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8799 68 Literacy literacy NN 1662 8799 69 : : : 1662 8799 70 definition definition NN 1662 8799 71 : : : 1662 8799 72 age age NN 1662 8799 73 15 15 CD 1662 8799 74 and and CC 1662 8799 75 over over RB 1662 8799 76 can can MD 1662 8799 77 read read VB 1662 8799 78 and and CC 1662 8799 79 write write VB 1662 8799 80 total total JJ 1662 8799 81 population population NN 1662 8799 82 : : : 1662 8799 83 97 97 CD 1662 8799 84 % % NN 1662 8799 85 male male NN 1662 8799 86 : : : 1662 8799 87 97 97 CD 1662 8799 88 % % NN 1662 8799 89 female female NN 1662 8799 90 : : : 1662 8799 91 97 97 CD 1662 8799 92 % % NN 1662 8799 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8799 94 1979 1979 CD 1662 8799 95 est est NNP 1662 8799 96 . . . 1662 8799 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8800 1 @United @United NNP 1662 8800 2 States States NNPS 1662 8800 3 : : : 1662 8800 4 Government Government NNP 1662 8800 5 Country Country NNP 1662 8800 6 name name NN 1662 8800 7 : : : 1662 8800 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8800 9 long long JJ 1662 8800 10 form form NN 1662 8800 11 : : : 1662 8800 12 United United NNP 1662 8800 13 States States NNP 1662 8800 14 of of IN 1662 8800 15 America America NNP 1662 8800 16 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8800 17 short short JJ 1662 8800 18 form form NN 1662 8800 19 : : : 1662 8800 20 United United NNP 1662 8800 21 States States NNP 1662 8800 22 abbreviation abbreviation NN 1662 8800 23 : : : 1662 8800 24 US US NNP 1662 8800 25 or or CC 1662 8800 26 USA USA NNP 1662 8800 27 Data Data NNP 1662 8800 28 code code NN 1662 8800 29 : : : 1662 8800 30 US US NNP 1662 8800 31 Government Government NNP 1662 8800 32 type type NN 1662 8800 33 : : : 1662 8800 34 federal federal NNP 1662 8800 35 republic republic NNP 1662 8800 36 ; ; : 1662 8800 37 strong strong JJ 1662 8800 38 democratic democratic JJ 1662 8800 39 tradition tradition NN 1662 8800 40 National national JJ 1662 8800 41 capital capital NN 1662 8800 42 : : : 1662 8800 43 Washington Washington NNP 1662 8800 44 , , , 1662 8800 45 DC DC NNP 1662 8800 46 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 8800 47 divisions division NNS 1662 8800 48 : : : 1662 8800 49 50 50 CD 1662 8800 50 states state NNS 1662 8800 51 and and CC 1662 8800 52 1 1 CD 1662 8800 53 district district NN 1662 8800 54 * * NFP 1662 8800 55 ; ; : 1662 8800 56 Alabama Alabama NNP 1662 8800 57 , , , 1662 8800 58 Alaska Alaska NNP 1662 8800 59 , , , 1662 8800 60 Arizona Arizona NNP 1662 8800 61 , , , 1662 8800 62 Arkansas Arkansas NNP 1662 8800 63 , , , 1662 8800 64 California California NNP 1662 8800 65 , , , 1662 8800 66 Colorado Colorado NNP 1662 8800 67 , , , 1662 8800 68 Connecticut Connecticut NNP 1662 8800 69 , , , 1662 8800 70 Delaware Delaware NNP 1662 8800 71 , , , 1662 8800 72 District District NNP 1662 8800 73 of of IN 1662 8800 74 Columbia Columbia NNP 1662 8800 75 * * NFP 1662 8800 76 , , , 1662 8800 77 Florida Florida NNP 1662 8800 78 , , , 1662 8800 79 Georgia Georgia NNP 1662 8800 80 , , , 1662 8800 81 Hawaii Hawaii NNP 1662 8800 82 , , , 1662 8800 83 Idaho Idaho NNP 1662 8800 84 , , , 1662 8800 85 Illinois Illinois NNP 1662 8800 86 , , , 1662 8800 87 Indiana Indiana NNP 1662 8800 88 , , , 1662 8800 89 Iowa Iowa NNP 1662 8800 90 , , , 1662 8800 91 Kansas Kansas NNP 1662 8800 92 , , , 1662 8800 93 Kentucky Kentucky NNP 1662 8800 94 , , , 1662 8800 95 Louisiana Louisiana NNP 1662 8800 96 , , , 1662 8800 97 Maine Maine NNP 1662 8800 98 , , , 1662 8800 99 Maryland Maryland NNP 1662 8800 100 , , , 1662 8800 101 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 8800 102 , , , 1662 8800 103 Michigan Michigan NNP 1662 8800 104 , , , 1662 8800 105 Minnesota Minnesota NNP 1662 8800 106 , , , 1662 8800 107 Mississippi Mississippi NNP 1662 8800 108 , , , 1662 8800 109 Missouri Missouri NNP 1662 8800 110 , , , 1662 8800 111 Montana Montana NNP 1662 8800 112 , , , 1662 8800 113 Nebraska Nebraska NNP 1662 8800 114 , , , 1662 8800 115 Nevada Nevada NNP 1662 8800 116 , , , 1662 8800 117 New New NNP 1662 8800 118 Hampshire Hampshire NNP 1662 8800 119 , , , 1662 8800 120 New New NNP 1662 8800 121 Jersey Jersey NNP 1662 8800 122 , , , 1662 8800 123 New New NNP 1662 8800 124 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 8800 125 , , , 1662 8800 126 New New NNP 1662 8800 127 York York NNP 1662 8800 128 , , , 1662 8800 129 North North NNP 1662 8800 130 Carolina Carolina NNP 1662 8800 131 , , , 1662 8800 132 North North NNP 1662 8800 133 Dakota Dakota NNP 1662 8800 134 , , , 1662 8800 135 Ohio Ohio NNP 1662 8800 136 , , , 1662 8800 137 Oklahoma Oklahoma NNP 1662 8800 138 , , , 1662 8800 139 Oregon Oregon NNP 1662 8800 140 , , , 1662 8800 141 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania NNP 1662 8800 142 , , , 1662 8800 143 Rhode Rhode NNP 1662 8800 144 Island Island NNP 1662 8800 145 , , , 1662 8800 146 South South NNP 1662 8800 147 Carolina Carolina NNP 1662 8800 148 , , , 1662 8800 149 South South NNP 1662 8800 150 Dakota Dakota NNP 1662 8800 151 , , , 1662 8800 152 Tennessee Tennessee NNP 1662 8800 153 , , , 1662 8800 154 Texas Texas NNP 1662 8800 155 , , , 1662 8800 156 Utah Utah NNP 1662 8800 157 , , , 1662 8800 158 Vermont Vermont NNP 1662 8800 159 , , , 1662 8800 160 Virginia Virginia NNP 1662 8800 161 , , , 1662 8800 162 Washington Washington NNP 1662 8800 163 , , , 1662 8800 164 West West NNP 1662 8800 165 Virginia Virginia NNP 1662 8800 166 , , , 1662 8800 167 Wisconsin Wisconsin NNP 1662 8800 168 , , , 1662 8800 169 Wyoming Wyoming NNP 1662 8800 170 Dependent Dependent NNP 1662 8800 171 areas area NNS 1662 8800 172 : : : 1662 8800 173 American American NNP 1662 8800 174 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 8800 175 , , , 1662 8800 176 Baker Baker NNP 1662 8800 177 Island Island NNP 1662 8800 178 , , , 1662 8800 179 Guam Guam NNP 1662 8800 180 , , , 1662 8800 181 Howland Howland NNP 1662 8800 182 Island Island NNP 1662 8800 183 , , , 1662 8800 184 Jarvis Jarvis NNP 1662 8800 185 Island Island NNP 1662 8800 186 , , , 1662 8800 187 Johnston Johnston NNP 1662 8800 188 Atoll Atoll NNP 1662 8800 189 , , , 1662 8800 190 Kingman Kingman NNP 1662 8800 191 Reef Reef NNP 1662 8800 192 , , , 1662 8800 193 Midway Midway NNP 1662 8800 194 Islands Islands NNP 1662 8800 195 , , , 1662 8800 196 Navassa Navassa NNP 1662 8800 197 Island Island NNP 1662 8800 198 , , , 1662 8800 199 Northern Northern NNP 1662 8800 200 Mariana Mariana NNP 1662 8800 201 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 8800 202 , , , 1662 8800 203 Palmyra Palmyra NNP 1662 8800 204 Atoll Atoll NNP 1662 8800 205 , , , 1662 8800 206 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 8800 207 Rico Rico NNP 1662 8800 208 , , , 1662 8800 209 Virgin Virgin NNP 1662 8800 210 Islands Islands NNP 1662 8800 211 , , , 1662 8800 212 Wake Wake NNP 1662 8800 213 Island Island NNP 1662 8800 214 note note NN 1662 8800 215 : : : 1662 8800 216 from from IN 1662 8800 217 18 18 CD 1662 8800 218 July July NNP 1662 8800 219 1947 1947 CD 1662 8800 220 until until IN 1662 8800 221 1 1 CD 1662 8800 222 October October NNP 1662 8800 223 1994 1994 CD 1662 8800 224 , , , 1662 8800 225 the the DT 1662 8800 226 US US NNP 1662 8800 227 administered administer VBD 1662 8800 228 the the DT 1662 8800 229 Trust Trust NNP 1662 8800 230 Territory territory NN 1662 8800 231 of of IN 1662 8800 232 the the DT 1662 8800 233 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 8800 234 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 8800 235 , , , 1662 8800 236 but but CC 1662 8800 237 recently recently RB 1662 8800 238 entered enter VBD 1662 8800 239 into into IN 1662 8800 240 a a DT 1662 8800 241 new new JJ 1662 8800 242 political political JJ 1662 8800 243 relationship relationship NN 1662 8800 244 with with IN 1662 8800 245 all all DT 1662 8800 246 four four CD 1662 8800 247 political political JJ 1662 8800 248 units unit NNS 1662 8800 249 : : : 1662 8800 250 the the DT 1662 8800 251 Northern Northern NNP 1662 8800 252 Mariana Mariana NNP 1662 8800 253 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 8800 254 is be VBZ 1662 8800 255 a a DT 1662 8800 256 Commonwealth Commonwealth NNP 1662 8800 257 in in IN 1662 8800 258 political political JJ 1662 8800 259 union union NN 1662 8800 260 with with IN 1662 8800 261 the the DT 1662 8800 262 US US NNP 1662 8800 263 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8800 264 effective effective JJ 1662 8800 265 3 3 CD 1662 8800 266 November November NNP 1662 8800 267 1986 1986 CD 1662 8800 268 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8800 269 ; ; : 1662 8800 270 Palau Palau NNP 1662 8800 271 concluded conclude VBD 1662 8800 272 a a DT 1662 8800 273 Compact Compact NNP 1662 8800 274 of of IN 1662 8800 275 Free Free NNP 1662 8800 276 Association Association NNP 1662 8800 277 with with IN 1662 8800 278 the the DT 1662 8800 279 US US NNP 1662 8800 280 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8800 281 effective effective JJ 1662 8800 282 1 1 CD 1662 8800 283 October October NNP 1662 8800 284 1994 1994 CD 1662 8800 285 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8800 286 ; ; : 1662 8800 287 the the DT 1662 8800 288 Federated Federated NNP 1662 8800 289 States States NNP 1662 8800 290 of of IN 1662 8800 291 Micronesia Micronesia NNP 1662 8800 292 signed sign VBD 1662 8800 293 a a DT 1662 8800 294 Compact Compact NNP 1662 8800 295 of of IN 1662 8800 296 Free Free NNP 1662 8800 297 Association Association NNP 1662 8800 298 with with IN 1662 8800 299 the the DT 1662 8800 300 US US NNP 1662 8800 301 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8800 302 effective effective JJ 1662 8800 303 3 3 CD 1662 8800 304 November November NNP 1662 8800 305 1986 1986 CD 1662 8800 306 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8800 307 ; ; : 1662 8800 308 the the DT 1662 8800 309 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8800 310 of of IN 1662 8800 311 the the DT 1662 8800 312 Marshall Marshall NNP 1662 8800 313 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 8800 314 signed sign VBD 1662 8800 315 a a DT 1662 8800 316 Compact Compact NNP 1662 8800 317 of of IN 1662 8800 318 Free Free NNP 1662 8800 319 Association Association NNP 1662 8800 320 with with IN 1662 8800 321 the the DT 1662 8800 322 US US NNP 1662 8800 323 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8800 324 effective effective JJ 1662 8800 325 21 21 CD 1662 8800 326 October October NNP 1662 8800 327 1986 1986 CD 1662 8800 328 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8800 329 Independence independence NN 1662 8800 330 : : : 1662 8800 331 4 4 CD 1662 8800 332 July July NNP 1662 8800 333 1776 1776 CD 1662 8800 334 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8800 335 from from IN 1662 8800 336 England England NNP 1662 8800 337 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8800 338 National national JJ 1662 8800 339 holiday holiday NN 1662 8800 340 : : : 1662 8800 341 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8800 342 Day Day NNP 1662 8800 343 , , , 1662 8800 344 4 4 CD 1662 8800 345 July July NNP 1662 8800 346 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8800 347 1776 1776 CD 1662 8800 348 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8800 349 Constitution constitution NN 1662 8800 350 : : : 1662 8800 351 17 17 CD 1662 8800 352 September September NNP 1662 8800 353 1787 1787 CD 1662 8800 354 , , , 1662 8800 355 effective effective JJ 1662 8800 356 4 4 CD 1662 8800 357 March March NNP 1662 8800 358 1789 1789 CD 1662 8800 359 Legal legal JJ 1662 8800 360 system system NN 1662 8800 361 : : : 1662 8800 362 based base VBN 1662 8800 363 on on IN 1662 8800 364 English English NNP 1662 8800 365 common common JJ 1662 8800 366 law law NN 1662 8800 367 ; ; : 1662 8800 368 judicial judicial JJ 1662 8800 369 review review NN 1662 8800 370 of of IN 1662 8800 371 legislative legislative JJ 1662 8800 372 acts act NNS 1662 8800 373 ; ; : 1662 8800 374 accepts accept VBZ 1662 8800 375 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 8800 376 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 8800 377 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 8800 378 , , , 1662 8800 379 with with IN 1662 8800 380 reservations reservation NNS 1662 8800 381 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 8800 382 : : : 1662 8800 383 18 18 CD 1662 8800 384 years year NNS 1662 8800 385 of of IN 1662 8800 386 age age NN 1662 8800 387 ; ; : 1662 8800 388 universal universal JJ 1662 8800 389 Executive Executive NNP 1662 8800 390 branch branch NN 1662 8800 391 : : : 1662 8800 392 chief chief NN 1662 8800 393 of of IN 1662 8800 394 state state NN 1662 8800 395 : : : 1662 8800 396 President President NNP 1662 8800 397 William William NNP 1662 8800 398 Jefferson Jefferson NNP 1662 8800 399 CLINTON CLINTON NNP 1662 8800 400 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8800 401 since since IN 1662 8800 402 20 20 CD 1662 8800 403 January January NNP 1662 8800 404 1993 1993 CD 1662 8800 405 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8800 406 and and CC 1662 8800 407 Vice Vice NNP 1662 8800 408 President President NNP 1662 8800 409 Albert Albert NNP 1662 8800 410 GORE GORE NNP 1662 8800 411 , , , 1662 8800 412 Jr. Jr. NNP 1662 8800 413 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8800 414 since since IN 1662 8800 415 20 20 CD 1662 8800 416 January January NNP 1662 8800 417 1993 1993 CD 1662 8800 418 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8800 419 ; ; : 1662 8800 420 note note VB 1662 8800 421 - - : 1662 8800 422 the the DT 1662 8800 423 president president NN 1662 8800 424 is be VBZ 1662 8800 425 both both CC 1662 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1662 8804 10 or or CC 1662 8804 11 near near IN 1662 8804 12 the the DT 1662 8804 13 forefront forefront NN 1662 8804 14 in in IN 1662 8804 15 technological technological JJ 1662 8804 16 advances advance NNS 1662 8804 17 , , , 1662 8804 18 especially especially RB 1662 8804 19 in in IN 1662 8804 20 computers computer NNS 1662 8804 21 , , , 1662 8804 22 and and CC 1662 8804 23 medical medical JJ 1662 8804 24 , , , 1662 8804 25 aerospace aerospace NN 1662 8804 26 , , , 1662 8804 27 and and CC 1662 8804 28 military military JJ 1662 8804 29 equipment equipment NN 1662 8804 30 , , , 1662 8804 31 although although IN 1662 8804 32 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8804 33 advantage advantage NN 1662 8804 34 has have VBZ 1662 8804 35 narrowed narrow VBN 1662 8804 36 since since IN 1662 8804 37 the the DT 1662 8804 38 end end NN 1662 8804 39 of of IN 1662 8804 40 World World NNP 1662 8804 41 War War NNP 1662 8804 42 II II NNP 1662 8804 43 . . . 1662 8805 1 The the DT 1662 8805 2 onrush onrush NN 1662 8805 3 of of IN 1662 8805 4 technology technology NN 1662 8805 5 largely largely RB 1662 8805 6 explains explain VBZ 1662 8805 7 the the DT 1662 8805 8 gradual gradual JJ 1662 8805 9 development development NN 1662 8805 10 of of IN 1662 8805 11 a a DT 1662 8805 12 " " `` 1662 8805 13 two two CD 1662 8805 14 - - HYPH 1662 8805 15 tier tier NN 1662 8805 16 labor labor NN 1662 8805 17 market market NN 1662 8805 18 " " '' 1662 8805 19 in in IN 1662 8805 20 which which WDT 1662 8805 21 those those DT 1662 8805 22 at at IN 1662 8805 23 the the DT 1662 8805 24 bottom bottom NN 1662 8805 25 lack lack VBP 1662 8805 26 the the DT 1662 8805 27 education education NN 1662 8805 28 and and CC 1662 8805 29 the the DT 1662 8805 30 professional professional JJ 1662 8805 31 / / SYM 1662 8805 32 technical technical JJ 1662 8805 33 skills skill NNS 1662 8805 34 of of IN 1662 8805 35 those those DT 1662 8805 36 at at IN 1662 8805 37 the the DT 1662 8805 38 top top NN 1662 8805 39 and and CC 1662 8805 40 , , , 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8807 32 in in IN 1662 8807 33 the the DT 1662 8807 34 lower low JJR 1662 8807 35 economic economic JJ 1662 8807 36 groups group NNS 1662 8807 37 . . . 1662 8808 1 The the DT 1662 8808 2 outlook outlook NN 1662 8808 3 for for IN 1662 8808 4 1997 1997 CD 1662 8808 5 is be VBZ 1662 8808 6 for for IN 1662 8808 7 continued continued JJ 1662 8808 8 moderate moderate JJ 1662 8808 9 growth growth NN 1662 8808 10 , , , 1662 8808 11 low low JJ 1662 8808 12 inflation inflation NN 1662 8808 13 , , , 1662 8808 14 and and CC 1662 8808 15 about about IN 1662 8808 16 the the DT 1662 8808 17 same same JJ 1662 8808 18 level level NN 1662 8808 19 of of IN 1662 8808 20 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 8808 21 . . . 1662 8809 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 8809 2 : : : 1662 8809 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 8809 4 power power NN 1662 8809 5 parity parity NN 1662 8809 6 - - : 1662 8809 7 $ $ $ 1662 8809 8 7.61 7.61 CD 1662 8809 9 trillion trillion CD 1662 8809 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8809 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 8809 12 est 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1662 8816 137 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 138 1993 1993 CD 1662 8816 139 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 140 , , , 1662 8816 141 5.2938 5.2938 CD 1662 8816 142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 143 1992 1992 CD 1662 8816 144 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 145 ; ; : 1662 8816 146 Italian italian JJ 1662 8816 147 lire lira NNS 1662 8816 148 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 149 Lit Lit NNP 1662 8816 150 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 151 per per IN 1662 8816 152 US$ us$ $ 1662 8816 153 - - HYPH 1662 8816 154 1,568.1 1,568.1 CD 1662 8816 155 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 156 January January NNP 1662 8816 157 1997 1997 CD 1662 8816 158 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 159 , , , 1662 8816 160 1,542.9 1,542.9 CD 1662 8816 161 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 162 1996 1996 CD 1662 8816 163 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 164 , , , 1662 8816 165 1,628.9 1,628.9 CD 1662 8816 166 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 167 1995 1995 CD 1662 8816 168 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 169 , , , 1662 8816 170 1,612.4 1,612.4 CD 1662 8816 171 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 172 1994 1994 CD 1662 8816 173 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 174 , , , 1662 8816 175 1,573.7 1,573.7 CD 1662 8816 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 177 1993 1993 CD 1662 8816 178 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 179 , , , 1662 8816 180 1,232.4 1,232.4 CD 1662 8816 181 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 182 1992 1992 CD 1662 8816 183 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 184 ; ; : 1662 8816 185 Japanese japanese JJ 1662 8816 186 yen yen NN 1662 8816 187 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 188 ¥ ¥ NFP 1662 8816 189 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 190 per per IN 1662 8816 191 US$ us$ $ 1662 8816 192 - - HYPH 1662 8816 193 118.02 118.02 CD 1662 8816 194 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 195 January January NNP 1662 8816 196 1997 1997 CD 1662 8816 197 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 198 , , , 1662 8816 199 108.78 108.78 CD 1662 8816 200 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 201 1996 1996 CD 1662 8816 202 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 203 , , , 1662 8816 204 94.06 94.06 CD 1662 8816 205 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 206 1995 1995 CD 1662 8816 207 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 208 , , , 1662 8816 209 102.21 102.21 CD 1662 8816 210 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 211 1994 1994 CD 1662 8816 212 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 213 , , , 1662 8816 214 111.20 111.20 CD 1662 8816 215 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 216 1993 1993 CD 1662 8816 217 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 218 , , , 1662 8816 219 126.65 126.65 CD 1662 8816 220 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 221 1992 1992 CD 1662 8816 222 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 223 ; ; : 1662 8816 224 German german JJ 1662 8816 225 deutsche deutsche NN 1662 8816 226 marks mark NNS 1662 8816 227 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 228 DM DM NNP 1662 8816 229 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 230 per per IN 1662 8816 231 US$ us$ $ 1662 8816 232 - - HYPH 1662 8816 233 1.6043 1.6043 CD 1662 8816 234 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 235 January January NNP 1662 8816 236 1997 1997 CD 1662 8816 237 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 238 , , , 1662 8816 239 1.5048 1.5048 CD 1662 8816 240 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 241 1996 1996 CD 1662 8816 242 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 243 , , , 1662 8816 244 1.4331 1.4331 CD 1662 8816 245 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 246 1995 1995 CD 1662 8816 247 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 248 , , , 1662 8816 249 1.6228 1.6228 CD 1662 8816 250 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 251 1994 1994 CD 1662 8816 252 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 253 , , , 1662 8816 254 1.6533 1.6533 CD 1662 8816 255 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 256 1993 1993 CD 1662 8816 257 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 258 , , , 1662 8816 259 1.5617 1.5617 CD 1662 8816 260 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 261 1992 1992 CD 1662 8816 262 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8816 263 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8816 264 year year NN 1662 8816 265 : : : 1662 8816 266 1 1 CD 1662 8816 267 October October NNP 1662 8816 268 - - HYPH 1662 8816 269 30 30 CD 1662 8816 270 September September NNP 1662 8816 271 @United @United NNP 1662 8816 272 States States NNPS 1662 8816 273 : : : 1662 8816 274 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 8816 275 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 8816 276 : : : 1662 8816 277 182.558 182.558 CD 1662 8816 278 million million CD 1662 8816 279 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8816 280 1987 1987 CD 1662 8816 281 est est NNP 1662 8816 282 . . . 1662 8816 283 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8817 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8817 2 system system NN 1662 8817 3 : : : 1662 8817 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8817 5 : : : 1662 8817 6 large large JJ 1662 8817 7 system system NN 1662 8817 8 of of IN 1662 8817 9 fiber fiber NN 1662 8817 10 - - HYPH 1662 8817 11 optic optic NN 1662 8817 12 cable cable NN 1662 8817 13 , , , 1662 8817 14 microwave microwave NN 1662 8817 15 radio radio NN 1662 8817 16 relay relay NN 1662 8817 17 , , , 1662 8817 18 coaxial coaxial JJ 1662 8817 19 cable cable NN 1662 8817 20 , , , 1662 8817 21 and and CC 1662 8817 22 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8817 23 satellites satellite NNS 1662 8817 24 international international JJ 1662 8817 25 : : : 1662 8817 26 24 24 CD 1662 8817 27 ocean ocean NN 1662 8817 28 cable cable NN 1662 8817 29 systems system NNS 1662 8817 30 in in IN 1662 8817 31 use use NN 1662 8817 32 ; ; , 1662 8817 33 satellite satellite NN 1662 8817 34 earth earth NN 1662 8817 35 stations station NNS 1662 8817 36 - - , 1662 8817 37 61 61 CD 1662 8817 38 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8817 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8817 40 45 45 CD 1662 8817 41 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8817 42 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8817 43 and and CC 1662 8817 44 16 16 CD 1662 8817 45 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 8817 46 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8817 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8817 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8817 49 1990 1990 CD 1662 8817 50 est est NNP 1662 8817 51 . . . 1662 8818 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8818 2 , , , 1662 8818 3 5 5 CD 1662 8818 4 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 8818 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8818 6 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8818 7 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8818 8 region region NN 1662 8818 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8818 10 , , , 1662 8818 11 and and CC 1662 8818 12 4 4 CD 1662 8818 13 Inmarsat Inmarsat NNP 1662 8818 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8818 15 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 8818 16 and and CC 1662 8818 17 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8818 18 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8818 19 regions region NNS 1662 8818 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8818 21 Radio radio NN 1662 8818 22 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8818 23 stations station NNS 1662 8818 24 : : : 1662 8818 25 AM am VBP 1662 8818 26 4,987 4,987 CD 1662 8818 27 , , , 1662 8818 28 FM FM NNP 1662 8818 29 4,932 4,932 CD 1662 8818 30 , , , 1662 8818 31 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 8818 32 0 0 CD 1662 8818 33 Radios radio NNS 1662 8818 34 : : : 1662 8818 35 540.5 540.5 CD 1662 8818 36 million million CD 1662 8818 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8818 38 1992 1992 CD 1662 8818 39 est est NNP 1662 8818 40 . . . 1662 8818 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8819 1 Television television NN 1662 8819 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8819 3 stations station NNS 1662 8819 4 : : : 1662 8819 5 1,092 1,092 CD 1662 8819 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8819 7 in in IN 1662 8819 8 addition addition NN 1662 8819 9 , , , 1662 8819 10 there there EX 1662 8819 11 are be VBP 1662 8819 12 about about RB 1662 8819 13 9,000 9,000 CD 1662 8819 14 cable cable NN 1662 8819 15 TV tv NN 1662 8819 16 systems system NNS 1662 8819 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8819 18 Televisions television NNS 1662 8819 19 : : : 1662 8819 20 215 215 CD 1662 8819 21 million million CD 1662 8819 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8819 23 1993 1993 CD 1662 8819 24 est est NNP 1662 8819 25 . . . 1662 8819 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8820 1 @United @United NNP 1662 8820 2 States States NNP 1662 8820 3 : : : 1662 8820 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8820 5 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8820 6 : : : 1662 8820 7 total total NN 1662 8820 8 : : : 1662 8820 9 240,000 240,000 CD 1662 8820 10 km km NN 1662 8820 11 mainline mainline JJ 1662 8820 12 routes route NNS 1662 8820 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8820 14 nongovernment nongovernment NN 1662 8820 15 owned own VBN 1662 8820 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8820 17 standard standard JJ 1662 8820 18 gauge gauge NN 1662 8820 19 : : : 1662 8820 20 240,000 240,000 CD 1662 8820 21 km km NN 1662 8820 22 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 8820 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 8820 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8820 25 1989 1989 CD 1662 8820 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8820 27 Highways highway NNS 1662 8820 28 : : : 1662 8820 29 total total NN 1662 8820 30 : : : 1662 8820 31 6,261,154 6,261,154 CD 1662 8820 32 km km NN 1662 8820 33 paved pave VBN 1662 8820 34 : : : 1662 8820 35 3,759,516 3,759,516 CD 1662 8820 36 km km NNS 1662 8820 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8820 38 including include VBG 1662 8820 39 88,500 88,500 CD 1662 8820 40 km km NNS 1662 8820 41 of of IN 1662 8820 42 expressways expressway NNS 1662 8820 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8820 44 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8820 45 : : : 1662 8820 46 2,501,638 2,501,638 CD 1662 8820 47 km km NNS 1662 8820 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8820 49 1995 1995 CD 1662 8820 50 est est NNP 1662 8820 51 . . . 1662 8820 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8821 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 8821 2 : : : 1662 8821 3 41,009 41,009 CD 1662 8821 4 km km NNS 1662 8821 5 of of IN 1662 8821 6 navigable navigable JJ 1662 8821 7 inland inland JJ 1662 8821 8 channels channel NNS 1662 8821 9 , , , 1662 8821 10 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 8821 11 of of IN 1662 8821 12 the the DT 1662 8821 13 Great Great NNP 1662 8821 14 Lakes Lakes NNPS 1662 8821 15 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 8821 16 : : : 1662 8821 17 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8821 18 products product NNS 1662 8821 19 276,000 276,000 CD 1662 8821 20 km km NN 1662 8821 21 ; ; : 1662 8821 22 natural natural JJ 1662 8821 23 gas gas NN 1662 8821 24 331,000 331,000 CD 1662 8821 25 km km NNS 1662 8821 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8821 27 1991 1991 CD 1662 8821 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8821 29 Ports port NNS 1662 8821 30 and and CC 1662 8821 31 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8821 32 : : : 1662 8821 33 Anchorage anchorage VB 1662 8821 34 , , , 1662 8821 35 Baltimore Baltimore NNP 1662 8821 36 , , , 1662 8821 37 Boston Boston NNP 1662 8821 38 , , , 1662 8821 39 Charleston Charleston NNP 1662 8821 40 , , , 1662 8821 41 Chicago Chicago NNP 1662 8821 42 , , , 1662 8821 43 Duluth Duluth NNP 1662 8821 44 , , , 1662 8821 45 Hampton Hampton NNP 1662 8821 46 Roads Roads NNPS 1662 8821 47 , , , 1662 8821 48 Honolulu Honolulu NNP 1662 8821 49 , , , 1662 8821 50 Houston Houston NNP 1662 8821 51 , , , 1662 8821 52 Jacksonville Jacksonville NNP 1662 8821 53 , , , 1662 8821 54 Los Los NNP 1662 8821 55 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 8821 56 , , , 1662 8821 57 New New NNP 1662 8821 58 Orleans Orleans NNP 1662 8821 59 , , , 1662 8821 60 New New NNP 1662 8821 61 York York NNP 1662 8821 62 , , , 1662 8821 63 Philadelphia Philadelphia NNP 1662 8821 64 , , , 1662 8821 65 Port Port NNP 1662 8821 66 Canaveral Canaveral NNP 1662 8821 67 , , , 1662 8821 68 Portland Portland NNP 1662 8821 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8821 70 Oregon Oregon NNP 1662 8821 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8821 72 , , , 1662 8821 73 Prudhoe Prudhoe NNP 1662 8821 74 Bay Bay NNP 1662 8821 75 , , , 1662 8821 76 San San NNP 1662 8821 77 Francisco Francisco NNP 1662 8821 78 , , , 1662 8821 79 Savannah Savannah NNP 1662 8821 80 , , , 1662 8821 81 Seattle Seattle NNP 1662 8821 82 , , , 1662 8821 83 Tampa Tampa NNP 1662 8821 84 , , , 1662 8821 85 Toledo Toledo NNP 1662 8821 86 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 8821 87 marine marine RB 1662 8821 88 : : : 1662 8821 89 total total NN 1662 8821 90 : : : 1662 8821 91 305 305 CD 1662 8821 92 ships ship NNS 1662 8821 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8821 94 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8821 95 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8821 96 or or CC 1662 8821 97 over over RB 1662 8821 98 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8821 99 totaling total VBG 1662 8821 100 10,319,000 10,319,000 CD 1662 8821 101 GRT/14,454,000 GRT/14,454,000 , 1662 8821 102 DWT DWT NNP 1662 8821 103 ships ship NNS 1662 8821 104 by by IN 1662 8821 105 type type NN 1662 8821 106 : : : 1662 8821 107 bulk bulk NNP 1662 8821 108 15 15 CD 1662 8821 109 , , , 1662 8821 110 cargo cargo NN 1662 8821 111 22 22 CD 1662 8821 112 , , , 1662 8821 113 chemical chemical NN 1662 8821 114 tanker tanker NN 1662 8821 115 16 16 CD 1662 8821 116 , , , 1662 8821 117 intermodal intermodal NN 1662 8821 118 119 119 CD 1662 8821 119 , , , 1662 8821 120 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 8821 121 gas gas NN 1662 8821 122 tanker tanker NN 1662 8821 123 14 14 CD 1662 8821 124 , , , 1662 8821 125 passenger passenger NN 1662 8821 126 - - HYPH 1662 8821 127 cargo cargo NN 1662 8821 128 3 3 CD 1662 8821 129 , , , 1662 8821 130 tanker tanker NN 1662 8821 131 104 104 CD 1662 8821 132 , , , 1662 8821 133 tanker tanker NN 1662 8821 134 tug tug NNP 1662 8821 135 - - HYPH 1662 8821 136 barge barge NNP 1662 8821 137 12 12 CD 1662 8821 138 note note NN 1662 8821 139 : : : 1662 8821 140 in in IN 1662 8821 141 addition addition NN 1662 8821 142 , , , 1662 8821 143 there there EX 1662 8821 144 are be VBP 1662 8821 145 193 193 CD 1662 8821 146 government government NN 1662 8821 147 - - HYPH 1662 8821 148 owned own VBN 1662 8821 149 vessels vessel NNS 1662 8821 150 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8821 151 1996 1996 CD 1662 8821 152 est est NNP 1662 8821 153 . . . 1662 8821 154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8822 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8822 2 : : : 1662 8822 3 13,396 13,396 CD 1662 8822 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8822 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8822 6 est est NNP 1662 8822 7 . . . 1662 8822 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8823 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8823 2 - - , 1662 8823 3 with with IN 1662 8823 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8823 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8823 6 : : : 1662 8823 7 total total NN 1662 8823 8 : : : 1662 8823 9 11,677 11,677 CD 1662 8823 10 over over IN 1662 8823 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8823 12 m m NN 1662 8823 13 : : : 1662 8823 14 180 180 CD 1662 8823 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8823 16 to to TO 1662 8823 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8823 18 m m NN 1662 8823 19 : : : 1662 8823 20 201 201 CD 1662 8823 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8823 22 to to TO 1662 8823 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8823 24 m m NN 1662 8823 25 : : : 1662 8823 26 1,217 1,217 CD 1662 8823 27 914 914 CD 1662 8823 28 to to TO 1662 8823 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8823 30 m m NN 1662 8823 31 : : : 1662 8823 32 2,354 2,354 CD 1662 8823 33 under under IN 1662 8823 34 914 914 CD 1662 8823 35 m m NN 1662 8823 36 : : : 1662 8823 37 7,725 7,725 CD 1662 8823 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8823 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 8823 40 est est NNP 1662 8823 41 . . . 1662 8823 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8824 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8824 2 - - , 1662 8824 3 with with IN 1662 8824 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8824 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8824 6 : : : 1662 8824 7 total total NN 1662 8824 8 : : : 1662 8824 9 1,719 1,719 CD 1662 8824 10 over over IN 1662 8824 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8824 12 m m NN 1662 8824 13 : : : 1662 8824 14 1 1 CD 1662 8824 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8824 16 to to IN 1662 8824 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8824 18 m m NN 1662 8824 19 : : : 1662 8824 20 7 7 CD 1662 8824 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8824 22 to to TO 1662 8824 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8824 24 m m NN 1662 8824 25 : : : 1662 8824 26 152 152 CD 1662 8824 27 914 914 CD 1662 8824 28 to to TO 1662 8824 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8824 30 m m NN 1662 8824 31 : : : 1662 8824 32 1,559 1,559 CD 1662 8824 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8824 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 8824 35 est est NNP 1662 8824 36 . . . 1662 8824 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8825 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 8825 2 : : : 1662 8825 3 103 103 CD 1662 8825 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8825 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8825 6 est est NNP 1662 8825 7 . . . 1662 8825 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8826 1 Military military JJ 1662 8826 2 Military military JJ 1662 8826 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8826 4 : : : 1662 8826 5 Department Department NNP 1662 8826 6 of of IN 1662 8826 7 the the DT 1662 8826 8 Army Army NNP 1662 8826 9 , , , 1662 8826 10 Department Department NNP 1662 8826 11 of of IN 1662 8826 12 the the DT 1662 8826 13 Navy Navy NNP 1662 8826 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8826 15 includes include VBZ 1662 8826 16 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8826 17 Corps Corps NNP 1662 8826 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8826 19 , , , 1662 8826 20 Department Department NNP 1662 8826 21 of of IN 1662 8826 22 the the DT 1662 8826 23 Air Air NNP 1662 8826 24 Force Force NNP 1662 8826 25 note note NN 1662 8826 26 : : : 1662 8826 27 the the DT 1662 8826 28 Coast Coast NNP 1662 8826 29 Guard Guard NNP 1662 8826 30 falls fall VBZ 1662 8826 31 under under IN 1662 8826 32 the the DT 1662 8826 33 Department Department NNP 1662 8826 34 of of IN 1662 8826 35 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8826 36 , , , 1662 8826 37 but but CC 1662 8826 38 in in IN 1662 8826 39 wartime wartime JJ 1662 8826 40 reports report NNS 1662 8826 41 to to IN 1662 8826 42 the the DT 1662 8826 43 Department Department NNP 1662 8826 44 of of IN 1662 8826 45 the the DT 1662 8826 46 Navy Navy NNP 1662 8826 47 Military Military NNP 1662 8826 48 manpower manpower NN 1662 8826 49 - - HYPH 1662 8826 50 military military NN 1662 8826 51 age age NN 1662 8826 52 : : : 1662 8826 53 18 18 CD 1662 8826 54 years year NNS 1662 8826 55 of of IN 1662 8826 56 age age NN 1662 8826 57 Military military JJ 1662 8826 58 manpower manpower NN 1662 8826 59 - - HYPH 1662 8826 60 availability availability NN 1662 8826 61 : : : 1662 8826 62 males male NNS 1662 8826 63 age age NNP 1662 8826 64 15 15 CD 1662 8826 65 - - HYPH 1662 8826 66 49 49 CD 1662 8826 67 : : : 1662 8826 68 69,414,007 69,414,007 CD 1662 8826 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8826 70 1997 1997 CD 1662 8826 71 est e JJS 1662 8826 72 . . . 1662 8826 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8827 1 Military military JJ 1662 8827 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8827 3 - - HYPH 1662 8827 4 fit fit NN 1662 8827 5 for for IN 1662 8827 6 military military JJ 1662 8827 7 service service NN 1662 8827 8 : : : 1662 8827 9 males male NNS 1662 8827 10 : : : 1662 8827 11 NA NA NNP 1662 8827 12 Military military JJ 1662 8827 13 manpower manpower NN 1662 8827 14 - - HYPH 1662 8827 15 reaching reach VBG 1662 8827 16 military military JJ 1662 8827 17 age age NN 1662 8827 18 annually annually RB 1662 8827 19 : : : 1662 8827 20 males male NNS 1662 8827 21 : : : 1662 8827 22 1,864,580 1,864,580 CD 1662 8827 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8827 24 1996 1996 CD 1662 8827 25 est est NNP 1662 8827 26 . . . 1662 8827 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8828 1 Military military JJ 1662 8828 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8828 3 - - HYPH 1662 8828 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8828 5 figure figure NN 1662 8828 6 : : : 1662 8828 7 $ $ $ 1662 8828 8 267.2 267.2 CD 1662 8828 9 billion billion CD 1662 8828 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8828 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8828 12 est est NNP 1662 8828 13 . . . 1662 8828 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8829 1 Military military JJ 1662 8829 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8829 3 - - : 1662 8829 4 percent percent NN 1662 8829 5 of of IN 1662 8829 6 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8829 7 : : : 1662 8829 8 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 8829 9 % % NN 1662 8829 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8829 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8829 12 est est NNP 1662 8829 13 . . . 1662 8829 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8830 1 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8830 2 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8830 3 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 8830 4 - - HYPH 1662 8830 5 international international JJ 1662 8830 6 : : : 1662 8830 7 maritime maritime JJ 1662 8830 8 boundary boundary JJ 1662 8830 9 disputes dispute NNS 1662 8830 10 with with IN 1662 8830 11 Canada Canada NNP 1662 8830 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8830 13 Dixon Dixon NNP 1662 8830 14 Entrance Entrance NNP 1662 8830 15 , , , 1662 8830 16 Beaufort Beaufort NNP 1662 8830 17 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8830 18 , , , 1662 8830 19 Strait Strait NNP 1662 8830 20 of of IN 1662 8830 21 Juan Juan NNP 1662 8830 22 de de NNP 1662 8830 23 Fuca Fuca NNP 1662 8830 24 , , , 1662 8830 25 Machias Machias NNP 1662 8830 26 Seal Seal NNP 1662 8830 27 Island Island NNP 1662 8830 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8830 29 ; ; : 1662 8830 30 US US NNP 1662 8830 31 Naval Naval NNP 1662 8830 32 Base Base NNP 1662 8830 33 at at IN 1662 8830 34 Guantanamo Guantanamo NNP 1662 8830 35 Bay Bay NNP 1662 8830 36 is be VBZ 1662 8830 37 leased lease VBN 1662 8830 38 from from IN 1662 8830 39 Cuba Cuba NNP 1662 8830 40 and and CC 1662 8830 41 only only JJ 1662 8830 42 mutual mutual JJ 1662 8830 43 agreement agreement NN 1662 8830 44 or or CC 1662 8830 45 US US NNP 1662 8830 46 abandonment abandonment NN 1662 8830 47 of of IN 1662 8830 48 the the DT 1662 8830 49 area area NN 1662 8830 50 can can MD 1662 8830 51 terminate terminate VB 1662 8830 52 the the DT 1662 8830 53 lease lease NN 1662 8830 54 ; ; : 1662 8830 55 Haiti Haiti NNP 1662 8830 56 claims claim VBZ 1662 8830 57 Navassa Navassa NNP 1662 8830 58 Island Island NNP 1662 8830 59 ; ; : 1662 8830 60 US US NNP 1662 8830 61 has have VBZ 1662 8830 62 made make VBN 1662 8830 63 no no DT 1662 8830 64 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8830 65 claim claim NN 1662 8830 66 in in IN 1662 8830 67 Antarctica Antarctica NNP 1662 8830 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8830 69 but but CC 1662 8830 70 has have VBZ 1662 8830 71 reserved reserve VBN 1662 8830 72 the the DT 1662 8830 73 right right NN 1662 8830 74 to to TO 1662 8830 75 do do VB 1662 8830 76 so so RB 1662 8830 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8830 78 and and CC 1662 8830 79 does do VBZ 1662 8830 80 not not RB 1662 8830 81 recognize recognize VB 1662 8830 82 the the DT 1662 8830 83 claims claim NNS 1662 8830 84 of of IN 1662 8830 85 any any DT 1662 8830 86 other other JJ 1662 8830 87 nation nation NN 1662 8830 88 ; ; : 1662 8830 89 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8830 90 of of IN 1662 8830 91 Marshall Marshall NNP 1662 8830 92 Islands Islands NNP 1662 8830 93 claims claim VBZ 1662 8830 94 Wake Wake NNP 1662 8830 95 Island Island NNP 1662 8830 96 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 8830 97 drugs drug VBZ 1662 8830 98 : : : 1662 8830 99 consumer consumer NN 1662 8830 100 of of IN 1662 8830 101 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 8830 102 shipped ship VBN 1662 8830 103 from from IN 1662 8830 104 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 8830 105 through through IN 1662 8830 106 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 8830 107 and and CC 1662 8830 108 the the DT 1662 8830 109 Caribbean caribbean JJ 1662 8830 110 ; ; : 1662 8830 111 consumer consumer NN 1662 8830 112 of of IN 1662 8830 113 heroin heroin NNP 1662 8830 114 , , , 1662 8830 115 marijuana marijuana NNP 1662 8830 116 , , , 1662 8830 117 and and CC 1662 8830 118 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 8830 119 methamphetamines methamphetamine NNS 1662 8830 120 from from IN 1662 8830 121 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 8830 122 ; ; : 1662 8830 123 consumer consumer NN 1662 8830 124 of of IN 1662 8830 125 high high JJ 1662 8830 126 - - HYPH 1662 8830 127 quality quality NN 1662 8830 128 Southeast southeast JJ 1662 8830 129 Asian asian JJ 1662 8830 130 heroin heroin NN 1662 8830 131 ; ; : 1662 8830 132 illicit illicit JJ 1662 8830 133 producer producer NN 1662 8830 134 of of IN 1662 8830 135 cannabis cannabis NNP 1662 8830 136 , , , 1662 8830 137 marijuana marijuana NNP 1662 8830 138 , , , 1662 8830 139 depressants depressant NNS 1662 8830 140 , , , 1662 8830 141 stimulants stimulant NNS 1662 8830 142 , , , 1662 8830 143 hallucinogens hallucinogens NNP 1662 8830 144 , , , 1662 8830 145 and and CC 1662 8830 146 methamphetamines methamphetamine NNS 1662 8830 147 ; ; : 1662 8830 148 drug drug NN 1662 8830 149 money money NN 1662 8830 150 - - HYPH 1662 8830 151 laundering launder VBG 1662 8830 152 center center NN 1662 8830 153 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 154 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 155 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 156 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 157 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 158 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 159 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 160 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 161 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 162 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 163 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 164 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 165 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 166 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 167 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 168 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 169 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 170 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 171 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 172 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 173 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 174 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 175 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 176 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 177 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 178 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 179 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 180 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 181 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 182 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 183 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 184 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 185 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 186 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 187 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 188 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 189 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 190 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 191 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 192 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 193 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 194 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 195 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 196 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 197 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 198 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 199 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 200 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 201 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 202 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 203 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 204 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 205 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 206 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 207 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 208 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 209 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 210 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 211 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 212 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 213 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 214 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 215 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 216 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 217 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 218 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 219 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 220 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 221 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 222 _ _ NNP 1662 8830 223 URUGUAY URUGUAY NNP 1662 8830 224 @Uruguay @uruguay NN 1662 8830 225 : : : 1662 8830 226 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8830 227 Location Location NNP 1662 8830 228 : : : 1662 8830 229 Southern Southern NNP 1662 8830 230 South South NNP 1662 8830 231 America America NNP 1662 8830 232 , , , 1662 8830 233 bordering border VBG 1662 8830 234 the the DT 1662 8830 235 South South NNP 1662 8830 236 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8830 237 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8830 238 , , , 1662 8830 239 between between IN 1662 8830 240 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 8830 241 and and CC 1662 8830 242 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 8830 243 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8830 244 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8830 245 : : : 1662 8830 246 33 33 CD 1662 8830 247 00 00 CD 1662 8830 248 S s NN 1662 8830 249 , , , 1662 8830 250 56 56 CD 1662 8830 251 00 00 NFP 1662 8830 252 W W NNP 1662 8830 253 Map Map NNP 1662 8830 254 references reference NNS 1662 8830 255 : : : 1662 8830 256 South South NNP 1662 8830 257 America America NNP 1662 8830 258 Area Area NNP 1662 8830 259 : : : 1662 8830 260 total total NN 1662 8830 261 : : : 1662 8830 262 176,220 176,220 CD 1662 8830 263 sq sq RB 1662 8830 264 km km NNP 1662 8830 265 land land NN 1662 8830 266 : : : 1662 8830 267 173,620 173,620 CD 1662 8830 268 sq sq NNP 1662 8830 269 km km NNP 1662 8830 270 water water NN 1662 8830 271 : : : 1662 8830 272 2,600 2,600 CD 1662 8830 273 sq sq NN 1662 8830 274 km km NNP 1662 8830 275 Area Area NNP 1662 8830 276 - - HYPH 1662 8830 277 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8830 278 : : : 1662 8830 279 slightly slightly RB 1662 8830 280 smaller small JJR 1662 8830 281 than than IN 1662 8830 282 Washington Washington NNP 1662 8830 283 State State NNP 1662 8830 284 Land Land NNP 1662 8830 285 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8830 286 : : : 1662 8830 287 total total JJ 1662 8830 288 : : : 1662 8830 289 1,564 1,564 CD 1662 8830 290 km km NN 1662 8830 291 border border NN 1662 8830 292 countries country NNS 1662 8830 293 : : : 1662 8830 294 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 8830 295 579 579 CD 1662 8830 296 km km NNS 1662 8830 297 , , , 1662 8830 298 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 8830 299 985 985 CD 1662 8830 300 km km NN 1662 8830 301 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8830 302 : : : 1662 8830 303 660 660 CD 1662 8830 304 km km NN 1662 8830 305 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8830 306 claims claim VBZ 1662 8830 307 : : : 1662 8830 308 continental continental NNP 1662 8830 309 shelf shelf NNP 1662 8830 310 : : : 1662 8830 311 200-m 200-m CD 1662 8830 312 depth depth NN 1662 8830 313 or or CC 1662 8830 314 to to IN 1662 8830 315 the the DT 1662 8830 316 depth depth NN 1662 8830 317 of of IN 1662 8830 318 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 8830 319 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8830 320 sea sea NN 1662 8830 321 : : : 1662 8830 322 200 200 CD 1662 8830 323 nm nm CD 1662 8830 324 ; ; : 1662 8830 325 overflight overflight NN 1662 8830 326 and and CC 1662 8830 327 navigation navigation NN 1662 8830 328 guaranteed guarantee VBN 1662 8830 329 beyond beyond IN 1662 8830 330 12 12 CD 1662 8830 331 nm nm NNP 1662 8830 332 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8830 333 : : : 1662 8830 334 warm warm JJ 1662 8830 335 temperate temperate NN 1662 8830 336 ; ; : 1662 8830 337 freezing freeze VBG 1662 8830 338 temperatures temperature NNS 1662 8830 339 almost almost RB 1662 8830 340 unknown unknown JJ 1662 8830 341 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8830 342 : : : 1662 8830 343 mostly mostly RB 1662 8830 344 rolling roll VBG 1662 8830 345 plains plain NNS 1662 8830 346 and and CC 1662 8830 347 low low JJ 1662 8830 348 hills hill NNS 1662 8830 349 ; ; : 1662 8830 350 fertile fertile JJ 1662 8830 351 coastal coastal JJ 1662 8830 352 lowland lowland NNP 1662 8830 353 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8830 354 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8830 355 : : : 1662 8830 356 lowest low JJS 1662 8830 357 point point NN 1662 8830 358 : : : 1662 8830 359 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8830 360 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8830 361 0 0 NFP 1662 8830 362 m m DT 1662 8830 363 highest high JJS 1662 8830 364 point point NN 1662 8830 365 : : : 1662 8830 366 Cerro Cerro NNP 1662 8830 367 Catedral Catedral NNP 1662 8830 368 514 514 CD 1662 8830 369 m m NNP 1662 8830 370 Natural natural JJ 1662 8830 371 resources resource NNS 1662 8830 372 : : : 1662 8830 373 fertile fertile JJ 1662 8830 374 soil soil NN 1662 8830 375 , , , 1662 8830 376 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 8830 377 potential potential JJ 1662 8830 378 , , , 1662 8830 379 minor minor JJ 1662 8830 380 minerals mineral NNS 1662 8830 381 Land Land NNP 1662 8830 382 use use NN 1662 8830 383 : : : 1662 8830 384 arable arable JJ 1662 8830 385 land land NN 1662 8830 386 : : : 1662 8830 387 7 7 CD 1662 8830 388 % % NN 1662 8830 389 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8830 390 crops crop NNS 1662 8830 391 : : : 1662 8830 392 0 0 CD 1662 8830 393 % % NN 1662 8830 394 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8830 395 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8830 396 : : : 1662 8830 397 77 77 CD 1662 8830 398 % % NN 1662 8830 399 forests forest NNS 1662 8830 400 and and CC 1662 8830 401 woodland woodland NN 1662 8830 402 : : : 1662 8830 403 5 5 CD 1662 8830 404 % % NN 1662 8830 405 other other JJ 1662 8830 406 : : : 1662 8830 407 11 11 CD 1662 8830 408 % % NN 1662 8830 409 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8830 410 1993 1993 CD 1662 8830 411 est est NNP 1662 8830 412 . . . 1662 8830 413 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8831 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8831 2 land land NN 1662 8831 3 : : : 1662 8831 4 1,400 1,400 CD 1662 8831 5 sq sq NNP 1662 8831 6 km km NNP 1662 8831 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8831 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8831 9 est est NNP 1662 8831 10 . . . 1662 8831 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8832 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8832 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8832 3 : : : 1662 8832 4 seasonally seasonally RB 1662 8832 5 high high JJ 1662 8832 6 winds wind NNS 1662 8832 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8832 8 the the DT 1662 8832 9 pampero pampero NN 1662 8832 10 is be VBZ 1662 8832 11 a a DT 1662 8832 12 chilly chilly JJ 1662 8832 13 and and CC 1662 8832 14 occasional occasional JJ 1662 8832 15 violent violent JJ 1662 8832 16 wind wind NN 1662 8832 17 which which WDT 1662 8832 18 blows blow VBZ 1662 8832 19 north north RB 1662 8832 20 from from IN 1662 8832 21 the the DT 1662 8832 22 Argentine argentine JJ 1662 8832 23 pampas pampa NNS 1662 8832 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8832 25 , , , 1662 8832 26 droughts drought NNS 1662 8832 27 , , , 1662 8832 28 floods flood NNS 1662 8832 29 ; ; : 1662 8832 30 because because IN 1662 8832 31 of of IN 1662 8832 32 the the DT 1662 8832 33 absence absence NN 1662 8832 34 of of IN 1662 8832 35 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8832 36 , , , 1662 8832 37 which which WDT 1662 8832 38 act act VBP 1662 8832 39 as as IN 1662 8832 40 weather weather NN 1662 8832 41 barriers barrier NNS 1662 8832 42 , , , 1662 8832 43 all all DT 1662 8832 44 locations location NNS 1662 8832 45 are be VBP 1662 8832 46 particularly particularly RB 1662 8832 47 vulnerable vulnerable JJ 1662 8832 48 to to IN 1662 8832 49 rapid rapid JJ 1662 8832 50 changes change NNS 1662 8832 51 in in IN 1662 8832 52 weather weather NN 1662 8832 53 fronts front NNS 1662 8832 54 Environment environment NN 1662 8832 55 - - HYPH 1662 8832 56 current current JJ 1662 8832 57 issues issue NNS 1662 8832 58 : : : 1662 8832 59 substantial substantial JJ 1662 8832 60 pollution pollution NN 1662 8832 61 from from IN 1662 8832 62 Brazilian brazilian JJ 1662 8832 63 industry industry NN 1662 8832 64 along along IN 1662 8832 65 border border NN 1662 8832 66 ; ; : 1662 8832 67 one one CD 1662 8832 68 - - HYPH 1662 8832 69 fifth fifth NN 1662 8832 70 of of IN 1662 8832 71 country country NN 1662 8832 72 affected affect VBN 1662 8832 73 by by IN 1662 8832 74 acid acid JJ 1662 8832 75 rain rain NN 1662 8832 76 generated generate VBN 1662 8832 77 by by IN 1662 8832 78 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 8832 79 ; ; : 1662 8832 80 water water NN 1662 8832 81 pollution pollution NN 1662 8832 82 from from IN 1662 8832 83 meat meat NN 1662 8832 84 packing packing NN 1662 8832 85 / / , 1662 8832 86 tannery tannery NN 1662 8832 87 industry industry NN 1662 8832 88 ; ; : 1662 8832 89 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 8832 90 solid solid JJ 1662 8832 91 / / SYM 1662 8832 92 hazardous hazardous JJ 1662 8832 93 waste waste NN 1662 8832 94 disposal disposal NN 1662 8832 95 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8832 96 - - HYPH 1662 8832 97 international international JJ 1662 8832 98 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8832 99 : : : 1662 8832 100 party party NN 1662 8832 101 to to TO 1662 8832 102 : : : 1662 8832 103 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 8832 104 - - HYPH 1662 8832 105 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 8832 106 Protocol Protocol NNP 1662 8832 107 , , , 1662 8832 108 Antarctic Antarctic NNP 1662 8832 109 Treaty Treaty NNP 1662 8832 110 , , , 1662 8832 111 Biodiversity Biodiversity NNP 1662 8832 112 , , , 1662 8832 113 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8832 114 Change Change NNP 1662 8832 115 , , , 1662 8832 116 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 8832 117 Species Species NNPS 1662 8832 118 , , , 1662 8832 119 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 8832 120 Modification Modification NNP 1662 8832 121 , , , 1662 8832 122 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 8832 123 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 8832 124 , , , 1662 8832 125 Law Law NNP 1662 8832 126 of of IN 1662 8832 127 the the DT 1662 8832 128 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8832 129 , , , 1662 8832 130 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8832 131 Test Test NNP 1662 8832 132 Ban Ban NNP 1662 8832 133 , , , 1662 8832 134 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8832 135 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8832 136 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8832 137 , , , 1662 8832 138 Ship Ship NNP 1662 8832 139 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8832 140 , , , 1662 8832 141 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 8832 142 signed sign VBD 1662 8832 143 , , , 1662 8832 144 but but CC 1662 8832 145 not not RB 1662 8832 146 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8832 147 : : : 1662 8832 148 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8832 149 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 8832 150 , , , 1662 8832 151 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8832 152 Life Life NNP 1662 8832 153 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 8832 154 @Uruguay @Uruguay NNP 1662 8832 155 : : : 1662 8832 156 People People NNP 1662 8832 157 Population Population NNP 1662 8832 158 : : : 1662 8832 159 3,270,707 3,270,707 CD 1662 8832 160 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8832 161 July July NNP 1662 8832 162 1997 1997 CD 1662 8832 163 est est NNP 1662 8832 164 . . . 1662 8832 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8833 1 Age age NN 1662 8833 2 structure structure NN 1662 8833 3 : : : 1662 8833 4 0 0 CD 1662 8833 5 - - HYPH 1662 8833 6 14 14 CD 1662 8833 7 years year NNS 1662 8833 8 : : : 1662 8833 9 24 24 CD 1662 8833 10 % % NN 1662 8833 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8833 12 male male JJ 1662 8833 13 405,016 405,016 CD 1662 8833 14 ; ; : 1662 8833 15 female female JJ 1662 8833 16 385,863 385,863 CD 1662 8833 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8833 18 15 15 CD 1662 8833 19 - - SYM 1662 8833 20 64 64 CD 1662 8833 21 years year NNS 1662 8833 22 : : : 1662 8833 23 63 63 CD 1662 8833 24 % % NN 1662 8833 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8833 26 male male JJ 1662 8833 27 1,021,166 1,021,166 CD 1662 8833 28 ; ; : 1662 8833 29 female female JJ 1662 8833 30 1,042,401 1,042,401 CD 1662 8833 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8833 32 65 65 CD 1662 8833 33 years year NNS 1662 8833 34 and and CC 1662 8833 35 over over IN 1662 8833 36 : : : 1662 8833 37 13 13 CD 1662 8833 38 % % NN 1662 8833 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8833 40 male male JJ 1662 8833 41 173,345 173,345 CD 1662 8833 42 ; ; : 1662 8833 43 female female JJ 1662 8833 44 242,916 242,916 CD 1662 8833 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8833 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8833 47 July July NNP 1662 8833 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8833 49 est est NNP 1662 8833 50 . . . 1662 8833 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8834 1 Population population NN 1662 8834 2 growth growth NN 1662 8834 3 rate rate NN 1662 8834 4 : : : 1662 8834 5 0.7 0.7 CD 1662 8834 6 % % NN 1662 8834 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8834 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8834 9 est est NNP 1662 8834 10 . . . 1662 8834 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8835 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8835 2 rate rate NN 1662 8835 3 : : : 1662 8835 4 16.98 16.98 CD 1662 8835 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 8835 6 population population NN 1662 8835 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8835 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8835 9 est est NNP 1662 8835 10 . . . 1662 8835 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8836 1 Death death NN 1662 8836 2 rate rate NN 1662 8836 3 : : : 1662 8836 4 8.97 8.97 CD 1662 8836 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8836 6 population population NN 1662 8836 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8836 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8836 9 est est NNP 1662 8836 10 . . . 1662 8836 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8837 1 Net net JJ 1662 8837 2 migration migration NN 1662 8837 3 rate rate NN 1662 8837 4 : : : 1662 8837 5 -0.99 -0.99 NFP 1662 8837 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 FW 1662 8837 7 population population NN 1662 8837 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8837 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8837 10 est est NNP 1662 8837 11 . . . 1662 8837 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8838 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8838 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8838 3 : : : 1662 8838 4 at at IN 1662 8838 5 birth birth NN 1662 8838 6 : : : 1662 8838 7 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 8838 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8838 9 under under IN 1662 8838 10 15 15 CD 1662 8838 11 years year NNS 1662 8838 12 : : : 1662 8838 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 8838 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8838 15 15 15 CD 1662 8838 16 - - HYPH 1662 8838 17 64 64 CD 1662 8838 18 years year NNS 1662 8838 19 : : : 1662 8838 20 0.98 0.98 CD 1662 8838 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8838 22 65 65 CD 1662 8838 23 years year NNS 1662 8838 24 and and CC 1662 8838 25 over over IN 1662 8838 26 : : : 1662 8838 27 0.71 0.71 CD 1662 8838 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 8838 29 total total JJ 1662 8838 30 population population NN 1662 8838 31 : : : 1662 8838 32 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 8838 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8838 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8838 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8838 36 est e JJS 1662 8838 37 . . . 1662 8838 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8839 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8839 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8839 3 rate rate NN 1662 8839 4 : : : 1662 8839 5 14.7 14.7 CD 1662 8839 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8839 7 live live JJ 1662 8839 8 births birth NNS 1662 8839 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8839 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8839 11 est est NNP 1662 8839 12 . . . 1662 8839 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8840 1 Life life NN 1662 8840 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8840 3 at at IN 1662 8840 4 birth birth NN 1662 8840 5 : : : 1662 8840 6 total total JJ 1662 8840 7 population population NN 1662 8840 8 : : : 1662 8840 9 75.23 75.23 CD 1662 8840 10 years year NNS 1662 8840 11 male male NN 1662 8840 12 : : : 1662 8840 13 72.09 72.09 CD 1662 8840 14 years year NNS 1662 8840 15 female female JJ 1662 8840 16 : : : 1662 8840 17 78.55 78.55 CD 1662 8840 18 years year NNS 1662 8840 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8840 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8840 21 est est NNP 1662 8840 22 . . . 1662 8840 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8841 1 Total total JJ 1662 8841 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8841 3 rate rate NN 1662 8841 4 : : : 1662 8841 5 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 8841 6 children child NNS 1662 8841 7 born bear VBN 1662 8841 8 / / SYM 1662 8841 9 woman woman NN 1662 8841 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8841 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8841 12 est est NNP 1662 8841 13 . . . 1662 8841 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8842 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8842 2 : : : 1662 8842 3 noun noun NNP 1662 8842 4 : : : 1662 8842 5 Uruguayan(s Uruguayan(s NNP 1662 8842 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8842 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 8842 8 : : : 1662 8842 9 Uruguayan uruguayan JJ 1662 8842 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8842 11 groups group NNS 1662 8842 12 : : : 1662 8842 13 white white JJ 1662 8842 14 88 88 CD 1662 8842 15 % % NN 1662 8842 16 , , , 1662 8842 17 mestizo mestizo NNP 1662 8842 18 8 8 CD 1662 8842 19 % % NN 1662 8842 20 , , , 1662 8842 21 black black JJ 1662 8842 22 4 4 CD 1662 8842 23 % % NN 1662 8842 24 , , , 1662 8842 25 Amerindian Amerindian NNP 1662 8842 26 , , , 1662 8842 27 specifically specifically RB 1662 8842 28 , , , 1662 8842 29 the the DT 1662 8842 30 Charrua Charrua NNP 1662 8842 31 , , , 1662 8842 32 which which WDT 1662 8842 33 are be VBP 1662 8842 34 practically practically RB 1662 8842 35 nonexistent nonexistent JJ 1662 8842 36 and and CC 1662 8842 37 make make VB 1662 8842 38 up up RP 1662 8842 39 probably probably RB 1662 8842 40 less less JJR 1662 8842 41 than than IN 1662 8842 42 1 1 CD 1662 8842 43 % % NN 1662 8842 44 Religions religion NNS 1662 8842 45 : : : 1662 8842 46 Roman Roman NNP 1662 8842 47 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 8842 48 66 66 CD 1662 8842 49 % % NN 1662 8842 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8842 51 less less JJR 1662 8842 52 than than IN 1662 8842 53 one one CD 1662 8842 54 - - HYPH 1662 8842 55 half half NN 1662 8842 56 of of IN 1662 8842 57 the the DT 1662 8842 58 adult adult NN 1662 8842 59 population population NN 1662 8842 60 attends attend VBZ 1662 8842 61 church church NN 1662 8842 62 regularly regularly RB 1662 8842 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8842 64 , , , 1662 8842 65 Protestant protestant NN 1662 8842 66 2 2 CD 1662 8842 67 % % NN 1662 8842 68 , , , 1662 8842 69 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 8842 70 2 2 CD 1662 8842 71 % % NN 1662 8842 72 , , , 1662 8842 73 nonprofessing nonprofessing JJ 1662 8842 74 or or CC 1662 8842 75 other other JJ 1662 8842 76 30 30 CD 1662 8842 77 % % NN 1662 8842 78 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 8842 79 : : : 1662 8842 80 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 8842 81 , , , 1662 8842 82 Portunon Portunon NNP 1662 8842 83 , , , 1662 8842 84 or or CC 1662 8842 85 Brazilero Brazilero NNP 1662 8842 86 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8842 87 Portuguese portuguese JJ 1662 8842 88 - - HYPH 1662 8842 89 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 8842 90 mix mix NN 1662 8842 91 on on IN 1662 8842 92 the the DT 1662 8842 93 Brazilian brazilian JJ 1662 8842 94 frontier frontier NN 1662 8842 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8842 96 Literacy literacy NN 1662 8842 97 : : : 1662 8842 98 definition definition NN 1662 8842 99 : : : 1662 8842 100 age age NN 1662 8842 101 15 15 CD 1662 8842 102 and and CC 1662 8842 103 over over RB 1662 8842 104 can can MD 1662 8842 105 read read VB 1662 8842 106 and and CC 1662 8842 107 write write VB 1662 8842 108 total total JJ 1662 8842 109 population population NN 1662 8842 110 : : : 1662 8842 111 97.3 97.3 CD 1662 8842 112 % % NN 1662 8842 113 male male NN 1662 8842 114 : : : 1662 8842 115 96.9 96.9 CD 1662 8842 116 % % NN 1662 8842 117 female female NN 1662 8842 118 : : : 1662 8842 119 97.7 97.7 CD 1662 8842 120 % % NN 1662 8842 121 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8842 122 1995 1995 CD 1662 8842 123 est est NNP 1662 8842 124 . . . 1662 8842 125 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8843 1 @Uruguay @uruguay NN 1662 8843 2 : : : 1662 8843 3 Government Government NNP 1662 8843 4 Country Country NNP 1662 8843 5 name name NN 1662 8843 6 : : : 1662 8843 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8843 8 long long JJ 1662 8843 9 form form NN 1662 8843 10 : : : 1662 8843 11 Oriental Oriental NNP 1662 8843 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8843 13 of of IN 1662 8843 14 Uruguay Uruguay NNP 1662 8843 15 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8843 16 short short JJ 1662 8843 17 form form NN 1662 8843 18 : : : 1662 8843 19 Uruguay uruguay VB 1662 8843 20 local local JJ 1662 8843 21 long long JJ 1662 8843 22 form form NN 1662 8843 23 : : : 1662 8843 24 Republica Republica NNP 1662 8843 25 Oriental Oriental NNP 1662 8843 26 del del NNP 1662 8843 27 Uruguay Uruguay NNP 1662 8843 28 local local JJ 1662 8843 29 short short JJ 1662 8843 30 form form NN 1662 8843 31 : : : 1662 8843 32 Uruguay Uruguay NNP 1662 8843 33 Data Data NNP 1662 8843 34 code code NN 1662 8843 35 : : : 1662 8843 36 UY UY NNP 1662 8843 37 Government Government NNP 1662 8843 38 type type NN 1662 8843 39 : : : 1662 8843 40 republic republic NNP 1662 8843 41 National national JJ 1662 8843 42 capital capital NN 1662 8843 43 : : : 1662 8843 44 Montevideo Montevideo NNP 1662 8843 45 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 8843 46 divisions division NNS 1662 8843 47 : : : 1662 8843 48 19 19 CD 1662 8843 49 departments department NNS 1662 8843 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8843 51 departamentos departamento NNS 1662 8843 52 , , , 1662 8843 53 singular singular NNP 1662 8843 54 - - HYPH 1662 8843 55 departamento departamento NNP 1662 8843 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8843 57 ; ; : 1662 8843 58 Artigas Artigas NNP 1662 8843 59 , , , 1662 8843 60 Canelones Canelones NNP 1662 8843 61 , , , 1662 8843 62 Cerro Cerro NNP 1662 8843 63 Largo Largo NNP 1662 8843 64 , , , 1662 8843 65 Colonia Colonia NNP 1662 8843 66 , , , 1662 8843 67 Durazno Durazno NNP 1662 8843 68 , , , 1662 8843 69 Flores Flores NNP 1662 8843 70 , , , 1662 8843 71 Florida Florida NNP 1662 8843 72 , , , 1662 8843 73 Lavalleja Lavalleja NNP 1662 8843 74 , , , 1662 8843 75 Maldonado Maldonado NNP 1662 8843 76 , , , 1662 8843 77 Montevideo Montevideo NNP 1662 8843 78 , , , 1662 8843 79 Paysandu Paysandu NNP 1662 8843 80 , , , 1662 8843 81 Rio Rio NNP 1662 8843 82 Negro Negro NNP 1662 8843 83 , , , 1662 8843 84 Rivera Rivera NNP 1662 8843 85 , , , 1662 8843 86 Rocha Rocha NNP 1662 8843 87 , , , 1662 8843 88 Salto Salto NNP 1662 8843 89 , , , 1662 8843 90 San San NNP 1662 8843 91 Jose Jose NNP 1662 8843 92 , , , 1662 8843 93 Soriano Soriano NNP 1662 8843 94 , , , 1662 8843 95 Tacuarembo Tacuarembo NNP 1662 8843 96 , , , 1662 8843 97 Treinta Treinta NNP 1662 8843 98 y y NNP 1662 8843 99 Tres Tres NNP 1662 8843 100 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8843 101 : : : 1662 8843 102 25 25 CD 1662 8843 103 August August NNP 1662 8843 104 1828 1828 CD 1662 8843 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8843 106 from from IN 1662 8843 107 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 8843 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8843 109 National national JJ 1662 8843 110 holiday holiday NN 1662 8843 111 : : : 1662 8843 112 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8843 113 Day Day NNP 1662 8843 114 , , , 1662 8843 115 25 25 CD 1662 8843 116 August August NNP 1662 8843 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8843 118 1828 1828 CD 1662 8843 119 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8843 120 Constitution constitution NN 1662 8843 121 : : : 1662 8843 122 27 27 CD 1662 8843 123 November November NNP 1662 8843 124 1966 1966 CD 1662 8843 125 , , , 1662 8843 126 effective effective JJ 1662 8843 127 February February NNP 1662 8843 128 1967 1967 CD 1662 8843 129 , , , 1662 8843 130 suspended suspend VBD 1662 8843 131 27 27 CD 1662 8843 132 June June NNP 1662 8843 133 1973 1973 CD 1662 8843 134 , , , 1662 8843 135 new new JJ 1662 8843 136 constitution constitution NN 1662 8843 137 rejected reject VBN 1662 8843 138 by by IN 1662 8843 139 referendum referendum NN 1662 8843 140 30 30 CD 1662 8843 141 November November NNP 1662 8843 142 1980 1980 CD 1662 8843 143 ; ; : 1662 8843 144 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 8843 145 reforms reform NNS 1662 8843 146 approved approve VBN 1662 8843 147 by by IN 1662 8843 148 plebiscite plebiscite NN 1662 8843 149 7 7 CD 1662 8843 150 January January NNP 1662 8843 151 1997 1997 CD 1662 8843 152 Legal legal JJ 1662 8843 153 system system NN 1662 8843 154 : : : 1662 8843 155 based base VBN 1662 8843 156 on on IN 1662 8843 157 Spanish spanish JJ 1662 8843 158 civil civil JJ 1662 8843 159 law law NN 1662 8843 160 system system NN 1662 8843 161 ; ; : 1662 8843 162 accepts accept VBZ 1662 8843 163 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 8843 164 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 8843 165 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 8843 166 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 8843 167 : : : 1662 8843 168 18 18 CD 1662 8843 169 years year NNS 1662 8843 170 of of IN 1662 8843 171 age age NN 1662 8843 172 ; ; : 1662 8843 173 universal universal JJ 1662 8843 174 and and CC 1662 8843 175 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 8843 176 Executive Executive NNP 1662 8843 177 branch branch NN 1662 8843 178 : : : 1662 8843 179 chief chief NN 1662 8843 180 of of IN 1662 8843 181 state state NN 1662 8843 182 : : : 1662 8843 183 President President NNP 1662 8843 184 Julio Julio NNP 1662 8843 185 Maria Maria NNP 1662 8843 186 SANGUINETTI SANGUINETTI NNP 1662 8843 187 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8843 188 since since IN 1662 8843 189 1 1 CD 1662 8843 190 March March NNP 1662 8843 191 1995 1995 CD 1662 8843 192 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8843 193 and and CC 1662 8843 194 Vice Vice NNP 1662 8843 195 President President NNP 1662 8843 196 Hugo Hugo NNP 1662 8843 197 BATALLA BATALLA NNP 1662 8843 198 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8843 199 since since IN 1662 8843 200 1 1 CD 1662 8843 201 March March NNP 1662 8843 202 1995 1995 CD 1662 8843 203 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8843 204 ; ; : 1662 8843 205 note note VB 1662 8843 206 - - : 1662 8843 207 the the DT 1662 8843 208 president president NN 1662 8843 209 is be VBZ 1662 8843 210 both both CC 1662 8843 211 the the DT 1662 8843 212 chief chief NN 1662 8843 213 of of IN 1662 8843 214 state state NN 1662 8843 215 and and CC 1662 8843 216 head head NN 1662 8843 217 of of IN 1662 8843 218 government government NN 1662 8843 219 as as RB 1662 8843 220 well well RB 1662 8843 221 as as IN 1662 8843 222 the the DT 1662 8843 223 Senate Senate NNP 1662 8843 224 president president NN 1662 8843 225 head head NN 1662 8843 226 of of IN 1662 8843 227 government government NN 1662 8843 228 : : : 1662 8843 229 President President NNP 1662 8843 230 Julio Julio NNP 1662 8843 231 Maria Maria NNP 1662 8843 232 SANGUINETTI SANGUINETTI NNP 1662 8843 233 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8843 234 since since IN 1662 8843 235 1 1 CD 1662 8843 236 March March NNP 1662 8843 237 1995 1995 CD 1662 8843 238 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8843 239 and and CC 1662 8843 240 Vice Vice NNP 1662 8843 241 President President NNP 1662 8843 242 Hugo Hugo NNP 1662 8843 243 BATALLA BATALLA NNP 1662 8843 244 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8843 245 since since IN 1662 8843 246 1 1 CD 1662 8843 247 March March NNP 1662 8843 248 1995 1995 CD 1662 8843 249 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8843 250 ; ; : 1662 8843 251 note note VB 1662 8843 252 - - : 1662 8843 253 the the DT 1662 8843 254 president president NN 1662 8843 255 is be VBZ 1662 8843 256 both both CC 1662 8843 257 the the DT 1662 8843 258 chief chief NN 1662 8843 259 of of IN 1662 8843 260 state state NN 1662 8843 261 and and CC 1662 8843 262 head head NN 1662 8843 263 of of IN 1662 8843 264 government government NN 1662 8843 265 as as RB 1662 8843 266 well well RB 1662 8843 267 as as IN 1662 8843 268 the the DT 1662 8843 269 Senate Senate NNP 1662 8843 270 president president NN 1662 8843 271 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 8843 272 : : : 1662 8843 273 Council Council NNP 1662 8843 274 of of IN 1662 8843 275 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 8843 276 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8843 277 by by IN 1662 8843 278 the the DT 1662 8843 279 president president NNP 1662 8843 280 elections election NNS 1662 8843 281 : : : 1662 8843 282 president president NN 1662 8843 283 and and CC 1662 8843 284 vice vice NN 1662 8843 285 president president NN 1662 8843 286 elected elect VBD 1662 8843 287 on on IN 1662 8843 288 the the DT 1662 8843 289 same same JJ 1662 8843 290 ticket ticket NN 1662 8843 291 by by IN 1662 8843 292 popular popular JJ 1662 8843 293 vote vote NN 1662 8843 294 for for IN 1662 8843 295 five five CD 1662 8843 296 - - HYPH 1662 8843 297 year year NN 1662 8843 298 terms term NNS 1662 8843 299 ; ; : 1662 8843 300 election election NN 1662 8843 301 last last JJ 1662 8843 302 held hold VBD 1662 8843 303 27 27 CD 1662 8843 304 November November NNP 1662 8843 305 1994 1994 CD 1662 8843 306 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8843 307 next next JJ 1662 8843 308 to to TO 1662 8843 309 be be VB 1662 8843 310 held hold 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8843 344 Camara Camara NNP 1662 8843 345 de de NNP 1662 8843 346 Senadores Senadores NNP 1662 8843 347 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8843 348 30 30 CD 1662 8843 349 seats seat NNS 1662 8843 350 ; ; : 1662 8843 351 members member NNS 1662 8843 352 are be VBP 1662 8843 353 elected elect VBN 1662 8843 354 by by IN 1662 8843 355 popular popular JJ 1662 8843 356 vote vote NN 1662 8843 357 to to TO 1662 8843 358 serve serve VB 1662 8843 359 five five CD 1662 8843 360 - - HYPH 1662 8843 361 year year NN 1662 8843 362 terms term NNS 1662 8843 363 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8843 364 and and CC 1662 8843 365 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 8843 366 of of IN 1662 8843 367 Representatives Representatives NNPS 1662 8843 368 or or CC 1662 8843 369 Camara Camara NNP 1662 8843 370 de de FW 1662 8843 371 Representantes Representantes NNP 1662 8843 372 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8843 373 99 99 CD 1662 8843 374 seats seat NNS 1662 8843 375 ; ; : 1662 8843 376 members member NNS 1662 8843 377 are be VBP 1662 8843 378 elected elect VBN 1662 8843 379 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the DT 1662 8843 562 Blanco Blanco NNP 1662 8843 563 Party Party NNP 1662 8843 564 , , , 1662 8843 565 Luis Luis NNP 1662 8843 566 LACALLE LACALLE NNP 1662 8843 567 ; ; : 1662 8843 568 Colorado Colorado NNP 1662 8843 569 Party Party NNP 1662 8843 570 , , , 1662 8843 571 Jorge Jorge NNP 1662 8843 572 BATLLE BATLLE NNP 1662 8843 573 ; ; : 1662 8843 574 Broad Broad NNP 1662 8843 575 Front Front NNP 1662 8843 576 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 8843 577 , , , 1662 8843 578 Tabare Tabare NNP 1662 8843 579 VAZQUEZ VAZQUEZ NNP 1662 8843 580 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8843 581 as as IN 1662 8843 582 of of IN 1662 8843 583 22 22 CD 1662 8843 584 December December NNP 1662 8843 585 1996 1996 CD 1662 8843 586 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8843 587 ; ; : 1662 8843 588 New New NNP 1662 8843 589 Sector Sector NNP 1662 8843 590 Coalition Coalition NNP 1662 8843 591 , , , 1662 8843 592 Rafael Rafael NNP 1662 8843 593 MICHELINI MICHELINI NNP 1662 8843 594 ; ; : 1662 8843 595 Party Party NNP 1662 8843 596 for for IN 1662 8843 597 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NNP 1662 8843 632 , , , 1662 8843 633 G-11 g-11 CD 1662 8843 634 , , , 1662 8843 635 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 8843 636 , , , 1662 8843 637 IADB IADB NNP 1662 8843 638 , , , 1662 8843 639 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 8843 640 , , , 1662 8843 641 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 8843 642 , , , 1662 8843 643 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 8843 644 , , , 1662 8843 645 ICC ICC NNP 1662 8843 646 , , , 1662 8843 647 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 8843 648 , , , 1662 8843 649 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 8843 650 , , , 1662 8843 651 IFC IFC NNP 1662 8843 652 , , , 1662 8843 653 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 8843 654 , , , 1662 8843 655 IHO IHO NNP 1662 8843 656 , , , 1662 8843 657 ILO ILO NNP 1662 8843 658 , , , 1662 8843 659 IMF IMF NNP 1662 8843 660 , , , 1662 8843 661 IMO imo RB 1662 8843 662 , , , 1662 8843 663 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8843 664 , , , 1662 8843 665 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 8843 666 , , , 1662 8843 667 IOC IOC NNP 1662 8843 668 , , , 1662 8843 669 IOM IOM NNP 1662 8843 670 , , , 1662 8843 671 ISO ISO NNP 1662 8843 672 , , , 1662 8843 673 ITU ITU NNP 1662 8843 674 , , , 1662 8843 675 LAES LAES NNP 1662 8843 676 , , , 1662 8843 677 LAIA LAIA NNP 1662 8843 678 , , , 1662 8843 679 Mercosur Mercosur NNP 1662 8843 680 , , , 1662 8843 681 MINURSO MINURSO NNP 1662 8843 682 , , , 1662 8843 683 NAM NAM NNP 1662 8843 684 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8843 685 observer observer NNP 1662 8843 686 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8843 687 , , , 1662 8843 688 OAS OAS NNP 1662 8843 689 , , , 1662 8843 690 OPANAL OPANAL NNP 1662 8843 691 , , , 1662 8843 692 PCA PCA NNP 1662 8843 693 , , , 1662 8843 694 RG RG NNP 1662 8843 695 , , , 1662 8843 696 UN UN NNP 1662 8843 697 , , , 1662 8843 698 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 8843 699 III III NNP 1662 8843 700 , , , 1662 8843 701 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 8843 702 , , , 1662 8843 703 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 8843 704 , , , 1662 8843 705 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 8843 706 , , , 1662 8843 707 UNIKOM UNIKOM NNP 1662 8843 708 , , , 1662 8843 709 UNMOGIP UNMOGIP NNP 1662 8843 710 , , , 1662 8843 711 UNMOT UNMOT NNP 1662 8843 712 , , , 1662 8843 713 UNOMIG UNOMIG NNP 1662 8843 714 , , , 1662 8843 715 UPU UPU NNP 1662 8843 716 , , , 1662 8843 717 WCL WCL NNP 1662 8843 718 , , , 1662 8843 719 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 8843 720 , , , 1662 8843 721 WHO who WP 1662 8843 722 , , , 1662 8843 723 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 8843 724 , , , 1662 8843 725 WMO WMO NNP 1662 8843 726 , , , 1662 8843 727 WToO wtoo FW 1662 8843 728 , , , 1662 8843 729 WTrO wtro VB 1662 8843 730 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8843 731 representation representation NN 1662 8843 732 in in IN 1662 8843 733 the the DT 1662 8843 734 US US NNP 1662 8843 735 : : : 1662 8843 736 chief chief NN 1662 8843 737 of of IN 1662 8843 738 mission mission NN 1662 8843 739 : : : 1662 8843 740 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 8843 741 Alvaro Alvaro NNP 1662 8843 742 DIEZ DIEZ NNP 1662 8843 743 DE DE NNP 1662 8843 744 MEDINA MEDINA NNP 1662 8843 745 SUAREZ SUAREZ NNP 1662 8843 746 chancery chancery NN 1662 8843 747 : : : 1662 8843 748 2715 2715 CD 1662 8843 749 M M NNP 1662 8843 750 Street Street NNP 1662 8843 751 , , , 1662 8843 752 NW NW NNP 1662 8843 753 , , , 1662 8843 754 Washington Washington NNP 1662 8843 755 , , , 1662 8843 756 DC DC NNP 1662 8843 757 20007 20007 CD 1662 8843 758 telephone telephone NN 1662 8843 759 : : : 1662 8843 760 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8843 761 1 1 CD 1662 8843 762 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8843 763 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8843 764 202 202 CD 1662 8843 765 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8843 766 331 331 CD 1662 8843 767 - - HYPH 1662 8843 768 1313 1313 CD 1662 8843 769 through through IN 1662 8843 770 1316 1316 CD 1662 8843 771 FAX FAX NNP 1662 8843 772 : : : 1662 8843 773 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8843 774 1 1 CD 1662 8843 775 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8843 776 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8843 777 202 202 CD 1662 8843 778 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8843 779 331 331 CD 1662 8843 780 - - HYPH 1662 8843 781 8147 8147 CD 1662 8843 782 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 8843 783 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8843 784 general general NN 1662 8843 785 : : : 1662 8843 786 Los Los NNP 1662 8843 787 Angeles Angeles NNP 1662 8843 788 , , , 1662 8843 789 Miami Miami NNP 1662 8843 790 , , , 1662 8843 791 and and CC 1662 8843 792 New New NNP 1662 8843 793 York York NNP 1662 8843 794 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8843 795 representation representation NN 1662 8843 796 from from IN 1662 8843 797 the the DT 1662 8843 798 US US NNP 1662 8843 799 : : : 1662 8843 800 chief chief NN 1662 8843 801 of of IN 1662 8843 802 mission mission NN 1662 8843 803 : : : 1662 8843 804 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 8843 805 Thomas Thomas NNP 1662 8843 806 J. 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- HYPH 1662 8844 12 though though IN 1662 8844 13 declining decline VBG 1662 8844 14 - - HYPH 1662 8844 15 inflation inflation NN 1662 8844 16 and and CC 1662 8844 17 extensive extensive JJ 1662 8844 18 government government NN 1662 8844 19 regulation regulation NN 1662 8844 20 . . . 1662 8845 1 The the DT 1662 8845 2 SANGUINETTI SANGUINETTI NNP 1662 8845 3 government government NN 1662 8845 4 's 's POS 1662 8845 5 conservative conservative JJ 1662 8845 6 monetary monetary JJ 1662 8845 7 and and CC 1662 8845 8 fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8845 9 policies policy NNS 1662 8845 10 are be VBP 1662 8845 11 aimed aim VBN 1662 8845 12 at at IN 1662 8845 13 continuing continue VBG 1662 8845 14 to to TO 1662 8845 15 reduce reduce VB 1662 8845 16 inflation inflation NN 1662 8845 17 , , , 1662 8845 18 at at IN 1662 8845 19 24.3 24.3 CD 1662 8845 20 % % NN 1662 8845 21 at at IN 1662 8845 22 yearend yearend NNP 1662 8845 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 8845 24 ; ; : 1662 8845 25 other other JJ 1662 8845 26 priorities priority NNS 1662 8845 27 include include VBP 1662 8845 28 extensive extensive JJ 1662 8845 29 reform reform NN 1662 8845 30 of of IN 1662 8845 31 the the DT 1662 8845 32 social social JJ 1662 8845 33 security security NN 1662 8845 34 system system NN 1662 8845 35 and and CC 1662 8845 36 increased increase VBN 1662 8845 37 investment investment NN 1662 8845 38 in in IN 1662 8845 39 education education NN 1662 8845 40 . . . 1662 8846 1 Uruguay Uruguay NNP 1662 8846 2 recovered recover VBD 1662 8846 3 from from IN 1662 8846 4 recession recession NN 1662 8846 5 in in IN 1662 8846 6 1996 1996 CD 1662 8846 7 - 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- HYPH 1662 8851 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 8851 26 price price NN 1662 8851 27 index index NN 1662 8851 28 : : : 1662 8851 29 24.4 24.4 CD 1662 8851 30 % % NN 1662 8851 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8851 32 December December NNP 1662 8851 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 8851 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8851 35 Labor labor NN 1662 8851 36 force force NN 1662 8851 37 : : : 1662 8851 38 total total NN 1662 8851 39 : : : 1662 8851 40 1.436 1.436 CD 1662 8851 41 million million CD 1662 8851 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8851 43 1996 1996 CD 1662 8851 44 est est NNP 1662 8851 45 . . . 1662 8851 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8852 1 by by IN 1662 8852 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 8852 3 : : : 1662 8852 4 government government NN 1662 8852 5 25 25 CD 1662 8852 6 % % NN 1662 8852 7 , , , 1662 8852 8 manufacturing manufacture VBG 1662 8852 9 19 19 CD 1662 8852 10 % % NN 1662 8852 11 , , , 1662 8852 12 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8852 13 11 11 CD 1662 8852 14 % % NN 1662 8852 15 , , , 1662 8852 16 commerce commerce NN 1662 8852 17 12 12 CD 1662 8852 18 % % NN 1662 8852 19 , , , 1662 8852 20 utilities utility NNS 1662 8852 21 , , , 1662 8852 22 construction construction NN 1662 8852 23 , , , 1662 8852 24 transport transport NN 1662 8852 25 , , , 1662 8852 26 and and CC 1662 8852 27 communications communication NNS 1662 8852 28 12 12 CD 1662 8852 29 % % NN 1662 8852 30 , , , 1662 8852 31 other other JJ 1662 8852 32 services service NNS 1662 8852 33 21 21 CD 1662 8852 34 % % NN 1662 8852 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8852 36 1988 1988 CD 1662 8852 37 est est NNP 1662 8852 38 . . . 1662 8852 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8853 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 8853 2 rate rate NN 1662 8853 3 : : : 1662 8853 4 12 12 CD 1662 8853 5 % % NN 1662 8853 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8853 7 1996 1996 CD 1662 8853 8 est est NNP 1662 8853 9 . . . 1662 8853 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8854 1 Budget budget NN 1662 8854 2 : : : 1662 8854 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 8854 4 : : : 1662 8854 5 $ $ $ 1662 8854 6 3.03 3.03 CD 1662 8854 7 billion billion CD 1662 8854 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8854 9 : : : 1662 8854 10 $ $ $ 1662 8854 11 3.37 3.37 CD 1662 8854 12 billion billion CD 1662 8854 13 with with IN 1662 8854 14 capital capital NN 1662 8854 15 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8854 16 of of IN 1662 8854 17 $ $ $ 1662 8854 18 NA na NN 1662 8854 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8854 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 8854 21 est est NNP 1662 8854 22 . . . 1662 8854 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8855 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 8855 2 : : : 1662 8855 3 meat meat NN 1662 8855 4 processing processing NN 1662 8855 5 , , , 1662 8855 6 wool wool NN 1662 8855 7 and and CC 1662 8855 8 hides hide NNS 1662 8855 9 , , , 1662 8855 10 sugar sugar NN 1662 8855 11 , , , 1662 8855 12 textiles textile NNS 1662 8855 13 , , , 1662 8855 14 footwear footwear NN 1662 8855 15 , , , 1662 8855 16 leather leather NN 1662 8855 17 apparel apparel NN 1662 8855 18 , , , 1662 8855 19 tires tire NNS 1662 8855 20 , , , 1662 8855 21 cement cement NN 1662 8855 22 , , , 1662 8855 23 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8855 24 refining refining NN 1662 8855 25 , , , 1662 8855 26 wine wine NN 1662 8855 27 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 8855 28 production production NN 1662 8855 29 growth growth NN 1662 8855 30 rate rate NN 1662 8855 31 : : : 1662 8855 32 3.2 3.2 CD 1662 8855 33 % % NN 1662 8855 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8855 35 1996 1996 CD 1662 8855 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8855 37 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8855 38 - 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NNP 1662 8856 27 , , , 1662 8856 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 8856 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8856 30 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8856 31 : : : 1662 8856 32 wool wool NN 1662 8856 33 and and CC 1662 8856 34 textile textile JJ 1662 8856 35 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 8856 36 , , , 1662 8856 37 beef beef NN 1662 8856 38 and and CC 1662 8856 39 other other JJ 1662 8856 40 animal animal NN 1662 8856 41 products product NNS 1662 8856 42 , , , 1662 8856 43 leather leather NN 1662 8856 44 , , , 1662 8856 45 rice rice NN 1662 8856 46 partners partner NNS 1662 8856 47 : : : 1662 8856 48 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 8856 49 , , , 1662 8856 50 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 8856 51 , , , 1662 8856 52 US US NNP 1662 8856 53 , , , 1662 8856 54 China China NNP 1662 8856 55 , , , 1662 8856 56 Italy Italy NNP 1662 8856 57 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 8856 58 : : : 1662 8856 59 total total JJ 1662 8856 60 value value NN 1662 8856 61 : : : 1662 8856 62 $ $ $ 1662 8856 63 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 8856 64 billion billion CD 1662 8856 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8856 66 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 8856 67 . . NNP 1662 8856 68 , , , 1662 8856 69 1996 1996 CD 1662 8856 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8856 71 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8856 72 : : : 1662 8856 73 machinery machinery NN 1662 8856 74 and and CC 1662 8856 75 equipment equipment NN 1662 8856 76 , , , 1662 8856 77 vehicles vehicle NNS 1662 8856 78 , , , 1662 8856 79 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8856 80 , , , 1662 8856 81 minerals mineral NNS 1662 8856 82 , , , 1662 8856 83 plastics plastic NNS 1662 8856 84 , , , 1662 8856 85 oil oil NN 1662 8856 86 partners partner NNS 1662 8856 87 : : : 1662 8856 88 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 8856 89 , , , 1662 8856 90 Argentina Argentina NNP 1662 8856 91 , , , 1662 8856 92 US US NNP 1662 8856 93 , , , 1662 8856 94 Nigeria Nigeria NNP 1662 8856 95 Debt Debt NNP 1662 8856 96 - - HYPH 1662 8856 97 external external JJ 1662 8856 98 : : : 1662 8856 99 $ $ $ 1662 8856 100 5 5 CD 1662 8856 101 billion billion CD 1662 8856 102 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8856 103 1996 1996 CD 1662 8856 104 est est NNP 1662 8856 105 . . . 1662 8856 106 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8857 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 8857 2 aid aid NN 1662 8857 3 : : : 1662 8857 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 8857 5 : : : 1662 8857 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 8857 7 , , , 1662 8857 8 $ $ $ 1662 8857 9 91 91 CD 1662 8857 10 million million CD 1662 8857 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8857 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 8857 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8857 14 Currency currency NN 1662 8857 15 : : : 1662 8857 16 1 1 LS 1662 8857 17 Uruguayan uruguayan JJ 1662 8857 18 peso peso NN 1662 8857 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8857 20 $ $ $ 1662 8857 21 Ur Ur NNP 1662 8857 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8857 23 = = NFP 1662 8857 24 100 100 CD 1662 8857 25 centesimos centesimos NNP 1662 8857 26 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 8857 27 rates rate NNS 1662 8857 28 : : : 1662 8857 29 Uruguayan uruguayan JJ 1662 8857 30 pesos peso NNS 1662 8857 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8857 32 $ $ $ 1662 8857 33 Ur Ur NNP 1662 8857 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8857 35 per per IN 1662 8857 36 US$ us$ $ 1662 8857 37 1 1 CD 1662 8857 38 - - SYM 1662 8857 39 8.6550 8.6550 CD 1662 8857 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8857 41 January January NNP 1662 8857 42 1997 1997 CD 1662 8857 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8857 44 , , , 1662 8857 45 7.9718 7.9718 CD 1662 8857 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8857 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 8857 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8857 49 , , , 1662 8857 50 6.3491 6.3491 CD 1662 8857 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8857 52 1995 1995 CD 1662 8857 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8857 54 , , , 1662 8857 55 5.0529 5.0529 CD 1662 8857 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8857 57 1994 1994 CD 1662 8857 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8857 59 , , , 1662 8857 60 3.9484 3.9484 CD 1662 8857 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8857 62 1993 1993 CD 1662 8857 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8857 64 , , , 1662 8857 65 3.0270 3.0270 CD 1662 8857 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8857 67 1992 1992 CD 1662 8857 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8857 69 note note NN 1662 8857 70 : : : 1662 8857 71 on on IN 1662 8857 72 1 1 CD 1662 8857 73 March March NNP 1662 8857 74 1993 1993 CD 1662 8857 75 the the DT 1662 8857 76 former former JJ 1662 8857 77 new new JJ 1662 8857 78 peso peso NN 1662 8857 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8857 80 N$Ur N$Ur NNP 1662 8857 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8857 82 was be VBD 1662 8857 83 replaced replace VBN 1662 8857 84 as as IN 1662 8857 85 Uruguay Uruguay NNP 1662 8857 86 's 's POS 1662 8857 87 unit unit NN 1662 8857 88 of of IN 1662 8857 89 currency currency NN 1662 8857 90 by by IN 1662 8857 91 the the DT 1662 8857 92 peso peso NN 1662 8857 93 which which WDT 1662 8857 94 is be VBZ 1662 8857 95 equal equal JJ 1662 8857 96 to to IN 1662 8857 97 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8857 98 of of IN 1662 8857 99 the the DT 1662 8857 100 new new JJ 1662 8857 101 pesos pesos NNP 1662 8857 102 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8857 103 year year NN 1662 8857 104 : : : 1662 8857 105 calendar calendar NN 1662 8857 106 year year NN 1662 8857 107 @Uruguay @uruguay NN 1662 8857 108 : : : 1662 8857 109 Communications communication NNS 1662 8857 110 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 8857 111 : : : 1662 8857 112 451,000 451,000 CD 1662 8857 113 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8857 114 1991 1991 CD 1662 8857 115 est est NNP 1662 8857 116 . . . 1662 8857 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8858 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8858 2 system system NN 1662 8858 3 : : : 1662 8858 4 some some DT 1662 8858 5 modern modern JJ 1662 8858 6 facilities facility NNS 1662 8858 7 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8858 8 : : : 1662 8858 9 most most JJS 1662 8858 10 modern modern JJ 1662 8858 11 facilities facility NNS 1662 8858 12 concentrated concentrate VBD 1662 8858 13 in in IN 1662 8858 14 Montevideo Montevideo NNP 1662 8858 15 ; ; : 1662 8858 16 new new JJ 1662 8858 17 nationwide nationwide JJ 1662 8858 18 microwave microwave NN 1662 8858 19 radio radio NN 1662 8858 20 relay relay NN 1662 8858 21 network network NNP 1662 8858 22 international international NNP 1662 8858 23 : : : 1662 8858 24 satellite satellite NN 1662 8858 25 earth earth NN 1662 8858 26 stations station NNS 1662 8858 27 - - , 1662 8858 28 2 2 CD 1662 8858 29 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8858 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8858 31 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8858 32 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8858 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8858 34 Radio radio NN 1662 8858 35 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8858 36 stations station NNS 1662 8858 37 : : : 1662 8858 38 AM AM NNP 1662 8858 39 99 99 CD 1662 8858 40 , , , 1662 8858 41 FM FM NNP 1662 8858 42 0 0 CD 1662 8858 43 , , , 1662 8858 44 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 8858 45 9 9 CD 1662 8858 46 Radios radio NNS 1662 8858 47 : : : 1662 8858 48 1.89 1.89 CD 1662 8858 49 million million CD 1662 8858 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8858 51 1992 1992 CD 1662 8858 52 est est NNP 1662 8858 53 . . . 1662 8858 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8859 1 Television television NN 1662 8859 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8859 3 stations station NNS 1662 8859 4 : : : 1662 8859 5 26 26 CD 1662 8859 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 8859 7 : : : 1662 8859 8 725,000 725,000 CD 1662 8859 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8859 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 8859 11 est est NNP 1662 8859 12 . . . 1662 8859 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8860 1 @Uruguay @uruguay NN 1662 8860 2 : : : 1662 8860 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8860 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8860 5 : : : 1662 8860 6 total total NN 1662 8860 7 : : : 1662 8860 8 2,070 2,070 CD 1662 8860 9 km km NNS 1662 8860 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8860 11 461 461 CD 1662 8860 12 km km NNS 1662 8860 13 closed closed JJ 1662 8860 14 ; ; : 1662 8860 15 additional additional JJ 1662 8860 16 460 460 CD 1662 8860 17 km km NNS 1662 8860 18 only only RB 1662 8860 19 partially partially RB 1662 8860 20 operational operational JJ 1662 8860 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8860 22 standard standard JJ 1662 8860 23 gauge gauge NN 1662 8860 24 : : : 1662 8860 25 2,070 2,070 CD 1662 8860 26 km km NN 1662 8860 27 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 8860 28 gauge gauge NN 1662 8860 29 Highways highway NNS 1662 8860 30 : : : 1662 8860 31 total total NN 1662 8860 32 : : : 1662 8860 33 50,900 50,900 CD 1662 8860 34 km km NN 1662 8860 35 paved pave VBN 1662 8860 36 : : : 1662 8860 37 6,973 6,973 CD 1662 8860 38 km km NN 1662 8860 39 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8860 40 : : : 1662 8860 41 43,927 43,927 CD 1662 8860 42 km km NNS 1662 8860 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8860 44 1995 1995 CD 1662 8860 45 est est NNP 1662 8860 46 . . . 1662 8860 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8861 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 8861 2 : : : 1662 8861 3 1,600 1,600 CD 1662 8861 4 km km NN 1662 8861 5 ; ; , 1662 8861 6 used use VBN 1662 8861 7 by by IN 1662 8861 8 coastal coastal JJ 1662 8861 9 and and CC 1662 8861 10 shallow shallow JJ 1662 8861 11 - - HYPH 1662 8861 12 draft draft NN 1662 8861 13 river river NN 1662 8861 14 craft craft NN 1662 8861 15 Ports port NNS 1662 8861 16 and and CC 1662 8861 17 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8861 18 : : : 1662 8861 19 Fray Fray NNP 1662 8861 20 Bentos Bentos NNP 1662 8861 21 , , , 1662 8861 22 Montevideo Montevideo NNP 1662 8861 23 , , , 1662 8861 24 Nueva Nueva NNP 1662 8861 25 Palmira Palmira NNP 1662 8861 26 , , , 1662 8861 27 Paysandu Paysandu NNP 1662 8861 28 , , , 1662 8861 29 Punta Punta NNP 1662 8861 30 del del FW 1662 8861 31 Este Este NNP 1662 8861 32 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 8861 33 marine marine NN 1662 8861 34 : : : 1662 8861 35 total total NN 1662 8861 36 : : : 1662 8861 37 2 2 CD 1662 8861 38 oil oil NN 1662 8861 39 tanker tanker NN 1662 8861 40 ships ship NNS 1662 8861 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8861 42 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8861 43 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8861 44 or or CC 1662 8861 45 over over RB 1662 8861 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8861 47 totaling total VBG 1662 8861 48 44,042 44,042 CD 1662 8861 49 GRT/83,684 GRT/83,684 NNP 1662 8861 50 DWT DWT NNP 1662 8861 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8861 52 1996 1996 CD 1662 8861 53 est est NNP 1662 8861 54 . . . 1662 8861 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8862 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8862 2 : : : 1662 8862 3 60 60 CD 1662 8862 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8862 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8862 6 est est NNP 1662 8862 7 . . . 1662 8862 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8863 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8863 2 - - , 1662 8863 3 with with IN 1662 8863 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8863 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8863 6 : : : 1662 8863 7 total total NN 1662 8863 8 : : : 1662 8863 9 45 45 CD 1662 8863 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8863 11 to to IN 1662 8863 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8863 13 m m NN 1662 8863 14 : : : 1662 8863 15 1 1 CD 1662 8863 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8863 17 to to TO 1662 8863 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8863 19 m m NN 1662 8863 20 : : : 1662 8863 21 5 5 CD 1662 8863 22 914 914 CD 1662 8863 23 to to TO 1662 8863 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8863 25 m m NN 1662 8863 26 : : : 1662 8863 27 8 8 CD 1662 8863 28 under under IN 1662 8863 29 914 914 CD 1662 8863 30 m m NN 1662 8863 31 : : : 1662 8863 32 31 31 CD 1662 8863 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8863 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 8863 35 est est NNP 1662 8863 36 . . . 1662 8863 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8864 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8864 2 - - , 1662 8864 3 with with IN 1662 8864 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8864 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8864 6 : : : 1662 8864 7 total total NN 1662 8864 8 : : : 1662 8864 9 15 15 CD 1662 8864 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8864 11 to to TO 1662 8864 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8864 13 m m NN 1662 8864 14 : : : 1662 8864 15 2 2 CD 1662 8864 16 914 914 CD 1662 8864 17 to to TO 1662 8864 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8864 19 m m NN 1662 8864 20 : : : 1662 8864 21 13 13 CD 1662 8864 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8864 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 8864 24 est est NNP 1662 8864 25 . . . 1662 8864 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8865 1 Military military JJ 1662 8865 2 Military military JJ 1662 8865 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8865 4 : : : 1662 8865 5 Army Army NNP 1662 8865 6 , , , 1662 8865 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 8865 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8865 9 includes include VBZ 1662 8865 10 Naval Naval NNP 1662 8865 11 Air Air NNP 1662 8865 12 Arm Arm NNP 1662 8865 13 , , , 1662 8865 14 Coast Coast NNP 1662 8865 15 Guard Guard NNP 1662 8865 16 , , , 1662 8865 17 Marines Marines NNPS 1662 8865 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8865 19 , , , 1662 8865 20 Air Air NNP 1662 8865 21 Force Force NNP 1662 8865 22 , , , 1662 8865 23 Grenadier Grenadier NNP 1662 8865 24 Guards Guards NNPS 1662 8865 25 , , , 1662 8865 26 Coracero Coracero NNP 1662 8865 27 Guard Guard NNP 1662 8865 28 , , , 1662 8865 29 Police Police NNP 1662 8865 30 Military Military NNP 1662 8865 31 manpower manpower NN 1662 8865 32 - - HYPH 1662 8865 33 availability availability NN 1662 8865 34 : : : 1662 8865 35 males male NNS 1662 8865 36 age age NNP 1662 8865 37 15 15 CD 1662 8865 38 - - HYPH 1662 8865 39 49 49 CD 1662 8865 40 : : : 1662 8865 41 792,365 792,365 CD 1662 8865 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8865 43 1997 1997 CD 1662 8865 44 est est NNP 1662 8865 45 . . . 1662 8865 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8866 1 Military military JJ 1662 8866 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8866 3 - - HYPH 1662 8866 4 fit fit NN 1662 8866 5 for for IN 1662 8866 6 military military JJ 1662 8866 7 service service NN 1662 8866 8 : : : 1662 8866 9 males male NNS 1662 8866 10 : : : 1662 8866 11 643,137 643,137 CD 1662 8866 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8866 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8866 14 est est NNP 1662 8866 15 . . . 1662 8866 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8867 1 Military military JJ 1662 8867 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8867 3 - - HYPH 1662 8867 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8867 5 figure figure NN 1662 8867 6 : : : 1662 8867 7 $ $ $ 1662 8867 8 256 256 CD 1662 8867 9 million million CD 1662 8867 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8867 11 1994 1994 CD 1662 8867 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8867 13 Military military JJ 1662 8867 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8867 15 - - : 1662 8867 16 percent percent NN 1662 8867 17 of of IN 1662 8867 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8867 19 : : : 1662 8867 20 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 8867 21 % % NN 1662 8867 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8867 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 8867 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8867 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8867 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8867 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 8867 28 - - : 1662 8867 29 international international RB 1662 8867 30 : : : 1662 8867 31 two two CD 1662 8867 32 short short JJ 1662 8867 33 sections section NNS 1662 8867 34 of of IN 1662 8867 35 the the DT 1662 8867 36 boundary boundary NN 1662 8867 37 with with IN 1662 8867 38 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 8867 39 are be VBP 1662 8867 40 in in IN 1662 8867 41 dispute dispute NN 1662 8867 42 - - HYPH 1662 8867 43 Arroyo Arroyo NNP 1662 8867 44 de de FW 1662 8867 45 la la NNP 1662 8867 46 Invernada Invernada NNP 1662 8867 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8867 48 Arroio Arroio NNP 1662 8867 49 Invernada Invernada NNP 1662 8867 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8867 51 area area NN 1662 8867 52 of of IN 1662 8867 53 the the DT 1662 8867 54 Rio Rio NNP 1662 8867 55 Cuareim Cuareim NNP 1662 8867 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8867 57 Rio Rio NNP 1662 8867 58 Quarai Quarai NNP 1662 8867 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8867 60 and and CC 1662 8867 61 the the DT 1662 8867 62 islands island NNS 1662 8867 63 at at IN 1662 8867 64 the the DT 1662 8867 65 confluence confluence NN 1662 8867 66 of of IN 1662 8867 67 the the DT 1662 8867 68 Rio Rio NNP 1662 8867 69 Cuareim Cuareim NNP 1662 8867 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8867 71 Rio Rio NNP 1662 8867 72 Quarai Quarai NNP 1662 8867 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8867 74 and and CC 1662 8867 75 the the DT 1662 8867 76 Uruguay Uruguay NNP 1662 8867 77 River River NNP 1662 8867 78 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 79 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 80 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 81 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 82 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 83 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 84 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 85 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 86 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 87 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 88 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 89 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 90 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 91 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 92 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 93 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 94 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 95 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 96 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 97 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 98 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 99 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 100 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 101 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 102 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 103 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 104 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 105 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 106 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 107 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 108 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 109 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 110 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 111 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 112 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 113 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 114 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 115 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 116 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 117 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 118 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 119 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 120 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 121 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 122 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 123 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 124 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 125 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 126 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 127 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 128 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 129 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 130 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 131 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 132 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 133 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 134 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 135 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 136 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 137 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 138 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 139 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 140 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 141 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 142 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 143 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 144 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 145 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 146 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 147 _ _ NNP 1662 8867 148 UZBEKISTAN UZBEKISTAN NNP 1662 8867 149 @Uzbekistan @uzbekistan NN 1662 8867 150 : : : 1662 8867 151 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8867 152 Location Location NNP 1662 8867 153 : : : 1662 8867 154 Central Central NNP 1662 8867 155 Asia Asia NNP 1662 8867 156 , , , 1662 8867 157 north north RB 1662 8867 158 of of IN 1662 8867 159 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 8867 160 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8867 161 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8867 162 : : : 1662 8867 163 41 41 CD 1662 8867 164 00 00 CD 1662 8867 165 N n CD 1662 8867 166 , , , 1662 8867 167 64 64 CD 1662 8867 168 00 00 CD 1662 8867 169 E e NN 1662 8867 170 Map Map NNP 1662 8867 171 references reference NNS 1662 8867 172 : : : 1662 8867 173 Commonwealth Commonwealth NNP 1662 8867 174 of of IN 1662 8867 175 Independent Independent NNP 1662 8867 176 States States NNPS 1662 8867 177 Area Area NNP 1662 8867 178 : : : 1662 8867 179 total total NN 1662 8867 180 : : : 1662 8867 181 447,400 447,400 CD 1662 8867 182 sq sq NNP 1662 8867 183 km km NNP 1662 8867 184 land land NN 1662 8867 185 : : : 1662 8867 186 425,400 425,400 CD 1662 8867 187 sq sq NNP 1662 8867 188 km km NNP 1662 8867 189 water water NN 1662 8867 190 : : : 1662 8867 191 22,000 22,000 CD 1662 8867 192 sq sq NN 1662 8867 193 km km NNP 1662 8867 194 Area area NN 1662 8867 195 - - HYPH 1662 8867 196 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8867 197 : : : 1662 8867 198 slightly slightly RB 1662 8867 199 larger large JJR 1662 8867 200 than than IN 1662 8867 201 California California NNP 1662 8867 202 Land Land NNP 1662 8867 203 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8867 204 : : : 1662 8867 205 total total JJ 1662 8867 206 : : : 1662 8867 207 6,221 6,221 CD 1662 8867 208 km km NN 1662 8867 209 border border NN 1662 8867 210 countries country NNS 1662 8867 211 : : : 1662 8867 212 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 8867 213 137 137 CD 1662 8867 214 km km NNS 1662 8867 215 , , , 1662 8867 216 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 8867 217 2,203 2,203 CD 1662 8867 218 km km NNS 1662 8867 219 , , , 1662 8867 220 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan NNP 1662 8867 221 1,099 1,099 CD 1662 8867 222 km km NN 1662 8867 223 , , , 1662 8867 224 Tajikistan Tajikistan NNP 1662 8867 225 1,161 1,161 CD 1662 8867 226 km km NN 1662 8867 227 , , , 1662 8867 228 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 1662 8867 229 1,621 1,621 CD 1662 8867 230 km km NN 1662 8867 231 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8867 232 : : : 1662 8867 233 0 0 CD 1662 8867 234 km km NN 1662 8867 235 note note NN 1662 8867 236 : : : 1662 8867 237 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 1662 8867 238 borders border VBZ 1662 8867 239 the the DT 1662 8867 240 Aral Aral NNP 1662 8867 241 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8867 242 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8867 243 420 420 CD 1662 8867 244 km km NN 1662 8867 245 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8867 246 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8867 247 claims claim VBZ 1662 8867 248 : : : 1662 8867 249 none none NN 1662 8867 250 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8867 251 doubly doubly RB 1662 8867 252 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 8867 253 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8867 254 Climate climate NN 1662 8867 255 : : : 1662 8867 256 mostly mostly RB 1662 8867 257 midlatitude midlatitude JJ 1662 8867 258 desert desert NN 1662 8867 259 , , , 1662 8867 260 long long JJ 1662 8867 261 , , , 1662 8867 262 hot hot JJ 1662 8867 263 summers summer NNS 1662 8867 264 , , , 1662 8867 265 mild mild JJ 1662 8867 266 winters winter NNS 1662 8867 267 ; ; : 1662 8867 268 semiarid semiarid NN 1662 8867 269 grassland grassland NN 1662 8867 270 in in IN 1662 8867 271 east east JJ 1662 8867 272 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8867 273 : : : 1662 8867 274 mostly mostly RB 1662 8867 275 flat flat JJ 1662 8867 276 - - HYPH 1662 8867 277 to to IN 1662 8867 278 - - HYPH 1662 8867 279 rolling roll VBG 1662 8867 280 sandy sandy JJ 1662 8867 281 desert desert NN 1662 8867 282 with with IN 1662 8867 283 dunes dune NNS 1662 8867 284 ; ; : 1662 8867 285 broad broad JJ 1662 8867 286 , , , 1662 8867 287 flat flat JJ 1662 8867 288 intensely intensely RB 1662 8867 289 irrigated irrigate VBN 1662 8867 290 river river NN 1662 8867 291 valleys valley NNS 1662 8867 292 along along RB 1662 8867 293 course course NN 1662 8867 294 of of IN 1662 8867 295 Amu Amu NNP 1662 8867 296 Darya Darya NNP 1662 8867 297 and and CC 1662 8867 298 Syr Syr NNP 1662 8867 299 Darya Darya NNP 1662 8867 300 ; ; : 1662 8867 301 Fergana Fergana NNP 1662 8867 302 Valley Valley NNP 1662 8867 303 in in IN 1662 8867 304 east east NNP 1662 8867 305 surrounded surround VBN 1662 8867 306 by by IN 1662 8867 307 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 8867 308 Tajikistan Tajikistan NNP 1662 8867 309 and and CC 1662 8867 310 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan NNP 1662 8867 311 ; ; : 1662 8867 312 shrinking shrink VBG 1662 8867 313 Aral Aral NNP 1662 8867 314 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8867 315 in in IN 1662 8867 316 west west NNP 1662 8867 317 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8867 318 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8867 319 : : : 1662 8867 320 lowest low JJS 1662 8867 321 point point NN 1662 8867 322 : : : 1662 8867 323 Sariqarnish sariqarnish VB 1662 8867 324 Kuli Kuli NNP 1662 8867 325 -12 -12 NNP 1662 8867 326 m m DT 1662 8867 327 highest high JJS 1662 8867 328 point point NN 1662 8867 329 : : : 1662 8867 330 Adelunga Adelunga NNP 1662 8867 331 Toghi Toghi NNP 1662 8867 332 4,301 4,301 CD 1662 8867 333 m m NNP 1662 8867 334 Natural natural JJ 1662 8867 335 resources resource NNS 1662 8867 336 : : : 1662 8867 337 natural natural JJ 1662 8867 338 gas gas NN 1662 8867 339 , , , 1662 8867 340 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8867 341 , , , 1662 8867 342 coal coal NN 1662 8867 343 , , , 1662 8867 344 gold gold NN 1662 8867 345 , , , 1662 8867 346 uranium uranium NN 1662 8867 347 , , , 1662 8867 348 silver silver NN 1662 8867 349 , , , 1662 8867 350 copper copper NN 1662 8867 351 , , , 1662 8867 352 lead lead NN 1662 8867 353 and and CC 1662 8867 354 zinc zinc NN 1662 8867 355 , , , 1662 8867 356 tungsten tungsten NN 1662 8867 357 , , , 1662 8867 358 molybdenum molybdenum NN 1662 8867 359 Land Land NNP 1662 8867 360 use use NN 1662 8867 361 : : : 1662 8867 362 arable arable JJ 1662 8867 363 land land NN 1662 8867 364 : : : 1662 8867 365 9 9 CD 1662 8867 366 % % NN 1662 8867 367 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8867 368 crops crop NNS 1662 8867 369 : : : 1662 8867 370 1 1 CD 1662 8867 371 % % NN 1662 8867 372 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8867 373 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8867 374 : : : 1662 8867 375 46 46 CD 1662 8867 376 % % NN 1662 8867 377 forests forest NNS 1662 8867 378 and and CC 1662 8867 379 woodland woodland NN 1662 8867 380 : : : 1662 8867 381 3 3 CD 1662 8867 382 % % NN 1662 8867 383 other other JJ 1662 8867 384 : : : 1662 8867 385 41 41 CD 1662 8867 386 % % NN 1662 8867 387 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8867 388 1993 1993 CD 1662 8867 389 est est NNP 1662 8867 390 . . . 1662 8867 391 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8868 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8868 2 land land NN 1662 8868 3 : : : 1662 8868 4 40,000 40,000 CD 1662 8868 5 sq sq NNP 1662 8868 6 km km NNP 1662 8868 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8868 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8868 9 est est NNP 1662 8868 10 . . . 1662 8868 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8869 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8869 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8869 3 : : : 1662 8869 4 NA NA NNP 1662 8869 5 Environment environment NN 1662 8869 6 - - HYPH 1662 8869 7 current current JJ 1662 8869 8 issues issue NNS 1662 8869 9 : : : 1662 8869 10 drying dry VBG 1662 8869 11 up up RP 1662 8869 12 of of IN 1662 8869 13 the the DT 1662 8869 14 Aral Aral NNP 1662 8869 15 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8869 16 is be VBZ 1662 8869 17 resulting result VBG 1662 8869 18 in in IN 1662 8869 19 growing grow VBG 1662 8869 20 concentrations concentration NNS 1662 8869 21 of of IN 1662 8869 22 chemical chemical NN 1662 8869 23 pesticides pesticide NNS 1662 8869 24 and and CC 1662 8869 25 natural natural JJ 1662 8869 26 salts salt NNS 1662 8869 27 ; ; , 1662 8869 28 these these DT 1662 8869 29 substances substance NNS 1662 8869 30 are be VBP 1662 8869 31 then then RB 1662 8869 32 blown blow VBN 1662 8869 33 from from IN 1662 8869 34 the the DT 1662 8869 35 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 8869 36 exposed expose VBN 1662 8869 37 lake lake NN 1662 8869 38 bed bed NN 1662 8869 39 and and CC 1662 8869 40 contribute contribute VB 1662 8869 41 to to IN 1662 8869 42 desertification desertification NN 1662 8869 43 ; ; : 1662 8869 44 water water NN 1662 8869 45 pollution pollution NN 1662 8869 46 from from IN 1662 8869 47 industrial industrial JJ 1662 8869 48 wastes waste NNS 1662 8869 49 and and CC 1662 8869 50 the the DT 1662 8869 51 heavy heavy JJ 1662 8869 52 use use NN 1662 8869 53 of of IN 1662 8869 54 fertilizers fertilizer NNS 1662 8869 55 and and CC 1662 8869 56 pesticides pesticide NNS 1662 8869 57 is be VBZ 1662 8869 58 the the DT 1662 8869 59 cause cause NN 1662 8869 60 of of IN 1662 8869 61 many many JJ 1662 8869 62 human human JJ 1662 8869 63 health health NN 1662 8869 64 disorders disorder NNS 1662 8869 65 ; ; : 1662 8869 66 increasing increase VBG 1662 8869 67 soil soil NN 1662 8869 68 salinization salinization NN 1662 8869 69 ; ; , 1662 8869 70 soil soil NN 1662 8869 71 contamination contamination NN 1662 8869 72 from from IN 1662 8869 73 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8869 74 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 8869 75 , , , 1662 8869 76 including include VBG 1662 8869 77 DDT DDT NNP 1662 8869 78 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8869 79 - - HYPH 1662 8869 80 international international JJ 1662 8869 81 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8869 82 : : : 1662 8869 83 party party NN 1662 8869 84 to to TO 1662 8869 85 : : : 1662 8869 86 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 8869 87 , , , 1662 8869 88 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8869 89 Change Change NNP 1662 8869 90 , , , 1662 8869 91 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 8869 92 , , , 1662 8869 93 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 8869 94 Modification Modification NNP 1662 8869 95 , , , 1662 8869 96 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 8869 97 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 8869 98 , , , 1662 8869 99 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8869 100 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8869 101 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8869 102 signed sign VBD 1662 8869 103 , , , 1662 8869 104 but but CC 1662 8869 105 not not RB 1662 8869 106 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8869 107 : : : 1662 8869 108 none none NN 1662 8869 109 of of IN 1662 8869 110 the the DT 1662 8869 111 selected select VBN 1662 8869 112 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8869 113 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8869 114 - - HYPH 1662 8869 115 note note NN 1662 8869 116 : : : 1662 8869 117 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 1662 8869 118 and and CC 1662 8869 119 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein NNP 1662 8869 120 are be VBP 1662 8869 121 the the DT 1662 8869 122 only only JJ 1662 8869 123 two two CD 1662 8869 124 doubly doubly RB 1662 8869 125 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 8869 126 countries country NNS 1662 8869 127 in in IN 1662 8869 128 the the DT 1662 8869 129 world world NN 1662 8869 130 @Uzbekistan @uzbekistan NN 1662 8869 131 : : : 1662 8869 132 People People NNPS 1662 8869 133 Population Population NNP 1662 8869 134 : : : 1662 8869 135 23,467,724 23,467,724 CD 1662 8869 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8869 137 July July NNP 1662 8869 138 1997 1997 CD 1662 8869 139 est est NNP 1662 8869 140 . . . 1662 8869 141 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8870 1 Age age NN 1662 8870 2 structure structure NN 1662 8870 3 : : : 1662 8870 4 0 0 CD 1662 8870 5 - - HYPH 1662 8870 6 14 14 CD 1662 8870 7 years year NNS 1662 8870 8 : : : 1662 8870 9 39 39 CD 1662 8870 10 % % NN 1662 8870 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8870 12 male male JJ 1662 8870 13 4,609,766 4,609,766 CD 1662 8870 14 ; ; : 1662 8870 15 female female JJ 1662 8870 16 4,474,481 4,474,481 CD 1662 8870 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8870 18 15 15 CD 1662 8870 19 - - SYM 1662 8870 20 64 64 CD 1662 8870 21 years year NNS 1662 8870 22 : : : 1662 8870 23 57 57 CD 1662 8870 24 % % NN 1662 8870 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8870 26 male male JJ 1662 8870 27 6,593,525 6,593,525 CD 1662 8870 28 ; ; : 1662 8870 29 female female JJ 1662 8870 30 6,703,482 6,703,482 CD 1662 8870 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8870 32 65 65 CD 1662 8870 33 years year NNS 1662 8870 34 and and CC 1662 8870 35 over over IN 1662 8870 36 : : : 1662 8870 37 4 4 CD 1662 8870 38 % % NN 1662 8870 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8870 40 male male JJ 1662 8870 41 421,609 421,609 CD 1662 8870 42 ; ; : 1662 8870 43 female female JJ 1662 8870 44 664,861 664,861 CD 1662 8870 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8870 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8870 47 July July NNP 1662 8870 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8870 49 est est NNP 1662 8870 50 . . . 1662 8870 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8871 1 Population population NN 1662 8871 2 growth growth NN 1662 8871 3 rate rate NN 1662 8871 4 : : : 1662 8871 5 1.35 1.35 CD 1662 8871 6 % % NN 1662 8871 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8871 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8871 9 est est NNP 1662 8871 10 . . . 1662 8871 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8872 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8872 2 rate rate NN 1662 8872 3 : : : 1662 8872 4 24.02 24.02 CD 1662 8872 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 8872 6 population population NN 1662 8872 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8872 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8872 9 est est NNP 1662 8872 10 . . . 1662 8872 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8873 1 Death death NN 1662 8873 2 rate rate NN 1662 8873 3 : : : 1662 8873 4 7.63 7.63 CD 1662 8873 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8873 6 population population NN 1662 8873 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8873 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8873 9 est est NNP 1662 8873 10 . . . 1662 8873 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8874 1 Net net JJ 1662 8874 2 migration migration NN 1662 8874 3 rate rate NN 1662 8874 4 : : : 1662 8874 5 -2.92 -2.92 NFP 1662 8874 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 8874 7 population population NN 1662 8874 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8874 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8874 10 est est NNP 1662 8874 11 . . . 1662 8874 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8875 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8875 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8875 3 : : : 1662 8875 4 at at IN 1662 8875 5 birth birth NN 1662 8875 6 : : : 1662 8875 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 8875 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8875 9 under under IN 1662 8875 10 15 15 CD 1662 8875 11 years year NNS 1662 8875 12 : : : 1662 8875 13 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 8875 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8875 15 15 15 CD 1662 8875 16 - - HYPH 1662 8875 17 64 64 CD 1662 8875 18 years year NNS 1662 8875 19 : : : 1662 8875 20 0.98 0.98 CD 1662 8875 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8875 22 65 65 CD 1662 8875 23 years year NNS 1662 8875 24 and and CC 1662 8875 25 over over IN 1662 8875 26 : : : 1662 8875 27 0.63 0.63 CD 1662 8875 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 8875 29 total total JJ 1662 8875 30 population population NN 1662 8875 31 : : : 1662 8875 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 8875 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8875 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8875 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8875 36 est e JJS 1662 8875 37 . . . 1662 8875 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8876 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8876 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8876 3 rate rate NN 1662 8876 4 : : : 1662 8876 5 70.5 70.5 CD 1662 8876 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8876 7 live live JJ 1662 8876 8 births birth NNS 1662 8876 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8876 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8876 11 est est NNP 1662 8876 12 . . . 1662 8876 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8877 1 Life life NN 1662 8877 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8877 3 at at IN 1662 8877 4 birth birth NN 1662 8877 5 : : : 1662 8877 6 total total JJ 1662 8877 7 population population NN 1662 8877 8 : : : 1662 8877 9 64.31 64.31 CD 1662 8877 10 years year NNS 1662 8877 11 male male JJ 1662 8877 12 : : : 1662 8877 13 60.69 60.69 CD 1662 8877 14 years year NNS 1662 8877 15 female female JJ 1662 8877 16 : : : 1662 8877 17 68.11 68.11 CD 1662 8877 18 years year NNS 1662 8877 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8877 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8877 21 est est NNP 1662 8877 22 . . . 1662 8877 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8878 1 Total total JJ 1662 8878 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8878 3 rate rate NN 1662 8878 4 : : : 1662 8878 5 2.92 2.92 CD 1662 8878 6 children child NNS 1662 8878 7 born bear VBN 1662 8878 8 / / SYM 1662 8878 9 woman woman NN 1662 8878 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8878 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8878 12 est est NNP 1662 8878 13 . . . 1662 8878 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8879 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8879 2 : : : 1662 8879 3 noun noun NNP 1662 8879 4 : : : 1662 8879 5 Uzbekistani(s uzbekistani(s ADD 1662 8879 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8879 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 8879 8 : : : 1662 8879 9 Uzbekistani Uzbekistani NNP 1662 8879 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8879 11 groups group NNS 1662 8879 12 : : : 1662 8879 13 Uzbek Uzbek NNP 1662 8879 14 80 80 CD 1662 8879 15 % % NN 1662 8879 16 , , , 1662 8879 17 Russian Russian NNP 1662 8879 18 5.5 5.5 CD 1662 8879 19 % % NN 1662 8879 20 , , , 1662 8879 21 Tajik tajik NN 1662 8879 22 5 5 CD 1662 8879 23 % % NN 1662 8879 24 , , , 1662 8879 25 Kazak Kazak NNP 1662 8879 26 3 3 CD 1662 8879 27 % % NN 1662 8879 28 , , , 1662 8879 29 Karakalpak Karakalpak NNP 1662 8879 30 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 8879 31 % % NN 1662 8879 32 , , , 1662 8879 33 Tatar Tatar NNP 1662 8879 34 1.5 1.5 CD 1662 8879 35 % % NN 1662 8879 36 , , , 1662 8879 37 other other JJ 1662 8879 38 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 8879 39 % % NN 1662 8879 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8879 41 1996 1996 CD 1662 8879 42 est est NNP 1662 8879 43 . . . 1662 8879 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8880 1 Religions religion NNS 1662 8880 2 : : : 1662 8880 3 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 8880 4 88 88 CD 1662 8880 5 % % NN 1662 8880 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8880 7 mostly mostly RB 1662 8880 8 Sunnis Sunnis NNPS 1662 8880 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8880 10 , , , 1662 8880 11 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 8880 12 Orthodox Orthodox NNP 1662 8880 13 9 9 CD 1662 8880 14 % % NN 1662 8880 15 , , , 1662 8880 16 other other JJ 1662 8880 17 3 3 CD 1662 8880 18 % % NN 1662 8880 19 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 8880 20 : : : 1662 8880 21 Uzbek Uzbek NNS 1662 8880 22 74.3 74.3 CD 1662 8880 23 % % NN 1662 8880 24 , , , 1662 8880 25 Russian russian JJ 1662 8880 26 14.2 14.2 CD 1662 8880 27 % % NN 1662 8880 28 , , , 1662 8880 29 Tajik tajik VB 1662 8880 30 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 8880 31 % % NN 1662 8880 32 , , , 1662 8880 33 other other JJ 1662 8880 34 7.1 7.1 CD 1662 8880 35 % % NN 1662 8880 36 Literacy literacy NN 1662 8880 37 : : : 1662 8880 38 definition definition NN 1662 8880 39 : : : 1662 8880 40 age age NN 1662 8880 41 15 15 CD 1662 8880 42 and and CC 1662 8880 43 over over RB 1662 8880 44 can can MD 1662 8880 45 read read VB 1662 8880 46 and and CC 1662 8880 47 write write VB 1662 8880 48 total total JJ 1662 8880 49 population population NN 1662 8880 50 : : : 1662 8880 51 97 97 CD 1662 8880 52 % % NN 1662 8880 53 male male NN 1662 8880 54 : : : 1662 8880 55 98 98 CD 1662 8880 56 % % NN 1662 8880 57 female female NN 1662 8880 58 : : : 1662 8880 59 96 96 CD 1662 8880 60 % % NN 1662 8880 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8880 62 1989 1989 CD 1662 8880 63 est est NNP 1662 8880 64 . . . 1662 8880 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 1 @Uzbekistan @Uzbekistan NNP 1662 8881 2 : : : 1662 8881 3 Government Government NNP 1662 8881 4 Country Country NNP 1662 8881 5 name name NN 1662 8881 6 : : : 1662 8881 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8881 8 long long JJ 1662 8881 9 form form NN 1662 8881 10 : : : 1662 8881 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8881 12 of of IN 1662 8881 13 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 1662 8881 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8881 15 short short JJ 1662 8881 16 form form NN 1662 8881 17 : : : 1662 8881 18 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 1662 8881 19 local local JJ 1662 8881 20 long long JJ 1662 8881 21 form form NN 1662 8881 22 : : : 1662 8881 23 Uzbekiston Uzbekiston NNP 1662 8881 24 Respublikasi Respublikasi NNP 1662 8881 25 local local JJ 1662 8881 26 short short JJ 1662 8881 27 form form NN 1662 8881 28 : : : 1662 8881 29 none none NN 1662 8881 30 former former JJ 1662 8881 31 : : : 1662 8881 32 Uzbek Uzbek NNP 1662 8881 33 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 8881 34 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 8881 35 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8881 36 Data Data NNP 1662 8881 37 code code NN 1662 8881 38 : : : 1662 8881 39 UZ UZ NNP 1662 8881 40 Government Government NNP 1662 8881 41 type type NN 1662 8881 42 : : : 1662 8881 43 republic republic NNP 1662 8881 44 National national JJ 1662 8881 45 capital capital NN 1662 8881 46 : : : 1662 8881 47 Tashkent Tashkent NNP 1662 8881 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 49 Toshkent Toshkent NNP 1662 8881 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 51 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 8881 52 divisions division NNS 1662 8881 53 : : : 1662 8881 54 12 12 CD 1662 8881 55 wiloyatlar wiloyatlar JJ 1662 8881 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 57 singular singular NNP 1662 8881 58 - - HYPH 1662 8881 59 wiloyat wiloyat NNP 1662 8881 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 61 , , , 1662 8881 62 1 1 CD 1662 8881 63 autonomous autonomous NNP 1662 8881 64 republic republic NNP 1662 8881 65 * * NFP 1662 8881 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 67 respublikasi respublikasi NNP 1662 8881 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 69 , , , 1662 8881 70 and and CC 1662 8881 71 1 1 CD 1662 8881 72 city city NN 1662 8881 73 * * NFP 1662 8881 74 * * NFP 1662 8881 75 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 76 shahri shahri NNP 1662 8881 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 78 ; ; : 1662 8881 79 Andijon Andijon NNP 1662 8881 80 Wiloyati Wiloyati NNP 1662 8881 81 , , , 1662 8881 82 Bukhoro Bukhoro NNP 1662 8881 83 Wiloyati Wiloyati NNP 1662 8881 84 , , , 1662 8881 85 Jizzakh Jizzakh NNP 1662 8881 86 Wiloyati Wiloyati NNP 1662 8881 87 , , , 1662 8881 88 Farghona Farghona NNP 1662 8881 89 Wiloyati Wiloyati NNP 1662 8881 90 , , , 1662 8881 91 Qoraqalpoghiston Qoraqalpoghiston NNP 1662 8881 92 * * NFP 1662 8881 93 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 94 Nukus Nukus NNP 1662 8881 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 96 , , , 1662 8881 97 Qashqadaryo Qashqadaryo NNP 1662 8881 98 Wiloyati Wiloyati NNP 1662 8881 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 100 Qarshi Qarshi NNP 1662 8881 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 102 , , , 1662 8881 103 Khorazm Khorazm NNP 1662 8881 104 Wiloyati Wiloyati NNP 1662 8881 105 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 106 Urganch Urganch NNP 1662 8881 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 108 , , , 1662 8881 109 Namangan Namangan NNP 1662 8881 110 Wiloyati Wiloyati NNP 1662 8881 111 , , , 1662 8881 112 Nawoiy Nawoiy NNP 1662 8881 113 Wiloyati Wiloyati NNP 1662 8881 114 , , , 1662 8881 115 Samarqand Samarqand NNP 1662 8881 116 Wiloyati Wiloyati NNP 1662 8881 117 , , , 1662 8881 118 Sirdaryo Sirdaryo NNP 1662 8881 119 Wiloyati Wiloyati NNP 1662 8881 120 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 121 Guliston Guliston NNP 1662 8881 122 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 123 , , , 1662 8881 124 Surkhondaryo Surkhondaryo NNP 1662 8881 125 Wiloyati Wiloyati NNP 1662 8881 126 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 127 Termiz Termiz NNP 1662 8881 128 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 129 , , , 1662 8881 130 Toshkent Toshkent NNP 1662 8881 131 Shahri Shahri NNP 1662 8881 132 * * NFP 1662 8881 133 * * NFP 1662 8881 134 , , , 1662 8881 135 Toshkent Toshkent NNP 1662 8881 136 Wiloyati Wiloyati NNP 1662 8881 137 note note VBP 1662 8881 138 : : : 1662 8881 139 administrative administrative JJ 1662 8881 140 divisions division NNS 1662 8881 141 have have VBP 1662 8881 142 the the DT 1662 8881 143 same same JJ 1662 8881 144 names name NNS 1662 8881 145 as as IN 1662 8881 146 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8881 147 administrative administrative JJ 1662 8881 148 centers center NNS 1662 8881 149 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 150 exceptions exception NNS 1662 8881 151 have have VBP 1662 8881 152 the the DT 1662 8881 153 administrative administrative JJ 1662 8881 154 center center NN 1662 8881 155 name name NN 1662 8881 156 following follow VBG 1662 8881 157 in in IN 1662 8881 158 parentheses parenthesis NNS 1662 8881 159 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 160 Independence independence NN 1662 8881 161 : : : 1662 8881 162 31 31 CD 1662 8881 163 August August NNP 1662 8881 164 1991 1991 CD 1662 8881 165 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 166 from from IN 1662 8881 167 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 8881 168 Union Union NNP 1662 8881 169 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 170 National national JJ 1662 8881 171 holiday holiday NN 1662 8881 172 : : : 1662 8881 173 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8881 174 Day Day NNP 1662 8881 175 , , , 1662 8881 176 1 1 CD 1662 8881 177 September September NNP 1662 8881 178 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 179 1991 1991 CD 1662 8881 180 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 181 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 8881 182 : : : 1662 8881 183 new new JJ 1662 8881 184 constitution constitution NN 1662 8881 185 adopted adopt VBD 1662 8881 186 8 8 CD 1662 8881 187 December December NNP 1662 8881 188 1992 1992 CD 1662 8881 189 Legal legal JJ 1662 8881 190 system system NN 1662 8881 191 : : : 1662 8881 192 evolution evolution NN 1662 8881 193 of of IN 1662 8881 194 Soviet soviet JJ 1662 8881 195 civil civil JJ 1662 8881 196 law law NN 1662 8881 197 ; ; : 1662 8881 198 still still RB 1662 8881 199 lacks lack VBZ 1662 8881 200 independent independent JJ 1662 8881 201 judicial judicial JJ 1662 8881 202 system system NN 1662 8881 203 Suffrage Suffrage NNP 1662 8881 204 : : : 1662 8881 205 18 18 CD 1662 8881 206 years year NNS 1662 8881 207 of of IN 1662 8881 208 age age NN 1662 8881 209 ; ; : 1662 8881 210 universal universal JJ 1662 8881 211 Executive Executive NNP 1662 8881 212 branch branch NN 1662 8881 213 : : : 1662 8881 214 chief chief NN 1662 8881 215 of of IN 1662 8881 216 state state NN 1662 8881 217 : : : 1662 8881 218 President President NNP 1662 8881 219 Islom Islom NNP 1662 8881 220 KARIMOV KARIMOV NNP 1662 8881 221 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 222 since since IN 1662 8881 223 24 24 CD 1662 8881 224 March March NNP 1662 8881 225 1990 1990 CD 1662 8881 226 , , , 1662 8881 227 when when WRB 1662 8881 228 he -PRON- PRP 1662 8881 229 was be VBD 1662 8881 230 elected elect VBN 1662 8881 231 president president NN 1662 8881 232 by by IN 1662 8881 233 the the DT 1662 8881 234 then then RB 1662 8881 235 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8881 236 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 8881 237 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 238 head head NN 1662 8881 239 of of IN 1662 8881 240 government government NN 1662 8881 241 : : : 1662 8881 242 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8881 243 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8881 244 Utkur Utkur NNP 1662 8881 245 SULTONOV SULTONOV NNP 1662 8881 246 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 247 since since IN 1662 8881 248 December December NNP 1662 8881 249 1995 1995 CD 1662 8881 250 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 251 ; ; : 1662 8881 252 First First NNP 1662 8881 253 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 8881 254 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8881 255 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8881 256 Ismoil Ismoil NNP 1662 8881 257 JURABEKOV JURABEKOV NNP 1662 8881 258 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 259 since since IN 1662 8881 260 NA NA NNP 1662 8881 261 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 262 ; ; : 1662 8881 263 First First NNP 1662 8881 264 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 8881 265 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8881 266 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8881 267 for for IN 1662 8881 268 Agriculture Agriculture NNP 1662 8881 269 Qobiljon Qobiljon NNP 1662 8881 270 OBIDOV OBIDOV NNP 1662 8881 271 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 272 since since IN 1662 8881 273 NA NA NNP 1662 8881 274 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 275 ; ; : 1662 8881 276 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 8881 277 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8881 278 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 8881 279 Viktor Viktor NNP 1662 8881 280 CHIZHEN CHIZHEN NNP 1662 8881 281 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 282 since since IN 1662 8881 283 NA NA NNP 1662 8881 284 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 285 , , , 1662 8881 286 Bakhtiyor Bakhtiyor NNP 1662 8881 287 HAMIDOV HAMIDOV NNP 1662 8881 288 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 289 since since IN 1662 8881 290 NA NA NNP 1662 8881 291 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 292 , , , 1662 8881 293 Kayim Kayim NNP 1662 8881 294 HAQQULOV HAQQULOV NNP 1662 8881 295 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 296 since since IN 1662 8881 297 NA NA NNP 1662 8881 298 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 299 , , , 1662 8881 300 Dilbar Dilbar NNP 1662 8881 301 GHOLOMOVA GHOLOMOVA NNP 1662 8881 302 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 303 since since IN 1662 8881 304 NA NA NNP 1662 8881 305 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 306 , , , 1662 8881 307 Alisher Alisher NNP 1662 8881 308 AZIZKHOJAYEV AZIZKHOJAYEV NNP 1662 8881 309 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 310 since since IN 1662 8881 311 NA NA NNP 1662 8881 312 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 313 , , , 1662 8881 314 Mirabror Mirabror NNP 1662 8881 315 USMONOV USMONOV NNP 1662 8881 316 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 317 since since IN 1662 8881 318 NA NA NNP 1662 8881 319 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 320 , , , 1662 8881 321 Murat Murat NNP 1662 8881 322 SHARIFKHOJAYEV SHARIFKHOJAYEV NNP 1662 8881 323 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 324 since since IN 1662 8881 325 NA NA NNP 1662 8881 326 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 327 , , , 1662 8881 328 Rustam Rustam NNP 1662 8881 329 YUNUSOV YUNUSOV NNP 1662 8881 330 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 331 since since IN 1662 8881 332 NA NA NNP 1662 8881 333 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 334 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 8881 335 : : : 1662 8881 336 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 8881 337 of of IN 1662 8881 338 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 8881 339 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8881 340 by by IN 1662 8881 341 the the DT 1662 8881 342 president president NN 1662 8881 343 with with IN 1662 8881 344 approval approval NN 1662 8881 345 of of IN 1662 8881 346 the the DT 1662 8881 347 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8881 348 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8881 349 elections election NNS 1662 8881 350 : : : 1662 8881 351 president president NN 1662 8881 352 elected elect VBN 1662 8881 353 by by IN 1662 8881 354 popular popular JJ 1662 8881 355 vote vote NN 1662 8881 356 for for IN 1662 8881 357 a a DT 1662 8881 358 five five CD 1662 8881 359 - - HYPH 1662 8881 360 year year NN 1662 8881 361 term term NN 1662 8881 362 ; ; : 1662 8881 363 election election NN 1662 8881 364 last last JJ 1662 8881 365 held hold VBD 1662 8881 366 29 29 CD 1662 8881 367 December December NNP 1662 8881 368 1991 1991 CD 1662 8881 369 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 370 next next JJ 1662 8881 371 to to TO 1662 8881 372 be be VB 1662 8881 373 held hold VBN 1662 8881 374 NA NA NNP 1662 8881 375 2000 2000 CD 1662 8881 376 ; ; : 1662 8881 377 note note NN 1662 8881 378 - - HYPH 1662 8881 379 extension extension NN 1662 8881 380 of of IN 1662 8881 381 President President NNP 1662 8881 382 KARIMOV KARIMOV NNP 1662 8881 383 's 's POS 1662 8881 384 term term NN 1662 8881 385 for for IN 1662 8881 386 an an DT 1662 8881 387 additional additional JJ 1662 8881 388 four four CD 1662 8881 389 years year NNS 1662 8881 390 overwhelmingly overwhelmingly RB 1662 8881 391 approved approve VBN 1662 8881 392 - - : 1662 8881 393 99.6 99.6 CD 1662 8881 394 % % NN 1662 8881 395 of of IN 1662 8881 396 total total JJ 1662 8881 397 vote vote NN 1662 8881 398 in in IN 1662 8881 399 favor favor NN 1662 8881 400 - - HYPH 1662 8881 401 by by IN 1662 8881 402 national national JJ 1662 8881 403 referendum referendum NN 1662 8881 404 held hold VBD 1662 8881 405 26 26 CD 1662 8881 406 March March NNP 1662 8881 407 1995 1995 CD 1662 8881 408 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 409 ; ; : 1662 8881 410 prime prime NNP 1662 8881 411 minister minister NNP 1662 8881 412 and and CC 1662 8881 413 deputy deputy JJ 1662 8881 414 prime prime JJ 1662 8881 415 ministers minister NNS 1662 8881 416 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8881 417 by by IN 1662 8881 418 the the DT 1662 8881 419 president president NNP 1662 8881 420 election election NN 1662 8881 421 results result NNS 1662 8881 422 : : : 1662 8881 423 Islom Islom NNP 1662 8881 424 KARIMOV KARIMOV NNP 1662 8881 425 elected elect VBD 1662 8881 426 president president NN 1662 8881 427 ; ; , 1662 8881 428 percent percent NN 1662 8881 429 of of IN 1662 8881 430 vote vote NN 1662 8881 431 - - HYPH 1662 8881 432 Islom Islom NNP 1662 8881 433 KARIMOV KARIMOV VBD 1662 8881 434 86 86 CD 1662 8881 435 % % NN 1662 8881 436 , , , 1662 8881 437 Mukhammad Mukhammad NNP 1662 8881 438 SOLIKH SOLIKH NNP 1662 8881 439 12 12 CD 1662 8881 440 % % NN 1662 8881 441 , , , 1662 8881 442 other other JJ 1662 8881 443 2 2 CD 1662 8881 444 % % NN 1662 8881 445 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 8881 446 branch branch NN 1662 8881 447 : : : 1662 8881 448 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 8881 449 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8881 450 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8881 451 or or CC 1662 8881 452 Oliy Oliy NNP 1662 8881 453 Majlis Majlis NNP 1662 8881 454 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 455 250 250 CD 1662 8881 456 seats seat NNS 1662 8881 457 ; ; : 1662 8881 458 members member NNS 1662 8881 459 are be VBP 1662 8881 460 elected elect VBN 1662 8881 461 by by IN 1662 8881 462 popular popular JJ 1662 8881 463 vote vote NN 1662 8881 464 to to TO 1662 8881 465 serve serve VB 1662 8881 466 five five CD 1662 8881 467 - - HYPH 1662 8881 468 year year NN 1662 8881 469 terms term NNS 1662 8881 470 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 471 elections election NNS 1662 8881 472 : : : 1662 8881 473 last last RB 1662 8881 474 held hold VBD 1662 8881 475 25 25 CD 1662 8881 476 December December NNP 1662 8881 477 1994 1994 CD 1662 8881 478 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 479 next next JJ 1662 8881 480 to to TO 1662 8881 481 be be VB 1662 8881 482 held hold VBN 1662 8881 483 NA NA NNP 1662 8881 484 1999 1999 CD 1662 8881 485 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 486 election election NN 1662 8881 487 results result NNS 1662 8881 488 : : : 1662 8881 489 percent percent NN 1662 8881 490 of of IN 1662 8881 491 vote vote NN 1662 8881 492 by by IN 1662 8881 493 party party NN 1662 8881 494 - - HYPH 1662 8881 495 NA NA NNP 1662 8881 496 ; ; , 1662 8881 497 seats seat NNS 1662 8881 498 by by IN 1662 8881 499 party party NN 1662 8881 500 - - HYPH 1662 8881 501 People People NNPS 1662 8881 502 's 's POS 1662 8881 503 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8881 504 Party Party NNP 1662 8881 505 207 207 CD 1662 8881 506 , , , 1662 8881 507 Fatherland Fatherland NNP 1662 8881 508 Progress Progress NNP 1662 8881 509 Party Party NNP 1662 8881 510 12 12 CD 1662 8881 511 , , , 1662 8881 512 other other JJ 1662 8881 513 31 31 CD 1662 8881 514 ; ; : 1662 8881 515 note note NN 1662 8881 516 - - HYPH 1662 8881 517 final final JJ 1662 8881 518 runoffs runoff NNS 1662 8881 519 were be VBD 1662 8881 520 held hold VBN 1662 8881 521 22 22 CD 1662 8881 522 January January NNP 1662 8881 523 1995 1995 CD 1662 8881 524 ; ; : 1662 8881 525 seating seating NN 1662 8881 526 was be VBD 1662 8881 527 as as IN 1662 8881 528 follows follow VBZ 1662 8881 529 : : : 1662 8881 530 People People NNS 1662 8881 531 's 's POS 1662 8881 532 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8881 533 Party Party NNP 1662 8881 534 69 69 CD 1662 8881 535 , , , 1662 8881 536 Fatherland Fatherland NNP 1662 8881 537 Progress Progress NNP 1662 8881 538 Party Party NNP 1662 8881 539 14 14 CD 1662 8881 540 , , , 1662 8881 541 Social Social NNP 1662 8881 542 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8881 543 Party Party NNP 1662 8881 544 47 47 CD 1662 8881 545 , , , 1662 8881 546 local local JJ 1662 8881 547 government government NN 1662 8881 548 120 120 CD 1662 8881 549 note note VBP 1662 8881 550 : : : 1662 8881 551 all all DT 1662 8881 552 parties party NNS 1662 8881 553 in in IN 1662 8881 554 parliament parliament NN 1662 8881 555 support support NN 1662 8881 556 President President NNP 1662 8881 557 KARIMOV KARIMOV NNP 1662 8881 558 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 8881 559 branch branch NN 1662 8881 560 : : : 1662 8881 561 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8881 562 Court Court NNP 1662 8881 563 , , , 1662 8881 564 judges judge NNS 1662 8881 565 are be VBP 1662 8881 566 nominated nominate VBN 1662 8881 567 by by IN 1662 8881 568 the the DT 1662 8881 569 president president NN 1662 8881 570 and and CC 1662 8881 571 confirmed confirm VBD 1662 8881 572 by by IN 1662 8881 573 the the DT 1662 8881 574 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8881 575 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8881 576 Political political JJ 1662 8881 577 parties party NNS 1662 8881 578 and and CC 1662 8881 579 leaders leader NNS 1662 8881 580 : : : 1662 8881 581 People People NNS 1662 8881 582 's 's POS 1662 8881 583 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8881 584 Party Party NNP 1662 8881 585 or or CC 1662 8881 586 PDP PDP NNP 1662 8881 587 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 588 formerly formerly RB 1662 8881 589 Communist Communist NNP 1662 8881 590 Party Party NNP 1662 8881 591 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 592 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8881 593 Islom Islom NNP 1662 8881 594 A. a. NN 1662 8881 595 KARIMOV KARIMOV NNP 1662 8881 596 , , , 1662 8881 597 chairman chairman NN 1662 8881 598 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8881 599 ; ; : 1662 8881 600 Fatherland Fatherland NNP 1662 8881 601 Progress Progress NNP 1662 8881 602 Party Party NNP 1662 8881 603 or or CC 1662 8881 604 FPP FPP NNP 1662 8881 605 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8881 606 Anwar Anwar NNP 1662 8881 607 YULDASHEV YULDASHEV NNP 1662 8881 608 , , , 1662 8881 609 chairman chairman NN 1662 8881 610 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8881 611 ; ; : 1662 8881 612 Social Social NNP 1662 8881 613 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8881 614 Party Party NNP 1662 8881 615 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8881 616 Anvar Anvar NNP 1662 8881 617 JORABAYEV JORABAYEV NNP 1662 8881 618 , , , 1662 8881 619 chairman chairman NN 1662 8881 620 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8881 621 Political political JJ 1662 8881 622 pressure pressure NN 1662 8881 623 groups group NNS 1662 8881 624 and and CC 1662 8881 625 leaders leader NNS 1662 8881 626 : : : 1662 8881 627 Birlik Birlik NNP 1662 8881 628 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 629 Unity Unity NNP 1662 8881 630 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 631 People People NNPS 1662 8881 632 's 's POS 1662 8881 633 Movement Movement NNP 1662 8881 634 or or CC 1662 8881 635 BPM BPM NNP 1662 8881 636 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8881 637 Ibrahim Ibrahim NNP 1662 8881 638 BURIYEV BURIYEV NNP 1662 8881 639 , , , 1662 8881 640 chairman chairman NN 1662 8881 641 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8881 642 ; ; : 1662 8881 643 Islamic Islamic NNP 1662 8881 644 Rebirth Rebirth NNP 1662 8881 645 Party Party NNP 1662 8881 646 or or CC 1662 8881 647 IRP IRP NNP 1662 8881 648 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8881 649 Abdullah Abdullah NNP 1662 8881 650 UTAYEV UTAYEV NNP 1662 8881 651 , , , 1662 8881 652 chairman chairman NN 1662 8881 653 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8881 654 ; ; : 1662 8881 655 Erk Erk NNP 1662 8881 656 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 657 Freedom Freedom NNP 1662 8881 658 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 659 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 8881 660 Party Party NNP 1662 8881 661 was be VBD 1662 8881 662 banned ban VBN 1662 8881 663 9 9 CD 1662 8881 664 December December NNP 1662 8881 665 1992 1992 CD 1662 8881 666 note note NN 1662 8881 667 : : : 1662 8881 668 UTAYEV UTAYEV NNP 1662 8881 669 or or CC 1662 8881 670 IRP IRP NNP 1662 8881 671 is be VBZ 1662 8881 672 either either CC 1662 8881 673 in in IN 1662 8881 674 prison prison NN 1662 8881 675 or or CC 1662 8881 676 in in IN 1662 8881 677 exile exile NN 1662 8881 678 International international JJ 1662 8881 679 organization organization NN 1662 8881 680 participation participation NN 1662 8881 681 : : : 1662 8881 682 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 8881 683 , , , 1662 8881 684 CCC CCC NNP 1662 8881 685 , , , 1662 8881 686 CIS CIS NNP 1662 8881 687 , , , 1662 8881 688 EBRD EBRD NNP 1662 8881 689 , , , 1662 8881 690 ECE ECE NNP 1662 8881 691 , , , 1662 8881 692 ECO ECO NNP 1662 8881 693 , , , 1662 8881 694 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 8881 695 , , , 1662 8881 696 IAEA iaea NN 1662 8881 697 , , , 1662 8881 698 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 8881 699 , , , 1662 8881 700 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 8881 701 , , , 1662 8881 702 IDA IDA NNP 1662 8881 703 , , , 1662 8881 704 IFC IFC NNP 1662 8881 705 , , , 1662 8881 706 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 8881 707 , , , 1662 8881 708 ILO ILO NNP 1662 8881 709 , , , 1662 8881 710 IMF IMF NNP 1662 8881 711 , , , 1662 8881 712 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 8881 713 , , , 1662 8881 714 IOC IOC NNP 1662 8881 715 , , , 1662 8881 716 ISO ISO NNP 1662 8881 717 , , , 1662 8881 718 ITU ITU NNP 1662 8881 719 , , , 1662 8881 720 NACC NACC NNP 1662 8881 721 , , , 1662 8881 722 NAM NAM NNP 1662 8881 723 , , , 1662 8881 724 OIC OIC NNP 1662 8881 725 , , , 1662 8881 726 OSCE OSCE NNP 1662 8881 727 , , , 1662 8881 728 PFP PFP NNP 1662 8881 729 , , , 1662 8881 730 UN UN NNP 1662 8881 731 , , , 1662 8881 732 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 8881 733 , , , 1662 8881 734 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 8881 735 , , , 1662 8881 736 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 8881 737 , , , 1662 8881 738 UPU UPU NNP 1662 8881 739 , , , 1662 8881 740 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 8881 741 , , , 1662 8881 742 WHO who WP 1662 8881 743 , , , 1662 8881 744 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 8881 745 , , , 1662 8881 746 WMO WMO NNP 1662 8881 747 , , , 1662 8881 748 WToO wtoo FW 1662 8881 749 , , , 1662 8881 750 WTrO wtro VB 1662 8881 751 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 752 applicant applicant NN 1662 8881 753 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 754 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8881 755 representation representation NN 1662 8881 756 in in IN 1662 8881 757 the the DT 1662 8881 758 US US NNP 1662 8881 759 : : : 1662 8881 760 chief chief NN 1662 8881 761 of of IN 1662 8881 762 mission mission NN 1662 8881 763 : : : 1662 8881 764 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 8881 765 Sodyk Sodyk NNP 1662 8881 766 SAFAYEV SAFAYEV NNP 1662 8881 767 chancery chancery NN 1662 8881 768 : : : 1662 8881 769 1746 1746 CD 1662 8881 770 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 8881 771 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 8881 772 NW NW NNP 1662 8881 773 , , , 1662 8881 774 Washington Washington NNP 1662 8881 775 , , , 1662 8881 776 DC DC NNP 1662 8881 777 20036 20036 CD 1662 8881 778 telephone telephone NN 1662 8881 779 : : : 1662 8881 780 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8881 781 1 1 CD 1662 8881 782 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8881 783 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 784 202 202 CD 1662 8881 785 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 786 887 887 CD 1662 8881 787 - - HYPH 1662 8881 788 5300 5300 CD 1662 8881 789 FAX FAX NNP 1662 8881 790 : : : 1662 8881 791 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8881 792 1 1 CD 1662 8881 793 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8881 794 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 795 202 202 CD 1662 8881 796 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 797 293 293 CD 1662 8881 798 - - SYM 1662 8881 799 6804 6804 CD 1662 8881 800 consulate(s consulate(s NNP 1662 8881 801 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 802 general general NN 1662 8881 803 : : : 1662 8881 804 New New NNP 1662 8881 805 York York NNP 1662 8881 806 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8881 807 representation representation NN 1662 8881 808 from from IN 1662 8881 809 the the DT 1662 8881 810 US US NNP 1662 8881 811 : : : 1662 8881 812 chief chief NN 1662 8881 813 of of IN 1662 8881 814 mission mission NN 1662 8881 815 : : : 1662 8881 816 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 8881 817 Stanley Stanley NNP 1662 8881 818 T. T. NNP 1662 8881 819 ESCUDERO ESCUDERO NNP 1662 8881 820 embassy embassy NN 1662 8881 821 : : : 1662 8881 822 82 82 CD 1662 8881 823 Chilanzarskaya Chilanzarskaya NNP 1662 8881 824 , , , 1662 8881 825 Tashkent Tashkent NNP 1662 8881 826 mailing mail VBG 1662 8881 827 address address NN 1662 8881 828 : : : 1662 8881 829 use use VB 1662 8881 830 embassy embassy NNP 1662 8881 831 street street NNP 1662 8881 832 address address NN 1662 8881 833 telephone telephone NNP 1662 8881 834 : : : 1662 8881 835 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8881 836 7 7 CD 1662 8881 837 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8881 838 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 839 3712 3712 CD 1662 8881 840 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 841 77 77 CD 1662 8881 842 - - HYPH 1662 8881 843 14 14 CD 1662 8881 844 - - HYPH 1662 8881 845 07 07 CD 1662 8881 846 , , , 1662 8881 847 77 77 CD 1662 8881 848 - - SYM 1662 8881 849 10 10 CD 1662 8881 850 - - SYM 1662 8881 851 81 81 CD 1662 8881 852 , , , 1662 8881 853 77 77 CD 1662 8881 854 - - SYM 1662 8881 855 69 69 CD 1662 8881 856 - - HYPH 1662 8881 857 86 86 CD 1662 8881 858 FAX fax NN 1662 8881 859 : : : 1662 8881 860 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8881 861 7 7 CD 1662 8881 862 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8881 863 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8881 864 3712 3712 CD 1662 8881 865 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8881 866 40 40 CD 1662 8881 867 - 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- HYPH 1662 8891 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 8891 5 price price NN 1662 8891 6 index index NN 1662 8891 7 : : : 1662 8891 8 55 55 CD 1662 8891 9 % % NN 1662 8891 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8891 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 8891 12 est est NNP 1662 8891 13 . . . 1662 8891 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8892 1 Labor labor NN 1662 8892 2 force force NN 1662 8892 3 : : : 1662 8892 4 total total NN 1662 8892 5 : : : 1662 8892 6 8.2 8.2 CD 1662 8892 7 million million CD 1662 8892 8 by by IN 1662 8892 9 occupation occupation NN 1662 8892 10 : : : 1662 8892 11 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8892 12 and and CC 1662 8892 13 forestry forestry NN 1662 8892 14 44 44 CD 1662 8892 15 % % NN 1662 8892 16 , , , 1662 8892 17 industry industry NN 1662 8892 18 and and CC 1662 8892 19 construction construction NN 1662 8892 20 20 20 CD 1662 8892 21 % % NN 1662 8892 22 , , , 1662 8892 23 other other JJ 1662 8892 24 36 36 CD 1662 8892 25 % % NN 1662 8892 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8892 27 1995 1995 CD 1662 8892 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8892 29 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 8892 30 rate rate NN 1662 8892 31 : : : 1662 8892 32 0.3 0.3 CD 1662 8892 33 % % NN 1662 8892 34 includes include VBZ 1662 8892 35 only only RB 1662 8892 36 officially officially RB 1662 8892 37 registered register VBN 1662 8892 38 unemployed unemployed JJ 1662 8892 39 ; ; : 1662 8892 40 large large JJ 1662 8892 41 numbers number NNS 1662 8892 42 of of IN 1662 8892 43 underemployed underemployed JJ 1662 8892 44 workers worker NNS 1662 8892 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8892 46 December December NNP 1662 8892 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 8892 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8892 49 Budget budget NN 1662 8892 50 : : : 1662 8892 51 revenues revenue NNS 1662 8892 52 : : : 1662 8892 53 $ $ $ 1662 8892 54 NA na NN 1662 8892 55 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8892 56 : : : 1662 8892 57 $ $ $ 1662 8892 58 NA na NN 1662 8892 59 , , , 1662 8892 60 including include VBG 1662 8892 61 capital capital NN 1662 8892 62 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8892 63 of of IN 1662 8892 64 $ $ $ 1662 8892 65 NA NA NNP 1662 8892 66 Industries Industries NNPS 1662 8892 67 : : : 1662 8892 68 textiles textile NNS 1662 8892 69 , , , 1662 8892 70 food food NN 1662 8892 71 processing processing NN 1662 8892 72 , , , 1662 8892 73 machine machine NN 1662 8892 74 building building NN 1662 8892 75 , , , 1662 8892 76 metallurgy metallurgy NN 1662 8892 77 , , , 1662 8892 78 natural natural JJ 1662 8892 79 gas gas NN 1662 8892 80 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 8892 81 production production NN 1662 8892 82 growth growth NN 1662 8892 83 rate rate NN 1662 8892 84 : : : 1662 8892 85 6 6 CD 1662 8892 86 % % NN 1662 8892 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8892 88 1996 1996 CD 1662 8892 89 est est NNP 1662 8892 90 . . . 1662 8892 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8893 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8893 2 - - HYPH 1662 8893 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 8893 4 : : : 1662 8893 5 11.82 11.82 CD 1662 8893 6 million million CD 1662 8893 7 kW kW NNP 1662 8893 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8893 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 8893 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8893 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8893 12 - - HYPH 1662 8893 13 production production NN 1662 8893 14 : : : 1662 8893 15 45.15 45.15 CD 1662 8893 16 billion billion CD 1662 8893 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8893 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8893 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 8893 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8893 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 8893 22 - - HYPH 1662 8893 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 8893 24 per per IN 1662 8893 25 capita capita NN 1662 8893 26 : : : 1662 8893 27 1,970 1,970 CD 1662 8893 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 8893 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8893 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 8893 31 est est NNP 1662 8893 32 . . . 1662 8893 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8894 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 8894 2 - - HYPH 1662 8894 3 products product NNS 1662 8894 4 : : : 1662 8894 5 cotton cotton NN 1662 8894 6 , , , 1662 8894 7 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 8894 8 , , , 1662 8894 9 fruits fruit NNS 1662 8894 10 , , , 1662 8894 11 grain grain NN 1662 8894 12 ; ; , 1662 8894 13 livestock livestock NN 1662 8894 14 Exports export NNS 1662 8894 15 : : : 1662 8894 16 total total JJ 1662 8894 17 value value NN 1662 8894 18 : : : 1662 8894 19 $ $ $ 1662 8894 20 3.2 3.2 CD 1662 8894 21 billion billion CD 1662 8894 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8894 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 8894 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8894 25 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8894 26 : : : 1662 8894 27 cotton cotton NN 1662 8894 28 , , , 1662 8894 29 gold gold NN 1662 8894 30 , , , 1662 8894 31 natural natural JJ 1662 8894 32 gas gas NN 1662 8894 33 , , , 1662 8894 34 mineral mineral NN 1662 8894 35 fertilizers fertilizer NNS 1662 8894 36 , , , 1662 8894 37 ferrous ferrous JJ 1662 8894 38 metals metal NNS 1662 8894 39 , , , 1662 8894 40 textiles textile NNS 1662 8894 41 , , , 1662 8894 42 food food NN 1662 8894 43 products product NNS 1662 8894 44 , , , 1662 8894 45 autos auto NNS 1662 8894 46 partners partner NNS 1662 8894 47 : : : 1662 8894 48 Russia Russia NNP 1662 8894 49 , , , 1662 8894 50 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 8894 51 , , , 1662 8894 52 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 8894 53 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8894 54 , , , 1662 8894 55 Western Western NNP 1662 8894 56 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8894 57 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 8894 58 : : : 1662 8894 59 total total JJ 1662 8894 60 value value NN 1662 8894 61 : : : 1662 8894 62 $ $ $ 1662 8894 63 3.2 3.2 CD 1662 8894 64 billion billion CD 1662 8894 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8894 66 1996 1996 CD 1662 8894 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8894 68 commodities commodity NNS 1662 8894 69 : : : 1662 8894 70 grain grain NN 1662 8894 71 , , , 1662 8894 72 machinery machinery NN 1662 8894 73 and and CC 1662 8894 74 parts part NNS 1662 8894 75 , , , 1662 8894 76 consumer consumer NN 1662 8894 77 durables durable NNS 1662 8894 78 , , , 1662 8894 79 other other JJ 1662 8894 80 foods food NNS 1662 8894 81 partners partner NNS 1662 8894 82 : : : 1662 8894 83 principally principally RB 1662 8894 84 other other JJ 1662 8894 85 FSU FSU NNP 1662 8894 86 , , , 1662 8894 87 Czech Czech NNP 1662 8894 88 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8894 89 , , , 1662 8894 90 Western Western NNP 1662 8894 91 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8894 92 Debt Debt NNP 1662 8894 93 - - HYPH 1662 8894 94 external external JJ 1662 8894 95 : : : 1662 8894 96 $ $ $ 1662 8894 97 1.285 1.285 CD 1662 8894 98 billion billion CD 1662 8894 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8894 100 of of IN 1662 8894 101 which which WDT 1662 8894 102 $ $ $ 1662 8894 103 510 510 CD 1662 8894 104 million million CD 1662 8894 105 to to IN 1662 8894 106 Russia Russia NNP 1662 8894 107 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8894 108 Economic economic JJ 1662 8894 109 aid aid NN 1662 8894 110 : : : 1662 8894 111 recipient recipient NN 1662 8894 112 : : : 1662 8894 113 ODA ODA NNP 1662 8894 114 , , , 1662 8894 115 $ $ $ 1662 8894 116 71 71 CD 1662 8894 117 million million CD 1662 8894 118 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8894 119 1993 1993 CD 1662 8894 120 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8894 121 note note NN 1662 8894 122 : : : 1662 8894 123 commitments commitment NNS 1662 8894 124 , , , 1662 8894 125 $ $ $ 1662 8894 126 2,915 2,915 CD 1662 8894 127 million million CD 1662 8894 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8894 129 $ $ $ 1662 8894 130 135 135 CD 1662 8894 131 million million CD 1662 8894 132 in in IN 1662 8894 133 disbursements disbursement NNS 1662 8894 134 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8894 135 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8894 136 1992 1992 CD 1662 8894 137 - 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- HYPH 1662 8899 26 military military NN 1662 8899 27 age age NN 1662 8899 28 : : : 1662 8899 29 18 18 CD 1662 8899 30 years year NNS 1662 8899 31 of of IN 1662 8899 32 age age NN 1662 8899 33 Military military JJ 1662 8899 34 manpower manpower NN 1662 8899 35 - - HYPH 1662 8899 36 availability availability NN 1662 8899 37 : : : 1662 8899 38 males male NNS 1662 8899 39 age age NNP 1662 8899 40 15 15 CD 1662 8899 41 - - HYPH 1662 8899 42 49 49 CD 1662 8899 43 : : : 1662 8899 44 5,833,862 5,833,862 CD 1662 8899 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8899 46 1997 1997 CD 1662 8899 47 est est NNP 1662 8899 48 . . . 1662 8899 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8900 1 Military military JJ 1662 8900 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8900 3 - - HYPH 1662 8900 4 fit fit NN 1662 8900 5 for for IN 1662 8900 6 military military JJ 1662 8900 7 service service NN 1662 8900 8 : : : 1662 8900 9 males male NNS 1662 8900 10 : : : 1662 8900 11 4,748,539 4,748,539 CD 1662 8900 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8900 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8900 14 est est NNP 1662 8900 15 . . . 1662 8900 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8901 1 Military military JJ 1662 8901 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8901 3 - - HYPH 1662 8901 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 8901 5 military military JJ 1662 8901 6 age age NN 1662 8901 7 annually annually RB 1662 8901 8 : : : 1662 8901 9 males male NNS 1662 8901 10 : : : 1662 8901 11 239,978 239,978 CD 1662 8901 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8901 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8901 14 est est NNP 1662 8901 15 . . . 1662 8901 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8902 1 Military military JJ 1662 8902 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8902 3 - - HYPH 1662 8902 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8902 5 figure figure NN 1662 8902 6 : : : 1662 8902 7 164 164 CD 1662 8902 8 million million CD 1662 8902 9 soms som NNS 1662 8902 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8902 11 1993 1993 CD 1662 8902 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8902 13 ; ; : 1662 8902 14 note note NN 1662 8902 15 - - HYPH 1662 8902 16 conversion conversion NN 1662 8902 17 of of IN 1662 8902 18 defense defense NN 1662 8902 19 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8902 20 into into IN 1662 8902 21 US US NNP 1662 8902 22 dollars dollar NNS 1662 8902 23 using use VBG 1662 8902 24 the the DT 1662 8902 25 current current JJ 1662 8902 26 exchange exchange NN 1662 8902 27 rate rate NN 1662 8902 28 could could MD 1662 8902 29 produce produce VB 1662 8902 30 misleading misleading JJ 1662 8902 31 results result NNS 1662 8902 32 Military military JJ 1662 8902 33 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8902 34 - - : 1662 8902 35 percent percent NN 1662 8902 36 of of IN 1662 8902 37 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8902 38 : : : 1662 8902 39 3.7 3.7 CD 1662 8902 40 % % NN 1662 8902 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8902 42 1993 1993 CD 1662 8902 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8902 44 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8902 45 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8902 46 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 8902 47 - - : 1662 8902 48 international international RB 1662 8902 49 : : : 1662 8902 50 none none NN 1662 8902 51 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 8902 52 drugs drug VBZ 1662 8902 53 : : : 1662 8902 54 limited limit VBN 1662 8902 55 illicit illicit JJ 1662 8902 56 cultivator cultivator NN 1662 8902 57 of of IN 1662 8902 58 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 8902 59 and and CC 1662 8902 60 small small JJ 1662 8902 61 amounts amount NNS 1662 8902 62 of of IN 1662 8902 63 opium opium NN 1662 8902 64 poppy poppy JJ 1662 8902 65 ; ; : 1662 8902 66 mostly mostly RB 1662 8902 67 for for IN 1662 8902 68 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8902 69 consumption consumption NN 1662 8902 70 ; ; , 1662 8902 71 limited limited JJ 1662 8902 72 government government NN 1662 8902 73 eradication eradication NN 1662 8902 74 program program NN 1662 8902 75 ; ; : 1662 8902 76 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 8902 77 used use VBN 1662 8902 78 as as IN 1662 8902 79 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 8902 80 point point NN 1662 8902 81 for for IN 1662 8902 82 illicit illicit JJ 1662 8902 83 drugs drug NNS 1662 8902 84 to to IN 1662 8902 85 Russia Russia NNP 1662 8902 86 and and CC 1662 8902 87 Western Western NNP 1662 8902 88 Europe Europe NNP 1662 8902 89 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 90 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 91 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 92 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 93 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 94 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 95 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 96 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 97 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 98 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 99 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 100 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 101 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 102 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 103 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 104 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 105 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 106 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 107 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 108 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 109 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 110 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 111 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 112 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 113 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 114 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 115 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 116 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 117 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 118 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 119 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 120 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 121 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 122 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 123 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 124 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 125 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 126 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 127 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 128 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 129 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 130 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 131 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 132 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 133 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 134 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 135 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 136 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 137 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 138 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 139 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 140 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 141 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 142 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 143 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 144 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 145 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 146 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 147 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 148 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 149 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 150 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 151 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 152 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 153 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 154 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 155 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 156 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 157 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 158 _ _ NNP 1662 8902 159 VANUATU VANUATU NNP 1662 8902 160 @Vanuatu @Vanuatu NNP 1662 8902 161 : : : 1662 8902 162 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8902 163 Location Location NNP 1662 8902 164 : : : 1662 8902 165 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 8902 166 , , , 1662 8902 167 group group NN 1662 8902 168 of of IN 1662 8902 169 islands island NNS 1662 8902 170 in in IN 1662 8902 171 the the DT 1662 8902 172 South South NNP 1662 8902 173 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 8902 174 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8902 175 , , , 1662 8902 176 about about RB 1662 8902 177 three three CD 1662 8902 178 - - HYPH 1662 8902 179 quarters quarter NNS 1662 8902 180 of of IN 1662 8902 181 the the DT 1662 8902 182 way way NN 1662 8902 183 from from IN 1662 8902 184 Hawaii Hawaii NNP 1662 8902 185 to to IN 1662 8902 186 Australia Australia NNP 1662 8902 187 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8902 188 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8902 189 : : : 1662 8902 190 16 16 CD 1662 8902 191 00 00 CD 1662 8902 192 S s NN 1662 8902 193 , , , 1662 8902 194 167 167 CD 1662 8902 195 00 00 CD 1662 8902 196 E e NN 1662 8902 197 Map Map NNP 1662 8902 198 references reference NNS 1662 8902 199 : : : 1662 8902 200 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 8902 201 Area Area NNP 1662 8902 202 : : : 1662 8902 203 total total NN 1662 8902 204 : : : 1662 8902 205 14,760 14,760 CD 1662 8902 206 sq sq NN 1662 8902 207 km km NNP 1662 8902 208 land land NN 1662 8902 209 : : : 1662 8902 210 14,760 14,760 CD 1662 8902 211 sq sq NN 1662 8902 212 km km NNP 1662 8902 213 water water NN 1662 8902 214 : : : 1662 8902 215 0 0 NFP 1662 8902 216 sq sq NNP 1662 8902 217 km km NNP 1662 8902 218 note note NN 1662 8902 219 : : : 1662 8902 220 includes include VBZ 1662 8902 221 more more JJR 1662 8902 222 than than IN 1662 8902 223 80 80 CD 1662 8902 224 islands island NNS 1662 8902 225 Area area NN 1662 8902 226 - - HYPH 1662 8902 227 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8902 228 : : : 1662 8902 229 slightly slightly RB 1662 8902 230 larger large JJR 1662 8902 231 than than IN 1662 8902 232 Connecticut Connecticut NNP 1662 8902 233 Land Land NNP 1662 8902 234 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8902 235 : : : 1662 8902 236 0 0 LS 1662 8902 237 km km NN 1662 8902 238 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8902 239 : : : 1662 8902 240 2,528 2,528 CD 1662 8902 241 km km NN 1662 8902 242 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8902 243 claims claim VBZ 1662 8902 244 : : : 1662 8902 245 measured measure VBN 1662 8902 246 from from IN 1662 8902 247 claimed claim VBN 1662 8902 248 archipelagic archipelagic JJ 1662 8902 249 baselines baseline NNS 1662 8902 250 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 8902 251 zone zone NN 1662 8902 252 : : : 1662 8902 253 24 24 CD 1662 8902 254 nm nm NNP 1662 8902 255 continental continental JJ 1662 8902 256 shelf shelf NNP 1662 8902 257 : : : 1662 8902 258 200 200 CD 1662 8902 259 nm nm CD 1662 8902 260 or or CC 1662 8902 261 to to IN 1662 8902 262 the the DT 1662 8902 263 edge edge NN 1662 8902 264 of of IN 1662 8902 265 the the DT 1662 8902 266 continental continental JJ 1662 8902 267 margin margin NN 1662 8902 268 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 8902 269 economic economic JJ 1662 8902 270 zone zone NN 1662 8902 271 : : : 1662 8902 272 200 200 CD 1662 8902 273 nm nm CD 1662 8902 274 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8902 275 sea sea NN 1662 8902 276 : : : 1662 8902 277 12 12 CD 1662 8902 278 nm nm NNP 1662 8902 279 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8902 280 : : : 1662 8902 281 tropical tropical JJ 1662 8902 282 ; ; : 1662 8902 283 moderated moderate VBN 1662 8902 284 by by IN 1662 8902 285 southeast southeast JJ 1662 8902 286 trade trade NN 1662 8902 287 winds wind NNS 1662 8902 288 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8902 289 : : : 1662 8902 290 mostly mostly RB 1662 8902 291 mountains mountain NNS 1662 8902 292 of of IN 1662 8902 293 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 8902 294 origin origin NN 1662 8902 295 ; ; : 1662 8902 296 narrow narrow JJ 1662 8902 297 coastal coastal JJ 1662 8902 298 plains plain NNS 1662 8902 299 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8902 300 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8902 301 : : : 1662 8902 302 lowest low JJS 1662 8902 303 point point NN 1662 8902 304 : : : 1662 8902 305 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 8902 306 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8902 307 0 0 NFP 1662 8902 308 m m DT 1662 8902 309 highest high JJS 1662 8902 310 point point NN 1662 8902 311 : : : 1662 8902 312 Mount Mount NNP 1662 8902 313 Tabwemasana Tabwemasana NNP 1662 8902 314 1,877 1,877 CD 1662 8902 315 m m NNP 1662 8902 316 Natural natural JJ 1662 8902 317 resources resource NNS 1662 8902 318 : : : 1662 8902 319 manganese manganese NNP 1662 8902 320 , , , 1662 8902 321 hardwood hardwood NN 1662 8902 322 forests forest NNS 1662 8902 323 , , , 1662 8902 324 fish fish NN 1662 8902 325 Land land NN 1662 8902 326 use use NN 1662 8902 327 : : : 1662 8902 328 arable arable JJ 1662 8902 329 land land NN 1662 8902 330 : : : 1662 8902 331 2 2 CD 1662 8902 332 % % NN 1662 8902 333 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8902 334 crops crop NNS 1662 8902 335 : : : 1662 8902 336 10 10 CD 1662 8902 337 % % NN 1662 8902 338 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8902 339 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8902 340 : : : 1662 8902 341 2 2 CD 1662 8902 342 % % NN 1662 8902 343 forests forest NNS 1662 8902 344 and and CC 1662 8902 345 woodland woodland NN 1662 8902 346 : : : 1662 8902 347 75 75 CD 1662 8902 348 % % NN 1662 8902 349 other other JJ 1662 8902 350 : : : 1662 8902 351 11 11 CD 1662 8902 352 % % NN 1662 8902 353 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8902 354 1993 1993 CD 1662 8902 355 est est NNP 1662 8902 356 . . . 1662 8902 357 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8903 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8903 2 land land NN 1662 8903 3 : : : 1662 8903 4 NA NA NNP 1662 8903 5 sq sq RB 1662 8903 6 km km VB 1662 8903 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 8903 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8903 9 : : : 1662 8903 10 tropical tropical JJ 1662 8903 11 cyclones cyclone NNS 1662 8903 12 or or CC 1662 8903 13 typhoons typhoon NNS 1662 8903 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8903 15 January January NNP 1662 8903 16 to to IN 1662 8903 17 April April NNP 1662 8903 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8903 19 ; ; : 1662 8903 20 volcanism volcanism NN 1662 8903 21 causes cause VBZ 1662 8903 22 minor minor JJ 1662 8903 23 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 8903 24 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8903 25 - - HYPH 1662 8903 26 current current JJ 1662 8903 27 issues issue NNS 1662 8903 28 : : : 1662 8903 29 a a DT 1662 8903 30 majority majority NN 1662 8903 31 of of IN 1662 8903 32 the the DT 1662 8903 33 population population NN 1662 8903 34 does do VBZ 1662 8903 35 not not RB 1662 8903 36 have have VB 1662 8903 37 access access NN 1662 8903 38 to to IN 1662 8903 39 a a DT 1662 8903 40 potable potable JJ 1662 8903 41 and and CC 1662 8903 42 reliable reliable JJ 1662 8903 43 supply supply NN 1662 8903 44 of of IN 1662 8903 45 water water NN 1662 8903 46 ; ; , 1662 8903 47 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 8903 48 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8903 49 - - HYPH 1662 8903 50 international international JJ 1662 8903 51 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8903 52 : : : 1662 8903 53 party party NN 1662 8903 54 to to TO 1662 8903 55 : : : 1662 8903 56 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 8903 57 , , , 1662 8903 58 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8903 59 Change Change NNP 1662 8903 60 , , , 1662 8903 61 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 8903 62 Species Species NNPS 1662 8903 63 , , , 1662 8903 64 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8903 65 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 8903 66 , , , 1662 8903 67 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8903 68 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8903 69 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8903 70 , , , 1662 8903 71 Ship Ship NNP 1662 8903 72 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8903 73 signed sign VBD 1662 8903 74 , , , 1662 8903 75 but but CC 1662 8903 76 not not RB 1662 8903 77 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8903 78 : : : 1662 8903 79 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 8903 80 , , , 1662 8903 81 Law Law NNP 1662 8903 82 of of IN 1662 8903 83 the the DT 1662 8903 84 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8903 85 @Vanuatu @vanuatu NN 1662 8903 86 : : : 1662 8903 87 People People NNP 1662 8903 88 Population Population NNP 1662 8903 89 : : : 1662 8903 90 181,358 181,358 CD 1662 8903 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8903 92 July July NNP 1662 8903 93 1997 1997 CD 1662 8903 94 est est NNP 1662 8903 95 . . . 1662 8903 96 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8904 1 Age age NN 1662 8904 2 structure structure NN 1662 8904 3 : : : 1662 8904 4 0 0 CD 1662 8904 5 - - HYPH 1662 8904 6 14 14 CD 1662 8904 7 years year NNS 1662 8904 8 : : : 1662 8904 9 40 40 CD 1662 8904 10 % % NN 1662 8904 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8904 12 male male JJ 1662 8904 13 36,655 36,655 CD 1662 8904 14 ; ; : 1662 8904 15 female female JJ 1662 8904 16 35,359 35,359 CD 1662 8904 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8904 18 15 15 CD 1662 8904 19 - - HYPH 1662 8904 20 64 64 CD 1662 8904 21 years year NNS 1662 8904 22 : : : 1662 8904 23 57 57 CD 1662 8904 24 % % NN 1662 8904 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8904 26 male male NN 1662 8904 27 53,506 53,506 CD 1662 8904 28 ; ; : 1662 8904 29 female female JJ 1662 8904 30 50,508 50,508 CD 1662 8904 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8904 32 65 65 CD 1662 8904 33 years year NNS 1662 8904 34 and and CC 1662 8904 35 over over IN 1662 8904 36 : : : 1662 8904 37 3 3 CD 1662 8904 38 % % NN 1662 8904 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8904 40 male male JJ 1662 8904 41 2,904 2,904 CD 1662 8904 42 ; ; : 1662 8904 43 female female JJ 1662 8904 44 2,426 2,426 CD 1662 8904 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8904 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8904 47 July July NNP 1662 8904 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8904 49 est est NNP 1662 8904 50 . . . 1662 8904 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8905 1 Population population NN 1662 8905 2 growth growth NN 1662 8905 3 rate rate NN 1662 8905 4 : : : 1662 8905 5 2.12 2.12 CD 1662 8905 6 % % NN 1662 8905 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8905 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8905 9 est est NNP 1662 8905 10 . . . 1662 8905 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8906 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8906 2 rate rate NN 1662 8906 3 : : : 1662 8906 4 29.87 29.87 CD 1662 8906 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 8906 6 population population NN 1662 8906 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8906 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8906 9 est est NNP 1662 8906 10 . . . 1662 8906 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8907 1 Death death NN 1662 8907 2 rate rate NN 1662 8907 3 : : : 1662 8907 4 8.63 8.63 CD 1662 8907 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8907 6 population population NN 1662 8907 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8907 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8907 9 est est NNP 1662 8907 10 . . . 1662 8907 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8908 1 Net net JJ 1662 8908 2 migration migration NN 1662 8908 3 rate rate NN 1662 8908 4 : : : 1662 8908 5 0 0 NFP 1662 8908 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 8908 7 population population NN 1662 8908 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8908 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8908 10 est est NNP 1662 8908 11 . . . 1662 8908 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8909 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8909 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8909 3 : : : 1662 8909 4 at at IN 1662 8909 5 birth birth NN 1662 8909 6 : : : 1662 8909 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 8909 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8909 9 under under IN 1662 8909 10 15 15 CD 1662 8909 11 years year NNS 1662 8909 12 : : : 1662 8909 13 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 8909 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8909 15 15 15 CD 1662 8909 16 - - HYPH 1662 8909 17 64 64 CD 1662 8909 18 years year NNS 1662 8909 19 : : : 1662 8909 20 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 8909 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8909 22 65 65 CD 1662 8909 23 years year NNS 1662 8909 24 and and CC 1662 8909 25 over over IN 1662 8909 26 : : : 1662 8909 27 1.2 1.2 CD 1662 8909 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 8909 29 total total JJ 1662 8909 30 population population NN 1662 8909 31 : : : 1662 8909 32 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 8909 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8909 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8909 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8909 36 est e JJS 1662 8909 37 . . . 1662 8909 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8910 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8910 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8910 3 rate rate NN 1662 8910 4 : : : 1662 8910 5 62.9 62.9 CD 1662 8910 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8910 7 live live JJ 1662 8910 8 births birth NNS 1662 8910 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8910 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8910 11 est est NNP 1662 8910 12 . . . 1662 8910 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8911 1 Life life NN 1662 8911 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8911 3 at at IN 1662 8911 4 birth birth NN 1662 8911 5 : : : 1662 8911 6 total total JJ 1662 8911 7 population population NN 1662 8911 8 : : : 1662 8911 9 60.56 60.56 CD 1662 8911 10 years year NNS 1662 8911 11 male male JJ 1662 8911 12 : : : 1662 8911 13 58.65 58.65 CD 1662 8911 14 years year NNS 1662 8911 15 female female JJ 1662 8911 16 : : : 1662 8911 17 62.58 62.58 CD 1662 8911 18 years year NNS 1662 8911 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8911 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8911 21 est est NNP 1662 8911 22 . . . 1662 8911 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8912 1 Total total JJ 1662 8912 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8912 3 rate rate NN 1662 8912 4 : : : 1662 8912 5 3.88 3.88 CD 1662 8912 6 children child NNS 1662 8912 7 born bear VBN 1662 8912 8 / / SYM 1662 8912 9 woman woman NN 1662 8912 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8912 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8912 12 est est NNP 1662 8912 13 . . . 1662 8912 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8913 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8913 2 : : : 1662 8913 3 noun noun NN 1662 8913 4 : : : 1662 8913 5 Ni Ni NNP 1662 8913 6 - - HYPH 1662 8913 7 Vanuatu Vanuatu NNP 1662 8913 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8913 9 singular singular JJ 1662 8913 10 and and CC 1662 8913 11 plural plural JJ 1662 8913 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8913 13 adjective adjective NN 1662 8913 14 : : : 1662 8913 15 Ni Ni NNP 1662 8913 16 - - HYPH 1662 8913 17 Vanuatu Vanuatu NNP 1662 8913 18 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8913 19 groups group NNS 1662 8913 20 : : : 1662 8913 21 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 8913 22 Melanesian melanesian JJ 1662 8913 23 94 94 CD 1662 8913 24 % % NN 1662 8913 25 , , , 1662 8913 26 French French NNP 1662 8913 27 4 4 CD 1662 8913 28 % % NN 1662 8913 29 , , , 1662 8913 30 Vietnamese vietnamese JJ 1662 8913 31 , , , 1662 8913 32 Chinese Chinese NNPS 1662 8913 33 , , , 1662 8913 34 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 8913 35 Islanders Islanders NNPS 1662 8913 36 Religions Religions NNPS 1662 8913 37 : : : 1662 8913 38 Presbyterian presbyterian JJ 1662 8913 39 36.7 36.7 CD 1662 8913 40 % % NN 1662 8913 41 , , , 1662 8913 42 Anglican Anglican NNP 1662 8913 43 15 15 CD 1662 8913 44 % % NN 1662 8913 45 , , , 1662 8913 46 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 8913 47 15 15 CD 1662 8913 48 % % NN 1662 8913 49 , , , 1662 8913 50 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 8913 51 beliefs belief NNS 1662 8913 52 7.6 7.6 CD 1662 8913 53 % % NN 1662 8913 54 , , , 1662 8913 55 Seventh Seventh NNP 1662 8913 56 - 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1662 8927 35 9 9 CD 1662 8927 36 % % NN 1662 8927 37 , , , 1662 8927 38 Fiji Fiji NNP 1662 8927 39 6 6 CD 1662 8927 40 % % NN 1662 8927 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8927 42 1992 1992 CD 1662 8927 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8927 44 Debt debt NN 1662 8927 45 - - HYPH 1662 8927 46 external external JJ 1662 8927 47 : : : 1662 8927 48 $ $ $ 1662 8927 49 38.2 38.2 CD 1662 8927 50 million million CD 1662 8927 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8927 52 yearend yearend VB 1662 8927 53 1993 1993 CD 1662 8927 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8927 55 Economic economic JJ 1662 8927 56 aid aid NN 1662 8927 57 : : : 1662 8927 58 recipient recipient NN 1662 8927 59 : : : 1662 8927 60 ODA ODA NNP 1662 8927 61 , , , 1662 8927 62 $ $ $ 1662 8927 63 9.6 9.6 CD 1662 8927 64 million million CD 1662 8927 65 from from IN 1662 8927 66 Australia Australia NNP 1662 8927 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8927 68 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 8927 69 est est NNP 1662 8927 70 . . . 1662 8928 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8928 2 ; ; : 1662 8928 3 $ $ $ 1662 8928 4 3.1 3.1 CD 1662 8928 5 million million CD 1662 8928 6 from from IN 1662 8928 7 NZ NZ NNP 1662 8928 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8928 9 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 8928 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8928 11 Currency currency NN 1662 8928 12 : : : 1662 8928 13 1 1 CD 1662 8928 14 vatu vatu NNP 1662 8928 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8928 16 VT VT NNP 1662 8928 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8928 18 = = NFP 1662 8928 19 100 100 CD 1662 8928 20 centimes centime NNS 1662 8928 21 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 8928 22 rates rate NNS 1662 8928 23 : : : 1662 8928 24 vatu vatu NNP 1662 8928 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8928 26 VT VT NNP 1662 8928 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8928 28 per per IN 1662 8928 29 US$ us$ $ 1662 8928 30 1 1 CD 1662 8928 31 - - SYM 1662 8928 32 112.36 112.36 CD 1662 8928 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8928 34 January January NNP 1662 8928 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8928 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8928 37 , , , 1662 8928 38 111.72 111.72 CD 1662 8928 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8928 40 1996 1996 CD 1662 8928 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8928 42 , , , 1662 8928 43 112.11 112.11 CD 1662 8928 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8928 45 1995 1995 CD 1662 8928 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8928 47 , , , 1662 8928 48 116.41 116.41 CD 1662 8928 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8928 50 1994 1994 CD 1662 8928 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8928 52 , , , 1662 8928 53 121.58 121.58 CD 1662 8928 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8928 55 1993 1993 CD 1662 8928 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8928 57 , , , 1662 8928 58 113.39 113.39 CD 1662 8928 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8928 60 1992 1992 CD 1662 8928 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8928 62 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 8928 63 year year NN 1662 8928 64 : : : 1662 8928 65 calendar calendar NNP 1662 8928 66 year year NN 1662 8928 67 @Vanuatu @Vanuatu NNP 1662 8928 68 : : : 1662 8928 69 Communications Communications NNP 1662 8928 70 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 8928 71 : : : 1662 8928 72 3,000 3,000 CD 1662 8928 73 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8928 74 1987 1987 CD 1662 8928 75 est est NNP 1662 8928 76 . . . 1662 8928 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8929 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 8929 2 system system NN 1662 8929 3 : : : 1662 8929 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 8929 5 : : : 1662 8929 6 NA NA NNP 1662 8929 7 international international JJ 1662 8929 8 : : : 1662 8929 9 satellite satellite NN 1662 8929 10 earth earth NNP 1662 8929 11 station station NNP 1662 8929 12 - - : 1662 8929 13 1 1 CD 1662 8929 14 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8929 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8929 16 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 8929 17 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8929 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8929 19 Radio radio NN 1662 8929 20 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8929 21 stations station NNS 1662 8929 22 : : : 1662 8929 23 AM AM NNP 1662 8929 24 2 2 CD 1662 8929 25 , , , 1662 8929 26 FM FM NNP 1662 8929 27 0 0 CD 1662 8929 28 , , , 1662 8929 29 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 8929 30 0 0 CD 1662 8929 31 Radios radio NNS 1662 8929 32 : : : 1662 8929 33 NA NA NNP 1662 8929 34 Television Television NNP 1662 8929 35 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 8929 36 stations station NNS 1662 8929 37 : : : 1662 8929 38 0 0 NFP 1662 8929 39 Televisions television NNS 1662 8929 40 : : : 1662 8929 41 2,000 2,000 CD 1662 8929 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8929 43 1992 1992 CD 1662 8929 44 est est NNP 1662 8929 45 . . . 1662 8929 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8930 1 @Vanuatu @Vanuatu NNP 1662 8930 2 : : : 1662 8930 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 8930 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 8930 5 : : : 1662 8930 6 0 0 LS 1662 8930 7 km km NN 1662 8930 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 8930 9 : : : 1662 8930 10 total total NN 1662 8930 11 : : : 1662 8930 12 1,050 1,050 CD 1662 8930 13 km km NN 1662 8930 14 paved pave VBN 1662 8930 15 : : : 1662 8930 16 250 250 CD 1662 8930 17 km km NNS 1662 8930 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8930 19 : : : 1662 8930 20 800 800 CD 1662 8930 21 km km NNS 1662 8930 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8930 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 8930 24 est est NNP 1662 8930 25 . . . 1662 8930 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8931 1 Ports port NNS 1662 8931 2 and and CC 1662 8931 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 8931 4 : : : 1662 8931 5 Forari Forari NNP 1662 8931 6 , , , 1662 8931 7 Port Port NNP 1662 8931 8 - - HYPH 1662 8931 9 Vila Vila NNP 1662 8931 10 , , , 1662 8931 11 Santo Santo NNP 1662 8931 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8931 13 Espiritu Espiritu NNP 1662 8931 14 Santo Santo NNP 1662 8931 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8931 16 Merchant merchant NN 1662 8931 17 marine marine NN 1662 8931 18 : : : 1662 8931 19 total total NN 1662 8931 20 : : : 1662 8931 21 100 100 CD 1662 8931 22 ships ship NNS 1662 8931 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8931 24 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 8931 25 GRT GRT NNP 1662 8931 26 or or CC 1662 8931 27 over over RB 1662 8931 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8931 29 totaling total VBG 1662 8931 30 1,451,548 1,451,548 CD 1662 8931 31 GRT/1,945,514 GRT/1,945,514 . 1662 8931 32 DWT dwt NN 1662 8931 33 ships ship NNS 1662 8931 34 by by IN 1662 8931 35 type type NN 1662 8931 36 : : : 1662 8931 37 bulk bulk NNP 1662 8931 38 32 32 CD 1662 8931 39 , , , 1662 8931 40 cargo cargo NN 1662 8931 41 30 30 CD 1662 8931 42 , , , 1662 8931 43 chemical chemical NN 1662 8931 44 tanker tanker NN 1662 8931 45 2 2 CD 1662 8931 46 , , , 1662 8931 47 combination combination NN 1662 8931 48 bulk bulk NN 1662 8931 49 1 1 CD 1662 8931 50 , , , 1662 8931 51 container container NN 1662 8931 52 2 2 CD 1662 8931 53 , , , 1662 8931 54 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 8931 55 gas gas NN 1662 8931 56 tanker tanker NN 1662 8931 57 5 5 CD 1662 8931 58 , , , 1662 8931 59 oil oil NN 1662 8931 60 tanker tanker NN 1662 8931 61 7 7 CD 1662 8931 62 , , , 1662 8931 63 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 8931 64 cargo cargo NN 1662 8931 65 13 13 CD 1662 8931 66 , , , 1662 8931 67 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 8931 68 carrier carrier NN 1662 8931 69 8 8 CD 1662 8931 70 note note NN 1662 8931 71 : : : 1662 8931 72 a a DT 1662 8931 73 flag flag NN 1662 8931 74 of of IN 1662 8931 75 convenience convenience NN 1662 8931 76 registry registry NN 1662 8931 77 ; ; : 1662 8931 78 includes include VBZ 1662 8931 79 ships ship NNS 1662 8931 80 from from IN 1662 8931 81 17 17 CD 1662 8931 82 countries country NNS 1662 8931 83 among among IN 1662 8931 84 which which WDT 1662 8931 85 are be VBP 1662 8931 86 Japan Japan NNP 1662 8931 87 31 31 CD 1662 8931 88 , , , 1662 8931 89 India India NNP 1662 8931 90 10 10 CD 1662 8931 91 , , , 1662 8931 92 Greece Greece NNP 1662 8931 93 7 7 CD 1662 8931 94 , , , 1662 8931 95 Netherlands Netherlands NNP 1662 8931 96 7 7 CD 1662 8931 97 , , , 1662 8931 98 US US NNP 1662 8931 99 7 7 CD 1662 8931 100 , , , 1662 8931 101 Hong Hong NNP 1662 8931 102 Kong Kong NNP 1662 8931 103 6 6 CD 1662 8931 104 , , , 1662 8931 105 Canada Canada NNP 1662 8931 106 4 4 CD 1662 8931 107 , , , 1662 8931 108 France France NNP 1662 8931 109 4 4 CD 1662 8931 110 , , , 1662 8931 111 Australia Australia NNP 1662 8931 112 2 2 CD 1662 8931 113 , , , 1662 8931 114 and and CC 1662 8931 115 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 8931 116 2 2 CD 1662 8931 117 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8931 118 1996 1996 CD 1662 8931 119 est est NNP 1662 8931 120 . . . 1662 8931 121 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8932 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8932 2 : : : 1662 8932 3 30 30 CD 1662 8932 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8932 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8932 6 est est NNP 1662 8932 7 . . . 1662 8932 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8933 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8933 2 - - , 1662 8933 3 with with IN 1662 8933 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8933 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8933 6 : : : 1662 8933 7 total total NN 1662 8933 8 : : : 1662 8933 9 19 19 CD 1662 8933 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8933 11 to to TO 1662 8933 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8933 13 m m NN 1662 8933 14 : : : 1662 8933 15 1 1 CD 1662 8933 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8933 17 to to TO 1662 8933 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8933 19 m m NN 1662 8933 20 : : : 1662 8933 21 1 1 CD 1662 8933 22 under under IN 1662 8933 23 914 914 CD 1662 8933 24 m m NN 1662 8933 25 : : : 1662 8933 26 17 17 CD 1662 8933 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8933 28 1996 1996 CD 1662 8933 29 est est NNP 1662 8933 30 . . . 1662 8933 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8934 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8934 2 - - , 1662 8934 3 with with IN 1662 8934 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8934 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8934 6 : : : 1662 8934 7 total total NN 1662 8934 8 : : : 1662 8934 9 11 11 CD 1662 8934 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8934 11 to to TO 1662 8934 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8934 13 m m NN 1662 8934 14 : : : 1662 8934 15 1 1 CD 1662 8934 16 914 914 CD 1662 8934 17 to to TO 1662 8934 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8934 19 m m NN 1662 8934 20 : : : 1662 8934 21 10 10 CD 1662 8934 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8934 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 8934 24 est est NNP 1662 8934 25 . . . 1662 8934 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8935 1 Military military JJ 1662 8935 2 Military military JJ 1662 8935 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8935 4 : : : 1662 8935 5 no no DT 1662 8935 6 regular regular JJ 1662 8935 7 military military JJ 1662 8935 8 forces force NNS 1662 8935 9 ; ; : 1662 8935 10 Vanuatu Vanuatu NNP 1662 8935 11 Police Police NNP 1662 8935 12 Force Force NNP 1662 8935 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8935 14 VPF VPF NNP 1662 8935 15 ; ; : 1662 8935 16 includes include VBZ 1662 8935 17 the the DT 1662 8935 18 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 8935 19 Vanuatu Vanuatu NNP 1662 8935 20 Mobile Mobile NNP 1662 8935 21 Force Force NNP 1662 8935 22 or or CC 1662 8935 23 VMF VMF NNP 1662 8935 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8935 25 Military military JJ 1662 8935 26 manpower manpower NN 1662 8935 27 - - HYPH 1662 8935 28 availability availability NN 1662 8935 29 : : : 1662 8935 30 males male NNS 1662 8935 31 age age NNP 1662 8935 32 15 15 CD 1662 8935 33 - - SYM 1662 8935 34 49 49 CD 1662 8935 35 : : : 1662 8935 36 NA NA NNP 1662 8935 37 Military military JJ 1662 8935 38 manpower manpower NN 1662 8935 39 - - HYPH 1662 8935 40 fit fit NN 1662 8935 41 for for IN 1662 8935 42 military military JJ 1662 8935 43 service service NN 1662 8935 44 : : : 1662 8935 45 males male NNS 1662 8935 46 : : : 1662 8935 47 NA NA NNP 1662 8935 48 Military military JJ 1662 8935 49 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8935 50 - - HYPH 1662 8935 51 dollar dollar NN 1662 8935 52 figure figure NN 1662 8935 53 : : : 1662 8935 54 $ $ $ 1662 8935 55 NA NA NNP 1662 8935 56 Military military JJ 1662 8935 57 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8935 58 - - : 1662 8935 59 percent percent NN 1662 8935 60 of of IN 1662 8935 61 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8935 62 : : : 1662 8935 63 NA% NA% `` 1662 8935 64 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8935 65 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8935 66 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 8935 67 - - HYPH 1662 8935 68 international international JJ 1662 8935 69 : : : 1662 8935 70 claims claim VBZ 1662 8935 71 Matthew Matthew NNP 1662 8935 72 and and CC 1662 8935 73 Hunter Hunter NNP 1662 8935 74 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 8935 75 east east NN 1662 8935 76 of of IN 1662 8935 77 New New NNP 1662 8935 78 Caledonia Caledonia NNP 1662 8935 79 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 80 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 81 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 82 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 83 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 84 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 85 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 86 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 87 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 88 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 89 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 90 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 91 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 92 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 93 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 94 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 95 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 96 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 97 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 98 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 99 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 100 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 101 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 102 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 103 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 104 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 105 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 106 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 107 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 108 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 109 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 110 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 111 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 112 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 113 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 114 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 115 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 116 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 117 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 118 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 119 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 120 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 121 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 122 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 123 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 124 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 125 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 126 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 127 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 128 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 129 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 130 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 131 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 132 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 133 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 134 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 135 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 136 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 137 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 138 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 139 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 140 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 141 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 142 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 143 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 144 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 145 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 146 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 147 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 148 _ _ NNP 1662 8935 149 VENEZUELA VENEZUELA NNP 1662 8935 150 @Venezuela @venezuela NN 1662 8935 151 : : : 1662 8935 152 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8935 153 Location Location NNP 1662 8935 154 : : : 1662 8935 155 Northern Northern NNP 1662 8935 156 South South NNP 1662 8935 157 America America NNP 1662 8935 158 , , , 1662 8935 159 bordering border VBG 1662 8935 160 the the DT 1662 8935 161 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 8935 162 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8935 163 and and CC 1662 8935 164 the the DT 1662 8935 165 North North NNP 1662 8935 166 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 8935 167 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 8935 168 , , , 1662 8935 169 between between IN 1662 8935 170 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 8935 171 and and CC 1662 8935 172 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 8935 173 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8935 174 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8935 175 : : : 1662 8935 176 8 8 CD 1662 8935 177 00 00 CD 1662 8935 178 N n CD 1662 8935 179 , , , 1662 8935 180 66 66 CD 1662 8935 181 00 00 NFP 1662 8935 182 W W NNP 1662 8935 183 Map Map NNP 1662 8935 184 references reference NNS 1662 8935 185 : : : 1662 8935 186 South South NNP 1662 8935 187 America America NNP 1662 8935 188 Area Area NNP 1662 8935 189 : : : 1662 8935 190 total total NN 1662 8935 191 : : : 1662 8935 192 912,050 912,050 CD 1662 8935 193 sq sq IN 1662 8935 194 km km NNP 1662 8935 195 land land NN 1662 8935 196 : : : 1662 8935 197 882,050 882,050 CD 1662 8935 198 sq sq NNP 1662 8935 199 km km NNP 1662 8935 200 water water NN 1662 8935 201 : : : 1662 8935 202 30,000 30,000 CD 1662 8935 203 sq sq NN 1662 8935 204 km km NNP 1662 8935 205 Area area NN 1662 8935 206 - - HYPH 1662 8935 207 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8935 208 : : : 1662 8935 209 slightly slightly RB 1662 8935 210 more more JJR 1662 8935 211 than than IN 1662 8935 212 twice twice RB 1662 8935 213 the the DT 1662 8935 214 size size NN 1662 8935 215 of of IN 1662 8935 216 California California NNP 1662 8935 217 Land Land NNP 1662 8935 218 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8935 219 : : : 1662 8935 220 total total JJ 1662 8935 221 : : : 1662 8935 222 4,993 4,993 CD 1662 8935 223 km km NN 1662 8935 224 border border NN 1662 8935 225 countries country NNS 1662 8935 226 : : : 1662 8935 227 Brazil Brazil NNP 1662 8935 228 2,200 2,200 CD 1662 8935 229 km km NN 1662 8935 230 , , , 1662 8935 231 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 8935 232 2,050 2,050 CD 1662 8935 233 km km NN 1662 8935 234 , , , 1662 8935 235 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 8935 236 743 743 CD 1662 8935 237 km km NN 1662 8935 238 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8935 239 : : : 1662 8935 240 2,800 2,800 CD 1662 8935 241 km km NN 1662 8935 242 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8935 243 claims claim VBZ 1662 8935 244 : : : 1662 8935 245 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 8935 246 zone zone NN 1662 8935 247 : : : 1662 8935 248 15 15 CD 1662 8935 249 nm nm NNP 1662 8935 250 continental continental NNP 1662 8935 251 shelf shelf NNP 1662 8935 252 : : : 1662 8935 253 200-m 200-m CD 1662 8935 254 depth depth NN 1662 8935 255 or or CC 1662 8935 256 to to IN 1662 8935 257 the the DT 1662 8935 258 depth depth NN 1662 8935 259 of of IN 1662 8935 260 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 8935 261 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 8935 262 economic economic JJ 1662 8935 263 zone zone NN 1662 8935 264 : : : 1662 8935 265 200 200 CD 1662 8935 266 nm nm CD 1662 8935 267 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8935 268 sea sea NN 1662 8935 269 : : : 1662 8935 270 12 12 CD 1662 8935 271 nm nm NNP 1662 8935 272 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8935 273 : : : 1662 8935 274 tropical tropical JJ 1662 8935 275 ; ; : 1662 8935 276 hot hot JJ 1662 8935 277 , , , 1662 8935 278 humid humid JJ 1662 8935 279 ; ; : 1662 8935 280 more more RBR 1662 8935 281 moderate moderate JJ 1662 8935 282 in in IN 1662 8935 283 highlands highlands JJ 1662 8935 284 Terrain terrain NN 1662 8935 285 : : : 1662 8935 286 Andes Andes NNP 1662 8935 287 Mountains Mountains NNPS 1662 8935 288 and and CC 1662 8935 289 Maracaibo Maracaibo NNP 1662 8935 290 Lowlands Lowlands NNPS 1662 8935 291 in in IN 1662 8935 292 northwest northwest NN 1662 8935 293 ; ; , 1662 8935 294 central central JJ 1662 8935 295 plains plains NNPS 1662 8935 296 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8935 297 llanos llanos NNP 1662 8935 298 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8935 299 ; ; : 1662 8935 300 Guiana Guiana NNP 1662 8935 301 Highlands Highlands NNPS 1662 8935 302 in in IN 1662 8935 303 southeast southeast JJ 1662 8935 304 Elevation elevation NN 1662 8935 305 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8935 306 : : : 1662 8935 307 lowest low JJS 1662 8935 308 point point NN 1662 8935 309 : : : 1662 8935 310 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 8935 311 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8935 312 0 0 NFP 1662 8935 313 m m DT 1662 8935 314 highest high JJS 1662 8935 315 point point NN 1662 8935 316 : : : 1662 8935 317 Pico pico NN 1662 8935 318 Bolivar bolivar NN 1662 8935 319 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8935 320 La La NNP 1662 8935 321 Columna Columna NNP 1662 8935 322 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8935 323 5,007 5,007 CD 1662 8935 324 m m NNP 1662 8935 325 Natural natural JJ 1662 8935 326 resources resource NNS 1662 8935 327 : : : 1662 8935 328 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 8935 329 , , , 1662 8935 330 natural natural JJ 1662 8935 331 gas gas NN 1662 8935 332 , , , 1662 8935 333 iron iron NN 1662 8935 334 ore ore NN 1662 8935 335 , , , 1662 8935 336 gold gold NN 1662 8935 337 , , , 1662 8935 338 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 8935 339 , , , 1662 8935 340 other other JJ 1662 8935 341 minerals mineral NNS 1662 8935 342 , , , 1662 8935 343 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 8935 344 , , , 1662 8935 345 diamonds diamond VBZ 1662 8935 346 Land land NN 1662 8935 347 use use NN 1662 8935 348 : : : 1662 8935 349 arable arable JJ 1662 8935 350 land land NN 1662 8935 351 : : : 1662 8935 352 4 4 CD 1662 8935 353 % % NN 1662 8935 354 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8935 355 crops crop NNS 1662 8935 356 : : : 1662 8935 357 1 1 CD 1662 8935 358 % % NN 1662 8935 359 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8935 360 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8935 361 : : : 1662 8935 362 20 20 CD 1662 8935 363 % % NN 1662 8935 364 forests forest NNS 1662 8935 365 and and CC 1662 8935 366 woodland woodland JJ 1662 8935 367 : : : 1662 8935 368 34 34 CD 1662 8935 369 % % NN 1662 8935 370 other other JJ 1662 8935 371 : : : 1662 8935 372 41 41 CD 1662 8935 373 % % NN 1662 8935 374 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8935 375 1993 1993 CD 1662 8935 376 est est NNP 1662 8935 377 . . . 1662 8935 378 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8936 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8936 2 land land NN 1662 8936 3 : : : 1662 8936 4 1,900 1,900 CD 1662 8936 5 sq sq NNP 1662 8936 6 km km NNP 1662 8936 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8936 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8936 9 est est NNP 1662 8936 10 . . . 1662 8936 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8937 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8937 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8937 3 : : : 1662 8937 4 subject subject JJ 1662 8937 5 to to IN 1662 8937 6 floods flood NNS 1662 8937 7 , , , 1662 8937 8 rockslides rockslide NNS 1662 8937 9 , , , 1662 8937 10 mud mud NN 1662 8937 11 slides slide NNS 1662 8937 12 ; ; : 1662 8937 13 periodic periodic JJ 1662 8937 14 droughts drought NNS 1662 8937 15 Environment environment NN 1662 8937 16 - - HYPH 1662 8937 17 current current JJ 1662 8937 18 issues issue NNS 1662 8937 19 : : : 1662 8937 20 sewage sewage NN 1662 8937 21 pollution pollution NN 1662 8937 22 of of IN 1662 8937 23 Lago Lago NNP 1662 8937 24 de de IN 1662 8937 25 Valencia Valencia NNP 1662 8937 26 ; ; : 1662 8937 27 oil oil NN 1662 8937 28 and and CC 1662 8937 29 urban urban JJ 1662 8937 30 pollution pollution NN 1662 8937 31 of of IN 1662 8937 32 Lago Lago NNP 1662 8937 33 de de NNP 1662 8937 34 Maracaibo Maracaibo NNP 1662 8937 35 ; ; : 1662 8937 36 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 8937 37 ; ; : 1662 8937 38 soil soil NN 1662 8937 39 degradation degradation NN 1662 8937 40 ; ; , 1662 8937 41 urban urban JJ 1662 8937 42 and and CC 1662 8937 43 industrial industrial JJ 1662 8937 44 pollution pollution NN 1662 8937 45 , , , 1662 8937 46 especially especially RB 1662 8937 47 along along IN 1662 8937 48 the the DT 1662 8937 49 Caribbean caribbean JJ 1662 8937 50 coast coast NN 1662 8937 51 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8937 52 - - HYPH 1662 8937 53 international international JJ 1662 8937 54 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8937 55 : : : 1662 8937 56 party party NN 1662 8937 57 to to TO 1662 8937 58 : : : 1662 8937 59 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 8937 60 , , , 1662 8937 61 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8937 62 Change Change NNP 1662 8937 63 , , , 1662 8937 64 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 8937 65 Species Species NNPS 1662 8937 66 , , , 1662 8937 67 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8937 68 Life Life NNP 1662 8937 69 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 8937 70 , , , 1662 8937 71 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8937 72 Test Test NNP 1662 8937 73 Ban Ban NNP 1662 8937 74 , , , 1662 8937 75 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8937 76 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8937 77 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8937 78 , , , 1662 8937 79 Ship Ship NNP 1662 8937 80 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8937 81 , , , 1662 8937 82 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 8937 83 Timber Timber NNP 1662 8937 84 83 83 CD 1662 8937 85 , , , 1662 8937 86 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 8937 87 signed sign VBD 1662 8937 88 , , , 1662 8937 89 but but CC 1662 8937 90 not not RB 1662 8937 91 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8937 92 : : : 1662 8937 93 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 8937 94 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 8937 95 , , , 1662 8937 96 Marine Marine NNP 1662 8937 97 Dumping Dumping NNP 1662 8937 98 , , , 1662 8937 99 Tropical Tropical NNP 1662 8937 100 Timber Timber NNP 1662 8937 101 94 94 CD 1662 8937 102 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8937 103 - - HYPH 1662 8937 104 note note NN 1662 8937 105 : : : 1662 8937 106 on on IN 1662 8937 107 major major JJ 1662 8937 108 sea sea NN 1662 8937 109 and and CC 1662 8937 110 air air NN 1662 8937 111 routes route NNS 1662 8937 112 linking link VBG 1662 8937 113 North North NNP 1662 8937 114 and and CC 1662 8937 115 South South NNP 1662 8937 116 America America NNP 1662 8937 117 @Venezuela @Venezuela , 1662 8937 118 : : : 1662 8937 119 People People NNS 1662 8937 120 Population Population NNP 1662 8937 121 : : : 1662 8937 122 22,396,407 22,396,407 CD 1662 8937 123 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8937 124 July July NNP 1662 8937 125 1997 1997 CD 1662 8937 126 est est NNP 1662 8937 127 . . . 1662 8937 128 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8938 1 Age age NN 1662 8938 2 structure structure NN 1662 8938 3 : : : 1662 8938 4 0 0 CD 1662 8938 5 - - HYPH 1662 8938 6 14 14 CD 1662 8938 7 years year NNS 1662 8938 8 : : : 1662 8938 9 34 34 CD 1662 8938 10 % % NN 1662 8938 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8938 12 male male JJ 1662 8938 13 3,964,886 3,964,886 CD 1662 8938 14 ; ; : 1662 8938 15 female female JJ 1662 8938 16 3,720,984 3,720,984 CD 1662 8938 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8938 18 15 15 CD 1662 8938 19 - - SYM 1662 8938 20 64 64 CD 1662 8938 21 years year NNS 1662 8938 22 : : : 1662 8938 23 61 61 CD 1662 8938 24 % % NN 1662 8938 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8938 26 male male JJ 1662 8938 27 6,877,890 6,877,890 CD 1662 8938 28 ; ; : 1662 8938 29 female female JJ 1662 8938 30 6,838,799 6,838,799 CD 1662 8938 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8938 32 65 65 CD 1662 8938 33 years year NNS 1662 8938 34 and and CC 1662 8938 35 over over IN 1662 8938 36 : : : 1662 8938 37 5 5 CD 1662 8938 38 % % NN 1662 8938 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8938 40 male male JJ 1662 8938 41 456,182 456,182 CD 1662 8938 42 ; ; : 1662 8938 43 female female JJ 1662 8938 44 537,666 537,666 CD 1662 8938 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8938 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8938 47 July July NNP 1662 8938 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8938 49 est est NNP 1662 8938 50 . . . 1662 8938 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8939 1 Population population NN 1662 8939 2 growth growth NN 1662 8939 3 rate rate NN 1662 8939 4 : : : 1662 8939 5 1.83 1.83 CD 1662 8939 6 % % NN 1662 8939 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8939 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8939 9 est est NNP 1662 8939 10 . . . 1662 8939 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8940 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8940 2 rate rate NN 1662 8940 3 : : : 1662 8940 4 23.67 23.67 CD 1662 8940 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 8940 6 population population NN 1662 8940 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8940 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8940 9 est est NNP 1662 8940 10 . . . 1662 8940 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8941 1 Death death NN 1662 8941 2 rate rate NN 1662 8941 3 : : : 1662 8941 4 5.03 5.03 CD 1662 8941 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8941 6 population population NN 1662 8941 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8941 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8941 9 est est NNP 1662 8941 10 . . . 1662 8941 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8942 1 Net net JJ 1662 8942 2 migration migration NN 1662 8942 3 rate rate NN 1662 8942 4 : : : 1662 8942 5 -0.32 -0.32 NFP 1662 8942 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 8942 7 population population NN 1662 8942 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8942 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8942 10 est est NNP 1662 8942 11 . . . 1662 8942 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8943 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8943 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8943 3 : : : 1662 8943 4 at at IN 1662 8943 5 birth birth NN 1662 8943 6 : : : 1662 8943 7 1.07 1.07 CD 1662 8943 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8943 9 under under IN 1662 8943 10 15 15 CD 1662 8943 11 years year NNS 1662 8943 12 : : : 1662 8943 13 1.07 1.07 CD 1662 8943 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8943 15 15 15 CD 1662 8943 16 - - HYPH 1662 8943 17 64 64 CD 1662 8943 18 years year NNS 1662 8943 19 : : : 1662 8943 20 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 8943 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8943 22 65 65 CD 1662 8943 23 years year NNS 1662 8943 24 and and CC 1662 8943 25 over over IN 1662 8943 26 : : : 1662 8943 27 0.85 0.85 CD 1662 8943 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8943 29 total total JJ 1662 8943 30 population population NN 1662 8943 31 : : : 1662 8943 32 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 8943 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8943 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8943 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8943 36 est e JJS 1662 8943 37 . . . 1662 8943 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8944 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8944 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8944 3 rate rate NN 1662 8944 4 : : : 1662 8944 5 28.5 28.5 CD 1662 8944 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 VBP 1662 8944 7 live live JJ 1662 8944 8 births birth NNS 1662 8944 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8944 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8944 11 est est NNP 1662 8944 12 . . . 1662 8944 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8945 1 Life life NN 1662 8945 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8945 3 at at IN 1662 8945 4 birth birth NN 1662 8945 5 : : : 1662 8945 6 total total JJ 1662 8945 7 population population NN 1662 8945 8 : : : 1662 8945 9 72.37 72.37 CD 1662 8945 10 years year NNS 1662 8945 11 male male JJ 1662 8945 12 : : : 1662 8945 13 69.4 69.4 CD 1662 8945 14 years year NNS 1662 8945 15 female female JJ 1662 8945 16 : : : 1662 8945 17 75.58 75.58 CD 1662 8945 18 years year NNS 1662 8945 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8945 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8945 21 est est NNP 1662 8945 22 . . . 1662 8945 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8946 1 Total total JJ 1662 8946 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8946 3 rate rate NN 1662 8946 4 : : : 1662 8946 5 2.78 2.78 CD 1662 8946 6 children child NNS 1662 8946 7 born bear VBN 1662 8946 8 / / SYM 1662 8946 9 woman woman NN 1662 8946 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8946 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8946 12 est est NNP 1662 8946 13 . . . 1662 8946 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8947 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8947 2 : : : 1662 8947 3 noun noun NNP 1662 8947 4 : : : 1662 8947 5 Venezuelan(s Venezuelan(s NNP 1662 8947 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8947 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 8947 8 : : : 1662 8947 9 Venezuelan venezuelan JJ 1662 8947 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8947 11 groups group NNS 1662 8947 12 : : : 1662 8947 13 mestizo mestizo NNP 1662 8947 14 67 67 CD 1662 8947 15 % % NN 1662 8947 16 , , , 1662 8947 17 white white JJ 1662 8947 18 21 21 CD 1662 8947 19 % % NN 1662 8947 20 , , , 1662 8947 21 black black JJ 1662 8947 22 10 10 CD 1662 8947 23 % % NN 1662 8947 24 , , , 1662 8947 25 Amerindian amerindian JJ 1662 8947 26 2 2 CD 1662 8947 27 % % NN 1662 8947 28 Religions religion NNS 1662 8947 29 : : : 1662 8947 30 nominally nominally RB 1662 8947 31 Roman roman JJ 1662 8947 32 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 8947 33 96 96 CD 1662 8947 34 % % NN 1662 8947 35 , , , 1662 8947 36 Protestant protestant NN 1662 8947 37 2 2 CD 1662 8947 38 % % NN 1662 8947 39 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 8947 40 : : : 1662 8947 41 Spanish Spanish NNP 1662 8947 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8947 43 official official JJ 1662 8947 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8947 45 , , , 1662 8947 46 native native JJ 1662 8947 47 dialects dialect VBZ 1662 8947 48 spoken speak VBN 1662 8947 49 by by IN 1662 8947 50 about about RB 1662 8947 51 200,000 200,000 CD 1662 8947 52 Amerindians Amerindians NNPS 1662 8947 53 in in IN 1662 8947 54 the the DT 1662 8947 55 remote remote JJ 1662 8947 56 interior interior JJ 1662 8947 57 Literacy literacy NN 1662 8947 58 : : : 1662 8947 59 definition definition NN 1662 8947 60 : : : 1662 8947 61 age age NN 1662 8947 62 15 15 CD 1662 8947 63 and and CC 1662 8947 64 over over RB 1662 8947 65 can can MD 1662 8947 66 read read VB 1662 8947 67 and and CC 1662 8947 68 write write VB 1662 8947 69 total total JJ 1662 8947 70 population population NN 1662 8947 71 : : : 1662 8947 72 91.1 91.1 CD 1662 8947 73 % % NN 1662 8947 74 male male NN 1662 8947 75 : : : 1662 8947 76 91.8 91.8 CD 1662 8947 77 % % NN 1662 8947 78 female female NN 1662 8947 79 : : : 1662 8947 80 90.3 90.3 CD 1662 8947 81 % % NN 1662 8947 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8947 83 1995 1995 CD 1662 8947 84 est est NNP 1662 8947 85 . . . 1662 8947 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8948 1 @Venezuela @venezuela LS 1662 8948 2 : : : 1662 8948 3 Government Government NNP 1662 8948 4 Country Country NNP 1662 8948 5 name name NN 1662 8948 6 : : : 1662 8948 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8948 8 long long JJ 1662 8948 9 form form NN 1662 8948 10 : : : 1662 8948 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8948 12 of of IN 1662 8948 13 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 8948 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8948 15 short short JJ 1662 8948 16 form form NN 1662 8948 17 : : : 1662 8948 18 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 8948 19 local local JJ 1662 8948 20 long long JJ 1662 8948 21 form form NN 1662 8948 22 : : : 1662 8948 23 Republica Republica NNP 1662 8948 24 de de NNP 1662 8948 25 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 8948 26 local local JJ 1662 8948 27 short short JJ 1662 8948 28 form form NN 1662 8948 29 : : : 1662 8948 30 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 8948 31 Data Data NNP 1662 8948 32 code code NN 1662 8948 33 : : : 1662 8948 34 VE VE NNP 1662 8948 35 Government Government NNP 1662 8948 36 type type NN 1662 8948 37 : : : 1662 8948 38 republic republic NNP 1662 8948 39 National national JJ 1662 8948 40 capital capital NN 1662 8948 41 : : : 1662 8948 42 Caracas caracas JJ 1662 8948 43 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 8948 44 divisions division NNS 1662 8948 45 : : : 1662 8948 46 22 22 CD 1662 8948 47 states state NNS 1662 8948 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8948 49 estados estado NNS 1662 8948 50 , , , 1662 8948 51 singular singular JJ 1662 8948 52 - - HYPH 1662 8948 53 estado),1 estado),1 NN 1662 8948 54 federal federal JJ 1662 8948 55 district district NN 1662 8948 56 * * NFP 1662 8948 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8948 58 distrito distrito NNP 1662 8948 59 federal federal NNP 1662 8948 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8948 61 , , , 1662 8948 62 and and CC 1662 8948 63 1 1 CD 1662 8948 64 federal federal JJ 1662 8948 65 dependency dependency NN 1662 8948 66 * * NFP 1662 8948 67 * * NFP 1662 8948 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8948 69 dependencia dependencia NNP 1662 8948 70 federal federal NNP 1662 8948 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8948 72 ; ; : 1662 8948 73 Amazonas Amazonas NNP 1662 8948 74 , , , 1662 8948 75 Anzoategui Anzoategui NNP 1662 8948 76 , , , 1662 8948 77 Apure Apure NNP 1662 8948 78 , , , 1662 8948 79 Aragua Aragua NNP 1662 8948 80 , , , 1662 8948 81 Barinas Barinas NNP 1662 8948 82 , , , 1662 8948 83 Bolivar Bolivar NNP 1662 8948 84 , , , 1662 8948 85 Carabobo Carabobo NNP 1662 8948 86 , , , 1662 8948 87 Cojedes Cojedes NNP 1662 8948 88 , , , 1662 8948 89 Delta Delta NNP 1662 8948 90 Amacuro Amacuro NNP 1662 8948 91 , , , 1662 8948 92 Dependencias Dependencias NNP 1662 8948 93 Federales Federales NNP 1662 8948 94 * * NFP 1662 8948 95 * * NFP 1662 8948 96 , , , 1662 8948 97 Distrito Distrito NNP 1662 8948 98 Federal Federal NNP 1662 8948 99 * * NFP 1662 8948 100 , , , 1662 8948 101 Falcon Falcon NNP 1662 8948 102 , , , 1662 8948 103 Guarico Guarico NNP 1662 8948 104 , , , 1662 8948 105 Lara Lara NNP 1662 8948 106 , , , 1662 8948 107 Merida Merida NNP 1662 8948 108 , , , 1662 8948 109 Miranda Miranda NNP 1662 8948 110 , , , 1662 8948 111 Monagas Monagas NNP 1662 8948 112 , , , 1662 8948 113 Nueva Nueva NNP 1662 8948 114 Esparta Esparta NNP 1662 8948 115 , , , 1662 8948 116 Portuguesa Portuguesa NNP 1662 8948 117 , , , 1662 8948 118 Sucre Sucre NNP 1662 8948 119 , , , 1662 8948 120 Tachira Tachira NNP 1662 8948 121 , , , 1662 8948 122 Trujillo Trujillo NNP 1662 8948 123 , , , 1662 8948 124 Yaracuy Yaracuy NNP 1662 8948 125 , , , 1662 8948 126 Zulia Zulia NNP 1662 8948 127 note note NN 1662 8948 128 : : : 1662 8948 129 the the DT 1662 8948 130 federal federal JJ 1662 8948 131 dependency dependency NN 1662 8948 132 consists consist VBZ 1662 8948 133 of of IN 1662 8948 134 11 11 CD 1662 8948 135 federally federally RB 1662 8948 136 controlled control VBN 1662 8948 137 island island NN 1662 8948 138 groups group NNS 1662 8948 139 with with IN 1662 8948 140 a a DT 1662 8948 141 total total NN 1662 8948 142 of of IN 1662 8948 143 72 72 CD 1662 8948 144 individual individual JJ 1662 8948 145 islands island NNS 1662 8948 146 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8948 147 : : : 1662 8948 148 5 5 CD 1662 8948 149 July July NNP 1662 8948 150 1811 1811 CD 1662 8948 151 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8948 152 from from IN 1662 8948 153 Spain Spain NNP 1662 8948 154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8948 155 National national JJ 1662 8948 156 holiday holiday NN 1662 8948 157 : : : 1662 8948 158 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8948 159 Day Day NNP 1662 8948 160 , , , 1662 8948 161 5 5 CD 1662 8948 162 July July NNP 1662 8948 163 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8948 164 1811 1811 CD 1662 8948 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8948 166 Constitution constitution NN 1662 8948 167 : : : 1662 8948 168 23 23 CD 1662 8948 169 January January NNP 1662 8948 170 1961 1961 CD 1662 8948 171 Legal legal JJ 1662 8948 172 system system NN 1662 8948 173 : : : 1662 8948 174 based base VBN 1662 8948 175 on on IN 1662 8948 176 Napoleonic Napoleonic NNP 1662 8948 177 code code NN 1662 8948 178 ; ; , 1662 8948 179 judicial judicial JJ 1662 8948 180 review review NN 1662 8948 181 of of IN 1662 8948 182 legislative legislative JJ 1662 8948 183 acts act NNS 1662 8948 184 in in IN 1662 8948 185 Cassation Cassation NNP 1662 8948 186 Court Court NNP 1662 8948 187 only only RB 1662 8948 188 ; ; : 1662 8948 189 has have VBZ 1662 8948 190 not not RB 1662 8948 191 accepted accept VBN 1662 8948 192 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 8948 193 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 8948 194 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 8948 195 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 8948 196 : : : 1662 8948 197 18 18 CD 1662 8948 198 years year NNS 1662 8948 199 of of IN 1662 8948 200 age age NN 1662 8948 201 ; ; : 1662 8948 202 universal universal JJ 1662 8948 203 Executive Executive NNP 1662 8948 204 branch branch NN 1662 8948 205 : : : 1662 8948 206 chief chief NN 1662 8948 207 of of IN 1662 8948 208 state state NN 1662 8948 209 : : : 1662 8948 210 President President NNP 1662 8948 211 Rafael Rafael NNP 1662 8948 212 CALDERA CALDERA NNP 1662 8948 213 Rodriguez Rodriguez NNP 1662 8948 214 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8948 215 since since IN 1662 8948 216 2 2 CD 1662 8948 217 February February NNP 1662 8948 218 1994 1994 CD 1662 8948 219 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8948 220 ; ; : 1662 8948 221 note note VB 1662 8948 222 - - : 1662 8948 223 the the DT 1662 8948 224 president president NN 1662 8948 225 is be VBZ 1662 8948 226 both both CC 1662 8948 227 the the DT 1662 8948 228 chief chief NN 1662 8948 229 of of IN 1662 8948 230 state state NN 1662 8948 231 and and CC 1662 8948 232 head head NN 1662 8948 233 of of IN 1662 8948 234 government government NN 1662 8948 235 head head NN 1662 8948 236 of of IN 1662 8948 237 government government NN 1662 8948 238 : : : 1662 8948 239 President President NNP 1662 8948 240 Rafael Rafael NNP 1662 8948 241 CALDERA CALDERA NNP 1662 8948 242 Rodriguez Rodriguez NNP 1662 8948 243 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8948 244 since since IN 1662 8948 245 2 2 CD 1662 8948 246 February February NNP 1662 8948 247 1994 1994 CD 1662 8948 248 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8948 249 ; ; : 1662 8948 250 note note VB 1662 8948 251 - - : 1662 8948 252 the the DT 1662 8948 253 president president NN 1662 8948 254 is be VBZ 1662 8948 255 both both CC 1662 8948 256 the the DT 1662 8948 257 chief chief NN 1662 8948 258 of of IN 1662 8948 259 state state NN 1662 8948 260 and and CC 1662 8948 261 head head NN 1662 8948 262 of of IN 1662 8948 263 government government NN 1662 8948 264 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 8948 265 : : : 1662 8948 266 Council Council NNP 1662 8948 267 of of IN 1662 8948 268 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 8948 269 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8948 270 by by IN 1662 8948 271 the the DT 1662 8948 272 president president NNP 1662 8948 273 elections election NNS 1662 8948 274 : : : 1662 8948 275 president president NNP 1662 8948 276 elected elect VBN 1662 8948 277 by by IN 1662 8948 278 popular popular JJ 1662 8948 279 vote vote NN 1662 8948 280 for for IN 1662 8948 281 a a DT 1662 8948 282 five five CD 1662 8948 283 - - HYPH 1662 8948 284 year year NN 1662 8948 285 term term NN 1662 8948 286 ; ; : 1662 8948 287 election election NN 1662 8948 288 last last JJ 1662 8948 289 held hold VBD 1662 8948 290 5 5 CD 1662 8948 291 December December NNP 1662 8948 292 1993 1993 CD 1662 8948 293 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8948 294 next next JJ 1662 8948 295 to to TO 1662 8948 296 be be VB 1662 8948 297 held hold VBN 1662 8948 298 NA NA NNP 1662 8948 299 December December NNP 1662 8948 300 1998 1998 CD 1662 8948 301 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8948 302 election election NN 1662 8948 303 results result NNS 1662 8948 304 : : : 1662 8948 305 Rafael Rafael NNP 1662 8948 306 CALDERA CALDERA NNP 1662 8948 307 Rodriguez Rodriguez NNP 1662 8948 308 elected elect VBD 1662 8948 309 president president NN 1662 8948 310 ; ; , 1662 8948 311 percent percent NN 1662 8948 312 of of IN 1662 8948 313 vote vote NN 1662 8948 314 - - HYPH 1662 8948 315 Rafael Rafael NNP 1662 8948 316 CALDERA CALDERA NNP 1662 8948 317 Rodriguez Rodriguez NNP 1662 8948 318 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8948 319 National National NNP 1662 8948 320 Convergence Convergence NNP 1662 8948 321 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8948 322 30.45 30.45 CD 1662 8948 323 % % NN 1662 8948 324 , , , 1662 8948 325 Claudio Claudio NNP 1662 8948 326 FERMIN FERMIN NNP 1662 8948 327 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8948 328 AD ad NN 1662 8948 329 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8948 330 23.59 23.59 CD 1662 8948 331 % % NN 1662 8948 332 , , , 1662 8948 333 Oswaldo Oswaldo NNP 1662 8948 334 ALVAREZ ALVAREZ NNP 1662 8948 335 PAZ PAZ NNP 1662 8948 336 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8948 337 COPEI COPEI NNP 1662 8948 338 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8948 339 22.72 22.72 CD 1662 8948 340 % % NN 1662 8948 341 , , , 1662 8948 342 Andres Andres NNP 1662 8948 343 VELASQUEZ VELASQUEZ NNP 1662 8948 344 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8948 345 Causa Causa NNP 1662 8948 346 R R NNP 1662 8948 347 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8948 348 21.94 21.94 CD 1662 8948 349 % % NN 1662 8948 350 , , , 1662 8948 351 other other JJ 1662 8948 352 1.3 1.3 CD 1662 8948 353 % % NN 1662 8948 354 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 8948 355 branch branch NN 1662 8948 356 : : : 1662 8948 357 bicameral bicameral JJ 1662 8948 358 Congress Congress NNP 1662 8948 359 of of IN 1662 8948 360 the the DT 1662 8948 361 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8948 362 or or CC 1662 8948 363 Congreso Congreso NNP 1662 8948 364 de de NNP 1662 8948 365 la la NNP 1662 8948 366 Republica Republica NNP 1662 8948 367 consists consist VBZ 1662 8948 368 of of IN 1662 8948 369 the the DT 1662 8948 370 Senate Senate NNP 1662 8948 371 or or CC 1662 8948 372 Senado Senado NNP 1662 8948 373 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8948 374 53 53 CD 1662 8948 375 seats seat NNS 1662 8948 376 , , , 1662 8948 377 two two CD 1662 8948 378 from from IN 1662 8948 379 each each DT 1662 8948 380 state state NN 1662 8948 381 and and CC 1662 8948 382 the the DT 1662 8948 383 Federal Federal NNP 1662 8948 384 District District NNP 1662 8948 385 , , , 1662 8948 386 and and CC 1662 8948 387 retired retire VBN 1662 8948 388 presidents president NNS 1662 8948 389 ; ; : 1662 8948 390 members member NNS 1662 8948 391 are be VBP 1662 8948 392 elected elect VBN 1662 8948 393 by by IN 1662 8948 394 popular popular JJ 1662 8948 395 vote vote NN 1662 8948 396 to to TO 1662 8948 397 serve serve VB 1662 8948 398 five five CD 1662 8948 399 - - HYPH 1662 8948 400 year year NN 1662 8948 401 terms term NNS 1662 8948 402 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8948 403 and and CC 1662 8948 404 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 8948 405 of of IN 1662 8948 406 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 8948 407 or or CC 1662 8948 408 Camara Camara NNP 1662 8948 409 de de FW 1662 8948 410 Diputados Diputados NNP 1662 8948 411 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8948 412 203 203 CD 1662 8948 413 seats seat NNS 1662 8948 414 ; ; : 1662 8948 415 members member NNS 1662 8948 416 are be VBP 1662 8948 417 elected elect VBN 1662 8948 418 by by IN 1662 8948 419 popular popular JJ 1662 8948 420 vote vote NN 1662 8948 421 to to TO 1662 8948 422 serve serve VB 1662 8948 423 five five CD 1662 8948 424 - - HYPH 1662 8948 425 year year NN 1662 8948 426 terms term NNS 1662 8948 427 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8948 428 elections election NNS 1662 8948 429 : : : 1662 8948 430 Senate Senate NNP 1662 8948 431 - - HYPH 1662 8948 432 last last RB 1662 8948 433 held hold VBD 1662 8948 434 5 5 CD 1662 8948 435 December December NNP 1662 8948 436 1993 1993 CD 1662 8948 437 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8948 438 next next JJ 1662 8948 439 to to TO 1662 8948 440 be be VB 1662 8948 441 held hold VBN 1662 8948 442 NA NA NNP 1662 8948 443 December December NNP 1662 8948 444 1998 1998 CD 1662 8948 445 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8948 446 ; ; : 1662 8948 447 Chamber Chamber NNP 1662 8948 448 of of IN 1662 8948 449 Deputies Deputies NNPS 1662 8948 450 - - , 1662 8948 451 last last RB 1662 8948 452 held hold VBD 1662 8948 453 5 5 CD 1662 8948 454 December December NNP 1662 8948 455 1993 1993 CD 1662 8948 456 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8948 457 next next JJ 1662 8948 458 to to TO 1662 8948 459 be be VB 1662 8948 460 held hold VBN 1662 8948 461 NA NA NNP 1662 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8973 109 oil oil NN 1662 8973 110 tanker tanker NN 1662 8973 111 9 9 CD 1662 8973 112 , , , 1662 8973 113 passenger passenger NN 1662 8973 114 - - HYPH 1662 8973 115 cargo cargo NN 1662 8973 116 1 1 CD 1662 8973 117 , , , 1662 8973 118 roll roll NN 1662 8973 119 - - HYPH 1662 8973 120 on on IN 1662 8973 121 / / SYM 1662 8973 122 roll roll NN 1662 8973 123 - - HYPH 1662 8973 124 off off RP 1662 8973 125 cargo cargo NN 1662 8973 126 2 2 CD 1662 8973 127 , , , 1662 8973 128 short short JJ 1662 8973 129 - - HYPH 1662 8973 130 sea sea NN 1662 8973 131 passenger passenger NN 1662 8973 132 1 1 CD 1662 8973 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8973 134 1996 1996 CD 1662 8973 135 est est NNP 1662 8973 136 . . . 1662 8973 137 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8974 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8974 2 : : : 1662 8974 3 360 360 CD 1662 8974 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8974 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 8974 6 est est NNP 1662 8974 7 . . . 1662 8974 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8975 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8975 2 - - , 1662 8975 3 with with IN 1662 8975 4 paved paved JJ 1662 8975 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8975 6 : : : 1662 8975 7 total total NN 1662 8975 8 : : : 1662 8975 9 261 261 CD 1662 8975 10 over over IN 1662 8975 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8975 12 m m NN 1662 8975 13 : : : 1662 8975 14 5 5 CD 1662 8975 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 8975 16 to to TO 1662 8975 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 8975 18 m m NN 1662 8975 19 : : : 1662 8975 20 10 10 CD 1662 8975 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8975 22 to to TO 1662 8975 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8975 24 m m CD 1662 8975 25 : : : 1662 8975 26 35 35 CD 1662 8975 27 914 914 CD 1662 8975 28 to to TO 1662 8975 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8975 30 m m NN 1662 8975 31 : : : 1662 8975 32 58 58 CD 1662 8975 33 under under IN 1662 8975 34 914 914 CD 1662 8975 35 m m NN 1662 8975 36 : : : 1662 8975 37 153 153 CD 1662 8975 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8975 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 8975 40 est est NNP 1662 8975 41 . . . 1662 8975 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8976 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 8976 2 - - , 1662 8976 3 with with IN 1662 8976 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 8976 5 runways runway NNS 1662 8976 6 : : : 1662 8976 7 total total NN 1662 8976 8 : : : 1662 8976 9 99 99 CD 1662 8976 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 8976 11 to to TO 1662 8976 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 8976 13 m m NN 1662 8976 14 : : : 1662 8976 15 7 7 CD 1662 8976 16 914 914 CD 1662 8976 17 to to TO 1662 8976 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 8976 19 m m NN 1662 8976 20 : : : 1662 8976 21 92 92 CD 1662 8976 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8976 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 8976 24 est est NNP 1662 8976 25 . . . 1662 8976 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8977 1 Military military JJ 1662 8977 2 Military military JJ 1662 8977 3 branches branch NNS 1662 8977 4 : : : 1662 8977 5 National National NNP 1662 8977 6 Armed Armed NNP 1662 8977 7 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 8977 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8977 9 Fuerzas Fuerzas NNP 1662 8977 10 Armadas Armadas NNP 1662 8977 11 Nacionales Nacionales NNPS 1662 8977 12 or or CC 1662 8977 13 FAN FAN NNP 1662 8977 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8977 15 includes include VBZ 1662 8977 16 Ground Ground NNP 1662 8977 17 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 8977 18 or or CC 1662 8977 19 Army Army NNP 1662 8977 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8977 21 Fuerzas Fuerzas NNP 1662 8977 22 Terrestres Terrestres NNPS 1662 8977 23 or or CC 1662 8977 24 Ejercito Ejercito NNP 1662 8977 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8977 26 , , , 1662 8977 27 Naval Naval NNP 1662 8977 28 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 8977 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8977 30 Fuerzas Fuerzas NNP 1662 8977 31 Navales Navales NNPS 1662 8977 32 or or CC 1662 8977 33 Armada Armada NNP 1662 8977 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8977 35 , , , 1662 8977 36 Air Air NNP 1662 8977 37 Force Force NNP 1662 8977 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8977 39 Fuerzas Fuerzas NNP 1662 8977 40 Aereas Aereas NNP 1662 8977 41 or or CC 1662 8977 42 Aviacion Aviacion NNP 1662 8977 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8977 44 , , , 1662 8977 45 Armed Armed NNP 1662 8977 46 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 8977 47 of of IN 1662 8977 48 Cooperation Cooperation NNP 1662 8977 49 or or CC 1662 8977 50 National National NNP 1662 8977 51 Guard Guard NNP 1662 8977 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8977 53 Fuerzas Fuerzas NNP 1662 8977 54 Armadas Armadas NNP 1662 8977 55 de de IN 1662 8977 56 Cooperacion Cooperacion NNP 1662 8977 57 or or CC 1662 8977 58 Guardia Guardia NNP 1662 8977 59 Nacional Nacional NNP 1662 8977 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8977 61 Military military JJ 1662 8977 62 manpower manpower NN 1662 8977 63 - - HYPH 1662 8977 64 military military NN 1662 8977 65 age age NN 1662 8977 66 : : : 1662 8977 67 18 18 CD 1662 8977 68 years year NNS 1662 8977 69 of of IN 1662 8977 70 age age NN 1662 8977 71 Military military JJ 1662 8977 72 manpower manpower NN 1662 8977 73 - - HYPH 1662 8977 74 availability availability NN 1662 8977 75 : : : 1662 8977 76 males male NNS 1662 8977 77 age age NNP 1662 8977 78 15 15 CD 1662 8977 79 - - HYPH 1662 8977 80 49 49 CD 1662 8977 81 : : SYM 1662 8977 82 5,997,099 5,997,099 CD 1662 8977 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8977 84 1997 1997 CD 1662 8977 85 est est NNP 1662 8977 86 . . . 1662 8977 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8978 1 Military military JJ 1662 8978 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8978 3 - - HYPH 1662 8978 4 fit fit NN 1662 8978 5 for for IN 1662 8978 6 military military JJ 1662 8978 7 service service NN 1662 8978 8 : : : 1662 8978 9 males male NNS 1662 8978 10 : : : 1662 8978 11 4,333,497 4,333,497 CD 1662 8978 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8978 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8978 14 est est NNP 1662 8978 15 . . . 1662 8978 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8979 1 Military military JJ 1662 8979 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 8979 3 - - HYPH 1662 8979 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 8979 5 military military JJ 1662 8979 6 age age NN 1662 8979 7 annually annually RB 1662 8979 8 : : : 1662 8979 9 males male NNS 1662 8979 10 : : : 1662 8979 11 238,650 238,650 CD 1662 8979 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8979 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 8979 14 est est NNP 1662 8979 15 . . . 1662 8979 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8980 1 Military military JJ 1662 8980 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8980 3 - - HYPH 1662 8980 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 8980 5 figure figure NN 1662 8980 6 : : : 1662 8980 7 $ $ $ 1662 8980 8 902 902 CD 1662 8980 9 million million CD 1662 8980 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8980 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 8980 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8980 13 Military military JJ 1662 8980 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 8980 15 - - : 1662 8980 16 percent percent NN 1662 8980 17 of of IN 1662 8980 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8980 19 : : : 1662 8980 20 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 8980 21 % % NN 1662 8980 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8980 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 8980 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8980 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 8980 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 8980 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 8980 28 - - HYPH 1662 8980 29 international international JJ 1662 8980 30 : : : 1662 8980 31 claims claim NNS 1662 8980 32 all all DT 1662 8980 33 of of IN 1662 8980 34 Guyana Guyana NNP 1662 8980 35 west west NN 1662 8980 36 of of IN 1662 8980 37 the the DT 1662 8980 38 Essequibo Essequibo NNP 1662 8980 39 River River NNP 1662 8980 40 ; ; : 1662 8980 41 maritime maritime JJ 1662 8980 42 boundary boundary JJ 1662 8980 43 dispute dispute NN 1662 8980 44 with with IN 1662 8980 45 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 8980 46 in in IN 1662 8980 47 the the DT 1662 8980 48 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 8980 49 of of IN 1662 8980 50 Venezuela Venezuela NNP 1662 8980 51 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 8980 52 drugs drug VBZ 1662 8980 53 : : : 1662 8980 54 illicit illicit JJ 1662 8980 55 producer producer NN 1662 8980 56 of of IN 1662 8980 57 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 8980 58 , , , 1662 8980 59 opium opium NN 1662 8980 60 , , , 1662 8980 61 and and CC 1662 8980 62 coca coca NN 1662 8980 63 leaf leaf NN 1662 8980 64 for for IN 1662 8980 65 the the DT 1662 8980 66 international international JJ 1662 8980 67 drug drug NN 1662 8980 68 trade trade NN 1662 8980 69 on on IN 1662 8980 70 a a DT 1662 8980 71 small small JJ 1662 8980 72 scale scale NN 1662 8980 73 ; ; : 1662 8980 74 however however RB 1662 8980 75 , , , 1662 8980 76 large large JJ 1662 8980 77 quantities quantity NNS 1662 8980 78 of of IN 1662 8980 79 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 8980 80 and and CC 1662 8980 81 heroin heroin NN 1662 8980 82 transit transit VBP 1662 8980 83 the the DT 1662 8980 84 country country NN 1662 8980 85 from from IN 1662 8980 86 Colombia Colombia NNP 1662 8980 87 ; ; : 1662 8980 88 important important JJ 1662 8980 89 money money NN 1662 8980 90 - - HYPH 1662 8980 91 laundering laundering NN 1662 8980 92 hub hub NN 1662 8980 93 ; ; , 1662 8980 94 active active JJ 1662 8980 95 aerial aerial JJ 1662 8980 96 eradication eradication NN 1662 8980 97 program program NN 1662 8980 98 primarily primarily RB 1662 8980 99 targeting target VBG 1662 8980 100 opium opium NN 1662 8980 101 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 102 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 103 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 104 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 105 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 106 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 107 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 108 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 109 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 110 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 111 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 112 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 113 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 114 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 115 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 116 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 117 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 118 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 119 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 120 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 121 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 122 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 123 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 124 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 125 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 126 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 127 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 128 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 129 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 130 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 131 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 132 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 133 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 134 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 135 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 136 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 137 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 138 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 139 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 140 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 141 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 142 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 143 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 144 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 145 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 146 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 147 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 148 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 149 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 150 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 151 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 152 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 153 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 154 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 155 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 156 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 157 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 158 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 159 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 160 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 161 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 162 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 163 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 164 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 165 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 166 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 167 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 168 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 169 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 170 _ _ NNP 1662 8980 171 VIETNAM VIETNAM NNP 1662 8980 172 @Vietnam @vietnam NN 1662 8980 173 : : : 1662 8980 174 Geography Geography NNP 1662 8980 175 Location Location NNP 1662 8980 176 : : : 1662 8980 177 Southeastern Southeastern NNP 1662 8980 178 Asia Asia NNP 1662 8980 179 , , , 1662 8980 180 bordering border VBG 1662 8980 181 the the DT 1662 8980 182 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 8980 183 of of IN 1662 8980 184 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 8980 185 , , , 1662 8980 186 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 8980 187 of of IN 1662 8980 188 Tonkin Tonkin NNP 1662 8980 189 , , , 1662 8980 190 and and CC 1662 8980 191 South South NNP 1662 8980 192 China China NNP 1662 8980 193 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8980 194 , , , 1662 8980 195 between between IN 1662 8980 196 China China NNP 1662 8980 197 and and CC 1662 8980 198 Cambodia Cambodia NNP 1662 8980 199 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 8980 200 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 8980 201 : : : 1662 8980 202 16 16 CD 1662 8980 203 00 00 CD 1662 8980 204 N n CD 1662 8980 205 , , , 1662 8980 206 106 106 CD 1662 8980 207 00 00 CD 1662 8980 208 E e NN 1662 8980 209 Map Map NNP 1662 8980 210 references reference NNS 1662 8980 211 : : : 1662 8980 212 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 8980 213 Asia Asia NNP 1662 8980 214 Area Area NNP 1662 8980 215 : : : 1662 8980 216 total total NN 1662 8980 217 : : : 1662 8980 218 329,560 329,560 CD 1662 8980 219 sq sq NNP 1662 8980 220 km km NNP 1662 8980 221 land land NN 1662 8980 222 : : : 1662 8980 223 325,360 325,360 CD 1662 8980 224 sq sq NNP 1662 8980 225 km km NNP 1662 8980 226 water water NN 1662 8980 227 : : : 1662 8980 228 4,200 4,200 CD 1662 8980 229 sq sq NNP 1662 8980 230 km km NNP 1662 8980 231 Area Area NNP 1662 8980 232 - - HYPH 1662 8980 233 comparative comparative JJ 1662 8980 234 : : : 1662 8980 235 slightly slightly RB 1662 8980 236 larger large JJR 1662 8980 237 than than IN 1662 8980 238 New New NNP 1662 8980 239 Mexico Mexico NNP 1662 8980 240 Land Land NNP 1662 8980 241 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 8980 242 : : : 1662 8980 243 total total JJ 1662 8980 244 : : : 1662 8980 245 4,639 4,639 CD 1662 8980 246 km km NN 1662 8980 247 border border NN 1662 8980 248 countries country NNS 1662 8980 249 : : : 1662 8980 250 Cambodia Cambodia NNP 1662 8980 251 1,228 1,228 CD 1662 8980 252 km km NN 1662 8980 253 , , , 1662 8980 254 China China NNP 1662 8980 255 1,281 1,281 CD 1662 8980 256 km km NNS 1662 8980 257 , , , 1662 8980 258 Laos Laos NNP 1662 8980 259 2,130 2,130 CD 1662 8980 260 km km NN 1662 8980 261 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 8980 262 : : : 1662 8980 263 3,444 3,444 CD 1662 8980 264 km km NNS 1662 8980 265 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8980 266 excludes exclude VBZ 1662 8980 267 islands island NNS 1662 8980 268 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8980 269 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 8980 270 claims claim VBZ 1662 8980 271 : : : 1662 8980 272 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 8980 273 zone zone NN 1662 8980 274 : : : 1662 8980 275 24 24 CD 1662 8980 276 nm nm NNP 1662 8980 277 continental continental JJ 1662 8980 278 shelf shelf NNP 1662 8980 279 : : : 1662 8980 280 200 200 CD 1662 8980 281 nm nm CD 1662 8980 282 or or CC 1662 8980 283 to to IN 1662 8980 284 the the DT 1662 8980 285 edge edge NN 1662 8980 286 of of IN 1662 8980 287 the the DT 1662 8980 288 continental continental JJ 1662 8980 289 margin margin NN 1662 8980 290 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 8980 291 economic economic JJ 1662 8980 292 zone zone NN 1662 8980 293 : : : 1662 8980 294 200 200 CD 1662 8980 295 nm nm CD 1662 8980 296 territorial territorial JJ 1662 8980 297 sea sea NN 1662 8980 298 : : : 1662 8980 299 12 12 CD 1662 8980 300 nm nm NNP 1662 8980 301 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8980 302 : : : 1662 8980 303 tropical tropical JJ 1662 8980 304 in in IN 1662 8980 305 south south NNP 1662 8980 306 ; ; , 1662 8980 307 monsoonal monsoonal NN 1662 8980 308 in in IN 1662 8980 309 north north NN 1662 8980 310 with with IN 1662 8980 311 hot hot JJ 1662 8980 312 , , , 1662 8980 313 rainy rainy JJ 1662 8980 314 season season NN 1662 8980 315 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8980 316 mid mid NNP 1662 8980 317 - - NNP 1662 8980 318 May May MD 1662 8980 319 to to IN 1662 8980 320 mid mid NNP 1662 8980 321 - - NNP 1662 8980 322 September September NNP 1662 8980 323 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8980 324 and and CC 1662 8980 325 warm warm JJ 1662 8980 326 , , , 1662 8980 327 dry dry JJ 1662 8980 328 season season NN 1662 8980 329 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8980 330 mid mid NNP 1662 8980 331 - - NNP 1662 8980 332 October October NNP 1662 8980 333 to to IN 1662 8980 334 mid mid NNP 1662 8980 335 - - NNP 1662 8980 336 March March NNP 1662 8980 337 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8980 338 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 8980 339 : : : 1662 8980 340 low low JJ 1662 8980 341 , , , 1662 8980 342 flat flat JJ 1662 8980 343 delta delta NN 1662 8980 344 in in IN 1662 8980 345 south south NNP 1662 8980 346 and and CC 1662 8980 347 north north NN 1662 8980 348 ; ; , 1662 8980 349 central central JJ 1662 8980 350 highlands highland NNS 1662 8980 351 ; ; : 1662 8980 352 hilly hilly RB 1662 8980 353 , , , 1662 8980 354 mountainous mountainous JJ 1662 8980 355 in in IN 1662 8980 356 far far RB 1662 8980 357 north north NN 1662 8980 358 and and CC 1662 8980 359 northwest northwest NNP 1662 8980 360 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 8980 361 extremes extreme NNS 1662 8980 362 : : : 1662 8980 363 lowest low JJS 1662 8980 364 point point NN 1662 8980 365 : : : 1662 8980 366 South South NNP 1662 8980 367 China China NNP 1662 8980 368 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8980 369 0 0 NFP 1662 8980 370 m m DT 1662 8980 371 highest high JJS 1662 8980 372 point point NN 1662 8980 373 : : : 1662 8980 374 Ngoc Ngoc NNP 1662 8980 375 Linh Linh NNP 1662 8980 376 3,143 3,143 CD 1662 8980 377 m m NNP 1662 8980 378 Natural natural JJ 1662 8980 379 resources resource NNS 1662 8980 380 : : : 1662 8980 381 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 8980 382 , , , 1662 8980 383 coal coal NN 1662 8980 384 , , , 1662 8980 385 manganese manganese JJ 1662 8980 386 , , , 1662 8980 387 bauxite bauxite NN 1662 8980 388 , , , 1662 8980 389 chromate chromate NN 1662 8980 390 , , , 1662 8980 391 offshore offshore JJ 1662 8980 392 oil oil NN 1662 8980 393 and and CC 1662 8980 394 gas gas NN 1662 8980 395 deposits deposit NNS 1662 8980 396 , , , 1662 8980 397 forests forest NNS 1662 8980 398 Land Land NNP 1662 8980 399 use use NN 1662 8980 400 : : : 1662 8980 401 arable arable JJ 1662 8980 402 land land NN 1662 8980 403 : : : 1662 8980 404 17 17 CD 1662 8980 405 % % NN 1662 8980 406 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8980 407 crops crop NNS 1662 8980 408 : : : 1662 8980 409 4 4 CD 1662 8980 410 % % NN 1662 8980 411 permanent permanent JJ 1662 8980 412 pastures pasture NNS 1662 8980 413 : : : 1662 8980 414 1 1 CD 1662 8980 415 % % NN 1662 8980 416 forests forest NNS 1662 8980 417 and and CC 1662 8980 418 woodland woodland JJ 1662 8980 419 : : : 1662 8980 420 30 30 CD 1662 8980 421 % % NN 1662 8980 422 other other JJ 1662 8980 423 : : : 1662 8980 424 48 48 CD 1662 8980 425 % % NN 1662 8980 426 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8980 427 1993 1993 CD 1662 8980 428 est est NNP 1662 8980 429 . . . 1662 8980 430 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8981 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 8981 2 land land NN 1662 8981 3 : : : 1662 8981 4 18,600 18,600 CD 1662 8981 5 sq sq IN 1662 8981 6 km km NNP 1662 8981 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8981 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 8981 9 est est NNP 1662 8981 10 . . . 1662 8981 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8982 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 8982 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 8982 3 : : : 1662 8982 4 occasional occasional JJ 1662 8982 5 typhoons typhoon NNS 1662 8982 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8982 7 May May NNP 1662 8982 8 to to IN 1662 8982 9 January January NNP 1662 8982 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8982 11 with with IN 1662 8982 12 extensive extensive JJ 1662 8982 13 flooding flooding NN 1662 8982 14 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8982 15 - - HYPH 1662 8982 16 current current JJ 1662 8982 17 issues issue NNS 1662 8982 18 : : : 1662 8982 19 logging log VBG 1662 8982 20 and and CC 1662 8982 21 slash slash VB 1662 8982 22 - - HYPH 1662 8982 23 and and CC 1662 8982 24 - - HYPH 1662 8982 25 burn burn VB 1662 8982 26 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 8982 27 practices practice NNS 1662 8982 28 contribute contribute VBP 1662 8982 29 to to IN 1662 8982 30 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 8982 31 and and CC 1662 8982 32 soil soil NN 1662 8982 33 degradation degradation NN 1662 8982 34 ; ; , 1662 8982 35 water water NN 1662 8982 36 pollution pollution NN 1662 8982 37 and and CC 1662 8982 38 overfishing overfishe VBG 1662 8982 39 threaten threaten JJ 1662 8982 40 marine marine JJ 1662 8982 41 life life NN 1662 8982 42 populations population NNS 1662 8982 43 ; ; : 1662 8982 44 groundwater groundwater NN 1662 8982 45 contamination contamination NN 1662 8982 46 limits limit NNS 1662 8982 47 potable potable JJ 1662 8982 48 water water NN 1662 8982 49 supply supply NN 1662 8982 50 ; ; : 1662 8982 51 growing grow VBG 1662 8982 52 urban urban JJ 1662 8982 53 industrialization industrialization NN 1662 8982 54 and and CC 1662 8982 55 population population NN 1662 8982 56 migration migration NN 1662 8982 57 are be VBP 1662 8982 58 rapidly rapidly RB 1662 8982 59 degrading degrade VBG 1662 8982 60 environment environment NN 1662 8982 61 in in IN 1662 8982 62 Hanoi Hanoi NNP 1662 8982 63 and and CC 1662 8982 64 Ho Ho NNP 1662 8982 65 Chi Chi NNP 1662 8982 66 Minh Minh NNP 1662 8982 67 City City NNP 1662 8982 68 Environment Environment NNP 1662 8982 69 - - HYPH 1662 8982 70 international international JJ 1662 8982 71 agreements agreement NNS 1662 8982 72 : : : 1662 8982 73 party party NN 1662 8982 74 to to TO 1662 8982 75 : : : 1662 8982 76 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 8982 77 , , , 1662 8982 78 Climate Climate NNP 1662 8982 79 Change Change NNP 1662 8982 80 , , , 1662 8982 81 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 8982 82 Species Species NNPS 1662 8982 83 , , , 1662 8982 84 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 8982 85 Modification Modification NNP 1662 8982 86 , , , 1662 8982 87 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 8982 88 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 8982 89 , , , 1662 8982 90 Law Law NNP 1662 8982 91 of of IN 1662 8982 92 the the DT 1662 8982 93 Sea Sea NNP 1662 8982 94 , , , 1662 8982 95 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 8982 96 Layer Layer NNP 1662 8982 97 Protection Protection NNP 1662 8982 98 , , , 1662 8982 99 Ship Ship NNP 1662 8982 100 Pollution Pollution NNP 1662 8982 101 , , , 1662 8982 102 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 8982 103 signed sign VBD 1662 8982 104 , , , 1662 8982 105 but but CC 1662 8982 106 not not RB 1662 8982 107 ratified ratified JJ 1662 8982 108 : : : 1662 8982 109 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 8982 110 Test Test NNP 1662 8982 111 Ban Ban NNP 1662 8982 112 @Vietnam @vietnam NN 1662 8982 113 : : : 1662 8982 114 People People NNPS 1662 8982 115 Population Population NNP 1662 8982 116 : : : 1662 8982 117 75,123,880 75,123,880 CD 1662 8982 118 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8982 119 July July NNP 1662 8982 120 1997 1997 CD 1662 8982 121 est est NNP 1662 8982 122 . . . 1662 8982 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8983 1 Age age NN 1662 8983 2 structure structure NN 1662 8983 3 : : : 1662 8983 4 0 0 CD 1662 8983 5 - - HYPH 1662 8983 6 14 14 CD 1662 8983 7 years year NNS 1662 8983 8 : : : 1662 8983 9 36 36 CD 1662 8983 10 % % NN 1662 8983 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8983 12 male male JJ 1662 8983 13 13,713,340 13,713,340 CD 1662 8983 14 ; ; : 1662 8983 15 female female JJ 1662 8983 16 12,946,322 12,946,322 CD 1662 8983 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8983 18 15 15 CD 1662 8983 19 - - SYM 1662 8983 20 64 64 CD 1662 8983 21 years year NNS 1662 8983 22 : : : 1662 8983 23 59 59 CD 1662 8983 24 % % NN 1662 8983 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8983 26 male male JJ 1662 8983 27 21,547,228 21,547,228 CD 1662 8983 28 ; ; , 1662 8983 29 female female JJ 1662 8983 30 22,997,231 22,997,231 CD 1662 8983 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8983 32 65 65 CD 1662 8983 33 years year NNS 1662 8983 34 and and CC 1662 8983 35 over over IN 1662 8983 36 : : : 1662 8983 37 5 5 CD 1662 8983 38 % % NN 1662 8983 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8983 40 male male JJ 1662 8983 41 1,573,823 1,573,823 CD 1662 8983 42 ; ; : 1662 8983 43 female female JJ 1662 8983 44 2,345,936 2,345,936 CD 1662 8983 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8983 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8983 47 July July NNP 1662 8983 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 8983 49 est est NNP 1662 8983 50 . . . 1662 8983 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8984 1 Population population NN 1662 8984 2 growth growth NN 1662 8984 3 rate rate NN 1662 8984 4 : : : 1662 8984 5 1.51 1.51 CD 1662 8984 6 % % NN 1662 8984 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8984 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8984 9 est est NNP 1662 8984 10 . . . 1662 8984 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8985 1 Birth birth NN 1662 8985 2 rate rate NN 1662 8985 3 : : : 1662 8985 4 22.3 22.3 CD 1662 8985 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 8985 6 population population NN 1662 8985 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8985 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8985 9 est est NNP 1662 8985 10 . . . 1662 8985 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8986 1 Death death NN 1662 8986 2 rate rate NN 1662 8986 3 : : : 1662 8986 4 6.8 6.8 CD 1662 8986 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8986 6 population population NN 1662 8986 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8986 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 8986 9 est est NNP 1662 8986 10 . . . 1662 8986 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8987 1 Net net JJ 1662 8987 2 migration migration NN 1662 8987 3 rate rate NN 1662 8987 4 : : : 1662 8987 5 -0.41 -0.41 NFP 1662 8987 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 8987 7 population population NN 1662 8987 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8987 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 8987 10 est est NNP 1662 8987 11 . . . 1662 8987 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8988 1 Sex sex NN 1662 8988 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 8988 3 : : : 1662 8988 4 at at IN 1662 8988 5 birth birth NN 1662 8988 6 : : : 1662 8988 7 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 8988 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8988 9 under under IN 1662 8988 10 15 15 CD 1662 8988 11 years year NNS 1662 8988 12 : : : 1662 8988 13 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 8988 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8988 15 15 15 CD 1662 8988 16 - - SYM 1662 8988 17 64 64 CD 1662 8988 18 years year NNS 1662 8988 19 : : : 1662 8988 20 0.94 0.94 CD 1662 8988 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8988 22 65 65 CD 1662 8988 23 years year NNS 1662 8988 24 and and CC 1662 8988 25 over over IN 1662 8988 26 : : : 1662 8988 27 0.67 0.67 CD 1662 8988 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 8988 29 total total JJ 1662 8988 30 population population NN 1662 8988 31 : : : 1662 8988 32 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 8988 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 8988 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8988 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 8988 36 est e JJS 1662 8988 37 . . . 1662 8988 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8989 1 Infant infant NN 1662 8989 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 8989 3 rate rate NN 1662 8989 4 : : : 1662 8989 5 37.2 37.2 CD 1662 8989 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 8989 7 live live JJ 1662 8989 8 births birth NNS 1662 8989 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8989 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 8989 11 est est NNP 1662 8989 12 . . . 1662 8989 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8990 1 Life life NN 1662 8990 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 8990 3 at at IN 1662 8990 4 birth birth NN 1662 8990 5 : : : 1662 8990 6 total total JJ 1662 8990 7 population population NN 1662 8990 8 : : : 1662 8990 9 67.38 67.38 CD 1662 8990 10 years year NNS 1662 8990 11 male male JJ 1662 8990 12 : : : 1662 8990 13 65.03 65.03 CD 1662 8990 14 years year NNS 1662 8990 15 female female JJ 1662 8990 16 : : : 1662 8990 17 69.86 69.86 CD 1662 8990 18 years year NNS 1662 8990 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8990 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 8990 21 est est NNP 1662 8990 22 . . . 1662 8990 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8991 1 Total total JJ 1662 8991 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 8991 3 rate rate NN 1662 8991 4 : : : 1662 8991 5 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 8991 6 children child NNS 1662 8991 7 born bear VBN 1662 8991 8 / / SYM 1662 8991 9 woman woman NN 1662 8991 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8991 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 8991 12 est est NNP 1662 8991 13 . . . 1662 8991 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8992 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 8992 2 : : : 1662 8992 3 noun noun NN 1662 8992 4 : : : 1662 8992 5 Vietnamese Vietnamese NNP 1662 8992 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8992 7 singular singular JJ 1662 8992 8 and and CC 1662 8992 9 plural plural JJ 1662 8992 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8992 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 8992 12 : : : 1662 8992 13 Vietnamese vietnamese JJ 1662 8992 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 8992 15 groups group NNS 1662 8992 16 : : : 1662 8992 17 Vietnamese vietnamese JJ 1662 8992 18 85%-90 85%-90 CD 1662 8992 19 % % NN 1662 8992 20 , , , 1662 8992 21 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 8992 22 3 3 CD 1662 8992 23 % % NN 1662 8992 24 , , , 1662 8992 25 Muong Muong NNP 1662 8992 26 , , , 1662 8992 27 Tai Tai NNP 1662 8992 28 , , , 1662 8992 29 Meo Meo NNP 1662 8992 30 , , , 1662 8992 31 Khmer Khmer NNP 1662 8992 32 , , , 1662 8992 33 Man Man NNP 1662 8992 34 , , , 1662 8992 35 Cham Cham NNP 1662 8992 36 Religions Religions NNPS 1662 8992 37 : : : 1662 8992 38 Buddhist Buddhist NNP 1662 8992 39 , , , 1662 8992 40 Taoist Taoist NNP 1662 8992 41 , , , 1662 8992 42 Roman Roman NNP 1662 8992 43 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 8992 44 , , , 1662 8992 45 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 8992 46 beliefs belief NNS 1662 8992 47 , , , 1662 8992 48 Islam Islam NNP 1662 8992 49 , , , 1662 8992 50 Protestant Protestant NNP 1662 8992 51 , , , 1662 8992 52 Cao Cao NNP 1662 8992 53 Dai Dai NNP 1662 8992 54 , , , 1662 8992 55 Hoa Hoa NNP 1662 8992 56 Hao Hao NNP 1662 8992 57 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 8992 58 : : : 1662 8992 59 Vietnamese Vietnamese NNP 1662 8992 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8992 61 official official JJ 1662 8992 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8992 63 , , , 1662 8992 64 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 8992 65 , , , 1662 8992 66 English English NNP 1662 8992 67 , , , 1662 8992 68 French French NNP 1662 8992 69 , , , 1662 8992 70 Khmer Khmer NNP 1662 8992 71 , , , 1662 8992 72 tribal tribal JJ 1662 8992 73 languages language NNS 1662 8992 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8992 75 Mon Mon NNP 1662 8992 76 - - HYPH 1662 8992 77 Khmer Khmer NNP 1662 8992 78 and and CC 1662 8992 79 Malayo Malayo NNP 1662 8992 80 - - HYPH 1662 8992 81 Polynesian Polynesian NNP 1662 8992 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8992 83 Literacy literacy NN 1662 8992 84 : : : 1662 8992 85 definition definition NN 1662 8992 86 : : : 1662 8992 87 age age NN 1662 8992 88 15 15 CD 1662 8992 89 and and CC 1662 8992 90 over over RB 1662 8992 91 can can MD 1662 8992 92 read read VB 1662 8992 93 and and CC 1662 8992 94 write write VB 1662 8992 95 total total JJ 1662 8992 96 population population NN 1662 8992 97 : : : 1662 8992 98 93.7 93.7 CD 1662 8992 99 % % NN 1662 8992 100 male male NN 1662 8992 101 : : : 1662 8992 102 96.5 96.5 CD 1662 8992 103 % % NN 1662 8992 104 female female NN 1662 8992 105 : : : 1662 8992 106 91.2 91.2 CD 1662 8992 107 % % NN 1662 8992 108 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8992 109 1995 1995 CD 1662 8992 110 est est NNP 1662 8992 111 . . . 1662 8992 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 1 @Vietnam @vietnam NN 1662 8993 2 : : : 1662 8993 3 Government Government NNP 1662 8993 4 Country Country NNP 1662 8993 5 name name NN 1662 8993 6 : : : 1662 8993 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8993 8 long long JJ 1662 8993 9 form form NN 1662 8993 10 : : : 1662 8993 11 Socialist Socialist NNP 1662 8993 12 Republic Republic NNP 1662 8993 13 of of IN 1662 8993 14 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 8993 15 conventional conventional JJ 1662 8993 16 short short JJ 1662 8993 17 form form NN 1662 8993 18 : : : 1662 8993 19 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 8993 20 local local JJ 1662 8993 21 long long JJ 1662 8993 22 form form NN 1662 8993 23 : : : 1662 8993 24 Cong Cong NNP 1662 8993 25 Hoa Hoa NNP 1662 8993 26 Chu Chu NNP 1662 8993 27 Nghia Nghia NNP 1662 8993 28 Viet Viet NNP 1662 8993 29 Nam Nam NNP 1662 8993 30 local local JJ 1662 8993 31 short short JJ 1662 8993 32 form form NN 1662 8993 33 : : : 1662 8993 34 Viet Viet NNP 1662 8993 35 Nam Nam NNP 1662 8993 36 abbreviation abbreviation NN 1662 8993 37 : : : 1662 8993 38 SRV SRV NNP 1662 8993 39 Data Data NNP 1662 8993 40 code code NN 1662 8993 41 : : : 1662 8993 42 VM VM NNP 1662 8993 43 Government Government NNP 1662 8993 44 type type NN 1662 8993 45 : : : 1662 8993 46 Communist communist JJ 1662 8993 47 state state NN 1662 8993 48 National national JJ 1662 8993 49 capital capital NN 1662 8993 50 : : : 1662 8993 51 Hanoi Hanoi NNP 1662 8993 52 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 8993 53 divisions division NNS 1662 8993 54 : : : 1662 8993 55 50 50 CD 1662 8993 56 provinces province NNS 1662 8993 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 58 tinh tinh JJ 1662 8993 59 , , , 1662 8993 60 singular singular JJ 1662 8993 61 and and CC 1662 8993 62 plural plural JJ 1662 8993 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 64 , , , 1662 8993 65 3 3 CD 1662 8993 66 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 8993 67 * * NFP 1662 8993 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 69 thu thu RB 1662 8993 70 do do VB 1662 8993 71 , , , 1662 8993 72 singular singular JJ 1662 8993 73 and and CC 1662 8993 74 plural plural JJ 1662 8993 75 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 76 ; ; : 1662 8993 77 An an DT 1662 8993 78 Giang Giang NNP 1662 8993 79 , , , 1662 8993 80 Ba Ba NNP 1662 8993 81 Ria Ria NNP 1662 8993 82 - - HYPH 1662 8993 83 Vung Vung NNP 1662 8993 84 Tau Tau NNP 1662 8993 85 , , , 1662 8993 86 Bac Bac NNP 1662 8993 87 Thai Thai NNP 1662 8993 88 , , , 1662 8993 89 Ben Ben NNP 1662 8993 90 Tre Tre NNP 1662 8993 91 , , , 1662 8993 92 Binh Binh NNP 1662 8993 93 Dinh Dinh NNP 1662 8993 94 , , , 1662 8993 95 Binh Binh NNP 1662 8993 96 Thuan Thuan NNP 1662 8993 97 , , , 1662 8993 98 Can Can MD 1662 8993 99 Tho Tho NNP 1662 8993 100 , , , 1662 8993 101 Cao Cao NNP 1662 8993 102 Bang Bang NNP 1662 8993 103 , , , 1662 8993 104 Dac Dac NNP 1662 8993 105 Lac Lac NNP 1662 8993 106 , , , 1662 8993 107 Dong Dong NNP 1662 8993 108 Nai Nai NNP 1662 8993 109 , , , 1662 8993 110 Dong Dong NNP 1662 8993 111 Thap Thap NNP 1662 8993 112 , , , 1662 8993 113 Gia Gia NNP 1662 8993 114 Lai Lai NNP 1662 8993 115 , , , 1662 8993 116 Ha Ha NNP 1662 8993 117 Bac Bac NNP 1662 8993 118 , , , 1662 8993 119 Ha Ha NNP 1662 8993 120 Giang Giang NNP 1662 8993 121 , , , 1662 8993 122 Ha Ha NNP 1662 8993 123 Noi Noi NNP 1662 8993 124 * * NFP 1662 8993 125 , , , 1662 8993 126 Ha ha UH 1662 8993 127 Tay Tay NNP 1662 8993 128 , , , 1662 8993 129 Ha ha UH 1662 8993 130 Tinh Tinh NNP 1662 8993 131 , , , 1662 8993 132 Hai Hai NNP 1662 8993 133 Hung Hung NNP 1662 8993 134 , , , 1662 8993 135 Hai Hai NNP 1662 8993 136 Phong Phong NNP 1662 8993 137 * * NFP 1662 8993 138 , , , 1662 8993 139 Ho Ho NNP 1662 8993 140 Chi Chi NNP 1662 8993 141 Minh Minh NNP 1662 8993 142 * * NFP 1662 8993 143 , , , 1662 8993 144 Hoa Hoa NNP 1662 8993 145 Binh Binh NNP 1662 8993 146 , , , 1662 8993 147 Khanh Khanh NNP 1662 8993 148 Hoa Hoa NNP 1662 8993 149 , , , 1662 8993 150 Kien Kien NNP 1662 8993 151 Giang Giang NNP 1662 8993 152 , , , 1662 8993 153 Kon Kon NNP 1662 8993 154 Tum Tum NNP 1662 8993 155 , , , 1662 8993 156 Lai Lai NNP 1662 8993 157 Chau Chau NNP 1662 8993 158 , , , 1662 8993 159 Lam Lam NNP 1662 8993 160 Dong Dong NNP 1662 8993 161 , , , 1662 8993 162 Lang Lang NNP 1662 8993 163 Son Son NNP 1662 8993 164 , , , 1662 8993 165 Lao Lao NNP 1662 8993 166 Cai Cai NNP 1662 8993 167 , , , 1662 8993 168 Long Long NNP 1662 8993 169 An An NNP 1662 8993 170 , , , 1662 8993 171 Minh Minh NNP 1662 8993 172 Hai Hai NNP 1662 8993 173 , , , 1662 8993 174 Nam Nam NNP 1662 8993 175 Ha Ha NNP 1662 8993 176 , , , 1662 8993 177 Nghe Nghe NNP 1662 8993 178 An An NNP 1662 8993 179 , , , 1662 8993 180 Ninh Ninh NNP 1662 8993 181 Binh Binh NNP 1662 8993 182 , , , 1662 8993 183 Ninh Ninh NNP 1662 8993 184 Thuan Thuan NNP 1662 8993 185 , , , 1662 8993 186 Phu Phu NNP 1662 8993 187 Yen Yen NNP 1662 8993 188 , , , 1662 8993 189 Quang Quang NNP 1662 8993 190 Binh Binh NNP 1662 8993 191 , , , 1662 8993 192 Quang Quang NNP 1662 8993 193 Nam Nam NNP 1662 8993 194 - - HYPH 1662 8993 195 Da Da NNP 1662 8993 196 Nang Nang NNP 1662 8993 197 , , , 1662 8993 198 Quang Quang NNP 1662 8993 199 Ngai Ngai NNP 1662 8993 200 , , , 1662 8993 201 Quang Quang NNP 1662 8993 202 Ninh Ninh NNP 1662 8993 203 , , , 1662 8993 204 Quang Quang NNP 1662 8993 205 Tri Tri NNP 1662 8993 206 , , , 1662 8993 207 Soc Soc NNP 1662 8993 208 Trang Trang NNP 1662 8993 209 , , , 1662 8993 210 Son Son NNP 1662 8993 211 La La NNP 1662 8993 212 , , , 1662 8993 213 Song Song NNP 1662 8993 214 Be be VB 1662 8993 215 , , , 1662 8993 216 Tay Tay NNP 1662 8993 217 Ninh Ninh NNP 1662 8993 218 , , , 1662 8993 219 Thai Thai NNP 1662 8993 220 Binh Binh NNP 1662 8993 221 , , , 1662 8993 222 Thanh Thanh NNP 1662 8993 223 Hoa Hoa NNP 1662 8993 224 , , , 1662 8993 225 Thua Thua NNP 1662 8993 226 Thien Thien NNP 1662 8993 227 - - HYPH 1662 8993 228 Hue Hue NNP 1662 8993 229 , , , 1662 8993 230 Tien Tien NNP 1662 8993 231 Giang Giang NNP 1662 8993 232 , , , 1662 8993 233 Tra Tra NNP 1662 8993 234 Vinh Vinh NNP 1662 8993 235 , , , 1662 8993 236 Tuyen Tuyen NNP 1662 8993 237 Quang Quang NNP 1662 8993 238 , , , 1662 8993 239 Vinh Vinh NNP 1662 8993 240 Long Long NNP 1662 8993 241 , , , 1662 8993 242 Vinh Vinh NNP 1662 8993 243 Phu Phu NNP 1662 8993 244 , , , 1662 8993 245 Yen Yen NNP 1662 8993 246 Bai Bai NNP 1662 8993 247 note note NN 1662 8993 248 : : : 1662 8993 249 eight eight CD 1662 8993 250 existing exist VBG 1662 8993 251 provinces province NNS 1662 8993 252 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 253 Bac Bac NNP 1662 8993 254 Thai Thai NNP 1662 8993 255 , , , 1662 8993 256 Ha Ha NNP 1662 8993 257 Bac Bac NNP 1662 8993 258 , , , 1662 8993 259 Hai Hai NNP 1662 8993 260 Hung Hung NNP 1662 8993 261 , , , 1662 8993 262 Minh Minh NNP 1662 8993 263 Hai Hai NNP 1662 8993 264 , , , 1662 8993 265 Nam Nam NNP 1662 8993 266 Ha Ha NNP 1662 8993 267 , , , 1662 8993 268 Quang Quang NNP 1662 8993 269 Nam Nam NNP 1662 8993 270 - - HYPH 1662 8993 271 Da Da NNP 1662 8993 272 Nang Nang NNP 1662 8993 273 , , , 1662 8993 274 Song Song NNP 1662 8993 275 Be be VB 1662 8993 276 , , , 1662 8993 277 and and CC 1662 8993 278 Vinh Vinh NNP 1662 8993 279 Phu Phu NNP 1662 8993 280 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 281 may may MD 1662 8993 282 have have VB 1662 8993 283 been be VBN 1662 8993 284 abolished abolish VBN 1662 8993 285 and and CC 1662 8993 286 from from IN 1662 8993 287 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8993 288 territory territory NN 1662 8993 289 15 15 CD 1662 8993 290 new new JJ 1662 8993 291 provinces province NNS 1662 8993 292 and and CC 1662 8993 293 one one CD 1662 8993 294 new new JJ 1662 8993 295 municipality municipality NN 1662 8993 296 * * NFP 1662 8993 297 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 298 Bac bac NN 1662 8993 299 Can Can MD 1662 8993 300 , , , 1662 8993 301 Bac Bac NNP 1662 8993 302 Giang Giang NNP 1662 8993 303 , , , 1662 8993 304 Bac Bac NNP 1662 8993 305 Lieu Lieu NNP 1662 8993 306 , , , 1662 8993 307 Bac Bac NNP 1662 8993 308 Ninh Ninh NNP 1662 8993 309 , , , 1662 8993 310 Binh Binh NNP 1662 8993 311 Duong Duong NNP 1662 8993 312 , , , 1662 8993 313 Binh Binh NNP 1662 8993 314 Phuoc Phuoc NNP 1662 8993 315 , , , 1662 8993 316 Ca Ca NNP 1662 8993 317 Mau Mau NNP 1662 8993 318 , , , 1662 8993 319 Da Da NNP 1662 8993 320 Nang Nang NNP 1662 8993 321 City City NNP 1662 8993 322 * * NFP 1662 8993 323 , , , 1662 8993 324 Ha ha UH 1662 8993 325 Nam Nam NNP 1662 8993 326 , , , 1662 8993 327 Hai Hai NNP 1662 8993 328 Duong Duong NNP 1662 8993 329 , , , 1662 8993 330 Hung Hung NNP 1662 8993 331 Yen Yen NNP 1662 8993 332 , , , 1662 8993 333 Nam Nam NNP 1662 8993 334 Dinh Dinh NNP 1662 8993 335 , , , 1662 8993 336 Phu Phu NNP 1662 8993 337 Tho Tho NNP 1662 8993 338 , , , 1662 8993 339 Quang Quang NNP 1662 8993 340 Nam Nam NNP 1662 8993 341 , , , 1662 8993 342 Thai Thai NNP 1662 8993 343 Nguyen Nguyen NNP 1662 8993 344 , , , 1662 8993 345 and and CC 1662 8993 346 Vinh Vinh NNP 1662 8993 347 Phuc Phuc NNP 1662 8993 348 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 349 may may MD 1662 8993 350 have have VB 1662 8993 351 been be VBN 1662 8993 352 created create VBN 1662 8993 353 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8993 354 : : : 1662 8993 355 2 2 CD 1662 8993 356 September September NNP 1662 8993 357 1945 1945 CD 1662 8993 358 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 359 from from IN 1662 8993 360 France France NNP 1662 8993 361 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 362 National national JJ 1662 8993 363 holiday holiday NN 1662 8993 364 : : : 1662 8993 365 Independence Independence NNP 1662 8993 366 Day Day NNP 1662 8993 367 , , , 1662 8993 368 2 2 CD 1662 8993 369 September September NNP 1662 8993 370 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 371 1945 1945 CD 1662 8993 372 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 373 Constitution constitution NN 1662 8993 374 : : : 1662 8993 375 15 15 CD 1662 8993 376 April April NNP 1662 8993 377 1992 1992 CD 1662 8993 378 Legal legal JJ 1662 8993 379 system system NN 1662 8993 380 : : : 1662 8993 381 based base VBN 1662 8993 382 on on IN 1662 8993 383 communist communist JJ 1662 8993 384 legal legal JJ 1662 8993 385 theory theory NN 1662 8993 386 and and CC 1662 8993 387 French french JJ 1662 8993 388 civil civil JJ 1662 8993 389 law law NN 1662 8993 390 system system NN 1662 8993 391 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 8993 392 : : : 1662 8993 393 18 18 CD 1662 8993 394 years year NNS 1662 8993 395 of of IN 1662 8993 396 age age NN 1662 8993 397 ; ; : 1662 8993 398 universal universal JJ 1662 8993 399 Executive Executive NNP 1662 8993 400 branch branch NN 1662 8993 401 : : : 1662 8993 402 chief chief NN 1662 8993 403 of of IN 1662 8993 404 state state NN 1662 8993 405 : : : 1662 8993 406 President President NNP 1662 8993 407 Le Le NNP 1662 8993 408 Duc Duc NNP 1662 8993 409 ANH ANH NNP 1662 8993 410 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 411 since since IN 1662 8993 412 23 23 CD 1662 8993 413 September September NNP 1662 8993 414 1992 1992 CD 1662 8993 415 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 416 head head NN 1662 8993 417 of of IN 1662 8993 418 government government NN 1662 8993 419 : : : 1662 8993 420 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8993 421 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8993 422 Vo Vo NNP 1662 8993 423 Van Van NNP 1662 8993 424 KIET KIET NNP 1662 8993 425 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 426 since since IN 1662 8993 427 9 9 CD 1662 8993 428 August August NNP 1662 8993 429 1991 1991 CD 1662 8993 430 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 431 ; ; : 1662 8993 432 First First NNP 1662 8993 433 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 8993 434 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8993 435 Minister Minister NNP 1662 8993 436 Phan Phan NNP 1662 8993 437 Van Van NNP 1662 8993 438 KHAI KHAI NNP 1662 8993 439 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 440 since since IN 1662 8993 441 10 10 CD 1662 8993 442 August August NNP 1662 8993 443 1991 1991 CD 1662 8993 444 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 445 ; ; : 1662 8993 446 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 8993 447 Prime Prime NNP 1662 8993 448 Ministers Ministers NNPS 1662 8993 449 Nguyen Nguyen NNP 1662 8993 450 KHANH KHANH NNP 1662 8993 451 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 452 since since IN 1662 8993 453 NA NA NNP 1662 8993 454 February February NNP 1662 8993 455 1987 1987 CD 1662 8993 456 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 457 and and CC 1662 8993 458 Tran Tran NNP 1662 8993 459 Duc Duc NNP 1662 8993 460 LUONG LUONG NNP 1662 8993 461 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 462 since since IN 1662 8993 463 NA NA NNP 1662 8993 464 February February NNP 1662 8993 465 1987 1987 CD 1662 8993 466 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 467 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 8993 468 : : : 1662 8993 469 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 8993 470 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8993 471 by by IN 1662 8993 472 the the DT 1662 8993 473 president president NN 1662 8993 474 on on IN 1662 8993 475 the the DT 1662 8993 476 proposal proposal NN 1662 8993 477 of of IN 1662 8993 478 the the DT 1662 8993 479 prime prime NNP 1662 8993 480 minister minister NN 1662 8993 481 and and CC 1662 8993 482 ratification ratification NN 1662 8993 483 of of IN 1662 8993 484 the the DT 1662 8993 485 National National NNP 1662 8993 486 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8993 487 elections election NNS 1662 8993 488 : : : 1662 8993 489 president president NN 1662 8993 490 elected elect VBN 1662 8993 491 by by IN 1662 8993 492 the the DT 1662 8993 493 National National NNP 1662 8993 494 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8993 495 from from IN 1662 8993 496 among among IN 1662 8993 497 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 8993 498 members member NNS 1662 8993 499 for for IN 1662 8993 500 a a DT 1662 8993 501 five five CD 1662 8993 502 - - HYPH 1662 8993 503 year year NN 1662 8993 504 term term NN 1662 8993 505 ; ; : 1662 8993 506 election election NN 1662 8993 507 last last JJ 1662 8993 508 held hold VBD 1662 8993 509 23 23 CD 1662 8993 510 September September NNP 1662 8993 511 1992 1992 CD 1662 8993 512 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 513 next next JJ 1662 8993 514 to to TO 1662 8993 515 be be VB 1662 8993 516 held hold VBN 1662 8993 517 when when WRB 1662 8993 518 National National NNP 1662 8993 519 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8993 520 meets meet VBZ 1662 8993 521 following follow VBG 1662 8993 522 legislative legislative JJ 1662 8993 523 elections election NNS 1662 8993 524 in in IN 1662 8993 525 July July NNP 1662 8993 526 1997 1997 CD 1662 8993 527 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 528 ; ; : 1662 8993 529 prime prime NNP 1662 8993 530 minister minister NN 1662 8993 531 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8993 532 by by IN 1662 8993 533 the the DT 1662 8993 534 president president NN 1662 8993 535 from from IN 1662 8993 536 among among IN 1662 8993 537 the the DT 1662 8993 538 members member NNS 1662 8993 539 of of IN 1662 8993 540 the the DT 1662 8993 541 National National NNP 1662 8993 542 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8993 543 ; ; : 1662 8993 544 deputy deputy JJ 1662 8993 545 prime prime JJ 1662 8993 546 ministers minister NNS 1662 8993 547 appointed appoint VBN 1662 8993 548 by by IN 1662 8993 549 the the DT 1662 8993 550 prime prime NNP 1662 8993 551 minister minister NNP 1662 8993 552 election election NN 1662 8993 553 results result NNS 1662 8993 554 : : : 1662 8993 555 Le Le NNP 1662 8993 556 Duc Duc NNP 1662 8993 557 ANH ANH NNP 1662 8993 558 elected elect VBD 1662 8993 559 president president NN 1662 8993 560 ; ; : 1662 8993 561 percent percent NN 1662 8993 562 of of IN 1662 8993 563 National National NNP 1662 8993 564 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8993 565 vote vote NN 1662 8993 566 - - HYPH 1662 8993 567 NA NA NNP 1662 8993 568 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 8993 569 branch branch NN 1662 8993 570 : : : 1662 8993 571 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 8993 572 National National NNP 1662 8993 573 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8993 574 or or CC 1662 8993 575 Quoc Quoc NNP 1662 8993 576 - - HYPH 1662 8993 577 Hoi Hoi NNP 1662 8993 578 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 579 395 395 CD 1662 8993 580 seats seat NNS 1662 8993 581 ; ; : 1662 8993 582 members member NNS 1662 8993 583 elected elect VBN 1662 8993 584 by by IN 1662 8993 585 popular popular JJ 1662 8993 586 vote vote NN 1662 8993 587 to to TO 1662 8993 588 serve serve VB 1662 8993 589 five five CD 1662 8993 590 - - HYPH 1662 8993 591 year year NN 1662 8993 592 terms term NNS 1662 8993 593 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 594 elections election NNS 1662 8993 595 : : : 1662 8993 596 last last RB 1662 8993 597 held hold VBD 1662 8993 598 19 19 CD 1662 8993 599 July July NNP 1662 8993 600 1992 1992 CD 1662 8993 601 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 602 next next JJ 1662 8993 603 to to TO 1662 8993 604 be be VB 1662 8993 605 held hold VBN 1662 8993 606 20 20 CD 1662 8993 607 July July NNP 1662 8993 608 1997 1997 CD 1662 8993 609 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 610 election election NN 1662 8993 611 results result NNS 1662 8993 612 : : : 1662 8993 613 percent percent NN 1662 8993 614 of of IN 1662 8993 615 vote vote NN 1662 8993 616 by by IN 1662 8993 617 party party NNP 1662 8993 618 - - HYPH 1662 8993 619 CPV CPV NNP 1662 8993 620 or or CC 1662 8993 621 CPV CPV NNP 1662 8993 622 - - HYPH 1662 8993 623 approved approve VBN 1662 8993 624 100 100 CD 1662 8993 625 % % NN 1662 8993 626 ; ; , 1662 8993 627 seats seat NNS 1662 8993 628 by by IN 1662 8993 629 party party NN 1662 8993 630 - - HYPH 1662 8993 631 CPV CPV NNP 1662 8993 632 or or CC 1662 8993 633 CPV CPV NNP 1662 8993 634 - - HYPH 1662 8993 635 approved approve VBD 1662 8993 636 395 395 CD 1662 8993 637 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 8993 638 branch branch NN 1662 8993 639 : : : 1662 8993 640 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 8993 641 People People NNP 1662 8993 642 's 's POS 1662 8993 643 Court Court NNP 1662 8993 644 , , , 1662 8993 645 chief chief JJ 1662 8993 646 justice justice NN 1662 8993 647 is be VBZ 1662 8993 648 elected elect VBN 1662 8993 649 for for IN 1662 8993 650 a a DT 1662 8993 651 five five CD 1662 8993 652 - - HYPH 1662 8993 653 year year NN 1662 8993 654 term term NN 1662 8993 655 by by IN 1662 8993 656 the the DT 1662 8993 657 National National NNP 1662 8993 658 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 8993 659 on on IN 1662 8993 660 the the DT 1662 8993 661 recommendation recommendation NN 1662 8993 662 of of IN 1662 8993 663 the the DT 1662 8993 664 president president NN 1662 8993 665 Political political JJ 1662 8993 666 parties party NNS 1662 8993 667 and and CC 1662 8993 668 leaders leader NNS 1662 8993 669 : : : 1662 8993 670 only only RB 1662 8993 671 party party NN 1662 8993 672 - - HYPH 1662 8993 673 Communist Communist NNP 1662 8993 674 Party Party NNP 1662 8993 675 of of IN 1662 8993 676 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 8993 677 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 678 CPV CPV NNP 1662 8993 679 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 680 , , , 1662 8993 681 DO DO NNP 1662 8993 682 MUOI MUOI NNP 1662 8993 683 , , , 1662 8993 684 general general JJ 1662 8993 685 secretary secretary NNP 1662 8993 686 International International NNP 1662 8993 687 organization organization NN 1662 8993 688 participation participation NN 1662 8993 689 : : : 1662 8993 690 ACCT acct JJ 1662 8993 691 , , , 1662 8993 692 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 8993 693 , , , 1662 8993 694 ASEAN ASEAN NNP 1662 8993 695 , , , 1662 8993 696 CCC CCC NNP 1662 8993 697 , , , 1662 8993 698 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 8993 699 , , , 1662 8993 700 FAO FAO NNP 1662 8993 701 , , , 1662 8993 702 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 8993 703 , , , 1662 8993 704 IAEA iaea NN 1662 8993 705 , , , 1662 8993 706 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 8993 707 , , , 1662 8993 708 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 8993 709 , , , 1662 8993 710 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 8993 711 , , , 1662 8993 712 IDA IDA NNP 1662 8993 713 , , , 1662 8993 714 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 8993 715 , , , 1662 8993 716 IFC IFC NNP 1662 8993 717 , , , 1662 8993 718 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 8993 719 , , , 1662 8993 720 ILO ILO NNP 1662 8993 721 , , , 1662 8993 722 IMF IMF NNP 1662 8993 723 , , , 1662 8993 724 IMO imo RB 1662 8993 725 , , , 1662 8993 726 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 8993 727 , , , 1662 8993 728 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 8993 729 , , , 1662 8993 730 IOC IOC NNP 1662 8993 731 , , , 1662 8993 732 IOM IOM NNP 1662 8993 733 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 734 observer observer NN 1662 8993 735 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 736 , , , 1662 8993 737 ISO ISO NNP 1662 8993 738 , , , 1662 8993 739 ITU ITU NNP 1662 8993 740 , , , 1662 8993 741 Mekong Mekong NNP 1662 8993 742 Group Group NNP 1662 8993 743 , , , 1662 8993 744 NAM NAM NNP 1662 8993 745 , , , 1662 8993 746 UN UN NNP 1662 8993 747 , , , 1662 8993 748 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 8993 749 , , , 1662 8993 750 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 8993 751 , , , 1662 8993 752 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 8993 753 , , , 1662 8993 754 UPU UPU NNP 1662 8993 755 , , , 1662 8993 756 WCL WCL NNP 1662 8993 757 , , , 1662 8993 758 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 8993 759 , , , 1662 8993 760 WHO who WP 1662 8993 761 , , , 1662 8993 762 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 8993 763 , , , 1662 8993 764 WMO WMO NNP 1662 8993 765 , , , 1662 8993 766 WToO wtoo FW 1662 8993 767 , , , 1662 8993 768 WTrO wtro VB 1662 8993 769 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 770 applicant applicant NN 1662 8993 771 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 772 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 8993 773 representation representation NN 1662 8993 774 in in IN 1662 8993 775 the the DT 1662 8993 776 US US NNP 1662 8993 777 : : : 1662 8993 778 chief chief NN 1662 8993 779 of of IN 1662 8993 780 mission mission NN 1662 8993 781 : : : 1662 8993 782 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 8993 783 Le Le NNP 1662 8993 784 Van Van NNP 1662 8993 785 BANG BANG NNP 1662 8993 786 chancery chancery NN 1662 8993 787 : : : 1662 8993 788 1233 1233 CD 1662 8993 789 20th 20th NNP 1662 8993 790 Street Street NNP 1662 8993 791 NW NW NNP 1662 8993 792 , , , 1662 8993 793 Washington Washington NNP 1662 8993 794 , , , 1662 8993 795 DC DC NNP 1662 8993 796 20036 20036 CD 1662 8993 797 , , , 1662 8993 798 Suite Suite NNP 1662 8993 799 501 501 CD 1662 8993 800 telephone telephone NN 1662 8993 801 : : : 1662 8993 802 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8993 803 1 1 CD 1662 8993 804 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8993 805 ( ( 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Road Road NNP 1662 8993 844 , , , 1662 8993 845 Ba Ba NNP 1662 8993 846 Dinh Dinh NNP 1662 8993 847 District District NNP 1662 8993 848 , , , 1662 8993 849 Hanoi Hanoi NNP 1662 8993 850 mailing mail VBG 1662 8993 851 address address NN 1662 8993 852 : : : 1662 8993 853 PSC psc NN 1662 8993 854 461 461 CD 1662 8993 855 , , , 1662 8993 856 Box Box NNP 1662 8993 857 400 400 CD 1662 8993 858 , , , 1662 8993 859 FPO FPO NNP 1662 8993 860 AP AP NNP 1662 8993 861 96521 96521 CD 1662 8993 862 - - HYPH 1662 8993 863 0002 0002 CD 1662 8993 864 telephone telephone NN 1662 8993 865 : : : 1662 8993 866 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8993 867 84 84 CD 1662 8993 868 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8993 869 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 870 4 4 CD 1662 8993 871 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 872 8431500 8431500 CD 1662 8993 873 FAX FAX NNP 1662 8993 874 : : : 1662 8993 875 [ [ -LRB- 1662 8993 876 84 84 CD 1662 8993 877 ] ] -RRB- 1662 8993 878 ( ( -LRB- 1662 8993 879 4 4 CD 1662 8993 880 ) ) -RRB- 1662 8993 881 8350484 8350484 CD 1662 8993 882 or or CC 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13 forward forward RB 1662 8994 14 from from IN 1662 8994 15 an an DT 1662 8994 16 extremely extremely RB 1662 8994 17 low low JJ 1662 8994 18 starting starting NN 1662 8994 19 point point NN 1662 8994 20 . . . 1662 8995 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 8995 2 growth growth NN 1662 8995 3 continued continue VBD 1662 8995 4 at at IN 1662 8995 5 a a DT 1662 8995 6 strong strong JJ 1662 8995 7 pace pace NN 1662 8995 8 during during IN 1662 8995 9 1996 1996 CD 1662 8995 10 with with IN 1662 8995 11 industrial industrial JJ 1662 8995 12 output output NN 1662 8995 13 rising rise VBG 1662 8995 14 by by IN 1662 8995 15 14 14 CD 1662 8995 16 % % NN 1662 8995 17 and and CC 1662 8995 18 real real JJ 1662 8995 19 GDP GDP NNP 1662 8995 20 expanding expand VBG 1662 8995 21 by by IN 1662 8995 22 9.4 9.4 CD 1662 8995 23 % % NN 1662 8995 24 . . . 1662 8996 1 Foreign foreign JJ 1662 8996 2 direct direct JJ 1662 8996 3 investment investment NN 1662 8996 4 rose rise VBD 1662 8996 5 to to IN 1662 8996 6 an an 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services service NNS 1662 9009 16 : : : 1662 9009 17 44 44 CD 1662 9009 18 % % NN 1662 9009 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9009 20 1996 1996 CD 1662 9009 21 est est NNP 1662 9009 22 . . . 1662 9009 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9010 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 9010 2 rate rate NN 1662 9010 3 - - HYPH 1662 9010 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 9010 5 price price NN 1662 9010 6 index index NN 1662 9010 7 : : : 1662 9010 8 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 9010 9 % % NN 1662 9010 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9010 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 9010 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9010 13 Labor labor NN 1662 9010 14 force force NN 1662 9010 15 : : : 1662 9010 16 total total NN 1662 9010 17 : : : 1662 9010 18 32.7 32.7 CD 1662 9010 19 million million CD 1662 9010 20 by by IN 1662 9010 21 occupation occupation NN 1662 9010 22 : : : 1662 9010 23 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 9010 24 65 65 CD 1662 9010 25 % % NN 1662 9010 26 , , , 1662 9010 27 industry industry NN 1662 9010 28 and and CC 1662 9010 29 services service NNS 1662 9010 30 35 35 CD 1662 9010 31 % % NN 1662 9010 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9010 33 1990 1990 CD 1662 9010 34 est est NNP 1662 9010 35 . . . 1662 9010 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9011 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 9011 2 rate rate NN 1662 9011 3 : : : 1662 9011 4 25 25 CD 1662 9011 5 % % NN 1662 9011 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9011 7 1995 1995 CD 1662 9011 8 est est NNP 1662 9011 9 . . . 1662 9011 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9012 1 Budget budget NN 1662 9012 2 : : : 1662 9012 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 9012 4 : : : 1662 9012 5 $ $ $ 1662 9012 6 4.67 4.67 CD 1662 9012 7 billion billion CD 1662 9012 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9012 9 : : : 1662 9012 10 $ $ $ 1662 9012 11 5 5 CD 1662 9012 12 billion billion CD 1662 9012 13 , , , 1662 9012 14 including include VBG 1662 9012 15 capital capital NN 1662 9012 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9012 17 of of IN 1662 9012 18 $ $ $ 1662 9012 19 1.36 1.36 CD 1662 9012 20 billion billion CD 1662 9012 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9012 22 1995 1995 CD 1662 9012 23 est est NNP 1662 9012 24 . . . 1662 9012 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9013 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 9013 2 : : : 1662 9013 3 food food NN 1662 9013 4 processing processing NN 1662 9013 5 , , , 1662 9013 6 garments garment NNS 1662 9013 7 , , , 1662 9013 8 shoes shoe NNS 1662 9013 9 , , , 1662 9013 10 machine machine NN 1662 9013 11 building building NN 1662 9013 12 , , , 1662 9013 13 mining mining NN 1662 9013 14 , , , 1662 9013 15 cement cement NN 1662 9013 16 , , , 1662 9013 17 chemical chemical NN 1662 9013 18 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 9013 19 , , , 1662 9013 20 glass glass NN 1662 9013 21 , , , 1662 9013 22 tires tire NNS 1662 9013 23 , , , 1662 9013 24 oil oil NN 1662 9013 25 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 9013 26 production production NN 1662 9013 27 growth growth NN 1662 9013 28 rate rate NN 1662 9013 29 : : : 1662 9013 30 14 14 CD 1662 9013 31 % % NN 1662 9013 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9013 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 9013 34 est est NNP 1662 9013 35 . . . 1662 9013 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9014 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 9014 2 - - HYPH 1662 9014 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 9014 4 : : : 1662 9014 5 5.32 5.32 CD 1662 9014 6 million million CD 1662 9014 7 kW kW NNP 1662 9014 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9014 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 9014 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9014 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 9014 12 - - HYPH 1662 9014 13 production production NN 1662 9014 14 : : : 1662 9014 15 11.78 11.78 CD 1662 9014 16 billion billion CD 1662 9014 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 9014 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9014 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 9014 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9014 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 9014 22 - - HYPH 1662 9014 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 9014 24 per per IN 1662 9014 25 capita capita NN 1662 9014 26 : : : 1662 9014 27 154 154 CD 1662 9014 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 9014 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9014 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 9014 31 est est NNP 1662 9014 32 . . . 1662 9014 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9015 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 9015 2 - - HYPH 1662 9015 3 products product NNS 1662 9015 4 : : : 1662 9015 5 paddy paddy NNP 1662 9015 6 rice rice NN 1662 9015 7 , , , 1662 9015 8 corn corn NN 1662 9015 9 , , , 1662 9015 10 potatoes potato NNS 1662 9015 11 , , , 1662 9015 12 rubber rubber NN 1662 9015 13 , , , 1662 9015 14 soybeans soybean NNS 1662 9015 15 , , , 1662 9015 16 coffee coffee NN 1662 9015 17 , , , 1662 9015 18 tea tea NN 1662 9015 19 , , , 1662 9015 20 bananas banana NNS 1662 9015 21 ; ; : 1662 9015 22 poultry poultry NN 1662 9015 23 , , , 1662 9015 24 pigs pig NNS 1662 9015 25 ; ; , 1662 9015 26 fish fish NN 1662 9015 27 Exports export NNS 1662 9015 28 : : : 1662 9015 29 total total JJ 1662 9015 30 value value NN 1662 9015 31 : : : 1662 9015 32 $ $ $ 1662 9015 33 7.1 7.1 CD 1662 9015 34 billion billion CD 1662 9015 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9015 36 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 9015 37 . . NNP 1662 9015 38 , , , 1662 9015 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 9015 40 est est NNP 1662 9015 41 . . . 1662 9015 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9016 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 9016 2 : : : 1662 9016 3 crude crude JJ 1662 9016 4 oil oil NN 1662 9016 5 , , , 1662 9016 6 rice rice NN 1662 9016 7 , , , 1662 9016 8 marine marine JJ 1662 9016 9 products product NNS 1662 9016 10 , , , 1662 9016 11 coffee coffee NN 1662 9016 12 , , , 1662 9016 13 rubber rubber NN 1662 9016 14 , , , 1662 9016 15 tea tea NN 1662 9016 16 , , , 1662 9016 17 garments garment NNS 1662 9016 18 , , , 1662 9016 19 shoes shoe NNS 1662 9016 20 partners partner NNS 1662 9016 21 : : : 1662 9016 22 Japan Japan NNP 1662 9016 23 , , , 1662 9016 24 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 9016 25 , , , 1662 9016 26 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 9016 27 , , , 1662 9016 28 Hong Hong NNP 1662 9016 29 Kong Kong NNP 1662 9016 30 , , , 1662 9016 31 France France NNP 1662 9016 32 , , , 1662 9016 33 South South NNP 1662 9016 34 Korea Korea NNP 1662 9016 35 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 9016 36 : : : 1662 9016 37 total total JJ 1662 9016 38 value value NN 1662 9016 39 : : : 1662 9016 40 $ $ $ 1662 9016 41 11.1 11.1 CD 1662 9016 42 billion billion CD 1662 9016 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9016 44 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 9016 45 . . NNP 1662 9016 46 , , , 1662 9016 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 9016 48 est est NNP 1662 9016 49 . . . 1662 9016 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9017 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 9017 2 : : : 1662 9017 3 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 9017 4 products product NNS 1662 9017 5 , , , 1662 9017 6 machinery machinery NN 1662 9017 7 and and CC 1662 9017 8 equipment equipment NN 1662 9017 9 , , , 1662 9017 10 steel steel NN 1662 9017 11 products product NNS 1662 9017 12 , , , 1662 9017 13 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 9017 14 , , , 1662 9017 15 raw raw JJ 1662 9017 16 cotton cotton NN 1662 9017 17 , , , 1662 9017 18 grain grain NN 1662 9017 19 , , , 1662 9017 20 cement cement NN 1662 9017 21 , , , 1662 9017 22 motorcycles motorcycle NNS 1662 9017 23 partners partner NNS 1662 9017 24 : : : 1662 9017 25 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 9017 26 , , , 1662 9017 27 South South NNP 1662 9017 28 Korea Korea NNP 1662 9017 29 , , , 1662 9017 30 Japan Japan NNP 1662 9017 31 , , , 1662 9017 32 France France NNP 1662 9017 33 , , , 1662 9017 34 Hong Hong NNP 1662 9017 35 Kong Kong NNP 1662 9017 36 , , , 1662 9017 37 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 9017 38 Debt Debt NNP 1662 9017 39 - - HYPH 1662 9017 40 external external JJ 1662 9017 41 : : : 1662 9017 42 $ $ $ 1662 9017 43 7.3 7.3 CD 1662 9017 44 billion billion CD 1662 9017 45 Western western JJ 1662 9017 46 countries country NNS 1662 9017 47 ; ; : 1662 9017 48 $ $ $ 1662 9017 49 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 9017 50 billion billion CD 1662 9017 51 CEMA CEMA NNP 1662 9017 52 debts debt NNS 1662 9017 53 primarily primarily RB 1662 9017 54 to to IN 1662 9017 55 Russia Russia NNP 1662 9017 56 ; ; : 1662 9017 57 $ $ $ 1662 9017 58 9 9 CD 1662 9017 59 billion billion CD 1662 9017 60 to to TO 1662 9017 61 $ $ $ 1662 9017 62 18 18 CD 1662 9017 63 billion billion CD 1662 9017 64 nonconvertible nonconvertible JJ 1662 9017 65 debt debt NN 1662 9017 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9017 67 former former JJ 1662 9017 68 CEMA CEMA NNP 1662 9017 69 , , , 1662 9017 70 Iraq Iraq NNP 1662 9017 71 , , , 1662 9017 72 Iran Iran NNP 1662 9017 73 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9017 74 Economic economic JJ 1662 9017 75 aid aid NN 1662 9017 76 : : : 1662 9017 77 recipient recipient NN 1662 9017 78 : : : 1662 9017 79 ODA ODA NNP 1662 9017 80 , , , 1662 9017 81 $ $ $ 1662 9017 82 NA NA NNP 1662 9017 83 note note NN 1662 9017 84 : : : 1662 9017 85 $ $ $ 1662 9017 86 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 9017 87 billion billion CD 1662 9017 88 in in IN 1662 9017 89 credits credit NNS 1662 9017 90 and and CC 1662 9017 91 grants grant NNS 1662 9017 92 pledged pledge VBN 1662 9017 93 by by IN 1662 9017 94 international international JJ 1662 9017 95 donors donor NNS 1662 9017 96 for for IN 1662 9017 97 1997 1997 CD 1662 9017 98 Currency Currency NNP 1662 9017 99 : : : 1662 9017 100 1 1 CD 1662 9017 101 new new NNP 1662 9017 102 dong dong NNP 1662 9017 103 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9017 104 D D NNP 1662 9017 105 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9017 106 = = SYM 1662 9017 107 100 100 CD 1662 9017 108 xu xu NNP 1662 9017 109 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 9017 110 rates rate NNS 1662 9017 111 : : : 1662 9017 112 new new NNP 1662 9017 113 dong dong NNP 1662 9017 114 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9017 115 D D NNP 1662 9017 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9017 117 per per IN 1662 9017 118 US$ us$ $ 1662 9017 119 1 1 CD 1662 9017 120 - - SYM 1662 9017 121 11,100 11,100 CD 1662 9017 122 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9017 123 December December NNP 1662 9017 124 1996 1996 CD 1662 9017 125 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9017 126 , , , 1662 9017 127 11,193 11,193 CD 1662 9017 128 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9017 129 1995 1995 CD 1662 9017 130 average average JJ 1662 9017 131 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9017 132 , , , 1662 9017 133 11,000 11,000 CD 1662 9017 134 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9017 135 October October NNP 1662 9017 136 1994 1994 CD 1662 9017 137 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9017 138 , , , 1662 9017 139 10,800 10,800 CD 1662 9017 140 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9017 141 November November NNP 1662 9017 142 1993 1993 CD 1662 9017 143 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9017 144 , , , 1662 9017 145 8,100 8,100 CD 1662 9017 146 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9017 147 July July NNP 1662 9017 148 1991 1991 CD 1662 9017 149 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9017 150 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 9017 151 year year NN 1662 9017 152 : : : 1662 9017 153 calendar calendar NN 1662 9017 154 year year NN 1662 9017 155 @Vietnam @vietnam NN 1662 9017 156 : : : 1662 9017 157 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 9017 158 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 9017 159 : : : 1662 9017 160 800,000 800,000 CD 1662 9017 161 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9017 162 1995 1995 CD 1662 9017 163 est est NNP 1662 9017 164 . . . 1662 9017 165 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9018 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 9018 2 system system NN 1662 9018 3 : : : 1662 9018 4 while while IN 1662 9018 5 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 9018 6 's 's POS 1662 9018 7 telecommunication telecommunication NN 1662 9018 8 sector sector NN 1662 9018 9 lags lag VBZ 1662 9018 10 far far RB 1662 9018 11 behind behind IN 1662 9018 12 other other JJ 1662 9018 13 countries country NNS 1662 9018 14 in in IN 1662 9018 15 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 9018 16 Asia Asia NNP 1662 9018 17 , , , 1662 9018 18 Hanoi Hanoi NNP 1662 9018 19 has have VBZ 1662 9018 20 made make VBN 1662 9018 21 considerable considerable JJ 1662 9018 22 progress progress NN 1662 9018 23 since since IN 1662 9018 24 1991 1991 CD 1662 9018 25 in in IN 1662 9018 26 upgrading upgrade VBG 1662 9018 27 the the DT 1662 9018 28 system system NN 1662 9018 29 ; ; : 1662 9018 30 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 9018 31 has have VBZ 1662 9018 32 digitized digitize VBN 1662 9018 33 all all DT 1662 9018 34 provincial provincial JJ 1662 9018 35 switch switch NN 1662 9018 36 boards board NNS 1662 9018 37 , , , 1662 9018 38 while while IN 1662 9018 39 fiber fiber NN 1662 9018 40 - - HYPH 1662 9018 41 optic optic NN 1662 9018 42 and and CC 1662 9018 43 microwave microwave VB 1662 9018 44 transmission transmission NN 1662 9018 45 systems system NNS 1662 9018 46 have have VBP 1662 9018 47 been be VBN 1662 9018 48 extended extend VBN 1662 9018 49 from from IN 1662 9018 50 Hanoi Hanoi NNP 1662 9018 51 , , , 1662 9018 52 Da Da NNP 1662 9018 53 Nang Nang NNP 1662 9018 54 , , , 1662 9018 55 and and CC 1662 9018 56 Ho Ho NNP 1662 9018 57 Chi Chi NNP 1662 9018 58 Minh Minh NNP 1662 9018 59 City City NNP 1662 9018 60 to to IN 1662 9018 61 all all DT 1662 9018 62 provinces province NNS 1662 9018 63 ; ; : 1662 9018 64 the the DT 1662 9018 65 density density NN 1662 9018 66 of of IN 1662 9018 67 telephone telephone NN 1662 9018 68 receivers receiver NNS 1662 9018 69 nationwide nationwide RB 1662 9018 70 doubled double VBD 1662 9018 71 from from IN 1662 9018 72 1993 1993 CD 1662 9018 73 to to IN 1662 9018 74 1995 1995 CD 1662 9018 75 , , , 1662 9018 76 but but CC 1662 9018 77 is be VBZ 1662 9018 78 still still RB 1662 9018 79 far far RB 1662 9018 80 behind behind IN 1662 9018 81 other other JJ 1662 9018 82 countries country NNS 1662 9018 83 in in IN 1662 9018 84 the the DT 1662 9018 85 region region NN 1662 9018 86 ; ; : 1662 9018 87 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 9018 88 's 's POS 1662 9018 89 telecommunications telecommunications NN 1662 9018 90 strategy strategy NN 1662 9018 91 aims aim VBZ 1662 9018 92 to to TO 1662 9018 93 increase increase VB 1662 9018 94 telephone telephone NN 1662 9018 95 density density NN 1662 9018 96 to to IN 1662 9018 97 30 30 CD 1662 9018 98 per per IN 1662 9018 99 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 9018 100 inhabitants inhabitant NNS 1662 9018 101 by by IN 1662 9018 102 the the DT 1662 9018 103 year year NN 1662 9018 104 2000 2000 CD 1662 9018 105 and and CC 1662 9018 106 authorities authority NNS 1662 9018 107 estimate estimate VBP 1662 9018 108 that that IN 1662 9018 109 approximately approximately RB 1662 9018 110 $ $ $ 1662 9018 111 2.7 2.7 CD 1662 9018 112 billion billion CD 1662 9018 113 will will MD 1662 9018 114 be be VB 1662 9018 115 spent spend VBN 1662 9018 116 on on IN 1662 9018 117 telecommunications telecommunication NNS 1662 9018 118 upgrades upgrade NNS 1662 9018 119 through through IN 1662 9018 120 the the DT 1662 9018 121 end end NN 1662 9018 122 of of IN 1662 9018 123 the the DT 1662 9018 124 decade decade NN 1662 9018 125 domestic domestic JJ 1662 9018 126 : : : 1662 9018 127 NA NA NNP 1662 9018 128 international international JJ 1662 9018 129 : : : 1662 9018 130 satellite satellite NN 1662 9018 131 earth earth NN 1662 9018 132 stations station NNS 1662 9018 133 - - , 1662 9018 134 2 2 CD 1662 9018 135 Intersputnik Intersputnik NNP 1662 9018 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9018 137 Indian Indian NNP 1662 9018 138 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 9018 139 region region NN 1662 9018 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9018 141 Radio radio NN 1662 9018 142 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 9018 143 stations station NNS 1662 9018 144 : : : 1662 9018 145 AM am VBP 1662 9018 146 NA NA NNP 1662 9018 147 , , , 1662 9018 148 FM FM NNP 1662 9018 149 228 228 CD 1662 9018 150 , , , 1662 9018 151 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 9018 152 0 0 CD 1662 9018 153 Radios radio NNS 1662 9018 154 : : : 1662 9018 155 7.215 7.215 CD 1662 9018 156 million million CD 1662 9018 157 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9018 158 1992 1992 CD 1662 9018 159 est est NNP 1662 9018 160 . . . 1662 9018 161 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9019 1 Television television NN 1662 9019 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 9019 3 stations station NNS 1662 9019 4 : : : 1662 9019 5 36 36 CD 1662 9019 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9019 7 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 9019 8 77 77 CD 1662 9019 9 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9019 10 Televisions television NNS 1662 9019 11 : : : 1662 9019 12 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 9019 13 million million CD 1662 9019 14 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9019 15 1992 1992 CD 1662 9019 16 est est NNP 1662 9019 17 . . . 1662 9019 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9020 1 @Vietnam @vietnam NN 1662 9020 2 : : : 1662 9020 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 9020 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 9020 5 : : : 1662 9020 6 total total NN 1662 9020 7 : : : 1662 9020 8 2,835 2,835 CD 1662 9020 9 km km NNS 1662 9020 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9020 11 in in IN 1662 9020 12 addition addition NN 1662 9020 13 , , , 1662 9020 14 there there EX 1662 9020 15 are be VBP 1662 9020 16 224 224 CD 1662 9020 17 km km NNS 1662 9020 18 not not RB 1662 9020 19 restored restore VBN 1662 9020 20 to to IN 1662 9020 21 service service NN 1662 9020 22 after after IN 1662 9020 23 war war NN 1662 9020 24 damage damage NN 1662 9020 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9020 26 standard standard JJ 1662 9020 27 gauge gauge NN 1662 9020 28 : : : 1662 9020 29 151 151 CD 1662 9020 30 km km NNS 1662 9020 31 1.435-m 1.435-m CD 1662 9020 32 gauge gauge NN 1662 9020 33 narrow narrow JJ 1662 9020 34 gauge gauge NN 1662 9020 35 : : : 1662 9020 36 2,454 2,454 CD 1662 9020 37 km km NN 1662 9020 38 1.000-m 1.000-m CD 1662 9020 39 gauge gauge NN 1662 9020 40 other other JJ 1662 9020 41 gauge gauge NN 1662 9020 42 : : : 1662 9020 43 230 230 CD 1662 9020 44 km km NN 1662 9020 45 NA NA NNP 1662 9020 46 - - HYPH 1662 9020 47 m m NNP 1662 9020 48 dual dual JJ 1662 9020 49 gauge gauge NN 1662 9020 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9020 51 three three CD 1662 9020 52 rails rail NNS 1662 9020 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9020 54 Highways highway NNS 1662 9020 55 : : : 1662 9020 56 total total NN 1662 9020 57 : : : 1662 9020 58 106,048 106,048 CD 1662 9020 59 km km NN 1662 9020 60 paved pave VBN 1662 9020 61 : : : 1662 9020 62 27,466 27,466 CD 1662 9020 63 km km NN 1662 9020 64 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 9020 65 : : : 1662 9020 66 78,582 78,582 CD 1662 9020 67 km km NNS 1662 9020 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9020 69 1995 1995 CD 1662 9020 70 est est NNP 1662 9020 71 . . . 1662 9020 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9021 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 9021 2 : : : 1662 9021 3 17,702 17,702 CD 1662 9021 4 km km NNS 1662 9021 5 navigable navigable JJ 1662 9021 6 ; ; : 1662 9021 7 more more JJR 1662 9021 8 than than IN 1662 9021 9 5,149 5,149 CD 1662 9021 10 km km NNS 1662 9021 11 navigable navigable JJ 1662 9021 12 at at IN 1662 9021 13 all all DT 1662 9021 14 times time NNS 1662 9021 15 by by IN 1662 9021 16 vessels vessel NNS 1662 9021 17 up up IN 1662 9021 18 to to TO 1662 9021 19 1.8 1.8 CD 1662 9021 20 m m NN 1662 9021 21 draft draft NN 1662 9021 22 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 9021 23 : : : 1662 9021 24 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 9021 25 products product NNS 1662 9021 26 150 150 CD 1662 9021 27 km km NN 1662 9021 28 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 9021 29 and and CC 1662 9021 30 harbors harbor NNS 1662 9021 31 : : : 1662 9021 32 Cam Cam NNP 1662 9021 33 Ranh Ranh NNP 1662 9021 34 , , , 1662 9021 35 Da Da NNP 1662 9021 36 Nang Nang NNP 1662 9021 37 , , , 1662 9021 38 Haiphong Haiphong NNP 1662 9021 39 , , , 1662 9021 40 Ho Ho NNP 1662 9021 41 Chi Chi NNP 1662 9021 42 Minh Minh NNP 1662 9021 43 City City NNP 1662 9021 44 , , , 1662 9021 45 Hong Hong NNP 1662 9021 46 Gai Gai NNP 1662 9021 47 , , , 1662 9021 48 Qui Qui NNP 1662 9021 49 Nhon Nhon NNP 1662 9021 50 , , , 1662 9021 51 Nha Nha NNP 1662 9021 52 Trang Trang NNP 1662 9021 53 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 9021 54 marine marine NN 1662 9021 55 : : : 1662 9021 56 total total NN 1662 9021 57 : : : 1662 9021 58 121 121 CD 1662 9021 59 ships ship NNS 1662 9021 60 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9021 61 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 9021 62 GRT GRT NNP 1662 9021 63 or or CC 1662 9021 64 over over RB 1662 9021 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9021 66 totaling total VBG 1662 9021 67 534,937 534,937 CD 1662 9021 68 GRT/863,307 GRT/863,307 NNP 1662 9021 69 DWT DWT NNP 1662 9021 70 ships ship NNS 1662 9021 71 by by IN 1662 9021 72 type type NN 1662 9021 73 : : : 1662 9021 74 bulk bulk NNP 1662 9021 75 5 5 CD 1662 9021 76 , , , 1662 9021 77 cargo cargo NN 1662 9021 78 100 100 CD 1662 9021 79 , , , 1662 9021 80 chemical chemical NN 1662 9021 81 tanker tanker NN 1662 9021 82 1 1 CD 1662 9021 83 , , , 1662 9021 84 oil oil NN 1662 9021 85 tanker tanker NN 1662 9021 86 9 9 CD 1662 9021 87 , , , 1662 9021 88 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 9021 89 cargo cargo NN 1662 9021 90 5 5 CD 1662 9021 91 , , , 1662 9021 92 roll roll NN 1662 9021 93 - - HYPH 1662 9021 94 on on IN 1662 9021 95 / / SYM 1662 9021 96 roll roll NN 1662 9021 97 - - HYPH 1662 9021 98 off off RP 1662 9021 99 cargo cargo NN 1662 9021 100 1 1 CD 1662 9021 101 note note NN 1662 9021 102 : : : 1662 9021 103 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 9021 104 owns own VBZ 1662 9021 105 an an DT 1662 9021 106 additional additional JJ 1662 9021 107 8 8 CD 1662 9021 108 ships ship NNS 1662 9021 109 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9021 110 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 9021 111 GRT GRT NNP 1662 9021 112 or or CC 1662 9021 113 over over RB 1662 9021 114 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9021 115 totaling total VBG 1662 9021 116 107,592 107,592 CD 1662 9021 117 DWT dwt NN 1662 9021 118 operating operate VBG 1662 9021 119 under under IN 1662 9021 120 the the DT 1662 9021 121 registries registry NNS 1662 9021 122 of of IN 1662 9021 123 The the DT 1662 9021 124 Bahamas Bahamas NNPS 1662 9021 125 , , , 1662 9021 126 Honduras Honduras NNP 1662 9021 127 , , , 1662 9021 128 Malta Malta NNP 1662 9021 129 , , , 1662 9021 130 Panama Panama NNP 1662 9021 131 , , , 1662 9021 132 and and CC 1662 9021 133 Vanuatu Vanuatu NNP 1662 9021 134 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9021 135 1996 1996 CD 1662 9021 136 est est NNP 1662 9021 137 . . . 1662 9021 138 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9022 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 9022 2 : : : 1662 9022 3 48 48 CD 1662 9022 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9022 5 1994 1994 CD 1662 9022 6 est est NNP 1662 9022 7 . . . 1662 9022 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9023 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 9023 2 - - , 1662 9023 3 with with IN 1662 9023 4 paved paved JJ 1662 9023 5 runways runway NNS 1662 9023 6 : : : 1662 9023 7 total total NN 1662 9023 8 : : : 1662 9023 9 36 36 CD 1662 9023 10 over over IN 1662 9023 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 9023 12 m m NN 1662 9023 13 : : : 1662 9023 14 8 8 CD 1662 9023 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 9023 16 to to TO 1662 9023 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 9023 18 m m NN 1662 9023 19 : : : 1662 9023 20 3 3 CD 1662 9023 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 9023 22 to to TO 1662 9023 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 9023 24 m m NN 1662 9023 25 : : : 1662 9023 26 5 5 CD 1662 9023 27 914 914 CD 1662 9023 28 to to TO 1662 9023 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 9023 30 m m NN 1662 9023 31 : : : 1662 9023 32 13 13 CD 1662 9023 33 under under IN 1662 9023 34 914 914 CD 1662 9023 35 m m NN 1662 9023 36 : : : 1662 9023 37 7 7 CD 1662 9023 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9023 39 1994 1994 CD 1662 9023 40 est est NNP 1662 9023 41 . . . 1662 9023 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9024 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 9024 2 - - , 1662 9024 3 with with IN 1662 9024 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 9024 5 runways runway NNS 1662 9024 6 : : : 1662 9024 7 total total NN 1662 9024 8 : : : 1662 9024 9 12 12 CD 1662 9024 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 9024 11 to to TO 1662 9024 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 9024 13 m m NN 1662 9024 14 : : : 1662 9024 15 2 2 CD 1662 9024 16 914 914 CD 1662 9024 17 to to TO 1662 9024 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 9024 19 m m NN 1662 9024 20 : : : 1662 9024 21 5 5 CD 1662 9024 22 under under IN 1662 9024 23 914 914 CD 1662 9024 24 m m NN 1662 9024 25 : : : 1662 9024 26 5 5 CD 1662 9024 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9024 28 1994 1994 CD 1662 9024 29 est est NNP 1662 9024 30 . . . 1662 9024 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9025 1 Military military JJ 1662 9025 2 Military military JJ 1662 9025 3 branches branch NNS 1662 9025 4 : : : 1662 9025 5 People People NNS 1662 9025 6 's 's POS 1662 9025 7 Army Army NNP 1662 9025 8 of of IN 1662 9025 9 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 9025 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9025 11 PAVN PAVN NNP 1662 9025 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9025 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9025 14 includes include VBZ 1662 9025 15 Ground Ground NNP 1662 9025 16 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 9025 17 , , , 1662 9025 18 Navy Navy NNP 1662 9025 19 , , , 1662 9025 20 and and CC 1662 9025 21 Air Air NNP 1662 9025 22 Force Force NNP 1662 9025 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9025 24 Military military JJ 1662 9025 25 manpower manpower NN 1662 9025 26 - - HYPH 1662 9025 27 military military NN 1662 9025 28 age age NN 1662 9025 29 : : : 1662 9025 30 17 17 CD 1662 9025 31 years year NNS 1662 9025 32 of of IN 1662 9025 33 age age NN 1662 9025 34 Military military JJ 1662 9025 35 manpower manpower NN 1662 9025 36 - - HYPH 1662 9025 37 availability availability NN 1662 9025 38 : : : 1662 9025 39 males male NNS 1662 9025 40 age age NNP 1662 9025 41 15 15 CD 1662 9025 42 - - HYPH 1662 9025 43 49 49 CD 1662 9025 44 : : SYM 1662 9025 45 19,172,473 19,172,473 CD 1662 9025 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9025 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 9025 48 est est NNP 1662 9025 49 . . . 1662 9025 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9026 1 Military military JJ 1662 9026 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 9026 3 - - HYPH 1662 9026 4 fit fit NN 1662 9026 5 for for IN 1662 9026 6 military military JJ 1662 9026 7 service service NN 1662 9026 8 : : : 1662 9026 9 males male NNS 1662 9026 10 : : : 1662 9026 11 12,123,118 12,123,118 CD 1662 9026 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9026 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 9026 14 est est NNP 1662 9026 15 . . . 1662 9026 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9027 1 Military military JJ 1662 9027 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 9027 3 - - HYPH 1662 9027 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 9027 5 military military JJ 1662 9027 6 age age NN 1662 9027 7 annually annually RB 1662 9027 8 : : : 1662 9027 9 males male NNS 1662 9027 10 : : : 1662 9027 11 802,154 802,154 CD 1662 9027 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9027 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 9027 14 est est NNP 1662 9027 15 . . . 1662 9027 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9028 1 Military military JJ 1662 9028 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9028 3 - - HYPH 1662 9028 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 9028 5 figure figure NN 1662 9028 6 : : : 1662 9028 7 $ $ $ 1662 9028 8 544 544 CD 1662 9028 9 million million CD 1662 9028 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9028 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 9028 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9028 13 Military military JJ 1662 9028 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9028 15 - - : 1662 9028 16 percent percent NN 1662 9028 17 of of IN 1662 9028 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 9028 19 : : : 1662 9028 20 2.7 2.7 CD 1662 9028 21 % % NN 1662 9028 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9028 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 9028 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9028 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 9028 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 9028 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 9028 28 - - HYPH 1662 9028 29 international international JJ 1662 9028 30 : : : 1662 9028 31 maritime maritime JJ 1662 9028 32 boundary boundary JJ 1662 9028 33 with with IN 1662 9028 34 Cambodia Cambodia NNP 1662 9028 35 not not RB 1662 9028 36 defined define VBN 1662 9028 37 ; ; : 1662 9028 38 involved involve VBN 1662 9028 39 in in IN 1662 9028 40 a a DT 1662 9028 41 complex complex JJ 1662 9028 42 dispute dispute NN 1662 9028 43 over over IN 1662 9028 44 the the DT 1662 9028 45 Spratly Spratly NNP 1662 9028 46 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 9028 47 in in IN 1662 9028 48 the the DT 1662 9028 49 South South NNP 1662 9028 50 China China NNP 1662 9028 51 Sea Sea NNP 1662 9028 52 with with IN 1662 9028 53 China China NNP 1662 9028 54 , , , 1662 9028 55 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 9028 56 , , , 1662 9028 57 Philippines Philippines NNP 1662 9028 58 , , , 1662 9028 59 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 9028 60 , , , 1662 9028 61 and and CC 1662 9028 62 possibly possibly RB 1662 9028 63 Brunei Brunei NNP 1662 9028 64 ; ; : 1662 9028 65 unresolved unresolved JJ 1662 9028 66 maritime maritime JJ 1662 9028 67 boundary boundary JJ 1662 9028 68 with with IN 1662 9028 69 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 9028 70 ; ; : 1662 9028 71 maritime maritime JJ 1662 9028 72 boundary boundary JJ 1662 9028 73 dispute dispute NN 1662 9028 74 with with IN 1662 9028 75 China China NNP 1662 9028 76 in in IN 1662 9028 77 the the DT 1662 9028 78 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 9028 79 of of IN 1662 9028 80 Tonkin Tonkin NNP 1662 9028 81 ; ; : 1662 9028 82 Paracel Paracel NNP 1662 9028 83 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 9028 84 in in IN 1662 9028 85 the the DT 1662 9028 86 South South NNP 1662 9028 87 China China NNP 1662 9028 88 Sea Sea NNP 1662 9028 89 occupied occupy VBN 1662 9028 90 by by IN 1662 9028 91 China China NNP 1662 9028 92 but but CC 1662 9028 93 claimed claim VBN 1662 9028 94 by by IN 1662 9028 95 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 9028 96 and and CC 1662 9028 97 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 9028 98 ; ; : 1662 9028 99 offshore offshore JJ 1662 9028 100 islands island NNS 1662 9028 101 and and CC 1662 9028 102 sections section NNS 1662 9028 103 of of IN 1662 9028 104 boundary boundary NN 1662 9028 105 with with IN 1662 9028 106 Cambodia Cambodia NNP 1662 9028 107 are be VBP 1662 9028 108 in in IN 1662 9028 109 dispute dispute NN 1662 9028 110 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 9028 111 drugs drug NNS 1662 9028 112 : : : 1662 9028 113 key key JJ 1662 9028 114 growing grow VBG 1662 9028 115 areas area NNS 1662 9028 116 in in IN 1662 9028 117 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 9028 118 cultivated cultivate VBD 1662 9028 119 3,150 3,150 CD 1662 9028 120 hectares hectare NNS 1662 9028 121 of of IN 1662 9028 122 poppy poppy NNP 1662 9028 123 in in IN 1662 9028 124 1996 1996 CD 1662 9028 125 , , , 1662 9028 126 producing produce VBG 1662 9028 127 25 25 CD 1662 9028 128 tons ton NNS 1662 9028 129 of of IN 1662 9028 130 opium opium NN 1662 9028 131 ; ; , 1662 9028 132 opium opium NN 1662 9028 133 producer producer NN 1662 9028 134 and and CC 1662 9028 135 increasingly increasingly RB 1662 9028 136 important important JJ 1662 9028 137 transit transit NN 1662 9028 138 point point NN 1662 9028 139 for for IN 1662 9028 140 Southeast southeast JJ 1662 9028 141 Asian asian JJ 1662 9028 142 heroin heroin NN 1662 9028 143 destined destine VBN 1662 9028 144 for for IN 1662 9028 145 the the DT 1662 9028 146 US US NNP 1662 9028 147 and and CC 1662 9028 148 Europe Europe NNP 1662 9028 149 ; ; : 1662 9028 150 growing grow VBG 1662 9028 151 opium opium NN 1662 9028 152 addiction addiction NN 1662 9028 153 ; ; : 1662 9028 154 possible possible JJ 1662 9028 155 small small JJ 1662 9028 156 - - HYPH 1662 9028 157 scale scale NN 1662 9028 158 heroin heroin NN 1662 9028 159 production production NN 1662 9028 160 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 161 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 162 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 163 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 164 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 165 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 166 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 167 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 168 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 169 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 170 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 171 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 172 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 173 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 174 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 175 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 176 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 177 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 178 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 179 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 180 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 181 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 182 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 183 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 184 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 185 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 186 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 187 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 188 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 189 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 190 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 191 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 192 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 193 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 194 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 195 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 196 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 197 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 198 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 199 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 200 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 201 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 202 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 203 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 204 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 205 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 206 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 207 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 208 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 209 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 210 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 211 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 212 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 213 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 214 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 215 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 216 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 217 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 218 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 219 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 220 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 221 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 222 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 223 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 224 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 225 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 226 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 227 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 228 _ _ NNP 1662 9028 229 _ _ NNP 1662 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264 18 18 CD 1662 9028 265 20 20 CD 1662 9028 266 N n CD 1662 9028 267 , , , 1662 9028 268 64 64 CD 1662 9028 269 50 50 CD 1662 9028 270 W W NNP 1662 9028 271 Map Map NNP 1662 9028 272 references reference NNS 1662 9028 273 : : : 1662 9028 274 Central Central NNP 1662 9028 275 America America NNP 1662 9028 276 and and CC 1662 9028 277 the the DT 1662 9028 278 Caribbean Caribbean NNP 1662 9028 279 Area Area NNP 1662 9028 280 : : : 1662 9028 281 total total NN 1662 9028 282 : : : 1662 9028 283 352 352 CD 1662 9028 284 sq sq NN 1662 9028 285 km km NNP 1662 9028 286 land land NN 1662 9028 287 : : : 1662 9028 288 349 349 CD 1662 9028 289 sq sq RB 1662 9028 290 km km NNP 1662 9028 291 water water NN 1662 9028 292 : : : 1662 9028 293 3 3 LS 1662 9028 294 sq sq NNP 1662 9028 295 km km NNP 1662 9028 296 Area area NN 1662 9028 297 - - HYPH 1662 9028 298 comparative comparative JJ 1662 9028 299 : : : 1662 9028 300 twice twice PDT 1662 9028 301 the the DT 1662 9028 302 size size NN 1662 9028 303 of of IN 1662 9028 304 Washington Washington NNP 1662 9028 305 , , , 1662 9028 306 DC DC NNP 1662 9028 307 Land Land NNP 1662 9028 308 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 9028 309 : : : 1662 9028 310 0 0 LS 1662 9028 311 km km NN 1662 9028 312 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 9028 313 : : : 1662 9028 314 188 188 CD 1662 9028 315 km km NN 1662 9028 316 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 9028 317 claims claim VBZ 1662 9028 318 : : : 1662 9028 319 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 9028 320 economic economic JJ 1662 9028 321 zone zone NN 1662 9028 322 : : : 1662 9028 323 200 200 CD 1662 9028 324 nm nm CD 1662 9028 325 territorial territorial JJ 1662 9028 326 sea sea NN 1662 9028 327 : : : 1662 9028 328 12 12 CD 1662 9028 329 nm nm NNP 1662 9028 330 Climate Climate NNP 1662 9028 331 : : : 1662 9028 332 subtropical subtropical JJ 1662 9028 333 , , , 1662 9028 334 tempered temper VBN 1662 9028 335 by by IN 1662 9028 336 easterly easterly JJ 1662 9028 337 trade trade NN 1662 9028 338 winds wind NNS 1662 9028 339 , , , 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Sea Sea NNP 1662 9028 374 0 0 NFP 1662 9028 375 m m DT 1662 9028 376 highest high JJS 1662 9028 377 point point NN 1662 9028 378 : : : 1662 9028 379 Crown Crown NNP 1662 9028 380 Mountain Mountain NNP 1662 9028 381 474 474 CD 1662 9028 382 m m NNP 1662 9028 383 Natural natural JJ 1662 9028 384 resources resource NNS 1662 9028 385 : : : 1662 9028 386 sun sun NN 1662 9028 387 , , , 1662 9028 388 sand sand NN 1662 9028 389 , , , 1662 9028 390 sea sea NN 1662 9028 391 , , , 1662 9028 392 surf surf NN 1662 9028 393 Land Land NNP 1662 9028 394 use use NN 1662 9028 395 : : : 1662 9028 396 arable arable JJ 1662 9028 397 land land NN 1662 9028 398 : : : 1662 9028 399 15 15 CD 1662 9028 400 % % NN 1662 9028 401 permanent permanent JJ 1662 9028 402 crops crop NNS 1662 9028 403 : : : 1662 9028 404 6 6 CD 1662 9028 405 % % NN 1662 9028 406 permanent permanent JJ 1662 9028 407 pastures pasture NNS 1662 9028 408 : : : 1662 9028 409 26 26 CD 1662 9028 410 % % NN 1662 9028 411 forests forest NNS 1662 9028 412 and and CC 1662 9028 413 woodland woodland NN 1662 9028 414 : : : 1662 9028 415 6 6 CD 1662 9028 416 % % NN 1662 9028 417 other other JJ 1662 9028 418 : : : 1662 9028 419 47 47 CD 1662 9028 420 % % NN 1662 9028 421 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9028 422 1993 1993 CD 1662 9028 423 est est NNP 1662 9028 424 . . . 1662 9028 425 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9029 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 9029 2 land land NN 1662 9029 3 : : : 1662 9029 4 NA NA NNP 1662 9029 5 sq sq RB 1662 9029 6 km km VB 1662 9029 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 9029 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 9029 9 : : : 1662 9029 10 several several JJ 1662 9029 11 hurricanes hurricane NNS 1662 9029 12 in in IN 1662 9029 13 recent recent JJ 1662 9029 14 years year NNS 1662 9029 15 ; ; , 1662 9029 16 frequent frequent JJ 1662 9029 17 and and CC 1662 9029 18 severe severe JJ 1662 9029 19 droughts drought NNS 1662 9029 20 , , , 1662 9029 21 floods flood NNS 1662 9029 22 , , , 1662 9029 23 and and CC 1662 9029 24 earthquakes earthquake VBZ 1662 9029 25 Environment Environment NNP 1662 9029 26 - - HYPH 1662 9029 27 current current JJ 1662 9029 28 issues issue NNS 1662 9029 29 : : : 1662 9029 30 lack lack NN 1662 9029 31 of of IN 1662 9029 32 natural natural JJ 1662 9029 33 freshwater freshwater NN 1662 9029 34 resources resource NNS 1662 9029 35 Environment Environment NNP 1662 9029 36 - - HYPH 1662 9029 37 international international JJ 1662 9029 38 agreements agreement NNS 1662 9029 39 : : : 1662 9029 40 party party NN 1662 9029 41 to to IN 1662 9029 42 : : : 1662 9029 43 NA NA NNP 1662 9029 44 signed sign VBN 1662 9029 45 , , , 1662 9029 46 but but CC 1662 9029 47 not not RB 1662 9029 48 ratified ratified JJ 1662 9029 49 : : : 1662 9029 50 NA NA NNP 1662 9029 51 Geography Geography NNP 1662 9029 52 - - HYPH 1662 9029 53 note note NN 1662 9029 54 : : : 1662 9029 55 important important JJ 1662 9029 56 location location NN 1662 9029 57 along along IN 1662 9029 58 the the DT 1662 9029 59 Anegada Anegada NNP 1662 9029 60 Passage Passage NNP 1662 9029 61 - - , 1662 9029 62 a a DT 1662 9029 63 key key JJ 1662 9029 64 shipping shipping NN 1662 9029 65 lane lane NN 1662 9029 66 for for IN 1662 9029 67 the the DT 1662 9029 68 Panama Panama NNP 1662 9029 69 Canal Canal NNP 1662 9029 70 ; ; : 1662 9029 71 Saint Saint NNP 1662 9029 72 Thomas Thomas NNP 1662 9029 73 has have VBZ 1662 9029 74 one one CD 1662 9029 75 of of IN 1662 9029 76 the the DT 1662 9029 77 best good JJS 1662 9029 78 natural natural JJ 1662 9029 79 , , , 1662 9029 80 deepwater deepwater NN 1662 9029 81 harbors harbor NNS 1662 9029 82 in in IN 1662 9029 83 the the DT 1662 9029 84 Caribbean caribbean JJ 1662 9029 85 @Virgin @virgin NN 1662 9029 86 Islands island NNS 1662 9029 87 : : : 1662 9029 88 People People NNPS 1662 9029 89 Population Population NNP 1662 9029 90 : : : 1662 9029 91 97,240 97,240 CD 1662 9029 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9029 93 July July NNP 1662 9029 94 1997 1997 CD 1662 9029 95 est est NNP 1662 9029 96 . . . 1662 9029 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9030 1 note note NN 1662 9030 2 : : : 1662 9030 3 West West NNP 1662 9030 4 Indian Indian NNP 1662 9030 5 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9030 6 45 45 CD 1662 9030 7 % % NN 1662 9030 8 born bear VBN 1662 9030 9 in in IN 1662 9030 10 the the DT 1662 9030 11 Virgin Virgin NNP 1662 9030 12 Islands Islands NNP 1662 9030 13 and and CC 1662 9030 14 29 29 CD 1662 9030 15 % % NN 1662 9030 16 born bear VBN 1662 9030 17 elsewhere elsewhere RB 1662 9030 18 in in IN 1662 9030 19 the the DT 1662 9030 20 West West NNP 1662 9030 21 Indies Indies NNPS 1662 9030 22 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9030 23 74 74 CD 1662 9030 24 % % NN 1662 9030 25 , , , 1662 9030 26 US US NNP 1662 9030 27 mainland mainland NN 1662 9030 28 13 13 CD 1662 9030 29 % % NN 1662 9030 30 , , , 1662 9030 31 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 9030 32 Rican Rican NNP 1662 9030 33 5 5 CD 1662 9030 34 % % NN 1662 9030 35 , , , 1662 9030 36 other other JJ 1662 9030 37 8 8 CD 1662 9030 38 % % NN 1662 9030 39 Age Age NNP 1662 9030 40 structure structure NN 1662 9030 41 : : : 1662 9030 42 0 0 CD 1662 9030 43 - - HYPH 1662 9030 44 14 14 CD 1662 9030 45 years year NNS 1662 9030 46 : : : 1662 9030 47 NA NA NNP 1662 9030 48 15 15 CD 1662 9030 49 - - SYM 1662 9030 50 64 64 CD 1662 9030 51 years year NNS 1662 9030 52 : : : 1662 9030 53 NA na IN 1662 9030 54 65 65 CD 1662 9030 55 years year NNS 1662 9030 56 and and CC 1662 9030 57 over over RB 1662 9030 58 : : : 1662 9030 59 NA NA NNP 1662 9030 60 Population Population NNP 1662 9030 61 growth growth NN 1662 9030 62 rate rate NN 1662 9030 63 : : : 1662 9030 64 0.18 0.18 CD 1662 9030 65 % % NN 1662 9030 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9030 67 1997 1997 CD 1662 9030 68 est est NNP 1662 9030 69 . . . 1662 9030 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9031 1 Birth birth NN 1662 9031 2 rate rate NN 1662 9031 3 : : : 1662 9031 4 16.72 16.72 CD 1662 9031 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 9031 6 population population NN 1662 9031 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9031 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 9031 9 est est NNP 1662 9031 10 . . . 1662 9031 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9032 1 Death death NN 1662 9032 2 rate rate NN 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NNP 1662 9051 28 , , , 1662 9051 29 1992 1992 CD 1662 9051 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9051 31 commodities commodity NNS 1662 9051 32 : : : 1662 9051 33 refined refined JJ 1662 9051 34 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 9051 35 products product NNS 1662 9051 36 partners partner NNS 1662 9051 37 : : : 1662 9051 38 US US NNP 1662 9051 39 , , , 1662 9051 40 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 9051 41 Rico Rico NNP 1662 9051 42 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 9051 43 : : : 1662 9051 44 total total JJ 1662 9051 45 value value NN 1662 9051 46 : : : 1662 9051 47 $ $ $ 1662 9051 48 2.2 2.2 CD 1662 9051 49 billion billion CD 1662 9051 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9051 51 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 9051 52 . . NNP 1662 9051 53 , , , 1662 9051 54 1992 1992 CD 1662 9051 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9051 56 commodities commodity NNS 1662 9051 57 : : : 1662 9051 58 crude crude JJ 1662 9051 59 oil oil NN 1662 9051 60 , , , 1662 9051 61 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 9051 62 , , , 1662 9051 63 consumer consumer NN 1662 9051 64 goods good NNS 1662 9051 65 , , , 1662 9051 66 building building NN 1662 9051 67 materials material NNS 1662 9051 68 partners partner NNS 1662 9051 69 : : : 1662 9051 70 US US NNP 1662 9051 71 , , , 1662 9051 72 Puerto Puerto NNP 1662 9051 73 Rico Rico NNP 1662 9051 74 Debt Debt NNP 1662 9051 75 - - HYPH 1662 9051 76 external external JJ 1662 9051 77 : : : 1662 9051 78 $ $ $ 1662 9051 79 NA na JJ 1662 9051 80 Economic economic JJ 1662 9051 81 aid aid NN 1662 9051 82 : : : 1662 9051 83 $ $ $ 1662 9051 84 NA NA NNP 1662 9051 85 Currency currency NN 1662 9051 86 : : : 1662 9051 87 1 1 CD 1662 9051 88 United United NNP 1662 9051 89 States States NNP 1662 9051 90 dollar dollar NN 1662 9051 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9051 92 US$ us$ $ 1662 9051 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9051 94 = = NFP 1662 9051 95 100 100 CD 1662 9051 96 cents cent NNS 1662 9051 97 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 9051 98 rates rate NNS 1662 9051 99 : : : 1662 9051 100 US US NNP 1662 9051 101 currency currency NN 1662 9051 102 is be VBZ 1662 9051 103 used use VBN 1662 9051 104 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 9051 105 year year NN 1662 9051 106 : : : 1662 9051 107 1 1 CD 1662 9051 108 October October NNP 1662 9051 109 - - HYPH 1662 9051 110 30 30 CD 1662 9051 111 September September NNP 1662 9051 112 @Virgin @virgin NN 1662 9051 113 Islands island NNS 1662 9051 114 : : : 1662 9051 115 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 9051 116 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 9051 117 : : : 1662 9051 118 60,000 60,000 CD 1662 9051 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9051 120 1990 1990 CD 1662 9051 121 est est NNP 1662 9051 122 . . . 1662 9051 123 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9052 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 9052 2 system system NN 1662 9052 3 : : : 1662 9052 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 9052 5 : : : 1662 9052 6 modern modern JJ 1662 9052 7 , , , 1662 9052 8 uses use VBZ 1662 9052 9 fiber fiber NN 1662 9052 10 - - HYPH 1662 9052 11 optic optic NN 1662 9052 12 cable cable NN 1662 9052 13 and and CC 1662 9052 14 microwave microwave NN 1662 9052 15 radio radio NN 1662 9052 16 relay relay NN 1662 9052 17 international international NNP 1662 9052 18 : : : 1662 9052 19 submarine submarine NN 1662 9052 20 cable cable NN 1662 9052 21 and and CC 1662 9052 22 satellite satellite NN 1662 9052 23 communications communication NNS 1662 9052 24 ; ; , 1662 9052 25 satellite satellite NN 1662 9052 26 earth earth NN 1662 9052 27 stations station NNS 1662 9052 28 - - : 1662 9052 29 NA NA NNP 1662 9052 30 Radio Radio NNP 1662 9052 31 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 9052 32 stations station NNS 1662 9052 33 : : : 1662 9052 34 AM am VBP 1662 9052 35 4 4 CD 1662 9052 36 , , , 1662 9052 37 FM FM NNP 1662 9052 38 8 8 CD 1662 9052 39 , , , 1662 9052 40 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 9052 41 0 0 CD 1662 9052 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9052 43 1988 1988 CD 1662 9052 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9052 45 Radios radio NNS 1662 9052 46 : : : 1662 9052 47 105,000 105,000 CD 1662 9052 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9052 49 1992 1992 CD 1662 9052 50 est est NNP 1662 9052 51 . . . 1662 9052 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9053 1 Television television NN 1662 9053 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 9053 3 stations station NNS 1662 9053 4 : : : 1662 9053 5 4 4 CD 1662 9053 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9053 7 1988 1988 CD 1662 9053 8 est est NNP 1662 9053 9 . . . 1662 9053 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9054 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 9054 2 : : : 1662 9054 3 65,000 65,000 CD 1662 9054 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9054 5 1992 1992 CD 1662 9054 6 est est NNP 1662 9054 7 . . . 1662 9054 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9055 1 @Virgin @Virgin NFP 1662 9055 2 Islands island NNS 1662 9055 3 : : : 1662 9055 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 9055 5 Railways railway NNS 1662 9055 6 : : : 1662 9055 7 0 0 LS 1662 9055 8 km km NN 1662 9055 9 Highways highway NNS 1662 9055 10 : : : 1662 9055 11 total total NN 1662 9055 12 : : : 1662 9055 13 856 856 CD 1662 9055 14 km km NNS 1662 9055 15 paved pave VBN 1662 9055 16 : : : 1662 9055 17 NA NA NNP 1662 9055 18 km km PRP 1662 9055 19 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 9055 20 : : : 1662 9055 21 NA NA NNP 1662 9055 22 km km VB 1662 9055 23 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 9055 24 and and CC 1662 9055 25 harbors harbor NNS 1662 9055 26 : : : 1662 9055 27 Charlotte Charlotte NNP 1662 9055 28 Amalie Amalie NNP 1662 9055 29 , , , 1662 9055 30 Christiansted Christiansted NNP 1662 9055 31 , , , 1662 9055 32 Cruz Cruz NNP 1662 9055 33 Bay Bay NNP 1662 9055 34 , , , 1662 9055 35 Port Port NNP 1662 9055 36 Alucroix Alucroix NNP 1662 9055 37 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 9055 38 marine marine NN 1662 9055 39 : : : 1662 9055 40 none none NN 1662 9055 41 Airports airport NNS 1662 9055 42 : : : 1662 9055 43 2 2 CD 1662 9055 44 note note NN 1662 9055 45 : : : 1662 9055 46 international international JJ 1662 9055 47 airports airport NNS 1662 9055 48 on on IN 1662 9055 49 Saint Saint NNP 1662 9055 50 Thomas Thomas NNP 1662 9055 51 and and CC 1662 9055 52 Saint Saint NNP 1662 9055 53 Croix Croix NNP 1662 9055 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9055 55 1996 1996 CD 1662 9055 56 est est NNP 1662 9055 57 . . . 1662 9055 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9056 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 9056 2 - - , 1662 9056 3 with with IN 1662 9056 4 paved paved JJ 1662 9056 5 runways runway NNS 1662 9056 6 : : : 1662 9056 7 total total NN 1662 9056 8 : : : 1662 9056 9 2 2 CD 1662 9056 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 9056 11 to to TO 1662 9056 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 9056 13 m m NN 1662 9056 14 : : : 1662 9056 15 2 2 CD 1662 9056 16 Military Military NNP 1662 9056 17 Military Military NNP 1662 9056 18 - - HYPH 1662 9056 19 note note NN 1662 9056 20 : : : 1662 9056 21 defense defense NN 1662 9056 22 is be VBZ 1662 9056 23 the the DT 1662 9056 24 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 9056 25 of of IN 1662 9056 26 the the DT 1662 9056 27 US US NNP 1662 9056 28 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 9056 29 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 9056 30 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 9056 31 - - : 1662 9056 32 international international RB 1662 9056 33 : : : 1662 9056 34 none none NN 1662 9056 35 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 36 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 37 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 38 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 39 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 40 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 41 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 42 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 43 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 44 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 45 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 46 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 47 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 48 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 49 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 50 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 51 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 52 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 53 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 54 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 55 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 56 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 57 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 58 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 59 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 60 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 61 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 62 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 63 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 64 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 65 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 66 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 67 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 68 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 69 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 70 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 71 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 72 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 73 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 74 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 75 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 76 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 77 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 78 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 79 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 80 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 81 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 82 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 83 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 84 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 85 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 86 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 87 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 88 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 89 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 90 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 91 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 92 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 93 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 94 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 95 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 96 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 97 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 98 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 99 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 100 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 101 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 102 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 103 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 104 _ _ NNP 1662 9056 105 WAKE WAKE NNP 1662 9056 106 ISLAND ISLAND NNP 1662 9056 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9056 108 territory territory NN 1662 9056 109 of of IN 1662 9056 110 the the DT 1662 9056 111 US US NNP 1662 9056 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9056 113 @Wake @wake VB 1662 9056 114 Island Island NNP 1662 9056 115 : : : 1662 9056 116 Geography Geography NNP 1662 9056 117 Location 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9056 154 : : : 1662 9056 155 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 9056 156 Area Area NNP 1662 9056 157 : : : 1662 9056 158 total total NN 1662 9056 159 : : : 1662 9056 160 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 9056 161 sq sq NN 1662 9056 162 km km NNP 1662 9056 163 land land NN 1662 9056 164 : : : 1662 9056 165 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 9056 166 sq sq NN 1662 9056 167 km km NNP 1662 9056 168 water water NN 1662 9056 169 : : : 1662 9056 170 0 0 NFP 1662 9056 171 sq sq NN 1662 9056 172 km km NNP 1662 9056 173 Area area NN 1662 9056 174 - - HYPH 1662 9056 175 comparative comparative JJ 1662 9056 176 : : : 1662 9056 177 about about IN 1662 9056 178 11 11 CD 1662 9056 179 times time NNS 1662 9056 180 the the DT 1662 9056 181 size size NN 1662 9056 182 of of IN 1662 9056 183 The the DT 1662 9056 184 Mall Mall NNP 1662 9056 185 in in IN 1662 9056 186 Washington Washington NNP 1662 9056 187 , , , 1662 9056 188 DC DC NNP 1662 9056 189 Land Land NNP 1662 9056 190 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 9056 191 : : : 1662 9056 192 0 0 LS 1662 9056 193 km km NN 1662 9056 194 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 9056 195 : : : 1662 9056 196 19.3 19.3 CD 1662 9056 197 km km NN 1662 9056 198 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 9056 199 claims claim VBZ 1662 9056 200 : : : 1662 9056 201 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 9056 202 economic economic JJ 1662 9056 203 zone zone NN 1662 9056 204 : : : 1662 9056 205 200 200 CD 1662 9056 206 nm nm CD 1662 9056 207 territorial territorial JJ 1662 9056 208 sea sea NN 1662 9056 209 : : : 1662 9056 210 12 12 CD 1662 9056 211 nm nm NNP 1662 9056 212 Climate Climate NNP 1662 9056 213 : : : 1662 9056 214 tropical tropical JJ 1662 9056 215 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 9056 216 : : : 1662 9056 217 atoll atoll NNP 1662 9056 218 of of IN 1662 9056 219 three three CD 1662 9056 220 coral coral JJ 1662 9056 221 islands island NNS 1662 9056 222 built build VBN 1662 9056 223 up up RP 1662 9056 224 on on IN 1662 9056 225 an an DT 1662 9056 226 underwater underwater JJ 1662 9056 227 volcano volcano NN 1662 9056 228 ; ; , 1662 9056 229 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1662 9060 103 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 104 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 105 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 106 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 107 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 108 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 109 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 110 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 111 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 112 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 113 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 114 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 115 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 116 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 117 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 118 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 119 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 120 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 121 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 122 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 123 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 124 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 125 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 126 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 127 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 128 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 129 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 130 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 131 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 132 _ _ NNP 1662 9060 133 WALLIS WALLIS NNP 1662 9060 134 AND and CC 1662 9060 135 FUTUNA FUTUNA NNP 1662 9060 136 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9060 137 overseas overseas JJ 1662 9060 138 territory territory NN 1662 9060 139 of of IN 1662 9060 140 France France NNP 1662 9060 141 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9060 142 @Wallis @Wallis NNP 1662 9060 143 and and CC 1662 9060 144 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: 1662 9060 257 12 12 CD 1662 9060 258 nm nm NNP 1662 9060 259 Climate Climate NNP 1662 9060 260 : : : 1662 9060 261 tropical tropical JJ 1662 9060 262 ; ; : 1662 9060 263 hot hot JJ 1662 9060 264 , , , 1662 9060 265 rainy rainy JJ 1662 9060 266 season season NN 1662 9060 267 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9060 268 November November NNP 1662 9060 269 to to IN 1662 9060 270 April April NNP 1662 9060 271 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9060 272 ; ; : 1662 9060 273 cool cool UH 1662 9060 274 , , , 1662 9060 275 dry dry JJ 1662 9060 276 season season NN 1662 9060 277 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9060 278 May May NNP 1662 9060 279 to to IN 1662 9060 280 October October NNP 1662 9060 281 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9060 282 ; ; : 1662 9060 283 rains rain VBZ 1662 9060 284 2,500 2,500 CD 1662 9060 285 - - SYM 1662 9060 286 3,000 3,000 CD 1662 9060 287 mm mm NN 1662 9060 288 per per IN 1662 9060 289 year year NN 1662 9060 290 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9060 291 80 80 CD 1662 9060 292 % % NN 1662 9060 293 humidity humidity NN 1662 9060 294 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9060 295 ; 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9060 331 : : : 1662 9060 332 arable arable JJ 1662 9060 333 land land NN 1662 9060 334 : : : 1662 9060 335 5 5 CD 1662 9060 336 % % NN 1662 9060 337 permanent permanent JJ 1662 9060 338 crops crop NNS 1662 9060 339 : : : 1662 9060 340 20 20 CD 1662 9060 341 % % NN 1662 9060 342 permanent permanent JJ 1662 9060 343 pastures pasture NNS 1662 9060 344 : : : 1662 9060 345 NA% NA% NNS 1662 9060 346 forests forest NNS 1662 9060 347 and and CC 1662 9060 348 woodland woodland NN 1662 9060 349 : : : 1662 9060 350 NA% NA% NNS 1662 9060 351 other other JJ 1662 9060 352 : : : 1662 9060 353 75 75 CD 1662 9060 354 % % NN 1662 9060 355 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9060 356 1993 1993 CD 1662 9060 357 est est NNP 1662 9060 358 . . . 1662 9060 359 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9061 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 9061 2 land land NN 1662 9061 3 : : : 1662 9061 4 NA NA NNP 1662 9061 5 sq sq RB 1662 9061 6 km km VB 1662 9061 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 9061 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 9061 9 : : : 1662 9061 10 NA NA NNP 1662 9061 11 Environment environment NN 1662 9061 12 - - HYPH 1662 9061 13 current current JJ 1662 9061 14 issues issue NNS 1662 9061 15 : : : 1662 9061 16 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 9061 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9061 18 only only RB 1662 9061 19 small small JJ 1662 9061 20 portions portion NNS 1662 9061 21 of of IN 1662 9061 22 the the DT 1662 9061 23 original original JJ 1662 9061 24 forests forest NNS 1662 9061 25 remain remain VBP 1662 9061 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9061 27 largely largely RB 1662 9061 28 as as IN 1662 9061 29 a a DT 1662 9061 30 result result NN 1662 9061 31 of of IN 1662 9061 32 the the DT 1662 9061 33 continued continue VBN 1662 9061 34 use use NN 1662 9061 35 of of IN 1662 9061 36 wood wood NN 1662 9061 37 as as IN 1662 9061 38 the the DT 1662 9061 39 main main JJ 1662 9061 40 fuel fuel NN 1662 9061 41 source source NN 1662 9061 42 ; ; : 1662 9061 43 as as IN 1662 9061 44 a a DT 1662 9061 45 consequence consequence NN 1662 9061 46 of of IN 1662 9061 47 cutting cut VBG 1662 9061 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- , 1662 9084 3 with with IN 1662 9084 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 9084 5 runways runway NNS 1662 9084 6 : : : 1662 9084 7 total total NN 1662 9084 8 : : : 1662 9084 9 1 1 CD 1662 9084 10 914 914 CD 1662 9084 11 to to TO 1662 9084 12 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 9084 13 m m NN 1662 9084 14 : : : 1662 9084 15 1 1 CD 1662 9084 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9084 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 9084 18 est est NNP 1662 9084 19 . . . 1662 9084 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9085 1 Military military JJ 1662 9085 2 Military Military NNP 1662 9085 3 - - HYPH 1662 9085 4 note note NN 1662 9085 5 : : : 1662 9085 6 defense defense NN 1662 9085 7 is be VBZ 1662 9085 8 the the DT 1662 9085 9 responsibility responsibility NN 1662 9085 10 of of IN 1662 9085 11 France France NNP 1662 9085 12 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 9085 13 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 9085 14 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 9085 15 - - : 1662 9085 16 international international RB 1662 9085 17 : : : 1662 9085 18 none none NN 1662 9085 19 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 20 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 21 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 22 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 23 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 24 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 25 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 26 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 27 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 28 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 29 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 30 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 31 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 32 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 33 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 34 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 35 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 36 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 37 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 38 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 39 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 40 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 41 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 42 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 43 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 44 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 45 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 46 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 47 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 48 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 49 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 50 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 51 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 52 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 53 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 54 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 55 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 56 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 57 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 58 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 59 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 60 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 61 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 62 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 63 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 64 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 65 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 66 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 67 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 68 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 69 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 70 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 71 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 72 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 73 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 74 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 75 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 76 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 77 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 78 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 79 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 80 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 81 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 82 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 83 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 84 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 85 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 86 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 87 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 88 _ _ NNP 1662 9085 89 WEST WEST NNP 1662 9085 90 BANK BANK NNP 1662 9085 91 Introduction introduction NN 1662 9085 92 Current current JJ 1662 9085 93 issues issue NNS 1662 9085 94 : : : 1662 9085 95 The the DT 1662 9085 96 Israel Israel NNP 1662 9085 97 - 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153 Bank Bank NNP 1662 9118 154 : : : 1662 9118 155 Communications Communications NNP 1662 9118 156 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 9118 157 : : : 1662 9118 158 NA na TO 1662 9118 159 note note VB 1662 9118 160 : : : 1662 9118 161 3.1 3.1 CD 1662 9118 162 % % NN 1662 9118 163 of of IN 1662 9118 164 Palestinian palestinian JJ 1662 9118 165 households household NNS 1662 9118 166 have have VBP 1662 9118 167 telephones telephone NNS 1662 9118 168 Telephone Telephone NNP 1662 9118 169 system system NN 1662 9118 170 : : : 1662 9118 171 domestic domestic JJ 1662 9118 172 : : : 1662 9118 173 NA NA NNP 1662 9118 174 international international JJ 1662 9118 175 : : : 1662 9118 176 NA na TO 1662 9118 177 note note VB 1662 9118 178 : : : 1662 9118 179 Israeli israeli JJ 1662 9118 180 company company NN 1662 9118 181 BEZEK BEZEK NNP 1662 9118 182 is be VBZ 1662 9118 183 responsible responsible JJ 1662 9118 184 for for IN 1662 9118 185 communication communication NN 1662 9118 186 services service NNS 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9119 4 : : : 1662 9119 5 0 0 CD 1662 9119 6 note note NN 1662 9119 7 : : : 1662 9119 8 1 1 CD 1662 9119 9 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 9119 10 station station NN 1662 9119 11 is be VBZ 1662 9119 12 planned plan VBN 1662 9119 13 for for IN 1662 9119 14 Jericho Jericho NNP 1662 9119 15 Televisions Televisions NNP 1662 9119 16 : : : 1662 9119 17 NA NA NNP 1662 9119 18 ; ; : 1662 9119 19 note note NN 1662 9119 20 - - HYPH 1662 9119 21 54 54 CD 1662 9119 22 % % NN 1662 9119 23 of of IN 1662 9119 24 Palestinian palestinian JJ 1662 9119 25 households household NNS 1662 9119 26 have have VBP 1662 9119 27 televisions television NNS 1662 9119 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9119 29 1992 1992 CD 1662 9119 30 est est NNP 1662 9119 31 . . . 1662 9119 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9120 1 @West @West NNP 1662 9120 2 Bank Bank NNP 1662 9120 3 : : : 1662 9120 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 9120 5 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 9120 6 : : : 1662 9120 7 0 0 LS 1662 9120 8 km km NN 1662 9120 9 Highways highway NNS 1662 9120 10 : : : 1662 9120 11 total total NN 1662 9120 12 : : : 1662 9120 13 NA NA NNP 1662 9120 14 km km PRP 1662 9120 15 paved pave VBN 1662 9120 16 : : : 1662 9120 17 NA NA NNP 1662 9120 18 km km PRP 1662 9120 19 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 9120 20 : : : 1662 9120 21 NA NA NNP 1662 9120 22 km km NNP 1662 9120 23 note note NN 1662 9120 24 : : : 1662 9120 25 small small JJ 1662 9120 26 road road NN 1662 9120 27 network network NN 1662 9120 28 ; ; : 1662 9120 29 Israelis Israelis NNPS 1662 9120 30 have have VBP 1662 9120 31 developed develop VBN 1662 9120 32 many many JJ 1662 9120 33 highways highway NNS 1662 9120 34 to to IN 1662 9120 35 service service NN 1662 9120 36 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 9120 37 settlements settlement NNS 1662 9120 38 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 9120 39 and and CC 1662 9120 40 harbors harbor NNS 1662 9120 41 : : : 1662 9120 42 none none NN 1662 9120 43 Airports airport NNS 1662 9120 44 : : : 1662 9120 45 2 2 CD 1662 9120 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9120 47 1996 1996 CD 1662 9120 48 est est 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- SYM 1662 9122 15 49 49 CD 1662 9122 16 : : : 1662 9122 17 NA NA NNP 1662 9122 18 Military military JJ 1662 9122 19 manpower manpower NN 1662 9122 20 - - HYPH 1662 9122 21 fit fit NN 1662 9122 22 for for IN 1662 9122 23 military military JJ 1662 9122 24 service service NN 1662 9122 25 : : : 1662 9122 26 males male NNS 1662 9122 27 : : : 1662 9122 28 NA NA NNP 1662 9122 29 Military military JJ 1662 9122 30 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9122 31 - - HYPH 1662 9122 32 dollar dollar NN 1662 9122 33 figure figure NN 1662 9122 34 : : : 1662 9122 35 $ $ $ 1662 9122 36 NA NA NNP 1662 9122 37 Military military JJ 1662 9122 38 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9122 39 - - : 1662 9122 40 percent percent NN 1662 9122 41 of of IN 1662 9122 42 GDP GDP NNP 1662 9122 43 : : : 1662 9122 44 NA% NA% `` 1662 9122 45 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 9122 46 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 9122 47 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 9122 48 - - : 1662 9122 49 international international JJ 1662 9122 50 : : : 1662 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87 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 88 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 89 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 90 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 91 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 92 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 93 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 94 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 95 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 96 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 97 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 98 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 99 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 100 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 101 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 102 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 103 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 104 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 105 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 106 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 107 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 108 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 109 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 110 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 111 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 112 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 113 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 114 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 115 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 116 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 117 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 118 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 119 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 120 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 121 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 122 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 123 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 124 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 125 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 126 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 127 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 128 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 129 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 130 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 131 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 132 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 133 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 134 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 135 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 136 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 137 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 138 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 139 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 140 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 141 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 142 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 143 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 144 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 145 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 146 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 147 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 148 _ _ NNP 1662 9122 149 WESTERN WESTERN NNP 1662 9122 150 SAHARA SAHARA NNP 1662 9122 151 @Western @Western NNP 1662 9122 152 Sahara Sahara NNP 1662 9122 153 : : : 1662 9122 154 Geography Geography NNP 1662 9122 155 Location Location NNP 1662 9122 156 : : : 1662 9122 157 Northern Northern NNP 1662 9122 158 Africa Africa NNP 1662 9122 159 , , , 1662 9122 160 bordering border VBG 1662 9122 161 the the DT 1662 9122 162 North North NNP 1662 9122 163 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 9122 164 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 9122 165 , , , 1662 9122 166 between between IN 1662 9122 167 Mauritania Mauritania NNP 1662 9122 168 and and CC 1662 9122 169 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 9122 170 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 9122 171 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 9122 172 : : : 1662 9122 173 24 24 CD 1662 9122 174 30 30 CD 1662 9122 175 N n CD 1662 9122 176 , , , 1662 9122 177 13 13 CD 1662 9122 178 00 00 NFP 1662 9122 179 W W NNP 1662 9122 180 Map Map NNP 1662 9122 181 references reference NNS 1662 9122 182 : : : 1662 9122 183 Africa Africa NNP 1662 9122 184 Area Area NNP 1662 9122 185 : : : 1662 9122 186 total total NN 1662 9122 187 : : : 1662 9122 188 266,000 266,000 CD 1662 9122 189 sq sq RB 1662 9122 190 km km NNP 1662 9122 191 land land NN 1662 9122 192 : : : 1662 9122 193 266,000 266,000 CD 1662 9122 194 sq sq RB 1662 9122 195 km km NNP 1662 9122 196 water water NN 1662 9122 197 : : : 1662 9122 198 0 0 NFP 1662 9122 199 sq sq NN 1662 9122 200 km km NNP 1662 9122 201 Area area NN 1662 9122 202 - - HYPH 1662 9122 203 comparative comparative JJ 1662 9122 204 : : : 1662 9122 205 about about IN 1662 9122 206 the the DT 1662 9122 207 size size NN 1662 9122 208 of of IN 1662 9122 209 Colorado Colorado NNP 1662 9122 210 Land Land NNP 1662 9122 211 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 9122 212 : : : 1662 9122 213 total total JJ 1662 9122 214 : : : 1662 9122 215 2,046 2,046 CD 1662 9122 216 km km NN 1662 9122 217 border border NN 1662 9122 218 countries country NNS 1662 9122 219 : : : 1662 9122 220 Algeria Algeria NNP 1662 9122 221 42 42 CD 1662 9122 222 km km NN 1662 9122 223 , , , 1662 9122 224 Mauritania Mauritania NNP 1662 9122 225 1,561 1,561 CD 1662 9122 226 km km NN 1662 9122 227 , , , 1662 9122 228 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 9122 229 443 443 CD 1662 9122 230 km km NN 1662 9122 231 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 9122 232 : : : 1662 9122 233 1,110 1,110 CD 1662 9122 234 km km NN 1662 9122 235 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 9122 236 claims claim VBZ 1662 9122 237 : : : 1662 9122 238 contingent contingent NN 1662 9122 239 upon upon IN 1662 9122 240 resolution resolution NN 1662 9122 241 of of IN 1662 9122 242 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 9122 243 issue issue NN 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9122 281 small small JJ 1662 9122 282 mountains mountain NNS 1662 9122 283 in in IN 1662 9122 284 south south NN 1662 9122 285 and and CC 1662 9122 286 northeast northeast NNP 1662 9122 287 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 9122 288 extremes extreme NNS 1662 9122 289 : : : 1662 9122 290 lowest low JJS 1662 9122 291 point point NN 1662 9122 292 : : : 1662 9122 293 Sebjet Sebjet NNP 1662 9122 294 Tah Tah NNP 1662 9122 295 -55 -55 NNP 1662 9122 296 m m DT 1662 9122 297 highest high JJS 1662 9122 298 point point NN 1662 9122 299 : : : 1662 9122 300 unnamed unnamed JJ 1662 9122 301 location location NN 1662 9122 302 463 463 CD 1662 9122 303 m m NNP 1662 9122 304 Natural natural JJ 1662 9122 305 resources resource NNS 1662 9122 306 : : : 1662 9122 307 phosphates phosphate NNS 1662 9122 308 , , , 1662 9122 309 iron iron NN 1662 9122 310 ore ore NN 1662 9122 311 Land Land NNP 1662 9122 312 use use NN 1662 9122 313 : : : 1662 9122 314 arable arable JJ 1662 9122 315 land land NN 1662 9122 316 : : : 1662 9122 317 19 19 CD 1662 9122 318 % % NN 1662 9122 319 permanent permanent JJ 1662 9122 320 crops crop NNS 1662 9122 321 : : : 1662 9122 322 24 24 CD 1662 9122 323 % % NN 1662 9122 324 permanent permanent JJ 1662 9122 325 pastures pasture NNS 1662 9122 326 : : : 1662 9122 327 0 0 CD 1662 9122 328 % % NN 1662 9122 329 forests forest NNS 1662 9122 330 and and CC 1662 9122 331 woodland woodland NN 1662 9122 332 : : : 1662 9122 333 47 47 CD 1662 9122 334 % % NN 1662 9122 335 other other JJ 1662 9122 336 : : : 1662 9122 337 10 10 CD 1662 9122 338 % % NN 1662 9122 339 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9122 340 1993 1993 CD 1662 9122 341 est est NNP 1662 9122 342 . . . 1662 9122 343 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9123 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 9123 2 land land NN 1662 9123 3 : : : 1662 9123 4 NA NA NNP 1662 9123 5 sq sq RB 1662 9123 6 km km VB 1662 9123 7 Natural natural JJ 1662 9123 8 hazards hazard NNS 1662 9123 9 : : : 1662 9123 10 hot hot JJ 1662 9123 11 , , , 1662 9123 12 dry dry JJ 1662 9123 13 , , , 1662 9123 14 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land land NN 1662 9123 51 Environment Environment NNP 1662 9123 52 - - HYPH 1662 9123 53 international international JJ 1662 9123 54 agreements agreement NNS 1662 9123 55 : : : 1662 9123 56 party party NNP 1662 9123 57 to to TO 1662 9123 58 : : : 1662 9123 59 none none NN 1662 9123 60 of of IN 1662 9123 61 the the DT 1662 9123 62 selected select VBN 1662 9123 63 agreements agreement NNS 1662 9123 64 signed sign VBD 1662 9123 65 , , , 1662 9123 66 but but CC 1662 9123 67 not not RB 1662 9123 68 ratified ratified JJ 1662 9123 69 : : : 1662 9123 70 none none NN 1662 9123 71 of of IN 1662 9123 72 the the DT 1662 9123 73 selected select VBN 1662 9123 74 agreements agreement NNS 1662 9123 75 @Western @Western NNP 1662 9123 76 Sahara Sahara NNP 1662 9123 77 : : : 1662 9123 78 People People NNP 1662 9123 79 Population Population NNP 1662 9123 80 : : : 1662 9123 81 228,138 228,138 CD 1662 9123 82 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9123 83 July July NNP 1662 9123 84 1997 1997 CD 1662 9123 85 est est NNP 1662 9123 86 . . . 1662 9123 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9124 1 Age age NN 1662 9124 2 structure structure NN 1662 9124 3 : : : 1662 9124 4 0 0 CD 1662 9124 5 - - HYPH 1662 9124 6 14 14 CD 1662 9124 7 years year NNS 1662 9124 8 : : : 1662 9124 9 NA NA NNP 1662 9124 10 15 15 CD 1662 9124 11 - - SYM 1662 9124 12 64 64 CD 1662 9124 13 years year NNS 1662 9124 14 : : : 1662 9124 15 NA na IN 1662 9124 16 65 65 CD 1662 9124 17 years year NNS 1662 9124 18 and and CC 1662 9124 19 over over RB 1662 9124 20 : : : 1662 9124 21 NA NA NNP 1662 9124 22 Population Population NNP 1662 9124 23 growth growth NN 1662 9124 24 rate rate NN 1662 9124 25 : : : 1662 9124 26 2.43 2.43 CD 1662 9124 27 % % NN 1662 9124 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9124 29 1997 1997 CD 1662 9124 30 est est NNP 1662 9124 31 . . . 1662 9124 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9125 1 Birth birth NN 1662 9125 2 rate rate NN 1662 9125 3 : : : 1662 9125 4 46.14 46.14 CD 1662 9125 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 9125 6 population population NN 1662 9125 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9125 8 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9128 13 NA NA NNP 1662 9128 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9128 15 15 15 CD 1662 9128 16 - - SYM 1662 9128 17 64 64 CD 1662 9128 18 years year NNS 1662 9128 19 : : : 1662 9128 20 NA NA NNP 1662 9128 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9128 22 65 65 CD 1662 9128 23 years year NNS 1662 9128 24 and and CC 1662 9128 25 over over RB 1662 9128 26 : : : 1662 9128 27 NA NA NNP 1662 9128 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 9128 29 total total JJ 1662 9128 30 population population NN 1662 9128 31 : : : 1662 9128 32 NA NA NNP 1662 9128 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9128 34 Infant Infant NNP 1662 9128 35 mortality mortality NN 1662 9128 36 rate rate NN 1662 9128 37 : : : 1662 9128 38 142.75 142.75 CD 1662 9128 39 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 9128 40 live live JJ 1662 9128 41 births birth NNS 1662 9128 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9128 43 1997 1997 CD 1662 9128 44 est est NNP 1662 9128 45 . . . 1662 9128 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9129 1 Life life NN 1662 9129 2 expectancy 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1662 9141 12 age age NNP 1662 9141 13 15 15 CD 1662 9141 14 - - SYM 1662 9141 15 49 49 CD 1662 9141 16 : : : 1662 9141 17 NA NA NNP 1662 9141 18 Military military JJ 1662 9141 19 manpower manpower NN 1662 9141 20 - - HYPH 1662 9141 21 fit fit NN 1662 9141 22 for for IN 1662 9141 23 military military JJ 1662 9141 24 service service NN 1662 9141 25 : : : 1662 9141 26 males male NNS 1662 9141 27 : : : 1662 9141 28 NA NA NNP 1662 9141 29 Military military JJ 1662 9141 30 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9141 31 - - HYPH 1662 9141 32 dollar dollar NN 1662 9141 33 figure figure NN 1662 9141 34 : : : 1662 9141 35 $ $ $ 1662 9141 36 NA NA NNP 1662 9141 37 Military military JJ 1662 9141 38 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9141 39 - - : 1662 9141 40 percent percent NN 1662 9141 41 of of IN 1662 9141 42 GDP GDP NNP 1662 9141 43 : : : 1662 9141 44 NA% NA% `` 1662 9141 45 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 9141 46 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 9141 47 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 9141 48 - - HYPH 1662 9141 49 international international RB 1662 9141 50 : : : 1662 9141 51 claimed claim VBN 1662 9141 52 and and CC 1662 9141 53 administered administer VBN 1662 9141 54 by by IN 1662 9141 55 Morocco Morocco NNP 1662 9141 56 , , , 1662 9141 57 but but CC 1662 9141 58 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 9141 59 is be VBZ 1662 9141 60 unresolved unresolved JJ 1662 9141 61 and and CC 1662 9141 62 the the DT 1662 9141 63 UN UN NNP 1662 9141 64 is be VBZ 1662 9141 65 attempting attempt VBG 1662 9141 66 to to TO 1662 9141 67 hold hold VB 1662 9141 68 a a DT 1662 9141 69 referendum referendum NN 1662 9141 70 on on IN 1662 9141 71 the the DT 1662 9141 72 issue issue NN 1662 9141 73 ; ; : 1662 9141 74 the the DT 1662 9141 75 UN UN NNP 1662 9141 76 - - HYPH 1662 9141 77 administered administer VBN 1662 9141 78 cease cease NN 1662 9141 79 - - HYPH 1662 9141 80 fire fire NN 1662 9141 81 has have VBZ 1662 9141 82 been be VBN 1662 9141 83 in in IN 1662 9141 84 effect effect NN 1662 9141 85 since since IN 1662 9141 86 September September NNP 1662 9141 87 1991 1991 CD 1662 9141 88 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 89 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 90 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 91 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 92 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 93 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 94 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 95 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 96 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 97 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 98 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 99 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 100 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 101 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 102 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 103 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 104 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 105 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 106 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 107 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 108 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 109 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 110 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 111 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 112 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 113 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 114 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 115 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 116 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 117 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 118 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 119 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 120 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 121 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 122 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 123 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 124 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 125 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 126 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 127 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 128 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 129 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 130 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 131 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 132 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 133 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 134 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 135 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 136 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 137 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 138 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 139 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 140 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 141 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 142 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 143 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 144 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 145 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 146 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 147 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 148 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 149 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 150 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 151 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 152 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 153 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 154 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 155 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 156 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 157 _ _ NNP 1662 9141 158 WESTERN WESTERN NNP 1662 9141 159 SAMOA SAMOA NNP 1662 9141 160 @Western @Western NNP 1662 9141 161 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 9141 162 : : : 1662 9141 163 Geography Geography NNP 1662 9141 164 Location Location NNP 1662 9141 165 : : : 1662 9141 166 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 9141 167 , , , 1662 9141 168 group group NN 1662 9141 169 of of IN 1662 9141 170 islands island NNS 1662 9141 171 in in IN 1662 9141 172 the the DT 1662 9141 173 South South NNP 1662 9141 174 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 9141 175 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 9141 176 , , , 1662 9141 177 about about RB 1662 9141 178 one one CD 1662 9141 179 - - HYPH 1662 9141 180 half half NN 1662 9141 181 of of IN 1662 9141 182 the the DT 1662 9141 183 way way NN 1662 9141 184 from from IN 1662 9141 185 Hawaii Hawaii NNP 1662 9141 186 to to IN 1662 9141 187 New New NNP 1662 9141 188 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 9141 189 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 9141 190 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 9141 191 : : : 1662 9141 192 13 13 CD 1662 9141 193 35 35 CD 1662 9141 194 S s NN 1662 9141 195 , , , 1662 9141 196 172 172 CD 1662 9141 197 20 20 CD 1662 9141 198 W W NNP 1662 9141 199 Map Map NNP 1662 9141 200 references reference NNS 1662 9141 201 : : : 1662 9141 202 Oceania Oceania NNP 1662 9141 203 Area Area NNP 1662 9141 204 : : : 1662 9141 205 total total NN 1662 9141 206 : : : 1662 9141 207 2,860 2,860 CD 1662 9141 208 sq sq IN 1662 9141 209 km km NNP 1662 9141 210 land land NN 1662 9141 211 : : : 1662 9141 212 2,850 2,850 CD 1662 9141 213 sq sq NNP 1662 9141 214 km km NNP 1662 9141 215 water water NN 1662 9141 216 : : : 1662 9141 217 10 10 CD 1662 9141 218 sq sq NN 1662 9141 219 km km NNP 1662 9141 220 Area area NN 1662 9141 221 - - HYPH 1662 9141 222 comparative comparative JJ 1662 9141 223 : : : 1662 9141 224 slightly slightly RB 1662 9141 225 smaller small JJR 1662 9141 226 than than IN 1662 9141 227 Rhode Rhode NNP 1662 9141 228 Island Island NNP 1662 9141 229 Land Land NNP 1662 9141 230 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 9141 231 : : : 1662 9141 232 0 0 LS 1662 9141 233 km km NN 1662 9141 234 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 9141 235 : : : 1662 9141 236 403 403 CD 1662 9141 237 km km NN 1662 9141 238 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 9141 239 claims claim VBZ 1662 9141 240 : : : 1662 9141 241 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 9141 242 economic economic JJ 1662 9141 243 zone zone NN 1662 9141 244 : : : 1662 9141 245 200 200 CD 1662 9141 246 nm nm CD 1662 9141 247 territorial territorial JJ 1662 9141 248 sea sea NN 1662 9141 249 : : : 1662 9141 250 12 12 CD 1662 9141 251 nm nm NNP 1662 9141 252 Climate Climate NNP 1662 9141 253 : : : 1662 9141 254 tropical tropical JJ 1662 9141 255 ; ; : 1662 9141 256 rainy rainy JJ 1662 9141 257 season season NN 1662 9141 258 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9141 259 October October NNP 1662 9141 260 to to IN 1662 9141 261 March March NNP 1662 9141 262 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9141 263 , , , 1662 9141 264 dry dry JJ 1662 9141 265 season season NN 1662 9141 266 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9141 267 May May NNP 1662 9141 268 to to IN 1662 9141 269 October October NNP 1662 9141 270 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9141 271 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 9141 272 : : : 1662 9141 273 narrow narrow JJ 1662 9141 274 coastal coastal JJ 1662 9141 275 plain plain NN 1662 9141 276 with with IN 1662 9141 277 volcanic volcanic JJ 1662 9141 278 , , , 1662 9141 279 rocky rocky JJ 1662 9141 280 , , , 1662 9141 281 rugged rugged JJ 1662 9141 282 mountains mountain NNS 1662 9141 283 in in IN 1662 9141 284 interior interior JJ 1662 9141 285 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 9141 286 extremes extreme NNS 1662 9141 287 : : : 1662 9141 288 lowest low JJS 1662 9141 289 point point NN 1662 9141 290 : : : 1662 9141 291 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 9141 292 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 9141 293 0 0 NFP 1662 9141 294 m m DT 1662 9141 295 highest high JJS 1662 9141 296 point point NN 1662 9141 297 : : : 1662 9141 298 Mauga Mauga NNP 1662 9141 299 Silisili Silisili NNP 1662 9141 300 1,857 1,857 CD 1662 9141 301 m m CD 1662 9141 302 Natural natural JJ 1662 9141 303 resources resource NNS 1662 9141 304 : : : 1662 9141 305 hardwood hardwood NN 1662 9141 306 forests forest NNS 1662 9141 307 , , , 1662 9141 308 fish fish NN 1662 9141 309 Land land NN 1662 9141 310 use use NN 1662 9141 311 : : : 1662 9141 312 arable arable JJ 1662 9141 313 land land NN 1662 9141 314 : : : 1662 9141 315 19 19 CD 1662 9141 316 % % NN 1662 9141 317 permanent permanent JJ 1662 9141 318 crops crop NNS 1662 9141 319 : : : 1662 9141 320 24 24 CD 1662 9141 321 % % NN 1662 9141 322 permanent permanent JJ 1662 9141 323 pastures pasture NNS 1662 9141 324 : : : 1662 9141 325 0 0 CD 1662 9141 326 % % NN 1662 9141 327 forests forest NNS 1662 9141 328 and and CC 1662 9141 329 woodland woodland NN 1662 9141 330 : : : 1662 9141 331 47 47 CD 1662 9141 332 % % NN 1662 9141 333 other other JJ 1662 9141 334 : : : 1662 9141 335 10 10 CD 1662 9141 336 % % NN 1662 9141 337 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 9141 338 land land NN 1662 9141 339 : : : 1662 9141 340 NA NA NNP 1662 9141 341 sq sq RB 1662 9141 342 km km VB 1662 9141 343 Natural natural JJ 1662 9141 344 hazards hazard NNS 1662 9141 345 : : : 1662 9141 346 occasional occasional JJ 1662 9141 347 typhoons typhoon NNS 1662 9141 348 ; ; , 1662 9141 349 active active JJ 1662 9141 350 volcanism volcanism NN 1662 9141 351 Environment Environment NNP 1662 9141 352 - - HYPH 1662 9141 353 current current JJ 1662 9141 354 issues issue NNS 1662 9141 355 : : : 1662 9141 356 soil soil NN 1662 9141 357 erosion erosion NN 1662 9141 358 Environment Environment NNP 1662 9141 359 - - HYPH 1662 9141 360 international international JJ 1662 9141 361 agreements agreement NNS 1662 9141 362 : : : 1662 9141 363 party party NN 1662 9141 364 to to TO 1662 9141 365 : : : 1662 9141 366 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 9141 367 , , , 1662 9141 368 Climate Climate NNP 1662 9141 369 Change Change NNP 1662 9141 370 , , , 1662 9141 371 Law Law NNP 1662 9141 372 of of IN 1662 9141 373 the the DT 1662 9141 374 Sea Sea NNP 1662 9141 375 , , , 1662 9141 376 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 9141 377 Test Test NNP 1662 9141 378 Ban Ban NNP 1662 9141 379 , , , 1662 9141 380 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 9141 381 Layer Layer NNP 1662 9141 382 Protection Protection NNP 1662 9141 383 signed sign VBD 1662 9141 384 , , , 1662 9141 385 but but CC 1662 9141 386 not not RB 1662 9141 387 ratified ratified JJ 1662 9141 388 : : : 1662 9141 389 none none NN 1662 9141 390 of of IN 1662 9141 391 the the DT 1662 9141 392 selected select VBN 1662 9141 393 agreements agreement NNS 1662 9141 394 @Western @Western NNP 1662 9141 395 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 9141 396 : : : 1662 9141 397 People People NNP 1662 9141 398 Population Population NNP 1662 9141 399 : : : 1662 9141 400 219,509 219,509 CD 1662 9141 401 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9141 402 July July NNP 1662 9141 403 1997 1997 CD 1662 9141 404 est est NNP 1662 9141 405 . . . 1662 9141 406 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9142 1 note note NN 1662 9142 2 : : : 1662 9142 3 other other JJ 1662 9142 4 estimates estimate NNS 1662 9142 5 range range VBP 1662 9142 6 as as RB 1662 9142 7 low low JJ 1662 9142 8 as as IN 1662 9142 9 162,000 162,000 CD 1662 9142 10 Age Age NNP 1662 9142 11 structure structure NN 1662 9142 12 : : : 1662 9142 13 0 0 CD 1662 9142 14 - - HYPH 1662 9142 15 14 14 CD 1662 9142 16 years year NNS 1662 9142 17 : : : 1662 9142 18 40 40 CD 1662 9142 19 % % NN 1662 9142 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9142 21 male male JJ 1662 9142 22 44,281 44,281 CD 1662 9142 23 ; ; : 1662 9142 24 female female JJ 1662 9142 25 42,876 42,876 CD 1662 9142 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9142 27 15 15 CD 1662 9142 28 - - SYM 1662 9142 29 64 64 CD 1662 9142 30 years year NNS 1662 9142 31 : : : 1662 9142 32 56 56 CD 1662 9142 33 % % NN 1662 9142 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9142 35 male male JJ 1662 9142 36 64,433 64,433 CD 1662 9142 37 ; ; : 1662 9142 38 female female JJ 1662 9142 39 59,006 59,006 CD 1662 9142 40 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9142 41 65 65 CD 1662 9142 42 years year NNS 1662 9142 43 and and CC 1662 9142 44 over over IN 1662 9142 45 : : : 1662 9142 46 4 4 CD 1662 9142 47 % % NN 1662 9142 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9142 49 male male JJ 1662 9142 50 4,225 4,225 CD 1662 9142 51 ; ; : 1662 9142 52 female female JJ 1662 9142 53 4,688 4,688 CD 1662 9142 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9142 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9142 56 July July NNP 1662 9142 57 1997 1997 CD 1662 9142 58 est est NNP 1662 9142 59 . . . 1662 9142 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9143 1 Population population NN 1662 9143 2 growth growth NN 1662 9143 3 rate rate NN 1662 9143 4 : : : 1662 9143 5 2.34 2.34 CD 1662 9143 6 % % NN 1662 9143 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9143 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 9143 9 est est NNP 1662 9143 10 . . . 1662 9143 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9144 1 Birth birth NN 1662 9144 2 rate rate NN 1662 9144 3 : : : 1662 9144 4 30.4 30.4 CD 1662 9144 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 9144 6 population population NN 1662 9144 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9144 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 9144 9 est est NNP 1662 9144 10 . . . 1662 9144 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9145 1 Death death NN 1662 9145 2 rate rate NN 1662 9145 3 : : : 1662 9145 4 5.63 5.63 CD 1662 9145 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 9145 6 population population NN 1662 9145 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9145 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 9145 9 est est NNP 1662 9145 10 . . . 1662 9145 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9146 1 Net net JJ 1662 9146 2 migration migration NN 1662 9146 3 rate rate NN 1662 9146 4 : : : 1662 9146 5 -1.22 -1.22 NFP 1662 9146 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 9146 7 population population NN 1662 9146 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9146 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 9146 10 est est NNP 1662 9146 11 . . . 1662 9146 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9147 1 Sex sex NN 1662 9147 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 9147 3 : : : 1662 9147 4 at at IN 1662 9147 5 birth birth NN 1662 9147 6 : : : 1662 9147 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 9147 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9147 9 under under IN 1662 9147 10 15 15 CD 1662 9147 11 years year NNS 1662 9147 12 : : : 1662 9147 13 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 9147 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9147 15 15 15 CD 1662 9147 16 - - HYPH 1662 9147 17 64 64 CD 1662 9147 18 years year NNS 1662 9147 19 : : : 1662 9147 20 1.09 1.09 CD 1662 9147 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9147 22 65 65 CD 1662 9147 23 years year NNS 1662 9147 24 and and CC 1662 9147 25 over over IN 1662 9147 26 : : : 1662 9147 27 0.9 0.9 CD 1662 9147 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9147 29 total total JJ 1662 9147 30 population population NN 1662 9147 31 : : : 1662 9147 32 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 9147 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9147 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9147 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 9147 36 est e JJS 1662 9147 37 . . . 1662 9147 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9148 1 Infant infant NN 1662 9148 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 9148 3 rate rate NN 1662 9148 4 : : : 1662 9148 5 33 33 CD 1662 9148 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 9148 7 live live JJ 1662 9148 8 births birth NNS 1662 9148 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9148 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 9148 11 est est NNP 1662 9148 12 . . . 1662 9148 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9149 1 Life life NN 1662 9149 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 9149 3 at at IN 1662 9149 4 birth birth NN 1662 9149 5 : : : 1662 9149 6 total total JJ 1662 9149 7 population population NN 1662 9149 8 : : : 1662 9149 9 69.09 69.09 CD 1662 9149 10 years year NNS 1662 9149 11 male male JJ 1662 9149 12 : : : 1662 9149 13 66.7 66.7 CD 1662 9149 14 years year NNS 1662 9149 15 female female JJ 1662 9149 16 : : : 1662 9149 17 71.6 71.6 CD 1662 9149 18 years year NNS 1662 9149 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9149 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 9149 21 est est NNP 1662 9149 22 . . . 1662 9149 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9150 1 Total total JJ 1662 9150 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 9150 3 rate rate NN 1662 9150 4 : : : 1662 9150 5 3.82 3.82 CD 1662 9150 6 children child NNS 1662 9150 7 born bear VBN 1662 9150 8 / / SYM 1662 9150 9 woman woman NN 1662 9150 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9150 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 9150 12 est est NNP 1662 9150 13 . . . 1662 9150 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9151 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 9151 2 : : : 1662 9151 3 noun noun NN 1662 9151 4 : : : 1662 9151 5 Western western JJ 1662 9151 6 Samoan(s samoan(s JJ 1662 9151 7 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9151 8 adjective adjective NN 1662 9151 9 : : : 1662 9151 10 Western Western NNP 1662 9151 11 Samoan Samoan NNP 1662 9151 12 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 9151 13 groups group NNS 1662 9151 14 : : : 1662 9151 15 Samoan samoan NN 1662 9151 16 92.6 92.6 CD 1662 9151 17 % % NN 1662 9151 18 , , , 1662 9151 19 Euronesians euronesian NNS 1662 9151 20 7 7 CD 1662 9151 21 % % NN 1662 9151 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9151 23 persons person NNS 1662 9151 24 of of IN 1662 9151 25 European european JJ 1662 9151 26 and and CC 1662 9151 27 Polynesian polynesian JJ 1662 9151 28 blood blood NN 1662 9151 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9151 30 , , , 1662 9151 31 Europeans Europeans NNPS 1662 9151 32 0.4 0.4 CD 1662 9151 33 % % NN 1662 9151 34 Religions religion NNS 1662 9151 35 : : : 1662 9151 36 Christian Christian NNP 1662 9151 37 99.7 99.7 CD 1662 9151 38 % % NN 1662 9151 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9151 40 about about RB 1662 9151 41 one one CD 1662 9151 42 - - HYPH 1662 9151 43 half half NN 1662 9151 44 of of IN 1662 9151 45 population population NN 1662 9151 46 associated associate VBN 1662 9151 47 with with IN 1662 9151 48 the the DT 1662 9151 49 London London NNP 1662 9151 50 Missionary Missionary NNP 1662 9151 51 Society Society NNP 1662 9151 52 ; ; : 1662 9151 53 includes include VBZ 1662 9151 54 Congregational Congregational NNP 1662 9151 55 , , , 1662 9151 56 Roman Roman NNP 1662 9151 57 Catholic Catholic NNP 1662 9151 58 , , , 1662 9151 59 Methodist Methodist NNP 1662 9151 60 , , , 1662 9151 61 Latter Latter NNP 1662 9151 62 - - HYPH 1662 9151 63 Day Day NNP 1662 9151 64 Saints Saints NNPS 1662 9151 65 , , , 1662 9151 66 Seventh Seventh NNP 1662 9151 67 - - HYPH 1662 9151 68 Day Day NNP 1662 9151 69 Adventist Adventist NNP 1662 9151 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9151 71 Languages language NNS 1662 9151 72 : : : 1662 9151 73 Samoan Samoan NNP 1662 9151 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9151 75 Polynesian Polynesian NNP 1662 9151 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9151 77 , , , 1662 9151 78 English English NNP 1662 9151 79 Literacy Literacy NNP 1662 9151 80 : : : 1662 9151 81 definition definition NN 1662 9151 82 : : : 1662 9151 83 age age NN 1662 9151 84 15 15 CD 1662 9151 85 and and CC 1662 9151 86 over over RB 1662 9151 87 can can MD 1662 9151 88 read read VB 1662 9151 89 and and CC 1662 9151 90 write write VB 1662 9151 91 total total JJ 1662 9151 92 population population NN 1662 9151 93 : : : 1662 9151 94 97 97 CD 1662 9151 95 % % NN 1662 9151 96 male male NN 1662 9151 97 : : : 1662 9151 98 97 97 CD 1662 9151 99 % % NN 1662 9151 100 female female NN 1662 9151 101 : : : 1662 9151 102 97 97 CD 1662 9151 103 % % NN 1662 9151 104 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9151 105 1971 1971 CD 1662 9151 106 est est NNP 1662 9151 107 . . . 1662 9151 108 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9152 1 @Western @Western NNP 1662 9152 2 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 9152 3 : : : 1662 9152 4 Government Government NNP 1662 9152 5 Country Country NNP 1662 9152 6 name name NN 1662 9152 7 : : : 1662 9152 8 conventional conventional JJ 1662 9152 9 long long JJ 1662 9152 10 form form NN 1662 9152 11 : : : 1662 9152 12 Independent Independent NNP 1662 9152 13 State State NNP 1662 9152 14 of of IN 1662 9152 15 Western Western NNP 1662 9152 16 Samoa samoa JJ 1662 9152 17 conventional conventional JJ 1662 9152 18 short short JJ 1662 9152 19 form form NN 1662 9152 20 : : : 1662 9152 21 Western western JJ 1662 9152 22 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 9152 23 Data Data NNP 1662 9152 24 code code NN 1662 9152 25 : : : 1662 9152 26 WS WS NNP 1662 9152 27 Government Government NNP 1662 9152 28 type type NN 1662 9152 29 : : : 1662 9152 30 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 9152 31 monarchy monarchy NN 1662 9152 32 under under IN 1662 9152 33 native native JJ 1662 9152 34 chief chief JJ 1662 9152 35 National national JJ 1662 9152 36 capital capital NN 1662 9152 37 : : : 1662 9152 38 Apia Apia NNP 1662 9152 39 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 9152 40 divisions division NNS 1662 9152 41 : : : 1662 9152 42 11 11 CD 1662 9152 43 districts district NNS 1662 9152 44 ; ; : 1662 9152 45 A'ana A'ana NNP 1662 9152 46 , , , 1662 9152 47 Aiga Aiga NNP 1662 9152 48 - - HYPH 1662 9152 49 i i NNP 1662 9152 50 - - HYPH 1662 9152 51 le le NNP 1662 9152 52 - - HYPH 1662 9152 53 Tai Tai NNP 1662 9152 54 , , , 1662 9152 55 Atua Atua NNP 1662 9152 56 , , , 1662 9152 57 Fa'asaleleaga Fa'asaleleaga NNP 1662 9152 58 , , , 1662 9152 59 Gaga'emauga Gaga'emauga NNP 1662 9152 60 , , , 1662 9152 61 Gagaifomauga Gagaifomauga NNP 1662 9152 62 , , , 1662 9152 63 Palauli Palauli NNP 1662 9152 64 , , , 1662 9152 65 Satupa'itea Satupa'itea NNP 1662 9152 66 , , , 1662 9152 67 Tuamasaga Tuamasaga NNP 1662 9152 68 , , , 1662 9152 69 Va'a Va'a NNS 1662 9152 70 - - HYPH 1662 9152 71 o o NN 1662 9152 72 - - HYPH 1662 9152 73 Fonoti Fonoti NNP 1662 9152 74 , , , 1662 9152 75 Vaisigano Vaisigano NNP 1662 9152 76 Independence Independence NNP 1662 9152 77 : : : 1662 9152 78 1 1 CD 1662 9152 79 January January NNP 1662 9152 80 1962 1962 CD 1662 9152 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9152 82 from from IN 1662 9152 83 New New NNP 1662 9152 84 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 9152 85 - - HYPH 1662 9152 86 administered administer VBN 1662 9152 87 UN UN NNP 1662 9152 88 trusteeship trusteeship NN 1662 9152 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9152 90 National national JJ 1662 9152 91 holiday holiday NN 1662 9152 92 : : : 1662 9152 93 National National NNP 1662 9152 94 Day Day NNP 1662 9152 95 , , , 1662 9152 96 1 1 CD 1662 9152 97 June June NNP 1662 9152 98 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9152 99 1962 1962 CD 1662 9152 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9152 101 Constitution constitution NN 1662 9152 102 : : : 1662 9152 103 1 1 CD 1662 9152 104 January January NNP 1662 9152 105 1962 1962 CD 1662 9152 106 Legal legal JJ 1662 9152 107 system system NN 1662 9152 108 : : : 1662 9152 109 based base VBN 1662 9152 110 on on IN 1662 9152 111 English English NNP 1662 9152 112 common common JJ 1662 9152 113 law law NN 1662 9152 114 and and CC 1662 9152 115 local local JJ 1662 9152 116 customs custom NNS 1662 9152 117 ; ; : 1662 9152 118 judicial judicial JJ 1662 9152 119 review review NN 1662 9152 120 of of IN 1662 9152 121 legislative legislative JJ 1662 9152 122 acts act NNS 1662 9152 123 with with IN 1662 9152 124 respect respect NN 1662 9152 125 to to IN 1662 9152 126 fundamental fundamental JJ 1662 9152 127 rights right NNS 1662 9152 128 of of IN 1662 9152 129 the the DT 1662 9152 130 citizen citizen NN 1662 9152 131 ; ; : 1662 9152 132 has have VBZ 1662 9152 133 not not RB 1662 9152 134 accepted accept VBN 1662 9152 135 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 9152 136 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 9152 137 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 9152 138 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 9152 139 : : : 1662 9152 140 21 21 CD 1662 9152 141 years year NNS 1662 9152 142 of of IN 1662 9152 143 age age NN 1662 9152 144 ; ; : 1662 9152 145 universal universal JJ 1662 9152 146 Executive Executive NNP 1662 9152 147 branch branch NN 1662 9152 148 : : : 1662 9152 149 chief chief NN 1662 9152 150 of of IN 1662 9152 151 state state NN 1662 9152 152 : : : 1662 9152 153 Chief Chief NNP 1662 9152 154 Susuga Susuga NNP 1662 9152 155 MALIETOA MALIETOA NNP 1662 9152 156 Tanumafili Tanumafili NNP 1662 9152 157 II II NNP 1662 9152 158 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9152 159 cochief cochief NN 1662 9152 160 of of IN 1662 9152 161 state state NN 1662 9152 162 from from IN 1662 9152 163 1 1 CD 1662 9152 164 January January NNP 1662 9152 165 1962 1962 CD 1662 9152 166 until until IN 1662 9152 167 becoming become VBG 1662 9152 168 sole sole JJ 1662 9152 169 chief chief NN 1662 9152 170 of of IN 1662 9152 171 state state NN 1662 9152 172 5 5 CD 1662 9152 173 April April NNP 1662 9152 174 1963 1963 CD 1662 9152 175 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9152 176 head head NN 1662 9152 177 of of IN 1662 9152 178 government government NN 1662 9152 179 : : : 1662 9152 180 Prime Prime NNP 1662 9152 181 Minister Minister NNP 1662 9152 182 TOFILAU TOFILAU NNP 1662 9152 183 Eti Eti NNP 1662 9152 184 Alesana Alesana NNP 1662 9152 185 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9152 186 since since IN 1662 9152 187 7 7 CD 1662 9152 188 April April NNP 1662 9152 189 1988 1988 CD 1662 9152 190 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9152 191 ; ; : 1662 9152 192 Deputy Deputy NNP 1662 9152 193 Prime Prime NNP 1662 9152 194 Minister Minister NNP 1662 9152 195 TUILA'EPA TUILA'EPA NNP 1662 9152 196 Sailele Sailele NNP 1662 9152 197 Malielegaoi Malielegaoi NNP 1662 9152 198 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9152 199 since since IN 1662 9152 200 NA NA NNP 1662 9152 201 1992 1992 CD 1662 9152 202 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9152 203 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 9152 204 : : : 1662 9152 205 Cabinet 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350 leaders leader NNS 1662 9152 351 : : : 1662 9152 352 Human Human NNP 1662 9152 353 Rights Rights NNPS 1662 9152 354 Protection Protection NNP 1662 9152 355 Party Party NNP 1662 9152 356 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9152 357 HRPP HRPP NNP 1662 9152 358 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9152 359 , , , 1662 9152 360 TOFILAU TOFILAU NNP 1662 9152 361 Eti Eti NNP 1662 9152 362 Alesana Alesana NNP 1662 9152 363 , , , 1662 9152 364 chairman chairman NN 1662 9152 365 ; ; : 1662 9152 366 Samoan Samoan NNP 1662 9152 367 National National NNP 1662 9152 368 Development Development NNP 1662 9152 369 Party Party NNP 1662 9152 370 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9152 371 SNDP SNDP NNP 1662 9152 372 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9152 373 , , , 1662 9152 374 TAPUA TAPUA NNP 1662 9152 375 Tamasese Tamasese NNP 1662 9152 376 Efi Efi NNP 1662 9152 377 , , , 1662 9152 378 chairman chairman NN 1662 9152 379 ; ; : 1662 9152 380 Samoan Samoan NNP 1662 9152 381 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 9152 382 Conservative Conservative NNP 1662 9152 383 Party Party NNP 1662 9152 384 , , , 1662 9152 385 LEOTA LEOTA NNP 1662 9152 386 Ituau Ituau NNP 1662 9152 387 Ale Ale NNP 1662 9152 388 ; ; : 1662 9152 389 Samoa samoa VB 1662 9152 390 All all DT 1662 9152 391 People People NNPS 1662 9152 392 's 's POS 1662 9152 393 Party Party NNP 1662 9152 394 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9152 395 SAPP SAPP NNP 1662 9152 396 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9152 397 , , , 1662 9152 398 Matatumua Matatumua NNP 1662 9152 399 MAIMOAGA MAIMOAGA NNP 1662 9152 400 International International NNP 1662 9152 401 organization organization NN 1662 9152 402 participation participation NN 1662 9152 403 : : : 1662 9152 404 ACP ACP NNP 1662 9152 405 , , , 1662 9152 406 AsDB AsDB NNP 1662 9152 407 , , , 1662 9152 408 C C NNP 1662 9152 409 , , , 1662 9152 410 ESCAP ESCAP NNP 1662 9152 411 , , , 1662 9152 412 FAO FAO NNP 1662 9152 413 , , , 1662 9152 414 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 9152 415 , , , 1662 9152 416 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 9152 417 , , , 1662 9152 418 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 9152 419 , , , 1662 9152 420 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 9152 421 , , , 1662 9152 422 IDA IDA NNP 1662 9152 423 , , , 1662 9152 424 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 9152 425 , , , 1662 9152 426 IFC IFC NNP 1662 9152 427 , , , 1662 9152 428 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 9152 429 , , , 1662 9152 430 IMF IMF NNP 1662 9152 431 , , , 1662 9152 432 IMO imo RB 1662 9152 433 , , , 1662 9152 434 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 9152 435 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9152 436 nonsignatory nonsignatory NNP 1662 9152 437 user user NN 1662 9152 438 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9152 439 , , , 1662 9152 440 IOC IOC NNP 1662 9152 441 , , , 1662 9152 442 ITU ITU NNP 1662 9152 443 , , , 1662 9152 444 Sparteca Sparteca NNP 1662 9152 445 , , , 1662 9152 446 SPC SPC NNP 1662 9152 447 , , , 1662 9152 448 SPF SPF NNP 1662 9152 449 , , , 1662 9152 450 UN UN NNP 1662 9152 451 , , , 1662 9152 452 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 9152 453 , , , 1662 9152 454 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 9152 455 , , , 1662 9152 456 UPU UPU NNP 1662 9152 457 , , , 1662 9152 458 WHO who WP 1662 9152 459 , , , 1662 9152 460 WMO WMO NNP 1662 9152 461 Diplomatic 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- HYPH 1662 9165 45 capacity capacity NN 1662 9165 46 : : : 1662 9165 47 29,000 29,000 CD 1662 9165 48 kW kw NN 1662 9165 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9165 50 1990 1990 CD 1662 9165 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9165 52 Electricity electricity NN 1662 9165 53 - - HYPH 1662 9165 54 production production NN 1662 9165 55 : : : 1662 9165 56 60 60 CD 1662 9165 57 million million CD 1662 9165 58 kWh kWh NNS 1662 9165 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9165 60 1994 1994 CD 1662 9165 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9165 62 Electricity electricity NN 1662 9165 63 - - HYPH 1662 9165 64 consumption consumption NN 1662 9165 65 per per IN 1662 9165 66 capita capita NN 1662 9165 67 : : : 1662 9165 68 287 287 CD 1662 9165 69 kWh kWh NNS 1662 9165 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9165 71 1995 1995 CD 1662 9165 72 est est NNP 1662 9165 73 . . . 1662 9165 74 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9166 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 9166 2 - - HYPH 1662 9166 3 products product NNS 1662 9166 4 : : : 1662 9166 5 coconuts coconut NNS 1662 9166 6 , , , 1662 9166 7 bananas banana NNS 1662 9166 8 , , , 1662 9166 9 taro taro NN 1662 9166 10 , , , 1662 9166 11 yams yams NNP 1662 9166 12 Exports Exports NNPS 1662 9166 13 : : : 1662 9166 14 total total JJ 1662 9166 15 value value NN 1662 9166 16 : : : 1662 9166 17 $ $ $ 1662 9166 18 8.7 8.7 CD 1662 9166 19 million million CD 1662 9166 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9166 21 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 9166 22 . . NNP 1662 9166 23 , , , 1662 9166 24 1995 1995 CD 1662 9166 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9166 26 commodities commodity NNS 1662 9166 27 : : : 1662 9166 28 coconut coconut NN 1662 9166 29 oil oil NN 1662 9166 30 and and CC 1662 9166 31 cream cream NN 1662 9166 32 , , , 1662 9166 33 taro taro NNP 1662 9166 34 , , , 1662 9166 35 copra copra NNP 1662 9166 36 , , , 1662 9166 37 cocoa cocoa NN 1662 9166 38 partners partner NNS 1662 9166 39 : : : 1662 9166 40 New New NNP 1662 9166 41 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 9166 42 44 44 CD 1662 9166 43 % % NN 1662 9166 44 , , , 1662 9166 45 Australia Australia NNP 1662 9166 46 22 22 CD 1662 9166 47 % % NN 1662 9166 48 , , , 1662 9166 49 American American NNP 1662 9166 50 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 9166 51 , , , 1662 9166 52 Germany Germany NNP 1662 9166 53 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 9166 54 : : : 1662 9166 55 total total JJ 1662 9166 56 value value NN 1662 9166 57 : : : 1662 9166 58 $ $ $ 1662 9166 59 91 91 CD 1662 9166 60 million million CD 1662 9166 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9166 62 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 9166 63 . . NNP 1662 9166 64 , , , 1662 9166 65 1995 1995 CD 1662 9166 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9166 67 commodities commodity NNS 1662 9166 68 : : : 1662 9166 69 intermediate intermediate JJ 1662 9166 70 goods good NNS 1662 9166 71 58 58 CD 1662 9166 72 % % NN 1662 9166 73 , , , 1662 9166 74 food food NN 1662 9166 75 17 17 CD 1662 9166 76 % % NN 1662 9166 77 , , , 1662 9166 78 capital capital NN 1662 9166 79 goods good NNS 1662 9166 80 12 12 CD 1662 9166 81 % % NN 1662 9166 82 partners partner NNS 1662 9166 83 : : : 1662 9166 84 New New NNP 1662 9166 85 Zealand Zealand NNP 1662 9166 86 37 37 CD 1662 9166 87 % % NN 1662 9166 88 , , , 1662 9166 89 Australia Australia NNP 1662 9166 90 21 21 CD 1662 9166 91 % % NN 1662 9166 92 , , , 1662 9166 93 US US NNP 1662 9166 94 / / SYM 1662 9166 95 American American NNP 1662 9166 96 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 9166 97 13 13 CD 1662 9166 98 % % NN 1662 9166 99 Debt debt NN 1662 9166 100 - - HYPH 1662 9166 101 external external JJ 1662 9166 102 : : : 1662 9166 103 $ $ $ 1662 9166 104 178.3 178.3 CD 1662 9166 105 million million CD 1662 9166 106 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9166 107 1995 1995 CD 1662 9166 108 est est NNP 1662 9166 109 . . . 1662 9166 110 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9167 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 9167 2 aid aid NN 1662 9167 3 : : : 1662 9167 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 9167 5 : : : 1662 9167 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 9167 7 ; ; : 1662 9167 8 $ $ $ 1662 9167 9 8.7 8.7 CD 1662 9167 10 million million CD 1662 9167 11 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 9167 12 aid aid NN 1662 9167 13 from from IN 1662 9167 14 Australia Australia NNP 1662 9167 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9167 16 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 9167 17 est est NNP 1662 9167 18 . . . 1662 9168 1 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9168 2 ; ; : 1662 9168 3 $ $ $ 1662 9168 4 5 5 CD 1662 9168 5 million million CD 1662 9168 6 bilateral bilateral JJ 1662 9168 7 aid aid NN 1662 9168 8 from from IN 1662 9168 9 NZ NZ NNP 1662 9168 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9168 11 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 9168 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9168 13 Currency currency NN 1662 9168 14 : : : 1662 9168 15 1 1 CD 1662 9168 16 tala tala NNP 1662 9168 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9168 18 WS$ WS$ NNP 1662 9168 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9168 20 = = NFP 1662 9168 21 100 100 CD 1662 9168 22 sene sene NNP 1662 9168 23 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 9168 24 rates rate NNS 1662 9168 25 : : : 1662 9168 26 tala tala NNP 1662 9168 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9168 28 WS$ WS$ NNP 1662 9168 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9168 30 per per IN 1662 9168 31 US$ us$ $ 1662 9168 32 1 1 CD 1662 9168 33 - - SYM 1662 9168 34 2.4570 2.4570 CD 1662 9168 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9168 36 January January NNP 1662 9168 37 1997 1997 CD 1662 9168 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9168 39 , , , 1662 9168 40 2.4618 2.4618 CD 1662 9168 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9168 42 1996 1996 CD 1662 9168 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9168 44 , , , 1662 9168 45 2.4722 2.4722 CD 1662 9168 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9168 47 1995 1995 CD 1662 9168 48 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9168 49 , , , 1662 9168 50 2.5349 2.5349 CD 1662 9168 51 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9168 52 1994 1994 CD 1662 9168 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9168 54 , , , 1662 9168 55 2.5681 2.5681 CD 1662 9168 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9168 57 1993 1993 CD 1662 9168 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9168 59 , , , 1662 9168 60 2.4655 2.4655 CD 1662 9168 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9168 62 1992 1992 CD 1662 9168 63 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9168 64 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 9168 65 year year NN 1662 9168 66 : : : 1662 9168 67 calendar calendar NN 1662 9168 68 year year NN 1662 9168 69 @Western @Western NNP 1662 9168 70 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 9168 71 : : : 1662 9168 72 Communications Communications NNP 1662 9168 73 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 9168 74 : : : 1662 9168 75 7,500 7,500 CD 1662 9168 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9168 77 1988 1988 CD 1662 9168 78 est est NNP 1662 9168 79 . . . 1662 9168 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9169 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 9169 2 system system NN 1662 9169 3 : : : 1662 9169 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 9169 5 : : : 1662 9169 6 NA NA NNP 1662 9169 7 international international JJ 1662 9169 8 : : : 1662 9169 9 satellite satellite NN 1662 9169 10 earth earth NNP 1662 9169 11 station station NNP 1662 9169 12 - - : 1662 9169 13 1 1 CD 1662 9169 14 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 9169 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9169 16 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 9169 17 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 9169 18 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9169 19 Radio radio NN 1662 9169 20 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 9169 21 stations station NNS 1662 9169 22 : : : 1662 9169 23 AM AM NNP 1662 9169 24 1 1 CD 1662 9169 25 , , , 1662 9169 26 FM FM NNP 1662 9169 27 0 0 CD 1662 9169 28 , , , 1662 9169 29 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 9169 30 0 0 CD 1662 9169 31 Radios radio NNS 1662 9169 32 : : : 1662 9169 33 76,000 76,000 CD 1662 9169 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9169 35 1992 1992 CD 1662 9169 36 est est NNP 1662 9169 37 . . . 1662 9169 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9170 1 Television television NN 1662 9170 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 9170 3 stations station NNS 1662 9170 4 : : : 1662 9170 5 0 0 NFP 1662 9170 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 9170 7 : : : 1662 9170 8 6,000 6,000 CD 1662 9170 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9170 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 9170 11 est est NNP 1662 9170 12 . . . 1662 9170 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9171 1 @Western @Western NNP 1662 9171 2 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 9171 3 : : : 1662 9171 4 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 9171 5 Railways railway NNS 1662 9171 6 : : : 1662 9171 7 0 0 LS 1662 9171 8 km km NN 1662 9171 9 Highways highway NNS 1662 9171 10 : : : 1662 9171 11 total total NN 1662 9171 12 : : : 1662 9171 13 2,030 2,030 CD 1662 9171 14 km km NN 1662 9171 15 paved pave VBN 1662 9171 16 : : : 1662 9171 17 373 373 CD 1662 9171 18 km km NN 1662 9171 19 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 9171 20 : : : 1662 9171 21 1,657 1,657 CD 1662 9171 22 km km NN 1662 9171 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9171 24 1988 1988 CD 1662 9171 25 est est NNP 1662 9171 26 . . . 1662 9171 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9172 1 Ports port NNS 1662 9172 2 and and CC 1662 9172 3 harbors harbor NNS 1662 9172 4 : : : 1662 9172 5 Apia Apia NNP 1662 9172 6 , , , 1662 9172 7 Asau Asau NNP 1662 9172 8 , , , 1662 9172 9 Mulifanua Mulifanua NNP 1662 9172 10 , , , 1662 9172 11 Salelologa Salelologa NNP 1662 9172 12 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 9172 13 marine marine NN 1662 9172 14 : : : 1662 9172 15 total total NN 1662 9172 16 : : : 1662 9172 17 1 1 CD 1662 9172 18 roll roll NN 1662 9172 19 - - HYPH 1662 9172 20 on on IN 1662 9172 21 / / SYM 1662 9172 22 roll roll NN 1662 9172 23 - - HYPH 1662 9172 24 off off RP 1662 9172 25 cargo cargo NN 1662 9172 26 ship ship NN 1662 9172 27 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9172 28 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 9172 29 GRT GRT NNP 1662 9172 30 or or CC 1662 9172 31 over over RB 1662 9172 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9172 33 totaling total VBG 1662 9172 34 3,838 3,838 CD 1662 9172 35 GRT/5,536 GRT/5,536 NNP 1662 9172 36 DWT DWT NNP 1662 9172 37 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9172 38 1996 1996 CD 1662 9172 39 est est NNP 1662 9172 40 . . . 1662 9172 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9173 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 9173 2 : : : 1662 9173 3 3 3 CD 1662 9173 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9173 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 9173 6 est est NNP 1662 9173 7 . . . 1662 9173 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9174 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 9174 2 - - , 1662 9174 3 with with IN 1662 9174 4 paved paved JJ 1662 9174 5 runways runway NNS 1662 9174 6 : : : 1662 9174 7 total total NN 1662 9174 8 : : : 1662 9174 9 3 3 CD 1662 9174 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 9174 11 to to TO 1662 9174 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 9174 13 m m NN 1662 9174 14 : : : 1662 9174 15 1 1 CD 1662 9174 16 under under IN 1662 9174 17 914 914 CD 1662 9174 18 m m NN 1662 9174 19 : : : 1662 9174 20 2 2 CD 1662 9174 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9174 22 1996 1996 CD 1662 9174 23 est est NNP 1662 9174 24 . . . 1662 9174 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9175 1 Military military JJ 1662 9175 2 Military military JJ 1662 9175 3 branches branch NNS 1662 9175 4 : : : 1662 9175 5 no no DT 1662 9175 6 regular regular JJ 1662 9175 7 armed armed JJ 1662 9175 8 services service NNS 1662 9175 9 ; ; : 1662 9175 10 Western Western NNP 1662 9175 11 Samoa Samoa NNP 1662 9175 12 Police Police NNP 1662 9175 13 Force Force NNP 1662 9175 14 Military Military NNP 1662 9175 15 manpower manpower NN 1662 9175 16 - - HYPH 1662 9175 17 availability availability NN 1662 9175 18 : : : 1662 9175 19 males male NNS 1662 9175 20 age age NNP 1662 9175 21 15 15 CD 1662 9175 22 - - SYM 1662 9175 23 49 49 CD 1662 9175 24 : : : 1662 9175 25 NA NA NNP 1662 9175 26 Military military JJ 1662 9175 27 manpower manpower NN 1662 9175 28 - - HYPH 1662 9175 29 fit fit NN 1662 9175 30 for for IN 1662 9175 31 military military JJ 1662 9175 32 service service NN 1662 9175 33 : : : 1662 9175 34 males male NNS 1662 9175 35 : : : 1662 9175 36 NA NA NNP 1662 9175 37 Military military JJ 1662 9175 38 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9175 39 - - HYPH 1662 9175 40 dollar dollar NN 1662 9175 41 figure figure NN 1662 9175 42 : : : 1662 9175 43 $ $ $ 1662 9175 44 NA NA NNP 1662 9175 45 Military military JJ 1662 9175 46 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9175 47 - - : 1662 9175 48 percent percent NN 1662 9175 49 of of IN 1662 9175 50 GDP GDP NNP 1662 9175 51 : : : 1662 9175 52 NA% NA% `` 1662 9175 53 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 9175 54 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 9175 55 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 9175 56 - - : 1662 9175 57 international international RB 1662 9175 58 : : : 1662 9175 59 none none NN 1662 9175 60 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 61 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 62 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 63 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 64 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 65 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 66 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 67 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 68 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 69 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 70 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 71 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 72 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 73 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 74 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 75 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 76 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 77 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 78 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 79 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 80 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 81 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 82 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 83 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 84 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 85 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 86 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 87 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 88 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 89 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 90 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 91 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 92 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 93 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 94 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 95 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 96 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 97 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 98 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 99 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 100 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 101 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 102 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 103 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 104 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 105 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 106 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 107 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 108 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 109 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 110 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 111 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 112 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 113 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 114 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 115 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 116 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 117 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 118 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 119 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 120 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 121 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 122 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 123 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 124 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 125 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 126 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 127 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 128 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 129 _ _ NNP 1662 9175 130 WORLD WORLD NNP 1662 9175 131 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9175 132 Map Map NNP 1662 9175 133 of of IN 1662 9175 134 World World NNP 1662 9175 135 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9175 136 @World @world NN 1662 9175 137 : : : 1662 9175 138 Geography Geography NNP 1662 9175 139 Map Map NNP 1662 9175 140 references reference NNS 1662 9175 141 : : : 1662 9175 142 World world NN 1662 9175 143 , , , 1662 9175 144 Time Time NNP 1662 9175 145 Zones Zones NNP 1662 9175 146 Area Area NNP 1662 9175 147 : : : 1662 9175 148 total total NN 1662 9175 149 : : : 1662 9175 150 510.072 510.072 CD 1662 9175 151 million million CD 1662 9175 152 sq sq IN 1662 9175 153 km km NNP 1662 9175 154 land land NN 1662 9175 155 : : : 1662 9175 156 148.94 148.94 CD 1662 9175 157 million million CD 1662 9175 158 sq sq IN 1662 9175 159 km km NNP 1662 9175 160 water water NN 1662 9175 161 : : : 1662 9175 162 361.132 361.132 CD 1662 9175 163 million million CD 1662 9175 164 sq sq NNP 1662 9175 165 km km NNP 1662 9175 166 note note NN 1662 9175 167 : : : 1662 9175 168 70.8 70.8 CD 1662 9175 169 % % NN 1662 9175 170 of of IN 1662 9175 171 the the DT 1662 9175 172 world world NN 1662 9175 173 's 's POS 1662 9175 174 surface surface NN 1662 9175 175 is be VBZ 1662 9175 176 water water NN 1662 9175 177 , , , 1662 9175 178 29.2 29.2 CD 1662 9175 179 % % NN 1662 9175 180 is be VBZ 1662 9175 181 land land NN 1662 9175 182 Area Area NNP 1662 9175 183 - - HYPH 1662 9175 184 comparative comparative JJ 1662 9175 185 : : : 1662 9175 186 land land NN 1662 9175 187 area area NN 1662 9175 188 about about RB 1662 9175 189 15 15 CD 1662 9175 190 times time NNS 1662 9175 191 the the DT 1662 9175 192 size size NN 1662 9175 193 of of IN 1662 9175 194 the the DT 1662 9175 195 US US NNP 1662 9175 196 Land Land NNP 1662 9175 197 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 9175 198 : : : 1662 9175 199 the the DT 1662 9175 200 land land NN 1662 9175 201 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 9175 202 in in IN 1662 9175 203 the the DT 1662 9175 204 world world NN 1662 9175 205 total total NN 1662 9175 206 251,480.24 251,480.24 CD 1662 9175 207 km km NNS 1662 9175 208 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9175 209 not not RB 1662 9175 210 counting count VBG 1662 9175 211 shared shared JJ 1662 9175 212 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 9175 213 twice twice RB 1662 9175 214 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9175 215 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 9175 216 : : : 1662 9175 217 356,000 356,000 CD 1662 9175 218 km km NN 1662 9175 219 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 9175 220 claims claim VBZ 1662 9175 221 : : : 1662 9175 222 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 9175 223 zone zone NN 1662 9175 224 : : : 1662 9175 225 24 24 CD 1662 9175 226 nm nm CC 1662 9175 227 claimed claim VBN 1662 9175 228 by by IN 1662 9175 229 most most JJS 1662 9175 230 but but CC 1662 9175 231 can can MD 1662 9175 232 vary vary VB 1662 9175 233 continental continental NNP 1662 9175 234 shelf shelf NNP 1662 9175 235 : : : 1662 9175 236 200-m 200-m CD 1662 9175 237 depth depth NN 1662 9175 238 claimed claim VBN 1662 9175 239 by by IN 1662 9175 240 most most JJS 1662 9175 241 or or CC 1662 9175 242 to to IN 1662 9175 243 depth depth NN 1662 9175 244 of of IN 1662 9175 245 exploitation exploitation NN 1662 9175 246 , , , 1662 9175 247 others other NNS 1662 9175 248 claim claim VBP 1662 9175 249 200 200 CD 1662 9175 250 nm nm CD 1662 9175 251 or or CC 1662 9175 252 to to IN 1662 9175 253 the the DT 1662 9175 254 edge edge NN 1662 9175 255 of of IN 1662 9175 256 the the DT 1662 9175 257 continental continental JJ 1662 9175 258 margin margin NN 1662 9175 259 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 9175 260 fishing fishing NN 1662 9175 261 zone zone NN 1662 9175 262 : : : 1662 9175 263 200 200 CD 1662 9175 264 nm nm CD 1662 9175 265 claimed claim VBN 1662 9175 266 by by IN 1662 9175 267 most most JJS 1662 9175 268 but but CC 1662 9175 269 can can MD 1662 9175 270 vary vary VB 1662 9175 271 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 9175 272 economic economic JJ 1662 9175 273 zone zone NN 1662 9175 274 : : : 1662 9175 275 200 200 CD 1662 9175 276 nm nm CD 1662 9175 277 claimed claim VBN 1662 9175 278 by by IN 1662 9175 279 most most JJS 1662 9175 280 but but CC 1662 9175 281 can can MD 1662 9175 282 vary vary VB 1662 9175 283 territorial territorial JJ 1662 9175 284 sea sea NN 1662 9175 285 : : : 1662 9175 286 12 12 CD 1662 9175 287 nm nm IN 1662 9175 288 claimed claim VBN 1662 9175 289 by by IN 1662 9175 290 most most JJS 1662 9175 291 but but CC 1662 9175 292 can can MD 1662 9175 293 vary vary VB 1662 9175 294 note note NN 1662 9175 295 : : : 1662 9175 296 boundary boundary JJ 1662 9175 297 situations situation NNS 1662 9175 298 with with IN 1662 9175 299 neighboring neighboring NN 1662 9175 300 states state NNS 1662 9175 301 prevent prevent VBP 1662 9175 302 many many JJ 1662 9175 303 countries country NNS 1662 9175 304 from from IN 1662 9175 305 extending extend VBG 1662 9175 306 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 9175 307 fishing fishing NN 1662 9175 308 or or CC 1662 9175 309 economic economic JJ 1662 9175 310 zones zone NNS 1662 9175 311 to to IN 1662 9175 312 a a DT 1662 9175 313 full full JJ 1662 9175 314 200 200 CD 1662 9175 315 nm nm CD 1662 9175 316 ; ; : 1662 9175 317 43 43 CD 1662 9175 318 nations nation NNS 1662 9175 319 and and CC 1662 9175 320 other other JJ 1662 9175 321 areas area NNS 1662 9175 322 that that WDT 1662 9175 323 are be VBP 1662 9175 324 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 9175 325 include include VBP 1662 9175 326 Afghanistan Afghanistan NNP 1662 9175 327 , , , 1662 9175 328 Andorra Andorra NNP 1662 9175 329 , , , 1662 9175 330 Armenia Armenia NNP 1662 9175 331 , , , 1662 9175 332 Austria Austria NNP 1662 9175 333 , , , 1662 9175 334 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan NNP 1662 9175 335 , , , 1662 9175 336 Belarus Belarus NNP 1662 9175 337 , , , 1662 9175 338 Bhutan Bhutan NNP 1662 9175 339 , , , 1662 9175 340 Bolivia Bolivia NNP 1662 9175 341 , , , 1662 9175 342 Botswana Botswana NNP 1662 9175 343 , , , 1662 9175 344 Burkina Burkina NNP 1662 9175 345 Faso Faso NNP 1662 9175 346 , , , 1662 9175 347 Burundi Burundi NNP 1662 9175 348 , , , 1662 9175 349 Central Central NNP 1662 9175 350 African African NNP 1662 9175 351 Republic Republic NNP 1662 9175 352 , , , 1662 9175 353 Chad Chad NNP 1662 9175 354 , , , 1662 9175 355 Czech Czech NNP 1662 9175 356 Republic Republic NNP 1662 9175 357 , , , 1662 9175 358 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 1662 9175 359 , , , 1662 9175 360 Holy Holy NNP 1662 9175 361 See See NNP 1662 9175 362 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9175 363 Vatican Vatican NNP 1662 9175 364 City City NNP 1662 9175 365 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9175 366 , , , 1662 9175 367 Hungary Hungary NNP 1662 9175 368 , , , 1662 9175 369 Kazakstan Kazakstan NNP 1662 9175 370 , , , 1662 9175 371 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan NNP 1662 9175 372 , , , 1662 9175 373 Laos Laos NNP 1662 9175 374 , , , 1662 9175 375 Lesotho Lesotho NNP 1662 9175 376 , , , 1662 9175 377 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein NNP 1662 9175 378 , , , 1662 9175 379 Luxembourg Luxembourg NNP 1662 9175 380 , , , 1662 9175 381 Malawi Malawi NNP 1662 9175 382 , , , 1662 9175 383 Mali Mali NNP 1662 9175 384 , , , 1662 9175 385 Moldova Moldova NNP 1662 9175 386 , , , 1662 9175 387 Mongolia Mongolia NNP 1662 9175 388 , , , 1662 9175 389 Nepal Nepal NNP 1662 9175 390 , , , 1662 9175 391 Niger Niger NNP 1662 9175 392 , , , 1662 9175 393 Paraguay Paraguay NNP 1662 9175 394 , , , 1662 9175 395 Rwanda Rwanda NNP 1662 9175 396 , , , 1662 9175 397 San San NNP 1662 9175 398 Marino Marino NNP 1662 9175 399 , , , 1662 9175 400 Slovakia Slovakia NNP 1662 9175 401 , , , 1662 9175 402 Swaziland Swaziland NNP 1662 9175 403 , , , 1662 9175 404 Switzerland Switzerland NNP 1662 9175 405 , , , 1662 9175 406 Tajikistan Tajikistan NNP 1662 9175 407 , , , 1662 9175 408 The the DT 1662 9175 409 Former Former NNP 1662 9175 410 Yugoslav Yugoslav NNP 1662 9175 411 Republic Republic NNP 1662 9175 412 of of IN 1662 9175 413 Macedonia Macedonia NNP 1662 9175 414 , , , 1662 9175 415 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 1662 9175 416 , , , 1662 9175 417 Uganda Uganda NNP 1662 9175 418 , , , 1662 9175 419 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 1662 9175 420 , , , 1662 9175 421 West West NNP 1662 9175 422 Bank Bank NNP 1662 9175 423 , , , 1662 9175 424 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 9175 425 , , , 1662 9175 426 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 9175 427 Climate Climate NNP 1662 9175 428 : : : 1662 9175 429 two two CD 1662 9175 430 large large JJ 1662 9175 431 areas area NNS 1662 9175 432 of of IN 1662 9175 433 polar polar JJ 1662 9175 434 climates climate NNS 1662 9175 435 separated separate VBN 1662 9175 436 by by IN 1662 9175 437 two two CD 1662 9175 438 rather rather RB 1662 9175 439 narrow narrow JJ 1662 9175 440 temperate temperate NN 1662 9175 441 zones zone NNS 1662 9175 442 from from IN 1662 9175 443 a a DT 1662 9175 444 wide wide JJ 1662 9175 445 equatorial equatorial JJ 1662 9175 446 band band NN 1662 9175 447 of of IN 1662 9175 448 tropical tropical JJ 1662 9175 449 to to IN 1662 9175 450 subtropical subtropical JJ 1662 9175 451 climates climate NNS 1662 9175 452 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 9175 453 : : : 1662 9175 454 the the DT 1662 9175 455 greatest great JJS 1662 9175 456 ocean ocean NN 1662 9175 457 depth depth NN 1662 9175 458 is be VBZ 1662 9175 459 the the DT 1662 9175 460 Marianas Marianas NNP 1662 9175 461 Trench Trench NNP 1662 9175 462 at at IN 1662 9175 463 10,924 10,924 CD 1662 9175 464 m m NN 1662 9175 465 in in IN 1662 9175 466 the the DT 1662 9175 467 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 9175 468 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 9175 469 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 9175 470 extremes extreme NNS 1662 9175 471 : : : 1662 9175 472 lowest low JJS 1662 9175 473 point point NN 1662 9175 474 : : : 1662 9175 475 Dead Dead NNP 1662 9175 476 Sea Sea NNP 1662 9175 477 -408 -408 NN 1662 9175 478 m m NNP 1662 9175 479 highest high JJS 1662 9175 480 point point NN 1662 9175 481 : : : 1662 9175 482 Mount Mount NNP 1662 9175 483 Everest Everest NNP 1662 9175 484 8,848 8,848 CD 1662 9175 485 m m NNP 1662 9175 486 Natural natural JJ 1662 9175 487 resources resource NNS 1662 9175 488 : : : 1662 9175 489 the the DT 1662 9175 490 rapid rapid JJ 1662 9175 491 using use VBG 1662 9175 492 up up RP 1662 9175 493 of of IN 1662 9175 494 nonrenewable nonrenewable JJ 1662 9175 495 mineral mineral NN 1662 9175 496 resources resource NNS 1662 9175 497 , , , 1662 9175 498 the the DT 1662 9175 499 depletion depletion NN 1662 9175 500 of of IN 1662 9175 501 forest forest NN 1662 9175 502 areas area NNS 1662 9175 503 and and CC 1662 9175 504 wetlands wetland NNS 1662 9175 505 , , , 1662 9175 506 the the DT 1662 9175 507 extinction extinction NN 1662 9175 508 of of IN 1662 9175 509 animal animal NN 1662 9175 510 and and CC 1662 9175 511 plant plant NN 1662 9175 512 species specie NNS 1662 9175 513 , , , 1662 9175 514 and and CC 1662 9175 515 the the DT 1662 9175 516 deterioration deterioration NN 1662 9175 517 in in IN 1662 9175 518 air air NN 1662 9175 519 and and CC 1662 9175 520 water water NN 1662 9175 521 quality quality NN 1662 9175 522 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9175 523 especially especially RB 1662 9175 524 in in IN 1662 9175 525 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 9175 526 Europe Europe NNP 1662 9175 527 and and CC 1662 9175 528 the the DT 1662 9175 529 former former JJ 1662 9175 530 USSR USSR NNP 1662 9175 531 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9175 532 pose pose VBP 1662 9175 533 serious serious JJ 1662 9175 534 long long JJ 1662 9175 535 - - HYPH 1662 9175 536 term term NN 1662 9175 537 problems problem NNS 1662 9175 538 that that WDT 1662 9175 539 governments government NNS 1662 9175 540 and and CC 1662 9175 541 peoples people NNS 1662 9175 542 are be VBP 1662 9175 543 only only RB 1662 9175 544 beginning begin VBG 1662 9175 545 to to TO 1662 9175 546 address address VB 1662 9175 547 Land Land NNP 1662 9175 548 use use NN 1662 9175 549 : : : 1662 9175 550 arable arable JJ 1662 9175 551 land land NN 1662 9175 552 : : : 1662 9175 553 10 10 CD 1662 9175 554 % % NN 1662 9175 555 permanent permanent JJ 1662 9175 556 crops crop NNS 1662 9175 557 : : : 1662 9175 558 1 1 CD 1662 9175 559 % % NN 1662 9175 560 permanent permanent JJ 1662 9175 561 pastures pasture NNS 1662 9175 562 : : : 1662 9175 563 26 26 CD 1662 9175 564 % % NN 1662 9175 565 forests forest NNS 1662 9175 566 and and CC 1662 9175 567 woodland woodland NN 1662 9175 568 : : : 1662 9175 569 32 32 CD 1662 9175 570 % % NN 1662 9175 571 other other JJ 1662 9175 572 : : : 1662 9175 573 31 31 CD 1662 9175 574 % % NN 1662 9175 575 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9175 576 1993 1993 CD 1662 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volcanic JJ 1662 9177 25 eruptions eruption NNS 1662 9177 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9177 27 Environment environment NN 1662 9177 28 - - HYPH 1662 9177 29 current current JJ 1662 9177 30 issues issue NNS 1662 9177 31 : : : 1662 9177 32 large large JJ 1662 9177 33 areas area NNS 1662 9177 34 subject subject JJ 1662 9177 35 to to IN 1662 9177 36 overpopulation overpopulation NN 1662 9177 37 , , , 1662 9177 38 industrial industrial JJ 1662 9177 39 disasters disaster NNS 1662 9177 40 , , , 1662 9177 41 pollution pollution NN 1662 9177 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9177 43 air air NN 1662 9177 44 , , , 1662 9177 45 water water NN 1662 9177 46 , , , 1662 9177 47 acid acid JJ 1662 9177 48 rain rain NN 1662 9177 49 , , , 1662 9177 50 toxic toxic JJ 1662 9177 51 substances substance NNS 1662 9177 52 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9177 53 , , , 1662 9177 54 loss loss NN 1662 9177 55 of of IN 1662 9177 56 vegetation vegetation NN 1662 9177 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9177 58 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 9177 59 , , , 1662 9177 60 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9178 12 male male NN 1662 9178 13 922,447,462 922,447,462 CD 1662 9178 14 ; ; : 1662 9178 15 female female JJ 1662 9178 16 877,221,909 877,221,909 CD 1662 9178 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9178 18 15 15 CD 1662 9178 19 - - HYPH 1662 9178 20 64 64 CD 1662 9178 21 years year NNS 1662 9178 22 : : : 1662 9178 23 63 63 CD 1662 9178 24 % % NN 1662 9178 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9178 26 male male JJ 1662 9178 27 1,856,697,495 1,856,697,495 NNS 1662 9178 28 ; ; , 1662 9178 29 female female JJ 1662 9178 30 1,808,219,116 1,808,219,116 CD 1662 9178 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9178 32 65 65 CD 1662 9178 33 years year NNS 1662 9178 34 and and CC 1662 9178 35 over over IN 1662 9178 36 : : : 1662 9178 37 6 6 CD 1662 9178 38 % % NN 1662 9178 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9178 40 male male NN 1662 9178 41 166,513,212 166,513,212 CD 1662 9178 42 ; ; : 1662 9178 43 female female JJ 1662 9178 44 218,599,847 218,599,847 CD 1662 9178 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9178 46 Population population NN 1662 9178 47 growth growth NN 1662 9178 48 rate rate NN 1662 9178 49 : : : 1662 9178 50 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 9178 51 % % NN 1662 9178 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9178 53 1997 1997 CD 1662 9178 54 est est NNP 1662 9178 55 . . . 1662 9178 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9179 1 Birth birth NN 1662 9179 2 rate rate NN 1662 9179 3 : : : 1662 9179 4 23 23 CD 1662 9179 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 9179 6 population population NN 1662 9179 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9179 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 9179 9 est est NNP 1662 9179 10 . . . 1662 9179 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9180 1 Death death NN 1662 9180 2 rate rate NN 1662 9180 3 : : : 1662 9180 4 9 9 CD 1662 9180 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 9180 6 population population NN 1662 9180 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9180 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 9180 9 est est NNP 1662 9180 10 . . . 1662 9180 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9181 1 Sex sex NN 1662 9181 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 9181 3 : : : 1662 9181 4 at at IN 1662 9181 5 birth birth NN 1662 9181 6 : : : 1662 9181 7 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 9181 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9181 9 under under IN 1662 9181 10 15 15 CD 1662 9181 11 years year NNS 1662 9181 12 : : : 1662 9181 13 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 9181 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9181 15 15 15 CD 1662 9181 16 - - HYPH 1662 9181 17 64 64 CD 1662 9181 18 years year NNS 1662 9181 19 : : : 1662 9181 20 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 9181 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9181 22 65 65 CD 1662 9181 23 years year NNS 1662 9181 24 and and CC 1662 9181 25 over over IN 1662 9181 26 : : : 1662 9181 27 0.76 0.76 CD 1662 9181 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 9181 29 total total JJ 1662 9181 30 population population NN 1662 9181 31 : : : 1662 9181 32 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 9181 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9181 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9181 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 9181 36 est e JJS 1662 9181 37 . . . 1662 9181 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9182 1 Infant infant NN 1662 9182 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 9182 3 rate rate NN 1662 9182 4 : : : 1662 9182 5 59 59 CD 1662 9182 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 9182 7 live live JJ 1662 9182 8 births birth NNS 1662 9182 9 ( ( 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9184 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9185 1 @World @world LS 1662 9185 2 : : : 1662 9185 3 Government Government NNP 1662 9185 4 Data Data NNP 1662 9185 5 code code NN 1662 9185 6 : : : 1662 9185 7 none none NN 1662 9185 8 ; ; : 1662 9185 9 there there EX 1662 9185 10 is be VBZ 1662 9185 11 no no DT 1662 9185 12 FIPS FIPS NNP 1662 9185 13 10 10 CD 1662 9185 14 - - SYM 1662 9185 15 4 4 CD 1662 9185 16 country country NN 1662 9185 17 code code NN 1662 9185 18 for for IN 1662 9185 19 the the DT 1662 9185 20 World World NNP 1662 9185 21 , , , 1662 9185 22 so so CC 1662 9185 23 the the DT 1662 9185 24 Factbook Factbook NNP 1662 9185 25 uses use VBZ 1662 9185 26 the the DT 1662 9185 27 " " `` 1662 9185 28 W W NNP 1662 9185 29 " " '' 1662 9185 30 data datum NNS 1662 9185 31 code code NN 1662 9185 32 from from IN 1662 9185 33 DIAM DIAM NNP 1662 9185 34 65 65 CD 1662 9185 35 - - SYM 1662 9185 36 18 18 CD 1662 9185 37 " " `` 1662 9185 38 Geopolitical Geopolitical NNP 1662 9185 39 Data Data NNPS 1662 9185 40 Elements Elements NNPS 1662 9185 41 and and CC 1662 9185 42 Related related JJ 1662 9185 43 Features feature NNS 1662 9185 44 , , , 1662 9185 45 " " `` 1662 9185 46 Data datum NNS 1662 9185 47 Standard Standard NNP 1662 9185 48 No no NN 1662 9185 49 . . . 1662 9186 1 3 3 LS 1662 9186 2 , , , 1662 9186 3 March March NNP 1662 9186 4 1984 1984 CD 1662 9186 5 , , , 1662 9186 6 published publish VBN 1662 9186 7 by by IN 1662 9186 8 the the DT 1662 9186 9 Defense Defense NNP 1662 9186 10 Intelligence Intelligence NNP 1662 9186 11 Agency Agency NNP 1662 9186 12 ; ; : 1662 9186 13 see see VB 1662 9186 14 the the DT 1662 9186 15 Cross Cross NNP 1662 9186 16 - - NNP 1662 9186 17 Reference Reference NNP 1662 9186 18 List List NNP 1662 9186 19 of of IN 1662 9186 20 Country Country NNP 1662 9186 21 Data Data NNP 1662 9186 22 Codes Codes NNPS 1662 9186 23 appendix appendix VBP 1662 9186 24 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 9186 25 divisions division NNS 1662 9186 26 : : : 1662 9186 27 266 266 CD 1662 9186 28 nations nation NNS 1662 9186 29 , , , 1662 9186 30 dependent dependent JJ 1662 9186 31 areas area NNS 1662 9186 32 , , , 1662 9186 33 other other JJ 1662 9186 34 , , , 1662 9186 35 and and CC 1662 9186 36 miscellaneous miscellaneous JJ 1662 9186 37 entries entry NNS 1662 9186 38 Legal legal JJ 1662 9186 39 system system NN 1662 9186 40 : : : 1662 9186 41 varies varie NNS 1662 9186 42 by by IN 1662 9186 43 individual individual JJ 1662 9186 44 country country NN 1662 9186 45 ; ; : 1662 9186 46 186 186 CD 1662 9186 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9186 48 not not RB 1662 9186 49 including include VBG 1662 9186 50 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia NNP 1662 9186 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9186 52 are be VBP 1662 9186 53 parties party NNS 1662 9186 54 to to IN 1662 9186 55 the the DT 1662 9186 56 UN UN NNP 1662 9186 57 International International NNP 1662 9186 58 Court Court NNP 1662 9186 59 of of IN 1662 9186 60 Justice Justice NNP 1662 9186 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9186 62 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 9186 63 or or CC 1662 9186 64 World World NNP 1662 9186 65 Court Court NNP 1662 9186 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9186 67 Economy Economy NNP 1662 9186 68 Economy economy NN 1662 9186 69 - - HYPH 1662 9186 70 overview overview NN 1662 9186 71 : : : 1662 9186 72 Real real JJ 1662 9186 73 global global JJ 1662 9186 74 output output NN 1662 9186 75 - - HYPH 1662 9186 76 gross gross JJ 1662 9186 77 world world NN 1662 9186 78 product product NN 1662 9186 79 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9186 80 GWP GWP NNP 1662 9186 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9186 82 - - : 1662 9186 83 rose rise VBD 1662 9186 84 an an DT 1662 9186 85 estimated estimate VBN 1662 9186 86 3.6 3.6 CD 1662 9186 87 % % NN 1662 9186 88 in in IN 1662 9186 89 1996 1996 CD 1662 9186 90 , , , 1662 9186 91 with with IN 1662 9186 92 the the DT 1662 9186 93 newly newly RB 1662 9186 94 industrializing industrialize VBG 1662 9186 95 Third Third NNP 1662 9186 96 World World NNP 1662 9186 97 countries country NNS 1662 9186 98 again again RB 1662 9186 99 setting set VBG 1662 9186 100 the the DT 1662 9186 101 pace pace NN 1662 9186 102 . . . 1662 9187 1 And and CC 1662 9187 2 once once RB 1662 9187 3 more more JJR 1662 9187 4 , , , 1662 9187 5 results result NNS 1662 9187 6 varied vary VBD 1662 9187 7 widely widely RB 1662 9187 8 among among IN 1662 9187 9 regions region NNS 1662 9187 10 and and CC 1662 9187 11 countries country NNS 1662 9187 12 . . . 1662 9188 1 Average average JJ 1662 9188 2 growth growth NN 1662 9188 3 of of IN 1662 9188 4 2.3 2.3 CD 1662 9188 5 % % NN 1662 9188 6 in in IN 1662 9188 7 the the DT 1662 9188 8 GDP gdp NN 1662 9188 9 of of IN 1662 9188 10 industrialized industrialize VBN 1662 9188 11 countries country NNS 1662 9188 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9188 13 55 55 CD 1662 9188 14 % % NN 1662 9188 15 of of IN 1662 9188 16 GWP GWP NNP 1662 9188 17 in in IN 1662 9188 18 1996 1996 CD 1662 9188 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9188 20 and and CC 1662 9188 21 average average JJ 1662 9188 22 growth growth NN 1662 9188 23 of of IN 1662 9188 24 6.5 6.5 CD 1662 9188 25 % % NN 1662 9188 26 in in IN 1662 9188 27 the the DT 1662 9188 28 GDP gdp NN 1662 9188 29 of of IN 1662 9188 30 less less RBR 1662 9188 31 developed developed JJ 1662 9188 32 countries country NNS 1662 9188 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9188 34 39 39 CD 1662 9188 35 % % NN 1662 9188 36 of of IN 1662 9188 37 GWP GWP NNP 1662 9188 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9188 39 were be VBD 1662 9188 40 partly partly RB 1662 9188 41 offset offset VBN 1662 9188 42 by by IN 1662 9188 43 a a DT 1662 9188 44 2 2 CD 1662 9188 45 % % NN 1662 9188 46 drop drop NN 1662 9188 47 in in IN 1662 9188 48 the the DT 1662 9188 49 GDP gdp NN 1662 9188 50 of of IN 1662 9188 51 the the DT 1662 9188 52 former former JJ 1662 9188 53 USSR USSR NNP 1662 9188 54 / / SYM 1662 9188 55 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 9188 56 Europe Europe NNP 1662 9188 57 area area NN 1662 9188 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9188 59 only only RB 1662 9188 60 6 6 CD 1662 9188 61 % % NN 1662 9188 62 of of IN 1662 9188 63 GWP GWP NNP 1662 9188 64 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9188 65 . . . 1662 9189 1 With with IN 1662 9189 2 the the DT 1662 9189 3 notable notable JJ 1662 9189 4 exception exception NN 1662 9189 5 of of IN 1662 9189 6 Japan Japan NNP 1662 9189 7 at at IN 1662 9189 8 3 3 CD 1662 9189 9 % % NN 1662 9189 10 , , , 1662 9189 11 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 9189 12 was be VBD 1662 9189 13 typically typically RB 1662 9189 14 6%-12 6%-12 CD 1662 9189 15 % % NN 1662 9189 16 in in IN 1662 9189 17 the the DT 1662 9189 18 industrial industrial JJ 1662 9189 19 world world NN 1662 9189 20 . . . 1662 9190 1 The the DT 1662 9190 2 US US NNP 1662 9190 3 accounted account VBD 1662 9190 4 for for IN 1662 9190 5 21 21 CD 1662 9190 6 % % NN 1662 9190 7 of of IN 1662 9190 8 GWP GWP NNP 1662 9190 9 in in IN 1662 9190 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 9190 11 ; ; : 1662 9190 12 Western Western NNP 1662 9190 13 Europe Europe NNP 1662 9190 14 accounted account VBD 1662 9190 15 for for IN 1662 9190 16 20 20 CD 1662 9190 17 % % NN 1662 9190 18 ; ; , 1662 9190 19 and and CC 1662 9190 20 Japan Japan NNP 1662 9190 21 accounted account VBD 1662 9190 22 for for IN 1662 9190 23 8 8 CD 1662 9190 24 % % NN 1662 9190 25 . . . 1662 9191 1 These these DT 1662 9191 2 are be VBP 1662 9191 3 the the DT 1662 9191 4 three three CD 1662 9191 5 " " `` 1662 9191 6 economic economic JJ 1662 9191 7 superpowers superpower NNS 1662 9191 8 " " '' 1662 9191 9 presumably presumably RB 1662 9191 10 destined destine VBN 1662 9191 11 to to TO 1662 9191 12 compete compete VB 1662 9191 13 for for IN 1662 9191 14 mastery mastery NN 1662 9191 15 in in IN 1662 9191 16 international international JJ 1662 9191 17 markets market NNS 1662 9191 18 on on RP 1662 9191 19 into into IN 1662 9191 20 the the DT 1662 9191 21 21st 21st JJ 1662 9191 22 century century NN 1662 9191 23 . . . 1662 9192 1 As as IN 1662 9192 2 for for IN 1662 9192 3 the the DT 1662 9192 4 less less RBR 1662 9192 5 developed developed JJ 1662 9192 6 countries country NNS 1662 9192 7 : : : 1662 9192 8 China China NNP 1662 9192 9 , , , 1662 9192 10 India India NNP 1662 9192 11 , , , 1662 9192 12 and and CC 1662 9192 13 the the DT 1662 9192 14 Four Four NNP 1662 9192 15 Dragons Dragons NNPS 1662 9192 16 - - HYPH 1662 9192 17 South South NNP 1662 9192 18 Korea Korea NNP 1662 9192 19 , , , 1662 9192 20 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 9192 21 , , , 1662 9192 22 Hong Hong NNP 1662 9192 23 Kong Kong NNP 1662 9192 24 , , , 1662 9192 25 and and CC 1662 9192 26 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 9192 27 - - : 1662 9192 28 once once RB 1662 9192 29 again again RB 1662 9192 30 posted post VBN 1662 9192 31 records record NNS 1662 9192 32 of of IN 1662 9192 33 5 5 CD 1662 9192 34 % % NN 1662 9192 35 growth growth NN 1662 9192 36 or or CC 1662 9192 37 better well JJR 1662 9192 38 ; ; : 1662 9192 39 however however RB 1662 9192 40 , , , 1662 9192 41 many many JJ 1662 9192 42 other other JJ 1662 9192 43 countries country NNS 1662 9192 44 , , , 1662 9192 45 especially especially RB 1662 9192 46 in in IN 1662 9192 47 Africa Africa NNP 1662 9192 48 , , , 1662 9192 49 continued continue VBD 1662 9192 50 to to TO 1662 9192 51 suffer suffer VB 1662 9192 52 from from IN 1662 9192 53 drought drought NN 1662 9192 54 , , , 1662 9192 55 rapid rapid JJ 1662 9192 56 population population NN 1662 9192 57 growth growth NN 1662 9192 58 , , , 1662 9192 59 inflation inflation NN 1662 9192 60 , , , 1662 9192 61 and and CC 1662 9192 62 civil civil JJ 1662 9192 63 strife strife NN 1662 9192 64 . . . 1662 9193 1 Central Central NNP 1662 9193 2 Europe Europe NNP 1662 9193 3 and and CC 1662 9193 4 the the DT 1662 9193 5 15 15 CD 1662 9193 6 successor successor NN 1662 9193 7 states state NNS 1662 9193 8 to to IN 1662 9193 9 the the DT 1662 9193 10 USSR USSR NNP 1662 9193 11 generally generally RB 1662 9193 12 made make VBD 1662 9193 13 progress progress NN 1662 9193 14 in in IN 1662 9193 15 moving move VBG 1662 9193 16 toward toward IN 1662 9193 17 " " `` 1662 9193 18 market market NN 1662 9193 19 - - HYPH 1662 9193 20 friendly friendly JJ 1662 9193 21 " " '' 1662 9193 22 economies economy NNS 1662 9193 23 , , , 1662 9193 24 but but CC 1662 9193 25 output output NN 1662 9193 26 in in IN 1662 9193 27 Russia Russia NNP 1662 9193 28 and and CC 1662 9193 29 Ukraine Ukraine NNP 1662 9193 30 continued continue VBD 1662 9193 31 to to TO 1662 9193 32 fall fall VB 1662 9193 33 . . . 1662 9194 1 Externally externally RB 1662 9194 2 , , , 1662 9194 3 the the DT 1662 9194 4 nation nation NN 1662 9194 5 - - HYPH 1662 9194 6 state state NN 1662 9194 7 , , , 1662 9194 8 as as IN 1662 9194 9 a a DT 1662 9194 10 bedrock bedrock NN 1662 9194 11 economic economic JJ 1662 9194 12 - - HYPH 1662 9194 13 political political JJ 1662 9194 14 institution institution NN 1662 9194 15 , , , 1662 9194 16 is be VBZ 1662 9194 17 steadily steadily RB 1662 9194 18 losing lose VBG 1662 9194 19 control control NN 1662 9194 20 over over IN 1662 9194 21 international international JJ 1662 9194 22 flows flow NNS 1662 9194 23 of of IN 1662 9194 24 people people NNS 1662 9194 25 , , , 1662 9194 26 goods good NNS 1662 9194 27 , , , 1662 9194 28 funds fund NNS 1662 9194 29 , , , 1662 9194 30 and and CC 1662 9194 31 technology technology NN 1662 9194 32 . . . 1662 9195 1 Internally internally RB 1662 9195 2 , , , 1662 9195 3 the the DT 1662 9195 4 central central JJ 1662 9195 5 government government NN 1662 9195 6 in in IN 1662 9195 7 a a DT 1662 9195 8 number number NN 1662 9195 9 of of IN 1662 9195 10 cases case NNS 1662 9195 11 is be VBZ 1662 9195 12 losing lose VBG 1662 9195 13 control control NN 1662 9195 14 over over IN 1662 9195 15 resources resource NNS 1662 9195 16 as as IN 1662 9195 17 separatist separatist JJ 1662 9195 18 regional regional JJ 1662 9195 19 movements movement NNS 1662 9195 20 - - : 1662 9195 21 typically typically RB 1662 9195 22 based base VBN 1662 9195 23 on on IN 1662 9195 24 ethnicity ethnicity NN 1662 9195 25 - - HYPH 1662 9195 26 gain gain NN 1662 9195 27 momentum momentum NN 1662 9195 28 , , , 1662 9195 29 e.g. e.g. RB 1662 9195 30 , , , 1662 9195 31 in in IN 1662 9195 32 the the DT 1662 9195 33 successor successor NN 1662 9195 34 states state NNS 1662 9195 35 of of IN 1662 9195 36 the the DT 1662 9195 37 former former JJ 1662 9195 38 Soviet Soviet NNP 1662 9195 39 Union Union NNP 1662 9195 40 , , , 1662 9195 41 in in IN 1662 9195 42 the the DT 1662 9195 43 former former JJ 1662 9195 44 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia NNP 1662 9195 45 , , , 1662 9195 46 in in IN 1662 9195 47 India India NNP 1662 9195 48 , , , 1662 9195 49 and and CC 1662 9195 50 in in IN 1662 9195 51 Canada Canada NNP 1662 9195 52 . . . 1662 9196 1 In in IN 1662 9196 2 Western Western NNP 1662 9196 3 Europe Europe NNP 1662 9196 4 , , , 1662 9196 5 governments government NNS 1662 9196 6 face face VBP 1662 9196 7 the the DT 1662 9196 8 difficult difficult JJ 1662 9196 9 political political JJ 1662 9196 10 problem problem NN 1662 9196 11 of of IN 1662 9196 12 channeling channel VBG 1662 9196 13 resources resource NNS 1662 9196 14 away away RB 1662 9196 15 from from IN 1662 9196 16 welfare welfare NN 1662 9196 17 programs program NNS 1662 9196 18 in in IN 1662 9196 19 order order NN 1662 9196 20 to to TO 1662 9196 21 increase increase VB 1662 9196 22 investment investment NN 1662 9196 23 and and CC 1662 9196 24 strengthen strengthen VB 1662 9196 25 incentives incentive NNS 1662 9196 26 to to TO 1662 9196 27 seek seek VB 1662 9196 28 employment employment NN 1662 9196 29 . . . 1662 9197 1 The the DT 1662 9197 2 addition addition NN 1662 9197 3 of of IN 1662 9197 4 nearly nearly RB 1662 9197 5 100 100 CD 1662 9197 6 million million CD 1662 9197 7 people people NNS 1662 9197 8 each each DT 1662 9197 9 year year NN 1662 9197 10 to to IN 1662 9197 11 an an DT 1662 9197 12 already already RB 1662 9197 13 overcrowded overcrowded JJ 1662 9197 14 globe globe NN 1662 9197 15 is be VBZ 1662 9197 16 exacerbating exacerbate VBG 1662 9197 17 the the DT 1662 9197 18 problems problem NNS 1662 9197 19 of of IN 1662 9197 20 pollution pollution NN 1662 9197 21 , , , 1662 9197 22 desertification desertification NN 1662 9197 23 , , , 1662 9197 24 underemployment underemployment NN 1662 9197 25 , , , 1662 9197 26 epidemics epidemic NNS 1662 9197 27 , , , 1662 9197 28 and and CC 1662 9197 29 famine famine NN 1662 9197 30 . . . 1662 9198 1 Because because IN 1662 9198 2 of of IN 1662 9198 3 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 9198 4 own own JJ 1662 9198 5 internal internal JJ 1662 9198 6 problems problem NNS 1662 9198 7 , , , 1662 9198 8 the the DT 1662 9198 9 industrialized industrialize VBN 1662 9198 10 countries country NNS 1662 9198 11 have have VBP 1662 9198 12 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 9198 13 resources resource NNS 1662 9198 14 to to TO 1662 9198 15 deal deal VB 1662 9198 16 effectively effectively RB 1662 9198 17 with with IN 1662 9198 18 the the DT 1662 9198 19 poorer poor JJR 1662 9198 20 areas area NNS 1662 9198 21 of of IN 1662 9198 22 the the DT 1662 9198 23 world world NN 1662 9198 24 , , , 1662 9198 25 which which WDT 1662 9198 26 , , , 1662 9198 27 at at IN 1662 9198 28 least least JJS 1662 9198 29 from from IN 1662 9198 30 the the DT 1662 9198 31 economic economic JJ 1662 9198 32 point point NN 1662 9198 33 of of IN 1662 9198 34 view view NN 1662 9198 35 , , , 1662 9198 36 are be VBP 1662 9198 37 becoming become VBG 1662 9198 38 further further RB 1662 9198 39 marginalized marginalize VBN 1662 9198 40 . . . 1662 9199 1 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9199 2 For for IN 1662 9199 3 specific specific JJ 1662 9199 4 economic economic JJ 1662 9199 5 developments development NNS 1662 9199 6 in in IN 1662 9199 7 each each DT 1662 9199 8 country country NN 1662 9199 9 , , , 1662 9199 10 see see VB 1662 9199 11 the the DT 1662 9199 12 individual individual JJ 1662 9199 13 country country NN 1662 9199 14 entries entry NNS 1662 9199 15 . . . 1662 9199 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9200 1 GDP GDP NNP 1662 9200 2 : : : 1662 9200 3 GWP GWP NNP 1662 9200 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9200 5 gross gross JJ 1662 9200 6 world world NN 1662 9200 7 product product NN 1662 9200 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9200 9 - - HYPH 1662 9200 10 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 9200 11 power power NN 1662 9200 12 parity parity NN 1662 9200 13 - - : 1662 9200 14 $ $ $ 1662 9200 15 35.8 35.8 CD 1662 9200 16 trillion trillion CD 1662 9200 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9200 18 1996 1996 CD 1662 9200 19 est est NNP 1662 9200 20 . . . 1662 9200 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9201 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 9201 2 - - HYPH 1662 9201 3 real real JJ 1662 9201 4 growth growth NN 1662 9201 5 rate rate NN 1662 9201 6 : : : 1662 9201 7 3.6 3.6 CD 1662 9201 8 % % NN 1662 9201 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9201 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 9201 11 est est NNP 1662 9201 12 . . . 1662 9201 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9202 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 9202 2 - - HYPH 1662 9202 3 per per FW 1662 9202 4 capita capita NN 1662 9202 5 : : : 1662 9202 6 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 9202 7 power power NN 1662 9202 8 parity parity NN 1662 9202 9 - - : 1662 9202 10 $ $ $ 1662 9202 11 6,200 6,200 CD 1662 9202 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9202 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 9202 14 est est NNP 1662 9202 15 . . . 1662 9202 16 ) ) 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NNS 1662 9203 39 10 10 CD 1662 9203 40 % % NN 1662 9203 41 to to TO 1662 9203 42 60 60 CD 1662 9203 43 % % NN 1662 9203 44 typically typically RB 1662 9203 45 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9203 46 1996 1996 CD 1662 9203 47 est est NNP 1662 9203 48 . . . 1662 9203 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9204 1 note note VB 1662 9204 2 : : : 1662 9204 3 national national JJ 1662 9204 4 inflation inflation NN 1662 9204 5 rates rate NNS 1662 9204 6 vary vary VBP 1662 9204 7 widely widely RB 1662 9204 8 in in IN 1662 9204 9 individual individual JJ 1662 9204 10 cases case NNS 1662 9204 11 , , , 1662 9204 12 from from IN 1662 9204 13 stable stable JJ 1662 9204 14 prices price NNS 1662 9204 15 in in IN 1662 9204 16 Japan Japan NNP 1662 9204 17 to to TO 1662 9204 18 hyperinflation hyperinflation VB 1662 9204 19 in in IN 1662 9204 20 a a DT 1662 9204 21 number number NN 1662 9204 22 of of IN 1662 9204 23 Third Third NNP 1662 9204 24 World World NNP 1662 9204 25 countries country NNS 1662 9204 26 Labor Labor NNP 1662 9204 27 force force NN 1662 9204 28 : : : 1662 9204 29 total total NN 1662 9204 30 : : : 1662 9204 31 2.24 2.24 CD 1662 9204 32 billion billion CD 1662 9204 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9204 34 1992 1992 CD 1662 9204 35 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9204 36 by by IN 1662 9204 37 occupation occupation NN 1662 9204 38 : : : 1662 9204 39 NA NA NNP 1662 9204 40 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 9204 41 rate rate NN 1662 9204 42 : : : 1662 9204 43 30 30 CD 1662 9204 44 % % NN 1662 9204 45 combined combine VBN 1662 9204 46 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 9204 47 and and CC 1662 9204 48 underemployment underemployment NN 1662 9204 49 in in IN 1662 9204 50 many many JJ 1662 9204 51 non non JJ 1662 9204 52 - - JJ 1662 9204 53 industrialized industrialized JJ 1662 9204 54 countries country NNS 1662 9204 55 ; ; , 1662 9204 56 developed develop VBN 1662 9204 57 countries country NNS 1662 9204 58 typically typically RB 1662 9204 59 6%-12 6%-12 CD 1662 9204 60 % % NN 1662 9204 61 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 9204 62 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9204 63 1996 1996 CD 1662 9204 64 est est NNP 1662 9204 65 . . . 1662 9204 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9205 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 9205 2 : : : 1662 9205 3 dominated dominate VBN 1662 9205 4 by by IN 1662 9205 5 the the DT 1662 9205 6 onrush onrush NN 1662 9205 7 of of IN 1662 9205 8 technology technology NN 1662 9205 9 , , , 1662 9205 10 especially especially RB 1662 9205 11 in in IN 1662 9205 12 computers computer NNS 1662 9205 13 , , , 1662 9205 14 robotics robotic NNS 1662 9205 15 , , , 1662 9205 16 telecommunications telecommunication NNS 1662 9205 17 , , , 1662 9205 18 and and CC 1662 9205 19 medicines medicine NNS 1662 9205 20 and and CC 1662 9205 21 medical medical JJ 1662 9205 22 equipment equipment NN 1662 9205 23 ; ; : 1662 9205 24 most most JJS 1662 9205 25 of of IN 1662 9205 26 these these DT 1662 9205 27 advances advance NNS 1662 9205 28 take take VBP 1662 9205 29 place place NN 1662 9205 30 in in IN 1662 9205 31 OECD OECD NNP 1662 9205 32 nations nation NNS 1662 9205 33 ; ; : 1662 9205 34 only only RB 1662 9205 35 a a DT 1662 9205 36 small small JJ 1662 9205 37 portion portion NN 1662 9205 38 of of IN 1662 9205 39 non non JJ 1662 9205 40 - - JJ 1662 9205 41 OECD oecd JJ 1662 9205 42 countries country NNS 1662 9205 43 have have VBP 1662 9205 44 succeeded succeed VBN 1662 9205 45 in in IN 1662 9205 46 rapidly rapidly RB 1662 9205 47 adjusting adjust VBG 1662 9205 48 to to IN 1662 9205 49 these these DT 1662 9205 50 technological technological JJ 1662 9205 51 forces force NNS 1662 9205 52 ; ; : 1662 9205 53 the the DT 1662 9205 54 accelerated accelerated JJ 1662 9205 55 development development NN 1662 9205 56 of of IN 1662 9205 57 new new JJ 1662 9205 58 industrial industrial NN 1662 9205 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9205 60 and and CC 1662 9205 61 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 9205 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9205 63 technology technology NN 1662 9205 64 is be VBZ 1662 9205 65 complicating complicate VBG 1662 9205 66 already already RB 1662 9205 67 grim grim JJ 1662 9205 68 environmental environmental JJ 1662 9205 69 problems problem NNS 1662 9205 70 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 9205 71 production production NN 1662 9205 72 growth growth NN 1662 9205 73 rate rate NN 1662 9205 74 : : : 1662 9205 75 5 5 CD 1662 9205 76 % % NN 1662 9205 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9205 78 1996 1996 CD 1662 9205 79 est est NNP 1662 9205 80 . . . 1662 9205 81 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9206 1 Electricity electricity NN 1662 9206 2 - - HYPH 1662 9206 3 capacity capacity NN 1662 9206 4 : : : 1662 9206 5 4 4 CD 1662 9206 6 billion billion CD 1662 9206 7 kW kW NNS 1662 9206 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9206 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 9206 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9206 11 Electricity electricity NN 1662 9206 12 - - HYPH 1662 9206 13 production production NN 1662 9206 14 : : : 1662 9206 15 12.34268 12.34268 CD 1662 9206 16 trillion trillion CD 1662 9206 17 kWh kWh NNS 1662 9206 18 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9206 19 1994 1994 CD 1662 9206 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9206 21 Electricity electricity NN 1662 9206 22 - - HYPH 1662 9206 23 consumption consumption NN 1662 9206 24 per per IN 1662 9206 25 capita capita NN 1662 9206 26 : : : 1662 9206 27 1,996 1,996 CD 1662 9206 28 kWh kWh NNS 1662 9206 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9206 30 1995 1995 CD 1662 9206 31 est est NNP 1662 9206 32 . . . 1662 9206 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9207 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 9207 2 - - HYPH 1662 9207 3 products product NNS 1662 9207 4 : : : 1662 9207 5 the the DT 1662 9207 6 whole whole JJ 1662 9207 7 gamut gamut NN 1662 9207 8 of of IN 1662 9207 9 crops crop NNS 1662 9207 10 , , , 1662 9207 11 livestock livestock NN 1662 9207 12 , , , 1662 9207 13 forest forest NN 1662 9207 14 products product NNS 1662 9207 15 , , , 1662 9207 16 and and CC 1662 9207 17 fish fish NN 1662 9207 18 Exports export NNS 1662 9207 19 : : : 1662 9207 20 total total JJ 1662 9207 21 value value NN 1662 9207 22 : : : 1662 9207 23 $ $ $ 1662 9207 24 4.6 4.6 CD 1662 9207 25 trillion trillion CD 1662 9207 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9207 27 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 9207 28 . . NNP 1662 9207 29 , , , 1662 9207 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 9207 31 est est NNP 1662 9207 32 . . . 1662 9207 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9208 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 9208 2 : : : 1662 9208 3 the the DT 1662 9208 4 whole whole JJ 1662 9208 5 range range NN 1662 9208 6 of of IN 1662 9208 7 industrial industrial JJ 1662 9208 8 and and CC 1662 9208 9 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 9208 10 goods good NNS 1662 9208 11 and and CC 1662 9208 12 services service NNS 1662 9208 13 partners partner NNS 1662 9208 14 : : : 1662 9208 15 in in IN 1662 9208 16 value value NN 1662 9208 17 , , , 1662 9208 18 about about RB 1662 9208 19 75 75 CD 1662 9208 20 % % NN 1662 9208 21 of of IN 1662 9208 22 exports export NNS 1662 9208 23 from from IN 1662 9208 24 the the DT 1662 9208 25 developed develop VBN 1662 9208 26 countries country NNS 1662 9208 27 Imports import NNS 1662 9208 28 : : : 1662 9208 29 total total JJ 1662 9208 30 value value NN 1662 9208 31 : : : 1662 9208 32 $ $ $ 1662 9208 33 4.7 4.7 CD 1662 9208 34 trillion trillion CD 1662 9208 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9208 36 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 9208 37 . . NNP 1662 9208 38 , , , 1662 9208 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 9208 40 est est NNP 1662 9208 41 . . . 1662 9208 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9209 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 9209 2 : : : 1662 9209 3 the the DT 1662 9209 4 whole whole JJ 1662 9209 5 range range NN 1662 9209 6 of of IN 1662 9209 7 industrial industrial JJ 1662 9209 8 and and CC 1662 9209 9 agricultural agricultural JJ 1662 9209 10 goods good NNS 1662 9209 11 and and CC 1662 9209 12 services service NNS 1662 9209 13 partners partner NNS 1662 9209 14 : : : 1662 9209 15 in in IN 1662 9209 16 value value NN 1662 9209 17 , , , 1662 9209 18 about about RB 1662 9209 19 75 75 CD 1662 9209 20 % % NN 1662 9209 21 of of IN 1662 9209 22 imports import NNS 1662 9209 23 by by IN 1662 9209 24 the the DT 1662 9209 25 developed develop VBN 1662 9209 26 countries country NNS 1662 9209 27 Debt debt NN 1662 9209 28 - - HYPH 1662 9209 29 external external JJ 1662 9209 30 : : : 1662 9209 31 $ $ $ 1662 9209 32 2 2 CD 1662 9209 33 trillion trillion CD 1662 9209 34 for for IN 1662 9209 35 less less RBR 1662 9209 36 developed developed JJ 1662 9209 37 countries country NNS 1662 9209 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9209 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 9209 40 est est NNP 1662 9209 41 . . . 1662 9209 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9210 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 9210 2 aid aid NN 1662 9210 3 : : : 1662 9210 4 worldwide worldwide JJ 1662 9210 5 traditional traditional JJ 1662 9210 6 foreign foreign JJ 1662 9210 7 aid aid NN 1662 9210 8 $ $ $ 1662 9210 9 50 50 CD 1662 9210 10 billion billion CD 1662 9210 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9210 12 1995 1995 CD 1662 9210 13 est est NNP 1662 9210 14 . . . 1662 9210 15 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9211 1 @World @world XX 1662 9211 2 : : : 1662 9211 3 Communications communication NNS 1662 9211 4 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 9211 5 : : : 1662 9211 6 NA NA NNP 1662 9211 7 Telephone Telephone NNP 1662 9211 8 system system NN 1662 9211 9 : : : 1662 9211 10 domestic domestic JJ 1662 9211 11 : : : 1662 9211 12 NA NA NNP 1662 9211 13 international international JJ 1662 9211 14 : : : 1662 9211 15 NA NA NNP 1662 9211 16 Radio Radio NNP 1662 9211 17 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 9211 18 stations station NNS 1662 9211 19 : : : 1662 9211 20 AM am VBP 1662 9211 21 NA NA NNP 1662 9211 22 , , , 1662 9211 23 FM FM NNP 1662 9211 24 NA NA NNP 1662 9211 25 , , , 1662 9211 26 shortwave shortwave VB 1662 9211 27 NA NA NNP 1662 9211 28 Radios radio NNS 1662 9211 29 : : : 1662 9211 30 NA NA NNP 1662 9211 31 Television Television NNP 1662 9211 32 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 9211 33 stations station NNS 1662 9211 34 : : : 1662 9211 35 NA NA NNP 1662 9211 36 Televisions television NNS 1662 9211 37 : : : 1662 9211 38 NA NA NNP 1662 9211 39 @World @world NN 1662 9211 40 : : : 1662 9211 41 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 9211 42 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 9211 43 : : : 1662 9211 44 total total NN 1662 9211 45 : : : 1662 9211 46 1,201,337 1,201,337 CD 1662 9211 47 km km NN 1662 9211 48 includes include VBZ 1662 9211 49 about about IN 1662 9211 50 190,000 190,000 CD 1662 9211 51 to to TO 1662 9211 52 195,000 195,000 CD 1662 9211 53 km km NNS 1662 9211 54 of of IN 1662 9211 55 electrified electrify VBN 1662 9211 56 routes route NNS 1662 9211 57 of of IN 1662 9211 58 which which WDT 1662 9211 59 147,760 147,760 CD 1662 9211 60 km km NN 1662 9211 61 are be VBP 1662 9211 62 in in IN 1662 9211 63 Europe Europe NNP 1662 9211 64 , , , 1662 9211 65 24,509 24,509 CD 1662 9211 66 km km NNS 1662 9211 67 in in IN 1662 9211 68 the the DT 1662 9211 69 Far Far NNP 1662 9211 70 East East NNP 1662 9211 71 , , , 1662 9211 72 11,050 11,050 CD 1662 9211 73 km km NN 1662 9211 74 in in IN 1662 9211 75 Africa Africa NNP 1662 9211 76 , , , 1662 9211 77 4,223 4,223 CD 1662 9211 78 km km NN 1662 9211 79 in in IN 1662 9211 80 South South NNP 1662 9211 81 America America NNP 1662 9211 82 , , , 1662 9211 83 and and CC 1662 9211 84 4,160 4,160 CD 1662 9211 85 km km NN 1662 9211 86 in in IN 1662 9211 87 North North NNP 1662 9211 88 America America NNP 1662 9211 89 ; ; : 1662 9211 90 note note NN 1662 9211 91 - - HYPH 1662 9211 92 fastest fast JJS 1662 9211 93 speed speed NN 1662 9211 94 in in IN 1662 9211 95 daily daily JJ 1662 9211 96 service service NN 1662 9211 97 is be VBZ 1662 9211 98 300 300 CD 1662 9211 99 km km NNS 1662 9211 100 / / SYM 1662 9211 101 hr hr NN 1662 9211 102 attained attain VBN 1662 9211 103 by by IN 1662 9211 104 France France NNP 1662 9211 105 's 's POS 1662 9211 106 Societe Societe NNP 1662 9211 107 Nationale Nationale NNP 1662 9211 108 des des NNP 1662 9211 109 Chemins Chemins NNP 1662 9211 110 - - HYPH 1662 9211 111 de de NNP 1662 9211 112 - - JJ 1662 9211 113 Fer Fer NNP 1662 9211 114 Francais Francais NNP 1662 9211 115 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9211 116 SNCF SNCF NNP 1662 9211 117 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9211 118 Le Le NNP 1662 9211 119 Train Train NNP 1662 9211 120 a a DT 1662 9211 121 Grande Grande NNP 1662 9211 122 Vitesse Vitesse NNP 1662 9211 123 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9211 124 TGV TGV NNP 1662 9211 125 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9211 126 - - : 1662 9211 127 Atlantique atlantique JJ 1662 9211 128 line line NN 1662 9211 129 broad broad JJ 1662 9211 130 gauge gauge NN 1662 9211 131 : : : 1662 9211 132 251,153 251,153 CD 1662 9211 133 km km NN 1662 9211 134 standard standard JJ 1662 9211 135 gauge gauge NN 1662 9211 136 : : : 1662 9211 137 710,754 710,754 CD 1662 9211 138 km km NN 1662 9211 139 narrow narrow JJ 1662 9211 140 gauge gauge NN 1662 9211 141 : : : 1662 9211 142 239,430 239,430 CD 1662 9211 143 km km NN 1662 9211 144 Highways highway NNS 1662 9211 145 : : : 1662 9211 146 total total NN 1662 9211 147 : : : 1662 9211 148 NA NA NNP 1662 9211 149 km km PRP 1662 9211 150 paved pave VBN 1662 9211 151 : : : 1662 9211 152 NA NA NNP 1662 9211 153 km km PRP 1662 9211 154 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 9211 155 : : : 1662 9211 156 NA NA NNP 1662 9211 157 km km VB 1662 9211 158 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 9211 159 and and CC 1662 9211 160 harbors harbor NNS 1662 9211 161 : : : 1662 9211 162 Chiba Chiba NNP 1662 9211 163 , , , 1662 9211 164 Houston Houston NNP 1662 9211 165 , , , 1662 9211 166 Kawasaki Kawasaki NNP 1662 9211 167 , , , 1662 9211 168 Kobe Kobe NNP 1662 9211 169 , , , 1662 9211 170 Marseille Marseille NNP 1662 9211 171 , , , 1662 9211 172 Mina Mina NNP 1662 9211 173 ' ' POS 1662 9211 174 al al NNP 1662 9211 175 Ahmadi Ahmadi NNP 1662 9211 176 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9211 177 Kuwait Kuwait NNP 1662 9211 178 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9211 179 , , , 1662 9211 180 New New NNP 1662 9211 181 Orleans Orleans NNP 1662 9211 182 , , , 1662 9211 183 New New NNP 1662 9211 184 York York NNP 1662 9211 185 , , , 1662 9211 186 Rotterdam Rotterdam NNP 1662 9211 187 , , , 1662 9211 188 Yokohama Yokohama NNP 1662 9211 189 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 9211 190 marine marine NN 1662 9211 191 : : : 1662 9211 192 total total NN 1662 9211 193 : : : 1662 9211 194 25,521 25,521 CD 1662 9211 195 ships ship NNS 1662 9211 196 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9211 197 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 9211 198 GRT GRT NNP 1662 9211 199 or or CC 1662 9211 200 over over RB 1662 9211 201 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9211 202 totaling total VBG 1662 9211 203 442,276,527 442,276,527 CD 1662 9211 204 GRT/701,647,274 grt/701,647,274 CD 1662 9211 205 DWT DWT NNP 1662 9211 206 ships ship NNS 1662 9211 207 by by IN 1662 9211 208 type type NN 1662 9211 209 : : : 1662 9211 210 barge barge NN 1662 9211 211 carrier carrier NN 1662 9211 212 22 22 CD 1662 9211 213 , , , 1662 9211 214 bulk bulk JJ 1662 9211 215 5,308 5,308 CD 1662 9211 216 , , , 1662 9211 217 cargo cargo NN 1662 9211 218 8,089 8,089 CD 1662 9211 219 , , , 1662 9211 220 chemical chemical NN 1662 9211 221 tanker tanker NN 1662 9211 222 920 920 CD 1662 9211 223 , , , 1662 9211 224 combination combination NN 1662 9211 225 bulk bulk NN 1662 9211 226 307 307 CD 1662 9211 227 , , , 1662 9211 228 combination combination NN 1662 9211 229 ore ore NN 1662 9211 230 / / SYM 1662 9211 231 oil oil NN 1662 9211 232 279 279 CD 1662 9211 233 , , , 1662 9211 234 container container NN 1662 9211 235 1,938 1,938 CD 1662 9211 236 , , , 1662 9211 237 liquefied liquefy VBN 1662 9211 238 gas gas NN 1662 9211 239 tanker tanker NN 1662 9211 240 709 709 CD 1662 9211 241 , , , 1662 9211 242 livestock livestock NN 1662 9211 243 carrier carrier NN 1662 9211 244 52 52 CD 1662 9211 245 , , , 1662 9211 246 multifunction multifunction NN 1662 9211 247 large large JJ 1662 9211 248 - - HYPH 1662 9211 249 load load NN 1662 9211 250 carrier carrier NN 1662 9211 251 62 62 CD 1662 9211 252 , , , 1662 9211 253 oil oil NN 1662 9211 254 tanker tanker NN 1662 9211 255 4,320 4,320 CD 1662 9211 256 , , , 1662 9211 257 passenger passenger NN 1662 9211 258 298 298 CD 1662 9211 259 , , , 1662 9211 260 passenger passenger NN 1662 9211 261 - - HYPH 1662 9211 262 cargo cargo NN 1662 9211 263 117 117 CD 1662 9211 264 , , , 1662 9211 265 railcar railcar NN 1662 9211 266 carrier carrier NN 1662 9211 267 21 21 CD 1662 9211 268 , , , 1662 9211 269 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 9211 270 cargo cargo NN 1662 9211 271 1,022 1,022 CD 1662 9211 272 , , , 1662 9211 273 roll roll NN 1662 9211 274 - - HYPH 1662 9211 275 on on IN 1662 9211 276 / / SYM 1662 9211 277 roll roll NN 1662 9211 278 - - HYPH 1662 9211 279 off off RP 1662 9211 280 cargo cargo NN 1662 9211 281 1,034 1,034 CD 1662 9211 282 , , , 1662 9211 283 short short JJ 1662 9211 284 - - HYPH 1662 9211 285 sea sea NN 1662 9211 286 passenger passenger NN 1662 9211 287 484 484 CD 1662 9211 288 , , , 1662 9211 289 specialized specialized NNP 1662 9211 290 tanker tanker NN 1662 9211 291 81 81 CD 1662 9211 292 , , , 1662 9211 293 vehicle vehicle NN 1662 9211 294 carrier carrier NN 1662 9211 295 458 458 CD 1662 9211 296 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9211 297 1995 1995 CD 1662 9211 298 est est NNP 1662 9211 299 . . . 1662 9211 300 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9212 1 Military military JJ 1662 9212 2 Military military JJ 1662 9212 3 branches branch NNS 1662 9212 4 : : : 1662 9212 5 ground ground NN 1662 9212 6 , , , 1662 9212 7 maritime maritime NN 1662 9212 8 , , , 1662 9212 9 and and CC 1662 9212 10 air air NN 1662 9212 11 forces force NNS 1662 9212 12 at at IN 1662 9212 13 all all DT 1662 9212 14 levels level NNS 1662 9212 15 of of IN 1662 9212 16 technology technology NN 1662 9212 17 Military military JJ 1662 9212 18 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9212 19 - - HYPH 1662 9212 20 dollar dollar NN 1662 9212 21 figure figure NN 1662 9212 22 : : : 1662 9212 23 aggregate aggregate VB 1662 9212 24 real real JJ 1662 9212 25 expenditure expenditure NN 1662 9212 26 on on IN 1662 9212 27 arms arm NNS 1662 9212 28 worldwide worldwide RB 1662 9212 29 in in IN 1662 9212 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 9212 31 remained remain VBD 1662 9212 32 at at IN 1662 9212 33 about about IN 1662 9212 34 the the DT 1662 9212 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 9212 36 level level NN 1662 9212 37 , , , 1662 9212 38 about about RB 1662 9212 39 three three CD 1662 9212 40 - - HYPH 1662 9212 41 quarters quarter NNS 1662 9212 42 of of IN 1662 9212 43 a a DT 1662 9212 44 trillion trillion CD 1662 9212 45 dollars dollar NNS 1662 9212 46 in in IN 1662 9212 47 money money NN 1662 9212 48 terms term NNS 1662 9212 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9212 50 1996 1996 CD 1662 9212 51 est est NNP 1662 9212 52 . . . 1662 9212 53 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9213 1 Military military JJ 1662 9213 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9213 3 - - : 1662 9213 4 percent percent NN 1662 9213 5 of of IN 1662 9213 6 GDP GDP NNP 1662 9213 7 : : : 1662 9213 8 roughly roughly RB 1662 9213 9 2 2 CD 1662 9213 10 % % NN 1662 9213 11 of of IN 1662 9213 12 gross gross JJ 1662 9213 13 world world NN 1662 9213 14 product product NN 1662 9213 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9213 16 1996 1996 CD 1662 9213 17 est est NNP 1662 9213 18 . . . 1662 9213 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9214 1 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 2 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 3 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 4 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 5 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 6 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 7 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 8 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 9 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 10 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 11 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 12 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 13 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 14 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 15 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 16 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 17 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 18 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 19 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 20 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 21 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 22 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 23 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 24 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 25 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 26 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 27 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 28 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 29 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 30 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 31 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 32 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 33 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 34 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 35 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 36 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 37 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 38 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 39 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 40 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 41 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 42 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 43 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 44 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 45 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 46 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 47 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 48 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 49 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 50 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 51 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 52 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 53 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 54 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 55 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 56 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 57 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 58 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 59 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 60 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 61 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 62 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 63 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 64 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 65 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 66 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 67 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 68 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 69 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 70 _ _ NNP 1662 9214 71 YEMEN YEMEN NNP 1662 9214 72 @Yemen @yemen NN 1662 9214 73 : : : 1662 9214 74 Geography Geography NNP 1662 9214 75 Location Location NNP 1662 9214 76 : : : 1662 9214 77 Middle Middle NNP 1662 9214 78 East East NNP 1662 9214 79 , , , 1662 9214 80 bordering border VBG 1662 9214 81 the the DT 1662 9214 82 Arabian Arabian NNP 1662 9214 83 Sea Sea NNP 1662 9214 84 , , , 1662 9214 85 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 9214 86 of of IN 1662 9214 87 Aden Aden NNP 1662 9214 88 , , , 1662 9214 89 and and CC 1662 9214 90 Red Red NNP 1662 9214 91 Sea Sea NNP 1662 9214 92 , , , 1662 9214 93 between between IN 1662 9214 94 Oman Oman NNP 1662 9214 95 and and CC 1662 9214 96 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 9214 97 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 9214 98 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 9214 99 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 9214 100 : : : 1662 9214 101 15 15 CD 1662 9214 102 00 00 CD 1662 9214 103 N n CD 1662 9214 104 , , , 1662 9214 105 48 48 CD 1662 9214 106 00 00 CD 1662 9214 107 E e NN 1662 9214 108 Map Map NNP 1662 9214 109 references reference NNS 1662 9214 110 : : : 1662 9214 111 Middle Middle NNP 1662 9214 112 East East NNP 1662 9214 113 Area Area NNP 1662 9214 114 : : : 1662 9214 115 total total NN 1662 9214 116 : : : 1662 9214 117 527,970 527,970 CD 1662 9214 118 sq sq RB 1662 9214 119 km km NNP 1662 9214 120 land land NN 1662 9214 121 : : : 1662 9214 122 527,970 527,970 CD 1662 9214 123 sq sq RB 1662 9214 124 km km NNP 1662 9214 125 water water NN 1662 9214 126 : : : 1662 9214 127 0 0 NFP 1662 9214 128 sq sq NNP 1662 9214 129 km km NNP 1662 9214 130 note note NN 1662 9214 131 : : : 1662 9214 132 includes include VBZ 1662 9214 133 Perim Perim NNP 1662 9214 134 , , , 1662 9214 135 Socotra Socotra NNP 1662 9214 136 , , , 1662 9214 137 the the DT 1662 9214 138 former former JJ 1662 9214 139 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 9214 140 Arab Arab NNP 1662 9214 141 Republic Republic NNP 1662 9214 142 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9214 143 YAR YAR NNP 1662 9214 144 or or CC 1662 9214 145 North North NNP 1662 9214 146 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 9214 147 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9214 148 , , , 1662 9214 149 and and CC 1662 9214 150 the the DT 1662 9214 151 former former JJ 1662 9214 152 People People NNPS 1662 9214 153 's 's POS 1662 9214 154 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 9214 155 Republic Republic NNP 1662 9214 156 of of IN 1662 9214 157 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 9214 158 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9214 159 PDRY PDRY NNP 1662 9214 160 or or CC 1662 9214 161 South South NNP 1662 9214 162 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 9214 163 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9214 164 Area area NN 1662 9214 165 - - HYPH 1662 9214 166 comparative comparative JJ 1662 9214 167 : : : 1662 9214 168 slightly slightly RB 1662 9214 169 larger large JJR 1662 9214 170 than than IN 1662 9214 171 twice twice PDT 1662 9214 172 the the DT 1662 9214 173 size size NN 1662 9214 174 of of IN 1662 9214 175 Wyoming Wyoming NNP 1662 9214 176 Land Land NNP 1662 9214 177 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 9214 178 : : : 1662 9214 179 total total NN 1662 9214 180 : : : 1662 9214 181 1,746 1,746 CD 1662 9214 182 km km NN 1662 9214 183 border border NN 1662 9214 184 countries country NNS 1662 9214 185 : : : 1662 9214 186 Oman Oman NNP 1662 9214 187 288 288 CD 1662 9214 188 km km NNS 1662 9214 189 , , , 1662 9214 190 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 9214 191 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 9214 192 1,458 1,458 CD 1662 9214 193 km km NN 1662 9214 194 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 9214 195 : : : 1662 9214 196 1,906 1,906 CD 1662 9214 197 km km NN 1662 9214 198 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 9214 199 claims claim VBZ 1662 9214 200 : : : 1662 9214 201 contiguous contiguous JJ 1662 9214 202 zone zone NN 1662 9214 203 : : : 1662 9214 204 18 18 CD 1662 9214 205 nm nm NN 1662 9214 206 in in IN 1662 9214 207 the the DT 1662 9214 208 North North NNP 1662 9214 209 ; ; : 1662 9214 210 24 24 CD 1662 9214 211 nm nm UH 1662 9214 212 in in IN 1662 9214 213 the the DT 1662 9214 214 South South NNP 1662 9214 215 continental continental JJ 1662 9214 216 shelf shelf NN 1662 9214 217 : : : 1662 9214 218 200 200 CD 1662 9214 219 nm nm CD 1662 9214 220 or or CC 1662 9214 221 to to IN 1662 9214 222 the the DT 1662 9214 223 edge edge NN 1662 9214 224 of of IN 1662 9214 225 the the DT 1662 9214 226 continental continental JJ 1662 9214 227 margin margin NN 1662 9214 228 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 9214 229 economic economic JJ 1662 9214 230 zone zone NN 1662 9214 231 : : : 1662 9214 232 200 200 CD 1662 9214 233 nm nm CD 1662 9214 234 territorial territorial JJ 1662 9214 235 sea sea NN 1662 9214 236 : : : 1662 9214 237 12 12 CD 1662 9214 238 nm nm NNP 1662 9214 239 Climate Climate NNP 1662 9214 240 : : : 1662 9214 241 mostly mostly RB 1662 9214 242 desert desert NN 1662 9214 243 ; ; , 1662 9214 244 hot hot JJ 1662 9214 245 and and CC 1662 9214 246 humid humid JJ 1662 9214 247 along along IN 1662 9214 248 west west NNP 1662 9214 249 coast coast NNP 1662 9214 250 ; ; : 1662 9214 251 temperate temperate VB 1662 9214 252 in in IN 1662 9214 253 western western JJ 1662 9214 254 mountains mountain NNS 1662 9214 255 affected affect VBN 1662 9214 256 by by IN 1662 9214 257 seasonal seasonal JJ 1662 9214 258 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 9214 259 ; ; : 1662 9214 260 extraordinarily extraordinarily RB 1662 9214 261 hot hot JJ 1662 9214 262 , , , 1662 9214 263 dry dry JJ 1662 9214 264 , , , 1662 9214 265 harsh harsh JJ 1662 9214 266 desert desert NN 1662 9214 267 in in IN 1662 9214 268 east east NNP 1662 9214 269 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 9214 270 : : : 1662 9214 271 narrow narrow JJ 1662 9214 272 coastal coastal JJ 1662 9214 273 plain plain RB 1662 9214 274 backed back VBN 1662 9214 275 by by IN 1662 9214 276 flat flat JJ 1662 9214 277 - - HYPH 1662 9214 278 topped top VBN 1662 9214 279 hills hill NNS 1662 9214 280 and and CC 1662 9214 281 rugged rugged JJ 1662 9214 282 mountains mountain NNS 1662 9214 283 ; ; , 1662 9214 284 dissected dissect VBD 1662 9214 285 upland upland JJ 1662 9214 286 desert desert NN 1662 9214 287 plains plain VBZ 1662 9214 288 in in IN 1662 9214 289 center center NN 1662 9214 290 slope slope NN 1662 9214 291 into into IN 1662 9214 292 the the DT 1662 9214 293 desert desert NN 1662 9214 294 interior interior NN 1662 9214 295 of of IN 1662 9214 296 the the DT 1662 9214 297 Arabian Arabian NNP 1662 9214 298 Peninsula Peninsula NNP 1662 9214 299 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 9214 300 extremes extreme NNS 1662 9214 301 : : : 1662 9214 302 lowest low JJS 1662 9214 303 point point NN 1662 9214 304 : : : 1662 9214 305 Arabian Arabian NNP 1662 9214 306 Sea Sea NNP 1662 9214 307 0 0 NFP 1662 9214 308 m m DT 1662 9214 309 highest high JJS 1662 9214 310 point point NN 1662 9214 311 : : : 1662 9214 312 Jabal Jabal NNP 1662 9214 313 an an DT 1662 9214 314 Nabi Nabi NNP 1662 9214 315 Shu'ayb Shu'ayb NNP 1662 9214 316 3,760 3,760 CD 1662 9214 317 m m NNP 1662 9214 318 Natural Natural NNP 1662 9214 319 resources resource NNS 1662 9214 320 : : : 1662 9214 321 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 9214 322 , , , 1662 9214 323 fish fish NN 1662 9214 324 , , , 1662 9214 325 rock rock NN 1662 9214 326 salt salt NN 1662 9214 327 , , , 1662 9214 328 marble marble NN 1662 9214 329 , , , 1662 9214 330 small small JJ 1662 9214 331 deposits deposit NNS 1662 9214 332 of of IN 1662 9214 333 coal coal NN 1662 9214 334 , , , 1662 9214 335 gold gold NN 1662 9214 336 , , , 1662 9214 337 lead lead NN 1662 9214 338 , , , 1662 9214 339 nickel nickel NN 1662 9214 340 , , , 1662 9214 341 and and CC 1662 9214 342 copper copper NN 1662 9214 343 , , , 1662 9214 344 fertile fertile JJ 1662 9214 345 soil soil NN 1662 9214 346 in in IN 1662 9214 347 west west NNP 1662 9214 348 Land Land NNP 1662 9214 349 use use NN 1662 9214 350 : : : 1662 9214 351 arable arable JJ 1662 9214 352 land land NN 1662 9214 353 : : : 1662 9214 354 3 3 CD 1662 9214 355 % % NN 1662 9214 356 permanent permanent JJ 1662 9214 357 crops crop NNS 1662 9214 358 : : : 1662 9214 359 0 0 CD 1662 9214 360 % % NN 1662 9214 361 permanent permanent JJ 1662 9214 362 pastures pasture NNS 1662 9214 363 : : : 1662 9214 364 30 30 CD 1662 9214 365 % % NN 1662 9214 366 forests forest NNS 1662 9214 367 and and CC 1662 9214 368 woodland woodland NN 1662 9214 369 : : : 1662 9214 370 4 4 CD 1662 9214 371 % % NN 1662 9214 372 other other JJ 1662 9214 373 : : : 1662 9214 374 63 63 CD 1662 9214 375 % % NN 1662 9214 376 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9214 377 1993 1993 CD 1662 9214 378 est est NNP 1662 9214 379 . . . 1662 9214 380 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9215 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 9215 2 land land NN 1662 9215 3 : : : 1662 9215 4 3,600 3,600 CD 1662 9215 5 sq sq NNP 1662 9215 6 km km NNP 1662 9215 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9215 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 9215 9 est est NNP 1662 9215 10 . . . 1662 9215 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9216 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 9216 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 9216 3 : : : 1662 9216 4 sandstorms sandstorm NNS 1662 9216 5 and and CC 1662 9216 6 dust dust NN 1662 9216 7 storms storm NNS 1662 9216 8 in in IN 1662 9216 9 summer summer NN 1662 9216 10 Environment Environment NNP 1662 9216 11 - - HYPH 1662 9216 12 current current JJ 1662 9216 13 issues issue NNS 1662 9216 14 : : : 1662 9216 15 very very RB 1662 9216 16 limited limited JJ 1662 9216 17 natural natural JJ 1662 9216 18 fresh fresh JJ 1662 9216 19 water water NN 1662 9216 20 resources resource NNS 1662 9216 21 ; ; , 1662 9216 22 inadequate inadequate JJ 1662 9216 23 supplies supply NNS 1662 9216 24 of of IN 1662 9216 25 potable potable JJ 1662 9216 26 water water NN 1662 9216 27 ; ; , 1662 9216 28 overgrazing overgrazing NN 1662 9216 29 ; ; : 1662 9216 30 soil soil NN 1662 9216 31 erosion erosion NN 1662 9216 32 ; ; , 1662 9216 33 desertification desertification NN 1662 9216 34 Environment Environment NNP 1662 9216 35 - - HYPH 1662 9216 36 international international JJ 1662 9216 37 agreements agreement NNS 1662 9216 38 : : : 1662 9216 39 party party NN 1662 9216 40 to to TO 1662 9216 41 : : : 1662 9216 42 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 9216 43 , , , 1662 9216 44 Climate climate NN 1662 9216 45 Change change NN 1662 9216 46 , , , 1662 9216 47 Environmental Environmental NNP 1662 9216 48 Modification Modification NNP 1662 9216 49 , , , 1662 9216 50 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 9216 51 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 9216 52 , , , 1662 9216 53 Law Law NNP 1662 9216 54 of of IN 1662 9216 55 the the DT 1662 9216 56 Sea Sea NNP 1662 9216 57 , , , 1662 9216 58 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 9216 59 Test Test NNP 1662 9216 60 Ban Ban NNP 1662 9216 61 , , , 1662 9216 62 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 9216 63 Layer Layer NNP 1662 9216 64 Protection Protection NNP 1662 9216 65 signed sign VBD 1662 9216 66 , , , 1662 9216 67 but but CC 1662 9216 68 not not RB 1662 9216 69 ratified ratified JJ 1662 9216 70 : : : 1662 9216 71 none none NN 1662 9216 72 of of IN 1662 9216 73 the the DT 1662 9216 74 selected select VBN 1662 9216 75 agreements agreement NNS 1662 9216 76 Geography Geography NNP 1662 9216 77 - - HYPH 1662 9216 78 note note NN 1662 9216 79 : : : 1662 9216 80 controls control NNS 1662 9216 81 Bab Bab NNP 1662 9216 82 el el NNP 1662 9216 83 Mandeb Mandeb NNP 1662 9216 84 , , , 1662 9216 85 the the DT 1662 9216 86 strait strait NN 1662 9216 87 linking link VBG 1662 9216 88 the the DT 1662 9216 89 Red Red NNP 1662 9216 90 Sea Sea NNP 1662 9216 91 and and CC 1662 9216 92 the the DT 1662 9216 93 Gulf Gulf NNP 1662 9216 94 of of IN 1662 9216 95 Aden Aden NNP 1662 9216 96 , , , 1662 9216 97 one one CD 1662 9216 98 of of IN 1662 9216 99 world world NN 1662 9216 100 's 's POS 1662 9216 101 most most RBS 1662 9216 102 active active JJ 1662 9216 103 shipping shipping NN 1662 9216 104 lanes lane NNS 1662 9216 105 @Yemen @Yemen NNP 1662 9216 106 : : : 1662 9216 107 People People NNP 1662 9216 108 Population Population NNP 1662 9216 109 : : : 1662 9216 110 13,972,477 13,972,477 CD 1662 9216 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9216 112 July July NNP 1662 9216 113 1997 1997 CD 1662 9216 114 est est NNP 1662 9216 115 . . . 1662 9216 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9217 1 note note NN 1662 9217 2 : : : 1662 9217 3 other other JJ 1662 9217 4 estimates estimate NNS 1662 9217 5 range range VBP 1662 9217 6 as as RB 1662 9217 7 high high JJ 1662 9217 8 as as IN 1662 9217 9 16.6 16.6 CD 1662 9217 10 million million CD 1662 9217 11 Age Age NNP 1662 9217 12 structure structure NN 1662 9217 13 : : : 1662 9217 14 0 0 CD 1662 9217 15 - - HYPH 1662 9217 16 14 14 CD 1662 9217 17 years year NNS 1662 9217 18 : : : 1662 9217 19 48 48 CD 1662 9217 20 % % NN 1662 9217 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9217 22 male male JJ 1662 9217 23 3,421,216 3,421,216 CD 1662 9217 24 ; ; : 1662 9217 25 female female JJ 1662 9217 26 3,237,594 3,237,594 CD 1662 9217 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9217 28 15 15 CD 1662 9217 29 - - SYM 1662 9217 30 64 64 CD 1662 9217 31 years year NNS 1662 9217 32 : : : 1662 9217 33 49 49 CD 1662 9217 34 % % NN 1662 9217 35 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9217 36 male male JJ 1662 9217 37 3,454,912 3,454,912 CD 1662 9217 38 ; ; : 1662 9217 39 female female JJ 1662 9217 40 3,479,395 3,479,395 CD 1662 9217 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9217 42 65 65 CD 1662 9217 43 years year NNS 1662 9217 44 and and CC 1662 9217 45 over over IN 1662 9217 46 : : : 1662 9217 47 3 3 CD 1662 9217 48 % % NN 1662 9217 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9217 50 male male JJ 1662 9217 51 162,600 162,600 CD 1662 9217 52 ; ; : 1662 9217 53 female female JJ 1662 9217 54 216,760 216,760 CD 1662 9217 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9217 56 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9217 57 July July NNP 1662 9217 58 1997 1997 CD 1662 9217 59 est est NNP 1662 9217 60 . . . 1662 9217 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9218 1 Population population NN 1662 9218 2 growth growth NN 1662 9218 3 rate rate NN 1662 9218 4 : : : 1662 9218 5 3.57 3.57 CD 1662 9218 6 % % NN 1662 9218 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9218 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 9218 9 est est NNP 1662 9218 10 . . . 1662 9218 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9219 1 Birth birth NN 1662 9219 2 rate rate NN 1662 9219 3 : : : 1662 9219 4 44.83 44.83 CD 1662 9219 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 9219 6 population population NN 1662 9219 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9219 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 9219 9 est est NNP 1662 9219 10 . . . 1662 9219 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9220 1 Death death NN 1662 9220 2 rate rate NN 1662 9220 3 : : : 1662 9220 4 9.17 9.17 CD 1662 9220 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 9220 6 population population NN 1662 9220 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9220 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 9220 9 est est NNP 1662 9220 10 . . . 1662 9220 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9221 1 Net net JJ 1662 9221 2 migration migration NN 1662 9221 3 rate rate NN 1662 9221 4 : : : 1662 9221 5 0 0 NFP 1662 9221 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 9221 7 population population NN 1662 9221 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9221 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 9221 10 est est NNP 1662 9221 11 . . . 1662 9221 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9222 1 Sex sex NN 1662 9222 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 9222 3 : : : 1662 9222 4 at at IN 1662 9222 5 birth birth NN 1662 9222 6 : : : 1662 9222 7 1.05 1.05 CD 1662 9222 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9222 9 under under IN 1662 9222 10 15 15 CD 1662 9222 11 years year NNS 1662 9222 12 : : : 1662 9222 13 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 9222 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9222 15 15 15 CD 1662 9222 16 - - SYM 1662 9222 17 64 64 CD 1662 9222 18 years year NNS 1662 9222 19 : : : 1662 9222 20 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 9222 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9222 22 65 65 CD 1662 9222 23 years year NNS 1662 9222 24 and and CC 1662 9222 25 over over IN 1662 9222 26 : : : 1662 9222 27 0.75 0.75 CD 1662 9222 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 9222 29 total total JJ 1662 9222 30 population population NN 1662 9222 31 : : : 1662 9222 32 1.02 1.02 CD 1662 9222 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9222 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9222 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 9222 36 est e JJS 1662 9222 37 . . . 1662 9222 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9223 1 Infant infant NN 1662 9223 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 9223 3 rate rate NN 1662 9223 4 : : : 1662 9223 5 68.1 68.1 CD 1662 9223 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 9223 7 live live JJ 1662 9223 8 births birth NNS 1662 9223 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9223 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 9223 11 est est NNP 1662 9223 12 . . . 1662 9223 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9224 1 Life life NN 1662 9224 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 9224 3 at at IN 1662 9224 4 birth birth NN 1662 9224 5 : : : 1662 9224 6 total total JJ 1662 9224 7 population population NN 1662 9224 8 : : : 1662 9224 9 60.31 60.31 CD 1662 9224 10 years year NNS 1662 9224 11 male male NN 1662 9224 12 : : : 1662 9224 13 58.9 58.9 CD 1662 9224 14 years year NNS 1662 9224 15 female female JJ 1662 9224 16 : : : 1662 9224 17 61.78 61.78 CD 1662 9224 18 years year NNS 1662 9224 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9224 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 9224 21 est est NNP 1662 9224 22 . . . 1662 9224 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9225 1 Total total JJ 1662 9225 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 9225 3 rate rate NN 1662 9225 4 : : : 1662 9225 5 7.18 7.18 CD 1662 9225 6 children child NNS 1662 9225 7 born bear VBN 1662 9225 8 / / SYM 1662 9225 9 woman woman NN 1662 9225 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9225 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 9225 12 est est NNP 1662 9225 13 . . . 1662 9225 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9226 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 9226 2 : : : 1662 9226 3 noun noun NNP 1662 9226 4 : : : 1662 9226 5 Yemeni(s Yemeni(s NNP 1662 9226 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9226 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 9226 8 : : : 1662 9226 9 Yemeni yemeni JJ 1662 9226 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 9226 11 groups group NNS 1662 9226 12 : : : 1662 9226 13 predominantly predominantly RB 1662 9226 14 Arab arab JJ 1662 9226 15 ; ; : 1662 9226 16 Afro afro JJ 1662 9226 17 - - HYPH 1662 9226 18 Arab arab JJ 1662 9226 19 concentrations concentration NNS 1662 9226 20 in in IN 1662 9226 21 western western JJ 1662 9226 22 coastal coastal JJ 1662 9226 23 locations location NNS 1662 9226 24 ; ; : 1662 9226 25 South South NNPS 1662 9226 26 Asians Asians NNPS 1662 9226 27 in in IN 1662 9226 28 southern southern JJ 1662 9226 29 regions region NNS 1662 9226 30 ; ; , 1662 9226 31 small small JJ 1662 9226 32 European european JJ 1662 9226 33 communities community NNS 1662 9226 34 in in IN 1662 9226 35 major major JJ 1662 9226 36 metropolitan metropolitan JJ 1662 9226 37 areas area NNS 1662 9226 38 Religions religion NNS 1662 9226 39 : : : 1662 9226 40 Muslim muslim JJ 1662 9226 41 including include VBG 1662 9226 42 Sha'fi Sha'fi NNP 1662 9226 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9226 44 Sunni Sunni NNP 1662 9226 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9226 46 and and CC 1662 9226 47 Zaydi Zaydi NNP 1662 9226 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9226 49 Shi'a Shi'a NNP 1662 9226 50 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9226 51 , , , 1662 9226 52 small small JJ 1662 9226 53 numbers number NNS 1662 9226 54 of of IN 1662 9226 55 Jewish jewish JJ 1662 9226 56 , , , 1662 9226 57 Christian Christian NNP 1662 9226 58 , , , 1662 9226 59 and and CC 1662 9226 60 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 9226 61 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 9226 62 : : : 1662 9226 63 Arabic Arabic NNP 1662 9226 64 Literacy literacy NN 1662 9226 65 : : : 1662 9226 66 definition definition NN 1662 9226 67 : : : 1662 9226 68 age age NN 1662 9226 69 15 15 CD 1662 9226 70 and and CC 1662 9226 71 over over RB 1662 9226 72 can can MD 1662 9226 73 read read VB 1662 9226 74 and and CC 1662 9226 75 write write VB 1662 9226 76 total total JJ 1662 9226 77 population population NN 1662 9226 78 : : : 1662 9226 79 38 38 CD 1662 9226 80 % % NN 1662 9226 81 male male NN 1662 9226 82 : : : 1662 9226 83 53 53 CD 1662 9226 84 % % NN 1662 9226 85 female female NN 1662 9226 86 : : : 1662 9226 87 26 26 CD 1662 9226 88 % % NN 1662 9226 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9226 90 1990 1990 CD 1662 9226 91 est est NNP 1662 9226 92 . . . 1662 9226 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9227 1 @Yemen @yemen LS 1662 9227 2 : : : 1662 9227 3 Government Government NNP 1662 9227 4 Country Country NNP 1662 9227 5 name name NN 1662 9227 6 : : : 1662 9227 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 9227 8 long long JJ 1662 9227 9 form form NN 1662 9227 10 : : : 1662 9227 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 9227 12 of of IN 1662 9227 13 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 9227 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 9227 15 short short JJ 1662 9227 16 form form NN 1662 9227 17 : : : 1662 9227 18 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 9227 19 local local JJ 1662 9227 20 long long JJ 1662 9227 21 form form NN 1662 9227 22 : : : 1662 9227 23 Al Al NNP 1662 9227 24 Jumhuriyah Jumhuriyah NNP 1662 9227 25 al al NNP 1662 9227 26 Yamaniyah Yamaniyah NNP 1662 9227 27 local local JJ 1662 9227 28 short short JJ 1662 9227 29 form form NN 1662 9227 30 : : : 1662 9227 31 Al Al NNP 1662 9227 32 Yaman Yaman NNP 1662 9227 33 Data Data NNP 1662 9227 34 code code NN 1662 9227 35 : : : 1662 9227 36 YM YM NNP 1662 9227 37 Government Government NNP 1662 9227 38 type type NN 1662 9227 39 : : : 1662 9227 40 republic republic NNP 1662 9227 41 National national JJ 1662 9227 42 capital capital NN 1662 9227 43 : : : 1662 9227 44 Sanaa Sanaa NNP 1662 9227 45 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 9227 46 divisions division NNS 1662 9227 47 : : : 1662 9227 48 17 17 CD 1662 9227 49 governorates governorate NNS 1662 9227 50 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9227 51 muhafazat muhafazat JJ 1662 9227 52 , , , 1662 9227 53 singular singular NNP 1662 9227 54 - - HYPH 1662 9227 55 muhafazah muhafazah NNP 1662 9227 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9227 57 ; ; : 1662 9227 58 Abyan Abyan NNP 1662 9227 59 , , , 1662 9227 60 Aden Aden NNP 1662 9227 61 , , , 1662 9227 62 Al Al NNP 1662 9227 63 Bayda Bayda NNP 1662 9227 64 , , , 1662 9227 65 Al Al NNP 1662 9227 66 Hudaydah Hudaydah NNP 1662 9227 67 , , , 1662 9227 68 Al Al NNP 1662 9227 69 Jawf Jawf NNP 1662 9227 70 , , , 1662 9227 71 Al Al NNP 1662 9227 72 Mahrah Mahrah NNP 1662 9227 73 , , , 1662 9227 74 Al Al NNP 1662 9227 75 Mahwit Mahwit NNP 1662 9227 76 , , , 1662 9227 77 Ataq Ataq NNP 1662 9227 78 , , , 1662 9227 79 Dhamar Dhamar NNP 1662 9227 80 , , , 1662 9227 81 Hadhramaut Hadhramaut NNP 1662 9227 82 , , , 1662 9227 83 Hajjah Hajjah NNP 1662 9227 84 , , , 1662 9227 85 Ibb Ibb NNP 1662 9227 86 , , , 1662 9227 87 Lahij Lahij NNP 1662 9227 88 , , , 1662 9227 89 Ma'rib Ma'rib NNP 1662 9227 90 , , , 1662 9227 91 Sa'dah sa'dah JJ 1662 9227 92 , , , 1662 9227 93 San'a san'a ADD 1662 9227 94 ' ' '' 1662 9227 95 , , , 1662 9227 96 Ta'izz Ta'izz `` 1662 9227 97 note note VBP 1662 9227 98 : : : 1662 9227 99 there there EX 1662 9227 100 may may MD 1662 9227 101 be be VB 1662 9227 102 a a DT 1662 9227 103 new new JJ 1662 9227 104 governorate governorate NN 1662 9227 105 for for IN 1662 9227 106 the the DT 1662 9227 107 capital capital NN 1662 9227 108 city city NN 1662 9227 109 of of IN 1662 9227 110 Sanaa Sanaa NNP 1662 9227 111 Independence Independence NNP 1662 9227 112 : : : 1662 9227 113 22 22 CD 1662 9227 114 May May NNP 1662 9227 115 1990 1990 CD 1662 9227 116 Republic Republic NNP 1662 9227 117 of of IN 1662 9227 118 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 9227 119 was be VBD 1662 9227 120 established establish VBN 1662 9227 121 on on IN 1662 9227 122 22 22 CD 1662 9227 123 May May NNP 1662 9227 124 1990 1990 CD 1662 9227 125 with with IN 1662 9227 126 the the DT 1662 9227 127 merger merger NN 1662 9227 128 of of IN 1662 9227 129 the the DT 1662 9227 130 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 9227 131 Arab Arab NNP 1662 9227 132 Republic Republic NNP 1662 9227 133 { { -LRB- 1662 9227 134 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 9227 135 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9227 136 Sanaa Sanaa NNP 1662 9227 137 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9227 138 or or CC 1662 9227 139 North North NNP 1662 9227 140 Yemen Yemen NNP 1662 9227 141 } } -RRB- 1662 9227 142 and and CC 1662 9227 143 the the DT 1662 9227 144 Marxist Marxist NNP 1662 9227 145 - 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9248 152 year year NN 1662 9248 153 : : : 1662 9248 154 calendar calendar NNP 1662 9248 155 year year NN 1662 9248 156 @Yemen @Yemen NNP 1662 9248 157 : : : 1662 9248 158 Communications Communications NNP 1662 9248 159 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 9248 160 : : : 1662 9248 161 131,655 131,655 CD 1662 9248 162 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9248 163 1992 1992 CD 1662 9248 164 est est NNP 1662 9248 165 . . . 1662 9248 166 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9249 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 9249 2 system system NN 1662 9249 3 : : : 1662 9249 4 since since IN 1662 9249 5 unification unification NN 1662 9249 6 in in IN 1662 9249 7 1990 1990 CD 1662 9249 8 , , , 1662 9249 9 efforts effort NNS 1662 9249 10 have have VBP 1662 9249 11 been be VBN 1662 9249 12 made make VBN 1662 9249 13 to to TO 1662 9249 14 create create VB 1662 9249 15 a a DT 1662 9249 16 national national JJ 1662 9249 17 telecommunications telecommunications NN 1662 9249 18 network network NN 1662 9249 19 domestic domestic JJ 1662 9249 20 : : : 1662 9249 21 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9249 57 region region NN 1662 9249 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9249 59 , , , 1662 9249 60 and and CC 1662 9249 61 2 2 CD 1662 9249 62 Arabsat Arabsat NNP 1662 9249 63 ; ; : 1662 9249 64 microwave microwave NN 1662 9249 65 radio radio NN 1662 9249 66 relay relay NN 1662 9249 67 to to IN 1662 9249 68 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 9249 69 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 9249 70 and and CC 1662 9249 71 Djibouti Djibouti NNP 1662 9249 72 Radio Radio NNP 1662 9249 73 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 9249 74 stations station NNS 1662 9249 75 : : : 1662 9249 76 AM am VBP 1662 9249 77 4 4 CD 1662 9249 78 , , , 1662 9249 79 FM FM NNP 1662 9249 80 1 1 CD 1662 9249 81 , , , 1662 9249 82 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 9249 83 0 0 CD 1662 9249 84 Radios radio NNS 1662 9249 85 : : : 1662 9249 86 325,000 325,000 CD 1662 9249 87 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9249 88 1993 1993 CD 1662 9249 89 est est NNP 1662 9249 90 . . . 1662 9249 91 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9250 1 Television television NN 1662 9250 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 9250 3 stations station NNS 1662 9250 4 : : : 1662 9250 5 10 10 CD 1662 9250 6 Televisions television NNS 1662 9250 7 : : : 1662 9250 8 100,000 100,000 CD 1662 9250 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9250 10 1993 1993 CD 1662 9250 11 est est NNP 1662 9250 12 . . . 1662 9250 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9251 1 @Yemen @Yemen NNP 1662 9251 2 : : : 1662 9251 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 9251 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 9251 5 : : : 1662 9251 6 0 0 LS 1662 9251 7 km km NN 1662 9251 8 Highways highway NNS 1662 9251 9 : : : 1662 9251 10 total total NN 1662 9251 11 : : : 1662 9251 12 51,392 51,392 CD 1662 9251 13 km km NNS 1662 9251 14 paved pave VBN 1662 9251 15 : : : 1662 9251 16 4,831 4,831 CD 1662 9251 17 km km NNP 1662 9251 18 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 9251 19 : : : 1662 9251 20 46,561 46,561 CD 1662 9251 21 km km NNS 1662 9251 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9251 23 1992 1992 CD 1662 9251 24 est est NNP 1662 9251 25 . . . 1662 9251 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9252 1 Pipelines pipeline NNS 1662 9252 2 : : : 1662 9252 3 crude crude JJ 1662 9252 4 oil oil NN 1662 9252 5 644 644 CD 1662 9252 6 km km NN 1662 9252 7 ; ; : 1662 9252 8 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 9252 9 products product NNS 1662 9252 10 32 32 CD 1662 9252 11 km km NN 1662 9252 12 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 9252 13 and and CC 1662 9252 14 harbors harbor NNS 1662 9252 15 : : : 1662 9252 16 Aden Aden NNP 1662 9252 17 , , , 1662 9252 18 Al Al NNP 1662 9252 19 Hudaydah Hudaydah NNP 1662 9252 20 , , , 1662 9252 21 Al Al NNP 1662 9252 22 Mukalla Mukalla NNP 1662 9252 23 , , , 1662 9252 24 Mocha Mocha NNP 1662 9252 25 , , , 1662 9252 26 Nishtun Nishtun NNP 1662 9252 27 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 9252 28 marine marine NN 1662 9252 29 : : : 1662 9252 30 total total NN 1662 9252 31 : : : 1662 9252 32 3 3 CD 1662 9252 33 ships ship NNS 1662 9252 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9252 35 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 9252 36 GRT GRT NNP 1662 9252 37 or or CC 1662 9252 38 over over RB 1662 9252 39 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9252 40 totaling total VBG 1662 9252 41 12,059 12,059 CD 1662 9252 42 GRT/18,563 grt/18,563 NN 1662 9252 43 DWT dwt NN 1662 9252 44 ships ship NNS 1662 9252 45 by by IN 1662 9252 46 type type NN 1662 9252 47 : : : 1662 9252 48 cargo cargo NN 1662 9252 49 1 1 CD 1662 9252 50 , , , 1662 9252 51 oil oil NN 1662 9252 52 tanker tanker NN 1662 9252 53 2 2 CD 1662 9252 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9252 55 1996 1996 CD 1662 9252 56 est est NNP 1662 9252 57 . . . 1662 9252 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9253 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 9253 2 : : : 1662 9253 3 42 42 CD 1662 9253 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9253 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 9253 6 est est NNP 1662 9253 7 . . . 1662 9253 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9254 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 9254 2 - - , 1662 9254 3 with with IN 1662 9254 4 paved paved JJ 1662 9254 5 runways runway NNS 1662 9254 6 : : : 1662 9254 7 total total NN 1662 9254 8 : : : 1662 9254 9 12 12 CD 1662 9254 10 over over IN 1662 9254 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 9254 12 m m NN 1662 9254 13 : : : 1662 9254 14 2 2 CD 1662 9254 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 9254 16 to to TO 1662 9254 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 9254 18 m m NN 1662 9254 19 : : : 1662 9254 20 6 6 CD 1662 9254 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 9254 22 to to TO 1662 9254 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 9254 24 m m NN 1662 9254 25 : : : 1662 9254 26 1 1 CD 1662 9254 27 under under IN 1662 9254 28 914 914 CD 1662 9254 29 m m NN 1662 9254 30 : : : 1662 9254 31 3 3 CD 1662 9254 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9254 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 9254 34 est est NNP 1662 9254 35 . . . 1662 9254 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9255 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 9255 2 - - , 1662 9255 3 with with IN 1662 9255 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 9255 5 runways runway NNS 1662 9255 6 : : : 1662 9255 7 total total NN 1662 9255 8 : : : 1662 9255 9 30 30 CD 1662 9255 10 over over IN 1662 9255 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 9255 12 m m NN 1662 9255 13 : : : 1662 9255 14 2 2 CD 1662 9255 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 9255 16 to to TO 1662 9255 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 9255 18 m m NN 1662 9255 19 : : : 1662 9255 20 10 10 CD 1662 9255 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 9255 22 to to TO 1662 9255 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 9255 24 m m NN 1662 9255 25 : : : 1662 9255 26 8 8 CD 1662 9255 27 914 914 CD 1662 9255 28 to to TO 1662 9255 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 9255 30 m m NN 1662 9255 31 : : : 1662 9255 32 10 10 CD 1662 9255 33 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9255 34 1996 1996 CD 1662 9255 35 est est NNP 1662 9255 36 . . . 1662 9255 37 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9256 1 Military military JJ 1662 9256 2 Military military JJ 1662 9256 3 branches branch NNS 1662 9256 4 : : : 1662 9256 5 Army Army NNP 1662 9256 6 , , , 1662 9256 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 9256 8 , , , 1662 9256 9 Air Air NNP 1662 9256 10 Force Force NNP 1662 9256 11 , , , 1662 9256 12 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 9256 13 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9256 14 includes include VBZ 1662 9256 15 Police Police NNP 1662 9256 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9256 17 Military military JJ 1662 9256 18 manpower manpower NN 1662 9256 19 - - HYPH 1662 9256 20 military military NN 1662 9256 21 age age NN 1662 9256 22 : : : 1662 9256 23 18 18 CD 1662 9256 24 years year NNS 1662 9256 25 of of IN 1662 9256 26 age age NN 1662 9256 27 Military military JJ 1662 9256 28 manpower manpower NN 1662 9256 29 - - HYPH 1662 9256 30 availability availability NN 1662 9256 31 : : : 1662 9256 32 males male NNS 1662 9256 33 age age NNP 1662 9256 34 15 15 CD 1662 9256 35 - - HYPH 1662 9256 36 49 49 CD 1662 9256 37 : : : 1662 9256 38 3,109,553 3,109,553 CD 1662 9256 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9256 40 1997 1997 CD 1662 9256 41 est est NNP 1662 9256 42 . . . 1662 9256 43 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9257 1 Military military JJ 1662 9257 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 9257 3 - - HYPH 1662 9257 4 fit fit NN 1662 9257 5 for for IN 1662 9257 6 military military JJ 1662 9257 7 service service NN 1662 9257 8 : : : 1662 9257 9 males male NNS 1662 9257 10 : : : 1662 9257 11 1,753,779 1,753,779 CD 1662 9257 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9257 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 9257 14 est est NNP 1662 9257 15 . . . 1662 9257 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9258 1 Military military JJ 1662 9258 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 9258 3 - - HYPH 1662 9258 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 9258 5 military military JJ 1662 9258 6 age age NN 1662 9258 7 annually annually RB 1662 9258 8 : : : 1662 9258 9 males male NNS 1662 9258 10 : : : 1662 9258 11 148,864 148,864 CD 1662 9258 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9258 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 9258 14 est est NNP 1662 9258 15 . . . 1662 9258 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9259 1 Military military JJ 1662 9259 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9259 3 - - HYPH 1662 9259 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 9259 5 figure figure NN 1662 9259 6 : : : 1662 9259 7 $ $ $ 1662 9259 8 NA NA NNP 1662 9259 9 Military military JJ 1662 9259 10 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9259 11 - - : 1662 9259 12 percent percent NN 1662 9259 13 of of IN 1662 9259 14 GDP GDP NNP 1662 9259 15 : : : 1662 9259 16 NA% NA% `` 1662 9259 17 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 9259 18 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 9259 19 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 9259 20 - - : 1662 9259 21 international international RB 1662 9259 22 : : : 1662 9259 23 a a DT 1662 9259 24 large large JJ 1662 9259 25 section section NN 1662 9259 26 of of IN 1662 9259 27 boundary boundary JJ 1662 9259 28 with with IN 1662 9259 29 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 9259 30 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 9259 31 is be VBZ 1662 9259 32 not not RB 1662 9259 33 defined define VBN 1662 9259 34 ; ; : 1662 9259 35 a a DT 1662 9259 36 dispute dispute NN 1662 9259 37 with with IN 1662 9259 38 Eritrea Eritrea NNP 1662 9259 39 over over IN 1662 9259 40 sovereignty sovereignty NN 1662 9259 41 of of IN 1662 9259 42 the the DT 1662 9259 43 Hanish Hanish NNP 1662 9259 44 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 9259 45 in in IN 1662 9259 46 the the DT 1662 9259 47 southern southern JJ 1662 9259 48 Red Red NNP 1662 9259 49 Sea Sea NNP 1662 9259 50 has have VBZ 1662 9259 51 been be VBN 1662 9259 52 submitted submit VBN 1662 9259 53 to to IN 1662 9259 54 arbitration arbitration NN 1662 9259 55 under under IN 1662 9259 56 the the DT 1662 9259 57 auspices auspex NNS 1662 9259 58 of of IN 1662 9259 59 the the DT 1662 9259 60 International International NNP 1662 9259 61 Court Court NNP 1662 9259 62 of of IN 1662 9259 63 Justice Justice NNP 1662 9259 64 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 65 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 66 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 67 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 68 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 69 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 70 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 71 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 72 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 73 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 74 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 75 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 76 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 77 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 78 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 79 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 80 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 81 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 82 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 83 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 84 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 85 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 86 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 87 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 88 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 89 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 90 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 91 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 92 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 93 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 94 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 95 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 96 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 97 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 98 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 99 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 100 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 101 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 102 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 103 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 104 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 105 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 106 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 107 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 108 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 109 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 110 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 111 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 112 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 113 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 114 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 115 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 116 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 117 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 118 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 119 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 120 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 121 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 122 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 123 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 124 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 125 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 126 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 127 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 128 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 129 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 130 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 131 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 132 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 133 _ _ NNP 1662 9259 134 ZAMBIA ZAMBIA NNP 1662 9259 135 @Zambia @zambia NN 1662 9259 136 : : : 1662 9259 137 Geography Geography NNP 1662 9259 138 Location Location NNP 1662 9259 139 : : : 1662 9259 140 Southern Southern NNP 1662 9259 141 Africa Africa NNP 1662 9259 142 , , , 1662 9259 143 east east NN 1662 9259 144 of of IN 1662 9259 145 Angola Angola NNP 1662 9259 146 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 9259 147 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 9259 148 : : : 1662 9259 149 15 15 CD 1662 9259 150 00 00 CD 1662 9259 151 S s NN 1662 9259 152 , , , 1662 9259 153 30 30 CD 1662 9259 154 00 00 CD 1662 9259 155 E e NN 1662 9259 156 Map Map NNP 1662 9259 157 references reference NNS 1662 9259 158 : : : 1662 9259 159 Africa Africa NNP 1662 9259 160 Area Area NNP 1662 9259 161 : : : 1662 9259 162 total total NN 1662 9259 163 : : : 1662 9259 164 752,610 752,610 CD 1662 9259 165 sq sq RB 1662 9259 166 km km NNP 1662 9259 167 land land NN 1662 9259 168 : : : 1662 9259 169 740,720 740,720 CD 1662 9259 170 sq sq NNP 1662 9259 171 km km NNP 1662 9259 172 water water NN 1662 9259 173 : : : 1662 9259 174 11,890 11,890 CD 1662 9259 175 sq sq NN 1662 9259 176 km km NNP 1662 9259 177 Area area NN 1662 9259 178 - - HYPH 1662 9259 179 comparative comparative JJ 1662 9259 180 : : : 1662 9259 181 slightly slightly RB 1662 9259 182 larger large JJR 1662 9259 183 than than IN 1662 9259 184 Texas Texas NNP 1662 9259 185 Land Land NNP 1662 9259 186 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 9259 187 : : : 1662 9259 188 total total NN 1662 9259 189 : : : 1662 9259 190 5,664 5,664 CD 1662 9259 191 km km NN 1662 9259 192 border border NN 1662 9259 193 countries country NNS 1662 9259 194 : : : 1662 9259 195 Angola Angola NNP 1662 9259 196 1,110 1,110 CD 1662 9259 197 km km NN 1662 9259 198 , , , 1662 9259 199 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 9259 200 Republic Republic NNP 1662 9259 201 of of IN 1662 9259 202 the the DT 1662 9259 203 Congo Congo NNP 1662 9259 204 1,930 1,930 CD 1662 9259 205 km km NNS 1662 9259 206 , , , 1662 9259 207 Malawi Malawi NNP 1662 9259 208 837 837 CD 1662 9259 209 km km NN 1662 9259 210 , , , 1662 9259 211 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 9259 212 419 419 CD 1662 9259 213 km km NN 1662 9259 214 , , , 1662 9259 215 Namibia Namibia NNP 1662 9259 216 233 233 CD 1662 9259 217 km km NNS 1662 9259 218 , , , 1662 9259 219 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 9259 220 338 338 CD 1662 9259 221 km km NNS 1662 9259 222 , , , 1662 9259 223 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 9259 224 797 797 CD 1662 9259 225 km km NN 1662 9259 226 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 9259 227 : : : 1662 9259 228 0 0 CD 1662 9259 229 km km NN 1662 9259 230 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9259 231 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 9259 232 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9259 233 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 9259 234 claims claim VBZ 1662 9259 235 : : : 1662 9259 236 none none NN 1662 9259 237 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9259 238 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 9259 239 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9259 240 Climate climate NN 1662 9259 241 : : : 1662 9259 242 tropical tropical JJ 1662 9259 243 ; ; : 1662 9259 244 modified modify VBN 1662 9259 245 by by IN 1662 9259 246 altitude altitude NN 1662 9259 247 ; ; : 1662 9259 248 rainy rainy NNP 1662 9259 249 season season NN 1662 9259 250 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9259 251 October October NNP 1662 9259 252 to to IN 1662 9259 253 April April NNP 1662 9259 254 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9259 255 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 9259 256 : : : 1662 9259 257 mostly mostly RB 1662 9259 258 high high JJ 1662 9259 259 plateau plateau NN 1662 9259 260 with with IN 1662 9259 261 some some DT 1662 9259 262 hills hill NNS 1662 9259 263 and and CC 1662 9259 264 mountains mountain NNS 1662 9259 265 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 9259 266 extremes extreme NNS 1662 9259 267 : : : 1662 9259 268 lowest low JJS 1662 9259 269 point point NN 1662 9259 270 : : : 1662 9259 271 Zambezi Zambezi NNP 1662 9259 272 river river NN 1662 9259 273 329 329 CD 1662 9259 274 m m DT 1662 9259 275 highest high JJS 1662 9259 276 point point NN 1662 9259 277 : : : 1662 9259 278 in in IN 1662 9259 279 Mafinga Mafinga NNP 1662 9259 280 Hills Hills NNP 1662 9259 281 2,301 2,301 CD 1662 9259 282 m m CD 1662 9259 283 Natural natural JJ 1662 9259 284 resources resource NNS 1662 9259 285 : : : 1662 9259 286 copper copper NN 1662 9259 287 , , , 1662 9259 288 cobalt cobalt NN 1662 9259 289 , , , 1662 9259 290 zinc zinc NN 1662 9259 291 , , , 1662 9259 292 lead lead NN 1662 9259 293 , , , 1662 9259 294 coal coal NN 1662 9259 295 , , , 1662 9259 296 emeralds emerald NNS 1662 9259 297 , , , 1662 9259 298 gold gold NN 1662 9259 299 , , , 1662 9259 300 silver silver NN 1662 9259 301 , , , 1662 9259 302 uranium uranium NN 1662 9259 303 , , , 1662 9259 304 hydropower hydropower NN 1662 9259 305 potential potential JJ 1662 9259 306 Land Land NNP 1662 9259 307 use use NN 1662 9259 308 : : : 1662 9259 309 arable arable JJ 1662 9259 310 land land NN 1662 9259 311 : : : 1662 9259 312 7 7 CD 1662 9259 313 % % NN 1662 9259 314 permanent permanent JJ 1662 9259 315 crops crop NNS 1662 9259 316 : : : 1662 9259 317 0 0 CD 1662 9259 318 % % NN 1662 9259 319 permanent permanent JJ 1662 9259 320 pastures pasture NNS 1662 9259 321 : : : 1662 9259 322 40 40 CD 1662 9259 323 % % NN 1662 9259 324 forests forest NNS 1662 9259 325 and and CC 1662 9259 326 woodland woodland NN 1662 9259 327 : : : 1662 9259 328 39 39 CD 1662 9259 329 % % NN 1662 9259 330 other other JJ 1662 9259 331 : : : 1662 9259 332 14 14 CD 1662 9259 333 % % NN 1662 9259 334 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9259 335 1993 1993 CD 1662 9259 336 est est NNP 1662 9259 337 . . . 1662 9259 338 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9260 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 9260 2 land land NN 1662 9260 3 : : : 1662 9260 4 460 460 CD 1662 9260 5 sq sq NNP 1662 9260 6 km km NNP 1662 9260 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9260 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 9260 9 est est NNP 1662 9260 10 . . . 1662 9260 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9261 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 9261 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 9261 3 : : : 1662 9261 4 tropical tropical JJ 1662 9261 5 storms storm NNS 1662 9261 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9261 7 November November NNP 1662 9261 8 to to IN 1662 9261 9 April April NNP 1662 9261 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9261 11 Environment environment NN 1662 9261 12 - - HYPH 1662 9261 13 current current JJ 1662 9261 14 issues issue NNS 1662 9261 15 : : : 1662 9261 16 air air NN 1662 9261 17 pollution pollution NN 1662 9261 18 and and CC 1662 9261 19 resulting result VBG 1662 9261 20 acid acid JJ 1662 9261 21 rain rain NN 1662 9261 22 in in IN 1662 9261 23 the the DT 1662 9261 24 mineral mineral NN 1662 9261 25 extraction extraction NN 1662 9261 26 and and CC 1662 9261 27 refining refining NN 1662 9261 28 region region NN 1662 9261 29 ; ; , 1662 9261 30 poaching poach VBG 1662 9261 31 seriously seriously RB 1662 9261 32 threatens threaten VBZ 1662 9261 33 rhinoceros rhinocero NNS 1662 9261 34 and and CC 1662 9261 35 elephant elephant NN 1662 9261 36 populations population NNS 1662 9261 37 ; ; , 1662 9261 38 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 9261 39 ; ; , 1662 9261 40 soil soil NN 1662 9261 41 erosion erosion NN 1662 9261 42 ; ; , 1662 9261 43 desertification desertification NN 1662 9261 44 ; ; : 1662 9261 45 lack lack NN 1662 9261 46 of of IN 1662 9261 47 adequate adequate JJ 1662 9261 48 water water NN 1662 9261 49 treatment treatment NN 1662 9261 50 presents present VBZ 1662 9261 51 human human JJ 1662 9261 52 health health NN 1662 9261 53 risks risk NNS 1662 9261 54 Environment Environment NNP 1662 9261 55 - - HYPH 1662 9261 56 international international JJ 1662 9261 57 agreements agreement NNS 1662 9261 58 : : : 1662 9261 59 party party NN 1662 9261 60 to to TO 1662 9261 61 : : : 1662 9261 62 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 9261 63 , , , 1662 9261 64 Climate Climate NNP 1662 9261 65 Change Change NNP 1662 9261 66 , , , 1662 9261 67 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 9261 68 , , , 1662 9261 69 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 9261 70 Species Species NNPS 1662 9261 71 , , , 1662 9261 72 Hazardous Hazardous NNP 1662 9261 73 Wastes Wastes NNPS 1662 9261 74 , , , 1662 9261 75 Law Law NNP 1662 9261 76 of of IN 1662 9261 77 the the DT 1662 9261 78 Sea Sea NNP 1662 9261 79 , , , 1662 9261 80 Nuclear Nuclear NNP 1662 9261 81 Test Test NNP 1662 9261 82 Ban Ban NNP 1662 9261 83 , , , 1662 9261 84 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 9261 85 Layer Layer NNP 1662 9261 86 Protection Protection NNP 1662 9261 87 , , , 1662 9261 88 Wetlands Wetlands NNP 1662 9261 89 signed sign VBD 1662 9261 90 , , , 1662 9261 91 but but CC 1662 9261 92 not not RB 1662 9261 93 ratified ratified JJ 1662 9261 94 : : : 1662 9261 95 none none NN 1662 9261 96 of of IN 1662 9261 97 the the DT 1662 9261 98 selected select VBN 1662 9261 99 agreements agreement NNS 1662 9261 100 Geography Geography NNP 1662 9261 101 - - HYPH 1662 9261 102 note note NN 1662 9261 103 : : : 1662 9261 104 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 9261 105 @Zambia @zambia NN 1662 9261 106 : : : 1662 9261 107 People People NNPS 1662 9261 108 Population Population NNP 1662 9261 109 : : : 1662 9261 110 9,349,975 9,349,975 CD 1662 9261 111 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9261 112 July July NNP 1662 9261 113 1997 1997 CD 1662 9261 114 est est NNP 1662 9261 115 . . . 1662 9261 116 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9262 1 Age age NN 1662 9262 2 structure structure NN 1662 9262 3 : : : 1662 9262 4 0 0 CD 1662 9262 5 - - HYPH 1662 9262 6 14 14 CD 1662 9262 7 years year NNS 1662 9262 8 : : : 1662 9262 9 49 49 CD 1662 9262 10 % % NN 1662 9262 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9262 12 male male JJ 1662 9262 13 2,315,739 2,315,739 CD 1662 9262 14 ; ; : 1662 9262 15 female female JJ 1662 9262 16 2,286,829 2,286,829 CD 1662 9262 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9262 18 15 15 CD 1662 9262 19 - - HYPH 1662 9262 20 64 64 CD 1662 9262 21 years year NNS 1662 9262 22 : : : 1662 9262 23 48 48 CD 1662 9262 24 % % NN 1662 9262 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9262 26 male male JJ 1662 9262 27 2,212,021 2,212,021 CD 1662 9262 28 ; ; : 1662 9262 29 female female JJ 1662 9262 30 2,301,354 2,301,354 CD 1662 9262 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9262 32 65 65 CD 1662 9262 33 years year NNS 1662 9262 34 and and CC 1662 9262 35 over over IN 1662 9262 36 : : : 1662 9262 37 3 3 CD 1662 9262 38 % % NN 1662 9262 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9262 40 male male JJ 1662 9262 41 112,134 112,134 CD 1662 9262 42 ; ; : 1662 9262 43 female female JJ 1662 9262 44 121,898 121,898 CD 1662 9262 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9262 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9262 47 July July NNP 1662 9262 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 9262 49 est est NNP 1662 9262 50 . . . 1662 9262 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9263 1 Population population NN 1662 9263 2 growth growth NN 1662 9263 3 rate rate NN 1662 9263 4 : : : 1662 9263 5 2.02 2.02 CD 1662 9263 6 % % NN 1662 9263 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9263 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 9263 9 est est NNP 1662 9263 10 . . . 1662 9263 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9264 1 Birth birth NN 1662 9264 2 rate rate NN 1662 9264 3 : : : 1662 9264 4 44.37 44.37 CD 1662 9264 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 CD 1662 9264 6 population population NN 1662 9264 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9264 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 9264 9 est est NNP 1662 9264 10 . . . 1662 9264 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9265 1 Death death NN 1662 9265 2 rate rate NN 1662 9265 3 : : : 1662 9265 4 24.18 24.18 CD 1662 9265 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 9265 6 population population NN 1662 9265 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9265 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 9265 9 est est NNP 1662 9265 10 . . . 1662 9265 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9266 1 Net net JJ 1662 9266 2 migration migration NN 1662 9266 3 rate rate NN 1662 9266 4 : : : 1662 9266 5 0 0 NFP 1662 9266 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 NN 1662 9266 7 population population NN 1662 9266 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9266 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 9266 10 est est NNP 1662 9266 11 . . . 1662 9266 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9267 1 Sex sex NN 1662 9267 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 9267 3 : : : 1662 9267 4 at at IN 1662 9267 5 birth birth NN 1662 9267 6 : : : 1662 9267 7 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 9267 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9267 9 under under IN 1662 9267 10 15 15 CD 1662 9267 11 years year NNS 1662 9267 12 : : : 1662 9267 13 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 9267 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9267 15 15 15 CD 1662 9267 16 - - HYPH 1662 9267 17 64 64 CD 1662 9267 18 years year NNS 1662 9267 19 : : : 1662 9267 20 0.96 0.96 CD 1662 9267 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9267 22 65 65 CD 1662 9267 23 years year NNS 1662 9267 24 and and CC 1662 9267 25 over over IN 1662 9267 26 : : : 1662 9267 27 0.92 0.92 CD 1662 9267 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 9267 29 total total JJ 1662 9267 30 population population NN 1662 9267 31 : : : 1662 9267 32 0.98 0.98 NFP 1662 9267 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9267 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9267 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 9267 36 est e JJS 1662 9267 37 . . . 1662 9267 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9268 1 Infant infant NN 1662 9268 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 9268 3 rate rate NN 1662 9268 4 : : : 1662 9268 5 96.5 96.5 CD 1662 9268 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 9268 7 live live JJ 1662 9268 8 births birth NNS 1662 9268 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9268 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 9268 11 est est NNP 1662 9268 12 . . . 1662 9268 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9269 1 Life life NN 1662 9269 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 9269 3 at at IN 1662 9269 4 birth birth NN 1662 9269 5 : : : 1662 9269 6 total total JJ 1662 9269 7 population population NN 1662 9269 8 : : : 1662 9269 9 35.58 35.58 CD 1662 9269 10 years year NNS 1662 9269 11 male male NN 1662 9269 12 : : : 1662 9269 13 35.58 35.58 CD 1662 9269 14 years year NNS 1662 9269 15 female female JJ 1662 9269 16 : : : 1662 9269 17 35.59 35.59 CD 1662 9269 18 years year NNS 1662 9269 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9269 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 9269 21 est est NNP 1662 9269 22 . . . 1662 9269 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9270 1 Total total JJ 1662 9270 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 9270 3 rate rate NN 1662 9270 4 : : : 1662 9270 5 6.48 6.48 CD 1662 9270 6 children child NNS 1662 9270 7 born bear VBN 1662 9270 8 / / SYM 1662 9270 9 woman woman NN 1662 9270 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9270 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 9270 12 est est NNP 1662 9270 13 . . . 1662 9270 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9271 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 9271 2 : : : 1662 9271 3 noun noun NNP 1662 9271 4 : : : 1662 9271 5 Zambian(s Zambian(s NNP 1662 9271 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9271 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 9271 8 : : : 1662 9271 9 Zambian zambian JJ 1662 9271 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 9271 11 groups group NNS 1662 9271 12 : : : 1662 9271 13 African african JJ 1662 9271 14 98.7 98.7 CD 1662 9271 15 % % NN 1662 9271 16 , , , 1662 9271 17 European European NNP 1662 9271 18 1.1 1.1 CD 1662 9271 19 % % NN 1662 9271 20 , , , 1662 9271 21 other other JJ 1662 9271 22 0.2 0.2 CD 1662 9271 23 % % NN 1662 9271 24 Religions religion NNS 1662 9271 25 : : : 1662 9271 26 Christian christian JJ 1662 9271 27 50%-75 50%-75 CD 1662 9271 28 % % NN 1662 9271 29 , , , 1662 9271 30 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 9271 31 and and CC 1662 9271 32 Hindu Hindu NNP 1662 9271 33 24%-49 24%-49 CD 1662 9271 34 % % NN 1662 9271 35 , , , 1662 9271 36 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 9271 37 beliefs belief NNS 1662 9271 38 1 1 CD 1662 9271 39 % % NN 1662 9271 40 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 9271 41 : : : 1662 9271 42 English English NNP 1662 9271 43 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9271 44 official official JJ 1662 9271 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9271 46 , , , 1662 9271 47 major major JJ 1662 9271 48 vernaculars vernacular NNS 1662 9271 49 - - : 1662 9271 50 Bemba Bemba NNP 1662 9271 51 , , , 1662 9271 52 Kaonda Kaonda NNP 1662 9271 53 , , , 1662 9271 54 Lozi Lozi NNP 1662 9271 55 , , , 1662 9271 56 Lunda Lunda NNP 1662 9271 57 , , , 1662 9271 58 Luvale Luvale NNP 1662 9271 59 , , , 1662 9271 60 Nyanja Nyanja NNP 1662 9271 61 , , , 1662 9271 62 Tonga Tonga NNP 1662 9271 63 , , , 1662 9271 64 and and CC 1662 9271 65 about about RB 1662 9271 66 70 70 CD 1662 9271 67 other other JJ 1662 9271 68 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 9271 69 languages language NNS 1662 9271 70 Literacy literacy NN 1662 9271 71 : : : 1662 9271 72 definition definition NN 1662 9271 73 : : : 1662 9271 74 age age NN 1662 9271 75 15 15 CD 1662 9271 76 and and CC 1662 9271 77 over over RB 1662 9271 78 can can MD 1662 9271 79 read read VB 1662 9271 80 and and CC 1662 9271 81 write write VB 1662 9271 82 in in IN 1662 9271 83 English english JJ 1662 9271 84 total total JJ 1662 9271 85 population population NN 1662 9271 86 : : : 1662 9271 87 78.2 78.2 CD 1662 9271 88 % % NN 1662 9271 89 male male NN 1662 9271 90 : : : 1662 9271 91 85.6 85.6 CD 1662 9271 92 % % NN 1662 9271 93 female female NN 1662 9271 94 : : : 1662 9271 95 71.3 71.3 CD 1662 9271 96 % % NN 1662 9271 97 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9271 98 1995 1995 CD 1662 9271 99 est est NNP 1662 9271 100 . . . 1662 9271 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9272 1 @Zambia @zambia NN 1662 9272 2 : : : 1662 9272 3 Government Government NNP 1662 9272 4 Country Country NNP 1662 9272 5 name name NN 1662 9272 6 : : : 1662 9272 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 9272 8 long long JJ 1662 9272 9 form form NN 1662 9272 10 : : : 1662 9272 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 9272 12 of of IN 1662 9272 13 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 9272 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 9272 15 short short JJ 1662 9272 16 form form NN 1662 9272 17 : : : 1662 9272 18 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 9272 19 former former JJ 1662 9272 20 : : : 1662 9272 21 Northern Northern NNP 1662 9272 22 Rhodesia Rhodesia NNP 1662 9272 23 Data Data NNP 1662 9272 24 code code NN 1662 9272 25 : : : 1662 9272 26 ZA ZA NNP 1662 9272 27 Government Government NNP 1662 9272 28 type type NN 1662 9272 29 : : : 1662 9272 30 republic republic NNP 1662 9272 31 National national JJ 1662 9272 32 capital capital NN 1662 9272 33 : : : 1662 9272 34 Lusaka Lusaka NNP 1662 9272 35 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 9272 36 divisions division NNS 1662 9272 37 : : : 1662 9272 38 9 9 CD 1662 9272 39 provinces province NNS 1662 9272 40 ; ; : 1662 9272 41 Central Central NNP 1662 9272 42 , , , 1662 9272 43 Copperbelt Copperbelt NNP 1662 9272 44 , , , 1662 9272 45 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 9272 46 , , , 1662 9272 47 Luapula Luapula NNP 1662 9272 48 , , , 1662 9272 49 Lusaka Lusaka NNP 1662 9272 50 , , , 1662 9272 51 Northern Northern NNP 1662 9272 52 , , , 1662 9272 53 North north JJ 1662 9272 54 - - HYPH 1662 9272 55 Western western JJ 1662 9272 56 , , , 1662 9272 57 Southern southern JJ 1662 9272 58 , , , 1662 9272 59 Western western JJ 1662 9272 60 Independence Independence NNP 1662 9272 61 : : : 1662 9272 62 24 24 CD 1662 9272 63 October October NNP 1662 9272 64 1964 1964 CD 1662 9272 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9272 66 from from IN 1662 9272 67 UK UK NNP 1662 9272 68 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9272 69 National national JJ 1662 9272 70 holiday holiday NN 1662 9272 71 : : : 1662 9272 72 Independence Independence NNP 1662 9272 73 Day Day NNP 1662 9272 74 , , , 1662 9272 75 24 24 CD 1662 9272 76 October October NNP 1662 9272 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9272 78 1964 1964 CD 1662 9272 79 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9272 80 Constitution constitution NN 1662 9272 81 : : : 1662 9272 82 2 2 CD 1662 9272 83 August August NNP 1662 9272 84 1991 1991 CD 1662 9272 85 Legal legal JJ 1662 9272 86 system system NN 1662 9272 87 : : : 1662 9272 88 based base VBN 1662 9272 89 on on IN 1662 9272 90 English English NNP 1662 9272 91 common common JJ 1662 9272 92 law law NN 1662 9272 93 and and CC 1662 9272 94 customary customary JJ 1662 9272 95 law law NN 1662 9272 96 ; ; : 1662 9272 97 judicial judicial JJ 1662 9272 98 review review NN 1662 9272 99 of of IN 1662 9272 100 legislative legislative JJ 1662 9272 101 acts act NNS 1662 9272 102 in in IN 1662 9272 103 an an DT 1662 9272 104 ad ad FW 1662 9272 105 hoc hoc FW 1662 9272 106 constitutional constitutional JJ 1662 9272 107 council council NN 1662 9272 108 ; ; : 1662 9272 109 has have VBZ 1662 9272 110 not not RB 1662 9272 111 accepted accept VBN 1662 9272 112 compulsory compulsory NN 1662 9272 113 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 9272 114 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 9272 115 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 9272 116 : : : 1662 9272 117 18 18 CD 1662 9272 118 years year NNS 1662 9272 119 of of IN 1662 9272 120 age age NN 1662 9272 121 ; ; : 1662 9272 122 universal universal JJ 1662 9272 123 Executive Executive NNP 1662 9272 124 branch branch NN 1662 9272 125 : : : 1662 9272 126 chief chief NN 1662 9272 127 of of IN 1662 9272 128 state state NN 1662 9272 129 : : : 1662 9272 130 President President NNP 1662 9272 131 Frederick Frederick NNP 1662 9272 132 CHILUBA CHILUBA NNP 1662 9272 133 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9272 134 since since IN 1662 9272 135 31 31 CD 1662 9272 136 October October NNP 1662 9272 137 1991 1991 CD 1662 9272 138 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9272 139 ; ; : 1662 9272 140 Vice Vice NNP 1662 9272 141 President President NNP 1662 9272 142 General General NNP 1662 9272 143 Godfrey Godfrey NNP 1662 9272 144 MIYANDA MIYANDA NNP 1662 9272 145 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9272 146 since since IN 1662 9272 147 NA NA NNP 1662 9272 148 August August NNP 1662 9272 149 1994 1994 CD 1662 9272 150 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9272 151 ; ; : 1662 9272 152 note note VB 1662 9272 153 - - : 1662 9272 154 the the DT 1662 9272 155 president president NN 1662 9272 156 is be VBZ 1662 9272 157 both both CC 1662 9272 158 the the DT 1662 9272 159 chief chief NN 1662 9272 160 of of IN 1662 9272 161 state state NN 1662 9272 162 and and CC 1662 9272 163 head head NN 1662 9272 164 of of IN 1662 9272 165 government government NN 1662 9272 166 head head NN 1662 9272 167 of of IN 1662 9272 168 government government NN 1662 9272 169 : : : 1662 9272 170 President President NNP 1662 9272 171 Frederick Frederick NNP 1662 9272 172 CHILUBA CHILUBA NNP 1662 9272 173 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9272 174 since since IN 1662 9272 175 31 31 CD 1662 9272 176 October October NNP 1662 9272 177 1991 1991 CD 1662 9272 178 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9272 179 ; ; : 1662 9272 180 Vice Vice NNP 1662 9272 181 President President NNP 1662 9272 182 General General NNP 1662 9272 183 Godfrey Godfrey NNP 1662 9272 184 MIYANDA MIYANDA NNP 1662 9272 185 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9272 186 since since IN 1662 9272 187 NA NA NNP 1662 9272 188 August August NNP 1662 9272 189 1994 1994 CD 1662 9272 190 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9272 191 ; ; : 1662 9272 192 note note VB 1662 9272 193 - - : 1662 9272 194 the the DT 1662 9272 195 president president NN 1662 9272 196 is be VBZ 1662 9272 197 both both CC 1662 9272 198 the the DT 1662 9272 199 chief chief NN 1662 9272 200 of of IN 1662 9272 201 state state NN 1662 9272 202 and and CC 1662 9272 203 head head NN 1662 9272 204 of of IN 1662 9272 205 government government NN 1662 9272 206 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 9272 207 : : : 1662 9272 208 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 9272 209 appointed appoint VBN 1662 9272 210 by by IN 1662 9272 211 the the DT 1662 9272 212 president president NN 1662 9272 213 from from IN 1662 9272 214 among among IN 1662 9272 215 the the DT 1662 9272 216 members member NNS 1662 9272 217 of of IN 1662 9272 218 the the DT 1662 9272 219 National National NNP 1662 9272 220 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 9272 221 elections election NNS 1662 9272 222 : : : 1662 9272 223 president president NN 1662 9272 224 elected elect VBN 1662 9272 225 by by IN 1662 9272 226 popular popular JJ 1662 9272 227 vote vote NN 1662 9272 228 for for IN 1662 9272 229 a a DT 1662 9272 230 five five CD 1662 9272 231 - - HYPH 1662 9272 232 year year NN 1662 9272 233 term term NN 1662 9272 234 ; ; : 1662 9272 235 election election NN 1662 9272 236 last last JJ 1662 9272 237 held hold VBD 1662 9272 238 18 18 CD 1662 9272 239 November November NNP 1662 9272 240 1996 1996 CD 1662 9272 241 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9272 242 next next JJ 1662 9272 243 to to TO 1662 9272 244 be be VB 1662 9272 245 held hold VBN 1662 9272 246 October October NNP 1662 9272 247 2001 2001 CD 1662 9272 248 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9272 249 ; ; : 1662 9272 250 vice vice NN 1662 9272 251 president president NN 1662 9272 252 appointed appoint VBN 1662 9272 253 by by IN 1662 9272 254 the the DT 1662 9272 255 president president NNP 1662 9272 256 election election NN 1662 9272 257 results result NNS 1662 9272 258 : : : 1662 9272 259 Frederick Frederick NNP 1662 9272 260 CHILUBA CHILUBA NNP 1662 9272 261 elected elect VBD 1662 9272 262 president president NN 1662 9272 263 ; ; , 1662 9272 264 percent percent NN 1662 9272 265 of of IN 1662 9272 266 vote vote NN 1662 9272 267 - - HYPH 1662 9272 268 Frederick Frederick NNP 1662 9272 269 CHILUBA CHILUBA NNP 1662 9272 270 70 70 CD 1662 9272 271 % % NN 1662 9272 272 , , , 1662 9272 273 Dean Dean NNP 1662 9272 274 MUNGO'MBA MUNGO'MBA NNP 1662 9272 275 12 12 CD 1662 9272 276 % % NN 1662 9272 277 , , , 1662 9272 278 Humphrey Humphrey NNP 1662 9272 279 MULEMBA MULEMBA NNP 1662 9272 280 6 6 CD 1662 9272 281 % % NN 1662 9272 282 , , , 1662 9272 283 Akashambatwa Akashambatwa NNP 1662 9272 284 LEWANIKA LEWANIKA NNP 1662 9272 285 4 4 CD 1662 9272 286 % % NN 1662 9272 287 , , , 1662 9272 288 Chama Chama NNP 1662 9272 289 CHAKOMBOKA CHAKOMBOKA NNP 1662 9272 290 3 3 CD 1662 9272 291 % % NN 1662 9272 292 , , , 1662 9272 293 others other NNS 1662 9272 294 5 5 CD 1662 9272 295 % % NN 1662 9272 296 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 9272 297 branch branch NN 1662 9272 298 : : : 1662 9272 299 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 9272 300 National National NNP 1662 9272 301 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 9272 302 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9272 303 150 150 CD 1662 9272 304 seats seat NNS 1662 9272 305 ; ; : 1662 9272 306 members member NNS 1662 9272 307 are be VBP 1662 9272 308 elected elect VBN 1662 9272 309 by by IN 1662 9272 310 popular popular JJ 1662 9272 311 vote vote NN 1662 9272 312 to to TO 1662 9272 313 serve serve VB 1662 9272 314 five five CD 1662 9272 315 - - HYPH 1662 9272 316 year year NN 1662 9272 317 terms term NNS 1662 9272 318 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9272 319 elections election NNS 1662 9272 320 : : : 1662 9272 321 last last RB 1662 9272 322 held hold VBD 1662 9272 323 18 18 CD 1662 9272 324 November November NNP 1662 9272 325 1996 1996 CD 1662 9272 326 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9272 327 next next JJ 1662 9272 328 to to TO 1662 9272 329 be be VB 1662 9272 330 held hold VBN 1662 9272 331 October October NNP 1662 9272 332 2001 2001 CD 1662 9272 333 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9272 334 election election NN 1662 9272 335 results result NNS 1662 9272 336 : : : 1662 9272 337 percent percent NN 1662 9272 338 of of IN 1662 9272 339 vote vote NN 1662 9272 340 by by IN 1662 9272 341 party party NN 1662 9272 342 - - HYPH 1662 9272 343 NA NA NNP 1662 9272 344 ; ; , 1662 9272 345 seats seat NNS 1662 9272 346 by by IN 1662 9272 347 party party NN 1662 9272 348 - - HYPH 1662 9272 349 MMD MMD NNP 1662 9272 350 130 130 CD 1662 9272 351 , , , 1662 9272 352 NP NP NNP 1662 9272 353 5 5 CD 1662 9272 354 , , , 1662 9272 355 ZDC ZDC NNP 1662 9272 356 2 2 CD 1662 9272 357 , , , 1662 9272 358 AZ AZ NNP 1662 9272 359 2 2 CD 1662 9272 360 , , , 1662 9272 361 independents independent VBZ 1662 9272 362 11 11 CD 1662 9272 363 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 9272 364 branch branch NN 1662 9272 365 : : : 1662 9272 366 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 9272 367 Court Court NNP 1662 9272 368 , , , 1662 9272 369 justices justice NNS 1662 9272 370 are be VBP 1662 9272 371 appointed appoint VBN 1662 9272 372 by by IN 1662 9272 373 the the DT 1662 9272 374 president president NN 1662 9272 375 Political political JJ 1662 9272 376 parties party NNS 1662 9272 377 and and CC 1662 9272 378 leaders leader NNS 1662 9272 379 : : : 1662 9272 380 Agenda agenda VB 1662 9272 381 for for IN 1662 9272 382 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 9272 383 or or CC 1662 9272 384 AZ AZ NNP 1662 9272 385 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9272 386 Akashambatwa Akashambatwa NNP 1662 9272 387 LEWANIKA LEWANIKA NNP 1662 9272 388 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9272 389 ; ; : 1662 9272 390 Labor Labor NNP 1662 9272 391 Party Party NNP 1662 9272 392 or or CC 1662 9272 393 LP LP NNP 1662 9272 394 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9272 395 Chibiza Chibiza NNP 1662 9272 396 MFUNI MFUNI NNP 1662 9272 397 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9272 398 ; ; : 1662 9272 399 Liberal Liberal NNP 1662 9272 400 Progressive Progressive NNP 1662 9272 401 Front Front NNP 1662 9272 402 or or CC 1662 9272 403 LPF LPF NNP 1662 9272 404 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9272 405 Roger Roger NNP 1662 9272 406 CHONGWE CHONGWE NNP 1662 9272 407 , , , 1662 9272 408 president president NN 1662 9272 409 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9272 410 ; ; : 1662 9272 411 Movement Movement NNP 1662 9272 412 for for IN 1662 9272 413 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 9272 414 Process Process NNP 1662 9272 415 or or CC 1662 9272 416 MDP MDP NNP 1662 9272 417 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9272 418 Chama Chama NNP 1662 9272 419 CHAKOM CHAKOM NNP 1662 9272 420 BOKA BOKA NNP 1662 9272 421 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9272 422 ; ; : 1662 9272 423 Movement Movement NNP 1662 9272 424 for for IN 1662 9272 425 Multiparty Multiparty NNP 1662 9272 426 Democracy Democracy NNP 1662 9272 427 or or CC 1662 9272 428 MMD MMD NNP 1662 9272 429 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9272 430 Frederick Frederick NNP 1662 9272 431 CHILUBA CHILUBA NNP 1662 9272 432 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9272 433 ; ; : 1662 9272 434 National National NNP 1662 9272 435 Lima Lima NNP 1662 9272 436 Party Party NNP 1662 9272 437 or or CC 1662 9272 438 NLP NLP NNP 1662 9272 439 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9272 440 Guy Guy NNP 1662 9272 441 SCOTT SCOTT NNP 1662 9272 442 and and CC 1662 9272 443 Ben Ben NNP 1662 9272 444 KAPITA KAPITA NNP 1662 9272 445 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9272 446 ; ; : 1662 9272 447 National National NNP 1662 9272 448 Party Party NNP 1662 9272 449 or or CC 1662 9272 450 NP NP NNP 1662 9272 451 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9272 452 Humphrey Humphrey NNP 1662 9272 453 MULEMBIA MULEMBIA NNP 1662 9272 454 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9272 455 ; ; : 1662 9272 456 United United NNP 1662 9272 457 National National NNP 1662 9272 458 Independence Independence NNP 1662 9272 459 Party Party NNP 1662 9272 460 or or CC 1662 9272 461 UNIP UNIP NNP 1662 9272 462 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9272 463 Kenneth Kenneth NNP 1662 9272 464 KAUNDA KAUNDA NNP 1662 9272 465 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9272 466 ; ; : 1662 9272 467 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 9272 468 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 9272 469 Congress Congress NNP 1662 9272 470 or or CC 1662 9272 471 ZADACO ZADACO NNP 1662 9272 472 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9272 473 Dean dean JJ 1662 9272 474 MUNG'OMBA MUNG'OMBA NNS 1662 9272 475 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9272 476 International international JJ 1662 9272 477 organization organization NN 1662 9272 478 participation participation NN 1662 9272 479 : : : 1662 9272 480 ACP ACP NNP 1662 9272 481 , , , 1662 9272 482 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 9272 483 , , , 1662 9272 484 C C NNP 1662 9272 485 , , , 1662 9272 486 CCC CCC NNP 1662 9272 487 , , , 1662 9272 488 ECA ECA NNP 1662 9272 489 , , , 1662 9272 490 FAO FAO NNP 1662 9272 491 , , , 1662 9272 492 G-19 g-19 CD 1662 9272 493 , , , 1662 9272 494 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 9272 495 , , , 1662 9272 496 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 9272 497 , , , 1662 9272 498 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 9272 499 , , , 1662 9272 500 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 9272 501 , , , 1662 9272 502 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 9272 503 , , , 1662 9272 504 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 9272 505 , , , 1662 9272 506 IDA IDA NNP 1662 9272 507 , , , 1662 9272 508 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 9272 509 , , , 1662 9272 510 IFC IFC NNP 1662 9272 511 , , , 1662 9272 512 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 9272 513 , , , 1662 9272 514 ILO ILO NNP 1662 9272 515 , , , 1662 9272 516 IMF IMF NNP 1662 9272 517 , , , 1662 9272 518 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 9272 519 , , , 1662 9272 520 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 9272 521 , , , 1662 9272 522 IOC IOC NNP 1662 9272 523 , , , 1662 9272 524 IOM IOM NNP 1662 9272 525 , , , 1662 9272 526 ITU ITU NNP 1662 9272 527 , , , 1662 9272 528 NAM NAM NNP 1662 9272 529 , , , 1662 9272 530 OAU OAU NNP 1662 9272 531 , , , 1662 9272 532 SADC SADC NNP 1662 9272 533 , , , 1662 9272 534 UN UN NNP 1662 9272 535 , , , 1662 9272 536 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 9272 537 III III NNP 1662 9272 538 , , , 1662 9272 539 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 9272 540 , , , 1662 9272 541 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 9272 542 , , , 1662 9272 543 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 9272 544 , , , 1662 9272 545 UPU UPU NNP 1662 9272 546 , , , 1662 9272 547 WCL WCL NNP 1662 9272 548 , , , 1662 9272 549 WHO WHO NNP 1662 9272 550 , , , 1662 9272 551 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 9272 552 , , , 1662 9272 553 WMO WMO NNP 1662 9272 554 , , , 1662 9272 555 WToO wtoo FW 1662 9272 556 , , , 1662 9272 557 WTrO wtro VB 1662 9272 558 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 9272 559 representation representation NN 1662 9272 560 in in IN 1662 9272 561 the the DT 1662 9272 562 US US NNP 1662 9272 563 : : : 1662 9272 564 chief chief NN 1662 9272 565 of of IN 1662 9272 566 mission mission NN 1662 9272 567 : : : 1662 9272 568 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 9272 569 Dunstan Dunstan NNP 1662 9272 570 Weston Weston NNP 1662 9272 571 KAMANA KAMANA NNP 1662 9272 572 chancery chancery NN 1662 9272 573 : : : 1662 9272 574 2419 2419 CD 1662 9272 575 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 1662 9272 576 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 9272 577 NW NW NNP 1662 9272 578 , , , 1662 9272 579 Washington Washington NNP 1662 9272 580 , , , 1662 9272 581 DC DC NNP 1662 9272 582 20008 20008 CD 1662 9272 583 telephone telephone NN 1662 9272 584 : : : 1662 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- HYPH 1662 9282 3 composition composition NN 1662 9282 4 by by IN 1662 9282 5 sector sector NN 1662 9282 6 : : : 1662 9282 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 9282 8 : : : 1662 9282 9 32 32 CD 1662 9282 10 % % NN 1662 9282 11 industry industry NN 1662 9282 12 : : : 1662 9282 13 33 33 CD 1662 9282 14 % % NN 1662 9282 15 services service NNS 1662 9282 16 : : : 1662 9282 17 35 35 CD 1662 9282 18 % % NN 1662 9282 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9282 20 1994 1994 CD 1662 9282 21 est est NNP 1662 9282 22 . . . 1662 9282 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9283 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 9283 2 rate rate NN 1662 9283 3 - - HYPH 1662 9283 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 9283 5 price price NN 1662 9283 6 index index NN 1662 9283 7 : : : 1662 9283 8 34 34 CD 1662 9283 9 % % NN 1662 9283 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9283 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 9283 12 est est NNP 1662 9283 13 . . . 1662 9283 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9284 1 Labor labor NN 1662 9284 2 force force NN 1662 9284 3 : : : 1662 9284 4 total total NN 1662 9284 5 : : : 1662 9284 6 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 9284 7 million million CD 1662 9284 8 by by IN 1662 9284 9 occupation occupation NN 1662 9284 10 : : : 1662 9284 11 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 9284 12 85 85 CD 1662 9284 13 % % NN 1662 9284 14 , , , 1662 9284 15 mining mining NN 1662 9284 16 , , , 1662 9284 17 manufacturing manufacturing NN 1662 9284 18 , , , 1662 9284 19 and and CC 1662 9284 20 construction construction NN 1662 9284 21 6 6 CD 1662 9284 22 % % NN 1662 9284 23 , , , 1662 9284 24 transport transport NN 1662 9284 25 and and CC 1662 9284 26 services service NNS 1662 9284 27 9 9 CD 1662 9284 28 % % NN 1662 9284 29 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 9284 30 rate rate NN 1662 9284 31 : : : 1662 9284 32 22 22 CD 1662 9284 33 % % NN 1662 9284 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9284 35 1991 1991 CD 1662 9284 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9284 37 Budget budget NN 1662 9284 38 : : : 1662 9284 39 revenues revenue NNS 1662 9284 40 : : : 1662 9284 41 $ $ $ 1662 9284 42 888 888 CD 1662 9284 43 million million CD 1662 9284 44 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9284 45 : : : 1662 9284 46 $ $ $ 1662 9284 47 835 835 CD 1662 9284 48 million million CD 1662 9284 49 , , , 1662 9284 50 including include VBG 1662 9284 51 capital capital NN 1662 9284 52 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9284 53 of of IN 1662 9284 54 $ $ $ 1662 9284 55 110 110 CD 1662 9284 56 million million CD 1662 9284 57 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9284 58 1995 1995 CD 1662 9284 59 est est NNP 1662 9284 60 . . . 1662 9284 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9285 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 9285 2 : : : 1662 9285 3 copper copper NN 1662 9285 4 mining mining NN 1662 9285 5 and and CC 1662 9285 6 processing processing NN 1662 9285 7 , , , 1662 9285 8 construction construction NN 1662 9285 9 , , , 1662 9285 10 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 9285 11 , , , 1662 9285 12 beverages beverage NNS 1662 9285 13 , , , 1662 9285 14 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 9285 15 , , , 1662 9285 16 textiles textile NNS 1662 9285 17 , , , 1662 9285 18 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 9285 19 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 9285 20 production production NN 1662 9285 21 growth growth NN 1662 9285 22 rate rate NN 1662 9285 23 : : : 1662 9285 24 -1 -1 . 1662 9285 25 % % NN 1662 9285 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9285 27 1992 1992 CD 1662 9285 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9285 29 Electricity electricity NN 1662 9285 30 - 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NNP 1662 9286 58 , , , 1662 9286 59 1996 1996 CD 1662 9286 60 est est NNP 1662 9286 61 . . . 1662 9286 62 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9287 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 9287 2 : : : 1662 9287 3 copper copper NN 1662 9287 4 , , , 1662 9287 5 zinc zinc NN 1662 9287 6 , , , 1662 9287 7 cobalt cobalt NN 1662 9287 8 , , , 1662 9287 9 lead lead NN 1662 9287 10 , , , 1662 9287 11 tobacco tobacco NN 1662 9287 12 partners partner NNS 1662 9287 13 : : : 1662 9287 14 EU EU NNP 1662 9287 15 countries country NNS 1662 9287 16 , , , 1662 9287 17 Japan Japan NNP 1662 9287 18 , , , 1662 9287 19 South South NNP 1662 9287 20 Africa Africa NNP 1662 9287 21 , , , 1662 9287 22 US US NNP 1662 9287 23 , , , 1662 9287 24 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 9287 25 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 9287 26 , , , 1662 9287 27 India India NNP 1662 9287 28 , , , 1662 9287 29 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 9287 30 , , , 1662 9287 31 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 9287 32 Imports Imports NNPS 1662 9287 33 : : : 1662 9287 34 total total JJ 1662 9287 35 value value NN 1662 9287 36 : : : 1662 9287 37 $ $ $ 1662 9287 38 990 990 CD 1662 9287 39 million million CD 1662 9287 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9287 41 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 9287 42 . . NNP 1662 9287 43 , , , 1662 9287 44 1996 1996 CD 1662 9287 45 est est NNP 1662 9287 46 . . . 1662 9287 47 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9288 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 9288 2 : : : 1662 9288 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 9288 4 , , , 1662 9288 5 transportation transportation NN 1662 9288 6 equipment equipment NN 1662 9288 7 , , , 1662 9288 8 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 9288 9 , , , 1662 9288 10 fuels fuel NNS 1662 9288 11 , , , 1662 9288 12 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 9288 13 products product NNS 1662 9288 14 , , , 1662 9288 15 electricity electricity NN 1662 9288 16 , , , 1662 9288 17 miscellaneous miscellaneous JJ 1662 9288 18 manufactured manufacture VBN 1662 9288 19 goods good NNS 1662 9288 20 partners partner NNS 1662 9288 21 : : : 1662 9288 22 South South NNP 1662 9288 23 Africa Africa NNP 1662 9288 24 , , , 1662 9288 25 EU EU NNP 1662 9288 26 countries country NNS 1662 9288 27 , , , 1662 9288 28 Japan Japan NNP 1662 9288 29 , , , 1662 9288 30 Saudi Saudi NNP 1662 9288 31 Arabia Arabia NNP 1662 9288 32 , , , 1662 9288 33 US US NNP 1662 9288 34 Debt Debt NNP 1662 9288 35 - - HYPH 1662 9288 36 external external JJ 1662 9288 37 : : : 1662 9288 38 $ $ $ 1662 9288 39 7.2 7.2 CD 1662 9288 40 billion billion CD 1662 9288 41 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9288 42 1996 1996 CD 1662 9288 43 est est NNP 1662 9288 44 . . . 1662 9288 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9289 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 9289 2 aid aid NN 1662 9289 3 : : : 1662 9289 4 recipient recipient NN 1662 9289 5 : : : 1662 9289 6 ODA ODA NNP 1662 9289 7 , , , 1662 9289 8 $ $ $ 1662 9289 9 734 734 CD 1662 9289 10 million million CD 1662 9289 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9289 12 1993 1993 CD 1662 9289 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9289 14 Currency currency NN 1662 9289 15 : : : 1662 9289 16 1 1 CD 1662 9289 17 Zambian zambian JJ 1662 9289 18 kwacha kwacha NNS 1662 9289 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9289 20 ZK ZK NNP 1662 9289 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9289 22 = = NFP 1662 9289 23 100 100 CD 1662 9289 24 ngwee ngwee NNP 1662 9289 25 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 9289 26 rates rate NNS 1662 9289 27 : : : 1662 9289 28 Zambian Zambian NNP 1662 9289 29 kwacha kwacha NNP 1662 9289 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9289 31 ZK ZK NNP 1662 9289 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9289 33 per per IN 1662 9289 34 US$ us$ $ 1662 9289 35 1 1 CD 1662 9289 36 - - SYM 1662 9289 37 1,250 1,250 CD 1662 9289 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9289 39 January January NNP 1662 9289 40 1997 1997 CD 1662 9289 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9289 42 , , , 1662 9289 43 1,250 1,250 CD 1662 9289 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9289 45 1996 1996 CD 1662 9289 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9289 47 , , , 1662 9289 48 833.33 833.33 CD 1662 9289 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9289 50 1995 1995 CD 1662 9289 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9289 52 , , , 1662 9289 53 769.23 769.23 CD 1662 9289 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9289 55 1994 1994 CD 1662 9289 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9289 57 , , , 1662 9289 58 434.78 434.78 CD 1662 9289 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9289 60 1993 1993 CD 1662 9289 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9289 62 , , , 1662 9289 63 156.25 156.25 CD 1662 9289 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9289 65 1992 1992 CD 1662 9289 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9289 67 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 9289 68 year year NN 1662 9289 69 : : : 1662 9289 70 calendar calendar NNP 1662 9289 71 year year NN 1662 9289 72 @Zambia @zambia XX 1662 9289 73 : : : 1662 9289 74 Communications Communications NNPS 1662 9289 75 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 9289 76 : : : 1662 9289 77 80,900 80,900 CD 1662 9289 78 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9289 79 1987 1987 CD 1662 9289 80 est est NNP 1662 9289 81 . . . 1662 9289 82 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9290 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 9290 2 system system NN 1662 9290 3 : : : 1662 9290 4 facilities facility NNS 1662 9290 5 are be VBP 1662 9290 6 among among IN 1662 9290 7 the the DT 1662 9290 8 best good JJS 1662 9290 9 in in IN 1662 9290 10 Sub Sub NNP 1662 9290 11 - - HYPH 1662 9290 12 Saharan Saharan NNP 1662 9290 13 Africa Africa NNP 1662 9290 14 domestic domestic JJ 1662 9290 15 : : : 1662 9290 16 high high JJ 1662 9290 17 - - HYPH 1662 9290 18 capacity capacity NN 1662 9290 19 microwave microwave NN 1662 9290 20 radio radio NN 1662 9290 21 relay relay NN 1662 9290 22 connects connect NNS 1662 9290 23 most most RBS 1662 9290 24 larger large JJR 1662 9290 25 towns town NNS 1662 9290 26 and and CC 1662 9290 27 cities city NNS 1662 9290 28 international international JJ 1662 9290 29 : : : 1662 9290 30 satellite satellite NN 1662 9290 31 earth earth NN 1662 9290 32 stations station NNS 1662 9290 33 - - , 1662 9290 34 2 2 CD 1662 9290 35 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 9290 36 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9290 37 1 1 CD 1662 9290 38 Indian Indian NNP 1662 9290 39 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 9290 40 and and CC 1662 9290 41 1 1 CD 1662 9290 42 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 9290 43 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 9290 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9290 45 Radio radio NN 1662 9290 46 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 9290 47 stations station NNS 1662 9290 48 : : : 1662 9290 49 AM am VBP 1662 9290 50 11 11 CD 1662 9290 51 , , , 1662 9290 52 FM FM NNP 1662 9290 53 5 5 CD 1662 9290 54 , , , 1662 9290 55 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 9290 56 0 0 CD 1662 9290 57 Radios radio NNS 1662 9290 58 : : : 1662 9290 59 1,889,140 1,889,140 CD 1662 9290 60 Television television NN 1662 9290 61 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 9290 62 stations station NNS 1662 9290 63 : : : 1662 9290 64 9 9 CD 1662 9290 65 Televisions television NNS 1662 9290 66 : : : 1662 9290 67 215,000 215,000 CD 1662 9290 68 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9290 69 1995 1995 CD 1662 9290 70 est est NNP 1662 9290 71 . . . 1662 9290 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9291 1 @Zambia @zambia NN 1662 9291 2 : : : 1662 9291 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 9291 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 9291 5 : : : 1662 9291 6 total total NN 1662 9291 7 : : : 1662 9291 8 2,164 2,164 CD 1662 9291 9 km km NNS 1662 9291 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9291 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 9291 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9291 13 narrow narrow JJ 1662 9291 14 gauge gauge NN 1662 9291 15 : : : 1662 9291 16 2,164 2,164 CD 1662 9291 17 km km NN 1662 9291 18 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 9291 19 gauge gauge NN 1662 9291 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9291 21 13 13 CD 1662 9291 22 km km NN 1662 9291 23 double double JJ 1662 9291 24 track track NN 1662 9291 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9291 26 note note NN 1662 9291 27 : : : 1662 9291 28 the the DT 1662 9291 29 total total NN 1662 9291 30 includes include VBZ 1662 9291 31 891 891 CD 1662 9291 32 km km NNS 1662 9291 33 of of IN 1662 9291 34 the the DT 1662 9291 35 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 9291 36 - - HYPH 1662 9291 37 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 9291 38 Railway Railway NNP 1662 9291 39 Authority Authority NNP 1662 9291 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9291 41 TAZARA TAZARA NNP 1662 9291 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9291 43 , , , 1662 9291 44 which which WDT 1662 9291 45 operates operate VBZ 1662 9291 46 1,860 1,860 CD 1662 9291 47 km km NNS 1662 9291 48 of of IN 1662 9291 49 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 9291 50 narrow narrow JJ 1662 9291 51 gauge gauge NN 1662 9291 52 track track NN 1662 9291 53 between between IN 1662 9291 54 Dar Dar NNP 1662 9291 55 es es NNP 1662 9291 56 Salaam Salaam NNP 1662 9291 57 and and CC 1662 9291 58 New New NNP 1662 9291 59 Kapiri Kapiri NNP 1662 9291 60 Mposhi Mposhi NNP 1662 9291 61 where where WRB 1662 9291 62 it -PRON- PRP 1662 9291 63 connects connect VBZ 1662 9291 64 to to IN 1662 9291 65 the the DT 1662 9291 66 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 9291 67 Railways Railways NNP 1662 9291 68 system system NN 1662 9291 69 ; ; : 1662 9291 70 TAZARA TAZARA NNP 1662 9291 71 is be VBZ 1662 9291 72 not not RB 1662 9291 73 a a DT 1662 9291 74 part part NN 1662 9291 75 of of IN 1662 9291 76 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 9291 77 Railways Railways NNP 1662 9291 78 Highways Highways NNP 1662 9291 79 : : : 1662 9291 80 total total NN 1662 9291 81 : : : 1662 9291 82 37,359 37,359 CD 1662 9291 83 km km NN 1662 9291 84 paved pave VBN 1662 9291 85 : : : 1662 9291 86 6,575 6,575 CD 1662 9291 87 km km NNS 1662 9291 88 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9291 89 including include VBG 1662 9291 90 56 56 CD 1662 9291 91 km km NNS 1662 9291 92 of of IN 1662 9291 93 expressways expressway NNS 1662 9291 94 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9291 95 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 9291 96 : : : 1662 9291 97 30,784 30,784 CD 1662 9291 98 km km NNS 1662 9291 99 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9291 100 1993 1993 CD 1662 9291 101 est est NNP 1662 9291 102 . . . 1662 9291 103 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9292 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 9292 2 : : : 1662 9292 3 2,250 2,250 CD 1662 9292 4 km km NNS 1662 9292 5 , , , 1662 9292 6 including include VBG 1662 9292 7 Zambezi Zambezi NNP 1662 9292 8 and and CC 1662 9292 9 Luapula Luapula NNP 1662 9292 10 rivers river NNS 1662 9292 11 , , , 1662 9292 12 Lake Lake NNP 1662 9292 13 Tanganyika Tanganyika NNP 1662 9292 14 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 9292 15 : : : 1662 9292 16 crude crude JJ 1662 9292 17 oil oil NN 1662 9292 18 1,724 1,724 CD 1662 9292 19 km km NNP 1662 9292 20 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 9292 21 and and CC 1662 9292 22 harbors harbor NNS 1662 9292 23 : : : 1662 9292 24 Mpulungu Mpulungu NNP 1662 9292 25 Airports Airports NNP 1662 9292 26 : : : 1662 9292 27 103 103 CD 1662 9292 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9292 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 9292 30 est est NNP 1662 9292 31 . . . 1662 9292 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9293 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 9293 2 - - , 1662 9293 3 with with IN 1662 9293 4 paved paved JJ 1662 9293 5 runways runway NNS 1662 9293 6 : : : 1662 9293 7 total total NN 1662 9293 8 : : : 1662 9293 9 42 42 CD 1662 9293 10 over over IN 1662 9293 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 9293 12 m m NN 1662 9293 13 : : : 1662 9293 14 1 1 CD 1662 9293 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 9293 16 to to IN 1662 9293 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 9293 18 m m NN 1662 9293 19 : : : 1662 9293 20 3 3 CD 1662 9293 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 9293 22 to to TO 1662 9293 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 9293 24 m m NN 1662 9293 25 : : : 1662 9293 26 4 4 CD 1662 9293 27 914 914 CD 1662 9293 28 to to TO 1662 9293 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 9293 30 m m NN 1662 9293 31 : : : 1662 9293 32 2 2 CD 1662 9293 33 under under IN 1662 9293 34 914 914 CD 1662 9293 35 m m NN 1662 9293 36 : : : 1662 9293 37 32 32 CD 1662 9293 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9293 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 9293 40 est est NNP 1662 9293 41 . . . 1662 9293 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9294 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 9294 2 - - , 1662 9294 3 with with IN 1662 9294 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 9294 5 runways runway NNS 1662 9294 6 : : : 1662 9294 7 total total NN 1662 9294 8 : : : 1662 9294 9 61 61 CD 1662 9294 10 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 9294 11 to to TO 1662 9294 12 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 9294 13 m m NN 1662 9294 14 : : : 1662 9294 15 1 1 CD 1662 9294 16 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 9294 17 to to TO 1662 9294 18 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 9294 19 m m NN 1662 9294 20 : : : 1662 9294 21 4 4 CD 1662 9294 22 914 914 CD 1662 9294 23 to to TO 1662 9294 24 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 9294 25 m m NN 1662 9294 26 : : : 1662 9294 27 56 56 CD 1662 9294 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9294 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 9294 30 est est NNP 1662 9294 31 . . . 1662 9294 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9295 1 Military military JJ 1662 9295 2 Military military JJ 1662 9295 3 branches branch NNS 1662 9295 4 : : : 1662 9295 5 Army Army NNP 1662 9295 6 , , , 1662 9295 7 Air Air NNP 1662 9295 8 Force Force NNP 1662 9295 9 , , , 1662 9295 10 paramilitary paramilitary JJ 1662 9295 11 forces force NNS 1662 9295 12 , , , 1662 9295 13 Police Police NNPS 1662 9295 14 Military Military NNP 1662 9295 15 manpower manpower NN 1662 9295 16 - - HYPH 1662 9295 17 availability availability NN 1662 9295 18 : : : 1662 9295 19 males male NNS 1662 9295 20 age age NNP 1662 9295 21 15 15 CD 1662 9295 22 - - HYPH 1662 9295 23 49 49 CD 1662 9295 24 : : SYM 1662 9295 25 1,990,403 1,990,403 CD 1662 9295 26 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9295 27 1997 1997 CD 1662 9295 28 est est NNP 1662 9295 29 . . . 1662 9295 30 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9296 1 Military military JJ 1662 9296 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 9296 3 - - HYPH 1662 9296 4 fit fit NN 1662 9296 5 for for IN 1662 9296 6 military military JJ 1662 9296 7 service service NN 1662 9296 8 : : : 1662 9296 9 males male NNS 1662 9296 10 : : : 1662 9296 11 1,051,227 1,051,227 CD 1662 9296 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9296 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 9296 14 est est NNP 1662 9296 15 . . . 1662 9296 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9297 1 Military military JJ 1662 9297 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9297 3 - - HYPH 1662 9297 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 9297 5 figure figure NN 1662 9297 6 : : : 1662 9297 7 $ $ $ 1662 9297 8 96 96 CD 1662 9297 9 million million CD 1662 9297 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9297 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 9297 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9297 13 Military military JJ 1662 9297 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9297 15 - - : 1662 9297 16 percent percent NN 1662 9297 17 of of IN 1662 9297 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 9297 19 : : : 1662 9297 20 2.7 2.7 CD 1662 9297 21 % % NN 1662 9297 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9297 23 1995 1995 CD 1662 9297 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9297 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 9297 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 9297 27 Disputes Disputes NNP 1662 9297 28 - - HYPH 1662 9297 29 international international JJ 1662 9297 30 : : : 1662 9297 31 quadripoint quadripoint NN 1662 9297 32 with with IN 1662 9297 33 Botswana Botswana NNP 1662 9297 34 , , , 1662 9297 35 Namibia Namibia NNP 1662 9297 36 , , , 1662 9297 37 and and CC 1662 9297 38 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 9297 39 is be VBZ 1662 9297 40 in in IN 1662 9297 41 disagreement disagreement NN 1662 9297 42 ; ; : 1662 9297 43 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 9297 44 Republic Republic NNP 1662 9297 45 of of IN 1662 9297 46 the the DT 1662 9297 47 Congo Congo NNP 1662 9297 48 - - HYPH 1662 9297 49 Tanzania Tanzania NNP 1662 9297 50 - - HYPH 1662 9297 51 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 9297 52 tripoint tripoint NN 1662 9297 53 in in IN 1662 9297 54 Lake Lake NNP 1662 9297 55 Tanganyika Tanganyika NNP 1662 9297 56 may may MD 1662 9297 57 no no RB 1662 9297 58 longer longer RB 1662 9297 59 be be VB 1662 9297 60 indefinite indefinite JJ 1662 9297 61 since since IN 1662 9297 62 it -PRON- PRP 1662 9297 63 has have VBZ 1662 9297 64 been be VBN 1662 9297 65 informally informally RB 1662 9297 66 reported report VBN 1662 9297 67 that that IN 1662 9297 68 the the DT 1662 9297 69 indefinite indefinite JJ 1662 9297 70 section section NN 1662 9297 71 of of IN 1662 9297 72 the the DT 1662 9297 73 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 9297 74 Republic Republic NNP 1662 9297 75 of of IN 1662 9297 76 the the DT 1662 9297 77 Congo Congo NNP 1662 9297 78 - - HYPH 1662 9297 79 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 9297 80 boundary boundary NN 1662 9297 81 has have VBZ 1662 9297 82 been be VBN 1662 9297 83 settled settle VBN 1662 9297 84 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 9297 85 drugs drug NNS 1662 9297 86 : : : 1662 9297 87 transshipment transshipment NN 1662 9297 88 point point NN 1662 9297 89 for for IN 1662 9297 90 methaqualone methaqualone NN 1662 9297 91 , , , 1662 9297 92 heroin heroin NN 1662 9297 93 , , , 1662 9297 94 and and CC 1662 9297 95 cocaine cocaine NN 1662 9297 96 bound bind VBN 1662 9297 97 for for IN 1662 9297 98 Southern Southern NNP 1662 9297 99 Africa Africa NNP 1662 9297 100 and and CC 1662 9297 101 Europe Europe NNP 1662 9297 102 ; ; : 1662 9297 103 regional regional JJ 1662 9297 104 money money NN 1662 9297 105 - - HYPH 1662 9297 106 laundering launder VBG 1662 9297 107 center center NN 1662 9297 108 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 109 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 110 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 111 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 112 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 113 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 114 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 115 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 116 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 117 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 118 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 119 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 120 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 121 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 122 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 123 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 124 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 125 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 126 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 127 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 128 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 129 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 130 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 131 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 132 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 133 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 134 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 135 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 136 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 137 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 138 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 139 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 140 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 141 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 142 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 143 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 144 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 145 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 146 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 147 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 148 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 149 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 150 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 151 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 152 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 153 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 154 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 155 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 156 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 157 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 158 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 159 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 160 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 161 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 162 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 163 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 164 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 165 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 166 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 167 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 168 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 169 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 170 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 171 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 172 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 173 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 174 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 175 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 176 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 177 _ _ NNP 1662 9297 178 ZIMBABWE ZIMBABWE NNP 1662 9297 179 @Zimbabwe @Zimbabwe NNP 1662 9297 180 : : : 1662 9297 181 Geography Geography NNP 1662 9297 182 Location Location NNP 1662 9297 183 : : : 1662 9297 184 Southern Southern NNP 1662 9297 185 Africa Africa NNP 1662 9297 186 , , , 1662 9297 187 northeast northeast RB 1662 9297 188 of of IN 1662 9297 189 Botswana Botswana NNP 1662 9297 190 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 9297 191 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 9297 192 : : : 1662 9297 193 20 20 CD 1662 9297 194 00 00 NFP 1662 9297 195 S s NN 1662 9297 196 , , , 1662 9297 197 30 30 CD 1662 9297 198 00 00 CD 1662 9297 199 E e NN 1662 9297 200 Map Map NNP 1662 9297 201 references reference NNS 1662 9297 202 : : : 1662 9297 203 Africa Africa NNP 1662 9297 204 Area Area NNP 1662 9297 205 : : : 1662 9297 206 total total NN 1662 9297 207 : : : 1662 9297 208 390,580 390,580 CD 1662 9297 209 sq sq NN 1662 9297 210 km km NNP 1662 9297 211 land land NN 1662 9297 212 : : : 1662 9297 213 386,670 386,670 CD 1662 9297 214 sq sq NNP 1662 9297 215 km km NNP 1662 9297 216 water water NN 1662 9297 217 : : : 1662 9297 218 3,910 3,910 CD 1662 9297 219 sq sq NNP 1662 9297 220 km km NNP 1662 9297 221 Area area NN 1662 9297 222 - - HYPH 1662 9297 223 comparative comparative JJ 1662 9297 224 : : : 1662 9297 225 slightly slightly RB 1662 9297 226 larger large JJR 1662 9297 227 than than IN 1662 9297 228 Montana Montana NNP 1662 9297 229 Land Land NNP 1662 9297 230 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 9297 231 : : : 1662 9297 232 total total JJ 1662 9297 233 : : : 1662 9297 234 3,066 3,066 CD 1662 9297 235 km km NN 1662 9297 236 border border NN 1662 9297 237 countries country NNS 1662 9297 238 : : : 1662 9297 239 Botswana Botswana NNP 1662 9297 240 813 813 CD 1662 9297 241 km km NN 1662 9297 242 , , , 1662 9297 243 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 9297 244 1,231 1,231 CD 1662 9297 245 km km NNS 1662 9297 246 , , , 1662 9297 247 South South NNP 1662 9297 248 Africa Africa NNP 1662 9297 249 225 225 CD 1662 9297 250 km km NNS 1662 9297 251 , , , 1662 9297 252 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 9297 253 797 797 CD 1662 9297 254 km km NN 1662 9297 255 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 9297 256 : : : 1662 9297 257 0 0 CD 1662 9297 258 km km NN 1662 9297 259 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9297 260 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 9297 261 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9297 262 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 9297 263 claims claim VBZ 1662 9297 264 : : : 1662 9297 265 none none NN 1662 9297 266 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9297 267 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 9297 268 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9297 269 Climate climate NN 1662 9297 270 : : : 1662 9297 271 tropical tropical JJ 1662 9297 272 ; ; : 1662 9297 273 moderated moderate VBN 1662 9297 274 by by IN 1662 9297 275 altitude altitude NN 1662 9297 276 ; ; : 1662 9297 277 rainy rainy JJ 1662 9297 278 season season NN 1662 9297 279 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9297 280 November November NNP 1662 9297 281 to to IN 1662 9297 282 March March NNP 1662 9297 283 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9297 284 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 9297 285 : : : 1662 9297 286 mostly mostly RB 1662 9297 287 high high JJ 1662 9297 288 plateau plateau NN 1662 9297 289 with with IN 1662 9297 290 higher high JJR 1662 9297 291 central central JJ 1662 9297 292 plateau plateau NN 1662 9297 293 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9297 294 high high JJ 1662 9297 295 veld veld NN 1662 9297 296 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9297 297 ; ; : 1662 9297 298 mountains mountain NNS 1662 9297 299 in in IN 1662 9297 300 east east NNP 1662 9297 301 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 9297 302 extremes extreme NNS 1662 9297 303 : : : 1662 9297 304 lowest low JJS 1662 9297 305 point point NN 1662 9297 306 : : : 1662 9297 307 junction junction NN 1662 9297 308 of of IN 1662 9297 309 the the DT 1662 9297 310 Lundi Lundi NNP 1662 9297 311 and and CC 1662 9297 312 Savi Savi NNP 1662 9297 313 rivers river NNS 1662 9297 314 162 162 CD 1662 9297 315 m m NN 1662 9297 316 highest high JJS 1662 9297 317 point point NN 1662 9297 318 : : : 1662 9297 319 Inyangani Inyangani NNP 1662 9297 320 2,592 2,592 CD 1662 9297 321 m m NNP 1662 9297 322 Natural natural JJ 1662 9297 323 resources resource NNS 1662 9297 324 : : : 1662 9297 325 coal coal NN 1662 9297 326 , , , 1662 9297 327 chromium chromium NN 1662 9297 328 ore ore NN 1662 9297 329 , , , 1662 9297 330 asbestos asbestos NN 1662 9297 331 , , , 1662 9297 332 gold gold NN 1662 9297 333 , , , 1662 9297 334 nickel nickel NN 1662 9297 335 , , , 1662 9297 336 copper copper NN 1662 9297 337 , , , 1662 9297 338 iron iron NN 1662 9297 339 ore ore NN 1662 9297 340 , , , 1662 9297 341 vanadium vanadium NN 1662 9297 342 , , , 1662 9297 343 lithium lithium NN 1662 9297 344 , , , 1662 9297 345 tin tin NN 1662 9297 346 , , , 1662 9297 347 platinum platinum NN 1662 9297 348 group group NN 1662 9297 349 metals metal NNS 1662 9297 350 Land Land NNP 1662 9297 351 use use NN 1662 9297 352 : : : 1662 9297 353 arable arable JJ 1662 9297 354 land land NN 1662 9297 355 : : : 1662 9297 356 7 7 CD 1662 9297 357 % % NN 1662 9297 358 permanent permanent JJ 1662 9297 359 crops crop NNS 1662 9297 360 : : : 1662 9297 361 0 0 CD 1662 9297 362 % % NN 1662 9297 363 permanent permanent JJ 1662 9297 364 pastures pasture NNS 1662 9297 365 : : : 1662 9297 366 13 13 CD 1662 9297 367 % % NN 1662 9297 368 forests forest NNS 1662 9297 369 and and CC 1662 9297 370 woodland woodland NN 1662 9297 371 : : : 1662 9297 372 23 23 CD 1662 9297 373 % % NN 1662 9297 374 other other JJ 1662 9297 375 : : : 1662 9297 376 57 57 CD 1662 9297 377 % % NN 1662 9297 378 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9297 379 1993 1993 CD 1662 9297 380 est est NNP 1662 9297 381 . . . 1662 9297 382 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9298 1 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 9298 2 land land NN 1662 9298 3 : : : 1662 9298 4 1,930 1,930 CD 1662 9298 5 sq sq NNP 1662 9298 6 km km NNP 1662 9298 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9298 8 1993 1993 CD 1662 9298 9 est est NNP 1662 9298 10 . . . 1662 9298 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9299 1 Natural natural JJ 1662 9299 2 hazards hazard NNS 1662 9299 3 : : : 1662 9299 4 recurring recur VBG 1662 9299 5 droughts drought NNS 1662 9299 6 ; ; : 1662 9299 7 floods flood NNS 1662 9299 8 and and CC 1662 9299 9 severe severe JJ 1662 9299 10 storms storm NNS 1662 9299 11 are be VBP 1662 9299 12 rare rare JJ 1662 9299 13 Environment Environment NNP 1662 9299 14 - - HYPH 1662 9299 15 current current JJ 1662 9299 16 issues issue NNS 1662 9299 17 : : : 1662 9299 18 deforestation deforestation NN 1662 9299 19 ; ; , 1662 9299 20 soil soil NN 1662 9299 21 erosion erosion NN 1662 9299 22 ; ; : 1662 9299 23 land land NN 1662 9299 24 degradation degradation NN 1662 9299 25 ; ; , 1662 9299 26 air air NN 1662 9299 27 and and CC 1662 9299 28 water water NN 1662 9299 29 pollution pollution NN 1662 9299 30 ; ; : 1662 9299 31 the the DT 1662 9299 32 black black JJ 1662 9299 33 rhinoceros rhinoceros NNP 1662 9299 34 herd herd NN 1662 9299 35 - - : 1662 9299 36 once once IN 1662 9299 37 the the DT 1662 9299 38 largest large JJS 1662 9299 39 concentration concentration NN 1662 9299 40 of of IN 1662 9299 41 the the DT 1662 9299 42 species specie NNS 1662 9299 43 in in IN 1662 9299 44 the the DT 1662 9299 45 world world NN 1662 9299 46 - - , 1662 9299 47 has have VBZ 1662 9299 48 been be VBN 1662 9299 49 significantly significantly RB 1662 9299 50 reduced reduce VBN 1662 9299 51 by by IN 1662 9299 52 poaching poach VBG 1662 9299 53 Environment Environment NNP 1662 9299 54 - - HYPH 1662 9299 55 international international JJ 1662 9299 56 agreements agreement NNS 1662 9299 57 : : : 1662 9299 58 party party NN 1662 9299 59 to to TO 1662 9299 60 : : : 1662 9299 61 Biodiversity biodiversity NN 1662 9299 62 , , , 1662 9299 63 Climate Climate NNP 1662 9299 64 Change Change NNP 1662 9299 65 , , , 1662 9299 66 Endangered Endangered NNP 1662 9299 67 Species Species NNPS 1662 9299 68 , , , 1662 9299 69 Law Law NNP 1662 9299 70 of of IN 1662 9299 71 the the DT 1662 9299 72 Sea Sea NNP 1662 9299 73 , , , 1662 9299 74 Ozone Ozone NNP 1662 9299 75 Layer Layer NNP 1662 9299 76 Protection Protection NNP 1662 9299 77 signed sign VBD 1662 9299 78 , , , 1662 9299 79 but but CC 1662 9299 80 not not RB 1662 9299 81 ratified ratified JJ 1662 9299 82 : : : 1662 9299 83 Desertification Desertification NNP 1662 9299 84 Geography Geography NNP 1662 9299 85 - - HYPH 1662 9299 86 note note NN 1662 9299 87 : : : 1662 9299 88 landlocked landlocke VBN 1662 9299 89 @Zimbabwe @Zimbabwe NNP 1662 9299 90 : : : 1662 9299 91 People People NNP 1662 9299 92 Population Population NNP 1662 9299 93 : : : 1662 9299 94 11,423,175 11,423,175 CD 1662 9299 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9299 96 July July NNP 1662 9299 97 1997 1997 CD 1662 9299 98 est est NNP 1662 9299 99 . . . 1662 9299 100 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9300 1 Age age NN 1662 9300 2 structure structure NN 1662 9300 3 : : : 1662 9300 4 0 0 CD 1662 9300 5 - - HYPH 1662 9300 6 14 14 CD 1662 9300 7 years year NNS 1662 9300 8 : : : 1662 9300 9 43 43 CD 1662 9300 10 % % NN 1662 9300 11 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9300 12 male male JJ 1662 9300 13 2,507,219 2,507,219 CD 1662 9300 14 ; ; : 1662 9300 15 female female JJ 1662 9300 16 2,471,357 2,471,357 CD 1662 9300 17 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9300 18 15 15 CD 1662 9300 19 - - SYM 1662 9300 20 64 64 CD 1662 9300 21 years year NNS 1662 9300 22 : : : 1662 9300 23 54 54 CD 1662 9300 24 % % NN 1662 9300 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9300 26 male male JJ 1662 9300 27 3,020,632 3,020,632 CD 1662 9300 28 ; ; : 1662 9300 29 female female JJ 1662 9300 30 3,106,729 3,106,729 CD 1662 9300 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9300 32 65 65 CD 1662 9300 33 years year NNS 1662 9300 34 and and CC 1662 9300 35 over over IN 1662 9300 36 : : : 1662 9300 37 3 3 CD 1662 9300 38 % % NN 1662 9300 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9300 40 male male JJ 1662 9300 41 154,231 154,231 CD 1662 9300 42 ; ; : 1662 9300 43 female female JJ 1662 9300 44 163,007 163,007 CD 1662 9300 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9300 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9300 47 July July NNP 1662 9300 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 9300 49 est est NNP 1662 9300 50 . . . 1662 9300 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9301 1 Population population NN 1662 9301 2 growth growth NN 1662 9301 3 rate rate NN 1662 9301 4 : : : 1662 9301 5 1.26 1.26 CD 1662 9301 6 % % NN 1662 9301 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9301 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 9301 9 est est NNP 1662 9301 10 . . . 1662 9301 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9302 1 Birth birth NN 1662 9302 2 rate rate NN 1662 9302 3 : : : 1662 9302 4 31.65 31.65 CD 1662 9302 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 9302 6 population population NN 1662 9302 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9302 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 9302 9 est est NNP 1662 9302 10 . . . 1662 9302 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9303 1 Death death NN 1662 9303 2 rate rate NN 1662 9303 3 : : : 1662 9303 4 19.02 19.02 CD 1662 9303 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 9303 6 population population NN 1662 9303 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9303 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 9303 9 est est NNP 1662 9303 10 . . . 1662 9303 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9304 1 Net net JJ 1662 9304 2 migration migration NN 1662 9304 3 rate rate NN 1662 9304 4 : : : 1662 9304 5 NA NA NNP 1662 9304 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 9304 7 population population NN 1662 9304 8 note note NN 1662 9304 9 : : : 1662 9304 10 there there EX 1662 9304 11 is be VBZ 1662 9304 12 a a DT 1662 9304 13 small small JJ 1662 9304 14 but but CC 1662 9304 15 steady steady JJ 1662 9304 16 flow flow NN 1662 9304 17 of of IN 1662 9304 18 Zimbabweans Zimbabweans NNPS 1662 9304 19 into into IN 1662 9304 20 South South NNP 1662 9304 21 Africa Africa NNP 1662 9304 22 in in IN 1662 9304 23 search search NN 1662 9304 24 of of IN 1662 9304 25 better well JJR 1662 9304 26 paid pay VBN 1662 9304 27 employment employment NN 1662 9304 28 Sex sex NN 1662 9304 29 ratio ratio NN 1662 9304 30 : : : 1662 9304 31 at at IN 1662 9304 32 birth birth NN 1662 9304 33 : : : 1662 9304 34 1.03 1.03 CD 1662 9304 35 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9304 36 under under IN 1662 9304 37 15 15 CD 1662 9304 38 years year NNS 1662 9304 39 : : : 1662 9304 40 1.01 1.01 CD 1662 9304 41 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9304 42 15 15 CD 1662 9304 43 - - HYPH 1662 9304 44 64 64 CD 1662 9304 45 years year NNS 1662 9304 46 : : : 1662 9304 47 0.97 0.97 CD 1662 9304 48 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9304 49 65 65 CD 1662 9304 50 years year NNS 1662 9304 51 and and CC 1662 9304 52 over over IN 1662 9304 53 : : : 1662 9304 54 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 9304 55 male(s)/female male(s)/female JJ 1662 9304 56 total total JJ 1662 9304 57 population population NN 1662 9304 58 : : : 1662 9304 59 0.99 0.99 CD 1662 9304 60 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9304 61 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9304 62 1997 1997 CD 1662 9304 63 est est NNP 1662 9304 64 . . . 1662 9304 65 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9305 1 Infant infant NN 1662 9305 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 9305 3 rate rate NN 1662 9305 4 : : : 1662 9305 5 72.6 72.6 CD 1662 9305 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 9305 7 live live JJ 1662 9305 8 births birth NNS 1662 9305 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9305 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 9305 11 est est NNP 1662 9305 12 . . . 1662 9305 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9306 1 Life life NN 1662 9306 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 9306 3 at at IN 1662 9306 4 birth birth NN 1662 9306 5 : : : 1662 9306 6 total total JJ 1662 9306 7 population population NN 1662 9306 8 : : : 1662 9306 9 40.84 40.84 CD 1662 9306 10 years year NNS 1662 9306 11 male male JJ 1662 9306 12 : : : 1662 9306 13 40.85 40.85 CD 1662 9306 14 years year NNS 1662 9306 15 female female JJ 1662 9306 16 : : : 1662 9306 17 40.83 40.83 CD 1662 9306 18 years year NNS 1662 9306 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9306 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 9306 21 est est NNP 1662 9306 22 . . . 1662 9306 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9307 1 Total total JJ 1662 9307 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 9307 3 rate rate NN 1662 9307 4 : : : 1662 9307 5 3.94 3.94 CD 1662 9307 6 children child NNS 1662 9307 7 born bear VBN 1662 9307 8 / / SYM 1662 9307 9 woman woman NN 1662 9307 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9307 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 9307 12 est est NNP 1662 9307 13 . . . 1662 9307 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9308 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 9308 2 : : : 1662 9308 3 noun noun NNP 1662 9308 4 : : : 1662 9308 5 Zimbabwean(s Zimbabwean(s NNP 1662 9308 6 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9308 7 adjective adjective NN 1662 9308 8 : : : 1662 9308 9 Zimbabwean Zimbabwean NNP 1662 9308 10 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 9308 11 groups group NNS 1662 9308 12 : : : 1662 9308 13 African african JJ 1662 9308 14 98 98 CD 1662 9308 15 % % NN 1662 9308 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9308 17 Shona Shona NNP 1662 9308 18 71 71 CD 1662 9308 19 % % NN 1662 9308 20 , , , 1662 9308 21 Ndebele Ndebele NNP 1662 9308 22 16 16 CD 1662 9308 23 % % NN 1662 9308 24 , , , 1662 9308 25 other other JJ 1662 9308 26 11 11 CD 1662 9308 27 % % NN 1662 9308 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9308 29 , , , 1662 9308 30 white white JJ 1662 9308 31 1 1 CD 1662 9308 32 % % NN 1662 9308 33 , , , 1662 9308 34 mixed mixed JJ 1662 9308 35 and and CC 1662 9308 36 Asian asian JJ 1662 9308 37 1 1 CD 1662 9308 38 % % NN 1662 9308 39 Religions religion NNS 1662 9308 40 : : : 1662 9308 41 syncretic syncretic JJ 1662 9308 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9308 43 part part NN 1662 9308 44 Christian Christian NNP 1662 9308 45 , , , 1662 9308 46 part part NN 1662 9308 47 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 9308 48 beliefs belief NNS 1662 9308 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9308 50 50 50 CD 1662 9308 51 % % NN 1662 9308 52 , , , 1662 9308 53 Christian Christian NNP 1662 9308 54 25 25 CD 1662 9308 55 % % NN 1662 9308 56 , , , 1662 9308 57 indigenous indigenous JJ 1662 9308 58 beliefs belief NNS 1662 9308 59 24 24 CD 1662 9308 60 % % NN 1662 9308 61 , , , 1662 9308 62 Muslim Muslim NNP 1662 9308 63 and and CC 1662 9308 64 other other JJ 1662 9308 65 1 1 CD 1662 9308 66 % % NN 1662 9308 67 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 9308 68 : : : 1662 9308 69 English English NNP 1662 9308 70 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9308 71 official official NN 1662 9308 72 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9308 73 , , , 1662 9308 74 Shona Shona NNP 1662 9308 75 , , , 1662 9308 76 Sindebele Sindebele NNP 1662 9308 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9308 78 the the DT 1662 9308 79 language language NN 1662 9308 80 of of IN 1662 9308 81 the the DT 1662 9308 82 Ndebele Ndebele NNP 1662 9308 83 , , , 1662 9308 84 sometimes sometimes RB 1662 9308 85 called call VBN 1662 9308 86 Ndebele Ndebele NNP 1662 9308 87 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9308 88 , , , 1662 9308 89 numerous numerous JJ 1662 9308 90 but but CC 1662 9308 91 minor minor JJ 1662 9308 92 tribal tribal JJ 1662 9308 93 dialects dialect NNS 1662 9308 94 Literacy literacy NN 1662 9308 95 : : : 1662 9308 96 definition definition NN 1662 9308 97 : : : 1662 9308 98 age age NN 1662 9308 99 15 15 CD 1662 9308 100 and and CC 1662 9308 101 over over RB 1662 9308 102 can can MD 1662 9308 103 read read VB 1662 9308 104 and and CC 1662 9308 105 write write VB 1662 9308 106 in in IN 1662 9308 107 English english JJ 1662 9308 108 total total JJ 1662 9308 109 population population NN 1662 9308 110 : : : 1662 9308 111 85 85 CD 1662 9308 112 % % NN 1662 9308 113 male male NN 1662 9308 114 : : : 1662 9308 115 90 90 CD 1662 9308 116 % % NN 1662 9308 117 female female NN 1662 9308 118 : : : 1662 9308 119 80 80 CD 1662 9308 120 % % NN 1662 9308 121 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9308 122 1995 1995 CD 1662 9308 123 est est NNP 1662 9308 124 . . . 1662 9308 125 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9309 1 @Zimbabwe @Zimbabwe NNP 1662 9309 2 : : : 1662 9309 3 Government Government NNP 1662 9309 4 Country Country NNP 1662 9309 5 name name NN 1662 9309 6 : : : 1662 9309 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 9309 8 long long JJ 1662 9309 9 form form NN 1662 9309 10 : : : 1662 9309 11 Republic Republic NNP 1662 9309 12 of of IN 1662 9309 13 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 9309 14 conventional conventional JJ 1662 9309 15 short short JJ 1662 9309 16 form form NN 1662 9309 17 : : : 1662 9309 18 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 9309 19 former former JJ 1662 9309 20 : : : 1662 9309 21 Southern Southern NNP 1662 9309 22 Rhodesia Rhodesia NNP 1662 9309 23 Data Data NNP 1662 9309 24 code code NN 1662 9309 25 : : : 1662 9309 26 ZI ZI NNP 1662 9309 27 Government Government NNP 1662 9309 28 type type NN 1662 9309 29 : : : 1662 9309 30 parliamentary parliamentary JJ 1662 9309 31 democracy democracy NN 1662 9309 32 National national JJ 1662 9309 33 capital capital NN 1662 9309 34 : : : 1662 9309 35 Harare Harare NNP 1662 9309 36 Administrative Administrative NNP 1662 9309 37 divisions division NNS 1662 9309 38 : : : 1662 9309 39 8 8 CD 1662 9309 40 provinces province NNS 1662 9309 41 and and CC 1662 9309 42 2 2 CD 1662 9309 43 cities city NNS 1662 9309 44 * * NFP 1662 9309 45 with with IN 1662 9309 46 provincial provincial JJ 1662 9309 47 status status NN 1662 9309 48 ; ; : 1662 9309 49 Bulawayo bulawayo JJ 1662 9309 50 * * NFP 1662 9309 51 , , , 1662 9309 52 Harare Harare NNP 1662 9309 53 * * NFP 1662 9309 54 , , , 1662 9309 55 Manicaland Manicaland NNP 1662 9309 56 , , , 1662 9309 57 Mashonaland Mashonaland NNP 1662 9309 58 Central Central NNP 1662 9309 59 , , , 1662 9309 60 Mashonaland Mashonaland NNP 1662 9309 61 East East NNP 1662 9309 62 , , , 1662 9309 63 Mashonaland Mashonaland NNP 1662 9309 64 West West NNP 1662 9309 65 , , , 1662 9309 66 Masvingo Masvingo NNP 1662 9309 67 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9309 68 Victoria Victoria NNP 1662 9309 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9309 70 , , , 1662 9309 71 Matabeleland Matabeleland NNP 1662 9309 72 North North NNP 1662 9309 73 , , , 1662 9309 74 Matabeleland Matabeleland NNP 1662 9309 75 South South NNP 1662 9309 76 , , , 1662 9309 77 Midlands midland VBZ 1662 9309 78 Independence Independence NNP 1662 9309 79 : : : 1662 9309 80 18 18 CD 1662 9309 81 April April NNP 1662 9309 82 1980 1980 CD 1662 9309 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9309 84 from from IN 1662 9309 85 UK UK NNP 1662 9309 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9309 87 National national JJ 1662 9309 88 holiday holiday NN 1662 9309 89 : : : 1662 9309 90 Independence Independence NNP 1662 9309 91 Day Day NNP 1662 9309 92 , , , 1662 9309 93 18 18 CD 1662 9309 94 April April NNP 1662 9309 95 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9309 96 1980 1980 CD 1662 9309 97 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9309 98 Constitution constitution NN 1662 9309 99 : : : 1662 9309 100 21 21 CD 1662 9309 101 December December NNP 1662 9309 102 1979 1979 CD 1662 9309 103 Legal legal JJ 1662 9309 104 system system NN 1662 9309 105 : : : 1662 9309 106 mixture mixture NN 1662 9309 107 of of IN 1662 9309 108 Roman roman JJ 1662 9309 109 - - HYPH 1662 9309 110 Dutch dutch JJ 1662 9309 111 and and CC 1662 9309 112 English english JJ 1662 9309 113 common common JJ 1662 9309 114 law law NN 1662 9309 115 Suffrage suffrage NN 1662 9309 116 : : : 1662 9309 117 18 18 CD 1662 9309 118 years year NNS 1662 9309 119 of of IN 1662 9309 120 age age NN 1662 9309 121 ; ; : 1662 9309 122 universal universal JJ 1662 9309 123 Executive Executive NNP 1662 9309 124 branch branch NN 1662 9309 125 : : : 1662 9309 126 chief chief NN 1662 9309 127 of of IN 1662 9309 128 state state NN 1662 9309 129 : : : 1662 9309 130 Executive executive JJ 1662 9309 131 President President NNP 1662 9309 132 Robert Robert NNP 1662 9309 133 Gabriel Gabriel NNP 1662 9309 134 MUGABE MUGABE NNP 1662 9309 135 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9309 136 since since IN 1662 9309 137 31 31 CD 1662 9309 138 December December NNP 1662 9309 139 1987 1987 CD 1662 9309 140 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9309 141 ; ; : 1662 9309 142 Co Co NNP 1662 9309 143 - - NN 1662 9309 144 Vice Vice NNP 1662 9309 145 Presidents president NNS 1662 9309 146 Simon Simon NNP 1662 9309 147 Vengai Vengai NNP 1662 9309 148 MUZENDA MUZENDA NNP 1662 9309 149 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9309 150 since since IN 1662 9309 151 31 31 CD 1662 9309 152 December December NNP 1662 9309 153 1987 1987 CD 1662 9309 154 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9309 155 and and CC 1662 9309 156 Joshua Joshua NNP 1662 9309 157 M. M. NNP 1662 9309 158 NKOMO NKOMO NNP 1662 9309 159 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9309 160 since since IN 1662 9309 161 6 6 CD 1662 9309 162 August August NNP 1662 9309 163 1990 1990 CD 1662 9309 164 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9309 165 ; ; : 1662 9309 166 note note VB 1662 9309 167 - - : 1662 9309 168 the the DT 1662 9309 169 president president NN 1662 9309 170 is be VBZ 1662 9309 171 both both CC 1662 9309 172 the the DT 1662 9309 173 chief chief NN 1662 9309 174 of of IN 1662 9309 175 state state NN 1662 9309 176 and and CC 1662 9309 177 head head NN 1662 9309 178 of of IN 1662 9309 179 government government NN 1662 9309 180 head head NN 1662 9309 181 of of IN 1662 9309 182 government government NN 1662 9309 183 : : : 1662 9309 184 Executive executive JJ 1662 9309 185 President President NNP 1662 9309 186 Robert Robert NNP 1662 9309 187 Gabriel Gabriel NNP 1662 9309 188 MUGABE MUGABE NNP 1662 9309 189 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9309 190 since since IN 1662 9309 191 31 31 CD 1662 9309 192 December December NNP 1662 9309 193 1987 1987 CD 1662 9309 194 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9309 195 ; ; : 1662 9309 196 Co Co NNP 1662 9309 197 - - NN 1662 9309 198 Vice Vice NNP 1662 9309 199 Presidents president NNS 1662 9309 200 Simon Simon NNP 1662 9309 201 Vengai Vengai NNP 1662 9309 202 MUZENDA MUZENDA NNP 1662 9309 203 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9309 204 since since IN 1662 9309 205 31 31 CD 1662 9309 206 December December NNP 1662 9309 207 1987 1987 CD 1662 9309 208 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9309 209 and and CC 1662 9309 210 Joshua Joshua NNP 1662 9309 211 M. M. NNP 1662 9309 212 NKOMO NKOMO NNP 1662 9309 213 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9309 214 since since IN 1662 9309 215 6 6 CD 1662 9309 216 August August NNP 1662 9309 217 1990 1990 CD 1662 9309 218 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9309 219 ; ; : 1662 9309 220 note note VB 1662 9309 221 - - : 1662 9309 222 the the DT 1662 9309 223 president president NN 1662 9309 224 is be VBZ 1662 9309 225 both both CC 1662 9309 226 the the DT 1662 9309 227 chief chief NN 1662 9309 228 of of IN 1662 9309 229 state state NN 1662 9309 230 and and CC 1662 9309 231 head head NN 1662 9309 232 of of IN 1662 9309 233 government government NN 1662 9309 234 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 9309 235 : : : 1662 9309 236 Cabinet Cabinet NNP 1662 9309 237 appointed appoint VBN 1662 9309 238 by by IN 1662 9309 239 the the DT 1662 9309 240 president president NN 1662 9309 241 ; ; : 1662 9309 242 responsible responsible JJ 1662 9309 243 to to IN 1662 9309 244 the the DT 1662 9309 245 House House NNP 1662 9309 246 of of IN 1662 9309 247 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 9309 248 elections election NNS 1662 9309 249 : : : 1662 9309 250 president president NN 1662 9309 251 nominated nominate VBN 1662 9309 252 by by IN 1662 9309 253 the the DT 1662 9309 254 House House NNP 1662 9309 255 of of IN 1662 9309 256 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 9309 257 for for IN 1662 9309 258 a a DT 1662 9309 259 six six CD 1662 9309 260 - - HYPH 1662 9309 261 year year NN 1662 9309 262 term term NN 1662 9309 263 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9309 264 if if IN 1662 9309 265 more more JJR 1662 9309 266 than than IN 1662 9309 267 one one CD 1662 9309 268 nomination nomination NN 1662 9309 269 , , , 1662 9309 270 an an DT 1662 9309 271 electoral electoral JJ 1662 9309 272 college college NN 1662 9309 273 consisting consist VBG 1662 9309 274 of of IN 1662 9309 275 members member NNS 1662 9309 276 of of IN 1662 9309 277 the the DT 1662 9309 278 House House NNP 1662 9309 279 of of IN 1662 9309 280 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 9309 281 elects elect VBZ 1662 9309 282 the the DT 1662 9309 283 president president NN 1662 9309 284 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9309 285 ; ; : 1662 9309 286 election election NN 1662 9309 287 last last JJ 1662 9309 288 held hold VBD 1662 9309 289 26 26 CD 1662 9309 290 - - SYM 1662 9309 291 27 27 CD 1662 9309 292 March March NNP 1662 9309 293 1996 1996 CD 1662 9309 294 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9309 295 next next JJ 1662 9309 296 to to TO 1662 9309 297 be be VB 1662 9309 298 held hold VBN 1662 9309 299 NA NA NNP 1662 9309 300 March March NNP 1662 9309 301 2002 2002 CD 1662 9309 302 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9309 303 ; ; : 1662 9309 304 co co JJ 1662 9309 305 - - JJ 1662 9309 306 vice vice JJ 1662 9309 307 presidents president NNS 1662 9309 308 appointed appoint VBN 1662 9309 309 by by IN 1662 9309 310 the the DT 1662 9309 311 president president NNP 1662 9309 312 election election NN 1662 9309 313 results result NNS 1662 9309 314 : : : 1662 9309 315 Robert Robert NNP 1662 9309 316 Gabriel Gabriel NNP 1662 9309 317 MUGABE MUGABE NNP 1662 9309 318 elected elect VBD 1662 9309 319 president president NN 1662 9309 320 ; ; , 1662 9309 321 percent percent NN 1662 9309 322 of of IN 1662 9309 323 electoral electoral JJ 1662 9309 324 college college NN 1662 9309 325 vote vote NN 1662 9309 326 - - HYPH 1662 9309 327 Robert Robert NNP 1662 9309 328 Gabriel Gabriel NNP 1662 9309 329 MUGABE MUGABE NNP 1662 9309 330 92.7 92.7 CD 1662 9309 331 % % NN 1662 9309 332 , , , 1662 9309 333 Abel Abel NNP 1662 9309 334 MUZOREWA MUZOREWA NNP 1662 9309 335 4.8 4.8 CD 1662 9309 336 % % NN 1662 9309 337 ; ; : 1662 9309 338 Ndabaningi Ndabaningi NNP 1662 9309 339 SITHOLE SITHOLE NNP 1662 9309 340 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 9309 341 % % NN 1662 9309 342 Legislative legislative JJ 1662 9309 343 branch branch NN 1662 9309 344 : : : 1662 9309 345 unicameral unicameral JJ 1662 9309 346 parliament parliament NN 1662 9309 347 , , , 1662 9309 348 called call VBD 1662 9309 349 House House NNP 1662 9309 350 of of IN 1662 9309 351 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 9309 352 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9309 353 150 150 CD 1662 9309 354 seats seat NNS 1662 9309 355 , , , 1662 9309 356 120 120 CD 1662 9309 357 of of IN 1662 9309 358 which which WDT 1662 9309 359 are be VBP 1662 9309 360 directly directly RB 1662 9309 361 elected elect VBN 1662 9309 362 by by IN 1662 9309 363 popular popular JJ 1662 9309 364 vote vote NN 1662 9309 365 for for IN 1662 9309 366 six six CD 1662 9309 367 - - HYPH 1662 9309 368 year year NN 1662 9309 369 terms term NNS 1662 9309 370 ; ; : 1662 9309 371 of of IN 1662 9309 372 the the DT 1662 9309 373 other other JJ 1662 9309 374 30 30 CD 1662 9309 375 seats seat NNS 1662 9309 376 , , , 1662 9309 377 12 12 CD 1662 9309 378 are be VBP 1662 9309 379 nominated nominate VBN 1662 9309 380 by by IN 1662 9309 381 the the DT 1662 9309 382 president president NN 1662 9309 383 , , , 1662 9309 384 10 10 CD 1662 9309 385 are be VBP 1662 9309 386 occupied occupy VBN 1662 9309 387 by by IN 1662 9309 388 traditional traditional JJ 1662 9309 389 chiefs chief NNS 1662 9309 390 chosen choose VBN 1662 9309 391 by by IN 1662 9309 392 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 9309 393 peers peer NNS 1662 9309 394 , , , 1662 9309 395 and and CC 1662 9309 396 8 8 CD 1662 9309 397 by by IN 1662 9309 398 provincial provincial JJ 1662 9309 399 governors governor NNS 1662 9309 400 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9309 401 elections election NNS 1662 9309 402 : : : 1662 9309 403 last last RB 1662 9309 404 held hold VBD 1662 9309 405 8 8 CD 1662 9309 406 - - SYM 1662 9309 407 9 9 CD 1662 9309 408 April April NNP 1662 9309 409 1995 1995 CD 1662 9309 410 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9309 411 next next JJ 1662 9309 412 to to TO 1662 9309 413 be be VB 1662 9309 414 held hold VBN 1662 9309 415 NA NA NNP 1662 9309 416 April April NNP 1662 9309 417 2001 2001 CD 1662 9309 418 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9309 419 election election NN 1662 9309 420 results result NNS 1662 9309 421 : : : 1662 9309 422 percent percent NN 1662 9309 423 of of IN 1662 9309 424 vote vote NN 1662 9309 425 by by IN 1662 9309 426 party party NN 1662 9309 427 - - HYPH 1662 9309 428 NA NA NNP 1662 9309 429 ; ; , 1662 9309 430 seats seat NNS 1662 9309 431 by by IN 1662 9309 432 party party NN 1662 9309 433 - - HYPH 1662 9309 434 ZANU ZANU NNP 1662 9309 435 - - HYPH 1662 9309 436 PF PF NNP 1662 9309 437 117 117 CD 1662 9309 438 , , , 1662 9309 439 ZANU ZANU NNP 1662 9309 440 - - HYPH 1662 9309 441 Ndonga Ndonga NNP 1662 9309 442 2 2 CD 1662 9309 443 , , , 1662 9309 444 independent independent JJ 1662 9309 445 1 1 CD 1662 9309 446 Judicial judicial JJ 1662 9309 447 branch branch NN 1662 9309 448 : : : 1662 9309 449 Supreme Supreme NNP 1662 9309 450 Court Court NNP 1662 9309 451 Political political JJ 1662 9309 452 parties party NNS 1662 9309 453 and and CC 1662 9309 454 leaders leader NNS 1662 9309 455 : : : 1662 9309 456 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 9309 457 African African NNP 1662 9309 458 National National NNP 1662 9309 459 Union Union NNP 1662 9309 460 - - HYPH 1662 9309 461 Patriotic Patriotic NNP 1662 9309 462 Front front NN 1662 9309 463 or or CC 1662 9309 464 ZANU ZANU NNP 1662 9309 465 - - HYPH 1662 9309 466 PF PF NNP 1662 9309 467 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9309 468 Robert Robert NNP 1662 9309 469 MUGABE MUGABE NNP 1662 9309 470 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9309 471 ; ; : 1662 9309 472 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 9309 473 African African NNP 1662 9309 474 National National NNP 1662 9309 475 Union Union NNP 1662 9309 476 - - HYPH 1662 9309 477 NDONGA NDONGA NNP 1662 9309 478 or or CC 1662 9309 479 ZANU zanu NN 1662 9309 480 - - HYPH 1662 9309 481 NDONGA NDONGA NNP 1662 9309 482 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9309 483 Ndabaningi Ndabaningi NNP 1662 9309 484 SITHOLE SITHOLE NNP 1662 9309 485 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9309 486 ; ; : 1662 9309 487 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 9309 488 Unity Unity NNP 1662 9309 489 Movement Movement NNP 1662 9309 490 or or CC 1662 9309 491 ZUM ZUM NNP 1662 9309 492 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9309 493 Edgar Edgar NNP 1662 9309 494 TEKERE TEKERE NNP 1662 9309 495 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9309 496 ; ; : 1662 9309 497 Democratic Democratic NNP 1662 9309 498 Party Party NNP 1662 9309 499 or or CC 1662 9309 500 DP DP NNP 1662 9309 501 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9309 502 Emmanuel Emmanuel NNP 1662 9309 503 MAGOCHE MAGOCHE NNP 1662 9309 504 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9309 505 ; ; : 1662 9309 506 Forum Forum NNP 1662 9309 507 Party Party NNP 1662 9309 508 of of IN 1662 9309 509 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 9309 510 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9309 511 Enock Enock NNP 1662 9309 512 DUMBUTSHENA DUMBUTSHENA NNP 1662 9309 513 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9309 514 ; ; : 1662 9309 515 United United NNP 1662 9309 516 Parties Parties NNP 1662 9309 517 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9309 518 Abel Abel NNP 1662 9309 519 MUZOREWA MUZOREWA NNP 1662 9309 520 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9309 521 International international JJ 1662 9309 522 organization organization NN 1662 9309 523 participation participation NN 1662 9309 524 : : : 1662 9309 525 ACP ACP NNP 1662 9309 526 , , , 1662 9309 527 AfDB AfDB NNP 1662 9309 528 , , , 1662 9309 529 C C NNP 1662 9309 530 , , , 1662 9309 531 CCC CCC NNP 1662 9309 532 , , , 1662 9309 533 ECA ECA NNP 1662 9309 534 , , , 1662 9309 535 FAO FAO NNP 1662 9309 536 , , , 1662 9309 537 G-15 g-15 CD 1662 9309 538 , , , 1662 9309 539 G-77 g-77 CD 1662 9309 540 , , , 1662 9309 541 IAEA IAEA NNP 1662 9309 542 , , , 1662 9309 543 IBRD IBRD NNP 1662 9309 544 , , , 1662 9309 545 ICAO ICAO NNP 1662 9309 546 , , , 1662 9309 547 ICFTU ICFTU NNP 1662 9309 548 , , , 1662 9309 549 ICRM ICRM NNP 1662 9309 550 , , , 1662 9309 551 IDA IDA NNP 1662 9309 552 , , , 1662 9309 553 IFAD IFAD NNP 1662 9309 554 , , , 1662 9309 555 IFC IFC NNP 1662 9309 556 , , , 1662 9309 557 IFRCS IFRCS NNP 1662 9309 558 , , , 1662 9309 559 ILO ILO NNP 1662 9309 560 , , , 1662 9309 561 IMF IMF NNP 1662 9309 562 , , , 1662 9309 563 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 9309 564 , , , 1662 9309 565 Interpol Interpol NNP 1662 9309 566 , , , 1662 9309 567 IOC IOC NNP 1662 9309 568 , , , 1662 9309 569 IOM IOM NNP 1662 9309 570 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9309 571 observer observer NN 1662 9309 572 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9309 573 , , , 1662 9309 574 ISO ISO NNP 1662 9309 575 , , , 1662 9309 576 ITU ITU NNP 1662 9309 577 , , , 1662 9309 578 NAM NAM NNP 1662 9309 579 , , , 1662 9309 580 OAU OAU NNP 1662 9309 581 , , , 1662 9309 582 PCA PCA NNP 1662 9309 583 , , , 1662 9309 584 SADC SADC NNP 1662 9309 585 , , , 1662 9309 586 UN UN NNP 1662 9309 587 , , , 1662 9309 588 UNAVEM UNAVEM NNP 1662 9309 589 III III NNP 1662 9309 590 , , , 1662 9309 591 UNCTAD UNCTAD NNP 1662 9309 592 , , , 1662 9309 593 UNESCO UNESCO NNP 1662 9309 594 , , , 1662 9309 595 UNIDO UNIDO NNP 1662 9309 596 , , , 1662 9309 597 UPU UPU NNP 1662 9309 598 , , , 1662 9309 599 WCL WCL NNP 1662 9309 600 , , , 1662 9309 601 WFTU WFTU NNP 1662 9309 602 , , , 1662 9309 603 WHO who WP 1662 9309 604 , , , 1662 9309 605 WIPO WIPO NNP 1662 9309 606 , , , 1662 9309 607 WMO WMO NNP 1662 9309 608 , , , 1662 9309 609 WToO wtoo FW 1662 9309 610 , , , 1662 9309 611 WTrO wtro VB 1662 9309 612 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 9309 613 representation representation NN 1662 9309 614 in in IN 1662 9309 615 the the DT 1662 9309 616 US US NNP 1662 9309 617 : : : 1662 9309 618 chief chief NN 1662 9309 619 of of IN 1662 9309 620 mission mission NN 1662 9309 621 : : : 1662 9309 622 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 9309 623 Amos Amos NNP 1662 9309 624 Bernard Bernard NNP 1662 9309 625 Muvengwa Muvengwa NNP 1662 9309 626 MIDZI MIDZI NNP 1662 9309 627 chancery chancery NN 1662 9309 628 : : : 1662 9309 629 1608 1608 CD 1662 9309 630 New New NNP 1662 9309 631 Hampshire Hampshire NNP 1662 9309 632 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 9309 633 NW NW NNP 1662 9309 634 , , , 1662 9309 635 Washington Washington NNP 1662 9309 636 , , , 1662 9309 637 DC DC NNP 1662 9309 638 20009 20009 CD 1662 9309 639 telephone telephone NN 1662 9309 640 : : : 1662 9309 641 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9309 642 1 1 CD 1662 9309 643 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9309 644 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9309 645 202 202 CD 1662 9309 646 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9309 647 332 332 CD 1662 9309 648 - - HYPH 1662 9309 649 7100 7100 CD 1662 9309 650 FAX FAX NNP 1662 9309 651 : : : 1662 9309 652 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9309 653 1 1 CD 1662 9309 654 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9309 655 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9309 656 202 202 CD 1662 9309 657 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9309 658 483 483 CD 1662 9309 659 - - HYPH 1662 9309 660 9326 9326 CD 1662 9309 661 Diplomatic diplomatic JJ 1662 9309 662 representation representation NN 1662 9309 663 from from IN 1662 9309 664 the the DT 1662 9309 665 US US NNP 1662 9309 666 : : : 1662 9309 667 chief chief NN 1662 9309 668 of of IN 1662 9309 669 mission mission NN 1662 9309 670 : : : 1662 9309 671 Ambassador Ambassador NNP 1662 9309 672 Johnnie Johnnie NNP 1662 9309 673 CARSON CARSON NNP 1662 9309 674 embassy embassy NN 1662 9309 675 : : : 1662 9309 676 172 172 CD 1662 9309 677 Herbert Herbert NNP 1662 9309 678 Chitepo Chitepo NNP 1662 9309 679 Avenue Avenue NNP 1662 9309 680 , , , 1662 9309 681 Harare Harare NNP 1662 9309 682 mailing mail VBG 1662 9309 683 address address NN 1662 9309 684 : : : 1662 9309 685 P. P. NNP 1662 9309 686 O. O. NNP 1662 9310 1 Box Box NNP 1662 9310 2 3340 3340 CD 1662 9310 3 , , , 1662 9310 4 Harare Harare NNP 1662 9310 5 telephone telephone NN 1662 9310 6 : : : 1662 9310 7 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9310 8 263 263 CD 1662 9310 9 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9310 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9310 11 4 4 CD 1662 9310 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9310 13 794521 794521 CD 1662 9310 14 FAX FAX NNP 1662 9310 15 : : : 1662 9310 16 [ [ -LRB- 1662 9310 17 263 263 CD 1662 9310 18 ] ] -RRB- 1662 9310 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9310 20 4 4 CD 1662 9310 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9310 22 796488 796488 CD 1662 9310 23 Flag flag NN 1662 9310 24 description description NN 1662 9310 25 : : : 1662 9310 26 seven seven CD 1662 9310 27 equal equal JJ 1662 9310 28 horizontal horizontal JJ 1662 9310 29 bands band NNS 1662 9310 30 of of IN 1662 9310 31 green green JJ 1662 9310 32 , , , 1662 9310 33 yellow yellow JJ 1662 9310 34 , , , 1662 9310 35 red red JJ 1662 9310 36 , , , 1662 9310 37 black black JJ 1662 9310 38 , , , 1662 9310 39 red red JJ 1662 9310 40 , , , 1662 9310 41 yellow yellow JJ 1662 9310 42 , , , 1662 9310 43 and and CC 1662 9310 44 green green JJ 1662 9310 45 with with IN 1662 9310 46 a a DT 1662 9310 47 white white JJ 1662 9310 48 equilateral equilateral JJ 1662 9310 49 triangle triangle NN 1662 9310 50 edged edge VBD 1662 9310 51 in in IN 1662 9310 52 black black NN 1662 9310 53 based base VBN 1662 9310 54 on on IN 1662 9310 55 the the DT 1662 9310 56 hoist hoist NN 1662 9310 57 side side NN 1662 9310 58 ; ; : 1662 9310 59 a a DT 1662 9310 60 yellow yellow JJ 1662 9310 61 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 9310 62 bird bird NN 1662 9310 63 is be VBZ 1662 9310 64 superimposed superimpose VBN 1662 9310 65 on on IN 1662 9310 66 a a DT 1662 9310 67 red red JJ 1662 9310 68 five five CD 1662 9310 69 - - HYPH 1662 9310 70 pointed point VBN 1662 9310 71 star star NN 1662 9310 72 in in IN 1662 9310 73 the the DT 1662 9310 74 center center NN 1662 9310 75 of of IN 1662 9310 76 the the DT 1662 9310 77 triangle triangle NN 1662 9310 78 Economy Economy NNP 1662 9310 79 Economy Economy NNP 1662 9310 80 - - HYPH 1662 9310 81 overview overview NN 1662 9310 82 : : : 1662 9310 83 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 9310 84 employs employ VBZ 1662 9310 85 70 70 CD 1662 9310 86 % % NN 1662 9310 87 of of IN 1662 9310 88 the the DT 1662 9310 89 labor labor NN 1662 9310 90 force force NN 1662 9310 91 of of IN 1662 9310 92 this this DT 1662 9310 93 landlocked landlocked JJ 1662 9310 94 nation nation NN 1662 9310 95 and and CC 1662 9310 96 supplies supply VBZ 1662 9310 97 almost almost RB 1662 9310 98 40 40 CD 1662 9310 99 % % NN 1662 9310 100 of of IN 1662 9310 101 exports export NNS 1662 9310 102 . . . 1662 9311 1 Mining mining NN 1662 9311 2 accounts account VBZ 1662 9311 3 for for IN 1662 9311 4 only only RB 1662 9311 5 5 5 CD 1662 9311 6 % % NN 1662 9311 7 of of IN 1662 9311 8 both both DT 1662 9311 9 GDP gdp NN 1662 9311 10 and and CC 1662 9311 11 employment employment NN 1662 9311 12 , , , 1662 9311 13 but but CC 1662 9311 14 minerals mineral NNS 1662 9311 15 and and CC 1662 9311 16 metals metal NNS 1662 9311 17 account account VBP 1662 9311 18 for for IN 1662 9311 19 about about RB 1662 9311 20 40 40 CD 1662 9311 21 % % NN 1662 9311 22 of of IN 1662 9311 23 exports export NNS 1662 9311 24 . . . 1662 9312 1 Severe severe JJ 1662 9312 2 drought drought NN 1662 9312 3 caused cause VBD 1662 9312 4 GDP GDP NNP 1662 9312 5 to to TO 1662 9312 6 drop drop VB 1662 9312 7 8 8 CD 1662 9312 8 % % NN 1662 9312 9 in in IN 1662 9312 10 1992 1992 CD 1662 9312 11 , , , 1662 9312 12 with with IN 1662 9312 13 growth growth NN 1662 9312 14 rebounding rebound VBG 1662 9312 15 to to IN 1662 9312 16 2 2 CD 1662 9312 17 % % NN 1662 9312 18 in in IN 1662 9312 19 1993 1993 CD 1662 9312 20 and and CC 1662 9312 21 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 9312 22 % % NN 1662 9312 23 in in IN 1662 9312 24 1994 1994 CD 1662 9312 25 , , , 1662 9312 26 only only RB 1662 9312 27 to to TO 1662 9312 28 drop drop VB 1662 9312 29 by by IN 1662 9312 30 2.4 2.4 CD 1662 9312 31 % % NN 1662 9312 32 in in IN 1662 9312 33 1995 1995 CD 1662 9312 34 . . . 1662 9313 1 The the DT 1662 9313 2 government government NN 1662 9313 3 is be VBZ 1662 9313 4 continuing continue VBG 1662 9313 5 to to TO 1662 9313 6 push push VB 1662 9313 7 its -PRON- PRP$ 1662 9313 8 IMF IMF NNP 1662 9313 9 / / SYM 1662 9313 10 World World NNP 1662 9313 11 Bank Bank NNP 1662 9313 12 structural structural JJ 1662 9313 13 adjustment adjustment NN 1662 9313 14 program program NN 1662 9313 15 aimed aim VBN 1662 9313 16 at at IN 1662 9313 17 encouraging encourage VBG 1662 9313 18 exports export NNS 1662 9313 19 and and CC 1662 9313 20 foreign foreign JJ 1662 9313 21 investment investment NN 1662 9313 22 . . . 1662 9314 1 Officials official NNS 1662 9314 2 face face VBP 1662 9314 3 the the DT 1662 9314 4 difficult difficult JJ 1662 9314 5 task task NN 1662 9314 6 of of IN 1662 9314 7 restraining restrain VBG 1662 9314 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9314 9 in in IN 1662 9314 10 their -PRON- PRP$ 1662 9314 11 effort effort NN 1662 9314 12 to to TO 1662 9314 13 keep keep VB 1662 9314 14 inflation inflation NN 1662 9314 15 within within IN 1662 9314 16 bounds bound NNS 1662 9314 17 . . . 1662 9315 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 9315 2 : : : 1662 9315 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 9315 4 power power NN 1662 9315 5 parity parity NN 1662 9315 6 - 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- HYPH 1662 9319 4 consumer consumer NN 1662 9319 5 price price NN 1662 9319 6 index index NN 1662 9319 7 : : : 1662 9319 8 21.7 21.7 CD 1662 9319 9 % % NN 1662 9319 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9319 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 9319 12 est est NNP 1662 9319 13 . . . 1662 9319 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9320 1 Labor labor NN 1662 9320 2 force force NN 1662 9320 3 : : : 1662 9320 4 total total NN 1662 9320 5 : : : 1662 9320 6 4.228 4.228 CD 1662 9320 7 million million CD 1662 9320 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9320 9 1993 1993 CD 1662 9320 10 est est NNP 1662 9320 11 . . . 1662 9320 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9321 1 by by IN 1662 9321 2 occupation occupation NN 1662 9321 3 : : : 1662 9321 4 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 9321 5 70 70 CD 1662 9321 6 % % NN 1662 9321 7 , , , 1662 9321 8 transport transport NN 1662 9321 9 and and CC 1662 9321 10 services service NNS 1662 9321 11 22 22 CD 1662 9321 12 % % NN 1662 9321 13 , , , 1662 9321 14 industry industry NN 1662 9321 15 8 8 CD 1662 9321 16 % % NN 1662 9321 17 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 9321 18 rate rate NN 1662 9321 19 : : : 1662 9321 20 at at RB 1662 9321 21 least least RBS 1662 9321 22 45 45 CD 1662 9321 23 % % NN 1662 9321 24 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9321 25 1994 1994 CD 1662 9321 26 est est NNP 1662 9321 27 . . . 1662 9321 28 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9322 1 Budget budget NN 1662 9322 2 : : : 1662 9322 3 revenues revenue NNS 1662 9322 4 : : : 1662 9322 5 $ $ $ 1662 9322 6 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 9322 7 billion billion CD 1662 9322 8 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9322 9 : : : 1662 9322 10 $ $ $ 1662 9322 11 2.9 2.9 CD 1662 9322 12 billion billion CD 1662 9322 13 , , , 1662 9322 14 including include VBG 1662 9322 15 capital capital NN 1662 9322 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9322 17 of of IN 1662 9322 18 $ $ $ 1662 9322 19 29 29 CD 1662 9322 20 million million CD 1662 9322 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9322 22 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 9322 23 est est NNP 1662 9322 24 . . . 1662 9322 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9323 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 9323 2 : : : 1662 9323 3 mining mining NN 1662 9323 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9323 5 coal coal NN 1662 9323 6 , , , 1662 9323 7 clay clay NN 1662 9323 8 , , , 1662 9323 9 numerous numerous JJ 1662 9323 10 metallic metallic JJ 1662 9323 11 and and CC 1662 9323 12 nonmetallic nonmetallic JJ 1662 9323 13 ores ore NNS 1662 9323 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9323 15 , , , 1662 9323 16 copper copper NN 1662 9323 17 , , , 1662 9323 18 steel steel NN 1662 9323 19 , , , 1662 9323 20 nickel nickel NN 1662 9323 21 , , , 1662 9323 22 tin tin NN 1662 9323 23 , , , 1662 9323 24 wood wood NN 1662 9323 25 products product NNS 1662 9323 26 , , , 1662 9323 27 cement cement NN 1662 9323 28 , , , 1662 9323 29 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 9323 30 , , , 1662 9323 31 fertilizer fertilizer NN 1662 9323 32 , , , 1662 9323 33 clothing clothing NN 1662 9323 34 and and CC 1662 9323 35 footwear footwear NN 1662 9323 36 , , , 1662 9323 37 foodstuffs foodstuff NNS 1662 9323 38 , , , 1662 9323 39 beverages beverage VBZ 1662 9323 40 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 9323 41 production production NN 1662 9323 42 growth growth NN 1662 9323 43 rate rate NN 1662 9323 44 : : : 1662 9323 45 10 10 CD 1662 9323 46 % % NN 1662 9323 47 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9323 48 1994 1994 CD 1662 9323 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9323 50 Electricity electricity NN 1662 9323 51 - 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NNP 1662 9327 12 , , , 1662 9327 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 9327 14 est est NNP 1662 9327 15 . . . 1662 9327 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9328 1 commodities commodity NNS 1662 9328 2 : : : 1662 9328 3 machinery machinery NN 1662 9328 4 and and CC 1662 9328 5 transportation transportation NN 1662 9328 6 equipment equipment NN 1662 9328 7 41 41 CD 1662 9328 8 % % NN 1662 9328 9 , , , 1662 9328 10 other other JJ 1662 9328 11 manufactures manufacture NNS 1662 9328 12 16 16 CD 1662 9328 13 % % NN 1662 9328 14 , , , 1662 9328 15 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 9328 16 16 16 CD 1662 9328 17 % % NN 1662 9328 18 , , , 1662 9328 19 fuels fuel NNS 1662 9328 20 10 10 CD 1662 9328 21 % % NN 1662 9328 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9328 23 1994 1994 CD 1662 9328 24 est est NNP 1662 9328 25 . . . 1662 9328 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9329 1 partners partner NNS 1662 9329 2 : : : 1662 9329 3 South South NNP 1662 9329 4 Africa Africa NNP 1662 9329 5 41 41 CD 1662 9329 6 % % NN 1662 9329 7 , , , 1662 9329 8 UK UK NNP 1662 9329 9 7 7 CD 1662 9329 10 % % NN 1662 9329 11 , , , 1662 9329 12 US US NNP 1662 9329 13 6 6 CD 1662 9329 14 % % NN 1662 9329 15 , , , 1662 9329 16 Japan Japan NNP 1662 9329 17 6 6 CD 1662 9329 18 % % NN 1662 9329 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9329 20 1995 1995 CD 1662 9329 21 est est NNP 1662 9329 22 . . . 1662 9329 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9330 1 Debt debt NN 1662 9330 2 - - HYPH 1662 9330 3 external external JJ 1662 9330 4 : : : 1662 9330 5 $ $ $ 1662 9330 6 4.4 4.4 CD 1662 9330 7 billion billion CD 1662 9330 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9330 9 1994 1994 CD 1662 9330 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9330 11 Economic economic JJ 1662 9330 12 aid aid NN 1662 9330 13 : : : 1662 9330 14 recipient recipient NN 1662 9330 15 : : : 1662 9330 16 ODA ODA NNP 1662 9330 17 , , , 1662 9330 18 $ $ $ 1662 9330 19 362 362 CD 1662 9330 20 million million CD 1662 9330 21 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9330 22 1993 1993 CD 1662 9330 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9330 24 Currency currency NN 1662 9330 25 : : : 1662 9330 26 1 1 CD 1662 9330 27 Zimbabwean zimbabwean JJ 1662 9330 28 dollar dollar NN 1662 9330 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9330 30 Z$ Z$ NNP 1662 9330 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9330 32 = = NFP 1662 9330 33 100 100 CD 1662 9330 34 cents cent NNS 1662 9330 35 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 9330 36 rates rate NNS 1662 9330 37 : : : 1662 9330 38 Zimbabwean zimbabwean JJ 1662 9330 39 dollars dollar NNS 1662 9330 40 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9330 41 Z$ Z$ NNP 1662 9330 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9330 43 per per IN 1662 9330 44 US$ us$ $ 1662 9330 45 1 1 CD 1662 9330 46 - - SYM 1662 9330 47 10.8696 10.8696 CD 1662 9330 48 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9330 49 January January NNP 1662 9330 50 1997 1997 CD 1662 9330 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9330 52 , , , 1662 9330 53 9.9206 9.9206 CD 1662 9330 54 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9330 55 1996 1996 CD 1662 9330 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9330 57 , , , 1662 9330 58 8.6580 8.6580 CD 1662 9330 59 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9330 60 1995 1995 CD 1662 9330 61 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9330 62 , , , 1662 9330 63 8.1500 8.1500 CD 1662 9330 64 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9330 65 1994 1994 CD 1662 9330 66 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9330 67 , , , 1662 9330 68 6.4725 6.4725 CD 1662 9330 69 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9330 70 1993 1993 CD 1662 9330 71 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9330 72 , , , 1662 9330 73 5.0942 5.0942 CD 1662 9330 74 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9330 75 1992 1992 CD 1662 9330 76 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9330 77 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 9330 78 year year NN 1662 9330 79 : : : 1662 9330 80 1 1 CD 1662 9330 81 July July NNP 1662 9330 82 - - HYPH 1662 9330 83 30 30 CD 1662 9330 84 June June NNP 1662 9330 85 @Zimbabwe @zimbabwe NN 1662 9330 86 : : : 1662 9330 87 Communications Communications NNP 1662 9330 88 Telephones Telephones NNPS 1662 9330 89 : : : 1662 9330 90 301,000 301,000 CD 1662 9330 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9330 92 1990 1990 CD 1662 9330 93 est est NNP 1662 9330 94 . . . 1662 9330 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9331 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 9331 2 system system NN 1662 9331 3 : : : 1662 9331 4 system system NN 1662 9331 5 was be VBD 1662 9331 6 once once RB 1662 9331 7 one one CD 1662 9331 8 of of IN 1662 9331 9 the the DT 1662 9331 10 best good JJS 1662 9331 11 in in IN 1662 9331 12 Africa Africa NNP 1662 9331 13 , , , 1662 9331 14 but but CC 1662 9331 15 now now RB 1662 9331 16 suffers suffer VBZ 1662 9331 17 from from IN 1662 9331 18 poor poor JJ 1662 9331 19 maintenance maintenance NN 1662 9331 20 domestic domestic JJ 1662 9331 21 : : : 1662 9331 22 consists consist NNS 1662 9331 23 of of IN 1662 9331 24 microwave microwave NN 1662 9331 25 radio radio NN 1662 9331 26 relay relay NN 1662 9331 27 links link NNS 1662 9331 28 , , , 1662 9331 29 open open JJ 1662 9331 30 - - HYPH 1662 9331 31 wire wire NN 1662 9331 32 lines line NNS 1662 9331 33 , , , 1662 9331 34 and and CC 1662 9331 35 radiotelephone radiotelephone NN 1662 9331 36 communication communication NN 1662 9331 37 stations station NNS 1662 9331 38 international international JJ 1662 9331 39 : : : 1662 9331 40 satellite satellite NN 1662 9331 41 earth earth NNP 1662 9331 42 station station NNP 1662 9331 43 - - : 1662 9331 44 1 1 CD 1662 9331 45 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 9331 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9331 47 Atlantic Atlantic NNP 1662 9331 48 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 9331 49 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9331 50 Radio radio NN 1662 9331 51 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 9331 52 stations station NNS 1662 9331 53 : : : 1662 9331 54 AM AM NNP 1662 9331 55 8 8 CD 1662 9331 56 , , , 1662 9331 57 FM FM NNP 1662 9331 58 18 18 CD 1662 9331 59 , , , 1662 9331 60 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 9331 61 0 0 CD 1662 9331 62 Radios radio NNS 1662 9331 63 : : : 1662 9331 64 890,000 890,000 CD 1662 9331 65 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9331 66 1992 1992 CD 1662 9331 67 est est NNP 1662 9331 68 . . . 1662 9331 69 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9332 1 Television television NN 1662 9332 2 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 9332 3 stations station NNS 1662 9332 4 : : : 1662 9332 5 8 8 CD 1662 9332 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9332 7 1986 1986 CD 1662 9332 8 est est NNP 1662 9332 9 . . . 1662 9332 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9333 1 Televisions television NNS 1662 9333 2 : : : 1662 9333 3 280,000 280,000 CD 1662 9333 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9333 5 1992 1992 CD 1662 9333 6 est est NNP 1662 9333 7 . . . 1662 9333 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9334 1 @Zimbabwe @Zimbabwe NNP 1662 9334 2 : : : 1662 9334 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 9334 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 9334 5 : : : 1662 9334 6 total total NN 1662 9334 7 : : : 1662 9334 8 2,759 2,759 CD 1662 9334 9 km km NNS 1662 9334 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9334 11 1995 1995 CD 1662 9334 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9334 13 narrow narrow JJ 1662 9334 14 gauge gauge NN 1662 9334 15 : : : 1662 9334 16 2,759 2,759 CD 1662 9334 17 km km NN 1662 9334 18 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 9334 19 gauge gauge NN 1662 9334 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9334 21 313 313 CD 1662 9334 22 km km NN 1662 9334 23 electrified electrify VBN 1662 9334 24 ; ; : 1662 9334 25 42 42 CD 1662 9334 26 km km NN 1662 9334 27 double double JJ 1662 9334 28 track track NN 1662 9334 29 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9334 30 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9334 31 1995 1995 CD 1662 9334 32 est est NNP 1662 9334 33 . . . 1662 9334 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9335 1 Highways highway NNS 1662 9335 2 : : : 1662 9335 3 total total NN 1662 9335 4 : : : 1662 9335 5 91,099 91,099 CD 1662 9335 6 km km NN 1662 9335 7 paved pave VBN 1662 9335 8 : : : 1662 9335 9 15,486 15,486 CD 1662 9335 10 km km NN 1662 9335 11 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 9335 12 : : : 1662 9335 13 75,613 75,613 CD 1662 9335 14 km km NNS 1662 9335 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9335 16 1993 1993 CD 1662 9335 17 est est NNP 1662 9335 18 . . . 1662 9335 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9336 1 Waterways waterway NNS 1662 9336 2 : : : 1662 9336 3 the the DT 1662 9336 4 Mazoe Mazoe NNP 1662 9336 5 and and CC 1662 9336 6 Zambezi Zambezi NNP 1662 9336 7 rivers river NNS 1662 9336 8 are be VBP 1662 9336 9 used use VBN 1662 9336 10 for for IN 1662 9336 11 transporting transport VBG 1662 9336 12 chrome chrome NN 1662 9336 13 ore ore NN 1662 9336 14 from from IN 1662 9336 15 Harare Harare NNP 1662 9336 16 to to IN 1662 9336 17 Mozambique Mozambique NNP 1662 9336 18 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 9336 19 : : : 1662 9336 20 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 9336 21 products product NNS 1662 9336 22 212 212 CD 1662 9336 23 km km NN 1662 9336 24 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 9336 25 and and CC 1662 9336 26 harbors harbor NNS 1662 9336 27 : : : 1662 9336 28 Binga Binga NNP 1662 9336 29 , , , 1662 9336 30 Kariba Kariba NNP 1662 9336 31 Airports Airports NNPS 1662 9336 32 : : : 1662 9336 33 402 402 CD 1662 9336 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9336 35 1996 1996 CD 1662 9336 36 est est NNP 1662 9336 37 . . . 1662 9336 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9337 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 9337 2 - - , 1662 9337 3 with with IN 1662 9337 4 paved paved JJ 1662 9337 5 runways runway NNS 1662 9337 6 : : : 1662 9337 7 total total NN 1662 9337 8 : : : 1662 9337 9 203 203 CD 1662 9337 10 over over IN 1662 9337 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 9337 12 m m NN 1662 9337 13 : : : 1662 9337 14 3 3 CD 1662 9337 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 9337 16 to to IN 1662 9337 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 9337 18 m m NN 1662 9337 19 : : : 1662 9337 20 2 2 CD 1662 9337 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 9337 22 to to TO 1662 9337 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 9337 24 m m NN 1662 9337 25 : : : 1662 9337 26 6 6 CD 1662 9337 27 914 914 CD 1662 9337 28 to to TO 1662 9337 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 9337 30 m m NN 1662 9337 31 : : : 1662 9337 32 8 8 CD 1662 9337 33 under under IN 1662 9337 34 914 914 CD 1662 9337 35 m m NN 1662 9337 36 : : : 1662 9337 37 184 184 CD 1662 9337 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9337 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 9337 40 est est NNP 1662 9337 41 . . . 1662 9337 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9338 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 9338 2 - - , 1662 9338 3 with with IN 1662 9338 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 9338 5 runways runway NNS 1662 9338 6 : : : 1662 9338 7 total total NN 1662 9338 8 : : : 1662 9338 9 199 199 CD 1662 9338 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 9338 11 to to TO 1662 9338 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 9338 13 m m NN 1662 9338 14 : : : 1662 9338 15 1 1 CD 1662 9338 16 914 914 CD 1662 9338 17 to to TO 1662 9338 18 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 9338 19 m m NN 1662 9338 20 : : : 1662 9338 21 198 198 CD 1662 9338 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9338 23 1996 1996 CD 1662 9338 24 est est NNP 1662 9338 25 . . . 1662 9338 26 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9339 1 Military military JJ 1662 9339 2 Military military JJ 1662 9339 3 branches branch NNS 1662 9339 4 : : : 1662 9339 5 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 9339 6 National National NNP 1662 9339 7 Army Army NNP 1662 9339 8 , , , 1662 9339 9 Air Air NNP 1662 9339 10 Force Force NNP 1662 9339 11 of of IN 1662 9339 12 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 9339 13 , , , 1662 9339 14 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NNP 1662 9339 15 Republic Republic NNP 1662 9339 16 Police Police NNP 1662 9339 17 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9339 18 includes include VBZ 1662 9339 19 Police Police NNP 1662 9339 20 Support Support NNP 1662 9339 21 Unit Unit NNP 1662 9339 22 , , , 1662 9339 23 Paramilitary Paramilitary NNP 1662 9339 24 Police Police NNP 1662 9339 25 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9339 26 Military military JJ 1662 9339 27 manpower manpower NN 1662 9339 28 - - HYPH 1662 9339 29 availability availability NN 1662 9339 30 : : : 1662 9339 31 males male NNS 1662 9339 32 age age NNP 1662 9339 33 15 15 CD 1662 9339 34 - - HYPH 1662 9339 35 49 49 CD 1662 9339 36 : : SYM 1662 9339 37 2,717,032 2,717,032 CD 1662 9339 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9339 39 1997 1997 CD 1662 9339 40 est est NNP 1662 9339 41 . . . 1662 9339 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9340 1 Military military JJ 1662 9340 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 9340 3 - - HYPH 1662 9340 4 fit fit NN 1662 9340 5 for for IN 1662 9340 6 military military JJ 1662 9340 7 service service NN 1662 9340 8 : : : 1662 9340 9 males male NNS 1662 9340 10 : : : 1662 9340 11 1,687,536 1,687,536 CD 1662 9340 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9340 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 9340 14 est est NNP 1662 9340 15 . . . 1662 9340 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9341 1 Military military JJ 1662 9341 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9341 3 - - HYPH 1662 9341 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 9341 5 figure figure NN 1662 9341 6 : : : 1662 9341 7 $ $ $ 1662 9341 8 236 236 CD 1662 9341 9 million million CD 1662 9341 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9341 11 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 9341 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9341 13 Military military JJ 1662 9341 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9341 15 - - : 1662 9341 16 percent percent NN 1662 9341 17 of of IN 1662 9341 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 9341 19 : : : 1662 9341 20 3.4 3.4 CD 1662 9341 21 % % NN 1662 9341 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9341 23 FY95/96 fy95/96 CD 1662 9341 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9341 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 9341 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 9341 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 9341 28 - - HYPH 1662 9341 29 international international JJ 1662 9341 30 : : : 1662 9341 31 quadripoint quadripoint NN 1662 9341 32 with with IN 1662 9341 33 Botswana Botswana NNP 1662 9341 34 , , , 1662 9341 35 Namibia Namibia NNP 1662 9341 36 , , , 1662 9341 37 and and CC 1662 9341 38 Zambia Zambia NNP 1662 9341 39 is be VBZ 1662 9341 40 in in IN 1662 9341 41 disagreement disagreement NN 1662 9341 42 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 9341 43 drugs drug NNS 1662 9341 44 : : : 1662 9341 45 significant significant JJ 1662 9341 46 transit transit NN 1662 9341 47 point point NN 1662 9341 48 for for IN 1662 9341 49 African african JJ 1662 9341 50 cannabis cannabis NN 1662 9341 51 and and CC 1662 9341 52 South south JJ 1662 9341 53 Asian asian JJ 1662 9341 54 heroin heroin NN 1662 9341 55 , , , 1662 9341 56 mandrax mandrax JJ 1662 9341 57 , , , 1662 9341 58 and and CC 1662 9341 59 methamphetamines methamphetamine NNS 1662 9341 60 destined destine VBN 1662 9341 61 for for IN 1662 9341 62 the the DT 1662 9341 63 South south JJ 1662 9341 64 African african JJ 1662 9341 65 and and CC 1662 9341 66 European european JJ 1662 9341 67 markets market NNS 1662 9341 68 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 69 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 70 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 71 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 72 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 73 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 74 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 75 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 76 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 77 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 78 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 79 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 80 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 81 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 82 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 83 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 84 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 85 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 86 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 87 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 88 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 89 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 90 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 91 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 92 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 93 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 94 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 95 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 96 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 97 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 98 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 99 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 100 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 101 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 102 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 103 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 104 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 105 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 106 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 107 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 108 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 109 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 110 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 111 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 112 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 113 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 114 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 115 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 116 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 117 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 118 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 119 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 120 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 121 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 122 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 123 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 124 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 125 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 126 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 127 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 128 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 129 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 130 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 131 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 132 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 133 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 134 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 135 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 136 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 137 _ _ NNP 1662 9341 138 TAIWAN TAIWAN NNP 1662 9341 139 @Taiwan @Taiwan NNP 1662 9341 140 : : : 1662 9341 141 Geography Geography NNP 1662 9341 142 Location Location NNP 1662 9341 143 : : : 1662 9341 144 Eastern Eastern NNP 1662 9341 145 Asia Asia NNP 1662 9341 146 , , , 1662 9341 147 islands island NNS 1662 9341 148 bordering border VBG 1662 9341 149 the the DT 1662 9341 150 East East NNP 1662 9341 151 China China NNP 1662 9341 152 Sea Sea NNP 1662 9341 153 , , , 1662 9341 154 Philippine Philippine NNP 1662 9341 155 Sea Sea NNP 1662 9341 156 , , , 1662 9341 157 South South NNP 1662 9341 158 China China NNP 1662 9341 159 Sea Sea NNP 1662 9341 160 , , , 1662 9341 161 and and CC 1662 9341 162 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 9341 163 Strait Strait NNP 1662 9341 164 , , , 1662 9341 165 north north NN 1662 9341 166 of of IN 1662 9341 167 the the DT 1662 9341 168 Philippines Philippines NNPS 1662 9341 169 , , , 1662 9341 170 off off IN 1662 9341 171 the the DT 1662 9341 172 southeastern southeastern JJ 1662 9341 173 coast coast NN 1662 9341 174 of of IN 1662 9341 175 China China NNP 1662 9341 176 Geographic Geographic NNP 1662 9341 177 coordinates coordinate VBZ 1662 9341 178 : : : 1662 9341 179 23 23 CD 1662 9341 180 30 30 CD 1662 9341 181 N n CD 1662 9341 182 , , , 1662 9341 183 121 121 CD 1662 9341 184 00 00 CD 1662 9341 185 E e NN 1662 9341 186 Map Map NNP 1662 9341 187 references reference NNS 1662 9341 188 : : : 1662 9341 189 Southeast Southeast NNP 1662 9341 190 Asia Asia NNP 1662 9341 191 Area Area NNP 1662 9341 192 : : : 1662 9341 193 total total NN 1662 9341 194 : : : 1662 9341 195 35,980 35,980 CD 1662 9341 196 sq sq NN 1662 9341 197 km km NNP 1662 9341 198 land land NN 1662 9341 199 : : : 1662 9341 200 32,260 32,260 CD 1662 9341 201 sq sq NN 1662 9341 202 km km NNP 1662 9341 203 water water NN 1662 9341 204 : : : 1662 9341 205 3,720 3,720 CD 1662 9341 206 sq sq NNP 1662 9341 207 km km NNP 1662 9341 208 note note NN 1662 9341 209 : : : 1662 9341 210 includes include VBZ 1662 9341 211 the the DT 1662 9341 212 Pescadores Pescadores NNPS 1662 9341 213 , , , 1662 9341 214 Matsu Matsu NNP 1662 9341 215 , , , 1662 9341 216 and and CC 1662 9341 217 Quemoy Quemoy NNP 1662 9341 218 Area Area NNP 1662 9341 219 - - HYPH 1662 9341 220 comparative comparative JJ 1662 9341 221 : : : 1662 9341 222 slightly slightly RB 1662 9341 223 smaller small JJR 1662 9341 224 than than IN 1662 9341 225 Maryland Maryland NNP 1662 9341 226 and and CC 1662 9341 227 Delaware Delaware NNP 1662 9341 228 combined combine VBD 1662 9341 229 Land Land NNP 1662 9341 230 boundaries boundary NNS 1662 9341 231 : : : 1662 9341 232 0 0 LS 1662 9341 233 km km NN 1662 9341 234 Coastline Coastline NNP 1662 9341 235 : : : 1662 9341 236 1,448 1,448 CD 1662 9341 237 km km NN 1662 9341 238 Maritime Maritime NNP 1662 9341 239 claims claim VBZ 1662 9341 240 : : : 1662 9341 241 exclusive exclusive JJ 1662 9341 242 economic economic JJ 1662 9341 243 zone zone NN 1662 9341 244 : : : 1662 9341 245 200 200 CD 1662 9341 246 nm nm CD 1662 9341 247 territorial territorial JJ 1662 9341 248 sea sea NN 1662 9341 249 : : : 1662 9341 250 12 12 CD 1662 9341 251 nm nm NNP 1662 9341 252 Climate Climate NNP 1662 9341 253 : : : 1662 9341 254 tropical tropical JJ 1662 9341 255 ; ; : 1662 9341 256 marine marine NNP 1662 9341 257 ; ; : 1662 9341 258 rainy rainy JJ 1662 9341 259 season season NN 1662 9341 260 during during IN 1662 9341 261 southwest southwest NN 1662 9341 262 monsoon monsoon NN 1662 9341 263 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9341 264 June June NNP 1662 9341 265 to to IN 1662 9341 266 August August NNP 1662 9341 267 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9341 268 ; ; : 1662 9341 269 cloudiness cloudiness NN 1662 9341 270 is be VBZ 1662 9341 271 persistent persistent JJ 1662 9341 272 and and CC 1662 9341 273 extensive extensive JJ 1662 9341 274 all all DT 1662 9341 275 year year NN 1662 9341 276 Terrain Terrain NNP 1662 9341 277 : : : 1662 9341 278 eastern eastern JJ 1662 9341 279 two two CD 1662 9341 280 - - HYPH 1662 9341 281 thirds third NNS 1662 9341 282 mostly mostly RB 1662 9341 283 rugged rugged JJ 1662 9341 284 mountains mountain NNS 1662 9341 285 ; ; : 1662 9341 286 flat flat JJ 1662 9341 287 to to IN 1662 9341 288 gently gently RB 1662 9341 289 rolling roll VBG 1662 9341 290 plains plain NNS 1662 9341 291 in in IN 1662 9341 292 west west NNP 1662 9341 293 Elevation Elevation NNP 1662 9341 294 extremes extreme NNS 1662 9341 295 : : : 1662 9341 296 lowest low JJS 1662 9341 297 point point NN 1662 9341 298 : : : 1662 9341 299 South South NNP 1662 9341 300 China China NNP 1662 9341 301 Sea Sea NNP 1662 9341 302 0 0 NFP 1662 9341 303 m m DT 1662 9341 304 highest high JJS 1662 9341 305 point point NN 1662 9341 306 : : : 1662 9341 307 Yu Yu NNP 1662 9341 308 Shan Shan NNP 1662 9341 309 3,997 3,997 CD 1662 9341 310 m m NNP 1662 9341 311 Natural natural JJ 1662 9341 312 resources resource NNS 1662 9341 313 : : : 1662 9341 314 small small JJ 1662 9341 315 deposits deposit NNS 1662 9341 316 of of IN 1662 9341 317 coal coal NN 1662 9341 318 , , , 1662 9341 319 natural natural JJ 1662 9341 320 gas gas NN 1662 9341 321 , , , 1662 9341 322 limestone limestone NN 1662 9341 323 , , , 1662 9341 324 marble marble NN 1662 9341 325 , , , 1662 9341 326 and and CC 1662 9341 327 asbestos asbestos NN 1662 9341 328 Land Land NNP 1662 9341 329 use use NN 1662 9341 330 : : : 1662 9341 331 arable arable JJ 1662 9341 332 land land NN 1662 9341 333 : : : 1662 9341 334 24 24 CD 1662 9341 335 % % NN 1662 9341 336 permanent permanent JJ 1662 9341 337 crops crop NNS 1662 9341 338 : : : 1662 9341 339 1 1 CD 1662 9341 340 % % NN 1662 9341 341 permanent permanent JJ 1662 9341 342 pastures pasture NNS 1662 9341 343 : : : 1662 9341 344 5 5 CD 1662 9341 345 % % NN 1662 9341 346 forests forest NNS 1662 9341 347 and and CC 1662 9341 348 woodland woodland RB 1662 9341 349 : : : 1662 9341 350 55 55 CD 1662 9341 351 % % NN 1662 9341 352 other other JJ 1662 9341 353 : : : 1662 9341 354 15 15 CD 1662 9341 355 % % NN 1662 9341 356 Irrigated irrigated JJ 1662 9341 357 land land NN 1662 9341 358 : : : 1662 9341 359 NA NA NNP 1662 9341 360 sq sq RB 1662 9341 361 km km VB 1662 9341 362 Natural natural JJ 1662 9341 363 hazards hazard NNS 1662 9341 364 : : : 1662 9341 365 earthquakes earthquake NNS 1662 9341 366 and and CC 1662 9341 367 typhoons typhoon VBZ 1662 9341 368 Environment Environment NNP 1662 9341 369 - - HYPH 1662 9341 370 current current JJ 1662 9341 371 issues issue NNS 1662 9341 372 : : : 1662 9341 373 water water NN 1662 9341 374 pollution pollution NN 1662 9341 375 from from IN 1662 9341 376 industrial industrial JJ 1662 9341 377 emissions emission NNS 1662 9341 378 , , , 1662 9341 379 raw raw JJ 1662 9341 380 sewage sewage NN 1662 9341 381 ; ; : 1662 9341 382 air air NN 1662 9341 383 pollution pollution NN 1662 9341 384 ; ; , 1662 9341 385 contamination contamination NN 1662 9341 386 of of IN 1662 9341 387 drinking drink VBG 1662 9341 388 water water NN 1662 9341 389 supplies supply NNS 1662 9341 390 ; ; : 1662 9341 391 trade trade NN 1662 9341 392 in in IN 1662 9341 393 endangered endanger VBN 1662 9341 394 species specie NNS 1662 9341 395 ; ; : 1662 9341 396 low low JJ 1662 9341 397 - - HYPH 1662 9341 398 level level NN 1662 9341 399 radioactive radioactive JJ 1662 9341 400 waste waste NN 1662 9341 401 disposal disposal NN 1662 9341 402 Environment Environment NNP 1662 9341 403 - - HYPH 1662 9341 404 international international JJ 1662 9341 405 agreements agreement NNS 1662 9341 406 : : : 1662 9341 407 party party NNP 1662 9341 408 to to TO 1662 9341 409 : : : 1662 9341 410 none none NN 1662 9341 411 of of IN 1662 9341 412 the the DT 1662 9341 413 selected select VBN 1662 9341 414 agreements agreement NNS 1662 9341 415 signed sign VBD 1662 9341 416 , , , 1662 9341 417 but but CC 1662 9341 418 not not RB 1662 9341 419 ratified ratified JJ 1662 9341 420 : : : 1662 9341 421 Marine Marine NNP 1662 9341 422 Life Life NNP 1662 9341 423 Conservation Conservation NNP 1662 9341 424 @Taiwan @Taiwan NNP 1662 9341 425 : : : 1662 9341 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7,363,155 CD 1662 9342 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9342 32 65 65 CD 1662 9342 33 years year NNS 1662 9342 34 and and CC 1662 9342 35 over over IN 1662 9342 36 : : : 1662 9342 37 8 8 CD 1662 9342 38 % % NN 1662 9342 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9342 40 male male JJ 1662 9342 41 937,206 937,206 CD 1662 9342 42 ; ; : 1662 9342 43 female female JJ 1662 9342 44 792,955 792,955 CD 1662 9342 45 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9342 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9342 47 July July NNP 1662 9342 48 1997 1997 CD 1662 9342 49 est est NNP 1662 9342 50 . . . 1662 9342 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9343 1 Population population NN 1662 9343 2 growth growth NN 1662 9343 3 rate rate NN 1662 9343 4 : : : 1662 9343 5 0.95 0.95 CD 1662 9343 6 % % NN 1662 9343 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9343 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 9343 9 est est NNP 1662 9343 10 . . . 1662 9343 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9344 1 Birth birth NN 1662 9344 2 rate rate NN 1662 9344 3 : : : 1662 9344 4 14.97 14.97 CD 1662 9344 5 births/1,000 births/1,000 NN 1662 9344 6 population population NN 1662 9344 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9344 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 9344 9 est est NNP 1662 9344 10 . . . 1662 9344 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9345 1 Death death NN 1662 9345 2 rate rate NN 1662 9345 3 : : : 1662 9345 4 5.45 5.45 CD 1662 9345 5 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 9345 6 population population NN 1662 9345 7 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9345 8 1997 1997 CD 1662 9345 9 est est NNP 1662 9345 10 . . . 1662 9345 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9346 1 Net net JJ 1662 9346 2 migration migration NN 1662 9346 3 rate rate NN 1662 9346 4 : : : 1662 9346 5 -0.03 -0.03 NFP 1662 9346 6 migrant(s)/1,000 migrant(s)/1,000 JJ 1662 9346 7 population population NN 1662 9346 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9346 9 1997 1997 CD 1662 9346 10 est est NNP 1662 9346 11 . . . 1662 9346 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9347 1 Sex sex NN 1662 9347 2 ratio ratio NN 1662 9347 3 : : : 1662 9347 4 at at IN 1662 9347 5 birth birth NN 1662 9347 6 : : : 1662 9347 7 1.08 1.08 CD 1662 9347 8 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9347 9 under under IN 1662 9347 10 15 15 CD 1662 9347 11 years year NNS 1662 9347 12 : : : 1662 9347 13 1.07 1.07 CD 1662 9347 14 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9347 15 15 15 CD 1662 9347 16 - - HYPH 1662 9347 17 64 64 CD 1662 9347 18 years year NNS 1662 9347 19 : : : 1662 9347 20 1.04 1.04 CD 1662 9347 21 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9347 22 65 65 CD 1662 9347 23 years year NNS 1662 9347 24 and and CC 1662 9347 25 over over IN 1662 9347 26 : : : 1662 9347 27 1.18 1.18 CD 1662 9347 28 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9347 29 total total JJ 1662 9347 30 population population NN 1662 9347 31 : : : 1662 9347 32 1.06 1.06 CD 1662 9347 33 male(s)/female male(s)/female NNP 1662 9347 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9347 35 1997 1997 CD 1662 9347 36 est e JJS 1662 9347 37 . . . 1662 9347 38 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9348 1 Infant infant NN 1662 9348 2 mortality mortality NN 1662 9348 3 rate rate NN 1662 9348 4 : : : 1662 9348 5 7 7 CD 1662 9348 6 deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 NN 1662 9348 7 live live JJ 1662 9348 8 births birth NNS 1662 9348 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9348 10 1997 1997 CD 1662 9348 11 est est NNP 1662 9348 12 . . . 1662 9348 13 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9349 1 Life life NN 1662 9349 2 expectancy expectancy NN 1662 9349 3 at at IN 1662 9349 4 birth birth NN 1662 9349 5 : : : 1662 9349 6 total total JJ 1662 9349 7 population population NN 1662 9349 8 : : : 1662 9349 9 77.04 77.04 CD 1662 9349 10 years year NNS 1662 9349 11 male male JJ 1662 9349 12 : : : 1662 9349 13 73.81 73.81 CD 1662 9349 14 years year NNS 1662 9349 15 female female JJ 1662 9349 16 : : : 1662 9349 17 80.52 80.52 CD 1662 9349 18 years year NNS 1662 9349 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9349 20 1997 1997 CD 1662 9349 21 est est NNP 1662 9349 22 . . . 1662 9349 23 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9350 1 Total total JJ 1662 9350 2 fertility fertility NN 1662 9350 3 rate rate NN 1662 9350 4 : : : 1662 9350 5 1.77 1.77 CD 1662 9350 6 children child NNS 1662 9350 7 born bear VBN 1662 9350 8 / / SYM 1662 9350 9 woman woman NN 1662 9350 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9350 11 1997 1997 CD 1662 9350 12 est est NNP 1662 9350 13 . . . 1662 9350 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9351 1 Nationality nationality NN 1662 9351 2 : : : 1662 9351 3 noun noun NN 1662 9351 4 : : : 1662 9351 5 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 9351 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9351 7 singular singular JJ 1662 9351 8 and and CC 1662 9351 9 plural plural JJ 1662 9351 10 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9351 11 adjective adjective NN 1662 9351 12 : : : 1662 9351 13 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 9351 14 Ethnic ethnic JJ 1662 9351 15 groups group NNS 1662 9351 16 : : : 1662 9351 17 Taiwanese taiwanese JJ 1662 9351 18 84 84 CD 1662 9351 19 % % NN 1662 9351 20 , , , 1662 9351 21 mainland mainland NN 1662 9351 22 Chinese chinese JJ 1662 9351 23 14 14 CD 1662 9351 24 % % NN 1662 9351 25 , , , 1662 9351 26 aborigine aborigine NN 1662 9351 27 2 2 CD 1662 9351 28 % % NN 1662 9351 29 Religions religion NNS 1662 9351 30 : : : 1662 9351 31 mixture mixture NN 1662 9351 32 of of IN 1662 9351 33 Buddhist Buddhist NNP 1662 9351 34 , , , 1662 9351 35 Confucian Confucian NNP 1662 9351 36 , , , 1662 9351 37 and and CC 1662 9351 38 Taoist taoist NN 1662 9351 39 93 93 CD 1662 9351 40 % % NN 1662 9351 41 , , , 1662 9351 42 Christian Christian NNP 1662 9351 43 4.5 4.5 CD 1662 9351 44 % % NN 1662 9351 45 , , , 1662 9351 46 other other JJ 1662 9351 47 2.5 2.5 CD 1662 9351 48 % % NN 1662 9351 49 Languages Languages NNPS 1662 9351 50 : : : 1662 9351 51 Mandarin Mandarin NNP 1662 9351 52 Chinese Chinese NNP 1662 9351 53 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9351 54 official official NN 1662 9351 55 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9351 56 , , , 1662 9351 57 Taiwanese Taiwanese NNP 1662 9351 58 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9351 59 Min Min NNP 1662 9351 60 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9351 61 , , , 1662 9351 62 Hakka Hakka NNP 1662 9351 63 dialects dialect VBZ 1662 9351 64 Literacy literacy NN 1662 9351 65 : : : 1662 9351 66 definition definition NN 1662 9351 67 : : : 1662 9351 68 age age NN 1662 9351 69 15 15 CD 1662 9351 70 and and CC 1662 9351 71 over over RB 1662 9351 72 can can MD 1662 9351 73 read read VB 1662 9351 74 and and CC 1662 9351 75 write write VB 1662 9351 76 total total JJ 1662 9351 77 population population NN 1662 9351 78 : : : 1662 9351 79 86 86 CD 1662 9351 80 % % NN 1662 9351 81 male male NN 1662 9351 82 : : : 1662 9351 83 93 93 CD 1662 9351 84 % % NN 1662 9351 85 female female NN 1662 9351 86 : : : 1662 9351 87 79 79 CD 1662 9351 88 % % NN 1662 9351 89 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9351 90 1980 1980 CD 1662 9351 91 est est NNP 1662 9351 92 . . . 1662 9351 93 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9352 1 @Taiwan @taiwan LS 1662 9352 2 : : : 1662 9352 3 Government Government NNP 1662 9352 4 Country Country NNP 1662 9352 5 name name NN 1662 9352 6 : : : 1662 9352 7 conventional conventional JJ 1662 9352 8 long long JJ 1662 9352 9 form form NN 1662 9352 10 : : : 1662 9352 11 none none NN 1662 9352 12 conventional conventional JJ 1662 9352 13 short short JJ 1662 9352 14 form form NN 1662 9352 15 : : : 1662 9352 16 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 9352 17 local local JJ 1662 9352 18 long long JJ 1662 9352 19 form form NN 1662 9352 20 : : : 1662 9352 21 none none NN 1662 9352 22 local local JJ 1662 9352 23 short short JJ 1662 9352 24 form form NN 1662 9352 25 : : : 1662 9352 26 T'ai T'ai NNP 1662 9352 27 - - HYPH 1662 9352 28 wan wan NNP 1662 9352 29 Data Data NNP 1662 9352 30 code code NN 1662 9352 31 : : : 1662 9352 32 TW TW NNP 1662 9352 33 Government Government NNP 1662 9352 34 type type NN 1662 9352 35 : : : 1662 9352 36 multiparty multiparty JJ 1662 9352 37 democratic democratic JJ 1662 9352 38 regime regime NN 1662 9352 39 headed head VBN 1662 9352 40 by by IN 1662 9352 41 popularly popularly RB 1662 9352 42 elected elect VBN 1662 9352 43 president president NN 1662 9352 44 National national JJ 1662 9352 45 capital capital NN 1662 9352 46 : : : 1662 9352 47 Taipei Taipei NNP 1662 9352 48 Administrative administrative JJ 1662 9352 49 divisions division NNS 1662 9352 50 : : : 1662 9352 51 since since IN 1662 9352 52 in in IN 1662 9352 53 the the DT 1662 9352 54 past past NN 1662 9352 55 the the DT 1662 9352 56 authorities authority NNS 1662 9352 57 claimed claim VBD 1662 9352 58 to to TO 1662 9352 59 be be VB 1662 9352 60 the the DT 1662 9352 61 government government NN 1662 9352 62 of of IN 1662 9352 63 all all DT 1662 9352 64 China China NNP 1662 9352 65 , , , 1662 9352 66 the the DT 1662 9352 67 central central JJ 1662 9352 68 administrative administrative JJ 1662 9352 69 divisions division NNS 1662 9352 70 include include VBP 1662 9352 71 the the DT 1662 9352 72 provinces province NNS 1662 9352 73 of of IN 1662 9352 74 Fu Fu NNP 1662 9352 75 - - HYPH 1662 9352 76 chien chien NNP 1662 9352 77 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9352 78 some some DT 1662 9352 79 20 20 CD 1662 9352 80 offshore offshore JJ 1662 9352 81 islands island NNS 1662 9352 82 of of IN 1662 9352 83 Fujian Fujian NNP 1662 9352 84 Province Province NNP 1662 9352 85 including include VBG 1662 9352 86 Quemoy Quemoy NNP 1662 9352 87 and and CC 1662 9352 88 Matsu Matsu NNP 1662 9352 89 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9352 90 and and CC 1662 9352 91 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 9352 92 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9352 93 the the DT 1662 9352 94 island island NN 1662 9352 95 of of IN 1662 9352 96 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 9352 97 and and CC 1662 9352 98 the the DT 1662 9352 99 Pescadores Pescadores NNP 1662 9352 100 islands island NNS 1662 9352 101 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9352 102 ; ; : 1662 9352 103 note note VB 1662 9352 104 - - : 1662 9352 105 the the DT 1662 9352 106 more more RBR 1662 9352 107 commonly commonly RB 1662 9352 108 referenced reference VBN 1662 9352 109 administrative administrative JJ 1662 9352 110 divisions division NNS 1662 9352 111 are be VBP 1662 9352 112 those those DT 1662 9352 113 of of IN 1662 9352 114 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 9352 115 Province Province NNP 1662 9352 116 - - HYPH 1662 9352 117 16 16 CD 1662 9352 118 counties county NNS 1662 9352 119 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9352 120 hsien hsien JJ 1662 9352 121 , , , 1662 9352 122 singular singular JJ 1662 9352 123 and and CC 1662 9352 124 plural plural JJ 1662 9352 125 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9352 126 , , , 1662 9352 127 5 5 CD 1662 9352 128 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 9352 129 * * NFP 1662 9352 130 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9352 131 shih shih NNP 1662 9352 132 , , , 1662 9352 133 singular singular JJ 1662 9352 134 and and CC 1662 9352 135 plural plural JJ 1662 9352 136 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9352 137 , , , 1662 9352 138 and and CC 1662 9352 139 2 2 CD 1662 9352 140 special special JJ 1662 9352 141 municipalities municipality NNS 1662 9352 142 * * NFP 1662 9352 143 * * NFP 1662 9352 144 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9352 145 chuan chuan NNP 1662 9352 146 - - HYPH 1662 9352 147 shih shih NNP 1662 9352 148 , , , 1662 9352 149 singular singular JJ 1662 9352 150 and and CC 1662 9352 151 plural plural JJ 1662 9352 152 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9352 153 ; ; : 1662 9352 154 Chang Chang NNP 1662 9352 155 - - HYPH 1662 9352 156 hua hua NNP 1662 9352 157 , , , 1662 9352 158 Chia Chia NNP 1662 9352 159 - - HYPH 1662 9352 160 i i NNP 1662 9352 161 , , , 1662 9352 162 Chia Chia NNP 1662 9352 163 - - HYPH 1662 9352 164 i i NNP 1662 9352 165 * * NFP 1662 9352 166 , , , 1662 9352 167 Chi Chi NNP 1662 9352 168 - - HYPH 1662 9352 169 lung lung NNP 1662 9352 170 * * NFP 1662 9352 171 , , , 1662 9352 172 Hsin Hsin NNP 1662 9352 173 - - HYPH 1662 9352 174 chu chu NNP 1662 9352 175 , , , 1662 9352 176 Hsin Hsin NNP 1662 9352 177 - - HYPH 1662 9352 178 chu chu NNP 1662 9352 179 * * NFP 1662 9352 180 , , , 1662 9352 181 Hua Hua NNP 1662 9352 182 - - HYPH 1662 9352 183 lien lien NNP 1662 9352 184 , , , 1662 9352 185 I I NNP 1662 9352 186 - - HYPH 1662 9352 187 lan lan NNP 1662 9352 188 , , , 1662 9352 189 Kao Kao NNP 1662 9352 190 - - HYPH 1662 9352 191 hsiung hsiung NNP 1662 9352 192 , , , 1662 9352 193 Kao Kao NNP 1662 9352 194 - - HYPH 1662 9352 195 hsiung hsiung NNP 1662 9352 196 * * NFP 1662 9352 197 * * NFP 1662 9352 198 , , , 1662 9352 199 Miao Miao NNP 1662 9352 200 - - HYPH 1662 9352 201 li li NNP 1662 9352 202 , , , 1662 9352 203 Nan Nan NNP 1662 9352 204 - - HYPH 1662 9352 205 t'ou t'ou NNP 1662 9352 206 , , , 1662 9352 207 P'eng P'eng NNP 1662 9352 208 - - HYPH 1662 9352 209 hu hu NNP 1662 9352 210 , , , 1662 9352 211 P'ing P'ing NNP 1662 9352 212 - - HYPH 1662 9352 213 tung tung NNP 1662 9352 214 , , , 1662 9352 215 T'ai T'ai NNP 1662 9352 216 - - HYPH 1662 9352 217 chung chung NNP 1662 9352 218 , , , 1662 9352 219 T'ai T'ai NNP 1662 9352 220 - - HYPH 1662 9352 221 chung chung NNP 1662 9352 222 * * NFP 1662 9352 223 , , , 1662 9352 224 T'ai T'ai NNP 1662 9352 225 - - HYPH 1662 9352 226 nan nan NNP 1662 9352 227 , , , 1662 9352 228 T'ai T'ai NNP 1662 9352 229 - - HYPH 1662 9352 230 nan nan NNP 1662 9352 231 * * NFP 1662 9352 232 , , , 1662 9352 233 T'ai T'ai NNP 1662 9352 234 - - HYPH 1662 9352 235 pei pei NNP 1662 9352 236 , , , 1662 9352 237 T'ai T'ai NNP 1662 9352 238 - - HYPH 1662 9352 239 pei pei NNP 1662 9352 240 * * NFP 1662 9352 241 * * NFP 1662 9352 242 , , , 1662 9352 243 T'ai T'ai NNP 1662 9352 244 - - HYPH 1662 9352 245 tung tung NNP 1662 9352 246 , , , 1662 9352 247 T'ao T'ao NNP 1662 9352 248 - - HYPH 1662 9352 249 yuan yuan NN 1662 9352 250 , , , 1662 9352 251 and and CC 1662 9352 252 Yun Yun NNP 1662 9352 253 - - HYPH 1662 9352 254 lin lin NNP 1662 9352 255 ; ; : 1662 9352 256 the the DT 1662 9352 257 provincial provincial JJ 1662 9352 258 capital capital NN 1662 9352 259 is be VBZ 1662 9352 260 at at IN 1662 9352 261 Chung Chung NNP 1662 9352 262 - - HYPH 1662 9352 263 hsing hsing NNP 1662 9352 264 - - HYPH 1662 9352 265 hsin hsin NNP 1662 9352 266 - - HYPH 1662 9352 267 ts'un ts'un NN 1662 9352 268 note note NN 1662 9352 269 : : : 1662 9352 270 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 9352 271 uses use VBZ 1662 9352 272 the the DT 1662 9352 273 Wade Wade NNP 1662 9352 274 - - HYPH 1662 9352 275 Giles Giles NNP 1662 9352 276 system system NN 1662 9352 277 for for IN 1662 9352 278 romanization romanization NN 1662 9352 279 National national JJ 1662 9352 280 holiday holiday NN 1662 9352 281 : : : 1662 9352 282 National National NNP 1662 9352 283 Day Day NNP 1662 9352 284 , , , 1662 9352 285 10 10 CD 1662 9352 286 October October NNP 1662 9352 287 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9352 288 1911 1911 CD 1662 9352 289 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9352 290 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9352 291 Anniversary anniversary NN 1662 9352 292 of of IN 1662 9352 293 the the DT 1662 9352 294 Revolution Revolution NNP 1662 9352 295 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9352 296 Constitution Constitution NNP 1662 9352 297 : : : 1662 9352 298 1 1 CD 1662 9352 299 January January NNP 1662 9352 300 1947 1947 CD 1662 9352 301 , , , 1662 9352 302 amended amend VBN 1662 9352 303 in in IN 1662 9352 304 1992 1992 CD 1662 9352 305 , , , 1662 9352 306 presently presently RB 1662 9352 307 undergoing undergo VBG 1662 9352 308 revision revision NN 1662 9352 309 Legal legal JJ 1662 9352 310 system system NN 1662 9352 311 : : : 1662 9352 312 based base VBN 1662 9352 313 on on IN 1662 9352 314 civil civil JJ 1662 9352 315 law law NN 1662 9352 316 system system NN 1662 9352 317 ; ; : 1662 9352 318 accepts accept VBZ 1662 9352 319 compulsory compulsory JJ 1662 9352 320 ICJ ICJ NNP 1662 9352 321 jurisdiction jurisdiction NN 1662 9352 322 , , , 1662 9352 323 with with IN 1662 9352 324 reservations reservation NNS 1662 9352 325 Suffrage suffrage CD 1662 9352 326 : : : 1662 9352 327 20 20 CD 1662 9352 328 years year NNS 1662 9352 329 of of IN 1662 9352 330 age age NN 1662 9352 331 ; ; : 1662 9352 332 universal universal JJ 1662 9352 333 Executive Executive NNP 1662 9352 334 branch branch NN 1662 9352 335 : : : 1662 9352 336 chief chief NN 1662 9352 337 of of IN 1662 9352 338 state state NN 1662 9352 339 : : : 1662 9352 340 President President NNP 1662 9352 341 LI LI NNP 1662 9352 342 Teng Teng NNP 1662 9352 343 - - HYPH 1662 9352 344 hui hui NNP 1662 9352 345 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9352 346 succeeded succeed VBN 1662 9352 347 to to IN 1662 9352 348 the the DT 1662 9352 349 presidency presidency NN 1662 9352 350 following follow VBG 1662 9352 351 the the DT 1662 9352 352 death death NN 1662 9352 353 of of IN 1662 9352 354 President President NNP 1662 9352 355 CHIANG CHIANG NNP 1662 9352 356 Ching Ching NNP 1662 9352 357 - - HYPH 1662 9352 358 kuo kuo NNP 1662 9352 359 13 13 CD 1662 9352 360 January January NNP 1662 9352 361 1988 1988 CD 1662 9352 362 , , , 1662 9352 363 elected elect VBN 1662 9352 364 by by IN 1662 9352 365 the the DT 1662 9352 366 National National NNP 1662 9352 367 Assembly Assembly NNP 1662 9352 368 21 21 CD 1662 9352 369 March March NNP 1662 9352 370 1990 1990 CD 1662 9352 371 , , , 1662 9352 372 elected elect VBN 1662 9352 373 by by IN 1662 9352 374 popular popular JJ 1662 9352 375 vote vote NN 1662 9352 376 in in IN 1662 9352 377 the the DT 1662 9352 378 first first JJ 1662 9352 379 - - HYPH 1662 9352 380 ever ever RB 1662 9352 381 direct direct JJ 1662 9352 382 elections election NNS 1662 9352 383 for for IN 1662 9352 384 president president NN 1662 9352 385 23 23 CD 1662 9352 386 March March NNP 1662 9352 387 1996 1996 CD 1662 9352 388 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9352 389 ; ; : 1662 9352 390 Vice Vice NNP 1662 9352 391 President President NNP 1662 9352 392 LIEN LIEN NNP 1662 9352 393 Chan Chan NNP 1662 9352 394 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9352 395 since since IN 1662 9352 396 20 20 CD 1662 9352 397 May May NNP 1662 9352 398 1996 1996 CD 1662 9352 399 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9352 400 ; ; : 1662 9352 401 note note NN 1662 9352 402 - - HYPH 1662 9352 403 LIEN LIEN NNP 1662 9352 404 Chan Chan NNP 1662 9352 405 serves serve VBZ 1662 9352 406 as as IN 1662 9352 407 both both DT 1662 9352 408 vice vice NN 1662 9352 409 president president NN 1662 9352 410 and and CC 1662 9352 411 premier premier JJ 1662 9352 412 head head NN 1662 9352 413 of of IN 1662 9352 414 government government NN 1662 9352 415 : : : 1662 9352 416 Premier Premier NNP 1662 9352 417 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9352 418 President President NNP 1662 9352 419 of of IN 1662 9352 420 the the DT 1662 9352 421 Executive Executive NNP 1662 9352 422 Yuan Yuan NNP 1662 9352 423 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9352 424 LIEN LIEN NNP 1662 9352 425 Chan Chan NNP 1662 9352 426 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9352 427 since since IN 1662 9352 428 23 23 CD 1662 9352 429 February February NNP 1662 9352 430 1993 1993 CD 1662 9352 431 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9352 432 and and CC 1662 9352 433 Vice Vice NNP 1662 9352 434 Premier Premier NNP 1662 9352 435 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9352 436 Vice Vice NNP 1662 9352 437 President President NNP 1662 9352 438 of of IN 1662 9352 439 the the DT 1662 9352 440 Executive Executive NNP 1662 9352 441 Yuan Yuan NNP 1662 9352 442 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9352 443 HSU HSU NNP 1662 9352 444 Li Li NNP 1662 9352 445 - - HYPH 1662 9352 446 teh teh NNP 1662 9352 447 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9352 448 since since IN 1662 9352 449 23 23 CD 1662 9352 450 February February NNP 1662 9352 451 1993 1993 CD 1662 9352 452 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9352 453 ; ; : 1662 9352 454 note note NN 1662 9352 455 - - HYPH 1662 9352 456 LIEN LIEN NNP 1662 9352 457 Chan Chan NNP 1662 9352 458 serves serve VBZ 1662 9352 459 as as IN 1662 9352 460 both both DT 1662 9352 461 vice vice NN 1662 9352 462 president president NN 1662 9352 463 and and CC 1662 9352 464 premier premier NN 1662 9352 465 cabinet cabinet NN 1662 9352 466 : : : 1662 9352 467 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JJ 1662 9353 2 growth growth NN 1662 9353 3 in in IN 1662 9353 4 GDP GDP NNP 1662 9353 5 has have VBZ 1662 9353 6 averaged average VBN 1662 9353 7 about about IN 1662 9353 8 9 9 CD 1662 9353 9 % % NN 1662 9353 10 a a DT 1662 9353 11 year year NN 1662 9353 12 during during IN 1662 9353 13 the the DT 1662 9353 14 past past JJ 1662 9353 15 three three CD 1662 9353 16 decades decade NNS 1662 9353 17 . . . 1662 9354 1 Export export NN 1662 9354 2 growth growth NN 1662 9354 3 has have VBZ 1662 9354 4 been be VBN 1662 9354 5 even even RB 1662 9354 6 faster fast JJR 1662 9354 7 and and CC 1662 9354 8 has have VBZ 1662 9354 9 provided provide VBN 1662 9354 10 the the DT 1662 9354 11 impetus impetus NN 1662 9354 12 for for IN 1662 9354 13 industrialization industrialization NN 1662 9354 14 . . . 1662 9355 1 Inflation inflation NN 1662 9355 2 and and CC 1662 9355 3 unemployment unemployment NN 1662 9355 4 are be VBP 1662 9355 5 low low JJ 1662 9355 6 . . . 1662 9356 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 9356 2 contributes contribute VBZ 1662 9356 3 less less JJR 1662 9356 4 than than IN 1662 9356 5 4 4 CD 1662 9356 6 % % NN 1662 9356 7 to to IN 1662 9356 8 GDP GDP NNP 1662 9356 9 , , , 1662 9356 10 down down RB 1662 9356 11 from from IN 1662 9356 12 35 35 CD 1662 9356 13 % % NN 1662 9356 14 in in IN 1662 9356 15 1952 1952 CD 1662 9356 16 . . . 1662 9357 1 Traditional traditional JJ 1662 9357 2 labor labor NN 1662 9357 3 - - HYPH 1662 9357 4 intensive intensive JJ 1662 9357 5 industries industry NNS 1662 9357 6 are be VBP 1662 9357 7 steadily steadily RB 1662 9357 8 being be VBG 1662 9357 9 moved move VBN 1662 9357 10 off off JJ 1662 9357 11 - - HYPH 1662 9357 12 shore shore NN 1662 9357 13 and and CC 1662 9357 14 replaced replace VBD 1662 9357 15 with with IN 1662 9357 16 more more JJR 1662 9357 17 capital- capital- NN 1662 9357 18 and and CC 1662 9357 19 technology technology NN 1662 9357 20 - - HYPH 1662 9357 21 intensive intensive JJ 1662 9357 22 industries industry NNS 1662 9357 23 . . . 1662 9358 1 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 9358 2 has have VBZ 1662 9358 3 become become VBN 1662 9358 4 a a DT 1662 9358 5 major major JJ 1662 9358 6 investor investor NN 1662 9358 7 in in IN 1662 9358 8 China China NNP 1662 9358 9 , , , 1662 9358 10 Thailand Thailand NNP 1662 9358 11 , , , 1662 9358 12 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 9358 13 , , , 1662 9358 14 the the DT 1662 9358 15 Philippines Philippines NNP 1662 9358 16 , , , 1662 9358 17 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 9358 18 , , , 1662 9358 19 and and CC 1662 9358 20 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 9358 21 . . . 1662 9359 1 The the DT 1662 9359 2 tightening tightening NN 1662 9359 3 of of IN 1662 9359 4 labor labor NN 1662 9359 5 markets market NNS 1662 9359 6 has have VBZ 1662 9359 7 led lead VBN 1662 9359 8 to to IN 1662 9359 9 an an DT 1662 9359 10 influx influx NN 1662 9359 11 of of IN 1662 9359 12 foreign foreign JJ 1662 9359 13 workers worker NNS 1662 9359 14 , , , 1662 9359 15 both both CC 1662 9359 16 legal legal JJ 1662 9359 17 and and CC 1662 9359 18 illegal illegal JJ 1662 9359 19 . . . 1662 9360 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 9360 2 : : : 1662 9360 3 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 9360 4 power power NN 1662 9360 5 parity parity NN 1662 9360 6 - - : 1662 9360 7 $ $ $ 1662 9360 8 315 315 CD 1662 9360 9 billion billion CD 1662 9360 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9360 11 1996 1996 CD 1662 9360 12 est est NNP 1662 9360 13 . . . 1662 9360 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9361 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 9361 2 - - HYPH 1662 9361 3 real real JJ 1662 9361 4 growth growth NN 1662 9361 5 rate rate NN 1662 9361 6 : : : 1662 9361 7 5.7 5.7 CD 1662 9361 8 % % NN 1662 9361 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9361 10 1996 1996 CD 1662 9361 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9361 12 GDP gdp NN 1662 9361 13 - - HYPH 1662 9361 14 per per FW 1662 9361 15 capita capita NN 1662 9361 16 : : : 1662 9361 17 purchasing purchase VBG 1662 9361 18 power power NN 1662 9361 19 parity parity NN 1662 9361 20 - - : 1662 9361 21 $ $ $ 1662 9361 22 14,700 14,700 CD 1662 9361 23 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9361 24 1996 1996 CD 1662 9361 25 est est NNP 1662 9361 26 . . . 1662 9361 27 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9362 1 GDP gdp NN 1662 9362 2 - - HYPH 1662 9362 3 composition composition NN 1662 9362 4 by by IN 1662 9362 5 sector sector NN 1662 9362 6 : : : 1662 9362 7 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 9362 8 : : : 1662 9362 9 3.3 3.3 CD 1662 9362 10 % % NN 1662 9362 11 industry industry NN 1662 9362 12 : : : 1662 9362 13 35.7 35.7 CD 1662 9362 14 % % NN 1662 9362 15 services service NNS 1662 9362 16 : : : 1662 9362 17 61 61 CD 1662 9362 18 % % NN 1662 9362 19 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9362 20 1996 1996 CD 1662 9362 21 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9362 22 Inflation inflation NN 1662 9362 23 rate rate NN 1662 9362 24 - - HYPH 1662 9362 25 consumer consumer NN 1662 9362 26 price price NN 1662 9362 27 index index NN 1662 9362 28 : : : 1662 9362 29 3.1 3.1 CD 1662 9362 30 % % NN 1662 9362 31 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9362 32 1996 1996 CD 1662 9362 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9362 34 Labor labor NN 1662 9362 35 force force NN 1662 9362 36 : : : 1662 9362 37 total total NN 1662 9362 38 : : : 1662 9362 39 9.31 9.31 CD 1662 9362 40 million million CD 1662 9362 41 by by IN 1662 9362 42 occupation occupation NN 1662 9362 43 : : : 1662 9362 44 services service NNS 1662 9362 45 52 52 CD 1662 9362 46 % % NN 1662 9362 47 , , , 1662 9362 48 industry industry NN 1662 9362 49 38 38 CD 1662 9362 50 % % NN 1662 9362 51 , , , 1662 9362 52 agriculture agriculture NN 1662 9362 53 10 10 CD 1662 9362 54 % % NN 1662 9362 55 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9362 56 1996 1996 CD 1662 9362 57 est est NNP 1662 9362 58 . . . 1662 9362 59 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9363 1 Unemployment unemployment NN 1662 9363 2 rate rate NN 1662 9363 3 : : : 1662 9363 4 2.6 2.6 CD 1662 9363 5 % % NN 1662 9363 6 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9363 7 1996 1996 CD 1662 9363 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9363 9 Budget budget NN 1662 9363 10 : : : 1662 9363 11 revenues revenue NNS 1662 9363 12 : : : 1662 9363 13 $ $ $ 1662 9363 14 57.6 57.6 CD 1662 9363 15 billion billion CD 1662 9363 16 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9363 17 : : : 1662 9363 18 $ $ $ 1662 9363 19 79.5 79.5 CD 1662 9363 20 billion billion CD 1662 9363 21 , , , 1662 9363 22 including include VBG 1662 9363 23 capital capital NN 1662 9363 24 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9363 25 of of IN 1662 9363 26 $ $ $ 1662 9363 27 NA na NN 1662 9363 28 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9363 29 1996 1996 CD 1662 9363 30 est est NNP 1662 9363 31 . . . 1662 9363 32 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9364 1 Industries industry NNS 1662 9364 2 : : : 1662 9364 3 electronics electronic NNS 1662 9364 4 , , , 1662 9364 5 textiles textile NNS 1662 9364 6 , , , 1662 9364 7 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 9364 8 , , , 1662 9364 9 clothing clothing NN 1662 9364 10 , , , 1662 9364 11 food food NN 1662 9364 12 processing processing NN 1662 9364 13 , , , 1662 9364 14 plywood plywood NN 1662 9364 15 , , , 1662 9364 16 sugar sugar NN 1662 9364 17 milling milling NN 1662 9364 18 , , , 1662 9364 19 cement cement NN 1662 9364 20 , , , 1662 9364 21 shipbuilding shipbuilding NN 1662 9364 22 , , , 1662 9364 23 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 9364 24 refining refining NN 1662 9364 25 Industrial industrial JJ 1662 9364 26 production production NN 1662 9364 27 growth growth NN 1662 9364 28 rate rate NN 1662 9364 29 : : : 1662 9364 30 4.1 4.1 CD 1662 9364 31 % % NN 1662 9364 32 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9364 33 1996 1996 CD 1662 9364 34 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9364 35 Electricity electricity NN 1662 9364 36 - - HYPH 1662 9364 37 capacity capacity NN 1662 9364 38 : : : 1662 9364 39 21.87 21.87 CD 1662 9364 40 million million CD 1662 9364 41 kW kW NNP 1662 9364 42 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9364 43 1994 1994 CD 1662 9364 44 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9364 45 Electricity electricity NN 1662 9364 46 - - HYPH 1662 9364 47 production production NN 1662 9364 48 : : : 1662 9364 49 117.16 117.16 CD 1662 9364 50 billion billion CD 1662 9364 51 kWh kWh NNS 1662 9364 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9364 53 1994 1994 CD 1662 9364 54 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9364 55 Electricity electricity NN 1662 9364 56 - - HYPH 1662 9364 57 consumption consumption NN 1662 9364 58 per per IN 1662 9364 59 capita capita NN 1662 9364 60 : : : 1662 9364 61 5,270 5,270 CD 1662 9364 62 kWh kWh NNS 1662 9364 63 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9364 64 1995 1995 CD 1662 9364 65 est est NNP 1662 9364 66 . . . 1662 9364 67 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9365 1 Agriculture agriculture NN 1662 9365 2 - - HYPH 1662 9365 3 products product NNS 1662 9365 4 : : : 1662 9365 5 rice rice NN 1662 9365 6 , , , 1662 9365 7 wheat wheat NN 1662 9365 8 , , , 1662 9365 9 corn corn NN 1662 9365 10 , , , 1662 9365 11 soybeans soybean NNS 1662 9365 12 , , , 1662 9365 13 vegetables vegetable NNS 1662 9365 14 , , , 1662 9365 15 fruit fruit NN 1662 9365 16 , , , 1662 9365 17 tea tea NN 1662 9365 18 ; ; : 1662 9365 19 pigs pig NNS 1662 9365 20 , , , 1662 9365 21 poultry poultry NN 1662 9365 22 , , , 1662 9365 23 beef beef NN 1662 9365 24 , , , 1662 9365 25 milk milk NN 1662 9365 26 ; ; , 1662 9365 27 fish fish NN 1662 9365 28 catch catch NN 1662 9365 29 increasing increase VBG 1662 9365 30 , , , 1662 9365 31 reached reach VBD 1662 9365 32 1.4 1.4 CD 1662 9365 33 million million CD 1662 9365 34 metric metric JJ 1662 9365 35 tons ton NNS 1662 9365 36 in in IN 1662 9365 37 1988 1988 CD 1662 9365 38 Exports export NNS 1662 9365 39 : : : 1662 9365 40 total total JJ 1662 9365 41 value value NN 1662 9365 42 : : : 1662 9365 43 $ $ $ 1662 9365 44 116 116 CD 1662 9365 45 billion billion CD 1662 9365 46 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9365 47 f.o.b f.o.b JJ 1662 9365 48 . . NNP 1662 9365 49 , , , 1662 9365 50 1996 1996 CD 1662 9365 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9365 52 commodities commodity NNS 1662 9365 53 : : : 1662 9365 54 machinery machinery NN 1662 9365 55 and and CC 1662 9365 56 electrical electrical JJ 1662 9365 57 equipment equipment NN 1662 9365 58 46.3 46.3 CD 1662 9365 59 % % NN 1662 9365 60 , , , 1662 9365 61 textile textile NN 1662 9365 62 products product NNS 1662 9365 63 13.5 13.5 CD 1662 9365 64 % % NN 1662 9365 65 , , , 1662 9365 66 basic basic JJ 1662 9365 67 metals metal NNS 1662 9365 68 and and CC 1662 9365 69 articles article NNS 1662 9365 70 8.8 8.8 CD 1662 9365 71 % % NN 1662 9365 72 , , , 1662 9365 73 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 9365 74 6.7 6.7 CD 1662 9365 75 % % NN 1662 9365 76 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9365 77 1996 1996 CD 1662 9365 78 est est NNP 1662 9365 79 . . . 1662 9365 80 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9366 1 partners partner NNS 1662 9366 2 : : : 1662 9366 3 US US NNP 1662 9366 4 27.6 27.6 CD 1662 9366 5 % % NN 1662 9366 6 , , , 1662 9366 7 Hong Hong NNP 1662 9366 8 Kong Kong NNP 1662 9366 9 21.7 21.7 CD 1662 9366 10 % % NN 1662 9366 11 , , , 1662 9366 12 EU EU NNP 1662 9366 13 countries country NNS 1662 9366 14 15.2 15.2 CD 1662 9366 15 % % NN 1662 9366 16 , , , 1662 9366 17 Japan Japan NNP 1662 9366 18 10.5 10.5 CD 1662 9366 19 % % NN 1662 9366 20 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9366 21 1994 1994 CD 1662 9366 22 est est NNP 1662 9366 23 . . . 1662 9366 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9367 1 Imports import NNS 1662 9367 2 : : : 1662 9367 3 total total JJ 1662 9367 4 value value NN 1662 9367 5 : : : 1662 9367 6 $ $ $ 1662 9367 7 102.4 102.4 CD 1662 9367 8 billion billion CD 1662 9367 9 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9367 10 c.i.f c.i.f NN 1662 9367 11 . . NNP 1662 9367 12 , , , 1662 9367 13 1996 1996 CD 1662 9367 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9367 15 commodities commodity NNS 1662 9367 16 : : : 1662 9367 17 machinery machinery NN 1662 9367 18 and and CC 1662 9367 19 electrical electrical JJ 1662 9367 20 equipment equipment NN 1662 9367 21 35.5 35.5 CD 1662 9367 22 % % NN 1662 9367 23 , , , 1662 9367 24 chemicals chemical NNS 1662 9367 25 10.9 10.9 CD 1662 9367 26 % % NN 1662 9367 27 , , , 1662 9367 28 basic basic JJ 1662 9367 29 metals metal NNS 1662 9367 30 and and CC 1662 9367 31 articles article NNS 1662 9367 32 10.3 10.3 CD 1662 9367 33 % % NN 1662 9367 34 , , , 1662 9367 35 minerals mineral NNS 1662 9367 36 9.2 9.2 CD 1662 9367 37 % % NN 1662 9367 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9367 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 9367 40 est est NNP 1662 9367 41 . . . 1662 9367 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9368 1 partners partner NNS 1662 9368 2 : : : 1662 9368 3 Japan Japan NNP 1662 9368 4 30.1 30.1 CD 1662 9368 5 % % NN 1662 9368 6 , , , 1662 9368 7 US US NNP 1662 9368 8 21.7 21.7 CD 1662 9368 9 % % NN 1662 9368 10 , , , 1662 9368 11 EU EU NNP 1662 9368 12 countries country NNS 1662 9368 13 17.6 17.6 CD 1662 9368 14 % % NN 1662 9368 15 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9368 16 1993 1993 CD 1662 9368 17 est est NNP 1662 9368 18 . . . 1662 9368 19 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9369 1 Debt debt NN 1662 9369 2 - - HYPH 1662 9369 3 external external JJ 1662 9369 4 : : : 1662 9369 5 $ $ $ 1662 9369 6 600 600 CD 1662 9369 7 million million CD 1662 9369 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9369 9 1995 1995 CD 1662 9369 10 est est NNP 1662 9369 11 . . . 1662 9369 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9370 1 Economic economic JJ 1662 9370 2 aid aid NN 1662 9370 3 : : : 1662 9370 4 $ $ $ 1662 9370 5 NA NA NNP 1662 9370 6 Currency currency NN 1662 9370 7 : : : 1662 9370 8 1 1 CD 1662 9370 9 New New NNP 1662 9370 10 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 9370 11 dollar dollar NN 1662 9370 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9370 13 NT$ NT$ NNP 1662 9370 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9370 15 = = NFP 1662 9370 16 100 100 CD 1662 9370 17 cents cent NNS 1662 9370 18 Exchange Exchange NNP 1662 9370 19 rates rate NNS 1662 9370 20 : : : 1662 9370 21 New New NNP 1662 9370 22 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 9370 23 dollars dollar NNS 1662 9370 24 per per IN 1662 9370 25 US$ us$ $ 1662 9370 26 1 1 CD 1662 9370 27 - - HYPH 1662 9370 28 27.5 27.5 CD 1662 9370 29 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9370 30 1996 1996 CD 1662 9370 31 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9370 32 , , , 1662 9370 33 27.4 27.4 CD 1662 9370 34 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9370 35 1995 1995 CD 1662 9370 36 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9370 37 , , , 1662 9370 38 26.2 26.2 CD 1662 9370 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9370 40 1994 1994 CD 1662 9370 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9370 42 , , , 1662 9370 43 26.6 26.6 CD 1662 9370 44 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9370 45 1993 1993 CD 1662 9370 46 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9370 47 , , , 1662 9370 48 25.4 25.4 CD 1662 9370 49 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9370 50 1992 1992 CD 1662 9370 51 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9370 52 Fiscal fiscal JJ 1662 9370 53 year year NN 1662 9370 54 : : : 1662 9370 55 1 1 CD 1662 9370 56 July July NNP 1662 9370 57 - - HYPH 1662 9370 58 30 30 CD 1662 9370 59 June June NNP 1662 9370 60 @Taiwan @Taiwan NNP 1662 9370 61 : : : 1662 9370 62 Communications Communications NNP 1662 9370 63 Telephones telephone NNS 1662 9370 64 : : : 1662 9370 65 9,391,304 9,391,304 CD 1662 9370 66 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9370 67 1996 1996 CD 1662 9370 68 est est NNP 1662 9370 69 . . . 1662 9370 70 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9371 1 Telephone telephone NN 1662 9371 2 system system NN 1662 9371 3 : : : 1662 9371 4 domestic domestic JJ 1662 9371 5 : : : 1662 9371 6 extensive extensive JJ 1662 9371 7 microwave microwave NN 1662 9371 8 radio radio NN 1662 9371 9 relay relay NN 1662 9371 10 trunk trunk NN 1662 9371 11 system system NN 1662 9371 12 on on IN 1662 9371 13 east east NNP 1662 9371 14 and and CC 1662 9371 15 west west NNP 1662 9371 16 coasts coasts NNPS 1662 9371 17 international international NNP 1662 9371 18 : : : 1662 9371 19 satellite satellite NN 1662 9371 20 earth earth NN 1662 9371 21 stations station NNS 1662 9371 22 - - , 1662 9371 23 2 2 CD 1662 9371 24 Intelsat Intelsat NNP 1662 9371 25 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9371 26 1 1 CD 1662 9371 27 Pacific Pacific NNP 1662 9371 28 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 9371 29 and and CC 1662 9371 30 1 1 CD 1662 9371 31 Indian Indian NNP 1662 9371 32 Ocean Ocean NNP 1662 9371 33 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9371 34 ; ; : 1662 9371 35 submarine submarine NN 1662 9371 36 cables cable NNS 1662 9371 37 to to IN 1662 9371 38 Japan Japan NNP 1662 9371 39 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9371 40 Okinawa Okinawa NNP 1662 9371 41 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9371 42 , , , 1662 9371 43 Philippines Philippines NNP 1662 9371 44 , , , 1662 9371 45 Guam Guam NNP 1662 9371 46 , , , 1662 9371 47 Singapore Singapore NNP 1662 9371 48 , , , 1662 9371 49 Hong Hong NNP 1662 9371 50 Kong Kong NNP 1662 9371 51 , , , 1662 9371 52 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1662 9371 53 , , , 1662 9371 54 Australia Australia NNP 1662 9371 55 , , , 1662 9371 56 Middle Middle NNP 1662 9371 57 East East NNP 1662 9371 58 , , , 1662 9371 59 and and CC 1662 9371 60 Western Western NNP 1662 9371 61 Europe Europe NNP 1662 9371 62 Radio Radio NNP 1662 9371 63 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 9371 64 stations station NNS 1662 9371 65 : : : 1662 9371 66 AM am VBP 1662 9371 67 91 91 CD 1662 9371 68 , , , 1662 9371 69 FM FM NNP 1662 9371 70 23 23 CD 1662 9371 71 , , , 1662 9371 72 shortwave shortwave VBP 1662 9371 73 0 0 CD 1662 9371 74 Radios radio NNS 1662 9371 75 : : : 1662 9371 76 8.62 8.62 CD 1662 9371 77 million million CD 1662 9371 78 Television Television NNP 1662 9371 79 broadcast broadcast NN 1662 9371 80 stations station NNS 1662 9371 81 : : : 1662 9371 82 15 15 CD 1662 9371 83 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9371 84 repeaters repeater NNS 1662 9371 85 13 13 CD 1662 9371 86 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9371 87 Televisions television NNS 1662 9371 88 : : : 1662 9371 89 10.8 10.8 CD 1662 9371 90 million million CD 1662 9371 91 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9371 92 1996 1996 CD 1662 9371 93 est est NNP 1662 9371 94 . . . 1662 9371 95 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9372 1 @Taiwan @taiwan LS 1662 9372 2 : : : 1662 9372 3 Transportation Transportation NNP 1662 9372 4 Railways Railways NNPS 1662 9372 5 : : : 1662 9372 6 total total NN 1662 9372 7 : : : 1662 9372 8 4,600 4,600 CD 1662 9372 9 km km NNS 1662 9372 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9372 11 498 498 CD 1662 9372 12 km km NNS 1662 9372 13 electrified electrify VBN 1662 9372 14 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9372 15 ; ; : 1662 9372 16 note note NN 1662 9372 17 - - HYPH 1662 9372 18 1,108 1,108 CD 1662 9372 19 km km NN 1662 9372 20 belongs belong VBZ 1662 9372 21 to to IN 1662 9372 22 the the DT 1662 9372 23 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 9372 24 Railway Railway NNP 1662 9372 25 Administration Administration NNP 1662 9372 26 and and CC 1662 9372 27 the the DT 1662 9372 28 remaining remain VBG 1662 9372 29 3,492 3,492 CD 1662 9372 30 km km NN 1662 9372 31 is be VBZ 1662 9372 32 dedicated dedicate VBN 1662 9372 33 to to IN 1662 9372 34 industrial industrial JJ 1662 9372 35 use use NN 1662 9372 36 narrow narrow JJ 1662 9372 37 gauge gauge NN 1662 9372 38 : : : 1662 9372 39 4,600 4,600 CD 1662 9372 40 km km NN 1662 9372 41 1.067-m 1.067-m CD 1662 9372 42 Highways highway NNS 1662 9372 43 : : : 1662 9372 44 total total NN 1662 9372 45 : : : 1662 9372 46 19,584 19,584 CD 1662 9372 47 km km NN 1662 9372 48 paved pave VBN 1662 9372 49 : : : 1662 9372 50 17,124 17,124 CD 1662 9372 51 km km NNS 1662 9372 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9372 53 including include VBG 1662 9372 54 387 387 CD 1662 9372 55 km km NNS 1662 9372 56 of of IN 1662 9372 57 expressways expressway NNS 1662 9372 58 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9372 59 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 9372 60 : : : 1662 9372 61 2,460 2,460 CD 1662 9372 62 km km NNP 1662 9372 63 Pipelines Pipelines NNPS 1662 9372 64 : : : 1662 9372 65 petroleum petroleum NN 1662 9372 66 products product NNS 1662 9372 67 615 615 CD 1662 9372 68 km km NN 1662 9372 69 ; ; : 1662 9372 70 natural natural JJ 1662 9372 71 gas gas NN 1662 9372 72 97 97 CD 1662 9372 73 km km NN 1662 9372 74 Ports Ports NNPS 1662 9372 75 and and CC 1662 9372 76 harbors harbor NNS 1662 9372 77 : : : 1662 9372 78 Chi Chi NNP 1662 9372 79 - - HYPH 1662 9372 80 lung lung NNP 1662 9372 81 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9372 82 Keelung Keelung NNP 1662 9372 83 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9372 84 , , , 1662 9372 85 Hua Hua NNP 1662 9372 86 - - HYPH 1662 9372 87 lien lien NNP 1662 9372 88 , , , 1662 9372 89 Kao Kao NNP 1662 9372 90 - - HYPH 1662 9372 91 hsiung hsiung NNP 1662 9372 92 , , , 1662 9372 93 Su Su NNP 1662 9372 94 - - HYPH 1662 9372 95 ao ao NNP 1662 9372 96 , , , 1662 9372 97 T'ai T'ai NNP 1662 9372 98 - - HYPH 1662 9372 99 chung chung NNP 1662 9372 100 Merchant Merchant NNP 1662 9372 101 marine marine NN 1662 9372 102 : : : 1662 9372 103 total total NN 1662 9372 104 : : : 1662 9372 105 200 200 CD 1662 9372 106 ships ship NNS 1662 9372 107 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9372 108 1,000 1,000 CD 1662 9372 109 GRT GRT NNP 1662 9372 110 or or CC 1662 9372 111 over over RB 1662 9372 112 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9372 113 totaling total VBG 1662 9372 114 5,872,739 5,872,739 CD 1662 9372 115 GRT/8,965,523 GRT/8,965,523 : 1662 9372 116 DWT dwt NN 1662 9372 117 ships ship NNS 1662 9372 118 by by IN 1662 9372 119 type type NN 1662 9372 120 : : : 1662 9372 121 bulk bulk NNP 1662 9372 122 50 50 CD 1662 9372 123 , , , 1662 9372 124 cargo cargo NN 1662 9372 125 29 29 CD 1662 9372 126 , , , 1662 9372 127 combination combination NN 1662 9372 128 bulk bulk NN 1662 9372 129 3 3 CD 1662 9372 130 , , , 1662 9372 131 combination combination NN 1662 9372 132 ore ore NN 1662 9372 133 / / SYM 1662 9372 134 oil oil NN 1662 9372 135 1 1 CD 1662 9372 136 , , , 1662 9372 137 container container NN 1662 9372 138 85 85 CD 1662 9372 139 , , , 1662 9372 140 oil oil NN 1662 9372 141 tanker tanker NN 1662 9372 142 19 19 CD 1662 9372 143 , , , 1662 9372 144 refrigerated refrigerate VBD 1662 9372 145 cargo cargo NN 1662 9372 146 11 11 CD 1662 9372 147 , , , 1662 9372 148 roll roll NN 1662 9372 149 - - HYPH 1662 9372 150 on on IN 1662 9372 151 / / SYM 1662 9372 152 roll roll NN 1662 9372 153 - - HYPH 1662 9372 154 off off RP 1662 9372 155 cargo cargo NN 1662 9372 156 2 2 CD 1662 9372 157 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9372 158 1996 1996 CD 1662 9372 159 est est NNP 1662 9372 160 . . . 1662 9372 161 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9373 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 9373 2 : : : 1662 9373 3 38 38 CD 1662 9373 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9373 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 9373 6 est est NNP 1662 9373 7 . . . 1662 9373 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9374 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 9374 2 - - , 1662 9374 3 with with IN 1662 9374 4 paved paved JJ 1662 9374 5 runways runway NNS 1662 9374 6 : : : 1662 9374 7 total total NN 1662 9374 8 : : : 1662 9374 9 37 37 CD 1662 9374 10 over over IN 1662 9374 11 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 9374 12 m m NN 1662 9374 13 : : : 1662 9374 14 8 8 CD 1662 9374 15 2,438 2,438 CD 1662 9374 16 to to TO 1662 9374 17 3,047 3,047 CD 1662 9374 18 m m NN 1662 9374 19 : : : 1662 9374 20 12 12 CD 1662 9374 21 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 9374 22 to to TO 1662 9374 23 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 9374 24 m m NN 1662 9374 25 : : : 1662 9374 26 4 4 CD 1662 9374 27 914 914 CD 1662 9374 28 to to TO 1662 9374 29 1,523 1,523 CD 1662 9374 30 m m NN 1662 9374 31 : : : 1662 9374 32 6 6 CD 1662 9374 33 under under IN 1662 9374 34 914 914 CD 1662 9374 35 m m NN 1662 9374 36 : : : 1662 9374 37 7 7 CD 1662 9374 38 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9374 39 1996 1996 CD 1662 9374 40 est est NNP 1662 9374 41 . . . 1662 9374 42 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9375 1 Airports airport NNS 1662 9375 2 - - , 1662 9375 3 with with IN 1662 9375 4 unpaved unpaved JJ 1662 9375 5 runways runway NNS 1662 9375 6 : : : 1662 9375 7 total total NN 1662 9375 8 : : : 1662 9375 9 1 1 CD 1662 9375 10 1,524 1,524 CD 1662 9375 11 to to TO 1662 9375 12 2,437 2,437 CD 1662 9375 13 m m NN 1662 9375 14 : : : 1662 9375 15 1 1 CD 1662 9375 16 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9375 17 1996 1996 CD 1662 9375 18 est est NNP 1662 9375 19 . . . 1662 9375 20 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9376 1 Heliports heliport NNS 1662 9376 2 : : : 1662 9376 3 1 1 CD 1662 9376 4 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9376 5 1996 1996 CD 1662 9376 6 est est NNP 1662 9376 7 . . . 1662 9376 8 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9377 1 Military military JJ 1662 9377 2 Military military JJ 1662 9377 3 branches branch NNS 1662 9377 4 : : : 1662 9377 5 Army Army NNP 1662 9377 6 , , , 1662 9377 7 Navy Navy NNP 1662 9377 8 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9377 9 includes include VBZ 1662 9377 10 Marines Marines NNPS 1662 9377 11 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9377 12 , , , 1662 9377 13 Air Air NNP 1662 9377 14 Force Force NNP 1662 9377 15 , , , 1662 9377 16 Coastal Coastal NNP 1662 9377 17 Patrol Patrol NNP 1662 9377 18 and and CC 1662 9377 19 Defense Defense NNP 1662 9377 20 Command Command NNP 1662 9377 21 , , , 1662 9377 22 Armed Armed NNP 1662 9377 23 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 9377 24 Reserve Reserve NNP 1662 9377 25 Command Command NNP 1662 9377 26 , , , 1662 9377 27 Combined Combined NNP 1662 9377 28 Service Service NNP 1662 9377 29 Forces Forces NNPS 1662 9377 30 Military Military NNP 1662 9377 31 manpower manpower NN 1662 9377 32 - - HYPH 1662 9377 33 military military NN 1662 9377 34 age age NN 1662 9377 35 : : : 1662 9377 36 19 19 CD 1662 9377 37 years year NNS 1662 9377 38 of of IN 1662 9377 39 age age NN 1662 9377 40 Military military JJ 1662 9377 41 manpower manpower NN 1662 9377 42 - - HYPH 1662 9377 43 availability availability NN 1662 9377 44 : : : 1662 9377 45 males male NNS 1662 9377 46 age age NNP 1662 9377 47 15 15 CD 1662 9377 48 - - HYPH 1662 9377 49 49 49 CD 1662 9377 50 : : : 1662 9377 51 6,394,422 6,394,422 CD 1662 9377 52 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9377 53 1997 1997 CD 1662 9377 54 est est NNP 1662 9377 55 . . . 1662 9377 56 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9378 1 Military military JJ 1662 9378 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 9378 3 - - HYPH 1662 9378 4 fit fit NN 1662 9378 5 for for IN 1662 9378 6 military military JJ 1662 9378 7 service service NN 1662 9378 8 : : : 1662 9378 9 males male NNS 1662 9378 10 : : : 1662 9378 11 4,927,346 4,927,346 CD 1662 9378 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9378 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 9378 14 est est NNP 1662 9378 15 . . . 1662 9378 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9379 1 Military military JJ 1662 9379 2 manpower manpower NN 1662 9379 3 - - HYPH 1662 9379 4 reaching reach VBG 1662 9379 5 military military JJ 1662 9379 6 age age NN 1662 9379 7 annually annually RB 1662 9379 8 : : : 1662 9379 9 males male NNS 1662 9379 10 : : : 1662 9379 11 207,332 207,332 CD 1662 9379 12 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9379 13 1997 1997 CD 1662 9379 14 est est NNP 1662 9379 15 . . . 1662 9379 16 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9380 1 Military military JJ 1662 9380 2 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9380 3 - - HYPH 1662 9380 4 dollar dollar NN 1662 9380 5 figure figure NN 1662 9380 6 : : : 1662 9380 7 $ $ $ 1662 9380 8 11.5 11.5 CD 1662 9380 9 billion billion CD 1662 9380 10 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9380 11 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 9380 12 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9380 13 Military military JJ 1662 9380 14 expenditures expenditure NNS 1662 9380 15 - - : 1662 9380 16 percent percent NN 1662 9380 17 of of IN 1662 9380 18 GDP GDP NNP 1662 9380 19 : : : 1662 9380 20 3.6 3.6 CD 1662 9380 21 % % NN 1662 9380 22 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9380 23 FY96/97 fy96/97 CD 1662 9380 24 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9380 25 Transnational Transnational NNP 1662 9380 26 Issues Issues NNPS 1662 9380 27 Disputes Disputes NNPS 1662 9380 28 - - : 1662 9380 29 international international RB 1662 9380 30 : : : 1662 9380 31 involved involve VBN 1662 9380 32 in in IN 1662 9380 33 complex complex JJ 1662 9380 34 dispute dispute NN 1662 9380 35 over over IN 1662 9380 36 the the DT 1662 9380 37 Spratly Spratly NNP 1662 9380 38 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 9380 39 with with IN 1662 9380 40 China China NNP 1662 9380 41 , , , 1662 9380 42 Malaysia Malaysia NNP 1662 9380 43 , , , 1662 9380 44 Philippines Philippines NNP 1662 9380 45 , , , 1662 9380 46 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 9380 47 , , , 1662 9380 48 and and CC 1662 9380 49 possibly possibly RB 1662 9380 50 Brunei Brunei NNP 1662 9380 51 ; ; : 1662 9380 52 Paracel Paracel NNP 1662 9380 53 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 9380 54 occupied occupy VBN 1662 9380 55 by by IN 1662 9380 56 China China NNP 1662 9380 57 , , , 1662 9380 58 but but CC 1662 9380 59 claimed claim VBD 1662 9380 60 by by IN 1662 9380 61 Vietnam Vietnam NNP 1662 9380 62 and and CC 1662 9380 63 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 9380 64 ; ; : 1662 9380 65 Japanese Japanese NNP 1662 9380 66 - - HYPH 1662 9380 67 administered administer VBN 1662 9380 68 Senkaku Senkaku NNP 1662 9380 69 - - HYPH 1662 9380 70 shoto shoto NN 1662 9380 71 ( ( -LRB- 1662 9380 72 Senkaku Senkaku NNP 1662 9380 73 Islands Islands NNPS 1662 9380 74 / / SYM 1662 9380 75 Diaoyu Diaoyu NNP 1662 9380 76 Tai Tai NNP 1662 9380 77 ) ) -RRB- 1662 9380 78 claimed claim VBD 1662 9380 79 by by IN 1662 9380 80 China China NNP 1662 9380 81 and and CC 1662 9380 82 Taiwan Taiwan NNP 1662 9380 83 Illicit Illicit NNP 1662 9380 84 drugs drug NNS 1662 9380 85 : : : 1662 9380 86 considered consider VBD 1662 9380 87 an an DT 1662 9380 88 important important JJ 1662 9380 89 heroin heroin NN 1662 9380 90 transit transit NN 1662 9380 91 point point NN 1662 9380 92 ; ; : 1662 9380 93 major major JJ 1662 9380 94 problem problem NN 1662 9380 95 with with IN 1662 9380 96 domestic domestic JJ 1662 9380 97 consumption consumption NN 1662 9380 98 of of IN 1662 9380 99 methamphetamines methamphetamine NNS 1662 9380 100 and and CC 1662 9380 101 heroin heroin NN